<?php

namespace Drupal\image\Tests;

use Drupal\image\Entity\ImageStyle;
use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;

/**
 * Tests the functions for generating paths and URLs for image styles.
 *
 * @group image
 */
class ImageStylesPathAndUrlTest extends WebTestBase {

  /**
   * Modules to enable.
   *
   * @var array
   */
  public static $modules = ['image', 'image_module_test'];

  /**
   * @var \Drupal\image\ImageStyleInterface
   */
  protected $style;

  protected function setUp() {
    parent::setUp();

    $this->style = ImageStyle::create(['name' => 'style_foo', 'label' => $this->randomString()]);
    $this->style->save();
  }

  /**
   * Tests \Drupal\image\ImageStyleInterface::buildUri().
   */
  public function testImageStylePath() {
    $scheme = 'public';
    $actual = $this->style->buildUri("$scheme://foo/bar.gif");
    $expected = "$scheme://styles/" . $this->style->id() . "/$scheme/foo/bar.gif";
    $this->assertEqual($actual, $expected, 'Got the path for a file URI.');

    $actual = $this->style->buildUri('foo/bar.gif');
    $expected = "$scheme://styles/" . $this->style->id() . "/$scheme/foo/bar.gif";
    $this->assertEqual($actual, $expected, 'Got the path for a relative file path.');
  }

  /**
   * Tests an image style URL using the "public://" scheme.
   */
  public function testImageStyleUrlAndPathPublic() {
    $this->doImageStyleUrlAndPathTests('public');
  }

  /**
   * Tests an image style URL using the "private://" scheme.
   */
  public function testImageStyleUrlAndPathPrivate() {
    $this->doImageStyleUrlAndPathTests('private');
  }

  /**
   * Tests an image style URL with the "public://" scheme and unclean URLs.
   */
  public function testImageStyleUrlAndPathPublicUnclean() {
    $this->doImageStyleUrlAndPathTests('public', FALSE);
  }

  /**
   * Tests an image style URL with the "private://" schema and unclean URLs.
   */
  public function testImageStyleUrlAndPathPrivateUnclean() {
    $this->doImageStyleUrlAndPathTests('private', FALSE);
  }

  /**
   * Tests an image style URL with a file URL that has an extra slash in it.
   */
  public function testImageStyleUrlExtraSlash() {
    $this->doImageStyleUrlAndPathTests('public', TRUE, TRUE);
  }

  /**
   * Tests that an invalid source image returns a 404.
   */
  public function testImageStyleUrlForMissingSourceImage() {
    $non_existent_uri = 'public://foo.png';
    $generated_url = $this->style->buildUrl($non_existent_uri);
    $this->drupalGet($generated_url);
    $this->assertResponse(404, 'Accessing an image style URL with a source image that does not exist provides a 404 error response.');
  }

  /**
   * Tests building an image style URL.
   */
  public function doImageStyleUrlAndPathTests($scheme, $clean_url = TRUE, $extra_slash = FALSE) {
    $this->prepareRequestForGenerator($clean_url);

    // Make the default scheme neither "public" nor "private" to verify the
    // functions work for other than the default scheme.
    $this->config('system.file')->set('default_scheme', 'temporary')->save();

    // Create the directories for the styles.
    $directory = $scheme . '://styles/' . $this->style->id();
    $status = file_prepare_directory($directory, FILE_CREATE_DIRECTORY);
    $this->assertNotIdentical(FALSE, $status, 'Created the directory for the generated images for the test style.');

    // Create a working copy of the file.
    $files = $this->drupalGetTestFiles('image');
    $file = array_shift($files);
    $original_uri = file_unmanaged_copy($file->uri, $scheme . '://', FILE_EXISTS_RENAME);
    // Let the image_module_test module know about this file, so it can claim
    // ownership in hook_file_download().
    \Drupal::state()->set('image.test_file_download', $original_uri);
    $this->assertNotIdentical(FALSE, $original_uri, 'Created the generated image file.');

    // Get the URL of a file that has not been generated and try to create it.
    $generated_uri = $this->style->buildUri($original_uri);
    $this->assertFalse(file_exists($generated_uri), 'Generated file does not exist.');
    $generate_url = $this->style->buildUrl($original_uri, $clean_url);

    // Ensure that the tests still pass when the file is generated by accessing
    // a poorly constructed (but still valid) file URL that has an extra slash
    // in it.
    if ($extra_slash) {
      $modified_uri = str_replace('://', ':///', $original_uri);
      $this->assertNotEqual($original_uri, $modified_uri, 'An extra slash was added to the generated file URI.');
      $generate_url = $this->style->buildUrl($modified_uri, $clean_url);
    }
    if (!$clean_url) {
      $this->assertTrue(strpos($generate_url, 'index.php/') !== FALSE, 'When using non-clean URLS, the system path contains the script name.');
    }
    // Add some extra chars to the token.
    $this->drupalGet(str_replace(IMAGE_DERIVATIVE_TOKEN . '=', IMAGE_DERIVATIVE_TOKEN . '=Zo', $generate_url));
    $this->assertResponse(403, 'Image was inaccessible at the URL with an invalid token.');
    // Change the parameter name so the token is missing.
    $this->drupalGet(str_replace(IMAGE_DERIVATIVE_TOKEN . '=', 'wrongparam=', $generate_url));
    $this->assertResponse(403, 'Image was inaccessible at the URL with a missing token.');

    // Check that the generated URL is the same when we pass in a relative path
    // rather than a URI. We need to temporarily switch the default scheme to
    // match the desired scheme before testing this, then switch it back to the
    // "temporary" scheme used throughout this test afterwards.
    $this->config('system.file')->set('default_scheme', $scheme)->save();
    $relative_path = file_uri_target($original_uri);
    $generate_url_from_relative_path = $this->style->buildUrl($relative_path, $clean_url);
    $this->assertEqual($generate_url, $generate_url_from_relative_path);
    $this->config('system.file')->set('default_scheme', 'temporary')->save();

    // Fetch the URL that generates the file.
    $this->drupalGet($generate_url);
    $this->assertResponse(200, 'Image was generated at the URL.');
    $this->assertTrue(file_exists($generated_uri), 'Generated file does exist after we accessed it.');
    $this->assertRaw(file_get_contents($generated_uri), 'URL returns expected file.');
    $image = $this->container->get('image.factory')->get($generated_uri);
    $this->assertEqual($this->drupalGetHeader('Content-Type'), $image->getMimeType(), 'Expected Content-Type was reported.');
    $this->assertEqual($this->drupalGetHeader('Content-Length'), $image->getFileSize(), 'Expected Content-Length was reported.');

    // Check that we did not download the original file.
    $original_image = $this->container->get('image.factory')->get($original_uri);
    $this->assertNotEqual($this->drupalGetHeader('Content-Length'), $original_image->getFileSize());

    if ($scheme == 'private') {
      $this->assertEqual($this->drupalGetHeader('Expires'), 'Sun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT', 'Expires header was sent.');
      $this->assertNotEqual(strpos($this->drupalGetHeader('Cache-Control'), 'no-cache'), FALSE, 'Cache-Control header contains \'no-cache\' to prevent caching.');
      $this->assertEqual($this->drupalGetHeader('X-Image-Owned-By'), 'image_module_test', 'Expected custom header has been added.');

      // Make sure that a second request to the already existing derivative
      // works too.
      $this->drupalGet($generate_url);
      $this->assertResponse(200, 'Image was generated at the URL.');

      // Check that the second request also returned the generated image.
      $this->assertEqual($this->drupalGetHeader('Content-Length'), $image->getFileSize());

      // Check that we did not download the original file.
      $this->assertNotEqual($this->drupalGetHeader('Content-Length'), $original_image->getFileSize());

      // Make sure that access is denied for existing style files if we do not
      // have access.
      \Drupal::state()->delete('image.test_file_download');
      $this->drupalGet($generate_url);
      $this->assertResponse(403, 'Confirmed that access is denied for the private image style.');

      // Repeat this with a different file that we do not have access to and
      // make sure that access is denied.
      $file_noaccess = array_shift($files);
      $original_uri_noaccess = file_unmanaged_copy($file_noaccess->uri, $scheme . '://', FILE_EXISTS_RENAME);
      $generated_uri_noaccess = $scheme . '://styles/' . $this->style->id() . '/' . $scheme . '/' . drupal_basename($original_uri_noaccess);
      $this->assertFalse(file_exists($generated_uri_noaccess), 'Generated file does not exist.');
      $generate_url_noaccess = $this->style->buildUrl($original_uri_noaccess);

