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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spamusement!
The result was d elete. - Mailer Diablo 19:29, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Spamusement!
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Article makes no claims of notability that would satisfy WP:WEB. Contested prod. Brad Beattie (talk) 22:16, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
* Delete, NN webcomic, Alexa rank 60K. --Dhartung | Talk 06:18, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
* Delete, doesn't meet our notability or verifiablity standards. With no decent references, the article is all original research and personal point of view. -- Dragonfiend 17:54, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
* Delete lack of independent sources. Guy (Help!) 13:14, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
* Delete per lack of notability (WP:WEB). Insane phantom (my Editor Review) 12:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
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PiHole adblocker and Electron setup
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In case this helps…
I just set up a new Electron for the first time in a long time. After spending a frustrating hour or so trying different browsers to get past the spinning logo at the “enter sim” step in the instructions I remembered the post about disabling ad blockers and also remembered that I have PiHole running. I tend to forget that; it’s just so seamless in the background of my network.
Disabling PiHole for five minutes solved the problem. Posted in case it helps someone else down the line.
Keywords: Electron, sim card, setup
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Thank you for posting this! I am going to solve it since you have posted a solution.
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I’m using pi hole on my network as well, after recently installing it on one of my virtual machines on my home server.
Would it also work if the domains were whitelisted by pi hole?
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One would think whitelisting would work. Thing is, before trying disabling PiHole I looked in the logs for a Particle domain to whitelist and did not find one that had been blocked. Maybe I missed it, maybe something else happened. I don’t have a definitive answer unfortunately.
PS - happy to help test. Would unclaiming and reclaiming cause any issues?
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Did you guys make in progress on this? I installed a PiHole today and shortly after all of my Particle devices disconnected. The particle domain (device.spark.io) is white listed.
The weird part is that the device will connect to the cloud, but after a few hours it starts to breath green. A reset allows it to connect to the cloud, but it will fail again
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Format Date in ifelse function
I have two columns (symtpom_onset; and test_positive.
So now I want to transfer the information of test_positive to symptom_onset column. With condition, if symptom_onset is missing value.
And here my code
mutate(symptom_onset = ifelse(is.na(symptom_onset),(test_positive), symptom_onset))
=> the problem is the result of symptom_onset column was show different format date.
How can I fit it?
Hi!
To help us help you, could you please prepare a reproducible example (reprex) illustrating your issue? Please have a look at this guide, to see how to create one:
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In here, I have A, B colums by date. my concept is if A missing value then B - 21. I wrote the function:
data2 <- data1 %>% mutate(A=ifelse(is.na(A)==TRUE, B-21, B))
However, the result showed not format date by A colums.
Pls help me to solove?
Hi @Drdinhluong,
Here is how to use ifelse in the situation you describe:
suppressPackageStartupMessages(library(tidyverse))
df <- data.frame(A = c(NA, "2021-04-09", NA, "2021-04-21", NA),
B = c("2021-05-03", NA, "2021-05-05", "2021-05-02", "2021-05-05"))
df
#> A B
#> 1 <NA> 2021-05-03
#> 2 2021-04-09 <NA>
#> 3 <NA> 2021-05-05
#> 4 2021-04-21 2021-05-02
#> 5 <NA> 2021-05-05
# Check that the ifelse logic is correct
ifelse(is.na(df$A), df$B, df$A)
#> [1] "2021-05-03" "2021-04-09" "2021-05-05" "2021-04-21" "2021-05-05"
# Make changes to dataframe
df %>%
mutate(A = ifelse(is.na(A), B, A) ) -> df
df
#> A B
#> 1 2021-05-03 2021-05-03
#> 2 2021-04-09 <NA>
#> 3 2021-05-05 2021-05-05
#> 4 2021-04-21 2021-05-02
#> 5 2021-05-05 2021-05-05
Created on 2021-06-18 by the reprex package (v2.0.0)
As @andresrcs suggests, your Reproducible Example should include some relevant data in text form (not just a screenshot from your monitor) because otherwise in order to help you someone has to type that data in to demonstrate a solution.
HTH
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Hi DavoWW
Thank for your support.
I make at step # Check that the ifelse logic is correct
so the result is not logic, BUT incuba.data1 is data.frame. I checked it
Pls, help me.
maybe sometimes when A is na, B might also be NA , so replacing A with B still gives you NA's ?
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hashimoto s linked to autism copy
Managing your hypothyroidism isn’t just about losing weight and having warm hands and feet. If you’re a woman who could get pregnant, it could play a role in whether you have a child with autism. A 2015 Finnish study that looked at risk factors associated with autism found that women who tested positive for autoimmune hypothyroidism, or Hashimoto’s, were more 80 percent more likely to give birth to a child who developed autism than women who did not.
Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system destroys the thyroid. But Hashimoto’s is only one of many autoimmune diseases. Autoimmunity means the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the very thing it was designed to protect — you. Which organ, gland, tissue, or chemical the immune system attacks depends on different factors, such as genetic predisposition and what triggered the autoimmunity. For instance, certain foods or chemicals are linked with certain autoimmune conditions. Rates of autoimmune disease are skyrocketing and many people go undiagnosed for years or a lifetime despite symptoms.
Similar studies have also made correlations between autoimmune diseases in the mother and increased risk of autism in their offspring. For instance, celiac disease, type 1 diabetes, and inflammatory bowel conditions have also been suggested as links to autism.
Why maternal autoimmunity can cause autism
Why can maternal autoimmunity cause autism in a child? Immune cells, called antibodies, that coordinate attack of the mother’s body in autoimmunity can be passed to the child. This can cause the child to be born with an autoimmune reaction already taking place in his or her body. In some case of autism, they are finding that these children are born with autoimmune attacks happening in the brain.
Evidence of this was demonstrated in a startling way when scientists injected one group of pregnant monkeys with antibodies taken from human mothers with autistic children. Another group of pregnant monkeys was injected with antibodies taken from mothers of neurotypical children. Compared to the control group, the monkeys who received the antibodies from mothers of autistic children gave birth to monkeys who grew to demonstrate atypical social behavior.
Manage autoimmunity before pregnancy
If you’re a woman who would like to get pregnant, it’s important to screen for and appropriately manage any autoimmune condition you may have. For instance, if you have Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism, it’s not enough to just take thyroid hormone. If you leave the autoimmune component of your thyroid condition unchecked, it could lead to more autoimmune diseases and you are at risk of passing the autoimmune antibodies to your child.
Managing autoimmunity is a comprehensive dietary and lifestyle approach designed to regulate an overzealous immune system so it does not attack the body. People with unchecked autoimmunity tend to be in very inflammatory states. Autoimmune management involves a comprehensive diet to reduce this inflammation.
Sometimes chemicals or metals can trigger or exacerbate autoimmunity, so it’s good to screen for that as well with the Cyrex Array 11 Chemical Immune Reactivity Screen This doesn’t tell you the quantity of chemicals or metals in your body like other tests, but rather whether your immune system is reacting to them. This is vital information when you have autoimmunity.
Lifestyle factors such as chronic stress, too little sleep, an unhealthy relationship, a job you hate, and other negative influences can also raise inflammation and provoke autoimmunity. These are important factors to consider as well when managing an autoimmune disease.
It’s vital to shore up your health, balance your immune system, and manage any known or undiagnosed autoimmune reactions before getting pregnant. This will increase the likelihood of having a neurologically healthy child. Ask my office for more pre-conception advice.
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Larry and Danny Ranes
Larry Lee Ranes (March 22, 1945 – November 12, 2023) and Danny Arthur Ranes (October 20, 1943 – January 29, 2022) were American serial killer brothers who committed their crime sprees predominantly in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Larry, a suspect in the murders of five people in the 1960s, was sentenced to life imprisonment for one murder in 1964; Danny was convicted of four sexually-motivated murders between March and August 1972 with accomplice Brent Eugene Koster (born October 10, 1956), for which both were sentenced to life imprisonment. Their case is notable for the fact that, unlike other siblings who engage in crime, Larry and Danny operated completely independently of one another.
Biographies
Danny and Larry Ranes were born on October 20, 1943, and March 22, 1945, respectively, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Influenced by their father's authoritarian parenting, the two brothers constantly competed with one another, often fighting over a handful of cents, in addition to being persuaded to drink alcoholic beverages. In 1954, their father abandoned the family and moved to Florida, where he found a job as a gas station attendant.
In 1958, 13-year-old Larry met a 23-year-old neighbor named Sue, a mother with three children. Over the next few years, he began to spend much of his free time with her and took part in raising her children, eventually beginning an intimate relationship with her. In the early 1960s, both brothers began dating a girl named Kathy from their high school. The impact of dating two different women took a toll on Larry's academic performance, causing him to drop out during the tenth grade and turn toward a life of crime. In 1962, Larry, together with a friend, stole a car, but both were quickly arrested. The district attorney's office offered to nullify Larry's sentence if he agreed to enlist in the United States Army, which he did.
Larry garnered a negative reputation not long after his enlistment, being repeatedly disciplined for misconduct and chronic alcoholism. In the meantime, his brother Danny married Kathy and had two children. In 1963, Larry attacked a colleague in a drunken stupor, which resulted in his dismissal from the Army and eventual return to Kalamazoo.
Larry repeatedly begged Sue to marry him but was refused each time. Devastated by her refusals, he attempted to take his own life on December 23, 1963, by trying to suffocate himself by inhaling exhaust fumes from his 1958 Plymouth Plaza. Larry was rescued by a police officer and was taken to the Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital, where he remained for ten days.
Murder of Gary Smock
On May 30, 1964, Larry, posing as a hitchhiker, was given a lift by 30-year-old Gary Albert Smock, a Plymouth schoolteacher passing through Kalamazoo. During the trip, Larry brandished a weapon and forced Smock climb into his trunk, in which he was subsequently locked in. While continuing the trip, Smock attempted to get out of the car, after which Larry stopped the car, tied him up and then shot him twice in the back of the head. Larry then stole $3 and other items of material value, before leaving the car on the side of the road, where it was discovered a few hours later by a police officer.
Over the next few months, Larry told a number of acquaintances about the murder, resulting in his arrest in the early morning of June 5, 1964, in front of his friend's house. He offered no resistance during the arrest, and readily admitted to killing Smock, with items later identified as belonging to Smock by relatives and friends being found in his possession.
When Larry was taken to the police station, he confessed that he had killed four other people during hold-ups at various gas stations: he confessed to the May 30 murder of 33-year-old Charles E. Snider in Elkhart, Indiana; the murder of an Air Force serviceman in Paw Paw, Michigan; the murder of a man in Las Vegas, Nevada; and another man in Kentucky. Larry was unable to name three of his victims, but investigators suspected that one of them might have been 21-year-old Vernon La Benne, a serviceman from Southfield, Michigan. While working at a gas station near Battle Creek, La Benne was shot dead on April 6, a day before he was due to be married. According to Larry, he committed all the murders for robbery, and after having consumed all the food and alcohol, he intended to take his own life but never went through with it.
Larry was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, which declared him insane. The examining doctors concluded that the psychological trauma of his childhood abuse caused him to develop a subconscious hatred towards gas stations, as they reminded him of his father.
Larry's trial began on September 29, 1964. On October 8, by jury verdict, he was found guilty of the murder of Gary Smock, and on October 23, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
Danny's killing spree
After his brother's conviction, Danny began frequently arguing with his wife, as well as demonstrating worsening sexual behavior. In November 1968, he attacked 18-year-old Dorothy King in Battle Creek, taking control of her car at gunpoint. Danny attempted to drive to the outskirts of town so he could rape her, but King managed to escape when he took a wrong turn near the Kellogg Community College, after which he threw away his gun and fled. Danny's car was later found in the parking lot of the pharmacy where King worked and was attacked, and after being identified by the victim, he was arrested.
On February 4, 1969, Danny was found guilty of the felonious assault on King, and on April 15 he was sentenced to three to four years imprisonment. During Danny's imprisonment, his wife divorced him. He was granted parole on February 17, 1972, returned to Kalamazoo and got a job as a gas station operator. During this period, he met 15-year-old vagrant Brent Eugene Koster, a local youth with a troubled family life on account of his schizophrenic mother and alcoholic father. After meeting Koster, Danny provided him with accommodation in one of his girlfriends' trailers and got him a job. With no other role models in his life, and given his age and Danny helping him, Koster would later be easily led into becoming his accomplice.
On July 5, 1972, Danny and Koster raped and killed 19-year-old Chicagoans Linda Clark and Claudia Bidstrup at a gas station near I-94, where Danny was working at the time. After killing them, the pair wrapped the victims' bodies in a blanket and placed them in the back of their car. Koster then drove the car into a wooded area near Galesburg, where he set it on fire to remove potentially incriminating evidence. Clark and Bidstrup's remains were found fourteen days later by a passing motorcyclist.
On August 5, while driving near the Western Michigan University, Danny and Koster picked up 18-year-old hitchhiker Pamela Fearnow. Threatening the girl with a knife, they took Fearnow to the woodlands surrounding Morrow Lake, near Comstock Township, where they raped her several times before Danny strangled her using a plastic bag.
Despite Danny's instructions, Koster revealed his guilt in the murders to several street workers in September, one of whom turned out to be an informant. He was arrested on September 5, 1972, and interrogated, readily admitting his guilt in the killings and implicating Danny, who was arrested that same evening. During interrogation, Koster also claimed that Danny had confided to him that he had kidnapped, raped and killed 28-year-old Patricia Howk on March 19. Based on his testimony and other incriminating evidence, Danny was charged with the four murders in October 1972.
At Danny's trial, Koster acted as a key witness for the prosecution. Danny was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing Fearnow and second-degree murder for killing Howk; he was sentenced to life without parole on August 9, 1973. He pleaded no contest to second-degree murder for killings Clark and Bidstrup and was given two additional life terms. As part of a plea deal, Koster was charged with second-degree murder in the Clark case, to which he pleaded guilty. On July 21, 1975, he was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. The judge told Koster that he deserved to die in prison and that people like him were why some wanted capital punishment brought back to Michigan.
Aftermath
Following their convictions, the Ranes brothers were housed in various penitentiary institutions across Michigan. In the early 1970s, following his brother's conviction, Larry officially changed his name to Monk Steppenwolf, after the protagonist of the Hermann Hesse novel Steppenwolf, which he had read in 1967. While imprisoned, Larry maintained contact with his brother's ex-wife, who married him on March 22, 1976, on his 31st birthday. In August 1986, Larry was visited by journalists in prison for an interview, in which he spoke about being visited by his mother, sister and another woman with whom he had been in a relationship for three years. He spoke impartially about Danny, stating that they had not spoken to one another since the late 1960s. He claimed that, due to the severity of his brother's crimes, the family name became a personification of evil, and a main reason why he legally changed his name.
Larry additionally claimed to have made several unsuccessful attempts to commit suicide by hanging and by ingesting lacquer thinner and gelatin capsules, all of which occurred in the mid-1960s. In the early 1970s he took up bodybuilding, but at one point stopped playing sports and refused to eat for twenty-nine days, nearly dying from cachexia in the process.
Larry stated that while serving his sentence, he earned a living through usury and social activities, sewing slippers and drawing. He told an interviewer that he had read many books, filling his educational gaps and developing his eloquence, for which he gained a reputation amongst other inmates as a skilled manipulator. According to his claims, during his twenty-two years in prison, Larry had a total of four affairs with four different women, two of which began in prison. In the late 1970s, Larry faced disciplinary action after prison officials learned of a conspiracy by eight inmates to kill another prisoner with a homemade crossbow which Larry designed. Additionally, Larry alleged rampant corruption within the prison, which he and a number of other inmates used to gain access to marijuana.
Larry Ranes died at the Saginaw Correctional Facility on November 12, 2023. His brother, Danny Ranes, died of natural causes at Lakeland Correctional Facility, on January 29, 2022. He was 78-years-old.
Danny's accomplice, Brent Koster, underwent many sex offender rehabilitation programs and earned a law degree. He was an exemplary prisoner according to prison officials, but nonetheless had his parole applications consistently denied. In September 2020, at yet another parole hearing, the commission, taking into account his apparent remorse and the young age during which he committed his crimes, finally approved his application, as he was considered unlikely to reoffend. After spending forty-eight years in prison, the 64-year-old Koster was released from the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility on January 21, 2021. He will be fully discharged from his sentence on January 21, 2025.
At his final parole hearing, Koster admitted there "was no doubt" that he deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison, agreeing with what the judge told him during his initial sentencing hearing nearly fifty years previously. However, he said he wanted a chance to contribute to society as a free citizen:
"'I would like to be given the opportunity to serve the rest of my remaining days in a free community, rather than die in prison. I realize what I did. I realize that it is horribly wrong. But there are circumstances that got me involved in this and one of them is — I mean, I know it’s rare form to blame the co-defendant, but I was — well, shall we say, under the influence — not — I know what I did. I accept responsibility for that. But if it was not for my co-defendant, I would not be sitting here.'"
Koster gave a full admission of guilt. He said Danny had told him to assist in strangling Clark and Bidstrup with rope. Koster also admitted that while Danny assisted him with killing Bidstrup, he killed Clark himself. "I was hesitant, but I’m knee-deep into this crime," he said at the hearing.
Koster expressed remorse for the murders, saying, "It must have been horrible. I know that. I can’t even begin to realize the pain and suffering that they went through. The only thing I can compare it to is when I lost my father and my mother and the pain and hurt that I went through. But I can imagine it would nowhere compare to what the families went through."
A prison legal service supervisor for Koster and a prison legal service volunteer said she believed Koster was remorseful and ashamed of his participation in the murders. While acknowledging the horrific nature of his crimes, Jacqueline McKinnon said "but he is an adult now. He is not a 15-year-old. I have not seen any evidence whatsoever in the 19 years that I’ve known him that he is impulsive or a predator or anything but responsible and contrite and remorseful for his crimes."
In the media
* The 1987 book Luke Karamazov, written by Conrad Hilberry and Emanuel Tanay, was based on the crimes of the two brothers.
* The 2023 film He Went That Way, directed by Jeffrey Darling is inspired by the novel Luke Karamazov by Conrad Hilberry and based on the real-life account of celebrity animal trainer Dave Pitts who was the sole survivor of Larry's killing spree. The cast includes Zachary Quinto, Jacob Elordi and Patrick J. Adams.
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List of Coachella Valley Firebirds seasons
The Coachella Valley Firebirds are a professional ice hockey team based in Southern California's Coachella Valley. They are members of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference of the American Hockey League (AHL). The Firebirds began play in the 2022–23 AHL season. The team is an owned-and-operated affiliate of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Seattle Kraken. The team plays their home games at Acrisure Arena in the town of Thousand Palms, California. As of the end of their inaugural 2022–23 season, the Firebirds have won 48 regular season games, one playoff appearance, and one conference championship.
Their inaugural season was very successful. They placed second in their division, as well as second in the league, behind only the Calgary Wranglers, with 103 points. In the Calder Cup playoffs, the Firebirds would reach the Finals before losing in overtime of game seven to the Hershey Bears. They would pull a similar feat in their second season, reaching the Finals before losing to the Bears again, this time in overtime of game six.
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Genetic skin diseases constitute a diverse group of several hundred diseases that affect up to 2% of the population and include common disease such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and wound healing. Patients with one genetic disease, dystrophic Epidermolysis bullosa (EB), lack a normal collagen VII (COL7A1) gene and suffer from debilitating blistering which leads to chronic wounds and scarring that can be lethal by young adulthood. The disease is devastating and despite all efforts, current therapy for DEB is limited to wound care. For recessive dystrophic EB (RDEB) where there is no COL7A1 protein, our EB Disease team has shown that retroviral delivery of the COL7A1 using gene transfer provides a powerful disease modifying activity as autologous, cell-based therapy. In this process, the patient’ own cells can be induced to make normal collagen VII. The patients can then receive their own corrected cells back onto their skin. While successful, our initial approach cannot treat many dominantly inherited diseases such as dominant dystrophic EB (DDEB) where a poison subunit inhibits the function of the normal protein. Recent development of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells that are generated from the somatic cells of individual patients could provide an ideal source of therapy. Because of recent advances by our team and others in stem cell technology, our hypothesis is that we can create genetically corrected iPS cells for dominant skin diseases such as DDEB as well as recessive diseases such as RDEB. The goal of the EB Disease team is to develop iPS cells of patients with DEB and genetically correct the patient’s own collagen VII defect. We then plan to convert the iPS cell back into skin cells that can be grafted onto the patient’s wounds. We plan to develop the processes necessary for iPS cell generation, genetic correction and development of a product that can be grafted back onto the patient’s own skin. We will be working within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in order to create this process while meeting the requirement for successful drug development. Among the FDA requirements are Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) documenting the purity of the created drug.
We have made significant scientific progress during the first year of this grant. Using GMP methods we have developed the initial tools required for successful iPS cell development which will meet the FDA requirements for drug development. We have generated iPS cell lines from subjects with documented DEB and began the processes necessary for genetic correction and future skin grafting of the corrected cells back onto the patient. We are doing extensive testing of the iPS-derived skin cells using human skin tissue models to ensure the safety and efficacy of these cells. Soon we will work together with the FDA and our collaborators to generate patient-specific skin grafts. The ability to therapeutically reprogram and replace diseased skin would allow this procedure to develop therapeutic reprogramming approaches for a variety of both common and life-threatening skin diseases. Moreover, genetically-corrected pluripotent iPS cells could form the basis of future systemic therapies to other organs besides the skin to treat common genetic disorders.
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This photo was taken in July 1913 by French photographer Albert Kahn. Albert Kahn was a millionaire banker who pioneered color photography using the process invented by the Lumière brothers. During his trip through exotic countries, Albert Kahn visited Mongolia where he took this picture of a woman who was condemned to slow and painful starvation by being deposited in a remote desert inside a wooden crate that was to become her tomb.
Initially, the bowls on the ground had water in them, though was not intentionally refilled, and the person inside was allowed to beg for food which often just prolonged their suffering as they generally didn’t get enough food for the passersby. The photographer had to leave her in the box because it would be against a prime directive of anthropologists to intervene in another culture’s law and order system.
The photo was first published in the 1922 issue of National Geographic under the caption “Mongolian prisoner in a box”. It was the publishers who made the claim that the woman was condemned to die of starvation as a punishment for adultery. Since then, many people expressed doubts over the story, although the authenticity of the photo is undisputed.
Immurement (from Latin im- “in” and mūrus “wall”; literally “walling in”) is a form of imprisonment, usually for life, in which a person is placed within an enclosed space with no exits. This includes instances where people have been enclosed in extremely tight confinement, such as within a coffin.
When used as a means of execution, the prisoner is simply left to die from starvation or dehydration. Immurement was practiced in Mongolia as recently as the early 20th century. It is not necessarily clear that all thus immured were meant to die of starvation, though.
In a newspaper report from 1914, it is written: “..the prisons and dungeons of the Far Eastern country contain a number of refined Chinese shut up for life in heavy iron-bound coffins, which do not permit them to sit upright or lie down. These prisoners see daylight for only a few minutes daily when the food is thrown into their coffins through a small hole”.
(Photo credit: The Dawn of the Color Photograph: Albert Kahn’s Archives of the Planet).
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Going Above and Beyond: Exploring the Science of Flight
The science of flight has long been a source of fascination for humans, from the earliest attempts to lift oneself off the ground to the more advanced aircrafts of today. From Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches of flying machines to the Wright Brothers’ first successful powered flight in 1903, the human race has continued to push the boundaries of aviation. Today, aerospace engineers and scientists strive to develop more efficient aircraft, explore new frontiers of space travel, and ultimately increase the understanding of the science of flight.
At its core, the science of flight is the study of how lift and thrust are generated, as well as how air behaves and interacts with objects in motion. To understand the basics of flight, one must have a general understanding of aerodynamics—the study of how air moves around and affects objects, such as planes and helicopters. Aerodynamics is divided into two main categories: lift and drag.
Lift is the force that is generated by the wings of an aircraft and is the result of the difference in pressure on the top and bottom surfaces of the wings. When air passes over the wings, the air on the top surface moves faster than the air on the bottom surface. This difference in speed creates a difference in pressure, which then generates lift. The amount of lift generated depends on the angle of attack of the wings, the shape of the wings, and the airspeed.
Drag, on the other hand, is the force that resists the motion of an aircraft through the air. This force is generated by the friction between the air and the aircraft’s surface. Drag is affected by the design of the aircraft, its weight, and the airspeed. In order to reduce drag, aircraft designers use streamlined shapes, smooth surfaces, and airfoils.
In addition to lift and drag, airplanes also rely on thrust to generate forward motion. Thrust is the force that is generated by the engines of an airplane and is responsible for pushing the plane forward. The amount of thrust generated depends on the engine’s design and the amount of fuel being burned.
Another important aspect of the science of flight is stability. Aircraft must be able to maintain a steady course in the air and be able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in the environment. To achieve this, aircraft incorporate a variety of control surfaces, such as ailerons, elevators, rudders, and spoilers. These surfaces can be adjusted to provide the necessary lift and drag forces to keep the aircraft on course.
The science of flight is also closely linked to the study of propulsion, which involves understanding how to generate the necessary thrust to move an aircraft forward. There are many different types of propulsion systems, such as jet engines, turboprops, and rockets. Each system works differently and has different advantages and disadvantages.
Finally, the science of flight is also closely connected to the study of navigation. Navigation involves understanding how to determine an aircraft’s position and how to direct it to its destination. This includes understanding the basics of flight planning, instrument flying, and air traffic control.
The science of flight is a complex and fascinating field. It involves understanding the basics of aerodynamics, lift and drag, thrust, stability, propulsion, and navigation. By studying the science of flight, aerospace engineers and scientists can continue to advance our understanding of the laws of the sky and ultimately develop even more efficient and reliable aircraft.
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Kirk Ella
Kirk Ella is a village and civil parish on the western outskirts of Kingston upon Hull, approximately 5 mi west of the city centre, situated in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The parish includes West Ella.
Kirk Ella has been a village since at least the 11th century: it remained a relatively unimportant hamlet until the 18th and 19th centuries, when it became a location of choice for merchants of Hull wishing to live outside the city. Several large houses were built during this period, without any substantial increase in village population. After the 1920s, the village grew substantially, with large amounts of high quality housing surrounding the traditional village centre. The village continued to grow during the second half of the 20th century, becoming a large suburb, contiguous with Anlaby and Willerby.
The civil parish is called "Kirk Ella and West Ella".
Geography
Kirk Ella is primarily residential, but has a few shops. Modern Kirk Ella is contiguous with the suburbs of Willerby to the north; and Anlaby to the east; the village of West Ella is to the west, separated by a golf course; to the south is Hessle separated by under 1 km of fields.
The village skirts the foothills of the Yorkshire Wolds to the west, and rises from around 10 to(-) above sea level east to west. Housing stock is affluent, much of it detached or semi detached, with large back gardens; street layouts are irregular, curved, with no main roads passing through the village. Much of the housing development is to the south-east of the original village centre, and church. An area of Kirk Ella including the church, Church Lane, and parts of Packman Lane and Godmans Lane has been designated a conservation area (since 1974), mainly due to its interesting and varied housing stock. The large gardens in much of the village contribute to a wide variety of native and non-native trees and bushes, and thriving wildlife.
Kirk Ella lies within the Parliamentary constituency of Haltemprice and Howden.
The farm known as Kirk Ella Grange is to the north-west, far outside the village, halfway between Raywell and West Ella.
The civil parish is located at the north-western edge of the suburbs of Kingston upon Hull, within the East Riding of Yorkshire. The parish is bounded by the former route of the Hull and Barnsley Railway to the north-east, including an embanked section, and part of the route converted to the B1232 road; by the A164 road to the west and north-west; and by the B1231 to the south.
The parish covers an area of 523.715 ha, and is situated at heights of between 10 and 60 m above sea level, rising east to west.
Kirk Ella forms much of the eastern part of the parish, and its urban spread is contiguous with Willerby and Anlaby outside the parish to the north-east and east. The western part of the parish includes the small village of West Ella, and undeveloped land, including a golf course, and woods. The civil parishes of Anlaby with Anlaby Common, Swanland, Skidby and Willerby are to the south, west, north-west, and north-east respectively.
According to the 2011 UK census, the parish had a population of 5,638, a decrease on the 2001 UK census figure of 5,661.
Early history
* Known archaically as Aluengi (Domesday Book), or Kirk-Elveley.
The name "Kirk Ella" is thought to derive from the Old English, and mean "Aelf(a)'s Woodland Clearing with a Church".
Kirk Ella appears in the 11th century Domesday survey as Aluengi (Ella). There is some evidence for human activity in the area as far back as the Bronze Age – bronze axes have been discovered in the area, pottery from the Roman period has also been found, and an Iron Age enclosure visible as cropmarks has been found halfway between the village and Swanland.
After the Norman conquest the village was the property of Ralph de Mortimer, as part of the manor of Ferriby. Ownership passed to the Wake family during the reign of Edward II. Part of the land was given by Thomas Wake (1297–1349) to Haltemprice Priory.
The Church of St Andrew, now a Grade I listed building, dates to the early 13th century (chancel), with a tower dating to the mid 15th century. Much of the structure is of square rubble; the tower is of limestone ashlar; the upper part of the chancel is of rendered brick. The building was restored and remodelled 1859–60, widening the aisles, and a north chapel, south porch and organ chamber added; the tower was restored 1882–83. Other alterations took place in 1886–87 to the chancel north wall and arch; 1890, clerestory windows; 1894 choir vestry, enlarged 1955–56. The church contains numerous monuments and inscriptions, many of late 18th and 19th century, many to members of the Sykes family, most notable of which is one to Joseph Sykes (d.1805) by John Bacon junior, similar to a tomb by Louis-François Roubiliac for William Hargrave in Westminster Abbey. In the graveyard are the stones of a Norman arch, and several 19th century table tombs, including a chest tomb of Jane Whitaker, (d.1815, aged 9 months), now a listed structure.
Kirk Ella was once one of the parishes of the county of Hull (Hullshire), established in 1440, and incorporated West Ella, Willerby, Wolfreton and Anlaby, and included a detached within modern day Hull roughly halfway between Hull and Hessle town centres.
By the 17th century lands in Kirk Ella had become the property of several persons including Ralph Ellerker of Risby; George Whitmore; and John Anlaby of Etton.
1750–1900
From the 1750s onwards many of the wealthy merchants and shipowners of Kingston upon Hull began moving their residences out of Hull, mostly westwards towards the higher ground of the wolds foothills and in an opposite direction to the prevailing winds, which carried the factory smells and other pollution eastward. The road from Hull to Anlaby and Kirk Ella was turnpiked in 1745. The influx of Hull merchants is also evidenced in the memorials and tombs in the village church. The fields around Kirk Ella, West Ella and Willerby were enclosed in by acts of 1796 and 1824.
Most of the early movement of Hull merchants was into residences on Church Lane: Richard Williamson, Hull merchant acquired land and built a house at No.4 Church Lane sometime after 1730, The Old Hall was rebuilt 1760, probably by Edward Burrow who acquired the property from another Hull merchant Thomas Haworth 1759; Thomas Bell built The Elms (demolished, the associated early 19th century Elm Lodge remains); and William Mowld established Wolfreton Hall in the same period, both on Church Lane, (Wolfreton Hall was later expanded, refronted in white brick and divided into Wolfreton Grange, and Wolfreton Hall); Kirk Ella House was built c. 1778. and a coach house added c. 1799; Trevayne at No.6 Church Lane was built c. 1830–40 on the site of a previous dwelling. Additionally the Vicarage (No.8), and an adjacent stable/coachhouse were built 1839.
Wolfreton House was built c. 1810/15 on the road to Beverley, east of the village centre, the associated stable block also dates to the late 18th/early 19th century. Other merchants had dwellings on Godman's Lane, now demolished; and on Packman Lane: Kirk Ella Hall, a 7 bay yellow-grey brick two storey building in a Tuscan style, was built (1778–79) for William Kirkby, Hull solicitor and white lead manufacturer, by expansion from a pre-existing house. (The Hall is now part of Kirkella Golf Club.) A lodge to the hall was built 1838. There was also a house South Ella, formerly Mount Ella, built for Hull banker Robert C. Pease in the early 19th century.
Other building developments in the 19th century included an infants school (No.11 Packman Lane, 1838, enlarged 1990s); and the Wheatsheaf Inn, rebuilt in 1870 in a Tudor revival style, in the 1850s, The Anchor. The village's population was 306 in 1851, up from 212 in 1801. The village consisted of no more than a few houses on Church Lane, and the east end of Godmans Lane.
In 1838 the parish of Kirk Ella became part of the Hunsley Beacon Division of the Harthill Wapentake. Extraparochial parts of the parish were transferred to the parish of Newington in 1878, and this area was transferred to the borough of Hull in 1882.
In 1885 the Hull and Barnsley Railway opened, passing north-east of the village centre. – Willerby and Kirk Ella railway station also opened 1885 (closed 1955).
By 1891 the population of the township had risen to 354.
1900–2000
By 1910 the town included a school which had been built on the corner of Mill Road (now Mill Lane) and West Ella Road, and a cemetery at the south end of Mill Lane, approximately 1/2 mi south of the village, built due to the fullness of the church cemetery. From 1850 to the 1930s there was minimal building growth within the village. An 18-hole golf course designed by James Braid was established west of the village from 1924 by the Hull Golf Club (1921) Limited.
In the 1930s the village began to grow substantially, with new housing developments, much of it semidetached or detached houses with large gardens. New estates were established on Beverley Road leading to Anlaby; on West Ella Road; far along Packman Lane leading to Riplingham, and centred around new roads such as West Ella Way; Westland Road; Elms Drive; Redland Drive; Fairfield Avenue; and St Andrews Mount. By the 1940s the new houses greatly outnumbered the dwellings that had existed up to the 1920s. In the post Second World War period further, during the 1950s to 1960s housing growth of a similar type took place, including new streets and estates on The Vale and South Ella Way off Mill Lane and at Wolfreton Garth. Further infill housing and expansion of housing to the south took place in the next decade, so that by the end of the 1970s an area of around 1 mi square was completely urbanised, and the development was contiguous with both the expanded villages of Willerby and Anlaby to the north and east. In this period South Ella was built over, and a new large school established (Wolfreton Upper School), south of South Ella Way. The extent of urban growth had reached a near peak, though further housing was built in the last years of the 20th century at the northern edge of the village, around Glenfield Drive; and eastwards at St Julian's Wells; as well as minor infill developments.
In 1970, construction work ended on Wolfreton Upper School on South Ella Way. It was officially opened by Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in May 1971.
West Ella Way in Kirk Ella was used as a filming location for the comedy film Clockwise (1986), including scenes featuring John Cleese and Alison Steadman.
Recent events (2000 – present)
During the events of The Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012, the village celebrated by holding a village party in the centre of the village and a large fête at the church.
In 2015, Wolfreton Upper School was made surplus to requirements by the development of a new school building on the field at the rear of the Lower School site down Carr Lane in Willerby. Now both the Lower School and Upper School sites have been demolished. (see Wolfreton School).
Facilities
Kirk Ella has three pubs (The Wheatsheaf, The Beech Tree and The Lounge), a post office, newsagents and several hairdressers and beauty parlours. Haltemprice Leisure Centre is on Springfield Way, a 20-minute walk from the village centre. There is a playing field on Beverley Road, opposite the bowling green. The village hall is opposite the police station, across the road from the Willerby Square car park.
Notable people
* Robert Levet (1705–1782), a friend of Samuel Johnson's, was born in Kirk Ella.
