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Catching a bid
Quietly, and without much fanfare, Brent is back at $55/barrel (shhhh…don’t Jinx it). The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has been chaotic, and with a market that likes to shoot first and ask questions later, it’s led to a lot of (not unwelcome) volatility in oil. There are several more hurricanes steaming westward across the ocean, although it does look like Irma is taking more of an Atlantic track rather than again threatening the USGC (as of the time of writing). But it would appear that the flat price is finally starting to respond to the very strong signals emanating from the physical markets, though we still think it has yet to catch up to the strength being seen in physical crude diffs and spreads.
In fact, the post-Harvey story remains one of complacency. Because of the intense focus on the immediate impacts of the hurricane(s) and little contemplation as to what happens down the road, we think that cracks and product spreads out along the curve remain underpriced. Cracks in particular have gotten hammered this week, but we think this is a misreading of how fundamentals are going to evolve going forward.
We expect product draws to continue over the coming weeks. Product spreads have thus far been mirroring 2005, when Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, with the gasoline market in particular looking like a carbon copy. Gasoline spreads rallied into the storm and have capitulated since it passed, though a lot of refining remains offline. Gasoline cracks also look nearly identical to their 2005 counterparts. Distillates have shown a bit more resilience, and we would reiterate that we still think that as time passes, distillates are likely to be the most bullish of the main contracts. But, as we have said before—2005 is not a good parallel to what is happening today given the vastly changed nature of the US crude and product flows.
Fig 1: RBOB Oct/Nov spread, cents per gallon
Fig 2: October gasoline crack, $ per barrel
Source: Bloomberg, Energy Aspects
Source: Bloomberg Energy Aspects
Meanwhile, as Congress returns from recess, the broader market remains sceptical that the legislative body can actually legislate. On Tuesday, there was a mini risk-off episode in broader risk markets. This is not so unusual in and of itself, given all the things that markets will need to consider this autumn, but what was unusual is that most of the risk assets behaved as expected, with the exception of crude. As equities and treasury yields sold off and gold rallied, Brent actually caught a bid. This has happened a couple of times in the past few weeks. One reason is because many have been short oil while they have been long other assets (in the equity space, shorting oil has been a very strong theme). With the dollar under renewed pressure and the market perhaps questioning the ability of Congress to juggle all these balls at once, it’s worth noting that oil fundamentals are firming just as there appears to be scope for continued dollar correction lower.
The current weakness in treasury yields appears to be the big factor dragging down the dollar, driven in part by the failure of Team Trump to deliver on campaign promises, especially those related to tax reform. As the legislative agenda keeps getting pushed back, prospects for both growth and inflation have diminished. The concern now is that yields will fall to where they were before the election. This is why the congressional agenda is so important and the list of important issues which need to be resolved keeps growing. In addition to tackling tax reform and the debt ceiling, Congress needs to pass Harvey relief legislation. As if that wasn’t enough, it appears that Donald Trump may be adding Iran to Congress’ “to do list”. UN ambassador Nikki Haley gave a speech to the American Enterprise Institute this week essentially arguing why the president just might refuse to certify Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA. If the president chooses not to certify Iranian compliance in October, that does not mean the US is withdrawing from the JCPOA, but it would trigger a 60-day clock for Congress to decide whether or not to re-impose sanctions on Iran. Trump has made no secret of his dislike of the JCPOA, but he appears to be punting the issue to Congress. For now, this is more headline risk than actual risk, but it’s worth watching if a) Trump chooses not to certify Iran as in compliance, and b) if that then leads to a more activist Congress that tries to undermine the JCPOA.
The outlookWTI: Harvey dislocations continue to drive sentiment, and the September fundamentals remain on balance bearish given that most crude production appears, at least on the surface to be returning faster than refineries. Any lasting impact to onshore production is still unknown, and this week EOG Resources lowered its Q3 17 US oil output guidance after it suspended drilling and completion operations and shut in production in preparation for Hurricane Harvey. We would expect to see more of that in the coming days. Ultimately, US domestic production is not going to grow as much as consensus forecasts suggest, so we remain constructive on margin strength and export strength (for more details, see our E-mail alert: Gulf Coast refineries begin ramping-up as crude supply issues are alleviated post-Harvey, but status of Port Arthur remains a concern, 5 September 2017). WTI timespreads sold off aggressively as Harvey hurtled toward the US Gulf Coast, but they have since recouped some of those losses. As refiners continue to return from their storm-related shutdowns, demand for crude will also pick up, as will demand for exports. Given where they have been trading, we remain generally constructive on WTI timespreads.
Brent: With a big chunk of US refining still offline and margins through the roof, there is every incentive for European refiners to run post maintenance. Moreover, exports from the Middle East to Europe were down in August and appear to be on track to fall again in September, though it is still early days. US exports are likely to spike in the coming month, but we think Europe will be well placed to absorb those volumes. With the front part of the Brent curve flirting with backwardation, the incentive to store is gone. Dubai is also now catching a bid, reinforcing the strength in the physical crude markets that has been a theme this summer. Given the strength in margins, we think crude will be bid, and Brent in particular will benefit (see Perspectives: Spare me, 4 September 2017). Currently, Brent prompt spreads are implying a much higher flat price. The last time that spreads in the front of the curve averaged these levels was back in 2014 when the flat price was closer to $70 per barrel. Flat price has completely lagged the fundamental strength in the physical market.
Fig 3: WTI prompt crude spread, $ per barrel
Fig 4: Brent vs 30 day moving avg, $ per barrel
Source: Bloomberg, Energy Aspects
Source: Bloomberg, Energy Aspects
RBOB: Gasoline at the moment appears to be following the 2005 playbook as a huge spike in the prompt has been quickly followed by a near total retracement to pre-Harvey levels. But US government waivers and the resumption of some refining activity with seemingly limited damage is only providing a false sense of security. Much of the refining capacity that is coming back is geared primarily for the export market, while most of the plants still offline mostly supply the domestic market. Any lengthy downtime in Port Arthur will either force up US Gulf Coast gasoline prices to ensure plants that habitually export their output instead sell into the domestic market (including covering the cost of RINs) or draw down US inland gasoline inventories. With importers in Latin America unlikely to release barrels they have contracted due to limited inventory in those countries, in all likelihood US consumers will not bid barrels away from importers because they hold inventory so US stocks will fall to make up the gap in Atlantic basin gasoline supplies. Inventories are likely to continue falling despite refiners coming back (see E-mail alert: US refinery outages biased towards plants that supply domestic market as Irma threatens Caribbean terminals, 5 September 2017)
Distillate: After propane, distillate is probably the most constructive of all the products, more so because of the time of the year and the already constructive trajectory inventories were taking. Moreover, US government forecasts are now projecting a greater likelihood for a La Nina this winter and the cooler temperatures that come with it. Inventories across the US had been falling impressively all year, even with run rates so high for much of the year, and stocks were supposed to build in the fall. However, we now do not expect stocks to rebuild ahead of winter. Normally, about half of the PADD 3 distillate surplus is exported (mostly to Latin America), while the other half goes to PADDs 1 and 2. Between the onset of the agricultural season and the loss of US diesel exports, there will be some real competition between PADD 1, PADD 2 and Latin America for PADD 3 diesel output. At the same time, as refinery runs ramp into November, there will be a lot of resupply available for gasoline markets. But, we still expect to see a lot of inventory loss on the diesel side due to seasonal demand needs. Currently, RBOB vs HO spreads have been coming off in the prompt. But December and most Q1 18 spreads are still flirting with multi year highs. We think that heat should outperform RBOB especially for December and into Q1 18. | 2024-04-25T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/5560 |
Q:
resolver with a guard in angular4 with ASP.NET Web Api 2
I am working on angular 4 Project with Asp.NET Web API 2. I want to check if the user is authorized before he enters the admin section.
I tried to set the resolver in the routing of angular, like that:
resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot){
return this.profile.getProfile()
.map(result => { setAuthorized(); return result;})
.catch(res => { return Observable.of(new Profile()); });
}
setAuthorized() function will set the authorization in a global variable so it can be checked with the function isAuthorized()
and the authorization guard:
if (this.route.firstChild != null) {
return this.route.firstChild.data.map( res => {
if (isAuthorized()) {
return true;
}
});
} else {
return Observable.of(false);
}
the routing is:
const routes: Routes =
[
{path: ':lang', component: LanguageComponent,
children: [
{ path: 'dashboard', component: DashboardComponent, resolve: { authority: AuthorityResolverService} },
{ path: 'admin', component: AdminComponent, canActivate: [AuthorizedGuard], resolve: { authority: AuthorityResolverService}},
]}
];
Everything seems to be working correctly. But the problem is when I click F5 or when I copy the URL and open it in a new window, I will be always redirected to the error page. when I monitor the workflow, it shows that it did not call the resolver when I am trying to reach the URL directly:
localhost/admin
I am not receiving any error, but I am being redirected always.
Any Ideas?
A:
It expected behavior. When you hit the route, guard will be ran first and if canActivate returns true then resolver will be ran. Since your guard will return false, your resolver will not be called (and it should not be).
Which means you might want to redesign your logic a bit in a way that you put getting profile/authorization into guard becaue that's what guard really is: it should check some condition and resolve based on it. Your condition is that user is authenticated so that belongs to guard.
Resolvers purpose is to get the data needed for component once the user is allowed to activate component.
| 2023-10-03T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/6797 |
/*
* Copyright (c) 2016, Fabian Langguth
* TU Darmstadt - Graphics, Capture and Massively Parallel Computing
* All rights reserved.
*
* This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
* of the BSD 3-Clause license. See the LICENSE.txt file for details.
*/
#ifndef SMVS_LDL_DECOMPOSITION_HEADER
#define SMVS_LDL_DECOMPOSITION_HEADER
#include <iostream>
SMVS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
/**
* Combines Matrix L and diagonal vector D to LDL = L*D*L^T
*/
template<typename T>
void
combine_ldl (T const* L, T const* D, int size,
T* LDL)
{
std::fill(LDL, LDL + size * size, T(0));
T const* L_trans_ptr = L;
T const* L_row_ptr = L;
for (int r = 0; r < size; ++r, L_row_ptr += size)
{
double * LDL_ptr = LDL;
for (int c1 = 0; c1 < size; ++c1, ++L_trans_ptr)
for (int c2 = 0; c2 < size; ++c2, ++LDL_ptr)
(*LDL_ptr) += L_row_ptr[c2] * (*L_trans_ptr) * D[r];
}
}
/**
* Inverts symmetric matrix A using the LDL decomposition
* This is essentially a variant of the Cholesky decomposition
* which doesn't require sqrt.
*/
template<typename T>
void
ldl_inverse(T * A, int const size)
{
T * L = new T[size * size];
T * D = new T[size];
std::fill(L, L + size * size, 0.0);
std::fill(D, D + size, 0.0);
/* Factorize A into LDL^T */
for (int j = 0; j < size; ++j)
{
D[j] = A[j * size + j];
L[j * size + j] = 1.0;
for (int k = 0 ; k < j; ++k)
D[j] -= (L[j * size + k] * L[j * size + k]) * D[k];
if (D[j] == 0.0)
return;
for (int i = j+1; i < size; ++i)
{
L[i * size + j] = A[i * size + j];
for (int k = 0 ; k < j; ++k)
L[i * size + j] -= L[i * size + k] * D[k] * L[j * size + k];
L[i * size + j] /= D[j];
}
}
/* Invert L */
for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i)
for (int j = i+1; j < size; ++j)
{
T sum(0);
for (int k = i ; k < j; ++k)
sum -= L[j * size + k] * L[k * size + i];
L[j * size + i] = sum;
}
/* Invert D */
for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i)
D[i] = 1.0 / D[i];
/* Combine Matrices */
combine_ldl(L, D, size, A);
/* Cleanup memory */
delete[] L;
delete[] D;
}
SMVS_NAMESPACE_END
#endif /* LDL_DECOMPOSITION_HEADER */
| 2023-08-14T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/9722 |
Discrimination of cis-trans sex pheromone components in two sympatric Lepidopteran species.
Pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs) play an important role in the recognition of pheromones by insects. However, the abilities of these PBPs to discriminate pheromone components and recognize the isomers are unclear. Dendrolimus houi and Dendrolimus kikuchii are two sympatric coniferous pests whose pheromones have cis-trans isomers. We used these insect species to detect the precise recognition abilities of PBPs. The four PBPs examined showed male-biased antenna-intensive expression patterns, whereas PBP1 showed higher expression than PBP2 in the antenna. DhouPBP1 only bound to a minor interspecific pheromone component, whereas DhouPBP2 bound to all three intraspecific components and another minor interspecific component. DkikPBP1 and DkikPBP2 could recognize all three intraspecific components with affinities negatively correlated with their ratios, and they bound to interspecific pheromones with affinity that was positively correlated with the ratios. The four PBPs have different cis-trans isomer discrimination abilities, i.e., DhouPBP1 and DkikPBP1 could not discriminate the two cis-trans isomer pairs of pheromones from the two species, whereas DhouPBP2 could discriminate between both pairs, and DkikPBP2 could only discriminate one pair. Overall, PBPs from D. houi and D. kikuchii use different strategies to help the moths to discriminate the intra- and interspecific pheromone components. Our work will contribute to better understanding of the sex pheromone recognition mechanism in these two sister species of moths and provide insights into more effective management practices of these pest species. | 2024-05-11T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/2481 |
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This directory is run with TestNG rather than junit to ensure that some
run level cases work properly under TestNG.
In particular this test would hang prior to https://java.net/jira/browse/HK2-144
being fixed.
| 2023-09-04T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/7537 |
MAFS, Love Island & BIP Stars Rumoured To Be On IAC
Celebrity Gossip
Posted on August 14, 2018
by Olivia Esveld
It seems that the 2019 season of Channel Ten’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! is going to be one massive reality TV show reunion with rumours suggesting that some of the contestants from MAFS, Love Island and Bachelor In Paradise are on the cast list!
NW are reporting that the jungle will be filled with some of our reality TV favs next year including Nasser from the most recent season of Married At First Sight and Tayla Damir from Australia’s first season of Love Island.
Nasser may have since accidentally confirmed that he has agreed to do the show in a recent video of fellow MAFS star Ryan Gallagher pranking him.
"I'm just about to sign with I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here," revealed Nasser in the prank call.
The publication has also claimed that some other MAFS favs such as Ryan and Sarah Roza have also been approached by producers to take part in the show that sees stars pushed to their limits as they try to survive in the jungle and participate in some seriously tough challenges to earn their meals and other luxuries.
In terms of the Love Island cast, winner of the show Tayla Damir is not the only one who has been offered a contract! According to NW, I’m A Celebrity will attempt to bring back our fav love triangle with Tayla’s recent ex Grant Crapp, and his ex from the show Cassidy McGill also rumoured to be joining the cast.
The official cast list for I’m A Celebrity has not been released yet and isn’t expected to be made public until November, but TV insiders have told NW that producers of the show are working hard to make this their best season yet.
And we have to say, with all of these names it sounds like it’s going to be pretty darn interesting! Not only will the Tayla and Grant drama be darn good TV viewing but watching Nasser try and survive in the Tucker Challenges when he couldn’t even deal with Gab’s apartment on MAFS will be absolute GOLD!
Although we have to say it brings into question the definition of ‘celebrity’ in this case. With past contestants including singer Shannon Noll, comedian Fiona O’Loughlin and actor Peter Rowsthorn, do you think reality TV show contestants really count as celebrities? | 2023-09-16T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/6758 |
Q:
Magento 2: How to add attribute flag to quote item?
I want to add an attribute to quote item to know if an item can be deleted or not from a cart. Any help?
A:
Check out extension attributes, which is what I believe you are looking for. This blog article explains things pretty well:
https://store.fooman.co.nz/blog/an-introduction-to-extension-attributes.html
| 2024-03-22T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/9635 |
Q:
How to install git-lfs on Ubuntu 16.04?
I am trying to install git-lfs package and it looks like expected paths are not Ubuntu friendly. From Downloads section of git-lfs I choose Linux AMD64 file name git-lfs-freebsd-amd64-1.2.1.tar.gz, because .deb files are not available for Ubuntu, just Debian 7,8.
I am getting error: install.sh: 19: install.sh: PATH+=:/usr/local/bin: not found when executing install.sh.
Does anyone have a working solution on how to install git-lfs?
A:
There are in fact .deb files at https://packagecloud.io/github/git-lfs?filter=debs that you can install; the link you visited also hinted at this by stating that "All packages are available on PackageCloud now."
In any case, if you visit https://git-lfs.github.com/, the simplest way to install git-lfs is to follow the instructions at https://packagecloud.io/github/git-lfs/install:
curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
Then, according to https://github.com/github/git-lfs/blob/master/INSTALLING.md#installing-packages, do
sudo apt-get install git-lfs
If you don't trust the source of script.deb.sh and are uncomfortable with running the script with sudo bash, you should definitely take a look at the script first.
A:
I was looking for a way to install entirely from the command line (server/VM setup), and was able to do so by following the instructions from the documentation, copied below for reference.
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.deb.sh | sudo bash*
sudo apt-get install git-lfs
git lfs install
*The sudo in step 2 is my addition, and without it this step was failing silently. Maybe to do with my user permissions on the server? ymmv
A:
I found my solution, the problem was executing install.sh using sh:
The correct way is sudo ./install.sh or sudo bash install.sh instead of sh install.sh.
| 2024-05-14T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/3467 |
Identification of clinical stage A nonseminomatous testis cancer patients at extremely low risk for metastatic disease: a combined approach using quantitive immunohistochemical, histopathologic, and radiologic assessment.
To evaluate previously determined predictors of metastasis in low-stage testis cancer in a consecutive group of clinical stage A patients. Ninety-one consecutive clinical stage A nonseminomatous germ cell tumor (NSGCT) patients who underwent primary nerve-sparing retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (NSRPLND) had orchiectomy specimens and computed tomographic (CT) scans evaluated blindly in a quantitative fashion. These scores were then correlated with pathologic stage using previously determined paradigms. Using volume of embryonal carcinoma in the orchiectomy specimen, lymph node diameters in the primary landing zones and MIB-1 staining of the orchiectomy specimen, 41 patients were classified as low risk for metastasis. Forty of these 41 had pathologic stage A disease at RPLND. These parameters can identify a low-risk group of patients for metastasis who can be rationally offered surveillance. | 2023-12-17T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/9692 |
Q:
What is the PDF of a Normal convolved with a Laplace
I'd like to see if using Stan or similar I can successfully model Laplace noise added to data through the use of a convolved Normal-Laplace distribution and MCMC sampling. In the literature I can only find this https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03610926.2015.1040510 which concerns an asymmetric Laplace distribution. I was wondering if anyone knows of a simpler expression I could use for a Normal convolved with a symmetric Laplace. And further to this, whether this is even the correct approach to modelling noise added to data (provided I know the scale of the Laplace noise added). Here is the corrected PDF in the linked article which is unfortunately behind a paywall:
$$
\begin{aligned}
f(y)=& \frac{\alpha \beta}{2(\alpha+\beta)}\left[e^{\frac{1}{2} \alpha\left(-2 y+2 \mu+\alpha \sigma^{2}\right)} \operatorname{erf} c\left(\frac{\alpha \sigma}{\sqrt{2}}-\frac{y-\mu}{\sqrt{2} \sigma}\right)\right.\\
&\left.+e^{\frac{1}{2} \beta\left(2 y-2 \mu+\beta \sigma^{2}\right)} \operatorname{erf} c\left(\frac{\beta \sigma}{\sqrt{2}}+\frac{y-\mu}{\sqrt{2} \sigma}\right)\right]
\end{aligned}
$$
And for further reference, the original:
$$
\begin{array}{c}
\phi(x)=\frac{e^{-\frac{1}{2} x^{2}}}{\sqrt{2 \pi}} \\
\left.\Phi(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi}} \int_{-\infty}^{x} e^{-\frac{t^{2}}{2}} d t=\frac{1}{2}\left[1+\operatorname{erf}\left(\frac{x}{\sqrt{2}}\right)\right]\right] \\
R(z)=\frac{1-\Phi(z)}{\phi(z)}=\frac{\sqrt{2 \pi}\left[\operatorname{erfc}\left(\frac{z}{\sqrt{2}}\right)-\frac{1}{2}\right]}{e^{-\frac{z^{2}}{2}}} \\
f(y)=\frac{\alpha \beta}{\alpha+\beta} \phi\left(\frac{y-\mu}{\sigma}\right)\left[R\left(\alpha \sigma-\frac{y-\mu}{\sigma}\right)+R\left(\beta \sigma+\frac{y-\mu}{\sigma}\right)\right]
\end{array}$$
Here is the PDF I get by setting $\alpha = \beta$ in the referenced article. I am presuming that the asymmetric Laplace here is centred, meaning this would only work for a $Laplace(0, \lambda)$. This results in extremely large PDF values in some cases, so I believe I have done something wrong.
$$\frac{λ}{4} \text{erfc} \left(\frac{λσ}{\sqrt{2}} - \frac{y - μ}{\sigma \sqrt{2}} \right) \left(
\exp\left(\frac{\lambda}{2} \left(-2y + 2μ + λσ^2\right)\right) +
\exp\left(\frac{\lambda}{2} \left(2y - 2μ + λσ^2\right)\right)\right)$$
function pdf_NL(μ, σ, λ, y)
return (λ / 4) * erfc((λ * σ) / √2 - (y - μ) / (√2 * σ)) * (
exp(0.5λ * (-2y + 2μ + λ * abs2(σ))) +
exp(0.5λ * (2y - 2μ + λ * abs2(σ)))
)
end
A:
Let's work it out from first principles, beginning with the hard work of computing a convolution.
As an auxiliary calculation, consider the distribution of $W=X+Y$ where $Y$ has an Exponential distribution with pdf $$f_Y(y) = e^{-y}\,\mathcal{I}(y\gt 0)$$ and $X$ has a Normal$(\mu,\sigma^2)$ distribution with pdf $f_X(x;\mu,\sigma) = \phi((x-\mu)/\sigma)/\sigma$ where $$\phi(z) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\,e^{-z^2/2}$$ is the standard Normal pdf. The PDF of the sum is the convolution
$$f_W(w;\mu,\sigma) = \int_{-\infty}^\infty f_Y(y) f_X(w-y;\mu,\sigma)\,\mathrm{d}y = \int_0^\infty e^{-y} f_X(w-y;\mu,\sigma)\,\mathrm{d}y.$$
Substituting $\sigma z = w - y - \mu$ expresses this integral as
$$\eqalign{f_W(w;\mu,\sigma) &= e^{\mu-w}\,e^{\sigma^2/2}\int_{-\infty}^{(w-\mu)/\sigma} \phi(z-\sigma)\,\mathrm{d}z \\
&= e^{\mu-w+\sigma^2/2}\, \Phi\left(\frac{w-\mu}{\sigma}-\sigma\right)}\tag{1}$$
where $\Phi$ is the standard normal CDF,
$$\Phi(z) = \int_{-\infty}^z \phi(z)\,\mathrm{d}z.$$
The rest builds on this work and is relatively easy.
An asymmetric Laplace random variable $U$ is based on a mixture of a scaled exponential distribution and the negative of a scaled exponential distribution (potentially with a different scale, thereby making the mixture asymmetric). This mixture is then shifted by a specified amount. The amount of mixing is established to give the Laplace pdf a unique value at its peak--but this is unimportant.
One component of $U$ therefore can be expressed as $$U_+ = \alpha Y + \lambda$$ with a positive scale $\alpha$ and the other component as $$U_- = -\beta Y + \lambda$$ with a positive scale $\beta.$ (I apologize: I worked this out before realizing that my $\alpha$ is $1/\alpha$ in the paper and my $\beta$ is $1/\beta$ in the paper: in the end, after setting $\alpha=\beta,$ this won't matter.)
When we add $X = \sigma Z + \mu$ we obtain two components, of which the first is $$W_+ = U_+ + X = \alpha Y + \lambda + \sigma Z + \mu = \alpha\left(Y + \left[\frac{\sigma}{\alpha} Z + \frac{\lambda + \mu}{\alpha}\right]\right)$$ and the second is similarly written. To obtain its pdf, all we need to do is scale formula $(1)$ by $\alpha,$ giving
$$f_{W_+}(w;\mu,\sigma,\lambda,\alpha) = \frac{1}{\alpha}\,f_W\left(\frac{w}{\alpha};\frac{\lambda+\mu}{\alpha}, \frac{\sigma}{\alpha}\right).\tag{2}$$
Likewise, because
$$W_- = U_- + X = -\beta Y + \lambda + \sigma Z + \mu = -\beta \left(Y + \left[-\frac{\sigma}{\beta } Z + \frac{\lambda + \mu}{\beta }\right]\right)$$
and $-Z$ has the same distribution as $Z$, formula $(1)$ yields
$$\eqalign{f_{W_-}(w;\mu,\sigma,\lambda,\beta) &= \frac{1}{\beta }\,f_W\left(-\frac{w}{\beta };-\frac{\lambda+\mu}{\beta }, \frac{\sigma}{\beta }\right) \\
&= f_{W_+}(-w;-\lambda,\beta,-\mu,\sigma).}\tag{3}$$
The mixture pdf is
$$f_W(w;\mu,\sigma,\lambda,\alpha,\beta,p) = pf_{W_+}(w;\mu,\sigma,\lambda,\alpha) + (1-p) f_{W_-}(w;\mu,\sigma,\lambda,\beta).\tag{4}$$
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For the Laplace-Normal distribution, use $p = \alpha / (\alpha + \beta).$ In your case $\alpha=\beta,$ which evidently "simplifies" $(4)$ a tiny bit--but a quick look at its component formulas $(2)$ and $(3)$ suggests there's not much one can do algebraically to reduce the amount of computation, so why bother?
Each of the components of the final formula $(4),$ as embodied in formulas $(1),$ $(2),$ and $(3)$ can be separately and flexibly implemented and separately tested. This makes for an easier and more reliable software implementation than attempting to combine them all into one monster combination of $\phi$ and $\Phi,$ as done in the referenced paper. As a bonus, important numerical improvements in the calculation can be implemented exactly where they are needed, making the code relatively easy to maintain. As an example, see how $f_W$ is implemented using logarithms (as f.1) in the code below.
Illustration
This plot compares a histogram of one million iid draws from an asymmetric Laplace-Normal distribution with pdf $f_W(w;4,0.5,-3,2,1,2/3)$ to a calculation based directly on formulas $(1) - (4):$
The agreement is a pretty good test.
Code
Here's the R code that generated this simulation and this plot.
n <- 1e6 # Size of simulation
mu <- 4
sigma <- 1/2
alpha <- 2
lambda <- -3
beta <- 1
#
# Generate data.
# set.seed(17)
X <- rnorm(n, mu, sigma)
Y <- ifelse(runif(n, 0, alpha + beta) < alpha, alpha, -beta) * rexp(n) + lambda
W <- X + Y
#
# Plot their histogram.
#
hist(W, freq=FALSE, breaks=200, cex.main=1)
#
# Overplot the PDF.
#
f.1 <- function(w, mu=0, sigma=1) {
exp(mu - w + sigma^2/2 + pnorm((w - mu)/sigma - sigma, log=TRUE))
}
f.plus <- function(w, mu=0, sigma=1, lambda=0, alpha=1) {
f.1(w / alpha, (lambda + mu) / alpha, sigma / alpha) / alpha
}
f.minus <- function(w, mu=0, sigma=1, lambda=0, beta=1) {
f.plus(-w, -mu, sigma, -lambda, beta)
}
f <- function(w, mu=0, sigma=1, lambda=0, alpha=1, beta=1, p=1/2) {
p * f.plus(w, mu, sigma, lambda, alpha) + (1-p) * f.minus(w, mu, sigma, lambda, beta)
}
f.asymmetric <- function(y, mu=0, sigma=1, lambda=0, alpha=1, beta=1) {
f(y, mu, sigma, lambda, alpha, beta, alpha / (alpha + beta))
}
curve(f.asymmetric(x, mu, sigma, lambda, alpha, beta), add=TRUE, lwd=2, col="Red")
| 2024-07-29T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/6572 |
Q:
Passing a parameter to the function in Maxima CAS
I have a program im Maxima CAS:
kill(all);
remvalue(all);
GivePart(n):=(
[Part, iMax],
if (n>20) then iMax:10
else iMax : 250,
Part : makelist(i, i, 0, iMax) )$
GiveList(iMax):=(
[Part, PartList ],
PartList:[],
for i:1 thru iMax step 1 do (
Part: GivePart(i),
PartList : cons(Part, PartList)
),
PartList
)$
pp:GiveList(60)$
length(pp);
It creates a list pp.
The length of pp should be 60 but is 21.
Program has 2 functions and iMax which is
parameter to second function
local variable in the first function
Program runs without any error messeges.
I have checked the source code of Maxima CAS
grep -wnR "iMax"
and iMax is not used in Maxima CAS code
I know how to solve the problem: change name of local variable in first function:
kill(all);
remvalue(all);
GivePart(n):=(
[Part, i_Max],
if (n>20) then i_Max:10
else i_Max : 250,
Part : makelist(i, i, 0, i_Max) )$
GiveList(iMax):=(
[Part, PartList ],
PartList:[],
for i:1 thru iMax step 1 do (
Part: GivePart(i),
PartList : cons(Part, PartList)
),
PartList
)$
pp:GiveList(60)$
length(pp);
Now the length of pp is 60 ( good).
What is the cause of the problem ?
A:
The problem appears to be
GivePart(n):=(
[Part, iMax],
which is not correct, it should be
GivePart(n):=block(
[Part, iMax],
Outside of block, [Part, iMax] is not recognized as a list of local variables, and iMax has the value that was bound when GiveList was called (this is a consequence of Maxima's "dynamic scope" policy).
I see that GiveList also has a missing block which needs to be corrected.
| 2024-07-31T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/5222 |
Let g(a) = -a**3 + a - 1. Give j*g(o) + d(o).
-4*o**3 + 2*o
Let q(s) = -7*s**3 - 2*s**2 - 8*s - 8. Let b(a) = a**3 + a + 1. Let p = 13616 - 13617. Give p*q(h) - 6*b(h).
h**3 + 2*h**2 + 2*h + 2
Let j(d) = 6*d - 5. Let w(s) = 7*s - 6. Let p be (-38)/(-8) - 24/32. Let n be ((-10)/1)/(8/p). Determine n*j(k) + 4*w(k).
-2*k + 1
Let p(w) = 1358*w - 4. Let a(j) = 679*j - 2. Determine -5*a(h) + 2*p(h).
-679*h + 2
Suppose 16*u - 17*u - 565 = 0. Let g = u - -569. Let t(z) = 4*z - 2*z + 2*z - 2. Let a(h) = 2*h - 1. Calculate g*t(j) - 7*a(j).
2*j - 1
Let z(y) = 24*y**2 + 6*y - 129. Let i(h) = -h + 14. Let c(w) = 9*i(w) + z(w). Let l(f) = 49*f**2 - 7*f - 7. Give -7*c(s) + 3*l(s).
-21*s**2
Let w be 17152/(-72) + 2*3/27*1. Let b(t) = -561*t - 119. Let a(d) = -14*d - 3. Calculate w*a(g) + 6*b(g).
-34*g
Let v(o) = -4*o - 6 - o**2 + 9 + 0*o. Suppose 2*z - 4*i - 3 = -5*i, 3*z - 3*i = 27. Let h(m) = 2*m**2 + 7*m - 6. Determine z*h(a) + 7*v(a).
a**2 - 3
Let h(a) = -15*a + 6. Let v(p) = 10*p + 3. Let x(u) = -79*u - 21. Let z(r) = 15*v(r) + 2*x(r). Give 3*h(t) - 5*z(t).
-5*t + 3
Let f(t) be the third derivative of -t**6/40 - 2*t**5/15 - t**4/6 - 13*t**2 + 8. Let r(x) = 2*x**3 + 5*x**2 + 3*x. What is 5*f(h) + 8*r(h)?
h**3 + 4*h
Suppose 4*n - 4 = -p, -n - 3*p + 3 - 13 = 0. Let l(t) = -18*t**2 + 11*t**3 + 18*t**n. Let x(k) = 56*k**3. Determine -21*l(z) + 4*x(z).
-7*z**3
Let c(x) = 530*x - 26. Let b(s) = 88*s - 1. Determine -30*b(v) + 5*c(v).
10*v - 100
Suppose 2*y = -8, -r + 3 = 3*y + 13. Let m(u) = -3*u**2 - 495 + 497 + 6*u**3 - r*u**2. Let v(d) = -17*d**3 + 14*d**2 - 5. Determine -11*m(g) - 4*v(g).
2*g**3 - g**2 - 2
Let v be (-2 - 1)*1 - -4*3. Let c = -6 + 9. Let q(g) = 3*g + 10*g**2 - 3*g**2 - g**c - g - v*g**2. Let a(u) = -u**2. Give 2*a(z) - q(z).
z**3 - 2*z
Suppose -5*y + 2 = 2*o, -5*y - 3*o - 6 = -2*y. Let f(c) = 3 + 6 - c - 3 + 2 - 6. Let i(j) = 5 - 49*j + 87*j - 41*j. Determine y*i(r) - 5*f(r).
-r
Let r(i) = 4 - 1 - 4. Let v(u) be the third derivative of -u**4/12 + u**3/6 - 11*u**2. Let b be ((-11)/66)/(4/(-48)). Calculate b*r(t) + v(t).
-2*t - 1
Let l(s) = -s - 1. Let f be (-3344)/3080 + (-12)/(-15) - 200/(-14). Let m(j) = -2*j - 1. Determine f*l(x) - 6*m(x).
-2*x - 8
Let a(m) = -2*m**3 + 14*m**2 - 11*m - 4. Let t(l) = l**3 + 2*l**2 - l. Let c(b) = -a(b) + 7*t(b). Let i(z) = 19*z**3 + 9*z + 9. Determine 9*c(d) - 4*i(d).
5*d**3
Let k(w) = 3*w - 1. Let q(x) = 20*x - 5. Let a(j) = -25*k(j) + 4*q(j). Let t be (2/4)/((-7)/14)*-5. Let b(n) = 9*n + 9. Give t*a(u) - 3*b(u).
-2*u - 2
Let l(k) = 2*k**3 - 6*k + 712. Let x(m) = 3*m**3 - 4*m + 713. Give 2*l(r) - 3*x(r).
-5*r**3 - 715
Let k(c) = c**2 - 5*c + 5. Let s(f) = -6*f**2 + 24*f - 24. Suppose 13*o - 13*o = 11*o - 264. Determine o*k(g) + 5*s(g).
-6*g**2
Let g(q) = 798*q + 6 - 793*q + 77 + 3 - 4. Let a(z) = -2*z - 27. Calculate -11*a(l) - 4*g(l).
2*l - 31
Let o(b) = -4*b**3 - 4*b**2 - 6*b - 8. Let q(u) = -9*u**3 - 9*u**2 - 13*u - 17. Let n(v) = -622*v - 9317. Let t be n(-15). Give t*o(x) - 6*q(x).
2*x**3 + 2*x**2 - 2
Let s(q) = -q**2 + q - 2. Let a(l) = -2*l**2 + 4*l - 7. Let x be (6 + 35/(-5))*85. Let i = x - -87. What is i*a(b) - 7*s(b)?
3*b**2 + b
Let z(n) = 65*n + 74. Let h(y) = -44*y - 52. Let q(c) = -7*h(c) - 5*z(c). Let r(w) = -16*w - 5. What is 6*q(a) - 7*r(a)?
10*a - 1
Let i(k) = 2*k**2 + 3*k + 6. Let m(g) = -24 - 4*g**2 + g**3 + 265*g - 126*g - 127*g. Let u be m(3). Let o(t) = -2*t**2 - 2*t - 5. Calculate u*i(y) + 4*o(y).
-2*y**2 + y - 2
Let c be ((3584/(-48))/32)/((-7)/3). Let i(r) = r**3 - r. Let b(f) = -7*f. Determine c*b(j) - 5*i(j).
-5*j**3 - 2*j
Let q(v) = 54*v + 26. Let n(k) = -11*k - 8128 + 2711 + 2708 + 2704. Give -16*n(y) - 3*q(y).
14*y + 2
Let w(u) = u - 27 + 4*u**2 + 32 - 3*u. Let y be -2 - (-1 + 24/((-4)/1)). Let m(n) = y + 1 - 4*n + 5*n**2 + 2*n. Give -5*m(a) + 6*w(a).
-a**2 - 2*a
Let d(n) be the second derivative of n**5/10 + 19*n**4/6 + 5*n**3/6 + 5*n**2/2 - 2733*n. Let s(t) = t**3 + 19*t**2 + 3*t + 3. What is -3*d(x) + 5*s(x)?
-x**3 - 19*x**2
Let l(n) = -625*n - 49. Let i(c) = c + 18. Calculate 3*i(j) + l(j).
-622*j + 5
Let m(q) = 2*q**3 + 10*q**2 - 531*q + 8. Let l(s) = -2*s**2 - s - 2. Give -5*l(h) - m(h).
-2*h**3 + 536*h + 2
Let y(q) = q. Let j(h) = -48. Let t(g) = 4*g + 148. Let r(v) = 6*j(v) + 2*t(v). Determine r(s) - 10*y(s).
-2*s + 8
Let y(d) = 261*d**3 + 4*d**2 - 4*d. Let g(a) = -787*a**3 - 11*a**2 + 11*a. Calculate -4*g(h) - 11*y(h).
277*h**3
Let f(n) = -1533*n + 448. Let s(p) = -90*p + 26. Let g(o) = -2*f(o) + 35*s(o). Let c(v) = -17*v + 3. What is 14*c(x) - 3*g(x)?
14*x
Let b(n) = -211*n - 1066. Let s be b(-5). Let p(d) = 6*d**2 + 1. Let t(l) = 29*l**2 + 5. Calculate s*p(f) + 2*t(f).
-8*f**2 - 1
Let q(d) = 4*d + 36. Let b(g) = g + 1. Suppose -3173 + 3032 = -141*y. What is y*q(c) - 5*b(c)?