      $this->drupalGet($generate_url_noaccess);
      $this->assertResponse(403, 'Confirmed that access is denied for the private image style.');
      // Verify that images are not appended to the response. Currently this test only uses PNG images.
      if (strpos($generate_url, '.png') === FALSE ) {
        $this->fail('Confirming that private image styles are not appended require PNG file.');
      }
      else {
        // Check for PNG-Signature (cf. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/book/chapter08.html#png.ch08.div.2) in the
        // response body.
        $this->assertNoRaw( chr(137) . chr(80) . chr(78) . chr(71) . chr(13) . chr(10) . chr(26) . chr(10), 'No PNG signature found in the response body.');
      }
    }
    else {
      $this->assertEqual($this->drupalGetHeader('Expires'), 'Sun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT', 'Expires header was sent.');
      $this->assertEqual(strpos($this->drupalGetHeader('Cache-Control'), 'no-cache'), FALSE, 'Cache-Control header contains \'no-cache\' to prevent caching.');

      if ($clean_url) {
        // Add some extra chars to the token.
        $this->drupalGet(str_replace(IMAGE_DERIVATIVE_TOKEN . '=', IMAGE_DERIVATIVE_TOKEN . '=Zo', $generate_url));
        $this->assertResponse(200, 'Existing image was accessible at the URL with an invalid token.');
      }
    }

    // Allow insecure image derivatives to be created for the remainder of this
    // test.
    $this->config('image.settings')->set('allow_insecure_derivatives', TRUE)->save();

    // Create another working copy of the file.
    $files = $this->drupalGetTestFiles('image');
    $file = array_shift($files);
    $original_uri = file_unmanaged_copy($file->uri, $scheme . '://', FILE_EXISTS_RENAME);
    // Let the image_module_test module know about this file, so it can claim
    // ownership in hook_file_download().
    \Drupal::state()->set('image.test_file_download', $original_uri);

    // Suppress the security token in the URL, then get the URL of a file that
    // has not been created and try to create it. Check that the security token
    // is not present in the URL but that the image is still accessible.
    $this->config('image.settings')->set('suppress_itok_output', TRUE)->save();
    $generated_uri = $this->style->buildUri($original_uri);
    $this->assertFalse(file_exists($generated_uri), 'Generated file does not exist.');
    $generate_url = $this->style->buildUrl($original_uri, $clean_url);
    $this->assertIdentical(strpos($generate_url, IMAGE_DERIVATIVE_TOKEN . '='), FALSE, 'The security token does not appear in the image style URL.');
    $this->drupalGet($generate_url);
    $this->assertResponse(200, 'Image was accessible at the URL with a missing token.');

    // Stop supressing the security token in the URL.
    $this->config('image.settings')->set('suppress_itok_output', FALSE)->save();
    // Ensure allow_insecure_derivatives is enabled.
    $this->assertEqual($this->config('image.settings')->get('allow_insecure_derivatives'), TRUE);
    // Check that a security token is still required when generating a second
    // image derivative using the first one as a source.
    $nested_url = $this->style->buildUrl($generated_uri, $clean_url);
    $matches_expected_url_format = (boolean) preg_match('/styles\/' . $this->style->id() . '\/' . $scheme . '\/styles\/' . $this->style->id() . '\/' . $scheme . '/', $nested_url);
    $this->assertTrue($matches_expected_url_format, "URL for a derivative of an image style matches expected format.");
    $nested_url_with_wrong_token = str_replace(IMAGE_DERIVATIVE_TOKEN . '=', 'wrongparam=', $nested_url);
    $this->drupalGet($nested_url_with_wrong_token);
    $this->assertResponse(403, 'Image generated from an earlier derivative was inaccessible at the URL with a missing token.');
    // Check that this restriction cannot be bypassed by adding extra slashes
    // to the URL.
    $this->drupalGet(substr_replace($nested_url_with_wrong_token, '//styles/', strrpos($nested_url_with_wrong_token, '/styles/'), strlen('/styles/')));
    $this->assertResponse(403, 'Image generated from an earlier derivative was inaccessible at the URL with a missing token, even with an extra forward slash in the URL.');
    $this->drupalGet(substr_replace($nested_url_with_wrong_token, '////styles/', strrpos($nested_url_with_wrong_token, '/styles/'), strlen('/styles/')));
    $this->assertResponse(403, 'Image generated from an earlier derivative was inaccessible at the URL with a missing token, even with multiple forward slashes in the URL.');
    // Make sure the image can still be generated if a correct token is used.
    $this->drupalGet($nested_url);
    $this->assertResponse(200, 'Image was accessible when a correct token was provided in the URL.');

    // Check that requesting a nonexistent image does not create any new
    // directories in the file system.
    $directory = $scheme . '://styles/' . $this->style->id() . '/' . $scheme . '/' . $this->randomMachineName();
    $this->drupalGet(file_create_url($directory . '/' . $this->randomString()));
    $this->assertFalse(file_exists($directory), 'New directory was not created in the filesystem when requesting an unauthorized image.');
  }

}


Photo: Enceladus and Epimetheus Dwarfed by The Immensity of Saturn's Rings

A pair of Saturn's moons appear insignificant compared to the immensity of the planet in this Cassini spacecraft view along the terminator where day transitions to night.

The larger moon Enceladus (313 miles, or 504 kilometers across) is also on the left, just a bit closer to the center of the image. Epimetheus (70 miles, or 113 kilometers across) appears as a tiny black speck on the far left of the image, left of Enceladus, just below the thin line of the rings. The rings cast wide shadows on the southern hemisphere of the planet.

This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from just above the ringplane. The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Nov. 4, 2011 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 752 nanometers. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 746,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from Saturn and roughly 600,000 miles (1 million kilometers) from Enceladus and Epimetheus. Image scale is about 47 miles (75 kilometers) per pixel on Saturn, 37 miles (60 kilometers) per pixel on Enceladus and 41 miles (66 kilometers) per pixel Epimetheus.

The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.


using Senparc.Core.Models;
using Senparc.Scf.Core.Enums;
using Senparc.Scf.Core.Models;

namespace Senparc.Areas.Admin.Models.VD
{
    public class Feedback_BaseVD : BaseAdminVD
    {

    }

    public class Feedback_IndexVD : Feedback_BaseVD
    {
        public string Kw { get; set; }
        public PagedList<FeedBack> FeedbackList { get; set; }
    }
}


Congratulations, America, you managed to avoid a military takeover of the United States and the dictatorial imposition of martial law.

The military exercise Jade Helm 15 generated enough conspiracy theories this year that it garnered mockery on late-night television, commentary from presidential candidates and reaction from the Texas governor. The basic thrust of the concerns: The military was laying the groundwork for martial law – if not now, then sometime in the future. The exercise will end quietly Tuesday, however. Carried out in parts of Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida, it will conclude after two months of operations, said Suzanne Nagl, a spokeswoman for Army Special Operations Command, which oversaw it.

The Washington Post’s report added that Nagl does not yet have details on the lessons of the training exercise, but she added that officials at the Army Special Operations Command “believe the exercise overall was a success.”

Remarkably, “success” in this case did not mean the confiscation of Americans’ guns, as part of some kind of military takeover.

If you were away over the summer, you may not know what I’m talking about, so let’s recap . From July 15 to today, the military organized some training exercises for about 1,200 people in areas spanning from Texas to California. Somehow, right-wing activists got it in their heads that the exercises, labeled “Jade Helm 15,” were part of an elaborate conspiracy theory involving the Obama administration, the U.S. military, Walmart, and some “secret underground tunnels.”

It sounded ridiculous because it was ridiculous.

Nevertheless, as far-right hysteria grew louder, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) felt the need to order the Texas Guard to “monitor” the military exercises – just in case. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) stoked the same fires, and even Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) arranged a meeting with Pentagon officials and a three-star Air Force general, just to make sure American officials weren’t planning a takeover of America, or something.

As recently as mid-May – just four months ago – Public Policy Polling found that one-third of Republicans believed the conspiracy theory that “the government is trying to take over Texas.”

I suppose technically, the Jade Helm 15 exercises won’t end until later today, so far-right activists still have a few more hours to worry about the end of American freedom as we know it, but I’m reasonably optimistic that their hysteria was misplaced.


