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Page:Rosa Luxemburg - The Crisis in the German Social-Democracy (The "Junius" Pamplhet) - 1918.pdf/46 44 the "independent Turkish State," the "integrity" of Turkey is a matter of necessity. And this necessity will exist until such time as this state will fall, having been consumed from within by German capital, as was Egypt by England and more recently Morocco by France, into the lap of Germany. The well known spokesman of German imperialism, Paul Rohrbach, expressed this candidly and honestly when he said: "In the very nature of things Turkey, surrounded on all sides by envious neighbors, must seek the support of a power that has practically no territorial interests in the Orient. That power is Germany. We, on the other hand, would be at a disadvantage if Turkey should disappear. If Russia and England fall heir to the Turkish State, obviously it will mean to both of these states a considerable increase in power. But even if Turkey should be so divided that we should also secure an extensive portion, it would mean for us endless difficulties. Russia, England, and in a certain sense France and Italy as well, are neighbors of present Turkish possessions and are in a position to hold and defend their portion by land and by sea. But we have no direct connection with the Orient. A German Asia Minor or Mesopotamia can become a reality only if Russia, and in consequence France as well, should be forced to relinquish their present political aims and ideals, i. e., if the world-war should take a decisive turn in favor of German interests."—(The War and German Policy, page 36). Germany swore solemnly on November 8th, 1898, in Damascus, by the shadow of the great Saladin, to protect and to preserve the Mohammedan world and the green flag of the Prophet, and in so doing strengthened the regime of the bloody Sultan Abdul Hamid for over a decade. It has been able, after a short period of estrangement, to exert the same influence upon the Young Turk regime. Aside from conducting the profitable business of the Deutsche Bank, the German mission busied itself chiefly with the reorganization and training of Turkish militarism, under	WIKI
Talk:Unified Deep Water System of European Russia Expanded scope Perhaps a description of the strategic value of this canal would be necessary, as naval vessels carrying strategic cruise missiles are able to operate in these waterways. And an update to the ecological section would be nice as well, as a decade has passed since that was updated. Anthropophoca (talk) 04:55, 1 November 2022 (UTC)	WIKI
Nobelprize.org Nobel Prizes and Laureates The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1920 Walther Nernst Share this: Award Ceremony Speech Presentation Speech by Professor Gerard de Geer, President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on December 10, 1921* Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. As long ago as the Ice Age, when our species was in its childhood, man found in fire a powerful ally in his fight against cold and darkness, and it helped him make a considerable step towards his domination of the world around him. The real nature of fire which, according to antique lore, Prometheus stole from Heaven, the home of lightning, remained unexplained far into later ages. In fact fire is in all probability the first chemical reaction which mankind took into his service. Later, since the inception of chemistry, the connection between chemical reactions and heat has been the subject of innumerable experiments and a great deal of thought. When coal or wood is burnt the carbon and hydrogen which they contain combine with the oxygen in the air. The mutual chemical affinity of these three elements plays its part in this, and the carbon tries with a certain amount of force to combine with oxygen to form carbon dioxide. This force of affinity can, up to a certain point, overcome obstacles or, in other words, perform a certain amount of work. As with other forces, the measure of the chemical affinity is the magnitude of the counte: force which this affinity can manage to overcome. During the combustion of carbon in air no actual work is performed, since the affinity results only in heat or, as we understand it today, in an increase of the motions of the molecules. This is indeed, what we are trying to achieve when we want to use the affinity between carbon and oxygen to obtain heat. If however, we want to use this mighty source of power in order to perform work, then we must proceed in some other way. For many years the combustion heat has been used indirectly to produce steam for driving steam engines. In doing this, however, we find that at the most no more than one-fifth of the heat produced can be transformed into work, while at the same time the remaining four-fifths are necessarily used up in the process of heating. This fact provides an empirical basis for the second fundamental law in the theory of heat, which deals inter alia with the requirements for the transformation of heat into work. In carrying out experiments aimed at a more complete exploitation of the affinity between carbon and oxygen for the production of work, we are faced with two questions: which methods are we to consider? and: is there any connection between the degrees of affinity and of evolution of heat on burning carbon, from which we could predetermine how much energy could be achieved with suitable arrangement? Numerous measurements of the change of temperature during chemical reactions - so-called thermochemical measurements - have been carried out for almost a hundred years, and chemists for their part have all been convinced that one day a connection would be shown between these temperature changes and the chemical affinity. Not surprisingly they also sincerely hoped that this connection would be soon found, since its demonstration would obviously be of the greatest importance. Before Nernst began his actual thermochemical work in 1906, the position was as follows. Through the law of the conservation of energy, the first fundamental law of the theory of heat, it was possible on the one hand to calculate the change in the evolution of heat with the temperature. This is due to the fact that this change is equal to the difference between the specific heats of the original and the newly-formed substances, that is to say, the amount of heat required to raise their temperature from 0° to 1° C. According to van't Hoff, one could on the other hand calculate the change in chemical equilibrium, and consequently the relationship with temperature, if one knew the point of equilibrium at one given temperature as well as the heat of reaction. The big problem, however, that of calculating the chemical affinity or the chemical equilibrium from thermochemical data, was still unsolved. With the aid of his co-workers Nernst was able through extremely valuable experimental research to obtain a most remarkable result concerning the change in specific heats at low temperatures. That is to say, it was shown that at relatively low temperatures specific heats begin to drop rapidly, and if extreme experimental measures such as freezing with liquid hydrogen are used to achieve temperatures approaching absolute zero, i.e. in the region of -273° C, they fall almost to zero. This means that at these low temperatures the difference between the specific heats of various substances comes even closer to zero, and thus that the heat of reaction for solid and liquid substances practically becomes independent of temperature at very low temperatures. This fact was an extremely important starting-point for Nernst but was still not enough to solve the problem. The new supposition or, as we are now justified in calling it, the new theorem laid down by Nernst which made it possible to solve the problem at hand, stated that what applies to the evolution of heat at very low temperatures also applies to the chemical aff'nity, or altogether to the magnitude of the driving force in a physical or chemical change, so that at very low temperatures, this too is also almost independent of temperature. With the help of this assumption, which means amongst other things that the evolution of heat in the region of absolute zero is a measure of chemical affinity, it is therefore also possible to calculate this at all other temperatures. This calculation is based on the above assumption and on the known evolution of heat at one given temperature and the known change in this evolution of heat with temperature: this change again, can be calculated, as we have indicated, if the specific heats are known. The great aim of being able to calculate the chemical affinity from thermochemical conditions was thus achieved.This principle has now been widely investigated and has successfully passed all tests. Galvanic cells are particularly suited for such tests, where use is made of the chemical affmity in some reaction for the production of electrical energy, and where an exact and easily determined measure of the chemical affinity is available in the voltage produced by the cell. In connection with the tests on the new heat theorem Professor Nernst has carried out comprehensive and valuable experimental work with his whole staff of collaborators. This includes the research on the specific heats of various substances at very low temperatures which we have already mentioned and which is epoch-making in its field. We should also especially mention his magnificent research work on chemical equilibrium at changing temperatures, which even from the practical point of view touches on significant questions such as the dissociation of steam into hydrogen and oxygen, and the formation of nitric oxide from atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen. This provides a theoretical explanation for the process of binding atmospheric nitrogen by means of an electric arc in the manufacture of nitric acid and fertilizers, and at the same time establishes the heat required. Above all, perhaps, we should recall the investigations on the affinity between carbon and oxygen, since these together with the results of work done by other researchers, have shown that by making use of this affinity - as for instance, in the galvanic cell - about five times as much energy can be obtained from a kilogram of coal as could be obtained from the most efficient steam engines. The most significant advance which chemistry owes to Nernst's thermochemical work might in short be stated by saying that it is now possible to calculate beforehand the conditions under which a given chemical reaction will take place to the extent where a required product will be obtained in sufficient quantities to make the method of production a practical proposition. Technical difficulties can naturally appear during the course of the experiments, but it is a most significant step forward to know that the aim can be achieved and that there is every chance that the experiments will finally succeed. In view of the great significance which Nernst's thermochemical work has for chemistry, a significance which may become more and more apparent with the course of time, the Academy of Sciences has decided to bestow on Professor Nernst the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Herr Geheimrat Nernst. The discovery of fire, which during the classic age was still attributed to a titan, Prometheus, is both the oldest and certainly the most important of all discoveries. For long years chemists eagerly sought the suspected connection between the evolution of heat and the chemical affinity during the combustion of coal and in other chemical reactions. Your work has now brought this connection to light. You have used brilliant acuteness during your masterly experimental researches on specific heat and chemical equilibria. Using the heat theorem discovered by you it has now become possible on the one hand to calculate from the heat evolution during chemical reactions and the specific heats, the chemical affinity and the maximum possible output of energy during chemical reactions, and on the other hand to calculate the equilibrium in reactions not yet studied. The Academy of Sciences has decided to hand you the Nobel Prize for Chemistry as recognition of the exceptional merit of your work on Thermochemistry. * The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1920 was announced on November 10, 1921. From Nobel Lectures, Chemistry 1901-1921, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1966 Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 1920 Share this: To cite this page MLA style: "Nobelprize.org". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 30 Jul 2014. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1920/press.html> Recommended: Dabble in the latest techniques in forensic science. On 27 November 1895 Alfred Nobel signed his last will in Paris. All you want to know about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry!	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Aura (novel) Aura is a short novel written by Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, first published in 1962 in Mexico. This novel is considered as magic realism literary fiction for its remarkable description of “dreamlike” themes and the complexion of “double identity” portrayed by the character. Its narrative is completely carried out in second person. The first English translation, by Lysander Kemp, was published in 1965 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It was adapted to the screen in 1966 in La strega in amore, starring Richard Johnson, Rosanna Schiaffino and Gian Maria Volonté. Plot Felipe Montero is a young historian looking at the newspaper one day when he sees a job posting that catches his eye. The poster is looking for a French-speaker, youthful, passionate about history, and able to perform secretarial duties, who would be a live-in assistant to help organize and finish the memories of her deceased husband, General Llorente. This strikes Montero because he feels as though the posting is describing everything about him, and only lacks his name. For a few days, Montero ignores the posting, assuming someone will have already taken the job, but every day Montero returns to the newspaper, eventually unable to avoid it anymore. The posting gives the address "Donceles 815", a street mixed with old and new houses, side by side. Upon arriving at the address, Montero finds the house to be completely dark, with the door ajar, as if the owner were waiting for him to arrive. Montero then enters the dark house, and hears a voice in the darkness calling to him. The voice guides him through the dark house, upstairs, to a room where an old widow, Consuelo, is lying in her bed. The old widow appears to be expecting Montero, and immediately begins to explain what she needs Montero to do: organize, finish, and publish her dead husband's journals before her death. While she is explaining this task to Montero, the widow's niece, Aura, enters the room. Montero is mesmerized by the young niece's beauty ‒ especially her bright green eyes. Shortly after, the widow directs Montero to the room where he will be living. Montero passes the night in his room, where only a small amount of light is provided. The next morning, Montero wakes up to find Aura in the kitchen preparing breakfast, while the old widow remains in her room in bed. Aura and Montero have breakfast together, though Montero finds the breakfast awkward and long because the young niece barely speaks. Afterwards, Montero heads to the office to begin his work constructing the memories and journals of General Llorente. As he reads the General's writings, he makes some discoveries about Consuelo's infertility, her fantasy of having a child, and her obsession with youth. While working, Montero cannot seem to get the beautiful image of Aura out of his head, and soon begins fantasizing about her. These fantasies eventually begin to grow stronger, and often take over many of Montero's thoughts. Then, over the next few days, Montero realizes a strange connection between the old widow and Aura: often, whenever Consuelo is speaking, Aura's lips will move as well, and motions that Consuelo makes are also made by Aura at the same time. Montero is intrigued by Aura's beauty, and one day enters her room to find her in bed. Montero holds Aura in bed, when suddenly the youthful Aura transforms into the old widow, Consuelo, in his arms, as he himself transforms into the old General Llorente. Throughout the story, Felipe Montero and Aura project the youth of life, and mirror the younger lives of General Llorente and Consuelo. For this reason, Felipe is able to connect so much with the General through his writings, and Aura mirrors the actions and movements of the old widow. The entire story depicts the eventual progression of Felipe Montero's transformation into the General, as well as Aura's transformation into Consuelo. Publication Carlos Abascal, the Mexican Secretary of Labor, spoke out against the novel in 2001 after it was read in his teenage daughter's convent school in Mexico City, leading to the firing of the teacher and a surge in sales of the novel. This short novel was then banned in 2009 from the curricula of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's Department of Education, due to the alleged use of lewd language.	WIKI
Mompha locupletella Mompha locupletella is a moth in the family Momphidae that can be found in the Palearctic including Europe. Description The wingspan is 9 - 12 mm. There are generally two generations per year, although there is only one in the north. Adults of the first generation are on wing from the second half of May to the beginning of July. The second generation adults are on wing from August to the beginning of September. The larvae feed on Epilobium alpestre, chickweed willowherb (Epilobium alsinifolium), spear-leaved willowherb (Epilobium lanceolatum), broad-leaved willowherb (Epilobium montanum), marsh willowherb (Epilobium palustre) and Epilobium roseum. The larvae initially make a number of short corridors, either in the same leaf or different ones. The corridors initially have a central line of frass. After the corridor, an elongate blotch is made, starting at the midrib. Larvae can be found from April to May and from July to the beginning of August. Pupation takes place in a white cocoon outside of the mine, attached to vegetation or leaf litter. Distribution Mompha locupletella is found in northern Europe and mountainous areas in central and southern Europe, to north-western Spain. In the east, the range extends to Zabaykalsky Krai and the Kuril Islands in Russia.	WIKI
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Why the short weeks sometimes feel the longest Woo-hoo, it's a three- or four-day week for most of us! And we're all probably thinking the same thing: the week will fly by and Thanksgiving will be here before we know it. Why then does the week start to drag and drag, to the point where it feels like Turkey day might never arrive? If you're one of those people who feels like the short weeks tend to be the longest — here are a few reasons why, and what you can do to change it. "People who tend to have anticipatory expectations — forecasting how something will feel — if reality doesn't match that feeling, it may throw them for a loop," said Dr. Gail Saltz, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell School of Medicine. So starting the week thinking this is going to be a piece of cake probably isn't the best idea. What to do instead? "Make a list at the beginning of the week of everything you must accomplish before the end of your week. Only include critical tasks and focus on those, " said David Allen, author of the popular book, "Getting Things Done." Another approach? "Set an intention for each day and make a list in your head of the top three things you'd like to accomplish by the end of the day," advised Chris Bailey, the author of the book and blog, The Productivity Project. "It's so stupidly simple, but it helps you decide what's not important and helps you focus for the day. " "Often in a short week, people try to cram just as much as they would into a full week," said Saltz. "That's why it doesn't always feel so great." Try to anticipate your workload the week before and aim to scale back on scheduling meetings or coffee chats with colleagues. As Allen suggested, externalize all of your commitments by putting them on a list and focus on tackling it by the end of your work week. "A short week is not a vacation week," warned Saltz, while noting a lot of people frequently think of it that way. Instead, she suggested focusing on your reality: You likely have a lot of work to do before your four-day weekend hits. RELATED: Gravity Payments' $70K minimum salary: CEO Dan Price shares result over a year later "The less engaged we are, the slower time goes by," noted Bailey. "On the opposite side of things, when you're fully immersed in something, you'll feel like 15 minutes has gone by, yet it's already noon." Though you may not want to admit it, this might be the case for a lot of people this week. Refocus and commit to being as productive as possible while you're actually at work. Already day dreaming about that pumpkin pie? Quit it! "In any given moment, we're only focusing on what is in front of us about 50 percent," noted Bailey. "The other 47 percent is in fantasy land or brainstorming, and during a short week this is probably pretty accurate." As mentioned in the first point, the best way to combat this habit is to work with intention and set goals for yourself each day. This story originally ran on Today.com. For more health and behavior advice, sign up for our One Small Thing newsletter.	NEWS-MULTISOURCE
MailMessageCharset Property Gets or sets the name of the charset which was used to compose the message. Namespace: MailBee.Mime Assembly: MailBee.NET (in MailBee.NET.dll) Version: 12.4 build 677 for .NET 4.5 Syntax public string Charset { get; set; } Property Value Type: String A string containing the name of the charset which was used to compose the message, or an empty string if the charset is not specified. The default value for new messages is utf-8. Remarks Every part of an e-mail message may have its own charset (although it's not recommended). E-mails composed with MailBee have the same charset value across the message (unless you manually specified different charsets of text parts using TextBodyPart.Charset property). If text parts of the message (originally composed with another program and being parsed with MailBee now) have different charsets, Charset property will return charset of the last text part of this message. For existing e-mail messages being parsed (rather than for new messages being composed) Charset property value is not important for the developer because MailBee automatically converts the message content accordingly the charset information in the message and the application receives the already decoded content. In this case, Charset property value has the informative feature only. However, when composing a new message (with international characters), you should specify the charset using Charset property in case if you don't want UTF-8 encoding. Or, in rare cases, you will use TextBodyPart.Charset property if you need different charset settings for different text parts. If Charset is not specified, MailBee will use the following properties to determine encoding for string-to-byte and byte-to-string conversions: Setting Charset property will overwrite TextBodyPart.Charset values for all text parts of the message. But if you specified TextBodyPart.Charset value for a certain text part AFTER Charset had been set, that text part will retain the specified TextBodyPart.Charset in the resulting message (while Charset will be used for other text parts of the message). Note Note If any characters of the message contents are not defined in the specified charset, they will be replaced with "?" characters. Examples The example is available in MailMessage topic. See Also	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Faradays second law of electrolysis, Physics Faraday's second law of electrolysis: The charge Q needed to deposit or liberate a mass m is proportional to the charge z of the mass, the ion and inversely proportional to the relative ionic mass M; mathematically specking, Q = F m z/M. Posted Date: 3/28/2013 3:04:49 AM \| Location : United States Related Discussions:- Faradays second law of electrolysis, Assignment Help, Ask Question on Faradays second law of electrolysis, Get Answer, Expert's Help, Faradays second law of electrolysis Discussions Write discussion on Faradays second law of electrolysis Your posts are moderated Related Questions A Rayleigh interferometer (as shown in the figure below) can be used to measure the index of refraction of air. Two transparent tubes (T 1 and T 2 ) are placed behind two slits. O In a Newton's rings arrangement the diameter of a bright ring is 0.5cm. Determine the diameter of ring if the lens placed on the plane glass plate is replaced by another one having Photon Interactions a. Consider a Si detector of 1 mm thickness. 10 6 photons each with energy of 100 keV are incident on the detector. Find the number of coherent, Compton, an It is defined as the magnetic lines of force per unit area of the pole face. B=φ/A where φ is the magnetic lines of f A force of 25 N is applied vertically at the end of a wrench handle that is 45 cm long to tighten a bolt in the clockwise direction. What torque is required by the bolt to keep the A Plane polarized light is incident on a piece of quartz cut parallel to its axis. Evaluate the least thickness for which ordinary ray and extraordinary ray combine Q. Why does a glass filled with water smash when you run your finger along the rim of the glass? Answer:- A portion of crystal stemware has a natural or resonant frequency What is Slowly Leaking Box? An ideal gas of atoms of number density at an absolute temperature is restricted to a thermally isolated container that has a small hole of area A Total height of the gymnast just before falling back down is=(2+.3)=2.3m Energy gained at that point = mgh(m=mass, g=gravitational force, h=height) =559.82.3=1239.7 J	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
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V.T. Thayer Vivian Trow Thayer (1886–1979) is best known as a Progressive educator who authored many books about American education. He was married to Florence Amelia Adams. Thayer was born in Nebraska and raised in rural Wisconsin. Thayer's father worked as a minister, rural mail-carrier, and farmer. The economic challenges of Thayer's early life impacted his sensitivity to the struggle of others later in his career. He attended Carroll Academy, and then moved to the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in philosophy. While pursuing his degrees, Thayer worked to support himself through employment first as an attendant at a sanitarium, then in a restaurant, and later waiting tables in a boarding house. At one point, financial constraints forced him to take a two-year leave from the university and serve first as principal of an elementary school, and later as Superintendent of Schools, in Ashland, Wisconsin. During his tenure as Educational Director of the Ethical Culture Schools in New York City from 1928–1948, Thayer was involved with the Progressive Education Association. His role and work in the Eight-Year Study led to the formation of a second commission which he chaired: the Commission on the Secondary School Curriculum. The results of the commission were published in Reorganizing Secondary Education (1939). Thayer is associated with the educational philosophy of John Dewey, and worked with many leading Progressive educators. Among others were Boyd H. Bode, Horace Kallen, and Harold Alberty. Thayer lectured and taught at many universities, including Teacher's College, Columbia University; Harvard University; Ohio State University; the University of Hawaii; the University of Virginia; and Johns Hopkins University. In 1933, Thayer was one of the original signories of the Humanist Manifesto (I). He served in editorial positions for the American Review and the Journal of Educational Research. Thayer was named a Kappa Delta Pi Laureate, Pioneer Humanist of the Year (1964) by the American Humanist Association, and in 1969 received the Distinguished Lifetime Service to Education award from The John Dewey Society. Works Thayer's many books include the following: * The Passing of the Recitation, Boston: D. C. Heath, (1928) * American Education Under Fire, New York: Harper (1944) * Religion in Public Education, New York: Viking (1945) * The Attack Upon the American Secular School, Boston: Beacon Press, (1951) * Public Education and Its Critics, New York: Macmillan, (1954) * The Challenge of the Present to Public Education, Columbus: Ohio State University Press, (1958) * Formative Ideas in American Education: From the Colonial Period to the Present, New York: Dodd Meade (1965)	WIKI
Susukino Susukino (すすきの) is a red-light district in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is one of the major red-light districts in Japan along with Kabukichō, Tokyo, and Nakasu, Fukuoka. Currently, the district is congested with many restaurants, bars, hotels, and adult-entertainment establishments. The name Susukino is often written as 薄野 in kanji and ススキノ in katakana, and directly translates as "zebra grass field". Name Various origins for the name Susukino are discussed, but the true origin is not definitely known. One theory is that the area currently known as Susukino was previously covered by Miscanthus sinensis. Another theory states that the Susukino is named after Tatsuyuki Usui, a supervisor in the construction of the red-light district in Sapporo (Usui is written as 薄井 in kanji, and the character 薄 refers to grass in Japanese). Overview Susukino is not an official designation of any municipality. Rather, it is a commonly used name for a rough area with uncertain borders. Susukino Tourist Association defines the area of Susukino as lying between the roadways of Minami 4 and Minami 6 to the north and south, and from Nishi 2 chome to Nishi 6 chome to the east and west. The name Susukino is widely used in the names of landmarks, such as the Susukino Crossing, Susukino Station (a station of the Sapporo Street Car and Sapporo Municipal Subway). Area Susukino Crossing is located between Nishi 3 chome, Minami 4 and Nishi 4 chome, Minami 4, and many neon signs were installed on the buildings along the street. One of those signs is the Nikka sign at the front of the Susukino Building, which has a painting of the Nikka symbol, the King of Blenders, and the background whose colors are changed one after the other. Every September, the Hokkaidō Marathon is held in Sapporo, and runners pass Ekimae Dōri through the Susukino Crossing and Susukino district, which leads to the finish line in Nakajima Park. Every August, the Susukino Festival is also held, and the line of people bearing Mikoshi parades down the street. The Ganso Rāmen Yokochō and Shin Rāmen Yokochō, where ramen restaurants are lined up along the pathway and visitors can have many types of the Sapporo ramen, are also located in the Susukino and are an attraction to sightseers. History The Susukino area originated in 1871, when the Hokkaidō Kaitaku-shi, the Settlement Envoyship pioneering Hokkaidō, designated the area from Minami 4 and Minami 5 to Nishi 3 chome and Nishi 4 chome as the red-light district. After the construction of the district, the Kaitaku-shi named this place as "Susukino Yūkaku" (Susukino red-light district), and integrated other brothels into this district. One of the reasons the Kaitaku-shi constructed a red-light district in this place was to keep laborers engaged in pioneering Hokkaidō in Sapporo. In 1872, a 1.2 m wall, 900 m long, was erected around the Susukino Yūkaku and a gate was placed between Nishi 3 chome and Nishi 4 chome by Kaitaku-shi. In the fall of the same year, an act to emancipate prostitutes was announced by the new government, which had little influence on the district. With the establishment of licensed prostitution, the Susukino and its surrounding area thrived. In 1880, Susukino Kōban (Susukino police box of the Sapporo Precinct) was placed in Susukino. The transfer of the Susukino to the neighbourhood of the Kamokamo River, headwaters of the Sousei River, was planned in 1901, in consideration of the elementary schools and women's professional schools that were located around the red-light district. The transfer, however, was not realised until the summer of 1920. Prior to this year, in 1918, the exposition of the 50th anniversary of Hokkaidō was held in the Nakajima Park, which was located close to the Susukino, and the Susukino Station of the Sapporo Street Car was also opened. Two years later, although the transfer of the red-light district was not carried out in time for the exposition, the district was moved to the place where Kikusui district in the Shiroishi-Ku, Sapporo, is currently located. After all the brothels in Susukino were removed, many restaurants, cafes, and movie theatres were constructed and popularized in their place. It was quiet during World War II, but the cabaret and dance hall were erected right after the War, and the American occupation troops also walked around the district. Susukino was not an (red-line) district, an area where prostitution was acknowledged by the government, but was actually an (blue-line) district, where a lot of restaurants and bars illegally promoted prostitution. The Prostitution Prevention Act was enacted in 1958, however, prostitution in Susukino did not disappear. The street stalls were the actual hotbed of the promotion of the prostitution, which were eradicated by their compulsory removal by the government in 1964. In the late 1960s, Sapporo City was reserved as the site of the 1972 Winter Olympics, and the expansion of the Sapporo Ekimae Dōri (Sapporo Street in front of the station), the construction of the Sapporo Municipal Subway Nanboku-line, and the maintenance of the underground shopping arcade, Sapporo Poletown, were carried out in around 1970. In 1974, a department store, Matsuzakaya Sapporo Branch (currently Robbinson's Sapporo Branch) was opened, which was the first department store in the district of the Susukino. Other notable buildings included the "Emperor", a huge cabaret which opened in 1973 and later closed its business in September 2006, and the "Mikado", another large cabaret which opened in 1974 and later closed in the spring of 1982. Since the late 1970s, disco-style bars began to be popular in Japan and many discos were constructed in Susukino, while nightclubs decayed. In 1980s, a lot of hotels were constructed around the Susukino district. The Susukino Snow Festival was held as a part of the Sapporo Snow Festival in 1983, and since that year, ice statues and other snow objects line up the street of the Susukino district every February. In 1986, a natural hot spring was dug into the ground of Susukino. This was called "Susukino Hot Springs", and is used currently in hotels in the Susukino area. The Hōsui Susukino Station, a subway station of the Tōhō line, Sapporo Municipal Subway, was inaugurated in 1988. In popular culture * The 2012 video game Yakuza 5 features a playable area called Tsukimino, which is based on Susukino. * The 1994 anime Marmalade Boy features an episode set in Susukino.	WIKI
