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Two of Canada's biggest telecommunications companies are asking Canada's broadcast regulator to toss out a "frivolous" complaint about Bell's CraveTV streaming video service from consumer advocacy groups.
Both Bell Media and Telus Corp. filed procedural requests with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on Friday saying the regulator would be reaching beyond its jurisdiction to rule on digital media.
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre joined with the Consumers' Association of Canada last week to express concerns over how Bell sells CraveTV to consumers.
Documents were also filed outlining similar concerns with the Shomi video service, a partnership between Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B) and Shaw (TSX:SJR.B).
In December, Bell Media (TSX:BCE) launched CraveTV to Bell TV subscribers and several other TV providers, including Telus (TSX:T), Bell Aliant and Eastlink.
Complaint over competition, consumer choice
The advocacy groups said three of the country's biggest telecommunications companies are operating online video services which "unduly prefer" their own customers, in part because they require subscribers to purchase TV or Internet from the telecom providers on top of the streaming video platform.
They argue that runs against rules put in place by the CRTC to promote competition and consumer choice.
Netflix, the most popular subscription-based streaming video platform in Canada, allows anyone to purchase its service.
Representatives for the Public Interest Advocacy Centre did not respond to a request for comment.
Bell said it believes the claim against it is "frivolous and vexatious and has no reasonable prospect of success."
Telus, which made its own filing, distanced the CraveTV service from its competitor Shomi.
The company said the consumer groups "fail to address how CraveTV is any different from the many conventional, specialty and pay services which also make their content available on-demand and on multiple platforms to authenticated subscribers of their linear services."
Telecommunications providers must file their official response on the issue to the CRTC by March 12, though Bell has asked for an extension if the complaint is not dismissed. | Pile |
Labour has drawn level with the Tories, but Jeremy Corbyn’s personal approval rating has slumped, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer.
It suggests that the Conservatives have lost the two-point poll lead recorded by the company last month, with both parties on 40% support. However, the Labour leader’s net approval rating – the difference between those who approve and disapprove of the job he is doing – has fallen from -10 to -19.
The fall follows a difficult period for the party, after it faced demonstrations against antisemitism and Corbyn apologised for appearing to defend an antisemitic mural. Meanwhile, Theresa May’s approval rating remains relatively stable, improving one point to -8.
May’s lead over Corbyn, in terms of who voters think would make the best prime minister, has risen from 8 to 12 points in the last month. She is now on 36% to Corbyn’s 24%.
In the wake of her response to the Salisbury poisoning case, May appears to have increased the number of voters who see her as decisive – up from 32% last month to 41% this month. It gives her a large lead over Corbyn on the question, who has 34% support. May also has a 14-point lead over Corbyn when voters are asked who will “stand up for Britain’s interest abroad”.
Half (50%) approve of the way May has responded to the Salisbury attack, up from 41% last month. Asked which of the two main party leaders would be best placed to respond to Russia and its likely involvement in an attack on British soil, 42% said May while only 16% opted for Corbyn.
However, Corbyn has a significant 18-point lead when voters are asked which leader is “in touch with ordinary people”.
More voters believed Labour was divided than believed the Conservatives were split. The poll also suggests that the Lib Dems remain on single figures of support, recording just 7% backing – up a single point on last month. Some in the party believe that pressure may increase on party leader Vince Cable should it continue to struggle to make an impression in May’s local elections.
The poll was conducted online among 2,008 adults between 10 and 12 April. | Pile |
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Membrane activities of colicin nuclease domains: analogies with antimicrobial peptides.
Nuclease colicins, such as colicin E9, are a class of Escherichia coli bacteriocins that kill E. coli and closely related Gram-negative bacteria through nucleolytic action in the cytoplasm. In order to accomplish this, their cytotoxic domains require transportation across two sets of membranes and the periplasmic space. Currently, little information is available concerning how the membrane translocation processes are achieved, and the present review summarizes our recent results on the in vitro membrane activities of the colicin nuclease domains. Using model membranes, we have analysed the cytotoxic domains of a number of DNase-type colicins and one rRNase colicin for their bilayer insertion depth and for their ability to induce vesicle aggregation, lipid mixing and increased bilayer permeability. We found that, by analogy with AMPs (antimicrobial peptides), the interplay between charge and hydrophobic character of the nuclease domains governs their pleiotropic membrane activities and these results form the basis of ongoing work to unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying their membrane translocation. | Pile |
Aamna Sharif doesn't look like her 'Kahiin To Hoga' days anymore; a look at her style evolution
Aamna Sharif doesn't look like her 'Kahiin To Hoga' days anymore; a look at her style evolution
Aamna Sharif doesn't look like her 'Kahiin To Hoga' days anymore; a look at her style evolution
Aamna Sharif, who started her television career with the hit show 'Kahiin To Hoga' opposite Rajeev Khandelwal, has over the years transformed herself completely. The actress has also managed to shed all her pregnancy weight and looks much slimmer now. In the picture, she can be seen taking a dip in the pool. (Photo: Instagram) | Pile |
Penetration of carumonam into the pleural fluid: comparison of intravenous bolus and constant infusion in rats with experimentally induced pleurisy.
The penetration of carumonam into the pleural exudate of rats was compared after intravenous administration of 30 mg kg(-1) of the drug as a bolus dose or by continuous infusion over 60 min. Both methods of administration ensured a good penetration of carumonam in pleural exudate, as measured by the areas under the concentration-time curves (AUC). The mean values of the ratio of AUC in exudate to AUC in serum (1.07 +/- 0.11 and 0.96 +/- 0.13 for bolus injection and continuous infusion, respectively) were not significantly different. Administration as a bolus dose resulted in significantly higher peak concentrations in pleural exudate as well as in shorter peak times, whereas continuous infusion produced carumonam levels above the MIC for consistently longer times. The pharmacokinetic parameters obtained by analysis of serum carumonam concentrations proved to be independent of the mode of administration. The foregoing results suggest that carumonam may constitute an effective therapeutic alternative to existing antibiotics for the treatment of pleurisy caused by susceptible organisms. No clear superiority of either method of administration could be established on the basis of pharmacokinetic data. | Pile |
UNC Real Estate Development Challenge
February 15-16, 2018
Our Challenge
The UNC Real Estate Development Challenge is a case competition hosted by the Leonard W Wood Center for Real Estate Studies at Kenan-Flagler Business School. An invitation-only event, the Challenge convenes 16 teams from the US and Europe’s top MBA programs to compete.
UNC Challenge ROI
$20,000 in cash prizes for top finalist teams
Top industry judges
Amazing networking opportunity
Bragging rights and a resume highlight
Recognition from industry, alums, peers and potential employers
Earn Challenge swag
Visit Chapel Hill!
Drilling Down
The Case Challenge officially begins with the distribution of the challenge case at noon the Thursday before Challenge week. Until the Monday morning of Challenge week, teams work furiously to put together the best comprehensive solution to the development case.
By Thursday evening, teams gather in Chapel Hill for a welcome reception and dinner. The next day, the challenge competition begins in earnest. Using four presentation rooms simultaneously, teams present their case solutions in a 20-minute presentation, followed by 5 minutes of questions from judges who are experts in the real estate industry.
Only after lunch the teams learn which four teams will move to the finals in the afternoon. The "Final Four" present again in the afternoon to the entire judging pool and the remaining teams. Cash prizes are presented and teams celebrate a job well done at our social that Friday night in Chapel Hill.
2017 Challenge Trivia:
The 2017 Challenge Case was inspired by an alumnus of Kenan-Flagler Business School. This year’s case offered the teams an opportunity to propose a development plan for a Fort McPherson Local Redevelopment Authority (Fort Mac LRA) in Atlanta GA. Each team was asked to put forward a concept, phasing and financial plan for Fort Mac that actually worked for all the property stakeholders. Financials and risks were to be addressed in their presentations. Like most of our cases this one was not without its many moving parts and constraints.
The winning teams for the 2017 Challenge were: Columbia Business School won first place and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth took second. The teams from McDonough School of Business at Georgetown and the University of Wisconsin at Madison tied for third. | Pile |
Last year I changed my gasket on the transmission pan. The new one was made
from cork instead of rubber like the original Ford gasket. (1990 Ford
Taurus). Anyway, now it's leaking. Would it be safe to use clear silicone
around the outside of the case, instead of removing the pan and putting in a
new gasket? Does the tyranny case get hot? Will the silicone be safe-or
will it burn up?
I suggest doing it right and only having to do it once.... the original
gasket would have likely been re-usable (all Ford trans pan gaskets are now
and they work very well). Even if you get the case and pan perfectly clean,
the fluid will leech between the metal and the silicone causing a repeat
repair.
HTH
"Nino NoSpam" <Nino.NoSpam@[email protected]> wrote in message
news:h4A2f.139063$oW2.135642@pd7tw1no...
> Last year I changed my gasket on the transmission pan. The new one was
made
> from cork instead of rubber like the original Ford gasket. (1990 Ford
> Taurus). Anyway, now it's leaking. Would it be safe to use clear
silicone
> around the outside of the case, instead of removing the pan and putting in
a
> new gasket? Does the tyranny case get hot? Will the silicone be safe-or
> will it burn up?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nino
>
>
The AutoGuide.com network consists of the largest network of enthusiast-owned enthusiast-operated automotive communities.