* Actor Ian Carmichael would frequent Kirk Ella to visit his grandfather, who lived in the village.
* The singer David Whitfield lived in Kirk Ella in the 1960s.
* Sir Tom Courtenay would often be seen around the village when visiting his sister, who lived in Kirk Ella.
* Assem Allam, the British-Egyptian businessman, and former owner of Hull City A.F.C., lived in Kirk Ella.
* Chris Simpkin, former footballer with Hull City A.F.C. (1962–1971), lived in Kirk Ella.
* Dean Windass, former footballer with Hull City A.F.C, lives here.
* Hull-born comedian, actress and writer Isy Suttie spent her early years in Kirk Ella.
* Actress Hannah John-Kamen attended primary school in Kirk Ella and received secondary education at Hull Collegiate School.
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803 Pausing for a moment (as Ms Wilkinson and Mr Llewellyn ought to have done), here was an item of contemporaneous evidence said to elevate the accusation beyond a "she said, he said" contest. But both Ms Wilkinson and Mr Llewellyn moved on (by asking about seeing a doctor or contraception) at which time (and unresponsively to a question) Ms Higgins changed the subject to bring them back to something she and Mr Sharaz had evidently discussed and considered important to the credibility of her account (Ex 36 (at 1:24:58)):
Mr Llewellyn:
And were you on any contraception?
Ms Higgins:
Brittany: No.
Mr Llewellyn:
Sorry, I know these are hideously private questions for me to ask.
Ms Higgins:
No, it's fine, it's fine. I guess you can kind of see it in that photo, I've got a different one. But it's, it was just, it was like this weird, largescale bruise, it was on my thigh.
Mr Llewellyn:
Yeah, so that's like -
Ms Higgins:
It was the whole leg, but it was, because it was really pressed -
Mr Llewellyn:
Because I can see the line there.
Ms Higgins:
Yeah. And it wasn't like a deep purple, but it was just this weird -
Ms Wilkinson:
Oh, right.
Ms Higgins:
- pressure bruise. I don't know. I don't know, it was weird.
Mr Llewellyn:
And -
Ms Wilkinson:
Oh, I see.
Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited (Trial Judgment) [2024] FCA 369
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[1/1] ubifs: debugfs operations may return both ERRs and NULLs
Submitted by Phil Carmody on March 23, 2011, 1:35 p.m.
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Phil Carmody March 23, 2011, 1:35 p.m.
I knew I invented IS_ERR_OR_NULL for something, and this was probably
it. NULL has lost all information about what the error was, and the most
appropriate error code is ENODEV. However, that's the only error code
that the debugfs functions can return. So basically, any error = ENODEV.
Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com>
---
fs/ubifs/debug.c | 24 ++++++++++--------------
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
Comments
Artem Bityutskiy March 28, 2011, 6:51 a.m.
On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 15:35 +0200, Phil Carmody wrote:
> I knew I invented IS_ERR_OR_NULL for something, and this was probably
> it. NULL has lost all information about what the error was, and the most
> appropriate error code is ENODEV. However, that's the only error code
> that the debugfs functions can return. So basically, any error = ENODEV.
This is not true that any error is -ENODEV. There are many other errors
possible, e.g., due to an invocation of simple_pin_fs().
I think the right fix would be to fix debugfs and return an error code
in any case.
Phil Carmody March 28, 2011, 10:38 a.m.
On 28/03/11 09:51 +0300, ext Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 15:35 +0200, Phil Carmody wrote:
> > I knew I invented IS_ERR_OR_NULL for something, and this was probably
> > it. NULL has lost all information about what the error was, and the most
> > appropriate error code is ENODEV. However, that's the only error code
> > that the debugfs functions can return. So basically, any error = ENODEV.
>
> This is not true that any error is -ENODEV. There are many other errors
> possible, e.g., due to an invocation of simple_pin_fs().
I meant that once you've thrown away all information about the actual
error by turning it into NULL, then the broadest brush that covers the
failure modes is ENODEV. That's why I was asked "what's the most generic
'something's gone wrong' code" on the chat channel the other day.
> I think the right fix would be to fix debugfs and return an error code
> in any case.
Agree. Alas it might require hitting a lot of both active and dead code.
Is that something you want me to look at? If you do it yourself, please
Cc: me, I'll happily review it.
Phil
Artem Bityutskiy March 28, 2011, 12:10 p.m.
On Mon, 2011-03-28 at 13:38 +0300, Phil Carmody wrote:
> > I think the right fix would be to fix debugfs and return an error code
> > in any case.
>
> Agree. Alas it might require hitting a lot of both active and dead code.
> Is that something you want me to look at? If you do it yourself, please
> Cc: me, I'll happily review it.
No, I do not ask you do change debugfs. Do it only if you fare feeling
enthusiastic about this :-) But I do not feel that way, so won't delve
into the debugfs story :-)
All I mean is that we should not do this:
- if (IS_ERR(ptr)) {
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ptr))
- int err = PTR_ERR(ptr);
- return err;
+ return -ENODEV;
But rather
- if (IS_ERR(ptr)) {
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ptr)) {
- int err = PTR_ERR(ptr);
+ int err = ptr ? PTR_ERR(ptr) : -ENODEV;
return err;
or something like this.
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diff --git a/fs/ubifs/debug.c b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
index dbc093a..7b41b30 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
@@ -2578,11 +2578,10 @@ static struct dentry *dfs_rootdir;
int dbg_debugfs_init(void)
{
dfs_rootdir = debugfs_create_dir("ubifs", NULL);
- if (IS_ERR(dfs_rootdir)) {
- int err = PTR_ERR(dfs_rootdir);
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dfs_rootdir)) {
ubifs_err("cannot create \"ubifs\" debugfs directory, "
- "error %d\n", err);
- return err;
+ "error %d\n", PTR_ERR(dfs_rootdir));
+ return -ENODEV;
}
return 0;
@@ -2645,47 +2644,44 @@ static const struct file_operations dfs_fops = {
*/
int dbg_debugfs_init_fs(struct ubifs_info *c)
{
- int err;
const char *fname;
struct dentry *dent;
struct ubifs_debug_info *d = c->dbg;
sprintf(d->dfs_dir_name, "ubi%d_%d", c->vi.ubi_num, c->vi.vol_id);
d->dfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir(d->dfs_dir_name, dfs_rootdir);
- if (IS_ERR(d->dfs_dir)) {
- err = PTR_ERR(d->dfs_dir);
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(d->dfs_dir)) {
ubifs_err("cannot create \"%s\" debugfs directory, error %d\n",
- d->dfs_dir_name, err);
+ d->dfs_dir_name, PTR_ERR(d->dfs_rootdir));
goto out;
}
fname = "dump_lprops";
dent = debugfs_create_file(fname, S_IWUGO, d->dfs_dir, c, &dfs_fops);
- if (IS_ERR(dent))
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
goto out_remove;
d->dfs_dump_lprops = dent;
fname = "dump_budg";
dent = debugfs_create_file(fname, S_IWUGO, d->dfs_dir, c, &dfs_fops);
- if (IS_ERR(dent))
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
goto out_remove;
d->dfs_dump_budg = dent;
fname = "dump_tnc";
dent = debugfs_create_file(fname, S_IWUGO, d->dfs_dir, c, &dfs_fops);
- if (IS_ERR(dent))
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
goto out_remove;
d->dfs_dump_tnc = dent;
return 0;
out_remove:
- err = PTR_ERR(dent);
ubifs_err("cannot create \"%s\" debugfs directory, error %d\n",
- fname, err);
+ fname, PTR_ERR(dent));
debugfs_remove_recursive(d->dfs_dir);
out:
- return err;
+ return -ENODEV;
}
/**
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What Happens when the Dimensions of Structures are Reduced to Nanoscale Levels?
Benefits of Studying the Behavior and Interactions of Nanoscale Materials
The Aims of Nanoscience
What is Nanoscience?
Nanoscience is concerned with materials and systems whose structures and components exhibit novel and significantly improved physical, chemical and biological properties, phenomena and processes, because of their small nanoscale size. Structural features in the range of about 10 Å to 1000 Å, determine important changes as compared to the behavior of isolated molecules (10Å) or of bulk materials (>0.1 µm). Nanoscience aims to understand the novel properties and phenomena of nano-based entities.
What Happens when the Dimensions of Structures are Reduced to Nanoscale Levels?
Reducing the dimensions of structures leads to entities with novel properties, such as carbon nanotubes, quantum wires and dots, thin films, DNA based structures, and laser emitters. Such new forms of materials and devices herald a revolutionary age for science and technology, provided that we can discover and fully utilize the underlying principles.
Benefits of Studying the Behavior and Interactions of Nanoscale Materials
New behavior at the nanoscale is not necessarily predictable from that observed at large size scales. Important changes in behavior are caused not by the order of magnitude size reduction, but also by new phenomena such as size confinement, predominance of interfacial phenomena, quantum mechanics and Coulomb blockade. It is notable that all relevant phenomena at the nanoscale are caused by the tiny size of the organized structure as compared to molecular scale, and by the interactions at their predominant and complex interfaces.
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15 cm Ring Kanone C/92
The 15 cm Ring Kanone C/92 was a fortress and siege gun developed in the 1880s that saw service in the Italo-Turkish War, Balkan Wars, and World War I.
History
During the Franco-Prussian War, the breech-loaded Prussian cannons easily outclassed their muzzle-loaded French rivals. After the war, the Prussian Army replaced its 15 cm C/61 and C/64 cannons with the new 15 cm Ring Kanone C/72. The French also rearmed and their new breech-loaded Canon de 155 L mle 1877 had nearly twice the range of the C/72. During the 1880s Krupp began designing a replacement for the C/72 which would retain the same 149.1 mm caliber as the C/72 and would feature a barrel 30 calibers in length rather than the 23 calibers of its predecessor. The new gun was designated the 15 cm Ring Kanone C/92 and could have been introduced as early as 1889 but the development of smokeless powder and new high-explosive shells necessitated design changes and the new guns weren't introduced until 1892. C/92's were assigned to fortress and siege artillery battalions of the Imperial German Army. Each artillery battery consisted of four guns with four batteries per battalion.
Design
The C/92 was a typical built-up gun constructed of steel with a central rifled tube, reinforcing layers of hoops, and trunnions. The guns used a predecessor of Krupp's horizontal sliding-block breech known as a cylindro-prismatic breech and it fired separate-loading, bagged charges and projectiles.
The C/92 was fairly conventional for its time and most nations had similar guns such as the Russian 6-inch siege gun M1904. Like many of its contemporaries, the C/92 had a tall and narrow box trail carriage built from bolted iron plates with two wooden 12-spoke wheels. The carriages were tall because the guns were designed to sit behind a parapet with the barrel overhanging the front in the fortress artillery role or behind a trench or berm in the siege role. Like its contemporaries, the C/92's carriage did not have a recoil mechanism or a gun shield. However, when used in a fortress the guns could be connected to an external recoil mechanism which connected to a steel eye on a concrete firing platform and a hook on the carriage between the wheels. For siege gun use a wooden firing platform could be assembled ahead of time and the guns could attach to the same type of recoil mechanism. A set of wooden ramps were also placed behind the wheels and when the gun fired the wheels rolled up the ramp and was returned to position by gravity. There was also no traverse so the gun had to be levered into position to aim. A drawback of this system was the gun had to be re-aimed each time which lowered the rate of fire. To facilitate towing on soft ground and lessen recoil the wheels were often fitted with Bonagente grousers patented by the Italian major Crispino Bonagente. These consisted of twelve rectangular plates connected with elastic links and are visible in many photographs of World War I artillery from all of the combatants. For transport, the gun was broken down into two loads 5035 kg and 3860 kg for towing by horse teams or artillery tractors.
Balkan Wars
C/92's were used by both the Bulgarians and Ottoman forces during the Balkan Wars. It's also possible that Albania, the Kingdom of Greece, the Kingdom of Montenegro, the Kingdom of Romania, and the Kingdom of Serbia may have either bought C/92's or captured them from Ottoman forces. It is also likely they were used by Ottoman forces during the Italo-Turkish War.
World War I
The majority of military planners before the First World War were wedded to the concept of fighting an offensive war of rapid maneuver which in a time before mechanization meant a focus on cavalry and light horse artillery firing shrapnel shells. Since the C/92 was heavier and wasn't designed with field use in mind it was employed as a fortress gun.
Although the majority of combatants had heavy field artillery prior to the outbreak of the First World War, none had adequate numbers of heavy guns in service, nor had they foreseen the growing importance of heavy artillery once the Western Front stagnated and trench warfare set in. The theorists hadn't foreseen that trenches, barbed wire, and machine guns had robbed them of the mobility they had been counting on and like in the Franco-Prussian and Russo-Turkish war the need for high-angle heavy artillery reasserted itself. Since aircraft of the period were not yet capable of carrying large diameter bombs the burden of delivering heavy firepower fell on the artillery. The combatants scrambled to find anything that could fire a heavy shell and that meant emptying the fortresses and scouring the depots for guns held in reserve. It also meant converting coastal artillery and naval guns to siege guns by either giving them simple field carriages or mounting the larger pieces on rail carriages.
A combination of factors led the Germans to issue C/92's to their frontline troops:
* An underestimation of artillery losses during the first two years of the war and an inadequate number of replacement guns being produced.
* Many artillery pieces were neither tall enough or capable of the high-angle fire necessary to fire from entrenched positions.
* Few light field-artillery pieces had the range or fired a large enough projectile to be useful in an indirect fire role.
The C/92 could be considered a dubious upgrade from the C/72 because at the time of their introduction they were virtually obsolescent due to the invention of hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanisms and the introduction of separate loading quick fire ammunition. Also despite having a barrel 7 calibers longer and using smokeless propellant the improvement in range was only 2 mi. Although new guns with superior performance were introduced the C/92's remained in service until the end of the war due to the number in service, a shortage of heavy artillery and a lack of replacements.
Ammunition
The C/92 fired a variety of separate-loading, 10.7 kg bagged charges and projectiles.
* Common incendiary shell - 40 kg cast iron shell filled with black powder.
* Shrapnel shell - 40 kg with 900 balls.
* M1914 shrapnel shell - 40 kg with 1,225 balls.
* High explosive - 40 kg with Amatol filling.
* High explosive - 40 kg with TNT filling.
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.NET API Reference for Oracle Entitlements Server 11.1.2
E27727-01
The IPepRequestFactory type exposes the following members.
Methods
NameDescription
Public methodGetContainerName
Return the name of the container configured for this IPepRequestFactory.
Public methodGetDecisionHandler
Return the IDecisionHandler that was set when the IPepRequestFactory was created.
Public methodGetPostDecisionHandlers
Return the List of IPostDecisionHandlers that was set when the PepRequestFactory was created.
Public methodGetPreDecisionHandlers
Return the List of IPreDecisionHandlers that was set when the IPepRequestFactory was created.
Public methodGetProviderClassName
Return the name of the class that implements this instance of IPepRequestFactory
Public methodGetResponseFactory
Helper method to return the IPepResponseFactory that was configured with this PepRequestFactory. May be used by applications to set the PepResponseBehavior that controls how the IPepResponse#Allowed() method behaves when it returns its result.
Public methodNewBulkPepRequest
Create a IPepRequest using objects, where a list of n action objects and a corresponding list of n resource objects are provided to represent n resource-action pairs. A decision for each resource-action pair will be returned, when IPepRequest.Decide() is invoked.
Public methodNewPepRequest(String, String, String)
Create a IPepRequest just using Strings
Public methodNewPepRequest(Object, Object, Object, Object)
Create a IPepRequest using objects
Public methodNewQueryPepRequest(Object, Object, String, PepRequestQueryType)
Create a PepRequest using subject and environment objects, plus a "scope" String that represents a PDP policy-specific resource representation. When the IPepRequest.Decide() method is invoked, based on PepRequestQueryType will return either
- a list of Allowed ResourceAction pairs within scope
- a list of Denied ResourceAction pairs within scope
- or a list of full detailed results for all
ResourceAction pairs within scope
Public methodNewQueryPepRequest(Object, Object, Object, Object, PepResponseType, Boolean)
Create a PepRequest using objects for subject, resource, action, environment and scope.
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45 After Dark: Health Care Goes Long edition
The renewed push to repeal and replace Obamacare, long thought to be DOA, has gotten new life and Republicans are set to vote on Thursday. A night and day of House and White House negotiating seemed to flip two important members of Congress, Reps. Billy Long of Missouri and Fred Upton of Michigan, who had said they opposed the legislation. Long and Upton “emerged from their session with the president and said an amendment to add $8 billion to help cover people with pre-existing conditions would return them to the ‘yes’ column on the bill,” POLITICO’s John Bresnahan, Rachael Bade, Kyle Cheney and Josh Dawsey report. There are still concerns that the revisions, designed to lure more moderates back into supporting the legislation, might repel conservatives — but so far that doesn’t seem to be happening. Upton and Long are considered to be among a group of lawmakers who will determine the fate of the House’s repeal and replace effort, so their support is an important piece of momentum. For their part, Democrats may, secretly, want a repeal vote, POLITICO’s Heather Caygle reports, because it will then become an important wedge issue for the 2018 midterm elections. And industry officials were set to line up against Trump’s overhaul. Either way, Republicans clearly saw momentum today, after what seemed a bleak outlook just a day before. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Republicans were “extremely close” to having their votes in line. Elsewhere in Trump’s orbit: STOMACH ACHES: In Senate testimony, James Comey said he was “mildly nauseous” about the idea that he may have swayed the election and called his decisions on Hillary Clinton’s email probe “painful.” SHUTDOWN SHUT DOWN: The House passed a $1 trillion spending bill that will fund the government through September. It now heads to the Senate. SAD!: White House press secretary Sean Spicer says it is sad that people are still litigating the reasons President Donald Trump won the election. POINTS ON THE BOARD: An annotated guide to Steve Bannon’s white board, which provides some clues to Trump’s agenda — and what the chief White House strategist is focused on. AXE SMASH: Former Obama adviser David Axelrod responded to Clinton’s comments about the election by saying that although Clinton has a “legitimate beef” with Comey, Comey did not prevent her from campaigning in Wisconsin. PARK POLICE: Trump was “directly involved” in a search for a National Parks Service employee who tweeted out side-by-side pictures of his inauguration crowd vs. President Barack Obama’s inauguration crowd. And there you have it. You’re caught up on the Trump administration. Adios Wednesday.
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Heartland Payment Beats on Earnings, Revs Lag - Analyst Blog
Heartland Payment Systems, Inc . ( HPY ) delivered operating net income of 62 cents per share in the third quarter of 2013, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 56 cents by 11%. Earnings were 26% higher from 49 cents earned in the prior-year quarter.
Including acquisition-related amortization of 4 cents, net income came in at 58 cents per share, up 23% year over year.
Behind the headlines
Heartland Payment generated total revenues of $557 million, up 5% year over year. However, results lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $568 million by about 2%.
Net revenues were $153.2 million, increasing 9.5% year over year. The improvement was largely fuelled by solid growth in card processing, surge in Payroll, solid contribution from Campus Solutions and a substantial improvement in Micropayments.
Total expenses of Heartland Payment were $552.2 million, up 4.9% year over year, attributable to increase in general and administrative expenses.
Operating margin on net revenues contracted 60 basis points (bps) year over year to 22.8% in the reported quarter.
Small and mid-sized enterprise (SME) quarterly transaction processing volume was $19.6 billion, up 3.9% year over year in the reported quarter. The upside was driven by new card margin installed that increased 9% and same store sales improving 1.6%. Volume attrition was 13% in the reported quarter.
Financial Details
Heartland Payment exited the quarter with $67.2 million in cash and cash equivalents, improving from $48.4 million at the 2012 end-level.
Long term borrowings decreased to $35 million at quarter-end from $50 million at 2012-end.
Cash from operations of Heartland Payment declined to $87.4 million in the first nine months of 2013 from $98.8 million in the year-ago period.
Dividend and Share Repurchase Update
Heartland Payment spent $6 million to buy back 0.2 million shares in the third quarter. The company is left with nearly $64.6 million remaining under its existing repurchase authorization.
The board of directors of Heartland Payment approved a quarterly dividend of 7 cents per share. The dividend will be paid on Dec 13, 2013 to shareholders of record as on Nov 22, 2013.
2013 Guidance
Heartland Payment expects to generate net revenues in the range of $600 million and $605 million. Net earnings are expected to be between $2.30 and $2.33 per share. This includes 37 cents per share related to acquisition-related amortization and share-based compensation expense, and about 4 cents of proportionate losses on the consolidation of Leaf.
Performance of other financial transaction service provider
MasterCard Inc . ( MA ) reported third-quarter 2013 operating earnings per share of $7.27. The results significantly outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.95 and the year-ago quarter figure of $6.17 per share.
Visa Inc .'s ( V ) fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 (ended Sep 30, 2013) operating earnings of $1.85 per Class A common share were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The figure nevertheless, outpaced the prior-year quarter figure of $1.54 per share.
Alliance Data Systems Corporation ( ADS ) reported adjusted earnings of $2.67 per share in the third quarter of 2013. The earnings lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny but were ahead of the year-ago figure by 15.6%.
Zacks Rank
Heartland Payment presently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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Hosmer Allen Johnson
Hosmer Allen Johnson, M.D., L.L.D. (October 6, 1822 – February 26, 1891) was an American physician, academic, and Mason from New York. Badly injured on the family farm, Johnson turned to teaching to support himself. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to attend Rush Medical College. There, he became an understudy of William B. Herrick and joined his medical practice. Receiving a Doctor of Medicine in 1852, Johnson was named Lecturer on Physiology at Rush, eventually chairing a department there. In 1859, he co-founded the Chicago Medical College at Lind University, which later became the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University. During the Civil War, Johnson was the top medical aide in the state, presiding over the Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Illinois.
Biography
Hosmer Allen Johnson was born in Wales, New York, on October 6, 1822. While still and infant, the family moved to Boston, New York. There, Johnson attended public schools. When he was twelve, the family moved to Almont, Michigan; helping with the family farm there, Johnson was unable to attend school. When he was sixteen, Johnson sustained a grievous injury and was no longer able to perform manual labor. In 1840, Johnson began teaching school. Three years later, Johnson decided to further pursue his education at Romeo Academy in Romeo, Michigan. In 1846, he was accepted at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. However, after two years, complications from his injury forced him to withdraw from school. He spent the next winter in Vandalia, Illinois, again supporting himself by teaching. There, he studied medicine with J. B. Hendrick. After his health improved, he returned to the university and received a Bachelor of Arts.
Upon graduation, Johnson moved to Flint, Michigan, and continued to study medicine while teaching. In October 1850, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to attend lectures at Rush Medical College. He became an understudy of Professor William B. Herrick, the brother of the Vandalia doctor. In 1851, he became the first intern at the Illinois General Hospital of the Lakes, later known as Mercy Hospital. In February 1852, he received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Rush. The same year, he was awarded a Master of Arts from the University of Michigan. Johnson joined Professor Herrick's medical practice and helped him edit the Northwestern Medical and Surgical Journal.
From 1852 to 1859, Johnson was a member of the Board of Attending Physicians and Surgeons at Mercy. In the autumn of 1853, Johnson was named a lecturer on physiology at Rush Medical College. Two years later he was named the Professor of Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Medical Jurisprudence. In 1857, he was named chair of the Physiology and General Pathology department. In 1859, he left Rush Medical College to begin a medical school at Lind University with Edmund Andrews, Ralph Nelson Isham, and David Rutter, the Chicago Medical College. Upon organization, Johnson was named president of the faculty and professor of materia media & therapeutics. The next year he chaired the Physiology and Histology departments, then the General Pathology and Public Hygiene departments in 1864.
That winter, his health failed again and despite a six-month sabbatical in Europe, Johnson was forced to retire from his professorship and department presidency. The board of trustees then immediately elected him president of the board. He was also named an Emeritus Professor of General Pathology and Public Hygiene. Johnson joined the Chicago Medical Society in 1852. Later that year, he was named a secretary of the Illinois State Medical Society. He was elected its president in 1858, serving a one-year term. He was later the organization's Chairman of the Committee on Drugs and Medicines. Johnson joined the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1853. He joined the American Medical Association in 1854 and was named a secretary in 1860. He co-founded the Chicago Academy of Sciences and was its first Corresponding Secretary.
In 1865, upon completion of the Cook County Hospital, John was named one of its consulting physician. Likewise, he was later named a consultant at the Chicago Eye and Ear Infirmary. Johnson was also named to the Board of Health for the City of Chicago.
Civil War
In 1861, Governor of Illinois Richard Yates named Johnson to the Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Illinois, where he was immediately elected President of the Board. He was responsible for overseeing the qualifications of physicians for the appointment in the Medical Department of the Army and served the Governor as chief medical adviser. The United States Sanitary Commission requested that Johnson visit the Department of the South; he was present at General David Hunter's request for the Second Battle of Fort Sumter.
Personal life
Johnson married Margaret Ann Seward, a relative of William H. Seward, in May 1855. They had two children, a son and a daughter. The daughter died young, but the son, Frank Seward Johnson, followed his father into the medical profession. He was later named the Professor of General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy at the Chicago Medical College. Hosmer Johnson was initiated into the Masonic Order in 1853 and rose to become Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge of Illinois. He organized a Knights Templar chapter for Illinois and was first officer of that branch for two terms. He became a member of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite Northern Jurisdiction in 1861, later becoming and officer. He could speak seven foreign languages fluently and also had a strong knowledge of the Ojibwe language. He served on the board of trustees of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. Johnson died from pneumonia at his Chicago home on February 26, 1891, and was buried in Rosehill Cemetery.
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Small Groups: Adrenal Disorders Flashcards Preview
MS2 - Digestive, Endocrine, and Metabolic Systems > Small Groups: Adrenal Disorders > Flashcards
Flashcards in Small Groups: Adrenal Disorders Deck (10):
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One of the features that makes it difficult to confirm diagnosis of pheochromocytoma is ______________.
that the tumor only secretes catecholamines episodically, so there might not be excess catecholamines the moment you check for them
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High levels of what molecule suggest malignant pheochromocytoma?
Dopamine
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A very high DHEA level suggests _______________.
an adrenal tumor that primarily secretes androgens
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Why should you initially give dexamethasone to someone with suspected adrenal insufficiency?
Because dexamethasone does not show up as cortisol in cortrosyn stimulation tests, you would still be able to differentiate the cause of the patient's adrenal insufficiency.
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__________ withdrawal can mimic the symptoms of pheochromocytoma.
Alcohol
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Conn's syndrome accounts for about ________ percent of cases of hypertension.
5% - 10%
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Explain the pathophysiology of glucocorticoid-remediable hyperaldosteronism.
An autosomal dominant disorder in which aldosterone synthase gets fused with the ACTH-induced 11-beta-hydroxylase. Giving glucocorticoids decreases the release of ACTH and thus down-regulates the aberrant enzyme.
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Addison's disease is characterized by these symptoms: ___________________.
weakness, fatigue, nausea, anorexia, dizziness, and abdominal pain
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What symptoms suggest adrenal crisis?
Hypotension, fever, and confusion (administer 100 mg hydrocortisone)
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________________ typically present with the highest ACTH values.
Ectopic ACTH-secreting tumors
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MUSIC AT HOME No sunrise chant on ancient shore and sea,
Since sang the morning stars, more worth shall be
Than ours, once uttered from the very heart
Of the glad race that here shall act its part.
Blithe prodigal, the rhythm free and strong
Of thy brave voice forecasts our poet's song! 4
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Tudun Wada
Tudun Wada may refer to several local government areas in Nigeria:
* Tudun Wada (Kano state)
* Tudun Wada (Kaduna State)
* A residential area in Jos North
* A district south of Zaria
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Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2022)
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland during 2022. There are significant differences in the legislation and the reporting between the countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales.
January 2022
* 1 January –
* Although official events to celebrate New Year were cancelled in Edinburgh, crowds gathered at the location to welcome in 2022.
* Scotland's Chief Medical Officer, Dr Gregor Smith is knighted in the 2022 New Year Honours.
* A COVID-19 testing centre is deliberately set on fire in Dumbarton.
* 2 January – A total of five Scottish Professional Football League matches due to take place of the New Year weekend have been postponed due to team members testing positive for COVID; one game on New Year's Eve, two on New Year's Day, and a further two on 2 January.
* 3 January –
* Scotland reports 20,217 cases, its highest daily figures so far, and the first time cases have gone above 20,000.
* Second vaccine walk-in clinics open for those aged 12–15 who had their first vaccine twelve or more weeks ago, with them being urged to make an appointment for the vaccine before returning to school.
* 4 January –
* ScotRail puts in place a temporary revised timetable until 28 January amid a high number of absences among its staff due to COVID.
* Deputy First Minister John Swinney warns of "congestion" in Scotland's COVID testing system as pupils return to school and people return to work after Christmas leading to a rise in demand for tests.
* A number of ferry services between the Scottish mainland and Isle of Arran are cancelled due to staff shortages because of COVID and bad weather.
* 6 January –
* The number of confirmed COVID cases in Scotland since the start of the pandemic has passed one million.
* Health Secretary Humza Yousaf says current COVID infection rates in Scotland are in line with the worst-case scenario.
* Scotland reduces the period of self-isolation following a positive COVID test from ten to seven days, bringing it in line with England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
* 7 January –
* International travellers to Scotland are no longer required to take a pre-departure COVID test if they are fully vaccinated, and will not need to self-isolate until getting a PCR test after arriving.
* Police Scotland announce plans to draft around 500 special constables and probationary officers to help assist regular officers due to absences because of COVID.
* Around 60% of patients in Scottish hospitals with COVID are there because of the virus, with the remainder having tested positive after admission for another condition, figures show.
* 8 January – The latest Scottish Government figures show that 1,362 people were in hospital with COVID on 7 January, up from 897 over the New Year, roughly a 50% increase.
* 9 January –
* After UK Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi says that reducing the COVID self-isolation period from seven to five days would be helpful in addressing the problem of staff shortages, Scotland's Health Secretary, Humza Yousaf, says the Scottish Government is not considering such a change.
* Scottish Teachers for Positive Change and Wellbeing says nothing has been done to improve ventilation in classrooms almost two years after the start of the pandemic.
* 10 January – Ahead of a review of COVID restrictions planned for the following day, National Clinical Director Professor Jason Leitch says that the measures in place are helping to reduce the Omicron variant.
* 11 January –
* First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms some COVID rules will be relaxed from Monday 17 January, with the limit of 500 spectators at outdoor events such as rugby and football matches removed. But restrictions on indoor venues will remain until at least 24 January.
* The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has said that secondary examinations in Scotland should go ahead in 2022.
* 12 January –
* Nightclub owners in Scotland have criticised the slow rollout of financial support for their businesses which have been closed since December 2021 due to tightened COVID rules.
* GPs in Lanarkshire suspend some services in order to prioritise treatment amid COVID pressures.
* 13 January –
* Figures show that in the week up to 11 January NHS absences were at their highest since April 2020.
* Research from the Covid in Pregnancy study has linked catching COVID during pregnancy to complications during pregnancy and birth.
* 14 January –
* The number of COVID-related deaths in Scotland passes 10,000 after a further 41 cases take the total to 10,038.
* National Clinical Director Professor Jason Leitch warns the next COVID wave involving the next variant could be worse than Omicron.
* It is reported that US fugitive Nicholas Rossi, who faked his own death in 2020, has been detained at a Glasgow hospital after being admitted for treatment with COVID, where he was using an alias.
* 15 January – Jillian Evans, head of health intelligence at NHS Grampian, says there is "cause for optimism" in the latest data about COVID in Scotland.
* 17 January – COVID regulations in Scotland are relaxed to allow large outdoor events such as football matches with spectators, to resume, but they require at least 50% of the crowd to be checked for vaccine certificates.
* 18 January –
* First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms COVID regulations will be further relaxed from Monday 24 January, with nightclubs reopening, large indoor events resuming and social distancing rules dropped.
* North Sea energy firm Canadian Natural Resources issues a statement confirming it will only allow members of staff who are vaccinated to work on its offshore facilities. The announcement is branded as "draconian" by the Unite trade union.
* 21 January – First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is reported to the UK Statistics Authority for "seriously" twisting Office for National Statistics figures relating to COVID during the previous day's First Minister's Questions.
* 22 January – Scotland records 30 COVID deaths, the highest daily figure since September 2021.
* 23 January –
* First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tells the BBC's Sunday Morning programme that although she understands the "very adverse" effect Scotland's COVID measures have had on businesses and hospitality, she believes they have been "worth it".
* The Scottish Government launches its Distance Aware scheme which allows people to obtain free badges and lanyards showing a yellow shield if they are worried about COVID risks in public spaces and wishing to indicate to others they would like to be given space.
* 25 January – The UK and Scottish Governments announce that double vaccinated people arriving in England and Scotland will no longer be required to take COVID tests from 11 February.
* 25 January – Scotland confirms its work from home advice will be scrapped in favour of a "hybrid" system involving office and remote work from Monday 31 January.
* 27 January – The Scottish Government has officially rejected suggestion that any social gatherings were held by ministers or civil servants during December 2020. The statement comes in response to a Freedom of Information request from The Scotsman.
* 28 January – Rules on physical distancing and the wearing of face masks in certain circumstances are relaxed. The changes apply to indoor settings such as religious services where the two metre rule is changed to become a one-metre rule, while adults are no longer required to wear face coverings if taking part in organised activities with children under the age of five.
February 2022
* 1 February – The Scottish Government confirms that school pupils sitting exams in 2022 will be given extra support, with a "generous" approach taken to grading.
* 2 February – Concern is raised for day care services for elderly and disabled people in Scotland, which have not returned to their pre-pandemic levels.
* 3 February – First Minister Nicola Sturgeon defends plans to spend £300,000 on cutting off the bottoms of classroom doors in order to improve air ventilation as "basic common sense".
* 7 February –
* Opposition politicians have blamed a "complete lack of planning" during the pandemic for leading to a crisis in the NHS.
* NHS Grampian confirms that 42 people were mistakenly given out-of-date doses of a vaccine at a vaccination centre, but say the vaccine is safe and should still offer some protection.
* 8 February –
* As the number of people being treated for COVID in intensive care falls to 31, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says Scotland is "through the worst" of the Omicron wave.
* The opposition Conservative Party calls for Scotland's contact tracing service, Test and Protect, to be wound up and for the money to be redirected into the NHS.
* ScotRail announces that 150 daily services will be re-added to the timetable from the end of May, but that peak-time services will not return to pre-pandemic levels.
* 9 February –
* The Scottish Government announces plans to extend its COVID powers by another six months, with legislation covering mask mandates and COVID passports to be extended from 28 February to 24 September.
* National Clinical Director Professor Jason Leitch warns that although the Omicron wave is over, the pandemic itself is only halfway through its course.
* Charity watchdogs launch an investigation into the Christadelphian Ecclesia group following complaints about "disturbing" messages concerning the LGBT community and anti-vaccine propaganda.
* 10 February –
* First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms secondary school pupils will no longer be required to wear facemasks in the classroom from 28 February.
* Chief Medical Officer Sir Gregor Smith apologises after retweeting a Twitter post from Health Secretary Humza Yousaf that accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of lifting self-isolation rules in England to distract attention from the Partygate scandal.
* 12 February – Jillian Evans, head of health intelligence at NHS Grampian, urges a slow and cautious move out of existing COVID restrictions, warning that the removal of self-isolation rules would be a "step too far".
* 13 February – Health Secretary Humza Yousaf warns that plans to lift COVID rules in England should not "force the hand" of the Scottish Government in doing the same.