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Regine Hildebrandt Regine Hildebrandt (née Radischewski; 26 April 1941 – 26 November 2001) was a German biologist and politician (Social Democratic Party of Germany). Wartime in Germany Regine Radischewski was born in Berlin during the war, the second of her parents' two recorded children. Her father was a pianist who worked as an accompanist at the National Ballet Academy. Her mother would later own a small tobacconist shop. When she was two the family were evacuated from central Berlin to countryside far to the east of Germany, and shortly after that they were bombed out, losing most of their material possessions. Growing up The war ended in May 1945 and the family ended up back in Berlin. For the first five or six years of her schooling she attended a school in a western occupation zone of the city ("West Berlin"), but as the political division between the Soviet occupation zone and the western occupation zones became more stark and, it seemed, more permanent, her parents opted on her behalf for a school in the Soviet zone in what had by now become known as East Berlin. The family home was in the city centre along Bernauer Straße ("Bernau Street") which formed the (initially hard to spot) political border between East Berlin and West Berlin, and afforded Regine a ring-side seat in the cold wall drama until September 1961 when the family were forcibly relocated in connection with the building of the Berlin Wall. In October 1961 she co-founded and joined the interdenominational choir at Berlin's (Protestant) Cathedral, which now flourished under the musical direction of a man called Herbert Hildebrand. The student From 1959 to 1964, she studied biology at the Humboldt University in East Berlin. She had never joined the Free German Youth (FDJ/Freie Deutsche Jugend), which was in effect the youth wing of the young country's ruling SED party. Her failure to join seems to have been a result of timetable clashes involving her commitment to singing in the church choir. Failure to enroll in the FDJ had nevertheless led to her application for the university course to be initially rejected; and subsequent failure as an adult to become a Party Member would constrain her career opportunities right up until 1989. A career in research Between 1964 and 1978 Regine Radischewski worked in a management position involving Quality Control in the pharmacology department of VEB Berlin-Chemie, a major conglomerate in East Berlin. Hildebrandt combined her responsibilities in the pharmaceuticals department with a medicines research project at the Humboldt University which led to her receiving her doctorate in 1978. In 1978 she took a senior research position at Berlin's Centre for the Study of Metabolism Illnesses and Diabetes, heading up the Diabetes department until 1990. During this period she had numerous research papers published. Family matters During these years she also found time, in 1966 to marry Jörg Hildebrandt, brother of the musical director of the choir in which they sang. The two had known each other through the church since 1950: they had also been near neighbours, with a shared childhood experience of living along the East–West front-line before 1961. The marriage produced three children, born in 1969, 1971 and 1974. Her research career left her with enough space to devote time to the family, which was very important to her. Her husband later recalled that they ate together each evening six days per week, and on Sundays had a family lunch in the middle of the day after getting back from church. When she died, aged 60, she would still be living with younger family members in a large "multi-generational family house" they had been able to have built after 1990. Interaction with the state The family participated the political life of the one-party dictatorship only when they felt they had to. They did not vote in the country's sham elections because §22 of the constitution did not oblige them to vote (although the 1986 General election resulted, typically, in a reported turnout of 99.74%). Regine Hildebrand did join the national Trade Union Federation (FDGB/Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund) because not to have done so would have deprived her research colleagues of vital funding. When fraternal tanks appeared on the streets of Prague to crush political reform, the Hildebrandts joined in a protest demonstration outside the Czechoslovak embassy in Berlin. They would write letters of protest to the Party Central Committee and to Neues Deutschland, the party's mass-circulation official daily newspaper. Hildebrand assiduously read Neues Deutschland and followed other official media, if only to keep herself up to date with The Party's politically correct linguistic contrivances of the moment. The family never owned a television set, but news came from radio programmes broadcast from West Berlin or London, and from friends who visited from the west and were permitted (unlike East German citizens) to return to the west afterwards. Politics The summer of 1989 brought a dramatic change in her life when she, together with her husband, Jörg, was among the co-founders of Democracy Now, which sought an alliance of Christians and critical Marxists "to think about our future, to think about a society based on solidarity". The Social Democrats On 12 October 1989 she joined the Social Democratic Party (SPD) which (in East Germany) had been re-founded five days earlier. The Hildebrandts valued the embracing compassionate socialism of the moderate left which had been nurtured and demonstrated by iconic (western) SPD figures from the recent past such as Kurt Schumacher and Willy Brandt. A year later, following reunification, in October 1990 the party would merge formally with the West German Social Democratic Party (SDP). National ministerial office 1990 was the year in which, for rather less than a year, she became an important Social Democratic participant in the national politics of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). National elections in the GDR had traditionally operated according to a single list system which offered the voters only one list of (carefully preselected) candidates. Anyone wishing to vote against the list could do so by placing the ballot paper in a separate ballot box while the officials looked on: few did. But on 18 March 1990 the German Democratic Republic conducted its first (and as matters turned out, last) democratically configured general election. The Social Democrats took 21.9% of the vote which entitled them to 88 seats in the country's first freely elected National legislative assembly (Volkskammer). One of the seats went to Hildebrand, representing the Berlin electoral district. She also joined the coalition government of Lothar de Maizière, serving between April and August 1990 as the East German Minister for Labour and Social Affairs. A political decision had been taken to convert East German currency into western Marks at a one-for one rate (except in respect of very large amounts), and Hildebrandt's priority as a government minister was tackling growing unemployment in east Germany, following economic disruption associated with the ongoing reunification process. The governing coalition started to splinter in August 1990 leading to the withdrawal of the Social Democrats from it, as a result of which Regine Hildebrandt terminated her career as a government minister at the national level. The next month, however, in 1990 she was elected to the national committee of the SPD (for the whole of Germany, even though national reunification would not be formally enacted until October). Minister in Brandenburg Hildebrandt now became a key SPD figure in the state politics of Brandenburg. In October 1990, the state tier of government was reintroduced to what had been the German Democratic Republic, and as part of the process elections took place for a new state parliament in Brandenburg on 26 October. Hildebrandt was elected as an SPD member and then appointed to ministerial office under minister-president Manfred Stolpe: from 1 November 1990 onwards she served as Brandenburg's Minister for Labour, Social affairs, Health and Women, in effect an expanded version of the ministerial portfolio she had been handling nationally earlier in the year. She was a popular and effective minister, often hitting the headlines with less than diplomatic outbursts, always charmingly reasonable but also forcefully persuasive with key colleagues when, as often happened, issues within her ministerial ambit came down to arguments about funding. In the popular media she frequently attracted the soubriquet "Mother Courage". In the 1999 Brandenburg state election the Social Democrats lost their absolute majority and minister-president Manfred Stolpe prepared to form a "grand coalition" with the centre-right CDU party. Hildebrand was already seriously ill and had strongly campaigned for an alternative alliance, with the left-wing PDS. She resigned from the state government. The Hildebrandts and the state prime minister Manfred Stolpe had known one another since the 1960s through their church connections, though they had not been aware at every level of Stolpe's complicated and possibly at times collaborative relationship with the Ministry for State Security during the years of the dictatorship. After her resignation from the government Hildebrand and Stolpe would continue to treasure one another's friendship, and remain political allies, until Hildebrandt's death in 2001. Nationally in December 1999 and again in November 2001, a few weeks before she died, Hildebrand topped the polls in the elections to the national executive of the Social Democratic Party. Death In July 1996 it became known that Regine Hildebrandt had breast cancer. She died at age 60 on 26 November 2001 in Woltersdorf, Brandenburg. Honours and awards * 1993: Gustav Heinemann Citizenship Prize * 1993: Hamm Brücher Medal * 1997: "Golden Hen" * 2000: Fritz Bauer Prize * 2001: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany	WIKI
Thomas Hardy’ Literature: Portraits of Country Life Research Paper Updated: Apr 21st, 2020 The life of Thomas Hardy can not be comparable to his stories. Thomas Hardy was an English poet and novel writer born in England. Hardy’s father was a master and service provider in the construction of masons. With some certain pride Hardy on one occasion said that even though his associates on no account rose higher than the level of their master who was mason, however they did not at all downcast under it. (Turner 34) Hardy’s mother detected the talents of her son and since her taste was incorporated in Latin poets as well as French romances, she offered Thomas Hardy’s with education. After his education in Dorchester, Thomas Hardy was trained as a designer. He was employed in an agency, which focused in re-establishment of churches. However in the year 1874 he got married to Emma Lavinia Gifford. Hardy wrote about Emma in a cluster of poems that he identified as Vestiges of an Old Flame which was 40 years later after Emma passed away. (Tomalin 78) How Thomas Hardy’s Work Impacted His Age At 22 years of age Hardy shifted to London were began to write down poems, and this romanticized his country life. Hardy became a subordinate in the designing firm of Arthur Blomfield and he also at the same time visited skilled galleries. Apart from that Thomas Hardy attended some evening lessons in French at the King’s College. He mostly enjoyed the work of Shakespeare although he had an immense influence from people like Charles Darwin, John Stuart Mills and Herbert Spencer when grasping their work. In the year 1867 Hardy went back from London to Dorset where his family was. He continued his work temporarily in Dorchester with Hicks. Throughout this period his life entered into a brief commitment with Tryphena Sparks who was a beautiful and sparkling family member aged 16 years. Hardy sustained his designing occupation by getting some encouragement from Emma Lavinia Gifford and by this he began to regard literature as his right career. (Turner 123) Before Work Impact At first Hardy could not find the community for his poetry work but one novelist by the name George Meredith advised him to write a narrative and by this he first wrote the novel “The poor man and the lady” in 1867. However it was cast off by many publishers hence Hardy was forced to destroy the script. Without loosing hope he went on with his work and in 1874 he produced his foremost manuscript that got noticed by many people by the name “Far from the madding crowd”. After this great achievement Hardy became confident that he can earn a living and change his life for the better by using his pen. From that time he decided to dedicate himself completely to writing and ended up producing a sequence of novels. (Hardy 89) Thomas Hardy’s novel “Jude the obscure” stimulated yet additional controversy. The narrative sensationalized the disagreements that were sandwiched between the spiritual life and carnal tracing. In the narrative the life of Jude Fawley’s commencing from the time he was a very small boy till his premature death was exposed. The Impact on Thomas Hardy’s Major Works and Writing Style Hardy in the year 1896 was distressed by chaos from the community over extraordinary issues regarding two of his paramount novels “Jude the Obscure” and “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”. However Hardy later declared that he will never write fiction in another time. One bishop despondently burnt Hardy’s book and thank God he perhaps in his anguish was not able to burn Hardy himself. Hardy’s marriage also experienced some suffering from the community’s anger and critics from both regions of the Atlantic. They ill-treated him and reduced him to nothing calling his work as filthy. In 1885 Hardy decided to go and stay at Max Gate in the neighborhood of Dorchester. He occupied a house that was built by Henry his own brother although he had some exceptions of regular residing in London and some occasional expeditions overseas, Hardy’s Bockhampton home, was modest and give all he needed for adjustment and indeed it was his habitat for the rest of his existence. Once he stopped from novel work, Hardy took out his foremost collection of Wessex poems although some of them were already composed. For the remaining period of his life, Hardy went on to publishing numerous collections of poems. He became a model poet of his generation and hence the most obsessive and educated of all. Hardy looked extraordinary in his poems and he was capable to achieve high level of skills in poetry. He devoted the finale years of his existence to his favorite verses. His massive scenery of Napoleonic wars and the dynasts that was composed at around 1903 to 1908 was typically in blank verse. (Gregory 67) Thomas Hardy in 1909 succeeded on the passing away of his buddy George Meredith to the administration of the general public of authors. His Order of Merit was awarded to him by King George V and in 1912 he was honored with a gold medal of Literature in the Royal Society. Hardy however reserved to his unfruitful marriage amid Emma Gifford even though it was miserable. He also never anticipated having any relationships with other women that short-lived temporarily in the course of his life. Unfortunately Emma Hardy passed on in 1912 and this made Hardy to marry his secretary Florence Emily Dugdale in 1914. She was about 30 years of age and roughly 40 years younger than Hardy. (Randall 143) Hardy was still determined on his life history which he was camouflaged as the effort of Florence Hardy. Unfortunately in 1928 he passed away while in Dorchester. His body was washed by Eva Dugtale and arranged for his funeral. His remains were cremated and buried in Dorchester with extraordinary rituals in the versifier’s place. According to a mythical tale his spirit was to be masked in his birthplace which was Stinsford and all was done as planned, until a cat that belonged to Hardy’s sister snatched the spirit from the kitchen where it was for the time being kept and vanished into the forest with it. Thomas Hardy courageously was a man whom we can say that he gave a great challenge to several religious and sexual gatherings during the Victorian age. (Hynes 96) The core part of his novels was to a certain extent deserted and history freighted his motherland in the region of Dorchester. About the beginning of 1860s, Thomas Hardy’s belief was still not traumatized however he almost immediately adopted the obligatory determinist observation of life’s brutality as reflected in the unavoidably disastrous and self critical fortunes of his moral fiber. (Kramer 175) Last but not least in his poems Thomas Hardy portrayed country life with no sloppiness. His frame of mind was frequently stoically doomed to failure and most people still read him to date as an inspired pastoralist. It may perhaps be a signal of the times to many people that even today a number of people still get his manuscripts when they go to sleep as if an unenthusiastic visualization is the one that can enable them to have a deep sleep. For sure some people can give challenges by no means to realize that disappointment may possibly be bigger than accomplishments. May be yes but we can not also forget that to have the power to revolve a stone with a lot of weight to the peak of a mountain is an accomplishment but then to roll the same stone only halfway up the same mountain can as well be taken as a disappointment. Gregory, Ian. The great web. Michigan: Rowman and Littlefield, 1974. Print. Hardy, Thomas. Times Laughingstocks and Other Verses. England: Biblio Life, 2009. Print. Hynes, Samuel. Selected Poetry. England: Oxford University Press, 1999. Print. Kramer, Dale. Critical approaches to the fiction of Thomas Hardy. Michigan: Macmillan, 1979. Print. Randall, Williams. The Wessex novels of Thomas Hardy. England: J.M. Dent, 2007. Print. Tomalin, Claire. Thomas Hardy. New York: Penguin Press, 2007. Print. Turner, Paul. The life of Thomas Hardy. 9th ed. England: Wiley-Blackwell, 2001. Print. This research paper on Thomas Hardy’ Literature: Portraits of Country Life was written and submitted by your fellow student. You are free to use it for research and reference purposes in order to write your own paper; however, you must cite it accordingly. Updated: May 1st, 2020 It is a very well-known fact that by the time they get to the end of their novel, many writers start to have second thoughts about […] Updated: Apr 30th, 2020 War is one of the most horrific events that could possibly happen to our world. 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Samuel Perry Samuel or Sam Perry may refer to: * Samuel Perry (MP) (1877–1954), Labour Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom * Samuel Augustus Perry (1787–1854), English-born soldier and surveyor * Samuel Marshall Perry (1836–1898), early Los Angeles councilman * Samuel Perry (ironmaster) (1864–1930), founder of Perry Engineering of South Australia * Sam Perry (composer) (1884–1936), musician and composer of scores of films such as The Last Performance, The Jade Box and The Spell of the Circus * Sam Perry (swimmer) (born 1995), New Zealand swimmer * Sam Perry (looping artist) (born 1989), won the seventh series of The Voice Australia * Sam Perry (footballer) (born 2001), English footballer * Samuel Victor Perry (1918–2009), English biochemist * Samuel E. Perry (born 1969), professor of East Asian Studies at Brown University * Sam Perry (rugby league), Australian rugby league player	WIKI
FlexGen Power Systems FlexGen is a United States energy storage technology company. The company is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina and was founded in 2009. FlexGen is the developer of the FlexGen HybridOS energy management system, which is capable of automating the dispatch of energy storage, renewable, and conventional power generation to provide enhanced capability and lower cost of energy. FlexGen originally designed energy storage products for the United States Military, these hybrid power systems were sold to the US Marine Corps, US Army, US Navy SEALs, and the Joint Special Operations Forces-Afghanistan. Systems that were fielded in those military branches showed at least 52% reduction in fuel consumption and an 80% reduction in generator runtime. Venture Capital Funding On August 3, 2015, FlexGen Power Systems completed a $25.5M Series A venture capital funding round. Led by Denver-based Altira Group, the venture funding round also included investments from General Electric Ventures and Caterpillar Ventures. On August 25, 2021, it was announced that Apollo Global Management Inc. invested $150M into FlexGen.	WIKI
User:Laurenoreilly Lauren Louise O' Reilly (born November 5th, 1996), adores to dance, draw, sing and will be doing modelling very soon. I went to a drama school, and performed in a show at the age of 9. I also went into Martina Lynch's Academy of Dance for 2 years and performed in a dance show at the age of 12. I love to just hang around with friends and family. My ambition is basically to sing. My musical hero's that i look up to are Beyoncé, Hilary Duff Hayley Williams and last but not least my amazing, gifted cousin Dawn Stedman. That girl is unbelievably talented the most amazing singer i know and will always look up to no matter what. I have loved music ever since i was about 3 years old and the very first song i ever learnt to sing was 'the smile on your face' by Ronan Keating. (have home video's). And the very first song i ever learnt to dance to was 'boom boom boom boom' by vengaboys. Hopefully one day ill get noticed and just carry on what im doing now.	WIKI
Accession Number: ADA165317 Title: Normal Forms and Quadratic Nonlinear Klein-Gordon Equations, Descriptive Note: Corporate Author: NEW YORK UNIV NY COURANT INST OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Personal Author(s): Report Date: 1985-01-01 Pagination or Media Count: 12.0 Abstract: In studying nonlinear wave equations, perturbation techniques have proved to be extremely useful. We usually compare solutions of the nonlinear perturbed problem to solutions of the linear unperturbed problem. However, when we are interested in the asymptotic behavior of solutions of perturbed problems we have to restrict the class of nonlinearities f usually the degree, and we have to use a detailed analysis of solutions of the linear problem. An example of this is the fact that solving the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation in 3 1 dimensions requires f to be at least of order 3. However, most physical models such as the relativistic superconductor model involve quadratic terms. Consequently the asymptotic behavior or even global existence of small solutions does not yield to direct perturbation techniques. One way of trying to avoid this problem is to try to transform the given nonlinear problem into another nonlinear problem which will yield to direct perturbation techniques. This procedure is very useful in the theory of ordinary differential equations and is called Poincares theory of normal forms. Reprints Subject Categories: • Theoretical Mathematics Distribution Statement: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Last November at the ATMNE 2017 fall conference, I attended a session where Gail Burrill highlighted some TI-Nspire documents that helped kids build concepts about expressions and equations. Sure, they’re targeted at middle level, but you use the tools that your students need, right, not where you wish they were? Anyway, the one that really caught my eye was called “Using Structure to Solve Equations.” It was the perfect activity at the perfect time because my students were kind of struggling with solving (what I thought) were some fairly simple equations. Their struggle was about trying to remember the steps they knew someone had showed them rather than trying to reason their way through the equation. Just before learning about this activity, I had found myself using these strategies. For example, to help a student solve an equation like 3x + 8 = 44, I found myself covering up the 3x and asking the student, “What plus 8 equals 44?” When they came up with 36, I would follow up with, “So 3x must equal 36. What times 3 equals 36?” This approach helped several students – they stopped trying to remember and began to reason. There were too many students who were still trying to remember, though. Their solutions to equations involving parentheses like 6(x – 4) – 7 = 5 or 8(x+ 9) + 2(x + 9) = 150 included classic distributive property mistakes. The “Using Structure …” activity was just like my covering up part of the equation and asking the question. But each student could work on their own equation and at their own pace. The equations were randomly generated so each kid had something different to work with. Working through the “Using Structure … ” activity helped kids to stop and think for a moment rather than employing a rote procedure. In a follow-up to the activity, I asked kids to explain why 8(x+ 9) + 2(x + 9) = 150 could be thought of as 10(x + 9) = 150. My favorite response was because “8 bunches of (x + 9) and 2 bunches of (x + 9) makes 10 bunches of (x + 9).” From there, they saw it as trivial to say that x = 6. These were students who had previously struggled with solving equations like 3x + 8 = 44 because they couldn’t remember the procedure. After “Using Structure …” they didn’t have to remember, they just had to think! One response to “Using Structure to Solve Equations” Pingback: Mobile Algebra \| rawsonmath	FINEWEB-EDU
διαγραφή Etymology From. Noun * 1) delineation, outline, scheme * 2) plans, specifications of a building * 3) table, syllabus * 4) register, description of goods sold, list of articles * 5) decree, ordinance * 6) crossing out, cancelling, hence payment * 7) certificate that such payment has been made * 8) contract * 9) levy, tax Etymology . Noun * 1) crossing out * 2) deletion, erasure * 3) cancellation * 4) removal	WIKI
dotTrace 2020.1 Help Working with dotTrace Command-Line Profiler Sometimes it is necessary to automate the process of gathering performance snapshots, for example, if you want to make profiling a part of your continuous integration builds (for example, this can be a build step that performs profiling of your integration tests). For this purpose, dotTrace offers a set of command-line tools for Windows, macOS, and Linux: OS Tools Distribution Windows • dotTrace installation directory (by default, %LOCALAPPDATA%\JetBrains\Installations\dotTrace[N]) • .zip archive * • NuGet package macOS Linux Profiling applications using the command-line tool 1. Depending on your profiling scenario, run ConsoleProfiler.exe with the options you need. For example: • To run and profile a standalone application App.exe using the Timeline profiling type: ConsoleProfiler.exe start --save-to=c:\Snapshots\snapshot.dtt --profiling-type=Timeline c:\MyApp\App.exe • To run and profile a standalone application App.exe (using the default Sampling profiling type) and control the session using the profiling API : ConsoleProfiler.exe start --save-to=c:\Snapshots\snapshot.dtp c:\MyApp\App.exe --use-api • To attach to a running application with PID=1234 and profile it using the sampling profiling type: ConsoleProfiler.exe attach 1234 --save-to=c:\Snapshots\snapshot.dtp • To see the full list of available options, run the tool without any arguments: ConsoleProfiler.exe After the profiled application finishes working, the command-line profiler will automatically save a performance snapshot. 2. Analyze the snapshot using the standalone dotTrace, dotTrace in Rider, or using the reporter tool. 1. Depending on your profiling scenario, run dotTrace.sh with the options you need. For example: • To run and profile a Mono application App.exe: ./dotTrace.sh start --framework=Mono /usr/bin/mono /home/Projects/MyMonoApp/MyMonoApp.exe --profiling-type=Timeline --timeout=10s --save-to=./snapshots/snapshot.dtt Note that we must specify /usr/bin/mono as a profiling target and use the Timeline profiling type (other types are not supported for Mono on macOS and Linux). • To run and profile a .NET Core 3.1 application App.exe: ./dotTrace.sh start --framework=NetCore /usr/bin/dotnet /home/Projects/MyNetCoreApp/MyNetCoreApp.dll --timeout=10s --save-to=./snapshots/snapshot.dtp • To run and profile a .NET Core 3.0 or earlier application App.exe: ./dotTrace.sh start --framework=NetCore /usr/bin/dotnet /home/Projects/MyNetCoreApp/MyNetCoreApp.dll --support-earlier-net-core --timeout=10s --save-to=./snapshots/snapshot.dtp • To see the full list of available options, run the tool without any arguments: ./dotTrace.sh After the profiled application finishes working, the command-line profiler will automatically save a performance snapshot. 2. Analyze the snapshot using the standalone dotTrace, or dotTrace in Rider. Command-line profiler exit code By default, if the tool finishes its work successfully, its exit code is 0. This may be inconvenient in some cases. For example, if you run the tool on a CI server, you may need to get the exit code of the profiled application (for example, a unit test runner). To make the profiler return the exit code of the profiling target, use the --propagate-exit-code argument. For example (on Windows): ConsoleProfiler.exe start --save-to=c:\Snapshots\snapshot.dtp --profiling-type=Sampling c:\MyApp\App.exe --propagate-exit-code (Optional, Windows only) Configuring profiling using an XML file In the section above, we have provided the profiling configuration (profiling target, profiling method, and so on) as the ConsoleProfiler.exe arguments. If for some reason, you do not want to configure a session this way, you can provide the configuration in an XML file. To simplify file creation, you can use the Configuration2Xml32.exe (and the 64-bit version Configuration2Xml64.exe) tool. This tool allows you to create the XML configuration file using the familiar user interface of the dotTrace Home window. To create or modify a configuration file using Configuration2Xml 1. Run the Configuration2Xml32.exe or Configuration2Xml64.exe tool which is located in the dotTrace installation directory (by default, C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Installations\dotTrace[N]). 2. To create a new profiling configuration, select the Create New Config menu. To modify an existing profiling configuration, select Open Config. 3. Specify profiling options as you normally do in the dotTrace Home window. 4. Click Save and specify the filename and path for the configuration file. 5. Click Save. To run the profiling session configured via an XML file • Run the following command in the command line: ConsoleProfiler.exe xmlfile <path_to_config> --save-to=<path_to_snapshot> where <path_to_config> - path to the XML configuration file. <path_to_snapshot> - path to the resulting snapshot file. Note that you can specify either the full path (including the snapshot filename) or only the path to the directory (without the filename. In the latter case, the snapshot file will get a random name. For example: ConsoleProfiler.exe xmlfile config.xml --save-to=c:\Snapshots\snapshot.dtp (Windows only) Generate performance reports using the Reporter.exe tool The Reporter.exe tool can work in two modes: • Getting performance data for particular methods. The resulting XML report gets data on execution time and number of calls for particular methods. • Comparing snapshots. The resulting XML report gets data on differences in execution time and number of calls for particular methods. This mode can be especially useful for comparing performance data you get in a latest build against some reference snapshot. Regardless of the mode you choose, you should specify method names that should be added to the report. 1. Specifying methods for the report The list of methods that must be added into a report is defined by an XML pattern file. To create a pattern file 1. In an editor of your choice, create a blank XML file. 2. Write the list of methods that must be added to the report as shown in the example below. <Patterns> <Pattern PrintCallstacks = "MethodNameOnly">Method1</Pattern> <Pattern>Method2</Pattern> </Patterns> where • Method1 and Method2 - a regular expression that matches names (not substrings of names) of the methods you want to get the performance data for. Note that if a method name contains special characters, you should escape them with the backslash\symbol. For example, MyMethod\+MySubMethod. • PrintCallstacks - optional attribute that allows including call stack data in reports (an example of such a report is shown below). There are two available values for PrintCallstacks: • Full - fully qualified method names will be shown in the call stack. • MethodNameOnly - only method names (without namespace and class names) will be shown in the call stack. 3. Save the file. 2a. Generating a performance report To generate a performance report • In the command line, run the following command: Reporter.exe report <path_to_snapshot> --pattern=<path_to_pattern> --save-to=<path_to_report> where <path_to_snapshot> - path to the source snapshot file. <path_to_pattern> - path to the XML pattern file which contains names of the methods added to the report. <path_to_report> - path to the resulting report file. For example: Reporter.exe report c:\Snapshots\snapshot.dtp --pattern=pattern.xml --save-to=c:\Reports\report.xml Report Example <Report> <Info> <Snapshot IndexFile="C:\snapshot1.dtp" Executable="C:\Temp\ConsoleAppTest.exe" CommandLine="C:\Temp\ConsoleAppTest.exe" /> </Info> <Function FQN="Tests.Method1" TotalTime="500" OwnTime="100" Calls="1" /> <Function FQN="Tests.Method2" TotalTime="400" OwnTime="200" Calls="10" /> </Report> where FQN - full method name. TotalTime - execution time of the method's call subtree. OwnTime - method's own execution time. Calls - number of calls. If a PrintCallstacks attribute was specified for a particular Pattern in an XML pattern file, the report will contain additional call stack data. For example, <Pattern PrintCallstacks = "MethodNameOnly"> was specified for some GetFileNames function. In this case, the corresponding Function node in the resulting report will contain an additional Instance subnode with a call stack: <Function Id="0x0020000C" FQN="MyApplication.MainWindow.GetFileNames" TotalTime="12520" OwnTime="0" Calls="1740" Instances="1"> <Instance CallStack="Main/Run/Run/RunInternal/RunDispatcher/PushFrame/PushFrameImpl/OnClick/RaiseEvent/RaiseEventImpl/InvokeHandlersImpl/InvokeHandler/btnSelectFiles_Click/GetFileNames" TotalTime="12520" OwnTime="0" Calls="1740" /> </Function> 2b. Generating a report on snapshots differences To compare two snapshots and generate report on differences • In the command line, run the following command: Reporter.exe compare <path_to_snapshot1> <path_to_snapshot2> --pattern=<path_to_pattern> --save-to=<path_to_report> where <path_to_snapshot1> - path to the reference snapshot file. <path_to_snapshot2> - path to the second snapshot file. <path_to_pattern> - path to the XML pattern file which contains names of the methods added to the report. <path_to_report> - path to the resulting report file. For example: Reporter.exe compare c:\Snapshots\base_snapshot.dtp c:\Snapshots\snapshot.dtp --pattern=pattern.xml --save-to=c:\Reports\report.xml The resulting report file is similar to the one you get in the "reporting" mode with the only difference: all fields will contain not the absolute time or number of calls values but their delta between the snapshots. Depending on the delta sign, the values will start with either + or - prefix. 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Generate a coil file gencoil: Generates a virtual coil suitable for sequence simulation in ODIN Usage and options: Generate a radially inhomogenous coil: gencoil -rad -n <inplane-size> -fov <FOV> -R <radial-inhomogeneity[%]> -o <Coil-file> Generate an array coil by rotating pre-existing image file: gencoil -rot -n <inplane-size> -fov <FOV> -nc <numof-rotated-subcoils> -i <input-image> -sl <selected-slice> -o <Coil-file> Generate an array coil consisting of simple loops: gencoil -arr -n <inplane-size> -nc <numof-rotated-loops> -fov <FOV> -R <array-radius> -o <Coil-file> Generate coil with a B1 gradient: gencoil -grad -n <inplane-size> -fov <FOV> -g <B1-gradient-endpoint> -o <Coil-file> Other options: -v <loglevel> or <component:loglevel> for debugging/tracing all components or a single component, respectively. Possible values for loglevel are: 0(noLog), 1(errorLog), 2(warningLog), 3(infoLog). -h, --help, -help, --version : Print help text or version information	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
