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What Is The Actual Distinction Among LAN And WAN?
Enterprise Private NetworksCreated by TIBCO Software, Tibbr is optimized for seamless use on your desktop or mobile device. In a substantial network,when the hyperlinks or connection involving nodes are established through virtual circuits rather of working with physical medium (i.e some cables or wires and so forth), the network is said to be virtual private network. A backbone network is portion of a laptop or computer network infrastructure that interconnects a variety of pieces of network, giving a path for the exchange of data involving distinct LANs or subnetworks. Provided the components pointed out above, it must now be apparent why enterprise WiFi is also resource-intensive. The only issue is that enterprise IT now has the tricky activity of managing all the compute, storage and network sources.
SANs are mostly utilized to make storage devices, such as disk arrays, tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes, accessible to servers so that the devices appear as locally-attached devices to the operating method A SAN commonly has its own network of storage devices that are not accessible by way of the neighborhood region network by other devices.
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In the case of a university campus-primarily based campus network, the network is probably to link a selection of campus buildings – such as, for example, academic colleges or departments, the university library, and student residence halls. We have you covered on all aspects of the modern network, delivering total, thoughtful options for LAN, WAN, SAN and wireless, and specializing in the newest network convergence trends which includes Unified Fabric (UF). You’ll have additional predictable application and network overall performance for the duration of high-site visitors periods.
Certificates aid to protect against certain varieties of attacks, but not all enterprise wireless deploys certificates, the point being it is complex, pricey, and really challenging to actually safe a private WiFi network. The networks were operated more than telecommunication networks and, as for voice communications, a particular amount of safety and secrecy was expected and delivered. Actually, when we send information by way of the public network (Net), it mainly travels in clear text, which is simple to sniff by hackers and intruders. They are utilized by IT pros to visually document the topology and design and style of laptop or computer and telecommunication networks. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Fukumoto Kazuo
Fukumoto Kazuo (福本 和夫) was a Japanese Marxist and one of the most important theoreticians of the Japanese Communist Party during the 1920s.
Biography
Fukumoto was born in Tottori Prefecture to a moderately prosperous landowning family. He studied law at Tokyo Imperial University and became a lecturer at a high school after graduation. In 1922 he was sent to Europe to study law; there he familiarized himself with Marxism and joined the Communist Party of Germany. When he returned home in 1924 he joined a small communist group and became an editor for a small magazine simply called Marxism.
Fukumoto wrote numerous articles and was well known in left-wing circles for his interpretations of Marxism-Leninism and his criticism of other Japanese Marxist scholars, especially Yamakawa Hitoshi and Kawakami Hajime. His writing style was considered complex and he was more interested in the theoretical than the practical aspects of Socialism. Fukumoto called for the separation of true Marxist from false Marxists and urged the true Marxists to concentrate on theoretical struggle. This approach was popular among young intellectuals and was called Fukumotoism, as opposed to the more pragmatic mass-based approach of Yamakawa called Yamakawaism.
Fukumoto's main contribution was to improve the theoretical foundation of the communist party and the revolution, though he also expressed the idea that excessive focus on theory could isolate the party from other left-wing groups. Eventually the Comintern took the view that this was happening and in 1927 it issued a thesis attacking both Yamakawa and Fukumoto and demanding that the party strive for an immediate two-stage revolution to overthrow the Japanese government, and especially the Emperor system and Diet of Japan, redistribution of wealth, and pursue a favourable policy with the USSR.
In the 1950 Japanese House of Councillors election Fukumoto stood as the candidate for the Japanese Communist Party in the Tottori constituency.
Later in life he dedicated himself to researching agricultural issues and the history of the Japanese Renaissance. | WIKI |
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Arizona teachers begin voting on whether to strike | TheHill
Teachers across Arizona began voting Tuesday on whether they should go on strike to demand more money for education. Arizona Teachers United — the grass-roots group coordinating the teacher-led #RedForEd movement — said in a statement released Sunday that teachers would vote from Tuesday to Thursday this week about whether they should strike. The group did not provide an exact date for teachers to walk out of schools if the strike is approved. The organizers said in a statement that a plan proposed by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) to increase teachers’ salaries by 19 percent by 2020 does not meet their goal of restoring education funding to pre-recession levels. The group has warned teachers that there are possible risks to participating in a statewide walkout. A 1971 Arizona attorney general opinion said that a statewide strike would be illegal and participants could lose their teaching credentials. "We've been telling our members that for six weeks, and they understand it," Joe Thomas, president of the Arizona Education Association, according to KCRA in Sacramento. "And it doesn't seem to faze them. That shows how upset they are. They're willing to take this risk for their students." Noah Karvelis, one of the organization’s leaders, told Tuscon.com that the governor did not say how pay increases would be funded and instead expects more revenue to come from an improving economy. Such uncertainty does not give educators hope that the promised money will be available, Karvelis said. Teachers in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Kentucky began protests for higher pay and more education funding earlier this year. View the discussion thread. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Sylvester Groth
Sylvester Groth (born 31 March 1958) is a German theater, television, and film actor. He is best known to international audiences from his appearances in Hollywood movies including Inglourious Basterds and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Furthermore, he has appeared in the Netflix series Sense8, Fargo, and Dark.
Biography
Groth is the youngest of five siblings from Jerichow (Bezirk Magdeburg) in the former German Democratic Republic, where he also spent his childhood. His family is from Upper Silesia. Groth's father died while he was still young, and his mother married a second time. When he was 14 years old, the family moved to Leipzig. In 1986, he escaped from East Germany to West Germany.
He studied acting and singing at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. This was followed by engagements in Schwerin, Dresden, and Berlin, where he worked as a guest actor at the Deutsches Theater and from 1986 to 1989 at the Schaubühne. He also worked at the Residenz Theater, the Munich Kammerspiele, the Berliner Ensemble, the Burgtheater in Vienna, and the Salzburg Festival.
In addition to an extensive theater career, Groth has also acted in numerous television productions and feature films. His first major film role was in 1983 in the East German film The Turning Point, based on a novel by Hermann Kant. In 1986, he appeared in Johannes Schaaf's adaptation of Michael Ende's story Momo. In 1992, he acted in the war drama Stalingrad and in 2006 he took on the role of Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels in Dani Levy's My Führer – The Really Truest Truth about Adolf Hitler.
Groth is known to English-language audiences for appearing in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, in which he also portrayed Goebbels. Most recently, he has held a leading role in the Netflix series Dark as Clausen, a police investigator, as well as appearing in the first episode of the third season of Fargo.
In January 2013, the Film Museum in Potsdam honoured Groth with a retrospective. On 1 December 2017, he received an award from the DEFA Foundation for his outstanding achievements in German film.
Awards and honours
* Heinrich Greif Prize for The Turning Point (1984)
* Television and film award from the German Academy of Performing Arts for Romeo (2001)
* Grimme-Preis for Romeo (2002)
* Deutscher Kritikerpreis for the portrayal of Joseph Goebbels in My Führer – The Really Truest Truth about Adolf Hitler (2007)
* DEFA Foundation Prize for outstanding achievements in German film (2017) | WIKI |
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but refusing to let him talk; and he was so grateful to her for her thoughtfulness that he did not ask himself whether it had not been she who had found a way to let Mrs. Richardson know that Margaret was on the stage. She spoke of indifferent matters: of her change of boarding-house, of Mr. Polk's new play, of the hope that if Polk's theatre were a success she might not have "to leave Broadway" all winter, of Miss Arden's "hit" in a comic opera, of the affairs of the "profession" at large. He listened, too tired to do more than smile. He returned with her to the theatre, rested and refreshed.
The afternoon passed as quickly as the morning had, but with less strain; for the first rush for tickets was over, and he worked with greater ease. When the box office closed, he excused himself to Walter, on the plea of an "engagement," and cut through the crowds to his car like the most breathless of those New Yorkers whose haste he had once envied as he sat idle in Union Square.
He ran upstairs to her room and rapped joyfully. Mrs. McGahn opened the door to him. He stared. "Where is she?"
"She's here. But it's no thanks to you! Come in here."
"What's the matter?" He came in wonderingiy, and stopped, frightened, at the sight of Margaret lying on a sofa. "Is she sick?"
"Sick! If she ain't, it's a wonder! I'd be sick meself!"
"Mother's been here," Margaret said faintly, her back to him. | WIKI |
Dizziness - OAWHealth
Dizziness
By Dr. Loretta Lanphier, ND, CN, HHP, CH
What is Dizziness?
Dizziness is not a disease, but rather it is a symptom of various other conditions. The state of being “dizzy” is described as feeling lightheaded, faint, weak, or unsteady in balance. It can also refer to an artificial sense of things spinning or moving. The way that dizziness manifests itself is often dependent on the particular illness that it is associated with.
Dizziness is basically classified into three different categories:
• Syncope dizziness: This type of dizziness is characterized by fainting (a brief loss of consciousness), dimmed vision, confusion, lightheadedness, a lack of coordination, or any combination of the above. It is very much like the feeling you might get if you stand up too quickly.
• Vertigo dizziness: This type feels like either you or the environment around you is spinning. It is similar to the sensation many folks experience on a spinning carnival ride.
• Nonsyncope nonvertigo dizziness: This variety of dizziness is usually linked to a feeling that the individual cannot keep their balance. Movement often makes the situation worse.
Dizziness is an extremely common complaint. It is estimated that about 42% of Americans will at some point in their lives experience dizziness that is significant enough to seek medical attention. It is thought to be responsible for over five million visits to the doctor every year, and the cost of medical care for dizziness is placed at over $1 Billion annually. The incidence of dizziness increases with age, and for those over the age of 75, dizziness is the number one reason for seeing a health care provider.
What Are the Causes of Dizziness?
Dizziness can be caused by a myriad of conditions that incorporate dizziness as one of their symptoms. But the root of all dizziness is tied to the body’s system of balance. The complex mechanism of balance involves multiple organs including the inner ear, the eyes, and the sensory nerves. The brain interprets signals from these various sources, and proper managing of all this data results in normal balance. However, if the brain cannot process the information or it receives contradictory messages, a state of imbalance will occur that often triggers dizziness. Our brains can compensate to some degree. For example, if I am standing up in the shower and close my eyes to keep the soap out, I will normally not lose my balance thanks to my inner ear and sensory nerves.
The inner ear is a very complex organ, and an improperly working inner ear (vestibular system) is responsible for most cases of dizziness, mainly due to it’s extreme sensitivity to changes in the body’s blood flow. Other medical conditions that involve the circulatory system and can contribute to dizziness are hypertension (high blood pressure) and hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).
Dizziness has many different potential causes. Some of the more common ones include:
• Vertigo is characterized by a feeling of motion or spinning, and is probably the number one condition associated with dizziness. Just like dizziness, vertigo itself is not a disease, but a symptom. Most vertigo is caused by a problem in the vestibular system of the inner ear that throws off your balance. The body is not able to properly interpret movement or changes in the position of your head. A common co-symptom of vertigo is abnormal eye movement called nystagmus. It usually appears as side-to-side movement of the eyeball. There are many conditions that can cause vertigo and its accompanying dizziness:
ü Meniere’s disease involves an excess of fluid within the inner ear. It can cause vertigo to come on suddenly and continue for 30-60 minutes or longer. It is often accompanied by tinnitus (buzzing or ringing in the ears) and intermittent hearing loss. The exact cause of Meniere’s disease is not known for certain.
ü Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) produces vertigo when there is a change in the position of the head such as rolling over of sitting up in bed. It is caused by calcium crystals (otoconia) that are normally found in the ear. The problem is that when they lodge in the wrong part of the inner ear, they send out signals that result in vertigo and dizziness. The cause of BPPV is not known for sure, but research indicates that incidence increases with age, and that sometimes head trauma can trigger BPPV.
ü Acousitic neuroma (also known as schwannoma) involves the growth of benign tissues that attach themselves to or wrap around the acoustic nerve. This organ connects the brain and the inner ear, and acoustic neuromas can interfere with this critical means of communication. The results often include vertigo, dizziness, tinnitus, hearing loss, and balance problems.
ü Vestibular migraine: This particular type of migraine headache is very affected by motion. Vertigo and dizziness can come on from just about any movement such as riding in a car or turning your head quickly or even viewing movement on a television or movie screen. Sometimes symptoms will occur with a headache, or on occasion the patient will have the typical warning signs of a migraine, and end up with vertigo only and no headache. Associated symptoms include tinnitus, poor balance, and muffled hearing. The length of these attacks can vary greatly, from a few minutes up to several days at a time.
ü Inflammation of the inner ear (acute vestibular neuronitis or labyrinthitis) can sometimes result in intense vertigo that may last for several days. In addition to dizziness, some patients experience nausea and vomiting as well. Many times the individual must remain in bed for a few days until the symptoms subside.
ü Motion sickness: Some people will get vertigo and dizziness from riding in a vehicle such as a car, bus, plane, or boat. Carnival rides such as a roller coaster or Ferris wheel can also trigger symptoms.
ü On rare occasions, vertigo can also be a sign of more critical health conditions such as a brain hemorrhage, stroke, or multiple sclerosis.
• Presyncope (feeling of faintness): In medical terms, this is a state of feeling lightheaded without losing consciousness. In addition to dizziness, symptoms of presyncope often include nausea and a pale appearance to the skin. It is usually caused by one of two factors:
ü Orthostatic hypotension is a sudden reduction of the systolic blood pressure. It can occur in some people after standing up too quickly.
ü Insufficient amount of blood from the heart: This is typically the result of clogged arteries (atherosclerosis), a bad heart muscle that can’t pump enough blood (cardiomyopathy), or an abnormal heartbeat (arrhythmia).
• Disequilibrium (poor balance): This manifestation of dizziness is tied to unsteadiness when standing or walking. It can be caused by several factors:
ü Vestibular dysfunction: The workings of the inner ear are so critical to balance. If there is a problem there, the balance is easily affected. Inner ear disorders can create illusions of false movement and make some patients feel like they are “floating.”
ü Medications: Certain drugs can cause dizziness and affect balance, especially in older folks. Common culprits include tranquilizers and some pain medications.
ü Osteoarthritis: This type of arthritis affects the joints and can cause balance difficulties when found in the legs or feet.
ü Vision problems: If a person is losing their capacity to see, as is common in seniors, dizziness and balance can be a side effect.
ü Nerve damage: Nerve troubles can also affect balance, especially a condition known as peripheral neuropathy that compromises the nerves of the legs.
• Anxiety disorders: Many anxiety disorders such as panic attacks or agoraphobia (crippling fear of leaving home) will commonly produce dizziness in patients. Some of this is due to the fact that many of these conditions also cause hyperventilation, which indirectly leads to dizziness.
What Treatments Are Available for Dizziness?
If you are experiencing dizzy spells, the first thing that must be done is to determine the type of dizziness, and to identify what the underlying problem is that is causing it. Having a thorough exam and conversation with a health care provider that knows you and your health issues well is the best way to go. You will want to consider what other symptoms you are experiencing along with dizziness, and also take into account your diet, exercise habits, and any medicine you might be taking. Your exam might also make use of a “tilt-table” that can shift you into different positions and analyze any resulting dizziness or vertigo.
Pay close attention if your dizziness accompanies any of the following signs. These may indicate a serious circulatory or neurological condition that needs to be addressed:
• Severe or chronic headaches
• Numbness or tingling
• Chest pain
• Change in heart rate (faster or slower)
• Fainting
• Blurred vision
• Hearing loss or muffled hearing
• Weakness in the extremities
• Falling or difficulty maintaining balance when walking
The good news about dizziness is that it can often be treated through noninvasive therapies that do not involve medications or surgery. This is truly a rarity in modern allopathic medicine. The type of treatment that is needed is dependent on the cause of the dizziness, and its associated symptoms. Here is a list of common disorders that cause dizziness, and some suggested treatments:
• BPPV: There is an excellent therapy available for BPPV that is highly successful, with positive results in up to 90% of patients. It is called canalith repositioning (also known as the “Epley Maneuver”), and it involves maneuvering the head and the use of a vibrator to manipulate the otoconia (calcium crystals) that are causing the problem so they can be reabsorbed into the fluids of the ear. It can be performed by a physical therapist of other provider, and may be repeated if needed. It works great and has no known risks or side effects!
• Inner ear problems can be treated via a therapy called vestibular rehabilitation. This involves a series of head and body exercises that you can learn that will help to correct poor balance. Once you learn them, you can do them yourself on a regular basis at home.
• Vestibular migraines and the resulting vertigo and dizziness can be dealt with by taking steps that will help reduce the incidence and severity of the migraines. These include avoiding your own personal migraine triggers such as certain foods and undue stress. Regular aerobic exercise and quality sleep can also be beneficial. In addition, vestibular rehabilitation is helpful for many patients.
• Meniere’s disease can effectively be treated through dietary changes such as a low-sodium diet. This will help reduce the retention of fluids that is the cause of Meniere’s.
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Cosmos (serial novel)/Chapter 12
“Bullo! Oh, Bullo!”
Bullo, erstwhile head spy of Lemnis, was largely proportioned and as strong as three ordinary men. Of death he was unafraid, as had been evinced time and again during his precarious life on his mother planet, nor could mortal combat, even against hopeless odds or great numbers, daunt him. But there was one secret overwhelming terror in Bullo’s life, and she was four and one-third light-years away on a planet which circled the double star Alpha Centauri.
He had been lolling gloomily across a swinging bunk in the “living-room” quarters of the Lemnisian space ship, moored at the lunar crater, Copernicus, his massive head propped upon a bulging fist, and dejection plainly writ upon his demeanor. The inner atmosphere of the space ship (warmed by tiny twin pencil-beams of brilliant white light which shot across the ceiling, and which formed illumination for the interior as well) was slightly more than warm; his clothes were loosened at breast and elbow, revealing bulging muscles glistening with sweat.
Thus when a voice, seemingly calling his name, materialized out of thin air, he jumped savagely, and spun around to peer at a startlingly empty room, and a look of supernatural fear came across his broad bull-like features. Superstitious and Tor-fearing, he had witnessed phenomena upon this strange weird satellite of the alien unknown earth which seemed beyond the pale of the natural. But his look of instantaneous fear was replaced by one of condescending toleration as he again surveyed the vacant inanimate room. His remark was characteristic.
“Warps!” he said. “Space warps! I’m either imagining things or it’s that Wrongness of Space up to some deviltry again.” He had been duped once by a flickering light which had lulled him into hypnotism, but now he was fore-warned and therefore fore-armed; drawing the latnem filament cap which shut out trajected thought impressions, he returned to his remorseful reminiscing. He was thinking of their ill-fated mission, which had brought three Lemnisians here from their planet 4 1/3 light-years away, in an effort to thwart the purpose of a power-mad dictator, Ay-Artz, who was rocketing toward the Solar System with a powerful space armada of twenty-one gigantic armed space ships, bristling with tremendous high powered devastating weapons; weapons no more brutal than the hard cruel faces of the men behind them who scanned the heavens thru square-lined glassite space-windows with eager homicidal eyes, for they were barbarians, in whose hands another’s science had unwittingly placed weapons of horrific scope.
Yet the efforts of the trio seemed to have been ill-omened from the start, and Tor, god of cosmic creation, seemed to have deliberately turned his inscrutable head as his heroic followers sought to avert the purpose of those who must surely be minions of Krauz, cosmic god of Destruction. All this speculation gave Bullo an eerie feeling that they were fighting a hopeless foredoomed battle, and his premonitions, reflected and intensified by the latnem filament cap, brought his mentality a clear portrayal of the immense odds they faced. This mysterious entity of almost supernatural powers known to them as the Wrongness of Space, must surely be an evil genie, in league with Krauz, god of Destruction.
But suddenly, again, and more clearly this time, there came a calling voice into Bullo’s brain, vibrating thru his ear-drums resoundingly and conveyed to his brain with a clang, thus penetrating the thought barrier of the latnem cap, since it was a sound-vibration and not a telepathic impulse which was clearly registered.
“Bullo! Oh, Bullo!”
“Who – who’s there?” stammered Bullo, licking his dry lips. His huge hands grabbed the edge of the bunk and knotted, and his eyes goggled into the utter emptiness of the living room, down the spiral stairway, which was equally barren and mysterious under the vivid glowing of the twin-beam lights.
“Why, Papa Bullo, how could you?” – again that strangely familiar voice wheezed discordantly into his mentality, awakening disturbing memories. “Bullo, you good-for-nothing ham-faced Lemnisian, you knew I’d follow you all over the universe if necessary. Isn’t it just like you to go off on a skylark, and all the time there’s twelve little Lemnisians, counting the twins that just came out of their larveal cocoons, back in Lemnis with no one to provide for them! And here you are, having a good time, with never a thought for—“
“Mama!” cried Bullo, springing to his feet and peering in consternation: for as had been admitted there was one overwhelming terror in the spy chieftain’s life, his shrewish wife, and this voice was strangely remindful of home and nagging wife, Hakka. Yes, blast all space! – he was crazy or – Her spirit had followed him, commanded by her indomitable will, where her body could not, that was what….
Fearing to believe, Bullo staggered out into the center of the room with arms outstretched like a man playing blind man’s buff, and rather to his amazement he encountered something solid where everything looked so empty, which shoved him in the nose so forcefully he was sent stumbling backward. A nebulaeic formation in the center of the room suddenly appeared, coagulating swiftly, and before the startled giant appeared the well-known proportions of the young deposed Emperor, Dos-Tev of Lemnis, wearing a peculiar jutting harness, who was convulsed with laughter.
“Yes, Bullo, it’s I,” the solidified apparition announced, taking his hand from his nose, from whence the mimicking, nasal voice had been manufactured. “It’s a device I’m perfecting as a possible resort in the struggle to come. It’s an invisibility producing apparatus, but I call it a forced-field vision transporter.” He motioned to his peculiar harness, to a framework circling his waist which radiated out into a rim-loop of whitely gleaming metal closely woven with tiny shields of woven strands which seemed to be composed of flexible glass.
“Then it’s not Hakka,” cried Bullo in evident relief. “And it isn’t true about the twins–?” He looked so querulous and believing that Dos-Tev chuckled again, but his face quickly resumed a grave mien.
“Bullo,” he said emphatically, striking his fist in his palm, after laying down the glass-woven harness. “We’ve deliberated too long! Every day this Wrongness of Space is getting stronger. Whether it’s devil or man, I know not. Whether it’s vulnerable or not, I cannot fathom. Yet somewhere in the heart of this crater-pocked seimi-riven satellite there crouches an ancient stagnated evil which must be eradicated sooner or later, which is threatening at the peace of the universe and is uniting with that devil in man’s guise, Ay-Artz.”
“What?” stammered Bull, staring. “You mean—“
“That fools win where scientists fear to tread,” quoted Dos-Tev.
Bullo came forward, his eyes gleaming eagerly.
“Sire,” he gasped unbelievingly. “Sire! Why, sir, it’s almost like your real self. Just like we used to be, on the isle of Elbon. Remember when we fought our way thru the Shark-men of the Lower Circle in Lemnis, and that time you pulled me from the dimension-exploding torp-sphere.”
“And you as well,” cried Dos-Tev, eyes gleaming with memories of former carefree days of active service on Lemnis, when his king-father Ras-Tev had held the throne and he had been but a mere prince stripling. “You saved me from the space vorghis driven from Risbo. I’ve a scar yet, Bullo, where his horn-hooked tongue raked my breast.”
Long monotonous days these had been; almost four years, filled with worry and suspense. A fringe of greying hair was prematurely frosting young Dos-Tev’s temples.
And of a sudden Dos-Tev was remembering the island of Elbon, on Lemnis, and thinking of the beautiful metal-green sky and of the double sun of Alpha Centauri sparkling over the purple waves of the sea. Again he breathed in memory the iodine-scented breeze and felt the invigorating lash of the Lemnisian ocean spray beating against his cheek as he stood in memory once again in the prow of one of the stately barks of the regal fleet. That indefinable taint of iodine, that “smell” of home – but here it was gone, replaced with the odorless synthetic air of the space ship (the peculiar “green” scent accompanying samples of earth-atmosphere had been nauseating and almost stifling to the Lemnisians).
“Lemnis,” sighed Dos-Tev lovingly. But suddenly he groaned and a harsh look overspread his face. “It will always be under that tyrant’s rule, Bullo, unless – unless we win out here!”
Both of them turned as the head and shoulders of Mea-Quin appeared ascending the spiral stairway. His old figure looked somehow more ancient and forlorn. He had been getting more this of recent, and his venerable beard looked unkempt beneath his gaunt hollowed eyes, which were set upon their flushed faces as he came forward.
“Dos-Tev, what madness is this?” he protested.
But Dos-Tev, who had so long looked patiently to the older man for guidance, felt a sudden repugnance for the endless waiting vigil which had availed them so little. Hampered at every turn, he was at the last goaded near to desperation.
“I’m tired of it!” he cried. “Yes, by Tor, we’ve been listening to your mollycoddling long enough. I’m going out and strike, and strike now, as once I would have done without this endless procrastination, and hiding like rabbits in a cave. We’ll rout him out, the Wrongness of Space. I’m prepared; that’s what this apparatus is for, Mea-Quin. Invisible, I can venture into his very den, descend into Copernicus unperceived by him, and discover this diabolical other-dimension short-cut thru which he is effecting his deviltry.”
Mea-Quin listened patiently, making no comment. He had seen youth before, unleashed beyond restraint by the taut nerve-strain of a long siege. He said nothing against the projected attempt, but spoke quietly.
“And how do you know that the Wrongness of Space isn’t expecting just that?” he queried softly, his eyes glowing strangely. “How do you know that he hasn’t read your thought, isn’t listening in right now?”
“Because I have lined the interior of the space ship with the grey filaments of the latnem thought-reflector!” retorted Dos-Tev, “And I can perfect the invisibility force-field. It really transports vision, in the same sense a wireless radio transports sound. Sound, converted into etheric waves, is transported from receiver to transmitter, to duplicate itself in another sound box. These shields of forced-fields do the same thing with light. The shield in front is built up by a radiated field, which absorbs the color-vibrations, transmits then over an etheric vibration which penetrates my enclosed body, and the shield to the rear reproduces the colors from the impulse of the penetrating ether-ray. Thus a body within is invisible, tho you really see a synthetic view re-broadcasted from the other side of the body. This enclosed force-field is retroactive, transmitting light-scenes in any direction, and the apparatus is entirely enclosed, so nothing is visible to an observer.”
As Dos-Tev completed his outburst he stood panting, and Mea-Quin, looking more weary than ever, turned and slowly made his way across the room to a small television screen trajected up and out toward space, from which he knew that Ay-Artz and his ruthless armada were rushing upon an unprepared solar system.
Bullo, taken aback by the seeming opposition which had suddenly flared up between the young prince and the old scientist, crouched with open mouth in very evident discomfort. Dos-Tev, red-faced, stood breathing heavily. After several moments his passion subsided, and he hung his head. Slowly he walked across to the silent Mea-Quin, and placed a hand upon his arm.
“Forgive me, Mea-Quin,” he said simply. “I fear I have momentarily lost both my senses and my respect for your wisdom. It would be foolhardy. There’s one chance in a hundred we’d come out alive or victorious. But this inactivity – this monotony—“
“I know,” returned Mea-Quin, without turning around. “It was – just natural – Dos-Tev. There is nothing to be forgiven. As you say – there is one chance in a hundred – you’d come back.”
Dos-Tev suddenly saw that Mea-Quin’s eyes were filled with tears and abruptly the old scientist had caught his hand in a thin purple-veined one and was pressing it savagely. Something was wrong – he realized it instinctively; something had happened – this old man who loved him like a father. Something cold and icy was clutching at Dos-Tev’s heart; a nameless chill ran up his spine. For what he saw, for the first time in those long trying years, upon the face of Mea-Quin – was fear! Always the old scientist’s courage had served to carry the young prince along. He had faith in the other’s greatness, had always felt that in the end Mea-Quin would win out. Suddenly he felt hollow inside, as tho he were stumbling before a precipice.
“By the Tor, Mea-Quin,” he cried imploringly. “What has happened? I see it in your face. Speak.”
Mea-Quin’s sunken chin had set, and he turned red-rimmed eyes again out toward space, breathing deeply.
“I have failed,” he said slowly thru set teeth. “The Wrongness of Space is too strong.” Ay-Artz is flashing toward us with the speed of light, and now the time has come when I should have sent the word to come, to all those planets who are preparing, but the radiation beam, the improved Thi-Ranley, has been neutralized, bent back. The Wrongness of Space has curtailed my every effort, and at last is in supremacy. I cannot send the message.”
“You mean? –“ queried Dos-Tev, the explanation of the other’s sadness suddenly encompassing him with its full significance.
“We must be brave,” said Mea-Quin.
“That I must go,” finished Dos-Tev for himself. “That it is our only chance – now. I must go down – into the crater – and somehow deflect the power-beam controls of the Wrongness of Space.”
At this Bullo sprang forward, his eyes aglow.
“And I shall go with you!” he cried. “Together, Prince. A chance in a hundred! Tor, Prince what more could I ask, with you!”
“Yes, you too shall go,” said Mea-Quin bitterly. “And I, because my body is weakest and the poorest, must stay, because someone must guard the ship. It all rests upon your shoulders now, Prince of Lemnis.”
As the old scientist pronounced the title, the man who had been deposed drew slowly erect. Whirling from an abyss of conflicting emotions, he was deposited once more on firm ground. It had been the first time that he had been addressed in exactly that manner. It meant that no matter what happened to Mea-Quin, and to Lemnis, he was the true prince, the only one upon whom they depended. Their only hope. The single symbol of promise for the future.
He was calm now, not at all possessed with the feverish excitement which had led to his original outburst. He felt self-control now. Stronger.
“No, Mea-Quin,” he said. “Not alone upon my shoulders, but upon the three of us, who bear equal burdens, for the part you play in attending the vessel is as important as that of Bullo, or mine.
“Stay always at the transmitter, always you understand, for I promise you Mea-Quin, that tho I may not return, still there will be a moment, perhaps but a fraction only, in which your messages may go thru. Wait for that moment, for upon it may rest the future of the universe. I know that we shall succeed, that the message will go thru, but if we never meet again, I cannot think that the great Tor will totally destroy all that nobleness of spirit which lies within you and which people call a soul, and perhaps we shall meet again, beyond this curious cail we call matter, and creation.”
“I understand,” said Mea-Quin. “I shall be waiting.”
“Then we will leave by the next darkness, a scant day away,” said Dos-Tev. “I must prepare the invisibility harness.”
Soon after fall of the month-long lunar night, Mea-Quin watched them go, crouched at the control-desk in the room below, and as his eyes stared into the televisor screen which brought the nocturnal scene without to his eyes, his hands steadied the manipulations which were sending a terrific bombardment of whirling disturbances into the ether, hoping to distract the instruments or attention of the Wrongness of Space if it happened to be directed upon the crater-mouth. He built up a terrific field of live crackling static which shimmered down thru the base of the ship and played coruscating will-o-the-wisp lights along the rough lava-basalt surface of the satellite, iridescent flickerings which bent against some insurmountable force and met themselves. The Thi-Ranley radiator swayed under the overburdening load, leaking the built-up charge into the room, but Mea-Quin had no thought for it.
Out there in the blackness, where the thin sliver of illumination which was the rising of the earth-light hung in the black firmament over the yawning maw of the crater, dark as the pits of Tartarus, his thoughts concentrated. Dimly limned against the feeble earth-light were the serrated contours of the satellite, beyond and around the crater. Faint splinters of saw-toothed ridges hung ghostily from the gloom against the earth’s reflection. Lurking pits and grottos hinted at other craters, at the crumbling rotting surface which, removed from air and voided of life, was suffering the age-long erosion of time alone. One precipitous edge of Copernicus, hanging limply against the earth glow, dropped sheer and raggedly where the bomb hurled by Bullo had landed, dispersing its terrible gamma rays. Yet tho he strain his eyes, Mea-Quin could see nothing of the two he sought, tho he knew their invisible bodies, surrounded by the force-fields which directed vision thru and beyond, were groping their ways along the unseen beam of force which extended in a plane from the curious chunky projector at the nose of the space ship, which had been used by Dos-Tev when the Wrongness of Space had hurled a boomeranging message rocket back at the mother ship, to detract the momentum and destructive ability from the speeding missile.
With the aid of Mea-Quin, a compact tiny projector of the unseen beam had been fashioned into the invisibility harness, with the result that Dos-Tev and Bullo could direct the beam downward into the crater and allow their bodies to fall slowly and at will. By building a growing beam-cylinder of force from the crater floor, Dos-Tev believed they would be able to ascend, were their hazardous undertaking successful.
The crater, due to the unobstructed perspective of the airless void, seemed closer and smaller than it really was. Mea-Quin knew that it stretched fifty-six miles across, and that a cup-like upper formation was formed by a floor 12,000 feet below the rim, in the center of which the true inner shaft bored downward, scarcely two hundred yards in diameter at the aperture. He waited for six hours, during which time they had agreed Dos-Tev and Bullo would have had time to find the approximate center over the crater. Then with a muttered propitiation to Tor, the scientist leaned over and jerked a switch with his talon-like hand.
Up on the nose of the space ship, a curious, semi-cylindrical meshwork of wires became visible, glowing redly, while pulsations and flickerings departed from the cooling metal. In a moment the meshwork was cold, hugged up against the chunky projector, and the supporting beam of invisible force which had extended in a plane out over the crater was gone. Somewhere over Copernicus, the two invisible bodies of Dos-Tev and Bullo had been loosed in mid-void as the force-plane disseminated beneath their feet, and now were falling toward the heart of the crater, under the power of their own apparati.
Darkness, eddying and impenetrable. Above; a circular star-field like black velvet dusted lightly with powdered crystal, growing constantly smaller. Around and below, a darkness so dense as to seem almost animate.
For the first few minutes of the fall, rioting sensations assailed Dos-Tev. He couldn’t think cohesively, falling as he was, with a feeling of weightless expansiveness. His legs were slightly asprawl in their air-tight metal space suit casing. He could feel nothing firm, nothing solid beneath his feet. The force-beam spreading fan-wise below cushioned his entire body simultaneously, as a dense liquid medium might have done; here but a void (air at this height too tenuous to be credited) and darkness.
Quick labored breathings within his radio-phone attachment reminded him that Bullo also was descending with him into the crater’s depths, doubtless experiencing all of the rioting phantasmagoric emotions which had been manifest to himself.
“Bullo!” he called softly into the tiny transmitter built in his head gear. “How are you going?”
“Is that you, Sire?” came Bullo’s anxious tones. “Ayhuu! – but that’s a relief! I feel about as disembodied as an astral on a gas-planet. I can’t see a blinking thing, except a few stars overhead. I was beginning to think we couldn’t see out of all this gear; space suit, invisibility harness and all.”
“Oh yes,” returned Dos-Tev. “We can see all right when there is anything to see, which there isn’t right now. Thank our lucky start we’ve got the latest television-plate head-gear tho. If we had the old type of glassite goggles we couldn’t see out of our own force-field.” He was referring to the hexagonal hemispherical television-screen built directly into the inner face of the space suit head-gear, an important advancement since the old type Lemnisian glassite goggles. The difference of rate of expansion under heat between the glassite and the metal housing had caused much difficulty in keeping them air-tight.
“Right you are,” came Bullo’s awed tones, clearly transmitting a shudder; — Dos-Tev could imagine his huge ungainly frame sprawling helplessly in all of its encumbering gear, yet falling as lightly as down. “But it’ll be good night space if we rub a crater wall and puncture a suit. I’d be helpless as a new-born babe if we bumped up against the Wrongness of Space right here and now—“
“If you don’t quit talking,” chided Dos-Tev, cutting into the rambling soliloquy, “you’ll have yourself worked into a nervous state. Remember the crater is fifty-six miles in diameter up here, and it took us six hours to walk to the center. Also this diameter prevails for over two miles to the false-floor of debris. After we get to the inner shaft we’ll have some worrying to do.”
There was a moment’s silence and then a more courageous, “Yes, Sire,” from Bullo. No braver man was made in Lemnis than the ex-spy when it came to hand-to-hand conflict, but when invisible dangers threatened, his superstitious nature asserted itself.
Indeed it had been an eerie experience, Dos-Tev reflected. He had felt about as bodiless as a wraith when he and Bullo had crawled out of the space ship upon the unseen force-beam plane exerted from the projector at the craft’s nose. Bullo, who had stayed close to his young ruler, was utterly invisible in his harness, and all Dos-Tev could see of material matter was the hexagonal televiso-screen outlines in front of his headgear. They had walked gingerly upon the unseen plane, with the macabre rays of the earth-glow penetrating their bodies to shed its radiance upon sharp black lava-basalt rock formations far below – the rim of the crater – which could have slit their space suits on knife-sharp edges and cut their bodies to shreds had the beam suddenly failed and they been precipitated downward, even at the low gravity acceleration of Luna.
Six hours they had walked out over the invisible plane-field above Copernicus, and at last Dos-Tev, by charting the brightening earth-glow, decided that they were over the inner shaft which penetrated the floor of the huge upper cup of the crater.
They had adjusted the beam supporters on their harness; exactly six hours after they had left the ship, the force-plane jerked out of existence, cut by Mea-Quin in the space ship, and they plunged downward. The earth-glow seemed to vanish in a gleaming scimitar streak which ended in the serrated crater rim, behind which it was lost to view. The circular rim swooped up and around them, and they were lost in the circumambient darkness. Their harness beam-supporters, shedding a fan-like ray downward, had soon halted their wild acceleration, and now they descended slowly and under control.
Even yet, immersed in the enveloping dark, Dos-Tev was not sure; — had he correctly plotted the lower shaft? The thought that perhaps they might miss it brought up a conjectured picture of their bodies lying torn and broken upon the ledge. Yet they dared risk no light beams in search; the flame would be certain to be detected by the instruments of the Wrongness of Space. They would have to take the chance, and Fate would cast the die.
His wandering thoughts were abruptly jerked into the present as a shrill cry of terror came sharply into his earphones.
“Bullo!” cried Dos-Tev, feeling apprehension as he strove in vain to pierce the utter gloom. “Bullo!” For a moment there was no answer. That sharp poignant cry had wavered with tension; it had ended abruptly, as tho something had seized Bullo’s body and hurled it viciously out into the darkness. Sounds as of struggling came to the Lemnisian prince’s ears, and he called again. Then a panting voice from the spy chief came, distant and muffles by his struggling body.
“Help! Something’s—“
A moment of terror. Dos-Tev felt it too, some force wrapping about him. Suddenly he was swept around and hurled out into a great arc. There was a moment of wild tumbling, of chaotic nightmare. A wild force bore him swiftly, in a great spiral motion. And suddenly it came to him.
“Take it easy, Bullo,” he cried, half sobbing in relief, “It’s the inner shaft. We’re circling above it. Our force-beam keeps shoving us away from the rim, and we’re going down in a spiral. Take it easy; we’ll gradually shift to the center again.”
The sound of struggling ceased; a weak voice chuckled, half-frightened, half-humorously.
“I – I thought the – Wrongness of Space had me,” called Bullo from his position on the other side of the spiral. “But I couldn’t get my paws into anything holding me. I guess – I must be in a blue funk!”
“Buck up!” admonished Dos-Tev hearteningly. “I’ve a hunch you’ll have plenty to get your paws into, before this is over.”
So their descent continued. It was as Dos-Tev guessed. After spiraling for a short time, the circles gradually diminished, and Dos-Tev was relieved to know that they were safely descending down the inner shaft. They fell for a time in silence. Bullo, who had entered the shaft first, was lower than Dos-Tev, tho how much lower he had no way of reckoning, except by the doubtful amplification power of Bullo’s voice in his earphones.
[Due to the length of this chapter and the short time left to print it, we can present only half this month, the other half will appear next month.]
Dos-Tev guessed their speed of falling to be about four miles per hour. The circular patch of the firmament above had long since dwindled to a pinpoint and vanished. It was odd how time seemed to fly, during the excitement of their venture. An hour-and-a-half he thought it must have been. That meant six miles below the surface. Six miles! But in all probability the shaft continued for several hundreds of miles into the satellite. Not that they were assured that their beam support kept them pushed back from the walls, they could drop faster. Twenty-five miles an hour.
Considerably accelerated now; but safe, for he had an instrument in his harness which would warn him, by a sharp sting, when the bottom of the shaft neared. An ultra-sensitive cell caught the electro-gravity emanations from below – a tiny circuit would close when the crater-floor neared.
Interminable time; it seemed much longer in the lightlessness. Foreboding thoughts, given shape by imagination and dark, moved through his brain. Occasionally he would signal Bullo, to be sure all was well, and to comfort his being with the sound of a human voice.
Synthetic food pellets, an invigorating repast, delivered thru an elastic tube; which dropped them as the chin pressed a trigger. Water, in a similar fashion; from the reservoir within the shoulder tanks of the space suit.
At a hundred miles depth they began to notice the phosphorescence, eddying behind them. Bullo remarked it.
“Increasing density of air,” explained Dos-Tev. “Coupled with lumiferous bacteria! I’ve seen them in Lemnisian caverns.”
“But bacteria means life,” protested Bullo, as tho he had expected nothing animate here. “Within this desert satellite.”
“Why not?” returned Dos-Tev. “James Tarvish tells me Luna once formed part of the planet earth – or so their theory goes. If so, the life spores which must have been present on both before the separation, when it was one molten mass, must have been present on both later. The tidal action of the Sun on the molten mass must have drawn the satellite from its mother. Why shouldn’t the life spores germinate here as well as there?”
“Then perhaps there is some sort of advanced life below,” returned Bullo. “Perhaps the Wrongness of Space is a Lunarian, developed thru an evolutive scale here, a cousin to earth men.”
“Perhaps,” agreed Dos-Tev doubtfully. “It’s possible. But even a distant branching creature should feel sympathy when a common enemy is advancing on the Solar System. No, I think he isn’t a native Lunarian, but has been driven insane perhaps; by something – or some life – below us.”
At two hundred miles – after falling eight hours – the darkness was at its densest, but tests showed the air was thicker. Below this, the gloom began to lighten, due to large quantities of the phosphorescent bacteria which infested the atmosphere, even clinging to the crater walls.
They would have to slow down; to proceed with more caution. Dos-Tev had it in mind to call to Bullo – when the voice of that individual rang out in his own suit.
“There’s a light ahead!”
“Better slow down,” suggested Dos-Tev digesting this bit of interesting news. “Keep talking, directing me; until our apparati bumps together.”
“As you say, Sire,” returned Bullo, with growing excitement manifest in his voice. “It does look weird. Why, I’m beginning to be able to see the walls of the crater! It’s widened considerably. I do believe there’s vegetation hanging to the walls!”
It was true. Dos-Tev could see that a brightening gloom was permeating the shaft. He began to make out the crater wall, lighted by a faint phosphorescence, and grotesque clum-like growths hung to rocky projections here and there. Pale flowers of toady colors blossomed from the vegetative growths, which turned their corollas down and not up the shaft, toward the light. Dos-Tev called Bullo’s attention to this phenomenon.
“It means that somewhere below there’s a source of light,” he cried interestedly. “Altho I think the chief source of the phosphorescence covering the crater’s walls is from lumiferous bacteria. Ayhuu – but look at that.”
Looking down the shaft, which was illuminated from some source at lower depths, Dos-Tev saw an indistinct blotch zooming up the shaft. Bloated and bulbous, it resembled some balloon-fish species from the depths of Lemnis’ oceans, had it not been for the leather-like flap-wings fluttering at either side. The head was small and puffy, surrounded by a muff of rose-colored membraneous gills. Popping eyes glinted in the cavern’s depths. Swiftly it zoomed upward. A cry of consternation came from below.
“Ayhuu! Back, demon of Kruz,” came Bullo’s voice. “Back, by Tor.”
Dos-Tev had forgotten Bullo, invisible and just below, who doubtless was just within the creature’s path. However, he was quickly made aware of Bullo’s aliveness. The flapping monstrosity suddenly uttered a shriek of terrified horror (exterior sounds also being transmitter to the space suit head phones); an invisible force had plunged into its face, bending it back, and a wing at the side fell broken.
“I’ll fix you,” panted Bullo, from below. The joy of battle was rampant in his voice. “I guess there is some advantage to being invisible after all.”
Another wing bent backward; screaming resoundingly, filling the shaft with the dinning noise, the creature flopped aside, struggling furiously. Dos-Tev pressed a button on his control belt which would allow him to fall swiftly into the fray. Evidently however, the creature managed to wriggle from Bullo clutches, for it fluttered erratically back down the shaft.
“Bullo. Are you all right?” cried the Lemnisian prince to his unseen comrade. When assured that the ex-spy was even feeling invigorated by his recent quasi-victory, he called a brief reconnoiter before descending further.
“It’s pretty evident that plenty of air is down here,” he said. “Get your hand ray ejector ready. We don’t want to be taken off-hand again.”
In the denser atmosphere small animal life in minute form became very evident; infinitesimal flying saurian-like creatures fluttered through the jungle-matts of encircling vegetation. Dos-Tev, to whom Luna was an alien world, was not surprised by this copious underworld life as an earthman would have been. Once a coiling liana-like growth moved from a dark grotto, sending chilling fear into their hearts, but no tangible menace materialized. A huge toad-like body, swinging by a long fleshy stem of corpse-like hue, jutted from the crater wall over an abutting projection, its great shark-toothed mouth wide open for any prey which might venture up and down the shaft, but being invisible, they managed to avert this threat. Had it not been for their invisibility, the shaft might have proven impassable.
Deep down within the heart of Luna was – the Hemisphere! It was one mile in diameter and a half-mile in height. From the bottom of its huge disc-like floor to the top of the broad domed roof it was a solid expanse of permeable shifting grayness, inhabited by strange two-dimensional shadows and angles which were continually moving. An observer from the world above would have found something chilling, something totally extraneous, in the mere vista, suffused by a dull foggy illumination, of which the source was not visible. The interior might be compared to the reflections cast by twirling many-faceted crystals, except that the bezels commingled and entangled in a writhing infusion which bespoke of no regularity.
Yet within this vista of shifting planes and two-dimensional angles, darker objects were moving waveringly thru the great hemispherical enclosure, like interior organs of a giant beast. Great streams of disc-like shadows filed thru the space between floor and ceiling in great angles and steep declivities, on far-flung curves which embraced the width of the Hemisphere; disc-shadows seemingly without support or propulsion, which disappeared into labyrinthine tunnels which crawled away from the central cavern into the rock, and which moved thru the angles and shadows as tho disembodied.
The crater-shaft, one hundred yards in diameter, opened from a precipitous shelf at one rim of the hemisphere, like a bottomless abyss. In the exact center of the cavern’s floor was a curious formation which seemed to draw the visitations of the disc-shadows as a magnet draws iron filings. The geometric design of this curious formation was fantastic and unsymmetrical, with a suggestion of pseudo-stability, like saline crystals built haphazardly within a heavy salt compound, and it was from a circular aperture in this great central edifice that the disc-shadows emerged, two-dimensional corpuscles which zoomed across the cavern spaces effortlessly, yet not aimlessly, like flung boomerangs. Tangled streams of these disc-things were continually emitting from the rotting labyrinthine caverns coiling from every edge of the hemispherical enclosure into the strata of moon-rock, or from the abysmal depths of the crater-shaft; shooting across the enclosed flickering space like twirled pie-pans, yet there was a certain faint suggestiveness of preordered purpose. They appeared to congregate near the central fantastic design of the crystalline formation at the cavern’s center. At the same time, as fast as they entered, other disc-like shadows reappeared from the central building, flinging themselves upward into the shadowed void, to sail gracefully out toward the crater-shaft, to disappear into its huge depths.
It was ominously evident that the ingoing disc-shadows were of a much darker hue when they re-entered the central cavern than when they left; as tho they were carrying some necessary ingredient into the shifting extraneous conflagration of two-dimensional shadows. Slave and workers – obeying a superior command.
Overhead, more than two hundred miles of solid rock-strata lay like a thick shell – an exuviate – as tho this alien bit of spake were animate, and the moon-matter a shell over its pulsating being. The crater-shaft itself, like a huge gaping aesophagus, was drawing into the Hemisphere a current of rarefied air, and like corpuscles the disc-shadows flickered upon their endless journeys. Yet herein lay the stronghold, the natural habitat, of the Wrongness of Space. From the first Dos-Tev realized that the space within this great Hemisphere was warped from common dimensions, he grasped that these shifting shadows were two-dimensional bases of objects moving in another plane; alien, and yet not entirely dissociated with the three-dimensional world.
Down in the central cavern, this tiny portion of “another space” was suddenly disrupted from its quasi-orderly precision. Something moved, vast and intruding, at one rim where the aperture of a huge winding vein-tunnel opened, and an enormous object jerked tentatively out into the main body of the cavern.
Perhaps the most jarring feature to this intrusion was that the object was of black solid three-dimensions, while the rest of the cavern was not. True, it was startlingly menacing in effect.
A giant claw – sixteen feet high; with distended pincers gaping, it shoved out, to be followed by a body so vast that it completely filled the rim of the cavern. A hideous unbelievable body! A giant crab-creature, an evolutive development of normal tangible dimensions, tho its customary habitat probably extended into the upper rarefied veins of the satellite. Yet here it was an alien visitant! Gigantic in proportions, he reached the sloping roof, with horny armored crest tapering into protruding chiton protected globe-eyes as large as pumpkins, and large convoluted tentacles, each forty feet in length, poked querulously outward into the dizzying unfamiliar spectacle within the cavern.
He came out of his grotto jerkily, as tho prodded from behind, but when he caught sight of the intangibility of the cavern, of the central abutments from whence whirled streams of corpuscular disc-shadow life, his interest quickened, and the many smaller claw-feet behind the huge pincers propelled him forward interestedly, tho he was obviously out of his familiar medium. A floating corpuscle, two yard in diameter and of almost immaterial thinness, was drifting past one huge eye. It caught his attention, and with a vicious snap the gigantic sixteen-foot claw reared out and snared it securely, thereby proving its tangibility. Writhing, the disc-shadow was drawn toward the giant crab’s mouth.
Some electrical manifestation of the danger must have radiated outward from the stricken thing, for suddenly all of the disc-shadows in the giant cavern quit their orderly routine and swarmed like bees over the giant crab. Darting in aerial attack, they soon buried the monster by sheer numbers, but his threshing body attested to the grim battle he was putting up.
Simultaneously, from between two of the rear smaller claws, two immaterial eddies swirled, making their ways thru the angered darting disc-shadows which swooped in long attacking arcs from every direction.
Dos-Tev and Bullo, who had witnessed the colossal struggle, were not a little impressed, and Bullo would have lingered to watch its outcome, had not Dos-Tev urged speed.
“This is our chance, Bullo!” he cried. “Just what we’ve been wanting. The disc-creatures are all occupied, and we may get into the inner place unnoticed. I’m sure that this is the central power of the Wrongness of Space, and if destroyed – well, all I ask is to get to it.”
They moved forward at a swift pace, their eyes upon the crystalline jumble of unconnected bezels a half mile ahead, in the center of the extraneous hemispherical enclosure. For some time they had lingered unseen upon the outskirts of the great central cavern, where they had alighted on the ledge from the crater-shaft. Dos-Tev was sore puzzled. It had come to him, viewing the shifting shadows, that these planes and angles were bases of objects moving in another plane, only partly in the three-dimensional world. He had attempted to explain his theory to Bullo – with small success. Suppose – he had pointed out – we take a simple simile. A piece of paper, laying flat, may represent a two-dimensional world. Another piece of paper, placed perpendicularly across the first one, would also be two-dimensional, yet to each other, only one dimension would be tangible – where the edge of the perpendicular lay across the other. To a flatlander of one world, the other world would appear merely as a thin line – one dimension.
Similarly, he pointed out, one of the common three dimensions might be shifted into the fourth, leaving a vacancy in one of the visible three, whereby objects would be visible and tangible only as the two dimensional proportions left! It was his idea that this hemisphere was the workshop of the Wrongness of Space, that the lines and angles represented two-dimensional bases of walls, instruments, and manipulative devices, one of their dimensions having been shifted to the fourth. This each shifting angle, and perhaps even the disc-shadows themselves, might merely be the reflected portion of a monstrous engine, integral parts to the whole which was radiating such powerful influences into the upper ether.
It seemed a terribly interminable time before they reached the multi-faceted structures thrusting up from the lava floor. Here they halted, momentarily nonplused, for they could see no entrance.
“They were getting in some way!” cried Dos-Tev. “Surely we can find—“ He was interrupted by a horrified gasp. There, not three feet away, was one of the disc-shadows, wavering motionless before an aperture. A sentinel, it was unquiet, as tho it sensed their presence. It was the first time either of the Lemnisians had examined the curious beings of the crater’s core at close range.
Utterly flat, the disc-thing possessed but two dimensions, an irregular blotchy mass, whose fringe was constantly writhing and changing, like the pseudo-podic projections of an amoeba. Whirling iridescent colors, rainbow misted as a pool of oil film, twisted and writhed within the two-dimensional being’s irregular body formation. Abruptly Dos-Tev realized that they must take the offensive.
“Try and slip past him,” he cried, flinging a quick scrutiny over his shoulder. Under the illumination emanating ghostily from the grayish atmosphere he could see the giant crab, hopelessly overpowered, striving to retreat into the side tunnel. He was almost hidden under the swarming piles of the attacking disc-things. “We’ll chance it.”
He leaped forward toward the aperture, but the vibration of his voice must have somehow reached the disc-man. An angry gyration of colors vortexed over his upper center, and a pseudo-pod tentacle flicked out like lightning, catching Dos-Tev a searing blow across the cheek. At the same time he was aware that the disc possessed a huge bulking mass, much more than he had expected. He struck out; his doubled fist encountered a wall-like tenacity in the thinness of the disc-shadow. A crushing impact struck his forehead a numbing blow. He was stumbling when the disc-thing fluttered back amazingly, floated up into the air, and helplessly writhed in evident pain some six feet from the ground.
“I guess that got him, Sire,” explained the invisible Bullo. “My poor fist is broken tho, Ayhuu – but he has mass! What is the thing, anyhow?”
Dos-Tev, his senses reeling, leaned against the wall for a moment. The great crab had vanished and from the side tunnel a stream of returning disc-things was emerging. Crying to Bullo, he ran thru the aperture, finding himself in a long illuminated tunnel.
Queerly enough, from this perspective the entire structure looked transparent. Translucent outlines beyond the walls and floor were visible, and the diffused illumination seemed more apparent. The floor seemed to be reflected from a dozen different angles. It reminded him of a drawing he had once seen of a tesseract, the four dimensional cube, drawn in a perspective from hyper space. Yet he managed to make out the corridor, which advanced past intersecting ones deep into the mazing structure, proceeding straight, and yet at the same time visible thru queerly oblique angles.
One of his hands reached to his invisible belt and plucked at the gamma bomb which he had secured there. The other reached out and grasped Bullo’s hand. Together they ran swiftly toward the center of the webbing corridors, where gigantic machines showed shadow-like and transparent thru the hyper space perspective.
Yet victory was not to be easy. From a point high overhead the disc-things could be seen, milling thru and around the upper stories, brought to their eyes by a bending of light around a curvature not of three dimensions. Somehow alarmed, these two-dimensional bodies were rushing to the defense. Around the central room of the apparatus they drew a cordon of milling disc-shadows who waited with threshing pseudo-pods for the unseen men who were threatening their stronghold.
“I’ll rush the ring!” cried Bullo, “with the vibrator hand-gun. You try to get thru, somehow.”
Before Dos-Tev could remonstrate, Bullo had pressed the hand of his young ruler and was gone, hurling himself into the orderly ring of two-dimensional disc-creatures. A swirling maelstrom suddenly materialized, from which a keen blue ray – the destructive vibrator beam – shot, hurling the shadows into disintegrating oblivion. Dos-Tev, seeing a break, dashed thru, holding the gamma bomb in a fierce grip, while the noise of fierce conflict came into his ear-phones.
An opening was before him. Beyong, pointed cylinders, vacu-tube containers, and queer serrated ranks of thin plates and strips. A disc-thing, his colors swirling horribly, threw himself before Dos-Tev, and they went down struggling upon the threshold. An unbelievable mass crushed him backward, but as yet his grip was not loosed upon the gamma bomb. Hurled toward the floor, he spun, caught the blow upon his back, and with a single swipe of his arm, hurled the lethal missile.
“In the name of Tor!” he shouted, as the deadly explosive materialized beyond the invisible force-field and arced into the apparatus. It struck a huge tank, and before Dos-Tev’s raging brain came one last picture. The entire structure dissipating. Fluxing into crystal glass-like fragments which eddied slowly around as if in a mill stream. Then expanded.
The crushing weight upon his chest bore him downward into reeling oblivion, altho he never totally lost consciousness. Vaguely he was aware that the disc-man had changed, that in his place a live human body squirmed and tusseled, and presently he was held motionless, while he opened his eyes to stare into – a purple atmosphere.
A normal three-dimensional world; but a different plane. He knew it at once, even as the green naked giants tore the invisibility harness as well as the space suit from his body, then bound him securely. A choking breath of the sweetly tinged atmosphere came into his gasping lungs.
Several moments later he sat up on a greenish mat of woven grass. They were in a court room, an edifice of stone. From above came the glare of electron tubes. A few feet from him, bound securely, lay Bullo, his harness gone, and half his clothing torn from his body. His huge face was a picture of incredulity. His surprise at suddenly materializing in another world had proved his undoing, and after a short battle the huge green giants had disarmed him and rendered him helpless.
These green men! Dos-Tev suddenly understood. They were the disc-shadows. It had been their two-dimensional bases floating around in that other world, while the shadows and planes of the building with its surrounding paraphernalia had consisted the moving shadows. Their transportation had been affected by shifting the third dimension into the fourth. He became aware of a great throne – cut from pure green crystal, before which the naked savages were bowing and making obsequious gestures.
Another world! The court-yard of a castle, over which a great dome stretched. But these were real people of tangible dimensions, who had appeared like corpuscles to their warped semi-view from the other plane. The giant on the throne was a real man, tho his demonical face was wreathed in a triumphant grin. His head, perched upon massive shoulders, was diminutive and bird-like after the manner of some Lemnisians Dos-Tev had known who had been mentally inefficient. In one hand he grasped a long forked scepter. In the other lay a curious device with levers and push-buttons. And somehow it came to his dazed senses that the one who sat before him was the mad Wrongness of Space; even as the green giant threw back his head and howled shrilly with insane mirth, his red-flecked eyes glowing like the eyes of a panther. The Wrongness of Space suddenly sent a bombarding thought roaring into Dos-Tev’s brain.
“You have failed! I dissipated the destructive energy of your bomb into another dimension, not of your normal three. Yes; I will explain:
“We, like yourselves, occupy but three dimensions. There are many other of what you call dimensions, a fourth, fifth and even sixth. Our normal world lies in these last three, totally removed from your own. I am Krzza, of Lxyfa. All Lxyfa was rightfully mine; and the tyrants tainted the people lies, telling them I am mad. But I escaped. Yes, with my faithful house servants, I escaped, some day to return a conqueror. The fools – they had me hemmed in – and they will never know – that our very dimensions were transported over to this plane. This world too I will conquer; its silly weapons are utterly feeble and powerless against me. This Ay-Artz will make an excellent ally; I needed space ships which ply these dimensions anyway, so he came in handy; together we shall conquer the universe.” Insane – banished from his own dimensions, this madman was to be loosed with ineffable powers upon the helpless Solar System. Altho insanity was manifest in his shriveled bird-like head, yet there was maniacal power, a dominating driving force which, tho erratic, still sufficed to exert his versatile whims upon his under-servants, who probably feared him and held his insanity in superstitious adulation.
