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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Name: wx/msw/mdi.h
// Purpose: MDI (Multiple Document Interface) classes
// Author: Julian Smart
// Modified by: 2008-10-31 Vadim Zeitlin: derive from the base classes
// Created: 01/02/97
// Copyright: (c) 1997 Julian Smart
// (c) 2008 Vadim Zeitlin
// Licence: wxWindows licence
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#ifndef _WX_MSW_MDI_H_
#define _WX_MSW_MDI_H_
#include "wx/frame.h"
class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxAcceleratorTable;
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxMDIParentFrame
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxMDIParentFrame : public wxMDIParentFrameBase
{
public:
wxMDIParentFrame() { Init(); }
wxMDIParentFrame(wxWindow *parent,
wxWindowID id,
const wxString& title,
const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
long style = wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wxVSCROLL | wxHSCROLL,
const wxString& name = wxASCII_STR(wxFrameNameStr))
{
Init();
Create(parent, id, title, pos, size, style, name);
}
virtual ~wxMDIParentFrame();
bool Create(wxWindow *parent,
wxWindowID id,
const wxString& title,
const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
long style = wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wxVSCROLL | wxHSCROLL,
const wxString& name = wxASCII_STR(wxFrameNameStr));
// override/implement base class [pure] virtual methods
// ----------------------------------------------------
static bool IsTDI() { return false; }
// we don't store the active child in m_currentChild so override this
// function to find it dynamically
virtual wxMDIChildFrame *GetActiveChild() const wxOVERRIDE;
virtual void Cascade() wxOVERRIDE;
virtual void Tile(wxOrientation orient = wxHORIZONTAL) wxOVERRIDE;
virtual void ArrangeIcons() wxOVERRIDE;
virtual void ActivateNext() wxOVERRIDE;
virtual void ActivatePrevious() wxOVERRIDE;
#if wxUSE_MENUS
virtual void SetWindowMenu(wxMenu* menu) wxOVERRIDE;
virtual void DoMenuUpdates(wxMenu* menu = NULL) wxOVERRIDE;
// return the active child menu, if any
virtual WXHMENU MSWGetActiveMenu() const wxOVERRIDE;
#endif // wxUSE_MENUS
// implementation only from now on
// MDI helpers
// -----------
#if wxUSE_MENUS
// called by wxMDIChildFrame after it was successfully created
virtual void AddMDIChild(wxMDIChildFrame *child);
// called by wxMDIChildFrame just before it is destroyed
virtual void RemoveMDIChild(wxMDIChildFrame *child);
#endif // wxUSE_MENUS
// Retrieve the current window menu label: it can be different from
// "Window" when using non-English translations and can also be different
// from wxGetTranslation("Window") if the locale has changed since the
// "Window" menu was added.
const wxString& MSWGetCurrentWindowMenuLabel() const
{ return m_currentWindowMenuLabel; }
// handlers
// --------
// Responds to colour changes
void OnSysColourChanged(wxSysColourChangedEvent& event);
void OnActivate(wxActivateEvent& event);
void OnSize(wxSizeEvent& event);
void OnIconized(wxIconizeEvent& event);
bool HandleActivate(int state, bool minimized, WXHWND activate);
// override window proc for MDI-specific message processing
virtual WXLRESULT MSWWindowProc(WXUINT nMsg, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam) wxOVERRIDE;
virtual WXLRESULT MSWDefWindowProc(WXUINT, WXWPARAM, WXLPARAM) wxOVERRIDE;
virtual bool MSWTranslateMessage(WXMSG* msg) wxOVERRIDE;
#if wxUSE_MENUS
// override the menu-relayed methods to also look in the active child menu
// bar and the "Window" menu
virtual wxMenuItem *FindItemInMenuBar(int menuId) const wxOVERRIDE;
virtual wxMenu* MSWFindMenuFromHMENU(WXHMENU hMenu) wxOVERRIDE;
#endif // wxUSE_MENUS
protected:
#if wxUSE_MENUS_NATIVE
virtual void InternalSetMenuBar() wxOVERRIDE;
#endif // wxUSE_MENUS_NATIVE
virtual WXHICON GetDefaultIcon() const wxOVERRIDE;
// set the size of the MDI client window to match the frame size
void UpdateClientSize();
private:
// common part of all ctors
void Init();
#if wxUSE_MENUS
// "Window" menu commands event handlers
void OnMDICommand(wxCommandEvent& event);
void OnMDIChild(wxCommandEvent& event);
// add/remove window menu if we have it (i.e. m_windowMenu != NULL)
void AddWindowMenu();
void RemoveWindowMenu();
// update the window menu (if we have it) to enable or disable the commands
// which only make sense when we have more than one child
void UpdateWindowMenu(bool enable);
#if wxUSE_ACCEL
wxAcceleratorTable *m_accelWindowMenu;
#endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
#endif // wxUSE_MENUS
// return the number of child frames we currently have (maybe 0)
int GetChildFramesCount() const;
// if true, indicates whether the event wasn't really processed even though
// it was "handled", see OnActivate() and HandleActivate()
bool m_activationNotHandled;
// holds the current translation for the window menu label
wxString m_currentWindowMenuLabel;
friend class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxMDIChildFrame;
wxDECLARE_EVENT_TABLE();
wxDECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxMDIParentFrame);
wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxMDIParentFrame);
};
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxMDIChildFrame
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxMDIChildFrame : public wxMDIChildFrameBase
{
public:
wxMDIChildFrame() { Init(); }
wxMDIChildFrame(wxMDIParentFrame *parent,
wxWindowID id,
const wxString& title,
const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
long style = wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE,
const wxString& name = wxASCII_STR(wxFrameNameStr))
{
Init();
Create(parent, id, title, pos, size, style, name);
}
bool Create(wxMDIParentFrame *parent,
wxWindowID id,
const wxString& title,
const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
long style = wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE,
const wxString& name = wxASCII_STR(wxFrameNameStr));
virtual ~wxMDIChildFrame();
// implement MDI operations
virtual void Activate() wxOVERRIDE;
// Override some frame operations too
virtual void Maximize(bool maximize = true) wxOVERRIDE;
virtual void Restore() wxOVERRIDE;
virtual bool Show(bool show = true) wxOVERRIDE;
// Implementation only from now on
// -------------------------------
// Handlers
bool HandleMDIActivate(long bActivate, WXHWND, WXHWND);
bool HandleWindowPosChanging(void *lpPos);
bool HandleGetMinMaxInfo(void *mmInfo);
virtual WXLRESULT MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam) wxOVERRIDE;
virtual WXLRESULT MSWDefWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam) wxOVERRIDE;
virtual bool MSWTranslateMessage(WXMSG *msg) wxOVERRIDE;
virtual void MSWDestroyWindow() wxOVERRIDE;
bool ResetWindowStyle(void *vrect);
void OnIdle(wxIdleEvent& event);
protected:
virtual void DoGetScreenPosition(int *x, int *y) const wxOVERRIDE;
virtual void DoGetPosition(int *x, int *y) const wxOVERRIDE;
virtual void DoSetSize(int x, int y, int width, int height, int sizeFlags) wxOVERRIDE;
virtual void DoSetClientSize(int width, int height) wxOVERRIDE;
virtual void InternalSetMenuBar() wxOVERRIDE;
virtual bool IsMDIChild() const wxOVERRIDE { return true; }
virtual void DetachMenuBar() wxOVERRIDE;
virtual WXHICON GetDefaultIcon() const wxOVERRIDE;
// common part of all ctors
void Init();
private:
bool m_needsResize; // flag which tells us to artificially resize the frame
wxDECLARE_EVENT_TABLE();
wxDECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS_NO_COPY(wxMDIChildFrame);
};
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxMDIClientWindow
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxMDIClientWindow : public wxMDIClientWindowBase
{
public:
wxMDIClientWindow() { Init(); }
// Note: this is virtual, to allow overridden behaviour.
virtual bool CreateClient(wxMDIParentFrame *parent,
long style = wxVSCROLL | wxHSCROLL) wxOVERRIDE;
// Explicitly call default scroll behaviour
void OnScroll(wxScrollEvent& event);
protected:
virtual void DoSetSize(int x, int y,
int width, int height,
int sizeFlags = wxSIZE_AUTO) wxOVERRIDE;
void Init() { m_scrollX = m_scrollY = 0; }
int m_scrollX, m_scrollY;
private:
wxDECLARE_EVENT_TABLE();
wxDECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS_NO_COPY(wxMDIClientWindow);
};
#endif // _WX_MSW_MDI_H_
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Our Favorite Pregnancy Movies
You don't have to be pregnant to feel like curling up on the couch with a pint of Ben & Jerry's and a good pregnancy flick (but it sure helps!) Whether you've got babies on the brain or not, check out our favorite pregnancy movies—they'll make you laugh, cry, and feel that pregnant glow all over again.
Father of the Bride II, 1995We loved Steve Martin as a high-strung father of the bride, and he's even funnier as a Grandfather-to-Be, as is the rest of the cast, all whom return for a sequel that's arguably funnier than the original.Best Lines:Frank Eggelhoffer:(Marching with Nina and Annie) Do the baby 'vorkout'! Make those babies gleefull! Oh, that's good. Little tin soldiers. Happy tin soldiers. Richt. And now with an attitude!
Baby Mama, 2008We thought Amy Poheler and Tina Fey were funny on Saturday Night Live—but they explode on the big screen. Their chemistry is over the top hilarious.Best Lines:Caroline (holding her son's dirty hand): Is this chocolate or poop?! (Licks son's hand) It's chocolate!Kate Holbrook: What if that had been poop?
Juno, 2008Juno's a smart girl who gives her baby up to an infertile yuppie couple. Unexpected dialogue and a touching script kept us hanging on every character, punchline and dramatic twist the story took.Best Lines:Leah: (looking at the ultrasound) Whoa, check out baby big head. That thing is freaky looking.Juno: Excuse me? I am a sacred vessel, alright? All you've got in your stomach is Taco Bell.
Rosemary's Baby, 1968Not only is Rosemary's Baby a classic, but watching Mia Farrow carry Satan's spawn made our pregnancies seem like a piece of cake.Best Lines:Minnie: He chose you, honey! From all the women in the world to be the mother of his only living son!
Nine Months, 1995The adorable Hugh Grant gives us an idea of how hard it is for some guys to get used to the idea of being a dad.Best Lines:Dr. Kosevich: I've got it! Nurse, call the Anesthesiologist, this woman needs an enema!Samuel, Rebecca, Nurse: An enema?Dr. Kosevich: No, uh, she needs a pedicure! Epitaph! Epidermus...Rebecca: Epidural!
Where The Heart Is, 2000Homeless teenager to super-mama? That's what we call girl power. This drama/comedy will tug at your heart strings—particularly if you're pregnant.Best Lines:Lexie: Americus? What kind of a name is Americus?Novalee: I wanted her to have a strong name.Lexie: Well, I guess I shouldn't talk. I named my kids after snack foods: Brownie, Praline, Cherry and Baby Ruth.
For Keeps, 1988Although this film can get a bit cheesy, it's totally entertaining and no one does young love better than Molly Ringwald.Best Lines:Darcy: How could you name our baby Theodosia?Stan: We needed a name for the birth certificate, I asked you what you wanted!Darcy: It sounds like a Greek fishing boat, or a crater on the moon or something!
She's Having A Baby, 1988We love Kevin Bacon, but this film also hosts other greats: Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin, Kirstie Alley, Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson, Olivia Newton-John, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, John Candy and more.Best Lines:Kristy: I can get pregnant.Jake: Well if you can get pregnant, then why aren't you pregnant?Kristy: Because you can't get me pregnant |
374 So.2d 122 (1979)
Glenn E. RENFRO et ux.
v.
SOUTH COAST CORPORATION.
No. 12695.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
July 16, 1979.
*123 Joffrion & Dugas, Malcolm J. Dugas, Jr., and William E. LeBlanc, Donaldsonville, for plaintiff-appellant.
Pugh, Lanier & Pugh, John L. Lanier, Thibodaux, for defendant-appellee.
Before CHIASSON, EDWARDS and COLE, JJ.
CHIASSON, Judge.
Plaintiffs, Glenn and Marilyn Renfro, appeal the judgment of the trial court denying them damages for injuries sustained by Mrs. Renfro as a result of an accident which occurred on premises belonging to defendant, South Coast Corporation.
Glenn and Marilyn Renfro lived in a house on Elm Hall Plantation furnished to them by the South Coast Corporation, Glenn Renfro's employer. Late in the evening or early morning hours of February 1, 1975, the Renfros were returning home after an evening in Morgan City, Louisiana. There is testimony that some alcohol had been consumed by both Mr. and Mrs. Renfro during the course of the evening. Upon arriving at the house Marilyn Renfro attempted to open the front door which was of wooden construction with a knob, a lock, and a single large glass pane in the top half of the door. Upon finding that the door would not open, Marilyn Renfro, with her hand, began to hit on the four inch wooden frame of the door surrounding the glass pane. Her hand went through the glass in the door, injuring her right forearm.
The Renfros sued South Coast Corporation for the injuries basing their action on either the negligence of South Coast or strict liability under La.C.C. art. 2695. The Renfros testified that the door or lock stuck on several occasions prior to the accident.
The trial court, without written reasons for judgment, dismissed plaintiffs' suit on the basis of contributory negligence. Plaintiffs' only specification of error is that contributory negligence is not a defense to strict liability.
*124 For the appellants to prove their tort action under any theory of liability they must prove a causal connection between the fault of South Coast or the defect in its premises and the injury sustained. Dixie Drive It Yourself Sys. v. American Beverage Co., 242 La. 471, 137 So.2d 298 (1962) and Wilson v. Voss, 361 So.2d 312 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1978), writ denied 363 So.2d 214 (La.1978). Appellants argued that because the door stuck, Marilyn Renfro had to hit it and because she hit it, her hand went through the glass causing the injury.
Under a negligence theory of liability, appellants must prove substandard conduct on the part of the appellee. Dixie Drive It Yourself Sys. v. American Beverage Co., supra, and Robertson, Reason Versus Rule In Louisiana Tort Law: Dialogues On Hill v. Lundin & Associates, Inc., 34 La.L.Rev. 1 (1973). Assuming arguendo that there is a lessor-lessee relationship, under the theory of "strict liability" as provided in La.C.C. art. 2695, the appellants must prove that the defect was such that it could be reasonably expected to cause injury to persons using ordinary care under the circumstances. Wilson v. Virgademo, 258 So.2d 572 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1972).
Accepting appellants' testimony that the door stuck, we find that a stuck door is not substandard conduct on the part of appellee nor is it a defect that would reasonably be expected to cause injury to persons using ordinary care under the circumstances. It was not the door jamming that caused Mrs. Renfro's injury, but rather the hazardous manner in which she attempted to open the door which was not up to the standards of reasonable care.
Additionally, we find that Marilyn Renfro was contributorily negligent in her actions. Contributory negligence is a bar to recovery under a negligence theory of liability and under the "strict liability" of La.C.C. art. 2695 where it is shown that (1) the lessee knew of the defect, (2) the premises could be safely used with the use of reasonable care, and (3) the lessee failed to exercise that standard of care. Phillips v. Duplantis, 353 So.2d 335 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1977), writ denied 354 So.2d 1375 (La.1978).
For these reasons we affirm the decision of the trial court. Costs of this appeal are to be paid by the appellants.
AFFIRMED.
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Q:
Extract country name from rss feed in Yahoo Pipes
I need to extract country names from RSS description field and put this in search on twitter using Yahoo Pipes. So what I need to do first is to extract country name from RSS description. What are the options ? Regex ?
A:
Your question is too basic. It would be better to ask more specific questions here with the step where you are stuck. But anyway, here's an outline of the big steps:
Use the Fetch Feed to get the RSS
Copy the description field to country using the Rename operator with Copy As option
Extract the country name from the description using a Regex, by replacing PREFIX (PATTERN) POSTFIX with $1, where the PATTERN should match the country. This way the entire field will be replaced with only the country, getting rid of other text in the same field
Here's an example pipe that might be useful for you.
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Q:
php script to update mysql table on click of link
I'm new to php and need help.
My link as below:
//create a path to download
echo '<a download="Final_File_'.$filenames.'" name="save" href="'.$DownDir. "/".$filenames.'" target="_blank"><img src="images/Save File.png"/></a>';
//Query
$Query = 'UPDATE `tbl_download_log` SET `User_Id` = `User_Id`, `path` = `$DownDir. "/".$filenames`';
Saves a file on the click of the ImageLink and need to update the a table in MySQL DB named tbl_download_log with the 'user ID' & 'Download link' at the same time.
I established the connection and got the user ID as well.
Please help me to update both the thing in db table.
Updating new script in it.
<?php
$DownDir = "http://localhost/SGA-INTRANET/".$kmsroot. "/". $user. "/". $bu. "/". $client. "/". $project."/Final";
$filenames = "file.xlsx";
$pathDown1 = $DownDir. "/".$filenames;//download path
//using download functionality of HTML 5
echo '<a download="Final_File_'.$filenames.'" name="save" href="'.$pathDown1.'?id='.$name.'&filepath='.$pathDown1.'" target="_blank"><img src="images/Save File.png" title="Download the file"/></a>';
?>
<?php
$ide = $_GET['id'];//EmployeeID
$file = $_GET['filepath'];// Path
if(isset($ide) && isset($file))
{
if(file_exists($file))
{
//save log to DB table 'tbl_km_file_download'
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "USERNAME", "PASSWORD", "DBNAME");
$mysqli->query("INSERT INTO `tbl_km_file_download` (`name`, `filename`) VALUES ('$ide', '$file')");
}
}
?>
which is downloading files but not updating the DB table.
Please see the images.
Please help.
A:
You can pass data through the href with query strings.
Example
echo '<a href="path/download.php?id='.$user_id.'&file='.$file.'">CLICK THE LINK</a>';
$file should be a root-relative path, starting with a /.
Then in download.php:
<?php
$id = $_GET['id'];
$file = $_GET['file'];
if(isset($id) && isset($file)) {
if(file_exists($file)) {
//connect to database .... (I show it with PDO)
$db = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=DATABASENAME;charset=utf8', USERNAME, PASSWORD);
$stmt = $db->prepare("INSERT INTO `tbl_download_log` (`User_Id`, `path`) VALUES (?, ?)");
$stmt->execute(array($id, $file));
//download the file....
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.basename($file));
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
ob_clean();
flush();
readfile($file);
} else echo "The file does not exist.";
} else echo "An error occurred.";
Hope this helps.
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Carmel woman sentenced to 13 years for killing man in wreck
A 25-year-old Carmel woman was sentenced to 13 years in the California Department of Corrections on Thursday for killing a man and seriously injuring his fiancee while she drove intoxicated on methamphetamine.
Calista Garcia was sentenced for vehicular manslaughter by Judge Julie Culver for killing James Steinmetz and injuring Leisa Weddle on at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 19, 2011, when she crossed over the double yellow line of Highway 1 near Point Lobos and hit their vehicle.
According to a release from the Monterey County District Attorney's Office, the case was investigated by California Highway Patrol and the Monterey County Sheriff's Office. Garcia was discovered at the scene to be under the influence of meth and her license had been suspeded for a previous driving under the influence charge a year before.
Garcia's driving record included numerous traffic violations, including the DUI, alcohol-related reckless driving, speeding in excess of 100 m.p.h. and driving on a suspended driver's license.
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Amadeu
Amadeu Fernandes da Silva Sobrinho, or simply Amadeu (born 6 March 1990), is a Brazilian born Azerbaijani futsal player who plays for Nacional Zagreb and the Azerbaijan national futsal team.
References
External links
UEFA profile
Category:1990 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportspeople from Recife
Category:Azerbaijani men's futsal players
Category:Araz Naxçivan players |
// Modified by Princeton University on June 9th, 2015
/*
* ========== Copyright Header Begin ==========================================
*
* OpenSPARC T1 Processor File: fstox_ld0_zero.s
* Copyright (c) 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES.
*
* The above named program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
* License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* The above named program is distributed in the hope that it will be
* useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
* License along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*
* ========== Copyright Header End ============================================
*/
/***********************************************************************
* Name: fstox_ld0_zero.s
* Date: 11/6/02
*
*
**********************************************************************/
#define ENABLE_T0_Fp_disabled_0x20
#include "boot.s"
.global sam_fast_immu_miss
.global sam_fast_dmmu_miss
.text
.global main
! Testing fstox with rounding mode zero
!// fstox_ld0_zero
!//
!// Test FSTOX generating leading 0's in round to zero mode.
!// Outputs are:
!// - single 1 after leading 0's- positive
!// - all 1's after leading 0's- positive
!// - single 1 after leading 0's- negative
!// - all 1's after leading 0's- negative
main:
! Common code
wr %g0, 0x4, %fprs ! make sure fef is 1
setx source1, %l0, %l1
setx source2, %l0, %l2
setx result, %l0, %l3
setx fcc_result, %l0, %l4
setx cexc_flag, %l0, %l5
setx fsr_rounding_mode, %l0, %l6
setx scratch, %l0, %l7
set 252, %g1 ! Set loop count
set 0x0, %g2 ! Set loop iterator
fstox_loop:
ldx [%l6+0x0], %fsr
! instruction specific code
sll %g2, 0x2, %g3
ldx [%l6], %fsr ! Load fsr with rounding mode
ld [%l1+%g3], %f0 ! Load source 1
fstox %f0, %f4 ! Perform the operation
std %f4, [%l7+0x0] ! Store the result for comparison
stx %fsr, [%l7+0x8] ! Store the fsr for comparison
ldx [%l7+0x0], %g4 ! Load result from memory for comparison
ldx [%l7+0x8], %g5 ! Load fsr from memory for comparison
sll %g2, 0x3, %g3
ldx [%l5+%g3], %g6 ! Load fsr with expected cexc mode
mov 0x0f, %g3 ! Mask for nv
and %g3, %g6, %g7 ! Mask off nv
srl %g7, 0x3, %g7 ! Shift to get of
or %g7, %g6, %g6 ! Generate correct nx with of
mov 0x01, %g3 ! Mask to get nx
and %g3, %g6, %g7 ! Mask off all but nx
sll %g7, 0x2, %g7 ! Shift to align nx and uf
or %g7, 0x1b, %g7 ! Mask for all cexc bits
and %g7, %g6, %g6 ! Generate correct uf for denorm
sll %g6, 0x5, %g7 ! Generate aexc
or %g6, %g7, %g7 ! Generate expected fsr
ldx [%l6], %g6 ! Load fsr with rounding mode
or %g6, %g7, %g7 ! Generate expected fsr
sll %g2, 0x3, %g3
ldx [%l3+%g3], %g6 ! Load expected result
subcc %g4, %g6, %g0 ! Compare
bne,a test_fail ! If not equal, test failed
nop
subcc %g5, %g7, %g0 ! Compare
bne,a test_fail ! If not equal, test failed
nop
add %g2, 0x1, %g2 ! Increment loop iterator
subcc %g2, %g1, %g0 ! Compare
bne,a fstox_loop ! Loop
nop
/*******************************************************
* Exit code
*******************************************************/
test_pass:
ta T_GOOD_TRAP
test_fail:
ta T_BAD_TRAP
/*******************************************************
* Data section
*******************************************************/
.data
fsr_rounding_mode:
.xword 0x0000000040000000
source1:
.word 0x00000000
.word 0x3f800000
.word 0x40000000
.word 0x40800000
.word 0x41000000
.word 0x41800000
.word 0x42000000
.word 0x42800000
.word 0x43000000
.word 0x43800000
.word 0x44000000
.word 0x44800000
.word 0x45000000
.word 0x45800000
.word 0x46000000
.word 0x46800000
.word 0x47000000
.word 0x47800000
.word 0x48000000
.word 0x48800000
.word 0x49000000
.word 0x49800000
.word 0x4a000000
.word 0x4a800000
.word 0x4b000000
.word 0x4b800000
.word 0x4c000000
.word 0x4c800000
.word 0x4d000000
.word 0x4d800000
.word 0x4e000000
.word 0x4e800000
.word 0x4f000000
.word 0x4f800000
.word 0x50000000
.word 0x50800000
.word 0x51000000
.word 0x51800000
.word 0x52000000
.word 0x52800000
.word 0x53000000
.word 0x53800000
.word 0x54000000
.word 0x54800000
.word 0x55000000
.word 0x55800000
.word 0x56000000
.word 0x56800000
.word 0x57000000
.word 0x57800000
.word 0x58000000
.word 0x58800000
.word 0x59000000
.word 0x59800000
.word 0x5a000000
.word 0x5a800000
.word 0x5b000000
.word 0x5b800000
.word 0x5c000000
.word 0x5c800000
.word 0x5d000000
.word 0x5d800000
.word 0x5e000000
.word 0x5e800000
.word 0x407fffff
.word 0x40ffffff
.word 0x417fffff
.word 0x41ffffff
.word 0x427fffff
.word 0x42ffffff
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Q:
ASP.NET: Implementing ISessionIDManager for cookieless sessions?
Question:
I'm writing a custom session provider.
So far it works excellently.
I decided I wanted to add a customized ISessionIDManager, to control the session id.
It already works fine for cookie sessions.
But when I swich to cookieless, like this:
<sessionState mode="Custom" customProvider="custom_provider" cookieless="true" timeout="1"
sessionIDManagerType="Samples.AspNet.Session.MySessionIDManager"
sqlConnectionString="Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=TestDB;User Id=SomeUser;Password=SomePassword;"
sqlCommandTimeout="10"
>
<!-- timeout in minutes-->
<providers>
<add name="custom_provider" type="Test.WebSession.CustomSessionStoreProvider" />
</providers>
</sessionState>
Then it redirects to:
http://localhost:52897/(77bb065f-d2e9-4cfc-8117-8b89a40e00d8)/default.aspx
and this throws HTTP 404.
I understand why, as there is no such folder.
But when you use the default session manager (the one that ships with asp.net), and switch to cookieless, the URL looks like this:
http://localhost:52897/(S(sq2abm453wnasg45pvboee45))/DisplaySessionValues.aspx
and there is no HTTP 404...
I tried adding the (S and ) to my session-id in brackets in the url, but that didn't help.
What am I missing ?
using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.SessionState;
// http://allantech.blogspot.com/2011/04/cookieless-session-state-in-aspnet.html
// http://forums.asp.net/t/1082784.aspx/1
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4612310/implementing-a-custom-sessionidmanager
// http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.sessionstate.isessionidmanager.aspx
// http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.sessionstate.isessionidmanager(v=vs.80).aspx
namespace Samples.AspNet.Session
{
// Samples.AspNet.Session.MySessionIDManager
public class MySessionIDManager : IHttpModule, ISessionIDManager
{
protected SessionStateSection pConfig = null;
internal const string HeaderName = "AspFilterSessionId";
protected void InitializeModule()
{
// Obtain session-state configuration settings.
if (pConfig == null)
{
Configuration cfg =
WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.ApplicationVirtualPath);
pConfig = (SessionStateSection)cfg.GetSection("system.web/sessionState");
} // End if (pConfig == null)
}
//
// IHttpModule Members
//
//
// IHttpModule.Init
//
public void Init(HttpApplication app)
{
//InitializeModule();
} // End Sub Init
//
// IHttpModule.Dispose
//
public void Dispose()
{
} // End Sub Dispose
//
// ISessionIDManager Members
//
//
// ISessionIDManager.Initialize
//
public void Initialize()
{
InitializeModule();
} // End Sub Initialize
//
// ISessionIDManager.InitializeRequest
//
public bool InitializeRequest(
HttpContext context,
bool suppressAutoDetectRedirect,
out bool supportSessionIDReissue
)
{
if (pConfig.Cookieless == HttpCookieMode.UseCookies)
{
supportSessionIDReissue = false;
return false;
}
else
{
supportSessionIDReissue = true;
return context.Response.IsRequestBeingRedirected;
}
} // End Function InitializeRequest
//
// ISessionIDManager.GetSessionID
//
public string GetSessionID(HttpContext context)
{
string id = null;
if (pConfig.Cookieless == HttpCookieMode.UseUri)
{
string tmp = context.Request.Headers[HeaderName];
if (tmp != null)
id = HttpUtility.UrlDecode(id);
// Retrieve the SessionID from the URI.
}
else
{
if (context.Request.Cookies.Count > 0)
{
id = context.Request.Cookies[pConfig.CookieName].Value;
id = HttpUtility.UrlDecode(id);
}
}
// Verify that the retrieved SessionID is valid. If not, return null.
if (!Validate(id))
id = null;
return id;
} // End Function GetSessionID
//
// ISessionIDManager.CreateSessionID
//
public string CreateSessionID(HttpContext context)
{
return System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
} // End Function CreateSessionID
//
// ISessionIDManager.RemoveSessionID
//
public void RemoveSessionID(HttpContext context)
{
context.Response.Cookies.Remove(pConfig.CookieName);
} // End Sub RemoveSessionID
public static string InsertSessionId(string id, string path)
{
string dir = GetDirectory(path);
if (!dir.EndsWith("/"))
dir += "/";
string appvpath = HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppVirtualPath;
if (!appvpath.EndsWith("/"))
appvpath += "/";
if (path.StartsWith(appvpath))
path = path.Substring(appvpath.Length);
if (path[0] == '/')
path = path.Length > 1 ? path.Substring(1) : "";
// //http://localhost:52897/(S(sq2abm453wnasg45pvboee45))/DisplaySessionValues.aspx
return Canonic(appvpath + "(" + id + ")/" + path);
//return Canonic(appvpath + "(S(" + id + "))/" + path);
}
public static bool IsRooted(string path)
{
if (path == null || path.Length == 0)
return true;
char c = path[0];
if (c == '/' || c == '\\')
return true;
return false;
}
public static string Canonic(string path)
{
char[] path_sep = { '\\', '/' };
bool isRooted = IsRooted(path);
bool endsWithSlash = path.EndsWith("/");
string[] parts = path.Split(path_sep);
int end = parts.Length;
int dest = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < end; i++)
{
string current = parts[i];
if (current.Length == 0)
continue;
if (current == ".")
continue;
if (current == "..")
{
dest--;
continue;
}
if (dest < 0)
if (!isRooted)
throw new HttpException("Invalid path.");
else
dest = 0;
parts[dest++] = current;
}
if (dest < 0)
throw new HttpException("Invalid path.");
if (dest == 0)
return "/";
string str = String.Join("/", parts, 0, dest);
str = RemoveDoubleSlashes(str);
if (isRooted)
str = "/" + str;
if (endsWithSlash)
str = str + "/";
return str;
}
public static string GetDirectory(string url)
{
url = url.Replace('\\', '/');
int last = url.LastIndexOf('/');
if (last > 0)
{
if (last < url.Length)
last++;
return RemoveDoubleSlashes(url.Substring(0, last));
}
return "/";
}
public static string RemoveDoubleSlashes (string input)
{
// MS VirtualPathUtility removes duplicate '/'
int index = -1;
for (int i = 1; i < input.Length; i++)
if (input [i] == '/' && input [i - 1] == '/') {
index = i - 1;
break;
}
if (index == -1) // common case optimization
return input;
System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder(input.Length);
sb.Append (input, 0, index);
for (int i = index; i < input.Length; i++) {
if (input [i] == '/') {
int next = i + 1;
if (next < input.Length && input [next] == '/')
continue;
sb.Append ('/');
}
else {
sb.Append (input [i]);
}
}
return sb.ToString ();
}
// http://www.dotnetfunda.com/articles/article1531-how-to-add-custom-headers-into-readonly-httprequest-object-using-httpmodule-.aspx
public void SetHeader(string strHeaderName, string strValue)
{
//get a reference
System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection headers = HttpContext.Current.Request.Headers;
//get a type
Type t = headers.GetType();
//get the property
System.Reflection.PropertyInfo prop = t.GetProperty(
"IsReadOnly",
System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance
| System.Reflection.BindingFlags.IgnoreCase
| System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic
| System.Reflection.BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy
| System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic
| System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Public
| System.Reflection.BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy
);
//unset readonly
prop.SetValue(headers, false, null); // Set Read-Only to false
//add a header
//HttpContext.Current.Request.Headers.Add(strHeaderName, strValue);
//headers.Add(strHeaderName, strValue);
t.InvokeMember("BaseAdd",
System.Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod
| System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic
| System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance,
null,
headers,
new object[] { strHeaderName, new System.Collections.ArrayList { strValue } }
);
prop.SetValue(headers, true, null); // Reset Read-Only to true
// Victory !
//string strCheckHeaders = string.Join(Environment.NewLine, HttpContext.Current.Request.Headers.AllKeys);
}
//
// ISessionIDManager.SaveSessionID
//
public void SaveSessionID(HttpContext context, string id, out bool redirected, out bool cookieAdded)
{
if (!Validate(id))
throw new HttpException("Invalid session ID");
Type t = base.GetType();
redirected = false;
cookieAdded = false;
if (pConfig.Cookieless == HttpCookieMode.UseUri)
{
// Add the SessionID to the URI. Set the redirected variable as appropriate.
//context.Request.Headers.Add(HeaderName, id);
//context.Request.Headers.Set(HeaderName, id);
SetHeader(HeaderName, id);
cookieAdded = false;
redirected = true;
UriBuilder newUri = new UriBuilder(context.Request.Url);
newUri.Path = InsertSessionId(id, context.Request.FilePath);
//http://localhost:52897/(S(sq2abm453wnasg45pvboee45))/DisplaySessionValues.aspx
context.Response.Redirect(newUri.Uri.PathAndQuery, false);
context.ApplicationInstance.CompleteRequest(); // Important !
return;
}
else
{
context.Response.Cookies.Add(new HttpCookie(pConfig.CookieName, id));
cookieAdded = true;
}
} // End Sub SaveSessionID
//
// ISessionIDManager.Validate
//
public bool Validate(string id)
{
try
{
Guid testGuid = new Guid(id);
if (id == testGuid.ToString())
return true;
}
catch
{
}
return false;
} // End Function Validate
} // End Class MySessionIDManager : IHttpModule, ISessionIDManager
} // End Namespace Samples.AspNet.Session
A:
Creating a custom session id manager from scratch seems like a lot of work. What about inheriting from System.Web.SessionState.SessionIDManager class and overriding the CreateSessionID method?
public class MySessionIDManager : SessionIDManager, ISessionIDManager
{
public override string CreateSessionID(HttpContext context)
{
return System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
}
}
|
Q:
Core Data fetching relationship objects
in my app i have two entities: Members and Lists. they both have a one-to-many relationships (member can have more than one list, list can have more than one member). now i want to fetch the lists belonging to a specific member. here is my code:
WSAppDelegate *appDelegate = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
NSManagedObjectContext *context = [appDelegate managedObjectContext];
NSFetchRequest *fetchRequest = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"Lists" inManagedObjectContext:context];
[fetchRequest setEntity:entity];
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"has_members contains[cd] %@", [self.currentMember valueForKey:@"name"]]];
[fetchRequest setPredicate:predicate];
NSError *error;
NSArray *fetchedObjects = [context executeFetchRequest:fetchRequest error:&error];
if (fetchedObjects == nil) {
// Handle the error.
NSLog(@"NO LISTS AVAILABLE IN REFRESH");
}
self.currentMember is a managed object of the user himself.
Note: member has name, (NSSet*) member_of_list
list has list_name, has-members
Problem: when i run the code it's breaking at the fetchedObjects array. i suspect that there is something wrong with the NSPredicate but i don't know where and how to fix it. can any one point out the problem?
A:
First, the relationship you describe between Member (Calling an entity in a plural form is confusing) and List is many-to-many.
Second, instead of using CoreData's inherent object graph capabilities, you went and "rolled your own" relationship between the entities (you should use your interface builder to model a CoreData relationship between the two entities).
See HERE how to do that.
after you model your data, your predicate should look something like:
//Not tested
NSPredicate* p = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"ANY members = %@",self.currentMember];
DO NOT pass a formatted string to create the predicate, use NSPredicate formatting to substitute parameters or you will not be able to accomplish your goal (in most cases).
|
A model participating in Sao Paulo's Fashion Week has died after getting sick and falling on the catwalk.
A statement from organizers said Tales Soares took ill Saturday while in a parade of fashion brand Ocksa. A medical team attended to him on the catwalk and Soares was later taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The statement did not provide more details.
Daily Folha de S. Paulo reported that Soares tripped on his shoelace and fell. As he reached the end of the catwalk and turned back, Soares stepped unevenly and fell face-first.
It was also reported that the fashion model soon began to foam at the mouth after his fall. According to the paper, people in the crowd initially thought his fall was part of a performance.
A photo in the newspaper showed the model lying face down on the catwalk while paramedics attended to him. The paper reported Soares was 26 years old.
Model Tales Soares is taken from the catwalk by paramedics after he collapsed during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, April 27, 2019. Leco Viana/Thenews2 via AP
The moment spread in videos that were shared across social media alongside messages of condolence for Soares' family.
The city's fashion week organizers wrote a message alongside a picture of the model on Instagram, which roughly translated to English says: "May God welcome you with open arms! Life is definitely a catwalk, we're just passing through! Very sad!" |
I’m still on my pasta dishes at the minute, purely because you can make them really quickly and even better, pretty cheaply too. I did mean to make some Valentine desserts yesterday but we decided to stay an extra day in York, so I didn’t get back in time, but today I’ve been out and got all my ingredients for something really tasty which I’ll be making tomorrow, so will let you know how I get on with that! (I’m quite excited, hope it turns out as well as it looks in my head!)
We just couldn’t bear to leave York on Wednesday as it was snowing and we just HAD to stay and get some atmospheric photos of the Minster and the Shambles while it was all wintry white, so glad we stayed.
We opted to visit a beautiful little Nepalese restaurant on Goodramsgate on that extra evening as they provided a great variety of dishes we could have, including delicious vegetable momo (dumplings) and vegetable Pakora, a delicious broccoli and asparagus dish (Hario Cauli ra Kurilo) and Aloo Tamar a taste sensation made with black eye peas, bamboo shoots and potato (which I am definitely going to make when I get home), we were stuffed full!
Can’t wait to come back again to York, it’s a gorgeous place you can keep coming back to time and time again.
Courgette and Red Pepper Fusilli Pasta
MyInspiration Feel The Difference Range
Serves 2 – Ready in under 30 minutes
200g Fusilli Pasta
1 large courgette (sliced into chunks)
1 red pepper
1 green pepper
1 clove garlic finely sliced
6 sun dried tomatoes
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 tsp Basil
½ tbsp lemon juice or balsamic vinegar
Black pepper to season
Serve with fresh rocket or spinach leaves (add olive oil or balsamic if you wish to dress, I prefer mine plain as it was a real peppery rocket we had which was lovely)
Method
1. Prepare pasta in accordance to the instructions – I added mine to a pan of boiling water and cooked for 12 minutes for al dente, just check a piece to make sure it’s to your favoured consistency.
2. In a large frying pan, heat 1 tbsp water and add the garlic and tinned tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes before adding the basil and lemon juice, cook for a further minute and then add the courgette, peppers and sun dried tomatoes and just let this simmer for 10 minutes (add ¼ cup of the pasta water to thin out the mixture).
3. Drain your pasta and add to the vegetable mixture and stir through before seasoning with black pepper, serve immediately with your salad leaves or even a slice of garlic bread. |
Background
==========
Delayed graft function (DGF), describing impairment of graft function immediately after transplantation, is associated with significant morbidity, including increased risks of acute allograft rejection, prolonged hospitalization, higher health care costs and poorer graft survival \[[@B1]-[@B6]\]. The incidence of DGF in the renal transplant population varies from as low as 4.7% in live related transplants \[[@B7]\] to as high as 53-69% in kidneys following donation after cardiac death (DCD) \[[@B8]\]. Factors associated with an increased risk of DGF include both recipient factors (male gender, pre-transplant diabetes mellitus, increased BMI, greater HLA mismatch, higher panel reactive antibodies, previous blood transfusions, previous transplants, pre-transplant dialysis) and donor factors (older age, anoxia, cerebrovascular accident, hypertension, deceased donor, donation after cardiac death \[DCD\], longer cold ischemic time and higher terminal serum creatinine concentration) \[[@B9]-[@B12]\].
DGF is strongly associated with longer periods of ischemia between retrieval of the kidney from the donor and subsequent reperfusion of the kidney in the recipient. Such ischemic injury tends to be more marked in deceased donor renal transplantation, particularly donation after cardiac death \[[@B8]\]. The reintroduction of renal blood flow is associated with the production of oxygen free radicals, which in turn promote inflammation, necrosis, and apoptosis within the renal allograft \[[@B13],[@B14]\]. Although there are currently no treatments that effectively reduce the severity of ischemia-reperfusion injury and delayed graft function, 3-hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A inhibitors (also known as statins) show considerable promise. In addition to lowering serum cholesterol, these agents decrease the formation of reactive oxygen species and inflammatory cytokines by inhibiting the isoprenylation of intracellular signal molecules (Ras, Rac1, cdc42 and Rho), so-called pleiotropic effects \[[@B15]\]. Administration of statins prior to ischemia or prior to reperfusion has been shown to decrease ischemia-reperfusion renal injury in rats \[[@B16]-[@B22]\]. However, it is unknown whether this protective effect is applicable to renal transplantation in human beings.
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between prior statin use in renal transplant recipients and the subsequent risk of DGF.
Methods
=======
All patients who underwent deceased or living donor renal transplantation at the Princess Alexandra Hospital between 1 July 2008 and 1 August 2010 were included in this retrospective, observational cohort study. All T cell cross matches were negative. The preservation fluid used was University of Wisconsin preservation solution. An interleukin-2 receptor antagonist (basiliximab) was routinely administered at induction of immunosuppression. The immunosuppression regimen included a calcineurin inhibitor (primarily tacrolimus), prednisolone and mycophenolate mofetil. Tacrolimus dosages were titrated to maintain trough serum concentrations between 8 and 10 μg/L. Cyclosporine was used in a small minority of patients with a low immunological risk or if there was a contra-indication for tacrolimus use. All anti-hypertensive agents were ceased prior to transplantation and avoided during the first two post-operative weeks. Dopamine and other inotropic agents were not administered to any recipient during the study period.
Data collection
---------------
Data collection for the study was approved by the Princess Alexandra Hospital Research Ethics Committee and individual consent was obtained from all transplant recipients. For each patient, demographic data, operative data, donor data, post-operative complications, medical complications, admission histories, medications and renal allograft function were prospectively recorded on a computerised integrated renal database. If recipients were using statins prior to transplantation, the type and dose of statin were recorded. Unfortunately there were no data available concerning the duration of statin use prior to transplantation.
