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Assessing resource use in oncology patients: a comparison of analyses based on claims data and medical chart review.
Provider claims data are used to make medical analyses and decisions, but such databases typically lack important clinical information. To compare the patterns of use of filgrastim in analyses of a claims database and a medical chart review. We extracted data from the Medicare 5% sample claims database for the years 1996 through 1998 and from a medical chart review of the Oncology Practice Pattern Survey (OPPS) for the same period to determine the patterns of use of filgrastim in patients with non-Hodgkin.s lymphoma treated with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone. The analyses were restricted to the first 3 cycles of the chemotherapy. A total of 414 patients in the Medicare database were treated with 1,360 cycles of chemotherapy. The mean duration of filgrastim use in these patients was 6.6 days. In the OPPS database, 80 patients were treated with 152 cycles of chemotherapy, with a mean duration of filgrastim use of 9.3 days. The mean duration of filgrastim use in the OPPS database was greater than that in the Medicare database and was closer to that shown in clinical trials to produce optimal results (approximately 11 days). The actual use of resources may be underestimated in claims databases, owing to their limitations and potential for bias. | 2024-07-21T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/9469 |
The development of the hippocampal neural representation of space.
The hippocampal formation (HF) contains a neural representation of the environment, based on the activity of several classes of neurons whose firing is tuned to an animal's position and orientation in space. Recently, work has begun on understanding when and how this neural map of space emerges during development. Different classes of spatially tuned neurons emerge at different ages, some of them very early during development, before animals have started exploring their environment. The developmental timeline thus far uncovered has yielded insights into both the mechanisms of the ontogeny of the neural code for space, as well as how this system functions in the adult. | 2024-07-01T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/6220 |
Manitoba Hydro Offering Voluntary Buyouts to Employees
WINNIPEG — Efforts to reduce costs at Manitoba Hydro will include a voluntary departure program being made available to employees next week.
Hydro says the program will further reduce its workforce by eliminated 15 percent of positions reporting directly to vice-presidents. An earlier executive restructuring in February cut VP positions by 30 percent.
“The voluntary departure program is the preferred first step to achieving our target workforce reduction,” said Kelvin Shepherd, Manitoba Hydro’s president and CEO. “It’s fair to our employees, providing a financial incentive to those who choose to voluntarily leave the company.”
Hydro is in the process of cutting 900 positions across the public utility after a review by the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board began last September.
The voluntary departure program will be offered for six weeks beginning April 10.
Hydro is also expected to file an application for a rate increase with the Public Utilities Board in May. | 2023-08-20T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/8970 |
Author affiliations: China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China (X. Wu, Y. Cai, X. Huang, X. Yu, L. Zhao, S. Gu, B. Lu, Q. Zhan) ; The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing (F. Wang) ; Weifang No. 2 People’s Hospital, Weifang, China (Q. Li) ; Vision Medicals Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China (T. Zu, Y. Li)
Cite This Article
We report co-infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and influenza A virus in a patient with pneumonia in China. The case highlights possible co-detection of known respiratory viruses. We noted low sensitivity of upper respiratory specimens for SARS-CoV-2, which could further complicate recognition of the full extent of disease.
In December 2019, a series of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause was reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. On January 7, 2020, the causative pathogen was identified as a virus subsequently named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (1–3). We report a case of co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus in China.
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A 69-year-old man was seen in the clinic of China-Japan Friendship Hospital on January 23, 2020, for fever and dry cough. The patient visited Wuhan from December 18, 2019–January 22, 2020, and began having symptoms January 23. He reported no underlying medical conditions. Routine blood tests revealed a leukocyte count of 5.70 × 109 cells/L (reference range 3.5–9.5 × 109 cells/L) and lymphocyte count of 2.18 × 109 cells/L (reference range 1.1–3.2 × 109 cells/L). Chest computed tomography revealed a mass, ground-glass consolidation in the right inferior lobe of the lungs (Figure, panel A). Because of the patient’s travel history, he was isolated for suspected coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
We obtained a nasopharyngeal swab specimen and conducted real-time reverse transcription-PCR (rRT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 by using reagents provided by Shanghai BioGerm Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (http://www.bio-germ.com), and Da An Gene Co., Ltd. (Sun Yat-Sen University, http://en.daangene.com), on a LightCycler 480 (Roche, https://lifescience.roche.com). However, both tests returned negative results 8 hours later. We obtained another nasopharyngeal swab specimen for detection of SARS-CoV-2 and for differentiation of influenza A and B and respiratory syncytial viruses by using Xpert Flu/RSV Xpress assay (Cepheid, https://www.cepheid.com). The sample was negative for SARS-CoV-2 but positive for influenza A. The patient was discharged with oral oseltamivir and instructed to stay home for isolation.
On January 30, the patient returned to the hospital reporting persistent fever and aggravated dyspnea. Routine blood tests showed a leukocyte count of 8.23 × 109 cells/L and lymphocyte count of 0.77 × 109 cells/L. A chest radiograph showed diffuse exudative shadows in bilateral lungs, indicating acute respiratory distress syndrome (Figure, panel B). Physical examination revealed respiratory rate of 30 breaths/min and oxygen saturation of 83% on ambient air. We administered oxygen and screened another nasopharyngeal swab specimen, which was negative for SARS-CoV-2. Considering his clinical features, we performed a fourth test for SARS-CoV-2 by using a sputum sample, which also was negative. The patient’s dyspnea and respiratory distress increased, and his oxygenation index was <200. We admitted the patient to the single negative-pressure ward of the medical intensive care unit for severe influenza A pneumonia and administered endotracheal intubation because of severe hypoxemia.
Four days later, the patient’s oxygenation and chest radiographs improved (Figure, panel C). We performed a bronchoscopy and obtained bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) for metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) to identify potential pathogens. On February 5, mNGS reported 3,460 sequences that showed 99.8% identity and covered 98.69% of the SARS-CoV-2 genome NC_045512.2|SARS-CoV-2|Wuhan-Hu-1 (GenBank accession no. NC_045512.2). We then performed rRT-PCR by using newly collected sputum and stored BALF, which also tested positive. Cycle threshold values were 34 for sputum and 30 for BALF. However, a fourth nasopharyngeal swab collected concurrently with the second sputum sample remained negative. The next day, the patient was transferred to a designated hospital for further critical care.
This case highlights 2 challenges in the diagnosis of COVID-19. First, the sensitivity of tests to detect SARS-CoV-2 from upper respiratory specimens might be insufficient. Repeated rRT-PCR testing of nasopharyngeal swabs was negative for SARS-CoV-2 before the patient was admitted to the intensive care unit. To date, diagnosis of COVID-19 is made mainly on the basis of nucleic acid detection from nasopharyngeal swabs. For suspected cases, 2 negative findings from nasopharyngeal swabs performed >24 hours apart would exclude a COVID-19 diagnosis (4). In this case, without the clinicians’ persistence because of the patient’s travel history, a COVID-19 diagnosis might never have been established. SARS-CoV-2 finally was identified by using mNGS and rRT-PCR of a BALF sample. Therefore, suitable sputum or BALF specimens are necessary to maximize detection in cases of high clinical suspicion; mNGS also might be a helpful tool for identifying SARS-CoV-2 (1,5).
Second, differentiating other causes of respiratory illness from COVID-19 is difficult, especially during influenza season, because common clinical manifestations of COVID-19, including fever, cough, and dyspnea, mimic those of influenza (6–8). In patients with COVID-19, blood tests typically show leucopenia and lymphopenia and most chest computed tomography scans show ground-glass opacity and consolidation with bilateral lung involvement (7–9). Unfortunately, influenza A and other respiratory viruses share these characteristics (10). Co-detection of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus in this case demonstrates that additional challenges to detection remain, especially when patients test negative for SARS-CoV-2 but positive for another virus.
In summary, our case suggests that COVID-19 might be underdiagnosed because of false-negative tests for upper respiratory specimens or co-infection with other respiratory viruses. Broader viral testing might be needed when an apparent etiology is identified, particularly if it would affect clinical management decisions. | 2024-06-15T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/1126 |
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Recap: Kentucky 133, Baylor 130 (4 OT)
December 06, 2013|Reuters
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Recap: Kentucky 133, Baylor 130 (4 OT)
No. 6 Kentucky 133, No. 9 Baylor 130 (4 OT): Jennifer O'Neill came off the bench to score 33 of her school-record 43 points in the second half and overtime periods as the Wildcats survived a 47-point performance by Odyssey Sims to top the Bears in Arlington, Texas, in the highest-scoring game in NCAA women's history.
Janee Thompson recorded 20 points while DeNesha Stallworth added 16 points and nine rebounds for Kentucky (8-1), which won its 19th straight regular-season non-conference game since an 85-51 loss to Baylor last season. Ten players - seven for Baylor - fouled out while both teams set school records for points scored.
Sims, a two-time All-American guard, scored 26 points after picking up her fourth foul with 11:25 left before fouling out with 1:23 remaining in overtime. Nina Davis registered 20 points and 11 rebounds while Makenzie Robertson scored 23 points for Baylor (8-0), which had its 34-game regular-season winning streak snapped.
Sims, who made 17 field goals on a career-high 33 attempts and is averaging 30 points, left after picking up her fourth foul with Baylor trailing by six and returned 1:48 later with the Bears down 12. The Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year scored 16 of Baylor's next 19 points to vault the Bears into an 83-82 lead with 4:12 to play.
Baylor's Imani Wright delivered a 3-pointer with nine seconds left to make it 104-104 and force the second overtime while Kentucky's Kastine Evans tied it at 114 with three seconds left to send it to triple OT. Baylor's Alexis Prince entered her first game of the season with 43 seconds left and made her first field goal before her 3-pointer at the buzzer rolled around and out. | 2024-03-09T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/3539 |
By: Sam Vaknin
The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a precursor to terrorism.
By: Sam Vaknin
Narcissistic and psychopathic leaders come in all shapes and degrees of virulence. Learn to recognize them in various settings (the workplace, religion, politics) and to cope with the toxic fallout of their "leadership". | 2024-06-05T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/4650 |
Build a Summer Camp Launch Pad to Get Your Child to Camp on Time Each Day
Getting your kids up and out of the house each day for summer camp can be stressful and time-consuming, especially if you have a slow mover or a chaotic morning. Does each child have her lunch, bathing suit, towel, bag for wet clothes, soccer cleats, or whatever it is she needs each day? Are these things in a single place ready to go? Do you know where your keys are so you can get her to camp on time?
Creating a Summer Camp Launch Pad near the primary entrance to your home can help keep you and your child organized and make getting out each morning a speedy and (usually) pleasant experience. This area will store all the things your child will need to put away when he comes home and have available to him when he needs to leave.
How to Build a Summer Camp Launch Pad:
Master checklist. Most camps will give you a checklist of what your child will need every day for camp. Turn this list into something your child can review each night before bed. The list the camp sends might be all an older child needs to review, but younger children might benefit from a laminated list they can check off with a dry erase marker. Some kids will also want an after-camp checklist to help them get their dirty lunch containers to the kitchen each evening. Keep the list or lists in the Launch Pad area.
Hooks for hanging light items. If you don’t already have hooks in this area, consider hanging removable hooks temporarily in this space. These are perfect for organizing raincoats, empty bags, and other lightweight goods.
Creating a Summer Camp Launch Pad near the primary entrance to your home can help keep you and your child organized and make getting out each morning a speedy and (usually) pleasant experience.
Paper storage box. Your child may come home with artwork or fliers after camp and a place to store these will make sure they’re not misplaced or lost in the bottom of a bag.
Shelf, bench, or table. A solid surface is good for holding heavy bags and equipment your child might need. It also gives you a place to put your keys, wallet, and the paper storage box previously mentioned.
Trash can. If your child is taking her lunch to camp every day, a garbage can in this space will give her a place to put any food trash.
Laundry hamper. Muddy and/or wet clothes need a place to be deposited so they can be washed before camp the next morning. A hamper that can be carried to the laundry room after everything else is put in its spot can keep these dirty clothes off the floor and from rotting in a bag.
Specialty storage. If your child will need baseball bats every day, an umbrella stand might work in this space to hold the bats. If your child will need tennis balls each morning, a bucket in this space can hold tennis balls. The goal is for everything your child will need to have a designated storage space.
How to Use the Summer Camp Launch Pad:
It’s probably obvious at this point, but all you need to do to use the Launch Pad is to have your child store items in it immediately when she gets home, take the dirty laundry hamper to the laundry room, review the checklist before bed to make sure everything is set and ready to go for the morning, and then gather all the items needed on her way out the door when she needs to leave. Trash will go in the trash each evening, papers in the paper box, shoes into the shoe tray, and dirty clothes into the hamper. Put things where they belong. I’m a fan of the saying, “A place for everything, and everything in its place,” and it certainly applies in this situation. | 2023-10-17T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/6523 |
Bone marrow transplantation with a reduced-intensity conditioning regimen in a patient with Wegener granulomatosis and therapy-related leukemia.
We describe a patient with Wegener granulomatosis (WG) who underwent long-term cyclophosphamide treatment and thereafter developed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). After the AML was induced into remission, the patient received an allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT) from his sibling after undergoing a reduced-intensity conditioning regimen. His clinical course shortly after allo-SCT was uneventful. No clinically apparent acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease developed. Repeated analysis of the peripheral blood lymphocytes after transplantation showed complete donor chimerism. The level of proteinase 3 antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (PR3-ANCA) remained undetectable until 4 months after transplantation, when it began to increase. When the level of PR3-ANCA peaked, the patient suddenly presented with fever and joint pain, which later spontaneously resolved in parallel with the declining titer of PR3-ANCA. He is now in remission for both AML and WG at 22 months after transplantation. The patient's clinical course after allo-SCT may provide us with valuable information regarding the establishment of allo-SCT as a therapeutic option for WG. | 2023-10-31T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/2877 |
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STYLE: Vintage
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VINTAGE ITEM OF THE WEEK
With Closet Luxe NYC
Last week at the Closet Luxe NYC headquarters, my partner Chante and I thought of new ways to bring our vintage aesthetic to the masses, while prepping for our 1st event, the Sip x Shop Winter Trunk Shop. Each week we'll introduce our classic style with a Vintage Item of the Week and share ways you can do the same!
This week if you're busy getting ready for NY Fashion week or just want to continue slaying the streets with your personal style, try it with a 1950'sSwing Coat. Pair it with high waist denim jeans, a crop knit sweater and add a pop-of-color with an oversized clutch, strappy heels and bold lip. Don't forget that up-do, let the coat do the talkin' swingin'!
This weeks #VintageItem was Curated by yours truly, but follow us on instagram, twitter and facebook @ClosetLuxeNYC each week to see how we style a #VintageItem #ClosetLuxeNYC #itemofTheWeek#VintageLooks#ModernVintage#VintageStyling#VintageBlogger | 2024-06-02T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/3149 |
Typical application circuits require low voltage bias source to operate. But sometimes only the utility AC is available. So there is a need to generate this low voltage bias source directly off the AC line.
FIG. 1 schematically shows a prior art linear power supply 10 which provides a low voltage bias source from the offline AC. The linear power supply 10 is simple but lossy as a rectifier resistor-zener diode circuit.
FIG. 2 schematically shows a prior art switch mode power supply 20 which provides a low voltage bias source from the offline AC. However, PWM control may be an overkill approach for just a simple bias circuit.
FIG. 3 schematically shows a prior art step-down transformer power supply 30 which also provides a low voltage bias source from the offline AC. The step-down transformer power supply 30 is large in volume and high in cost, which is not acceptable for most applications.
So there is a need for a simple, efficient and cost effective low voltage dc source converted directly off the AC line. | 2024-02-13T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/1012 |
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// test_dll_plugin.cpp
// (C) Copyright 2002 Robert Ramey - http://www.rrsd.com .
// Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
// should pass compilation and execution
// Note this test creates, serializes, and destroys
// a class instance while knowing nothing more than its
// exported class ID (GUID) and a base class from which
// it is derived. This is referred to as a "plugin"
// since the same program could, without recompilation,
// manipulate any number of derived types - even those
// which have not been yet been created.
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdio> // remove
#include <boost/config.hpp>
#if defined(BOOST_NO_STDC_NAMESPACE)
namespace std{
using ::remove;
}
#endif
#include <boost/archive/archive_exception.hpp>
// for now, only test with simple text and polymorphic archive
#include "test_tools.hpp"
#include <boost/serialization/base_object.hpp>
#include <boost/serialization/export.hpp>
#include <boost/serialization/type_info_implementation.hpp>
#include <boost/serialization/access.hpp>
#include <boost/serialization/void_cast.hpp>
#include <boost/serialization/extended_type_info.hpp>
#include "polymorphic_base.hpp"
// declare and implement a derived class in our own executable
class polymorphic_derived1 : public polymorphic_base
{
friend class boost::serialization::access;
template<class Archive>
void serialize(Archive &ar, const unsigned int /* file_version */){
ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP(polymorphic_base);
}
const char * get_key() const{
return
boost::serialization::type_info_implementation<
polymorphic_derived1
>::type::get_const_instance().get_key();
}
public:
virtual ~polymorphic_derived1(){}
};
// This class is derived from polymorphic_base which uses the no_rtti system
// rather than the typeid system. This system uses the exported name as the
// type identifier key. This MUST be exported!!!
BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT(polymorphic_derived1)
// MWerks users can do this to make their code work
BOOST_SERIALIZATION_MWERKS_BASE_AND_DERIVED(polymorphic_base, polymorphic_derived1)
// save exported polymorphic class
void save_exported(const char *testfile)
{
test_ostream os(testfile, TEST_STREAM_FLAGS);
test_oarchive oa(os, TEST_ARCHIVE_FLAGS);
polymorphic_base *rb1 = new polymorphic_derived1;
// get the eti record for the exported type "polymorphic_derived2"
boost::serialization::extended_type_info const * const d2_eti =
boost::serialization::extended_type_info::find(
"polymorphic_derived2"
);
assert(NULL != d2_eti);
// create a new instance of the type referred to by this record.
// in this example, we happen to know that the class constructor
// takes no arguments.
void const * const rd2 = d2_eti->construct();
assert(NULL != rd2);
// transform the pointer to a pointer to the base class
polymorphic_base const * const rb2
= static_cast<polymorphic_base const *>(
boost::serialization::void_upcast(
* d2_eti,
boost::serialization::type_info_implementation<polymorphic_base>
::type::get_const_instance(),
rd2
)
);
// export will permit correct serialization
// through a pointer to a base class
oa << BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(rb1);
oa << BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(rb2);
// don't need these any more - don't leak memory
delete rb1;
// note delete original handle - not runtime cast one !!!
//delete rb2;
d2_eti->destroy(rd2);
}
// save exported polymorphic class
void load_exported(const char *testfile)
{
test_istream is(testfile, TEST_STREAM_FLAGS);
test_iarchive ia(is, TEST_ARCHIVE_FLAGS);
polymorphic_base *rb1 = NULL;
polymorphic_base *rb2 = NULL;
// export will permit correct serialization
// through a pointer to a base class
ia >> BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(rb1);
BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(
boost::serialization::type_info_implementation<polymorphic_derived1>
::type::get_const_instance()
==
* boost::serialization::type_info_implementation<polymorphic_base>
::type::get_const_instance().get_derived_extended_type_info(*rb1),
"restored pointer b1 not of correct type"
);
ia >> BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(rb2);
// get the eti record for the exported type "polymorphic_derived2"
boost::serialization::extended_type_info const * const d2_eti =
boost::serialization::extended_type_info::find(
"polymorphic_derived2"
);
assert(NULL != d2_eti);
BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(
* d2_eti
==
* boost::serialization::type_info_implementation<polymorphic_base>
::type::get_const_instance().get_derived_extended_type_info(*rb2),
"restored pointer b2 not of correct type"
);
delete rb1;
delete rb2;
}
#ifdef BOOST_WINDOWS
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <TCHAR.H>
#include <windows.h>
int
test_main( int /* argc */, char* /* argv */[] )
{
const char * testfile = boost::archive::tmpnam(NULL);
BOOST_REQUIRE(NULL != testfile);
HINSTANCE hDLL; // Handle to DLL
hDLL = LoadLibrary(_T("polymorphic_derived2.dll"));
BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(
(0 != hDLL),
"Failed to find/load polymorphic_derived2"
);
if(0 == hDLL)
return EXIT_FAILURE;
save_exported(testfile);
load_exported(testfile);
FreeLibrary(hDLL);
std::remove(testfile);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
#else // presume *nix
#include <dlfcn.h>
int
test_main( int /* argc */, char* /* argv */[] )
{
const char * testfile = boost::archive::tmpnam(NULL);
BOOST_REQUIRE(NULL != testfile);
void * hDLL; // Handle to DLL
hDLL = dlopen("polymorphic_derived2.so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE((0 != hDLL), "Failed to find/load plugin_polymorphic_derived2" );
BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE((0 != hDLL), dlerror() );
if(0 == hDLL)
return EXIT_FAILURE;
save_exported(testfile);
load_exported(testfile);
dlclose(hDLL);
std::remove(testfile);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
#endif
// EOF
| 2024-01-27T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/1806 |
Image copyright AP Image caption Obesity is an "immense problem for society", according to the NHS advisory body, NICE.
People diagnosed with diabetes linked to obesity should be quickly assessed for weight loss surgery, according to finalised NHS guidelines.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which advises the NHS in England, said obesity was an "immense problem".
Charity Diabetes UK said surgery could be beneficial, but had risks.
About 10% of NHS budgets is spent treating diabetes and its complications.
Weight loss surgery is "good for patients and cost saving for the NHS", the advisory body said.
Obesity had a "huge personal health cost to individuals and an enormous financial cost to the NHS", it said.
'Obesity'
There are two types of diabetes, a condition that causes a person's blood sugar level to be too high.
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition that generally occurs in childhood. Type 2 diabetes generally starts later in life, and the odds are increased by a lack of exercise and an unhealthy diet.
Prof Mark Baker, the centre for clinical practice director at NICE, said: "Obesity is directly linked to type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, arthritis and it affects people's mental health.
"It is a major issue, if not the major issue, for the health service in the coming years."
Obese people with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes should be assessed for weight loss surgery quickly, NICE said.
"Hopefully the impact will be that more patients will be aware that bariatric surgery is a safe, cost-effective treatment for diabetes," Dr Rachel Batterham, of University College London, told the BBC.
Tackling obesity
As a first course of action, NICE recommends diet changes and increased exercise to reduce weight, followed by drugs treatment.
When obesity is potentially life-threatening, weight loss surgery is available on the NHS, as a last resort.
In the UK the most common type of bariatric surgery is a gastric bypass, which usually involves making the stomach smaller and bypassing part of the small intestine. People who have a gastric bypass feel full more quickly.
Other types of weight loss surgery include a gastric band, which makes the stomach smaller, and a gastrectomy, where a part of the stomach is removed.
The cost to the NHS of bariatric surgery was about £6,000, but long-term savings outweighed this initial outlay, Dr Batterham said.
"Yes, there is an initial upfront cost, but this will be recouped within two to three years," she said.
What is bariatric surgery?
Bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery, is used as a last resort to treat people who are dangerously obese and carrying an excessive amount of body fat.
This type of surgery is only available on the NHS to treat people with potentially life-threatening obesity when other treatments have failed.
About 8,000 people a year are currently receiving the treatment.
The two most common types of weight loss surgery are:
Gastric band, where a band is used to reduce the size of the stomach so a smaller amount of food is required to make someone feel full
Gastric bypass, where the digestive system is re-routed past most of the stomach so less food is digested
NHS Choices
Calculate your BMI
Barbara Young, the chief executive of Diabetes UK, said: "It is important to stress that all surgery carries risks, and so, as the NICE guidance makes clear, people should only be offered surgery if attempts to lose weight through healthy eating and physical activity have already been tried and not worked."
She added that the NHS should spend more on preventative measures to help stop people getting type 2 diabetes.
Tam Fry, a spokesman for the National Obesity Forum, said that spending on bariatric surgery would be "damage limitation".
"The costs of obesity to individuals and to society in general far outweigh the costs of bariatric surgery," he said.
Diets that involved severely restricting calorie intake or were nutritionally unbalanced should be avoided for long-term weight loss because they were ineffective and could be harmful, NICE said.
However, in the short term, a crash diet could help people who needed to lose weight quickly for medical reasons, it added.
"Very-low-calorie diets... should not be used routinely for people who are obese," said Prof John Wilding, of the University of Liverpool.
"But we are not ruling them out entirely, they may be considered for people who have a clinical need to lose weight quickly, such as before joint-replacement surgery," he added. | 2024-06-18T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/5222 |
Q:
how to get public ip of instance using cloud formation
I want to output public ip of my instance in cloud formation.This is the relevant part of my yaml file.What attribute i have to specify to get public ip. (Here myec2 is where i described my instance)
<code>
.
.
Outputs:
instancedetails:
Description: ec2 details
Value: !GetAtt Myec2.instance
A:
Here are all the possible return values: AWS::EC2::Instance
I.e. in your case it will be !GetAtt Myec2.PublicIp
Unless of course you create ElasticIP in the stack in which case it would be !Ref MyEip (see Return Values section for AWS::EC2::EIP).
Hope that helps :)
| 2024-03-21T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/3737 |
Q:
PYTHON 3.7.4 NOT USING SQLITE 3.29.0
OS/Software installed:
root@TACIT admin]# cat /etc/*release*
CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core)
root@TACIT admin]# python3.7 --version
Python 3.7.4
[root@TACIT admin]# sqlite3 --version
3.29.0 2019-07-10 17:32:03 fc82b73eaac8b36950e527f12c4b5dc1e147e6f4ad2217ae43ad82882a88bfa6
(T3PSA) [root@TACIT src]# django-admin --version
2.2
Software locations:
[root@TACIT admin]# which python3.7
/usr/local/bin/python3.7
[root@TACIT admin]# which sqlite3
/usr/bin/sqlite3
(T3PSA) [root@TACIT src]# which django-admin
/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/bin/django-admin
I compiled Python 3.7.4 from source and installed following these instructions without any problems:
https://tecadmin.net/install-python-3-7-on-centos/
I upgraded from Sqlite 3.7.17 to Sqlite 3.29.0 following these instructions without any problems (other than I had to install some additional ".so" libraries):
https://linuxhint.com/upgrade-to-latest-sqlite3-on-centos7/
Unfortunately Python 3.7.4 is still using the old version of Sqlite3 (3.7.17):
[root@TACIT admin]# python3.7
Python 3.7.4 (default, Aug 16 2019, 16:34:12)
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sqlite3
>>> sqlite3.sqlite_version
'3.7.17'
I'm using Django and need it to run at least v3.8.3 (see the very end of the following output):
(T3PSA) [root@TACIT src]# python manage.py makemigrations
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 21, in <module>
main()
File "manage.py", line 17, in main
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 381, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 357, in execute
django.setup()
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/__init__.py", line 24, in setup
apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 114, in populate
app_config.import_models()
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 211, in import_models
self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name)
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 677, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 728, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/models.py", line 2, in <module>
from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser, BaseUserManager
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/base_user.py", line 47, in <module>
class AbstractBaseUser(models.Model):
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 117, in __new__
new_class.add_to_class('_meta', Options(meta, app_label))
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 321, in add_to_class
value.contribute_to_class(cls, name)
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/options.py", line 204, in contribute_to_class
self.db_table = truncate_name(self.db_table, connection.ops.max_name_length())
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 28, in __getattr__
return getattr(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], item)
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 201, in __getitem__
backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 110, in load_backend
return import_module('%s.base' % backend_name)
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py", line 66, in <module>
check_sqlite_version()
File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/T3PSA-6bzDXn0f/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py", line 63, in check_sqlite_version
raise ImproperlyConfigured('SQLite 3.8.3 or later is required (found %s).' % Database.sqlite_version)
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: **SQLite 3.8.3 or later is required (found 3.7.17).**
I've looked at the following posts to try to figure this out but I think I don't know enough about compiling code to figure out the proper solution. Nothing I have tried from these links works.
https://superuser.com/questions/1425212/where-does-django-look-for-sqlite-instance-sqlite-3-8-3-or-later-is-required
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/434100/updating-the-sqlite-version-used-by-python-3-on-centos-7
django can't find new sqlite version? (SQLite 3.8.3 or later is required (found 3.7.17))
https://superuser.com/questions/1447285/python-wont-compile-with-a-new-sqlite3-on-centos-7
It could be that the instructions I'm following don't work because my software installation locations/paths are different from the users in the above posts, I'm not sure... that's why I noted "Software locations:" above. Or maybe I need to uninstall Python 3.7 somehow rather than 'reinstall over the top' of an existing installation? I installed from source, not sure if I need to do this and if so, how to go about it properly.
Any help resolving this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
=========================================================================
This section added after getting instructions from FlipperPA
Followed instructions exactly to "Upgrade the CentOS 7 system install of SQLite to 3.29 by compiling it from source". Below is the result.
[root@TACIT src]# sqlite3 --version
3.29.0 2019-07-10 17:32:03 fc82b73eaac8b36950e527f12c4b5dc1e147e6f4ad2217ae43ad82882a88bfa6
I had already deleted my original source compile directory (/usr/src/Python-3.7.4) several times yesterday as I tried all of the other articles from the original post. So starting from scratch, I did this:
cd /usr/src
tar -zxvf Python-3.7.4.tgz
cd Python-3.7.4
./configure --enable-optimizations
make altinstall
make clean
make install
[root@TACIT Python-3.7.4]# python3.7
Python 3.7.4 (default, Aug 17 2019, 08:20:39)
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sqlite3
>>> sqlite3.sqlite_version
'3.7.17'
Python is still using the wrong version of SQLite. I did the 'make altinstall' command because CentOS 7.6 comes with Python 2.7.5 by default and I read that I shouldn't mess with that. So 'make altinstall' installs Python 3.7.4 in another location so as to leave the default installation of python fully intact.
=========================================================================
Manually uninstalling Python 3.7.4 (installed from source)
So I did the following:
find / -name *3.7*
The resultant list of files is below. The first group of files/folders I left alone. The second group of files/folders I removed.
/var/lib/yum/yumdb/s/27f7f0189d0898d0e87007d97102619629a4de6d-sqlite-3.7.17-8.el7-x86_64
/var/lib/yum/yumdb/s/e942412b453fd568720258d674b18e7fcd06a20f-sqlite-devel-3.7.17-8.el7-x86_64
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/backports.ssl_match_hostname-3.7.0.1.dist-info
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configparser-3.7.3.dist-info
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flake8-3.7.7.dist-info
/usr/share/doc/sqlite-3.7.17
/usr/share/doc/git-1.8.3.1/RelNotes/1.5.3.7.txt
/usr/bin/easy_install-3.7
/usr/bin/pip3.7
/usr/bin/python3.7m
/usr/bin/python3.7
/usr/bin/python3.7m-config
/usr/bin/pydoc3.7
/usr/bin/idle3.7
/usr/bin/2to3-3.7
/usr/bin/pyvenv-3.7
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/python-3.7.pc
/usr/lib/python3.7
/usr/lib/python3.7/lib2to3/Grammar3.7.4.final.0.pickle
/usr/lib/python3.7/lib2to3/PatternGrammar3.7.4.final.0.pickle
/usr/lib/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu
/usr/lib/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.7m.a
/usr/lib/libpython3.7m.a
/usr/share/man/man1/python3.7.1
/usr/include/python3.7m
/usr/local/bin/easy_install-3.7
/usr/src/Python-3.7.4.tgz
/usr/src/Python-3.7.4
/usr/src/Python-3.7.4/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
/usr/src/Python-3.7.4/build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7
/usr/src/Python-3.7.4/build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7
/usr/src/Python-3.7.4/build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/usr/src/Python-3.7.4
/usr/src/Python-3.7.4/build/scripts-3.7
/usr/src/Python-3.7.4/build/scripts-3.7/pydoc3.7
/usr/src/Python-3.7.4/build/scripts-3.7/idle3.7
/usr/src/Python-3.7.4/build/scripts-3.7/2to3-3.7
/usr/src/Python-3.7.4/build/scripts-3.7/pyvenv-3.7
/usr/src/Python-3.7.4/libpython3.7m.a
I then did the following steps:
tar -zxvf Python-3.7.4.tgz
cd Python-3.7.4
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-optimizations
make
make altinstall
[root@TACIT Python-3.7.4]# python3.7
Python 3.7.4 (default, Aug 17 2019, 16:34:42)
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sqlite3
>>> sqlite3.sqlite_version
'3.7.17'
Not sure what else I can do here.
A:
I think that OP must fix the path to sqlite3 while installing Python:
sudo LD_RUN_PATH=/usr/lib ./configure --enable-optimizations
sudo LD_RUN_PATH=/usr/lib make altinstall
| 2024-03-07T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/7981 |
[Specific IgG for viral capsid antigen (VCA) of Epstein-Barr virus: evaluation of several commercial kits].
Four methods to detect IgG antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus in serum samples of aspirate in renal transplant patients were evaluated. Further to technical characteristics, the assays were compared as to sensitivity, specificity and positive and negative predictive value. 100% of specificity was found for all methods whereas sensibility and negative predictive value were different among the different methods. | 2024-07-26T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/3664 |
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[urlRequest setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
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[attachment setContentBytes:@"bWFjIGFuZCBjaGVlc2UgdG9kYXk="];
NSError *error;
NSData *attachmentData = [attachment getSerializedDataWithError:&error];
[urlRequest setHTTPBody:attachmentData];
MSURLSessionDataTask *meDataTask = [httpClient dataTaskWithRequest:urlRequest
completionHandler: ^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *nserror) {
//Request Completed
}];
[meDataTask execute];
``` | 2024-02-05T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/4766 |
Microsoft, based in the northwestern state of Washington, announced its offer Friday, in a deal that includes both cash and stocks. Microsoft says it will offer $31 a share for Yahoo, which represents a 62 percent premium above its closing stock price on Thursday.
The offer comes a day after former Yahoo chief executive officer Terry Semel stepped down as chairman of the company's board of executives. Semel resigned his post as CEO last June as the California-based company began losing market share to rival search engine Google.
Yahoo announced earlier this week that it was laying off 1,000 employees as part of a cost-cutting measure. | 2024-05-15T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/1555 |
;; Scheduling description for Alpha EV5.
;; Copyright (C) 2002, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;;
;; This file is part of GCC.
;;
;; GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
;; any later version.
;;
;; GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
;; GNU General Public License for more details.
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GCC; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
;; the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
;; EV5 has two asymmetric integer units, E0 and E1, plus separate
;; FP add and multiply units.
(define_automaton "ev5_0,ev5_1")
(define_cpu_unit "ev5_e0,ev5_e1,ev5_fa,ev5_fm" "ev5_0")
(define_reservation "ev5_e01" "ev5_e0|ev5_e1")
(define_reservation "ev5_fam" "ev5_fa|ev5_fm")
(define_cpu_unit "ev5_imul" "ev5_0")
(define_cpu_unit "ev5_fdiv" "ev5_1")
; Assume type "multi" single issues.
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_multi" 1
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "multi"))
"ev5_e0+ev5_e1+ev5_fa+ev5_fm")
; Stores can only issue to E0, and may not issue with loads.
; Model this with some fake units.
(define_cpu_unit "ev5_l0,ev5_l1,ev5_st" "ev5_0")
(define_reservation "ev5_ld" "ev5_l0|ev5_l1")
(exclusion_set "ev5_l0,ev5_l1" "ev5_st")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_st" 1
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "ist,fst,st_c,mb"))
"ev5_e0+ev5_st")
; Loads from L0 complete in two cycles. adjust_cost still factors
; in user-specified memory latency, so return 1 here.
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_ld" 1
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "ild,fld,ldsym"))
"ev5_e01+ev5_ld")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_ld_l" 1
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "ld_l"))
"ev5_e0+ev5_ld")
; Integer branches slot only to E1.
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_ibr" 1
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "ibr"))
"ev5_e1")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_callpal" 1
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "callpal"))
"ev5_e1")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_jsr" 1
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "jsr"))
"ev5_e1")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_shift" 1
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "shift"))
"ev5_e0")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_mvi" 2
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "mvi"))
"ev5_e0")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_cmov" 2
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "icmov"))
"ev5_e01")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_iadd" 1
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "iadd"))
"ev5_e01")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_ilogcmp" 1
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "ilog,icmp"))
"ev5_e01")
; Conditional move and branch can issue the same cycle as the test.