The Wrongness of Space, or Krzza of Lxyia, as he had proclaimed himself, ended his discourse with a wild howl of laughter and gestured with green claws, manipulating a lever in the device he held in his lips.
A silvery pool suddenly formed upon the floor; upon which a vision integrated. It was a televisio device, and Dos-Tev gasped as he saw the familiar interior of the Lemnisian space ship on the rim of Copernicus, with Mea-Quin waiting patiently at the controls.
Dos-Tev could see the white-bearded face, set and grim, and even the sweat rolling down the tense withered cheek. Then from the green giant’s hand he saw a black cylinder pointing down toward the televisio pool. A ball of violet radiance shot down to the floor, passed beyond, and entered the space ship. It had been short-cutted across the fourth dimension.
As the blinding ball seared across the room and dispersed its energy into the old scientist’s body, Mea-Quin staggered to his feet, stiffened, his body writhing in horror as he collapsed in a state of moveless but animate paralysis upon the floor. At a gesture from the Wrongness of Space, the giant naked men picked up the bodies of Dos-Tev and Bullo, filing down toward the pool of radiance in the center of the floor, while the maddening chatter of insane laughter filled the chamber and re-echoed hollowly.
Madness – Dos-Tev knew it too then. It seemed that those soulless chuckles were communicated to his own mentality, and that he leaped and surged thru indescribable convolutions and pulsation of iridescent wave matter. This sensation subsided as the giant who bore him leaped thru the radiant pool to land softly within the space ship’s interior. The mad Krzza followed at his leisure, his face bearing a satanic smile as he came lightly to rest before the instrument panel from which Mea-Quin had fallen. He looked down at the fallen scientist, whose paralyzed eyes were wide and movelessly accusing, and prodded him with his toe.
“It was an interesting game, Lemnisians,” came his leering thought-wave. “I watched the two’s progress down the crater – oh, I have means. It amused me incredibly. But I was idle, and a study of human emotions, of the mental cogwheels of the human brain, will without doubt prove a valuable knowledge in the strife to come. In a few weeks Ay-Artz will be here and we will join forces. As I said, his space fliers will be very convenient; doubtless the man is a fool, a mental weakling himself; but I had expected nothing as easy as this in invading another dimension. And now—“
He made an evil grimace of mockery and moved nearer to the instrument panels which in the end had failed the Lemnisians, an insinuative menace in his attitude. The paralyzed form of Mea-Quin seemed to stiffen, altho that was perhaps but a mental illusion generated from the horrified wave force which came from his glaring blood-shotten eyes.
“Now,” continued the Wrongness of Space, “it is time the planets are called, that their armada may be aggregated—“ And abruptly the space ship was filled with dry staccato sobs of a madman at the height of mirth.
Dos-Tev, unable to control his body, struggled futilely against the bonds which were cutting bloody streaks across his hands. His eyes could not hold to the set accusing ones of Mea-Quin. Bullo lay beside him, helpless; mumbling incoherently.
The supreme and utter horror came with the realization of that the giant green madman was doing over the controls. He was sending out the messages to the planets, impersonating Mea-Quin, but the misleading directions he was dispatching were to guide the armadas of the Solar System to their doom. Ay-Artz and the madman from the alien dimension were at last actively joining forces in the conquest of the Solar System. What lay ahead of the Sun’s brood? | WIKI |
Talk:Derringer
I removed the following:
"Obviously, a higher caliber derringer will have a disadvantage in width, compared to a .32 or even a .380 ACP automatic like the Kel-Tec. It is possible that customers prefer the concealment properties of a slimmer pocket automatic."
This is demonstrably false. A derringer requires just the width of the barrel, while an automatic must be as wide as the barrel plus slide thickness. If you put thinner grip panels on the American Derringer Model 1 in .45 Colt, you can get it down to .9" thick (the frame thickness), which is as thick as the Kel-Tec PF-9 (.88"). They don't list the frame thickness on the DA-38, but it's probably less than the Model 1 since the width with grips is .1" less (and .40 S&W is the largest caliber it's chambered in). The .45 Colt is going to produce far better ballistics in the short barrel than the 9mm, and the .40 S&W will probably beat out the 9mm even with the shorter barrel. scot 01:49, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Disambiguation
IMO a disambiguation page is needed to distinguish this derringer from "Derringer" as a name. Xinophiliac (talk) 04:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Derringer
Shouldn't this be merged with the deringer article...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:46, 17 October 2008 (UTC) Abraham Lincoln was shot with this weapon April 14, 1865
Muff pistols
Good stuff--Zubedar (talk) 19:54, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Deringer versus Derringer
Both spellings occur in the article. Which one is correct?
<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 13:56, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
If I understand the info in the article correctly, Deringer when referring to the inventor or guns made by/licensed by him. Derringer for all other handguns of similar design.
Phantom in ca (talk) 00:10, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Add info re. High Standard DAO derringers
For either myself in the future or someone else: there should be info about the High Standard derringers made in the '60s, '70s, and early '80s. They represent an advancement in that they were double-action only (DAO) and had internal strikers versus an external, exposed hammer that is more dangerous if dropped, and requires cocking for each shot.
Some resources: http://www.histandard.info/models/derringers.html
http://jamesazacharyjr.blogspot.com/2009/09/high-standard-derringer.html
They were offered in .22 LR and .22 magnum, in blue, nickel, and electroless nickel.
American Derrigner is offering copies of the original and larger framed version for larger calibers.
Phantom in ca (talk) 00:18, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Pop culture
I've removed several entries from the pop culture section that I felt didn't meet WP:GUNS standards. It isn't Wikipedia's job to mention every single piece of media a firearm appears in unless discussed in reliable secondary sources. Grimwol (talk) 21:56, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
Christian Sharps 4-barrel Pepperbox Derringer
This article would benefit from adding an entry (ideally with a photo) about the Christian Sharps 4-barreled pepperbox derringer. Phantom in ca (talk) 17:44, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
The Sharps is a multibarrel derringer but the barrels are fixed position and the firing mechanism rotates as cocked. A pepperbox has rotating barrels, fixed position firing mechanism. The Sharps looks like a pepperbox but functions like a double-barreled Remington Derringer, but with 4 barrels inside of 2. -- Naaman Brown (talk) 14:40, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
Overcoat pistol listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Overcoat pistol. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. signed,Rosguill talk 18:15, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
Deringer, Derringer
Old models (Deringer Piladelphia, Remington-, Colt-, and other old Deringers are Deringers, not Derringers (The Book of old Colt Firearms 1971 by Sutherland & Wilson), (Flaydermans Guide). Modern guns = Derringer -- hmaag (talk) 16:23, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
* Derringer is a misspelling please change it to Deringer, Deringers made by Henry Deringer are not Derringers (Photo of my DERINGER / PHILADELA), Thanks, -- hmaag (talk) 08:14, 22 May 2021 (UTC) Deringer PHILADEL A.jpg
What is it?
The article doesn't say what a Derringer is, in fact the entire first paragraph is dedicated to what it is not, and then only vague phrasings are used. I can't find any definition. Mikachu42 (talk) 01:41, 29 June 2023 (UTC) | WIKI |
University of the Philippines College of Medicine
The University of the Philippines Manila College of Medicine (CM) is the medical school of the University of the Philippines Manila, the oldest constituent university of the University of the Philippines System. Its establishment in 1905 antedates the foundation of the UP System and makes it one of the oldest medical schools in the country. The Philippine General Hospital, the national university hospital, serves as its teaching hospital.
During World War II it is said that the College of Medicine was the only unit of the University of the Philippines System that continued its operations. Thus the Dean of the college then concurrently served as the President of the system.
History
The Philippine Medical School was built in 1905 at the former Malecon Drive (now Bonifacio Drive). In 1910, it was integrated as one of the colleges into the University of the Philippines and was renamed to U.P. College of Medicine and Surgery. The name was later shortened to the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. Its first Dean was Dr. Paul Freer, while Dr. Fernando Calderon, an alumnus of the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, became the first Filipino Dean of the college.
The Fernando Calderon Hall is the main building of UP College of Medicine students. Named after the first Filipino dean of the college, the building was transferred from Bonifacio Drive to its current location in Pedro Gil Street, Manila in 1910.
The Calderon Hall and the University of the Philippines College of Medicine was the only UP unit that was open and functional during the height of the Second World War, to provide medical services needed during that time. After the War, the building was rehabilitated in 1951 under the leadership of Dr. Agerico Sison.
The University of the Philippines Health Sciences Center was established in 1967. The center was established by law to provide training and research in the various health sciences. It became an autonomous member of the University of the Philippines System in 1979. The center was further renamed University of the Philippines Manila in 1982. In 1983, U.P. Manila was reorganized to conform to the other autonomous universities of the U.P. System.
The U.P. College of Medicine is one of nine resident degree-granting units of the University of the Philippines Manila.
Performance
The college is proclaimed as a "Center of Excellence" in the field of Medical Education by the Commission on Higher Education. It has produced several topnotchers in the National Licensure Examination (Medical Board Examination) for Filipino physicians.
Academic programs
The college offers the following academic degree programs:
* Undergraduate program
* Bachelor of Science in Basic Medical Sciences (for direct entrants of the Integrated Liberal Arts and Medicine Program)
* Professional program
* Doctor of Medicine
* Graduate programs
* Master in Orthopedics
* Master in Clinical Audiology
* Master of Science in Basic Medical Sciences
* Master of Science in Biochemistry
* Master of Science in Epidemiology (Clinical Epidemiology)
* Master of Science in Clinical Medicine
* Major in Child Health
* Major in Family and Community Health
* Major in Medical Oncology
* Major in Obstetrics and Gynecology
* Major in Surgery
* Master of Science in Pharmacology
* Master in Science in Physiology
* Master of Science in Health Informatics (Medical Informatics track) (in partnership with College of Arts and Sciences)
* Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry
* MD-PhD in Molecular Medicine
The college holds postgraduate courses, medical conferences, and training workshops for medical professionals and health workers.
Admission and Curriculum
The U.P. College of Medicine has a seven-year medical curriculum, the Integrated Liberal Arts and Medicine (INTARMED) Program, ultimately leading to the degree of doctor of medicine (M.D.). Its medicine proper (Learning Units III to VII) is designed with an Organ Systems Integration (OSI) curriculum beginning in 2009.
There are two entry points to the College of Medicine: "Learning Unit I" after earning a high school diploma, and "Learning Unit III" (First Year Medicine Proper) after obtaining a baccalaureate degree. Effective school year 2009–2010, all applicants are required to sign a Return Service Agreement.
Learning Unit I
High school graduates who have met the requirements for admission to the University of the Philippines System are eligible for admission to "LU I". Applications are coursed through the University of the Philippines System General Admission Process. The "LU I Intarmed" students are selected from the top 50 male and top 50 female college freshmen qualifiers (ranked according to their University Predicted Grade (UPG) who indicated in the U.P. College Admission Test (UPCAT) application form their interest in Intarmed. Only 50 applicants/Direct Entrants (25 males and 25 females) will finally be admitted into the program following a selection process which includes an interview.
Learning Unit III (First Year Medicine Proper)
Only applicants who have obtained their baccalaureate degree (Bachelor in Science or Arts) by the end of a Philippine school year are eligible. The applicant must have a valid National Medical Admission Test (NMAT) score not lower than 90 percentile. The applicants would then be trimmed down by a rigorous selection process to the final 150 Lateral Entrants for LU III.
Due to the program's two entry points, Direct Entrants are joined by the Lateral Entrants as both groups enter LU III. This results in one class of about 200 students in medicine proper.
Facilities
The college draws support from the Philippine General Hospital, the largest public hospital in the Philippines.
The college enjoys allied faculty and resource support from the other resident colleges in the University of the Philippines Manila, such as:
* The U.P. College of Allied Medical Professions (CAMP)
* The U.P. College of Dentistry (CD)
* The U.P. College of Nursing (CN, a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education)
* The U.P. College of Pharmacy (CO)
* The U.P. College of Public Health (CPH)
* The National Training Center for the Health Professions (NTTC-HP)
The college is also affiliated with the National Institutes of Health comprising eight independent units:
* Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
* Institute of Ophthalmology
* Institute of Human Genetics
* Institute of Clinical Epidemiology
* Health Policy and Development Studies
* Institute of Child Health and Human Development
* Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
* Ear Institute
Notable alumni
* Juan Flavier – Former Philippine Senator and Secretary of Department of Health
* Esperanza Cabral – Former Philippine Secretary of Health; former Philippine Secretary of Social Welfare and Development
* Enrique Ona – Former Philippine Secretary of Health; former executive director of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute
* Alfredo R.A. Bengzon – Dean of the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health; chief executive officer of The Medical City
* Fe del Mundo – First female student admitted at Harvard University Medical School; founded and owned the 1st private pediatric hospital in the Philippines
* Severina Luna de Orosa – One of the earliest female physicians in the Philippines.
* Paulo Campos – National Scientist; pioneer of Nuclear Medicine in the Philippines
* Alberto Romualdez – Former Philippine Secretary of Health; Former Director of Research Institute for Tropical Medicine | WIKI |
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
MAC OSX not booting? Make a backup from single user mode first
Even when you keep daily backups your MAC might freeze at a time when the last important file has not been backed up. You should not reinstall the OS before making sure you have a backup. How to proceed? The easiest way (for the geek ?) would be:
1. Restart in single mode (turn off, turn on and press "Command+S").
2. When the prompt appears connect the external USB drive.
3. Look for available disk drives. Most likely it will be the last one listed. In my case I had the internal drive, a USB stick and an external USB hard drive:
# ls -l /dev/disk*
...
/dev/disk2s2
4. Now let us find the file system type. In my case it is a MAC Hierarchical File System (HFS)
# fstyp /dev/disk2s2
hfs
5. To mount the drive we need write permissions. That is why we run the first command below. Needless to say you need to be careful from now on ...
# mount -uw /
# mkdir /extdrive
# mount -t hfs /dev/disk2s2 /extdrive
6. Backup what you need. For examplehere are some directories I backed up today:
# cp -pr /Users/nestor/Downloads /extdrive/
# cp -pr /Users/nestor/Documents /extdrive/
# cp -pr /Users/nestor/Pictures /extdrive/
# cp -pr /Users/nestor/Movies /extdrive/
# cp -pr /Users/nestor/Desktop /extdrive/
# cp -pr /Users/nestor/Library/Mail /extdrive/
7. Unmount and shutdown (or restart):
# umount /extdrive/
# shutdown -h now
Bootable OSX USB Drive
If you do not have an OSX bootable USB drive you will need to make one from a healthy MAC:
1. From the App Store search and download OS X. When you get to the below screen do not interact with it, that way the installer remains in the Applications directory. Just move on to the next step.
2. Format a USB drive from "Disk Utility" using option "MAC OSX Extended (Journaled)" which will format the drive using HFS. Do not bother changing the name as it will be changed anyway as part of the below step.
3. Run the below from Terminal (assuming the USB was formatted using the default 'untitled' name. Note that the command below corresponds to Mavericks. You probably will have to deal with a different version like El Capitan (/Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia) :
$ sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction
Erasing Disk: 0%... 10%... 20%... 30%...100%...
Copying installer files to disk...
Copy complete.
Making disk bootable...
Copying boot files...
Copy complete.
Done.
Reinstall OS X
1. Turn off the target MAC, insert the Bootable OSX USB Drive, turn on keeping the Option key pressed to be able to select from where to boot. BTW click here for more OSX startup options.
2. From the options choose Disk Utility and select the "Macintouch HD". Click on Verify and if needed click on Repair Disk after. This is a crucial step. Errors like "this disk is lock" will be avoided later on. If the disk is damaged there is no need to keep trying as a replacement most likely will be needed.
3. WARNING: This step erase the whole disk so I assume you have a backup or this is a blank disk. Just click on Erase and select as format "MAC OS Extended (Case-sensitive, journaled)". You might want to pick the "MAC OS Extended (Case-sensitive, journaled, Encrypted)" option. Conform you want to "Erase"
4. NOw that the disk is formatted go to the menu and close the Disk Utility. Click on Install OSX, select the disk and continue with the installation. After some minutes your new OSX will be ready.
22 comments:
Greg Lowe said...
I tried this and everything worked nicely until I got to my Downloads directory. I forgot the exact line but it was something about running out of room. Perhaps some of my download files were too big? Why do you backup downloads when most things can be re-downloaded later.
Side note: I have the grey/white screen of death (27 inch iMac circa January 2012). After the Apple logo and spinner appears, I get the white screen. I tried all the options I read about online (Command R and also the method to go wireless) and nothing works. But hard drive seems fine as I have been able to access everything so far.
Nestor Urquiza said...
Hi Greg, some people like me just download and work directly on the Downloads directory which means I also clean it up frequently. But you are right that most of the time it is not necessary to backup that directory so go ahead and skip it. After you have your backup then just wipe out the OS from the bootable USB and reinstall the OS.
Miles Wolbe said...
Hi Nestor,
You may want to include the -p option in your cp command. It "preserve(s) the following attributes of each source file in the copy: modification time, access time, file flags, file mode, user ID, and group ID, as allowed by permissions. Access Control Lists (ACLs) and Extended Attributes (EAs), including resource forks, will also be preserved."
Aloha,
Miles
Nestor Urquiza said...
@Miles Thanks. Updated.
Thomas Tang Holbek said...
Hi Nestor.
What if a username contains space between, ie. first name last name?
How does the # cp -pr /User/John Doe Johnson/Pictures /extdrive/ work with space in-between the first middle and last name?
Nestor Urquiza said...
Hi Thomas, Just use quotes:
# cp -pr "/User/John Doe Johnson/Pictures" /extdrive/
Alex said...
Good sir this article has saved my bacon and then some
Thank you
Nestor Urquiza said...
Hi Alex, glad that it helped.
- Nestor
ArgonKen said...
Hi Nestor! You deserve a Nobel Prize for this post. I used to have Time Machine backing up my computer, but my external HD died and I never replaced it. And setting up a cloud backup never made it past my "I'll Get to It" list. Looks like my video card is going bad (or just doesn't like Mavericks), and after about 45 minutes of running, the computer reboots itself and it enters an endless boot loop. I bought a new external drive, but it's kind of hard to back up files in 45-minute increments (separated by several hours of cool-down time). Single User Mode bypasses the GPU, so the computer can run all night on it without initiating the boot loop. I followed your directions and safely got all our photos and other important documents backed up. You've saved me a lot of pain and anguish. Thank you so much for posting this!!!
Nestor Urquiza said...
@ArgonKen my pleasure. I am si glad to hear this helped you. Cheers! - Nestor
Andrej said...
Hi Nestor,
I have a Mac OS X El Captain and it won't boot after inputing the user password it stops the progress at nearly the end and doesn't allow me to enter the OS and save my files.
I have entered single user mode and tried to copy the files to an external hdd but i get that the disk is encrypted. My question is how to get the drive un encrypted throw single user mode?
Thanks,
Nestor Urquiza said...
@Andrej, I recommend that you post your question in stack overflow. Backing up encrypted drives from single user mode is a completely different monster that I have not had the chance to play with yet. Good luck! - Nestor
Tayler said...
Thanks so much for your help Nestor.
How long should it take to transfer after you've input 'cp -pr'? It doesn't seem to respond and when I then type 'reboot' or 'shutdown -h now' nothing happens.
Thanks again
Nestor Urquiza said...
@Tayler,
A copy can take a long time and there would be no feedback other than perhaps the light in the external USB drive indicating data transfer. Leave it there for as long as it takes. Try to copy smaller directories, for example:
cp -pr /Users/nestor/Documents/my\ directory\ number\ 1 /extdrive/
cp -pr /Users/nestor/Documents/my\ directory\ number\ 2 /extdrive/
cp -pr /Users/nestor/Documents/my\ directory\ number\ 3 /extdrive/
...
Note that you need to escape spaces.
You can try the below to restart instead (-r flag):
shutdown -r now
Best,
- Nestor
Sofiane Delloue said...
hey Nestor! thanks for this very helpful post !
i decided to back up my entire user directory which has about 200go with your single user method
I'm at step 6 and it should be copying the content to the external drive, but:
how do i know when it's finished? as it doesn't display any details about the ongoing tasks?
thanks again !
Sofiane
Nestor Urquiza said...
@Sofiane, all I can say is be patient. It will eventually finish. Best and good luck! - Nestor
Anonymous said...
Wow, you saved my day!
Such simple commands ... I got sucked into a lot more complicated things I found online and none worked. Really grateful for this article! Thanks a million
Maria Petrovska said...
Amazing, great article thanks a lot sir, my system actually back up everything in one go.
Jack Bauer said...
thank you very much for this handy guide - helped a lot recovering most files after my SSD refused to boot anymore
José Flores said...
Hello. It seems its going to work, the files are copied but how can a external drive be mounted as read- write? Appears as read -only... thanks!!
Nestor Urquiza said...
@Jose if you mounted the right device it should be r/w. The command 'mount -t hfs /dev/disk2s2 /extdrive' should not be taken literally. You need to look at which device your external drives belongs to. Might be anything below /dev.
Alistairuk said...
Lifesaver - The graphics card in my 2011 iMac has just overheated and failed so I only have the basic integrated graphics and can't load OS X or any of the normal Recovery Tools... Thankfully single user mode works (albeit with 100s of vertical lines down the screen) using the integrated graphics so I've been able to copy my files onto an external USB before I attempt to rip this thing open to replace the graphics card!
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Győző Martos (born 15 December 1949) is a Hungarian football player who participated in the 1978 and 1982 World Cup where Hungary was eliminated in the first round.
Club career
From 1971 to 1979, he started in his career in Ferencvárosi TC where he managed to reach the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in the 1974/75 season where they were defeated by Dynamo Kiev (0–3). After 1979, he moved to another Budapest side Volán FC where he played for 2 seasons before ending this playing career with Waterschei SV Thor in the Belgian First Division.
World Cup
He represented Hungary in 2 World Cup where he played in 6 matches. In the 1978 World Cup, he played against Argentina (1–2), Italy (1–3) and France (1–3). In the 1982 World Cup, he played against El Salvador (10–1), Argentina (1–4) and Belgium (1–1). | WIKI |
Draft:Tavern (ceremony)
Tavern (Hebrew: מרזח) is a ceremony meal and feast an ancient ritual that was customary in the cultures of the Levant, as Apparently the Veneration of the dead, mainly among the Canaanites and the ancient Israelites. This meal was sometimes held in the family burial cave, with the skeletons of the family's ancestors, in plantations and granaries, or in taverns designated for ceremonies dead In the cultures of Mesopotamia there was a similar ceremony called Hispo.
Epigraphic findings
Epigraphical evidence of a tavern was found in many cultures in the Levant.
In Ugaritic
Among the tablets of Ugaritic poetry is a tablet dealing with El who sacrifices in his house from Side and invites to a feast (which is apparently a mourning feast ) Additional gods, while calling to drink to their fill. Meat, bread, must and wine are served at the meal. Yarikh, who was not among those called, is welcomed by El since he knew him, but another figure (whose name is not mentioned) whom El did not know was struck by him, and it seems that Anat and Astarte help him and prepare weapons for him. Al is described as "yetib in a tavern" (sitting because of his tavern, because of 'but' and ) and drinks himself until he is drunk. The elf 'Havi' mocks him for his uncontrollable secretions. From here the tablet is interrupted and it is not clear what happened next. Al is depicted getting drunk in a tavern in a tavern also in the plaque from the Baal Cycle, but the plaque is very damaged and it is not possible to update information about the customs of the tavern.
In the Tale of Aqhat, after the death of Akhat, comes a series of tablets called "The Ghost Tablets". are described The Ghosts (related to the world of the dead) as invited to the feast by "El Merzaei" (he is the conductor of the tavern ceremony, and the meaning of his name is probably "El Merzahi, the god of the tavern" ), which may be Danel himself, the home and palace of El Merzai. After a week, the ghosts arrive at Granat and Danal's orchards, and he offers them various summer fruits. The ghosts and Daniel sacrifice a lamb, and perhaps additional sacrifices. The mourning ceremony was held for Baal, apparently to help him after a defeat in one of his wars. The ghosts were invited due to their power to demand from the dead and see fortunes, and Anat is also present at the ceremony and holds Danal's hand, even though she murdered his son Akhat. Akhat is conjured up by the ghosts, and they hint that Danal will not be abandoned this time. The ghosts, described as "Ezram" (Izuzim, war heroes), are asked to bless Shem El, and sacrifice champions, sheep, oxen, rams, calves and goats. Then came the phrase "as money to the Hebrews, this was a coin to the Hebrews when", which is sometimes interpreted as "because silver to the Hebrews is an olive, hard to the Hebrews - indeed shesha" - Hebrews are ghosts, they deserve for the country. The ghosts get drunk with Danal for seven days, and on the seventh day Baal apparently appears, and hence the tablets are damaged and unreadable. 629–645. Throughout the description, the characteristics of the tavern are reflected, including feasting and inviting guests, sacrifice, getting drunk and dealing with the dead.
Evidence of the Ugaritic marzah also exists in Ugaritic texts outside of the poetry tablets: in the tablets written in Akkadian the word ma-ar-zi-ḫi or mar-za-i-ma, a transliteration of marzeh, was found; In the documents it is said that King Nekampeh ben Nekmed gave the people of Merzah a house, King Amshtamar ben Nekampeh transferred a tavern for the worship of the god Shatern to other owners, and the previous owners were compensated with other property, and also that Kerem ʿAṯtar divided between two Tavern owners from two different cities. Evidence was also found in the tablets written in Ugaritic alphabet: one contract reads "Dakani Tavern Shamnan B Batu and Sheth Ibsen", That is, "the tavern that established a fat man (given name) in his house and there was a manger in it", indicating that a private citizen could also found his own tavern; In one particularly damaged tablet the word "tavern" appears several times, apparently in the context of properties. The word "tavern" is also mentioned in a damaged tablet documenting privately owned fields.
Dennis Pardee questions the popular opinion linking the tavern to the cult of the dead, and believes that the epigraphic and material findings do not support such a connection.
In Canaanite languages
Among the Athenian Greek-Phoenician inscriptions is the Merzah inscription, dedicated to a donation that one of the members of the community made to a religious institution "on the 4th day of the Merzeh in the year 14 of the people of Sidon". Phoenician: "In the sea 𐤛𐤖 to the tavern of Basheth 𐤗𐤛𐤖 for the people of Zadan". In a Phoenician inscription from the Temple of Baal-Tzom Marseille, which deals with sacrificial rates, a "god tavern" is mentioned, And it is possible that this is a holiday similar to Adonia that started with crying and ended with joy, or a day of remembrance for the gods for their death or resurrection.
On a Phoenician ostracon from the great Phoenician archive from Adil it is written: "give Astarte and Melkart in the tavern eat s/r |", meaning "give Ashtaret and Melkerat food in the tavern s/sr 1" - a commandment for a person to give the gods Ashtaret and Melkerat who are in the tavern a type of food, "sp" or " one sir It seems that the government provided the food for the ceremony, but it is not clear what the role of the gods was in it, nor is it known whether the ceremony took place in Adil or Bakhti, the capital of the kingdom, where the worship of Ashtarte and Melkart is well known.
In an inscription on a papyrus from Moab, which some doubt its reliability, it is written: "Thus they said to them, 'Legra, go, the tavern, and the incense, and the house, and go away from them.' And Melcha. The third." , that is, "This is what God said to Gera: Yours is the manger and Rahim and the house, and Isaiah (first name) will stay away from (possession of) them, and the king will be a third party (who is faithful to the dispute)". The inscription mentions the ownership of a tavern, and it is possible that the "house" mentioned in it is the tavern.
The Merzach ceremony is also mentioned in the Tanakh, in words of rebuke in Jeremiah 16:5-8: "For thus said God, Do not come to the house of Merzach "And do not go to worship and do not wave at them, for I have gathered my peace from this people, says the Lord, the grace and the mercy: and his death, great and small, in this land will not be received And they shall not mourn for them, nor shall it gather, nor shall it be bald for them: nor shall they spread for them a mourning to console him for the dead, nor shall they water them. A cup of consolation for his father and for his mother: And a house of feasting shall not come to gather them together to eat and drink: Recharge". And in the words of Amos: "Therefore now they will be found at the head of the exiles and Sir "'Merzach'" Saruchim". The writers of the Bible opposed this custom, probably due to the idolatrous worship of the dead that was in it, and the prohibition of asking the dead. Also, the connection to the dead, which is considered the father of impurity, is considered a negative thing and because of this the proximity of priests to him was prohibited. In the Septuagint Translation, the term "inn" in Jeremiah is translated as θιαξον or θίασον, which means "supper of mourners", while the term "merzach serochim" from Amos is translated as χρεμετισμὸς, which means "cheering of horses", because that is how the debauchery of the drunkards was heard.
In Aramaic
In the inscription from Tadmur, "the sons of Merzaha", which are interpreted as members of an association or a religious class, are mentioned, similar to the biblical "sons of the prophets" or "the sons of Shirta" (sons of poetry in Aramaic) from another inscription. The head of the tavern is called "Rabbana Merzahut" or "Rabbana Merzahuta", and the head of the tavern is called in Greek συμποσιαρχος.
The tavern is mentioned in various contexts in the Nabataean inscriptions. The completion of a large agricultural enterprise in the days of Rabal II is celebrated in the "Merzakh Elha" - a feast for the Dushrah God of the Gay. Negev. In other inscriptions the marzah is mentioned in the context of mourning, burial and donations to finance the marzah, in which the names of the priests as well as the name of the worshiped god are mentioned. 856. In one of the inscriptions it is written: "Dakhiru Abidu bar ... and his friend Marzah Abdat Elha", meaning "They remember Abidu son [...] and his friends. Merzah Elohi Abdat". The certificates also mention "Rab Merzaha", the conductor of the tavern, similar to "Il Marzaei" from the Ugarit letters.
Among the 12 letters is an Aramaic ostracon in which the head of the Undertaker's Association asks the recipient of the letter to pay his share to the tavern.
In the Madaba Map, the settlement ΒΗΤΟΜΑΡΣΕΑ Η ΚΑΙ ΜΑΙΟΥΜΑΣ near the Dead Sea is mentioned, which is undoubtedly identified with "Beit Marzah" (ΒΗΤΟΜΑΡΣΕΑ is a Greek transliteration of "Beit Marzah" in the drop of the guttural 8). There are interpretations that the place is Baal Pa'or mentioned in the Torah, identified as the god of death.
Material findings
The dead in the ancient Levant were greatly respected and worshiped, as evidenced by the dolmen and the slotted skulls found in the area, the preparation of which required a lot of investment. Researchers speculate that the skulls were used for ancestor worship.
In the royal palace in the city of Qatna, a royal burial cave was found in an open burial (the bodies of the dead were not covered with dirt or a coffin lid), the findings of which were not looted. A side entrance in the entrance hall of the palace led to the stairs at the end of a sloping corridor, at the end of which was a five-meter-deep shaft tomb, which was apparently descended with a ladder. At the bottom of the shaft was a door, on both sides of which were identical statues of ancient ancestors sitting on a throne and holding a small urn in their left. The entrance led to a main room, from which there were entrances to three secondary rooms. The main function of the main room was the feasts, where most of the burials and ceremonies took place. Hundreds of beads gold and glass in the graves indicate that the bodies were buried decorated, and on the bones were found remains of several layers of fabrics, painted in different colors, as well as belts of gold. Dozens of jugs and bowls were found along one of the walls of the room - the food and drink eaten from the bowls were probably stored in the jugs. Empty benches were found in the room, finds that were used for sitting at the tavern, and under them were found bones of animals that were thrown there during the feasts. In the largest side room, which is the room opposite the entrance to the shaft, no human bones were found, but there was a wooden bench on the wall far from its entrance, and at its feet were found symbolic serving bowls, which were apparently presented to the dead king. The main burial will be done in the right side room. Nowadays, there was a stone bench on which lay the only skeleton in the entire cave that remained complete and anatomically correct, probably the most recently buried, the only one they had time to move. The left room was the secondary burial room, where the bones from the other rooms came to rest forever. Human and animal bones were found in the room, as well as offering bowls, which indicates that even the earliest remains of the dead received offerings. From findings discovered in Qatna it appears that the foods served to the dead family ancestors included: milk, beer, lamb and beef.
Also in the burial caves from the Iron Age in the Kingdom of Judah, burial offerings were uncovered that mainly included candles, bowls, goblets, bottles, spoons and jugs, and in smaller numbers also jugs, pits, cooking pots and cauldrons; pottery were probably placed full of food, drinks, perfumes and lubricating oils. Also found on the deceased were jewelry, pendants, talismans, stamps and clothing details, and brooches that were found They also show that the deceased were buried (in an open burial - without any covering) clothed. The concept of the continuity of the existence of the dead required a visit to the graves and a regular and continuous supply of food and drink by family members. The food and fresh meat provided to the deceased are called "dead sacrifices", some of which was eaten by the living in honor of the dead, and some of which was served to the dead. These customs are similar to the customs practiced throughout the ancient Middle East. | WIKI |
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A class of non-sedating drugs that bind to but do not activate histamine receptors (DRUG INVERSE AGONISM), thereby blocking the actions of histamine or histamine agonists. These antihistamines represent a heterogenous group of compounds with differing chemical structures, adverse effects, distribution, and metabolism. Compared to the early (first generation) antihistamines, these non-sedating antihistamines have greater receptor specificity, lower penetration of BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER, and are less likely to cause drowsiness or psychomotor impairment.
A histamine H1 receptor antagonist that is effective in the treatment of chronic urticaria, dermatitis, and histamine-mediated pruritus. Unlike its major metabolite CETIRIZINE, it does cause drowsiness. It is also effective as an antiemetic, for relief of anxiety and tension, and as a sedative.
Drugs that selectively bind to but do not activate histamine H1 receptors, thereby blocking the actions of endogenous histamine. Included here are the classical antihistaminics that antagonize or prevent the action of histamine mainly in immediate hypersensitivity. They act in the bronchi, capillaries, and some other smooth muscles, and are used to prevent or allay motion sickness, seasonal rhinitis, and allergic dermatitis and to induce somnolence. The effects of blocking central nervous system H1 receptors are not as well understood.
A second-generation histamine H1 receptor antagonist used in the treatment of allergic rhinitis and urticaria. Unlike most classical antihistamines (HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS) it lacks central nervous system depressing effects such as drowsiness.
A selective histamine H1-receptor antagonist devoid of central nervous system depressant activity. The drug was used for ALLERGY but withdrawn due to causing LONG QT SYNDROME.
Agents that are used to treat allergic reactions. Most of these drugs act by preventing the release of inflammatory mediators or inhibiting the actions of released mediators on their target cells. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p475)
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Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose similar to that found in hay fever except that symptoms persist throughout the year. The causes are usually air-borne allergens, particularly dusts, feathers, molds, animal fur, etc.
A class of histamine receptors discriminated by their pharmacology and mode of action. Most histamine H1 receptors operate through the inositol phosphate/diacylglycerol second messenger system. Among the many responses mediated by these receptors are smooth muscle contraction, increased vascular permeability, hormone release, and cerebral glyconeogenesis. (From Biochem Soc Trans 1992 Feb;20(1):122-5)
A histamine H1 antagonist used in allergic reactions, hay fever, rhinitis, urticaria, and asthma. It has also been used in veterinary applications. One of the most widely used of the classical antihistaminics, it generally causes less drowsiness and sedation than PROMETHAZINE.
A vascular reaction of the skin characterized by erythema and wheal formation due to localized increase of vascular permeability. The causative mechanism may be allergy, infection, or stress.
Allergic rhinitis that occurs at the same time every year. It is characterized by acute CONJUNCTIVITIS with lacrimation and ITCHING, and regarded as an allergic condition triggered by specific ALLERGENS.
The sudden, forceful, involuntary expulsion of air from the NOSE and MOUTH caused by irritation to the MUCOUS MEMBRANES of the upper RESPIRATORY TRACT.
Drugs that bind to but do not activate histamine receptors, thereby blocking the actions of histamine or histamine agonists. Classical antihistaminics block the histamine H1 receptors only.
Any hindrance to the passage of air into and out of the nose. The obstruction may be unilateral or bilateral, and may involve any part of the NASAL CAVITY.
Histamine H1 antagonist used in allergic rhinitis; ASTHMA; and URTICARIA. It is a component of COUGH and COLD medicines. It may cause drowsiness.
The book composed of writings generally accepted by Christians as inspired by God and of divine authority. (Webster, 3d ed)
Former kingdom, located on Korea Peninsula between Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea on east coast of Asia. In 1948, the kingdom ceased and two independent countries were formed, divided by the 38th parallel.
The study, control, and application of the conduction of ELECTRICITY through gases or vacuum, or through semiconducting or conducting materials. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
The capital is Seoul. The country, established September 9, 1948, is located on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Its northern border is shared with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Solid dosage forms, of varying weight, size, and shape, which may be molded or compressed, and which contain a medicinal substance in pure or diluted form. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Large aggregates of CELESTIAL STARS; COSMIC DUST; and gas. (From McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
A histamine H1 antagonist used as an antiemetic, antitussive, for dermatoses and pruritus, for hypersensitivity reactions, as a hypnotic, an antiparkinson, and as an ingredient in common cold preparations. It has some undesired antimuscarinic and sedative effects.
Histamine H1 antagonist used in treatment of allergies, rhinitis, and urticaria.
A catarrhal disorder of the upper respiratory tract, which may be viral or a mixed infection. It generally involves a runny nose, nasal congestion, and sneezing.
The action of a drug that may affect the activity, metabolism, or toxicity of another drug.
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Not enough space to install Sonoma: quick fixes
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Not enough space for Sonoma? We can feel your frustration. It's always exciting when Apple releases a new major operating system update. But it's beyond annoying when you can't install it because your Mac is running low on disk space.
It's a common issue many Mac users run into, but thankfully, it's an easy fix. So, there is no need to give up hope yet.
We've compiled seven simple steps to help you free up space and get the latest Apple update installed. So, let's get started.
How much space does macOS Sonoma take?
So you've not got enough space to install Sonoma on your device. Do you keep running into install or download error messages?
Let's start by taking a look at how much free space you actually need.
To successfully install Sonoma on your Mac, you'll need at least 20GB of available space on your hard drive. When it comes to space, the more you can free up, the better — this will always help to improve your Mac's output.
In the section below, we'll give you a quick reminder on how to check your Mac's storage.
How to check storage on a MacBook
It's easy to keep an eye on your available disk space; here's how:
1. Select System Settings from the Apple menu and go to General > Storage.
2. Wait for the colored bar to load.
System Preferences - Storage
Take a look at the breakdown to see your remaining free space and how your disk space is being consumed.
Now that we've covered the essentials, let's get to the important part: what to do when you've not got enough space to update a Mac.
How to free up space on Mac for Sonoma
Freeing up space on your Mac isn't as laborious as you might think; there are plenty of quick tricks in the steps below to help you reclaim storage and optimize your Mac's performance. So, let's begin.
1. Delete old or unused applications
Removing unused or old apps is a great way to free up space. If you don't use it, get rid of it; unused apps just sit there, taking up valuable storage space.
Different applications on Mac
Did you know that simply sending or dragging apps to the Bin doesn't completely uninstall them? App leftovers remain on your Mac, taking up space. Check out this simple step-by-step guide on entirely and safely removing applications.
If apps aren't your issue, try the next tip.
2. Remove your old system junk
When you can't install Sonoma because there's not enough space, another great option is to remove all the built-up, useless system junk on your device. Items like temporary files, cache, broken files, user logs, and language files can consume vast amounts of unnecessary space on your Mac.
This was notoriously a tricky task for Mac users, but thanks to purpose-built apps, like the Mac optimizing utility CleanMyMac X, this is now a quick job. Its System Junk module handles built-up clutter in a matter of clicks. Here's how to use it:
1. Install the free version or open the app on your device.
2. Select System Junk and click Scan > Clean.
CleanMyMac X - System junk scan complete
So simple! Not only does this help reclaim storage space, but it will also keep your MacBook optimized and running smoothly, too. It's a win-win.
3. Optimize your Storage
Apple gives users a smart way to organize and optimize their Mac's clutter. Although this method won't solve all your storage needs, it's free and built-in, so it's worth enabling. Here's how:
• Open Storage from the Apple menu > System Settings > General.
• Take a look at the options available under Recommendations and enable items that could help you optimize your storage space.
System Preferences - Storage
There's plenty more we can do, so head to the next tip.
4. Remove your old iOS backups
There's no denying that backups are important. However, over time, your device can become congested with outdated iOS backups that take up lots of storage space on your Mac's hard drive. Here's how to remove them:
• From the Apple menu, go to System Settings > General > Storage.
• Next to iOS Files, click the information button.
• Click on the backups you no longer need and click Delete.
• When you're finished, hit Done.
Removing old iOS backups
5. Clean up your large and old forgotten files
When you've not got enough space to install Sonoma, another great way to quickly free up space is to remove all your old, large, forgotten, and unrequired files.
You could either spend hours trawling through folders on your Mac, trying to locate files, or use the Large & Old Files module from the Apple notarized app I mentioned earlier — CleanMyMacX.
This module performs a thorough and entire scan of your device, organizing and categorizing the entire contents on your Mac in one simple overview. You can easily sort and select items for removal. Here's how:
1. Open the app and click Large & Old Files > Scan.
2. Use the handy categories to sort through your files.
3. Select the files you want to delete and click Remove. You can choose different removal types.
One year ago information in LAOF module CMMX
Congratulations, you've just saved yourself time and space!
6. Move your files
Another simple way to save space on your hard drive is to remove files like videos and images to either an external storage device or a cloud storage tool. This can quickly help you free up space on your hard drive.
If you're considering a cloud tool, here are some great options:
• iCloud
• Google Drive
• NordLocker
• Dropbox
7. Don't forget the obvious
Our final tip is a reminder to check and clear up the somewhat obvious but often overlooked places.
Desktop
If you utilize the Stacks feature on your Desktop, you might be surprised to find a lot of clutter hiding in plain sight. Here's a quick reminder on how to turn Stacks on and off:
1. Right-click anywhere on your Desktop.
2. Click Use Stacks from the list to reveal what's hanging about on your Desktop.
3. Remove items to the Bin/Trash and enable Stacks again.
Stacks feature on Desktop
Cleaning your Desktop might sound obvious, but it's actually a great way to free up space.
Check your Downloads folder
Our Downloads folders tend to collect a lot of useless and forgotten files, like ZIP and DMG files, not to mention duplicate downloads. If it's been a while since you checked this location, take a moment to declutter:
1. Open Finder > Downloads.
2. Select items you no longer want and drag them to the Bin/Trash.
Empty your Bin/Trash
Yes, yes, I know this one might be glaringly obvious to lots of users, but you'd be surprised just how many people let their trash items build up.
Just because you moved something to the Bin does not mean it's gone; you need to empty the Bin/Trash to ensure it's erased and space is reclaimed.
Just right-click on the Bin/Trash icon from the Dock and click Empty.
empty Trash on Mac
Lack of available space is an annoying yet common issue. When you've not got enough space for Sonoma, you'll likely encounter other issues, too, like slow performance and apps crashing or freezing. So remember, ensuring your Mac has enough breathing room to perform is an essential part of Mac usage. Thanks to these tips, now you know how.
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Lahourcade
Lahourcade (La Horcada) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
Geography
Neighbouring communes:
* North: Lagor, Mourenx and Noguères
* East: Pardies
* South-East: Monein
* South-West: Lucq-de-Béarn | WIKI |
Truist Financial Corporation (TFC) Up 6.6% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue?
It has been about a month since the last earnings report for Truist Financial Corporation (TFC). Shares have added about 6.6% in that time frame, underperforming the S&P 500.
Will the recent positive trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is Truist Financial Corporation due for a pullback? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at its most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important catalysts.
Truist Financial Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates as Loans & Rates Rise
Truist Financial’s second-quarter 2022 adjusted earnings of $1.20 per share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.17. However, the bottom line declined 22.6% from the prior-year quarter.
Results were aided by average loan growth and higher rates, which drove net income interest. However, lower non-interest income and a rise in provisions were the major headwinds.
The reported quarter’s results excluded restructuring and BB&T-SunTrust Banks merger-related charges, incremental operating expenses related to the merger and gain on early extinguishment of debt. After considering these, net income available to common shareholders was $1.45 billion or $1.09 per share, down from $1.56 billion or $1.16 per share in the prior-year quarter.
NII Rises, Expenses Down
Total revenues were $5.66 billion, relatively stable year over year. The top line beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.64 billion.
Tax-equivalent NII increased 4.9% to $3.44 billion. The rise was driven by higher interest rates, growth in the securities portfolio and lower premium amortization. These were partly offset by a fall in purchase accounting accretion and a decrease in fees on Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loans.
Net interest margin inched up 1 basis point (bp) year over year to 2.89%.
Non-interest income decreased 6.5% to $2.25 billion. This was mainly due to lower investment banking and trading income and residential mortgage income, partially offset by an increase in insurance income.
Non-interest expenses were $3.58 billion, down 10.7% from the prior-year quarter. Adjusted expenses increased 1.8% to $3.24 billion.
The adjusted efficiency ratio was 57%, up from 56.1% in second-quarter 2021. A rise in efficiency ratio indicates deterioration in profitability.
As of Jun 30, 2022, total average deposits were $423.8 billion, up 2% sequentially. Average total loans and leases of $296.7 billion grew 2.8%.
Credit Quality: Mixed Bag
As of Jun 30, 2022, total non-performing assets (NPAs) were $1.17 billion, down 1.6% year over year. As a percentage of total assets, NPAs were 0.22%, decreasing 1 bp.
Allowance for loan and lease losses was 1.38% of total loans and leases held for investment, which decreased 41 bps.
Provision for credit losses was $171 million against a benefit of $434 in the prior-year quarter. Net charge-offs were 0.22% of average loans and leases, up 2 bps from the year-ago quarter.
Profitability & Capital Ratios Robust
At the end of the reported quarter, return on average assets was 1.14%, down from 1.28% in the prior-year quarter. Return on average common equity was 10.3%, up from 10.1% in the second quarter of 2021.
As of Jun 30, 2022, Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio was 10.8% compared with 12% recorded in the prior-year quarter. Common equity Tier 1 ratio was 9.2% as of Jun 30, 2022, down from 10.2% as of Jun 30, 2021.
Share Repurchases
During the quarter, Truist Financial repurchased shares worth $250 million.
Outlook
Total merger-related and restructuring costs and incremental operating expenses related to the merger were anticipated to be approximately $800 million in 2022. Consistent with previous guidance, merger-related costs totaled $238 million in the second quarter of 2022, roughly half of what they were in the first quarter. Now, the company expects merger costs to decrease significantly in the back half of 2022 before going away entirely in 2023.
By 2022-end, net cost savings worth $1.6 billion are anticipated.
In 2022, adjusted revenues are expected to grow 3.5-4.5% from 2021, up from the previously mentioned 3-4%. The mix of revenue continues to tilt more towards net interest income given the outlook for higher short-term interest rates, partially offset by lower fees, primarily in market-sensitive businesses such as investment banking, mortgage, and wealth.
Adjusted non-interest expenses in 2022 are expected to increase 2-3% year over year, up from prior guidance of 1-2%. The rise in the expense outlook largely reflects higher operating losses and intentional investments to support the company’s shift from integrating to operating, including increasing its minimum wage, hiring teammates to support client experience and growth, and ongoing investments in technology.
The company expects positive operating leverage for 2022.
Given the elimination of overdraft-related fees and the introduction of Truist One Banking, the company expects a mid-single-digit decline in service charges for 2022. Also, because of Truist One, there will be a $300-million or 60% reduction in overdraft-related revenues by 2024.
In the third quarter of 2022, the company expects adjusted PPNR to grow in the high single-digits from the second quarter level, primarily as a result of higher net interest income, partially offset by higher non-interest expense.
In the third quarter, the company expects a mid-20 bps increase in its core NIM due to the benefits of recent rate hikes. It also expects a low-20 bps increase in GAAP NIM as a result of core NIM expansion, offset by continued declines in purchase accounting accretion.
The company expects the net charge-off ratio to be 25-35 bps for 2022.
In the near term, the company expects to be below its 9.75% CET1 target.
How Have Estimates Been Moving Since Then?
It turns out, estimates review flatlined during the past month.
VGM Scores
Currently, Truist Financial Corporation has an average Growth Score of C, a grade with the same score on the momentum front. Charting a somewhat similar path, the stock was allocated a grade of B on the value side, putting it in the second quintile for this investment strategy.
Overall, the stock has an aggregate VGM Score of B. If you aren't focused on one strategy, this score is the one you should be interested in.
Outlook
Truist Financial Corporation has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). We expect an in-line return from the stock in the next few months.
Performance of an Industry Player
Truist Financial Corporation is part of the Zacks Banks - Major Regional industry. Over the past month, Citigroup (C), a stock from the same industry, has gained 2.5%. The company reported its results for the quarter ended June 2022 more than a month ago.
Citigroup reported revenues of $19.64 billion in the last reported quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +12.4%. EPS of $2.30 for the same period compares with $2.84 a year ago.
Citigroup is expected to post earnings of $1.59 per share for the current quarter, representing a year-over-year change of -26.1%. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate has changed -0.2%.
Citigroup has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) based on the overall direction and magnitude of estimate revisions. Additionally, the stock has a VGM Score of F.
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Trinity United Methodist Church (Ellett, Virginia)
Trinity United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church building located near Ellett, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built between 1908 and 1910, and is a one-story, four-bay, nave plan brick structure. It has a two-stage corner tower, containing a vestibule at the northwest corner. The second stage of the tower takes the form of an open belfry with sawn brackets supporting a conical cap with finial. A Sunday school wing added in 1961.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. | WIKI |
Noctule
The noctule is one of the largest British species, about the length of the palm of your hand (if you have reasonably large hands!).
Noctules have broad brown ears and a distinctive mushroom-shaped tragus. This bat has long narrow wings and flies in a straight line, very high and fast.
The scientific name of the noctule is Nyctalus noctula.
Noctule IUCN classification
GB: Least concern
England: Least concern
Scotland: Least concern
Wales: Least concern
Global: Least concern
Vital statistics
Head & body length: 37mm - 48mm
Forearm length: 60mm - 82mm
Wingspan: 320mm - 400mm
Weight: 18g - 40g
Colour: Adults sleek chocolate brown, juveniles and some females dull chocolate brown
General information
Noctules have a characteristic powerful, direct flight on narrow pointed wings. They fly in the open, often well above tree-top level, with repeated steep dives when chasing insects. Noctule bats can fly at 50 km/h.
Most food is caught on the wing and eaten in flight but occasionally prey is taken from the ground and in suburban areas noctules are attracted to street lamps to feed on moths. Noctules forage mainly at dusk for up to two hours and for about half an hour at dawn. They are known to fly over 10km from roost to feeding areas.
Noctule habitat
Noctule bats are primarily tree dwellers and live mainly in rot holes and woodpecker holes. They occur rarely in buildings; most noctule roosts in buildings are only gathering roosts, the colonies moving off at the end of May and early June. The bats produce loud characteristic metallic chirping sounds so some colonies can be heard up to 200-300m away on hot days.
Noctule bats hibernate mainly in trees or rock fissures and hollows, but have also been found in bat boxes, buildings and other man-made structures in winter. They sometimes form large mixed-sex winter aggregations of up to 1,000 on mainland Europe, but the group sizes are smaller in the UK.
Noctules have been observed feeding at any time in winter if conditions are suitable but most can survive successfully without feeding for nearly four months and can tolerate external temperatures as low as -7°C.
Diet
During spring, noctules will feed mainly on smaller insects such as midges, mayflies and winged antes. They change their diet to take beetles (mainly chafer and dung beetles), and moths later in season.
Reproduction and life cycle
Noctule
During the summer, male noctules are solitary or form small bachelor groups. A single male establishes a mating roost during late summer, usually in a tree hole, staying for several weeks and defending his roost against other sexually mature males.
Male noctules make a series of shrill mating calls from the roost entrance or during flight and produce a strong odour. The purpose is to attract a harem of four or five (but up to 20) females, which stay with the male for one or two days.
In April, noctules begin to form mixed-sex colonies and can be found in tree holes, buildings and bat boxes. Such colonies often break up in late spring and smaller maternity colonies are found in trees, rarely in buildings and bridges. The young are born in late June or July. Noctule females usually have one young, but twins are sometimes recorded. For 3 to 4 weeks the young are suckled solely on their mother’s milk, and they are fully weaned and able to forage for themselves within 6 weeks.
The maternity colonies of noctule frequently change roosts, and mothers carry the smaller young between roosts during lactation.
Some female noctules become sexually mature in their first autumn but many do not mate until their second year. Males participate in mating from the end of their first year.
Echolocation of noctule
Noctules’ calls can be heard by some adults and children. The calls range from 20 to 45kHz and peak at 25kHz. On a bat detector a characteristic ‘chip chop’ with occasional clicks can be heard during feeding.
Distribution and conservation
Noctule
Range Map: Fourth Report of noctule (Nyctalus noctula) by the United Kingdom under Article 17, JNCC (2019)
The noctule is still a relatively widespread species in much of England, Wales and to south-west Scotland, but has become scarce in some areas of intensive agriculture. The noctule is absent from Ireland.
The noctule bat has historically declined in Britain, owing to modern intensive agricultural practices resulting in the loss of suitable feeding habitat such as permanent pasture and woodland edge/hedgerows rich in invertebrate fauna. Intensive management and loss of suitable trees for roosting is a major factor.
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Exploring two-way binding in Blazor
• Gérald Barré
In ASP.NET Core Blazor, you may already have use two-way binding in forms. This is useful to bind a property to an input element and update the value of the property when the input value changed. To use 2-way binding you can use the @bind directive. Here is an example of binding the Age property to an input of type number:
HTML
<EditForm Model="model">
<InputNumber @bind-Value="model.Age" />
</EditForm>
Razor rewrites the @bind directive to set the property Value and add an event handler for ValueChanged. Setting Value defines the original value for the child component. When the value is changed in the child component, it notifies the parent using the ValueChanged callback. The parent component can update the value of the Age property. In short, the @bind directive is a syntactic sugar for:
HTML
<EditForm Model="model">
@*
Value => Set the initial value
ValueChanged => Update the model when the user changes the value in the editor
*@
<InputNumber Value="model.Age" ValueChanged="newValue => model.Age = newValue" />
</EditForm>
#Creating a custom component that supports two-way binding
The @bind directive is just a syntactic sugar. This means you can support 2-way binding in your component if you use the same pattern. For instance, you can create a custom editor for Boolean value. All you need is a Boolean parameter to set the value and another parameter of type EventCallback<bool> with the suffix Changed. To be clear, you need 2 parameters with the following pattern:
C#
@code {
[Parameter]
public TValue Value { get; set; }
[Parameter]
public EventCallback<TValue> ValueChanged { get; set; }
}
Here's an example of a component with 2 buttons to select a Boolean value:
Razor
<button type="button" @onclick="() => SetValue(true)" class="@(Value ? "active" : "")">@TrueText</button>
<button type="button" @onclick="() => SetValue(false)" class="@(!Value ? "active" : "")">@FalseText</button>
@code{
[Parameter]
public string TrueText { get; set; }
[Parameter]
public string FalseText { get; set; }
[Parameter]
public bool Value { get; set; }
[Parameter]
public EventCallback<bool> ValueChanged { get; set; }
private async Task SetValue(bool value)
{
if (Value != value)
{
Value = value;
await ValueChanged.InvokeAsync(value);
}
}
}
You can use this component using the @bind-Value directive:
Razor
<Boolean @bind-Value="agree" TrueText="Agree" FalseText="Disagree" />
<div>Selected value: @agree</div>
@code {
bool agree;
}
You can check the C# code generated for this Blazor component to validate it uses the event correctly:
C#
protected override void BuildRenderTree(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering.RenderTreeBuilder __builder)
{
__builder.OpenComponent<Meziantou.SampleBlazorApp.Shared.BooleanComponent>(0);
__builder.AddAttribute(1, "TrueText", "Agree");
__builder.AddAttribute(2, "FalseText", "Disagree");
// 👇 Set Value and ValueChanged
__builder.AddAttribute(3, "Value", RuntimeHelpers.TypeCheck<bool>(agree));
__builder.AddAttribute(4, "ValueChanged", RuntimeHelpers.TypeCheck<EventCallback<bool>>(
EventCallback.Factory.Create<bool>(this,
RuntimeHelpers.CreateInferredEventCallback(this, __value => agree = __value, agree))));
__builder.CloseComponent();
}
You can expand the @bind directive by yourself and use the full syntax as follow:
HTML
<BooleanComponent TrueText="Agree" FalseText="Disagree" Value="agree" ValueChanged="newValue => agree = newValue" />
In the next blog post we'll see how to use 2-way binding in an actual component. Stay tuned!
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Category talk:Registered historic parks and gardens in Pembrokeshire
Missing
13 of 35.
* 111 Main Street, Pembroke - PGW(Dy)39(PEM)
* Blackaldern - PGW(Dy)27(PEM)
* Boulston Old Hall - PGW(Dy)69(PEM)
* Castle Hall - PGW(Dy)16(PEM)
* Cosheston Hall - PGW(Dy)30(PEM)
* Fishguard Bay Hotel - PGW(Dy)63(PEM)
* Great Harmeston - PGW(Dy)19(PEM)
* Landshipping - PGW(Dy)35(PEM) - coflein:22229
* Merrixton House Farm - PGW(Dy)37(PEM)
* Molleston Baptist Chapel - PGW(Dy)66(PEM)
* Plas Glyn-y-Mel - PGW(Dy)22(PEM)
* Trewarren - PGW(Dy)65(PEM)
* Warpool Court Hotel - PGW(Dy)68(PEM)
Lots! KJP1 (talk) 12:21, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
Added Landshipping - the gardens belong to another house to the south-east of Big House, Landshipping - coflein:22230, EdwardUK (talk) 23:53, 7 March 2023 (UTC) | WIKI |
Computer Jargon Untangled
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Computer Jargon Untangled
Ah computer lingo. It’s sometimes tough to understand and if you’re not computer savvy you may be left wondering what on earth they are saying. For instance, what is a walled garden? Is it a literal garden surrounded by a wall like in the olden days? Is it the stuff of Jane Austen? No, a walled garden in computer terms means a group of pages linked to each other but not linked to by other pages. So they’re stand alone. This seems a bit weird since the whole point is to link to other pages, these do not. Sadly, this tactic doesn’t fly and they will likely have a lower page rank than regular sites.
Time on page refers to, oddly enough, the time a person spends on a certain webpage. Go figure! The time is calculated from when someone clicks on to when they click off. The longer they spend on a page the better as this usually means they have found what they are looking for and are reading the information. If they click on and then immediately off you have work to do on your site (or they landed there by accident).
By comparison, the bounce rate is the percentage of users who enter and then leave a site without looking at any of the pages. Were they there by accident or did your site bore them to tears so they took off for the hills?
The site map is something we all love to use on websites, especially those that are built correctly. This simply means that you can easily find what you are looking for by clicking links to other things on the site.Saves us time and if we are redirected quickly we will be far happier than having to wait around for the new page.
An e-commerce site is one that is devoted to retail sales so it will have handy links, a built in shopping basket and hopefully an easy to use check out system so that we can get our stuff and go.
Finally latent systematic indexing. This is when search engines index commonly associated words in a document. These are also called long tail searches and it helps us users find what we are looking for faster and without a lot of unnecessary clicks.