Classification and outcome measure
----------------------------------
Graft function after transplantation was classified as dialysis- delayed graft function (D-DGF) when recipients required dialysis within the first 72 h post transplantation, non-dialysis delayed graft function (ND-DGF) \[[@B23],[@B24]\] when the creatinine reduction ratio at post-operative day 2 (CRR2) was less than 30% without the need for dialysis and immediate graft function (IGF) when the CRR2 value was greater than 30%. The CRR2 was calculated using the creatinine levels on post operative days 1 (Cr1) and 2 (Cr2) using the following formula:
$$\text{CRR}2\left( \% \right) = \left( {\left\lbrack {\text{Cr}1–\text{Cr}2} \right\rbrack \times 100} \right)/\text{Cr}1$$
The primary outcome measure was the incidence of delayed graft function ( both D-DGF and ND-DGF were assessed).
Statistical analysis
--------------------
Results are presented as number (%) for categorical data, mean ± SD for continuous data and median (interquartile range; 25^th^-75^th^ percentile) for continuous variables not normally distributed. Comparisons between groups were made by χ^2^ test for categorical variables, unpaired t-test for continuous normally distributed variables and Mann--Whitney test for continuous variables not normally distributed. The independent predictors of DGF were evaluated by multivariable logistic regression using backward stepwise elimination based on a p value cut-point of 0.2 until the most parsimonious model was identified. Variables initially included in the model were donor characteristics (age, gender, body mass index \[BMI\], hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking status, donor type, cause of death, inotropic support, estimated glomerular filtration rate \[eGFR\]), recipient characteristics (age, gender, race, BMI, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, smoking status, end-stage renal failure cause, prior renal replacement therapy, previous renal transplantation) and operation characteristics (number of HLA mismatches, cold ischemic time, warm ischemic time). BMI was categorized as underweight (\<18.5 kg/m^2^), normal range (18.5-24.99 kg/m^2^), overweight (25--29.99 kg/m^2^) and obese (\>30 kg/m^2^) according to the World Health Organization \[[@B25]\].
First-order interaction terms between the significant covariates were examined for all models. Data were analysed using the software packages SPSS for Windows, Release Version 18.0, (© SPSS, Inc., 2009, Chicago, IL, <http://www.spss.com>). P values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. No assumptions were made regarding missing data and all proportions were calculated as percentages of the patients with available data.
Results
=======
Population characteristics
--------------------------
A total of 270 patients underwent renal transplantation during the study period. 269 patients were included in the final analysis as prior statin use could not be determined in one recipient. Of these, 93 (35%) patients were using statins prior to transplantation. Compared with patients not receiving statins, prior statin users were significantly more likely to be older, hypertensive and a lower degree of HLA mismatch with the donor. They also tended to have a higher BMI, a history or prior renal transplantation and a kidney from an older donor (Table [1](#T1){ref-type="table"}). There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups with respect to presence of cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus or any of the other donor, recipient or operative characteristics listed in Table [1](#T1){ref-type="table"}.
######
Baseline recipient, donor and transplant procedure characteristics
**Characteristics** **Statin** **Non-statin** **Total** **p-value**
------------------------------------------ ------------- ---------------- --------------- -------------
**Recipient characteristics**
Age (years) 53.7 ± 11.0 47.5 ± 13.5 49.7 ± 13.0 \<0.001
Male gender (%) 62(67%) 115(65%) 177(66%) 0.83
Race 0.06
Caucasian 81(87%) 150(85%) 231(86%)
Other 12(13%) 26(15%) 38(14%)
Body Mass Index^1^ (kg/m^2^) 0.08
\<18,5 1(1%) 5(3%) 6(2%)
18.5-24.9 33(37%) 76(43%) 109(41%)
25-29.9 32(35%) 70(40%) 102(38%)
\>30 24(27%) 25(14%) 49(19%)
Co-morbidities
Hypertension 89(96%) 148(84%) 237(88%) 0.005
Coronary artery disease 11(12%) 12(7%) 23(9%) 0.16
Peripheral vascular disease 4(4%) 5(3%) 9(3%) 0.53
Cerebrovascular disease 2(2%) 2(1%) 4(1%) 0.51
Chronic lung disease 6(7%) 12(7%) 18(7%) 0.91
Diabetes mellitus 9(10%) 12(7%) 21(8%) 0.41
Smoker 0.78
Current 1(1%) 1(1%) 2(1%)
Former 41(44%) 84(48%) 125(46%)
Never 51(55%) 91(51%) 142(53%)
Etiology of ESRD 0.18
Polycystic kidney disease 23(25%) 30(17%) 53(19%)
Glomerulonephritis 14(15%) 33(19%) 47(17%)
Focal sclerosing 4(4%) 6(3%) 10(4%)
Focal and segmental proliferative 0(0%) 9(5%) 9(3%)
IgA nephropathy 14(15%) 29(16%) 43(16%)
Reflux nephropathy 8(9%) 19(11%) 27(10%)
Diabetic nephropathy 7 (8%) 4 (2%) 11 (4%)
Other 27(29%) 61(35%) 88(33%)
Renal replacement therapy 0.55
Haemodialysis 56(60%) 97(55%) 153(57%)
Peritoneal dialysis 27(29%) 52(30%) 79(29%)
None 10(11%) 27(15%) 37(14%)
Previous transplants 15% 9% 11% 0.10
Length of admission (days) 8.6 ± 4.2 7.9 ± 3.8 8.2 ± 4.0 0.19
**Donor characteristics**
Age at transplant (years) 47.8 ± 14.6 44.0 ± 15.2 45.33 ± 13.02 0.05
Male gender (%) 42(45%) 83(47%) 125(47%) 0.76
Body Mass Index^1^ (kg/m^2^) 0.23
\<18.5 0(0%) 8(5%) 8(3%)
18.5-24.9 32(35%) 57(33%) 89(34%)
25-29.9 42(46%) 76(43%) 108(45%)
\>30 17(19%) 32(19%) 49(18%)
Co-morbidities
Hypertension 14(15%) 20(11%) 34(13%) 0.38
Hypertension 14(15%) 20(11%) 34(13%) 0.38
Diabetes 2(2%) 4(2%) 6(2%) 0.83
Current 23(25%) 49(28%) 72(27%)
Former 21(22%) 36(20%) 56(21%)
Never 49(53%) 91(52%) 140(52%)
Donor type 0.35
Donation after brain death 49(53%) 94(53%) 143(53%)
Donation after cardiac death 13(14%) 15(9%) 28(10%)
Life 31(33%) 67(38%) 98(37%)
Cause of death 0.36
Subarachnoid haemorrhage 22(36%) 28(26%) 50(29%)
Cardiac arrest 6(10%) 19(17%) 25(15%)
Intracranial haemorrhage 9(14%) 15(14%) 24(14%)
Cyclist 6(10%) 4(4%) 10(6%)
Fall 4(6%) 5(4%) 9(5%)
Traffic accident 2(3%) 5(4%) 7(4%)
Hypoxia 3(5%) 4(4%) 7(4%)
Other 10(16%) 29(27%) 39(23%)
Inotropic support 52(84%) 95(87%) 147(86%) 0.55
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2^) 90.8 ± 22.8 94.4 ± 25.0 93.2 ± 24.3 0.25
**Transplant procedure characteristics**
Mismatch 3(2--5) 4(2--5) 4(2--5) 0.05
Cold ischaemic time (hours) 8.2 ± 4.5 7.6 ± 4.5 7.7 ± 4.5 0.29
Warm ischaemic time (hours) 0.6 ± 0.2 0.6 ± 0.2 0.6 ± 0.2 0.93
^1^BMI classification according to the WHO.
The majority (77%) of recipients using statins prior to transplantation were prescribed atorvastatin followed by simvastatin (14%), pravastatin (8%) and rosuvastatin (1%). 97% of the atorvastatin users used a daily dose of 40 mg or less (Table [2](#T2){ref-type="table"}).
######
Types of statins used in recipients
**Statin type** **Frequency (N = 93)** **Percentage of total**
------------------ ------------------------ -------------------------
**Atorvastatin**
10 mg 21 22.6%
20 mg 29 31.2%
40 mg 20 21.5%
80 mg 2 2.2%
** Total** **72** **77.4%**
**Pravastatin**
20 mg 3 3.2%
40 mg 4 4.3%
** Total** **7** **7.5%**
**Simvastatin**
5 mg 1 1.1%
10 mg 3 3.2%
20 mg 8 8.6%
40 mg 1 1.1%
** Total** **13** **14.0%**
**Rosuvastatin**
40 mg 1 1.1%
** Total** **1** **1.1%**
Graft function after transplantation
------------------------------------
Table [3](#T3){ref-type="table"} shows graft function after transplantation. The CRR2 of 3 patients could not be calculated and were therefore excluded from the analysis. Overall, 57 (21%) of renal transplant recipients exhibited D-DGF, 103 (39%) exhibited ND-DGF and 106 (40%) exhibited IGF. The occurrence of D-DGF was comparable between recipients who did and did not use statins prior to renal transplantation (21 (23%) versus 36 (21%), respectively, p = 0.69). The occurrence of ND-DGF was not significantly different between statin users and non-statin users (40 (43%) versus 63(36%), p = 0.25). When we pooled D-DGF and ND-DGF, the overall rate of DGF was not significantly different between statin users and non-statin users (61 (66%) versus 99(57%), respectively, p = 0.14). The rates of pooled D-DGF and ND-DGF were comparable between patients using atorvastatin and those using other statins (38 (66%) versus 23(68%), respectively, p = 0.32).
######
Graft function after transplantation
**Donor type** **Graft function** **Statin** **Non-statin** **Total** **p-value**
------------------------------ -------------------- ------------ ---------------- ----------- -------------
All 0.32
IGF 31(34%) 75(43%) 106(40%) 0.14
ND-DGF 40(43%) 63(36%) 103(39%) 0.25
D-DGF 21(23%) 36(21%) 57(21%) 0.69
Donation after Cardiac Death N = 13 N = 15 N = 28 0.23
IGF 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
ND-DGF 4(31%) 8(53%) 12(43%)
D-DGF 9(69%) 7(47%) 16(57%)
Donation after Brain Death N = 49 N = 94 N = 143 0.80
IGF 15(31%) 27(29%) 42(29%)
ND-DGF 23(47%) 41(43%) 64(45%)
D-DGF 11(22%) 26(28%) 37(26%)
Living Donor N = 30 N = 65 N = 95 0.09
IGF 16(54%) 48(74%) 64(68%)
ND-DGF 13(43%) 14(21%) 27(28%)
D-DGF 1(3%) 3(5%) 4(4%)
IGF, Immediate Graft Function; ND-DGF, Non Dialysis dependent Delayed Graft function; D-DGF, Dialysis dependent Delayed Graft Function.
The rates of acute rejection were not significantly different between recipients using statins (n = 16, 17%) and those who did not (n = 17, 10%; p = 0.17).
Delayed graft function occurrence according to statin usage
-----------------------------------------------------------
Using multivariable logistic regression analysis, D-DGF was not significantly associated with statin use (adjusted odds ratio \[OR\] 1.05, 95% CI 0.96 -- 1.15 p = 0.28) (Table [4](#T4){ref-type="table"}). Clustered D-DGF + ND-DGF was also not significantly associated with statin usage (OR 0.98; 95% CI 0.89-1.06, p = 0.56) (Table [5](#T5){ref-type="table"}). Older age and BMI greater than 30 kg/m^2^ were significantly associated with a higher likelihood of D-DGF + ND-DGF, whilst undergoing live donor kidney transplantation was associated with a lower likelihood of D-DGF + ND-DGF.
######
Results of multivariable logistic regression analysis of predictors of delayed graft function requiring dialysis within 72 hours of renal transplantation (D-DGF) N = 256\*
**Characteristics** **Odds ratio** **Confidence interval** **P value**
----------------------------------------- ---------------- ------------------------- -------------
**Recipient characteristics**
Statin use (yes versus no) 1.05 0.96-1.15 0.28
**Donor characteristics**
Type
Live versus Donation after brain death 0.12 0.03-0.43 \<0.01
Donation after cardiac death versus
Donation after brain death 10.37 3.75-28.66 \<0.01
Transplant procedure characteristics
Warm Ischemic Time (hours) 24.37 2.98-199.29 0.03
Only statin use and statistically significant variables in the final adjusted regression model are shown.
\* The final variables included in the model were donor characteristics (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking status, donor type, cause of death, inotropic support, estimated glomerular filtration rate \[eGFR\]), recipient characteristics (gender, race, BMI, diabetes mellitus, smoking status, end-stage renal failure cause, previous renal transplantation, use of statins) and operation characteristics (cold ischemic time, warm ischemic time).
######
Results of multivariable logistic regression analysis of delayed graft function (DGF = D-DGF + ND-DGF) N = 256\*
**Characteristics** **Odds ratio** **Confidence interval** **P value**
------------------------------- ---------------- ------------------------- -------------
**Recipient characteristics**
Body Mass Index (kg/m^2^)
\>30 versus 18.5-24.99 6.14 2.27-16.57 \<0.01
\<18.5 versus 18.5-24.99 1.24 0.14-11.22 0.85
25-29.99 versus 18.5-24.99 2.03 1.00-4.13 0.05
Statin use (yes versus no) 0.98 0.39-1.06 0.59
Only statin use and statistically significant variables in the final adjusted regression model are shown.
\* The initial variables included in the model were donor characteristics (body mass index \[BMI\], hypertension, smoking status, donor type, cause of death, inotropic support) recipient characteristics (age, , BMI, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking status, end-stage renal failure cause, prior renal replacement therapy, use of statins) and operation characteristics (cold ischemic time).
Sensitivity analyses were performed with stratification by donor type. These demonstrated that statin use in living donor transplants was not significantly associated with D-DGF (p = 0.99) or clustered D-DGF + ND-DGF (OR 0.88 95% CI0.76 - 1.01; p = \_0.06). Similarly, statin use in donation after brain death (DBD) transplants was not significantly associated with D-DGF (OR 1.04; 95% CI0.91 -1.18; p = 0.58) or clustered D-DGF + ND-DGF (OR 1.06; 95% CI 0.94 -1.19; p = 0.33). Multivariable logistic regression analyses were not able to be performed for the small number of kidneys donated after cardiac death (Table [1](#T1){ref-type="table"}).
Discussion
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The present study is the first to examine the relationship between statin use and the occurrence of delayed graft function (DGF) following renal transplantation in humans. The key finding was that statin use by recipients prior to renal transplantation was not observed to be significantly associated with the risk of D-DGF. This finding was not altered when D-DGF and ND-DGF were pooled together.
These findings contrast with previous studies in rat models of ischemia-reperfusion injury whereby statin treatment has been found to significantly reduce the severity of acute kidney injury \[[@B16]-[@B18],[@B21]\]. Statins have also have been found to protect against experimental ischemic injury to gut \[[@B19]\], liver \[[@B20]\] and lung \[[@B20]\] tissue. The apparent disparity in findings between these studies and ours may be potentially explained by the appreciably higher doses of statins administered in the animal models (1--10 mg/kg) and the modifying influences of immunosuppressive agents in human renal transplantation, which were not examined in the animal models. However, a previous study by our group demonstrating a significant renoprotective effect of simvastatin on cyclosporine-induced injury in primary cultures of human proximal tubule cells argues against abrogation of the renoprotective effect of statins by calcineurin inhibitors in transplantation-related ischaemia-reperfusion injury \[[@B26]\]. Furthermore, the beneficial effects of statins on human proximal tubule cell injury were independent of the mevalonate-cholesterol pathway \[[@B26]\].
Another reason for the disparity in findings may be the use of animal models for ischemia reperfusion injury. Cardinal differences between animal models and patients exist that may contribute to the differences in study outcomes \[[@B27],[@B28]\]. In animal studies, statins were mostly administered through intraperitoneal and intravenous injection whereas the oral route is typically used in humans. Furthermore, in all previous studies of rat models of ischemia-reperfusion injury, the kidney was pre-treated with statins prior to ischemia or prior to reperfusion. Statin use in the donor population was not recorded in this study. We believe it would be uncommon for the donor population to be coincidentally receiving statin administration. Statin use prior to hospital admission has been reported in up to 30% of the intensive care patients \[[@B29]-[@B31]\]. It is unlikely that this number is representative of the donor population given their lower age and minor comorbidities \[[@B32]\]. Even for those donor patients that may have been on prior statin therapy, it is common practice to discontinue statins in critically ill patients because of concern regarding serious side effects \[[@B29],[@B33]\]. Administration of statins to donors prior to organ retrieval (and onset of ischemic acute kidney injury) was not assessed in this study and would require separate evaluation. Indeed, early inflammatory and stress responses can be detected in donor kidneys prior to their retrieval from brain dead patients \[[@B34]\].
It is also possible that prior statin treatment of renal transplant recipients needed to be continued into the early post-operative period to realize any potential beneficial effects on DGF. In the present study, statin users had their statins temporarily interrupted in the immediate post-transplant period until reliable oral intake was re-established, usually around post operative day 2. The literature is divided on the risks or benefits of cessation of maintenance statin therapy in hospitalised patients. It has been shown in previous investigations that cessation of statins in certain clinical settings, such as after coronary syndromes \[[@B35]\], acute stroke \[[@B36]\] and major non-cardiac surgery \[[@B37]\], is associated with significantly increased morbidity and mortality. However, these findings were refuted by a recent randomized controlled trial in which the cessation of statins in patients with presumed infection was not associated with an inflammatory rebound effect or other adverse clinical consequences \[[@B31]\]. Given the higher incidence of ND-DGF in prior statin users (40 (43%) versus 63 (36%) P = 0.25), we consider further investigation of the role of statin withdrawal in this patient population is warranted.
The present study cannot exclude the possibility that some statins may be more effective in mitigating DGF than others. Atorvastatin was used in the majority (77%) of recipients in our study, reflecting common practice in Australia \[[@B38]\]. Atorvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin and rosuvastatin all have different pharmacokinetics, including half-life time, lipophilicity and potency \[[@B39]\]. Although pleiotrophic effects of statins are generally considered to represent a class effect \[[@B15]\], most studies have shown a protective effect of statins in ischemia-reperfusion injury with simvastastin \[[@B16]-[@B18],[@B21]\], whilst only one study used atorvastatin \[[@B40]\]. A previously published systematic review by our group of 5 randomised controlled trials found no significant effect of statin use on the risk of acute rejection in renal transplant recipients (relative risk 0.61, 95% CI 0.32-1.16) \[[@B41]\]. Data were not available to evaluate the effect of statins on DGF.
One of the challenges of the present study related to the definition of DGF. There are at least 18 unique definitions of DGF employed in the literature \[[@B24]\]. The one that is used most frequently is the need for dialysis post-transplantation, although the specified timeframe in which dialysis occurs is variable. The need for dialysis within 72 hours after transplantation is the definition used by the Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA; <http://www.anzdata.org.au>) and was therefore employed in this study. However, given that such a conservative definition potentially excludes a significant number of patients with less severe forms of DGF, a sensitivity analysis was performed to include these patients using a broader definition. Govani et al. devised and validated the creatinine reduction ratio at post-operative day 2 (CRR2) \<30% as a simple, objective criterion for early diagnosis of DGF \[[@B23]\]. Both Rodrigo et al. and Vilar et al. subsequently demonstrated that patients with a CRR2 \< 30% (ND-DGF) had a significantly lower 5 year graft survival than patients with IGF \[[@B3],[@B4]\]. Nevertheless, regardless of whether the need for dialysis post-renal transplantation was considered alone or in combination with the CRR2 criterion, statin therapy was not associated with DGF in the present study.
Our study has the expected limitations of a retrospective study. Even though we adjusted for a number of patient characteristics, the possibility of residual confounding could not be excluded. Statin use in recipients was not randomized and, as such, the results could be confounded by indication bias. Statin users were significantly older with more hypertensive disease and tended to have a higher BMI, a history of prior renal transplantation and a kidney from an older donor. Such characteristics are associated with a higher incidence of DGF and could have masked any potential beneficial renoprotective effect of statins. Pre-transplant anti-hypertensive medications in both the donors and recipients were not recorded, such that a differential pre-conditioning effect of these agents on subsequent ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the statin and non-statin users could not be excluded. Since statins were only administered to recipients, the current result might only reflect an effect in the reperfusion mediated kidney injuries. Some important variables, such as recipient panel reactive antibodies, were not recorded. This was a single centre study and thus the results may not be generalisable.
Conclusions
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In conclusion, the present study did not show evidence of a significant, independent association between the use of statins in kidney transplant recipients and the occurrence of delayed graft function. Further studies on delayed graft function should examine the effects of statin pretreatment of donors (with or without recipient treatment) and the impact of continuing prior statin therapy in recipients in the immediate post-operative period.
Competing interests
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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
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JR was the principal investigator; conceived study; participated in design and data analysis; helped to draft manuscript; read and approved the final manuscript. DJ participated in study design and data analysis; helped to draft manuscript; read and approved the final manuscript. PK participated in study design and data analysis; helped to draft manuscript; read and approved the final manuscript. PP participated in study design and data analysis; helped to draft manuscript; read and approved the final manuscript. DW was the senior investigator overseeing the conduct of the study; participated in study design and data analysis; helped to draft manuscript; read and approved the final manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Authors' information
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JR, Queensland Renal Transplant Service, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane and medical student of the University of Maastricht, Maasticht, The Netherlands.
DJ, Director of Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology & Transplant Services (MINTS), Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia and Professor of Medicine and Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
PK, Deputy Director of Intensive Care, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia, and Associate Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
PP, Director of Clinical Pharmacology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia and Associate Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
DW, Queensland Renal Transplant Service, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane and Associate Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Pre-publication history
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The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here:
<http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/13/111/prepub>
Acknowledgements
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Kylie Hurst and the staff within the renal transplantation unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane for the assistance with data collection. Furthermore we would like to thank E. Jansen for the statistical assistance.
No source of funding was used for this study.
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Soreness in lower extremities and back is reduced by use of shock absorbing heel inserts.
Soccer referees participating in large soccer tournaments may develop overuse injuries. In this study the effect of shock absorbing heel inserts in the incidence of soreness was investigated. Forty-eight referees were randomly selected to wear shock absorbing heel inserts (SAH) in the 5 day-tournament, while 43 referees were the control group. A daily questionnaire inquiring about complaints from the locomotive system was completed for each referee and in case of any soreness they were examined by doctors to document and classify the anatomical site. Calf, thigh, back, achilles tendon and knee were the most common localizations of overuse symptoms. The incidence of soreness in achilles tendon, calf and back were significantly reduced by the use of (SAH) inserts. |
The Titanic casualty revisited
It is the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic and we have had schmaltz, nostalgia, endless social commentaries about the elitism of death by drowning and along the line a bit of money made by the authors, programme makers, and general commentators. I’m guilty as charged.
But if you are looking for a sensible, expert and authoritative commentary about the circumstances of the loss of this notorious ship and why it is important to us in 21st century shipping, look no further. John Lang, the former Chief Inspector of the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published his take on the accident, and offers a fresh look at the evidence that was produced in the US and UK inquiries after the disaster and which tends to have coloured our thinking ever since.
What he has done, in a very readable fashion, is to effectively replace Lord Mersey, who, as the appointed Wreck Commissioner, spent 37 days barking 26 questions at witnesses, with a modern accident investigator, whose mission was not to apportion blame but to discover the cause of the casualty, so that it need not be repeated.
The Titanic tragedy has acquired a whole legion of enthusiasts, who were out in force for the centenary, snapping up the products on offer and queuing up to attend the various events. Goodness, it has given Belfast (“the Titanic was fine when it left us”) a whole new tourist experience and Southampton a new maritime museum, so I shouldn’t mock them.
But this book is something else, showing in a clinical fashion how the thread of causation developed even while the ship was on its stocks, and as it was rushed into service with master and officers unfamiliar with their ship and her equipment. Lang follows the trail of failures that led the ship into that fateful coincidence of steel and ice off the Newfoundland Banks, and the deaths of so many people. He offers us explanations and lessons, not the “guilty men”.
What is special about this account is the way that the lessons of this casualty seem worryingly fresh in an era that still remembers the frightfulness of the Estonia and is still trying to digest the events off the Italian coast earlier this year. This is not a book that is accusatory or wallowing in the wisdoms of hindsight. The author approaches his task with humility and generosity. It really is a fresh look, that leaves us perhaps thinking of the lessons that it we should have taken aboard, as the decades ticked away. Get it in the US from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers or in the UK from Seafarer Books Ltd. Titanic – by John Lang is unlikely to be the last word, but it is the one steeped in sense and authority. |
Quantitative in situ evaluation of telomeres in fluorescence in situ hybridization-processed sections of cutaneous melanocytic lesions and correlation with telomerase activity.
Telomere length is correlated with cellular ageing and immortalization processes. In some human cancers telomere length measurement has proved to be of diagnostic and prognostic value. Results comparable with the traditional terminal restriction fragment length determination by Southern blotting have been obtained in metaphase and interphase cells in some studies by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis; FISH additionally allows for the quantification of telomeres at the cellular level. In this study, 32 melanocytic lesions were analysed by FISH, aiming at investigating possible telomere differences among various benign and malignant lesions and correlation with telomerase activity (TA) level. FISH was performed on paraffin sections from six common naevi, eight Spitz naevi, 12 melanomas, six melanoma metastases and nine control samples of normal skin. Telomere mean maximum diameter (Feret max), area and number per nuclear area were calculated by image analysis on fluorescent images elaborated through KS400 and in situ imaging system (ISIS) for FISH analysis programs. Mean TA level was also calculated in all lesions and correlated with telomere parameters. Telomere number per nuclear area was significantly lower in melanomas and metastases than in benign common and Spitz naevi and in control skin (7 small middle dot24 +/- 3.3; 6.11 +/- 3 vs. 14.46 +/- 5.6; 16.92 +/- 7.8; and 12.59 +/- 3.4, respectively; P < 0 .001). No significant differences were found for the other telomere parameters. In common and Spitz naevi, telomere number was positively correlated with Feret max (P = 0.046 and P < 0.0001, respectively). TA was significantly higher in melanomas and metastases than in the other groups (70.18 +/- 25.2; 105.07 +/- 30 vs. 2.16 +/- 2.4; 2 .99 +/- 2.1; 2 +/- 1.2, respectively; P< or = 0. 001) and it was inversely correlated with telomere number per nuclear area in melanomas (P = 0.0041). No other significant correlations were found. Encouraging results have been obtained from quantitative telomere evaluation in the diagnosis of melanocytic lesions, although an analysis of a larger number of cases would be necessary to provide more reliable data. An extreme shortening of some telomeres probably results in the decrease of telomeric signals and the lower mean number of detectable telomeres in melanomas and metastases. In melanomas, telomere number per nuclear area is also inversely correlated with TA levels. Quantitative FISH of melanocytic lesions could give more specific information at the cellular level in telomere and telomerase fields of investigation. |
For surgical or other procedures, medical tools having end effectors manually manipulated at the end of long extensions are frequently needed. The need particularly arises in arthoscopic and endoscopic surgery. For such procedures, medical devices, such as clamps, scissors and grippers exist in which the end effectors are located at the end of a long extension and are opened and closed by means of opposing handles located at the opposite end of the extension. Typically these devices are relatively small and are used in surgical procedures where a long narrow device provides access to tissue within the body with minimal disturbance of the adjacent tissue.
Referring to FIG. 1, generally these devices 2 have an activation mechanism 4 (only partially depicted) which, attached to articulated arms 6, causes the end effectors to open and close. Also generally these articulated arms are joined together by press-fit pins 8. Pressure applied to close the end effectors may be high enough to shear the pins 8, which then can come free during the procedure, resulting serious complications to the patient.
The present invention relates to a novel dual action drive member which does not apply pressure to close the end effectors of a medical device through pins which can come free and endanger the patient. |
Merritt’s Store and Grill in Chapel Hill
He will never know why the B.L.T. at Merritt’s Store and Grill in Chapel Hill is the best he has ever eaten. That’s because Robin Britt, owner of Merritt’s and maker of the B.L.T., won’t tell him.
“We have to keep some trade secrets to ourselves,” Robin says.
The silence between them grows thick. Fiddle music plays from inside the grill, above the sound of cooks making lunch.
Then Robin says, “Did I tell you I made the very first sandwich?”
“No,” he says.
“It was for my husband. Way before all this,” she says, waving toward the parking lot, packed with cars and trucks. “I made them for his lunch — these very fresh, very full B.L.T.s. They were love sandwiches.”
“Made with love, you mean?” he says.
“No,” she says, “love sandwiches.”
Then she holds his eyes a few seconds too long, and finally he begins to listen.
Since 1929, Merritt’s has squatted just south of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, around the invisible boundary where campus becomes country. The store is tiny and white, perched above U.S. Highway 15-501, enclosed by a grove of bamboo.
Merritt’s began as an Esso station, operated by Eben and Ruby Merritt. For almost 50 years, they sold gas and sundries and performed car repair. In the afternoons, I’m told, men would gather to stand around a stove, drink beer, and catch up on news and jokes. “It was very much a male environment,” Robin says.
My wife’s grandparents, who lived on a small farm nearby around that time, would trek to and from Durham for work and stop by Merritt’s to pick up supplies. My father-in-law told me about taking the family car in to get fixed, how you drove the car into a garage with a pit in the ground. “They didn’t have a lift for repairs,” he said. “Instead, you’d go under the car, where it was dug out, and look up.”
The repair bays are long shuttered, and the store has passed through several pairs of hands. Robin and her husband, Bob, bought the business in 1991. Initially, like the previous owners, they ran it as a convenience store, with the grill in the back. Business went up and down. Robin remembers how, when the Grateful Dead played Chapel Hill in 1993, the Britts allowed a large flock of visiting Deadheads to camp across the street, and kept the store open around the clock for several days, selling food and providing a restroom.
But by the time the recession took hold in 2008, the Britts were struggling. Business was not good. “We had to figure out how to stay alive,” Robin says. At that point, Merritt’s was essentially a gas station that didn’t sell gas, an everything-mart that also had a grill, but one that not many people knew about. The Britts’ motto for Merritt’s had always been, “A great lunch at a great value, with a kind word.” But how could they get the word out if people weren’t listening?
Robin and Bob decided to emphasize the food — a select menu of homemade Southern staples: chicken salad, pimento cheese, burgers, fried bologna, sweet tea, orangeade and, of course, those B.L.T.s. Next, they ripped out the convenience-store fixtures, put in tables and chairs. Things began to change. “By focusing on the food,” Robin said, “and giving folks a respite, a whole new group of people started coming in.”
The B.L.T. has become Merritt’s calling card — a destination sandwich featured in magazines like National Geographic Traveler and Every Day with Rachael Ray. The News & Observer named it to a list of the 25 tastes that define North Carolina. On a busy Saturday in the summer, Merritt’s sells up to 700 of them, with a 45-minute wait out the door.
A standard B.L.T. has a recipe only three letters long, but the Merritt’s version complicates things by coming in three sizes: single, double, and triple. The numbers correspond to how many layers of bacon, lettuce, and tomato the sandwich contains. Davidson Scott, part of the store’s management team, tells me I’ve been doing it right by always ordering a double. “I say to people, double is for men, single is for women. People who buy the triple should be young men,” he adds, “who still have time to get bigger.”
Today, Merritt’s is decidedly homespun — country store but something more. On Saturdays, Merritt’s often plays host to “Banjos & B.L.T.s,” where a trio of musicians plays old-time string music in the corner. They’ve even had bands perform concerts in the parking lot outside. One of the Britts’ sons, Bobby, is an accomplished fiddler, and his band, Town Mountain, packed the lot full for the inaugural show.
My wife and I live six miles down the road from Merritt’s. I’ll be honest: I hardly ever order the B.L.T. anymore. Don’t tell anyone, but Merritt’s sells what’s possibly the best cheeseburger in the county. But I also go for the way time slows down inside, even when the grill is busy.
I spoke with the Chapel Hill writer Bland Simpson, also of the bluegrass stalwarts the Red Clay Ramblers, who has been visiting Merritt’s since he was a boy. He prefers the burgers, too, but likes his with Cheerwine. Then I ran into Woody Durham, longtime voice of the Tar Heels, and he said I really needed to try the chicken salad.
So perhaps it’s not what goes into something that makes it special — the B.L.T., for example — but what people get out of it.
Rosecrans Baldwin is the author of a travel memoir, Paris, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down, and a novel, You Lost Me There.
Rosecrans has taught creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies, and Miami Dade College’s Miami Writers Institute, where he was an author-in-residence in 2013. He is a recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship and is a co-founder of the online magazine The Morning News. |
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Bisphenol A Induces Migration through a GPER-, FAK-, Src-, and ERK2-Dependent Pathway in MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells.
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial synthetic chemical utilized in the production of numerous products including food and beverage containers. Humans are exposed to BPA during ingestion of contaminated water and food because it can leach from polycarbonate containers, beverage cans, and epoxy resins. BPA has been related with the development of several diseases including breast cancer. However, the signal transduction pathways mediated by BPA and its role as a promoter of migration and invasion in breast cancer cells remain to be investigated. Here, we demonstrate that BPA promotes migration, invasion, and an increase in the number of focal contacts in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Moreover, MDA-MB-231 cells express GPER, and BPA promotes migration through a GPER-dependent pathway. BPA also induces activation of FAK, Src, and ERK2, whereas migration induced by BPA requires the activity of these kinases. In addition, BPA induces an increase on AP-1- and NFκB-DNA binding activity through an Src- and ERK2-dependent pathway. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate, that BPA induces the activation of signal transduction pathways, which mediate migration, AP-1/NFκB-DNA binding activity, and an invasion process in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. |
Genetic characterization of a mumps virus isolate during passaging in the amniotic cavity of embryonated chicken eggs.
The aim of this study was the molecular characterization of a historical mumps isolate (an alleged individual sample). After RNA extraction and cDNA synthesis, selective nested PCR amplification with specific primers, automated DNA sequencing and RFLP analyses were performed. The relative ratios of the detected virus sequences were determined by GeneScan electrophoresis. Phylogenetic tree based on the 316 nucleotide region of the SH gene of the mumps virus was generated by the neighbor-joining method. Results obtained by the described molecular approach show: (a) there are two mumps virus variants, A and B, detected in the fourth passage of wild type virus in the amniotic cavity of embryonated chicken eggs (ECE); (b) variants A and B belong to different genotypes; (c) variants A and B differ in the HN and NP genes which code for amino acid sequences comprising immunogenic epitopes; (d) variant B contains one or more minor variants. We discuss whether the observed differences between the two variants are a consequence of natural heterogeneity or of laboratory contamination in the early passages. |
An approach to evaluate interrelationships among lean attributes of manufacturing systems: A case study based on lean enterprises
Abstract:
Lean philosophy has received more emphasize during recent times due to its robust features which facilitate productive manufacturing environments in companies regardless of the type of industry. However, enormous approaches taken to implement lean manufacturing systems inside factories, have failed to achieve desired objectives. This is mainly due to the focus on individual lean attributes rather than considering their collective impact on a system. This paper suggested an approach to measure correlations among lean attributes using their degrees of implementation. These correlations will help organizations to identify lean attributes which are interrelated. The quest is how to measure the degree to which each lean attribute has been implemented within the organization. Different companies have varying levels of lean implementations. Therefore identifying the leanness requires the organization to compare itself against a proxy company who has also implemented similar lean attributes. This research suggested an approach to identify a proxy company and then evaluate the degrees of lean attribute implementations of the selected company. The fuzzy membership functions were used to calculate the degrees. These degrees were then used to figure out possible correlations among lean attributes. The research findings showed that visual feedback made available to the factory floor had triggered a positive impact on other lean attributes in most circumstances. |
Related literature {#sec1}
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For a related structure, see: Tao *et al.* (2003[@bb5]).
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### Crystal data {#sec2.1.1}
\[Ni~4~(C~14~H~16~N~3~O~4~)~2~(ClO~4~)~2~(C~10~H~8~N~2~)~2~\]*M* *~r~* = 1390.79Triclinic,*a* = 10.854 (4) Å*b* = 11.309 (4) Å*c* = 12.728 (5) Åα = 67.724 (4)°β = 73.357 (4)°γ = 75.411 (4)°*V* = 1367.0 (9) Å^3^*Z* = 1Mo *K*α radiationμ = 1.54 mm^−1^*T* = 298 K0.21 × 0.16 × 0.14 mm
### Data collection {#sec2.1.2}
Bruker SMART CCD diffractometerAbsorption correction: multi-scan (*SADABS*; Sheldrick, 1996[@bb2]) *T* ~min~ = 0.738, *T* ~max~ = 0.8147296 measured reflections4850 independent reflections3963 reflections with *I* \> 2σ(*I*)*R* ~int~ = 0.015
### Refinement {#sec2.1.3}
*R*\[*F* ^2^ \> 2σ(*F* ^2^)\] = 0.032*wR*(*F* ^2^) = 0.087*S* = 1.044850 reflections383 parametersH-atom parameters constrainedΔρ~max~ = 0.33 e Å^−3^Δρ~min~ = −0.56 e Å^−3^
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Data collection: *SMART* (Bruker, 1998[@bb1]); cell refinement: *SAINT* (Bruker, 1998[@bb1]); data reduction: *SAINT*; program(s) used to solve structure: *SHELXS97* (Sheldrick, 2008[@bb3]); program(s) used to refine structure: *SHELXL97* (Sheldrick, 2008[@bb3]); molecular graphics: *SHELXTL* (Sheldrick, 2008[@bb3]); software used to prepare material for publication: *SHELXL97* and *PLATON* (Spek, 2009[@bb4]).
Supplementary Material
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Crystal structure: contains datablocks I, global. DOI: [10.1107/S160053680905017X/pv2236sup1.cif](http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S160053680905017X/pv2236sup1.cif)
Structure factors: contains datablocks I. DOI: [10.1107/S160053680905017X/pv2236Isup2.hkl](http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S160053680905017X/pv2236Isup2.hkl)
Additional supplementary materials: [crystallographic information](http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/sendsupfiles?pv2236&file=pv2236sup0.html&mime=text/html); [3D view](http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/sendcif?pv2236sup1&Qmime=cif); [checkCIF report](http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?pv2236&checkcif=yes)
Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: [PV2236](http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/sendsup?pv2236)).
The financial support of the Science Foundation of Shandong is greatfully acknowledged.
Comment
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The title compound (Fig. 1), is a tetranuclear nickel(II) complex. Its asymmetric unit is composed of a cis-oxamido bridged dinuclear nickel complex and a molecule of methanol solvate. Through carboxyl bridges, two dinuclear units are assembled to form a circular tetranuclear system lying about an inversion center. The cis-oxamido group coordinates to Ni1 and Ni2 in a usual mode with the bite angles of 83.53 (6) and 85.14 (11) °, respectively. Both Ni1 and Ni2 atoms are in square-pyramidal coordination geometries. The maximum displacement from the least-square plane defined by N1, N2, N3 and O1, is 0.0400 (11) Å for N1 and the Ni1 atom lies 0.1168 (12) Å out of this plane. The apical position of Ni1 is occupied by O5 with the Ni1---O5 bond length of 2.636 (8) Å. Ni2 atom coordinates to the exo-cis oxygen atoms of oxamido ligand (O3 and O4). The two oxygen atoms and the nitrogen atoms (N4 and N5) of bipyridine ligand complete the basal plane, from which the maximum deviations is 0.1311 (6) Å. The apical site is occupied by a carboxyl oxygen atom (O2^i^) with Ni2---O2^i^ length of 2.276 (2) Å. The Ni---N bond lenghts in (I) (Table 1), lie in the range 1.945 (2)-2.067 (2)Å and are close to the corresponding bond lenghts reported in a nickel complex (Tao *et al.*, 2003).
In the crystal, neutral tetranuclear complexes and methanol molecules are connected by classcial O---H···O and non-classical C---H···O hydrogen bonds into a two-dimensional network (Table 1).
Experimental {#experimental}
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A methanol solution (5 ml) of Ni(ClO~4~)~2~^.^6H~2~O (0.732 g, 2 mmol) was added slowly into a methanol solution (5 ml) containing N-benzyl-N\'-(3-amino-3-dimethylpropyl)oxamide (1 mmol, 0.293 g) and sodium ethoxide (0.204 g, 3 mmol). The mixture was stirred quickly for 1 h, then an aqueous solution (5 ml) of 2,2\'-bipyridine (0.156 g, 1 mmol) was added dropwise into the mixture. The reaction solution was heated at 343 K with stirring for 8h. The resulting solution was filtered and the filtrate was kept at room temperature. Green crystals suitable for X-ray analysis were obtained from the filtrate by slow evaporation for about one week.
Refinement {#refinement}
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H atoms were positioned geometrically \[0.93 (CH), 0.97 (CH~2~), 0.96 (CH~3~) and 0.82 (OH)Å\] and constrained to ride on their parent atoms with *U*~iso~(H) =1.2(1.5 for methyl)*U*~eq~(C/N).
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\[Ni~4~(C~14~H~16~N~3~O~4~)~2~(ClO~4~)~2~(C~10~H~8~N~2~)~2~\] *Z* = 1
*M~r~* = 1390.79 *F*(000) = 716
Triclinic, *P*1 *D*~x~ = 1.689 Mg m^−3^
Hall symbol: -P 1 Mo *K*α radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
*a* = 10.854 (4) Å Cell parameters from 3928 reflections
*b* = 11.309 (4) Å θ = 2.2--28.1°
*c* = 12.728 (5) Å µ = 1.54 mm^−1^
α = 67.724 (4)° *T* = 298 K
β = 73.357 (4)° Block, green
γ = 75.411 (4)° 0.21 × 0.16 × 0.14 mm
*V* = 1367.0 (9) Å^3^
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Data collection {#tablewrapdatacollectionlong}
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Bruker SMART CCD diffractometer 4850 independent reflections
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube 3963 reflections with *I* \> 2σ(*I*)
graphite *R*~int~ = 0.015
φ and ω scans θ~max~ = 25.2°, θ~min~ = 1.8°
Absorption correction: multi-scan (*SADABS*; Sheldrick, 1996) *h* = −12→13
*T*~min~ = 0.738, *T*~max~ = 0.814 *k* = −13→9
7296 measured reflections *l* = −15→12
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Refinement {#tablewraprefinementdatalong}
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Refinement on *F*^2^ Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods
Least-squares matrix: full Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map
*R*\[*F*^2^ \> 2σ(*F*^2^)\] = 0.032 Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
*wR*(*F*^2^) = 0.087 H-atom parameters constrained
*S* = 1.04 *w* = 1/\[σ^2^(*F*~o~^2^) + (0.0445*P*)^2^ + 0.6427*P*\] where *P* = (*F*~o~^2^ + 2*F*~c~^2^)/3
4850 reflections (Δ/σ)~max~ = 0.001
383 parameters Δρ~max~ = 0.33 e Å^−3^
0 restraints Δρ~min~ = −0.56 e Å^−3^
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Special details {#specialdetails}
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Experimental. Yield, 61%, analysis, calculated for C~50~H~56~Cl~2~N~10~O~18~Ni~4~: C 43.18, H, 4.06; N 10.07%; found: C 43.22, H 4.15, N, 10.09%.