* 15 February – Dental leaders have expressed their concern at the backlog of patients, which they describe as "enormous".
* 16 February – Scotland becomes the UK's second constituent country to announce plans to offer COVID vaccines to children aged five to eleven following advice to the Scottish Government from scientists. But the announcement comes before the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has made a decision on its recommendations for that age group.
* 18 February – High Street pharmacy staff in Scotland report an increase in abuse from customers, which they attribute to the COVID-19 pandemic and unrealistic expectations of them.
* 19 February – Data produced by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Local Data Company indicate that an average of four retail outlets closed each day in Scotland during 2021, an occurrence attributed to a rise in online retail brought on by the pandemic.
* 21 February – Retailers urge the Scottish Government to provide greater clarity on the COVID regulations affecting shops ahead of its plans to set out its strategy for living with the virus.
* 22 February – First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces that all COVID legal measures in Scotland, including the wearing of face coverings, will be lifted on 21 March.
* 23 February –
* While free mass testing for COVID is to end on 1 April in England, Scotland's deputy first minister John Swinney says it will continue in some form in Scotland beyond then.
* Data shows that the Scottish economy shrank at twice the rate of the UK economy during December 2021 amid concern about Omicron.
* 24 February – Audit Scotland warns that NHS Scotland faces major recruitment and retention problems as it recovers from the pandemic.
* 25 February – The Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland are reprimanded by the UK's data watchdog over privacy failings in the NHS Scotland COVID Status app.
* 28 February – Changes to COVID regulations take effect in Scotland, where schoolchildren are no longer required to wear facemasks in class, but must continue to do so in corridors, and the requirement for large venues to implement COVID passports also ends.
March 2022
* 2 March – Two regional adolescent psychiatric hospitals in Scotland have reported an increase in teenagers being admitted for eating disorders, with 26 in 2019 rising to 68 in 2020.
* 5 March – Chief Medical Officer Sir Gregor Smith confirms he has written to Scotland's health boards to advise them that unvaccinated women should no longer be deferred for IVF treatment.
* 7 March – Scotland begins offering a second COVID booster vaccine to older care home residents, people aged over 75, and those over 12 who have a suppressed immune system.
* 8 March – Healthcare professionals tell BBC Scotland they are seeing an increase in the number of patients turning to private healthcare so as to avoid a lengthy wait on NHS waiting lists. Cataract and hip operations are the most instances where this is happening.
* 10 March –
* Figures indicate the number of people in hospital with COVID to be at its highest for 13 months, with 1,636 people in hospital on 9 March.
* Douglas Ross, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, withdraws his call for Boris Johnson to resign as prime minister over the Partygate affair, saying it is important to get behind the UK government while there is war in Europe.
* 14 March – A subvariant of the Omicron variant, BA.2, is believed to be behind a surge in COVID cases in Scotland according to the chief medical officer, Professor Sir Gregor Smith, with 85% of new cases attributed to the variant.
* 15 March – Scotland's rules requiring the wearing of facemasks in shops and on public transport are extended until 4 April against the backdrop of rising COVID cases, but all other requirements on businesses are to change from legal to advisory from 21 March.
* 16 March – Public health expert Christine Tait-Burkard predicts that the present COVID surge in Scotland will peak in the next fortnight.
* 21 March –
* The number of hospital patients testing positive for COVID in Scotland reaches a new high of 2,182, but ICU admissions are relatively low in comparison as the latest variant causes milder symptoms.
* With COVID cases peaking again in Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway, City of Edinburgh and Fife councils have warned they may reintroduce remote learning for schools, but say that in-person teaching remains a priority.
* 22 March – The Scottish Government confirms that secondary school pupils will continue to be required to wear face coverings in communal areas of school after the Easter holiday.
* 23 March – NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Scotland's biggest health board, warns it is facing COVID pressures that are "as serious as it gets".
* 30 March – First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms that rules regarding face coverings in shops and on public transport in Scotland will remain in place until 18 April.
* 31 March – Care home residents win the right to have a designated visitor, even during a COVID outbreak, following the Scottish Government's decision to implement Anne's Law, legislation named for Anne Duke, a care home resident whose family campaigned for visiting rights during the pandemic.
April 2022
* 1 April – Figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest that 451,200 people in Scotland had COVID infection in the week ending 26 March, or one in every 12, but that the figure was down from the previous week's total of 473,800. Hospital numbers remain high.
* 4 April – Rules requiring people to wear face coverings in places of worship, and at weddings and funerals, come to an end in Scotland.
* 5 April –
* New figures indicate a record number of people in Scotland are having long waits for emergency department treatment.
* NHS Lothian apologises for an "admin error" after parents of healthy children were sent letters inviting them to have COVID vaccines because they were described as being clinically vulnerable.
* 6 April – A report produced by the Scottish Government indicates that the number of students dropping out of college increased during the pandemic.
* 13 April –
* The Scottish Government and council body Cosla publish a joint report detailing plans to help town centres recover following the pandemic.
* Senior NHS doctor Colin McKay has said it will take years to clear the waiting lists backlog built up during the pandemic.
* The Scottish Government confirms that the law requiring the wearing of face coverings in many indoor settings will end from Monday 18 April, although people will continue to be strongly advised to wear them in crowded indoor spaces.
* 16 April – Public health expert Professor Linda Bauld urges people to continue to follow COVID-19 rules as they gather over the Easter holidays.
* 17 April – First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been reported to police for breaching Scotland's rules regarding mask wearing after footage appeared on social media showing her without a face covering during a visit to a barber's shop. Officers subsequently speak to her about the incident but no further action is taken.
* 18 April – Rules regarding the wearing of face coverings in shops and restaurants, and on public transport, are lifted.
* 21 April – A Public Health Scotland study indicates that only a quarter of people in intensive care who have COVID are there because of the virus.
* 27 April – It is confirmed the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo will return in August, the first time the event has been staged since 2019.
* 30 April – The annual Beltane Fire Festival returns to Edinburgh's Calton Hill for the first time since 2019 following its absence during the pandemic when a virtual festival was held online.
May 2022
* 1 May – Self-isolation guidance for people testing positive for COVID in Scotland comes to an end and is replaced by "stay at home" advice for those who are unwell.
* 20 May – Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, tests positive for COVID-19 after experiencing mild symptoms. The positive test comes shortly after she held talks with Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill at her official residence in Edinburgh.
* 27 May – A memorial paying tribute to those who died after testing positive for COVID-19 is unveiled at Glasgow's Pollok Park.
June 2022
* 10 June – Office for National Statistics data shows that COVID-19 cases in Scotland have increased over a week from one in 50 to one in 40.
* 11 June – Leading epidemiologist Professor Linda Bauld says there is no need for a return to COVID measures in Scotland after Office for National Statistics data showed an increase in cases.
July 2022
* No events.
August 2022
* 4 August – A University of Edinburgh study has revealed that people living in the most deprived areas of Scotland, as well as those aged under 30, were more likely to receive fines for breaching COVID regulations.
* 6 August – The 2022 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo begins. Titled "Voices" it is the first to be held since the pandemic.
* 9 August – The 2022 Scottish Higher exam results are published, the first public examinations sat by Scottish pupils since 2019. They show a 78.9% pass rate, lower than the two preceding years when exams were cancelled because of the pandemic, but higher than the 74.8% from 2019, the last year formal examinations took place.
* 18 August – Ahead of a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court, Margaret Ferrier, the MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, pleads guilty to breaching COVID-19 rules after travelling by train following a positive COVID test in September 2020.
September 2022
* 13 September – Margaret Ferrier, the MP who travelled by train from London to Scotland after receiving a positive COVID test in September 2020, is given 270 hours of community service after previously pleading guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to culpably and recklessly exposing the public to the virus.
October 2022
* 11 October – The Celtic Connections Festival returns for the first time since January 2020, having been postponed and run as an online event due to the pandemic.
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The Chain class: a single chain in a model or alignment
The Chain class holds information about a single chain, in a model (see Sequence.chains), an alignment sequence, or an alignment template structure.
Two Chain objects are considered equal if and only if they represent the same chain in the same sequence.
Example: examples/python/chains.py
# Example for 'chain' objects
from modeller import *
from modeller.scripts import complete_pdb
env = environ()
env.io.atom_files_directory = ['../atom_files']
env.libs.topology.read(file='$(LIB)/top_heav.lib')
env.libs.parameters.read(file='$(LIB)/par.lib')
mdl = complete_pdb(env, "1b3q")
# Print existing chain IDs and lengths:
print("Chain IDs and lengths: " \
+ str([(c.name, len(c.residues)) for c in mdl.chains]))
# Set new chain IDs:
mdl.chains['A'].name = 'X'
mdl.chains['B'].name = 'Y'
# Write out chain sequences:
for c in mdl.chains:
c.write(file='1b3q%s.chn' % c.name, atom_file='1b3q',
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How to sort an array? in MuleSoft 134
How to sort an array? in MuleSoft
Here's how to sort an array in MuleSoft 4:
Method 1: Using DataWeave:
DataWeave offers a convenient and efficient way to sort arrays. Here's how to achieve this:
%dw 2.0
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// Sample array
var data = [4, 2, 1, 5, 3];
// Sort the array in ascending order
output = data orderBy #[it]; // #[it] refers to the current element
// For descending order (optional)
output = data orderBy #[it] descending;
Explanation:
1. Define a sample array (data).
2. The orderBy function reorders the elements of the array based on the specified criteria.
3. #[it] refers to the current element within the array during the sorting process.
4. By default, the sorting happens in ascending order.
5. To achieve descending order, add the keyword descending after the criteria.
Method 2: Using MEL (Message Expression Language):
MEL provides a basic approach for sorting using a custom function. Here's an example:
XML
<scripting:component>
<script>
<![CDATA[
function sortAscending(arr) {
return arr.sort((a, b) => a - b);
}
// Optional function for descending order
function sortDescending(arr) {
return arr.sort((a, b) => b - a);
}
write(sortAscending(payload), application/json); // Call the desired function
]]>
</script>
</scripting:component>
Explanation:
1. A Scripting component is used to define custom JavaScript functions.
2. The sortAscending function takes an array as input and uses the sort method with a comparison function.
3. The comparison function (a - b) sorts elements in ascending order by comparing their values.
4. An optional sortDescending function demonstrates achieving descending order by reversing the comparison logic.
5. The sorted array is written to the output stream using the desired function (e.g., sortAscending).
Choosing the Right Approach:
• DataWeave: This is the recommended method due to its:
• Readability
• Concise syntax
• Ability to handle complex sorting scenarios (sorting based on multiple criteria, nested objects)
• MEL: While functional for simple sorting, MEL expressions can become complex for intricate sorting logic or conditional operations.
Additional Considerations:
• Ensure the payload is a valid array before applying these methods.
• Error handling can be incorporated within DataWeave or the custom MEL function to gracefully handle cases where the payload might not be in the expected format.
Further Considerations:
• DataWeave also offers the ability to sort based on specific properties within objects contained in the array.
• You can leverage expressions and conditions within the orderBy function for more granular control over the sorting behavior.
Here are some helpful resources for further reference:
Sources
1. https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/issues/6658
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Talk:The Time of My Life (David Cook song)
RIAA certification
I am explaining here why I once again removed "being certified Platinum" from the sentence, "In addition to it's high opening week sales, "The Time of My Life" showed strong sales longevity, and has passed the million mark in digital sales, being certified Platinum."
From the source given, David Cook Official, one of the six headlines of the press release is "IDOL SINGLE “THE TIME OF MY LIFE” HAS BEEN CERTIFIED PLATINUM WITH OVER 1 MILLION TRACKS SOLD." But in the body of the press release it states "American Idol single “The Time Of My Life” (which is featured as a bonus track on David Cook) has reached platinum status with over 1 million tracks sold." Those are two different statements, the first that RIAA has certified the single Platinum and the second that the single has sold over a million tracks but not yet been certified by RIAA. According to the RIAA search page, the single has not yet been certified. Unless a reliable, third-party, published source is found stating that the single has been certified Platinum by the RIAA, it should not be stated in the article. Aspects (talk) 12:27, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
UK Singles Chart
A former version of the article stated that this was the first American Idol winning single to enter the chart. I removed this, as Carrie Underwood's "Inside Your Heaven" also entered back in 2005. Information can be found on that songs page if anyone wants to check it out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 21:48, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
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TY - JOUR T1 - Interstitial Muscle Insulin and Glucose Levels in Normal and Insulin-Resistant Zucker Rats JF - Diabetes JO - Diabetes SP - 1799 LP - 1804 DO - 10.2337/diab.46.11.1799 VL - 46 IS - 11 AU - Holmäng, Agneta AU - Mimura, Kazuo AU - Björntorp, Per AU - Lsönroth, Peter Y1 - 1997/11/01 UR - http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/46/11/1799.abstract N2 - To study interstitial insulin and glucose concentrations, microdialysis was performed in the medial femoral muscles in normal SD rats as well as in insulin-resistant obese Zucker rats during a euglycemic insulin clamp. [14C]inulin was given (0.1 mCi/rat) as a constant subcutaneous infusion 24 h before the insulin clamp. Insulin infusion rates were 5–8 mU · kg−1 · min−1 (low rate) for 140 min and 10–20 mU · kg−1 · min−1 (high rate) for another 100 min. The relationship between insulin and [14C]inulin dialysate recoveries was evaluated in vivo and in vitro in plasma to calculate interstitial insulin concentration. Relative microdialysis recovery of interstitial insulin in vivo was 3.0 ± 0.3% (mean ± SE, n = 68). In normal SD rats, plasma and interstitial insulin concentrations were identical when plasma insulin was ≤250 mU/ml, whereas interstitial insulin was lower when plasma insulin was ≥350 mU/ml. Half-maximal glucose infusion rate was achieved in the presence of plasma and interstitial insulin concentrations of ∼140 mU/ml, whereas maximal glucose disposal was seen at interstitial insulin concentrations of ∼325 mU/ml, corresponding to ∼500 mU/ml in plasma. In electrically stimulated and contracting (1 Hz) normal muscle with markedly increased blood flow, the dialysate insulin concentration was significantly higher at high rates, but not at low rates, of insulin infusion. In insulin-resistant obese Zucker rats, the interstitial insulin concentration was similar to that in plasma, even at pharmacological concentrations. The glucose infusion rate was significantly lower in the obese Zucker rats at both insulin infusion rates than in the lean animals. The glucose content in dialysates from skeletal muscle was equal in both obese and lean rats during the low insulin infusion rate. During the high insulin infusion rate, dialysate glucose concentrations decreased significantly in both groups but were significantly higher in the obese Zucker rats. The data suggest that transport of insulin and glucose diffusion across the capillary wall are rate limiting for insulin as well as for glucose metabolism in muscle in normal rats. This does not appear to be the case in the insulin-resistant obese Zucker rats, where the reduced insulin responsiveness in muscle is due to muscular cellular defects rather than an inhibited transcapillary delivery of insulin. ER -
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checking validation for all column while pasting a row
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hi all,
i need to check validation while pasting a row , for all column having drop down such that value for drop down must be from drop down list else it should give msg for error while allowing other cell values to paste
can someone help me with this?
thanks for your help
1 Reply
@nemo7512
You can achieve this by using a combination of Excel's Data Validation feature and a VBA macro.
Here is a step-by-step guide:
1. Set up Data Validation:
• Select the range of cells in your worksheet where you have dropdown lists.
• Go to the Data tab on the Excel ribbon.
• Click on Data Validation in the Data Tools group.
• In the Data Validation dialog box, choose List from the Allow dropdown.
• In the Source field, enter the reference to your dropdown list (e.g., =$A$1:$A$5 if your dropdown list is in cells A1:A5).
• Click OK to apply the data validation.
2. Write a VBA Macro:
• Press Alt + F11 to open the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) editor.
• Click Insert on the menu and select Module to insert a new module.
• Copy and paste the following VBA code into the module window:
Vba Code is untested, please backup your file.
Sub PasteWithValidationCheck()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim rng As Range
Dim cell As Range
Dim isValid As Boolean
' Specify the worksheet and range where you have your dropdown lists
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")
Set rng = ws.Range("A1:A5") ' Adjust range as needed
' Check if the pasted values are valid based on data validation
isValid = True
For Each cell In rng
If Not cell.Validation.Value(cell.Value) Then
isValid = False
Exit For
End If
Next cell
' If any cell contains an invalid value, display an error message
If Not isValid Then
MsgBox "One or more cells contain invalid values!", vbExclamation
Exit Sub
End If
' If all values are valid, proceed with pasting
On Error Resume Next
ws.Paste Destination:=ws.Range("A" & ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row + 1)
On Error GoTo 0
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
MsgBox "Unable to paste values!", vbExclamation
End If
End Sub
3. Assign the Macro to a Button:
• Insert a button on your worksheet from the Developer tab (if Developer tab is not visible, enable it from Excel options).
• Right-click on the button and choose Assign Macro.
• Select the PasteWithValidationCheck macro and click OK.
4. Testing:
• Now, whenever you want to paste a row with dropdowns, click on the button you assigned the macro to.
• The macro will check if the values to be pasted are valid based on the data validation rules you set up. If any value is invalid, it will display an error message. Otherwise, it will paste the row.
This setup ensures that only rows with valid dropdown values are pasted, preventing invalid data from being entered into your worksheet. Adjust the ranges and sheet names in the code to match your specific workbook.The text, steps and the code were edited with the help of AI.
Note: If you use Excel Online (Excel for the web) have limited support for VBA macros, and certain features like assigning macros to buttons or running VBA code directly within the worksheet are not available. Additionally, the ability to interact with the Excel application via VBA is not available in the online versions. In Excel Online, you can use some basic formulas and functionalities, but advanced features like VBA macros are not supported. As a result, achieving the same functionality as described in the solution may not be possible directly in Excel Online. You need a desktop version to integrate the macro into the file and then use it in Excel Online (possibly with restrictions).
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The Krypt Started as an idea in 1987, I had a thrash band called "Chaos" (and who didn't at that time) I used to draw the flyers for the band and always depicted the band members as demonic creatures playing onstage but we were just kids in jeans and t-shirts. I wanted to make that demonic band a reality.
The genesis of the idea actually came from my love of horror movies and when I was 10 years old I heard "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniel's Band. I always love the part when the devils was playing the fiddle and "A band of demons joined in and it sounded something like this"! Well that was rocking the Devil blew away that country boy but NOOOO the Devil was robbed! And at 10 years old no matter how many times I listened to that song the Devil never got his due. The Idea of a band of demons stuck with me for life
The name "The Krypt" came from my friends guitar case which had "The Crypt" written on it in creepy letters, I thought it was a great name, a place where there be demons! The Krypt!
I moved to Maryland because I had a friend of the family willing to rent me a room cheap! I placed ads in Roxx Magazine and found the Drummer, Dale Cord who listed King Diamond, Racer X and Cacophony as influences. Then I found Guitarist John Winner who was into Merciful Fate and Metallica, We then Found Lead Guitarist Troy- damn can't remember his last name! who was into Randy Rhodes and Malmsteen! We finally rounded out the band with bassist Tom Leal who liked Fates Warning and the Red Hot Chilly Peppers and Slayer.
I had been writing material for a concept album because it took so long to find other thrash metal musicians that would work with a keyboard player and enter into a band that would wear prosthetic make up and costumes. I had no idea how I was going to to this but that was the plan
We rehearsed wrote and hung out together, I walked into my local video store and the kid behind the counter was creating a latex cut on his arm. I said "hey! Do you know how to do prosthetic make up?" And he said he did and would only charge me for materials! I thought this was fantastic! I soon realized that he really did not know what he was doing after failed attempts at life casting one which burned my face. So did them with straight plaster on out faces! He could not sculpt so I sculpted the appliances and he made the molds and cast up the pieces.
Our fist show was at the Paragon in College Park, Maryland, I think it was during the summer of 1988 the kid was putting us in make up and it looked really bad all muddy and grey I was looking at him work and he kept flipping the make up over to look at the underside, So I looked and the underside and he had the colors written there… He was fucking colorblind!!!! AGGH! I said, " You can't be a make up artist and be colorblind." He replied, " well lots of people overcome their disabilities" I had to explain that there were no one legged men in the NBA, the special olympics maybe but not in the professional world. He had the basics to sculpt and make molds and all the theory but could not apply the make up so I jumped in to help.
I must explain that this concept album was also for live shows the songs had to be played in order and there was musical interlude with a narration in-between songs so the music never stopped. I don't think that College Park was ready for such an avant garde experience in fact today most audiences just don't get it, but I had a dream! The show was rough but not bad for a first one, the make up was falling off me so I ripped the rest off and people thought it was part of the show. The reviews were mixed, some people thought we played one really long song! Some people appreciated what we were trying to do.
Around this time I met a fellow named Don Wingo and he enjoyed the band, he introduced me to Scott Forest who was a guitarist and owned a 4 track tape recorder. I met Scott on my 19th Birthday and the next day we borrowed his girlfriends Toyota pick up truck and Don, Scott and I drove to Florida to pick up my Hearse and P.A. Equipment. Scott and I became close friends as I told him the concept story of The Krypt's first album in fact we were so involved in the story that we drove around the Beltway twice missing our exit not one but two times! We drove down and back nonstop, we put the casket from the hearse in back of the little pick up and took turns sleeping in it on the return trip it was really comfortable compared to the cab of the truck! Scott woke up at a rest stop and scared the shit out of some kids when he lifted the coffin lid!
Scott offered to record us on his 4 track so we went into my mothers basement and started to record. I was such a damned dictatorial perfectionist that none of the recording were good enough for me, looking back we just should have gone through with it, I think we only did 3 songs, Magick, The Quest, The Black School. Maybe the Awakening? I have no Idea what ever became of that recording.
We continued to do small shows at local venues
I decided that I wanted to record a professional album in a pro studio. I found this great studio owned by a guy named Micky Rat! What was I thinking! The studio was nice and he saw us coming! Yes sir for the low low price of 10,000.00 us dollars we could have an album. I figured there were 5 of us so that is 2,000.00 each so very doable. Guitarist John Winner wanted none of it he was not going to pay to record and that was that so he was out. I felt betrayed by him, man I am such an idiot! I should have listened to him. Coming up with weekly payments the loss of a guitarist was taking a toll on the band and the recording was going slower than anticipated, Mickey Rat like to eat up time showing movies and talking all the while charging us by the hour! I needed to find a new guitarist to replace John I asked Scott if he was into it and he liked the stuff and we got along well but some of what we were doing at the time musically was just beyond where he was at that time. Troy would record all the guitar parts for the songs. We tracked, Magic, The Quest, The Black School, The Awakening, The Sending Of the Succubus and Forces of Evil maybe some others I can't remember.
All the while still looking for a new guitarist, The band decided not to pay for any more recording and that things were to change, I was to only play keyboards and we were going to get a new lead singer/frontman and the concept album idea was out as well as the stage show we were to only focus on more progressive music, well i guess they still like my song writing and playing. I just could not do it though so I backed out. The Krypt was done. Dale, Troy and Tom, formed a new band called Nightfall with a really great vocalist who sounded like rob Halford. It was short lived as Tom was just not feeling it and soon it disbanded.
That was the first incarnation of "The Krypt"
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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 08:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Shot Off Posse
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Non-notable criminal organization. Google has not heard of this organization; neither has Google News Archive. This article may be a hoax. The 3 references are offline sources that may have been fabricated by the author. This article has previously been deleted three times under the name The Shot Off Posse and was created by, who was blocked indefinitely for repeatedly creating this article with violations of WP:BLP. The user who recreated this article, created an account the day after Blackjackjokerz was blocked, so TnMeth is a likely sock. Cunard (talk) 05:59, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
I am a member of Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force, the references are not fabricated. I have a VHS tape of the FOX13 story on this group as well as many local newspaper clipings. I understand these may no longer be online but I assure you these are not fabricated. Another refernce from local paper, The Collierville Herald, will be added.(TnMethTaskForce (talk) 06:27, 2 April 2009 (UTC)) Comment: while it is always true that a reference "may have been fabricated", is there any reason to believe that is more likely in this article than any other? Arkady Renkov (talk) 11:02, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
* Seems likely when the article has already been deleted three times and all the supporters are recently created spas. The first ref (The Collierville Herald) does not have onlines archives going back far enough but I would have thought that "shot off posse" would have been mentioned at least once since 2006 if they really are notable. The second ref (Memphis Commercial Appeal) DOES have online archives for the period but completely fails to verify the claim. I can't be bothered to waste my time with the rest of the refs. We are being hoaxed and socked. Delete. Sp in ni ng Spark 11:56, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
* Delete I agree that the two users are the same, and I would have blocked the first account too, based on the history; however, the editor has been cooperative (but needs to change his username), and I would consider the previous account's interactions under the category of "learning the hard way." Based on the information provided, the organization is marginally notable at best, and that no more than within the Memphis area. Just because references are not available online does not mean that they are invalid or fabricated; that said, I find nothing in the Commercial Appeal archives under any of several search terms, and if there are only three stories over three years, it's not a notable organization. Acroterion (talk) 12:07, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
* Delete apparent hoax. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 13:38, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
* Delete, as compelling as the SPA sock fabricators are. WP:DENY WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/complex 20:10, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
User: Blackjackjokerz, is my oldest son. He tried to write this article but it was understandably removed. I took on the task myself, and did my best to follow the wiki guidelines, witch User: Acroterion helped me very much as I am a fan of wikipedia but a new editor. I hope to write a few more articles on meth-producing gangs in the Mid-South area. I have taged the article "underconstruction" and will improve it with time. I am bothered by the fact that I have been polite and cooperative to everybody here and my work is labled as a "Hoax", "Fabricated" and "Non-notable", witch in the Memphis area meth market this group is more than notable. Please inform me as to what I can do better, or what I have done wrong. Any help will be greatly appreciated, Thank You.(TnMethTaskForce (talk) 22:32, 2 April 2009 (UTC))
* Delete The task force actually exists, but as this is a project with worldwide reach, the mention of a local group isn't that notable unless they have multiple mentions in multiple Tennessee media markets beyond WHBQ-TV in Memphis. As it is, there's only one mention of it at all in G-hits, and that's from some moron on MySpace who hasn't visited his profile in three years. Thus the notability of this group sounds at worst non-existant, and at best scattershot and disconnected. Nate • ( chatter ) 23:52, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
* Many more and most articles on this group were published by The Collierville Herald. I can reference these, but as far as I can tell references must be on Google.? The Collierville Herald has covered the news of Collierville and the surrounding area for 130 years. But these articles (to the best of MY knowledge) can not be found on Google.(TnMethTaskForce (talk) 01:32, 3 April 2009 (UTC)) — TnMethTaskForce (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
I have added more references from The Collierville Herald, I will also add references from WHBQ (Fox13)(TnMethTaskForce (talk) 01:52, 3 April 2009 (UTC))
* Perhaps we haven't been clear. The issue is not with the number of sources, it is with the ability to verify their content on a page where several editors have already shown themselves willing and able to break the rules to create it. Considering the gang is ostensibly based in Memphis, they have very low notability. Unless working urls are included, you're wasting your time. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/complex 01:58, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
The Collierville Herald articles are obtainable at Collierville Public Library thus verifiable. How does the groups location effect its notability? Note: The Memphis metropolitan area has population of 1,280,533. (TnMethTaskForce (talk) 02:34, 3 April 2009 (UTC))
* While offline references are perfectly acceptable, It is quite a coincidence that all your references for this very contemporary and topical subject are just outside the range of the online archives. It is an even greater coincidence that when you are caught out inserting a reference that can be checked online (Memphis Commercial Appeal), the reference fails to check out and suddenly is replaced by yet another ref just outside the online archive range. Both the Collierville Herald and the Shelby Sun Times have online archives going back several years, yet your most recent ref is for 2006. The suspicion must be that these references are quite deliberately chosen for the difficulty of checking them. If this is genuine, I invite you to e-mail me with a scan of one of these articles, but at the moment I am having a complete failure of good faith over this. Sp in ni ng Spark 13:01, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Why do I feel like I am being attacked? The group is notable. The references are verifiable. I understand your concern but I assure you all I am only here with good intentions. I am still looking into it but I can not yet find a wiki rule or giudeline broken in this article.WP:AGF(TnMethTaskForce (talk) 17:35, 3 April 2009 (UTC))
Also other criminal gang stubs such as Satanas have nearly no information or references.(TnMethTaskForce (talk) 18:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC))
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Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
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Year
: 2006 | Volume : 16 | Issue : 4 | Page : 957--958
Radiological quiz - musculoskeletal
P Sharma, U Hemal
Deptt. of Radiology, L.H.M.C., N. Delhi - 1, India
Correspondence Address:
P Sharma
Senior Resident, Deptt. of Radiology, L.H.M.C., N. Delhi - 1
India
How to cite this article:
Sharma P, Hemal U. Radiological quiz - musculoskeletal.Indian J Radiol Imaging 2006;16:957-958
How to cite this URL:
Sharma P, Hemal U. Radiological quiz - musculoskeletal. Indian J Radiol Imaging [serial online] 2006 [cited 2020 Feb 22 ];16:957-958
Available from: http://www.ijri.org/text.asp?2006/16/4/957/32399
Full Text
A 7 year old male presented with right side knee pain. USG of knee was done using high frequency small part linear probe. What is your diagnosis?
Radiological Diagnosis
View AnswerMEDIAL MENISCAL CYST
USG revealed a 0.97 x 0.28 cm cystic lesion involving right side medial meniscus suggestive of right side meniscal cyst.
Meniscal cysts may be defined as encapsulated mass lesions containing synovial - like fluid continuous with a meniscus [1]. The incidence varies in reports from 1% to 20%. [2]. They present with pain and swelling at the joint line. They usually arise as a result of fluid passage from the joint to the periphery of the meniscus through a horizontal cleavage tear or complex tear of the meniscus. The cysts tend to have a broad base, and communication with the meniscus can usually be demonstrated, which aids in differentiating the meniscal cyst from the distended bursa [1].
Lateral meniscal cysts are two to four times more common than medial meniscal cysts. Medial cysts, though less common, frequently tend to be asymptomatic even though they may be larger than cysts in the lateral meniscus [3]. The exact etiology of meniscal cysts is unknown. A myxoid degenerative process is identified histologically. There is often a history of precedent trauma [2].
Meniscal cysts appear at sonography as hypoechoic fluid - filled mass that may or may not be compressible. They may be multiloculated. Because there is stasis, the fluid in a meniscal cyst may become progressively complex with the passage of time, demonstrating increasing echoes and may even appear solid on sonography [4]. Demonstration of the underlying tear is possible in some but not all cases.
Conservative treatment in the patient with few symptoms is recommended. Should the cyst become significantly symptomatic, it is necessary to treat the meniscal pathology to prevent a cyst recurrence [2][8].
References
1Ptaszick R. Ultrasound in Acute and Chronic Knee Injury. Radiologic clinics of North America. 1999 July; 37(4): 814-817.
2Lantz B, Singer KM. Meniscal cysts. Clinic Sports Med. 1990 Jul; 9(3): 707-725.
3Kelly EA, Berquist TH. Knee. In : MRI of the Musculoskeletal system, 5th ed. Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2006: 343.
4Schmitz MC, Schaefer B, Bruns J. A ganglion of the anterior horn of the lateral meniscus invading the infrapatellar fat pad. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 1996; 4: 97-99.
5Kurian J, Schindler OS, Hussain A. Medial meniscal cyst of the knee - an usual presentation : a case report. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2003 Dec; 11(2): 234-236.
6Spence KJ Jr, Robertson RJ. Medial meniscal cysts. Case report and review of the literature. Orthopedics. 1986 Aug; 9(8): 1093-1096.
7Lippe CN, Suprock MD. Bilateral medial meniscal cysts in a 15 year old girl. Am J Orthop. 2005 Apr; 34(4): 195-197.
8Kanamiya T, Naito M, Hara M, Cho K, Fujiwara A, Morishita Y. Bilateral meniscal cysts of medial menisci occurring in a career soldier. Arthroscopy. 2004 July; 20 Suppl 2: 13-15.
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HMS Express (H61)
HMS Express was an E-class minelaying destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion, the ship was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1935–36 during the Abyssinia Crisis. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, she spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict.
Express spent most of the first year of World War II laying minefields in British, Dutch and German waters. She participated in the evacuation of Allied soldiers from Dunkirk in May–June 1940, but resumed minelaying afterwards. The ship was one of five British destroyers that inadvertently entered a German minefield off the Dutch coast a few months later, leading to the sinking of two destroyers and Express having her bow blown off, incapacitating her for over a year of repairs. Two months after returning to duty, Express escorted the battleship HMS Prince of Wales (53) and the battlecruiser HMS Repulse (1916) (Force Z) to Singapore in late 1941, in an unsuccessful attempt to deter Japanese aggression against British possessions in the Far East. She escorted the capital ships in an attempt to intercept landings in British Malaya in December and rescued their survivors after they were sunk by Japanese bombers. Express was then assigned convoy escort duties in and around Singapore and the Dutch East Indies under the control of American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM) as the Japanese advanced. She escaped from the East Indies and rejoined the main body of the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean. The ship played a minor role in Battle of Madagascar as she screened an aircraft carrier during the late stages of the campaign in 1942.
Express returned home in early 1943 to begin conversion into an escort destroyer. Upon its completion in June, the ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and renamed Gatineau. She was assigned to convoy escort duties with the Mid-Ocean Escort Force and participated in sinking a German submarine in March 1944. Gatineau was transferred to Northern Ireland in preparation in May for the Invasion of Normandy and was sent to Canada in July to begin a lengthy refit. The ship was only operational for a few months before the war ended in May 1945 and she returned to Canada shortly afterwards. Gatineau was paid off in early 1946 and was sold the following year. The ship became part of a breakwater on the coast of British Columbia in 1948.
Description
The E-class ships were slightly improved versions of the preceding D class. They displaced 1405 LT at standard load and 1940 LT at deep load. The ships had an overall length of 329 ft, a beam of 33 ft and a draught of 12 ft. They were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of 36000 shp and gave a maximum speed of 35.5 kn. The ships carried a maximum of 470 LT of fuel oil that gave them a range of 6350 nmi at 15 kn. Their complement was 145 officers and ratings.
The ships mounted four 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX guns in single mounts, designated 'A', 'B', 'X' and 'Y' from front to rear. For anti-aircraft (AA) defence, they had two quadruple mounts for the Vickers 0.5 in AA machinegun. The E class was fitted with two above-water quadruple torpedo tube mounts for 21 in torpedoes. One depth charge rail and two throwers were fitted; 20 depth charges were originally carried, but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began. To compensate for the weight of her 60 Mark XIV mines and their rails, two of Express's 4.7-inch guns, their ammunition, both sets of torpedo tubes, her Two-Speed Destroyer Sweep (TSDS) minesweeping paravanes, and her large boats and their davits had to be removed. She was given small sponsons at the stern to ensure smooth delivery of her mines.
Wartime modifications
Express had her rear torpedo tubes replaced by a 12-pounder (76 mm) AA gun in July 1940. In February–June 1943, she was converted into an escort destroyer. A Type 286 short-range surface search radar was fitted and a Type 271 target indication radar was installed above the bridge, replacing the director-control tower and rangefinder. The ship also received a HF/DF radio direction finder mounted on a pole mainmast. Her short-range AA armament was augmented by four 20 mm Oerlikon guns and the .50-calibre machine guns were replaced by a pair of Oerlikons. A split Hedgehog anti-submarine spigot mortar was installed abreast 'A' gun and stowage for 60 depth charges provided; 'Y' gun and the 12-pounder had to be removed to compensate for their weight. By the end of the war, a Type 277 radar had replaced the Type 271, and the Type 286 had been superseded by a Type 291.