AutoGuide.com provides the latest car reviews, auto show coverage, new car prices, and automotive news. The AutoGuide network operates more than 100 automotive forums where our users consult peers for shopping information and advice, and share opinions as a community. | Pile |
Dear Editor,
Extracurricular activities for the gifted and talented students in Iran derive from the belief that students with high potentials are expected to make great help for the health care of the community. One of these activities is holding medical science Olympiads. In the previous meeting report about medical science Olympiad in year 2011, a unique experience of Islamic Republic of Iran was reported. The Olympiad was held in three areas of basic sciences, clinical reasoning and management by participation of high rank medical students from all over the country in two stages: individual and group ([@ref1]-[@ref4]).
After performing 8 Olympiads in the country, the ninth Olympiad was held in September 2017 in Tehran, Iran differently with more emphasis on creativity and productivity.
While creativity in health care is mostly supposed to be innovations in surgical devices, medications, and procedures, we believed that it also relates to other health care disciplines like basic sciences, medical education, philosophy of medicine and management. Creativity in these fields is a newer concept that may result in finding novel solutions to health care and educational problems and challenges such as improving patient care and coordinating care across multiple disciplines and difficult conditions.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences was the host of the Ninth National Medical Science Olympiad in September 2017 under direct supervision of Ministry of Health and Medical Education. This Olympiad was held in five areas including basic sciences, clinical medicine, medical education, philosophy of medicine and health care management. All top ranked students in medical sciences (such as medicine, pharmacy, nursing, health management, dentistry, etc.) from all over the country had the chance of participating in this Olympiad. In Iran integration of medical education and health care delivery system has started in 50 universities of medical sciences all over the country ([@ref5]). 2151 students from these universities participated in the individual Olympiad exam. Then 30 teams in each of the five areas (total 450 teams) were selected. 55 experts in five scientific committees constructed the Olympiad questions in individual and team stages. A unique experience in the Ninth Olympiad was using a novel and creative project based assignment for each team in each of the five areas. These projects were Evidence-based decision making, public private partnership, early clinical exposure, medical futility and autonomic modulation on the brain functional connectivity related to depression.
75 percent of the students stated that they were satisfied with these innovative and creative projects in different areas. 84 percent of the faculties reported that this kind of Olympiad increased students' motivation and led them to compare issues friendly with each other in a scientific environment. 69.25 percent of the students reported that increasing the number of teams in this Olympiad for problem solving activities was a very good experience for them and ascertained that such activities should be included in the formal curriculum of medical schools.
The main shortcoming in this Olympiad reported by the students was the competitive nature of the exam and subjectivity in scoring the projects in some areas.
Performing such Olympiads is essential in discovering talented students and developing their capabilities to promote health systems.
Although academic merit is not the only indicator of success in health science disciplines, designing additional programs for gifted and talented students is warranted to help academically talented students to further their knowledge.
**Conflict of Interests:**None Declared.
| Pile |
The impact of splenic weight on laparoscopic splenectomy for splenomegaly.
Enlarged spleens increase the technical difficulties associated with laparoscopic splenectomy (LS). The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of splenic weight on the results of LS. We performed a prospective analysis of 20 LS for splenomegaly and 40 LS for normal spleen in terms of intraoperative and early postoperative outcome. Patients with splenomegaly had longer operative times and higher conversion and transfusion rates than those with normal spleens. Patients with spleens weighing < 2000 G experienced less blood loss, fewer conversions, and a shorter postoperative hospital stay than those with spleens > 2000 g. No differences-except for the longer operative time-were observed between normal-sized spleens and those weighing < 2000 G. LS for splenomegaly is feasible for experienced laparoscopic surgeons. For spleens weighing < 2000 G, the outcome was comparable to that of normal spleens, whereas LS for spleens >2000 g was associated with a higher conversion rate, greater blood loss, a longer hospital stay, and increased morbidity. | Pile |
Attimi di panico a Milano. Tre persone stavano attraversando la strada all’angolo tra via Melchiorre Gioia e via Sassetti, all’altezza della fermata della metropolitana Gioia. La strada era libera, ma improvvisamente è accaduto qualcosa. Dal nulla è sbucata un’Audi A3 che anziché rallentare ha accelerato a tutto gas travolgendo in pieno i tre pedoni. Tra i tre feriti la più grave è una donna di 43 anni. Trasportata d’urgenza all’ospedale Niguarda ha riportato una frattura alla gamba e un grave trauma al torace. Non sarebbe in pericolo di vita, ma la sua prognosi rimane riservata. Un uomo di 47 anni ha invece riportato importanti traumi alla testa e alle gambe. Solo alcune escoriazioni infine per un ciclista 47enne.
Alla guida dell’auto impazzita c’era un uomo di 85 anni che ha rifiutato la visita in ospedale dicendo di non averne bisogno. E proprio mentre veniva visitato dai sanitari giunti sul posto avrebbe fatto la confessione sull’accaduto: “Volevo frenare, ma ho sbagliato pedale. Ho schiacciato l’acceleratore e non ho più controllato l’auto”. La sua A3, dopo aver travolto i tre passanti, ha finito la propria corsa contro un’auto in sosta, dopo aver divelto un paletto di granito e aver travolto una grossa moto Bmw parcheggiata sul marciapiede.
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Civil war breaks out in Japan as retired emperor Sutoku attempts unsuccessfully to regain power from his brother, reigning emperor Go-Shirakawa. The emperor is backed by warriors led by Taira Kiyomori and by the Fujiwaras, who—despite their support of the winning side—continue to lose influence, as the Taira family begins its ascent. | Pile |
Q:
Кастомный ProgressBar android
Хочу сделать ProgressBar который состоит из 5-ти звезд. Фон у этих звезд серый и при увеличении прогресса эти звезды должны заполнятся золотым цветом. Пока что у меня получилось просто отрисовать 5 звезд одного цвета.
Сейчас код выглядит так:
public class StartView extends ViewGroup {
private int progress = 0;
private Paint paint = new Paint();
private Path path = new Path();
public StartView(Context context) {
super(context);
init();
}
public StartView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
init();
}
public StartView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
init();
}
public void init() {
paint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
paint.setAntiAlias(true);
paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
}
@Override
protected void onLayout(boolean changed, int l, int t, int r, int b) {
}
@Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
float mid = getWidth() / 2;
float min = Math.min(getWidth(), getHeight());
float fat = min / 17;
float half = min / 2;
float margin = half/2;
mid = mid - half;
float left = mid - (half+margin);
float start = left - (half+margin);
float right = mid +(half+margin);
float end = right + (half+margin);
//mid
drawStart(canvas,fat,mid,half);
//to left mid
drawStart(canvas,fat,left,half);
drawStart(canvas,fat,start,half);
//to right mid
drawStart(canvas,fat,right,half);
drawStart(canvas,fat,end,half);
super.onDraw(canvas);
}
private void drawStart(Canvas canvas, float fat, float mid , float half){
paint.setStrokeWidth(fat);
paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
paint.setColor(ContextCompat.getColor(getContext(),R.color.hintIconColorCommon));
// top left
path.moveTo(mid + half * 0.5f, half * 0.84f);
// top right
path.lineTo(mid + half * 1.5f, half * 0.84f);
// bottom left
path.lineTo(mid + half * 0.68f, half * 1.45f);
// top tip
path.lineTo(mid + half * 1.0f, half * 0.5f);
// bottom right
path.lineTo(mid + half * 1.32f, half * 1.45f);
// top left
path.lineTo(mid + half * 0.5f, half * 0.84f);
path.close();
canvas.drawPath(path, paint);
}
}
и результат вот такой:
Вот пример того что мне нужно получить:
У меня есть предположение что можно просто отрисовать прогресс (золотого цвета) как прямоугольник, а сверху него прозрачные звезды,думаю надо копать куда то в сторону масок, но это не точно.
Вобщем вопрос состоит в том, как можно реализовать нужный мне функционал?
A:
Серый фон, поверх него ProgressBar золотого цвета, поверх него SVG изображение белого цвета с вырезами под звезды. Всё это во FrameLayout(Про него можно почитать тут).
| Pile |
Bathroom Storage
bathroom storage. You almost certainly know already that bathroom storage is one of the trendiest issues on-line nowadays. According to details we got from google adwords, bathroom storage has a lot of search online web engine. We expect that bathroom storage deliver new options or references for audience.
We have located plenty of sources regarding bathroom storage but we think this is the greatest. I hope you would also consider our opinion. This image has been published by our team and is in category tags segment. You can down load this image by hitting the save link or right click the graphic and choose save.
We sincerely hope that whatever we share with you may be useful. If you wish, you are able to share this content for your friend, loved ones, neighborhood, or you can also bookmark this page. | Pile |
The purpose was to promote the idea that women’s bodies exist for more than the sexual gratification of men, and the owners of nipples should be free to display them if they choose to, irrespective of gender. In the voice-over to a video clip (from which the picture below is a still) Jan Bowman points out that girls as young as 6 are told to cover their nipples, even though there is no visible difference between them and a 6-year-old boy’s nipples. Thus little girls grow up believing that there is something indecent about their bodies.
Apparently a lot of men were outraged, expressing ‘sexist aggression’ and ‘rampant misogyny’. I don’t understand this. I don’t know any man who would vote against women exposing as much of their bodies as they wish to.
Please tell me… If you’re a man, do you object to seeing women’s nipples, or any other body parts that are generally covered for the sake of modesty? If you’re a woman, do you want to have the freedom to expose more of your body than existing social norms allow? | Pile |
Prevalence and risk factors of polyomavirus BK replication in simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplant recipients from a single transplant center.