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Gaza rocket fire kills first Israeli civilians since 2014 war
More than 600 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip within 24 hours on Sunday, killing at least 4 Israeli civilians for the first time since the 2014 war with Hamas, AP reports. The big picture: The barrage of rocket attacks marks one of Israel and Gaza's "most intense flareups of violence in years," per AP. The Israeli military said it retaliated with 0ver 220 airstrikes against "high-quality" militant sites, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising that Hamas will be held accountable for both its own actions and the actions of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, which operates out of Gaza. Israel's military said 8 militants were killed in retaliatory airstrikes. Palestinian officials said the strikes killed at least 18, though IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus claimed several civilians — including a pregnant woman and her niece — were killed by a misfired Palestinian rocket. "The conflicting accounts could not immediately be reconciled," AP notes. The deadly exchange comes in spite of a truce agreed to last month, with Egypt and the United Nations engaged in efforts to "broker a longer-term ceasefire," BBC News reports. Go deeper: The latest on the White House's upcoming "peace plan" | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Moment in Oddity - Anting (Suggested by: Mike Rogers)
Undoubtedly we have all witnessed an anthill where some unfortunate creature was becoming nourishment for the colony. However, would it surprise you to hear that there is a term called anting, where certain wild birds will actually choose to plop themselves down upon an anthill intentionally? There are a couple of hypotheses as to why over 200 species of birds will use the ants. One thought is that the ants are used to secrete formic acid onto the birds body to act as an insecticide, fungicide or bactericide. Another possible reason for the anting could be that by rubbing the ants encourages the ants to excrete their formic acid, allowing the ants to become more palatable for the bird to then ingest. Two types of anting have been identified as active and passive. Active anting is when a bird picks up an ant in its beak and rubs the insect on its body. Passive anting occurs when a bird appears to be taking a bath in a cluster of ants. Regardless of the actual purpose behind this peculiar, preening practice, birds using insects in such a manner, certainly is odd.
This Month in History - C.H. Gould Patents Stapler in England
In the month of March, on the 5th, in 1868, C.H. Gould patents the stapler in England. What would we do without staplers? It's the easiest way to hold a bunch of pieces of loose paper together. The 1860s was a revolutionary time for paper fastening devices, but the first known stapler dates back to the time of King Louis XV in the 18th century. He used the fastener to hold his decrees together. A man named George McGill got the first patent for a bendable brass paper fastener and he went on to develop a device that could drive the fasteners through paper. Gould developed the direct predecessor of the modern stapler, but this could only drive one staple at a time. Albert Kletzker developed a similar device in America in 1868 as well. By 1898, the Hotchkiss Stapler had been developed and this allowed for a strip of staples held together by wire. This required so much force that sometimes users had to use a hammer or mallet on the plunger to get the staple to go through the paper. The turn-of-the-century brought a clipless machine so staples were no longer wired together and 1923 introduced the first desk stapler. Swingline made many of the modern day staplers until they closed their US production facilities in 1999 and one of their most interesting models used a coil of 10,000 staples. That was back in 1974.
Prospect Place (Suggested by: Donny Lawrence Norris)
Prospect Place in Trinway, Ohio was built by an abolitionist and was a stop on the Underground Railroad. This was a house that not only had to be built twice due to a fire, but it was ahead of its time in regards to amenities. A legend connected to this property claims that a bounty hunter came calling looking for runaway slaves and rather than finding slaves, he found a noose as workers on the farm hanged him. There are stories of spirits on the property. Join us as we explore the history and haunting of Prospect Place!
George Willison Adams, or G.W. as everyone called him, was born in Virginia in 1799 to a plantation owner. His father always had reservations about owning a plantation run by enslaved people and when George was still a boy, his father gave up the plantation, freed the slaves and moved the family to Madison Township in Ohio in 1808. G.W. was raised to be an abolitionist. In 1828, he and his brother Edward built a flour mill. When that proved successful, they built another larger mill in Dresden, Ohio. The brothers went on to own a boat yard and many warehouses in Dresden. G.W. used his wealth to build up the town of Dresden, becoming the largest employer in the town and he helped build bridges and a canal that
connected Dresden with the Ohio-Erie Canal. One of the bridges was a suspension bridge that he tried to get members of a stock company he set up to finance. They thought the plan wasn't feasible, so G.W. paid for the construction himself and hired his nephew to build it. The bridge was run as a toll bridge until G.W. sold it to the county commissioners for a third of what it cost him to build it originally. G.W. and Edward also used their enterprises to set up an Underground Railroad. They would take flour down to Louisiana and come back with enslaved refugees. Their mills were used as safe houses.
It comes as no surprise then that G.W. was very active during the Civil War, to help support the Union in any way he could. He contributed money and goods for the military. When the war was over, G.W. focused on the railroad. He allowed many miles of right of way on his land to both the Panhandle and the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley railroad companies. Eventually he became director of both companies. G.W. also got involved in politics and served as a member of the General Assembly in Ohio. G.W. married Clarissa Hopkins Schaff in 1845, but she passed away in 1853. The couple had four children, but two of the them wouldn't survive into adulthood, ironically the two named for himself and his brother: George and Edward. G.W. then married Mary Jane Robinson in 1855 and they had five children.
In 1856, G.W. decided to build his brick mansion. This was done in the
Greek Revival architectural style with ornate gingerbread porticoes and rose three-stories, covering 9,500 square feet with 29
rooms. There was a wing added to the house that was only two stories and this was used as servant quarters. The roof was covered with copper panels. A cupola crowned the house and this would be used to house a
signal light for runaway slaves. If the cupola was dark, it meant bounty hunters were in the area. If the cupola was lit, runaway slaves hiding in the fields would know it was safe to come up to the house. This place was ahead of its time with
hot and cold running water from a copper tank cistern on the
second floor that pressurized water throughout the house and two coal
stoves that had copper tanks that heated the water. There was an early
form of air conditioning that was created by bringing the cool air from
down in the basement up through ducts inside the walls to the main
living quarters. The home also had a unique refrigeration system. This
was a gorgeous place and the family was just about to move in when the
home was leveled by an arson fire. George Blackburn had been a bricklayer on the house who figured if he burned the house down, he would have more work to do building the new house. G.W. found out and a legend claims he had him arrested and that Blackburn managed to escape from jail, but was later killed when he tried to rob a house and met the sharp end of an axe. The truth is Blackburn never was arrested for the arson, but he did eventually go to jail for other crimes because he was a career criminal and he died at the Ohio State Penitentiary of heart disease.
The wreckage was cleared away and a barn was built on the remains of that first mansion that could serve as living quarters for ranch hands and also housed the carriages and horses. A new mansion was built that matched the previous one in every way except this one included modern fire stopping measures with interior walls being made from brick and a two-inch layer of mortar was placed between the first and second floors of the house to help block fire. G.W. named his home Prospect Place because it offered the prospect of a better future. And for runaway slaves, it offered the prospect of freedom. Abolitionist meetings were more then likely held in the Gentlemen's Parlor and one guest at the house was probably Mr. Nelson T. Gant who was a former Virginia slave from Loudon County that received his freedom when his owner died. He moved to Zanesville, Ohio and started an orchard and coal mining operation from which he became a millionaire. Gant was also an important conductor on the “Underground Railroad.” The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 made it legal for bounty hunters to capture runaway slaves in free states and take them back to the South for reward money. A legend claims that a bounty hunter came to the door demanding that runaway slaves be handed over. George had answered the door with a gun and there was a bit of a standoff until some of the farm workers came over and the bounty hunter left. There are claims that those workers chased down the bounty hunter, brought him back to the barn and hanged him from a rafter.
G.W. died at the age of 79 on August 31, 1879. Mary then moved to Zanesville to live with her sister and the eldest daughter Anna lived on the homestead with her husband William Cox and their children. There is a weird mystery here with William though. He put a lot of money into Prospect Place and he and Anna were happy here for many years. But at the turn of the century, something changed and William Cox just disappeared. A friend of the family claimed to spot him in San Francisco, but when she called out to him, he brushed her off and hurried away. Some believe that he really did go to the city, but died in the 1906 earthquake. The house would continue to stay in the Cox family until the 1960s. The family had squandered their money and left the house abandoned. In 1969, Prospect Place was sold to a distant relative of George Cox named Eugene
Cox who owned a gravel mining company, the Cox Gravel Company. Eugene decided to mine on the property. However, the house was left to ruin and vandals broke in and nearly gutted the place. By 1988, the once grand mansion was slated for demolition.
A local businessman named Dave Longaberger, of Longaberger Basket Company, couldn't stand the thought of the historic home being torn down, so he bought it with plans to renovate. Dave started with installing a new roof and putting a security system in to protect the house. Then he redid the floors and started tackling other projects, but then he was diagnosed with cancer. The cancer eventually killed him, but the Longaberger Company
continued to maintain security on the property until 2001. The
great-great-grandson of G.W. Adams, George J.
Adams, purchased the home with the goal of finishing the restoration. He created a non-profit, the G.W. Adams
Education Center, Inc., which has owned the building since 2005. In 2017, George retired as chairman of the board due to health reasons, but a new board of trustees and the
educational center have continued the restoration. They host tours, school programs and ghost hunts, both public and private! Private hunts are just $70 per person on Wednesdays and Thursdays and $80 on Fridays. Saturday nights you can rent the place for $640.00
The property is said to harbor the spirits of the Adams family. The spirit of the bounty hunter is thought to still be hanging out in the barn. His angry spirit is said to lash out at visitors and a dark clad form is seen in the barn. Other possible spirits might belong to fugitive slaves. Some who arrived at the house had been beaten or shot and they didn't survive their injuries. There is a legend about a young girl who had been in the house, delirious with fever. She had gotten up and walked out onto a balcony that was over a side portico and slipped on some ice that sent her over the railing and to her death. Her body was kept in the basement until the spring thaw. She is seen walking around the house in a white dress, especially in the ballroom. Anne Adams-Cox is said to have died in the house after an accident, broken-hearted from the disappearance of her husband. Her apparition has been seen wandering the halls. A psychic once claimed that a former servant at the house likes to hang out on the stairwell landing between the second floor and the ballroom.
Adelaide Haunted Horizons made the trip from Australia to investigate here and wrote, "This was the second visit for me to Prospect Place. Unfortunately, on the first one, I managed to lock my keys in the boot of the car, so I missed most of the investigation. Now, I had a second chance to return to finally look for the Prospect Place ghosts myself. This time I was joined not only by Kag but also by Beth Darlington from Access Paranormal. We started in the front room, and it wasn’t long before the Mel-meter (EMF Meter) triggered, but at the same time, a RemPod (proximity device) triggered upstairs. Kag remained in the hallway down below while Beth and I went for a walk to the barn and stables. Despite us not being in the house with Kag, there were still thumps from upstairs and what sounded like somebody moving around, and the Ovilus (turns EMF fields into words) spat out the word ‘Blaze’. Not only that, but upon doing an E.V.P. (Voices on recordings you don’t hear at the time) burst, she apparently captured two. What are they saying? We aren’t sure. Meanwhile, in the barn/stables, Beth and I were having experiences of our own. I was looking towards the barn door towards the house, when I saw a small bright light which moved across in front of the house. I saw it a second time in the doorway of the barn about 4ft off the ground. It came in very bright white, undulated, turned and then vanished. I will add that this was seen with my eyes, not on the camera, and it wasn’t peripheral vision but full-on. A couple of seconds after this, the RemPod triggered. Without telling Beth, she also saw a white light moving around.
We swapped around, and Beth remained in the house on her own while Kag and I went to the barn to do a live stream. We were getting some interesting results on the equipment, but suddenly we heard what sounded like Beth shouting. We quickly turned off, thinking that Beth was in trouble and headed back to the house only to find that she was fine and hadn’t shouted out at all. As we were discussing this, a fire alarm went off, deafening us as we tried to find it. We called Jeff, our host, who was sleeping in a house close by, as we couldn’t fathom where it was coming from. As he walked through the door, although it had been screaming for over 10 mins, it suddenly stopped and did not trigger all night again. Jeff scratched his head as it was not that the batteries were going flat and there had been no source of the smoke. The only thing he could think of was that whoever was there was trying to drive us out of the house, especially as the noise was so unbearable. Beth and I went down into the cellar, leaving Kag elsewhere, and it wasn’t long before we had equipment trigger, and at the same time, we had footsteps crossing above us. We took note of the time to cross-reference with Kag, but she was nowhere near the area. It certainly was an interesting night, and we would love to go back sometime to explore further and try and communicate with the Prospect Place ghosts."
Mark Clair in 2014 on TripAdvisor, "I made sure I reiterated "haunted" in the title. It was. Active, alive, absorbing our energy, responding with incredible results. My team and I investigated this place. We had seen it on Ghost Adventures. Approaching the mansion is a walk back into history, rich with conflict, pain, sorrow, courage and death. During our investigation, I offered whatever energy I had to the residual residents so they could provide some sign that they were present and attentive. My team offered theirs as well. We continued on through the house and shortly after, we were collectively drained of our energy. We had never felt or experienced this kind of drain before and we've investigated many locations for many hours. It made us become almost comatose with exhaustion. We decided to venture into the basement and were amazed at the shadow activity. In dim light, after taking 15-20 minutes to allow your eyes to adjust to the darkness, our entire team witness shadow figures like nothing we've ever encountered. The shadows moving across and up and down the hallway were highly visible as they blotted out the only source of light at the end of the corridor. Many were at the end of the hallway, while others almost seemed to pass directly in front of us. It was at this time when a female team member was touched and her shirt pulled from behind. The activity continued for almost an hour. When it began to subside, we continued our investigation. All in all, we feel that Prospect Place is well worth returning to for another investigation. It's truly an amazing place."
Tom S in 2019 on TripAdvisor, "Five of us returned to Prospect Place for the third time in several years. The restoration of the mansion is continuing and what a worthy cause this is. We visited 6/23/19 and was met by Carrie and her Son. We were given a warm welcome and Carrie's Son shared some of his experiences with us. He is a budding ghost hunter and we enjoyed his stories. As on our previous trips we had activity in the cellar and on the 2nd and 3rd floors. The pigeons are gone and the 3rd floor battened down so it was much quieter and easier to investigate. We got quite a few good EVP's and were told there were 8 Adams there, Sophie Adams and several who were servants are still there. We got some interesting photos and videos. The house was very active the night we were there. If you are interested in the Ghost hunts, we highly recommend it and if you are just into history it is still highly worth the visit. Stop in and see for yourself."
Ghost Adventures investigated Prospect Place during their third season in 2010. The guys heard disembodied laughter and hissing and a young girl's voice. They caught EVPs saying, "come here," "some more" and "get out." They also heard disembodied footsteps, had an object thrown at them and heard a loud bang. The guys also claimed that a cross on the wall was getting very cold and they believed this was an...uh...portal opening up. There were the usual balls of light that Ghost Adventures captures that we don't put much stock in.
In 2016, Ghost Brothers went out to investigate Prospect Place. They were greeted by the owner, George Adams who was the great-great grandson. A woman named Kim Salzwedel told the Ghost Brothers that she had been in the barn when she was touched by a spirit. She said she felt a burning on the upper part of her back and her daughter looked at her back and there was a large red handprint with scratches under it. She and her daughter also captured an EVP saying, "I will cut you." Kim agreed to meet the guys out at the property and she told them that legends claim that the bounty hunter that was hanged in the barn could have been buried there as well. The Ghost Brothers brought out a cadaver dog and it did indicate that there were human remains in a part of the barn. The dog's signal was to bark, but he did even more than that. He started growling and ran away from the area that he marked.
Dalen is sensitive to energy and in one of the upstairs bedroom, he got so nauseous he had to leave and he did end up throwing up into a trash can. The Ghost Brothers started their investigation in the barn and they set up a REM Pod. When they asked if there was someone in there that they couldn't see, the REM Pod lit up. Later they asked why the spirit only messes with women, is it afraid of men and the REM Pod lit up again. Dalen felt like he was pushed in the barn. They went looking for a red-eyed entity that hides down in the basement and Dalen did seem to capture two red dots on the thermal camera. They tried debunking it thinking it was lights on the camera causing it, but then the dots weren't there anymore. Something started scratching near a fireplace on the third floor when Marcus asked if there was anyone else in the room with them.
Prospect Place is a large and distinct house with an equally distinct and historic brick barn. The place once saved slaves and now it seems that some of those spirits might be saving this place as people come from all around to seek their presence. Is Prospect Place haunted? That is for you to decide! | FINEWEB-EDU |
All you need to know about asthma
by | May 10, 2018 | 0 comments
There are few things as frightening as seeing a baby or a toddler gasping for breath. We talked to the Allergy Foundation of South Africa (AFSA) to find out everything you need to know about asthma.
Most of us have an idea of what an acute asthma attack looks like, but there’s more to asthma than meets the eye – a recurrent wheezing cough can also be a symptom of asthma. And if you have a family history of asthma, there’s a chance your baby or toddler could be asthmatic too.
Being a parent often involves late nights and limited sleep in the early years. However, if your child’s cough is keeping you up at night, or they are having difficulty breathing, it may be more than normal disturbed sleep. By knowing what to look out for, you can recognise asthma symptoms and help your child to breathe easily again.
What is asthma?
Asthma is an incredibly common condition, affecting about 10-20% of South African children. It’s a long-term illness of the lungs that causes the tubes that carry air into and out of the lungs (the airways) to become swollen (inflamed) and produce lots of thick mucus.
In a child with asthma, the inflammation makes the airways ‘twitchy’: this means they are extra sensitive, and so when your baby or child gets a viral infection, when they exercise, or when they’re exposed to cold air, allergens, exercise, and smoke, those airways can close up.
What causes asthma?
The exact cause of asthma isn’t known, but doctors do know that genetic and environmental factors combine to cause asthma, most often early in life. These factors include:
• An inherited tendency to develop allergies, called atopy
• Parents who have asthma
• Parents who smoke during pregnancy and after childbirth
• Certain respiratory infections during childhood
• Contact with allergens or exposure to viral infections early in life when the immune system is developing.
Among children, more boys have asthma than girls. But among adults, more women have the disease than men. It’s not clear whether or how gender and hormones play a role in causing asthma.
What are the warning signs?
Asthma symptoms may include coughing, a whistling noise from the chest (wheezing) and shortness of breath. Symptoms such as wheezing and coughing may be more prominent in the early hours of the morning, especially between 1am and 2am.
Children with asthma do not usually cough up sputum, and other allergies, such as eczema and allergic rhinitis (a runny nose or hay fever caused by allergies), are also linked to asthma, especially in children.
Because babies have very small airways, many things can cause them to wheeze, so it can be difficult to tell whether the wheeze is being caused by asthma, or by a throat or chest infection.
What triggers asthma attacks?
Asthma symptoms are often associated with the common cold (or other upper respiratory tract infections), but may also be triggered by exercise (particularly in cold and dry weather), laughter, crying, and exposure to allergens and irritants such as cigarette smoke, petrol or paint fumes.
The main allergic triggers are pollen, mould spores, animal dander and dust mites. Each person has their own unique set of triggers, which is why testing is so important.
What if I suspect my child has asthma?
You need to consult a medical specialist with a special interest and skill in asthma and allergies, because if asthma is left untreated, your child’s airways could be permanently damaged. There’s a list of health professionals with skills in allergy on the AFSA website: these will usually be paediatric pulmonologists or allergists.
Your medical specialist may request sensitisation (skin or blood) tests be done. These tests determine any allergens that might be causing the asthma to flare up in your little one. If you know what’s causing the asthma, you may be able to limit or even completely stop your baby or toddler’s exposures to those triggers.
Can you outgrow asthma?
Asthma is an interesting disorder in that some children who wheeze a lot when they’re young never go on to develop asthma in later life. In fact, it’s debatable whether some of them truly had asthma at all, or whether they actually had wheezing from bronchiolitis or other chest infections.
In other children with definite asthma, symptoms may go away as the child’s lungs physically grow bigger, only for the asthma to return when they hit their 40s (as their lung function starts to decline).
Treating asthma in babies and toddlers
You can’t cure asthma, but you can take steps to control the disease and prevent its symptoms:
• Learn about your child’s asthma and ways to control it
• Follow the written asthma action plan from your doctor
• Use medicines as your doctor prescribes
• Identify and try to avoid things that make your child’s asthma worse
• Keep track of your child’s asthma symptoms and level of control Get regular check-ups.
Depending on your little one’s specific allergies, some preventive maintenance at home could help control the environment, and reduce your risk of allergic reactions. The most important step is to limit exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, which is a non-allergic trigger of symptoms in people with asthma.
Which medications should I use?
The most common treatments for asthma are pumps, pills and antihistamines. There are two major types of asthma pumps: those that are used every day to control inflammation, and thus prevent symptoms from occurring (controller pumps), and those that are merely emergency medication used to treat symptoms during an exacerbation (reliever pumps). Asthma pumps need to be used with the best possible technique, preferably with a spacer for babies and toddlers.
Pills can be used as preventers in children with mild asthma, but these are not as effective as the preventer asthma pumps. Oral steroid tablets or syrup are used when someone has had a severe attack, but should not be used as regular therapy, as the side effects can be very severe.
Since most asthmatics also have allergic rhinitis, nose sprays and antihistamine tablets are used to treat allergic rhinitis, which helps prevent asthma attacks.
Regular follow-up with your doctor is necessary to ensure regular prevention treatment is used properly. Take your medication with you to every doctor’s visit and ask your healthcare practitioner to demonstrate how they should be used.
If the medication is not working, despite being given regularly and with the best possible technique, your doctor may have to consider other rarer causes of wheezing in childhood.
Visit www.allergyfoundation.co.za for more information, or join their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/SAallergy
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Dubai Enquirer
The result was delete. WjBscribe 23:24, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
The Dubai Enquirer
* – (View AfD) (View log)
The article appears to have been created by someone with a conflict of interest. It lacks reliable sources that would verify notability, and I wasn't able to find useful sources using google. The article itself says that its highest accolate was a comment in a blog. FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:35, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
* Delete I think this page says it all. GlassCobra 01:42, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
* Delete I think this is clearly some kind of advertising. Law & Disorder 04:22, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
* Delete as a hoax per the link above. That makes things rather simple. Hers fold (t/a/c) 21:37, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
* Comment To its credit, the article itself acknowledges that this newspaper is a parody paper... like The Onion, for example, which is notable. Just want to clarify that I don't think all parody papers should be deleted... but I do think this one should. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 01:15, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
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At the start of the 18th century, the only local authority entities that existed in England and Wales were the county governed by justices of the peace in Quarter Sessions, the borough with its Town Council and the Parish with its Vestry.
The institution of the County had originally been largely representative. The earl, bishop and other magnates attended in their own right and each township was represented by its reeve and four best men. When the Shire became the County, the Shire-Court became the County Court, representatives ceased to attend, and the County meetings consisted solely of landowners.
Ultimately the management of the county fell into the hands of the justices of the peace, appointed by the Crown over which ratepayers had no control. This continued until 1888. Ironically, the elective input in the counties diminished even as the reform legislation extended the franchise.
Boroughs were self-governing institutions which excluded the majority of the population. The councillors were largely self-elected. They held office for life. They were selected on political grounds. Borough officers and freemen were also selected on these grounds. Corporate revenues were expended largely for political ends.
A relatively small number of freemen enjoyed privileges in local government often, less than 1% of the population. In many cases, freeman enjoyed trading privileges or were exempt from the law Political corruption was rife. Conflicts of interests arose between officers and corporations. Contracts were awarded to connected persons. Officers prospered from their offices.
In most boroughs, the Aldermen were magistrates by virtue of their office. Juries consisted of freemen and the administration of justice had a political partisanship. Apart from the political bias, many were incompetent to discharge judicial office.
Municipal Government Reform
The Reform Act of 1832 brought in a new regime. The first Reform Parliament established a Royal commission to inquire into the municipalities. The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 swept away most of the old system and modernized local government. The Act of 1835 was amended on numerous occasions and was then consolidated in the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882.
The Municipal Corporations Act removed magisterial powers from aldermen. The recorder must be a trained lawyer. It abolished trading monopolies, exemptions and restrictions. It reduced the tenure of elective offices. The franchise was given to all inhabitant ratepayers. Provisions were made for honest administration and efficient discharge of duty. The Act did not apply to London to which separate legislation applied.
At the start of the 18th century, the Parish in England became a unit for substantial amount of administration. In much earlier times, it had swallowed up the Saxon township, the Norman vill, and the feudal manor. Manorial courts had long largely ceased to be a factor in local government. Some Courts Leet and Courts Baron did survive, and, in some cases, the Lord of the Manor retained privileges.
Parish meetings were held in the vestry. Every parishioner was entitled to attend a meeting and the vote. Eventually, vestries could not hold them and very few parishes retained the custom. Parishes began to select representatives called vestrymen in the larger parishes. In other parishes, the rector held sway. Poor parishioners stayed away. Others were ruled by a squire or a small clique who dominated the meeting.
Parishioners were funded by rate-paying inhabitants. Legislation in 1831 which was permissive enabled a parish with more than 800 rate paying inhabitants to create their statute select vestry and elect vestrymen to manage their affairs. The clergyman and churchwardens were ex-officio members. Accounts must be kept and audited.
Comprehensive Local Government Reform
Through early to mid-19th century numerous boards were established under enabling legislations. This included Highway Boards, Conservancy Boards; Local Boards of Health; Improvement Commissioners; Port Sanitary Authorities; Burial Boards and School Boards. The areas governed by each did not necessarily overlap and a jungle of jurisdictions emerged. Ratepayers sometimes had a confusing number of elections with numerous different rates.
The Local Government Acts 1888 and 1894 created the County Council as the administrative county. It introduced popular representation into the management of the county. The administrative duties of the justices of the peace were removed leaving them with judicial functions only.
In 1894 Act created the Parish Council and District Council. The parish and district levels existed below county level. Most boards and commissioners had their functions transferred to local councillors. By the end of 19th century such bodies were regulating, lodgement houses, workman’s dwellings, food, sky-signs, overhead wires, recreation grounds, education, pauper lunatic asylums, reformatories, industrial schools, pollution, wild flowers, wild birds, fish conservation, music and dancing, race-course, slaughter-houses, weights and measures, explosive etc.
By the end of the century, local government expenditure in England reached £84M. Half of this was met by rates, a quarter by borrowing and a quarter by central funds. Another eighth of income was defrayed from fines, tolls, dues etc. | FINEWEB-EDU |
2004 National Camogie League
The 2004 National Camogie League is a competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Tipperary, who defeated Wexford in the final, played at Nowlan Park.
Arrangements
Wexford overcame defending champions Cork in the semi-final at Wexford Park with a brilliant second half display. Cork, who had the wind advantage in the opening half, were 0-11 to 0-3 ahead at half time. The Wexford fight back began with a goal four minutes after the break from full-forward Michelle Hearne, who added another with three minutes of remaining.
Division 2
The Junior National League, known since 2006 as Division Two, was won by Kildare who defeated Laois in the final. Susie O'Carroll, with two goals in the opening 20 minutes, inspired Kildare to a fourth title as they withstood a determined Laois recovery
The Final
The two sides shared goals in the opening five minutes, Deirdre Hughes scoring after 90 seconds from close range, and Michelle Hearne quickly replying for Wexford. Eimear McDonnell and Deirdre Hughes again added further goals as Tipperary led 3-2 to 1-4 at half-time. Tipperary's experience was evident through the second half. | WIKI |
The irrepressible Tom Sawyer drives his Aunt Polly to distraction; she can’t decide whether to cry or laugh at his antics. He fights, falls in love, and finds adventure with two of his friends, one of whom will later become famous in his own right. Along the way he attends his own funeral, wins the girl by falsely confessing to something she did, and, most famously, convinces most of the boys in town to pay him for the privilege of painting his aunt’s fence.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was Mark Twain’s first novel written solely by himself. Although he was already a well-known author, it was for autobiographical sketches (The Innocents Abroad) and novels written with others (The Gilded Age). In writing about Tom, Twain drew on his childhood growing up in Hannibal, Missouri, infusing the story with his usual biting satire and social commentary. In Tom Sawyer and his friends, Twain created young men who would long outlive him. Not without controversy over the years due to its language and negative depiction of a Native American, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is arguably Twain’s most endearing, and enduring, work. | FINEWEB-EDU |
-- Merkel Faces State Vote That Heralds Election Handicap Next Year
The Social Democrat-led government
in Germany’s most populous state vowed to take on and defeat
Chancellor Angela Merkel ’s party in elections in North Rhine-
Westphalia, setting an example for next year’s federal vote. Merkel’s Christian Democrats and two other opposition
parties united in the state parliament in Dusseldorf yesterday
to vote down the budget, prompting the minority government of
Social Democrats and Greens to dissolve parliament and call new
elections three years early. Twenty months after causing an
upset by squeezing Merkel’s party out of power, polls suggest
the SPD and Greens will win a majority at the vote due in May. “We’re not backing away from the conflict,” the state’s
SPD prime minister, Hannelore Kraft, said on ARD television
today. “We sent a signal to Berlin in 2010 and we’re quite
proud of that,” she said. “A good result at the election will
send another signal to the country.” The election in Germany ’s one-time industrial heartland
saddles Merkel with a third state poll in a year that was only
supposed to have one such ballot. Saarland in the west will vote
March 25 after the CDU-led coalition collapsed in January, while
a ballot in the northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein is
slated for May 6. North Rhine-Westphalia, which with 18 million inhabitants
comprises almost a quarter of Germany’s population, is the most
important of the three votes and may provide a template for
Merkel’s fortunes in national elections in the fall of 2013. Latest Poll A snap poll in the state conducted yesterday put the SPD at
38 percent and the Greens at 14 percent, enough for an absolute
majority. The CDU, led locally by federal Environment Minister
Norbert Roettgen, had the backing of 34 percent, while the Free
Democratic Party, Merkel’s national coalition partner in Berlin,
looked poised to be voted out of the assembly with 2 percent,
the Infratest-Dimap poll of 1,002 voters showed. That will be weighed against Merkel’s personal ratings that
are at a record high. The chancellor said yesterday that she
welcomed the challenge to try and regain the state, which her
party ruled for five years through 2010. Kraft’s SPD took North Rhine-Westphalia from Merkel’s party
at elections in May 2010, days after Merkel backtracked and
agreed to a first bailout in Greece . The result deprived the
German leader of her majority in the national parliament’s upper
house, the Bundesrat, where states are represented. ‘More Stable’ “If it comes to new elections in North Rhine-Westphalia,
then I think it’s good and proper that there’s no longer a
minority government,” Merkel said in Berlin. Voters should be
able “to opt for a more stable administration that by pursuing
a more solid budgetary policy thinks more about the future and
doesn’t undermine its options by piling up ever more debt.” North Rhine-Westphalia has served before as a bellwether
for German politics in general and Merkel’s fate in particular.
A 2005 state election at which the CDU ousted the union-backed
SPD after governing the region for almost four decades prompted
then-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to call early federal
elections in September of that year. He lost to Merkel, who
assumed power in November 2005 at the head of a so-called grand
coalition with his Social Democrats, minus Schroeder. While Merkel was able to ditch the SPD in September 2009
and form a second-term government with her party’s traditional
Free Democratic Party ally, support for the junior coalition
partner has since collapsed. The FDP crashed out of five state
parliaments in the seven state elections held last year. The SPD
entered the state government in each of the eight state votes
since North Rhine-Westphalia in 2010. Unexpected Impasse The unexpected impasse in the state capital, Dusseldorf,
reached a head yesterday when the CDU and FDP joined the Left
Party in blocking the budget. The former two parties objected to
taking on new debt, while the latter supported increased
spending. “Although the opposition defeated this bill, they’re
likely to lose dramatically in the election,” Ulrich von Alemann, a professor of political science at the University of
Dusseldorf, said by phone yesterday. Polls suggest that Kraft
“lost the vote in the assembly but probably won the election.” With just 90 of the 180 seats in the Dusseldorf parliament,
Kraft struggled to pass legislation since forming a government
with the Greens in July 2010. In March last year, Kraft denied that she planned to call
early elections after a court ruled the 2010 budget to be
unconstitutional. Then in July, her government was forced to
amend a restructuring plan for WestLB AG at the last minute to
secure the support of parliament for the proposal. North Rhine-
Westphalia partly owns WestLB, a bank that was bailed out by its
owners and Germany’s Soffin rescue fund after running up losses
during the financial crisis. Saarland Squabbles In Saarland, voters go to the polls in 10 days after
Merkel’s CDU ended its three-way coalition with the FDP and
Greens there in January, blaming squabbling within the local
FDP. Polls suggest the CDU and the Social Democrats will form a
grand coalition after the vote, mirroring Merkel’s first-term
national government. The FDP will probably lose their assembly seats in both
states, “speeding up their decline,” said Ulrich Deupmann, a
partner at management adviser Brunswick Group Inc. in Berlin. “Merkel will stand by the FDP as long as they can give her
a majority in the Bundestag,” Deupmann said in an interview.
“But if the party starts to fall apart and can longer do that,
she’s not going to show them any consideration.” To contact the reporter on this story:
Patrick Donahue in Berlin at
pdonahue1@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
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Enrico de Vigo Paleologo
Enrico Constantino de Vigo Aleramico Lascaris Paleologo (1918 – 10 November 2012), self styled as Prince Enrico III, was an Italian eccentric, pretender and con artist. Possibly of humble origins, the young Enrico worked as a hairdresser in Genoa and had repeated run-ins with the law, at times being convicted of theft, slander and fraud, as well as not paying child support. In order to elevate his status, Enrico fabricated a genealogy which linked him to the Byzantine emperors of the Palaiologos dynasty and further enhanced his claimed descent by also claiming descent from the kings of Serbia, the kings of Jerusalem, the kings of the Two Sicilies and the Roman emperor Nero ((r. undefined – undefined)54–68). As the legitimate "Emperor of Constantinople", Enrico claimed to be the head of different chivalric orders and also claimed the right to grant titles of knighthood and nobility. Such rights were mainly used by Enrico as a money-making scheme. Throughout his life as "prince", he hosted numerous "charity balls", wherein he sold titles to gullible people, some of them celebrities, for considerable amounts of money. Because the balls were frequently hosted at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and Palm Beach in Florida, Enrico earned the nickname "The Emperor of Palm Beach".
Biography
Enrico was born in Milan in 1918. Of unclear origins, his critics maintained that he had been born to an unmarried Italian woman of humble origins. Enrico's own claimed ancestry was far more illustrious. The earliest direct ancestor in his own self-created genealogy was the Roman emperor Nero ((r. undefined – undefined)54–68). His supposed bloodline also saw infusions of blood from lineages such as the kings of Serbia, the kings of Jerusalem and the kings of the Two Sicilies. His claim to descent from the Palaiologos dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, derived either from supposed descent from the despot Thomas Palaiologos, or from supposed descent from a brother of the 18th-century forger Gian Antonio Lazier (called "Gian Antonio Palaeologus" by Enrico), whom claimed to be a descendant of "Emmanuel Peter", an invented son of the despot Theodore II Palaiologos. Enrico proclaimed himself to be the heir of the Palaiologos emperors, given the "extinction of all other family branches" of the dynasty. By virtue of his descent, he claimed to be the legitimate Emperor of Constantinople, King of Thessaly and King of Jerusalem. "His Imperial and Royal Highness" Prince Enrico also maintained that he was the rightful Grand Master of the Constantinian Order of Saint George, a chivalric order with invented Byzantine connections, and his own self-styled order, the "Order of the Cross of Constantinople". He enumerated himself as "Enrico III" (or "Henry III"), after his alleged grandfather, also named Enrico ("Enrico II"). Who "Enrico I" was is not clear, given that no Enrico preceding "Enrico II" appears in Enrico's genealogy.
In 1961, Enrico achieved recognition in some courts in Italy, though these were only local courts and the judges there likely did not investigate any genealogical claims in great detail, nor did they have the authority to recognize and proclaim someone as a Byzantine dynast. Enrico was not the only Byzantine pretender to have been recognized in Italian courts around this time, for instance being preceded by the recognition of the genoese Marziano Lavarello.
In reality, Enrico was not a descendant of the Palaiologoi, or any other imperial or royal dynasty, with his genealogy having been dismissed by multiple authorities as a complete fabrication that contradicts the historical record. Before he went public with his claims, he had been a hairdresser in Genoa, a claim he always specifically later denied, and also involved in several bigamous relationships and he had also been convicted in multiple European courts for theft, slander and fraud. In 1953, Enrico was charged with the theft of 9,464 crates of tinned tomatoes. In 1972, he was pursued by law enforcement for not paying child support to an abandoned wife and several children.
Upon the deposition of the last King of Greece, Constantine II, in 1967, Enrico "felt the hand of destiny on his shoulder" and flew to Athens, where he "put himself on disposal of the Greek people". Though representatives of the new Hellenic Republic met with him, and Enrico insisted on his credentials as Byzantine heir, the Greek government paid little attention to him. Disappointed, Enrico returned to overseeing his imperial orders and the attached charities. In reality, these "charities", and many of Enrico's activities, were little more than scams. The "prince" routinely sold Byzantine honors and also sold plots for cremated ashes of favored supporters at his mansion in France. Much of the funds he handled was allegedly held by a company in the Cayman Islands. In the 1990s, Enrico hosted "charity balls" at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and Palm Beach in Florida, from which he garnered considerable sums of money. His preference for Palm Beach eventually earned him the nickname "The Emperor of Palm Beach". At one single Las Vegas event, he supposedly made $42,000 for selling titles and coats of arms. At a charity ball he hosted in Tokyo in 2003, he supposedly charged attendees ¥50,000 to sit at his table.
In 2004, Enrico faced controversy in the Taiwanese media after selling fake titles of nobility to Taiwanese celebrities under the guise of "charity work". Enrico faced criticism for knighting celebrities willing to pay at prior occasions as well. Also criticized was that Enrico in 2000 had proclaimed the Chinese man Sara Kuo as "Ambassador Extraordinary Plenipotentiary to Asia Pacific Area"; Sara Kuo was later in that year found to be a gang member in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. In response to the accusations against him, Enrico accused various Asian magazines and TV channels of "smearing his humanitarian activities". One of Enrico's chief defenders in Taiwan was Lin Fu-Shen, a former law professor at the National Taiwan University who had been fired due to sexual harassment. Fu-Shen stated, without evidence, that Enrico had been defended in several court cases in Europe, where the media had claimed that he was a fraud but the courts had ruled that he was authentic. In fact, a court in Salerno ruled in 1981 that Enrico had illegally used the name "Paleologo", and that he had illegally made himself rich through the sale of noble titles, ruling that knights admitted into his "Order of the Cross of Constantinople" were not allowed to use their granted titles. Reportedly, some of the German and Austrian "knights" admitted into the order had paid as much as 10,000 marks. The court ruled that Enrico was a forger, and instead recognized the legitimate Byzantine claimant to be Pietro Paleologo Mastrogiovanni, another forger.
Enrico died in Cannes on 10 November 2012. His orders continue to function to this day, still hosting charity balls, effectively run by the vice chancellor Dewi Sukarno, widow of the former Indonesian dictator Sukarno. Per Enrico's wishes, his wife "Princess Françoise Paleologo" succeeded him as grand master of his orders upon his death. According to his 1999 "succession document", Enrico had two daughters: Marisa and Rosella. Marisa had a son, Giorgio, who in turn had a son, Gianluca. In order to "ensure the continuity of our Dynasty for the longest distant in time possible", the by then very young Gianluca was designated as Enrico's heir as head of the "imperial family", the future "Gianluca I". Given that the official website for Enrico's orders makes no mention of a current head of his house, it is unclear if Gianluca, or any other relative, claimed the position. | WIKI |
Chinese remainder theorem
In mathematics, the Chinese remainder theorem states that if one knows the remainders of the Euclidean division of an integer n by several integers, then one can determine uniquely the remainder of the division of n by the product of these integers, under the condition that the divisors are pairwise coprime (no two divisors share a common factor other than 1).
For example, if we know that the remainder of n divided by 3 is 2, the remainder of n divided by 5 is 3, and the remainder of n divided by 7 is 2, then without knowing the value of n, we can determine that the remainder of n divided by 105 (the product of 3, 5, and 7) is 23. Importantly, this tells us that if n is a natural number less than 105, then 23 is the only possible value of n.
The earliest known statement of the theorem is by the Chinese mathematician Sunzi in the Sunzi Suanjing in the 3rd to 5th century CE.
The Chinese remainder theorem is widely used for computing with large integers, as it allows replacing a computation for which one knows a bound on the size of the result by several similar computations on small integers.
The Chinese remainder theorem (expressed in terms of congruences) is true over every principal ideal domain. It has been generalized to any ring, with a formulation involving two-sided ideals.
History
The earliest known statement of the theorem, as a problem with specific numbers, appears in the 5th-century book Sunzi Suanjing by the Chinese mathematician Sunzi:
"There are certain things whose number is unknown. If we count them by threes, we have two left over; by fives, we have three left over; and by sevens, two are left over. How many things are there?"
Sunzi's work contains neither a proof nor a full algorithm. What amounts to an algorithm for solving this problem was described by Aryabhata (6th century). Special cases of the Chinese remainder theorem were also known to Brahmagupta (7th century) and appear in Fibonacci's Liber Abaci (1202). The result was later generalized with a complete solution called Da-yan-shu (大衍術) in Qin Jiushao's 1247 Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections which was translated into English in early 19th century by British missionary Alexander Wylie.
The notion of congruences was first introduced and used by Carl Friedrich Gauss in his Disquisitiones Arithmeticae of 1801. Gauss illustrates the Chinese remainder theorem on a problem involving calendars, namely, "to find the years that have a certain period number with respect to the solar and lunar cycle and the Roman indiction." Gauss introduces a procedure for solving the problem that had already been used by Leonhard Euler but was in fact an ancient method that had appeared several times.
Statement
Let n1, ..., nk be integers greater than 1, which are often called moduli or divisors. Let us denote by N the product of the ni.
The Chinese remainder theorem asserts that if the ni are pairwise coprime, and if a1, ..., ak are integers such that 0 ≤ ai < ni for every i, then there is one and only one integer x, such that 0 ≤ x < N and the remainder of the Euclidean division of x by ni is ai for every i.
This may be restated as follows in terms of congruences: If the $$n_i$$ are pairwise coprime, and if a1, ..., ak are any integers, then the system
* $$\begin{align}
x &\equiv a_1 \pmod{n_1} \\ &\,\,\,\vdots \\ x &\equiv a_k \pmod{n_k}, \end{align}$$ has a solution, and any two solutions, say x1 and x2, are congruent modulo N, that is, $x_{1} ≡ x_{2} (mod N )$.
In abstract algebra, the theorem is often restated as: if the ni are pairwise coprime, the map
* $$x \bmod N \;\mapsto\;(x \bmod n_1,\, \ldots,\, x \bmod n_k)$$
defines a ring isomorphism
* $$\mathbb{Z}/N\mathbb{Z} \cong \mathbb{Z}/n_1\mathbb{Z} \times \cdots \times \mathbb{Z}/n_k\mathbb{Z}$$
between the ring of integers modulo N and the direct product of the rings of integers modulo the ni. This means that for doing a sequence of arithmetic operations in $$\mathbb{Z}/N\mathbb{Z},$$ one may do the same computation independently in each $$\mathbb{Z}/n_i\mathbb{Z}$$ and then get the result by applying the isomorphism (from the right to the left). This may be much faster than the direct computation if N and the number of operations are large. This is widely used, under the name multi-modular computation, for linear algebra over the integers or the rational numbers.
The theorem can also be restated in the language of combinatorics as the fact that the infinite arithmetic progressions of integers form a Helly family.
Proof
The existence and the uniqueness of the solution may be proven independently. However, the first proof of existence, given below, uses this uniqueness.
Uniqueness
Suppose that $x$ and $y$ are both solutions to all the congruences. As $x$ and $y$ give the same remainder, when divided by $n_{i}$, their difference $x − y$ is a multiple of each $n_{i}$. As the $n_{i}$ are pairwise coprime, their product $N$ also divides $x − y$, and thus $x$ and $y$ are congruent modulo $N$. If $x$ and $y$ are supposed to be non-negative and less than $N$ (as in the first statement of the theorem), then their difference may be a multiple of $N$ only if $x = y$.
Existence (first proof)
The map
* $$x \bmod N \mapsto (x \bmod n_1, \ldots, x\bmod n_k)$$
maps congruence classes modulo $N$ to sequences of congruence classes modulo $n_{i}$. The proof of uniqueness shows that this map is injective. As the domain and the codomain of this map have the same number of elements, the map is also surjective, which proves the existence of the solution.
This proof is very simple but does not provide any direct way for computing a solution. Moreover, it cannot be generalized to other situations where the following proof can.
Existence (constructive proof)
Existence may be established by an explicit construction of $x$. This construction may be split into two steps, first solving the problem in the case of two moduli, and then extending this solution to the general case by induction on the number of moduli.
Case of two moduli
We want to solve the system:
\begin{align} x &\equiv a_1 \pmod {n_1}\\ x &\equiv a_2 \pmod {n_2}, \end{align} $$ where $$n_1$$ and $$n_2$$ are coprime.
Bézout's identity asserts the existence of two integers $$m_1$$ and $$m_2$$ such that
* $$m_1n_1+m_2n_2=1.$$
The integers $$m_1$$ and $$m_2$$ may be computed by the extended Euclidean algorithm.
A solution is given by
* $$x = a_1m_2n_2+a_2m_1n_1.$$
Indeed,
* $$\begin{align}
x&=a_1m_2n_2+a_2m_1n_1\\ &=a_1(1 - m_1n_1) + a_2m_1n_1 \\ &=a_1 + (a_2 - a_1)m_1n_1, \end{align}$$ implying that $$x \equiv a_1 \pmod {n_1}.$$ The second congruence is proved similarly, by exchanging the subscripts 1 and 2.
General case
Consider a sequence of congruence equations:
\begin{align} x &\equiv a_1 \pmod{n_1} \\ &\vdots \\ x &\equiv a_k \pmod{n_k}, \end{align} $$ where the $$n_i$$ are pairwise coprime. The two first equations have a solution $$a_{1,2}$$ provided by the method of the previous section. The set of the solutions of these two first equations is the set of all solutions of the equation
* $$x \equiv a_{1,2} \pmod{n_1n_2}.$$
As the other $$n_i$$ are coprime with $$n_1n_2,$$ this reduces solving the initial problem of $k$ equations to a similar problem with $$k-1$$ equations. Iterating the process, one gets eventually the solutions of the initial problem.
Existence (direct construction)
For constructing a solution, it is not necessary to make an induction on the number of moduli. However, such a direct construction involves more computation with large numbers, which makes it less efficient and less used. Nevertheless, Lagrange interpolation is a special case of this construction, applied to polynomials instead of integers.
Let $$N_i = N/n_i$$ be the product of all moduli but one. As the $$n_i$$ are pairwise coprime, $$N_i$$ and $$n_i$$ are coprime. Thus Bézout's identity applies, and there exist integers $$M_i$$ and $$m_i$$ such that
* $$M_iN_i + m_in_i=1.$$
A solution of the system of congruences is
* $$x=\sum_{i=1}^k a_iM_iN_i.$$
In fact, as $$N_j$$ is a multiple of $$n_i$$ for $$i\neq j,$$ we have
* $$x \equiv a_iM_iN_i \equiv a_i(1-m_in_i) \equiv a_i \pmod{n_i}, $$
for every $$i.$$
Computation
Consider a system of congruences:
* $$\begin{align}
x &\equiv a_1 \pmod{n_1} \\ &\vdots \\ x &\equiv a_k \pmod{n_k}, \\ \end{align}$$ where the $$n_i$$ are pairwise coprime, and let $$N=n_1 n_2\cdots n_k.$$ In this section several methods are described for computing the unique solution for $$x$$, such that $$0\le x<N,$$ and these methods are applied on the example
\begin{align} x &\equiv 0 \pmod 3 \\ x &\equiv 3 \pmod 4 \\ x &\equiv 4 \pmod 5. \end{align} $$
Several methods of computation are presented. The two first ones are useful for small examples, but become very inefficient when the product $$n_1\cdots n_k$$ is large. The third one uses the existence proof given in. It is the most convenient when the product $$n_1\cdots n_k$$ is large, or for computer computation.
Systematic search
It is easy to check whether a value of $x$ is a solution: it suffices to compute the remainder of the Euclidean division of $x$ by each $n_{i}$. Thus, to find the solution, it suffices to check successively the integers from $0$ to $N$ until finding the solution.
Although very simple, this method is very inefficient. For the simple example considered here, $40$ integers (including $0$) have to be checked for finding the solution, which is $39$. This is an exponential time algorithm, as the size of the input is, up to a constant factor, the number of digits of $N$, and the average number of operations is of the order of $N$.
Therefore, this method is rarely used, neither for hand-written computation nor on computers.
Search by sieving
The search of the solution may be made dramatically faster by sieving. For this method, we suppose, without loss of generality, that $$0\le a_i <n_i$$ (if it were not the case, it would suffice to replace each $$a_i$$ by the remainder of its division by $$n_i$$). This implies that the solution belongs to the arithmetic progression
* $$a_1, a_1 + n_1, a_1+2n_1, \ldots$$
By testing the values of these numbers modulo $$n_2,$$ one eventually finds a solution $$x_2$$ of the two first congruences. Then the solution belongs to the arithmetic progression
* $$x_2, x_2 + n_1n_2, x_2+2n_1n_2, \ldots$$
Testing the values of these numbers modulo $$n_3,$$ and continuing until every modulus has been tested eventually yields the solution.
This method is faster if the moduli have been ordered by decreasing value, that is if $$n_1>n_2> \cdots > n_k.$$ For the example, this gives the following computation. We consider first the numbers that are congruent to 4 modulo 5 (the largest modulus), which are 4, 9 = 4 + 5, 14 = 9 + 5, ... For each of them, compute the remainder by 4 (the second largest modulus) until getting a number congruent to 3 modulo 4. Then one can proceed by adding 20 = 5 × 4 at each step, and computing only the remainders by 3. This gives
* 4 mod 4 → 0. Continue
* 4 + 5 = 9 mod 4 →1. Continue
* 9 + 5 = 14 mod 4 → 2. Continue
* 14 + 5 = 19 mod 4 → 3. OK, continue by considering remainders modulo 3 and adding 5 × 4 = 20 each time
* 19 mod 3 → 1. Continue
* 19 + 20 = 39 mod 3 → 0. OK, this is the result.
This method works well for hand-written computation with a product of moduli that is not too big. However, it is much slower than other methods, for very large products of moduli. Although dramatically faster than the systematic search, this method also has an exponential time complexity and is therefore not used on computers.
Using the existence construction
The constructive existence proof shows that, in the case of two moduli, the solution may be obtained by the computation of the Bézout coefficients of the moduli, followed by a few multiplications, additions and reductions modulo $n_1n_2$ (for getting a result in the interval $$(0, n_1n_2-1)$$). As the Bézout's coefficients may be computed with the extended Euclidean algorithm, the whole computation, at most, has a quadratic time complexity of $$O((s_1+s_2)^2),$$ where $$s_i$$ denotes the number of digits of $$n_i.$$
For more than two moduli, the method for two moduli allows the replacement of any two congruences by a single congruence modulo the product of the moduli. Iterating this process provides eventually the solution with a complexity, which is quadratic in the number of digits of the product of all moduli. This quadratic time complexity does not depend on the order in which the moduli are regrouped. One may regroup the two first moduli, then regroup the resulting modulus with the next one, and so on. This strategy is the easiest to implement, but it also requires more computation involving large numbers.
Another strategy consists in partitioning the moduli in pairs whose product have comparable sizes (as much as possible), applying, in parallel, the method of two moduli to each pair, and iterating with a number of moduli approximatively divided by two. This method allows an easy parallelization of the algorithm. Also, if fast algorithms (that is, algorithms working in quasilinear time) are used for the basic operations, this method provides an algorithm for the whole computation that works in quasilinear time.
On the current example (which has only three moduli), both strategies are identical and work as follows.
Bézout's identity for 3 and 4 is
* $$1\times 4 + (-1)\times 3 = 1.$$
Putting this in the formula given for proving the existence gives
* $$0\times 1\times 4 + 3\times (-1)\times 3 =-9$$
for a solution of the two first congruences, the other solutions being obtained by adding to −9 any multiple of 3 × 4 = 12. One may continue with any of these solutions, but the solution 3 = −9 +12 is smaller (in absolute value) and thus leads probably to an easier computation
Bézout identity for 5 and 3 × 4 = 12 is
* $$5\times 5 +(-2)\times 12 =1.$$
Applying the same formula again, we get a solution of the problem:
* $$5\times 5 \times 3 + 12\times (-2)\times 4 = -21.$$
The other solutions are obtained by adding any multiple of 3 × 4 × 5 = 60, and the smallest positive solution is −21 + 60 = 39.
As a linear Diophantine system
The system of congruences solved by the Chinese remainder theorem may be rewritten as a system of linear Diophantine equations:
* $$\begin{align}
x &= a_1 +x_1n_1\\ &\vdots \\ x &=a_k+x_kn_k, \end{align}$$ where the unknown integers are $$x$$ and the $$x_i.$$ Therefore, every general method for solving such systems may be used for finding the solution of Chinese remainder theorem, such as the reduction of the matrix of the system to Smith normal form or Hermite normal form. However, as usual when using a general algorithm for a more specific problem, this approach is less efficient than the method of the preceding section, based on a direct use of Bézout's identity.
Over principal ideal domains
In, the Chinese remainder theorem has been stated in three different ways: in terms of remainders, of congruences, and of a ring isomorphism. The statement in terms of remainders does not apply, in general, to principal ideal domains, as remainders are not defined in such rings. However, the two other versions make sense over a principal ideal domain $R$: it suffices to replace "integer" by "element of the domain" and $$\mathbb Z$$ by $R$. These two versions of the theorem are true in this context, because the proofs (except for the first existence proof), are based on Euclid's lemma and Bézout's identity, which are true over every principal domain.
However, in general, the theorem is only an existence theorem and does not provide any way for computing the solution, unless one has an algorithm for computing the coefficients of Bézout's identity.
Over univariate polynomial rings and Euclidean domains
The statement in terms of remainders given in cannot be generalized to any principal ideal domain, but its generalization to Euclidean domains is straightforward. The univariate polynomials over a field is the typical example of a Euclidean domain which is not the integers. Therefore, we state the theorem for the case of the ring $$R=K[X]$$ for a field $$K.$$ For getting the theorem for a general Euclidean domain, it suffices to replace the degree by the Euclidean function of the Euclidean domain.
The Chinese remainder theorem for polynomials is thus: Let $$P_i(X)$$ (the moduli) be, for $$i = 1, \dots, k$$, pairwise coprime polynomials in $$R=K[X]$$. Let $$d_i =\deg P_i$$ be the degree of $$P_i(X)$$, and $$D$$ be the sum of the $$d_i.$$ If $$A_i(X), \ldots,A_k(X)$$ are polynomials such that $$A_i(X)=0$$ or $$\deg A_i<d_i$$ for every $i$, then, there is one and only one polynomial $$P(X)$$, such that $$\deg P<D$$ and the remainder of the Euclidean division of $$P(X)$$ by $$P_i(X)$$ is $$A_i(X)$$ for every $i$.
The construction of the solution may be done as in or. However, the latter construction may be simplified by using, as follows, partial fraction decomposition instead of the extended Euclidean algorithm.
Thus, we want to find a polynomial $$P(X)$$, which satisfies the congruences
* $$P(X)\equiv A_i(X) \pmod {P_i(X)},$$
for $$i=1,\ldots,k.$$
Consider the polynomials
* $$\begin{align}
Q(X) &= \prod_{i=1}^{k}P_i(X) \\ Q_i(X) &= \frac{Q(X)}{P_i(X)}. \end{align}$$
The partial fraction decomposition of $$1/Q(X)$$ gives $k$ polynomials $$S_i(X)$$ with degrees $$\deg S_i(X) < d_i,$$ such that
* $$\frac{1}{Q(X)} = \sum_{i=1}^k \frac{S_i(X)}{P_i(X)},$$
and thus
* $$1 = \sum_{i=1}^{k}S_i(X) Q_i(X).$$
Then a solution of the simultaneous congruence system is given by the polynomial
* $$\sum_{i=1}^k A_i(X) S_i(X) Q_i(X).$$
In fact, we have
* $$\sum_{i=1}^k A_i(X) S_i(X) Q_i(X)= A_i(X)+ \sum_{j=1}^{k}(A_j(X) - A_i(X)) S_j(X) Q_j(X) \equiv A_i(X)\pmod{P_i(X)},$$
for $$1 \leq i \leq k.$$
This solution may have a degree larger than $$D=\sum_{i=1}^k d_i.$$ The unique solution of degree less than $$D$$ may be deduced by considering the remainder $$B_i(X)$$ of the Euclidean division of $$A_i(X)S_i(X)$$ by $$P_i(X).$$ This solution is
* $$P(X)=\sum_{i=1}^k B_i(X) Q_i(X).$$
Lagrange interpolation
A special case of Chinese remainder theorem for polynomials is Lagrange interpolation. For this, consider $k$ monic polynomials of degree one:
* $$P_i(X)=X-x_i.$$
They are pairwise coprime if the $$x_i$$ are all different. The remainder of the division by $$P_i(X)$$ of a polynomial $$P(X)$$ is $$P(x_i)$$, by the polynomial remainder theorem.
Now, let $$A_1, \ldots, A_k$$ be constants (polynomials of degree 0) in $$K.$$ Both Lagrange interpolation and Chinese remainder theorem assert the existence of a unique polynomial $$P(X),$$ of degree less than $$k$$ such that
* $$P(x_i)=A_i,$$
for every $$i.$$
Lagrange interpolation formula is exactly the result, in this case, of the above construction of the solution. More precisely, let
* $$\begin{align}
Q(X) &= \prod_{i=1}^{k}(X-x_i) \\[6pt] Q_i(X) &= \frac{Q(X)}{X-x_i}. \end{align}$$
The partial fraction decomposition of $$\frac{1}{Q(X)}$$ is
* $$\frac{1}{Q(X)} = \sum_{i=1}^k \frac{1}{Q_i(x_i)(X-x_i)}.$$
In fact, reducing the right-hand side to a common denominator one gets
* $$ \sum_{i=1}^k \frac{1}{Q_i(x_i)(X-x_i)}= \frac{1}{Q(X)} \sum_{i=1}^k \frac{Q_i(X)}{Q_i(x_i)},$$
and the numerator is equal to one, as being a polynomial of degree less than $$k,$$ which takes the value one for $$k$$ different values of $$X.$$
Using the above general formula, we get the Lagrange interpolation formula:
* $$P(X)=\sum_{i=1}^k A_i\frac{Q_i(X)}{Q_i(x_i)}.$$
Hermite interpolation
Hermite interpolation is an application of the Chinese remainder theorem for univariate polynomials, which may involve moduli of arbitrary degrees (Lagrange interpolation involves only moduli of degree one).
The problem consists of finding a polynomial of the least possible degree, such that the polynomial and its first derivatives take given values at some fixed points.