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes.
Refinement. Refinement of F^2^ against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F^2^, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F^2^. The threshold expression of F^2^ \> 2sigma(F^2^) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F^2^ are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger.
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Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å^2^) {#tablewrapcoords}
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*x* *y* *z* *U*~iso~\*/*U*~eq~
Ni1 0.84712 (3) −0.11565 (3) 0.73827 (3) 0.03336 (11)
Ni2 0.72954 (3) 0.35869 (3) 0.46787 (3) 0.03195 (11)
O1 0.9263 (2) −0.2738 (2) 0.70987 (18) 0.0586 (6)
O2 1.06150 (19) −0.39494 (18) 0.61253 (18) 0.0456 (5)
O3 0.7747 (2) 0.18517 (17) 0.45514 (16) 0.0400 (5)
O4 0.73515 (19) 0.26666 (17) 0.63062 (16) 0.0380 (4)
N1 0.8309 (2) −0.0280 (2) 0.57245 (18) 0.0318 (5)
N2 0.7889 (2) 0.0574 (2) 0.74936 (19) 0.0388 (5)
N3 0.8932 (2) −0.2005 (2) 0.9003 (2) 0.0437 (6)
N4 0.6571 (2) 0.4495 (2) 0.32480 (19) 0.0367 (5)
N5 0.6681 (2) 0.5300 (2) 0.4873 (2) 0.0363 (5)
C1 0.9762 (3) −0.2980 (3) 0.6150 (3) 0.0384 (6)
C2 0.9259 (3) −0.2161 (3) 0.5073 (2) 0.0338 (6)
C3 0.9484 (3) −0.2750 (3) 0.4233 (3) 0.0420 (7)
H3 0.9979 −0.3573 0.4349 0.050\*
C4 0.8995 (3) −0.2150 (3) 0.3240 (3) 0.0480 (7)
H4 0.9160 −0.2555 0.2689 0.058\*
C5 0.8253 (3) −0.0928 (3) 0.3077 (3) 0.0458 (7)
H5 0.7905 −0.0514 0.2416 0.055\*
C6 0.8026 (3) −0.0321 (3) 0.3886 (2) 0.0407 (7)
H6 0.7522 0.0498 0.3761 0.049\*
C7 0.8531 (3) −0.0904 (2) 0.4887 (2) 0.0324 (6)
C8 0.7944 (2) 0.0971 (2) 0.5502 (2) 0.0309 (6)
C9 0.7718 (3) 0.1443 (2) 0.6517 (2) 0.0330 (6)
C10 0.7595 (4) 0.0988 (3) 0.8514 (3) 0.0522 (8)
H10A 0.6682 0.0971 0.8886 0.063\*
H10B 0.7746 0.1873 0.8263 0.063\*
C11 0.8409 (4) 0.0144 (3) 0.9376 (3) 0.0613 (10)
H11A 0.8175 0.0462 1.0028 0.074\*
H11B 0.9316 0.0221 0.9016 0.074\*
C12 0.8276 (4) −0.1261 (3) 0.9829 (3) 0.0593 (9)
H12A 0.7355 −0.1321 1.0053 0.071\*
H12B 0.8628 −0.1677 1.0525 0.071\*
C13 0.8543 (4) −0.3307 (3) 0.9596 (3) 0.0563 (9)
H13A 0.9003 −0.3859 0.9142 0.084\*
H13B 0.7622 −0.3233 0.9678 0.084\*
H13C 0.8754 −0.3673 1.0350 0.084\*
C14 1.0355 (3) −0.2162 (4) 0.8801 (3) 0.0675 (10)
H14A 1.0617 −0.2516 0.9533 0.101\*
H14B 1.0630 −0.1335 0.8377 0.101\*
H14C 1.0750 −0.2738 0.8359 0.101\*
C15 0.6502 (3) 0.3972 (3) 0.2487 (2) 0.0437 (7)
H15 0.6840 0.3101 0.2603 0.052\*
C16 0.5948 (3) 0.4677 (3) 0.1537 (3) 0.0520 (8)
H16 0.5908 0.4289 0.1023 0.062\*
C17 0.5453 (3) 0.5971 (3) 0.1365 (3) 0.0534 (8)
H17 0.5081 0.6469 0.0728 0.064\*
C18 0.5513 (3) 0.6523 (3) 0.2147 (3) 0.0462 (7)
H18 0.5187 0.7393 0.2042 0.055\*
C19 0.6065 (3) 0.5760 (3) 0.3084 (2) 0.0356 (6)
C20 0.6125 (3) 0.6218 (3) 0.4019 (2) 0.0351 (6)
C21 0.5636 (3) 0.7460 (3) 0.4056 (3) 0.0445 (7)
H21 0.5251 0.8083 0.3467 0.053\*
C22 0.5732 (3) 0.7761 (3) 0.4990 (3) 0.0488 (8)
H22 0.5405 0.8588 0.5033 0.059\*
C23 0.6312 (3) 0.6828 (3) 0.5847 (3) 0.0455 (7)
H23 0.6387 0.7015 0.6476 0.055\*
C24 0.6781 (3) 0.5609 (3) 0.5758 (3) 0.0426 (7)
H24 0.7182 0.4980 0.6334 0.051\*
Cl1 0.49509 (8) −0.11510 (8) 0.81502 (7) 0.0508 (2)
O5 0.6183 (3) −0.1925 (3) 0.8306 (3) 0.0928 (10)
O6 0.4947 (4) −0.0733 (3) 0.6956 (3) 0.1125 (13)
O7 0.4736 (3) −0.0026 (3) 0.8472 (3) 0.0911 (9)
O8 0.3950 (3) −0.1885 (3) 0.8805 (4) 0.1155 (13)
O9 0.9657 (4) 0.4193 (3) 0.8309 (3) 0.1074 (12)
H9 0.9999 0.4646 0.7666 0.129\*
C25 0.8308 (6) 0.4297 (5) 0.8360 (5) 0.123 (2)
H25A 0.7916 0.3737 0.9099 0.185\*
H25B 0.8209 0.4049 0.7750 0.185\*
H25C 0.7889 0.5176 0.8267 0.185\*
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Atomic displacement parameters (Å^2^) {#tablewrapadps}
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*U*^11^ *U*^22^ *U*^33^ *U*^12^ *U*^13^ *U*^23^
Ni1 0.0426 (2) 0.02493 (19) 0.02760 (19) 0.00177 (15) −0.00980 (15) −0.00623 (14)
Ni2 0.0383 (2) 0.02207 (18) 0.03246 (19) 0.00241 (14) −0.01060 (15) −0.00812 (14)
O1 0.0859 (17) 0.0354 (11) 0.0383 (12) 0.0159 (11) −0.0141 (11) −0.0103 (10)
O2 0.0396 (11) 0.0332 (11) 0.0550 (13) 0.0053 (9) −0.0080 (9) −0.0134 (9)
O3 0.0553 (13) 0.0289 (10) 0.0339 (10) −0.0008 (9) −0.0151 (9) −0.0080 (8)
O4 0.0462 (12) 0.0275 (10) 0.0374 (10) 0.0018 (8) −0.0103 (9) −0.0114 (8)
N1 0.0363 (12) 0.0278 (11) 0.0302 (11) −0.0024 (10) −0.0077 (9) −0.0098 (9)
N2 0.0522 (15) 0.0323 (12) 0.0298 (12) −0.0015 (11) −0.0115 (11) −0.0094 (10)
N3 0.0489 (15) 0.0396 (14) 0.0371 (13) −0.0032 (11) −0.0124 (11) −0.0068 (11)
N4 0.0383 (13) 0.0326 (12) 0.0367 (12) −0.0034 (10) −0.0083 (10) −0.0101 (10)
N5 0.0352 (13) 0.0308 (12) 0.0393 (13) −0.0027 (10) −0.0064 (10) −0.0105 (10)
C1 0.0363 (16) 0.0316 (15) 0.0440 (17) −0.0056 (13) −0.0044 (13) −0.0120 (13)
C2 0.0291 (14) 0.0335 (14) 0.0389 (15) −0.0065 (11) −0.0028 (11) −0.0144 (12)
C3 0.0401 (16) 0.0387 (16) 0.0489 (18) −0.0033 (13) −0.0038 (13) −0.0225 (14)
C4 0.0510 (19) 0.0539 (19) 0.0478 (18) −0.0093 (15) −0.0067 (15) −0.0286 (15)
C5 0.0536 (19) 0.0483 (18) 0.0398 (16) −0.0132 (15) −0.0133 (14) −0.0136 (14)
C6 0.0465 (17) 0.0340 (15) 0.0421 (16) −0.0040 (13) −0.0137 (13) −0.0116 (13)
C7 0.0313 (14) 0.0316 (14) 0.0332 (14) −0.0073 (11) −0.0028 (11) −0.0111 (11)
C8 0.0307 (14) 0.0284 (13) 0.0306 (14) −0.0015 (11) −0.0075 (11) −0.0079 (11)
C9 0.0320 (14) 0.0290 (14) 0.0363 (15) −0.0030 (11) −0.0072 (11) −0.0103 (12)
C10 0.078 (2) 0.0426 (17) 0.0389 (17) 0.0012 (16) −0.0177 (16) −0.0195 (14)
C11 0.087 (3) 0.058 (2) 0.0435 (19) 0.0010 (19) −0.0245 (18) −0.0219 (16)
C12 0.081 (3) 0.055 (2) 0.0368 (17) −0.0009 (18) −0.0176 (17) −0.0119 (15)
C13 0.068 (2) 0.0456 (19) 0.0420 (18) −0.0086 (17) −0.0132 (16) 0.0011 (14)
C14 0.049 (2) 0.077 (3) 0.066 (2) −0.0087 (19) −0.0188 (18) −0.008 (2)
C15 0.0498 (18) 0.0396 (16) 0.0407 (16) −0.0056 (14) −0.0082 (14) −0.0143 (13)
C16 0.062 (2) 0.055 (2) 0.0385 (17) −0.0106 (17) −0.0110 (15) −0.0139 (15)
C17 0.054 (2) 0.059 (2) 0.0398 (17) −0.0039 (16) −0.0160 (15) −0.0065 (15)
C18 0.0439 (18) 0.0388 (16) 0.0423 (17) 0.0022 (13) −0.0104 (14) −0.0034 (13)
C19 0.0296 (14) 0.0309 (14) 0.0390 (15) −0.0020 (11) −0.0046 (12) −0.0073 (12)
C20 0.0302 (14) 0.0286 (14) 0.0414 (15) −0.0033 (11) −0.0060 (12) −0.0079 (12)
C21 0.0414 (17) 0.0295 (15) 0.0558 (19) −0.0017 (13) −0.0088 (14) −0.0105 (14)
C22 0.0462 (18) 0.0321 (16) 0.065 (2) −0.0060 (14) −0.0026 (15) −0.0196 (15)
C23 0.0443 (17) 0.0427 (17) 0.0530 (19) −0.0094 (14) −0.0046 (14) −0.0223 (15)
C24 0.0446 (17) 0.0414 (16) 0.0444 (17) −0.0040 (13) −0.0116 (14) −0.0175 (14)
Cl1 0.0531 (5) 0.0441 (4) 0.0561 (5) −0.0004 (4) −0.0177 (4) −0.0178 (4)
O5 0.0651 (18) 0.0728 (19) 0.117 (2) 0.0084 (15) −0.0425 (17) −0.0015 (17)
O6 0.156 (3) 0.104 (2) 0.074 (2) 0.046 (2) −0.059 (2) −0.0422 (19)
O7 0.122 (3) 0.0686 (18) 0.098 (2) −0.0174 (17) −0.0168 (19) −0.0475 (17)
O8 0.081 (2) 0.076 (2) 0.181 (4) −0.0366 (18) 0.016 (2) −0.050 (2)
O9 0.180 (4) 0.0602 (19) 0.067 (2) 0.002 (2) −0.036 (2) −0.0106 (15)
C25 0.185 (6) 0.079 (3) 0.143 (5) −0.048 (4) −0.117 (5) 0.000 (3)
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Geometric parameters (Å, °) {#tablewrapgeomlong}
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Ni1---O1 1.899 (2) C10---H10B 0.9700
Ni1---N2 1.945 (2) C11---C12 1.500 (5)
Ni1---N1 2.002 (2) C11---H11A 0.9700
Ni1---N3 2.067 (2) C11---H11B 0.9700
Ni2---O4 1.9452 (19) C12---H12A 0.9700
Ni2---O3 1.957 (2) C12---H12B 0.9700
Ni2---N5 1.969 (2) C13---H13A 0.9600
Ni2---N4 1.996 (2) C13---H13B 0.9600
Ni2---O2^i^ 2.276 (2) C13---H13C 0.9600
O1---C1 1.276 (3) C14---H14A 0.9600
O2---C1 1.248 (3) C14---H14B 0.9600
O2---Ni2^i^ 2.276 (2) C14---H14C 0.9600
O3---C8 1.276 (3) C15---C16 1.380 (4)
O4---C9 1.284 (3) C15---H15 0.9300
N1---C8 1.310 (3) C16---C17 1.381 (5)
N1---C7 1.426 (3) C16---H16 0.9300
N2---C9 1.288 (3) C17---C18 1.384 (4)
N2---C10 1.469 (4) C17---H17 0.9300
N3---C14 1.468 (4) C18---C19 1.376 (4)
N3---C13 1.484 (4) C18---H18 0.9300
N3---C12 1.504 (4) C19---C20 1.488 (4)
N4---C15 1.338 (4) C20---C21 1.385 (4)
N4---C19 1.355 (3) C21---C22 1.390 (4)
N5---C24 1.339 (4) C21---H21 0.9300
N5---C20 1.351 (3) C22---C23 1.373 (4)
C1---C2 1.498 (4) C22---H22 0.9300
C2---C3 1.400 (4) C23---C24 1.380 (4)
C2---C7 1.409 (4) C23---H23 0.9300
C3---C4 1.375 (4) C24---H24 0.9300
C3---H3 0.9300 Cl1---O8 1.405 (3)
C4---C5 1.386 (4) Cl1---O6 1.411 (3)
C4---H4 0.9300 Cl1---O5 1.422 (3)
C5---C6 1.376 (4) Cl1---O7 1.426 (3)
C5---H5 0.9300 O9---C25 1.424 (6)
C6---C7 1.393 (4) O9---H9 0.8200
C6---H6 0.9300 C25---H25A 0.9600
C8---C9 1.513 (4) C25---H25B 0.9600
C10---C11 1.494 (4) C25---H25C 0.9600
C10---H10A 0.9700
O1---Ni1---N2 171.10 (10) C11---C10---H10B 109.2
O1---Ni1---N1 91.11 (9) H10A---C10---H10B 107.9
N2---Ni1---N1 84.53 (9) C10---C11---C12 114.6 (3)
O1---Ni1---N3 87.70 (10) C10---C11---H11A 108.6
N2---Ni1---N3 95.41 (10) C12---C11---H11A 108.6
N1---Ni1---N3 171.13 (10) C10---C11---H11B 108.6
O4---Ni2---O3 84.13 (8) C12---C11---H11B 108.6
O4---Ni2---N5 94.63 (9) H11A---C11---H11B 107.6
O3---Ni2---N5 174.87 (9) C11---C12---N3 115.9 (3)
O4---Ni2---N4 159.66 (9) C11---C12---H12A 108.3
O3---Ni2---N4 97.63 (9) N3---C12---H12A 108.3
N5---Ni2---N4 81.80 (9) C11---C12---H12B 108.3
O4---Ni2---O2^i^ 102.30 (8) N3---C12---H12B 108.3
O3---Ni2---O2^i^ 91.41 (8) H12A---C12---H12B 107.4
N5---Ni2---O2^i^ 93.72 (8) N3---C13---H13A 109.5
N4---Ni2---O2^i^ 97.92 (9) N3---C13---H13B 109.5
C1---O1---Ni1 131.07 (19) H13A---C13---H13B 109.5
C1---O2---Ni2^i^ 116.82 (18) N3---C13---H13C 109.5
C8---O3---Ni2 112.51 (16) H13A---C13---H13C 109.5
C9---O4---Ni2 112.20 (17) H13B---C13---H13C 109.5
C8---N1---C7 123.5 (2) N3---C14---H14A 109.5
C8---N1---Ni1 110.62 (17) N3---C14---H14B 109.5
C7---N1---Ni1 125.87 (17) H14A---C14---H14B 109.5
C9---N2---C10 118.0 (2) N3---C14---H14C 109.5
C9---N2---Ni1 112.66 (18) H14A---C14---H14C 109.5
C10---N2---Ni1 129.33 (18) H14B---C14---H14C 109.5
C14---N3---C13 108.2 (3) N4---C15---C16 122.5 (3)
C14---N3---C12 111.1 (3) N4---C15---H15 118.8
C13---N3---C12 105.6 (3) C16---C15---H15 118.8
C14---N3---Ni1 106.2 (2) C17---C16---C15 118.5 (3)
C13---N3---Ni1 111.19 (19) C17---C16---H16 120.7
C12---N3---Ni1 114.47 (19) C15---C16---H16 120.7
C15---N4---C19 118.7 (2) C16---C17---C18 119.6 (3)
C15---N4---Ni2 126.8 (2) C16---C17---H17 120.2
C19---N4---Ni2 114.46 (19) C18---C17---H17 120.2
C24---N5---C20 119.1 (2) C19---C18---C17 118.9 (3)
C24---N5---Ni2 125.47 (19) C19---C18---H18 120.6
C20---N5---Ni2 115.39 (19) C17---C18---H18 120.6
O2---C1---O1 120.4 (3) N4---C19---C18 121.8 (3)
O2---C1---C2 119.2 (3) N4---C19---C20 114.1 (2)
O1---C1---C2 120.3 (2) C18---C19---C20 124.1 (3)
C3---C2---C7 119.0 (3) N5---C20---C21 121.3 (3)
C3---C2---C1 115.6 (2) N5---C20---C19 114.3 (2)
C7---C2---C1 125.3 (2) C21---C20---C19 124.4 (3)
C4---C3---C2 121.9 (3) C20---C21---C22 118.9 (3)
C4---C3---H3 119.0 C20---C21---H21 120.6
C2---C3---H3 119.0 C22---C21---H21 120.6
C3---C4---C5 118.7 (3) C23---C22---C21 119.6 (3)
C3---C4---H4 120.7 C23---C22---H22 120.2
C5---C4---H4 120.7 C21---C22---H22 120.2
C6---C5---C4 120.6 (3) C22---C23---C24 118.7 (3)
C6---C5---H5 119.7 C22---C23---H23 120.7
C4---C5---H5 119.7 C24---C23---H23 120.7
C5---C6---C7 121.6 (3) N5---C24---C23 122.4 (3)
C5---C6---H6 119.2 N5---C24---H24 118.8
C7---C6---H6 119.2 C23---C24---H24 118.8
C6---C7---C2 118.2 (2) O8---Cl1---O6 110.1 (3)
C6---C7---N1 122.0 (2) O8---Cl1---O5 110.0 (2)
C2---C7---N1 119.8 (2) O6---Cl1---O5 107.5 (2)
O3---C8---N1 129.3 (2) O8---Cl1---O7 109.6 (2)
O3---C8---C9 115.1 (2) O6---Cl1---O7 107.6 (2)
N1---C8---C9 115.5 (2) O5---Cl1---O7 112.0 (2)
O4---C9---N2 127.6 (2) C25---O9---H9 109.5
O4---C9---C8 115.8 (2) O9---C25---H25A 109.5
N2---C9---C8 116.6 (2) O9---C25---H25B 109.5
N2---C10---C11 112.3 (3) H25A---C25---H25B 109.5
N2---C10---H10A 109.2 O9---C25---H25C 109.5
C11---C10---H10A 109.2 H25A---C25---H25C 109.5
N2---C10---H10B 109.2 H25B---C25---H25C 109.5
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Symmetry codes: (i) −*x*+2, −*y*, −*z*+1.
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °) {#tablewraphbondslong}
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*D*---H···*A* *D*---H H···*A* *D*···*A* *D*---H···*A*
O9---H9···O1^ii^ 0.82 2.73 3.190 (4) 118
O9---H9···O2^ii^ 0.82 2.06 2.870 (4) 170
C4---H4···O9^i^ 0.93 2.52 3.387 (5) 155
C13---H13C···O9^iii^ 0.96 2.58 3.451 (5) 151
C3---H3···O2 0.93 2.41 2.744 (4) 101
C6---H6···O3 0.93 2.22 2.812 (3) 121
C10---H10B···O4 0.97 2.43 2.775 (4) 100
C13---H13A···O1 0.96 2.39 2.899 (4) 113
C13---H13B···O5 0.96 2.47 3.186 (4) 131
C14---H14C···O1 0.96 2.58 3.074 (5) 112
C24---H24···O4 0.93 2.59 3.065 (4) 112
---------------------- --------- --------- ----------- ---------------
Symmetry codes: (ii) *x*, *y*+1, *z*; (i) −*x*+2, −*y*, −*z*+1; (iii) −*x*+2, −*y*, −*z*+2.
###### Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)
*D*---H⋯*A* *D*---H H⋯*A* *D*⋯*A* *D*---H⋯*A*
---------------------- --------- ------- ----------- -------------
O9---H9⋯O1^i^ 0.82 2.73 3.190 (4) 118
O9---H9⋯O2^i^ 0.82 2.06 2.870 (4) 170
C4---H4⋯O9^ii^ 0.93 2.52 3.387 (5) 155
C13---H13*C*⋯O9^iii^ 0.96 2.58 3.451 (5) 151
C3---H3⋯O2 0.93 2.41 2.744 (4) 101
C6---H6⋯O3 0.93 2.22 2.812 (3) 121
C10---H10*B*⋯O4 0.97 2.43 2.775 (4) 100
C13---H13*A*⋯O1 0.96 2.39 2.899 (4) 113
C13---H13*B*⋯O5 0.96 2.47 3.186 (4) 131
C14---H14*C*⋯O1 0.96 2.58 3.074 (5) 112
C24---H24⋯O4 0.93 2.59 3.065 (4) 112
Symmetry codes: (i) ; (ii) ; (iii) .
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Q:
How to style text via a javascript function when coming from an input field
I have one input field that facilitates a person having a conversation but playing both roles in the convo. I want to get as close as I can to what its like to have a text conversation, but I cannot seem to sort out how to style the text when it comes through.
As of the moment, the user types the text and hits one of two buttons, each is loaded with the following function to pull the text, create a div, text node, append them and place in the page.
I tried styling the initial input but that simply makes the input field styled, does not affect the actual output.
I tried adding style at each step of the way, to the variable I saved the input in, to the p, the div, the text node, and after placing it in the doc... each time the function failed.
I tried the attribute method and an innerhtml approach.
What would work? At minimum I would love the function to bold and right align the text. Next best would be to append it with the contents of an ng-app so it says Me: (text here), then My future self: (text here)... which I sense would just involve a string set to a variable.. but setting x = {{name}} caused the function to fail..
I know theres a way to use firebug to understand these failures, but I am not quite understanding that yet. Any suggestions?
<script>
function changeTextComment4(destination){
// to be modified from the above to change the location of the dump
// this function ADDS a comment from the comment field to the div w id comment near it...
var userInput = document.getElementById('userInputS1').value;
// get the input from the user
// 3 make the div a panel
var para = document.createElement("P");
// assignment of attributes
var t = document.createTextNode(userInput);
para.appendChild(t);
// add comment area
// place the item
var destination = document.getElementById(destination)
destination.insertBefore(para, destination.firstChild);
document.getElementById('userInputS1').value = "";
document.getElementById('userInputS1').focus();}
</script>
A:
you can add style by referring to the selector
#userInputS1{
color : #F00;
}
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<a name="process-details"></a>
## Process Details
To add an extension to the Portal, send a pull request, as specified in [top-extensions-publishing.md](top-extensions-publishing.md).
To enable an extension, remove the `disabled` parameter from the json file that contains the description of the extension.
The pull request allows you to compare the current file and the proposed proposed changes to ensure that the enabling of the extension is correct previous to creating the pull request, as in the following example.
An example of a pull request that puts the extension immediately into the enabled state is located at [https://msazure.visualstudio.com/One/_git/AzureUX-PortalFx/pullrequest/909233?_a=overview](https://msazure.visualstudio.com/One/_git/AzureUX-PortalFx/pullrequest/909233?_a=overview).
An example of a pull request that enables the `HDInsight` extension in the Mooncake environment and increases the extension test is located at [https://msazure.visualstudio.com/One/Azure%20Portal/_git/AzureUX-PortalFx/commit/062ccb2ed5c5a8a086877e2d61dd6009242f17fc?refName=refs%2Fheads%2Fdev](https://msazure.visualstudio.com/One/Azure%20Portal/_git/AzureUX-PortalFx/commit/062ccb2ed5c5a8a086877e2d61dd6009242f17fc?refName=refs%2Fheads%2Fdev).
The following is an example of a pull request for registering a `Scheduler` extension in the Fairfax environment.
[https://msazure.visualstudio.com/One/Azure%20Portal/_git/AzureUX-PortalFx/commit/459608f61d5c36864affafe6eb9d230655f67a29?refName=refs%2Fheads%2Fdev](https://msazure.visualstudio.com/One/Azure%20Portal/_git/AzureUX-PortalFx/commit/459608f61d5c36864affafe6eb9d230655f67a29?refName=refs%2Fheads%2Fdev).
<a name="process-details-service-level-agreements-for-deployment"></a>
### Service Level Agreements for deployment
As per the safe deployment mandate, all the configuration changes are treated as code changes. Consequently, they use similar deployment processes.
All changes that are checked in to the dev branch will be deployed in the following order: Dogfood -> RC -> MPAC -> PROD-> National Clouds (BlackForest, FairFax, and Mooncake). The table located at in [top-extensions-svc-lvl-agreements.md](top-extensions-svc-lvl-agreements.md) specifies the amount of time allowed to complete the deployment.
<a name="process-details-expediting-deployment"></a>
### Expediting deployment
To deploy expedited changes, developers can send a pull request for each branch in the Portal repository, i.e., Dogfood, MPAC and Production. How to send the pull request is specified in [top-extensions-publishing.md](top-extensions-publishing.md).
Typically, all pull requests are for the Dev branch. When a pull request for an environment is marked as complete, the specified commit can be cherry-picked from that environment and included in a pull request for the next branch. The dev branch is followed by the **Dogfood** branch, which in turn is followed by the **MPAC** branch and finally the production branch.
If the pull request is not sent in the specified order, or if the commit message is changed, then unit test failure may occur. In this case, the changes that are associated with the extension will be reverted without notice.
The SLA for deploying configuration changes to all regions in the Production Environment is in the table specified in [top-extensions-svc-lvl-agreements.md](top-extensions-svc-lvl-agreements.md).
As per the safe deployment mandate, deployment to production environment is performed in stages, where each stage is a logical grouping of regions. There are five stages in the production environment. There is a 24-hour wait period between promoting the build from one batch to another. This implies that the minimum time to deploy a change in all regions in Production branch is five days.
<a name="process-details-receiving-notifications-when-changes-are-deployed"></a>
### Receiving notifications when changes are deployed
After the commit has been associated with a workitem, the developer will receive a notification when the config change is deployed to each region.
When the development team wants to subscribe to these changes, ask them to make a comment on the workitem. After they have made changes, they will start receiving the notifications. |
How to choose the correct training footwear
Shoes, shoes, shoes. They can be the cause of your injury, or help you avoid or overcome an injury. With so many different shoe types (and colours) on the market, how does one choose the correct footwear for their foot-type and activity?
Firstly some pointers for correctly choosing footwear in general:
The shoe should be flat – even a small heel raise can cause long term compensatory problems
The shoe should bend at the toe (where your foot naturally bends)
The shoe should have some flex and forgiveness in the middle – our foot is not supposed to be locked up in a coffin all day!
The widest part of the shoe should be at your toes – your toes are supposed to wiggle and grip – not be squeezed together all day (sorry ladies and gents – pointy toes are a no no)
Allow your thumb’s width gap at the end of the longest toe (which may be the 2nd toe)
The shape of the shoe should match the foot (eg. curved last for a curved foot)
The midsole of the shoe should be firm yet shock absorbing
Next you need to choose the correct shoe for your foot-type. Just because Asics for example is a good brand of footwear, not all Asics will be suited to your foot-type.
Neutral shoe – for a foot-type that is structurally correct (no excessive arch collapse). A neutral shoe provides cushioning but no extra support as a neutral foot-type does not need extra support.
Anti-pronation shoe – for a foot-type that requires more support (due to excessive arch collapse). An anti-pronation shoe has a medial post (firmer grey rubber) on the inside of the shoe which makes this part of the shoe stronger. Anti-pronation shoes come in mild, moderate and severe anti-pronation control.
Lastly, it’s really important to match your footwear to your activity. Playing touch football in a tennis shoe is likely end up in all sorts of mischief!
Walking shoes Walking and running is a straight line motion sport (versus change of direction such as aerobics). Therefore a walking shoe should have good flexibility in the toe, however may not be as flexible in the toe as a running shoe. Midsole cushioning in the heel and forefoot is important for walking shoes, especially if you are walking on bitumen or concrete. A good walking shoe will have a slightly rounded sole or rocker bottom which helps to shift weight from heel strike into toe-off, reducing the forces on forefoot.
Running shoes Running is also straight line motion, so having lots of flexibility in the toe is really important. Running shoes should also have good cushioning in the midsole, especially if you are road running. Over the years opinions on ‘the best’ running shoes have jumped about – from conventional running shoes, to minimalist running shoes, and more recently to maximalist, highly cushioned running shoes. Not one type of running shoe suits everybody. Take into consideration your body weight, running technique, running experience, terrain, mileage, foot-type and any injuries you may have.
Cross training / Court sports Shoes Activities such as aerobics, netball and tennis involve predominantly lateral (side-to-side) movements. Shoes for these activities should provide good lateral support to reduce the risk of an injury ocuring, such as an ankle sprain. They often incorporate more leather in the upper compared to mesh which also provides more side to side stability. A cross training shoe must have some flexibility in the toe, but not as much as a running shoe would need. They have less flex grooves in the forefoot and more rubber in the outer-sole to contact the ground to provide grip.
Some cross-trainers are now made with a 80% running base and 20% court base, which would be suitable for someone who wants to do maybe 2 aerobics classes, 1 run and 1 hit of tennis per week. Other cross-trainers are 80% court base and 20% running based for those wanting to do predominantly court activities.
You do not necessarily need a different pair of shoes for every activity you participate in. However, if you are doing a certain activity (such as running) 3 times per week or more than you would benefit from wearing a sport-specific shoe. |
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
// Licensed under the MIT License.
#pragma once
#ifdef USE_WINUI3
#include <Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Hosting.DesktopWindowXamlSource.h>
using IDesktopWindowXamlSourceNative2 = IDesktopWindowXamlSourceNative;
#else
#include <Windows.UI.Xaml.Hosting.DesktopWindowXamlSource.h>
#endif // USE_WINUI3
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Big Pharm Flu Scare Season Goes Into Overdrive…
Each year seems to hit a new level of hype surrounding the seasonal flu. The pharmaceutical-media complex is drooling over the latest “outbreak,” which has resulted in Boston declaring a “Health Emergency” and New York reaching epidemic proportions. Additionally, nurses are being denied the right to refuse flu vaccinations, even on religious grounds, and are being fired for any resistance.
However, fine details are normally not the strong suit of corporate media, so that is where we must look before we decide to go into full-blown panic mode and start lining up to get jabbed with the latest vaccine concoction. For instance, people are still getting sick and are dying even after getting the flu shot.
As even the Associated Press was forced to highlight:
Recent studies have shown that the flu vaccine as a whole is only about 59 percent effective at preventing the illness. NRP pointed out that the vaccine appears to be less effective for the elderly, which is a population often highly encouraged to receive the shot in the first place. (Source)
Perhaps one reason for the ineffectiveness of this year’s vaccine is that the most virulent strain of H3N2v is not included in the vaccine.
The increasing hype over a flu season that turns into a possible pandemic has terrorized a significant part of the population. This is important to keep in mind, as the CDC often reports the increased numbers of visits to doctors and hospitals based on “flu-like symptoms.” People who are on edge about contracting a life-threatening virus are likely to interpret every ache, pain, and sniffle into the most dreaded of possibilities after being bombarded by an onslaught of media reports.
Major media continues to support the flu shot, because, as CNN’s Sanjay Gupta states, “It’s better than nothing.” Sounds like a fine slogan for any product. The fact is that the Centers for Disease Control only has estimates of the numbers of deaths that occur each year from the flu. Their reasoning for not having exact figures is stated as follows:
CDC does not know exactly how many people die from seasonal flu each year. There are several reasons for this. First, states are not required to report individual seasonal flu cases or deaths of people older than 18 years of age to CDC. Second, seasonal influenza is infrequently listed on death certificates of people who die from flu-related complications. Third, many seasonal flu-related deaths occur one or two weeks after a person’s initial infection, either because the person may develop a secondary bacterial co-infection (such as bacterial pneumonia) or because seasonal influenza can aggravate an existing chronic illness (such as congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Also, most people who die from seasonal flu-related complications are not tested for flu, or they seek medical care later in their illness when seasonal influenza can no longer be detected from respiratory samples. (Source)
The range of flu deaths as provided by the CDC over a roughly 30-year period has been 3,000-49,000 annually. We must also keep in mind that these are categorized as “flu-related deaths” which include those who had other serious or life-threatening illnesses and might have been pushed over the edge by contracting the seasonal flu.
Naturally the corporate media has been reporting that this year looks to be the worst ever. However, the CDC itself has said that this year looks to be within the normal range.
A greater concern for the health of Americans should be declining nutritional values, as well as an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, coupled with every imaginable food and environmental toxin; these elements contribute to far more sickness and death.
In fact, a recent study found that the average child is now chronically sick, and that vaccines themselves appear to be a contributing factor.
Overall, the study reported that 43% of children suffer from at least one of the 20 conditions considered—when obesity and developmental delays are not included. That is is over 32 million children whose health is damaged! (emphasis added)
And if you want to go down the rabbit hole about a possible over-arching agenda for the peddling of vaccines, please have a look at Catherine J. Frompovich’s article about vaccine taxes funding the U.S. deficit.
With so many corporate and governmental interests riding the wave of flu hysteria, it pays to keep a very healthy skepticism.
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I think it is pretty clear from the record of what I have written about the so called health care system in the US that I am prepared to defend any part of it. Everything in the US that involves the possibility money being diverted into a tiny minority of the population is totally corrupt and fraudulent and all “information” readily available about it is equally fraudulent. At one point in my life I actually thought that the criminal system would leave health care alone. I am that old. So I can not be lured into defending any part of what happens in the US in the name of health, particularly in the area of public health.
That said, this crazy fully corrupt environment creates a great opportunity for illogical, biased and evidence free opinion. I would suggest that folks avoid any discussion of medicine in the US in any attempt to understand medical practice. Of course this fully corrupt environment makes that a little hard by limiting access to relevant information about medical practice elsewhere. And all the while health statistics for the US continue to fall like a stone.
National Research Council
Institute of Medicine
January 2013
U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health
The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although Americans’ life expectancy and health have improved over the past century, these gains have lagged behind those of other high-income countries. This health disadvantage prevails even though the United states spends far more per person on health care than any other nation.
To gain a better understanding of this problem, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) asked the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine to convene a panel of experts to investigate potential reasons for the U.S. health disadvantage and to assess larger implications. The panel’s findings are detailed in its report, U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health.
The panel was struck by the gravity of its findings. For many years, Americans have been dying at younger ages than people in almost all other high-income countries. This disadvantage has been getting worse for three decades, especially among women.
When compared with the average of peer countries, Americans as a group fare worse in at least nine health areas:
* infant mortality and low birth weight
* injuries and homicides
* adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections
* HIV and AIDS
* drug-related deaths
* obesity and diabetes
* heart disease
* chronic lung disease
* disability
Many of these conditions have a particularly profound effect on young people, reducing the odds that Americans will live to age 50. And for those who reach age 50, these conditions contribute to poorer health and greater illness later in life.
The United States does enjoy a few health advantages when compared with peer countries, including lower cancer death rates and greater control of blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Americans who reach age 75 can expect to live longer than people in the peer countries. With these exceptions, however, other high-income countries outrank the United States on most measures.
Why are Americans so unhealthy?
The panel’s inquiry found multiple likely explanations for the U.S. health disadvantage:
* Health systems. Unlike its peer countries, the United States has a relatively large uninsured population and more limited access to primary care. Americans are more likely to find their health care inaccessible or unaffordable and to report lapses in the quality and safety of care outside of hospitals.
* Health behaviors. Although Americans are currently less likely to smoke and may drink alcohol less heavily than people in peer countries, they consume the most calories per person, have higher rates of drug abuse, are less likely to use seat belts, are involved in more traffic accidents that involve alcohol, and are more likely to use firearms in acts of violence.
* Social and economic conditions. Although the income of Americans is higher on average than in other countries, the United States also has higher levels of poverty (especially child poverty) and income inequality and lower rates of social mobility. Other countries are outpacing the United States in the education of young people, which also affects health. And Americans benefit less from safety net programs that can buffer the negative health effects of poverty and other social disadvantages.
* Physical environments. U.S. communities and the built environment are more likely than those in peer countries to be designed around automobiles, and this may discourage physical activity and contribute to obesity.
The tragedy is not that the United States is losing a contest with other countries, but that Americans are dying and suffering from illness and injury at rates that are demonstrably unnecessary. Superior health outcomes in other nations show that Americans can also enjoy better health.
Do not look to local sources for accuracy and wisdom because of this conflagration of lies that is occurring in the US. As a rule of thumb it is best to reject both sides of any argument regarding health care in the US originating in the US. Cuba uses flu vaccines (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531513104008076).
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Q:
Golang binding - call contract method and get its return value or tuple?
Suppose i have contract like:
pragma solidity ^0.4.11;
contract MyToken {
uint256 a;
function SimpleGetter() returns(string) {
return "something";
}
function DoTheGreat(address _to) returns(uint256) payable {
/// ...
return /* <...> */;
}
}
I've followed article a bit outdated, but still very useful and have generated Go binding for my contract, then just end up with something like:
// Generate "CEO" keypair(wallet)
key, _ := crypto.GenerateKey()
CEOAuth := bind.NewKeyedTransactor(key)
// Create genesis
alloc := make(core.GenesisAlloc)
alloc[CEOAuth.From] = core.GenesisAccount{Balance: big.NewInt(20000000000000)}
sim := backends.NewSimulatedBackend(core.GenesisAccount{Address: auth.From, Balance: big.NewInt(10000000000)})
// Deploy a token contract on the simulated blockchain
_, _, token, err := DeployMyToken(CEOAuth, sim, ..)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to deploy new token contract: %v", err)
}
sim.Commit()
val, _ := token.SimpleGetter(nil)
fmt.Println("Something from contrract:", val)
I actually using MyTokenSession:
the Token contract instance into a session
session := &MyTokenSession{
Contract: token,
CallOpts: bind.CallOpts{
Pending: true,
},
TransactOpts: bind.TransactOpts{
From: CEOAuth.From,
Signer: CEOAuth.Signer,
GasLimit: big.NewInt(3141592),
},
}
The problem is that we take a look at Go bidining from abigen for our function DoTheGreat(), it looks like:
func (_MyToken *MyTokenSession) DoTheGreat(_to common.Address) (*types.Transaction, error) {
// ....
}
As you can see, it returns *types.Transaction and i don't see a way to understand do i have to sign it, send it, and how to get the return values from my contract function.
The value for tx.Value() is *big.Int, but it is not related to data returned by contract, it is always zero. Could someone throw in some code for my case?
A:
type.Transaction is a transaction type. When you call a contract using the code generated via abigen, signing and broadcasting is handled for you, using the key details specified in your session. The transaction returned will contain the information of the transaction that was broadcasted.
Before you can observe any effects of the transaction, you need to wait for it to be mined, and the check the tx receipt. As far as I'm aware, return values are currently not returned in the tx receipt, and EIPs to allow that are still under consideration. If you wish to extract data from a write-transaction, use events. If your function does not alter the state of the contract, mark it as a view or pure function. abigen will produce read only methods for view and pure functions that return the appropriate data instead of types.Transaction.
The value field you see is the value transferred from the From account in that transaction, which is 0 for most contract calls.
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The head of the World Trade Organisation has vowed to ensure Britain will not face a trade "vacuum or a disruption", however tough its exit from the European Union.
Roberto Azevedo said that he did not believe the Brexit vote was "anti-trade" and dismissed fears that Britain could suffer a sudden seizure of trade during or after its negotiations with the EU.
In an exclusive interview with Sky News, the WTO director-general also said that while Britain would have to renegotiate its membership of the trade body after its EU departure, the process was relatively straightforward.
:: Leaked recording reveals Theresa May's Brexit views
"I will be working hard - I will work very intensely to ensure that this transition is fast and is smooth," he said.
"The less turbulence the better. The global economy today is not in the best shape for us to be introducing turbulence."
May recorded warning against Brexit
Asked about the exit process and whether it would prove tricky and disruptive for UK businesses and households reliant on the billions of pounds of trade in and out of Britain's ports every week, he said: "I'm not saying there will be a vacuum.
"The UK is a member of the WTO today, it will continue to be a member tomorrow. There will be no discontinuity in membership.
"They have to renegotiate (their terms of membership) but that doesn't mean they are not members.
"Trade will not stop, it will continue and members negotiate the legal basis under which that trade is going to happen. But it doesn't mean that we'll have a vacuum or a disruption."
:: Has Britain left the EU yet?
The comments seem to mark a change in tone from the institution, which safeguards trade rules around the world.