-c + 31
Let p(j) = -10 - 5 + 9*j**2 - 7 - 11 + 28. Let m(s) be the second derivative of -s**4/3 + s**2 + s - 1. What is -7*m(i) - 3*p(i)?
i**2 + 1
Let i be (-255)/6*68/(-170). Let w(t) = -2 - 2*t - 8*t**2 + 2 + i*t**2 + 9*t + 3. Let n(u) = 5*u**2 + 4*u + 2. Give 5*n(c) - 3*w(c).
-2*c**2 - c + 1
Let g = 190104 - 190107. Let h(l) = 6 + 4*l + 4 - 2. Let j(v) = v + 3. Determine g*h(t) + 8*j(t).
-4*t
Let t(d) = -d**3 + d**2 - d - 1. Let x = 8274 + -8272. Let n(h) = -8*h**3 + 9*h**2 - 14*h - 9. Determine x*n(i) - 18*t(i).
2*i**3 - 10*i
Let o(c) = 128*c + 8. Let m(g) = 32*g + 2. Let n(s) = s**2 + 115*s + 3152. Let q be n(-70). Determine q*o(d) - 9*m(d).
-32*d - 2
Let d(i) = 18*i**2 + 209*i - 39. Let k(p) = 11*p**2 + 126*p - 24. Let r(a) = 8*d(a) - 13*k(a). Let w(n) = -5*n**2 - 136*n. What is -9*r(m) - 2*w(m)?
m**2 - 34*m
Let t(i) = 6*i**2 + 86*i + 2. Let k(b) = -20*b**2 - 257*b - 2. Give 2*k(m) + 7*t(m).
2*m**2 + 88*m + 10
Let w(n) = 17*n**3 - 98*n**2 + 113*n + 6. Let o(f) = 12*f**3 - 64*f**2 + 75*f + 4. Calculate 10*o(c) - 7*w(c).
c**3 + 46*c**2 - 41*c - 2
Let d(u) = 7*u - 1. Let l(g) = -15*g + 152. Give 6*d(j) + l(j).
27*j + 146
Let s(j) = 2922*j**2 + 5*j - 10. Let h(v) = v**2 - v + 2. What is -5*h(z) - s(z)?
-2927*z**2
Let p(x) = 65*x**2. Let r(f) = -11*f**2. Suppose -30*h + 62 = -28. Suppose 14*a - c = 17*a - 100, -a = h*c - 20. Calculate a*r(w) + 6*p(w).
5*w**2
Let g(t) = -1952*t**3 + 24*t**2 - 24. Let d(q) = -q**2 + 1. What is 24*d(j) + g(j)?
-1952*j**3
Let h(u) be the first derivative of -2*u**3/3 + u**2 + 4*u + 3019. Let l(v) = -5*v**2 + 4*v + 9. Give -7*h(r) + 3*l(r).
-r**2 - 2*r - 1
Let m(d) = d**3 - d**2. Suppose -4*a = 2*p - 2, -167*a = -165*a + 3*p - 11. Let h(u) = -19*u**3 + 2*u**2. What is a*m(z) - h(z)?
17*z**3
Suppose 0*q = 3*q + 3*d, 5*q + 4*d - 1 = 0. Let p be q/(-3) + (-292)/(-12). Let x(l) = -p*l + 5 + 5 + 18*l. Let u(s) = -2*s + 3. Determine -16*u(f) + 5*x(f).
2*f + 2
Suppose -2*m - m = 5*n + 25, -n - 5 = 5*m. Let b(c) = 21*c - 2. Let l(o) = 10*o - 1. Determine n*l(q) + 3*b(q).
13*q - 1
Let i(z) = 1 - 1 + 1 - z. Let h(c) = -2*c**3 - 12*c**2 - 5*c - 27. Let a be h(-6). Let m(o) be the first derivative of o**2/2 - 2*o - 418. Give a*m(v) + 4*i(v).
-v - 2
Suppose -45*n + 35*n = -60. Let u(x) = 4*x + n - 6*x + 0*x. Let t(y) = -3*y + 7. What is 3*t(i) - 4*u(i)?
-i - 3
Let z = -2015 + 2019. Let v(q) = 12*q**3 + 4*q**2 - 4*q - 4. Let c(h) = -11*h**3 - 3*h**2 + 3*h + 3. Determine z*c(t) + 3*v(t).
-8*t**3
Let a(c) = 27*c**2 - 5*c. Let m(v) = -26*v**2 + 4*v. Let x = -1128 + 1135. Give x*m(t) + 6*a(t).
-20*t**2 - 2*t
Let j(r) = 3*r - 39. Suppose 244*l + n + 39 = 239*l, 4*l = -n - 32. Let x(k) = k - 13. Give l*x(u) + 2*j(u).
-u + 13
Let g(j) be the third derivative of -5*j**6/12 - 3*j**5/4 + 15*j**4/8 + 976*j**2. Let d(r) = r**3 + r**2 - r. Determine -90*d(x) - 2*g(x).
10*x**3
Let a(r) = 27*r - 17. Let f(g) = -g + 6. Determine a(l) + 2*f(l).
25*l - 5
Let h(x) = 58*x - 983. Let r(g) = -131*g + 1966. What is -9*h(a) - 4*r(a)?
2*a + 983
Let k(o) = 4*o - 4. Suppose 0 = 8*z - 6145 + 6161. Let i(s) = 3*s - 3. Give z*k(r) + 3*i(r).
r - 1
Let i(s) = -16*s**2 - 5*s + 5. Let a(w) = 104*w**2 + 32*w - 32. Let j = 136 - 29. Suppose -112*r + j*r - 25 = 0. Calculate r*a(f) - 32*i(f).
-8*f**2
Let r(j) = 94*j - 2. Let y(i) = 94*i - 7. Give 3*r(b) - 4*y(b).
-94*b + 22
Let m(a) = 4*a - 7. Let i = -3636 + 3634. Let w(n) = 9*n - 15. What is i*w(d) + 5*m(d)?
2*d - 5
Let x(o) = o**2 + 10*o + 3002. Let m(a) = -3 | 2023-09-27T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/7744 |
The invention relates to a hub part for a clutch disc of a motor vehicle friction clutch and to a method of producing it.
Hub parts produced from two parts are known in various forms. Thus, for example, it is known from DE-OS 2 159 264 to mutually press on a hub tube and a hub disc while taking measures to collect swarf formed during pressing. Torque transmission is effected via radially inwardly directed, sharp-edged teeth on the hub disc, which dig into the material of the hub. A two-part construction is also known from DE-OS 3 601 903 in which torque transmission is effected by axially directed teeth. | 2024-01-06T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/9530 |
Nuclear overhauser effect studies of the conformations of Mg(alpha, beta-methylene)ATP bound to E. coli isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase.
Internuclear distances obtained from transferred nuclear Overhauser effects were used in combination with distance geometry calculations to define the E. coli isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase bound conformation of Mg(alpha, beta-methylene)ATP both in the absence and in the presence of the cognate and noncognate amino acids L-isoleucine and L-valine, respectively. A single nucleotide structure having an anti adenine-ribose glycosidic torsional angle of -114 degrees was found to satisfy the experimental distance constraints. The nearly identical anti glycosidic torsional angles observed in all three complexes demonstrate that the conformation of the adenosine moiety of the enzyme-bound nucleotide is not sensitive to the presence or to the nature of the amino acid bound at the aminoacyladenylate site. In addition, the acceptable range of Mg(alpha, beta-methylene)ATP conformations bound to the E. coli isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase was found to be nearly identical to that previously determined for the E. coli methionyl-tRNA synthetase (Williams and Rosevear (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 2089-2098). Thus, the predicted structural homology between the isoleucyl- and methionyl-tRNA synthetases, both members of the same class of synthetases on the basis of common consensus sequences, is further supported by consensus enzyme-bound nucleotide conformations. | 2024-01-24T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/8743 |
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<div id="challenge">
You must perform the simplest of SQL injection attacks.<br>
<br>
Your objective is to get the query to return all usernames instead of just one.
<pre>
PARAMETERS:
Query Type - SELECT query
Injection Type - String value in WHERE clause
Method - GET
Sanitization - None
Output - All results, verbose error messages, query shown
</pre>
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<form action="../select.php" method="get" name="challenge_form">
<input type="hidden" name="query_results" value="all_rows"/>
<input type="hidden" name="error_level" value="verbose"/>
<input type="hidden" name="show_query" value="on"/>
<input type="hidden" name="location" value="where_string"/>
Injection String: <input type="text" name="inject_string"/><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Inject!"/>
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| 2024-02-25T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/4051 |
Netflix Inc. [LOS GATOS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that Spencer Neumann is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Neumann is an accomplished media and financial executive who was most recently CFO of Activision Blizzard and previously held several senior positions at the The Walt Disney Company. He succeeds David Wells who served as CFO since 2010. Neumann served as Activision Blizzard’s CFO from May 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Neumann held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at The Walt Disney Company, most recently serving as the CFO and executive vice president of Global Guest Experience of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, from 2012 until May 2017. From 2005 to 2012, Mr. Neumann worked at the private equity firms of Providence Equity Partners and Summit Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Neumann held several other roles with Disney, which he initially joined in 1992, including executive vice president of the ABC Television Network from 2001 to 2004 and CFO of the Walt Disney Internet Group from 1999 to 2001.
Activision Blizzard, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ATVI) announced that Dennis Durkin has been named Chief Financial Officer, reprising the role he held from March 2012 to May 2017. Most recently, Mr. Durkin had been serving as Chief Corporate Officer for the Company. Mr. Durkin replaces Spencer Neumann who was terminated for cause for violating his legal obligations to the Company. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Durkin held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Microsoft Corporation during an over twelve-year period.
Square, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] (NYSE: SQ) announced that Amrita Ahuja will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Amrita is currently the CFO of Blizzard Entertainment and a division of Activision Blizzard. Amrita has been with Activision Blizzard for over eight years in a number of finance and strategy roles across the company, including SVP of Investor Relations, VP of Finance and Operations, and VP of Strategy and Business Development. Prior to Activision Blizzard, she held various roles at Fox Networks Group, the Walt Disney Company, and Morgan Stanley.
Chadi Chahine
CIRCOR International, Inc. [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NYSE: CIR) announced the appointment of Chadi Chahine as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joins CIRCOR from global medical technology company Smith & Nephew, where he was CFO of its U.S. business. Chahine joined Smith & Nephew as CFO, International Markets, in 2012. He was promoted to CFO of Smith & Nephew’s U.S. operations in February 2017. Mr. Chahine began his career in public accounting and spent 13 years at Abbott Laboratories in positions of increasing responsibility within finance and general management. In August 2018, CIRCOR announced the planned departure of CFO Rajeev Bhalla, who agreed to remain in the role until a successor was named.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NASDAQ: RRGB) announced the appointment of Lynn Schweinfurth as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective January 28, 2019. Guy Constant, Red Robin’s current executive vice president and chief financial officer, will move to lead Company and Franchise operations, development and facilities as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Schweinfurth served as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. where she has been since 2012. Prior to her time at Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., Ms. Schweinfurth held various senior finance leadership positions at global restaurant companies including Brinker International, Inc., Yum Brands, Inc. and PepsiCo, Inc.
Infogroup [OMAHA, Neb.] announced that Andy Goldstein has been named chief financial officer. Most recently he served as chief financial officer at Purch. Goldstein has also held the position of CFO for the NJ Devils, the Prudential Center Arena and Philadelphia 76ers as well as at InterMedia Outdoors Holdings, Inc., and Primedia Inc. Prior experience includes strategic finance positions at sesamestreet.com and The Times Mirror Company.
Unum Therapeutics Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: UMRX) announced that Christiana Stamoulis, President and Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from the Company, effective January 31, 2019, to pursue another opportunity.
Incyte [WILMINGTON, Del.] (NASDAQ: INCY) announced the appointment of Christiana Stamoulis as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective February 11, 2019. Ms. Stamoulis will succeed David Gryska who, as planned, retired from Incyte at the end of 2018. Stamoulis joins Incyte from Unum Therapeutics, where she was President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Unum, she was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Vertex, she spent nearly 15 years in the investment banking and management consulting industries. She was a Managing Director at Citigroup’s Investment Banking division and prior to that, she was a senior investment banker in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Goldman Sachs, where she spent the majority of her investment banking career. She started her career as a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. Ms. Stamoulis serves on the Board of Directors of Hologic Inc.
Dan Tucker
Southern Company [ATLANTA] (NYSE: SO) announced that Dan Tucker will succeed Beth Reese as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Southern Company Gas. Tucker most recently served as senior vice president of finance and treasurer for Southern Company. He has been with Southern Company for more than 20 years in various roles within the finance organization, including investor relations, financial planning and accounting. In 2012, he was named vice president of investor relations and financial planning.
ImmusanT, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Thomas A. Sheaas the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining ImmusanT, Mr. Shea served as CFO for a number of development stage companies, most notably Albireo Pharma, where he was integral in taking the company public via a reverse merger with Biodel in 2016; Tolerx, Inc. from 2005 to 2011; and Cubist Pharmaceuticals from 1993 to 2003.
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. [SUNNYVALE, Calif. & YOKNEAM, Israel] (NASDAQ: MLNX) announced the appointment of Doug Ahrens as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Ahrens joins Mellanox from GlobalLogic, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to that Mr. Ahrens served as chief financial officer of Applied Micro Circuits. His career demonstrates a strong track record of increasing financial managerial responsibilities at semiconductor companies including Maxim and Intel. He started his career as an environmental engineer at Chevron Corporation. Eric Johnson, who acted as Mellanox’s interim principal financial and accounting officer, will continue in his role as vice president and corporate controller.
Cortexyme [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced that Chris Lowe is now the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Lowe’s 15+ years of senior management experience include experience as CFO, CBO, and CEO for private and public life sciences companies such as Asthmatx, Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, and Anthera Pharmaceuticals. In January 2014, Lowe became a partner at FLG Partners.
PRGX Global, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: PRGX) announced that it appointed Kurt Abkemeier as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller. Peter Limeri, who has been serving as the interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller, will remain with the Company until the end of the month. Abkemeier joins PRGX from Fidelis Cybersecurity, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Fidelis, Mr. Abkemeier served as Chief Financial Officer for Progress Software, Inc. Abkemeier previously held senior finance roles at a number of other publicly traded companies, including Inteliquent, Inc., where he was Chief Financial Officer, Cbeyond, Inc. and Airgate PCS, Inc. Mr. Abkemeier started his career at JP Morgan.
Marlin Business Services Corp. [MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.] (NASDAQ: MRLN) announced that it has named Michael R. Bogansky as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective on February 1, 2019. Bogansky joins Marlin from PHH Corporation where he was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. PHH was recently acquired by Ocwen Financial Corporation. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller & Principal Accounting Officer of PHH. Before joining PHH in 2003, Mr. Bogansky was a Senior Audit Associate with Deloitte & Touche, LLP.
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation [PORTLAND, Ore.] (NASDAQ: LSCC) announced the appointment of Sherri Luther as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Lattice, Ms. Luther was Corporate Vice President of Finance at Coherent Inc. Prior to Coherent, Ms. Luther held a number of senior finance and accounting positions at companies including Quantum, Ultra Network Technologies and Arthur Andersen.
Paul Kosturos
BlueCrest [DANBURY, Conn.] announced the appointment of Paul Kosturos as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Kosturos will replace former BlueCrest CFO Ray Altieri, who retired at the end of 2018, as Interim CFO. Kosturos is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement Group, LLC and brings more than 30 years of experience to the role.
TELA Bio®, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] announced that Nora Brennan has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining TELA Bio, Ms. Brennan served as the chief financial officer at Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Xeris, she was employed at Integra Lifesciences Corporation, where she held various senior leadership roles, including Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Treasurer.
Susan Censoni
Fortis Energy Services, Inc. [TROY, MICH.] announced the promotion of Susan Censoni to Chief Financial Officer. Mrs. Censoni has over twenty years of experience in both the private sector and in public accounting and has served as the VP Finance since joining Fortis in March 2013. Prior to joining Fortis, she was a Senior Manager at KPMG LLP.
InnerWorkings, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: INWK) announced that Donald W. Pearson has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Pearson served as Chief Financial Officer of BWAY Corporation, before its sale to Stone Canyon Industries. Prior to BWAY, Mr. Pearson was Chief Financial Officer of AMCOL International Corporation and later Chief Financial Officer of Sparton Corporation. Mr. Pearson will replace interim Chief Financial Officer, Chip Hodgkins.
TILT Holdings Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (CSE: TILT, OTC: SVVTF) announced the appointment of David Caloia as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Caloia joins TILT having spent the first 16 years of his career at GE in finance and operations. While there, he maintained leadership positions in finance across the globe, the last as the CFO of GE Industrial Solutions. Prior to joining TILT, David was the Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis of Beacon Health Options.
Diebold Nixdorf [NORTH CANTON, Ohio] (NYSE: DBD) announced that Jeffrey Rutherford, who recently joined the company as interim chief financial officer, will now fill that position on a permanent basis. Rutherford joined the company from Edgewater Technology. Prior to Edgewater, he held the chief financial officer position at a number of companies, including Ferro Corporation, Park-Ohio Holdings Corp, UAP Holding, LESCO and Office Max.
Unitil Corporation [HAMPTON, N.H.] (NYSE: UTL) announced the planned retirement of Mark H. Collin, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective May 1, 2019. Mr. Collin has served as Unitil’s corporate Treasurer since 1998 and has been the Chief Financial Officer since 2003. Unitil announced the hiring of Christine L. Vaughan as Senior Vice President, Financial and Regulatory Services, effective January 2, 2019, as Mr. Collin’s planned successor. As part of Unitil’s long term succession plan, Mr. Collin will formally step down as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on March 1, 2019, and will work with Ms. Vaughan in order to assure a smooth transition period prior to his retirement. Ms. Vaughan will assume the title of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company on March 1, 2019. Ms. Vaughan most recently served as Vice President, Rates and Regulatory and Treasurer for Eversource Energy in Massachusetts, where she had been employed since 2004. Ms. Vaughan previously worked as a management consultant at Arthur D. Little and an engineer at DuPont and BASF.
REVA Medical, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (ASX: RVA) announced the promotion of Leigh Elkolli to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. She will replace Brandi Roberts, who served as REVA’s Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary since August 2017 until her resignation effective January 4, 2019. Ms. Elkolli joined REVA in August 2017 as Senior Director of Finance and Corporate Controller. Elkolli joined REVA from Avidity Biosciences, where she was Director of Finance. Ms. Elkolli started her career with Ernst & Young where she spent seven years in their assurance services practice serving public and private clients in the life science and technologies industries.
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. [HERCULES, Calif.] (NYSE: BIO) announced that Christine A. Tsingoshas informed the company of her intention to retire as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 30, 2019. Ms. Tsingos will remain in her current role through April 30 and will assist in the orderly transition to a successor.
Calyxt, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: CLXT) announced the hiring of William F. (Bill) Koschak, as Chief Financial Officer of Calyxt, effective January 7, 2019. Mr. Koschak will be assuming the responsibilities of current interim CFO, Eric Dutang, who remains CFO of Cellectis, Calyxt’s parent company. Most recently, Koschak was Vice President, Finance for the Brain Therapies business unit of Medtronic and also served as Interim Vice President, General Manager, for one of the units of Brain Therapies for several months. Prior to Medtronic, Mr. Koschak also held executive positions at Young America Holdings, where he was CFO, General Mills, and KPMG LLP.
Lee Shapiro
Livongo Health [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced that it named Lee Shapiro Chief Financial Officer. Shapiro, who has been on the Board of Livongo since its founding and served as Chair of its Audit Committee, will take his new role in February 2019. Shapiro currently serves on the Board and as member of the audit committee of Medidata Solutions and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Tivity Health. He previously served as President of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions from 2001-2012. Subsequently, he co-founded 7wireVentures. Shapiro is Managing Partner of the 7wireVentures Connected Consumer Fund and has served on the boards of many of its portfolio companies.
IGM Biosciences, Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the appointment of Misbah Tahir to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Tahir was Vice President, Head of Finance at Dermira, Inc. Prior to his role at Dermira, Mr. Tahir was Director, Head of Commercial Financial Planning and Analysis at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before that, he was Associate Director of Revenue at Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGS) and was Chair of the HGS-GlaxoSmithKline Joint Finance Committee. Prior to HGS, Mr. Tahir spent six years at Amgen, Inc. in finance and accounting management roles. He began his professional career at the global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman.
AAR [WOOD DALE, Ill.] (NYSE: AIR) announced that it has appointed Sean Gillen as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gillen will succeed Michael Milligan. Gillen joins AAR from USG Corporation where he served as Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to USG, Mr. Gillen spent nine years in investment banking with Goldman Sachs in their Global Industrials Group.
Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. [BEDMINSTER, N.J.] (NYSE AMER: MTNB) announced that it has appointed Keith A. Kucinski as Chief Financial Officer. Kucinski joins Matinas BioPharma having most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at RemedyOne. Prior to that, he served as Vice President & Treasurer at Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., an operating company of Endo International plc. Additionally, Mr. Kucinski held various roles at Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., including Senior Director, Finance & Corporate Development and Assistant Treasurer & Senior Director, Finance.
Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Keith Cummings joined the company as chief financial officer. Dr. Cummings joins Pliant from Citigroup Global Markets where he served as a director in the Investment Banking Healthcare Group. Prior to Citigroup, he worked as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Barclays in New York.
Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: ARCT) announced that the Company has appointed Andrew Sassine as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Sassine has been serving as Arcturus’ Interim Chief Financial Officer since August 2018 and has served on the Company’s Board of Directors since May 2018. In addition to serving on the Arcturus board, Mr. Sassine serves on the boards of iCAD, Inc. and Gemphire Therapeutics . Previously, Mr. Sassine served in various positions at Fidelity Investments from 1999 to 2012, most recently as portfolio manager.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise [PALO ALTO, Calif.] (NYSE: HPE) announced that Tarek Robbiati has been appointed chief financial officer, effective Sept. 17, 2018. Robbiati will succeed current CFO Tim Stonesifer, who is stepping down. Robbiati most recently served as CFO at Sprint Corp. Prior to Sprint, Robbiati served as CEO at Flexigroup. He previously held senior business and finance roles at Telstra Corporation. Robbiati was also CEO at CSL Ltd. Earlier in his career, he spent five years with Lehman Brothers as a senior analyst and more than a decade with Accenture as a partner.
NCR Corporation [ATLANTA] (NYSE: NCR) announced that Andre Fernandez has joined the company’s Executive Leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Bob Fishman, who previously announced his forthcoming retirement. Andre began his career on Wall Street in investment banking with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. and Merrill Lynch International in New York and London. He also enjoyed a 12-year career at the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), holding CFO positions across several business units in multiple countries. Earlier in his career, he was Treasurer and FP&A Manager for a manufacturing and services division of United Technologies in Brazil. Most recently, Andre was the President & CEO of CBS Radio. Prior to joining CBS Radio, he was with Journal Communications where he served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer and EVP of Finance and Strategy. Andre is currently the Vice Chairman of the Board at Froedtert Health, where he is also the Chair of the Finance Committee. He has also served on the Board of Directors of Buffalo Wild Wings (Nasdaq: BWLD), the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), and the FCC’s Advisory Committee on Diversity & Digital Empowerment (ACDDE).
Florian Bezault
Maestro Health [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Florian Bezault to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bezault joins the Maestro Health team from AXA Mexico, where he was the Head of Care Coordination. Bezault joined AXA in 2008 where he worked in the central finance team, assisting in international acquisitions projects. By 2010, Bezault held a role on the AXA investor relations team where he was elevated to Vice President in 2014. He took his position with AXA Mexico in 2016. This appointment comes six months after Maestro Health announced its acquisition by AXA Group.
At Home Group Inc. [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: HOME) announced that Judd Nystrom, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving At Home after a transition period. The Company is naming Jeffrey R. Knudson. Knudson most recently served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Retail Controller for CVS Health Corporation since 2012. Prior to his most recent role, he also served as Vice President of Finance and Accounting at CVS Caremark, Director, Treasury/Mergers and Acquisitions at Limited Brands, Inc., and previously Director, Mergers and Acquisitions, at Express Scripts, Inc.
Verastem, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: VSTM) announced the appointment of Robert E. Gagnon as Chief Financial Officer. Gagnon was most recently Chief Financial Officer at Harvard Bioscience, Inc. Prior to this, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Clean Harbors, Inc., as well as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at Biogen Idec, Inc. Earlier, he worked in a variety of senior positions at Deloitte & Touche, LLP, and Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP.
ARC Group Worldwide, Inc. [DELAND, Fla.] (NASDAQ: ARCW) announced Aaron Willman will join the Company’s management team to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Willman succeeds R. Brian Knaley, who will leave the Company. Willman has previously served as General Manager of the Company’s ARC Stamping subsidiary since 2014, also known as Kecy Metal Technologies. Prior to his affiliation with Kecy in 2013, Mr. Willman was employed by Plante Moran from 2008 to 2012.
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. [RADNOR, Pa.] (NYSE:SFE) announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer David Kille has submitted his resignation to pursue another professional opportunity and will leave the Company on September 21.
Bill Chatterton
StarCompliance [ROCKVILLE, MD.] announced that Bill Chatterton joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was CFO of xG Health Solutions. He has held executive leadership positions with multiple technology companies including HandySoft Global, Kastle Systems, MicroStrategy and Quadramed during his career.
Potbelly Corporation [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: PBPB) announced the resignation of Michael Coyne, Chief Financial Officer, who is leaving Potbelly to accept a senior leadership position with another company. Mr. Coyne will continue in his current position as Chief Financial Officer until September 21, 2018.
CSS Industries, Inc. [PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.] (NYSE: CSS) announced the resignation of John M. Rosellias Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and the appointment of Keith W. Pfeil as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Since joining CSS in 2003, Mr. Pfeil has served in various CSS financial, audit and business leadership positions, most recently serving as Senior Vice President – Financial Planning and Analysis and Investor Relations. Starting in June 2003 as a manager of financial analysis with our Paper Magic subsidiary, Mr. Pfeil steadily increased his leadership position within the Company, serving in capacities such as Director of Internal Audit, Director of Financial Analysis, and Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior to his employment with CSS, Mr. Pfeil worked for Arthur Andersen LLP/KMPG LLP in their assurance practice and for Ernst & Young in their transaction advisory practice.
PRGX Global, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: PRGX) announced that Debbie Schleicher, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Controller and Treasurer, will be leaving the Company for personal reasons. Peter Limeri will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer, interim Treasurer and interim Controller. Peter Limeri has over 25 years of financial experience, including his previous service with PRGX as Chief Financial Officer from November 2014 to May 2018 and from February 2006 until May 2009. Mr. Limeri’s previous experience also includes serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of LCG, LLC and serving as President and Chief Financial Officer of Physiotherapy Associates.
Patrick M. Worsham
Tierra Nueva Technologies [MIAMI] named Patrick M. Worsham Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Worsham is also partner and CFO of Tampa, Fla.-based ProspEquity Partners (PEP), and played a significant role in executing PEP’s acquisition of a majority stake in Tierra Nueva earlier this year. Worsham served as Senior Vice President and CFO of Coca-Cola North America, as well as Coca-Cola’s Vice President and Controller and internal audit director.
AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA] (NASDAQ: AGFS) announced that Graham Miao will be joining the company as chief financial officer. He will be replacing Katherine Harper, who is leaving the company to pursue other professional interests. Most recently, Miao was president and chief financial officer of Pernix Therapeutics Holdings. Prior to joining Pernix, he served as the executive vice president and CFO of Interpace Diagnostics, Inc. (formerly known as PDI, Inc., or PDI). Miao’s career has included a broad range of senior financial positions in other life sciences companies, as well as earlier roles at Dun & Bradstreet and J.P. Morgan & Co.
Foundation Gaming & Entertainment, LLC [GULFPORT, Miss.] announced that Donn Mitchell will be joining the Company as chief financial officer and Principal. Mr. Mitchell has over 20 years of gaming industry experience, with most of that at senior corporate finance positions.
Thomas Tuchscherer
Snowflake Computing [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced that Thomas Tuchscherer has joined Snowflake as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to Snowflake, he spent eight years at Talend, serving as CFO since 2012. Before Talend, he held senior finance and strategy positions at SAP, Business Objects and Cartesis.
InvenTrust Properties Corp. [DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.] announced that Michael Podboyhas informed the company of his intention to resign his positions as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer to pursue other opportunities outside the Company. Adam M. Jaworski, InvenTrust’s Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, will assume the role of the Company’s Interim Principal Financial Officer.
Healthx, Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS] announced the appointment of Mark Rapoport as CFO. Rapoport held CFO positions at Visioneering Technologies, Inc. (VTI) and Capsule Technologie SAS, as well as President & CEO of Thomas, Thomas & Walsh, Inc., and COO and CFO of Landacorp, Inc.
Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: ARCT) announced that it has appointed Andrew Sassine as Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Sassine has served on Arcturus’ Board of Directors since May 2018 and will continue to serve on Arcturus’ Board of Directors. In addition to serving on the Arcturus board, Mr. Sassine serves on the boards of iCAD, Inc. and Gemphire Therapeutics. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of privately-held ComHear Inc. Sassine previously served on the board of Acorn Energy, Inc., CNS Response, Inc. and FluoroPharma Medical, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sassine served in various positions at Fidelity Investments from 1999 to 2012, most recently as portfolio manager. | 2024-01-22T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/8739 |
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On Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security proposed a rule that would enable it to deny green cards and visas to immigrants here legally who have used public health and nutrition assistance, including Medicaid and food stamps. Continue reading →
″It’s an opportunity to fuel the nativist fire and scapegoat immigrants as a drain on our economy,” said Wendy Cervantes, senior policy analyst for the Center for Law and Social Policy, a nonpartisan organization that works to improve the lives of low-income people.
The U.S. government has almost always had a rule against legal permanent resident status for anyone who might become a “public charge,” meaning someone who is likely to wind up on welfare. The proposed rule, which will not take effect for at least 60 days and is subject to change, would broaden the criteria the government can use to deny applicants. Continue reading →
This election year, however, things are poised to be different ― and I am not just talking about the expected “blue wave” that many are so desperately working toward. Many people who didn’t before understand just how badly our nation’s immigration system is broken are coming to terms with the reality that deportation and family separation don’t just affect individual immigrants ― they affect entire communities. Continue reading →
Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday that the deportation of a 23-year-old man alleged to have had protected status in the US contradicts President Donald Trump’s own stated policy on the issue. Continue reading →
What is the nation being led to believe? Even if all immigrants aren’t criminals, they steal from the system, living off welfare and other government handouts. This is just another good reason for sending them back so we can take care of our own. The entire concept of a generous, caring nation filled with opportunity … Continue reading →
As the second GOP primary debate is distilled into a highlight reel, “illegal immigrant” terminology continues to be a defining topic in the overall issue of immigration. How the issue is framed sets the stage for whether the discussion is civil and constructive or full of bombastic fear-mongering. To date the Republican primary season has … Continue reading →
While the so-called line for aspiring immigrants stretches 4.4 million people long and the wait, depending on visa type and country of origin, can take decades, there seems to be a legal way around waiting one’s turn. The welcome etched on the Statue of Liberty has steadily undergone a rewrite. Why should the U.S. open … Continue reading →
As the 12th Republican to enter the 2016 presidential race, Donald Trump used his kickoff speech to tell the world that the American Dream is dead and to single out immigrants as the enemy of American exceptionalism, specifically Latino immigrants. He seems to see no irony in the fact that immigrants come to America to … Continue reading → | 2024-06-13T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/3517 |
Q:
JSF - calling FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() in a static context
Am I right in thinking that this may not be the best idea:
private static Application app = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance()
.getApplication();
... or any other call to FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() when you can't be sure that the current thread of execution is due to a servlet request?
The way I understand it, FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() works by assigning the current faces context to the thread (e.g. ThreadLocal variable). The above will probably usually work in a class like a JSF backing bean or JSF component class, since the thread of execution that happens to load the class and instantiates the class members (static variables) is usually going to be a FacesServlet request. But I still don't think it's a good idea to count on it.
Agree or disagree? Ideas? Thanks.
A:
Using FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() during initialization may or may not be a good idea depending upon the context.
I can't imagine a scenario where assigning it to a static var would ever be a good idea, though.
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[Correlation between certain parameters in pregnancy and body weight and the vitality of the neonate].
An analysis of 2280 puerperas who delivered newborns with the birth weight of 2500 g up to over 4000 g in the first half of 1989 at the Clinic for Obstetrics and Gynecology in Sarajevo had been conducted. Age, parity, body weight increase during pregnancy, and their socio-economic status was investigated. All newborns were divided into several groups according to birth weight: 2500-3000 g, 3000-3500 g, 3500-4000 g and over 4000 g. Puerperas with hypertension before pregnancy, EPH gestosis, anaemia and pyelonephritis were excluded. It has been found that newborns with birth weight between 3000-3500 g, the most desirable weight, were delivered by mothers who had a body weight increase of about 12.6 kg during pregnancy. Their average age was 25 years among primiparas, and 27 among multiparas; they were high-school graduates. American authors consider a weight increase of 8 kg during pregnancy as the most ideal for a good outcome. Vitality of newborns measured by the Apgar score was satisfying, with minor deviations in the group with birth weight over 4000 g. | 2024-03-13T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/7253 |
Quaternary complexes composed of plasmid DNA/protamine/fish sperm DNA/stearic acid grafted chitosan oligosaccharide micelles for gene delivery.
Quaternary complexes with condensed core of plasmid DNA, protamine, fish sperm DNA and shell of stearic acid grafted chitosan oligosaccharide (CSO-SA), were prepared. The CSO-SA could self-assemble to form nano-sized micelles in aqueous solution and demonstrated excellent internalization ability of tumor cells. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurement and transmission electrostatic microscope (TEM) images showed that quaternary complexes had spherical shape with about 25 nm number average diameter, and the size of quaternary complexes was smaller than that of CSO-SA micelles and CSO-SA micelles/plasmid DNA binary complexes. The transfection efficiencies of quaternary complexes on HEK293 and MCF-7 cells increased with incubation time, and were significantly higher than that of CSO-SA micelles/plasmid DNA binary complexes. The optimal transfection efficiency of quaternary complexes on HEK293 and MCF-7 cells measured by flow cytometer after 96 h was 23.82% and 41.43%, respectively. Whereas, the transfection efficiency of Lipofectamine™ 2000 on HEK293 and MCF-7 cells after 96 h was 32.45% and 33.23%, respectively. The data of luciferease activity measurement showed that the optimal ratio of plasmid DNA:fish sperm DNA:protamine:CSO-SA was 1:1:5:5. The results indicated that the present quaternary complexes were potential non-viral gene delivery system. | 2024-05-09T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/8516 |
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is expected to focus on health care and wages for workers, among other topics, when she delivers the Democratic Party’s official response to President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
Whitmer will reference her experiences as a mother and serving as Michigan’s governor since last year to underscore problems facing everyday Americans, according to excerpts of her remarks released by congressional Democratic leaders.
“I was holding down a new job, caring for my newborn daughter as well as my mom at the end of her brain cancer battle. I was up all night with a baby and during the day, I had to fight my mom’s insurance company when they wrongly denied her coverage for chemotherapy,” Whitmer will say, according to the prepared remarks. “It was hard. It exposed the harsh realities of our workplaces, our health care system, and our child care system. And it changed me.”
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“It doesn’t matter what the president says about the stock market. What matters is that millions of people struggle to get by or don’t have enough money at the end of the month after paying for transportation, student loans, or prescription drugs,” she’ll add. “American workers are hurting. In my own state. Our neighbors in Wisconsin. And Ohio. And Pennsylvania. All over the country. Wages have stagnated, while CEO pay has skyrocketed.”
Democrats are emphasizing health care and income inequality — two issues that polls indicate are among the most important for Democratic voters heading into the 2020 election — as the party seeks to win back states such as Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, which Trump won in 2016.
Whitmer will say in Democrats' State of the Union response on Tuesday that she is optimistic change can be made in this year’s election, noting activism from young Americans to tackle a litany of issues such as gun control, climate change and infrastructure.