More precisely, let $$x_1, \ldots, x_k$$ be $$k$$ elements of the ground field $$K,$$ and, for $$i=1,\ldots, k,$$ let $$a_{i,0}, a_{i,1}, \ldots, a_{i,r_i-1}$$ be the values of the first $$r_i$$ derivatives of the sought polynomial at $$x_i$$ (including the 0th derivative, which is the value of the polynomial itself). The problem is to find a polynomial $$P(X)$$ such that its j th derivative takes the value $$a_{i,j} $$ at $$x_i,$$ for $$i=1,\ldots,k$$ and $$j=0,\ldots,r_j.$$
Consider the polynomial
* $$P_i(X) = \sum_{j=0}^{r_i - 1}\frac{a_{i,j}}{j!}(X - x_i)^j.$$
This is the Taylor polynomial of order $$r_i-1$$ at $$x_i$$, of the unknown polynomial $$P(X).$$ Therefore, we must have
* $$P(X)\equiv P_i(X) \pmod {(X-x_i)^{r_i}}.$$
Conversely, any polynomial $$P(X) $$ that satisfies these $$k$$ congruences, in particular verifies, for any $$i=1, \ldots, k$$
* $$P(X)= P_i(X) +o(X-x_i)^{r_i-1} $$
therefore $$P_i(X)$$ is its Taylor polynomial of order $$ r_i - 1$$ at $$x_i$$, that is, $$P(X)$$ solves the initial Hermite interpolation problem. The Chinese remainder theorem asserts that there exists exactly one polynomial of degree less than the sum of the $$r_i,$$ which satisfies these $$k$$ congruences.
There are several ways for computing the solution $$P(X).$$ One may use the method described at the beginning of. One may also use the constructions given in or.
Generalization to non-coprime moduli
The Chinese remainder theorem can be generalized to non-coprime moduli. Let $$m, n, a, b$$ be any integers, let $$g = \gcd(m,n)$$; $$M = \operatorname{lcm}(m,n)$$, and consider the system of congruences:
\begin{align} x &\equiv a \pmod m \\ x &\equiv b \pmod n, \end{align} $$ If $$a \equiv b \pmod g$$, then this system has a unique solution modulo $$M = mn/g$$. Otherwise, it has no solutions.
If one uses Bézout's identity to write $$g = um + vn$$, then the solution is given by
* $$ x = \frac{avn+bum}{g}.$$
This defines an integer, as $g$ divides both $m$ and $n$. Otherwise, the proof is very similar to that for coprime moduli.
Generalization to arbitrary rings
The Chinese remainder theorem can be generalized to any ring, by using coprime ideals (also called comaximal ideals). Two ideals $I$ and $J$ are coprime if there are elements $$i\in I$$ and $$j\in J$$ such that $$i+j=1.$$ This relation plays the role of Bézout's identity in the proofs related to this generalization, which otherwise are very similar. The generalization may be stated as follows.
Let $I_{1}, ..., I_{k}$ be two-sided ideals of a ring $$R$$ and let $I$ be their intersection. If the ideals are pairwise coprime, we have the isomorphism:
* $$\begin{align}
R/I &\to (R/I_1) \times \cdots \times (R/I_k) \\ x \bmod I &\mapsto (x \bmod I_1,\, \ldots,\, x \bmod I_k), \end{align}$$ between the quotient ring $$R/I$$ and the direct product of the $$R/I_i,$$ where "$$x \bmod I$$" denotes the image of the element $$x$$ in the quotient ring defined by the ideal $$I.$$ Moreover, if $$R$$ is commutative, then the ideal intersection of pairwise coprime ideals is equal to their product; that is
I= I_1\cap I_2 \cap\cdots\cap I_k= I_1I_2\cdots I_k, $$ if $Ii$ and $Ij$ are coprime for all $i ≠ j$.
Interpretation in terms of idempotents
Let $$I_1, I_2, \dots, I_k$$ be pairwise coprime two-sided ideals with $$ \bigcap_{i = 1}^k I_i = 0,$$ and
* $$\varphi:R\to (R/I_1) \times \cdots \times (R/I_k)$$
be the isomorphism defined above. Let $$f_i=(0,\ldots,1,\ldots, 0)$$ be the element of $$(R/I_1) \times \cdots \times (R/I_k)$$ whose components are all $0$ except the $i$ th which is $1$, and $$e_i=\varphi^{-1}(f_i).$$
The $$e_i$$ are central idempotents that are pairwise orthogonal; this means, in particular, that $$e_i^2=e_i$$ and $$e_ie_j=e_je_i=0$$ for every $i$ and $j$. Moreover, one has $e_1+\cdots+e_n=1,$ and $$I_i=R(1-e_i).$$
In summary, this generalized Chinese remainder theorem is the equivalence between giving pairwise coprime two-sided ideals with a zero intersection, and giving central and pairwise orthogonal idempotents that sum to $1$.
Sequence numbering
The Chinese remainder theorem has been used to construct a Gödel numbering for sequences, which is involved in the proof of Gödel's incompleteness theorems.
Fast Fourier transform
The prime-factor FFT algorithm (also called Good-Thomas algorithm) uses the Chinese remainder theorem for reducing the computation of a fast Fourier transform of size $$n_1n_2$$ to the computation of two fast Fourier transforms of smaller sizes $$n_1$$ and $$n_2$$ (providing that $$n_1$$ and $$n_2$$ are coprime).
Encryption
Most implementations of RSA use the Chinese remainder theorem during signing of HTTPS certificates and during decryption.
The Chinese remainder theorem can also be used in secret sharing, which consists of distributing a set of shares among a group of people who, all together (but no one alone), can recover a certain secret from the given set of shares. Each of the shares is represented in a congruence, and the solution of the system of congruences using the Chinese remainder theorem is the secret to be recovered. Secret sharing using the Chinese remainder theorem uses, along with the Chinese remainder theorem, special sequences of integers that guarantee the impossibility of recovering the secret from a set of shares with less than a certain cardinality.
Range ambiguity resolution
The range ambiguity resolution techniques used with medium pulse repetition frequency radar can be seen as a special case of the Chinese remainder theorem.
Decomposition of surjections of finite abelian groups
Given a surjection $$\mathbb{Z}/n \to \mathbb{Z}/m$$ of finite abelian groups, we can use the Chinese remainder theorem to give a complete description of any such map. First of all, the theorem gives isomorphisms
* $$\begin{align}
\mathbb{Z}/n &\cong \mathbb{Z}/p_{n_1}^{a_1} \times \cdots \times \mathbb{Z}/p_{n_i}^{a_i} \\ \mathbb{Z}/m &\cong \mathbb{Z}/p_{m_1}^{b_1} \times \cdots \times \mathbb{Z}/p_{m_j}^{b_j} \end{align}$$ where $$\{p_{m_1},\ldots,p_{m_j} \} \subseteq \{ p_{n_1},\ldots, p_{n_i} \}$$. In addition, for any induced map
* $$\mathbb{Z}/p_{n_k}^{a_k} \to \mathbb{Z}/p_{m_l}^{b_l}$$
from the original surjection, we have $$a_k \geq b_l$$ and $$p_{n_k} = p_{m_l},$$ since for a pair of primes $$p,q$$, the only non-zero surjections
* $$\mathbb{Z}/p^a \to \mathbb{Z}/q^b$$
can be defined if $$p = q$$ and $$a \geq b$$.
These observations are pivotal for constructing the ring of profinite integers, which is given as an inverse limit of all such maps.
Dedekind's theorem
Dedekind's theorem on the linear independence of characters. Let $M$ be a monoid and $k$ an integral domain, viewed as a monoid by considering the multiplication on $k$. Then any finite family $( f_{i} )_{i∈I}$ of distinct monoid homomorphisms $f_{i} : M → k$ is linearly independent. In other words, every family $(α_{i})_{i∈I}$ of elements $α_{i} ∈ k$ satisfying
* $$\sum_{i \in I}\alpha_i f_i = 0$$
must be equal to the family $(0)_{i∈I}$.
Proof. First assume that $k$ is a field, otherwise, replace the integral domain $k$ by its quotient field, and nothing will change. We can linearly extend the monoid homomorphisms $f_{i} : M → k$ to $k$-algebra homomorphisms $F_{i} : k[M] → k$, where $k[M]$ is the monoid ring of $M$ over $k$. Then, by linearity, the condition
* $$\sum_{i\in I}\alpha_i f_i = 0,$$
yields
* $$\sum_{i \in I}\alpha_i F_i = 0.$$
Next, for $i, j ∈ I; i ≠ j$ the two $k$-linear maps $F_{i} : k[M] → k$ and $F_{j} : k[M] → k$ are not proportional to each other. Otherwise $f_{i}$ and $f_{j}$ would also be proportional, and thus equal since as monoid homomorphisms they satisfy: $f_{i} (1) = 1 = f_{j} (1)$, which contradicts the assumption that they are distinct.
Therefore, the kernels $Ker F_{i}$ and $Ker F_{j}$ are distinct. Since $k[M]/Ker F_{i} ≅ F_{i} (k[M]) = k$ is a field, $Ker F_{i}$ is a maximal ideal of $k[M]$ for every $i$ in $I$. Because they are distinct and maximal the ideals $Ker F_{i}$ and $Ker F_{j}$ are coprime whenever $i ≠ j$. The Chinese Remainder Theorem (for general rings) yields an isomorphism:
* $$\begin{align}
\phi: k[M] / K &\to \prod_{i \in I}k[M] / \mathrm{Ker} F_i \\ \phi(x + K) &= \left(x + \mathrm{Ker} F_i\right)_{i \in I} \end{align}$$
where
* $$K = \prod_{i \in I}\mathrm{Ker} F_i = \bigcap_{i \in I}\mathrm{Ker} F_i.$$
Consequently, the map
* $$\begin{align}
\Phi: k[M] &\to \prod_{i \in I}k[M]/ \mathrm{Ker} F_i \\ \Phi(x) &= \left(x + \mathrm{Ker} F_i\right)_{i \in I} \end{align}$$
is surjective. Under the isomorphisms $k[M]/Ker F_{i} → F_{i} (k[M]) = k,$ the map $Φ$ corresponds to:
* $$\begin{align}
\psi: k[M] &\to \prod_{i \in I}k \\ \psi(x) &= \left[F_i(x)\right]_{i \in I} \end{align}$$
Now,
* $$\sum_{i \in I}\alpha_i F_i = 0$$
yields
* $$\sum_{i \in I}\alpha_i u_i = 0$$
for every vector $(u_{i})_{i∈I}$ in the image of the map $ψ$. Since $ψ$ is surjective, this means that
* $$\sum_{i \in I}\alpha_i u_i = 0$$
for every vector
* $$\left(u_i\right)_{i \in I} \in \prod_{i \in I}k.$$
Consequently, $(α_{i})_{i∈I} = (0)_{i∈I}$. QED. | WIKI |
Culombe v. Connecticut/Concurrence Warren
Mr. Chief Justice WARREN, concurring.
It has not been the custom of the Court, in deciding the cases which come before it, to write lengthy and abstract dissertations upon questions which are neither presented by the record nor necessary to a proper disposition of the issues raised. The opinion which announces the judgment of the Court in the instant case has departed from this custom and is in the nature of an advisory opinion, for it attempts to resolve with finality many difficult problems which are at best only tangentially involved here. The opinion was unquestionably written with the intention of clarifying these problems and of establishing a set of principles which could be easily applied in any coerced-confession situation. However, it is doubtful that such will be the result, for while three members of the Court agree to the general principles enunciated by the opinion, they construe those principles as requiring a result in this case exactly the opposite from that reached by the author of the opinion. This being true, it cannot be assumed that the lower courts and law enforcement agencies will receive better guidance from the treatise for which this case seems to have provided a vehicle. On an abstract level, I find myself in agreement with some portions of the opinion and in disagreement with other portions. However, I would prefer not to write on many of the difficult questions which the opinion discusses until the facts of a particular case make such writing necessary. In my view, the reasons which have compelled the Court to develop the law on a case-by-case approach, to declare legal principles only in the context of specific factual situations, and to avoid expounding more than is necessary for the decision of a given case are persuasive. See Alabama State Federation of Labor, etc. v. McAdory, 325 U.S. 450, 461-462, 65 S.Ct. 1384, 1389-1390, 89 L.Ed. 1725, and cases cited; Poe v. Ullman, 367 U.S. 497, 81 S.Ct. 1752. I see no reason for making an exception in this case, and I am therefore unable to join the opinion which announces the judgment of the Court. Accordingly, I join the separate concurring opinion of Mr. Justice BRENNAN.
Mr. Justice DOUGLAS, with whom Mr. Justice BLACK agrees, concurring.
I find this case a simple one. As my Brother BRENNAN states, it is controlled by many of our decisions concerning confessions unlawfully obtained. It is also controlled by the principle some of us have urged upon the Court in several prior cases, including Crooker v. State of California, 357 U.S. 433, 441, 78 S.Ct. 1287, 1292, 2 L.Ed.2d 1448 (dissenting opinion); Ashdown v. State of Utah, 357 U.S. 426, 431, 78 S.Ct. 1354, 1357, 2 L.Ed.2d 1443 (dissenting opinion); Cicenia v. Lagay, 357 U.S. 504, 511, 78 S.Ct. 1297, 1301, 2 L.Ed.2d 1523 (dissenting opinion); Spano v. People of State of New York, 360 U.S. 315, 324, 79 S.Ct. 1202, 1207, 3 L.Ed.2d 1265 (concurring opinion). That principle is that any accused-whether rich or poor-has the right to consult a lawyer before talking with the police; and if he makes the request for a lawyer and it is refused, he is denied 'the Assistance of Counsel for his defence' guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.
The police first descended on petitioner on a Saturday afternoon. By ten that night-at the latest-he was in 'custody.' He asked to see an attorney. That request was callously turned aside. The testimony of Officer Rome exposes the critical issue in the case:
'Q. Up until Monday night Culombe hadn't seen a lawyer, had he? A. No, sir.
'Q. He had asked to see a lawyer, hadn't he? A. Yes, sir.
'Q. Didn't you tell him that he could see a lawyer when you got good and ready to let him see him? A. No, sir.
'Q. Well, when he asked to see a lawyer did he see a lawyer? A. No, sir.
'Q. Did you allow him to go to a telephone to call a lawyer? A. There was a telephone right there. He didn't have the name of an attorney to call.
'Q. Well, there are a large number of Hartford lawyers' names in the Hartford telephone directory. A. Yes, sir.
'Q. Did you offer him the use of the directory to find out the name of a lawyer to call? A. We were told that he couldn't read.
'Q. Oh, you were told that he couldn't read? A. Yes, sir.
'Q. Who told you that? A. He did.
'Q. Well, then, before I asked the question here in the courtroom, you had information that he couldn't read? A. After I talked with him.
'Q. So, therefore, a telephone directory would have been of no use to him? That is what you mean by the answer? A. If what he told me was the truth, yes, sir.
'Q. Did you tell him that he could have gotten in touch with Mr. Cosgrove, the Public Defender for this court? A. I make it my business never to mention any attorneys. It is up to them to mention their attorney.
'Q. This man was in the hands of the police on a serious investigation. He said that he wanted a lawyer and you did nothing to help him? A. I told him he could have a lawyer if he told me who he wanted me to call.
'Q. Did you tell him that? A. Yes, sir.
'Q. Didn't Culombe tell you on Monday night, 'If that is the way you operate up here I want to get in touch with a lawyer,' and you replied, 'We will let you get in touch with one at the right time, not until then.' A. No, sir.
'Q. But there was talk about a lawyer? A. Yes, sir.'
Petitioner is illiterate and mentally defective-a moron or an imbecile. He spent six years in the third grade and left school at the age of sixteen. He has twice been in state institutions for the feeble-minded.
He did not see an attorney until six days after he was first arrested and after he had confessed to the police. During all this time the police questioned him until their questioning produced the confession on which his present conviction is based.
It is said that if we enforced the guarantee of counsel by allowing a person, wo is arrested, to obtain legal advice before talking with the police, we 'would effectively preclude police questioning' (Crooker v. State of California, supra, 357 U.S. 441, 78 S.Ct. 1292) and 'would constrict state police activities in a manner that in many instances might impair their ability to solve difficult cases.' Cicenia v. Lagay, supra, 357 U.S. 509, 78 S.Ct. 1300. It is said that 'any lawyer worth his salt will tell the suspect in no uncertain terms to make no statement to police under any circumstances.' Watts v. State of Indiana, 338 U.S. 49, 57, 59, 69 S.Ct. 1347, 1358, 93 L.Ed. 1801 (concurring opinion). In other words, an attorney is likely to inform his client, clearly and unequivocally, that 'No person * * * shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,' as provided in the Fifth Amendment. This is the 'evil' to be feared from contact between a police suspect and his lawyer.
Interrogation of people by the police is an indispensable aspect of criminal investigations. But there is no right to interrogate-by the police any more than by the courts-when the privilege against self-incrimination is invoked. Knowing this, the police have set up in its place a system of administrative detention that has no constitutional justification. It is detention incommunicado, a system which breeds oppression. See Haley v. State of Ohio, 332 U.S. 596, 68 S.Ct. 302, 92 L.Ed. 224. In the present case this illiterate petitioner was not given the modicum of protection afforded in England where a prisoner is warned that statements made may be used against him and where the police are enjoined not to hammer away at a prisoner nor even to cross-examine him when he makes a voluntary statement except to clear up ambiguities. See Devlin, The Criminal Prosecution in England (1958), pp. 137-141. The flow of cases coming here shows that detention incommunicado is often accompanied by illegality and brutality. The arrival of an attorney is a specific against these proscribed practices.
If this accused were a son of a wealthy or prominent person, and demanded a lawyer, can there be any doubt that his request would have been heeded? But petitioner has no social status. He comes from a lowly environment. No class or family is his ally. His helplessness before the police when he is without 'the guiding hand of counsel' (Powell v. State of Alabama, 287 U.S. 45, 69, 53 S.Ct. 55, 64, 77 L.Ed. 158) emphasizes the lack of equal protection inherent in the dwarfed and twisted construction we have given the constitutional guarantee of the assistance of counsel. Cf. McNeal v. Culver, 365 U.S. 109, 117, 81 S.Ct. 413, 5 L.Ed.2d 445 (concurring opinion).
The system of police interrogation under secret detention falls heaviest on the weak and illiterate-the least articulate segments of our society. See American Civil Libet ies Union Report, Secret Detention by the Chicago Police (1959), pp. 19-21. The indigent who languishes in jail for want of bail, cf. Bandy v. United States, 81 S.Ct. 197 (memorandum opinion), or the member of a minority group without status or power is the one who suffers most when we leave the constitutional right to counsel to the discretion of the police. That right can only be protected by a broad guarantee of counsel that applies across the board to rich and poor alike. See Reck v. Pate, 367 U.S. at page 444, 81 S.Ct. at page 1548 (concurring opinion).
I believe that the denial of petitioner's request that he be given the right of counsel was a violation of his constitutional rights. I therefore concur in the judgment of the Court reversing the conviction.
Mr. Justice BRENNAN, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE and Mr. Justice BLACK join, concurring in the result.
It is my view that the facts stated in Part V of the opinion of my Brother FRANKFURTER require the conclusion that all and not alone the Wednesday confessions were coerced from the petitioner, and that under our cases none is admissible in evidence against him. See, e.g., Fikes v. State of Alabama, 352 U.S. 191, 77 S.Ct. 281, 1 L.Ed.2d 246, and cases there cited.
Mr. Justice HARLAN, whom Mr. Justice CLARK and Mr. Justice WHITTAKER join, dissenting.
I agree to what my Brother FRANKFURTER his written in delineation of the general principles governing police interrogation of those suspected of, or under investigation in connection with, the commission of crime, and as to the factors which should guide federal judicial review of state action in this field. I think, however, that upon this record, which contains few of the hallmarks usually found in 'coerced confession' cases, such considerations find their proper reflection in affirmance of this judgment.
With due regard to the medical and other evidence as to petitioner's history and subnormal mentality, I am unable to consider that it was constitutionally impermissible for the State to conclude that petitioner's 'Wednesday' confessions were the product of a deliberate choice on his part to try to ameliorate his fate by making a clean breast of things, and not the consequence of improper police activity. To me, petitioner's supplemental confession on the following Saturday night, which as depicted by the record bears all the indicia of spontaneity, is especially persuasive against this Court's contrary view.
I should also add that I find no constitutional infirmity in the standards used by the Connecticut courts in evaluating the voluntariness of petitioner's confessions. Cf. Rogers v. Richmond, 365 U.S. 534, 81 S.Ct. 735, 5 L.Ed.2d 760.
I would affirm. | WIKI |
Trade of the Day: This Homebuilders ETF Has Breakout Potential
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As the stock market began to lift off its late December 2018 lows and ultimately turned into a sharp rally by early January, shares of homebuilding and related stocks were not left behind. In fact, this group of stocks as represented by the SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSEARCA: XHB ) has outperformed the broader market rally, and the XHB ETF now sets up for a trade with a well defined next upside target.
Before digging into the charts and the specific near-term trade setup in the XHB ETF allow me to also note the following;
U.S. bond yields using the benchmark 10 year Treasury Note topped in October 2018 and to yours truly it looks like upside in yield terms is capped. If one believes that the U.S. consumer will not fall into a major recession in the next six to 12 months and bond yields remain capped across the yield curve but more importantly on the intermediate term to long end, then homebuilder and related stocks could be a good bet, at least in relative terms.
XHB ETF Charts
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Moving averages legend: red - 200 week, blue - 100 week, yellow - 50 week
With that in mind, let's look at the multiyear weekly chart of the XHB ETF and note that the late December 2018 lows coincided with the lower end of the long-standing up-trending channel. Also, from a momentum perspective, the weekly MACD oscillator at the bottom of the chart reached oversold levels that in the past led to bounces of several months.
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While I think the upside momentum will likely slow for the XHB ETF, there still looks to be a well-defined next upside target to target for a trade.
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Moving averages legend: red - 200 day, blue - 100 day, yellow - 50 day
On the daily chart, we see that after an initial sharp bounce off the late December lows the XHB ETF has over the past few weeks (since early January) largely trotted sideways. This has allowed the blue 100-day simple moving average to catch up with price on the downside. This coiling of price right at this moving average and generally in a well-defined consolidation range does now increase the odds of a next leg higher.
Note that there are lots of earnings reports of constituent stocks in the XHB ETF still on tap in coming days and weeks. Nonetheless, the XHB could be bought here for a trade to a next upside profit target closer to $37, which would also roughly coincide with the red 200-day simple moving average. Any sharp one-day bearish reversal would be an initial stop-loss trigger.
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How To Change The Default Login For Windows 10, Mac OS X, Linux, IOS, And Android (10.0 0.1 default login)
How To Change The Default Login For Windows 10, Mac OS X, Linux, IOS, And Android
If you’re fed up with having to enter your password every time you log in to your computer, phone, or tablet, then this article is for you. In just a few simple steps, you can change the default login for Windows 10, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, and Android.
What is the default login for Windows 10
Windows 10 is the most recent operating system from Microsoft. It comes with a lot of new features and improvements over previous versions of Windows. One of these new features is that it allows you to log in with your Microsoft account instead of just a local account. This makes it easier to sync your settings and data between different devices. However, if you don’t want to use your Microsoft account, you can still log in with a local account. The default login for Windows 10 is your Microsoft account.
How do I change the default login for Windows 10
Windows 10 has a lot of great features, but one of its best features is the ability to change the default login. You can change the default login for your computer by going to the “Control Panel” and then clicking on “User Accounts.” From there, you can click on the “Change your password” link and enter in a new password.
What is the default login for Mac OS X
The default login for Mac OS X is the username and password that you set up when you first installed the operating system. If you have forgotten your username or password, you can reset them by following the instructions on the Apple website.
How do I change the default login for Mac OS X
If you want to change the default login for Mac OS X, there are a few things you need to do. First, you need to open up the System Preferences. Once you’re in the System Preferences, you need to click on the Accounts preference pane. In the Accounts preference pane, you should see a list of all the users on your Mac. Find the user that you want to be the default login, and then click on the “Advanced options” button for that user. In the Advanced options window, there should be a checkbox that says “Allow user to log in from startup.” If that checkbox is checked, then that user will be the default login. If it’s not checked, then you can check it and that will make that user the default login.
What is the default login for Linux
The default login for Linux is the root user. The root user is the superuser of the system and has full control over all files and directories. To change the default login, edit the /etc/passwd file and change the line that says “root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash” to “USERNAME:x:1000:1000:USERNAME:/home/USERNAME:/bin/bash”.
How do I change the default login for Linux
If you’re using a computer with a Linux-based operating system, there are a few ways to change the default login. One way is to use the “passwd” command. This command will allow you to change the password for the current user. You can also use this command to change the password for another user by using the “-u” option. Another way to change the default login is to edit the “/etc/passwd” file. This file contains information about all of the users on the system. By editing this file, you can change the default login shell, home directory, and more. Finally, you can also use a graphical tool to change the default login. Many Linux distributions include a tool that allows you to change settings for your account, including the default login.
What is the default login for iOS
There is no default login for iOS devices. Each device has its own unique identifier that is used to log in.
How do I change the default login for iOS
In order to change the default login for iOS, you will need to access the Settings app. Once you have opened the Settings app, you will need to scroll down and tap on the “iTunes & App Store” option. From here, you will need to select the “Apple ID: [email protected]” option near the top of the screen. After selecting this option, you will be able to tap on the “Sign Out” button. Once you have signed out of your current Apple ID, you will be able to sign in with a new Apple ID by tapping on the “Sign In” button.
What is the default login for Android
The default login for Android devices is the user’s Google account. If you are using an Android device that is not connected to a Google account, you can still create a new account by following the instructions in the “How do I create a new Google account?” section of the Android Help Center.
How do I change the default login for Android
Assuming you would like a summary of the steps to changing the default login for Android:
1. Open Settings and click on Accounts.
2. Tap on the account you want to change the default login for and select Remove Account.
3. Reboot your device and re-add your account.
4. When prompted, select the account you just added as the default. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Exercise as it relates to Disease/Interventions to improve cardiovascular health in primary school children
This is the critique of the journal article: Harrell, J. S. et al., 1999. A Public Health vs a Risk-Based Intervention to Improve Cardiovascular Health in Elementary School Children: The Cardiovascular Health in Children Study. American Journal of Public Health, 89(10), pp. 1529-1535. | WIKI |
Dulkadir Dynasty, Turkmendynasty (1337–1522) that ruled in the Elbistan-Maraş-Malatya region of eastern Anatolia. Its lands were the focus of rivalry between the Ottoman Empire and the Mamlūks of Syria.
The dynasty was founded by Karaca, the chief of the Bozok Turkmen, who was recognized as nāʾīb (deputy) by the Mamlūk sultan in 1337 but who, with his sons, later was defeated and killed in a revolt against the sultan. In 1399 the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I, challenging Mamlūk influence, installed Dulkadir Mehmed as ruler. He tried to maintain peaceful relations with both powers.
After 1450 Ottoman-Mamlūk rivalry intensified, resulting in dynastic struggles and frequent changes in Dulkadir leadership. When Ali, the last Dulkadir prince, was overthrown by his grand vizier in 1522, the principality was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire, the Dulkadir family was accorded vassal status, and its members were appointed to high offices. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Seismic Load
The Seismic Load option in the Loading menu allows you to include the effect of pseudo-static earthquake loading in the limit equilibrium analysis.
In the Seismic Load dialog, you may define seismic coefficients for the Horizontal and / or Vertical directions. The Seismic Coefficients are dimensionless coefficients which represent the (maximum) earthquake acceleration as a fraction of the acceleration due to gravity. Typical values are in the range of 0.1 to 0.3.
Seismic Force
If seismic coefficients are defined, a seismic force will be applied to each slice as follows:
Seismic Force = Seismic Coefficient * Slice Weight
= Seismic Coefficient * area of slice * Unit Weight of slice material
Note that the acceleration due to gravity (g = 9.81 m/s2 for metric units) is already incorporated into the material Unit Weight entered in the Define Material Properties dialog (remember that the dimensions of Unit Weight are kN / m3), and therefore does not explicitly appear in the above equation.
The seismic force is applied through the centroid of each slice.
Horizontal Seismic Coefficient
The HORIZONTAL seismic coefficient is always POSITIVE, and represents a horizontal seismic force directed OUT OF the slope (i.e. in the direction of failure).
Since the HORIZONTAL seismic force in Slide is always directed OUT OF the slope, a HORIZONTAL seismic coefficient should always DECREASE the safety factor, for a given slip surface, compared to the same model with NO seismic load applied.
Vertical Seismic Coefficient
The VERTICAL seismic coefficient may be either POSITIVE or NEGATIVE.
The effect of a VERTICAL seismic force is less obvious. A VERTICAL seismic coefficient may either DECREASE or INCREASE the safety factor, since the vertical seismic force affects the normal stress, and hence the shear strength, at the base of each slice. Experiment with different POSITIVE and NEGATIVE values of the VERTICAL seismic coefficient, and observe the effect on safety factor.
TIP: you can use the Sensitivity Analysis feature of Slide to easily determine the effect of the vertical seismic coefficient, over any desired range of values.
Excess Pore Pressure
The Excess Pore Pressure option in the Seismic Load dialog, will only be available if the "Calculate Excess Pore Pressure (B-bar method)" checkbox is selected in the Groundwater tab of the Project Settings dialog.
If you select the "Load creates excess pore pressure" checkbox, then a VERTICAL seismic load will generate excess pore pressure for all materials with B-bar > 0. This only applies to the VERTICAL seismic coefficient. It does NOT apply to the HORIZONTAL seismic coefficient. For more information see the Excess Pore Pressure topic.
Seismic Load Icon
When seismic load is applied (i.e. the Horizontal and / or Vertical seismic coefficients are non-zero in the Seismic Load dialog), a Seismic Load icon will appear in the upper right corner of the view. This is to remind the user that Seismic Load is in effect, so that they do not run analyses without realizing that Seismic Load coefficients have been specified. The magnitude and direction of the Seismic Load coefficients, will also be displayed with the icon.
Seismic load icon
Right Click Shortcut
If seismic load is applied, and you right click on the Seismic Load icon, you can select Modify Seismic Load from the popup menu. This is a shortcut to the Seismic Load dialog.
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Katha Ankahee
Katha Ankahee is an Indian television drama series that premiered from 5 December 2022 to 1 December 2023 on Sony Entertainment Television. It streams digitally on SonyLIV. Produced by Sunjoy Waddhwa under the banner of Sphere Origins, it is the official Hindi adaptation of Turkish series One Thousand and One Nights, which was inspired from Arabian Nights. It starred Aditi Sharma and Adnan Khan.
Plot
Katha Singh, a single mother with unwavering determination, faced the most challenging battle of her life as she fought for her son Aarav, who was diagnosed with a severe case of blood cancer. Struggling to meet the overwhelming medical expenses and receiving no support from her in-laws, Katha found herself at crossroad.
Meanwhile, Viaan Raghuvanshi, a successful architect, carries the scars of his past. His father's abandonment of his mother, Teji, for another woman had left Viaan with deep emotional trauma. He had developed a cynical view of women, perceiving them as gold diggers as a result of his mother's attempt to paint his father as a gullible and a cheating husband.
Katha works at Viaan and his best friend Ehsan's company Earthcon Private Limited. Apart from a few small slip-ups and initial misunderstandings, Katha manages to impress everyone with her talent and resourcefulness. Ehsan starts getting attracted to her and tries to impress her but get no response from Katha's end apart from friendship. Driven by her son's desperate need for treatment, Katha turns to her boss, Viaan, seeking financial assistance. However, she never mentions the reason for which she needs money, as she had posed as a single unmarried woman in her job application due to an old, unfair company policy that no one had paid attention to. This ask for a large amount of money leads to Viaan considering her as another potential gold digger. Viaan perceived Katha as a woman with integrity. So, instead of a simple offer of help, Viaan proposed an unthinkable condition to test her - that Katha spend a night with him in return for the money. It was a heart-wrenching decision for Katha, but her love for Aarav pushed her to reluctantly accept, knowing that his life hung in balance.
With Aarav's treatment successful and his health gradually improving, Katha's joy was overshadowed by a deep resentment towards Viaan. She couldn't shake the bitterness she felt, while Viaan convinced she's a gold-digger continued to treat her rudely at work driving her to eventually resign. Yet, as fate would have it, circumstances began to unfold, revealing the complexities of their intertwined lives. Katha's estranged father-in-law, Kailash Garewal, starts to recognise his past mistakes and sought reconciliation with Katha. This unexpected development ignites resentment in Reet, Kailash's other daughter-in-law, who disapproves of the renewed bond. Meanwhile, Viaan's mother Teji and Ehsan's mother Farah, meet Katha at a party thrown by the Garewals and discover the story of her son's cancer treatment. When they inform this to their sons, the two are shaken in disbelief while Viaan's wrenched in guilt to his core at his own misdeed.
Viaan begs Katha to join Earthcon Private Limited again with a promise to never get in her way again. He starts changing unfair company policies against married employees. Katha rejoins to save the Dubai heritage project as it affects jobs of several other employees. Viaan begins to fall for Katha yet keeps his distance. Unbeknownst to Katha and Viaan, their paths continue to intertwine. Aarav and Viaan, unaware of their true identities, form an unlikely friendship at the sports club they both visit. As the days go by, emotions grow stronger and Katha starts seeing a different side of Viaan, caring, kind and principled. She can't deny the connection they share, even though bitterness lingers in her heart.
Simultaneously, Reet, driven by jealousy and malice, poisons Teji, against Katha. The seeds of doubt and mistrust threaten to tear apart the fragile bonds forming between Katha, Viaan, and their respective families. However, the bond between Katha and Viaan gets stronger, driven by their mutual respect for each other.
Amidst the turmoil, a surprising revelation emerges. Vanya, a new recruit joined EarthCon Private Limited and soon is discovered as the daughter of Viaan's father Viraj and Seema Datta, the woman for whom Viraj, had left Teji and Viaan years ago. It is revealed that Viraj had never wanted to abandon Viaan and had tried to convince Teji for an amicable divorce for a very long time, promising to always support her and Viaan completely, even naming the company and property in her name. He could never find love in their arranged marriage, but upon Teji's adamancy to not be a divorcee and lose her status in society, fuelled further by Farah, he finally gave up and left home. This shocking truth shakes Viaan to his core, forcing him to confront the complexities of his past and the pain his family had endured.
Realizing the truth behind Vanya's identity, Viaan embraces her as his long-lost sister, accepting her into his life with open arms. In doing so, Viaan not only reconciles with the past but also depends his bond with Katha. Witnessing Viaan's transformation and his unconditional acceptance of Vanya and her mother, Katha finds herself drawn to him even more. Eventually, Katha and Viaan confess their love to each other, much to Teji's chagrin. Meanwhile, Aarav is overjoyed to know about Robin being Viaan and graciously accepts him in Katha's life.
Mr. Garewal isn't pleased initially, feeling Viaan to be not good enough, but eventually comes around seeing Viaan's genuine love and affection for both Katha and Aarav. Teji is beyond furious at this entire development but controls herself in front of Viaan at the behest of her sister, Viaan's maasi, Maya. Maya advises Teji to agree to the relationship prima facie and wait for her to turn up and make the right moves to separate Viaan and Katha.
Maya successfully unearths Katha and Viaan's darkest secret, much to the chagrin of everyone. Yuvraj, after knowing the truth through Reet turns violent against Viaan who ends up being on deathbed. Seeing his condition, Teji soon realises her mistake and ousts Maya. Maya, in desperation, blackmails Katha, who in fear of facing Aarav, leaves Viaan. Meanwhile, Kailash comes up knowing about Viaan's misdeeds and is severely affected. A brawl ensures in which Viaan accidentally shoots Kailash and Katha, witnessing this, ends her relationship with Viaan, who is sent to prison on an attempt to murder Kailash.
Eight months later
Katha has moved on in her life and has left EarthCon Private Limited. She lives with Aarav who has now developed anger issues and is undergoing therapy for the same. She works for an event management firm. Viaan, after spending eight months in prison, returns home as proven innocent. Ehsan has got engaged to Vanya while Katha has got engaged to Dr. Raghav Sehgal, Aarav's therapist.
After coming out of prison, it is shown that Viaan has written a book full of Shayaris named Katha Ankahee as a token of his love to Katha and is famous. Dr. Raghav and Viaan unknowingly become good friends and simultaneously Viaan tries to find Katha and reconcile. Katha is aware of Viaan's search and tries to avoid him as she is afraid of bad consequences that might happen to Aarav after his and Viaan's face off. She believes that their love did not stay strong to overshadow their awful past and it is their destiny to fall apart. But eventually, Katha and Viaan meet at a singles party, as Katha was a part of event organiser and Viaan had accompanied a friend. Later Viaan gets to know that Katha is Dr. Raghav's fiancee.
Viaan firmly believes that Katha does not love Dr. Raghav and it is a compromised alliance from her side. Viaan stays positive and much hopeful that one day, Katha and Aarav would come back to his life. Dr. Raghav visits Viaan at his office and is mesmerised to see a model of 'Monument of Love' that was made by Viaan to Katha long back when they were together. Looking at that Raghav is thrilled to build a similar monument and offer it to Katha and wants her expertise on the project too, unknowing the truth. Katha reluctantly agrees and acts cold towards Viaan to give him an impression that she loves Raghav. But Viaan reminds her of their promises and their best times. He requests her to trust him and he would convince Aarav with honesty to calm his anger and make everything alright. But Katha is too afraid of giving Viaan a chance and thinks it would be a final nail in the coffin to ruin everything completely.
Meanwhile Vanya and Ehsan debate because Vanya is hopeful as Viaan but Ehsan is logical as Katha. Viaan uses an opportunity to face Aarav at Raghav's house and Aarav gets anger attack. Confused at Aarav's sudden intense anger and unreasonable behaviour, Raghav asks Katha to tell truth. Katha in ruins, at the heated moment asks Viaan to move on and be away from her and Aarav's life. Devastated, Viaan decides to leave to Paris with his mother permanently. Still being in love with Katha and Aarav, he sends a letter to Aarav citing his apology. Vanya informs Katha about Viaan's decision and Katha is shattered. Katha loves Viaan and wants to be with him but in denial as she is unable to gain courage to fight for their love.
After revelation of truth, Raghav suggests to Katha that they should get married. Katha is left without any choice agree as Raghav's daughter treats her as a mother and moving away would hurt her. But Raghav reminds Katha that true love is always unconditional, it never gives up at challenging times and overcomes all obstacles. On the wedding day, Viaan is all set to move to Paris. But Katha hastily meets Viaan and admits that she still loves Viaan very dearly. She asks Raghav for forgiveness as she never loved him and their marriage would be a sham. Katha confesses her love to Viaan is eternal, Aarav acknowledges his love to Viaan as his father and they reconcile.
Main
* Aditi Sharma as Katha Singh: Architect at EarthCon Limited; Part-time yoga instructor; Aditya's widow; Viaan's wife; Aarav's mother; Ruhi's mother-figure.
* Adnan Khan as Viaan Raghuvanshi: CEO of EarthCon Limited; a writer and poet; Teji and Viraj's son; Vanya's half-brother; Katha's husband; Aarav's stepfather.
Recurring
* Azinkya Mishra as Aarav Singh Garewal: Katha and Aditya's son; Viaan's stepson
* Manish Raisinghan as Dr. Raghav Sehgal – Pari's son; Ruhi's father
* Samar Vermani as Ehsan Contractor – President of EarthCon Limited; Salim and Farah's son; Viaan and Katha's best friend; Vanya's husband
* Manika Mehrotra as Vanya Datta – Viraj and Seema's daughter; Viaan's half-sister; Ehsan's wife
* Reeta Prajapati as Falguni – Katha's neighbour
* Bidisha Ghosh Sharma as Teji Raghuvanshi – Maya's sister; Viraj's widow; Farah's friend; Viaan's mother; Vanya's stepmother; Katha's mother-in-law
* Himanshu Manek as Jitesh "Jeetu Bhai" Patel – EarthCon Private Limited's oldest employee; Meenu's husband (2022–2023)
* Preeti Amin as Neerja aka Dodo – Aarav's donor (2022–2023)
* Priyamvada Singh as Farah Contractor – Salim's widow; Teji's friend; Ehsan's mother
* Gireesh Sahdev as Kailash Garewal – Kavita's husband; Aditya and Yuvraj's father; Kiara, Aarna, Aarav and Yohaan's grandfather (2022–2023) (Dead)
* Jyoti Gauba as Kavita Garewal – Kailash's widow; Aditya and Yuvraj's mother; Kiara, Aarna, Aarav and Yohaan's grandmother (2022–2023)
* Jasveenn Kaur as Reet Garewal – Yuvraj's wife; Kiara, Aarna and Yohaan's mother (2022–2023)
* Vishal Malhotra as Yuvraj Garewal – Kavita and Kailash's younger son; Aditya's brother; Reet's husband; Kiara, Aarna and Yohaan's father
* Sarah Killedar as Ruhi Sehgal – Raghav's daughter
* Unknown as Vicky – Pari's brother; Raghav's uncle
* Raynu Verma as Pari Sehgal – Vicky's sister; Raghav's mother; Ruhi's grandmother
* Viplove Sharma as Pranav – Katha's employee at the café (2023)
* Pallavi Singh as Liza – Viaan and Ehsan's college friend and employee
* Supriya Tatkar as Jenny – Viaan's secretary
* Roma Arora as Nivedita – Viaan's employee
* Anjali Mukhi as Maya Singhania – Teji's sister; Viaan's aunt (2023)
* Sheen Dass as Rewa – Katha's friend; Viaan's employee (2022–2023)
* Vinay Rohrra as Aditya "Adi" Garewal – Kavita and Kailash's elder son; Katha's husband; Aarav's father (2022–2023) (Dead; flashback)
* Kavya Rana as Kiara Garewal – Yuvraj and Reet's elder daughter; Aarna and Yohaan's sister; Aarav's cousin (2022–2023)
* Aaradhya Rana as Aarna Garewal – Yuvraj and Reet's younger daughter; Kiara and Yohaan's sister; Aarav's cousin (2022–2023)
* Vinod Johari as Viraj Raghuvanshi – Teji's husband; Viaan and Vanya's father; Seema's lover (2022–2023) (Dead; flashback)
* Priti Narnaware as Amrita Mehra – Viaan's former employee who now runs her firm (2022)
* Muskaan Mehta as Shamita Jaiswal – Viaan's employee
* Manoj Chandila as Anirudh Verma – Managing Director of Pyramid Global Architecture Limited
* Vishal Gandhi as Dr. Amit Rawal – Hematologist; Aarav's doctor (2022–2023)
* Astha Agarwal as Meera – Viaan's employee; Katha's colleague; Yuvraj's lover (2023)
* Prachi Thakker as Seema Datta – Vanya's mother; Viraj's beloved (2023) (Dead)
* Arjun Khurana as Keith – Viaan's college friend; a musician and Amrita's husband (2023)
* Sushmita Sahela as Amrita – Viaan's college friend and Keith's wife (2023)
Casting
Initially, Mohit Malik was in talks to play the male lead "Viaan", but couldn't join due to his prior commitments. Gashmeer Mahajani was also approached to play the male lead, but he refused. He later revealed that he regretted rejecting the role.
Aditi Sharma as Katha, and Adnan Khan as Viaan were signed as the lead. Samar Virmani and Sheen Dass was cast as the other leads. In November 2022, it was confirmed Vishal Gandhi had a cameo appearance in the show.
Development
The series was announced by Sphere Origins for Sony Entertainment Television in October 2022. It is the remake of Kanal D's popular Turkish soap opera Binbir Gece.
The series marks the comebacks of Adnan Khan and Aditi Sharma into fiction after the COVID-19 pandemic and their first collaboration.
Filming
The series is set in Mumbai. Shooting began in November 2022 and mainly shot at the Film City, Mumbai.
Release
The teaser of the series was released on 14 October 2022. It replaced Yashomati Maiyaa Ke Nandlala from 5 December 2022.
However, on 30 October 2023, after Punyashlok Ahilyabai ended, the series' timeslot was changed with Dabangii taking over the series' previous timeslot.
Reception
Times Of India commented on Sharma and Khan for "seamlessly fit[ting] into their parts", and particularly noted the dialogue, the costuming and "[e]ven the Mumbai apartments" in which the production is filmed, but nonetheless faulted the program as "too slow with very few cheerful moments". | WIKI |
Papilio arcturus
Papilio arcturus, the blue peacock, is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent.
Description
Male has the upper wings brownish black, somewhat paler on the forewing than on the hindwing. Forewing irrorated (sprinkled) with brilliant golden-green scales that on the posterior half of the wing form a broad, not well-defined subterminal band; the veins and elongate streaks between them on the outer half of the wing velvety black. Hindwing has the posterior three-fourths irrorated with brilliant golden-green scales as on the forewing but towards the base anteriorly these are blue; a conspicuous brilliant blue patch somewhat irregular in shape occupies the apex of the cell and the bases of interspaces 5 and 6, prolonged as a broad streak in the latter interspace up to the terminal margin; below this a more or less triangular patch on the disc and above it the whole of the costal margin broadly are devoid of the irroration of green scales; a subterminal generally incomplete series of large claret-red lunules terminates at the tornal angle in a large conspicuous black-centred red ocellus; the latter is encircled above and anteriorly by a narrow band formed by a conflux of the green irrorated scales; the lunules are bordered outwardly by spots of the ground colour that are devoid of the green scales; finally both the lunules and the tornal ocellus are tinged more or less with bluish purple on their inner margins, underside dull black, with a somewhat sparse irroration of yellowish-white scales confined on the forewing to the base and apex, and on the hindwing to the posterior two-thirds, not extended to the termen except along the tail. Forewing: a broad ill-defined subterminal pale transverse area, crossed by the black veins and internervular streaks, and elongated pale cellular streaks. Hindwing: a large somewhat quadrate terminal black-centred claret-red patch in interspaces 1 and 2, and a subterminal series of broad claret-red lunules that extends from interspaces 3 to 7, followed by ill-defined anteciliary red spots in each interspace. Cilia of both forewings and hindwings white, alternated with black. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen brownish black; the head, thorax and abdomen at base on the upperside sprinkled with golden-green scales.
The female is similar to the male but the markings are more prominent. Upperside of forewing has the subterminal golden-green band broader and on the hindwing the subterminal series of claret-red lunules more complete than in the male.
Other sources
* Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach, 1998 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: Papilio, Subgenus Achillides, Bhutanitis, Teinopalpus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER>624 | WIKI |
Unsolved Problems: Regeneration
Hydra can regenerate any part of their body. This is by rearrangement of differentiated cells. Their cells rearrange all the time. For example, tentacles are continually formed by geometric rearrangement of cells of the trunk, and so are asexual buds. Cells constantly fall off the tips of tentacles. The same occurs in the villi of human intestines.
Sponges re-form functional anatomy even after being dissociated into single cells, randomly mixed together. This was discovered by H. V. Wilson in 1907, and is the most famous and important discovery ever made in the UNC Biology Department (or, arguably, in any UNC department). [If you regard gene knock-outs as a method rather than a discovery.]
Wilson mistakenly guessed that sponge cells must switch from one differentiated cell type to another, based on their new locations. Later he decided that undifferentiated "archeocytes" probably provide the cells for the newly re-formed sponges. He was wrong, however.
Julian Huxley discovered the true explanation, which is rearrangement of cells according to differentiated cell type. Calhoun Bond discovered that sponge cells rearrange constantly, from day to day, or even from hour to hour, even when not disturbed.
Planaria (flatworms) can regenerate the whole body from fragments as small as one three-hundredth of the body; but (I have read) such regeneration occurs only those species of flatworms that reproduce asexually by budding new individuals from their rear end.
It is not really known to what degree flatworm regeneration is produced by rearrangement of cells, as opposed to differentiation of stem cells. Historically, the latter tends to be assumed, unless the former can be proven.
Salamanders can regenerate their legs, tails, retina, lenses of their eyes, and lower jaw (And I don't know what else).
Salamander lens regeneration is especially unusual in that the new lens differentiates from pigmented retina cells. For one differentiated cell type to be converted into another is unusual.
Salamanders are the only vertebrates that can regenerate legs (not counting younger stages of frog tadpoles).
Except for salamanders, during embryonic development, all vertebrates have an "Apical Ectodermal Ridge" (AER) along the outer edge of their arms, legs, wings or fins. If the AER is surgically removed from embryos, then distal structures (hands, wrists, arms) do not form. One of the "Fibroblast Growth Factors" causes limbs to develop even if the AER is removed, and can cause extra legs to develop along the flank.
During regeneration, a thickening in the epidermis forms at the tip of salamander limb stumps. This "Apical Ectodermal Cap" is necessary for regeneration; if surgically removed, regeneration ceases, at least until a new AEC is regenerated. It is a riddle why these ectodermal thickenings are needed for limbs to develop (and especially why the one kind of vertebrate that doesn't form an AER is the only kind that can regenerate legs; and DOES form an ectodermal thickening).
A central question is whether cells switch from one cell type to another during regeneration. Apparent de-differentiation occurs in salamander leg regeneration; for example chondrocytes and muscle cells become indistinguishable. Skeletal muscles are syncytial, but subdivide back into single uninucleate cells during this dedifferentiation.
By labeling cartilage and muscle nuclei (with radioactive hydrogen and phosphate, with green fluorescent protein, and with triploid nuclei) many researchers have studied whether chondrocytes ever re-differentiate into muscle cells, or vice versa. They have all concluded that this interconversion never occurs. Although muscle and cartilage cells become dedifferentiated in the sense that you can't tell them apart, both remain loyal to their former differentiated cell type. In other words, former muscle cells always redifferentiate back to being muscle cells, and former cartilage cells always redifferentiate back to being chondrocytes.
The one change in cell type (besides lenses) is conversion of many dermal fibroblasts into chondrocytes. In fact, as many as half the cartilage cells in the regenerated skeleton are descended from dermal fibroblasts.
Despite this unanimity of results, that dedifferentiating cartilage and muscle cells then redifferentiate back into the same cell type as they were before the amputation, few researchers think of regeneration as a process of geometric rearrangement of differentiated cells into new spatial arrangements.
Much research funding is being invested in the idea of undifferentiated "stem cells" being able to create missing organs and structures. The intense religious arguments about the morality of stem cells has somehow prevented serious consideration about whether the method can succeed, even in animals. Salamander legs don't develop from stem cells, but much funding has been based on the conclusion that they do. (Read between the lines in the concluding pages of Stocum's big review paper.)
Some odd and interesting facts about salamander limb development:
I) The AER, and all that. Why have a thickening in the skin control leg formation? And what causes this thickening, anyway? An increased contraction? A decreased contraction? A directional contraction? Think of some possible answers?
Is there any way to discover the cause of any phenomenon other than by guessing what might be the cause, then figuring out what the theory predicts (weird, surprising, predictions are the best) and then testing or otherwise observing whether the prediction is true?
II) Imagine an experiment in which one "hand" of a salamander is amputated, and then grafted to the elbow of another salamander's "arm", or if the hand were grafted to the shoulder, or anywhere along the length of the "arm".
Would you expect anything in particular to happen?
What does happen is that the grafted hand moves very slowly, day by day, out the length of the "arm", toward the normal hand, until it is connected at the wrist, at the location next to the normal hand.
This was discovered by Nardi and Stocum at the University of Illinois at Urbana, where they have an axolotl colony. The reverse experiment has also been done, with analogous results.
Nardi and Stocum have hypothesized that limbs have some kind of adhesion gradient, with distal (hand) cells being more strongly adhesive than shoulder cells, and elbow cells having intermediate adhesiveness.
They got this idea from Malcolm Steinberg's "Differential Adhesion Hypothesis", of which I have been the main critic for 30+ years, so my explanation may be biased. Other researchers have discovered direct evidence of gradients of cell surface properties along salamander legs.
Nardi and Stocum dissected bunches of cells from wrist, elbow and shoulder areas of salamander legs, and put these masses of cells in contact with each other, and in nutrient saline, in each possible pairwise combination.
e.g. Shoulder next to wrist; Shoulder next to elbow; Shoulder next to Shoulder; Elbow next to wrist; Elbow next to elbow.
In each case, the more distal (distal means far from the main body axis) tissue was engulfed by the more proximal (from nearer the body axis) tissue. {Unless I have remembered it backwards} According to Steinberg's theory, cells that get engulfed are more adhesive than the cells that do the engulfing. My theory (and Wayne Brodland's) is that engulfment results from stronger surface ("interfacial") contraction by whichever cells get engulfed.
III) If regenerating cells remain "loyal" to their original differentiated cell types
(muscle -> muscle; cartilage -> cartilage)
does that mean that regeneration of legs is caused by rearrangement of cells?
I would say "Yes", but that isn't what Stocum concludes.
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contains() in Java | contains() Function in Java – Scaler Topics
contains() method is a part of the Java String class. It searches for a sequence or set of characters in a given string (note that it can not be used for a single character, we shall discuss it more later). It has a boolean return type, i.e., true is returned if the string contains the sequence of characters else false.
Here, ch represents the sequence of characters to be searched. Hence, the contains method is called on the given string.
Syntax of this method is as follows:
Here, ABC is the sequence of characters taken as the parameter.
contains() method takes a single parameter. It is the sequence of characters that is to be searched. It can be a sequence of characters like string, StringBuffer, etc. Other datatypes like int shall result in an incompatible type error.
In the above Program, string str is declared. The method contains() has been used to check if the character sequences are a substring of str or not. If yes, true is returned, and false otherwise.
Let’s consider a short example to see the use case of contains( ) method.
In the above program, NullPointerException occurs since we have passed null as a parameter for the method.
The contains() method throws NullPointerException in case the value of the sequence of characters is null.
Note that for an empty string, true is returned since it is a subset of every string.
What is
contains()
method in Java?
Let’s discuss how the contains() method works internally and its signature.
The signature of contains () method is as follows:
public
boolean
contains
(CharSequence sequence)
From the signature, it is visible that it has a boolean return type. Let’s dive in and look at its internal implementation. (This is just for the sake of understanding, don’t worry much about the implementation)
public
boolean
contains
(CharSequence sequence)
{
return
indexOf(sequence.toString()) > -
1
;
}
Inside the method, first of all, the conversion of a sequence of characters to a string occurs. Further, the indexOf method is called. This method returns 0 or any higher number if it finds the string; otherwise, it returns -1. So once it is executed, the contains method returns true when the indexOf method returns 0 or any higher number; otherwise, it returns false.
More about the
contains()
method in Java
We have seen the use cases of contains() method. However, there are some limitations that need to be considered.
• This method can not be used for searching a single character.
• This method can not be used to find the index of the searched string in the given string.
More Examples of
String.contains()
in Java
Example 1: Java String contains()
Now that we have covered the basics of contains() let’s look at an example. Suppose you have a list of email addresses of the format “name””age”@xyz.com. You need to check which email belongs to James. Here, contains() method can be called on the email addresses, let us see how:
class
Main
{
public
static
void
main
(String[] args)
{
String str1 =
"[email protected]"
;
String str2 =
"[email protected]"
Boolean result;
result = str1.contains(
"James"
);
// here str1 contains "James"
System.out.println(result);
// true
result = str2.contains(
"James"
);
// no char sequence for "James"
System.out.println(result);
//false
} }
Output:
true
false
(For the example we have just considered two emails, we can have a list of the same and using a loop contains method can be called on every element of the list i.e., every email address).
So here we have called the contains() method on two strings representing two email addresses. One with the desired Name or string of characters (which returns true). For the other string, the method returns false since no matching character sequence is found. Hence, we know which email address belongs to the particular user.
Example 2: Using contains() With if…else
We can use the method inside an if – else block as well. Let us look at the implementation. Consider a case where you need to perform some modifications or operations on the strings containing a particular sequence of characters. In this case, contains method with if-else block can be used. Let us see how
class
Main
{
public
static
void
main
(String[] args)
{
String str1 =
"Hello World! Let us learn Java."
;
Boolean result;
// using contains inside if, as boolean condition
if
(str1.contains(
"World"
)) {
System.out.println(
"The required string is: "
.concat(str1));
}
else
{
System.out.println(
"Operation can not be performed."
);
} } }
Output:
The required string is: Hello World! Let us learn Java.
In the above program, we have checked if the string contains the desired sequence of characters or not, “World” in this case. Since here it does. Thus we have performed the desired string operation. Here, the concat method is used to append strings.
Example 3: Using case insensitive check
contains() method is case sensitive, however with some modifications we can use this method for case insensitive check.
Basically we can take help of toLowerCase() or toUpperCase() method. This way, both the string and sequence of characters are converted to lower case or upper case and can easily be checked. Below is the implementation.
class
Example
{
public
static
void
main
(String args[])
{
String str =
"HELLO World! Let us learn Java."
;
String str1 =
"hello"
;
// converting strings to the same case and then using contains method
System.out.println(str.toLowerCase().contains(str1.toLowerCase())); System.out.println(str.toUpperCase().contains(str1.toUpperCase())); } }
Output:
true
true
In the above example, we have converted both the sequence and string to lowercase and uppercase for checking.
Example 4: Contains() with single character
class
Main
{
public
static
void
main
(String[] args)
{
String str =
"Java String Contains() Tutorial"
;
// passing sigle character as a parameter
boolean
result = str.contains(
'S'
);
System.out.println(result); } }
Output:
javac /tmp/Mosnlruyve/Main.java
/tmp/Mosnlruyve/Main.java:
5
: error: incompatible types:
char
cannot be converted to CharSequence
boolean
result = str.contains(
'S'
);
^ Note: Some messages have been simplified; recompile with -Xdiags:verbose to get full output
1
error
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Greetings!
Hello fellow wikipedians! I'm new to this, but I give you my word I will be as honest, objective, and neutral as humanly possible.
Journalist Ethics
Seek Truth and Report It
Journalists should be honest, fair and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information. For the full code: http://www.spj.org/ethics_code.asp
Pejoration
1. The process or condition of worsening or degenerating. 2. Linguistics The process by which the meaning of a word becomes negative or less elevated over a period of time, as silly, which formerly meant “deserving sympathy, helpless or simple,” has come to mean “showing a lack of good sense, frivolous
Fundamental
1. cardinal: serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" 2. being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"
Quotes
* I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden."
* Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance. -Augustine of Hippo
* With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
* Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect, after having given him so much as you propose. If to-day he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, — "I see no probability of the British invading us"; but he will say to you, "Be silent: I see it, if you don't." The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This our convention understood to be the most oppressive of all kingly oppressions, and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us. But your view destroys the whole matter, and places our President where kings have always stood. -Abraham Lincoln
* How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
* When I was young, I said to God, God, tell me the mystery of the universe. But God answered, that knowledge is for me alone. So I said, God, tell me the mystery of the peanut. Then God said, well, George, that's more nearly your size. -George Washington Carver
* But since the devil's bride, Reason, that pretty whore, comes in and thinks she's wise, and what she says, what she thinks, is from the Holy Spirit, who can help us, then? Not judges, not doctors, no king or emperor, because [reason] is the Devil's greatest whore.
* Faith is a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it. Such confidence and knowledge of God's grace makes you happy, joyful and bold in your relationship to God and all creatures. The Holy Spirit makes this happen through faith. Because of it, you freely, willingly and joyfully do good to everyone, serve everyone, suffer all kinds of things, love and praise the God who has shown you such grace. -Martin Luther
* It is not only the proclamation of the whole truth that is needed today; it is the release of the spiritual reality which the truth expresses, and that can only be realized as we allow ourselves to be caught into the mighty on-flowing tide of the Spirit.
* God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness, but a manifestation of His Christ. - Watchman Nee
* But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to "set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;" and "A man's enemies will be the members of his household." He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake will find it.
