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Swedish Banks, Policy Makers Clash Over Rules on Buffers
Swedish banks are preparing to take
on the country’s policy makers as they balk at the prospect of
tougher capital rules than those being enforced elsewhere. The Stockholm-based parliament today heard arguments from
Stefan Ingves, governor of the central bank, Finance Minister Anders Borg and Financial Markets Minister Peter Norman on risks
facing Sweden’s credit markets. Ingves and Borg warned that
Sweden faces imbalances from its credit and property markets and
want banks to follow stricter standards than those set out by
the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision . Sweden’s bankers’
association says it will fight rules that undermine
competitiveness. “We’ve been meeting with policy makers here so they know
how important it is that there is a level playing field,” said
Kerstin af Jochnick, managing director at the Swedish Bankers’
Association, in a phone interview yesterday. “We’ll continue to
raise our voice on this. Swedish banks are well capitalized and
if there isn’t harmony with the rest of Europe, business could
quickly go elsewhere.” Sweden is home to four of the Nordic region’s six biggest
banks. The largest, Nordea Bank AB , has railed against proposals
for tighter capital requirements that Chief Executive Officer
Christian Clausen calls “a bit strange” and “not realistic.”
Ingves, who helped rebuild Sweden’s financial industry after its
1990s meltdown, and Borg want lenders to have larger buffers as
credit growth hovers close to 9 percent and house prices exceed
a pre-crisis peak. Sweden’s banks are still recovering after
their Baltic operations got caught in the region’s 2009 property
market crash. ‘Very Serious Risks’ Banks should prepare for a 1 percentage point increase in
capital requirements every year “over the next few years,”
Borg said today. Sweden’s banking industry faces “very serious
risks,” he said. Banks need to rein in risk-taking as the pace
of household credit growth, though “better than before,”
remains unsustainable, Ingves said at the hearing. “Bank management should plan to, compared with the capital
base they have today, especially when it comes to common shares,
be looking at a scenario where these demands will be increased
by about 1 percentage unit per year during a few years,” Borg
told reporters. International Leaders Martin Andersson, the director-general at the Financial
Supervisory Authority, said Sweden “should be in the forefront
internationally when it comes to capital requirements,” in an
interview today. “We should have a high capital requirement, we
should have proper capital in the capital requirement and we
should be early in implementing it.” Swedbank AB , the biggest bank in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia , wrote down $2.4 billion in 2009 after the former Soviet
region suffered the European Union’s deepest economic decline.
The economy of Latvia , which was growing at a 12 percent pace in
2006, shrank 18 percent three years later. The losses fueled a
22 percent depreciation in Sweden’s krona against the euro from
an August 2008 peak through a March 2009 low. “We have banks that take relatively large risks,” Borg
told reporters yesterday. Swedbank was today’s biggest loser on the OMX Index of
Sweden’s 30 most-traded companies, dropping as much as 2.2
percent. The stock sank to 110.10 kronor at 2 p.m. in Stockholm .
Handelsbanken slipped as much as 0.8 percent and was trading at
211.80 kronor. SEB dropped as much as 1.2 percent and was down
0.8 percent at 57.15 krona. Nordea traded 0.3 percent higher at
72.20 kronor. Financials were the biggest losers in the index,
trading 0.5percent lower, versus a 0.01 percent gain in the OMX. Systemically Important In addition to enforcing stricter capital rules in Sweden ,
some policy makers want the country’s biggest lenders to come
under tougher standards than smaller rivals. “It’s reasonable that they should have higher capital
requirements than other banks since they constitute a bigger
risk for society and therefore need a bigger cushion if
something should happen,’” Riksbank Deputy Governor Lars Nyberg
said in Feb. 23 interview. Ingves said in an interview today he
supports this view. Under the so-called Basel III rules, banks are required to
have a minimum core Tier 1 capital ratio, a measure of financial
strength, of 7 percent. Nordea has a core Tier-1 ratio of 10.3
percent, fourth-quarter results show. That compares with 13.8
percent at Svenska Handelsbanken AB , 12.2 percent at SEB AB, and
13.9 percent at Swedbank. Ingves and Borg want stricter rules
introduced faster in Sweden than the Basel committee’s 2019
deadline. Nordic Drive Norway has also signaled it wants its lenders to live up to
stricter standards than those set abroad. The country’s
financial crisis commission has proposed levying a financial
stability fee and asked for a review of taxes on bank profits
and salaries. In Denmark , the government’s decision to let
Amagerbanken A/S fail last month set a precedent in the EU for
depositor and senior bondholder losses and means lenders there
may face higher funding costs. Banks will suffer without a “level playing field,” said
Maths Liljedahl, an analyst at Nordea. “If the Nordic region
moves ahead earlier than Europe , then the banks will have to
bear more capital against the same type of risk, which means
lower profitability and a negative effect on GDP relative to
other countries. Policy makers would be wise to listen to the
market and wait for final Basel III rules before acting
themselves.” Rating Outlook Bjorn Erik Naess, chief financial officer of Norway’s DnB
NOR ASA, warns the region’s banks will be put at a competitive
disadvantage if policy makers get their way. “We don’t want to see, and I don’t think we deserve, any
tighter regulation or higher requirements in Norway compared to
other countries,” Naess said on a Feb. 10 conference call. According to Nyberg, banks with higher capital buffers will
win greater investor confidence, allowing them to fund
themselves at a lower cost. Rating agencies have said they
welcome policy maker efforts to contain risks. Norman told the
parliamentary committee today higher capital standards can be
used as a marketing tool to attract funding. “Structural risks remain and will continue to shape the
longer-term prospects for Nordic banks,” Standard & Poor’s said
in Feb. 24 report. “We have seen and will continue to see
proactive political measures aimed at addressing developing
risks such as continued home price inflation, credit driven
consumption, and rising private debt levels. The degree to which
such measures are successful in moderating destabilizing trends
will be important for bank ratings over the longer term.” To contact the reporters on this story:
Adam Ewing in Stockholm at
aewing5@bloomberg.net
Johan Carlstrom in Stockholm at
jcarlstrom@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Tasneem Brogger at
tbrogger@bloomberg.net
Frank Connelly at
fconnelly@bloomberg.net
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Okada
Okada (written: 岡田 literally "hill rice-paddy") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Okada Beisanjin (岡田 米山人), Japanese painter
* Doris Okada Matsui, American politician of the Democratic Party
* Hankō Okada (岡田 半江), Japanese painter in the Edo period
* Harumitsu Okada (岡田 晴光), Japanese cyclist
* Hiroko Okada (岡田 裕子), Japanese contemporary artist
* Okada Izō (岡田 以蔵), Japanese samurai and assassin
* Jisaku Okada (岡田 次作), IJN Captain
* John Okada (1923–1971), Japanese-American writer
* Junichi Okada (岡田 准一), Japanese singer and actor
* Junko Okada (岡田 純子), Japanese voice actress
* Katsuya Okada (岡田 克也), former Democratic Party of Japan president and foreign minister of Japan
* Kazuchika Okada (岡田 和睦), Japanese professional wrestler
* Kazuo Okada (岡田 和生), Japanese businessman and billionaire, the biggest project of whom is Okada Manila (see below)
* Keisuke Okada (岡田 啓介), 31st Prime Minister of Japan
* Kinya Okada (岡田 欣也), Japanese professional wrestler
* Kōyō Okada (岡田 紅陽), Japanese photographer
* Mari Okada (岡田 麿里), Japanese screenwriter
* Masaki Okada (岡田 将生), Japanese actor
* Masumi Okada (1935–2006), Japanese-Danish actor
* Mokichi Okada (岡田 茂吉), founder of the Church of World Messianity
* Nana Okada (岡田 奈々), Japanese actress and former idol singer
* Nana Okada (岡田 奈々), Japanese idol, model and actress
* Rana Okada (岡田 良菜), Japanese snowboarder
* Okada Saburōsuke (岡田 三郎助), Japanese painter
* Satoru Okada (岡田 智), general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering
* Okada Shigetaka (岡田 重孝), Japanese Samurai
* Okada Shinichirō (岡田 信一郎), Japanese architect
* Shoken Okada (岡田 昌憲), Japanese slalom canoeist
* Tadahiko Okada (岡田 忠彦), Japanese politician
* Tadayuki Okada (岡田 忠之), former Grand Prix motorcycle racing and Superbike racing motorcycle racer
* Takeshi Okada (岡田 武史), coach of the Japan national football team
* Tasuku Okada (岡田 資), Japanese general
* Tokihiko Okada (岡田 時彦), Japanese actor
* Tomohiro Okada (岡田 智博), Japanese new media art and design curator
* Toshio Okada (岡田 斗司夫), founder of the anime company Gainax
* Ty Okada (born 1999), American football player
* Yaichirō Okada (岡田 彌一郎), Japanese zoologist
* Yoshiko Okada (岡田 嘉子), Japanese actress
* Yuki Okada (disambiguation), multiple people
* Yukiko Okada (岡田 有希子), Japanese idol
* Yusuke Okada (disambiguation), multiple people
* "Okada" noun : is the name of a town in the north east part of the great Benin kingdom, Edo state of Nigeria. The name Okada is two words put together, Oke which means hill, Ada which means junction, a place where two points meet.today in the north eastern part of Benin, Okada is a name of a town on a hill where different rivers meet.
Other uses
* Okada Air, a now defunct airline in Nigeria
* Okada Domain, a Japanese domain in the Edo period
* Okada Museum of Art, an art museum in Kanagawa, Japan
* Okada Manila, a casino resort and hotel complex in Parañaque City, Metro Manila which is the biggest project of Kazuo Okada (see above)
* Okada (motorcycle taxi), a motorcycle taxi used in western Africa
* Okada (Nigeria) a Nigerian town
* Okada Station (Ehime), a railway station in Ehime, Japan
* Okada Station (Kagawa), a railway station in Kagawa, Japan
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grunt-bumpup NPM version
Updates the version, date, and other properties in your JSON files.
The properties are updated only when already present in the original JSON file. Plugin also detects and preserves the original indentation style.
Note: if you want to create tag, commit, or push to a git repository in addition to bumping version, please consider grunt-bump.
This is a Grunt 0.4 plugin. If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins.
Changelog
Upholds the Semantic Versioning Specification.
Installation
Use npm to install and save the plugin into devDependencies.
npm install grunt-bumpup --save-dev
Once the plugin has been installed, it can be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-bumpup');
Usage
grunt bumpup
By default, the patch version is bumped.
You can specify a different release type bump in 1st argument:
grunt bumpup:[type]
And the build meta suffix in 2nd argument:
grunt bumpup:[type]:[buildmeta]
Available release types are:
• major: Will bump the major x.0.0 part of a version string.
• minor: Will bump the minor 0.x.0 part of a version string.
• patch: Will bump the patch 0.0.x part of a version string. If a prerelease exists, will only remove the prerelease number.
• premajor: Will bump the major x.0.0 part of a version strring and append a prerelease version of 0 0.0.0-x'
• preminor: Will bump the minor 0.x.x part of a version strring and append a prerelease version of 0 0.0.0-x'
• prepatch: Will bump the patch 0.0.x part of a version strring and append a prerelease version of 0 0.0.0-x'
• prerelease: Will bump the prerelease 0.0.0-x part of a version string. If no prerelease exists, will also bump the patch 0.0.x
• build: Tells bumpup that you are changing only the buildmeta suffix and nothing else should be modified.
Full possible version format: major.minor.patch-prerelease+buildmeta
The prerelease part is appended only in prerelease bump type, and removed when present in major, minor, or patch bumps.
The buildmeta suffix has to be passed manually:
grunt bumpup:[type]:1458
You can also ignore everything above and pass a valid semantic version directly:
grunt bumpup:1.1.0-2+1458
Configuration
In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named bumpup to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig(). This is a simple task, and does not conform to multi task options & files input types! All available configuration styles are described below.
This is the most verbose form of the configuration:
grunt.initConfig({
bumpup: {
options: {
// Options go here.
},
setters: {
// Custom setters go here.
},
files: [
// JSON files go here.
],
},
});
Configuration examples:
Default options and one JSON file:
grunt.initConfig({
bumpup: 'package.json'
});
grunt.initConfig({
bumpup: {
file: 'package.json'
}
});
Default options, and multiple JSON files:
grunt.initConfig({
bumpup: ['package.json', 'component.json']
});
grunt.initConfig({
bumpup: {
files: ['package.json', 'component.json']
}
});
Custom options and setters:
grunt.initConfig({
bumpup: {
options: {
dateformat: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm',
normalize: false
},
setters: {
// Overrides version setter
version: function (old, releaseType, options) {
return 'proprietary version';
},
// Adds a new setter for `timestamp` property
timestamp: function (old, releaseType, options) {
return +new Date();
},
},
files: ['package.json', 'component.json']
}
});
Options
options.updateProps
Type: Object Default: {}
Map of grunt config property names that should be updated after bumping.
Usage: If you have a pkg convenience property from package.json, and you bump up something inside it, you need to tell that to grunt so the next tasks in queue can use the updated data.
Example: Tell bumpup to update the pkg config property when bumping the package.json file.
grunt.initConfig({
pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
bumpup: {
options: {
updateProps: {
pkg: 'package.json'
}
},
file: 'package.json'
}
});
options.normalize
Type: Boolean Default: true
Whether to normalize all JSON files to have the same version. The version that is than bumped up and saved into all files is taken from the first file passed into the files array.
options.newlineEof
Type: Boolean Default: false
Whether to add a newline at the end when writing a JSON file.
options.dateformat
Type: String Default: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss Z
A date format string used by moment.js' .format() method, which is in turn used in date property setter. To see all available format tokens, read the moment.js' format documentation.
Following is the list of valid moment.js ISO-8601 (computer and human readable) date formats.
YYYY-MM-DD
YYYY-MM-DDTHH
YYYY-MM-DD HH
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm
YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss
YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSS
YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSS
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss Z
YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss Z
The dates are set in the UTC timezone, so including the Z token is recommended.
Custom setters
You can define your own property setters by passing them as functions into setters object. For example, this will update the timestamp property inside package.json:
grunt.initConfig({
bumpup: {
setters: {
timestamp: function (oldTimestamp, releaseType, options, buildMeta) {
return +new Date();
}
},
file: 'package.json'
}
});
You can also override the default setters for version and date properties if you want some more control, or other than default behavior.
Setter arguments
All setters receive the same 4 arguments:
• 1st old Old property value.
• 2nd releaseType Release type. Can be major, minor, patch, prerelease, or a valid semantic version.
• 3rd options Options object, extended with default values.
• 4th buildMeta Build meta suffix (when passed in 2nd task argument).
Example showcasing simplified version & date setters:
grunt.initConfig({
bumpup: {
setters: {
version: function (oldVersion, releaseType, options, buildMeta) {
return semver.inc(oldVersion, releaseType) + '+' + buildMeta;
},
date: function (oldDate, releaseType, options, buildMeta) {
return moment.utc().format(options.dateformat);
}
},
file: 'package.json'
}
});
Return values
Each setter has to return the new property value, or when something went wrong, grunt.fail.warn() an error and return undefined.
Usage Examples
Release task
Example "release" task alias that handles everything needed to build a new project release:
// Task configurations
grunt.initConfig({
pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
jshint: ...,
uglify: ...,
bumpup: {
options: {
updateProps: {
pkg: 'package.json'
}
},
file: 'package.json'
},
tagrelease: '<%= pkg.version %>'
});
// Loading the plugins
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-jshint');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-bumpup');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-tagrelease');
// Alias task for release
grunt.registerTask('release', function (type) {
type = type ? type : 'patch'; // Default release type
grunt.task.run('jshint'); // Lint stuff
grunt.task.run('bumpup:' + type); // Bump up the version
grunt.task.run('uglify'); // Minify stuff
grunt.task.run('tagrelease'); // Commit & tag the release
});
// Alias task for release with buildmeta suffix support
grunt.registerTask('release', function (type, build) {
var bumpParts = ['bumpup'];
if (type) { bumpParts.push(type); }
if (build) { bumpParts.push(build); }
grunt.task.run('jshint');
grunt.task.run(bumpParts.join(':'));
grunt.task.run('uglify');
grunt.task.run('tagrelease');
});
And now you can call it from CLI like this:
grunt release // Default patch release
grunt release:minor // Minor release
grunt release:minor:1458 // Minor release with buildtype suffix
grunt release:build:1459 // Only build suffix will be modified
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==Heading==
Verb (colloquial).—To cheat. [For suggested derivation, see subs., sense 1.] Synonyms will be found under Stick.
1659. Shirley, Honoria and Mam., II., iii. We are in a fair way to be ridiculous Chiaus'd by a scholar! [m.]
1663. Pepys, Diary, May 15. The Portugalls have choused us, it seems, in the Island of Bombay, in the East Indys.
1708. Centlivre, Busie Body, Act iii. You and my most conscionable Guardian here plotted and agreed, to chouse a very civil, honest, honourable gentleman, out of a Hundred Pound.
1742-4. Roger North, Lives of the Norths, I., 90. The judge held them to it, and they were choused of the treble value.
1823. Hints for Oxford, p. 26. Everything in common use at Oxford, with the exception, perhaps, of books, is charged at an exorbitant rate; and, what is worse you are often having yourself choused with abominable trash.
1890. Academy, Feb. 22, p. 125, col. 1. Susan Burnay's letters, with charming naïveté, confess that, in the expectation of an early visit from the delightful mimic, she for four mornings was up at seven o'clock, only to find herself, borrowing the slang phrases of the day, 'choused, for he nick'd us entirely, and never came at all.'
So also choused, ppl. adj., chousing, verbal subs., and chouser, subs.
Chout, subs. (East London).—An entertainment.—Hotten.
Chovey, subs. (costermongers').—A shop. A shopman is known amongst the fraternity as a man-chovey, and a shop-woman as ann-chovey.
1857. Snowden, Mag. Assistant 2 ed.), 444. A shop—Chovey.
French Synonyms. Une boutogue (thieves'); une boutanche (thieves'); un boucard (thieves'); un rade or radeau (thieves'); also primarily, a till.
German Synonym. Chenwene (a market stall, the stock itself, or a box full of goods; Chenwener, the owner of such a place—a merchant or shop-keeper).
Chow, subs. (theatrical).—Talk; 'lip'; jaw; e.g., to have 'plenty of chow' = to have a good deal to say.
Verb (theatrical).—To talk incessantly; to grumble. A variant is to chip. [Chow is apparently a form of 'chew,' now fallen into desuetude.]
Chowder-Headed, adj. (American).—Stupid. [The term though only dialectical in England is pretty general in U.S.A. It is given by Murray as a variant of cholter-headed, which in turn is another form for jolt or jolter-headed. Chowder is properly a kind of hotch-potch, and applied to the intellectuals would imply 'confusedness,' and hence idiocy.]
1819. Scott, Lett., 15 April, in Lockhart. I hesitate a little about Raeburn [he] has twice already made a very chowder-headed person of me.
1851. H. Melville, Whale, xv., 73. What's that stultifying saying about chowder-headed people? [m].
18(?). S. L. Clemens ('Mark Twain'), Launch of the Steamer 'Capital.' The Showman grabbed the orchestra and shook him up, and says, 'That lets you out, you chowder-headed old clam.'
Christen, verb (thieves')—1. To erase the markings from a watch, and substitute a fictitious inscription, with a view to preventing identification. An Old Cant variant was to church (q.v.), the derivation being analogous. French thieves, in speaking of a Christened watch or other 'faked' silver, use couvert.
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Broadway Bridge
Broadway Bridge may refer to:
* Canada
* Broadway Bridge (Saskatoon), in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
* United Kingdom
* Broadway Bridge (Liverpool), in Liverpool, Merseyside
* United States
* Broadway Bridge (Clarkdale, Arizona), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Yavapai County
* Broadway Bridge (Little Rock), in Arkansas
* Broadway Bridge (Denver, Colorado), in Colorado
* Broadway Bridge (Daytona Beach), in Florida
* Buck O'Neil Bridge, in Kansas City, Missouri, formerly and also called the Broadway Bridge
* Broadway Bridge (Little Falls), in Minnesota
* Broadway Bridge (Manhattan), in New York
* Broadway Bridge (Portland, Oregon), in Oregon
* Broadway Bridge (St. Peter, Minnesota), NRHP-listed in Nicollet County and in Le Sueur County
* Broadway Bridge (Greenville, Ohio), NRHP-listed
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158 As we went downstairs Riazanov burst in through the front door, very agitated.
“Are you going to dissolve the Duma?” I asked.
“My God, no!” he answered. “It is all a mistake. I told the Mayor this morning that the Duma would be left alone…”
Out on the Nevsky, in the deepening dusk, a long double file of cyclists came riding, guns slung on their shoulders. They halted, and the crowd pressed in and deluged them with questions.
“Who are you? Where do you come from?” asked a fat old man with a cigar in his mouth.
“Twelfth Army. From the front. We came to support the Soviets against the damn’ bourgeoisie!”
“Ah!” were furious cries. “Bolshevik gendarmes! Bolshevik Cossacks!”
A little officer in a leather coat came running down the steps. “The garrison is turning!” he muttered in my ear. “It’s the beginning of the end of the Bolsheviki. Do you want to see the turn of the tide? Come on!” He started at a half-trot up the Mikhailovsky, and we followed.
“What regiment is it?”
“The brunnoviki…” Here was indeed serious trouble. The brunnoviki were the Armoured Car troops, the key to the situation; whoever controlled the brunnoviki controlled the city. “The Commissars of the Committee for Salvation and the Duma have been talking to them. There’s a meeting on to decide…”
“Decide what? Which side they’ll fight on?”
“Oh, no. That’s not the way to do it. They’ll never fight against the Bolsheviki. They will vote to remain neutral—and then the yunkers and Cossacks”
The door of the great Mikhailovsky Riding-School yawned blackly. Two sentinels tried to stop us, but we brushed by
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-- GM Said to Seek Deals in China to Reach 5 Million Goal
The Chinese auto industry is overdue
for consolidation and General Motors Co. , with local partner
SAIC Motor Corp., is interested in acquiring ailing automakers,
according to four people familiar with the companies’ thinking. GM, already the top foreign carmaker in China, aims to
increase sales by about 75 percent by 2015 to 5 million , and a
deal with another automaker is one possible way its ventures can
expand, said the people, who didn’t want to be identified
because the plans are private. China’s government wants to preserve jobs even as it
encourages consolidation that echoes the auto industry’s
contraction a century ago that made the Detroit-based carmaker
the world’s largest for eight decades. Expanding in China isn’t as simple as going out and buying
another plant. Foreign companies face restrictions on the number
of partners they can have or how much of a factory they can own.
Last year, China said it wouldn’t give incentives for further
foreign-owned auto plants. That started raising the value of
underused auto plants, of which there are plenty: 10 of China’s
71 automakers didn’t sell a vehicle last year. “It is much easier to get the government to sign off on
their acquisition than to approve new capacity,” said Han Weiqi , an analyst with CSC International Holdings Ltd. in
Shanghai. “It is in line with the government’s mandate of
consolidating the industry and reducing the number of players.” Most Overcapacity Two calls to the media office of the National Development
and Reform Commission, China’s top economic planning body,
weren’t answered. China has the world’s most overcapacity. Factories in China
are able to produce about 10 million more vehicles than they
currently make, according to LMC Automotive. That’s more than
the number of autos made in any country other than China or the
U.S. GM and SAIC have plans to open two assembly plants in China
in 2014. Even then, their joint ventures may be capable of
making only about 4 million cars, sport-utility vehicles and
microvans a year. One way to stay on track with the 5 million
target set when growth was more exuberant would be by taking
over assembly plants that aren’t operating at full production. GM has built up what it calls a fortress balance sheet with
more than $23 billion in cash that gives it flexibility to make
acquisitions. “There are no current plans to increase GM’s manufacturing
capacity through acquisition or consolidation,” Dayna Hart, a
GM spokeswoman in China, said this week in an e-mail. SAIC, based in Shanghai, declined to comment. China passed the U.S. in 2009 to become the world’s largest
vehicle market and still has room to grow: While 627 in 1,000 in
the U.S. own a car and 517 in Germany, according to the World
Bank, in China, it’s only 44. Best Month The recovery of residential property prices in China’s
major cities has accelerated since early 2012, potentially
increasing demand for new passenger vehicles, said Kevin Tynan ,
Bloomberg Industries automotive analyst. GM sales in China last
month soared 26 percent from a year earlier to 310,765, its best
month ever. Buick and Chevrolet sales each gained 22 percent. GM has been the largest foreign automaker in China for the
past nine years, with about 14.7 percent of the market in 2012.
GM said it earned $1.5 billion in 2011 from its joint ventures
in China, or almost a sixth of the company’s $9.19 billion
profit that year. Analysts project the automaker, which emerged
from a government-financed bankruptcy in 2009, will report its
12th straight quarterly profit on Feb. 14. While GM has many opportunities among Chinese automakers,
which of them is the most probable target is a complex equation
that depends on proximity to markets, ease of transportation and
incentives offered by local governments in return for the
investments, said Han, the Shanghai-based analyst. Detroit, Chicago Some local governments may resist investment and management
from overseas or even from another city in China. “Consolidation does not come easily in China because the
governments, central and local, own 50 percent or more of most
of the ventures,” Michael Dunne , head of industry researcher
Dunne & Co., said in an e-mail. “It might be a good idea for
Chicago to take over management/ownership of Detroit but getting
there is not easy, even unthinkable.” China signaled in late 2011 that it would be less inclined
to sign off on new plants when it said foreign automakers would
only be eligible for incentives on new factories approved before
Jan. 30, 2012. A struggling domestic manufacturer’s ability to build cars
in China “becomes an asset,” said Matthew Stover , an analyst
with Guggenheim Securities LLC based in Boston. “You’ve got a
license, you may not be making many cars with it and your
facilities may need a lot of help. But you have a license, so
you then become an acquisition.” Volkswagen’s Push GM needs to remain aggressive in China. It faces increased
competition from Volkswagen AG as the German company aims to
become the top-selling automaker in the world by 2018. Among
non-U.S. foreign automakers, Wolfsburg, Germany-based VW has
fared best in China, almost dethroning GM as the best-selling
foreign car company in the country last year. VW, which, unlike GM, includes Hong Kong in its China
tallies, said deliveries climbed 24.5 percent to 2.81 million
while sales of GM and its Chinese joint venture gained 11
percent to a record 2.84 million. VW’s sales were helped by the introduction of new versions
of its Lavida and Audi A4L in the third quarter and from a
territorial dispute that fueled anti-Japan sentiment. In
September, Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. reported the
steepest drop in sales in China since at least 2008. Ford, Infiniti Other foreign automakers have ambitions for China as well.
Nissan , for example, moved the headquarters of its Infiniti
brand to Hong Kong to try to gain share in Asia. Ford, which has
been a laggard in China, says that breaking into that market is
a priority. The Dearborn, Michigan automaker, which sold 626,616
vehicles in China last year, a 21 percent gain, is seeing some
early success: Its Focus compact rose to the best-selling sedan
in China last year from 10th in 2011. Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Motors Corp., both
based in Seoul, also see potential in China, with their combined
sales rising 14 percent in 2012. All of this growth comes as auto sales continue to gain, if
not at the same pace as in the past. Auto deliveries may
increase 7 percent to 20.65 million this year, the China
Association of Automobile Manufacturers said in January. A
consensus is forming that sales may rise to as many as 30
million vehicles by 2020, said Bob Socia , GM China president. “You need to stay ahead of the curve,” he told reporters
last month in Detroit. “Are we ready to announce another plant?
No, but clearly we’re looking at what we’re going to need to
handle our expansion.” He declined to say how GM is looking to expand beyond two
new plants planned to be completed 2014. U.S. Consolidation The idea of GM growing through acquisition harkens back to
GM’s origins, when founder Billy Durant used his company’s
coffers to gobble up rivals as the nascent U.S. industry was
consolidating. Few Americans today remember Winton Motor
Carriage Co., the Oakland Motor Car Co. or other automakers,
also called original equipment manufacturers (OEMS or OEs), of
the early 1900s. China is ripe for a similar reckoning, Wilbur Ross , the
billionaire owner of parts supplier International Automotive
Components Group, said in Detroit last month during a
presentation at the Automotive News World Congress. “The U.S. once had 125 domestic OEs, but has devolved down
to a small handful,” Ross said. “At present, China has about
100 OEs, many of which are marginal and lack manufacturing and
distribution scale and have limited market shares.” China’s Capacity China, with more than 110 auto brands, has about 36 percent
of its car-making capacity unused, the equivalent of 10 million
vehicles worth of over-capacity, according to LMC Automotive. Of the 71 automakers tracked by the China Association of
Automobile Manufacturers, 36 companies sold fewer than 10,000
vehicles in 2012. Jilin Tongtian Automobile Co., Jiangxi Huaxiang Fuqi Motor
Co. and Liaoning Huanghai Commercial Vehicle Manufacturing Co.
are among the 10 that didn’t sell any vehicles last year,
according to association data. Han, the CSC analyst, said those
aren’t ideal acquisition targets. Local China automakers don’t spend as much to develop new
vehicles as global automakers do, Ross said. As a result, the 41
percent of the market they divvied up last year is shrinking, he
said. Future Unclear While there may be agreement from industrialists such as
Ross to China’s Communist Party that automakers need to
consolidate, how such a thing would happen is wide open to
speculation, debate and innovation. One notion is that foreign automakers would need to grow
through their local partners, which might be better able to
negotiate a fair market value for state-owned assets, said Bill Russo , president auto industry consultancy Synergistics Inc. “A more likely scenario will be partnerships among local
automakers to allow assets to be shared or transferred,” he
said in an e-mail. “In such a scenario, foreign OEMs might work
with their local partner to absorb under-performing assets into
their existing Chinese JV.” Alternatively, foreign automakers may not want some local
capacity in its current form, Jeff Schuster , an industry analyst
with LMC Automotive. An acquiring company may be able to win
approval to replace outdated factories to create jobs. “More likely they will continue to come in and build new
capacity and much of the old will be shuttered if consolidation
takes place,” he said in an e-mail. Partnership Acquisitions The GM-SAIC partnership has acquired money-losing factories
in China in the past, including assets related to Daewoo Motor
Co. after GM bought a controlling stake in the bankrupt South
Korean automaker. GM and SAIC are partnered on Wuling and its Baojun car
brand as part of a strategy to sell vehicles to an emerging
working class outside of the major cities, such as Shanghai. Last year, GM added 700 new stores in China and expects to
open another 400 this year to have a total of 4,200 locations,
Socia, the division president, said. GM’s five-year China plan announced in April 2011 called on
doubling its sales to about 5 million in the country from 2.35
million in 2010 and introducing 60 new or refreshed vehicles in
there within the same time period. The announcement followed years in which GM’s China sales
increased 68 percent in 2009 and 29 percent in 2010, before the
country’s rapid economic growth slowed. With its Chinese partners, GM has eight production centers
in China with the capacity of building 3.35 million vehicles
this year, according to researcher IHS Automotive. More Growth GM, which strives to build vehicles where they’re sold,
will have straight-time capacity to build as many 4 million
units in 2015 in China, according to IHS estimates. That
includes the two new factories in Wuhan and Chongqing coming
online in 2014, said the Northville, Michigan-based research
firm. The automaker aims to outpace the market again in 2013,
Socia told reporters in Detroit. “You have lots of people that the government wants to move
into the middle class,” he said. “You’ve got 150 cities that
are over a million in population. It’s pretty ripe for further
expansion.” To contact the reporters on this story:
Tim Higgins in Detroit at
thiggins21@bloomberg.net ;
Tian Ying in Beijing at
ytian@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Jamie Butters at
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Christina Reid
Christina Reid on 17 May 2021
Commented: Mario Malic on 18 May 2021
I have a script where I am trying to evaluate plots with two constants and 1 variable. I believe the plots are correct and now I would like to display an annotation box that displays the variables so I know which plot represents what. I try to do this in line 32, but the annotation box only shows up on the first subplot. Instead
%% Coursework Number 1.2:
% Basing on the "Ideal Rocket Flight Performance" theory compute and show
% through suitable curves the optimal (maximum) total payload ratio
% lamda_tot of a multisage rocket with identical stages (c_i = c, k_ti =
% k_t, (T/W)_i = (T/W), and a0_i = a0) ) as a function of the number of stages N.