“2020 is a big year,” she will say, according to the excerpts. “It’s the year my daughter Sherry will graduate from high school. It’s also the year she’ll cast her first ballot, along with millions of young Americans. The two things are connected. Because walking across the graduation stage is as important as walking into the voting booth for the first time.” | 2023-12-09T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/5056 |
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## Android 镜像使用帮助
**注意: 本镜像是 AOSP 镜像，Android SDK因版权原因，我们不能提供镜像服务。**
**可访问 <https://cs.android.com> 或 <https://github.com/aosp-mirror> 在线搜索及浏览 AOSP 源码。**
参考 Google 教程 <https://source.android.com/setup/build/downloading>，
将 `https://android.googlesource.com/` 全部使用 `https://{{ site.hostname }}/git/AOSP/` 代替即可。
由于使用 HTTPS 协议更安全，并且更便于我们灵活处理，所以强烈推荐使用 HTTPS 协议同步 AOSP 镜像。
**由于 AOSP 镜像造成CPU/内存负载过重，我们限制了并发数量，因此建议：**
1. sync的时候并发数不宜太高，否则会出现 503 错误，即`-j`后面的数字不能太大，建议选择4。
2. 请尽量选择流量较小时错峰同步。
## 过程摘录
(参考 <https://lug.ustc.edu.cn/wiki/mirrors/help/aosp> 编写)
下载 repo 工具:
```bash
mkdir ~/bin
PATH=~/bin:$PATH
curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
```
或者使用tuna的[git-repo镜像]({{ site.url }}/help/git-repo/)
#### 使用每月更新的初始化包
由于首次同步需要下载约 30GB 数据，过程中任何网络故障都可能造成同步失败，我们强烈建议您使用初始化包进行初始化。
下载 <{{ site.url }}/aosp-monthly/aosp-latest.tar>，下载完成后记得根据 checksum.txt 的内容校验一下。
由于所有代码都是从隐藏的 `.repo` 目录中 checkout 出来的，所以我们只保留了 `.repo` 目录，下载后解压
再 `repo sync` 一遍即可得到完整的目录。
使用方法如下:
```bash
wget -c {{ site.url }}/aosp-monthly/aosp-latest.tar # 下载初始化包
tar xf aosp-latest.tar
cd AOSP # 解压得到的 AOSP 工程目录
# 这时 ls 的话什么也看不到，因为只有一个隐藏的 .repo 目录
repo sync # 正常同步一遍即可得到完整目录
# 或 repo sync -l 仅checkout代码
```
此后，每次只需运行 `repo sync` 即可保持同步。
**我们强烈建议您保持每天同步，并尽量选择凌晨等低峰时间**
#### 传统初始化方法
建立工作目录:
```
mkdir WORKING_DIRECTORY
cd WORKING_DIRECTORY
```
初始化仓库:
```
repo init -u https://{{ site.hostname }}/git/AOSP/platform/manifest
```
**如果提示无法连接到 gerrit.googlesource.com，请参照[git-repo的帮助页面](/help/git-repo)的更新一节。**
如果需要某个特定的 Android 版本([列表](https://source.android.com/setup/start/build-numbers#source-code-tags-and-builds))：
```
repo init -u https://{{ site.hostname }}/git/AOSP/platform/manifest -b android-4.0.1_r1
```
同步源码树（以后只需执行这条命令来同步）：
```
repo sync
```
### 建立次级镜像
由于 AOSP 镜像需求量巨大，且 Git 服务占资源较多，TUNA 服务器因 AOSP 产生的负载已经占主要部分。
如果你是团队用户，我们强烈建议你通过 TUNA 建立次级镜像，再分享给团队内其他用户，减轻 TUNA 服务器压力。
建立 AOSP 镜像需要占用约 164G 磁盘。
具体步骤为:
下载 `repo` 工具和建立工作目录（略）
初始化:
```
repo init -u https://{{ site.hostname }}/git/AOSP/mirror/manifest --mirror
```
最后同步源码树:
```
repo sync
```
同步完成后，运行 `git daemon --verbose --export-all --base-path=WORKING_DIR WORKING_DIR` (`WORKING_DIR`为代码树所在目录) 。
此后，其他用户使用 `git://ip.to.mirror/` 作为镜像即可。
### 替换已有的 AOSP 源代码的 remote
如果你之前已经通过某种途径获得了 AOSP 的源码(或者你只是 init 这一步完成后)，
你希望以后通过 TUNA 同步 AOSP 部分的代码，只需要修改 `.repo/manifests.git/config`，将
```
url = https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest
```
更改为
```
url = https://{{ site.hostname }}/git/AOSP/platform/manifest
```
或者可以不修改文件，而执行
```
git config --global url.https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/git/AOSP/.insteadof https://android.googlesource.com
```
### FAQ
1. 镜像的是什么？
- AOSP 的 git 仓库
2. 为何不能通过浏览器访问？
- 暂时没有 gitweb, 而且反正是 git bare 仓库，没有可以直接看到的内容。
- 建议访问 <https://cs.android.com> 或 <https://github.com/aosp-mirror> 在线搜索及浏览 AOSP 源码。
3. 出现 `curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
Server does not provide clone.bundle; ignoring.` 怎么办？
- 无视即可。
- 参见：<https://github.com/tuna/issues/issues/936>
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{% extends "crudbuilder/base.html" %}
{% load crudbuilder %}
{% block main_content %}
<div class="container">
<h3>{{view.title}}</h3>
<hr/>
<table class="table table-bordered table-condensed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Crud</th>
<th>Model</th>
<th>App</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
{% for key, crud in view.cruds %}
<tr>
{% with detail=key|crud_detail %}
<td><a href="{% url detail.postfix_url %}">{{crud|class_name}}</a></td>
<td>{{detail.model|title}}</td>
<td>{{detail.app|title}}</td>
{% endwith %}
</tr>
{% endfor %}
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
{% endblock %}
| 2024-04-12T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/7760 |
Hairy-cell leukaemia associated with auto-immune disorders in the form of a 'lupus-type' anticoagulant and a positive direct Coombs' test.
An account is given of a case of hairy-cell leukaemia associated with a 'lupus-type' anticoagulant and a positive direct Coombs' test, both of which were clinically symptom free. This is yet another example of the coexistence of hairy-cell leukaemia and an auto-immune disorder, but the disorder in question has not been described previously. | 2023-12-25T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/4713 |
She's a medium energy lady who can be a bit shy at first, but will curl up in your lap or take you for a run - whatever you want! Tootsie Pop likes toys and kisses and wants to be that special something sweet you bring home for Valentine's Day!!!
She's SO sweet and cute! She's one of those dogs that has a little grinning smile even when her mouth is closed - the corners of her lips still turn up in a smile.
The problem is that she (like all the dogs there) doesn't get enough exercise in her run, and then she comes out when people want to meet her, and she's so over stimulated by being outside she can't concentrate on the people, she wants to look at and chase after and play with everything all at once. But when I go into her run with her, she'll play with me or curl up in my lap, whichever I chose.
awwww I Wish people would realize that the dogs rly don't show themselves the best sometimes at shelters. They have been locked up and don't get out enough..Specially a Bully breed. They will have SO much extra Energy.. that it is hard to know the "True them"
I don't know why the video is wonky - it's pixilated and loses sound - but you can see her cuteness in motion here as she meets the cats in the front office for the first time:
She's not what I'd call cat-friendly, but if you notice, the leash is loose as she's dorking out, and she is able to take attention off of them pretty easily, so I'd definitely consider it workable in the right home! | 2024-01-03T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/7971 |
package com.oasisfeng.island.util;
import android.content.Context;
import android.support.design.widget.BottomSheetBehavior;
import android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout;
import android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton;
import android.support.design.widget.Snackbar;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
/**
* Expand the default behavior of FloatingActionButton to support {@link BottomSheetBehavior}
*
* Created by Oasis on 2016/6/24.
*/
public class FloatingActionButtonBehavior extends FloatingActionButton.Behavior {
@Override public boolean layoutDependsOn(final CoordinatorLayout parent, final FloatingActionButton child, final View dependency) {
return super.layoutDependsOn(parent, child, dependency) || isBottomSheet(dependency);
}
@Override public boolean onDependentViewChanged(final CoordinatorLayout parent, final FloatingActionButton child, final View dependency) {
// Block parent behavior for SnackBar if bottom sheet is visible
if (dependency instanceof Snackbar.SnackbarLayout) {
final ViewGroup.LayoutParams fab_general_params = child.getLayoutParams();
if (fab_general_params instanceof CoordinatorLayout.LayoutParams) {
final CoordinatorLayout.LayoutParams fab_params = ((CoordinatorLayout.LayoutParams) fab_general_params);
final int anchor_id = fab_params.getAnchorId();
if (anchor_id != 0) {
final View anchor = parent.findViewById(anchor_id);
if (anchor != null && anchor.getVisibility() == View.VISIBLE) return false;
}
}
}
return super.onDependentViewChanged(parent, child, dependency);
}
private boolean isBottomSheet(final View view) {
final ViewGroup.LayoutParams params = view.getLayoutParams();
return params instanceof CoordinatorLayout.LayoutParams
&& ((CoordinatorLayout.LayoutParams) params).getBehavior() instanceof BottomSheetBehavior;
}
public FloatingActionButtonBehavior() {}
public FloatingActionButtonBehavior(final Context context, final AttributeSet attrs) {}
}
| 2024-01-23T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/5673 |
Q:
Pixel-based manipulations of images in DOM
As part of a game which I am developing in Javascript I want to:
load an image from a URL
do some pixel-based manipulation to it (do some color filter operations to it, to be precise)
put the manipulated image as an <IMG> node into the dom of the html document
I already have a good idea how to do the first two parts - I am just going to draw the image to an invisible canvas. But how can I do the last one?
I thought about extacting the raw binary data from the canvas and then convert it to a data URL. But this seems quite difficult to me. Isn't there a more direct way to do that? I have jQuery and jQueryUI available, when it helps.
A:
The canvas element has a toDataURL() method that gives you a ready-to-use data URL.
| 2023-11-15T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/2153 |
Q:
How do you print out the results from WITH ROLLUP or GROUPING SETS in PHP?
I can't find anything that has example code.
Whenever I have a SQL statement that uses WITH ROLLUP or GROUPING SETS, how do I print that out in my PHP code? I know how to get rows and echo them, but not the totals.
If it matters, I have access to Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL.
edit: Does anyone have an example they could point me to?
A:
There is absolutely no difference between rows which contain aggregate values in resultset and 'normal' from application point of view (I mean types are the same, they all belong to one resultset). DB Engine will add one or more extra rows with aggregate information and NULLs as values for grouping column . RDMS may provide extra features to help differentiating normal NULLs from NULL values returned by ROLLUP (for instance, GROUPING in SQLServer).
| 2023-09-16T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/7652 |
You sound so pitiful. I haven't forgotten you!
Kay
From: Ben F Jacoby @ ECT 01/23/2001 06:31 PM
Sent by: Ben Jacoby@ECT
To: Kay.Mann@enron.com @ ENRON
cc:
Subject: Re: FW: Meeting between EE&CC and ENA
I haven't seen this. I guess that's what happens when you get passed over...
Ben
Kay.Mann@enron.com on 01/23/2001 11:45:27 AM
To: Ben.jacoby@enron.com
cc:
Subject: FW: Meeting between EE&CC and ENA
Hi Ben,
Has anyone asked you to take a look at this? If not, I would be interested
in your comments.
Kay
---------------------- Forwarded by Kay Mann/Corp/Enron on 01/23/2001 11:42
AM ---------------------------
From: Catherine Clark/ENRON@enronXgate on 01/23/2001 11:24 AM
To: Kay Mann/Corp/Enron@Enron
cc:
Subject: FW: Meeting between EE&CC and ENA
Sorry about that.
(See attached file: AGENDA eecc-ena mtg.doc)(See attached file: ENA Project
Dev Process v2 clean.doc)
-----Original Message-----
From: Clark, Catherine
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 11:15 AM
To: Mann, Kay
Cc: Bills, Lisa
Subject: Meeting between EE&CC and ENA
Kay,
Lisa asked me to see if you would represent ENA Legal at the meeting
between EE&CC and ENA on Monday, Jan 29th. Having worked at both
companies, you would add a lot of insight to the crafting of a "new project
development process". The agenda is for Ozzie, Mike Coleman, Lisa and you
to give brief presentations (5-10 minutes each) on the project development
process, with recommendations on changes to be made. You've already seen
the notes, but I'm attaching an updated version.
Please let me know if you will be available and if you want to change any
discussion bullets and/or recommendations. The most recent message had the
meeting taking place on Monday, January 29th from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm (with
lunch provided). Megan will let everyone know which room will be reserved.
There is also a pre-meeting tomorrow (Wed) at 10:30 am in EB 2868 (it
should only last 30 minutes). Thank you in advance for your help.
-Catherine
x3-9943
- AGENDA eecc-ena mtg.doc
- ENA Project Dev Process v2 clean.doc | 2024-06-20T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/2077 |
Computer Science Club focuses on teaching programming and coding skills for contests and software development.
We provide resources and run meetings twice a week at lunch, where members learn from trainers, practice solving problems, write computer science contests, and build software projects including mobile apps, websites, and games. We also host up to two field trips for special contests outside our school. Through our activities, we hope to inspire students to pursue computer science as a career and improve code literacy. Notable alumni include Bruno Almeida, Weiwei Zhong, Calvin Liu, and Ahmed Sabie. | 2023-10-22T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/9178 |
Wanted
Heart for hugo
hello my name is Jessica my newborn nephew was born with hypo-plastic left heart syndrome he had to have surgery at just 3 day old and will have to have more later in life. he will be spending is first2 months of life in the hospital. His family needs as much help as they can ...
$1
June 13, 2015
Zephyrhills, FL
Need Sales Representatives on urgent basis
If you have sales experience, know how to close to deal, live in a region with lots of stores boutiques corporations, we could be a good fit for each other. We are looking for Sales Representatives to help expand PR Cup into Corporations across the United States, South America, Japan, Australia and the United Kingdom. ...
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February 24, 2015
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Help Wanted
Looking for help with paying Gas, Rent and buying food. Unable to get help from agencies here in Battle Creek, and DHS cut food stamps down to $16 a month, looking for work, but haven't been able to find a job, so whatever help is given with this request would be appreciated. | 2024-02-27T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/3648 |
Q:
About independence spread
$A$, $B_{i}$ are some events.
If $A$, $B_{i}$ are independent $\forall i \in \mathbb N$ and $A \cap B_{1}, A \cap B_{2}, ..., A \cap B_{k}, ...$ are independent in aggregate, how to show, that $\forall B \in \sigma \{ B_{1}, ..., B_{k}, ...\}$ $A$ and $B$ are independent?
Events $A_1,..,A_n$ are called independent in the aggregate, if for any $1 \leq k \leq n$ and any set of different inter-indices $1 \leq i_1,...,i_k \leq n$ there is equality:
$$P(A_{i1} \cap...\cap A_{ik}) = P(A_{i1})...P(A_{ik})$$ Or we can say, that this events are pairwise independent, cause it follows from indepence in aggregage
A:
This conjecture is false. Indeed, consider the following example.
Let $B_1,B_2,A$ be subsets of the ground set $\{0,1\}^3$ defined as follows:
\begin{align*}
B_1:=\{(1,0,0),(1,0,1),(1,1,0),(1,1,1)\}, \\
B_2:=\{(0, 1, 0), (0, 1, 1), (1, 1, 0), (1, 1, 1)\}, \\
A:=\{(0, 0, 1), (0, 1, 1), (1, 0, 1), (1, 1, 1)\}.
\end{align*}
Turn the ground set $\{0,1\}^3$ into a probability space by letting
\begin{equation}
\mathsf P(\{(i,j,k)\})=p(i,j,k)
\end{equation}
for each $(i,j,k)\in\{0,1\}^3$, where
\begin{align*}
p(0,0,0)&=a:=\frac{17-4 \sqrt{2}-12 \sqrt{2-\sqrt{2}}}8\approx0.270,\\
p(0,0,1)=p(0,1,0)=p(1,0,0)&=b:=\frac{-5+2\sqrt{2}+4 \sqrt{2-\sqrt{2}}}8\approx0.111,\\
p(0,1,1)=p(1,0,1)=p(1,1,0)&=c:=\frac{1}{8}=0.125,\\
p(1,1,1)&=b:=\frac{3-2\sqrt{2}}8\approx0.021.
\end{align*}
This probability space is well defined, since
$$\sum_{(i,j,k)\in\{0,1\}^3}p(i,j,k)=a+3b+3c+d=1.$$
Let also $B_3=B_4=\cdots=\varnothing$.
Then events $A$ and $B_i$ are independent for each $i=1,2,\dots$, and the events $A\cap B_1,A\cap B_2,\dots$ are independent. However, the events $A$ and $B_1\cap B_2$ are not independent.
Comment: The play here is pretty straightforward: The conditions that (i) $A$ and $B_i$ are independent for each $i=1,2$ and (ii) the events $A\cap B_1,A\cap B_2$ are independent impose only $2+1=3$ restrictions on the $8$ members of the family $\mathbf p:=\big(p(i,j,k)\big)_{(i,j,k)\in\{0,1\}^3}$ -- in addition to the restriction that the sum of those members be $1$. So, $8-3-1=4$ degrees of freedom are left, which prevents the independence of $A$ and $B_1\cap B_2$. The only (relative) difficulty here is to find a family $\mathbf p$ with positive members satisfying the conditions that (i) $A$ and $B_i$ are independent for each $i=1,2$, (ii) the events $A\cap B_1,A\cap B_2$ are independent, and (iii) the total of $\mathbf p$ is $1$; finding such a $\mathbf p$ amounts to finding a solution of a system of polynomial equations and inequalities. Here, to simplify that system of polynomial equations and inequalities, I actually reduced the $8$ degrees of freedom represented by the $8$ members of the family $\mathbf p$ to the just $4$ degrees of freedom represented by $a,b,c,d$.
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245 S.C. 127 (1964)
139 S.E.2d 532
George F. MOSS, Appellant-Respondent,
v.
DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Respondents-Appellants.
18283
Supreme Court of South Carolina.
December 10, 1964.
*128 Messrs, Johnson & Smith, of Spartanburg, for Claimant-Appellant.
*129 Messrs. Butler & Chapman, of Spartanburg, for Defendants-Respondents.
December 10, 1964.
MOSS, Justice.
This is a proceeding for compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act, Section 72-1 et seq., Code of 1962, instituted by George F. Moss, claimant, against Davey Tree Expert Company, employer, and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, carrier.
The claimant was a tree climber for his employer. His employment required him to climb trees and cut limbs therefrom and, thereafter, to assist in loading and hauling away the brush from such cutting. It appears that on February 16, 1959, while the claimant was engaged in loading brush, a limb struck him in his left eye causing a puncture wound thereof in the area of the pupil. Claimant's injury required the enucleation of the left eyeball on March 30, 1959.
The record shows that the claimant, when a boy fourteen years of age, suffered an injury to his left eye, not connected with his employment. A physician presented as a witness for the employer testified that prior to February 16, 1959, the claimant's vision in his left eye was impaired and that in such eye he had 15% vision for distance and none for close vision. The claimant testified that prior to his injury on *130 February 16, 1959, that he could see out of his left eye well enough to read a newspaper or the Bible. He further testified that in using a gun he shot left-handed and with his left eye he could see through the peep sight of the gun and had been successful in killing rabbits while so shooting. He admitted that the sight of his left eye was impaired and "was crossed to the right."
A hearing was conducted by a single commissioner to determine whether or not the claimant was an employee of the Davey Tree Expert Company and whether he sustained an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment; and, if so, to determine what benefits and compensation he was entitled to under the Workmen's Compensation Act. The said commissioner, on January 11, 1960, filed his award wherein he found that the claimant suffered an injury by accident while employed as aforesaid arising out of and in the course of his employment. It was further held that the claimant sustained a disability and was entitled to the medical care provided for in said Act. The award further held that the claimant was entitled to an award for the specific loss of his left eye, at his compensable rate for a period of one hundred weeks. This award was made pursuant to Section 72-153(16) of the Code. As a finding of fact the commissioner held that the claimant had no usable industrial vision in his left eye at the time of the injury thereto. The claimant was also awarded compensation for serious facial and head disfigurement.
The record shows that the claimant has been paid for his temporary total disability for the entire period of such disability. He has also been paid medical expenses as found to be due because of his injury. Likewise the award for serious head and facial disfigurement has been paid in full.
The employer and its carrier appealed to the full Industrial Commission from the award of the single commissioner, asserting that he was in error in awarding compensation for one hundred weeks for the specific loss of the claimant's eye. *131 A majority of the full commission affirmed the single commissioner's award with one commissioner concurring with the amendment to "reduce the number of weeks for loss of vision to 7 1/2 weeks." By appropriate exceptions the employer and the insurance carrier appealed from the award of the full commission to the Circuit Court of Spartanburg County, asserting that so much of the award as holds that the claimant was entitled to compensation for 100% loss of his eye was erroneous.
The appeal of the employer and the carrier was heard by the Honorable J. Woodrow Lewis, then a Circuit Judge, now an honored and respected member of this Court, who, by his order dated May 12, 1960, reversed the award of the commission granting compensation for 100% total loss of the left eye, holding that the claimant was entitled to compensation only to that degree of vision which he had prior to his compensable injury. The case was, by such order, remanded to the Industrial Commission to determine the amount of vision, if any, in claimant's left eye existing prior to the injury thereto on February 16, 1959, and to make an appropriate award therefore. All parties have appealed to this Court from the aforesaid order.
The exceptions of the parties raise the question of whether claimant, who having only 7 1/2% vision in his left eye, because of a pre-existing injury, sustains a subsequent injury thereto, which occasions enucleation thereof, is entitled to the scheduled compensation for the loss of an eye as is provided in Section 72-153(16) of the Code or should he be limited to no more than 7 1/2% which was the equated percentage of vision he had in his left eye prior to his second injury.
Section 72-153 of the Code, which sets out a schedule of compensation for loss of specific members of the body, provides in subsection (16) thereof that the weekly compensation to be paid for the loss of an eye shall be 60% of the injured employee's average weekly wages during one hundred *132 weeks. In subsection (18) it is provided the total loss of use of a member or loss of vision of an eye shall be considered as equivalent to the loss of such member or eye, and that the compensation for partial loss of or partial loss of use of a member or for partial loss of vision of an eye shall be such proportion of the payments above provided for total loss as such partial loss bears to total loss.
In the case of G.E. Moore Co. v. Walker, 232 S.C. 320, 102 S.E.2d 106, we held that in determining the amount to be awarded under Section 72-153 of the Code the wages are considered only for the purpose of determining the amount to be allowed per week. The period during which the weekly payments are to continue is based solely on the character of the injury and not upon the earnings or earning capacity of the injured employee. In Singleton v. Young Lumber Co., 236 S.C. 454, 114 S.E.2d 837, we held that where an injury is confined to a scheduled member of the body, the employee is limited to the scheduled compensation fixed in the statute.
The question arising out of the precise factual situation here has not been decided by this Court. However, there are numerous decisions from other jurisdictions which in both reason and logic are in point on the question here involved. Many of these decisions are based upon a statute similar in import to Section 72-153(16) of our Code. The rule followed in the majority of these decisions holds that the right to compensation for the loss of an eye as the result of an injury is not affected by the fact that it was previously defective or impaired. Hessley v. Minneapolis Steel Const. Co., 156 Minn. 405, 195 N.W. 274; Wareheim v. Melrose Granite Co., 161 Minn. 275, 201 N.W. 543; Haas v. Globe Indemnity Co., 16 La. App. 180, 132 So. 246; State ex rel. Gilmore v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, 127 Ohio St. 214, 187 N.E. 770; McCadden v. West End Building & Loan Ass'n, 13 A. (2d) 665, 18 N.J. Misc. 395; Liimatta v. Calumet & Hecla Mining Co., 229 Mich. 41, 201 N.W. 204; Mosgaard v. Minneapolis *133 St. Ry. Co., 161 Minn. 318, 201 N.W. 545; Hemphill v. Co-operative Refinery Ass'n, 174 Kan. 301, 225 P. (2d) 624; Riegle v. Fordon, 273 App. Div. 213, 76 N.Y.S. (2d) 523, affirmed 298 N.Y. 560, 81 N.E. (2d) 101; McKenzie v. Gulf Hills Hotel, 221 Miss. 723, 74 So. (2d) 830; and Flanigan v. C.A. Hunt Eng. Co., 268 App. Div. 838, 50 N.Y.S. (2d) 254, and Kraushar v. Cummins Const. Corp., 180 Md. 486, 25 A. (2d) 439. Numerous other citations could be added. We hereinafter refer to several of the cited cases.
In the Hessley case it appears that one of the employee's eyes had been injured when he was a child. The eye was not blind and he could distinguish light from darkness and discern persons approaching him but could not read with it. In the course of his employment this eye was so injured that it had to be removed. It was held that he had lost a member of the body and was entitled to the compensation he would have received if he had lost a perfect eye. In the Kraushar case it was held that a compensable injury to an eye as a result of which it had to be enucleated entitles the employee to compensation for "loss of eye" though he had only 5% vision in the eye prior to the injury. In the Haas case an employee was held entitled to compensation for "loss of eye", removed as a result of an accident in employment, though vision was impaired by prior injury from air rifle ball. In McCadden it was held that under a statute providing compensation for the "loss of an eye", the removal of a partially or totally sightless eye, as a result of an accident in employment, constituted "loss of an eye", and was compensable. In Gilmore, a workman sustaining an injury resulting in the removal of eyeball, held entitled to compensation for "loss of eye"; phrase "loss of eye" meaning loss of physical organ not merely loss of vision.
Prior perfect or normal vision is not a prerequisite to the recovery of the scheduled compensation for the loss of an eye. One who has only partial vision in an eye and loses such eye as the result of a second injury, *134 is entitled to the scheduled compensation for the loss of such eye. Our statute does not restrict recovery to the loss of a perfect or impaired eye. Prior to the injury in question, the claimant was possessed of his left eye, even though the vision thereof was defective and impaired. As a result of the injury, the claimant has lost not merely the defective and impaired vision which he had in his eye but has also lost the organ itself. This, we think, constitutes "the loss of an eye" as such is used in Section 72-153(16) of the Code.
The trial Judge, in reversing the award made by the full Commission relied upon the cases of Schwartz v. Mount Vernon-Woodberry Mills, 206 S.C. 227, 33 S.E. (2d) 517, and Hopper v. Firestone Stores, 222 S.C. 143, 72 S.E. (2d) 71. We do not think these cases are controlling of the issue here. It is sufficient to say that in the Schwartz case there was no loss of an eye, only the partial loss of vision in an already defective eye. In the Hopper case the record shows that the claimant had at the time of his injury a non-existent leg from the standpoint of the compensation Act, having lost 100% of his leg prior to the second injury. It was held that there was no basis upon which an award for permanent disability or specific loss could be computed. It thus appears that the two cited cases are not apposite or here controlling.
All parties to the action have appealed from the order settling the case on appeal. It is not necessary for us to pass upon the questions raised by these exceptions.
The exception of the claimant is sustained, the order appealed from is reversed, and the award of the full Industrial Commission is affirmed. The judgment of the lower Court is reversed and this case remanded thereto for an order in accordance with the views herein expressed.
Reversed.
TAYLOR, C.J., and BUSSEY and BRAILSFORD, JJ., concur.
LEWIS, J., disqualified.
| 2023-08-20T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/7900 |
<?php
/**
* This file is part of the SevenShores/NetSuite library
* AND originally from the NetSuite PHP Toolkit.
*
* New content:
* @package ryanwinchester/netsuite-php
* @copyright Copyright (c) Ryan Winchester
* @license http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache-2.0
* @link https://github.com/ryanwinchester/netsuite-php
*
* Original content:
* @copyright Copyright (c) NetSuite Inc.
* @license https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryanwinchester/netsuite-php/master/original/NetSuite%20Application%20Developer%20License%20Agreement.txt
* @link http://www.netsuite.com/portal/developers/resources/suitetalk-sample-applications.shtml
*
* generated: 2020-07-07 11:24:43 AM CDT
*/
namespace NetSuite\Classes;
class DepartmentSearchBasic extends SearchRecordBasic {
/**
* @var \NetSuite\Classes\SearchMultiSelectField
*/
public $externalId;
/**
* @var \NetSuite\Classes\SearchStringField
*/
public $externalIdString;
/**
* @var \NetSuite\Classes\SearchMultiSelectField
*/
public $internalId;
/**
* @var \NetSuite\Classes\SearchLongField
*/
public $internalIdNumber;
/**
* @var \NetSuite\Classes\SearchBooleanField
*/
public $isInactive;
/**
* @var \NetSuite\Classes\SearchStringField
*/
public $name;
/**
* @var \NetSuite\Classes\SearchStringField
*/
public $nameNoHierarchy;
/**
* @var \NetSuite\Classes\SearchMultiSelectField
*/
public $subsidiary;
/**
* @var \NetSuite\Classes\SearchCustomFieldList
*/
public $customFieldList;
static $paramtypesmap = array(
"externalId" => "SearchMultiSelectField",
"externalIdString" => "SearchStringField",
"internalId" => "SearchMultiSelectField",
"internalIdNumber" => "SearchLongField",
"isInactive" => "SearchBooleanField",
"name" => "SearchStringField",
"nameNoHierarchy" => "SearchStringField",
"subsidiary" => "SearchMultiSelectField",
"customFieldList" => "SearchCustomFieldList",
);
}
| 2024-07-13T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/9355 |
Saturday, March 15, 2008
MARCH 13, 2008 --Brad Trower of High Ridge (center) displays the pain he suffered in his arm to Polytrauma Occupational Therapist Tracy Beardsley during a therapy session.(Erik Lunsford/P-D)
WASHINGTON --As the Iraq war ends its fifth year, a dominant legacy of the conflict has turned out to be the human toll on those who have fought it.
The nature and sheer extent of American casualties — officially in the tens of thousands, but hundreds of thousands have sought medical help — has caught the U.S. government off guard.
From wounded soldiers who faced dilapidated conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to troops whose mental problems have been overlooked, Iraq veterans have paid the price.
"The government was not ready for the casualties to come home," says Brad Trower, 29, a Marine Corps veteran from High Ridge who was injured twice in his tour in Iraq. Advertisement
When Trower returned to St. Louis in 2005, suffering from traumatic brain injury after two vehicles he was riding in were blown up within a month of his arrival, he got "zero response" initially from local Veterans Affairs officials, though he is now doing well.
Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, says the nation has failed to heed the lessons of Vietnam, a war whose veterans constitute half of the 400,000 people sleeping on America's streets tonight.
Though the number of veterans today is smaller, the percentage of veterans who become homeless, commit suicide or face other social problems, partly because of a lack of treatment, is similar to that of the Vietnam era, Filner says.
"We know how to deal with it," he says, "but we apparently don't want to deal with it."
Many of today's veterans, especially reservists, are married, complicating the situation.
"The Vietnam conflict was primarily a single soldier's conflict, but the impacts now are greater because you have entire families that are impacted by how this gets handled," says Matthew Cary, president of Veterans & Military Families for Progress.
The backlog of disability claims has jumped to 600,000 from 300,000 with the surge of Iraq injuries, Carey says. And the Army says suicides are at their highest since it began keeping figures in 1980.
It wasn't supposed to be this way.
The Pentagon's "shock and awe" doctrine featuring hi-tech precision bombs was supposed to stun the Iraqis into quick submission while limiting the toll on American soldiers. The confidence only grew after Saddam Hussein's regime fell with little resistance.
In the war's early months, President George W. Bush was so confident that American forces faced little danger that he famously dared Iraqi insurgents to "bring it on."
They did, with suicide bombings and improvised roadside explosives that killed or maimed thousands, extended the U.S. occupation and frustrated U.S. and Iraqi attempts to establish a stable replacement for Saddam.
Five years later, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, says she's seeing "particularly severe and complicated injuries" among returning soldiers. Murray spoke at a news briefing late last week featuring a handful of legislators who want to raise public awareness.
Officials have begun, if in fragmented fashion, to acknowledge the need for change. Recent steps already are helping some Iraq veterans and may mean better treatment for veterans of the next battle in the war on terrorism.
"There have been shameful lessons learned over the treatment of our military," says Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Regardless of how you feel about the war in Iraq, progress we have made in the treatment of those heroes has to be embraced as positive."
A Pentagon official adds, "As much a tragedy as Walter Reed was, it's spawned debate and action, and helped us cut the red tape for soldiers."
WHY THE PROBLEMS?
Three factors are generally viewed as having combined to produce problems in care for U.S. veterans of Iraq:
— Strategic mistakes that made the war longer and more lethal, including sending too few troops, not sealing Iraq's borders or arms depots, failing to recognize the insurgency early on and not planning how to secure the peace.
— The nature of the war. The lack of front lines made everyone vulnerable at any time, increasing the danger and stress. The insurgents' use of improvised explosive devices has produced devastating injuries. Multiple deployments and the unprecedented use of the National Guard and Reserves increased the risks, especially of stress-related problems.
— A lack of preparedness for the volume of casualties, which overwhelmed the system. Additionally, the military missed many cases of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury by relying on soldiers to come forward. Of the 1.7 million service members with recent combat experience, some 800,000 are now veterans entitled to VA health care and benefits. Of those, 300,000 have had treatment; 40 percent were diagnosed with a mental health problem, more than half with PTSD, according to Veterans Affairs figures released as a result of a lawsuit by Veterans for Common Sense, a nonpartisan veterans advocacy group.
Dr. Michael Kilpatrick, a top Pentagon official overseeing care for combat troops, says that by helping reduce the stigma associated with mental problems, the military has increased the number of cases to handle. In terms of physical wounds, Kilpatrick says the military was prepared for the initial acute care but less so for the long-term rehabilitation of soldiers to return to service while dealing with family issues and spouses' lost incomes.
Thirty-one percent of the veterans have filed disability claims, waiting on the average more than six months for them to be processed. Delays are pronounced for those who returned to small towns or rural areas in the Midwest or South far from VA facilities, as happens with many reserve troops.
A recent Harvard University study says taxpayers' cost for the care of injured veterans will run up to $700 billion.
"Unfortunately, we are too often falling short in meeting our duty to our warriors here at home," says Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, R-Mo., who has pushed for improved treatment of mental health injuries.
The military is paying the price, a Pentagon official contends, for being "so good" in saving lives that would have been lost in previous wars. In Iraq, if a wounded soldier gets medical attention within a few minutes, the survival rate is 97 percent, he says. But he concedes that mental health care remains "in its infancy. If we're moving slowly in treatment, it's because we're just starting to have the technology to understand how to treat PTSD and especially TBI."
Critics contend that officials have compounded the situation. Among the most egregious actions, Filner asserts, has been diagnosing 22,000 veterans with "pre-existing personality disorders," as reported late last year by the Post-Dispatch.
"We mess them up, then we say, 'We didn't mess you up, it's your fault,' and we hand them a bill," Filner says.
Trower, who spent four years on active duty in the Marines before rejoining in 2004 to go to Iraq, was injured on his first day of action, when his light-armored vehicle ran over a land mine.
A month later, an explosive device hit the 14-ton vehicle he was commanding and threw it 20 feet. Trower awoke with smoke all around and men badly hurt. He was hospitalized for a week with a concussion.
He finished his tour and headed back to St. Louis. It wasn't until 18 months later, after news stories critical of the treatment given veterans, that he began to get phone calls from officials offering help, "because they realized I hadn't been seen by anyone."
Now working as an EMT for a private ambulance company and serving as a volunteer firefighter, Trower hopes to become a professional firefighter.
LOOKING AHEAD
After what many experts describe as a chaotic few years marked by too few resources — though Walter Reed and other institutions have done remarkable work in areas such as prosthetics — the past year or so has seen some progress. Congressional legislation, pressure from veterans advocacy groups, continued efforts by veterans services groups and greater urgency by officials in the VA and Pentagon have moved things along.
Since August, military officials have encouraged soldiers who were near an explosion to get checked for traumatic brain injury, and Illinois and some other states have filled gaps for their own veterans. The transition between the Pentagon and VA is smoother, with record transfers being done electronically, and VA care has been extended for combat veterans.
A handful of key bills passed last year. They include efforts to prevent suicides, give wounded veterans cost-of-living adjustments, unify the disability rating system between the Pentagon and the VA and compel the military to examine personality-disorder discharges.
Much remains to be done to get mental health treatment to rural veterans or provide home care for disabled veterans, Cary says. More generally, what's needed is a comprehensive approach to treating veterans and families, as well as better funding mechanisms. One idea, he says, would be to sell war bonds to fund care, so the public could help.
Assessments vary as to where things stand. American Legion spokeswoman Ramona Joyce says that the unconventional nature of the war led to early problems but that officials are doing better now.
"I think you learn from your mistakes as time goes on," she says. "Yes, as far as PTSD and TBI, they didn't catch it in the first couple of years of the war, but better late than never."
Filner is less optimistic.
He cites a small program in his home district of San Diego, in which 30 wounded Marines were taught moviemaking. "They say, 'Now I have a life. I was sitting around doing nothing, thinking of committing suicide.'" But it took two years to get the program approved, he says. Now he's seeking support for a "de-boot camp" to help troops re-adjust to civilian life, but "nobody at DOD wants to talk about it."
"It doesn't seem like we've learned the lesson," Filner says.
And Cary worries that financial concerns could impede the current progress, given the mounting war costs and the looming recession.
About Me
A disabled Army veteran who cares about his country, served in the military during the Vietnam Era, and Gulf War One. A "normal" man with a family and grandchildren who just wants a better nation for them, and for our nation to keep the "PROMISE" they made when we entered the military to care for us and our families if we were injured or killed on active duty.
I am 100% schedular for PTSD
I am 100% schedular for Coronary heart Disease
I am 10% service connected for hypertension | 2024-01-04T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/3033 |
One of the primary responsibilities of service providers is to ensure that their services provide a level of performance and robustness that satisfies the commitments specified in their Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with customers.
An existing approach is to monitor the quality and behaviour of the services by measuring system-internal performance characteristics (such as round trip delay, available bandwidth and loss ratio), identify unusual or anomalous activity that either directly indicates or indirectly implies that the service is no longer behaving satisfactorily, and identifying (root) causes of service performance degradations.
It has been proposed to provide measurement and metadata from the network resources and utilise the metadata to enable a system to automatically generate the topology and dependencies between the resources to assist in identifying root causes.
Besides the measurements and topology, logic and decision criteria are needed to automatically find the cause of service degradation. Today's solutions do not apply a generic methodology that solves this problem for all system services, merely specific solutions for a specific system service are developed where the problem cause is known in advance and the root cause analysis system may come to a result using decision trees or other likewise methodologies.
Existing solutions which are based on decision trees rely on probabilities or priorities (to decide which branch the reasoning shall go ahead with). There are many disadvantages to use of decision trees. For example, in order that priorities or probabilities can be determined, a training or “learning” period is needed. Furthermore, the priorities or probabilities that have been assigned to a decision may not be accurate. A decision tree may miss causes of service degradation because of earlier decisions (based on probabilities) to decide which branch to follow for further processing misses out a cause present in another branch which has not been followed. Further, a decision tree may not reflect real-time network status when calculating probabilities.
Existing solutions provide complex systems and algorithms for analysis of alarms and measurements to find specific service problems. The actual automation for finding the offending resource is often limited to specific problems and only works after the service has been delivered. With these solutions it takes times to find the root cause of service degradation, making the system limited and impractical to implement for real time analysis.
Existing solutions for network-wide measurement and performance estimation pay little attention to requirements for compatibility or inter-operability. These systems are usually point solutions, use different performance metrics, employ various underlying measurement mechanisms, and often operate off-line only. Though diverse in underlying mechanisms, these systems have the common goal of providing system-internal characteristics to applications, and their measurements overlap significantly.
Furthermore, existing solutions require complex systems and domain specific knowledge in order to correlate information from different resources to be able to find the root cause.
Existing solutions also rely on unstructured network measurements and thus try to make the best out of the available measurements. The lack of metadata and co-relation information in a node of a network providing measurements makes it very hard to correlate measurements from different resources especially at a session level.
Due to the lack of inter-operability between data sources, existing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) solutions require huge human intervention; automation in existing root cause analysis solution has very limited usage in today's telecommunication networks with heterogeneous resources and services.
Probe based solutions provide measurements but lack the metadata and addressing information from the resources involved in the service delivery to enable a large degree of automation. | 2024-03-15T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/3316 |
Two-dimensional bacterial genome display: a method for the genomic analysis of mycobacteria.