* But what do you think? A man had two children. Having come to the first, He said, Child be going, be working in my vinyard. And answering, He said, I shall, Sir, and he did not go. And coming to the second, he spoke in like manner. And answering, He said, I have no desire to do so; but later after having regretted his action, he went. Who of the two fulfilled the desire of the Father? They say, The latter. Jesus says to them, Assuredly, I am saying to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are preceeding you into the Kingdom of God. -Jesus Christ
* We have two bits of evidence about the Somebody [behind Moral Law]. One is the universe He has made. ...The other bit of evidence is that Moral Law which He has put in our minds. And this is a better bit of evidence than the other, because it is inside information. You find out more about God from the Moral Law than from the universe in general just as you find out more about a man by listening to his conversation than by looking at a house he has built.
* I am trying to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him, 'I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God.' That is the sort of thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg -- or He would be the devil of hell. You must make a choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God; or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to. -C.S. Lewis | WIKI |
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Rh whom I shall speak later. The feeling of duty accomplished, the memory of the struggle, glorifies his misfortune in his own eyes, and even in those of the enemy. He is not totally abandoned to the foe; international conventions protect him; the Red Cross watches over him, and it is possible to discover where he is and to come to his assistance.
In this work the admirable Agence internationale des prisonniers de guerre, most providentially established some two months after the commencement of the war, has caused the name of Geneva to be known and blessed in the most remote corners of France and Germany. It only needs, like Providence itself, to gain the co-operation of those over whose interests it watches, that is to say, of the States concerned which have been somewhat slow in supplying the lists we need. Under the ægis of the International Committee of the Red Cross, with M. Gustave Ador as president and M. Max Dollfus as director, some 300 voluntary workers, drawn from all classes of society, are assisting in its charitable work. More than 15,000 letters a day pass through its hands. It daily transmits about 7,000 letters between prisoners and their families, and is responsible for the safe Rh | WIKI |
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ppm-guest pushed a commit to annotated tag v0.10
in repository libmath-prime-util-perl.
commit 097995b2b33998b17228d20746eb5a7b3b0abacd
Author: Dana Jacobsen <d...@acm.org>
Date: Sat Jul 14 07:09:50 2012 -0600
Use GMP primes function. Doc tweaks
---
lib/Math/Prime/Util.pm | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/Math/Prime/Util.pm b/lib/Math/Prime/Util.pm
index 7b55371..2b26683 100644
--- a/lib/Math/Prime/Util.pm
+++ b/lib/Math/Prime/Util.pm
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ sub primes {
return $sref if ($low > $high) || ($high < 2);
if ( $high > $_XS_MAXVAL) {
+ return Math::Prime::Util::GMP::primes($low,$high) if $_HAVE_GMP;
return Math::Prime::Util::PP::primes($low,$high);
}
@@ -795,6 +796,7 @@ sub factor {
_validate_positive_integer($n);
return _XS_factor($n) if $n <= $_XS_MAXVAL;
+
if ($_HAVE_GMP) {
my @factors = Math::Prime::Util::GMP::factor($n);
if (ref($n) eq 'Math::BigInt') {
@@ -802,6 +804,7 @@ sub factor {
}
return @factors;
}
+
return Math::Prime::Util::PP::factor($n);
}
@@ -1488,7 +1491,7 @@ polynomials, plus a correction term for small values to
reduce the error.
my $probably_prime = is_strong_pseudoprime($n, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17);
Takes a positive number as input and one or more bases. The bases must be
-between C<2> and C<n - 2>. Returns 1 is C<n> is a prime or a strong
+between C<2> and C<n - 2>. Returns 1 if the input is a prime or a strong
pseudoprime to all of the bases, and 0 if not.
If 0 is returned, then the number really is a composite. If 1 is returned,
@@ -1538,8 +1541,8 @@ result will then always be 0 (composite) or 2 (prime). A
later implementation
may change the internals, but the results will be identical.
For inputs larger than C<2^64>, a strong Baillie-PSW primality test is
-performed (aka BPSW or BSW). This is a probabilistic test, so the only times
-a 2 (definitely prime) are returned are when the small trial division succeeds.
+performed (aka BPSW or BSW). This is a probabilistic test, so only
+0 (composite) and 1 (probably prime) are returned.
Note that since the test was published in 1980, not a single BPSW pseudoprime
has been found, so it is extremely likely to be prime. While we know there
an infinite number of counterexamples exist, there is a weak conjecture that
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1982 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1982 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by first-year head coach Dennis Erickson, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho.
Led by junior quarterback Ken Hobart, the Vandals finished 8–3 in the regular season and 5–2 in the Big Sky in a three-way tie for first, and qualified for the post-season for the first time in school history. Idaho defeated rival Boise State for the first time in six years, the first of twelve straight over the Broncos. The Vandals also defeated Idaho State, the defending conference and national champions; the consecutive intrastate games were both on the road.
Idaho rebounded from the previous season, in which they were preseason favorites, but finished 3–8 overall and winless in conference play under fourth-year head coach Jerry Davitch. The 1981 team lost their final six games, finishing with a fifth consecutive loss to Boise State.
The Vandals won all six home games in 1982 and finished at 9–4 overall. The nine victories were the most in school history, later surpassed only by the 1988 and 1993 teams, both of which won eleven games and reached the I-AA semifinals.
Division I-AA playoffs
After recent Big Sky domination by Boise State, Idaho State, and Nevada, the 1982 season finished with three other teams at the top at 5–2; Idaho, Montana, and Montana State. After Idaho finished the regular season with a conference loss at Reno, Montana was declared the conference champion as it defeated the other two. (Montana State was the odd team out, as the Bobcats lost to both Montana and Idaho.) Montana and Idaho were both selected for the first time to participate in the Division I-AA playoffs, newly expanded to twelve teams for the fifth season of I-AA.
Although the Grizzlies (6–5, 5–2) were the conference champions due to their 40–16 win over Idaho in Missoula in mid-October, the Vandals were chosen by the NCAA to host the late November game, primarily due to their indoor stadium. Idaho won the rematch 21–7, played before a sparse afternoon crowd in Moscow two days after Thanksgiving, and advanced to the quarterfinals on the road against eventual champion Eastern Kentucky.
EKU was a I-AA finalist the previous three seasons; they won the title in 1979, but lost to Big Sky champions Boise State in 1980 and Idaho State in 1981. Down by a large margin early, Idaho mounted a comeback and nearly became the third team from the state to defeat EKU in the playoffs in as many years. The Vandals were well into EKU territory with 31 seconds remaining, but came up 8 points short after a controversial interception.
Notable players
Linebacker Sam Merriman from Tucson was selected in the seventh round (177th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. A four-year starter for the Vandals, he played five seasons with Seattle, primarily on special teams. A serious knee injury in a 1988 preseason game ended his playing career. Junior quarterback Ken Hobart led the Vandals to an 8–3 record as a senior in 1983, then played a season in the USFL with Jacksonville in 1984 and several in the CFL.
Coaches
The 1982 season was the first as a collegiate head coach for Dennis Erickson, age 35, who was previously the offensive coordinator at San Jose State under Jack Elway. He had coached in Moscow in 1974 and 1975, as offensive coordinator under Ed Troxel. Both of Erickson's coordinators for the 1982 Vandals were future head coaches at Idaho and other programs. Keith Gilbertson left after the 1982 season for Los Angeles of the new USFL, returned to Idaho in 1985, and was promoted after the season when Erickson left for Wyoming.
Defensive coordinator John L. Smith followed Erickson to Wyoming in 1986 and Washington State in 1987. Smith returned to the Vandals in January 1989 to succeed Gilbertson, who had left a month before to coach the offensive line for the Washington Huskies under Don James. Erickson left WSU for Miami in early March. Alumnus Chris Tormey was the Vandals' defensive line coach in 1982 and 1983; he left for Washington, then returned in 1995 as head coach for five seasons.
Roster
* Source:
All-conference
Quarterback Ken Hobart, tight end Kurt Vestman, wide receiver Vic Wallace, and linebacker Sam Merriman were named to the Big Sky all-conference team; Hobart was the league's outstanding offensive player (and repeated in 1983). Vandals named to the second team were wide receiver Ron Whittenburg, nose guard Paul Griffin, linebacker John Fortner, and safety Boyce Bailey.
NFL Draft
One Vandal senior was selected in the 1983 NFL Draft, which lasted twelve rounds (335 selections).
* Source: | WIKI |
Ford testimony drives women to share their own #MeToo stories
Women flooded C-SPAN call lines and the National Sexual Assault Hotline to share their own experiences with sexual assault and rape while Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified about her allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday. Kavanaugh denies the allegations. By the numbers: The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) estimates the National Sexual Assault Hotline saw a 147% increase above normal volume Thursday, according to RAINN Press Secretary, Sara McGovern. McGovern said "last weekend, from Friday to Sunday we saw a 57% increase [in calls] compared to an average Friday to Sunday. Since Dr. Ford has come forward with her allegations, we have seen a 45.6% uptick compared to the same time period in 2017." | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Danielle Marie O'Keefe was born on December 13, 1988 at Holy Name Hospital in Hackensack, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Dawn Goodwin and Daniel Kantrowitz. At age 19, she is an aspiring singer and will make it huge someday. In April 2008 she sung the National Anthem at Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets. She currently attends Marymount Manhattan College in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York. | WIKI |
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the Duddon and Morecambe Bay lies Walney Island, 8 m. in length, and in the shallow strait between it and the mainland are several smaller islands. That part of Furness which forms a peninsula between the Leven estuary and Morecambe Bay, and the Duddon estuary, is rich in hematite iron ore, which has been worked from very early times. It was known and smelted by British and Romans, and by the monks of Furness Abbey and Conishead Priory, both in the district. It was owing to the existence of this ore that the town of Barrow grew up in the 19th century; at first as a port from which the ore was exported to South Wales, while later furnaces were established on the spot, and acquired additional importance on the introduction of the Bessemer process, which requires a non-phosphoric ore such as is found here. The hematite is also worked at Ulverston, Askam, Dalton and elsewhere, but the furnaces now depend in part upon ore imported from Spain. The supposed extension of the ore under the sands of the Duddon estuary led to the construction of a sea wall to facilitate the working. The district is served by the main line of the Furness railway, from Carnforth (junction with the London & North-Western railway), passing the pleasant watering-place of Grange, and approximately following the coast by Ulverston, Dalton and Barrow, with branches to Lake Side, Windermere, and to Coniston.
Apart from its industrial importance and scenic attractions, Furness has an especial interest on account of its famous abbey. The ruins of this, beautifully situated in a wooded valley, are extensive, and mainly of fine transitional Norman and Early English date, acquiring additional
picturesqueness from the warm colour of the red sandstone of which they are built. The abbey of Furness, otherwise Furdenesia or the further nese (promontory), which was dedicated to St Mary, was founded in 1127 by a small body of monks belonging to the Benedictine order of Savigny. In 1124 they had settled at Tulketh, near Preston, but migrated in 1127 to Furness under the auspices of Stephen, count of Boulogne, afterwards king, at that time lord of the liberty of Furness. In 1148 the brotherhood joined the Cistercian order. Stephen granted to the monks the lordship of Furness, and his charter was confirmed by Henry I., Henry II. and subsequent kings. The abbot’s power throughout the lordship was almost absolute; he had a market and fair at Dalton, was free from service to the county and wapentake, and held a sheriff’s tourn. By a succession of gifts the abbey became one of the richest in England and was the largest Cistercian foundation in the kingdom. At the Dissolution its revenues amounted to between £750 and £800 a year, exclusive of meadows, pastures, fisheries, mines, mills and salt works, and the wealth of the monks enabled them to practise a regal hospitality. The abbot was one of the twenty Cistercian abbots summoned to the parliament of 1264, but was not cited after 1330, as he did not hold of the king in capite per baroniam. The abbey founded several offshoot houses, one of the most important being Rushen Abbey in the Isle of Man. In 1535 the royal commissioners visited the abbey and reported four of its inmates, including the abbot, for incontinence. In 1536 the abbot was charged with complicity in the Pilgrimage of Grace, and on the 7th of April 1537, under compulsion, surrendered the abbey to the king. A few monks were granted pensions, and the abbot was endowed with the profits of the rectory of Dalton, valued at £33, 6s. 8d. per annum. In 1540 the estates and revenues were annexed by act of parliament to the Duchy of Lancaster. About James I.’s reign the site and territories were alienated to the Prestons of Preston-Patrick, from whom they descended to the dukes of Devonshire.
Conishead Priory, near Ulverston, an Augustinian foundation of the reign of Henry II., has left no remains, but of the priory of Cartmel (1188) the fine church is still in use. It is a cruciform structure of transitional Norman and later dates, its central tower having the upper storey set diagonally upon the lower. The chancel contains some superb Jacobean carved oak screens, with stalls of earlier date.
FURNISS, HARRY (1854–), British caricaturist and illustrator, was born at Wexford, Ireland, of English and Scottish parents. He was educated in Dublin, and in his schooldays edited a Schoolboy’s Punch in close imitation of the original. He came to London when he was nineteen, and began to draw for the illustrated papers, being for some years a regular contributor to the Illustrated London News. His first drawing in Punch appeared in 1880, and he joined its staff in 1884. He illustrated Lucy’s “Diary of Toby, M.P.,” in Punch, where his political caricatures became a popular feature. Among his other successes were a series of “Puzzle Heads,” and his annual “Royal Academy guy’d.” In Royal Academy Antics (1890) he published a volume of caricatures of the work of leading artists. He resigned from the staff of Punch in 1894, produced for a short time a weekly comic paper Lika Joko, and in 1898 began a humorous monthly, Fair Game; but these were short-lived. Among the numerous books he illustrated were James Payn’s Talk of the Town, Lewis Carroll’s Sylvie and Bruno, Gilbert à Beckett’s Comic Blackstone, G. E. Farrow’s Wallypug Book, and his own novel, Poverty Bay (1905). Our Joe, his great Fight (1903), was a collection of original cartoons. His volume of reminiscences, Confessions of a Caricaturist (1901), was followed by Harry Furniss at Home (1904). In 1905 he published How to draw in Pen and Ink, and produced the first number of Harry Furniss’s Christmas Annual.
FURNITURE (from “furnish,” Fr. fournir), a general term of obscure origin, used to describe the chattels and fittings required to adapt houses and other buildings for use. Wood, ivory, precious stones, bronze, silver and gold have been used from the most ancient times in the construction or for the decoration of furniture. The kinds of objects required for furniture have varied according to the changes of manners and customs, as well as with reference to the materials at the command of the workman, in different climates and countries. Of really ancient furniture there are very few surviving examples, partly by reason of the perishable materials of which it was usually constructed; and partly because, however great may have been the splendour of Egypt, however consummate the taste of Greece, however luxurious the life of Rome, the number of household appliances was very limited. The chair, the couch, the table, the bed, were virtually the entire furniture of early peoples, whatever the degree of their civilization, and so they remained until the close of what are known in European history as the middle ages. During the long empire-strewn centuries which intervened between the lapse of Egypt and the obliteration of Babylon, the extinction of Greece and the dismemberment of Rome and the great awakening of the Renaissance, household comfort developed but little. The Ptolemies were as well lodged as the Plantagenets, and peoples who spent their lives in the open air, going to bed in the early hours of darkness, and rising as soon as it was light, needed but little household furniture.
Indoor life and the growth of sedentary habits exercised a powerful influence upon the development of furniture. From being splendid, or at least massive, and exceedingly sparse and costly, it gradually became light, plentiful and cheap. In the ancient civilizations, as in the periods when our own was slowly growing, household plenishings, save in the rudest and most elementary forms, were the privilege of the great—no person of mean degree could have obtained, or would have dared to use if he could, what is now the commonest object in every house, the (q.v.). Sparse examples of the furniture of Egypt, Nineveh, Greece and Rome are to be found in museums; but our chief sources of information are mural and sepulchral paintings and sculptures. The Egyptians used wooden furniture carved and gilded, covered with splendid textiles, and supported upon the legs of wild animals; they employed chests and coffers as receptacles for clothes, valuables and small objects generally. Wild animals and beasts of the chase were carved upon the furniture of Nineveh also; the lion, the bull and the ram were especially characteristic. The Assyrians were magnificent in their household appointments; their tables and couches were inlaid with ivory and precious metals. Cedar and ebony were much used by these great Eastern peoples, and it is probable that they were familiar with rosewood, walnut and teak. Solomon’s | WIKI |
Uncle Bige's creaking heart
T began one evening after supper. I had brought Uncle Bige's corn-cob pipe out to him on the side porch, and was watching him fill it up, thinking maybe he'd tell me a story after he'd got it to going just right, when, all of a sudden, he let the pipe fall and dropped back in his chair with his hand to his side, and looking kind of green around the gills, like I saw a girl get once riding on the razzle-dazzle.
He groaned once or twice, while I sat there staring at him, with my tongue sticking to the roof of my mouth and cold shivers chasing each other up and down my back.
"Oh, my poor Mary!" he moaned after a while. "Sam, run an' tell Mary t' come here quick, ef she wants t' see me ag'in in this life."
Well, I didn't need to be told twice, and I just loped out to the kitchen, where Aunt Mary was putting up some tomatoes.
"Oh, Aunt Mary," I cried, "Uncle Bige is took. He says t' hurry up." "Took!" cried Aunt Mary, wiping her hands nervously on her apron. "What d' y' mean, Sam?"
"Come on!" I said, and ran back again to the porch, with Aunt Mary at my heels, her slippers going flip-flop like a horse trotting along a sandy road.
Uncle Bige was still lying back in his chair, groaning kind of mournful every now and then, but he brightened up a little when he saw Aunt Mary.
"Good-by, Mary," he said, in a sort of hoarse whisper. "Good-by. I guess I'm a goner this time. Jest listen at my heart."
Aunt Mary put her ear down to his vest on the left-hand side and listened a minute, and when she straightened up again she looked 'most as scared as Uncle Bige.
"We must git y' t' bed, Abijah," she said, kind of subdued-like, just as if she was in church. "Does it hurt you much?"
"Not much. Only makes me feel weak and sick-like."
Aunt Mary nodded.
"I'll bet it does," she said. "I'll run an' turn down th' bed in th' spare room, so's you won't have t' go up-stairs. Sam, you stay here with your uncle, an' call me if he gits any worse."
I said I would, and I went up and stood right close by Uncle Bige's left side, for I was mighty curious to find out what it was had scared Aunt Mary so. He was leaning back with his eyes shut, breathing slow and painful, and so I put my ear down about where Aunt Mary had put hers, and gee! but I did jump.
Every time he breathed up and down you could hear his heart creak like anything. It reminded me of the time our old horse had the wheezes, only this was worse. I thought maybe what it needed was some oil to sort of slick it up and make it run smooth, but before I could say anything Aunt Mary came back again.
"Now, Abijah," she said, "I've got th' bed fixed. You lean on me. Sam, you take th' other side."
So we helped Uncle Bige up out of the chair, and started for the spare bedroom. He was mighty weak and tottery, and leaned on me so I couldn't hardly stand; but we finally got there, and Aunt Mary whisked him into his nightgown and put him to bed. Pretty soon Uncle Bige said he believed he felt a little easier.
"Listen at my heart, Mary," he said. "Seems t' me he 's sort o' got his wind ag'in."
Aunt Mary listened quite a while.
"I can't hear nothin'," she said at last "I've heard that them kind o' spells soon pass off, an' if they don't kill you right away, you're safe till th' next time. But I reckon you had a mighty close call."
"Yes, I reckon I did," said Uncle Bige. "But th' worst 's over now, an' I'm glad y' don't have t' call ole Sprigg."
Old Dr. Sprigg was the only doctor for five miles around, but he and Uncle Bige didn't gee very well since the time Uncle Bige thought he was bitten by a snake in the night and it turned out to be only a mosquito. He said after that he'd sooner die than have that old fool of a doctor in the house again.
Well, he didn't die this time, for by morning he was so much better he could sit up in bed and eat his breakfast. He said that the spell had made him uncommon hungry, and so Aunt Mary had to fry him two extra eggs and another slice of ham before he got enough. Along toward afternoon he sat up awhile with a blanket around him out on the porch, in a big chair that Aunt Mary fixed for him.
The day after that he got up for breakfast, and said he felt about as usual, but he guessed he'd go a little slow, because any sudden shock might bring on another spell, and he 'd heard that the second spell was fatal, or the third one, anyway. After breakfast he went down to the field to see how the men were getting along with the corn, and I went with him, because I thought maybe his heart might get to creaking again, and I didn't want to miss the chance to hear it. Uncle Bige walked around the field awhile and bossed the men, and then he remembered about his heart, and sat down by the fence to rest. Well, sir, it wasn't more than a minute till I saw him fall back on the ground with his hand up to his side.
"Boys!" he yelled. "Boys!"
We all ran to him as fast as we could, and one of the men threw some water into his face out of the water-jug.
"I'm gone," he moaned. "I'm gone this time, sure. She's creakin' ag'in!"
And sure enough I could hear it how even without putting my ear down. The other men heard it, too, and you could see the sweat break out on them. I tell you it was a scary thing to stand there and hear his heart making such a noise every time he took a full breath.
They lifted Uncle Bige into the wagon mighty slow and careful, and it wasn't no easy job, either, for he weighed considerable over two hundred pounds; and then I got in and held his head while Bill Hawkins drove the team back at a walk to the house. It reminded me of a funeral that I was to once, and I kept looking down at Uncle Bige to be sure he wasn't a corpse; but he lay there as white as a sheet, and his heart still a-creaking every time he breathed. Aunt Mary saw us coming a good ways off, and she came flying down the road.
"Is he dead?" she screamed, as she came up alongside of us. And then she looked over into the wagon. "Are you dead, Abijah?"
"Not yet, Mary," answered Uncle Bige, faint-like. "I guess maybe I'll pull through it ag'in this time."
Well, we put him in the spare bed again, and he came around all right, and the next day was able to be up. That afternoon his heart got to creaking again, but this time he just sat right still on the porch and let her creak, with me and Aunt Mary standing there expecting to see him drop over every minute. But after a while it stopped, and he said he didn't feel much worse and wouldn't go to bed. He sent me over to the drug-store at Springtown to get him a bottle of cod-liver oil, and he said that maybe if he got enough of that in him, his old heart would get greased up again and quit making such a fuss.
After that Uncle Bige got to be a big curiosity all through that part of the country. People would come for six or eight miles to listen to his heart and stay for dinner. Aunt Mary said she was getting mighty tired of running a boarding-house, but Uncle Bige seemed to like it, and as he couldn't do much work on account of his heart, all these visitors helped him pass the time. Besides, Aunt Mary didn't know what minute he might drop off, so she kind o' humored him.
Well, one Sunday afternoon the house was full. There must have been twenty-five people sitting around on the porch and in the front yard, and they were all taking turns listening to Uncle Bige's heart, which had an uncommonly bad spell on, when up came Dr. Sprigg a-driving along the road. He stopped out in front and looked at the row of buggies hitched there, and then he got out, hunted up a place to tie his own horse, and came in.
"What's the excitement?" he asked, as he got around to the porch. "Having a picnic or a wedding?"
The folks looked at one another sort of sheepish, thinking that they had been having a good time out of Uncle Bige's being so sick, and then one of the men took the doctor over to one corner and whispered something in his ear.
He kind of snorted, and then he came over to Uncle Bige.
"Bige Cheney," he said, "what's all this humbug about your heart squeakin'? 'Nother case of snake-bite, I reckon!"
"Dr. Sprigg," answered Uncle Bige, very haughty, "I object to bein' addressed in that manner, sir. It ain't no humbug. You see a man on the edge of the grave."
"Well, don't get mad," said the doctor. "We'll look into this. Where does it hurt you?"
"It don't hurt me anywheres—not much, anyway. But every time I breathe you kin hear it creak."
"Every time you breathe! Why, good heavens, man, you don't breathe with your heart!"
Uncle Bige didn't answer, but he made a little motion toward his left side.
The doctor put his ear down and listened a minute, while Uncle Bige breathed slow and solemn. Then he undid his vest and listened again. Then he took hold of Uncle Bige's suspender and worked it up and down two or three times, and then he began to laugh. I never saw a man laugh like he did. He just rolled around and held his sides and yelled. It made you laugh to look at him; and pretty soon the whole crowd was yelling like they was at a circus and the clown had just come in. Only Uncle Bige sat there solemn and pale-like, and Aunt Mary by him.
"Dr. Sprigg," he said, when the doctor had to stop a minute to get his breath, "it may be fun fer you, sir; but it ain't no fun fer a man that's lookin' in th' face of death."
"Face of your granddaddy!" snorted the doctor. "Here, Bige Cheney, listen to this"; and he grabbed Uncle Bige's suspender and worked it up and down. "Hear that? That's your suspender-buckle creakin'. Put a drop of oil on it, Bige, and your heart'll be all right again."
Well, you ought to have heard them people yell. Uncle Bige sat as still as a statue for a minute, and then got up and kind o' staggered into the house; and the people hurried out to their buggies and climbed in. But we could hear them shouting a mile down the road.
And Uncle Bige has never been quite the same man since. I can hardly ever get him to tell me a story any more. | WIKI |
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2364 ARBITRATION TREATY-ETHIOPIA. JANUARY 26,1929. ARTICLE III Ratification. The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America by and with the adVIce and consent of the Senate thereof and by His Majesty, Ring Tafari, Heir Apparent to the Throne and Regent Plenipotentiary of the Empire of Ethiopia, on behalf of Her Imperial Majesty, Zeoditu, Empress of EthiopIa, and of himself, in accordance with Ethiopian constitutional law. Exchange of ratifica- The ratifications shall be exchanged at Addis Ababa as soon as of ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force continuously unless and until terminated by one year's written notice given by either High Contracting Party to the other.
* t:.nd duration of possible, and the treaty shall take effect on the date of the exchange | WIKI |
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From all this it will be seen that little hope remains of arriving at an accurate decision as to the first manufacture of translucid porcelain in China. It seems fair to conclude, however, that although the keramic art was tolerably widely practised from the beginning of the Tang dynasty (618), it scarcely emerged from a mediocre condition until the tenth century; that for any purpose higher than the rôle of ordinary household utensils, vessels of glass, jade, or bronze were chiefly employed, and that porcelain did not make its appearance among the keramic productions of the Middle Kingdom until the beginning of the Sung dynasty (960 ). By and by, evidence will be adduced to show that Chinese experts, though thorough masters of the processes of porcelain manufacture, deliberately chose fine stone-ware or semi-porcelain, in preference to hard-paste porcelain, for some of their greatest tours de force. | WIKI |
Has anyone tried workers with webpack 5/RW0.36.x?
I want to use use a web worker and the docs say that no loader is needed and make it look super simple but I haven’t had any luck. I’m guessing it’s webpack config but I’ve not managed to get anything working.
This question seems most similar to what I’m getting as using new URL(...) has an origin of file:// instead of http. and that leads to a error of Failed to construct 'Worker': Script at 'file:///Users/kurthutten/other/redwoodblog/app/web/src/helpers/cadPackages/jsCad/jscad-worker.worker.js'
But have also been reading through this, and even the minimal example isn’t working.
In the mean time it’s working by putting javascript in the public folder but that not a long term solution.
I bit of follow up, I’m using the webpack 4 worker-loader to load the worker and it seems to be working fine.
Would still like to do it the webpack 5 way in future. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Harvey Wheeler
John Harvey Wheeler (October 17, 1918 – September 6, 2004) was an American author, political scientist, and scholar. He was best known as co-author with Eugene Burdick of Fail-Safe (1962), an early Cold War novel that depicted what could easily go wrong in an age on the verge of nuclear war. The novel was made into a movie, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Henry Fonda, in 1964. In later years, Wheeler was a founding editor of the Journal of Social and Biological Structures, 1982, and an early advocate of online education and the Internet as a democratizing tool. He taught a course in "OnLine Publishing" for Connected Education in the mid-to-late 1980s.
Biography
Wheeler was born on October 17, 1918, in Waco, Texas. He attended Subiaco Academy, earned his bachelor's and master's degree from Indiana University, and his PhD from Harvard University. He taught at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University; became full professor of political science at Washington and Lee University, where he wrote Fail-Safe. In 1960, he became a longtime fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, California. While at CSDI he wrote, edited or contributed to a dozen books, including Democracy in a Revolutionary Era (1968) and The Virtual Library (1987). Wheeler was an authority on Francis Bacon (1561–1626). He died on September 6, 2004, in Carpinteria, California.
Books
* Lattimore the Scholar, (1953), co-author with George Boas; Baltimore.
* The Conservative Crisis, (1956), Public Affairs Press, Washington.
* Fail-Safe, (1962) Eugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler, McGraw Hill; Re-published, 1999, by Ecco Press, now part of Harper-Collins.
* Democracy in a Revolutionary Era, (1968) Harvey Wheeler, Encyclopædia Britannica Bicentennial Perspectives; Published separately by Praeger. New York.
* Democracy in a Revolutionary Era, (1970) Praeger, New York.
* Beyond the Punitive Society, (1973) editor and contributor, W.H. Freeman, San Francisco.
* The Structure of Human Reflexion, (1990) Ed and contributor, Peter Lang, New York.
Filmography
* Fail Safe (1964)
* Fail Safe (2000) | WIKI |
Indonesia’s Travelio raises $18M to help tenants rent apartments – TechCrunch
More than 50% of residential apartments and other real estate properties in Jakarta are currently vacant, according to official estimates. A startup that is attempting to make it easier for tenants to rent these properties in Jakarta and other places in Indonesia said on Thursday that it has closed a new financing round. Travelio has raised $18 million in its Series B financing round led by Singapore-based Pavilion Capital and Gobi Partners, the four-year-old startup said. Some existing investors also participated in the round. The startup works with individual apartment owners and property dealers to allow tenants to find and rent apartments. People can book an apartment for a day to months, Christina Suriadjaja, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Travelio, told TechCrunch in an interview. Travelio has more than 4,000 properties exclusively signed up with the platform, she said. The startup takes between 20% to 35% of the revenue cut from its property owner partners, she explained. Typically, it would cost a little more than $350 for someone to rent an apartment for a month from Travelio. In Indonesia, currently those looking for an apartment from property dealers and individual owners have to make a down payment of 20% and pay an advanced security deposit for more than a year. Through its pricing structure, Travelio is attempting to address this issue, as well. A number of startups, including RedDoorz, Oyo and Airbnb, operate in Indonesia, but because they are focused on providing rooms for a day or two like hotels, this differentiates them from Travelio. Suriadjaja said Airbnb, which lists properties of Travelio, is more of a partner than a competitor. “Our competitors are property dealers,” she said. In addition to offering these fully furnished apartments, Travelio also takes care of house cleaning and maintenance of these properties. “In the coming months, we will work on expanding the services we offer,” she said. Some of the services it is exploring include interior design, daily necessities, financing, payments and other logistic-related offerings. The startup aims to have 20,000 apartments on its platform in one year. “With Indonesia’s rising middle class population, Travelio is well-positioned to serve the growing demand for temporary housing, urbanization and affordable living options,” the startup said. A recent research report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Co. projected that Southeast Asia’s internet economy would top $100 billion this year. Indonesia, home to more than 260 million people, would be the biggest contributor to the internet economy’s growth in the region, the report said. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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For fixtures found in the United States and Canada, Please refer to List of thyssenkrupp elevator fixtures (North America).
This is a list of some notable thyssenkrupp elevator fixtures that are found in different countries, excluding the United States and Canada.
Early 2000s to present
STEPMODUL
After the merger between Thyssen and Krupp, ThyssenKrupp continued producing the black STEPMODUL fixtures for few times. The buttons are often called STEP Basic.
Sometime later, ThyssenKrupp updated these fixtures; all buttons are now aluminium with blue or red illuminating halo, and the floor counter have been made larger with large round LED dot-matrix. The buttons are sometimes called STEP Classic. Some buttons may have tactile and braille, or even both. Another version comes with a blue LCD floor indicator which resembles Otis's 2000 LCD floor indicators, these indicators are often found in some European Synergy MRL elevators. These fixtures are also used for modernization of 1990s Thyssen elevators with older STEPMODUL fixtures, as the newer fixtures are compatible with the older fixtures due to the similarities with each others.
Older STEPMODUL
Newer STEPMODUL
STEP Solid
Besides the black STEPMODUL fixtures, ThyssenKrupp also continued using STEP Solid fixtures for few times. STEP Solid are vandal resistant fixtures. These fixtures might have been discontinued.
Fixtures found in Asia Pacific
STEP Module/Module Classic buttons
Not to be confused with Shanghai STEP Electric Corporation.
These fixtures are normally found in Asia and sometimes Australia, and are mostly based on the European STEPMODUL fixtures. Unlike STEPMODUL, most of the buttons have both illuminating numbers and halo, and comes in a choice four different colors; red, blue, yellow, and green. Sometimes, Shanghai STEP PB28 buttons are also used on these fixtures, and due to their similarity with ThyssenKrupp's buttons, some elevator enthusiasts in Asia often mistaken these third-party buttons as ThyssenKrupp's buttons. These buttons are also known as STEP-C Ultrathin in the Asian market.
MT 42 buttons
These fixtures are made by Schaefer and provided by ThyssenKrupp. They are square buttons and have illuminating halo lamp in red, green, and blue, and sometimes braille as option.
AN170 buttons
These are diamond-shaped buttons which resembles Hyundai's Type 40 buttons. They have both illuminating number/symbol and halo.
BA21G buttons
These are round buttons with both illuminating number/symbol and halo.
Floor indicators
ThyssenKrupp elevators in Asia Pacific uses LED dot matrix indicators. Some have scrolling arrows, while others not. Early STEP Module inner indicators are either rectangular or parallelogram-shaped, while the later ones are either octagonal or rounded rectangular-shaped. Very recently, the inner indicators were changed again; this type they are rectangular with an emergency light. A blue LCD display version, with segmented numbers, has also been recently introduced.
Focus
Focus fixtures are mostly found in France, United Kingdom and rarely in the other European countries used for the Univers model. Made sometime in the early 2000s, these fixtures have stainless steel buttons with either yellow or blue illuminating lamp on the top left corner of the button, and emits a beep when pressed. The main floor button inside have large green star pressel with green lamp. Floor indicators are either yellow electroluminescent display or LCD display. On some early elevators, the inside fixtures are keypad-type and had electroluminescent and LCD floor indicators. Focus fixtures complies with EN 81-70.
Fixtures found in United Kingdom
These fixtures are found in the United Kingdom which consists of round buttons with tactile and illuminating halo, and floor counter with STEPMODUL-style LED.
Spanish fixtures
These fixtures are found in Spain and Mexico. It is unknown if they are found in any other countries. The buttons are square-ish, with a braille above for horizontal or to the side for vertical, on either a normal vertical panel for car stations or a horizontal panel for car stations. These fixtures are used in Spanish ThyssenKrupp Synergy MRL elevators.
Fixtures used in SynergyBLUE and EVOLUTION BLUE elevators
These are the fixtures used in ThyssenKrupp SynergyBLUE and EVOLUTION BLUE elevators which are only sold in Europe.
Blueton buttons
Blueton are push buttons used for the synergyBLUE[1] and EVOLUTION BLUE[2] elevators. These buttons are round silver polished with blue illuminating halo and tactile.
STEP Classic
These buttons are identical to the newer STEPMODUL buttons; grey square buttons with red or blue illuminating halo[3].
Schaefer buttons
These buttons are made by Schaefer. They can be either MT 42 or RT 42. RT 42 buttons are round stainless steel with illuminating halo and tactile.
Floor indicators
Both SynergyBLUE and EVOLUTION BLUE elevators uses LCD floor indicators with segmented numbers. Some elevators may also using LED dot matrix indicators outside, often comes with triangular hall lanterns.
Top Line
Top Line (also known as Frequencedyne or Discovery) is a fixture line that is only found in Central and South America. It was first developed by defunct Brazilian company Elevadores Sûr in the 1990s, before Thyssen acquired it and was later re-produced by ThyssenKrupp. This fixture line has round stainless steel buttons with blue illuminating halo. Floor indicators are either LED dot-matrix or LCD display. Top Line fixture is divided into two series; Inox (hall/call stations) and St Steel (car operating panels). There is also an older version with small, black plastic buttons and grey number and braille plates[4]. One very unique feature is the weight indicator that lights up as more weight is in the car, just below the speaker portion. Some options are the capacitive buttons for car stations and a 7-segment display; the latter one one being remarkably similar to Schindler's HT fixtures used on the Schindler 400A elevators. Top Line fixtures might have been discontinued.
High Protection
High Protection is a vandal resistant fixture line that is also found in Central and South America[5]. This fixture has oval shaped button plate which contains a grey braille plate and a silver round concave buttons with small illuminating lamp on the top left. Floor indicators are either LED dot-matrix or LCD screen.
Soft Press
As with Top Line and High Protection fixture lines, Soft Press fixture is only found in Central and South America. It has square STEP Module/STEPMODUL buttons with illuminating halo (either red or blue) and grey braille plate[6]. Floor indicators are either LED dot-matrix or LCD screen.
Destination Selection Control
The fixtures used in the Destination Selection Control (destination dispatch) are mostly LCD touchscreen. Sometimes a special wheelchair button is provided next to the screen to activate handicap mode. There is also a conventional keypad with Schaefer MT 42 buttons and a small LCD display.
Fixtures used in South Korea
Main article: thyssenkrupp Elevator Fixtures Guide (South Korea)
"Fake Dewhurst" buttons
Like Everbright, sometimes in Australia ThyssenKrupp uses buttons that look remarkably similar to Dewhurst. However, the symbols are often different.
Generic fixtures
ThyssenKrupp elevators in United Kingdom and Hong Kong often uses buttons made by Dewhurst or sometimes Switching Components (Dewhurst's subsidiary). Also as the mention above, Schaefer MT 42 buttons can be provided for some installation, often for STEP Module fixtures, the new synergyBLUE and EVOLUTION BLUE elevators in Europe as an option. The Schaefer BudgetLine fixtures package can also be used for modernizations in Germany and some Scandinavian countries (example: Norway). In Asia, there are also ThyssenKrupp elevators using fixtures made by STEP, and they even provide a counterpart version of their STEP Module, the Shanghai STEP EB210 push buttons series.
In the 2000s, some ThyssenKrupp elevators in Hong Kong's Public Housing Estate blocks and Home Ownership Scheme blocks are still using Dewhurst fixtures. All of them are US90-15 buttons and UL16 floor indicators (floor indicator standard continued until early-2010s, floor indicator were provided by their own company). Sometimes, they may use Everbright buttons.
Dewhurst
Shanghai STEP
Other/custom fixtures
See also
Notes and references
External links
List of elevator fixtures by manufacturers
Main topic: Elevator fixtures
Official fixtures by elevator companies: Amtech ReliableArmorAtlas (Northern CA)Bennie LiftsBoralDeveDong YangDoverElevators Pty. Ltd.Evans LiftsExpress EvansExpress LiftFiamFujitecGoldStarHammond & ChampnessHaughtonHaushahnHitachiHyundaiIFEIndoliftJohns & WaygoodKleemannKone (North America) • LGLinesLouser LiftMarryat & ScottMashibaMitsubishi (North America) • MontgomeryMPOrona/Electra VitoriaOtis (North America, South Korea/Otis Elevator Korea) • PaynePickerings LiftsSabiemSchindler (North America) • SchlierenSeabergShanghai MitsubishiSigmaStaleyStannahThymanThyssenthyssenkrupp (North AmericaKorean fixtures) • ToshibaU.S. ElevatorWestinghouseXizi Otis
Generic elevator component companies fixtures: AdamsBuy Elevator Parts Co.C.J. AndersonDewhurst (ERM) • DMG/MADEpcoEverbrightGALHong JiangInnovation IndustriesJinlixKronenbergLester ControlsLiSAMonitorPTLSalientSchaeferShanghai STEPTung DaVega
For other unknown fixtures, please refer to list of unknown elevator fixtures page. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
User:KEA65/G8 Business
G8 Business is a group of the major business organizations representing the private sector in the countries that make up the so-called Group of 8 (G8) plus the European Union. Canada is represented by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, France by Mouvement des Enterprises de France (MEDEF), Germany by the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Italy by the Confederation of Italian Industry (CONFINDUSTRIA), Japan by Nippon Keidanren, Russia by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), and the United States by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Council for International Business, and the Business Roundtable. The European Union is represented by BUSINESSEUROPE. The leaders of these organizations usually meet in advance of the annual G8 Summit in order to discuss and agree upon key recommendations to the political leaders which impact the global economy and job creation.
History:
The first G8 Business Summit was organized by BDI and held in Berlin, Germany on April 25, 2007. At this meeting, under the theme of ‘Growth and Responsibility’, G8 Business called on G8 political leaders to address mounting challenges to the trading system, the international investment regime, the efficiency of capital markets, the structure and rules for enforcement of intellectual property protection, and global environmental conditions. Business leaders also urged governments to establish appropriate policies to encourage greater private sector engagement in Africa. The second G8 Business Summit was organized by Nippon Keidanren and held in Tokyo, Japan on April 17, 2008. At this meeting business leaders exchanged views on the themes of "enhancing competitiveness through innovation", "tackling climate change", and "partnership with Asia as a center of growth".
An extraordinary Summit, organized by MEDEF and dedicated to the financial crisis, was held on December 3-4, 2008 in Paris, France. Against a backdrop of continued worsening of the global financial and economic situation, business leaders emphasized that further government action be galvanized around four core values: free market economy, transparency, responsibility, and open trade and investment.
The most recent G8 Business Summit was hosted by CONFINDUSTRIA and held on April 24, 2009 in Santa de Margherita di Pula, Italy. This Summit focused on three issues: responses to the financial and economic crisis, free trade and investment, and the need to tackle climate change. The business leaders re-affirmed the recommendations to political leaders made in December 2008 and urged that they be rapidly implemented. They further welcomed the results of the G20 London Summit which, they stated, represented a strong signal of international cooperation.
The next G8 Business summit will be organized by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in 2010.
Issues and Activities:
Santa de Margherita di Pula Summit 2009: At this Summit, business leaders discussed the response to the financial and economic crisis; free trade and investment; and climate change.
With respect to the financial and economic crisis, business leaders gave the following recommendations highest priority.
* Increase international coordination on an ongoing basis.
* Public support of faltering companies and markets must be temporary and focused.
* Public support must focus on key factors and not undermine competition.
* Review Basel II
* The IMF's role and capacities must be further enhanced.
* Regulation must strengthen and encourage transparency while not impeding responsible innovation in financial markets.
* Increase public disclosure.
* Review the cross-border supervision of rating agencies.
* Establish a common system of public support for trade insurance.
* Financial reporting and fair value measurement must be differentiated and harmonized.
* Improve prompt payment from public bodies.
On free trade and investment, G8 Business noted that the crisis had led to worldwide trade flows suffering their biggest decline since World War II. They emphasized that the economic situation requires G8 Governments to publicly renew their full commitment to an open global economy. Specifically, business leaders urge the G8 Governments to:
* Conclude the Doha Round with an ambitious and balanced agreement in 2009.
* Refrain from raising new barriers to trade and investment.
* Strengthen the monitoring system on protectionist measures.
* Create domestic and regional demand in developing countries through effective aid.
* Promote non-discriminatory markets for raw materials.
* Promote skilled labor market mobility in an open services market.
* Gradually eliminate restrictions to foreign investment.
* Promote the protection of investment and of investor's rights.
* Address Sovereign Wealth Funds in a coordinated and balanced way.
Regarding climate change, business leaders agreed that it is one of the main challenges of the 21st century because it brings together the necessity to meet real needs for energy, development, and economic growth. They urged political leaders to:
* Agree on clear, equitable and firm worldwide commitments to emission reductions at COP15 (the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties).
* Share the burden of emission reductions among all sectors of society.
* Balance the return to economic growth, with environmental needs, energy security and industry competitiveness.
* Reject discriminatory measures.
* Support innovation.
* Explore the potential of sectoral approaches.
* Explore the full variety of policies to address greenhouse gas emissions.
* Strive for full exploitation of energy efficiency.
* Provide the necessary technological and financial assistance to developing countries.
* Protect intellectual property rights.
* Liberalize trade in environmental goods and services.
Paris Summit 2008: This extraordinary Summit was held in response to the unprecedented financial and economic crisis. At this meeting, the business leaders called on G8 governments to:
* Ensure the effectiveness of economic recovery plans to enable a return to normal bank lending and capital market operations.
* Ensure that governments’ macroeconomic policies be both daring and carefully tailored, with regard to the public deficit, and to pay attention to cross-border spillovers.
* Promptly conclude an ambitious and balanced WTO Doha Development Agenda agreement.
* Reform financial markets based on coordination, a global approach and adequate regulation.
* Recognize that recovery based on creating sustainable jobs and wealth will come from companies’ investments and innovations.
* Recognize the need for solidarity to avoid a ‘domino effect’ which could worsen the situation.
G8 Business also made four recommendations for financial market reform. Their recommendations underscored the need for:
* Cross-border consultation and cooperation in the regulation of financial markets so that the national regulators may consult and work together to ascertain systemic risk and ensure the international flows of capital necessary to provide for sustainable worldwide growth.
* Standardization of international accounting and auditing practices centered around transparency, independence of standard letters, efficient and effective governance, and the recognition that accounting rules are tools for common understanding mirroring economic activity, not drivers of it.
* Oversight of rating agencies by creating a distinction between the rating of issuer debt (known as a financial rating) and the rating of structured products; separating financial rating and advisory activities; introducing a system of authorization and supervision that reflects market realities, supporting supervision of the IOSCO code of conduct; and reminding informed investors of their risk analysis responsibilities.
* Transparency requirements for funds such as sovereign wealth funds, alternative management funds and hedge funds.
Tokyo Summit 2008: Against a backdrop of unprecedented economic globalization and the growing challenges of demand for energy, raw materials and food; climate change; and financial market volatility, G8 Business outlined five recommendations for priority consideration by government leaders. They urged G8 as well as emerging economy leaders to:
* Secure stability and growth of the world economy by paying close attention to the need for private financial institutions to reinforce their capital positions as deemed necessary; monitoring exchange markets; removing trade and investment restrictions; and strong coordination of efforts.
* Promote and protect innovation by taking such measures as increasing the budget for science and technology, improving science/industry cooperation, improving R&D tax systems, reinforcing human resources including support for higher education, protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights and moving towards harmonization of patent systems.
* Tackle climate change by achieving meaningful emission reductions by all major green house gas emitters while assuring economic development and access to reliable, affordable and secure energy supplies.
* Promote liberalization of trade and investment by resisting the mounting political pressures for protectionism and concluding the WTO's Doha Development Agenda negotiations and supporting efforts by multilateral organizations to create codes of conduct in order to enhance transparency and accountability of sovereign wealth funds and open investment best practices for recipient countries.
* Solve development issues through economic growth by the private sector including such measures as improving and expanding the framework for public-private partnership, providing incentives for investments in developing countries, and encouraging investments in infrastructure.
Berlin Summit 2007: In advance of the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, G8 Business urged six action items. Specifically, G8 Governments should:
* Take immediate action to break the current political impasse of the Doha Round, particularly on agriculture, to secure a result that includes reductions in trade-distorting agricultural subsidies and tariffs, a significant reduction in applied tariffs on manufactured goods in both industrialized and newly industrialized countries, substantial further liberalization of trade in services, improvements in trade facilitation, and strengthened WTO rules.
* Increase their intergovernmental coordination to enforce intellectual property rights, engage in a coordinated, constructive dialogue with newly industrializing and developing countries to improve enforcement worldwide, and support business efforts to reduce the demand for counterfeit products.
* Take action at the highest level to avoid investment protectionism and to reaffirm, in word and practice, the open investment policies and commitments to investors’ rights that have served as a key agent of economic growth, including technological innovation, in recent decades.
* Address issues aimed at maintaining the stability of capital markets, including the development by market participants of transparency standards and options for mitigating financial market risk.
* Promote, as an urgent matter, the creation of long-term value for green house gas reductions and partnerships with rapidly industrializing countries.
* Improve framework conditions, in collaboration with African governments, particularly in public governance and property rights, and support new participants in development cooperation to follow internationally recognized standards.
References and links:
http://www.medef.fr
http://www.bdi-online.de
http://www.cbi.org.uk
http://www.rspp.ru
http://www.keidanren.or.jp
http://www.uschamber.com
http://www.uscib.org
http://www.businessroundtable.org
http://www.chamber.ca
http://www.businesseurope.eu
http://www.g8italia2009.it
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http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/Home/News/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_1199893986751.htm
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http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2008/doc/doc080714__en.html
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Page:Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Vol 60.djvu/78
Rh magnets arrived almost immediately at their permanent condition, in whfch the magnetic moment, when cold, was greater than the magnetic moment when warm by about 12 per cent. The variation of magnetic moment in the case of these magnets is shown by the diagrams 4, 5, 6, and 7, in which the firm lines represent the magnetic moment when the magnet is at 5° 0., and the dotted lines the magnetic moment at —185° C. It will be seen, therefore, that in the case of the magnets there was no such initial decrease of magnetisation as in the case of the carbon steel magnets. The analysis of these steels was furnished to us by Mr. Hadfield, and is appended to the diagrams. These steels are all in their hard condition, and possess considerable coercive force.
Aluminium Steels.—the aluminium steels employed had the following percentages of aluminium, viz. : 0'72, 1T6, and 1‘60. In all these cases the first effect of cooling the magnet made of these steels was to cause a very small diminution in the magnetic moment, but not more than about 2 per cent, (see figs. 8, 9, and 10). The subsequent rise in temperature of the magnet again to its ordinary tem
Fig. 8.—Aluminium steel. Fig, 9.—Aluminium steel. A1 = 0 -72 A1 = 1-16 C = 0 *20 C = 0*26 Si = 0-12 Si = 0-15 Mn = 0 -11 Mn = 0-11 Fe = 98 -85 Fe = 98 -32
Fig. 10.—Ahiminium steel. A1 = 1-60 C =0-21 Si = 0 -18 Mn = 0-18 Fe = 97 -83
perature, caused a still further fall in magnetic moment, and from and after that point the effect of cooling down to the temperature of | WIKI |
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go back on means to renege though--Backinstadiums (talk) 09:54, 29 December 2020 (UTC) | WIKI |
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peace Treaty with North Korea
The result was delete. Even the latter editors who voted "keep" were concerned about content (including one saying "remove 99%" of it) and possible crystal balls, which leads me to conclude the best thing is to delete this now, without prejudice to restoring at a later date when events change. If anyone wants the content userfied, leave a note on my talk page. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 18:58, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
Peace Treaty with North Korea
* – ( View AfD View log Stats )
Pure WP:CRYSTAL. Already nominated per PROD and speedy, this article is merely a repeat of various speculations propounded because of WP:RECENT events. – S. Rich (talk) 04:11, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
* Comment Please note that WP:RECENT is no longer valid, and explain the cases of WP:CRYSTAL as speculation it is necessary to know for the contributors of this article. To generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus, Can we please extend this AfD discussion for another seven day as some of the contributors of this article were not able to express their opinion? Goodtiming8871 (talk) 07:40, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 08:39, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Korea-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 08:39, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
* Delete as per WP:CRYSTAL and other issues like WP:NOT, recentism, and POV pushing topic in several languages WP:NOT. In any case, this is a WP:TNT. Widefox ; talk 12:39, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
* Comment: WP:RECENT Please see my comment above, criticism for WP:TNT with two languages (English and Korean), from my understanding, if we need to find the trustworthy references (news, books or scholar), it would be necessary to see the well-grounded source with both English and Korean language because the geological location of the issue is Korean peninsula. For quick translation, the famous google translate can be used.Goodtiming8871 (talk) 07:40, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
* Comment: see also deletion opinions at Talk:Peace Treaty with North Korea (and above). Widefox ; talk 12:42, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
* Delete - I am not aware of even any initial discussions about a peace treaty between US/UNC and North Korea. This article is entirely speculative. Korean Armistice Agreement is a perfectly good place to record any initial moves that might lead toward a peace treaty. In fact this article will duplicate a lot of what is in Korean Armistice Agreement, and I think it is better there until there are at least preliminary meetings about a peace treaty. Rwendland (talk) 14:20, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
* Comment: A doubt about initial discussions about a peace treaty between US/UNC and North Korea-> Please see one of the latest example: the Statement From Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (Press Release Date: 5 Sept 2017) Goodtiming8871 (talk) 12:44, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:00, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
* Delete. Is an essay. Fails WP:BALL. As an interesting but relevant aside - see Talk:Second Korean War (which will also AFD soon / reduce to redirect) - which described the current events (before modifications - as the second Korean war).Icewhiz (talk) 15:06, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
* Comment: WP:CRYSTAL = WP:BALL - Please see my comment above ( On WP:DISCUSSAFD - explanation the cases is required rather than merely stating that it violates the policy. ) Goodtiming8871 (talk) 12:44, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
* Delete per above. -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 08:31, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
* Delete, per nom. Kiteinthewind Leave a message! 03:58, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
* Comment: per nomination - Please see my comment above about WP:RECENT and WP:CRYSTAL Goodtiming8871 (talk) 12:44, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
* Keep: Thank you for the notice about the AfD - Peace treaty with North Korea - article and please understand that I have no objection whatever to the decision of ("WP:CONSENSUS"?) to Keep(or rename), merge(to other topic) or remove (to draft for improvement and AFC process ), however I believe that this article has enough evidence below for the Wikipedia guideline, and I believe that it would be required to open the gate (enough time) of comments from the contributors of this article and North Korea Project participants who are interested in this topic.
It is my understanding about five suitability of this subject on Wikipedia.
* WP:NRVE There are significant independent coverage or recognition on this topic,
* WP:SUSTAINED This subject has a sustained coverage as an indicator of notability
Regarding the key word for 'Peace Treaty with North Korea', Appreciate User:Srich32977 for the links above
> About 1,500 results of news, 1140 results of Books, About 60 results on Scholar, 27 matching research articles and other sources
* WP:ACHIEVE NPOV and WP:POVNAMING : The article has a neutral perspective because of the contributors of the topic.
Regarding the suggested issues, ,
* WP:CRYSTAL explains "Predictions, speculation, forecasts and theories stated by reliable, expert sources or recognized entities in a field may be included, though editors should be aware of creating undue bias to any specific point-of-view." so an article is nor precluded a prior - it seems to be there are reference sources appropriate for passing the WP:GNG
* Recentism On this issue,
From my understanding about the comment of USER: Escape Orbit and the Wikipedia suggestions are, WP:10YT, consensus can change there is no deadline and consensus can change by WikiGnome and Wikipedians instead of getting into edit wars or contentious deletion discussions when trying to deal with recentism. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 12:42, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
* Keep and rename, per WP:GNG. I can see multiple independent sources, and the suggested issue with WP:CRYSTAL might be fixed by change of the name as per the talk page ' bad name 'comment by User:Kintetsubuffalo Wikilinlin (talk) 02:27, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
* Comment. For the record, the topic itself is notable; the issue has been discussed since the 1950s and that has generated plenty of reliable sources. But this article is too essayish for me to consider advocating for keeping it. Should it be deleted, I hope the closer will consider it on the basis of the content of the article, not what the topic is. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 10:45, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
* Comment: I think that it could be appreciable to revise the subject(topic) appropriately based on the contents of the articles, because the substance of the whole contents contains, news, opinions and research results of the experts in the respective fields of North Korea nuclear and ICBM issues. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 12:44, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
* Comment, Strong Keep: I think there is sufficient evidence WP:NRVE of this topic and other current relevant topics in this encyclopaedia:
- compendium providing summaries from all branches of information. These several adjacent Wikipedia articles below regarding North Korea issues, is useful for the readers of Wikipedia because its one of the primary interests of the global community.
It proves that People desire to know the facts from fiction and to learn more details about it including the summary of books and scholastic writings on this topic.
List of North Korean missile tests, 2017 North Korean missile tests , North Korean August 2017 missile launch over Japan , 2017 North Korea crisis, Korean conflict, North Korea and weapons of mass destruction,
Japan-Korea relations,
Foreign relations of North Korea,
North Korea–United States relations, Gemvoice (talk) 15:00, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
* Delete. There is no realistic prospect of a peace treaty with North Korea as long as its provocative missile and nuclear tests continue and suggesting otherwise (as the article does in its very first sentence) points out this article as North Korean propaganda.Amyzex (talk) 18:22, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
* Comment: Is it North Korean propaganda? -> Please see reference - USA was considering Peace Treaty with North Korea for at least more than 23 years. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 12:44, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
* Comment (by OP). Additionally, the article violates WP:NOTOPINION. That is, every speculation about what might happen is pure opinion by more-or-less informed commentators. There can be no facts about something that not certain to occur. (Also note how the articles uses the term "Peace Treaty" as a proper noun – this illustrates that it is not encyclopedic.) As NOTOPINION recommends, the material should go into Wikinews. To do this properly, the article should be deleted or made into a redirect to Korean conflict. – S. Rich (talk) 03:27, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
* , Keep , Rename and Keep - There are some issues with this article, but it could be amended later on. A fair share of information for global community without bias. I think it would be one of the most important contributions in Wikipedia. Regarding this topic, I can understand why North Korea developed nuclear weapons and why it is of interest by several international parties. Before then, I thought North Korea is actually preparing for a nucleus and there are still so many others who believe that North Korea wants to ignite the fuse of a nuclear War. Because there are lots of news articles that are from outside of the current situation :example today North Korea news: It’s ‘Begging for War’ I believe that the Public generally did not have time and energy to see articles from the actual experts on the North Korean nuclear issue and international law because we can only see the news on Internet and TV. Peace Treaty with North Korea: it is nothing new, but it is popular topic on news, newspapers, books and scholastic writings. I don’t see the evidence of violation of WP:NOTOPINION, but the topic supported by the experts and journalists on this matter and it would pass the WP:SUSTAINED with several references. D8jang (talk) 10:07, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
* Strong Delete low-quality content about a vague topic. Korean War should discuss the historical issues; any new treaty that Donald Trump or Kim Jong Un might do in the future is entirely WP:CRYSTAL. Power~enwiki (talk) 22:56, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
* Comment: Please refer to the several articles about diplomacy options of US via google search - few examples from TIME concerning opinions of 6 Experts and CNN - Jimmy Carter's Agreed Framework : (I could add it more later on) Goodtiming8871 (talk) 05:41, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: The arguments to delete the article are very strong, since Wikipedia is not a crystal ball for possible future events. Those arguing for keep do correctly state that "predictions, speculation, forecasts and theories stated by reliable, expert sources or recognized entities in a field may be included, though editors should be aware of creating undue bias to any specific point-of-view." The difficulty here is that the article is currently written in an inappropriate essay style. I would like editors to further comment on the merits of these points as well as to consider the policy on content forks and whether the content is more appropriate for a section of 2017 North Korea crisis or Korean War. More discussion may help consensus to emerge.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Malinaccier ( talk ) 14:03, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
* * Comment: Thank you for Relisting discussions and guiding us about Wikipedia policy on content forks, Goodtiming8871 (talk) 10:41, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
It was the part of North Korea Nuclear deal. - page #3, U.S. promised to provide North Korea with the formal assurance of peace and Security to North Korea. From my understanding, the current nuclear & ICBM issue would have been removed already, if the agreement was proceeded, I was able to figure it out this information just only a few days ago because of the news release from Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (Press Release Date: 5 Sept 2017) Possible Future Peace Treaties with North Korea Korea, but that would be silly.--Pontificalibus (talk) 05:54, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
* Comment We already have Korean reunification which covers this topic. This BALLy essay is not needed.Icewhiz (talk) 18:59, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
* Delete. There is, as far as I can tell from looking for sources, no peace treaty signed between anyone and North Korea. And the title itself takes an inherent point of view. A treaty, by definition, is between more than one party, but this title only mentions one party. Is it supposed to be about a peace treaty between North Korea and Papua New Guinea, or maybe Gabon, or who? <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 22:05, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
* Comment Please refer to the initial version of peace Treaty attached between U.S. and North Korea: Agreed Framework
* Delete It's not clear which peace treaty the article title is referring to. I suppose it should more accurately be titled
* Delete - Just cannot overlook the WP:CRYSTALBALL we would need to use to support keeping this article. This is an essay on a hypothetical scenario and a disorderly one at that; too many opinions and topics are covered (inadequately). Please do not merge or redirect this essay to Korean reunification for there is no benefit.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 09:13, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
With the issue ofWP:CRYSTALBALL, the issue of WP:CRYSTALBALL raised last month August, because people (including myself) did not know whether there was already signed Initial Peace Treaty between U.S. and North Korea via Agreed Framework. However, it is now we know the fact and so the issue ofWP:CRYSTALBALL can be cleared. It's my understanding, concerning the motivation of the peace treaty : there is a clear consensus about the abandonment of Nuclear weapons and Chemical weapons of North Korea. However, there are some suggestions of the peace treaty partner with North KoreaDPRK via experts in this field. - That is the reason behind of the subject: [[Peace Treaty with North Korea], Regarding the comment on Talk page of the changing name: Please refer to proposed subjects below
* Comment Please refer that I summarized the opinions and topics on articles yesterday.