% delta_V/c equal to 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0
%k_t equal to 0.1, 0.075 and 0.095
clear all
figure
x = [ 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0];
delta_V = x; % deltaV/c
line_color = ['b' 'g' 'y' 'c' 'm'];
stages = cell(1, length(line_color));
%n = 1:5;
kt = 0.075;
ff = 1; % figure
for TW = [50]
figure(ff)
%ff = ff+1;
ss = 1; % subplot
for beta = [1.5,2.5]
subplot(2,1,ss)
ss=ss+1;
for nn = 1: length(line_color);
ke = beta / TW;
lamda_totmax = (((1+kt)*exp(-delta_V./nn))-kt-ke).^nn;
stages{nn} = sprintf('%d Stage(s)' ,nn);
annotation('textbox',[.2 .5 .3 .3],'String',['T/W = ' int2str(TW), ' Kt = ' num2str(kt), ' beta = ' num2str(beta)], 'FitBoxToText', 'on')
semilogy(x, lamda_totmax, '-', 'Color', line_color(nn), 'LineWidth', 2)
grid on
hold on
end
ylabel ( 'Payload Ratio (lamda_tot)', 'Interpreter', 'none')
xlabel ( 'Dimensionless Ideal Velocity (delta_V/Isp*g_0', 'Interpreter', 'none')
legend( stages, 'Location', 'southwest')
end
end
title (' Total payload ratio as a function of demensionless ideal velocity and Number of stages', 'FontSize', 16)
Answers (1)
Mario Malic
Mario Malic on 17 May 2021
Hi,
If you zoom in the picture, you'll see that text is plotted one over another. It happens because parent container is figure, not axes as you expected. Different position arguments for each annotate function and you'll solve it (probably you did already).
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Mario Malic
Mario Malic on 18 May 2021
Second argument is y coordinate, your beta is a two
annotation('textbox',[.2 .2 .3 .3],'String',['T/W = ' int2str(TW), ' Kt = ' num2str(kt), ' beta = ' num2str(beta)], 'FitBoxToText', 'on')
% ^ This argument
The second element changes the y position of annotation, however, I can only tell that it has weird behaviour so try it out first on some figure with subplots.
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Classical Rubbernecking
Chatterbox, who is in Los Angeles this week, is beguiled by the banners fluttering from city street lamps advertising the L.A. Philharmonic. Each one carries a phonetic rendering of a snippet of classical music. Apparently they have been up since September. Driving along Van Nuys Boulevard, Chatterbox spotted one that said: TuddleTumTuddleTumTuddleTum, tum, tum Ah yes, Chatterbox thought, it's a military march. But what's it called? While he struggled to remember the name and the composer, he nearly plowed into the car in front of him. This caused him to wonder whether clever roadside advertising in general, and this clever roadside advertising in particular (dreamed up, Chatterbox is told, by an in-house graphic designer for the orchestra named Gretchen Citrin) is beneficial to public health. Later that day, Chatterbox phoned the office of the L.A. Philharmonic to get some assistance in compiling a cheat sheet for safety-conscious L.A. drivers. The snippet above, it turned out, wasn't the military march Chatterbox had in mind, though it easily could have been. (If any reader knows its name, please send it in.) It's Rossini's William Tell Overture, more popularly known as the theme music for The Lone Ranger. Here are the three others that the L.A. Phil has put on banners and bus advertisements: 1) Da Da Da Dah 2) Bum, Ba bum, Ba Bum, bum Bum, bum bum 3) Da Da, da, da, Dum, Da dum Da dum If you didn't get No. 1, there's no hope for you. It's Beethoven's Fifth. As for No. 2, it should be only a little harder to figure out that it's Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Chatterbox thinks No. 3 would be easier to figure out if Da da da da dum were all on one line. It's Johann Strauss Jr.'s The Blue Danube. If you are an L.A. motorist, or plan to be driving in the city anytime soon, you might want to consider printing out this information and keeping it Scotch-taped to your dashboard. --Timothy Noah Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. All contents 2017 The Slate Group LLC. All rights reserved.
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Mirages, Op. 113, is a song cycle by Gabriel Fauré, of four mélodies for voice and piano. Composed in 1919, the cycle is based on four of the poems from the collection of the same name by Renée de Brimont.
Composition
The song cycle was composed in July and August 1919 while staying at Annecy-le-Vieux, at the invitation of Fernand Maillot and his wife Louise. Fauré also started the Piano Quintet No. 2 during this stay. It was the first of several summers that he spent composing there.
Fauré's interest in de Brimont's poetry was first stimulated by Gabriel Hanotaux, to whose wife the song cycle was dedicated. It was published by Durand in 1919.
Settings
Fauré's settings from the two parts of de Brimont's collection are as follows:
* 1) "Cygne sur l'eau" (from De l'eau et des paysages)
* 2) "Reflets dans l'eau" (from De l'eau et des paysages)
* 3) "Jardin nocturne" (from De l'eau et des paysages)
* 4) "Danseuse" (from Des songes et des paroles)
Premiere
Mirages had its premiere at the Société Nationale de Musique on 27 December 1919, sung by Madeleine Grey. Fauré was the pianist for the premiere, as he usually was for his songs. However by this time his hearing impairment was total, and this was the last time he played at an event of the Société.
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By cdelory
Feb 12, 2012
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1. I have installed a plug and play webcam on my xp pro computer and device manager says it is working but I only get a black screen.
I followed the post on this topic and renewed the usb root hubs but it didn't help and the webcam works on a laptop so I assume the problem is with the xp driver.
Following the post re Identifying your webcam etc. I find the ids are:
USB\Vid_1e4e&Pid_0102&Rev_0101&MI_00
USB\Vid_1e4e&Pid_0102&MI_00
USB\Vid_1e4e&Pid_0102
And while I can find the second one on Google I can't download it from any of the sites.
I end up with a driver search that says the existing driver is current.
Where do I go from here?
2. Tmagic650
Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 21,556 +189
"I have installed a plug and play webcam"...
What is the make and model of this webcam? Is it USB?
3. cdelory
cdelory TS Rookie Topic Starter
Yes it is a USB webcam and it loaded first as a USB composite device and then as a USB Video device.
I can see the webcam through control panel/scanners & cameras but the screen is all black.
4. Tmagic650
Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 21,556 +189
Once again, What is the make and model of this webcam? We need this info to find the proper software if any...
5. cdelory
cdelory TS Rookie Topic Starter
I don't know as there is no indication on the either the unit nor on the package.
Is there any way can I find out?
6. Tmagic650
Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 21,556 +189
No name at all on the package? Where did you buy the camera?
7. cdelory
cdelory TS Rookie Topic Starter
XS cargo.
And I exchanged it when the first one didn't work but this one does the same thing.
However it works fine on my laptop.
I notice that device manager shows the usb composite device manufacturer as OWC but it shows the USB video device as Microsoft even though they are the same unit.
8. Tmagic650
Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 21,556 +189
"However it works fine on my laptop"...
This tells me that you have a program on the desktop that is causing the webcam not to function. Do you have any Windows Live programs installed? What program are you trying to use this webcam with? Are you in Canada?
9. cdelory
cdelory TS Rookie Topic Starter
No I do not have windows live and want to use the webcam with skype but it can't find it.
And Yes I am in Surrey BC, Canada.
10. Tmagic650
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11. cdelory
cdelory TS Rookie Topic Starter
Well I ran it and you had me worried for a while as the computer refused to shut down.
However after a half hour I cut the power and eventually it booted OK but with no change to the webcam.
As for any previous webcam I can't really say as I bought the computer used some years ago but this is the only one I have installed.
12. Tmagic650
Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 21,556 +189
What version of Windows is installed? You do have some issues with this computer that will need more attention
13. cdelory
cdelory TS Rookie Topic Starter
XP pro Ver 5.1 sp3
And it sometimes takes forever to boot up but when I first got it some years back it was good and fast.
14. Tmagic650
Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 21,556 +189
Can you re-install Windows fresh? Do you have a Windows install disk or a restore function on the desktop?
15. cdelory
cdelory TS Rookie Topic Starter
I don't have the windows disc but I have found windows restore.
However it only seems to have restored the status for the last week but will try restoring to the earliest one tomorrow when I will have some free time.
16. cdelory
cdelory TS Rookie Topic Starter
Well I ran restore to the earliest date and it screwed up my anti-virus so had to finally remove that and re-install it.
But still no improvement in the webcam output. Screen still black and Skype can't find it.
17. Tmagic650
Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 21,556 +189
I was talking about a "factory restore" not a Windows restore point. You need to have Windows installed fresh
18. cdelory
cdelory TS Rookie Topic Starter
OK! Thanks for your efforts.
19. cdelory
cdelory TS Rookie Topic Starter
FYI.
After all that playing around my webcam now works on Skype but I still can't see a picture through Control panel/scanners & cameras.
20. Tmagic650
Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 21,556 +189
" I still can't see a picture through Control panel/scanners & cameras"...
Windows is not designed to do that from Scanners and Cameras, but programs like Windows Live Messenger should work
21. tahwos
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"" I still can't see a picture through Control panel/scanners & cameras"...
Windows is not designed to do that from Scanners and Cameras, but programs like Windows Live Messenger should work"
Correction - although the device will appear under My Computer - yes, it is designed to work that way.
22. GEOFF
GEOFF TS Rookie
I bought this same hardware id cam off of amazon the first two ids match PERFECTLY from original posters post.
hardware ids: USB\VID_1E4E&PID_0102&REV_0101&MI_00
USB\VID_1E4E&PID_0102&MI_00
no third id shows up as im using 7 64 bit it does install and recognise it as a composide usb 2.0 camera
I need to find actual drivers irregardless of the language(I can convert them to english)
its a sweet cam for a little over a buck but sound is a seperate plug(I wont use its mic) and image is slow.
any ideas on where to find oem drivers as none ever come with this device.
23. Tmagic650
Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 21,556 +189
You really don't need separate drivers for it. Windows should detect it, when it is plugged in
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Thats not the issue. it installs perfectly its just that having 6 brighter than day leds in your face 24/7 is lol. I unplugged it for now but is there a way to turn them on and off as needed or have it detect the light(they have security cam freeware on a site I went to) and turn the leds on when they are actually needed. they arent infrared as it was stated. I did find programs but id also like to obtain a similar prog.(freeware) thatd work similar to my logitech quickcam messenger software. that cam is not 7 compatable though:( so I got this one and like I said before for the price its a damn good bargain lol. another side question would be if theres an adaptor avail. that I can use to plug the usb as well as the headphone style jack for the mic into and convert both into a single usb plug so I can utilize its mic?.
Oh and the cam does have a volume control knob on the cord which is a neat feature. if I do it the logical way well as we all know 7 dosent like to support multiple inputs/outputs in refrence to digital versus analog. my speakers are digital(SPDIF) and I have a mic into the back mic in port already.
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-- CFTC Proposal May Force Ownership Changes at LCH.Clearnet, Tradeweb, NYSE
LCH.Clearnet Ltd., Tradeweb Markets
LLC, NYSE Euronext and other companies may be forced to change
their ownership structure under proposed rules by the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission. The CFTC is considering capping ownership stakes in swaps
clearinghouses, exchanges and trading systems at 20 percent for
individual banks and other users of derivatives, people familiar
with the matter said yesterday. The CFTC, which will present its
first proposed rules tomorrow for the $615 trillion over-the-
counter derivatives market, may not grant exemptions for
existing companies, said the people, who declined to be
identified because the talks haven’t been made public “What is an LCH.Clearnet going to do, that’s almost
completely dealer-owned?” said Kevin McPartland , a senior
analyst with Tabb Group in New York. “I can’t see how they’d
expect that kind of massive divestiture of these clearinghouses
that control trillions of notional” in swaps trades, he said. The rules are still being formed and may change before
they’re released, one of the people said. Groups made up of bank
holding companies, non-bank financial firms, major swaps users
or dealers may not own more than 40 percent of clearinghouses,
the people said. Another option for clearinghouses is that
restricted owners would have no limits on a combined stake if
none of them exceed 5 percent, they said. Effort Opposed Representative Stephen Lynch , a Massachusetts Democrat,
proposed a similar plan last year that wasn’t enacted. The
effort was opposed by the Securities Industry and Financial
Markets Association, and the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, two banking groups, as well as by the Futures
Industry Association, Wall Street’s industry group for exchange-
traded derivatives. “If they were against the Lynch amendment then you can
guess the banks will be against this new proposal,” said
Darrell Duffie , a finance professor at Stanford University in
Palo Alto, California. London’s LCH.Clearnet owns the world’s largest interest-
rate swap clearinghouse and is majority-held by banks. Tradeweb,
a derivatives trading platform, is a partnership between Thomson
Reuters Corp. and banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Bloomberg LP, parent of Bloomberg News,
competes with Thomson Reuters in selling financial and legal
information and trading systems. LCH.Clearnet already has a 5 percent ownership limit for
voting rights in place, Andrea Schlaepfer , a spokeswoman, said
in an e-mailed comment. “Clearing houses are systemically
important and should have a diverse ownership as well rigorous
oversight from regulators.” Public Comment Clearinghouses , which are capitalized by their members,
increase stability in OTC derivatives markets because they
lessen the effect of a default by sharing risk among the
members. They also use daily margining procedures to keep
accounts current and allow regulators to see market positions
and prices. Scott Schneider , a CFTC spokesman, declined to comment.
Clayton McGratty, a Tradeweb spokesman, and Eric Ryan , a
spokesman for New York-based NYSE Euronext, declined to comment. The CFTC plans to ask for public comment on whether there
should be a collective ownership level established for regulated
exchanges and swap-execution facilities, similar to the
aggregate level for clearinghouses, the people said. The proposals reflect “a general distrust by the
Commission of the banks to embrace regulatory changes in the OTC
derivatives market,” said Robert Webb , a finance professor at
the University of Virginia. “This distrust is understandable
given the weaknesses in certain segments of the OTC derivatives
market highlighted during the financial crisis.” Conflict of Interest Lynch wanted last year to contain conflict-of-interest
issues by limiting banks’ ownership of swaps companies they must
use to clear trades under new regulations designed to overhaul
Wall Street and reduce systemic risk. His amendment was stripped
from legislation before final passage, with Congress giving the
CFTC the authority to set limits. Lynch said at the time that he was concerned that the banks
would limit which types of trades they accept for clearing.
Dealers earn higher profits when trades are executed in the
unregulated over-the-counter market, which doesn’t use
clearinghouses. U.S. lawmakers sought to regulate swaps through the Dodd-
Frank bill passed in July after the trades complicated efforts
to solve the financial crisis. In most cases regulators have
until July 2011 to write the new guidelines, which mandate that
most interest-rate, credit-default and other swaps be processed
by clearinghouses after being traded on exchanges or swap-
execution facilities. Temporary Exemptions Under Lynch’s plan, companies in existence as of Jan. 1,
2010 wouldn’t have been affected if their ownership doesn’t
change. That grandfathering may not exist in the proposed CFTC
rules, with firms having two years or two elections for boards
of directors, to come under compliance, the people said. Clearinghouses may be allowed to file temporary exemptions
to the CFTC related to the ownership rules, the people said. “It just doesn’t seem practical,” McPartland said,
referring to the two-year time frame. “It’s too extreme,
especially in the short term.” One issue that needs to be determined is how the CFTC
defines the type of companies which will face the ownership
restrictions. The commission is now deciding how to write the
definitions of “swaps dealer” and “major swap participants,”
both categories of market users that will face stricter
oversight. Those same companies will face the ownership
restrictions, according to the Dodd-Frank Act . Board Composition The CFTC will also propose that 35 percent of the board of
directors of clearinghouses, exchanges and swap-execution
facilities be made up of directors who have no ties to the
industry, known as public directors, the people said. The
commission plans to ask for public comment on whether that level
should be increased to 51 percent, the people said. The composition of the board will apply to the regulated
entity, such as a clearinghouse, and to the parent company, they
said. Tradeweb , based in New York, also partners with Morgan
Stanley, Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp., Credit Suisse
Group AG, Deutsche Bank AG, UBS AG, Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Plc and Barclays Plc. Other companies that are bank-owned or majority-controlled
by banks include NYSE Euronext’s new exchange, NYSE Liffe U.S.,
which signed an agreement last year to sell stakes to Goldman
Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS, among other financial firms. Banks own more than 20 percent of FXall, an online
currency-trading network based in New York, while six of the 10
owners of Kansas City, Missouri-based BATS Global Markets,
operator of the third-largest U.S. stock market, are brokers. A call to the New York office of FXall was answered by a
recording saying it was after business hours. Randy Williams , a
BATS spokesman, declined to comment. To contact the reporters on this story:
Matthew Leising in New York at
mleising@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Alan Goldstein at
agoldstein5@bloomberg.net
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The latest research offers promise for those fighting the battle of the bulge. Don't miss our tips below for natural products that feature the hottest weight-loss remedies.
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According to Raymond Francis, author of Never Be Fat Again, it's not how much you eat that matters, but what you eat. Foods that contain unnatural substances and toxins such as aspartame, glutamates, and pesticides increase appetite and turn fat-storage on, Francis explains. So what can the average person do right now to lose weight? "Cut all the empty-calorie foods containing sugar, white flour, and other processed grains," says Francis. "The only thing that consistently works is a high-nutrient, high fiber, nutrition-packed diet consisting of plant-based whole foods." To learn more about how sugar and other chemicals and toxins interfere with weight loss, and for free health reports, visit Francis's Web site, beyondhealth.com.
The key to losing weight is pretty simple: we need to eat less and exercise more. But if weight loss were that simple, why are two out of three Americans obese? We do need to eat a more healthful diet and be more physically active, but for many people, there is more to the story. In addition to inactivity and eating too much, there are several other factors that can influence weight gain.
For example, groundbreaking research from the University of Washington has demonstrated in animal studies that internal bacterial imbalance can contribute to weight gain, which is why taking a probiotic supplement may help some people lose weight. Other factors that influence weight gain include genetics, metabolism, age, illness, and stress.
Stress Eating
Today, we are faced with many stressors-economy, career, family, health, the list goes on. Even trying to lose weight is stressful because we know that if we don't, we are putting ourselves at risk of developing many serious illnesses, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
Biologically, the human body has checks and balances that help us deal with stress. But when stress becomes chronic, it throws our system into constant survival mode. During times of stress, the body activates key hormones to help us cope. However, when elevated for an extended period of time, some of these hormones-specifically cortisol-do more harm than good. Our bodies are hardwired to stock up on fuel after stressful encounters. That means constantly high levels of cortisol actually increase our desire to eat. Worse yet, because our bodies use sugar as fuel, that's exactly what we crave. Appetite suppression and controlling these stress-induced cravings becomes critical to weight loss.
Natural Appetite Suppression
As a nation, we are eating more calories than ever. A new report released in August 2008 declared that despite widespread public service campaigns about the dangers of obesity, obesity rates actually went up in 37 states, and there were no decreases in any states. Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more. To calculate your BMI, visit https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm.
While there are countless weight-loss supplements on the market, both old and new research shows that soluble fiber can help people lose weight by suppressing appetite and encouraging satiety, a feeling of satisfaction and fullness. Oat bran, guar gum, psyllium, and glucomannan are examples of clinically studied soluble fibers for weight loss. Recently, a proprietary new blend of soluble fibers known as PolyGlycoplex (PGX) has been receiving attention. Researchers from the University of Toronto have found that PGX not only reduces appetite, it also decreases compounds in the body that stimulate overeating. In addition to helping with weight loss, these soluble fibers also help reduce cholesterol and increase insulin sensitivity, which helps prevent heart disease and diabetes.
To use soluble fiber supplements or powders for weight loss, begin gradually, usually with 1 to 2 g of fiber. Too much soluble fiber too quickly can cause uncomfortable gas, bloating, and even diarrhea or constipation. Follow the directions carefully and increase the dose slowly so you don't get frustrated with the side effects.
Burning Belly Fat
Once we suppress the appetite, we need to find ways to lose existing fat, specifically abdominal fat. Carrying excess fat is bad for our health; however, a wide waistline, in particular, can be especially dangerous. Abdominal obesity, which refers to white adipose tissue (the fat that surrounds our organs and settles in the abdomen), has been directly linked to cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. This makes burning belly fat a top priority for any weight-loss plan.
Several natural substances have been shown to reduce white adipose tissue. Fucoxanthin, a seaweed carotenoid, has been shown to significantly reduce white adipose tissue in animal studies. A Japanese study demonstrated in 2007 that the combination of fucoxanthin and fish oil significantly reduced white adipose tissue in animals in just four weeks. Human clinical trials are needed to confirm these benefits.
In another recent study from Japan, a catechin-rich green tea beverage was shown to significantly reduce waist circumference in obese children after six months.
An edible cactus from India known as Caralluma fimbriata has been shown to not only decrease appetite, but also reduce waist circumference. This ingredient is sold in the United States as Slimaluma.
Phase 2, an extract of the white kidney bean, has been shown to help reduce body fat by controlling the digestion of carbohydrates and starch. In a 2007 trial featured in the International Journal of Medicinal Sciences, Phase 2 helped participants lose an average of 6.5 pounds and 10.5 percent fat mass after only 30 days.
Keeping It Off
Perhaps you've tried losing weight in the past only to find yourself gaining it all (and even more) back after you are done with your "diet." Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) used over a long period may help break this unhealthy cycle. A meta-analysis featured in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that Tonalin CLA at an average dose of 3.2 g per day helped reduce body fat and effectively prevented the fat regain typically experienced by yo-yo dieting.
While nutritional supplements are important tools we can use to lose weight, it's important to make changes that you can live with for a lifetime. Finding healthful ways to deal with stress, such as regular exercise, will go a long way in the battle of the bulge.
Don't approach weight loss as a short-term goal by trying one of the many fad diets out there. Short-term weight-loss goals don't work for the long-term. Through a combination of diet, exercise, and dietary supplements, you can create a successful weight-loss plan that dramatically enhances your overall health.
BN Shopping Tips:
• For more information about healthy ways to cope with stress, refer to the Better Nutrition Healthy Living Guide titled Relax by Sherry Torkos, BSc, Phm, available at your local natural health store.
• Take the edge off hunger and even out blood sugar with PGX Daily from Natural Factors-the recommended dose is two softgels before meals (be sure to take with a large glass of water).
• Try fücoTHIN from Garden of Life, the only fucoxanthin product that has been clinically tested for weight loss.
• GenaSlim from Country Life boasts Slimaluma and green tea for a potent fat-fighting duo.
• Get the benefits of fucoxanthin and green tea with FucoGreen by Olympian Labs, which also contains the appetite-suppressing herb hoodia.
• All you need are two capsules of Carb Intercept from Natrol taken immediately before a carb-containing meal, to reap the starch-blocking benefits of Phase 2.
• When buying CLA supplements, look for Tonalin (a patented and researched form of CLA), such as Source Naturals Tonalin 1000 CLA.
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reached the suburbs (of the capital), he was about to grant certain towns and lands to those who had attended him in his exile before entering. Liû Kwang said, "If all had (remained at home) to guard the altars for you, who would have been able to follow you with halter and bridle? And if all had followed you, who would have guarded the altars? Your lordship has now returned to the state, and will it not be wrong for you to show a partial feeling?' The intended allotment did not take place.
18. There was the grand historiographer of Wei, called Liû Kwang, lying ill. The duke said, "If the illness prove fatal, though I may be engaged at the time in sacrificing, you must let me know." (It happened accordingly, and, on hearing the news), the duke bowed twice, laying his head to the ground, and begged permission from the personator of the dead, saying, "There was the minister Liû Kwang,—not a minister of mine (merely), but a minister of the altars of the state. I have heard that he is dead, and beg leave to go (to his house)." On this, without putting off his robes, he went; and on the occasion presented them as his contribution (to the mourning rites). He also gave the deceased the towns of Khiû-shih and Hsien-fan-shih by a writing of assignment which was put into the coffin, containing the words:—"For the myriads of his descendants, to hold from generation to generation without change."
19. When Khǎn Kan-hsî was lying ill, he assembled his brethren, and charged his son 𝖅un-kî,
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D.C. United–New England Revolution rivalry
The D.C. United–New England Revolution rivalry is a soccer rivalry between D.C. United and the New England Revolution, who both play in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer. The two clubs were among the 10 founding members of MLS, and began playing against each other regularly since 1996. The rivalry intensified in the mid-2000s as the two clubs were among the premier franchises in MLS, although recently it has been seen as a secondary, yet fierce rivalry, between the two clubs.
Throughout most of the rivalry's history, the series has been fairly evenly matched between the Revolution and United, with the Revolution currently having an advantage in total all-time wins, 37 to 35. During the 1990s, D.C. United were dominate over the New England Revolution, while in the 2020s, New England were dominate over D.C. In the 2000s and 2010s the series was fairly even.
Early years
D.C. United and the New England Revolution's longstanding rivalry dates back to the inception of Major League Soccer in the mid 1990s. Both the clubs were among the ten charter franchises that played in Major League Soccer during its inaugural 1996 season. The prior year to the 1996 season, both clubs were announced as franchises in MLS. D.C. United was announced on June 15, 1994, while on June 6, 1995, Robert Kraft became the founding investor/operator of the Revolution.
The two teams played their first match against one another on April 27, 1996 with the Revolution hosting United at the now-demolished Foxboro Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, southwest of Boston. In front of a crowd of 32,864; the match finished tied 1–1 in regulation thanks to Raúl Díaz Arce scoring the first goal for United in the 69th minute, and Geoff Aunger scoring the match-tying goal for the Revolution in the 78th minute off of a penalty kick. At the time, regular season matches did not end in dies, henceforth the match went into a penalty-kick shoot-out where the Revolution won 3–2 on penalties. The return match saw United winning 3–1 against the Revolution. Ultimately throughout the 1990s, United would dominate in matches over the Revolution posting eight wins, eight draws, and two losses against New England. During the late 1990s, United would win three of the four MLS Cup titles, as well as one CONCACAF Champions Cup, one Copa Interamericana, one U.S. Open Cup, and two Supporters' Shields. New England during this time failed to qualify for the playoffs three of four years, and the one season they did reach the playoffs, they were eliminated in the first round.
MLS domination
Entering the early 2000s, the Revolution had more fortune in MLS play, in part thanks to the leadership of Steve Nicol, while United fell on harder times. During this time, the Revolution reached the 2001 U.S. Open Cup final, and the 2002 MLS Cup final, losing both occasions. United meanwhile failed to qualify for the playoffs from 2000 through 2002. In 2002, New England won the Eastern Conference regular season. In the mid 2000s, both clubs routinely jockeyed with each other as the premier Eastern Conference franchise in MLS. From 2002 until 2008, one of the two squads finished in the top two of the Eastern Conference in MLS. While the rivalry was split head-to-head between United and the Revolution, United had the advantage in terms of titles and trophies collected, winning the 2004 MLS Cup final, the 2008 U.S. Open Cup final, as well as winning the Supporters' Shield in 2006 and 2007. New England during this time won their first two major trophies, claiming the 2007 U.S. Open Cup title, and the 2008 North American SuperLiga title (a predecessor to the Leagues Cup tournament).
The rivalry was emphasized when the two clubs met in the 2004 Eastern Conference championship game, and the 2006 Eastern Conference championship game. The 2004 Eastern Conference championship game has been called by pundits and American soccer journalists one of the best matches in MLS Cup Playoff history. The match ended in a 3–3 draw before United defeated the Revolution in penalty kicks. United would ultimately go on to win the 2004 MLS Cup title over Kansas City Wizards, 3–2 to win their fourth and most recent MLS Cup title. The 2004 United squad was boasted by players such as Ben Olsen, Christian Gómez, Jaime Moreno, Freddy Adu, and Brian Carroll. The Revolution squad featured several notable players such as Taylor Twellman, Clint Dempsey,
From 2005 until 2008, the Revolution received the unfortunate moniker in MLS as being dubbed the "Buffalo Bills of MLS" by reaching the MLS Cup final three seasons in a row, losing each final (2005 until 2007). Outside of MLS, the two clubs played periodically in the CONCACAF Champions Cup due to their success in MLS play. However, neither club met in the Champions Cup, and the best performances by each side included a quarterfinal run by the Revolution in 2006, and a semifinal run by United in 2007.
By the late 2000s entering the 2010s, both clubs' domination in the East came to a relative end, as United missed the playoffs five times from 2008 through 2014, while the Revolution missed the playoffs three seasons in a row from 2010 through 2012.
Recent years
Since the mid-2010s, both clubs have been less competitive in Major League Soccer play, with only one major title shared between the two clubs since 2015 (New England's 2021 Shield). Despite this, pundits and players have emphasized the importance of the matches between the two sides given the rivalry's history, and the clubs routinely jockeying for wild-card berths in the MLS Cup Playoffs.
Despite the lesser successes by both sides in the late 2010s, the clubs maintained to achieve national and international soccer headlines during this time. In 2018, United opened their new soccer-specific stadium, Audi Field, making New England the final original MLS franchise to not play in a soccer-specific stadium. Additionally, United welcomed the signing of English international star, Wayne Rooney as a Designated Player. Around the same time, New England signed formed D.C. United and U.S. national team manager, Bruce Arena as their head coach.