Annually, Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the cause of approximately three million deaths worldwide. It would appear that currently available therapies for this disease are inadequate. The identification of genes involved in mycobacterial virulence will facilitate the design of new prophylactic and therapeutic interventions. A method for high-resolution comparison of bacterial genomes has been developed to facilitate the identification of genes possibly involved in the virulence of clinically relevant mycobacteria. This 'two-dimensional bacterial genome display' (2DBGD) method utilizes two-dimensional DNA electrophoresis to separate, on the basis of size and G+C content, genomic fragments generated with different restriction endonucleases. The use of this method to identify genomic differences between species, strains and, most importantly, isogenic mutants of mycobacteria is reported. That 2DBGD can be used to identify differences resulting from either insertional mutagenesis using a gentamicin-resistance gene or from a frameshift mutation is demonstrated. | 2024-01-07T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/3715 |
Seven singles take a poor man's trip through various countries on a tiny pink bus.
That's the premise behind Netflix's Japanese reality dating/travel show, Ainori Love Wagon, currently in its second season (at least of its modern iteration – it's been running on-and-off in Japan since 1999). The premise probably sounds familiar – after all, The Bachelor also has travel elements. But despite what you may think, you've never seen a reality show quite like this before. Because unlike every other trashy reality show, Ainori is genuinely good.
Make no mistake, Ainori is trashy too. The show's main twist is that during their journey, any participant can ask the bus driver for two tickets back to Japan. Afterwards they "declare their love" for another participant, expressing their desire to return to Japan as a couple. If the other person accepts, they kiss and fly off into the sunset. If rejected, the declarer returns alone. Naturally, this leads to plenty of drama and love triangles, especially considering the uneven gender split (four men, three women).
But while the setup may be standard reality fare, the presentation is anything but. Typically, reality dating shows take one of two approaches. The first is "The Bachelor Approach," a dead-serious attempt to convince the viewer that this really is a fairytale romance. The trashiness of the whole ordeal is underplayed and the villains are there for the "wrong reasons," those being anything other than believing the Bachelor is their soulmate.
The second is the "MTV Approach." This is when producers fully lean into reality TV's trashiest aspects, casting everyone for maximum sex appeal and/or drama potential. Unlike "The Bachelor Approach," there's barely even a veneer of reality. The entire cast seems like they're playing amped-up characters, which is fine because the whole reason you're there is to watch people fight and fuck each other.
Ainori differs from both of these approaches in a few core ways, first and foremost being that the cast really is just a bunch of average people. The members, both male and female, tend to be plain-looking and relatively boring (at least by TV standards). Very few of them have prominent personalities, with many skewing towards quiet, awkward, or soft-spoken. As a result, the drama tends to be understated – "I feel like I'm not an interesting enough person" or "I don't know if this person likes me in the way I like them" – as opposed to relying on major blowouts. That said, when there are major blowouts, they tend to be real personality clashes as opposed to standard romantic drama. Some are surprisingly upsetting because both sides come from genuine places. In other words, there are no villains, just people traveling together. Many of the relationships actually survive too, with many lasting friendships and even a few marriages.
I stan Shy Boy.
At the same time, the producers have created a show with an incredible amount of meta-awareness. As such, Ainori actively engages with the reality of its cast constantly being filmed, going so far as to show conflicts with the crew or the director stepping in to mediate when things get rough. The show also cuts between the cast's journey and a panel of Japanese media personalities who watch, comment, and oftentimes brutally make fun of everyone involved. This furthers the meta-nature of Ainori, resulting in a show where the cast authentically lives out a real experience while the show itself recognizes and plays into the ridiculousness of its own premise.
The travel elements of Ainori play a big role, too, in many ways functioning as a travelogue. Considering many of the countries traveled through are impoverished, the show doesn't shy away from serious and unpleasant views of life in the third world. For instance, one episode in Season 2's Nepal segment focuses heavily on women at the bottom of the caste system being sold into sex slavery. It would be a brutal segment on any travel show but somehow seems especially jarring when juxtaposed with a typically light dating show. The resulting lesson sticks – you're watching a first world show with first world problems, but here's "reality" for the rest of the world.
As a meta-reality dating show, Ainori transcends its own genre, providing an entertaining, ridiculous, and surprisingly genuine look at Japanese dating culture. As a travel show, it succeeds even further, depicting local cuisines and culture alongside the harsh, disturbing realities of life in many impoverished countries. Compared to other dating shows, Ainori Love Wagon is in a whole different league.
Dan Kahan is a writer & screenwriter from Brooklyn, usually rocking a man bun. Find more at dankahanwriter.com
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Fetishizing Autism: Representation in Hollywood | 2024-07-16T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/3920 |
Q:
Get all non blank values from column and convert into email list
I am trying to create a VBA code that sends an email to a list of email addresses which exist in column E. My emails in column E appear like so:
abc@email.com
123@email.com
<Blank Cell>
pop3@email.com
<Blank Cell>
email@test.com
Here is my code:
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("M2")) Is Nothing And Range("M2").Value = "Send Prospect Alerts" Then
Set OutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set OutMail = OutApp.CreateItem(0)
strbody = "This is an email"
On Error Resume Next
With OutMail
.To = Range("E6:E100").Value
.CC = ""
.BCC = ""
.Subject = "Sales Connect Tracker: A Task has been completed"
.HTMLBody = strbody 'You can add a file like this
.Send 'displays outlook email
'Application.SendKeys "%s" 'presses send as a send key
End With
On Error GoTo 0
Set OutMail = Nothing
Set OutApp = Nothing
MsgBox "Email Sent"
End If
End Sub
At the moment I am trying to reference my range E6:E100 in the email TO field, but this doesn't work and no email is sent.
I can only assume this is because the email addresses are displaying like so:
abc@email.com123@email.com<Blank Cell>pop3@email.com<Blank Cell>email@test.com
Where as outlook requires the emails to be separated like:
abc@email.com; 123@email.com; <Blank Cell>; pop3@email.com; <Blank Cell>; email@test.com
Also as you may notice, there are some blank cells in between the email addresses, I'm not sure whether or not this would be considered an issue or not as if no email address exists then it should simply just ignore the blank cells.
So my question is basically how can I get this to work and get my email sent to all the email addresses in my column E?
Please can someone show me where I am going wrong, thanks
A:
When entering a range or an array, it simply doesn't know what to do... but it will try to set the .To to it. While .To only accepts a string.
To get this:
abc@email.com; 123@email.com; pop3@email.com; email@test.com
try this:
Function getMailList(rng As Range) As String
Dim str As String, i As Variant
For Each i In rng
If Len(i.Value) > 0 Then If Len(str) = 0 Then str = i Else str = str & "; " & i
Next
getMailList = str
End Function
and change
.To = Range("E6:E100").Value
to
.To = getMailList(Range("E6:E100"))
For Each ... in ... simply returns every item in the set range
If the length of the item is not 0 (could check for isempty, but it returns false for "") Then
If your output (str) is empty Then set it to the item (i) Else add ", " and the item to it
Edit: Ah lol... just copy/paste-error... didn't delete the <Blank Cell> in the first line :P
| 2024-07-19T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/7003 |
#ifndef BOOST_CONTRACT_DETAIL_PUBLIC_FUNCTION_HPP_
#define BOOST_CONTRACT_DETAIL_PUBLIC_FUNCTION_HPP_
// Copyright (C) 2008-2018 Lorenzo Caminiti
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0 (see accompanying
// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or a copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
// See: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/contract/doc/html/index.html
#include <boost/contract/core/virtual.hpp>
#include <boost/contract/core/exception.hpp>
#include <boost/contract/core/config.hpp>
#include <boost/contract/detail/condition/cond_subcontracting.hpp>
#include <boost/contract/detail/tvariadic.hpp>
#include <boost/contract/core/virtual.hpp>
#if !defined(BOOST_CONTRACT_ALL_DISABLE_NO_ASSERTION) && ( \
!defined(BOOST_CONTRACT_NO_INVARIANTS) || \
!defined(BOOST_CONTRACT_NO_PRECONDITIONS) || \
!defined(BOOST_CONTRACT_NO_POSTCONDITIONS) || \
!defined(BOOST_CONTRACT_NO_EXCEPTS))
#include <boost/contract/detail/checking.hpp>
#endif
#if !defined(BOOST_CONTRACT_NO_EXIT_INVARIANTS) || \
!defined(BOOST_CONTRACT_NO_POSTCONDITIONS) || \
!defined(BOOST_CONTRACT_NO_EXCEPTS)
#include <boost/config.hpp>
#endif
#if !defined(BOOST_CONTRACT_NO_POSTCONDITIONS) || \
!defined(BOOST_CONTRACT_NO_EXCEPTS)
#include <exception>
#endif
namespace boost { namespace contract { namespace detail {
template<
class O, typename VR, typename F, class C
BOOST_CONTRACT_DETAIL_TVARIADIC_COMMA(BOOST_CONTRACT_MAX_ARGS)
BOOST_CONTRACT_DETAIL_TVARIADIC_TPARAMS_Z(1, BOOST_CONTRACT_MAX_ARGS, Args)
>
class public_function : // Non-copyable base.
public cond_subcontracting<
O, VR, F, C
BOOST_CONTRACT_DETAIL_TVARIADIC_COMMA(BOOST_CONTRACT_MAX_ARGS)
BOOST_CONTRACT_DETAIL_TVARIADIC_ARGS_Z(1, BOOST_CONTRACT_MAX_ARGS, Args)
>
{
public:
explicit public_function(
boost::contract::virtual_* v, C* obj, VR& r
BOOST_CONTRACT_DETAIL_TVARIADIC_COMMA(BOOST_CONTRACT_MAX_ARGS)
BOOST_CONTRACT_DETAIL_TVARIADIC_FPARAMS_Z(1,
BOOST_CONTRACT_MAX_ARGS, Args, &, args)
) :
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Q:
Error while editing product from backend
I don't know why this is happening. when i click edit/add product button i got error
Exception #0 (ReflectionException): Class
Mageplaza\Productslider\Model\Slider\Source\FeaturedProducts does not
exist
I have downloaded Product slider but it is not working properly so i remove it today.
I have upgrade my magento 2 setup.
A:
The extension you added most probably added a product attribute.
Look in the eav_attribute table for records
WHERE `source_model` LIKE '%Mageplaza%' OR
`backend_model` LIKE '%Mageplaza%' OR
`frontend_model` LIKE '%Mageplaza%'
and delete the rows you find.
Backup the db before just in case I'm wrong.
| 2024-02-09T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/4915 |
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Without much ground truth beta, we handpicked the Salsa Cutthroat to scout an off-pavement bikepacking trip across Cuba — a decision based on scattered intel, topographical maps, satellite imagery, and logical thinking. In spite of our planning, we misjudged the terrain. But what about the bike?
compose Logan Watts
time Aug 28, 2017
comment 51
UPDATE: Be sure to check out the 2020 Salsa Cutthroat review (v2) here
Back in July of 2015, on the same day 150-some-odd bikepackers set out from the Grande Depart to duke it out on the 2,745-mile Tour Divide, Minnesota-based Salsa Cycles launched the first widely available bike designed specifically for an annual bikepacking race. Everything about the Salsa Cutthroat, from its pot-bellied downtube and flattened tube profiles — both designed to provide more frame bag space — to its carbon Firestarter fork with ‘three-pack’ bottle mounts, to the Vibration Reduction System built into the stays, to its light but sturdy wheels with straight gauge spokes, was engineered, tested, and specced explicitly for this arduous and grit-testing route. The Cutty even comes with a glossy map graphic of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route on its downtube. Sounds like the perfect bike for an un-scouted, off-road traverse of a Caribbean island, right? We took it on this ride and a whole lot more for this long-term review…
Highlights
Frame: Carbon, 100mm Suspension-corrected
Carbon, 100mm Suspension-corrected Seatpost: 27.2mm
27.2mm Bottom Bracket: PressFit 41x92mm
PressFit 41x92mm Hub specs: 142x12mm (rear); 100x15mm (front)
142x12mm (rear); 100x15mm (front) Max tire: 29×2.4″
29×2.4″ Weight: 20lbs 10oz/9.36kg (Medium)
20lbs 10oz/9.36kg (Medium) Price: $3,999 (Force 1x)
Tour Divide vs Cuba vs Cutthroat
In planning our three week, 900 mile ride across Cuba, I envisioned a route over rough, generally flat and washboarded gravel, long stretches of sand, intermittent bolts of broken pavement, and a few mountain dirt roads scattered in between… a mishmash akin to the surfaces found on the GDMBR. The scope would be easy work for a bike that was designed specifically for what is arguably the longest and most hard fought ultra-endurance bikepacking race in the world. But we really didn’t know what to expect. As far as we could tell, no one had completed a full off-road traverse of Cuba, and there wasn’t much detail on many of her tracks, both mapped or otherwise. With our ill-informed instincts guiding the way, Virginia and I coerced Salsa into loaning us a pair of the latest 2017 Force 1x Cutthroats to tackle this semi-blind scouting mission. Based on our research, the Cutthroat seemed like as good of a match as any for a route we really didn’t know much about, other than the fact that we’d cross three mountain ranges, coastal jungles, and everything in between. As always, our goal was to have a bike (and all its components) that could competently handle the variety of surfaces, topography, and conditions that our route would dish out.
Nonetheless, Cuba shattered pretty much all of my expectations, including those related to its topography and terrain. In hindsight, our most accurate description, albeit a modest one, is that “Cuba doesn’t give up its goods easily”. Our route threw as many curve balls as Cuba has baseball fields, including descents deserving of a 160mm travel full-suspension rig, bogs and sand fit for a fat bike, and technical trails where a solid, plus-tire hardtail would be best to pick through the rubble. Where we anticipated meandering dirt roads in the mountains, we found primitive, chunky, rutted, and beastly tracks. We discovered steep, rocky singletracks and punishing agricultural horse paths. There were mud slogs, swamps, and river crossings, and even a couple of epic hike-a-bikes. Flowy trails and smooth winding dirt roads are a rarity in Cuba. It was far more rugged than we’d expected, but the trip itself was incredible… it was an assault on the senses, and on the bikes we rode.
Touring on a Carbon bike One of the beautiful things about carbon bicycles is that they typically don’t feel heavy or sluggish, even when loaded down. In addition, they are generally more resistant to vibrations and associated fatigue — a testament to the compliance of carbon fiber — which for a long tour, arguably outperforms all other frame materials. Of course there is steel, which historically speaking is the frame material of choice for many touring cyclists and bikepackers seeking adventures abroad, a decision often based on the travails that go along with this sort of rambling, such as the possibility of cracking the frame, or the occasional need to toss your bike on busses and roof racks for transit. Considering the price to potential damage ratio, this makes sense. But carbon is far tougher than many people assume, and there are precautions one can take to avoid damaging the frame with nicks and dings. Anyway, bikes such as the Salsa Cutthroat aren’t meant to be treated with kid gloves and polished inside a temperature-controlled garage. They are meant to be ridden over rough chunder for 18 hours a day, thrashed, and hammered. With that said — after bringing along a carbon bike on two recent big trips — I would recommend proper preparations. Bikepacking bag straps can do a number on a carbon frame when rubbing continuously for a month or two straight, specifically the headtube where the handlebar bag and associated anchor strap makes contact (and actually can rub holes in carbon over time). In addition, the upper straps on a frame pack can often wear the paint a little. And, there are several places on a frame that are prone to damage from falls, getting rattled around in a bus, or just general use. For protection against abrasions, I recommend a product called Shelter by Cantitoe Road. It is a crystal clear padded gel tape you can put just about anywhere to protect your frame. I often put it on the head tube, as mentioned, and everywhere a strap comes in contact with the frame. In addition, you may want to apply Shelter wherever your bike is prone to dings and scratches (seat stays, underside of downtube, etc.). I use Shelter on steel bikes too.
The Ride Backpedaling a bit, prior to unboxing and throwing a leg over it in Santiago de Cuba, there were a few things I knew about the supposed ride characteristics of the Salsa Cutthroat. It’s been out for a while and there are plenty of impressions floating about the interwebs, all of which painted it as an attractive option for this trip. First and foremost, the Cutthroat’s geometry helps create the stability and comfort that makes it suitable for epic dusk ‘til dark days on the dirt and gravel roads of the Tour Divide. Fitting the Cutthroat’s disposition, our trip started out with a lot of time in the saddle. Beginning our route from the east side of the island, the plan was to make 300+ hard miles in just a few days to meet a fourth riding compadre who flew into Camaguey. I immediately felt at home on the Cutthroat. And, after a couple of seemingly interminable days in the saddle, it became pretty clear that this bike was dialed in for lengthy rides. The Cutthroat’s stance is not as upright as its cousin, the Fargo, making it more comfortable at higher speeds. Honestly, that’s what this bike is all about. It pedals well out of the saddle and has a very predictable gate, as expected, but it’s also more nimble and responsive than I anticipated. As for comfort, aside from the previously discussed benefits of carbon, the Cutthroat features a rear-end carbon stay design that Salsa calls the Vibration Reduction System. VRS is basically Salsa’s stay design — also found on the Warbird — made up of thin seat stays and wide, rectangular chainstays. This system allows the rear end to vertically absorb the edge off of rough roads, namely gravel and chunky dirt, a configuration that acts as leaf springs between the seat tube and the rear wheel. The flex, for lack of an accurate term, isn’t something that can really be forced or simulated when off the bike. But when moving quickly across variable bumpy terrain, the full carbon frame along with the VRS and relatively beefy 2.1” tires (set up tubeless) adds up to the most vibration absorbent drop-bar bike I’ve ridden to date. Even with the vertical give of the VRS, the bike itself is laterally stiff and equally as responsive when pedaling.
After hearing feedback, I was anticipating a pretty smooth ride so the aforementioned traits didn’t come as a great shock to me. However, as with Cuba itself, the Salsa Cutthroat held its fair share of surprises. Most unexpected was its versatility. It was the steep, technical climbs and attention demanding descents in the Sierra Maestra mountains where the Salsa Cutthroat revealed her greatest charms. I was expecting a bike that would leave me walking when the terrain got dicey; as I’ve found that to be the case for many drop-bar adventure bikes, be them too fragile feeling or just not confidence inspiring. The Cutthroat, on the other hand, was able to dissect rocky tracks as well or better than many 29ers I’ve ridden. And with two of us jackhammering these bikes for 20 days straight, I think I can attest to their durability.
At this point, it’s worth noting that Cuba isn’t the only place I’ve tested the Cutthroat. I hung on to the silver and blue Cutty for months after our trip, secretly hoping that Salsa would forget about it. I rode it unloaded on gravel, Pisgah singletrack, and around town. When the ground was too wet to ride trail, one of my regular winter out and backs from home took me to the top of Buckhorn Gap. This long, twisty, and, at times, chunky gravel and two-track climb led to a ripping return descent which I’ve experienced on several other gravel and adventure bikes. Bar none, the Cutthroat is the most confident drop-bar bike I’ve ridden down steep gravel. Period.
Why Drop Bars?
Given that the Cutthroat is indeed a mountain bike, some might find the curly Cowchipper drop bars an odd spec. However, those who’ve watched the Tour Divide and other similar races know that this is becoming something of a race standard, along side an aero-bar for those long stretches where headwinds and aerodynamics are the biggest contender. I generally don’t like drop bars, but I must say that the Cowchipper was a great choice for this bike. Climbing out of the saddle felt natural with my hands on the hoods and the bike’s responsiveness couldn’t have been better. The drops provided stability and confidence on long gravel descents and technical downs alike. And as most distance cyclists will profess, when the ride stretched out to a full day, having a variety of hand positions was a welcome relief. All of these factors owed to the right bars matched with the right geometry platform.
Salsa Cutthroat Force 1x Build
Generally speaking, the Force 1x Cutthroat is a solid spec without much room to quibble over necessary upgrades. For our anticipated route, the gearing was a little high, which we rectified before setting out by replacing the SRAM 38T X-SYNC ring with a Wolftooth CAMO and 34t ring. This netted us about 23 gear inches in the granny gear, which was fine for the lighter, summer weather loads we were carrying. I would likely consider a 36T ring up front and a Wolftooth 49T cassette expander ring if I were to use this bike on the Tour Divide. Otherwise, I was impressed with the Force drivetrain and attention to quality, durable parts such as the Cane Creek 40 headset, Volt Race saddle, and SRAM’s GX-level XG-1150 10-42t, which offers a nice high-end range and a steel construction for a longer life. Additionally, the Force hydros are a nice choice to help reduce hand fatigue on long rides.
Frameset
Frame Cutthroat Carbon
Fork Cutthroat Carbon
Color Grey/Teal
Drivetrain
Front Der n/a
Rear Der SRAM Force 1
Cassette SRAM XG 1150 10-42t
Chain KMC X11
Crankset SRAM X1 1400, X-SYNC 38t (switched to Wolftooth CAMO with 34t ring)
Shifter SRAM Force 1x
Brakes & Rotors SRAM Force Hydraulic Disc, Centerline 160mm
Components
Headset Cane Creek 40
Stem ZIPP Service Course
Handlebar Salsa Cowchipper
Grips Salsa Glyphs Gel Bar Tape
Seatpost Zipp Service Course 27.2 x 350mm, 20mm offset
Saddle WTB Volt Race
Wheels
Front Wheel SRAM RAIL 40 29″, Thru-Axle, 15 x 100mm
Rear Wheel SRAM RAIL 40 29″, Thru-Axle 12 x 142mm
Tires Schwalbe Thunder Burt 29×2.1″ SnakeSkin TL-Easy
While I was a bit shocked at the choice of 28-spoke wheels on a bike built for bikepacking with a lot of extra weight, the SRAM RAIL 40 wheels didn’t let us down. I would have preferred a 32-spoke count for my own sanity, but the RAIL 40s are specced as ‘enduro/all-mountain’ specific wheels. theoretically, the asymmetrical rim design coupled with straight gauge spokes should make for a stiff and strong wheel. Plus, straight gauge spokes are easier to service — even though we completely forgot to bring spares on this trip!
Additionally, the 29×2.1″ Schwalbe Thunderburts didn’t disappoint. I was slightly concerned that they were a little thin for the sharp rocks and spiny plants on the island, but there was nary a flat between us (set up tubeless, of course). They are a fast-rolling tire, great for speed. Although they hold corners pretty well, they can get a little slippy going up a steep and rubbly grade.
Bikepacking Bags The bags used on my Cutthroat differed a little bit from Virginia’s. I chose to run the custom Porcelain Rocket bag I had made for the Woodsmoke on our Kyrgyzstan trip. It conveniently fit like a glove. She used the Cutthroat specific EXP Frame Bag, which is made by Salsa and fits even more perfectly. It’s a nice bag overall, but I would complain about the narrowness of it. As evidenced by my choice to use the PR frame pack, I like a frame bag with substantial girth, so I can load it with plenty of food and gear. This approach allows me to keep my seat pack and handlebar bags as light as possible, thus lowering the bike’s center of gravity. The EXP does have a couple nice features worth noting. It’s almost waterproof (considered highly water resistant). And it has a nice elastic drawstring on the top for strapping wet clothes. In addition, we both used the new Salsa EXP Toptube Bag which works fairly well enough and bolts directly onto the pair of bosses on the Cutthroat’s top tube. It’s also highly water resistant, and huge!
Model Tested Cutthroat Force X1
Size Tested Large and Medium
Color Grey/Teal
Weight 20 lbs 10 oz for Medium (9.36 kg)
Place of Manufacture Taiwan
Price $3,999
Contact SalsaCycles.com
Pros Surprisingly, the Salsa Cutthroat has more chops than one might think. It’s much more than a drop-bar gravel bike, or a fast mountain bike.
It’s much more than a drop-bar gravel bike, or a fast mountain bike. Carbon frame with VRS rear-end + a stable and comfortable geometry + 2.1″ tires = a bike that’s comfortable and perfectly dialed in for long and rough rides.
+ a stable and comfortable geometry + 2.1″ tires = a bike that’s comfortable and perfectly dialed in for long and rough rides. Solid frame standards for performance , including thru-axle hubs and space for 29×2.4” tires.
, including thru-axle hubs and space for 29×2.4” tires. Massive frame bag space due to the tubing design.
due to the tubing design. Plenty of mounts for bottles and cages.
for bottles and cages. Overall solid and durable component spec. Cons For me, the gearing range is slightly too high for loaded bikepacking with the 38t x 10-42 cassette.
for loaded bikepacking with the 38t x 10-42 cassette. PressFit bottom bracket may be a deal breaker for some who are heading abroad, while we experienced no creaking or mechanical issues over thousands of miles.
for some who are heading abroad, while we experienced no creaking or mechanical issues over thousands of miles. The Firestarter fork has the triple bosses pointed a wee bit too far forward to accommodate fork bags such as Andrew The Maker’s Many Things Sack. This also makes removing tall bottles a bit difficult.
to accommodate fork bags such as Andrew The Maker’s Many Things Sack. This also makes removing tall bottles a bit difficult. Same goes for the bottle mounts on the underside of the downtube. Due to the location, fitting a large wide-mouth bottle is impossible without tire rub; I opted to use the narrow-top 22oz Klean Kanteen which squeezed in with just a few millimeters to spare.
Due to the location, fitting a large wide-mouth bottle is impossible without tire rub; I opted to use the narrow-top 22oz Klean Kanteen which squeezed in with just a few millimeters to spare. At $4k, the Force 1x isn’t cheap. I think it’s money well spent, but perhaps it would be easier on the eyes if it were a little less. There is a Rival 2x edition as well for $3k.
Wrap Up On the outset, some might see the Salsa Cutthroat as an adventure bike, or something of a gravel bike on steroids. But at its heart, the Cutthroat is indeed a mountain bike… one destined for speed and long rides. And, at its core lies the groundwork for tons of space to carry everything you need on a long adventure. So at this point you might be wondering who the Salsa Cutthroat is for… aside from Tour Dividers or Trans America Trail racers. From my perspective, it’s a niche bicycle whose niche is pretty damn big. Most likely, it’ll find itself at home with two-bike kind of people and some three-bike folks with money to spend. But the short answer is that it’s a great option for anyone interested in long mixed terrain rides who puts a premium on comfort as well as the possibility of tackling trails that veer on and off the gravel roads. And even more so if that someone wants to tackle a race such as the Tour Divide, or even shorter routes like the Trans North Georgia or the NM Off-road Runner. While on the road, I found the Cutthroat to be a stable, confident, and comfortable bike that performs at its best at high speeds. But it’s also a bike capable of so much more. In both Pisgah and all the random chunder we ran across in Cuba, I never felt like the bike was too much to handle, or not tough enough. It is lightweight, sure-footed, nimble, and descends with confidence. Of course it’s not without fault. No bike is. I have a few grouches, such as the placement of bottle bosses and gearing, but nothing that diminishes my admiration of this bike. It was really hard to say goodbye to this one. P.S. The title, 983,000 revolutions, is based on the estimated wheel rotations during my ~1400 mile test period with the Salsa Cutthroat. Make sure to read more about our Cuba trip here, and see the route here.
Cuba Gear List
As requested, here is my full gear list from the trip as well: | 2024-07-13T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/3034 |
Shailene Woodley Talks About Her Boobs, Or Lack Thereof! (photos!)
Shailene Woodley says losing weight to play a cancer patient in her new movie took a toll on her boobs.
Shailene Woodley, like other young Hollywood actresses, is refreshingly candid about her body image. She laughingly noted it changed dramatically in some sensitive places when she lost weight to play a terminally ill teenager.
“My boobs shrank. No one tells you that when you lose weight. No bra, no problem!” she said in a new interview.
Indeed, TheImproperreported exclusively in April that Shailene had trouble filling out her dramatic low-cut gown during the Madrid premiere of her new movie “Divergent.”
Shailene Woodley Talks About Up Top (Click Photos to Enlarge!)
Her eye-catching gown by Donna Karan Atelier was definitely flattering. But someone should have told her there is no shame in wearing a push-up bra to create a little cleavage.
As it was, she looked like she was wearing her big sister’s prom dress. Even, so she was radiant, and nothing is wrong about being small up top.
She told InStyle magazine that she’s gotten over being “mean” to herself about her body image.
“I’m in a place where I feel healthier than I’ve ever been, and my body is exactly where it wants to be,” she says. “I feel like I’m a woman.”
In her new movie, “The Fault In Our Stars,” she had to lose weight and cut her hair to play, Hazel, a sixteen-year-old cancer patient. She’s forced to attend a support group where she meets an ex-basketball player and amputee.
“I look at pictures of me with long hair and I think, ‘Who is that person?’” she told the magazine. “Even my voice and the way I hold myself has changed.”
She says playing a cancer patient has helped her put her life in perspective. “I realized I was good at being outwardly positive because that’s how I am by nature. But internally, I was so mean to myself,” she reveals.
“Realizing I needed to make a shift was a big moment for me. ‘F–k you insecurity. F–k you lack of confidence!’” she explains.
Check out her photos from her Madrid premiere, let us know your thoughts and be sure to follow TheImproper on Twitter. Or subscribe to TheImproper’s FREE email newsletter to have all the latest news tailored to your interest delivered right to your mailbox.
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TheImproper Staff
Keith Girard is Editor and Publisher of TheImproper, New York City’s cutting edge arts, entertainment pop culture and lifestyle Web magazine. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of Billboard magazine and a reporter for the Washington Post among other media positions. | 2024-02-12T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/8013 |
The major goal of this research is to define the molecular control mechanisms of the synthesis, secretion and activity of collagenase in human fibroblast cultures and, thus to understand its role in both normal and diseased tissues. Factors which may modulate the activity of this important enzyme will be investigated to assess their action at a cellular level. Cultures will be examined for collagenase activity, for immunoreactive protein and for a specific fibroblast-derived collagenase inhibitor. In addition, biosynthetic studies to assess rates of synthesis and degradation will be performed. These data may then allow us to understand the role of this enzyme both in normal collagen degradation and in the pathogenesis of such diseases as epidermolysis bullosa. | 2023-10-13T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/2972 |
Environmentally Persistent Free Radical (EPFR) Formation by Visible-Light Illumination of the Organic Matter in Atmospheric Particles.
A secondary process may be an important source of environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) in atmospheric particulates; yet, this process remains to be elucidated. This study demonstrated that secondary EPFRs could be generated by visible-light illumination of atmospheric particulate matter (PM), and their lifetimes were only 30 min to 1 day, which were much shorter than the lifetimes of the original EPFRs in PM. The yields of secondary EPFRs produced by PM could reach 15-60% of those of the original EPFRs. The extractable organic matter contributed to the formation of secondary EPFRs (∼55%), and a humic-like substance was the main precursor of the secondary EPFRs and was also the most productive precursor compared to the other aerosol components. The results of simulation experiments showed that the secondary EPFRs generated by the extractable and nonextractable PM components were similar to those produced by phenolic compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, respectively. We have found that oxygen molecules play an important role in the photochemical generation and decay of EPFRs. The reactive oxygen capture experiments showed that the original EPFRs may contribute to singlet oxygen generation, while the secondary EPFRs generated by photoexcitation may not produce singlet oxygen or hydroxyl radicals. | 2023-12-29T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/6281 |
Ian Somerhalder
Ian Joseph Somerhalder (born December 8, 1978) is an American actor, model, activist and director. He is known for playing Boone Carlyle in the TV drama Lost, Damon Salvatore in The CW's supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries and Dr. Luther Swann in Netflix's sci-fi horror series V Wars.
Early life
Somerhalder was born and raised in Covington, Louisiana, the son of Edna, a massage therapist, and Robert Somerhalder, an independent building contractor. He is the second of three children, with an older brother, Robert, and younger sister, Robyn. He attended Mandeville High School, a public school in Mandeville, Louisiana. He embarked on a modeling career from age 10 to 13, and by the age of 17 he decided to go into acting.
Career
In the summer of 2000, Somerhalder starred in the short-lived WB series Young Americans, a spin-off of Dawson's Creek. He played Hamilton Fleming, the son of the dean of a prestigious boarding school. In 2002, Somerhalder played bisexual character Paul Denton in Roger Avary's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel, The Rules of Attraction, alongside James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, and Jessica Biel.
In 2004, Somerhalder scored his breakthrough role when he played Boone Carlyle in the hit TV show Lost. Despite his character's death in the twentieth episode of the first season, Somerhalder returned to the role of Boone for seven more episodes between 2005 and 2010, including the series finale. Somerhalder was the first major character to die.
In 2009, Somerhalder appeared in the movie The Tournament where he played the role of an assassin participating in a lethal competition with other assassins. He appears in the coffee table book About Face by celebrity photographer John Russo.
In June 2009, Somerhalder was cast in the role of Vampire Damon Salvatore as a series regular in The CW television drama series The Vampire Diaries. The series premiere attracted The CW's highest premiere ratings of any season premiere since the network began in 2006. The series has continued to be the highest rated series on its channel with both Somerhalder's performance and the show receiving a positive response from critics. Somerhalder began directing The Vampire Diaries in its third season and produced the series at the start of season 8. Somerhalder has received several Teen Choice Award's and a People's Choice Award for his participation on the series.
In October 2012, Somerhalder was cast in the film Time Framed, which had begun filming in Los Angeles. In April 2018, Somerhalder was cast in the role of Dr. Luther Swann as a series regular in the Netflix science fiction horror series V Wars.
The series premiered on Netflix on December 5, 2019.
Foundations and causes
Somerhalder was involved in the cleanup after the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling disaster on April 22, 2010. His efforts included cleaning of oiled wildlife and taping public service announcements to let the public know how they could help. Somerhalder also supports the St. Tammany Humane Society, an organization for animal shelter and welfare. On November 13, 2010, he hosted a Bash on the Bayou charity fundraiser for the Society. During the event, Somerhalder was presented with a donation of $11,100 by The Vampire Diaries fandom for his birthday project.
Together with his The Vampire Diaries co-stars Candice Accola and Michael Trevino, Somerhalder supports the It Gets Better Project, which makes it a goal to prevent suicide among LGBT youth associated with The Trevor Project. For his second campaign, Somerhalder teamed up with The Vampire Diaries co-star Paul Wesley to release a limited edition shirt designed by a fan, with the words "Blood Brothers Since 1864." This campaign sold almost 10,000 shirts.
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There is a widespread need for inspection data for electronic parts in a manufacturing environment. One common inspection method uses a video camera to acquire two-dimensional images of a device-under-test.
Height distribution of a surface can be obtained by projecting a light stripe pattern onto the surface and then reimaging the light pattern that appears on the surface. One technique for extracting this information based on taking multiple images (3 or more) of the light pattern that appears on the surface while shifting the position (phase) of the projected light stripe pattern is referred to as phase shifting interferometry, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,641,972 and 4,212,073 (incorporated herein by reference).
The multiple images are usually taken using a CCD (charge-coupled device) video camera with the images being digitized and transferred to a computer where phase-shift analysis, based on images being used as “buckets,” converts the information to a contour map (i.e., a three-dimensional representation) of the surface.
The techniques used to obtain the multiple images are based on methods that keep the camera and viewed surface stationary with respect to each other while moving the projected pattern.
One technique for capturing just one bucket image using a line scan camera is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,965,665 (incorporated herein by reference).
U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,398,113 and 5,355,221 (incorporated herein by reference) disclose white-light interferometry systems which profile surfaces of objects.
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,636,025 (incorporated herein by reference), an optical measuring system is disclosed which includes a light source, gratings, lenses, and camera. A mechanical translation device moves one of the gratings in a plane parallel to a reference surface to effect a phase shift of a projected image of the grating on the contoured surface to be measured. A second mechanical translation device moves one of the lenses to effect a change in the contour interval. A first phase of the points on the contoured surface is taken, via a four-bucket algorithm, at a first contour interval. A second phase of the points is taken at a second contour interval. A control system, including a computer, determines a coarse measurement using the difference between the first and second phases. The control system further determines a fine measurement using either the first or second phase. The displacement or distance, relative to the reference plane, of each point is determined, via the control system, using the fine and coarse measurements.
Current vision inspection systems have many problems. Among the problems are assorted problems associated with current mechanical translation devices associated with vision inspection systems. Among the mechanical translation problems are that the trays of devices, such as trays of semiconductor chips, associated with current vision inspection systems must be flipped by hand since both sides of the devices must be inspected. In current systems, the flipping of trays of devices is done by an operator. Operator intervention requires time and may be prone to error. Throughput of the machine vision inspection system may also be affected. For example, if the operator is on break or otherwise unavailable, throughput of the machine vision inspection system suffers since the machine is stopped awaiting operator intervention. As mentioned, errors can also occur as a direct result of operator intervention. When both sides of the part need to be inspected the parts must be flipped. If the operator is interrupted while flipping the trays, the operator may forget the orientation of the devices or trays after the interruption. In other words, due to the interruption, the tray carrying the devices may not be flipped. At best, the subsequent operation will detect that the devices are not flipped if the machine vision inspection system has the capability to detect that the wrong portion of the device is presented for inspection. In this event, more time is lost since the operator must now flip the unflipped trays. This of course also negatively affects throughput of the machine vision inspection system. At worst, the machine vision inspection system would not detect that the wrong side of the device (same side of the device previously inspected) was again being inspected. In other words, the inspection would be repeated. The result would be far worse in that devices that would not pass the inspection would be shipped to customers or placed in larger devices shipped to customers. If the products are caught by a subsequent sampling, the larger devices would have to be reworked. If the products were not caught be a subsequent sampling or inspection, defective product may be shipped to a customer. This of course is devasting in a world where product quality is constantly stressed by marketing executives. Even a hint of less than top quality can devastate the market for a product.