Transgenerational effects of chemotherapy: Both male and female children born to women exposed to chemotherapy have fewer children.
There is little known about the transgenerational effect of chemotherapy. For example, chemotherapy is known to decrease fecundity in women. But if women are able to have offspring after chemotherapy exposure, do these children also have decreased fecundity? This study is a retrospective cohort study utilizing the Utah Population Database (UPDB), a comprehensive resource that links birth, medical, death and cancer records for individuals in the state of Utah. The male and female children (F1 generation) of chemotherapy-exposed women (F0 generation) were identified. The number of live births (F2 generation) to this F1 generation was compared to two sets of chemotherapy-unexposed, matched controls using conditional Poisson regression models (regression coefficient, 95% confidence interval, P-value). The first unexposed was established using the general population and the second unexposed was established using first cousins to the F1 generation. The exposed F1 individuals had 77.2% fewer children (-1.48; -2.51 to -0.70; p = 0.001) relative to the unexposed general population. F1 males had 86.9% fewer children (-2.03; -4.91 to -0.51; p = 0.005) and F1 females had 70.5% fewer children (-1.22; -2.40 to -0.36; p = 0.016). When comparing to their unexposed cousins, the F1 generation (both sexes combined) had 74.3% (-1.36; -2.82 to -0.29; p = 0.029) fewer children. The sons and daughters (F1 generation) of chemotherapy-exposed women have fewer live births when compared to both matched, unexposed general population and cousin controls. Chemotherapy may have a transgenerational effect in exposed women which needs further investigation.


Month: January 2017

Up at 4 am doing some research for my assignment when I decided to take a break and scroll through Facebook ( like I did four minutes ago.Shh). I quickly go through my timeline, trying to resist the urge to NOT take another Buzzfeed test and then I come across a certain post.

Let me just say that recently, I was writing another article to post up on the blog about how we ought to understand one another better and not hate the other person for having a different opinion – whether or not that opinion is them supporting Trump or thinking women need to stay at home. I said in the post that if we all learned to respect what someone else had to say no matter how much we hated it or how offensive it was, that maybe we could change their minds for the better someday.

But that is so so difficult to do when you come across people on your very own friendlist who blatantly post things they know will hurt you. And trust me, I only keep family and close friends on my Facebook, so this person belonged somewhere in between. He isn’t just some stranger, we are technically family.

I’m not saying you need to refrain yourself from having an opinion with the fear of offending someone (in which case we would have to stop saying anything altogether), but I think you can do it with a little more tact and respect. I like being blunt, but I stop short when I know it will hurt or discriminate someone else.

I’m not one who gets offended easily. In fact, I make fun of people who do and most of the time, I’m at the receiving end of my own jokes. But heck, every once in a while like right now, it gets a little too much. I’m tired of seeing stereotypical posts about Muslims and Muslim women on Facebook. I’m tired of seeing people confuse an entire culture as a representation of an entire religion – they are two very different things. Tired of all the political hate and everything else. I want a week where the worst thing we will see on the news is a puppy being rescued from a tree, or a cat. Whatever.

I don’t understand. You criticize Muslims and Muslim women and you view them from this little peeping hole. I would get it if you don’t know any Muslims at all, but you do. You know me and you know I don’t fit into that stupid stereotype you group us all in. But you refuse to believe in that because it’s not what you want to see.

I’m still adjusting to the new reality that is 2017. 2016 was an awful year, but not because of all the celebrity deaths. People die everyday and in worse conditions. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not downplaying their deaths – it is equally saddening. But, being as active on social media as I am, I cannot help but feel numb towards deaths by heart attacks, suicide or accidents anymore.

It’s sad isn’t it? To be exposed to so many horrible things that certain atrocities no longer bother you. It shouldn’t be that way but I would be lying if I said otherwise.

Besides that, last year started of with three deaths of those close to me, one of whom was a childhood friend. The rest of the year slowly fell into place in many ways, with one obstacle after another. P.S: Does anyone ever feel like every time you’re about to score, something holds you back? Yeah, that was 2016 in a gist for me. After a while, you can’t help but lose hope and feel a wee bit negative.

I always hear about people saying that we can take charge of our own happiness. I scoffed at that more than once because I always believed that things/people/events were what made happy moments. It took me awhile to realize that that idea only resonated with me because I din’t want to be responsible for myself. For those of you who don’t know me ( and for those of you who do), I’m careful to avoid being put in a position in which I can be blamed. So I usually end my sentences with “I think”, just so you can’t put the blame on me completely. It’s a habit I’m trying to work on changing.

Anyway, back to what I was saying.

I don’t know anyone who would describe me as an optimistic individual – heck, I wouldn’t call this optimism to begin with. However, choosing to let go of some of the anger, grief and overall unhappiness little by little that have accumulated in me in the past four years have been liberating. I don’t know how else to describe it. I’m not saying that I’m an overall negative person ( truly, I’m not), but there were instances in which I couldn’t help but feel less than happy about how certain things worked out. And because I’m not the kind of person who let’s go or even talks about how I feel, it just piles up over time.

The most difficult one of all to let go of was the grief. After four years, I still deeply feel the loss of my grandfather. On some days, it feels so raw that I am suddenly back at the hospital room he passed away in. If I’m being completely honest with myself, I think that a part of me felt that getting over his death meant forgetting about him, like he was just another person. At certain points throughout the past four years, I felt guilty for being happy or enjoying Christmases even. There is a part of me that still feels those things, even now as I’m writing this.

Then again, I don’t think we completely get over the people who were a part of us, but we can choose to channel it in a different way. For what has felt like forever, I’m finally starting to feel the way I used to.

A lecturer once told me I have to want to feel happy again and not wait for it to waltz its way into my life – that was probably the wisest thing she ever said to me. So now, I’m choosing to stop dwelling on that fateful week in December 2012, but to use all my time and energy to appreciate every living second with those I still have with me. Because when my grandfather passed away, all I could think about was how I wished he could’ve seen me do all that he wished for.. Never stopping to think for a second that I still have important people here who can see it for themselves. I don’t want to ever be in a position where I have to wonder “what if”.. I never had that problem with my grandpa because we had a beautiful relationship and yet, I was still very distraught when he passed away.

With that being said, I have turned over a new leaf and I’ve been working on feeling better ever since. I have decided to forgive and look past certain things too. Feels great so far.

But let me tell you this. Being positive and choosing to feel better or be a better person is not as easy as everyone makes it out to be. It is so, so hard. It will be worth it though. Even though this resolution started out late last year, I’m determined to make 2017 a year I can be proud of. A year for self growth.

Now excuse me while I struggle to get back into a normal sleep pattern. By that I mean, not sleeping at 7.30 in the morning watching re-runs of The Flash again.


David Dontoh resigns as Chairman of Ghana Movie Awards

David Dontoh

Legendary actor who used to hold the position as Chairman/ Head of the Ghana Movie Awards has taken a swipe at the organizers of the Ghana Movie Awards for relegating him to the background during the awards ceremony last year and has therefore resigned from that position until further notice.

Mr. Dontoh was noticeably absent in major activities of the awards from the categorization stages to the main event, a situation that was direct opposite of what transpired in the previous editions where he took center-stage in the organization of the awards.

In a chat with Razz, he revealed that the awards scheme is an insult, and that he has decided to stay away from it till he gets some sound explanations by the organizers on the organization of the awards.

He explained that he was not informed about the 2013 GMA before its launch so he was not involved. He actually read about the launch in the newspapers.

“If I am the President of the Ghana Movie Awards and I had no idea about the award’s launch, no idea about the movie screening and if any media house questions me on any platform, what answers do you expect me to give?” he quipped.

“It doesn’t speak well of me, doesn’t speak well of the awards and I find it highly disrespectful,” Mr. Dontoh continued. According to him, Fred Nuamah and his team stabbed him in the back, therefore, he has decided to stay away from the awards scheme, and that he’s no longer going to be the President of the awards.

As to whether he has approached the Founder of the awards, Fred Nuamah on the issue: he said that he called the Founder but the explanations given didn’t make sense. “I once heard him (Fred Nuamah) talking on Peace 104.3FM and giving some baseless reasons on why I was visibly absent from the Launch.”