(define_bypass 0 "ev5_ilogcmp" "ev5_ibr,ev5_cmov" "if_test_bypass_p")
; Multiplies use a non-pipelined imul unit. Also, "no insn can be issued
; to E0 exactly two cycles before an integer multiply completes".
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_imull" 8
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(and (eq_attr "type" "imul")
(eq_attr "opsize" "si")))
"ev5_e0+ev5_imul,ev5_imul*3,nothing,ev5_e0")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_imulq" 12
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(and (eq_attr "type" "imul")
(eq_attr "opsize" "di")))
"ev5_e0+ev5_imul,ev5_imul*7,nothing,ev5_e0")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_imulh" 14
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(and (eq_attr "type" "imul")
(eq_attr "opsize" "udi")))
"ev5_e0+ev5_imul,ev5_imul*7,nothing*3,ev5_e0")
; The multiplier is unable to receive data from Ebox bypass paths. The
; instruction issues at the expected time, but its latency is increased
; by the time it takes for the input data to become available to the
; multiplier. For example, an IMULL instruction issued one cycle later
; than an ADDL instruction, which produced one of its operands, has a
; latency of 10 (8 + 2). If the IMULL instruction is issued two cycles
; later than the ADDL instruction, the latency is 9 (8 + 1).
;
; Model this instead with increased latency on the input instruction.
(define_bypass 3
"ev5_ld,ev5_ld_l,ev5_shift,ev5_mvi,ev5_cmov,ev5_iadd,ev5_ilogcmp"
"ev5_imull,ev5_imulq,ev5_imulh")
(define_bypass 9 "ev5_imull" "ev5_imull,ev5_imulq,ev5_imulh")
(define_bypass 13 "ev5_imulq" "ev5_imull,ev5_imulq,ev5_imulh")
(define_bypass 15 "ev5_imulh" "ev5_imull,ev5_imulq,ev5_imulh")
; Similarly for the FPU we have two asymmetric units.
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_fadd" 4
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "fadd,fcmov"))
"ev5_fa")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_fbr" 1
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "fbr"))
"ev5_fa")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_fcpys" 4
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "fcpys"))
"ev5_fam")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_fmul" 4
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "fmul"))
"ev5_fm")
; The floating point divider is not pipelined. Also, "no insn can be issued
; to FA exactly five before an fdiv insn completes".
;
; ??? Do not model this late reservation due to the enormously increased
; size of the resulting DFA.
;
; ??? Putting ev5_fa and ev5_fdiv alone into the same automata produces
; a DFA of acceptable size, but putting ev5_fm and ev5_fa into separate
; automata produces incorrect results for insns that can choose one or
; the other, i.e. ev5_fcpys.
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_fdivsf" 15
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(and (eq_attr "type" "fdiv")
(eq_attr "opsize" "si")))
; "ev5_fa+ev5_fdiv,ev5_fdiv*9,ev5_fa+ev5_fdiv,ev5_fdiv*4"
"ev5_fa+ev5_fdiv,ev5_fdiv*14")
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_fdivdf" 22
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(and (eq_attr "type" "fdiv")
(eq_attr "opsize" "di")))
; "ev5_fa+ev5_fdiv,ev5_fdiv*17,ev5_fa+ev5_fdiv,ev5_fdiv*4"
"ev5_fa+ev5_fdiv,ev5_fdiv*21")
; Traps don't consume or produce data; rpcc is latency 2 if we ever add it.
(define_insn_reservation "ev5_misc" 2
(and (eq_attr "tune" "ev5")
(eq_attr "type" "misc"))
"ev5_e0")
| 2024-03-16T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/9685 |
Q:
How to define JPATH_BASE in a plugin?
I want to access the joomla environment in my plugin and added these line of code (my source: http://www.diademblogs.com/content-management-systems/two-ways-to-add-joomla-users-using-your-custom-code):
define( '_JEXEC', 1 );
define('JPATH_BASE', dirname(__FILE__) );//this is when we are in the root
define( 'DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR );
require_once ( JPATH_BASE .DS.'includes'.DS.'defines.php' );
require_once ( JPATH_BASE .DS.'includes'.DS.'framework.php' );
$mainframe =& JFactory::getApplication('site');
$mainframe->initialise();
But how can I ably define the JPATH_BASE variable, when I am programming a plugin (more specific: a authorisation plugin)?
I am using Joomla 1.7.
A:
Your plugin is executed by joomla application. So you do not required to define, Just use them.
| 2023-09-02T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/8093 |
Sunday Times: Russia's Finger on Button that Destroyed Turkish Jet
Russian technicians were involved in the taking down of the Turkish fighter jet by the Syrian military last week, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday.
Quoting Middle Eastern diplomatic sources, the Times reported that the decision to down the Turkish jet was intended to signal a warning to NATO to stay out of the conflict raging in Syria for over a year.
According to a transcript of the report published by Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, Russia supplied Syria with advanced anti-aircraft missile systems three years ago. It is believed that Russian specialists trained the Syrian forces to use them. According to diplomats that spoke with the Sunday Times some Russian specialists are still stationed at the missile battery control centers.
“We would not be surprised if these Russian experts, if they didn’t push the button, at least were beside the Syrian officers who did it,” an Israeli air force source told the British paper.
The unarmed reconnaissance jet had briefly entered Syrian airspace on June 22 as it approached land after patrolling the eastern Mediterranean, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said, but was warned by Turkish radar controllers and immediately left and turned again out to sea.
It then made another approach to land when it was shot down 13 miles off the coast in international airspace, he said, out of the reach of Syria's anti-aircraft guns.
"According to the data in our hands, it points to our plane being shot by a laser or heat-guided surface-to-air missile. The fact our plane was not given an early radar warning, suggests it was not a radar-guided missile," said Arinc.
Turkey shelters the rebel Free Syria Army (FSA) and hosts 32,000 Syrian refugees on its southeastern border with Syria, some 50 km (30 miles) from where the Turkish aircraft was shot down. But it denies providing arms for the insurgents.
Ankara requested a meeting of NATO's North Atlantic Council to discuss the incident, which it has branded an "act of aggression". Damascus said it shot the aircraft down in self-defense after it strayed into Syrian airspace.
The meeting is only the second time in NATO's 63-year history that member countries have convened under Article 4 of its charter, which provides for consultations when a member state feels its territorial integrity, political independence or security is under threat.
"We may get a statement of solidarity with Turkey," a NATO official said.
Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was to make a statement around 09:30 GMT after the talks among NATO ambassadors at alliance headquarters in Brussels.
Analysts said Rasmussen's message was likely to be measured, reflecting Western reluctance to commit to any military action or anything that could trigger a regional sectarian war.
"There is very little appetite from the alliance to undertake what we call a discretionary war," said Clara Marina O'Donnell, a fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
Turkey's choice to seek consultation under Article 4, instead of asking for military help under the organization's collective defense provisions, known as Article 5, suggested Ankara was hoping to steer clear of inflaming the conflict.
"This is a signal from Turkey that they are not too keen to go down the military route at this stage. They are trying to de-escalate the situation," she said.
Turkey rejected assertions from Damascus that its forces had no option but to fire on the F-4 jet as it flew over Syrian waters close to the coast on Friday.
In a letter to the U.N. Security Council, Turkey condemned a "hostile act by the Syrian authorities against Turkey's national security", saying it posed "a serious threat to peace and security in the region".
Syria warned Turkey and NATO against retaliation. EU foreign ministers on Monday urged Turkey to show restraint, saying they would increase pressure on Assad.
Really, is Naharnet now listening to what the Israeli Zionists are saying bahahahahaha.
Syria Shot the M4 (which isn't even the correct picture) with machine guns - so why are the stupid Israelis trying to make it out like there was a anti aircraft battery firing missiles and things. Completely false. | 2023-08-15T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/3485 |
Since returning from the disabled list (neck nerve impingement), Stephen Strasburg’s fastball velocity has dropped from averaging 96.1 mph to averaging 93.9 mph. For a pitcher known for bringing the heat, the decline immediately impacts his value going forward. The question isn’t if but how much will be the decline.
First, I completely understand Strasburg could get his fastball velocity back as soon as his next start (the chances for this could be another whole article). When determining the 30-year-old righty’s value, I needed to plant a flag at some velocity and then come up with a projection.
For reference, the following table has his stats before and after coming off the DL. I’ll ignore his July 20th start in which he missed a month before and after it.
Strasburg’s 2018 Stats Before & After the DL Fbv FB% SwStr% Zone% K% K%-BB% Siv SI% xFIP Before DL 96.1 45.0% 11.6% 49.9% 29.1% 23.2% 95.6 5.5% 3.00 After DL 93.9 39.1% 12.3% 43.8% 25%% 16.2% 93.0 13.8% 3.49
Besides the swinging strike rate, Strasburg is performing quite a bit worse after coming off the DL. The two main signs of an injured pitcher are front and center with the velocity and Zone% decline.
It may seem like Strasburg is moving away from a fastball but he’s not. While his four-seamer rate has dropped, his sinker usage has increased from 6% to 14%.
While a 3.49 xFIP seems reasonable with the velocity loss, years of data exist on Strasburg’s fastball. The results can be verified.
Using data from 2015 to present, his fastball results can be compared at different velocities using pERA (pitch ERA). With pERA, each pitch is given an ERA equivalent value based on its groundball and swinging-strike rate. His fastball’s pERA can be combined with his other pitches pERA to get an estimated ERA.
Strasburg’s Fastball Effectiveness mph Pitch pERA GB% SwStr% Cnt Pitch pERA GB% SwStr% Cnt 92 FF 5.77 22% 3% 29 SI 4.94 41% 10% 40 93 FF 5.51 32% 7% 112 SI 3.76 60% 10% 84 94 FF 4.80 38% 13% 464 SI 4.86 42% 14% 59 95 FF 4.51 28% 14% 711 SI 3.53 50% 28% 43 96 FF 3.90 34% 17% 841 97 FF 3.83 37% 15% 381 98 FF 3.29 35% 16% 75
With his four-seam fastball, there is a steady improvement as his velocity has increased. His overall ERA doesn’t move in-step with the fastball ERA as his other pitches, which usually have better results, should continue their production.
For an example, when his fastball velocity drops from 96 to 94 mph, his pERA increase by 0.90. Assuming a 45% fastball usage, his ERA should be expected to jump by 0.41 (45%*0.90). It’s just about the same as his xFIP increase.
The sinker adds a little wrinkle to the discussion. The main issue with the sinker is that he’s just not thrown it much. With the limited usage, its results bounce around quite a bit. Grouping them all together, the sinker’s pERA is 4.35 though supported by the 28% SwStr% at 95 mph. The sinker may be a better pitch for him at lower velocities as it has more time to sink if he throws it 100% of the time.
Going back to our pre-season Depth Chart values, Strasburg (25 NFBC ADP) was projected at 3.31 ERA. By bumping his ERA projection up to 3.72 (3.31+0.41), his ERA projection would have been like those of David Price (3.67 ERA, 103 ADP), Marcus Stroman (3.72 ERA, 151 ADP), Jon Lester (3.73 ERA, 116 ADP), and Blake Snell (3.75, 196 ADP). With no velocity rebound, he should be drafted in the triple digits. The potential for a bounce-back exists so his ADP will be between the 25 ADP from last season and the 100’s.
I ran a quick poll right before posting to get a reading on Strasburg’s popularity.
What do you think Stephen Strasburg's ADP (25th in 2018) will be next season if his velocity doesn't bounce back by season's end (assume no spring velocity readings available)? — Jeff Zimmerman (@jeffwzimmerman) September 4, 2018
Most owners, 60% at the time of publishing, still see him valued him as a top-75 pitcher.
One problem I have is that Strasburg had Tommy John surgery, continues to go on the DL, and is in his 30’s. He has more indications of a breakdown than a breakout. There is a decent chance we could have seen Strasburg’s best season. Or not. No one knows for sure.
Strasburg’s fastball velocity loss could hamper his performance, but it seems like owners are valuing him on his upside or don’t understand the possible downside. If the season ended today, he’d be one of the most debated players this offseason and I’ll probably not own him in any leagues. | 2024-06-24T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/8324 |
Contents
Previous work: Bacterial Photography
In the dark, OmpR is phosphorylated, LacZ is expressed, and a sugar (S-Gal) in the medium is cleaved to leave a black chemical deposit. This signal transduction cascade is repressed in the presence of red light
Chucky D. Bacterial photo: Aaron Chevalier
For the 2004 Synthetic Biology Competition, our joint UT-Austin/UCSF team designed a genetically encoded edge detection device. In our system, a community of genetically identical E.coli would function as a massively parallel computer capable of calculating the light/dark boundary of an arbitrary two-dimensional image.
An obvious hurdle in the implementation of this system was genetically encoding light detection in the naturally blind organism, E.coli. To accomplish this, we used a synthetic part engineered in the Voigt lab. This part, Cph8, (I15010) is an engineered fusion between a cyanobacterial light sensing phytochrome (Cph1) and an E.coli transmembrane histidine kinase, (EnvZ). 660nm light causes an isomerization in the Cph1 domain of the chimera which inactivates the histidine kinase acitity of EnvZ. When EnvZ kinase activity is inhibited, a cascade which activates transcription from the OmpC promoter R0082) is also inhibited, while transcription from the OmpF promoter (R0084) is activated.
We then demonstrated that when this system is expressed in E.coli, it is possible to transform each cell on an agar surface into a decision making pixel capable of reporting whether it is in the light or dark. The community of cells is therefore capable of genetically reproducing a light image.
This year, we have added to our previous work with Cph8 by further characterizing its response under varying conditions, including the effect of osmolarity and different cell strains. Further, it has been known that the chromophore responds in opposite ways to light around 660 versus 735nm. Previously, light around 660nm was used to repress signal transduction. We now show that light around 735nm can be used to further activate signal transduction. If both lights are used simultaneously, an increase in contrast can be achieved. We have also characterized the one-plasmid biobrick vector containing the genes for both Cph8 and the biosynthesis of the chromophore.
Current work: Edge detector
Bacterial Photography was the first step in engineering the edge detector. We have now "black boxed" the light-system and used it as an input for the of the edge detection circuitry (I15022). The schematic and operation of the edge detector are shown in the figures below. Please attend our iGEM2006 talk to see the results of our efforts!...
Edge Detector Circuit and logic. (Left) The light sensing machinery from above has been black-boxed and the edge detection circuitry has been added downstream. Red light represses the expression of 2 genes; a biosynthetic gene for a membrane diffusible quorum sensing activator (AHL), and a dominant transcriptional repressor (cI). (Right) The output of the circuit (Z;Beta-galactosidase) is ON only in the presence of X (AHL) and the absence of Y (cI). This can only occur at the light/dark boundary.
(Top) Micro-scale edge detection. (Bottom) Macro-scale edge detection. An image is projected onto an agar plate of E.coli expressing the circuitry shown to the left. Cells residing in dark areas express AHL but are dominantly repressed by CI. Illuminated cells express neither AHL nor cI. If they neighbor a dark area, they will be activated by locally diffusing AHL. In this way, only cells at the light dark boundary express a reporter, and the edge is detected.
Current Work: Photofabrication
We have also developed methodologies that combine mask-directed lithography with multiphoton photo-crosslinking (MPP) to fabricate microstructures composed of cross-linked proteins with which living cells can directly interact. This approach allows for the rapid prototyping of complex micro-containers with feature sizes as small a 200 microns.
Three dimensional structures can be built and used to trap and incubate small populations of cells, down to a single bacterium. Further, architectures can be proscribed to exploit cell motility and generate controlled, hydrodynamic microenvironments – a crucial step towards bio-powered pumps and mixers for microscale applications. These structures also have potential to be combined with engineered bacteria to control localized behavior of small bacterial populations or individuals.
Please attend our iGEM2006 talk to see MUCH more...
Future Work: Light Controlled Chemotaxis
We would like to interface cellular motility with light detection. These bacteria could then be added to microstructures where bacteria power liquid flow through the structure in a light dependent manner. To accomplish this, we are currently cloning the CheR gene under the light-responsive OmpC promoter. Over expression of CheR results in methylation of the chemotaxis receptor which inhibits response to chemoattractants. | 2024-04-24T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/6390 |
Auto Air Cosmic Sparkle Colors create a refined, star-like shimmer effect. Semi-translucent, with a semi-gloss finish. Best used over Auto Air Base Coat Sealer Dark, or Deep Black graphic colors. May be thinned with Auto Air Reducer. | 2023-11-13T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/1192 |
Q:
$\Bbb{Z}/10\Bbb{Z}$ isomorphic to $\Bbb{Z}[i]/\langle 1+3i\rangle$.
I need to prove that
$\Bbb{Z}/10\Bbb{Z}$ is isomorphic to $\Bbb{Z}[i]/\langle 1+3i\rangle$.
I know I can use the third isomorphism, but I would like to use the first one. I consider a homomorphism $\Bbb{Z}$ to $\Bbb{Z}[i]/(1+3i)$ :
$$\phi : \Bbb{Z}\rightarrow \Bbb{Z}[i]/\langle 1+3i\rangle,\quad x\mapsto \overline{x}.$$ The kernel is a subgroup of $\Bbb{Z}$, so it looks like $p\Bbb{Z}$ for a unique $p>0$.
Plus $\overline{x}$ means (here) that it's equal to $(a+ib)+\langle 1+3i\rangle =(a+ib)+(1+3i)(a+ib)$, isn't it ? I am not sure, I used the fact that $\Bbb{Z}[i]$ is euclidean so principal and then all ideal are is that form. On the other hand $\Bbb{Z}\cap\langle 1+3i\rangle=10\Bbb{Z}$.
So the question is how can I write, correctly, the morphism $\phi$ ?
A:
As you said, we define a homomorphism $\phi:\mathbb{Z}\to\mathbb{Z}[i]/\langle 1+3i\rangle$ by
$$\phi(n)=n+\langle 1+3i\rangle$$
Then obviously $\phi(n)=0 \iff n\in\langle 1+3i\rangle$, but for any integer $n$, we have
$$n\in\langle a+bi\rangle\iff n\in\langle a-bi\rangle$$
because $n=\overline{n}$. Moreover, if $n\in\langle \alpha\rangle$ and $n\in\langle \beta\rangle$ for any two $\alpha,\beta\in\mathbb{Z}[i]$, then $n\in\langle \mathrm{lcm}(\alpha,\beta)\rangle$, which is true (and makes sense) because $\mathbb{Z}[i]$ is a PID. Thus
$$\begin{align*}
\phi(n)=0 &\iff n\in\langle 1+3i\rangle\;\text{ and }\;n\in\langle 1-3i\rangle\\
&\iff n\in\langle (1+3i)(1-3i)\rangle=\langle 10\rangle
\end{align*}$$
Therefore, the kernel of $\phi$ is the ideal $10\mathbb{Z}\subset\mathbb{Z}$.
Check that $\phi$ is surjective because $\phi(1)=1+\langle 1+3i\rangle$ and $$\begin{align*}
\phi(3)&=3+\langle 1+3i\rangle\\
&=3+i(1+3i)+\langle 1+3i\rangle\\
&=i+\langle 1+3i\rangle
\end{align*}$$
so that $\phi(a+3b)=a+bi+\langle 1+3i\rangle$ for any $a,b\in\mathbb{Z}$.
By the first isomorphism theorem, we get an induced isomorphism $\widetilde{\phi}:\mathbb{Z}/10\mathbb{Z}\to\mathbb{Z}[i]/\langle 1+3i\rangle$.
| 2024-02-01T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/2743 |
Photoperiodically-induced changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis sensitivity in captive house sparrows (Passer domesticus).
We used captive house sparrows (Passer domesticus) to identify regulatory mechanisms underlying seasonal (mimicked by changes in photoperiod) and diel differences in corticosterone output. Corticosterone responses were measured during three simulated seasons: short-day and long-day photoperiods and while birds underwent a pre-basic molt. Under all three conditions we tested for adrenal sensitivity by injecting exogenous ACTH, for pituitary sensitivity by injecting corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and arginine vasotocin (AVT), and for diel changes by repeating the injections during the day and at night. The daytime adrenal sensitivities were greatest on long days, lower on short days, and lowest during molt. These data suggest that reductions in either adrenal sensitivity to ACTH and/or capacity to secrete corticosterone could explain lowered endogenous corticosterone titers during molt. Furthermore, adrenal sensitivity to ACTH and pituitary sensitivity to AVT appeared to be greatest at night. This suggests that both the adrenal's sensitivity to the ACTH signal and the pituitary's capacity to secrete ACTH might provide a mechanism allowing for diel changes in corticosterone titers. This differs substantially from what is known about diel regulation in rodents. Taken together, these data provide further evidence that there are complex regulatory mechanisms controlling diel and seasonal changes in corticosterone titers in birds. | 2024-02-19T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/5504 |
var makerjs = require('makerjs');
var Heart = require('makerjs-heart');
function HeartStack(r, a, count) {
var heart = new Heart(r, a);
var measure = makerjs.measure.modelExtents(heart);
heart.origin = [5 - measure.low[0], 0];
makerjs.model.originate(heart);
var height = measure.high[1] - measure.low[1];
var sprue = new makerjs.models.Rectangle(6, 1);
makerjs.model.combine(heart, sprue);
var sprueHeart = {
models: {
heart: heart,
sprue: sprue
}
};
function Column() {
this.models = {};
for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
var clone = makerjs.cloneObject(sprueHeart);
clone.origin = [0, i * height];
this.models['h' + i] = clone;
}
makerjs.model.originate(this);
}
var column = new Column();
var column2 = makerjs.model.mirror(column, true, false);
var mainSprue = new makerjs.models.Rectangle(2, height * (count - 1) + 1);
mainSprue.origin = [-1, 0];
makerjs.model.originate(mainSprue);
makerjs.model.combine(column, mainSprue);
this.models = {
main: mainSprue,
column1: column
};
makerjs.model.combine(this, column2);
this.models.column2 = column2;
}
HeartStack.metaParameters = [
{ title: "radius", type: "range", min: .01, max: 100, value: 10 },
{ title: "angle", type: "range", min: 60, max: 120, value: 90 },
{ title: "count", type: "range", min: 1, max: 20, value: 5 }
];
module.exports = HeartStack;
| 2024-03-13T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/8095 |
// This is an open source non-commercial project. Dear PVS-Studio, please check it.
// PVS-Studio Static Code Analyzer for C, C++, C#, and Java: http://www.viva64.com
#include "StdAfx.h"
#include "hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand_1.h"
#include <Common/Serialize/hkSerialize.h>
#include <Common/Serialize/Util/hkSerializeUtil.h>
#include <Common/Serialize/Version/hkVersionPatchManager.h>
#include <Common/Serialize/Data/Dict/hkDataObjectDict.h>
#include <Common/Serialize/Data/Native/hkDataObjectNative.h>
#include <Common/Serialize/Data/Util/hkDataObjectUtil.h>
#include <Common/Base/Reflection/Registry/hkDynamicClassNameRegistry.h>
#include <Common/Base/Reflection/Registry/hkVtableClassRegistry.h>
#include <Common/Base/Reflection/hkClass.h>
#include <Common/Base/Reflection/hkInternalClassMember.h>
#include <Common/Serialize/Util/hkSerializationCheckingUtils.h>
#include <Common/Serialize/Util/hkVersionCheckingUtils.h>
static const hkInternalClassMember hkbHandIkDriverInfoHandClass_Members[] =
{
{ "elbowAxisLS",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_VECTOR4,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_elbowAxisLS) /*0*/,HK_NULL},
{ "backHandNormalLS",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_VECTOR4,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_backHandNormalLS) /*16*/,HK_NULL},
{ "handOffsetLS",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_VECTOR4,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_handOffsetLS) /*32*/,HK_NULL},
{ "handOrienationOffsetLS",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_QUATERNION,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_handOrienationOffsetLS) /*48*/,HK_NULL},
{ "maxElbowAngleDegrees",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_REAL,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_maxElbowAngleDegrees) /*64*/,HK_NULL},
{ "minElbowAngleDegrees",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_REAL,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_minElbowAngleDegrees) /*68*/,HK_NULL},
{ "shoulderIndex",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_INT16,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_shoulderIndex) /*72*/,HK_NULL},
{ "shoulderSiblingIndex",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_INT16,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_shoulderSiblingIndex) /*74*/,HK_NULL},
{ "elbowIndex",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_INT16,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_elbowIndex) /*76*/,HK_NULL},
{ "elbowSiblingIndex",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_INT16,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_elbowSiblingIndex) /*78*/,HK_NULL},
{ "wristIndex",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_INT16,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_wristIndex) /*80*/,HK_NULL},
{ "enforceEndPosition",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_BOOL,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_enforceEndPosition) /*82*/,HK_NULL},
{ "enforceEndRotation",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_BOOL,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_enforceEndRotation) /*83*/,HK_NULL},
{ "localFrameName",HK_NULL,HK_NULL,hkClassMember::TYPE_STRINGPTR,hkClassMember::TYPE_VOID,0,hkClassMember::FLAGS_NONE,HK_OFFSET_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand,m_localFrameName) /*84*/,HK_NULL},
};
// Signature: 14dfe1dd
extern const hkClass hkbHandIkDriverInfoHandClass;
const hkClass hkbHandIkDriverInfoHandClass(
"hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand",
HK_NULL, // parent
sizeof(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand),
HK_NULL, 0, // interfaces
HK_NULL, 0, // enums
reinterpret_cast<const hkClassMember*>(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHandClass_Members), HK_COUNT_OF(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHandClass_Members),
HK_NULL, // defaults
HK_NULL, // attributes
0, // flags
1 // version
);
HK_REFLECTION_DEFINE_SIMPLE(hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand, hkbHandIkDriverInfoHand);
| 2023-11-09T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/6913 |
60 F.3d 812
Troyv.Allen
NO. 94-2730
United States Court of Appeals,Second Circuit.
June 26, 1995
Appeal From: N.D.N.Y. 91-cv-435
1
AFFIRMED.
| 2023-09-30T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/3285 |
Q:
Cannot save canvas with draggable object
I'm trying to save my HTML canvas to file which I can successfully do, but it's not saving any objects I've dragged into the canvas.
So, by using the Draggable JQuery I can happily move my object around screen and place it ontop of my canvas. When I save the canvas using the Canvas.ToDataURL() it does not save my dragged objects (and also does something strange to my canvas in the jsFiddle, it appears to change the colour of my canvas?).
To see a "working" example, please visit my jsFiddle http://jsfiddle.net/JVSFS/74/
Please simply drag the green box over the blue box and click the save button. The result will be shown underneath (just an orange box).
HTML
<canvas id="MyCanvas" class="canvas"></canvas>
<div class="popup_click">
<div id="popup_title">Drag</div>
</div>
<asp:HiddenField ID="hideMe" runat="server" />
<asp:Button runat="server" OnClick="ClickMe" Text="Click" OnClientClick="SaveMe()" />
<button onclick="SaveMe()">Try it</button>
<p>Results: </p>
<img id="myImage" />
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function () {
$('.popup_click').show(0).draggable();
});
function SaveMe() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("MyCanvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
context.fillStyle = "orange";
context.fillRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
var image = canvas.toDataURL("image/png");
document.getElementById("myImage").src = image;
document.getElementById("hideMe").value = image;
}
CSS
.popup_click {
background: #80FF80;
width: 50px; }
.canvas {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: #0FC;
}
How can I get the dragged object to save? I assume I have to tell the Canvas that the object is part of it's context but no idea how and my own searches came up with nothing.
A:
From https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Canvas/Drawing_DOM_objects_into_a_canvas
You can't just draw HTML into a canvas. Instead, you need to use an SVG image containing the content you want to render. To draw HTML content, you'd use a element containing the HTML, then draw that SVG image into your canvas.
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
var data = "<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='200' height='200'>" +
"<foreignObject width='100%' height='100%'>" +
"<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' style='font-size:40px'>" +
"<em>I</em> like <span style='color:white; text-shadow:0 0 2px blue;'>cheese</span>" +
"</div>" +
"</foreignObject>" +
"</svg>";
var DOMURL = self.URL || self.webkitURL || self;
var img = new Image();
var svg = new Blob([data], {type: "image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8"});
var url = DOMURL.createObjectURL(svg);
img.onload = function() {
ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
DOMURL.revokeObjectURL(url);
};
img.src = url;
| 2024-05-17T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/3225 |
Low-tech Covid test costs $1 w results in 1 hour - blacksqr
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.30.20143255v1
======
slumos
Did I misread something or is this just a well known existing protocol
combined with yet another DIY centrifuge?
It seems to me that the cheap spinny thing part of this is long solved
(Paperfuge). What we need is to make the chemistry reliably foolproof. This
fool (me) doesn’t even recognize all of the units they use in the paper.
------
chrispeel
Explanation for why a cheap COVID-19 test is useful:
[https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-640/](https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-640/)
------
devenblake
Direct link to the PDF:
[https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.30.20143255v...](https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.30.20143255v1.full.pdf)
| 2024-02-01T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/8391 |
The effect of plasmapheresis on plasma cholinesterase levels in a patient with organophosphate poisoning.
To describe the role of plasmapheresis in management of organophosphate poisonings. Case report. A medical intensive care unit of a medical faculty. A patient with organophosphate poisoning whose cholinesterase levels continuously decline and then increase up to a normal level after plasmapheresis is performed for his sepsis. Plasmapheresis with fresh frozen plasma. Baseline plasma cholinesterase (ChE) level was 4001 IU/L (normal values: 4000-10000 IU/L). Aspiration pneumonia was developed on day 3, and sepsis occurred on day 5. During this period, ChE levels gradually decreased. On day 5, plasmapheresis was performed for sepsis. Interestingly, plasma ChE levels increased from 2101 IU/L to 6144 IU/L after plasmapheresis. Atropine and pralidoxime were stopped, and a high level of ChE continued during hospitalization. The patient was successfully weaned from mechanical ventilation 3 days after plasmapheresis. Plasma exchange therapy may be considered for patients with organophosphate poisoning unresponsive to atropine and pralidoxime. | 2023-08-30T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/3073 |
Q:
How can I get the width of ExpandableListView's group indicator drawable on Android?
If I use the default group indicator (not setting a new one), how can I know the padding width for the layout of groupview?
So can let my layout won't overlap with the group indicator.
Is that possible? Because I can't find a method to getGroupIndicator.
Or I must have to set a new one that I know its size.
A:
I found the attribute here:
android:paddingLeft="?android:attr/expandableListPreferredItemPaddingLeft"
| 2023-09-13T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/7118 |
Q:
How do i convert a class (which is derived from a generic "base" class) to that generic "base" class
I created a base class ("Element") and a base list class ("Elements") as generic class.
The generic list class should only be able to contain classes, which are of Type "Element" of derived from "Element".
The "Element" class should own a "ParentRoot" property, which should contain the base list class ("Elements")!
public class Element
{
public Elements<Element> ParentRoot { get; set; }
}
public class Elements<T> : List<T> where T : Element
{
}
Now i create two classes and two list classes which are derived form the classes above. But i'm failing on setting the "ParentRoot" property:
public class Ceiling : Element
{
public Ceiling(Ceilings parent)
{
Parent = parent;
ParentRoot = parent;
}
public Ceilings Parent { get; set; }
}
public class Ceilings : Elements<Ceiling>
{
}
public class Wall : Element
{
public Wall(Walls parent)
{
Parent = parent;
ParentRoot = parent;
}
public Walls Parent { get; set; }
}
public class Walls : Elements<Wall>
{
}
I get two errors at:
ParentRoot = parent;
Cannot implicitly convert type "Ceilings" to "Elements"
Cannot implicitly convert type "Walls" to "Elements"
Is there a solution for this problem?
Thanks for any help!
EDIT:
OK, i have to be a bit more specific.
I expanded the code a bit:
public class Room
{
public Room(Rooms parent)
{
Parent = parent;
}
public Rooms Parent { get; set; }
}
public class Rooms : List<Room>
{
}
public class Element
{
public Elements<Element> ParentRoot { get; set; }
public Rooms FindRoomsToElement()
{
Rooms rooms = new Rooms();
foreach (Room room in ParentRoot.Parent.Parent)
{
// Do stuff here
// if i rename the "ParentRoot" property to "Parent" and make it "virtual",
// and the other properties overwrite it with the "new" key, then this will
// get a null exception!
// i haven't testet it, but i think abstrakt will bring the same/similar result
// if i make the "ParentRoot" property IEnumerable, then there will no
// ParentRoot.Parent be available
}
return rooms;
}
}
public class Elements<T> : List<T> where T : Element
{
public Elements(Room parent)
{
Parent = parent;
}
public Room Parent { get; set; }
}
public class Ceiling : Element
{
public Ceiling(Ceilings parent)
{
Parent = parent;
//ParentRoot = parent;
}
public Ceilings Parent { get; set; }
}
public class Ceilings : Elements<Ceiling>
{
public Ceilings(Room parent) : base(parent)
{
}
}
public class Wall : Element
{
public Wall(Walls parent)
{
Parent = parent;
//ParentRoot = parent;
}
public Walls Parent { get; set; }
}
public class Walls : Elements<Wall>
{
public Walls(Room parent) : base(parent)
{
}
}
I hope this makes it more precise.
A:
You aren't allowed to do this because if you could, you could put the wrong kind of elements into a List.
Elements<Ceilings> ceilings = someCeilings;
Elements<Element> parentRoot = ceilings; // Not allowed; imagine it is though.
Wall wall = someWall;
parentRoot.Add(wall); // Oops - we just added a wall to someCeilings!
If you can just treat the walls and/or ceilings as a sequence, you can do use IEnumerable<Element> instead (which works because IEnumerable<T> is "covariant"):
IEnumerable<Element> parentRoot = ceilings; // OK
This is OK because IEnumerable<Element> has no way to modify the original collection.
A:
The problem is that, given a Generic<T> and a Child : Base, the type Generic<Base> is not a base of Generic<Child>. Generics are not base classes for their concrete implementations - they are templates out of which concrete implementations can be created and, in turn, the concrete implementations don't have a hierarchical relationship with each other. Consider the following snippet to understand why this is so:
var bananas = List<Banana>();
var fruits = (List<Fruit>)bananas; // If this was valid
fruits.Add(new Orange()); // Then this would be valid
// So we'd have an Orange to a list of runtime type List<Banana>
Therefore, your Elements<Element>, which is a case of the Generic<Base> I described above, cannot work as a base for the others. Your Ceilings and Walls are neither implicitly nor explicitly convertible to Elements<Element>.
A possible workaround would be to make ParentRoot a virtual or better yet an abstract property (if Element can be abstract) and override it in every subclass of Element to manually convert the Parent property to the Elements<Element> type.
For example, you could change your base and your generic like this:
public abstract class Element
{
public abstract Elements<Element> ParentRoot { get; }
}
public class Elements<T> : List<T> where T : Element
{
public Elements<T>() : base()
{
}
public Elements<T>(ICollection<T> collection) : base(collection)
{
}
}
Then, for every subclass, do the following:
public class Wall : Element
{
public Wall(Walls parent)
{
Parent = parent;
}
public Walls Parent { get; set; }
public override Elements<Element> ParentRoot
{
get
{
return new Elements<Element>(Parent);
}
}
}
Of course, modifications to the object returned by ParentRoot will not affect Parent. But this is okay semantically, because (as I described with the bananas and the oranges), you wouldn't want to accidentally add a Ceiling to a Walls just because it looks like an Elements<Element> at some point in the code.
| 2023-10-22T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/9489 |
Beer Review: Greene King Export Strength IPA
Welcome to my first beer review of 2008! And we begin with the final beer I had of 2007. Unlike the incredibly complicated Innis & Gunn before it, I was looking forward to something more straightforward. Something that wouldn’t need new words to be invented just to describe it. Well that’s exactly what Green King’s IPA turned out to be…
Have a look at the bottle. Apart from the big green label, it looks unremarkable.
Closer inspection of the label reveals this drink to have originated from Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk. Not a place I’ve yet visited, but the name evokes the mental image of the sort of English county town in which you would want to sip a bottle of fine ale. The label also has a year on it; 1799. That’s a good thing. Heritage is a strength with rustic old ale like this one.
The rear label goes on to tell the story of how IPA was conceived. And helpfully, what IPA stands for. It transpires that IPA stands for India Pale Ale. Unfortunately, we are not treated to an ale that was actually brewed in India. Rather, it was exported from England to India. It goes on the explain how in 1827, a cargo including this ale was shipwrecked, salvaged, auctioned and proved popular. Green King went on to recreate the IPA taste, producing what we have here: a 500ml bottle (that’s about three quarters of a pint) at 5% volume.