To overcome the problems stated above as well as other problems, there is a need for an improved machine-vision system and more specifically for a machine vision inspection system capable of flipping trays of devices without operator intervention. In addition, there is a need for a flipping device that operates to reliably flip the trays of devices so that all portions of the devices within the trays are reliably inspected. In addition, there is a need for a flipping device that facilitates automated high-speed three-dimensional inspection of objects in a manufacturing environment. There is also a need for a device that is easily accommodated as a station on an automated manufacturing line. | 2024-02-18T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/2137 |
WHO Recommendations: Intrapartum Care for a Positive Childbirth Experience ([@B1]) from 2018 include a recommendation for a companion of choice for all women throughout labor and childbirth. The companion can be any person the woman chooses to provide her with continuous support during labor and childbirth, including her husband/partner, a friend or family member, a community health worker, a traditional birth attendant, or a doula (i.e., a woman who has been trained in labor support but is not part of the health care facility's professional staff) ([@B1]). This recommendation is based on evidence from a Cochrane systematic review that included 26 trials with data on 15 858 women from 17 countries ([@B2]). The review found that, compared with usual practice, companionship during labor and childbirth was likely to increase spontaneous vaginal birth, and decrease cesarean section, use of any type of pain relief, and negative feelings about the childbirth experience. The newborns of women who received continuous support may be less likely to have low five-minute Apgar scores, indicating possible benefits for infants as well.
The evidence on a companion of choice during labor and birth has been available for many years and is endorsed by key international associations including the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, International Confederation of Midwives, International Pediatric Association, and the White Ribbon Alliance ([@B3], [@B4]). Nonetheless, the practice often faces resistance from policy-makers and service providers ([@B5]).
Qualitative research confirms that women hope to have this continuous support to improve their childbirth experience ([@B6]). In a review of mistreatment during labor, Bohren et al. (2015) found that many women express the desire for support during childbirth, but that many facilities around the globe deny women the right to have a companion of choice present ([@B7]). In the review, the denial of a companion was an official facility policy in some study sites, highlighting an institutionalized inconsistency with the current evidence and practice recommendations.
CURRENT CHALLENGES AND GAPS FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
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Little is known about the availability of companion of choice during labor and birth at health facilities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), but it is believed to vary between and within countries. Some countries, including Argentina and Uruguay, have passed legislation, but research from Latin American countries on this topic is limited ([@B8]). Studies were conducted mainly in Brazil, and a few in Chile, where companion of choice is implemented. Women and their companions reported a positive experience, based on feelings of physical and emotional well-being, less fear and pain, and increased self-confidence ([@B9]--[@B11]). Health teams also reported a positive experience; however, reluctance to allow companionship was also reported ([@B12]--[@B14]).
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is aligned with global and regional commitments, such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health, and their adaptation to the Region in the Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas 2018--2030 ([@B15]--[@B17]). PAHO understands that companion of choice can contribute to fulfilling those international agreements, in particular the three objectives of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health: Survive, Thrive, and Transform ([@B16]). Companion of choice could be a way to ensure the rights of women and their families, in providing respectful maternity care for women and newborns, reducing the number of interventions without medical justification, and improving the quality of care and the experience of care.
To better understand the policy situation, we conducted an online survey to identify: 1) existing regulatory instruments related to companion of choice in LAC countries; and, 2) key characteristics of implementation of companion of choice, where regulation exists.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
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An online survey to address the information gap was conducted from April to June 2015 using a brief questionnaire available in four languages (English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish) and compatible with different web browsers. The questionnaire was tested with selected faculty members of the University of Chile. It included closed-ended questions with multiple choice responses. Respondents were asked about the existence of regulatory instruments and the type of regulation (national policy, norms, decrees, institutional protocols) for companion of choice; as well as implementation components including practices to orient women, companions, and health providers; and the characteristics of companions. If the respondent indicated in the first question that there was no regulation in their country, the platform ended the questionnaire. An individual link allowed each respondent to complete the questionnaire only once.
The intended participants included midwifery providers in health services (clinicians), teaching universities, and management in public or private institutions. In a first round, an invitation to participate was e-mailed to members of a midwifery virtual community of practice, managed by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Development of Midwifery at the University of Chile. Given the limited number of initial responses, to solicit broader participation, an e-mail invitation was then sent to midwifery key informants in countries from which no responses had been received.
Participation in the survey was anonymous and voluntary; all questionnaire respondents were considered to have given their informed consent to participate. Ethical approval was not requested, as the survey did not record any personal information and was designed only to capture information regarding the existence of a potential public benefit. The survey was managed through the SurveyMonkey platform; data were collated in an Excel spreadsheet and analyzed using the Stata 13.0 statistical package.
RESULTS
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A total of 112 participants completed the survey, from 20 of the 43 LAC countries and territories ([Table 1](#tbl01){ref-type="table"}). Respondents were mostly teachers from public (34.7%) and private (10.2%) universities, clinicians from the public system (26.5%) and private sector (11.3%), and stakeholders from the public system (14.1%) and private sector (3.2%). The number of respondents per country varied: 39 from Chile; 10 from Mexico; 5--8 from Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Peru, and Uruguay; and 1--3 from 12 other countries ([Table 1](#tbl01){ref-type="table"}).
Among the 20 countries on which responses were received, 7 countries were reported to have a national policy or legislation; 5 to have ministerial norms or institutional protocols, and 8 to have no existing policy or legislation. Four countries were reported to have a national policy: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Uruguay.
For those nine countries where respondents indicated that an orientation was provided to the companion, two indicated that orientation was provided during pregnancy, three that it was provided upon admission to the facility for birth, and four that it was provided both during pregnancy and during admission. Only six countries reported that orientation or educational materials were available for health staff ([Table 2](#tbl02){ref-type="table"}).
Regarding the characteristics of companions of choice permitted, the majority reported the husband was allowed, followed by a relative or friend. The responses of two countries did not indicate that the husband was allowed; however, the survey did not capture if there were restrictions on men being present. Nine countries were reported to allow continuous support, meaning that the companion could remain throughout labor and birth; in three countries the companion was only allowed during labor; and in four the companion was allowed during cesarean section as well as vaginal births ([Table 2](#tbl02){ref-type="table"}).
###### Survey responses on existence of regulations for companion at birth, by country
\(A\) Country \(B\) Respondents (*n* = 112) \(C\) Knowledge of existing regulation \(D\) Existing national policy or guideline
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Argentina 6 3 3 Yes
Barbados 1 1 (...)
Belize 1 1 Yes
Bolivia 3 1 2 Yes
Brazil 8 8 Yes
Chile 39 37 2 Yes
Colombia 1 1 Yes
Costa Rica 2 2 Yes
Dominican Republic 3 3 (...)
Ecuador 5 5 Yes
El Salvador 8 8 Yes
Guatemala 1 1 Yes
Haiti 1 1 Yes
Jamaica 2 2 NA[^\*^](#TFN1){ref-type="fn"}
Mexico 10 10 Yes
Paraguay 3 1 2 Yes
Peru 6 4 2 Yes
Puerto Rico 2 2 NA[^\*^](#TFN1){ref-type="fn"}
Trinidad and Tobago 2 2 Yes
Uruguay 8 8 Yes
Total 112 73 39
Did not participate in the survey
(...) missing information
***Source:*** Columns A to C: prepared by authors from the survey results; Column D: from Global Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Policy Survey 2018--2019. Geneva: World Health Organization (unpublished).
DISCUSSION
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The WHO recommends a companion of choice during labor and birth for the improvement of maternal and perinatal outcomes and women's satisfaction with health care services ([@B1]). Having a labor companion has been shown to impact positively on women's experience of care ([@B1], [@B11]). Given its importance, we attempted to understand the prevalence of this practice in LAC countries. We reached out to midwifery personnel, assuming that they would be knowledgeable about this practice in their settings. The participants' responses from 20 countries show that the situation regarding companion of choice in LAC varies in terms of the type and scope of legal instruments and institutional norms in place. Some respondents indicated that no formal legal or institutional instruments were available.
The fifth round of the Global Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Policy Survey was conducted in 2018--2019, using an online questionnaire administered to each WHO Member State. It included a question on policy related to companion of choice during labor and birth. Thirty countries or territories of the Americas participated in the Global Policy Survey and 22 indicated their country had a national policy or guideline that recommended the presence of a companion of choice during labor and birth. We compared the results of the Global Policy Survey with the responses obtained in the midwifery community of practice survey, and included these in [Table 1](#tbl01){ref-type="table"}. Comparison was possible for 16 of the 20 countries presented, and in 11 instances there was a difference between the responses in the Global Policy Survey and those from individual respondents in the midwifery community of practice survey. In two cases, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, the difference can be explained by the fact that legislation was introduced subsequent to the midwifery community of practice survey.
In addition, in the midwifery community of practice survey, in five cases, multiple respondents from the same country provided contradictory responses. This may be due to decentralized systems and regional variations within countries impacting on knowledge of national laws. However, the contradictory responses and the difference from the Global Policy Survey could indicate that midwifery personnel may not know about regulations and guidelines regarding companion of choice in their country.
If midwifery personnel are unaware, we speculate whether women are aware of the right to a companion. Two studies in Brazil showed that most childbearing women were not aware of their right ([@B18], [@B19]), despite the existence since 2005 of a national law supporting companion of choice. Furthermore, there are less than expected levels of implementation of this recommendation, which we attribute mainly to policy restrictions or inadequate provision in health facilities; however, we believe it could also reflect resistance from health staff to the participation of the companion ([@B14], [@B20], [@B21]), as well as a lack of commitment to empowering women to actively participate in their childbirth experience ([@B7]). The general perception of respondents is that a companion is more frequent during vaginal birth than in cesarean section, and continuous rather than partial, although findings from other studies show that companionship is frequently not continuous throughout labor and birth ([@B20]) and that companionship during labor is not always allowed ([@B14]).
###### Survey responses on characteristics of regulation, by country (for those countries where respondents indicated a regulation exists)
+-------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Country | Type of regulations identified | Continuous or partial companionship allowed | Type of birth for which companion allowed | Companion of choice allowed | Orientation provided to health teams | Orientation provided to companions |
+=============+================================+=============================================+===========================================+=============================+======================================+========================================================+
| Argentina | National policy | Continuous [^a^](#TFN2a){ref-type="fn"} | Vaginal | Husband | None | None |
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| | MOH | | | | | |
+-------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Barbados | Ordinance | Continuous | Vaginal | Relative | (...) | (...) |
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| | Decree | | | | | |
+-------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Bolivia | Ordinance | Continuous | CS | Friend | Orientation session(s) | Orientation upon admission at birth |
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| | Decree/ | | | | | |
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| | IP | | | | | |
+-------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Brazil | National policy | Continuous | Vaginal | (...) | Orientation session(s) | Orientation provided during pregnancy; |
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| | MOH | | | | | Orientation upon admission at birth |
+-------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Chile | MOH | Continuous | Vaginal | Relative | None | Orientation provided during pregnancy; |
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| | IP | | | | | Orientation upon admission at birth |
+-------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Colombia | MOH | Partial [^b^](#TFN2b){ref-type="fn"} | CS | Friend | Educational materials | Educational material during admission |
+-------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Costa Rica | MOH/IP | Partial | Vaginal | Husband | Orientation session(s) | Orientation provided during pregnancy |
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| | | | | | Educational materials | Educational materials provided upon admission at birth |
+-------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Ecuador | IP | Partial | CS | Relative | (...) | Orientation during pregnancy |
+-------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Paraguay | IP | Continuous | Vaginal | Friend | (...) | (...) |
+-------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Peru | National policy | Continuous | Vaginal | Husband | Orientation session(s) | Orientation upon admission at birth |
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| | IP | | | | | |
+-------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Puerto Rico | Ordinance | Continuous | Vaginal | Relative | Orientation session(s) | Orientation provided during pregnancy; |
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| | Decree | | | | | Orientation upon admission at birth |
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+-------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Uruguay | National policy | Continuous | (...) | Friend | None | Orientation during pregnancy |
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| | MOH | | | | | |
+-------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
***Source:*** prepared by authors from the results.
MOH, Ministry of Health; IP, Institutional protocols; CS, Cesarean section
During labor and birth
During labor or birth
(...) missing information
Orientation of the woman, her companion, and health providers is considered important to ensure the quality of the intervention and that women, companions and health providers can work together as a team. Responses showed that this orientation is generally offered, with one country indicating it is not offered, and two with no response.
This exercise had methodological limitations, including a convenience sample. The number of responses per country varied widely, from 1 to 39. Nor can we generalize to all LAC countries, as less than a half of the countries in the region were represented. Participation was voluntary; those who participated were not selected based on their knowledge of national policy and legislation, and we made an assumption that midwives would be aware of policies on companion of choice. As mentioned, for five countries there were variations among participants in responses to some of the questions.
Despite these limitations, this exercise raises questions regarding midwives' knowledge of legislation in their country and confirms that more robust efforts are needed to clarify not only the policy status on companion of choice during labor and birth but also key implementation characteristics, and to ensure its availability to all women in LAC.
CONCLUSIONS
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Although the evidence on companion of choice during labor and birth has been available for many years and is endorsed by key international associations, it appears that there are countries in LAC which have not implemented companion of choice, or that any existing laws are not yet well known. A more robust effort should be undertaken to understand the status of companion of choice for labor and birth in LAC countries at national, regional, and local level, in public and private facilities. It is important to know if policies exist, at what level of the system, and if key stakeholders including maternity-care health providers and women are aware of them. Efforts to understand barriers to implementing this important recommendation are also needed. Monitoring frameworks that capture implementation will help improve quality of care and ensure women and newborns receive the quality of care they are entitled to. WHO and PAHO call upon key partners including governments, United Nations sister agencies, professional organizations, international organizations, and civil society organizations to work together to advance this important recommendation to improve the well-being of women and newborns.
Author contributions.
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BDM and LB conceived the study and designed the instrument. LB and JO led the data collection and analysis. LB and AP interpreted the results and wrote the paper. All authors reviewed and approved the revised final version.
Acknowledgments.
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Our sincere thanks to the participants who responded to the survey; and to Theresa Diaz and Elizabeth Katwan from WHO Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Ageing for their support in providing the data we used from the SRMNCAH Policy Survey.
Disclaimer.
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Authors hold sole responsibility for the views expressed in the manuscript, which may not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the *RPSP/PAJPH* and/or PAHO.
[^1]: **Conflicts of interest.**
None declared
| 2023-09-07T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/8080 |
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 2:43 pm #BB21 Live Feed Updates @BB21LiveFeeds · 15h Tommy says he's sleeping in the Have Not Room again tonight. He says he isn't being anti-social, he just likes it up there. #BB21
5h #BB21 In case you missed some of the action last night, here's a thread of Nicole talking to Tommy (started at about 11:55pm BBT).
#BB21 Nicole - How are you feeling about everything? Tommy - I think as good as I could feel. Of course I'm so happy for you. Of course I would've loved if it was me. It's ok. I'm gonna enjoy every single minute that I have in the house.
#BB21 Tommy - I will be campaigning. I think it's disrespectful of the game to give up. Nicole - You shouldn't give up. Tommy - But I'm ok. I'm at peace no matter what. I'm in good spirits. I love being in this house.
#BB21 Tommy - I definitely will be campaigning. All I know is I know nothing *laughs*. I know I wanna be here. I know I love you. I know I love this game. Nicole - I see it, & um I told you a few days ago I really want you here, & I want to move forward. Tommy - I know, me too.
#BB21 Nicole - So yeah, I'm gonna try to work some magic. Tommy - I would love that. I would! But, I'm not gonna get my hopes up. *Nicole hugs him* I know I got a good campaign. I know I do. I know anything can happen.
#BB21 Nicole - I am on board that train so if I can talk to Cliff or you can talk to Cliff. Tommy - Yeah I'm going to. Nicole - I know it's awkward and it's gonna make people angry, but I think it's fairer. Tommy - I think so too. I do too.
#BB21 Nicole - *whispers excitedly* We can make it happen! Just moving forward. Tommy - You know what I wanted to do before this. You know what I still want to do. Nicole - I think it would have been easier had Holly been HOH with Michie the one next to you. Tommy - I get it.
#BB21 Nicole - But if he's (Michie) so scary, why not disarm him? Tommy - I'm gonna try. That's exactly where my head is at. I don't know what deals were made. I feel a little out of the loop, but all I can do is speak for myself & what I see is the overall picture of the game.
#BB21 Tommy - I think it would be beneficial for you & Cliff if I was here next week. Nicole - Probably here I go, shooting myself in the foot. Tommy - No. I keep this to myself. Nicole - I'm being very honest with you. A deal was made. Tommy - I'm sure.
#BB21 Nicole - It was (a deal made). To 4. Which I was ok with cause Christie scared the beejeezus outta me. As much as I want to remain loyal, & be final 4 & get there together, I know it's not smart. There's this voice in the back of my head that's like, 'you idiot'. You know?
#BB21 Tommy to Nicole - I know. I will only say that to you (that I assume that a deal has been made). I'm just gonna go in & just speak what I know. My truth. I know what I can bring to the final stage of this game. I know that I'm here fighting with you guys.
#BB21 Tommy - I think that you...not that you need me, you don't need me. You clearly proved, both of you proved, you don't need anybody. Nicole - But we do. Tommy - It would be easier if you had me. Nicole - Easier. Also fairer.
#BB21 Nicole to T - *Says she's probably shooting herself in the foot again*...I won this Veto which was literally the most opportune thing. Literally the only option, where I won it. I'm safe. I can take someone down, & he's forced. FORCED. Tommy - Yep. I thought about this.
#BB21 Tommy - I'm gonna give Holly the heads up that I'm doing this because I respect this game & I take the fact that I was picked very seriously and I would never throw it away. I do think that I deserve to be here. Nicole - You absolutely do.
#BB21 Nicole - Michie can't play in the HOH. Tommy - Nope. It's one competition it comes down to. Nicole - So if you were to stay, it would be us 3. Tommy - Yep, & you know I would do that.
#BB21 Nicole - I know. That's the thing. If you're next to Michie, or I am, or Cliff & the other one of us wins the Veto, we can take him out. One of us can go to finals, like. Tommy - That's what I would do because he is the toughest competitor in the house still.
#BB21 Nicole - You know how many people before they left were like 'I'm voting for him (Michie)'? I'm like *punches hand*. Tommy - They lived up here the whole summer. The two of them. Nicole - Yeah, a month. Literally a month.
#BB21 Nicole - It would be easier if Holly was the HOH & Michie was up next to you. But, because it's flipped, it's like 'oh, she's not even really that strong of a competitor' and it's like 'yeah, but they are not gonna take any of us'. They are not gonna defend any of us.
#BB21 Tommy - At the end of the week, you just have the 4 of you. *Michie interrupts Michie - I thought you were in the Boat Room, & I thought you were in the RV Room. Nicole - No, I interrupted him. Nicole & Tommy hug Michie - Did I come at a bad time? I can come back.
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 2:59 pm Joker's BB Updates #BB21 @JokersBBUpdates · 11h Posted 2:57am: Nicole says in all cases it will be 2 vs 2. She says if they get rid of Holly and that's obviously Michie's partner that means Tommy stays. She says her next to Tommy gives her better odds than her next to Holly. #BB21 #BBLF
Posted 3:07am: Nicole says she's smart and knows an alliance is an alliance but she says she didn't come here for 4th place or 3rd place. She says if Tommy goes and then Cliff goes its her, Michie and Holly and that's not good odds for her.... (http://bit.ly/2UEm0Cw) #BB21
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 3:01 pm Joker's BB Updates #BB21 @JokersBBUpdates · 3h Posted 11:42am: Nicole to herself says she knows that the smart move is to take Hol out and she hears her family yelling at her. Nicole says she thinks its really going to happen and Thu it will be her, Cliff and Tom playing for HOH. She hopes... (http://bit.ly/34yv4NZ) #BB21
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 3:04 pm hamsterwatch #bb21 @hamsterwatch · 2h Holly's talking about having an Easter egg hunt.. that's one of the many activities she's talked about that haven't happened (yet) .. Tommy hollered YESSS!! and Nicole said they have to wear their capes .. Holly's laying out the Rules
hamsterwatch #bb21 @hamsterwatch· 54m 24 hours from now Holly will be OTB 🙃
and they will all waffle like crazy til Thursday.. I don't think Nicole and Cliff will change their plan to boot Holly *unless* Tommy tells them about him & Christie, or maybe more likely, Holly or Jackson tell them
don't know if that would change Nicole/Cliff minds either way but it might.. it's the only thing that could make them waver anyway, imo
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 3:07 pm Beth's Blindside😵 [SMEG] @girlsmeg · 37m Jackson said when he finally shot his shot, Holly was mad at him for it. He asks if she was just mad he did it or that it was on tv.
Holly: Both. Jackson: Seriously? #bb21
Jackson asks if Holly would've been mad at him in the real world. Holly says she wouldn't have. She assumes it would be different in the real world. Holly: I was like..at least make it cute. #bb21
Jackson worries about their compatibility because of their ages & being in different places in life. 😬 #bb21
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 3:21 pm #BB21 Live Feed Updates @BB21LiveFeeds· 40m #BB21 Holly says she doesn't like to get drunk Jackson says they need to have conversations about that. He asks if she'll get mad if he goes out. Holly-I don't give a sh*t. Jackson-really? Holly says as long as he's not doing anything sketchy.
#BB21 All 4 cams switch to Cliff. He's talking about when he went zip lining once and how it (BB comics) was a fun competition.
#BB21 Cams back to Jackson and Holly. Holly saying she's gone through her phases of partying and going out all night with her friends. Looking back at it ....She says she has as much fun now going out sober.
#BB21 Jackson says it's a concern where her cross hairs are on in the next couple of years versus his. In there they connect on a personal level but out there it would be different.
#BB21 Jackson and Holly talking about differences between when they're outside the house.
#BB21 Jackson-we'll figure it out. Whatever happens you won't be out of my life. Holly-I know.
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 3:23 pm #BB21 Live Feed Updates @BB21LiveFeeds · 30m #BB21 Talking about BB comics. Jackson says when he came out at 3 it was scorching. Tommy says he was right after him. Someone said something about having 45 minutes.
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 4:39 pm #BB21 Live Feed Updates @BB21LiveFeeds · 1h Tommy and Cliff are talking. Cliff says he is excited to see his family and that he would be fine if the season ended now. #BB21
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 4:44 pm #BB21 Live Feed Updates @BB21LiveFeeds · 5m #BB21 Nicole - I feel horrible about it. Cliff - Don't feel too horrible. They've been doing well this whole show. They've never had much in the way of threats. Nicole - Especially Holly. Cliff - They will be pissed but hopefully they get over it. We've got plenty of time.
BB21 Cliff to Nicole - As much as I've talked about honoring your word and things like that, I don't want you to think that I'm not strongly considering because at the end of this thing
#BB21 Cliff to Nicole - If Tommy comes out and says we had a side agreement, we can come out and say 'you guys, you were playing both sides'.
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 5:07 pm #BB21 Live Feed Updates @BB21LiveFeeds · 2m The HG are speaking about Jess and how she talks. They are saying she talks loudly, slowly, and pronounces her words strongly. Holly says "did anyone else notice the number of 'likes' in each sentence?" #bb21
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 5:17 pm hamsterwatch #bb21 @hamsterwatch · 2m on feeds, Jackson retold his Diary when asked about Kemi's comic: "I was like Keminator..." and he mouthed "I don't get it" into his mic
I don't get it either, other than he still can't let a day go by without bringing her up
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 5:25 pm #BB21 Live Feed Updates @BB21LiveFeeds · 40s (feeds) Tommy says he is so happy to of stayed in the house long enough to see Nicole come out of her shell. Not a lot of people saw that. Holly says she is finally starting to feel heard. Cliff says everyone is the Jury house is gonna be surprised. #bb21
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 5:29 pm #BB21 Live Feed Updates @BB21LiveFeeds · 1m (feeds) Michie says this double was amazing and changed the course of the game. Tommy: usually DE is an opportunity to get out a floater. But first off i dont think we had any floaters this season. I dont think anyone was portrayed tht way. #bb21
Holly and Michie classifies Jess as a floater.
The rest agree, and were wondering if it was strategy. They dont think it was strategy, until maybe the end. #bb21
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 5:38 pm hamsterwatch #bb21 @hamsterwatch "if it works out between us, great" but "if I saw her dating someone else it wouldn't bother me negatively, it would truly make me happy" ..he said that was new for him so yay personal growth, baby steps etc
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 5:39 pm #BB21 Live Feed Updates @BB21LiveFeeds · 34s (feeds) Michie to Tommy about Holly and him: But, not on a maturity level but on a where we are in life. 24 to 31, there are a lot of things that change in those years. Where im at in life rn, to where i will be in the next 3-4years may not be the same place she is in life. #bb21
Sunday, September 08, 2019 - 5:42 pm #BB21 Live Feed Updates @BB21LiveFeeds · 2m (feeds) Michie to Tommy about Holly and him: By the time she is 32, 33,34..shes gonna wanna settle down probably. Assuming, but who knows. But, im just not at tht point in my life rn. Ive spent the past 5,6,7 years doing things for other people. | 2023-12-03T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/4023 |
Companies slow to adopt AI-based productivity improvements be warned: Artificial intelligence is the biggest commercial opportunity for companies, industries and nations over the next few decades, according to a recent report from PwC. AI advances will increase global GDP by up to 14% between now and 2030, the equivalent of an additional $15.7 trillion contribution to the world’s economy.
If PwC's predictions prove to be true, AI latecomers will find themselves at a serious competitive disadvantage within the next several years.
In the near term, around $6.6 trillion of the expected GDP growth will come from productivity gains, such as the continued automation of routine tasks. Over time, increased consumer demand for AI-enhanced offerings will overtake productivity gains and result in an additional $9.1 trillion of GDP growth by 2030.
But that's not all.
Network effects will further increase consumer demand. AI front-runners will gain an enormous competitive advantage through their ability to leverage this rich supply of customer data to shape product developments and business models, making it harder for slower moving competitors to catch up.
China is expected to see the greatest economic gains from AI, a $7 trillion or 26% boost in GDP growth. One reason is the high proportion of China’s GDP that is based on manufacturing, where AI is expected to have a particularly big impact between now and 2030. Even more important over the longer term is China’s higher rate of AI investments compared to North America and Europe.
In North America, the economic gains from AI are expected to reach $3.7 trillion or 14.5% of GDP growth by 2030. North America will see the fastest growth in the near term, given its current lead in AI technologies, applications, and market readiness. But China will likely begin to catch up by the middle 2020s given its accelerating AI investments.
AI is expected to drive $1.8 trillion or 9.9% of GDP growth in Northern Europe; $0.7 trillion or 11.5% of GDP growth in Southern Europe; and $0.9 trillion or 10.4% AI-based growth in the more developed Asian markets, e.g., Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong. Developing economies will experience more modest GDP growth due to their lower AI adoption rates. Latin America will see $0.5 trillion or 5.4%; and the rest of the world, - Africa, Oceania and less developed Asian markets - will see $1.2 trillion or 5.6% GDP growth.
PwC also examined the impact of AI across eight major global sectors by creating the AI Impact Index. The Index was developed by first identifying the most compelling AI use cases in each sector, a total of almost 300 use cases. Each use case was then evaluated across multiple dimension, including utility value, ability to enhance personalization, saving time for consumers, and data availability. Adoption time frames were another important factor, based on the percentage of use cases in each sector that can be implement in the near term (0-3 years), mid term (3-7 years) and long term (7+ years). After scoring all use cases across these dimensions, PwC calculated an overall AI impact score for each sector, with 1 being the lowest and 5 the highest.
Let me summarize the key findings for several of the sectors:
Healthcare
AI impact score: 3.7.
Highest potential use cases: Supporting diagnosis in areas such as detecting small variations from the baseline in patients’ health data or comparison with similar patients; Early identification of potential pandemics and tracking incidence of the disease to help prevent and contain its spread; Imaging diagnostics (radiology, pathology).
Adoption time frame: near term - 37%; mid term - 23%; long term - 40%.
Automotive
AI impact score: 3.7.
Highest potential use cases: Autonomous fleets for ride sharing; Semi-autonomous features such as driver assist; Engine monitoring and predictive, autonomous maintenance.
Adoption time frame: near term - 35%; mid term - 47%; long term - 18%.
Financial Services
AI impact score: 3.3.
Highest potential use cases: Personalized financial planning; Fraud detection and anti-money laundering; Process automation – not just back office functions, but customer facing operations as well.
Adoption time frame: near term - 41%; mid term - 59%.
Retail
AI impact score: 3.0.
Highest potential use cases: Personalized design and production; Anticipating customer demand – for example, retailers are beginning to use deep learning to predict customers’ orders in advance; Inventory and delivery management.
Adoption time frame: near term - 54%; mid term - 38%; long term - 8%.
Energy
AI impact score: 2.2.
Highest potential use cases: Smart metering – real-time information on energy usage, helping to reduce bills; More efficient grid operation and storage; Predictive infrastructure maintenance.
Adoption time frame: near term - 39%; mid term - 44%; long term - 17%.
Manufacturing
AI impact score: 2.2.
Highest potential use cases: Enhanced monitoring and auto-correction of manufacturing processes;
Supply chain and production optimization; On-demand production.
Adoption time frame: near term - 14%; mid term - 83%; long term - 3%.
Finally, PwC recommends four key steps to help firms realize AI’s game-changing potential:
Work out what AI means for your business. Identify the key technological developments and competitive pressures in your industry, as well as how quickly they will arrive. Then put in place the right operational plan for automation and AI.
Prioritize your response. How can different AI options help you deliver your business goals? What’s your readiness for change? Are you an early adopter, fast follower or follower? Are you trying to transform your business to keep up or to attempt to disrupt your sector?
Make sure you have the right talent and culture, as well as technology. As has been the case with other disruptive technologies, their costs will decline over time. However, the supply of data and how it’s used are likely to become the primary asset. As AI adoption gathers pace, the value of skills that can’t be replicated by machines will also increase.
Build in appropriate governance and control. AI needs to be managed with the same discipline as other transformative technologies. Trust and transparency are critical. Mechanisms must be put in place to ensure that data and AI management are integrated. “Transparency is not only important in guarding against biases within the AI, but also helping to increase human understanding of what the AI can do and how to use it most effectively.”
“The ultimate commercial potential of AI is doing things that have never been done before, rather than simply automating or accelerating existing capabilities,” notes the report in conclusion. “Some of the strategic options that emerge won’t match past experience or gut feelings. As a business leader, you may therefore have to take a leap of faith. The prize is being far more capable, in a far more relevant way, than your business could ever be without the infinite possibilities of AI.”
Irving Wladawsky-Berger worked at IBM for 37 years and has been a strategic advisor to Citigroup, HBO and Mastercard. He is affiliated with MIT and Imperial College, and is a regular contributor to CIO Journal. | 2024-03-02T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/8088 |
Q:
"If earth had rings like Saturn": A few further thoughts on the consequences
I came across this video recently where artists depicted what it would look like if Earth had rings like Saturn. http://www.wimp.com/earthrings/
Please note: The video contains already some information on what I ask here, but I can't assess its reliability, therefore I'd appreciate any scientific thoughts on it :)
1) Earth has roughly a distance of 1 AU to the sun, Saturn between 9 and 10. Sun's gravity would therefore have a much stronger influence on these rings. Would it already be enough to distort the rings (e.g. even leading to the sun "stealing" parts of it) or would the rings still have a ring shape?
2) How well would the objects in such rings be visible from earth? The Saturn rings are mostly dust and ice as far as I know, but there are surely some larger objects. Depending on material and size some object would probably be visible to the naked eye, right? Is there (probably yes) a formula to calculate what materials and sizes are required to achieve this?
3) Would those rings not be constantly raining particles down on earth? Would there be a much higher risk of dangerous impacts for the earth's population?
4) Are the colours used in the video precise? Don't they depend on the angle? What influence would our atmosphere have onto them?
5) Would those rings have the same orbital inclination or would theirs differ from earth's to an extent where the difference becomes visible?
6) What shadow would these rings cause on earth? Would they be dense enough to "shade out" complete stretchs of land?
I'm aware that these are hypothetical questions. But I find it, especially as an author of sci-fi and fantasy, nonetheless very interesting.
Thank you for your interest!
Pat
A:
This is a big one, so I'll split it into parts based on the questions you asked:
1) Earth has roughly a distance of 1 AU to the sun, Saturn between 9 and 10. Sun's gravity would therefore have a much stronger influence on these rings. Would it already be enough to distort the rings (e.g. even leading to the sun "stealing" parts of it) or would the rings still have a ring shape?
Sun would not have too much of an influence because the rings are all individually gravitationally bound to the earth (similar to the moon, and you don't see moon being affected by the sun, gravitationally; the rings will be much closer to the earth and hence even less affected).
The moon, on the other hand, would distort a few rings due to orbital resonances (similar to Titan Ringlets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#Colombo_Gap_and_Titan_Ringlet and resonant gaps in asteroid belts due to Jovian planets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkwood_gap), and its effect would be much more pronounced because it is closer to the earth than Titan is to Saturn, though limited to a few resonant regions. There will also be ripples if the plane of the moon is different from the plane of the rings (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/11/saturns-rings-do-the-wave/#.U7VjpvmSw08).
2) How well would the objects in such rings be visible from earth? The
Saturn rings are mostly dust and ice as far as I know, but there are
surely some larger objects. Depending on material and size some object
would probably be visible to the naked eye, right? Is there (probably
yes) a formula to calculate what materials and sizes are required to
achieve this?
Most matter in Saturn's ring is particles up to a few metres in size (http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/faq/FAQSaturn/#q6). Resolution of the human eye is about 1' (Is the moon only 60 pixels?), which means at a distance of around 1 to 1.5 Earth radii (given by Roche limit of the earth; this is where the rings will be), the eye can resolve things above a couple of kilometres in size. However, Saturn also has Shepherd moons, which are a few tens of kilometers in size. Such moons, if present, would be visible to naked eye. Also, the gaps would be visible clearly, since they are often big enough.
3) Would those rings not be constantly raining particles down on
earth? Would there be a much higher risk of dangerous impacts for the
earth's population?
There would be collisions/interactions in the rings (I'm guessing, correct me if I'm wrong) which would send particles earthwards. However, the particles which will get thrown will be the lighter, smaller ones (conservation of momentum etc.), and usually small meteoroids are fairly harmless. They will also be slower than the usual meteoroids that enter the earth at above 20 km/s, since the orbital motion of the earth doesn't add up in this case. I am a little unsure about the consequences of them being slower, but anyway, smaller meteoroids should technically be fairly harmless. (Also I couldn't find decent references other than: http://science.howstuffworks.com/question486.htm)
4) Are the colours used in the video precise? Don't they depend on the
angle? What influence would our atmosphere have onto them?
I believe so. This section shows true colour images of the rings from two different angles, and there doesn't seem to be a significant change in the colouration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#Subdivisions_and_structures_within_the_rings. The atmosphere will probably affect the rings closer to the horizon, with redder colouration similar to sunrise/sunset and moonrise/moonset.
5) Would those rings have the same orbital inclination or would theirs
differ from earth's to an extent where the difference becomes visible?
Depends largely on the formation history. This FAQ question here discusses this fairly well: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/faq/FAQSaturn/#q14
6) What shadow would these rings cause on earth? Would they be dense
enough to "shade out" complete stretchs of land?
There will be shadow similar to that due to clouds, since the rings are not too thick or dense. In many of the Cassini photos, you can see through the rings, so it is likely that the sunlight would still pass through, but would be dimmed (it would be interesting to see by what factor; I cannot say for sure with my knowledge). Also, remember that the earth will still be rotating but the ring system will be dynamically static, so there will be extended periods of darkness during the day for some regions at different times of the year.
I will add more to this if something comes to mind. I hope this was helpful.
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1. Technical Field
Various embodiments generally relate to a semiconductor apparatus, and more particularly, to a semiconductor apparatus having a plurality of stacked chips electrically coupled to one another by a through-via and a metal layer.
2. Related Art
In order to increase integration of a semiconductor apparatus, a 3 dimensional (3D) semiconductor apparatus has been proposed. A 3D semiconductor apparatus may include a plurality of chips stacked and packaged in a single package. The 3D semiconductor apparatus achieves maximum integration in given space by vertically stacking two or more chips.
According to some 3D semiconductor apparatuses, a plurality of the same type of chips are stacked and the plurality of the same type of chips are coupled to one another through metal line like wires. In this way, the plurality of the same type of chips operates as a single semiconductor apparatus.
Some 3D semiconductor apparatuses may implement “Through Silicon Via” (TSV) electrically coupling all of a plurality of stacked chips by penetrating the plurality of stacked chips with “via”. A semiconductor apparatus having the TSV structure vertically penetrating and coupling each of the plurality of chips effectively reduces the size of the package better than a semiconductor apparatus utilizing the wire structure to couple each of the plurality of chips through edge-wiring.
In general, the location for each TSV in each of the plurality of stacked chips is formed at corresponding locations to match the locations of the other stacked chips. Therefore, when the chips are stacked, all of the stacked chips should be electrically coupled to one another. However, when there is a need to change the electrical connections of part of the stacked chips, the structure of the stacked chips would then need to be changed. These changes cause the costs to increase. Currently, 3D semiconductor apparatuses are developed depending on the function needed and in accordance with the electronic device comprising the 3D semiconductor apparatus. For example, a high-bandwidth semiconductor apparatus widens a bandwidth of the apparatus by allowing a plurality of stacked chips to operate independently from one another with a plurality of channels while the plurality of stacked chips form a single semiconductor apparatus. | 2023-12-30T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/1595 |
Stolen Vehicle Crashes Into CHP Car
The California Highway Patrol says the driver of a stolen SUV attempted to run down two of their officers Thursday morning in Sacramento.
The officers spotted the SUV in the parking lot of the of a motel off Madison Avenue at about 10:30 a.m. One officer fired a single shot at the driver who drove away.
The suspect abandoned the SUV two blocks away and was caught in a trailer park a short time later. Neither the suspect nor the officers were injured. The officer who fired the shot is on paid administrative leave.
Bob reports on all things northern California and Nevada. His coverage of police technology, local athletes, and the environment has won a regional Associated Press and several Edward R. Murrow awards. Read Full Bio | 2024-01-31T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/7782 |
NEW DELHI: Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is making his debut in the world of commercial fitness, by launching a chain of gyms.
In the first-of-its-kind venture for any sportsperson in the country, Dhoni has started a venture, SportsFit World Pvt Ltd, to open 200 gyms across the country in five years, his business partner and manager Arun Pandey said.
A person familiar with the development said a couple of overseas investors have picked up minority stakes in SportsFit World and that the company will invest 1,500-2,000 crore in five years.
Pandey would not confirm this. He said the first four of these gyms, branded SportsFit, will open within four-eight weeks.
The gyms will be run either as company-owned or as franchisees, details of which are still being worked out, Pandey said.