“I contacted him later but I think all indications showed that he doesn’t want me to be part of it. When someone doesn’t want you, or when someone doesn’t like you, you will know and see it,” he asserted.

When we asked him if he might have had any depraved encounter with the organizers in recent times, he said he doesn’t have any problem with Fred Nuamah, and that since they started working together, they have been in good working terms.

When the paper contacted Fred Nuamah, he simply retorted, “If that’s what David Dontoh is saying then, I hear, let me ask him and get back to you.”


Modern computing devices or computer systems commonly permit a user to view a displayed three-dimensional object from nearly any viewpoint. For example, an architect can design a new house or building using a computer aided design package, and then display that house from any of a variety of angles, such as from the top and sides of the house. To that end, many widely available computer design packages display toolbars and pallets that enable user control of the object. Among other things, the toolbar can have buttons, sliders, or other visual indicia that, when selected or otherwise manipulated by a user, causes the object or viewpoint to move in a desired manner.
This type of user interface/display control has been effective for many years, especially in the desktop computer space and high performance computing space. Undesirably, however, with the accelerating trend toward smaller, portable devices, such as smartphones and tablets, these important toolbars and pallets can take up a great deal of screen space. In fact, they can take up so much space that the ultimate object being displayed may have very little room to maneuver and have significant size limitations.


Victor Arroyo became the latest casualty of the “Big Brother” house Thursday, after being evicted by a vote of 9-1. Although the 25-year-old could have tried to take himself off the block by playing in this week’s “Power Of Veto” competition, Arroyo says he doesn’t blame his supposed ally, Paul Abrahamian, for his eviction.

“I’m not sure what he was thinking at the moment,” Arroyo tells ET Canada of Abrahamian’s decision to use the Houseguest’s Choice chip on Zakiyah Everette over him. “But in any case, he was doing what was best for his game, so I can’t blame him for that.”

RELATED: ‘Big Brother’ Evictee Jozea Flores Talks Strategy, ‘Battle Back’ Twist

Though the Louisiana native counted Abrahamian among his friends in the house, he seemed to rub others the wrong way. In her goodbye video, houseguest Natalie Negrotti told Arroyo she hopes he can “learn to be a little nicer to people, especially women.”

Arroyo says the comment “did come off as a shock,” but adds, “If I did come off as disrespectful, I apologize. It was never my intention.”

Thanks to the Battle Back competition, a new twist for season 18, Arroyo will have the chance to compete against four other evictees to re-enter the house. If he does get back into the game, though, he says he’ll be employing a very different strategy.

RELATED: ‘Big Brother’ Season 18’s First Evictee Opens Up About His Exit: ‘I Have Made Peace With It’

“I would not want to work with anyone,” he declares. “Everyone wanted me out, so I want everybody out. No holding back.”

Don’t miss “Big Brother” this Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on Global, where the new Head of Household nominates two fellow Houseguests for possible eviction and the winner of the “Big Brother Road Kill” competition nominates a third nominee.


// 2007-04-27  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>

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Shipping is extremely fast! I am currently a travel nurse and this was my second time attempting to order KN95 or N95 to have for when I go out shopping or in the event that the ONE N95 provided by the hospital becomes soiled or ruined. It is true that in the US medical staff uses the N95 (green/blue masks) however, it is a pandemic and supplies are extremely low and nonexistent so we have had some very generous people donating K95 to doctors and they have given us 1 to add to our 1... KN95 are simply a different brand from the N95s. I am just happy that I have a few more masks to use at work and outdoors day to day. The price, free shipping and speed of shipping is much appreciated during this pandemic! Stay safe. Thank you Webuyblack.com and Argan Afriquia!

Bunny Hopson

May 16, 2020, 12:51 PM

THESE ARE NOT KN95 MASKS! THEY ARE PM 2.5s! PM 2.5 was very clearly stamped on the masks that I received, which is different from the stamp that is pictured in the listing. PM 2.5 filtration level masks do offer some protection, but on average the virus is much smaller than these are capable of filtering alone. This listing is very misleading--but product does arrive very quickly, albeit without a tracking number and in a ziplock bag. If you buy these, double them up or wear with a cloth mask!

Here you can provide information as to what products can be returned, how many days your customers have to return their purchase, whether they will receive a refund in the original form of payment, a replacement or a store credit, who pays for the shipping of the previously purchased products to the store, and so on.


Monoclonal antibodies to sweet taste proteins. I. Analysis of antigenic epitopes on thaumatin by competitive inhibition assays.
Using a competitive inhibition binding immunoassay, we have examined some of the antigenic epitopes present on thaumatin, an intense sweet tasting protein from the African fruit katemfe. We have developed a library of monoclonal antibodies which react with different surface antigenic epitopes on thaumatin. Some of these monoclonal antibodies also cross-react with monellin, another unrelated sweet tasting protein. The competitive binding immunoassay examines the immunoreactivity of both solid-phase and liquid-phase monoclonal antibodies. At least six major antigenic epitopes on thaumatin were identified by our library of monoclonal antibodies. This type of competitive binding analysis may prove useful in the discovery of "sweet taste determinants" on plant proteins and in the development of tandem immunoassays for quantitation of sweet tasting proteins in plant extracts.


The price of pedigree dogs is at an all-time high, and demand too. 2017 saw a 7% rise in the number of registered puppies in the UK.

We visited Crufts, one of the world's largest dog shows, to find out why people spend so much on pedigree dogs.

A Tibetan mastiff sold to a businessman for $1.9 million in 2014, yet years later the breed was being abandoned en masse. Why does this happen?

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How much do you love dogs? Enough to spend $1.9 million on one? That's how much a Tibetan mastiff was sold for in 2014. For dog breeders and owners, taking care of their pet becomes a lifelong obsession. So why are pedigree dogs so expensive?

Every year, over 21,500 dogs from 43 countries compete at Crufts, and it's here that you can see some of the world's most sought-after dogs: Akita, Chow Chows, Löwchens and Samoyeds. Here, you can also buy dog treats, accessories and fashion items, as owners continue to invest money in their pets. The value of the UK pet products and services market is forecast to reach £2.1 billion by 2023.

According to Caroline Kisko, Secretary of The Kennel Club UK, people invest in pedigree dogs because of the traits they exhibit. "If you have a dog from a breed that has always rounded up sheep," said Kisko, "you tend to have a dog that will round up the family. So there are some instincts that we have bred into dogs over the generations. Which tend to come out now. So if you have a dog that's always bred to be a good companion, something like a Pekingese or some of the other toy breeds, then they will naturally make good companions."

While Best in Show winners at Crufts receive a trophy bowl and a modest £100, other competitions award larger cash prizes.

Breeding can also save vulnerable breeds of dog. The Löwchen — a tiny breed worth up to $10,000 — has been around since about 1442. But by 1944, they were extremely rare. Breeder Madame Bennert brought them back from the brink of extinction, and in 1971, the Löwchen Club of America was formed.

But while there are responsible breeders, there are also cases of irresponsible breeding. It was reported in 2018 that thousands of Tibetan mastiffs were being abandoned in China. Once the most sought-after dogs in the world — costing up to $1.9 million and sought after for their rarity and status, there was a complete collapse in demand.

We spoke to Cat Wood, a Veterinarian at the RSPCA. "If a breed becomes very popular, then breeders can charge a lot more," said Wood. "There are obviously a lot of breeders out there who care a lot about animals and who are breeding them to the best of their abilities. But if they are unable to get enough puppies out there for the demand then that's where the unscrupulous breeders will come in. And they can make an awful lot of money."

What's fashionable or photogenic plays a big part. Instagram is flooded with Tibetan mastiffs, huskies, Shiba Inus, chow chows and Akitas. Demand is growing for the pedigree market, with a 7% rise in the number of registered puppies in the UK in 2017.

Pictures from Channel 4/ Filming by kind permission of the Kennel Club Ltd. Crufts 2019 will be shown on catch up on All 4.