Before the vote, Mr Azevedo was repeatedly warning about the difficulties Britain would face if it left the EU, including raising some questions about its membership of the organisation and its capacity to renegotiate the multitude of trade agreements previously signed on its behalf by the EU.
How long until the UK leaves the EU?
However, he did add that it was hard to anticipate how long it would take the UK to negotiate its new trade arrangements.
"It's very difficult to predict but my understanding is that the UK government is fully aware of all that, we have been talking, they know of these complexities and they're trying to handle it in the best way they can.
"I told (Trade Secretary Liam Fox) that I myself and the WTO secretariat will be available to make the transition as smooth as possible.
"Then we have been in touch, not every day, but clearly there will be a very dynamic relationship in the future."
Asked whether he felt the UK had a comprehensive plan, he said: "I think there is a major strategy.
"Since the vote there have been a lot of bright people spending 24 hours a day thinking about this and coming up with alternatives and a game plan." |
Microparticle-enhanced nephelometric immunoassay with microsphere-antigen conjugates.
gamma-Irradiation of acrolein and other acrylic monomers allowed the synthesis of spherical polyfunctional hydrophilic microparticles in the size range of 50 to 300 nm, on which antigens (immunoglobulins G, chorionic gonadotropin hormone, prealbumin) could be covalently bound. Microsphere-antigen conjugates clustered together in the presence of specific antiserum or monoclonal antibodies and their agglutination was quantified by light-scattering measurement performed with a specially designed nephelometer. Essential factors concerning the conjugate agglutination and its quantitation (size of microsphere, amount of antigen bound on microsphere, concentration of conjugate, concentration of agglutinating reagent, angle of light-scattering observation) were successively studied. A microparticle-enhanced nephelometric immunoassay for prealbumin was finally developed as an example of application. It was based on the inhibition of the immunoagglutination of microspheres-prealbumin conjugate by free prealbumin. This prealbumin immunoassay was easy to perform (one-step assay without washing or phase separation), fast (30 min), reliable (variation coefficients ranged from 3.6% to 7.5% for within- and between-assay determination), and sensitive (1 microgram/L detected). It was correlated with conventional immunonephelometry and radial immunodiffusion (correlation coefficients, 0.98). Microparticle-enhanced nephelometric immunoassay offered many advantages over the last two methods. Its better sensitivity allowed a lower reagent consumption and a larger sample dilution (contrary to the conventional immunonephelometry, sample pretreatment and sample blank measurement were unnecessary). Its inhibition mode induced a total accuracy for sample with high analyte concentration (a risk of underevaluation in antigen excess conditions existed in all method based on a noncompetitive antigen-antibody reaction) and provided the possibility to quantify haptens.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) |
Remote evaluation
In computer science, remote evaluation is a general term for any technology that involves the transmission of executable software code from a client computer to a server computer for subsequent execution at the server. After the code has finished executing, the results of its execution are sent back to the client.
Remote evaluation belongs to the family of mobile code, within the field of code mobility. An example for remote evaluation is grid computing: An executable task may be sent to a specific computer in the grid. After the execution has terminated, the result is sent back to the client. The client in turn may have to reassemble the different results of multiple concurrently calculated subtasks into one single result.
See also
Client-side scripting, the client executing code sent by the server, instead of the server executing code sent by the client
Code on demand
Code mobility
Category:Grid computing
Category:Evaluation strategy |
SEATTLE -- The Seattle School Board unanimously voted Wednesday to have public schools observe "Indigenous Peoples' Day" on the second Monday of October -- the same day as the Columbus Day federal holiday.
The resolution, in part, said the board "recognizes the fact that Seattle is built upon the homelands and villages of the Indigenous Peoples of this region, without whom the building of the City would not have been possible."
The resolution also says the board "has a responsibility to oppose the systematic racism towards Indigenous people in the United States, which perpetuates high rates of poverty and income inequality, exacerbating disproportionate health, education and social crises."
It urges district staff to "include the teaching of the history, culture and government of the indigenous peoples of our state."
Click here to read the full resolution adopted by the school board.
The Seattle City Council will vote next Monday, Oct. 6, whether to celebrate "Indigenous Peoples’ Day" on the same day as the Columbus Day holiday.
"We know Columbus Day is a federal holiday, we are not naive about that, but what we can do and what you have seen is a movement," said Matt Remle, supporter of the Indigenous Peoples’ Day designation.
Columbus Day has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1937 and has been observed on the second Monday in October since 1970.
During a Seattle City Council committee meeting on Sept. 17, Italian Americans expressed their concerns. Many of them support Indigenous Peoples’ Day, but believe it should not replace Columbus Day.
“For most Italian Americans, Columbus Day is a symbol of pride in our heritage,” said Audrey Manzanares.
Here is our earlier video report of the Seattle City Council committee hearing on the issue Sept. 17:
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The parrot was fully-grown with a bad attitude and worse vocabulary. Every other word was an expletive. Those that weren't expletives were, to say the least very rude.
Jerry tried hard to change the bird's attitude and was constantly saying polite words, playing soft music, anything he could think of to try and set a good example. Nothing worked.
He yelled at the bird and the bird yelled back. He shook the bird and the bird just got angrier and became even more rude. Finally in a moment of desperation. Jerry put the parrot in the FREEZER.
For a few moments he heard the bird squawk and kick and scream. Then suddenly, there was a ----
-Not a sound for half a minute. Jerry was frightened that he might have hurt the bird and quickly opened the freezer door.
The Parrot calmly stepped out onto Jerry's extended arm and said: "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I will endeavor at once to correct my behavior. I really am truly sorry and beg your forgiveness."
Jerry was astonished at the bird's change in attitude and was about to ask what had made the difference and caused such a dramatic change when the parrot continued: "May I ask what the chicken did???" |
Jenna Ladd| September 7, 2017
Climate change increased the amount of rainfall that fell on Houston during the recent storm, according to a statement from Clare Nullis Kapp, media officer for the World Meteorological Organization. Karen Tigges, a Des Moines resident and operations analyst at Wells Fargo, said in a recent Des Moines Register Letter to the Editor that Harvey has something to teach the people of Iowa. The letter reads:
Unfortunately, flooding is not unfamiliar to the city of Des Moines either. We are growing in the metro as well. We must take the warnings of storm events seriously. It’s said that the lack of zoning ordinances in Houston led to the loss of wetlands and grasslands that could have absorbed at least some of the onslaught of water. How does that compare with planning for growth here in the metro area? Is the growth of our urban areas leading to higher risks of flooding due to more impermeable surfaces in the form of more paved roads and rooftops?
As the city prepares for a future that will likely include more intense rainfall events, thanks to a warmer, more humid climate, we citizens need to take an active role in seeing that effective planning and policies are put in place to make Des Moines ready to face this unpleasant reality.
We can do that by weighing in on the city’s new planning and zoning code. We also need to do that by electing and supporting leaders that will be proactive in setting the course of the metro area on a path of resilience and preparedness for what storms of the future may bring.” |
2002 Ecuadorian general election
General elections were held in Ecuador on 20 October 2002, with a second round of the presidential elections on 24 November. The result was a victory for Lucio Gutiérrez of the PSP–MUPP–NP alliance, who won the run-off with 54.8% of the vote. The Social Christian Party emerged as the largest party in the National Congress, winning 24 of the 100 seats.
Results
President
National Congress
References
Category:Elections in Ecuador
Category:2002 elections in South America
General election |
Q:
Make this report in one SQL in C#
EDIT: the database is Access 2007
Hi, I'm new here and I need some help:
I have three tables:
technicians (Id, tech_name, is_active)
type_services (Id, serv_name, is_active)
services (Id, date_time, prod_name, quantity, serv_type, tech_name, is_active)
I have to make a report that contain:
Number of services per tech (SUM(quantity))
Number of type of services per tech
Total per each services
Total of services
Example:
TECH_NAME TYPE_SERV1 TYPE_SERV2 TYPE_SERV3 TYPE_SERV4 TYPE_SERV5 TYPE_SERV6 TOTAL
NAME1 2 0 3 7 15 52 79
NAME2 0 0 1 6 18 45 70
NAME3 0 0 2 3 13 38 56
NAME4 1 1 0 3 11 21 37
TOTAL 3 1 6 19 57 156 242
All using a date interval
NOTE: In the services table I use the string name of serv_type and tech_name directly, so I don't use the number id
This is the NEW sql, that it's works but if it's possible to make all this in a SQL sentence with no C# extra code, because not always there are one type services on services
SELECT
COUNT(Srvs.serv_type) AS numReg,
SUM(Srvs.quantity) AS tot,
Techs.tech_name AS tchs,
Srvs.serv_type AS srv
FROM
technicians AS Techs,
type_services AS TySrv,
services AS Srvs
WHERE
(Techs.is_active = true AND
TySrv.is_active = true AND
Srvs.is_active = true) AND
(Srvs.date_time BETWEEN #2010/06/01 00:00:00# AND #2010/08/30 23:59:59#
AND Srvs.tech_name = Techs.tech_name)
AND Srvs.serv_type = TySrv.serv_name
GROUP BY Srvs.serv_type, Techs.tech_name
ORDER BY Techs.tech_name ASC
Before this SQL I had three SQL to make this report xD, so I need that be more simple with one SQL
Thanks and I hope you know what I'm trying to say
A:
In Access, I think you want something like this:
TRANSFORM Sum(services.quantity) AS SumOfquantity
SELECT services.tech_name,
Sum(services.quantity) AS [Total Of Quantity],
Count(services.serv_type) AS [Count of Services]
FROM (services
INNER JOIN technicians ON services.tech_name = technicians.tech_name)
INNER JOIN type_services ON services.serv_type = type_services.serv_name
WHERE services.is_active=True
AND technicians.is_active=True
AND type_services.is_active=True
AND services.date_time Between #6/1/2010# And #8/30/2010 23:59:59#
GROUP BY services.tech_name
PIVOT services.serv_type
if you wish to vary the dates, you can use a parameter.
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How Long Does Therapeutic Community Treatment Last?
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the therapeutic community is the “best-known residential treatment model,” although many individuals do not actually realize what it entails or know how long treatment even lasts.
Treatment Lengths for the Therapeutic Community Model
“Planned lengths of stay [for therapeutic community patients last] between 6 and 12 months.” This is far longer than the general 90 days associated with most other addiction treatment programs. Nonetheless, it is important for patients to spend this much time in a therapeutic community program in order to recover fully from their addictions and receive the full benefits of the program itself.
Featured Rehab Center
Orchid Recovery Center
Good outcomes are unconditionally based on treatment length, according to various studies on the subject, and patients who leave treatment early are often much more likely to relapse than those who finish the entire program before moving on to the next chapter of their recovery. In many cases, the general treatment length is much shorter, but patients in therapeutic communities will only gain from the program if they attend for this extended amount of time.
Why Does Therapeutic Community Treatment Last So Long?
The comprehensive services offered at therapeutic community treatment centers can take quite some time to complete.
Certain rehab programs have extended treatment lengths that are necessary to a patient’s overall recovery, such as methadone maintenance, and the therapeutic community model require this length of treatment for several very specific reasons.
Therapeutic communities are very structured, ensuring patients wake up, attend therapy, go to classes, and go to bed at specific times every day. Just getting used to this type of schedule can take time.
It can also take time for the individuals to come to terms with the confrontational style of treatment at a therapeutic community and for them to begin to have the kind of breakthrough the treatment is meant to create.
“Many therapeutic communities offer comprehensive services, which can include employee training and other support services, onsite,” an option that can take extra time for patients to complete, in some cases, after general treatment has ended.
Individuals who require this type of treatment are often struggling with more than just drug addiction itself and usually have issues with communication and interacting with others. The program works to focus on these issues as well.
The examination of damaging beliefs and self-concepts is also an important part of the program, which can take individuals a very long time to come to grips with.
The doctors, nurses, counselors, and staff of the therapeutic community, as well as the other patients, are meant to become active participants in every individual’s recovery, which means everyone needs ample time to get to know each other and to participate in helping one another succeed.
The treatment itself is highly beneficial, but it takes time for it to work. Every individual who completes the therapeutic community program, though, is able to understand themselves in a new light and often develops much stronger interaction skills as well as coping mechanisms that do not involve substance abuse. If you would like to learn more about the program or find facilities in your area that utilize it, call 800-481-6320 today.
More Rehab Centers Resources
One of the most difficult things to do is watch a loved one kill themselves with drugs or alcohol. You beg and plead with them, asking them to seek treatment but they always go back to their addiction. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, treatment does not have to be voluntary to work…..
In the past 10 years, teen drug abuse has seen significant increased and some minor decreases along the way. Unfortunately, the number of teens who are now using dangerous drugs is seeing an all-time high that has not been reached in the prior 20 years. Teens today aren’t just experimenting with pot or alcohol, today’s teen drug….
Heroin is an opioid that they make from the opiate morphine. It is a synthetic form of the pain killer that originally came from the opium poppy in Asia. Heroin is typically a white or brown powder or in the case of Black Tar Heroin, it is a black sticky substance resembling tar. According to….
Many different types of rehab centers exist: some provide a more lax environment from which patients are able to come and go every day while others provide a more restrictive environment where patients stay at the facility and are very scheduled throughout the day. As such, it is sometimes difficult to know which individuals need….
The National Survey on Drug Use & Health estimated that more than 1.2 million Americans who were over the age of 12 had used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime. This habit forming drug can result in a lifetime of consequences and for some will lead to addictive behaviors that require treatment and rehabilitation….
As you compare inpatient and outpatient rehab facilities, you will learn about the pros and cons of both types.There are many reasons why a growing number of people are choosing a live in rehab facility. Before we get into the five top reasons for this decision, there is something you need to know: these types….
Drug rehab is a great opportunity for you–if you take it for what it’s worth and work with it! If you simply walk into drug rehab with the intention of not doing your part, then there’s a good chance that the treatment won’t do a whole lot for you. It’s an investment in your future, an….
There are a lot of things that Hollywood gets wrong. This is particularly true when it comes to drug addiction and rehab. Unfortunately, with actors, actresses, and other famous people do nothing to help. By flitting in and out of rehab as if they are changing clothes, all they do is perpetuate the myths. The….
Xanax belongs to a family of drugs known as benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines do a good job at relieving symptoms of anxiety and stress in general. Drugs in this class also carry a risk of addiction when not taken as prescribed or used for recreational purposes. According to American Family Physician, one to two percent of the….
The National Highway Traffic Safetey Administration (NHTSA) has designated December to be National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, which is an effort to combat drunk and drugged driving to help reduce accidents and associated fatalities. According to a release from the White House Office on National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Gil Kerlikowske, 1 out of…. |
The effects of a physical activity and nutrition intervention on body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, and weight concerns in pre-adolescents.
The primary aim was to examine the effects of a physical activity and nutrition intervention on Body Dissatisfaction, Drive for Thinness, and Weight Concerns in pre-adolescents. Eighty-four 10-12 years old were studied as part of a larger trial of a family-based physical activity and nutrition intervention. Forty-nine children participated in the 8-week intervention (35 in control group) and completed Body Dissatisfaction, Drive for Thinness, and Weight Concerns measures at baseline and post-test. Participants in both groups showed positive but non-significant changes in body image and Drive for Thinness following the trial, but there were no significant between group differences. This was the first study to examine the effects of a physical activity and nutrition intervention on body image and related variables in pre-adolescents. Body Dissatisfaction, Drive for Thinness, and Weight Concerns were not positively or negatively influenced by the intervention. |
Q:
Magento to Magento order import
I need to migrate orders table from one magento website to another magento website.
I have figured out tables in which table magento stores customer and order data.
'customer_address_entity'
'customer_address_entity_datetime'
'customer_address_entity_decimal'
'customer_address_entity_int'
'customer_address_entity_text'
'customer_address_entity_varchar'
'customer_eav_attribute'
'customer_eav_attribute_website'
'customer_entity'
'customer_entity_datetime'
'customer_entity_decimal'
'customer_entity_int'
'customer_entity_text'
'customer_entity_varchar'
'customer_form_attribute'
'customer_group'
'sales_bestsellers_aggregated_daily';
'sales_bestsellers_aggregated_monthly';
'sales_bestsellers_aggregated_yearly';
'sales_billing_agreement';
'sales_billing_agreement_order';
'sales_flat_creditmemo';
'sales_flat_creditmemo_comment';
'sales_flat_creditmemo_grid';
'sales_flat_creditmemo_item';
'sales_flat_invoice';
'sales_flat_invoice_comment';
'sales_flat_invoice_grid';
'sales_flat_invoice_item';
'sales_flat_order';
'sales_flat_order_address';
'sales_flat_order_grid';
'sales_flat_order_item';
'sales_flat_order_payment';
'sales_flat_order_status_history';
'sales_flat_quote';
'sales_flat_quote_address';
'sales_flat_quote_address_item';
'sales_flat_quote_item';
'sales_flat_quote_item_option';
'sales_flat_quote_payment';
'sales_flat_quote_shipping_rate';
'sales_flat_shipment';
'sales_flat_shipment_comment';
'sales_flat_shipment_grid';
'sales_flat_shipment_item';
'sales_flat_shipment_track';
'sales_invoiced_aggregated';
'sales_invoiced_aggregated_order';
'sales_order_aggregated_created';
'sales_order_aggregated_updated';
'sales_order_status';
'sales_order_status_label';
'sales_order_status_state';
'sales_order_tax';
'sales_order_tax_item';
'sales_payment_transaction';
'sales_recurring_profile';
'sales_recurring_profile_order';
'sales_refunded_aggregated';
'sales_refunded_aggregated_order';
'sales_shipping_aggregated';
'sales_shipping_aggregated_order';
But i don't know how I can do this, I have tried used to ignoring table but that's not working either.
Please let me know how should i proceed.
A:
The following extension may help you.
http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/bulk-import-export-orders-to-csv.html
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Review: El Ladrón Blanco Blue Agave Spirit
Founded by Sean Venus, Venus Spirits is a new craft distillery located in Santa Cruz, California. I met Sean at a K&L tasting event in San Francisco where he was pouring El Ladron (The Thief) blue agave spirit and his gin . Sean has an extensive background in brewing and fermentation. He worked for a number of microbreweries while attending the University of Oregon and spent six years with Gordon Biersh.
Tasting Notes
Nose: The aroma is has interesting notes of cranberry and raspberry with a hint of sweetness. There is also an underlying green vegetal aroma commonly found in blanco tequilas. Let the spirit sit for a little bit and the aromas open up revealing dried tarragon and more earthy agave notes.
Palate: In the mouth El Ladron blanco is smooth; it is big and round on the tongue and tastes sweet with a light caramel flavor. As it sits the flavor reveals a dry mineral character that thins out. There are notes of black pepper, and cayenne combined with a smokey vegetal note like barbecued asparagus.
Finish: The finish has a slight sting that mellows out into a pleasant warmth. Sweetness lingers on the tongue almost like caramelized onions.
Conclusion: El Ladron blanco is an excellent agave spirit. It shows very well neat and it also makes a really tasty margarita. At 47% the agave spirit shines through and adds an solid earthy character that balances against the citrus and sweetness of the other ingredients. This is by far one of the best US agave spirits I have had the pleasure to taste.
A native of the Bay Area, I am the Director of Spirits Information for the American Distilling Institute. |
/* Copyright (C) 2014 InfiniDB, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of
the License.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
MA 02110-1301, USA. */
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <time.h>
using namespace std;
#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
namespace fs=boost::filesystem;
#include "configcpp.h"
using namespace config;
#include "sedit.h"
#include "idbregistry.h"
using namespace winport;
#include "fixup.h"
namespace
{
int fixupCalpontXML()
{
int rc = -1; //assume the worst
DWORDLONG totalMemSize = 1024ULL * 1024ULL * 1024ULL * 2ULL;
#ifdef _WIN64
totalMemSize *= 4ULL;
#endif
MEMORYSTATUSEX memStat;
memStat.dwLength = sizeof(memStat);
if (GlobalMemoryStatusEx(&memStat) == 0)
//FIXME: Assume 2GB?
(void)0;
else
{
#ifndef _WIN64
memStat.ullTotalPhys = std::min(memStat.ullTotalVirtual, memStat.ullTotalPhys);
#endif
//We now have the total phys mem in bytes
//FIXME: should we use avail phys mem instead?
totalMemSize = memStat.ullTotalPhys;
}
try
{
Config* cf = Config::makeConfig();
string section;
string parm;
string val;
//Fixup ConnectionsPerPrimProc
section = "PrimitiveServers";
parm = "ConnectionsPerPrimProc";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (val.empty())
{
val = "2";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
}
else
{
cf->delConfig(section, parm);
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
}
//Fixup PrefetchThreshold
parm = "PrefetchThreshold";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (val == "30")
{
val = "5";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Fixing " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
}
//Fixup Count
parm = "Count";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (val.empty())
{
val = "1";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
}
//Fixup PMS2
section = "PMS2";
parm = "IPAddr";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (val.empty())
{
val = "127.0.0.1";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
parm = "Port";
val = "8620";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
}
//Fixup UmMaxMemorySmallSide
section = "HashJoin";
parm = "UmMaxMemorySmallSide";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
#ifdef _WIN64
if (val == "4G")
#else
if (val == "256M")
#endif
{
cf->delConfig(section, parm);
cout << "Deleting " << section << "." << parm << endl;
}
//Fixup TotalUmMaxMemorySmallSide
parm = "TotalUmMaxMemorySmallSide";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
#ifdef _WIN64
if (val == "8G")
#else
if (val == "512M")
#endif
{
cf->delConfig(section, parm);
cout << "Deleting " << section << "." << parm << endl;
}
//Fixup TotalUmMemory
parm = "TotalUmMemory";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (val.empty())
{
#ifdef _WIN64
totalMemSize /= (1024ULL * 1024ULL * 1024ULL);
if (totalMemSize >= 31)
val = "16G";
else if (totalMemSize >= 15)
val = "8G";
else if (totalMemSize >= 7)
val = "4G";
else
val = "2G";
#else
val = "2G";
#endif
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
}
//Fixup MaxMemoryPerUnion
section = "Union";
parm = "MaxMemoryPerUnion";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
#ifdef _WIN64
if (val == "4G")
#else
if (val == "256M")
#endif
{
cf->delConfig(section, parm);
cout << "Deleting " << section << "." << parm << endl;
}
//Fixup TotalUnionMemory
parm = "TotalUnionMemory";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
#ifdef _WIN64
if (val == "8G")
#else
if (val == "512M")
#endif
{
cf->delConfig(section, parm);
cout << "Deleting " << section << "." << parm << endl;
}
//Fixup RowAggregation.MaxMemory
section = "RowAggregation";
parm = "MaxMemory";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
#ifdef _WIN64
if (val == "1G")
#else
if (val == "128M")
#endif
{
cf->delConfig(section, parm);
cout << "Deleting " << section << "." << parm << endl;
}
//Fixup OrderByLimit.MaxMemory
section = "OrderByLimit";
parm = "MaxMemory";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
#ifdef _WIN64
if (val == "1G")
#else
if (val == "128M")
#endif
{
cf->delConfig(section, parm);
cout << "Deleting " << section << "." << parm << endl;
}
//Fixup Installation.UMStorageType
section = "Installation";
parm = "UMStorageType";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (val.empty())
{
val = "internal";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
}
//Fixup DBRootStorageType
parm = "DBRootStorageType";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (val == "local")
{
val = "internal";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Fixing " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
}
//Fixup WES
section = "pm1_WriteEngineServer";
parm = "IPAddr";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (val.empty())
{
val = "127.0.0.1";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
parm = "Port";
val = "8630";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
}
//Fixup TableLockSaveFile
section = "SystemConfig";
parm = "TableLockSaveFile";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (val.empty())
{
val = IDBreadRegistry("") + "/dbrm/tablelocks";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
}
//Fixup SystemModuleConfig
section = "SystemModuleConfig";
parm = "ModuleDBRootCount1-1";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (val.empty())
{
val = "0";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
parm = "ModuleDBRootCount1-2";
val = "0";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
parm = "ModuleDBRootCount1-3";
val = "1";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
parm = "ModuleDBRootID1-1-1";
val = "0";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
parm = "ModuleDBRootID1-1-2";
val = "0";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
parm = "ModuleDBRootID1-1-3";
val = "1";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
}
//Fixup NVBF
section = "VersionBuffer";
parm = "NumVersionBufferFiles";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (!val.empty())
{
cf->delConfig(section, parm);
cout << "Deleting " << section << "." << parm << endl;
}
//Fixup AllowDiskBasedJoin
section = "HashJoin";
parm = "AllowDiskBasedJoin";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (val.empty())
{
val = "N"; // We default to No
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
}
//Fixup TempFilePath
section = "HashJoin";
parm = "TempFilePath";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (val.empty())
{
val = "$INSTALLDIR/tmp";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
}
//Fixup TempFileCompression
section = "HashJoin";
parm = "TempFileCompression";
val = cf->getConfig(section, parm);
if (val.empty())
{
val = "Y";
cf->setConfig(section, parm, val);
cout << "Adding " << section << "." << parm << " = " << val << endl;
}
cf->write();
rc = 0;
}
catch (exception& e)
{
cout << "fixupCalpontXML caught exception: " << e.what() << endl;
}
catch (...)
{
cout << "fixupCalpontXML caught exception (...): " << endl;
}
return rc;
}
int fixupMyIni()
{
return 0;
}
}
namespace bootstrap
{
int fixupConfig(const string& installDir, const string& mysqlPort)
{
int rc = -1;
string id = installDir;
string::size_type p;
p = id.find('\\');
while (p != string::npos)
{
id[p] = '/';
p = id.find('\\');
}
fs::path cFilePath;
fs::path tmpPath;
ifstream ifs;
ofstream ofs;
string strLine;
bool okayToRename = false;
cFilePath = installDir;
cFilePath /= "etc";
cFilePath /= "Calpont.xml";
tmpPath = cFilePath;
tmpPath.replace_extension(".tmp");
fs::remove(tmpPath);
ifs.open(cFilePath.string().c_str());
ofs.open(tmpPath.string().c_str());
getline(ifs, strLine);
while (ifs.good())
{
sedit(strLine, "##INSTDIR##", id);
ofs << strLine << endl;
getline(ifs, strLine);
}
if (!ifs.bad() && !ofs.bad())
okayToRename = true;
ofs.close();
ifs.close();
if (okayToRename)
{
try
{
fs::remove(cFilePath);
fs::rename(tmpPath, cFilePath);
}
catch (exception& e)
{
cout << "Failed to remove " << cFilePath.c_str() << e.what() << endl;
}
}
else
return -1;
ifs.clear();
ofs.clear();
okayToRename = false;
cFilePath = installDir;
cFilePath /= "my.ini";
tmpPath = cFilePath;
tmpPath.replace_extension(".tmp");
fs::remove(tmpPath);
ifs.open(cFilePath.string().c_str());
ofs.open(tmpPath.string().c_str());
getline(ifs, strLine);
while (ifs.good())
{
if (strLine[0] != '#')
{
sedit(strLine, "##INSTDIR##", id);
sedit(strLine, "##PORT##", mysqlPort);
}
#ifndef SKIP_MYSQL_SETUP4
sedit(strLine, "#infinidb_compression_type=0", "infinidb_compression_type=2");
sedit(strLine, "infinidb_compression_type=1", "infinidb_compression_type=2");
#endif
ofs << strLine << endl;
getline(ifs, strLine);
}
if (!ifs.bad() && !ofs.bad())
okayToRename = true;
ofs.close();
ifs.close();
if (okayToRename)
{
try
{
fs::remove(cFilePath);
fs::rename(tmpPath, cFilePath);
}
catch (boost::exception const& ex)
{
std::exception const* se = dynamic_cast<std::exception const*>(&ex);
if(se)
{
// will enter here only for my application exception and not for pure boost exception
cerr << se->what() << "my.ini not fixedup" << endl;
}
else
{
cerr << " Boost exception while renaming my.ini: Failed to decode the exception" << endl;
}
}
catch (std::exception const& ex)
{
cerr << ex.what() << "my.ini not fixedup" << endl;
}
catch (...)
{
cerr << "An unknown exception (...) was caught while renaming my.ini" << endl;
}
}
else
return -1;
ifs.clear();
ofs.clear();
// Add install timestamp to CalpontVersion.txt
char szTime[24];
time_t now = time(NULL);
struct tm nowtm;
localtime_s(&nowtm, &now);
strftime(szTime, 24, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &nowtm);
okayToRename = false;
cFilePath = installDir;
cFilePath /= "etc/CalpontVersion.txt";
tmpPath = cFilePath;
tmpPath.replace_extension(".tmp");
fs::remove(tmpPath);
ifs.open(cFilePath.string().c_str());
ofs.open(tmpPath.string().c_str());
getline(ifs, strLine);
while (ifs.good())
{
sedit(strLine, "@@INSTALLDATE@@", szTime);
ofs << strLine << endl;
getline(ifs, strLine);
}
if (!ifs.bad() && !ofs.bad())
okayToRename = true;
ofs.close();
ifs.close();
if (okayToRename)
{
fs::remove(cFilePath);
fs::rename(tmpPath, cFilePath);
}
else
return -1;
ifs.clear();
ofs.clear();
//Now do any final fixups...
rc = fixupMyIni();
if (rc == 0)
rc = fixupCalpontXML();
return rc;
}
}
|
Does What O.J. Simpson Allegedly Said About The Knife Found On His Property Sound Like A Confession To You?
Last week, we (okay, TMZ) broke the news that a knife was found buried on O.J. Simpson’s Brentwood property and withheld from evidence for years.
Initial analysis, however, determined it was inconsistent with the weapon used to kill Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
That doesn’t prove anything. I own many knives, I’m sure O.J. had plenty, too.
But in a story about O.J.’s manager at the time of the crime, who claims he knows who committed the murders but can’t say, the Daily Mail dropped this tidbit (which is possibly of dubious veracity).
Simpson burst into loud, uncontrollable laughter when he heard the news that the LAPD was testing a knife as the murder weapon that was found at his former Brentwood mansion.
‘It’s complete bulls**t. But this is all they got. It’s pathetic, really pathetic,’ Simpson told a prison source. ‘Let me tell ya’ll something, I’m not that stupid, I got on a plane that night going to Chicago, that’s all I’m gonna say.’
Uhhhh, that’s not a denial.
Of course, O.J. also practically admitted to the murders in a tell-all book that was eventually scrapped, so you know. It’s not like he’s got that much to hide. |
Twenty-one-year-old Brooklynite Francesca “Sol” Chaney is on a mission to make healthy, delicious and affordable vegan food accessible to the inner-city community, reports Live Kindly. Thus, the young entrepreneur opened Sol Sips, her plant-based restaurant in Bushwick.
A full spectrum doula and pre-health professions/anthropology student at Brooklyn College, Francesca knows about the struggle of juggling a busy life and a healthy, balanced and affordable nutrition. Thus, she began making her own smoothies for on-the-go meals to keep herself fueled to power through her demanding days. “I was feeling more energized and lighter,” she said about the extra burst of energy she felt with her all plant-based diet.
It was her own experience coupled with the belief that people in low-income areas may prefer healthy food over fast food – if they can afford it – that inspired Sol Sips.
Francesca ’s journey to herbalism, natural healing and holistic health care began in 2015 while working at her cousin’s apothecary. It was there where she began making herbal tea blends and elixirs for her own personal wellness. Soon after, in the summer of 2015, she began introducing her Sol Sips drinks to the community. Since then, Francesca has created her own signature twists on herbal tea, caffeine-free herbal coffee, nut milks and juices, and is now working on sodas…and even wine!
Fast forward: In 2017, Francesca was offered the opportunity to open a pop-up cafe in Bushwick. What initial was just meant to be a three-month operation has now become Sol Sips’ permanent home. Partnering with her mother Emeli, a nutrionist, the ladies are now offering a fully plant-based menu including staples such as vegan omelets, soups and wraps, plus the beverage program Francesca has already developed. Additionally, on weekends, brunch is served on a sliding scale menu, where anyone can purchase a complete vegan meal, ranging from $7-$15 – true to the idea to make healthy, nourishing food available to everyone.
“My mission is to help close the accessibility gap in wellness,” she said.
And that is not the end of it. Her plans for Sol Sips include a farm-to-table program, as well as the launch of an internship program for girls of color in East New York, Brownsville, Bushwick and Bedford Stuyvesant.
If you want to support this burgeoning young business – other than through your patronage – take a look at their GoFundMe page. |
Morphologic and cytochemical characteristics of amine-containing globule leukocytes in rat tracheal epithelium.
Amine-containing cells in the tracheal epithelium are typically of the small-granule type (diameter approximately 100 nm). However, in the rat, another amine-containing cell type has been identified that possesses the amine-handling features of the APUD-series of cells (amine precursor uptake and decarboxylation) but not the ultrastructural characteristics. It has been postulated that these cells may be related to cutaneous melanocytes. In this study, fluorescent cells were present in the laryngeal and tracheal epithelial lining of adult Sprague-Dawley rats following freeze-drying and exposure to formaldehyde vapor (FIF or formaldehyde-induced fluorescence). Microspectrofluorimetry revealed an emission maximum at 493 nm. The excitation maximum could not be calculated but appeared to be around or below 350 nm (to record spectra below requires the use of quartz optics). Yellow fluorescence also emanated from serotonin-containing mast cells (excitation and emission maxima: 401/515 nm). Tracheal segments processed according to the aqueous formaldehyde ( AFIF ) technique, for the demonstration of 5- hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) or serotonin (5-HT), failed to identify fluorescent cells in the epithelial lining even though connective-tissue mast cells were evident. Subsequent treatment of AFIF -fixed sections with formaldehyde and HCl vapors ( AFIF -HCl) resulted in the formation of a fluorogenic compound within numerous cells in the tracheal lining (455/537 nm). This spectral shift and increase in intensity of fluorescence following acidification are characteristic for standards and/or cells that contain tryptamine, tryptophan, or peptides with NH2-terminal tryptophan and are markedly different from microspectrofluorimetric data reported for the phenylethylamines or serotonin. It is therefore postulated that these cells contain a closely related beta-(3-indolyl) ethylamine-like compound, serotonin excluded. The morphology of the fluorescent cells was similar when prepared according to the FIF or AFIF -HCl techniques. Conjunctive staining, the examination of a single section first by fluorescence microscopy and subsequently by other histochemical and cytochemical methods, demonstrated that the fluorescent granules were also methylene blue, alcian blue, periodic-acid Schiff, and ferric- fericyanide positive. Subsequent correlative electron microscopic examination of Epon-embedded AFIF -HCl-treated tracheal sections demonstrated that these amine-containing cells were globule leukocytes. |
Margot Robbie has "never met anyone" like Cara Delevingne and she has likened her to a "rare gem in this world".
The 'Suicide Squad' star has gushed about her co-star, who she has dubbed a "rare gem in this world".
She said: "She is a rare gem in this world and I've just never met anyone like her.
"She is the most genuine person you can ever meet and there's nothing calculated about that girl. She's like a little comet just blasting her way through this world."
The 26-year-old actress - who hails from Australia - has spent a lot of time in the UK and is more than happy to try some of the country's delicacies including black pudding.
She told Glamour magazine: "At my first bite of black pudding, I was like 'yum' and then someone said it's dried blood and I was like 'I can't'. Once I knew, I couldn't get past it. I tried but I can't."
Meanwhile, Margot previously described Cara as her "new drinking buddy".
She shared: "What made working on the film even more amazing was that I found my new drinking buddy in Cara. It's no myth about the British being able to drink, Cara is hardcore. I struggle to keep up. But we have the most fun ever. She is definitely now one of my drinking buddies for life."
Margot is also good friends with another famous Brit - Prince Harry.
She revealed: "He [Prince Harry] is pretty quick on text, actually. Unlike me. I write back four days later, weeks later sometimes." |
Geneticists hope to unlock secrets of bats’ complex sounds
November 18, 2016This article courtesy of Nature News.
Project to sequence the DNA of more than 1,000 species seeks to reveal how bats learn to communicate.
Some bats sing or call just as birds and humans do. But how they learn their calls and melodies is a mystery — one that scientists will try to solve by sequencing the genomes of more than 1,000 bat species.
The project, called Bat 1K, was announced on 14 November at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California. Its organizers also hope to learn more about the flying mammals’ ability to navigate in the dark through echolocation, their strong immune systems that can shrug off Ebola and their relatively long lifespans.
“The genomes of all these other species, like birds and mice, are well-understood,” says Sonja Vernes, a neurogeneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and co-director of the project. “But we don’t know anything about bat genes yet.”
Some bats show babbling behaviour, including barks, chatter, screeches, whistles and trills, says Mirjam Knörnschild, a behavioural ecologist at Free University Berlin, Germany. Young bats learn the songs and other sounds from older male tutors. They use these sounds during courtship and mating, when they retrieve food and as they defend their territory against rivals.
Scientists have studied the vocal sounds of only about 50 bat species so far, Knörnschild says, and they know much less about bat communication than about birds’. Four species of bats have so far been found to learn vocal sounds from each other, their fathers and other adult males, just as a child gradually learns how to speak from its parents.
The four species are: the greater sac-winged bats (Saccopteryx bilineata), the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus), the pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor) and the greater spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus hastatus). The bats exhibit diversity in their geographic locations, gender and age of vocalizing and frequency and types of sounds.
Winged singers
Genetic studies have identified at least one gene in bats that is linked to speech and language, called FOXP2. The gene is also known to have a role in how people learn language, and in vocal learning in songbirds. The versions of FOXP2 found in these species are often very similar, but bats are an exception. FOXP2 seems to have evolved to be much more diverse in bats than in people, Knörnschild says. The reason why is a mystery.
Researchers working on the Bat 1K project expect to find that other genes are also involved in communication, and that many more bat species have the ability to learn songs, calls or other sounds. “It's not a rare trait,” Knörnschild says. “I'm becoming convinced that there’s a whole continuum in bat vocal learning, and it’s more widespread than just four species.”
Bats’ echolocation ability has been studied for many years, partly because of its applications to sonar and radar. But scientists know very little about the acoustic communication and social behaviour that drive how bats learn their songs and sounds, says Michael Yartsev, a neurobiologist at University of California, Berkeley. The study of vocal learning in bats is “nearly completely untapped”, he says — likening it to the state of research into birdsong 60 years ago.
Songbirds have been studied in detail, especially the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), which is easy to breed in a lab, says Tecumseh Fitch, a cognitive biologist at the University of Vienna. But birds don’t have a mammalian brain or use a larynx to make sounds. Some mammals, including elephants, whales, pinnipeds and dolphins, display vocal learning, but bats are much more practical to study. “My hope is that bats will become the model species for vocal learning,” Fitch says. |
‘I want never gets.’She always says this. It’s not as if I'm asking for the moon, or to date her boyfriend.I ask her again. Same answer. (This could get boring.)‘Pretty please?’‘No chance.’‘For goodness sake, Sis, all I want is to borrow your hair straighteners!’
of course, I have an I Want list she saidthe usual thingshealth and happinessa new washing machinemaybe that leather coat i sawworld peace of coursebut after yesterdayright now I wanta certified pointy hat wearing witchwho will give him big ugly warts
She jumped in the car, not stopping to put on shoes. She drove barefoot up the mountain, car tires slithering on the rain-slick road, windshield wipers flapping. He met her in the driveway, saying, "What are you doing here?" when she leaped out. And she wrapped herself around him. |
Origin of cononsolvency, based on the structure of tetrahydrofuran-water mixture.
The origin of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) cononsolvency in tetrahydrofuran-water (THF-water) mixture was studied from the point of view of mixed solvent structure. The dynamic equilibrium of THF-water composition fluctuation in the mixed solvent system was found to be the main variable for this cononsolvency effect. Temperature and THF content dependences of composition fluctuation were studied by a combination of small angle neutron scattering (SANS), dynamic laser light scattering, and viscometry. A lower critical solution temperature (LCST) type phase diagram for THF-water mixture was established by SANS. The composition fluctuation in THF-water system reaches the maximum at about 20 mol % THF content at constant temperature and increases with temperature as getting closer to the phase boundary. This kind of composition fluctuation induces PNIPAM cononsolvency. When the THF content is lower than 4.5 mol %, the composition fluctuation influence of the THF-water structure is quite weak and most of water structure is not disturbed. Then, at low THF content, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-ethylene glycol) (PNIPAM-co-PEG) microgel can still form hydrogen bonds with water and exist in the swollen state. The basic phase transition behavior of the microgel in THF-water is relatively similar to that in pure water, except for the shift of LCST to lower temperature. With THF content increasing to 20 mol %, the influence of composition fluctuation in the THF-water mixture becomes dominant. Solvent-solvent interaction is stronger than mixed solvent-polymer interaction. So PNIPAM does not dissolve in the mixed solvent, and the microgel is in the collapsed state. Further increase in THF content abates the contribution of composition fluctuation, and the structures of mixed solvents tend to be that in pure THF. PNIPAM becomes soluble again via Van der Waals interaction between THF and polymer. |
The basic concept of a multi-roll shape-correction leveler (hereinafter also “shape-correction leveler” or just “leveler” for brevity) has been known for many years. Shape-correction levelers were developed to account for the deficiencies of known hot rolling mills and the undesirable shape defects hot rolling mills commonly impart to the metal strip produced thereby. Common but non-limiting forms of such shape defects are shown in FIGS. 1A-1D, and include coil set, cross bow, edge wave, and center buckle, respectively.
As represented in FIG. 2, known shape-correction levelers typically use opposing, substantially parallel sets of multiple work rolls 5, 10 that often are supported by back-up rolls and associated bearings designed to withstand high separating forces and to control the bending and deflection of the work rolls. The work rolls are normally positioned so that an upper row of work rolls 5 are located above a cooperating lower row of work rolls 10. A gap 15 of adjustable dimension is normally present between the upper and lower work rolls 5, 10. A metal strip to be flattened is passed through the gap 15.
During a flattening operation, metal strip material (typically from a coil) is fed into the entrance of the leveler as indicated, whereafter it is caused to pass between the opposing sets of work rolls 5, 10 (see FIG. 2) before exiting from the exit side of the leveler. Each set of work rolls is placed into contact with the metal strip by driving one set of work rolls toward the other so that a leveling (flattening) force is impressed upon the metal strip as it passes therebetween.
In known levelers, the gap 15 between the upper work rolls 5 and lower work rolls 10 at the entry side of the leveler (and work rolls) is deliberately made to be different than the gap 15 at the exit side of the leveler (and work rolls). More specifically, the gap 15 at the entry side of the leveler is set to be less than the gap at the exit side of the leveler to provide more work roll penetration, and more working of the metal strip, nearer the entry side of the leveler. In other words, the gap distance, and the amount of work roll penetration, feathers out from the entry side to the exit side of the leveler (i.e., in the direction of material flow).