BK virus (BKV) replication is considered as a marker of risk for polyomavirus BK-associated nephropathy (PVAN). We evaluated the occurrence and risk factors for BKV DNA positivity following simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplantation (SPK). Point prevalence of BK viruria and viremia was assessed in 183 SPK recipients. Real-time polymerase chain reaction was used with a detection threshold of 10(3) copies/mL. High-level BKV positivity was defined as viruria and/or viremia >10(7) and >10(4) copies/mL, respectively. BKV-positive patients were retested after 4-13 months and underwent an additional six-month clinical follow-up. Urine and serum BKV positivity was detected in 28 (17.3% of available samples) and 7 (3.8%) patients, with high-level viruria and viremia occurring in 6 (3.7%) and 3 (1.6%) patients, respectively. PVAN was biopsy-confirmed in 1 and suspected as a cause of progressive renal failure in another SPK recipient. Patients with single low-level viruria did not progress to high-level positivity or PVAN at follow-up. In multivariate analysis, pre-transplant diabetes duration and delayed graft function were independently associated with BKV positivity. Point prevalence of high-level BKV positivity and PVAN was low in SPK recipients from a single center. Diabetes duration and delayed graft function were independent risk factors for BKV replication. | Pile |
Armour, Ontario
Armour (2016 population 1,414) is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, the township surrounds but does not include the village of Burk's Falls. It was named in honour of Judge John Douglas Armour.
Communities
The township includes the communities of Berriedale, Carss, Chetwynd, Katrine and Pickerel Lake.
Katrine overlooks Doe Lake, which is located on the west side of the village. Three Mile Lake and Deer Lake are located about 5 km east of the village. There is also a small public beach on Doe Lake, and a community centre located on Highway 11.
Demographics
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 610 (total dwellings: 1,080)
Mother tongue (2006):
English as first language: 92.4%
French as first language: 2.4%
English and French as first language: 0%
Other as first language: 5.2%
See also
List of municipalities in Ontario
List of townships in Ontario
References
External links
Katrine Ontario Almaguin Highlands Regional Portal
Category:Municipalities in Parry Sound District
Category:Single-tier municipalities in Ontario
Category:Township municipalities in Ontario | Pile |
Democrats are getting antsy with Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz.
Ahead of next month's release of a report on the Russia investigation that is eagerly anticipated by Republicans, Democrats are asking why Horowitz has not taken up their requests to assess the conduct of President Trump's attorneys general over the past couple years.
"Nobody is suggesting that Michael Horowitz, the independent watchdog appointed by Obama is partisan, or is unfair, or is unethical. But what Democrats are concerned about is they feel he’s avoiding the tough fights," journalist Ken Dilanian said on MSNBC. "They say he did a lot of really fraught investigations under President Obama."
On Wednesday, the NBC News reporter had a report published that compares Horowitz's work under Trump versus other inspectors general, finding that other agency watchdogs are conducting inquiries into Trump appointees while Horowitz has been more focused on the past.
"As far as we can tell, Horowitz has given a full pass to Trump's DOJ, the most politicized Department in modern times," said one senior Democratic aide.
Horowitz was sworn in as DOJ inspector general in 2012 and is widely regarded as being thorough and fair. But at least one Democrat, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, has said his work has been "tainted" by the politics of the Trump era.
Democrats in the House and Senate have requested Horowitz conduct investigations into matters including whether former Attorney General Jeff Sessions violated his recusal from the Russia investigation and how Attorney General William Barr handled special counsel Robert Mueller's report. But the watchdog declined on both, citing jurisdictional issues.
Stephanie Logan, a spokeswoman for Horowitz, dismissed the notion that the inspector general plays favorites. She said Horowitz "carefully considers every request for oversight" by any lawmaker.
"For example, Inspector General Horowitz has met directly with members of Congress and their staffs on multiple occasions to discuss their concerns about DOJ compliance with its policy on communications with the White House, and related matters," Logan said.
She continued, "At each of these meetings, the inspector general has also flagged a limitation in the Office of the Inspector General’s jurisdiction, imposed by Congress, that restricts our ability to investigate allegations of professional misconduct by Department attorneys. We hope the Senate will consider the Inspector General Access Act, which the House passed on a bipartisan basis, and would resolve this jurisdictional limitation."
Democrats have been particularly critical of Barr ever since he began his second stint as attorney general in February. For instance, Schiff accused him of "weaponizing" the Justice Department to attack Trump's political rivals.
On the inspector general's website is a list of dozens of "ongoing" projects by Horowitz's team that focus on the conduct of the DOJ and its sub-agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Agency, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the FBI. A couple are investigations that could touch on top Trump officials.
But it is Horowitz's high-profile investigations that focused on top Obama officials that have garnered the most attention in recent years. These included investigations into the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton emails investigation, former FBI Director James Comey and his memos, and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's conduct.
McCabe was fired in 2018 right before he planned to retire after Horowitz found he repeatedly lacked candor under oath, and he later filed a wrongful termination lawsuit.
During the Obama years, the watchdog conducted significant inquiries into Attorney General Eric Holder and his deputies, including the gun-running "Fast and Furious" operation.
Now Horowitz is on the cusp of releasing a report on the DOJ's and FBI's compliance with rules and policies in applications filed to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court targeting former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
While the Democrats have defended the FBI's actions, Trump's GOP allies believe his report, set to be released on Dec. 9, will show that top Justice Department and FBI officials misled the FISA court in their use of an unverified dossier compiled by British ex-spy Christopher Steele to obtain warrants to wiretap Page.
Earlier this month, Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe said that Horowitz's findings on the FBI intelligence-gathering activities are "likely to be damning" in how it reflects upon the Obama administration, and by extension former Vice President Joe Biden, who is a leading candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
He also claimed Democratic leaders in the House are "racing" through impeachment proceedings to counter the inspector general report and another examination of the Russia investigation being conducted by U.S. Attorney John Durham. His administrative review shifted into a criminal investigation in the fall.
Early leaks about a draft report show Horowitz found missteps and lapses in judgment by the FBI, but no evidence of spying on the Trump campaign or political bias by top officials tainting the Russia investigation as some Trump allies have alleged.
Horowitz is scheduled to testify about his investigation before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Dec. 11. | Pile |
A guide for screening, diagnosing, and managing Chagas disease in the United States.
A potentially lifelong and fatal parasitic tropical infection, Chagas disease is increasing in the United States. This article reviews the causes and risk factors for Chagas disease and how PAs can screen, diagnose, and manage affected patients. | Pile |
Deveron Harper
Deveron Alfredo Harper (born November 15, 1977) is a former American football defensive back who played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints. Harper played college football at the University of Notre Dame and attended Orangeburg-Wilkinson Senior High School in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He was also a member of the Scottish Claymores, Miami Dolphins, Austin Wranglers and Kansas City Brigade.
Professional career
Harper played in 24 games for the NFL's Carolina Panthers from 2000 to 2001. He was waived/injured by the Panthers on August 1, 2002. He played in 19 games for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL from 2004 to 2004. Harper was released by the Saints on October 12, 2004. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins of the NFL on August 10, 2005. He was released by the Dolphins on August 15, 2005. Harper signed with the Austin Wranglers of the Arena Football League (AFL) on October 18, 2005. He played for the AFL's Kansas City Brigade in 2007.
References
External links
Just Sports Stats
Notre Dame Fighting Irish bio
Category:Living people
Category:1977 births
Category:American football defensive backs
Category:African-American players of American football
Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
Category:Carolina Panthers players
Category:New Orleans Saints players
Category:Scottish Claymores players
Category:Miami Dolphins players
Category:Austin Wranglers players
Category:Kansas City Brigade players
Category:Players of American football from South Carolina
Category:People from Orangeburg, South Carolina | Pile |
First Greensboro Sit-In Occurred 59 Years Ago
Four North Carolina black college students staged the first Greensboro sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, to protest segregation on Feb. 1, 1960 — 59 years ago.
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT) students Ezell Blair Jr. (later Jibreel Khazan), Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and David Richmond conducted the protest at an eating area within Woolworth’s general merchandise store, according to Britannica. Black people could be in the dining area but could not receive service at a standing snack bar as that was reserved for white people.
The “Greensboro Four” were denied service and though the police were called, they could not be arrested because the men were paying customers. Johns had already contacted local media, making the response quick. The Greensboro sit-ins at the Woolworth store continued, with each day seeing more protesters to the point where the store was filled and people were out on the street.
On this day in 1960, the Greensboro Four began their sit in at a Woolworth’s lunch counter to protest segregation. Learn the extraordinary story of these college students who started a revolution on Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4. https://t.co/xvpZGhN7Da#THM#TDIHpic.twitter.com/rxNHGsmxSf
Around 300 students were reported in the Woolworth store on Feb. 5, 1960, according to History.
Protests continued on Feb. 6 until a bomb threat closed the store down, The Sit In Movement reported. NCAT students voted to suspend sit-ins for two weeks to give Woolworth time to adopt integration policies.
Diners in the South began integrating during the summer with the Woolworth snack bar serving black people beginning in July 1960, according to Britannica.
The Greensboro sit-ins proved to be important for the early part of the civil rights movement. It inspired other sit-ins across the country. More than 70,000 people had participated in sit-ins by 1961, with more than 3,000 people getting arrested, The Sit In Movement reported.
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Lindenlea
For the poem "Linden Lea" see William Barnes
Lindenlea is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, northeast of Downtown. It is bordered by Maple Lane to the north, Acacia Avenue to the east, Beechwood Avenue to the south and Springfield Road and Rideau Terrace to the west. Its neighbouring communities are Rockcliffe Park (north and east), Vanier (south) and New Edinburgh (west).