SportsFit Chief Executive Officer Pankaj Guliani said the gyms will focus on performance-based fitness.
"As wicketkeeper and batsman, Dhoni does a minimum of 540 squats in one day of a Test match. So our entire objective is to set new standards of fitness among Indians," Guliani said.
Before joining SportsFit, Guliani was engaged in the business of fitness equipment.
The first SportsFit gym will open at Gurgaon, spread across 25,000 sq ft in the upcoming mall, Global Foyer.
It will be followed by gyms in Delhi, Chandigarh and Faridabad.
India's overall fitness market is estimated at 4,000 crore, according to a PwC-Ficci report of the wellness industry released in September 2011. Fitness services and slimming centres account for almost two-thirds of it at around 2,600 crore.
The fitness market is estimated to be growing at over 30% - the fastest-growing sector in the overall wellness market comprising gyms, spas and fitness equipment used at homes and slimming centres.
Guliani said SportsFit intends to be "the country's most ambitious fitness brand".
To do that, India's most successful cricket captain will have to flex his muscles against several strong national chains such as Gold's Gym, Talwalkars, FitnessOne and Snap Fitness. SportsFit gyms may also open a new avenue for brands that Dhoni endorses.Despite India's back-to-back series losses in England and Australia and a recent slump in cricket's popularity, marketers continue to bet on the 30-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman.The cricketer endorses 23 brands, including Reebok, Pepsi, Aircel and Dabur.Dhoni's endorsement fee ranges from Rs 4-8 crore per year, making him the most expensive cricketer. Pandey's Rhiti Sports - which manages Dhoni's endorsements, brand associations, patents and digital rights, images, visibility on social networking sites and merchandise - has surpassed the 210-crore minimum guarantee in its three-year contract with Dhoni signed in 2010. | 2023-09-23T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/7242 |
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Simplify ((f**(2/9)*f)/(f*f**(-2/5)))/(f*f*f*f**4)**(4/27) assuming f is positive.
f**(-56/135)
Simplify ((y**1/y)**(7/6)*y**(-1/3)/y*y/(y/(y*y**(-5))))**25 assuming y is positive.
y**(-400/3)
Simplify p*p**(-2/5)*(p**(-1/8)/p)/p*((p*p*p/((p**(-5)/p)/p)*p*p)/p*p)/p*p**11/p assuming p is positive.
p**(779/40)
Simplify (d*d*d*d*d**(4/15)/d*d)/d*d**(7/5)*d**(-15)/(d*d**8) assuming d is positive.
d**(-58/3)
Simplify (i*i/(i*i**(-1/8))*i*i**(-4/7))/((i*i**(2/23)*i)/i**24) assuming i is positive.
i**(30225/1288)
Simplify (((c**(-1/4))**(-5))**50)**(-2/15) assuming c is positive.
c**(-25/3)
Simplify (n**(-2/7)*n**(-4/5)*(n**1)**(-5/9))**(-49) assuming n is positive.
n**(3619/45)
Simplify ((w/(w/((w**(-1/9)*w)/w)))/w**(-2/49))/(w**(3/8))**50 assuming w is positive.
w**(-33199/1764)
Simplify (r*r**(-3/8)*r*r)/(r/(r**1*r))*r**(-2/13)/(((r/(r*(r**(-2/7)*r*r)/r))/r)/r) assuming r is positive.
r**(4503/728)
Simplify (l*l/(l**(3/4)/l)*l*((l*l**(2/17))/l)/l)/((l*(l*l/((l*l**(1/4)/l*l)/l))/l)/l)**(-1/7) assuming l is positive.
l**(589/238)
Simplify ((d**(-3/7)/d**(-1/31))**(3/11))**(-8) assuming d is positive.
d**(2064/2387)
Simplify (n*(n*n**(-2))/n)**(-45)*n**(-9)*n**(14/9) assuming n is positive.
n**(338/9)
Simplify ((f*f**(-8/3))/f*f**(-2/9))/(f**(-1/3)*f)**9 assuming f is positive.
f**(-80/9)
Simplify ((d/(d**(-12/7)/d))/d)**(-2/133)*d**(-1/2)*d**(-29) assuming d is positive.
d**(-2895/98)
Simplify ((c**(-4)/c)/(c/(c*((c/(c/c**(-5)*c)*c)/c)/c*c))*(((c*c**(10/3)*c)/c)/c*c)/(c*c*c**(1/6)*c))**(-38) assuming c is positive.
c**(1121/3)
Simplify c**(-14)*c**10*c*(c/(c*(c**(3/5)*c)/c))/c*c*c*(c**(-5/7)*c)/c assuming c is positive.
c**(-116/35)
Simplify (p**0/(p**(2/13)/p*p*p)*((p*(p*p/(p/(p/p**(2/7)*p)))/p*p*p)/p)**(4/5))**22 assuming p is positive.
p**(18194/455)
Simplify (h**5/(h*h*h**(-11/2)/h*h))/(h**6/((h/(h**(4/15)*h)*h*h)/h)) assuming h is positive.
h**(97/30)
Simplify ((q**(-5/6)/q)/q**(-7/2))/(q**(5/4)*(q/q**10)/q) assuming q is positive.
q**(125/12)
Simplify (c**(-3))**(-26)/(((c**(-4)/c)/c)/c)**(-4/13) assuming c is positive.
c**(986/13)
Simplify ((d**(-10)/d)/d*d)**(-9)/(d*d**(-41)*d**(-15)) assuming d is positive.
d**154
Simplify (w**(2/7)/w*w)/(w/(w**(11/6)/w))*(w**6)**47 assuming w is positive.
w**(11849/42)
Simplify (d**(2/19))**(-3/14)/(d**(2/15)/d**14) assuming d is positive.
d**(27619/1995)
Simplify (x**26/(x*x/((x*x**(6/11)*x)/x)))/(x**(-23)*(x/(x/x**(2/5)))/x) assuming x is positive.
x**(2703/55)
Simplify (c/c**(3/8))**(-29)*(c/(c*c**(-20))*c)/(c/(c**(3/2)*c)*c) assuming c is positive.
c**(27/8)
Simplify (c**(-1/4)/(c**(5/6)/c))/(c/(c*c/(c**(-2/41)/c)*c)*c/(c/(c/(c*c**10*c)))*c) assuming c is positive.
c**(6379/492)
Simplify (j*j*j*(j/((j*j**(3/7))/j*j))/j)/(j/j**(-3/5))*(j**(-2/5))**(-5/8) assuming j is positive.
j**(31/140)
Simplify (r**(-11/2)/(r*(r/(r*r**(-12))*r)/r))/(r**12/((r/(r/r**(1/3))*r)/r*r)) assuming r is positive.
r**(-175/6)
Simplify (h**(1/4)*h/(h*(h**(4/5)/h)/h)*(h**(-2)/h)**(-40))**(-5/9) assuming h is positive.
h**(-2429/36)
Simplify (p*p**(-1/7))/p**(-1)*p**7/p**1 assuming p is positive.
p**(55/7)
Simplify (l/l**14*l**17)/((l/l**15)/l*l**(3/4)) assuming l is positive.
l**(73/4)
Simplify (q**(-3/2))**(6/19)/(q**(-3))**(18/11) assuming q is positive.
q**(927/209)
Simplify (f*(f**7/f)/f*f**(-9))/((f*f**(2/9))/((f/(f**9/f)*f)/f*f)) assuming f is positive.
f**(-92/9)
Simplify (r/(r/((r*r**(-33))/r))*(r/(r*r*r/r**(5/2)*r))/r)**(-6/11) assuming r is positive.
r**(207/11)
Simplify (c**1/c**(1/18))**(33/7) assuming c is positive.
c**(187/42)
Simplify (a*a/(a/(a*a/(a*a**(1/2)*a)*a)*a*a))**44/(a**36*a/(a/(a*a*a**(3/10)))) assuming a is positive.
a**(-603/10)
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/***************************************************//**
* @file OBPNonlinearityCoeffsProtocol.h
* @date February 2012
* @author Ocean Optics, Inc.
*
* LICENSE:
*
* SeaBreeze Copyright (C) 2014, Ocean Optics Inc
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
* a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
* "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
* without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
* distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
* permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject
* to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
* in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
* MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
* IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
* CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
* TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
* SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*******************************************************/
#ifndef SEABREEZE_OBP_NONLINEARITYCOEFFSPROTOCOL_H
#define SEABREEZE_OBP_NONLINEARITYCOEFFSPROTOCOL_H
#include "common/SeaBreeze.h"
#include "common/buses/Bus.h"
#include "vendors/OceanOptics/protocols/interfaces/NonlinearityCoeffsProtocolInterface.h"
#include <vector>
namespace seabreeze {
namespace oceanBinaryProtocol {
class OBPNonlinearityCoeffsProtocol : public NonlinearityCoeffsProtocolInterface {
public:
OBPNonlinearityCoeffsProtocol();
virtual ~OBPNonlinearityCoeffsProtocol();
virtual std::vector<double> *readNonlinearityCoeffs(const Bus &bus);
};
}
}
#endif
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from godmode.acl import ACL
class BaseGroup:
acl = ACL.ADMIN
name = None
policy = None
index = None
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The best friends and frequent collaborators appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers Friday night to promote their Broadway performances of Waiting for Godot and No Man's Land before McKellen decided to live out his dream of hosting a late night show of his very own. Stewart was obviously booked as McKellen's first guest.
No offense, Meyers (truly – you had a good, brief run), but I think we all know who we really want co-hosting Late Night.
[Late Night with Seth Meyers] | 2024-01-21T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/6912 |
require File.expand_path("../../spec_helper", __FILE__)
describe CouchRest::Connection do
let(:simple_response) { "{\"ok\":true}" }
let(:parser) { MultiJson }
let(:parser_opts) { {:max_nesting => false} }
it "should exist" do
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI "http://localhost:5984")
expect(conn).to respond_to :get
expect(conn).to respond_to :put
expect(conn).to respond_to :post
expect(conn).to respond_to :copy
expect(conn).to respond_to :delete
expect(conn).to respond_to :head
end
describe "initialization" do
it "should not modify the provided URI" do
uri = URI("http://localhost:5984/path/random?query=none#fragment")
s = uri.to_s
CouchRest::Connection.new(uri)
expect(uri.to_s).to eql(s)
end
it "should raise an error if not instantiated with a URI" do
expect { CouchRest::Connection.new("http://localhost:5984") }.to raise_error(/URI::HTTP/)
end
it "should clean the provided URI" do
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI "http://localhost:5984/path/random?query=none#fragment")
expect(conn.uri.to_s).to eql("http://localhost:5984")
end
it "should have instantiated an HTTP connection" do
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI "http://localhost:5984")
expect(conn.http).to be_a(HTTPClient)
expect(conn.http.www_auth.basic_auth.set?).to be_false
end
it "should use the proxy if defined in parameters" do
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI("http://localhost:5984"), :proxy => 'http://proxy')
expect(conn.http.proxy.to_s).to eql('http://proxy')
end
it "should use the proxy if defined in class" do
CouchRest::Connection.proxy = 'http://proxy'
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI "http://localhost:5984")
expect(conn.http.proxy.to_s).to eql('http://proxy')
CouchRest::Connection.proxy = nil
end
it "should allow default proxy to be overwritten" do
CouchRest::Connection.proxy = 'http://proxy'
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI("http://localhost:5984"), :proxy => 'http://proxy2')
expect(conn.http.proxy.to_s).to eql('http://proxy2')
CouchRest::Connection.proxy = nil
end
it "should pass through authentication details" do
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI "http://user:pass@mock")
expect(conn.http.www_auth.basic_auth.set?).to be_true
end
describe "with SSL options" do
it "should leave the default if nothing set" do
default = HTTPClient.new.ssl_config.verify_mode
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI "https://localhost:5984")
expect(conn.http.ssl_config.verify_mode).to eql(default)
end
it "should support disabling SSL verify mode" do
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI("https://localhost:5984"), :verify_ssl => false)
expect(conn.http.ssl_config.verify_mode).to eql(OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE)
end
it "should support enabling SSL verify mode" do
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI("https://localhost:5984"), :verify_ssl => true)
expect(conn.http.ssl_config.verify_mode).to eql(OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER)
end
it "should support setting specific client cert & key" do
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI("https://localhost:5984"),
:ssl_client_cert => 'cert',
:ssl_client_key => 'key',
)
expect(conn.http.ssl_config.client_cert).to eql('cert')
expect(conn.http.ssl_config.client_key).to eql('key')
end
it "should support adding the ca to trust from a file" do
file = Tempfile.new(['server', '.pem'])
File.write(file.path, "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----".gsub(/^\s+/, ''))
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI("https://localhost:5984"),
:ssl_ca_file => file.path
)
conn.http.ssl_config.cert_store_items.should include(file.path)
end
it "should support adding multiple ca certificates from a directory" do
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI("https://localhost:5984"),
:ssl_ca_file => '.'
)
conn.http.ssl_config.cert_store_items.should include('.')
end
end
describe "with timeout options" do
it "should be set on the http object" do
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI("https://localhost:5984"),
:timeout => 23,
:open_timeout => 26,
:read_timeout => 27
)
expect(conn.http.receive_timeout).to eql(23)
expect(conn.http.connect_timeout).to eql(26)
expect(conn.http.send_timeout).to eql(27)
end
end
end
describe "basic requests" do
let :doc do
{ '_id' => 'test-doc', 'name' => 'test document' }
end
let :uri do
URI(DB.to_s + "/test-doc")
end
let :conn do
CouchRest::Connection.new(uri)
end
let :mock_uri do
URI "http://mock/db/test-doc"
end
let :mock_conn do
CouchRest::Connection.new(mock_uri)
end
describe :get do
it "should send basic request" do
DB.save_doc(doc)
res = conn.get(uri.path)
expect(res['name']).to eql(doc['name'])
end
it "should raise exception if document missing" do
uri = URI(DB.to_s + "/missingdoc")
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(uri)
res = nil
expect { res = conn.get(uri.path) }.to raise_error do |e|
expect(e).to be_a(CouchRest::RequestFailed)
expect(e).to be_a(CouchRest::NotFound)
expect(e.response).to eql(res)
end
end
it "should handle 'content_type' header" do
stub_request(:get, "http://mock/db/test")
.with(:headers => {'content-type' => 'fooo'})
.to_return(:body => doc.to_json)
mock_conn.get("db/test", :content_type => 'fooo')
end
it "should handle 'accept' header" do
stub_request(:get, "http://mock/db/test")
.with(:headers => {'accept' => 'fooo'})
.to_return(:body => doc.to_json)
mock_conn.get("db/test", :accept => 'fooo')
end
it "should not overwrite 'Content-Type' header if provided" do
stub_request(:get, "http://mock/db/test")
.with(:headers => {'Content-Type' => 'fooo'})
.to_return(:body => doc.to_json)
mock_conn.get("db/test", :headers => { 'Content-Type' => 'fooo' })
end
it "should not overwrite 'Accept' header if provided in headers" do
stub_request(:get, "http://mock/db/test")
.with(:headers => {'Accept' => 'fooo'})
.to_return(:body => doc.to_json)
mock_conn.get("db/test", :headers => { 'Accept' => 'fooo' })
end
it "should convert 'Content-Type' header options" do
stub_request(:get, "http://mock/db/test")
.with(:headers => {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'})
.to_return(:body => doc.to_json)
mock_conn.get("db/test", :content_type => :json)
end
it "should maintain query parameters" do
stub_request(:get, "http://mock/db/test?q=a")
.to_return(:body => doc.to_json)
expect(mock_conn.get("db/test?q=a")).to eql(doc)
end
it "should not try to parse result with :raw parameter" do
json = doc.to_json
stub_request(:get, "http://mock/db/test")
.to_return(:body => json)
expect(mock_conn.get("db/test", :raw => true)).to eql(json)
end
it "should forward parser options" do
expect(MultiJson).to receive(:load).with(doc.to_json, hash_including(:max_nesting => true))
stub_request(:get, "http://mock/db/test")
.to_return(:body => doc.to_json)
mock_conn.get("db/test", :max_nesting => true)
end
it "should forward parser options (2)" do
expect(MultiJson).to receive(:load).with(doc.to_json, hash_including(:quirks_mode => true))
stub_request(:get, "http://mock/db/test")
.to_return(:body => doc.to_json)
mock_conn.get("db/test", :quirks_mode => true)
end
it "should forward user and password details" do
stub_request(:get, "http://user:pass@mock/db/test")
.to_return(:body => doc.to_json)
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI "http://user:pass@mock")
expect(conn.http.www_auth.basic_auth.force_auth).to be_true
conn.get("db/test")
end
context 'when decode_json_objects is true' do
class TestObject
def self.json_create(args)
new
end
end
before(:all) do
CouchRest.decode_json_objects = true
CouchRest.put "#{COUCHHOST}/#{TESTDB}/test", JSON.create_id => TestObject.to_s
end
after(:all) do
CouchRest.decode_json_objects = false
end
it 'should return the response as a Ruby object' do
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI(COUCHHOST))
expect(conn.get("#{TESTDB}/test").class).to eql(TestObject)
end
end
context 'when decode_json_objects is false (the default)' do
class TestObject2
def self.json_create(args)
new
end
end
before(:all) do
CouchRest.decode_json_objects = false
CouchRest.put "#{COUCHHOST}/#{TESTDB}/test2", JSON.create_id => TestObject.to_s
end
it 'should not return the response as a Ruby object' do
conn = CouchRest::Connection.new(URI(COUCHHOST))
expect(conn.get("#{TESTDB}/test2").class).to eql(Hash)
end
end
describe "with block" do
let :sample_data do
<<-EOF
{
"total_rows": 3, "offset": 0, "rows": [
{"id": "doc1", "key": "doc1", "value": {"rev":"4324BB"}},
{"id": "doc2", "key": "doc2", "value": {"rev":"2441HF"}},
{"id": "doc3", "key": "doc3", "value": {"rev":"74EC24"}}
]
}
EOF
end
it "should handle basic streaming request" do
stub_request(:get, "http://mock/db/test")
.to_return(:body => sample_data)
rows = []
head = mock_conn.get("db/test") do |row|
rows << row
end
expect(rows.length).to eql(3)
expect(head['total_rows']).to eql(3)
expect(rows.first['id']).to eql('doc1')
end
end
end
describe :put do
let :put_doc do
{ '_id' => 'test-put-doc', 'name' => 'test put document' }
end
it "should put a document to the database" do
conn.put("#{TESTDB}/test-put-doc", put_doc)
res = conn.get("#{TESTDB}/test-put-doc")
expect(res['name']).to eql put_doc['name']
expect(res['_rev']).to_not be_nil
end
it "should convert hash into json data" do
stub_request(:put, "http://mock/db/test-put")
.with(:body => put_doc.to_json)
.to_return(:body => simple_response)
mock_conn.put("db/test-put", put_doc)
end
it "should send raw data" do
stub_request(:put, "http://mock/db/test-put")
.with(:body => 'raw')
.to_return(:body => simple_response)
mock_conn.put("db/test-put", 'raw', :raw => true)
end
it "should handle nil doc" do
stub_request(:put, "http://mock/db/test-put-nil")
.with(:body => '')
.to_return(:body => simple_response)
mock_conn.put("db/test-put-nil", nil)
end
it "should send data file and detect file type" do
f = File.open(FIXTURE_PATH + '/attachments/test.html')
stub_request(:put, "http://mock/db/test-put.html")
.with(:body => f.read, :headers => { 'Content-Type' => 'text/html' })
.to_return(:body => simple_response)
f.rewind
mock_conn.put("db/test-put.html", f)
end
it "should send tempfile and detect file type" do
f = Tempfile.new('test.png')
stub_request(:put, "http://mock/db/test-put-image.png")
.with(:body => f.read, :headers => { 'Content-Type' => 'image/png' })
.to_return(:body => simple_response)
f.rewind
mock_conn.put("db/test-put-image.png", f)
end
it "should send StringIO and detect file type" do
f = StringIO.new('this is a test file')
stub_request(:put, "http://mock/db/test-put-text.txt")
.with(:body => f.read, :headers => { 'Content-Type' => 'text/plain' })
.to_return(:body => simple_response)
f.rewind
mock_conn.put("db/test-put-text.txt", f)
end
it "should use as_couch_json method if available" do
doc = CouchRest::Document.new(put_doc)
expect(doc).to receive(:as_couch_json).and_return(put_doc)
stub_request(:put, "http://mock/db/test-put")
.to_return(:body => simple_response)
mock_conn.put('db/test-put', doc)
end
end
describe :post do
let :post_doc do
{ '_id' => 'test-post-doc', 'name' => 'test post document' }
end
it "should put a document to the database" do
conn.put("#{TESTDB}/test-post-doc", post_doc)
res = conn.get("#{TESTDB}/test-post-doc")
expect(res['name']).to eql post_doc['name']
expect(res['_rev']).to_not be_nil
end
describe "with block" do
let :sample_data do
<<-EOF
{
"total_rows": 3, "offset": 0, "rows": [
{"id": "doc1", "key": "doc1", "value": {"rev":"4324BB"}},
{"id": "doc2", "key": "doc2", "value": {"rev":"2441HF"}},
{"id": "doc3", "key": "doc3", "value": {"rev":"74EC24"}}
]
}
EOF
end
it "should handle basic streaming request" do
stub_request(:post, "http://mock/db/test")
.to_return(:body => sample_data)
rows = []
head = mock_conn.post("db/test") do |row|
rows << row
end
expect(rows.length).to eql(3)
expect(head['total_rows']).to eql(3)
expect(rows.first['id']).to eql('doc1')
end
end
end
describe :delete do
it "should delete a doc" do
stub_request(:delete, "http://mock/db/test-delete")
.to_return(:body => simple_response)
expect(mock_conn.delete('db/test-delete')).to eql('ok' => true)
end
end
describe :copy do
it "should copy a doc" do
stub_request(:copy, "http://mock/db/test-copy")
.with(:headers => { 'Destination' => "test-copy-dest" })
.to_return(:body => simple_response)
expect(mock_conn.copy('db/test-copy', 'test-copy-dest')).to eql('ok' => true)
end
end
describe :head do
it "should send head request" do
stub_request(:head, "http://mock/db/test-head")
.to_return(:body => "")
expect { mock_conn.head('db/test-head') }.to_not raise_error
end
it "should returns headers hash" do
response_headers = { "Etag" => "document-version-number" }
stub_request(:head, "http://mock/db/test-head")
.to_return(
:body => "",
:headers => response_headers
)
expect(mock_conn.head('db/test-head')).to eq(response_headers)
end
it "should returns raw headers if opts[:raw] true" do
response_headers = { "Etag" => "document-version-number" }
stub_request(:head, "http://mock/db/test-head")
.to_return(
:body => "",
:headers => response_headers
)
expect(mock_conn.head('db/test-head', {raw: true})).to include("Etag: document-version-number" )
end
it "should handle head request when document missing" do
stub_request(:head, "http://mock/db/test-missing-head")
.to_return(:status => 404)
expect { mock_conn.head('db/test-missing-head') }.to raise_error(CouchRest::NotFound)
end
end
end
end
| 2024-05-08T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/8772 |
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package com.patloew.rxfit;
import android.support.annotation.RequiresPermission;
import com.google.android.gms.common.api.GoogleApiClient;
import com.google.android.gms.fitness.Fitness;
import com.google.android.gms.fitness.data.BleDevice;
import com.google.android.gms.fitness.data.DataType;
import com.google.android.gms.fitness.request.BleScanCallback;
import com.google.android.gms.fitness.request.StartBleScanRequest;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import io.reactivex.ObservableEmitter;
/* Copyright 2016 Patrick Löwenstein
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License. */
class BleScanObservable extends BaseObservable<BleDevice> {
final DataType[] dataTypes;
final Integer stopTimeSecs;
private BleScanCallback bleScanCallback;
@RequiresPermission("android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN")
BleScanObservable(RxFit rxFit, DataType[] dataTypes, Integer stopTimeSecs, Long timeout, TimeUnit timeUnit) {
super(rxFit, timeout, timeUnit);
this.dataTypes = dataTypes;
this.stopTimeSecs = stopTimeSecs;
}
@SuppressWarnings("MissingPermission")
@Override
protected void onGoogleApiClientReady(GoogleApiClient apiClient, final ObservableEmitter<BleDevice> subscriber) {
bleScanCallback = new BleScanCallback() {
@Override public void onDeviceFound(BleDevice bleDevice) { subscriber.onNext(bleDevice); }
@Override public void onScanStopped() { subscriber.onComplete(); }
};
StartBleScanRequest.Builder startBleScanRequest = new StartBleScanRequest.Builder().setBleScanCallback(bleScanCallback);
if(dataTypes != null) { startBleScanRequest.setDataTypes(dataTypes); }
if(stopTimeSecs != null) { startBleScanRequest.setTimeoutSecs(stopTimeSecs); }
setupFitnessPendingResult(
Fitness.BleApi.startBleScan(apiClient, startBleScanRequest.build()),
new StatusErrorResultCallBack(subscriber)
);
}
@Override
protected void onUnsubscribed(GoogleApiClient apiClient) {
Fitness.BleApi.stopBleScan(apiClient, bleScanCallback);
}
}
| 2024-01-26T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/8084 |
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Looking back at KAUST's beginnings 5-years later
KAUST hosted a celebratory event to highlight the contributions of its students, scientists and community members on the University's 5th anniversary.
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KAUST began as a vision, perceived across a great expanse of dry, unremarkable desert sand. Five years – and some key ingredients later – it is growing into a global force of academics, and is a proud pillar of light to its native nation. Of those key ingredients, none were more vital than the people who helped KAUST rise from the sands. They added water, and they added stone. They brought ideas, and they brought energy. They came to work, but they ended up bringing life. Life was all that the vision needed.
As KAUST celebrates its 5-year anniversary, we asked those who have been here from the very beginning to reflect on the early days, to share some of their stories, and to tell us what has changed about KAUST and about their lives. Thank you to those who took the time to contribute. We've selected some of our favorite quotes to share.
"No one will know or feel the significant change more than the people who joined KAUST from the beginning. Just to notice the transformation of the desert into a civilized place is, in itself, the greatest possible shift to be witnessed."
-Hadeel H. Al Sulaimany, Financial Specialist, Finance
"From my office, I would watch 40,000 construction workers streaming out of Level 0 - going and coming to lunch every day. It was similar to watching an army.
I have a much better understanding of the Arab community. The diversity here makes it easier to interact and understand the motivations and desires of this unique community."
-John Larson, Chief Information Officer, IT
"KAUST was an eye opener to me in my early career years. It helped me explore and utilize my talents better and faster, given the fast pace we were functioning at. KAUST changed my life dramatically. It helped me learn a lot about start-ups, amazing project management skills, teamwork and dedication. I have also learned a lot in my 5 years, when in HR. I have met amazing leaders who seek the truth, and who go the extra miles to ensure all is done in a perfectly professional, fair manner."
-Balqees Al Ramahi, Operations Assistant, OCRF
"KAUST was a positive change for the country, and I wanted to be a part of it. It has improved my standard of living, and the benefits have helped me and my family a lot. The respect I get, when I meet new people who learn I work at KAUST, has made me feel like an elite of society. I can never thank KAUST enough.
-Majid Kaisrani, Library Services Assistant, Administrative Services
"I was one of the people who stayed at the Marriott. The first time the bus drove me to KAUST, there was a sign along the way stating that this way is the Hijra (the Prophet Mohammad's immigration from Mecca to Al Madina). This gave me joy, and made me even more optimistic about my journey with KAUST.
I was invited once to meet the Board of Governors for KAUST. It was a very exciting event to meet such people. It was a lifetime experience."
"I feel very lucky to have lived and worked at KAUST from the start up. I have gained an appreciation for different cultures, made great friends from around the globe, been exposed to new activities like mountain biking, photography and snorkeling - and work with great people, and new, up-to-date systems and technologies.
I enjoy working within such an international environment at KAUST and with such talented people. I have learned so much professionally and personally, and hope I continue to learn."
-Susanne Cunningham, Executive Secretary, IT, Office of CIO
"I remember the library being completely empty when I first saw it. I helped to establish the library system and workflow from scratch.
In the first month, we worked so hard, you could sleep while you were walking. I bumped into my colleague who was walking in the corridor, and found that he was also closing his eyes."
-Yi Yu, Systems Librarian, University Library
"The lab was completely empty, and it was a like a white sheet. The most exciting and challenging part was to install the instruments, stock the chemicals, and make all the instruments operational. We had to meet so many vendors, track the purchase orders, arrange for engineers to install the instruments, and so on. I am glad I got this opportunity to play my role in making our lab operational, provide the services to KAUST researchers, and help to build this great university.
The community life has changed dramatically and become vibrant with more staff and students on the campus. It is also satisfying to see many birds have made KAUST as their home. It is such a treat to watch them."
-Kumaran Mande, Research Scientist, Bioscience Core Laboratory
"'Never give up!' has been my motto since I got here. You've had to have the stomach to do what it takes to get through the first couple of years at KAUST. Many people gave up the journey early on. Not me, nor my family. By staying here despite the odds in the beginning, you are committing yourself to making this a better place for future KAUST members. Whether it was a 959 call to fix a pot-hole on the road, or suggesting efficient procedures to follow at work, it gave me a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play a significant role in making a difference in the lives of many people in the region."
-Madhu Srinivasan, Scientific Lead, Core Lab – Visualization
"On September 3, 2009, as part of the opening activities, I planted a tree at KAUST's global green village. The environment has changed much since then. The campus has become greener, with plants and trees. It's interesting to see the trees growing so tall within a few years. Sometimes, I now even see birds on the campus.
Working with people of many diverse nationalities than has changed the way I look at things. I am learning about the culture of Saudi Arabia. I have even been invited to weddings and homes of my Saudi friends. I am still discovering. I have learned to play golf, biking, photography and yoga."
-Norah Nakato, Elementary Teacher, The KAUST School
"Teaching at KAUST allows me to live in an extraordinary place in an amazing part of the world. I am blessed to have students at my grade level from 22 or more different countries. It is such a privilege to be able to learn about so many different people, cultures, and customs. My position here provides me with benefits that enable me to help my family back in the U.S. in many different ways - for which I am very grateful. I love my life here. KAUST is home, and has been for the last five years."
"Initially we were staying in Jeddah for almost one year. During that time, construction was in full swing. Around 40,000 men were working at a time on day/night shift basis. We could see the big commotion of heavy earthmovers, bulldozers, trucks, and so forth. Around 380 mobile/tower cranes were operating to support the construction work around the harbor horseshoe.
KAUST made a great contribution to my personal and career life. I have gained great knowledge in my field, especially in IT infrastructure and communication technologies. I also achieved my master's degree in IT. Thank you to KAUST.
When we compare early KAUST with present KAUST, it has changed a lot. I'm sometimes amazed to see students walking around the campus, children playing in the grounds, lots of traffic on the KAUST roads, and residents in the busy community. Once upon a time this was only a dream, but now it is being fulfilled. "
-Philip Joseph, IT Specialist, F&C/M&U-TS
"KAUST was more of a desert, where nothing was reachable but in Jeddah and most facilities were not yet operating. Now, there is hardly a need to go outside of KAUST.
I have participated in many activities and occasions that helped create life in KAUST. This is a unique environment, with a variety of nationalities and challenges, and it has become globally known."
-Saleh Alnahdi, Invoice Verifier, F&C Planning & Administration
"The first day I visited KAUST it was a desert. It is totally different now. It's amazing, and we are proud to help King Abdullah's vision come true. KAUST has grown into a global university. It is amazing that Saudi Arabia has produced such a big university, nurturing students from about 100 different countries. This was not in our wildest dreams.
The KAUST opening on September 5th is the same day of my marriage anniversary. Every year, I celebrate two things – the anniversary of KAUST and the anniversary of my marriage."
"Career wise, I faced challenges that honed me professionally. I can say, 'I grew up at KAUST,' like one would say as if they were raised as a child.
I remember my first construction site visit to Thuwal. It was busy, dirty and dusty, with trucks and workers everywhere. But, it was a beautiful site. You know that something wonderful is happening, and you get that sense of pride that I am part of this University - that there is some greatness in progress outside my office cubicle in Jeddah."
-Shirley Cadiz, Pension and Savings Administrator, Human Resources
"I remember than in the first three months that the food was free. Academically, KAUST has grown and has made a reputation in the scholarly world, and is now a recognized global leader in transformational electronics. That's pretty big!
In another five years, I hope my group becomes a phenomenon in the global scholarly world, and that KAUST graduates are considered the best in their respective fields."
"KAUST gave me the courage to make very hard, but life-changing decisions, which I should have made a long time ago. This experience is really like raising one of your own to be brilliant and successful. Chances are rare in life to be part of something that is completely new. I am just grateful that I was a part of that, and seeing KAUST grow to be a successful university, with excellent graduates, is a reward in itself."
-Niveen Khashab, Assistant Professor of Chemical Science
"By working side by side with most intelligent people around the world, and being a part of King Abdullah's dream of making Saudi Arabia one of the best countries in science and technology, KAUST changed my way of looking to the future. By living in one place, with hundreds of people from different nationalities, with different lifestyles - KAUST changed my way of thinking and acceptance of others. KAUST changed everything in my life and my family's as well." | 2024-07-18T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/2960 |
Q:
xamarin build pass on simulator but fails on real device
I am creating an app using xamarin to be cross plateform. My android version works well on a simulator and a real device. The ios version works only in the simulator. When I try to debug on a real device I get this error
Error MT2002: Failed to resolve "System.Reflection.Emit.DynamicMethod" reference from "mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" (MT2002)
with noting more...
A:
Actually the issue appeared, since I added reference to WebSocket4Net in my PCL project. As the android app was still working, and also the Iphone simulator, I assumed that everything was ok.
I figured out that there are specific binaries or WebSocket4Net for Android and Ios. So I simply added reference to the WebSocket4Net nuget package in the IOS project, and the app works now on my device also.
Thank you for you help and answers.
| 2023-10-18T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/3529 |
Swansea are trying to persuade Louis van Gaal to become their next manager.
The Welsh strugglers, who sacked Paul Clement on Wednesday night, have already sounded out the former Manchester United boss about taking over at the Liberty Stadium.
Swansea want a man with Premier League experience, with former West Ham chief Slaven Bilic another possibility.
Former Southampton and Everton boss Ronald Koeman is also in the frame, but is not thought to be ready to make a return to the game yet.
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Van Gaal, 66, revealed at the weekend that he could be tempted back into management as he feels he has unfinished business following his acrimonious departure from Old Trafford in 2016.
The challenge for Swansea will be persuading him to take over a team sitting last in the table.
Van Gaal said: “I said I will probably not manage a club any more. I would make one exception. If a big English (or Welsh, they hope! - Ed) club comes for me, I would do it. Because then I can get the chance to get one over Manchester United.”
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Paul Clement speaks before his last game in charge of Swansea
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It is believed the Dutchman is one of the candidates who has been discussed by the Swansea hierarchy and the club are confident of making an appointment before Saturday’s home game with relegation-scrap rivals Crystal Palace.
Former West Brom boss and proven relegation firefighter Tony Pulis, a Welshman, is keen on the job, but there are believed to be reservations about him after his unhappy ending at the Hawthorns.
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If they do not make an appointment for the weekend, veteran midfielder Leon Britton is expected to be put in temporary charge.
Long-time assistant Clement — who was appointed in January — simply ran out of time, despite guiding them to safety last term after taking over in the middle of a relegation battle.
Swansea have won just three times all season and are four points adrift from safety.
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It is felt the club were not going forward under the 45-year-old, despite the realisation that the club’s recent transfer business and recruitment has been poor.
Chairman Huw Jenkins said changing the manager halfway through a season “was the last thing we wanted to do”.
He added: “We felt we couldn’t leave it any longer and needed to make a change to give the best chance of an uplift.” | 2024-04-02T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/8878 |
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a device for filtering a light wave within a light-guiding fiber.
2. The Prior Art
Light-guiding fibers transmit optical information. In many cases, light waves in such fibers must for various reasons be subjected to polarization filtering or frequency-selective filtering. Such filtering is commonly performed before the light waves are fed into the fiber, or after transmission therethrough and after the light waves have been decoupled from the fiber. Because of space limitations, however, it is often desirable to filter a light wave without decoupling it from the end surface of the light-guiding fiber.
Thin-film filters are well known in the art such as from the German Offenlegungschrift No. 2,252,826. The Comte U.S. Pat. No. 3,436,141 discloses a hollow wave guide having a multiple layer cladding for selectively guiding only monochromatic light having a grazing incidence to the guide walls. | 2023-11-10T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/7930 |
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United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
_____________
No. 98-3134MN
_____________
Westchester Fire Insurance Company, *
*
Appellant, *
* On Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the District
* of Minnesota.
*
JHC Insurance Group, Inc., * [To be published]
*
Appellee. *
___________
Submitted: May 10, 1999
Filed: May 21, 1999
___________
Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.
___________
PER CURIAM.
In this case the plaintiff, Westchester Fire Insurance Company, claims that the
defendant, JHC Insurance Group, Inc., a wholesale insurance broker, was at fault in not
clearly transmitting to the insured the substance of a certain change in coverage. The
District Court1 granted summary judgment, and we affirm.
1
The Hon. Michael J. Davis, United States District Judge for the District of
Minnesota.
The crux of the case is that Westchester cannot prove that the omission on the
part of JHC, even if negligent, caused any loss. Westchester wound up having to pay
a loss incurred by its insured because of our holding, see Hawkins Chemical, Inc. v.
Westchester Fire Ins. Co., 159 F.3d 348 (8th Cir. 1998), that the policy change was
substantial, and that insufficient notice of the change had been given to the insured to
make it effective under Minnesota law. The difficulty with the present claim, however,
is that Westchester cannot show that anything would have come out differently if JHC
in fact had transmitted the information in question to Hawkins. Westchester cannot
show what would have happened if Hawkins had refused to accept the change. It
cannot show, in other words, that it, as the insurer, would have insisted on the change,
so that the coverage afforded by the policy would in fact have been reduced, and
Westchester would not have been liable to pay the loss. As evidence on the point,
Westchester offered the testimony of its underwriter that he would not have renewed
the policy if the insured had rejected the change in question, but this testimony is
inconsistent with testimony given by that same underwriter in the previous litigation.