View on GitHub Whiteflag API Reference implementation of the Whiteflag protocol as a web API in Node.js to connect applications with the underlying blockchains Whiteflag API Installation and Running Prerequisites To deploy the Whiteflag API, make sure the following prerequisite software is installed: Deployment and Testing First, copy the repository to the deployment directory, such as /opt/whiteflag-api. Please use a version tagged commit for a stable version. After copying the repository, install the required Node.js modules of external software libraries and then create a global link to the package by running the following commands in the deployment directory: npm install npm link To run an automated test of the software, use the following command in the deployment directory: npm test Configuration Please see configuration.md for details about configuring the software before running. Running the API To start the Whitefag API server from the command line, use the wfapi command in the deployment directory: wfapi Using the npm start command in the deployment directory should also work. Alternatively, a service may be created. An example whiteflag-api.service for linux systems using systemctl cound be found in etc/. Enable the and start the service with: sudo systemctl enable ./etc/whiteflag-api.service sudo service whiteflag-api start	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Eva Collet Reckitt Eva Collet Reckitt (28 June 1890 – 24 September 1976) was the founder of the left-wing bookshop Collet's on Charing Cross Road, London, in 1933. Biography Reckitt was elected in 1927 to the executive of the Labour Research Department. One of the heirs to the Reckitt family business, formerly Reckitt & Colman and now part of Reckitt Benckiser, she supported the Communist Party of Great Britain from the 1920s to the 1950s. Her philanthropic efforts included being a shareholder for Plato Films Ltd, the body established in 1951 to provide the Left and in particular the Communist movement with films from the Socialist part of the world. Her political affiliations put her at odds with her brother, the Anglo-Catholic writer and editor Maurice B. Reckitt. Described by one MI5 officer as "the Communist Party's milch-cow," she was under surveillance from 1923 to 1953. In her obituary in the journal History Workshop, to which she had lent her support, Raphael Samuel described her socialism as "a living thing, a matter of thought, criticism and conviction," and built upon "personal loyalties nourished by a lifetime's activity." Collet's The bookshop was owned by the Eva Collet Trust, established by Eva Collet Reckitt in 1934 to import communist and radical publications. The bookshop at 66 Charing Cross Road already existed as a radical bookshop, Henderson's, nicknamed "the bomb shop"; on the death of the owner, F. R. Henderson, in 1934 it was bought by Eva Collet Reckitt, and Olive Parsons became a founder director. In 1936 Collet's acquired the stock of the London-Soviet trading agency Arcos. After World War II Collet's expanded by opening branches in Manchester, Glasgow, Moscow, Prague and New York. In 1965 the head office moved to a new building in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire; by this time it had two shops in Charing Cross Road and a Chinese shop near the British Museum. In 1993 Collet's was acquired by Tybex Ltd (the holding company of Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd). Olive Parsons was then aged 101. According to the Radical Bookshop History Project, Eva Collet Reckitt "had a broad policy on stock but drew the line at “those mysterious world religions” and “phoney psychology”. The entry for Collet's in Driff's Guide to All the Secondhand & Antiquarian Bookshops in Britain (1985–86) says "Colletts 52 Charing X Rd ...sml stk on s/h penguins ... there is also a small bsmt rm of political bks in the Collets [sic] two doors along but rumoured to be closing". Collet's bookshop went bankrupt in 1993 and closed, though the nearby Russian Central and East European Bookshop, which purchased Collet's stock, remained open until 1997.	WIKI
Exchequer Directorates The Exchequer Directorates of the Scottish Government are a group of directorates of the Scottish Government. The Exchequer Directorate is headed by Alyson Stafford CBE was appointed in July 2017. The Director General of the Scottish Exchequer Directorate is solely responsible for the overall setting, overview and implementing of the Scottish Budget, including tax, spending of the Scottish Government and measuring performance, and for any advice and support, as well as for the systems on finance and procurement. The Director-General of the Exchequer Directorate is a member of the Scottish Government's Corporate Governance Board. Current Directorates The Exchequer Directorate currently consists of the following four directorates of which it is responsible for: * Budget and Public Spending Directorate * Fiscal Sustainability and Exchequer Development Directorate * Internal Audit and Assurance Directorate * Tax and Revenues Directorate	WIKI
locked read an excel file in C# RRS feed • Question • Hello all, I need to create something quickly in C# that basically takes everything from an excel file, and put them into a 2D string array. Now I have no experience in programming in C# and has minimal database knowledge, and I've been reading up on the OLEDB and ODBC stuff which I think that's what I want, but I'm having some problems finding some basic instructions online. Can anyone give me a good pointer? thanks! Tuesday, April 29, 2008 6:00 PM Answers • 1. Here is article that explains about 255 characters limitation. It would require registry settings from you http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189897/en-us 2. Your second question is not clear. What is "define->name" 3. Since Excel is not really a database with fixed columns structure and each cell has its own data type, Jet tries to guess types of column based on initial scanning of first N rows. Based on that scan it will select some type. Since most of rows contain mix of numbers and string, Jet will use string as a type for the columns in many cases. You cannot force Jet to use specific data type. In some cases you even may get NULL values instead of actual one for the rows that do not match type of the columns. For example, if Jet (based on initial scan) defines column as numeric and later gets some string values, it will return NULL. To resolve this issue you can use Visual Studio Tools for Office. They are COM-based, but provide full access to the data without any loss. I also developed 100% .NET managed Excel reader that resolves limitations with data types and returns each cell value in its native type. If you are interested you could try it downloading it from my web site. Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:27 AM • Yes, you can query data from the whole spreadsheet using next kind of query SELECT * FROM [SheetName$] As you see you need to append $ to the actual spreadsheet name Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:42 PM All replies • Thanks, that was actually the reference that I was using however... it helped me on some initialization stuff pretty well. Let me post some of my code actually... I did a define->name to the items that I wanted to be included, and the name is "Test". Anyways, here's what I have: OleDbConnection connection = new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + filename + "Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;"); OleDbDataReader reader; connection.Open(); OleDbCommand query = new OleDbCommand("SELECT * From Test", connection); reader = query.ExecuteReader(); while (reader.Read()) { System.Console.WriteLine(reader["ID"] + " "+ reader["Name"] + " " + reader["Description"]); Console.WriteLine(); } Here's my questions: 1. Although this code works in printing out most of the data in the cells to the console, I have multiple cells that contains 488 characters (include spaces). The printout that I obtained chops off everything after about 250 characters. Using DataTable shows the same result 2. Is there any way I can use the names of the sheets instead of doing the define->name? The excel file that I have has two pages in total. I'm currently doing a select all and defining a name for everything that is selected in that page. 3. Everything seems to be treated as strings as far as what I see. However, the IDs are actually numbers. I previously had used Console.WriteLine(reader.GetInt32(0) + ", " + reader.GetString(1)); as an attempt to get the ID as number, but I get the error that says the cast is not valid. I actually need the IDs to be in numbers (the biggest number for the ID field is around 5000 so int32 should be fine) Any good tips on how to get them in numbers? Thanks! Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:23 PM • 1. Here is article that explains about 255 characters limitation. It would require registry settings from you http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189897/en-us 2. Your second question is not clear. What is "define->name" 3. Since Excel is not really a database with fixed columns structure and each cell has its own data type, Jet tries to guess types of column based on initial scanning of first N rows. Based on that scan it will select some type. Since most of rows contain mix of numbers and string, Jet will use string as a type for the columns in many cases. You cannot force Jet to use specific data type. In some cases you even may get NULL values instead of actual one for the rows that do not match type of the columns. For example, if Jet (based on initial scan) defines column as numeric and later gets some string values, it will return NULL. To resolve this issue you can use Visual Studio Tools for Office. They are COM-based, but provide full access to the data without any loss. I also developed 100% .NET managed Excel reader that resolves limitations with data types and returns each cell value in its native type. If you are interested you could try it downloading it from my web site. Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:27 AM • Thanks for the answer provided! 1. Unfortunately, the registry settings change is not a solution for me because the Excel file is not completely populated, and changing registry settings could only guess up to 16 rows according to that document, which the row in question is actually in the 300s row. I could get over with this problem by inserting random character junk in the first row of an excel document that exceeds say, 1000 characters, then ignore the first row. (or second row of the sheet) 2. Sorry about not being clear for my question. Here is the part of the code I was having questions about: OleDbCommand query = new OleDbCommand("SELECT * From Test", connection); OleDbDataAdapter oleAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(); oleAdapter.SelectCommand = query; Notice the SELECT statement has "Test" as the "table" to choose from. In order for excel to recognize this, I highlighted all cells within the sheet1, and on the top menu, I hit Insert->Name->Define to Define the name "Test" for all the columns in order to use that Query statement. My question is that, is there any way I can make the query to refer to everything in sheet1, instead of using the Name->Define method? 3. I have previously looked into Visual Studio Tools for Office before, however, VSTO is not included in the free express version of Visual Studio, therefore I dropped the idea. Thanks a lot for everything! =) Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:23 PM • Yes, you can query data from the whole spreadsheet using next kind of query SELECT * FROM [SheetName$] As you see you need to append $ to the actual spreadsheet name Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:42 PM • Thanks a lot!! that worked! =) Friday, May 2, 2008 4:43 PM	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Florida State University College of Music The Florida State University College of Music, located in Tallahassee, Florida, is one of sixteen colleges comprising Florida State University. The college houses two Grammy winners, a former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, a former leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera, and the world's leading scholar in music therapy. As the third-largest music program in higher education, the college's comprehensive curricula embrace all traditional areas of music and world music study from the baccalaureate to the doctoral level. Alumni * David Cordle, current Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Emporia State University. Faculty * Leon Anderson * Scotty Barnhart * Yvonne Ciannella * Ernst von Dohnányi * Carlisle Floyd * Janice Harsanyi * Edward Kilenyi * Ladislav Kubík * Stanford Olsen * Marcus Roberts * Pietro Spada * André J. Thomas * Ellen Taaffe Zwilich	WIKI
Simple Javascript Form Validation June 11, 2017 Email, HTML, Javascript, PHP, Tutorial When it comes to contact forms, validating the information submitted by your visitors is key. With proper form validation, we can help cut down fraudulent submissions and keep you relatively free from spam submissions as well. Below, I’ve gathered one of the simplest methods for validating your contact forms to keep your collected data valid and useful. I’ve used javascript to validate my webform. You may copy and paste the code below to your site or application, but be sure to update the dependent code to match your web site. One thing to remember is to invoke the javascript validation of your form with the ‘onSubmit’ tag. I’ve Included 3 snippets of code to get your web form functioning and validating properly. Although, the form is validated with javascript, I’ve used PHP to process the mailing function, so that your form sends on submit. Part 1: The Contact Web Form The form I’ve provided here is a very simple 4 field form to collect data for you web site or application. Here we’re gathering the basic information we need to gather from a visitor to contact them further regarding their inquiry. Here, we’re collecting Name, Email, Phone Number and their message or question. <form class="form-container" name="myForm" method="post" onsubmit="return validateForm()" action="sendmail.php"> <div class="frm-element-lg fl"> <input type="text" name="name" id="name" class="icon-1" placeholder="Name"></div> <div class="frm-element-lg fl"> <input type="text" name="email" id="email" class="icon-3" placeholder="Email"></div> <div class="frm-element-lg fl"> <input type="text" name="phone" id="phone" class="icon-4" placeholder="Phone" oninput="this.value = this.value.replace(/[^0-9.]/g, ''); this.value = this.value.replace(/(\..)\./g, '$1');"></div> <div class="frm-element-lg fl"> <input type="text" name="message" id="message" class="icon-5" placeholder="Message*"></div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <input type="submit" value="Submit" class="submit-btn"> </form> Part 2: The Form Validation As stated above, we’re using javascript to validate our form submissions. Here, we set a javascript alert box to pop up on submission if a user has submitted incomplete form fields and we have set our email input field to confirm that the visitor is submitting a correctly formatted email address as well. There are also 3rd party services you may integrate into your validation to confirm that the email provided is, in fact, a ‘real’ email as well, but that’s getting ahead of ourselves regarding our simple validation here. <script type="text/javascript"> function validateForm() { var x = document.forms["myForm"]["name"].value; if (x == "") { alert("Name must be filled out"); return false; } var x = document.forms["myForm"]["email"].value; if (x == "") { alert("Email Address must be filled out"); return false; } var x = document.forms["myForm"]["email"].value; var atpos = x.indexOf("@"); var dotpos = x.lastIndexOf("."); if (atpos<1 \|\| dotpos<atpos+2 \|\| dotpos+2>=x.length) { alert("Not a valid e-mail address"); return false; } var x = document.forms["myForm"]["phone"].value; if (x == "") { alert("Phone number must be filled out"); return false; } var x = document.forms["myForm"]["message"].value; if (x == "") { alert("Message must be filled out"); return false; } } </script> Part 3: The Send Function I’ve included the send function, as well, below. Here we use PHP to ‘send’ the email once the form is filled out by your site visitor and they click submit. You may take the code below and create a ‘sendmail.php’ file that is included in the form code above as the form action. Be sure that all of your variables and form input name match correctly so that your send function operate correctly. <?php $email_to = "your@email.com"; $name = $_POST["name"]; $email_from = $_POST["email"]; $message = $_POST["message"]; $phone = $_POST["phone"]; $email_subject = "Feedback from website"; $headers = "From: " . $email_from . "\n"; $headers .= "Reply-To: " . $email_from . "\n"; $message = "Name: ". $name . "\r\nEmail: " . $email_from . "\r\nMessage: " . $message . "\r\nPhone: " . $phone; ini_set("sendmail_from", $email_from); $sent = mail($email_to, $email_subject, $message, $headers, "-f" .$email_from); if ($sent) { header("Location: http://yoursite.com/thankyou.php"); } else { echo "There has been an error sending your comments. Please try later."; } ?> There’s several ways available to validate and send your web forms. The method above, I’ve found, is the lightest and simplest way to achieve web form validation. I hope this helps and enjoy.	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Page:Optics.djvu/107 * When $Rq=RnsinRnq⁄sinRqn=Rn·sinSRE⁄sinSRq=rcosφ′^{2}·sinφ⁄sin(φ−φ′)$ is a right angle, or $φ$ a tangent to the surface, $QR$. In this case we have only to draw $v=rcosφ′$ perpendicular to the refracted ray. * (3) When $Em$ is to be infinite, or the refracted rays parallel $v$; * (4) When $utanφ−tanφ′−rcosφtanφ′=0$ is a right angle, $∴ u=rcosφtanφ′⁄tanφ′−tanφ=rcosφ^{2}·sinφ′⁄sin(φ′−φ)$. 108. It has been shown that an infinite number of different surfaces may reflect rays proceeding from the same point, so as to produce the same caustic: the same thing is true of refracting surfaces, for the equation will have for its integral an arbitrary constant, as well when $φ′$ the line represented by $v=0$ is drawn every where to one point (as in last Chapter,) as when $du+mdv=0$ is always a tangent to a certain curve, or in short whatever law it is guided by. We may now easily see what will be the form of the caustic in particular instances. 109. Let the refracting body be a cylinder of glass terminated by a hemisphere. (Fig. 107.) Let the incident rays be parallel to the axis. Taking $Rq$, we have $v$, so that if $Rq$ be taken equal to three times $m=3⁄2$, $F=mr⁄m−1=3r$ is the principal focus, and it will easily be seen that there must be a cusp at that point. In the next place, take the extreme ray $AF$, which touches the surface at $AE$, making the angle of incidence a right angle: the angle of refraction is, of course, that	WIKI
Category:Lists of Major League Baseball players For lists of MLB players' batting and pitching accomplishments, see: Category:Major League Baseball lists.	WIKI
The world's first wiki where authorship really matters (Nature Genetics, 2008). Due credit and reputation for authors. Imagine a global collaborative knowledge base for original thoughts. Search thousands of articles and collaborate with scientists around the globe. wikigene or wiki gene protein drug chemical gene disease author authorship tracking collaborative publishing evolutionary knowledge reputation system wiki2.0 global collaboration genes proteins drugs chemicals diseases compound Hoffmann, R. A wiki for the life sciences where authorship matters. Nature Genetics (2008) Tal1/SCL binding to pericentromeric DNA represses transcription. Tal1/SCL is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor critical for normal hematopoiesis. To understand the mechanisms underlying transcriptional regulation by Tal1/SCL, we combined an in vitro DNA binding strategy and an in vivo chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis to search for Tal1/SCL target regions in K562 erythroleukemia cells. A 0.4-kb genomic DNA clone containing two Tal1/SCL binding E-boxes and GATA- and SATB1-binding motifs (EEGS) was identified that localized to the pericentromeric region with high homology to satellite 2 DNA. Pericentric DNA is related to heterochromatin and gene inactivation. We found that Tal1/SCL could complex with the histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9)-specific methyltransferase Suv39H1. Binding of Tal1/SCL to EEGS chromatin correlated with hypermethylation of H3K9 and the association of heterochromatin protein HP1 to this region. In Rep4 reporter gene assays, EEGS affected repression in a manner dependent on the expression level of Tal1/SCL that was accompanied by increased H3K9 methylation in chromatin associated with EEGS and a linked promoter. A specific histone deacetylase inhibitor, trichostatin A, relieved Tal1/SCL-mediated repression by EEGS. In addition, SATB1 bound EEGS chromatin and promoted Tal1/SCL EEGS-dependent repression. We expand the list of potential interacting partners for Tal1/SCL by demonstrating direct associations of Tal1/SCL with SATB1 and with Suv39H1. These results reveal a novel mechanism of action for Tal1/SCL and implicate heterochromatin-like silencing via a cis-acting binding motif for transcriptional repression.[1] References 1. Tal1/SCL binding to pericentromeric DNA represses transcription. Wen, J., Huang, S., Pack, S.D., Yu, X., Brandt, S.J., Noguchi, C.T. J. Biol. Chem. (2005) [Pubmed] WikiGenes - Universities	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
London International Airport The London International Airport is an international airport located in London, Ontario, Canada. It is located 5 NM northeast of the city of London, Ontario and is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada. In 2023, the airport was listed as the 17th busiest airport in Canada in terms of aircraft movements with 102,122 flights. The airport posted a record 683,000 travelers in 2019 and 332,447 passengers in 2023. It provides services for cargo airlines and year-round flights with Air Canada Express and WestJet. The airport is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle aircraft with no more than 180 passengers; however, they can handle up to 450 if the aircraft is unloaded in stages. London Airport, 1929–1942 In January 1927 the City of London selected a site for an airfield at Lambeth, Ontario near 42.91667°N, -81.28333°W; the adjacent section of Wonderland Road to the east between Southdale and Exeter was named Airport Road up through 1989 when the town of Westminster was established and all rural roads were named by the town. A group of local businessmen acquired the site in 1928 and by 3 May 1929 an airport license was issued to London Airport Ltd. The London Flying Club was formed in 1928 and became a tenant of the new airport. The airfield was used for flying instruction, private aviation, and for air mail. By 1933 it had become too small for some commercial aircraft. The London Flying Club continued to use the Lambeth airfield until 7 August 1942. London City Airport, 1940–1945 In 1935 the city decided to replace the original London Airport. Site surveys and consultations took place and on 9 September 1939, at the start of World War II, work began on a new airport located near Crumlin. The city leased the new airport to the Government of Canada, Department of Transport on 24 January 1940 for the duration of the war. Runways 14-32 and 05-23 were paved and ready for use by July 1940 and the Royal Canadian Air Force established RCAF Station Crumlin on part of the airport. This air station was host to No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) and No. 4 Air Observer School (AOS), both part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The airport remained under civilian management and was used for civil and military aviation during the war years. The licence for London City Airport was issued on 6 May 1941. Improvements made during this time include: * main terminal building (civilian) opened in July 1942 * Trans-Canada Airlines began serve to the airport in July 1942. * runway 08-26 added in 1943. British Commonwealth Air Training Plan operations ended on 31 December 1944 with the closure of No. 4 Air Observer School. The Royal Air Force Transport Command, No. 45 Group established the Mosquito Preparation and Despatching Unit at London on 10 January 1945. This detachment had twenty three members and test flew De Havilland Mosquitos built in Toronto before they were flown overseas. After the war the airport remained under the control of the Department of Transport. Aerodrome information In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 43.03333°N, -81.15°W with a Var. 5 degrees W and elevation of 899 ft. Two runways were listed as follows: Postwar RCAF operations 1945–1961 After World War II RCAF reserve or auxiliary squadrons were given the task of defending Canada's major cities. 420 Squadron reformed as City of London 420 (Fighter) Auxiliary Squadron at the airport in September 1948. Initially equipped with Harvard aircraft, the squadron upgraded to Mustangs in 1952 and Canadair CT-133 jets in 1954. The squadron disbanded in 1957. Air Defence Command reformed 2420 Aircraft Control and Warning (Auxiliary) Squadron at London on 1 July 1956. 2420 trained Fighter Control operators and disbanded on 31 May 1961. RCAF Station London opened in 1950 to support a NATO Induction and Training Centre, later moved to Centralia. The station closed on 30 September 1958. As a tribute to this period, a Canadair CT-133 aircraft in former Royal Canadian Air Force livery is mounted in front of the main terminal building. Capital improvements since 1950 The airport has been continuously improved since World War II as navigation and air traffic control systems evolved, and as commercial aircraft became larger and larger. These improvements include: * 1950, installation of the Instrument Landing System (ILS) on runway 14-32 * 1955, runway 14-32 lengthened to 6,000 feet to accommodate the Vickers Viscount * 1960, Meteorological Branch weather station opened * 1965, new terminal building opened * 1968, Air Canada begins DC-9 jet service * 1974, runway 14-32 lengthened to 8,800 feet to accommodate DC-8, Boeing 707 and 747, and L-1011 aircraft * 1988, runway 05-23 decommissioned * 1990, new radar system installed * 1998, control of the airport was transferred from Transport Canada to the Greater London International Airport Authority * 2003, main terminal building completely renovated and expanded * 2019, taxiway G is completely rebuilt Other tenants * CHC Helicopter - Ornge (Ontario Air Ambulance) * Jet Aircraft Museum - currently operates six Canadair CT-133 Silver Stars, otherwise known as the T-bird * Executive Aviation - World Fuel Services-affiliated fixed-base operator * Trek Aviation - aircraft maintenance and consulting services * Flite Line Services London - Shell-affiliated fixed-base operator * Diamond Aircraft - light aircraft manufacturer * Discovery Air - niche flight services * Diamond Flight Centre - flight training school * Forest City Flight Centre - flight training school * AFS Aerial Photography - aerial photography services * 427 (London) Wing - Air Force Association of Canada * International Test Pilots School London International Airport Fire Crash and Rescue Station provides fire and rescue operations at the airport with three crash tenders based on Blair Boulevard. Ground transportation Shuttle service is available for passengers wishing to connect to flights at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto. London Transit Commission provides bus service between the airport and Fanshawe College. Airshow London The airport is home to the annual Airshow London, the largest military airshow in Canada. It showcases ground and air display of military aircraft from the air forces of Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.	WIKI
A supersecondary structure library and search algorithm for modeling loops in protein structures Narcis Fernandez-Fuentes, Baldomero Oliva, András Fiser Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review 60 Scopus citations Abstract We present a fragment-search based method for predicting loop conformations in protein models. A hierarchical and multidimensional database has been set up that currently classifies 105-950 loop fragments and loop flanking secondary structures. Besides the length of the loops and types of bracing secondary structures the database is organized along four internal coordinates, a distance and three types of angles characterizing the geometry of stem regions. Candidate fragments are selected from this library by matching the length, the types of bracing secondary structures of the query and satisfying the geometrical restraints of the stems and subsequently inserted in the query protein framework where their fit is assessed by the root mean square deviation (r.m.s.d.) of stem regions and by the number of rigid body clashes with the environment. In the final step remaining candidate loops are ranked by a Z -score that combines information on sequence similarity and fit of predicted and observed φ/ψ main chain dihedral angle propensities. Confidence Z -score cut-offs were determined for each loop length that identify those predicted fragments that outperform a competitive ab initio method. A web server implements the method, regularly updates the fragment library and performs prediction. Predicted segments are returned, or optionally, these can be completed with side chain reconstruction and subsequently annealed in the environment of the query protein by conjugate gradient minimization. The prediction method was tested on artificially prepared search datasets where all trivial sequence similarities on the SCOP superfamily level were removed. Under these conditions it is possible to predict loops of length 4, 8 and 12 with coverage of 98, 78 and 28% with at least of 0.22, 1.38 and 2.47 Å of r.m.s.d. accuracy, respectively. In a head-to-head comparison on loops extracted from freshly deposited new protein folds the current method outperformed in a ∼5:1 ratio an earlier developed database search method. Original languageEnglish (US) Pages (from-to)2085-2097 Number of pages13 JournalNucleic acids research Volume34 Issue number7 DOIs StatePublished - 2006 ASJC Scopus subject areas • Genetics Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'A supersecondary structure library and search algorithm for modeling loops in protein structures'. Together they form a unique fingerprint. Cite this	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
vinit dhatrak vinit dhatrak - 9 months ago 70 C Question Can likely/unlikely macros be used in user-space code? I came across these 2 macros in Linux kernel code. I know they are instructions to compiler (gcc) for optimizations in case of branching. My question is, can we use these macros in user space code? Will it give any optimization? Any example will be very helpful. Answer Yes they can. In the Linux kernel, they are defined as #define likely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1) #define unlikely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0) The __builtin_expect macros are GCC specific macros that use the branch prediction; they tell the processor whether a condition is likely to be true, so that the processor can prefetch instructions on the correct "side" of the branch. You should wrap the defines in an ifdef to ensure compilation on other compilers: #ifdef __GNUC__ #define likely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1) #define unlikely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0) #else #define likely(x) (x) #define unlikely(x) (x) #endif It will definitely give you optimizations if you use it for correct branch predictions.	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
The rough-hewn general who rose to the nation's highest office, and whose presidency witnessed the first political skirmishes that would lead to the Civil War Zachary Taylor was a soldier's soldier, a man who lived up to his nickname, "Old Rough and Ready." Having risen through the ranks of the U.S. Army, he achieved his greatest success in the Mexican War, propelling him to the nation's highest office in the election of 1848. He was the first man to have been elected president without having held a lower political office. John S. D. Eisenhower, the son of another soldier-president, shows how Taylor rose to the presidency, where he confronted the most contentious political issue of his age: slavery. The political storm reached a crescendo in 1849, when California, newly populated after the Gold Rush, applied for statehood with an anti- slavery constitution, an event that upset the delicate balance of slave and free states and pushed both sides to the brink. As the acrimonious debate intensified, Taylor stood his ground in favor of California's admissiondespite being a slaveholder himselfbut in July 1850 he unexpectedly took ill, and within a week he was dead. His truncated presidency had exposed the fateful rift that would soon tear the country apart. About the Author John S. D. Eisenhower was a retired brigadier general, a former U.S. ambassador to Belgium, and the author of numerous works of military history and biography, including General Ike: A Personal Reminiscence; They Fought at Anzio; Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I; and So Far from God: The U.S. War with Mexico, 1846–1848. Read an Excerpt Zachary Taylor was a man whose looks deceived those who met him for the first time. One glance at that rough physiognomy could convince the casual viewer that here was a son of a poor family, a man of the soil. The fact was that Zack Taylor—Old Rough and Ready—was indeed a farmer, but a gentleman farmer. Throughout his life, even when he was in the army, he kept ownership of several plantations, tilled by numerous slaves. His face was weather-beaten, to be sure, but his exposure to the elements came from his time in camp and field, a place where he endured the same hardships as the youngest and toughest of his soldiers. Taylor was born on November 24, 1784, in Orange County,Virginia, not far from Montpelier, the home of his distant cousin the future president James Madison. His father, Richard Taylor, had served as an officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and enjoyed the status of being the head of one of the prominent families of Virginia.The Taylors never reached the eminence enjoyed by the Lees and the Carters, but they were a family of respect. Richard Taylor’s outstanding service in the Revolution ironically resulted in Zachary Taylor’s leaving Virginia and becoming a Kentuckian. A grateful nation, still governed under the Articles of Confederation, granted Richard Taylor a large parcel of land at a point near Louisville, Kentucky. Richard Taylor accepted, presumably with enthusiasm. The land that comprised his extensive holdings in Tidewater Virginia was beginning to wear out from excessive tobacco raising. Further, they could never compare in size and quality with the land he was being offered in the West. Having determined to move, Richard Taylor began the journey with his pregnant wife, the former Sarah Dabney Strother of Maryland. They soon realized, however, that the journey would be too arduous for her. He therefore left her and their two sons with relatives in Virginia while he headed west alone. He returned seven months later, having cleared some ground near his future homestead. Zachary Taylor, meanwhile, had been born in Virginia. But since he spent only his first eight months there, he could hardly be called a Virginian in the traditional sense. The Taylors made their way to Kentucky by water, reaching Louisville on August 2, 1785. They settled in their log cabin on Beargrass Creek, five miles to the east of town, on a four-hundred acre farm they called Springfield. There Zachary, his two older brothers, and yet unborn siblings were to be raised.1 Louisville, on the wild frontier, bore no resemblance to the genteel Tidewater district the Taylors had left. Wild animals filled the woods surrounding Springfield, and wild Indians in the vicinity had not accommodated themselves to the invasion of the white man. As a result, young Zachary grew up in an atmosphere where danger was accepted. Sometimes it had its humorous side. A nearby neighbor, Mrs. Chenoweth, seemed to derive some strange pleasure in startling the young people by removing her headgear and displaying her bald head, which was described as "peeled like an onion by the Indians’ scalping knife," and "shorn of her beautiful hair."2 So the story went, though the circumstance of her being scalped is not disclosed. Zachary Taylor’s formal education was scanty, despite the fact that both of his parents were considered upper class. He learned to read and write, of course, like many other isolated children, at "his mother’s knee." His first extant letter, in which he accepted a commission in the United States Army, was rough and full of misspellings. But given the circumstances of the frontier, his training in farming and taking care of himself was far more important than book learning. He was also, like his father, a shrewd businessman and competent farmer. Throughout his life his properties continued to grow, and his conversation, even in camp, often dealt with agricultural subjects. He was