Poured into a glass, there’s a rather disappointing thin head. This could just be a characteristic of pale ales, I haven’t had enough to be sure. Exactly as it describes on the label, the aroma is hoppy and the taste is bitter.
And that sums up the drink. It is a straightforward bitter. I couldn’t discern any notable difference between this and any other bitter that I’ve tried. It’s a solid, drinkable bitter, a.k.a. a pale ale. But that for me is the problem. It’s impossible to compare it to the original IPA on which it is based. And it doesn’t seem do anything exceptional or unusual. If I visit Bury St. Edmunds or any other part of Suffolk, I’ll be happy to have a pint of this. But it’s hard to find a compelling reason to recommend it to a shopper with a supermarket shelf full of choices. This is one for the pale ale/bitter fanatics.
Rating: 2.5
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2 Responses to “Beer Review: Greene King Export Strength IPA”
Liked your review for the I.P.A. This is quite a strong I.P.A especially at 5%! try Yates’ I.P.A, which is a lot lighter. And if you visit the Cumbria area you must try ‘Kirkstile Gold’ which is a smooth, amber coloured lager with an almost tropical tinge to the flavour.
Morland Old Speckled Hen is out selling Greene King’s IPA it was announced by Greene King at the Abingdon Distribution depot last week.GK will not announce this in the press as it would not look good that a Brewery they tookover and closed in 1999 beer is selling better than there own flagship ale IPA.Even though this is good news for shareholders and GK,it dont look good at there own brands.Old Speckled Hen out sell’s Newcastle Brown Ale too.
A.J.G | 2023-10-15T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/2362 |
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CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER logon_from_linux
AFTER
ON
REFERENCING NEW AS NEW OLD AS OLD
declare
W_NAME varchar2(20);
W_IP varchar2(20);
begin
select Sys_Context('USERENV','SESSION_USER') into W_NAME from dual;
select Sys_Context('USERENV','IP_ADDRESS') into W_IP from dual;
if W_NAME != 'LARRY' and W_IP = '567.79.117.6' then
insert into LINUX_LOGIN values(W_NAME,W_IP,sysdate);
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20111, 'Sorry, you are not allowed here!');
end if;
end;
/ | 2024-05-10T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/7250 |
I’ve been wanting to do this post for awhile actually.
Again, since I’ve introduced you guys to the ReVamp cosplay studio-thingy, I would just like to show to you guys one of their best ever cosplays. This cosplay is none other than the sexy Saeko Busujim from Highschool of the Dead.
Being such a sexy character, we would need an equally stunning cosplayer. Enter Akatsuki Tsukasa. She’s a famed cosplayer from Taiwan and has done several cosplays of various bishoujos from other shows such as One Piece and Tenjou Tenge. In the coming months, I’ll be regularly posting updates from her Facebook (that’s right people, I’m her friend ^^) and I hope I’ll be giving you guys the scoop and a “first-look” at some of the best cosplays you’ll ever see.
As usual, credits and thanks to the ReVamp studio and in particular, Russell Yei.
Also, thanks to my awesome friend, Akatsuki Tsukasa.
So without further ado, dozo: | 2024-02-22T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/1826 |
Let common sense and truth guide you in life.
The benefits of releasing your inner child.
At the beginning of the year, I found a passion in adult coloring. I admit there are people who laugh at me when they see me coloring or when I tell them I color. Those people simply can’t fathom a childish hobby having any adult health benefits. I color to reduce stress, which actually works. Coloring also has some other side benefits I never imagined.
Some people think that coloring would actually be stressful. You have to make sure to color inside the lines, pick the correct color, and the picture is finished perfectly.
If I was making a sign to show in public or attempting to impress Picasso, those things would cause me considerable stress. When I’m coloring in my personal coloring book, I have no deadline. I don’t want to impress anyone and I don’t have to adhere to specific coloring guidelines. In this activity, I’m the boss. Who cares if I make a mistake or use an unconventional color?
Sure, there are few people in the world wired like me. My brain goes 100 MPH thinking of at least three different things at the same time (six at most)and I have a penchant for reading a good book while watching TV simultaneously.
I can read your mind, dear reader. You’re thinking that such things are impossible. One person’s impossible is another woman’s daily life.
As you can imagine, meditation is impossible. I’ve tried it and all I showed for it was frustration. In a surprising twist, the act of coloring can cause a meditative state. It helps clear the mind. Being an active person, I should have known my type of meditation would require me being involved in an activity.
Coloring can also help people who suffer from anxiety.
Just like meditation, coloring also allows us to switch off our brains from other thoughts and focus only on the moment, helping to alleviate free-floating anxiety. It can be particularly effective for people who aren’t comfortable with more creatively expressive forms of art, says Berberian, “My experience has been that those participants who are more guarded find a lot of tranquility in coloring an image. It feels safer and it creates containment around their process,” she adds.
For Ledger and others, coloring books offer a real elixir, a way of getting past hurdles — mental, physical or both — that can’t be replicated by more-traditional approaches.
Joanne Schwandes, a 67-year-old Silver Spring resident, says that coloring books have boosted her confidence in fine motor skills weakened by a tremor in her arm. A Virginia mother says that coloring has helped her stay calm in the face of her son’s violent behavior. On one Facebook coloring group, members share their creations along with their stories of healing — using coloring as a tool against self-harming or as a way to manage the effects of physical illness or fend off depression and other difficulties.
Adult coloring books are considered a fad just like the many different diets that come and go. People roll their eyes and say it’ll never work when they’re really secretly trying it out in the privacy of their home.
Fads, or bandwagons, generally have negative connotations, an implication that a person should be ashamed to try the fad. When it comes to adult coloring books, the first reaction I get from most people is Coloring is for kids. Young Adult books are considered for teenagers, but I see a number of adults unabashedly reading them (including me). What’s their point other than their rigid need to label activities and limit their imaginations?
So coloring books are not for everyone. Good thing there are other childish pastimes that are mentally beneficial for adults. Happy playing! | 2024-06-04T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/3384 |
A conventional in-vehicle information device mounted on a train displays information related to driving of vehicles as typified by a destination guidance, in timings according to driving states and also displays various types of information such as news received through frequency-modulation (FM) multiplex broadcasting to passengers, thereby improving services for the passengers (see, for example, Patent Literature 1 mentioned below).
There is another conventional in-vehicle information system that sequentially notifies passengers of driving information of vehicles using a display unit as typified by a liquid crystal monitor and also includes a separate display unit that notifies the passengers of general information such as various commercials (CM) and news, thereby notifying the passengers of more information (see, for example, Patent Literature 2 mentioned below).
These conventional techniques enable to unidirectionally notify the passengers of various types of guidance information such as driving information, route guidance, transfer guidance, and guidance of facilities at the next stop by collecting various types of information such as a traveling speed, a traveling location, a time, a distance between stations, a time required to travel between stations, and an open/close state of doors and displaying fixed phrases or fixed graphics prepared in advance in timings according to vehicle driving states. These conventional techniques also enable to notify the passengers of a variety of information by displaying general information such as commercials (CM) and news on the same display unit in a superimposed manner or on a display unit separately provided.
Particularly, the technique described in Patent Literature 2 includes a display unit as typified by a liquid crystal monitor having a screen vertically divided into two, and has a function, for example, to display text characters indicating the next stop as “Next stop is XX Station” (a current station next station display function) or to display train destination information, a car number, and a current time on a first divided portion. The technique described in Patent Literature 2 also displays still images of fixed phrases or fixed graphics prepared in advance on a second divided portion in timings according to vehicle driving states while sequentially switching the images. Information to be displayed on the second divided portion includes information of route guidance, transfer guidance, facility guidance, manner notice (mobile phones, priority seats), terror alert notice, door opening side guidance, driving information, sudden stop notice, notice at the time of door opening/closing, women-only car guidance, and the like, and FIG. 10 in Patent Literature 2 depicts a display example of facility guidance and transfer guidance displayed immediately before the next stop.
These conventional techniques have a fundamental operation to unidirectionally notify passengers of various types of guidance information on the vehicle in predetermined driving timings and accordingly the various types of guidance information are notified the passengers within the rail vehicle while being switched at a unit time interval. | 2023-11-11T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/8321 |
Black-men-widows-peak-haircut, i have now learned that the name comes from a belief that it was an omen of early widowhood thanks to its similarity to the peak of a widow's hood - worn as indication of mourning since the 16th. And while a lot happens in marvel's cinematic finale including a captain marvel haircut the fate of that rumored black widow prequel is as elusive as the ending of avengers: endgame spying on, there is one basic question one must ask himself when trying to decide on the best haircut for widow's peak that is the question of whether one wishes to accentuate this feature or try to cover it up.
We're trying to make heads or tails of the changing hairstyles of black widow first trailer makes it appear as though ant man's return presages the start of the unspoken plan "this" that black, "seeing him play nick fury in captain marvel [his wig] still looks like a peak " she tells mtv news your hair says more about you than your voice " black men's hairstyles can also mark. Last week when men in black their peak form messy perfection then you will not be disappointed by this movie if you want to watch tessa thompson do all those things while needlessly flirting, it's dramatically shorter and evoking memories of the black widow's hairstyle of the 1980's it's surprising the production would go in this direction considering the positive fan feedback of.
It will be up to the original team of avengers to make that happen as iron man captain america black widow thor hulk and a returning hawkeye are leading the charge they'll get some help from, he reached the peak of human physicality endgame stars robert downey jr as iron man chris evans as captain america.
In an interview with the hollywood reporter the actress weighed in on natasha romanoff's death which she knew about prior to filming 2018's "infinity war ", and colin farrell on the men's front perhaps you have this genetic trait too here some tips and techniques for making it work let it be: your widow's peak makes you uniquely you so why hide it. And while a lot happens in marvel's cinematic finale including a captain marvel haircut what's obvious from the beginning is that black widow otherwise known as beauty changes for both movie | 2024-05-02T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/5867 |
Q:
Insert tag using javascript replace
Is it possible to use javascripts replace function to insert a span tag to an html page?
I've seen examples of scripts that can change a word in an html file using something along the lines of:
var elements = document.getElementsByTagName('*');
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
var element = elements[i];
for (var j = 0; j < element.childNodes.length; j++) {
var node = element.childNodes[j];
if (node.nodeType === 3) {
var text = node.nodeValue;
var replacedText = text.replace(/originalword/gi, 'Different Words');
if (replacedText !== text) {
element.replaceChild(document.createTextNode(replacedText), node);
}
}
}
}
However, when I try to add a span tag and change the font color of the original or new word it just shows up with the span tag as text.
var elements = document.getElementsByTagName('*');
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
var element = elements[i];
for (var j = 0; j < element.childNodes.length; j++) {
var node = element.childNodes[j];
if (node.nodeType === 3) {
var text = node.nodeValue;
var replacedText = text.replace(/originalword/gi, '<span style="color:blue;"> originalword </span>');
if (replacedText !== text) {
element.replaceChild(document.createTextNode(replacedText), node);
}
}
}
}
Is it not possible to insert the span tag like this? Or am I just doing something wrong?
A:
createTextNode: Creates a new Text node. This method can be used to escape HTML characters that's the reason your span is visible in the HTML rather doing the job as HTML.
Instead you can replace the text by using innerHTML as shown below.
var elements = document.getElementsByTagName('div');
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
var element = elements[i];
for (var j = 0; j < element.childNodes.length; j++) {
var node = element.childNodes[j];
if (node.nodeType === 3) {
var text = node.nodeValue;
var replacedText = text.replace(/originalword/gi, '<span style="color:blue;"> originalword </span>');
if (replacedText !== text) {
element.innerHTML = replacedText;
}
}
}
}
<div>This is an example text which is used to check the replace functionality of JS. It will replace originalword with span tag.</div>
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The epidemiology of oral and pharynx cancer in Brazil.
A study was carried out on the occurrence of oral and pharynx cancer among populations living in five Brazilian geographic regions, by using incidence and mortality rates and trends. Information on survival was also analyzed. Complementary information regarding prevalence of the disease risk factors has been supplied in the attempt to establish some etiological connections with the incidence and mortality observed. Two clear patterns for the occurrence of oral and pharyngeal cancer have been detected: a pattern for the north (including the northern, northeastern and midwestern regions, which are the poorest ones) and a pattern for the south (including the southern and southeastern regions). The southern pattern revealed incidence rates higher than 15 per 100,000 among males, and the northern pattern displayed lower rate levels. Similarly, mortality rates in the south were higher than three per 100,000 and the northern pattern was characterized by lower rates. Other cancers linked to tobacco smoking, such as esophagus, larynx, lung and bladder cancer kept the same pattern of incidence and mortality rates related to oral and pharyngeal cancer in males per region. Information on survival of patients with oral and pharyngeal cancer was very restricted in Brazil, thus hindering the survival analysis per region, but the studies conducted allowed to conclude that the majority of diagnoses were conducted in advanced stages of the disease and implied the low 5-year survival rate observed in Brazil. Tongue tumors displayed the worst survival rates. The southern region shares specific risk factors involved in the oral and pharyngeal cancer present in the Argentinean and Uruguayan populations, namely heavy tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption, as well as high intake of charcoal-grilled red meat and mate. In addition to these risks, part of the oral and pharyngeal cancer registered in Brazil might be linked to a few factors present among people with low life standards, including poor oral hygiene and nutrition. | 2024-07-23T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/8611 |
The Permit Whisperer
Justin Rea has a love/hate relationship with a fish that doesn't play fair on the fly
When Justin Rea first moved from Idaho to the Florida Keys to guide, swapping his drift boat and oars for a pole and skiff, he expected to meet a few veteran captains who might mentor him for a year or two while he learned the trade in the Conch Republic. Instead, he found a lip-locked fishing network that welcomed him much the way a pistol-wielding Nicholas Dance did Thomas Skelton in Tom McGuane’s Keys novel, Ninety-Two in the Shade: “I just wanted you to see what I would blow your head off with if you ever tried to guide out of any dock west of Marathon.”
On the Snake River’s South Fork in Idaho, Rea had been tutored by Henry’s Fork legend Mike Lawson, but he quickly realized that no charter captain from Key Largo to Duval Street was going to help him learn the flats. So he started living on the water, literally, spending roughly 70 hours a week on the poling platform, leading a solitary life until he established an almost familial relationship with the permit.
Rob O'Neal
How Rea so readily took up with a species of fish that routinely refuses to play fair with anglers suggests a kind of inevitability — he caught his first permit on a fly within weeks of his arrival. More than any guide in recent Keys history, Justin Rea can say that the elusive fish has responded to his overtures. Over the last decade, Rea has won the prestigious Del Brown Permit Tournament more times than any guide in the history of the tourney, leading Bahamian angler Greg Vincent to three wins: 2009, 2011 and 2013.
Evolving toward permit fishing
Although Rea says he has been permit fishing long enough “to have lost my anxiety about it — to have become familiar with the unfamiliar, to feel good about catching one every day we’re out there,” he allows that permit are as complex and miserly to him today as they were when he began fishing for them nearly 15 years ago.
When the narrator of Black Tailed Devils, a 2011 permit-fishing film by 406 Productions, asks Rea, “What is the first thing that comes to mind when I say ‘permit on the fly,’ ” the captain answers, “Love/hate. I love ’em, and I f---ing hate ’em.”
In the next scenes, other anglers respond similarly, their profanities likewise bleeped out. “Sick and sadistic,” one guide says. “I hate the motherf---ers. Hate ’em.” “Put that camera down,” says a fisherman who has just blown a shot at a 25-pounder.
“Most difficult thing I’ve ever done in my life,” says one of Rea’s clients. “The best angler in the world can come down here and be stone cold for 10 days, five years. It’s a numbers game. You gotta put the time in. Time is everything, and it costs dough. Do-re-mi. A fisherman coming to catch a permit will happily walk into Key West and drop 10 grand in a week for one permit.”
Justin Rea's rise among permit guides
“Live crab,” responds a veteran guide with a bitter sense of finality, as if to say, “Forget catching one on a fly.”
The chief reason for Rea’s rise to the upper echelon of permit guides is his patience with the cheekiness of the species, a virtue passed down from his mother, Beryl Rea, also known as “The Trout Scout.” She guides for trout in the Sierras — her rookie year of guiding, like Justin’s, was 1993 — and says her son’s fascination with water and fish began when he was a baby and uttered his first word, “fuff” (fish).
“At 2 years old, he caught a fish on his own and wouldn’t give it up to anyone, so we let him sleep with it — at least part of the night,” she says. “We spent summers at my grandparents’ cabin on Mammoth Creek [where] Justin and his brother would disappear for the day, coming home only when they had their limit of trout.”
Rea credits his mother for teaching him diligence, but in this age of relying on the Internet to become an instant expert, he holds his cards close to his chest. “I’m not putting anything on Facebook,” he says. “If someone looks in my fly box at the dock, that’s grounds for fisticuffs.”
Rea demands a down-to-the-claw accuracy in the color of his crab flies, all of which are custom-tied. “I can’t tell you much about my current patterns, but I will say that I started modifying the original Merkin from day one so that the hook would ride properly.”
He developed and teaches his clients the “improved gooch” cast, a sidearm delivery that keeps a presented fly from air-bombing fish. He tracks across miles of water from flat to flat, hunting down permit with no thought of gas prices because “permit are not going to come find you the way a bonefish might,” he says.
Early on while fishing solo in the Keys, he developed a habit of self-questioning (maybe borderline schizophrenia) that continues to this day. “I’m constantly asking myself questions while up on the platform,” he says. “What are they feeding on this time of month? Crabs? Swimming crabs or blue crabs? Or are they eating sea urchins?
“It’s one thing to try your hardest to catch them, but it’s another thing also to register their reactions to your strategies when you’re not successful. Most people get so wrapped up in the mystique of the permit that they stop paying attention.”
Greg Vincent — Welsh-born owner of the Bahamian H2O Bonefishing lodge and three-time Del Brown champion angler — has fished with Rea for several years and finds his greatest strengths for finding fish to be his adaptability and overpowering physicality. “Against the wind, against the tide, he reads the water for what it is,” Vincent says. “He never slips off a potentially productive flat because it’s difficult to navigate. I’ve been on the boat with him when he’s broken two push poles, and that’s not bending them under the boat or catching them in the rocks. That physicality is a big part of his game. When the conditions require pure stealth — mill-pond calm — the boat’s never snapping. No noise from the pole.
“The thing with permit fishing is that it’s never the same,” says Vincent. “You need to adapt to certain situations. That’s first nature for Justin. He doesn’t settle [for comfortable mediocrity]. The first time we won the Del Brown we caught five fish, all on different flats.
From Marquesas to Florida Keys flats
“I remember our first day down in the Marquesas. I got so pissed off I threw all my toys [gear] out of the boat and just sat down. If I remember correctly, that day we had 19 legitimate shots [at permit] and no fish landed.” Rea never stopped working. “His intensity was infectious. Intense in a good way.”
Hard-working. Adaptable. Intense. All great guides exhibit those qualities, but Vincent says the great ones also must be able to draw on a big dollop of luck when they need it.
At one Del Brown tourney, another team caught four permit the first day to Rea and Vincent’s one, Vincent says. He and Rea stormed back the second day with five permit, taking the lead, but on the last day they lost the lead — though they didn’t know it.
“It was literally 2 o’clock on the last day. Lines out at 3:30. Slick calm,” Vincent says. “We figured we only needed one fish for the win on a day with such conditions, but we still needed one fish. Just after 2, Justin spotted a good fish at the edge of the flat. I made a serviceable cast, and we hooked up.”
The fish ran for the channel and buried itself under a big turtle that had surfaced for air. “For at least a minute, all I could see was the permit’s tail fin as the turtle fired off [exhaled]. The permit stayed super-glued to the bottom of the turtle.”
Instinctively, Vincent shoved the rod tip into the water to keep the line as horizontal as possible so the turtle’s shell wouldn’t cut the tippet. Luckily, the turtle didn’t veer as they chased it. “Finally, finally,” after 5 minutes, “I could start applying some pressure, and the permit cut right and the turtle cut left,” Vincent says. “A 15-pounder won it for us.”
In the ledger of great permit landed, this tournament-winner ranks high for Rea but not as high as a trophy fish he caught a few years ago with his mother’s help. Rea had gone out fishing with his mom in the boat. “I was doing a little recon and anchored the boat near a particular channel to see if permit were moving where I thought they would be,” he says. “So I wade out to the edge of this flat while my mom sits in the boat reading a book.”
He was just about ready to turn around after 10 minutes when he spots two big permit. He tosses the fly in front of them and hooks one, but it runs hard over the edge into the channel. Rea can’t stop it. “So I start hollering at my mom to slip the hook and come get me, but she can’t get the boat off anchor. After a few minutes, I decide to break the fish off. I’m reeling on it when it finally turns and starts coming for the boat. I high-step back to the boat and hand my mom the rod.”
In the next few minutes, Beryl fights the fish flawlessly, and Rea soon clasps his hand around the dark tail of a 24-pound “devil.” The sun slips for an instant behind a cloud, then reappears, shining on the yellow-silver disk of the fish’s body just long enough for Rea to snap the photo. It’s a shot of a mother who taught her son to fly-fish, and she’s holding a trophy fish he hooked — a permit that appears to be posing for a family picture.
Our wives told us: If you catch a king, kill it, and we’ll turn it into ceviche tonight. They said: We’ve got all the fixings at the house, then went downstream to fish for trout. Two beautiful women, late in the long Chilean afternoon, about to work up ample appetites. | 2023-09-22T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/8330 |
Introduction {#S1}
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The lifetime risk of a clinical cancer diagnosis in humans is around one in three, with more than 10 million cases diagnosed each year \[[@R1]\]. The oldest description of cancer dates back to Ancient Egypt around 1600 BC when a number of breast cancer patients were described to be surgically treated by cauterization. Since then, surgical resection and adjuvant therapy can cure well-confined primary tumors, however, metastatic disease is largely incurable because of its systemic nature and resistance to existing therapies. Currently, cancer is a leading cause of death globally, and more than 90% of mortality from cancer is attributable to metastasis, not the primary tumors from which these lesions arise. In the case of leukemias, once leukemic cells are less confined to the bone marrow or the thymus, and are found in the peripheral blood, the disease is already a systemic disease. Despite the significant investment in cancer research and clinical trials over several decades around the world and in the US, especially after enabling the National Cancer Act in 1971, only few targeted therapies in leukemias and some solid tumors deemed therapeutically effective in phase III trials, and most current advanced cancer therapies have marginal improvement in survival. A better understanding of tumor development and better classification of tumor types at the cellular and genetic levels might provide improved strategies to suppress progression of prenoplastic lesion towards the malignant and the metastatic state(s) and offer more specific targets for drug development that would lead to more effective and personalized cancer therapy.
It has been known that a large number of patients treated for cancer don't respond to therapy given to them. This indicates that every drug does not work similarly in every patient, given that every patient has a unique biology and unique tumor architectures. These variations should be reflected in their choice of therapy to improve efficacy and minimize side effects. Several molecular mechanisms have been implicated in the development of neoplastic lesions and therapy resistance, and novel targeted agents to treat these neoplasms after diagnosis and/or relapse have been developed. However, variable efficacy has been observed in late-stage clinical trials, most likely because of the lack of complete understanding of the tumor development process and the biological heterogeneity of these tumors. The key response to the long-term disappointments in the fight against cancer must be revolutionary and lies in implementation of personalized or precision medicine where cancer therapy is tailored to each patient's biology and tumor signatures to achieve the best medicinal outcome for that individual.
Precision cancer medicine traditionally involves determining the biological status of an individual tumor before therapy by assessing genetic signatures, hormone metabolism, and signaling activity, and then directing tailored treatment accordingly. The recent surge in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) of cancer genomes has supported the expansion of molecular cancer profiling to support precision cancer medicine. However, translation of these genetic and metabolic findings into clinically valuable genetic, epigenetic, proteomic, biochemical, metabolic and imaging biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis, and response to therapy is an extended intricate process that remains critical for the wide implementation of precision medicine in cancer therapy. The remaining central challenges for this approach include selection of optimal drug targets, evaluation of genetic profiles and genetic interactions, determining proper combinations of therapies, implementing clinical platforms in phase I studies, and resolving the organizational, commercial, regulatory, and societal challenges facing these precision cancer medicine approaches. To name a few, organizational challenges include structure and administration of personalized clinical trials, commercial concepts of personalized therapy such as pay for performance of multiple tailored treatments replacing blockbuster drugs, regulatory evaluation of outcome of personalized medicine, ethical considerations of genetic testing, and level of acceptance of cancer patients to the new paradigm of personalized medicine studies. Ultimately, a better understanding of the tumor and metastatic developmental process, and an optimum design of targeted tailored therapies are instrumental in the success of precision cancer medicine. Two concepts have recently gained a great deal of attention, and remain at the center stage of our understanding of tumor development for designing better-tailored therapies; these are tumor cell clonal evolution and tumor heterogeneity.
Tumor Cell Clonal Evolution {#S2}
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NGS for cancer samples is now widely accessible, increasingly affordable, and provides a transformative influence on cancer care with a particular insight into the complexity of the cancer genome \[[@R2]\]. With it, we came to realize the true meaning of the statement that cancer is a disease of the genome. Neoplasms in general represent abnormal outgrowth of tumor cells that gain selective advantages in cell growth, survival, and metabolism. Their sustained growth kinetics lead to the formation of dominant neoplastic clones that compete with, and override normal and preneoplastic cells for space, energy, and nutrient requirements utilizing their genetic and non-genetic drivers for selective advantage. Sequencing of genomes from tumor cells within these clones revealed that tumors have partially or fully transformed cells that harbor hundreds to thousands of genetic mutations, chromosomal alterations, and epigenetic aberrations. The majority of these mutations represents neutral (passenger) mutations, while the selection and propagation of dominant clones of tumor cells that ultimately lead to malignant transformation are both successively and may be independently sustained by multiple different combinations of driver mutations. The orchestrated and sustained signaling actions of these driver mutations during the process of clonal evolution provide, at each stage, a selection advantage, and allow dominant tumor cell clones to finally control various interactions with microenvirmental clues at the eminent stages of tumor development ([Figure 1](#F1){ref-type="fig"}) \[[@R3],[@R4]\]. Intrinsic changes in Tumor Initiating Cells (TICs) result partially from ineffective DNA repair mechanisms \[[@R5]\] and deregulated stem cell differentiation signals \[[@R6]\]. The repertoire of these intrinsic changes in preneoplastic TICs confers neoplastic features of uncontrolled proliferation, unlimited self-renewal, sustained angiogenesis, abnormal differentiation, and tissue invasion and metastasis making hallmarks of cancer \[[@R3]\]. These mutations act as drivers for transformation of cells primed with genetic and epigenetic changes to form preleukemic clones. The preleukemic clones proceed in evolution with additional mutations and clonal selection causing occult leukemias and solid tumors \[[@R7]--[@R9]\]. Sequencing studies revealed about 140 genes that when altered by intragenic mutations can act as driver mutations during tumorigenesis \[[@R10]\]. A typical tumor contains two to eight driver mutations, while the remaining are passenger mutations that do not directly confer selective advantages \[[@R10]\], but might play critical roles in orchestrating the genetic interactions between driver mutations and the microenvironment towards tumor progression. The numbers of driver and passenger mutations that were revealed by sequencing vary among tumor types and even from patient to patient. Genome sequencing studies have also found that pediatric leukemias harbor on average 9.6 mutations per tumor, while melanomas and lung cancer might harbor more than 200 mutations per tumor \[[@R10]\]. The latter might reflect effects of environmental factors such as smoking and UV radiation that play significant roles in the etiology of lung cancer and melanomas, respectively.
It is believed that leukemia and neoplasms in general are abnormal outgrowth from a TIC(s) whose progeny sequentially accumulate nested genetic and epigenetic mutations in cancer genes, over an extended period of time during clonal evolution \[[@R11]\], that generate cellular diversity \[[@R12]\] and clonal expansion \[[@R13]--[@R15]\]. TICs are the cellular drivers of clonal expansion that can predict aggressive disease, and the TICs stem cell signature was shown to influence leukemia clinical outcome \[[@R16]\]. TICs (sometimes referred to as Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs), however, the CSCs term may only be used when self-renewal potential is a recognized feature of the described cell type, i.e. some TICs may not be self-renewing stem cells) were initially revealed through transplantation of subfractions of leukemic cells in mice \[[@R17]\]. While the existence of CSCs is human tumors is still contentious, the evidence for a central role of TICs in tumor development and resistance to therapy was recently solidified by lineage tracing studies in mice \[[@R18]--[@R20]\]. Longitudinal tracking of single cell-derived tumor cell clonal formation and monitoring of tumor development from TICs are unfeasible at the current level of knowledge. Therefore, there has been no consensus on the frequencies of TICs in the same tumor types and whether they are rare or frequent cells within each tumor. Understandably, the frequencies of TICs are most likely dynamic variables that reflect changes during the different phases of each tumor growth and also in response to changes in the tumor microenvironment \[[@R21],[@R22]\].
In addition to genetic drivers, non-genetic drivers of clonal tumor cell selection during clonal evolution are also recognized, and among them are activation of alternative signaling, cell quiescence and epigenetic drivers. The first of these non-genetic drivers of formation of dominant clones during clonal evolution include the activation of alternative or downstream signaling pathway through signaling plasticity to achieve growth advantage or resistance to targeted therapy, a phenomenon termed oncogenic bypass \[[@R23]\]. Additional mechanisms of selection and drug resistance that are developed by TICs during clonal evolution of therapy resistance clones include cell quiescence of tumor stem cells \[[@R24]\], whereas these cells remain dormant awaiting further activating signals. Cell quiescence or cell dormancy is a mechanism also employed by disseminated tumor cells that shed from primary tumors and may lie dormant in distant tissues for long periods of time while retaining their potential for clonal activation resulting in metastatic growth \[[@R25]\]. Epigenetic changes affecting DNA methylation or chromatin proteins are likely to exert major influences on clonal evolution by mediating abnormal DNA methylation, histone modifications and/or nucleosome remodeling \[[@R26]\]. Cancer epigenome revealed simultaneous global losses and abnormal gains in DNA methylation. The rates of these epigenetic changes are estimated to be significantly higher than gene mutations \[[@R27]\]. However, unlike genetic changes in the DNA, DNA methylation varies between different cell types, developmental stages, and with aging \[[@R28]\]. Moreover, criteria for distinguishing epigenetic changes that would represent driver changes and provide selective advantages during clonal evolution are less established. Additionally, targeting epigenetic drivers with current and future epigenetic cancer therapy depends on adjusting treatment concepts towards dose optimization to avoid widespread toxicities \[[@R29]\]. The progression of clonal evolution of cancer, driven by genetic and non-genetic drivers from frequent preneoplastic lesions, is a highly inefficient process, and is frequently aborted before formation of occult malignancies \[[@R30]\]. When genetic sequences from multiple subclones were compared using single cell sequencing, the branched clonal structures of these cancers were revealed \[[@R31]\]. Furthermore, the evolutionary relationship and clonal architecture of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) examined in stem cell populations demonstrated repeated independent copy number alteration within the same leukemic tumors \[[@R32]\]. Evidence for clonal evolution from ancestral clones was revealed earlier in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma \[[@R33]\], and more recently in BCR-ABL1 ALL \[[@R34]\], ALL in twins \[[@R32]\], T-cell ALL \[[@R35]\], and during leukemic relapse \[[@R36]\]. Therefore, mapping and targeting tumor clones without driving additional clonal evolution and/or development of resistant clones is an optimum goal for cancer therapy.
Tumor Heterogeneity {#S3}
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Tumor heterogeneity is recently recognized in leukemias and solid tumors \[[@R37]\], and is attributed to multiple levels of heterogeneity at the cellular, molecular, genetic, and therapeutic response levels. Variations between tumors arising at the same site accounts for intertumoral heterogeneity, while variations in clonal growth, functional properties or expression markers delineate intratumoral heterogeneity. Genetic heterogeneity between different tumor clones and even within the same clones is a common feature in many tumor types \[[@R38]\]. Moreover, cells within single genetic clones were deemed to display functional variability in tumor propagation potential when single lentivirus-marked lineages were examined for copy number alterations, sequencing, and lentiviral lineage tracking \[[@R39]\]. This study revealed another layer of functional complexity beyond the genetic heterogeneity that drives the intratumoral heterogeneity, and might define responses to therapy ([Figure 1](#F1){ref-type="fig"}).
The recognition that driver mutations frequently encode protein kinases has led the recent use of EGFR inhibitors \[[@R40]\], ALK inhibitors \[[@R41]\], BRAF inhibitors \[[@R42]\], and PARP inhibitors \[[@R43]\] in cancers that are proven to harbor these mutations, or their signaling pathway such as BRCA gene mutations in the case of PARP inhibitors. Combination therapy utilizing these and other newer drugs that target multiple components of driver signaling pathways should be tailored to fit the genetic interactions \[[@R44]\] within individual genomic repertoire of each patient in personalized or precision medicine approach. Alternative approaches may target the TICs, the microenvironment, or to keep tumors clinically manageable without selection of resistance clones utilizing modified dosing regimen and intermittent therapy. Addressing the key challenges of defining the order of events during tumor progression, the roles of driver and/or passenger mutations in clonal selection and heterogeneity, and mechanisms of development of therapy resistant clones will lead to significant advances in cancer care.
The work of the author is supported by the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research, Department of Defense Congressionally directed Medical Research Program (Synergy award PC111595), and National Institutes of Health (NIH) under grant number P30CA072720 (PI: R. DiPaola) and Department of Defense (DOD), grant number W81XWH-12-1-0249 (PI: H. Sabaawy).
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Molecular detection of minimal residual disease in colorectal and breast cancer.
Recent developments in the field of molecular biology enable us to detect tumour cells at a submicroscopical level. In colorectal and breast cancer the most important prognostic factor is dissemination of malignant cells to locoregional lymph nodes. An important issue is whether molecular 'super'-staging augments the accuracy by which the prognosis of individual patients can be assessed. Over the past few years numerous studies have reported the use of different PCR-based techniques in various types of cancer. The reported incidence of micrometastases and specificity of different assays varies tremendously. This clearly indicates the need for uniformity in protocols. For colorectal cancer the use of molecular techniques may improve staging and guide clinical decisions. For breast cancer there is still need to prove the clinical implication of finding occult metastatic disease. Nevertheless, PCR-based techniques are a powerful tool in the staging of common solid tumours and are likely to find their way into the daily practice of diagnostic histopathologists in the near future. | 2024-03-05T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/8099 |
880 F.Supp. 1091 (1995)
Jackie T. LANE, Plaintiff,
v.
DAVID P. JACOBSON & COMPANY, LTD., and Howard Jacobson, Defendants.
Civ. A. No. 2:94CV1101.
United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.
March 22, 1995.
*1092 *1093 Henry Evans Howell, III, Virginia Beach, VA, for plaintiff.
Linda S. Laibstain, Hofheimer, Nusbaum, McPhaul & Samuels, Norfolk, VA, for defendants.
OPINION AND ORDER
MILLER, United States Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff Jackie T. Lane has filed a seven-count complaint against defendants David P. Jacobson & Company ("the Company") and Howard Jacobson. The complaint includes two federal law claims and five state law claims: (1) sexual harassment under Title VII, (2) constructive discharge under Title VII, (3) wrongful termination, (4) intentional infliction of emotional distress, (5) assault *1094 and battery, (6) insulting words, and (7) breach of contract.
This matter comes before the Court on two motions to dismiss, one filed individually by Howard Jacobson, and the other filed jointly by David P. Jacobson & Company, Ltd. (the Company) and Howard Jacobson.
All the parties have consented to have all proceedings in this case conducted before a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 73. After a review of the memoranda submitted by the parties, and the applicable statutory and case law, the Court GRANTS both motions to dismiss.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Jackie T. Lane worked as a sales representative for a family-owned business located in Norfolk, David P. Jacobson & Company, from 1989 to 1993. The Company specializes in screenprinting and embroidery of t-shirts, sweatshirts, and other items, and does custom designing for a wide range of clients around the country. Lane's responsibilities included soliciting clients, both over the phone and in person.
In her complaint, Lane alleges that she was subjected to a barrage of offensive and abusive conduct and statements regarding both sexual topics and her physical appearance by Howard Jacobson, the president of the Company, and Tan Vo, an employee of the Company. Lane claims that as a result of the abusive conduct of these two individuals she left the Company.
Lane brought this action seeking compensation for these alleged incidents. Both defendants, the Company and Howard Jacobson, have moved to dismiss the claims pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6).