Westchester argues that the testimony was not inconsistent, but we are not persuaded
by this argument.
We agree in substance with the reasoning of the District Court's opinion. We do
not think that this case has enough precedential significance to warrant a fuller
treatment, and, in the interests of a prompt disposition, we therefore affirm in this
abbreviated form.
Affirmed.
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
-2-
| 2024-03-18T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/1297 |
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Topic: Jesus ate with sinners, then what? (Read 3669 times)
I love that Jesus ate/fellowshipped with despised sinners, but what happened to them later? Did they quit being "sinners", quit their notorios lifestyles? Did the woman at the well get her own apartment? Did the prodigal quit all his vices? Did the tax collector quit his job? I wonder... Or is it simply He knows what they are, what they will continue to be and loves them anyway. Is that the message? Is it that Jesus didn't eat with them to fix them, but to love them? I want Jesus to fix me, but perhaps I am missing the message.
He knows what they are...While we were sinners Christ died for us.The key seems to be that we are saved by Christ and His faith so that we will all be one in ChristOur father is the one who makes us grow and we are all individuals of the same mega family.Paul says that he did not come to convince people with words[1 Cor 1;17'." We proclaim a Christ who was crucified." [1 Cor 1;23]Rom 12;2 " Do not be conformed to this age but be transformed by the renwing of your mind to the end you may be proving what is the thing willed by God, the good and acceptable and perfect."The simplicity of the statement that we are children of God because of what Christ has done seems to inspire the desire to get to know our Father personally above our experiences with our dads. That is an on-going development through the things we experience.For you to even have the desire for Jesus to fix you seems to show that He is opening your eyes.NO MAN will be able to compare to what Christ does for us.Eph 3;18 " In order that YOU may be mighty enough to grasp firmly, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,to GET TO KNOW the knowledge surpassing love of the Christ."
He knows what they are...While we were sinners Christ died for us.The key seems to be that we are saved by Christ and His faith so that we will all be one in ChristOur father is the one who makes us grow and we are all individuals of the same mega family.Paul says that he did not come to convince people with words[1 Cor 1;17'." We proclaim a Christ who was crucified." [1 Cor 1;23]Rom 12;2 " Do not be conformed to this age but be transformed by the renwing of your mind to the end you may be proving what is the thing willed by God, the good and acceptable and perfect."The simplicity of the statement that we are children of God because of what Christ has done seems to inspire the desire to get to know our Father personally above our experiences with our dads. That is an on-going development through the things we experience.For you to even have the desire for Jesus to fix you seems to show that He is opening your eyes.NO MAN will be able to compare to what Christ does for us.Eph 3;18 " In order that YOU may be mighty enough to grasp firmly, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,to GET TO KNOW the knowledge surpassing love of the Christ."
Ross, just nailed it. I see being freed from the flesh, vices, sin etc as a journey...a process. I don't believe most of us have an experience then are just free. It certainly hasn't been that way in my life. What I know is this...the harder I try...the more I fail. I have proven that to myself. But, when I focus my eyes on Him, the flesh just has less of a pull on me. I am convinced that relationship is the vehicle of sanctification...and this process happens in spite of us...not because of us.
The challenge is accepting God's agape love for us....while we are still dirty and messy. We struggle living in His love because we feel like we need to earn it. We don't need to earn anything...it's ours. Just live in it, accept it, embrace it, and thank God for his magnificant grace and mercy. Do this daily, living in it.
So the answer to the orginal question is...I believe these people had an experience with Christ then entered into a process. I believe some behaviors may have immediately changed in some...and others maybe not. Isn't this the case with most of us? I always hear a select few that state they were immediately liberated...but I don't believe that to be the case for the majority of us.
Mark 2:15-17 "And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
1.) When talking about the body of Christ, Paul is first talking about spiritual gifts. Then in I Cor. 12:13 he is clear who he is talking to. He says "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body". The setting is, these are believers, spiritually reborn, infilled with the Spirit. Paul said not all are of the faith.
Then in the same passage, speaking of "unseemly" members, he goes on to talk more about the gifts of the Spirit and therein draws this distinction - some members of the body have more "out-front", visible, "desirable" gifts; while others' gifts are of service and support, "in the background", seemingly less important if looked on the surface and carnally. However, Paul says every member's role is vital to the functioning of the whole body, none more important than the other in the church/body of believers.
2.) I believe a separate issue is, as related to the OP, when Jesus spent time with sinners, His Presence was to call them to repentance and therefor heal them (the Great Physician, Mark 2:15-17).
2 John (Concordant Literal)...9 Everyone who is taking the lead and not remaining in the teaching of Christ has not God. He who is remaining in the teaching, this one has the Father as well as the Son.10 If anyone is coming to you and is not bringing this teaching, be not taking him into your home, and say not to him, "Rejoice!"11 For he who is saying to him to be rejoicing is participating in his wicked acts.
Sometimes the truth doesn't seem so simple. Without a proper balance life can be lost. Stay in prayer and the leading of the Holy Spirit.
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I went to church; but, the Church wasn't on the program! JESUS WANTS HIS BODY BACK!! MEET WITHOUT HUMAN HEADSHIP!!!
sorry James, kept messing with this post and it finally ended up after yours. Good points in your post.
paraphrased from onechristianministry.com Jesus said "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." He proclaims His purpose is to call sinners to repentance. Repentance, meaning, to turn away from sin. At that calling, sinners then made a choice. They either recognized that they were living in sin, and then followed Jesus Christ...or they chose to reject Him and stay in a sinful life, not following in the path of Christ.
sorry James, kept messing with this post and it finally ended up after yours. Good points in your post.
paraphrased from onechristianministry.com Jesus said "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." He proclaims His purpose is to call sinners to repentance. Repentance, meaning, to turn away from sin. At that calling, sinners then made a choice. They either recognized that they were living in sin, and then followed Jesus Christ...or they chose to reject Him and stay in a sinful life, not following in the path of Christ.
See the problem I have with how that is typically preached is that it seems like an event. We say the sinners prayer...we become one of the suit wearing church people with Bible in hand...and we are free from sin. While that may be the experience of some...I have a hard time believing that is the case with most.
We are called to turn away from...but who does this perfectly? Many of us still grapple with vice...alcohol/drugs/pornography/adultery/gossip/ego/people pleasing/over spending/over eating/over gambling etc and so on. I think the message that is sent is if you still struggle to completely turn away that you are defective...a bad person in danger of hellfire.
I also have a hard time with people focusing on controlling or abstaining from a vice. It doesn't work. How many here have white knuckled temptation? What happened when you failed? And see that is the problem...we are focused on us. What I have found is when I focus on me...I do it in vain and I grow ill.
For me...repentence is not the being able to perfectly abstain from sin and vice. It's the desire to perfectly abstain from sin and vice. Its a decision to enter into the fire...enter into relationship with Christ and begin the process of gaining freedom. The first freedom for me was the freedom from the ego centered behavior of needing to be perfect.
So, to those who are struggling with secret sin....don't give up. Focus your eyes on the solution...enter the gates of his presence through relationship. Experience Him. In that you will find the freedom you so desperately seek.
I think I basically agree with that too Shawn. I see their illustration as drawing a clear distinction between being accepting or rejecting of Christ. But IMO, being spiritually reborn doesn't mean completely mature. I believe those are two events. One puts us in "right standing" (being given His righteousness through the blood shed on the cross for our salvation), the other is an ongoing process of becoming more like Him, our will yielding to His, Him continually rising within us. We're still flesh and blood, clay. If Apostle Paul was still struggling with his flesh, I have no aspirations that I will be any different.
I think I basically agree with that too Shawn. I see their illustration as drawing a clear distinction between being accepting or rejecting of Christ. But IMO, being spiritually reborn doesn't mean completely mature. I believe those are two events. One puts us in "right standing" (being given His righteousness through the blood shed on the cross for our salvation), the other is an ongoing process of becoming more like Him, our will yielding to His, Him continually rising within us. We're still flesh and blood, clay. If Apostle Paul was still struggling with his flesh, I have no aspirations that I will be any different.
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I think I basically agree with that too Shawn. I see their illustration as drawing a clear distinction between being accepting or rejecting of Christ. But IMO, being spiritually reborn doesn't mean completely mature. I believe those are two events. One puts us in "right standing" (being given His righteousness through the blood shed on the cross for our salvation), the other is an ongoing process of becoming more like Him, our will yielding to His, Him continually rising within us. We're still flesh and blood, clay. If Apostle Paul was still struggling with his flesh, I have no aspirations that I will be any different.
Phil 3:10-11 (Amp)
[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope]
That if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body].
Thanks for the honesty, Shawn. What you describe has been my experience as well. The more I try, the worse it gets. It's kind of like a toy I used to play tricks on people with when I was a kid. I think we called them Chinese handcuffs. It is a narrow, hollow tube that that can expand and contract. The trick is to tell a friend to put a finger in each end, then try to pull them out. The problem is that when you pull the tube becomes tighter and you can't get your fingers out. In fact the harder you pull, the tighter it becomes--very frustrating. The only way to get free is to relax and let the tube return to normal size.
That's exactly right. White knuckling temptation doesn't work. If it did...we would have something to brag about. Instead I truly believe its about acceptance of God's mercy...living in it...and just being so greatful that he loves us just how we are. He accepts us...even though we struggle to accept ourselves. If we can live in that...it being in the forefront of our minds daily...that amazing grace begins to heal us.
I work on a beautiful campus and often take walks around the lake. I pass patients and we say hello. I pray. I breathe deep and easy taking in God revealing himself to me through nature. I give thanks...real thanks...gratitude that can only come from someone who has been forgiven much. And I look around and see what the enemy meant for my destruction is now my blessing. I'm in awe of our Savior, because I am a man of vice and weakness...yet somehow God uses me. In these thoughts I try to live daily...and in them I find the strength to abstain...one day at a time. | 2023-09-24T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/8007 |
[Value and relevance of metabolic function tests in the diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism (author's transl)].
Calcium, phosphate and alcaline phosphatase levels were determined in the serum of 29 patients with suspected primary hyperparathyroidism. Phosphate clearance according to Kyle, 24 hours urine hydroxyproline excretion during collagen free diet, the excretion of cAMP in the 24 h urine during calcium restricted diet were examined with regard to the diagnostic value and relevance as compared to the consumption of laboratory and staff time. The elevation of the serum calcium levels are not specific and only of minor diagnostic value. It has been found that the highest diagnostic value is given by the Kyle-test using 15 mg Ca ions/kg body weight. No false positive results were recorded. The excretion of hydroxyproline and calcium are only of limited value. Serum alcaline phosphatase and cAMP excretion have no diagnostic significance whereas concentration of serum phosphate may have some value. | 2023-09-06T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/1981 |
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SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Dzurinda to the State Department today. He is not a stranger to Washington and neither is our relationship and friendship with the Slovak Republic. They are a close friend and ally who shares our commitment to freedom and democracy. And in less than 20 years, Slovakia has made an extraordinary transition from a land locked behind the iron curtain to a vibrant democracy. It is a pillar of regional stability and cooperation, with some of the highest growth rates in Europe. And in the European economic context, it is still very much a beacon of economic development. Slovakia is essential to the integration of the Western Balkans and its eastern neighbors into Europe and Euro-Atlantic institutions and a prime example of how greater integration benefits the broader European community.
The foreign minister and I just concluded a very productive meeting where we discussed the region. I appreciated his insight and views on a number of the issues ranging from energy security to protection for minorities. The upcoming summit in Lisbon, where we hope to finalize NATO’s new Strategic Concept and address U.S.-EU cooperation is another area where we will work together.
And I’d like to thank the foreign minister and the government and people of the Slovak Republic for their continued commitment to promoting and defending our shared values around the world. Your contributions to the NATO mission in Afghanistan are helping the people of Afghanistan build a more secure and prosperous future, and we are greatly impressed by and honor the service of Slovak soldiers serving alongside American troops. And I very much want to express our gratitude for the affirmation of your commitment to the ISAF mission during Deputy Secretary Steinberg’s recent visit to Bratislava.
We’re very proud of our friendship. I have known the foreign minister in his earlier incarnations in various positions and I’m delighted to have this opportunity to work with him on behalf of our two countries.
FOREIGN MINISTER DZURINDA: Thank you very much, Madam Secretary of State, ladies and gentlemen. I am very happy being here in Washington. I used time, which was created by Madam Secretary, to describe our cooperation in three areas. The first, which is the most important, is the area of political dialogue. I mentioned or I reminded that Slovakia holds the presidency of the V4, Visegrad Four cooperation. We want to contribute also in regional cooperation. There are many specific priorities in this cooperation – there’s energy security cooperation in the area of Roma inclusion into society and many others.
On Friday, we will organize the meeting of Foreign Minister of V4 plus Western Balkans Foreign Minister. Beginning of next year, we will organize ministerial meeting with the partners from the East, expression of our intention about and interest about Eastern partnership. I told Madam Secretary that we are not so big country, but we want to be concentrated in two main areas to the east and to the Western Balkans, and we want to contribute.
The second area is the area of defense and military cooperation. I am proud and very happy that in November we will increase the number of soldiers and trainers in Afghanistan as a part of our ISAF contribution. We are very thankful to the U.S. because they train and they educate our soldiers – National Guard, Guards of Indiana, is our traditional partners. The cooperation has been taking place since 1994. It is continuing and this is very helpful for us.
And last but not least, we spoke about economic dimension of our cooperation. We have more than 120 U.S. companies in Slovakia, and now we want more to cooperate in the area of research and development and innovations.
So thank you very much. I am very happy because I can imagine how busy are you, how often you travel to many countries, and I am very happy that you could create the space for our dialogue.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you.
MODERATOR: We’ll begin with (inaudible.)
QUESTION: Hi, Madam Secretary, Mr. Foreign Minister. Madam Secretary, there were reports today that the remaining two hikers will be put on trial on November 6th. I was curious if you had particular reaction that and if you’ve heard that through any of the channels like the Swiss. Thank you.
SECRETARY CLINTON: We are aware that their lawyer has reported this date. We continue to express our hope that the Iranian authorities will exercise the humanitarian option of releasing these two young men. We do not believe there is any basis, whatsoever, for them to be put on trial. And we regret that they and their families are being subjected to a criminal system that we do not think, in any way, reflects their actions.
So it’s our continuing request to the Iranian Government that just as they released the young woman, that they release these two young men. There are many areas where we need to be discussing matters between the United States and Iran that are of great significance to not only our two countries, but the world. And it’s unfortunate that Iran would be holding, for now more than a year, two young men who should be released and returned to their families.
MODERATOR: (Inaudible.)
QUESTION: Madam Secretary, also I would like to ask the question of prime minister – the Slovak prime minister.
MODERATOR: (Inaudible) foreign minister. (Laughter.)
QUESTION: I’m sorry.
SECRETARY CLINTON: It’s a habit hard to break. (Laughter.)
QUESTION: I left Slovakia – I left Slovakia five years ago. I don’t go anyplace. (Laughter.)
You talk about the cooperation between both countries, which is really, really good. I would like to ask about the issue that you disagree on. For example, over Kosovo. Do you expect that our government is going to change attitude towards Kosovo independence? And for prime minister, do you feel the pressure from the U.S. changed position?
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, we discussed the foreign minister’s opinions about what is happening in the Balkans. They coincide with mine, having just been there last week. We think that there is a great opportunity for Serbia to make progress in its ambition to be integrated into Europe. We think that Serbia and Kosovo have an opportunity now under EU sponsorship to engage in a dialogue to begin to solve the practical problems that are still between them. Certainly, the United States thinks that the issue of independence and sovereignty is decided by the International Court of Justice.
I understand the position of the minister and his government, but what’s most important is the positive role that the minister and Slovakia is playing in trying to limit the differences and create a different reality in the Western Balkans and in the entire region. The unfinished business of integrating the Western Balkans and the Eastern countries into the European Union and the Euro-Atlantic institutions is something we totally agree on. And I think we both have the same goals.
Obviously, we would like to see more countries recognize Kosovo, now that the International Court of Justice decision has been determined. But we also know that it’s important to keep working to bridge the historical divisions so that we can have a region that is peaceful and stable and moving toward Europe.
FOREIGN MINISTER DZURINDA: First of all, I want to tell that I admire a lot the last engagement of her Madam Secretary of State when she visited the countries of the Western Balkans. It was very helpful also before European Council next Monday. I appreciated a strong signal, an appreciation that Serbia cooperates with the tribunal and it decided properly to go to the West, I would say. It was very, very, very, very important.
And also, I followed the statement of Madam Secretary when she visited Gracanica, when she told that the success of Kosovo will depend on the level of standard of the Serbs living there – very, very encouraging.
And to your question directly, no, I didn’t feel any pressure. I tell you why. It is not a goal to recognize Kosovo. And I did my best to express what is a goal in my head. The goal is to help or to facilitate, to establish relations between Belgrade and Pristina which will be good, smooth, and what is essential, sustainable. This is the goal. And I believe that Slovakia is a country not recognizing Kosovo, is – can help a lot. I want – I will do my best. | 2024-03-09T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/5091 |
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is credited with coining the term Hindutva, now associated with the BJP and its affiliates.
The Narendra Modi government has decided to reinstall a plaque commemorating the stay of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar at the freedom fighters' memorial at Andaman and Nicobar Island's famous Cellular Jail, where the Hindu Mahasabha leader was imprisoned by the British.
The plaque, near the Swatantra Jyot (eternal flame) in the jail premises, was installed by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government during the first NDA regime and removed in 2004 by the then petroleum minister and Congress leader, Mani Shankar Aiyar - a move that had triggered a huge uproar in Parliament and outside.
After Modi came to power last year, there have been a series of demands made to reinstall the plaque by BJP and Shiv Sena leaders. Sena MP Rahul Shewale had raised the issue in Parliament and demanded the reinstatement of the plaque bearing Savarkar's poetry.
Speaking to India Today TV, Shewale said the removal of the plaque had "insulted" the nation. "The controversy over Savarkar is unfortunate. The Congress did not recognise his contribution towards our freedom struggle, but now the NDA government is getting it done. Both Sena and BJP follow his ideology and we are happy about it," he said.
Sources have told India Today TV the plaque is likely to be installed again on July 4, the day Savarkar was jailed by the British during the freedom movement. Shewale said 2015 is also the 50th year of his death in 1966.
Savarkar is credited with coining the term Hindutva, now associated with the BJP and its affiliates. Savarkar was also named in the conspiracy to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi. The airport in Port Blair is also named after him. | 2024-02-18T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/4366 |
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In the wake of a damning Media Research Center report that broadcast news networks afforded a mere 19 seconds of coverage to historic Catholic lawsuits challenging the White House on certain mandates in the health care bill, religious and pro-life leaders have stepped forward to express “outrage” at ABC, CBS and NBC.
The list so far: Patrick Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman Society; Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List; the Rev. Jonathan Morris, Fox News analyst and program director for the Catholic Channel on Sirius XM radio; Matt Smith, president of the Catholic Advocate; the Rev. Robert Sirico, president of the Acton Institute; Brian Burch, president of CatholicVote.org; Lila Rose, president of Live Action; Ed Whelan, president Ethics and Public Policy Center; and Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League.
“The elite media may attempt to ignore what is about to happen in our nation regarding religious freedom, but believers of all religious traditions, and even nonbelievers who are fair-minded, are about to retrieve America’s rich and firm tradition of religious liberty, sending intolerant secularists into retreat,” observes the aforementioned Mr. Smith.
AND ANOTHER VOICE
Citing “certain minimum health insurance coverage requirements” that “would require some employers to violate the injunctions of their religion,” the Rabbinical Council of America, which represents 1,000 Orthodox rabbis in 14 countries, issued this resolution at its recent convention, declaring the organization:
“Commends the Catholic Church and other religious organizations for raising issues of concern on this matter; and commends the President and his administration for considering and responding to citizens’ concerns with said regulation; and urges the administration, in consultation with relevant religious bodies, to include further necessary protections to safeguard the religious rights of all Americans.”
FUN WITH FUNDRAISING
Just an annoying reminder. “POTUS” or “Potus” simply means “President of the United States.” Now, on with the show, as described in the White House pool report from New York Times political writer Peter Baker, outlining President Obama’s schedule through Thursday.
“After leaving Colorado Springs, Potus will head to Denver, where he will headline a reception for 700 at the Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center. General admission tickets started at $500 apiece … Next, he flies to California, where he will appear at a dinner at a private residence that will also include a performance by David Crosby and Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. About 60 people are expected at the dinner for $35,800 apiece.”
“Then Potus finishes the long day at Fox Theater in Redwood City, Calif., where he will address 1,100 people who paid for tickets that started at $250. Ben Harper will perform. Tomorrow, Potus will attend a fundraiser with 20 people at the Fairmont San Jose, with tickets costing $35,800 per person. Proceeds from all these events go to Obama Victory Fund.”
THE PUTIN FACTOR
Shirtless photos of then-Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin astride a horse sparked much press hubbub a few years ago; even the staid Times of London predicted the images would “inevitably trigger mass swooning by women all over Russia.” Perhaps the paper is right: new numbers show that the leader is indeed very popular among females.
“Putin is well liked by most Russians, with roughly 7 in 10 (72 percent) offering a favorable opinion of the recently re-elected president … . Putin is broadly popular, but especially so among women,” notes a new Pew Research Center “Global Attitudes” survey released Wednesday.
A hearty 75 percent of Russian women have a favorable impression of Mr. Putin, as do younger adults ages 30-49 and those with a secondary school education or less. Russians also have “ethnic chauvinism,” the survey says, revealing that 53 percent of the population say their homeland should be “for Russians only.” The number was 26 percent in 1991 when the Soviet Union was near its endpoint.
“The image of Russia as an imperial power persists among a substantial number of Russians today. A 44 percent plurality say it’s natural for their country to have an empire,” the research says, noting that 73 percent think that Russia should be “more respected” around world. The survey of 1,000 face-to-face interviews with Russians was conducted March 19-April 4.
APPLAUSE FOR HOME FRONT
Three cheers for a sparkling event to honor the best of the American home front: family and friends of deployed service members, and those who care for wounded military veterans.
The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation’s eighth annual “Night of Heroes Gala” at Washington’s historic Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Thursday evening has drawn such guests as Laura Kaeppeler, Miss America 2012; actor Joe Mantegna; Ashton B. Carter, deputy secretary of defense; retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey; NBC Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski; and Dahlia Constantine, who cared for her then-fiance Justin Constantine, gravely wounded as a U.S. Marine in Iraq six years ago.
“I have such a deep and heartfelt sense of gratitude for the incredible sacrifices made by our wounded soldiers, our courageous veterans, and their devoted families,” Miss Kaeppeler says.
The color theme for the evening is gold, with a hint of blue, organizers say, with white orchids and hydrangea on the tabletops. Curious about the menu? It includes “wedge” lettuce salad with crumbled cheddar cheese, bacon, red onion, tomato and ranch dressing; ancho chili-roasted beef tenderloin with tomatillo sauce; leek mashed potatoes; jumbo asparagus; oven-roasted tomato; and seven-layer chocolate fudge cake with salted caramel sauce and lemon sorbet.
Visit the nonprofit foundation at www.pentagonfoundation.org
POLL DU JOUR
• 60 percent of Americans say the Republican Party is most attuned to religious conservatives; 9 percent cite Democrats, 11 percent say the parties have equal sensitivity, 11 percent say “neither.”
• 31 percent say Republicans are most attuned to military personnel; 23 percent cite Democrats, 31 percent say the parties have equal sensitivity, 10 percent say “neither.”
• 37 percent say Republicans are most attuned to small-business owners; 31 percent cite Democrats, 15 percent say the parties have equal sensitivity, 10 percent say “neither.”
• 29 percent say Republicans are most attuned to retirees; 31 percent cite Democrats, 20 percent say the parties have equal sensitivity, 16 percent say “neither.”
• 30 percent say Republicans are most attuned to “you and your family”; 37 percent cite Democrats, 15 percent say the parties have equal sensitivity, 16 percent say “neither.”
• 27 percent say Republicans are most attuned to the middle class; 40 percent cite Democrats, 17 percent say the parties have equal sensitivity, 14 percent say “neither.”
• 5 percent say Republicans are most attuned to gays and lesbians; 63 percent cite Democrats, 13 percent say the parties have equal sensitivity, 14 percent say “neither.”
Source: An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted May 16-20.
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Effect of aging on hepatic elimination of cimetidine and subsequent interaction of aging and cimetidine on aminopyrine metabolism.
Aging and cimetidine may each impair hepatic microsomal drug metabolism. To test if and by what mechanisms advanced age may increase sensitivity to the inhibitory effects of cimetidine, the interaction of these two factors with aminopyrine metabolism in the rat was studied using a correlative approach. Initial studies using the aminopyrine breath test indicated that a 40 mg/kg dose of cimetidine, i.p., impaired the 14CO2 exhaled by up to 76% more in aged (26-month) than in young (3- to 4-month-old) rats. Using an isolated liver perfusion to dissect out hepatic components of this phenomenon, it was found that various doses of cimetidine impaired aminopyrine clearance to a greater degree (P less than 0.05) in aged than in young livers. However, cimetidine metabolism in this system ranged from 36 to 78% less in aged versus young livers (P less than 0.05). Subsequent in vitro studies indicated that microsomes isolated from aged livers also averaged a 76% lower rate of cimetidine metabolism (P less than 0.05). A fixed cimetidine concentration, however, inhibited aminopyrine demethylation to the same degree in aged versus young rats (P less than 0.05). In vivo pharmacokinetics showed an age-related decrease in both aminopyrine and cimetidine systemic clearance. In the young rat the liver contributed about 30% to total systemic clearance of cimetidine. In the aged rat, all clearance was renal. Despite a decrease in glomerular filtration rate, net tubular cimetidine secretion was well-maintained. Despite this, absence of the hepatic component resulted in decreased overall systemic clearance of the drug in aged rats. It is concluded that (1) the aged rat liver exhibits impaired cimetidine metabolism, resulting in decreased overall systemic clearance of the drug despite normal net renal tubular secretion, (2) there is no age-related enhanced sensitivity to cimetidine of the hepatic microsomal oxidizing system using aminopyrine as the probe drug, and (3) the larger inhibition of aminopyrine metabolism in aged rats following various doses of cimetidine is due to decreased overall cimetidine clearance, resulting in higher concentrations of the inhibitor in the liver of aged rats. | 2024-02-03T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/3239 |
Round-the-Clock Purple and Gold
Ron Artest's agent: insurance is obstacle to Cheshire Jets deal
August 23, 2011 | 7:04
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It's possible Ron Artest may not bring [Metta] World Peace to England after all.
Though Artest declared his intention to The Times two weeks ago that he's "definitely going to play" for the British Basketball League's Cheshire Jets, his agent, David Bauman, said the team hasn't offered Artest insurance. That issue, Bauman said, poses a "major problem" and would prevent the Lakers forward from joining the team.
"It’s still on the table," Bauman said Tuesday in a phone interview. "But again, this insurance thing is a significant and a serious obstacle for any of the NBA players."
Artest has a three-year, $21.8-million deal remaining with the Lakers. Without insurance, Artest could risk his contract becoming void should he suffer an injury with another team during the NBA lockout. That issue, said Bauman, also partly explains why Artest postponed his trip to the U.K. to speak with Jets officials, hold a news conference, mingle with fans and, in his words, "make sure it's a good fit." Tweeted Artest: “Uk Sorry I couldn’t make it this week Can’t wait to meet the JETS!!!!”
Meanwhile, Jets director Pete Hawkins told the Cheshire Chronicle last week that the deal isn’t dead, saying: “The next few days we need to work really hard. Insurance was always an issue from the outset, but we are still trying hard to ensure Ron has the protection he needs to play."
Artest sounded unconcerned when that issue was brought up to him last month while sitting backstage of the Brea Improv Comedy Club: "You just have to work. If you get fired, you have to get work. If you're not getting paid, you have to find a job." Artest also remained mum on whether insurance might remain an issue during a 13-minute phone interview two weeks ago with The Times when he declared, "I'm definitely going to play for the Jets." Bauman, who had said as early as late June that Artest would need insurance before accepting an overseas offer, was asked whether he had informed Artest about his concerns as Artest publicly expressed enthusiasm for playing in the U.K.
"I think you can conclude that," Bauman said. "Obviously, my advice was not to do it."
Bauman brought up concerns to ESPN Los Angeles' Dave McMenamin shortly after Artest had revealed his interest in playing for Cheshire to The Times' Bill Plaschke. Bauman, who hadn't returned repeated calls for comment when the Cheshire Jets publicly expressed interest in signing Artest, shot down the notion, however, that Artest acted presumptuously.
"Let me ask you a question. When the Cheshire Jets were giving quotes saying that I’ve spoken to Ron’s agent and we’re close to a deal, if you Google my name and you Google 'Ron Artest’s agent,' everyone knows I’m his agent," Bauman said. "I didn’t receive one phone call, one email of communication or one fax, nothing from these people. Quickly, those quotes were then changed to say we’ve been in touch with Ron and his people. I didn’t give any quotes that we had a deal done. That’s where we are. If the Cheshire Jets wanted to contact me, they would. They know what they had agreed to in a broadstroke was something very much in their favor and very much put Ron at risk.
"I’m not going to lie to anybody," Bauman continued. "Ron fully intends to play for the Jets. Once all the information trickled in and we had a good pow-wow and it was very apparent there was a $21-million risk to agreeing to a deal like this, that’s when we started to slow things down a little bit."
That's why Bauman said he's advised Artest to wait to see how the negotiations surrounding the pending collective bargaining agreement turn out, arguing to wait until the Lakers' scheduled training camp approaches in late September before pursuing overseas offers. Bauman also declined to address whether Artest will follow through on his plan to play an unspecified number of exhibition games with the Loimaa Bisons, a professional basketball team in Finland, during one week in September.
"Ron is going to evaluate all of the opportunities that he has," Bauman said. "Ron is going to make the best business decision for himself and for his career. It’s a process. It’s nothing that has to be done now." | 2023-09-07T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/1989 |
Salvage of congested deep inferior epigastric perforator flap with a reverse flow venous anastomosis.
The deep inferior epigastric perforator flap (DIEP) is an increasingly popular method for autologous breast reconstruction because of less abdominal wall donor-site morbidity. However, disadvantages with the DIEP flap are its greater technical difficulties for flap harvest and a greater incidence of venous congestion. We report a case of salvage of a congested DIEP flap with a superficial inferior epigastric vein (SIEV) to deep inferior epigastric vein reverse flow anastomosis. Drainage of both the superficial and deep system resulted in complete reversal of venous congestion and flap salvage. Preservation and use of the SIEV for venous augmentation via a reverse flow anastomosis is a novel and simple method for DIEP flap salvage of venous congestion. | 2023-11-27T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/2948 |
Thursday, August 30, 2007
i just realised that there is a pattern to my emo-nessit occurs during 6pm and ends around 7.30pmso dont disturb me during that period :Dcan just ignore me,doesnt matter.i'll get over it.sorry though.
i think i should not make friends,so even if i emo,at least i wouldnt affect them.
i went in the art room,the three AEP teachers were all there.i accidently placed my stuff on my senior's prep board and messed up the positioning of the pic.my art tutor came and said:"i spent so long to organize" but i just handed her the teacher's day card i madethen she said: " ok la, let you off"
haha:D
we were supposed to have CT in the hall at 11.30am.but there was a change in schedule.starts at 12.30pmso i went art room.i checked my HP,and i saw 1 missed call.thus i return the call.it was my classmate XINLIi asked her whats the matter,and she replied that she needed help,asking me to come on down to the water feature in our JC.so i went there.
then she and some appeared with a lady.i didnt noe what was going on as my mind wasnt really processing.she said something about fashion talk and stuff liddat.i just agreed to anything she said.then she told me to call on 3 other friends,thus i did.nicholas and yanjie agreed to help.
it all came to me when yanjie asked what time is the talk and she answered 12.30pm.only then i realised that it was during the assembly.too late to back out.
anyway,we helped to model some G200 clothes,and the talk was very interesting and FUNNY.i wasn't that nervous as i was already stoning.rather embarssing though,as i was so short.the girls so attitude.hahas
i am a selfish creatureall i care is about my own feelings.i walk out on my friends without thinking about them and how they feelmy very existence is a bane on those around mei said sorry countless of times,but i just keep repeating my mistakes i should have walked this journey alone,as i have used to.
i have lost my will to fight on
life is tiring.i sometimes wish i could just end it.but im such a coward.yes,indeeda coward
During the past two weeks (check all that are true): You are doing things much slower than usual. You are bothered by things that usually don't bother you. You have had periods of feeling low that last for at least several hours. You've had trouble concentrating. Things that used to be interesting to you are no longer interesting. Your energy level has been low. Your future has seemed hopeless. You have been preoccupied with death, dying, or suicide. You feel like you've lost some confidence. You are easily irritated. You are afraid that something bad is going to happen to you. You've been sleeping a lot more or less than usual. You have lost or gained five pounds. It is difficult for you to make decisions. You feel like no one likes you anymore. You have aches or pains that can't be explained. You have been avoiding your friends. You feel like you have nothing to live for. Nothing seems important to you. It takes a lot of effort to do the most simple of tasks. You feel sad or blue. You feel like a failure. You feel more dead than alive. You feel trapped in your life. You feel depressed, even if something good happens.
***Your Depression Level: 100%***
You seem to be severely depressed.You should seek immediate attention from your physician.Depression can be cured - you just need to take the first step.
Friday, August 24, 2007
throughout the last week,it was filled with test and MORE test.then on wed, had ART theory test.dont look down on ART man,i can tell you surely it is the most MOST hardest subject in my entire 17 yrs of my life.
as i couldnt find a seat, the only thing on my mind was to leave and not be so extra.
i couldnt make up my mind,it doesnt seem to be under my control anymore.
after placing my bags.i went to walk around,as i thought it could help me relax abit.but just didnt work.i walk here and there,even ended up at the supermarket,which i cant recall doing so.
i really couldnt organise my thoughts.i got irritated by the slightest thing,the music from the radio,the laughing and giggling sounds.
i wanted to just faint,as i know at least i can escape from reality just for that moment of unconsciousness.
i packed my things as i didnt want to make them face me and spoil their mood.but i think that got them more worried.im really sorry about today.im fcking tired.everything is out of control and time is just racing against me.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
life is filled with people,people are filled with lies.thus coming to a conclusion that life is filled with lies.
get it?nah?
well heres the definition of a hypocrite
1. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs. 2. a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, esp. one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
do a self check.if you happen to fall into such a list,and happen to be my friend.dont be suprised if i tend to ignore you.
if i pretend not to be bothered by your hypocrisy,then that will label me as one.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
went swimmin with ben todaybut b4 tt,we went TM to eat at long john'sthen went to tampines library..SO many ppl mugging.. O'level & A'lvl.in the end.we managed to get some seats as two malay girls dont mind sharing with us :Dand the coms in the library..is damn troublesome.ben used arnd 30min to access the com,but still didnt managed to print in the end.haha.
then arnd 5+ went to TM popular to find some H2 chinese txtbk.but no stock after which, we went to the swimming complex
at first,ben was telling me abt he is a lifeguard in trainee.i tot he was joking sia.
then i tried to swim.TRIED.
3rd time was successful..but then i forgotten how after tht..but i must admit,ben is a Really good coach.from 6pm,try try try until 7~8pm
we went from the medium pool to the very deep pool..there seems to be a temperature diff.i think its cos the combination of chlorine+pee = warm water o.Oi think i drank in quite alot
nevermind that.then after tt,we both felt so hungry,so went food court to eat.
i know its only a small step in swimming.but i felt a sense of accomplishment thanks to ben! lifeguard in trainee
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Hi,meet my BEST friend emo.everytime i feel sad or lonely,i know emo will be there fer me :Dso today was pre national day celebration.the assembly was draggy.then we went to the hall for performance.
as emo was too short,he had to sit on nadiah's shoulder to get a better view.emo saw some relatives of hisand also a bunch of wushu pplit felt more like chinese new year though.
at arnd 11am,my friend,benjamin came all the way to NYJC just to help me out with something.and im like wah lau,damn touched la.heh.then after that,we went out with nicole to go nike warehouse sale.it took a LONGG time to reach there *hint*
and when i was there.i was damn suprised to meet two of aqueo members.haha,i always tried to avoid them but always bump into them.guess the world is small.but they arent bad people.in fact,they are really sweet :Djust that, i dunno when they might start with the aqueo cheer again..they helped me choose a pair of nike shoes as my brain was malfunctioning.Thanks!
after we left the warehouse,ben and i then went to makan at yoshinoya.i found out that Ben was a damn damn damn cool guy.i wanna make him my role model sia!!
now emo and i are back home using the net.Haha,i am damn happy to know that i've got so many loyal friends arnd me man.
i went jogging at arnd 7pm as i felt i was damn fat.by the time i came back,emo was already sound asleep.*emo sleeps like his goldfish*zzZZ
Monday, August 6, 2007
yesterday was istana on-the-spot art competition.went there super early.erm.security officer check our bagsmine took rather longcosmy bag had ALOT of compartments. and she missed out 4
then found a spotwhich miss lye supposedly said that there is lesser ppl here
but when we were painting,we seem to have attracted more attention than istana itself.some comments on my painting: "eh the baby so cute"(heard this ALOT of times)
children most favourite comment"mummy/daddy, they do at home then bring here to COPY one"
and when we were going to submit at 11am,we were all running to the submission point,it was downhill.just when i thought i avoided a crowd, a little girl suddenly popped out in front of me,and i crashed right into her.she started crying and my work was crumpled and abit torn.hope shes alright.
then was the performance by the singapore army something something.its was quite entertaining,however,we NYJCians seemed to be the only ones engaged.
szeying,yanjie,sherling got MERIThuimin got 3rd and Xuli got 2nd
xuli cries easily btw,whether shes laughing or overjoyed
wahahhaha nanyang pawns!!