As shown in FIG. 4, contact between the upper and lower work rolls of a known leveler and a metal strip material being flattened, causes the metal strip to be repeatedly bent up and down (i.e., to S-wrap) as it passes through the work rolls located near the entry side of the associated leveler. This repeated bending of the metal strip material removes shape defects from the metal strip material that result from stresses induced therein by the hot rolling process. As can also be observed in FIG. 4, the amount of work roll penetration into the metal strip material, and the degree of resulting S-wrapping, decreases as the strip material moves toward the exit side of the leveler. The feathering out of work roll penetration from the entry side to the exit side of a leveler, allows shape defects to be removed by a first group of work rolls located nearer the entry side of the leveler and coil set to be removed by a second group of work rolls located nearer the exit side of the leveler. The number of work rolls involved in each operation may vary according to the total number of work rolls present and the degree of feathering (i.e., the difference between entry side and exit side gap) employed.
A shape-correction leveler may also be operated to selectively apply forces of different magnitudes to different areas of a strip of material passing therethrough. This selective application of force bends the work rolls to a shape that causes particular zones of the strip of material (from edge to edge) to be worked more than other zones as the strip passes through the leveler. Thus, shorter zones of the strip may be selectively elongated to match the length of the longer zones. This allows a shape-correction leveler to correct a variety of different shape defects.
For purposes of illustration, a typical shape-correction leveler setup 20 for correcting center buckle is shown in FIG. 3A, while a typical setup 25 for correcting edge wave is shown in FIG. 3B. The upwardly directed arrows in FIGS. 3A-3B represent upward work roll bending forces exerted at various locations along the length of the lower work rolls 30 of the leveler as needed to correct one or more shape defects. In the known leveler examples of FIGS. 3A-3B, the work roll bending forces are produced by pairs of driven adjusting wedges 35. In known levelers, such adjusting wedges operate to bend all of the lower and/or upper work rolls present. For example, in the case of the known leveler design shown in FIGS. 3A-3B, any bending forces produced by the adjusting wedges 35 would be applied to all of the lower work rolls 30.
Each work roll of a typical shape-correction leveler is normally driven to propel the strip of material through the leveler during a leveling (flattening) operation. A shape-correction leveler drive system commonly consists of a main motor, a reduction gearbox, and a pinion gearbox, that cooperate to provide output rotation to each work roll.
An interesting phenomenon occurs when the work rolls of known shape-correction levelers penetrate into a strip of material being processed and the material S-wraps through the work rolls. With light penetration (e.g., at the exit end of the leveler) the roll surface speed substantially matches the strip speed. However, when the rolls penetrate deeper (e.g., at the entry end of the leveler), the roll surface speed tends to run slower than the strip speed. This phenomenon occurs because the material has a bend radius, (entry end of leveler) and the surface speed of the material on the inside of the bend radius is moving slower than the surface speed on the outside of the bend radius (see FIG. 4). This is analogous to the wheel speed on an automobile, wherein the wheels on both sides of the automobile rotate at the same RPM when the automobile is going straight, but the wheels on the inside of the curve will rotate slower than the wheels on the outside of the curve when the automobile is making a turn. In the case of a shape-correction leveler, the work rolls are contacting the inside bending radius of the strip material, so the rolls on the entry end of the leveler run slower to match the slower inside radius surface speed. One example of this phenomenon, from an entry to an exit end of an exemplary leveler, is depicted in FIG. 5.
The aforementioned phenomenon may be referred to as differential roll speed (DRS). When the leveler work rolls are all driven together at the same speed (see e.g., FIG. 4 and FIG. 6), the entry rolls try to push the strip material through the exit rolls, while the exit rolls try to hold the material back. DRS causes several issues in a leveler. One issue is that when the work rolls are geared together, the DRS causes high loading on the entry work rolls and internal torque windup within the roll drive system—which may cause premature failure of the drive components. Another issue is that more power tends to be consumed when the work rolls are fighting each other. Yet another issue is that DRS tends to cause a compression of the strip material rather than a stretching of the material, which reduces the effectiveness of the leveler.
Various approaches to overcoming the effects of DRS have been attempted, including but not limited to, the use of torque limiters on drive shafts; the use of torque limiting clutches on entry work roll clusters; complex and costly work roll drive systems such as systems where each work roll is individually driven, and systems utilizing split entry and exit work roll clusters with individual drive motors; and the use of two separate levelers. While torque limiters have been placed on work roll drive shafts, it has proven difficult to produce a slip torque level that is high enough to actually process strip material on levelers so equipped. Torque limiters have also proven to have a short service life and have been unreliable. Placing a torque limiter on the entry work roll cluster of a leveler so as to control the torque to the entry cluster based on total load may be effective at reducing the internal torque windup typically resulting from DRS, but torque windup still occurs within each cluster and a high torque concentration may also be present at the split between the entry and exit roll clusters. Driving each work roll of a leveler individually is very costly and can result in control difficulties when an associated leveler is used to flatten strip material across a range of material and shape defect conditions. The use of split entry and exit roll drive clusters with individual motors can also be effective at reducing the internal torque windup normally resulting from DRS, but torque windup still occurs within each work roll cluster and a high torque concentration may also be present at the split between the entry and exit roll clusters.
The desirability of overcoming the negative effects of DRS should be apparent from the foregoing remarks. It should also be apparent that improvements over the techniques previously used to mitigate or eliminate the effects of DRS would also be desirable. Exemplary embodiments presented herein overcome the effects of DRS using a single, dual-stage leveler, that allows for a simplified work roll drive system. |
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for Boris Johnson to resign over comments he made about a British-Iranian woman being held in Iran.
The foreign secretary caused consternation when he told a group of MPs that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been "training journalists" in Iran.
Her family say Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was in Iran visiting family, |
Robson’s Way, which is on an estate built in 2009, was today busy with police and firefighters as the investigation gathered pace.
Detectives carried out door-to-door inquiries as forensics officers worked inside the property, along with investigators from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service. Meanwhile police were searching through rubbish in nearby wheelie bins.
Police check bins near the scene of a fatal fire on Robson's Way in Birtley (Image: Newcastle Chronicle)
Dean Watson, who lives three doors down, told the Chronicle the incident had left neighbours frightened.
The 47-year-old dad-of-two said: “It’s absolutely shocking. This is a quiet neighbourhood and that’s a big detached house and it’s gone up in flames. It’s been a shock to everyone. Everybody is nervous because they don’t know what’s gone on.”
The Chronicle understands detectives were awaiting the results of a post mortem examination to discover exactly how the woman died.
And Northumbria Police is urging anyone with information to come forward.
Police at the scene of a fatal fire on Robsons Way in Birtley (Image: Newcastle Chronicle)
Detective Inspector Paul Waugh is leading the investigation.
He said: “Since the incident, we have established a cordon and carried out a number of house-to-house inquiries.
“There will be further police activity in the area and extra officers in the area to offer reassurance to anyone with concerns.
“If anyone did see anything suspicious last night, or has information that may be useful to police, please get in touch.” |
Q:
jstree icon not aligned with element text
I am using margin-top in CSS on the jstree as follows:
.jstree li a {
color:rgb(80,80,80);
font-size:130%;
vertical-align:middle;
margin-top:10px;
}
However, the jstree expansion icon (right-pointing arrow) is aligned higher than the element as shown here: from another question here
How do I get the icon to align with the element text?
A:
Try to add this styling,
.jstree-default .jstree-no-dots .jstree-closed > ins {
background-position:0 4px;
}
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Q:
Is this an appropriate use of generics?
Is it really necessary to use the 'extends BoardGame'?
If I remove it my code still works, but I'm not sure if I should.
I'm doing that because of the copy() method.
Any suggestions.
Thanks
public interface BoardGame<GAME extends BoardGame>
{
GAME getGame();
BoardGame<GAME> copy();
int currentPlayer();
boolean isGameOver();
int getTotalMoves();
BoardResult getOutcome(int playerIndex);
void makeMove(int moveIndex);
void addMoveObserver(BoardGameMoveObserver observer);
}
A:
Both are ok in a sense that they compile ok.
If you use <GAME extends BoardGame> than all implementations will need to use type parameter that extends BoardGame. This makes sense if any of the methods takes parameter or returns value that is GAME.
In your case that is getGame(). So in case of <GAME extends BoardGame> all users of of getGame() can count that return value is (at least) BoardGame. But in the case of , getGame() could return any type the implementing class defined..
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Q:
Closed form of a power series solution to a differential equation
Given the differential equation $$f''(x)-2xf'(x)-2f(x)=2$$ I've managed to find the power series solution $$\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^{2(n+1)+1}}{(n+1)!}.$$ Now how can I find the closed form of this function? It seems a bit similar to $$\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{x^n}{n!}$$ which is the exponential function. But with a difference of shifted powers. Substitution didn't seem to get me anywhere. Does it require integrating or differentiating the expression? Also, is there a general strategy for tackling this kind of problems? What should be the first thing to look at?
A:
You can try to "factor" out terms until they start to look similar enough, in your case you have a suspicion what it could look like so we can try to give your powerseries this form:
$$\frac{x^{2(n+1)+1}}{(n+1)!} \overset{m=n+1}{=} \frac{x^{2m+1}}{m!} = x \frac{(x^2)^m}{m!}$$
So we get
$$\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^{2(n+1)+1}}{(n+1)!} = x \sum_{m=1}^\infty \frac{(x^2)^m}{m!} = x (\exp(x^2) - 1)$$
Note that this does require practice and you need to be able to recognize the power series. At the same time you have to keep in mind that most power series do not admit a closed form, at least the ones you will encounter outside of textbooks and problem sets.
EDIT: Many similar techniques arise in the study of generating functions. There is a great free textbook by Herbert S. Wilf on this topic: https://www.math.upenn.edu/~wilf/DownldGF.html
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Mandarin Chinese in the Philippines
Mandarin Chinese is spoken and taught academically to Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines. Both Standard Chinese and Taiwanese Mandarin are taught and spoken in the Philippines, with some schools and speakers using Simplified Chinese characters, some using Traditional Chinese characters, and some using a mixture of both.
Classification
Mandarin in the Philippines can be classified into two distinct Mandarin dialects: Standard Mandarin and Colloquial Mandarin. Standard Mandarin is either the standard languages of Mainland China and Taiwan, while Colloquial Mandarin in the Philippines tends to combine features from Mandarin () and features from Hokkien () of the local Philippine Hokkien dialect, which is the heritage language of many Chinese Filipinos.
Usage
Only a small minority of Chinese Filipinos claim Mandarin as their native first language, with Tagalog or English typically being the first language. The lack of environment for speaking the language and the difficulty of learning it created not just a lack of interest, but even great disgust by some towards it.
Efforts in the 21st century to promote Mandarin Chinese education in Chinese Filipino institutions and recent utilitarian trends, such as more Mandarin job opportunities, recent immigrants from China or Taiwan, summer education trips to China or Taiwan, encouragement of universities and schools by past presidents, and education exchange deals with China have spurred interest and potential for growth in the usage of Mandarin.
Code-switching
Sometimes Chinese Filipinos also code-switch Mandarin together with other languages, such as English, Tagalog (or other Philippine languages), and Hokkien, as a form of pidgin language, just like Hokaglish or Singlish.
Education
In terms of phonology, vocabulary and grammar, the Mandarin taught in the Philippines is often the Taiwanese variety ("Guóyǔ") of Standard Chinese because many Chinese Filipino schools use dictionaries and books from Taiwan. In recent years, some have also began using books and teaching materials from Mainland China, Singapore, and Malaysia. Filipino Mandarin newspapers use the Traditional Chinese characters in writing. Due to selection of founders and sponsors of Chinese schools, schools either teach using only Simplified Chinese characters, only Traditional Chinese characters, or a mixture of both. 'Many Chinese Filipino schools use pinyin or bopomofo (zhuyin fuhao) to teach the language.
Chinese Filipino schools often use the first language approach, which assumes that students of Chinese Filipino schools have had native experience of Mandarin.
See also
Philippine Hokkien
Languages of Philippines
References
Category:Chinese-Filipino culture
Category:Mandarin Chinese
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Multiple challenges remain to Fukushima nuclear cleanup
by Mari Yamaguchi
This Sept. 4, 2017 aerial photo shows Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant reactors, from bottom at right, Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3, in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The three reactors that had meltdowns together have 1,573 units of mostly used nuclear fuel rods that are still inside and must be kept cool in pools of water. They are considered among the highest risks in the event of another major earthquake, because the pools are uncovered. The plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. or TEPCO, plans to begin removing the rods from reactor unit 3 in the fiscal year beginning next April 1. However, the latest roadmap delays removal of the rods from units 1 and 2 for three years until fiscal 2023, because further decontamination work and additional safety measures are needed. (Daisuke Suzuki/Kyodo News via AP)
Japan's government approved a revised road map Tuesday to clean up the radioactive mess left at the Fukushima nuclear power plant after it was damaged beyond repair by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Decommissioning the damaged reactors is an uncertain process that is expected to take 30 to 40 years.
A look at some of the challenges:
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THE FUEL RODS
The three reactors that had meltdowns together have 1,573 units of mostly used nuclear fuel rods that are still inside and must be kept cool in pools of water. They are considered among the highest risks in the event of another major earthquake that could trigger fuel rods to melt and release massive radiation due to loss of water from sloshing or structural damage because the pools are uncovered. The plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., or TEPCO, plans to begin moving the rods from reactor Unit 3 in the fiscal year beginning April 1.
However, the latest road map delays removal of the rods from units 1 and 2 for three years until fiscal 2023, because further decontamination work and additional safety measures are needed. Ironically, because the building housing reactor 3 was more heavily damaged, it is easier to remove that unit's fuel rods. The fuel rods will be moved to a storage pool outside the reactors, and eventually sent for long-term storage in what are known as dry casks.
In this Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) official wearing a radioactive protective gear stands in front of Advanced Liquid Processing Systems during a press tour at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan's government approved a revised roadmap Tuesday, Sept.26, 2017, to clean up the radioactive mess left at the Fukushima nuclear power plant after it was damaged beyond repair by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Decommissioning the damaged reactors is an uncertain process that is expected to take 30 to 40 years. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool, File)
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THE MELTED FUEL
By far the hardest part of decommissioning Fukushima will be removing the fuel that melted and presumably spilled out of the reactor cores. In July, an underwater robot for the first time captured images inside the primary containment chamber of Unit 3. They showed a large number of solidified lava-like rocks and lumps on the chamber's floor, believed to be melted fuel mixed with melted and mangled equipment and parts of the structure.
The search for melted fuel in units 1 and 2 has so far been unsuccessful. The water level is lower, so crawling robots have been tried, but they have been obstructed by debris as well as extremely high radiation levels. Despite the unknowns about the melted fuel and debris and their whereabouts, the road map calls for finalizing the removal method in 2019, and starting actual removal at one of the reactors in 2021. The government-funded International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning is developing robots and other technology to carry out the work.
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In this July 21, 2017 file photo, this image captured by an underwater robot provided by International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning shows lava-like lumps believed to contain melted fuel inside the Unit 3 reactor at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Okuma town, northeastern Japan. Japan's government approved a revised roadmap Tuesday, Sept.26, 2017, to clean up the radioactive mess left at the Fukushima nuclear power plant after it was damaged beyond repair by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Decommissioning the damaged reactors is an uncertain process that is expected to take 30 to 40 years. (International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning via AP, File)
CONTAMINATED WATER
TEPCO has treated and stored a massive amount of radioactive water—about 800,000 tons—and the volume is growing every day. Cooling water leaks out of the damaged reactors and mixes with groundwater that seeps into the basements of the reactor building, increasing the amount of contaminated water. The utility has managed to halve the volume to 200 tons per day by pumping up groundwater via dozens of wells dug upstream from the reactors, as well as installing a costly "ice wall" by freezing the ground to block some of the water from coming in and going out.
The water is stored in hundreds of tanks that cover much of the plant property. They get in the way of decommissioning work and pose another risk if they were to spill out their contents in another major earthquake or tsunami. After treatment, the water still contains radioactive tritium, which cannot be removed but is not considered harmful in small amounts. Experts say controlled release of the water into the ocean is the only realistic option, but TEPCO has not moved forward with that plan because of opposition from fishermen and residents who fear a negative image and possible health impact.
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RADIOACTIVE WASTE
In this Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, workers wearing protective gears stand on the water tank containing contaminated water that has been treated at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan's government approved a revised roadmap Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, to clean up the radioactive mess left at the Fukushima nuclear power plant after it was damaged beyond repair by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Decommissioning the damaged reactors is an uncertain process that is expected to take 30 to 40 years. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool, File)
Japan has yet to develop a plan to dispose of the highly radioactive waste that will come out of the Fukushima reactors. Under the road map, the government and TEPCO will compile a basic plan during fiscal 2018. Managing the waste will require new technologies to compact it and reduce its toxicity. Finding a storage site for the waste seems virtually impossible, as the government has not been able to find a site even for the normal radioactive waste from its nuclear power plants. The prospect raises doubts about whether the cleanup can really be completed within 40 years.
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There is no melted fuel to be located today. The material in the photograph is believed to be solidified material (corium) which was formed in March, 2011, when fuel melted and mixed with other materials in the reactor. Where ever this material is now, it has cooled to a temperature near room temperature.
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747 S.W.2d 704 (1988)
FARMERS NEW WORLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., a Washington corporation, Appellant,
v.
William A. JOLLEY, et al., Respondent.
No. WD 39442.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
March 15, 1988.
Robert B. Best, Jr., William T. Smith, III, John K. Power, Watson, Ess, Marshall & Enggas, Kansas City, for appellant.
John J. Hager, Janae L. Schaeffer, Jolley, Walsh, Hager & Gordon, Kansas City, for respondent.
Before COVINGTON, SHANGLER and MANFORD, JJ.
COVINGTON, Judge.
This action is brought by plaintiff Farmers New World Life Insurance Company, Inc., (Farmers) against William A. Jolley, et al., (Jolley), attorneys for Carol Ann Baumgarner, beneficiary of insurance policies on the life of her husband, C. Wayne Baumgarner, who disappeared. Farmers sought restitution of the attorneys' fee subsequent to C. Wayne Baumgarner's reappearance after a settlement on the policy was paid by Farmers. Both parties requested summary judgment. The court ordered summary judgment for Jolley. Judgment affirmed.
In July, 1981, Farmers issued two insurance policies with a combined value of $250,000 on the life of C. Wayne Baumgarner. Mr. Baumgarner named his wife, Carol Ann Baumgarner, as beneficiary. On October 19, 1981, it was reported that Mr. *705 Baumgarner had disappeared and apparently drowned in a boating accident.
On May 7, 1982, Mrs. Baumgarner retained the then-named law firm of Jolley, Moran, Walsh, Hager & Gordon to represent her interests in the insurance policies under a contingent fee contract. Jolley filed two suits on behalf of Mrs. Baumgarner seeking recovery on the two insurance contracts as well as interest, attorneys' fees and additional damages.
Following discovery, Farmers and Mrs. Baumgarner entered into a "compromise settlement." Farmers agreed to pay the full amount of the policies but did not agree to pay interest, attorney's fees or additional damages. A declaratory judgment was entered in one of the lawsuits finding that C. Wayne Baumgarner died by drowning. On December 30, 1982, the parties executed a "Release and Indemnification Agreement" wherein Mrs. Baumgarner agreed that if it could be "proved that C. Wayne Baumgarner did not in fact die by accidental drowning on October 19, 1981," she would repay Farmers the $250,000 plus interest, costs and attorneys' fees. Pursuant to the agreement, Farmers delivered to Mrs. Baumgarner and Jolley a check for $250,000. Jolley retained twenty-five percent of this amount, $62,294.80, as attorneys' fees under the contingent fee contract. Jolley released its attorney fee lien.
On December 1, 1983, approximately one year after the settlement, C. Wayne Baumgarner was found alive in Maryland. Upon learning that Mr. Baumgarner was alive, Farmers promptly notified Jolley and demanded return of the $250,000 including the attorneys' fee.
On December 5, 1983, Farmers filed suit against Mrs. Baumgarner and was awarded a judgment against her for the full $250,000 along with Farmers' attorneys' fee. Through execution Farmers recovered approximately $137,000 of the $250,000 judgment. There remains unrecovered $113,000 of the judgment, not including interest, costs or Farmers' attorneys' fees that were also awarded to Farmers. On January 22, 1986, Farmers filed suit against Jolley.
Farmers seeks restitution by use of the court's "equitable powers" and contends that there is no adequate remedy at law. Equitable principles, as distinguished from equitable powers, apply in cases of restitution regardless of whether the case is tried in law or in equity. Id.; Restatement of Restitution, Introductory Note at 4 (1937); 3 G. Palmer, Law of Restitution § 14.1 at 146 (1946).
Restitution is not a form of action, but a general description of relief afforded. D. Dobbs, Remedies, § 4.1 at 222 (1973). The term restitution encompasses quasi contracts, which are actions at law to secure payment of money on the basis of unjust enrichment. Restitution also encompasses equitable remedies such as constructive trust, accounting, equitable lien and subrogation where the equitable powers of a court must be exercised to secure the payment of money, establish an equitable lien or restore specific property. Restatement of Restitution, General Scope Note at 1. In both instances, restitution is obtained to prevent unjust enrichment of one at the expense of another. Restatement of Restitution § 1.
The law of restitution is ill-defined, and there are no rules for determining when there has been unjust enrichment. Recovery of benefits has been granted in many cases involving mistake, fraud, deceit, when a contract is not performed as planned, and in other instances in which it is alleged that one has unjustly benefited at the expense of another.
Many cases have denied recovery of benefits in particular circumstances. After determining that one has received benefits at the expense of another, the court then seeks to determine whether or not it would be unjust to permit the enriched party to retain the benefits. In making this determination, the court uses equitable principles in considering the various factors surrounding the relationship such as change of position, hardship, unreasonable delay, unclean hands, bad faith and other equitable principles of defense. Restatement of Restitution *706 §§ 139-149. Mere receipt of benefits is not necessarily a basis for restitution if the court does not find that the defendant has been unjustly enriched. See, e.g., Straube v. Bowling Green Gas Co., 360 Mo. 132, 227 S.W.2d 666 (1950), (recovery of benefits denied for excess fees paid to a utility company); Salisbury R-IV School District v. Western R-I School District, 686 S.W.2d 491 (Mo.App.1984), (school district could not recover taxes paid to another school district for property located in the first school district when budgets and expenditures had been made).
The facts pleaded in Farmers' petition state a claim in quasi contract for money had and received by alleging that Jolley received money which, in fairness and justice, should be recovered by Farmers to avoid unjust enrichment. Farmers' recovery depends upon whether, under equitable principles, Jolley's retention of the fee would amount to unjust enrichment.
Farmers urges the court to order restitution alleging that this case involves a mistake of the sort which merits recovery of benefits. Farmers states that it paid the insurance proceeds to Jolley and Mrs. Baumgarner under the erroneous belief that it was required to do so. Farmers contends the payment was made under the mistaken belief that the insured was deceased. The facts indicate otherwise.
Farmers obviously had doubts that the insured was dead and prepared a contract to protect itself in the event of that contingency. If Mr. Baumgarner reappeared, the beneficiary, Mrs. Baumgarner, would reimburse and make Farmers whole. Farmers voluntarily agreed to a compromise settlement in order to terminate the pending litigation and its resulting expense, as well as to avoid the risk of liability for additional penalties sought by Mrs. Baumgarner in the lawsuits.
When the settlement was approved, Farmers was satisfied with the promise of Mrs. Baumgarner only. Farmers knew that Mrs. Baumgarner would use a part of the settlement to pay her attorneys. At the time of the settlement, Farmers did not require that Jolley also promise to return the attorney's fee.
Later, when suing Mrs. Baumgarner, Farmers could have joined its claims against Jolley in the same action but did not. For over two years, Farmers pursued its claim against Mrs. Baumgarner without indicating any intention to make a claim against Jolley. All of these factors indicate that Farmers did not use means available to protect itself to insure the return of the entire amount of the settlement.
Farmers has not sought to place itself in the position of the client seeking recovery from the attorney on the basis of the contingent fee contract. There is no claim of subrogation or creditor's bill. In fact, Mrs. Baumgarner offered an assignment of any claim she might have against Jolley and Farmers rejected it.
Farmers is now dissatisfied with the settlement agreement made with the beneficiary because Mrs. Baumgarner did not perform her promise. Farmers wants Jolley to give up its attorney's fee for which, under the settlement agreement, Mrs. Baumgarner agreed to reimburse Farmers without mention of looking to the attorney for a return of the fee. The situation is one of a contract in which one of the parties, Mrs. Baumgarner, was unable completely to perform. Jolley is a third person, not a party to the contract, and not the insurer of the promise of its client.
Most of the cases cited by Farmers are cases in which the defendant benefited directly from acts by the plaintiff. Here, Jolley was not a party to the contract between Farmers and Mrs. Baumgarner. When restitution is sought from a third person, other considerations are present.
The case of Fidelity Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Clark, 203 U.S. 64, 27 S.Ct. 19, 51 L.Ed. 91 (1906), is similar to the one under consideration. In that case, an insurance company was denied recovery of an attorney's fee when an insured missing husband reappeared after a judgment for the beneficiary was satisfied. The beneficiary had assigned a share of the policies to the attorney as a contingent fee. The court found the attorney had received the payment in *707 good faith and refused to disturb the legal title.
Farmers contends the Missouri Supreme Court tacitly rejected the reasoning and conclusions of Clark in the case of Warren v. Order of Railway Conductors of America, 199 Mo.App. 200, 201 S.W. 368 (1918). In Warren, after the husband had been missing for ten years, the wife beneficiary filed suit on the policy. Judgment for the beneficiary was entered on February 3, 1917. The judgment was satisfied on February 24, 1917, and the beneficiary paid her attorney his fee. Early in March 1917 it was learned that the insured was still alive. On March 17, 1917, the insurer's attorney appeared in court and asked the court to set aside the judgment. The court did set aside the judgment and ordered judgment for restitution against plaintiff beneficiary and her counsel.
Warren can be distinguished from the present case. In Warren, the insurance company's motion for restitution was made less than a month after having paid the insurance policy proceeds to the plaintiff and her counsel, and the trial court vacated the judgment in the same term in which the judgment was originally entered, during which time the trial court had authority to control its orders and judgments. Additionally, the insurance company in Warren litigated the dispute. Once the judgment was entered against the insurance company, the insurance company's act of satisfying the judgment was an "involuntary payment" because the beneficiary was "armed with the authority or apparent authority to seize upon either the property or the person" of the insurance company. Id. 201 S.W. at 374. The court stated that where an involuntary payment is made to prevent such seizure and afterwards the authority of the beneficiary is vacated or annulled, then and under such circumstances, money so paid may be recovered. Id. Here, Farmers settled Mrs. Baumgarner's claim and made a voluntary payment to avoid litigation and its resulting expense. Here, more than two years had passed between the time of reappearance of Mr. Baumgarner and the filing of the instant suit.
Plaintiff cites State Farm Mutual Ins. Co. v. Sabourin, 574 S.W.2d 8 (Mo.App. 1978). In that case, State Farm paid defendant insured the amount of his claim for an injury by one who was believed to be an uninsured driver. Subsequently, insured did recover from the other party. State Farm sued for restitution of the amount paid to the insured. The insured contended he should be able to retain the amount of the fee he paid to the attorney who represented him in the original claim against State Farm. Judgment was awarded to State Farm for the entire amount and defendant was not allowed to deduct the amount he paid his attorney.
Soubrin differs from the instant case. The suit was against the beneficiary who was liable for the entire amount paid in a settlement. In the present case, the beneficiary was liable to the insurer under a settlement agreement which included a promise to repay the entire amount if the husband reappeared. The fact that Farmers could not collect all of its claim against the beneficiary should not make the attorney for the beneficiary, who was not a party to the contract, return the attorney fee.
Consideration of all the facts results in a conclusion that defendant Jolley was not unjustly enriched at the expense of Farmers. Jolley performed services for the client which resulted in a settlement that was satisfactory to both parties. At the time, Farmers was satisfied with the sole promise of the beneficiary. Risks are covered by the contract.
Where an insurer, at the demand of the insured or the beneficiary, makes a payment under the policy, fully conscious that there is uncertainty as to whether or not payment is due, the insurance company may be said to assume the risk of payment in order to avoid difficulty which might arise from nonpayment. In such case, the insurer is not entitled to restitution, even from the beneficiary, except as the parties otherwise agree. See Restatement of Restitution §§ 11(1), (2), illustration 2 & comments a, b & c. See also annot. 79 ALR3d 1113, 1120-21 (1977); annot., 167 ALR 470, *708 476-78 (1947). Thus, Farmers' rights are governed entirely by the Release and Indemnification Agreement which provides a contractual right to recovery from Mrs. Baumgarner alone.
Farmers further contends that the court should nullify the contingent fee agreement between Jolley and Mrs. Baumgarner on the grounds that (1) there was no res created out of which the fee could be paid to Jolley, and (2) the fee is excessive because the ultimate result of the agreement was of no benefit to the client. An extended discussion of Farmers' argument and authorities would have no precedential value. Farmers' argument that no res was created is erroneous. The $250,000 settlement provided the res from which attorneys' fees were paid. As to the alleged excessiveness of the fee, the cases cited by Farmers are ones in which a client is contending that the attorney's fee is excessive. Mrs. Baumgarner was free to use the settlement proceeds to pay a fee to her attorney. She, herself, has neither objected nor requested that Jolley return the fee.
Farmers may not recover the fee in a suit against Jolley for restitution.
Judgment affirmed.
All concur.
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Geithner seeks new bailout powers
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was today calling for more power to deal with failing financial institutions other than banks, such as insurance giant AIG.
Geithner was set to use testimony on the rescue of AIG to focus on the need for new tools to deal with future crises. He wants powers similar to those enjoyed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the bank regulator, which can wind down failed lenders and insure deposits.
The demands come a day after he unveiled plans to buy $500 billion to $1 trillion of toxic assets from banks in a bid to save the US economy.
Those plans were welcomed by investors around the world, and he now wants new powers to allow the authorities to step in more easily and combat problems at other systemically important institutions on the verge of failure.
AIG has received $180 billion of government bailout funds.
"We must ensure that our country never faces this situation again," Geithner was expected to say. "To achieve that goal, the administration and Congress have to work together to enact comprehensive regulatory reform and eliminate gaps in supervision."
Stock markets soared yesterday on news of Geithner's bank bailout. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up nearly 500 points or 7% to 7775.86 last night and Asian stocks were also on the rise this morning.
But investors in London paused for breath today. The FTSE 100 index was up 14.59 at 3967.4, having gained more than 100 points or 2.9% yesterday.
Footsie crashed below 4000 in mid-February and sank as low as 3512 in early March. Despite its recent rally, it is still down 10.5% this year, having lost nearly a third of its value in 2008.
However, analysts say investor confidence remains fragile around the world despite Geithner's plan.
"At the end of the day, there has been no game c hanger, even if the plan is implemented perfectly. And that's an enormous 'if'," said Kirby Daley, senior strategist at Newedge Group in Hong Kong. |
Year Released: 1979 Platform: Atari
Goal of Game: Using your tiny, triangle-shaped spaceship, shoot asteroids large and small and the occasional flying saucer. Don’t get hit by any debris or saucer lasers.
History: A massive game, simply put. It was Atari’s most successful coin-op title of all time.
Sequels: Asteroids Deluxe
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The last few days have had me laid flat due to a sickness of the season. Its in these hours of restricted movement and mental frustration that my mind meandered to the respite that a warm bowl of chili can bring on these fatigued days. Call it medicine of the soul or a bowl of warm memories past, but in any case possible it is a moment where your body and mind can take a break and relax in the warm waves of flavor.
I have a book of chili recipes from across the Nation, one recipe from every state. Having read through the descriptions and recipes each one has there is a consistent idea for what makes a chili – that it fits with those it feeds. Arizona has a high spice, Texas with lots of chunk beef, Alaska uses mild flavors and Oregon uses seafood. In each of these places it is what that population calls chili – and if anyone from there says its not is likely that their family is a transplant who calls their ancestors version the quintessential ‘chili’.
This makes competing in Minnesota a difficult task as our population is a wayward mix of old and new, immigrants of places historically warm and cold, both recent and ages prior. How to appease this crowd? This year I am going with a feeling. That feeling when you bite into a spoonful and all you get in your mouth is the flavor of a memory. A time that reminds you that you are loved, that there is someone to wrap you up when you are sick, or bring you that bowl of warm soup. We don’t need to be like Cincinnati and add noodles, or Ohio and add vinegar. What people come for and eat is to be reminded of who they are in that most childlike of times; crouched on the couch wrapped in quilts and letting the steam from the bowl sitting warm in your hands help erase all feeling in your head.
I hope that you all can make it on Saturday so you can get a taste of that feeling, and fill your insides with warmth and comfort. Just don’t forget the beers to pair it with 😉
Ticket to enter: Bring to enjoy and share – a 6-pack or growler, a plate of cornbread, or another chili accompaniment. These events continue to be free as long as the organizers and participants leave happy and full of merriment and imbibition. Not too hard to do with this crowd. Continue Reading for more information:(more…)
The competition was a great success this year. The average scores the contestants had were placed higher at this competition than previous ones – either the chefs are stepping their game up or you all are just loving what we make more and more! In total we had 42 people complete the scoring process, with many more in attendance to just taste what was made – including our competitors! Here is the highlights:
Highest rated chili overall, and the winner of the trophy: #1 Trevor with an average of 3.5/5
Runner up for the trophy: #6 Zane with an average score of 3.4/5
Hottest Chili: #3 Doug with an average heat rating of 4.1/5 [the highest average we had!]
Crowd Favorite, and the winner of the belt: Trevor, with 8/42 Votes [This category was very close across the chilis!]
We tried a new online scoring system that worked wonderfully and allowed for quick tabulations of the votes. Our fellow statistitian Brad may have some insight posted soon, but for now we just wanted to get the results out to those who could not make it.
Thanks for coming, and we will see you at the Ribfest in August (if not before then at the bar!),
To begin: There have been a few vodka drinks after a rough day which has my mind on the process of cooking with alcohol. It is no secret I have tried in the past to use Summit’s delicious winter ales and porters in my chilis with the intent to bring out the mindset that my steaming pot of food will bring them warmth and merriment on cold winter nights. There was a year that I used tequila in a batch only to be praised for its warm flavor and downvoted for the same reason by others. Looking out the window today and with the soft memory of sun on my face from the walk this afternoon I began to doubt my previous tactics to win out the crowd this year in the chilifest competition. This year I plan to win, not just to try my hand at an idea I think will win.
Over the years of working with my family and friends to bring us all together and have a night of food and happiness I have come around to the idea of competing. For those who know me, I am not a competitor – in any sense of the word. In the halls of history I place my winnings in the same rooms that I hold minor trophies for small bowling accomplishments and that time I won the best decorated derby car in cub scouts [but not the fastest!]. Cooking has always been in a different part of my house, not in the modest trophy room I keep undusted.
It brings me to those strands of memory in which I was taught to cook; brought in to experience what it means to bring the ingredients into a dish and what those meant to the overall meal that it provided our hungry family. It was customary that as soon as you had a head over the counter that you would help cook a meal for those in the house. The best part was the ‘secret ingredient’ in which we were able to pour one part of a vial, a jar, or a random container in the cupboard, and see if the family could place what we had added. For those of you who have been to the Chilifest in the past know this from Joan’s needed explanation of their ‘secret ingredient’ every year that may give the men an edge.
The words “Instant Coffee”, “Bacon,” “Chorizo”, “Hominy”, and even “A slight dose of MSG” have been announced at these moments that the cooks have been questioned. And these are the ones that I remember from the lineup of winners in our almost 10 years of friendly competition. My ingredients have been “Tofu”, “Curried Beans”, “Pork Shoulder brined in Porter”, and the aforementioned “Tequila”. The comparison to those who don the belt of victory to my outlandish ideas have reigned me in,
Don’t view this is as a bash on the judges who have voted me low due to my venturous nature. I have loved every chili that I have created. This is a call out to those who have had and enjoyed my reaching into the cupboard to explore those flavors yet unexplored in our competition. You are the real MVPs. This year my head is above the counter but my mind is on the trophy room. I can use all the secret ingredients I want but I know that what wins is not ‘warmth and merriment’ but the spoon that brings in the flavors even the smallest of children imagine when the soup is dropped off in front of them.
With the rush of the yearly Chili Cookoff Event behind us and the digestive systems back on track it might be good to give the highlights of the evening and tell the tale of the seventh annual event. Imagine that, out first post for this yearly celebration described a get together at Trevor and Missy’s place with six chilies and one judge (Scott).
From the first event!
Let’s do this in order. The group gathered as the bakery closed. The cooks came in the back door and slipped their chili into a soup warmer. Three warmers gave NINE chilies all numbered anonymously and waiting for the crowd. Guests started arriving with a six pack of beer/ cider/ soda/ water with some folks walking through the door with a side dish. Isaac navigated the closing of the restaurant inviting the last couple customers to join us for the event. Somehow none took him up.
The crowd is always a great mix of ages, lifestyles, occupations, and connections to the cooks. We’ve had some issues with the concrete sequential nature of the crowd in the past with many somehow needing to start with chili number one and tending to drain the lower numbered buckets first. The instructions to dig in were given with an extra suggestion to start anywhere and a quick plug for GS cookie sales. Both the chili eating and the cookie sales went well.
Here’s some details on the nine chilies (in no particular order)
Cook
Chili Comments and Ingredients
Adam
Adam claims that his secret ingredient was tomatoes
Brad
This chili have homemade salsa and mole sauce
Carson
Carson’s was the guest chili inspired by his dad’s chili it boasted beer and tabasco
Doug
Doug often has the most heat. This year he worked with the amazing Habeneros
Isaac
Isaac stepped up the meats using chirizo, turkey, beef combined with great northerns
Jeff
Jeff went for Texas style chile using chunks of amazing brisket
Kyle
Kyle went with ground turkey and plenty of heat (won the heat award)
Trevor
Trevor’s winning entry added hominy and pumkin among other surprises
Turtle Bakery
The Turtle donated at great chili made by one of their cooks
Cornbread diversity
Eating started at six with the results announced around eight. All chilies went well with nearly equal amounts of each taken during the night. Something for everyone! Trevor won the event this year with Kyle winning the heat category.
The cornbreads were a new event this year and will certainly be continued next year. Here’s some details on the selections. Just like the chilies, each one was unique and well eaten.
Cook
Cornbread Comments and Ingredients
Joan
Joan made the mix with creamed corn and olives
Lisa
Lisa baked the bread in cast iron with jalepenos
MacKenzie
Macenzee blended cheddar cheese, creamed corn, and Jalepenos
Missy
Missy had pumkin puree added to the bread
Pam
Pam slipped in nutmeg and walnuts
Trina
Trina used pumkin bread spices including ginger to make a sweet bread
Thanks to everyone who showed up.
Hope to see all of you at the Ribfest event next summer.
The 2013 ManCuisine ChiliFest is in the books! Another great turnout and easily the best combination of chilies we have seen yet. Nine entries including eight member entries and an invited guest covered the whole range from ground beef wonder through big chunk brisket. Nothing this year was silly hot but all the chilies had some kind of heat meets flavor. The drawing for next year’s guest gave the nod to Brandon, we’ll look forward to his creation
The winning recipe this year was Trevor’s with his Chili taking all categories but heat., The heat category went to Kyle with his ground turkey extravaganza. Trevor’s chili was a modification of last year’s continuing his hominy along with beans and a mad mixture of ingredients including rib meat that somehow tasted like chicken, but then, doesn’t everything. Trevor’s winning recipe is below.
In addition to the chilies, packets of corn bread were distributed to the spouse/ significant others and each hacked the basic recipe to provide corn breads ranging from great classic jalapeño pepper recipes to one with ginger and pumpkin spices. All were wonderful and the corn bread challenge will certainly become a yearly event.
The Turtle Bread Company on 42nd was a great host again this year. thanks for all the support. Please consider the Turtle Bakery sometime for a great breakfast or for some good coffee and bakery goods when you are near any of their locations.
Just a quick posting on the great evening we just had at the Minnesota Mild Chili Bake Off. The six of us threw down the gauntlet in the best collection of chilies yet. Isaac’s coordination with the folks at Turtle Bread resulted in a great location for the 39+ people in attendance. The social hour had a room to itself with plenty of room to properly mull and converse waiting for the main event. Guests did not disappoint with better than ever side dishes and brews provided by those in attendance.
Once things were ready and the time was right the crowd began sampling and judging the goods. Seven chilies were presented with one being a reference chili provided by a professional chef. The crowd made their way through the selections in a little over an hour with much discussion of the variety this year. Two of the chilies were legitimately hot and one a curry-based chili. Beef, pork, chicken, turkey were all present with starches ranging from garbanzo to hominy.
Lisa collected the judging sheets and Kyle tabulated them and announced the winners. Look for a later post with details and recipes from the winners, but briefly: Doug Trevor, Kyle, and Isaac took away honors in various categories with Doug taking overall winner and Trevor securing second place just .01 points behind. Good comments on all the chilies and a great crowd to spend time with on a warm February evening. Exciting to see so many familiar faces show up at the door! It was also good to not have a snowstorm on the day of the event. Getting to and from last year’s event was a bit of a struggle for all.
Here’s some comments from Scott H.- one of the attendees:
I’m sure no one was surprised that the Man-cuisine Chili Cook-off was a literate event. You had to expect that the invitees would use words that have multiple meanings and that definitions would be demanded and discussed. After all, the hosts do. Great things happen when people who are passionate about food and language get together.