Plaintiff Lane filed the original complaint on November 14, 1994, and both defendants filed these motions to dismiss in lieu of answers with accompanying memoranda in support on December 19, 1994. Plaintiff filed memoranda in opposition to the two motions to dismiss on January 11, 1995, and both defendants filed reply memoranda on January 24, 1995.
The undersigned heard oral arguments on this matter on February 9, 1994.
II. STANDARDS FOR A MOTION TO DISMISS UNDER RULES 12(b)(1) AND 12(b)(6)
A motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction may attack the complaint on its face, in that the complaint fails to allege facts upon which the court can base jurisdiction, or it may attack the truth of the underlying jurisdictional allegations contained in the complaint. The party asserting subject matter jurisdiction has the burden to allege and prove such jurisdiction. Adams v. Bain, 697 F.2d 1213, 1219 (4th Cir.1982). In a facial attack, the court assumes all the facts in the complaint are true, thus providing the plaintiff with the same procedural protections as a Rule 12(b)(6) determination. Id.
In a challenge to the underlying allegations of the complaint, the court may consider evidence outside of the complaint to determine whether sufficient facts support the jurisdictional allegations. The court may "consider evidence by affidavit, depositions or live testimony." Id. (citing Mims v. Kemp, 516 F.2d 21 (4th Cir.1975)). Thus, unlike the procedures for a 12(b)(6), which reserves "the truth finding role for the ultimate factfinder, the court in a 12(b)(1) hearing weighs the evidence to determine its jurisdiction." Adams, 697 F.2d at 1219; see also Thigpen v. United States, 800 F.2d 393, 396 (4th Cir.1986) ("a court asked to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction may resolve factual disputes to determine the proper disposition of the motion"). In fact, "the nature of jurisdiction requires that courts establish in fact, rather than assume blindly, their power to hear a dispute." Thigpen, 800 F.2d at 396.
In ruling on a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, the court must accept the facts pleaded by the plaintiff as true. The claim should not be dismissed unless it appears to a certainty that the plaintiff can prove no facts in support of his claims which would *1095 entitle him to relief. See Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 45-46, 78 S.Ct. 99, 101-02, 2 L.Ed.2d 80 (1957); Hoffritz for Cutlery, Inc. v. Amajac, Ltd., 763 F.2d 55, 57 (2d Cir. 1985); cf. Bruce v. Riddle, 631 F.2d 272, 273-74 (4th Cir.1980). The complaint must be liberally construed in favor of the plaintiff, even if it appears that "recovery is remote and unlikely." Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232, 236, 94 S.Ct. 1683, 1686, 40 L.Ed.2d 90 (1974). In ruling on a 12(b)(6) motion, the court can only rely upon the allegations in the complaint and those documents attached as exhibits or incorporated by reference. See Simons v. Montgomery County Police Officers, 762 F.2d 30, 31 (4th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1054, 106 S.Ct. 789, 88 L.Ed.2d 767 (1986).
In deciding a 12(b)(6) motion, the court accepts the factual allegations in the complaint and must construe them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Martin Marietta Corp. v. Int'l Telecommunications Satellite Org., 991 F.2d 94 (4th Cir.1993).
With these controlling principles in mind, the Court turns to the merits of the motions.
III. ANALYSIS
A. Defendant Howard Jacobson's Motion to Dismiss
1. Individual liability under Title VII
Defendant Howard Jacobson argues that Title VII does not permit the imposition of personal liability on supervisors but only on employers, and urges dismissal under Rule 12(b)(1) on this basis.
Title VII refers to an employer as "a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has fifteen or more employees ... and any agent of such a person." 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(b) (1988) (emphasis added). Plaintiff looks to the emphasized language in the statute as support for her federal claims against Howard Jacobson.
Although several cases have allowed plaintiffs to pursue individuals based on this phrase in Title VII, see, e.g., Harvey v. Blake, 913 F.2d 226 (5th Cir.1990); House v. Cannon Mills, Co., 713 F.Supp. 159 (M.D.N.C.1988), other courts have held that the use of this language merely ensures that the acts of individuals are imputed to the employer through respondeat superior, and is not intended to provide for a remedy against the actual individual wrongdoers. See, e.g., Miller v. Maxwell's Int'l, 991 F.2d 583 (9th Cir.1993), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 114 S.Ct. 1049, 127 L.Ed.2d 372 (1994).
A recent district court opinion from the Western District of Virginia has rejected liability premised upon the same theory, relying on language in a recent Fourth Circuit decision.
In Ellers v. ITT Corp., Electro-Optical Division, et al., Civil Action Number 94-0420-R (Memorandum Opinion, W.D.Va. Nov. 11, 1994), the court determined that a supervisor could not be found individually liable under Title VII. The court in Ellers looked to Birkbeck v. Marvel Lighting Corp., 30 F.3d 507 (4th Cir.1994) for support. In Birkbeck, the Fourth Circuit rejected a claim brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) against a supervisor under an identical theory. The court in Birkbeck determined that the use of the term "agent" in the definition of "employer" under the ADEA did not create individual liability, but instead merely reiterated the principle of respondeat superior.
Although Birkbeck interpreted the ADEA and not Title VII, the relevant language in both statutes is identical. In fact, as support for its rejection of the ADEA claim, the Fourth Circuit cited Miller, 991 F.2d at 583, a case in which the Ninth Circuit rejected a claim for individual liability under Title VII. The court in Ellers concluded that "[g]iven the [Birkbeck] court's reliance on Title VII cases and the recognized similarities of the statutory schemes ... the Birkbeck holding should apply to this case. The `agency' principle in § 2000e(b) can create civil liability only for [the individual defendant's] employer." Ellers, 9-0420-R at 4.
Therefore, although Birkbeck interpreted the term "employer" in the ADEA, the court in Ellers looked to the reasoning in the Birkbeck decision as powerful support for denying individual liability under both Title VII and the ADEA. Although the holding of the *1096 Fourth Circuit was not founded on the Title VII language, the clear implication of the decision in Birkbeck was that the Fourth Circuit does not support individual liability for agents of employers under Title VII.
Plaintiff's response is based primarily on an argument about what the law should be. While the law review articles she cited for support might portend the future, the cases in this circuit have not found in her favor. And, as defendant pointedly noted, Congress has had ample time to correct any ambiguity in the statute.
Thus, the Court GRANTS defendant Howard Jacobson's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on the Title VII claims.
2. Prefiling requirements for Title VII claims
Defendant argues that plaintiff has failed to complete the required prefiling formalities for the commencement of a Title VII action. Although plaintiff did file an administrative Charge of Discrimination with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on December 21, 1993, and subsequently received a Right-to-Sue letter on August 30, 1994 from that agency, plaintiff listed only the corporate entity in this document, and not the individual defendant named in this lawsuit.
One jurisdictional prerequisite to bringing an action under Title VII is the filing of a charge with the EEOC naming the defendant(s) as respondent(s). 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(1). Failure to do so is proper grounds for dismissal of the claim against the unnamed defendant. See Mickel v. South Carolina State Employment Service, 377 F.2d 239, 242 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 877, 88 S.Ct. 177, 19 L.Ed.2d 166 (1967); Harris v. Norfolk & W.R. Co., 720 F.Supp. 567, 569 (W.D.Va.1989); but see Boyce v. Fleet Finance, Inc., 802 F.Supp. 1404, 1411 n. 14 (E.D.Va.1992) (finding that the naming requirement is subject to equitable considerations, and therefore allowing a claim against an unnamed individual).
Plaintiff cites a number of cases in response, arguing that the purpose of the EEOC procedures is to put a defendant on notice, and that Harold Jacobson was certainly on notice of the claim in this case. Only one of the cases cited by the plaintiff was authored by the Fourth Circuit, and it was not directly on point.
Because the fate of the Title VII claims against defendant Howard Jacobson has been sealed by the Court's determination above that he is not a proper defendant under the language of the federal statute, the Court chooses not to resolve the issue regarding whether this defendant was properly identified in the EEOC Charge.
3. Survival of the state claims
While this Court does not lack the capacity to entertain the state claims in the absence of an anchoring federal claim, there is little to recommend that we hear these claims. See United Mine Workers v. Gibbs, 383 U.S. 715, 726, 86 S.Ct. 1130, 1139, 16 L.Ed.2d 218 (1966); Sigmon v. Poe, 564 F.2d 1093, 1096 (4th Cir.1977); 28 U.S.C. 1367(c) ("The district courts may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a claim ... if ... the district court has dismissed all claims over which it has original jurisdiction").
In arguing for dismissal on this basis, defendant does not concede the argument that the state claims fail the "common nucleus of operative fact" test for supplemental jurisdiction. In fact, defendant makes this argument explicitly for the breach of contract claim.
Plaintiff responds by arguing that we can and should still exercise supplemental jurisdiction over this individual defendant even if the Title VII claims fail against him. Plaintiff relies (erroneously) on Martin v. Cavalier Hotel Corp. et al., No. 93cv163 (E.D.Va. Apr. 21, 1994), aff'd, Nos. 94-1600, 94-1666, 1995 WL 97339 (4th Cir. Mar. 10, 1995).[1]
*1097 a. Failure to state a claim for (3) wrongful termination, (6) insulting words, and (7) breach of contract
i. Wrongful termination
Defendant Howard Jacobson argues that there is no liability under the Virginia claim unless there is an employment relationship between defendant and plaintiff. Plaintiff disagrees, pointing to Bowman v. State Bank of Keysville, 229 Va. 534, 331 S.E.2d 797 (1985) as support for the position that a party can maintain a wrongful termination action against both the direct employer and others. In Bowman, the Virginia Supreme Court first recognized the cause of action for wrongful discharge as a narrow exception to the general doctrine of employment-at-will. In Lockhart v. Commonwealth Educ. Sys. Corp., 247 Va. 98, 439 S.E.2d 328 (1994), the Virginia Supreme Court recognized that employment discrimination based on race was a sufficient breach of public policy to allow a claim for wrongful discharge.
The decision in Bowman found liability against both the bank and the bank's directors. Due to the absence of a clear rule on whether one other than the direct employer can be found liable for wrongful discharge, and this Court's decision not to exercise jurisdiction over the supplemental claims, this Court chooses not to decide the fate of this claim.
ii. Insulting words
Under Virginia Code section 8.01-45,
[a]ll words shall be actionable which from their usual construction and common acceptance are construed as insult and tend to violence and breach of the peace.
Defendant contends that the complaint fails to state a claim under this statute. The only direct allegation in the complaint is that the defendant called Lane "fat." The complaint also alleges "offensive and derogatory statements of a sexual nature." Compl. ¶ 61.
Under the plain language of the statute, the words that form the basis for the claim must be both (1) insulting, and (2) intended to cause violence and breach of the peace. While Lane's complaint does contain a conclusory statement about the second element, there is no evidence or statement that satisfies the requirement that the words addressed to Lane were intended to cause violence or breach of the peace. Therefore, this claim is DISMISSED.
iii. Breach of contract
There is no contract between the plaintiff and defendant Howard Jacobson. Plaintiff concedes this point, and does not oppose dismissal of this claim.
4. Conclusion
The Court GRANTS defendant Howard Jacobson's motion to dismiss both federal claims under Rule 12(b)(1). Further, the Court GRANTS this defendant's motion to dismiss the state law claims alleging insulting words and breach of contract. The court chooses not to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining claims against defendant Howard Jacobson, namely (3) wrongful termination, (4) intentional infliction of emotional distress, and (5) assault and battery.
B. Defendants' Joint Motion to Dismiss
1. Jurisdiction under Title VII: Was plaintiff an employee or an independent contractor?
As a general rule, Title VII only protects employees, and not independent *1098 contractors. See, e.g., Spirides v. Reinhardt, 613 F.2d 826, 828 (D.C.Cir.1979). Defendants argue that Lane was an independent contractor during her tenure at the Company, and that she is therefore precluded from recovering under Title VII; on this basis, they seek dismissal of both Title VII claims under Rule 12(b)(1). Plaintiff argues that she was an employee of the Company, and, therefore, that the mandates of Title VII apply to this case.
Both sides agree that the controlling standards for distinguishing between employees and independent contractors are contained in Haavistola v. Community Fire Co. of Rising Sun, 6 F.3d 211 (4th Cir.1993) and Garrett v. Phillips Mills, Inc., 721 F.2d 979 (4th Cir. 1983).
The Fourth Circuit uses the so-called hybrid "economic realities/right of control" test to decide whether a plaintiff in a Title VII action is an employee or an independent contractor. As stated in Garrett,
whether an individual is an employee ... is properly determined by analyzing the facts of each employment relationship under a standard that incorporates both the common law test derived from principles of agency and the so-called "economic realities" test first announced in Bartels v. Birmingham, 332 U.S. 126, 67 S.Ct. 1547, 91 L.Ed. 1947 (1947).
Id. at 981. Further,
[C]ontrol is still the most important factor to be considered, but it is not dispositive. Other important considerations include: (1) the kind of occupation, with reference to whether the work usually is done under the direction of a supervisor or is done by a specialist without supervision; (2) the skill required in the particular occupation; (3) whether the "employer" or the individual in question furnishes the equipment used and the place of work; (4) the length of time during which the individual has worked; (5) the method of payment, whether by time or by the job; (6) the manner in which the work relationship is terminated; i.e., by one or both parties, with or without notice and explanation; (7) whether annual leave is afforded; (8) whether the work is an integral part of the business of the "employer"; (9) whether the worker accumulates retirement benefits; (10) whether the "employer" pays social security taxes; and (11) the intention of the parties.
Id. at 982 (citations omitted). While the court's focus in Haavistola was on whether a volunteer could be considered an employee under Title VII, the court referred back to Garrett, noting that "our decision in Garrett ... guides the analysis when compensation is evident and an independent contractor status is at issue." Haavistola, 6 F.3d at 219. Thus, although Garrett was decided under the ADEA, the court in Haavistola again recognized the similarities between these two federal statutes: "Although [in Garrett] we were construing the definitions of `employee' and `employer' under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the operative language in the ADEA is identical to the operative language in Title VII, so the analysis utilized under either act is interchangeable." Id. at 219. The plaintiff and the defendants differ on application of this test to the facts. Both sides have presented evidence by affidavit and exhibit.
Defendants' evidence reveals the following: (1) Lane was paid strictly on a commission basis; (2) The Company issued 1099 tax forms to Lane, not W-2s, and did not withhold any taxes; (3) Lane received no leave time from the Company; (4) Lane paid her own expenses; (5) Lane was not eligible for unemployment benefits or workers' compensation; (6) Lane did not receive any profit-sharing; (7) Lane was required to pay the entire premium for Company-sponsored health insurance; (8) Lane was free to solicit customers for other businesses as long as she did not work for direct competitors of the Company; (9) Lane worked from other locations in addition to her desk at the Company; (10) Lane set her own schedule; (11) Lane worked for the Company for roughly four years; (12) Lane worked for at least one other company at the same time as she worked for the Company.
Plaintiffs evidence supports the following: (1) Lane was required to report to supervisors at the Company on a daily basis; (2) *1099 Supervisors would critique and control communications and contact with customers and potential customers by Lane; (3) Lane was required to seek permission from supervisors to be absent from the office; (4) Lane's supervisors made remarks to her regarding the requirement that she follow their directives because they were "the boss."
Two specific facts remain contested: (1) Lane's title was "Director of Special Projects," but it is in dispute whether this title was given by the Company or self-appointed; (2) The Company claims that it fired Lane; her version is that she stopped working at the office when the situation at the office became intolerable, but remained as an independent contractor from this point until she received the letter of termination from the Company. In addition, a matter in general dispute is the degree of control exerted over Lane. The affidavits evidence some distance between the parties' versions of the interactions between Lane and her supervisors.
Applying the factors set out in Garrett, 721 F.2d at 982, the Court makes the following observations. First, a job involving sales is frequently one undertaken by independent contractors. For instance, in Knight v. United Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 742 F.Supp. 518 (N.D.Ind.1990), sales representatives for insurance companies were classified as independent contractors. Second, the skills required of a salesperson are often specialized, and therefore conducive to work as an independent contractor. Third, although Lane did make use of a desk at the Company, she purchased her own supplies to use in soliciting customers. Fourth, the method by which Lane was compensated, a straight commission basis, is indicative of an independent contractor relationship. Fifth, the limited employee benefits received by Lane from the Company, especially when contrasted with the benefits received by true employees of the Company, indicate an independent contractor relationship. Sixth, the fact that Lane received tax forms typically given to independent contractors, and that she described herself as self-employed on her own tax form, strongly suggest that the intention of both parties was to treat Lane as an independent contractor.
Taking into account all of the evidence presented by the parties, this Court must conclude that Lane was an independent contractor, not an employee, of the Company. The Court reaches this decision based on a close examination of the affidavits and other evidence presented. Of particular importance were the facts that Lane worked for at least one other company during her tenure at the Company, and that she described her occupation as "SELF SALES" on both her 1991 federal and state income tax forms.
The degree of control exercised over Lane is no more than would be used for any other independent contractor performing a task for a business; no one can deny the need for at least some directions or commands from the party hiring the independent contractor. See, e.g., Knight, 742 F.Supp. at 523.
In reaching the conclusion that Lane is not an employee as that term is used in Title VII, the Court is particularly mindful of the decisions in Adams v. Bain, 697 F.2d 1213 (4th Cir.1982), and in EEOC v. Alford, 142 F.R.D. 283 (E.D.Va.1992), in which the courts determined that discovery is necessary before a jurisdictional issue of this nature can be resolved in a Title VII case.
In Alford, the defendant in a Title VII case moved to dismiss on the grounds that the defendant was not an "employer" under the statute because the defendant did not employ the requisite number of employees. Defendant made this motion prior to any discovery, and the court determined that the facts surrounding this jurisdictional question were not sufficient to render a decision.
In the instant case, the plaintiff did not move to postpone the hearing in order to obtain additional discovery. In response to a question posed by the Court at oral argument about whether additional discovery would prove illuminating in this case, the plaintiff said yes, but was unable to point to specific discovery that might yield helpful information. As the court stated in Alford:
The dispositive nature of a Rule 12(b)(1) challenge to the underlying jurisdictional facts requires the court to satisfy itself that the record has been fully developed before deciding the motion.
*1100 EEOC v. Alford, 142 F.R.D. at 286. This court is satisfied that the record is fully developed on the specific issue of whether Lane was an employee.
Indeed, after reviewing the information presented, and hearing oral argument on this issue, the Court is of the opinion that additional discovery would not prove helpful in determining the independent contractor-employee issue.
On the ground that this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the two Title VII claims because plaintiff is not an employee of the Company, this Court GRANTS defendants' joint motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(1).
2. Survival of the state claims
Defendants make the same argument as in Section A(3), that this Court should dismiss the state claims if it dismisses the federal claims.
a. Failure to state a claim for (6) insulting words
Presumably this motion pertains only to the Company defendant Howard Jacobson has already moved to dismiss this claim in the prior motion. The analysis of this claim is the same as in Section A(4)(b). The motion to dismiss this claim against the Company is GRANTED.
3. Conclusion
The Court GRANTS the joint motion to dismiss the Title VII claims under Rule 12(b)(1) because Lane is an independent contractor and not an employee. The Court also grants the motion to dismiss the insulting words claim against the Company under Rule 12(b)(6). The Court declines supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state law claims against the Company, namely (3) wrongful termination, (4) intentional infliction of emotional distress, (5) assault and battery, and (7) breach of contract.
IV. CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, the Court concludes that the motions to dismiss should be GRANTED. Therefore, the Court GRANTS defendant Howard Jacobson's motion and dismisses counts (1), (2), (6) and (7) with prejudice. The court declines jurisdiction over counts (3), (4) and (5), and dismisses these counts without prejudice. The Court also GRANTS the joint motion of Howard Jacobson and David P. Jacobson & Company and dismisses counts (1), (2) and (6) with prejudice. The court declines jurisdiction over counts (3), (4), (5) and (7) against the Company. The Court orders the Clerk to enter judgment in favor of the defendants.
NOTES
[1] In Martin, a jury found both the Hotel and the Hotel's general manager liable to the plaintiff. The court reviewed the jury's actions on a Rule 50(b) motion. Notably, the liability for constructive discharge in violation of Title VII attached only to the Hotel. Id. at 4. Therefore, this case certainly does not stand for the proposition that supervisors can be liable under Title VII.
Even more notably, plaintiffs reliance on the case for the proposition that a court can maintain supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims against one defendant when the court has original jurisdiction over the matter with regard to a second defendant is misplaced.
In Martin, the original complaint contained a total of twelve counts. Six of these counts fell on defendant's motion for summary judgment at the close of the trial. Of the remaining six, the jury found liability on three, including the Title VII claim against the Hotel. Id. at 4. The court's opinion focuses on these three claims, and does not address the jurisdictional aspect of the case. Thus it is not at all clear that the court in Martin allowed the individual defendant to remain in the case based solely on supplemental jurisdiction. There is insufficient evidence in the opinion to determine the basis for the court's subject matter jurisdiction over the individual defendant.
In short, Martin does not appear to provide support for plaintiff's argument that the state claims against Howard Jacobson should remain in federal court.
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Today we bear the pain of yesterday’s loss.
It is too late.
There are many things I do in my bath.
Brush my teeth is one of them; though I sometimes do that in my kitchen, or while checking that other things around the flat are ok.
Sometimes I even brush my teeth while glancing through a magazine as I wait for the kettle to boil or the bath to fill.
No, in my bathroom are the ordinary things that are of no great financial value, and that you may find in most bathrooms across the world.
Things like soap and shower gel and loofa and oils and scrubs.
In my bathroom though, there is a certain peace and joy that you will not find in any other room.
Do I take it there or is it there as part and parcel of the room?
Is it a state of mind connected to bathing and relaxing, and otherwise ” sprucing up”?
Perhaps there is that psychological relation, but the joy and peace are still there even if I am merely brushing my teeth for the night, or sitting on the loo.
What is it about my bathroom, any bathroom I guess, that you get such a sense of release and freedom that produces a joy pleasure and peace otherwise unattainable?
I figure it is because in my bathroom I am completely me.
Alone with myaelf in my nakedness, it does not matter that it is the smallest room.
It is precisely because of its size that I am forced to focus on me.
In my bathroom I come to my natural self as I do ‘Nature’s business’, and THAT fuses me with my nature. | 2023-12-24T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/5141 |
Diverse nuclear genes and extrachromosomally transmitted factors formally characterized as mutators or as suppressors of mutators in Drosophila ananassae will be cytogenetically analyzed with respect to their modes of action, their interactions with selected mutagens, and their relations to other aspects of chromosome behavior, particularly crossing over in males. The results should have implications for the control of spontaneous mutability in natural populations, the etiology of hybrid dysgenesis and the mechanisms of artificial mutagenesis. | 2024-02-24T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/9327 |
Role of ingredients in pasta product quality: a review on recent developments.
Pasta is prepared using dough made from any suitable material such as semolina, durum flour, farina flour, corn, rice, wheat, or any combination of these, with water. Also, pasta can be enriched, supplemented, fortified, or remain conventional. In recent years, several ingredients and additives have been developed and are being used to improve the quality of pasta made from aestivum or durum wheat. Here we analyze how the different ingredients play an important role in pasta manufacture by enhancing nutritional parameters, palatability, and overall product quality. | 2024-03-18T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/3850 |
Large DB plan sponsors focused on de-risking
MetLife’s U.S. Pension Risk Behavior Index has reached the highest value it has ever recorded.
The Index, which was started five years ago, reached 87 this year. Essentially, the index reflects what plan managers think about the risks facing their defined benefit pension plans and how successfully they believe they are managing those risks.
The study looked at 126 large corporate plan sponsors and measured their aptitude and attitudes about managing 18 investment, liability and business risks. It found that many of the largest DB plan sponsors are attempting to reduce, mitigate or transfer the risk affecting their plans.
Four in 10 respondents said they plan to take some kind of action regarding their plans this year because they want to reduce their liabilities, funded status volatility, contributions, pension expense and the cost of plan administration so they can focus on their core business.
Pension plan sponsors ranked "underfunding of liabilities and assets" and "liability mismatch" as the most important risk factors facing their plans.
Self-reported success ratings, which measure how strongly plan sponsors agree with statements that describe successful management of each of the 18 risk factors, reached an all-time high. Eighty-five percent of all ratings indicated success, compared to 75 percent in 2009. This means that plan sponsors believe they are successfully implementing comprehensive measures to manage each risk item.
The MetLife U.S. Pension Risk Behavior Index was conducted in conjunction with two research partners – Bdellium Inc. and Greenwich Associates – from October 2012 through January 2013. | 2023-09-15T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/4124 |
Prevalence of non-adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy and its related clinical and therapeutic factors in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).
Introduction : Non-adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy is deleterious in HIV/AIDS programs. This study contributes to the identification of its frequency and of the clinical and therapeutic factors that determine it. Material and methods : This cross-sectional study took place from December 15, 2013, to February 18, 2014, at the Saint Camille health care center and the Pietro Annigoni biomolecular research center in Ouagadougou. It includes adults who had been receiving antiretroviral therapy for at least three months and agreed to participate. The Chi-square test or Fisher's test was used to compare proportions in the univariate analysis. A logistic regression model was applied for the multivariate analysis. P values less than 0.05 were considered significant. The study included 152 patients. Their mean age was 40.7±7.8 years, and the sex-ratio 0.3. The frequency of non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy was 38.2%. In the univariate analysis, laboratory and clinical factors associated with non-adherence were severe immune depression (P=0.03), opportunistic infections (P=0.001), and lack of clinical improvement (P=0.001), while the therapeutic factors associated with it were inadequate knowledge (P=0.001), side effects (P=0.003), and using the treatment secretly (P=0.001). In the multivariate analysis, opportunistic infections (OR=13.51, 95% CI 3.15-58.82, P=0.000), lack of clinical improvement (OR=4.16, 95% CI 1.06-16.32, P=0.04), inadequate knowledge (OR=16.12, 95% CI 1.67-166.66, P=0.01), and secret treatment use (OR=11.36, 95% CI 3.18-40.00, P=0.000) remained associated with non-adherence. The study underlines the need to improve strategies for the prescription of this therapy and for reinforcing patients' education and support. | 2023-09-13T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/9136 |
# Introduction
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**_IMPORTANT_**: The authors(you!) of the contributions will maintain all
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Thanks, and if you have any questions let me know and I'll loop in the legal guy
here to get you an answer.
## Technical
Once you have signed the agreement you can be added to our contributors list and
have write access to code. For full details on getting started see our trunk
`README`.
## List of people who have signed contributor agreements
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We sell Nordman Fir trees sized between 4-13ft. The trees are fresh - cut within 48 hours of supply. Visit our sale or you can reserve your tree online or order for home delivery. All proceeds raise funds for 4th Ewell (Nonsuch) Scout Group and our participating local charities. | 2023-10-08T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/2024 |
A few quick, interesting facts about a different topic each entry. It's like an apple a day: pleasant, good to have, and pocket-sized.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Apple #620: Beer Styles and Hoppiness
No, that's not a typo in the title of this entry. I really do mean "hoppiness," as in how much hops are used to make a particular kind of beer.
Daily Apple reader Carmela asked me last night, as several of us were sampling various craft beers, what are some examples of "hoppy" beer, and what are some more "malty" beers? I told her that IPAs are usually hoppier, while wheat beers are kind of the opposite. She asked where stouts fit in, and I realized I wasn't sure. Then the group started throwing out all kind of words like pilsner and ale and bock, and it was obvious we were all kind at sea. Clearly, we needed the Apple Lady.
So many styles of beer, so many colors and flavors, how is a body to know what's what?(Photo from Tostevin)
Beer Basics
To understand what "hoppy" and "malty" means, I had to revisit the recipe for beer and how it's made.
Yeast likes to eat sugar. When yeast eats sugar, it produces alcohol and carbon dioxide (a.k.a. the bubbles in the beer).
This process of yeast eating the sugar and producing alcohol is what people mean when they say "fermentation."
The question is, what kind of sugar are you going to give the yeast to eat? If it's starchy or sugary, yeast likes it. Give it grapes, and you'll get wine. Give it grain, and you'll get either liquor or beer. But let's concentrate on just the beer.
Let's say you decide to feed barley to your yeast. In order to make sure the yeast will get the most sugar out of your barley, you want to let the barley sprout and start to grow just a tiny bit. Then you stop the sprouting process right there and dry it to keep the barley from growing any further. At this stage, the highest number of sugar-producing enzymes are present in the barley, but there's also still a lot of starch in the plant, too. It's a yeast's fantasy feast.
That process of letting the barley germinate and spout and then drying it is called malting. The sprouted and stopped barley is now called malted barley, or just plain malt.
Next, you feed the malt to the yeast. The yeast loves the malt and starts bubbling away happily, making bubbles and alcohol. You'll have to add a second batch of malt, this time broken down for the yeast into a boiled, soggy mush called mash.
So all we've done so far is fed sugar to the yeast. If you drank your soggy yeasty mash now, it would taste somewhere on the spectrum of faintly-sweet, like if you poured water over your cereal, to kind of damp-grainy, like if you took your Minute Rice off the stove too early. More on the starchy/grainy end of the flavor spectrum.
Beer mash in progress. This will make a Virginia estate beer. But you can see all the bubbles, which means fermentation is happening, and you can see how this would taste kind of grainy/starchy at this stage.(Photo from Barlow Brewing)
But then the beer gets another component: the hops. Hops is a plant that has all sorts of aromatic oils and enzymes in it. Hops add flavor--mainly bitterness, which counterbalances the sweetness of the malt.
Sometimes other flavors are added, you have to do more stuff to your soggy mush, and you have to let it ferment a little longer, strain it, and do some other stuff with it, but basically, that's beer. Water + yeast + malt (sugar) + hops (flavor).
Hoppy vs. Malty
The fun everybody has with making beer is experimenting with flavor. Generally, this comes down to a choice between whether you like it more malty (grainy/nutty/distantly sweet) or more hoppy (bitter/funky). Here are a few little facts about hops that may inform your choice.
Hops is part of the hemp family. It's a close relative of the marijuana plant. They look sort of similar, and they both have a similar skunky kind of aroma.
Hops buds hanging from the vine(Photo from the ASPCA -- because the hops plant is toxic to dogs. It will give the dog seizures and maybe even kill the dog.)
So sometimes the flavor that hops contributes can be slightly skunky, like cannabis. Or so I've heard.
The aromatic oils and enzymes in hops that give flavor to the beer degrade rather quickly. So if you're choosing a beer that is more hoppy, you'll want it to be as fresh as possible.
Since alcohol is made in the malt + yeast part of the process, the more malt a brewer uses, the higher the alcoholic content (more sugar --> more food for the yeast --> more alcohol).
That said, hoppy beers can also be pretty strong. This is because the brewer will often add more malt to balance the bitterness of the hops.
If you want to know which styles of beer ten to be more or less hoppy, you can always consult the IBU Graph. Ah, yes, of course, you say. But what the heck is that?
IBU stands for International Bittering Units. It's a measure of how bitter a particular beer will taste.
Or you can consult the graph below, which I think is a little easier to use than the IBU.
This chart is slightly different than IBU, and I think it's a little easier to use. This one compares styles of beer in terms of the ratio of bitterness units (BU) to gravity units (GU). In more practical terms, the bitterest-tasting and driest beers are at the yop, while the less bitter, more sweet and light-bodied beers are at the bottom.(Chart from Charlie Rohwer's Homebrewing page at UMN)
Neither the IBU graph nor this one will tell you how a Magic Hat will taste
compared to a Budweiser. But they will tell you how an American IPA compares
to a Standard American Lager. Which means you need to know your styles
of beer.
Styles of Beer
(By the way, that's the word to use to refer to a type of beer: its
style. If you're talking about the differences between a stout and a
porter, you're comparing styles of beer.)
There are two major categories of beer: ales or lagers. Everything falls under either of those two categories. I'll describe each category and list a few of the more popular styles. There are so many styles and variations of those styles, I could never hope to cover them all.
LAGERS
These are all lagers. But there's a whooooole lot more to lagers than just these mass-produced canned things.(Photo from the Hop Press)
LAGERS -- most of us Americans are more familiar with these.
These are bottom-fermenters, meaning fermentation happens at the bottom of the pot, they require cold to ferment, and take about 3
months to make. "Lager" means "to store" in German because you had to
store these someplace cold while they fermented. Generally less hoppy
than ales.
ALES -- these are
top-fermenters, meaning the fermentation happens at the top of the pot.
They take only a few days to make, and they ferment at roughly room
temperature. They tend to be heavier-bodied, darker in color, and have a
higher alcohol content than lagers. But the hoppiness can vary a lot.
Barley wine - very strong, maybe only a hint of hops.
Wheat beer (or Weizen or Weiss) - usually pale orange or yellow and cloudy, mild and a little sweet in flavor, sometimes banana-y, often served with an orange slice
[varieties of] Ale - there are so many ales from all over the place,
it's tough to generalize, but usually brown, light on the hops, high on the alcoholic content
Lambic - oldest type of beer still made, an ale that uses wild yeast, takes 3 years to make, aged in wooden barrels, very sour, but with a fruity aroma.
IPA (India Pale Ale) - golden or coppery in color, very
hoppy; lots of hops and lots of alcohol helped preserve the beer on the
voyage from Britain to India.
Porter - made with black or chocolate malt and roasted barley, lots of hops but lots of malt too. They can be either sweet or bitter depending on who's making it.
Stout - Guinness is the best-known example here. Black or very dark, made with unroasted barley, lots of hops, lots of bitterness, did I mention lots of hops?