Construction and career
Express, the eighth ship of that name to serve with the Royal Navy, was ordered 1 November 1932, from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend under the 1931 Naval Programme, for use as a destroyer that could quickly be converted for use as a minelayer when required. She was laid down 24 March 1932, and launched on 29 May 1934. The ship was commissioned on 2 November 1934, at a total cost of £247,279, excluding government-furnished equipment like the armament.
Express and her sister ships were assigned to the 5th Destroyer Flotilla (DF) of the Home Fleet. She remained at home for the next nine months while her armament was adjusted at Sheerness Dockyard from 13 December to 5 January 1935. The ship was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet, together with most of the rest of her flotilla, beginning in September 1935, during the Abyssinian Crisis, and returned home in March 1936. Upon her arrival, Express was refitted at Portsmouth Dockyard 23 March–4 May. The ship was then temporarily assigned to Gibraltar for the next two months as tensions rose before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. She then spent the rest of the year at home, before patrolling Spanish waters in the Mediterranean in January–March 1937, enforcing the edicts of the Non-Intervention Committee. After a brief refit, Express then conducted minelaying trials for two months and was refitted again at Portsmouth between 9 August–2 October. Shortly afterwards, the ship had a fire in her forward boiler room that badly damaged her electrical cabling; she was repaired at Gibraltar from 24 October to 3 December. Express spent most of 1938 at home other than one period in Spanish waters, where she was based out of Gibraltar. During her time at Portsmouth, the ship operated as a minelayer from 15 August to 4 October, before beginning a refit there on 21 November that lasted to 16 January 1939. Upon its completion, Express returned to Gibraltar for several months. After returning to the UK, the ship escorted the President of France, Albert François Lebrun, across the English Channel on 21 March en route to his state visit to the UK. She was earmarked for conversion to a boy's and anti-aircraft training ship in June, but shortages of crewmen put paid to the idea. Express was present at the Reserve Fleet Review on 5 August.
World War II
Shortly after the outbreak of war in September, Express joined her sister HMS Esk (H15) at Immingham on the North Sea on 8 September, operating under the direct control of the Commander-in-chief, Home Fleet, Admiral Sir Charles Forbes. The two destroyers made their first minelaying sortie in the Heligoland Bight on the night of 9/10 September. and did it again a week later without being detected. They then reverted to ordinary duties for the next several months, before beginning to lay defensive minefields off the English coast in November. On 12 December, the Admiralty formed the 20th Destroyer Flotilla with Express as the flotilla leader; the other ships assigned were Esk and the newly converted destroyers, HMS Intrepid (D10) and HMS Ivanhoe (D16). The four destroyers laid 240 mines off the mouth of the Ems on the night of 17–18 December and the two sisters then began a refit at Portsmouth.
Express and Esk began to lay more defensive minefields in February 1940, often with the large auxiliary minelayers HMS Princess Victoria (M03) and HMS Teviot Bank. On the night of 2/3 March, the sisters were joined by the newly converted destroyers HMS Icarus (D03) and HMS Impulsive (D11) in laying mines near Horns Reef, in the Heligoland Bight, that sank the GERMAN SUBMARINE U-44 in March, and later the submarines GERMAN SUBMARINE U-50, GERMAN SUBMARINE U-1, and GERMAN SUBMARINE U-25. After resuming defensive minelaying later that month, Express was damaged in a collision with the fishing trawler Manx Admiral off Kinnaird Head on 23 March and was under repair until 24 April.
On the night of 9/10 May, Express, Esk and Intrepid laid another minefield in the Heligoland Bight and were diverted on their return voyage to escort Princess Victoria as she mined Dutch waters off Egmond the following night after the Germans invaded the Netherlands on 10 May. This began an intensive series of minelaying sorties in Dutch waters during the rest of the month that saw three German minesweepers sunk on 26 July. The minelaying, however, was interrupted at the end of the month by the need to evacuate the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk. On 29 May, Express towed the disabled destroyer HMS Jaguar (F34) clear of a wreck in Dunkirk harbour and transferred many of her evacuees aboard before she could repair her engines later that day. The following day, Rear-Admiral Frederic Wake-Walker, commanding the ships involved in the evacuation, briefly hoisted his flag aboard her. She was lightly damaged by bomb splinters on 31 May, but continued to ferry soldiers back to England. The ship and the destroyer HMS Shikari (1919) were the last ships to leave Dunkirk with troops on 4 June when the evacuation ended. She brought out 3,419 troops over the course of the operation.
The ships of the 20th Flotilla resumed minelaying operations on 15 June, although most of these over the next several months were defensive in nature. On the evening of 31 August 1940, Express, Esk, Icarus, Intrepid, and Ivanhoe departed Immingham to lay an offensive minefield off Texel, with cover provided by three destroyers of the 5th DF. At 23:07 it became clear that the ships of the 20th Flotilla had entered a German minefield when Express struck a mine abreast 'B' gun, losing her entire bow up to the bridge. The detonation killed 4 officers and 54 ratings; one officer and 7 crewmen were later rescued by the Germans. Esk and Ivanhoe, the closest ships to Express, closed to render assistance, while the other two destroyers turned hard to starboard and retraced their route to exit the minefield, according to standing orders. Five minutes after the first mine detonated, Esk's bow struck a mine and she came to a stop. Five minutes later Ivanhoe struck another mine that badly damaged her bow. At about 23:20, Esk struck another mine amidships that detonated her magazines. By 01:40, Express had managed to raise steam again and steamed astern to minimise the pressure of the water on her shored-up bulkheads.
The Admiralty dispatched nine motor torpedo boats (MTB) to go to the assistance of Express and Ivanhoe once they had been notified of the incident by Intrepid and ordered that the destroyers of the 5th DF were not to enter the minefield. Captain Louis Mountbatten of the 5th DF complied until he received the report of a Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson bomber that had spotted the two damaged destroyers about 07:00 about 25 mi east of his position. The MTBs reached the ships first, around 08:00, and evacuated all of Express's crew. Mountbatten's destroyers spotted Express around 08:40, and HMS Kelvin (F37) took her in tow, stern first, twenty minutes later. The tow cable, however, fouled one of Kelvin's propellers and had to be cut. HMS Jupiter (F85) then took over the tow. The threat of aerial attack at 19:45 forced Jupiter to slip her tow and allow one of the attending tugboats to take over the task. Express finally arrived at Hull at 17:30 on 2 September 1940. The ship was under repair at Chatham Dockyard until 4 October 1941.
To the Far East
Express was ordered to escort the battleship Prince of Wales to the Far East with her sister HMS Electra (H27) where the ships would form the nucleus of a new Eastern Fleet intended to deter Japanese aggression. The trio departed Greenock on 25 October and arrived at Colombo, Ceylon, on 28 November. The following day, the destroyers HMS Encounter (H10) and Jupiter joined them from the Mediterranean Fleet as did the battlecruiser Repulse. The force then set course for Singapore, where they arrived on 2 December.
Force Z
After receiving the reports of the attack on Pearl Harbor and landings in Malaya by the Japanese, Force Z put to sea in the late afternoon of 8 December in an attempt to intercept the invasion convoys. This consisted of Prince of Wales and Repulse, escorted by four destroyers, Electra, Express, HMS Tenedos (H04), and the Australian HMAS Vampire (D68). The ships were spotted during the afternoon of 9 December by the JSUB I-65, and floatplanes from several Japanese cruisers spotted the British ships later that afternoon and shadowed them until dark. Admiral Sir Tom Phillips decided to cancel the operation as the Japanese were now alerted. Force Z turned back during the evening, after having tried to deceive the Japanese that they were heading to Singora. At 00:50 on 10 December Admiral Philips received a signal of enemy landings at Kuantan and correspondingly altered course so that he would arrive shortly after dawn.
The crew of the JSUB I-58 (1925) spotted Force Z at 02:20, reported their position, and fired five torpedoes, all of which missed. Based on this report the Japanese launched 11 reconnaissance aircraft before dawn to locate Force Z. Several hours later 86 bombers from the 22nd Air Flotilla based in Saigon were launched carrying bombs or torpedoes. Once the British ships reached Kuantan around 07:50, Express was sent to investigate the area, but there was nothing to find. The crew of a Mitsubishi G3M "Nell" reconnaissance bomber spotted the British at 10:15 and radioed in several reports; the first bombers arrived less than an hour later. They ignored the destroyers and sank both Prince of Wales and Repulse by 13:20. Electra and Vampire moved in to rescue survivors of Repulse, while Express rescued survivors of the Prince of Wales. All told, the three destroyers rescued over 2,081 survivors.
Afterwards, Express escorted the minelayers Teviot Bank, HMS Kung Wo, and the Dutch HNLMS Willem van der Zaan (ML-2) as they laid defensive minefield around Singapore. On 24 December, she laid 18 mines of her own to block Japanese access to the harbour of Penang. The ship also escorted convoys to and from Singapore and the Dutch East Indies. Express was transferred to the China Force, which controlled all convoys in the ABDACOM area, on 20 January 1942. Despite a boiler room fire on 6 February that damaged some of her electrical cabling and fuel tanks, the ship remained on escort duties until she arrived at Simonstown, South Africa, on 25 April to begin repairs that lasted until 26 June.
Express was assigned to the 12th DF of the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean after her repairs were completed. She escorted the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious (87) on 10 September as her aircraft supported the landings at Majunga that were intended to facilitate the complete occupation of Madagascar and then returned home in February 1943 to be converted into an escort destroyer.
Canadian service
The conversion was completed on 2 June; the following day, Express was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy and commissioned with the name Gatineau. On 15 June, the ship was given to Canada where she was assigned to Escort Group C3 and assigned to the Mid-Ocean Escort Force for convoy duties in the North Atlantic. While protecting Convoy HX 280, she helped to sink the GS U-744 on 6 March 1944. Two months later, Gatineau was transferred to the 11th Escort Group, based at Derry, to prepare for the invasion of France (Operation Overlord) by patrolling British waters. She sailed to Halifax in July to begin a lengthy refit that lasted from 3 August to 16 February 1945. The ship spent March working up at the Anti-Submarine Training School at Tobermory before beginning anti-submarine patrols in British waters until the end of the war in May. Gatineau returned to Canada in June and was refitted in Halifax 11–19 July before she was transferred to the West Coast. The ship was paid off into reserve at Esquimalt on 10 January 1946 and struck from the Navy List on 1 April 1947. Gatineau was then sold to Capital Iron & Steel Metals of Victoria, British Columbia; her hulk was used to form a breakwater at Royston, British Columbia (49.65396°N, -124.94826°W) in 1948. She remained visible for many years, but little remained of her hull by 2004.
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Walmart's first quarter margins under pressure, e-commerce rebounds
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walmart Inc on Thursday said profit margins during the first quarter remained under pressure due to price cuts and higher freight costs, weighing on its shares even as sales and earnings came in stronger than expected. Walmart’s gross margin, which has fallen for four consecutive quarters, was down 23 basis points in the quarter ended April 30. Within the U.S. division, operating income fell 3.1 percent from the prior year. Shares of the world’s biggest retailer traded 1.6 percent down in afternoon trade after initially opening higher. The stock has fallen around 20 percent from an all-time high in January. “The Street is trying to digest the margin performance and there are concerns around when they can make money given the large investments in e-commerce,” said Brian Yarbrough, an analyst with Edward Jones. The weak margins overshadowed strong first-quarter results and progress in Walmart’s efforts to keep pace with rivals like Amazon.com Inc. Walmart’s e-commerce sales grew 33 percent, above the 23-percent growth in the previous three months. It said it is on track to increase U.S. e-commerce sales by 40 percent for the full year. The e-commerce rebound comes after a sharp slowdown during the crucial holiday quarter, which sent its shares down over 10 percent and wiped out $31 billion from its market capitalization. “Online grocery continued to accelerate and we also have new brands in e-commerce including the partnership with Lord and Taylor, so there are a lot of different things driving growth there,” Chief Financial Officer Brett Biggs said in an interview. He said free two-day shipping boosted growth, and the Walmart.com site redesign helped late in the quarter. The site redesign also boosted traffic to the company’s online grocery business by 10 percent to 20 percent, e-commerce chief Marc Lore told reporters on an earnings conference call. International sales were up 4.5 percent at $28.3 billion on a constant currency basis, helped by an early Easter, Biggs said. The company is in the process of fixing its international business portfolio and recently said it will acquire a 77-percent stake in Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart for $16 billion, its largest deal ever, to compete with Amazon.com Inc in an important growth market. It plans to sell a majority stake in its UK grocery chain Asda Group Ltd to J Sainsbury PLC. Walmart also recently reached agreements to sell its banking operations in Walmart Canada and Walmart Chile, it said on Thursday. Excluding special items, adjusted earnings were $1.14 per share. The average analyst estimate was $1.12 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Sales at U.S. stores open at least a year rose 2.1 percent excluding fuel, in line with analyst forecasts, according to Consensus Metrix. Walmart has recorded nearly four straight years of U.S. growth, unmatched by any other retailer. Walmart said some consumers may have felt the pinch from rising gas prices, but consumer demand remained robust. “In terms of (demand), this quarter is reasonably similar to what I have seen last year and we are comfortable with our strategy,” Walmart’s U.S. CEO Greg Foran said on a media call. The comparable sales increase was driven by a jump in the price of items sold and by e-commerce. The company’s U.S. grocery business and higher branded drug prices also boosted growth. Competition in the U.S. grocery sector intensified as rival Kroger Co struck a deal with British online grocery company Ocado Group to build and deliver groceries from robot-staffed warehouses. Customer traffic at Walmart stores was up 0.8 percent during the quarter, slower than the 1.5 percent growth during the same period a year ago. A delayed spring hurt demand in weather-related categories and led customers to consolidate trips. Biggs said demand in those categories rebounded this month. Total revenue increased 4.4 percent to $122.7 billion, beating analysts’ estimates of $120.5 billion. Reporting by Nandita Bose in New York; Editing by Nick Zieminski
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by Jennie Harris, PhD, MPH
It only takes one dose.
Though I’ve worked in public health for a decade, I’ve never thought about rubella, a.k.a. German measles, until a recent project required me to. We’re privileged to not worry about rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) in the United States since we rarely encounter these diseases – thanks to vaccination. However, during the last big pre-vaccination epidemic in 1962-65, the United States had 12.5 million rubella cases, 20,000 babies born with CRS, and over 13,000 fetal/neonatal deaths. Unfortunately rubella is still present in many countries; and as long as rubella virus continues to circulate, imported cases will remain a public health concern in the United States.
Rubella is a disease that is spread by droplets when an infected person sneezes or coughs. Luckily the disease is usually mild in children and adults; common symptoms are rash, low fever, and swollen lymph nodes behind the ears. People sometimes don’t even realize that they have it. But if a woman is infected during her first trimester of pregnancy, there is up to a 90% chance that she will pass the virus to her fetus. This can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, or CRS. CRS causes many different birth defects including hearing and vision loss, heart defects, and developmental delays.
We’ve been vaccinating people in the United States against rubella since 1969. We use measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, called MMR. But the rubella vaccine component is considered too expensive in some countries and some people don’t consider rubella to be as dangerous as other vaccine-preventable diseases. Also, some children are not vaccinated because of the barriers to reaching every child for vaccination. Currently, only 4 out of 10 children worldwide receive rubella vaccine.
Unvaccinated girls eventually grow up and are susceptible to rubella while pregnant (unless they were previously infected with rubella virus). On a global scale, rubella virus infection during pregnancy results in more than 100,000 babies born with CRS each year. That’s a LOT of babies with serious birth defects; most of whom live in countries with limited support services for persons with disabilities. Rubella virus infection during pregnancy can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths.
All from a disease that is preventable with just one shot.
Just one shot. One shot and a child will be able to hear music, see rainbows, play actively and grow up healthy.Jennie CDC
Fortunately, the global health community is working hard to increase access to rubella vaccine. The number of countries where rubella vaccine is routinely offered to children increased from 79 to 137 (70% of all countries) from 1996 to 2013 with several more countries planning introduction in 2014-2015. And people are working tirelessly throughout the world, including in the United States, to decrease barriers to vaccination so all children are protected from vaccine-preventable diseases.
I look forward to the day when the rest of the world has the privilege to not worry about rubella.
[Editor’s note: There’s an awesome infographic available, if anyone would care to use it!]
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Generational Trauma: A Genetic Component
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By Michelle Mukonyora
1 October 2017
Zimbabweans have experienced complex trauma. Trauma that is repetitive and cumulative: from the First and Second Chimurenga wars, to Gukurahundi, to Murambatsvina, and 2008. Today, we continue to face violence (sexual, political), and economic pressures that feel burdensome. Annie Murphy has a brilliant Ted Talk titled ‘What We Learn Before We Are Born’. It was this talk that made me want to explore the prenatal factors that contribute to depression, and to start thinking of trauma as being “contagious”. Trauma is devastating not only for the person who has suffered it, but for future generations.
Murphy highlights a study conducted following the September 11 attacks, which revealed that pregnant women who experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), gave birth to babies with susceptibility to PTSD. Comparable cases have been observed amongst children of war veterans. Many of us have heard snippets of the traumatic experiences our parents and grandparents experienced during the liberation struggles, both directly and indirectly. There is the obvious effect of trauma being passed on by personal interactions. But stress also leaves genetic imprints, known as epigenetic changes. Epigenetic changes are chemical changes to the DNA, which do not change the message encoded by the DNA but affect the way in which the message is conveyed: Louder, softer, silent.
Early life stress causes inheritable depressive behaviour
An interesting study showed that young male mice exposed to stressful situations, and with no comfort from their mothers grew up having depressive behaviours. They also tended to underestimate risk in adulthood. The children and grandchildren of these male mice showed similar depressive behaviours. To eliminate the social aspect of passing on trauma, the genetic material of the first generation of male mice was used to fertilise eggs from non-traumatized mice, and the depressive behaviours were still inherited. The exact mechanisms through which this happens are not yet clear.
A mother’s diet affects the baby’s metabolism
Murphy also discusses research, which suggests that the mother’s diet while pregnant affects the way in which a baby metabolizes food. Basically, the diet in the womb helps shape and prepares the foetus for life outside the womb. Mothers that eat abundantly birth babies with metabolisms designed to metabolise food consumed in abundance. In some cases, pregnant women with restricted diets will birth babies that are exposed to an abundant diet. These babies ultimately become susceptible to chronic diseases such as obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes later on in life. Often, a lot of pressure is placed on women to adjust their lifestyles when trying to become pregnant. But it is now becoming clear that men also need to be mindful of their lifestyle choices. Sperm are equally susceptible to epigenetic changes. Alcoholism in men, for example, affects their offspring.
Nurturing plays a role in stress levels later in life
As early as 1997, a groundbreaking study illustrated that baby rats, which were licked and cared for more by their mothers, grew up expressing lower levels of stress hormones. Later on, it was found that baby rats nursed by inattentive mothers also grew up to be inattentive mothers. Epigenetic changes resulting in lower levels of the hormone oestrogen were implicated in this phenomenon. Studies of this nature have now evolved to human studies. Work like this is important, as it highlights the importance of dealing with conditions such as post-natal depression. The repercussions of poor mother-child bonding may have generational impacts.
Suicide. A genetic element
Suicide is complicated. There are lot of misconceptions about why people feel suicidal, many of which are harmful. The brains of people who died by suicide have “excessive” epigenetic changes in the hippocampus region of their brains. The hippocampus plays an important role in memory and stress responses. For example, those who were abused as children, and committed suicide had these changes in their brains. Socioeconomic status of the family in early childhood also has a significant impact on the brain, and future emotional tendencies. Distinctly different epigenetic patterns are seen between men who had been either very poor or very rich as young children.
Conclusion
We clearly need to start tackling trauma at a genetic level. We need to incorporate genetics in how we deal with and treat downstream depressive disorders, long after the event has passed. In the African context, we also need to focus on how we can incorporate the spiritual and cultural dimensions into how we deal with trauma as a people. A story for another day.
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of His love. He therefore took bread in His holy and venerable Hands, and, raising His Eyes to heaven, He blessed the bread, broke it, and gave it to His apostles, saying: “Take ye and eat; this is My Body, which is given for you; do this for a commemoration of Me.” In like manner, taking the chalice, He gave thanks, and blessed it, saying: “Drink ye all of this. For this is My Blood of the New Testament, which shall be shed for many, for the remission of sins.”
The Real Presence of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. A year before (as you learnt in chapter XXXIV), our Lord had promised to give to His disciples His Flesh to eat and His Blood to drink; and now, at the Last Supper, He fulfilled His promise. By His almighty and efficacious words: “'This is My Body; this is My Blood”, Jesus changed the bread into His Body, and the wine into His Blood, and gave them to be partaken of by His apostles. The appearances, the shape, colour, taste &c., of the bread and wine remained, therefore our Lord gave His Body and Blood to be received by the apostles under the form of bread and wine. The apostles neither doubted nor questioned His words, for the promise of the Blessed Sacrament made a year before as well as the preceding promise that “He would eat the Paschal lamb new in His kingdom”, had already prepared them for the mystery. As Jesus solemnly took bread, raised His Eyes to heaven &c., they said within themselves: “Now the Master is going to perform that which He promised to do, a year ago in the synagogue at Caphamaum.” By
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Geoffrey Allen
Geoffrey Allen may refer to:
* Sir Geoffrey Allen (chemist) (1928–2023), British chemist and academic
* G. Freeman Allen (1922–1995), author specialising in railways
* Geoffrey Allen (bishop) (1902–1982), bishop of Derby, 1959–1969
* Geoffrey Allen (priest) (born 1939), Archdeacon of North West Europe
* Geoff Allen (footballer) (born 1946), English footballer for Newcastle United
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Florian Jaritz
Florian Jaritz (born 18 October 1997) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Austria Klagenfurt.
Career
Jaritz is a youth product of SV Moosburg, FC Carinthia, Austria Kärnten, Austria Klagenfurt, and Wolfsberger AC. He began his senior career with Austria Klagenfurt in 2016, and helped the club get promoted from the Austrian Regionalliga to the Austrian Football Bundesliga. He made his professional debut with Austria Klagenfurt in a 4–1 2. Liga loss to Kapfenberger SV on 1 April 2016. On 23 May 2022, he extended his contract to 2024 with the club.
Personal life
Jaritz is a fan of the German club Borussia Dortmund.
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OpSets: Sequential Specifications for Replicated Datatypes
Title: OpSets: Sequential Specifications for Replicated Datatypes
Authors: Martin Kleppmann (mk428 /at/ cl /dot/ cam /dot/ ac /dot/ uk), Victor B. F. Gomes (vb358 /at/ cl /dot/ cam /dot/ ac /dot/ uk), Dominic P. Mulligan (Dominic /dot/ Mulligan /at/ arm /dot/ com) and Alastair R. Beresford (arb33 /at/ cl /dot/ cam /dot/ ac /dot/ uk)
Submission date: 2018-05-10
Abstract: We introduce OpSets, an executable framework for specifying and reasoning about the semantics of replicated datatypes that provide eventual consistency in a distributed system, and for mechanically verifying algorithms that implement these datatypes. Our approach is simple but expressive, allowing us to succinctly specify a variety of abstract datatypes, including maps, sets, lists, text, graphs, trees, and registers. Our datatypes are also composable, enabling the construction of complex data structures. To demonstrate the utility of OpSets for analysing replication algorithms, we highlight an important correctness property for collaborative text editing that has traditionally been overlooked; algorithms that do not satisfy this property can exhibit awkward interleaving of text. We use OpSets to specify this correctness property and prove that although one existing replication algorithm satisfies this property, several other published algorithms do not.
BibTeX:
@article{OpSets-AFP,
author = {Martin Kleppmann and Victor B. F. Gomes and Dominic P. Mulligan and Alastair R. Beresford},
title = {OpSets: Sequential Specifications for Replicated Datatypes},
journal = {Archive of Formal Proofs},
month = may,
year = 2018,
note = {\url{https://isa-afp.org/entries/OpSets.html},
Formal proof development},
ISSN = {2150-914x},
}
License: BSD License
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ContainerCmdletProvider.ConvertPath(String, String, String, String) Method
Definition
Gets a new provider-specific path and filter (if any) that corresponds to the given path.
protected:
virtual bool ConvertPath(System::String ^ path, System::String ^ filter, System::String ^ % updatedPath, System::String ^ % updatedFilter);
virtual bool ConvertPath(std::wstring const & path, std::wstring const & filter, std::wstring const & & updatedPath, std::wstring const & & updatedFilter);
protected virtual bool ConvertPath (string path, string filter, ref string updatedPath, ref string updatedFilter);
abstract member ConvertPath : string * string * * -> bool
override this.ConvertPath : string * string * * -> bool
Protected Overridable Function ConvertPath (path As String, filter As String, ByRef updatedPath As String, ByRef updatedFilter As String) As Boolean
Parameters
path
String
The path to the item. Unlike most other provider APIs, this path is likely to contain PowerShell wildcards.
filter
String
The provider-specific filter currently applied.
updatedPath
String
The new path to the item.
updatedFilter
String
The new filter.
Returns
True if the path or filter were altered. False otherwise.
Remarks
Providers override this method if they support a native filteing syntax that
can offer performance improvements over wildcard matching done by the PowerShell
engine.
If the provider can handle a portion (or all) of the PowerShell wildcard with
semantics equivalent to the PowerShell wildcard, it may adjust the path to exclude
the PowerShell wildcard.
If the provider can augment the PowerShell wildcard with an approximate filter (but
not replace it entirely,) it may simply return a filter without modifying the path.
In this situation, PowerShell's wildcarding will still be applied to a smaller result
set, resulting in improved performance.
The default implementation of this method leaves both Path and Filter unmodified.
PowerShell wildcarding semantics are handled by the System.Management.Automation.Wildcardpattern
class.
Applies to
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Android Room Persistences library and Kotlin
I am trying to write a simple app using Kotlin and Room Persistance Library. I followed the tutorial in the Android Persistance codelab.
Here is my AppDatabase class in Kotlin:
@Database(entities = arrayOf(User::class), version = 1)
abstract class AppDatabase : RoomDatabase() {
abstract fun userModel(): UserDao
companion object {
private var INSTANCE: AppDatabase? = null
@JvmStatic fun getInMemoryDatabase(context: Context): AppDatabase {
if (INSTANCE == null) {
INSTANCE = Room.inMemoryDatabaseBuilder(context.applicationContext, AppDatabase::class.java).allowMainThreadQueries().build()
}
return INSTANCE!!
}
@JvmStatic fun destroyInstance() {
INSTANCE = null
}
}
}
But when I tried to run the app, it crashes immediately. Here is the crash log:
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: cannot find implementation for com.ttp.kotlin.kotlinsample.room.AppDatabase. AppDatabase_Impl does not exist
at android.arch.persistence.room.Room.getGeneratedImplementation(Room.java:90)
at android.arch.persistence.room.RoomDatabase$Builder.build(RoomDatabase.java:340)
at com.ttp.kotlin.kotlinsample.room.AppDatabase$Companion.getInMemoryDatabase(AppDatabase.kt:19)
at com.ttp.kotlin.kotlinsample.MainKotlinActivity.onCreate(MainKotlinActivity.kt:28)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6272)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1108)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2494)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:157)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1356)
It looks like the class AppDatabase_Impl wasn't autogenerated. I checked the original java app downloaded from codelab and found that AppDatabase_Impl was autogenerated.
Kotlin version: 1.1.2-3 Room version: 1.0.0-alpha1
Is there anyone experienced with this?
Edit: Using kapt solves my problem. In my case, I have to replace annotationProcessor with kapt.
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Usually in project build.gradle I define the dependencies versions:
ext {
buildToolsVersion = '25.0.2'
supportLibVersion = '25.3.1'
espressoVersion = '2.2.2'
archRoomVersion = '1.0.0-alpha1'
}
so in app build.gradle the dependencies look like:
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre7:$kotlin_version"
compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${rootProject.supportLibVersion}"
compile "android.arch.persistence.room:runtime:${rootProject.archRoomVersion}"
annotationProcessor "android.arch.persistence.room:compiler:${rootProject.archRoomVersion}"
kapt "android.arch.persistence.room:compiler:${rootProject.archRoomVersion}"
androidTestCompile("com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:${rootProject.espressoVersion}", {
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
})
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}
Now you can define Entities Daos and Database in Kotlin.
Database:
@Database(entities = arrayOf(User::class), version = 1)
abstract class Database : RoomDatabase() {
abstract fun userDao(): UserDao
}
Entity:
@Entity(tableName = "user")
class User {
@PrimaryKey(autoGenerate = true)
var id: Int = 0
var name: String = ""
}
Dao:
@Dao
interface UserDao {
@Query("SELECT * FROM user")
fun getAll(): List<User>
@Insert
fun insertAll(vararg users: User)
@Delete
fun delete(user: User)
}
NB: Query with parameters. Kotlin renames params, so the SQL query to retrieve all the emails that belong at an user via the userId is:
@Query("SELECT * FROM email "
+ "INNER JOIN user ON user.id = email.userId "
+ "WHERE user.id = :arg0")
fun getEmailsForUser(userId: Int): List<Email>
In my case, in build.gradle, when you have "annotationProcessor" you need to duplicate with "kapt" and it works.
compile "android.arch.persistence.room:runtime:$room_version"
annotationProcessor "android.arch.persistence.room:compiler:$room_version"
kapt "android.arch.persistence.room:compiler:$room_version"
Try out these steps
Step 1. Set the room_version in the project.gradle file
buildscript {
ext.kotlin_version = '1.1.51'
ext.room_version = '1.0.0-alpha9-1'
...
Step 2. Apply the kotlin-kapt plugin in the app.gradle file, and this solved my issue.
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
android {
compileSdkVersion 26
buildToolsVersion "26.0.1"
...
Step 3. Add the kapt dependency in the app.gradle file
dependencies {
implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
implementation "android.arch.persistence.room:runtime:$room_version"
annotationProcessor "android.arch.persistence.room:compiler:$room_version"
kapt "android.arch.persistence.room:compiler:$room_version"
...
}
Anyone interested in using Kotlin with Room and Data Binding can see this sample project https://github.com/entrpn/kotlin-room-databinding
i almost gave up. but after doing just what dharmin007 said i also had to clean the project. that made it work. I've noticed that whenever you add kapt to gradle you MUST clean the project after synching gradle.
I don't know if there is a necessity to my answer I know that some of the above answers already included this to their answers but they added other things
ONLY ADD apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
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The result was merge to Zapf Creation. Sandstein 06:08, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
Chou Chou (doll)
* – (View AfD) (View log)
I do not think that this doll is notable. There is nothing special about it, at least it can't be extracted from the information given in the article. Aditionally, the text is highly advertising. Reducing it to unbiased facts would only lead to a small line thast could be merged into Zapf Creation. Per aspera ad Astra (talk) 20:40, 19 September 2009 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:12, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
* Delete Totally unreferenced, spammy article that has little or no encyclopedic value. Regards, Javért ☆ 20:53, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
* Keep - The spamminess can be dealt with through editting. The dolls are widely sold and was the top-selling toy fort he UK in July 2009. Google news searh turns up lots of articles including, , just to mention a few. -- Whpq (talk) 18:20, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
* Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
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* Delete per nom. JBsupreme (talk) 01:16, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
* Strong merge to Zapf Creation the parent company. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:57, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
* Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
* Keep or merge with Zapf Creation. Notability established, maybe however better not to fragment. -- Cycl o pia - talk 10:57, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
* Strong merge per above avs5221 (talk) 14:14, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
* Merge. Added a citation for Duracell Top Ten claim. Other articles in business and general databases were either the same as the Easter and Bilingual articles linked by Whpq, or passing mentions on "hot this Christmas" lists in a few magazines. Zapf_Creation could be made into a better article, IMO, and all the non-spammy information could be retained. Some jerk on the Internet (talk) 22:24, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
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camp for three or four days, and afterwards we came to the city of Cuyoacan where I have remained until now, providing for the good order and government and pacification of these parts. Having collected the gold and other things, we had them melted, with the approbation of Your Majesty's officials, and what was melted amounted to one hundred and thirty thousand castellanos, of which one fifth was given to the treasury of Your Majesty, besides one fifth of other duties belonging to Your Majesty, such as slaves and other things, as will be more extensively seen from the account of all belonging to Your Majesty, which will go signed with our names. The remaining gold was distributed amongst myself and the Spaniards, according to the conduct, service, and quality of each. Besides the said gold, there were certain made pieces, and jewels of gold, of which the best was given to the treasurer of Your Majesty.
Amongst the plunder which was obtained from the said city, many bucklers of gold were found; plumes, and feather work, and things so marvellous that they cannot be described in writing, nor can they be comprehended without being seen. And being such they are, it seemed to me they should not be divided but should all be placed at the disposition of Your Majesty, for which purpose I assembled all the Spaniards, and besought them to approve of all these things being sent to Your Majesty, and that the shares belonging to them and me should be placed at Your Majesty's disposition, which they rejoiced in doing with much good will. They and I send them for Your Majesty's acceptance by the procurators whom the council of this New Spain has deputed.
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Data Transport and Enhancement - 27/08/2008
Scott Simmons, USA
TechniGraphics Inc (TechniGraphics) has developed a flexible process for automated conversion of 2D and 2.5D geospatial structure data, such as buildings, into 3D solid CAD models. The purpose of this conversion is twofold. Firstly, to allow realistic structural analysis of how such structures behave in adverse conditions, either as a result of impact from munitions/explosive devices or during natural disaster, and secondly to provide a platform for advanced simulation of human and vehicle movement through 3D environments. Key to success is definition of the implicit 3D topology from the geospatial data, and passing on of these features to the CAD software in such a way that the features are recognised as true solids. Current R&D focuses on how to migrate this process from proprietary GIS and CAD transport formats to the OGC CityGML 1.0 standard.
Approximate Modelling
The source information typically comprises only a building footprint and height for each structure, along with an attribute identifying its general use. Once imported into transport format the structures are automatically populated with appropriate materials and methods of construction as per a set of predefined rules appropriate for each building/structure type. For instance, a building classified as a ‘North American school, brick, pre-1980’ is divided into the appropriate number of floors for its measured height and given a brick exterior with realistically spaced windows. The interior construction will include concrete slab floors, metal studs at 16” spacing, sheet-rock dividing walls, and so on. The completed 3D-model is thus representative of how the building is most probably constructed, although it will not perfectly match the real construction details. Such modelling is appropriate for structural analysis and simulation of movement around the exterior of the facility. Should more detailed information be available regarding the construction details, be that information on paper or in 2D or 3D CAD, it is easily assimilated into the model using tried and proven automated and semi-automated techniques that form the mainstay of TechniGraphics business.
CityGML
One of the uses for this data is simulation of how structures respond to the application of external force, be this the result of earthquake, tsunami, strong wind or blast. TechniGraphics is currently using the Application Domain Extensions (ADE) of CityGML 1.0 to store Finite Element Meshes and/or eight-node grids and structural properties of each element in these structures so that they can be exposed in a modelling environment to these external forces. OGC standards have facilitated the transport of data between major software platforms for this project. However, the key value lies in the specific flexibility of the ADEs for CityGML 1.0, which allow ease of import of less common data types into very specialised software.
Scott Simmons, vice-president R&D/DTO, TechniGraphics Inc, 3351 Eastbrook Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80525, USA, email : ssimmons@tgstech.com.