It was my first time in attendance and I was trying to get my head around the rating system. I asked Trevor if he could define chili. He got a look on his face that was simultaneously far-off and focused. I’ve come to understand this is a trademark Johnson expression that means that one of the great questions has been addressed and that the gears are turning. “No”, he replied, “I can’t give you a definition of chili.” This from the defending champion. I’m sure the contestants have contemplated the question. Embedded in the judging was the psychology of our own, individual, ideal chili. People were talking about it in line and at the tables. Must chili have beans? What meat is implied in chili? Would a noodle fly or would that make it goulash? What is the role of heat in the quality of a good bowl? It seems clear to me that there is a viscosity factor. The thinnest entrants (2,4 and 6) seemed more like soup and didn’t fare well in the final standings.The meanings of the criteria were also debated. Umami was nice because it cannot be assessed without really thinking about it. It belongs to the essence of chili, but what does it taste like? Marketability yielded opposite definitions; some saw it as a rating of universality (could this soup be sold to the masses) and others saw it at a rating of originality (would people go out of their way to eat this special bowl). In the end, the labels a judge applied to the numbers revealed their root feelings. “The one with mushrooms”, “the gray one”, and “the Indian one” all described number 5, Isaac’s third place finisher. “The dark one” (1, Kyle’s), “the one with corn” (3, second place, Trevor’s) and “the one with two meats” (7, Doug’s, the champion). These seemed to rank higher in the end, perhaps because they stood out in way that was describable…unique but within the realm of our imaginations.Record keeping and the revelation of recipes is not part of this tradition, which is too bad, because I’d like another taste of almost all of these. So, as I wade into my own kitchen to prepare the Super Bowl meal, I’ll rely on my own tried and true chili concept.
Look for recipes here soon. Keep warm!
Additional photos from the event: The discussion, the crowd, the entries, and the beer. (~Trev)
Below are some of the recipes (more added as they come in) along with what the judges said they did best. Feel free to send comments and questions about the recipes. Initial inspiration for these remarkable recipes range from a Brewery in San Francisco to a NE Minneapolis restaurant, and from Bobby Flay to Betty Crocker. (more…)
Neither snow nor snow nor lots of snow will deter the ManCuisine Crew from hosting a great chili event. This year’s remarkable contest was held during the largest recorded snowfall in February in Minnesota! Isaac made some great arrangements with his boss at the Turtle Bakery to host the event in the nearly finished new bakery in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis. Great Venue- great chili. Seven chili’s in attendance including one ringer from the bakery. Twenty-four people made it out in the snow to help judge the entries and enjoy the good food and beverage. We’ll be posting all the recipes and the winners of the various categories later today. Look for some web analytics to be added later in the week. For now, here are some images from the event.
Once again ManCuisine prepares for the annual Minnesota Mild Chili Bake Off. As the perpetual last place holder in the bake-off of years gone by I thought I should prepare the public for this year’s event in light of the places we have reviewed. An insider’s look at the competition may help those of you attending this year’s event to better prepare for the gastronomy ahead. I’ll take the tact of walking the reader through the cooks. First the dads:
Brad. Somehow his love of Scandinavian food has not yet allowed him to finish in the top five of the places. This year we might expect him to further sabotage his efforts by trying to include herring in the mix. So very Ingmar Bergman. Brad’s style is similar to the style at the Convention Grill. A bit dated, no surprises just good stable food served in a nice environment.
Doug, on the other hand, ramps up the effort always trying to find ways to live at the edge of the rules. Much like the end of chaos characterizes our shifts in climate Doug’s Chilis have shown great variety and extremes. Many were concerned that his uber-heat last year might lead to a change in the rules. Nonetheless we all cleaned the bowls without spoons to the point that a dishwater was not needed. This year the insider is predicting an apparently common ground beef recipe that turns out to be hot cuisine (haut cuisine?). Consider Mayslack’s when thinking about Doug’s chili. The floorboards are showing a bit of age but the food reveals attitude and substance.
Now the sons:
As instigator of the GNO/ Mancuisine group Trevor showed great promise in his ability to pull together odd collections of things into a meaningful and fun group. Often his chilies have revealed the same. King of the secret ingredient we might expect to finally see mango in a chili recipe this year. Not to be taken lightly, Trevor creates the score sheet that would impress even the folks on the Betty Crocker Chili Bake Off list. This year the insider thinks Trev will work more in the pork domain, perhaps some Cuban collection of heat and tropics. Trevor is to Chili as Anchor Fish and Chips is to Mancuisine. Flavor, great atmosphere, and a good brew to wash down the rest.
Adam is the true Maverick of the group, not in a Sarah Palin way but in a 1960’s B&W TV show kind of a way. He dresses his chili dark, but it’s the good guy in disguise. He has nailed the winning combo with nothing more than ground beef, a can of beer, and a source of heat yet to be determined. Many think he has a secret chili garden in the closet running on hydroponics and cold fusion. The insider is confident that this year’s offering from Adam could include cheese, although that may be a bit too much of a tip to the Green Bay Packers. Adam is, without a doubt, the 5-8 Club of Mancuisine. Fun solid, and without pretense.
Kyle’s subtle approach often goes unnoticed until the sheets are tallied and he has emerged on top. Kyle brings serious California dreamin’ to the green things added to his chili. Brussels sprouts and even lima beans are not beyond possibility with Kyle although his trademark might be the slow burn heat he manages to assemble. Consistently inedible by the moms in attendance due to their lack of respect (or perhaps their healthy respect) for caliente! his chili often requires some side diary product. The insider is a little confident in predicting that this year will be the year that Kyle brings on some central African chili with seafood. When comparing his cooking to restaurants imagine the Town Hall. Looks like most other places but the surprising brew selection and really tasty food surprise all the time.
Isaac has had the most variability in attempts at chili over the years. He exhibited genius last year by adding a chili from one of the four-star restaurants in the city to the collection as a base for comparison. Most likely to take a risk on a recipe that could blow away the crowd he is known for the tastiest of the blends but exhibits a wide range on the scoresheets. We do not expect this to change this year so look for some use of his new training as a pastry chef to enter into his work. Perhaps a crem-chillae’ with hints of mint and chocolate. Our maybe a caramelized chipotle base with pastry bowls provided. Compare Isaac’s work in the bake-off to Lyndale Tap House. Great variety, not a miss, but on the edge of upper crust (it is Uptown after all). |
Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, School of Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
The intestinal microbiota is involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has been used for the management of IBD as well as infectious diarrhoea.
AIM:
To undertake a systematic review of FMT in patients with IBD.
METHODS:
The systematic review followed Cochrane and PRISMA recommendations. Nine electronic databases were searched in addition to hand searching and contacting experts. Inclusion criteria were reports (RCT, nonrandomised trials, case series and case reports) of FMT in patients with IBD.
RESULTS:
Of the 5320 articles identified, 17 fulfilled the inclusion criteria, none of which were controlled trials. There were nine case series/case reports of patients receiving FMT for management of their IBD, and eight where FMT was for the treatment of infectious diarrhoea in IBD. These 17 articles reported on 41 patients with IBD (27 UC, 12 Crohn's, 2 unclassified) with a follow-up period of between 2 weeks and 13 years. Where reported, FMT was administered via colonoscopy/enema (26/33) or via enteral tube (7/33). In patients treated for their IBD, the majority experienced a reduction of symptoms (19/25), cessation of IBD medications (13/17) and disease remission (15/24). There was resolution of C. difficile infection in all those treated for such (15/15).
CONCLUSIONS:
Whilst the available evidence is limited and weak, it suggests that faecal microbiota transplantation has the potential to be an effective and safe treatment for IBD, at least when standard treatments have failed. Well-designed randomised controlled trials are required to investigate these findings. |
Not have a Will as i own nothing in Thailand, and own nothing in UK now all my money is tied up in my wife's name, she is many things but i know 1 million percent she would never sell this land as her mentality is to keep everything.
Section 1469. Any agreement concluded between husband and wife during marriage may be avoided by either of them at any time during marriage or within one year from the day of dissolution of marriage; provided that the right of third persons acting in good faith are not affected thereby.
Why don't you just go the land department and ask them, or better still go to the police and tell them that you made a false declaration to a government department, then get back to us.
Section 1469. Any agreement concluded between husband and wife during marriage may be avoided by either of them at any time during marriage or within one year from the day of dissolution of marriage; provided that the right of third persons acting in good faith are not affected thereby.
Why don't you just go the land department and ask them, or better still go to the police and tell them that you made a false declaration to a government department, then get back to us.
Don't take this too personally but a Thai lawyer is better placed to advise someone
about Thai law than a farang Bar-stool lawyer ,do you agree?
Second point:- Surely my lawyer would of pointed out to me that I would be making a false declaration and breaking the law by going to the land-office
to get my name added to the chanote and surely he would be aiding and abetting me to break the law by doing just that. Do you agree?
Final point:- Surely the Government official would of pointed out to both me and my lawyer that I was making a false declaration and wouldn't of added my name to the chanote. Do you agree? So who is breaking the law? Who hasn'tgot a clue about Thai law? And who is talking absolute shite?
So I will
take it this thread has reached its conclusion because the three resident
Law-Experts have dredged the archives of the Teakdoor legal & Law sections and can't come up with anything new to discredit an Usufruct Agreement.
Yes Gentlemen you have to understand the law and its entire application to living and working in Thailand and not just snippets that you've read somewhere or heard from the person on the bar-stool next to you. No offence.
If anyone needs legal advice it will always work out best for you to seek out a reputable Law-Firm and lawyer.
My very kind wife has just gave me a piece of land, that we purchased so i can buiild a home on for myself, no usufruct no contract, just through the goodness of her heart.
The is how it went, she said why do you want to go rent in ubon when you can stay near the kids and see them everyday, you can still eat with the family we can still go and enjoy with the kids, the kids love you your good for them.
Heres the crunch she could taken me to the cleaners over the years, and done what many farangs are paranoid about.(losing everything), and it would of been my own fault for being a asshole
We have agreement that both of us can have new partners, though the kids have to come first until there able to take care of themselves.
theres always a alternative take the time and find one, its taken us a long time but now both are happy with the arrangement.
Took a long time to get there, and yes i was paranoid for years about the same thing as many.
My very kind wife has just gave me a piece of land, that we purchased so i can buiild a home on for myself, no usufruct no contract, just through the goodness of her heart.
The is how it went, she said why do you want to go rent in ubon when you can stay near the kids and see them everyday, you can still eat with the family we can still go and enjoy with the kids, the kids love you your good for them.
Heres the crunch she could taken me to the cleaners over the years, and done what many farangs are paranoid about.(losing everything), and it would of been my own fault for being a asshole
We have agreement that both of us can have new partners, though the kids have to come first until there able to take care of themselves.
theres always a alternative take the time and find one, its taken us a long time but now both are happy with the arrangement.
Took a long time to get there, and yes i was paranoid for years about the same thing as many.
Yasso reading your post leads me to believe that the words "living in a madhouse" is a very accurate description .
My very kind wife has just gave me a piece of land, that we purchased so i can buiild a home on for myself, no usufruct no contract, just through the goodness of her heart.
The is how it went, she said why do you want to go rent in ubon when you can stay near the kids and see them everyday, you can still eat with the family we can still go and enjoy with the kids, the kids love you your good for them.
Heres the crunch she could taken me to the cleaners over the years, and done what many farangs are paranoid about.(losing everything), and it would of been my own fault for being a asshole
We have agreement that both of us can have new partners, though the kids have to come first until there able to take care of themselves.
theres always a alternative take the time and find one, its taken us a long time but now both are happy with the arrangement.
Took a long time to get there, and yes i was paranoid for years about the same thing as many.
Yasso reading your post leads me to believe that the words "living in a madhouse" is a very accurate description .
For those of us who actually live in Issan, not in a cocooned farang sub culture, the place is a madhouse.
Sitting here on my stilt patio can see 5 guys sitting drinking Lao Kow in the shade of a tree in my backyard.
Women of the house decided to change the water in the kids pool, pool is in the kitchen area.Do you run a hose outside to drain the water, no just pull the drain plug, water can find it's own way out.
9 guys now cooking on a fire, some sort of Buddha day, guess I will have to go sit there for a few Lao Kows. Jim
I took the time to read all 6 pages of this pissing match between you guys.
It seems to come down to the argument of who's better protected from their hill-billy thai wife should things go sideways in regards to the mansion you built on her land in that one buffalo village up in Nakhon Nowhere. Of course that's just the summary I got from reading it.
It would be laughable if it wasn't such a pathetic read.
Just a question because I'm curious (which is usually only fatal to cats).
When you guys were kids playing in the sand box with your GI-Joe toy soldier, did you say; "When I grow up, I'm going to move to a pissant developing third world country, marry a dumb hill-billy, build a mansion on land I can't own and then worry about it for the rest of my life..." I mean I just wanna know?
I took the time to read all 6 pages of this pissing match between you guys.
It seems to come down to the argument of who's better protected from their hill-billy thai wife should things go sideways in regards to the mansion you built on her land in that one buffalo village up in Nakhon Nowhere. Of course that's just the summary I got from reading it.
It would be laughable if it wasn't such a pathetic read.
Just a question because I'm curious (which is usually only fatal to cats).
When you guys were kids playing in the sand box with your GI-Joe toy soldier, did you say; "When I grow up, I'm going to move to a pissant developing third world country, marry a dumb hill-billy, build a mansion on land I can't own and then worry about it for the rest of my life..." I mean I just wanna know?
Strange enough out my way, few farangs, but they usually live out their dream and die, of boredom and alcohol.
Not too many younger guys come out to set up home.
Done many stupid things in my life, sure others have as well, don't want to take chances, stay home.
Anyone wants to believe they are secure here, up to them, the rest of us just get on with life. Jim
Thanks you,,,, Toddaniels
Originally Posted by toddaniels
I took the time to read all 6 pages of this pissing match between you guys.
It seems to come down to the argument of who's better protected from their hill-billy thai wife should things go sideways in regards to the mansion you built on her land in that one buffalo village up in Nakhon Nowhere. Of course that's just the summary I got from reading it.
It would be laughable if it wasn't such a pathetic read.
Just a question because I'm curious (which is usually only fatal to cats).
When you guys were kids playing in the sand box with your GI-Joe toy soldier, did you say; "When I grow up, I'm going to move to a pissant developing third world country, marry a dumb hill-billy, build a mansion on land I can't own and then worry about it for the rest of my life..." I mean I just wanna know?
I am a new member to this site and I was reading this thread to learn the differences between superficies and usufruct. thinking that the members on this forum may offer some added value with their knowledge and life experiences.
Best post was from Toddaniels,,,, thank you!
Guess I will look at CTH forum for my learning curve rather than reading this garbage!
Now, what happens, if your wife is in jail (Womens Correctional Institute) for four years and you want to divorce her. No property, no kids, no assets. Do you just turn up at the registration office or family court with the marriage certificate and ask them to get on with it? Do you have to do it in the province she resides (the monkey house)? Would you have to provide evidence she is in prison? Will you need a lawyer?
The thing is, rick, there's a new girl in tow and seeing as the marriage was affirmed by the British consulate in Thailand, could cause problematic for any future visa application. Got to do it by the book.
I could be mistaken but I believe the fact that your thai wife is incarcerated doesn't negate her rights in divorce proceedings.
Just a question, did you get married here in Thailand, at the Amphur and then take the Kor Ror 2 & 3 to your embassy to recognize it or what?
Getting divorced in thailand IF both parties agree to the terms is as easy as getting married here. Actually, it's easier because you don't need that affirmation of freedom to marry paper from your embassy.
You guys go to the Amphur, sign the divorce papers, include the addendum about who gets what (if there's any stuff to split up), pay the filing fee and Bob's your uncle, you're divorced..
Now seeing as your wife can't waltz up to the local Amphur with you that could throw a spanner in the gears of progress.
Call any number of law firms and ask them, they all answer questions for free. I'd call a few to get a fair sampling of answers because thaiz are famous for pulling answers outta their assholes to questions they don't know the answer to.. This way at least you see if what one is telling you jibes with what another is telling you.
I doubt you're the first husband in the history of Thailand who wants to divorce his currently imprisoned wife. Although you are the first foreigner I've ever heard of wanting to do so.
Hopefully you've made a better choice as far as a thai significant other with the "in tow" replacement.
Conversely, if you're over 50, I'd switch to a yearly extension of stay based on retirement. . . However, I could be mistaken in assuming you're talking about your visa for thailand not a visa to lug a thai back where ever it is you come from. |
Q:
Is there a way to configure the Google Cloud Function and Pub/Sub parallelism?
I have a Google Cloud Function configured as subscriber of a PubSub topic, my function should invoke another service that have some limitation, but the Function topic consumption is really fast and executes in parallel, what can I do to control the topic consumption frequency? I thought about quotas configuration but it seems too much generic, I would like to configure a specific function as subscriber. Thanks
A:
You have no control over that. Cloud Functions will always try to react to incoming events as fast as possible, within the limits of the system.
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Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood gave Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. a much needed shot in the arm when they joined the cast, but now their popular characters will head on over to Marvel's Most Wanted, a spin-off series being developed for ABC.
Here's the show's official synopsis (via Deadline):
Centers on Bobbi Morse (a.k.a. Mockingbird) and Lance Hunter of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., two ex-spies and ex-spouses who are on the run with no friends, no S.H.I.E.L.D. and a long list of enemies looking to claim a bounty on their heads. Able to trust no one but each other, Bobbi and Hunter form an uneasy alliance with Dominic Fortune (Delroy Lindo), a rogue adventurer with a wealth of resources and even more adversaries, who agrees to protect them so long as they help him with his own agenda. These two heroes will help anyone in need, all while trying to uncover the conspiracy that put their own lives in jeopardy.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. executive produer Jeffrey Bell and series writer Paul Zbyszewski are developing Marvel’s Most Wanted. They wrote the pilot and if the show goes to series Zbyszewski will serve as its showrunner.
The Marvel’s Most Wanted pilot is expected to air later in 2016. |
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Q:
Let $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be defined by $f(x)=|x-1|$. Show that $f$ is neither one one nor onto function.
Let $f: \mathbb R\to \mathbb R$ be defined by $f(x)=|x-1|$. Show that $f$ is neither one one nor onto function.
My Attempt:
$$f(x)=|x-1|$$
For all $x \in \mathbb R$, the set of values of $f(x)$ are non negative real numbers. So, range of $f(\mathbb R)=[0, \infty)$. Hence, $f$ is not onto.
A:
In order to be one to one, it should be valid that for every $x\neq y$ we have that $f(x)\neq f(y)$. Well, try $x=a+1$ and $y=1-a$, for every $a>0$. We have that:
$$f(a+1)=|a+1-1|=|a|=|-a|=|1-a-1|=f(1-a)$$
So, $f$ is clearly not one to one.
Since $$f(x)=|x-1|\geq0$$
it is also ivedent that $f$ is not onto $\mathbb{R}$.
Note: If we define $f:\mathbb{R}\to[0,+\infty)$ $f$ would be onto $[0,+\infty)$.
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Best Place to Tag Someone with a Rubber Ball Phoenix 2011 - AZ Dodgeball League
Hearing the word "dodgeball" may awaken nostalgic memories of the game played during recess in grade school. Well, recess is over, punk. The AZ Dodgeball League made sure of that. As part of the league, you can join up with ball-throwing maniacs just like you (on teams with names like "Ninja Please" and "Two in the Pink"). League play goes down at the Family Life Center in Mesa. Want to test the waters before committing to the full-on dodgeball lifestyle? Head to an open-gym night, when anyone can play for a small fee. If you think that AZ Dodgeball is only about the game, think again. After a few hours of slugging red balls at each other, AZ Dodgeball parties hard at drinking establishments that sponsor teams, such as Bogeys in Tempe. |
On the 13th Anniversary of the Sinking of SIEVX
Phillip Adams & Arnold Zable remember...
Why we should still hang our heads in shame over SIEV X
PHILLIP ADAMS
THE AUSTRALIAN OCTOBER 18, 2014 12:00AM
WHILE we mourn the dead children of MH17 and Gaza, let us remember the dead children of SIEV X.
That’s the name, the infamous name given to a nameless Indonesian boat that left Bandar Lampung on an October day 13 years ago – and was to become the name of a great tragedy when, a day after its departure for Christmas Island, it sank in a storm 70km south of Java.
It created a storm of its own, occurring in the middle of John Howard’s re-election campaign. Arguably it helped him win it. The day we learnt of SIEV X’s sinking I thought the disaster would break our hearts and change our ruthless policies towards asylum seekers. Instead it hardened them. The death toll was 353, of whom 146 were children and 142 were women. We were complicit in those deaths, yet we did not hang our heads in shame. Instead we voted for even tougher policies.
The human cargo recalled the cruel stacking on a slaver: 421 people crammed onto a boat a mere 19 metres long. Like many of the other SIEVs – the acronym stands for Suspected Irregular Entry Vessel – it leaked like a sieve. Like many others, it was doomed. This one sank in waters that Brandis-speak might describe as “disputed”. International waters but within Indonesia’s search-and-rescue responsibility, and also within Australia’s aerial border protection surveillance zone. The Indonesians failed the victims of SIEV X, but so did we. We claimed ignorance and poor weather as excuses for failing to identify or help the stricken vessel.
The subsequent Senate Select Committee inquiry into “a certain maritime incident” (as bizarre a euphemism as any ever coined by a bureaucracy) mainly focused on a different scandal – “children overboard” – but its terms of reference extended to SIEV X. The report was unflinching in its findings. “It is extraordinary that a major human disaster could occur in the vicinity of a theatre of intensive Australian operations and remain undetected until three days after the event without any concern being raised within intelligence and decision-making circles.”
SIEV X and the Tampa affair two months earlier had Howard claiming that his policies would “stop the boats”. Thirteen years later? Our policies remain as cruel, our attitudes as devoid of compassion. And they are “our” policies. Shamefully, Kim Beazley capitulated to John Howard and Philip Ruddock. (Ruddock was the minister who insisted on wearing an Amnesty International badge throughout his term, despite Amnesty’s protests. The symbol of that great organisation is a candle shining through barbed wire – when Ruddock oversaw an era of putting refugees behind it.)
The policy of “stopping the boats”, whatever the political or human costs, and the policy of putting asylum seekers into concentration camps (and I use that term accurately – check your Oxford Dictionary) has remained bipartisan. One of the reasons I opposed the leadership (sic) of Mark Latham is that he wanted to out-Ruddock Ruddock, while neither Kevin Rudd nor Julia Gillard showed an iota of moral courage. We do not offer refuge. We do not offer asylum. We do not offer amnesty. The Coalition continues to offer barbed wire, not the light shining through. And Labor’s light on the hill has been extinguished.
The SIEV X was a tragedy, for the victims and their families. It was, and remains, a tragedy for this nation, too, reminding us that the White Australia policy lives on. On the 13th anniversary of SIEV X tomorrow, many would like to attend a service at Canberra’s SIEV X memorial. A memorial that Howard fought to prevent being erected. Might I suggest you light a candle at home? Phil Ruddock might lend you his.
Anniversary of SIEV X sinking a time for reflection
October 19, 2014 - 12:15AM
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Arnold Zable
The notebook is blue, the spine reinforced with tape. The covers are fraying at the edges. The pages list every person assisted by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre since June 2001, the month it was opened. The notebook is full. It contains 7579 names.
Pick any name at random and Kon Karapanagiotidis, chief executive and founder of the centre, knows the story. A second notebook is now being filled. In the 13 years since the centre opened, it has helped almost 10,000 people.
Name number 1259 is Amal Basry. She was one of 45 survivors of a capsized fishing boat that became known as SIEV X. Three hundred and fifty-three asylum seekers drowned when the boat sank en route to Christmas Island on October 19, 2001. Amal was rescued after clinging to a corpse for more than 20 hours.
She told the tale of the sinking many times, with audiences ranging from one listener to a Melbourne town hall packed with more than 2000. She would get out of her sick bed to tell it. She spoke of the "children like little birds floating on the water". She was condemned to bear witness. In a cruel irony Amal died of cancer in 2006. Her tale is a reminder of the courage it takes to risk the seas in search of a new life free of oppression.
It is also a reminder of the inhumane treatment by the Abbott government of asylum seekers who continue to undertake the journey. The boats may have stopped, but those who have made it here in recent years are living in hell.
There were many tears shed in Federal Parliament over lives lost at sea, but no tears for those who remain incarcerated in brutal offshore detention centres on Nauru and Manus islands. Nor for those imprisoned on Christmas Island and in centres on mainland Australia. No tears for the thousands in community detention and on various forms of bridging visa. No acknowledgement that indefinite detention is a recipe for depression, suicide attempts and insanity. Countless studies have reaffirmed this.
Asylum seekers may no longer be dying at sea, but they are suffering on land. And some are dying on land: Manus Island detainee Reza Barati, beaten to death, and fellow detainee Hamid Kahazaei, a victim of medical neglect. And out on a bridging visa, in community detention, Leo Semmanpillai, who died of self-immolation. In all, more than 30,000 asylum seekers remain in limbo, stripped of hope. Denied a future.
With Coalition government plans to reintroduce temporary protection visas, this uncertainty is set to continue. Even babies born to asylum seekers in Australia are to be deemed unauthorised maritime arrivals. Consider this: of the 45 SIEV X survivors, those who were resettled in other countries immediately received permanent residency. It was understood they had suffered enough. In contrast, the seven assigned to Australia were placed on five-year temporary protection visas.
Amal Basry would wander the streets at night, unable to stop the recurring nightmares of her ill-fated boat journey and of the tyrannical regime of Saddam Hussein that claimed the lives of family members. As she told me many times, her state of panic was intensified by her temporary status. She had become a living ghost.
In stark contrast to the actions of the Federal government, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre provided Amal refuge. She received trauma counselling, medical assistance, material aid and legal representation. Above all, her story was acknowledged, her courage recognised.
The centre represents the other side of the equation. Refugees are welcomed. They are helped back on their feet in ways far too numerous to list in a column. Volunteers worked round the clock earlier this year to relocate the centre in the abandoned old City Mission in Nicholson Street, Footscray, turning it into a vibrant centre of refuge.
The centre's services are expanding, with a shift towards empowering asylum seekers through innovative employment schemes and businesses. Its many donors, volunteers and staff are on the frontline in maintaining Australia as a vibrant, non-racist, multicultural nation. Yet, as Kon points out, many staff are in a state of grief and anger at government policies, and the despair they are inflicting. At the moment it's the worse it has ever been for asylum seekers, he says.
October 19 is a day to reflect on their plight. And on the fact that despite talk of orderly processes, the Coalition government has cut its refugee intake by more than 30 per cent, at a time when the need is greater than ever. Australia accepts just 0.3 per cent of the world's refugees, making us 67th relative to our population, and 74th relative to wealth.
The date should be designated boat people day, a time to share stories and acknowledge that apart from indigenous people, we are all, give or take a few generations, a nation of immigrants. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre is a house of stories. Even the walls speak. They are adorned with larger-than-life photos of asylum seekers' faces, accompanied by accounts of their journeys.
In mid-2005 Amal was in hospital receiving treatment for cancer. The nurses heard her screaming. When they ran to her bed, she was clutching her mobile. She had just been informed of receiving permanent residency. She was ecstatic. "I am a free woman in a free society," she kept repeating. She was finally at home, her brave journey completed.
Meanwhile, the names in Kon's second notebook are rapidly mounting.
Arnold Zable is a Melbourne writer. He tells the story of Amal Basry in his most recent book, Violin Lessons. |
Just as modern French-speakers who travel to Quebec often find the dialect of French Canadians to be archaic and quaint, English-speakers who visit Washington, D.C., are frequently bemused by the language spoken there. Though the Potomac dialect shares the alphabet and grammar of English, it has a vocabulary all its own. A few examples of Potomac phrases, followed by their English equivalents:
I have great respect for the senior senator.
I am about to drill my elderly colleague a new one.
We have full confidence in his integrity.
We will cut him loose by nightfall.
I don’t pay attention to the polls.
My job-approval rating is 32 percent.
I had some gals come over to the condo to give me a massage.
I paid for sex.
When we have something to announce, we’ll announce it.
We know the answer, but we’re not going to tell you.
Frankly …
The following statement is false.
You are either with us or against us.
You are against us.
We identified weapons of mass destruction–related program activities.
We could not find any weapons of mass destruction.
I hope we can work together in a bipartisan way.
I need to pick off one senator from the other party to pass this bill.
The president has always said …
The president is announcing a new position. |
Nütschau Priory
Nütschau Priory (in German Kloster Nütschau or Priorat Sankt Ansgar) is a house of the Benedictine Order located at Travenbrück near Bad Oldesloe, Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.
History
Occupying the former Nütschau manor house (Herrenhaus Nütschau), built in 1577-79 by Heinrich Rantzau, this community originated after World War II as a refuge for displaced persons, particularly Catholics from the former German territories.
The church acquired the site in 1951 and at the request of Hermann Wilhelm Berning, the Bishop of Osnabrück, it was developed by and staffed from Gerleve Abbey. St. Ansgar's House (Haus Sankt Ansgar) opened in 1951. In 1955 the community was raised to the status of a priory under Gerleve, and in 1975 Nütschau became an independent monastery, which now includes a training house and a youth house.
The priory is part of the Beuronese Congregation.
Priors
Under direct control of the Abbot of Gerleve:
1951-60 Pius Buddenborg
Priory of Gerleve Abbey
1960-71 Amandus Eilermann
1971-75 Gaudentius Sauermann
Independent priory
1975-94 Gaudentius Sauermann
1994 Antonius Terstiege
From 1994 Leo Overmeyer
External links
Website of Nütschau Priory
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Category:Monasteries in Schleswig-Holstein
Category:Buildings and structures in Stormarn |
Most wanted: answers on Zarqawi
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Zarqawi has gone from a prison tough guy to the terrorist mastermind behind some of the beheadings in Iraq, the US says. But people who know him are not so sure, writes Jeffrey Gettleman.
Ten years ago, fellow inmates remember, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi emerged as the tough-guy captain of his cell block. In prison life, that meant doling out chores.
"He'd say: 'You bring the food; you clean the floor'," recalled Khalid Abu Doma, who was jailed with Zarqawi for plotting against the Jordanian Government. "He didn't have great ideas. But people listened to him because they feared him."
According to US officials, Zarqawi has come a long way since then, and is now the biggest terrorist threat in Iraq, accused of orchestrating guerilla attacks, suicide bombings, kidnappings and beheadings. Last week, he claimed responsibility for a mortar barrage that killed five US soldiers and an Iraqi soldier.
American views of Zarqawi's relationship to al-Qaeda have varied. Secretary of State Colin Powell has described him as an al-Qaeda operative, but a senior US military official said sources suggest that Zarqawi was "a separate jihadist".
He remains a target: US forces are stepping up strikes on buildings they believe to be his safe houses in Fallujah and have raised the bounty on him to $US25 million ($A35 million), the price that is also on Osama bin Laden's head.
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For all that, little is known of Zarqawi's whereabouts or his operations.
In Jordan, where he stamped strong impressions on people as he climbed the ladder of outlaw groups, friends and associates described the making of a militant. They say he grew up in rough-and-tumble circumstances and adopted religion with the same intensity he showed for drinking and fighting, though he became far less a revolutionary mastermind than a dull-witted hothead with gruff charisma.
Those who knew Zarqawi until he disappeared into Afghanistan four years ago acknowledge that he may have changed. But they say that while the Zarqawi they knew could be brutal, they have a hard time imagining him as the guiding light of an Iraqi insurgency.
"When we would write bad things about him in our prison magazine, he would attack us with his fists," said Yousef Rababa, who was in jail with Zarqawi for militant activity. "That's all he could do. He's not like bin Laden with ideas and vision. He had no vision."
Zarqawi, thought to be 37, grew up in Zarqa, a crime-ridden industrial city north of Amman.
He came from a poor family of 10 children. His father was a traditional healer. His mother struggled with leukaemia. His birth name was Ahmed Fadeel al-Khalayleh.
Childhood friends say he was much like any other boy. At 17, family members say, he dropped out of school. Friends said he had started drinking heavily and getting tattoos, both discouraged under Islam. According to Jordanian intelligence reports, Zarqawi was jailed in the 1980s for sexual assault, though no details were available.
By the time he was in his early 20s he was adrift, his family said, and, like many other young Arab men looking for a cause, looked north-east, to Afghanistan.
Saleh al-Hami, Zarqawi's brother-in-law, said Zarqawi arrived in eastern Afghanistan in 1989 to join the jihad against the Soviet Union. But the Soviets had just pulled out. So Zarqawi became a reporter for a small jihadist magazine. He was 22 and roamed the countryside interviewing Arab fighters about the glorious battles he had missed.
Hami and Zarqawi grew close. One night while they were camping, he recalled, Zarqawi shared a special dream. He said he saw a vision of a sword falling from the sky. Jihad was written on its blade.
Zarqawi returned to Zarqa in 1992 and fell in with a militant Islamic group, Bayaat al-Imam, or Loyalty to the Imam. He was arrested in 1993 after assault rifles and bombs were found in his house. His lawyer said Zarqawi lamely told investigators that he found the weapons on the street. "He never struck me as intelligent," the lawyer said.
Zarqawi was jailed and housed with other political prisoners. Cellmates said Zarqawi turned his bunk into a cave, covering each side with blankets. He sat for hours bent over a Koran, trying to memorise all 6236 verses. Friends say this was typical; he never did things by halves.
He strutted around in Afghan dress and a woolly Afghan hat and lived and breathed old Afghan battles. "Back then he liked Americans," Abu Doma said. "Abu Musab used to say they were Christian and they were believers." The Soviets were his No. 1 enemy but, like many other beliefs, this would change behind bars. In the wing where Zarqawi lived, ideologies intertwined. But cellmates said Zarqawi shied away from politics. Instead, he pumped iron.
As the years passed, Zarqawi's role grew. He mapped out shifts for cleaning, bringing meals to cells and visiting the doctor. He did not talk much.
His firmness was his attraction, fellow inmates said, his remoteness his power. By 1998, when prison doctor Basil Abu Sabha met him, Zarqawi was clearly in charge. "He could order his followers to do things just by moving his eyes," Abu Sabha said.
His religious views became increasingly severe. He had been exposed to militant beliefs served up by the imams and sheikhs in the iron bunks next to him. He lashed out at cellmates if they read anything but the Koran.
Abu Doma said he got a threatening note for reading Crime and Punishment. "He spelt Dostoyevsky 'Doseefski'," Abu Doma said, laughing. "The note was full of bad Arabic, like a child wrote it."
Fellow inmates said that around that time, 1998, just as al-Qaeda was emerging as a serious threat and being blamed for the bombings of two US embassies in Africa, Zarqawi started talking about killing Americans.
In March 1999, Zarqawi was released under an amnesty. His associates said they expected him to return to jail. "Because of his views, there was no place for him in Jordan," said Rababa, explaining that the mostly secular country was no place for an extremist. Rababa said his own views softened, but to Zarqawi "everyone was the enemy". Zarqawi had hopes for a normal life, according to Hami, who said he had at least two children and had thought of buying a truck and opening a vegetable stand. But early in 2000, Zarqawi went to Peshawar, on the Pakistan side of the Afghan border. It was a deeply religious city, which made it attractive to him.
At the doorstep of jihad, he hesitated. "He said it was Muslims fighting Muslims in Afghanistan and he didn't believe in the cause," Hami said.
While Zarqawi was deciding what to do, his Pakistani visa expired. Around the same time, Jordan declared him a suspect in a foiled terror plot against a Christian pilgrimage site.
In June 2000, Hami said, Zarqawi crossed into Afghanistan, alone. His mother died in February this year. Hami said her last wish was for her son to be killed in battle, not captured. American intelligence officials said Zarqawi opened a weapons camp connected to al-Qaeda in late 2000 in Afghanistan. There he took up his new name.
US officials said he was wounded in a missile strike as American forces went after the Taliban and al-Qaeda after the September 11, 2001 attacks. But several sources in Jordan said they had heard that he had been shot in the leg by al-Qaeda agents, who thought he was a spy.
Intelligence officials say he then left Afghanistan and made his way to a corner of northern Iraq controlled by a Kurdish separatist Islamic group called Ansar al-Islam. There, according to some reports, he set up a chemical weapons training camp. The next sighting of him was in September 2002, when Jordanian agents said he illegally entered Jordan from Syria. The agents said he was living in Syria at the time, not in northern Iraq.
A month later, a senior American diplomat was shot dead outside his home in Amman. Jordanian agents arrested three men who, the agents said, told them that they had been recruited, armed and paid by Zarqawi. He was sentenced to death in absentia.
In February last year, Powell made his assertions about Zarqawi at the United Nations. Powell stands by his statement, a spokesman said, even though other parts of that speech have been discredited and Powell mistakenly identified Zarqawi as Palestinian.
Other US information about Zarqawi has also been incorrect, including a report that he had a leg amputated in Baghdad.
At the beginning of the Iraq war, Zarqawi and the Ansar fighters were driven out of Kurdistan. In August, a car bomb blew up the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad, the first in a string of bombings. Zarqawi, because of his history as an anti-Jordan militant, was immediately a suspect.
In February, American officials in Baghdad released a letter that they said was from Zarqawi to al-Qaeda's leadership. The 6700-word manifesto took credit for 25 suicide bombings and outlined a terror strategy to drag Iraq into civil war.
But people who know Zarqawi wonder if he was the author. They said the lengthy political analysis, the references to seventh-century kings and embroidered phrases such as "crafty and malicious scorpion" do not sound like Zarqawi.
American officials stand by their claim and Iraqi officials back up the American depiction of Zarqawi. Iraq's Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, has named him as the culprit behind a terrorism campaign that has killed hundreds of civilians.
The director of Iraq's intelligence services, Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed Shehwani, said Zarqawi is "the biggest threat right now to Iraq's future".
Some of his support may be fading, though. Terrorism experts say there is an increasing divide between Zarqawi and home-grown insurgents, who have opposed attacks against Iraqi civilians.
But the mystery remains. On May 11, a video, titled "Sheikh Abu Musab Zarqawi slaughters an American infidel", appeared. It showed the beheading of US businessman Nicholas Berg. American officials believe that Zarqawi may have been the killer.
But back in Amman, there are questions. The killer cuts with his right hand. And while Hami said he thought Zarqawi was right-handed, Rababa and Abu Doma, who shared the same room with Zarqawi for several years, insisted that Zarqawi used his right hand only for eating and shaking hands. |
Q:
How to know which framework is used?
I have been made to involve recently in a new project and I am completely unaware of which framework is used.After a long time I came to know spring is used because I saw some imports like
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Configurable;
and I am sure spring is used.Now I am completely unaware of whether hibernate is used or jpa is used.When I asked my colleague then some are telling jpa is used and some are telling hibernate that means they are also confused.Can any body please throw some light regarding this.How would I know jpa or hibernate is used.
which packages should be imported specifically for jpa or hibernate.Any hint please
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Check out your project for pom.xml. This is configuration file for Maven, which handles dependencies (and how your project is build). With IDE or even with command line, you can display all used dependencies and frameworks.
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What is probably going on, is that the project is using Hibernate as an implemention of JPA.
To check and see is JPA is used, check the code and see whether or not you can find EntityManager or EntityManagerFactory
One way to see if Hibernate is being used, is to check the Spring configuration and see whether or not HibernateJpaVendorAdapter is used anywhere
In case you are have a persistence.xml file, HibernateJpaVendorAdapter shouldn't be present anywhere, and you can check if hibernate is mentioned anywhere in the file
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import React from 'react'
import { map } from 'lodash-es'
const ResourcesModal = (props) => (
<div className="modal">
<h2 className="modal--header">
{ props.header }
</h2>
<ul>
{ map(props.messages, props.renderListItem) }
</ul>
</div>
)
export default ResourcesModal
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Xinfeng station
Xinfeng () is a metro station on Line 4 of the Hangzhou Metro in China. It is located in the Jianggan District of Hangzhou.
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Category:Railway stations in Zhejiang
Category:Railway stations opened in 2015
Category:2015 establishments in China
Category:Hangzhou Metro stations |
New Jersey could be on the hook for up to $7.6 billion and nearly a million residents could have lost their insurance coverage by the end of a decade under the latest Republican proposal to reform healthcare by ending many elements of the federal Affordable Care Act.
Like previous efforts to repeal the ACA, or Obamacare, the bill sponsored by U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-NC) seeks to drastically reduce federal spending and ease regulatory restrictions in an effort to bring down the cost of commercial health insurance. The proposal is scheduled for a hearing on Monday and Republican leaders hope to pass the measure next week, before a change in their voting rules means they would need to secure more votes — a nearly impossible challenge — to overcome a potential Democratic filibuster.
To create savings, the measure would begin to scale back federal funds available for the Medicaid expansion and marketplace subsidies starting in 2020, and eliminate those programs entirely in 2027. It would also overhaul the basic Medicaid program, placing strict limits on spending that is now largely uncapped.
The most damaging proposal
In addition, it would eliminate many of the mandates associated with the landmark law, including the controversial requirement that individuals purchase insurance, restrictions on how much insurance companies can make on policies, and rules designed to help patients with pre-existing conditions have access to affordable coverage. Critics called it the most damaging GOP proposal to date.
According to several studies of the bill, the formula used to calculate state allocations for the Medicaid expansion and marketplace subsidies — funding that would be combined into a single block grant for each state — shifts funds over time from states that embraced the ACA, like New Jersey, to those that declined to fully participate. Some critics noted the states that gain are Republican strongholds.
When combined with other changes that reward states with poorer residents and lower costs — and deduct from more expensive states — New Jersey would endure some of the greatest losses in federal funding over the next 10 years, compared with other states, according to separate analyses by the nonpartisan Center for Budget and Policy Priorities and State Health Value Strategies, a project by Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
‘The worst elements’
“It’s like the worst elements of all the bills, rolled into one,” said Ray Castro, the healthcare analyst with New Jersey Policy Perspective, which has tracked the ACA for years. Castro predicted some 900,000 people could lose coverage by 2026. But unlike past proposals, this also shifts the funding over time, he said, noting “they’re taking funds from New Jersey for other states.”
Estimates of the dollar impact vary widely — depending in part on study methodology and various options in the block grant formula — but opposition to the proposal appears to be building. New Jersey Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker, both Democrats, lambasted the plan, along with a growing list of hospital and healthcare allies and even insurance representatives.
Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican who is close to President Donald Trump, also said Wednesday he could not support the plan, given its financial impact on the Garden State.
‘Nothing short of cruel’
State Sen. Joe Vitale (D-Middlesex) the longtime health committee chairman and an architect of several New Jersey Medicaid programs, urged Christie to use his influence with the president to protect Garden State residents. “This proposal is beyond bad policy — it is nothing short of cruel,” Vitale said. “I am hopeful the Senate rejects this effort, and call on our congressional representatives to use every tool at their disposal to defeat this latest repeal and replace plan.”
The Cassidy-Graham bill follows several controversial proposals Republicans in Washington, D.C., have tried and failed to advance since Trump took office and pledged to repeal and replace Obamacare.
The landmark law, enacted in 2014, expanded insurance to more than 23 million people nationwide, including more than 800,000 in New Jersey by expanding the existing Medicaid program and creating a marketplace, or insurance exchange, where low-income customers have purchased commercial plans with government assistance. It also tightened insurance regulations to require more comprehensive coverage.