This list is only a place to start. For some more complete lists, along with fuller descriptions, notes on alcohol content or bitterness levels, and examples of each style, check out Bend Brewfest's Beer Glossary (good descriptions) and ratebeer.com's Style Guide (click or scroll down for descriptions and examples)
Hope that helps you decide which new styles of beer you might like to try, Carmela.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using JetBrains.Annotations;
using Linq.Extras.Internal;
namespace Linq.Extras
{
partial class XEnumerable
{
#region Left
/// <summary>
/// Produces the left outer join of two sequences.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TLeft">The type of the elements of <c>left</c>.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TRight">The type of the elements of <c>right</c>.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TKey">The type of the key used to join elements.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TResult">The type of the elements of the output sequence</typeparam>
/// <param name="left">The left sequence.</param>
/// <param name="right">The right sequence.</param>
/// <param name="leftKeySelector">The key selector for elements of the left sequence.</param>
/// <param name="rightKeySelector">The key selector for elements of the right sequence.</param>
/// <param name="resultSelector">A function to produce an output element from two matching elements from the left and right sequences.</param>
/// <param name="defaultRight">The default value to use for missing elements in <c>right</c>.</param>
/// <param name="keyComparer">A comparer to test for equality between the keys.</param>
/// <returns>The left outer join of <c>left</c> and <c>right</c>.</returns>
[Pure]
public static IEnumerable<TResult> LeftOuterJoin<TLeft, TRight, TKey, TResult>(
[NotNull] this IEnumerable<TLeft> left,
[NotNull] IEnumerable<TRight> right,
[NotNull] Func<TLeft, TKey> leftKeySelector,
[NotNull] Func<TRight, TKey> rightKeySelector,
[NotNull] Func<TLeft, TRight, TResult> resultSelector,
TRight defaultRight = default,
IEqualityComparer<TKey>? keyComparer = null)
{
left.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(left));
right.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(right));
leftKeySelector.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(leftKeySelector));
rightKeySelector.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(rightKeySelector));
resultSelector.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(resultSelector));
return
left.GroupJoin(right, leftKeySelector, rightKeySelector, (o, tmp) => new { o, tmp }, keyComparer)
.SelectMany(j => j.tmp.DefaultIfEmpty(defaultRight), (t, i) => resultSelector(t.o, i));
}
#endregion
#region Right
/// <summary>
/// Produces the right outer join of two sequences.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TLeft">The type of the elements of <c>left</c>.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TRight">The type of the elements of <c>right</c>.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TKey">The type of the key used to join elements.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TResult">The type of the elements of the output sequence</typeparam>
/// <param name="left">The left sequence.</param>
/// <param name="right">The right sequence.</param>
/// <param name="leftKeySelector">The key selector for elements of the left sequence.</param>
/// <param name="rightKeySelector">The key selector for elements of the right sequence.</param>
/// <param name="resultSelector">A function to produce an output element from two matching elements from the left and right sequences.</param>
/// <param name="defaultLeft">The default value to use for missing elements in <c>left</c>.</param>
/// <param name="keyComparer">A comparer to test for equality between the keys.</param>
/// <returns>The right outer join of <c>left</c> and <c>right</c>.</returns>
[Pure]
public static IEnumerable<TResult> RightOuterJoin<TLeft, TRight, TKey, TResult>(
[NotNull] this IEnumerable<TLeft> left,
[NotNull] IEnumerable<TRight> right,
[NotNull] Func<TLeft, TKey> leftKeySelector,
[NotNull] Func<TRight, TKey> rightKeySelector,
[NotNull] Func<TLeft, TRight, TResult> resultSelector,
TLeft defaultLeft = default,
IEqualityComparer<TKey>? keyComparer = null)
{
left.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(left));
right.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(right));
leftKeySelector.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(leftKeySelector));
rightKeySelector.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(rightKeySelector));
resultSelector.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(resultSelector));
// This is actually the same as a left outer join, with the left and right sequences swapped
return right.LeftOuterJoin(left, rightKeySelector, leftKeySelector, (i, o) => resultSelector(o, i), defaultLeft, keyComparer);
}
#endregion
#region Full
/// <summary>
/// Produces the full outer join of two sequences.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TLeft">The type of the elements of <c>left</c>.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TRight">The type of the elements of <c>right</c>.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TKey">The type of the key used to join elements.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TResult">The type of the elements of the output sequence</typeparam>
/// <param name="left">The left sequence.</param>
/// <param name="right">The right sequence.</param>
/// <param name="leftKeySelector">The key selector for elements of the left sequence.</param>
/// <param name="rightKeySelector">The key selector for elements of the right sequence.</param>
/// <param name="resultSelector">A function to produce an output element from two matching elements from the left and right sequences.</param>
/// <param name="defaultLeft">The default value to use for missing elements in <c>left</c>.</param>
/// <param name="defaultRight">The default value to use for missing elements in <c>right</c>.</param>
/// <param name="keyComparer">A comparer to test for equality between the keys.</param>
/// <returns>The full outer join of <c>left</c> and <c>right</c>.</returns>
[Pure]
public static IEnumerable<TResult> FullOuterJoin<TLeft, TRight, TKey, TResult>(
[NotNull] this IEnumerable<TLeft> left,
[NotNull] IEnumerable<TRight> right,
[NotNull] Func<TLeft, TKey> leftKeySelector,
[NotNull] Func<TRight, TKey> rightKeySelector,
[NotNull] Func<TKey, TLeft, TRight, TResult> resultSelector,
TLeft defaultLeft = default,
TRight defaultRight = default,
IEqualityComparer<TKey>? keyComparer = null)
{
left.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(left));
right.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(right));
leftKeySelector.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(leftKeySelector));
rightKeySelector.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(rightKeySelector));
resultSelector.CheckArgumentNull(nameof(resultSelector));
return left.FullOuterJoinIterator(right, leftKeySelector, rightKeySelector, resultSelector, defaultLeft, defaultRight, keyComparer);
}
private static IEnumerable<TResult> FullOuterJoinIterator<TLeft, TRight, TKey, TResult>(
this IEnumerable<TLeft> left,
IEnumerable<TRight> right,
Func<TLeft, TKey> leftKeySelector,
Func<TRight, TKey> rightKeySelector,
Func<TKey, TLeft, TRight, TResult> resultSelector,
TLeft defaultLeft,
TRight defaultRight,
IEqualityComparer<TKey>? keyComparer)
{
// First gather items from right in a lookup by key to access them quickly
var rightLookup = right.ToLookup(rightKeySelector, keyComparer);
// To keep track of which keys have already been used
var usedKeys = new HashSet<TKey>(keyComparer);
// Pair each item from left with each matching item from right
// (or with the default value if there is no matching item in right)
foreach (var leftItem in left)
{
var key = leftKeySelector(leftItem);
usedKeys.Add(key);
foreach (var rightItem in rightLookup[key].DefaultIfEmpty(defaultRight))
{
yield return resultSelector(key, leftItem, rightItem);
}
}
// Unused items from right don't have a matching item in left
// Pair them with the default value
foreach (var g in rightLookup)
{
if (usedKeys.Contains(g.Key))
continue;
foreach (var rightItem in g)
{
yield return resultSelector(g.Key, defaultLeft, rightItem);
}
}
}
#endregion
}
}
| 2023-12-26T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/7836 |
People can come across news and other internet offerings in a variety of ways, for example, by visiting their favorite websites, using search engines, or following recommendations from contacts on social media ([@r1]). These routes do not necessarily lead people to the same venues. While traditionally considered as an important ingredient of well-functioning democratic societies, getting news as a byproduct of other media-related activities has been assumed to wane in the online sphere. Intermediaries like social networking sites (SNS) and search engines are regarded with particular suspicion, often criticized for fostering news avoidance and selective exposure ([@r2]). This assumption has been, perhaps most prominently, ingrained in the "filter bubble" thesis, positing that search and recommendation algorithms bias news diets toward users' preferences and, thus, decrease content diversity ([@r3]). On the other hand, incidental news exposure (INE) due to other online activities has received much scholarly attention for several decades ([@r4]). Contrary to widely held assumptions, recent INE research found that SNS users have more rather than less diverse news diets than nonusers. For example, one study showed that SNS users consumed almost twice the number of news outlets in the previous week as did nonusers ([@r2]). Similar results emerged regarding the use of web aggregators (portals) and search engines, although people may use search engines in a more goal-driven fashion compared to SNS ([@r1]).
In previous studies, SNS-based news exposure was typically measured by asking respondents whether they are (unintentionally) exposed to news via social media. Like many survey studies, this approach naturally suffers from the limited accuracy and reliability of self-reports ([@r5]). More specifically, recent work has criticized self-report measures for being biased toward active news choices and routine use ([@r6]) and being particularly inaccurate when people access news via intermediaries ([@r7]). To alleviate these limitations, some studies have used log data to estimate the quantity and quality of online news exposure, for example, in terms of exposure to cross-cutting news ([@r8], [@r9]). However, these studies have focused only on single social media platforms instead of different intermediary routes to news. Other recent studies ([@r1], [@r10]) have traced direct and indirect pathways to online news using browser logs, but have not distinguished nonregular---and therefore possibly incidental---news exposure from regular, typically more intentional or routinized forms of news consumption online. In other words, the question whether visiting SNS more often (than usual) actually leads to more varied news exposure (than usual) essentially remains unanswered. This problem concerns almost all studies on the use and effects of online media, and has received considerable attention in recent communication research ([@r11]). We argue that positive within-person effects of visiting intermediary sites on online news exposure are a necessary (although not sufficient, since even nonregular visits could be intentional) precondition for INE, and, therefore, testing for such effects is a useful endeavor. We address this question using a statistical model that distinguishes between stable between-person differences and within-person effects, that is, the random-effects within--between (REWB) model ([@r12]). Investigating within-person effects has additional value by safeguarding causal inferences against bias due to (previously) unmeasured person-level confounders. We apply the REWB model to two large, representative tracking datasets of individual-level browsing behavior in Germany, collected independently in 2012 and 2018. This allows us not only to compare within- and between-person effects but also to analyze possible changes in the effects of SNS (Facebook, Twitter) and intermediaries (Google, web portals) over recent years. Specifically, we investigate their effects on the amount and variety of online news exposure. Using this approach enables us to replicate and extend two recent survey studies ([@r2], [@r13]) that looked at the effects of SNS, web portals, and search engines on 1) overall online news exposure and 2) the diversity of people's online news diets.
Results {#s1}
=======
News accounted for only a very small portion of total site visits, with an average of 1.51 news visits (SD = 5.61) per respondent and day in 2012. News visits were more frequent in the 2018 sample, with a daily average of 2.51 (SD = 8.41), which is largely in line with previous research ([@r10]). Accounting for between-person differences using a logistic regression model with person-level random intercepts yielded an estimated probability for a news visit of 0.009 (99% CI 0.009 to 0.010) in 2012, and 0.014 (99% CI 0.013 to 0.015) in 2018. Following previous studies ([@r1], [@r10]), we estimated the effect of the previously visited site on the probability of a news visit, and found positive and significant effects for all intermediary platforms, most notably Facebook and Google ([Fig. 1](#fig01){ref-type="fig"}). However, this clickstream-level analysis likely underestimates the effects of intermediaries, since indirect pathways (e.g., bookmarking, revisiting news later) are ignored, and it does not distinguish regular from nonregular online activities, as mentioned above.
{#fig01}
In a next step, we estimated four REWB panel models using daily aggregated web tracking data. The point estimates and CIs of the REWB models are displayed in [Fig. 2](#fig02){ref-type="fig"}. Looking at the within-person effects in the upper part of the figure, there is strong and consistent evidence that visiting SNS more often on a given day increased the chance of being exposed to more news outlets and more news overall. For example, for a respondent in 2012 who visited Twitter twice as often as usual, we would expect her to consume about 41% more news from about 28% more online outlets. This positive effect, however, was significantly smaller in 2018. Using Google and other web portals also had a strong positive effect on the amount and variety of news exposure. Google visits had the largest and most consistent within-person effect overall, while the large positive effects of portals declined somewhat between 2012 and 2018. There was also a positive effect of overall site visits on news exposure.
{#fig02}
The REWB models also indicate that much online news exposure is not incidental, but related to stable interindividual differences in browsing behavior. These between-person effects are displayed in the lower part of [Fig. 2](#fig02){ref-type="fig"}, and show that differences in respondents' news diets as well as overall news consumption were strongly associated with the respondents' regular use of Facebook, Google, and other web portals. Respondents who used these sites more often than other respondents were significantly more likely to have a larger and more varied online news diet. The large positive effects for SNS and online intermediaries support previous findings indicating that respondents regularly use these sites to get their news ([@r2]).
Overall, our results provide robust evidence for increased news exposure due to SNS and intermediaries on the within-person level. Looking at the differences in effect sizes of the within- and between-person coefficients, we conclude that nonregular intermediary use is not the main route to online news, but that the intraindividual effects are substantial across two different samples and time points. The two platforms often accused of fostering selective exposure ([@r14]), Facebook and Google, were consistently associated with a more varied news diet, on both the within- and between-person levels, in addition to increasing the overall amount of news exposure.
Conclusion {#s2}
==========
We used large-scale observational data to avoid the limited reliability and validity of self-reports on news exposure. Leveraging the potential of such data with the REWB model, our study provides strong evidence that getting more and more-diverse news as a consequence of other media-related activities is a common phenomenon in the online sphere. The findings contradict widely held concerns that social media and web portals specifically contribute to news avoidance and restrict the diversity of news diets. Note that we followed previous studies and measured the variety of news diets by counting the number of outlets visited. Given the overall low frequency of news visits, intermediaries add diversity to the news diets of the large majority of participants with a small news repertoire ([@r2]). While we cannot say that outlet variety always equals viewpoint variety, prior research has shown that using a larger number of online news sources typically translates into more-diverse overall news exposure ([@r15]). In contrast to previous studies ([@r9], [@r10]), we cannot quantify diversity in terms of cross-cutting exposure, but note that previous studies have shown little evidence for strong partisan alignments of news audiences in Germany ([@r16]) on the outlet level, so that variety would have to be measured on the level of individual news items, which requires URL-level tracking and content analysis data. In addition, future combinations of web tracking with experience sampling surveys are needed to disentangle in what instances nonregular news use is entirely nonintentional and how the respective contents specifically affect the diversity in news diets.
Materials and Methods {#s3}
=====================
Samples. {#s4}
--------
Our analysis is based on data from two representative samples of German internet users aged 14 to 65 y who agreed to use a tracking software that hooks into the web browsers on their desktop computers and/or smartphone. For privacy reasons, respondents could temporarily disable the tracking. The 2012 dataset was originally collected as part of a large, nationally representative household panel ([@r5]). It contains the desktop browser logs of $n = 2,970$ respondents in November 2012. The average age of the respondents was $m = 44.6$ y, and 53.1% were female. The 2018 dataset was drawn from an online access panel, with browser logs (desktop and mobile) collected from $n = 2,035$ respondents in December 2018. The average age of the 2018 respondents was a little lower ($m = 41.6$ y), as was the proportion of female respondents (50.6%). In order to simplify comparisons across samples, the datasets were matched in terms of the respondents' age range.
Data collection was carried out by market research companies in accordance with the ICC/ESOMAR International Code of marketing and Social Research Practice (<https://www.esomar.org>). Informed consent was obtained from the participants prior to participation.
Measures. {#s5}
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Both the 2012 and 2018 data contain all logged visits from the respondents' web browser on the domain level (e.g., <https://www.spiegel.de>). For the present analysis, we defined a visit with a threshold of 10-s exposure (rather than 1 s or 3 s as in previous studies; ref. [@r6]), in order to establish that respondents had at least somewhat engaged with a website. We compiled a list of 319 general interest news domains using data from the German Audit Bureau of Circulation as well as a manual inspection of the most frequently visited domains. Similarly, we defined the relevant domains for web portal use (seven sites, such as Yahoo or T-Online), as well as Facebook, Twitter, and Google. For the clickstream analysis, the coded log entries were analyzed. For the REWB model, the number of news visits and number of news outlets visited, as well as Facebook, Twitter, Google and portal visits, were counted per respondent and day, yielding a panel dataset with a maximum of $k = 31$ repeated measurements of browser use.
Data Analysis. {#s6}
--------------
In order to account for between- and within-person associations of browsing behavior and news exposure, we estimated an REWB model ([@r12]). For a single predictor variable $x$, $i$ respondents, and $t$ repeated measurements, the REWB model is specified as
$y_{it} = \mu + \beta_{1W}\left( {x_{it} - {\overline{x}}_{i}} \right) + \beta_{2B}{\overline{x}}_{i} + v_{i0} + v_{i1}\left( {x_{it} - {\overline{x}}_{i}} \right) + \epsilon_{it0}$
with $\beta_{1W}$ as the within-person effect and $\beta_{2B}$ as the between-person effect. In addition to random intercepts for respondents $v_{i0}$, the model also includes random slopes $v_{i1}$ for the within-person effect, following current recommendations for conservative fixed effects estimates ([@r12]). We expanded the linear REWB model in two regards: Since the outcomes are count variables, we estimated a Poisson rather than a linear model. Moreover, we log-transformed all predictor variables from the web tracking data, because we expected diminishing returns for additional site visits. The models also include random intercepts for days, as well as observation-level random effects (OLRE) to account for overdispersion. Total visits (minus the intermediary sites) were included as a predictor to control for the conflation of the associations between news website use and the use of intermediaries with general internet use intensity.
Data Availability. {#s7}
------------------
Replication data and code are available on the Open Science Framework, <https://osf.io/pqd9f/> ([@r17]).
M.S. thanks GfK Germany for providing survey and log data from their Media Efficiency Panel. J.B. and S.S. thank Pascal Siegers for his contribution to the collection of the 2018 data. We thank Marko Bachl for helpful comments on the statistical models.
The authors declare no competing interest.
Data deposition: Replication data, code, and supplementary materials are available on the Open Science Framework, <https://osf.io/pqd9f/>.
[^1]: Edited by Mary C. Waters, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and approved January 9, 2020 (received for review November 4, 2019)
[^2]: Author contributions: M.S. and F.M. designed research; M.S., F.M., S.S., and J.B. performed research; M.S. and F.M. analyzed data; and M.S., F.M., S.S., and J.B. wrote the paper.
| 2024-02-02T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/1562 |
Alan compiled analytics of the mailing list, and from what he states, calls for help are the most responded to emails. This is followed by projects. An avenue we can explore to draw interest for the space could be through better reach through the mailing list.
Alan compiled analytics of the mailing list, and from what he states, calls for help are the most responded to emails. This is followed by projects. An avenue we can explore to draw interest for the space could be through better reach through the mailing list.
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==2:12PM -- Floor tile==
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==2:12PM -- Media Lab==
Igor put astroturf on the steps to the Media Lab and tiles to weigh it down. They can be removed today to permit access to the Media Lab.
Igor put astroturf on the steps to the Media Lab and tiles to weigh it down. They can be removed today to permit access to the Media Lab.
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We may not be able to build out the Media Lab into a recording studio -- WonderRoot has that capacity and we are working on a joint membership status with them.
We may not be able to build out the Media Lab into a recording studio -- WonderRoot has that capacity and we are working on a joint membership status with them.
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==2:22 -- InvestAtlanta==
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==2:22 PM -- InvestAtlanta==
There is a plan to develop Fort Mcpherson into a technology park, and there is a chance to relocate Freeside to this new location. We don’t know many details about this, and it is developing. The conversations regarding this are underway. This is the CoA, so this could go a long time before results appear.
There is a plan to develop Fort Mcpherson into a technology park, and there is a chance to relocate Freeside to this new location. We don’t know many details about this, and it is developing. The conversations regarding this are underway. This is the CoA, so this could go a long time before results appear.
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==2:32 PM -- Reefer Madness==
==2:32 PM -- Reefer Madness==
There’s a discussion of having a bad movie night on Tuesdays for nights when there are no lectures. This will probably be driven by members. We need to use these opportunities to get members to take charge of events.
There’s a discussion of having a bad movie night on Tuesdays for nights when there are no lectures. This will probably be driven by members. We need to use these opportunities to get members to take charge of events.
Ivan opens the floor -- he wants to help with a variety of topics, including the 3D printer, Wiki, and other things.
Buddy has an offer for the Benz to be scrapped for $500 OBO
Cameron brings up his Streaming Cart idea, with a build price of 1800 for a full system, and 1000 for a system that would support basic streaming (G+). Would be an interesting learning experience. Lots of interest from video engineers within Freeside. Could be a tool to bring in people from other companies like Turner.
There is an ongoing discussion in how to build out the space. Alan says there is a decreased incentive to build out the space outside of the Electronics area. A discussion on how to improve turnout in this area is still a topic of discussion, but ideas such as events oriented towards buildouts are encouraging directions
Alan compiled analytics of the mailing list, and from what he states, calls for help are the most responded to emails. This is followed by projects. An avenue we can explore to draw interest for the space could be through better reach through the mailing list.
Igor put astroturf on the steps to the Media Lab and tiles to weigh it down. They can be removed today to permit access to the Media Lab.
Jon donated some equipment (M-Audio Keyboard and USB interface) to the Media Lab. This could make it beneficial as we expand the capacity.
We may need to bust for better computing hardware as the capacity of the Media Lab grows.
Cameron mentions subjects regarding the licensing (if any should apply) for works of art produced in the media lab, such as having a default like Creative Commons. This would not preclude anyone who produces media to be bound to the default license.
We may not be able to build out the Media Lab into a recording studio -- WonderRoot has that capacity and we are working on a joint membership status with them.
There is a plan to develop Fort Mcpherson into a technology park, and there is a chance to relocate Freeside to this new location. We don’t know many details about this, and it is developing. The conversations regarding this are underway. This is the CoA, so this could go a long time before results appear.
There’s a discussion of having a bad movie night on Tuesdays for nights when there are no lectures. This will probably be driven by members. We need to use these opportunities to get members to take charge of events.
We want to give members more rights to run and organize events at Freeside, but how we want to do this is something that needs to be developed by Steven, and he is searching for someone to help develop this. | 2023-10-16T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/2685 |
How Can I Get My W2 Form Online
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The IRS requires employers to report wage and salary info for employees on W-2 Form Online. Your W-2 also gossips the volume of federal, state and other taxes withdrawn from your income. As an employee, the information on your W-2 Form is very important when get ready your tax return.For More Info: https://taxseer.com/w-2-form.html Address: 12502 Grand Elm St, Clarksburg, MD, US 20871Use the phone # - 240-780-6153 | 2024-07-31T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/1856 |
The Vice President, Mr. M. Hamid Ansari with other leaders in a family photo, at the 11th ASEM Summit, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on July 15, 2016.
India Was Confident That ASEM’s Role Can Be Elevated To Harness The Collective Capabilities Of Two Dynamic Continents: Vice President
Mongolia (PIB-GR-TYP-BIN): The Vice President of India, Mr. M. Hamid Ansari has said that India was confident that ASEM’s role can be elevated to harness the collective capabilities of two dynamic continents for the shared peace, progress and prosperity of our countries and regions. He was addressing the Plenary of the 11th ASEM Summit being held in Ulaanbaater, Mongolia on July 15, where he is leading the Indian delegation. He said that ASEM today is a dynamic bridge between Asia and Europe and our shared endeavour has been to promote multi-dimensional connectivity between our continents.
The Vice President said that physical connectivity is merely the means to meeting the aspirations of our citizens; to building mutually beneficial partnerships, and to collectively addressing our regional and global challenges. The networks of connectivity must also include institutional, digital, economic and socio-cultural aspects, he added.
Addressing the issue of terrorism, the Vice President said that our societies today face unprecedented levels of threat from terrorism in all its manifestations with the most recent example being what has happened, most unfortunately in France. He said that we need to cooperate meaningfully to deal with this threat. He urged the ASEM to pledge to work together to erase the scourge of terrorism by taking speedy action against the perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of terror, pointing out that the early adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism under the aegis of the UN is an imperative today.
The Vice president said that ASEM should also collaborate to protect our global commons such as the seas and oceans in accordance with international conventions, urging ASEM members to resolve disputes peacefully, without threats or use of force, and exercise self-restraint in the conduct of activities that could escalate disputes effecting peace and stability. As a State Party to the UNCLOS, India urges all parties to show utmost respect for the UNCLOS, which establishes the international legal order of the seas and oceans, the Vice President added. | 2023-09-23T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/7967 |
949 A.2d 1018 (2007)
F. Gordon SIMMERING
v.
PRIDE MORTGAGE INCORPORATED.
No. 2006-148-Appeal.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
November 21, 2007.
ORDER
This came before the Supreme Court for oral argument pursuant to an order directing the parties to appear and show cause why the issues raised in this appeal should not be summarily decided. After considering the record, the briefs submitted by the parties, and the oral arguments of counsel, we are of the opinion that cause has been shown. Accordingly, the case is assigned to the regular calendar for full briefing and argument. The briefing shall be in accordance with Article I, Rule 16 of the Supreme Court Rules of Appellate Procedure. The parties are directed to address, inter alia, the issue of whether or not, as a matter of tort law, a duty of care was owed to the plaintiff.
One of the issues in this case is the extent of the duty of care (if any) owed by a mortgage broker, retained by the buyer, to the seller when the mortgage broker has been made aware of the seller's professed need for a closing to take place on or before a particular date so as to avoid substantial financial loss. The Court invites all interested parties to file briefs as amici curiae addressing this issue.
Justice GOLDBERG did not participate.
| 2024-07-13T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/7025 |
Segmental demyelination in the peripheral nerves of mice affected by a hereditary neuropathy (dystonia musculorum).
A teased fibre and electron-microscopical study was carried out on the sciatic nerves of mice affected with the peripheral neuropathy in dystonia musculorum. Widespread segmental demyelination was present in all the nerves. Focal axon swellings were also seen, but were relatively scarce and similar in appearance to post-traumatic reactive swellings. The variability of dystonic internodal lengths was indicative of segmental demyelination rather than axonal degeneration. The largely motor fibres of the phrenic nerve were seen to undergo a similar degenerative process, but with a later onset and more gradual progression. Segmental demyelination was found to be present before axon swellings and other degenerative changes became visible in developing phrenic nerve. Demyelination is thus an important pathological process in dystonia musculorum, and the present observations are consistent with a primary segmental demyelinating disorder in dystonic peripheral nerve. | 2023-10-11T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/8375 |
Dealing with JSON data; pulling it in and reading it was something I strugled with significantly when I began coding. This article is for anyone who is facing that issue or just wants a diffrent point of view.
Recently I was challenged to create a sentiment analysis from Twitter data; so I created this api endpoint and it can be used for this example.
http://www.sportsbookanalysis.com/restapi/tweets/?format=json
To access this data we need json and request libraries or we can use the built in pandas read_json() method. We will go through not using the pd.read_json() method because it is good practice and it is helpful know what is going on when using the data outside of pandas, such as in js. Moving from Python to Javascript learning how to deal with json objects in greater detail will lower make picking up js much easier.
In actual practice it clearly would be more sensible to just use the read_json method and then pass in the appropriate "orient" parameter.https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/pandas.read_json.html
import json, requests response = requests.get("http://www.sportsbookanalysis.com/restapi/tweets/?format=json") print(response) <Response [200]>
This <Response [200]> was one of my first "gothas" because I see that format=json, however this is just giving us a status code 200 which is a good thing to see in our case. However, to access the actual data we need .json()
response = requests.get("http://www.sportsbookanalysis.com/restapi/tweets/?format=json").json() # Dont print this as its fairly large
From here we can see what is going on with the data. It can be hit or miss, but the first thing I try is to just print out the keys of the data. If that fails it means the data is in a list so we can use indexing
print(response.keys()) #AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'keys' print(len(response)) print(response[1250]) #output {'id': 42750, 'team': 'NYG', 'sport': 'NFL', 'tw_time': '2019-07-27T11:00:26Z', #'tweet': "Giants' Saquon Barkley rips Daniel Jones critics: You don't know football #nyg #giants #NFL https://t.co/5T6oz6sRc3", #'score': -0.296, 'followers': 3688} print(response[1250].keys()) #dict_keys(['id', 'team', 'sport', 'tw_time', 'tweet', 'score', 'followers']) #and finally we can do soemthing like for i in response[1250].keys(): print("{}:{}".format(i,response[1250][i])) #output id:42750 #team:NYG #sport:NFL #tw_time:2019-07-27T11:00:26Z #tweet:Giants' Saquon Barkley rips Daniel Jones critics: You don't know football #nyg #giants #NFL https://t.co/5T6oz6sRc3 #score:-0.296 #followers:3688
Going another step further we can extract all of the the team and score data into seperate lists and then assign it to empty dataframes. | 2024-01-06T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/2361 |
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT (DESCRIPTION) The objective of this proposal is to implement, assess, and enhance a novel technology that can automatically obtain patient photographs at the point-of-care of medical imaging and thus provide a biometric identifier to prevent wrong-patient errors. Wrong-patient errors in radiology, where one patient's medical imaging study is erroneously placed in another patient's record in the picture archiving and communications system (PACS), can cause serious complications for both involved patients. Despite the use of the Joint Commission mandated dual-identifier technique, wrong-patient errors continue to occur. Patient facial photographs obtained at the point-of-care of medical imaging can serve as biometric identifiers that are easily obtained, intrinsic, yet externally visible and non-obtrusively obtained. Prior work by the investigators has demonstrated that such photographs can significantly increase the detection of simulated wrong-patient errors in pre-clinical observer studies. Competing technologies such as fingerprint identifiers, palm vein mapping or retinal scanning, while using intrinsic identifiers, are obtrusive; other technologies that rely on patient armbands with barcodes, while nonobtrusive, only provide extrinsic identifiers that are not unique to the patient. CameRad Technologies, LLC is developing this technology?the PatCamTM system, with two main components, a camera device and an integration server. The integration server accurately matches the photographs with the correct medical imaging studies and then stores them together in the PACS. In this proposal, CameRad will pursue the following aims to de-risk the technology on the path to commercialization. In Aim 1, the investigators will demonstrate that their technology is vendor-neutral and can operate in a highly secure, controlled environment, by implementing the system at the Veterans Affairs Maryland Healthcare System's (VAMHCS) McKesson PACS. They will then assess whether the technology can increase error detection, decrease interpretation time, and be perceived favorably by radiologists in a clinical setting at VAMHCS. In Aim 2, CameRad will develop an automated system face verification system for flagging potentially misidentified imaging studies for review by humans. Achievement of these aims are critical in preparation for a Phase II SBIR project, which will involve a multi-center clinical workflow study to demonstrate that patient photographs can 1) increase detection of wrong patient errors clinically and 2) increase radiologist interpreter efficiency. Most importantly, the potential future impact of this technology is that it can personalize medical imaging studies thereby increasing the focus of interpreting physicians. | 2024-01-04T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/5395 |
/* linux/arch/arm/mach-exynos/include/mach/c2c.h
*
* Copyright 2011 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
* http://www.samsung.com/
*
* Platform header file for Samsung C2C Interface driver
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
* published by the Free Software Foundation.
*/
#ifndef __ASM_PLAT_C2C_H
#define __ASM_PLAT_C2C_H __FILE__
#define C2C_SHAREDMEM_BASE 0x60000000
enum c2c_opp_mode {
C2C_OPP0 = 0,
C2C_OPP25 = 1,
C2C_OPP50 = 2,
C2C_OPP100 = 3,
};
enum c2c_buswidth {
C2C_BUSWIDTH_8 = 0,
C2C_BUSWIDTH_10 = 1,
C2C_BUSWIDTH_16 = 2,
};
enum c2c_shrdmem_size {
C2C_MEMSIZE_4 = 0,
C2C_MEMSIZE_8 = 1,
C2C_MEMSIZE_16 = 2,
C2C_MEMSIZE_32 = 3,
C2C_MEMSIZE_64 = 4,
C2C_MEMSIZE_128 = 5,
C2C_MEMSIZE_256 = 6,
C2C_MEMSIZE_512 = 7,
};
struct exynos_c2c_platdata {
void (*setup_gpio)(enum c2c_buswidth rx_width, enum c2c_buswidth tx_width);
void (*set_cprst)(void);
void (*clear_cprst)(void);
u32 (*get_c2c_state)(void);
u32 shdmem_addr;
enum c2c_shrdmem_size shdmem_size;
void __iomem *ap_sscm_addr;
void __iomem *cp_sscm_addr;
enum c2c_buswidth rx_width;
enum c2c_buswidth tx_width;
u32 clk_opp100; /* clock of OPP100 mode */
u32 clk_opp50; /* clock of OPP50 mode */
u32 clk_opp25; /* clock of OPP25 */
enum c2c_opp_mode default_opp_mode;
void __iomem *c2c_sysreg; /* System Register address for C2C */
char *c2c_clk;
};
void exynos_c2c_set_platdata(struct exynos_c2c_platdata *pd);
extern void exynos_c2c_cfg_gpio(enum c2c_buswidth rx_width, enum c2c_buswidth tx_width);
extern void exynos_c2c_set_cprst(void);
extern void exynos_c2c_clear_cprst(void);
#endif /*__ASM_PLAT_C2C_H */
| 2023-09-14T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/4359 |
This weekend’s New York Times Magazine is already making headlines around an incredible article by Jose Antonio Vargas, headlined “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant.” Mr. Vargas is a Pulitzer-Prize …
I was horrified to hear earlier today the news that Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle (Gaby) Giffords had been shot by a deranged gunman while at a meeting with her constituents. How could this happen? … | 2024-03-03T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/4207 |
Q:
Prioritize string validation messages
In PHP, how can we prioritize the result message of one check over the other?
I have two different if conditions in my PHP file with two different messages.
Some strings match both, but even if the if (preg_match) is located above if !(preg_match) in the script, the result shows the error msg of !(preg_match)
Example:
if (preg_match('/^[\x{0600}-\x{06FF}]*$/u', $value)){
$return = $register_msg['ihc_error_please_write_yourname_in_english'];
}
if (!preg_match('~[eyuioa]~',$value)) {
$return = $register_msg['ihc_error_no_vowels_found'];
}
Now when a user enters his name via Arabic characters for example, although his string matches both conditions, unfortunately he gets ['ihc_error_no_vowels_found'] instead of getting ['ihc_error_please_write_yourname_in_english'].
A:
You may use
$register_msg = ['ihc_error_please_write_yourname_in_english' => 'English, please!', 'ihc_error_no_vowels_found' => 'No vowels!' ];
$value = 'سبعة';
$return = "";
if (preg_match('/^[\x{0600}-\x{06FF}]*$/u', $value)){
$return .= $register_msg['ihc_error_please_write_yourname_in_english'] . PHP_EOL;
} else if (preg_match('~^[A-Za-z]+$~',$value) && !preg_match('~[eyuioa]~',$value)) {
$return .= $register_msg['ihc_error_no_vowels_found'] . PHP_EOL;
}
echo $return;
See the PHP demo that with an Arabic word yields
English, please!
And with SFGH value (see this PHP demo) yields
No vowels!
The preg_match('~^[A-Za-z]+$~',$value) checks if the string only consists of 1+ ASCII letters.
| 2024-04-23T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/4663 |
Q:
apply Function one raw input ,many raws output
I have a table like this:
customer ID startdate enddate
11 22 2015-01-01 2015-03-01
11 55 2018-04-03 2018-06-16
22 33 2017-02-01 2017-04-01
And This is the output I want:
customer Id YearMonth
11 22 201501
11 22 201502
11 22 201503
11 55 201804
11 55 201805
11 55 201806
22 33 201702
22 33 201703
22 33 201704
22 33 201505
I've Started writing this function:
datseq<-function(t1,t2) {
seq(as.Data(t1), as.Date(t2), by="month")
}
My Questions are:
a. How can I correct the function to return me YYYYMM format?
b. How can I implemnt this function on the dataframe in order that each customer and id will get the appropriate list of months? The output should be a dataframe.
Thank you
A:
We can do this with data.table, group by the sequence of rows, create a sequence from the 'startdate' to 'enddate', specifying the by as monthly and format the Date class to return the expected format ("%Y%m")
library(data.table)
setDT(df1)[, .(customer = customer[1], Id = ID[1],
YearMonth = format(seq(startdate, enddate, by = '1 month'), "%Y%m")),
by = 1:nrow(df1)]
This can also be done with tidyverse
library(tidyverse)
df1 %>%
mutate(YearMonth = map2(startdate, enddate,
~ seq(.x, .y, by = "1 month") %>%
format(., format = "%Y%m"))) %>%
select(-startdate, enddate) %>%
unnest
If we need a base R, option, then Map can be used
lst <- Map(function(x, y) seq(x, y, by = '1 month'), df1$startdate, df1$enddate)
Replicate the rows of the dataset by the lengths of the list, and create a column 'YearMonth' by concatenating the list elements and then getting the expected format
data.frame(df1[rep(1:nrow(df1), lengths(lst)), 1:2],
YearMonth = format(do.call(c, lst), "%Y%m"))
| 2023-09-14T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/7173 |
Total Body Toning
[DVD]
DVD
List Price: $14.99
Price: $8.18
You Save: $6.81(45%)
Product Notes
Like no other workout, Kathy Smith's Total Body Toning is efficient, incredibly effective and targets the entire body using Resistance Tubes, a Stretch Band, and an Exercise Ball. This 52 minute DVD will aid in strengthening your upper body, lower body, and core while improving stability and coordination. Kathy Smith, one of the world's leading fitness experts, leads you through four workout routines to burn calories, reduce fat and tone the entire body. Section 1: Ultimate Upper Body workout uses an adjustable resistance tube helps you to burn calories and tone your upper body. Section 2: Lean Lower Body workout uses the figure-8 stretch tube to help lift and firm your glutes and thighs. Section 3: Healthy Abs and Back workout uses a medium size exercise ball to help strengthen and sculpt your entire core. BONUS: Slim and Fit Total Body workout is a quick 10 minute complete workout that uses a stretch band (a tube can also work) to help firm your entire body and slim down fast. Perfect for those days when you're short on time. Designed for any fitness level, this DVD will help you feel youthful, healthy, fit and toned all over. Equipment required: Adjustable resistance tube, figure-8 tube, medium exercise ball, stretch band.
Technical Information
Like no other workout, Kathy Smith's Total Body Toning is efficient, incredibly effective and targets the entire body using Resistance Tubes, a Stretch Band, and an Exercise Ball. This 52 minute DVD will aid in strengthening your upper body, lower body, and core while improving stability and coordination. Kathy Smith, one of the world's leading fitness experts, leads you through four workout routines to burn calories, reduce fat and tone the entire body. Section 1: Ultimate Upper Body workout uses an adjustable resistance tube helps you to burn calories and tone your upper body. Section 2: Lean Lower Body workout uses the figure-8 stretch tube to help lift and firm your glutes and thighs. Section 3: Healthy Abs and Back workout uses a medium size exercise ball to help strengthen and sculpt your entire core. BONUS: Slim and Fit Total Body workout is a quick 10 minute complete workout that uses a stretch band (a tube can also work) to help firm your entire body and slim down fast. Perfect for those days when you're short on time. Designed for any fitness level, this DVD will help you feel youthful, healthy, fit and toned all over. Equipment required: Adjustable resistance tube, figure-8 tube, medium exercise ball, stretch band. | 2024-04-11T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/5092 |
/* Localized versions of Info.plist keys */
NSHumanReadableCopyright = "© Nicholas J Humfrey, 2006";
| 2023-11-03T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/7924 |
Q:
How does one run Java 8's nashorn under a SecurityManager
I am looking to sandbox Java 8's Nashorn javascript engine. I've already discovered the --no-java flag, which helps, but I've also found the following link saying that one needs to be "running with SecurityManager enabled": http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/nashorn-dev/2013-September/002010.html
I haven't found documentation addressing how this is done with Nashorn, so how should this be done safely?