0.5
c
What is the biggest value in -7, -5, 1/30, 5?
5
Which is the fifth smallest value?  (a) 2/13  (b) 1/5  (c) 0.4  (d) -0.3  (e) -23.5
c
What is the biggest value in -4, -0.3, -5, 0.13?
0.13
Which is the second smallest value?  (a) -2/3  (b) 5  (c) -3  (d) 0.0172
a
What is the biggest value in 1/2, 1/4, 0.1, 2/3, 21?
21
What is the fourth biggest value in 5/14, -0.3, 0.4, 0.1?
-0.3
What is the smallest value in -0.5, 2, 1/11, -13/6?
-13/6
What is the smallest value in -4, -1/22, -6/337, 2/9?
-4
What is the third biggest value in 2/9, -24/23, -3?
-3
What is the smallest value in -0.36, -3, -0.5, 4?
-3
What is the third biggest value in 1, -29, 2/7?
-29
Which is the smallest value?  (a) 1/8  (b) 5/2  (c) 0.01  (d) 4/5  (e) 22
c
What is the third biggest value in -3/2, 211, 0?
-3/2
What is the third biggest value in 0.1, -11, 10?
-11
What is the second smallest value in 0.1, -9, -11, 3, -8?
-9
What is the fourth biggest value in 0.5, 1.2, 2/13, 4, -8?
2/13
What is the third biggest value in -2.8, -2/17, -5, 0.2, 5?
-2/17
Which is the second smallest value?  (a) -1/4  (b) -2/109  (c) 0
b
Which is the third smallest value?  (a) 0.5  (b) 2/53  (c) -1/7  (d) 3.9
a
Which is the fourth smallest value?  (a) -1/13  (b) -2  (c) -1/2  (d) 5/8
d
Which is the fourth smallest value?  (a) -1/4  (b) -0.2  (c) 1/5  (d) -134
c
Which is the fourth biggest value?  (a) -0.6  (b) 1/2  (c) 3  (d) -0.4  (e) -0.09
d
What is the second biggest value in -4.49, -3, 4/7?
-3
What is the third smallest value in -0.1, -3, -20?
-0.1
Which is the third biggest value?  (a) -31  (b) 0.5  (c) 1/5  (d) 3
c
What is the second biggest value in -1/7, -4, 2, 15, 4?
4
Which is the third smallest value?  (a) -8  (b) -0.12  (c) 0.03
c
What is the fourth smallest value in -2, 6/11, 9, 2, 4?
4
Which is the third smallest value?  (a) -3  (b) 2/7  (c) -0.2  (d) -0.66
c
Which is the biggest value?  (a) 2/3  (b) -1/23  (c) 0.1  (d) 1
d
What is the second biggest value in 1/53, -1, 1?
1/53
Which is the third smallest value?  (a) 0.5  (b) -1/8  (c) 1  (d) 3  (e) -1/4
a
Which is the second smallest value?  (a) 7  (b) -1  (c) -3/2  (d) 1
b
Which is the smallest value?  (a) -5  (b) 0  (c) -2/9  (d) 8  (e) 3
a
Which is the fourth smallest value?  (a) -5  (b) -1  (c) 2/11  (d) -36.5
c
What is the smallest value in 1, 3, 1/2, -1, 0.1?
-1
What is the second biggest value in -4, 27, 2?
2
What is the second biggest value in -0.5, -2/5, 6?
-2/5
What is the second biggest value in -1/5, -0.19, -0.3, 6/5?
-0.19
What is the fourth biggest value in 0.5, -6, 0.1, -4, 3/5?
-4
What is the fourth smallest value in 1/5, -16, -5, -5/3?
1/5
Which is the second biggest value?  (a) -4  (b) -18.88  (c) 2
a
What is the third biggest value in 0.17, 25, -1?
-1
What is the third smallest value in -2/9, 2/13, 546/23, -4?
2/13
What is the third smallest value in 5.3, 0.5, 1/16?
5.3
What is the second biggest value in 5, 2/7, 0.1, 2/17, -5/6?
2/7
What is the second smallest value in 2/7, 0, 0.04, -2?
0
Which is the second biggest value?  (a) 5  (b) 0  (c) -1  (d) 4
d
Which is the second biggest value?  (a) -204  (b) 4  (c) 22
b
What is the second biggest value in -0.3, -1, 2.3?
-0.3
Which is the second biggest value?  (a) 7  (b) 6  (c) 0.66
b
What is the biggest value in 2/21, 3, 1/8, -16?
3
Which is the biggest value?  (a) 3  (b) -2251/4  (c) 0.1
a
Which is the third smallest value?  (a) -2/17  (b) 0.18  (c) 0  (d) -2.36
c
What is the fourth biggest value in -92, 1/2, 9, 3?
-92
Which is the third smallest value?  (a) -0.054  (b) 0  (c) 2/3
c
What is the biggest value in 0, -56, -2, 4?
4
What is the fourth biggest value in -2972, 0.2, 0.5, -1?
-2972
Which is the third biggest value?  (a) 8  (b) -8  (c) 3
b
What is the third biggest value in 8, 22, 0.4, 2, -1?
2
What is the fourth biggest value in 0, -35/4, 2/41, 0.5?
-35/4
Which is the second smallest value?  (a) -0.57  (b) -206  (c) 1
a
Which is the fourth smallest value?  (a) -5  (b) -0.4  (c) 3  (d) 0.03  (e) 3/7
e
What is the third biggest value in 0.18, 0.2, -4/27?
-4/27
Which is the third biggest value?  (a) -19  (b) -3  (c) 14  (d) -1  (e) 4
d
Which is the second smallest value?  (a) 1/5  (b) -87  (c) -3/4
c
What is the second smallest value in -1/3, -14, 11?
-1/3
What is the smallest value in -21, -2/25, 10/9, 1/10?
-21
Which is the third biggest value?  (a) -9  (b) -2/5  (c) -0.6  (d) 0.5  (e) 9
b
Which is the smallest value?  (a) -6  (b) 1  (c) 5
a
What is the third biggest value in 3/7, 3.7, 1/3?
1/3
Which is the fourth smallest value?  (a) 1  (b) -15  (c) -2  (d) 0.1
a
Which is the fourth biggest value?  (a) -4  (b) 0  (c) -5  (d) -2/29
c
What is the fourth biggest value in 3, -0.2, 0, -4, 0.5?
-0.2
Which is the third biggest value?  (a) 0.66  (b) 0.2  (c) 0  (d) -3
c
Which is the third biggest value?  (a) 0.1  (b) -1  (c) -178
c
Which is the second smallest value?  (a) 2  (b) 0.1  (c) 257
a
Which is the fourth biggest value?  (a) -0.2  (b) -3  (c) -2  (d) 3/5
b
What is the biggest value in 0, -2/17, -1/4, 3/2?
3/2
What is the biggest value in 11, -5, 2, 5, -13?
11
What is the smallest value in -0.02, 1/15, -3/5, 0.1?
-3/5
Which is the fourth biggest value?  (a) 1  (b) -0.3  (c) -5  (d) 130  (e) -0.1
b
Which is the fifth smallest value?  (a) 0.3  (b) -0.2  (c) -12/65  (d) -5  (e) 0.1
a
Which is the second smallest value?  (a) -2/9  (b) -11/3  (c) -109
b
Which is the biggest value?  (a) -6  (b) -5  (c) -2  (d) 7
d
What is the second smallest value in 342, -4, 0?
0
Which is the second biggest value?  (a) 5.4  (b) -5  (c) -0.04
c
Which is the fourth biggest value?  (a) 1/8  (b) 0.3  (c) -1/2  (d) -8.9
d
What is the biggest value in -3, 4, -1.55?
4
What is the smallest value in 1, 1/4, -2/17?
-2/17
What is the third smallest value in 5, 4, 2, -2/29?
4
Which is the second biggest value?  (a) 5  (b) -5  (c) 0.4
c
What is the second biggest value in 2/2399, -5, 0.2?
2/2399
Which is the second biggest value?  (a) 0.17  (b) -0.06  (c) 3
a
What is the fourth biggest value in -2, -4/5, -0.5, 1/15?
-2
What is the second biggest value in -2/3, -0.4, -1/6, 4/31?
-1/6
Which is the second biggest value?  (a) -1/2  (b) 0.2  (c) 13.04
b
Which is the third biggest value?  (a) 0.02  (b) -1/11  (c) -0.06
b
Which is the smallest value?  (a) -4  (b) 6  (c) -2
a
Which is the third smallest value?  (a) -1/3  (b) -5/12  (c) 1
c
What is the second biggest value in 4, -5, -3/70?
-3/70
What is the second smallest value in -10, -4, -2/15, 2?
-4
What is the smallest value in 3/25, 3/5, 0, -0.2?
-0.2
Which is the fourth smallest value?  (a) 1  (b) 3/8  (c) -0.5  (d) -4/11
a
Which is the third smallest value?  (a) -1/11  (b) 81  (c) 2
b
What is the second smallest value in 9/10, 4, -2, -4, 0.5?
-2
What is the third biggest value in 1/13, -4, 0.11?
-4
What is the third smallest value in 6, -0.2, -2, 2/7?
2/7
Which is the third smallest value?  (a) 0.23  (b) 11  (c) 0
b
Which is the smallest value?  (a) 0.2  (b) -140.8  (c) -0.5
b
Which is the second smallest value?  (a) 5  (b) -25.38  (c) 0.5
c
Which is the second biggest value?  (a) 3/2  (b) 24  (c) -27/11
a
Which is the third smallest value?  (a) -6  (b) -1  (c) 2/11  (d) -2/3  (e) 2/13
d
What is the biggest value in 25/3, -4/5, -24, 5?
25/3
What is the second smallest value in 1/6, -5, -1, 0.3?
-1
Which is the smallest value?  (a) 16  (b) 4  (c) -1/6
c
What is the smallest value in 21, 1/2, 2, 0.01?
0.01
Which is the smallest value?  (a) 0  (b) -5  (c) -2/15  (d) 66
b
Which is the second smallest value?  (a) 0.2  (b) 0.02  (c) -0.1  (d) -5
c
Which is the second biggest value?  (a) -2/13  (b) -0.6  (c) -4  (d) 4
a
Which is the third biggest value?  (a) 1/6  (b) 3  (c) 2233  (d) 5
b
Which is the biggest value?  (a) -24  (b) 1/2  (c) -5  (d) -1/2
b
What is the third biggest value in 5, -3/5, 2/13?
-3/5
What is the second smallest value in 0.3, 0, 14?
0.3
What is the second biggest value in -13.6, 17, -0.3?
-0.3
Which is the smallest value?  (a) -1/7  (b) 7  (c) -1
c
What is the third smallest value in -0.2, -4/7, -3/7, 0.37?
-0.2
What is the second biggest value in -5, 4/5, 0.3, 3, -2/7?
4/5
What is the smallest value in 2, -4, -1.4?
-4
What is the third smallest value in 1, 4/9, -2, -3/7?
4/9
What is the second biggest value in -3/5, 758, -