Lindenlea has a children's park, tennis courts, a bowling green and a community centre. The community centre was originally a communal garage—there were so few cars that the land was purchased by three local residents for use as a car park, but was later donated to the City. It is the earliest planned community in Ottawa, dating back to the end of the First World War. The community was planned by Thomas Adams and is an example of Adams' garden suburb style. Most of the homes have large back yards, a feature of this planning style. The community is divided into upper Lindenlea, north of Rideau Terrace, and lower Lindenlea. Only upper Lindenlea was planned by Adams. Lower Lindenlea was developed later but followed many of the garden suburb principles, including the large back yards.
Lindenlea is notable for its picturesque architecture, mature trees, and plentiful green space. The community association produces a periodic newsletter called The Lindenleader and residents of Lindenlea also receive The New Edinburgh News produced by the community association of neighbouring New Edinburgh.
The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,073.
See also
List of Ottawa neighbourhoods
References
Category:Neighbourhoods in Ottawa | Pile |
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Movie Review: ‘Deadpool’
Plot: A former soldier turned mercenary is diagnosed with cancer, and volunteers to be subjected to a shady experiment to cure him and turn him into super soldier. He winds up disfigured but with the ability to heal all wounds, and sets out to get revenge on the person who destroyed his life and rescue his girl.
Review: Boy, weren’t we excited when we learned that Ryan Reynold’s was going to play Deadpool in Wolverine: Origins. The character was at the height of popularity and they had cast the part really well. Then that leaked copy came out, the one everyone assumed was a pre-effects reel that still needed work…and it turned out to be the final copy…we were left disappointed for so many reasons. Deadpool as a character was most heavily tarnished, with the basic premise of the character being thrown out the window and the general shittiness killing any chance of him continuing in the franchise.
But some people would not let it end there. Reynold’s in particular was very attached to playing the character again while the spin-off project got bounced around development hell for a full decade. The character’s popularity continued to rise and now we finally have it: Deadpool.
It must be said that despite the wait it could not have come at a better time. With The Avengers raising the stakes, the X-Men tying themselves up in time travel and DC getting super, super serious and gritty something as juvenile and determinately goofy as Deadpool comes as a breath of fresh air. It does not take itself even slightly seriously, but unlike some movies that aim to be quirky it manages to drag along a serviceable story.
It’s the generic superhero tale about a guy who gains special powers, avenges evil, learns a lesson and rescues the damsel in distress. They cut the origin tale in between the opening action set piece, a clever move that means we’re not checking the time waiting for the red spandex to turn up and provides an emotional link to the character. They’ve roped in a couple of X-Men to tie it all to the rest of the X-Men franchise in the form of Colossus (Stefan Kapičić, stepping into the role vacated by Daniel Cudmore) and newbie Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand) to provide some more spectacle during the fight scenes. These two are both very cool and provide good comedy foils for Reynold’s, as well as some guidance for the anti-hero. Negasonic Teenage Warhead in particular is bad-ass, and will hopefully open the doors to a new generation of X-Men characters in the movies. Although, as a huge X-Men nerd, I have to gripe a little about Colossus not having to breathe while in his armoured form. Damnit people!
As to Reynold’s himself: he was born for the role. It’s hard to pick another pairing of actor and comic character that feels so perfect. They have the same brand of humour and he’s obviously loving every second of it. Morena Baccarin provides the heart of the film as love interest Vanessa, and the two leads share some serious chemistry, adding an unconventional (for mainstream cinema) sexually charged romance. If you’re a fan of the current incarnation of the character – the demented, pop culture spouting, overly violent, fourth wall breaking nutbag that Rob Liefeld had very little hand in despite his yammering online – you’ll be very happy with how it’s portrayed in this long awaited film. You’ll also have a blast picking all the Easter Eggs and jabs at Wolverine: Origins.
So at the end the end of the day what do we get? A fairly generic superhero movie with more crude humour, gratuitous violence, sex and nudity and absolutely no deep seated moral issues. It doesn’t exactly break the genre in the way Super, Watchmen or Kick-Ass did but it has a lot more fun with it.
Plus it gets a bonus point for the opening credits listing the producers as ‘Asshats’. That is seriously worth an entire star.
I appreciated the in-jokes quite a bit. I also thought that weaving the origin story within the story was a much better way to get to the action. Had I had to wait around, I would have disliked the love story aspect more.
I do think that the first action sequence is more interesting than the finale–negasonic teenage warhead aside. It had some good car chase elements, which are usually flying airplane chases in most superhero movies, and some lovely graphic blood and flesh splatters. | Pile |
नेता की पत्नी 35 साल से बेच रही सब्जी, अपने पैसे से घर चलाती है
हजारीबाग. 58 वर्षीय मोलनी देवी किसान की बेटी हैं। बचपन खेत खलिहानों में काम करते बीता। कभी स्कूल नहीं गईं। 10 वर्ष की उम्र में शादी हुई, पर खेती बाड़ी से लगाव नहीं छूटा। बड़कागांव विधानसभा सीट से तीन बार विधायक रहे लोकनाथ महतो की पत्नी मोलनी आज भी अपनी छोटी सी बारी (बगान) में मेहनत से सब्जियां उगाती हैं। फिर उसे बेचने बाजार भी स्वयं जाती हैं।
इससे जो कमाई होती है, उससे घर चलाती हैं। जरूरत पडऩे पर पति की आर्थिक मदद भी करती हैं। यह सिलसिला 35 वर्षों से जारी है। दो बेटों और दो बेटियों की मां मोलनी कहती हैं- ई 15 बरष (वर्ष) विधायक रहलथिन। ई से एको किरी (पैसा) नाय जानियन। उल्टी हमरे से साग सब्जिया बेचलाहा पैसवा ले लेवो हथीन। आजसू के हजारीबाग लोकसभा क्षेत्र प्रभारी लोकनाथ कहते हैं, मोलनी घर की लक्ष्मी हैं। उनके सपोर्ट के बिना राजनीति नहीं कर पाता।
आगे की स्लाइड्स में पढ़िए पूरी खबर... | Pile |
Drug Policy Alliance Pushes Legalization of all Drugs
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The growth of the Drug Policy Alliance’s influence and emphasis contributes to the staggering increase in overdose deaths. * DPA gets political mileage from using the term “war on drugs,” turning the phrase into a euphemism. However, the USA officially abandoned the term eight years ago, and then the death rate began to rise.
Drug Policy Alliance recently put out a paper on decriminalizing all drugs, a first step towards legalization of all drugs. This group often talks about Portugal as an example which is misleading, because Portugal never legalized drugs. Portugal decriminalized drugs while providing assessments and treatment. Although drug use initially went down under Portugal’s decriminalization policy, drug use has gone up recently.
Drug Policy Alliance uses “social justice” reasons to push for legalization of drugs, first through decriminalization. Although “social justice” is a vague term, which is hard to explain, the organization uses the term to make people feel they support racial equality by supporting marijuana legalization. For a variety of reasons, Parents Opposed to Pot strongly disagrees.
Even more importantly, marijuana is a performance-disabling drug. It can trigger permanent mental illness, although the DPA inaccurately refutes the relationship between marijuana and psychosis. If used during the critical teen years, marijuana can cause an 8-point drop in IQ over the course of 20 years. (If you’re Steve Jobs, it matters less.)
Minorities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds have the most to lose in terms of future opportunities by using marijuana.
Social Justice is the Excuse, not the Reason
Dig a little deeper and social justice appears to be the excuse, not the true reason the DPA argues for drug legalization. Complex problems never have simple solutions, as the DPA suggests. Discrepancies in the criminal justice system do not boil down to the “war on drugs,” but larger and more complicated issues.
Drug Policy Alliance does not advocate for drug prevention and treatment like Portugal, but pushes for safe injection sites and anti-overdose treatments. In other words, DPA promotes delay of death rather than stopping the addiction that leads to death.
Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) pretends that the “War on Drugs,” rather than drugs, are what destroys lives. In reality, the US uses drug courts to help rehab drug users and no longer uses the term, “war on drugs.” Today, drugs account for far more accidental deaths than guns and traffic.
George Soros funds Drug Policy Alliance. Part of the group’s clever marketing scheme included making Arianna Huffington an honorary member of the Board of Directors, assuring that articles from her website can push its agenda. DPA’s charismatic executive director Ethan Nadelmann, pictured on top, recently retired.
Drug Policy Alliance may fund other groups with a similar message. Moms United to End the Drug War and Americans for Safe Access may be under their wing.
* 71,000 deaths in 2016, nearly double the 36,000 overdose deaths in 2008. Originally, Harm Reduction was focused on clean needles and providing antidote medicines to stop overdose. Today Harm Reduction teaches “responsible drug use” and encourages drug treatments that lessen the harm, rather than helping people to get totally off drugs.
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Sly
Keys
Key of the Daredevil
You thrive in dangerous situations. Hit your key when you do something cool that is risky or reckless (especially piloting stunts).Buyoff: Be very very careful.
Key of Conscience
You don’t like to see anyone suffer, even enemies. Hit your key when you help someone who is in trouble or when you change someone’s life for the better.Buyoff: Ignore a request for help.
Key of Banter
You have a knack for snappy comments. Hit your key when Snargle says something that makes the other players laugh or when you explain something using your pilot techno jargon.Buyoff: Everyone groans at one of your comments.
Secrets
Secret of Shape Warping
As a goblin, you can change your shape, growing shorter, taller, fatter, thinner, or changing your skin color, at will.
Secret of the Lucky Break
Once per session, you can keep your pool dice when you succeed (so go ahead and use ‘em all). | Pile |
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Big Feet Pajamas Adult Ivory Jersey Knit One Piece Footy
You’ll love this fresh ivory jersey knit footy PJ from Big Feet Pajamas. Made from the softest 100% cotton fabric, these pajamas offer the utmost in style and comfort. Settle into cozy nights in this old fashioned footy PJ. Big Feet jersey knit is like jumping into your favorite t-shirt. Snap front with banded cuffs and collar plus a drop seat. Visit your inner child with a fun footy this season. Refer to the size chart to determine which size is best for you.