* Regarding the term about name of topic.
* Option 1 Between DPRK and South Korea - backed by China & U.S. because North and South would be the main states
* option 2 Between DPRK and U.S. because U.S. is practically related to this subject after 1950 Korean War
* Option 3 Between DPRK and U.N because U.N was the actual signed party of 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement
* Peace Treaty on Korean Peninsula
* Diplomacy of UN to North Korea missile tests
* Options(Diplomacy) of U.S. to North Korea crisis
I believe that it would be hugely favorable for us to have one of the topics above on Wikipedia. There are several topics about North Korea missile tests & crisis on Wikipedia, but as far as I know, there is no space for the summarized advice and opinions from the global experts on this topic. As Wikipedia is one of the primary live Global Encyclopedia on Internet, it would be advantageous to have room for subject above on Wikipedia,
* Only for within the latest 24 hours, It is easy to find more than 50 reliable news and opinion articles about North Korea crisis, but it is difficult to see all.
* Please refer to the three example subject of last 24 hours below.
Goodtiming8871 (talk) 04:51, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
* Those three topics you mentioned belong in North Korea–United States relations.--Pontificalibus (talk) 09:53, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
* Comment Thank you for your feedback, YES, It is quite related with North Korea–United States relations, however from my understanding, North Korea–United States relations is hard to cover all of this topic as the prevalent nuclear & ICBMs of North Korea are the global issue. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 02:38, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
* Comment, the creator of the article, appears to be bludgeoning this discussion. Power~enwiki (talk) 20:13, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
* ' Comment: Please understand that I am one of the people who is fear for the accidental nuclear war. As some experts said, North Korea would be the most potential place cause global war threatening the safety to all of us. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 02:38, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
* Yes, quite. I received a message on my talk page about this from the creator but still stand by my "delete" opinion. I also note that the message still didn't reply to my comment that a treaty needs more than one party. The article obviously refers to a non-existent treaty between North Korea and the United States, so why on Earth, unless the creator is under the impression that everything in Wikipedia is written from an American point of view, doesn't the title mention the United States? <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 22:37, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
As per my kind reply message of your inquiry: '"no peace treaty signed between anyone and North Korea." : I would like to politely share the related factor, the initial version of the Peace treaty was signed between U.S. and North Korea. Concerning "American point": there was no intention of this side, and so I updated my comment above for clarification: example names- including U.N and Korean Peninsula. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 02:38, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
* ' Comment: Dear <IP_ADDRESS>,
* Keep but remove 99% of content. The peace treaty itself is notable, but there are only few sentences about it (and one table). It seems the rest of the article is off topic, poorly organized essay/fork of the North Korea and weapons of mass destruction, plus some POV rants/points. All that junk needs to go. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:14, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
* What peace treaty is notable? The only international agreement that is written about in the article is the Agreed Framework, about which we already have an article. There is no peace treaty. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:35, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
* Hmmm, if they are the same then merge (if anything) and redirect. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:38, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
* Keep This is a highly important and notable topic and there is plenty of literature discussing the history and prospects. That literature can be documented factually. The article needs work to neutralize, as most new content does, but this is not an argument for not having an article. --JWB (talk) 08:48, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
* ** Comment - Regarding opinion from User:JWB and User:Piotrus, let me please add My two cents. To sum up my idea, I updated my first comment above Rename and Keep - Firstly, YES, this article required counterbalance, and I trust the power of millions of Wikipedia users who want to hammer this notable topic into the proper Wikipedia shape by freely editing the article- - Secondly, I was wondering if other articles on AfD can understand the Delete comment on this article, but I don't see that it is the objective with other few latter-day AfD articles with WP:CRYSTAL issues; Next Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, GW170817 - It seems like people believe that several reliable references could waive off the issue of WP:CRYSTAL. In my estimation, the choice of name is wrong, as there would be many people with a mindset: anti- North Korea(may be NOT South Korea) & hate Appeasements with DPRK, to minimize any negative impression with DPRK, I would like to suggest to change the name to something like: Peace Treaty for Korean War or End the Korean War and enables users to modify this article. D8jang (talk) 03:12, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
* Delete. As it stands, it is an article on a thing that doesn't exist. bd2412 T 22:53, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
* Delete As I said on the article's talk page: the article is speculative, not encyclopedic. The subject of the article does not exist. Discussion of proposals for such a treaty would fit better as parts of articles on the Agreed Framework and the Six Party Talks. NPguy (talk) 01:39, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
* Delete, per nom. WP:CRYSTALBALL. Kierzek (talk) 16:03, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
* Votes so far, to save folks the hassle of counting: Delete+Nom: 14, Keep: 5 + Keep but remove 99% of content: 1 Rwendland (talk) 08:59, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
* Delete per nom and Glass Sphere. L3X1 (distænt write) 02:45, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
* Delete per nom. There was an Agreed Framework between the USA and DPRK, but that has broken down, and there is no peace treaty in progress at this time. Any such peace treaty in the future is pure speculation. Natg 19 (talk) 07:48, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
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This Is Not a War Story
This Is Not a War Story is a 2021 American war drama film written by, directed by, edited by and starring Talia Lugacy.
Summary
A group of ragtag New York veterans create art that dealt with the aftermath of war.
Cast
* Talia Lugacy as Isabelle Casale
* Sam Adegoke as Will LaRue
* Danny Ramirez as Timothy Reyes
* Frances Fisher as Dora Casale
* Patrick Stoffer as Malloy
* Brian Delate as Ed
Production
Rosario Dawson served as an executive producer of the film. WarnerMedia OneFifty and HBO Max acquired the distribution rights to the film in September 2021.
Release and reception
The film premiered at the 2021 SF Indie Fest. It was eventually released on November 3, 2021.
The film has a 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 31 reviews.
Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three stars, calling it "an ambitious and thoughtful attempt to deal with veterans coming to terms with what they have seen and done..."
Bobby LePire of Film Threat rated the film a 9.5 out of 10 and wrote, "This Is Not A Story boasts stunning acting, fantastic music, a heartfelt plot, and impeccable directing. It is a remarkable sophomore feature for writer-director-actor-producer Talia Lugacy, her first in 14 years."
Accolades
The film was awarded prizes at the Urbanworld Film Festival, Tallgrass Film Festival, SF Independent Film Festival, Indie Street Film Festival, Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Portland Film Festival, and Workers Unite Film Festival.
In December 2021, the film was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards. | WIKI |
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Description:
Delete all but "n" newest files of given filespec from specified directory. Accepts filesystem wildcards like * and ? as filespec arguments. The code line that actually unlinks files is commented out - uncomment once you're comfortable with how options and arguments operate. Tested with Perl 5.6.1 on Debian 3, Win2kPro, WinNT plus Perl 5.8.0 on Cygwin.
It's entirely possible that this might be done in fewer LOC using File::Find. Nonetheless, has been a good exercise/refresher for /me on stat, sort, cmp, regexen, and glob.
Thanks to the following monks for direction, clues, and answers to brain-mushing questions: Petruchio, jkahn, Undermine, Zaxo, theorbtwo, fever, BrowserUk, tye, belg4mit, PodMaster, and Mr. Muskrat. And to some guy named vroom.
Update: see pod UPDATES
Example syntax and output:
joe@host:~/rmdir$ prune.pl --dir=./ --filespec="*" --keepnum=5
Specified Files Retained:
keep5
rm6
keep6.txt
rm6.txt
keep6
Specified Files Pruned:
rm1
keep1.txt
keep1
rm1.txt
keep2
keep2.txt
rm2.txt
rm2
keep3.txt
rm3.txt
keep3
rm3
keep4.txt
rm4
keep4
rm4.txt
rm5
keep5.txt
rm5.txt
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# prune.pl
# pod at tail
# allays stuff
use strict; # avoid D'oh! bugs
use Getopt::Long; # options & arguments
use Pod::Usage; # eliminate redundant Usage()
use File::Spec; # strip path from $0
use Sys::Hostname; # determine hostname of localhost
my $VERSION = '0.3.18';
$|++;
# program-specific stuff
use Net::SMTP; # email notification
# preliminaries
my $time = localtime(time);
my $host = hostname; # localhost
my $arg_keepnum = 3; # default value
my $arg_smtp = $host; # default value
my ($feh, $eep, $program) = File::Spec->splitpath( $0 );
push my @message, '#' x 40, "\n";
push @message, "$time\n";
# options and arguments
my ($arg_dir, $arg_filespec, @arg_recipients);
my ($opt_help, $opt_man, $opt_versions);
GetOptions(
'dir=s' => \$arg_dir,
'filespec=s' => \$arg_filespec,
'keepnum=i' => \$arg_keepnum,
'recipients=s' => \@arg_recipients,
'smtp=s' => \$arg_smtp,
'versions!' => \$opt_versions,
'help!' => \$opt_help,
'man!' => \$opt_man,
) or pod2usage(-verbose => 1) && exit;
pod2usage(-verbose => 1) && exit if $opt_help;
pod2usage(-verbose => 2) && exit if $opt_man;
pod2usage(-verbose => 1) && exit unless $arg_dir && $arg_filespec;
# read specified directory for specified filespec
chdir $arg_dir or die "Error chdir to $arg_dir: $!";
my @files = grep -f $_, glob($arg_filespec);
# nominal validation of input
my $filenum = scalar(@files);
$arg_keepnum = $filenum if $arg_keepnum > $filenum;
unless($filenum){
push @message," No files found matching regex $arg_filespec\n\n";
exit;
}
# sort by timestamp, oldest first
my %file;
$file{$_} = (stat($_))[9] for(@files);
my @filesOldFirst = sort { $file{$a} <=> $file{$b} } keys %file;
# delete all but newest n specified files
my @allButNewestN = @filesOldFirst[0 .. $filenum-$arg_keepnum-1];
unlink or warn "Error unlinking $_ : $!" for @allButNewestN;
# report on specified files retained and purged
my @newestN = @filesOldFirst[$filenum-$arg_keepnum..$filenum-1];
my $allButNewestN = scalar(@allButNewestN);
push @message, " Specified Files Retained:\n";
push @message, " $_\n" for @newestN;
push @message, " Specified Files Pruned:\n";
push @message, " $_\n" for @allButNewestN;
END{
# report on versions n'such
if(defined $opt_versions){
my @versions = (
" Modules, Perl, OS, Program info:\n",
" Net::SMTP $Net::SMTP::VERSION\n",
" Sys::Hostname $Sys::Hostname::VERSION\n",
" Getopt::Long $Getopt::Long::VERSION\n",
" Pod::Usage $Pod::Usage::VERSION\n",
" strict $strict::VERSION\n",
" Perl $]\n",
" OS $^O\n",
" $program $VERSION\n",
" localhost $host\n",
);
push @message, @versions;
}
# merge messages
my $message = join('', @message);
print $message unless $opt_help or $opt_man;
# email notification o'results
if(@arg_recipients){
my $autoMsg =
"Message automatically generated by $program program and sent to
+:";
my $recipListMsg = join("\n ", @arg_recipients);
for my $recipient(@arg_recipients){
print "Sending message to $recipient... ";
if(my $smtp = new Net::SMTP($arg_smtp)){
$smtp->mail("$program\@$host");
$smtp->to($recipient);
$smtp->data();
$smtp->datasend("To: $recipient\n");
$smtp->datasend("Subject: $program - $host \n");
$smtp->datasend("\n");
$smtp->datasend("\n$autoMsg\n $recipListMsg\n\n$message\n");
$smtp->dataend();
$smtp->quit();
print "successful";
}
}
}
}
=head1 NAME
prune.pl - unlink all but $arg_keepnum newest $filespec in $arg_dir
=head1 SYNOPSIS
prune.pl -d ~/temp -f "foo*.???"
prune.pl -d c:\drtemp\deleteme -k 2 -f ?delme.txt -v >> c:\winatlogs\
+prune.log && df -hT c: d:
prune.pl --dir = ~/temp --filespec = "foo*.???"
--keepnum = 7
--recipients = FOO
--smtp = host.domain
--version
--help
--man
=head1 OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS
=head2 MANDATORY ARGUMENTS
dir directory to prune old files from
absolute or relative
filespec filename sans path - wildcards like * and ? are valid
doublequotes needed for *nix bash if wildcard(s)
doublequotes optional for win32 command.com and cmd.exe
=head2 OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS
keepnum number of newest files to retain (default 3)
recipients email address to send results to
smtp nearest mailserver (default localhost)
=head2 OPTIONAL OPTIONS
versions print Perl, module, and program versions to screen
help print brief usage message to screen
man print full contents of program pod to screen
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Prune old files of specified name/extension from a given directory.
Intended to run periodically from *nix cron or win32 at.
Entirely possible this could be done in fewer LOC using File::Find.
Nonetheless, a good refresher for /me on stat, sort, cmp, regexen, an
+d glob
The line of code that actually unlinks files is commented out.
Uncomment after you're comfortable with how options and arguments wor
+k.
=head1 WIN32 NOTES
assoc .pl=Perl
ftype Perl=c:\perl\bin\perl.exe "%1" %*
pathext=.pl;
path=c:\perl\bin\;
Login as administrator
control panel, scheduler, runas specific_user
at 06:00 /every:Th c:\perl\bin\perl.exe c:\perls\prune.pl -d c:\foo -
+f bar?*.??? -r user@host.dom -v
pl2bat prune.pl
=head1 SMTP NOTES
telnet mailserver.dom.tld 25
220 mailserver.dom.tld ESMTP
helo client.dom.tld
250 OK
mail from: user1@dom.tld
250 Sender OK
rcpt to: user2@dom.tld
250 Recipient OK
testing, testing, 1... 2... 3
.
250 Message accepted for deliver
quit
221 mailserver.dom.tld closing connection
=head1 SEE ALSO
Perl(1)
Pod::Usage(3perl)
Sys::Hostname(3perl)
File::Spec(3perl)
Getopt::Long(3)
Net::SMTP(3)
=head1 TESTED
Net::SMTP 2.19 2.24 2.16, 2.24
Sys::Hostname 1.1 1.1 1.1
Getopt::Long 2.32 2.25 2.25
Pod::Usage 1.14 1.14 1.14
strict 1.01 1.01 1.01, 1.02
Perl 5.006001 5.006001 5.006001, 5.008
OS Debian 3.0 Win(2k|NT4) Cygwin
=head1 UPDATES
2003-02-21 19:20 CST
chdir to target directory (fixes substantial bug)
tweak output for legability
error handling to chdir
2002-11-27 12:25 CST
Add Win32, SMTP notes to pod
Test with Perl 5.8.0 Cygwin on Win2kPro
Post to PerlMonks Code Catacombs Utility Scripts
glob() for filesystem wildcards (foo*.???) instead of perl regex
Summarize PCRE for --man
Sanity check for $numKeep =< $filenum
Test with ActivePerl on WinNT, Win2kPro
Email results - id://181972
Ponder globbing, to allow non-regex user input of filespec
Sys::Hostname for localhost name
Email notification of results
Getopt::Long;
Pod::Usage;
2002-11-24 22:25 CST
Initial working code
=head1 TODO
Debug no '--help' output on Cygwin
Test err on unlink if insufficient perms
Taint-check user-supplied params
Eliminate all but newest(?) of duplicate files before pruning
use File::Same;
my @fileDups = File::Same::scan_dir($_, $arg_dir);
AppConfig instead of Getopt::Long(?)
config file support in addition to commandline args/options
=head1 CREDITS
Thanks to:
Petruchio, jkahn, Undermine for allButLastN direction,
Zaxo, theorbtwo, fever, BrowserUk for precedence tips,
tye, bel4mit, PodMaster for glob direction,
Mr. Muskrat for shell escape diffs cmd.exe to bash,
And to some guy named vroom.
=head1 AUTHOR
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Viktor Pokrovsky
Viktor Leonidovich Pokrovsky (Покровский Виктор Леонидович) (14 September 1889 – 9 November 1922) was a Russian lieutenant general and one of the leaders of anti-communist counterrevolutionary White Army during the Russian Civil War.
Biography
Viktor Pokrovsky graduated from Pavlovsk army cadet and Sevastopol aviation military schools. He served in the Russian army during First World War as a pilot and was awarded Cross of St. George for bravery.
Russian Civil War
In December 1917, after the October Revolution, Kuban Ataman Filimonov supported the formation of a volunteer unit under the command of Pokrovsky. On 4 and 6 February, his men won two victories over the Bolsheviks at Enem and Georgie-Afipskaia, killing the Bolshevik leaders Iakovlev and Seradze. Kuban Rada promoted him to the rank of colonel after a hero's welcome in Ekaterinodar. On 27 February, he was made Commander-in-Chief of the Kuban army. However, on 13 March, the army of 3000 soldiers, accompanied by 2000 civilians, was forced to abandon Ekaterinodar. By the end of March, Pokrovsky combined his forces with the Volunteer Army during the Ice March.
Pokrovsky's men played a key role in the capture of Tsaritsyn and Kamyshin from the Bolshevik forces in the summer of 1919. Many in the White movement, including military officers, complained about Pokrovsky's penchant to hang prisoners. In September 1918, he had ordered the massacre of 2,500 people, including roughly Red Army prisoners.
Exile
In April 1920, he emigrated from Crimea because general Wrangel did not appoint him to any key positions at his headquarters. In emigration, he settled in Bulgaria and continued anti-Soviet activities. On 9 November 1922 he was killed by the Bulgarian police while resisting arrest in a murder investigation. | WIKI |
Mamadou Zaré
Mamadou Zaré (19 May 1964 – 3 May 2007) was an Ivorian football player and manager.
Career
With roots in Burkina Faso, Zaré had played for ASEC Mimosas in midfield and central defence before becoming a coach. As a player, he won three league championships, the first in 1980, following by consecutives titles in 1990 and 1991 under the guidance of French coach Philippe Troussier.
International career
He was also capped by the Ivory Coast during the 1980s.
Coaching career
Zaré began his managerial career with Sabé Sports de Bouna in 1993 before moving onto ASEC in 1995. He led the Mimosas to a domestic league and cup double in 1995 as well as a place in the final of the African Club Champions Cup where they finished runners-up to Orlando Pirates of South Africa. Zaré also coached various other top flight clubs in the Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division including Stade d'Abidjan, Séwé Sports de San Pedro and Issia Wazi. When Burkina Faso hosted the African Cup of Nations in 1998, he served under Troussier as assistant coach of the home team.
Death
Zaré died on 3 May 2007 at a medical centre in Abidjan aged 45 following a long illness. | WIKI |
America Street School
The America Street School was an historic school at 22 America Street in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was a two-story brick structure, built in 1905 to a design by Frederick E. Field. It housed ten classrooms (five on each floor), and was one of four similarly sized schools built by the city between 1887 and 1916. The building served the city as a school until 1955, and was used for a time thereafter as a meeting place for a local branch of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It was listed as one of the "Ten Most Endangered Properties" by the Providence Preservation Society in 1995, and was demolished in 1996. | WIKI |
use of exponential distribution in reliability theory
Who else has memoryless property? The exponential distribution is one of the most significant and widely used distribution in statistical practice. 2, pp. The exponential-logarithmic distribution arises when the rate parameter of the exponential distribution is randomized by the logarithmic distribution. It doesn’t increase or decrease your chance of a car accident if no one has hit you in the past five hours. Then we will develop the intuition for the distribution and discuss several interesting properties that it has. MIL-HDBK-338, Electronic Reliability Design Handbook, 15 Oct 84 Engineers record the time to failure of the component under normal operating conditions. The exponential distribution is often used to model the reliability of electronic systems, which do not typically experience wearout type failures. Two-parameter exponential distribution is the simplest lifetime distributions that is useable in survival analysis and reliability theory. The next step is not really related to exponential distribution yet is a feature of using reliability and RBDs. (1992). A. CHATURVEDI, K. SURINDER (1999). It's also used for products with constant failure or arrival rates. The exponential distribution has a fundamental role in describing a large class of phenomena, particularly in the area of reliability theory. 21, No. Original Articles Shrinkage estimation of reliability in the exponential distribution. Use the exponential distribution to model the time between events in a continuous Poisson process. The one-parameter exponential distribution plays an important role in reliability theory. The exponential distribution models wait times when the probability of waiting an additional period of time is independent of how long you have already waited. Reliability for some bivariate exponential distributions by Saralees Nadarajah , Samuel Kotz - Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2006 , 2006 In the area of stress-strength models, there has been a large amount of work as regards estimation of the reliability R = Pr(X < Y). Reliability Analytics Toolkit (Basic Example 2). 6, pp. λ = .5 is called the failure rate of the terminal. In Lognormal Distributions of failure data, two parameters are calculated: Mu and Sigma. Car accidents. Two measures of reliability for exponential distribution are considered, R(t) = P(X > t) and P = P(X > Y). Unfortunately, this fact also leads to the use of this model in situations where it is not appropriate. The distribution function (FD) models are used in reliability theory to describe the distribution of failure characteristics [2]. It has the advantages of: Some particular applications of this model include: for t > 0, where λ is the hazard (failure) rate, and the reliability function is. Exponential distribution and Poisson distribution in Queuing Theory Both the Poisson and Exponential distributions play a prominent role in queuing theory. The exponential distribution is applied in a very wide variety of statistical procedures. In this work, we deal with reliability estimation in two-parameter exponential distributions setup under modified ERSS. The exponential distribution is frequently used to model electronic components that usually do not wear out until long after the expected life of the product in which they are installed. For example, it would not be appropriate to use the exponential distribution to model the reliability of an automobile. In other words, the phase before it begins to age and wear out during its expected application. 1745-1758. From this fact, the most commonly used function in reliability engineering can then be obtained, the reliability function, which enables the determination of the probability of success of a unit, in undertaking a mission of a prescribed duration. The comparison of various reliability estimates from the con¯dential point of view has been given in [ 6]. The exponential distribution is a one-parameter family of curves. The exponential distribution PDF is similar to a histogram view of the data and expressed as $$ \large\displaystyle f\left( x \right)=\frac{1}{\theta }{{e}^{-{}^{x}\!\!\diagup\!\! However, there is no natural extension available in a unique way. Multivariate Lomax Distribution: Properties and Usefulness in Reliability Theory. Any practical event will ensure that the variable is greater than or equal to zero. The exponential distribution : theory, methods, and applications. {}_{\theta }\;}}=\lambda {{e}^{\lambda x}}$$ Where, $- \lambda -$ is the failure rate and $- \theta -$ is the mean Keep in mind that $$ \large\displaystyle \lambda =\frac{1}{\theta }$$ While this tool is intended for more complicated calculations to determine effective system MTBF for more complex redundant configurations, we will apply it here by entering the inputs highlighted in yellow below: 1. A nice test of ¯t with the Koziol{Green model All rights Reserved. The exponential distribution is widely used in reliability. While this is an extremely simple problem, we will demonstrate the same solution using the the “Active redundancy, with repair, Weibull” tool of the Reliability Analytics Toolkit. You can use it to model the inter-arrival times of customers in a service system, the duration of a repair job or the absence of employees from their job site. It is not, however, widely used as a life distribution model for common failure mechanisms. Based on the previous definition of the reliability function, it is a relatively easy matter to derive the reliability function for the exponential distribution: is additive that is, the sum of a number of independent exponentially distributed variables is exponentially distributed. 21 Views 4 CrossRef citations to date Altmetric Listen. 3. The exponential distribution plays an important role in reliability theory and in queuing theory. Because of the usefulness of the univariate exponential distribution it is natural to consider multivariate exponential distributions as models for multicomponent systems. Depending on the values of the parameters, the Weibull distribution can be used to model a variety of life behaviors. Let X 1, X 2, ⋯ X n be independent and continuous random variables. 2. What is the reliability associated with the computer to correctly solve a problem that requires 5 hours time? It is used in the range of applications such as reliability theory, queuing theory, physics and so on. Among the most prominent applications are those in the field of life testing and reliability theory. Sometimes, due to past knowledge or experience, the experimenter may be in a position to make an initial guess on some of the parameters of interest. This volume provides a systematic and comprehensive synthesis of the diverse literature on the theory and applications of the expon In the area of stress-strength models, there has been a large amount of work as regards estimation of the reliability R = Pr (X < Y).The algebraic form for R = Pr (X < Y) has been worked out for the vast majority of the well-known distributions when X and Y are independent random variables belonging to the same univariate family. Pages 1745-1758 Received 01 Jan 1991. 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In re William Stanley REED, Debbie Elaine Reed, Debtors.
No. 12-30049.
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee.
May 14, 2013.
Gribble Carpenter & Associates, Keith L. Edmiston, Esq., Knoxville, TN, Attorneys for Debtors.
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Richard B. Gossett, Esq., Summer H. McMillan, Esq., Knoxville, TN, Attorneys for First Tennessee Bank National Association.
Gwendolyn M. Kerney, Esq., Knoxville, TN.
MEMORANDUM ON OBJECTION TO CLAIM OF FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
RICHARD STAIR, JR., Bankruptcy Judge.
This contested matter is before the court on the Objection of Debtor to Claim of First Tennessee Bank National Association (Objection to Claim) filed by the Debtors on August 15, 2012, seeking an order disallowing the unsecured claim filed by First Tennessee Bank National Association (First Tennessee Bank) on January 20, 2012, in the amount of $18,824.71. First Tennessee Bank filed the Response in Opposition to Objection of Debtor to Claim of First Tennessee Bank National Association (Response) on August 31, 2012. Following a hearing and pursuant to an Order entered on November 6, 2012, the parties agreed that an evidentiary hearing was not required and that all matters in controversy could be resolved upon stipulations and briefs.
The parties filed a Joint Stipulation of Facts and Documents Relevant to Resolution of the Objection of Debtors to Claim of First Tennessee Bank National Association, along with eight stipulated exhibits, on November 30, 2012. On December 21, 2012, First Tennessee Bank filed the Brief of First Tennessee Bank National Association in Support of Response to Objection of Debtor to Claim, and the Debtors filed the Brief of Debtors in Support of Objection of Debtors to Claim of First Tennessee Bank National Association on January 17, 2013. Thereafter, the Response of First Tennessee Bank National Association to Brief of Debtors in Support of Objection to Claim and the Reply of Debtors to Brief of First Tennessee National Association in Support of Response to Objection of Debtors to Claim were filed on January 24, 2013, by First Tennessee Bank and the Debtors, respectively.
I
On July 12, 2008, the Debtors executed a Promissory Note in the principal amount of $304,000.00, representing loan number 30029011, in favor of First Tennessee Bank which was secured by a Deed of Trust pledging as collateral real property located at 6203 Chapman Highway, Knoxville, Tennessee (Chapman Highway Property). Jt. Stips. at ¶¶ 2-3, 5; Coll. Ex. 1; EX. 2. Both the Promissory Note and the Deed of Trust contain provisions providing for payment of First Tennessee Bank’s attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs in the event of default. Jt. Stips. at ¶¶ 6-7; Coll. Ex. 1; EX. 2.
The Debtors defaulted under the terms of the Promissory Note, and on May 25, 2010, First Tennessee Bank foreclosed its lien on the Chapman Highway Property. Jt. Stips. at ¶ 8. At that time, as reflected on the Form 1099-A issued by First Tennessee Bank to the Internal Revenue Service, the Chapman Highway Property had a market value of $262,500.00, and the outstanding principal balance of the Debtors’ loan was $267,574.18. Jt. Stips. at ¶ 9; Coll. Ex. 3. First Tennessee Bank also filed with the Internal Revenue Service, and sent to the Debtors, a Form 1099-C “Cancellation of Debt,” which states that the remaining principal amount due and owing on the Debtors’ loan with First Tennessee Bank, $5,074.18, was “cancelled” on June 24, 2010. Jt. Stips. at ¶¶ 10-11, 14; Coll. Ex. 3. Based upon the Form 1099-C, the Debtors included on Line 21 in the Income section of their Form 1040 Individual Income Tax Return for 2010 “other income” in the amount of $5,074.00 as “cancelled debt income.” Jt. Stips. at ¶¶ 12-13; Coll. Ex. 4.
On April 8, 2011, First Tennessee Bank filed a lawsuit against the Debtors in the Chancery Court for Blount County, Tennessee, seeking to recover $12,075.17, representing the $5,074.18 principal balance and interest due under the Promissory Note after foreclosure, plus attorneys’ fees and collection costs. Jt. Stips. at ¶ 15; EX. 5. Upon the Debtors’ failure to respond, First Tennessee Bank filed a Motion for Default Judgment on November 15, 2011, at which time the principal and interest had increased to $12,306.74 and attorneys’ fees and collection costs totaled $6,729.03. Jt. Stips. at ¶¶ 16-17; EX. 6.
The Debtors filed the Voluntary Petition commencing their Chapter 13 bankruptcy case on January 5, 2012, the day before the hearing on First Tennessee Bank’s Motion for Default Judgment in the Blount County Chancery Court, and on January 9, 2012, First Tennessee Bank filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of the lawsuit. Jt. Stips. at ¶ 17; Ex. 7; Ex. 8. First Tennessee Bank filed a Proof of Claim in the Debtors’ bankruptcy case on January 20, 2012, in the amount of $18,824.71, representing principal and interest in the amount of $11,772.32, attorneys’ fees and collection costs in the amount of $6,729.03, accrued interest from January 26, 2011 through January 6, 2012, in the amount of $323.36, and interest as it continues to accrue from January 6, 2012, at a rate of $0.94 per diem, in accordance with the Promissory Note. Jt. Stips. at ¶ 18; Coll. Ex. 1. The Debtors filed their Objection to Claim on August 15, 2012, to which First Tennessee Bank filed its Response on August 31, 2012. On November 6, 2012, the court entered a scheduling Order defining the issue as whether the Form 1099-C filed by First Tennessee Bank constitutes an admission by First Tennessee Bank that the debt it is owed by the Debtors under the Promissory Note was cancelled or discharged such that First Tennessee Bank is estopped from enforcing its debt against the Debtors.
II
A proof of claim executed and filed in accordance with the Bankruptcy Rules constitutes prima facie evidence as to the claim’s validity and amount and is deemed allowed unless a party in interest objects. 11 U.S.C. § 502(a) (2006); Fed. R. BaNKR. P. 3001(f). A claim’s validity first stems from the status as a creditor of the debtor, which is defined by the Bankruptcy Code as “[an] entity that has a claim against the debtor that arose at the time of or before the order for relief concerning the debtor[,]” 11 U.S.C. § 101(10)(A) (2006), whereas “claim” is defined as:
(A) [the] right to payment, whether or not such right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, or unsecured; or
(B) [the] right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured, or unsecured.
11 U.S.C. § 101(5) (2006). In the event of an objection, the objecting party must present evidence rebutting the proof of claim by refuting at least one allegation that is essential to the legal sufficiency of the claim, after which the burden of proof shifts to the claimant to prove the claim’s validity by a preponderance of the evidence. In re Cleveland, 349 B.R. 522, 527 (Bankr.E.D.Tenn.2006) (citation omitted). In this case, the parties do not dispute that the Debtors executed a Promissory Note in favor of First Tennessee Bank secured by the Chapman Highway Property, that the Debtors defaulted under the terms of the Promissory Note, that First Tennessee Bank foreclosed its lien and sold the Chapman Highway Property, and that there was a deficiency balance following the sale. The dispute is based solely upon whether the Form 1099-C “Cancellation of Debt” issued to the Internal Revenue Service which required the Debtors to list the $5,074.18 “cancelled debt income” as part of gross income on their 2010 Form 1040 Individual Income Tax Return constituted a cancellation or discharge of the deficiency balance such that the Debtors no longer owe any obligation to First Tennessee Bank under the Promissory Note, thus necessitating a disallowance of First Tennessee Bank’s Proof of Claim.
The relevant section of the Internal Revenue Code is 26 U.S.C. § 6050P, entitled “Returns relating to the cancellation of indebtedness by certain entities,” which provides:
(a) In general. Any applicable entity which discharges (in whole or in part) the indebtedness of any person during any calendar year shall make a return (at such time and in such form as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe) setting forth—
(1) the name, address, and TIN of each person whose indebtedness was discharged during such calendar year,
(2) the date of the discharge and the amount of the indebtedness discharged, and
(3) such other information as the Secretary may prescribe.
(b) Exception. Subsection (a) shall not apply to any discharge of less than $600.
(c) Definitions and special rules. For purposes of this section—
(1) Applicable entity. The term “applicable entity” means—
(A) an executive, judicial, or legislative agency (as defined in section 3701(a)(4) of title 31, United States Code), and
(B) an applicable financial entity.
(2) Applicable financial entity. The term “applicable financial entity” means—
(A) any financial institution described in section 581 or 591(a) [26 USCS § 581 or 591(a)] and any credit union,
(B) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Resolution Trust Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and any other Federal executive agency (as defined in section 6050M [26 USCS § 6050M]), and any successor or subunit of any of the foregoing,
(C) any other corporation which is a direct or indirect subsidiary of an entity referred to in subparagraph (A) but only if, by virtue of being affiliated with such entity, such other corporation is subject to supervision and examination by a Federal or State agency which regulates entities referred to in subparagraph (A), and
(D)any organization a significant trade or business of which is the lending of money.
(3) Governmental units. In the case of an entity described in paragraph (1)(A) or (2)(B), any return under this section shall be made by the officer or employee appropriately designated for the purpose of making such return,
(d) Statements to be furnished to persons with respect to whom information is required to be furnished. Every applicable entity required to make a return under subsection (a) shall furnish to each person whose name is required to be set forth in such return a written statement showing—
(1) the name and address of the entity required to make such return, and
(2) the information required to be shown on the return with respect to such person.
The written statement required under the preceding sentence shall be furnished to the person on or before January 31 of the year following the calendar year for which the return under subsection (a) was made.
(e) Alternative procedure. In lieu of making a return required under subsection (a), an agency described in subsection (c)(1)(A) may submit to the Secretary (at such time and in such form as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe) information sufficient for the Secretary to complete such a return on behalf of such agency. Upon receipt of such information, the Secretary shall complete such return and provide a copy of such return to such agency.
26 U.S.C. § 6050P (2006). This statute must also be read in tandem with 26 C.F.R. § 1.6050P-1, which provides, in material part:
(a) Reporting requirement — (1) In general. Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, any applicable entity (as defined in section 6050P(c)(l)) that discharges an indebtedness of any person (within the meaning of section 7701(a)(1)) of at least $600 during a calendar year must file an information return on Form 1099-C with the Internal Revenue Service. Solely for purposes of the reporting requirements of section 6050P and this section, a discharge of indebtedness is deemed to have occurred, except as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this section, if and only if there has occurred an identifiable event described in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, whether or not an actual discharge of indebtedness has occurred on or before the date on which the identifiable event has occurred. The return must include the following information—
(i)The name, address, and taxpayer identification number (TIN), as defined in section 7701(a)(41), of each person for which there was an identifiable event during the calendar year;
(ii) The date on which the identifiable event occurred, as described in paragraph (b) of this section;
(iii) The amount of indebtedness discharged, as described in paragraph (c) of this section;
(iv) An indication whether the identifiable event was a discharge of indebtedness in a bankruptcy, if known; and
(v) Any other information required by Form 1099-C or its instructions, or current revenue procedures.
(2) No aggregation. For purposes of reporting under this section, multiple discharges of indebtedness of less than $600 are not required to be aggregated unless such separate discharges are pursuant to a plan to evade the reporting requirements of this section.
(3) Amounts not includible in income. Except as otherwise provided in this section, discharged indebtedness must be reported regardless of whether the debtor is subject to tax on the discharged debt under sections 61 and 108 or otherwise by applicable law.
(b) Date of discharge — (1) Ip general. Solely for purposes of this section, except as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this section, indebtedness is discharged on the date of the occurrence of an identifiable event specified in paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
(2) Identifiable events — (i) In general. An identifiable event is—
(A) A discharge of indebtedness under title 11 of the United States Code (bankruptcy);
(B) A cancellation or extinguishment of an indebtedness that renders a debt unenforceable in a receivership, foreclosure, or similar proceeding in a federal or State court, as described in section 368(a)(3)(A)(ii) (other than a discharge described in paragraph (b)(2)(i)(A) of this section);
(C) A cancellation or extinguishment of an indebtedness upon the expiration of the statute of limitations for collection of an indebtedness, subject to the limitations described in paragraph (b)(2)(ii) of this section, or upon the expiration of a statutory period for filing a claim or commencing a deficiency judgment proceeding;
(D) A cancellation or extinguishment of an indebtedness pursuant to an election of foreclosure remedies by a creditor that statutorily extinguishes or bars the creditor’s right to pursue collection of the indebtedness;
(E) A cancellation or extinguishment of an indebtedness that renders a debt unenforceable pursuant to a probate or similar proceeding;
(F) A discharge of indebtedness pursuant to an agreement between an applicable entity and a debtor to discharge indebtedness at less than full consideration; [or]
(G) A discharge of indebtedness pursuant to a decision by the creditor, or the application of a defined policy of the creditor, to discontinue collection activity and discharge debtLJt]
(iii) Decision to discontinue collection activity; creditor’s defined policy. For purposes of the identifiable event described in paragraph (b)(2)(i)(G) of this section, a creditor’s defined policy includes both a written policy of the creditor and the creditor’s established business practice. Thus, for example, a creditor’s established practice to discontinue collection activity and abandon debts upon expiration of a particular non-payment period is considered a defined policy for purposes of paragraph (b)(2)(i)(G) of this section.
(3) Permitted reporting. If a discharge of indebtedness occurs before the date on which an identifiable event occurs, the discharge may, at the creditor’s discretion, be reported under this section.
(c) Indebtedness. For purposes of this section and § 1.6050P-2, indebtedness means any amount owed to an applicable entity, including stated principal, fees, stated interest, penalties, administrative costs and fines. The amount of indebtedness discharged may represent all, or only a part, of the total amount owed to the applicable entity.
(d) Exceptions from reporting requirement — ....
(2) Interest. The discharge of an amount of indebtedness that is interest is not required to be reported under this section.
(3) Non-principal amounts in lending transactions. In the case of a lending transaction, the discharge of an amount other than stated principal is not required to be reported under this section. For this purpose, a lending transaction is any transaction in which a lender loans money to, or makes advances on behalf of, a borrower (including revolving credits and lines of credit).
26 C.F.R. § 1.6050P-1 (2013). Information provided on a Form 1099-C includes the name, street address, and telephone number of the creditor, the creditor’s federal identification number, the name and street address of the debtor, the debtor’s identification or social security number, an account number, the amount of the can-celled debt, the amount of any interest included within the amount of the can-celled debt, the date it was cancelled, a description of the debt, whether or not the debtor was personally liable for repayment of the debt, whether the debtor is in bankruptcy, and the fair market value of the property. See, e.g., Coll. Ex. 3. “[A] Form 1099-C allows the IRS to compare the amount of the discharged debt claimed by a lending institution with the amount of income reported by the person whose debt was discharged.” Cavoto v. Hayes, 634 F.3d 921, 923 (7th Cir.2011).
As an initial matter, a number of courts have held that “[t]he issuance of a Form 1099-C does not, alone, operate to extinguish a debt.” Atchison v. Hiway Fed. Credit Union, 2013 WL 1175020, at *3, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38532, at *8 (D.Minn. Mar. 20, 2013); see also FDIC v. Cashion, 2012 WL 1098619, at *7, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45843, at *19 (W.D.N.C. Apr. 2, 2012) (“[A] Form 1099-C [which ‘is issued to comply with IRS reporting requirements’] does not itself operate to legally discharge a debtor’s liability.”); Carrington Mortg. Servs., Inc. v. Riley, 478 B.R. 736, 744 (Bankr.D.S.C.2012) (stating that the debtors’ credit report and Form 1099-C received from the lender were “not dispositive, and there is no evidence that the note has been satisfied.”); In re Sarno, 463 B.R. 163, 168 (Bankr.D.Mass.2011) (“It is apparent ... that a form 1099-C is ‘informational’ and that it must be filed ‘whether or not an actual discharge of indebtedness has occurred.’ ”) (citations omitted). In fact, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee has stated that “a Form 1099-C, as a matter of law, does not operate to legally discharge a debtor from liability on a claim that is described in the form.” United States v. Reed, 2010 WL 3656001, at *2, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96079 at *5 (E.D.Tenn. Sept. 14, 2010).
Additionally, citing to and relying upon an information letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated December 30, 2005, courts have found that “[t]he IRS itself does not view a Form 1099-C as an admission that the creditor has discharged the debt and can no longer pursue collection thereon.” Cashion, 2012 WL 1098619, at *7, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45843, at *20 (citing IRS Ltr. Rul. 2005-0207, 2005 WL 3561135 (Dec. 30, 2005)); see also Capital One, N.A. v. Massey, 2011 WL 3299934, at *3, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83817, at *10 (S.D.Tex. Aug. 2, 2011) (citing the letter and stating that “a 1099-C is issued to comply with IRS reporting requirements.”). The information letter, written in 2005, was addressed to a company “in the business of purchasing debts in large pools at a significant discount” in answer to its “request [for] information concerning the reporting obligations under section 6050P(c)(2)(D) for an organization that purchases debt.” IRS Ltr. Rul. 2005-0207, 2005 WL 3561135. With respect to the issue presently in dispute, the letter states the following:
To briefly address your concerns about whether courts may view the filing of a Form 1099-C as a written admission that the creditor discharged the debt, and that debtors would be less willing to pay after your organization files a Form 1099-C, you should note the following. The Internal Revenue Service does not view a Form 1099-C as an admission by the creditor that it has discharged the debt and can no longer pursue collection. Section 1.6050P-l(a) of the regulations provides that, solely for purposes of reporting cancellation of indebtedness, a discharge of indebtedness is deemed to occur when an identifiable event occurs whether or not an actual discharge of indebtedness has occurred on or before the date of the identifiable event.
IRS Ltr. Rul. 2005-0207, 2005 WL 3561135. It is supplemented by another information letter, also dated December 30, 2005, containing the following question and answer:
Q5. Does filing a Form 1099-C upon the occurrence of an identifiable event prohibit future collection activity on the amount reported?
A5. Section 1.6050P-1 (a)(1) of the regulations provides that solely for purposes of the reporting requirements of section 6050P of the Code, a discharge of indebtedness is deemed to have occurred upon the occurrence of an identifiable event whether or not there is an actual discharge of indebtedness. Section 6050P and the regulations do not prohibit collection activity after a creditor reports by filing a Form 1099-C.
IRS Ltr. Rul. 2005-0208, 2005 WL 3561136. Each letter, both of which were written by Donna Welch, Senior Counsel, Administrative Provisions & Judicial Practice (Procedure & Administration), also expressly states that it “calls your attention to certain general principles of the law. It is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute a ruling.” IRS Ltr. Rul. 2005-0207, 2005 WL 3561135; IRS Ltr. Rul. 2005-0208, 2005 WL 3561136.
Although the court generally agrees with the basic assessment that the Internal Revenue Service requires financial institutions to issue a Form 1099-C as a reporting requirement, the court disagrees that the information letters are determinative as to the issue here, finding that the language of the Regulation itself is open to interpretation. On the one side, the court recognizes that the Internal Revenue Service’s interpretation of the Code of Federal Regulations may be entitled to deference, as directed by the Supreme Court:
When a court reviews an agency’s construction of the statute which it administers, it is confronted with two questions. First, always, is the question whether Congress has directly spoken to the precise question at issue. If the intent of Congress is clear, that is the end of the matter; for the court, as well as the agency, must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress. If, however, the court determines Congress has not directly addressed the precise question at issue, the court does not simply impose its own construction on the statute, as would be necessary in the absence of an administrative interpretation. Rather, if the statute is silent or ambiguous with respect to the specific issue, the question for the court is whether the agency’s answer is based on a permissible construction of the statute.
“The power of an administrative agency to administer a congressionally created ... program necessarily requires the formulation of policy and the making of rules to fill any gap left, implicitly or explicitly, by Congress.” Morton v. Ruiz, 415 U.S. 199, 231, 94 S.Ct. 1055, 1072, 39 L.Ed.2d 270 (1974). If Congress has explicitly left a gap for the agency to fill, there is an express delegation of authority to the agency to elucidate a specific provision of the statute by regulation. Such legislative regulations are given controlling weight unless they are arbitrary, capricious, or manifestly contrary to the statute.
Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837, 843-44, 104 S.Ct. 2778, 2781-82, 81 L.Ed.2d 694 (1984) (footnotes omitted); see also Bononi v. Bayer Emps. Credit Union (In re Zilka), 407 B.R. 684, 688 (Bankr.W.D.Pa.2009). Nevertheless, an agency’s interpretation of what Congress intended is only entitled to deference when “a statute is ambiguous, and if the implementing agency’s construction is reasonable, ... even if the agency’s reading differs from what the court believes is the best statutory interpretation!;,]” Nat’l Cable & Telecomm. Ass’n v. Brand X Internet Servs., 545 U.S. 967, 980, 125 S.Ct. 2688, 2699, 162 L.Ed.2d 820 (2005), and “[i]nterpretations such as those in opinion letters — like interpretations contained in policy statements, agency manuals, and enforcement guidelines, all of which lack the force of law — do not warrant Chevron-style deference. Instead interpretations contained in formats such as opinion letters are ‘entitled to respect’ under our decision in Skidmore v. Swift & Co., 323 U.S. 134, 140, 65 S.Ct. 161, 89 L.Ed. 124 (1944), but only to the extent that those interpretations have the ‘power to persuade.’ ” Christensen v. Harris County, 529 U.S. 576, 587, 120 S.Ct. 1655, 1662, 146 L.Ed.2d 621 (2000) (citations omitted).
In this case, the court is not persuaded by the two information letters relied upon by other courts. It cannot be discounted that the Internal Revenue Service’s interpretation relied upon by First Tennessee Bank and other courts, which is based entirely upon statements within the foregoing information letters concerning how the Internal Revenue Service views a Form 1099-C, is in direct conflict with the Internal Revenue Code and the fact that cancellation of indebtedness income is included within a debtor’s gross income. See 26 U.S.C. § 61(a)(12).
“Gross income” is defined in the Internal Revenue Code as “all income from whatever source derived ...” It includes income from discharge of indebtedness, or cancellation of indebtedness (COD income). This means that a taxpayer who has incurred a financial obligation, which obligation is later discharged or the taxpayer is released from the indebtedness, has realized an accession to income. The rationale of this principle is that the discharge of a debt below the face value of the debt accords the debtor an economic benefit equivalent to income.
Friedman v. Comm’r, 216 F.3d 537, 545 (6th Cir.2000) (citing 26 U.S.C. § 61(a)(12)) (citations omitted). “Cancellation-of-Debt or ‘COD’ is a term that is interchangeable with the term discharge of indebtedness.” Alpert v. United States, 430 F.Supp.2d 682, 684 n. 1 (N.D.Ohio 2006). “[I]n order for COD income to occur under [§ ] 61(a)(12), the taxpayer must have been discharged from a liability.” Friedman, 216 F.3d at 546. “Debt is considered discharged the moment it is clear that it will not be repaid. Determining when this moment occurs requires an assessment of the facts and circumstances surrounding the likelihood of repayment. Any identifiable event which fixes the loss with certainty may be taken into consideration.” Sims v. Comm’r, 2002 WL 1825373, at *1, 2002 Tax Ct. Summary LEXIS 78, at *3 (U.S.Tax Ct. June 26, 2002) (citations and quotations omitted).
It is well settled that gross income includes income from the discharge of indebtedness. Sec. 61(a)(12). The general theory is that to the extent that a taxpayer has been released from indebtedness, he has realized an accession to income because the cancellation effects a freeing of assets previously offset by the liability arising from such indebtedness. United States v. Kirby Lumber Co., 284 U.S. 1 [52 S.Ct. 4, 76 L.Ed. 131] (1931). Whether a debt has been discharged is dependent on the substance of the transactions. Mere formalisms arranged by the parties are not binding in the application of the tax laws. Comm’r v. Court Holding Co., 324 U.S. 331 [65 S.Ct. 707, 89 L.Ed. 981] (1945). Consequently, the surrender or failure to surrender a note is not determinative of the release of liability. Seay v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 1974-305 [ (U.S.Tax Ct. Dec. 9, 1974) ].
The moment it becomes clear that a debt will never have to be paid, such debt must be viewed as having been discharged. The test for determining such moment requires a practical assessment of the facts and circumstances relating to the likelihood of payment. Brountas v. Comm’r, 74 T.C. 1062, 1074 (1980), supplemental opinion to 73 T.C. 491 (1979), vacated and remanded on other grounds 692 F.2d 152 (1st Cir.1982), aff'd in part and rev’d in part on other grounds sub nom. CRC Corp. v. Comm’r, 693 F.2d 281 (3d Cir.1982); see Bickerstaff v. Comm’r, 128 F.2d 366, 367 (5th Cir.1942); Kent Homes Inc. v. Comm’r, 55 T.C. 820, 828-831 (1971), rev’d on other grounds 455 F.2d 316 (10th Cir.1972); Cotton v. Comm’r, 25 B.T.A. 1158 (1932). Any “identifiable event” which fixes the loss with certainty may be taken into consideration. United States v. S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 274 U.S. 398 [47 S.Ct. 598, 71 L.Ed. 1120] (1927).
Cozzi v. Comm’r, 88 T.C. 435, 445 (1987); see also Friedman, 216 F.3d at 546 (quoting Cozzi, 88 T.C. at 445); Kleber v. Comm’r, 2011 WL 4485037, at *3, 2011 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 228, at *6-7 (U.S.Tax Ct. Sept. 28, 2011) (same); Rinehart v. Comm’r, 2002 WL 459098, at *2, 2002 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 75, at *6 (U.S.Tax Ct. Mar. 26, 2002) (same).
Because it is not reasonable in light of its conflict with sections of the United States Code, the court does not agree that the Internal Revenue Service’s interpretation that the filing of a Form 1099-C does not prohibit further collection of an indebtedness against a debtor is entitled to deference when a debtor has, as required by the Internal Revenue Code, relied upon the Form 1099-C and included the discharged or cancelled debt in gross income for the purpose of determining the debtor’s taxable income. It is inequitable to require a debtor to claim cancellation of debt income as a component of his or her gross income and subsequently pay taxes on it while still allowing the creditor, who has reported to the Internal Revenue Service and the debtor that the indebtedness was cancelled or discharged, to then collect it from the debtor. Cancellation of debt income is not required to be reported to the Internal Revenue Service unless one of the express “identifiable events” occurs, so it seems to follow that if a financial institution has filed a Form 1099-C with the Internal Revenue Service, cancellation or discharge of a debt has, in fact, occurred. The court does not agree with the argument that because a Form 1099-C can be corrected or amended, it cannot constitute an admission by a creditor that a debt has, in fact, been discharged or cancelled and that the debtor is no longer indebted thereon. See Zilka, 407 B.R. at 689.
Here, it is undisputed that the Debtors relied upon the Form 1099-C and included the $5,074.18 unpaid principal balance in their gross income for 2010. As stated by the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas,
The Credit Union’s filing of the 1099-C’s was analogous to assigning the debts to the IRS, necessarily passing to the IRS any right to collect money from the debtors on account of the debts. Without the forms, the debtors would not have had to report the discharge of indebtedness income to the IRS and pay tax on it, as Ms. Crosby, at least, claims she did. Even if the debtors did not report the income and pay the tax, or reported it and claimed an exclusion under 26 U.S.C.A. § 108(a)(1), the IRS could audit their returns and, because of the 1099-C’s, possibly impose additional tax and penalties. The actual (or at least potential) tax consequences of the form make it inequitable to allow the Credit Union to enforce its claims against the debtors. Until the Credit Union corrects or withdraws the 1099-C it mistakenly filed about each debtor, it cannot enforce its claim against that debtor, just as it would have no right to do so if it had assigned the debt and not undone the assignment.
In re Crosby, 261 B.R. 470, 474 (Bankr.D.Kan.2001). This sentiment was also cited with approval by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, which found that the pri-ma facie validity of a Proof of Claim filed by Citifinaneial had been rebutted by proof that Citifinaneial had filed and served upon the debtor a Form 1099-C and that the debtor had then listed as other income and paid taxes on that amount. In re Welsh, 2006 WL 3859233, at *1-2, 2006 Bankr.LEXIS 3756, at *3-4, 8 (Bankr.E.D.Pa. Oct. 27, 2006). The Welsh court agreed that “[i]t would be inequitable ... to require that [the debtor-defendant] report the discharge of debt as income on his federal tax return or face the potential tax consequences and hold that the plaintiff may continue to hold him liable on the debt.” Welsh, 2006 WL 3859233, at *2, 2006 Bankr.LEXIS 3756, at *6 (quoting Franklin Mgmt. Corp. v. Nicholas, 2001 WL 893894, at *4, 2001 Conn.Super. LEXIS 1908, at *13 (Conn.Super. July 12, 2001)).
This court agrees with the United States District Court’s decision in Reed and with the other courts holding that the issuance of a 1099-C by a financial institution does not, as a matter of law, operate to extinguish an indebtedness. Instead, the court determines that the issuance of a Form 1099-C reflects that a financial institution has, in accordance with 26 U.S.C. § 6050P and 26 C.F.R. § 1.6050P-1, discharged an indebtedness, which must then be reported by the debtor as taxable income. The statute requires the filing of a return by an entity “which discharges (in whole or in part) the indebtedness of any person during any calendar year[.]” 26 U.S.C. § 6050P(a). It is supplemented by the Regulation which requires the entity to “file an information return on Form 1099-C.” 26 C.F.R. § 1.6050P-l(a)(l). The actions described as “identifiable events” in 26 C.F.R. § 1.6050P-1 — consisting of discharge in a bankruptcy case, ex-tinguishment of an indebtedness through foreclosure on similar federal or state court proceeding, the expiration of a statute of limitations, the imposition of an election or remedies/statutory bar against collection, discharge in a probate action, an accord and satisfaction between the parties, and a creditor’s defined policy or determination to discharge the debt — reflect the intention that cancellation of indebtedness income must be based upon an event that does, in fact, relieve a debtor from his or her obligation to pay the indebtedness. The results of that discharge or extin-guishment are then to be reported to the Internal Revenue Service and the debtor by way of the Form 1099-C. Once again, it is not the issuance of the Form 1099-C that operates to discharge the debt; the issuance of the Form 1099-C merely reflects that the financial institution has discharged or cancelled the debt, which then becomes taxable income to the debtor.
Accordingly, the $5,074.18 reflected on the Form 1099-C issued by First Tennessee Bank to the Debtors, which represented the principal balance owing on the July 12, 2008 Promissory Note following foreclosure of the Chapman Highway Property, was discharged or cancelled, such that the Debtors would no longer be indebted to First Tennessee Bank for that amount. The court is aware that it has adopted the minority view; however, in the interests of justice and equity, the court believes that this is the proper view.
The same cannot, however, be said for any interest, collection costs, or attorneys’ fees due and owing to First Tennessee Bank under the Promissory Note through June 24, 2010, the date upon which the underlying debt was cancelled. Those amounts are not required by 26 U.S.C. § 6050P or 26 C.F.R. § 1.6050P-1 to be reported, and it can easily be discerned that any such fees or charges that were incurred but not collected prior to the cancellation or discharge of the underlying indebtedness would still be due and owing to the creditor. The parties have stipulated that interest continued to accrue at a rate of $0.94 per diem. As reflected in Exhibit A to the Proof of Claim, as of January 25, 2011, principal and interest totaled $11,772.32. Subtracting the $5,074.18 reflected on the Form 1099-C yields interest in the amount of $6,698.14. This figure must also be reduced by $202.10, representing the $0.94 per diem amount multiplied by the days between June 25, 2010 and January 25, 2011, i.e., the 215 days included within First Tennessee Bank’s figure subsequent to the June 24, 2010 cancellation of the debt. Accordingly, the Debtors are still indebted to First Tennessee Bank in the amount of $6,496.04 for the interest due under the Promissory Note as of June 24, 2010. Also, the Debtors remain indebted to First Tennessee Bank for its costs and attorneys’ fees owing to June 24, 2010. First Tennessee Bank is not, however, entitled to any fees or costs associated with collection of the Promissory Note subsequent to the June 24, 2010 cancellation of the underlying debt. Because the $6,729.03 figure on Exhibit A to its Proof of Claim appears to include fees and costs incurred after that date, First Tennessee Bank’s claim will be allowed in the amount of $6,496.04 plus costs and attorneys’ fees incurred from May 25, 2010, the date the Chapman Highway Property was foreclosed, up to June 24, 2010. To ensure the accuracy of First Tennessee Bank’s claim, the court will direct that it file an amended claim within 14 days to include the $6,496.04 interest portion of its claim plus fees and costs incurred to June 24, 2010, with such fees and costs to be fully itemized.
An Order consistent with this Memorandum will be entered.
. Subsections (b)(2)(i)(H) and (b)(2)(iv) concern a non-payment testing period consisting of a minimum of 36 months, increased by any months during which a creditor is precluded from engaging in collection activity due to bankruptcy or other applicable law, and has no bearing on the court’s determination.
. It appears that financial institutions play both sides with respect to the filing of a Form 1099-C. In this case, First Tennessee Bank argues that a Form 1099-C is filed merely to comply with the Internal Revenue Service’s reporting requirements. However, when required to defend against allegations that it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Capital One, N.A. argued that "the issu-anee of an IRS Form 1099-C is not an attempt to collect a debt; instead, it is a declaration under penalty of perjury that the debt has been cancelled and that Defendant would never attempt to collect the debt.” Dues v. Capital One, N.A., 2011 WL 3799762, at *5, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96435, at *13 (E.D.Mich. Aug. 8, 2011).
. Additionally, the facts in Reed can be distinguished from those presently before the court. In that case, after making an initial statement that a Form 1099-C does not, as a matter of law, operate to discharge an indebtedness, the court found that the Form 1099-C had been filed by the Business Loan Center for an obligation that was owed to the Small Business Administration and that "BLC had no authority to forgive the portion of the debt incurred by SBA[,]” which was "85% of the $25,000 loan." Reed, 2010 WL 3656001, at *3, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96079, at *6. Furthermore, the Small Business Administration was the present owner and holder of the note and had, on two separate occasions, made a written demand for payment upon the defendant in that case after issuance of the Form 1099-C. Reed, 2010 WL 3656001, at *2, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96079, at *5.