able to accomplish this balancing act because of the peculiar nature of the army at that time. The establishment was scattered in small detachments along the western frontier and except for occasional Indian disturbances was at peace.The authorities, therefore, were generous in granting long leaves of absence whereby an officer could return to his ranch or farm for extended periods of time. Land was wealth, and during his lifetime Zachary Taylor, measured by that standard, became a wealthy man indeed. Though he was a planter, Zachary Taylor was first and foremost a soldier. The aura of his father’s service in the Revolution apparently caught his imagination, and his participation in the various skirmishes with the Indians, while largely unrecorded, seems to have imbued him with a fighting spirit. He was not attracted to fancy uniforms nor to the parade ground, but practical soldiering seems to have become second nature to him. The personal informality was misleading, however; beneath his casual exterior, he was a martinet. He first joined the army in 1808, at the age of twenty-three, when he applied for and received a commission as a first lieutenant. Taylor was fortunate; normally a young man lacking in formal military experience could never enter service at that rank. It was a troubled time, and the army was being expanded in anticipation of possible war with Britain over the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, in which the crew of a British ship, the HMS Leopard, had forcibly boarded the United States ship USS Chesapeake, killing three, wounding eighteen, and removing several sailors of British birth. Though President Thomas Jefferson did not resort to war, the tensions and talk of war remained. On being commissioned, Taylor was assigned to the new Seventh Infantry Regiment, just being organized. It was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William Russell, another Kentuckian. The regiment at the moment existed only on paper; to fill its ranks the men had to be recruited. So Taylor began his career as a recruiting officer. He was sent first to Washington, Kentucky, where he found little enthusiasm on the part of the citizenry for military life. He went on to Mayville, where he had better luck.3 In April 1809, he took his new company of about eighty men by boat from Kentucky to New Orleans. The situation at New Orleans was hardly conducive to inspiring a young man to remain in military life. The troops were suffering in the heat of the New Orleans summer, and to make matters worse they were commanded by a rogue, Brigadier General James Wilkinson. At a time when rogues abounded, Wilkinson was unique in the varieties of his villainy. Some officers were treacherous, some were avaricious, and some were simply incompetent. Wilkinson managed to combine all three. Perhaps the least of his flaws was his greed. "One of the more senior officers in the Army," writes the historian Edward Coffman, "set an extraordinarily bad example. In the range of his ventures—land speculation, assorted business enterprises, including some of dubious legality, and being a paid agent of Spain—General Wilkinson took second place to none."4 At about the time of Taylor’s arrival at New Orleans,Wilkinson was about to embark on the project for which he is most infamous. At that time, the bulk of the army, about two thousand men, was concentrated under his command, and the condition of the troops was grim. They suffered from the heat and indulged in the fleshly temptations of the city to the extent that everyone, even Wilkinson, agreed that they had to be moved. Secretary of War Henry Dearborn therefore ordered Wilkinson to move his army up the Mississippi River to Fort Adams, near Natchez, where conditions were said to be relatively healthy. Wilkinson may not have received this order in time because communications were slow. In any case he moved, not to Natchez but to a spot below New Orleans on the Mississippi only thirteen miles away from the city. (It has been assumed that his business interests, plus the allurements of his current mistress, were instrumental in his choice.) The name of the spot was Terre Aux Boeufs, and a worse place could not be found. As aptly described by Taylor’s biographer, Holman Hamilton, Here the general stood by helpless as his troops suffered, sickened, and died. The Kentuckians, who composed the Seventh Infantry and who had undergone the coldest winter in memory, succumbed even faster than their comrades. Conditions at camp beggared description. More men were sick than well, and it was impossible to care for all their needs. Sanitation did not exist. Spoiled food, supplied by seedy and frequently corrupt contractors, revolted those who were supposed to eat it. Attempts at burial were pitiful. Interred higgledy-piggledy in shallow graves, the protruding arms and legs of the deceased took the place of missing markers in reminding the living of the fate that might be theirs.5 The story did not end there. When orders finally arrived insisting that Wilkinson’s troops be moved to Natchez, the trip by water, involving weakened men, was as deadly as the camp. Nearly the entire army was wiped out. It was one of those rare instances in which an army was destroyed without the .ring of a single bullet. Taylor himself was spared most of the trials of the Terre Aux Boeufs calamity because he succumbed to the prevailing illness early but survived it. He was sent home to Louisville to recover while Wilkinson’s army was being rebuilt at Natchez. He took his time back at Louisville in getting his personal holdings in order. While on this extended leave at Louisville, Zachary Taylor met his future wife, Margaret Mackall Smith, who was visiting her sister, Mrs. Samuel Chew, in nearby Jefferson County. The couple secured their marriage license on June 18, 1810, and three days later were married. In honor of the occasion, Taylor’s father presented the couple with 324 acres of land. In the spring of the next year, their first daughter, Ann, was born.6 When he returned to duty, Taylor found himself in an entirely different situation from that at New Orleans. The immediate crisis with Britain had passed, and the bulk of the army was now once more spread out across the western frontier, which at that time ran along the Ohio River. This dissipation of force was brought about primarily by the need to protect the civilian settlers against Indian attack. Added to that, however, was the distaste that sophisticated easterners had for the army in general. With memories of the arrogance of the British redcoats of the Revolution, Americans had always held the military with some suspicion. On the other hand, the American people nevertheless recognized the need to maintain a small standing army. Their attitude is well expressed in a letter from Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin to his wife, written in 1802: The distribution of our little army to distant garrisons where hardly any other inhabitants is to be found is the most eligible arrangement of that perhaps unnecessary evil that can be contrived.7 That deployment, a string of small posts, meant that every fort consisted of perhaps twenty or so men and one or two officers, who were, as mentioned, granted long periods of leave.8 Taylor had taken full advantage of this liberal policy of the army, and he went back to duty willingly. At age twenty-six, he was now launched on three careers: planter, family man, and soldier. Try as he would not to neglect any of them, the career as soldier would always take priority. Excerpted from Zachary Taylor by John S. D. Eisenhower. Copyright © 2008 John S. D. Eisenhower. Published in 2008 by Henry Holt and Company,LLC All rights reserved. This work is protected under copyright laws and reproduction is strictly prohibited. Permission to reproduce the material in any manner or medium must be secured from the publisher. Table of Contents 1 - Early Career, 2 - Unsung Hero, 3 - Old Rough and Ready, 4 - Fort Jesup to the Rio Grande, 5 - War with Mexico!, 6 - Monterrey, 7 - Buena Vista, 8 - The Election of 1848, 9 - Inauguration and Early Days in the White House, 10 - California and New Mexico, 11 - Foreign Affairs, 12 - The Great Debate, 13 - The Death of the President, ALSO BY JOHN S. D. EISENHOWER, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS SERIES, ABOUT THE AUTHOR,	FINEWEB-EDU
Talk:The Shawl Note The Shawl is also a book by Cynthia Ozick, but there is nothing on it in the Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk • contribs) 00:28, 8 April 2008	WIKI
Page:VCH London 1.djvu/151 ROMANO-BRITISH LONDON For London Stone (Plan C, 133) see Arch. Journ. xxxiv, 398 ; Price, Descr. of Rom. Tess. Pavement, 58 fF. ; Wheatley and Cunningham, London Past and Present, ii, 433 ; Jrc/}. Rev. ', 355- See also St. Swithin's Lane, St. Thomas Apostle, &c. Carter Lane. — Fragments of ' Samian pottery, cinerary urns, coins, &c.,' found about 1843 [Gent. Mag. (1843), •> S^o]. For the wall here see above, p. 69, and Plan C, 60. Castle Street, Aldersgate (Plan C, 40). — In 1865 a tower of the wall was exposed to view in the rear of No. 7 on the east side, of semicircular form. It is said to be of later date than the foundations of the wall, and in any case there does not appear to be any evidence that it is Roman [I//us. Land. News, 19 Aug., 1865,'' Hartridge, Co/i. Newsp. Cuttings, Old London, i, 279 ff. ; see above, p. 63]. See also Falcon Square. Castle Street, Houndsditch. — See Houndsditch. Cateaton Street. — See Gresham Street. Cheapside. — Bagford, writing in 17 14-15, mentions a pavement (Plan C, 174) found at a depth of 15 ft. about a hundred years previously [Leland, Coll. (ed. Hearne), i, 74]. Coins were found, in 1850, including specimens of Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, Gordian II and III, and Aurelian, in the upper part of this street (Plan C, 181) _Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, vi, 155], and in 1861 part of a pavement opposite Bow Church (Plan C, 175), of red and white tesserae [Ibid, xvii, 328]. Pottery has been reported at different times, both Gaulish and Upchurch wares [Ibid, xxxvi, 237; xl. III]; and in 1901 some fine specimens of the former were unearthed by Messrs. Hilditch on their premises, No. 11-12, at the corner of Old Change (Plan C, 208), and are now in the British Museum. In the last-named collection are also fragments with potters' stamps (Modestus and Salarius of La Graufesenque ; Doeccus, Beleniccus, Escusius, and Paternus of Lezoux) ; also a large y?^«/« of cross-bow type, found in 1846. In the Guildhall Museum, part of a pavement [Cat. p. 72, No. 3 ; perhaps the one found in 1861] ; also glass vessels from Mercers' Hall [Cat. 124, 131]. In Mr. W. M. Newton's collection, a mortarium stamped twice f.lvgvdv, ' made at Lugudunum.' Kelsey mentions the finding of 'ancient jewellery,' not necessarily Roman [Descr. of Sewers, 319]. For potters' stamps from this site see fourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxxv, 237. In 1879 were found (near the west end of the street, at a depth of 18 ft.) the fragments of a cinerary urn containing bones, said to be those of a young woman [Arch, xxxix, 199 ; see p. 6]. See also Bread Street, St. Mary-le-Bow, and St. Paul's Churchyard. Christ's Hospital (site of) (Plan C, 46-48). — Among the ruins of the Greyfriars Monastery uncovered in 1836 was a fluted pillar of about 18 in. to 20 in. diameter, ornamented at intervals with bands of pendant leaves (described as resembling lotus leaves) ' so that it assimilates in some degree with the Egyptian style.' It appears to have been utilized and altered by the builders of the mediaeval church [Arch, xxvii, 410]. Gaulish pottery in British Museum (one fragment with stamp of Paternus). On the demolition of the old Bluecoat School in 1902 a wall was uncovered, at first thought to be part of the Roman wall, but proved to be of later date [Antiq. xxxviii, 376 ; see also City Press, 10, 13, 17 Sept., 1902, and Illus. Lond. News, 18 Oct., 1902]. But more recent excavations have actually brought to light part of the wall at this point [see above, p. 66]. During the clearance of the ground for the new Post Office buildings in 1907-8 some good finds of coins and pottery were made. The former range from Nero to Constantine. Among the latter are parts of three ist-century ornamented bowls, and others with stamps of Habilis, Liberalis, Martialis, Passenus, and Tauricus, and mortaria with the names of Secundus and Sollus. See also Newgate Street. Church Street, Minories. — 'Sepulchral relics* found under the [Metropolitan District .?] Railway in 1882, consisting of a massive lead coffin ornamented with scallop-shells and the usual beaded pattern [Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxxviii, 448]. Clement's Lane. — About 1840 walls were found crossing the street at 12 ft. to 15 ft. depth, 3 ft. in thickness, and composed of flints, rubble, and tiles (Plan C, 76). Among finds were frag- ments of pavements, beads, lamps, pottery, coins of Claudius, Nero, Vespasian, Constantine, and Aurelian, and part of a blue glass bottle [Arch, xxvii, 141, xxix, 272 ; Morgan, Rom.-Brit. Mosaic Pavements, 181]. E. B. Price in 1841 also mentions a mortarium with the stamp albinvs, Gaulish pottery, and coins of Vespasian, Domitian, Faustina, Gordian, Constantine, and Carausius [Gent. Mag. (1841), ii, 498 ; Rom.-Brit. Rem. i, 215]. In 1878 a collection '^ In the illustration the courses of Rom.-m tiles appear at so high a level that they must have been worked in in later times. I 97 13	WIKI
Van Winkle House Van Winkle House may refer to: New Jersey * Van Winkle House (Franklin Lakes, New Jersey) * Jacob W. Van Winkle House in Lyndhurst, New Jersey * Van Winkle-Fox House in Oakland, New Jersey West Virginia * Peter G. Van Winkle House, now demolished, at 600 Juliana Street in Parkersburg, West Virginia * Van Winkle-Wix House in Parkersburg, West Virginia, which still stands	WIKI
SILVER IONTOPHORESIS STAGE 1: SIS SILVER-NYLON CLOTH ELECTRODES PLACED ON THE BODY • The SIS electrodes are made from a specialized nylon ripstop material that is electro-plated (coated) with pure silver. Two SIS electrodes are positioned on the skin, on either side, or on the front and back, of the body or head, so that the target infection is aligned between them. The SIS electrodes are held onto the body with standard medical tape. SIS Small round electrode STAGE 2: SIS MACHINE M200 MODEL ELECTRO-STIMULATOR AND MONITOR • The SIS machine delivers a high precision, extremely small Output Current to the SIS electrodes (billionths of an ampere of electric current). • Utilizing state of the art sensing technology, the SIS machine automatically regulates the target Output Current with environmental changes, including hydration, perspiration, millisecond-speed body movement, and with both body and ambient temperature changes. The SIS machine utilizes 'smart', self-adaptive, real-time and statistical, complex algorithms to monitor and assess the SIS electrode↔skin contact over time, for continuous and optimal stimulation. The user is provided by the device software with real-time audio and visual alerts to maintain correct electrode contact with the body. STAGE 3: RELEASE OF SILVER IONS INTO THE BODY • The Output Current from the SIS machine causes a chemical 'oxidation' process on the surface of the electrically +ve SIS electrode. This process results in the release of atoms of silver having a +ve electric charge ('cations') from the electrode. STAGE 4: SILVER CATIONS ACT ON THE INFECTED AREA • The silver cations (+ve electrically charged) released from the +ve SIS electrode travel towards the -ve "Return" SIS electrode. The silver cations electrochemically bind to the membranes of bacteria, and to the fatty capsules of viruses, effectively disabling them. Supporting research> MORE EFFECTS OF SILVER CATIONS ON INFECTED CELLS: 'DIELECTROPHORESIS' • Each silver cation is a point source of a 'nonuniform electric field'—resulting from its +ve electric charge. A nonuniform electric field has strong effects on biological cells. Nonuniform electric field of a point charge • Biological cells have both internal, and membrane (cell wall), electrical properties including 'surface charge', 'conductivity' and 'capacitance'. When cells are infected by microorganisms (bacteria, viruses), the electrical properties of their cell walls become changed. Supporting research> • The nonuniform electric field of each silver cation within the infected cellular and tissue 'microenvironments' is expected to exert different effects on infected cells than on non-infected cells. One of these potential effects is the result that the infected cells are separated from non-infected cells. Supporting research> • These nonuniform electric field effects on biological cells are described as 'dielectrophoresis', which is a term that combines the concept from physics, 'dielectric'—meaning that the internal electric charges of an object are polarized by an electric force, with the concept of 'phoresis'—meaning, transporting. The constant, direct current (DC) of silver cations (point charges) passing through the infected cell and tissue microenvironments, which the SIS equipment produces, additionally has this potential 'dielectrophoretic' action. LOW INTENSITY DIRECT CURRENT LOW INTENSITY DIRECT CURRENT GENERATED BY THE SIS MACHINE M200 MODEL • The SIS machine M200 model generates a constant, 'low intensity direct current' (LIDC) between the SIS +ve and -ve electodes. LIDC has multiple effects on microorganisms. Direct current (DC) illustrated by the straight red line that represents the constant intensity of charge carriers with time (t). • Electrolysis (electro-chemical breaking) reactions that generate 'hypochlorous acid' from chloride ions—an abundant body 'electrolyte' that helps fluid balance in and around cells. Supporting research> • Production of 'reactive oxygen species' (ROS)—reactive chemicals containing oxygen, especially Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2). Supporting research> • 'Electroporation' effects on microorganisms—increasing the permeability of their protective membranes (cell walls). Supporting research> • Altering pH (acid/alakaline) balance that affects microorganisms' protective biofilms. Supporting research> presentation Integration of Silver Iontophoresis Principles in a Device for Bacterial and Viral Infection Treatments, Wound Healing, Tissue Repair and Regeneration. Richard Malter, James Woessner. 31th Annual International Symposium on Acupuncture, Electro-Therapeutics and Latest Advancements in Integrated Medicine. May 01-03, 2015, São Paulo, Brazil. View or download CONTACT US	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Heidi Krings Heidi Krings (born 30 March 1983) is an Austrian snowboarder. She was born in Salzburg. She competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, in parallel giant slalom.	WIKI
Shire of Miriam Vale The Shire of Miriam Vale was a local government area near Gladstone in Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre was the town of Miriam Vale. History Calliope Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. On 7 January 1902, the Miriam Vale Division was separated from Calliope Division. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Miriam Vale Division became the Shire of Miriam Vale on 31 March 1903. Following the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007, three former local government areas: were amalgamated to form Gladstone Region on 15 March 2008. * City of Gladstone * Shire of Calliope * Shire of Miriam Vale Towns and localities The Shire of Miriam Vale included the following settlements: Towns: * 1770 * Agnes Water * Miriam Vale (administrative centre) * Turkey Beach Villages: * Bororen * Lowmead * Rosedale Other communities: * Baffle Creek * Deepwater Economy The Shire of Miriam Vale was a sheep growing area, and also supported timber, beef and dairy cattle. Tourism was an emerging industry within the Shire. Chairmen * 1927: G. G. Hales	WIKI
Contact Sclerotherapy Treatment of Leg VeinsVaricose veins are not only unsightly, they can even cause health issues if they are allowed to get too large. The best way to prevent this problem is to have them removed while they’re still small. A treatment method known as sclerotherapy is very effective at doing so. What is Sclerotherapy? Sclerotherapy involves the injection of a saline solution into the vein using a tiny needle. This solution causes the vein to thin and eventually disappear and be absorbed by the body. The procedure is usually performed on an outpatient basis, but in some rare instances an overnight stay may be needed. You might feel a bit of a burning sensation as the injection is administered, but this will quickly dissipate. The entire procedure only takes about 30-45 minutes. Preparing for Your Procedure You’ll need to have a detailed discussion with your doctor in order to make sure you are a good candidate for sclerotherapy. For example, you need to disclose any medical conditions you may have or any illnesses you’ve recently dealt with. You also need to let your doctor know if you are allergic to any sort of medications used in anesthesia, or if you have an allergy to contrast materials, or dyes. You might need to stop taking aspirin or over-the-counter pain medications for a certain period of time. If you’re taking antibiotics, you may need to discontinue them for a while. Don’t put any lotion on your legs before or after the procedure, and wear loose-fitting, comfortable clothing to your appointment. A pair of shorts would work nicely. Dr. J. Hopkins has a great deal of experience and a long track record of success with the sclerotherapy procedure. However, it is very important to note that sclerotherapy only works on small varicose veins. Larger veins need to be removed through other methods. If you would like to learn more or schedule and appointment, please contact us online or call 972-298-6641.	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Aggregating datastores from multiple storage arrays into one Storage DRS datastore cluster. Combining datastores located on different storage arrays into a single datastore cluster is a supported configuration, such a configuration could be used during a storage array data migration project where virtual machines must move from one array to another array, using datastore maintenance mode can help speed up and automate this project. Recently I published an article about this method on the VMware vSphere blog. But what if multiple arrays are available to the vSphere infrastructure and you want to aggregate storage of these arrays to provide a permanent configuration? What are the considerations of such a configurations and what are the caveats? Key areas to focus on are homogeneity of configurations of the arrays and datastores. When combining datastores from multiple arrays it’s highly recommended to use datastores that are hosted on similar types of arrays. Using similar type of arrays, guarantees comparable performance and redundancy features. Although RAID levels are standardized by SNIA, implementation of RAID levels by different vendors may vary from the actual RAID specifications. An implementation used by a particular vendor may affect the read and write performance and the degree of data redundancy compared to the same RAID level implementation of another vendor. Would VASA (vSphere Storage APIs – Storage Awareness) and Storage profiles be any help in this configuration? VASA enables vCenter to display the capabilities of the LUN/datastore. This information could be leveraged to create a datastore cluster by selecting the datastores that have similar Storage capabilities details, however the actual capabilities that are surfaced by VASA are being left to the individual array storage vendors. The detail and description could be similar however the performance or redundancy features of the datastores could differ. Would it be harmful or will Storage DRS stop working when aggregating datastores with different performance levels? Storage DRS will still work and will load balance virtual machine across the datastores in the datastore cluster. However, Storage DRS load balancing is focused on distributing the virtual machines in such a way that the configured thresholds are not violated and getting the best overall performance out of the datastore cluster. By mixing datastores that provide different performance levels, virtual machine performance could not be consistent if it would be migrated between datastores belonging to different arrays. The article “Impact of load balancing on datastore cluster configuration” explains how storage DRS picks and selects virtual machine to distribute across the available datastores in the cluster. Another caveat to consider is when virtual machines are migrated between datastores of different arrays; VAAI hardware offloading is not possible. Storage vMotion will be managed by one of the datamovers in the vSphere stack. As storage DRS does not identify “locality” of datastores, it does not incorporate the overhead caused by migrating virtual machines between datastores of different arrays. When could datastores of multiple arrays be aggregated into a single datastore if designing an environment that provides a stable and continuous level of performance, redundancy and low overhead? Datastores and array should have the following configuration: • Identical Vendor. • Identical firmware/code. • Identical number of spindles backing diskgroup/aggregate. • Identical Raid Level. • Same Replication configuration. • All datastores connected to all host in compute cluster. • Equal-sized datastores. • Equal external workload (best non at all). Personally I would rather create a multiple datastore clusters and group datastores belonging to a single storage array into one datastore cluster. This will reduce complexity of the design (connectivity), no multiple storage level entities to manage (firmware levels, replication schedules) and will leverage VAAI which helps to reduce load on the storage subsystem. If you feel like I missed something, I would love to hear reasons or recommendations why you should aggregate datastores from multiple storage arrays. More articles in the architecting and designing datastore clusters series: Part1: Architecture and design of datastore clusters. Part2: Partially connected datastore clusters. Part3: Impact of load balancing on datastore cluster configuration. Part4: Storage DRS and Multi-extents datastores. Part5: Connecting multiple DRS clusters to a single Storage DRS datastore cluster. Comments 1. karlochacon says yeah I agree datastore cluster per array much easier and better performance 2. says First of all great series of posts! There is a caveat you did not mention in your series (if you did, sorry next time I bit my tongue) which is path trespassing. With an ALUA type of storage, if you create a datastore cluster of LUN’s belonging to different SP’s, with VAAI turned on, you might end up with implicit path trespassing going back and forth when a VAAI primitive is invoked like a XCOPY and a high I/O VM is hammering the source datastore…	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
#!/usr/bin/perl -wT # # EMULAB-COPYRIGHT # Copyright (c) 2000-2002, 2004 University of Utah and the Flux Group. # All rights reserved. # use English; # # usage: console_setup.proxy tipname group tipname group ... # # This script runs on the tip servers, which is where the capture processes # are running. Since the tip servers do not have direct access to the DB # this invoked from the boss node. For each tip device, specify the group # the associated files should be in. This script will send the proper signal # to the capture process, and then reset the files to the proper group. # # my $TIPLOGDIR = "/var/log/tiplogs"; my $TIPDEVDIR = "/dev/tip"; my $dbg = 1; my %tipgroup = (); my $failures = 0; # un-taint path $ENV{'PATH'} = '/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin'; delete @ENV{'IFS', 'CDPATH', 'ENV', 'BASH_ENV'}; sub usage { die("Usage: console_setup.proxy tipname group [tipname group ...]\n"); } if ( $#ARGV < 1) { usage(); } while ($#ARGV >= 0) { if ($#ARGV < 1) { usage(); } $name = shift; $grp = shift; # untaint the args. if ($name =~ /^([-\@\w.]+)$/) { $name = $1; } if ($grp =~ /^([-\@\w.]+)$/) { $grp = $1; } $tipgroup{$name} = $grp; } # # This script must be run as root, typically from paper. # if ($UID != 0) { die("Must be run as root."); } if (! chdir($TIPLOGDIR)) { die("Could not chdir to $TIPLOGDIR: $!\n"); } # # Well, do it. # foreach my $tipname ( keys %tipgroup ) { my $grp = $tipgroup{$tipname}; my $filename = "${tipname}.run"; my $tipdevname = "$TIPDEVDIR/$tipname"; my $aclname = "${tipname}.acl"; # # Find out the current group setting for the file. # if (! -e $filename) { print STDERR "*** Console log for $tipname does not exist! Skipping ...\n"; $failures++; next; } # This is silly! Is there a better way to do this? (undef,undef,undef,undef,undef,$gid) = stat($filename); # # If the file is already in the correct group skip it since there no point # in rolling the file. Inconvenient for the user to have the log keep # rolling. # if (getgrgid($gid) eq $grp) { goto setperms; } unlink($filename) or die("Could not unlink run file $filename"); # # Unlink this so current user gets old version not new one. # if (-e $aclname) { unlink($aclname) or die("Could not unlink run file $aclname"); } # # Remove group access from the tty device. This renders the device # inaccessible to both old and new users while we revoke access from # any current tip user. # if (-e $tipdevname) { chmod(0600, $tipdevname) or die("Could not chmod(0600) $tipdevname: $!"); } # # Now send a USR2 signal to the capture process. This will shutdown # any attached tip, and reopen the run file. # $procid = `cat ${tipname}.pid`; die("Error obtaining pid for $tipname\n") if ($?); $procid =~ s/\n//; # untaint if ($procid =~ /^([-\@\w.]+)$/) { $procid = $1; } kill('USR2', $procid) or die("Could not signal(USR2) process $procid for log $filename"); # Give capture the chance to react. # Don't use sleep cause 1 second too long wait when doing 25 devices! select(undef, undef, undef, 0.2); # # If the file does not exist, touch it. We have this problem with # capture getting blocked. # if (! -e $filename) { system("touch $filename"); } # # The new log should exist now. Set its group, and just to be safe # set its mode too. # $gid = getgrnam($grp); chown(0, $gid, $filename) or die("Could not chown(0, $gid) $filename: $!"); chmod(0640, $filename) or die("Could not chmod(0640) $filename: $!"); # # Set the mode and group on the tty that tip is going to use. This # allows the new group to access the tip line using a non-setuid/gid # program. # setperms: if (-e $tipdevname) { chown(0, $gid, $tipdevname) or die("Could not chown(0, $gid) $tipdevname: $!"); chmod(0660, $tipdevname) or die("Could not chmod(0660) $tipdevname: $!"); } # # Ditto for "acl" file, which new tip needs access to. # if (-e $aclname) { chown(0, $gid, $aclname) or die("Could not chown(0, $gid) $aclname: $!"); chmod(0640, $aclname) or die("Could not chmod(0660) $aclname: $!"); } } # Don't worry about failures. Non-fatal. exit 0;	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Hell's Kitchen (American TV series) season 16 The sixteenth season of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen premiered on September 23, 2016, on Fox. Gordon Ramsay returned as host/head chef, Marino Monferrato and Aaron Mitrano returned as maitre d' and blue kitchen sous chef respectively while Andi van Willigan-Cutspec resumed her role as sous chef for the red team after Season 10 winner Christina Wilson filled in for her in the previous season while she got married. This was also the first season since Season 13 to take a hiatus due to Fox's coverage of the 2016 World Series in addition to the holiday breaks. The remaining episodes of the season were moved to Thursday nights on January 5, 2017, as part of the network's midseason schedule. This is the first season to have episode titles other than the usual "(Remaining number of) Chefs Compete" and "Winner Chosen". This season was filmed between November and December 2014, shortly after the completion of the previous season, about two years before the season aired. Event Chef Kimberly-Ann Ryan from Traverse City, Michigan won the competition and a head chef position at Yardbird Southern Table & Bar at The Venetian Las Vegas. Chefs Eighteen chefs compete in season 16. * Notes	WIKI
UPDATE 1-China Gas fuel sales growth slows as lockdown batters demand - Reuters 3 Min Read * Gas sales up 2.9% in financial yr, vs. 32% growth in previous yr * Gas sales started recovery in April after slumps in Feb-March * To benefit from new national pipeline group - chairman (Adds chairman's comment on demand recovery; sales forecast) By Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE, June 26 (Reuters) - China Gas Holdings Ltd , one of China's largest independent piped gas distributors，said on Friday gas sales in its latest financial year rose just 2.9%, a sharp fall from the previous year as the coronavirus pandemic hit fuel demand. Demand was worst hit during February-March when sales fell 13% versus the same period last year, company executives told reporters. However, demand started to recover strongly from April as the Chinese economy reopened, leading the firm to forecast an annual growth of 15% in total gas sales this year. China Gas sold 25.4 billion cubic metres of gas in the year ended March 31, equivalent to roughly 8% of China's total gas demand, but the rate of growth collapsed from a 32% surge in the year earlier period. Adversely impacted by COVID-19, negative growth for energy consumption kicked in for the first quarter of 2020 as energy demand derived from industrial, commercial and transportation sectors contracted noticeably, the firm said its filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange. The group, which earlier said total revenue rose by 0.3% to HK$59.54 billion ($7.68 billion), noted gas sales to households had grown by a quarter and it had added 5.4 million new residential users last year, an increase of 6.3%. Gas sales to industry rose 5.2%, while those to the commercial sector contracted 9%. Sales to the fuel retail sector, including liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas filling stations, fell 16% to 1 billion cubic metres, as transportation came to a near halt during coronavirus-related lockdowns. Sales of liquefied petroleum gas, used for cooking and as petrochemical feedstock, dropped by an annual 4.2% to 3.83 million tonnes. Company chairman Liu Minghui said his firm would benefit from Beijing's plan to launch a planned national oil and gas pipeline group in September that will help lower its fuel purchase cost from upstream gas producers. The new national pipeline group will help diversify gas supplies and bolster our company's gross margins, Liu said. The firm will keep its capital spending largely steady in the new year at HK$10 billion. The company said it had completed construction of a gas transmission pipeline network with a total length of 402,381 km. The firm expected its distribution network in northeast China to generate 500 million cubic metres of gas sales this year, due to its proximity to the Russia-China Power of Siberia project that started pumping gas to China in late 2019. China Gas' Hong Kong listed shares have fallen 6.8% so far this year, versus a 14% fall in the broader Heng Seng Index . ($1 = 7.7501 Hong Kong dollars) (Reporting by Chen Aizhu; Editing by Kirsten Donovan and Chizu Nomiyama) All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. 2020 Reuters. All Rights Reserved.	NEWS-MULTISOURCE