Sensitivity of myeloid leukemia cells to calcium influx blockade: application to bone marrow purging.
The aim of this study was to assess the potential of store-operated Ca(2+) channel (SOC) antagonists as purging agents for leukemia cells. Clonogenic, limiting dilution, and nuclear condensation assays were used to evaluate SOC antagonist efficacy. SOC activity and endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) content were measured by flow cytometry. Murine bone marrow transplantation was used to determine purging efficacy and effects on hemopoietic reconstitution. Econazole (Ec) and ketotifen (Ke) were variably effective against human and murine leukemia cell lines after 24 hours of incubation. However, a 2-hour serum and bovine serum albumin-free treatment protocol with Ec was found to maximize differential sensitivity between leukemic cells and normal hemopoietic progenitors. Primary acute myelogenous leukemia blast cell viability was reduced 4.2 to 5.1 logs by 2-hour Ec treatment as measured by limiting dilution. An inverse relationship between endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) content and Ke sensitivity in leukemia and untransformed cells was observed. Nuclear condensation, an index of apoptosis, which occurred after 24-hour treatments with either Ec or Ke, was not observed after 2-hour serum- and bovine serum albumin-free Ec exposures; however, condensed nuclei were observed after an additional 10-hour incubation in growth medium without drug. Using bone marrow deliberately contaminated with 1% P815 cells, we showed that highly effective in vitro purging can be accomplished using Ec with no adverse effects on bone marrow reconstitution in mice. These studies suggest that SOC antagonists have potential as purging agents for residual leukemia cells present in bone marrow in the context of high-dose chemotherapy and autologous transplantation for leukemia.


Q:

How to show less than a specific percentage in an Excel pivot table?

I have a pivot table made in Excel and I already have all the % collected data there.
Now, what I need to do is show only the critical ones which are less than 85%, as I don't need anything above that being shown.
Is there a way I can show less than 85% or any other amount in the future?

A:

Add another column to your raw data. Set formula to [assuming the % is in column A]:
=A1<85%

Add this column to your pivot table as a filter. Filter for where your new column = TRUE.
Edit for new info
Per your comments below, the %'s are not actually calculated "within" the pivot table, they are next to the pivot table on the same tab. So, simply add an "if" statement to that formula, like so:
= if(('Total Paid'+'Total Contr. Adj.')/('Total Billed Amount'-'Other Adj.'-'Write-Off')<85%,('Total Paid'+'Total Contr. Adj.')/('Total Billed Amount'-'Other Adj.'-'Write-Off'),"")

This will check to see if your formula is <85%. If it is, the formula will appear there.


Q:

Как в laravel изменить путь на авторизацию и при этом передать параметр?

Только начал изучать фреймворк Laravel и столкнулся с задачей, ответ на которую пока нигде не нашёл. Самостоятельно не смог решить. Прошу помочь разобраться.
Версия
Laravel Framework 6.10.1
Задача
Изменить путь на страницы авторизации и добавить в адрес параметр.
Описание
После выполнения команд

composer require laravel/ui
php artisan ui vue
php artisan ui:auth

... получаем шаблоны, которые расположены в resources/views/auth и в resources/views/layouts
Теперь, чтобы попасть на страницу входа в адресной строке вводим адрес
localhost/login
Это адрес по умолчанию. Как его изменить таким образом, чтобы обеспечить мультиязычность сайта?
Адрес должен быть такого вида:

localhost/ru/login
localhost/en/login
... и т. д.

В файле routes\web.php после выполнения команд выше, изначально прописано:
Auth::routes();

Для переопределения маршрутов нашёл в интернете вариант, как в листинге ниже. Если сейчас изменить адрес для входа в систему, то получится перейти на страницу.
// Login
Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function() {
    Route::get('/en/login', ['as' => 'login', 'uses' => 'Auth\LoginController@showLoginForm']);
    Route::post('/en/login', ['as' => 'login.post', 'uses' => 'Auth\LoginController@login']);
    Route::post('/en/logout', ['as' => 'logout', 'uses' => 'Auth\LoginController@logout']);
});
// Registration Routes...
    Route::get('register', ['as' => 'register', 'uses' => 'Auth\RegisterController@showRegistrationForm']);
    Route::post('register', ['as' => 'register.post', 'uses' => 'Auth\RegisterController@register']);

// Password Reset Routes...
    Route::get('password/reset', ['as' => 'password.reset', 'uses' => 'Auth\ForgotPasswordController@showLinkRequestForm']);
    Route::post('password/email', ['as' => 'password.email', 'uses' => 'Auth\ForgotPasswordController@sendResetLinkEmail']);
    Route::get('password/reset/{token}', ['as' => 'password.reset.token', 'uses' => 'Auth\ResetPasswordController@showResetForm']);
    Route::post('password/reset', ['as' => 'password.reset.post', 'uses' => 'Auth\ResetPasswordController@reset']);

Но, так как нужно передавать разные значения, то первая часть адреса должна передавать параметром:
'/{lang}/login'

Но при таком варианте получаю ошибку:
LOG.error: Missing required parameters for [Route: login] [URI: {url_lang}/login]. (View: C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel\poligon.local\resources\views\layouts\app.blade.php) {"exception":{}}

Какие изменения нужно внести, чтобы решить эту задачу?

A:

Для описанной задачи меня полностью устроило решение показанное в этом видео: https://youtu.be/_BsHyHc9NqE


The Affordable Care Act has entered its most pivotal year since being signed into law in 2010. About 20 million Americans gained coverage during the ACA’s inaugural open enrollment period, and hospitals and physicians are beginning to reorient how they deliver care to align with new payment models. It’s now more important than ever to stay atop the regulatory environment, as federal agencies provide the guideposts to an emerging new health economy. But that’s just the starting point. As consumers shoulder more of the costs for care, prepare to see dynamic changes as the industry shifts to compete for the newly insured.

Learn more about the healthcare regulatory environment through the following resources:

HRI regulatory spotlight: Bar raised for handling health information under final HIPAA rule
The final version of the HIPAA rule, released by HHS in late January, reflects two growing realities among the US health system. First, the rule takes a decidedly consumer-centric approach, strengthening existing patient protections for personal information and limiting how providers, insurers and others may use it. And second, the rule reflects a changing health system that is becoming more and more digital.