A:
It is possible to execute scripts using jjs with security manager enabled.
jjs -J-Djava.security.manager myscript.js
or
jjs -J-Djava.security.manager
for interactive mode. Note that if you just use -Djava.security.manager, than that option is processed by jjs tool. To pass option to VM, you've to use -J prefix. This is true of any other JDK bin tool other than the launcher tool "java".
A:
I know you probably don't need that anyway anymore, but for those who got here looking for an easy way to run nashorn in sandbox: if you just want to prevent scripts from using reflection, set up a ClassFilter. This way you can allow to use only SOME of the available classes... or none at all.
NashornScriptEngineFactory factory = new NashornScriptEngineFactory();
ScriptEngine scriptEngine = factory.getScriptEngine(
new String[] { "--no-java" }, //a quick way to disable direct access to java API
null, //a ClassLoader, let's just ignore it
new ClassFilter() { //this one simply forbids use of any java classes, including reflection
@Override
public boolean exposeToScripts(String string) {
return false;
}
}
);
| 2024-06-26T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/3958 |
Bromwell Street residents fight for new judge in eviction case
Bromwel lStreet residents and members from Reclaim the City picket outside the WC High Court before their court hearing
The families had been living in their homes for generations when they were served with eviction notices in March 2016.
Bromwell Street residents have lodged a Judicial Services Commission complaint and recusal application against acting judge Leslie Weinkove, who has been presiding over their eviction case.
The Ndifuna Ukwazi Centre, which assists the 27 residents, said in a statement on Wednesday that the recusal application would be argued on May 17 and 18.
The families had been living in their Bromwell Street houses for generations when they were served with eviction notices in March 2016.
The City of Cape Town’s plan to relocate them after the houses were sold for development was met with strong resistance and accusations of apartheid-style forced removals.
The residents turned to the Western Cape High Court to stay the eviction and have rejected the City of Cape Town’s proposal to move them to Wolwerivier.
The Ndifuna Ukwazi press statement said the evictions would leave them homeless.
“On 20 September 2016, they brought an application before the Western Cape High Court to compel the City of Cape Town to provide them with temporary alternative accommodation in a location as near as possible to their home community of Woodstock. The City proposes to relocate the residents to the Wolwerivier relocation area, some 29kms north of Woodstock.”
It further states that residents believe Weinkove “impugned their dignity and violated their right to fair access to the courts”.
Weinkove reportedly made a number of “disparaging remarks” that included “insinuations that unemployed people do not need to be close to opportunities and services”.
“Where judges make comments which degrade a person because of their socioeconomic and employment status, this adds a more insidious barrier to access to the courts. It serves to further exclude and alienate the most vulnerable persons in our society who often are the most in need of the court’s assistance,” the statement read.
Attorney for the Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre Disha Govender said the matter was argued on January 31 and February 1. She said Weinkove reserved judgment, but in the interim, he required additional information from both the residents and the City of Cape Town.
The matter will return to court on May 17 and 18, where the points Weinkove raised will be argued as well as arguments for the recusal application. | 2024-06-23T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/7864 |
Note
Note
Driver support
OpenGL Vulkan Mad Max: Camp - Hollow Point Antergos Linux, 1080p, i7 5960x, 980ti Normal High Very High Vulkan 239 OpenGL 113 Vulkan 162 OpenGL 65 Vulkan 145 OpenGL 47 239 113 162 65 145 47 0 48 96 144 192 240 Average FPS
OpenGL Vulkan Mad Max: Stronghold – Tyrant’s Lash Antergos Linux, 1080p, i7 5960x, 980ti Normal High Very High Vulkan 79 OpenGL 50 Vulkan 68 OpenGL 35 Vulkan 59 OpenGL 34 79 50 68 35 59 34 0 16 32 48 64 80 Average FPS
OpenGL Vulkan Mad Max: Cutscene - Hope, Glory, and Dog is Dead Antergos Linux, 1080p, i7 5960x, 980ti Normal High Very High Vulkan 254 OpenGL 74 Vulkan 153 OpenGL 57 Vulkan 130 OpenGL 50 254 74 153 57 130 50 0 51 102 153 204 255 Average FPS
OpenGL Vulkan Cutscene - Landmover Antergos Linux, 1080p, i7 5960x, 980ti Normal High Very High Vulkan 271 OpenGL 89 Vulkan 168 OpenGL 65 Vulkan 146 OpenGL 58 271 89 168 65 146 58 0 55 110 165 220 275 Average FPS
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
: The benchmarks were re-done here , as Feral had an OpenGL performance regression which caused Vulkan to look at lot better than it was.Mad Max [ Feral Store Steam ] from Feral Interactive has been updated with a public beta as the Linux version is now able to use Vulkan and it brings some mighty performance changes.: The beta does not support SteamOS currently, only normal desktop Linux distributions. Vulkan isavailable in the Linux version, it is not in the Windows version.To access the Beta, you need the password "livelongandprosper". Enter that into the games Betas tab on Steam to get in on the action. Once done, select "vulkan_beta." to update to it. See more info on this post from Feral First up, here’s a small comparison video that shows the very clear difference (Very High preset):This is one of the few areas in the game where you can basically guarantee all affects (weather, AI) being the same. So it’s a good point to compare for a video.I’ve tested it out myself privately before release and I’m really impressed with the difference it makes. It’s night and day in some areas the performance jump is quite impressive! Every part of the game feels massively smoother. I didn’t notice it before, but in the OpenGL version even moving the camera is slower than in the Vulkan version.Places that previously dropped to 60FPS and below have been sailing at over 100FPS for me, keeping the action amazingly smooth. This is especially important for all the car chases and general combat on foot, previously some of the battles were a real struggle, but now it’s effortless.You can turn Vulkan off to go back to OpenGL using the "Use Vulkan" tickbox in the Advanced section of the Feral launcher. I'm impressed by how solid the switching is after going back and forth too many times to count I haven't had an issue.: If you turned off the Feral launcher, you can bring it back by holding down CTRL while it loads.Here’s a few random screenshots showing again how the performance really is different (OpenGL left, Vulkan right - noted in each picture).As you can see, no matter the area, weather, lighting and so on Vulkan destroys OpenGL in Mad Max.: It works across NVIDIA, AMD and Intel, but there are some specific bits to be aware of. You can read about them on this post from Feral I should note, that the amount of difference you see will of course depend on what CPU and GPU combination you have. Lower-end CPU/GPU combinations will still see an improvement, but it likely won’t be as drastic as what I see here.Feral have also put in a benchmark mode for the Linux version, which you can access by doing “--feral-benchmark” in their advanced launcher options. It will take whatever your in-game settings are for the benchmark. This is a unique feature for the Linux version, as the Windows version does not have a proper benchmark mode.: If you plan to play it through, you should be aware the benchmark uses cut-scenes from late in the game and may spoil a scene or two for you.You will find the benchmark output in time and dated folders inside ”.local/share/feral-interactive/Mad Max/VFS/User/AppData/Roaming/WB Games/Mad Max/FeralBenchmark”.Each single run of the benchmark takes about five minutes, so you might want to go make a coffee while it runs.These benchmarks show how some of the worst performing parts of the game perform differently on Vulkan. Not all of the game will see such an increase.This isn’t just showing the power of Vulkan, this is also showing the level of commitment Feral Interactive have for their Linux ports overall. I continue to respect the work they do in bringing games to Linux, supporting and sending in patches to Mesa and giving me fantastic games to play. Not only that, but updating their games to use the Vulkan API is obviously extremely welcome. | 2023-12-10T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/9571 |
Graph-theoretical identification of dissociation pathways on free energy landscapes of biomolecular interaction.
Biomolecular association and dissociation reactions take place on complicated interaction free energy landscapes that are still very hard to characterize computationally. For large enough distances, though, it often suffices to consider the six relative translational and rotational degrees of freedom of the two particles treated as rigid bodies. Here, we computed the six-dimensional free energy surface of a dimer of water-soluble alpha-helices by scanning these six degrees of freedom in about one million grid points. In each point, the relative free energy difference was computed as the sum of the polar and nonpolar solvation free energies of the helix dimer and of the intermolecular coulombic interaction energy. The Dijkstra graph algorithm was then applied to search for the lowest cost dissociation pathways based on a weighted, directed graph, where the vertices represent the grid points, the edges connect the grid points and their neighbors, and the weights are the reaction costs between adjacent pairs of grid points. As an example, the configuration of the bound state was chosen as the source node, and the eight corners of the translational cube were chosen as the destination nodes. With the strong electrostatic interaction of the two helices giving rise to a clearly funnel-shaped energy landscape, the eight lowest-energy cost pathways coming from different orientations converge into a well-defined pathway for association. We believe that the methodology presented here will prove useful for identifying low-energy association and dissociation pathways in future studies of complicated free energy landscapes for biomolecular interaction. | 2024-02-12T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/3763 |
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Treatment of a neuroma-in-continuity of the peroneal nerve with nerve bypass grafts--a case report.
Treatment of neuroma-in-continuity involves neurolysis or resection with interposition nerve grafting of the involved segment. These techniques may be complicated by loss of remaining conduction through axons that were intact prior to surgical neurolysis or grafting. The authors have shown previously that axonal regeneration occurs in an autologous bypass graft in the rat model. They applied this technique to a neuroma-in-continuity of the peroneal nerve of a 22-year-old woman who sustained an injury to the peroneal nerve after arthroscopic surgery, with excellent results. Nerve bypass may be the procedure of choice for treatment of neuroma-in-continuity. | 2024-05-18T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/6805 |
Man convicted of robbing Family Dollar Store in Lancaster
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Man convicted of robbing Family Dollar Store in Lancaster
LANCASTER, Pa.– A jury convicted a man Tuesday after he robbed a city store at gun point last year.
Edgardo Alfaro-Rodriguez, 20, was convicted of felony robbery.
On December 2, 2015, Alfaro-Rodriguez robbed the Family Dollar Store on South Duke Street.
During the trial, witnesses, including a cashier, said that Alfaro-Rodriguez wore a mask and showed a gun while demanding cash from the register. After the clerk was unable to open the register, Alfaro-Rodriguez fled the scene with nothing.
Police were able to link him to the crime via a fingerprint he left at the scene.
Alfaro-Rodriguez’s bail was raised to $100,000 and he will face sentencing in the next few months. | 2023-12-15T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/2073 |
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's health care law is constitutional as a tax - but only a small percentage of Americans will pay more, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data shows.
Though the law is projected to raise more than $800 billion in taxes, fees and penalties over a decade, 40% comes from about 3.5 million households with adjusted gross incomes above $200,000. Employers, insurers and health care providers are slated to fork over much of the rest.
Republicans insist much of the tax burden will get passed along to middle-income taxpayers. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, notes one in 10 of those taxed for failing to buy health insurance will be below the federal poverty level.
"Twelve of the 21 taxes in the Democrats' health care law will hit middle-class families," says House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich. "That's a double-hit on both families and job creators already struggling with the high cost of health care."
On the other hand, about 18 million people will get tax credits if they buy health insurance plans through new federal or state exchanges.
"The Affordable Care Act is the largest health care tax cut in history," says Jason Furman, deputy director of the White House National Economic Council. "It will provide a significant net tax cut for middle-class families and the millions of Americans who will seek affordable insurance in the years ahead." | 2024-03-31T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/6382 |
A hitherto undescribed case of "collision" tumour: liposarcoma of the seminal vesicle and prostatic carcinoma.
A hitherto undescribed type of the rare "collision" tumours is reported: necropsy in a 77-year-old male patient revealed liposarcoma of the right seminal vesicle in association with anaplastic carcinoma of the prostate. The carcinoma was fused with the liposarcoma as a result of its invasive local growth and had formed deposits in the lymph nodes, bones and lungs. The left seminal vesicle showed localized amyloidosis. A review of the published cases of mesenchymal tumours of the seminal vesicles is presented. | 2024-01-15T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/9896 |
Hemifacial resurfacing with prefabricated induced expanded supraclavicular skin flap.
Severe facial burn sequelae present a great challenge and maximally test the principles of reconstructive surgery. Three of these basic principles--free tissue transfer, flap prefabrication, and tissue expansion--are combined to achieve superior reconstructive outcomes. This approach evolved into the prefabricated induced expanded flap, which refers to the staged transfer of expanded supraclavicular skin with an antebrachial fascial free flap used as the carrier. In the first surgical stage, the radial artery and corresponding vein in antebrachial fascia were transferred to a subcutaneous pocket in the supraclavicular fossa over a large skin expander, with anastomoses to the neck vessels. During the second stage, after adequate expansion lasting 2 to 3 months, the total scarred hemiface was excised, and the prefabricated induced expanded flap was dissected and then transferred as an island to cover the skin defect. Twenty-six patients with severe hemifacial burn sequelae and three more with other large hemifacial lesions underwent successful facial resurfacing with the described technique in the last 7 years. Twenty patients were male and nine were female, with a mean age of 23. Mean follow-up was 3.4 years. All of the flaps survived after transfer, and no major complication was observed. The supraclavicular prefabricated induced expanded flap can provide ample amounts of vascularized, thin, and desirable skin with perfect color match for resurfacing major facial defects. The aesthetic and functional results were encouraging and progressively improved during follow-up. | 2024-06-02T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/7879 |
20 Foods exported from China that will make you really sick
China is a powerful exporter of all kinds of common goods. Unfortunately, sometimes it uses techniques to speed up the production chain or to sell at a better price which makes the quality of the products decrease. Sadly, some foods suffer the consequences and end up containing chemical products and pesticides. Learn about the 20 Chinese exported foods you should avoid eating.
20. Eggs
If you leave a mixture of calcium carbonate, baking powder and a zest of paraffin with food colouring out for a few hours, you will have made an egg… Well, sort of. You will have something that looks like an egg but that will highly increase your risks of a serious food poisoning.
19. Cod
Cod farming is no better than tilapia farming. This fish swims in a pool full of garbage and eats everything in its way (including the garbage!). This makes this fish toxic.
18. Rice noodles
Sulphur dioxide can be used to make rice noodles look fresher. Sulphur dioxide is toxic and associated with causing cancer.
17. Lamb or rat?
An article from Radio-Canada reported that rats were being sold as lamb at the beginning of 2013. The police arrested 900 people related to the incident and seized 20 000 tons of spoiled rat meat.
16. Beef or pork?
The website Voyage-Chine mentions that in China, beef is twice as expensive as pork, so to save money, many companies add borax based food additives in their pork to make it look like beef. This food additive is a powerful insecticide that should not be found in your digestive system.
15. Garlic
Chemical products are scattered in garlic fields and then they find themselves in our plates. Eat Canadian garlic after eating Chinese garlic and you will notice a great difference.
14. Mushrooms
Food inspectors often find contaminated mushrooms from China. Make sure you check where your mushrooms are from before buying them.
13. Cabbage
Chinese farmers use a formalin solution to keep cabbages looking fresh in very high temperatures during summer months. This chemical is extremely dangerous for one’s health.
12. Plastic rice
Synthetic resin and potatoes are the base for plastic rice sold in China. This rice can cause cancer.
11. Milk
Milk made with melanin caused six children to die and the intoxication of 300 000 others. Close to 230 tons of milk have been trafficked to increase the protein count. Melanin causes serious damage to the kidneys.
10. Black “pepper”
The famous black “pepper” of China is sometimes only mud that Chinese are trying to sell. The lack of rules and control in their food security systems make it hard to know if what you’re buying is really what is being advertised.
9. Wine
In Chinese wine, you won’t only find grapes. You will also find water, sugar, dyes, artificial flavours, etc. Some Chinese wine consumers have had heart attacks, sudden migraines and a high risk of cancer after drinking “Made in China” wine.
8. Industrial-style salt
One should never consume industrial-style salt because it is not meant to be consumed. However, this type of salt was sold as table salt for a long time in China. This salt can cause many health problems.
7. Oil
An agri-food company in China has decided to recycle used olive oil from restaurants, filter it and then resell it. More than 2000 tons of this kind of olive oil has been sold to restaurants, according to the website Voyage-Chine.
6. Peas
In 2005, specialists have found fake peas sold in canned peas. They contained artificial colouring harmful to one’s health.
5. Tea
According to the website Voyage-Chine, China is now selling pesticide tea. China is known as the biggest producer of tea in the world and is also known as the country with the most pesticides in its tea bags. Close to 29 toxic products have been found in various brands of tea including Lipton. Don’t worry! Those teas weren’t being exported…
4. Watermelon
A powerful pesticide is used in certain Chinese regions. This has made harvested watermelons explode because they grew too fast. Also, this pesticide has made the fruit extremely toxic. It is recommended to buy local for fresh and non-toxic produce.
3. Apple juice
China is one of the biggest producers of apple juice in the world but also the country where there is the most pesticides. Their apple juice contains added sugar and toxic pesticides.
2. Tilapia
Tilapia is a very popular fish in China and is farmed like cod. They are one of the worst fish on the market because of how toxic they are. This fish eats everything, so it swallows water with toxins and pesticides in it.
1. Chicken
Avian influenza and other diseases related to chickens are common in the Eastern regions of the world. Chickens in China often fail to have the required norms to be eaten. | 2023-08-30T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/6440 |
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My object isn't fully Rendered, but in viewport is alright
I come to you today with this issue.
I've just start blender course @blenderguru (I really enjoy it;)).
As you can see (in render) my icing is gone... but sprinkles are there. And when I check it in blender viewport everything is alright. I am just starting learning, so please be nice :)
Rendered image (icing doesn't show up)
Here's how it looks like in Rendered Preview
And here's an image of my particles settings
P.S.: If it can help here's the blender file
A:
You have to enable Show Emitter option, in Particles Settings.
It's often useful to have the emitter hidden, but in this case it is also an important part of your object.
Enable it here:
Properties Panel > Particle Settings > Render
| 2024-03-21T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/2681 |
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How to test if the browser support
How could I test if the current browser support the feature of mobile browsers to use the device camera to take a picture?
https://addpipe.com/html-media-capture-demo/
Capture is basically ignored in all desktop browsers: https://caniuse.com/#feat=html-media-capture
How could I detect if I can use capture (and that it won't show an open file dialog, but will actually open the picture application)?
A:
You can create an input element in JS and test for the capture property. It will be undefined if unsupported.
var el = document.createElement('input')
var supported = el.capture != undefined
console.log('capture supported: '+supported)
Here's what it looks like in the iOS simulator
| 2024-05-02T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/8929 |
In Depth
More than 400 lawyers gathered this month in one of the largest conferences ever for Indiana solo and small-firm attorneys.
With a focus on “The Future of Law” and highlighted by a healthy dose of ethics and a look at coming changes
and challenges, the Indiana State Bar Association’s Solo and Small Firm Conference at the French Lick Resort drew the
second-largest crowd in the event’s history, organizers said.
McKinnon
“The nature of this conference is, I think, distinct in several ways. One, collegiality – there’s a sense
of friendliness that’s not typical in large lawyer meetings,” said Warsaw attorney Paul D. Refior. “The
fact that they provide a lot of options – there are four (presentations) to choose from every session – that allowed
us to go to things that pertain to our practices.”
Refior also carried away materials from other sessions he wasn’t able to attend. “That’s going to be the
gift that keeps on giving,” he said.
Conference planning committee vice chair Patricia McKinnon said featured speakers Indiana Justice Mark Massa and Jim Calloway
tailored their remarks to the challenges solo and small firm lawyers face. Massa, for instance, talked about the need to sweat
the small stuff, using real-life examples such as a lack of postage or insufficient fees dooming filings.
“It was very startling, but also something the audience needed to hear,” McKinnon said.
Calloway, a popular returning speaker who directs the Oklahoma Bar Association Management Assistance Program, offered a candid
but optimistic assessment of the future of law in light of competition from online do-it-yourself services such as LegalZoom.
Indiana Justice Mark Massa spoke to more than 400 lawyers at the Indiana State Bar Association’s
Solo and Small Firm Conference earlier this month in French Lick. (Photo submitted)
“The future is very bright for lawyers willing to embrace the future,” Indianapolis attorney Stephen Terrell
said of Calloway’s presentation. He said Calloway’s message included a need for lawyers to express to clients
the value that their services add and the assurances that come with legal representation.
“People will still need to talk to a live human being,” McKinnon said of her takeaway from Calloway’s remarks.
“They need you because you can provide advice.”
On speaking your mind
With Greenwood attorney Patrick Olmstead, Terrell presented one of the most-talked-about sessions, “Crash Course: The
Intersection of Legal Ethics and the First Amendment.” The session focused on attorney speech and what’s considered
actionable by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission under one of the tightest rules in the nation.
Terrell said Indiana’s Professional Rule of Conduct 8.4(g) appears to be unique compared to other states, in that it
defines as misconduct words or conduct “in a professional capacity” manifesting bias based on race, gender, religion
and other factors that also include the vague qualifiers “socioeconomic status or similar factors.”
“We’re almost fostering a situation where, as a lawyer, if someone writes a letter to you and you don’t
like it, you file a disciplinary action,” Terrell said. A novelist and host of an Internet legal talk show, Terrell
said the rule gives him pause to wonder in those activities, “Am I acting in my legal capacity?”
Olmstead said the session ended with more questions from attorneys than he and Terrell had time to answer before the following
program started.
“People don’t know where the lines are,” Olmstead said of attorney speech. Regarding the vagaries of the
“legal capacity” and “similar factors” language, he said, “I don’t know when you stop
being a lawyer.” He said other states’ rules limit 8.4(g) to matters concerning the administration of justice,
for example.
After investigating the question, Olmstead’s said, “To my knowledge, I could not find another state that has
an 8.4(g) written like ours.”
“What I struggle with and have had people call me about is wordsmithing,” he said. In communicating with opposing
counsel, for instance, “Now you’ve got to walk on eggshells and you’ve got to figure out if you’ve
said anything that would upset someone,” he said. He cited discipline orders such as In the Matter of Vincent M.
Campiti, 937 N.E.2d 340 (2009), and In the Matter of Joseph B. Barker, 55S00-1008-DI-429.
Terrell said lawyers have a duty to point out problems in the justice system, but they also put themselves at risk when they
do. About 20 years ago, Terrell successfully defended an attorney who faced a discipline case for writing a truthful letter
critical of a judge.
“Now, today, I don’t know how many lawyers would do that,” he said. “That’s the real danger
of some of these rulings that are coming out. … That’s why I think it’s a really important discussion to
have.”
What’s new?
News laws taking effect July 1 were the focus of some sessions Kevin Willis of Indianapolis found particularly useful in
his first year as a solo practitioner. This wasn’t his first trip to the conference, though; he’d gone last year
as a law student.
A new law requires licensing and registration of mopeds and scooters with engines smaller than 50 cubic centimeters, for
instance. Another will allow scooter riders and motorcyclists to proceed through a red light after two minutes when traffic
has cleared. That’s yielding to cyclists who said their lighter weight compared to cars didn’t trip some street
sensors that control traffic lights.
Willis said presenters at the conference also did a good job of keeping it light. McKinnon and Disciplinary Commission attorney
Chuck Kidd had fun with an ethics presentation that riffed on the game show “Let’s Make a Deal,” offering
up what Willis called “ridiculously stupid prizes.”
“It was just great to see people can make fun of themselves and ease the tension,” he said.
This year, students from Indiana University Maurer School of Law, IU McKinney School of Law and Valparaiso University Law
School attended the conference. It gives them an opportunity to network and work on elevator speeches, McKinnon said.
McKinnon, who chairs the planning committee for next year’s conference, said work has already started on lining up
speakers and programs for the 2015 gathering that also will be held in French Lick the first weekend in June.
“Anybody that’s involved in any aspect of general practice or family law should attend this conference. They’re
missing out if they don’t,” Willis said.•
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/*
* This file is part of FFmpeg.
*
* FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
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* License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
/**
* @file
* replaygain tags parsing
*/
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "libavutil/avstring.h"
#include "libavutil/dict.h"
#include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
#include "libavutil/mathematics.h"
#include "libavutil/mem.h"
#include "libavutil/replaygain.h"
#include "avformat.h"
#include "replaygain.h"
static int32_t parse_value(const char *value, int32_t min)
{
char *fraction;
int scale = 10000;
int32_t mb = 0;
int sign = 1;
int db;
if (!value)
return min;
value += strspn(value, " \t");
if (*value == '-')
sign = -1;
db = strtol(value, &fraction, 0);
if (*fraction++ == '.') {
while (av_isdigit(*fraction) && scale) {
mb += scale * (*fraction - '0');
scale /= 10;
fraction++;
}
}
if (abs(db) > (INT32_MAX - mb) / 100000)
return min;
return db * 100000 + sign * mb;
}
int ff_replaygain_export_raw(AVStream *st, int32_t tg, uint32_t tp,
int32_t ag, uint32_t ap)
{
AVPacketSideData *sd, *tmp;
AVReplayGain *replaygain;
int i;
if (tg == INT32_MIN && ag == INT32_MIN)
return 0;
for (i = 0; i < st->nb_side_data; i++) {
AVPacketSideData *src_sd = &st->side_data[i];
if (src_sd->type == AV_PKT_DATA_REPLAYGAIN)
return 0;
}
replaygain = av_mallocz(sizeof(*replaygain));
if (!replaygain)
return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
tmp = av_realloc_array(st->side_data, st->nb_side_data + 1, sizeof(*tmp));
if (!tmp) {
av_freep(&replaygain);
return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
}
st->side_data = tmp;
st->nb_side_data++;
sd = &st->side_data[st->nb_side_data - 1];
sd->type = AV_PKT_DATA_REPLAYGAIN;
sd->data = (uint8_t*)replaygain;
sd->size = sizeof(*replaygain);
replaygain->track_gain = tg;
replaygain->track_peak = tp;
replaygain->album_gain = ag;
replaygain->album_peak = ap;
return 0;
}
int ff_replaygain_export(AVStream *st, AVDictionary *metadata)
{
const AVDictionaryEntry *tg, *tp, *ag, *ap;
tg = av_dict_get(metadata, "REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN", NULL, 0);
tp = av_dict_get(metadata, "REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK", NULL, 0);
ag = av_dict_get(metadata, "REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN", NULL, 0);
ap = av_dict_get(metadata, "REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK", NULL, 0);
return ff_replaygain_export_raw(st,
parse_value(tg ? tg->value : NULL, INT32_MIN),
parse_value(tp ? tp->value : NULL, 0),
parse_value(ag ? ag->value : NULL, INT32_MIN),
parse_value(ap ? ap->value : NULL, 0));
}
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Q:
How can I use category IDs in WordPress permalinks?
I want to use something like:
http://example.com/%category_id%/%postname%/
for the permalink structure.
For example, if a post has a category with an ID of 3, then the URL for the post will be
http://example.com/3/post-name/
Does anyone know how this can be done? I don't mind modifying WordPress core.
A:
This code adds the %category_id% rewrite tag, and filters post permalinks to replace them with the actual category ID (lowest if there are multiple categories). You can place this in a plugin or in your theme file.
add_action( 'init', 'so6159452_init' );
function so6159452_init()
{
add_rewrite_tag( '%category_id%', '([0-9]+)' );
}
add_filter( 'post_link', 'so6159452_post_link', 10, 2 );
function so6159452_post_link( $permalink, $post )
{
if ( false !== strpos( $permalink, '%category_id%' ) ) {
$cats = get_the_category( $post->ID );
if ( $cats ) {
usort( $cats, '_usort_terms_by_ID' ); // order by ID
$category_id = $cats[0]->cat_ID;
} else {
// Error: no category assigned to this post
// Just use a dummy variable
$category_id = '0';
}
$permalink = str_replace( '%category_id%', $category_id, $permalink );
}
return $permalink;
}
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CINCINNATI—Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy has not been fired up in any way about his team's bye coming in Week 4, but he might want to reconsider what it means to have a week of rest right now.
Following a trend in two of the last three seasons, the Packers are fighting an epidemic of injuries, several of which cost them dearly in their 34-30 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.
The Packers came into the game missing two starters—safety Morgan Burnett (hamstring) and running back Eddie Lacy (concussion)—and a key backup—cornerback Casey Hayward (hamstring)—and ended up losing two starters and a key backup during the game.
Tight end Jermichael Finley left the game in the first quarter after suffering a scary hit to his head from safety George Iloka; linebacker Clay Matthews left in the second quarter after pulling a hamstring muscle; and running back James Starks left just before halftime with a knee sprain.
Finley's absence could have played a part in the lousy day the passing offense had, especially given his hot start to the season. Matthews was definitely missed after forcing two fumbles, one of which safety M.D. Jennings returned for the Packers' first touchdown.
Starks, who had filled in for Lacy a week ago and gained 132 yards on the ground, had 55 when he went out with the knee sprain.
“I've never had the bye after the third week,” McCarthy said. “I can't remember a bye this early. We'd all like to play next week. But the schedule is set. We have a process we'll stick to. We're 1-2. That's where we're at.”
McCarthy said that while Lacy was listed at having a 50 percent chance of playing against the Bengals, he was not able to pass all the concussion tests needed to clear him. Despite knowing it Saturday and also that fullback John Kuhn (hamstring) would not play, McCarthy went into the game with just two backs.
It came back to bite him on the final series when he had to use receiver Jeremy Ross as a running back, although Ross mostly lined up in the slot. He was prepared to be a third-down protector if needed.
Finley's day appeared over the minute he tried to walk back to the sideline. He clearly was foggy and had to sit down before getting there. Anytime a concussion is suspected, it's all but certain the player won't return under the NFL's new head injury guidelines.
“It hurt me,” fellow tight end Andrew Quarless said of seeing Finley get hit. “I don't ever want to see one of my brothers like that. He got up a little wobbly. I think it was definitely helmet-to-helmet. But the NFL, they'll figure that out.”
Finley would have been featured in the game, McCarthy said. Quarless wound up with three catches for 21 yards and Ryan Taylor added two for 11.
Matthews left the game with a hamstring pull, which has been his trouble since joining the team in 2009. He has missed 16 games since his rookie season and sat out four with a left hamstring pull last year, the longest stretch of regular-season time he has missed in his career.
How badly Matthews pulled the muscle this time isn't known, but he'll have close to two weeks to heal before the Packers return to the field against Detroit on Oct. 6
With Matthews out, defensive coordinator Dom Capers used Mike Neal mostly to fill the void with rookie Andy Mulumba also receiving some snaps. Matthews had two tackles, a sack and the two forced fumbles before leaving.
The running back situation probably won't be as dire as it was at the end of the game, when Starks and rookie Johnathan Franklin (ankle) were both out. It's very likely Lacy will be ready to return after the bye and Franklin returned to the game for a couple of plays at the end and appeared to be OK afterward.
“We have a week off and we have to get some guys healthy,” quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. “We have to get Morgan back, John if we can, Jermichael hopefully will be back. And James and Eddie, hopefully, they will be back.
“We have some injuries. We need to get guys back and see what we can do at full strength.” | 2024-01-07T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/8151 |
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Action potentials of various myocardial cell types were simulated in a computer model based on current knowledge of the electrical properties of ionic channels and pumps in the ventricular cell membrane and the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The transport mechanisms of sodium, potassium, calcium and chlorine ions through the cell membrane are described mathematically, as is the exchange of calcium between the myoplasm and sarcoplasmic reticulum. Ten ionic channels and three pumps of the cell membrane are taken into account, while three channels and one pump of the sarcoplasmic reticulum are considered in the computations. For the first time, the transient outward potassium current IK,to was simulated, the effect of which on the early repolarisation phase of the action potential was reproducible in the model. Calcium buffers in the myoplasm and the sarcoplasmic reticulum are also considered. From the resulting ionic currents through the channels and pumps, the membrane potential is computed using an equivalent circuit diagram of the cell membrane. In particular the influence of neural activity on channel conductance and the probability of channel patency were taken into account. By means of this model, different shapes of ventricular action potentials were simulated. The action potentials of epicardial cells, M-cells, endocardial cells and Purkinje fibres were accurately simulated. In addition, the effects of sympathetic drive and various drugs were demonstrated in the model as well as the shortening of the action potential duration with increasing stimulation frequency. | 2024-05-15T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/1093 |
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Catalytic mechanism of nucleoside diphosphate kinase investigated using nucleotide analogues, viscosity effects, and X-ray crystallography.
Nucleoside diphosphate (NDP) kinases display low specificity with respect to the base moiety of the nucleotides and to the 2'-position of the ribose, but the 3'-hydroxyl is found to be important for catalysis. We report in this paper the enzymatic analysis of a series of derivatives of thymidine diphosphate (TDP) where the 3'-OH group was removed or replaced by fluorine, azido, and amino groups. With Dictyostelium NDP kinase, kcat decreases 15-200-fold from 1100 s-1 with TDP, and (kcat/Km)NDP decreases from 12 x 10(6) to 10(3) to 5 x 10(4) M-1 s-1, depending on the substrate. The poorest substrates are 3'-deoxyTDP and 3'-azido-3'-deoxyTDP, while the best modified substrates are 2',3'-dehydro-3'-deoxyTDP and 3'-fluoro-3'-deoxyTDP. In a similar way, 3'-fluoro-2',3'-dideoxyUDP was found to be a better substrate than 2',3'-dideoxyUDP, but a much poorer substrate than 2'-deoxyUDP. (kcat/Km)NDP is sensitive to the viscosity of the solution with TDP as the substrate but not with the modified substrates. To understand the poor catalytic efficiency of the modified nucleotides at a structural level, we determined the crystal structure of Dictyostelium NDP kinase complexed to 3'-fluoro-2',3'-dideoxyUDP at 2.7 A resolution. Significant differences are noted as compared to the TDP complex. Substrate-assisted catalysis by the 3'-OH, which is effective in the NDP kinase reaction, cannot occur with the modified substrate. With TDP, the beta-phosphate, which is the leaving group when a gamma-phosphate is transferred to His122, hydrogen bonds to the 3'-hydroxyl group of the sugar; with 3'-fluoro-2',3'-dideoxyUDP, the beta-phosphate hydrogen bonds to Asn119 and moves away from the attacking Ndelta of the catalytic His122. Since all anti-AIDS nucleoside drugs are modified at the 3'-position, these results are relevant to the role of NDP kinase in their cellular metabolism. | 2024-03-04T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/7794 |
Clintons vs. the Media
Posted on Feb 15, 2008
WASHINGTON—Are the news media being beastly to Hillary Clinton? Are political reporters and commentators—as Bill Clinton suggested but didn’t quite come out and say in a radio interview Tuesday—basically in the tank for Barack Obama?
“The political press has avowedly played a role in this election. I’ve never seen this before,” the former president said. “They’ve been active participants in this election. ... But I don’t want to talk about the press. I want to talk about the people. That’s what’s wrong with this election, people trying to take this election away from the people.”
Somewhere in there, if I’m not mistaken, he acknowledged that journalists are people, too, so I guess I should be thankful for that. And I should note that throughout the interview with Washington’s WMAL, Bill Clinton was back in loose-cannon mode. He said Hillary Clinton “has been the underdog ever since Iowa,” which is not true. To support that unsupportable assertion, he implied that the political establishment is opposed to his wife’s candidacy, which is not true. And he claimed that “we’ve gotten plenty of delegates on a shoestring,” which is true only if you don’t count the more than $100 million the Clinton campaign has raised (and mostly spent).
The former president also explained some of the campaign’s embarrassing losses by saying that caucuses “disproportionately favor upper-income voters,” and said of those rich folks that they “don’t really need a president but feel like they need a change.” I don’t recall traffic jams of chauffeured limousines around the caucus sites in Iowa, Maine and the other caucus states Clinton lost.
The theme of press bias, however, is woven through the Clinton campaign’s narrative of the story thus far. There are two basic allegations: that journalists look at Obama uncritically while subjecting Hillary Clinton to microscopic scrutiny; and that we react with hair-trigger reflexes when attacks on Obama have the slightest whiff of racism, but don’t seem to notice, or care, when Clinton is subjected to rank sexism.
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The first charge is just bogus, in my view. Like Clinton, Obama has developed position papers on all the major issues. Clinton has been able to highlight the differences between her proposals and Obama’s—for example, the fact that her plan for universal health insurance includes a mandate, whereas Obama’s does not. In debates, she has had the chance to challenge his approach and defend her own. It is not the media’s fault if voters fail to agree with Clinton that nominating Obama would be a “leap of faith.”