During the 2021 season, New England set a club record with their best regular season, led by the likes of Adam Buksa, Gustavo Bou, Tajon Buchanan, and Matt Turner.
Into the early 2020s, the clubs made news for exporting several of their stars to Europe. New England set a transfer record selling Buchanan to Club Brugge, Buksa to Lens of the French Ligue 1, as well as Turner to Arsenal in the Premier League. United meanwhile sold academy product Kevin Paredes to Wolfsburg of the German Bundesliga.
Results
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D.C., then New England
* Chris Albright
* Emmanuel Boateng
* Blake Brettschneider
* Jeff Causey
* Charlie Davies
* Raúl Díaz Arce
* Earl Edwards Jr.
* Mario Gori
* Ian Harkes
* John Harkes
* Erik Imler
* Brian Kamler
* Daouda Kanté
* Kris Kelderman
* Carlos Llamosa
* Jason Moore
* Clyde Simms
* Doug Warren
New England, then D.C.
* Geoff Aunger
* Adam Cristman
* Raúl Díaz Arce
* Avery John
* Ivan McKinley
* Patrick Mullins
* Sainey Nyassi
* James Riley
* Mark Watson
* John Wilson
Honors
With 13 major honors, D.C. United have won more major competitions than any other Major League Soccer club, and are tied for the most of any North American soccer franchise ever. D.C. United won their first major title in 1996, winning the 1996 MLS Cup championship. Since then, they have claimed three additional MLS Cups (league championship), four Supporters' Shields (league premiership), three U.S. Open Cups (national championship) and one CONCACAF Champions Cup title (continental championship). In addition, United won the 1998 Copa Interamericana, an infrequently-held and now-defunct super cup between the champions of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL. Of the original MLS franchises, New York was the last to have won its first major honor, capturing their first Supporters' Shield in 2013.
* Table correct as of January 22, 2023
Eastern Conference standings finishes
• Total: Tied with 14 higher finishes, each.
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One of the much sought after question asked by many researchers worldwide is – “What is the gene expression profile of a single cell within a heterogenous pool of cells?” While mass cytometry is the current ‘hot’ methodology for single cell analysis, the good old flow cytometry can help us perform rapid analysis of single cells.
Given that proteins are the orchestrators of all cell functions, concurrent detection of proteins associated with surface, cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments deliver a powerful approach for testing many of our hypotheses. Flow cytometry can be used to detect as many as 18 proteins per cell at >10,000 cells per second. If you would like to use flow cytometry techniques in your experiments and are asking “How to”, then read on.
Antibody based detection techniques including flow cytometry are based on “know thyself and thine enemy” approach. In other words, we need antibodies that both recognize our protein of interest and are conjugated to a fluorochrome to determine protein expression. This task is made relatively easy if a commercially available antibody already exists in various fluorophore-conjugated forms.
The Outside-In Approach to Immunostaining
Detection of proteins on the cell surface is the first step in immunostaining. Remember to perform the entire surface staining procedure on ice to slow the cycling of antigens between cell membrane and cytoplasm. Also, you must conduct the procedure in the presence of Fc-blocking reagent to reduce non-specific staining of cells.
The next step is to take a peek inside the cell to identify the proteins on the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane, the cytoplasm, and the nucleus. This involves first fixing the cells to immobilize the antigen-antibody complex on the surface and cellular structures using cross-linking reagents. It is followed by permeabilization (i.e., punching holes in the cell membrane) to allow entry of antibodies inside the cell to bind and detect the protein. Always fix the cells first and then permeabilize the cells—otherwise the contents of the permeabilized cells might leak out and result in loss of your protein of interest.
The most commonly used fixatives are 4% Paraformaldehyde, 95% Ethanol, 100% methanol, and 100% acetone. The concentration, temperature, and duration of fixative treatment can be optimized to get the desired results. However, longer incubation times with fixatives sometimes result in masked or destroyed epitopes. Some fixatives, like methanol and acetone, can both fix and permeabilize the cells (time-saver!).
When an additional permeabilization step is needed, detergents like NP-40, Triton-X, and Saponin are routinely used. They provide access to antibodies by making large enough holes in both the plasma and nuclear membrane. As with the case of fixatives, the concentration and duration of permeabilization treatments does affect the staining pattern.
The Easy Way Out
As always, many commercially available kits are available for cell fixation and permeabilization. The choice of kit depends on the location of protein of interest inside the cell and the composition of the kit reagents. For example: BD Cytofix/Cytoperm Plus Fixation/Permeabilization kit is typically useful for intracellular cytokine staining. The Cytofix buffer contains formaldehyde as the fixative and the Perm/Wash buffer has the mild detergent, Saponin. It is important to remember that all the intracellular staining steps (e.g., anti-IFN? antibody) must be performed in the presence of Perm/Wash buffer to maintain the cells in a permeabilized state.
If you would like to stain for transcription factors and signaling molecules inside the nucleus, say Foxp3 or Bcl6, kits like the ebioscience Foxp3/Transcription factor buffer set work very well. These transcription factor-staining kits typically contain formaldehyde as the fixative along with a combination of a stronger detergent like Triton-X or methanol to attain accessibility through the nuclear membrane.
Tips & Tricks
• If you use FACS tubes to perform staining, the quantity of the buffers needed is large. One easy option is to use 96 well u or v bottom plates for staining.
• Following fixation, cells structures are cross-linked and so cycling of proteins is no longer a worry. Therefore, additional permeabilization and staining steps can be carried out at room temperature.
• Formaldehyde is a carcinogen, so utmost safety precautions should be taken while handling these buffers.
• Following fixation and permeabilization, cells become smaller in size and translucent. So, if you are not able to see your cell pellet, be assured you did not lose your cells!
• Because of the change in size of cells, higher voltage setting is needed when analyzing intracellularly stained cells on the flow cytometer. If you can’t find your cells on the flow cytometer, just crank up the voltages a bit. If you are unsure of the voltage settings, seek the help of your core facility manager.
• Commercially available fixable viability dyes can be used to eliminate background noise due to dead cell contamination.
• After fixation, cells can be resuspended in FACS buffer at 4ºC overnight in the dark and can be analyzed later on the flow cytometer following permeabilization and staining. However, there is a possibility that some antibodies might exhibit reduced staining intensity.
• Even though it is recommended to perform surface stain before fixation, some antigens, like CD4, can be stained concurrently with nuclear antigens, like Foxp3, after fixation/permeabilization. But this shortcut will only work for some antibody clones, so make sure you do a trial run.
• If your cells have reporter proteins like GFP in them, the fluorescence might be lost completely or diminished following use of buffers containing methanol. One solution is to use alternative buffers containing formaldehyde. One trick that worked for me is to use the BD cytofix/cytoperm first followed by treating the cells with ebioscience foxp3 staining kit for concurrent detection of fluorescent proteins and nuclear antigens like Foxp3.
In all, immunostaining involving cell fixation/permeabilization requires a lot of optimization/trial and error. Be assured, once you have mastered the technique for your individual needs there is no looking back. It opens the gates to the magical kingdom of cellular biology!
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cytometry. Trends Immunol. 2012 Jul;33(7):323-32. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2012.02.010.
2. Abcam. Fixation and permeabilization in IHC/ICC.
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4. BD Biosciences. Optimizing Intracellular Flow Cytometry: Simultaneous Detection of Cytokines and Transcription Factors.
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4 things everyone should know about depression
Depression is a severe and frequent mental health condition that can affect the way you feel, behave, and act. It and causes a constant feeling of sadness and a loss of interest in everything. People who have depression can feel demotivated and find it difficult to perform even the simplest of everyday activities.
However, depression is more than just a feeling of sadness. More than 16.2 million US adults experience at least one depressive disorder episode once in a year. It affects around 7.1 percent of US adults above age 18 years. It is estimated that more than 300 million people suffer from depression worldwide.
1) THE COMMON DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS
There are different types of depression; many of them have common symptoms along with individual symptoms characterizing each type. If you experience the following symptoms for at least two weeks, then you may be suffering from depression.
depression symptoms
Depression Symptoms
The common depression symptoms are:
• Continuous feeling of sadness, anxiousness or feeling empty
• Having a lack of energy or feeling tired almost every day
• Feeling hopelessness or pessimistic
• Irritated or frustrated
• Weight change or change in appetite
• Having recurrent thoughts of death or suicide
• Loss of interest in regular activities
• Feeling worthless or guilty all the time
• Either sleeping too less or too more
• Difficulty in focusing on things or remembering things
• Feeling restless
• Difficulty in making decisions
2) THE CAUSES OF DEPRESSION
Although there are particular causes of each depression type, there are several factors that are common to all depression types, which range from biological to circumstantial.
• Stressful or traumatic events: Some stressful events can have a severe effect on our mental health, such as the death of a loved one, financial issues, or any abuse.
• A person has a high risk of depression if they have someone in their family with a history of depression.
• Sometimes hormonal changes such as menstrual cycles, pregnancy can also cause depression.
• Change in the physical or chemical structure of the brain.
• A person with a history of drug or alcohol misuse has a high risk of depression.
• Conditions like chronic illness, chronic pain, or ADHD can also increase the risk of depression.
3) TYPES OF DEPRESSION
Depending upon various symptoms and signs of depression, it can be classified into the following categories:
• Postpartum depression: More than Eighty percent of new mothers experience Postpartum depression. It includes feeling sad, fatigue, and having mood swings. These feelings make it difficult for a new mother to perform daily activities and look after their babies. Fourteen percent to 20 percent of new mothers in the US go through postpartum depression.
• Persistent depressive disorder: It is also referred to as dysthymia, which is a kind of depressed mood that lasts for more than two years or longer. In this, a person has feelings of extreme sadness or hopelessness, experience low-energy, and indecision. More than 1.5 percent of US adults experience a persistent depressive disorder.
• Bipolar Depression: Although it is different from depression, someone who has bipolar depression can also experience extremely low moods and extremely high euphoric moods, which meets the criteria for depression. It affects about 2.8 percent of US adults every year.
• Psychotic depression: When a person is suffering from major depression, also experiences delusions or hallucinations, such as seeing or hearing things that do not exist. Then he is suffering from psychotic depression. It affects about 1 in 13 people in the whole world.
• Seasonal affective disorder (SAD): In this, a person experiences depression during winters when the sunlight is less. It is accompanied by an increase in sleep, weight gain, and social withdrawal. It affects about 5 percent of US adults every year.
4) TREATMENTS FOR DEPRESSION
Depression is one disorder that can be treated even in extreme cases. The standard treatment for treating depression is antidepressant medications, psychotherapy, or both.
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Depression Treatments
• Antidepressants: Brain chemistry, along with several other factors, may be responsible for an individual’s depression. For this, to modify the brain’s chemistry, antidepressants are prescribed. They are not sedatives, “uppers” or tranquilizers. Antidepressant medication has no stimulating effect on people. People may feel some improvement after consuming antidepressants within two or three weeks.
• Psychotherapies: Talk therapy can help people with depression. Telling your problems to a therapist can help to reduce the negative feelings and helps in feeling relieved. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is an effective therapy in treating depression.
DEPRESSION CLINICAL TRIALS AT CMB MEDICAL TRIAL
Convincing people to participate in paid clinical trials can be complicated. Several factors can influence the decision to participate in a clinical trial, the most prominent being whether you wish to contribute to the advancement of medications.
Your participation in a clinical trial does not only benefit other patients and prospect treatments for several diseases, but you can also get early access to medicines that are not yet available for the general public. You are also financially compensated for your time and effort.
Your participation in a clinical trial can help in medical advancement, and clinical research studies cannot be conducted without you. If you are someone living with depression, then you can participate in clinical trials at CMB in California.
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So, you just retired into bed after a long day’s work. In the wee hours of the night when enjoying your sleep, you are interrupted by a talking sound. You turn on the side to listen only to find out it’s your spouse or significant other talking.
This may baffle you if you never, in the past, come across someone speaking in their sleep. You have no reason to worry as it is a sleep disorder that involves the victim talking in their sleep without being aware. Commonly referred to as sleep talking, it is a condition that occurs in both sexes and cuts across all ages. It is said to be more common in children. However, an estimated 5% of adults talk in their sleep too. Sleep talkers could talk in loud sounds or whispers. They appear to be talking to themselves most of the time.
Sometimes, they also tend to be participating in a conversation. Whatever it is they mumble, sleep talkers don’t last long in sleep talking. Scientifically, this condition is referred to as somniloquy. Sleep talking occurs at any stage of sleep. At REM stage of sleep, a sleep talker may be able to comprehend what they are talking about. At the third and fourth stage of sleep, referred to as N-REM, their talking could be a mere gabber. In all these stages, sleep talkers don’t understand what they are talking about
Causal factors of sleep talking
Sleep talking arises from a range of causal factors that border on lifestyle and heredity. Some of them are:
• Depression
• Sleep deprivation
• Daytime drowsiness
• Alcohol consumption
• High fever
Heredity could also contribute to sleep talking. It is known to occur in some families. External factors also contribute to its continued occurrence.
Treatment
If your partner is the sleep talking type, you need not worry about treatment as sleep talking can be very well-managed. You may want to see a doctor only in severe cases. Severe cases occur when the sleep talking is accompanied by night terrors, nocturnal seizures and physical fear. You may want to see a doctor if your partner’s sleep is a cause for disturbance or irritation to other members in the family. To control sleep talking in your partner, you can help them do the following:
Reduce caffeine content
Excessive consumption of caffeine content beforebedtime leads to disturbed sleep. This could contribute to sleep talking because of the stimuli effect it leaves on your body. You want to reduce caffeinated drinks before going to bed. Avoid eating heavily at night. Heavy eating interferes with your sleep pattern. This is because your body could produce acids that are not sleep friendly.
Manage your stress levels
When pushed out of your comfort zone, your brain hasa way of reacting to the impending threat, pressure or the demand at hand. This response is automatic and the body is naturally wired to take flight or fight back. Failing to manage your stress levels could lead to more sleep-talking at night.
Whether the source of your stress is job-related or stemming from your relationship, learn to manage it accordingly to avoid it spilling over into your sleep. Some ways to manage stress include doing physical exercises or reading a book. You could make exercise a routine habit early in the morning or afternoon. Avoid exercising when it is approaching bedtime.
Have a consistent sleep schedule
Watch your sleep pattern to know your wake time and sleep time. This is important to enable you to maintain a consistent sleep pattern. Having a consistent sleep pattern of not less than 8 hours daily will help you avoid unnecessary fatigue and cut down on stress levels. Less sleep could impact on your overall health. Adults deprive themselves of sleep if they get less than seven hours of sleep. You want to have quality sleep to help you manage your sleep talk.
Practice general sleep hygiene
General sleep hygiene involves the habits and norms that control your sleep life. Good sleep hygiene supports your efforts in managing sleep talk. Your sleep environment has to be conducive for a quality sleep. Factors to watch in your sleep environment include:
• Temperature: Should be less than the room temperature
• Lighting: Dim lighting is the most ideal; you could also use dark curtains with no reflection effects
• Humidity: Use humidifiers to keep your bedroom environment moist.
• Your beddings
It is important to ensure that the place you sleep for the next eight hours can sufficiently accommodate and make comfortable your body. Your bed has to be large enough to provide enough turning space for your spouse and you. The mattress you use has to be compact and firm enough to accommodate your body weights. That’s why you should you should consider purchasing a Tempurpedic mattress. It has a long life span, relieves of you any pain and meets your overall sleep needs.
If your spouse is the one sleep talking, you could also put in place some measures to cushion yourself against the irritation. You want to invest in a white noise app that can help to mask other voices round. Earplugs can also be used for the same purpose. While this may turn out to be selfish, you are creating a conducive environment that can accommodate both of your sleeping needs.
Conclusion
Sleep talking is a common sleep disorder that makes someone to talk in their sleep. Also known as somniloquy, it is more common in children than adults. About 5% of adults move with the condition from their childhood. Sleep talkers could talk or mumble but they have no idea of what they are talking about. The disorder is caused by unhealthy lifestyle habits and genetic factors. If you have a family member suffering from a sleep talking disorder, you have no reason to worry as it can be managed by practising good sleep hygiene habits. Couples should be supportive of their sleep talking partners and also protect themselves against their spouse’s irritation. Now you know.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX rose 93.80 points, or 0.59 percent, to 16,031.24. * Leading the index were Semafo Inc , up 6.9 percent, Teck Resources Ltd , up 5 percent, and Aphria Inc , higher by 4.9 percent. * Lagging shares were Uni-Select Inc , down 22.7 percent, Fortuna Silver Mines Inc, down 7.9 percent, and Aritzia Inc, lower by 7.9 percent. * On the TSX 148 issues rose and 85 fell as a 1.7-to-1 ratio favored advancers. There were 13 new highs and 1 new low, with total volume of 267.9 million shares. * The most heavily traded shares by volume were Bombardier Inc , Aurora Cannabis Inc and Crescent Point Energy Corp. * The TSX’s energy group rose 0.31 points, or 0.2 percent, while the financials sector climbed 2.75 points, or 0.9 percent. * West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 1.44 percent, or $0.81, to $56.9 a barrel. Brent crude rose 0.87 percent, or $0.58, to $67.03 [O/R] * The TSX is up 11.9 percent for the year. Reporting by Noel Randewich
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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.luogu.org/problemnew/show/P3835\n\n题目大意和普通平衡树一题差不多，只不过需要提供历史版本的支持（会指定当前版本由哪个历史版本复制而来）\n\n这题可以用可持久化 Treap 做但我还没试过\n\n（另外 Splay 不能可持久化的原因是它的复杂度是均摊的，替罪羊树也是这个原因）\n\nLeafy Tree 复杂度不是均摊的因此可以可持久化\n\n各种操作不必说，Leafy Tree 可以理解为动态的线段树，因此可持久化的过程和主席树是差不多的，挺好写的，只不过在 rotate 的时候注意对节点进行复制（可持久化）\n\n空间我开了 $2 \\times log _ 2 n$倍\n\n跑得还是挺快的，用时不到无旋 Treap 的一半（与 litble 的代码相比）\n\n另外我试验了一下发现论文里的 maintain 写法还是比较优秀的。\n\n代码：\n\n#include <bits/stdc++.h>\n\n#define NS (500005)\n\nusing namespace std;\n\nconst double alp = 1 - sqrt(2) * 0.5, bta = (1 - alp * 2) / (1 - alp);\n\ntemplate<typename _Tp> inline void IN(_Tp& dig)\n{\n char c; bool flag = 0; dig = 0;\n while (c = getchar(), !isdigit(c)) if (c == '-') flag = 1;\n while (isdigit(c)) dig = dig * 10 + c - '0', c = getchar();\n if (flag) dig = -dig;\n}\n\nstruct N {int s[2], d, sz;} e[NS * 40];\n\nint n, root[NS], sz;\n\nint New(int d) // 申请新节点\n{\n int a = ++sz;\n e[a].d = d, e[a].sz = 1, e[a].s[0] = e[a].s[1] = 0;\n return a;\n}\n\nvoid pup(int a) // push up\n{\n if (!e[a].s[0]) return;\n e[a].sz = e[e[a].s[0]].sz + e[e[a].s[1]].sz;\n e[a].d = e[e[a].s[1]].d;\n}\n\nint Mix(int a, int b) // push down\n{\n int res = New(e[b].d);\n e[res].s[0] = a, e[res].s[1] = b, pup(res);\n return res;\n}\n\nvoid rot(int a, int q) // 把 a.s[q] 旋到 a 的位置同时保持指针不改变\n{\n if (!e[a].s[0]) return;\n int tmp = e[e[a].s[q]].s[q];\n if (q) e[a].s[0] = Mix(e[a].s[0], e[e[a].s[1]].s[0]);\n else e[a].s[1] = Mix(e[e[a].s[0]].s[1], e[a].s[1]);\n e[a].s[q] = tmp;\n}\n\nvoid mt(int a) // maintain\n{\n if (!e[a].s[0]) return;\n int q;\n if (e[e[a].s[0]].sz < e[a].sz * alp) q = 1;\n else if (e[e[a].s[1]].sz < e[a].sz * alp) q = 0;\n else return;\n if (e[e[e[a].s[q]].s[q ^ 1]].sz >= e[e[a].s[q]].sz * bta)\n {\n int tmp = e[a].s[q]; e[a].s[q] = New(0), e[e[a].s[q]] = e[tmp]; // 可持久化，但不加似乎也能 AC 八成是数据水了\n rot(e[a].s[q], q ^ 1);\n }\n rot(a, q);\n}\n\nvoid Insert(int d, int& x, int y) // 插入节点\n{\n if (!y) {x = New(d); return;}\n x = New(0), e[x] = e[y];\n if (!e[x].s[0])\n {\n e[x].s[0] = New(d), e[x].s[1] = New(e[x].d);\n if (d > e[x].d) swap(e[x].s[0], e[x].s[1]);\n }\n else if (d > e[e[x].s[0]].d)\n Insert(d, e[x].s[1], e[y].s[1]);\n else Insert(d, e[x].s[0], e[y].s[0]);\n pup(x), mt(x);\n}\n\nvoid Erase(int d, int& x, int y) // 删除节点\n{\n x = ++sz, e[x] = e[y];\n int q = (d > e[e[x].s[0]].d);\n if (!e[e[x].s[q]].s[0])\n {\n if (e[e[x].s[q]].d != d) return;\n e[x] = e[e[x].s[q ^ 1]];\n }\n else Erase(d, e[x].s[q], e[y].s[q]);\n pup(x), mt(x);\n}\n\nint Order(int d, int a) // 求有多少个数比 d 小\n{\n if (!e[a].s[0]) return (e[a].d < d);\n if (e[e[a].s[0]].d < d) return Order(d, e[a].s[1]) + e[e[a].s[0]].sz;\n return Order(d, e[a].s[0]);\n}\n\nint Kth(int k, int a) // 第 k 大\n{\n if (!e[a].s[0]) return e[a].d;\n if (e[e[a].s[0]].sz <= k) return Kth(k - e[e[a].s[0]].sz, e[a].s[1]);\n return Kth(k, e[a].s[0]);\n}\n\nint Pre(int d, int a) // 找前驱\n{\n if (!e[a].s[0])\n {\n if (e[a].d < d) return e[a].d;\n return -2147483647;\n }\n if (e[e[a].s[0]].d < d) return max(e[e[a].s[0]].d, Pre(d, e[a].s[1]));\n return Pre(d, e[a].s[0]);\n}\n\nint Nxt(int d, int a) // 找后继\n{\n if (!e[a].s[0])\n {\n if (e[a].d > d) return e[a].d;\n return 2147483647;\n }\n if (e[e[a].s[0]].d > d) return Nxt(d, e[a].s[0]);\n return Nxt(d, e[a].s[1]);\n}\n\nint main(int argc, char const* argv[])\n{\n IN(n);\n for (int i = 1, v, o, x; i <= n; i += 1)\n {\n IN(v), IN(o), IN(x), root[i] = root[v];\n if (o == 1) Insert(x, root[i], root[i]);\n else if (o == 2) Erase(x, root[i], root[i]);\n else if (o == 3) printf(\"%d\\n\", Order(x, root[i]) + 1);\n else if (o == 4) printf(\"%d\\n\", Kth(x - 1, root[i]));\n else if (o == 5) printf(\"%d\\n\", Pre(x, root[i]));\n else printf(\"%d\\n\", Nxt(x, root[i]));\n }\n return 0;\n}\n分类： 文章\n\nRemmina\n\nNo puzzle that couldn't be solved.\n\n0 条评论\n\n发表评论\n\nAvatar placeholder\n\n您的电子邮箱地址不会被公开。\n\n*\n\ncode"
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Charles François Delamarche
Charles-François Delamarche (August 1740 – 31 October 1817) was a French geographer and mapmaker. One of the most important French geographers and mapmakers of the second half of the eighteenth century. Successor to Nicolas Sanson (1600–1667), Robert de Vaugondy (1686–1766), and Rigobert Bonne (1727–1794), whose atlases he reprinted. Also taught geography. In addition to maps and globes, his works include a treatise on the use of the sphere and celestial and terrestrial globes. In the treatise, he illustrates both the Ptolemaic and Copernican systems, as well as listing all the ancient and modern constellations. His son Félix Delamarche (18th century – 1st half 19th century) continued his work.
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"Oh, I am not referring to your boy-messengers and telegrams, florists' shops, confectioners' stocks," said Patricia, "but all the tabbies in Galvin House set themselves to work to find out who you were and—and—look what an absurd figure I cut! Then of course Aunt Adelaide must butt in."
"Aunt Adelaide!" repeated Bowen, knitting his brows. "Tabbies at Galvin House!"
"If you repeat my words like that I shall scream," said Patricia, "I wish you would try and be intelligent. Miss Wangle told Aunt Adelaide that I'm engaged to Lord Peter Bowen. Aunt Adelaide then asked me about my engagement, and I had to make up some sort of story about Colonel Bowen. She then enquired if it were true that I was engaged to Lord Peter Bowen. Of course I said 'No,' and that is where we are at present, and you've got to help me out. You got me into the mess."
"Might I enquire who Aunt Adelaide is, please, Patricia?"
Bowen's humility made him very difficult to talk to.
"Aunt Adelaide is my sole surviving relative, vide her own statement," said Patricia. "If I had my way she would be neither surviving nor a relative; but as it happens she is both, and to-morrow afternoon at half-past five she is coming to Galvin House to receive a full explanation of my conduct."
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answer to challenge problem 3 for the new user of ACL2
Major Section: INTRODUCTION-TO-THE-THEOREM-PROVER
This answer is in the form of a script sufficient to lead ACL2 to a proof.
; Trying dupsp-rev at this point produces the key checkpoint:
; (IMPLIES (AND (CONSP X) ; (NOT (MEMBER (CAR X) (CDR X))) ; (EQUAL (DUPSP (REV (CDR X))) ; (DUPSP (CDR X)))) ; (EQUAL (DUPSP (APPEND (REV (CDR X)) (LIST (CAR X)))) ; (DUPSP (CDR X))))
; which suggests the lemma
; (defthm dupsp-append ; (implies (not (member e x)) ; (equal (dupsp (append x (list e))) ; (dupsp x))))
; However, attempting to prove that, produces a key checkpoint ; containing (MEMBER (CAR X) (APPEND (CDR X) (LIST E))). ; So we prove the lemma:
(defthm member-append (iff (member e (append a b)) (or (member e a) (member e b))))
; Note that we had to use iff instead of equal since member is not a ; Boolean function.
; Having proved this lemma, we return to dupsp-append and succeed:
(defthm dupsp-append (implies (not (member e x)) (equal (dupsp (append x (list e))) (dupsp x))))
; So now we return to dups-rev, expecting success. But it fails ; with the same key checkpoint:
; (IMPLIES (AND (CONSP X) ; (NOT (MEMBER (CAR X) (CDR X))) ; (EQUAL (DUPSP (REV (CDR X))) ; (DUPSP (CDR X)))) ; (EQUAL (DUPSP (APPEND (REV (CDR X)) (LIST (CAR X)))) ; (DUPSP (CDR X))))
; Why wasn't our dupsp-append lemma applied? We have two choices here: ; (1) Think. (2) Use tools.
; Think: When an enabled rewrite rule doesn't fire even though the left-hand ; side matches the target, the hypothesis couldn't be relieved. The dups-append ; rule has the hypothesis (not (member e x)) and after the match with the left-hand side, ; e is (CAR X) and x is (REV (CDR X)). So the system couldn't rewrite ; (NOT (MEMBER (CAR X) (REV (CDR X)))) to true, even though it knows that ; (NOT (MEMBER (CAR X) (CDR X))) from the second hypothesis of the checkpoint. ; Obviously, we need to prove member-rev below.
; Use tools: We could enable the ``break rewrite'' facility, with
; ACL2 !>:brr t
; and then install an unconditional monitor on the rewrite rule ; dupsp-append, whose rune is (:REWRITE DUPSP-APPEND), with:
; :monitor (:rewrite dupsp-append) t
; Then we could re-try our main theorem, dupsp-rev. At the resulting ; interactive break we type :eval to evaluate the attempt to relieve the ; hypotheses of the rule.
; (1 Breaking (:REWRITE DUPSP-APPEND) on ; (DUPSP (BINARY-APPEND (REV #) (CONS # #))): ; 1 ACL2 >:eval
; 1x (:REWRITE DUPSP-APPEND) failed because :HYP 1 rewrote to ; (NOT (MEMBER (CAR X) (REV #))).
; Note that the report above shows that hypothesis 1 of the rule ; did not rewrite to T but instead rewrote to an expression ; involving (member ... (rev ...)). Thus, we're led to the ; same conclusion that Thinking produced. To get out of the ; interactive break we type:
; 1 ACL2 >:a! ; Abort to ACL2 top-level
; and then turn off the break rewrite tool since we won't need it ; again right now, with:
; ACL2 !>:brr nil
; In either case, by thinking or using tools, we decide to prove:
(defthm member-rev (iff (member e (rev x)) (member e x)))
; which succeeds. Now when we try to prove dups-rev, it succeeds.
(defthm dupsp-rev (equal (dupsp (rev x)) (dupsp x)))
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Improve Your Mental Health with Holistic Health
Improve Your Mental Health with Holistic Health
We all know it’s important to stay in good physical health. But what are you doing to stay in good mental health? Each year, nearly 1 in 5 Americans suffer from mental illness symptoms including stress, depression, anxiety, and mood swings. These symptoms can lead to feelings of helplessness and despair. However, research shows that people who regularly engage in one or more holistic health practices can reduce these symptoms and improve overall mental health for a lifetime.
Holistic health practices aim to connect the body and mind, improve overall health and prevent disease. They focus on slow and controlled movements, as well as mindful breathing techniques that allow energy to flow freely through the body. Here are some examples of the practices we recommend. For more information about these practices and specific exercises, check out Dr. Cynthia’s book “Your Vibrant Heart: Restoring Health, Strength, and Spirit from the Body’s Core.”
Controlled breathing is when you pay special attention to how you breathe. Sometimes, when under stress, you might hold your breath for long periods of time. By forgetting to breathe, you increase stress. Controlled breathing helps to relieve stress.
Meditation helps your mind focus on the present and ignore distracting thoughts. It requires a quiet and comfortable spot. All you have to do is close your eyes and concentrate on your breath, body sensations, or a word or phrase. Even if you only meditate for ten minutes a day your mood will improve. There are several types of meditation, including mindfulness, transcendental, guided, chakra, and loving kindness.
Mindfulness is a process that brings your attention to the internal and external experiences occurring in the present moment. Mindfulness can be developed through the holistic practice of meditation. Studies show that the practice of mindfulness helps reduce worry and depression.