JOURNAL ARTICLE MicroRNA-155-induced T lymphocyte subgroup drifting in IgA nephropathy Lichuan Yang, XiaoYan Zhang, Wei Peng, Mian Wei, Wei Qin International Urology and Nephrology 2017, 49 (2): 353-361 27796698 BACKGROUND: MicroRNA-155 (miR-155) is an important immune regulator of T lymphocyte subgroup balance and function. This study was performed to explore the relationships between miR-155 expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), T lymphocyte subgroups, T lymphocyte regulators, and the clinical manifestations of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) patients. METHODS: Sixty biopsy-proven IgAN patients and 25 healthy controls were included in this study. The expression of miRNAs in PBMCs was determined using a microRNA microarray and real-time RT-PCR. T lymphocyte subgroups (Th1, Th2, Treg, and Th17), differentiation regulators (c-Maf, STATA-6, GATA-3, SOCS-1, and Fxop3), cytokines (IFN-γ, IL-5, IL-10, and IL-17), serum IgA1 glycosylation level, and Cosmc expression were examined using flow cytometry, qPCR, and ELISA. RESULTS: Microarray analysis and qPCR suggested that the miR-155 level in PBMCs from IgAN patients was significantly lower than that in healthy controls (decreased 61%, 0.197 ± 0.068 vs 0.796 ± 0.13, p < 0.01). The expression of GATA-3 (0.08 ± 0.02 vs 0.04 ± 0.01, p = 0.035), SATA-6 (0.12 ± 0.02 vs 0.06 ± 0.01, p = 0.036), and SOCS-1 (0.04 ± 0.01 vs 0.03 ± 0.01, p = 0.01) was significantly higher in IgAN PBMCs compared to healthy controls, while that of Foxp3 (0.013 ± 0.003 vs 0.040 ± 0.01, p = 0.026) and Cosmc (0.08 ± 0.02 vs 0.19 ± 0.04, p = 0.024) was remarkably lower. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that the percentages of peripheral blood Th1 (17.35 ± 1.22 vs 20.89 ± 1.22, p = 0.042) and Treg cells (1.86 ± 0.15 vs 2.48 vs 0.26, p = 0.031) were significantly lower in IgAN patients than in normal controls; however, the percentages of Th2 (1.73 ± 0.29 vs 1.04 ± 0.18, p = 0.046) and Th17 (4.09 ± 0.45 vs 2.06 ± 0.21, p < 0.001) were remarkably higher. ELISA results indicated that serum Th1 cytokine INF-γ (40.77 ± 8.39 vs 83.02 ± 17.4 pg/mL, p = 0.035) and Treg cytokine IL-10 (0.77 ± 0.28 vs 4.18 ± 1.34 pg/mL, p = 0.02) levels were lower, while Th2 cytokine IL-5 (1.02 ± 0.17 vs 0.65 ± 0.07 pg/mL, p = 0.04) and Th17 cytokine IL-17 (53.78 ± 12.20 vs 28.87 ± 4.59 pg/mL, p = 0.05) were significantly higher in IgAN patients than in normal controls. Significant correlations were found between miR-155 levels and Foxp3, Cosmc level, 24-h urine protein amount, urine RBC count, serum IgA concentration, and IgA1 dys-glycosylation level. CONCLUSION: A remarkably lower expression of peripheral lymphocyte miR-155 was observed in IgAN patients, leading to T lymphocyte subgroup drifting (increases in Th2 and Th17 along with decreases in Th1 and Treg), which inhibits Cosmc gene expression and worsens the aberrant glycosylation of IgA1 in IgAN patients. These results suggest that miR-155 may play an important role in the pathogenesis of IgAN and could serve as a potential disease biomarker. Full Text Links Find Full Text Links for this Article Discussion You are not logged in. Sign Up or Log In to join the discussion. Related Papers Remove bar Read by QxMD icon Read 27796698 × Save your favorite articles in one place with a free QxMD account. × Search Tips Use Boolean operators: AND/OR diabetic AND foot diabetes OR diabetic Exclude a word using the 'minus' sign Virchow -triad Use Parentheses water AND (cup OR glass) Add an asterisk () at end of a word to include word stems Neuro will search for Neurology, Neuroscientist, Neurological, and so on Use quotes to search for an exact phrase "primary prevention of cancer" (heart or cardiac or cardio*) AND arrest -"American Heart Association"	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Troubleshooting Beats upgrade issuesedit This section describes common problems you might encounter when upgrading to Beats 7.x. You can avoid some of these problems by reading Upgrade from 6.x to 7.x before upgrading Beats. Missing fields or too many fields in the indexedit You may have run the Beat before loading the required index template. To clean up and start again: 1. Delete the index that was created when you ran the Beat. For example: DELETE metricbeat-8.0.0-2019.04.02* Warning Be careful when using wildcards to delete indices. Make sure the pattern matches only the indices you want to delete. The example shown here deletes all data indexed into the metricbeat-8.0.0 indices on 2019.04.02. 2. If you want the index to work with 6.x dashboards, turn on the compatibility layer. See Enable the compatibility layer for Elastic Common Schema (ECS) fields. 3. Delete the index template that was loaded earlier. For example: DELETE /_template/metricbeat-8.0.0 Because the index template was loaded without the compatibility layer enabled, the required aliases were not created. 4. Load the correct index template. See Upgrade the Elasticsearch index template. 5. Restart Beats. User is not authorizededit Because index lifecycle management is on by default in 7.0, you might encounter new errors related to user authorization when you run version 7.0 against an Elasticsearch cluster that supports index lifecycle management. [cluster:monitor/main] is unauthorized for useredit Problem: The Beats user is unable to send monitoring information. Solution: Grant the monitor cluster privilege. [cluster:admin/ilm/put] is unauthorized for useredit Problem: The Beats user is not authorized to load ILM policies. Solution: Grant the manage_ilm cluster privilege. [indices:admin/template/put] is unauthorized for useredit Problem: Automatic index template loading is required when ILM is enabled, but the user is not authorized to manage index templates. Solution: Grant the manage_index_templates cluster privilege. [indices:admin/aliases] is unauthorized for useredit Problem: The Beats user is unable to set up aliases needed by the compatibility layer. Solution: Grant the manage privilege on the Beats indices. [indices:data/write/bulk] is unauthorized for useredit Problem: The Beats user is unable to write events to Elasticsearch. Solution: Grant the index privilege on the Beats indices. 6.x dashboards not showing data from 7.0 shippersedit You might have run the Beat without turning on the compatibility layer. See Enable the compatibility layer for Elastic Common Schema (ECS) fields then clean up your environment as described under Missing fields or too many fields in the index. Data parsed by Logstash not appearing in 7.0 dashboardsedit You might be writing to an index that doesn’t match the index pattern used by Beats. See How to use versioned index templates when the output is not Elasticsearch. "shard failed" error when viewing Beats dashboards in Kibanaedit After upgrading to Elasticsearch 7.0, any indices created by Beats 6.6 or older will not work in Kibana dashboards until the index.query.default_field setting is added to each index. Indices created in Beats 6.7 or later are unaffected. Background: Starting in Elasticsearch 7.0, some query types, such as Simple Query String, have a limit to the number of fields they will query against. Because Beats indices often contain more fields than this cap, the index.query.default_field index setting is used to inform Elasticsearch which fields to use by default when no field is specified for a query. To add the setting to the index, you can use the 7.0 Upgrade Assistant, or add the setting manually. To add the setting manually, first identify the list of fields that you want to set as the default search fields, then specify the list of fields in the default_field setting. For example, here’s a snippet that shows how to add default search fields to a Metricbeat 6.6 index. This example is truncated. Full examples for Metricbeat and Filebeat are available in this file. PUT /metricbeat-6.6.2-2019.04.09/_settings { "index": { "query": { "default_field": [ "aerospike.namespace.name", "aerospike.namespace.node.host", "aerospike.namespace.node.name", "apache.status.hostname", "beat.hostname", "beat.name", "beat.timezone", "beat.version", ... ] } } }	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Page:Harvard Law Review Volume 12.djvu/422 402 402 HARVARD LAW REVIEW. to rule his possessions, in later decisions has also been relied on, and has perhaps been most emphatically expressed in dealing with the various Acts of Congress passed to suppress polygamy in Utah. The fullest statement of the present view of the court was given by Mr. Justice Matthews, in one of these Utah cases, in which after saying that the question of the power of Congress to legislate for the Territories as to matters of domestic concern is no longer open for controversy, the opinion proceeded thus : — "It has passed beyond the stage of controversy into final judgment. The people of the United States, as sovereign owners of the National Territories, have supreme power over them and their inhabitants. In the exercise of this sovereign dominion, they are represented by the govern- ment of the United States, to whom all the powers of government over that subject have been delegated, subject only to such restrictions as are expressed in the Constitution, or are necessarily implied in its terms, or in the purposes and objects of the power itself; for it may well be ad- mitted in respect to this, as to every power of society over its members, that it is not absolute and unlimited. But in ordaining government for the territories, and the people who inhabit them, all the discretion which belongs to legislative power is vested in Congress; and that extends, beyond all controversy, to determining by law, from time to time, the form of the local government in a particular Territory, and the qualifica- tion of those who shall administer it. It rests with Congress to say whether, in a given case, any of the people resident in the Territory, shall participate in the election of its officers or the making of its laws; and it may, therefore, take from them any right of suffrage it may previously have conferred, or at any time modify or abridge it, as it may deem ex- pedient. The right of local self-government, as known to our system as a constitutional franchise, belongs, under the Constitution, to the States and to the people thereof, by whom that Constitution was ordained, and to whom by its terms all power not conferred by it upon the government of the United States was expressly reserved. The personal and civil rights of the inhabitants of the Territories are secured to them, as to other citizens, by the principles of constitutional liberty which restrain all the agencies of government. State and National; their political rights are franchises which they hold as privileges in the legislative discretion of the Congress of the United States. This doctrine was fully and for- cibly declared by the Chief Justice, delivering the opinion of the court in National Bank v. County of Yankton, loi U. S. 129. See also Amer- ican Ins. Co. V. Canter, i Pet. 511; United States v. Gratiot, 14 Pet. 526; Cross V. Harrison, 16 How. 164; Dred Scott v. Sandford, 19 How. 393. If we concede that this discretion in Congress is limited by the	WIKI
Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Isometric Projections An isometric view (or projection) of a 3D scene is a 2D picture of the scene in which parallel lines appear parallel. Like orthographic views, isometric views appear somewhat flat, due to the absence of normal perspective. The difference is that isometric views need not be drawn along one of the scene's main axes. In mechanical drawing, isometric views are always drawn from a particular viewpoint that shows all three main axes at the same scale. This allows accurate measurements to be easily made. (The word isometric comes from iso, meaning same, and metric, meaning measurement.) Blender, which can easily generate isometric views from any viewpoint, allows you to change the viewpoint (move the camera around in the scene). This enables you to see different sides of the object from different angles. Parallel lines remain parallel, but edges are drawn at different scales due to foreshortening.	WIKI
Hyperhidrosis Sweating is a normal bodily function designed to help us regulate our core temperature. Sometimes, however, the process can get out of control and the body sweats in excess of what is required for normal body temperature regulation – a condition known as hyperhidrosis. The problem usually starts during childhood or adolescence and typically affects the underarms, palms or soles. In the first instance, the problem is best managed with a trial of topical agents designed to reduce excessive sweating. Unfortunately, this often provides inadequate relief for many people and some may decide to proceed with a more invasive treatment such as injections of botulinum toxin (Botox®) or surgery. The glands which produce sweat are stimulated by nerve branches of the autonomic nervous system. Botulinum toxin works by blocking the transmission of signals from these nerves to the sweat glands and therefore stops the production of sweat. The toxin is delivered to the sweat glands by a series of small injections into the skin. Although the needles used are very fine, the treatment can sting and a local anaesthetic cream is usually used to reduce the discomfort associated with the treatment. The results of botulinum toxin treatment are usually obvious by 1 week following treatment and generally last between 6-9 months before sweating gradually returns. Although the treatment is very effective in the majority of patients, up to 5% will not get a satisfactory result. It is also possible that the body may compensate by sweating in excess elsewhere. If you are one of the unfortunate few people who does not respond to botulinum toxin treatment for hyperhidrosis, surgery to divide the nerves supplying the sweat glands may be the next most appropriate step. image69	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
DEV Community 👩‍💻👨‍💻 Cover image for Learn FastAPI With Me (Part 1) Morgan-Phoenix Morgan-Phoenix Posted on Learn FastAPI With Me (Part 1) Hey there, Today I'm going to start this series of "Learn FastAPI With Me". So those how don't know what a api is, let me tell you: According to Wikipedia: An application programming interface(api) is a connection between computers or between computer programs. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standard that describes how to build such a connection or interface is called an API specification. But if you are just starting and don't care about definition and want things in simple and clear words, An API is just a program that helps two programs to talk to each other. Imagine an API as the mouth and ears of a program, using which the program can talk and listen to other programs. Want an API in your web app now? Fine, Normally APIs are made using javascript, but it takes time to make one. So let's take the easy path insted and use our beloved programming language that we all know, Python. We will use FastAPI for now You can use other API frameworks too (like flask), but we are using FastAPI for now Why FastAPI? • It's Fast • It easy • Supports async functions And that should be it to convince you Not convinced yet? • It supports rendering of html pages • File transfers Let's continue now, Installation: It's very easy to install FastAPI just type this(↓) in your terminal $ pip install fastapi If you don't get an error, you're solid let's create out first api The API: Now let's create our first api Create a file main.py in any folder Copy-Paste the code given below in the main.py file from fastapi import FastAPI app = FastAPI() @app.get('/') def home(): return {'data':'Get This And Be Happy'} Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode And done, your first basic API is ready! but, how do you test if this is working? we use a server to check if it is working. The Server We will be using uvicorn to test our api Let's install it! $ pip install uvicorn now open a terminal and go to the folder where main.py is and type the following uvicorn main:app --reload And hit enter A URL will be provided to you in the terminal, Go to that URL (It will mostly be http://127.0.0.1:8000) If you see {'data':'Get This And Be Happy'}, Then do what you see, be happy, your api is working!! In the next post I will explain what that code is, until then be happy See you in the next post. Top comments (0) 🌚 Life is too short to browse without dark mode	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
St. Andre Bessette Catholic Secondary School St. Andre Bessette Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic secondary school in London, Ontario, Canada administered by the London District Catholic School Board (LDCSB). It is the most recent high school to be built in the LDCSB, the last one being Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School in 2000. History Construction of St. Andre Bessette started in 2012. The school was built as a means to relieve schools that were over capacity, such as St. Thomas Aquinas and Mother Teresa, as well as to remove all portable classrooms from each high school. The construction of St. Andre Bessette resulted in the closure of 50 portable classrooms. The school opened in September 2013 for students in grades 9 and 10, with a student body of about 300 students. The first graduating class graduated in June 2016. Facilities As the newest secondary school, it is equipped with new technology throughout the school. The school cost $27 million to build, and totals 135,000 square feet. The school is completely wireless, and trying to be paperless. The main staircase is used as a hangout for the students, with plugs built in it. Some of the specialty classrooms include a health-care technology course, an exercise room, dance studio, music, arts, drama room, etc. St. Andre Bessette offers students over 30 different clubs and extracurricular activities to choose from, including hockey, an anime club, archery, a recycling club, and a photography club. The academic agenda includes courses from The Arts, Business Studies, Canadian and World Studies, Cooperative Education, English, French, Social Studies and Humanities, Religion, Computer Studies, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Science, Technological Education, and several e-Learning classes. Feeder schools All Students: * St. Thomas More Catholic School * St. Marguerite D'Youville Catholic School * St. Patrick Catholic School, Lucan Some Students: * St. Catherine Of Siena Catholic School * Notre Dame Catholic School * St. Paul Catholic School * Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic School, Delaware	WIKI
Central Police Station, Bristol The Central Police Station, also known as the Bridewell is a historic building on Nelson Street, Broadmead, Bristol, England. It was opened in 1828 and finally closed in 2005. It is a grade II listed building. History Prior to the construction of the present building, the Central Police Station had been located in Bridewell Street. In 1880, the watch committee were involved in the setting up of an independent fire brigade and a site was chosen adjacent to the police station. A steam fire engine was purchased and arrangements were made to stable the horses needed to pull the fire engine in the yard of the police station. The Nelson Street building was built in 1928 by Ivor Jones and Percy Thomas and opened as a police station in November 1930 near the site of a previous station. Neighbouring buildings housed law courts and a fire station. It closed as a working police station in August 2005. The building has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building. English Heritage describes it as having an "axial plan with wings at each end. Stripped Neo-Georgian style with Mannerist detail. 2 storeys; 12-window range. A near-symmetrical front has curved ends and short returns, with a fluted frieze and parapet." Current and future uses In December 2007 a graffiti exhibition was held in the Old Bridewell Police Station building to raise funds for Bristol Children's Hospital. 70 artists took part and an artwork was donated by Banksy to the cause. Currently the building is known as The Island. It became home to Artspace Lifespace by agreement the property developers Urban Splash whilst a new use for the site was found. The current owners of the building are the Creative Youth Network, who also run The Station from the complex.	WIKI
Upload files as a gist using JavaScript's fetch API I've been using fetch for most of my AJAX calls lately. There has been quite a bit of library fragmentation within the JS community with AJAX. Nobody wants to bother with the clunky mess that the original API is and the old gold standard of jQuery continues to be used less and less. I like the interface for superagent the most. Fetch provides a decent one that is quickly becoming standardized among all of the browsers and node. The polyfill for it is surprisingly complete. I wrote a script as a quick way to get files up to a public endpoint, and it turned out to be a great usecase for fetch. fetch('https://api.github.com/gists', { method: 'post', headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ public: true, files: { [file.name]: { content: content } }, }) }) This will get you an anonymous gist with a single file. The github API is intutive and easy to use. It would be no problem to extent it to do multiple files, and seems to be very generous as far as rate limiting and other restrictions. To see it as part of a more elaborate file upload process, check out the jsfiddle below: Bret Lowrey Code is like a war - the best code is one never written. Florida, USA	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Stream: Isabelle/ML Topic: Understanding local theories view this post on Zulip Johannes Neubrand (Jan 19 2022 at 17:10): Hi all, I'm trying to create a function (with termination that should hopefully be proved by fun's default methods) and hit a bit of a roadblock trying to understand local theories. I'm experimenting with something like this: ML val a_binding = @{binding a} ; Function_Fun.add_fun [(a_binding, NONE, NoSyn)] [ (((a_binding, []), @{term "HOL.Trueprop (a n = 3)"}) , [] , []) ] Function_Fun.fun_config @{context} This leads to a "Missing local theory context" error. In general, how do I turn my @{context} into a local theory context? I found the cookbook section 4.3, but it doesn't really help me understand what's going on. view this post on Zulip Lukas Stevens (Jan 19 2022 at 17:21): local_setup let val a_binding = @{binding a} in Function_Fun.add_fun [(a_binding, NONE, NoSyn)] [ (((a_binding, []), @{term "HOL.Trueprop (a n = 3)"}) , [] , []) ] Function_Fun.fun_config end view this post on Zulip Lukas Stevens (Jan 19 2022 at 17:24): add_fun transforms the local theory. Using local_setup, the local theory context will be passed to your function. Last updated: Dec 07 2023 at 16:21 UTC	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Hyperthyroidism Symptoms in Men Hyperthyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland produces too much of the hormone thyroxine 12. Merck Manuals, an online medical library, reports that hyperthyroidism most commonly affects women after childbirth or menopause, but hyperthyroidism can affect men as well 12. Hyperthyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland produces too much of the hormone thyroxine 12. Merck Manuals, an online medical library, reports that hyperthyroidism most commonly affects women after childbirth or menopause, but hyperthyroidism can affect men as well 12. Hyperthyroidism may also be caused by an autoimmune disease called Graves' disease, thyroiditis (inflammation of the thyroid), or exposure to certain toxic chemicals or radiation 12. Common Symptoms MedlinePlus, an online medical encyclopedia provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reports that there are multiple common symptoms of hyperthyroidism in men 12. These symptoms include: • fatigue • changes in appetite • increased sweating • restlessness • intolerance of heat • difficulty concentrating, • weight loss Another common symptom of hyperthyroidism is the development of a goiter, which is a swelling a the base of the neck due to an enlarged thyroid 12. According to Merck Manuals, the whole thyroid may be enlarged, or parts of it may be enlarged, forming hard protruding nodules 1. Less Common Symptoms There also may be changes in heartbeat. The heart rate may become faster or irregular, and may feel particularly forceful or pounding. Blood pressure may also increase. A common cause of hyperthyroidism, as mentioned above, is an autoimmune disease called Graves' disease 12. In Graves' disease, the immune system attacks and stimulates the thyroid, causing it to produce too much thyroxine. A sign that Grave's disease may be the cause of hyperthyroidism is the development of symptoms that affect the eyes 12. These symptoms include, according to Merck Manuals, puffiness around the eyes; protruding/bulging eyes; excessive eye irritation; an overproduction of tears 1. Gynecomastia According to MedlinePlus, one symptom of hyperthyroidism that affects only men is the abnormal development of breasts, which is technically called gynecomastia 123. The Mayo Clinic reports that gynecomastia is characterized by swelling of the breast tissue 3. In and of itself, gynecomastia is not a serious physical problem, though may be difficult for men to deal with. Following treatment with medication to reduce the body's thyroxine levels, the breast enlargement in men is usually reversed. Related Articles 1. Does the Birth Control Patch Cause Breast Growth? 2. Peppermint for Baby Colic 3. Frequent Urination in Teens 4. What Are the Symptoms of Tuberculosis of the Bones? 5. What Are the Signs & Symptoms of Bursting Ovarian Cysts? 6. Hot Flashes in Teenagers 7. When Do You Know If Your Child Has a Form of Dwarfism? 8. Bananas & Heart Palpitations 9. Diverticulosis in Teenagers 10. What Causes Loose Stools in Adults? 11. NyQuil Overdose Symptoms 12. What Are the Target Organs for Testosterone? 13. Side Effects of Promensil 14. Symptoms of a Cyst on the Liver 15. Do Amino Acids Affect Testosterone? article divider ×	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Genus Phanerochaete P. Karst. Phanerochaete in the broad sense is polyphyletic with some species being moved and new genera introduced. Hal Burdsall has found P. alnea on red pine in Wisconsin, and on hemlock in Michigan; it is found on other conifers and hardwoods (Spirin et al. 2017). Spirin et al. (2017) state that Most Canadian and [continental] US records of P. velutina on angiosperm hosts refer to P. rhodella. ... European and North American specimens of P. velutina collected from conifers probably represent P. alnea. Phanerochaete is poorly known for the Chicago Region with the following species reported. 1. Phanerochaete affinis 2. Phanerochaete avellanea 3. Phanerochaete burtii (verified) 4. Phanerochaete laevis (verified) 5. Phanerochaete sordida 6. Phanerochaete subceracea 7. Phanerochaete velutina (was verified, but this may be P. rhodella) Taxon Details and Links Nomenclature • Phanerochaete P. Karst., Bidrag till Kännedom av Finlands Natur och Folk 48: 426 (1889). Type: Thelephora alnea Fr. : Fr., Systema Mycologicum 1: 446 (1821). Taxonomy Phanerochaete filamentosa has been moved to Rhizochaete. Phanerochaete chrysorhiza has been moved to Hydnophlebia (Meruliaceae). Both Phanerochaete alnea and Phanerochaete velutina have been considered as the type species for the genus, partly due to differing concepts and synonymy. Spirin et al. (2017) investigated the morphology and phylogeny of the group and argue for P. alnea as the type and selected a type specimen. Floudas D., D. S. Hibbett. 2015. Revisiting the taxonomy of Phanerochaete (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) using a four gene dataset and extensive ITS sampling. Fungal Biology 119(8): 679-719. DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2015.04.003 Spirin, V., S. Volobuev, M. Okun, O. Miettinen, K.-H. Larsson. 2017. What is the type species of Phanerochaete (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)? Mycological Progress 16(2): 171 to 183. DOI: 10.1007/s11557-016-1267-8 MycoBank Index Fungorum Compare Index Fungorum and Mycobank. Cite this page as: Leacock, P.R. (2018 Jun 15). Phanerochaete - MycoGuide. Retrieved from https://mycoguide.com/guide/fungi/basi/agar/poly/phan/phan << Hapalopilus \| Porostereum >>	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
User:Jerry Montana Jerry Montana is a friction character created for Miya App and he does play guitar and sing.	WIKI
-- Binge Drinking Turns Extreme Among High School Seniors Binge drinking is common among U.S. high school seniors with some reporting extremes of 15 or more alcoholic beverages in a row, a level of consumption that can lead to poisoning and death, a U.S. study found. About 11 percent of those surveyed said they consumed 10 or more consecutive drinks in the past two weeks, while 5.6 percent imbibed at least 15 at a time, according to research published in JAMA Pediatrics . The U.S. defines binge drinking as consuming enough within two hours to reach a blood alcohol level of 0.08 percent, usually five drinks for a man and four for a woman. The study is the first to look at how many teens engage in extreme binge drinking, consuming 10 to 15 or more drinks at a time, said the lead study author, Megan Patrick. About 5,000 people under the age of 21 die each year from alcohol-related car crashes, homicides, poisonings and injuries such as falls and drownings, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism , part of the National Institutes of Health . “We hope this study will bring awareness to this issue of high-risk alcohol drinking among adolescents,” said Patrick , a research assistant professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor , in a Sept. 13 telephone interview. Researchers in the study included 16,332 high school seniors in the U.S. A drink was 12 ounces (0.35 liter) of beer, four ounces of wine, a shot of liquor, a mixed drink or a 12-ounce wine cooler. About 20 percent of the students said they consumed five or more drinks in the past two weeks, according to the paper. White Males Those who may be most prone to engage in extreme binge drinking were male, white, lived in rural areas, used other drugs, smoked cigarettes, missed school more often and had parents with a lower level of education, according to the research. More studies are needed to identify students at most risk of extreme binge drinking, Patrick said. “I was actually a bit surprised by the finding,” said Ralph Hingson , director of the Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, in an interview yesterday. “At that level of consumption, clearly people can get very dangerous blood alcohol levels.” Hingson wrote an accompanying editorial along with Aaron White, the program director for college and underage drinking prevention research at the NIAAA. While the number of teens who consumed five or more drinks at a time has declined since the 1970s and 1980s, findings that extreme binge drinking hasn’t fallen may help explain why hospitalizations for alcohol and drug overdoses are on the rise, Hingson said in a telephone interview yesterday. Larger Phenomenon Efforts have been made to curb heavy drinking around specific events, like a 21st birthday, he said. “By and large, this phenomenon is larger than that,” Hingson said. “It’s not just a single day, it’s not just spring break. People who are engaging in these behaviors tend to be frequent heavy drinkers.” Doctors should be asking patients, particularly younger people, how much alcohol they are consuming and researchers should be including questions about extreme binge drinking on surveys, he said. To contact the reporter on this story: Nicole Ostrow in New York at nostrow1@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Reg Gale at rgale5@bloomberg.net	NEWS-MULTISOURCE
Disputes Delay Vote on African National Congress Leader JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling party moved slowly on Sunday to elect a leader to replace the scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma, as disputes over delegates’ credentials delayed the vote. Officials with the party, the African National Congress, said a new leader would emerge on Monday morning at the earliest. On Sunday, officials also said that 400 delegates had been disqualified, leaving nearly 4,800 to decide who would succeed Mr. Zuma. Delegates from across the country have gathered at a national conference in Johannesburg to elect the next party leader. Given the A.N.C.’s dominance in Parliament, the winner is almost certain to become South Africa’s next president. In the weeks leading up to the conference, several provincial branches became embroiled in legal battles over who would cast votes there. Then, as the five-day conference began on Saturday, disputes over credentials flared up. The party’s deputy general secretary, Jessie Duarte, said officials had taken care to go through the process properly to avoid possible legal challenges. “This is to ensure credibility of the process,” Ms. Duarte said at a news conference. The two front-runners — Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Mr. Zuma’s ex-wife — have been locked in a tight race, each representing starkly different visions for the party that has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994. Mr. Ramaphosa, 65, the country’s deputy president, is popular among business groups and voters in urban areas, especially the black middle-class. Ms. Dlamini-Zuma, 68, his main rival, was most recently chairwoman of the African Union Commission. A medical doctor and veteran politician, she is supported by Mr. Zuma, with whom she has four children. She enjoys strong backing among her husband’s staunchest supporters: rural voters, as well as the party’s women’s and youth league. While Ms. Dlamini-Zuma has emphasized a populist message focusing on redistributing the country’s wealth from white to black residents, Mr. Ramaphosa, who was also one of the country’s richest businessmen, has focused on growing the economy and making it more attractive to investors. Analysts have said the race is too close to call, but over the weekend, amid horse-trading and private negotiations, there were indications that Mr. Ramaphosa was pulling ahead. The local news media reported that the disqualification of the 400 voters appeared to have favored Mr. Ramaphosa. The party’s national chairwoman, Baleka Mbete, who had also been running for party leader, announced that she would endorse Mr. Ramaphosa. Ms. Mbete said that in discussing with him the challenges facing the party and the country, “We have agreed a whole lot more.” She said there was “never an opportunity” to hold similar discussions with Ms. Dlamini-Zuma.	NEWS-MULTISOURCE
Page:Vivian Grey, Volume 1.djvu/217 private portal, splendid with a brass knocker, and patent varnish. And now his brother attorneys began to wonder "how Toad got on! and who Toad's clients were!" A few more years rolled over, and Mr. Toad was seen riding in the Park at a most classical hour, attended by a groom in a most classical livery. And now "the profession" wondered still more, and significant looks were interchanged by "the respectable houses;" and flourishing practitioners in the City shrugged up their shoulders, and talked mysteriously of "money business," and "some odd work in annuities." In spite, however, of the charitable surmises of his brother lawyers, it must be confessed, that nothing of even an equivocal nature ever transpired against the character of the flourishing Mr. Toad, who, to complete the mortification of his less successful rivals, married, and at the same time moved from Jermyn-street to Cavendish-square. The new residence	WIKI