HRI regulatory spotlight: Hospitals granted broader role in exchange enrollment
New regulations issued by CMS allow hospitals to play an extensive role in helping uninsured or under-insured individuals understand their new health plan options under the ACA. But some hospital staff who aid in the process will be required to disclose potential conflicts of interest, especially if they have financial ties to insurers.

HRI regulatory spotlight: IRS: More flexibility, forgiveness on community assessment
One of the ACA’s new requirements for charitable hospitals is the completion of a community health needs assessment every three years. At the risk of potentially losing their tax exemption, the provision requires charitable hospitals to study the health needs of the community make those findings public. On April 3, the IRS issued proposed guidance that eases some of industry's concerns by indicating a considerable degree of flexibility and clarifying what would trigger the loss of tax-exempt status.

HRI regulatory spotlight: Pharma, providers must disclose financial ties
A final rule implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act could redefine the relationship between providers and the makers of drugs and devices. That’s the hope of lawmakers who aim to reduce conflicts of interest they believe are created by the undisclosed financial ties between industry and physicians.

HRI regulatory spotlight: FDA eyes stricter post-market surveillance for medical devices
Manufacturers must confront new rules and procedures around Unique Device Identifiers (UDIs) and greater transparency that could result in increased product liability if safety signals are not properly defined. The collection of more robust product information could improve development and manufacturing capability, as well as speed up product reviews and approval.

Health reform re-elected: ACA implementation in tough fiscal times
President Barack Obama's re-election reaffirms the future of the Affordable Care Act, the 2010 law which expands coverage and nudges the nation's health system away from fee-for-service medicine. But harsh financial pressures -- a looming $600 billion "fiscal cliff" and a growing long-term debt -- will add to an already challenging implementation plan. What will the impact of the US presidential election be on the cost of providing healthcare for your business?

Medicaid expansion: New patients, new challenges
Medicaid is expected to absorb more than 11 million new enrollees over the next decade, yet little is known about their health needs. Providers, insurers and drug companies must first understand the demographics behind the expansion before they can tailor their medical and business practices to take advantage of the opportunities they will provide

Health Insurance Exchanges: Long on options, short on time
In 2013, state exchanges will open for enrollment. Some states are prepared to establish their own exchanges, but many others will look to the federal government to run most-if not all-of their exchange functions. Understanding the nuances of the public and private exchange models and the new members will be critical for businesses to succeed in this new marketplace.

Final rules on ACA's employer mandate include new transition relief

The IRS issued final regulations providing guidance on the Affordable Care Act's employer shared responsibility provisions, sometimes called the 'employer mandate' or the 'pay or play' rules. The regulations apply for periods after December 31, 2014 to applicable large employers who fail to offer coverage to their full-time employees. The regulations extend earlier transition rules and provide new ones to help employers comply with the requirements.

Highlights of the final regulations include:

an extended transition period for employers with between 50 and 99 full-time equivalent employees, so they won't be subject to penalties until 2016

a temporary rule for employers with 100 or more full-time employees, so the largest penalty will not apply for 2015 if the employer offers coverage to at least 70% of its full-time employees (rather than 95% as will be required after 2015)

final rules for determining full-time employee status reflect the proposed regulations, including the optional look-back measurement period and stability period, with numerous clarifications and new definitions

additional guidance for the monthly method of determining full-time status

rules for determining full-time status for special categories of employment, including a new definition of seasonal employees

an additional year for employers who do not now offer coverage to their employees' dependents to comply, as long as coverage is offered to the children of employees by the 2016 plan year

safe harbors for determining if employer-provided coverage is affordable for employees for purposes of the employer penalties

The Treasury Department and the IRS plan to issue final regulations soon intended to simplify and streamline the associated employer reporting requirements.


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Welcome Dragoart.com members and visitors! I present to the fan girls and…ahem boys, the most awesome character in the whole manga and anime galaxy, L Lawliet! Duh duh duh…we will be learning how to draw the apathetic and amazing character L Lawliet. He is my personal favorite out of the whole Death Note episodes. I watched the whole season. I don’t really like Near that much since he has a rather girly voice X33. But anyways, I’m sure most of the Death Note fans love this character the most. So I was watching both the movies of Death Note. These movies are real life people in Japan and aren’t anime. The L presented in those two films is pretty awesome too. He almost looked just like the anime L Lawliet. Light Yagami however is…umm…really ugly? He laughs like a duck, and has bad teeth. To be honest when he was screaming (because his girlfriend got shot,) I could see his teeth and all I thought was donkeys. The Light Yagami that is in anime is much better and cool too. Ahem…uh sorry for the cracks folks but it’s just my honest opinion. So anyways, let me discuss more about the awesome and unforgettable L Lawliet. For those who have not seen Death Note let me tell you about who he is and some of his character traits. L is supposed to be a very clever and intelligent being that is able to solve mysteries and unusual cases. He is a detective for supernatural cases and has a Japanese code name, Ryuuzaki or Ryusaki. He eats a lot of sweets and goodies and never gets fat from it. He is popular for his sluggish body movements and his weirdness. When I say weirdness I mean by his very delicate and careful way of holding things and biting on his thumb all the time. He is a very dedicated detective and is smart on a genius level. He believes that by sitting in a special way that he won’t lose 40% of his reasoning skills. Well I guess that’s pretty much it. All I can say is that L is the best weird manga and anime character in the entire universe XD. Ha he owns the whole Death Note series =D. Well, I wanted to share a treat with everyone and make this tutorial on how to draw L Lawliet step by step. I made sure it was easy enough for even the ten year olds. If you find it hard or have any suggestions make sure you leave me a comment. I hope you enjoy and like the tutorial…I know I did =33. Peace out people and have fun on this one. L Lawliet OWNS!!!

How to Draw L Lawliet From Death Note

STEP 1.

In this step we will draw out the basic structure of L Lawliet's body. Right now the hands look like mittens but that's my favorite guideline to make drawing hands easier. The most important thing about drawing faces from scratch is to make a circle along with a triangle bottom. After you make those, draw three basic horizontal lines for the face, nose and mouth. This is an essential way to make faces much easier. All manga artists use this basic frame to make their characters. Anyways, start drawing out shapes for the feet and the torso. After you have done, move on to the next step on how to draw L Lawliet.

STEP 2.

In this easy step, we will draw the bottom hairlines for L's head. Draw two slightly curved lines for the beginning of the eyes. Add some stater fingers on the right hand. Sketch out some rough ruffles and outlines of the clothes. The lines that extend to the feet area should help you make the clothing easier. Don't forget to draw the beginning lining of the feet. After you have done this, start drawing out the lines for the bench that L is sitting on. You don't have to draw the bench for this image. You can draw him sitting on a couch, table, chair or even the ground. Let's proceed to the next step! L is waiting to be finished =33!

STEP 3.

OK, now we will start drawing the facial features to L's head. Draw the horizontal direction of his hair. Remember, L doesn't have straight hair. It is spiky and flows horizontally as if the wind were blowing it. Draw the outside lines of the eyes. Later on we will be adding the pupils to these apathetic windows of L XD. Finish off the other ruffles and sides of his clothing. Draw the rest of the fingers on the right hand. Begin making some starting finger lines for the left hand. Finish off the rest of the toes too. And lastly, draw some of the bench too. Try not to lose yourself =P

STEP 4.

Yes! This is my favorite step because we get to finish off L Lawliet's face. Look how his eyes are so dark and empty. That's the other thing is so awesome about this character. Draw the lasting inside ruffles of the jeans. Close up the ending lines to the left hand as well. Finish off the rest of L's awesome hairdo too. Lastly sketch out the rest of the bench. He owns the bench...it is his lair! He seeks out his prey deadly and silently with his menacing glare XDDD. Hah I'm just kidding. Exaggerating moments, who doesn't have them? =P We is almost done people!!

STEP 5.

Sweeeeeeet, this is the last step to completing our victory! In this last and awesome step, we will end off the final details of the bench and clothing. Add the finishing ruffles to the jeans and shirt. Don't forget to add the bottom line for the collar of the shirt. Oh and add the neck for L, we don't want him to look like he has two chins! Actually L is considered to be underweight...even though he eats all those sweets. This amuses me, the power of Japanese manga!

STEP 6.