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As well as being attacked, the United States also played the role of the attacker in August of 1945. This was a deadly nuclear bombing of the Japanese town Hiroshima. This was the first nuclear bomb ever deployed. This horrific explosion killed 90% of Hiroshima’s population, combining the 80,000 of whom the bomb killed immediately, and those who later died of radiation exposure. Three days later, another bomb was dropped Nagasaki, which killed another 40,000.
Japan’s motives for world domination lead them to Pearl Harbor, where they killed thousands. First off, there are a few big details that you need to know about Pearl Harbor. to begin, this dreadful day happened on December 7, 1941(Pearl Harbor). The attack wasn’t exactly a long attack; the U.S. wasn’t prepared,for it only lasted from 7:55 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. The Japanese surprised us; we didn’t even know what was coming.
Around the 1940’s, over 120,000 Japanese-Americans were removed from their own houses to ten different internment camps across America. These internment camps were in some of the most unpopular and undesirable place in the U.S. Even though most of the Japanese-Americans were U.S. citizens and had never even been to Japan, Americans still thought they would spoil the American culture. Since most of the camps were unfinished when President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066,
I completely understand what you are saying. However, if the bombs hadn 't been dropped, many more people could have died from an invasion of Japan. This was discussed on page 188 in the textbook, “Truman knew that dropping an atomic bomb would kill thousands of Japanese civilians and cause horrific destruction. But he believed that it would cost far fewer lives, Japanese and American, than an invasion of Japan.” I do agree with what you said about the horror and deaths the bombs would
Estimates state that flash burns (burns from the flash of the explosion) caused 15-20% of all atomic bomb deaths. Most luridly, one Japanese patient was flash burned from about 6.500 feet away from the explosion. Armed with this information, dropping the atomic bomb seems like a horrible decision. However, President Truman, his staffers, and the scientific community had no idea that deaths would ensue from flash and radiation burns. So, to Truman, dropping an atomic bomb was equal to fire bombing a city. | FINEWEB-EDU |
fatal system error
Noun
* 1) An error that occurs when an operating system halts, because it has reached a condition where it can no longer operate safely. | WIKI |
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water from the wood, and is found to be 1·56, compared with an equal volume of water taken as unity. It is the varying quantities of this wood substance, and of air and water in the cavities, which make the density of different pieces of oak vary so much.
(3) The proportion of sap contained in the cavities of the vessels, cells, etc., of course differs at different times. In the spring, just as the buds are opening, the quantity of water increases more and more up to about July, when the maximum is attained; the proportion of water to solids then sinks until October, when the leaves fall; it increases again up to Christmas-tide, and then sinks to the minimum in the coldest part of the winter. The proportion of water to the total weight of the felled wood may vary from 23 to 39 per cent.
(4) Obviously the loss of water on drying causes shrinkage of the wood, and although oak shrinks very little in the direction of its length (0·028 to 0·435 per cent), the effect is very marked in other directions. In the radial direction—i.e., in the direction of the medullary rays—it may shrink from 1 to 7·5 per cent of its measurement when first felled; and in the direction vertical to this—i.e., parallel to a tangent to the cylindrical stem—the variation is from 0·8 to 10·6 per cent. Of course, green oak shrinks much more than seasoned and older wood, the process of seasoning being, in point of fact, the period of chief shrinkage. It is said that wood from the variety sessiliflora shrinks more than that of the variety pedunculata, but it may be doubted | WIKI |
Philip Morris launches first Africa store to spark alternative cigarettes demand
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African unit of cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc (PM.N) opened its first flagship store in Johannesburg on Thursday, as it tries to grow demand in Africa for its alternative heated tobacco product IQOS. The store in Sandton gives Philip Morris access to tourists and business people from Africa who frequent Africa’s richest square mile, allowing it to use its retail footprint as a springboard to expand in the rest of the continent. “If you look at Sandton, it’s the business hub of South Africa and Africa as well so it’s the one place where we need to start with our permanent flagship store,” Philip Morris South Africa Managing Director Marcelo Nico told Reuters at the sidelines of the launch. South Africa is the first and only market in Africa where Philip Morris sells IQOS, an acronym for “I quit ordinary smoking,” which the company says contains up to 95% fewer toxic compounds than regular cigarettes. “We are bringing the first experience of commercializing this technology on the African continent and the objective is, based on this experience over time, roll it out in the rest of the continent,” Nico said. Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro cigarettes, launched a pilot store in Cape Town in late 2017, which operated for about a year, to test the market’s appetite, Nico said. Over time it plans to return to Cape Town with a permanent store. The firm began selling IQOS in 2017 in South Africa with the affordable 2.4 model and later launched the IQOS 3 and MULTI in November last year. Unlike traditional smoked cigarettes, IQOS devices electronically heat tobacco-filled sticks wrapped in paper just enough to generate an aerosol that contains nicotine. They are different from e-cigarettes such as the popular Juul device, which vaporizes a nicotine-filled liquid. The 160 square meter (1,722 square foot) store’s interior is minimalistic with lounge couches, bright lighting and an information section, where consumers are shown the different effects of burnt cigarettes and IQOS through a machine that emits a white cloudy smoke for IQOS and brownish smoke for normal cigarettes. Consumers can also hold their phones up to the large picture displays in the store in order to get detailed information, demonstrations and videos about the product. An estimated 70% of South African adults who have switched to the product since the launch have converted fully to IQOS, the company said in 2018. One such adult is 33-year-old Evans Manyonga, who started using IQOS two years ago because he was “coughing a lot” from cigarettes and has since converted two of his friends. “I don’t smell of cigarettes. I don’t cough. It’s smoother and classier,” Manyonga, who has been smoking for 10 years, told Reuters at the store’s opening. Neil Borthwick, who was trying IQOS for the first time at the launch, said, “you can smoke it anywhere without smoke or ash and it gives you that same satisfaction that you have with a normal cigarette.” Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by Bill Berkrot | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit 23:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC) Unused rail icon template. Gonnym (talk) 21:19, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
* S-Bahn-Tessin
* Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:50, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
Template:Vorlagendokumentation S-Bahn-Linie
The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit 23:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC) Was used in a single /doc page which I subst it into. Now unused. Gonnym (talk) 21:18, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
* Vorlagendokumentation S-Bahn-Linie
* Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:50, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
Template:ÖPNV Linz
The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit 23:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC) Now unused. Replaced with usages via Module:Adjacent stations/Upper Austria S-Bahn. Gonnym (talk) 21:13, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
* ÖPNV Linz
* Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:50, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
Template:Significant drug interaction
The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit 23:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC) unused Frietjes (talk) 20:35, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
* Significant drug interaction
* Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:50, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
Template:TeamAeroKickboxingAt2007WAKOCoimbra
The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit 23:23, 21 July 2023 (UTC) all pages redirect to W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 (Coimbra), so no longer needed for navigation between articles. Frietjes (talk) 20:32, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
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* Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:50, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
Template:Piracy
The result of the discussion was delete. Izno (talk) 07:00, 22 July 2023 (UTC) searching for pages that use the image, it looks like this invitation template was used once back in 2007. at this point, I think we can delete it. if we do keep it, it should be moved to a better name. Frietjes (talk) 20:28, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
* Piracy
* Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:50, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
* Move to WP:WikiProject Piracy/Welcoming template or something of the like. Harmless, could still be used. Edward-Woodrow :) [ talk ] 22:24, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
* Move Obvious solution.★Trekker (talk) 01:04, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
Template:Naft Tehran F.C. squad
The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit 23:24, 21 July 2023 (UTC) unused, appear to have been relegated to level 3 or lower? should either be updated and used, or deleted. Frietjes (talk) 20:25, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
* Naft Tehran F.C. squad
* Delete the fact they've been relegated to the third division means most/all of their squad won't be notable/have articles, and so a template is not needed. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:34, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
* Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page discussions. GiantSnowman 16:34, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
* Delete per nom. GiantSnowman 16:35, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
* Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:50, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
Template:AMD Ryzen 4000 series
The result of the discussion was no consensus. Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 12:52, 29 July 2023 (UTC) Doesn't seem to be in the style of a template, this seems like it should be within a mainspace article. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 09:12, 7 July 2023 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗ plicit 14:16, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
* AMD Ryzen 4000 series
* Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 02:01, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
* Keep – I have a number of points to share here, so bear with me as this will be a bit of a lengthy one. Firstly, the way it's set up, the template contains encyclopedic information that is added onto the articles it's transcluded on. Deleting the template would result in three missing CPU models across those articles. Secondly, I know it's not stated very well anywhere, especially in the template doc, but the reason why AMD Ryzen articles have the product list tables in templates like this one is to "deduplicate" tables between various articles that would otherwise feature the same table copied over and over. In the case of this Ryzen 4000 series template, it is on Zen 2, Ryzen and List of AMD Ryzen processors articles. An editor only needs to update the template once rather than have to update the same table three times across those articles when adding a new SKU to the table for example. The use of templates help maintain a consistent style and layout between the various articles, as well as keep info synchronised between them (with the "substituted" tables setup, there would be instances where one article's list is more up to date than the other because of forgetting to update the tables on other articles or not knowing they exist on those other articles etc). Thirdly, there are also at least 50 other Ryzen CPU list tables out there that are also in templates, transcluded onto articles. Some of them have been around for six years by now. I don't see why Template:AMD Ryzen 4000 series should be subst'd and deleted and just treated like a normal table while the 50+ other templates continue to remain as-is. Either we go subst and delete all those other templates, or keep everything like it is now. And since this system of usage of templates is quite vast and has been around for a while, I feel like there should be significant community-wide consensus for us to go and un-template everything. Overall, I feel that this template should be kept to maintain the uniformity of template usage on the articles. Additional note: yes, the table looks insignificant and contains just three SKUs as of typing this, but the reason for that is because AMD has indeed made only two models in the Ryzen 4000 non-G series lineup. This Ryzen 4000 template is a bit of a cousin to Template:AMD Ryzen 4000G series, which has the integrated-graphics-containing Ryzen 4000G SKUs in it. Looking at other templates on List of AMD Ryzen processors, it seems the consensus is to segregate tables based on feature set of the CPUs (e.g. iGPU or no iGPU) and different designs such as Renoir and Matisse, which is why there are separate Ryzen 4000 and 4000G templates. — AP 499D25 (talk) 13:52, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
* Comment for : If this information were in the templates' documentation subpages in a concise form, it would help these templates avoid being nominated at TFD. You could even create a shared documentation page for all of the templates. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:56, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
* Reply to Jonesey95: I have understood that these templates need a better, more thorough documentation so that editors understand the purpose of these templates, as well as why templates are being used at all instead of wikitables on the articles. Expanding the template documentation has been on my consideration list for edits to make throughout all these CPU list templates in the future for a while now, I'll definitely take note of that and get it done sooner. Thank you. — <span style="background:#1F6295;color:white;padding:1q 5q;border-radius:10q;font-family:Franklin Gothic, Verdana">AP 499D25 (talk) 03:03, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
* Keep — I basically agree with AP 499D25. Erkin Alp Güney 19:45, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
* Delete per nom. The person who loves reading (talk) 22:22, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
* <p class="xfd_relist" style="margin:0 0 0 -1em;border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 2em;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
* Delete per nom. This is a content template with few enough, uncomplicated uses. Pick a canonical location and then remove the other uses by pointing to it per WP:SUMMARY. Izno (talk) 06:57, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
* @Izno Could you please elaborate? I kinda get an idea of what you said, but I don't fully understand. — <span style="background:#1F6295;color:white;padding:1q 5q;border-radius:10q;font-family:Franklin Gothic, Verdana">AP 499D25 (talk) 08:29, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
* Putting content in template space is bad. It should be easy to edit most content templates, and having to go to another namespace is less than easy. It's also more susceptible to vandalism in template space. Izno (talk) 21:24, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
* Ah, okay. I actually got sense of what you said above, which in the case of this template, the "canonical location" would be the List of AMD Ryzen processors article. I've noticed that the Ryzen article also has full list tables of processor models just like the list article. I actually think this is a brilliant idea, having a list of processors on just the list article only, and then getting rid of the lists on the Ryzen and on the Zen architectures articles and replacing them with some form of summary content, this way the whole issue of content duplication is solved in the first place. Man, this current setup of content duplication is a mess, I gotta say. One of the major changes I actually have in the works for the Ryzen article is to get rid of the full list tables there and replace them with short "summary" tables. I have already done that to the Ryzen 7000 mobile section of that article and so far, no objections have been made to it.
* Though, I recall seeing someone else removing lists of processors on a Zen architecture article before and replacing it with a "main article" link, only for it to be reverted by another editor within a few days. So it seems there is a little bit of consensus to duplicate content on other related articles. I don't feel comfortable potentially starting a gigantic content dispute over this, but I might give this a try. If it goes by a few days without anyone reverting my edits, then I might change my vote above to a delete.
* The majority of the templates have surprisingly received very little to no vandalism at all throughout the time since their creation.
* It's also worth noting this system of placing content in templates to be transcluded onto multiple articles is also widely in use on AMD GPU articles (e.g. List of AMD GPUs) and Intel GPU articles (e.g. Intel Arc), so I thought it was fine and normal to use the template space in this regard? That's a lot of articles and content to "de-templateify" and summarise either way. — <span style="background:#1F6295;color:white;padding:1q 5q;border-radius:10q;font-family:Franklin Gothic, Verdana">AP 499D25 (talk) 00:38, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
* Some additional questions I have is that if this template were to be deleted, will it be substed on an article, like List of AMD Ryzen processors? Because if it isn't, then I'll have to re-create the table over again on the article, which is annoying.
* The other question is about attribution. Is it really not an issue that the page history is lost if we subst and delete the template? Can I copy the template code and place it on the article (as though I were substituting it)? — <span style="background:#1F6295;color:white;padding:1q 5q;border-radius:10q;font-family:Franklin Gothic, Verdana">AP 499D25 (talk) 11:03, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
* Yes, it would be substed. Attribution is not generally a concern at TFD, but closers (or at least, I) do it on request. Izno (talk) 21:23, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
* keep unless we are merging all of the tables in List of AMD Ryzen processors Frietjes (talk) 15:03, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit 23:24, 21 July 2023 (UTC) I propose that this be deleted: Has not been updated in years and contains numerous unhelpful red links. GnocchiFan (talk) 13:13, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
* Northern Ireland tasks
Notified: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Northern Ireland. – Novem Linguae (talk) 20:05, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
* Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:50, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
* delete, I have removed it from the project banner. Frietjes (talk) 16:15, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit 23:25, 21 July 2023 (UTC) Duplicates comparison of memory cards and is ludicrously large for its intended purpose of transclusion. The two pages that link to it should simply link to the articlespace page instead. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 12:03, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
* Comparison of memory cards
* Delete per nom; this excessive and unhelpful. GnocchiFan (talk) 13:14, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
* Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:50, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
* delete per nom, better to link to Comparison of memory cards instead. Frietjes (talk) 16:09, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
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reversion to that of the Septuagint, and is probably exactly correct. It is supposed to mean the same thing. The caper has always been recognised as a relish to meat, as we use it; and there is evidence that it was given as a stimulating medicine among the Arabs in the Middle Ages, and perhaps from very ancient times. The idea would be therefore that even the caper-berry will not now have any effect. The Revisers also suggest in the margin "burst" for "fail." It is only a question of points in Hebrew which word is intended, and some think that the berry when fully ripe and bursting may have been an emblem of death.
The other clauses in the same verse have given rise to much difference of opinion. "The almond tree shall flourish" is generally supposed to indicate the white locks of the old man. But against this it is objected that the almond blossom is not white, but pink; and by a slight alteration of the original it is possible to read "the almond (the fruit) shall be refused" or rejected; it is no longer a tempting morsel.
The almond and the almond tree (the same word may mean either) are mentioned several times in the Bible. Jacob's gifts to Joseph from Canaan to Egypt included almonds. They were grown in Canaan and were a luxury in Egypt. In Jeremiah, i, 11, the almond branch is used as symbolical of hastening or awakening, which is the primary meaning of the word, derived from the early appearance of the blossoms on the almond tree.
The third clause, "the grasshopper shall be a burden," similarly presents difficulties, but these hardly concern us here. Probably all the metaphors conveyed distinct ideas to Eastern readers at that time, but have lost their point to us. | WIKI |
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Nonprescription Pain Relief
If you’re loved one’s cancer pain isn’t too severe, he or she might be able to control it with over-the-counter medications.
What Are Nonprescription Pain Relievers?
Nonprescription pain relievers are analgesics that can be bought without a doctor’s order (prescription). Sometimes they are called “over-the-counter pain remedies. They include aspirin (Bufferin, Ascriptin, Ecotrin), acetaminophen (Anacin-3, Tylenol, Datril), and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, Nuprin). Many nonprescription pain relievers have different names, but if you check the labels, nearly all contain one of these three medicines. They are effective for relief of mild and moderate pain.
The Difference Between Brand Name And Generic Drugs
Drugs are complex substances, and they may have as many as three different names: chemical, generic, and brand. Chemical names are long and difficult to pronounce. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the generic, shortened names by which drugs are usually known. Drug companies give their products brand names. For example N-(4-hydroxyphenyl) acetamide is the chemical name for acetaminophen, which is the generic name for Tylenol. Many nonprescription and prescription pain relievers are available under both generic and brand names. Your doctor or pharmacist can tell you the generic name.
Generic products tend to be less expensive than brand-name drugs and usually are just as effective. However, because of differences in manufacturing methods, medicines with the same generic name produced by different companies may differ in the way they are absorbed by the body. For this reason, your doctor may prefer that you take a brand-name drug. You might want to ask your doctor or pharmacist if you can use a less expensive medication. Pharmacies are careful to obtain high-quality generic products, so it is sometimes possible to make substitutions.
Are Aspirin, Acetaminophen, And Ibuprofen Different?
Yes. Each is a different chemical. They all have similar pain-relieving effects, but they have some important differences:
• Aspirin and ibuprofen reduce inflammation; acetaminophen does not.
• Aspirin and ibuprofen are often used to reduce the pain of swollen joints and other inflamed areas; acetaminophen is not.
• Aspirin and ibuprofen can irritate the stomach. Sometimes they even cause stomach bleeding. Acetaminophen does not have this effect.
• Aspirin and ibuprofen can affect blood clotting and may cause bleeding. Acetaminophen has no effect on blood clotting.
• When aspirin is used to treat children with viral diseases such as the flu or chickenpox, it may cause Reye’s syndrome, a rare brain and liver disease. Acetaminophen and ibuprofen do not cause Reye’s syndrome.
• Ibuprofen can make existing kidney problems worse. In normal doses, aspirin and acetaminophen usually do not injure the kidneys.
Are There Reasons I Should Not Take Aspirin?
Although aspirin is a very common medicine, it should not be used by everyone. Before you take aspirin in any form, ask your doctor or nurse if there is any reason for you not to take it.
Some people have conditions that may be made worse by aspirin or by any product that contains aspirin. In general, aspirin should be avoided by people who:
• Are on anticancer drugs that may cause bleeding.
• Are on steroid medicines such as prednisone.
• Will have surgery within a week.
• Are allergic to aspirin.
• Are taking blood-thinning medicine (anticoagulants such as Coumadin).
• Have stomach ulcers or a history of ulcers, gout, or bleeding disorders.
• Are taking prescription drugs for arthritis.
• Are taking oral medicines for diabetes or gout.
• Be careful about mixing aspirin with alcohol-taking aspirin and drinking alcohol on an empty stomach can cause stomach upset and internal bleeding.
Is There Aspirin In Any Other Medicine?
Yes. If your doctor does not want you to take aspirin, be sure to read labels carefully. Many nonprescription products contain “hidden” aspirin. For example, aspirin is in Excedrin (a pain reliever), Coricidin (a cold or allergy medicine), and Alka-Seltzer (an antacid).
Some prescription pain relievers, such as Percodan and Empirin Compound with Codeine, also contain aspirin. If you are not sure if your prescription contains aspirin, ask your pharmacist.
What Are The Side Effects From Aspirin?
The most common side effect from aspirin is stomach upset or indigestion. Taking aspirin with food lessens the chance of this side effect. If aspirin upsets your stomach, you can use buffered aspirin or coated aspirin. Ask your pharmacist to tell you which aspirin products are less likely to upset your stomach.
When some people take aspirin for long periods of time they may notice:
• Ringing in the ears or hearing loss.
• Unusual sweating.
• Headache, dizziness, dimness of vision, confusion, fever, or drowsiness.
• Rapid breathing and rapid heartbeat.
• Thirst, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.
If you notice these symptoms, check with your doctor right away.
Aspirin also can cause internal bleeding, which usually is painless. If your stools become darker than normal or you notice unusual bruising, tell your doctor or nurse. These can be signs of internal bleeding.
Are There Side Effects From Acetaminophen Or Ibuprofen?
People rarely have any side effects from the usual dose of acetaminophen. However, liver or kidney damage may result from using large doses of this drug every day for a long time or drinking large amounts of alcohol with the usual dose.
Serious side effects from ibuprofen are uncommon. Some people notice that it upsets the stomach. When it is used for long periods of time or when it is used by patients taking steroid medications, there is an increased risk of stomach bleeding. If you have kidney problems, ibuprofen may make them worse. And, because it may interfere with the ability of blood to clot, it may be dangerous for patients with low platelet counts.
Proper Dosages
The doses of these pain relievers are different for different people. Some people get the best pain relief when they take a small dose every 3 hours. Other people may find that a larger dose taken less frequently works for them. You should not take a larger dose than the label tells you without first checking with your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist.
• Aspirin: The usual safe dose of aspirin for adults is two or three tablets (325 mg or 5 grains each) taken three or four times a day. A total of eight adult aspirins a day usually does not produce any major side effects. Many adults can safely take a total of 12 tablets a day. Any dose higher than 12 a day, however, should be taken only with your doctor’s or nurse’s advice.
• Acetaminophen: The usual safe dose of acetaminophen for adults is 2 or 3 tablets (325 mg or 5 grains each) taken three or four times a day, for a total of 8 to 12 tablets a day. Extra-strength forms, such as extra-strength Tylenol are equal to 1 regular tablets (500 mg or 7 grains each); you should take no more than 8 of these tablets in 24 hours.
• Ibuprofen: The usual dose of ibuprofen for adults is 1 tablet (200 mg each) every 4 to 6 hours. You should not take more than 6 tablets in 24 hours. Larger doses should only be taken if they are prescribed by your doctor.
How Long Does Pain Relief Last?
The effect of aspirin begins 30 to 60 minutes after you take it. (Coated aspirin may need 1 to 8 hours to work.) The pain-relieving action of one dose usually lasts about 4 hours but may last up to 12 hours.
Acetaminophen relieves pain within 10 to 60 minutes of taking it. Its effect may last up to 6 hours.
Ibuprofen begins to relieve pain in 1 to 2 hours and lasts from 5 to 10 hours. You may need to take ibuprofen for 2 to 3 days before you get the most pain relief.
Choosing Nonprescription Pain Relievers
Drugstore shelves are filled with many pain remedies. Each one is advertised to be better and faster acting than the others. But nearly all nonprescription pain relievers rely on aspirin, acetaminophen, or ibuprofen for pain relief. Some brands also contain substances called additives. Common ones include the following:
• Buffers (e.g., magnesium carbonate, aluminum hydroxide) to decrease stomach upset.
• Caffeine to act as a stimulant and lessen pain.
• Antihistamines (e.g., diphenhydramine, pyrilamine) to help you relax or sleep.
Combination products have some disadvantages. The additives can produce undesirable effects. For example, anti histamines sometimes cause drowsiness. You may find this acceptable at bedtime, but it could be a problem during the day or while driving. In addition, additives tend to increase the cost of nonprescription pain relievers. They also can change the action of other medicines you may be taking.
Plain aspirin, acetaminophen, or ibuprofen are probably as effective as any combination product. But if you find that a brand with certain additives is a better pain reliever for you, ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist if the additives are safe for you. If you have any questions about the drugs contained in your nonprescription analgesics, ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist.
Why Should I Take Nonprescription Medicines?
In many cases, the nonprescription medicines are all you will need to relieve your pain, especially if you stay on top of the pain by taking them on a regular, preventive basis. These medicines are stronger analgesics than most people realize.
Certain doses of prescription pain relievers given by mouth are no more effective than two or three regular tablets of aspirin, acetaminophen, or ibuprofen. Research has shown that for most people the usual dose of nonprescription pain relievers provides as much pain relief as prescription medications such as codeine or Darvon.
If you get pain relief from nonprescription medicines, you do not need to take prescription pain relievers. For most people, nonprescription pain relievers have fewer side effects than prescription pain relievers.
Can I Combine Prescription And Nonprescription Pain Relievers?
You should discuss this question with your doctor or nurse. Many people who need prescription analgesics also can benefit from continuing to take regular doses of aspirin, acetaminophen, or ibuprofen. The nonprescription analgesics and the stronger prescription medicines relieve pain in different ways. When you take both of them, your pain is attacked on two different levels. Aspirin, acetaminophen, or ibuprofen taken four times a day might help reduce the amount of stronger pain reliever you need.
Some prescription pain tablets contain aspirin or acetaminophen. Ask your pharmacist or doctor how much aspirin or acetaminophen, if any, is in your prescription. A nurse, doctor, or pharmacist can help you figure out how much aspirin or acetaminophen you can safely add
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Reprinted from Questions and Answers About Pain Control: A Guide For Patients and Their Families, developedby the United States National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute.
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babel の plugin の中に preset-stage-0, preset-stage-1, preset-stage-2, preset-stage-3 というのがあって「入れとくと未来の機能が使えそう。便利」という感じで使うと死にそうなので、中身が何なのか調べたメモ。
結論としては、preset-stage-n という形で入れるのではなくて、欲しい機能の preset を明示的に指定するのが良さそう。
preset-stage-0
transform-do-expressions
let b = do {
let a = 1;
a++;
a;
}; //=> 2
transform-function-bind
let a = [1,2,3];
let map = Array.prototype.map;
let forEach = Array.prototype.forEach;
// ES6 まではこうやってた
forEach.call(map.call(a, (n) => n * 2), (n) => console.log(n));
// 2
// 4
// 6
// Function Bind Syntax を使うとメソッドチェインっぽくできる
a::map((n) => n * 2)::forEach((n) => console.log(n));
// 2
// 4
// 6
preset-stage-1
transform-class-constructor-call
class Hoge {
constructor() {
this.n = 99;
}
call constructor() {
return 100;
}
}
new Hoge().n; //=> 99
Hoge(); //=> 100
追記
• (Deprecated)になってる
transform-export-extensions
fuga.js
export var a = {
hoge: 1
};
hoge.js
// ES2015 だとこれができない
export * as b from './fuga.js';
piyo.js
import {b} from './hoge.js';
b.a.hoge; //=> 1
追記１
This spec has been withdrawn in favor of the equivalent micro-proposals: export ns from and export default from.
とのこと
追記２
preset-stage-2
syntax-dynamic-import
This plugin only allows Babel to parse this syntax. If you want to transform it then see dynamic-import-webpack or dynamic-import-node.
とのこと
require("./template/" + name + ".jade");
transform-class-properties
class Base {
hoge = 0;
}
class Hoge extends Base {
hoge;
}
new Hoge(); //=> Hoge { hoge: 0 }
transform-decorators
追記
• disabled pending proposal update ってなってる
Decorators are not currently supported
Decorators are disabled in Babel v6, pending a proposal update – see babel/babel#2645.
Until Babel officially supports decorators again, you might want to try the third-party transform-decorators-legacy plugin, or use Babel v5.
なるほど
preset-stage-3
transform-object-rest-spread
let [a, b, ...c] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
a; //=> 1
b; //=> 2
c; //=> [ 3, 4, 5 ]
// みたいな感じで
let { x, y, ...z } = { x: 1, y: 2, z: 99, a: 3, b: 4};
x; //=> 1
y; //=> 2
z; //=> { z: 99, a: 3, b: 4 }
// ってできる
transform-async-generator-functions
• async function* hoge() {} みたいなやつへの対応
• for - await - of みたいなやつへの対応
for await (const line of readLines(filePath)) {
console.log(line);
}
async function* genAnswers() {
var stream = [ Promise.resolve(4), Promise.resolve(9), Promise.resolve(12) ];
var total = 0;
for await (let val of stream) { // val を待ってくれる？
total += val;
yield total;
}
}
function forEach(ai, fn) {
return ai.next().then((r) => {
if (!r.done) {
fn(r);
return forEach(ai, fn);
} else {
return null;
}
});
}
var output = 0;
forEach(genAnswers(), val => output += val.value).
then(() => console.log(output)); // 4+13+25 => 42
stage 4 入りしてるっぽいやつら
trailing-commas, async, exponentiation will be removed in the next major since they are stage 4 already
syntax-trailing-function-commas
• 引数一覧のケツにカンマ付いてても怒らないでくれる優しさの提案
function hoge(
a,
b,
c, // ok
) { /* ... */ }
transform-async-to-generator
function bar(msg) {
return new Promise((res, rej) => {
setTimeout(
() => {
console.log(msg);
res();
}, 10
);
});
}
async function hoge() {
await bar(1);
await bar(2);
await bar(3);
console.log('finished');
}
hoge();
//=> 1
//=> 2
//=> 3
//=> finished 待ってから終わってくれる
// async await 無い場合
function fuga() {
bar(1);
bar(2);
bar(3);
console.log('finished');
}
fuga();
//=> finished 一足お先に終わっちゃう
//=> 1
//=> 2
//=> 3
transform-exponentiation-operator
let n = 2**10; //=> 1024
n **= 2
n //=> 1048576 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Page:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition, v. 4.djvu/486
438 enough to notice here that it is called by them the Great Vehicle, in contradistinction to that of the southern church, which they call, not without some contempt, the Little Vehicle ; and the Great Vehicle, while holding fast to the real foundation of Buddhism, its ethical views of self- conquest and charity, has in fact developed an entirely new religion. This is based on the worship of Maitreya, the Dhyfmi-buddhas, Manjusri, and Avalokiteswara, personi fications respectively of charity, meditation, serenity, and wisdom. The first of these appears in ancient Buddhism as the name of the Buddha to come, and the last is the holy spirit of the northern Buddhist church. Among the Dhyani-buddhas, who are philosophical abstractions cor responding to the earthly Buddhas, Amitabha, i.e., Infinite Light, is the heavenly counterpart of Gautama, and soon took the most important place. Avalokiteswara "pro ceeded from him, and manifests him to the world since the death of Buddha ; and his worship in the 1 Oth century of our era bore its full fruit in the invention of a being, Adibuddha, the origin of all things, who, using the wisdom within him, produced by meditation the five Dhyani- buddhas, of Avhom Amitabha is the fourth, a notion curiously similar to the theosophy of the Gnostics, and utterly opposed to the Agnostic materialism of Buddha. In Tibet especially, the development in doctrine was followed by a development in ecclesiastical government, which runs so remarkably parallel with the development of the Romish hierarchy as to awaken an interest which could scarcely otherwise be found in the senseless and fatal corruptions which have overwhelmed the ancient Buddhist beliefs. The Buddhism introduced into that country in the 7th and 8th centuries of our era was a form of the Great Vehicle, already much corrupted by Siva-ism, a mixture of witchcraft and Hindu philosophy ; but it worked a great change among the savage races who then inhabited those remote valleys. In the 13th century the country was possessed by independent chiefs, who struggled with the abbots of the great monasteries for power over the people ; and the crozier proved itself in the long run more powerful than the sword. We then find the two leading priests or archbishops, the Pantshen Lama and the Dalai Lama, claiming to be official incarnations of Amitabha and A.valokiteswara ; and the latter as such succeeded in obtain ing superior political and secular power, leaving to his brother pope his high ecclesiastical position and the aroma of holiness a division of power which has again resulted in a Guelph and Ghibelin-like rivalry. Lfimaism, with its shaven priests, its bells and rosaries, its images and holy water, its popes and bishops, its abbots and monks of many grades, its processions and feast-days, its confessional and purgatory, and its worship of the double Virgin, so strongly resembles Romanism, that the first Catholic missionaries thought it must be an imitation by the devil of the religion of Christ ; and that the resemblance is not in externals only is shown by the present state of Tibet the oppression of all thought, the idleness and corruption of the monks, the despotism of the Government, and the poverty and beggary of the people.
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BUDGELL, (1685-1736), a literary man of some eminence in his time, the son of Dr Gilbert Budgell, was born ab St Thomas, near Exeter. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, from which he removed to the Inner Temple, London ; but instead of studying law, he devoted his whole attention to literature. He was befriended by Addison, who was first cousin to his mother, and who, on being appointed secretary to Lord Wharton, lord-lieutenant of Ireland in 1710, took Budgell with him as one of the clerks of his office. Budgell, who had read the classics and the best English, French, and Italian authors, took part with Steele and Addison in writing the Toiler. He was also a contributor to the Spectator and the Guar dian, his papers being marked with an X in the former, and with an asterisk in the latter. He was subsequently made under-secretary to Addison, chief secretary to the lords justices of Ireland, and deputy-clerk of the council, and was afterwards chosen a member of the Irish parlia ment. In 1717, when Addison became principal secretary of state in England, he procured for Budgell the place of accountant and comptroller-general of the revenue in Ireland. But the next year, the duke of Bolton being appointed lord-lieutenant, Budgell wrote a lampoon against Mr Webster, his secretary, in which the duke himself was not spared, This led to his removed from his post of accountant-general, upon which he returned to England, and, contrary to the advice of Addison, published his case in a pamphlet. In the year 1720 he lost 20,000 by the South Sea scheme, and afterwards spent 5000 more in unsuccessful attempts to get into parliament. This com pleted his ruin. He at length employed himself in writing pamphlets against the ministry, and published many papers in the Craftsman. In 1733 he began a weekly periodical called i& Bee, which he continued for above a hundred numbers. By the will of Dr Matthew Tindal, who died in 1733, a legacy of 2000 guineas was left to Budgell; but the bequest (which had, it was alleged, been inserted in the will by Budgell himself) was successfully disputed by | WIKI |
Gro Hagemann
Gro Hagemann (born 3 September 1945) is a Norwegian historian.
She was born in Oslo and completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1989 with the thesis ''Lavtlønnsyrker blir til. Kvinnearbeid og kjønnsskiller i søm og telekommunikasjon 1870–1940''. She has been a professor at the University of Oslo since 1992. Hagemann is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and from 1990 to 1993 she chaired the Norwegian Historical Association. She was awarded the Gina Krog Prize in 2009.
Among her most important publications are ''Skolefolk. Lærernes historie i Norge (1992), Kjønn og industrialisering (1994) and Det moderne gjennombrudd 1870–1905 (1997, volume nine of Aschehougs Norgeshistorie''). | WIKI |
Steve Lipsher's questioning of modern patriots' patriotism
An American flag waves in Ardmore, Pa., on June 15. (Andrew Redington, Getty Images) Re: Beware of zealots this Independence Day, June 30 Steve Lipsher column. Steve Lipsher's column was a sad example of what passes for informed debate today. Lipsher uses pejorative terms like scoundrels, misguided Tea Party fervor, America-only zealots, self-appointed patriots, and xenophobic factions to describe those he disagrees with. He likens supporters of the Second Amendment to people obsessed with a paranoia-imagined government takeover. He further states that these citizens throw around terms like 'liberty' and 'tyranny' without any apparent appreciation for their meaning. They are buzz-words and dogwhistles … . Did the Founding Fathers think they were buzzwords and dogwhistles as they fought to establish this nation? Writers like this only reinforce the belief that compromise and discussion with such people is useless. James Deloughry, Colorado Springs This letter was published in the July 7 edition. Thank you, Steve Lipsher. You have put into words much of the disgust I feel about holier-than-thou patriots. To your list of complaints I would add the irreverent manner in which they treat the American flag. Flag etiquette means nothing to them. They attach flags to their dualie trucks and let them snap in the wind until they are torn to shreds. They hang their flags day or night, in all types of weather, until the red stripes turn pink and the field of blue is a washed out gray. Clearly they are oblivious to how to properly handle this symbol of our great nation. Juliette Hidahl, Denver This letter was published in the July 7 edition. Hell hath no fury like that of an enraged progressive. Steve Lipsher is upset and I find he's upset with me, but I'm wondering why? Other than: I believe The United States is exceptional, irregardless of what the progressives see as failings. I admit to being a self-appointed patriot guilty as charged. I support the Second Amendment and the Constitution, of which it is part. I took an oath upon induction into this nation's military to do so.Our government produces paranoia by spying on its citizens, choosing what laws it will and will not enforce and seeking to dismantle the Constitution a bit at a time. Close our borders kind of a no-brainer really. True, we are a nation of immigrants legal immigrants. Today we have a federal government seeking to inject 11 million undocumented aliens into an economy that cannot find jobs for the people who are here legally. Lastly, America, I think, is better served by scoundrels like me than political sniping like Lipsher's. Mike Dixon, Longmont This letter was published in the July 7 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here. Follow eLetters on Twitter to receive updates about new letters to the editor when they're posted. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Some Super Bowl Teams Get a Hangover. The Eagles’ Is Worse Than Most.
A 2-3 start is tied for the worst by a champion in recent years. The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles are off to a 2-3 start. Their odds of repeating have soared to 20-1 with bookmakers, and they have only about a 36 percent chance of even making the playoffs, according to The New York Times’s Upshot playoff simulator. Is this a disastrous beginning for a Super Bowl winner? Or does it fit into a wider pattern of post-championship hangover? It turns out that the Eagles are, at least at this early stage of the season, an outlier — in the wrong direction. Since the Patriots repeated as champions in the 2004 season, there have been 13 Super Bowl champions that failed to do so. Though all fell short of the top prize, none were terrible. In their Super Bowl seasons, the teams won an average of 12 regular-season games. The next year, that number fell, but only to 11. To match that average and come up one short of last year’s 13-win total, the Eagles would have to go 10-1 over the rest of this season, a tall order. Eight of the 13 Super Bowl winners made the playoffs the next season, and the five that did not were respectable, winning eight or nine games each. The Eagles look like clear favorites in four of their games — against the Cowboys, the Giants, the Redskins and the Texans at home — and clear underdogs in two — at the Saints and the Rams. That takes them to 6-5, if form holds. The other five games are close, so they could be looking at eight or nine wins as well. That is usually not enough to make the playoffs. Once those recent Super Bowl teams got to the playoffs, their record was poorer. Only two of the eight made the Super Bowl again, and one more made the conference championship. The other five fell in an early round. Even if the Eagles do make the playoffs, they look very likely to be a third or fourth seed, at best, meaning they could also be in for a short run. But the Eagles may not even get that far. Playing with the Upshot’s calculator, we see that the team is in a difficult spot. Give them a sweep of the Giants and splits with the Cowboys and the Redskins. Give them the Texans game, but not the Rams and Saints road games. That outcome would improve their chances to about 45 percent, from 32 percent, and would not give them any chance of a top-two seeding. The Eagles’ slow start to the season is also disquieting. The last 13 Super Bowl champs averaged 3.5 wins in their first five games, and only one other, the 2006 Steelers, started as badly as the Eagles’ 2-3. Those Steelers wound up 8-8 and out of the playoffs. And one of those three Steelers losses was eminently forgivable, a road game against the Chargers, who finished 14-2. The Eagles’ losses are to the Buccaneers, the Titans and the Vikings, who have a combined 7-6-1 record. While all three teams are decent, none are playoff locks. And none are top 10 teams in computer rankings. The Eagles’ two wins are against the Falcons and the Colts, who are a combined 2-8. On the plus side, the Eagles are in a weak division: Despite their poor start, they are only one game behind the first-place Redskins. Philadelphia’s point differential is not terrible, at minus-1; actually, it is the best one in the division. The Eagles could start to bounce back in the next three weeks before their bye: All three games look winnable, though none is a lock: at the Giants, the Panthers at home and at the Jaguars. Win all three and their playoff chances climb to 66 percent. Even two of three could creep their chances up to about 50 percent. But as Super Bowl champions go, the Eagles’ start is concerning. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Facts About Enzymes in Digestion
The body of every animal and plant is a real chemical factory. The man was able to use the food, breathe, grow and move exclusively due to chemical changes that occur in cells, tissues and organs of the body.
Here is an example of chemical life processes; you eat a piece of bread, a cake or potatoes. The starch in the food is changed into sugars that go into the blood. There, they dissolve with the help of oxygen from the air we breathe and our body gets energy.
What is enzyme
Chemists have found that a chemical process like this and any other in a living organism – can be done only because it supports a very small amount of some proteins produced by living cells. This protein is called an enzyme. For one enzyme is said to be specific, which means that it is set to perform just one specific task. Each enzyme begins just one chemical process.
Diastase
EnzymesChemical changes, as we have said, take place in all living beings, including plants. Thus, when the seeds of wheat, barley or other grains begins to grow, it produces enzymes that convert starch into sugars. This change is called the degradation of starch into sugars, and the enzyme that performs this operation is called a diastase.
Though we know what is the role of the enzyme, we still do not know everything about them. They are organic compounds, which means that substances always contain carbon and hydrogen, and often the oxygen and nitrogen.
There are a number of different enzymes, but only a small number of the enzyme is separated from the juices of plants or animals.
More important than vitamins
Fact is that they are much more important than vitamins, which would rather be attributed to the function of the excipients in the service of enzymes, which are actually used to perform functions in the body. Interestingly, enzymes, although created only by living cells, can carry chemical changes without living tissue.
5000 enzymes
Many enzymes combine individual molecules of trace elements such as manganese, iron or zinc, without which these enzymes are unable to function. In the thirties of the last century, enzymes for the first time gain the attention of biochemists, and then have been identified around 80. To this day it was discovered more than 5000 enzymes.
Eskimos endurance
Research of traditional cultures have shown that almost all involving raw, enzyme rich foods in their kitchen, not only vegetables but also raw animal proteins and fats in the form of dairy products from untreated (raw) milk, raw fish and offal of animals. Eskimos diet contained large amounts of raw fish that has undergone a process of “pre-digest” and as such contributed to their endurance. Cultivation of dairy products in almost all pre-industrial cultures enriched the content of enzymes in milk, cream, butter and cheese. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Is A Bathtub Really A Good Place To Be In During A Tornado?
Table of Contents (click to expand)
Some people think that bathtubs are the best place to hide from tornadoes, but this is not always true. If the bathroom is deep inside the house and doesn’t have any windows, then it is a good place to hide. If the bathroom is next to a wall that is exposed to the outside, then it is not a good place to hide.
When talking about defensive strategies against catastrophes, there are some that are quite scientific (like assuming a ‘brace for impact’ position), while others are not as obvious (like running away from a tornado as fast as possible). Nevertheless, all sorts of facts and myths surround the idea of surviving a disaster. There is one particular theory that is very interesting regarding tornados, namely that bathtubs are the best place to hide if you’re trying to survive a killer twister.
Tornado an Artists Impression
Tornado: an artist’s impression(Credits:solarseven/Shutterstock)
As nice as that may seem, we want to know if this is a myth or if it does in fact have scientific viability?
Places You Shouldn’t Be
First of all, let’s be clear about the places where you shouldn’t be during a tornado; first and foremost, avoid places that are covered on top but exposed on the sides, such as freeway underpasses, places under a flyover and so on. Apart from these, also avoid being in a mobile home or a car; if you think that will keep you safe… think again!
tornado outrun meme
Also, you can never outrun a tornado. Any automobile can be easily lifted up and tossed around easily by a tornado (and it can be much worse if the tornado is a severe one).
Also Read: Could We Dissipate A Tornado By Firing A Rocket Into It?
Places That Can Protect You
According to researchers at Stanford University, your best bet for protecting yourself against a tornado is a modern building with reinforced concrete. There are certain specific places for protection against tornadoes, such as designated areas in schools or strong buildings that have been designated as significantly safe in case of a tornado. Apart from these, if you have one, basements are a great place to be in during a tornado, as they have no windows or openings, rendering it an ideal spot to be in if you find yourself in a home during one of these violent events.
Also Read: Can We Somehow Harness Energy From Tornadoes And Hurricanes?
What About A Bathtub?
In an extreme condition, however, when you’re standing in the middle of the living room of your house (that doesn’t happen to have a basement) and those designated safe houses are far away, then your best shot is the solitary inanimate object that sits unnoticed in the bathroom: the bathtub.
bathtub memee
However, this is not as straightforward as it seems. This strategy comes with a few conditions. It is only a viable option if the bathroom is located deep inside your house and doesn’t have any windows. If it’s next to a wall that is exposed to the outside (or if the wall has windows to the outside), then you should leave that idea behind and look for a better spot. The idea here is that you want to put as many walls as you can between you and the raging twister to ensure that you are not caught up in the twister. The more resistance, the better!
Another option can be hiding inside a cupboard or a wardrobe, where you can bury yourself as deep as possible. Also, make sure that you wrap a blanket (or many blankets) tightly around yourself to shield against any flying debris caused by the tornado.
In terms of “protection” against a tornado, a ‘fool proof plan’ doesn’t exist. All you can do is find the best place possible that offers you protection against the swirling gusts of wind and debris, or at least minimize the effect of the tornado if you are unfortunately caught up in it.
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References (click to expand)
1. Should You Get in Your Bathtub During a Tornado?. HowStuffWorks
2. Safety During Tornadoes - www.public.iastate.edu:80
3. 3 Ways to Survive a Tornado - wikiHow. wikiHow
4. Bathtubs Provide Shelter During Tornadoes - www.accuweather.com
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Ashish is a Science graduate (Bachelor of Science) from Punjabi University (India). He spearheads the content and editorial wing of ScienceABC and manages its official Youtube channel. He’s a Harry Potter fan and tries, in vain, to use spells and charms (Accio! [insert object name]) in real life to get things done. He totally gets why JRR Tolkien would create, from scratch, a language spoken by elves, and tries to bring the same passion in everything he does. A big admirer of Richard Feynman and Nikola Tesla, he obsesses over how thoroughly science dictates every aspect of life… in this universe, at least.
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List of ships of the Princess fleet
The Princess fleet is an eponym for the coastal vessels of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in the first half of the 20th century. The names of these small ocean liners began with the title "Princess."
The ships of the British Columbia Coast Steamships came to be called "pocket liners" because they offered amenities like a great ocean liner, but on a smaller scale. The CPR princesses were a coastal counterpart to CPR's "Empress" fleet of passenger liners which sailed on trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic routes.
James William Troup is credited with conceiving and building the Princess fleet. In 1913, 10 of the 12 Princess ships in the coastal fleet had been built to the orders of Capt. Troup.
Former ferries of CP Steamships that were absorbed by Washington Marine Group (WMG) in 1998. Two years before WMG had gained full control of Seaspan. | WIKI |
Lee Jye
Lee Jye (born 6 June 1940) is a Taiwanese military member. He served as the Minister of National Defense of Taiwan during 2004 to 2007 under the Chen Shui-bian government.
Biography
He was born in Tianjin on 6 June 1940, and fled to Taiwan with family at the end of the Chinese Civil War.
He originally joined the then ruling Kuomintang in the early days of his military career, but was later expelled by the KMT, who lost power after the 2000 presidential election, for complying with President Chen Shui-bian's orders to remove all Chiang Kai-shek statues from military bases. He was quoted saying "I'll obey the order of the party that is in power" and "if KMT holds power again, they can re-install the statues if they wish."
He was the minister of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China, and was a Senior Admiral in the Republic of China Navy when he retired. | WIKI |
Dopamine and Food Addiction: Lexicon Badly Needed
John D. Salamone, Mercè Correa
2013 Biological Psychiatry
Over the last few years, the concept of food addiction has become a common feature in the scientific literature, as well as the popular press. Nevertheless, the use of the term "addiction" to describe pathological aspects of food intake in humans remains controversial, and even among those who affirm the validity of the concept, there is considerable disagreement about its utility for explaining the increasing prevalence of obesity throughout much of the world. An examination of the literature
more » ... n food addiction indicates that mesolimbic and nigrostriatal dopamine systems often are cited as mechanisms that contribute to the establishment of food addiction. However, in reviewing this literature, it is important to have a detailed consideration of the complex nature of dopaminergic involvement in motivational processes. For example, although it is often stated that mesolimbic dopamine mediates "reward", there is no standard or consistent technical meaning of this term. Moreover, there is a persistent tendency to link dopamine transmission with pleasure or hedonia, as opposed to other aspects of motivation or learning. The present paper provides a critical discussion of some aspects of the food addiction literature, viewed through the lens of recent findings and current theoretical views of dopaminergic involvement in food motivation. Furthermore, compulsive food intake and binge eating will be considered from an evolutionary perspective, in terms of the motivational subsystems that are involved in adaptive patterns of food consumption and seeking behaviors, and a consideration of how these could be altered in pathological conditions.
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.09.027 pmid:23177385 pmcid:PMC4450088 fatcat:adrfussetrhpfat7vol3yaj2wq | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Opinion | Will a Liberal Supreme Court Limit Money in Politics?
Op-Ed Contributor The words “Citizens United,” especially when amplified by a vigorous Democratic presidential nomination fight, have become a potent shorthand for the influence of great wealth over American democracy. With the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the possibility of reversing the 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee quickly became a live issue in the election and in the shadowboxing over Justice Scalia’s replacement. So imagine that a Democratic president’s nominee is eventually confirmed, and at the next opportunity, Citizens United is reversed. What happens next? Will money lose its hold on American politics? Probably not — though not because money in politics doesn’t matter. Citizens United stands at the end of a long line of decisions that have weakened Congress’s ability to limit money in politics, not all of them wrongly decided. Instead of rolling back all those decisions, we should seek to balance, rather than limit, money, and make it easier for people without wealth to run and be heard. In itself, reversing Citizens United would be a minor step. The decision’s most specific change to campaign finance law — allowing corporations and unions to make independent expenditures to influence an election — has been of little consequence. Corporations, especially household names and publicly traded companies, would rather avoid the controversy that comes with big campaign spending. Most money still comes from wealthy individuals, as it did before Citizens United. But Citizens United mattered in indirect ways: First, it was the basis for a lower court’s decision in the 2010 SpeechNow case, which created “super PACs,” a uniquely powerful vehicle for funding a campaign through a few megadonors. With Citizens United out of the way, that court or another might reconsider that case. But the 2016 election has demonstrated that super PACs have their limitations — think Jeb Bush — and they are not the only means by which wealthy individuals can go all out to support a candidate or party. It was the signal the Citizens United ruling sent that has been a much bigger deal. The majority decision went beyond the question in the case to assert that only quid pro quo corruption — a measurable exchange of legislative favors for campaign money — justified regulation, indicating that the court would look skeptically on most campaign-finance limits. And, particularly because of the uproar surrounding the decision, donors and political strategists believed that an era of “anything goes” had begun, and they behaved accordingly, testing all kinds of limits, such as using nonprofit organizations to finance election campaigns. If the real impact of Citizens United was symbolic, reversing it would be equally symbolic — but symbolism matters. Still, there would remain much work to be done. At the very least, the court would also have to reverse decisions foreshadowing Citizens United, rolling the clock back to the 2003 Supreme Court decision that used actual evidence to uphold most of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (known as McCain-Feingold). But some of the practices and frauds that political operatives have developed since the Citizens United decision will not easily be put back in the bag. And if we did succeed in rolling the campaign finance clock back to 2003, at best we would have something like the election of 2004, which was free of super PACs but did feature organizations like Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which went after the Democratic nominee, John Kerry, and received more than half of its nearly $18 million in funding from three wealthy Texans. To enable Congress to limit the influence of these megadonors, the court would have to go all the way back to its 1976 decision in Buckley v. Valeo. The court said that Congress or states could put limits on contributions, in the interest of controlling corruption, but not on total spending, or on candidates’ funding their own campaigns, or on external spending like the Swift Boat campaign that is not coordinated with the campaign. As a result, candidates find themselves caught in an arms race: trying to raise enough money to compete, in contributions of $2,700 or less (far more than any middle-class family can spare), often facing opponents funding their own campaigns or incumbents with established fund-raising machines or outside money. There’s a natural pressure to find a way out of that trap, using whatever technique your lawyers and consultants cook up. That’s why every politician who has support from large donors now has a supportive super PAC. And there will always be a way out. The problem is not the Supreme Court — it’s the First Amendment itself. The challenge in regulating campaign spending is not deciding whether money is speech or corporations have rights, it’s defining the boundaries of the election. Elections are a special zone, and by regulating spending clearly intended to influence the election, we keep it a zone of political fairness, where voters hear all sides and elected officials can remain independent. (Think of it like the signs limiting electioneering within 75 feet of the polling place.) The provisions challenged in Citizens United and the earlier cases all dealt with the question, “What makes an ad an election ad?” Before 2002, the principle was that it had to have “magic words” like “vote for.” McCain-Feingold tried to establish that broadcast ads that mentioned a candidate 30 days before a primary or 60 days before an election would be considered campaign ads (“electioneering communication”). That’s what brought Citizens United, the organization, and its movie attacking Hillary Clinton, to the attention of the Federal Election Commission in 2008. But what about speech that mentions candidates long before an election? Or ads that don’t mention a candidate at all? For example, groups funded by the Koch family ran ads in the congressional elections of 2014 attacking “Obamacare” without ever mentioning a congressional candidate by name. When party and ideology are as tightly aligned as they are, an ad doesn’t need to connect all the dots to push a voter who dislikes President Obama’s health insurance program to vote Republican or an environmental activist to vote Democratic. But this kind of robust open debate about public issues is exactly what the First Amendment is intended to protect. Then there are all the other ways that the wealthy influence policy, without getting involved in elections — through media, lobbying and philanthropy. Each channel is legitimate and most efforts to restrict them would create more problems than they solved. What Mr. Sanders calls “the billionaire class” will not lose its influence even after all the court decisions back to 1976 have been reversed. It may be futile to try to restrict the influence of the very wealthy, but we can offset it by opening the system up and making it easier for a candidate to run and be heard, or for people working together to put a new idea on the agenda. Both Democratic presidential candidates have called for some kind of system of public financing that matches small donations, along the lines of New York City’s program, which matches small contributions six to one. Every current citywide elected official participated in the system, and small donors, including the match, accounted for 61 percent of the money spent in the 2013 elections. Seattle’s new program of vouchers, which gives every citizen $100 to donate to campaigns, is promising but so far untested, while some conservatives are enthusiastic about using tax credits to encourage small donors. While the Supreme Court has struck some provisions of these programs, they mostly remain intact, even in the Citizens United world, and a court without Justice Scalia is likely to be even friendlier to the idea of expanding political opportunity. Technology can combine with these programs to give campaigns a low-cost start through sites like NationBuilder that provide most of what a candidate needs, including an accurate list of voters, at minimal cost. We can also begin to think creatively about how to ensure that the broad interests of the public are heard as loudly as those who can hire lobbyists. After Citizens United, the next step is not backward, toward old laws that didn’t work well, but forward, toward a politics that respects and expands free expression and robust debate. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
%A GAO Zu-Peng, JING Da-Peng, HUANG Xiao-DAN, WANG Zhen-Ying %T Cloning of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α6 and α7 subunit genes in Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and their response to spinetoram stress %0 Journal Article %D 2022 %J Acta Entomologica Sinica %R 10.16380/j.kcxb.2022.09.003 %P 1098-1105 %V 65 %N 9 %U {http://www.insect.org.cn/CN/abstract/article_6905.shtml} %8 2022-09-20 %X 【Aim】 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAchRs), as the most crucial neurotransmitter receptors in the central nervous system of insects, are the important targets of spinetoram. This study aims to clone the nAchR genes of Spodoptera frugiperda and investigate their response to spinetoram stress. 【Methods】 Genes of nAchR α6 and α7 subunits of S. frugiperda were cloned via RTPCR and RACE based on the previous transcriptome database of S. frugiperda. After the 3rd instar larvae of S. frugiperda were exposed to spinetoram (0.400 mg/L) for 48 h, the changes of expression levels of nAchR α6 and α7 subunit genes were assayed by RT-qPCR. 【Results】 The full-length ORF of nAchR α6 subunit gene (GenBank accession no.: MT951400) is 1 506 bp in length, encoding 502 amino acids with transmembrane region and signal peptide. The full-length ORF of nAchR α7 subunit gene (GenBank accession no.: MW557608) is 1 524 bp in length, encoding 508 amino acids with transmembrane region and signal peptide. nAchR α6 and α7 subunits of S. fruiperda have the typical characteristic of nAchR α family according to amino acid sequence multiple alignment analysis. After the 3rd instar larvae of S. frugiperda were exposed to 0.400 mg/L spinetoram for 48 h, the expression level of their nAchR α6 subunit gene increased significantly, while that of nAchR α7 subunit gene did not change significantly. 【Conclusion】 Spinetoram may have an impact on the nAchR α6 subunit of S. fruiperda. This study lays a preliminary foundation for future in-depth research on the underlying target resistance mechanisms of S. frugiperda in response to spinetoram. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Château Grand'Grange
Château Grand' Grange, established in 1842, is a vineyard situated close to Mont Brouilly in Beaujolais, 30km (37.28 miles) north-west of Lyon. The vineyard is located on the outskirts of the village Le Perréon - a small French village with 1,422 inhabitants. Château Grand'Grange is entitled to use the appellation Beaujolais Villages and Fleurie for its wines.
History
The land of the vineyard originally belonged to the Baron in Vaux. However, the Baron was beheaded during the French revolution in 1789. In 1810, Napoleon ennobled one of his followers as Baron de Vauxonne and he took over possession of the land. When the Baron died in 1837, his son Emile inherited the land and in 1842, he built the castle of sturdy granite rocks.
Several suggestions for names for the vineyard were brought up, but a younger brother had inherited the nearby vineyard, Le Petit Grange (the small barn), and Emile consequently named the vineyard after the 60-metre (196.85 feet) long barn that today houses the entire wine production, Château Grand'Grange (the large barn). Presently, the estate is 20 ha, of which 13 ha is vineyard.
Vineyard
Château Grand'Grange produces app. 12,500 bottles of wine annually, including three red wines, one white wine and a rosé. The three red wines comprises the cru wine, Fleurie, Clos de la Madone, Monopole, 3,000 bottles, and the two Beaujolais Villages wines Château Grand'Grange, La Tour 2,300, and Château Grand'Grange, La Cascade, 17,000h.
Château Grand'Grange, La Tour and La Cascade, 2009, was awarded the Prix d'Excellence (Silver) by Vinalies, Oenologues de France. Château Grand'Grange, La Tour, 2009, was awarded Médaille de Bronze by Concours des Grands vins du Beaujolais. Château Grand'Grange, La Cascade, 2009, was awarded Médaille de Bronze by Comité des Salons, Concours & Foire Nationale des vins à Macon. | WIKI |
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., and Suzanne P. Roosevelt, Petitioners, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent
Docket No. 1580-62.
Filed October 22, 1964.
Glendon E. Lee, for the petitioners.
Warren S. Shine, for the respondent.
Pierce, Judge:
The respondent determined a deficiency in the income tax of the petitioners for their taxable calendar year 1958, in the amount of $88,736.61. The portion of said deficiency here in controversy is approximately $12,647.
The sole issue is whether the sum of $18,615.21 which petitioner, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., received during the taxable year as his share of certain box office proceeds from a stage play entitled “Sunrise at Campobello” (which play was written and produced after a certain contract relating to the same had been executed by the author and by said petitioner acting on behalf of himself and certain members of his family), constitutes gross income to him under the provisions of section 61 of the 1954 Code; or whether said sum is excludable from his gross income under the provisions of section 104(a) (2) of said Code, on the grounds that it was “indemnity for invasion of right of privacy under New York law,” and hence that it falls within the ambit of the last-mentioned statute which provides an exclusion for “the amount of any damages received (whether by suit or agreement) on account of personal injuries or sickness.”