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The Millennial Project
The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps by Marshall T. Savage is a book (published in 1992 and reprinted in 1994 with an introduction by Arthur C. Clarke) in the field of exploratory engineering that gives a series of concrete stages the author believes will lead to interstellar colonization. Many specific scientific and engineering details are presented, as are numerous issues involved in space colonization.
The book's thesis
Savage takes a Malthusian view of the exponential growth of human population and life in general, and also recommends the exponential growth of blue-green algae for sustenance. He states that it is humanity's destiny to colonize every star in the galaxy. He draws heavily on the Fermi paradox (briefly stated as, "If there is intelligent life in space, why haven't we found it yet?") to support his position that it is humanity's burden alone to ignite the universe with the "spark of Life." In The Millennial Project, he calls for the creation of an international foundation to realize these goals. Originally known as the First Millennial Foundation (founded by Savage in 1987), the organization changed its name to the Living Universe Foundation.
The steps of the project
The "Eight Easy Steps" proposed by Savage are as follows: In the early stages of the Project, Savage recommends Spirulina algae as a primary foodstuff, supplemented by seafood mariculture from the cities of the Aquarius phase.
* 1) Foundation – constitute an organization convened to realize these destinies.
* 2) Aquarius – build arcologies in the tropical oceans as a first step to learning how to build ("grow" ) colonies in space using a method not unlike that used by living corals developed by Prof. Wolf Hartmut Hilbertz and applying his concept of Cybertecture. They also would generate income to fund later steps.
* 3) Bifrost – first step in actually getting off the Earth using ground-based free-electron-laser-powered laser-propelled Waverider. Leik Myrabo, an aerospace engineering professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, demonstrated the feasibility of using ground-based lasers to propel objects into orbit in 1988.
* 4) Asgard – build a space station in geosynchronous orbit.
* 5) Avalon – build colonies on the Moon by doming over the craters and creating miniature ecologies.
* 6) Elysium – start terraforming Mars to "create a living planet to sustain us" connected with Earth through Buzz Aldrin's proposed Mars Transit System, an example of Earth-Mars cycler.
* 7) Solaria – mine asteroids to create asteroid colonies and Asgard-like stations throughout the Solar System to create a Dyson cloud.
* 8) Galactia – colonize beyond the Solar System, expand throughout the galaxy heading to a level 3 on the Kardashev scale, a method of measuring a civilization's level of energy production and consumption.
The Living Universe Foundation, previously known as the First Millennial Foundation, is an organization that supports ocean and space colonization more or less based upon the book The Millennial Project. Space Environments Ecovillage in Bastrop, Texas, is one of the few LUF projects that have materialized so far.
Criticisms
The book has drawn some criticism in that while it is replete with details concerning OTEC construction and space colonization, it touches very little on the subject of how governments and societies will need to change to enact the Project. Defenders and the author himself maintain that one man writing one book cannot be expected to write out the entire course of human development over the next millennium, and that others more suited to the field of social psychology will be needed for the Project's completion.
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International Federation of Variety Artists
The International Federation of Variety Artists (IFVA) was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing entertainers other than musicians and actors.
History
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) organised a World Congress of Intellectual Workers in Brussels in 1951, and the idea for an international organisation of trade unions of variety artists arose. This led to a conference in Hamburg in 1952, at which the secretariat was established. Despite the ICFTU's role in its establishment, the IFVA did not affiliate to it, and instead worked closely with the independent International Federation of Musicians and International Federation of Actors (FIA).
One of the smallest international trade secretariats, by 1960, the IFVA had affiliates in five countries, with a total of only 4,045 members. In 1970, the federation merged into the FIA.
Affiliates
In 1960, the following unions were affiliated to the federation:
General Secretaries
* 1952: Rudi Roeters
* 1950s: Robert Zagar
Presidents
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* 1950s: Willy Manley
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Really straightforward question:
Why does Solr return 0 results when I query using only for, which is a stop word on my Solr setup?
IMO this scenario should behave as a query without any keywords at all, which is returning all legit results as expected.
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Your question doesn't fully describe the setup you have, I'm assuming this is a followup to this: How to apply stop words at Solr query time?
Basically you're chaining up multiple clauses in an AND boolean query. Once Solr processes that it will remove the stopwords (as you expect).
So you end up with clause AND clause AND removed-stopword-clause (always FALSE) AND clause. The result of this will always be 0 results.
This is explained in greater detail here:
Specifically what is happening is that the query parser passes "of" to the analyzer for the name field, which removes the stopwords, including "of", which results in no term to be queried. A Lucene BooleanQuery with no terms will match... nothing. But then when you add another clause, you have the combination of an empty term, and a specific term, which is equivalent to just using the specific term. Think of a sequence of terms to be ANDed as a set - if a term analyzing to no terms, there are no terms to add to the set of terms to be ANDed.
Source: https://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/AND-query-not-working-on-stopwords-as-expected-tp4186817p4186843.html
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• Thanks Mark, maybe I had wrong expectations related to this subject. So basically if I still want to use stop words I'll have to change my keyword AND keyword AND keyword to keyword OR keyword OR keyword, otherwise a query with stop words will always have 0 results. Is this assumption right? – Hugo Santos Oct 29 '19 at 15:10
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Yea. Elsewhere in the linked article someone suggests to leave the stopwords IN the index, but filter them at query time. I don't think this would change the situation for you however. – Mark Cassidy Oct 29 '19 at 15:11
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Professional athletes have them. So do bodybuilders, longshoremen, lumberjacks, and pretty much every guy we innately identify as a pillar of strength. In fact, of all the muscle groups, it is the one that most clearly distinguishes the silhouette of a man from a woman. It’s the deltoids, aka shoulders, and with a broad, meaty pair, you too can carry the mantle of being distinctly male—alpha, even.
The Routine
This routine should be performed at a quick pace, with no more than 30 seconds rest between sets. Because the deltoids are a fairly small muscle group and the shoulder joint is susceptible to injury, it’s best to keep the weight moderate and the reps generally on the high side, as in 10–20. The entire routine should take you no more than a half hour to perform, and you should do it twice per week.
You’ll notice that every exercise in this routine is performed in a seated position, for two reasons. One, most shoulder exercises are conducive to body English; we tend to swing the dumbbells as we tire during lateral and front raises, and excessively arch our backs during presses. Two, we expend excess energy steadying ourselves through each rep of exercises in which we stand. By sitting we can channel all of our resources for the task at hand.
The Basics
Increase the weight you use as the rep count decreases with successive sets.
• Maximum 30 seconds rest between sets
• Reps in the 10–20 range
• Moderate weights
The Alpha Male Shoulder Routine
Exercise Sets Reps
Seated Lateral Raise 4 20-17-14-11
Seated Alternating DB Front Raise 3 14-12-10
Rear Delt Machine 3 16-14-12
Seated DB Press 4 14-12-10-8
Static Hold DB Front Raise 2 To failure
The Exercises
Seated Lateral Raise
Grab a pair of dumbbells and sit on a bench, leaning forward at a slight angle (maybe 10 degrees) while keeping a flat back. Raise the dumbbells out to your sides in a smooth motion, keeping about a 30-degree bend in your elbows. Stop when your hands are just above level with your shoulders and lower the dumbbells again, stopping short of a dead-hang position. the idea is to keep continuous tension on the deltoids throughout the entire set. Your rep pace should be approximately one second on the way up and 1½ seconds on the way down.
Seated Alternating DB Front Raise
You should be able to use about the same weight for these as you used for seated lateral raises, if not slightly more. While sitting upright on a bench, alternately raise each dumbbell in front of you, keeping about a 10-degree bend in your arms. Stop when the dumbbell clears the top of your head; any higher and you begin to lose tension in your shoulder. Start lifting with the opposite arm once the dumbbell is fully lowered. Keep the pacing similar to what you did on seated lateral raises.
Rear Delt Machine
Most gyms have one of these, or a dual pec-dec/rear-delt machine. if yours doesn’t, you can substitute bentover laterals or rear cable laterals. Sit facing the bench, holding the handles out in front of you. With a slight bend in your elbows, pull the arms of the machine back—as if doing a reverse butterfly stroke—as far as you can without jerking your body for more extension. Squeeze the rear delts at the top of the movement before returning to the start position.
Seated DB Press
Holding a dumbbell in each hand, sit on a bench with back support. Raise the dumbbells to your shoulders and press them straight up, with a slight but not excessive arch to your back. Push the dumbbells overhead until your elbows are a few degrees shy of locked out. Do not let the weights clang together at the top. There are no hard-and-fast rules about where your elbows should align during the movement. Out to the side, you’ll feel it more in your rear delts. in front of you and you’ll feel your front delts working more. What’s most important is that you choose the path of least resistance, such that your shoulder joints feel minimal stress while your shoulder muscles feel maximal resistance.
Static Hold DB Front Raise
Sitting or standing, clasp the fingers of both hands around the handle of a dumbbell and hold it out in front of you at shoulder height for as long as you can. Depending on the weight you choose, you should aim for anywhere between 20 seconds and a minute. Feel the burn!
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Zen and the Art of Making Chocolate Frosties
I cannot find any references to Zen and the Art of Making Chocolate Frosties on the Internet or at Amazon. The ISBN is the same as the one for The Pragmatic Programmer. I suspect it's a joke/vandalism. --Booch (talk) 17:24, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
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WVLR-FM (91.5 FM) is a station that broadcasts a classical music format. Licensed to Lyndonville, Vermont, United States, the station is owned by Vermont Public Co.
From 1977 to 2023, the station operated as WWLR, the college radio station at Lyndon State College and its successor, Northern Vermont University—Lyndon.
History
WVLR-FM began broadcasting as WWLR on February 4, 1977, as a 10-watt outlet broadcasting on 91.7 MHz. In 1981, the station moved to 91.5 MHz as part of a power increase to 3,000 watts. However, three years later, the station was almost shut down when Lyndon State College teachers complained about electromagnetic radiation, though administration kept it on the air; WWLR had been forced off the air earlier in 1984 in order to rectify interference to the meteorology equipment in the college's atmospheric sciences program. As a result, the WWLR tower was relocated, and the station temporarily operated at half-power until the tower was moved.
Vermont Public announced its acquisition of the WWLR license from Northern Vermont University—Lyndon on December 16, 2022, with the intent of adding the station to its classical music network; the student-run programming would continue as an Internet radio station. The trustees of the Vermont State Colleges had voted to put WWLR up for sale in October 2022, after having earlier approved a plan to relinquish the license in December 2021. The purchase, at a price of $80,000, was consummated on April 25, 2023. Vermont Public took the station silent on May 1 to prepare for changes required to transmit its signal. The call sign was changed to WVLR-FM on October 30, 2023; on November 6, it resumed broadcasting at reduced power under special temporary authority as part of Vermont Public Classical.
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Etymology
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Proper noun
* 1) Korea
* 2) South Korea
Etymology
, originally short for, but now short for.
originally refers to the, three ancient tribal confederations in the southern Korean Peninsula. The word was later conflated with the unrelated, which also became known as and which united in the seventh century to form the united Korean nation. The reference in is to the Three Kingdoms, not the original tribes.
Usage notes
* After Korea was divided in 1945, South Koreans have generally referred to Korea by the name, a shortening of South Korea's official name, , which is itself based on , briefly the official name between 1897 and 1910 when the Korean monarchy claimed imperial status.
* The older name for Korea, used between 1394 and 1945, was . North Korea continues to use this name, but it has been largely deprecated in South Korea.
* In contexts where North Korea is not involved, will usually refer to South Korea specifically. In contexts having to do with North Korea, is preferred. Note that the logic to this is that South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the Korean people and hence to be the sole "Korea", so there is no need to specify that it de facto controls only the southern half when North Korea is not part of the discussion. The same goes for North Korea, which will refer to itself as without specifying.
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KINGS OF NORWAY. 113 They went on farther that evening, and came to a saga vn. fourth bonder, who was considered the most hos- pitable man in the country ; but he drove them away also. Then Sigvat sang — " Then on I went to seek night's rest From one who was said to be the best, The kindest host in the land around, And there I hoped to have quarters found. But, faith, 'twas little use to try ; For not so much as raise an eye Would this huge wielder of the spade: If he's the best, it must be said Bad is the best, and the scald's praise Cannot be given to churls like these. 1 almost wished that Aasta's son In the Eyda forest had been one, When we, his men, were even put Lodging to crave in a heathen's hut. I knew not where the earl to find: Four times driven off by men unkind, I wandered now the whole night o'er, Driven like a dog from door to door." Now when they came to Earl Rognvald's the earl said they must have had a severe journey. Then Sigvat sang — " The message-bearers of the king From Norway came his words to bring; And truly for their master they Hard work have done before to-day. We did not loiter on the road, But on we pushed for thy abode: Thy folk, in sooth, were not so kind That we cared much to lag behind. But Eida forest safe we found, From robbers free to the eastern bound: This praise to thee, great earl, is due — The scald says only what is true." Earl Rognvald gave Sigvat a gold arm-ring, and a woman said " he had not made the journey with his black eyes for nothing." Sigvat sang — et My coal-black eyes Dost thou despise ? They have lighted me Across the sea To gain this golden prize: VOL. II. I
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ABSTRACT: Apnea divers hyperinflate the lung by taking a deep breath followed by glossopharyngeal insufflation. The maneuver can lead to symptomatic arterial hypotension. We tested the hypotheses that glossopharyngeal insufflation interferes with cardiac function further reducing cardiac output (CO) using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to fully sample both cardiac chambers. Eleven dive athletes (10 men, 1 woman; age = 26 ± 5 yr, body mass index = 23.5 ± 1.7 kg·m(-2)) underwent cardiac MRI during breath holding at functional residual capacity (baseline), at total lung capacity (apnea), and with submaximal glossopharyngeal insufflation. Lung volumes were estimated from anatomic images. Short-axis cine MR images were acquired to study biventricular function. Dynamic changes were followed by long-axis cine MRI. Left and right ventricular end-diastolic volumes (LVEDV, RVEDV) decreased during apnea with and without glossopharyngeal insufflation (baseline: LVEDV = 198 ± 19 mL, RVEDV = 225 ± 30 mL; apnea: LVEDV = 125 ± 38 mL, RVEDV = 148 ± 37 mL, P < 0.001; glossopharyngeal insufflation: LVEDV = 108 ± 26 mL, RVEDV = 136 ± 29 mL, P < 0.001 vs baseline). CO decreased during apnea (left = -29 ± 4 %, right = -29 ± 4 %) decreasing further with glossopharyngeal insufflation (left = -38% ± 4%, right = -39% ± 4%, P < 0.05). HR increased 16 ± 4 bpm with apnea and 17 ± 5 bpm with glossopharyngeal insufflation (P < 0.01). Ejection fraction moderately decreased (apnea: left = -5% ± 2%, right = -7% ± 2%, glossopharyngeal insufflation: left = -6% ± 2%, right = -10% ± 2%, P < 0.01). With continued apnea with and without glossopharyngeal insufflation, LVEDV and CO increased over time by a similar but small amount (P < 0.01). The major finding of our study was that submaximal glossopharyngeal insufflation decreased CO further albeit by a small amount compared to maximal inspiratory apnea. The response was not associated with severe biventricular dysfunction.
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ABSTRACT: To analyze pre-hospital delay in patients with myocardial infarction from mainland and islands of Split-Dalmatian County, southern Croatia. The study included all patients with myocardial infarction transported by ambulance to the University Hospital Split in 1999, 2003, and 2005. Pre-hospital delay was analyzed in the following intervals: pain-to-call, call-to-ambulance, ambulance-to-door, and door-to-coronary care unit interval. Patients were categorized according to the location from which they were transported: Split, mainland >15 km from Split, and islands. There were 1314 patients (62.9% men) transported and hospitalized for myocardial infarction. Total pre-hospital delay (pain-to-hospital) was significantly reduced from 1999 to 2005 (5.2 hours vs 4.3 hours, P=0.011). Seventy-five patients (5.7%) were admitted to the coronary care unit within the recommended time-frame of less than 90 minutes, none of which was from the islands, while 248 patients (18.9%) were admitted more than 12 hours from the onset of pain. Pre-hospital delay in patients with myocardial infarction in southern Croatia is still too long, especially in patients coming from outside of Split. Prognosis and survival of such patients may be improved by introducing changes to the health care system in remote areas, such as out-of-hospital thrombolysis, greater use of telemedicine, training of lay persons and paramedics in defibrillation, introduction of quality assessment mechanisms, and improved patient transport.
Croatian Medical Journal 10/2010; 51(5):423-31. · 1.25 Impact Factor
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VIPR. Verifying Integer Programming Results
About
VIPR is new a software project to verify, in exact rational arithmetic, the correctness of results computed by mixed-integer linear programming solvers. It is based on an elementary file format for LP-based branch-and-cut certificates proposed in the article
Kevin K.H. Cheung, Ambros Gleixner, and Daniel E. Steffy: Verifying Integer Programming Results. In: F. Eisenbrand and J. Koenemann, eds., Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization: 19th International Conference, IPCO 2017, pp. 148-160, 2017, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59250-3_13.
This repository contains a detailed technical specification of the certificate file format, software to check, display, and compress certificate files, and supplementary information on the computational experiments conducted for the article above.
Software
VIPR currently comes with three C++ programs:
• viprchk: A program that verifies mixed-integer linear programming certificate files specified in the .vipr file format.
• viprttn: A program that tightens and improves .vipr files, potentially reducing their size and allowing for easier checking.
• vipr2html: A program that converts .vipr certificate files to a human readable HTML format (not recommended for large files).
The code should compile with most modern compilers supporting the C++11 standard. Directory code provides a basic makefile. We have successfully built the tools with GNU g++ version 5.4.0 under Ubuntu 16.04.4. It depends on the GNU Multiple Precision library.
File format specification .vipr
A conceptual description of the verified integer programming result (.vipr) file format is given in the article above. A more detailed technical specification is provided here.
A small example is given as paper_eg3.vipr. Certificates for large MIP instances from the literature can be found as part of the supplementary information of the article.
Developers
Software for generating .vipr certificates
We have created an extension of the exact rational version of the SCIP optimization software that is able to produce certificates of MIP results.
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BARTHOLOMEW BARTLETT 340 his life by surprising the Louvre, making prison- ers of the royal family, and putting to death the duke of Guise and the leaders of the Cath- olics ; that the plot was revealed by one of the council whose conscience revolted from such a crime ; that his deposition was confirmed in the mind of the king by the violent and un- dutiful expressions uttered by Coligni in the royal presence ; that having but the interval of a few hours to deliberate, he had hastily given permission to the duke of Guise and his friends to execute justice on his and their friends ; and that if, from the excited passions of the populace, some innocent persons had perished with the guilty, it has been done con- trary to his intention, and has given him the most heartfelt sorrow." The balance of evi- dence evinces that the original plan, formed by Catharine de 1 Medici and the duke of Guise, was simply to disorganize the Huguenot party by the murder of Coligni, their recognized leader; that the partial failure of this threw the court into alarm, and the weak king, per- suaded that his person was in danger, consented to issue the order for the massacre, which, as expressed by Lingard, " was not originally contemplated, but grew out of the unexpected failure of the attempt already made upon the life of the admiral." A grave question has arisen as to the supposed complicity of the papal court in the massacre. The despatches of the papal nuncio at Paris seem to set this | question at rest. On the very day of the mas- sacre he wrote to the cardinal secretary at Rome an account of the matter. A month later (Sept. 22), in reply to inquiries for more detailed information, he wrote: "The queen regent, having become jealous of the admiral, came to the resolution a few days before, and caused the arquebuse to be discharged at him without the knowledge of the king, but with the participation of the duke of Anjou, and of the duchess of Nemours, and of her son the duke of Guise. Had he died immediately, no one else would have perished. But he did not die, and they began to expect some great evil ; wherefore, closeting themselves in consultation with the king, they determined to throw shame aside, and to cause him to be assassinated with the others ; a determination which was carried into execution that very night." This account was contained in a cipher despatch from the nuncio at Paris to the government at Rome, which would hardly have asked information about a conspiracy in which they had borne a part ; and the nuncio, in a secret despatch, would hardly have spoken in terms of such condemnation of a plot in which his superiors were implicated. These secret despatches were first published almost two centuries after. A solemn Te Deum over the event was sung at Rome by the order of Pope Gregory XIII.; but it must be borne in mind that, according to the accounts then at hand, the affair grew out of an unsuccessful conspiracy against the French government and the Catholic church ; and the Te Deum belonged to the same category with the one sung shortly before for the vic- tory gained at Lepanto over the Turks. Nuth- dorf, a German student who professed to have been an eye witness of the massacre, left a nar- rative of it in Latin, which has been recently discovered in France, and is said to be in course of publication (1872). BARTLETT, Kllsha, an American physician and author, born in Smithfield, R. I., in 1805, died there, July 18, 1855. He graduated from the medical department of Brown university in 1826, spent a year in Europe, and commenced practice in Lowell, Mass. He delivered the course of lectures on pathological anatomy at the Berkshire medical institute in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1832, and in 1839 lectured at Dart- mouth college. Subsequently he held pro- fessorships in Transylvania college, Lexington, Ky. (1841), the university of Maryland (1844), Lexington again (1840), Louisville (1849), and the university of New York (1850) ; and from 1851 till his death he held the chair of materia medica and medical jurisprudence in the col- lege of physicians and surgeons in New York. While occupied in these different situations during the autumn and winter, he also delivered from 1843 to 1852 the lectures at the Vermont medical college, Woodstock, in the spring and summer. He wrote " Essay on Philosophy of Medical Science " (1844) ; " Inquiry into the Degree of Certainty in Medicine" (1848); "The Fevers of the United States " (1850) ; "Discourse on the Times, Character, and Works of Hippocrates " (1852) ; and a volume of verses entitled " Simple Settings in Verse for Portraits and Pictures from Mr. Dickens's Gallery" (1855); and edited "The Monthly Journal of Medical Literature " at Lowell. BARTLETT, lehabod, an American lawyer, born in Salisbury, N. II., in 1780, died in Portsmouth, N. H., Oct. 19, 1853. He was educated at Dartmouth college, and commenced the practice of law in Durham, but soon re- moved to Portsmouth, where he spent the rest of his life. He is celebrated as an opponent of Webster and Mason. He was seven years in the state legislature, a representative in con- gress (1823-'9), and a member of the state constitutional convention of 1850. BARTLETT, John Rnssell, an American author, born in Providence, R. I., Oct. 23, 1805. He was early placed in a banking house, and was for six years cashier of the Globe bank at Providence. While there he was one of the original projectors of the Providence athenssum and an active member of the Franklin society, before which he occasionally lectured. In 1837 he engaged in business in a commission house in New York, in which he was unsuc- cessful. He then took part in establishing there the bookstore of Bartlett and Welford, chiefly for the importation of foreign works. He became at this time one of the active managers of the New York historical society, and was a projector of the American ethno-
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Capitalization Examples
* welfare state
* West:
* Bank (Jordan)
* Coast (Africa); but west coast (U.S.)
* End, etc. (section of city)
* Europe (political entity)
* Far West; Far Western States
* Florida (1763-1819)
* Middle (United States); Midwest
* South Central States, etc.
* the West (section of United States; also world political entity)
* west, western Pennsylvania
* Western:
* bloc
* civilization
* countries
* Europe(an) (political entity)
* Hemisphere; the hemisphere
* ideas
* Powers
* States
* United States
* World
* but far western; western farming States (U.S.)
* westerner
* Whip, Majority; Minority
* Whisky Rebellion (see Rebellion)
* White (see Caucasian)
* White House:
* Blue Room
* East Room
* Oval Office
* Police (see Police)
* Red Room
* Rose Garden
* State Dining Room
* white paper, British, etc.
* Wilderness, capitalized with name; San Joaquin Wilderness, CA; the wilderness; but the Wilderness (Virginia battlefield)
* Wood, if part of name:
* Belleau
* County
* Fort Leonard
* World: New, Old, Third; but free world
* World Bank; the Bank
* World Series
* World War (see War)
* World War II veteran
* World Wide Web (WWW), the Web
* x ray (note: no hyphen)
* x ray (note: no hyphen)
* year, calendar, fiscal
* Your Excellency; Your Honor; Your Majesty; etc.
* Youth Corps; the Corps
* Youth Corps; the Corps
* ZIP Code number; ZIP+4
* Z39.50
* Zone, if part of name; the zone:
* British (in Germany)
* Canal (Panama)
* Eastern, Western (Germany)
* Frigid
* Hot (infectious area)
* of Interior (see Command)
* Temperate, Torrid; the zone
* U.S. Foreign Trade; Foreign Trade Zone; but the foreign trade zone, free trade zone
* zone:
* Arctic
* eastern standard time
* no-fly
* polar
* tropical
* Zoological Park (National); the zoo; the park
* Zoological Park (National); the zoo; the park
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Talk:Inspectors close Chicago landmark Healthy Food restaurant after finding dead mouse in cooler
Reporter's notes
I placed a call to the Healthy Food restaurant to inquire if they were open. (The contact number is provided on the menu web page I listed in the See also section.)
The call was answered by a woman.
I asked, "Hello. Are you open today?"
The woman who answered said, "No, we're closed. There's some technical difficulties. I'm sorry. Thank you for calling."
I could hear a second phone ringing in the background. I'm wondering if many news organizations are calling this restaurant now that they are receiving national coverage for this story.
It's kind of sad that a restaurant which has been open since the 1930s would be brought down by a single mouse.
I hope they are able to sanitize and re-open the establishment soon.
That's my report from the Food Safety desk.
— DV 23:08, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Oh I think this is great, DV...Wikinews could have plenty of this in the future since we may have users all over the world! --HiFlyer 00:36, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Healthy Foods reopen
I have just called Healthy Foods & they gave their opening hours. Their website is up & running.
http://cityinsights.com/healthyfood.htm
I'm looking forward to going back there. It is alot like my grandmother's cooking!
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Please replace the mouse image with "Apodemus sylvaticus bosmuis.jpg". Thanks. Siebrand - (talk) 09:12, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
* ✅ --SVTCobra 09:37, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
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Noche Sin Día
"Noche Sin Día" (Spanish for "Night With No Day) is a song recorded by Italian trio Il Volo, featuring Cuban reggaeton duo Gente de Zona. It was released digitally on May 25, 2018, by Sony Music Latin as the lead single from Il Volo's upcoming fifth studio album Ámame.
Background
In May 2017, during a press conference in Milan, Il Volo revealed that they had started working with producer Emilio Estefan on a contemporary music album in Spanish, a tribute to Latin America and its rich diversity of musical genres. In May of 2018 the trio announced through their social networks the release of the first single of the album, "Noche Sin Día", recorded with the Cuban duo Gente de Zona, which mixes urban and pop sounds. Talking about the song Il Volo said: "Together with Gente De Zona, on ‘Noche Sin Día’ we sought to transmit our idea of a fresh, Latin party vibe. We want this to be our calling card as we introduce a new sound to our Latin American fans – one that’s completely different from what we’ve done so far."
Critical reception
Billboard editor Suzette Fernández wrote: "the song takes care of the musical standards of both groups, making the rhythm of the song fit in an organic way."
Music video
The song's official music video was directed by Emilio Estefan and David Rousseau and was filmed at the Miami Design District. It premiered on the Spanish-language television program Primer Impacto broadcast by Univision on May 24, 2018 and was released on Il Volo's Vevo account shortly afterwards.
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Plugin Class Reference
Plugin Class Reference
This reference page is linked to from the following overview topics: Custom Command Wizard.
#include <xsi_pluginitem.h>
Class Description
A Plugin object holds read-only information on a particular plug-in file registered in Softimage.
Plug-in objects are filled in with the PluginRegistrar object at startup and can be accessed with the Application::GetPlugins property.
Since:
4.0
Example:
Shows how to access information about the plug-ins that are currently registered in Softimage
using namespace XSI;
Application app;
CRefArray pluginArray = app.GetPlugins();
for (LONG i=0; i<pluginArray.GetCount(); i++)
{
Plugin plugin(pluginArray[i]);
app.LogMessage( L"***" + plugin.GetName() + L"***" );
LONG minor, major;
plugin.GetVersion( major, minor );
app.LogMessage( L"version: " +
CValue((LONG)major).GetAsText() + L":" +
CValue((LONG)minor).GetAsText() );
app.LogMessage( L"author: " + plugin.GetAuthor() );
app.LogMessage( L"language: " + plugin.GetLanguage() );
app.LogMessage( L"file name: " + plugin.GetFilename() );
app.LogMessage( L"url: " + plugin.GetURL() );
app.LogMessage( L"email: " + plugin.GetEmail() );
app.LogMessage( L"help: " + plugin.GetHelp() );
app.LogMessage( L"origin: " + CValue((LONG)plugin.GetOrigin()).GetAsText() );
app.LogMessage( L"origin path: " + plugin.GetOriginPath() );
app.LogMessage( L"loaded: " + CValue(plugin.IsLoaded()).GetAsText() );
CString strCat;
CStringArray strArray = plugin.GetCategories();
for (LONG j=0; j<strArray.GetCount(); j++)
{
strCat += strArray[j]; strCat += L",";
}
app.LogMessage( L"category: " + strCat );
CRefArray itemArray = plugin.GetItems();
for (j=0; j<itemArray.GetCount(); j++)
{
PluginItem pluginItem(itemArray[j]);
app.LogMessage( L"*** item name: " + pluginItem.GetName() );
app.LogMessage( L" item type: " + pluginItem.GetType() );
app.LogMessage( L" item help: " + pluginItem.GetHelp() );
app.LogMessage( L" item origin: " + CValue((LONG)pluginItem.GetOrigin()).GetAsText() );
app.LogMessage( L" item origin path: " + pluginItem.GetOriginPath() );
CStringArray strArray = pluginItem.GetCategories();
for (LONG j=0; j<strArray.GetCount(); j++)
{
strCat += strArray[j]; strCat += L",";
}
app.LogMessage( L" item category: " + strCat );
}
}
Inheritance diagram for Plugin:
SIObject CBase
List of all members.
Public Member Functions
Plugin ()
~Plugin ()
Plugin (const CRef &in_ref)
Plugin (const Plugin &in_obj)
bool IsA (siClassID in_ClassID) const
siClassID GetClassID () const
Plugin operator= (const Plugin &in_obj)
Plugin operator= (const CRef &in_ref)
CString GetAuthor () const
CString GetURL () const
CString GetEmail () const
CStatus GetVersion (LONG &out_major, LONG &out_minor) const
CString GetLanguage () const
CString GetFilename () const
bool IsLoaded () const
CRefArray GetItems () const
CStatus PutUserData (const CValue &in_val)
CValue GetUserData () const
Constructor & Destructor Documentation
Plugin ( )
Default constructor.
~Plugin ( )
Default destructor.
Plugin ( const CRef in_ref )
Constructor.
Parameters:
in_ref constant reference object.
Plugin ( const Plugin in_obj )
Copy constructor.
Parameters:
in_obj constant class object.
Member Function Documentation
bool IsA ( siClassID in_ClassID ) const [virtual]
Returns true if a given class type is compatible with this API class.
Parameters:
in_ClassID class type.
Returns:
true if the class is compatible, false otherwise.
Reimplemented from SIObject.
siClassID GetClassID ( ) const [virtual]
Returns the type of the API class.
Returns:
The class type.
Reimplemented from SIObject.
Plugin& operator= ( const Plugin in_obj )
Creates an object from another object. The new object is set to empty if the input object is not compatible.
Parameters:
in_obj constant class object.
Returns:
The new Plugin object.
Plugin& operator= ( const CRef in_ref )
Creates an object from a reference object. The new object is set to empty if the input reference object is not compatible.
Parameters:
in_ref constant class object.
Returns:
The new Plugin object.
Reimplemented from SIObject.
CString GetAuthor ( ) const
Returns the name of the plug-in's author.
Returns:
The name of the plug-in's author
CString GetURL ( ) const
Returns the URL path that can be used to link to a help page for the plug-in (for example, the web site of the plug-in's author).
Returns:
The URL path.
CString GetEmail ( ) const
Returns the email address of the plug-in (for example, the email address of the plug-in's author).
Returns:
The email address.
CStatus GetVersion ( LONG & out_major,
LONG & out_minor
) const
Returns the plug-in version.
Return values:
out_major Major version number.
out_minor Minor version number.
Returns:
CStatus OK if successful.
CString GetLanguage ( ) const
Returns the name of the language used to implement the plug-in. VBScript, JScript, Python, C#, and C++ are all valid languages.
Returns:
The name of the implementation language.
CString GetFilename ( ) const
Returns the filename of the plug-in.
Returns:
The filename of the plug-in.
bool IsLoaded ( ) const
Returns true if the plug-in is currently loaded in the application.
Returns:
true if the plug-in is currently loaded
CRefArray GetItems ( ) const
Returns a CRefArray object containing the plug-in items (PluginItem) registered by this plug-in. A single Plugin object can contain multiple customizable items, such as custom menus, operators and filters.
Returns:
Array of PluginItem objects.
CStatus PutUserData ( const CValue in_val )
Stores a CValue inside the plug-in object. Softimage does not care about the content or meaning of the data. Once created, the data remains active as long as Softimage is running or until you manually unload the plug-in.
You can use this to store a value to be accessed locally in the plug-in implementation or accessed globally by other plug-ins. The user data is not persisted.
Warning:
In the case where a pointer is stored, the object should be destroyed during the UnloadPlugin callback.
Parameters:
in_val User data to set.
Returns:
CStatus::OK success
CStatus::Fail failure.
See also:
Application::UnloadPlugin
Since:
6.01
CValue GetUserData ( ) const
Returns the user data stored in the plug-in.
Returns:
The user data value.
Since:
6.01
The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:
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From World War II through the mid 1970s, textile mills used asbestos extensively, sometimes exclusively, in the production of textile cloth. The popularity of asbestos was due mainly to its innate qualities: flexibility, heat resistance and durability. The most popular type of asbestos fiber, chrysolite, was used extensively in textile mills due to the ease with which its long fibers could be converted to yarn. Draperies, fire fighter outfits and blankets, gas mask filters, roofing felt, and oven insulation were a few of the many applications for asbestos cloth.
Textile weavers participated in the last step of asbestos cloth manufacturing: weaving the asbestos yarn into cloth. Working directly with the raw material, weavers were much more likely to breath or swallow asbestos fibers that were floating in the air, and are at an incredibly high risk of contracting an asbestos-related disease. Exposure to airborne asbestos for even a short time could result in mesothelioma, a cancer of the protective lining of the lungs, many years, even decades, after the exposure.
Asbestos and the Textile Industry
The connection between environmental asbestos exposure and mesothelioma is well established. One British medical study in particular examined the lungs of 103 deceased textile mill workers. The conclusions the study drew were astounding. The lungs of asbestos textile mill workers was 300 times higher in asbestos than the average UK citizen, and for the people in the study who had been diagnosed with mesothelioma, the onset of the disease after exposure was between 27 and 55 years.
During the 1970s, the link between asbestos and asbestos-related diseases became undeniable, and many textile mills were faced with having to decide what steps they would take to restructure the textile cloth-making process. The difficulties the textile manufacturers faced were compounded by the revelations that many of them knew of the potential for asbestos-related diseases and did not disclose the information to their workers. While many companies adapted to the change in manufacturing operations, many more were forced to close their doors. In 1989, the EPA issued a rule banning the manufacturing of most asbestos related products.
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Are Early Eye Exams Worth It?
Many hardworking men think they don’t have time for an eye exam, or they don’t think it’s important enough.