People, I now announce to you, the final image of L Lawliet! Yeah, give yourself a pat on the back and a piece of chocolate. You have now accomplished the power of drawing L. Every fan girl drops to his knees and worships him. They have altars of him! Lawl...I'm just kidding people XDDD. If you didn't get him to come out like this then restart the tutorial. It's okay if you didn't draw him right the first time. That doesn't necessarily mean your a bad artist. Art takes a lot of practice. If you came out with the perfect L Lawliet then jump around and make some loud sounds. Don't forget to eat a twinky while you celebrate XD. Alrighty folks, it is time for me to go start my manga comics. They call my name!!

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Young Actresses

Elizabeth Taylor in 1947, age 15

Eva Marie Saint opens a prop door during a TV shoot at NBC studios in 1947. The Newark, N.J.-born actress started her career as an NBC page.

Eva Marie Saint (above, in 1949) got her film break in 1954's Oscar-winning On the Waterfront with Brando and other powerhouse actors, but perhaps her defining role came opposite Cary Grant in Hitchcock's incredibly entertaining thriller-romance, North by Northwest in 1959.

Nineteen-year-old Ann-Margret belts out a tune during a screen test for the movie State Fair in 1961.

Jane Fonda, 1959.

Jane Fonda was a well-regarded actress by the time this shot was taken in 1959, when she was 22, but it took the screwball Western Cat Ballou (1965) to turn her into a movie star.

Wisely abandoning the name Tula Ellice Finklea, Cyd Charisse, seen here in 1945, was best known for her dancing roles opposite Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

The actress Gene Tierney poses in 1941. Best remembered for 1944's Laura, Tierney left New York's socialite life to be an actress. She did become a star, but her own story was scarred by disastrous romances, failed marriages and mental illness.

Mickey Rooney kisses co-star Judy Garland at the premiere of Babes in Arms in 1939. The two starred in nine movies together, among them the popular Andy Hardy series.

Barbra Streisand sings in the musical that was her Broadway debut, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, in 1962. The Brooklyn-born superstar-to-be began singing in New York nightclubs as a teenager.

Shirley MacLaine sings on the TV program Shower of Stars in 1955. The Virginia native took ballet lessons as a kid to compensate for weak ankles. She went to Broadway to try her luck while still in high school.

Marilyn Monroe poses in 1947. The next year, she'd get a six-month Columbia Pictures contract, followed by a Marx Brothers movie in 1949, and, eventually, near-mythic status as the quintessential Hollywood "sex goddess.

The young Debbie Reynolds is at the center of the action, circa 1950. She'd won a film contract just two years earlier, after winning the Miss Burbank pageant at age 16.

Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews run lines in My Fair Lady rehearsals, 1956. Though the stage musical helped launch Andrews' career, she was replaced in the big-screen version by Audrey Hepburn.

Margarita Carmen Cansino, soon to be Rita Hayworth, models tennis fashions in 1939. After her small turn in Only Angels Have Wings that year, fan mail started pouring in. She was soon a major star.

Actress Jeanne Crain takes a bubble bath for her role in the movie Margie. She probably made her biggest splash as a (secretly) black woman in love with a white doctor in the film, Pinky. Crain, a white actress, was chosen over genuinely African-American actresses Dorothy Dandridge and Lena Horne for the role.

The French beauty Catherine Deneuve (seen here at 18 years old in 1961) has been one of the world's most celebrated actresses for five decades.

The Puerto Rican-born beauty, seen here in a 1954 photo that ended up on the cover of LIFE, debuted on Broadway at 13 before making it big years later in the film version of West Side Story.

Actress Rita Moreno demonstrates the "sexy-sophisticated" type, 1954.

The Italian actress poses in 1957, the year she began to make a name for herself in America in such movies as Boy on a Dolphin (her U.S. debut) and Legend of the Lost.

Audrey Hepburn in 1951 — two years before her film breakthrough in Roman Holiday — posing under a theater marquee for the stage version of Gigi.

Kim Novak, 1954.

Kim Novak, 21, poses with crystal figurines in 1954. The Chicagoan started off as Miss Deepfreeze for a local refrigerator company, and was recruited by Columbia Pictures to be a more manageable replacement for Rita Hayworth.

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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an improved intravaginal contraceptive barrier that permits additional versatile protection against sexually transmitted disease.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Cervical caps have been used since 1350 B.C. to prevent pregnacy. Egyptians used hollowed out lemons cut in half for this purpose and squeezed out some of the juice to act as spermicide. Since the invention of latex in the 1920's, vaginal diaphragms have been used for the same purpose. In recent years, "spermicides", such as Nonoxynol-9, have been used as adjuncts to increase the efficiency of diaphragms in preventing pregnancy, as well as sexually transmitted diseases. Nonoxynol-9 (U.S. Pat. No. 2,313,477), in low non-toxic, non-cytocidal concentrations, not only increases the effectiveness of diagragms in preventing pregnancy, but also has been found to prevent cell to cell infection with AIDS viruses carried by migrant lymphocytes in semen and in endocervical secretions.
Dunn et al (U.S. Pat. No. 4,589,880) reviews the various diaphragms currently in commercial use and claims a disposable spermicide-releasing diaphragm and cervical cap. The spermicide, Nonoxynol-9, is released in situ by diffusion when a water soluble polymer matrix dissolves. The device consists of a thermoplastic elastomer such as a polyether-polyurethane that has been blended homogeneously with Nonoxynol-9, and a water soluble polymer such as polyethylene glycol. The Nonoxynol-9 and the water soluble polymer migrate to the surface of the device by diffusion and are released into the vagina at a controlled rate upon contact with vaginal fluid. The spermicide is released randomly from the surface of the device and is distributed more or less homogeneously throughout the vagina.
It is now known that the most probable place for the AIDS virus (HIV) to enter a femal upon contact with infected semen is in the vicinity of the external OS of the cervix uteri. Only on the endocervix is the epithelium thin enough to permit passage of an infected lymhocyte. Thus, the Dunn device would not concentrate Nonoxynol-9 in the area where it would be the most effective in protecting the woman against infection by HIV. In addition, the device would not be useful for women allergic or sensitive to polyurethane. Finally, the device is expected to be expensive on a per-use basis inasmuch as it is not reusable.
Gutnick, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,332,243, teaches the use of a burstable medication-releasing well in the wall of a condom or diaphragm. Gutnick's device depends upon the rupture of a partitioning membrane on the well to release medicament and is, therefore, non-reusable. Moreover, it is unclear how such a well could be refilled by a user even if such a device was reusable.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,332,243 and 4,393,871 describe methods for dispersing spermicides from receptacles, such as polyethylene sponges, but provide no stable anchoring mechanisms for holding such receptacles in place near the opening of the female cervix. The contraceptive sponge, although molded as if to fit the cervix, seems to wander and often turn upside/down. The concept of Loeb-Perry, using a 1 1/2inch diameter, nonoxynol-impregnated, disposable "Diaphragm Disk" with an adhesive coating on one side sounds attractive, but it is not certain how long as latex diaphragm will be tolerant of repeated applications of the adhesive before developing leaks.
There is a clear need for a reusable intravaginal device that is effective as a contraceptive, non-allergenic, easy to insert and remove, easy to clean and, most important, capable of delivering repeated doses of a spermicide such as Nonoxynol-9 or antimicrobial agent in concentrations sufficient to prevent sperm or virus-laden cells that have penetrated the contraceptive barrier from entering the cervix.
This invention relates to an improved design for vaginal diaphragms and cervical caps. The improved diaphragm or cervical cap has either an integral pad-retaining member or pouch shaped to hold a foam pad which releases a solution containing various forms of spermostatic/lymphocytostatic chemicals directly over the vaginal opening of the female uterine cervix where their dispersion under the pumping action of sexual intercourse will be optimally effective in preventing pregnancy, as well as sexually transmitted diseases, especially virus infections carried by migrant lymphocytes. Both the pad-retaining members and pouches are designed to hold a foam pad which will gradually dispense chemicals in solution from the saturated foam pad during intercourse. The choice of pad-retainer or pouch molded into the diaphragm or cervical cap is determined by the need to control chemical dispersion from the foam pad housed within the pad-retainer or pounch will, therefor, depend on the medication being dispensed and the size and shape of the foam pad. The specifications are adaptable to standard diaphragms and cervical caps made of latex or silicone.