Neuromuscular Integrative Action (NIA) is a combination of slow and fast movements. The movements are similar to tai chi, meditation, freestyle dance, and low-impact aerobics. NIA helps reduce stress and anxiety and can be adapted for all fitness levels.
Healthy Eating directly impacts how well your brain functions and how you feel. Certain foods may impact your mental health. A holistic brain diet is similar to a heart healthy diet. Choose fresh fruits, veggies, whole grains, and healthy fats. Nutrients that are linked to reducing depression and improving mood include B vitamins, iron, omega 3s, zinc, fermented foods, and dark chocolate.
Qigong combines physical postures, mindful breathing, and deep focus. Together, they encourage good blood flow, strong muscles, better balance, and flexibility. Engaging in this holistic practice can help you reduce stress, tension, and depression.
Tai Chi is a graceful form of slow-moving exercise and stretching. Combined with deep focus and breathing, Tai Chi can help improve your health, mood, concentration, and balance. It is low impact and puts minimal stress on muscles and joints.
Yoga is a physical exercise with mental and spiritual components. This holistic practice can improve your balance, flexibility, energy, strength, self-awareness and mood. There are more than 20 types of yoga. They include Ashtanga, Bikram, Dahn, Hatha, Iyengar, and Vinyasa. Choose the type of yoga that’s best for your fitness level and personal preference.
Implementing one or more of these holistic practices is a great way to improve your mental health. However, keep in mind that the best way to improve your mental health is to engage in LOVE. Knowing how to love and be loved are core to our good mental health. Only by practicing love with our partners, children, families, friends, and in our communities can we achieve the true essence of good mental health.
Dr. Cynthia is a naturopathic doctor and holistic cardiologist in Los Angeles, CA. Her holistic approach to health care starts with a healthy heart. Dr. Cynthia and her team provide the full spectrum of cardiology services including consultation, diagnostic testing, therapy, and preventive care. The practice also offers primary care services, weight-loss and nutrition counseling, as well as stress reduction techniques including hypnotherapy, meditation, and Reiki or energy healing. To schedule an appointment, contact Dr. Cynthia at 818-842-1410.
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sort an array of objects by a specific property in typescript
To sort an array of objects by a specific property in TypeScript, you can use the Array's built-in sort method.
Here's an example code snippet:
index.ts
interface MyObject {
id: number;
name: string;
age: number;
}
const myArray: MyObject[] = [
{ id: 1, name: "John", age: 25 },
{ id: 2, name: "Jane", age: 30 },
{ id: 3, name: "Bob", age: 20 }
];
// Sort by id
myArray.sort((a, b) => a.id - b.id);
// Sort by name
myArray.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
// Sort by age
myArray.sort((a, b) => a.age - b.age);
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In the sort method, we pass a callback function that takes two arguments (the two objects being compared), and returns a number that represents their relative order. If the returned number is negative, it means that the first object should come before the second; if it's positive, it means that the second object should come before the first; if it's zero, it means that their order doesn't matter.
In the examples above, we're using different comparison methods depending on the property we're sorting by (numeric for id and age, and lexicographic for name).
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Mid Holocene palaeoenvironments from Lake Nhlange, northern Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
CI Wright, Andrew Cooper, RN Kilburn
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Palaeoenvironments are described from 5 vibracores taken from within Lake Nhlange, the largest waterbody within the Kosi system which comprises a series of lakes linked to the sea via a large tidal sand-flat. The mid to late Holocene lagoonal palaeoenvironment has undergone minimal sedimentation since the Last Glacial Maximum (18,000 BP, oxygen-isotope stage 2). Shelf-margin gravity slumping has transported typical shallow water, intertidal molluscan assemblages into deeper subtidal environments. The lake bathymetry exhibits a drowned Last Glacial Maximum palaeofluvial channel topography, preserved by the post-last Glacial Maximum (Flandrian) transgression which formed a large coastal dune barrier, trapping the lakes behind it. The palaeoestuary mouth was located at Bhanga Nek, until approximately 3,000 BP, but has been relocated 13 km north, approximately 1,500 BP, to where it now maintains an open inlet through the coastal barrier. An abundant Holocene molluscan assemblage combined with detailed sedimentological descriptions indicate that the conditions within Nhlange have changed over the last 5,000 years from a deep coastal estuarine/lagoonal system, with free tidal exchange to a predominantly freshwater lake. The molluscan assemblages indicate a subtropical, temperate lagoonal environment similar to Durban Bay (prior to anthropogenic changes) with a number of species including Paphia textile indicating a warmer climate. A modern analogy of the palaeoenvironment would be that of the inside edge of Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)991-1001
JournalJournal of Coastal Research
Volume15
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - 1999
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P H I P H I 741 the first Arctic expedition ever sent out from America sailed from Philadelphia. The vessel, called the " Argo," was commanded by Captain Swaine, but her voyage accomplished nothing of import ance. In 1770 the first factory for the manufacture of fine porce lain in the colonies was established at Philadelphia by a Swiss and an Englishman, but the difficulty of obtaining competent workmen forced its abandonment two years later. During the war of the re volution Philadelphia was the virtual capital of the colonies and the scene of all the prominent civil events of those stirring times. The first Congress met at Carpenter s Hall on 4th September 1774 ; on 24th May 1775 Congress reconvened in the old State house and here continued its sittings, except when the city was threatened by the enemy and in his possession. On 2d July 1776 the " resolutions respecting independency " were passed, and on the 4th July 1776 Philadelphia was the scene of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence ; and the old State house became ever afterwards Independence Hall. On 9th July 1778 "the articles of confedera tion and perpetual union between the independent States of America " were here adopted and signed, and in the same place the convention to frame a constitution for the United States of America met on 14th May 1787, with Washington as presiding officer, and continued its sessions until 17th September, when the work was finished and the fundamental law of the land given to the world. The affairs of state were thus placed on a firm foundation, while the affairs of the church had received the attention of the people the previous year. In June 1786 the clerical and lay delegates from the Protestant Episcopal churches in the United States met in Philadelphia and formally organized " the Protestant Episcopal Church in North America." The Congress of the United States had held its opening session in New York, but in December 1790 it reassembled at Philadelphia ; and for ten years the seat of govern ment was at Philadelphia, until it Avas permanently removed to the District of Columbia. Here Washington delivered his farewell address to the people of the United States, and here he retired from public life. As in Philadelphia the first bank in the colonies had been opened the bank of North America in 1781 so in Phil adelphia the first mint for the coinage of the money of the United States was established in 1792. Both of these institutions are still in full operation. In April 1816 Congress incorporated the bank of the United States, which was the second banking institution of that name chartered by the Government, and fixed it at Philadel phia. The affairs of this institution form a very important chapter in the history of the city, as indeed in the history of the whole country. It had an unsettled existence, until the final blow came from President Jackson, towards the close of his first term of office, in 1833. Being opposed to the continuance of the bank, he with drew the public deposits, amounting to about $8,000,000, the result of which was widespread ruin and business depression, not only in Philadelphia but elsewhere. The two events of greatest note which have taken place in the city in recent years have been the centennial celebration of the independence of the colonies in 1876, and the bi-ceritennial cele bration of the landing of William Penn in 1882. The centennial celebration was of the greatest moment, owing to the Exposition of the Industries of All Nations, which was open from ] Oth May to 10th November ; the total admissions reached the number of 9,910,966 persons. (C. H. H*.) PRILJK. See EGYPT, vol. vii. p. 783 sy. PHILEMON, the oldest poet of the New Attic Comedy, was the son of Damon, and was born at Soli in Cilicia, or, according to others, at Syracuse ; but early in life he settled at Athens. Since he died in 262 B.C. at an age variously stated at from 96 to 101 years, he must have been born somewhere about 360. He was thus older than his contemporary and great rival Menander, whom he fre quently vanquished in poetical contests, and Avhom he long survived. Posterity, however, reversed the judgment of their contemporaries and assigned the palm to Menander. Philemon s first play was put on the stage about 330, while Menander did not exhibit until 321. It appears that, once being worsted in a poetical competition, Philemon went into exile. He certainly made a journey to the East, but whether on the occasion of his exile or in compliance with the invitation of Ptolemy, king of Egypt, we cannot say. On this journey, being driven by a storm to the coast of Gyrene, he was treated with cool contempt by Magas, king of Gyrene, whom he had satirized. From the various legends told about his death he would seem to have died in the full enjoyment and use of his poetical powers. Of the ninety-seven plays which he is said to have composed none are extant ; the titles of fifty-three have been preserved, but some of these may have been the work of his son, the younger Philemon, who is said to have composed fifty-four comedies. The Merchant and The, Treasure, of Philemon were the originals respectively of the Mercator and Trinummus of Plautus. The New Attic Comedy, of which Philemon was in a sense tho founder, dealt mainly Avith subjects drawn from private life, which were worked up in elaborate plots and treated in a prosaic style, to the exclusion, on the whole, of the political tendency, stinging personal satire, and warm poetical colouring, which had marked the Old Attic Comedy. These characteristics of the New Comedy had already appeared, though in a less degree, in the Middle and even in the Old Attic Comedy ; so that to Philemon belongs the credit, not of inventing, but of developing a style which had occasionally been employed before. In its absence of poetical idealism and restriction to the prosaic realism of daily life the New Comedy stands to the Old somewhat as the comedies of Moliere or Sheridan stand to those of Shakespeare. Its repertoire was limited to a few stock characters the imprudent lover, the designing fair, the stingy father, the greedy parasite, the blustering swashbuckler and its plots rang the changes on the well- worn theme of thwarted but faithful love, rescued from its difficulties by the discovery of a long-lost relative and ending in marriage. In the many fragments of Philemon preserved by Stobseus, Athenaeus, and other writers there is much wit and good sense. The fragments have been collected and edited by Meineke, Menandri et Philcmonis Rcliquise, Berlin, 1823 ; and again in his Fragmenta Comicorum Gr&corum, vol. iv., Berlin, 1841. They are also appended to the Didot edition of Aristophanes (Paris, 1839). PHILEMON, EPISTLE TO. This, which is the shortest of the extant epistles of St Paul, stands to the other books of the New Testament in a relation similar to that of the book of Ruth to the other books of the Old Testament. It is an idyl of domestic life. Onesimus, the slave of one of Paul s converts in Asia Minor, had run away from his master, probably, as was often the case with runaways, after stealing some of his money. He had come to Paul, more probably at Rome than, as some have thought, at Caesarea, and Paul had converted him. Paul sends him back to his master, begging that he may be kindly treated as being now a brother Christian, and formally undertak ing to repay what he owed. The epistle is addressed not only to Philemon but to Apphia, who was probably his wife, to Archippus (possibly the head of the community at Colossse or Laodicea, Col. iv. 17), and to the community which either, like some of the Roman collegia, consisted of Philemon s household or held its meetings in his house. It has sometimes been regarded as an appendix to the epistle to the Colossians on the grounds (1) that Onesimus was sent with both letters (Col. iv. 9 ; Philem. 10-12), (2) that in both letters salutations are sent to Archippus (Col. iv. 17 ; Philem. 2), and (3) that the same persons are men tioned in both letters as being with Paul at the time of writing (Col. i. 1, iv. 7-14; Philem. 1, 23, 24). This ap parent connexion with the epistle to the Colossians is the basis of the chief arguments which have been used against its genuineness. Baur (Paul, E. T., vol. ii. p. 84) thinks that this "attractive, graceful, and friendly letter" is merely a practical commentary, in the form of a fiction, on the general conception of the relations of masters to Christ ian slaves which is set forth in Col. iv. 1. But this view has few supporters. The genuineness of the epistle is almost universally admitted. The best modern works upon it are Bishop Lightfoot s Colossians and Philemon (3d ed., London, 1879) and Holtzmann s essay, "Dei- Brief an Philemon," in the Zeitschr. f. luissensch. Theol., 1873, p. 428.
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Data from: Evolutionary advantage of small populations on complex fitness landscapes
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Jain, Kavita; Krug, Joachim; Park, Su-Chan (2011). Data from: Evolutionary advantage of small populations on complex fitness landscapes [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8596
Abstract
Recent experimental and theoretical studies have shown that small asexual populations evolving on complex fitness landscapes may achieve a higher fitness than large ones due to the increased heterogeneity of adaptive trajectories. Here we introduce a class of haploid three-locus fitness landscapes that allow the investigation of this scenario in a precise and quantitative way. Our main result derived analytically shows how the probability of choosing the path of the largest initial fitness increase grows with the population size. This makes large populations more likely to get trapped at local fitness peaks and implies an advantage of small populations at intermediate time scales. The range of population sizes where this effect is operative coincides with the onset of clonal interference. Additional studies using ensembles of random fitness landscapes show that the results achieved for a particular choice of three-locus landscape parameters are robust and also persist as the number of loci increases. Our study indicates that an advantage for small populations is likely whenever the fitness landscape contains local maxima. The advantage appears at intermediate time scales, which are long enough for trapping at local fitness maxima to have occurred but too short for peak escape by the creation of multiple mutants.
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Sir John Tydd, 1st Baronet
Sir John Tydd, 1st Baronet, of Lamberton, Queen's County (c.1740 – December 1803) was an Irish politician, landowner and baronet.
Biography
He was the eldest son of French Tydd of County Laois and his wife Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Pierce Moore of Loran and Cremorgan, near Timahoe in the same county. Both families were long-established landowners. Arthur Moore MP (1765-1846), Serjeant-at-law (Ireland) and judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland), was his cousin and heir.
Tydd was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he took his degree in 1764. He was called to the Bar in 1772, but did not practice. He travelled on the Continent as a young man, then entered politics: Henry Grattan was a friend and political ally of Tydd, as was Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet. He first entered the Irish House of Commons in 1778 as the member for Maryborough. His career was unusual, though not unique, in the number of constituencies he represented: he changed his seat to Ardfert in 1783, then to Ballinakill, then Clogher, and finally Fore. He retired from politics on the passage of the Act of Union 1801, which he opposed but did not vote against.
He was clearly seen as a safe "Government man", and he was created a baronet in 1795 as a reward for his political loyalty. In the 1790s he held the lucrative office of Paymaster of the Corn Premiums, which was described as a Government "place", i.e. a sinecure, at a salary of £800 a year. He was Escheator of Leinster in 1798-9; the office was another sinecure.
Apart from politics, his main interest in later life was improving Lamberton Park, near Portlaoise. He bought the house and estate about 1790, and he was said to love Lamberton more than any place on earth. His improvements to the Lamberton estate, which included laying out a deer park and extensive tree planting, were much admired by visitors: it was described in 1801 as "altogether the neatest and best laid down demesne in the County".
He married in 1772 Diana Bunbury, daughter and co-heiress with her sister Elizabeth (Richardson) of Benjamin Bunbury of Kilfeacle, County Tipperary; her mother was Mary Kelly of Maryborough. They had no children, and, Tydd's brother having predeceased him, Lamberton passed on Sir John's death to Arthur Moore, his closest male relative on the mother's side, while the baronetcy became extinct. After a long period of failing health, Sir John died at the end of 1803, having made his last will on Christmas Eve. He was buried in St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street, Dublin. Diana continued to live at Lamberton for some years, but after a major burglary in 1806 which might easily have turned violent, she moved to Bath, where she died in 1821.
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"Greasy Jungle" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in November 1994 as the second single from the band's fourth studio album, Day for Night. At the time of its release, the song was the band's highest charting single ever in Canada, peaking at No. 8 on the RPM Canadian Singles Chart.
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ISO 15686
ISO 15686 is the in development ISO standard dealing with service life planning. It is a decision process which addresses the development of the service life of a building component, building or other constructed work like a bridge or tunnel. Its approach is to ensure a proposed design life has a structured response in establishing its service life normally from a reference or estimated service life framework. Then in turn secure a life-cycle cost profile (or Whole-life cost when called for) whilst addressing environmental factors like life cycle assessment and service life care and end of life considerations including obsolescence and embodied energy recovery. Service life planning is increasingly being linked with sustainable development and wholelife value.
The objective of service life planning is to provide reasonable assurance that the estimated service life of a new building on a specific site, with planned maintenance, will be at least as long as the design. Service life planning facilitates the making of well-informed decisions regarding value engineering, cost planning, maintenance planning, and environmental impact. As service life cannot be estimated precisely, the objective requires the making of an appropriately reliable estimate of the service life of the building using available knowledge relating to the service life of each material, component, assembly, and system that is to be used in the building.
If the estimated service life of any of these is likely to be less than the design life of the building, a decision should be made as to whether maintenance, repair, or replacement could ensure that its essential functions could be adequately maintained. To assist with specification and design, and avoidance of obsolescence and waste, service life planning may include projections of the needs for, and timing of replacement and end of life recovery.
15686 for service life planning is being prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 59, Building construction - Subcommittee SC 14, Design life.
In Great Britain, the new British Standard BS ISO 15686-5:2008 Buildings and constructed assets. Service life planning is currently being launched (September 2008). The life cycle costing standard and the additional Standardized method of life cycle costing for construction (SMLCC) provide an in-depth guide to life cycle costing, an area of increasing importance. The BSI explains that "the UK building industry recognizes that life cycle costing (LCC) is necessary and important, but confusion exists about the best method to realise the economic and environmental benefits of such costing".
List of sub standards
* 1) ISO 15686-1 Buildings and constructed assets - Service life planning: Part 1, General principles and framework
* 2) ISO 15686-2 Buildings and constructed assets - Service life planning: Part 2, Service life prediction procedures
* 3) ISO 15686-3 Buildings and constructed assets - Service life planning: Part 3, Performance audits and reviews
* 4) ISO 15686-4 Buildings and constructed assets - Service life planning: Part 4, Service Life Planning using IFC based Building Information Modelling
* 5) ISO 15686-5.2 Buildings and constructed assets - Service life planning: Part 5, Life-cycle costing
* 6) ISO 15686-6 Buildings and constructed assets - Service life planning: Part 6, Procedures for considering environmental impacts
* 7) ISO 15686-7 Buildings and constructed assets - Service life planning: Part 7, Performance evaluation for feedback of service life data from practice
* 8) ISO 15686-8 Buildings and constructed assets - Service life planning: Part 8, Reference service life and service-life estimation
* 9) ISO 15686-9 Buildings and constructed assets - Service life planning: Part 9, Guidance on assessment of service-life data
* 10) ISO 15686-10 Buildings and constructed assets - Service life planning: Part 10, When to assess functional performance
* 11) ISO 15686-11 Buildings and constructed assets - Service life planning: Part 11, Terminology
Further developments
* Parts 1-3 and parts 5-10 have been published. The others are "Under development".
* Further information may be obtained from ISO Geneva or BSI Chiswick London.
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How to delete Azure BLOB Snapshots using powershell
Recently, we came across a scenario, where the HDInsight Cluster was connected to an Azure blob and the spark jobs were failing, when deleting the parquet files, for which snapshot was already present.
Azure Snapshots, are just in time backups created based on the blob files.
We were unable to track on how these snapshots were created, but the important task at hand was to delete the snapshots, so that spark could continue processing regular parquet files.
Identifying and deleting the snapshots manually would have taken ages, as its a very cumbersome process, when done through Azure Storage Explorer.
I did some research on automating this effort, as there are already client libraries available for Azure BLOB Storage with Java, Powershell, Python.
As I am efficient with Powershell and Azure Powershell is more native to Microsoft Cloud stack, I decided to go with using Powershell to automate this effort.
If you are starting new with this, I would recommend going ahead with reading this post first.
Pre-Requisites
1. Powershell 5.0 and above
2. Azure Powershell Module
3. Azure Storage account name and key for access through powershell
We start with creating a context, this is more of establishing a connection with Azure Storage account.
$StorageAccountName = "dummyaccount"
$StorageAccountKey = "xxxx"
$ContainerName = "containername"
$BlobName = "fact"
$tx = New-AzureStorageContext -StorageAccountName $StorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $StorageAccountKey
The next cmdlet Get-AzureStorageContainer, gets connection object to the container, you can many containers inside a storage account, we can connect to a single storage container using the below command.
$blobObject = Get-AzureStorageContainer -Context $Ctx -Name $ContainerName
Now that you are connected to the container, we can query the container to check all the BLOB files as below, the function ListBlobs, takes Blob name (this can be a directory or path to a directory OR the prefix of the blob name) and boolean parameter, which is used for checking the flat structure and not the hierarchical structure. So in the below case, it will only list all files and folders under the mentioned bloc and not its sub directories.
For more information, refer to this page
$ListOfBlobs = $blobObject.CloudBlobContainer.ListBlobs($BlobName, $true, "Snapshots")
For deleting the snapshots found, from the above command, we loop over the result set and call a DELETE method over the blob, which is an actual snapshot.
foreach ($CloudBlockBlob in $ListOfBlobs)
{
if ($CloudBlockBlob.IsSnapshot) {
Write-Host "Deleting $($CloudBlockBlob.Name), Snapshot was created on $($CloudBlockBlob.SnapshotTime)"
$CloudBlockBlob.Delete()
}
}
This is how you delete all the snapshots under a specific BLOB folder or a blob file directly.
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UPDATE 1-U.S. crude exports rise to monthly record of 3.16 mln bpd in June -U.S. Census
-U.S. Census@ (Adds purchases by other countries, background) NEW YORK, Aug 2 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil exports surged 260,000 barrels per day (bpd) in June to a monthly record of 3.16 million bpd as South Korea bought record volumes and China resumed purchases, data from the U.S. Census Bureau showed on Friday. South Korea surpassed Canada to become the biggest purchaser of U.S. crude at about 605,000 bpd. China purchased about 292,000 bpd, the most since June last year and was the third-largest buyer of U.S. crude in June, the data showed. China, once the top buyer of U.S. crude, had slashed its purchases last year as a trade war between the world's two largest economies has dragged on. U.S. President Donald Trump stunned financial markets on Thursday by saying he plans to levy the additional duties from Sept. 1, marking an abrupt end to a truce in a year-long trade war that has slowed global growth and disrupted supply chains. U.S. crude exports have surged since an export ban was lifted in late 2015, with shipments reaching 30 countries in June. Other top buyers in June were Canada, with about 311,000 bpd and India at 290,000 bpd, followed by Netherlands, which took in about 274,000 bpd. India, the world's third-biggest oil importer, has stepped up U.S. crude purchases after Washington imposed sanctions on Tehran in November. The Trump administration renewed sanctions against Iran last year over its nuclear program, although some buyers were allowed to continue taking limited volumes of Iranian oil under a six-month waiver. In May, the United States ended those exemptions. (Reporting by Devika Krishna Kumar in New York Editing by Marguerita Choy)
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Central Virginia Express is a proposed regional rail line connecting cities in the Greater Richmond Region. The plan, first envisioned in 2014, calls for three lines, Pink, Blue and Green connecting Downtown Richmond to satellite cities.
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as little make use of an intelligent proverb, or moral maxim (dictum sententiosum), as a lame man can of his feet; the word, which in itself is full of thought, and excellent, becomes halting, lame, and loose in his mouth (Schultens: deformiter claudicat); it has, as spoken and applied by him, neither hand nor foot. Strangely, yet without missing the point, Jerome: quomodo pulcras frustra habet claudus tibias, sic indecens est in ore stultorum parabola. The lame man possibly has limbs that appear sound; but when he seeks to walk, they fail to do him service - so a bon-mot comes forth awkwardly when the fool seeks to make use of it. Hitzig's conjecture: as leaping of the legs on the part of a lame man..., Böttcher has already shown sufficient reasons for rejecting; leaping on the part of any one, for the leaping of any one, were a court style familiar to no poet.
Verse 8
This proverb presents to us a new difficulty. As one binds a stone in a sling, So is he who giveth honour to a fool. This translation is warranted by tradition, and is in accordance with the actual facts. A sling is elsewhere called קלע; but that מרגּמה also in the passage before us signifies a sling (from רגם, to throw with stones = to stone or to throw stones = to sling, cf. Targ. Est 5:14 רגּם, of David's slinging stones against Goliath), is supported by the lxx, Syr., and Targ. on the one side, and the Jewish Glossists on the other (Rashi: fronde, Ital. frombola). Rightly the lxx renders כּצרור as a verb: ὡς ἀποδεσμεύει; on the contrary, the Syr. and Targ. regard it as a substantive: as a piece of stone; but צרור as a substantive does not mean a piece, as one would put into a sling to use as a weapon, but a grain, and thus a little piece, 2Sa 17:13; cf. Amo 9:9. Erroneously Ewald: “if one binds to the sling the stone which he yet seeks to throw, then all this throwing and aiming are in vain; so it is in vain to give to a fool honour which does not reach him.” If one seeks to sling a stone, he must lay the lapis missilis so in the sling that it remains firm there, and goes forth only by the strong force of the slinging; this fitting in (of the stone), so that it does not of itself fall out, is expressed by צרר בּ (cf. Pro 30:4;
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. The term is derived from the verb and not the other way around.
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JCPenny cards no longer taken
Because J. C. Penney credit cards were accepted at Eckerd locations, CVS continues to accept them as well.
Just an FYI CVS no longer accepts JCPenny cards. It was changed several months back with a slip printing out saying that they would no longer be accepted after I believe July something? Not entirely sure on the date though. Anyways just a heads up so someone can remove it =) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:241B:A8E9:34AF:2FCD:FE64:816B (talk) 04:42, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
I winder if they only accept them at former Eckerd locations as my location never accepted them — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penionia (talk • contribs) 15:02, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
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Chai Wan station
Chai Wan is the eastern terminus of the MTR on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is the only station on the Island line that is elevated. The station is located at the junction of Chai Wan Road and Island Eastern Corridor, and serves Siu Sai Wan and Chai Wan, a primarily residential and industrial town. The bus terminus nearby has bus and minibus routes to Siu Sai Wan and Stanley, as well as the nearby residential developments. Chai Wan was also the southernmost railway station in Hong Kong, prior to the opening of Lei Tung station on the on 28 December 2016.
There were no platform screen doors when this station was opened, but the MTR Corporation has retrofitted automatic platform gates on both platforms in 2011.
History
The station was built on part of Chai Wan Park and the site of a pre-existing minibus terminus. Construction commenced in July 1982 and was carried out by the British contractor George Wimpey. The foundation is formed by hand-dug caissons, while the structure comprises reinforced concrete poured in situ. Over 11,000 cubic metres of concrete was poured.
It opened on 31 May 1985 as part of the first phase of the Island line.
Station layout
Passengers from Chai Wan going to Kennedy Town can board trains on either platforms. The platform from which a train will leave first is indicated on a display board.
An overrun track is present to allow trains to stop and reverse direction if they travel beyond Chai Wan station. However, this set of tracks is rarely used, as trains arriving at Chai Wan station leave for Kennedy Town by pulling out of the same platform.
As this station is close to Chai Wan depot, after peak hours, some Island Line trains will suspend services and return to Chai Wan depot after clearing passengers at this station. The first signal will be sounded when the train enters the station. At the same time, the platform will make an announcement before the train arrives and when the train enters the station. After the train arrives, the second signal will be sounded before the doors are opened and passengers are dropped off. The destination display screen Depot will be displayed, and the platform display will show that this train is not carrying passengers, so that waiting passengers know that the train will not carry passengers when it arrives at the station. Before the train closes the door and leaves the station, the red and blue signal lights at the west end of the platform will light up with the word DP (meaning Depot) in white, and the horn will sound again, and it will drive directly back to Chai Wan Depot.
The same thing will happen after the last train to Chai Wan arrives here.
Entrances and exits
* A: New Jade Gardens, Chai Wan Industrial Area, Siu Sai Wan
* B: Cheung Lee Street
* C: Public transport interchange
* D: Ning Foo Street
* E: Hing Wah Estate
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Samfya
Samfya is a town located in the Zambian province of Luapula. It is the centre of Samfya District. The town is located on the south-western shore of Lake Bangweulu, on the longest stretch of well-defined shore of that lake (the northern, eastern and southern margins of which are marshy). Samfya has a few guesthouses and a number of white sandy beaches which are used for recreation, although the lake does have crocodiles.
In addition to local government offices and branches of national agencies, Samfya is a commercial and fishing centre, as well a centre for transport by boat to islands and other areas of the lake. Its hinterland includes farms and some timber plantations.
The Kwanga Festival of the Ngumbo people is held in Samfya in October.
Joint Fisheries Research Organisation
The headquarters of the Joint Fisheries Research Organisation is located here.
Roads
Samfya is on a tarred road opened in 1983 to link the Luapula Province to the Great North Road at Serenje. This includes the longest bridge in Zambia, the Luapula Bridge in the far south-east corner of the district near where four districts meet: Samfya, Mpika, Serenje and the Congo Pedicle, part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Gravel roads also connect Samfya to Twingi, Kapalala, and Lubwe.
Samfya Beach
On the eastern shores of Lake Bangweulu lies Samfya Beach that is known to have the has the whitest sandy beach in Zambia with a stretch of 100 kilometres.
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親子
Noun
* 1) parental relatedness; paternity or maternity
* 2) biological child, especially biological son
Verb
* 1) to be intimate with one's child
Adjective
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Clive van Rensburg is the owner of C.van Rensburg Photo, www.cvanrensburgphoto.com, based in Phoenix, AZ. He started the company in 1991 with a background in fashion modeling and photography. His style is a combination of Traditional, Fashion, Photojournalism, and Candid. His photographic interests lie in a relaxed lifestyle moment that appears on print as if the photographer was not there, with spectacular lighting. His images have been published in many newspapers and magazines. Slam magazine featured Shawn Marion NBA star, Wedding chronicles featured the Leslie Lally and Kurt Binder wedding that was held in Scottsdale AZ recently.
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Etsusaburo Shiina
Etsusaburo Shiina (椎名 悦三郎) was a career bureaucrat and politician. As Foreign Minister of Japan from 1964 to 1966 he played a pivotal role in diplomatic relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea.
Early career
Shiina was born in Mizusawa, Iwate (now part of Oshu, Iwate) to Hiroshi Gotō, a member of the Iwate Prefectural Assembly and former elementary school teacher. His father later served as mayor of Mizusawa for ten years. The Gotō family claimed descent from the famed rangaku scholar Takano Chōei, whose childhood name was "Saburō Etsu", and thus Shiina was named "Etsusaburō" in his honor. However, his father went bankrupt due to business issues and Shiina was forced to work during the day and attempted to study at night. He departed for Tokyo during his fourth year of high school and suffered from various difficulties until the family's fortune changed due to royalties received on hydroelectric development projects in the Isawa River and due to a connection via marriage with Tokyo governor Gotō Shimpei. Shiina was thus able to enter the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University and he also changed his name from Gotō to Shiina.