Big Feet pajamas have been seen on The Today Show, The View, CNN, Fox News, ABC’s “Cougar Town,” Talk Soup, Big Brother, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, JONAS, Yo Gabba Gabba, Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, The TO Show, The Real World and many more. | Pile |
Alternatives to shunting.
The growing awareness of mechanical and infectious complications related to the implantation of extracranial CSF shunts and the rapid developments in neuroendoscopic surgery have given pediatric neurosurgeons the possibility of choosing between the two types of treatment. The decision will depend on a number of factors, such as whether it is possible to identify the etiology of the hydrocephalus on the preoperative examinations, the surgeon's familiarity with the endoscopic technique, and his or her personal opinions about the efficacy of the alternative techniques to shunt implantation. The history and the state of the art of the alternatives to shunting are briefly reviewed for each of the main pathophysiological groups of pediatric hydrocephalus: aqueductal stenosis, posterior fossa tumors, meningomyelocele, Dandy-Walker malformation, posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus and others. | Pile |
Q:
Abstract Class Error, see declaration of " " is abstract
I'm been getting this error and I'm not sure how to fix it, #include "stdafx.h"
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
class Puzzle {
public:
virtual bool action(char [][8], int, int) = 0;
virtual void print_solution(char [][8], int) = 0;
};
class Queen8: public Puzzle {
public:
bool action(char Q[][8], int row, int col) {
for (int r = 0; r < row; r++) {
if (Q[r][col] == '1') {
return false;
}
}
for (int r = row, c = col; r >= 0 && c >= 0; r--, c--) {
if (Q[r][c] == '1') {
return false;
}
}
for (int r = row, c = col; r >= 0 && c < 8; r--, c++) {
if (Q[r][c] == '1') {
return false;
}
else {
return true;
}
}
}
void print_solution(char Q[][8], int row) {
if (row == 8)
{
for (int r = 0; r < 8; r++) {
for (int c = 0; c < 8; c++)
cout << Q[r][c] << " ";
cout << endl;
}
cout << endl;
return;
}
for (int c = 0; c < 8; c++) {
if (action(Q, row, c)) {
Q[row][c] = '1';
print_solution(Q, row + 1);
Q[row][c] = '0';
}
}
}
};
int main() {
Puzzle Queen8;
char Q[8][8];
for (int r = 0; r < 8; r++) {
for (int c = 0; c < 8; c++) {
Q[r][c] = '0';
}
}
Queen8.print_solution(Q, 0);
}
The exact error is:
c:\users\delta\onedrive\documents\visual studio
2013\projects\consoleapplication46\consoleapplication46\consoleapplication46.cpp(60):
error C2259: 'Puzzle' : cannot instantiate abstract class
1> due to following members:
1> 'bool Puzzle::action(char [][8],int,int)' : is abstract
1> c:\users\delta\onedrive\documents\visual studio
2013\projects\consoleapplication46\consoleapplication46\consoleapplication46.cpp(9)
: see declaration of 'Puzzle::action'
1> 'void Puzzle::print_solution(char [][8],int)' : is
abstract
1> c:\users\delta\onedrive\documents\visual studio
2013\projects\consoleapplication46\consoleapplication46\consoleapplication46.cpp(10)
: see declaration of 'Puzzle::print_solution'
A:
In your main() function you are instantiating the Puzzle class, not the Queen8 class:
Puzzle Queen8;
You should instantiate the Queen8 instead:
Queen8 q;
...
q.print_solution(Q, 0);
Besides that, you should always use the override keyword when you override virtual functions (C++11 and beyond). This will tell the compiler your intention and it will give you much better warnings and errors in case you miss anything. So inside the Queen8 class, you should have:
bool action(char Q[][8], int row, int col) override {
...
}
void print_solution(char Q[][8], int row) override {
...
}
| Pile |
A ROW HAS developed within RTÉ after Communications Minister Denis Naughten said he wants the State broadcaster to publish the salaries of all those who earn over €100,000 a year.
As things stand, RTÉ publishes a list of its top 10 earners every two years. However, it is hoped that the broadcaster will become more transparent by publishing a longer list of salaries on an annual basis.
There have been calls for greater clarity within Montrose after the BBC released a full breakdown of its highest earners. It emerged that many women were not earning as much as their male counterparts.
We’re asking: Is it fair to ask RTÉ’s higher-earners to reveal their salaries?
| Pile |
English version of the website
Following several requests, we are finally able and glad to present an international version of our webite, capracotta.com, for ease of all those website visitors who are not too familiar with Italian.
When a website has to become multilingual, there are usually two possible options. The first is the classic one, with one or more translators who do the work themselves and put all their effort and professionalism in it. The second way, which can be defined as a shortcut, is to rely on an on-line automated translation service whose results, however, may often be comical.
We are convinced that translations are done "by concepts" and not "by words", given that every language has its own rules, idioms and nuances. Therefore a one-to-one correspondence between words can not exist, even among "sister" languages. For an accurate translation, "someone" would need to transfer the concept in the language of destination after understanding its meaning in the source language.
We have then decided to use such method, even if the road ahead may be uphill, and we warmly thank Gladys Evangelista who contributed to launch this initiative and volunteered as a translator with her thorough knowledge of English as well as of Italian.
If others who master both languages equally well would like to collaborate with us they will be surely welcomed. Similarly, the possibility of having website versions in other foreign languages than only English (currently the world and internet lingua franca) may be taken into consideration in the future.
The default website language is and will remain Italian. Clicking on one of the two small flags at the top of the page will allow you to pass from one language to another for each page of the site.
When choosing the English option, the English version will be shown if the page is available in the selected language, otherwise the corresponding page in Italian will appear. This choice seemed more sensible than showing a blank page.
Obviously, at the beginning the English component will be almost completely empty, as page content will be added progressively as the translations become available. Priority will be given to the pages of more general interest for international website visitors. Among these, we number the descendants of our emigrants, who, we believe, will be more motivated in this way to refresh or to establish stronger links with their roots. | Pile |
Chiu said that although BART has worked for years to encourage transit-oriented development -- often abbreviated as TOD -- some local jurisdictions are very slow to grant construction approvals.
"We're trying to jump-start these conversation in every locality that has a BART station," Chiu said. "... I think building vibrant, affordable, walkable communities on undeveloped land next to BART is the best way to deliver housing without disrupting existing communities."
BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said in an email that the BART board has taken no position on the bill and will discuss it later this week. San Francisco BART board member Nick Josefowitz is one of the measure's proponents.
AB 2923 would apply to BART-owned parcels of at least one-quarter acre and within a half-mile of a BART station entrance. If BART fails to enact new standards for transit-oriented development by April 2019, the bill would use the zoning guidelines the agency put in place last year.
Those guidelines categorize BART stations as one of three place types: regional center stations, like those in downtown Oakland and San Francisco; urban neighborhood/city center stations, such as Glen Park, North Berkeley and Fruitvale; and neighborhood or town center stations, such as those along the Pittsburg-Bay Point line in Contra Costa County.
BART's current guidelines call for developments of at least 12 stories for regional centers; at least seven stories around stations like North Berkeley (pictured above), and at least five stories around the suburban Contra Costa County stations. For future developments, the guidelines call for a minimum of 75 units of housing per acre.
BART is already dealing with high demand for parking spots, with long waiting lists for reserved parking at every station. But the agency's TOD guidelines, in line with the view of many urban planners, contemplate a future in which private automobile use is reduced drastically as more housing and offices are built near transit hubs, more people walk or bike to work, and technological breakthroughs such as autonomous vehicles come online.
AB 2923 is the latest in a series of high-profile legislative efforts to intensify development near transit corridors as a response to the region's affordable housing crunch. Among them: SB 35, a measure by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, signed into law last fall that offers a dramatically streamlined permit-approval process for affordable housing; and SB 827, a proposal introduced in January by Wiener that would require local governments to permit much denser housing within a half-mile of transit hubs like BART stations and within a quarter-mile of busy commuter-bus stops.
KQED's Guy Marzorati contributed to this report. | Pile |
[Medulla and upper cervical cord compression by bilateral vertebral artery presented with myelopathy and drop attack: case report].
A 51-year-old man had suffered from attacks of quadri-paresis and unconsciousness for previous three years prior to presentation. Prior to admission, he had been received anticonvulsants, but his symptoms showed no improvement. Neurological examination revealed hyper-reflexia of his left lower extremity and moderate decrease of sense of pain, temperature, and tactile sensation in his left extremities and trunk, while vibratory sensation was normal. Magnetic resonance(MR) imaging revealed a flow-void area in the craniocervical junction and marked narrowing of the medulla oblongata and upper cervical cord by compression of the vertebral arteries(VA). CT myelography also showed the compression and narrowing of the spinal cord. Vertebral angiography demonstrated symmetrical running course of the arteries, which curved medially at the level of craniocervical junction. Suboccipital craniectomy and C1 and upper half of C2 laminectomies were performed. After dural opening, the ventrolateral aspects of the lower medulla oblongata and the upper cervical cord were found to be compressed by the VA. The arteries were retracted dorsolaterally by GORE-TEX tapes so as to decompress the medulla oblongata and cervical cord, and the tapes were anchored to the residual part of C1 posterior arch. Postoperative MR imaging and CT myelography showed complete decompression, and the patient was relieved of his previous neurological symptoms. | Pile |
Q:
Getting dynamically generated HTML controls when using UpdatePanel
I'm generating HTML elements on the fly using javascript. These controls are located within an update panel on the browser.