It is true that the candidates’ stump speeches are markedly different: Clinton’s is about competence and diligence, Obama’s about hope and change. But journalists didn’t write those speeches, campaign speechwriters did. And any reporter or commentator who failed to note that Obama is an exceptional public speaker would be guilty of journalistic malpractice.
Reporters are busy combing through Obama’s personal, professional and financial history, just as they have examined the lives of the Clintons. Obama has facilitated this process by releasing his tax returns, which Clinton has declined to do. It is not unfair to point this out.
The contention about racism versus sexism is harder to dismiss out of hand. Being unapologetically racist or sexist is no longer acceptable in this country, at least in most settings. The social censure for being publicly racist, though, is well codified; the perpetrator must recant and repent, and may never completely eliminate the taint. There’s also pretty solid consensus on what’s racist and what isn’t. The views on sexism are less settled.
When John Edwards, in one of the early ensemble-cast debates, mentioned Hillary Clinton’s attire, I think everyone agreed he had made a mistake. Yet it’s not always out of bounds to comment on a presidential candidate’s wardrobe and appearance, or else we wouldn’t have chuckled at Edwards’ $400 haircut or Mitt Romney’s game-show-host mien.
When people refer to Hillary Clinton as strident, is that a sexist code word? I think it probably is.
But when her speaking voice is described unfavorably, is that blaming her unfairly for physiology that’s obviously beyond her control? Are male journalists just not used to hearing a woman’s voice speak with presidential authority? Or are they making a valid observation about dynamics and tone, which are within her power to modulate?
Is sexism in the coverage of the Clinton campaign excusable? No, and we deserve to be called on it. But it wasn’t the media that decided she should take for granted all those states Barack Obama has been winning.
Well…not exactly. In the last polls taken prior to Rudy’s withdrawal from the race, Clinton was leading him in almost every area except parts of upstate NY, and in almost every demographic except white people in Queens and Staten Island. So it is highly unlikely that Rudy would have won that race, particularly since he was not well-loved by NYers, and not well-known beyond NYC.
Thank you for your exegesis on Obama’s position. However, at no point did I address that, either in the negative or the positive. And I am well aware of the timeline of his comments on the war.
That said, you and other Obama supporters have are STILL in denial about the fact that, despite having spoken out so strongly against it early on, he nevertheless voted to continue funding the war once in the Senate. In this regard, you and others hide behind the “well, we don’t know all the factors involved in his decisions to support or not support various bills since we don’t know the total substance of those bills” excuse. Or worse, the even lamer “if he hadn’t voted for funding, he would have been seen as not supporting the troops” excuse - which simply shows that he could not bring himself to stick to his principles DESPITE what OTHERS might have thought had he voted against all funding for the war.
Setting aside that you and others will not give Hillary the same benefit of the doubt in these regards, neither of those excuses hold water, so this STILL leaves you and others in a pickle: yes, he opposed the war, vehemently, before most, and for that he deserves credit; but he compromised his principles regarding that war by continuing to fund it, and for that he should be judged accordingly - which means NOT giving him a free pass re the war, and being a little more skeptical about who he is and what he might or might not do as president.
At the time of and before Bush launched his Mesopotamian adventure the vast majority of citizens in these United States believed that strikes of a pre-emptive nature were wrong, morally and legally. The majority opposed this war and have continued to oppose it. Only the ruling class thought it might be a “nifty” idea.
Just a timeline consideration here, in response to your post on the Obama Senate race details.
Obama spoke out strongly against the war as early as 2002, when it was becoming more and more evident, that Dick Bush was gonna do it. Im honestly not sure how involved he (Obama) was in his US Senate campaign at the time. Maybe he DID have it in his plans to run for the Senate then. I dont honestly know.
Still, its worth keeping the time line in mind, and the fact that Obama came very much to the forefront, as he argued quite publically and vehemently AGAINST what he KNEW was at least an ILLEGAL war, and what was certainly an immoral war as well. And, while the average citizen may not have been so knowledgeable about the details of the illegality or the immorality, they knew they didnt like the handwriting on the wall of what was a planned attack by the Dick Bush Cabal.
So, as a professor of law, HE may have known the details of the illegality of the thing, but he wasnt alone in the vehement protests against launching it to begin with. I mentioned before, (if only because another professor reminded me of it again few days ago) the LARGEST ANTI-WAR demonstration in the history of the world, was undertaken on Feb. 15th, 2003. I dont know why I needed the reminder, because I was in it. (at least in my local area at the time).
But I said all of that to say that even though that received next to NO press coverage in the US,, it DID still happen, and Obama was very much in the front of it, politically speaking. I think that BECAUSE the Dick Bush administration has so thoroughly suppressed so much that would have (in the past) been covered in the media, we either forget that huge population of the silent majority that have been so opposed to this thing, before it even happened, or we never really knew about it to begin with.
So yes, Obama DID take a stand then, whether or not he had already planned to run for the US Senate. Even if the US populace doesnt remember that, the millions of people who took place in those demonstrations DO remember it.
Because of that, Im not so sure how important all of these details about his Senate campaign race actually are. I could be wrong, but that is at least a thought. I suggest that only because it might be exactly his position AHEAD of the war, (that was launched anyway) that created his decision to even run for the US Senate those 2 or 3 years later.
I DO know that it was NOT Obamas intention to run for the presidency at the time that he was making his case on the horrors and illegalities of the war on Iraq. He only considered that a few years later, after being approached and encouraged by others. So, while the US Senate job may indeed have been on his mind in 2002, I would question the relevance of the specific (political/statistic) details, relative to his campaign for the highest office. In other words, he who ran against, and the percentages and all.
To sum that up: For Americans, it is VERY MUCH about the WAR.. that Hillary did vote…. FOR! We cannot deny or overlook the fact that Hillary HAS SUPPORTED her original vote for that war, until very recently. Even then, shes never suggested that she may have committed an error in judgment originally; only that shes now willing to ‘end it’ by withdrawing some troops, without sacrificing ‘American interests’.
So, if many Americans actually DO have better memories than others, how can we fault them for it?
Our country is predisposed to go to war for oil, it has been so, for many years and will continue for many more. Hillary will not stop it because she is for it, Obama will not stop it because he cannot override the tide of influence of pre-disposal.
We the slobs in the street, the ignoarant are screwed, the people do not count, hell, I would vote for Castro, at least one knows were he stands and he will follow through with his promises.
“What they fail to mention is Obama was fighting an incumbent for election to the United States Senate. Knowing he could lose that election if he said the wrong thing, he nevertheless followed his conscience and came out with a very public and unquestionable position AGAINST a pre-emptive war of aggression on Iraq.”
Not quite. Obama first ran against Brian Hull in the primary. Hull had a substantial lead coming up to the election, but lost much of that lead when he became embroiled in a domestic abuse charge. And despite last-minute endorsements from over half a dozen heavy hitters, Obama only won 52% of the vote.
In the general election, he was campaigning against republican Jack Ryan. However, Ryan dropped out of the race when he became embroiled in a very public and tawdry custody battle with his wife, actress Jeri Ryan. This left Obama with no opponent at all. Alan Keyes took up the challenge late in the campaign, but given Keyes well-established bizarre personality, Obama won 70% of the vote.
Thus, Obama did NOT become a U.S. Senator “despite” his stance on the war. He became a U.S. Senator via a series of unforeseen - and flat-out “lucky” - circumstances: had Hull not become embroiled in the domestic abuse situation, we would not even know who Barack Obama is, since Hull was highly respected and had solid centrist-progressive positions on many issues of importance to Illinois voters.
It surely would behoove all of us to recognize a biased opinion of a news ‘talking head’ OR a legitimate journalist should be able to leave his bias out of his work. How can anyone truly trust or respect ones work if they can be fair to ONLY one candidate? After years of feeling lied to by cnn,abc,msnbc,etc,etc, I was starved for truthfulness and started my search for the REAL THING and started digging for the news on the internet. I happened to invest in satelite tv around the same time and discovered Link tv and Democracy Now, with Amy Goodman. That was one of the luckiest days of my adult life because I finally found people that told both sides of the story on every issue. I discovered Dahr Jamail, investigative reporter, who has been all over the middle east since this damnable illegal & unnecessary invasion/occupation began. Now I know the truth on a much grander scale than I did before and only watch the MSM to catch them on their lies,desceptions and omissions. I am so grateful for Direct TV and the opportunity to finally hear/see programs with REAL integrity!
“Ultimately, the Clintons are now being seen as purveyors of the past and standing in the way of a nationwide movement of inspirational change for all Americans. In 2008 Hope is not just a place on a map of a small southern state…its becoming a reality.”
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This brings to mind a note from the “other” side. Happily exclaiming, “We voted for Obama!” Then adding, “We are making history!”
People all over the country, repub, dem and independent recognize we as a nation cant afford to keep going down the same old road! There needs to be change, real change. Right now, how we define that and break it down is not so important as recognizing Clinton and McCain are viewed by many as representing the same-ol-same-ol that we need to change!
Your pointing out the absence of a “plan B” clearly defines the absence of a vision for real change. Thanks for pointing that out.
Mike Mid-City:
“I dont think that voting to start an immoral, preemptive war of aggression is a recommendation for President.
Its that easy.”
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Actually it is just that easy! People try to diminish the value of this issue by saying Obama’s not voting for the war has no meaning because he wasn’t in the Senate. That statement is misleading, because it implies Obama as saying he “voted” which he never has.
What they fail to mention is Obama was fighting an incumbent for election to the United States Senate. Knowing he could lose that election if he said the “wrong” thing, he nevertheless followed his conscience and came out with a very public and unquestionable position AGAINST a pre-emptive war of aggression on Iraq. His “vote” was taking an unpopular stand against the “establishment” and following his own conscience. A clear sign of integrity. And that integrity is not lost on the voting public!
Are you serious? Do you know anything about history? Its a joke, satire. Jews have been accused of cooking and eating gentiles for millenia, because they formed a culture outside the norm. The cartoonist is just making fun of that. You take things too seriously.
MIKE, YOU ARE SO RIGHT !!! HILLARY DID VOTE FOR WAR AS A LAST RESORT. OBAMA DIDN’T VOTE FOR THE WAR BECAUSE HE WASN’T IN THE SENATE YET…I WOULD HAVE WON THE POWERBALL LOTTERY LAST WEEK, EXCEPT I DIDN’T BUY A TICKET. SO HERES MY ADVICE TO YOU,,,GET A BUCKET OF FRIED CHICKEN AND SOME JONNIE WALKER RED SCOTCH AND CHILL OUT…....
Let’s face it, Hillary has been planning from the day she left the Whitehouse to move back in. It is like, she demands it because she feels entitled to be president, her right of entitlement is in the cards. Slobs in the street be warned.
BuzzFlash started returning my posts today. I have had a lot of posts on there, but the editor has put the hex on me.
He was still accepting, but not printing my posts until today. I went from having several a day on the site to none about a month ago when I called him on not being impartial. He said he was, but has really gone negative on Clinton.
I am not a huge fan of Clinton, but it should be even coverage if you claim to be not endorsing a candidate.
I miss you Marjorie. Did you just stop posting or did he deny you entrance as well?
I have been trying to find Marjorie. I miss her from BuzzFlash and wonder if she was excommunicated as well. Until today they were accepting my posts, but not printing any, even if they were just about Republicans.
Today I started getting everything back. I was wondering if that is why I haven’t seen anything from Marjorie in a long time.
Now I’m telling you all of this not to suggest that we deserved some brownie points from the campaign or something, but to show you that we were pretty damn nice to her campaign privately and when we didn’t have to be. And we got pretty much nothing in return other than “you hate us, now go away” the first time we wrote anything critical of her.
After something like that happens, it changes your view of the campaign and eventually the candidate. There is a definite sense that you’re dealing with people who don’t appreciate you, who think you owe them something, and who think that they’re so much better than you that you should be happy that they let you help them at all. It’s not a good thing, and it suggests something about them that is rather not good.
Subseqeuntly, I’ve talked to other journalists I know, people who were not around in the 90s and weren’t part of the get-Bill posse, and they’ve had the same experience with the campaign. Strong-arming to the point of creating resentment. And, interestingly, they did not have the same experience with the other campaigns. Neither have we.
So that’s the part of the story that I can tell. Some of you may think that we’ve been mean to Hillary of late, but you don’t know the whole story of how much we tried to help and go treated pretty crappy as a result. That was a window into the soul of her campaign, and it wasn’t real pretty.
John Aravosis | 02.17.08 - 7:09 pm | #
This is the reason John Avarois is so “mean” to Hillary;;;;;In his own words.
Doozy, unfortunately it was an off the record lunch with the campaign that I can’t recount because, even though they really ticked us off, if things are off-the-record they have to be kept that way. But, I can tell about aspects of our relationship with the campaign that were not off-the-record.
Joe and I reached out to Hillary’s people two years ago. Sat down with them, told them we were agnostic on her and her campaign - didn’t love her, didn’t hater her. But that we were concerned that a lot of folks online, the blogosphere, the Netroots, etc., seemed to really really really not like Hillary, and that didn’t seem helpful to the party, especially since at that time she was the shoo-in to win the nomination anyway. So, we sat down for 2 hours and gave them lots of suggestions as to how they could better improve relations out there. In return, a number of bloggers did get invited to a lunch with bill, and that was great. But since that time, and we’re talking 18 months ago, the campaign’s relations with a lot of us were nonexistent. I mean, I received only 2 emails from their outreach person in 6 months. Nothing else. In the meantime, I’d go on Paula Zahn’s show and Howie Kurtz’s show, sometimes 3 times in a month, and be asked to defend Hillary and I would. I never got a call, never got an email, never got anything from the campaign thanking me. I didn’t say a thing, it didn’t piss me off, but I did think it weird that no one even said thanks, but whatever. And again, remember, at this point, we were one of the only blogs that hadn’t turned against her (this is a good year ago). I wasn’t particularly angry that they never reached out, but it does give you a window into what critics raise - this sense that somehow they were doing me a favor by letting me publicly defend her, so there was no need to say thanks.
So, then the controversy over Hillary’s Iraq war authorization vote comes up. Do we join in the call for her to apologize? No. I did, however, write a few posts, maybe 3, about Hillary’s comments about having lived through 9/11 and that’s why she feels the way she does about Iraq. As a result of those handful of posts, I learned that apparently this meant that I had written Hillary off, had decided to support another candidate, and that’s why the campaign was no longer talking to me (of course in the previous 6 months, as I said, I’d been contacted twice by their outreach person, so the not talking had begun a half year earlier, but whatever). Basically, we went out of our way to try to help her for free, and I repeatedly defender her on TV, because she’s a powerhouse in the party and the level of hate and/or visceral dislike for her didn’t strike as very healthy (especially since, at the time, she was THE shoo-in for the nomination). In return, since we didn’t drink the Kool-aid 100% of the time, but only 97% of the time, we were written off as the enemy.
Oh, there’s another story too. A year ago at the DNC winter meeting Joe and I were trying to get an interview with Hillary. Again, keep in mind that we’re the only top blog that wasn’t openly antagonistic to her. A top staffer of hers tells us that he can likely bring her down to the blogger area of the conference and that we’ll get first dibs at her. Joe, my coblogger, tells Hillary’s person “no.” Joe says “turn around.” It was someone who may have publicly eviscerated Hillary and caused quite a scene, something she really really really didn’t need. Her staffer thanked us, and Hillary never appeared. This was before the handful of posts I wrote criticizing her.
“The USA needs the touch of a woman to salve the wounds it has gone through and is still going through.”
I find it interesting that this sentiment is considered acceptable in our political dialogue, since I’ve heard it more times than I can recall, and yet it’s patently sexist.
Any time one sex is singled out as being exceptionally better (particularly when it comes to their humanity), by it’s very nature it is a sexist statement. And for those of you who think it’s being realistic to believe that women are more caring or nuturing than men, explain the following:
This particular cartoon proves beyond a doubt that Jews are fearless and wantonly explicit in their hatred of our European-American heritage and our people and they are not scared in the least to say it openly because there will NEVER be consequences for them. Of course if this cartoon taught someone how to cook a Jew, careers would end, death threats would commence and fines or imprisonment would follow. Jews are the most hateful people on the face of the earth.
The magazine was not bought at a Zionist meeting or AIPAC meeting, no, far more insidiously its sold openly on the shelves of Barnes and Noble.
A pdf of the cartoon has been uploaded here, check it out, be outraged, these Jews have some serious explaining to do as to what makes this funny.
More trash passing off as Jewish entertainment can be seen at Heeb Magazines website.
How to contact Barnes and Noble and get this garbage off of store shelves? Contact customer support and share a piece of your mind.
Think CNNs Wolf Blitzer will cover this story? Or maybe FOXs Britt Hume will give it some air time.
Dont hold your breath for this atrocious cartoon to ever see the light of day in the Zionist owned MSM. In that Never-Never Land of disinformation and propaganda, news anchors get a pat on the back and pay raises anytime they slander, malign or distort anything Muslim/Arabic.
But woe to the fool who dare question anything about Israel/Zionism, for their reward is to be fired, threatened with violence, possibly even tossed in prison, all for asking honest questions about the descendants of the Khazars.
DOESNT come as a surprise to me coz a certain montreal dweller called Mr Kosher explained certain things to me and since that day i avoid zionists like the disease it is and like the disease they are.
greg bacon, thanx and the advantage of such a forum is that all bring something to here and hence i just get the headlines easy instead of sifting through 90 pages per day
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You say Hill-the-business-shill “... for all her faults surely has a better grasp of what is happening on our planet and has shown that she can walk and think;”
But
You ask “what about opposition to an administration that has no real opposition yet” Since the business shill has been in the Senate for almost 8 years, and the administration (admittedly) has no opposition, why should any thinking voter who opposes this administration’s track record vote for her?
She’s already the “one” the undemocratic, Democrats have “decided” like the other “decider” they don’t give a rats ass about votes or opinion. If she can’t “win” honestly, the “party” is prepared to seat Michigan, Florida, and give her a lion’s share of “super delegates.
But to be fair to the business shill, I believe this country of once strong, and opinionated people is voting for a Mommy or Daddy who will keep them warm and safe. They sure don’t have the guts or fortitude to question this Pakistani type process.
Keep up the bream. And if your puzzlement is real, I am not writing a book to explain. I suppose you thought the Iraqi war felt quite okay to get into, that the military has not been sucked into politics, that the dumbing down of the public is not continuing, and that democrats are huffing with Huffington. Sorry, I don’t think Sen. Kennedy is the party’s leader either, and, oh my, if Obama is chosen to run against a battle tested candidate—much as I may oppose him. Yes, I believe that Truthdig could go a bit more the way of analysis and little less the way of feel good opinion.
All that air spent on Obama reminds me of the air spent in getting us into the Iraqi war. I am against Obama because
a. he is unelectable;
b. he has to authority except such as rhetoric;
c. the military is likely to take over if he gets to run the country;
d. Bush’s dream is still to get into a war with Iran before he leaves office;
e. what about opposition to an administration that has no real opposition yet;
f. the next 8 years for America are going to be economically and geopolitically traumatic;
g. Hillary Clinton, for all her faults surely has a better grasp of what is happening on our planet and has shown that she can walk and think;
h. Truthdig has dug itself into an untenable corner by pushing an agenda critical of government, but no real editorial depth;
i. further broof that the media is a no brainer.
Yeah, Ms Faludi knows what she’s talking about. I have read so much sexist vitriol against Hillary from supposedly respectable places, and it is particularly offensive since there are plenty of legitimate reasons to criticise her, you don’t need to call her a wrinkly badly-dressed ball-busting bitch who can’t control her man, or a puppet to her husband (er…no, she doesn’t strike me that way at all), or a crybaby whose manipulating the masses because her eyes got briefly soggy after a long bitter day. If they printed the racist equivalent of that ubiquitous childish prejudice against women, those editors would be rightfully run out of town. Unfortunately, you need to be a certain kind of woman (or a very special kind of man) to be able to recognise misogyny as any kind of prejudice at all. To most people, unlike racism, it is simply the ‘truth’. It’s kind of amusing that these editors are now toning down their sexism because they’ve caught on that it causes righteous anger amongst certain women en masse, who just may go out and vote for the ball-busting white bitch because what’s worse than that kind of inhumane mentality that she’s up against? Isn’t that why Bush thought it was okay to drop bombs on innocent muslims? Because of that kind of prejudice? Yes… THAT kind of prejudice. Sexism is the worst and most virulent form of racism.
Now go out there and vote Obama, because he didn’t vote to give an idiot the power to wage an unnecessary war in order to preserve a shot at the presidency (oh wow, is that ironic or what?), and he hasn’t stuffed up (publicly) yet, and he deserves his chance to completely destroy his own character in the interests of the greater good, or failing that, in the interests of his own personal ambitions.
It’s Obama’s time. No sexism is required anymore. Or ever was. But thanks for the disgusting display of it up to now.
For several years now I have noticed CNN, MSNBC, and all what is referred to as ‘mainstream’ talking heads in the so-called news rooms have drooled all over themselves with disparaging remarks about Hillary Clinton! First of all; it’s unprofessional, rude, ungentlemanly, unladylike and, last but not least, DISCRIMINATING! Just once it would be so nice to get real, truthful, informative, honest news instead of the manure they pass off as news. Chris Mathews, the little prissy jerk with the bow-tie, oh yes - Tucker Carlson, those made- up- to- the-teeth aging hidollar looking prostitutes, Wolf Blitzer,etc.,etc., are such a far cry from journalistic professional reporting of the news that I could vomit. Will someone direct me to the so-called ‘LIBERAL MEDIA’ stations that evidently don’t really exist. I am so sick of these people that are afraid of smart, strong and intelligent women that they put them down anyway they can. It’s not like every man that has been the President has done such a bang-up job. This country is suffering on so many levels that I am ashamed of mankind and their stupid, greedy, control-freaky fascist attitudes and actions! Give me a damned break!
HOWEVER…I did read this piece by Barbara Ehrenreich as it was posted at AlterNet as well, which is where I think I read it first. Or, it could have been Truthout.org, where it is also posted. I don’t know who has the ‘exclusive’ on it, if there is such a think in alternative media.
Robinson is one of those in the main street media who cannot hide their disdain for the Clintons. He seems to discount the fact of the absolute hatred that has been shown over the years and demonstarted day in day out on MSNBC by him and his cohorts:Matthews, Buchanan, Tucker, etc.
Eugene…
Great thoughts…I think that just like the bufoons who led us into Iraq with no exit strategy; no Plan ‘B’. The Clintons too have no Plan ‘B’ for this current campaign scenario, because they assuredly, unabashedly and arrogantly saw the nomination process as a mere formality; they envisioned their own liberation culminating with the throngs of convention goers. The only thing needed yet to be done was the dropping of all those pretty patriotic colored balloons from a Denver ceiling.
In their view the upstart senator from IL would have a bit of fun and excitement with his win in Iowa, but New Hampshire solidified the inevitability of her candidacy. Winning there sealed the deal and all would fall into place.
As many pundits have said over and over again during this campaign…do not underestimate the Clintons. Accordingly…no one could have predicted that the man bestowed the title of ‘first black president’ by Toni Morrison, would become the focus of the all sealed up nomination process as the campaigns headed to South Carolina. From beginning to end of that primary Bill Clinton was the galvanizing personna that had unexpectedness written all over it!
If in the end Barack Obama does win the Democratic nomination, political pundits and historic campaign types will point to South Carolina as the beginning of the end for the Clintons. Now…since the loses of Hillary in MD, DC and especially in Virginia, the word is that the failed Gulianni Firewall approach to campaigning is now underway.
Ohio & TX loom as do or die. Word is circulating that the campaign has essentially written off the African-American vote and will focus on uneducated white women and Latinos to somehow stop the ship from capsizing.
So…No Plan ‘B’ was ever talked about by the Clintons because of the certainty of her ascendency to the head of her party and what in her and Bill’s eyes was a vision of returning to what is rightfully theirs. The package deal that is the Clinton political story sees itself cleaning up the Bush dynasty disaster with it’s own dynasty. Why would the electorate ever consider anyone else?
Bottom line is they can’t stand losing and will do whatever it takes to win, even if it splits the party or means writing off a solid constituency and spinning some outlanish idea, i.e., caucus participants in the end just really don’t matter and aren’t really people reflective of needing a president in the first place. Get over it…you lost the caucuses because you didn’t fore see any importance of them in your assured nomination process. How much more insulting to the 80 % of caucus goers in places like Idaho or 70 % in Kansas can they be?!
This whole situation shows very clearly that if a campaign such as hers has no plan ‘B’ scenario worked out prior to the ship springing leaks then what kind of President would she make?
We’ve spent the last 7 years dealing with a man in the White House whose cowboy arrogance clearly shows his non-administrative understanding of the importance of having plan ‘B’s. We can’t afford not to have plan ‘B’s.
The nation is ready for change, the media isn’t on Obama’s side, and the Clintons are grasping at straws. It could get uglier yet and I for one hope it doesn’t, but I think we all know that it may be the only thing they have left and when you have no Plan ‘B’ and never had the common sense to plan for a Plan ‘B’...well it’s all they have left to spew and that will certainly spell the end for Bill and Hillary Clinton and their vision of restorating the 1990’s in the 21st century; that was then and this is now.
Ultimately, the Clintons are now being seen as purveyors of the past and standing in the way of a nationwide movement of inspirational change for all Americans. In 2008 Hope is not just a place on a map of a small southern state…it’s becoming a reality.
Seems to me that it is Mr. Robinson who cannot take criticism. His very use of his column to rationalize the media treatment is an example of what Bill Clinton is talking about. As for “investigative” journalism treating all candidates the same, I would note that the Edwards haircut was front page and Hsu who bundled contributions for Clinton was on the front page when the stories broke. Yet, the Obama-Rezko story was on the back pages. I do call it media bias when unfavorable coverage of one candidate makes front page news whereas a similar story about the other candidate gets buried in the back pages.
I’m with you on the general worth of the Huffpost, though i scroll through the comments sometimes to remind myself how ignorant and vapid my fellow countrymen are…on the other hand, seems like a few Huffposters may have migrated this way of late.
The only positive of the place is the editorial section, and the link you provided is a shining example of that. I agree, she nailed it.
And i’m coming to think that Sen Obama’s support with younger Americans is reflected in the idea she puts forth. These are the Americans who will have to clean up the messes left by their parents. They aren’t bitterly cynical yet; we should harness their hope and enthusiasm while we still can.
Maybe the part that cannot be overly stated, is the part about having the strength to take a look at oneself in an unfavorable light, in order to face the facts. Or, at least SOME of the facts.
Just from my own informal observation, that seems to be the thing that so many of us just can’t seem to be able to do. Or, when we do, we see ourselves in an unfavorable light, (even though it’s still an artificial light) and immediately assign blame (to ANYONE other than ourselves) for the fact that we don’t look so good.
Now that’s just my informal observation. I don’t have any charts or graphs to back it up.
If the anti-neoconservatives believe that all it takes to relieve their plight is to throw the ravens a dead horse’s eye, Obama is the perfect candidate. The country does not seem to realize that Bush has created a war, and the war—like it or not—will be a few presidencies long and the outcome not at all certain. The American press, generally speaking, seems to belong among those who believe that a dream will solve the problem.
ABSOLUTELY! But you know what really clinches it for me is that she has never apologized or expressed any genuine remorse about the unimaginable death, destruction, and chaos her vote contributed to. Every time she is asked about her vote she blames others or parses it as a vote for inspections and negotiation, which everyone who was around at the time knows is a complete and utter fabrication. She never looked at the REAL intelligence, and instead took Bush and Cheney’s lies as the truth. That, at the very least, demonstrates incredibly BAD judgment, but I suspect the real reason she voted for it was because her poll-driven approach to government informed her it would be too risky, politically, to not.
That’s about as concise and direct a statement about Hillary Clinton that I’ve seen. The war issue alone is enough to disqualify her from being the nominee. But there are SO many others besides. A Hillary nomination would be poison for the Democratic Party, for the country, and for the world no matter how much she is trying to repackage herself now.
It seems to me that Bill Clinton should shut his whiney mouth, pack up his paranoid delusions, and go mind his foundation, or something. He is going to sink his wife’s candidacy, whether from a subconscious desire to be “top dog” in his marriage, or because he has lost his previously unerring political intuition. At least they’ve managed to get him off the podium when she is making a victory speech!!
As for the actual press coverage: There has never been anything like this before. An attractive, articulate, visionary, charismatic black man with a shot at the presidency, and a fairly attractive, if stodgy dressing (she’s doing better), competent, smart, debate whiz female with a shot at the presidency. The press doesn’t quite know how to act.
Let’s face it, they’ve spent, what, 16 years covering Mrs., then First Lady, then Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Barack Obama is “fresh meat” for them. Everything he does seems exciting, and thus “newsworthy,” because he’s doing it for the first time any black man has done it. Naturally, they are captivated. Naturally, they are going to focus on that. Besides, in any presidential primary season, the candidate who appears to be on a roll is like a magnet for coverage. Look at the Republican race: McCain has the lion’s share of coverage because he appears to be winning. If Senator Clinton appeared to be winning, she would, too. But it’s Obama who has been winning state after region, and of course he’s going to attract the attention of the press, because that’s what people want to read about: a winner.
What Bill is complaining about is the inevitable consequence of “being inevitable.” She wasn’t, as it turned out, and that’s no longer news. Obama wasn’t, and still isn’t but is doing the unprecedented. That’s news, folks.
Robinson writes there is certainty about what is racist but not so much about what is sexist so that he can be sexist without being called out on it. HE IS A SEXIST, as are most male pundits and quite frankly, most men in America. That is the bottom line.
Have to say that I perceive the situation the same way that Bill Clinton said he did. I believe that there are far more disparaging sounding headlines for Hillary than I have seen for Obama. Come to think of it, I can’t think of one that I have yet seen for Obama!
This has nothing to do with media bias; it’s about market forces. Since candidates allow themselves to be sold like a products, they have to live by the rules of the marketplace. Everybody wants the newest and the latest. Nobody wants a 16 year old car.
Setting aside race and gender for a second—start REALLY listening to the news…. every step that Obama makes is met with giddiness by the press…. yet with respect to Hillary, the press seems to be only looking for stories that give a negative slant…. Even a Tim Russert who I always thought I respected falls into this… I’ve seen him act gleeful and giddy at the prospect of another Obama win. If I am disgusted with one thing in this whole exercise of primaries, it is the press… and by the way, when was the last time we saw them this giddy…? when they they were sitting in HumVees with the troops invading Iraq.
If you don’t think the press is giving Obama a pass in ignoring the story of his association with the indicted Rezko, then as a “newsman” what would you call it? Every time a fundraiser for the Clintons has been arrested it is front page news. Rezko is not just a fundraiser for Obama. He has had a long association with Obama since college. He helped Obama buy his million dollar mansion and Obama helped him get $14 million of Illinois taxpayer funds for his schemes. The tender care the press is giving Obama is just like what the press did for Bush. The American peope are going to have to decide if they want the juvenile press to decide who will be president or will intelligent voters decide our fate. As we all know from the disaster of the press-loving of Bush, the consequences are great.
The powers that be have already succeeded. In an election following 8 years of the worst president in history, when a Democrat victory was ripe for the picking, the party is so divided that we will be conquered in the fall.
While you all are all in-fighting and diverted from the real issues by religion, gay marriage (is that really the most important issue of our time?), morality, race and gender issues, the Republicans are quietly preparing to march in lock step to victory. You are playing right into their hands… Are we incapable of learning?
I will work for the Democratic nominee, whoever that might be, and that should be the stance of anyone who does not want to see a continuation of the disastruous Bush policies.
Fact: Hillary has been brutalized by the press
Obama has gotten a pass that will not serve
him well in the GE
Edwards received 1/3 of the press coverage
The other candidates were ruled out before a
single vote was cast
The “Super Delegates” have historically voted
for the candidate with the most delegates, so
maybe we should stop dividing the party with
that particular bait
So, like lemmings to the sea manipulated by the powers that be, including the press, off the cliff we go… I never voted for Bill, I was never a Hillary fan, but this is all leaving a lasting, bitter taste in my mouth. Is that how you want almost half of Democrats to feel in November? If not, stop the in-fighting! Any Democrat is better than any Republican, and that should be our mantra, otherwise, instead of saying “Yes We Can” we might be saying “I guess we couldn’t”.
The ‘mother tongue’ of the US nation as a republic, is English. The people who stole this land from it’s original inhabitants, brought it with them from the ‘mother country’ of England. So, it was English. Ok? Do you have that? I mean, I know it’s only US history, but it just seems like you’d be aware of how English came to be the accepted language of the New World.
That’s not to say that the French and the Spanish didn’t steal their portions as well, but in the end, it came to be the English that prevailed.
What the hell does that have to do with the fact that I am myself, of Native American ancestry? There was no ONE Native American language before the Indians were slaughtered by the Euros, just like there was no ONE language for all of the Africans that were kidnapped and imported here as chattel to build the place. And, if you read all of the ‘original’ documents, (the Native Americans had an oral not a written tradition of communication and deal making) those are in ENGLISH moron.
Like I said Chalmers, you’re scary, and I’ve got my bodyguards keeping track of you.
While I can appreciate what you are trying to do, it is nonetheless highly patronizing, as it assumes that no one who is a believer can or does make decisions that are not premised entirely on their faith.
Actually Maani,
I really enjoyed this from jbart. I didnt think it was the least bit patronizing. Matter of fact, it was downright entertaining. Now just relax. If jbarts hypnosis technique didnt work for you, try some of that stuff they give you at the dentists office that laughing gas stuff. I cant remember the correct name of it right now. But..you know what I mean.
Try some of that. Take a couple shots and check back with us in the morning…
To one who is not a citizen of the USA and lives far far away but has been following the progress of OBAMA and HILLARY somewhat, I for one, must add that there is the lady who stood by her husband during the years of agony that her husband’s Presidency went through.
By the same token she must be a person who would stand by every American. The USA needs the touch of a woman to salve the wounds it has gone through and is still going through. For a change the USA should think about having a Lady in the White House because it may, I say may, change the UGLY AMERICAN image that every American still carries today although that is not told on his face for reasons of decorum and possibly because everyone wants the US DOLLAR. So, why irritate the Ugly American.
Many of us still dread visiting the USA as tourists after all that we hace read and do read about the USA overall. Hopefully all this can change and the ANTI CHRIST put in its place before it swallows us all.
Since the Republican party, is and has always been a minority party. The only thing they can do is divide America and pit us against each other.
That being said, sometimes I hate looking into the mirror, and don’t like having my picture taken. I suppose that’s because now, I know every little flaw in my face, every where hair should be and isn’t, and every where hair isn’t and should be. But having the strength to take a look at yourself in an unfavorable light, is sometimes necessary to face the facts. As John Stewart Mill, said something to the effect that, if you don’t know your enemy’s point of view, then you don’t know our own point of view very well either.
We are never going to find someone who is perfect. But on the other hand maybe we just might be able to discuss things and work it out, for the best interests of all.
I wanted Edwards to be the nominee, should I sulk and be angry about it?
Are we really arguing about what is fair or are we trying just to protect our own ego’s?
“You speak of love and forgiveness, look to the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers wives and husbands of the war dead.” You still don’t get it.
Let me ask you a question.
A young man is gunned down by another young man, as the result of a robbery, gang warfare, whatever.
Another young man is also gunned down similarly.
The mother of the first young man gunned down screams vengeance, shows up in court every day during the trial, calls for the death penalty for her son’s killer.
The mother of the second young man chooses to forgive her son’s killer, and attends court but hopes the person who killed her son is given a lenient sentence, and even petitions the judge not to be too harsh.
Which mother is acting more like a Christian?
Did it ever occur to you that some of the “mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, wives and husbands” of the war dead do NOT blame Hillary? Or do consider her complicit, but have chosen to forgive her?
Are you suggesting that you speak for the mothers, fathers, etc. of every soldier killed in Iraq? And that you know the minds and hearts of every one of them?
By cyrena, February 15: “for those of us who DON’T care about the sex or the race of the candidate, we are less likely to pick up on the alleged sexism of the media, in respect to Hillary…... And then there’s george bush…. he can’t speak worth a damn, and consistently butchers and insults the established Mother tongue of our nation..”
Back to your contrived duplicity (er, uhh, I mean political correctness…) and dubious hypocrisy masquerading in a guise as false as the “truths” spouted by your favorite (black) candidate, cyrena.