FINDINGS OF FACT
All the facts have been stipulated, except for certain facts relating to the public careers of the above-named petitioner and his father, as to which the Court has taken judicial notice in accordance with requests and stipulation of the parties. All facts stipulated are so found; and the written stipulation of facts and all exhibits referred to therein and attached thereto are incorporated herein by reference. A summary of the facts so stipulated and found is as follows.
The petitioners, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., and Suzanne P. Roosevelt, are husband and wife who were residents of the State of New York during the taxable calendar year 1958 here involved. They filed for said year a joint Federal income tax return on the cash basis, with the district director of internal revenue for the Upper Manhattan District in New York City. The issue presented concerns only the husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., whom we will hereinafter refer to as the petitioner.
Petitioner was born on August 17, 1914. He is an attorney at law. In May 1949 he was elected a Member of the House of Representatives from the 20th New York Congressional District. He was reelected to the House of Representatives from the same district in November 1950 and November 1952. In 1954 he was the Democratic Party candidate for attorney general of the State of New York but was defeated in the election therefor in November 1954.
Petitioner’s father, the late Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was Assistant Secretary of the Navy during World War I, was a candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1920, was subsequently Governor of the State of New York, and was President of the United States from 1983 to 1945. In August 1921, he contracted poliomyelitis, also known as infantile paralysis. He died on April 12, 1945. On the above-mentioned date of August 1921, petitioner was 7 years of age.
On or about March 5, 1957, Dore Schary who was an established author and producer of stage plays and motion pictures, prepared and submitted to members of the Roosevelt family, an eight-page typewritten outline of a play which he proposed to write under the title of “Sunrise at Campobello.” The outline stated, in substance and pertinent part, that the proposed play would concern itself with events in those years of the life of the late Franklin Delano Roosevelt (hereinafter referred to as F.D.R.) from August 1921 (when he contracted infantile paralysis) to the spring of 1924 (preceding the nomination by him at Madison Square Garden of Alfred E. Smith as the Democratic Party candidate for President of the United States). The outline also stated that the play would deal primarily with events immediately preceding said illness of F.D.R., his struggle to regain his health, the tensions he and his family endured during those distressing days, the events surrounding his return to activity, and finally his appearance at said 1924 Democratic Convention and his dramatic nomination of A1 Smith “which convinced the world and himself that he was a potential major figure in the realm of politics.” The outline further said that tbe characters who would “form the dramatis personae” would be F.D.R., his wife Eleanor, his mother Sara, his daughter Anna, his sons James, Elliott, John, and petitioner, his doctors, his secretary, his close friend Louis Howe, and other individuals and groups of more incidental character. And it also stated in part:
The intent of the play is to be a tribute to F.D.R. and to those who loved him and supported him. * * *
The material has been sketched, of course, in many biographies. I believe I have read most of these thoroughly. But what is needed to make it a warm, human document in play form is detail — detail that I can obtain from those close to the events. I have no intention to expose or deflate, ridicule or degrade any of those involved. Indeed, there is nothing in my heart or my pen except devotion to the man I worshipped from afar and to the members of his family, some of whom I am proud to know on a personal level.
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I want the play to ring true — ring clear — and for the future to remain an important testimonial to the Roosevelt family and tradition. Hopefully, the film that will follow will put on celluloid these same events as a permanent visual record of those days of ordeal.
And then after setting forth “a sketchy outline of the play,” it concluded:
Summing up — I believe F.D.R.’s story is a tremendous one to tell, in play and on film. I offer my talents, my devotion and my time and some considerable sacrifice of income to the creation of this work. The Roosevelt family will contribute its confidence, some of its time and its knowledge.
Among us, something good can be built.
If the Roosevelt family cannot enter into this with full cooperation and faith in me — it is futile for me to attempt this task, which, to me, would be a true labor of love.
Thereafter following approval of said outline by members of the Roosevelt family, a written agreement was executed which provided in pertinent part as follows:
Ageeement made this 10th day of July, 1957 between DORE SCHARY (herein called “Schary”) and FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, JR. (herein called “Roosevelt”), acting on behalf of himself and his siblings, ANNA, JAMES, ELLIOTT AND JOHN ROOSEVELT (all of whom are herein collectively called the “Roosevelt Family”), at New York, N.Y.
WITNESSETH:
Whereas, Schary has expressed a desire to write a play dealing generally with the life of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt from the period during which he contracted poliomyelitis to the general period of the 1924 Democratic National Oonvention: and
Whereas, Schary has written an eight (8) page outline of such proposed play (annexed hereto and made a part hereof), which outline has been approved by the Roosevelt Family: and
Whereas, the Roosevelt Family and Schary are desirous of entering into certain arrangements with respect to said play:
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1. Roosevelt represents and warrants that he is authorized by the Roosevelt Family to enter into this agreement with Schary.
2. The above mentioned members of the Roosevelt Family shall, subject to their availability, consult with Schary at reasonable times requested by him for the purposes of discussing with him personal anecdotes, events, situations, incidents, data, etc. which may be required by him or helpful to him in connection with the writing of the aforesaid play and the exploitation of all rights therein. With respect to such consultation services which may be rendered by the members of the Roosevelt Family above mentioned, payments shall be made to each one at the rate of Fifty ($50) Dollars per hour. The Roosevelt Family does further agree to make available to Schary, documents, writings, photographs and other memorabilia relating to the above-described period of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt’s life which is intended to be the subject matter of the play and/or motion picture based thereon.
In the event that Schary consults with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt for the purposes described above, she shall be entitled to receive payment at the rate of One Hundred ($100) Dollars per hour.
The aforesaid consultation fees which may be payable to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and the Roosevelt Family, in accordance with the foregoing provision, shall be payable only out of the actual aggregate sums which may be remitted as Sehary’s share and the Roosevelt Family’s share of stage royalties and/or other proceeds which may be derived from the exploitation of the play and motion picture and other rights therein and payable to Schary and the Roosevelt Family in accordance with this agreement. Such consultation fees shall be payable out of the aforesaid aggregate proceeds to the extent that same are sufficient and Schary shall not otherwise be responsible for the payment thereof. It is understood and agreed that the information which may be secured by Schary through consultations with the members of the Roosevelt Family under this paragraph and the documents which may be made available hereunder shall be used by Schary only for the purpose of writing of the play, its presentation on the stage and the use and exploitation of all other rights therein, including but not limited to motion picture rights and the publicity and advertising in connection therewith.
3. It is contemplated that the play shall be produced on the first-class legitimate stage in New York City on or before February 1st, 1959. While Schary shall be under no obligation to cause such play to be produced, it is agreed that if such production shall not take place on or before said date, the rights of Schary under this agreement including but not limited to those contained in paragraphs 6 and 7 hereof, shall thereupon terminate. Such termination, however, shall in no way be construed to give to the Roosevelt Family any rights in the play written by Schary. * * * Schary, in the course of the writing of the play, shall have the right to obtain such assistance from third parties, at his own expense, as he may desire.
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5. In consideration of the covenants of the Roosevelt Family herein set forth in paragraphs 6 and 7, the Roosevelt Family and Schary hereby agree that, with respect to the play and any rights therein, the Roosevelt Family shall be paid or caused to be paid by S'chary sums to be determined as follows:
(a) With respect to the first-class production of the play in the United States, not less than five (5%) percent of the gross weekly box office receipts (less admission and similar taxes on ticket sales and theatre party commissions, if any) such percentage being at least equal to the percentage received by Schary, and in addition a percentage of the net profits (to be determined as hereinafter set forth) which may he derived by the stage producer from the presentation and exploitation of the play, and in addition a sum equal to any other sums Sehary may receive in any capacity, relating to the first-class production in the play (other than monies received for the purpose of financing the production of the play). Sehary undertakes that unless under a disability from acting in such capacity, he will be a co-producer of said first-class stage production in the United States. The percentage of net profits to be used in said computation, as above-provided, shall be determined by Sehary, but shall be no less than a percentage of net profits equivalent to the percentage of net profits which Sehary may receive as his share therefrom as producer. * * *
(b) With respect to motion picture rights, radio rights, television rights, stock rights, amateur rights, foreign rights, publication rights and all other rights of any kind or nature in and to the play or any part thereof, equal to the sums which Sehary may receive for himself as his share in any capacity (other than as an investor) from the sale, lease, license or other disposition of all of said rights in the play. * * *
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6. In consideration of the payments provided in paragraph 5 above to be made to the Roosevelt Family and the covenants and undertakings of Sehary hereunder, the above-described members of the Roosevelt Family do hereby agree as follows:
The aforesaid individuals irrevocably covenant, in perpetuity, that they, or any of them, will assert no claim and maintain no action or suit and will not consent to the assertion or maintenance by others of any claim, action or suit for invasion of the rights of privacy of any of them, and/or predicated on libel, slander or defamation by reason of the exercise by Sehary or his successors, licensees, grantees, or assignees, of his rights with respect to the play and rights therein, including but not limited to, the use of names, portraits, likenesses, pictures, biographies, voice recordings and various portrayals, impersonations, etc. in such play, motion picture based thereon, in connection with any other rights therein, in connection with the advertising and publicity of the said play, motion picture, television presentations thereof, and other rights therein, and said individuals do release, discharge and acquit Sehary, his successors, assigns, licensees and transferees (and its or their officers, directors or employees) of and from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, suits and demands whatsoever that such individuals or any of them, or anyone claiming under them, may hereafter have arising out of claims of invasion of privacy, slander, libel or defamation by reason of the foregoing or otherwise. * * *
7. In further consideration of the payments provided in paragraph 5 above to be made to Roosevelt and the covenants and undertakings of Sehary hereunder, the aforesaid individuals do hereby further agree that they and each of them have not and shall not enter into any covenants with any party or parties other than Sehary to refrain from suing for violation of rights of privacy, or libel or slander, by reason of the use of such third party or parties of the names, portraits, likenesses, pictures, biographies, voice recordings, imitations, portrayals or impressions, etc. of the aforesaid individual members of the Roosevelt Family and/or the late Franklin D. Roosevelt, nor will they give permission or authorization, nor grant or license any rights to such third party or parties to use their names, portraits, likenesses, pictures, biographies, voice recordings, imitations, portrayals, impersonations, etc. or that of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt, in any dramatic work or dramatic story or in any work based on any part of the life of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt for presentation on stage and/or in motion pictures and/or television, except as provided in this paragraph. (The covenants by the Eoosevelt Family described in this paragraph 7 are referred to herein, for convenience, as “covenants with third parties”, and the restrictions against the making of such covenants by the Eoosevelt Family with third parties are referred to as “restrictions against covenants with third parties.”)
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11. All remittances made or caused to be made by Schary hereunder shall be made to and in the name of Franklin D. Eoosevelt, Jr., at 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., and his receipt shall be deemed a valid receipt binding on the other members of the Eoosevelt Family. * * *
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13. The Eoosevelt Family shall indemnify Schary for any liability, damages or loss which may be sustained by him in connection with any claim or cause of action as to which facts are established which show a breach by the Eoosevelt Family of any covenant by it herein contained. * * *
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16. Nothing herein contained shall in any way constitute a partnership between, or joint venture by, the parties hereto or be construed to evidence the intention of the parties to constitute such. * * *
17. It is understood and agreed that while the period of the life of the late Franklin D. Eoosevelt, which is to be the subject of Schary’s play herein, is from the period during which he contracted poliomyelitis to the general period of the 1924 Democratic National Convention, nonetheless Schary shall have the right, in the play and any motion picture and television versons [sic] thereof, to include occasional references in dialogue and/or by way of flashback, etc. to events in other periods of the life of the late Franklin D. Eoosevelt, * * *
18. This agreement is made pursuant to and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
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In Witness Whekeof, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Doke Schary
Fkanbxin D. Eoosevelt, Jr.., individually and on behalf of Anna Eoose-velt Halsted, James Eoosevelt, Elliott Eoosevelt and John Eoosevelt
Agreed to:
(S) Anna Eoosevelt Halsted
(S) James Eoosevelt
(S) Elliott Eoosevelt
(S) John Eoosevelt
Following the execution of said agreement, Dore Schary wrote the stage play entitled “Sunrise at Campobello” (a printed copy of which is included in the evidence herein as Exhibit 2-B). The characters who depicted the Eoosevelt children therein had only minor roles. Petitioner who was only 7 years of age at the time of the opening scene, was portrayed in only three of the play’s eight scenes; and the character who played his part had relatively few speaking lines, and portrayed actions appropriate to a child of said age.
Petitioner, beyond casual references to the period covered by the play during negotiations with Schary preliminary to said agreement, did not consult with or in any way assist or make suggestions to Schary or render any services in connection with the writing or production of the play; nor did petitioner furnish any documents, anecdotes, memorabilia, photographs, or other material or information to Dore Schary in connection with the writing or the production of said play.
On several occasions prior to the completion of the play Dore Schary consulted with the late Eleanor Roosevelt concerning events of the period to be covered by the play. After the play was completed, Schary read the play to the late Eleanor Roosevelt in the presence of James Roosevelt and petitioner. Petitioner’s mother suggested a few minor factual changes, which were incorporated into the play. Petitioner did not offer any suggestion to Schary.
After tryouts of the play in Boston, New Haven, and Philadelphia, the same was presented in New York City by the Theatre Guild and Dore Schary on January 30, 1958, and was performed continuously during the remainder of 1958. It was also performed during parts of 1958 in Wilmington (Del.), Pittsburgh, and Cleveland.
During the year 1958 the Theatre Guild, on behalf of Dore Schary, paid to petitioner the sum of $98,092.24, which was 5 percent of the 1958 weekly box office receipts from performances of the play, pursuant to said agreement. Approximately $12,000 of said $98,092.24 represented 5 percent of the box office receipts from the performances given in Boston, Philadelphia, New Haven, Wilmington (Del.), Pittsburgh, and Cleveland; and the balance of said $98,092.24 was from performances given in New York City. Petitioner paid legal expenses of $5,016.17; paid four-fifths of the remaining balance of $93,076.07 in equal shares to his sister and three brothers; and personally received and retained the remaining one-fifth, or $18,615.21.
Petitioner and his wife attached to their joint Federal income tax return for the year 1958 here involved, the following statement:
Statement by Taxpayer
The taxpayer, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., received approximately §18,000.00 under a contract with Dore Schary to reimburse him for the invasion of his rights of privacy in connection with the production of the play entitled “Sunrise at Campobello”, which, pursuant to Solicitor’s Opinion 132 1-1, OB 92, is not regarded as taxable income.
In accordance with that statement, petitioner and his wife did not include in the gross income reported on their 1958 return, the said sum of $18,615.21 which, petitioner received and retained as aforesaid (which sum is the “approximately $18,000.00” referred to in the above statement).
The Commissioner-respondent, in his notice of deficiency herein, included said sum of $18,615.21 in the taxable income of petitioner and his wife; and he explained the adjustment as follows:
It has been, determined that the amount of $18,615.21 received by you in the taxable year ended December 31, 1958 pursuant to the terms of an agreement between Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. and Dore Schary dated July 10, 1957, constitutes ordinary income, and as such is taxable as ordinary income under the provisions of Section 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
It has not been established by you that the amount of $18,615.21, or any part thereof, is excludable under the provisions of Section 104(a) (2) or any other Section of the Internal Revenue Code.
ULTIMARE FINDING OF FACT
The portrayal of petitioner and the use of his name in the play “Sunrise at Campobello” were not intended to, and did not, cause petitioner any loss of character, reputation, or personal dignity; nor did they cause any personal injury or damage whatsoever.
OPINION
The petitioner’s position herein is succinctly set forth in the statement of points in his principal brief, which we quote in its entirety:
New York law compels the conclusion that the moneys received and retained by petitioner after performances of a play “Sunrise at Campobello” constituted indemnity for actual general damage (Point I) for invasion of privacy under New York law (Point II).
The New York law to which he so refers is the pertinent portions of those New York statutes which are set forth in the margin. We do not agree with said position.
1. The so-called right of privacy is a relatively new concept in the law of torts; it having made its appearance on the legal scene in the United States in 1890, in the landmark article by Warren and Brandéis (later Mr. Justice Brandéis) entitled “The Right of Privacy,” 4 Harv. L. Rev. 193. Several years thereafter, the Court of Appeals of New York held in the early case of Roberson v. Rochester Folding Box Co., 171 N.Y. 538, 64 N.E. 442 (1902), that no common law right of privacy existed in that State. Thereafter in the legislative session next following the decision in the Roberson case, sections 50 and 51 of the New York Civil Rights Law (fn. 1, supra) were enacted.
Since the enactment of said sections, the New York courts have held that in that State the right of privacy is purely a statutory right, the limits of which are fixed by sections 50 and 51 and the cases construing the same. They have held that the main purpose of these sections is to prevent the use of an individual’s name for commercial purpose without his consent (Orsini v. Eastern Wine Corp., 190 Misc. 235, 73 N.Y.S. 2d 426); that they were designed to forbid only unauthorized and wanton appropriation or use of a person’s name, where such use is wholly unrelated to matters or things with which such name is associated (Kline v. Robert M. McBride Co., 170 Misc. 974, 11 N.Y.S. 2d 674); and that the mere incidental use of a person’s name in a novel or motion picture is not actionable under section 51 (Damron v. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 231 N.Y. Supp. 444 (Sup. Ct. 1928), affd. 234 N.Y. Supp. 773 (1st Dept. 1929)). In the latter case, the trial court said in the course of dismissing the complaint (p. 446):
The law was not passed with the idea of interfering with the circulation of newspapers or the publication of books within proper limits, and the use of “local color” was not outlawed.
Based on the foregoing decisions, we have serious doubts whether, even if petitioner had not given his consent to Schary and even if Schary had gone ahead with the writing and presentation of the play without such consent, there would have been any actionable invasion of petitioner’s right of privacy. The play appears to us, from our examination of the script thereof which is in evidence, to deal truthfully and factually with a period in the life of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt; and to be a type of subject matter about which Schary could write without fear of incurring any liability for damages. The portrayal of petitioner as a member of the Roosevelt family, and the use of his name therein, were purely incidental to the development of the main theme of the play; and these appear to us no more than something in the nature of the “local color” mentioned in the Damron case. Certainly this did not effect any wanton appropriation of petitioner’s name or personality. It also is to be remembered that petitioner himself was, at the time of the performance of the play, a public figure who bad submitted his life to public scrutiny and had made it a matter of legitimate public interest. And, of course, his status as the son of the late President Roosevelt gave the public, to some degree at least, an interest in petitioner’s childhood. See and compare Sidis v. F-R Pub. Corp., 113 F. 2d 806 (C.A. 2), certiorari denied 311 U.S. 711.
What was actually done did not, in our view, constitute actionable injury to petitioner. This is so, because petitioner had given his written consent to the use of his name and childhood personality in the play; and also because sections 50 and 51 are specific on the point that only the use of a person’s name without such person’s written consent is wrongful, and lays the basis for equitable relief and an action for damages. No tort arises where such written consent is given; and we therefore find no basis for attributing any portion of the moneys received by petitioner from Schary to any intended indemnification for a nonexistent tort.
In the light of the foregoing, we think that the premise of petitioner’s position — i.e., that he either anticipated or actually suffered general damages from an invasion of his right of privacy under the New York law — is without merit.
2. From our examination of the provisions of the July 10, 1957, agreement (portions of which have been set forth in our Findings of Fact), it appears clear to us that the payments of approximately $18,000 which petitioner received and which are here involved, represented consideration for four undertakings by him (jointly with his sister and brothers) : (1) To render consulting services to Schary; (2) to make available to Schary any requested documents, photographs, or other memorabilia; (3) to restrict his (petitioner’s) right to deal with any persons other than Schary, concerning the production of dramatic works based on President Roosevelt’s life in any medium; and (4) to release Schary from any liability for invasion of petitioner’s right of privacy or similar tort-based suits. Insofar as the $18,615.21 received by petitioner represented consideration for the first three of those undertakings, there can be no question that such consideration was compensatory in nature, was well within the reach of section 61, and was thus includable in petitioner’s gross income.
It is true that petitioner did not actually render any significant consulting services, or furnish any documents, photographs, or other memorabilia. But this is not to say that petitioner’s undertakings in these regards were without value at the time of the agreement with Schary. In a case somewhat similar in this respect to the instant case, we said:
Paragraph 3 [of a contract between the taxpayer and a motion-picture company, dealing with rights to make a motion picture based on the life of the taxpayer’s deceased husband, the late band leader Glenn Miller] includes an undertaking by petitioner to cooperate in making available information and materials relating to Glenn Miller. Although the evidence indicates that Universal made but little use of her services in this connection, this does not mean that such potential services were valueless at the time the contract was executed. [Helen D. Miller, 35 T.C. 631, 642, affd. 299 F. 2d 706 (C.A. 2), certiorari denied 370 U.S. 923.]
The only conceivable element of the payments that could, even under petitioner’s hypothesis, be excludable from gross income would be that relating to his release of Schary from liability for possible invasion of his right of privacy. As stated above, the remainder of the consideration is compensatory in nature and includable in income. A significant defect in petitioner’s case is that the record contains no evidence which would make possible any identification or allocation of any of the total consideration which petitioner received, to his said release of Schary from liability. Petitioner had the burden of proof to establish the basis for such allocation, if any; and he has not borne such burden.
3. Petitioner further contended on brief that the parties to the agreement of July 10, 1957, “recognized thereby” that following the presentation of the play, petitioner “would be entitled to money damage for actual general damage for invasion of privacy”; and that such parties “provided therein” that in the event that the play were written, produced, and presented to audiences, petitioner would thereafter become entitled to receive for himself, his brothers, and sister “as liquidated actual general damages for invasion of privacy an amount equal to five per cent (5%) of the gross weekly box office receipts.” We think this contention also is without merit.
In the first place, we find no support for such statements in the provisions of said agreement. Nowhere therein is there any statement or suggestion that the parties to such agreement “recognized thereby” that following the presentation of the play, petitioner “would be entitled to money damage” for invasion of privacy; and also, nowhere therein is there any statement tending to indicate that the parties to such agreement “recognized thereby” that any portion of the future box-office receipts to be paid over, would constitute or represent “liquidated actual general damages for invasion of privacy.”
Secondly, it is our opinion, based on the authorities hereafter cited, that any moneys paid to any taxpayer as compensation for an advance wawer of possible future damages for personal injuries, would constitute taxable income to him under section 61 of the 1954 Code; and would not be excludable from his gross income under section 104 (a) (2) of said Code.
In this connection, there should be kept in mind the rationale underlying the exclusion from gross income of damages recovered for personal injuries. This rationale was made clear by the Supreme Court in its opinion in Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co., 348 U.S. 426, 432, fn. 8, wherein the Court said:
The long history of departmental rulings holding personal injury recoveries nontaxable [is based] on the theory that they roughly correspond to a return of capital * * * See 2 Cum. Bull. 71; 1-1 Cum. Bull. 92, 93; VII-2 Cum. Bull. 123; 1954-1 Cum. Bull. 179, 180. Damages for personal injury are by definition compensatory only. * * *
Put another way by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: “Damages paid for personal injuries are excluded from gross income because they make the taxpayer whole from a previous loss of personal rights — because, in effect, they restore a loss to capital. * * * This rationale will not support the exemption of receipts which do not compensate taxpayer for a loss but instead add to his wealth.” (Emphasis supplied.) Starrels v. Commissioner, 304 F. 2d 574, 576, affirming 35 T.C. 646.
In the instant case, our examination of the script of Schary’s play convinces us, and we have hereinabove found as an ultimate fact, that the portrayal of petitioner and the use of his name therein caused him no injury or damage to his character or reputation or personal dignity, which could be analogized to a loss of capital. Absent any such injury, it cannot be said that any of the total amount of approximately $18,000 received by petitioner which might under any assumption be attributable to his waiver of any claims he might thereafter have for his right of privacy, represented compensation for loss of “capital,” or to “make him whole from a previous loss of personal rights.” Rather, we are convinced that petitioner was enriched and enabled to realize a clear gain by virtue of the payments made to him.
Moreover, in the above-cited Starrels case, this Court held that moneys received for a release from liability for a right-of-privacy invasion, where there was no proof that an injury was thereafter sustained, would not be excludable from gross income. We there stated in part (35 T.C. 646,648-649) :
If tbe payments based on this agreement could be made tax exempt by merely referring to a right of privacy which was never invaded and possibly never intended to be invaded, the narrowly conceived statutory exclusion for damages on account of “personal injuries” (sec. 104(a)(2), I.R.O. 1954)2 would be expanded beyond its normal meaning. We think that Congress intended no such result.
Whether money paid to obtain a release for a right-of-privacy invasion in advance of such invasion should be excluded from taxable income where there is proof that an invasion of privacy actually followed — is a question not raised by the facts in the present case. It may well be that the voluntary advance waiver of one’s personal rights for compensation takes the case outside the purview of section 104(a) (2). Thus, one may receive compensation for allowing medical experiments upon his body in circumstances that would constitute a tort if his prior consent had not been given.[] We have considerable doubt whether it was the purpose of section 104(a) (2) to remove such compensation from the category of taxable income. * * * Suffice it to say for purposes of deciding this case, we think no valid claim for exclusion may be made in this area without some showing of an injury which has been sustained. * * *
The Ninth. Circuit, in affirming our decision in said Starrels case, not only indicated its agreement with the above-quoted statement from our opinion, but it also stated (in addition to the above-quoted portion of its opinion):
in any event it seems reasonably sure that the exemption in Section 104(a) (2) was not intended to reach advance payments for consent where no actual invasion of personal rights subsequently occurred. The language of Section 104(a)(2) reads most naturally in terms of payment for injuries sustained prior to a suit or settlement agreement. The “exemption is allowed for damages which have already occurred, and there is no suggestion of an exemption for amounts paid for possible future damages.” Meyer v. United States, 173 F. Supp. 920, 924-925 (E.D. Tenn. 1959). See also Ehrlich v. Higgins, 52 F. Supp. 805, 808-809 (S.D.N.Y. 1943).
* * * * ‡ * * .
By a parity of reasoning [to what the Supreme Court said in the Glenshaw case], the exemption in favor of damages for personal injuries codified in Section 104(a) (2) cannot support the exemption of payments made for injuries which have never occurred because such payments are not compensatory and hence cannot be considered a restoration of capital.
Likewise, the revelant portions of the Treasury regulations point to an exclusion only for sums received after the sustaining of a personal injury by a taxpayer. Sec. 1.104^1 (c), Income Tax Begs. These regulations provide in here pertinent part:
(c) Damages received, on account of personal injuries or siolcness. * * * The term “damages received (whether by suit or agreement)” means an amount received (other than workmen’s compensation) through prosecution of a legal suit or action based upon tort or tort type rights, or through a settlement agreement entered into in lieu of such prosecution.
See also Helen D. Miller, 35 T.C. 631, 642, affd. 299 F. 2d 706 (C.A. 2), certiorari denied 370 U.S. 923; Runyon v. United States, 281 F. 2d 590 (C.A. 5); Meyer v. United States, 173 F. Supp. 920 (E.D. Tenn.); and Ehrlich v. Higgins, 52 F. Supp. 805 (S.D.N.Y.).
Based on all of the foregoing, we bold that the $18,615.21 paid to and received by petitioner from Schary in the taxable year 1958 here involved, is includable in its entirety in petitioner’s income for that year.
Decision will be entered for the respondent.
N.Y. Civ. Rights Law, secs. 50 and 51, as amended.
Sec. 50. Right of privacy.
A person, firm or corporation that uses for advertising purposes, or for the purposes of trade, the name, portrait or picture of any living person without having first obtained the written consent o} such person, or if a minor of his or her parent or guardian, is guilty of a misdemeanor. [Emphasis supplied.]
See. 51. Action for injunction and for damages
Any person whose name, portrait or picture is used within this state for advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade without the written consent first obtained as above provided may maintain an equitable action in the supreme court of this state against the person, firm, or corporation so using his name, portrait or picture, to prevent and restrain the use thereof; and may also sue and recover damages for any injuries sustained by reason of such use and if the defendant shall have knowingly used such person’s name, portrait or picture in such manner as is forbidden or declared to be unlawful by the last section, the jury, in its discretion, may award exemplary damages. * * * [Emphasis supplied.]
It is to be noted that petitioner approved an outline of the play prior to Schary's actual writing thereof; and that Schary read the completed script to petitioner, his mother, and one of his brothers — at which time petitioner’s mother suggested a few minor factual changes which were then embodied in the play by Schary.
SEC. 104. COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES OR SICKNESS.
(a) In General. — * * * gross income does not include—
*******
(2) the amount of any damages received (whether by suit or agreement) on account of personal injuries or sickness;
By way of amplifying tlie hypothetical case mentioned in the Starrels case, we point out that a landowner has a right to he secure from invasion of his property by trespassers. But if for a consideration, he permits another to come upon his land and occupy the same, that consideration — which the law calls rent — is clearly compensatory and expressly includable in income by sec. 61(a)(5). Indeed, the present petitioner — like the landowner in the hypothetical case just posed — has a legally protected right; but petitioner — like that landholder — can forego the exercise of such right for a consideration. This petitioner’s consideration — like that received by the landholder — must, we believe, be included in income.
| CASELAW |
Chuck Todd: Dems could gain '40 to 60' seats in midterms | TheHill
NBC's Chuck Todd said Wednesday that Democrats could gain "40 to 60 seats" in the House this November if they have a performance like the one they had in Ohio's special election. "This is why Democrats are now heavy favorites to take control of the House," Todd, the host of "Meet The Press," said on "Today." "I think the question is, really, the size. Is it 30 seats, 40 seats, 50 seats? They have a night like this, like they did in Ohio, they could win 40 to 60 seats." His comments come as Republican candidate Troy Balderson holds a slim lead over Democrat Danny O'Connor in Ohio's 12th District — a district that President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE won by more than 10 points in the 2016 presidential election. To back his assessment, Todd noted that Republicans spent more than $3 million on this race and deployed Trump to the state to help energize Balderson's election effort. “They can’t do that in 435 districts at the same time in November,” he said, also adding that Democrats had not targeted the race in a similar way Republicans did. On Tuesday, Trump declared victory for Balderson, who led O'Connor 50.2–49.3 percent with 100 percent of the precincts reporting. But more than 3,300 provisional ballots had yet to be counted, leaving the outcome unknown. The district has been in Republican control for almost four decades. But O'Connor's performance has fueled optimism about the Democrats' prospects in this year's midterms. Democrats need a net gain of 23 seats to regain the House in November. "This gives me optimism," Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez said on CNN's "New Day" on Wednesday. "Not only about this seat but about other House seats, the U.S. senate, and governor’s races." View the discussion thread. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++98 %s -verify -fexceptions -fcxx-exceptions -pedantic-errors
// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++11 %s -verify -fexceptions -fcxx-exceptions -pedantic-errors
// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++14 %s -verify -fexceptions -fcxx-exceptions -pedantic-errors
// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++1z %s -verify -fexceptions -fcxx-exceptions -pedantic-errors
#if __cplusplus < 201103L
// expected-no-diagnostics
#endif
namespace dr1460 { // dr1460: 3.5
#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
namespace DRExample {
union A {
union {};
union {};
constexpr A() {}
};
constexpr A a = A();
union B {
union {};
union {};
constexpr B() = default;
};
constexpr B b = B();
union C {
union {};
union {};
};
constexpr C c = C();
#if __cplusplus > 201103L
constexpr void f() { C c; }
static_assert((f(), true), "");
#endif
}
union A {};
union B { int n; }; // expected-note +{{here}}
union C { int n = 0; };
struct D { union {}; };
struct E { union { int n; }; }; // expected-note +{{here}}
struct F { union { int n = 0; }; };
struct X {
friend constexpr A::A() noexcept;
friend constexpr B::B() noexcept; // expected-error {{follows non-constexpr declaration}}
friend constexpr C::C() noexcept;
friend constexpr D::D() noexcept;
friend constexpr E::E() noexcept; // expected-error {{follows non-constexpr declaration}}
friend constexpr F::F() noexcept;
};
// These are OK, because value-initialization doesn't actually invoke the
// constructor.
constexpr A a = A();
constexpr B b = B();
constexpr C c = C();
constexpr D d = D();
constexpr E e = E();
constexpr F f = F();
namespace Defaulted {
union A { constexpr A() = default; };
union B { int n; constexpr B() = default; }; // expected-error {{not constexpr}}
union C { int n = 0; constexpr C() = default; };
struct D { union {}; constexpr D() = default; };
struct E { union { int n; }; constexpr E() = default; }; // expected-error {{not constexpr}}
struct F { union { int n = 0; }; constexpr F() = default; };
struct G { union { int n = 0; }; union { int m; }; constexpr G() = default; }; // expected-error {{not constexpr}}
struct H {
union {
int n = 0;
};
union { // expected-note 2{{member not initialized}}
int m;
};
constexpr H() {} // expected-error {{must initialize all members}}
constexpr H(bool) : m(1) {}
constexpr H(char) : n(1) {} // expected-error {{must initialize all members}}
constexpr H(double) : m(1), n(1) {}
};
}
#if __cplusplus > 201103L
template<typename T> constexpr bool check() {
T t; // expected-note-re 2{{non-constexpr constructor '{{[BE]}}'}}
return true;
}
static_assert(check<A>(), "");
static_assert(check<B>(), ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{in call}}
static_assert(check<C>(), "");
static_assert(check<D>(), "");
static_assert(check<E>(), ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{in call}}
static_assert(check<F>(), "");
#endif
union G {
int a = 0; // expected-note {{previous initialization is here}}
int b = 0; // expected-error {{initializing multiple members of union}}
};
union H {
union {
int a = 0; // expected-note {{previous initialization is here}}
};
union {
int b = 0; // expected-error {{initializing multiple members of union}}
};
};
struct I {
union {
int a = 0; // expected-note {{previous initialization is here}}
int b = 0; // expected-error {{initializing multiple members of union}}
};
};
struct J {
union { int a = 0; };
union { int b = 0; };
};
namespace Overriding {
struct A {
int a = 1, b, c = 3;
constexpr A() : b(2) {}
};
static_assert(A().a == 1 && A().b == 2 && A().c == 3, "");
union B {
int a, b = 2, c;
constexpr B() : a(1) {}
constexpr B(char) : b(4) {}
constexpr B(int) : c(3) {}
constexpr B(const char*) {}
};
static_assert(B().a == 1, "");
static_assert(B().b == 2, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(B('x').a == 0, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(B('x').b == 4, "");
static_assert(B(123).b == 2, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(B(123).c == 3, "");
static_assert(B("").a == 1, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(B("").b == 2, "");
static_assert(B("").c == 3, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
struct C {
union { int a, b = 2, c; };
union { int d, e = 5, f; };
constexpr C() : a(1) {}
constexpr C(char) : c(3) {}
constexpr C(int) : d(4) {}
constexpr C(float) : f(6) {}
constexpr C(const char*) {}
};
static_assert(C().a == 1, "");
static_assert(C().b == 2, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(C().d == 4, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(C().e == 5, "");
static_assert(C('x').b == 2, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(C('x').c == 3, "");
static_assert(C('x').d == 4, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(C('x').e == 5, "");
static_assert(C(1).b == 2, "");
static_assert(C(1).c == 3, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(C(1).d == 4, "");
static_assert(C(1).e == 5, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(C(1.f).b == 2, "");
static_assert(C(1.f).c == 3, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(C(1.f).e == 5, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(C(1.f).f == 6, "");
static_assert(C("").a == 1, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(C("").b == 2, "");
static_assert(C("").c == 3, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(C("").d == 4, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
static_assert(C("").e == 5, "");
static_assert(C("").f == 6, ""); // expected-error {{constant}} expected-note {{read of}}
struct D;
extern const D d;
struct D {
int a;
union {
int b = const_cast<D&>(d).a = 1; // not evaluated
int c;
};
constexpr D() : a(0), c(0) {}
};
constexpr D d {};
static_assert(d.a == 0, "");
}
#endif
}
#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
namespace std {
typedef decltype(sizeof(int)) size_t;
// libc++'s implementation
template <class _E>
class initializer_list
{
const _E* __begin_;
size_t __size_;
initializer_list(const _E* __b, size_t __s)
: __begin_(__b), __size_(__s) {}
public:
typedef _E value_type;
typedef const _E& reference;
typedef const _E& const_reference;
typedef size_t size_type;
typedef const _E* iterator;
typedef const _E* const_iterator;
initializer_list() : __begin_(nullptr), __size_(0) {}
size_t size() const {return __size_;}
const _E* begin() const {return __begin_;}
const _E* end() const {return __begin_ + __size_;}
};
} // std
namespace dr1467 { // dr1467: 3.7 c++11
// List-initialization of aggregate from same-type object
namespace basic0 {
struct S {
int i = 42;
};
S a;
S b(a);
S c{a};
struct SS : public S { } x;
S y(x);
S z{x};
} // basic0
namespace basic1 {
struct S {
int i{42};
};
S a;
S b(a);
S c{a};
struct SS : public S { } x;
S y(x);
S z{x};
} // basic1
namespace basic2 {
struct S {
int i = {42};
};
S a;
S b(a);
S c{a};
struct SS : public S { } x;
S y(x);
S z{x};
} // basic2
namespace dr_example {
struct OK {
OK() = default;
OK(const OK&) = default;
OK(int) { }
};
OK ok;
OK ok2{ok};
struct X {
X() = default;
X(const X&) = default;
};
X x;
X x2{x};
} // dr_example
namespace nonaggregate {
struct NonAggregate {
NonAggregate() {}
};
struct WantsIt {
WantsIt(NonAggregate);
};
void f(NonAggregate);
void f(WantsIt);
void test1() {
NonAggregate n;
f({n});
}
void test2() {
NonAggregate x;
NonAggregate y{x};
NonAggregate z{{x}};
}
} // nonaggregate
namespace SelfInitIsNotListInit {
struct S {
S();
explicit S(S &);
S(const S &);
};
S s1;
S s2 = {s1}; // ok, not list-initialization so we pick the non-explicit constructor
}
struct NestedInit { int a, b, c; };
NestedInit ni[1] = {{NestedInit{1, 2, 3}}};
namespace NestedInit2 {
struct Pair { int a, b; };
struct TwoPairs { TwoPairs(Pair, Pair); };
struct Value { Value(Pair); Value(TwoPairs); };
void f() { Value{{{1,2},{3,4}}}; }
}
} // dr1467
namespace dr1490 { // dr1490: 3.7 c++11
// List-initialization from a string literal
char s[4]{"abc"}; // Ok
std::initializer_list<char>{"abc"}; // expected-error {{expected unqualified-id}}}
} // dr190
namespace dr1495 { // dr1495: 4
// Deduction succeeds in both directions.
template<typename T, typename U> struct A {}; // expected-note {{template is declared here}}
template<typename T, typename U> struct A<U, T> {}; // expected-error {{class template partial specialization is not more specialized}}
// Primary template is more specialized.
template<typename, typename...> struct B {}; // expected-note {{template is declared here}}
template<typename ...Ts> struct B<Ts...> {}; // expected-error {{not more specialized}}
// Deduction fails in both directions.
template<int, typename, typename ...> struct C {}; // expected-note {{template is declared here}}
template<typename ...Ts> struct C<0, Ts...> {}; // expected-error {{not more specialized}}
#if __cplusplus >= 201402L
// Deduction succeeds in both directions.
template<typename T, typename U> int a; // expected-note {{template is declared here}}
template<typename T, typename U> int a<U, T>; // expected-error {{variable template partial specialization is not more specialized}}
// Primary template is more specialized.
template<typename, typename...> int b; // expected-note {{template is declared here}}
template<typename ...Ts> int b<Ts...>; // expected-error {{not more specialized}}
// Deduction fails in both directions.
template<int, typename, typename ...> int c; // expected-note {{template is declared here}}
template<typename ...Ts> int c<0, Ts...>; // expected-error {{not more specialized}}
#endif
}
#endif | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Binding
When using the RadioGroup component, you can bind the radio button items by using the Items() method or the BindTo() method.
Items method
The example below demonstrates how to use the Items() method to configure the radio buttons in the RadioGroup widget.
@(Html.Kendo().RadioGroup()
.Name("radiogroup")
.Items(i =>
{
i.Add().Label("Phone (SMS)").Value("1");
i.Add().Label("E-mail").Value("2");
i.Add().Label("None").Value("3");
})
.Value("1")
)
<kendo-radiogroup name="radiogroup"
radio-name="radiogroup"
value="1">
<kendo-radiogroup-items>
<kendo-radiogroup-item label="Phone (SMS)" value="1"></kendo-radiogroup-item>
<kendo-radiogroup-item label="E-mail" value="2"></kendo-radiogroup-item>
<kendo-radiogroup-item label="None" value="3"></kendo-radiogroup-item>
</kendo-radiogroup-items>
</kendo-radiogroup>
BindTo method
You can configure the items in the RadioGroup widget by using the BindTo method.
1. Pass the data to the view through the view model.
public IActionResult Index()
{
var itemsList = new List<InputGroupItemModel>()
{
new InputGroupItemModel()
{
Label = "Yes",
Value = "one"
},
new InputGroupItemModel()
{
Label = "No",
Value = "two"
},
new InputGroupItemModel()
{
Label = "N/A",
Value = "three"
}
};
return View(new RadioGroupViewModel() { Items = itemsList });
}
public class RadioGroupViewModel
{
public List<InputGroupItemModel> Items { get; set; }
}
public class InputGroupItemModel : IInputGroupItem
{
public IDictionary<string, object> HtmlAttributes { get; set; }
public string CssClass { get; set; }
public bool? Enabled { get; set; }
public bool? Encoded { get; set; }
public string Label { get; set; }
public string Value { get; set; }
}
2. Add the RadioGroup to the view and bind it to a property of the view model.
@model MvcApplication1.Models.RadioGroupViewModel
@(Html.Kendo().RadioGroup()
.Name("radiogroup")
.BindTo(Model.Items)
)
@model MvcApplication1.Models.RadioGroupViewModel
<kendo-radiogroup name="radiogroup"
radio-name="radiogroup"
bind-to="Model.Items">
</kendo-radiogroup>
Model Binding
You can implement model binding both with local and remote data.
The RadioGroup component is not accustomed to complex object-binding scenarios.
Model Binding with Local Data
@model RadioGroupModel
@(Html.Kendo().RadioGroupFor(model => model.RadioGroupGroupValue)
.Name("radiogroup")
.Items(items =>
{
items.Add().Label("Phone (SMS)").Value("1");
items.Add().Label("E-mail").Value("2");
items.Add().Label("None").Value("3");
})
)
@model RadioGroupModel
<kendo-radiogroup for="RadioGroupGroupValue">
<kendo-radiogroup-items>
<kendo-radiogroup-item value="1" label="Phone (SMS)"></kendo-radiogroup-item>
<kendo-radiogroup-item value="2" label="E-mail"></kendo-radiogroup-item>
<kendo-radiogroup-item value="3" label="None"></kendo-radiogroup-item>
</kendo-radiogroup-items>
</kendo-radiogroup>
public IActionResult Index()
{
var model = new RadioGroupModel
{
RadioGroupGroupValue = new List<string>() { "1" }
};
return View(model);
}
public class RadioGroupModel
{
public string[] RadioGroupGroupValue { get; set; }
}
Model Binding with Remote Data
@model RadioGroupModel
@(Html.Kendo().RadioGroupFor(model => model.RadioGroupGroupValue)
.HtmlAttributes(new { style = "height: auto;" })
.Layout(radiogroupLayout.Vertical)
.BindTo((List<IInputGroupItem>)ViewData["radiogroupItems"])
)
@model RadioGroupModel
<kendo-radiogroup for="RadioGroupGroupValue"
value="Model.RadioGroupGroupValue"
bind-to='(List<IInputGroupItem>)ViewData["radiogroupItems"]'>
</kendo-radiogroup>
private List<InputGroupItemModel> GetRadioGroupItems()
=> new List<InputGroupItemModel>()
{
new InputGroupItemModel()
{
Label = "Yes",
Value = "one"
},
new InputGroupItemModel()
{
Label = "No",
Value = "two"
},
new InputGroupItemModel()
{
Label = "N/A",
Value = "three"
}
};
public IActionResult Index()
{
var model = new RadioGroupModel
{
RadioGroupGroupValue = new List<string>() { "one" }
};
ViewData["RadioGroupItems"] = GetRadioGroupItems();
return View(model);
}
public class RadioGroupModel
{
public string[] RadioGroupGroupValue { get; set; }
}
See Also
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Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 20.djvu/817
Rh house officers discovered clock-work machines loaded with dynamite concealed in barrels of cement just imported from this country, and Irish revolutionary patriots in America avowed that they had sent them to be used against England, and that they hoped by similar devices to render English vessels unsafe and unprofitable. Many remembered the project of Thomassen, years ago, for blowing up in mid-ocean a vessel on which he had goods heavily insured, and wondered whether such plans could indeed be extended to the shipping of a whole nation. There were like alarms later. The officers of the Bothnia were naturally disturbed when two strangers prowled through her passage-ways and, a few moments afterward, the carpets over which they had passed burst into flames from some novel combustible smeared upon them. In Liverpool a second discovery was reported of dynamite cartridges concealed in bales of cotton received from America, and believed to be destined to destroy mills at Oldham. All these were merely alarms. More lately an explosion of dynamite on board the Glasgow steamer Severn is reported to have killed nine persons and injured forty-three, four of these fatally. These things have brought to public notice the want of any distinct, efficient law to punish the sending of explosives on board ship with the purpose of destroying her on her voyage. If an explosion occurs, if life or property is destroyed, the general laws against murder, piracy, or defrauding insurers, would probably apply. But suppose the infernal machine is detected before injury is done, so that the offender can be charged only with having sent it aboard. Is there any sufficient law against this? No doubt the practical danger is small. Aside from the hope that villains capable of forming such a plot are very few in number, it is well known that most of the cargo of ocean-bound steamers is received direct from responsible exporting houses, and a stranger could scarcely obtain access to their packing-rooms in order to conceal cartridges in their merchandise. Still there must always be some tons of miscellaneous parcels, and the ship-owners can know little or nothing of the senders of these. It must always be possible for a schemer, under pretense of taking passage, to send a trunk aboard containing an infernal machine. How could this be discovered? But difficulty of detection is no reason why the public should not have the protection of a severe law for cases which may be detected. Such laws as exist are designed rather to forbid concealing the character of explosives in order to avoid the ship-owner's objection to take them, or his demand of a higher freight on the score of the danger, than to prevent the heinous offense of plotting the destruction of the vessel. For example, in New York city the authorities discovered that hands on board the Havana steamship Saratoga were concealing gunpowder packed in fourteen fifty-pound cans (seven hundred pounds in all), underneath berths in state-rooms. On a canal-boat were found forty boxes, each marked "I. R. P.," believed to mean "Irish Revolutionary | WIKI |
Talk:Nucleophilic substitution
Untitled
OK, how much does this need to not be a stub, I was doing some studying for an organic chem class and this told me exactly what I wanted. It is short and to the point, but it is basicly complete. Somebody agree that we can remove the stub classification?
image nucleophilic substitution in fact a nucleophilic addition
Hi Minestrone Soup, the image for nucleophilic substitution is in fact a nucleophilic addition. we need to solve this. V8rik 17:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
* I removed it, I didn't want people to get confused by this. The idea is fine, but we need a substitution, not an addition. Walkerma 18:37, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
primary, secondary, ... alkyl
It is not really useful, to link the three different alkyls all to alkan. Because there are not three different articles it would be more usefull to link just the first alkyl and the rest not! --Minihaa (talk) 21:40, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Carey and Sundberg
I highly recommend editors to consider consulting the two books produced by Francis A. Carey and Richard J. Sundberg about Advanced Organic Chemsitry. The two books are split into two parts "Part A: Structure and Mechanisms" and "Part B: Reactions and Synthesis". Zyvov 02:09, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
Aromatic nucleophilic substitution.
This wiki seems to be more aptly named "Aliphatic Nucleophilic Substitution." Missing info re Aromatic substitution or at least a link. Common industrial reaction. Like Naphthol from Naphthene Sulfonic acid. Replacement of anions meta to electron withdrawing groups. TaylorLeem (talk) 01:48, 23 September 2022 (UTC) | WIKI |
Managing coronavirus-related stress
As the new coronavirus continues to spread, so do feelings of stress and anxiety. Because many don’t know how they will be impacted, the uncertainty around the virus can be difficult to deal with.
“Depending on their age, personality traits and history, people react differently to stress,” said Shellie Fidell, Missouri Baptist Medical Center licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist.
Stress reactions can affect behavior and mood, as well as cause physical symptoms. If you are feeling the effects of stress from recent events, Shellie offers the following tips for coping and regaining balance.
#1 Limit media exposure.
To prevent information overload, stay informed but limit and take breaks from television, social media and other sources that broadcast news about the virus. Excessive news consumption typically does not provide additional or better information than if you check the news a couple of times a day.
“In today’s news cycle, we are flooded with information; a lot of it can be upsetting. For those experiencing stress, the constant reminders can result in overwhelming feelings, which can increase heightened stress and anxiety levels,” she explained.
Shellie added that relying on credible news sources like local health authorities, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) or the World Health Organization (WHO) can help lower feelings of panic and uncertainty.
MoBap along with BJC HealthCare is working in close partnership with local and state health departments, and following guidance from the CDC and WHO to give community members access to factual information and quality care.
“Furthermore, to reduce anxiety and fear, parents should also decide how much – and what – information to share with children so as not to overwhelm them,” Shellie cautioned.
#2 Stay connected.
Even though the community is practicing social distancing to minimize the risk of illness, Shellie says it’s important to remain connected to friends and family and not isolate oneself.
“Talking to trusted friends and loved ones through texting, phone calls and video calls can give support and perspective to someone experiencing stress,” she said. “Maintaining social connections can also boost happiness and lower anxiety and depression, even for introverts.”
She also advises sharing stories, laughing and talking about other things going on rather than centering the conversation around the virus.
Following her advice, Shelli has taken steps to remain connected. “I’ve started a virtual book club to stay in touch with friends. We chose a book to read and are scheduling a FaceTime call to discuss it.”
#3 Get physical activity and sunlight.
Physical activity is a proven coping technique for reducing stress. It can also improve sleep, as well as mood.
“If going outside for a bike ride, walk or run isn’t possible, there are several free online apps to help people become – or stay – active,” Shellie said. “Take this time to try something new, like Zumba, yoga or guided meditation.”
Shelli also recommends reaping the benefits of direct sunlight. “Spending too much time indoors under artificial light can cause feelings of sadness and tiredness,” she explained. “Stepping outside for fifteen minutes of sunlight and fresh air can help boost mood, energy and feelings of calm.”
#4 Focus on the present moment.
The current situation has left many feeling uncertain, worried and powerless about the future. To overcome these feelings, Shellie urges people to practice mindfulness by focusing on the present moment.
“Unlike the past or the future, the present is what we have control over,” she said. “I also encourage people to ask themselves, ‘What can I do today?’ The answer might be that today is the perfect time to declutter your home and ready items to donate to people in need. Helping others can make us feel better and help us gain a sense of control over our lives.”
As the community adjusts to changes in work and school schedules, focusing on the present moment also causes one to slow down. “If you find extra time in your day, fill it with an activity like reading, journaling, painting or coloring with your child, which can help to reduce feelings of stress.”
Ted Gallup, Missouri Baptist Medical Center physical therapist, adds that when experiencing stress reactions, relaxation is essential for helping the body cope. “Proper, deep breathing is perhaps the easiest and most important first step to help your body relax.”
In the article, “Mastering the Art of Proper Breathing,” Ted explains the deep breathing technique that can help keep stress in check and make intense experiences seem less threatening. To learn more, visit:
#5 Keep a routine.
Maintaining the structure of a daily routine can help people feel more in control during uncertain times. No matter what happens during the day, the stability of maintaining waking times, mealtimes and bedtimes can be a comfort.
“During this time, establishing a routine is important for adults, as well as kids,” Shellie said. “However, it’s important not to be too rigid with the structure. Give yourself latitude, and don’t beat yourself up if things don’t go exactly according to plan every day. These are different times.”
When to Seek Help
Shellie advises reaching out to your provider if you feel overwhelmed and unable to cope. “There are also hotlines like Behavioral Health Response that has 24/7 confidential telephone counseling to help people in a mental health crisis.” To learn more, visit: www.ddrb.org/resource/bhr-behavioral-health-response-crisis-hotline. Their hotline numbers are 314-469-6644 and 314-469-3638 (TTY).
The following resources can also provide help those who find themselves struggling during this time:
1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has a Disaster Distress Helpline (800-985-5990) that provides 24/7 crisis counseling and support to people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters. To Learn more, visit: www.samhsa.gov.
2. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) operates a helpline that provides information on mental health conditions, treatment options, local programs, recovery strategies, resource referral and support. To learn more, visit: www.nami.org. Their toll-free helpline, 800-950-6264, is available Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (EST). The St. Louis region has a NAMI chapter that can be reached at 314-962-4670.
This is a challenging time, and it is normal to feel heightened anxiety right now,” Shellie said. “By slowing down, knowing that you can only take this one day at a time, getting outside when possible and connecting to others virtually can help us focus productively on the concerns of the present instead of on unproductive ‘what-if’ scenarios of the future.” | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Variations in seasonal solar insolation are associated with a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder
Michael Bauer*, Tasha Glenn, Eric D. Achtyes, Martin Alda, Esen Agaoglu, Kürşat Altınbaş, Ole A. Andreassen, Elias Angelopoulos, Raffaella Ardau, Edgar Arrua Vares, Memduha Aydin, Yavuz Ayhan, Christopher Baethge, Rita Bauer, Bernhard T. Baune, Ceylan Balaban, Claudia Becerra-Palars, Aniruddh P. Behere, Prakash B. Behere, Habte BeleteTilahun Belete, Gabriel Okawa Belizario, Frank Bellivier, Robert H. Belmaker, Francesco Benedetti, Michael Berk, Yuly Bersudsky, Şule Bicakci, Harriet Birabwa-Oketcho, Thomas D. Bjella, Conan Brady, Jorge Cabrera, Marco Cappucciati, Angela Marianne Paredes Castro, Wei Ling Chen, Eric Y.Wo Cheung, Silvia Chiesa, Marie Crowe, Alessandro Cuomo, Sara Dallaspezia, Maria Del Zompo, Pratikkumar Desai, Seetal Dodd, Markus Donix, Bruno Etain, Andrea Fagiolini, Frederike T. Fellendorf, Ewa Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, Jess G. Fiedorowicz, Kostas N. Fountoulakis, Mark A. Frye, Pierre A. Geoffroy, Ana Gonzalez-Pinto, John F. Gottlieb, Paul Grof, Bartholomeus C.M. Haarman, Hirohiko Harima, Mathias Hasse-Sousa, Chantal Henry, Lone Høffding, Josselin Houenou, Massimiliano Imbesi, Erkki T. Isometsä, Maja Ivkovic, Sven Janno, Simon Johnsen, Flávio Kapczinski, Gregory N. Karakatsoulis, Mathias Kardell, Lars Vedel Kessing, Seong Jae Kim, Barbara König, Timur L. Kot, Michael Koval, Mauricio Kunz, Beny Lafer, Mikael Landén, Erik R. Larsen, Melanie Lenger, Ute Lewitzka, Rasmus W. Licht, Carlos Lopez-Jaramillo, Alan MacKenzie, Helle Østergaard Madsen, Simone Alberte Kongstad A. Madsen, Jayant Mahadevan, Agustine Mahardika, Mirko Manchia, Wendy Marsh, Monica Martinez-Cengotitabengoa, Klaus Martiny, Yuki Mashima, Declan M. McLoughlin, Ybe Meesters, Ingrid Melle, Fátima Meza-Urzúa, Mok Yee Ming, Scott Monteith, Muthukumaran Moorthy, Gunnar Morken, Enrica Mosca, Anton A. Mozzhegorov, Rodrigo Munoz, Starlin V. Mythri, Fethi Nacef, Ravi K. Nadella, Takako Nakanotani, René Ernst Nielsen, Claire O‘Donovan, Adel Omrani, Yamima Osher, Uta Ouali, Maja Pantovic-Stefanovic, Pornjira Pariwatcharakul, Joanne Petite, Andrea Pfennig, Yolanda Pica Ruiz, Maximilian Pilhatsch, Marco Pinna, Maurizio Pompili, Richard Porter, Danilo Quiroz, Francisco Diego Rabelo-da-Ponte, Raj Ramesar, Natalie Rasgon, Woraphat Ratta-apha, Michaela Ratzenhofer, Maria Redahan, M. S. Reddy, Andreas Reif, Eva Z. Reininghaus, Jenny Gringer Richards, Philipp Ritter, Janusz K. Rybakowski, Leela Sathyaputri, Ângela M. Scippa, Christian Simhandl, Emanuel Severus, Daniel Smith, José Smith, Paul W. Stackhouse, Dan J. Stein, Kellen Stilwell, Sergio Strejilevich, Kuan Pin Su, Mythily Subramaniam, Ahmad Hatim Sulaiman, Kirsi Suominen, Andi J. Tanra, Yoshitaka Tatebayashi, Wen Lin Teh, Leonardo Tondo, Carla Torrent, Daniel Tuinstra, Takahito Uchida, Arne E. Vaaler, Julia Veeh, Eduard Vieta, Biju Viswanath, Maria Yoldi-Negrete, Oguz Kaan Yalcinkaya, Allan H. Young, Yosra Zgueb, Peter C. Whybrow
*Corresponding author for this work
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorder is associated with circadian disruption and a high risk of suicidal behavior. In a previous exploratory study of patients with bipolar I disorder, we found that a history of suicide attempts was associated with differences between winter and summer levels of solar insolation. The purpose of this study was to confirm this finding using international data from 42% more collection sites and 25% more countries.
METHODS: Data analyzed were from 71 prior and new collection sites in 40 countries at a wide range of latitudes. The analysis included 4876 patients with bipolar I disorder, 45% more data than previously analyzed. Of the patients, 1496 (30.7%) had a history of suicide attempt. Solar insolation data, the amount of the sun's electromagnetic energy striking the surface of the earth, was obtained for each onset location (479 locations in 64 countries).
RESULTS: This analysis confirmed the results of the exploratory study with the same best model and slightly better statistical significance. There was a significant inverse association between a history of suicide attempts and the ratio of mean winter insolation to mean summer insolation (mean winter insolation/mean summer insolation). This ratio is largest near the equator which has little change in solar insolation over the year, and smallest near the poles where the winter insolation is very small compared to the summer insolation. Other variables in the model associated with an increased risk of suicide attempts were a history of alcohol or substance abuse, female gender, and younger birth cohort. The winter/summer insolation ratio was also replaced with the ratio of minimum mean monthly insolation to the maximum mean monthly insolation to accommodate insolation patterns in the tropics, and nearly identical results were found. All estimated coefficients were significant at p < 0.01.
CONCLUSION: A large change in solar insolation, both between winter and summer and between the minimum and maximum monthly values, may increase the risk of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder. With frequent circadian rhythm dysfunction and suicidal behavior in bipolar disorder, greater understanding of the optimal roles of daylight and electric lighting in circadian entrainment is needed.
Original languageEnglish
Article number26
Number of pages14
JournalInternational Journal of Bipolar Disorders
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1-Sept-2021
Keywords
• Bipolar disorder
• Circadian
• Psychiatry
• Seasonal variation
• Solar insolation
• Suicide
• Sunlight
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