However, within just a few weeks you can go from seeing clearly to needing a thick pair of glasses, surgery, or worse. And your eye doctor is the only person who can stop it. That’s why eye exams are so important.
Here are a few more reasons why you should get an eye exam ASAP:
1. Cataracts
Did you know that 9 out of 10 Americans develop cataracts by 65?
Even worse, cataracts often develop for years undetected with no symptoms. Meaning there are millions of people with cataracts building in their eyes while being completely unaware of it.
What are cataracts? It’s a tiny buildup of protein in your eye which causes foggy vision, sensitivity to light, and decreased vision, especially when driving at night.
Luckily, a simple eye exam can help your eye doctor catch and remove cataracts before they cause too much trouble.
2. Catch Other Diseases Early
Your eye doctor doesn’t just protect your eyes. One peek into your pupil can reveal signs of; high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, and many other health problems.
That means your eye doctor can help you catch HUGE health problems early. Saving you time and money.
3. Keep Your Independence
As many people age, they watch their vision fade. It becomes harder to see while driving at night, see people crossing the road, and safely cross the street.
In fact, many people start having to ask their family and friends for help. Now, there’s nothing wrong with getting help, but isn’t it a great feeling being able to rely on your own eyesight? In fact, many people who have waited too long to see a doctor have told me…
“I would do anything to get my old independence back.”
Keeping your independence means you keep doing the things you love, like golfing, fishing and driving confidently.
And you get to do it without any trouble!
Early Eye Exams Are The Key!
One simple visit to your eye doctor is all you need. It saves you a world of trouble.
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Contact us to book a time for your appointment. This quick call will help save you time in the office and provide you with the best eye care options for your needs.
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Gilbert Barker
Gilbert William Barker (30 July 1882 – 6 September 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and University Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
An ex-Wesley College player, In his debut season Gilbert was part of the 1904 Fitzroy Premiership side on the half-forward flank. He then moved into the midfield for the rest of his career with Fitzroy, before playing back at half-forward in University's first year operating in the league.
Barker graduated as a doctor in mid 1908 and returned to Perth where he had spent 1907 as a trainee doctor.
He married Emma Lilly Keune in 1911 and they had three children. Barker died in 1952 after a long career as a surgeon in Perth.
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know, though, it why the sub didn't submerge when they saw us coming up. It wasn't a bit like their usual style."
"We got all that," said Tip. "If there's anything you wish to know, sir, enquire within. It seems the sub didn't submerge for the excellent reason that it couldn't. Someone"
"The American, of course," interrupted Martin. "They've got him back in the Old Man's quarters now. Sure to have been him. What would you have done under the"
"Quite so, old dear, quite so! That was their mistake, wasn't it? Took an American prisoner aboard, Troy, as a member of the crew. Funny thing, I say, but I heard months ago that they were having a hard time manning the subs. Well, he cooked their goose for them, what?"
"What are you talking about?" asked Nelson. "Do you mean that there was an American aboard that boat?"
"Just so! And he did something to their tanks"
"Broke the valves, probably," corrected Martin. "Don't see just how he could, either. Still, they say he did. If he had"
"You mean he fixed the boat so it couldn't dive?" 292
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Q. Eliz. The Lord protect him from that kingly title!
Hath he set bounds between their love and me?
I am their mother; who shall bar me from them?
''Duch. York''. I am their father's mother; I will see them.
Anne. Their aunt I am in law, in love their mother:
Then bring me to their sights; I'll bear thy blame,
And take thy office from thee, on my peril.
Brak. No, madam, no, I may not leave it so:
I am bound by oath, and therefore pardon me.
Exit Lieutenant.
Stan. Let me but meet you, ladies, one hour hence,
And I'll salute your Grace of York as mother,
And reverend looker-on of two fair queens.
[To the Duchess of Gloucester.] Come, madam, you must straight to Westminster,
There to be crowned Richard's royal queen.
Q. Eliz. Ah! cut my lace asunder,
That my pent heart may have some scope to beat,
Or else I swoon with this dead-killing news.
Anne. Despiteful tidings! O! unpleasing news!
Dor. Be of good cheer: mother, how fares your Grace?
Q. Eliz. O, Dorset! speak not to me, get thee gone!
Death and destruction dog thee at thy heels;
Thy mother's name is ominous to children.
If thou wilt outstrip death, go cross the seas,
And live with Richmond, from the reach of hell:
Go, hie thee, hie thee, from this slaughter-house,
Lest thou increase the number of the dead,
26 it: i.e. my office
32 crowned; cf. n.
35 dead-killing: death-dealing
36 Despiteful: cruel
42 Richmond; cf. n.
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Pope Francis is an urban critic - Chicago Tribune
Who knew? Pope Francis is an urban critic a tad earnest, perhaps, but as lucid and biting as they come. One of the most intriguing aspects of the pope's new encyclical on climate change is its commentary on the rapid growth of cities in the developing world, a phenomenon the pontiff lacerates as dehumanizing. Early in the document, the pope observes: Neighborhoods, even those recently built, are congested, chaotic and lacking in sufficient green space. We were not meant to be inundated by cement, asphalt, glass and metal, and deprived of physical contact with nature. He blasts green neighborhoods that are open to the privileged, not the poor. Frequently, he writes, we find beautiful and carefully manicured green spaces in so-called 'safer' areas of cities, but not in the more hidden areas where the disposable of society live. World leaders typically do not sound off on urban planning, but it shouldn't be surprising that this one has. He is, after all, intimately familiar with the slums and shantytowns of Latin America, not to mention the grand boulevards of Buenos Aires, where he lived before his move to Rome and its monuments of antiquity. Ditching the red leather shoes worn by his predecessor, Benedict XVI, the pope has demonstrated a canny recognition of the symbolism of design. Even the subtitle of his encyclical On Care for Our Common Home draws on an architectural metaphor. While Francis never mentions architects and urban planners by name, his argument can be read as a tacit rebuke of the cynical worldview of architects like the late Philip Johnson, who once proclaimed that architects are high-class whores who perform for the people who pay them. In their landmark 1932 exhibition on modern architecture at New York's Museum of Modern Art, Johnson and the architectural historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock largely stripped European modernism of its social mission, instead codifying it as a style. In contrast, Francis argues that architects and urban planners should be guided by a moral compass, one that values equity and sustainability as much as cutting-edge form-making. It is not enough to seek the beauty of design, the pope writes. More precious still is the service we offer to another kind of beauty: people's quality of life. Designers beaten down by penny-pinching real estate developers, risk-averse bureaucrats and race-laced urban politics (think Chicago) are sure to dismiss the pope's proclamations as well-meaning pablum. Yet the pope's letter comes at a time when smog-ridden skies and other side effects of rapid urbanization have prompted widespread alarm. As if offering an alternative to the vapid isolation of the trophy skyscrapers of China and Dubai, the pope's encyclical springs from the idea of integral ecology, which argues that care for the environment and the welfare of human beings are inseparable. When we speak of the 'environment,' the pope states, what we really mean is a relationship existing between nature and the society which lives in it. Nature cannot be regarded as something separate from ourselves or as a mere setting in which we live. We are part of nature, included in it and thus in constant interaction with it. His nuanced argument recognizes that design, while it influences our lives, does not determine our destiny. In mega-cities, Francis writes, overcrowding and anonymity can spawn a sense of uprootedness that leads to anti-social behavior and violence. Yet in some places, where the facades of buildings are derelict, people show great care for the interior of their homes, or find contentment in the kindness and friendliness of others. ... In this way, any place can turn from being a hell on Earth into the setting for a dignified life. His urban credo urges the creation of common spaces that allow us to discover our common humanity. He would, I suspect, be a fan of Chicago's new 606, which transforms a dormant and derelict elevated train line into a 2.7-mile trail and park system that spans from hipster neighborhoods like Bucktown to working-class, Hispanic ones like Humboldt Park. Yet he'd also likely worry that gentrification resulting from the 606 could force out the very people it aims to help. It is important that the different parts of a city be well-integrated, Francis writes. Others will then no longer be seen as strangers, but as part of a 'we' which all of us are working to create. Discussing housing, the pope echoes the great urbanologist Jane Jacobs, who railed against the wholesale destruction of city neighborhoods, where kids played in the streets and mothers sat on stoops, for soulless public housing projects. In some places, where makeshift shantytowns have sprung up, Francis writes, they should be redeveloped rather than razed. When slums must be cleared, adequate information needs to be given beforehand, with choices of decent housing offered, and the people directly involved must be part of the process. At times, the pope sounds like an ardent historic preservationist. There is a need, he writes, to protect those common areas, visual landmarks and urban landscapes which increase our sense of belonging, of rootedness, of 'feeling at home' within a city which includes us and brings us together. Yet he also writes: Culture is more than what we have inherited from the past; it is also, and above all, a living, dynamic and participatory present. To be sure, such rhetoric is often challenged by reality. The cash-strapped Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has closed churches that provided the very sense of feeling at home the pope celebrates. His calls for bottom-up participation in urban planning will strike some as being at odds with the top-down power structure of the Catholic hierarchy. Nonetheless, the pope's take on city design, particularly the notion that ecology and social justice must go hand in hand, is timely and provocative. It's the right message. Now the question is whether architects, urban planners and the developers of our cities will listen. bkamin@tribpub.com Twitter @BlairKamin
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Rh with the submissiveness of his own, I replied, "My good friend, are you not content with your own shadow? This would be a bargain of a strange nature indeed!"
"I have in my pocket," he said, "many things which may possess some value in your eyes: for that inestimable shadow I should deem the highest price too little."
A cold shuddering came over me as I recollected the pocket; and I could not conceive what had induced me to style him "good friend," which I took care not to repeat, endeavoring to make up for it by studied politeness.
I now resumed the conversation: "But, sir—excuse your humble servant—I am at a loss to comprehend your meaning,—my shadow?—how can I?"
"Permit me," he exclaimed, interrupting me, "to gather up the noble image as it lies on the ground, and to take it into my possession. As to the manner of accomplishing it, leave that to me. In return, and as an evidence of my gratitude, I shall leave you to choose among all the treasures I have in my pocket, among which are a variety of enchanting articles, not exactly adapted for you, who, I am sure, would like better to have the wishing-cap of Fortunatus, all made new and sound again, and a lucky purse which also belonged to him."
"Fortunatus's purse!" cried I; and, great as
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Which Pandemic Loser is Best-Positioned for a Rebound?
In this piece, we used TipRanks' Comparison Tool to check in on three COVID-era losers — DIS, BA, and DAL — that seem unlikely to be held down for too long, even if a 2023 recession hits. Despite dire circumstances, each name has a "Strong Buy" from Wall Street analysts, with a solid magnitude of year-ahead upside.
The COVID-19 pandemic seems to be winding down, even as the less-deadly Omicron variant looks to surge in the fall season. With boosters and other effective protocols, the pandemic may not be able to hold back some of the biggest losers from the coronavirus market crash of 2020.
From airlines to cruise lines, many COVID-hit stocks have yet to post a full recovery from their 2020 slides. With a recession likely coming up, many such COVID-hit firms (travel and leisure firms) could face another hit to the chin as demand wanes, not due to public health concerns but financial stress on consumer balance sheets.
Indeed, many COVID-hit companies are in desperate need of a break. Still, a lot of such punished firms have been forced to stay on their toes to remain resilient in the face of profound macro challenges. Sure, the light at the end of the tunnel may be a tad farther off as economic storm clouds approach. However, I expect more of the same out of the well-run pandemic-era losers: resilience through trying times.
Disney (NYSE:DIS)
Walt Disney has already been through so much, with COVID lockdowns taking away from parks and cruise revenues. Though Disney+ helped Disney make it through one of the worst headwind storms in its history, it did not take long before the video-streaming market came crumbling down in the face of an economic recession.
Streaming used to be the cure to a media firm's growth woes. These days, a capable streaming platform is just another pricy requirement for staying competitive. Though streaming is maturing, it's still capable of growth. Like with any market, the best players could hog most of the economic profits to be had. In that regard, I view Disney as the new king of the streaming kingdom, with its must-stream trio of Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+.
In the grander scheme of things, Disney's streaming push is still in its earlier stages. Yet, its growth has been absolutely remarkable. Even if a recession weighs on streaming as a whole, I view Disney as a firm capable of taking share away from incumbents. CEO Bob Chapek knows that content is king, and billions will need to go into content creation to win the streaming wars.
Disney's streaming strategy is sound, and price increases will keep coming as users get "stuck" on new exclusive series. As COVID abates further, I expect parks and cruises to continue gaining traction. There's still plenty of pent-up demand unmet, in my opinion, and I don't think a recession will destroy such demand permanently. It'll merely delay it.
Wall Street loves Disney stock, too, with 17 Buys and three Holds assigned in the past three months. The average DIS stock price target of $144 implies nearly 30% upside potential over the year ahead.
Boeing (NYSE:BA)
Boeing is a planemaker whose troubles started well before the pandemic wreaked havoc on global air travel. Making aircraft was never supposed to be easy.
Recent supply chain woes weighed on the firm's ability to meet the demand for its newest fuel-efficient planes, including the 737 MAX and 787 Dreamliner. Both aircraft have been hit with their fair share of issues. With many such problems and supply chain issues being ironed out, Boeing can finally begin to deliver for its clients and investors.
Recently, Boeing clocked in solid second-quarter results that saw cash flows improve. Deliveries for the 787 are expected to pick up, and the firm no longer seems destined for a crash-landing.
Though Boeing has come a long way since the depths of 2020, its stock (currently at $151 and change per share) isn't much higher from where it spent most of 2020. In any case, I expect clearer skies ahead as management looks to tackle the remainder of its operational issues. Once it can clear the runway, it may prove tough to stop shares from taking off, even if a recession is in the cards for 2023.
At just 1.6 times sales, I'd argue there's a lot to gain by giving the firm the benefit of the doubt. Wall Street analysts seem to agree, with 11 Buys, two Holds, and a price target implying more than 40% upside. Currently, the average BA stock price forecast is $213.33 per share.
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL)
Sticking with the air travel theme, we have Delta, which, like Boeing, is back on the retreat toward 2020 levels. Shares of the major U.S. carrier are off more than 50% from their 2020 pre-pandemic high. With the stock on the retreat since its relief rally peaked in early 2021, the stock seems to be a no-fly for many investors.
The airlines are capital-intensive businesses that struggled through COVID lockdowns. As air travel demand gradually comes back online, Delta will be in a spot to take to the skies again. However, in the meantime, the coming storm of macro headwinds seems to be outside of management's control.
When a recession hits, travel demand tends to slip. Labor shortages, higher costs from inflation, and reduced capacity could also act as a lingering thorn in the side of the airline as it looks to move past its multi-year funk.
If it's not the high cost of jet fuel, it's a demand-weighing recession that's of concern for Delta. Though revenues could turn lower in 2023, I think the stock is getting too cheap to ignore at 0.5 times sales.
Wall Street loves Delta, as analysts have rated the company as a strong buy with 10 Buys and one Hold. In addition, the average DAL stock price target of $47.15 equates to a potential gain of 52.4%.
Conclusion - Wall Street Expects the Most from Delta
Disney, Boeing, and Delta are COVID losers that are marked down ahead of a recession. Despite yet another setback, I believe each firm is so battered that it may not take much to send them back into rally mode. Of the three stocks, Wall Street expects the most from Delta. Personally, I'm a fan of Boeing because it's basically a member of a duopoly.
Disclosure
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
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National Vision Gains 8% As It Sets To Enter S&P SmallCap 600
(RTTNews) - National Vision Holdings, Inc. (EYE) shares are trading more than 8 percent higher on Tuesday morning trade after the company is set to replace Renewable Energy Group Inc. (REGI) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective June 16.
Currently, shares are at $27.35, up 8.19 percent from the previous close of $25.28 on a volume of 3,231,863. For the 52-week period, the shares have traded in a range of $22.59 - $65.92 on average volume of 1,139,844.
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
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[No. 49167-4.
En Banc.
July 28, 1983.]
Coast to Coast Stores, Inc., Appellant, v. Harrison J. Gruschus, et al, Respondents.
Dore and Rosellini, JJ., dissent by separate opinion.
Davis, Arneil, Dorsey, Right & Parlette, Jay A. Johnson, Bogle & Gates, and Ronald T. Schaps, for appellant.
Huppin, Ewing, Anderson & Hergert, P.S., by Irving Paul and Larry L. Mundahl, for respondents.
Pearson, J.
Plaintiff Coast to Coast Stores (Central Organization), Inc., a franchisor, appeals a trial court decision requiring plaintiff to purchase the inventory of defendant franchisee's business.
The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether a franchise is terminated when the franchisee's business is suspended by the franchisor's exercising its right under a security agreement to repossess the franchisee's inventory. We hold that repossession of inventory by the franchisor does not, on the facts in this case, constitute termination of the franchise. The trial court therefore erred by requiring the franchisor to pay a fair market value for the inventory under RCW 19.100.180, and we accordingly reverse.
Defendants, Mr. and Mrs. Gruschus, purchased a hardware business in Wenatchee from Mr. and Mrs. Hegstad. The business was operated under a franchise agreement with plaintiff Coast. After purchasing the business and its assets from the Hegstads, defendants entered a franchise agreement with Coast in January 1979, under which they acquired the right to continue to use Coast marks in the business. Defendants obtained from the Hegstads a long-term lease on the building in which the store was located, and an option to purchase.
In February 1979, Coast filed financing statements covering the fixtures, equipment, inventory, and accounts receivable of the hardware store. In May 1979, defendants executed a security agreement granting Coast a security interest in the collateral.
Defendants borrowed money from Rainier Bank to purchase the business. Inventory was obtained from Coast on credit, and from July 1979 defendants were delinquent in their account with Coast. Eventually the defendants owed Coast more than $100,000. Mr. Gruschus discussed the store's financial difficulties with a representative of Coast at a convention in January 1981. At that time, additional capital was necessary to continue the business, but high interest rates and the store's unprofitability prevented defendants' obtaining a loan.
In February 1981, Coast's store finance manager wrote to defendants informing them that shipments of inventory would be withheld until defendants' indebtedness to Coast was reduced to $96,000. On March 12, the finance manager wrote again, this time requesting that the debt be reduced below $100,000 by April 15, 1981. Defendants' attorney contacted Coast on April 10, and advised that defendants could not continue with the business. She informed Coast that unless Coast purchased the store from them, defendants would be forced to discontinue or abandon the business.
On April 17, 1981, Coast informed defendants' attorney that defendants were in default under their security agreement and demanded possession of the collateral. The parties agreed that the best course to protect the collateral was to double-lock the store and provide each party with a key. The store was accordingly double locked on April 17. On April 24, 1981, Coast moved for a temporary restraining order to freeze any dealing with the inventory, equipment, and accounts receivable in the store. A temporary restraining order was entered on May 14. Defendants responded on May 29 with a motion to require Coast to pay fair market value for all inventory, supplies, furnishings and goodwill in the store pursuant to the Franchise Investment Protection Act, RCW 19.100.
A hearing was held on June 19, 1981. Defendants produced testimony from an expert witness who valued the inventory of the store at $232,913.75. Coast produced an expert who valued the inventory at $165,353.10. The court entered a memorandum decision on July 2, 1981. On August 7, 1981, findings of fact, conclusions of law, and an order were entered.
The trial court ordered Coast to purchase all inventory and supplies from the store for $233,413.75. This order was based on a finding that the franchise agreement was terminated on April 17, 1981, and a conclusion that RCW 19.100.180(2)(j) accordingly imposed a duty on Coast to purchase the inventory from defendants at a fair market value. The trial court denied defendants' claim for attorney fees under RCW 19.86.090. Coast appealed the trial court's order and defendants cross-appealed on the issue of attorney fees. The appeals were certified to this court.
This case presents first instance issues of interpretation of this state's Franchise Investment Protection Act (FIPA). RCW 19.100. This act, which provides comprehensive regulation of franchising, is in two parts. The first regulates the offering and sale of franchises, and includes detailed requirements for registration and disclosure similar to provisions regulating the sale of securities. RCW 21.20. The second part of FIPA is designed to resolve problems which arise out of the relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee.
The franchisor normally occupies an overwhelmingly stronger bargaining position and drafts the franchise agreement so as to maximize his power to control the franchisee. Franchisors have used this power to terminate franchises arbitrarily, to coerce franchisees under threat of termination, and to force franchisees to purchase supplies from the franchisor or approved suppliers at unreasonable prices, to carry excessive inventories, to operate long, unprofitable hours, and to employ other unprofitable practices.
(Footnotes omitted.) Chisum, State Regulation of Franchising: The Washington Experience, 48 Wash. L. Rev. 291, 297-98 (1973). FIPA responds to these problems with a "fair practices" or "franchisee bill of rights" section. RCW 19.100.180. It is this section which is before the court in this case.
RCW 19.100.180 is in two parts. The first, RCW 19.100-.180(1), provides the laconic directive: "The parties shall deal with each other in good faith".
The second part is more specific. It provides a lengthy list of proscribed conduct. RCW 19.100.180(2) provides that "it shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice or an unfair method of competition and therefore unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any person to . . ." perform any of 10 specified acts. The last in this list of proscribed acts is: "Terminate a franchise prior to the expiration of its term except for good cause". RCW 19.100.180(2)(j). This is the provision which the court is now asked to construe.
There is no allegation in this case that the franchise was terminated without good cause. Rather, the dispute centers around the concluding portion of RCW 19.100.180(2) (j) which provides for the franchisor's obligation upon termination of the franchise.
Upon termination for good cause, the franchisor shall purchase from the franchisee at a fair market v^due at the time of termination, the franchisee's inventory and supplies, exclusive of (i) personalized materials which have no value to the franchisor; (ii) inventory and supplies not reasonably required in the conduct of the franchise business; and (iii), if the franchisee is to retain control of the premises of the franchise business, any inventory and supplies not purchased from the franchisor or on his express requirement: Provided, That a franchisor may offset against amounts owed to a franchisee under this subsection any amounts owed by such franchisee to the franchisor.
Defendant argues that the franchise was terminated on April 17, 1981, when the store was locked and business ceased, and that therefore Coast has a duty under the above quoted provision to purchase the inventory at a fair market value. This argument was accepted by the trial court. As a result, Coast was not entitled to exercise its right to repossess the inventory and sell it in a commercially reasonable sale, pursuant to its security agreement and the Uniform Commercial Code, RCW 62A.9-504(3).
The crux of the trial court's decision is the conclusion that the franchise was terminated on April 17, 1981. This conclusion is explained in the trial court's findings of fact 22, 23, and 24.
22. That at the time the store was locked on April 17, 1981, the Central Organization stood willing and able to continue to operate under the Franchise Agreement provided the Gruschuses would meet their financial commitments, or other satisfactory arrangements were made.
23. That at the time the store was locked on April 17, 1981, the Gruschuses were willing to continue operation of the Coast to Coast Store under the Franchise Agreement if they were able to obtain goods and services, but they were unable to do so.
24. That the Franchise Agreement between the Grus-chuses and Central Organization was terminated in fact on April 17, 1981 because the Gruschuses could not meet their financial commitments to Central Organization and because Central Organization would not continue to operate under the Franchise Agreement if the Grus-chuses did not meet their financial commitments, or make satisfactory arrangements.
In other words, the franchise was terminated by the mutually agreed upon double locking of the store at a time when the franchisee was unable to continue to conduct the franchise business. No notice of termination was given as required by RCW 19.100.180(2) (j) and by provision 11 of the franchise agreement.
It appears that the trial court equated cessation of the franchise business with termination of the franchise under RCW 19.100.180(2)(j). This was error. Under FIPA, the franchise is conceptually distinct from the franchisee's business. The term "franchise" is defined in FIPA as an agreement between the franchisor and the franchisee, whereby the franchisee is granted a license to use a trade name, service mark, or the like. This is clear from RCW 19.100.010(4), which provides:
"Franchise" means an oral or written contract or agreement, either expressed or implied, in which a person grants to another person, a license to use a trade name, service mark, trade mark, logotype or related characteristic in which there is a community interest in the business of offering, selling, distributing goods or services at wholesale or retail, leasing, or otherwise and in which the franchisee is required to pay, directly or indirectly, a franchise fee . . .
The franchise, therefore, is the agreement between the parties, and not the business operated by the franchisee. The franchise might exist quite independently of the franchisee's business, as for example where the franchise agreement is concluded before any business operations commence. It follows, therefore, that cessation of the franchisee's business operations does not necessarily constitute termination of the franchise.
The language of RCW 19.100.180(2)(j) itself provides a clear indication that cessation of the franchisee's business does not constitute termination of the franchise. The second proviso of that section provides that in certain circumstances the franchisor may terminate a franchise without giving notice or an opportunity to cure the default. These circumstances are present where the franchisee:
(1) Is adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent; (ii) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or similar disposition of the assets of the franchise business; (iii) voluntarily abandons the franchise business; or (iv) is convicted of or pleads guilty or no contest to a charge of violating any law relating to the franchise business.
This language suggests that not even the bankruptcy or insolvency of the franchisee, or the abandonment of the business by the franchisee will terminate the franchise. Even in those events, termination must be accomplished by the franchisor, who is under those circumstances relieved of the duty to give notice.
We conclude therefore from the plain words of FIPA that a franchise is terminated only when the agreement between the franchisee and franchisor is brought to an end, terminating the franchisee's right to use the franchisor's trade name, service mark, or the like.
No hardship is imposed upon the franchisee by this interpretation. The franchisor with the security interest in inventory would be entitled to repossess and dispose of the collateral by a commercially reasonable sale. RCW 62A.9-504. If that sale realizes more than the amount of the indebtedness, the franchisor must account to the franchisee for the surplus. If the sale realizes less than the amount of the indebtedness, the franchisee is liable for the deficiency. RCW 62A.9-504(2). This is exactly what would occur if the secured party with a security interest in the inventory were any entity other than the franchisor. There appears to be no reason to require a different result merely because the secured party is the franchisor.
On the contrary, the U.C.C. achieves the same result as that sought by RCW 19.100.180(2)(j). The franchisor is required by subsection (2) (j) to purchase the inventory following termination to protect the franchisee from being left without a franchise, but with a substantial investment in inventory which , he cannot sell. If the franchisor exercises his right to repossess that inventory, the same objective is achieved.
In fact, the only significant practical difference between the two procedures in the present case is the method by which the inventory is valued. Under the U.C.C. repossession procedure, the value is the price paid by a buyer at a commercially reasonable sale. Under the enforced repurchase procedure of subsection (2)(j), the value is the estimated "fair market value". The price obtained for the inventory at an actual sale, conducted in accordance with all the safeguards of the "commercially reasonable" requirement of RCW 62A.9-504, is a better basis for valuation than the hypothetical "fair market price". As the present case illustrates, expert opinions of fair market price may vary widely. The actual price obtained at a commercially reasonable sale is a considerably more reliable indication of the true value of the inventory.
Moreover, this interpretation gives effect to the provisions of the U.C.C. without violating the intent or purposes of FIPA. The trial court's approach, on the other hand, ignores the U.C.C. and renders the franchisor's security interest redundant in the very circumstances (financial failure of the debtor) in which it was intended by the parties to operate.
The provisions of RCW 19.100.180(2)(j) will not operate in the present case unless the franchise agreement between the parties has been terminated. No evidence of such termination appears in the record; on the contrary, the trial court specifically found the parties willing to continue their performance of the agreement had defendants been able to obtain financing. Accordingly, the franchise was not terminated and Coast is entitled to éxercise its rights as a secured party in respect of the inventory.
Our resolution of this issue makes it unnecessary to consider the other matters raised by the parties.
The trial court is reversed.
Williams, C.J., and Stafford, Utter, Brachtenbach, Dolliver, and Dimmick, JJ., concur.
Dore, J.
(dissenting) — The issue involved here is whether the franchisor, by foreclosing on a business inventory pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code, can avoid the protective provisions for the franchisee in the 1971 Franchise Investment Protection Act (Franchise Act), as amended, and not pay the franchisee the reasonable market value of his inventory.
The majority holds that the Uniform Commercial Code, harmonized with the Franchise Act, allows the franchisor to completely avoid the inventory provisions of the Franchise Act without giving notice of forfeiture to the franchisee. The franchisor accomplishes this simply by obtaining a security instrument on the franchisee's inventory, then foreclosing on the security instruments without giving notice of forfeiture or allowing the franchisee the opportunity to cure its deficiency. This result was unintended by the Legislature and virtually repeals the Franchise Act with regard to inventory protection.
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This case was originally commenced by Coast to Coast Stores (Central Organization), Inc. (hereinafter designated Coast) for repossession and judicial foreclosure of a security interest. The Gruschus owned and operated a Coast hardware store in Wenatchee, Washington, under a franchise agreement which was entered into between the parties on January 12, 1979. From that time until April 17, 1981, the store was operated with the Gruschus purchasing most of their inventory from or through Coast. Coast extended credit to the Gruschus throughout this period. There was a security agreement on inventory, equipment and accounts of the Gruschus' store in favor of Coast.
By 1981, it was clear that the Gruschus' store was in financial difficulty, as they now owed over $100,000. Accordingly, at the 1981 Coast convention held in Portland, Gruschus discussed the situation with Coast's management. Among the alternatives discussed was the possibility of the Gruschus obtaining a bank loan. At the Portland meeting, Gruschus was told that except for promotional ordering, Coast would stop shipping to him if he were not able to get his debts below $96,000. This was later modified so that Gruschus could receive shipments for basic store inventory providing that he would pay for such merchandise on a COD basis, plus paying an extra 10 percent surcharge on each order.
Gruschus then had a discussion with the district manager, Rice, which was confirmed with a letter from the finance manager, Edwards. The letter was dated March 12, 1981 and stated, among other things, that all future shipments would be on a COD basis plus 10 percent. Edwards went on to observe:
If there is any deviation from the cash with order policy plus 10%, orders will be withheld. Any direct shipments will be subject to the same processing as indicated.
Please note that the cash with order program will only go on until April 15, 1981. At that time the account must be below the originally agreed upon $100,000. This program is just to allow you to have some merchandise in the store to continue business.
(Italics mine.) Exhibit 3.
The "COD plus 10 percent" policy meant that the Grus-chus could not purchase inventory from Coast even on a COD basis. Rather, they had to pay an additional amount as payment against their debt. Then, after April 15, 1981, Coast would no longer ship them any merchandise unless their debt was below $100,000. The Gruschus simply did not have the wherewithal to reduce the debt to this extent. When questioned by the judge, Edwards admitted the letter (exhibit 3) meant that no more merchandise would be shipped, even COD, after April 15 unless the debt was below $100,000.
On April 15, 1981, Rice went to Wenatchee specifically for the purpose of contacting the Gruschus about liquidating the store. At no time, however, did he make any offer to have Coast purchase back inventory or fixtures at the fair market value. Rice contacted Coast's Wenatchee attorney, Ray Foianini, who got in touch with the Gruschus' attorney, Ray Cordell. Cordell testified:
A The plaintiffs were demanding possession of the assets under the U.C.C. and I said that we did not believe that all of the issues had been resolved and we were unwilling to grant possession back to the plaintiffs. This was on April 17th. We agreed that it would be economical in terms of attorney fees and also because of the possibility of a restraining order, which the defendants eventually did obtain, to have a lockdown of the local store.
Q Were you actually told by Mr. Foianini that Coast was actually going to obtain a temporary restraining order if he did not agree to the lockdown?
A He said — I think his words were, We can obtain a restraining order if you don't agree.
Report of Proceedings, at 59-60.
Faced with Coast's threat to get a temporary restraining order, together with the previous letter advising that Coast would not ship merchandise after April 15, 1981, the Grus-chus' attorney agreed to a 2-lock procedure of the store, whereby neither Coast nor the Gruschus could enter the store without the other party.
Based on the testimony presented, the trial court found that Coast advised the Gruschus that a temporary restraining order would be entered unless the store was locked; that the franchise agreement was, in fact, terminated on April 17, 1981; and that the franchise agreement was terminated
because the Gruschuses could not meet their financial commitments to Central Organization and because Central Organization would not continue to operate under the Franchise Agreement if the Gruschuses did not meet their financial commitments, or make satisfactory arrangements.
Clerk's Papers, at 21.
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In 1980, The Franchise Act was amended in relation to the termination of a franchise. The amendment (RCW 19.100.180(2)(j)) reads:
[A]fter three wilful and material breaches of the same term of the franchise agreement occurring within a twelve-month period, for which the franchisee has been given notice and an opportunity to cure as provided in this subsection, the franchisor may terminate the agreement upon any subsequent wilful and material breach of the same term within the twelve-month period without providing notice or opportunity to cure . . .
The legislative intent of the inventory protection amendment is best illustrated by the statements of Senators Rasmussen and Van Hollebeke on the floor of the Senate.
Senator Rasmussen: "Mr. President, the reason I raised that question, my concern is that some years ago, of course, we passed a law to protect the franchise holder and automobile dealers and other franchise holders, so that they could not come in and cancel you out willy-nilly without giving due concern to the fact that you had a big investment in your business. And I am just wondering if this is not opening the door to that. I have a few reservations about it yet, Senator Van Hollebeke, even though you did explain it."
Senator Van Hollebeke: "Senator, please accent my assurance it does not do that. What it would do, is if a person breached a contract four times within a calendar year, they could cure the first three times and the fourth time they breached, the franchisor would be allowed to begin an action to terminate the contract, to terminate the franchise agreement; it has already been breached; that is all it would do. And I have been on both sides of all of these kinds of things and I can guarantee you that is not something I would want to have some businessman out there with a little convenience grocery store operator or an automobile agency that has two or three million dollars invested; that is the last thing I would want and the last thing the state needs."
Senate Journal, 46th Legislature (1980), at 500.
It is clear from the above quoted discussion between the senators that they intended the franchisees would have up to four willful and material breaches during the same term of the franchise agreement occurring within a 12-month period, for which the franchisee would be given notice and an opportunity to cure before termination.
A discussion between Senators Guess and Morrison at pages 500-01 of the Senate Journal, 46th Legislature (1980) sheds light on the definition of "willfulness":
Senator Guess: "Senator Rasmussen, I think I share the same problems that you have, for instance the mom and pop store that was closed down in a particular neighborhood finally ended up with a 7-11 franchise. Now if things get a little bit slow in that area and he is not able to hold that inventory up to the level that the contract required, even though he would like very much to, is he going to be canceled out of his franchise on that 7-11? And I am sorry to be using a trade name but I, Circle K, or anything else like that. This is the question that comes to my mind."
Senator Morrison: "Mr. President and ladies and gentlemen of the Senate. I would like to partially answer Senator Guess' question. This requires a willful and intentional breach of the contract four times in any given year. In the case of the 7-11 store since you brought up that particular group, Senator Guess, they start the store with the company furnishing, say, a certain amount of inventory and there is an obligation that they maintain that inventory at approximately the same level. If they run the inventory down and pocket the money themselves, that is, if proven in the courts, a willful violation or breach of the contract."
Under RCW 19.100.180(2)(j), the franchisor still has the duty and obligation to purchase inventory and supplies at fair market value, even if he is terminating for good cause. The statute provides, in fact, that even bankruptcy or the abandonment of the business by the franchisee does not automatically terminate the franchise, but only gives the franchisor good cause for termination. Following good cause termination, the franchisor still has the obligation to purchase inventory at fair market value.
The findings of fact entered by the court indicate that there was neither mutual termination nor anticipatory repudiation.