Talk:Limiting reagent HI... i don't really like stoichiometry...but here it is "This concept requires nothing" What the hell does that mean? I don't know what that was supposed to imply, so I removed it. I think it was honestly just someone's arrogance, stating that one would have to be an idiot not to understand it..or that the concept was so basic that it required "nothing" to understand it. Unfortunately, this article should be considered a stub as it does not really cover the subject well at all...and it is....;o Eh, it gives you the gist of what a limiting reactant is. I mean, it did help me :P <IP_ADDRESS> 02:45, 21 January 2007 (UTC) this concept is a pain in the ass lol this helped alot, thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 00:11, 15 October 2008 (UTC) Reaction? I think the featured reaction's balanced equation should be added. I will do so by the end of the month. bombchelle (not logged in) Formula seems dubious The provided formula for finding limiting reagents seems to be questionable. From my past experiences, I have used the formula in my chemistry class stoichiometry assignments, only to find out that my answers were incorrect. (To be frank, however, my teacher had made the problems herself, and I can't quite say that she's undoubtedly an expert in chemistry.) I've recently tried searching for an identical or similar limiting reagent formula on the Internet; however, I have found nothing resembling a limiting reagent formula on any site. An attempt to test the formula with an example from SparkNotes also ended with a vastly different (and inaccurate) result from the original problem. Which brings me to my question: is this formula truly reliable for calculating limiting reagents? If so, then where did the formula originate? -<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 06:02, 27 May 2009 (UTC) Easier way In fact, there is an easier way to determine the limiting reagent with the same data and any amount of reagents: $$\frac{\mbox{Moles of Reagent X }}{\mbox{Coefficient of Reagent X}}$$ The reagent that has the lowest answer to this formula is the limiting reagent. Je007 18:29, 17 April 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Je007 (talk • contribs) * Yes, this is the easiest way. At the moment the article is a mess and shows 3 different methods without showing their logical connection, and major revision is needed. This is a 4th method which could be used to construct an article, but one would have to show where it comes from and give examples. Also extra calculation is still needed if one wants to know the excess quantity of the non-limiting reagent(s).Dirac66 (talk) 01:48, 23 April 2010 (UTC) * I have now rewritten the article, and included the shortcut suggested by Je007 at the end and shown its relation to the other methods.Dirac66 (talk) 02:53, 18 January 2011 (UTC) Proposed merge The new article Excess reagent serves no useful purpose as it is practically identical to this article. The only reason I can see for creating a new article is that this article did not explicitly use the term excess reagent, which was therefore undefined on Wikipedia. However I have now remedied this omission more simply by adding a mention of excess reagent at the end of the first paragraph. So we really don't need two virtually identical articles and I propose to merge them. This means having only this one article named Limiting reagent which now explains Excess reagent also. The new article Excess reagent would be replaced by a redirect, so that any reader who searches for Excess reagent would be automatically redirected to this article. In accordance with Wikipedia policy (see WP:Merging), I am inviting a discussion on the merge proposal. After a week if there is consensus I will go ahead with the merger. Dirac66 (talk) 03:27, 22 December 2013 (UTC) * No response after one week, so I have gone ahead and merged. Dirac66 (talk) 15:02, 29 December 2013 (UTC) limiting agent With regard to the removal of the term "limiting agent",, I present the evidence below that the term * is valid, * is sometimes used in technical and non-technical context, and * should be included in the article. By ACS search * "limiting reagent" = 2658 * "limiting reactant" = 1072 * "limiting agent" = 97 By google search * "limiting reagent" about 774,000 results * "limiting reactant" about 446,000 results * "limiting agent" about 13,700 results --Taweetham (talk) 05:39, 25 December 2018 (UTC) * No response after one week, so I have put the term back into the article. --Taweetham (talk) 05:32, 1 January 2019 (UTC)	WIKI
Hox gene expression in limbs: colinearity by opposite regulatory controls Genes of the HoxD complex have a crucial role in the morphogenesis of vertebrate limbs. During development, their functional domains are colinear with their genomic positions within the HoxD cluster such that Hoxd13 and Hoxd12 are necessary for digit development, whereas Hoxd11 and Hoxd10 are involved in making forearms. Mutational analyses of these genes have demonstrated their importance and illustrated the requirement for a precise control of their expression during early limb morphogenesis. To study the nature of this control, we have scanned the posterior part of the HoxD complex with a targeted reporter transgene and analyzed the response of this foreign promoter to limb regulatory influences. The results suggest that this regulation is achieved through the opposite effects of two enhancer elements which would compete with each other for interacting with nearby-located promoters. The physical position of a given gene within this genomic interval of opposite regulations might thus determine its final expression pattern. This model provides a conceptual link between the morphology of the future limb and the genetic organization of the Hox gene cluster, a translation of a genomic context into a morphogenetic topology. Published in: Developmental Biology, 208, 1, 157-65 Year: 1999 Note: Department of Zoology and Animal Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences III, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, Geneva 4, 1211, Switzerland. Laboratories: Record created 2008-02-25, last modified 2020-07-30 Rate this document: Rate this document: 1 2 3 (Not yet reviewed)	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Page:The Book of the Courtier.djvu/399 THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE COURTIER BY COUNT BALDESAR CASTIGLIONE TO MESSER ALFONSO ARIOSTO I.— Thinking to write out the discussions that were held on the fourth evening, after those mentioned in the previous Books, among various reflections I feel one bitter thought that strikes my heart, and makes me mindful of human miseries and our deceptive hopes: and how fortune, often in mid-course and some- times near the end, shatters our frail and vain designs, and some- times wrecks them before the haven can be even seen afar. Thus I recall that not long after these discussions took place, importunate death'deprived our court of three very rare gentle- men while they were in the flower of robust health and hope of honour. And of these the first was my lord Gaspar Pallavicino, who being assailed by an acute disease and more than once brought low, although his courage was of such vigour that for a season it held spirit and body together in spite of death, yet ended his natural course far before his time;*"" a very great loss not only to our court and to his friends and family, but to his native land and to all Lombardy. Not long afterwards died messer Cesare Gonzaga, who to all those who had acquaintance with him left a bitter and painful memory of his death ;"° for since nature produces such men as rarely as she does, it seemed only fitting that she should not so soon deprive us of this one: because it certainly may be said that messer Cesare was carried off just when he was beginning to give something more than promise of himself, and to be esteemed as his admirable qualities deserved; for already, by many meri- torious efforts he had given good proof of his worth, which shone forth not only in noble birth, but also in the ornament of letters and of arms, and in every kind of laudable behaviour; so that, by reason of his goodness, capacity, courage and wisdom, there was nothing so great that it might not be expected from him. 243	WIKI
Moresche Moresche may refer to: * Moresche (music), 15th-16th century polyphonic musical genre based on Africans in Italy * Moresche (footballer, born 1971), full name Alessandro Moresche Rodríguez, Brazilian football striker * Moresche (footballer, born 1998), full name Matheus Celestino Moresche Rodrigues, Brazilian football forward	WIKI
Sputnik 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Sputnik 3 Спутник-3.jpg Mission type Earth Science Operator OKB-1 Harvard designation 1958 Delta 2 SATCAT no. 8 Website NASA NSSDC Master Catalog Mission duration 692 days Spacecraft properties Manufacturer Korolev Design Bureau Launch mass 1,327 kilograms (2,926 lb) Start of mission Launch date May 15, 1958, 07:12:00 (1958-05-15UTC07:12Z) UTC Rocket Sputnik 8A91 Launch site Baikonur 1/5 End of mission Decay date April 6, 1960 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Semi-major axis 7,418.7 kilometres (4,609.8 mi) Eccentricity 0.110932 Perigee 217 kilometres (135 mi) Apogee 1,864 kilometres (1,158 mi) Inclination 65.18° Period 105.9 minutes Epoch 15 May 1958 07:12:00 UTC Instruments Upper Atmosphere : Composition of the upper atmosphere Geiger counters : Charged particles Micrometeoroid detectors : Micrometeoroids Universal newsreel about the Soviet Union's Industrial Exhibition in 1958 featuring a replica of Sputnik 3 Sputnik 3 (Russian: Спутник-3, Satellite 3) was a Soviet satellite launched on May 15, 1958 from Baikonur Cosmodrome by a modified R-7/SS-6 ICBM. It was a research satellite to explore the upper atmosphere and the near space and carried a large array of instruments for geophysical research. Stamp Sputnik 3 was the only Soviet satellite launched in 1958. Like its American counterpart, Vanguard 1, Sputnik 3 had succeeded in making it into orbit during the International Geophysical Year.[1] History[edit] In July 34 the Soviet Union's OKB-1 drafted a project to design and build the first Earth satellite, designated ISZ (Artificial Earth Satellite). ISZ was known to its designers as "Object D."[2] Design of Object D had begun in January 1956 with intent to launch it during the International Geophysical Year.[3] Object D was planned to be the first satellite launched by the Soviet Union but ended up being the third following delays due to problems developing the extensive scientific experiments and their telemetry system.[4] The new R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile, also known by its GURVO designation 8K71,[5] was ready to launch before Object D was finished. Worried at the prospect of America launching a satellite before he did, Sergei Korolev substituted the relatively simple "Prosteyshiy Sputnik-1" meaning "Simple Satellite 1", or PS-1, which was labeled Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Government, as the first satellite to be launched instead. The Sputnik 2 (PS-2) was also ready and launched earlier than Object D. Launch[edit] Sputnik 3 was launched by a modified R-7 Semyorka missile developed for satellite launches, the Sputnik 8A91.[6] The 8A91 was a transitional design between the initial 8K71 test model R-7 and the operational 8K74, which had yet to fly. Improvements in manufacturing processes were used to reduce the gauge of the slosh baffles in the propellant tanks and cut down on weight. The engines were slightly more powerful and the changes in mass resulted in modifications to the flight plan--the core stage would be throttled down and the strap-ons throttled up 25% prior to their jettison. An interstage section replaced the radio equipment bay at the top of the booster, and the telemetry package was also moved here. The launch was planned for 20 April, Lenin's birthday, but technical delays meant that several more days were needed. On 27 April, the 8A91 booster lifted from LC-1 and all appeared normal for over a minute into the launch. Around 1-1/2 minutes, things went awry. The strap-on boosters broke away from the core and the entire launch vehicle tumbled to earth 224 km (139 mi) downrange. Ground crews monitoring radar tracking data from the booster noticed the trajectory angle change to negative numbers, followed by a complete loss of signal. The last data packet received indicated that the booster had flown only 227 kilometers at signal loss. Telemetry data indicated that abnormal vibrations began affecting the booster at T+90 seconds and vehicle breakup occurred seven seconds later. A search plane located the impact site. It was not clear what had caused the vibrations, but the decision was made to go ahead with the backup booster and satellite. The engines would be throttled down at T+85 seconds in the hope of reducing structural loads. Since the booster did not carry sufficient instrumentation to determine the source of the vibrations, which ultimately proved to be a phenomenon resulting from the propellant tanks emptying, it would end up being a recurring problem on lunar probe launches later in the year. The satellite had separated from the launch vehicle and was recovered near the crash site largely intact. It was taken back to the Baikonur Cosmodrome for refurbishment, but an electrical short started a fire inside the electronics compartment and it could not be reused. The backup booster and satellite were launched successfully on the morning of 15 May, specifically chosen as it was the anniversary of the R-7's maiden flight. On the downside, telemetry data indicated that vibration affected the launch vehicle again and it came close to meeting the same fate as its predecessor. Sputnik 3 was an automatic scientific laboratory spacecraft. It was conically shaped and was 3.57 m (11.7 ft) long and 1.73 m (5.68 ft) wide at its base. It weighed 1,327 kg (1.46 tons). The scientific instrumentation (twelve instruments) provided data on pressure and composition of the upper atmosphere, concentration of charged particles, photons in cosmic rays, heavy nuclei in cosmic rays, magnetic and electrostatic fields, and meteoric particles. While The Earth's outer radiation belts were detected during the flight, its Tral-D tape recorder failed, so it was unable to map the Van Allen radiation belt.[7] The Soviets, without full evidence, were "hog-tied".[8] Sputnik 3 reentered the atmosphere and burned up on 6 April 1960.[9] See also[edit] Footnotes[edit] 1. ^ Green, Constance McLaughlin, and Lomax, Milton.. Vanguard a History, Washington D.C., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970, p. 219. NASA SP-4202 2. ^ Siddiqi, Asif A.. Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge, Gainesville, Florida. The University of Florida Press, 2003, p. 176. ISBN 0-8130-2627-X 3. ^ Siddiqi, Asif A.. Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge, Gainesville, Florida. The University of Florida Press, 2003, p. 149. ISBN 0-8130-2627-X 4. ^ Harford, James.. Korolev how one man masterminded the Soviet drive to beat America to the Moon, New York. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997, p. 126. ISBN 0-471-14853-9 5. ^ Zaloga, Stephen J.. The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword, Washington. The Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002, p. 232. ISBN 1-58834-007-4 6. ^ Siddiqi, Asif A.. Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge, Gainesville, Florida. The University of Florida Press, 2003, p. 175. ISBN 0-8130-2627-X 7. ^ Siddiqi, Asif A.. Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge, Gainesville, Florida. The University of Florida Press, 2003, p. 175-176. ISBN 0-8130-2627-X 8. ^ Harford, James.. Korolev how one man masterminded the Soviet drive to beat America to the Moon, New York. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997, p. 136. ISBN 0-471-14853-9 9. ^ "Sputnik 3 - Scientific Laboratory". Robert Christy. Retrieved 2011-06-30. References[edit] • Harford, James.. Korolev, New York. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN 0-471-14853-9. • Siddiqi, Asif A., Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge, Gainesville, FL. The University of Florida Press, ISBN 0-8130-2627-X. • Zaloga, Stephen J.. The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword, Washington. The Smithsonian Institution Press, ISBN 1-58834-007-4. External links[edit]	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round The second round of 2026 FIFA World Cup AFC qualification, which also served as the second round of 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification, began on 16 November 2023 and was completed on 11 June 2024. Format A total of 36 teams were drawn into nine groups of four to play home-and-away round-robin matches. They included the 26 teams which received byes to this round, and the 10 winners from the first round. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the third round and qualified for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup. The third and fourth place teams advanced to the third round of the 2027 Asian Cup qualification. Seeding The draw for the second round was held on 27 July 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2023 (shown in parentheses below). The identities of the first round winners were not known at the time of the draw. Note: Bolded teams qualified for the third round of World Cup qualifying. $†$ Teams whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. $†$ Team moved to Pot 3 after the other Pot 4 teams had been drawn into groups; subsequently drawn at random from Pot 3. Schedule The match schedule was as follows.	WIKI
3 Earnings Reports to Watch Next Week InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips A nervous market has had a hard Friday, but better news could be ahead. Earnings season begins at the end of next week before kicking into high gear in the second half of April. For investors rattled by outside factors ranging from higher Treasury yields to trade war fears and the jobs report, a focus on corporate earnings will be welcome. Tax reform should lead to strong headline earnings growth figures. Higher rates should help financial stocks. The economy still looks solid domestically, and even emerging-market demand trends appear to be headed in the right direction. There's a clear path for broad market gains over the next few weeks - as long as earnings cooperate. And while the big news won't come next week, investors will be able to get a glimpse of what earnings season might look like. A major brick-and-mortar retailer will, like so many of its peers, try to stabilize its business and regain investor confidence. A transportation giant looks to reclaim all-time highs. And a troubled big bank will try and shake off its troubles and reassert its growth prospects. 10 "Strong Buy" Stocks to Buy Immediately It might not be the biggest week of the year - but it will be an interesting, and important, prelude to what should be a pivotal earnings season. 3 Earnings Reports to Watch: Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) Source: Mike Mozart via Flickr Earnings Report Date: April 11, after market close Here's what I told my subscribers about Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY ) back in November: "[BBBY might] look attractive at first blush at 8X forward multiples, [but] the question is when do their sales and margins bottom out? Without an answer, there is no way of determining what their earnings may be five years from now … I would need to see signs of operational stability along with increased investor enthusiasm for the name first since bottom fishing can be dangerous." Five months later, ahead of the company's fiscal fourth quarter earnings report on Wednesday, little has changed. Despite a rally in retail over the past few months, BBBY shares haven't moved. The stock now trades at less than 8X forward EPS. A consensus beat with Q3 results in December didn't help the stock much. And a downgrade from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM ) in January showed that the Street still isn't behind the story of a Bed Bath & Beyond turnaround. At the moment, this still looks like a declining business - and BBBY still doesn't look like it's worth chasing. Analysts are expecting sales to rise in Q4, but consensus estimates assume the negative trend returns in fiscal 2018 (ending February 2019). The threat of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN ) looms. Margins are still compressing, with the company itself guiding for a 25% decline in EPS in Q4. If Bed Bath & Beyond can post a big quarter, there's room for substantial upside. BBBY has a decent-sized short float, which could cause a post-earnings squeeze following good numbers. Even stable profits suggest a path for the stock to clear $30. But that argument could have been made for the last couple of years now, and BBBY has declined 70%-plus since early 2015 and 45% over the past twelve months. Until the company proves it can stabilize earnings, investors should steer clear. 3 Earnings Reports to Watch: Delta Air Lines (DAL) Source: via Delta Earnings Report Date: April 12, before market open From a fundamental standpoint, there's not likely to be much in the way of fireworks following the Q1 report from Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL ). At a conference last month, Delta narrowed its EPS guidance to 65 cents to 70 cents, and this week detailed Q1 traffic results. But the postearnings conference callhas the potential to move DAL stock. Investors still seem relatively skeptical of the airline industry, and Delta, which trades at just 8.3X the midpoint of 2018 guidance. Despite a strong broad market, airline stocks as a whole have been relatively choppy after big gains a few years back. 7 Best Platform Stocks to Buy Now So there is a clear runway to big upside for Delta stock - if the company, and the industry, can convince investors that the days of fare wars and unprofitable flights are over. With tax reform providing a major benefit, traffic trends strong, and fuel costs coming down, Delta will have an opportunity on Thursday to push its case. 3 Earnings Reports to Watch: Wells Fargo (WFC) Source: Shutterstock Earnings Report Date: April 13, before market open Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC ) will kick off earnings season on Friday, reporting alongside fellow big banks JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C ). The reports from key financials will be important for the market as a whole. But the Q1 release Friday seems particularly important for Wells Fargo. WFC stock has fallen 20% just since late January. Increased sanctions from the Federal Reserve have been a key driver. And with the steady revelation of new abuses and new scandals over the past 18 months, WFC desperately needs some good news. That good news very well may come on Friday. For all the negative headlines, Wells Fargo actually has kept profit growth relatively consistent. Rising rates should help net interest margins. The bank's credit profile looks reasonably strong, with the company already pulling back in the auto space, where there are some fears of defaults rising along with interest rates. Heading into the report, WFC does seem to have bottomed. The Street sees upside, with an average target of $64 suggesting 20% gains from current levels. On Friday, Wells Fargo may be able to get investors to remember what's right about the stock, instead of focusing on what's wrong. And if the company can finally put its troubles behind it, Wells Fargo could be a long-term winner as well. Hilary Kramer is the editor of GameChangers , Breakout Stocks , High Octane Trader , Absolute Capital Return and Value Authority . She is an accomplished investment specialist and market strategist with more than 25 years of experience in portfolio management, equity research, trading, and risk management. She has extensive expertise in global financial management, asset allocation, investment banking and private equity ventures, and is regularly sought after to provide her analysis on Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business Network and other media. Compare Brokers The post 3 Earnings Reports to Watch Next Week appeared first on InvestorPlace . The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.	NEWS-MULTISOURCE
Menopause and your oral health Share This Article June 5th, 2018 At some point in their lives, most women experience menopause. When complete, menopause can cause meaningful changes to a person’s body – including their oral health. So if you’re coming up on menopause, just gone through it, or experiencing it right now – take a minute to consider what it could mean for your oral health, and how you can stay healthy throughout. 1. Burning Mouth Syndrome If you aren’t familiar, this condition is basically exactly what it sounds like. Often characterized by a burning sensation in the mouth, as if the tongue, lips, cheeks, or whole mouth was being scalded, the cause of burning mouth syndrome is yet unknown. While there’s no known way to prevent the syndrome, you can help reduce the symptoms by avoiding carbonated drinks, spicy foods, tobacco use and excessive stress. Learn more from the Mayo Clinic. 2. Gum Disease Keep an eye on your gums. If they become very red and seem swollen or your teeth become loose, you may have developed gum disease (also known as periodontal disease). This is often an inflammation response to plaque & tartar buildup, and it can be managed. If you suspect you have gum disease, get to your dentist and have them check out your teeth and gum tissue. Learn more about gum disease and how to manage it here. 3. Dry Mouth Hormonal changes during menopause can cause salivary glands to dry up, creating dry mouth (and maybe even dry eyes). In addition to being uncomfortable, if dry mouth is ongoing, it can cause tooth decay or bacterial infections. To offset dry mouth, try to drink plenty of water and avoid foods and drinks which cause dehydration (sodas, spicy foods, etc.). Consult with your dentist on potential toothpastes, mouthwashes, or gums which may also aid you. 4. Bone Loss in the Jaw Another effect of menopause can be osteoporosis, which can be linked to periodontal disease, causing bone loss in the jaw. When diagnosed early, treatments may be able to prevent fractures and tooth loss – so be vigilant with your doctor to detect dental problems early, be sure to brush and floss regularly, and keep your regular appointments with your dentist. Be sure to protect your oral health as you age! Find a Plan That Fits You	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Arginine vasopressin versus norepinephrine: will the stronger one win the race? • Christian Ertmer1, Affiliated with • Hans-Georg Bone1 and Affiliated with • Martin Westphal1Email author Affiliated with Critical Care200610:144 DOI: 10.1186/cc4942 Published: 25 May 2006 Abstract In the current issue of Critical Care, Friesenecker and colleagues present a well-designed comparative study on the microvascular effects of arginine vasopressin (AVP) and norepinephrine (NE) in a physiological, unanesthetized hamster model. The authors clearly demonstrate that AVP, but not NE, has marked vasoconstrictive effects on large arterioles, whereas the impact on small arterioles is comparable for both vasopressors. However, it remains unclear if these results, per se, reflect a stronger vasopressive potential of AVP versus NE, as macrohemodynamic variables were not different between study groups. Since the authors did not investigate the effects of AVP and NE in vasodilatory shock states, the microcirculatory response in sepsis or systemic inflammatory response syndrome remains inconclusive. The same authors previously reported that AVP infusion in patients suffering from vasodilatory shock carries the risk for ischemic skin lesions. This in turn raises the question whether the quality of vasopressors should be judged by their potency. In the current issue of Critical Care, Friesenecker and colleagues [1] present a well-designed comparative study on the microvascular effects of arginine vasopressin (AVP) and norepinephrine (NE) in awake hamsters under physiological conditions. The authors used the dorsal skinfold window chamber technique to measure vascular diameter, cross-sectional area and blood flow of five different sizes (A0 to A4) of subcutaneous arterioles. Whereas continuous infusion of both drugs resulted in similar macrohemodynamic changes, AVP led to a more pronounced reduction in vessel diameter and blood flow of the proximal, large (A0) arterioles than NE. Interestingly, both vasopressors had similar effects on the skin microvasculature in more distal, smaller (A1 to A4) arterioles. From these results the authors conclude that the strong vasoconstrictive effect of AVP on large arterioles accounts for its strong vasopressive potency and may explain its efficacy in catecholamine-refractory vasodilatory shock. To the best of our knowledge, Friesenecker and colleagues are the first to have compared the effects of AVP and NE on different subcutaneous vessel calibers. Nevertheless, the study has to face some criticism. First of all, the conclusion that especially the vasoconstrictive effect of AVP on large (A0) arterioles accounts for its strong vasopressor effect cannot be drawn from the presented data. In this context it is especially noteworthy that the authors observed differences in neither macrohemodynamics (i.e. mean arterial pressure (MAP)) nor microcirculatory effects on A1 to A4 arterioles between both study groups. The fact that the stronger vasoconstrictive effect of AVP on A0 arterioles was the only difference between groups suggests that the constriction of large arterioles had (almost) no impact on total peripheral resistance. This thesis is supported by Poiseuille's law implying that resistance is inversely correlated to the fourth power of the vessel radius. Accordingly, the small vessels primarily account for changes in vascular resistance rather than the large ones [2]. Using the same animal model, Gerstberger and colleagues [3] compared the effects of either 10 pmoles/kg of AVP orthe same dose of angiotensin (ANG) II on the hamster subcutaneous microcirculation. These authors reported that the vasoconstrictive effects of both drugs on small (A3) arterioles were comparable, whereas ANG II, but not AVP, contributed to a marked constriction of greater (A1) arterioles. This vasoconstriction of A1 arterioles by ANG II was associated with a much greater vasopressor effect (i.e. change in MAP) than AVP. Notably, the AVP plasma levels measured in the study by Gerstberger and colleagues were about 100 pg/ml, thus representing the upper therapeutic range during AVP infusion in patients with hyperdynamic septic shock [4]. The contradictory results of Friesenecker and colleagues [1] and Gerstberger and colleagues [3] emphasize that the effects of vasoactive agents on the microcirculation are still not fully understood. Therefore, the study of Friesenecker and colleagues [1] gives another important and interesting insight into the diversity of the microvascular response to vasoconstrictor agents. With respect to the second conclusion, the study by Friesenecker and colleagues would have certainly profited from studying groups suffering from vasodilatory shock secondary to systemic inflammation. This holds especially true, since clinical and experimental research has clearly shown that distribution abnormalities in vasodilatory shock states contribute to significant changes in microvascular hemodynamics [5]. Therefore, interventions in the physiological state may not necessarily be suitable to predict the response of the same intervention under pathological conditions, such as sepsis. Finally, although redistribution of blood flow away from non-vital organs (e.g. the skin) to vital organs represents one of the primary therapeutic aims of vasopressor therapy (especially in septic shock patients), it should be kept in mind that this approach may result in severe hypoperfusion of non-vital organs. Whereas it is well known that AVP infusion (especially when applied in higher doses) increases the risk of gut mucosal ischemia [6], skin hypoperfusion appears to be another clinically relevant complication. In this regard, the study group of Friesenecker and Dunser recently reported on the incidence and risk factors of ischemic skin lesions in patients with catecholamine-resistant vasodilatory shock [7]. Importantly, the authors found that ischemic skin lesions are common among patients with vasodilatory shock treated with AVP and that the combination of sepsis and treatment with AVP may especially be a risk factor for the development of ischemic skin lesions. In conclusion, Friesenecker and colleagues [1] correctly state that AVP has a stronger vasoconstrictive effect on large arterioles of the subcutaneous vasculature in healthy hamsters compared to NE. Unfortunately, the very interesting question of whether or not the stronger vasoconstrictive effect on large vessels is also maintained in vasodilatory shock remains unresolved. The fact that AVP infusion may impair gut mucosal microcirculation [6] and skin perfusion [7] suggests that the stronger one may not necessarily be the better one. Abbreviations ANG: angiotensin AVP: arginine vasopressin MAP: mean arterial pressure NE: norepinephrine Declarations Authors’ Affiliations (1) Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Muenster References 1. Friesenecker BE, Tsai AG, Martini J, Ulmer H, Wenzel V, Hasibeder WR, Intaglietta M, Dünser MW: Arteriolar vasoconstrictive response: comparing the effects of arginine vasopressin and norepinephrine. Crit Care 2006, 10:R75.View ArticlePubMed 2. Westphal M, Ertmer C, Bone HG: Role of vasopressin and terlipressin in the setting of systemic inflammation. In Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Edited by: Vincent J-L Berlin, Heidelberg. New York, London, Milan, Paris, Tokyo: Springer; 2004:193–205. 3. Gerstberger R, Meyer JU, Rettig R, Printz M, Intaglietta M: Regulatory role of vasoactive peptides in subcutaneous skin microcirculation of the hamster. Int J Microcirc Clin Exp 1988, 7:3–14.PubMed 4. Landry DW, Levin HR, Gallant EM, Ashton RC Jr, Seo S, D'A-lessandro D, Oz MC, Oliver JA: Vasopressin deficiency contributes to the vasodilation of septic shock. Circulation 1997, 95:1122–1125.PubMed 5. Ince C, Sinaasappel M: Microcirculatory oxygenation and shunting in sepsis and shock. Crit Care Med 1999, 27:1369–1377.View ArticlePubMed 6. Westphal M, Freise H, Kehrel BE, Bone HG, Van Aken H, Sielenkamper AW: Arginine vasopressin compromises gut mucosal microcirculation in septic rats. Crit Care Med 2004, 32:194–200.View ArticlePubMed 7. Dunser MW, Mayr AJ, Tur A, Pajk W, Barbara F, Knotzer H, Ulmer H, Hasibeder WR: Ischemic skin lesions as a complication of continuous vasopressin infusion in catecholamine-resistant vasodilatory shock: incidence and risk factors. Crit Care Med 2003, 31:1394–1398.View ArticlePubMed Copyright © BioMed Central Ltd 2006 Advertisement	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Page:Black book of conscience, or, God's great and high court of justice in the soul (1).pdf/22 22 yourslvesyourselves [sic] in wordly pleasures and delights, O! if God would say to any soul of you, as he did to the rich fool in Luke xiv. 20, ‘This night thy soul shall be taken from thee.’ It shall little advantage you then to weep and cry, O! that I were out of these infernal and eternal flames! O! that I had hearkened when time was, to the voice of Christ and mine own conscience. The sighs and groans of dying men are often very sad; but the sighs and groans of the damned in hell can never be imagined or expressed. O! consider this, ye that sin away conscience, that quaff and drink away conscience, accompanying one another in sin; take heed you be not one day to weep over one another’s backs in hell. Certainly whole coachfulls of gallants will be tumbled down to hell; the Lord awaken your sleepy dead consciences before you go hence and be no more seen. What pity is it, that persons that bear the image of God, and are, as it were in outside glory and beauty, gods above others: What pity is it, that such beauty should come to be embraced by ugly lothsome devils in hell. Thousands there are that court and sport, pine and pant away their time whose end is to be burned, and shall at last perish in hell. Fruitless fig-trees they are, that bear	WIKI