For some reason, I'm unable to access those elements in the Page.Form[] array.
Is there a reason for this?
My current solution creates an array of strings, turns that into a JSON string, stores that in a hidden variable which gets posted back to the server as the hidden field was defined before in server side code.
Markup
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server">
<ContentTemplate>
<div id="dynamicInputsGoHere" class="hiddenContent" runat="server"></div>
</ContentTemplate>
Javascript to create inputs
for (i = currentSize; i < numberInputsToCreate; i++) {
html += "<input type='text' id='inputNum" + i.toString() + "' />";
}
$('#dynamicInputsGoHere').append(html);
I'm trying to access the dynamic inputs that were generated by javascript when the update panel posts back.
A:
You need to give your input elements a name attribute in order for them to get submitted with the form (and available in Request.Form):
for (var i = currentSize; i < numberInputsToCreate; i++) {
var name = "inputNum" + i;
html += '<input type="text" id="' + name + '" name="' + name + '" />';
}
$('#dynamicInputsGoHere').append(html);
Then on the server, access them as:
string value0 = Request.Form["inputNum0"];
string value1 = Request.Form["inputNum1"];
string value2 = Request.Form["inputNum2"];
You're probably best to send numberInputsToCreate in a hidden field (type="hidden") and use a loop on the server to pluck the values out.
| Pile |
Q:
How do I remove arrows stuck in my body?
While traveling down a wintry road, I encountered a man of fine tastes. I can tell this by his great dedication to the improvement of my countenance, evidenced by the several fine body piercings he provided me entirely free of charge.
In the time since, however, I have come to regret my rash attempts at body modification. Meter-long arrows transfixing my chest and one knee seemed quite edgy and avant-garde at the time, but the look seems to have gone mainstream. As a result, my piercings have begun to pall and I greatly look forward to ridding myself of them.
Sadly, they have proven quite stubborn. I have stripped, slept, healed, traveled, and battled but cannot dislodge these troublesome barbs.
Have any of you fine warriors advice for dealing with this all-too-literal thorn in my side?
A:
Some people have had success with the following:
un-equipping/equipping the arrows in their inventory
storing all the arrows in thier inventory into a chest/corpse
Getting shot with more arrows by a bandit, then killing that bandit.
A:
Provided your platform of choice is the PC, you can open the console with the back tick (`) key and enter the command
sexchange
and then Enter. The projectile will be gone. Then you can revert the change (or not), and carry on, my wayward son.
| Pile |
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure in chronic heart failure with sleep-disordered breathing.
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) has been reported to improve daytime symptoms in patients with sleep disordered breathing due to heart failure. To examine this in a controlled manner, eight men with stable chronic heart failure (mean left ventricular ejection fraction 18% and mean frusemide dose 160 mg) were entered into a controlled trial of domiciliary nocturnal NCPAP. At polysomnography (with sleep apnea quantified as the number of > 4% dips in arterial saturation per hour), seven had nocturnal Cheyne-Stokes respiration (SaO2 dip rate 3 to 27/hr), and one both central and obstructive apneas (SaO2 dip rate 8/hr). After 2 wk nocturnal domiciliary NCPAP at < 1.5 cm H2O (placebo) and 7.5 cm H2O (active) in random order, bicycle exercise tolerance and heart failure symptoms (modified Likert questionnaire) were assessed by an observer unaware of the patients' NCPAP status. Pulse oximetry (all subjects) and radionuclide estimated left ventricular ejection fraction (three subjects) were also measured at the end of each period. Two subjects withdrew from the study because of worsening heart failure during active NCPAP (7.5 cm H2O), and one of these subjects died. In the remaining six subjects exercise tolerance, symptom scores, and the severity of sleep apnea were similar on active NCPAP compared with placebo. When it was measured, resting left ventricular ejection fraction was lower on active therapy than on placebo. These data exclude a 25% improvement in exercise tolerance with 95% confidence and suggest that a study of 160 subjects would be needed to exclude a 10% change in symptom score.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) | Pile |
A view on current trends and their relevance for industrial state of practice
Industry 4.0, digital twin, artificial intelligence, preventive maintenance, deep learning are the current keywords populating media, research papers and hype cycles. ESI invites you to attend a freeworkshop on how recent innovations shape the future of industrial diagnostics and impact the diagnostics roadmaps. | Pile |
Changes of some immune functions after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA).
This study aimed to evaluate some aspects of the immune response in 10 cardiopathic patients during the execution of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) by obtaining blood samples from coronary sinus. In particular we considered some PMN functions as well as lysosomal release and oxidative metabolism evaluated as chemiluminescence and superoxide anion (O2) production. We also studied serum levels of complement C3 and C4, lymphocyte populations (CD3, CD4, CD8, CD19, CD16) and plasmatic determinations of interleukin 2 (IL2). After PTCA, we found a decrease of total count of blood lymphocytes, whereas the number of neutrophils remained unchanged. The decrease involved to a similar extent the lymphocyte subsets CD3, CD4 and CD8, whereas CD19 and CD16 were unchanged. The plasmatic levels of IL2 did not show any significant modification. Concerning PMN, their chemiluminescence was significantly increased after PTCA as compared to basal values: this response was promptly detectable in isolated PMN, both without and with stimulation with fMLP. Similarly superoxide anion production, both spontaneous and stimulated, was increased in PMN suspensions after PTCA, even if this increase did not reach statistical significance. As regards circulating levels of lysosomal enzymes, we found a significant increase of plasmatic levels of elastase, whereas the serum determinations of lysozyme and betaglucuronidase did not change. Concerning the complement system, we found a significant decrease of complement fractions C3 and C4. In conclusion, our results showed certain changes in some humoral and cellular systems; in particular the neutrophil activation through the release of proteolytic enzymes and the generation of oxygen radicals could increase the damage to vessel walls and activate other systems having a negative effect in the ischaemia-associated consequences. | Pile |
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a device and method for performing root canal procedures in dentistry.
2. Prior Art
Root canal procedures are well known in the art. When the pulp of a tooth becomes infected, an abscess may form. The tooth must be treated by cleaning out the dead or infected pulp from the root canal, destroying any bacteria and then filling and sealing the canal and restoring the crown. It is customary to expose the root canal orifice by drilling away a portion of the clinical crown of the tooth to an appropriate depth. Once the orifice of the root canal is exposed, an endodontic file or similar instrument may be inserted into the root canal to remove the tissue. Endodontic files are extremely small and easily kinked or otherwise bent if the file tip encounters hard tooth structure on the walls or floor of the access cavity rather than entering directly into the intended canal orifice. Additionally, prior art procedures normally require the insertion of the file through the access cavity created in the clinical crown of the tooth using a mirror or similar device to view the canal orifice, as the orifice is generally not accessible to direct vision.
It is, therefore, desirable to provide a projected or dedicated access channel for endodontic instruments whereby such instruments are easily introduced into the root canal without the need for a mirror. Further, after insertion of a root canal instrument into such an improved access channel, the root canal instrument(s) should be able to be manipulated conveniently throughout the length of the root canal. | Pile |
Q:
How to populate a Highcharts axis with string formatted data from a PHP array
I'm trying to convert a php array of items to labels for a Highcharts X-axis. The default example is:
categories: ['Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
So I have a PHP array ($items) and end up with a Javascript array (var items). Firebug outputs the following:
console.log(items);
["item1_10_20", "item2_2011_10_14", "item3_2011_10_07", "item3_2011_09_12"]
I can see that I should have single quotes, instead. How can I do that? Or maybe I should feed Highcharts with a comma and single-quoted separated string instead? How do I do either?
EDIT
I've tried this, but no luck at all!
in my view file I have a javascript script:
var items = "'<? echo join("','", $items) ?>'"; // Note the enclosing single quotes
And in the Highcharts JS file:
xAxis: {
categories: [items]
},
The whole array is placed in the first value of the x-axis and the rest of the values are blank. The item variable is shown in firebug:
'item1_2011_10_20','item2_2011_10_14','item3_2011_10_07','item4_2x1_2011_09_12'
How weird is this not working?
EDIT
When using json_encode to format the php array, I still can't get highcharts to recognize the array. If I manually copy and hardcode the array with single quotes, it works. But I really need to pass the array from php to highcharts' js via variables.
Here's the resulting x-axis with an array via json_encode:
A:
The following is already an array -
["item1_10_20", "item2_2011_10_14", "item3_2011_10_07", "item3_2011_09_12"]
so, change the following
xAxis: {
categories: [items]
},
as follows -
xAxis: {
categories: items
},
Update:
xAxis: {
categories: eval('(' + items + ')')
},
Update2:
One thing you need to know here is that JSON is not Javascript. You get get JSON reponse from server which is nothing more than a string in Javascript. So, to use that JSON response in Javascript you have to parse the JSON to form a Javascript data structure like object, array, etc (Just like we do with XMl), which is called parsing.
There are a lot of JSON parsing libraries, but we can also use eval JS function to do the job, as long as security is not a concern.
And in your case, the JSON response represents an array so you use eval to turn that into a real Javascript array.
So, items is JSON and you use eval (eval('(' + items + ')')) to parse which returns a Javascript array and then you assign the result to categories.
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Tacoma Tides
The Tacoma Tides was an American soccer club based in Tacoma, Washington that was a member of the American Soccer League. Although not long-lived, the club is remembered today for its backup goalkeeper—well-known American soccer coach Bruce Arena.
Year-by-year
In their only year of existence, the Tides finished 2nd in the ASL Western Division. They defeated the Utah Golden Spikers in the playoff quarterfinals, 2-1, then lost in overtime to the eventual champion Los Angeles Skyhawks in the semifinals by a score of 2-1.