Shiina graduating from Tokyo Imperial University in March 1923, entered the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, where he was assigned to the Engineering Bureau. After the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce separated into the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in the following year, he joined that latter. In 1925 he was one of the government officials who were dispatched nationwide to instruct and supervise important export goods and to promote the formation of cartels. As a section manager, he worked for the Aichi Prefectural Office in Nagoya for the next four years. During this time, he visited Manchuria and negotiated with the South Manchurian Railway to operate regularly scheduled shipping connecting Nagoya Port and Dalian. In 1929, he returned to the Industrial Affairs Division of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He was sent to Europe in August 1932 to observe the measures and industrial policies of the European countries during the Great Depression and returned home in May 1933.
Career in Manchukuo
At the request of Nobusuke Kishi, Shiina was one of the first officials of the Japanese Ministry of Commerce and Industry to join the new Manchukuo administration. He arrived in Shinkyo in October 1933 as Director of the Planning and Coordination Bureau of the Manchukuo Ministry of Industry. Shiina led an industrial survey of Manchukuo for three years. The survey was also conducted in remote areas of the country where marauders were still a problem, and covering agriculture, forestry, underground resources, and hydroelectric power sources. Based on this survey, the number of farmers from Japan who could emigrate to Manchukuo was determined, and the construction of hydroelectric power plants on the Songhua River and Yalu River was planned. The results of this survey were also used for a five-year industrial development plan. In addition, Shiina established the Critical Industry Control Law which aimed for a state-controlled economy centered on a national monopoly system for each industry. In July 1937, Shiina assumed the position of Director of Mining and Industry. However, in 1939, Shiina asked to resign his posts and to return to Japan. Kishi, together with Yoshisuke Aikawa, offered him an executive role in the Manchurian Industrial Development Company, but Shiina refused and returned to Japan in April 1940.
Wartime career
After returning to Japan in April 1939, Shiina joined the Temporary Material Coordination Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, where he was charge of controlling and procuring supplies according to national policy based on the National Mobilization Law. He was the director of the department responsible for chemical products. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry set up a mining department, a steel department, a chemical department, a machinery department, a textile department and a fuel department in accordance with the wartime requirements. In June of the same year, Shiina was promoted to General Manager of the General Affairs Bureau, which managed all of these departments. In October of the same year, Kishi returned to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry as undersecretary and with the support of the Japanese military, Shiina was promoted to director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
In July 1940, the second Konoe Cabinet was established. Kozo Hayashi, Minister of Commerce and Industry, strongly opposed the draft plan of the new economic system, which created a conflict with Kishi. Although Kishi was appointed as the deputy secretary at the end of the same year, he came under investigation by the prosecutor's office, under the auspices of the Minister of Interior, Keichiro Hiranuma. Shinichi Kojima, who was recommended by Shiina, was appointed as the Vice Minister of Commerce and Industry, and succeeded Kishi. In October 1941, when the Tojo Hideki Cabinet was established, Kishi returned as Minister of Commerce and Industry with Shiina as the undersecretary under Kishi.
With the start of the Pacific War, Kishi and Shiina promoted a strict war-controlled economic policy in cooperation with the military, which included conversions of textile factories to weapon factories, and the forced consolidation of many small and medium-sized enterprises for munitions production. When the Ministry of Munitions (Japan) was founded in November 1943, Tojo concurrently served as Minister, with Kishi as undersecretary and Shiina as the Director General of Mobilization. In July 1944, the Tojo Cabinet was forced to resign; however, Shiina remained in his post. In April 1945, with the launch of the Kantarō Suzuki Cabinet, Shiina was promoted to Undersecretary of Munitions. On 26 August, the same year, after the surrender of Japan, the Ministry of Munitions was abolished and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry was revived. Shiina arranged was asked to construct a new organization for the post-war economic reconstruction. He retired from position on 12 October of the same year with the resignation of the Hisgashikuni Cabinet. Shiina was interrogated eight times by the American occupation authorities, but was not arrested. He was, however, purged from public office in November 1947.
As company president
Shiina was appointed as president of Tohoku Shinko Textile Industry Co., Ltd., headquartered in Morioka in November 1947. The company changed its name to Tohoku Woven Co., Ltd. in March of the following year. Shiina acquired Daito Boshoku's Kanamachi factory in Tokyo and purchased new equipment. However he was unable to secure loans from the Reconstruction Finance Bank due to implementation of an inflation control policies in 1949. Although he struggled to obtain funds from other sources, due to the company's low technical level, it could not meet up with the special demands created due to the Korean War, and in May 1952 declared bankruptcy. Shiina resigned as president in July of the same year, and Tohoku Woven was later absorbed by Kureha Spinning. Immediately after resigning, Shiina had a breakdown and was hospitalized.
Political career
In 1951 Shiina ran for a seat in the lower house during the 1952 Japanese general election; however, he was unable to obtain assistance from Kishi who had suffered a big loss the previous year. He turned to Kishi's younger brother, Eisaku Sato, for official recognition from the Liberal Party, but Sato refused, and introduced him to the party's election measures chief Shigeki Ozawa, the father of Ichirō Ozawa, who also refused to certify Shiina. Despite these setbacks, Shiina ran anyway, but the results were disastrous, and he was later investigated by the police on suspicion of election violations.
At the invitation of Kishi, who had become secretary general of the Democratic Party, Shiina was nominated 1955 Japanese general election as an official candidate of the Japanese Democratic Party. This time, with the full support of Kishi, and with abundant election funds, he managed to secure a seat. Within the second Ichiro Hatoyama cabinet, Shiina became the Vice Chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan's political affairs, and was a member of the Transportation Committee. In November of the same year, the Democratic Party and the Liberal Party joined to form the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
In February 1957, the Kishi became Prime Minister and Shiina is appointed as the party's accounting bureau chief, even though he had only won one election. Under Shiina, political contributions from the business world to the LDP expanded fivefold. In 1958 Japanese general election, Shiina was reelected. He was appointed as Chief Cabinet Secretary in the second Kishi administration despite the fact that he had only won election twice. Kishi defended his choice of Shiina stating that he was essential to negotiating the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States and Japan.
Shiina won reelection for a third time in the 1960 Japanese general election, and was appointed Minister of International Trade and Industry in the second Hayato Ikeda cabinet. However, he was immediately accused by opposition political parties of massive election violations, both in 1958 and in 1960. His general manager and accountant, Masazo Matsukawa, was placed on the police "most wanted list", and it was later revealed that the haven where he had been hidden is a company-owned house of one of Shiina's business acquaintances, with Shiina's secretaries providing him with financial assistance. Shiina resigned in June 1961, and afterwards Matsukawa finally surrendered to the authorities and was convicted in March 1962. Despite these issues, Shiina was re-elected once again in the 1963 Japanese general election. In the third Ikeda Cabinet, he was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs. He remained in this post under the 1st Eisaku Sato Cabinet. During this time, he negotiated the Japan-Korea Basic Treaty which normalized diplomatic relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea. He visited Korea in person in February 1965 and made a public apology "In our two countries' long history, there have been unfortunate times... it is truly regretable and we are deeply remorseful" during the signing of the Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea on 22 June 1965. An agreement was reached on reparations for Japanese colonial rule over Korea, on the legal status of the Zainichi Koreans in Japan and on fisheries, with decisions on more difficult issues, such as the sovereignty issue over the Liancourt Rocks shelved until a later date. The agreement was severely criticized by opposition parties, newspapers and students in both countries, and Shiina survived votes of no confidence by the Japan Communist Party and Japan Socialist Party on his return. In 1966, he visited the Soviet Union as the first Japanese foreign minister to visit after World War II and negotiated a five-year trade agreement and a civil aviation agreement as well.
In December 1966, Shiina was madeLDP general affairs chairman. After serving for less than a year, he was appointed Minister of International Trade and Industry again under the second Sato administration in November 1967. In July 1972 the post of Sato's successor was contested between Kakuei Tanaka and Takeo Fukuda. Shiina led a faction in favor of Tanaka, and Tanaka became president. In August 1973, Shiina was rewarded by becoming Vice President of the LDP.
When Tanaka decided to normalize diplomatic relations between Japan and the People's Republic of China, Shiina was sent as a special envoy to visit Taiwan to explain the situation to President Chiang Kai-shek. Shiina officially expressed the idea that Japan would continue to maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan. However, this was different from the LDP's policy, and after Shiina returned from Taiwan, Prime Minister Tanaka and Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ōhira met with Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai in Beijing, and it was agreed that Japan would sever relations with Taiwan. In 1974, the relationship between Japan and South Korea deteriorated over the kidnapping of Kim Dae Jung from Japan, and in September, Tanaka requested Shiina to meet with President Park to calm the issue.
Following LDP losses in the 1974 Japanese House of Councillors election and acrimony between Vice Prime Minister Takeo Miki and Finance Minister Takeo Fukuda, Tanaka asked that Shiina head a committee to reform the party and also asked Tanaka to determine his successor through discussions without an open election. In December 1974, Shiina issued a ruling to the major factions of the party that Takeo Miki should succeed Tanaka - a decision that was largely welcomed by the public due to Miki's "clean" image. Shiina continued to serve as Vice President of the LDP under Miki, but soon had falling out over differences in policy over political contributions and the idea of a single-member constituency system. In May 1976, Shiina used the Lockheed Scandal as cover to seek the resignations of Tanaka, Fukuda, Ohira and Miki from politics. Miki refused, and failure of his attempted coup drastically reduced Shiina's political influence. With the inauguration of the Fukuda administration, Shiina announced his retirement.
He died at Keio Hospital, where he was hospitalized on 30 September, at the age of 81 and was buried in the Shunjuen Cemetery in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
Honours
* Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (29 April 1969)
Foreign honour
* : Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1960)
* : Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (23 February 1965)
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Should You Buy Bionano Genomics Stock?
You won't find too many hotter stocks on the market right now than Bionano Genomics (NASDAQ: BNGO). In 2020, shares of the genome analysis company soared 148%. What makes that gain even more impressive is that Bionano was down 55% year to date as of Dec. 22. The stock's remarkable jump came in the last few days of the year.
It gets even better. Bionano stock has more than quadrupled so far in 2021. The company's market cap has skyrocketed more than 600%, generating stronger growth than its share price because of two diluting stock offerings. Should you buy Bionano Genomics? Or is this sizzling healthcare stock too hot to handle?
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A distinct competitive advantage
When evaluating fast-rising stocks like Bionano, first look at its competitive advantages. If there isn't a sustainable competitive advantage, stay away. The good news for Bionano is that its technology sets it apart from others.
The company focuses on cytogenomics -- the detection of genetic disorders by analyzing the differences in chromosomes. In particular, Bionano's technology looks for large structural variations that can cause diseases. These structural variations can include DNA base pairs measured in the hundreds or up to millions.
Sure, there are several companies that are much larger than Bionano that can analyze genetic differences. Illumina, for example, is the 800-pound gorilla in what's called short-read sequencing, a cost-effective approach that can be performed at very high throughputs. Oxford Nanopore and Pacific Biosciences of California are leaders in long-read sequencing, which can sequence parts of the genome that short reads can't.
So how can little Bionano go up against these established players? Their sequencing systems can't reliably detect the large structural variations that Bionano's Sapphire system can. It's not surprising, therefore, that medical research institutions like Duke University, the Mayo Clinic, and Penn State College of Medicine have turned to Sapphire to research multiple diseases.
How Bionano is doing so far
A competitive advantage isn't enough by itself to make a company successful. After all, the metaphorical junkyard is filled with technologies that were once widely viewed as better than alternatives. A company has to execute very well to capitalize on its competitive edge. So how is Bionano doing on this front so far?
The company continues to lose a lot of money -- nearly $10.8 million in its last reported quarter. Bionano's bottom line is getting worse rather than better as its spending increases significantly. However, that's not all that unusual for companies in their early stages of growth.
The more important metric to watch is sales growth. Unfortunately, the story isn't any better there. Bionano's trailing-12-month revenue is declining.
BNGO Revenue (TTM) data by YCharts
This combination of sinking sales and rising expenses means that Bionano must pull from its cash stockpile. As mentioned earlier, the company has conducted two stock offerings already this year, one for gross proceeds of $101.8 million and another for $230 million.
To buy or not to buy?
Bionano's less-than-inspiring financial results wouldn't be all that concerning if the company was at the cusp of shifting into high gear to capture a big chunk of an enormous market. While I wouldn't be surprised at all for Bionano to gain more market traction in 2021, there's one glaring problem: The stock's rapid rise makes its growth prospects look less appealing.
Thanks to those big gains achieved in late 2020 and so far this year, Bionano Genomics' market cap now stands at close to $2.3 billion. The company estimates that its market opportunity is between $2.6 billion and $3.8 billion. And that's if it can sell up to 10,000 Sapphire systems.
The reality is that much of Bionano's growth opportunity is already baked into its share price. I like the company's technology. However, my view is that Bionano stock doesn't offer an attractive risk-reward proposition right now.
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Gregers.
Hialmar has never breathed a word about this. I don't believe he has the faintest suspicion of such a thing.
Werle.
Then where have you got it from? Who can have put such notions in your head?
Gregers.
My poor unhappy mother told me; and that the very last time I saw her.
Werle.
Your mother! I might have known as much! You and she—you always held together. It was she who turned you against me, from the first.
Gregers.
No, it was all that she had to suffer and submit to, until she broke down and came to such a pitiful end.
Werle.
Oh, she had nothing to suffer or submit to; not more than most people, at all events. But there's no getting on with morbid, overstrained creatures—that I have learnt to my cost.—And you could go on nursing such a suspicion—burrowing into all sorts of old rumours and slanders against your own father! I must say, Gregers, I really think that at your age you might find something more useful to do.
Gregers.
Yes, it is high time.
Werle. Then perhaps your mind would be easier than it
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NAME ^
HTML::TagClouder - Configurable Tag Cloud Generator
SYNOPSIS ^
use HTML::TagClouder;
# All arguments are optional!
my $cloud = HTML::TagClouder->new(
collection_class => 'HTML::TagClouder::Collection::Simple',
collection_class_args => { ... },
processor_class => 'HTML::TagClouder::Collection::Processor::Simple',
processor_class_args => { ... },
render_class => 'HTML::TagClouder::Render::TT',
render_class_args => {
tt_args => {
INCLUDE_PATH => '/path/to/templates'
}
}
);
$cloud->add(HTML::TagClouder::Tag->new($label, $uri, $count, $timestamp));
$cloud->add($label, $uri, $count, $timestamp);
$cloud->render;
# or in your template
[% cloud %]
DESCRIPTION ^
*WARNING* Alpha software! I mean it!
HTML::TagClouder is another take on generating Tagclouds.
It was build because a coleague complained that he wanted to customize the HTML that gets generated for tag clouds. Other modules generated their own HTML and it was hardcoded, hence HTML::TagClouder was born.
Currently it does just the bare minimum to generate a cloud (see CAVEATS), but the entire process is completely configurable by allowing you to pass in class names to do the particular job in each phase of generating the tag cloud.
HTML::TagClouder goes through 3 phases before generating a tag cloud:
1. Data Collection
Build up your tag list via $cloud->add($tag). The tag collection is built using HTML::TagClouder::Collection.
2. Process The Tags
The processor specified in processor_class (HTML::TagClouder::Processor::Simple by default) will iterator through the collection that was built, and will do any required calculation.
3. Render The Tags
The tags will be rendered as appropriate. By default we use Template Toolkit for this via HTML::TagClouder::Render::TT.
The main difference between the other tag cloud generators is that each phase of the cloud generation is completely configurable. For example, by default it uses a very naive algorithm to calculate the font sizes for the tags, but you can easily change the logic by simple changing the 'processor' class to something you built:
my $cloud = HTML::TagClouder->new(
processor_class => 'MyProcessor'
);
Or, should you decide to use a different rendering engine than the default Template Toolkit based renderer, you can do:
my $cloud = HTML::TagClouder->new(
render_class => 'MyRenderClass'
);
STRINGIFICATION ^
HTML::TagClouder objects automatically stringify as HTML, so you can simply place it in your favorite template's variable stash. For example, in Catalyst with Template Toolkit:
# in your controller
sub cloud : Local {
my ($self, $c) = @_;
my $cloud = HTML::TagClouder->new(...);
# add tags to cloud
$c->stash->{cloud} = $cloud;
}
# in your template
[% cloud %]
The above will simply insert the HTML generated by HTML::TagClouder. No methods! Of course, you can achieve the equivalent by doing:
[% cloud.render %]
TODO ^
Incorporate "hot" tags.
Set maximum for tag list
Patches welcome!
CAVEATS ^
The interface allows a timestamp argument, but it does nothing at this moment. I don't plan on using it for a while, so if you want it, patches welcome.
The above also means that currently there's no way to change the color of the tags. Of course, you can always create your own subclasses that does so.
METHODS ^
new %args
new() constructs a new HTML::TagClouder instance, and may take the following parameters. If a parameter is omitted, some sane default will be provided.
collection_class
The HTML::TagClouder::Collection class name that will hold the tags while the cloud is being built
collection_class_args
A hashref of arguments to be passed to the collection class' constructor.
processor_class
The HTML::TagClouder::Processor class name that will be used to normalize the tags. This is responsible for calculating various attributes that will be used when rendering the tag cloud
processor_class_args
A hashref of arguments to be passed to the processor class' constructor.
render_class
The HTML::TagClouder::Render class name that will be used to render the tag cloud for presentation
render_class_args
A hashref of arguments to be passed to the render class' constructor.
setup
Sets up the object.
add $tag
add $label, $uri, $count, $timestamp
Adds a new tag. Accepts either the parameters passed to HTML::TagClouder::Tag constructor, or a HTML::TagClouder::Tag instance
process
Processes the tags. This method will be automatically called from render()
render
Renders the tag cloud and returns the html.
SEE ALSO ^
HTML::TagCloud::Extended, HTML::TagCloud
AUTHOR ^
Copyright (c) 2007 Daisuke Maki <daisuke@endeworks.jp>
LICENSE ^
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html
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Ano, šéfe!
Ano, šéfe! (Yes Boss!) was a television entertainment-gastronomy reality show broadcast by Prima televize featuring Zdeněk Pohlreich, as a recognized expert in the field of gastronomy and restaurant management. It was Czech adaptation of British BAFTA and Grammy award-winning show Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (broadcast in the Czech Republic as Ano, šéfe s Gordonem Ramseym, literally Yes Boss with Gordon Ramsay).
Zdeněk Pohlreich's qualifications and skills were at odds with his vocabulary of obscene words on the air. The aim of each part was to help various restaurant establishments improve the kitchen, guest service, overall impression of the business and the attitude of its employees and management to achieve better profits.
Between 2009 and 2018, a total of 7 seasons of the program premiered on TV Prima. In 2013, the follow-up program Už dost, šefe! was also broadcast, in which Zdeněk Pohlreich returns to some of the restaurants from the previous series of the program. Thanks to its popularity in the Czech Republic, the Slovak version called Áno, šéfe! was broadcasts on Slovak TV JOJ.
The show ended after 95 episodes in 2018, and is loosely followed by the show Ano, šéfová! with female gastronome and restaurateur Jitka Pagana and her Italian son Santo. However, it was not very successful with the audience and in the end only one series of six episodes was broadcast. In February 2020, Zdeněk Pohlreich returned to the screens again in a show with a similar format called Superšéf. In 2022, TV Prima launched the program Jak to bylo, boss?, in which, among other things, Zdeněk Pohlreich returns to situations known from the show Ano, šéfe!
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Tips to get your bicycle ready for the road
A lot can happen to our bicycles after they’ve sat dormant for months during winter. While in storage, tires go flat, parts get rusty or there may be need for repairs from the previous cycling season.
Common bicycle breakdowns we see through our BCAA Bike Assist program, are flat tires and problems with bike chains. So before you hit the road, here are a few tips to get your bike ready.
1. Clean your bike
Remove dirt and mud so you can inspect your bike’s condition more closely. Cleaning your bike regularly can also extend the life of its components. Be careful not to use too much water. Use a towel and an old toothbrush to clean everything
2. Air up and check tire condition
• Use an air pressure gauge to check for low tire pressure and ensure you reach the proper pressure after filling it with air. Keep the tire pressure to the amount recommended by the tire manufacturer (usually imprinted on the tire’s sidewall). Listen for escaping air as you inflate your tires to check for possible leaks.
• Inspect tires for damage and wear which can cause a tire blowout. Check for dents in tire rims or kinks in the spokes. Check for loose spokes by running your fingers around them to see if they twist in your hands. Tighten loose spokes.
• Test the wheel alignment. Lift the front end of your bike and spin the wheel to make sure there’s no wobble. Do the same for the rear wheel.
3. Test chain and derailleurs
• Inspect the chain to ensure it’s clean and free of kinks. Keep the chain properly lubricated using bicycle chain oil. Make sure there are no rusty links which can wear out over time and cause the chain to break.
• Test front and rear chain derailleurs. Put your bike on a stand or flip the bike upside down. Use one hand to turn the pedal and with your other hand, switch through all the gears to make sure you can move through them smoothly.
4. Inspect brakes
• Check the thickness of the brake pads. Most pads have little grooves notched into them which indicate when the pad should be replaced. If all the grooves are gone—install new brake pads immediately.
• Check the condition of the brake cables. If either brake cable is stiff or frayed, avoid riding and change the cable.
5. Prepare for emergencies
• Wear a bike helmet that fits you properly whenever you ride.
• Ensure you’re visible. Use front and rear lights, along with reflectors. Check the condition and batteries of your bicycle lights and reflectors.
• BCAA Bike Assist is available to all BCAA members. Carry your BCAA Membership card with you or have it on your phone by downloading the free BCAA app.
For a full tune-up or repairs, you can also take your ride to a bicycle service professional.
How does Bike Assist work?
Bike Assist works very much like Roadside Assistance service for vehicles. If you're biking and get a flat tire, broken chain or experience some other mechanical breakdown, just give us a call . We'll send a technician to do our best to repair your bike on the spot, and if this can't be done, we'll take you and your bicycle up to the distance based on your current level of BCAA Membership.
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Kaanapponnu
Kaanapponnu is a Malayalam novel written by dual writers, Parappurath and K. Surendran. The novel was published in December 1982 by the literary workers co-operative society. The novel is a novel by dual writers. After the death of Parappurath, the non-completed novel was completed by Surendran.
Story line
A beautiful girl named Ribba, from a wealthy family, has to be so humbly married to a non-beautiful young man named Thomas Kutty, with a certain situation. The reluctance of Reeba to Thomas, Reeba creates tensions in their marriage life. Later, Reeba, whose familiarity with Thomas Kutty's beautiful Sunaramanayana Rao, knows the beauty of the minds of Thomas Kutty.
History of the novel
Parappuram committed to write a novel as series in Deepika's weekly and he began. Unfortunately, the work couldn't completed because of his death. After his death, K. Surendran, a family friend of Parappuram continued and fulfilled the work with the help of Sangeetha, the youngest daughter of Parappurath.
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See Jupiter at its best
The king of planets shines in January.
By | Published: December 31, 2013 | Last updated on May 18, 2023
Look for Jupiter in the eastern sky during the early evening in January
Look for Jupiter in the eastern sky during the early evening. The giant planet resides in the constellation Gemini the Twins.
Astronomy: Roen Kelly
Jupiter, largest of the planets, reaches maximum brilliance January 5. On that date, it lies at a point astronomers call opposition. As viewed from Earth, Jupiter lies directly opposite the Sun. On the 5th, Jupiter rises at sunset, sets at sunrise, and is visible in the sky all night.
January’s opposition also is the point when the planet lies closest to Earth, so Jupiter shines brightest and appears largest. Furthermore, opposition places a planet at its highest point — due south — at local midnight. When Jupiter is at its highest point, we view it through the least amount of Earth’s atmosphere. The higher a celestial object, the less air we’re looking through and the better the view.
Jupiter December 28, 2013, sequence
This sequence of three images of Jupiter taken December 28, 2013, shows the planet’s rotation in 44 minutes.
Christopher Go
“Jupiter is a great target for beginning observers,” says Astronomy Contributing Editor Mike Reynolds. “You’ll spot its two largest cloud belts, and you can watch the bright moons change positions from night to night.” Jupiter’s four largest satellites, discovered by Galileo in 1610, are easy to see even through small telescopes.
For several months around its opposition date, Jupiter rises in the northeast. It lies in the zodiac constellation Gemini the Twins. Fortunately, that position means Jupiter will appear high in the sky. From latitude 40° north, the planet’s highest altitude will reach 72° above the southern horizon. This altitude goes up 1° for every degree south you travel.
Jupiter is easy to spot — it shines at magnitude –2.7. This means it appears more than three times as bright as the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius, which shines some 40° south of Jupiter.
At this year’s opposition, Jupiter’s apparent size in a telescope reaches 47 arcseconds. (One arcsecond equals 1/3,600 of 1°.) This large apparent size offers great opportunities for viewing cloud features in the jovian atmosphere. Jupiter completes one rotation in less than 10 hours. Around opposition, it remains above the horizon for at least 12 hours, which allows you to view the entire planet during a single night.
Jupiter’s four bright moons are easy targets through small telescopes. Io takes less than two days to orbit Jupiter, so you can see its relative position change in an hour or so. Our line of sight lies in the plane of the moons’ orbits, so we see occultations (when a moon goes behind Jupiter), eclipses (when Jupiter’s shadow falls on a moon), and transits (when a moon passes in front of Jupiter) at various times. Indeed, watching these four satellites provides plenty of action through a telescope to warm January’s chilly nights.
Fun facts
• Jupiter, the largest planet, could hold 1,266 Earths inside it.
• The seven other planets combined would constitute only 68 percent of Jupiter’s volume.
• Jupiter is more than 317 times as massive as Earth.
• Jupiter spins so rapidly that its polar diameter is only 93 percent of its equatorial diameter.
• Jupiter is the second most reflective planet (next to Venus). It reflects 52 percent of the sunlight falling on it. By comparison, Earth reflects 37 percent of sunlight back into space.
• The solar system’s largest satellite is Ganymede, with a diameter of nearly 3,300 miles (5,270km).
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Reload may refer to:
* In computer during internet browsing, It is re browsed or refreshed, when a disrupt may happen due to some hindrances like disconnection of internet either LAN(Local Area Network),WAN(Wide Area Network)etc.,
* Reload, which helps to further new internet connection of same webpage as visited previously by users.
* Loss of Information, When user using reload menu in computer means,the previous visited disconnected webpage may not work properly during current session and loss of unsaved information may happen.
* To avoid reload, To avoid the reload condition frequently,connecting internet to the computer properly before browsing by users or save the current data/information during online working intermittently.
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Talk:List of parks in San Francisco
Golden Gate VIEW Park?
I'm a 20-year resident of San Francisco and I've never heard of such a place. Perhaps this was meant to be Golden Gate Heights Park? "Golden Gate View Park" has replicated in the San Francisco template, and I think it is in error. Sfmammamia 22:52, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
* Went ahead with this change, so no one responded to the contrary. Sfmammamia 20:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
what about "golden gate park"? this is such large and iconic park that i seen it while playing classic simcity for the SNES. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 11:08, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
land area of parks?
i was hoping to find out the land area of the parks in san francisco. this way i could find out the population density of san francisco if park land were excluded. its very important for my research that i find this out. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 11:04, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Isn't the Panhandle part of Golden Gate Park?
I always treated it as a part of GG Park, but here it's listed separately. Gnuish (talk) 23:10, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
Precita park?
Is this intended to be a comprehensive list? If so, then I'd suggest that Precita Park is missing from the list. NeoChrono Ryu (talk) 02:41, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
* I've created a new, but very stubby, article for the park, to which you might want to add, if you know it well. I've also linked to it from this list. Dhtwiki (talk) 21:39, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
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Page:Crimes Ordinance 1971 (Cap. 200).pdf/3
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HONG KONG
Rh An Ordinance to consolidate certain penal enactments and to make consequential amendments connected therewith. [19th November, 1971.] Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Crimes Ordinance 1971. PART I.
2. (1) A person commits treason if he—
* (a) kills, wounds or causes bodily harm to Her Majesty, or imprisons or restrains Her;
* (b) forms an intention to do any such act as is mentioned in paragraph (a) and manifests such intention by an overt act;
* (c) levies war against Her Majesty—
* (i) with the intent to depose Her Majesty from the style, honour and royal name of the Crown of the United Kingdom or of any other of Her Majesty’s dominions; or
* (ii) in order by force or constraint to compel Her Majesty to change Her measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon, or to intimidate or overawe, Parliament or the legislature of any British territory;
* (d) instigates any foreigner with force to invade the United Kingdom or any British territory;
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Talk:Paulino Neves
How am I able to list a business in wikivoyage? Each time I add a reference to the tour guide, it is deleted. (WT-en) Renekat 12:37, 9 April 2012 (EDT)
* As I wrote in my editing summary, read dt and tour. If it clearly is necessary for independent travelers to hire a guide in order to do some specific, value-added things, he can be listed once on this entire site and may not be referred to in any other place. (WT-en) Ikan Kekek 12:40, 9 April 2012 (EDT)
I believe it is necessary to hire a tour guide to do such things as rent kayaks to tour the mangrove forest, get to the mangrove forest by boat, and take boat tours. Do you disagree?
* I don't know enough to confirm or refute, but the point is, if so, you can post one entry only, and put it in the right place: "Do." Look at Project:Activity listings for proper format, and do not refer to him anywhere else - neither in any other article nor any other place in this one. Include everything you consider important to mention about him in the single entry you create. (WT-en) Ikan Kekek 13:02, 9 April 2012 (EDT)
* ) Great! Thanks for the help! I think I got it right this time. I stumbled upon this man while couchsurfing. It's a great place to visit for the backpacker type, definitely for those who want to experience the 'real' Brazil, without all the glitz and glamor. (WT-en) Renekat 13:25, 9 April 2012 (EDT)
* No, I don't think you have it right. The listing is not specific enough in mentioning what the guide can do for individual travelers. Right now, it would be deleted per tour. Please read through Project:Activity listings. Thanks. And now I have to get ready for my real job. (WT-en) Ikan Kekek 13:27, 9 April 2012 (EDT)
Okay, let me keep working on it. I will add more in the description section. (WT-en) Renekat 13:31, 9 April 2012 (EDT)
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Talk:Southeast High School (Ohio)
External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to 1 one external link on Southeast High School (Ohio). Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
* Added archive https://web.archive.org/20070113105232/http://www.yappi.com:80/statechamps/wrestling.html to http://www.yappi.com/StateChamps/wrestling.html
Cheers.—cyberbot II Talk to my owner :Online 01:46, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
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Okay, this is the talk page, so if you want to discuss what's here with me, you can either grabe me through email, at school, or...POST HERE!