The majority mischaracterized the closing of the Grus-chus' store as a "mutual termination". Such is simply not the case. Coast makes much of the fact that Judge Cone used the word "mutual" in his memorandum opinion. The important factor, however, is that when the judge became aware of the ramifications of this word, he refused to use it in the findings of fact or conclusions of law. If there is a conflict between the memorandum opinion and the findings of fact or conclusions of law, the latter governs.
Appellants, in their arguments in support of their appeal, refer to the oral opinion and the memorandum opinion of the trial court. These may be considered in interpreting the findings of fact and conclusions of law, but they cannot be considered as the basis for the trial court's judgment and sentence. A trial court's oral or memorandum opinion is no more than an expression of its informal opinion at the time it is rendered. It has no final or binding effect unless formally incorporated into the findings, conclusions, and judgment.
(Italics mine.) State v. Mallory, 69 Wn.2d 532, 533-34, 419 P.2d 324 (1966).
In the case at bar, a hearing was held before Judge Cone on August 7, 1981 for purposes of entering findings and conclusions. Coast's attorney specifically argued that the court should use the term "mutual" in connection with its findings of fact based upon the memorandum decision. The court observed:
We use the word "mutual termination," it wasn't mutual, it just happened. They got in a situation where in fact there was no way to go on by either party. I don't know how you word that. It was partially caused to occur by the actions of the organization and partly because Mr. Gruschus was unwilling or unable to meet their terms.
They got into a situation where Coast to Coast rightfully would not extend further credit and Mr. Gruschus could not, under the circumstances then existing, continue with the operation, and would not.
I think that should read that the termination happened for the reason that Coast to Coast was unwilling to extend further credit.
Supplementary Report of Proceedings, at 23-24.
Then at page 31, the court again observed:
Yes, "mutually" should probably be left out. I don't have the law in front of me, but if the word is used it shouldn't be used in here because it doesn't apply.
Accordingly, in finding of fact 17 the judge observed that Coast would obtain a temporary restraining order unless the Gruschus agreed to lock the store. Finding of fact 19 states that the franchise agreement was terminated in fact (with no mention of mutuality) on April 17, 1981. In finding of fact 24, the judge observed that the termination was because the Gruschus could not meet financial conditions imposed by Coast, and Coast "would not continue to operate under the Franchise Agreement if the Gruschuses did not meet their financial commitments, or make satisfactory arrangements". Clerk's Papers, at 21. It is clear, therefore, that appellant's argument that this was a mutual termination has no support in the findings and conclusions. The trial court's ruling that there was a termination, that it was caused by Coast, and that RCW 19.100.180(2) (j) applies is fully supported by substantial evidence in the record. Additionally, paragraph 7 of the agreement reads:
(C) In the event that bankruptcy proceedings, voluntary or involuntary, or any other proceedings for the benefit of creditors, voluntary or involuntary, are instituted by or against Store Owner, . . . this franchise agreement . . . shall automatically and simultaneously terminate.
(Italics mine.) Exhibit 1.
The institution of this very action together with entry of the temporary restraining order constitutes terminátion of the agreement. By refusing to ship merchandise, by forcing the store to be locked, and by bringing this lawsuit, Coast has clearly prevented the Gruschus from operating a Coast hardware store. Taking away the means to go on with the contract constitutes a termination. Cromer v. Henry, 203 Ark. 497, 157 S.W.2d 507, 508 (1942).
The franchise agreement terminated in fact after Coast threatened a temporary restraining order, stopped shipment of goods, and "because Central Organization would not continue to operate under the Franchise Agreement if the Gruschuses did not meet their financial commitments, or make satisfactory arrangements". Clerk's Papers, at 21. These findings of fact are supported by overwhelming evidence and may not be disturbed on appeal. Golberg v. Sanglier, 96 Wn.2d 874, 639 P.2d 1347, 647 P.2d 489 (1982).
Ill
There is no conflict between the provisions of article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and the Franchise Act. The Gruschus are not challenging Coast's right to a security interest and lien on the inventory, fixtures, supplies, and receivables of their store. Coast may terminate the relationship and take possession of the collateral. Absent the Franchise Act, a creditor in this position would hold a public or private sale pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code in order to liquidate the inventory. The Gruschus would be entitled to any surplus from the sale or would be liable for any remaining obligation. The Franchise Act merely specifies a buyer for the merchandise and a means of evaluating price. Coast still acquires possession of the inventory, but must credit to the Gruschus the fair market value of the inventory rather than liquidation value. Additionally, there is no restriction on Coast's other security interests, including its interest in fixtures, receivables, etc. Of course, concurrent statutes covering the same subject matter will be harmonized to the extent possible. State v. Bower, 28 Wn. App. 704, 626 P.2d 39 (1981).
To the extent that there is any conflict between the statutes, the Franchise Act must prevail. RCW 19.100.180(2)(g) prohibits a franchisor from having a franchisee waive any of the protections offered by the Franchise Act. Any attempt by Coast to assert that it does not have to comply with the Franchise Act because of the franchisee's signature on a security agreement would constitute exactly such a waiver. Again, it must be remembered that the requirement to purchase inventory at fair market value extends to a franchisor/creditor even in cases of termination for cause, and even in cases of bankruptcy. Additionally, any violation of RCW 19.100.180 is automatically an unfair business practice and falls under the Consumer Protection Act, RCW 19.86, which is to be liberally construed. Keyes v. Bollinger, 31 Wn. App. 286, 294, 640 P.2d 1077 (1982).
IV
RCW 19.100.180(2)(j) requires that Coast pay "fair market value" for the franchisee's inventory and supplies. In this case, there is no dispute about the $500 for the supplies. Following extensive testimony by both parties on the issue of inventory value, the judge found that the fair market value of all of the inventory was $232,913.75, the identical figure testified to by the defendants' expert. Again, this is a finding of fact which is supported by substantial evidence.
We have consistently defined the term "fair market value" as the amount of money which a purchaser willing, but not obligated, to buy property would pay an owner willing, but not obligated, to sell it, taking into consideration all uses to which the property is adapted and might in reason be applied. See In re Eggert, 82 Wn.2d 332, 335, 510 P.2d 645 (1973); In re Schmitz, 44 Wn.2d 429, 434, 268 P.2d 436 (1954); Donaldson v. Greenwood, 40 Wn.2d 238, 252, 242 P.2d 1038 (1952). This is the way the business consultant expert who testified defined fair market value, and was the measure of value he arrived at. By contrast, Coast argues that a liquidation or distress sale value is more appropriate. This approach makes no sense in terms of the purpose of the Franchise Act, nor is it consistent with Washington law.
"Fair market value" means neither a panic price, auction value, speculative value, nor a value fixed by depressed or inflated prices. We have defined it as the amount of money which a purchaser willing, but not obliged, to buy the property would pay an owner willing, but not obligated, to sell it, taking into consideration all uses to which the property is adapted and might in reason be applied. Ozette R. Co. v. Grays Harbor County, 16 Wn. (2d) 459, 133 P. (2d) 983.
Donaldson, at 252. It is clear, then, that the court used the correct measure of valuation. The court's finding that the Gruschus' inventory was more reliable than the Coast inventory is supported by substantial evidence.
V
The trial judge's findings of fact support Gruschus argument on cross appeal that, as a matter of law, Coast breached the Franchise Act.
RCW 19.100.180(2) does not require any type of bad faith or bad motives. Rather, failure to comply with the provisions of the statute are, per se, unfair and deceptive acts and unfair methods of business. RCW 19.100.180(1) is a separate portion of the statute imposing upon a franchisor the obligation to act in good faith. RCW 19.100-.180(2), however, sets out specific practices which are illegal on their own. Violations then become violations of the Consumer Protection Act, RCW 19.86.
A Consumer Protection Act claim may be based on a per se violation of a statute or on unfair or deceptive practices unregulated by statute but involving public interest. Anhold v. Daniels, 94 Wn.2d 40, 614 P.2d 184 (1980); Lidstrand v. Silvercrest Indus., 28 Wn. App. 359, 623 P.2d 710 (1981). Plaintiffs claiming a per se violation of the Consumer Protection Act must show:
1. The existence of a pertinent statute;
2. Its violation;
3. That such violation was the proximate cause of damages sustained; and
4. They were within the class of people the statute sought to protect.
Dempsey v. Joe Pignataro Chevrolet, Inc., 22 Wn. App. 384, 393, 589 P.2d 1265 (1979); Keyes v. Bollinger, 31 Wn. App. 286, 289-90, 640 P.2d 1077 (1982). See also Salois v. Mutual of Omaha Ins. Co., 90 Wn.2d 355, 581 P.2d 1349 (1978).
In the subject case, all of the requirements for a per se violation exist. First, there is a pertinent statute, RCW 19.100.180(2)(j). Second, there has been a violation. Coast has refused to purchase the inventory from the Gruschus at fair market value. Third, this violation was a proximate cause of damage. Coast refuses to pay and/or credit $233,413.75 to the franchisee. This money is unavailable to the Gruschus to satisfy other debts or to use in any manner. Additionally, the Gruschus have been forced to commence this action and incur significant legal fees. They also continue to be charged interest by the other creditors with priority security interests on the inventory. Finally, the Gruschus, as franchisees, are within the class of people the Franchise Act seeks to protect.
Conclusion
The evidence is overwhelming that Coast failed to notify the Gruschus of termination under the Franchise Act and give them an opportunity to cure the breach before terminating the operation. Had Coast given such notice to Grus-chus, he would have had an opportunity to secure a bank loan. A modest loan would have been adequate to cure the deficiency during April 1981, when Coast was foreclosing on its security agreement. It is rather difficult, if not impossible, to secure a loan when your business is being foreclosed. The Franchise Act guaranteed Gruschus notice of termination and an opportunity to cure his deficiency.
The trial court judgment should be affirmed. On Grus-chus' cross appeal, I would find that the trial court erred in failing to find a violation of the "franchisee's bill of rights" and would remand this issue to the lower court for the purpose of determining court costs and reasonable attorney fees at both the trial and appellate levels.
Rosellini, J., concurs with Dore, J. .
Reconsideration denied September 20, 1983.
Hereinafter referred to as Coast.
Coast's termination thus predates exercise of its rights under the security agreement, as Coast stopped shipping goods even before any suit for foreclosure of the security interest was commenced.
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Andrew J. Drake (1907 - death date unknown) was a professional baseball catcher in the Negro leagues. He played with the Birmingham Black Barons, Louisville Black Caps, Chicago American Giants, and St. Louis Stars from 1932 to 1939.
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Cover of "Aristotle", written by Dick King-Smith and illustrated by Bob Graham.
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The result of the debate was delete. Flowerparty ■ 08:02, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
87.7 Flava FM, 209radio
A rdio station, which is normally a keep, but what they don't make clear is that RSL means "restricted service license" which means a short-term or temporary license. So this is a student-run station which was on air for a very brief period, and Flava has now reverted to being a regional college webcast while 209radio is still awaiting a longer-term license. Creator was, which is probably The Station Manager and Head of Music was Matthew Webb - now working alongside 209radio. So it's quite probably vanispamcruftisement Just zis Guy you know? 23:22, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
* Delete (as to each article) per nom. Joe 23:34, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
* Speedy Delete (for both) per nom & my prior Speedy Delete. Gnetwerker 23:41, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
* Delete per nom. Also not particularly encyclopedic. Bordering on the foo bar (foo is bar) and more of a press release than something people will want to look up in 10 never mind 100 years time. --kingboyk 08:14, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
* Delete - per well stated nom. Wickethewok 09:04, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
* delete Nigelthefish 15:32, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
* Delete per nom. feydey 19:27, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
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There’s a Monster Hunter movie coming from the director of Resident Evil
The slow, steady march of Monster Hunter continues with news that a live-action film based on the Capcom game series is in the works. According to Variety, the film will go into production in September, and it’s being helmed by director Paul W. S. Anderson and will star Milla Jovovich — both of whom worked on the long-running Resident Evil movie series, which is also based on a game from Capcom. The new movie will reportedly feature a $60 million budget and is being filmed in South Africa. The news continues a busy year for Monster Hunter. In January, Capcom released the ambitious Monster Hunter World with the intention of taking the series’s incredible popularity in Japan and turning it into a global phenomenon. And it’s been a success: the game sold close to 8 million copies, making it the best-selling Monster Hunter to date. Meanwhile last week, the developer revealed plans to bring the series to the Nintendo Switch with the English-language debut of Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, which comes out in August. There’s no word yet on when the movie is expected to hit theaters, but according to the report, it’s being envisioned as a series, and not just a single film.
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Creating a Runtime Generated PDF
Here is a simple example of how to generate a PDF that gets streamed back to the user's browser. The main code was from an email exchange on the Tapestry User mailing list. This is similar to other examples that use StreamResponse for generating images and charts for the user.
Dependencies
This example uses the Lowagie IText library for generating the PDF. It's hard to find a current version on maven repositories, so you will probably have to manually install it into your local maven repository. Please refer to the Maven documents on how to to manually add to your repository using mvn. You'll have to download the library from an online site. Google it. This is the same as with J!FreeCharts. (Alternatively, you could just put the jar somewhere in your class path, if you are just testing things out.)
<dependency>
<groupId>com.lowagie</groupId>
<artifactId>itext</artifactId>
<version>2.0.2</version>
</dependency>
PDFWriterPage.html
First we have a very simple page. Notice that we've set the target to be a new window or tab. When the user click on the link, the PDF will be generated.
<html xmlns:t="http://tapestry.apache.org/schema/tapestry_5_0_0.xsd">
<head>
<title>PDF Writer test page</title>
</head>
<body>
<t:form t:id="doReportsForm" action="reportsForm" target="_blank">
<t:submit t:id="onSubmit" name="Run Report" value="Run Report" />
</t:form>
</body>
</html>
PdfWriterPage.java
Here is the Java class behind the simple page. It is here that you would supply the custom data for your PDF, or at least direct an object's output into the PDF generator. You also can (should) supply the filename here. This implementation does not require you to add the extention, it's added for you in a later class you write.
With a little work, you can use this for exporting the contents of a Grid component, for example. PDF is a hugely complicated format--the spec is bigger than a phone book. The Lowagie IText library makes it easy, and it's free. http://www.lowagie.com/iText/
import java.io.InputStream;
import myapp.model.services.PDFGenerator;
import myapp.model.services.util.PDFStreamResponse;
import org.apache.tapestry.StreamResponse;
public class PdfWriterPage {
public StreamResponse onSubmit() {
// Create PDF
InputStream is = PDFGenerator.generatePDF("This is the content of a Dynamically Generated PDF");
// Return response
return new PDFStreamResponse(is,"MyDynamicSample");
}
}
PDFGenerator.java
This is the class that takes care of your streams, and accepts your custom data. It returns a specific kind of stream for your page (PDF!WriterPage ) to use.
package myapp.model.services;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class PDFGenerator {
public static InputStream generatePDF(String teststring) {
// step 1: creation of a document-object
Document document = new Document();
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
try {
// step 2:
// we create a writer that listens to the document
// and directs a PDF-stream to a file
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, baos);
// step 3: we open the document
document.open();
// step 4: we add a paragraph to the document
document.add(new Paragraph(teststring));
} catch (DocumentException de) {
System.err.println(de.getMessage());
}
// step 5: we close the document
document.close();
ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray());
return bais;
}
}
PDFStreamResponse.java
This is the type of object that the method in your page will return. Note the getContentType() method. If you are planning on returning something else, like a jpg, zip, mp3, etc., you will need to find the appropriate content type String for that. Otherwise, if it is wrong or blank, your browser may display it incorrectly or give you an error. These content types help trigger plugins associated with your browser.
Also notice the header being set in the prepareResponse() method. This is how your browser will know the default file name of the object you are streaming back. Since it also specifies "attachment", it will raise a file download box. Now if the user's browser has a plugin (i.e. Acrobat Reader) that intercepts the file type, it may simply open in a plugin and not display the file download box. You can read more about content-disposition here: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1806.txt
package myapp.model.services.util;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import org.apache.tapestry.StreamResponse;
import org.apache.tapestry.services.Response;
public class PDFStreamResponse implements StreamResponse {
private InputStream is;
private String filename="default";
public PDFStreamResponse(InputStream is, String... args) {
this.is = is;
if (args != null) {
this.filename = args[0];
}
}
public String getContentType() {
return "application/pdf";
}
public InputStream getStream() throws IOException {
return is;
}
public void prepareResponse(Response arg0) {
arg0.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename="
+ filename + ".pdf");
}
}
Note that the constructor above uses feature new to Java 1.5, the varargs feature. It is included here simply as an introduction to it.
What it does in this case is allow you to create a PDFStreamResponse with or without supplying a filename. To do this in Java 1.4, we'd have to create a separate constructor that did not have a parameter for the filename.
So now, you can do this:
...
return new PDFStreamResponse(is, "DynamicSample");
...
(The filename will be DynamicSample.pdf) or this:
...
return new PDFStreamResponse(is);
...
(the filename will be default.pdf)
Resources
These resources should help you get up and running, so you can have more fun working with Tapestry:
A list of MIME Types: http://www.fileformat.info/info/mimetype/index.htm
RFC for Content Disposition http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1806.txt
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186 country, more than Dante and Dante's country, more even than Shakespeare and Shakespeare's country."
After urging that non-intervention in a neighbour's affairs may be carried too far, may only mean passing by on the other side when that neighbour has fallen among thieves, she earnestly entreats her countrymen to "put away the Little Pedlingtonism, unworthy of a great nation, and too prevalent among us. If the man who does not look beyond this natural life is of a somewhat narrow order," she argues, "what must be the man who does not look beyond his own frontier or his own sea?"
"I confess," she exclaims, in language of real poetic grandeur, and with a visionary hope of what appears not yet very near unto realisation, "I confess that I dream of the day when an English statesman shall arise with a heart too large for England; having courage in the face of his countrymen to assert of some suggested policy, 'This is good for your trade; this is necessary for your domination; but it will vex a people hard by, it will hurt a people further off, it will profit nothing to the general humanity; therefore, away with it—it is not for you or for me.' When a British minister dares speak so, and when a British public applauds him speaking, then shall the nation be glorious, and her praise, instead of exploding from within from loud civic mouths, come to her from without, as all worthy praise must, from the alliances she has fostered, and the populations she has saved."
Some of the poems in the volume thus heralded certainly contained a few bitter allusions to England, and contrasted her conduct, and of course not to her advantage, with that of France. Yet, that there was very much in the book to arouse the wrath Mrs.
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Richard Mounteney
Richard Mounteney (or Mountney) (1707–1768) was an Irish judge and classical scholar.
Life
The son of Richard Mounteney, an officer in the customs house, by Maria, daughter of John Carey, he was born at Putney, Surrey, in 1707, and educated at Eton School. He was elected in 1725 to King's College, Cambridge, was noted as a good classical scholar, and became a Fellow. He graduated B.A. in 1729, and M.A. in 1735. Among his close friends at university were Sneyd Davies and Sir Edward Walpole.
Mounteney was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, and by the influence of his patron Sir Robert Walpole, he was appointed in 1737 one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland). He was one of the judges who presided at the trial between James Annesley and Richard Annesley, 6th Earl of Anglesey, in 1743.
Mounteney died on 3 March 1768 at Belturbet, County Cavan, while on circuit.
Works
His works are:
* Demosthenis selectæ Orationes (Philippica I) et tres Olynthiacæ orationes. Ad codices MSS. recensuit, textum, scholiasten, et versionem plurimis in locis castigavit, notis insuper illustravit Ricardus Mounteney, Cambridge (University Press), 1731; 2nd edit. London, 1748; 3rd edit. Eton, 1755; other editions, London and Eton, 1764 and 1771, London, 1778, 1785, 1791, 1806, 1811, 1826, 1827. With reference to the second edition there appeared Baron Mountenay's celebrated Dedication of the select Orations of Demosthenes to the late Sir Robert Walpole, Bart. of Ministerial Memory, done into plain English, and illustrated with Notes and Comments, and dedicated to Trinity College, Dublin. By Æschines the third, Dublin printed, London reprinted 1748.
* Observations on the probable Issue of the Congress (i.e. the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle), London, 1748.
Family
Mounteney's first wife Margaret was buried at Donnybrook, Dublin, on 8 April 1756. His second marriage was with Marie Angelique Madeleine de la Cherois, Dowager Countess of Mount Alexander, the widow of Thomas Montgomery, 5th Earl of Mount Alexander. She was the daughter of Daniel de la Cherois of Lisbon, Portugal and his wife Anne Crommelin, daughter of Louis Crommelin. The marriage was announced in Sleator's Public Gazetteer on 6 October 1759.Marie died in 1771.
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List of lords of Caracol
This is a list of rulers of Caracol, a city-state of the Maya Lowlands during the Classic period. The exact number of rulers of Caracol is not known. As of 2008, fourteen of the city-state's lords have been identified, representing a dynastic succession spanning the 4th through 9th centuries AD.
Background
'Once thought to have been of only modest size and something of a political backwater,' discoveries since the mid-1980s by archaeologists Arlen Chase, Diane Chase, and Jaime Awe have 'revolutionised our view of Caracol.' The City-state is now believed to have been 'a key player in the diplomatic and military manoeuvrings' of the Classic Maya Lowlands. As of 2008, fourteen lords of Caracol have been epigraphically identified, spanning the early fourth to early ninth centuries AD.
List
The following is an annotated, chronological list of lords of Caracol. A tabular list is provided in the following section.
* 1) Te' K'ab Chaak (reign: early 4th cent; monuments: 0) is poorly understood, being attested only in two post-6th century texts. The late reference to this figure implies he was held in high regard by later lords, and so suggests he may have been the city-state's dynastic progenitor.
* 2) K'ahk' Ujol K'inich I (reign: late 5th cent; monuments: 0) is similarly poorly understood, being attested only in one 6th century text, and another later one.
* 3) Yajaw Te' K'inich I (reign: late 5th cent; monuments: 2) is better understood than his known predecessors. His Stela 13, dedicated in 514 to mark the end of the fourth k'atun, is particularly noted.
* 4) K'an I (reign: early 6th cent; monuments: 2) is thought to have succeeded his father, Te' K'inich I. His accession was overseen by a higher authority, but 'it is unclear if this was a divine being or one of the region's dominant "overkings."'
* 5) Yajaw Te' K'inich II (reign: late 6th cent; monuments: 5–6) oversaw Caracol's transition 'from the orbit of one great power, Tikal, to that of its rival, the Snake kingdom,' and thereby inaugurated a century-long golden age. His accession is known to have been overseen by Tikal's Wak Chan K'awiil.
* 6) Knot Ajaw (reign: late 6th cent; monuments: 3–5) is among Caracol's lesser known lords. His Stela 5 and 6 are particularly noted.
* 7) K'an II (reign: early 7th cent; monuments: 9) oversaw a surge of metropolitan development at Caracol, and a successful war of conquest against Naranjo. His Altar 21, 'an especially elaborate "Giant Ajaw" stone,' is particularly noted, as is the 'key role' his mother, Lady Batz' Ek', played in his reign.
* 8) K'ahk' Ujol K'inich II (reign: late 7th cent; monuments: 3) is known to have succeeded K'an II. He oversaw the defeat of Caracol at the Naranjo-launched star war of 680, and thereby inaugurated a century-long Dark Age in that city.
* 9) Ruler VII (reign: late 7th cent; monuments: 1) is scarcely known, his reign falling during the post-680 hiatus in monumental construction. His one known monument, Stela 21 of 702, 'shows a king accompanied by a dwarf and a bound captive,' but the patron's name 'is entirely missing.' A tantalising 692 inscription in the nearby Naj Tunich cave, naming a Caracol aristocrat called Tz'ayaj K'ahk', provides a possible but uncertain candidate for this figure.
* 10) Tum Yohl K'inich (reign: late 8th cent; monuments: 0) is likewise poorly understood. Crucially, doubt remains as to his royal status, and even as to whether all records of the Tum Yohl K'inich name refer to a single figure. He is thought to have been involved in a fire bearing ritual under the supervision of an Ixkun ruler.
* 11) K'inich Joy K'awiil (reign: late 8th cent; monuments: 5–6) oversaw the end of Caracol's post-680 hiatus, and a push to reassert the city-state's regional influence. He is credited with the defeat of the Ucanal and Bital kingdoms. His Stela 11 and Altar 23 are particularly noted.
* 12) K'inich Toobil Yopaat (reign: early 9th cent; monuments: 5–8) carried on the renaissance commenced by his predecessor. He is thought to have forged close relations with Ucanal, with joint ceremonies of state undertaken at both cities, and wars waged in alliance. His monumental record is noted for the prominence afforded to Papamalil, lord of Ucanal.
* 13) K'an III (reign: early 9th cent; monuments: 3) oversaw the beginning of the Classic Maya collapse in Caracol. His monuments, even more so than those of his predecessor, display 'a strong sense that autocratic kingship is [now] having to adapt to new circumstances, that kings now need to negotiate their position with relatives or magnates whose power matches or even exceeds their own.'
* 14) Ruler XIII (reign: late 9th cent; monuments: 1) is the last known king of Caracol. His single monument, Stela 10, is the latest such in the 'crumbling' city, as 'no further signs of elite activity at Caracol' are known.
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Oleksii Yevhenovych Danchenko (Олексій Євгенович Данченко; 9 [22] March 1904 — 1 October 1983) was a Soviet Ukrainian politician and naval officer. Danchenko was the head of the Black Sea Shipping Company, Hero of Socialist Labor, holder of government awards, deputy of the Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 5th-8th convocations from the Odesa-Leninsky constituency of Odesa Oblast, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR 2nd convocation. Member of the Audit Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine in 1952-1954 and 1961–1966. Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine in 1966–1976.
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* Депутаты Верховного Совета СССР 8-го созыва. — М., 1970.
* Украинская Советская энциклопедия, второе издание. Том 3. — К., 1979.
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419 Such reconduction to identity is not possible in psychology since it deals with qualities. Cohn attacks the thesis that causality rests on identity. His arguments are: First, it is not possible in mechanics to represent causality by an absolutely identical equation; secondly, the special content of every causal law contains empirical factors, and consequently is only highly probable.
What principle governs our choice between the different kinds of good? Nothing can be right or wrong except in so far as it tends to produce a good. When we have to choose between goods, it is always right to choose the greater good. Such a doctrine implies that goods of all kinds can be compared, that we can place goods of all kinds on a single scale, and assign to each its value relatively to the rest. No amount of one kind of good can compensate for the absence of all the other kinds of good. But when circumstances make it impossible to secure all these kinds of good, then the decision has to be made in regard to which is best worth having. The choice between them implies that they are commensurable. If we were not capable of distinguishing between various elements of human life, all thinking or talking about the moral ideal, or indeed about practical aims or objects of any kind, would be impossible. And if when we have distinguished between them, we are not to say which of them is best, and to act upon our answers, there is an end to the possibility of any ethical system that admits that the morality of an act depends upon the consequences. The only way of escaping the admission that different kinds of good are commensurable would be to assert that it is always right to choose the highest. Such a contention involves all the difficulties of the formalistic ethics of Kant. As a matter of fact, when we appeal to the actual moral judgment of mankind, we do not find that a smaller quantity of a higher good is always pronounced to be of greater worth than a larger quantity of a lower good. The writer brings forward a number of examples to show that in judgments of worth we do actually weigh very heterogeneous goods against one another, and decide which possesses most value, and in making that estimate we do take into consideration the amount of the two kinds of good as well as the quality.
Kant's entire ethical system depends on the idea of freedom. The starting-point is the fact, real or assumed, of unconditional obligation. The inference from this fact is practical freedom, and practical freedom requires transcendental freedom for its speculative basis. Transcendental
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ThunderSync 2.2b: new file bug
Today I discovered a bug in ThunderSync 2.2 beta concerning the synchronisation with external files.
As of version 2.2b ThunderSync allows to select non-existing files. In the file selection dialog the user is able to name a new file to sync to, but ThunderSync does not handle new files properly.
I’ll have to fix it. As a workaround it is sufficient to just create an empty file outside Thunderbird/ThunderSync:
• Windows: Open file explorer, navigate to desired folder, right-click into it and select “New/Textfile” (or something like that, I don’t use Windows) and name it according to the setting in ThunderSync.
• Linux: Open a terminal, navigate to desired directory and use “touch” to create an empty file with the correct name.
(this workaround is also a hint to me for a fix: create non-existent files prior to reading them)
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Taking to bed
Jessica Hanley was 19 weeks pregnant and feeling great when she went in for a routine ultrasound. “I had no reason to think I would be in the hospital that afternoon and not leave for a week,” recalls the San Diego hairstylist.
The ultrasound showed that her cervix had shortened to “practically nothing” and had begun to funnel. Following an emergency cerclage to stitch her cervix closed, Hanley
was put on bed rest.
Rest might not be best
Since the 1800s, bed rest has been recommended to help women with pregnancy complications carry to term. Complications could mean anything from multiple babies or fetal growth problems to vaginal bleeding or signs of preterm labor. In Hanley’s case, it was an incompetent cervix.
Each year, roughly 20 percent of mothers are put on bed rest at some point during their pregnancy. Hanley, who was put on strict bed rest, was permitted to shower every other day (“They tried to have me maximize my bathroom/shower [time] to five minutes,” she says) and leave the house only for doctor’s visits. In other cases, a mom may be asked to rest for anywhere from one to eight hours a day while avoiding household chores and heavy lifting.
Interestingly, there is no evidence that bed rest is beneficial in preventing preterm birth. In fact, one 2013 study of women with a short cervix found that women prescribed activity restriction were much more likely to deliver early than those who were not.
While the jury is still out on whether bed rest actually works, evidence shows that it might cause harm. The main concern is blood clots. “Pregnancy increases your risk of having blood clots, and then not moving increases your risk even more,” says Linda Szymanski, medical director of labor and delivery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
Other possible complications include depression, bone loss, weight gain and trouble sleeping. “We also worry about muscle deterioration from just lying around and not being active, which also can be a problem after the baby is born,” says Audrey Merriam, an OB/GYN in Delaware who specializes in maternal-fetal medicine.
In addition to medical concerns, bed rest can take a toll on other aspects of life as well. In cases where both parents are working, the loss of income once the mom-to-be goes on bed rest can result in a tremendous amount of pressure. Partners get loaded down with additional responsibilities, which can cause anxiety and stress, and children often don’t understand why mommy can’t hold them or play.
Alternate route
Neither Merriam nor Szymanski recommend bed rest to their patients, though they may prescribe reduced activity. For instance, “If a woman is a heavy exerciser and has a risk for preterm birth, we might ask that she cut back on the amount of exercise she does,” says Merriam.
If your doctor does prescribe bed rest, talk to her about it. Find out what kind of bed rest she’s recommending and why. You can also mention the lack of evidence to support bed rest. Share any concerns you may have and discuss possible alternatives. It could be that the perceived benefits of bed rest in your situation outweigh the possible risks. Ultimately, if you’re not satisfied with her responses, get a second opinion.
After 17 weeks on bed rest and an additional four weeks following her cerclage removal, Hanley gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Two years later, she and her husband have decided to add a second little one to their family. “That’s another long, hard thing to think about,” she confesses. “It took a while for me to actually go, ‘OK, I think I’m ready now.’” She hopes that, “by some miracle,” this time she won’t have to go on bed rest.
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Student arrested after 2,000 rounds of ammunition found in his vehicle at a Nevada college, officials say
(CNN)A college student in Nevada was arrested after campus police found a rifle and about 2,000 rounds of ammunition in a vehicle he drove on campus, College of Southern Nevada's president said in a statement. Shayn Striegel, 27, was arrested Wednesday at the school's Henderson campus, a few miles southeast of Las Vegas, the public community college's spokesman, Richard Lake, said. Campus police got a report that ammunition was seen in a vehicle parked on campus, the college's president, Federico Zaragoza, said in a statement. Striegel told officers that he'd forgotten he had the rifle in the vehicle, the statement said. It was not immediately clear if Striegel has an attorney. Since deadly mass shootings this month in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, tips related to possible threats have poured in to the FBI. The agency says it got more than 38,000 tips in the first full week of August, up from the typical 22,000 tips per week this year. Another college student was charged this week in North Carolina after authorities found two guns in his dorm room and he reportedly confessed to plans to carry out a shooting. Police in Nevada do not believe there is any threat to the campus where Striegel's vehicle was parked, said Zaragoza, who credited the person who reported spotting the ammunition with keeping the campus safe. "It is an important reminder of the effectiveness of the 'see something, say something' public safety campaign," the college president said. "If you see something suspicious, report it to the police immediately." Striegel was booked at the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of having a possible dangerous weapon at a school or child care provider, inmate records show. Firearms are banned on Nevada System of Higher Education campuses, including in vehicles, the president's statement said. He is scheduled for a hearing Friday, jail records show.
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Removed this
NPOV, etc.
"The Screenplay was actually a stolen idea taken from a Screenplay submitted to Screen Actors Guild in 1999 called Xpired and from conservations in Santa Monica. Pathetic film results from the Writers lack of idea, only using other peoples ideas"Ortolan88 (talk) 18:31, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
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Philip Morris International Gets a Big Win Down Under
Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) is undergoing a massive transformation as it seeks to find ways to replace its popular traditional tobacco cigarettes with alternative products that have fewer potential negative health impacts. The effort has been extensive, with years devoted to working on reduced-risk products that can match the experience that smokers want without the same level of exposure to harmful chemicals and other potential problems.
Recently, Philip Morris' efforts in the reduced-risk arena have centered on the iQOS heated tobacco system . By taking specially formulated tobacco and putting it into a device that heats it up without causing it to catch on fire, iQOS delivers a vapor that matches up well with consumers' expectations of a tobacco-based product. Yet even though Philip Morris has done scientific studies to validate claims of less deleterious health effects, not all regulators agree. That led to a court dispute in New Zealand, but its recent adjudication gave Philip Morris a positive outcome that it will be able to use not just in the Pacific nation but potentially in other jurisdictions as well.
What New Zealand said about iQOS
Philip Morris launched iQOS in New Zealand earlier this year, and the nation's Ministry of Health reacted quickly to the rollout. After having said that it was in talks with Philip Morris about iQOS, the ministry later argued that although the iQOS device itself is legal, the Heets tobacco sticks are illegal.
The somewhat surprising rationale that the Ministry of Health produced was that because iQOS only heats the tobacco rather than burning it, alleging that this trait puts the tobacco sticks into the category of products designed for oral use other than smoking. This would potentially run afoul of the Smoke-Free Environments Act, which regulates tobacco use in New Zealand and distinguished combustible tobacco from other forms of the product.
Philip Morris responded by turning to the intent of the act. Initially, the 1990s-era law was intended to separate chewing tobacco from cigarettes, creating different regulatory frameworks for the two products. A spokesperson argued that the law has nothing to do with more modern cigarette alternatives like e-cigarettes or heated tobacco products.
A win for Philip Morris
Late last month, a court in Wellington heard arguments about the case between Philip Morris and the Ministry of Health. The court chose to dismiss the health ministry's action, allowing Philip Morris to market iQOS in New Zealand freely.
The result wasn't entirely surprising. Even the prosecutor for the Ministry of Health was willing to admit that the case hinged on how nitpicky the court wanted to get about the definition of "smoking." The health ministry's argument that ignition was a prerequisite for smoking is perhaps consistent with the scientific definition of the term, but the court instead focused on practical considerations.
Nevertheless, Philip Morris said there's more work to do. "We welcome the Court's decision," a spokesperson for the company said, but "this case does, however, highlight the need for urgent reform of regulations surrounding e-cigarettes and other smokeless tobacco products."
A sign of things to come?