Red Hat Training A Red Hat training course is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Chapter 12. File System Check File systems may be checked for consistency, and optionally repaired, with file system-specific userspace tools. These tools are often referred to as fsck tools, where fsck is a shortened version of file system check. Note These file system checkers only guarantee metadata consistency across the file system; they have no awareness of the actual data contained within the file system and are not data recovery tools. File system inconsistencies can occur for various reasons, including but not limited to hardware errors, storage administration errors, and software bugs. Before modern metadata-journaling file systems became common, a file system check was required any time a system crashed or lost power. This was because a file system update could have been interrupted, leading to an inconsistent state. As a result, a file system check is traditionally run on each file system listed in /etc/fstab at boot-time. For journaling file systems, this is usually a very short operation, because the file system's metadata journaling ensures consistency even after a crash. However, there are times when a file system inconsistency or corruption may occur, even for journaling file systems. When this happens, the file system checker must be used to repair the file system. The following provides best practices and other useful information when performing this procedure. Important Red Hat does not recommended this unless the machine does not boot, the file system is extremely large, or the file system is on remote storage. It is possible to disable file system check at boot by setting the sixth field in /etc/fstab to 0. 12.1. Best Practices for fsck Generally, running the file system check and repair tool can be expected to automatically repair at least some of the inconsistencies it finds. In some cases, severely damaged inodes or directories may be discarded if they cannot be repaired. Significant changes to the file system may occur. To ensure that unexpected or undesirable changes are not permanently made, perform the following precautionary steps: Dry run Most file system checkers have a mode of operation which checks but does not repair the file system. In this mode, the checker prints any errors that it finds and actions that it would have taken, without actually modifying the file system. Note Later phases of consistency checking may print extra errors as it discovers inconsistencies which would have been fixed in early phases if it were running in repair mode. Operate first on a file system image Most file systems support the creation of a metadata image, a sparse copy of the file system which contains only metadata. Because file system checkers operate only on metadata, such an image can be used to perform a dry run of an actual file system repair, to evaluate what changes would actually be made. If the changes are acceptable, the repair can then be performed on the file system itself. Note Severely damaged file systems may cause problems with metadata image creation. Save a file system image for support investigations A pre-repair file system metadata image can often be useful for support investigations if there is a possibility that the corruption was due to a software bug. Patterns of corruption present in the pre-repair image may aid in root-cause analysis. Operate only on unmounted file systems A file system repair must be run only on unmounted file systems. The tool must have sole access to the file system or further damage may result. Most file system tools enforce this requirement in repair mode, although some only support check-only mode on a mounted file system. If check-only mode is run on a mounted file system, it may find spurious errors that would not be found when run on an unmounted file system. Disk errors File system check tools cannot repair hardware problems. A file system must be fully readable and writable if repair is to operate successfully. If a file system was corrupted due to a hardware error, the file system must first be moved to a good disk, for example with the dd(8) utility.	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
take or pay Noun * 1) A take-or-pay contract; a take-or-pay provision in a contract. * 2) A contractual obligation either to take delivery of contracted goods or services or to make a specified payment.	WIKI
Asian particolored bat The Asian parti-colored bat (Vespertilio sinensis) is a species of parti-coloured bat. An adult Asian parti-colored bat has a body length of 6 –, a tail of 4.3 - 4.5 cm, and a wing length of 5 cm. Asian parti-colored bats are distributed across East Asia, from Taiwan through eastern China, eastern Mongolia and Russia (Siberia) to the Korean Peninsula and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu). Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1880 by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters. Peters named it Vesperus sinensis. Its species name "sinensis" comes from Latin Sinae, meaning "China." The holotype was collected in Beijing. The species was known as V. superans until 1997 when it was demonstrated that V. sinensis should be used under the nomenclature rule known as the Principle of Priority. Description Its forearm length is 43-55 mm. Its hairs are bicolored, with the basal portions blackish brown and the distal portions off-white. Range and habitat Its range includes several countries and regions in eastern Asia, such as China and Taiwan, Japan, North and South Korea, Mongolia, and Siberia. Conservation As of 2019, it is evaluated as a least-concern species by the IUCN.	WIKI
WEC 53 WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on December 16, 2010 at Jobing.com Arena in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona. The event was the first time that Zuffa has hosted an event in Arizona. This was the final WEC event, due to the merger with the UFC. Background This was the final WEC event before merging with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2011. This event was unique in that the WEC and AMP Energy allowed fans to choose the location of the event. The fans were given 30 options and the finalists were Milwaukee, Nashville and Phoenix. During the live telecast of WEC 50, Phoenix was announced as the winner of the contest. Maciej Jewtuszko was expected to face Ricardo Lamas at this event. However, Jewtuszko had to withdraw as he suffered a broken hand during training. Jewtuszko was replaced by WEC newcomer Iuri Alcântara. This event was named Sherdog's 2010 Event of the Year. The event drew an average of 615,000 viewers on Versus. UFC Lightweight title eliminator The winner of the WEC Lightweight Championship fight between reigning champion Benson Henderson and challenger Anthony Pettis was scheduled to face the winner of the UFC 125 Frankie Edgar (C) vs. Gray Maynard title fight in order to unify the WEC and UFC lightweight championships. However, the Edgar/Maynard fight ended in a draw necessitating a UFC 136 rematch (which Edgar won). Though Anthony Pettis won the final WEC lightweight title bout, defeating Henderson via unanimous decision, he opted not to wait for the winner of Edgar/Maynard rematch and instead fought Clay Guida at The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale, losing by unanimous decision and negating his promised title shot (though he would win the UFC Lightweight Championship in his own right over Henderson in August 2013.) UFC Bantamweight Championship The winner of the Bantamweight Championship fight between reigning champion Dominick Cruz and challenger Scott Jorgensen determined both the final WEC Bantamweight Champion and the inaugural UFC Bantamweight Champion. This is the only UFC title fight to ever take place on another promotion's card, and the first UFC title bout to air on free television since UFC 75 in July 2007. Cruz defeated Jorgensen via unanimous decision to retain his title and become the new UFC champion. Bonus Awards Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses. * Fight of the Night: 🇺🇸 Benson Henderson vs. 🇺🇸 Anthony Pettis * Knockout of the Night: 🇺🇸 Eddie Wineland * Submission of the Night: 🇺🇸 Shane Roller	WIKI
@article { author = {Bilan, Nemat and Barzegar, Mohammad and Habibi, Parinaz}, title = {Predictive Factors of Respiratory Failure in Children with Guillain-Barre Syndrome}, journal = {International Journal of Pediatrics}, volume = {3}, number = {2.1}, pages = {33-37}, year = {2015}, publisher = {Mashhad University of Medical Sciences}, issn = {2345-5047}, eissn = {2345-5055}, doi = {10.22038/ijp.2015.3927}, abstract = {Introduction:Guillain-Barre Syndrome(GBS) is the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis. Respiratory failure is the most serious short-term complication of GBS and invasive mechanical ventilation is required in 30% of patients.moreover,60% of those who are intubated develop major complications including pnemonia,sepsis,GI bleeding and pulmonary embolism. Thus respiratory failure prediction is crucial. the aim of this study was to determine clinical predictors of respiratory failure to avoid respiratory distress and aspiration.Methods and materials: in a cross sectional and analytical study 140 patients with clinically diagnosis of Guillain-Barre Syndrome were enrolled in study,from october 2008 to october 2014. .demographic data,nerologic examination,cranial nerve and autonomic nervous system involvement, and respiratory failure were recorded prospectively.Results:15 out of 140 patients(10,7%) developed respiratory failure and underwent mechanical ventilation.the male/female ratio in patients with respiratory failure and patients without respiratory involvement were (53%)/(47%) and (54%)/(46%) respectively(p-value:0.4).the mean age in these two groups were 2,7±1,9 and 5,5±3,2(p-value:0,003).cranial nerve involvement (7,9,10) was recorded in patients with respiratory failure and without respiratory failure54% and25% respectively (p-value:0,03).absent upper limb deep tendon reflexes in these two groups were 70% and 44% respectively.(p-value:0,03) and autonomic nervous system involvement 24% vs. 14%(p-value:0,3).conclusion : our study suggests that younger age , cranial nerve involvement and absent upper limb deep tendon reflexes are predictive factors of respiratory failure in patients with Guillain-Barre Syndrome(GBS).}, keywords = {Guillain-Barre Syndrome,Respiratory failure,Mechanical Ventilation}, url = {https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_3927.html}, eprint = {https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_3927_b97de5e25b1aefc429a2ba002d8b240f.pdf} }	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Autumn Dew Autumn Dew, also known as Whirlwind Victory, was one of Emperor Taizong's warhorses. According to historical records, he was being ridden by the emperor during a great siege when an arrow pierced the horse's breast, and the emperor was forced to exchange horses with his general, Qiu Xinggong. Autumn Dew is believed to be one of the horses portrayed in the stone reliefs known as the Six Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum, in which a man, possibly Qiu Xinggong, is shown removing the arrow. The six reliefs commissioned by Taizong for his mausoleum were placed outside his tomb on an altar meant for memorial ceremonies. In 1914, an American collector purchased two of the reliefs, one of which showed Autumn Dew, from local dealer C.T. Loo and had them shipped back to the USA, where they are now in the possession of the Penn Museum.	WIKI
-- VW Adds $27 Million Center to Aid Expansion in U.S. Volkswagen AG (VOW) , Europe’s largest carmaker, opened a $27 million technical center in California today to expand its engineering capabilities in the region as part of a push to accelerate U.S. sales. The 64,000-square-foot (5,946-square-meter) Test Center California in Oxnard, 62 miles (100 kilometers) north of Los Angeles, initially will be staffed by 50 engineers and technicians, VW said today in a statement. An additional 250 engineers from Wolfsburg, Germany-based VW’s Audi, Bentley, Bugatti and Lamborghini brands will also use the test center, said Darryll Harrison, a Volkswagen spokesman. “The expansion of our global R&D footprint in the U.S. reinforces our ongoing commitment to this market and will help to position us as a high quality brand here and abroad,” David Geanacopoulos, executive vice president for Volkswagen’s U.S. unit, said in the statement. The Oxnard facility is part of what VW says is a $4 billion program to boost its market share in the U.S., where it trails Asian competitors including Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) , Honda Motor Co. (7267) and Hyundai Motor Co. (005380) VW-brand sales are up 34 percent this year through July, following the 2011 opening of a $1 billion auto- assembly plant in Tennessee and addition of a new Passat sedan. VW wants to become the world’s largest automaker by 2018. VW’s Test Center California has laboratories for emissions testing and parts analysis, a workshop with more than 16 in- ground lifts, and a dealer service and training center, the company said. It will also do research on electric-vehicle systems and bio-diesel, Harrison said in a phone interview. Volkswagen also has a facility in Auburn Hills , Michigan , that includes a technical-support staff and a test track as well as a proving ground in Arizona . The carmaker’s U.S. unit is based in Herndon, Virginia. To contact the reporter on this story: Alan Ohnsman in Los Angeles at aohnsman@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jamie Butters at jbutters@bloomberg.netcthomas wn:LINK>16@bloomberg.net	NEWS-MULTISOURCE
Arkhangai Province Arkhangai Province (Архангай аймаг, ) is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. It is located slightly west of the country's center, on the northern slopes of the Khangai Mountains. It is composed of 19 sums. Climate In winter mean temperature is -30 to -38 C and in summer the highest temperature is between 25 and 36 C. Economy The main field of economy in the aimag is agriculture, predominantly animal husbandry. According to 2004 data, the aimag was home to 1,948,000 domestic animals: goats, sheep, cattle (incl. yaks and khainags), horses and camels. Camels are almost exclusively herded in the southeastern sums. Administrative subdivisions Arkhangai province has 19 sums and 101 bags. The aimag capital Tsetserleg is geographically located in the Erdenebulgan sum in the south of the aimag. It is not to be confused with the Tsetserleg sum in the north. * - The aimag capital Tsetserleg	WIKI
DLImportInProgressException class Represents an exception that is thrown when a user attempts to start importing a distribution list (DL) when another DL import operation is already in progress. Inheritance hierarchy System.Object System.Exception Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileException Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.DLImportInProgressException Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles (in Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.dll) Syntax 'Declaration <SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, ObjectModel := True)> _ <SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, ObjectModel := True)> _ Public Class DLImportInProgressException _ Inherits UserProfileException 'Usage Dim instance As DLImportInProgressException [SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, ObjectModel = true)] [SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, ObjectModel = true)] public class DLImportInProgressException : UserProfileException Thread safety Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe. See also Reference DLImportInProgressException members Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles namespace	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Universe Guide HomeAliensConstellationsTelevision and Films ListFact ListGames ListWarcraftSearchTwitterFacebook Ke Kwan, Kappa Centauri, HD132200, HIP73334, HR5576 Ke Kwan Location in Centaurus Primary Facts on Ke Kwan • Ke Kwan's star type is subgiant star that can be located in the constellation of Centaurus. The description is based on the spectral class. • Ke Kwan is not part of the constellation outline but is within the borders of the constellation. • Based on the spectral type (B2IV) of the star, the star's colour is blue . • Kappa Centauri is the Bayer name for the star. It was assigned this name by Johann Bayer in 1603. The closer to the start of the Greek Alphabet the name, the brighter the star is. Alpha stars tend to be the brightest in the constellation. A notable exception is Pollux (Beta Geminorum) which is the brighest star in the Gemini constellation. • The star can be seen with the naked eye, that is, you don't need a telescope/binoculars to see it. • Using the most recent figures given by the 2007 Hipparcos data, the star is 383.27 light years away from us. Ke Kwan's Alternative Names Kappa Centauri (Kap Cen) is the Bayer Classification for the star. The Id of the star in the Yale Bright Star Catalogue is HR5576. HIP73334 is the reference name for the star in the Hipparcos Star Catalogue. The Id of the star in the Henry Draper catalogue is HD132200. Ke Kwan has alternative name(s) :- Kappa CenTau. The Gould star designation is one that was designed by American astronomer, Benjamin Apthorp Gould. Gould stars are predominantly in the Southern and Equatorial constellations but do appear in northern constellations such as Bootes and Orion. The star has the designation 385 G. Centauri. There are no stars with a Gould designation in Ursa Major for example. More details on star alternative names can be found at Star Names . Location of Ke Kwan The location of the star in the night sky is determined by the Right Ascension (R.A.) and Declination (Dec.), these are equivalent to the Longitude and Latitude on the Earth. The Right Ascension is how far expressed in time (hh:mm:ss) the star is along the celestial equator. If the R.A. is positive then its eastwards. The Declination is how far north or south the star is compared to the celestial equator and is expressed in degrees. For Ke Kwan, the location is 14h 59m 09.70 and -42° 06` 14.9 . Radial Velocity and Proper Motion of Ke Kwan All stars like planets orbit round a central spot, in the case of planets, its the central star such as the Sun. In the case of a star, its the galactic centre. The constellations that we see today will be different than they were 50,000 years ago or 50,000 years from now. Proper Motion details the movements of these stars and are measured in milliarcseconds. The star is moving -22.51 ± 0.30 miliarcseconds/year towards the north and -17.62 ± 0.54 miliarcseconds/year east if we saw them in the horizon. The Radial Velocity, that is the speed at which the star is moving away/towards the Sun is 8.00 km/s with an error of about 1.00 km/s . When the value is negative then the star and the Sun are getting closer to one another, likewise, a positive number means that two stars are moving away. Its nothing to fear as the stars are so far apart, they won't collide in our life-time, if ever. Ke Kwan Luminosity Luminosity is the amount of energy that a star pumps out and its relative to the amount that our star, the Sun gives out. The figure of 2,967.25 that I have given is based on the value in the Simbad Hipparcos Extended Catalogue at the University of Strasbourg from 2012. Physical Properties (Colour, Temperature) of Ke Kwan Ke Kwan has a spectral type of B2IV. This means the star is a blue subgiant star. The star is 7,306.00 Parsecs from the Galactic Centre or in terms of Light Years is 23,829.49 s. The star has a B-V Colour Index of -0.2 which means the star's temperature has been calculated using information from Morgans @ Uni.edu at being 16,954 Kelvin. Ke Kwan Radius has been calculated as being 4.23 times bigger than the Sun.The Sun's radius is 695,800km, therefore the star's radius is an estimated 2,943,557.56.km. If you need the diameter of the star, you just need to multiple the radius by 2. However with the 2007 release of updated Hipparcos files, the radius is now calculated at being round 3.01. The figure is derived at by using the formula from SDSS and has been known to produce widely incorrect figures. Ke Kwan Apparent and Absolute Magnitudes Ke Kwan has an apparent magnitude of 3.13 which is how bright we see the star from Earth. Apparent Magnitude is also known as Visual Magnitude. If you used the 1997 Parallax value, you would get an absolute magnitude of -2.96 If you used the 2007 Parallax value, you would get an absolute magnitude of -2.22. Magnitude, whether it be apparent/visual or absolute magnitude is measured by a number, the smaller the number, the brighter the Star is. Our own Sun is the brightest star and therefore has the lowest of all magnitudes, -26.74. A faint star will have a high number. Distance to Ke Kwan Using the original Hipparcos data that was released in 1997, the parallax to the star was given as 6.05 which gave the calculated distance to Ke Kwan as 539.11 light years away from Earth or 165.29 parsecs. It would take a spaceship travelling at the speed of light, 539.11 years to get there. We don't have the technology or spaceship that can carry people over that distance yet. In 2007, Hipparcos data was revised with a new parallax of 8.51 which put Ke Kwan at a distance of 383.27 light years or 117.51 parsecs. It should not be taken as though the star is moving closer or further away from us. It is purely that the distance was recalculated. Using the 2007 distance, the star is roughly 24,238,008.49 Astronomical Units from the Earth/Sun give or take a few. An Astronomical Unit is the distance between Earth and the Sun. The number of A.U. is the number of times that the star is from the Earth compared to the Sun. The star's Galacto-Centric Distance is 7,306.00 Parsecs or 23,829.49 Light Years. The Galacto-Centric Distance is the distance from the star to the Centre of the Galaxy which is Sagittarius A*. Source of Information The source of the information if it has a Hip I.D. is from Simbad, the Hipparcos data library based at the University at Strasbourg, France. Hipparcos was a E.S.A. satellite operation launched in 1989 for four years. The items in red are values that I've calculated so they could well be wrong. Information regarding Metallicity and/or Mass is from the E.U. Exoplanets. The information was obtained as of 12th Feb 2017. Hide Explanations Show GridLines Additional Ke Kwan Facts and Figures Visual Facts Primary / Proper / Traditional NameKe Kwan Alternative NamesKappa Centauri, Kap Cen, Kappa CenTau, HD 132200, HIP 73334, HR 5576, 385 G. Centauri Spectral TypeB2IV Constellation's Main StarNo Multiple Star SystemYes Star TypeSubgiant Star Colour blue GalaxyMilky Way ConstellationCentaurus Absolute Magnitude -2.96 / -2.22 Visual / Apparent Magnitude3.13 Naked Eye VisibleYes - Magnitudes Right Ascension (R.A.)14h 59m 09.70 Declination (Dec.)-42° 06` 14.9 Galactic Latitude14.75 degrees Galactic Longitude326.87 degrees 1997 Distance from Earth6.05 Parallax (milliarcseconds) 539.11 Light Years 165.29 Parsecs 2007 Distance from Earth8.51 Parallax (milliarcseconds) 383.27 Light Years 117.51 Parsecs 24,238,008.49 Astronomical Units Galacto-Centric Distance23,829.49 Light Years / 7,306.00 Parsecs Proper Motion Dec.-22.51 ± 0.30 milliarcseconds/year Proper Motion RA.-17.62 ± 0.54 milliarcseconds/year B-V Index-0.20 Radial Velocity8.00 ± 1.00 km/s Eccentricity0.09 Semi-Major Axis6923.00 Stellar Luminosity (Lsun)2,967.25 Companions (Multi-Star and Exoplanets) Facts Exoplanet CountNone/Unaware Estimated Facts Calculated Effective Temperature16,954 Kelvin Sources and Links SIMBAD SourceLink Multi-Star System The star has been identified as being a multi-star system, one in which there is at least one star in close orbit to another star or two or more stars orbiting a central point. The stars may be of equal mass, unequal mass where one star is stronger than the other or be in groups orbiting a central point which doesn't necessarily have to be a star. More information can be found on my dedicated multiple star systems page. The source of the info is Simbad. The file is dated 2000 so any differences between this and any other source will be down to the actual source from where the information came from. Proper Motion mas/yr H.D. IdB.D. IdStar CodeMagnitudeR.A.Dec.SpectrumColourYear 132200-41 9342.2A3.40000-19.00000-27.00000B2Blue/White B11.500001926 Related Stars Add a Comment Name: Email: (Optional) Comment: x This website is using cookies. More info. That's Fine	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
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Dynamics of hygroscopic aqueous solution droplets undergoing evaporation or vapour absorption Zhenying Wang, George Karapetsas, Prashant Valluri, Khellil Sefiane, Adam Williams, Yasuyuki Takata Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review Abstract / Description of output Studies on the evaporation of multicomponent droplets have revealed complex and important physical mechanisms, induced by preferential phase change or mediated by external vapour sources, e.g. occurrence of density-driven flows, phase separation, transient Marangoni flow and solutal effects, etc. With the addition of hygroscopic salts, the adhesive property of the droplet can be tuned, and the direction of water vapour mass flux reversed. This paper focuses on the dynamics of hygroscopic aqueous solution droplets, and analyses the interplay between different physical processes. Specifically, a lubrication-type model is established with the assumption of a precursor film in front of the three-phase contact line, which indicates qualitative agreement with our experimental results, quantitatively with respect to the initial spreading rates and qualitatively with respect to the overall behaviour. We derive the expression of absorptive mass flux combining the balance of chemical potential across the solution–air interface and the Hertz–Knudsen equation. Depending on the droplet state and the ambient condition, evaporation or vapour absorption occurs. The evaporative/absorptive mass flux varies both spatially and temporally as the droplet approaches equilibrium. It is demonstrated that the dominating mechanisms, i.e. capillary, thermal Marangoni and solutal Marangoni, compete with each other, and lead to diverse droplet dynamics at different stages of evaporation or vapour absorption. The findings shed light on the physical processes within droplets with both positive and negative interfacial mass fluxes, and provide rational explanations for the experimental observations. Original languageEnglish Pages (from-to)1-30 Number of pages30 JournalJournal of Fluid Mechanics Volume912 Issue numberA2 Early online date4 Feb 2021 DOIs Publication statusPublished - 10 Apr 2021 Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Dynamics of hygroscopic aqueous solution droplets undergoing evaporation or vapour absorption'. Together they form a unique fingerprint. Cite this	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
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TeamSTEPPS® Instructor Manual: Specialty Scenarios ICU Specialty scenario for this guide. Contents Scenario 48 Scenario 49 Scenario 50 Scenario 51 Scenario 52 Scenario 48 Appropriate for: ICU Setting: Hospital A 44-year-old female is admitted to the Medical ICU in acute respiratory distress with upper and lower GI bleeding. Her past medical history is significant for end-stage liver disease due to alcohol abuse. The patient is intubated in response to worsening respiratory distress, aggressively resuscitated, and given blood transfusion and vasopressor drugs. Multiple consultation services are involved in the patient's care. All recommend that the patient's DNR status be addressed. Eight hours into her stay, a member of the GI consultation team places a call to the patient's mother, who lives out of state. Her mother is aware that her daughter has end-stage liver disease and states that her daughter would "not want all these things done and they should be stopped." Over the next 6 hours, however, despite this information, the patient continues to be aggressively resuscitated. At 16 hours into her stay, the patient's blood pressure begins to drop. The MICU physician comes to the patient's bedside and pronounces her dead. Approximately 20 hours after the patient's arrival, the patient's mother calls to ask about her condition. She is very upset at failing to be notified of her daughter's death 4 hours earlier. Instructor Comments • In this scenario, a shared mental model and advocate is lacking. When new information is obtained by a team member, it should be called out to the team by a formal handoff. No leader or team actions are taken to identify and determine whether the patient is DNR status. Upon that determination, the team briefs or huddles regarding the appropriate plan of care, and everyone has a shared mental model. Skills Needed • Team structure, Mutual support, Shared mental model. Potential Tools • Brief, Huddle, Handoff, Collaboration. Return to Contents Scenario 49 Appropriate for: ICU/Neonatal Setting: Hospital At 1800, near the conclusion of a busy 12-hour shift in the Neonatal ICU, Karen, a new staff nurse, is preparing to start an IV on a premature infant who was admitted earlier in the day. She is expecting a new admission to be arriving momentarily from Labor and Delivery and has medications to administer to her other patients. Karen wants to complete her assignment by the end of the shift because a coworker has criticized her for this previously. The infant receiving the IV is experiencing poor blood flow to her right hand. Karen inserts the IV into the right arm and applies a dressing. At the change of shift, the oncoming nurse, Alice, notes that the infant's fingers are cool and cyanotic. She applies warm soaks to the hand to alleviate the condition, but the condition does not improve. Some 4 hours after the IV is placed, the physician is informed of the problem and orders the application of nitroglycerin paste to the infant's hand. The order is not carried out until 3 hours later because Alice is busy with other patients. No other treatment is used. Gangrene develops, and the fingers of the infant's right hand are amputated. Instructor Comments • In this scenario, time, nurses, and information handoffs are scarce. Neither nurse seeks assistance from her teammates. This may be because of criticism received from a co-worker or patient volume and acuity. Information regarding poor blood flow to the hand and the state of the IV is not discussed in the handoff. The physician should have been summoned to view and assess the hand. Discuss how an unmanaged workload may lead to adverse outcomes for a patient. Point out other teamwork issues, such as failure to communicate essential information on the patient's condition to the physician or charge nurse. Skills Needed • Team structure. Situation awareness. Situation monitoring. Mutual support. Potential Tools • Brief, Handoff, Collaboration, Advocacy/assertion, Cross-monitoring. Return to Contents Scenario 50 Appropriate for: ICU/Neonatal Setting: Hospital A patient in the ICU has coded and CPR is in progress. The resuscitation team is busy working on the patient, ensuring IVs are patent and the ET tube is properly positioned. Dr. Matthews, the team leader, is calling out orders for drugs, x rays, and labs. Judy, a nurse, is at the bedside inserting an IV. Nancy is the nurse at the cart drawing up the meds. Judy can tell by Nancy's expression that she did not get the last order that Dr. Matthews gave. "Nancy, he wants the high-dose Epinephrine from the vial in the top drawer," Judy calls out as she continues with her IV. Instructor Comments • Using situation awareness and call-out, the ability to be aware of what was happening with the team and to provide effective communication techniques helped this team to function more effectively. Skills Needed • Situation Monitoring: Assess status of patient and team and the progress toward the goal. Mutual support: Provide task-related support and verbal support. Communication: Offer information. Potential Tools • Call-out, Task assistance, Collaboration, Cross-monitoring. Return to Contents Scenario 51 Appropriate for: ICU/Neonatal Setting: Hospital John Peter, a premature infant with a history of hyaline membrane disease and bronchopulmonary displasia, has been a patient in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for several months requiring long-term artificial ventilation. Eventually the patient requires a tracheostomy. After his surgery, John Peter receives 100-percent supplemental oxygen; but in the NICU, his oxygen saturation and carbon dioxide levels fluctuate wildly. Dr. Wilson, the second-year pediatric resident, orders NICU Nurse Smith to increase the settings on John Peter's ventilator. Later, John Peter appears slightly "puffy." The team discusses weighing him to determine whether he has a fluid overload and agrees this procedure requires caution because his tracheostomy is so recent. John Peter is moved to the scale with the assistance of a coworker. As Nurse Smith begins moving the patient, still attached to the ventilator, Pat, a respiratory therapist, intervenes, correctly pointing out that weighing the baby would require the assistance of a therapist as well as the nurses, and that the patient should be manually ventilated during weighing to prevent decannulation. In this case, a shared mental model and team structure prevent any conflict that might result from Pat's advocacy for the patient. Instructor Comments • Discuss how cross-monitoring by the respiratory therapist promotes safe patient care by adhering to a protocol designed to prevent decannulation and possible respiratory failure. • Discuss the threatening nature of cross-monitoring unless the goal is clear: mutual respect and team accountability for patient outcomes. Emphasize that this strategy is meant to assist the team in meeting its collective goal of safe and effective patient care. Skills Needed • Communication. Situation monitoring: Assess status of patient. Situation awareness. Shared mental model. Mutual support. Potential Tools • Cross-monitoring, Collaboration, Advocacy/assertion, Conflict resolution. Return to Contents Scenario 52 Appropriate for: ICU/Neonatal Setting: Hospital At 1300, a 5-year-old boy is admitted to the Intensive Care Unit after having electrodes implanted in his skull for long-term electroencephalographic monitoring for epilepsy. At 1936, the patient is not yet hooked up to monitoring equipment when he has a seizure. An intensive care fellow is called to the bedside immediately. A resident from Neurosurgery is paged and sees the patient within minutes. Over the telephone, the physicians and two nurses also consult a neurology fellow who has been involved with the case earlier. The neurosurgery fellow gives a telephone order for Ativan up to 4 milligrams IV. The patient receives only 1 milligram, a quarter of a milligram at a time, over 27 minutes. The child continues to seize during this time. After 39 minutes, the patient is given two doses of a stronger drug, fosphynytoin, but the seizures continue. An hour and 18 minutes into the seizure, the attending physician arrives and notices that the patient is not breathing. The patient is quickly intubated and anesthetized but goes into cardiac arrest at 2055 followed by unsuccessful resuscitation efforts. In an event review conducted the next day, the nurses express confusion regarding who was in charge of the case and cannot say why the seizure protocol was not followed. The fellow who was consulted by telephone later says she was surprised to hear that others thought she was managing the case, and assumed that people at the bedside would take charge. Several of the doctors and nurses say they were surprised at the time that the seizure was not being managed more aggressively but thought that was because using higher drug dosages would prevent seizures for several days, which would delay gathering data and keep the electrodes in the skull longer, increasing risk. Instructor Comments • The failures in this case include no handoff from the Neurosurgery to ICU team coupled with poor ICU team formation. The clear lack of leadership and role definition may have contributed to the patient's death because of confusion regarding which physician had primary accountability for the patient. Lack of knowledge about the plan of care contributed to the team failure. Situation awareness was not maintained, nor was communication enhanced with essential check-backs or call-outs. The patient's deteriorating respiratory status was not treated until the attending physician arrived on the unit. If the ICU team, on behalf of the patient, had advocated and asserted a position to the neurosurgery fellow, clearly stating that the seizure continued; and if the ICU team had used SBAR to clearly state the condition of the patient and the need for the fellow to come to the unit, would the outcome for this patient be different? We cannot always change outcomes, but we can ensure we meet teamwork standards. Skills Needed • Team structure. Communication. Situation monitoring. Situation awareness. Shared mental model. Mutual support, Leadership. Potential Tools • Brief, Call-out, Check-back, Handoff, Conflict resolution, Task assistance, Advocacy/assertion, Collaboration, Two-Challenge rule. Return to Contents Return to Specialty Scenarios Proceed to Next Section Current as of March 2014 Internet Citation: TeamSTEPPS® Instructor Manual: Specialty Scenarios: ICU. March 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/teamstepps/instructor/scenarios/icu.html	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Liz Gateley Liz Gateley is an American television producer. She currently serves as head of programming at Lifetime Television. She is also a founding partner and co-owner, along with Tony DiSanto, of DiGa, a studio and production company hybrid. In what Gateley describes as her "dream job", she is responsible for leading the development of new weekly and daily series for the channel including both scripted and reality projects. Gateley is known for creating the hit reality series Laguna Beach, inspired by her childhood growing up in Palos Verdes, California. It was the first thing she pitched at MTV back in 2003, the summer in which she started, and she went on to serve as executive producer of that series. Her next creation was 8th & Ocean, which also went on to become a hit series for MTV. Since then, she has developed a diverse slate of hits series for the network, which most recently included Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant, on which she also served as executive producer. Gateley has successfully expanded MTV programming to include hit shows such as The Hills, Randy Jackson Presents America's Next Best Dance Crew, The Buried Life, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, Nitro Circus, The City, Human Giant and Run's House as well as the 2009 documentary, Britney: For the Record. She is also an executive producer for the former MTV and now, VH1 series Scream. In 2019, Gateley was appointed as Spotify's head of creative development in podcasts. Projects in development under Gateley's guidance include the series Teen Wolf, a thriller reinvention of the 1985 blockbuster film, and the critically acclaimed British hit series, Skins. Recent projects include two scripted comedy series, The Hard Times of RJ Berger and Warren the Ape, which aired in June 2010. Prior to MTV and her current position at Lifetime, Gateley worked at Lifetime Television where she was responsible for the development of primetime and daytime scripted and reality original series and specials, including Strong Medicine, The Division, Intimate Portrait, and Weddings of a Lifetime. She now works as head of all programming. Before Lifetime, Gateley got her first shot in the entertainment industry while working at William Morris Agency in their agent trainee program. She is also an attorney who practiced corporate law. Gateley graduated from Loyola Law School with a J.D. degree after earning a B. A. in Economics/Business from University of California, Los Angeles. Other works * Scream (2015–2019) – executive producer * Kesha: My Crazy Beautiful Life (2013) – executive producer * The Hard Times of RJ Berger (2010) – executive producer * Warren the Ape (2010) – executive producer * Teen Mom (2009–2010) – executive producer * The City (2008–2010) – executive producer * Taking the Stage (2009–2010) – executive producer * The Hills (2006–2010) – executive producer * Paris Hilton's My New BFF (2008–2009) – executive producer * Scarred (2007) – executive producer * Maui Fever (2007) – executive producer * Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County (2007) – executive producer * Human Giant (2007) – executive producer * 8th & Ocean (2006) – executive producer * The Shop (2006) – executive producer * Run's House (2005) – executive producer * Stankervision (2005) – executive producer * PoweR Girls (2005) – executive producer * Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County (2004) – executive producer	WIKI