Hmmm. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Corbyze (talk • contribs) 00:26, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
* Thanks for your edits. The link provided for the student:teacher ratio is for the school district and not the school itself. I had to revert the student:teacher ratio to the last known link for the high school, but also updated the link to the ACT scores to the specific high school page. --JonRidinger (talk) 14:08, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
* Also, the "minor edit" box is for making changes like correcting punctuation or spelling, or fixing an error in formatting. In other words, it doesn't change the info in the article. Even a small update like changing the name of the principal wouldn't be a minor edit since it is changing the information. See Help:Minor edit for more info --JonRidinger (talk) 14:16, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
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User:Sygmoral
Greetings and hello.
A member since 2005, I've only started doing more thorough edits since 2014. I am a web developer by profession which helps to tweak things, especially templates.
I should probably make something of this User Page some time, but for now, this is it!
Regex edits
Regexes are very useful to make bulk-edits in one or more long articles.
Football goal lists
These regexes make it easy to bulk-edit long lists of football matches that use the Footballbox template, in order to update old-syntax goal lists (with br-s) into new-syntax ones (with *-lists). It only converts lines with at least two goals.
First pass (put it on the next line): Replace: With:
Next passes (split the goals, line by line; execute it multiple times until it finds no matches): Replace: With:
Before saving, scroll over the changes it has made via the Wikipedia editor!
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시간 제한 메모리 제한 제출 정답 맞은 사람 정답 비율
2 초 512 MB 86 35 31 42.466%
문제
ICPC manager plans a new project which is to be carried out for n days. In this project, m persons numbered from 1 to m are supposed to work. Each day j (1 ≤ jn) requires dj persons, and each person i (1 ≤ im) wants to work wi days.
To increase the efficiency in performing the project, the following two conditions should be satisfied:
1. each person works for only consecutive w days when he/she works, and
2. each person can work again after he/she has a rest for at least h days.
ICPC manager wants to find a working plan to assign the working days for all persons such that the number of working days of each person i (1 ≤ im) is equal to wi and the number of persons who work for each day j (1 ≤ jn) is equal to dj, and above two conditions are also satisfied.
For example, assume the project is carried out for n = 9 days, and m = 4 persons participate in the project. Let w = 2 and h = 1. Also, assume (w1, w2w3w4) = (4, 4, 6, 2) and (d1, d2, d3, d4, d5, d6, d7, d8, d9) = (1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2). The table below shows a feasible solution where the i-th row corresponds to person i, and the j-th column corresponds to day j. If person i works or has a rest in day j, the value of the table element with row i and column j is 1 or 0, respectively.
Given m, n, w, h, wi (1 ≤ im) which is a multiple of w, and dj (1 ≤ jn), write a program to find a feasible solution as a working plan.
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Your program is to read from standard input. The input starts with a line containing four integers, m, n, w, h (1 ≤ m ≤ 2,000, 1 ≤ n ≤ 2,000, 1 ≤ w, hn). The following line contains m integers where the i-th (1 ≤ im) integer represents wi (1 ≤ win) which is a multiple of w. The next line contains n integers where the j-th (1 ≤ jn) integer represents dj (0 ≤ dj ≤ m).
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Your program is to write to standard output. If there is a feasible working plan, print 1 in the first line followed by m lines, each i-th (1 ≤ im) line should contain wi/w integers. These integers form an increasing sequence of first days that person i works in the feasible plan. If there is no feasible working plan, print only -1 in the first line. The first sample below corresponds to the example given in the table above.
예제 입력 1
4 9 2 1
4 4 6 2
1 3 2 1 2 1 1 3 2
예제 출력 1
1
1 8
2 7
2 5 8
4
예제 입력 2
4 7 2 2
4 4 4 2
1 3 2 1 3 3 1
예제 출력 2
-1
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User:Scott5114/How to write an FA from scratch
In early 2006, I began working on the Kansas Turnpike article. After a year's off-and-on work, it became an FA. I'm going to follow the same process as I did on that article, this time working on the Chickasaw Turnpike article. This time around I'm going to document the process so that other users might benefit from seeing how this seemingly insurmountable task can be achieved.
I like working on turnpike articles for FA because they're easier to search for in Google (fewer alternate names), and generally have more things to say about them (you can go into detail about the tolling system, they usually have more service areas, and so forth). This particular turnpike has something else unusual about it - it only has two lanes. The Chickasaw Turnpike article has one other thing in common with the Kansas Turnpike article when I began editing it: they were both very short stubs, so it's basically like starting from scratch. When I began working on the Chickasaw Turnpike article, it looked like this:. For comparison, shows Kansas Turnpike when I began working on it.
I would like to point out that this approach may not work for everyone. This is the process I like to use; other users probably have their own methods. Also, this process isn't limited just to road articles. You can theoretically use it for any article. Also, note that a few images may be missing because of fair-use guidelines. While working, make sure you examine everything for compliance with core policies, like POV and reliable sources.
Step 1: Collecting sources
The first steps to making a great article begin in your userspace. If your target article already exists, copy it to your sandbox. If not, you get to start fresh. Decide what headings you want, and put them in. Begin collecting information from reliable sources. Use any books you own on the subject first. Then move on to what's available through a simple Google search. As you collect information, break it down into easily-citable bullet points. (If you are working from a pre-existing article, begin by breaking the existing article down into bullets.) Put the information in the relevant sections. Add proper references as you go. Work on one source at a time, assimilating as much information as you can get from each one. If some information is duplicated, give a cite for each reference that corroborates the information.
As you're doing this, be careful not to copy directly from the source. If you do, you will be tempted to simply re-incorporate that into the final article, raising copyright concerns. To promote originality, just note the core of the information that you need. Abbreviate if you want; this is for your own personal use.
After you think you've gotten everything you can off the Internet and your personal books, it's time to move on to the library. If at all possible, try to visit a university library. Use the online catalog there to find books related to the subject. While you're there, take the opportunity to search JSTOR, Academic Search Premier, and other databases. These databases are only available at participating libraries, and not elsewhere, so to minimize repeat trips, email copies of sources to yourself, or download them to a flash drive. Check out the books that you need and begin reading, adding information as you go. As you can imagine, this is probably the most labor-intensive part of the process. It can take several weeks, depending on the article and what sources you have available. Once you think you've gotten everything on the subject, it's time to actually write the article.
Unfortunately for the Chickasaw Turnpike, no books exist for the subject. Many sources on the Internet aren't reliable, but I was able to find some news articles and press releases from the OTA. Apparently the whole thing was shut down in 2006 for construction, causing traffic tie-ups in Sulphur. Good to know!
Step 2: Writing the article
Next up is the fun part. You need to take your list of bullet points and connect them together to form a true article. If there's anything you couldn't find a cite for, now's the time to kick it to the curb. (Or at least, post it on the talk page so if anyone else knows of a source, they can provide it.) Try to follow the MOS as close as you can now; it'll pay dividends in the future. Use a browser such as Mozilla Firefox that provides spell-check to avoid embarrassing typos.
You should do the initial connecting in your sandbox. When you've integrated all your bullet points, it's time to copy it out into mainspace. After you've sent the overhauled and expanded (or brand new) article out into the world, let it be for a few days. You can probably use a break from the subject matter anyway. Your new article will hopefully catch the eye of some other people who are interested in the subject and they'll begin to collaborate with you in further expansion. You can also alert some relevant WikiProjects about the article and your hopes for it. Get the article tagged and assessed using the Version 1.0 classes; your new article should hopefully be B-Class.
Now is also the time to begin thinking about images. Can you get some? You may have to do some legwork and get some yourself; for the Chickasaw Turnpike article, I went to the actual turnpike and drove the length of it, taking about 40 pictures. This also helped me discover some things about the turnpike that weren't covered in the sources. I found that part of the turnpike had a third lane, and found that there were some at-grade intersections near the east end.
Step 3: GA
Once you have all the major highlights in place, check your article against the good article criteria. If you believe it meets them, you should take the article to Good article nominations. GAN will be the first true test of your article. References will be checked for conformance with WP:RS, prose will be inspected, and image licensing will be scrutinized. At time of writing GAN is suffering from a massive backlog of articles needing review, so it is a very slow process. Some articles may sit in the queue for a month or more before they're reviewed. You may want to use this time to take a break from the article so that you don't grow tired of the subject and/or get stressed out. However, you don't have to neglect the article. If you feel you have to do something, check everything against the Manual of Style to ensure everything is done right.
The GAN process will give one of three results. You're hoping for a pass. You may get a hold, in which case you'll have a week or so to correct minor issues with the article; after correcting the issues, you'll get a pass. Or you may fail entirely, which is frustrating because (unless it was failed improperly) you have to go back to square one, fix whatever issues are stated in the review (which may take considerable work, especially if it's a referencing issue), and then submit it again and wait for another month.
The Chickasaw Turnpike article was listed as a GA nominee on March 1, 2008. It remained in the queue until March 27, when it was promoted to GA status.
Step 4: Peer review and polishing
GA is a fine first test of your article's quality. Now, however, it's a good idea to invite many more eyes to look over your article. You need others to catch as many issues as possible now, so that at FA your article will be able to breeze right through. Therefore, now is the time when your article should be mostly content-complete, and from here on out you'll be merely polishing the prose and formatting.
Your next destination will be A-Class. Many WikiProjects conduct a formalized FA-like process for awarding the A-Class rating, so check with your local WikiProject to see if they have this sort of process. This will provide a preview of a FAC nomination and will catch a lot of the picky errors that FA reviewers might otherwise raise.
Another venue for getting opinions on your article is peer review. This process draws attention to your article and provides a forum for other users to make suggestions and comments about your article.
The Chickasaw Turnpike article successfully passed through WikiProject U.S. Roads' A-Class Review. I then brought it over to full Wikipedia peer review to get a few more suggestions before taking it to the top.
Step 5: Take it to FA
Finally, the step which you've been working towards this whole time... you've reached the top, the primetime, the big house, the limelight...WP:FAC. Before actually submitting your article to FAC, make sure you look through WP:WIAFA first to ensure your candidacy is solid.
You might not know what to expect when preparing for your first FAC. This is an entirely healthy perspective to maintain through your second, third, and fourth FACs too. Just about every FAC will raise some odd issue you aren't prepared for, whether it's an obscure passage of the MOS that you're out of compliance with or some subjective criticism of some image in your article. Be prepared to get some unreasonable suggestions, as well, and never be afraid to turn someone down if you feel that fixing their issue would make the article worse. The worst they can do is oppose, and if they truly are off-base, then you'll probably get a few other people arguing against the other user in favor of your article. Most other issues should be relatively easy and trivial to fix, however; major issues should have been caught at one of the lower levels. (That's why we didn't just breeze through and take the article to FAC first!)
About the widest-spread comment on the Chickasaw Turnpike's FAC was that it was too short. However, I explained that the road was only 20 miles long, and that I felt it met the comprehensiveness criteria, and most of the editors agreed. There was also one contributor who took issue with the map in the article, but general consensus seemed to be against that user and in favor of the article as it stood. On May 9, 2008, the candidacy expired and Chickasaw Turnpike was officially promoted to FA status!
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William Grant (footballer)
William Middleton Grant (14 November 1904 – 23 September 1994) was a Scottish professional footballer. He spent eight years at Blackpool, making over 200 Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender.
Career
Grant, who had been signed from Scottish club East Stirlingshire for a then record fee of £1600 for a second division player, made his debut for Blackpool eighteen games into their 1927–28 league season, a 2–2 draw at South Shields on 10 December 1927. He went on to make seventeen further league appearances that campaign, and one in the FA Cup. The following season, 1928–29, Grant made 27 league appearances. This was under a new manager, Harry Evans, who succeeded Sydney Beaumont.
Grant appeared in all but two of Blackpool's league games as captain in 1929–30 as the club won the Division Two championship. Only Jimmy Hampson appeared in more games than he did. In 1930–31, Blackpool's first season in English football's top flight, Grant was ever-present in the club's 42 league games — the only player at the club to claim such an achievement that particular season. He achieved the same feat the following season, 1931–32, sharing the honour with Hampson. 1932–33 saw Grant's appearances limited, with only eighteen in the league to his name, as Blackpool returned to Division Two. He did, however, appear in the club's FA Cup fifth-round defeat at Sunderland in February 1933.
Sandy MacFarlane was appointed as Blackpool manager for the 1933–34 term, and Grant found himself surplus to requirements, making just five league starts. He was given more chances in 1934–35 (28 appearances), but this proved to be his (and MacFarlane's) last season with the club. His 220th and final league appearance for Blackpool occurred on 4 May 1935, in a final-day 1–1 draw with Bolton Wanderers at Bloomfield Road.
He finished his career back in his native land with Motherwell, playing right back in an 8–0 win against Celtic on 30 April 1937, to date Celtic's biggest ever defeat. He continued to play there until he retired in 1939. He then worked as a miner for many years in various pits around is home town of Bo'ness.
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-- Brazilian Stocks Fall as Lojas Renner Drops on Economic Concern
The Ibovespa fell for the sixth time
in seven sessions as retailers including Lojas Renner SA (LREN3) sank
after growth in the industrial sector trailed estimates,
rekindling concern that Brazil ’s economy is faltering. Consumer stocks fell the most among 10 industry groups on
the MSCI Brazil Index with cosmetics seller Natura Cosmeticos SA (NATU3)
retreating to a one-week low. Phone company Oi SA rallied after
it agreed to merge with Lisbon-based Portugal Telecom SGPS SA. The Ibovespa slipped 0.1 percent to 53,100.18 at the close
in Sao Paulo, with 37 stocks lower and 34 higher. The real
gained 1 percent to 2.1951 per dollar at 5:30 p.m. local time.
Brazil’s industrial output was unchanged in August from a month
earlier, the national statistics agency said. Economists
surveyed by Bloomberg had expected it to increase 0.2 percent. “The industrial output figures today show that economic
activity in Brazil is still pretty weak,” Alvaro Bandeira , a
partner at Orama Asset Management, said in a telephone interview
from Rio de Janeiro . “If you look just at the outlook for
economic growth, it’s hard to be very optimistic about
equities.” Renner dropped 1.3 percent to 65 reais. Natura declined 2.1
percent to 49.46 reais. Oi rallied 5.2 percent to 4.44 reais. Zeinal Bava, the
former Portugal Telecom chief executive officer who became the
head of Oi in June while continuing to run the Portuguese
carrier’s domestic operations, will lead the enlarged company,
which will be incorporated in Brazil. Shopping Malls Shopping mall owner Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers SA
advanced 2.9 percent to 25 reais. The company said in a
regulatory filing late yesterday it agreed to pay 83.6 million
reais to increase its stake in the Galleria shopping mall in
Campinas, Brazil. Brazil’s main equity gauge entered a bull market Sept. 9
after rising 20 percent from this year’s low on July 3 through
that day. The gauge is still down 19 percent in dollar terms
this year, compared with a decline of 5.4 percent for the MSCI
Emerging Markets Index of 21 developing nations’ equities.
Trading volume on the index’s members today was 20 percent lower
than the average in the previous five days. To contact the reporter on this story:
Ney Hayashi in Sao Paulo at
ncruz4@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
David Papadopoulos at
papadopoulos@bloomberg.net
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Talk:Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia
Number of children: ten or eleven?
The article states, in the Life section: "Around the age of twelve she was married (1216) to Henry II the Pious, Duke of Silesia, to whom she bore eleven children before he succeeded to the dukedom in 1238."
Yet the Children section states: "Anna and Henry had ten children ..."
Can someone resolve the inconsistency?
Karl gregory jones (talk) 03:54, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
* If it was not a mistake, one of the children may have died young or may have been stilborn. Thus, she could have born 11 children, of which only 10 were alive or have survived. Surtsicna (talk) 11:23, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Replaced idiom
Regarding the death of her husband, Henry II the Pious, the article stated: "his body being so diminished that the duchess had to tell those searching for his body to recognize him by..." I am not sure what exactly is meant by "diminished", I gather it is an idiom for something, and originally thought of decomposition. The article on Henry II states he was decapitated, so I figure that his body was "diminished" though mutilated. As idioms are confusing and unnecessary, and against policy, I substituted "mutilated". If this is incorrect, please substitute a more accurate term. - Boneyard90 (talk) 02:55, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
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Quiz Me Quick
Quiz Me Quick is a Flemish fiction series produced by Koeken Troef for the Belgian national broadcasting company Eén and the digital channel Prime Series. The series won prizes such as a Rockie Award at the World Media Festival in Banff. It first aired on Prime Series on April 29, 2012, before airing on the Flemish public channel Eén on October 21, 2012.
Synopsis
Five people meet each other coincidentally in a pub where a quiz is about to start. They decide to form a team and participate under the name "Tafel 7" (Table 7) as they are the seventh team. Despite their contrasts in personality they agree to team up for other quizzes in the future and win the Superprestige quiz as their ultimate goal. As the series progresses each candidate reveals more secrets about themselves.
Cast
* Dirk Van Dijck – Roger Sterckx
* The eldest and smartest of the group. He is a grumpy, eccentric loner. Due to his knowledge, insight and experience with quizzes he is accepted by the group. Despite his gigantic knowledge, he made the biggest blunder in the Flemish history of quizzes. He once participated in the Belgian television show 'De IQ-Kwis' (The I.Q. Quiz). Instead of answering 'the horse of Troy' on some question, he said 'the horse of Paris' where he wanted to refer to Paris, the son of the king of Troy. Since then, he stopped playing quizzes.
* Jos Verbist – Armand De La Ruelle
* Armand is a former school teacher. He gave ancient Greek and Latin and knows everything about these cultures. Due to some tragic events in past he is now addicted to alcohol. He is neglected by his colleagues and is now a "simple" supervisor in the study hall and works at the schools reprography. In contradiction the students adore Armand as he is a good narrator and his stories about the ancient Greek times are appreciated. However, due to his alcoholic abuse he gets drunk and makes serious errors when questions are asked.
* Tom Audenaert – Luc Auwerckx
* Luc is married with Gwendy and they have 3 children. He was a talented soccer player but was forced to stop after his father got blind. Luc took over his fathers photographic shop with aversion. Luc never did market research nor followed courses. As a result, the shop only sells outdated cameras and develops rolls of film as Luc is even not aware digital cameras and online printing services exist. Luc is sometimes asked to make photo reports but the customers always complain about the disappointing result. In his leisure time he trains the juniors. He knows almost all facts about sports.
* Pieter Piron - Lennon
* Lennon has a mental handicap. He works in a sheltered workshop and is terrorized by his supervisor Benny. He never learned to read and write. He loves music and movies and has a rather good auditive memory.
* Wietse Tanghe – Nick Van Loo
* This young man is a jack of all trades. Although he is a talented cook, he first works as delivery boy in some Japanese restaurant. Later on he starts at a call center. He is very smart and is able to memorize useless facts. He lives with his girlfriend Cynthia on the third floor in the city centre. He is the one who convinces the others to go to the Superprestige Quiz.
* Liesa Naert – Cynthia Moons
* She is a hairdresser. After the hairdressing salon burns down, she starts her own shop together with Gwendy. The shop becomes a success after they decide not only to do the hair of humans, but also dogs. She is in love with Nick but is always disappointed when he is fired again.
* Tine Embrechts – Gwendy
* She is married with Luc and a very assertive woman. She overawes everyone.
* Rilke Eyckermans – Tamara
* A naive colleague of Cynthia. She flirts with every man she meets.
* Kevin Janssens - Mario
* He starts as a dog-trimmer in the salon of Cynthia although he is not qualified. He seems to have a good relationship with dogs as he even can handle the most aggressive ones. Mario is rather clumsy and childish. He is in love with Cyntia. It turns out he is a former para commando and in battle some years ago. Although he is not in the army anymore, he wants to solve many issues with violence or techniques used in the army.
* Bart De Pauw – Iwein
* He is the leader of Coromar, the best Belgian quiz team.
* Clara Cleymans - Monica
* The sexy Monica is fascinated with Nick. She is a headstrong and wants to have Nick for herself.
Trivia
* De IQ-Kwis, which is part of the series' plot, was a real-life TV quiz broadcast on the Belgian public TV channel between 1980 and 1994. Footage of Roger Sterckx participating in this quiz in the 1980s was shown in the series, causing many viewers to assume this was genuine archive footage. In reality the set of De IQ-Kwis was rebuilt during production of Quiz Me Quick and combined with old archive footage of the actual show. Former host Herman Van Molle recorded lines from the script, which was edited with trick photography.
Awards and nominations
* The series was nominated at the French Séries Mania
* The series won a Rockie Award at the World Media Festival in Banff, Alberta in category "best sitcom."
* Tine Embrechts won a Belgian Television Star for her role as Gwendy
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Microbiology Chapter 15
Card Set Information
Author:
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Filename:
Microbiology Chapter 15
Updated:
2011-11-20 12:59:36
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Description:
Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
Show Answers:
1. An organisms ability to cause a disease is called it’s
pathogenicity.
2. The degree of pathogenicity is called it’s
virulence.
3. In order for a microorganism to cause disease it must:
• Gain access to the host
• Adhere to the host tissues
• Penetrate or evade the hosts defenses
• Damage tissues and cause disease
4. The way in which a pathogen gains entrance to a host is called its
portal of entry.
5. portal of entry are :
• Mucus Membranes:Respiratory tract,GI tract,Genitourinary tract,Conjunctiva
• Skin:Parenteral route
6. Many organisms have a preferred portal of entry which is a prerequisite to a ___
disease
7. Preferred Portal of Entry - Salmonella typhi
• digestive system (disease )
• skin (no disease)
8. Preferred Portal of Entry - Streptococcus
• respiratory system (disease)
• Digestive system (no disease)
9. Preferred Portal of Entry - Bacillus anthracis
more than one
10. How virulent a microbe is expressed in terms of its ___
LD50 : number of microbes in a dose which will kill 50% of test animals injected
11. The dose required to produce a demonstrable infection is indicated by ___
ID50
12. LD50 & ID50 are used to ___
compare virulence of organisms to each other
13. Portal of entry - Bacillus anthracis ID50
• Skin : 10-50 Endospores
• Inhalation : 10,000-20,000 Endospores
• Ingestion : 250,000-1,000,000 Endospores
14. Which organisms is the most virulent?
The lower the LD50 the more virulent the organism or toxin is.
15. Most pathogenic bacteria cause disease by penetrating tissues not by
simply attaching to them
16. Several factors that contribute to an organisms ability to invade a tissue :
• Capsules
• Cell wall components
• Enzymes
17. M protein resists phagocytosis eg ___
Streptococcus pyogenes
18. Opa protein inhibits T helper cells eg ___
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
19. Mycolic acid (waxy lipid) resists digestion eg ___
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
20. Organism which Prevent phagocytosis
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Haemophilus influenzae
• Bacillus anthracis
21. ___ Coagulates fibrinogen
Coagulase
22. ___ Digest fibrin clots
Kinases
23. ___ Hydrolyzes hyaluronic acid
Hyaluronidase
24. ___ Hydrolyzes collagen
Collagenase
25. ___ Destroy IgA antibodies
IgA proteases
26. If a pathogen overcomes a hosts defenses it can damage tissues in four basic ways :
• 1 Direct Damage
• 2 Production of Toxins
• 3 Induction of hypersensitivity reactions
• 4 Using the hosts nutrients
27. To obtain free iron some pathogen secretes proteins called ___
siderophores
28. ___ are poisonous substances produced by certain microorganisms
Toxins
29. The capacity of an organism to produce a toxin is called its ___
Toxigenicity.
30. ___ is a condition of toxins in the blood
Toxemia
31. ___ is inactivated toxin used in a vaccine
Toxoid
32. ___ Antibodies against a specific toxin
Antitoxin
33. There are two types of toxins ___ & ___
• 1 Exotoxins
• 2 Endotoxins
34. Source of exotoxin is ___
Mostly Gram +
35. Exotoxin is the byproduct of ___
growing cells
36. Exotoxin is made up of ___
Protein
37. Exotoxin causes fever y/n ?
No
38. Exotoxin is nutralized by antitoxin y/n ?
yes
39. LD50 of Exotoxin
Small
40. Main 6 Exotoxin representative
• 1 Diphtheria toxin
• 2 Erythogenic Toxin
• 3 Botulinum toxin
• 4 Tetanus toxin
• 5 Vibrio enterotoxins
• 6 Staphylococcal enterotoxins
41. Source of Endotoxins
Gram -tive
42. Endotoxins' relation to microbes
outer membrane
43. Endotoxins chemistry
Lipid A
44. Endotoxins causes fever y/n?
yes
45. Endotoxins is nutralized by Antitoxin y/n?
No
46. LD50 of Endotoxins
Relatively Large
47. ___ are small circular pieces of DNA separate from the main chromosome which are capable of independent replication.
Plasmids
48. ___ Can be transferred between organisms
• Resistance factors
• Virulence factors
49. ___ are bacteria viruses
Bacteriophages
50. Bacteriophages can incorporate their DNA into the host-Lysogeny by ___
Lysogenic conversion
51. Viruses avoid a hosts immune response by ___
• 1 They grow inside cells
• 2 Specialized attachment
• 3 Some attack the immune system itself
52. ___ visible effects of viral infection
Cytopathic effects
53. Those that result in cell death are called ___ effects
cytocydal
54. Those that damage the cell but do not kill it are called ___ effects
non-cytocydal
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Etymology
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Prefix
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* 3) off, from off describing an action of removing oneself to another location
* 1) off, from off describing an action of removing oneself to another location
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Prefix
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Computational protocol: Identifying breast cancer risk loci by global differential allele-specific expression (DASE) analysis in mammary epithelial transcriptome
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[…] Genomic and mRNA sequences flanking selected SNPs were retrieved from NCBI and primers were designed accordingly using the web-based Primer3 software (http://frodo.wi.mit.edu/primer3/). The sequences of primers are available upon request. PCR amplification was performed using GoTaq® Green Master Mix (Promega) and relevant gDNA and cDNA samples on a thermal cycler (Applied Biosystems, Model 2720) using the following program: 94°C 3 minutes for initial denaturing, followed by 10 cycles touchdown PCR (94°C 30 seconds, 65°C −55°C <−1°C / cycle> 30 seconds, 72°C 30 seconds) and 35 cycles regular PCR (94°C 30 seconds, 60°C 30 seconds, 72°C 30 seconds), final extension for 5 minutes at 72°C and then hold at 4°C. PCR product purification and Sanger sequencing were performed by Beckman Coulter Genomic Services (Danvers, MA). Sequencing trace files were analyzed using Sequencher software (v4.1.4., Gene Codes, MI). The DASE value between two alleles X and Y in a sample of a given SNP was then calculated using the peak height of each allele in the chromograms originated from cDNA samples, justified by that originated from genomic DNA samples. A positive DASE event by sequencing is defined when the height of the peak representing one allele is less than half of the peak height of the other allele. The fact that we chose a different threshold (DASE=1) for DASE validation by Sanger sequencing is justified by the different data dynamic ranges between these two platforms. The SNP array gives numeric results with a dynamic range of 216. On the other hand, Sanger sequencing gives graphic trace files, and the usable peak-heights for quantification are usually within a few dozen pixels. Based on this dissimilarity, we chose different thresholds for DASE calling for each method. […]
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Software tools Primer3, Sequencher
Application qPCR
Organisms Homo sapiens
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Sending SAS programs as Transport or XML files?
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Sending SAS programs as Transport or XML files?
Can anyone direct me to detailed documentation on how to include executable SAS programs in a Transport file? My experience with Transport files has been limited to datasets.
Also, is it possible to convert SAS programs to .XML format and then convert them back?
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Sending SAS programs as Transport or XML files?
Transport files are only defined in terms of SAS datasets. You may be thinking about SAS "Catalogs":
http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrcon/62955/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a002300187.htm
Don't know about XML beyond reading data from it.
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Re: Sending SAS programs as Transport or XML files?
Hi:
As Doc said, transport files are generallly used for the transmission of SAS data. SAS programs are simple ASCII text files, so I'm not sure what would be gained by converting them to XML format. In addition, I have to ask the question: What XML format????
There's not just ONE XML format -- the variety of XML "flavors" is greater than the flavors at Baskin-Robbins....to name just a few (less than 32): XBRL, JusticeML, MusicML, SpreadsheetML, ChemML, MathML, Vector Graphics ML, CDISC XML, SASReportXML, etc, etc. In fact, one of the key features of XML is that it is eXtensible Markup Language -- so someone can write a custom parsing application to consume XML that conforms to a particular schema, and, as long as the XML being sent to the application conforms to the specification or schema, the application will do with the XML whatever it is supposed to do.
Since XML is basically a text file format, it compresses and can be sent easily by file transfer methods. A SAS program is basically a text file that can be compressed and sent easily by file transfer methods. In order to convert your SAS programs to some XML format, you would have to know WHAT format was required by the application that was going to consume the XML. Do you have an application that will parse and, somehow, process a SAS program?
You qualified your statement about the SAS programs as being "executable" SAS programs -- by this I interpret your request to mean a complete SAS program such as:
proc print data=sashelp.class noobs;
run;
instead of a code snippet that might be %included, like this:
input @1 name $10.
@12 birthday mmddyy10.;
You might also be referring to stored compiled macro programs as being "executable" -- but as far as I know, those are not portable across platforms and must be re-compiled on every new platform/operating system.
The SAS Platform for Business Analytics does have a mechanism for creating a SAS Package file that includes the SAS program for the stored process -and- the metadata that defines the stored process execution. However, that "package" is intended solely for use in the SAS Platform for Business Analytics.
So, that's some background information and commentary on your question about whether a SAS program could be included in an XML format.
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If anyone does make this section (which sounds like a good idea) then I have an idea for inclusion. Over Christmas vacation, I read various books by Ian Rankin and Peter May: the heroes both work/worked at St Leonards Police station in Edinburgh. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 01:39, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
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SS Anglo Saxon (1929)
SS Anglo Saxon was a cargo ship carrying coal from Wales to Argentina that was sunk by the GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER Widder on 21 August 1940. Several of the crew managed to get in a jolly boat, an all purpose small boat that could also be used as a lifeboat. It carried the surviving members of the ship's crew west across the Atlantic Ocean for 70 days, before finally landing in Eleuthera. By the time the jolly boat made landfall, only two of the seven survivors of the attack were still alive.
Ship description
The 5,596 ton merchant ship SS Anglo Saxon filled up with coal at Newport Docks and left for Bahia Blanca, Argentina on 6 August 1940 with 41 officers and crew. She had a single deck gun. A day later she called at Milford Haven, and on 8 August joined the outward-bound Liverpool Convoy OB 195.
Sinking
On 21 August 1940, some 800 miles west of the Canary Islands at 20:20 hours, the Widder approached the Anglo Saxon in pitch darkness and opened fire from a range of approximately one mile. The first salvo of 5.9 in shells landed on Anglo Saxon ' s poop and gun platform aft and ignited ammunition for the deck gun. This salvo killed most of the crew located in forecastle. As the Widder approached closer, she opened fire with flak, killing more of the crew, and holing the lifeboats the crew were attempting to launch on the starboard side of the ship.