The experience that Philip Morris went through in New Zealand is likely to come up in other jurisdictions across the globe. As countries wrestle with how they want to regulate iQOS and other alternatives to regular cigarettes, Philip Morris will want to collect favorable verdicts and cite them as reasons for other government regulators to follow the same path. In that line, New Zealand's court ruling will be helpful for the tobacco giant.
The bigger challenge for Philip Morris will be to navigate processes to get approval in key countries. For instance, the modified-risk tobacco product application process in the U.S. will likely require Philip Morris to show demonstrated reductions in adverse health effects from iQOS compared to regular cigarettes. That's a tough threshold to pass. But by working its way into countries like New Zealand at least for initial trials, Philip Morris can start collecting the evidence it will need to support its applications in other markets around the world.
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Professor Edward David (ED) Berman MBE (born 8th March, 1941 in Lewiston, Maine) is an American-born British playwright, director, producer, actor, activist, social entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of the Inter-Action group of charities, awarded an MBE in 1979.
Early Life and Education
ED Berman was born in Lewiston, Maine on 8th March, 1941 to Jack and Ida (née Webber) Berman. He attended Lewiston High School but despite becoming a regional and national debating champion, did not graduate. Instead he accepted the offer of a place at Harvard University at the age of 15, to study Middle Eastern Languages and Literature. He was a resident at Winthrop House, and graduated in the Class of 1962.
ED then won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Exeter College,Oxford University in 1962. . ED was unable to finish his doctorate at Oxford in 1965, to an unprovoked attack whilst researching in Istanbul, Turkey which left him with a cranial blood clot and given a year to live. Unable to continue this research, ED moved to London.
Theatre Career
In 1967, ED became the playwright-in-residence at the Mercury Theatre in Notting Hill. From the 1960's onwards, ED Berman became one of the most prominent figures in British Theatre. Most notably his efforts in taking arts into the community.
The Almost-Free Theatre
In 1971 ED Berman set up the The Almost-Free Theatre Rupert Street, Soho in the West End. The audiences paid what they could afford (at least one penny) to see a range of productions based on a range of social and political themes. The Almost Free also staged numerous individual new plays by Mike Stott, Henry Livings, Michael Stevens, Wolf Mankowitz, Edward Bond and many others. Sir Tom Stoppard developed several of his key one act plays for Berman’s theatres including After Magritte, Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth and the highly successful Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land.
Dirty Linen and New-found-land
A pair of two 1976 Tom Stoppard plays that are always performed together, produced and directed by Berman. New-Found-Land interrupts the two parts of Dirty Linen. It is a comedy about the British citizenship process, based on the real-life naturalization of Professor Berman. It was first performed as an Ambiance Lunch-Hour Theatre Club presentation at Interaction's Almost Free Theatre in 1976. Then, opening in June of 1976, it played four years at the Arts Theatre.
Black Theatre Season
ED Berman programmed Britain’s first season of plays on black issues: Black and White Power Plays at the Ambiance in 1970. The season introduced the work of African-American playwrights like Ed Bullins and LeRoi Jones, alongside work from white playwrights on Black issues such as Israel Horovitz.
Gay Theatre Season
The 1975 season of gay plays was the first to be staged in Britain. The season led to the formation of gay theatre companies, principally Gay Sweatshop, Britain’s first gay and lesbian theatre company, founded by Gerald Chapman.
Dogg’s Troupe
Dogg’s Troupe staged street theatre and community events in hospitals, old people’s homes and other community venues. Berman played the roles of Professor R.L. Dogg and Otto Premiere Check.
TOC (The Other Company)
The Other Company was set up by Ed Berman and the innovative Israeli director, Naftali Yavin, in 1968.
Inter-Action (1968-)
In 1968, ED became the founder of Inter-Action, a national charity involved in a range of arts and creativity based projects.
HMS President (1918)
In 1988 Inter-Action purchased the old, and provided a base for start-up companies for young people, and audio-visual studios. This period saved her from scrap, and preserved her for future generations. She had become a London landmark, marked on street maps, so was permitted to retain her warship title and name "HMS President" with the added suffix "(1918)" to distinguish her from the new shore establishment of the same name. Inter-Action owned President and its sister ship, Chrysanthemum, was hired to Steven Spielberg for the boat chase sequences shot in 1988 in Tilbury Docks for the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. She was then laid up in the River Medway, where the brackish water rusted her hull so badly that she was scrapped in 1995.
President was resold in 2001.
Fun Art Bus
In 1972, a Routemaster bus was specially converted to create a small theater on the upper deck, along with a cinema showing short films and slide-shows downstairs. This was to bring theatre and arts into the community. The bus was brought back for the Olympic Torch Relay for the London 2012 Olympic Games, in which ED Berman was a torchbearer.
Father Xmas Union
The Father Xmas Union (‘FXU’) was set up in 1969 to stage large-scale social and activist events such as protests against Selfridges and the National Front.
City Farms
ED Berman negotiated with British Rail to take over several tracts (10,000 acres) of British Railway land which were unusable for development under modern planning legislation because of their proximity to the railway lines. Inter-Action established the first City Farm in Britain in Kentish Town, north London, in 1971. Originally called "City Farm 1" it rapidly became a model for city farms which sprang up across the country.
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Piece of Woollen Carpet; ground, red; pattern, a green quatrefoil bearing three white animals. Spanish, late 14th century. 1 foot 11 inches by 1 foot 1 inch.
A most unmistakeable piece of mediæval carpeting; the lively tone of its red is yet bright. The quatrefoils are quite of the period, and look like four-petaled roses barbed, that is, with the angular projection between the petals. So unlion-like are the animals, that we may not take them as the blazon of the Kingdom of Leon.
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Piece of Silk Damask; ground, crimson; pattern, the so-called artichoke in yellow and green, lined white, and foliage of green lined white. Spanish, 15th century. 1 foot 9 inches by 1 foot 4-1/2 inches.
A good example of this showy pattern, once so much in favour, and of which the materials are very good and substantial; much of the yellow portions of the design was in gold thread, the metal of which has, however, almost all gone. From the quantity of glue still sticking to the hind part of this silk, its last destination would seem to have been the covering of some state room.
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The "Vernicle," embroidered in silk, and now sewed on a large piece of linen. Flemish, middle of 15th century. 9-1/2 inches by 7-1/2 inches; the linen, 2 feet 10-1/2 inches by 2 feet 9 inches.
To the readers of old English literature, especially of Chaucer, the term of "Vernicle" will not be unknown, as expressing the representation of our Saviour's face, which He is said to have left upon a napkin handed Him to wipe His brows, by one of those pious women who crowded after Him on His road to Calvary. It is noticed, too, in the "Church of our Fathers," t. iii. p. 438. This piece of needle-*work seems to have been cut off from another, and sewed, at a very
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Predict Next Purchase using Machine Learning in Python
In this tutorial, we will learn how to Predict the Next Purchase using Machine Learning in Python programming language. Basically, by next purchase here we mean that number of items required in the coming month to sell. Every item has its unique ID number.
There are many datasets available online which we can use in our study. But specifically for this article, we will take Kaggle dataset-https://www.kaggle.com/c/competitive-data-science-predict-future-sales/overview. It has details of items with their prices and dates on which it is sold in a shop with shop ID also given. And here we will predict the overall count required of a particular item next month.
There are many learning algorithms for predicting the next purchase. But for this, tutorial we will use the RNN LSTM model to get a good accuracy score for our purchase.
Used Libraries for this program:
• Pandas
• Numpy
• Matplotlib
• Seaborn
Python program to Predict Next Purchase using Machine Learning
We will use the Jupyter notebook for making our model.
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
We will start with importing libraries
default_path = '../input/'
!ls ../input
train_df = pd.read_csv(default_path+'sales_train.csv')
items_df = pd.read_csv(default_path+'items.csv')
test_df = pd.read_csv(default_path+'test.csv')
Then we will upload the necessary CSV files using the pandas library.
train_df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(train_df['date'], format='%d.%m.%Y')
This will convert the argument i.e. string to DateTime format.
dataset = train_df.pivot_table(index=['item_id', 'shop_id'],values=['item_cnt_day'], columns='date_block_num', fill_value=0)
dataset = dataset.reset_index()
dataset = pd.merge(test_df, dataset, on=['item_id', 'shop_id'], how='left')
dataset = dataset.fillna(0)
dataset = dataset.drop(['shop_id', 'item_id', 'ID'], axis=1)
X_train = np.expand_dims(dataset.values[:, :-1], axis=2)
y_train = dataset.values[:, -1:]
X_test = np.expand_dims(dataset.values[:, 1:], axis=2)
y_test = dataset.values[:, :1]
This will align the data in the required form in a table which we will import use in our model.
from keras.models import Sequential
from keras.layers import LSTM, Dense, Dropout
Then we will import our open-source Keras library which has.
model = Sequential()
model.add(LSTM(units=64, input_shape=(33, 1)))
model.add(Dropout(0.3))
model.add(Dense(1))
model.compile(loss='mse',
optimizer='adam',
metrics=['mean_squared_error'])
Now we made a model with the LSTM layer and which uses ‘adam’ optimizer.
history = model.fit(X_train, y_train, batch_size=4096, epochs=10)
Then we will fit the data in the model containing the LSTM layer.
Predict Next Purchase using Machine Learning in Python
plt.plot(history.history['loss'], label= 'loss(mse)')
plt.plot(np.sqrt(history.history['mean_squared_error']), label= 'rmse')
plt.legend(loc=1)
Now we will plot the model data using plt.plot().
Predict Next Purchase using Machine Learning in Python
LSTM_prediction = model.predict(X_test)
LSTM_prediction = LSTM_prediction.clip(0, 20)
submission = pd.DataFrame({'ID': test_df['ID'], 'item_cnt_month': LSTM_prediction.ravel()})
submission.to_csv('submission.csv',index=False)
In the end, we will input our test data to the model and will get predicted LSTM data and make the dataframe using pandas and convert that data to dataframe using .to_csv. We refer to the next purchase here as the number of items required in the coming month. You can provide any data which you want to predict to model and get the CSV output file as we have done in the test set.
OUTPUT FILE: submission.csv
CSV file image:
LSTM_prediction = model.predict(X_test)
This is the output file of our dataset. That’s it!
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432 length and one mile wide near Forest City. Iowa, in 1890. Many oi these falls have been marked by extraordinary phenomena of light and sound, making them events never to be forgotten by those who witnessed them and worthy to be reckoned among the most remarkable natural occurrences of the century. About two hundred and eighty-five actually observed meteoric falls is the total recorded during the century. It is a remarkable fact regarding the nature of the material fallen that only five of these have been of meteoric irons. One of these irons fell at Mazapil, Mexico, during the star shower of November, 1885, at the time when the return of Biela's comet was looked for, and was thus considered an occurrence corroborative of the already suspected relationship among comets, shooting stars and meteorites.
The indifference to the collecting of meteorites which characterized the early part of the century has given place in its latter days to an extraordinary diligence in the search for these bodies. One meteorite has of late acquired a value equal to four times its weight in gold and several can be sold for two and three times their weight by the gold standard. The meteorite collection of the Natural History Museum in Vienna has for many years been the leading one. What it has cost to build it up may be known from the fact that it is considered the most valuable of any single collection in that great treasure house. Representatives of over five hundred meteoric falls are exhibited in this collection, and the meteoric matter has a total weight of seven tons. The collection of the British Museum of Natural History is nearly as large, while at Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg and Calcutta, together with Washington, Chicago, Cambridge and New Haven, in our own country, are gathered extensive and important collections. The establishment of such large collections has for the first time put the study of meteorites on a satisfactory basis and given lively hope that important truths will be discovered by researches thus made possible. The general similarity of the stony meteorites to the basic volcanic rocks of the earth has been established, and similarity of many physical structures such as brecciation, slicken-sided surfaces and veins has been proved. The chondritic structure and the crystalline structure represented by the Widmanstätten figures are, however, so far as is yet known, peculiar to meteorites, and it will remain for the twentieth century to discover what these structures mean. Classifications of meteorites based on their mineralogical and structural characters have been established, and important differences among meteorites shown, in spite of their family resemblances. It would be idle perhaps to recount, as might be done, many theories regarding the nature and origin of meteorites which have been found untenable as a result of the century's study. The theory of the lunar origin of meteorites had at times such able supporters as Laplace and J. Lawrence Smith. Other able observers have believed
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Swiss in Talks With U.S. on Untaxed Assets, Official Says
Switzerland is in talks with the
U.S. to resolve the issue of untaxed assets held by U.S.
citizens in Swiss bank accounts, a government official said. “We are in talks with the U.S. regarding fiscal problems
in the past,” Mario Tuor, a spokesman for the State Secretariat
for International Financial Matters in the Swiss capital, Bern,
told Bloomberg News by telephone. Tuor declined to comment on a Reuters report that said the
current talks are about an agreement that would let several
Swiss and European banks join a settlement and avoid potential
U.S. prosecution for helping wealthy Americans evade taxes. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service and the Justice
Department have stepped up enforcement to combat offshore tax
evasion . UBS AG (UBSN) , Switzerland’s largest bank by assets, was
charged in February 2009 with helping U.S. citizens evade taxes.
The bank avoided prosecution by paying $780 million, admitting
that it fostered tax evasion, and agreeing to give the IRS data
on more than 250 accounts. UBS later handed over data on an
additional 4,450 accounts to resolve a lawsuit. Under the new potential agreement, the Swiss banks would
pay a fine, no longer handle undeclared offshore banking
business for Americans, and turn over client names to
authorities, Reuters said, citing unidentified officials briefed
on the matter. The report said it couldn’t identify which banks
were involved. ‘Creative Approach’ “The idea of a global settlement is a creative approach,”
Scott Michel , a tax attorney with Caplin & Drysdale in
Washington , said in an interview. “It would make sense for the
U.S. to now be able to devote investigative resources to other
parts of the world. It would make sense for the Swiss to obtain
peace on this issue.” Since 2007, when the investigations into offshore tax
evasion began, the U.S. has charged at least two dozen UBS
clients with tax crimes, along with four UBS bankers, three
clients of HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) , and four other alleged offshore
enablers. In February, four Europe-based bankers at Credit Suisse
Group AG (CS) were indicted in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia,
accused of conspiring to help U.S. clients evade taxes. The
bankers haven’t appeared in court. The U.S. filed a civil action in April against London-based
HSBC, the largest European bank by assets, seeking information
about U.S. citizens who may have banked in India to hide
accounts from the IRS. Voluntary Disclosure From March to October 2009, 15,000 taxpayers came forward
under the IRS’s voluntary disclosure program. After October
2009, about 4,000 more joined. To avoid prosecution, the
taxpayers had to disclose their offshore accounts, bankers and
advisers, as well as describe how they moved their money. IRS agents have mined that data to investigate banks,
bankers, intermediaries and taxpayers, IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman said in a May 18 speech. Prosecutors have interviewed
more than 200 taxpayers about the people who handled their
accounts. Lawyers for some of the people questioned said prosecutors
and IRS investigators have asked about their dealings with
Credit Suisse, HSBC, the Swiss bank Julius Baer Group and Swiss
regional banks such as Basler Kantonalbank. (BSKP) “The major issue for resolution would be what type of
disclosure of account holders would be entailed,” Michel said.
“I can imagine a framework that prompts a large number of
account holders to initiate voluntary disclosures or potentially
face closure of their accounts.” To contact the reporters on this story:
Matthias Wabl in Vienna at
mwabl@bloomberg.net ;
David Voreacos in Newark, New Jersey , at
dvoreacos@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Mark Silva at
Msilva34@bloomberg.net
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Ewan Hooper
Ewan Eynon Hooper (23 October 1935 – 6 April 2023) was a Scottish actor who was a graduate from, and later an associate member of RADA.
Life and career
Hooper was the motivating force in the foundation of the Greenwich Theatre, which opened in 1969. Hooper was the founder director of the Scottish Theatre Company formed in Glasgow in the 1980s. He is best remembered as the priest in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, along with a recurring role as Camp Controller Alec Foster in Jimmy Perry and David Croft's Hi-de-Hi!. He appeared as Sergeant Moran in the 1966 The Avengers episode "What the Butler Saw". He also was Detective Sergeant Smith in 1970s series Hunters Walk.
Hooper was married to an actress. He died on 6 April 2023, at the age of 87.
Selected filmography
* How I Won the War (1967)
* Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
* Julius Caesar (1970)
* Personal Services (1987)
* Kinky Boots (2005)
Selected theatre performances
* Mr Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. Directed by James Maxwell at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (1990)
* Mr Jeffcote in Hindle Wakes by Stanley Houghton. Directed by Helena Kaut-Howson at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. This was the production in performance at the time of the 1996 Manchester bombing. It was also the production which opened the restored theatre two years later. (1996) and (1998)
* Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing. Directed by Helena Kaut-Howson at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. Hooper won a (MEN Award) for his performance. (1997)
* Rev. Samuel Gardner in Mrs Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Helena Kaut-Howson at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2000)
* Mr Kirk in Outlying Islands by David Greig. Directed by Loveday Ingram at the Ustinov, Theatre Royal Bath (2006)
* Gonzalo in The Tempest. Directed by Greg Hersov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2007)
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Euclidean Algorithm for finding GCD
How to find GCD (Greatest Common Divisor) of two numbers via coding? How to implement Euclidean algorithm in Python?
In mathematics, the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two or more integers, which are not all zero, is the largest positive integer that divides each of the integers. For two integers x, y, the greatest common divisor of x and y is denoted gcd(x, y).
For example, the GCD of 8 and 12 is 4, that is, gcd(8, 12) = 4
Euclidean Algorithm
The basic Euclidean algorithm for GCD is based on the below facts.
• If we subtract a smaller number from a larger (we reduce a larger number), GCD doesn’t change. So if we keep subtracting repeatedly the larger of two, we end up with GCD.
• Now instead of subtraction, if we divide the smaller number, the algorithm stops when we find remainder 0.
Recursive
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Function to return gcd of a and b
def gcd(a, b):
if a == 0 :
return b
return gcd(b%a, a)
Iterative
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Function to return gcd of a and b
def gcd(a, b):
while(a):
a, b = b%a, a
return b
Time Complexity
Time Complexity: O(log(min(a, b)))
Extended Euclidean Algorithm
Extended Euclidean algorithm also finds integer coefficients x and y such that: ax + by = gcd(a, b)
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Function for extended Euclidean Algorithm
def gcd_extended(a, b):
# Base Case
if a == 0 :
return b, 0, 1
gcd, x1, y1 = gcd_extended(b%a, a)
# Update x and y using results of recursive call
x = y1 - (b//a) * x1
y = x1
return gcd, x, y
• The extended Euclidean algorithm is particularly useful when a and b are co-prime (Co-prime numbers are those numbers that have their GCD as 1).
Few Problems
Find GCD of nums more than two numbers (or array)
#!/usr/bin/env python3
arr = [2, 4, 6, 8]
gcd_num = gcd(arr[0], arr[1])
for i in range(2, len(arr)):
gcd_num = gcd(gcd_num, arr[i])
Time Complexity: O(n * log(m)), where n is length of array and m is the smallest element of the array
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Ms. Sevigny, the “Big Love” and “Boys Don’t Cry” star, will play a hired assassin and a pre-op transsexual who learns she has a son, on a new DirecTV series called “Hit and Miss.”
Chloë Sevigny Has, What Else, More Secrets in a New Television Series
It seems you can’t have a Chloë Sevigny project without a character or characters trying to hide a shocking secret, whether it’s a lover who disguises her gender (in “Boys Don’t Cry”) or a polygamist family concealing its multiple marriages (on the HBO series “Big Love”). So try to sound surprised when you learn that there are a couple of unexpected twists to the character that Ms. Sevigny plays in her latest project, at least one of which is strongly hinted at in its title. In “Hit and Miss,” a new series that will be shown on the satellite service DirecTV, she portrays a character named Mia who is a hired assassin as well as a pre-op transsexual. When Mia learns she’s had a son by an ex-girlfriend who is dying of cancer, she is forced “to mix her killer instincts with her newly acquired maternal ones” (hey, that’s what it says in the press release).
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1. Introduction
1.1. What’s the big picture?
Why is it that people have a love-hate relationship with computers? Why are some people so fanatical about particular types of computers, while others have been so angry at digital devices that they have been physically violent with them? And what does this have to do with computer science? And what is computer science anyway?
I’m glad you asked! Put simply, computer science is about tools and techniques for designing and building applications that are very fast, have great interfaces, are reliable, secure, helpful — even fun.
A lot of people confuse computer science with programming. It has been said that “computer science is no more about programming than astronomy is about telescopes” (Mike Fellows). Programming is the tool that computer scientists use to bring great ideas to life, but just knowing how to give programmed instructions to a computer isn’t enough to create software that delights and empowers people.
For example, computers can perform billions of operations every second, and yet people often complain that they are too slow. Humans can perceive delays of about one tenth of a second, and if your program takes longer than that to respond it will be regarded as sluggish, jerky or frustrating. You’ve got well under a second to delight the user! If you are searching millions of items of data, or displaying millions of pixels (megapixels), you can’t afford to do things the wrong way, and you can’t just tell your users that they should buy a faster computer ... they’ll probably just go out and buy someone’s faster software instead!
Here’s some advice from Fred Wilson, who has invested in many high profile tech companies:
First and foremost, we believe that speed is more than a feature. Speed is the most important feature. If your application is slow, people won’t use it. I see this more with mainstream users than I do with power users. I think that power users sometimes have a bit of sympathetic eye to the challenges of building really fast web apps, and maybe they’re willing to live with it, but when I look at my wife and kids, they’re my mainstream view of the world. If something is slow, they’re just gone. ... speed is more than a feature. It’s a requirement.
(You can hear him talk about this here.)
A key theme in computer science is working out how to make things run fast, especially if you want to be able to sell your software to the large market of people using old-generation smartphones, or run it in a data centre where you pay by the minute for computing time. You can’t just tell your customers to buy a faster device — you need to deliver efficient software.
Try using the following two calculators to make a simple calculation. They both have the same functionality (they can do the same calculations), but which is nicer to use? Why?
(This book has many interactives like this. If the first calculator doesn’t work properly, you may need to use a more recent browser. The interactive material in this book works in most recent browsers; Google Chrome is a particularly safe bet.)
The second calculator above is slower, and that can be frustrating. But it has a fancier interface — buttons expand when you point to them to highlight what you’re doing. Does this make it easier to use? Did you have problems because the “C” and “=” keys are so close?
How interfaces work is a core part of computer science. The aesthetics — images and layout — are important, but what’s much more crucial is the psychology of how people interact. For example, suppose the “OK” and “Cancel” buttons in dialogue boxes were occasionally reversed. You would always need to check carefully before clicking on one of them, instead of using the instinctive moves you’ve made countless times before. There are some very simple principles based on how people think and behave that you can take advantage of to design systems that people love.
Making software that can scale up is another important theme. Imagine you’ve built a web interface and have attracted thousands of customers. Everything goes well until your site goes viral overnight, and you suddenly have millions of customers. If the system becomes bogged down, people will become frustrated waiting for a response, and tomorrow you will have no customers — they’ll all have moved on to someone else’s system. But if your programs are designed so they can scale up to work with such large amounts of data your main problem will be dealing with offers to buy your company!
Some of these problems can be solved by buying more equipment, but that can be an expensive and wasteful option (not just for cost, but because of the impact on the environment, including the wasted power used to do the processing inefficiently). With mobile computing it’s even more important to keep things lean and efficient — heavy duty programs chew up valuable battery life, and processing and memory must be used sparingly as these affect the size, weight and even heat dissipation of devices.
And if your system continues be successful, pretty soon people will be trying to hack into it to steal valuable customer data or passwords. How can you design systems so that you know they are secure from such attacks and your customers can trust you with their personal information or business transactions?
All these questions and more are addressed by the field of computer science. The purpose of this guide is to introduce you to those ideas so that you have a better idea of whether this field is for you. It is aimed at high-school level, and is intended to bring you to the point where you have a good overview of the field, and are well prepared for further in-depth study to become an expert.
We’ve broken computer science up into a whole lot of topics that you’ll often find in curricula around the world, such as algorithms, human-computer interaction, compression, cryptography, computer graphics, and artificial intelligence. The reality is that all these topics interact, so be on the lookout for the connections.
This guide isn’t a list of facts for you to memorise, or to copy and paste into projects! It is mainly a guide to things you can do — experiences that will engage you with the topics. In fact, we won’t go through all the topics in great detail, but will give you references to websites and books that explain things thoroughly. The idea of this guide is to give you enough background to understand the topics, and to do something meaningful with them.
And what about programming? You can get through this whole guide without doing any programming, although we’ll suggest exercises. Ultimately, however, all the concepts here are reflected in programs that people write. If you want to learn programming there are many excellent courses available. It takes time and practice, and is well worth doing in parallel with working through the topics in this guide. There are a number of free online systems and books that you can use to teach yourself programming. A database of options for learning to program is being compiled by code.org, where there is also a popular video of some well-known high-fliers in computing which is good to show classes. Here are some other sources that might suit you:
• The NCEA year 12 workbook is a book (two actually) on programming in Java and Python, written for the NZ achievement standards. The authors are developing a second book for the year 13 programming standard.
• CodeAvengers is an online system where you can work through challenges that will introduce you to programming in Javascript. This system matches the NZ programming achievement standards from level 1 to 3.
• Interactive Python has a free online “book” called “How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition” (also referred to as “Think Python”) which teaches the Python language, and enables students to edit and run Python examples within the web browser. The original book is open source and is also available in various non-interactive versions.
• Codecademy is an online system where you can learn languages including Python and Javascript
• Coder Dojo is a “movement orientated around running free not-for-profit coding clubs and regular sessions for young people”.
• TryPython is an instant Python tutorial that runs in your web browser.
• CodingBat has hundreds of programming challenges that you can try to check on how you are progressing with learning to program.
• Greenfoot is a visual, interactive system that teaches object orientation with Java. You create ‘actors’ that live in ‘worlds’ to build games, simulations, and other graphical programs.
• Khan Academy has a “Computer Science” section; most of the material here is about programming rather than computer science in general.
• Grok learning is a new site for learning to code, not released yet (Feb 2013)
The following programming teaching systems are aimed more at younger students, or are based around a “drag and drop” language which is only intended as a teaching tool:
• ScratchEd provides extensive educational material for Scratch, which is a drag-and-drop programming language centred around creating 2D animations. Scratch has many of the features of more conventional languages. The Snap (BYOB) system is based on Scratch, and has some more advanced features.
• Computer Science Concepts in Scratch is a book on programming in Scratch.
• Alice is an educational programming language based around creating 3D animations.
• Kodu is a visual programming tool that is also available of Xbox.
• Snake wrangling for kids is a free downloadable book that introduces younger students to Python programming.
Programming is just one of the skills you’ll need to be a computer scientist. In this book you’ll be exercising many other skills — maths, psychology, and communication are important ones.
1.2. How to use this guide
This guide is intended to support a variety of curricula, and teacher guides will become available for using it in different contexts. For students, we’ve designed most chapters so that they can stand alone; the few that build on previous chapters explain at the outset what preparation you need (the most useful general preparation is the chapter on data representation, because everything on a computer is stored using binary numbers and so they have an important role in many areas of computer science.)
Each chapter begins with a section about the “big picture” — why the topic is useful for understanding and designing computer systems, and what can be achieved using the main ideas in the chapter. You’ll then be introduced to key ideas and applications of the topic through examples, and wherever possible we’ll have interactive activities that enable you to work with the ideas first hand. Sometimes these will be simplified versions of the full sized problems that computer scientists need to deal with – our intention is for you to actually interact with the ideas, not just read about them. Make sure you give them a go!
We finish each chapter by talking about the “whole story,” giving hints about parts of the topic that we omitted because we didn’t want to make the chapter too overwhelming. There will be pointers for further reading, but be warned that some of it might be quite deep, and require advanced math or programming skills.
If you are doing this for formal study, you’ll end up having to do some sort of assessment. The chapters provide ideas for projects and activities that could be used for this, but your teacher will need to guide you on what is appropriate for the particular assessment that you’re doing.
1.3. About this guide
This guide is free for you to copy, share and even modify. More information on the system used for development, and source code, can be found at .. xJRM link to http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/csfieldguide/dev/dev/appendices/Open%20Source%20Guide.html — is this for teachers only? If so, make the previous sentence teacher only too.
It’s available online, as a downloadable PDF file, and soon for ePub (e.g. for iBooks) and MOBI (e.g. for Kindle), although it’s much better viewed in the other formats because you can watch the videos and use the interactive activities.
This guide is licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence, which means that you are welcome to take copies and modify them. If you do make improvements, we ask that you share those, and acknowledge this guide by linking back to our web site. You can give away the guide (or any derivatives), but you’re not allowed to sell it.
Production of the guide was partially funded by a generous grant from Google Inc., and supported by the University of Canterbury. Of course, we welcome donations to support further work on the guide.
1.4. Further reading
Each chapter gives suggestions for further reading for that particular. There are also plenty of general books about computer science that you might want to read to keep your view of the topic broad. We particularly recommend:
• Algorithmic adventures: from knowledge to magic, by Jurag Hromkovic
• The Turing Omnibus, by A.K. Dewdney
• Algorithmics, by David Harel
• Computational fairy tales, by Jeremy Kubica
Wikipedia has a fairly extensive entry on computer science.
The AQA Computing A2 book(s), by Sylvia Langfield and Kevin Bond, give a more detailed account of many of these topics.
There are also some excellent general web sites about Computer Science, many of which we’ve referenced:
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This article describes how to view the non-cached version of your WordPress application at runtime when using W3 Total Cache without emptying the cache or deactivating the W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin. This can be achieved by retrieving the instance of WP_Config and turning off each of the cache categories.
$all_vars = get_defined_vars(); //get all avalable variables;
$all_vars["config"]->set('cdncache.enabled', false); //disable cdn cache
$all_vars["config"]->set('browsercache.enabled', false); //disable browser cache
$all_vars["config"]->set('dbcache.enabled', false); //disable db cache
$all_vars["config"]->set('objectcache.enabled', false); //disable object cache
$all_vars["config"]->set('fragmentcache.enabled', false); //disable fragment cache
$all_vars["config"]->set('pgcache.enabled', false); //disable page cache
$all_vars["config"]->set('minify.enabled', false); //disable minification
$all_vars["config"]->set('minify.auto', false);
This could be added to function and call it when you want to disable cache for one moment. It could be triggered using a query string.
The code should be executed after the WP Total Cache Plugin is activated and loaded.
Hope this helps
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Partial Evaluation
A technique where the compiler evaluates or approximates some subexpressions at compile-time.
This can be used for optimization or TypeInference.
In the general case, PartialEvaluation must not occur where SideEffects are among the intended consequences of computation, for having the SideEffect at compile-time is very distinct from having it at RunTime.
However, if PartialEvaluation is performed in response to some explicit language construct (e.g. RealMacros or a KeyWord?) this is less of an issue because the programmer can then control which side-effects occur at CompileTime and which at run time.
If SideEffects are allowed, then PartialEvaluation also opens a door to CompileTimeResolution, which is powerful in its own right.
If PartialEvaluation is guaranteed by the language standard, it becomes more than just an optimization as it allows programmers to pragmatically leverage it for various forms of advanced MetaProgramming.
If guaranteed, it is a potential among KeyLanguageFeatures.
See Also:
CategoryOptimization
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The Dancing Master
* The English Dancing Master (1651)
* The Dancing Master (1652)
* The Dancing Master (1653)
* The Dancing Master (1657)
* The Dancing Master (1665)
* The Dancing Master (1670)
* The Dancing Master (1675)
* The Dancing Master (1679)
* A Supplement to The Dancing-Master (1679)
* The Dancing Master (1686)
* The Dancing Master (1690)
* The Dancing Master (1695)
* The Second Part of the Dancing Master (1696)
* The Dancing Master (1698)
* The Second Part of the Dancing Master (1698)
* A Supplement to The Dancing-Master (c. 1698)
* An Additional Sheet to the Second Part of the Dancing Master (c. 1698)
* The Dancing Master (1701)
* Twenty Four New Country Dances (1702)
* The Dancing Master (1703)
* The Dancing Master (1706)
* The Dancing Master (1709)
* The Dancing Master, Volume the Second (c. 1710)
* The Dancing Master (1713)
* The Dancing Master, Volume the Second (c. 1714)
* The Dancing Master (1716)
* The Dancing Master, Volume the Second (1718)
* The Dancing Master (1721)
* The Dancing Master, Volume the Third (c. 1726)
* The Dancing Master (c. 1728)
* The Dancing Master (1728)
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Boston Red Sox - PlayerWatch
OF Bryce Brentz was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday. OF Bryce Brentz was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday. Brentz, batting .279 with a home run and seven RBIs in 25 games with the Red Sox this season, pinch hit for slugger David Ortiz in Wednesday’s ninth inning after Ortiz fouled a ball off his right shin, but promptly struck out. LHP Roenis Elias was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday. LHP Roenis Elias was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday. Elias, 0-1 with a 15.88 ERA in two appearances with the Red Sox this season, provided an extra arm for a beleaguered Red Sox bullpen, although he did not pitch, after the team sent six relievers to the mound in Wednesday’s blowout defeat. He is 8-4 with a 3.72 ERA over 17 games (15 starts) in the minors. RF Mookie Betts, who departed Wednesday with right calf tightness, did not start Thursday. Brock Holt started in right. RF Mookie Betts was not in the lineup Thursday after being removed a day earlier with right calf tightness. Brock Holt got the start in right field. “Mookie’s still day-to-day, he’s got some soreness, still in a cast, he would need today to just have a full treatment day.” Red Sox manager John Farrell said. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez turned in another solid outing Thursday against the New York Yankees, but was denied in his bid for his third win. The young southpaw held the Yankees to one run on three hits and a walk with six strikeouts over seven innings, but walked away with a no-decision. In six starts since being recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket on July 16, Rodriguez boasts a 2.80 ERA. DH David Ortiz was in the lineup Thursday after fouling a ball off his right shin and leaving Wednesday’s game. DH David Ortiz was in the lineup Thursday one day after fouling a ball off his right shin and leaving the game. Ortiz, who had to be helped off the field in Wednesday’s ninth inning, slugged a ground-rule double in the first inning and later lumbered home from second, seemingly pain free. “We’ve got 50 games (left),” Ortiz told WEEI.com. “We’ve got to grind out there. We’ve got to keep on fighting. ... I know I’m a big person in the lineup and you guys know me, if I can go, I go.” Ortiz was 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. 1B Hanley Ramirez broke out of his slump with a two-RBI day Thursday against the New York Yankees. Ramirez snapped an 0-for-16 spell with a first-inning RBI single, his first hit since tripping down the dugout stairs Aug. 2 at Seattle. He added an RBI double in the fifth and finished the night 2-for-3. Ramirez left the game in the bottom of the eighth inning after he was involved in a collision with the Yankees’ Gary Sanchez at first base in the top of the frame. OF Chris Young (right hamstring strain) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday. He went 0-for-2 with a strikeout. LHP David Price looks to bounced back from a rough outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Friday’s series opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Price (9-8, 4.34 ERA) allowed six runs (three earned) on six hits in five innings of a loss at Los Angeles. LHP Sean O’Sullivan, who had been out since July 9 due to left knee tendinitis, was activated from the disabled list and outrighted to Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday. O’Sullivan was 2-0 with a 6.75 ERA in five games (four starts) for Boston this year. In 14 starts for Pawtucket, he is 6-5 with a 4.23 ERA.
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