Page:Alerielorvoyaget00lach.djvu/171 149 CHAPTER VII. THE FEAST. E led me through a large garden, over-shadowed with ruddy foliage, amidst which could be seen flowers of every colour. It was a most gorgeous scene, but the colours were glaring and almost feverish—less pleasing to me far than the soft tints of our lovely world, and even than the grateful green verdure of the earth. Here all was glowing, and the very sunlight burst through leaves blood-tinted on the red ground. It was magnificent and gorgeous, but it had at last grown wearisome. Amid all this were the green cascades and fountains of the Martian waters, making a striking contrast to the red. At length, about a mile off, we came to a large palace with lofty façade, flanked with metal towers. We entered its portals. There was a huge hall, as huge as any in Europe, with galleries around. Here were a number of Martians crouching on cushions on the ground.	WIKI
Haemophilia Treatments Hemophilia cannot be cured but when the condition is managed with medication, many patients experience a normal quality of life. The treatment approach depends on the type of hemophilia a child has, as well as how severe the condition is. There are two forms of this condition, hemophilia A and hemophilia B, although most cases are hemophilia A. The two main approaches to treatment are: • Preventive treatment, which refers to the regular medications that are taken to prevent episodes of bleeding and subsequent complications such as joint damage. • Episodic treatments, which are used to manage episodes of prolonged bleeding. Preventive treatment Hemophiliacs lack certain clotting factors that help to coagulate the blood and make it sticky so that bleeding eventually stops after an injury. Genetically engineered clotting factor medications are now available to help replenish clotting factors and prevent prolonged bleeding. These clotting factors can be administered as injections, which may be needed on a regular basis in cases of severe hemophilia. Most patients are taught to administer these injections at home so that regular hospital visits can be avoided. An implantable port is sometimes surgically placed under the skin (e.g. Port-a-Cath). This is connected to a blood vessel near the heart and can be used each time injections are given. For hemophilia A, regular injections of a medication called octocog alfa are administered, which is an engineered version of clotting factor VIII. Patients are advised to have an injection every 48 hours. Side effects include an itchy skin rash and redness at the injection site. For hemophilia B, regular injections of a medication called nonacog alfa are administered. This is a genetically engineered version of clotting factor IX and injections are usually administered twice a week. Other treatments include regular joint strengthening exercises to prevent joint damage. Hemophiliacs should also avoid high impact sports and situations that could lead to trauma and bleeding. Epsidodic treatment In mild or moderate hemophilia, regular preventive treatment is not always required. These patients may only require treatment to manage individual episodes of bleeding. For people with haemophilia A, this may be achieved with injections of octocog alfa or another medication called desmopressin. Desmopressin is a synthetic hormone that stimulates the production of clotting factor VIII. Reviewed by Sally Robertson, BSc Further Reading Last Updated: Aug 6, 2014 Advertisement Comments The opinions expressed here are the views of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of News-Medical.Net. Post a new comment Post	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Wikipedia:Picture peer review/:Sunset across the Ryogoku bridge Sunset across the Ryogoku bridge High resolution and quality. High EV as it is part of a notable series by a notable artist. Visually appealing. * Articles this image appears in:Manji (era), Sumida River, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji * Creator:User:Petrusbarbyger * Suggested by: Extra 999 (Contact me) 03:46, 11 December 2011 (UTC) * Comments: * I was considering nominating this. Pretty clear how I'd vote (although I suggest waiting for another opinion before nominating) Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:27, 12 December 2011 (UTC) * Seconder: * Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 17:30, 24 March 2012 (UTC)	WIKI
Guniw Tools Guniw Tools (グニュウ・ツール) are a Japanese visual kei rock band. The band's theme is "Integrated Art Direction featuring visual images that come forth from sound." The band's name "Guniw Tools" was created from the Japanese phrase for "flimsy tool". History In 1989, Tomo Furukawa created an audio-visual performance project called Guniw which incorporated artwork and music. The project did not evolve into a band until 1992 when Masatomo Kawase joined the project under the alias JAKE as guitarist and main composer, and the band changed its name to Guniw Tools. The band's third member, Asaki Yamahana, was initially only involved as a live support member but eventually became a full-fledged band member after gaining popularity with the fans. Having amassed a significant following by 1996, Guniw Tools was signed to Victor Entertainment, a major record company, and quickly released their first album Niwlun on Victor's Invitation label. A home video was released to accompany Niwlun, featuring music videos for each song on the album primarily directed by Furukawa and shot and produced by the band themselves. These "DIY" videos would become a signature of the band, and almost all releases by the band (albums and singles alike) had a corresponding VHS release with videos for each song. 1997 saw the release of their second album Other Goose, followed by the mini-album Sparky. Though these albums proved to be successful (and would in fact be the highest-charting albums of the band's career), JAKE was not satisfied with the direction the band and chose to leave the project, leaving the band without their main composer. With JAKE gone, the band continued as a duo and Asaki took over the duties as the band's main composer which led to a noticeable shift in style. This new style emerged on the band's first single following JAKE's departure, DADA. While the sound of the JAKE years had been influenced by folk rock, jazz, and shoegaze, this new single displayed hard electronic and industrial influences. This electro-industrial style was further expanded upon on the band's 1998 LP, Dazzle, and their 1999 LP, Fickle Boon. In recent years, these two albums have come under scrutiny after reaching a Western audience thanks to the internet. It has been found that multiple songs seem to take elements from songs by the likes of Curve, The Stone Roses, Duran Duran, PJ Harvey, and Yo La Tengo, though the liner notes list only Asaki as songwriter. These allegations have never been addressed by the band. In 2000 the band released the single CULLUCOO VISION before announcing a hiatus while the two band members explored new musical venues. Asaki went on to form the group Age of Punk and later joined with the group Bug. Full formed the group Nookicky and, after that group also went on hiatus, began releasing material under the name Shilfee and Tulipcorobockles. The band has never officially come off hiatus, though there has been some activity since 2000. In 2003, Victor began a Guniw Tools re-release campaign, starting by remastering and re-releasing all previously released Guniw Tools album with material from the singles tacked on as bonus tracks. That same year, the Guniw Value Set was released, featuring all previously released video and concert footage on DVD, along with previously unreleased live footage from 1992－1994. In 2011, Shilfee and Tulipcorobockles and Age of Punk headlined a show together called "Solo Solo GUNIW Tell Miracle". As an encore Full and Asaki came out on stage together to perform a handful of Guniw Tools songs. Later that same year Shilfe and Tulipcorobockles co-headlined a show with Cloudchair (JAKE's current project) called "Solo Solo GUNIW 2", afterwards Full and JAKE came out to play another set of Guniw Tools songs as an encore. Shilfee and Tulipcorobockles and Cloudchair have since gone on two more co-headlining tours. In 2014, after fourteen years apart, Guniw Tools officially reunited. In June 2015, the group released "Flare Up Stare", which was the first original Guniw Tools release in fifteen years. Members * Full (Tomo Furukawa): Vocals & lyrics * Asaki Yamahana: guitar, backing vocals, & programming * JAKE (Masatomo Kawase): guitar, bass, backing vocals, programming, piano, & lyrics Support Members * Dinah: Dancer * Hiropon: Dancer * Miyo Ken: Bass * Katsushige Okazaki: Drums * Jyuichi Watanabe: Guitar * Wataru Daiko: Drums * Ryuji Hase: Bass Albums * Niwlun Apr 24 1996 (Oricon Style Weekly Rank 78) * Other Goose Jan 22 1997 (Oricon Style Weekly Rank 40) * Sparky Aug 21 1997 (Oricon Style Weekly Rank 45) * Live Sparky Mar 21 1998 * Dazzle Aug 21 1998 (Oricon Style Weekly Rank 63) * Fickle Boon Oct 21 1999 (Oricon Style Weekly Rank 79) * GUNIW 2000Ls BEST Nov 22 2000 Singles * "Yomogi no kokoro" 「ヨモギの心」 Jan 22 1997 (Oricon Style Weekly Rank 49) * "Dada" Dec 17 1997 (Oricon Style Weekly Rank 44) * "Hush and Cool" Aug 21 1998 (Oricon Style Weekly Rank 92) * "Shinchuuran" 「真鍮卵」 Apr 21 1999 (Oricon Style Weekly Rank 67) * "Green Carnival" July 23, 1999 * "Fancy Pink" Oct 23 1999 (Oricon Style Weekly Rank 60) * "Cullucoo Vision" May 24, 2000 (Oricon Style Weekly Rank 73) Videos * 1992－1994 * VV NIWLUN * VV FANCY PINK * VV OTHER GOOSE * VV SPARKY * VV DADA * VV LIVE SPARKY * VV HUSH and COOL * VV DAZZLE * VV SINGLES DVDs * VV SINGLES * GUNIW VALUE SET	WIKI
Mariam Tsitsishvili Mariam (მარიამ ციციშვილი; 9 April 1768 – 30 March 1850), also known as Maria in European sources, was the Queen of Georgia (Kartli-Kakheti) as the second wife and consort of the last King George XII of Georgia (reigned from 1798 to 1800). Family and early life Princess Mariam Tsitsishvili was born at Tbilisi to Prince Giorgi Tsitsishvili and Princess Elena Guramishvili. By birth she was a member of one of the preeminent noble houses of Georgia. George XII, then Heir Apparent to the Georgian throne, married her on 13 July 1783 after the death of his first wife, Princess Ketevan Andronikashvili (1754–1782). Mariam gave birth to eight sons and three daughters: * Mikheil (1783–1862) * Jibrail (1788–1812) * Ilia (1790–1854) * Joseph (died before 1798) * Spiridon (died before 1798) * Okropir (1795–1857) * Svimeon (born 1796 - died in infancy) * Irakli (1799–1859) * Thamar (1788–1850) * Anna (1789–1796) * Anna (1800–1850) Later life When George died on 18 December 1800, Paul I of Russia, an official protector of the Kingdom of Georgia, did not allow his heir, David, to be crowned king, and abolished the Georgian monarchy, annexing the kingdom to the Russian Empire. In 1802, the newly established Russian administration started deporting the members of Georgian royal family to Russia proper. In April 1803, the Russian commander in Georgia, Prince Pavel Tsitsianov, himself a Russified Georgian and ironically a distant relative of the Georgian queen, heard that Mariam was planning to flee to the strongholds of Khevsureti with the aid of loyal mountainous clansmen who were resolutely opposed to the Russian rule. Tsitsianov gave orders to Major-General Ivan Petrovich Lazarev that the queen and her children should be immediately removed from Georgia under guard. The very next morning, 22 April 1803, the Russian soldiers arrived at Queen’s mansion and Lazarev ordered Mariam to get up and be ready for departure, but the queen refused to follow him. The general then took hold of her foot, to make her rise from the cushion on which she was sitting, surrounded by her sleeping children. Mariam, indignant at the attempt to take her by force, drew the dagger from beneath the cushion and stabbed Lazarev, killing him on the spot. Lazarev’s interpreter drew his saber, and gave her a wound in the head, so that she fell down insensible. The soldiers burst into the bedroom and arrested the queen and her children. Escorted by a considerable armed force, they were carried away to Russia through the Darial Pass. During her passage through Georgia, the inhabitants came out to testify their loyalty to the queen and bade her farewell. She was kept into confinement at the Belogorodsky Convent at Voronezh until 1811 and then permitted to reside in Moscow. Little is known about Mariam’s life in Moscow, but she is known to have been regularly visited by Georgian students whom she helped financially. She died there at 82 and was interred at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, Georgia, with regal honors. The tragic story of Queen Mariam was described in several contemporary accounts, based on the reports of eyewitnesses, and found its place in European literature of that time.	WIKI
Talk:Naval Support Facility Kamiseya Untitled Text moved from article: In September of 1875 a fire broke out in the main working area known as "The Tunnel", a converted, semi-underground bunker used in World War II for manufacturing torpedoes. Twelve men died in this fire. Early reports attributed the fire to improper installation of an incinerator, which had been recently installed to vent up through an interior wall without adequate insulation around the vent pipe. Testimony given by at least one witness during the subsequent investigation supported this; the wall where the Navy later stated that an electrical short started the fire was cool to the touch even when the area was filling with smoke and a fire was evident. Is the information, especially the date, correct? Fg2 03:51, 2 February 2006 (UTC)	WIKI
-- Sub-Sahara Africa Stocks: Cadbury Nigeria, Equity Bank of Kenya Kenya’s All-Share Index (NSEASI) snapped five days of gains, declining 0.3 percent to 63 in Nairobi. Namibia’s FTSE/Namibia Overall Index (FTN098) rose for a second day, jumping 1.1 percent to 898.05 in Windhoek. The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index (NGSEINDX) advanced 0.3 percent to 21,970.21 in Lagos, according to an e-mailed statement from the bourse. In Mauritius, the SEMDEX Index (SEMDEX) increased 0.2 percent to 1795.82 in Port Louis. The following shares rose or fell in sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa . Stock symbols are in parentheses. Cadbury Nigeria Plc (CADBURY) , a manufacturer of drinks and food products, advanced for a fifth day, the longest streak of gains since July 29, surging 5 percent to 13.07 naira on speculation the stock is undervalued, according to Lambeth Trust and Investment Co. Cadbury reported a profit of more than 3 billion naira ($19 million) in 2011, which has “stimulated the appetite” of investors, David Adonri, chief executive officer of Lambeth Trust, said by phone today. The stock is currently undervalued and if Cadbury’s profit growth continues, the stock could rise to 30 naira in a year, he said. Equity Bank Ltd. (EQBNK) , Kenya’s biggest lender by customers, surged 4.9 percent to 21.25 shillings, the fifth day of gains and the highest closing price since August, in anticipation of first-quarter earnings scheduled to be announced tomorrow. Kenya Reinsurance Corp. (KNRE) , the state-owned reinsurer, rose 8.3 percent to 9.8 shillings, the highest since June 8, after Business Daily reported the company will increase its investment in the real estate industry. To contact the reporter on this story: Chris Kay in Abuja at ckay5@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Gavin Serkin at gserkin@bloomberg.net	NEWS-MULTISOURCE
Talk:Besa (Albanian culture) "Denmark and Albania are the only countries conquered by the Nazis that actively refused to cooperate with them" Here's my reasons to take the sentence out: As I hope you can see now, the sentence that you insist on including is wrong on multiple levels. It just doesn't seem right to make any comparisons to Denmark (or even Bulgaria). Todor→Bozhinov 13:18, 13 November 2009 (UTC) * Bulgaria remained an independent country during WWII and it was part of the Axis between 1941 and 1944. It didn't turn its Jews over to the Nazis and didn't send any troops to assist the Nazi war effort in the east, but otherwise co-operated. Was Bulgaria a "conquered country"? * What does 'conquered' mean and what is a 'country'? In World War II, Albania was part of the Italian Empire (it was not occupied by the Nazis like Denmark). Was it a country if it was not independent? * Moreover, Denmark did not "actively refuse to cooperate". Denmark's pre-invasion institutions remained active in the protectorate and co-operated with the Nazis to a great extent (read Occupation of Denmark). * Why don't you just add Bulgaria to it with a ref rather than remove the sentence? It can be reworded perhaps but I think it's an important point to mention. — Rlevse • Talk • 20:22, 14 November 2009 (UTC) NPOV I didn't want to start tagging the article since it is on the DYK list but it does have some neutrality issues. Apart from the concerns above the following statement is troublesome. * Albanians are noted for their lack of religious hatred. The statement is sourced but it is still a troublesome statement. The problem with statements like this is that they are not quantitative and are, therefore, inherently subjective. If the statement is not saying something that is to grandiose then making the statement with a source is ok. But things like this are problematic. It is better to put in a quote of some famous person or author. That way you are not asserting anything yourself. For this specific statement something like the following might be preferable. * The U.S. ambassador to Albania once wrote in 1934, * ... there is no trace of any discrimination against Jews in Albania, because Albania happens to be one of the rare lands in Europe today where religious prejudice and hate do not exist, even though Albanians themselves are divided into three faiths. Also be very careful about using sources such as Yad Vashem. Such sources are generally viewed as activistic and would not be considered neutral enough to be a good source for topics such as this. --Mcorazao (talk) 23:26, 15 November 2009 (UTC) * I don't object to the first one you mention being removed but since the other one is a sourced quote maybe we could find another source. — Rlevse • Talk • 23:38, 15 November 2009 (UTC) Off my list I am taking this off my watch list. I have no further interest in this article. — Rlevse • Talk • 18:12, 16 November 2009 (UTC) Besa and religion Besa has not a religious background, and not Muslim. It's written in the Kanun of Leke Dukagjini.--Albopedian (talk) 20:32, 18 November 2009 (UTC) This article is a trainwreck. Nothing in the introduction or "history" section has a citation. There is extreme bias in all of the claims regarding the origin of besa and the importance of besa. Also, the Albanian words for "Albania" and "Albanian" keep being used, as do phrases like "people of the Eagle". It's extremely weird, especially since there is nothing in the article that explain these terms. External links modified Hello fellow Wikipedians, I have just modified 1 one external link on Besa (Albanian culture). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes: * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110614015354/http://www.albanian.com/v4/showthread.php?t=26005 to http://www.albanian.com/v4/showthread.php?t=26005 Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 21:02, 31 October 2016 (UTC) External links modified Hello fellow Wikipedians, I have just modified one external link on Besa (Albanian culture). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes: * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110724100437/http://www.thejewishchronicle.net/pages/full_story/push?article--Besa-Albanian+Muslims+took+vow+to+save+Jews-+photographer+says%20&id=1796256--Besa-Albanian+Muslims+took+vow+to+save+Jews-+photographer+says to http://www.thejewishchronicle.net/pages/full_story/push?article--Besa-Albanian+Muslims+took+vow+to+save+Jews-+photographer+says%20&id=1796256--Besa-Albanian+Muslims+took+vow+to+save+Jews-+photographer+says Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 08:31, 21 December 2017 (UTC)	WIKI
Financial Sector Update for 09/07/2017: MA, GWRE, BCRH Top Financial Stocks JPM -1.97% BAC -2.20% WFC -0.90% C -2.05% USB -2.18% Financial stocks were getting beaten down Thursday, with the NYSE Financial Sector Index falling over 0.8% while financial companies in the S&P 500 Index was sinking more than 1.8%. In company news, credit card issuer Mastercard ( MA ) rose to a new record high on Thursday after today raising its forecasts for FY17 revenue over its prior guidance. The company is now expecting revenue during the 12 months ending Dec. 31 to grow at the "high end of low double (percentage) digits" compared with its previous outlook modeling an increase this year in the "low double digits." Analysts, on average, are looking for Mastercard revenue rising 13.5% over FY16 levels to $12.23 billion, according to Capital IQ. Mastercard is also projecting a compound annual growth rate for revenue in "the high end of low double digits" between 2016 to 2018, up from "low double digits" in its previous guidance. It sees the compound annual growth rate for per-share earnings rising "approximately 20%" compared with the company's prior forecast expecting CAGR EPS growth in the "mid teens" percentage range. In other sector news, (+) GWRE, (+9.7%) Fiscal Q4 EPS of $0.59 tops $0.39 per share profit last year and beating the Capital IQ consensus by $0.20 per share. Revenue rises to $181.1 mln, also exceeding the $168.6 mln consensus. Guides Q1 earnings, revenue below Street views. Sees FY18 profit in-line with the analyst mean. (-) BCRH, (-12.3%) Estimates a Florida hurricane would likely have a $55 mln net impact on the company, equal to about 30% of its shareholders equity, according to a new investor presentation. Florida also generated $6.1 mln, or 21%, of its premiums during first six months of 2017. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. Copyright (C) 2016 MTNewswires.com. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is strictly prohibited. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.	NEWS-MULTISOURCE
health Pinched Nerves: The Little-Known Symptoms Everyone Needs To Know by Ileana Paules-Bronet Ileana is the Editor of Original Content at LittleThings. She grew up in upstate New York and Oregon and now lives in Queens, NY. Ileana graduated from Skidmore College with a degree in sociology. After graduating, she attended the Columbia Publishing Course in New York City, then worked as in marketing at Oxford University Press. Since transitioning to editorial, she has written for sites like BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and Unwritten. She has also worked for local newspapers and magazines in upstate New York. In her free time, you can find Ileana watching Law and Order: SVU, eating ice cream, and spending time with her dog. As you get older, your body may start to let you down a little. Your muscles become slightly weaker, your joints ache, your bones become more brittle, and you may even become clumsier. It’s never particularly fun to injure yourself, but as you get older, it takes longer and longer for your body to heal from an injury. One common injury people experience as they age is a pinched nerve. People have nerves throughout their entire bodies, but once in a while those nerves can become pinched — it’s painful and uncomfortable, but there’s often simple treatments for them. WebMD explains, “Nerves extend from your brain to your spinal cord, sending important messages throughout your body. If you have a pinched nerve (nerve compression) your body may send you warning signals such as pain… Damage from a pinched nerve may be minor or severe. It may cause temporary or long-lasting problems. The earlier you get a diagnosis and treatment for nerve compression, the more quickly you’ll find relief. In some cases you can’t reverse the damage from a pinched nerve. But treatment usually relieves pain and other symptoms.” To find out more about pinched nerves, their symptoms, and their treatment, read below! Thumbnail Source: Pixnio What Does It Mean For A Nerve To Be "Pinched"? pinched nerve in spine Morgan Swofford for LittleThings The phrase “pinched nerve” gets thrown around by doctors and medical professionals a lot, but what exactly does it mean? According to WebMD, “A pinched nerve occurs when there is ‘compression’ (pressure) on a nerve.” How Do Nerves Become Pinched? how nerves become pinched Morgan Swofford for LittleThings According to Mayo Clinic, “A pinched nerve occurs when too much pressure is applied to a nerve by surrounding tissues, such as bones, cartilage, muscles or tendons. This pressure disrupts the nerve’s function, causing pain, tingling, numbness, or weakness.” WebMD explains, “The pressure may be the result of repetitive motions, or it may happen from holding your body in one position for long periods, such as keeping elbows bent while sleeping. Nerves are most vulnerable at places in your body where they travel through narrow spaces but have little soft tissue to protect them.” Pinched Nerve Symptoms Pinched Nerve Symptom #1: Radiating Pain From The Source pinched nerve pain Morgan Swofford for LittleThings Having a pinched nerve can cause a lot of pain in various areas. One of the most common symptoms is pain that radiates from the source. If you have a pinched nerve in your neck or shoulder, you may feel “pain, numbness, and tingling that radiates from your neck down your upper back, shoulders or arms.” If you have a pinched nerve in your back, you may feel “back pain radiating from your lower back running down your legs. Pinched nerves are most common in the lower back because the lower back bears a high percentage of pressure and force.” Pinched Nerve Symptom #2: Numbness, Tingling, Or "Pins And Needles" pinched nerve symptoms Morgan Swofford for LittleThings According to Dr. Axe, “You might experience pins and needles” if you have a pinched nerve. Like the pain, numbness and tingling can radiate from the source of the pinched nerve. When it comes to pinched nerves in the back, “burning sensations, tingling, heat, and weakness might be felt in the thighs, low back or buttocks. Sometimes the pain might spread upward to your chest and neck.” Pinched Nerve Symptom #3: Weakness And Loosened Grip pinched nerve weakness Morgan Swofford for LittleThings If your pinched nerve is in your neck or shoulder, “your grip may become weak, and your arm or hand might become stiff.” Elsewhere, you may experience muscle weakness in the area, according to the Mayo Clinic. Pinched Nerve Symptom #4: Worsened Pain From Both Activity And Sleeping pinched nerve sleeping Morgan Swofford for LittleThings Although it may seem counterintuitive, pinched nerve pain can get worse from both increased activity as well as sleep. WebMD explains, “Sometimes symptoms worsen when you try certain movements, such as turning your head or straining your neck.” Additionally, “Pain likely gets worse if you exercise, after waking up from sleeping, or when you’re bending and walking,” according to Dr. Axe. Pinched Nerve Treatments Pinched Nerve Treatment #1: Talk To Your Doctor pinched nerve doctor Morgan Swofford for LittleThings The first step in treating a pinched nerve is meeting with your doctor. Dr. Axe explains: To help make a diagnosis of a pinched nerve, your doctor will likely perform: a physical exam, testing reflexes, tenderness and pain; assessment of your medical history, family history and injuries; tests for muscle strength or weakness, testing for signs of muscle atrophy, twitching, numbness; testing pain based on motion, touch and pressure; testing joint dysfunction through moving your limbs and torso; diagnostic tests, including CT scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to look at disc alignment and configuration. Doctors may then prescribe a variety of treatments, including surgery, steroids, and pain relievers. Pinched Nerve Treatment #2: Get Enough Collagen pinched nerve collagen Morgan Swofford for LittleThings There are also a variety of natural treatments for pinched nerves that you can try at home. The first of these treatments is a collagen repair diet. Dr. Axe explains that collagen helps repair damaged tissue, which can cushion spaces between bones and joints and lead to reduced pressure and friction. Some foods that contain collagen are bone broth, marshmallows, Jell-O, and other foods with gelatin. Pinched Nerve Treatment #3: Opt For Foods With Antioxidants pinched nerve antioxidants Morgan Swofford for LittleThings Antioxidants and other foods with anti-inflammatory properties can help the effects of aging, reduce oxidative stress, and supply minerals and vitamins that can help your body recover, explains Dr. Axe. Some foods that are rich in antioxidants and anti-inflammatories are organic fruits and veggies, and herbs like ginger, garlic, and turmeric. Pinched Nerve Treatment #4: Get Your Omega-3s pinched nerve omega 3 Morgan Swofford for LittleThings Dr. Axe explains, “Eating omega-3 foods, such as wild-caught fish like salmon, grass-fed beef, chia seeds and flaxseeds, helps naturally control inflammation and reduce the effects of aging.” Pinched Nerve Treatment #5: Correct Your Posture pinched nerve posture Morgan Swofford for LittleThings Making your posture better can relieve a lot of pain caused by a pinched nerve. Often times, the only treatment required for a pinched nerve is “simply resting the injured area and avoiding any activities that tend to worsen your symptoms,” explains WebMD. Dr. Axe writes, “Proper posture is crucial for helping take unwanted stress off of delicate joints, especially joints that have been injured or under increased pressure for a long time.” A physical therapist can help with your posture by teaching you ways to relieve pressure on certain parts of your body. They can also help strengthen your core, taking away pain. Have you ever had a pinched nerve? Let us know in the comments below! If you like learning how to relieve physical ailments at home, please SHARE this article with your friends and family!	ESSENTIALAI-STEM
Tag Archives: Types Of Diet Pills Knowing Your Options on Diet Pills Based on recent studies, there have been more & more people all over the world who end up suffering from obesity on a yearly basis. The reason for this is that most individuals are prone to eating more while not engaging in any sort of physical activity. They may have jobs to attend to which are pretty exhausting, and there’s also the lack of time to focus on going to the gym. With so many responsibilities to take care of, people end up becoming very lazy and wouldn’t want to handle anything more difficult than what they’re already faced with 8 to 10 hours day. This leads them to them being unable to achieve any sort of proper weight loss. Hence, they would resort to the use of diet pills. While these are highly popular nowadays, there are many things which potential users should know about prior to purchasing them. One of the biggest concerns in consuming a diet pill is that there are many of them out on the market which aren’t really that effective to begin with. There may even be some ingredients which can be rather harmful to a person’s overall health. Hence, safety becomes a major concern, especially when all a person wishes to do is lose weight fast without putting their bodies through so much risk. For those who are looking for specific weight loss products, they would need to look through the ingredients with utmost scrutiny and perform research on whether or not these ingredients are suitable for their use. Below are just some examples of weight loss pills which dominate the market these days. 1. XenicalXenical is perhaps one of the most common choices as far as dieting pills are concerned, When a person consumes this pill, about 30 percent of the fat from each meal is blocked. What’s great is that this pill has been given the stamp of approval by the Food and Drug Administration, proving that it is medically cleared to help people lose all that extra weight off their bodies. 2. Carb blockers are also pretty popular, especially when people tend to eat a lot of it. Too much carb consumption does indeed lead to weight gain, and these pills are efficient in preventing that from happening. 3. There are herbal supplements as well which are as natural as they come. These pills can actually improve the user’s metabolic rate as well as suppress their appetite, something that’s useful to combat hunger cravings. This proves to be a really good alternative since natural supplements offer herbal ingredients which don’t have any serious side effects on their consumers. 4. Fiber supplements can also help people lose excess weight safely, especially with sources such as African mango seed or psyllium husks. These can help people feel a lot fuller in such a short time with just a small portion of meals eaten. These are just some of the different types of diet pills that people can opt to purchase in their efforts of losing weight effectively. Otherwise you can try hcg diet drops.	ESSENTIALAI-STEM

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