More 37mm and 20mm flak destroyed the wireless room, and no signal was sent from the merchantman. Another salvo of 5.9 in shells penetrated the boiler room and exploded the boiler. The Anglo Saxon's captain, Paddy Flynn, had been killed while throwing the ship's confidential paperwork overboard, and the order went out to abandon ship.
The coup de grâce from Widder came from a torpedo and the Anglo Saxon quickly sank stern first. Survivors record the Widder strafing lifeboats with machine gun fire before steaming eastward having not searched for any survivors.
Surviving crew in the jolly boat
Seven crew members managed to get into the port side jolly boat, unseen by the Widder. These men were: Barry C. Denny (mate, 31), Lionel H. Hawks (engineer, 23), Leslie J. Morgan (cook, 20, injured foot), Francis G. Penny (Royal Marine gunner, 44, shot through right arm and right leg), Roy H. Pilcher (radio operator, 21, injured from gun fire), Robert G. Tapscott (able seaman, 19) and Wilbert 'Roy' Widdicombe (able seaman, 24).
The survivors saw two other lifeboats leaving the stricken Anglo Saxon; both had lights which attracted the gunners on the Widder which open fire and killed all aboard the craft.
The jolly boat crew remained in the vicinity all night and at dawn set sail and headed west. The jolly boat, smaller than a cutter, was a clinker-built ship's boat used as a hack boat for small work and as a lifeboat. It was 18 ft long and 6.5 ft across its beam.
The boat contained the following items:
* a canvas sail
* compass
* sea anchor
* axe
* boat cover
* flares
* matches
* medical kit
* six pairs of oars
* one 20 lb tin of ships' biscuits
* 11 tins of condensed milk
* 16 lb of tinned mutton
* four gallons of water.
The voyage
The crew initially lay low to avoid the Widder and then set sail west the following morning aiming for an island in the Caribbean or to attract a ship with the flares. From the on-board rations, each man was allocated half a cup of water with half a biscuit, with an occasional issue of tinned mutton and condensed milk.
The first of the seven survivors to die was Roy Pilcher, who succumbed to a gangrenous foot on 1 September 1940. With each passing day the health of the survivors deteriorated, as did their morale. Denny noted in his log: "Do not feel particularly hungry but suffer from parched throat owing to low water ration". The lack of water made eating the hard ships' biscuits almost impossible. Denny's last log entry on 2 September, suggested a list of future rations to be stored in lifeboats.
The log, written by another survivor, noted on 4 September that Francis Penny had "slipped overboard" (this is usually inferred to mean the person, of their own volition, decided to commit suicide by drowning rather than try any further to survive). A day later on 5 September Denny and Lionel Hawks "go over the side no water" (as with Penny, these men probably committed suicide by drowning, having given up hope of rescue). By 9 September, Leslie Morgan, "goes mad dies".
This now left just two survivors - Wilbert Roy Widdicombe and Robert George Tapscott. A rain shower on 12 September replenished their water reserves for six days with more rain collected on 20 September lasting a further four days. All water and ships' biscuits had been used by 24 September. With five weeks already spent in the boat, another five weeks of drifting westward lay ahead for both men.
Survival for both men was now a matter of good fortune. They ate drifting seaweed and a flying fish landed in the boat. Rain squalls provided more water but the men were so thirsty that they were driven to drinking the fluid from the compass they had. Although two ships passed them, they were unable to attract their attention. Widdicombe, now desperate, lost his front teeth chewing the leather of his shoes. Tapscott simply lay motionless in the bottom of the boat. By the 68th day adrift in the jolly boat, Widdicombe was slipping into unconsciousness, but with the sight of an island on the 69th day, the men managed to steer the lifeboat to landfall.
Landing
After 70 days and almost 2800 mi since the sinking of the Anglo Saxon, on Wednesday 30 October 1940 the two survivors landed on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. Widdicombe and Tapscott were transferred to a hospital in Nassau, Bahamas, where they slowly recovered.
Widdicombe commented on his survival:
I wondered if I was dreaming when I saw a strange face leaning over me. And then the whole horrid situation came back to me with all its vividness, and I suffered a severe misgiving, until the man started to talk to me and then I realised that we had had the good fortune to wash up on one of Britain's far flung colonies. My relief at the realisation that I was alive and safe on land among friends was indescribable.
Both men were visited by the Duke of Windsor, then Governor, and the Duchess of Windsor. Roy Widdicombe recovered first and travelled from the Bahamas to New York. In February 1941, he boarded the Siamese Prince which was sailing to Liverpool. On 17 February 1941, the merchantman was torpedoed by the GERMAN SUBMARINE U-69 with the loss of all 68 aboard, one day short of her destination.
Tapscott gradually recovered and moved to Canada in 1941 and initially enlisted in the Canadian Army. The army though recorded that Tapscott was suffering from 'neurosis anxiety' (more commonly known as PTSD today). He rejoined the Merchant Navy in March 1943 and remained in that service throughout the war. He committed suicide at his home in Cardiff, aged 42, in September 1963. He had written a suicide note to the local paper, the South Wales Echo, in which he described how the depression he was suffering, from his experience lost at sea, were making his life intolerable. Tapscott had a wife, Norma, and daughter Diane.
The captain of the Widder (and later the GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER Michel), Helmuth von Ruckteschell, was captured by the British and tried for war crimes. In May 1947, he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, commuted to 7 years and died in prison, aged 58.
The jolly boat
Lady Oakes, the wife of a wealthy Canadian, Sir Harry Oakes, bought the jolly boat at auction in Nassau in December 1940. She donated the boat to the Mystic Seaport Museum, Connecticut, in 1941, where it was displayed.
By the fiftieth anniversary in 1990, the boat had been put in storage at the museum. The Imperial War Museum, London, contacted the museum and the boat was transferred to London where it is on display. One of the key people involved in the repatriation of the jolly boat was Anthony Smith, the broadcaster and author of 'Survived', an account of the Anglo Saxon and her crew. Together with Ted Milburn, the son of the Anglo Saxon's chief engineer, they worked to get the boat moved to the Imperial War Museum, London.
The jolly boat finally returned to the United Kingdom on 15 November 1997. After conservation the boat was put on display in May 1998 as the central exhibit of 'Survival at Sea: Stories of the Merchant Navy in the Second World War'.
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Hereditary diseases, what they are and when to do the genetic test
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• What they are and how they are transmitted
• Genetic diseases
• The different types
• Diagnosis
• Genetic test yes or no
What are hereditary diseases and how are they transmitted
When deciding to have a child, the desire of every mom and dad is that the unborn child be healthy. However, it can sometimes happen that a child is born with a genetic disease although the parents are not affected and are in excellent health. This is the case with hereditary diseases.
As Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute said, "Everything in medicine, with the possible exception of trauma, is genetic in nature." In fact, all of us are carriers of mutations, present in the genome, which can cause hereditary diseases. Mutations may have no effect on our health, but they can pose a risk if the partner was a healthy carrier of the same disease.
A hereditary disease is certainly genetic since it is a disease whose cause is a mutation in one or more genes. A hereditary disease is transmitted from parents to children through DNA following precise rules of transmission, as is the case with the color of the eyes or the blood type.
Genetic diseases
As we have seen, hereditary diseases are genetic diseases. Even the latter are not all the same and are divided into:
• Chromosomal diseases: they occur when there is an alteration in the number of chromosomes or when one or more chromosomes are damaged, as in the case of Down syndrome;
• Monogenic diseases: when there is a mutation of a single gene;
• Multifactorial genetic diseases: result of the combination of gene alterations, lifestyle and environmental factors, as in the case of Alzheimer's or diabetes.
The different types of inherited disease transmission
As the World Health Organization reminds us, the ways of inheriting genetic diseases are different from each other.
When the disease can be inherited without distinction from mom or dad and there is a 50% chance that the baby will be born sick, as with achondroplastic dwarfism or Huntington's chorea, let's talk about autosomal dominant inheritance.
L'autosomal recessive inheritance instead it occurs when both parents are healthy carriers of the genetic mutation and the disease is transmitted in 25% of cases. In this situation there is a 50% chance that the baby will be a healthy carrier and a 25% chance that it will be born completely healthy.
Another case is that ofrecessive X inheritance which occurs when a healthy woman carrying the altered gene is expecting a son. The disease is transmitted to the child in 50% of cases, while if it is a female daughter, only the condition of a healthy carrier will be transmitted with a 50% probability. This is the case of haemophilia, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and favism.
Finally, the rarest case, that ofdominant X inheritance, in which it is enough that only one copy of the gene is mutated (therefore only in one parent) for the disease to occur. However, diseases of this type are extremely rare.
How is a hereditary disease diagnosed
Thanks to prenatal diagnostics it is now possible to identify this type of disease before childbirth. For some years it has been possible to carry out fetal DNA tests starting from the tenth week of pregnancy to highlight the presence of chromosomal abnormalities such as trisomies 13, 18 and 21. Furthermore, thanks to the use of amniocentesis it is possible to study the DNA of the fetus by performing a multiple genetic screening that will allow to detect any genetic diseases.
In our country they are esteemed over 6000 hereditary diseases. The most frequent are:
• Mediterranean anemia: 1 in 2500 children
• Cystic fibrosis: 1 child in 2700
• Fragile X syndrome: 1 child in 4000
• Congenital deafness: 1 in 4000 children
There is also another way to "play early" and that is to undergo a genetic test before pregnancy, in order to check for any incompatibilities.
Genetic test: yes or no?
Couples who want a child can contact their doctor to find out about the risks deriving from genetic anomalies. The comparison with a specialist is useful to understand if it is appropriate to carry out a genetic test or not, especially based on family medical history, as also recommended by the US Department of Health. There are cases in which a genetic test is strongly recommended, such as when in the family (brothers, uncles, cousins) there are sick people or healthy carriers of an identified genetic disease.
The test analyzes the DNA of both parents to find out if are healthy carriers of one or more hereditary diseases, or if they have genetic characteristics that could favor the onset of a disease, so as to know the risk of the child being born sick.
Genetic tests are usually performed at affiliated health facilities only for people at higher risk (in the family there are sick people or healthy carriers) than the general population. For low-risk couples, the choice is subjective and voluntary.
SOURCES:
Genetic testing, Centre for Desease Control and prevention https://www.cdc.gov/genomics/gtesting/genetic_testing.htm
Council of Europe adopts protocol on genetic testing for health purposes, European Journal of Human Genetics https://www.nature.com/articles/ejhg200984
Genetic Disorders, National Human Genome Research Institute https://www.genome.gov/For-Patients-and-Families/Genetic-Disorders
Preconception health, Ministry of Health http://www.salute.gov.com/portale/donna/dettaglioContenutiDonna.jsp?lingua=Del Paeseno & id = 4474 & area = Salute% 20donna & menu = birth
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• Prenatal diagnostic tests
• Amniocentesis: what it is and when it is performed
• Villocentesi: what it is and when to do it
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Six Ways You May Herniate Your Disc
The spinal cord, spinal nerves and brain are the powerhouses of the body. It’s these very structures that work to keep our body functioning, so when it experiences a problem it can be harmful to our health. One of the most common spinal conditions that can affect the body is a herniated disc.
This condition is extremely common and can be very disruptive for someone dealing with a disc herniation. In this week’s blog, we are going to discuss what a disc herniation is, signs and symptoms, possible causes of them, and how to treat a herniated disc.
What is a disc? When we say herniated disc, we are referring to the spinal intervertebral discs that are between your vertebrae, which are the bones of your spine. Each disc is like a cushion between the bones and within this cushion, is a jelly center—similar to a jelly doughnut. Due to sudden or repetitive traumas, the disc can be injured and the gelatinous center can be pushed out putting pressure on the surrounding tissues including the spinal nerves. Think of when the jelly in the center of the doughnut comes out and makes a mess everywhere.
There are four stages of a disc herniation; it starts as a bulge, may progress to a protrusion or an extrusion or worse turn into a sequestered disc. Each stage has its own prognosis and treatment plans.
Symptoms of a herniated disc can be very broad and dependent on the person. Some of the most common symptoms of a herniated disc include: shooting arm or leg pain, numbness and tingling, and generalized weakness or fatigued. It is important to understand that these symptoms extend from the compression on the nerves in the spine. Therefore, most of the symptoms that you will experience will be categorized by neurological symptoms.
A herniated disc is diagnosed from a MRI. It is common to start with a X-ray to rule out any other causes. A MRI is the best test for this because it allows the provider to physically visualize the herniation which tells them exactly where the herniation is located. This helps the provider to tailor a treatment plan specific to the patient.
Below are six ways you may herniate your disc:
#1. Shaving
Anything that requires bending over and twisting slightly can be the cause of a herniation. Shaving is one of those everyday tasks that can push someone over the edge and cause a herniated disc. The unfortunate thing is that you probably won’t know that you are close to developing a herniated disc until it occurs, so avoiding this may be difficult.
#2. Tying your shoes
Much like what was stated before, anything that requires bending over can be a risk factor for a herniated disc. Tying your shoes is another everyday task that can lead to the development of a herniation. Much like the previous cause, this is too difficult to avoid since it is such a common everyday task.
#3. Exercising wrong
Lifting heavy weight alone is a risk factor for a herniated disc, so when you throw poor form into the mix you can have a recipe for disaster. Exercising wrong is one of the most avoidable ways to prevent an injury, specifically a herniated disc. It is not uncommon to see athletes who work out everyday, develop these types of injuries. Whether they are lifting with improper form and lifting too heavy of weight for what their body can handle, this injury is common to occur.
#4. Shopping
This one is surprising to people. Shopping can be another task that involves heavy lifting. Whether you are trying to lift a case of water in the food store or carrying a ton of heavy shopping bags; shopping is a strength inducing task. As we just mentioned, lifting heavy and lifting heavy improperly can be the direct cause of a herniated disc. It does not even require you to do something extravagant, this injury can occur with common everyday tasks.
#5. Poor Posture
Poor posture is one of the most common root causes of a herniated disc. This is because your poor posture can be the initial cause of the weakening or misplacement of the disc, but then another cause can come along and result in the complete herniation. This is one of the reasons why proper posture is so important to have and maintain.
#6. Sneezing
This another one is surprising to most people. How can sneezing cause you to herniate a disc? Well if your discs are already weakened or slightly misplaced, the pressure that comes with a sneeze can be that final push to herniation.
Now that we know more about herniated discs, how do we treat it? Now, this really all depends on the severity of the herniation. Some herniations require surgery, while others can be managed right in a chiropractic office. Some do well with Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression which is a motorized traction that works wonders for disc herniations and other conditions. Regardless of the method of treatment, the goal with treatment is to decompress the herniation; whether that is done through surgery or not.
With all this said, if you or someone you know is suffering from a herniated disc, don’t delay making an appointment so the proper steps to a diagnosis and treatment can be made.
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March 11, 2015 Donated by Thomas Fritz
Reference
Studies who have been using the data (in any form) are required to add the following reference to their report/paper:
@inproceedings{Fritz:2014:DCC:2635868.2635905,
author = {Fritz, Thomas and Shepherd, David C. and Kevic, Katja and Snipes, Will and Br\"{a}unlich, Christoph},
title = {Developers' Code Context Models for Change Tasks},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 22Nd ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering},
series = {FSE 2014},
year = {2014},
isbn = {978-1-4503-3056-5},
location = {Hong Kong, China},
pages = {7--18},
numpages = {12},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2635868.2635905},
doi = {10.1145/2635868.2635905},
acmid = {2635905},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
keywords = {Context models, change task, navigation, search, user study},
}
About the Data
Thomas Fritz, Christoph Bräunlich, and David Shepherd conducted a study of twelve developers performing one of three change tasks using the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers. Here we publish the data collected during this study. Our data consists of twelve transcripts of developer actions transcribed by hand from the approximately two hours of video collected from each participant. It also includes the patches they submitted as solutions and a drawing/description of the program elements and relationships necessary to complete their task. Further details on the study setup can be found in our paper.
Tech Report: Supporting Search and Navigation through Code Context Models
Download:
To download our data, including transcripts, developer models, developer patches, and source code snapshots use Git to download this repository or click on this link for a .zip version.
Task: #116 New task in History->Tasks not visible
Project: Rachota, Version: 2.4, Subjects: R1, R2, R3, R4
Task: Save Failed - Data Loss Occurs - ID: 3420227
Project: Freemind, Version: 0.9.0 RC 15, Subjects: F1, F2, F3, F4
Task: #30 list position lost after sleep
Project: JPasswordSafe, Version: 2.4, Subjects: J1, J2, J3, J4
Example Developer Packet (R3)
Developer Model A drawing or description of the program elements (e.g., methods, classes, fields) that the developer needed to understand in order to complete his/her task
Transcript in Excel Transcript of developer’s actions when working (partial transcript shown here, entire transcript available in repository)
diff --git a/Rachota/src/org/cesilko/rachota/gui/HistoryView.java b/Rachota/src/org/cesilko/rachota/gui/HistoryView.java
index 51a4d70..243c8ab 100644
--- a/Rachota/src/org/cesilko/rachota/gui/HistoryView.java
+++ b/Rachota/src/org/cesilko/rachota/gui/HistoryView.java
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import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Vector;
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import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPopupMenu;
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import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode;
import javax.swing.tree.TreePath;
import javax.swing.tree.TreeSelectionModel;
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import org.cesilko.rachota.core.Day;
import org.cesilko.rachota.core.Plan;
import org.cesilko.rachota.core.Settings;
import org.cesilko.rachota.core.Task;
import org.cesilko.rachota.core.Translator;
-import org.cesilko.rachota.core.filters.*;
+import org.cesilko.rachota.core.filters.AbstractTaskFilter;
+import org.cesilko.rachota.core.filters.DescriptionFilter;
+import org.cesilko.rachota.core.filters.DurationFilter;
+import org.cesilko.rachota.core.filters.IdleFilter;
+import org.cesilko.rachota.core.filters.KeywordFilter;
+import org.cesilko.rachota.core.filters.PriorityFilter;
+import org.cesilko.rachota.core.filters.PrivateFilter;
+import org.cesilko.rachota.core.filters.StateFilter;
/** Panel providing history view on tasks from the past.
* @author Jiri Kovalsky
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tbTasks.getColumnModel().getColumn(i).setHeaderValue(filteredTasksTableModel.getColumnName(i));
}
});
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}
/** Returns font that should be used for all widgets in this component
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txtFilteredTime.setText(Tools.getTime(filteredTasksTableModel.getTotalTime()));
historyChart.setDays(getDays());
updateTotalTime();
+ filterTasks();
}
public class MouseActionAdapter extends MouseAdapter implements ActionListener {
A patch containing developer’s changes
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mp_runddl.sas
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1 /**
2 @file mp_runddl.sas
3 @brief An opinionated way to execute DDL files in SAS.
4 @details When delivering projects there should be seperation between the DDL
5 used to generate the tables and the sample data used to populate them.
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7 This macro expects certain folder structure - eg:
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9 rootlib
10 |-- LIBREF1
11 | |__ mytable.ddl
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15 | |__ table2.ddl
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18 |__ table4.ddl
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20 Only files with the .ddl suffix are executed. The parent folder name is used
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39 @author Allan Bowe
40 @source https://github.com/sasjs/core
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44 %macro mp_runddl(path, inc=, exc=
45 )/*/STORE SOURCE*/;
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My research group is focused on four broad areas:
Mark Rubinstein, PhD
1) Developing enhanced T cell-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. Probably the most promising therapeutic approach to treat patients with metastatic cancer is adoptive T cell therapy. In select cancers, this therapy can cure patients that would otherwise have no hope. However, most cancers are not currently amenable to immune-based therapy, and even in amenable cancers, only a subset of patients have significant responses. To make adoptive T cell therapy more broadly applicable, my laboratory is working on several novel approaches including: 1) developing improved polarization and culture conditions for T cells prior to adoptive T cell transfer, 2) using gene transfer techniques to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of T cells, and 3) using cytokine-based therapeutics to augment the response of T cells after adoptive transfer. As a member of the MUSC immunotherapy translational group, we are also working to translate our most effective approaches into the clinic.
2) Studying basic lymphocyte biology. A second major effort in the laboratory is to understand how extracellular signals regulate T cells and other immune cell subsets. For example, what are the cytokine requirements for mature lymphocyte survival and function? How do IL-2 and IL-15 mediate differential signaling under psychological conditions? And what are the role of costimulatory and inhibitory molecules in driving T cell responses? In answering these and related questions, our goal is to develop novel therapies for the treatment of cancer and infectious disease.
3) Creating novel protein therapeutics. The biological activity of many proteins, especially cytokines, is limited by poor half-life and target cell specificity. Using soluble receptors and antibodies, as well as other approaches, we are developing methods to make proteins (such as IL-2 or IL-15) more therapeutically efficacious against cancer and other diseases. As one example, we have discovered that the biological activity of IL-15, a promising anti-cancer therapeutic, can be enhanced 100-fold in vivo by pre-association with its soluble IL-15Rα. This reagent, which we call IL-15 complexes, can potently enhance the function of adoptively transferred tumor-reactive T cells. This represents one approach we are taking to create novel molecules both as tools to study lymphocyte biology and for therapeutic application.
4) Understanding tumor-induced immune suppression. One problem in applying immune-based approaches for the treatment of cancer is that the tumor cells often suppress immune responses. Thus, inducing an effective immune response may require either reversing suppression or making immune cells resistant to suppression. As one example of our ongoing research, we are collaborating with physicians and assessing whether T cells from breast cancer patients are dysfunctional as a result of tumor progression. Ultimately, we hope to apply our findings to developing more effective adjuvant strategies for tumor immunotherapy.
Selected publications:
1. Rubinstein MP, Cloud CA, Garrett TE, Moore CJ, Schwartz KM, Johnson CB, Craig DH, Salem ML, Paulos CM, Cole DJ. 2012. Ex vivo interleukin-12-priming during CD8(+) T cell activation dramatically improves adoptive T cell transfer antitumor efficacy in a lymphodepleted host. J Am Coll Surg 214: 700-7; discussion 7-8
2. Cole DJ, Rubinstein MP. 2012. Soluble IL-15/IL-15Ralpha complexes in human serum. Blood 120: 1-2
3. Elpek KG, Rubinstein MP, Bellemare-Pelletier A, Goldrath AW, Turley SJ. 2010. Mature natural killer cells with phenotypic and functional alterations accumulate upon sustained stimulation with IL-15/IL-15Ralpha complexes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107: 21647-52
4. Doedens AL, Stockmann C, Rubinstein MP, Liao D, Zhang N, DeNardo DG, Coussens LM, Karin M, Goldrath AW, Johnson RS. 2010. Macrophage expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha suppresses T-cell function and promotes tumor progression. Cancer Res 70: 7465-75
5. Rubinstein MP, Salem ML, Kadima AN, Nguyen CL, Gillanders WE, Nishimura MI, Cole DJ. 2009. Loss of T cell-mediated antitumor immunity after construct-specific downregulation of retrovirally encoded T-cell receptor expression in vivo. Cancer Gene Ther 16: 171-83
6. Rubinstein MP, Lind NA, Purton JF, Filippou P, Best JA, McGhee PA, Surh CD, Goldrath AW. 2008. IL-7 and IL-15 differentially regulate CD8+ T-cell subsets during contraction of the immune response. Blood 112: 3704-12
7. Epardaud M, Elpek KG, Rubinstein MP, Yonekura AR, Bellemare-Pelletier A, Bronson R, Hamerman JA, Goldrath AW, Turley SJ. 2008. Interleukin-15/interleukin-15R alpha complexes promote destruction of established tumors by reviving tumor-resident CD8+ T cells. Cancer Res 68: 2972-83
8. Rubinstein MP, Kovar M, Purton JF, Cho JH, Boyman O, Surh CD, Sprent J. 2006. Converting IL-15 to a superagonist by binding to soluble IL-15R{alpha}. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103: 9166-71
9. Boyman O, Kovar M, Rubinstein MP, Surh CD, Sprent J. 2006. Selective stimulation of T cell subsets with antibody-cytokine immune complexes. Science 311: 1924-7
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Interactive Visualisation of Disentangled Representations (completed)
Starting Date: June 2020
Prerequisites: Strong interest in machine learning and/or data visualisation. Extensive Python programming experience. Familiarity with Jupyter Notebook, IPython and plotly. Basic understanding of PyTorch. Basic understanding of video/image processing in Python (opencv, PIL, etc). Familiarity with the PyGame module may be useful.
Will results be assigned to University:
This project aims to develop an interactive visualisation toolkit based on existing technologies (IPython & Plotly) that will assist researchers in debugging and understanding complex models in the area of representation learning. Representation learning is a sub-field of machine learning that focuses on developing techniques for representing objects that exist in high-dimensional space (e.g. faces in images) in low dimensional space. An interesting problem in this context is that of constructing disentangled representations. A disentangled representation is one in which each dimension (degree-of-freedom) of the representation corresponds to a single high-level property of the objects (e.g. colour, position, geometry). Such representations are important in domains that are concerned with interpretability – medicine, robotics etc, but also have the potential to be used more widely in other interesting domains. In the context of disentangled representation learning, the student is tasked with: 1) Developing a simple test environment that has some high-level properties, for example, it might consist of an object whose position, or geometry can be manipulated by a user (not more than one week). 2) Developing a framework that allows high-level properties to be modified and visualised interactively in IPython. 3) Working with a PhD student to integrate support for visualising a learned (disentangled) representation of the environment and create a demo of the work. The project has a practical focus and will involve a lot of programming, including some hands on experience with deep learning in PyTorch. It will also give the student an opportunity to explore some advanced topics in machine learning that are typically not otherwise taught at undergraduate level .
For more information on representation learning see: https://thilospinner.com/towards-an-interpretable-latent-space/
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diameter of the hole as 5 to 6, or as 5½ to 6½, very nearly, if I took the measures of those diameters right. I procured a very thin flat plate, having a hole pierced in the middle, the diameter of the circular hole being $$\scriptstyle \frac{5}{8}$$ parts of an inch. And that the stream of running waters might not be accelerated in falling, and by that acceleration become narrower, I fixed this plate not to the bottom, but to the side of the vessel, so as to make the water go out in the direction of a line parallel to the horizon. Then, when the vessel was full of water, I opened the hole to let it run out; and the diameter of the stream, measured with great accuracy at the distance of about half an inch from the hole, was $$\scriptstyle \frac{21}{40}$$ of an inch. Therefore the diameter of this circular hole was to the diameter of the stream very nearly as 25 to 21. So that the water in passing through the hole converges on all sides, and, after it has run out of the vessel, becomes smaller by converging in that manner, and by becoming smaller is accelerated till it comes to the distance of half an inch from the hole, and at that distance flows in a smaller stream and with greater celerity than in the hole itself, and this in the ratio of 25 $$\scriptstyle \times$$ 25 to 21 $$\scriptstyle \times$$ 21, or 17 to 12, very nearly; that is, in about the subduplicate ratio of 2 to 1. Now it is certain from experiments, that the quantity of water running out in a given time through a circular hole made in the bottom of a vessel is equal to the quantity, which, flowing with the aforesaid velocity, would run out in the same time through another circular hole, whose diameter is to the diameter of the former as 21 to 25. And therefore that running water in passing through the hole itself has a velocity downwards equal to that which a heavy body would acquire in falling through half the height of the stagnant water in the vessel, nearly. But, then, after it has run out, it is still accelerated by converging, till it arrives at a distance from the hole that is nearly equal to its diameter, and acquires a velocity greater than the other in about the subduplicate ratio of 2 to 1; which velocity a heavy body would nearly acquire by falling through the whole height of the stagnant water in the vessel.
Therefore in what follows let the diameter of the stream be represented by that lesser hole which we called EF. And imagine another plane VW above the hole EF, and parallel to the plane there of, to be placed at a distance equal to the diameter of the same hole, and to be pierced through with a greater hole ST, of such a magnitude that a stream which will exactly fill the lower hole EF may pass through it; the diameter of which hole will therefore be to the diameter of the lower hole as 25 to 21, nearly. By this means the water will run perpendicularly out at the lower hole; and the quantity of the water running out will be, according to the magnitude
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How To Sync Tableau with Salesforce Org?
How To Sync Tableau with Salesforce Org?
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Salesforce announced its acquisition of Tableau, an American interactive data visualization software company providing a powerful and fastest-growing data visualization tool used in the Business Intelligence Industry.
Ajay Dubedi, the CEO and Founder of Cloud Analogy, remarked the primary reason why Salesforce went in for Tableau was no surprise. Analytics Cloud never really caught on with customers and Salesforce saw a great opportunity to rekindle its cloud story with Tableau.
Dubedi added the world’s number 1 CRM giant can now deepen its integrated analytics stack with Tableau in its own cloud. This can be done by offering customers a place to analyze it in a single and unified place, without the requirement for cloud migration. All in all, Tableau plugged a huge and critical void for Salesforce in the form of visualization and self-service business intelligence.
In this blog, we will read more about Tableau and how to sync Tableau with Salesforce org.
What is Tableau?
Tableau is a powerful and fastest-growing data visualization tool used in the Business Intelligence Industry.
It helps in simplifying raw data into an easily understandable format.
Data analysis is very fast with Tableau and the visualizations created are in the form of dashboards and worksheets.
How Tableau works with Salesforce?
1. Download the Tableau Software on a local computer.
1. https://www.tableau.com/en-in/products/desktop/download (14-day Free Trial).
1. Now register yourself to Tableau using Tableau Software.
1. Open the Tableau Software and select “More” under Tableau Server.
1. Then select Salesforce.
1. A pop-up will be displayed to log into your Salesforce account. Provide your Username and password and login to Salesforce.
1. After you successfully login to Salesforce through Tableau, it will fetch all the data within Salesforce and display it into the software.
1. To access more information go to https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/examples_salesforce.htm
1. You can simply Drag and Drop the standard Objects and view the relationship more clearly. You can also extend and create an existing relationship.
1. You can also remove the joinings if needed. Simply click on the remove button.
1. Then go to Sheet 1 at the bottom left corner and drag Account name from Dimensions and amount from Measures. You can also add columns and rows based on your own requirements.
Account Dashboard
1. You can arrange them on the basis of probability within the columns.
1. You can set probability within rows as well.
Opportunity Dashboard
1. Set Opportunity Name in columns and Sum( Amount) in rows and you can also see the amount related.
Account & Opportunity related Dashboard
Related DashBoard of all sheets
Save Dashboard
1. In order to save the dashboard, go to:
Server >> Tableau Public >> Save to Tableau public
1. Click on it and provide the username and password for Tableau Public.
After the dashboard is published to tableau a pop-up window will be open automatically from where you can see your dashboard and download it as well.