MONDAY.as usual.until we reached art tutorial.before that,i was lamenting to szeyingabout how we still have to endure 4 hours of art.but when we were at the art room.ms lye suddenly announcedthat we shud have a break and have a lunch party for ALL our hardwork!
we all thought she was jokingbut then she really ordered pizzas and kfchaha.then we thought for a moment if the meal was taken from our prize money.o well.thanks teachers!!*cos its once in a lifetime
Saturday, August 4, 2007
recently, NYJC aep held tape art workshops for many studentsbefore that,we had our own preperations.and of course,we have our nonsense.Lucy as Jack from Jack's PlaceSarah as Adolf Hitler
Andre and his Mistress :)bet you girls wished you were that cat huh
red afro guy is damn popular!cant get enough of him :D
AEP students at pasat malam,also marcus's first time being to a night market.and the auntie gave him candy floss the size of his head or larger for $1:D
we actually came from the same longkang,however one day,there was a floodwe were drifting down the same stream.but then andre kicked my cradle,so we ended up in different villages.after many MANY years.we met again | 2024-02-18T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/8075 |
Electronic blasting systems typically employ one or more blasting apparatuses located in or near a vicinity of the blast site, in communication with a blasting array comprising a plurality of detonators or detonator assemblies positioned at the blast site. Typically, each detonator includes an outer casing, a base charge, and means to achieve instantaneous or delayed actuation of the base charge upon receipt from a blasting machine of a command signal to FIRE. If required, each detonator may form a component of a larger detonator assembly adapted to cause actuation of a larger explosive charge to achieve rock fragmentation at the blast site. For example, each detonator may be positioned in a booster, such that actuation of the base charge of the detonator causes actuation of a portion of explosive material in the booster. Moreover, the booster may be located adjacent, for example, an explosive emulsion composition located down a borehole, such that actuation of the booster causes ignition of the explosive emulsion composition.
Prior to blasting machine/detonator communication, the blasting array is established at the blast site. The detonators, and optionally associated components, are positioned at desired locations in or near rock at the blast site, either at or near a surface of the ground, or underground. The detonators are usually placed in boreholes which are subsequently charged with explosive. Communication is then established between each blasting machine and its associated detonator assemblies. Such communication may involve wired communication, or any means of wireless communication. In any event, it is desirable to achieve two-way communication with the detonator assemblies, so that the blasting machine may communicate with the detonator assemblies, and if required the detonator assemblies may respond. For example, a blasting machine may transmit command signals (e.g. ARM, DISARM, or FIRE signals) to a detonator assembly that require no response. However, at other times a blasting machine may send an inquiry signal to assess a status of a detonator assembly at the blast site, wherein the inquiry signal requires the detonator assembly to respond in some way, for example to confirm the operating status of the detonator, information programmed into the detonator assembly (e.g. detonator identity, delay times for firing etc.), or the environmental conditions of the detonator assembly. Reliable two-way communication between one or more blasting machines, and a plurality of detonators at a blast site, either via wired or wireless communication, is of increasing importance for modern electronic blasting systems.
Each blasting machine may be programmed with identity information for each associated detonator assembly, so that detonators can be addressed by a blasting machine on an individual basis. For example, each blasting machine may retrieve identity information directly from a detonator assembly via direct two-way communication therewith. Alternatively, each blasting machine may be pre-programmed with detonator identification information, such as factory allocated detonator identification codes that are programmed into the detonator assemblies upon manufacture. In other mining operations, each detonator assembly (or corresponding detonator assembly) positioned at the blast site may be ‘visited’ by a blast operator carrying a portable electronic device such as a logger. A logger communicates via short-range communication with each detonator to generate and store a detonator list for the blast array comprising, for example, detonator identification codes, and optionally firing times for the detonators, which may be optionally programmed into the detonator assemblies by the logger. The detonator list may then be transferred from the logger to each blasting machine, thereby to make each blasting machine ‘aware’ of the detonators in the blasting array. Once the blasting machines are programmed in some way with the detonator identification information, the detonator assemblies are ready to be individually addressed by their associated blasting machine.
Typically prior to blasting machine/detonator assembly communication, the blast site is made safe for blasting by clearing all blasting personnel, mining equipment and vehicles a sufficient distance from the blast site to avoid any hazards (e.g. flyrock) resulting from the blast. As a result, all production operations within or near the blast zone must be stopped, to provide a time window for checking the operability of the blasting array, and execution of the blasting event. It is desirable for the time window to be as short as possible, so that stoppage of production operations can be minimized. In addition, a shorter time window would reduce the possibility that the safety and security of the blast site is compromised, for example by a person entering the blast zone before the blasting event is complete.
There remains a continuing need to develop methods of blasting, and corresponding blasting apparatuses suitable for application of such methods, that permit a blasting event to be conducted more rapidly, more efficiently, and more safely. In particular, two-way communication between a blasting machine and detonator assemblies can be time consuming. Therefore, there remains a need to shorten the time window required for a blasting event, including the time required to establish and/or verify communication between one or more blasting machines, and a plurality of detonators or detonator assemblies. | 2023-08-05T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/4740 |
Q:
Initialize a 3D matrix and add new data
Here the code that i have as example:
aaa = [];
bbb = [];
for ii = 1:10
[aaa(:,:,end+1), bbb(:,end+1)] = myfunction();
end
The function myfunction:
function [aaa, bbb] = myfunction()
aaa = rand(5,3);
bbb = rand(5,1);
end
I know i could use ii for sending the output from the variables to aaa and bbb like [aaa(:,:,ii), bbb(:,ii)] = myfunction(). I'm just curious to know why for aaa i generate a 5x3x11 matrix (shouldn't it be 5x3x10?)?. For bbb, it correctly generates a 5x10 matrix. Hence, why the end + 1 works for bbb and not aaa?
A:
I believe this has to do with how MATLAB defines an empty matrix. If you do size(aaa), MATLAB will return 0 0, as you would expect. size(bbb) returns the same. However, if you explicitly try to find the size of the 3rd dimension using size(aaa,3), MATLAB returns 1. So it appears that MATLAB defines an empty matrix as having zero size in the first two dimensions, and a size of 1 in all the other dimensions.
What this means is that when you do a(:,:,end+1), you're actually accessing a(:,:,2), because the end of the 3rd dimension of a is 1, even when it is empty. You don't have this problem with b, because it is only two dimensional, and the end of the second dimension of an empty matrix is zero.
EDIT: As an aside, you should always pre-allocate your matrices if you're going to be assigning values to them in a loop (MATLAB will have complained about this, I believe). If you don't, the matrices have to be resized on every loop iteration, generally resulting in a slower execution time.
A:
I found a solution to my problem. In order to have end+1 work for the third dimension, aaa should be declared as follow:
aaa = zeros(0,0,0);
See this link for further explication on why this works.
| 2024-07-15T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/2664 |
Story: Creepy ass dolls are bad news. Everyone should know this by now. But when a friend of the Warrens’ babysitter decides to open the locked glass box Annabelle is in, well. Yeah. It says “Positively Do Not Open” for a reason, sweetie.
Genre I’d put it in: Enjoyable horror sequels
Remake, Sequel, Based-On, or Original: Movie #3 of the Annabelle series, part of the Conjuring universe. (Or as I like to call it, the James Wan-na-verse.)
Gotta say: For a third film in a series, getting any kind of fun out of the story is a jaw-dropping feat. There are very few horror sequels that have the staying power – or the storyline juice – to go for more than a single sequel. But Home gets the job done and then some. There’s lots of fun creep to be had, along with all the usual “teen does stupid crap” scenes everyone loves to talk back to. Yet screenwriter Gary Dauberman takes Wan’s basic premise and adds in some deeper dives into characters that makes this a gotta-see for horrorhounds. As for the Conjuring universe as a whole? I’m calling it; there’ll be at least two more spin-off series in this Wannaverse. That bride, and the Ferryman. And gotta admit, I’m looking forward to ’em. Fingers crossed for a Hellhound story too. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Back to the show.
Fans of this series will be glad to see story favorites Samara Lee as Bee/Annabelle, Mckenna Grace as Judy Warren, and of course Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson as Lorraine and Ed Warren. Don’t expect too much screentime for Ed & Lorraine though; they’re just onscreen long enough to get the babysitter (Madison Iseman’s Mary Ellen) situated, and to wrap things up at the end. The cast works well together, and everyone digs into the spooky shenanigans wholeheartedly. Special shout-out to Michael Cimino as Mary Ellen’s crush Bob, for going above and beyond as the boy-next door. Plus, Bob’s got the best nickname ever.
Gotta admit that after seeing the first Annabelle film, I wasn’t keen on more in this series. But Annabelle: Creation was better than the first, and now Home is even better. I’d say leave this series at three, but we know that horror franchises won’t stop ’til the horse is beyond dead, so I’m sure there’ll be more. Just keep the spot-on 70s set design firmly in place, willya? I’m loving all the mustard, avocado and brown. Seriously; it’s taking me back to when I was Judy Warren’s age, and I’m howling with bittersweet joy over every little tidbit. (Note: I had that nightgown. No lie.)
Add some Badfinger to the mix, and some brand new haunts? You’ve got yourself one groovy film, baby. Just don’t go playing Feely Meely. Trust me on this. | 2023-12-07T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/4667 |
Q:
Trying to understand table relationship in Laravel
I just started studying Laravel and as my starter I am following this tutorial video series.
https://youtu.be/Y1TkLkGhHwA
I am trying to understand how these two table relation works at Model level.
Order.php
public function customer(){
return $this->belongsTo('App\Customer');
}
I kind of understand this is how Laravel makes relationship between two tables by using belongsTo method. (I just accept it as it is)
But when I use this model in other model, customer() function defined in Order.php becomes a property(?) of object instance($order->customer->name). This is the part I don't get or just lack of OOP knowledge...
Routes\web.php
Route::get('orders',function(){
$orders = App\Order::all();
foreach($orders as $order){
echo $order->name . 'belongs to' . $order->customer->name;
A:
If I understand your worry, you are just confused with what is called Eager Loading. You can learn more about that here: https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/eloquent-relationships#eager-loading
What happens is, behind the scenes Laravel lazy loads the 'customer' data for you in a single query. So in your foreach example, if you have 10 orders, 10 different queries will be executed to get the customer data.
Next time you do, let's say, $order->customer->email, it wont make another query because that customer data was already loaded during the first query.
Follow the link I gave you above, you will discover amazing stuff.
| 2023-12-26T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/1464 |
Courtesy of George Lucian
Yachts often look like they’re moving at glacial speeds, but now there’s a superyacht that takes that comparison to whole new level. Meet the Fata Morgana, the extraordinary $110 million, 230-foot vessel designed to evoke the Arctic landscape in a bid to raise awareness about climate change—specifically, the newly melted waters of the North Pole on which it will soon sail.
Fata Morgana—which literally means “mirage” in Italian—is the brainchild of Monaco-based designer and artist George Lucian, who is renowned for his series of radical vessels, including the eye-catching sailing yacht Project Origami and the airship carrier slash superyacht concept Dare to Dream. Inspired by the icy tundra, the concept has a bow that resembles a cluster of snow-covered rocks and a stern which sports a large glass iceberg-shaped structure.
The vessel, which is currently still only a concept, is designed to be ultra-low emission and will be fitted with a gigantic kite to help propel the vessel and save fuel. It boasts a sturdy ice-classed hull to help her tackle the arctic waters and she has a lofty 7,000 nautical mile range. The Morgana will also feature high-tech sensors capable of monitoring the temperature of the water and transmitting the information to relevant international organizations.
Onboard, there’s accommodation for a total of 12 guests and 18 crew members—including a pilot, scuba instructor and security staff. Seafarers can enjoy the outdoor swimming pool—we’re assuming it’s heated (naturally, of course)—and an observatory with unparalleled views of the skies. There’s also a helipad should guests need transport to and from the Arctic.
Lucian envisions that Fata Morgana will offer support to those tackling climate change—in both a practical and symbolic sense. “I wanted to design a yacht which would almost camouflage itself in the Arctic environment,” the designer writes on his website. “Furthermore, an iceberg lookalike yacht, when seen, would remind the people of the climate change issue, and melting of the real icebergs and ice caps.”
Once complete, Fata Morgana will be chartered in the newly melted Northwest passage of the Arctic Circle, which was previously too dangerous due to the (now-melted) icebergs.
Check out more pictures of the superyacht below: | 2024-04-14T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/9872 |
Serum levels and clinical response in long-term pharmacotherapy with zuclopenthixol decanoate.
Twenty-six patients diagnosed as chronic schizophrenics were given injections of zuclopenthixol decanoate (cis(Z)-clopenthixol decanoate) 200 mg every 3 weeks for at least 6 months. Before treatment and on each day of injection the patients' mental state was assessed by Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), 18 items. A registration of side effects and basal laboratory data was also performed. Blood samples were drawn on each day of injection before injection and 3-7 days after injection (time of maximum concentration). Neuroleptic activity, which was considered equivalent to the concentration of zuclopenthixol, was determined in serum by radio-receptor assay (RRA). Based on amelioration scores greater than or equal to 50% on the BPRS, 15 patients were characterized as responders and 11 as non-responders. The responder group showed a statistically significant reduction in BPRS score, whereas this was not the case for the non-responders. Apart from a few patients, the serum concentrations showed a low intra-individual variation, but a relatively high inter-individual variation. The responder group had a significantly higher mean pre-injection concentration than the non-responder group, whereas no significant difference was found in day 3-7 concentrations. The fluctuation of the serum concentration expressed as the ratio between maximum (days 3-7) and minimum (pre-inj.) was found to be significantly lower for responders than for non-responders. Thus although the present study did not demonstrate a clear relationship between serum level and clinical effect, it indicates that the best antipsychotic effect is obtained with a serum concentration which fluctuates only slightly (the ratio max/min concentration not exceeding 2.1). | 2024-02-08T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/3471 |
Paul Ryan. CNN In a move without precedent in recent political history, House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday said he is not ready to support Donald Trump, his party's presumptive presidential nominee.
In a CNN interview, the speaker said that he cannot support or endorse Trump until he unifies the Republican Party.
"To be perfectly candid with you, Jake, I'm just not ready to do that at this point. I'm not there right now," Ryan told CNN host Jake Tapper.
He continued: "I hope to, and I want to. But I think what is required is to unify this party. And I think the bulk of the burden on unifying the party will have to come from our presumptive nominee."
The speaker called on Trump to "set aside bullying, set aside belittlement."
Despite his refusal to endorse Trump, Ryan congratulated the real-estate magnate for effectively clinching the nomination, saying that Republican leaders should take note of the sentiments Trump tapped into. The speaker also said his nonendorsement right now does not mean he is supporting Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
"No Republican should ever consider supporting Hillary Clinton. Let me make that clear," Ryan said.
Trump fired back in a statement late Thursday, saying he was "not ready to support" Ryan's agenda, either.
"I am not ready to support Speaker Ryan's agenda," he said. Perhaps in the future we can work together and come to an agreement about what is best for the American people. They have been treated so badly for so long that it is about time for politicians to put them first!"
Ryan's stance sets him apart from other congressional leaders, many of whom have slowly begun to coalesce around the controversial real-estate mogul. On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell offered a tepid endorsement of Trump, saying that he was "committed to supporting the nominee."
Still, Trump has faced extraordinary resistance among many prominent Republican Party figures. Both former Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush declined to endorse Trump, and 2012 presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney's staff confirmed on Thursday that he would not attend the Republican National Convention in July. | 2023-09-08T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/1717 |
Carol St. Clair
EB 3889
713-853-3989 (Phone)
713-646-3393 (Fax)
carol.st.clair@enron.com
----- Forwarded by Carol St Clair/HOU/ECT on 05/22/2001 12:16 PM -----
Carol St Clair
05/22/2001 12:06 PM
To: Kendall.Bowman@pgnmail.com
cc:
Subject: Status
Kendal:
I am still waiting to hear back from my credit folks on the open credit
issues. Any update from you? Can you send to me your affiliate list?
Carol St. Clair
EB 3889
713-853-3989 (Phone)
713-646-3393 (Fax)
carol.st.clair@enron.com | 2024-04-21T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/5440 |
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Cut up the broccoli into real small bite size pieces and put it into a decent size container, preferably one that has a lid so you can shake everything up when you're done.
2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese ( add more if you like a lot of cheese )
dice up 1/4 of a red onion. very fine, diced up, tiny pieces. You don't need too much so that's why you only use 1/4 on an onion.
cook approx. 6 strips of bacon and break them up into small pieces. (again you can add more bacon if you like)
put on the lid and shake it around for a few seconds to mix everything up.
the dressing:
in a mixing bowl add:
3 TBLSP of red whine vinegar
3 TBLSP of sugar
1/2 cup of mayo
mix it all together till it's nice and creamy and then pour it over the broccoli.
put the lid back on and shake it around for a bit till it's all mixed up. If you find you need more dressing just repeat the above steps. you don't want the broccoli to be swimming in the dressing but you do want it all to be coated. we usually add a second batch of dressing because the broccoli soaks up the first batch pretty quick.
refrigerate for 1 hour and that's it. Remember to keep it refrigerated or else it will go bad.
one of the good things about it is you can make a little or a lot very easily. We make it for all the family picnics and usually always have some in the fridge for a quick snack or lunches for work, etc.
one of the good things about it is you can make a little or a lot very easily. We make it for all the family picnics and usually always have some in the fridge for a quick snack or lunches for work, etc. | 2024-04-07T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/2560 |
There’s a Santa-like figure patrolling the roads of Lower Saucon Township this holiday season, but he doesn’t rely on reindeer or sport a bushy white beard.
Instead, he wears a badge, carries a gun and drives a township police cruiser.
His name is Ofc. Charles “Chuck” Werkheiser, and for the past five years he’s conducted what he calls “Operation Santa Stop” on his own initiative, surprising motorists he stops for speeding or vehicle equipment violations with Dunkin’ Donuts gift cards concealed within the registration papers he hands back to them.
Werkheiser said he typically wishes the motorist a “merry Christmas” or “happy holidays” and leaves, never to see their reaction upon finding the surprise gift.
“I want people to have a positive experience with police,” he said, adding that “it’s not always positive all of the time.”
For the first few years he conducted Operation Santa Stop, Werkheiser said he told no one about it, because he wasn’t seeking recognition for it.
Eventually he told Lower Saucon Township Police Chief Guy Lesser, who he said has been supportive of his one-man mission, which this year involves giving out $10 Dunkin Donuts to 10 motorists he stops during December. Not all of them have been given out yet, he said Wednesday.
One surprise gift he gave a Lower Saucon man he stopped for driving with a burned-out headlight on Black River Road last week has already made a big impression, however.
Lisa DiRusso posted on her Facebook page Dec. 11 that her husband, Joe, “told the officer he knew about it, but just hadn’t had a chance to fix it because he has been getting home in the dark” after a busy day working long hours at an area post office.
“The officer gave him a ‘warning’ card and told him to get it fixed ASAP, and sent him on his way,” she wrote. “Mixed in with the info. was a Dunkin Donuts gift card… How nice is that? Thank you Lower Saucon Police Department Badge #190.”
Werkheiser, who’s served on the Lower Saucon Township Police Department for nearly eight years and lives in Nazareth, explained that he simply puts his badge number on the warnings because he isn’t seeking recognition for his kind deed.
“I just want people to know that police do care,” he said, adding that many of the motorists he stops are just like Joe DiRusso; good, law-abiding people who are extra busy during the holidays who simply have a lot of responsibilities to juggle.
This can be a stressful time of year, he said, and the last thing he wants to be is a Grinch who brings more stress to “people…with fines.”
“We all hit bumps in the road,” he said. | 2024-05-06T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/9994 |
Speaking at the American Chemical Society, James Tour of Rice University has apparently demonstrated non-volatile 3D memory chips that are transparent, flexible enough to be folded like paper, and capable of withstanding temperatures up to 1,000F (537C). According to Tour, devices based on his 3D memory could survive an accidental trip to the tumble dryer, or “even a voyage to Mars.”
Furthermore, and perhaps most excitingly, this 3D memory is fashioned from silicon oxide, an age-old, cheap, and very-well-understood darling of the semiconductor industry that can easily be manipulated using existing CMOS processes.
While the American Chemical Society press release is infuriatingly short on details, PubMed actually has the (paywalled) research paper in question. In short, it seems like applying voltage to the (non-conductive dielectric) silicon oxide creates conductive channels of silicon nanocrystals — a conductive pathway that persists until a different voltage is applied. The silicon oxide needs to be fashioned into a thin channel (pictured below), but apart from that Tour’s resistive switch seems very simple. α-C, in case you’re wondering, is a thin layer of carbon that acts as the electrodes.
If this sounds a lot like the memristors being developed by HP, you’d be right. Like memristors, Tour’s new silicon oxide memory is capable of very fast switching (sub-100ns) and has a high switching threshold. Because the device is so simple (it’s really just a thin layer of silicon oxide with two terminals — no metal at all!), and the silicon nanocrystal pathway is so small (on the scale of 5nm), Tour seems hopeful that his memory can be scaled to very high densities. Like memristors, there’s also the possibility that conventional logic can be built from these silicon nanocrystal gates, though little research has been done in that area yet.
Moving forward, Tour says that the technology is patented and that he’s talking to OEMs in the hope of getting his 3D memory into products. It isn’t clear why the new memory is transparent (or whether it’s transparent at high densities), but if this is really the case then it would be killer to embed memory in displays and touchscreen assemblies, or combined with OLED tech and transparent lithium-ion batteries this could be the basis of a semi-transparent, flexible e-book reader or similar. Moving memory into the display could result in thinner smartphones and tablets, too. Being amenable to 3D stacking is obviously a boon, but to be honest, Samsung, Micron, and co are already working on 3D DRAM and flash.
Personally, I would remain a little dubious about Tour’s new memory until we actually see a photo of it in practice. It seems odd to make claims of transparency and flexibility, and then fail to provide the proof.
Updated: Rice University has furnished us with a photo! If you look closely, you can see some faint structures. There’s no word on the density of the memory, however. We also have a video of Tour’s presentation at the American Chemical society (embedded below).
Read more about the future of flash memory, and the death of CPU scaling | 2023-12-04T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/8495 |
Determination of respiratory system mechanics during inspiration and expiration by FLow-controlled EXpiration (FLEX): a pilot study in anesthetized pigs.
Differences between inspiratory and expiratory lung mechanics result in the hysteresis of the pressure volume-loop. While hysteresis area is a global parameter describing the difference between inspiration and expiration in mechanics under quasi-static conditions, a detailed analysis of this difference under the dynamic conditions of mechanical ventilation is feasible once inspiratory and expiratory compliance (Cin/Cex) are determined separately. This requires uncoupling of expiratory flow rate and volume (V). Five piglets were mechanically ventilated at positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) levels ranging from 0 to 15 cmH2O. Expiratory flow rate was linearized by a computer-controlled resistor (flow-controlled expiration). The volume-dependent Cin(V) and Cex(V) profiles were calculated from the tracheal pressure volume-loops. The intratidal curve-progression of Cex(V) was altogether higher with a steeper slope compared to Cin(V). With increasing positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) dynamic hysteresis area decreased and Cex(V) tended to run more parallel to Cin(V). The relation between inspiratory and expiratory compliance profiles is associated with the hysteresis area and behaves PEEP dependent. Analysing the Cin-Cex-relation might therefore potentially offer a new approach to titrate PEEP and tidal volume. | 2024-04-07T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/9032 |
Tagged: Merkin Valdez
Ballhawk Mike and I were going to the game. I’ve mentioned it before but it bears mentioning again. “Big Mike” is a great guy. To the best of my knowledge, he’s the longest tenured ballhawk in Milwaukee…22 years and counting.
I had to grab my breakfast on the run……oops, wrong picture.
Here was my breakfast……carbs, baby. A ballhawk’s best friend. Not exactly approved by Dr. Robert Atkins, but, what the hell, right?
As far as BP is concerned, you just never know what you’re going to get when attending day games. Usually, the Brewers take BP on Sundays when they’re playing at home.
On this day, they decided their 66-70 record was good enough. So, the Giants hit instead.When we ran into the bleachers, the Giants were first starting to show some life.
My 1st baseball on the day came from Giants relief pitcher MERKIN VALDEZ. After a polite request, he lobbed it up to me. Unfortunately, it was falling short. I had to reach all the way over the railing and risk falling to my death in order to secure the goddamn baseball. Fortunately, I didn’t die (obviously, I wouldn’t be writing this blog if I had). I was able to pin the ball against the concrete facing below the railing. Once the ball was pinned between the wall and my glove, I slowly gained control of it. Voila! One baseball and I didn’t have to make National News or the obituaries.
The things I do for a baseball…I think I may need to have my head examined.
A short time later, Aaron Rowand lifted one high into the air. I was playing Rowand dead-pull. This baseball was WAY to my left. All I could do was put my head down and sprint to the spot I thought it would land. As I was motoring through the bleachers, I looked up to find the baseball. I picked my spot correctly as it appeared to be catchable. As the baseball made its final descent, I continued to close in on it. Eventually, I would snag that baseball on the short-hop bounce after going down to one knee and leaning over a row of bleachers in a last-ditch effort to snag it on the fly.
For my efforts…
…a bit of a (ballpark) war-wound.
LET ME ASSURE EVERYONE: I’m the only one that sustains injury in my attempts to snag baseballs at major league stadiums.
The action in left soon came to a screeching halt. So, I headed over to right field. In right field, while bleeding all over myself, I was able to snag a Travis Ishikawa bomb on the fly. Giants pitcher Sergio Romo was beneath me when I snagged it and gave me the shout of approval. That one felt good.
Unfortunately, my knee did not. After BP ended, I headed to the men’s bathroom to wash the damn thing up. (you didn’t think I would do it while BP was still going, did you?)
Before pre-game warmups began, I headed down to the Giants dugout for a tossup baseball.While I waited for the players to come out, I watched the grounds crew…
…how many people does it take to water the infield?
Don’t get me wrong-I’m not complaining. If it creates jobs for people and prevents them from robbing, stealing and cheating-I’m all for it. Think about it.
Eventually, the Giants players started to surface. One of the 1st guys out was the Kung Fu Koala Panda, Pablo Sandoval. After he did a few sprints, he walked over to the stands and began to sign autographs. After thinking about it for a minute and wasting precious time, I decided to try to get a baseball signed by him. As soon as I arrived, he finished signing one last photo and walked into the dugout. Maybe I should have had some bamboo or eucalyptus leaves with me or something.
I headed back to my dugout spot.
Soon, Ryan Garko and Jesus Guzman emerged from the dugout. They began to throw right in front of the dugout with Ryan Garko directly in front of me. Knowing that Garko is the veteran and would most likely keep the ball, I positioned myself exactly where I started. When they finally finished throwing, Garko tossed the baseball right to me.
Upon further inspection of the baseball…
…it was autographed! Holy hell that’s cool!
After some quick analysis, I deemed the baseball to be autographed by:San Francisco Giants hitting coach Carney Lansford.
My 1st snagged AND already autographed baseball. How cool.
The baseball “Carney”……not to be confused with……the circus “carny.”
I would go on to snag only 1 more baseball.
In the top of the 8th inning, Travis Ishikawa lifted one high and deep to center. Brewers CF Jody Gerut camped underneath it on the warning track and squeezed it for the 3rd out of the inning. He was almost directly below me, so, I yelled his name. As he was running in, he turned around to me and fired a seed straight into my glove.
The 3rd out ball……and its unique markings on the leather. What could that be from?? Could that be an imprint from the bat’s wood grain?I would love to hear everyone’s theory.
The game ended up going into extra innings. Around the 10th inning, a young lady (about 8 yrs. old) approached me and offered to buy a baseball. Her offer? Two dollars.I told her she should keep her money. I would give her one for free. Sweet kid.
The Brewers won in the bottom of the 12th inning on a Prince Fielder walk-off dinger.Pretty exciting stuff for a team that’s 15 back. At least they gave us something to cheer about. | 2023-09-07T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/7874 |
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) isn’t bothered by a recent attack video produced by the right-wing group Media Research Center (MRC) ― in fact, she thinks they’re doing her a favor.
I love everything about this GOP attack ad. Republicans underestimate my intelligence bc I invite people into my home & talk about policy in plain English instead of DC jargon. They think that’s dumb, so they end up paying for ads that spread & explain our policy positions. 🤣 https://t.co/6XC1YdyKDU
The MRC TV video is framed as a spoof of Jack Handey’s “Deep Thoughts” skit from “Saturday Night Live.” Dubbed “Shallow Thoughts,” it features footage of Ocasio-Cortez discussing climate change that had originally appeared on her Instagram. In the story, Ocasio-Cortez said that fighting climate change may be expensive, but ignoring it could have much more costly effects.
“You think overhauling our economy to decarbonize and save the planet is going to be expensive? Try not decarbonizing our economy and allowing sea levels to rise, every coastal city to go underwater,” she said.
MRC responded to Ocasio-Cortez’s response with a blog post that mocked her intelligence for mistaking the conservative organization as an official Republican group. They said the video was not an ad and was not paid for by the GOP.
Numerous Twitter users responded to MRC’s comments with a few observations of their own: | 2023-10-22T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/3181 |
#define __CLC_FUNCTION atom_min
#include <clc/atom_decl_int64.inc>
| 2023-10-04T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/2088 |
Q:
Why HTML5 input type email doesn't allow empty space?
I use input type=email in my application. Prior to that in the old system developers user input type=text. Recently I was asked to fix the 'issue' in my code. The problem was reported by user when entering email address in the input field, accidentally empty space was entered on the end. Then user tried to Save the form, and error message was displayed under the email field This field is mistyped. I'm wondering if this is the way type=email should work and prevent empty space in the email address fields?
I tested this problem in Chrome and empty space will not be detected, but in Firefox will be and error message will show up.
$("#save").on("click", function() {
console.log(verifyFields('my-form'));
if (verifyFields('my-form')) {
alert('Saved!');
}
});
function verifyFields(containerID, includeInvisible) {
includeInvisible = includeInvisible || false;
let isValid = true;
const hdlMap = {
//'valueMissing': "This field is required",
//'patternMismatch': "This field is invalid",
'tooLong': "This field is too long",
'rangeOverflow': "This field is greater than allowed maximum",
'rangeUnderflow': "This field is less than allowed minimum",
'typeMismatch': "This field is mistyped"
};
const arrV = Object.keys(hdlMap);
const invalidInputs = [];
$("#" + containerID).find("input,textarea,select").each(function() {
var curItem$ = $(this);
var errMsg = [];
var dispfld = curItem$.data("dispfld");
var label = curItem$.data("label");
if (includeInvisible || curItem$.is(":visible")) {
if (curItem$[0].validity.valid) {
curItem$.removeClass("is-invalid");
return;
}
if (curItem$[0].validity['valueMissing']) {
var reqMsg = label ? label + " field is required" : "This field is required";
errMsg.push(reqMsg);
}
if (curItem$[0].validity['customError'] && dispfld) {
errMsg.push(dispfld);
}
if (curItem$[0].validity['patternMismatch'] && dispfld) {
errMsg.push(dispfld);
}
arrV.forEach(function(prop) {
if (curItem$[0].validity[prop]) {
errMsg.push(hdlMap[prop]);
}
});
if (errMsg.length) {
if (!curItem$.next().is(".invalid-feedback")) {
curItem$.after('<div class="invalid-feedback"></div>');
}
curItem$.addClass("is-invalid").next().text(errMsg.join(' and '));
invalidInputs.push(curItem$);
isValid = false;
} else {
curItem$.removeClass("is-invalid");
}
}
});
if (invalidInputs.length) {
invalidInputs[0].focus();
}
return isValid;
};
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form name="my-form" id="my-form">
<input type="email" name="user-email" id="user-email" required>
<button type="button" id="save">Save</button>
</form>
A:
a space isn't a valid character for an input type="email" because we can't have email addresses with spaces in them (A).
So in this case you have an unfortunate scenario where the space isn't in the middle of the email address, but at the beginning or end. But if you look at the validation that the browser follows for this input type, it still won't be allowed.
You have two options:
Set it back to input type="text", but set the same validation pattern that applies for emails: <input type="text" pattern="/^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+\/=?^_{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*$" /> and then modify that regex to allow for ending spaces (though you need to check on the back-end to make sure it will allow them, or otherwise you need to do a .trim() to remove those surrounding spaces.
Do a .trim() on your input after the user exits the input; removing whitespaces at the start or end.
(A) According to this answer:
space and "(),:;<>@[] characters are allowed with restrictions (they are only allowed inside a quoted string...
| 2023-10-02T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/6114 |
Graphene in Regenerative Medicine: Focus on Stem Cells and Neuronal Differentiation.
Emerging graphene-based materials offer numerous opportunities to design novel scaffolds for neural tissue engineering. Graphene is a promising candidate due to its superior topographical, chemical, and electrical cues compared with conventional biomaterials. Here we examine the state of the art in graphene-based materials science for the neurodifferentiation of stem cells. | 2024-06-18T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/9692 |
that is an awesome picture... do you have a lift on that? 33" tires? nice blazer..
Quote:
Originally Posted by Thealien
I was thinking the same thing!
Wow, thanks guys. The backdrop is the Continental Divide. I took that picture on a gorgeous spring day at ~10,000' on the road to Mt. Evans west of Denver. You get some incredible views between there and the summit!
Wow, thanks guys. The backdrop is the Continental Divide. I took that picture on a gorgeous spring day at ~10,000' on the road to Mt. Evans west of Denver. You get some incredible views between there and the summit!
Man,I`m deleting my truck.This has turned into a truck show...well,except onlyifihada(j/k!!!)
These are "all" some real nice trucks!...including onlyifihada(still j/k.Not the nice truck part,just still in the same spirit as...)
Here`s a sweet Blazer,courtesy of THE Truck Shop :
Here`s a nice K/20,courtesy of member Cooldudecoco (I think i got that right,D )
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed"
Don't mind the body mount, the will fix later in time, but not high on my list.
A convertion is pretty easy everything is a bolt up process, the truck was halfway done when i got it, but the rear hanger are already in the frame i belive so all you need is
CRoss member, with motor mount brackets, or customs fab if up, you can use the 2wd and makes a plate from the frame to bracket and bracket to bracket. I tried just welding frame to bracket each side the weld broke, tig welded.
Tranny/ t-case
springs
Axle
Shocks
And drivelines.
the front and rear
Yes the exhast is welded right there, a muffler shop did it, don't know why but they did, And i don't really care.
Edit i was going to take a pic of a 67-72 chevy truck that was at the dunes, a nice one clean from where i was at, but seemed the motor was lackng somewhat sounded good, just tires didn't seem to want to move fast, He was trying to throw sand.
Well, I just got mine so there are only the before pics so far. We plan a full frame off restore with some lift and more tires under it but as time goes on I hope too share some good progress pictures. thanks for looking. | 2023-12-26T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/3312 |
Q:
turn multidimensional array to normal
I have array like this
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[text] => 1
)
[1] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[text] => 2
)
[1] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[text] => 3
)
)
[2] => Array
(
[text] => 4
)
)
[2] => Array
(
[text] => 5
)
)
i dont know number of dimensions, there can be many of them. Also key of target subarrays can be not 'text', but its always text key, not numerical. How do i turn this array into array like this?
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[text] => 1
)
[1] => Array
(
[text] => 2
)
[2] => Array
(
[text] => 3
)
[3] => Array
(
[text] => 4
)
[4] => Array
(
[text] => 5
)
)
UPDATE: Okay, i didnt explain, and didnt understand whole question by myself. The thing is that array is formed by recursion i have one function:
public static function goToAction($action)
{
$actions = array();
$logic = file_get_contents('../../logic/logic.json');
$logic_array = json_decode($logic, true);
unset($logic);
if (!isset($logic_array[$action])) {
return false;
} else {
foreach ($logic_array[$action] as $action) {
$actions[] = self::parseActionType($action);
}
}
return $actions;
}
and then my array ($data) is forming here
public static function parseActionType($actions)
{
$data = array();
foreach ($actions as $key => $action) {
switch ($key) {
case 'goto': {
$goto_actions = self::goToAction($action);
foreach ($goto_actions as $goto_action) {
$data[]= $goto_action;
}
} break;
....
}
}
so these functions can call each other, and there can be recursion, and as I understood when this happens, this code $data[] = $goto_action puts all of received actions in one element, but I need to put each $goto_action in differend element of $data array
A:
You can use array_walk_recursive to traverse all the value. live demo
$result = [];
array_walk_recursive($array, function($v, $k) use(&$result){
$result[] = [$k => $v];
});
| 2023-08-27T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/9885 |
Cloning and sequencing of a t(14;19) breakpoint that involves the C mu switch region.
The t(14;19) is a recurring translocation found in a small number of cases of chronic B-cell leukemia (CLL). We have cloned and sequenced the breakpoint in a patient with a t(14;19) and shown that the breakpoint on chromosome 14 occurred in the C mu switch region, and that the breakpoint on chromosome 19 occurred in the 5' untranslated region of the BCL3 gene. This is in contrast to all the other reported cases with a t(14;19) in which the breakpoints on chromosome 14 occurred in the C alpha 1 or C alpha 2 switch region, and the breakpoints on chromosome 19 occurred upstream of the BCL3 gene. Our results further emphasize the importance of the switch region in the t(14;19) translocation. | 2023-08-28T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/5029 |
Q:
SVN fetch of what was updated
I am creating a tool that monitors what was updated in SVN (via Tortoise) and then does actions based on that content.
I can use post update hooks to get the latest revision number, but if there were no new updates, then I still see that revision number anyway.
Is there a way to find out what revisions were accessed for the first time in the last update?
A:
We have database scripts coming through in our updates that need to be run against our local db's. I am trying to detect when the updates include scripts created elsewhere and run our special update tool.
I suggest you look at Jenkins. Jenkins is a continuous build system and is designed to do a build every time someone commits code. What Jenkins actually does in a build is up to you. Jenkins can run almost any sort of build script (Makefiles, Ant, MSBuild, and even batch and shell scripts) when triggered. It can do pre-build actions and post-build actions. It can trigger one build after another build is complete.
Jenkins has dozens of plugins which can help extend Jenkins.
The big thing is that Jenkins can pass onto your scripts useful information such a the Subversion revision number that triggered the build. From there, you can parse the output of the svn log to find the names of the files that were changed, and handle them appropriately.
Jenkins is easy to learn and easy to install. You can use it on Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, or almost any computer that can run Java 1.6. On Windows, the installation program includes the Java 1.6 run time and installs itself as a Windows service.
| 2023-09-17T01:27:13.970301 | https://example.com/article/8003 |
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