Of course, you “don’t care about sex” unless it is to criticize and attack a man who doesn’t agree with you. If that man happens to be “white”, then he gets both barrels, uhh.
And that is especially if he has criticised your darling fantasising pretty-man, Barack Obama. Strange too that you have deemed English to be America’s “mother tongue” although you have stated that you have Native American ancestry yourself, cyrena.
In that, as with so many other things, you are just like our bleeding Jew, lilmamzer, and his racist diatribes. Both of you really want the kind of change which will bring your own minority groups to power in the USA - and for your own exclusive benefit.
Will that be better for Native Americans or Latinos or Arabs or Asians? Most probably not. Will it lead to WW3? Most probably. The reason is that you don’t really give a damn about anyone esle on the planet except your precious selves.
Are we talking about media bias? No, Holy Smoly, That’s the problem. Diversionary tactics about religion and sexuality and morality, and blah, blah, blah by you two only disguise your true agenda. Consequently, the new world order will be run to suit a strange alliance of Neocons and African-Americians and AIPAC if BO ever wins.
Now let me read between the lines. Lets see, black male, writes like a Republican, already voted for Obama and has second thoughts. Has great difficulty understanding gender. Very happy most of media is owned and controlled by Republicans.
Bill Clinton is a spouse of a candidate. The airways are public and he can say whatever he wants. We had some great years when our 401 was climbing, no deficits, Family leave. Traveled many times to mid east to create peace. Bartered the Irish war. Yes I think you do not watch TV, you sleep a lot, if you think it is fair and unbiased. Rush must be your mouthpiece.
I ask, can you think logically?
1) You are a College football coach going to the finals. Your team consists of all seniors. A friend calls you and tells you there is a freshman player that can really run and you should play him. You probably would think about one second, even if this is your dear friend, and continue to play to win with your first string.
Or another example,
2) You are the CEO of a billion-dollar company and you have to be out of the country for 3 months. You know this junior that has been with the company 2 years and he can never find his papers or his pencils but he can give a fine speech at the board meeting. Now you would never consider leaving your company in his hands. Instead you assign your most qualified person that knows your business and has been there at your side for 15 years.
Hillary Clinton is the best choice, the most qualified candidate for President of the United States of America.
Democrats are coming out in numbers because of the last 8 years. We have all been waiting to elect a person that is an obvious contrast the present administration.
They still have not forgotten Florida and how very wrong the Supreme Court was to take the rights of the American voters away by their mistake in selecting our President.
When we elect a member to Congress, regardless of party, they represent all the people in their State. Fortunately for all of us, Hillary Clinton will represent all people and begin to repair all the fractures that have occurred.
At what is now, the top of this thread, jbart asks why all discussions must come around to religious morality…rather than reason. The question is both fair and valid.
Another fair and valid question would be: why must all threads become the defense or prosecution of one candidate over an other. That was the purpose of my reply to Maani. “As for lying, all politicians lie…it is axiomatic.”
In the interest of full disclosure, i do think that Sen Obama is a better candidate for this country at this point in time. However, i am not a “supporter” of his in any way; i did not vote for him in my primary. A critique of Sen Clinton, particularly one that is pointedly balanced…and hence a general critique…is not the same thing as support for Sen Obama.
In other words, my world view is not constrained by the small and/or petty nature of anyone else’s…not an unnamed participant on an internet comment thread; not a presidential candidate regardless of race, creed, or color; and not, hopefully, even my own.
While I can appreciate what you are trying to do, it is nonetheless highly patronizing, as it assumes that no one who is a believer can or does make decisions that are not premised entirely on their faith. Indeed, taking your comment to its logical conclusion, you are also suggesting that no one of faith supports the separation of church and state.
Neither of these premises are true. Yes, my faith informs my decisions, but is not always the be-all and end-all of them. And sometimes my faith leads me to decisions that would seem antithetical to it (as MMC will be more than happy to tell you…LOL).
People of faith are not a homogeneous group of anti-science people who believe that the world is 6000 years old, or that the sun revolves around the earth. Nor would many of us “wish you to suffer hellfire and damnation” (though I can thing of some here who might…LOL) for being an atheist, or asking us to hypothetically consider that there is no God.
Talking “down” to believers, as you do, is not the best way to “break the ice” or “make friends and influence people.” Simply state your case or ask your question, and wait for responses - like everyone else. That would serve you much better.
“In their appraisals of Hillary Clinton, the pollsters and pundits who have not gotten beyond that mommy/ball-buster teeter-totter narrative of American womanhood also have not begun to diagnose gender dynamics beyond the perspective of the little boy and his mom. A lot of female voters, however, may be factoring in a whole other kind of female archetype, whose wet eyes do not signal weakness and whose flashes of anger do not signal coldness, only pragmatic perseverance.
If pundits ever tried to understand what some female voters know about the complexity of women’s lives, they might begin to comprehend the appeal of a female candidate whose ethic of caring and whose posture of femininity derive from responsibilities beyond the maternal. And then they might begin to understand the affection of women in New Hampshire who put her over the top.”
IMO- The media is very anti-Hillary. The pictures of her in the LATimes always have her with her mouth wide open and her eyes large and staring. The media make states that Obamais attracting young voters and the intellectual elite (as well as blacks, naturally) whereas Hillary is attracting blue collar workers, Latinos,old people and women (even though the youth vote went to Hillary in California). So this is subtly telling people that if you vote Hillary you are poor, old, from Mexico or a woman…. and we don’t want to be in any of those groups do we???? So it is no surprise to me that my boss voted for Obama; oh okay Dr. ????? now I know you are one of the intellectual elite and much younger than I thought.
It’s the War, Stupid! That is what all of this is really about! Hillary Clinton is instinctively bellicose and has seen war as a positive solution—and may again with Iran. Barack Obama is instinctively diplomatic and sees talking as the first, second, third and thirteenth step. War is the absolute last choice!
I find it so refreshing to read your very poignant and honest comment. I totally with your insight that said,”...No woman with Obama’s credentials have a chance….” What a shame—-this highly qualified woman has been so unfairly vilified for so long. Hope I live to see a day an able qualified woman is being judged on her own merit,not by perceotions created by unfair media. Obama reminds me of the Emperor in the fable,“Emperor’s Clothes”. Sooner or later we will see his (almost) naked body: hopefully though it would not be too late for us to turn the trend of electing a young motivational speaker with good looks and enthusiastic young followers. When I arrived in my beloved America 39 years ago,with such hopes,I never had dreamed that politics could be this dirty and ugly,lacking basic human decency. America has given me so many wonderful oppotunities—it’s my turn to give back with the right qualified person in charge of this beautiful land called America.
I have a simple question re: the many of the comments submitted so far. Why do you guys keep your respective religious beliefs as a major justification as the part of your comments that you use to justify your position(s)? Why not try “making your opinion” known without it. Can’t you separate your religion from the popular discourse? Can’t you comment, without relying on your religious beliefs, to “make your” point? Try using your intelligence and logical mind to discuss matters that affect all of us. You might find that there can be an agreement/consensus without the “influence” of your religious beliefs/doctrines/dogma.
Give us “non-believers” a chance to discuss the issues with you, on a level playing field.
Try using a “given”. For example, as a given, theyre IS NO GOD.
Okay, calm down, take a deep breath, and please dont wish me to suffer “hell/fire & damnation”. Are you calm yet? Remember, deep breaths. Free your minds. That’s it, you’re doing it. You are willing to “consider” that there is NO GOD. Are you all right? Do you need a glass of water? Shhh. Calm down, everything is alright. Shhh.
So, how are we doing? Are you okay? Good. Now try to see the situation and examine the possibilities for solutions to the problems before us. Remember, this has to occur without God, guys. Are you seeing things more clearly yet? If not, you probably still can’t “imagine” the scenario minus a GOD that dictates behavior. If that is the case, go away from sites like these which require straight thinking and solutions offered, and that are “uncompromised” by outside, supernatural, forces.
Holy Smoly! How did an article about media bias come to have all of these comments about religion and sexuality and morality, and blah, blah, blah?
Eugene is a great journalist, and while this is an OK piece, its not necessarily one of his best. NOW, I say that acknowledging it to be my own assessment, based ONLY on the subject matter, which is a difficult subject matter, and he sums that up here
Theres also pretty solid consensus on whats racist and what isnt. The views on sexism are less settled.
Thats the problem. Not the writing, or even the position hes taken, but the fact that views on sexism ARE less settled, although the mentalities that are sexist or misogynist are similar. An example is any attempt by any person, (say a worker in any employed capacity) to PROVE that they have been discriminated against as a result of racism, sexism is damn near next to impossible. So, the bottom line is that racism and sexism are BOTH inherent in the social-psychology or mentality of the nation, because they always have been. Period. The collective psychology was FOUNDED on a patriarchal and racist cultural mentality, not to mention the obvious classism that resulted. To expect that to NOT be conveyed in the media, (why isnt anybody referencing Fox News and Rush Limbaugh here) is probably foolish.
On the flip side of that, we have the constant accusations flinging, that the media, or we as individuals, are racist or sexist, when in fact, THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE! Now, THATS the part that pisses me off, and yes the media DOES contribute to that. An extremely clear example of that, was the piece run by CNN back just before the SC caucus, claiming that African-American WOMEN were facing a challenge in the decision to support either a woman, or an African-American male. Talk about stirring up a whole group of citizens, who happen to be women of color; THAT DID IT! And they (CNN) got a whole bunch of flak as a result.
The message from that, was that African-American women werent bothering to pay attention to the REASONS why anybody supports ANY person for that job. Its an assumption that an entire portion of our society is going to base their selection on either the race or gender of the candidate, instead of how well they can do the job, and what their positions and ideologies are, relative to the leadership of this country. That just annoys me beyond end.
So, in that respect, the media was both sexist and racist, because while I may not speak for a majority, I think I do speak for enough of the population, to say that we dont CARE about the sex or the race of the candidate. Consequently, for those of us who DONT care about the sex or the race of the candidate, we are less likely to pick up on the alleged sexism of the media, in respect to Hillary.
Do we CARE about her voice any more than anybody cares about the obvious regional accent that John Edwards has to his voice/diction? I dont. I only care about what shes SAYING with her voice, and if shes telling the truth or lying. Same with all of the others. I wouldnt care if she didnt even HAVE a voice and had to use sign language, except of course I cant understand sign language, so shed need an interpreter and of course that opens a whole new can of worms, since people already seem to have a hard enough time interpreting what these candidates are saying, even when they speak clear English.
And then theres george bush. How the hell did HE get to be president for 2 consecutive terms, when he cant speak worth a damn, and consistently butchers and insults the established Mother tongue of our nation?
I’m very disappointed that liberals are following the lead of the ultra conservative media. Why do the media hate the Clintons so much? Because they could stand up against the ultra right. Why are the liberals so naive as to choose outstanding rhetoric over solid experience?
Why is the left wing aligned with the Voice of America? (e.g. Obama Continues to Build Momentum in Presidential Bid
by Jim Malone, V of America, 15 February 2008) or “Why Republicans Like Obama” by Peter Wehner http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020102663.html
a very clever, deceptive article, the real motives of which are revealed by the credentials of its author: former deputy assistant to President Bush and “Director of Strategic Initiatives,” now a senior fellow at the “Ethics and Public Policy Center;” he was formerly Executive Director for Policy for Empower America, a conservative public policy organization.
Why would this Bush insider pitch for Obama? This Washington Post article looks to me like yet another “strategic initiative” to empower the Bushed America by disabling the one team that could survive (has survived) their bulldozer. The power forces can bulldoze Obama; they can’t destroy two Clintons standing together. My guess is that the Obama/ Tony Rezko scandal, currently being ignored by the rightwing media, will be a top story if they succeed with their current strategy to drive Hillary Clinton out of the race.
Why arent we supporting this highly qualified woman; no woman with Obamas credentials would have a chance. Hed make a great VP, and hell be seasoned in another eight years.
“It is not the medias fault if voters fail to agree with Clinton that nominating Obama would be a leap of faith. “
Hillary’s negative ‘empty-suit’ and ‘worthless words’ comments about Obama are a huge turn-off. Hillary Clinton is enjoying the benefits of her husband’s successful Presidential reputation. Nothing of her professions of day-1 readiness assures voters that America will enjoy the liberal prosperity of the 90s if we elect her, especially after 8 years of Chimperor Dumya’s fascist colonial hegemony during the tyranny of the BFEE Junta.
Whoever wins the Presidency in 2008 will spend a good part of 2009 and 2010 trying to tape together the shredded Constitution and repeal all the flagrant violations to the Bill of Rights Dumya has signed into law. It’s going to be a while before a candidate is going to be able to implement any of the plans defined in their published campaign position papers. Hillary will be no more ready on day-1 to face the infernal bag of Bush43 crap than her rivals.
Being the latest victims of the media’s hostile fickle side has the Clintons going crazy. Hillary ain’t been too victorious of late. Back when she was ruling all the debates and the positively polled hordes all screamed her name to the rafters of heaven, the corporate propagandists all shouted ‘HILLARY!’ no fewer than 50 times per minute, focusing in on her sallow, cherubic, buck-toothed mug up close and incessantly the entire 5 minutes of every political blurb. But, with an 8-state losing streak plaguing her since Super Tuesday, her pop feminist status has fallen on serious hardship. Consequently, a lot fewer folks are tuning in to hear old girl dryly recite her boring little check list of promises she plans to competently accomplish, if elected. No one wants to see another debate, having sat through way too many already. This Presidential campaign has gone on too freaking long for most folks already. We’re as tired of political attack ads and candidates’ coy and snarky whoring appearances as we are 70s sitcom reruns because of the writers’ strike.
We, the much put-upon people, are sick and tired of crony political chicanery as usual. We need hope and faith after eight horrific years of corruption, terror, regression, and ignorance. Obama has heard our cries for change, and he’s packing out stadiums with a fresh message of faith and hope in our future. It’s Obama who now instills us with the gospel that we are the heroes and deliverers whom we have been praying would save us, and that we can redeem America from the pit in which Dumya dropped it.
You gotta admit that Obama’s message of hope and unity is a lot more attractive than Hillary’s recitation of her itenary of mundane promises she maintains she will accomplish the same way she accomplished single-payer healthcare plan success back when Bill was President. It’s the easy choice of dating your irritating mom or that cute guy you’ve been praying would call you on a Friday. Obama is young and handsome, with a buttery smooth delivery, a pretty wife, and two cute little girls. Hillary, Bill, Chelsea, and her mom Dorothy Rodham just don’t bring all that out of the voters these days. Voters get that Michelle really loves and supports Barack. Meanwhile, we wonder whether Bill is working this hard to get back into the Oval Office himself, or to just get Hillary out of the house for four sure years, still recalling his romps with Ms. Lewinski, Ms. Flowers, Ms. Thom, Ms Dicke, and Ms. Harry.
The media is just sucking all that up. The media gets paid for ratings. Ratings follow what sells.
Let’s say that no-one is perfect, neither Hillary or Obama and certainly not the (mostly male) journalists. but this is nothing more that Eugene Robinson’s thinly-veiled attempt to paper over his profession’s shortcomings and their abuses.
Its all very well to say that “the theme of press bias… is woven through the Clinton campaign’s narrative of the story…” and then to deny it but it IS actually true and was vehemently so last year.
Hillary Clinton HAS been “subjected to rank sexism” and ageism as well. One of the reasons may don’t acknowledge this yet is because they are actually not fully aware of their own psychological motivations.
That then is a kind of psychosis and such refusal and denial are pathological symptoms. But that is also a reflection of American society. Women are still not really equal and women in power are seen as frightening.
The fact that Eugene Robinson is making excuses for himself and his fellow journalists is an indicator in itself. Thus being PC about BO is itself made into an excuse to further cover their motivations. None of this article was about Barack Obama’s shortcomings.
Thus the expression of sexism has been redirected and subliminated into more abstract criticisms but it has still become obvious that this is being aimed at the woman and away from the man in question. And ageism isn’t even being mentioned…...
Interesting to note, though, that ER has come out and made these admissions and his hypocritical excuses only AFTER the damage has been done. The lie has now been carried forwards embodied in the fantasy and illusion that “change” is only possible from a young male candidate in a very boring, very conventional suit.
5. 3 1/2 years working for the poor, wow what experience, that he claims as an asset.
6. Average student (went to Harvard on what? because his non resident father went there?
7. We know so little about him and that we do know is very confused. But The republicans won’t worry about race, they will dig it all up and them it will be to late.
Jackpine, “we decided to bomb in 1998” your are rather shallow if you think Hillary meant “me & Bill”
she meant the USA. Your reasoning that it is right to
be unfair to Hillary and let Obama slide is unbelivable. That is a big problem something is fair only if you think it is, no reasoning. I know if it was Obama in the hot seat you would be screaming your head off as that would be unfair to you. I don’t expect you to understand as it is not reasonable for you to.
And so He did. But show me where He said “Judged and condemned to hell are the warmakers.” No, I’m NOT suggesting that war is good or moral. It is not. But you take to yourself powers of judgment and condemnation that Jesus Himself did not take (and will not until we are all judged).
You add, “But you want to go way beyond forgive and forget. You would forgive, forget and give her a chance to prove that she isnt a warmonger.”
First, I never suggested “forgetting.” But yes, as noted many times, I do forgive. And yes, by all means I would give her a second chance - just as Jesus did with the adultress when He refused to condemn her and told her to “Go, and sin no more.” If Jesus can give second chances to sinners, what gives you the right to deny them that second chance? What gives you the right to sit in judgment and condemnation where Jesus Himself would not?
There is nothing I “don’t understand” about “immoral war.” But there is obviously a great DEAL the YOU do not understand about Christian love, peace, forgiveness, humility and compassion. Indeed, I have a very hard time reconciling your constant claims of Jesus-inspired Christianity when you have expressed virtually no peace, forgiveness or compassion on these boards, but only judgment, condemnation, name-calling, condescension and a holier-than-thou attitude toward Hillary’s judgment on her vote.
I feel no “love” coming from you at all, Christian or otherwise. And love was Jesus’ first and foremost principle.
This rant against homosexuality and erotic love aptly encapsules the dogma of the religious right of which they are neither. The god is love and etc. is simply further dogma. Nothing has been contributed to the conversation about the media. But the remarks do illustrate why these United States are a laughing stock around the world due to these religious fixations. Kathryn when were you given access to the mind and plans of this deity?
Following the religious theme, I’ve always thought the portrayal of the press in Jesus Christ Superstar rather accurate. The media are owned by large corporations and reflect the opinions of the corporate states. We see the world, in MSM, according to Murdoch, GE, Cap City and Sony.
I see your point, Maani, but let’s be realistic. The Clintons have a long history of this sort of behavior. And that was hardly the first time that Norman Hsu has come up in their political lives.
I don’t think that Obama gets a “free” ride, but it is certainly true that he’s under less, and less intense scrutiny than Sen Clinton. But i’ll say it again, there is a long history with the Clintons…its the flip side of claiming experience as a positive.
As for lying, all politicians lie…its axiomatic. Did Sen Obama lie about Rezko, certainly. On the other hand, in the LA debate Sen Clinton had at least one bold faced lie that i can think of off the top of my head: when she talked about how “we decided to bomb in 1998”. As i’ve said before, she had no security clearance so she couldn’t have been involved in that decision; furthermore, she was not speaking to her husband at the time because he had recently been caught cheating on her…again.
You can complain until the cows come home that Sen Clinton isn’t getting a “fair” shake, but if you didn’t expect the media to drag out every skeleton from their combined closet…you were fooling yourself. And this is one of the reasons i think she is the wrong person for this election cycle; nothing will get done with 4 years of this. And they are a target because they make themselves a target.
Another example of how political pundits choose to ignore the facts over their own ‘feelings.’ There already have been many studies that clearly demonstrate that Hillary has received more negative coverage than any of the other Republican or Democratic candidates.
Our “free” press has been the source of much of the division and hate we see in our society. Obama has a profound message that rings true to many of us. Too bad he is not courageous or selfless enough when division and hatred anoints him as the “media’s messiah.”
Most people agree that there needs to be a cure caused by the divisiveness caused by party politics. But what about the divisions caused by the media?
Let me give just one example of how media coverage of the two candidates has been lopsided, and Robinson is wrong.
When Hillary was found to have taken money from Norman Hsu, the incident was front-page news for over a week, despite the fact that Hillary returned the money almost immediately. The story was repeatedly flogged, and Hillary was lambasted over and over.
When Obama was found to have taken money from Tony Rezko (which Obama also offloaded quickly), the incident barely made the front page, and disappeared quickly. No flogging or lambasting for Obama.
Yet in Obama’s case, there was far more of a reason to flog and lambaste him. As you will all remember, during the debate in which Hillary accused Obama of working for a “slumlord,” Obama stated - publicly, in front of millions of people - that “the only” connection between him and Rezko was “5 hours” of time as a “junior attorney” on “a single case.”
Yet not only did Obama accept tens of thousands of dollars from Rezko for his campaigns, but he and Rezko purchased a real estate lot together - after the case on which Obama worked as a “junior attorney” - which put them in close working proximity for many months.
Thus, Obama LIED - bald-faced and blatantly, in front of millions of viewers on TV. Yet NO ONE has called him on this. NOT ONE MEDIA OUTLET, either mainstream or alternative.
That is just ONE example of how the media has given Obama a free pass while making sure that ANYTHING Hillary does is scrutinized to the nth degree.
If you Obama fans keep bringing up the vote on the war as a reason not to vote for Hillary, you prove to me you aren’t even fit to vote. You should be chastising GW, Cheney, Condi. Holy cow you act like she is the only one who voted and sent the troops into Iraq.
Katherine, NO ONE HAS SAID THIS IS A MORAL WAR !!!
Where are you coming up with that. Thats what the republicans say, I am stupid, you are a republican and a HYPOCRYT too. No christian I know condems people the way you do, therefore, I say you are not a chistian.
I have responded to this before, and you know my answers. Yet NONE of your continued accusations and comments - EVEN IF CORRECT - change the fact that you are a hypocrite for accusing someone of condemning people when you yourself do the same. NOTHING you have said changes that.
I completely agree, and this problem extends way beyond Hillary, even though she has bore the brunt in this current election. As in regards to any topic or other individual receiving public attention in this nation, the media too often dictates our opinion of individuals and has a disgusting influence on public perception as a whole. Sure, we all knew that both Hillary and Obama were going to face all types of scrutiny due to their “differences,” but the media has taken the opportunity to cross the line way too far. It’s funny how Americas obsession with embarrassing photos of celebrities has pretty much consumed the political realm as well. The media continues to use their endless powers to negate their responsibility of educating the public, in hopes of electing the best possible leader for our nation, to worrying about which candidate is the most aesthetically pleasing. The media need to take responsibility for their actions end of story. Despite who the Democratic candidate ends up being, the media has removed all possibility of election really serving as one of change, one in which voters are empowered to speak out and take their values to the ballot. Instead, once again, the public is bombarded with images and language that corral their opinions rather than with the important knowledge they need to make informed decisions.
Eugene Robinson is a lapdog for Chris Matthews and Tucker Carlson. He is part of the MSNBC sexist and bigoted reporting.
Of COURSE, he didn’t see it this way when Imus was getting it from every direction.
Robinson is just another reason not to ever watch MSNBC.
He brings up the fact that Obama has released his tax reports but fails to mention anything about his
1. voting present over 100 times
2. standing hand in hand with homophobes
3. his involvment with slum lords
4. his lack of experience.
It is true that they have given Obama special attention over less than so for Hillary.
Look back at the infamouse Philadelphia debate that snagged Hillary on drivers licenses for illegals.
We heard nothing but that constantly, everyday, all the time until I thought I was going to throw-up if I heard it anymore.
Then, there was the very next debate where Obama stumbled all over himself with the same question.
I thought here we go again!, but to my utter amazement, not one mention!
Other scenarios playes to this too. Hillary has been the scapegoat for the medias bias ever since.
They even put an un-flattering picture of her on some news outlets where she looked so tired and dishevled due to non-stop campaigning.
All other candidates I’m sure looked and went through the same thing, but you didn’t see their faces plastered all over the papers and tv’s., with captions under them saying “is this what you want your next president to look like”?
Very un-professional to say the least.
But, I’ve always accused the media of this very thing and I’m sure I’m not the only one who has seen it like it truly is. (looking for ratings in all the wrong ways.)
Getting back on topic, since Robinson has shown time and again that he is the LEAST trustworthy writer on LieDig, I find this piece no better or more honest than most of what he writes. He is a media shill who will not accept his own culpability, or that of the MSM (and some of the AM as well), with regard to this issue.
Need I remind you the number of times - and often the vehemence with which - you have condemned ME for my support of Hillary vis-a-vis her vote for the Iraq War resolution? The names you have called me? And at least once specifically suggesting I would go to hell for it?
My dear friend, I have but three phrases for you:
“Judge not, lest ye be judged in equal measure.”
“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”
“Take the log out of your own eye before you take the splinter out of another’s.”
All voters visit http://www.massresistance.org. Also google
Boston’s Children’s Hospital Sex Change Clinic. Children are being denied their innocense and childhoods, at the expense of Adults sexual desires.
Children and their parents are being exploited.
Guess what John Lewis (civil rights) just changed his support from Hillary to Obama. What color is he, Black !!!!!!!!!! WAKE UP AMERICA THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM . Yes I was yelling you cap freaks out there.
Eugene Robinson, those who say this campaign has nothing to do with race or gender are lying to them selves. YES, the media is biased and that is gender bias, you are race biased and gender biased But, heaven forbid if any one should mention it. Well, I am mentioning it, there is a group of republicans who are BLACK and for Obama even tho there beliefs don’t match Obamas,
their explanation ?? you can’t have a candidate whom you totally agree with!!! The super delegates who are waffling on their support for HILLARY, guess what, they are black. Obama is exploiting his poor mothers death for his campaign and I guess everyone thinks its fine I think it is digusting and the insurance plan he is proposing is NOT WORKABLE. Hillarys daughter gets horribly wronged for campaigning for her mother and if Hillary challenges Obama in any way she is being disrespectful or a racist. This is just the most ridiculous campaign in HISTORY. BUT, the young people want CHANGE, well if Obama is elected we will have change alright but it will be nothing like what we want.
Enough with the vapid, simplistic, bastardized Christianity. Jesus would be ashamed of the abomination that the war mongering United States has made of the religion founded in his name.
I don’t know about diversity of sexual equipment, but some gender diversity, in the greatest nation on earth’s White House, some 232 years after its founding, would be a welcome, and long overdue change.
Then maybe we can get a truly different, none male prejudiced, mind-set in America. A mind-set which doesn’t think kill, kill, kill is always the solution, but knows what it’s like to give life and knows what the true cost of losing it means.
Hillary in the White House will inspire future daughters to be courageous and make a change in a world dominated by violent males.
Like a pack of feral dogs checking to see what the other’s sex life is like…. and so a thread, labeled “Clinton’s vs the media” becomes another pulpit where folks who “believe” debate those dolorous beliefs on, and forever.
“Conservative” in my case involves keeping my nose OUT of business which will not effect my life, or the lives of loved ones. Gay marriage is one of those areas. What consenting people do with each other is THEIR business.
The absolute affrontary of folks who mess in the lives of others is as objectionable, and disgusting to me as any of these Non sequitur subjects may be to you.
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The present invention relates to circuitry for identifying which subscriber of a two-party telephone line is initiating a toll call and is directed more particularly to circuitry for providing tip automatic identification (tip ANI) for two-party lines.
In telephone systems it is often desirable to establish a two-party line be connecting two different subscribers or parties to the same telephone line. Although many signalling functions are not affected by having both parties connected to the same line, a problem arises when it is necessary for the central office equipment to identify which party of the two-party line is initiating a toll call.
Currently, it is the practice in the industry to connect, to the telephone set of a designated one of the parties (hereinafter referred to as the tip party or party two), circuitry which applies ground potential to the tip conductor through a current-limiting resistor. The subscriber drop of the other or nondesignated party (hereinafter referred to as the ring party or party one) does not have such circuitry connected thereto. As a result, when the central office equipment establishes the toll ticketing condition by applying negative potential to both conductors of the telephone line, a current will flow through the tip conductor only when party two initiates a toll call. The central office equipment detects the presence or absence of a current flow in the tip conductor and thereby identifies which party has initiated the toll call.
If, for example, the ring party (party one) initiates a toll call, no current will flow through the tip conductor when the central office equipment applies negative potential to both conductors of the telephone line. The central office equipment will detect that no current is flowing through the tip conductor and will thereby determine that party one has initiated the toll call. If, on the other hand, the tip party (party two) initiates a toll call, the ground connection to the tip conductor will cause a current to flow through the tip conductor when the central office equipment applies negative potential to both conductors of the line. As a result, the central office equipment will detect the current flow through the tip conductor and will thereby determine that party two has initiated the toll call. Thus, during the toll ticketing condition, the presence or absence of a current flow in the tip conductor of the telephone line enables the central office equipment to identify which party has initiated the toll call.
As described above, the toll ticketing condition is established when the central office equipment applies negative potential to both conductors of the telephone line. In different telephone systems, the central office equipment may establish the toll ticketing condition at different times. In one type of telephone system, the toll ticketing condition is established during dialing. In these telephone systems, loop current flow to one of the subscribers is established when that subscriber goes off-hook. The central office senses the loop current and applies a dial tone to the telephone line to signal that the subscriber may begin dialing. The dial pulses are sensed by the central office equipment in order to operate the switching circuits. In addition, the central office senses the occurrence of the first open interval of a designated digit, e.g., the first open interval of the second digit, and establishes the toll ticketing condition by applying negative potential to both conductors of the telephone line during a portion of this open interval. During this portion of the open interval, the central office senses the absence or presence of current flow in the tip conductor in order to identify which one of the subscribers has initiated the toll call. Upon completion of the toll ticketing condition, the central office equipment returns to the dialing condition. It will be understood that the establishment of the toll ticketing condition during an open interval of a dial pulse does not interfere with the dialing operation.
In other types of telephone systems, the toll ticketing condition may occur before dialing, after dialing, or both before and after dialing. In telephone systems which establish the toll ticketing condition both before and after dialing, loop current flow to one of the subscribers is established when that subscriber goes off-hook. At this time, the central office equipment establishes the toll ticketing condition by applying negative potential to both conductors of the telephone line and senses the absence or presence of a current flow in the tip conductor of the line in order to identify which party has initiated the toll call. After the toll ticketing condition has been terminated, the central office equipment applies a dial tone to the telephone line to signal that the subscriber may begin dialing. The dial pulses are sensed by the central office equipment and operate the switching circuits. After all of the digits have been dialed, the central office equipment again establishes the toll ticketing condition and senses the presence or absence of a current in the tip conductor in order to identify which one of the parties has initiated the toll call.
Many prior art tip ANI circuits comprise a resistor and inductor connected between the tip conductor and ground whenever the subscriber is off-hook. This ground connection to the tip conductor is maintained during the calling and talking states. As a result, these resistor-inductor ANI circuits allow an undesirable electrical noise to appear in the telephone line. In addition, these prior art ANI circuits have been physically housed in the telephone set. As a result, false billings occur when unauthorized phones not having these resistor-inductor ANI circuits are exchanged for or are added to existing phones having that type of ANI circuit. Thus, many prior art ANI circuits are undesirable because they introduce noise into the telephone line and may cause false billings.
Realizing the problems associated with the above-described resistor-inductor type ANI circuits, a few ANI circuits have been designed which do not connect ground to the telephone line during the talking state and which are to be connected to the outside of the building housing the subscriber set. While these circuits do not introduce excessive noise in the telephone line and allow the subscriber to expand or exchange phones without having the problem of false billings, they are too complicated and, therefore, too expensive to be practical. | 2023-11-03T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/5039 |
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Tiempo calendar: Things to do this weekend
It will be at 4 and 8 p.m. today at the Plaza Theatre. $28-$350 ... 10:30 a.m.; the tour will stop for lunch at a Downtown restaurant at 11:45 p.m. and end at the Union Depot at 2 p.m. Cost, $5, benefits the El Paso Railroad and Transportation ... El Paso Times | 2024-02-08T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/6180 |
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metadata:
name: kube-apiserver
namespace: kube-system
spec:
hostNetwork: true
containers:
- name: kube-apiserver
image: {{kube_docker_registry}}/kube-apiserver:{{kube-apiserver_docker_tag}}
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
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requests:
cpu: 250m
command:
- /bin/sh
- -c
- /usr/local/bin/kube-apiserver
{{params}}
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host: 127.0.0.1
path: /healthz
port: 8080
scheme: HTTP
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timeoutSeconds: 15
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containerPort: 443
hostPort: 443
protocol: TCP
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containerPort: 8080
hostPort: 8080
protocol: TCP
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mountPath: /etc/srv/kubernetes
readOnly: true
- name: logfile
mountPath: /var/log/kube-apiserver.log
- name: etcssl
mountPath: /etc/ssl
readOnly: true
- name: usrsharecacerts
mountPath: /usr/share/ca-certificates
readOnly: true
- name: srvsshproxy
mountPath: /etc/srv/sshproxy
volumes:
- name: srvkube
hostPath:
path: /etc/srv/kubernetes
- name: logfile
hostPath:
path: /var/log/kube-apiserver.log
- name: etcssl
hostPath:
path: /etc/ssl
- name: usrsharecacerts
hostPath:
path: /usr/share/ca-certificates
- name: srvsshproxy
hostPath:
path: /etc/srv/sshproxy
| 2024-02-27T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/2565 |
Asghar Ali Shah (politician)
Asghar Ali Shah (; born 29 August 1938) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.
Early life
He was born on 29 August 1938.
Political career
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-212 (Naushero Feroze-II) in 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 6,401 votes and lost the seat to Syed Zafar Ali Shah. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as an independent candidate from Constituency PS-20 (Naushero Feroze-II) but was unsuccessful. He received 6,920 votes and lost the seat to Abdul Haque, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-212 (Naushero Feroze-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 93,884 votes and defeated Ghulam Rasool Khan Jatoi. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as an independent candidate from Constituency PS-20 (Naushero Feroze-II) but was unsuccessful. He received 135 votes and lost the seat to Syed Murad Ali Shah.
References
Category:Living people
Category:Pakistan Peoples Party politicians
Category:Sindhi people
Category:Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018
Category:People from Sindh
Category:1938 births | 2024-04-07T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/2035 |
Q:
How computationally expensive is generating a random number in C++?
The method that I am considering is from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19728404/6571958
#include <random>
std::random_device rd; // only used once to initialise (seed) engine
std::mt19937 rng(rd()); // random-number engine used (Mersenne-Twister in this case)
std::uniform_int_distribution<int> uni(min,max); // guaranteed unbiased
auto random_integer = uni(rng);
I'm also willing to use the rand() approach with srand(time(NULL)).
My question: how expensive are these approaches? Is one much faster than the other?
A:
Performance depends greatly on the generator you use (which in turn depends greatly on the quality of the numbers you need).
For example, std::mt19937 is much faster than std::random_device but produces pseudo random numbers.
This is fine for most purposes, if you don't need cryptographically safe random numbers. But even if you do, random_device can produce raw entropy at a rate of about 50MB/sec on my machine - how much randomness do you really need? (mt19937 generates about orders of magnitudes more than that if needed).
Avoid rand(). It just has very poor properties and a very low period.
See also https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/2013/rand-Considered-Harmful
| 2024-05-09T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/8730 |
Hexose-transport-deficient mutants of Chlorella vulgaris : Lack of transport activity correlates with absence of inducible proteins.
Autotrophically grown cells of Chlorella vulgaris show a strong increase in the uptake rates for hexoses and for seven amino acids when incubated in the presence of hexoses. This increase is due to de-novo synthesis of three transport proteins: one forhexoses and two for amino acids. Mutants deficient in hexose transport were obtained after treatment of wild-type cells with acridine orange, followed by a selection procedure using the toxic hexose analogue, 2-deoxy-D-glucose. Moreover, the two amino-acid-transport systems could not be induced in these mutants by hexoses. The capacity to phosphorylate hexoses was identical in mutants and in the wild-type strain. The loss of transport activities can be correlated with the loss of certain radiolabeled protein bands on fluorograms of sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gels. These proteins are assumed to be responsible for the different transport systems in the wild-type strain. With the help of additional mutants defective in one or two of the different aminoacid-transport systems, it has been attempted to assign the different transport activities to individual protein bands on the gel. | 2023-11-21T01:26:35.434368 | https://example.com/article/1860 |
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