Management
Booth Gardner – Owner
Stan Naccarato – General Manager
Coach
Dan Wood
David Chadwick (assistant)
Roster
External links
Article on Arena, mentions several players, Dan Wood and Stan Naccarato
Category:Defunct soccer clubs in Washington (state)
Category:Sports in Tacoma, Washington
Category:American Soccer League (1933–1983) teams
Category:1976 establishments in Washington (state)
Category:1976 disestablishments in Washington (state)
Category:Association football clubs established in 1976
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Our project is developed in Unity [Backend: Python]. We are looking for a Unity Developer [From Bangalore only] who has done CODE REVIEW previously. Basically he/ she has to do CODE REVIEW for our project.
Regards,
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2. Game Player Interface with the following features:
- Chat, Voice and Text (ability to chat with other players)
- Inventory (Weapons, Ammo, etc)
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- When Player dies he goes to main menu.
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I have a very simple scrolling ticker tape application developed in Unity.
The application scrolls item prices from my SQL database.
We have a separate application that changes the item prices. For example, Item A will change from $5.00 to $6.00. The problem is that the ticker tape application isn't accurately showing the updated data. I'm assuming it's running the wrong que...
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I want long term team.
Need to do a low poly models of a game characters (art attached)
Requirements: low poly : tris - <10000
Retopolgy UV mapping
Texturing humanoid Rigging (The model will be animated via mocap, so correct humanoid rigging is very important)
T-pose The model will be used in mobile game (Unity engine).
We create immersive experiences with AR/MR and are looking for a Unity Developer to support a prototype project that uses Apple ARkit.
We need someone who can help make our ARkit scenes a bit more interactive than we had initially planned. Triggering events, sounds and enabling deeper interactions with the content.
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Supply Chain Management (Strategy,Planning and Operation)
Description
Supply chain management – Strategy, planning and operation by Dr. Graham R. Smith (Supply chain expert), has the essential insight in how to design distribution network, planning and managing inventories, sourcing, logistic and pricing products, how IT and E-business plays its role in supply chain.
Endowing yourself with these vital tools will help you improve performances, lessen excessive cost and gain a strong competitive position. | Pile |
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On Friday, actor Kevin Bacon took to popular social media site Reddit to host an AMA (basically, an interactive Q&A session) with millions of online users. In the AMA, Bacon confirmed that the TV miniseries adaptation of his 1990 hit film Tremors is indeed still in the works.
[Image by Universal Pictures]
Digital Spy reports that even though Kevin Bacon’s AMA was meant to promote the first episode of I Love Dick, the Bacon-starring sitcom that premiered last night, user “Krisleeds” came right out and asked about a possible revival of the much-beloved pulp horror classic Tremors.
“Mr Bacon – Would you like to see, and/or star in a Tremors remake??” the user asked.
When a user posts a question on a Reddit AMA’s page, it starts out with one point. Users on the page can upvote the comment if they want to increase the question’s visibility. The comments that get upvoted the most will rise to the top of the page and are almost certain to be seen by whoever is conducting the AMA.
Because the movie was so important to so many people in the 90’s, Krisleeds’ question sparked a lot of people’s curiosity and rocketed up to the top of the page. It did not take long for Kevin Bacon to take notice of the post and post a succinct response: “we are working on that!”
It is probably fair to assume that the project Bacon is referring to is the same one that Entertainment Weekly announced in November 2015. The announcement let readers know that Bacon would be returning to serve as both executive producer and one of the stars of the show.
Bacon revealed in a Twitter AMA he hosted on May 12, 2016, that production on the project was underway.
Given the fact that the series was already being made a year ago, one can infer its debut is not too far down the road.
Kevin Bacon at IMDb Studios. [Image by Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb]
Not surprisingly, users who saw Krisleeds’ question and Kevin Bacon’s response were elated.
“This is the best thing I’ve heard today,” replied StevieRayWonderNicks.
“This has made my year,” added Tallchurch.
A huge amount of commenters were just happy Tremors is returning at all, but some of them were also concerned that the relatively easy and inexpensive access to CGI capabilities in the modern age might replace the fondly-remembered practical effects that made the Tremors movie so close to people’s hearts.
To be more specific, they said they were worried the Graboids, the term used to refer to the burrowing worm-monsters in the film series, would be digitally rendered in the miniseries Kevin Bacon was mentioning instead of made from physical materials. After all, notes user Foosbabaganoosh, that is exactly what happened in several of the critically-panned Tremors sequels.
“The third and fourth had a mix of practical and digital effects (practical of course looked so much better) and the fifth was I believe all digital which looked like a**, so here’s to hoping the new one has enough budget that lets them get back to the practical roots!”
The “no CGI Graboids” issue was, like its parent post, upvoted by a lot of people. it seems very unlikely Bacon missed it, as it is also up near the top of the page. Because of that, his lack of response is disconcerting; did he want to avoid letting fans down by telling them that yes, the Graboids in the Tremors miniseries will be CGI?
Now that Kevin Bacon has let the cat out of the bag concerning the miniseries after a year of silence, look out for more official information about the series in the next few days, and keep checking back at the Inquisitr to learn about it as it is reported.
In the meantime, what would be your dream cast for a modern-day Tremors reboot?
[Featured Image by Nataniil/iStock] | Pile |
Nail-tail wallaby
Nail-tail wallaby refers to Onychogalea, a genus describing three species of macropods, all of which are found in Australia. Related to kangaroos and wallabies, they are smaller sized species distinguished by a horny spur at the end of their tail. The northern nail-tail wallaby is still common in the northern part of Australia, the crescent nail-tail is now extinct, and the bridled nail-tail is considered rare and endangered, with probably fewer than 1100 mature individuals in the wild. Nail-tail wallabies are smaller than many other wallabies.
Taxonomy
There are three recognised species of the genus Onychogalea, the nail-tailed wallabies, they are
Onychogalea fraenata, the bridled nailtail, whose range and population has greatly declined since colonisation;
Onychogalea lunata, the crescent nailtail, warong, once abundant and widespread across the southwest and centre, the smallest species entered a rapid decline and became extinct;
Onychogalea unguifera the northern species, still extant in the Kimberley and Top End regions.
Description
A genus of Macropodidae, small and herbivorous species with a shy disposition. The earliest descriptions noted their elegant shape, graceful movements and beautiful markings. Named for one of their general characteristics, the nail-tailed wallaby has a horny point two or three millimetres wide at the tip of the tail, an almost unknown characteristic for a mammal that has been compared to the bony spur of a lion's tail.
References
Category:Macropods
Category:Marsupials of Australia
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray | Pile |
Q:
Why does mocking 'open' and returning a FileNotFoundError raise AttributeError: __exit__?
Testing by mocking open with a FileNotFoundError raises AttributeError: __exit__. Why is this happening and what can I do to fix it?
The following code opens a simple text file. If the file is missing it generates a default value. It has been checked by regular running and it appears to be working perfectly.
so_main.py
import os
import so_config
def load_savelocation():
path = os.path.join(so_config.ROOT, so_config.SAVELOCATION_FN)
savelocation_path = os.path.normpath(path)
try:
with open(savelocation_path) as f:
so_config.SAVELOCATION_PATH = f.readline()
except FileNotFoundError:
so_config.SAVELOCATION_PATH = so_config.ROOT
so_config.py
import os
ROOT, _ = os.path.split(__file__)
SAVELOCATION_PATH = None
SAVELOCATION_FN = 'savelocation.ini'
The unittests are a different story. I've mocked the open command in so.main. test_so_main.py has two tests: One for normal opening of a file which is present and a second to test the FileNotFoundError handling.
The first test of regular file opening test_read_path_from_disk_file_into_config_py works fine.
The second test fails because the FileNotFoundError raises AttributeError: __exit__.
I can set self.mock_open.return_value to FileNotFoundError or I can set it to 'garbage'. It doesn't make any difference.
test_so_main.py
import unittest
import unittest.mock as mock
import so_config
import so_main
class TestReadSaveLocation(unittest.TestCase):
def setUp(self):
self.savelocation_path = so_config.SAVELOCATION_PATH
self.root = so_config.ROOT
so_config.ROOT = 'program root'
p = mock.patch('so_main.open')
self.mock_open = p.start()
self.addCleanup(p.stop)
def tearDown(self):
so_config.SAVELOCATION_PATH = self.savelocation_path
so_config.ROOT = self.root
def test_read_path_from_disk_file_into_config_py(self):
self.mock_open().__enter__().readline.return_value = 'data files location'
so_main.load_savelocation()
self.assertEqual('data files location', so_config.SAVELOCATION_PATH)
def test_missing_file_defaults_savelocation_to_program_root(self):
self.mock_open.return_value = FileNotFoundError
so_main.load_savelocation()
self.assertEqual('program root', so_config.SAVELOCATION_PATH)
I'm running Python 3.5.2 via PyCharm 2016.2.1 on a Windows 7 machine.
A:
You mock the function to return an exception instead of raise it.
Try using side_effect (docs):
self.mock_open.side_effect = FileNotFoundError
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Association between premorbid neuropsychological conditions and pediatric mild traumatic brain injury/concussion recovery time and symptom severity: a systematic review.