1. We can also perform some visualization and apply certain filters on the tableau site; you can undo the changes or reset it as well.
Embed Dashboard to Salesforce
1. Click the share icon and we will get two things:
• Embed Code
• Link
1. The “Embed Code” will be used to display the dashboard into Html Page.
1. The Link is used to embed the dashboard into Salesforce. Copy the link and go to the Salesforce org and create a Web tab.
1. Paste the Tableau link in the URL section and save the web Tab and the dashboard will be visible on the web tab.
1. You can also create a VF page and add:
<apex:page >
<apex:iframe src=”paste your link”/>
</apex:page>
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Test ID: IFBA Intrinsic Factor Blocking Antibody, Serum
Reporting Name
Intrinsic Factor Blocking Ab, S
Useful For
Confirming the diagnosis of pernicious anemia
Clinical Information
The cobalamins, also referred to as vitamin B12, are a group of closely related enzymatic cofactors involved in the conversion of methylmalonyl-coenzyme A to succinyl-coenzyme A and in the synthesis of methionine from homocysteine. Vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to megaloblastic anemia and neurological deficits. The latter may exist without, or precede, anemia. Adequate replacement therapy will generally improve or cure cobalamin deficiency. Unfortunately, many other conditions, which require different interventions, can mimic the symptoms and signs of vitamin B12 deficiency. Moreover, even when cobalamin deficiency has been established, clinical improvement may require different dosages or routes of vitamin B12 replacement, depending on the underlying cause. In particular, patients with pernicious anemia (PA), possibly the most common type of cobalamin deficiency in developed countries, require either massive doses of oral vitamin B12 or parenteral replacement therapy. This is due to patients with PA having gastric mucosal atrophy, most likely caused by a destructive autoimmune process. This results in diminished or absent gastric acid, pepsin, and intrinsic factor (IF) production. Gastric acid and pepsin are required for liberation of cobalamin from binding proteins, while IF binds the free vitamin B12, carries it to receptors on the ileal mucosa, and facilitates its absorption. Most PA patients have autoantibodies against gastric parietal cells or IF, with the latter being very specific but only present in approximately 50% of cases. By contrast, parietal cell antibodies are found in approximately 90% of PA patients, but are also found in a significant proportion of patients with other autoimmune diseases and in approximately 2.5% (4th decade of life) to approximately 10% (8th decade of life) of healthy individuals.
Interpretation
The aim of the work-up of patients with suspected vitamin B12 deficiency is to first confirm the presence of deficiency and then to establish its most likely etiology.
Measurement of serum vitamin B12, either preceded or followed by serum methylmalonic acid measurement, is the first step in diagnosing pernicious anemia (PA). If these tests support deficiency, then intrinsic factor blocking antibody (IFBA) testing is indicated to confirm PA as the etiology. A positive IFBA test very strongly supports a diagnosis of PA. Since the diagnostic sensitivity of IFBA testing for PA is only around 50%, an indeterminate or negative IFBA test does not exclude the diagnosis of PA. In these patients, either PA or another etiology, such as malnutrition, may be present. Measurement of serum gastrin levels will help in these cases. In patients with PA, fasting serum gastrin is elevated to more than 200 pg/mL in an attempted compensatory response to the achlorhydria seen in this condition.
For a detailed overview of the optimal testing strategies in PA diagnosis, see ACASM / Pernicious Anemia Cascade, Serum and associated Vitamin B12 Deficiency Evaluation.
Report Available
1 day to 3 days
Day(s) Performed
Monday through Friday
Clinical Reference
1. Toh BH, Van Driel IR, Gleeson PA: Pernicious anemia. N Engl J Med. 1997;337:1441-1448. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199711133372007
2. Klee GG: Cobalamin and folate evaluation: measurement of methylmalonic acid and homocysteine vs vitamin B12 and folate. Clin Chem. 2000;46:1277-1283
3. Ward PC: Modern approaches to the investigation of vitamin B12 deficiency. Clin Lab Med. 2002:22;435-445. doi: 10.1016/s0272-2712(01)00003-8
4. Stabler SP, Allen RH: Vitamin B12 deficiency as a worldwide problem. Ann Rev Nutr. 2004;24:299-326. doi: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.24.012003.132440
5. Roberts NB, Taylor A, Sodi R: Vitamins and trace elements. In: Rifai N, Horvath AR, Wittwer CT, eds. Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics. 6th ed. Elsevier; 2018:639-718
6. Bizzaro N, Antico A: Diagnosis and classification of pernicious anemia. Autoimmun Rev. 2014;13(4-5):565-568. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2014.01.042
Method Name
Immunoenzymatic Assay
Specimen Type
Serum
Ordering Guidance
For a comprehensive workup of patients with suspected pernicious anemia, order ACASM / Pernicious Anemia Cascade, Serum, which initiates testing with measurement of vitamin B12. Depending of the vitamin B12 concentration, testing for intrinsic factor blocking antibody, gastrin, and methylmalonic acid may be added.
Specimen Required
Patient Preparation:
1. Patient should be fasting for 8 hours.
2. This test should not be performed on patients who have received a vitamin B12 injection or radiolabeled vitamin B12 injection within the previous 2 weeks.
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Acceptable: Red top
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Specimen Minimum Volume
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Specimen Stability Information
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Serum Refrigerated (preferred) 14 days
Frozen 14 days
Special Instructions
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This test has been cleared, approved, or is exempt by the US Food and Drug Administration and is used per manufacturer's instructions. Performance characteristics were verified by Mayo Clinic in a manner consistent with CLIA requirements.
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Aflac Boosts Dividend, Guidance Despite Premium Declines
Insurance is a complex business, and there are many segments of the industry that have relatively little exposure to everyday people. Aflac 's (NYSE: AFL) supplemental insurance products help flesh out the more basic health and disability insurance coverage that many Americans get through work-based group benefit plans, and Japanese customers also benefit from Aflac's extensive product lineup across the Pacific. Investors have come to rely on Aflac to deliver consistent results year after year as it navigates the changing insurance markets in the countries it serves.
Coming into Wednesday's third-quarter financial report, Aflac investors were prepared to see declines in both revenue and profit from the insurance giant. Yet Aflac's bottom line was able to weather lower sales, and positive moves from the company included upgraded guidance for the remainder of the year and a much hoped-for dividend boost that kept long-term shareholders happy. Let's take a closer look Aflac and its recent performance.
Aflac keeps picking up speed
Aflac's third-quarter results continued the positive results that the insurer gave investors last quarter . Revenue fell almost 4% to $5.51 billion, but that was a less dramatic decline than most of those following the stock had expected to see. Net income rose by 14% to $716 million, and even after making adjustments for various extraordinary items, adjusted earnings of $1.80 per share were $0.17 better than the consensus forecast among investors.
Much of the reason for the decline in dollar-denominated results was the weakness of the Japanese yen. Exchange rates worsened by almost 8% to just over 111 yen per dollar, and that reduced the dollar value of the extensive yen-based sales and profits that Aflac earned during the period. Aflac said that the currency issue reduced operating earnings by about $0.07 during the quarter, which was considerably greater than the impact last quarter.
Yet some of the drop was due to planned strategic moves. In its Japanese segment, Aflac has been moving away from what it calls its first sector savings products, emphasizing instead the third sector market. Overall, that sent Aflac Japan's premium income down 3.5% even when measured in local-currency terms, and a 1% rise in net investment income wasn't enough to offset that drop. Pretax operating profit fell just over 1% during the quarter. The good news is that Aflac has almost completed its product mix shift, nearly eliminating the interest rate sensitivity of its child endowment and other first sector products.
As we've seen in past quarters, Aflac's U.S. performance was better. Premium income was up more than 2%, pulling revenue and net investment income higher as well. Yet higher amounts of internal investment had a downward impact on pre-tax operating profit, which eased downward by 2%. Retention rates continued to improve, and total annualized premium sales were up at a healthy clip from year-ago levels.
What's ahead for Aflac?
CEO Daniel Amos was happy with the way that Aflac has kept moving forward with long-range strategic planning to emphasize its best market opportunities. "Our third-quarter and year-to-date financial results in both Japan and the U.S. reflected solid performance," Amos said, repeating nearly verbatim his remarks from last quarter, "and continued our progress toward achieving the company's objectives for 2017." The CEO noted that Aflac Japan is overcoming difficult comparisons from year-earlier results, while the U.S. business has seen the positive consequences from efforts to promote growth.
Aflac also moved forward with expected plans to boost its dividend. Given that the insurer repeated its plans to repatriate 120 billion to 140 billion Japanese yen to the U.S. in 2017, Aflac had ample money to use in delivering a nearly 5% rise to the quarterly payout. The move marks the 35th straight year that Aflac has boosted its dividend, and it will also use $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion toward buying back its stock.
Finally, Aflac was able to increase its guidance for the remainder of the year. The insurer believes it will earn $6.75 to $6.95 per share on an operating basis exclusive of currency impacts, up $0.30 to $0.35 per share from its previous guidance. That works out to fourth-quarter earnings of $1.42 to $1.66 per share using reasonable currency exchange rate assumptions.
Aflac investors seemed modestly pleased with the performance, and the stock climbed a bit less than 1% in after-hours trading following the announcement. For the most part, Aflac's results were largely expected, and in the context of its longer-term performance, the insurer appears to be on track for continued success.
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List of Azores Airlines destinations
This is a list of airports currently and formerly served by the Portuguese airline Azores Airlines (formerly SATA Internacional), and separately from the domestic operations of its parent company SATA Air Açores. The list includes destinations operated by charter in addition to regularly scheduled services.
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n.
A synthetic glucocorticoid, C21H27FO6, used, usually in acetal or acetate forms, in the treatment of a wide variety of inflammatory and allergic conditions.
[Perhaps from tri- + am(yl) + cin(ene), a terpene (cin(eole) + -ene) + (prednis)olone.]
triamcinolone
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(Pharmacology) pharmacol an anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of respiratory and allergic conditions
tri•am•cin•o•lone
(ˌtraɪ æmˈsɪn əˌloʊn)
n.
a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C21H27FO6, used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
[1955–60; triamcin- (of undetermined derivation) + (prednis) olone]
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.triamcinolone - a synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agenttriamcinolone - a synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent
adrenal cortical steroid, corticoid, corticosteroid - a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response; "adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions"
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The materials used to fabricate the ark include: maple and African mahogany solids and veneers over a plywood substrate, Flutex glass, incandescent and halogen lamps, and Hafele hardware, including the Freeslide sliding door fitting.
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Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery
Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery, or Kickstand Comics, is a cycling-focused webcomic created by Web developer Rick Smith from 2008 to 2017. The titular Yehuda Moon runs a bike shop with his friend Joe and is confronted by various challenges at work and during his commute. Smith collaborated with former bike shop worker Brian Griggs to write the webcomic starting in 2010. Kickstand Comics went on indefinite hiatus in October 2011, and ran irregularly from 2015 to 2017. Six volumes of Kickstand Comics were released, many supported by Kickstarter.
Synopsis
The webcomic chronicles the adventures and challenges of Yehuda Moon. The titular character runs a bike shop, the Kickstand Cyclery, with his friend Joe, and is frequently confronted with the challenges presented by his daily bicycle commute and the customers (or lack thereof) at his bike shop. Kickstand Comics features characters such as a bike ninja, a bike hypochondriac, the ghost of the previous owner of the Kickstand Cyclery, neighborhood kids, roadies, and commuters. Yehuda advocates simple, traditional, functional biking as espoused by the philosophy of Grant Petersen of Rivendell Bicycle Works. His shop partner Joe acts as a foil to Yehuda and prefers a more performance- or racing-oriented style.
Development
Shaker Heights, Ohio resident Rick Smith invented the name "Yehuda Moon" in high school. When Smith moved back to Cleveland and lived 12 miles away from his Web development office, he decided to bike to and from his work every day. After a year, he decided to create a comic strip based on his commute experiences. Smith stopped multiple times on each commute to jot down strip ideas, filling up four notebooks. Smith posted his first strips on a cycling-focused Web forum, and it immediately proved highly popular within the community.
Releasing a strip every day, Smith spent just over two hours on any given page. Smith did most of his writing in the evenings during the week, and penciled a week worth of comics each weekend, using a Dixon Ticonderoga pencil on bristol board. He inked each strip with a Pentel brush pen, before erasing the pencil lines and scanning the strips into Adobe Photoshop. Smith admires the work of Harold Gray, Chester Gould, and Frank King.
Former bike shop worker Brian Griggs joined as a co-writer in late Spring 2010. The two collaborated through Google Docs; very rarely did they meet in person or talk on the phone. In October 2011, Kickstand Comics went on indefinite hiatus. After over 1,200 pages, Smith found it too difficult to make the webcomic financially sustainable, and creating it in addition to holding down other jobs proved too much. The webcomic continued to circulate on social media, and Smith and Griggs released a limited run of new strips at the start of 2015.
Because of a successful fundraising through Kickstarter.com in 2012, the second, third, and fourth volume of Kickstand Comics were released. These compiled the webstrips up to October 2011, along with unpublished material and reprints of interviews with the cartoonist, were also created and are available. A successful Kickstarter campaign in November 2015 resulted in a fifth and sixth volume to be published. The webcomic ran regularly throughout 2016 and early 2017, publishing strips that appear in the printed Volume 6.
Impact
Kickstand Comics saw over 10,000 unique visitors per week in 2009. Caitlin Giddings of Bicycling Magazine described Kickstand Comics as "bike culture's best-known webcomic."
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* "When my mother felt compelled – reluctantly – to explain to me how babies were made, because my burgeoning puberty had made it indispensable to do so, I was flabbergasted. Until then, nothing had pushed me to look beyond the vague explanation given to children."
Per utramque cavernam 11:01, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
* re, I'm never sure my translations are idiomatic English, and I prefer for you to have a look at them first. Per utramque cavernam 11:26, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
* As usual, it's worth remembering that your English is better than you think. By the way, if you want to help, there are still more French FWOTDs that need their quotes translated. I can always have you look over my translations instead, but you're surely aware that there will be far more serious errors in what I produce. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 16:23, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
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Polesia
Polesia, Polissia, Polesie, or Polesye is a natural (geographic) and historical region in Eastern Europe within the bigger East European Plain, including part of Eastern Poland and the Belarus–Ukraine border region.
Extent
One of the largest forest areas on the continent, Polesia is located in the southwestern part of the Eastern-European Lowland, the Polesian Lowland. On the western side, Polesia originates at the crossing of the Bug River valley in Poland and the Pripyat River valley of Western Ukraine. The swampy areas of central Polesia are known as the Pinsk Marshes (after the major local city of Pinsk). Large parts of the region were contaminated after the Chernobyl disaster and the region now includes the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and Polesie State Radioecological Reserve, named after the region.
Name
The names Polesia/Polissia/Polesye, etc. may reflect the Slavic root les 'forest', and the Slavic prefix po- 'on, in, along'. Inhabitants of Polesia are called Polishchuks.
History
In ancient times, the areas of today's western and west-central Polesia were inhabited by the people of the Milograd culture, the Neuri.
In the late Middle Ages Polesia became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, following it into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569). Polesia was largely part of Poland from 1921 to 1939, when the country's largest provinces bore that name.'' Polesia has rarely been a separate administrative unit. However, there was a Polesie Voivodeship during the Second Polish Republic, as well as a Polesia Region in Byelorussian SSR. From 1931 to 1944, it was explicitly mentioned as constituent part of the short-lived (Byzantine Rite) Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia. Since the end of World War II, the region of Polesie or Polesia has encompassed areas in eastern Poland, southern Belarus, and northwestern Ukraine.
Geography
Polesia is a marshy region lining the Pripyat River (Pripyat Marshes) in Southern Belarus (Brest, Pinsk, Kalinkavichy, Gomel), Northern Ukraine (in the Volyn, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Kyiv and Chernihiv Oblasts), and partly in Poland (Lublin). It is a flatland within the drainage basins of the Western Bug and Prypyat rivers. The two rivers are connected by the Dnieper-Bug Canal, built during the reign of Stanislaus II of Poland, the last king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Notable tributaries of the Pripyat are the Horyn, Stokhid, Styr, Ptsich, and Yaselda rivers. The largest towns in the Pripyat basin are Pinsk, Stolin, Davyd-Haradok. Huge marshes were reclaimed from the 1960s to the 1980s for farmland.
The region is subdivided into several subregions among which are:
* Poland
* Western Polesia
* Ukraine
* Volhynian Polissia
* Little Polissia, a.ka. Lviv Polissia
* Zhytomyr Polissia
* Kyiv Polissia
* Chernihiv Polissia
* Novhorod-Siverskyi Polissia
* Belarus
* Brest Paliessie
* Zaharodzie
* Prypiat Paliessie
* Mazyr Paliessie
* Homiel Paliessie
Chernobyl disaster
This region suffered severely from the Chernobyl disaster. Huge areas were polluted by radioactive elements. The most polluted part includes the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and the adjacent Polesie State Radioecological Reserve. Some other areas in the region are considered unsuitable for living as well.
Tourism
The Polish part of the region includes the Polesie National Park (Poleski Park Narodowy), established 1990, which covers an area of 97.6 km2. This and a wider area adjoining it (up to the Ukrainian border) make up the UNESCO-designated West Polesie Biosphere Reserve, which borders a similar reserve (the Shatskiy Biosphere Reserve) on the Ukrainian side. There is also a protected area called Pribuzhskoye-Polesie in the Belarusian part of the region.
The wooden architecture structures in the region were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on 30 January 2004 in the Cultural category.
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The People in the Trees
The People in the Trees is the 2013 debut novel of author Hanya Yanagihara. Yanagihara stated that her book was in part inspired by Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, who was revered in the scientific community before being accused of child molestation.
The bulk of the novel is made up of the fictional memoirs of Dr. Abraham Norton Perina, a scientific researcher who discovers a turtle with life-prolonging qualities on the fictional island of Ivu'ivu.
Yanagihara based the physical look and shape of Ivu'ivu on Angra dos Reis. The book received critical acclaim.
Plot
In the late 1990s, Dr. Ronald Kubodera, a colleague of Nobel Laureate Dr. Abraham Norton Perina, mourns Norton's downfall after being convicted of sexually abusing his own children. Kubodera encourages Norton to write his memoirs from his prison isolation, and marks them with footnotes.
Norton writes of his childhood in the small town of Lindon, Indiana, where his interest in science was piqued by his paternal aunt Sybil, a doctor. While attending medical school, Norton attracts the attention of Gregory Smythe, and is hired to work in his lab. Norton is eventually invited to Smythe's home for dinner, where Smythe cries in front of him. Repulsed by Smythe, Norton quits the lab. Shortly before graduation, however, Norton is approached to be the medical doctor on an anthropological mission to U'ivu, led by a man named Paul Tallent. Norton realizes that Smythe recommended him in order to send him as far away as possible from him. Despite the fact that the mission is considered career suicide, Norton accepts.
Norton meets Tallent for the first time before they leave from Hawaii to U'ivu, and finds him beautiful and enigmatic. When they arrive in U'ivu, they meet the other member of the team, a woman named Esme Duff, whom Norton immediately dislikes. Tallent leads Norton and Esme to a smaller island that is part of U'ivu, called Ivu'ivu. There they meet three hunter guides, who lead them deep into the jungle of the island, where eventually Tallent reveals to Norton that there is a legend among the U'ivu people about a lost tribe that has been gifted with eternal life but also deep stupidity, and that their guides have actually seen one of these people. Shortly after, they discover a woman who is devoid of language, completely nude and seemingly unable to function as a regular human being. The explorers dub the woman Eve, and quickly discover a tribe of other people like her – whom they dub "Dreamers" – all of whom have varyingly poor grasp of language. Through some of the more lucid dreamers, Tallent discovers that, though they all have a mark of a turtle on them, indicating that they are 60, they are actually all well over 100 years old.
Shortly after discovering the Dreamers, the explorers also discover a group of Ivu'ivu's who had lost contact with the U'ivuians. They are allowed to observe the village, as long as they do not bring the Dreamers in contact with them. While there, Norton observes the villagers engaging in the ritualistic rape of a ten-year-old boy. While Esme finds the ritual disturbing, Norton decides that it is not rape or abuse but simply a cultural difference. Later on, he has a sexual encounter with the boy who was raped, which he claims is consensual.
He and the group also observe the chief of the village engaging in a ritual to celebrate his 60th year, where he eats a turtle. Norton quickly realizes that there is a link between eating the turtle, the seeming immortality, and the brain damage exhibited by the dreamers. After interviewing one of the dreamers, he is taken to a small pond where the turtles come from, and later, against Tallent's advice, he returns and kills one of the turtles to bring back its flesh for experiments in America. He and Tallent also bring back four of the Dreamers for further observation.
Back in America, working at Stanford, Norton feeds the turtle to mice, and realizes that their life cycle can be extended six times that of regular mice. He publishes his paper, at first to derision and, eventually, to acclaim. Tallent warns him that his paper has condemned the people of U'ivu, and this eventually proves true: the turtles of Ivu'ivu are eventually hunted to extinction by pharmaceutical companies, and the island itself is destroyed. Eventually, U'ivu is colonized as well. Norton continues to visit the island, and begins to adopt local abandoned children in great numbers. In 1980, he sees a decrepit man he believes was the boy he had the sexual encounter with when he first came to Ivu'ivu, who foists his son on Norton. Norton takes the boy home and names him Victor.
As Victor grows older, he and Norton develop an increasingly contentious relationship. Norton claims that, on Christmas, Victor locked Norton out of his home, leaving him to die, after which Norton locks Victor in the basement for a few days. When Victor is a teenager, he goes to Norton's brother, Owen, and tells him that Norton raped him, causing a rift between the brothers, and leading to Norton's imprisonment.
In December 2000, Dr. Kubodera writes that he and Norton have escaped from his parole officer. He confesses to feeling guilty for having omitted a portion of Norton's memoirs, and includes it as a post-script. The omitted portion reveals that Norton raped not only Victor but many of his other adopted sons.
Reception
Yanagihara received rave reviews for her novel. The New York Times called her "a writer to marvel at", while The Guardian called the book an "ambitious debut". A review in The Independent was also overwhelmingly positive, calling the novel "an absorbing, intelligent and uncompromising novel, which beguiles and unnerves".
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Understanding the Importance of Ground Power Units
If you’ve ever stared out the window of an airport terminal while waiting for your flight, then you might have noticed that the planes are connected to a wire coming from a unit from the ground. At first glance, you might think it to be a fuel line pumping gas from their reserve. Actually, it’s what’s called a ground power unit (GPU).
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What is a GPU?
A GPU can be either a fixed or mobile unit that connects to the electrical outlet of the plane while on the ground to provide a dedicated amount of power – normally 120V AC or 28V DC. There are a variety of specialized GPU’s utilized at airports with the most common ones being a diesel engine. Typically the setup consists of multiple generators that are installed within the runway so that each airplane receives a line upon arrival.
Hybrid GPU’s
When hybrid GPU’s went on the market, a quieter, yet powerful solution was introduced to the market. One example of this type of GPU is the diesel electric hybrid GPU, a sophisticated power solution that aided aircraft avionics as well as maintenance support and aircraft engine starting needs. It also provides continuous peak power to the aircraft itself and offers advanced protection systems lowering any faults or errors from occurring.
Another example would be the gas electric hybrid GPU. By combining the efficiency of both electricity and gas, these GPU’s are often used in smaller airports as well as large-scaled ones as well. With low-emission diesel utilized, their emission standards are lower than average, making them a environmentally-friendly alternative.
Reception
These GPU’s play a large role in the aviation industry being that they are utilizes in many major airports around the country. The goal was to design a revolutionary product that would set a new standard for ground power units. With an emphasis on size, peak power, protection, features, safety, and ease of use, these GPU units have become a hit with flight departments all over the world.
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Mongolia agrees to $5.5 billion economic bailout plan with IMF, others
Mongolia has agreed with the International Monetary Fund and other partners for a $5.5 billion economic stabilization package, according to a statement from the IMF on Sunday. The landlocked nation saw a double-digit annual growth rate over 2011-2013 as foreign investors rushed in to take advantage of its vast untapped mineral deposits, but it has been roiled by an economic crisis since 2016 due to government overspending and declining revenues from commodity exports. To bailout the country, which is now scrambling to avoid missing a $580 million sovereign-guaranteed debt repayment due in March, the Asian Development Bank, World Bank and bilateral partners, including Japan and South Korea, will provide up to $3 billion in aid, the IMF said in its statement. People's Bank of China will expand a swap line worth 15 billion yuan ($2.19 billion), while the IMF will offer three-year loans worth about $440 million, the latter added. The bailout plan is pending formal approvals from the IMF board in March, according to the statement. "Fiscal consolidation is a key priority, as loose fiscal policy in the past was a major driver for Mongolia's current economic difficulties and high debt," said Koshy Mathai, IMF's team leader for the package. Mongolia has pledged to implement fiscal reforms for greater budget discipline, but its social spending will be protected. It plans to subsidize some drug costs, while a universal allowance for children will be given to those in need, Finance Minister Battogtokh Choijilsuren told reporters on Sunday. Mongolian economy grew at 1 percent last year, its slowest pace in seven years, and may slip into recession when austerity measures imposed on the country for a debt bailout are rolled out.
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38 girls are coming back to work.' You must know, sir, that there are quite four or five hundred women employed in the factory. They roll the cigars in a great room into which no man can go without a permit from the Veintiquatro, because when the weather is hot they make themselves at home, especially the young ones. When the work-girls come back after their dinner, numbers of young men go down to see them pass by, and talk all sorts of nonsense to them. Very few of those young ladies will refuse a silk mantilla, and men who care for that sort of sport have nothing to do but bend down and pick their fish up. While the others watched the girls go by, I stayed on my bench near the door. I was a young fellow then—my heart was still in my own country, and I didn't believe in any pretty girls who hadn't blue skirts and long plaits of hair falling on their shoulders. And besides, I was rather afraid of the Andalusian women. I had not got used to their ways yet; they were always jeering one—never spoke a single word of sense. So I was sitting with my nose down upon my chain, when I heard some bystanders say, 'Here comes the gitanella!'
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Physiotherapy https://orda.derbyhospitals.nhs.uk/handle/123456789/896 2020-08-04T10:56:44Z The validity of a clinical test for the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis https://orda.derbyhospitals.nhs.uk/handle/123456789/951 The validity of a clinical test for the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis Dobbs, Robert; Hope, P BACKGROUND: The diagnosis and management of acquired lumbar spinal stenosis (ALSS) is an area of growing interest with an increase in its prevalence and detection in the older population. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of a modified extension test (MExT) for diagnosing ALSS in subjects aged fifty or over. METHODS: Symptomatic response of the bi-component MExT was evaluated and compared against magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in 30 subjects. Estimates of sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios (LRs) and post-test probabilities were all calculated, and the capability of the test to discriminate between grade and location of stenosis was also appraised. RESULTS: MExT sensitivity was high at 92% (95% confidence intervals (CI), 72-99%) leading to a significant negative likelihood ratio at -LR 0.2 (95% CI, 0.03-1.36); conversely, specificity was low at 40% (95% CI, 7-82%) with only a small positive likelihood ratio of +LR 1.53 (95% CI, 0.74-3.16). All correlations between the MExT and concurrent grade, or location of stenosis appeared weak and insignificant. CONCLUSIONS: The MExT was found to demonstrate acceptable criterion validity in relation to ruling-out a diagnosis when a negative result was observed; however, further validation appears warranted. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Colloquial term for septic tank.
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For Hawaiian homeowners, this means that for the first time ever, they can, in the same space as their existing cesspool, safely treat their sewage on-site and can reclaim 100% of this highly treated water for landscape irrigation purposes.
Mehmet Coban was very surprised that the ancient graves were found while digging for a cesspool.
He had failed to empty the cesspool on numerous occasions and there was a serious risk of polluting a nearby watercourse.
"Due to the laxity of the authorities, Dal has become a cesspool." The lake - famed for its brightly coloured, ornately carved tourist houseboats - has already shrunk by more than half to 11 square kilometres in the past 20 years and is becoming choked by weeds.
I watched Gerard ride a motorbike he had borrowed into a cesspool
Truly, we wallow under New Labour, in a cesspool of moral, social and economic decadence.
"Folks, we complain a lot about how Hollywood has become a cesspool of violence and immorality.
Butler discusses both the dam's advantages (deep water for shipping, abundant electricity; flood control) and its potentially devastating consequences (the lake could become a cesspool, the weight of dammed water could cause earthquakes if tectonic plates shift).
When along with the media that reports their antics, they share responsibility for the cesspool of moral, social and economic decadence, that in our baser moments we refer to as society.
Imagine instead a world of mysticism, pure magic that has an affect on the walking cesspool of real demons and monsters.
Even though I live in Massachusetts (that cesspool!), there is more hope to correct this evil locally than federally.
Iraq was a cesspool for the British when they occupied it in 1917.
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Doug Cooper (racing driver)
Doug Cooper (born September 9, 1938 in Gastonia, North Carolina – September 3, 1987) was a NASCAR driver who competed on the Grand National circuit for six seasons from 1963 to 1968. He is best known for winning the NASCAR Rookie of the Year award in 1964.
Racing career
Cooper made his Grand National debut in 1963 at South Boston Speedway, starting and finish in last place in the 22-car field after a head gasket failure on the opening lap. He came back the next race with a career-best 3rd-place finish at Occoneechee Speedway, a position in which he would finish on two more occasions in his Grand National career.
Cooper would have his best season in 1964, as he posted career highs in top fives (4), top tens (11), and average finish (16.4). He tied his career-best finish of 3rd place at Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds that season. He ended that season ranked 21st in the standings after competing in 39 of 62 races and was named the NASCAR Rookie of the Year for 1964.
Cooper would compete regularly on the Grand National circuit for the next three seasons following his 1964 Rookie of the Year campaign, finishing a career high 19th in the standings in 1965. He would also compete in three NASCAR Modified races in 1965 and 1966, posting two top ten finishes, including a 5th-place finish at Daytona International Speedway.
Having competed for his own team for much of his career, Cooper ran eight races for two-time Grand National champion Buck Baker in 1967, posting a best finish of 8th place at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway. He would compete in just one race in 1968, driving for owner/driver Henley Gray at Bristol Motor Speedway, finishing in 27th place after a ball joint failure just 206 laps into the 500-lap event. He quietly retired from racing afterwards at age 29, having earned 11 top fives and 29 top tens in 113 career starts on the Grand National circuit.
Death
Cooper died on September 3, 1987, just six days shy of his 49th birthday.
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