Under the latest proposal, the ACA would essentially remain intact through 2019; starting in 2020, the Medicaid expansion funds would be combined with dollars for marketplace subsidies into a block grant for each state. The allocations would be based on past spending history at first, but would soon shift to provide more funding for more impoverished states with higher uninsured rates, at the cost of states — like New Jersey — that successfully signed up more health insurance patients and have higher costs.
Saving the feds $246B
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By 2026, when those portions of the programs will have ended, the changes would save the federal government $243 billion, when compared to projected spending under the ACA, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities review. The group predicts this could cost New Jersey $3.9 billion over those six years.
“The sponsors are attempting to promote the block-grant concept as an opportunity to innovate, but the fact is that it will only end up hamstringing states and prevent them from responding to emergencies such as the opioid crisis that is taking the lives of people throughout New Jersey and this country,” Vitale warned.
The State Health and Value Strategies analysis predicts that as many as 38 states will lose funding under the new block-grant system, depending on the year, and some could see these dollars cut in half. According to their calculations, New Jersey could lose as much as $7.6 billion over that time; only five other states face larger losses.
While funding for traditional Medicaid, which covers some 1.3 million New Jerseyans, would continue beyond 2026, it would be allocated in a way that significantly restricts spending and forces states to make tough choices in coverage — or raise billions from state taxpayers or other sources to fill the gap. The CBPP analysis suggests this change from a need-based system to a per-person cap will cut up to $175 billion nationwide over those six year and warned it could lead states to restrict benefits and cut costly services, like home and community-based programs, or behavioral healthcare.
The Cassidy-Graham plan also echoes elements of a controversial bill that did pass the U.S. House of Representatives in how it would allow states to obtain waivers enabling them to loosen insurance regulations in an effort to reduce costs, the reviews noted.
If approved, companies would be allow to charge more for patients with pre-existing conditions — although they would be forced to cover them — and would not have to cover all the “essential health benefits” mandated under the ACA, including maternity care, cancer treatment, and behavioral health programs. It would also eliminate the requirement that employers provide coverage and expands opportunities for catastrophic-care-only coverage, plans that are widely viewed as ineffective. |
Whether you love him or hate him, no one can rightly deny that Ronald Reagan was a transformative president. As President Obama put it before he was elected:
“I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that, you know, Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not.”
The election of Reagan signaled an end to the New Deal era, which had endured for nearly half a century. After the 1980s, American politics shifted steadily to the right of the political spectrum, with Bill Clinton accelerating the Reagan revolution with his bi-partisan neoliberal reforms. This is why Reagan remains such a beloved figure for those on the right. Even though he would be considered a RINO today, he is worshipped by Republicans, while loathed by progressives. (And yet, most progressives would probably choose Reagan over any current GOP presidential candidate.)
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After serving almost as many years as Reagan, President Obama recently compared himself to the 40th president, more or less saying that he was the Democrat’s Reagan, while the next Democratic president (i.e. Hillary Clinton) by that logic would be Bush 41. Unfortunately for progressives, however, Obama cannot really be considered the Democrat’s Reagan. He has been much less transformative than supporters once expected him to be, and he has not fundamentally altered America’s trajectory, as Reagan undoubtedly did.
Sadly, this is partially due to him being a black man, which many white Americans simply weren’t ready for — but more to do with his politics, as I discuss below.
The most significant difference between Reagan and Obama is that the former was an idealist, while the latter is a pragmatist. Or, as Felix Salmon put it in a recent article: Reagan was a hedgehog and Obama is a fox. These labels were first popularized by the great philosopher, Isaiah Berlin, in his essay, “The Hedgehog and the Fox,” which divided historical writers and thinkers (and human beings in general) into the two categories, based on a line from the Greek poet, Archilochus, saying: “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”
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Berlin wrote:
“There exists a great chasm between those, on one side, who relate everything to a single central vision, one system, less or more coherent or articulate, in terms of which they understand, think and feel – a single, universal, organizing principle in terms of which alone all that they are and say has significance – and, on the other side, those who pursue many ends, often unrelated and even contradictory, connected, if at all, only in some de facto way, for some psychological or physiological cause, related to no moral or aesthetic principle.”
Reagan had a central vision and a rigid political philosophy, and was largely unconcerned with details — indeed, as William Leuchtenburg puts it in his new book, "The American President,"
“No one had ever entered the White House so grossly ill-informed.”
The 40th president was the antithesis of a policy wonk, and often could not answer reporters basic questions about national security and other subjects of importance. For many, he was just plain dumb. Indeed, a decade before he entered the highest office in the land, President Richard Nixon and his then National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger, discussed Reagan — then Governor of California — on the phone, saying that he was “shallow” and of “limited mental capacity.” But the real jewel comes in their contemplating a possible Reagan presidency:
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“Can you think though, Henry, can you think, though, that Reagan, with certain forces running in the direction, could be sitting right here?” asked the president, to which Kissinger simply replied: “Inconceivable.”
What Reagan lacked in brain power he made up with in grandfatherly charm and ideological persistence. Reagan put forth a vision that the government was not the solution, but the problem in need of a solution. He railed against the New Deal era, which had come about with the last genuinely transformative president before him, Franklin Roosevelt. Prior to FDR, the government had little place in making sure people were employed and treated and paid fairly as workers, as well as ensuring an economy and political system that was not entirely tilted in favor of the capitalist class.
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This New Deal philosophy, which favored unions and economic regulation, came to an end under Reagan. (As I have previously written, the most notable Republican president during the New Deal era, Dwight Eisenhower, wouldn’t dare go after New Deal policies, which were tremendously popular.) The former B-movie actor took a stand against unions, slashed taxes on the wealthy, deregulated the financial sector, and so on. It was a pro-capital counterrevolution that ushered in what we now call the neoliberal era. After Reagan, the party of FDR shifted its philosophy to the right of Richard Nixon’s. Bill Clinton’s declaration that “the era of big government is over,” was a stark contrast to Nixon’s earlier claim that “we’re all Keynesians now.”
While President Obama is certainly historic in being the first African American president, he has not ushered in any kind of paradigm shift, as Roosevelt and Reagan did before him. Sadly, we are still living in a broadly neoliberal, pro-capital country and world, and Obama has governed only slightly to the left of Bill Clinton. And, while Hillary Clinton has attempted to promote herself as a pragmatic populist, one would have to be awfully uninformed to expect any kind of political transformation with her at the helm. Clinton is more of a poll-driven political realist than Obama, without much of a discernible ideology. Using Berlin’s terminology, she is the epitome of a fox, and would almost certainly govern to the right of our current president.
So it is that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt), who is a hedgehog like Reagan, is the only current presidential candidate who could potentially bring Reagan-style transformation if elected. Like Reagan, Sanders has a central vision, with policy ideas that wouldn’t stand a chance of passing in our current Congress. His goal is to bring forth a “political revolution,” just as Reagan did. When Reagan ran for president, he captured the vote of many former Democrats — namely, Reagan Democrats. Today, Sanders wants to recapture their vote. And, like Reagan, the idea of Sanders becoming president was “inconceivable” to the establishment not too long ago. For many, it still is.
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The similarities don’t stop there. Reagan was one of the most personally liked presidents in recent history, and Sanders has the best favorability and trustworthy ratings of all the current presidential candidates, Democrat or Republican. He has a stubborn passion that Reagan once brought to the White House, though on the opposite side of the political spectrum. Of course, the fact that Sanders would overtake Reagan as the oldest president-elect in history is purely coincidental.
It should be recalled that, unlike FDR's presidency, the Reagan was largely a failure when it came to enacting actual policy. After slashing taxes in his first year, he would go on to raise taxes seven times later on in order to make up for lost revenue (although he refused to call them tax hikes, instead saying “revenue enhancements”). He promised to cut social spending and dismantle government agencies, yet ended up adding one of the biggest agency’s, the Department of Veterans Affairs. He also ran against abortion and advocated a constitutional amendment ending it, but never seriously attempted this once in office. The most successful aspect of Reagan’s presidency had less to do with policy, and more to do with shifting the debate and convincing American’s that the government was the problem. He forced Democrat’s to abandon the New Deal philosophy, and Bill Clinton led the way in reforming his party.
“The Presidency is not merely an administrative office,” said FDR in 1932, during his first presidential campaign. “That is the least of it. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership. All of our great Presidents were leaders of thought at times when certain historic ideas in the life of the nation had to be clarified.”
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Seven years ago, many believed that Obama would be the latest transformative president to lead America through a conversion of thought. As George Packer wrote in The New Yorker:
“The new era that is about to begin under President Obama will be more about public good than about private goods. The meal will be smaller, and have less interesting flavors, but it will be shared more fairly. The great American improvisation called democracy still bends along the curve of history. It has not yet finished astounding the world.”
Today, economic inequality has grown worse, political spending has skyrocketed, big banks are bigger than ever, and Obama is fighting hard for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which some have called “NAFTA on steroids.”
So much for that transformative change.
One could argue that, if Sanders was elected president, he would inevitably disappoint, just like Obama. But he is a fundamentally different kind of politician. He is personally more like Reagan than Obama. And the differences don’t end with personality; perhaps one of the biggest difference between Obama 2008 and Sanders 2016 is that Obama’s largest contributor was Goldman Sachs, while the average donation to the Sanders campaign is about $27. Sanders believes in moral leadership, which starts with refusing to play by the current set of rules, where special interests hold politicians hostage. If that is not a sign of a transformative leadership, I don’t know what is. |
Nigel Farage has said he is considering returning as Ukip leader after Paul Nuttall's resignation.
When asked whether he was contemplating taking on the position, the Brexiteer, who led the party until just after the EU referendum, told the BBC: "I'm thinking about it."
"It's not top of my bucket list. For me, getting the referendum, forcing the referendum and helping to win it, I thought I was done with it," he said.
"I'm going to watch very carefully, but I do think now we will see backsliding."
Mr Nuttall said he was standing down as leader within hours of Ukip's disastrous election performance, in which they won just two per cent of the vote.
He insisted he was “proud” of his party’s manifesto, which promised another crackdown on immigration, a bigger army and taking the axe to the “bloated” foreign aid budget.
But he said: “I am standing down today as the leader of Ukip with immediate effect.”
Mr Nuttall vowed that Ukip under his successor – to be in place by September – would continue to be a “straight talking” party that says “what everybody else is thinking”.
Mr Farage also told the broadcaster: "I suspect what we're gong to see is a Government that will struggle to get things through the commons, and I think we're probably headed towards a Norway-type situation two and a half years down the road. |
Hawaii braces for tsunami after earthquake off Canada
Hawaii is bracing itself for a tsunami after an official warning was issued, prompting the evacuation of all low-lying areas in the island state, after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Canada's British Columbia.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued the alert, saying the first tsunami wave could strike the islands at 10:28 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time.
Vindell Hsu, a geophysicist at the Tsunami Warning Centre said an estimated 100,000 to 150,000 people who live in Hawaii's coastal zones had been urged to move to higher ground until after 10:30 p.m.
Governor Neil Abercrombie issued an emergency proclamation for the state.
The tsunami centre cautioned that wave height could not be predicted and that the first wave "may not be the largest".
It said: "All shores are at risk no matter which direction they face".
The warnings followed a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 that hit Canada's Pacific coastal province of British Columbia late on Saturday.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centred 198 km south-south west of Prince Rupert at a depth of 10 km.
The Earthquakes Canada agency said the quake in the Haida Gwaii region was followed by numerous aftershocks as large as 4.6 and that a small tsunami has been recorded by a deep-ocean pressure sensor.
In Hawaii, tsunami warning sirens could be heard blaring out across Honolulu, the state capital on Oahu, the state's most populous island, prompting an immediate crush of traffic, with many motorists stopping first at service stations to top up with petrol.
At cinemas, films were halted in mid-screening as announcements were made urging patrons to return to their homes.
The last time Oahu had a tsunami warning was after the devastating Japanese earthquake of March 2011.
On Waikiki Beach, residents of high-rise buildings were told to move to the third floor or higher for safety. |
The Trump administration is planning to launch a major, "administration-wide," broadside against China, according to two sources briefed on the sensitive internal discussions. These sources, who weren't authorized to discuss the plans with the media, told me the effort is expected to launch in the next few weeks.
What we're hearing: The broadside against China — which is planned to be both rhetorical and substantive — will be "administration-wide," including the White House (led by senior officials on the National Security Council), Treasury, Commerce and Defense. "We're not just going to let Russia be the bogeyman," one White House official told me. "It's Russia and China."
The White House plans to unveil new information about China's hostile actions against America's public and private sectors, and to act on it.
Administration officials will call out China for its "malign activity" in cyberattacks, election interference and industrial warfare (e.g., intellectual property theft), an administration source told me.
The administration has marshaled tons of data to support its charges against China. "We are going to show how the Chinese have infiltrated the U.S. and what we are doing to counter it," the source said.
Behind the scenes: "The push is coming from the national security apparatus," the source added. "Cyber theft has been appearing more often in the PDBs [President's Daily Brief]."
The unknowns: Neither administration official explained why the administration is pursuing this now. China has been an aggressor on trade and cyber issues for years, and the Trump administration has started a trade war with the country. At the same time, Trump has maintained cheery rhetoric toward President Xi Jinping in hopes of cooperating on some issues. |
There are times when conversation is appropriate and times when the brain
needs silence. For most people, verbal work distracts from the intense focus
needed for visual expression. For those times we need our autopilots (right
hemisphere) on, ( observational, contour, upside down, negative space,
verbal and visual expression are oil and water. Matha Graham said, "If I
could say it, I wouldn't have to dance it."
Judy S |
The following paragraphs are not an admission that anything discussed in them is prior art or part of the knowledge of persons skilled in the art.
Fuel cells provide a source of electrical power that can be used for a variety of different purposes. Fuel cells are commonly configured into stacks that generate useful voltages. Fuel cell stacks require a number of auxiliary components in order to function efficiently, e.g., conduits, valves, pumps, compressors and the like for delivering process gases; humidifiers for humidifying processed gases; control equipment. These additional components are commonly referred to as “balance of plant” or BOP.
To make a fuel cell stack readily useable for a variety of applications, fuel cell stacks are sometimes packaged with the associated balance of plants components to form a fuel cell power module. Such power modules can be integrated to the extent that they require no more than connections to necessary reactant supplies (e.g., hydrogen and air), and possibly a coolant (water, although sometimes air again is used as a coolant), and additionally electrical connections for the electricity generated by the fuel cell power module.
It has been proposed to use fuel cell power modules as backup power supplies. Such backup power supplies may be deployed at installations that require a high degree of integrity in their power supply and/or may be located in remote areas where a standard electricity power supply is not reliable. For example, remote transmitting towers for various functions often require backup power supplies.
In order to provide the necessary level of reliability, it is common to provide two or more power modules together. For example, sometimes three power modules are provided, with the intent that two would be sufficient to provide the necessary power and the third power module then acts as a further backup, in case one of the other two power modules fails. |
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Q:
Is the libcurl example httpcustomheader.c buggy (showing bad practice) or am I missing something?
The libcurl examples contains an example for custom HTTP headers.
The example makes use of curl_slist_append like this:
struct curl_slist *chunk = NULL;
/* Remove a header curl would otherwise add by itself */
chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Accept:");
/* Add a custom header */
chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Another: yes");
/* Modify a header curl otherwise adds differently */
chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Host: example.com");
/* Add a header with "blank" contents to the right of the colon. Note that
we're then using a semicolon in the string we pass to curl! */
chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "X-silly-header;");
According to the documentation of curl_slist_append a null pointer will be returned if something goes wrong:
RETURN VALUE
A null pointer is returned if anything went wrong, otherwise the new
list pointer is returned.
Question:
When for example the call
chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Another: yes");
fails, won't the original list, that chunk previously pointed to, be lost? And as a consequence: won't this leak memory?
Or is there some magic that I am missing and that is not mentioned in the curl_slist_append documentation?
To make matters worse: won't the next call to curl_slist_append possibly create a new list (unlikely as we are probably out of memory already, but possible)?
A:
Your suspicions seem entirely correct. The source for curl_slist_append can be viewed here.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a critical Senate vote on his tax overhaul and a crush of December deadlines, President Donald Trump is instead putting the spotlight on a volatile collection of extraneous topics — anti-Muslim videos, Pocahontas, NFL players who kneel during the national anthem and his multiplying disputes with the news media.
Trump’s Twitter timeline on Wednesday was rife with tangents: He retweeted a series of videos posted by British politician Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of the far-right group Britain First. Reacting to NBC’s firing of Matt Lauer, the president re-aired his longstanding grievances with mainstream media outlets, suggesting that “NBC & Comcast be fired for putting out so much Fake News.”
He also tweeted about his call with Chinese President Xi Jinping and plans for additional sanctions on North Korea.
But the president’s extraneous tweets and quips have diverted attention from Trump’s agenda at a time of maximum consequence for his tax proposal and with a series of looming budget deadlines and other priorities in Congress. Wednesday’s tweets came hours before Trump was departing for Missouri to rally support for his tax plan in the Senate.
While it was far from the first time that Trump’s tweets and broadsides have been used to deflect attention, they nonetheless offered fresh evidence of the president’s tendency to latch on to particular cultural touchstones and refuse to let them go.
The president has been mocking Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” since last year’s presidential campaign and he reignited the feud with a passing comment during a White House ceremony on Monday honoring Native Americans.
He’s been fanning the NFL-anthem issue throughout the fall football season. And he continues to bash political opponents like Democratic congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi as tax-hiking pushovers who are unwilling to bolster law enforcement, the military or the nation’s borders.
Hours before a scheduled White House meeting Tuesday with the two Democrats and Republican congressional leaders, Trump slammed Schumer and Pelosi on immigration, crime and taxes, adding, “I don’t see a deal!” The two Democrats abruptly pulled out of the meeting, prompting Trump to leave empty seats for them on either side of him in the Roosevelt Room alongside Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Trump’s broadsides may seem random but they serve the president well on another front, by energizing his core supporters with darts that are sure to delight.
Even as the White House is searching for the votes to push a major tax package through the Senate, the president and his allies are itching for a fight with Warren, a potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and vocal Trump critic.
Trump has long mocked Warren’s claims about being part Native American, which first surfaced during her 2012 Senate race against Republican Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts. Even in a country that has grown more diverse with each passing decade, the president has brushed aside criticism that the term is a racial slur.
Warren said following a protest outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday that Trump “seems to think that that’s somehow going to shut me up,” and prevent her from “talking about the tax bill that would favor giant corporations instead of working families.”
“He’s wrong. It’s not going to make any difference,” Warren said.
But Trump’s allies welcome the comparisons to Warren, a liberal icon in a party grappling with a leadership vacuum and still searching for the best way to counter the president.
“It’s about her not telling the truth and the extent to which she wants to engage in a debate on this, please keep going,” said former Trump campaign aide Barry Bennett.
“The more the conversation is him vs. her or the progressive Bernie Sanders wing of the party, it makes him look even better, because frankly there are a lot of Americans in between the coasts who are scared to death of progressive values,” Bennett said.
Trump’s focus on his Republican base has been magnified in his fresh dispute with Schumer and Pelosi. Long gone are the days when the president mused about cutting deals with his Democratic counterparts “Chuck and Nancy.”
His tweet about them on Tuesday helped allay concerns among some Republicans that he might use the meeting to negotiate with Democrats — without significant GOP input — on a budget deal or to protect immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children and whose protected status is set to lapse next year.
Trump’s allies dismiss the notion that the president’s focus on side issues is an unwelcome distraction during a week in which the administration hopes to clear a big hurdle on taxes and give the president a major legislative achievement before the 2018 midterm elections after frustrating setbacks on health care. The president was making the case for the tax cuts during a speech Wednesday in St. Charles, Missouri.
“There’s no option for failure here. If they don’t hang together, they’re going to hang separately in 2018,” said Stephen Moore, a fellow at the conservative-oriented Heritage Foundation who advised the Trump campaign. “There’s no room for failure here. They have to deliver.” |
Cultivation of Candida sp. LEB-M3 in glycerol: lipid accumulation and prediction of biodiesel quality parameters.
The quality of biodiesel from lipids produced by the yeast Candida sp. LEB-M3 was predicted, by the use of mathematical models for parameters that specify quality as a function of the fatty acid profile. The lipid production was studied according to the experimental design methodology, for different cultivation conditions for agitation and aeration. Lipid compositions were affected by the cultivation conditions, and the agitation presented a positive effect for the formation of monounsaturated fatty acids and negative effect for saturated fatty acids. Aeration had a positive effect on the formation of polyunsaturated fatty acids. According to the predictions by the mathematical models, the cetane number varied from 61 to 67, the oxidative stability from 11 to 17h, the iodine index from 55 to 75gI2/100g, density from 852 to 868kg/m(3). All cultivation conditions led to lipid compositions, whose predicted bioparameter values indicate that biodiesel from this lipid source should present current standard quality. |
Traffic control in congested areas is a major concern for all involved. Not surprisingly, traffic congestion is all too often exacerbated by the traffic itself. Either drivers become impatient and indulge in lane changes, or they are simply overwhelmed by situational variations that cause them to engage in erratic speed changes. Both responses (i.e. lane changes and speed changes) are very detrimental to smooth traffic flow. In almost every case, the consequence is a drastic diminution in traffic throughput from a theoretical maximum to an actual throughput that is around fifty to seventy percent of the theoretical maximum.
By way of example, a single lane of traffic in a congested area, with a posted speed limit of 60 mph and a constant spacing between vehicles of six car lengths, can theoretically accommodate 3,232 vehicles per lane, per hour. Due to the traffic friction caused by lane changes and speed variations, however, the actual traffic throughput under these conditions will more realistically be in a range between about 1,900 and 2,200 vehicles per lane per hour. Fortunately, congested areas can be easily identified and will typically be found in tunnels, on bridges, and through construction sites. Moreover, they are typically only a few miles long, at most. Nevertheless, they pose the real possibility of creating traffic “bottlenecks” that can be very disruptive.
In light of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a system and a method for moving vehicular traffic through an area of potential congestion that effectively maintains a steady flow of traffic. Another object of the present invention is to provide for a steady traffic flow in a control zone by establishing a spacing distance and a speed for each vehicle as it passes through the control zone. Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for controlling vehicular traffic that is easy to implement, is simple to use, and is comparatively cost effective. |
Posts Tagged ‘Catholic Church’
I’ve read, enjoyed and found enormously informative this author’s book on travelling in the Middle Ages, and couldn’t resist this one, on pleasure. Verdon was immensely informative on the idea of courtly love, which I’d first encountered at A level when studying Chaucer, but what we were given as school students was a basic outline and some key concepts. To have it all clearly exemplified with extracts from a wide range of literature from the time was fascinating, and only partly because I’d always regarded courtly love as such a crazy idea…
‘Pleasure only makes slaves of those who consider it an end in itself…’ that I found really thought-provoking. In those times, everything was overlaid by a strongly religious outlook – not just sexual activity – and yet it’s clear that there were lively debates and disagreements on the subject, with clerics and ascetics taking a much harder line than those who actually lived in and engaged with the real world. Verdon explains the astonishing religious scruples and hair-splitting about the different kinds of sexual activity, and the sinfulness of pleasure: from a twenty-first century perspective, it’s quite mind-boggling. And yet, there seemed to be a general agreement that desire was necessary in nature…
I found myself wondering why what seemed to have changed most radically in religious attitudes towards human sexuality over the centuries was its acceptance of pleasure, whereas the Catholic Church is still wedded to the idea that all sexual acts must be open to procreation, thus creating the problems we are all familiar with, concerning contraception, abortion, homosexual activity, before we even come on to considering clerical celibacy: why is enjoying sex now OK whereas the other baggage is still retained?
I found Verdon’s further exploration of the influence of religious attitudes to food, fasting and other forms of asceticism just as mad as attitudes to sex; within the total religious weltanschauung, they make sense perhaps, but at the cost of such an astonishing warping of human life and experience. There was basically an ‘official’ downer on any kind of pleasure, enjoyment or fulfilment, with the clergy wanting to dictate to everyone how they should live. However, as Verdon also makes clear, there was fairly widespread scepticism and ignoring of official dictates.
It was useful to be reminded that the entire mediaeval mindset was shaped by Christianity – or rather, interpretations of Christianity over the centuries – and focused ultimately on the duty to love God and have the eternal rather than the secular in view at all times.. And while this may make little sense to us in these radically different times, I am often unsure that our current materialistic, money-focused and ultimately hedonistic approach is any saner or healthier an approach to life, happiness or contentment.
After my visit to Cathar country in September, I allowed myself some in-depth reading about this mediaeval Church, exterminated in the fourteenth century by Rome and its secular allies. Anne Brenon‘s book was just what I needed by way of further history, and more importantly, explanation of Cathar beliefs, theology and religious practice.
Much has been uncovered about the Cathars over the last fifty years or so, including ritual books, and much has been unravelled from the detailed records kept by the Inquisition: the church was much more widespread, longer-lasting and more deeply rooted in the south of France, northern Spain and northern Italy than had previously been known. It was a properly organised and run church, not secretive, hidden or lurking.
It was a very different church from the official Catholic Church of the times: it rejected violence, allowed equality between men and women, was against the taking of oaths, believed that its members were the church, rather than any buildings or property. Cathars denied the humanity of Christ – he was purely divine – and they held a dualist view of creation: God was only good, and the sinful world we lived in was the creation and work of the devil; we aspired to and could return to God’s world after death. But this was not a belief in two Gods; it did solve the problem about the origins of evil in the world, which traditional Catholics have always had problems explaining. However, it did do away with the notion of free will, too. And if there was hell, it was only the place of the devil and his crew: in many ways the Cathar picture of God was more human and more merciful than the traditional one.
It’s a fascinating slice of the past, of what could have been; it’s an indictment of the Catholic Church and its temporal obsessions, maybe an indication of the problems all religions face when they become widespread in their influence and following. Certainly George Orwell would have been proud of the job the Church did in disappearing history and evidence for the Cathars and their beliefs: everything into the memory-hole, books and people burnt alike. |
This is the first single to be taken from Country music artist Kenny Chesney's fourteenth studio album, Hemingway's Whiskey. Nashville songwriters Dave Turnbull and Casey Beathard penned the song. Kenny and Casey go back a long way. The title track of Chesney's 1998 album I Will Stand was the first cut by Beathard as a songwriter and Chesney later recorded "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems", another Beathard co-write, in 2002.
Even though Chesney didn't write the song, its subject matter of a love of high school football is close to his heart. Kenny explained on his website that from the first time he played the tune, he knew he wanted to record it. "I just stopped right there, and played it over and over again," Chesney said. "I knew - as maybe only someone who has felt that thrill of rushing out onto the field on a cold Friday night can - that was exactly how it is. It also gives you a sense of why playing football in high school is such a powerful thing for anyone who does it. It's life changing. For anyone who's never experienced that, this song helps them understand why."
Co-writer Casey Beathard told The Boot the story behind this song: "Football is my biggest passion other than songwriting and the family stuff I do. If I'm not with my family or writing, I'm at home just watching football. That's my background. My dad and brothers were in football, and I have a big passion for it. I'm coaching my kids all through it.That phrase, 'the boys of fall,' is something I'd heard a while back. It was something about 'I miss the boys of fall.' I wrote it down and sat on it for a while. Dave and I were sitting around with nothing to write. It was one of those times where it was in the air. You knew football season was coming. When Dave and I started talking about football, that phrase came back to me. We wanted to write it.It was not so much about football as much as we were talking about life. I always coordinate football with life anyway - leaning on each other and all that stuff you face in life. There's not a small town - or any town - in this country that doesn't get it. This is where football came from. I'm surprised there hasn't been a big song about football until now.I knew Kenny had the same passion for football as I did. I remember him being on ESPN doing all the college game-day interviews, and I've seen him on TV with Sean Payton, the coach of the New Orleans Saints. I sent the song to him the first chance I had. He immediately got back to me and said he was going to put it on his album."
Chesney discussed this song in a track-by-track interview with Billboard magazine: "'Boys Of Fall' is a perfect description of how I grew up and where I grew up. That song meant so much to me and I thought, 'Wow, there's a lot of kids out there and a lot of people that have that feeling in their lives.' There's a line in the song that says, "In little towns like mine, that's all we got." And that's the way it was in East Tennessee, and still is. I've got a lot of guys from East Tennessee out on the road [with me] that grew up the same way, and I played them that song when [writer] Casey Beathard gave me the CD of just him on a guitar playing it. I made everybody come on the bus and said "listen to this." I knew we had something that was very common. A lot of people that listen to my music and that are passionate about what we do out on the road... I've been pretty perceptive over the years, and I think that we kind of grew up the same way. I see myself a lot in my fans, and I think vice versa. I hope so anyway."
This was Chesney's 18th Country #1. The song's ascension to the summit meant that Chesney had achieved at least one chart-topper ever year for ten successive years. |
Georgia Southern turns football game into recruiting pitch
Georgia Southern officials are hoping to use tonight’s football game in Fargo, N.D., to recruit a North Dakota high school student. GSU has students from 49 states but none from North Dakota.
FARGO, N.D. — Georgia Southern officials are hoping to return home with more than a victory after today’s football game at North Dakota State.
They want to win over a North Dakota high school senior.
The Statesboro college has an enrollment of more than 20,000 students. In the course of crunching numbers from the fall semester, school officials discovered they had students from 90 countries and 49 states.
“We were missing one state: North Dakota. Zero. Goose egg,” said Casey Jones, a Georgia Southern alumnus who recently took a job in the school’s marketing and communications department.
So in addition to sending 60 football players and a handful of coaches to Fargo, the school is arming its radio crew with brochures extolling the virtues of the 106-year-old university.
“I told them to pass them out liberally,” said Christian Flathman, the school’s vice president for marketing and communications. “Not so much to steal from our colleagues at North Dakota State, but to definitely promote in Fargo.”
The school is reveling in the climate comparisons. A news release points out the “sun, sand and surf” that’s a short drive away — hey, just 85 miles to Hilton Head Island, S.C.! — and Flathman notes that students “are walking around on campus right now in shorts and flip flops as they are taking their final exams.”
The high temperature in Statesboro on Tuesday was 68 degrees.
Fargo? It was 11.
“The only snow that we’ve had this year was a snow machine we had here for a lighting ceremony, kind of like Rockefeller Center, and the fake snow that is currently falling on our university home page,” Flathman said.
Added Jones: “People go into freak-out mode around here when you just mention it’s going to be below freezing.”
Setting aside the weather, both men noted that Georgia Southern has 120 degree programs ranging from business and engineering to liberal arts and health care. It has been named one of the top 10 most popular colleges by U.S. News & World Report for two straight years. Flathman called Statesboro — population about 29,000 — a town of main streets, shops and courthouse squares and notable alumni include country music star Luke Bryan and current NFL kicker Rob Bironas.
Deal’s deal
One alumnus, Jim Deal, is a professor and head of the human development and family science department at NDSU. Deal grew up in Statesboro and he said Georgia Southern is a beautiful campus and an outstanding academic school.
Still, Deal has a different take on that weather issue.
“I prefer Fargo winters to Statesboro summers,” said Deal, who has been at NDSU for 20 years. “I like the cold weather better and I don’t like the heat and humidity and I sure don’t like the gnats in the summer.”
As for the team he’s rooting for, Deal said he gets some grief from friends and family back home but he is going “with the school that signs the paychecks.” He’s predicting a 21-10 Bison win in the semifinal game of the Football Championship Subdivision.
Georgia Southern currently has six known alumni living in North Dakota and five more in South Dakota.
“This is just something we’re having a little fun with,” Jones said. “Just about every campus is global. You have someone from everywhere. We just don’t have that one person from North Dakota.” |
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PropertyChangeListener
{
private static final org.apache.log4j.Logger Log = org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger(EditorManager.class);
private static final Collection<LWEditor> mEditors = new HashSet<LWEditor>();
private static final Map<LWEditor,JLabel> mLabels = new HashMap();
private static EditorManager singleton;
private static boolean EditorLoadingUnderway; // editors are loading values from the selection
private static boolean PropertySettingUnderway; // editor values are being applied to the selection
/** Property bits for any editor state changes in the "free" state (nothing is
* selected, all editors are enabled -- property changes are not being
* applied directly to any LWComponents in a selection).
*/
private static long FreePropertyBits;
// now that we're tracking these, we may be able to do away with the provisionals:
// resolution becomes asking the editors to produce the value for the recorded
// free bits, and applying those to the typed style (ignoring/tossing free bits
// not supported on the target style).
private static final long PERMITTED_TEXT_BITS = ~ (LWKey.FillColor.bit | LWKey.Shape.bit);
private static class StyleType {
final Object token;
final LWComponent style;
final LWComponent provisional;
StyleType(Object t, LWComponent s, LWComponent p) {
token = t;
style = s;
provisional = p;
}
void resolveToProvisional(long freeBits) {
if (DEBUG.STYLE && (DEBUG.META /*|| DEBUG.WORK*/)) tufts.Util.printStackTrace(this + " RESOLVING TO " + provisional);
if (token == LWNode.TYPE_TEXT || token == LWText.TYPE_RICHTEXT) {
// special case for "text" nodes:
// don't assume shape or fill was pre-ordained for the text object
// -- these can only be set after the object is created. (And as it
// stands at the moment changing the fill color to will actually
// change it's type from "textNode" back to LWNode.class).
if (freeBits != 0) {
freeBits &= PERMITTED_TEXT_BITS;
style.copyProperties(provisional, freeBits);
} else {
style.copyStyle(provisional, PERMITTED_TEXT_BITS);
}
} else {
if (freeBits != 0)
style.copyProperties(provisional, freeBits);
else
style.copyStyle(provisional);
}
}
/** @return the style ready for use to be applied to something -- does sanity checking
* on the style before returning it.
*/
LWComponent produceStyle()
{
if (token == LWNode.TYPE_TEXT || token == LWText.TYPE_RICHTEXT) {
// special case for "text" nodes:
Object shape;
if (style.isTransparent() &&
style.getStrokeWidth() <= 0 &&
style.supportsProperty(LWKey.Shape) &&
style.getPropertyValue(LWKey.Shape) != java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D.Float.class)
{
// If completely transparent, assume no point in having a shape that's non-rectangular
style.setProperty(LWKey.Shape, java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D.Float.class);
// just in case, make sure synced with provisional:
provisional.setProperty(LWKey.Shape, java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D.Float.class);
}
}
return style;
}
void takeProperty(String source, Object key, Object newValue) {
// if current token is LWNode.class, and we're going transparent,
// that will switch us to "textNode", so we may not want to update
// in that case -- no easy way around this if you can convert back
// and forth between textNode and regular node by switching the fill color
applyPropertyValue("<" + source + ":typeSync>", key, newValue, style);
applyPropertyValue("<" + source + ":provSync>", key, newValue, provisional);
}
void discardProvisional() {
provisional.copyStyle(style);
}
public String toString() {
return style.toString();
}
}
private static StyleType CurrentStyle;
private static StyleType CurrentToolStyle;
private static final Map<Object,StyleType> StylesByType = new HashMap();
private LWComponent singleSelection;
/**
* Only LWEditors created and put in the AWT hierarchy before this
* is called will be recognized.
*/
public static void install() {
// make sure it runs in AWT, as will be scanning AWT heirarchy, and may be
// interrogating java.awt.Components
Log.debug("install...");
tufts.vue.gui.GUI.invokeOnEDT(new Runnable() { public void run() { _install(); }});
}
/*
Used by the applet on mac which has to be a lot more literal
about destroying objects when recycling itself then it does on windows
*/
public static void destroy()
{
//mEditors.clear();
//mLabels.clear();
singleton = null;
}
private static synchronized void _install() {
if (singleton != null) {
tufts.Util.printStackTrace("can only have one instance of " + singleton);
} else {
Log.debug("INSTALLING...");
singleton = new EditorManager();
preLoadStyle(tufts.vue.NodeTool.NodeModeTool.createDefaultNode("editor-node-style"));
preLoadStyle(tufts.vue.NodeTool.NodeModeTool.createDefaultTextNode("editor-text-style"));
//preLoadStyle(new LWLink(null, null));
singleton.refresh();
}
}
/** find all LWEditors in the AWT hierarchy and register them */
public static synchronized void refresh() {
// make sure it runs on the AWT EDT, as this will be scanning the AWT heirarchy
tufts.vue.gui.GUI.invokeOnEDT(new Runnable() { public void run() {
singleton.findEditors();
}});
}
private EditorManager() {
VUE.getSelection().addListener(this);
VUE.addActiveListener(LWMap.class, this);
VUE.addActiveListener(VueTool.class, this);
}
public void selectionChanged(LWSelection s) {
if (DEBUG.STYLE) out("selectionChanged: " + s);
// todo: if selection goes from 1 to 0, and we have an active
// tool, we might want to revert the editor states to the
// provisional for the active tool, so you can again see
// the props for what you'd be about to create.
if (s.size() == 1) {
if (singleSelection != null)
singleSelection.removeLWCListener(this);
singleSelection = s.first();
// // This seems a bit agressive:
// if (FreePropertyBits != 0) {
// // if we select something with unapplied changes (free properties),
// // apply them to the selection. We should be moving from a nothing
// // selected to a new selection state, as we should only ever have
// // unapplied changes if there wasn't a selection to apply them to.
// resolveToProvisionalStyle(singleSelection, FreePropertyBits);
// applyCurrentProperties(singleSelection, FreePropertyBits);
// }
// add the listener after auto-applying any free style info
singleSelection.addLWCListener(this);
CurrentStyle = getStyleForType(singleSelection);
} else {
// TODO: it will be easy for the selection to keep a hash of contents based
// on typeToken, so we can at least know in multi-selection cases if
// they're all of the same type, and update the right style holder,
// as opposed to requiring a single selection to update it.
//CurrentStyleType = null;
if (singleSelection != null) {
singleSelection.removeLWCListener(this);
singleSelection = null;
}
}
loadAllEditors(s);
}
public void activeChanged(ActiveEvent e, VueTool tool)
{
//out("ACTIVE TOOL temp=" + tool.isTemporary() + " " + tool);
if (tool == null || VUE.getSelection().size() > 0 || tool.isTemporary()) {
if (tool == null)
CurrentToolStyle = null;
return;
}
CurrentToolStyle = null;
final Object typeToken = tool.getSelectionType();
if (typeToken == null)
return;
if (FreePropertyBits != 0) {
// if we switch to a new tool, and there were editor
// changes that had been unused, target them for the new
// tool type if there is one.
resolveToProvisionalStyle(typeToken, FreePropertyBits);
}
final StyleType oldStyle = CurrentStyle;
CurrentStyle = CurrentToolStyle = StylesByType.get(typeToken);
if (CurrentStyle != null && CurrentStyle != oldStyle)
loadAllEditorValues(CurrentStyle.style);
}
private boolean extractedDefaultTypesFromMap = false;
public void activeChanged(ActiveEvent e, LWMap map)
{
if (map != null && map.hasChildren() && !extractedDefaultTypesFromMap) {
// performance: might be alot to do every time we switch the active map...
extractedDefaultTypesFromMap = true;
extractMostRecentlyUsedStyles(map);
// Update the active style types and tool states with any newly
// extracted default styles:
if (CurrentStyle != null)
CurrentStyle = StylesByType.get(CurrentStyle.token);
if (CurrentToolStyle != null)
CurrentToolStyle = StylesByType.get(CurrentToolStyle.token);
if (CurrentStyle != null)
loadAllEditorValues(CurrentStyle.style);
}
}
/** If the single object in the selection has a property change that was NOT due to an editor,
* (e.g., a menu) we detect this here, and re-load the editors as needed.
*/
public void LWCChanged(LWCEvent e) {
if (EditorLoadingUnderway || PropertySettingUnderway)
; // ignore
// else if (e.getKey() != null && e.getKey().type == LWComponent.KeyType.STYLE) {
// // above assumes LWEditors only handle style types...
else if (e.getKey() != null) { // only listen for real Key's
loadAllEditors(VUE.getSelection());
}
// TODO performance:
// really, we only need to load the one editor for the key in LWCEvent
// Doing this ways will constantly load all the editors, even tho
// they don't need it. (We could make a hash of all the keys
// the editors listen for, and check that here).
}
public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent e) {
if (!EditorLoadingUnderway && e instanceof LWPropertyChangeEvent) {
if (DEBUG.TOOL) out("propertyChange: " + e);
try {
applySinglePropertyChange(((LWPropertyChangeEvent)e).key, e.getNewValue(), e.getSource());
} catch (Throwable t) {
tufts.Util.printStackTrace(t, this + ": failed to handle property change event: " + e);
}
}
}
private void loadAllEditorValues(LWComponent style) {
loadAllEditors(new LWSelection(style), style, false);
}
private void loadAllEditors(LWSelection selection) {
final LWComponent editorStateSource;
if (selection.size() == 1)
editorStateSource = selection.first();
// i think the below case is conflicting with our CurrentStyle code
//else if (selection.getStyleRecord() != null)
//editorStateSource = selection.getStyleRecord();
else
editorStateSource = null;
loadAllEditors(selection, editorStateSource, true);
}
// TODO: can get rid of passing in selection: only need editable property bits
private void loadAllEditors(LWSelection selection, LWComponent propertyValueSource, boolean setEnabledStates)
{
if (DEBUG.TOOL||DEBUG.STYLE) {
String msg = "loadAllEditors from: " + propertyValueSource
+ "; currentTypedStyle: " + CurrentStyle
+ " updateEnabled=" + setEnabledStates
+ " " + selection;
if (DEBUG.META/*||DEBUG.WORK*/)
tufts.Util.printStackTrace(msg);
else
out(msg);
}
// While the editors are loading, we want to ignore any change events that
// loading may produce in the editors (otherwise, we'd then set the selected
// component properties, end end up risking recursion, even tho properties
// shouldn't be triggering events if their value hasn't actually changed)
EditorLoadingUnderway = true;
try {
for (LWEditor editor : mEditors) {
try {
setEditorState(editor, selection, propertyValueSource, setEnabledStates);
} catch (Throwable t) {
tufts.Util.printStackTrace(t, this + ": general failure processing LWEditor: " + editor);
}
}
} finally {
EditorLoadingUnderway = false;
}
}
private static String dumpEditor(LWEditor editor) {
String msg = tufts.vue.gui.GUI.name(editor);
if (DEBUG.TOOL) {
msg += ";\n\tObject: " + editor;
if (editor instanceof java.awt.Component) {
java.awt.Component parent = ((java.awt.Component)editor).getParent();
msg += "\n\tAWT parent: " + tufts.vue.gui.GUI.name(parent) + "; " + parent;
}
}
return msg;
}
private void setEditorState(LWEditor editor, LWSelection selection, LWComponent propertySource, boolean setEnabledState) {
final boolean supported;
if (selection.isEmpty()) {
supported = true;
} else {
supported = selection.hasEditableProperty(editor.getPropertyKey());
//supported = (supportedPropertyBits & editor.getPropertyKey().bit) != 0;
}
if (DEBUG.TOOL) out("SET-ENABLED " + (supported?"YES":" NO") + ": " + editor);
if (setEnabledState) {
try {
editor.setEnabled(supported);
} catch (Throwable t) {
tufts.Util.printStackTrace(t, this + ": LWEditor.setEnabled failed on: " + editor);
}
if (mLabels.containsKey(editor))
mLabels.get(editor).setEnabled(supported);
}
final Object key = editor.getPropertyKey();
if (key == null) {
//Log.debug("editor reports null property key: " + dumpEditor(editor));
return;
}
//final Object value = propertySource.getPropertyValue(key);
//if (DEBUG.TOOL&&DEBUG.META) out("loadEditor: " + editor + " loading " + editor.getPropertyKey() + " from " + source);
//if (supported && propertySource != null && propertySource.supportsProperty(editor.getPropertyKey()))
if (supported && propertySource != null)
loadEditorWithValue(editor, propertySource.getPropertyValue(key));
// TODO: a bit overkill to do this no matter what -- do we need to if no property source?
if (propertySource != null)
recordPropertyChangeInStyles("load", editor.getPropertyKey(), editor.produceValue(), selection.isEmpty());
//if (editor instanceof Component) ((Component)editor).repaint(); // not helping ShapeIcon's repaint when disabled...
}
private void loadEditorWithValue(LWEditor editor, Object value) {
if (DEBUG.TOOL) out(" loadEditor: " + editor + " <- value[" + value + "]");
try {
editor.displayValue(value);
} catch (Throwable t) {
tufts.Util.printStackTrace(t, this + ": LWEditor.displayValue failed on: " + editor + " with value [" + value + "]");
}
//} else if (DEBUG.TOOL) out("\tloadEditor: " + source + " -> " + editor + " skipped; null value for " + key);
}
public static void firePropertyChange(LWEditor editor, Object source) {
try {
applySinglePropertyChange(editor.getPropertyKey(), editor.produceValue(), source);
} catch (Throwable t) {
Log.error("failed to fire property for LWEditor " + editor + " for source " + source, t);
}
}
public static boolean isEditorLoading()
{
return EditorLoadingUnderway;
}
public static void setEditorLoading(boolean loading)
{
EditorLoadingUnderway = loading;
}
/** Will either modifiy the active selection, or if it's empty, modify the default state (creation state) for this tool panel */
private static void applySinglePropertyChange(final Object key,
final Object newValue,
Object source)
{
final LWSelection selection = VUE.getSelection();
final Collection<LWComponent> components = selection;
if (EditorLoadingUnderway) {
if (DEBUG.TOOL) out("applySinglePropertyChange: " + key + " " + newValue + " (skipping)");
return;
}
if (DEBUG.TOOL||DEBUG.STYLE) out("applySinglePropertyChange: " + key + " " + newValue);
if (!components.isEmpty()) {
consumeFreeProperties();
// As setting these properties in the model will trigger notify events from the selected objects
// back up to the tools, we want to ignore those events while this is underway -- the tools
// already have their state set to this.
PropertySettingUnderway = true;
try {
for (tufts.vue.LWComponent c : components)
applyPropertyValue(source, key, newValue, c);
} finally {
PropertySettingUnderway = false;
}
if (selection.getStyleRecord() != null)
applyPropertyValue(source, key, newValue, selection.getStyleRecord());
if (VUE.getUndoManager() != null)
VUE.getUndoManager().markChangesAsUndo(key.toString());
recordPropertyChangeInStyles("apply", key, newValue, false);
} else {
recordPropertyChangeInStyles("apply", key, newValue, true);
}
}
private static void declareFreeProperty(Object k) {
if (k instanceof Key) {
final Key key = (Key) k;
// Note that if any LWEditors are created that are handling non KeyType.STYLE properties,
// we could get some odd effects (e.g., we wouldn't want label or notes being
// tagged as having been free property bit, then applying it to newly created objects!)
if (key.type != KeyType.STYLE && key.type != KeyType.SUB_STYLE) {
if (DEBUG.Enabled) Log.debug("note: free property of non-style type being ignored: " + key + "; type=" + key.type);
// we can safely ignore this, but debug for now so we know if we get into this situation
return;
}
FreePropertyBits |= key.bit;
if (DEBUG.STYLE) out("declaring free (unused) property change: " + key + "; type=" + key.type);
//Util.printStackTrace("HERE");
}
}
private static void consumeFreeProperties() {
if (DEBUG.STYLE) out("consuming free property bits: " + Long.bitCount(FreePropertyBits));
FreePropertyBits = 0;
}
private static void recordPropertyChangeInStyles
(String debugSrc,
Object key,
Object newValue,
boolean provisionals)
{
// provisionals should be true when there is no selection, and the tools are all enabled in their "free" state
if (provisionals) {
declareFreeProperty(key);
for (StyleType styleType : StylesByType.values()) {
applyPropertyValue("<" + debugSrc + ":provSync>", key, newValue, styleType.provisional);
if (CurrentToolStyle == styleType)
applyPropertyValue("<" + debugSrc + ":provSync>", key, newValue, styleType.style);
}
} else if (CurrentStyle == null) {
if (DEBUG.STYLE) out("NO CURRENT STYLE FOR " + debugSrc + " " + key + " " + newValue);
} else {
CurrentStyle.takeProperty(debugSrc, key, newValue);
}
}
/**
* Apply the current appropriate properties to the given newly created object based on it's type.
*/
public static void applyCurrentProperties(LWComponent c) {
applyCurrentProperties(c, 0L);
}
private static void applyCurrentProperties(LWComponent c, long freeBits) {
if (c == null)
return;
try {
// TODO: we can fix the problem of all font properties coming along if you
// change any one of them (because copyStyle currently copies the entire
// font property at once -- it doesn't do it by sub-property) by dumping the
// provisionals code -- we just have to extract any free properties from the
// LWEditors whenever we do this, and apply them to type typed style,
// creating a temporary style to use without having to resolve it to a
// target (a transient resolve). E.g.: the creation node / creation link:
// we want to use the current properties for drawing the newly drag-created
// object, but we don't want to target them until / unless they actually
// create the node/link, which can be aborted during the drag operation.
// Currently tho, this is actually NOT a problem, as neither the creation
// node or link draw text and (using the font) while being dragged,
// so unless that happens, we won't be hit by the font limitation.
StyleType styleType = StylesByType.get(typeToken(c));
if (styleType != null) {
if (freeBits != 0)
c.copyProperties(styleType.provisional, freeBits);
else
c.copyStyle(styleType.provisional);
}
} catch (Throwable t) {
tufts.Util.printStackTrace(t, "failed to apply current properties to: " + c);
}
}
/**
* Apply the current appropriate properties to the given newly created object based
* on it's type. If nothing was selected, and the the editors were all enabled in
* their "free" state (not tied to the property of something selected) resolve that
* any changes to their free state were meant for the type of the given node.
*/
public static void targetAndApplyCurrentProperties(LWComponent c) {
try {
LWComponent styleForType = resolveToProvisionalStyle(c);
consumeFreeProperties();
if (styleForType != null)
c.copyStyle(styleForType);
} catch (Throwable t) {
tufts.Util.printStackTrace(t, "failed to target and apply current properties to: " + c);
}
}
private static void applyPropertyValue(Object debugSrc, Object key, Object newValue, LWComponent target) {
//if (DEBUG.STYLE) System.out.println("APPLY " + debugSrc + " " + key + "[" + newValue + "] -> " + target);
if (target.supportsProperty(key)) {
if (DEBUG.STYLE) out(String.format("APPLY %s %-15s %-40s -> %s",
debugSrc,
key,
"(" + newValue + ")",
target));
//Util.tags(target)));
try {
target.setProperty(key, newValue);
//} catch (LWComponent.PropertyValueVeto ex) {
//tufts.Util.printStackTrace(ex);
} catch (Throwable t) {
tufts.Util.printStackTrace(t, debugSrc + " failed to set property " + key + "; value=" + newValue + " on " + target);
}
}
}
private synchronized StyleType getStyleForType(LWComponent c) {
final Object token = typeToken(c);
StyleType styleType = token == null ? null : StylesByType.get(token);
if (styleType == null && token != null) {
styleType = putStyle(token, createStyle(c, token));
//styleHolder = createStyle(c, token, "style");
//StylesByType.put(token, styleHolder);
}
if (DEBUG.STYLE) out("got styleHolder for type token (" + token + "): " + Util.tags(styleType));
return styleType;
}
private static StyleType putStyle(Object token, LWComponent style) {
StyleType newType = new StyleType(token,
style, // style
createStyle(style.getClass(), style, token, "provi")); // provisional
StylesByType.put(token, newType);
return newType;
}
private static void preLoadStyle(LWComponent c) {
putStyle(c.getTypeToken(), c);
}
// private static void preLoadStyle(Class<? extends LWComponent> clazz) {
// preLoadStyle(clazz, clazz);
// }
// private static void preLoadStyle(Class<? extends LWComponent> clazz, Object typeToken) {
// final LWComponent preLoadStyle = createStyle(clazz, null, typeToken, "INIT-");
// putStyle(typeToken, preLoadStyle);
// }
private static final LWComponent.CopyContext DUPE_WITHOUT_CHILDREN = new LWComponent.CopyContext(false);
private static LWComponent createStyle(LWComponent styleSource, Object typeToken) {
//return createStyle(styleSource, typeToken, "style");
return createStyle(styleSource.getClass(), styleSource, typeToken, "style");
}
// @param version is for debug
//private static LWComponent createStyle(LWComponent styleSource, Object typeToken, String version)
private static LWComponent createStyle
(Class<? extends LWComponent> clazz,
LWComponent styleSource, // may be null if only clazz is known
Object typeToken,
String version)
{
//if (DEBUG.STYLE || DEBUG.WORK) out("creating style holder based on " + styleSource + " for type (" + typeToken + ")");
// As any LWComponent can be used as a style source,
// we can just dupe whatever we've got (a handy
// way to instance another component with the same typeToken)
//final LWComponent style = styleSource.duplicate(DUPE_WITHOUT_CHILDREN);
// Too risky: e.g., styles getting image updates? Not fatal, but messy
// / confusing to debug.
LWComponent style = null;
try {
style = clazz.newInstance();
} catch (Throwable t) {
Util.printStackTrace(t, "newInstance " + clazz);
return null;
}
if (styleSource != null) {
if (styleSource.getClass() != clazz)
Log.warn("class mis-match: " + clazz + " != " + Util.tags(styleSource), new Throwable("HERE"));
style.copySupportedProperties(styleSource);
style.copyStyle(styleSource);
}
style.setFlag(LWComponent.Flag.EVENT_SILENT);
style.setPersistIsStyle(Boolean.TRUE); // mark as a style: e.g., so if link, can know not to recompute
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// for clear debugging info only:
style.enableProperty(LWKey.Label); // in case it's override getLabel like LWSlide
// note: property bits are duplicated, so if we ever change from a model of
// just copying the style from the style to using it as a base for
// duplication, we have to leave the original bits in place.
style.setLabel("<" + version + ":" + typeToken + ">");
// style.setResource((Resource)null); // clear out any resource if it had it
// style.setNotes(null);
// style.takeLocation(0,0);
// style.takeSize(100,100);
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//out("created new styleHolder for type token [" + token + "]: " + styleHolder);
//out("created " + styleHolder);
if (DEBUG.STYLE) out("CREATED STYLE: type=" + typeToken + "; store=" + style + " based on " + styleSource);
return style;
}
// private static LWComponent resolveToProvisionalStyleFor(LWComponent c) {
// if (c != null)
// return resolveToProvisionalStyle(c.getTypeToken());
// else
// return null;
// }
private static LWComponent resolveToProvisionalStyle(Object typeToken) {
return resolveToProvisionalStyle(typeToken, 0L);
}
/** @return the current style for type type of the given component only if we already have one
* -- do not auto-create a new style for the type if we don't already have one */
private static LWComponent resolveToProvisionalStyle(Object typeToken, long freeBits)
{
if (DEBUG.STYLE) out("resolveToProvisionalStyle: " + typeToken);
if (typeToken == null)
return null;
if (typeToken instanceof LWComponent) {
//Util.printStackTrace("oops; passed LWComponent as type-token: " + typeToken);
typeToken = typeToken((LWComponent)typeToken);
if (DEBUG.STYLE) out("resolveToProvisionalStyle: " + typeToken);
}
if (StylesByType == null) {
tufts.Util.printStackTrace("circular static initializer dependency");
return null;
}
StyleType resolver = StylesByType.get(typeToken);
// move the provisional style (unselected tool state style) to the actual
// style for this type:
if (resolver != null) {
resolver.resolveToProvisional(freeBits);
if (DEBUG.STYLE || DEBUG.WORK) out("Resolved provisional type to final applied type: " + resolver);
consumeFreeProperties();
}
// new reset all other provisional styles: the tool state change has been
// resolved to been have meant for an object of the type just created
for (StyleType styleType : StylesByType.values())
if (styleType != resolver)
styleType.discardProvisional();
return resolver == null ? null : resolver.produceStyle();
}
// public static Object GetPropertyValue(LWComponent.Key key) {
// for (LWEditor editor : mEditors) {
// if (editor.getPropertyKey() == key)
// return editor.produceValue();
// }
// return null;
// }
/*
public static void ApplyProperties(LWComponent c) {
ApplyProperties(c, ~0L);
}
*/
/*
* Apply the current value of all selected tools that are applicable to the given component.
* E.g., used for setting the properties of newly created objects.
* @param keyBits -- only apply keys whose bit is represented in keyBits (@see LWComonent.Key.bit)
*
public static void ApplyProperties(LWComponent c, long keyBits) {
for (LWEditor editor : mEditors) {
final Object k = editor.getPropertyKey();
final LWComponent.Key key;
if (k instanceof LWComponent.Key)
key = (LWComponent.Key) k;
else {
key = null;
out("ApplyProperties: skipping non proper key: " + k.getClass().getName() + "[" + k + "]");
continue;
}
if (c.supportsProperty(key) && (key.bit & keyBits) != 0)
c.setProperty(key, editor.produceValue());
}
}
*/
private void extractMostRecentlyUsedStyles(LWMap map) {
final Collection<LWComponent> allNodes = map.getAllDescendents(LWMap.ChildKind.ANY);
final Map<Object,LWComponent> foundStyles = new HashMap();
Object typeToken;
LWComponent curStyle;
for (LWComponent c : allNodes) {
typeToken = typeToken(c);
if (typeToken == null)
continue;
curStyle = foundStyles.get(typeToken);
if (curStyle == null) {
// first type we've seen this type: just load it up
foundStyles.put(typeToken, c);
} else {
if (c.getNumericID() > curStyle.getNumericID()) {
// the object of this type is more recent than any we've seen before:
// stash away a reference to it.
foundStyles.put(typeToken, c);
}
}
}
for (Map.Entry<Object,LWComponent> e : foundStyles.entrySet()) {
final Object token = e.getKey();
final LWComponent lastCreated = e.getValue();
if (DEBUG.STYLE || DEBUG.INIT) out("extracted style for " + token + " from " + lastCreated);
final LWComponent extractedStyle = createStyle(lastCreated, token);
putStyle(token, extractedStyle);
}
}
private static Object typeToken(LWComponent c) {
return c.getTypeToken();
// This won't work for keeping separate slide styles until new objects created on the slide get
// their SLIDE_STYLE bit immediately set before they're auto-styled: will probably need a
// NewItem factory (may replace code that NodeTool currently has) fetchable from any LWContainer.
// Also, anywhere we use token == value would need to be updated, at least using this method
// of token differentiation, as it creates a new string object each time a SLIDE_STYLE token is
// fetched (could get around that with another HashMap...)
//
// if (c.hasFlag(Flag.SLIDE_STYLE))
// return c.getTypeToken() + "/slide";
// else
// return c.getTypeToken();
}
static void unregisterEditor(LWEditor editor) {
if (editor.getPropertyKey() == null) {
//if (DEBUG.Enabled) System.out.println("EditorManager: registration ignoring editor w/null key: " + dumpEditor(editor));
Log.debug("unregistration ignoring editor w/null key: " + dumpEditor(editor));
return;
}
if (mEditors.remove(editor)) {
if (DEBUG.TOOL || DEBUG.INIT || !VUE.isStartupUnderway()) out("UNREGISTERED EDITOR: " + editor);
if (editor instanceof java.awt.Component)
((java.awt.Component)editor).removePropertyChangeListener(singleton);
}
}
static boolean isRegistered(LWEditor editor)
{
if (editor.getPropertyKey() == null) {
//if (DEBUG.Enabled) System.out.println("EditorManager: registration ignoring editor w/null key: " + dumpEditor(editor));
Log.debug("ignoring editor w/null key: " + dumpEditor(editor));
return false;
}
if (mEditors.contains(editor))
return true;
else
return false;
}
static void registerEditor(LWEditor editor) {
if (editor.getPropertyKey() == null) {
//if (DEBUG.Enabled) System.out.println("EditorManager: registration ignoring editor w/null key: " + dumpEditor(editor));
Log.debug("registration ignoring editor w/null key: " + dumpEditor(editor));
return;
}
if (mEditors.add(editor)) {
// apparently things have changed such that starutp underway is done before most all
// the editors are registered -- don't think this should be a problem, but marking with DEBUG.WORK just in case
if (DEBUG.TOOL || DEBUG.INIT || (DEBUG.WORK && !VUE.isStartupUnderway()) ) out("REGISTERED EDITOR: " + editor);
Object curVal = null;
try {
curVal = editor.produceValue();
} catch (Throwable t) {
Log.warn("editor not ready to produce value: " + Util.tags(editor) + "; " + t);
}
if (curVal != null) {
//if (curVal != null && VUE.isStartupUnderway()) {
// doing this at runtime this can break us badly (LWText 0 font size props leaking to LWNodes!)
// Mike appears to have fixed the above problem, so we can re-enable this fix for VUE-1529 (aka VUE-408)
recordPropertyChangeInStyles("register",
editor.getPropertyKey(),
curVal,
true);
}
if (editor instanceof java.awt.Component)
((java.awt.Component)editor).addPropertyChangeListener(singleton);
} else
System.out.println(" REGISTERED AGAIN: " + editor);
}
private void findEditors() {
new EventRaiser<LWEditor>(this, LWEditor.class) {
public void dispatch(LWEditor editor) {
registerEditor(editor);
}
}.raise();
new EventRaiser<JLabel>(this, JLabel.class) {
public void dispatch(JLabel label) {
java.awt.Component gui = label.getLabelFor();
if (gui != null && gui instanceof LWEditor)
mLabels.put((LWEditor)gui, label);
}
}.raise();
Log.debug(this + " now managing " + mEditors.size() + " LWEditors.");
}
static void out(Object o) {
//Log.forcedLog("FOO", org.apache.log4j.Level.ALL, "EditorManager: " + o, null);
Log.debug(o);
}
public String toString() {
return "EditorManager";
}
}
/*
* So, can we meaningfully support the workflow of having nothing selected,
* changing the tool states, then creating a new object of ANY arbitrary type?
* Holy crap -- I think there's a way to really "do what I mean" with this, but it's
* freakin hairy. So every type has it's own style stored which can be used to
* style newly created objects of that type, as well as become the default editor
* states if a VueTool that is tied to that object type is enabled (and something
* isn't selected -- that's an interesting case -- lets say a link is selected and
* you load the node tool -- we probably want the selection to have priority in the
* editor states, and just ignore toe VueTool in this case -- tho actually, hell, it
* would be MUCH cleaner to just de-select what's selected when you load a VueTool
* if it doesn't happen to match the selection type of the VueTool).
* So anyway, what happens to the editor states if NOTHING is selected? We could
* use the current VueTool type if there is one, or more accurately, leave it with
* the last type that was selected. Tho, say, if the node tool was selected, and we
* leave that in place, and they change the stroke color, then they create a link,
* the link will have the properties of the last time we had the link style state,
* not the current state. So, to deal with this, if NOTHING is selected (and all
* editors get enabled), we could apply any editor state changes to ALL the current
* typed styles, which is the only way we could capture all the changes anyway, as
* there's no such object in the system that supports every property (e.g., both
* link shape and a node shape).
* The advantage here is that no matter what change they make, they know it
* will apply to the creation of any future object. The only drawback
* is that they may not know they're changing the state for ALL future
* objects -- e.g., they change the fill to create a node, but hell,
* now new text objects are also going to be created with that same
* fill...
* So, we could get crazy and keep TWO versions of the style for every type, and
* when nothing is selected, update every one of these second "provisional" styles
* for each type, and then the next object that's created, we know that's what they
* wanted, and then the provisional style for that type is copied over the in-use
* style for that type, and the provisional styles for all other types are thrown
* out (well, actually, just ignored -- they'll always be updating when nothing is
* selected, it's just that whenever a new object is created when nothing
* is selected and every editor is active, the style type of the object created
* gets updated with it's provisional style).
* Now, this sounds complicated enough that it might actually completely
* break some other workflow...
* So now lets say we select the node tool: currently, the tools still allow you to
* single select objects of any type (the only limit the drag selection) -- would
* could change that for simplicity. So lets say node tool is selected -- we want
* to load the node style... crap -- whan happens if they load the node style, but
* then forget the node tool is active, change the stroke style, and create a new
* link, thinking it will affect the link? Ahah -- taken care of: if a node
* was actually selected, we'll have the node style, and if they change
* a property they immediately see the change -- it's not for future use.
* But if nothing is selected, it's for future use -- however, when the
* node tool loads it could still UPDATE the provisional style with
* it's typed style!
* So, the rules this establishes are:
* (1) Whatever is selected always determines the typed style loaded into
* the editors.
* (2) When nothing is selected, we're ALWAYS working with the provisional style,
* even if a tool with a type is selected -- so changing the active tool is going to
* have NO EFFECT on the editor states, because even if the node tool is active,
* they could still create a link, and if they change the provisional style, we want
* that to effect the created link, not the next created node. If they have the
* node tool selected, then change an editor state (e.g., line color: red), then
* create a link, the provisional style updates the link style, the link gets
* selected, the link style is loaded. Then they click using the node tool to
* create a node: the selection is cleared, the provisional style is returned to the
* editor states (everything is enabled). Does the node get the red border
* color? If the prov style was "given" to the the link, then no, but then
* we just created a new object that didn't match the editor state.
* Maybe this would be easier if the active tool only allowed the editor
* states for it's type, even when nothing is selected. This at least
* provides some clarity, but then a new object (the link) could be created
* not matching the tool state...
* More complexity: if we want to load the typed style with the tool, which nicely
* communicates the avail properties for that type, yet it has properties that
* overlap with other tools, the typed style for the current tool could itself serve
* as yet another provisional style for the other styles: so when red line was
* selected int he node style, then a link is created, the link style
* could copy over the node style, but we'd ONLY want the "red" property,
* the one that changed, not every other property! Can we know that this
* happened? What if EVERY SINGLE EDITOR STATE CHANGE updated ALL the
* provisinal styles? This will work fine as long as the provisionals
* are tossed: e.g., you set editor states perfect for your next node,
* and created it: the link provisional style should be reset to
* the link style: it only gets used if they actually create a link.
* So, even if something is selected, the provisional styles are updated.
* But it's CRUCIAL that they get cleared when a new object is created,
* because if you just set everything up for a node, then create one,
* you don't want all that applying to youer next link, right?
* So all of this also means that all new on-map user object creation will have to
* go through the editor manager, tho actually the generic applyCurrentProperties is
* what does this, tho it would benefit from a more powerful name to suggest what
* we're doing: e.g., applyAppropriateProperties / applyDesiredStyle /
* popAndApplyEditorStates, something like that. Oh, that may not be enough tho
* because it's crucial that this is called so we know what to do with the
* provisional styles, which will cause mass confusion if we ever create an object
* without telling the editor manager that this is where the provisional style went.
* WHEN THE ACTIVE TOOL CHANGES, AND NOTHING IS SELECTED: We still leave everything
* enabled, as they might still want to style and create anything, however, we CAN
* load the editor display VALUES with the type for the tool if there is one, so
* they can at least see what they're working with. HOWEVER, if there were
* provisional properties available (editor states changed but not "used up"),
* we should resolve the provisional changes to the type of that editor
* if it has one, so that, say if going from the node tool to the link
* tool, especially the temporary link tool, the provisional property
* will be be resolved to the link style, for the link you're about to
* create.
*
*/
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The spectrum of spontaneous and iatrogenic esophageal injury: perforations, Mallory-Weiss tears, and hematomas.
Esophageal perforations, Mallory-Weiss tears, and esophageal hematoma involve traumatic injury to the esophagus. These can be iatrogenic, in particular due to esophageal instrumentation, but can also occur spontaneously. The remarkable increase in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy as well as esophageal surgery has made instrumentation the most common cause of esophageal perforation. In many instances, spontaneous perforations are associated with retching and vomiting, which causes a sudden increase in intraesophageal pressure. A high index of suspicion leading to rapid diagnosis and appropriate therapy are needed to optimize clinical outcomes. This article focuses on esophageal perforations, Mallory-Weiss tears, and esophageal hematomas, with emphasis on etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management, and prevention. |
Hear that? It's my heart breaking
I'm sorry to have to crush all our hopes and dreams, but it looks like Danny DeVito most likely won't be voicing Detective Pikachu if the game is ever localized in English.
At an event in LA yesterday, DeVito was asked if he was aware of fans wanting him to voice Detective Pikachu to which he responded, "No. I don't know what you're talking about" before asking his fellow It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia cast members, "What the fuck is Pokémon?"
Devastating. But part of me wants to believe that he is just playing dumb because of an NDA with Nintendo. The rest of me realizes that DeVito is 71 years old and very well may be telling the truth and has no idea about the popular Nintendo franchise.
Maybe we should turn our hopes towards Matthew McConaughey?
Anyone else still surprised by Detective Pikachu's voice acting? Cheer up little guy! pic.twitter.com/pDsKgHnpKw — Porygon (@PorygonNews) February 3, 2016
Danny DeVito Doesn't Even Know What Pokemon Is Probably Won't Be Detective Pikachu [ttdila]
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The 2015 MLB regular season is winding down. After 159 regular season games, the majority of major league baseball players approach this weekend knowing they are almost done with the grind for the year. They are thinking of vacations, mai tais, taking their kids to school every day, dance recitals, family birthday parties, etc. You know, all that stuff we often forget they completely miss out on for 8 months of the year.
But for teams like our very own Kansas City Royals, the real season is just about to begin. The AL Central division winners have been rather obtusely coasting through September to what was an almost certain playoff berth. Regardless of whether they are able to clinch home field throughout said playoffs, only the most callous person could not look back at the 2015 regular season and call it a tremendous success.
This team was supposed to regress. We were picked by many pundits to finish third or fourth or even fifth in the division. But in what we’ve come to accept as typical Royals fashion, the boys in blue shut out the voices and found their way to the most successful regular season as a franchise since 1980.
So in completely arbitrary media fashion, we here at Royals Blue present the 2015 Royals Regular Season Awards.
For you acronym loving types, that comes out to RRSAs …
The Kevin Appier Most Valuable Starting Pitcher RRSA goes to …
Steady Eddy Volquez
Some of you may remember some jack hole predicting before the season that Volquez would end up going down as Dayton Moore’s worst free agent signing ever. That guy, whereas a consummate gentleman, scholar and ballroom dancer, could not be happier to be wrong.
Although Volquez didn’t post sparkling numbers as a whole (198.1 IP, 3.58 ERA, 1.311 WHIP, 152K vs 70 BB), the veteran took the ball every fifth day and was good for a 2.3 WAR, the third highest of his career.
For a starting rotation that underachieved as a whole, he was a rock steady performer.
The Dan Quisenberry Most Valuable Relief Pitcher RRSA goes to …
Wade Davis
Davis had one of the best seasons for a relief pitcher in history. Pitchers are not supposed to keep a line of .96 ERA / 430 ERA+ / .807 WHIP / 10.3 K / per 9 over an entire season.
A little perspective: Mariano Rivera, often rightfully considered the best relief pitcher in the history of the game, never finished a season with a sub 1 ERA, never even came close to that ridiculous 430 ERA+, and only finished with a lower WHIP or higher K per 9 once in his illustrious career (2008 and 1996 respectively).
The George Brett Most Valuable Hitter RRSA goes to …
Kendrys #PulledPork Morales
Excluding our power hitting secret weapon Chris Young, Morales leads the team in HR (22), doubles (41), walks (57), RBI (106), SLG (.487), OPS (.848) and OPS+ (129). He has performed above and beyond any expectations and should be a shoe-in for AL Comeback Player of the Year.
The Frank White Most Valuable Defender RRSA goes to …
Lorenzo Cain
#LoCain was so good in the field last year that it cost him a gold glove (in case you don’t remember, he was often shifted to right late in games to make up for the “interesting” fielding prowess of Aoki, therefore giving the Royals a three-headed defensive hydra in the outfield of Gordon-Dyson-Cain. It is widely thought the fact that he spent so much time in right was why he didn’t win the gold in center).
Pick almost any non-arm advanced defensive stat you like and you’ll likely find Cain in the top 3. Even though Kiermaier is having pretty damn good year as well, the internet has learned not to poke the Royals fan base. Cain will bring home gold this year.
The “insert any of the god awful middle infielders of the 2000s here” Least Valuable Batter RRSA goes to …
Omar Infante
I don’t hate Infante like a lot of people do. He was signed to an all-things-considered modest 4 yr/30.25 million dollar deal at a time we thought we were one or two pieces away from being legit contenders. Also remember this was pre-2014 Royals, which means we had to offer extra years or money to lure free agents.
But man, this year was historically rough for Omar. Of all 2B in MLB with 400 or more plate appearances, #VoteOmar ranks dead last or second to last in every offensive category.
His .234 OBP over 455 plate appearances is the stuff of legend. Not good legends like unicorns or Tom Cruise trying to stop the lord of darkness mind you, more like the one where the witch tries to put the kids in the oven.
The Albie Lopez Least Valuable Pitcher RRSA goes to …
Jeremy Guthrie.
Again, I don’t hold the level of pure hatred in my heart for #JGuts that some do. After all, his story will probably go down as one of the best trades for GMDM in his Royals tenure, regardless of how truly awful Guthrie has been a whole this year.
What does awful look like? Over 148.1 IP (which is fairly remarkable in its own right as you will see), JGuts has a 5.95 ERA, 69 ERA+, 1.551 WHIP and has given up 29 HR (most of which came in one inning in New York). The tightrope artist has fallen many more times this year than he has stayed up.
Team MVP
Eric Hosmer
There are obviously many more reasons and advanced statistics why a team wins or loses a ballgame than one player’s performance, but there is definite correlation for this team when it comes to Hosmer. Back in June I posted a piece about how the Royals perform when he is on versus when he slumps. Simply put, when he was on fire, so was the team. When he struggled, so did the team.
In the 155 games Hosmer has appeared in this season, the team has gone 92-63. He has appeared in every game the Royals have won and the team lost all four games he didn’t play.
Even further, in those 92 wins, Hosmer hit .341/.469/.536 with 13 HR, 79 RBI, 57 strikeouts and 43 walks. In the 63 losses, Hosmer hit .238/.324/.350 with 5 HR, 12 RBI, 50 strikeouts and 20 walks.
Couple that with gold glove defense at first and an increasingly bigger role as a team leader, Hos takes the crown as this team’s overall most valuable player.
With playoff baseball at the K less than one week away, the Royals are sitting pretty at the end of their best regular season in 35 years. How we remember the 2015 Royals as a whole will largely be determined by how they perform in the playoffs. A division series exit would surely be viewed as just one more in a long line of disappointments for KC sports fans, one that would sting for quite some time. Conversely, a world series title would be something cherished by this deserving fan base forever.
Regardless of how the season finally ends, let us not forget the tremendous spring and summer that was.
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The present invention relates to an electromechanically or pneumatically actuable disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle.
A generic disc brake is known from WO 02/14708, which disc brake can be embodied as a sliding caliper brake, a pivoting caliper brake and/or as a fixed caliper brake with a stationary or moveable, in particular displaceable, brake disc.
During braking, an actuation of the brake application device takes place, during which, in the case of a fixed caliper brake, initially the application-side brake lining is pressed against the brake disc and then the moveable brake disc is pressed against the reaction-side brake lining.
Here, the application-side brake lining is displaced by one, or preferably two, brake pistons which engage thereon. The brake pistons, on the other hand, function as adjustment pistons as constituent parts of adjustment devices, by which an air play between the brake pads and the brake disc can be set. Adjustment devices on both sides of the brake disc reduce the path which the disc and/or caliper must move through, since the wear travel can be compensated by way of the adjustment devices alone.
In WO 02/14708, the adjustment devices on one or both sides are, preferably, driven electromechanically, with the electric motor being designed such that the brake piston can move the brake lining towards and away from the brake disc by use of pressure pieces.
As a result, in particular of the often very harsh operating conditions under which the disc brakes are used, the functional capability of the disc brakes can under certain circumstances be restricted, that is to say operational readiness is not optimally provided at all times and under all conditions.
The resulting problems include that it is not always ensured that the brake linings are released from the brake disc, in particular when the brake linings are, so to speak, “baked” on to the brake disc as a result of corrosion.
In addition to the very high degree of wear of the brake disc and/or of the brake linings caused as a result, the functional safety of the disc brake can also be adversely affected under some circumstances without corresponding countermeasures being taken.
Here, the adhesion forces with which the brake linings adhere to the brake disc as a result of corrosion can be so large that the return force of the electric motor of the adjustment device alone is not sufficient to release the brake linings from the brake disc.
However, even in the case where the brake linings release from the brake disc, a defined release is desired, in particular when the brake disc is mounted in an axially moveable fashion such as in the case of a fixed caliper brake. As a result of the undefined position of the brake disc and/or of the brake caliper in a sliding caliper brake, it is not possible to entirely prevent the brake linings from grinding against the brake disc.
This naturally leads to an increased degree of wear both of the brake linings and of the brake disc, which hinders an optimum service life of the disc brake.
In addition, the increased driving resistance resulting from the friction of the corresponding components in the unbraked position leads to increased fuel consumption, which also hinders the desire to minimize operating costs.
The present invention is, therefore, based on the need to further develop a disc brake of the above-mentioned type in such a way as to improve its operational reliability.
This, and other, needs are provided according to the invention by an electromechanically or pneumatically actuable disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle, having a brake caliper which engages over a brake disc, a brake application device, which is arranged in the brake caliper, for applying the brake by way of at least one, or a plurality of, brake pistons which each bear against brake pads having brake linings, at least one electromechanically drivable adjustment device for adjusting an air play between the brake pads and a brake disc, wherein an electric motor is preferably operatively connected to the associated brake piston for operating the adjustment device. The at least one brake piston and/or the pressure piece is arranged, so as to be releasable to a limited extent, on the associated brake pad by way of spring elements, which are deflectable in the displacement direction.
According to the invention, the at least one brake piston and/or the pressure piece is arranged, so as to be releasable to a limited extent, on the associated brake pad by way of spring elements, which can deflect in the displacement direction. In the case of adjustment devices being arranged on both sides of the brake disc, such an arrangement is preferably provided on both sides of the brake disc.
It is achieved according to the invention that the brake piston, together with pressure pieces, can be released to a limited extent from the brake pads at all times, that is to say even when the return forces of the electric motor of the adjustment device are not sufficient to release the brake pads, which are fixedly adhered to the brake disc.
In a worst case, there is grinding contact between the brake pad and the brake disc, but never a situation in which the brake pistons are prevented from releasing from the brake disc.
Normally, the vibrations which occur during normal driving operation are sufficient to separate the brake pads. This, of course, also includes their return movement, which requires free mobility in the direction away from the brake disc, and is now provided.
For fault-free, that is to say “normal” functioning, the brake piston assigned to the spring element bears against the brake pad under a preload of the spring element, so that a so-called elastic connection is provided between the brake piston and the brake pad, which is released only in a certain dimensional range, when the return forces of the electric motor are not sufficient to release the brake pads from their frictional position.
Here, the spring element, preferably a clamping spring embodied as a leaf spring, is dimensioned such that the spring force is lower than the return forces of the electric motor which drives the brake piston.
A mechanical retraction block is preferably provided for delimiting the return path of the brake piston, which retraction block delimits the stroke of the electric motor, so that a maximum value of the air play is not exceeded, since the brake could otherwise become ineffective.
In order that the functional capability of the retraction block is not adversely affected, when the brake pad does not release from the brake disc after the preload force has been overcome by the return of the electric motor, the spring element preferably bears against a stop (or itself forms a path-delimiting stop), whose distance from the spring element in the normal position is determined by the maximum permitted air play. Since the spring path is delimited by the stop, the adjustability of the brake piston together with the pressure piece is likewise delimited, with the maximum air play dimension between the brake piston and the brake pad corresponding to that between the brake pad or its friction face and the brake disc in the case that the brake pad is released correctly from the brake disc.
According to an advantageous aspect of the invention, a stop is arranged on a positionally fixed component, against which stop the brake disc and/or the brake caliper bears under elastic preload in the released state of the brake.
This ensures that, when the brake application device is released, a free play between the brake pads and the brake disc is inevitably formed by the elastic force, with the result that grinding of the brake disc against the brake pads during driving, and the resulting increased degree of wear and increased fuel consumption, are prevented.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. |
Further improvement of phosphite dehydrogenase thermostability by saturation mutagenesis.
Phosphite dehydrogenase represents a new enzymatic system for regenerating reduced nicotinamide cofactors for industrial biocatalysis. We previously engineered a variant of phosphite dehydrogenase with relaxed cofactor specificity and significantly increased activity and stability. Here we performed one round of random mutagenesis followed by comprehensive saturation mutagenesis to further improve the enzyme thermostability while maintaining its activity. Two new thermostabilizing mutations were identified. These, along with the 12 mutations previously identified, were subjected to saturation mutagenesis using the parent enzyme or the engineered thermostable variant 12x as a template, followed by screening of variants with increased thermostability. Of the 12 previously identified sites, 6 yielded new variants with improved stability over the parent enzyme. Several mutations were found to be context-dependent. On the basis of molecular modeling and biochemical analysis, various mechanisms of thermostabilization were identified. Combining the most thermostabilizing mutation at each site resulted in a variant that showed a 100-fold increase in half-life at 62 degrees C over the 12x mutant. The final mutant has improved the half-life of thermal inactivation at 45 degrees C by 23,000-fold over the parent enzyme. The engineered phosphite dehydrogenase will be useful in NAD(P)H regeneration. |
Q:
Ubuntu show grub boot menu and do not auto boot?
I have the issue where every time I boot up my laptop it shows the boot menu and I have to choose that I want to use Ubuntu. I have searched the web and found that others have the same issue, however the solutions that has worked for them where they set the timer to 0 do not work for me.
What I have tried:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
Then i ran sudo update-grub.
I still have the issue. I run a fresh installation of Ubuntu 18.04.2.
This file looks like the following:
# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
# info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=countdown
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0.1
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console
# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
A:
What you tried:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
Then run sudo update-grub
Does not work because grub automatically changes a time out of zero to 10. What you need to do is this:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
GRUB_RECORDFAIL_TIMEOUT=0.1
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0.1
Then run sudo update-grub
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Unintentional Hoarder
Moving is never fun, despite the excitement of the new adventures and journeys that may be ahead. The whole wrapping, packing and stacking boxes and furniture just right so that the maximum space is utilized. Depending on the amount of things that a person owns, or how far the move is will depend on what size truck is needed. Why I am writing about this subject, because I have recently moved to what I pray is my final home.
I have moved several times in my 40 years of life, as a young woman, I moved five times, when in the military we moved four times and as a child, I believe I moved about four or five times; and each time was an adventure. Moving can bring about stress and anxiety, however, in the end when it is all over, the fun begins. Exploring the new neighborhoods, checking out the new shopping areas and so forth.
As I mentioned, I just moved to what I hope is my last earthly home. I have just become a homeowner and I do not plan on moving, God may have different plans that I do not know about but I do not plan on moving again. I just bought my childhood home and I absolutely love being back here. Along with my memories of this place I plan on making new memories as well.
As I was packing and preparing for my move I got to thinking about all the times that I moved and how each one was all different yet they were all the same as well. It is amazing how much unneeded stuff that accumulates through time. Why do we feel as if we have to keep everything? I found things hidden away that I haven’t seen or used in years, yet I still had them? Why? I do not have an answer for that, except that deep down everyone at some point feels that if they throw something away they will need it immediately. I guess it is just human instinct, whatever the reasons are, we all end to keep a lot of unnecessary junk. I decided that for this final move I would get rid of many things that have just set in boxes collecting dust, and taking up space. Okay, to be honest, I did not decide to purge things on my own I had help. The fact that I was downsizing to a smaller home was the deciding factor. Choosing what was staying and what was going was not all that easy.
Through the years there are many things that have been accumulated, having been in the military things seem to just been had; sometimes not even remembering why or where you got it. During the year that my husband was in Iraq the kids and I were sent a few things from the foreign land, these of course are on the keep list. However, there are things that I came across that I really do not have a clue to why I still have them. We have two storage units filled of “we might need this one day” stuff. Enough is enough, no more hoarding.
I have a lot of undoing when it comes to my family, I need to reteach them better habits and hopefully the unlearn what they have seen as a child and do not follow the behavior. I realized with this latest move that I have become an unintentional hoarder. This can be a huge problem and in a lot of cases it can be crippling. Hoarding is a psychological mental issue and it can be extremely difficult for some to literally throw things away. They become physically ill, or very agitated when confronted. Is hoarding biblical, unlawful in God’s eyes? According to Luke 12:15-21 it is; “And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ ...
The bible also states in Luke 12:34, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” When material things become more important than anything else it becomes a problem, and God has said many times that he is a jealous God and that there should be no other master than him,for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” Mathew 6:24. I feel that the last word in this verse can be blank and other words can be substituted. There is nothing wrong with keeping sentimental things, family heirlooms and so forth, however there needs to be a line drawn on how much is too much. |
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