The objective of this review was to identify associations between premorbid neuropsychological conditions and pediatric mild traumatic brain injury/concussion recovery time and symptom severity. There is a lack of evidence-based clinical guidelines for the care of children with a premorbid neuropsychological condition who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury, also known as concussion. This necessitates inquiry for any associations that may exist, which may contribute to an enhanced understanding of injury recovery patterns. Participants included children ages six through 18 years with any diagnosed or self-reported premorbid neuropsychological condition(s) and mild traumatic brain injury/concussion. Participants with concomitant intracranial or extra-axial head injury found on diagnostic imaging were excluded. Outcomes for this review included recovery time or symptom(s) severity post-concussion. Studies considered for review were analytical observational studies, including retrospective, prospective, cross-sectional or longitudinal cohort studies or case-control studies, as well as descriptive observational study designs, including case series, individual case reports and descriptive cross-sectional studies. A comprehensive search was undertaken in January 2018 for both published and unpublished studies utilizing an a priori protocol. Major databases searched included CINAHL, Embase, PubMed, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection and PsycINFO. Other sources searched for unpublished and gray literature included the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, ClinicalTrials.gov, Google Scholar, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global: Sciences and Engineering Collection and MedNar. Additional searches of government websites and reports targeting healthcare or sports-related concussions included Australian Sports Commission, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the National Health Service of the United Kingdom, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Critical appraisal and data extraction were completed by two independent reviewers. Validation of methodologic quality was performed utilizing standardized tools from the Joanna Briggs Institute, and any disputes were resolved through discussion. Due to significant heterogeneity among studies, a meta-analysis could not be conducted. Therefore, extracted data are reported in a narrative synthesis. A total of 12 studies (one analytical cross-sectional, two case-control and nine cohort) with 2,973 participants met inclusion criteria. Results of the findings among premorbid conditions varied. However, statistically significant associations with prolonged recovery or increased symptom severity were identified in children with pre-concussion histories of learning disabilities or poor academic achievement; anxiety, depression, mood disorders or other psychiatric illnesses; prior head injuries; somatization (in females); sleep disorders (in males); and the presence of multiple neuropsychological conditions. Due to heterogeneity among studies and limitations of the review, findings suggest that clinicians providing post-concussive care may consider the presence of premorbid neuropsychological conditions, specifically learning disabilities or poor academic achievement; anxiety, depression, mood disorders or other psychiatric illnesses; prior head injuries; somatization; sleep disorders; or the presence of multiple neuropsychological conditions as potential contributors to prolonged recovery times or increased symptom severity in children and adolescents with mild traumatic brain injuries. | Pile |
Q:
addSubview in UIViewController's View has no response
Newbie question. I created a UIView named TestView with 2 IBOutlet UIButton. I would like to add this view to initially launched view controller.
The header file of the TestView is as follow:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
@interface TestView : UIView {
IBOutlet UIButton *btn1;
IBOutlet UIButton *btn2;
}
@end
I try to add the view to the screen by:
TestView *view = [[TestView alloc] init];
[self.view addSubview:view];
[view release];
but I got no response. How can I add TestView to the original view ?
p.s. TestView as a XIB too, named TestView.xib
Environment:
xCode 4
iOS 4.3.2
A:
u have to specify the frame
frame means orgin + size
here orgin (0,0)
size (200,200)
otherwise iOs dont know where to draw this view
TestView *view = [[TestView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 460)];
[view setBackgroundColor:[UIColor greenColor]];
[view addSubview:btn1];
[view addSubview:btn2];
//here add whatever u want
[self.view addSubview:view];
[view release];
| Pile |
Q:
MS Access Choosing Filter with ComboBox
I have returned with yet another Question regarding MS Access and its VBA environment.
I'm currently constructing a database in MS Access 2016.
The main View headview has a combobox viewcombo and a subform listview.
What I need: I want the combobox to filter the listview depending on the chosen entry of it.
What I did:
Private Sub ViewCombo_AfterUpdate()
On Error GoTo Proc_Error
If IsNull(Me.ViewCombo) Then
Me.ListView.Form.Filter = ""
Me.ListView.Form.FilterOn = False
Else
Dim selectedOption As AccessObject
selectedOption = Me.ViewCombo
Select Case selectedOption
Case selectedOption = "open"
Me.ListView.Form.Filter = "Column1='" & "'"
End Select
End If
Proc_Exit:
Exit Sub
Proc_Error:
MsgBox "Error " & Err.Number & " Setting Filter:" & vbCrLf & Err.Description
Resume Proc_Exit
End Sub
Note: The Me.ListView.form.Filter = "Column1='" & "'" is supposed to be empty if the chosen entry of viewCombo is open, the available entries are Open, Closed, ovedue, cancel and "as seleced
However, it seems that Access doesnt work this way. How do I properly write the select case statements?
Edit 1:
The Values of the ComboBox ViewCombo are manualy written in it. Depending on the selection of a value, different Filters are to be set on the ListView
Example:
The selected value is open
The Listview is filtered with the statement: Column1 is empty
The selected value is closed
The Listview is filtered with the statement Column 1 is not empty, Column 2 contains the value 10 (10 is an ID for a status, these are given to me by the employees I work with, those are internal and have no meaning for the database)
Hope that helps to clarify the situation.
A:
You will use the value of the combobox, not the combobox as an object, similar to:
If IsNull(Me.ViewCombo.Value) Then
Me.ListView.Form.Filter = ""
Me.ListView.Form.FilterOn = False
Else
Select Case Me.ViewCombo.Value
Case Is "open"
Me.ListView.Form.Filter = "[SomeFieldName] = 'open'" ' or other filter value.
End Select
Me.ListView.Form.FilterOn = True
End If
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Q:
mix.options is not a function
I've been trying to run PurifyCSS for my Laravel app, but keep getting the "mix.options is not a function" error whenever I run 'gulp' from the command line. mix.styles works just fine though
I understand that this problem happened for a lot of people because they were on old versions of Laravel mix, however I believe I've updated it (eg npm laravel-mix -v returns "3.10.10")
Any advice? Thanks
var elixir = require('laravel-elixir');
elixir(function(mix) {
mix.options({ purifyCss: true });
mix.styles([
'bootstrap.css',
'cc.css'
]);
});
A:
In your code, you're using laravel-elixir package which has been upgraded and renamed to laravel-mix. So, install it using npm install laravel-mix --save-dev which is at version 1.4.2 as of yet. After install, try this.
let mix = require('laravel-mix');
mix.options({ purifyCss: true });
mix.sass('resources/assets/sass/app.scss', 'public/css');
In your resources/assets/sass/app.scss
// Bootstrap
@import "node_modules/bootstrap-sass/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap";
// Write your custom css here
Also, Update your package.json scripts
"scripts": {
"dev": "npm run development",
"development": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
"watch": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --watch --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
"watch-poll": "npm run watch -- --watch-poll",
"hot": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js --inline --hot --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
"prod": "npm run production",
"production": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js"
},
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Living in a box
Here are two examples of how to do things differently. One did as he was told. The other one did something completely different. Who’s right? Who’s the most entertaining one? How do you go about at your work? Inside or outside the box?
In Norway every car owner needs to pay an annual road tax. The car should carry a badge indicating that the road tax has been paid. The colour of the badge changes every year. | Pile |
Q:
How to override ApplicationVersion for Publish target in MSBuild
Is it a way to override the ApplicationVersion for the Publish target in a ClickOnce context?
I have created a custom build like this:
<PropertyGroup>
...
<ApplicationRevision>0</ApplicationRevision>
<ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.0</ApplicationVersion>
...
<CustomBuildDependsOn>
Build;
CustomBeforePublish;
PublishOnly;
</CustomBuildDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="CustomBuild" DependsOnTargets="$(CustomBuildDependsOn)" />
<Target Name="CustomBeforePublish">
<GetAssemblyIdentity AssemblyFiles="$(TargetPath)">
<Output TaskParameter="Assemblies" ItemName="CurrentAssembly" />
</GetAssemblyIdentity>
<PropertyGroup>
<PublishDir>$(OutDir)\publish\$(TargetName)\</PublishDir>
<ApplicationVersion>%(CurrentAssembly.Version)</ApplicationVersion>
</PropertyGroup>
<Message Text="BeforePublish PublishDir = $(PublishDir)" />
<Message Text="BeforePublish ApplicationVersion = $(ApplicationVersion)" />
</Target>
The property PublishDir is correctly overrided and used by PublishOnly target while the property ApplicationVersion is not correct : the application manifest is always with the version 1.0.0.0.
And the log display :
BeforePublish ApplicationVersion = 3.5.0.51263
What is the correct way to pass ApplicationVersion to the target PublishOnly or Publish?
A:
The only way i have found to do this, it's to relaunch the MSbuild with the property :
<PropertyGroup>
...
<ApplicationRevision>0</ApplicationRevision>
<ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.0</ApplicationVersion>
...
<CustomBuildDependsOn>
Build;<!--First build to get the version-->
CustomPublish;<!--Rebuild and publish with the correct version-->
</CustomBuildDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="CustomBuild" DependsOnTargets="$(CustomBuildDependsOn)" />
<Target Name="CustomPublish">
<GetAssemblyIdentity AssemblyFiles="$(TargetPath)">
<Output TaskParameter="Assemblies" ItemName="CurrentAssembly" />
</GetAssemblyIdentity>
<PropertyGroup>
<PublishDir>$(OutDir)\publish\$(TargetName)\</PublishDir>
<ApplicationVersion>%(CurrentAssembly.Version)</ApplicationVersion>
</PropertyGroup>
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I'm not sure it's a correct way but it work
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Q:
Is there a word expressing a contrast in two parallels statements, the second of which reverses the order of items in the first?
Martyrs create faith, faith does not create martyrs. (LINK)
Is there a word expressing a contrast in two parallels statements, the second of which reverses the order of items in the first?
A:
Of antimetabole, wikipedia says:
In rhetoric, antimetabole is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed grammatical order (e.g., “I know what I like, and I like what I know”). It is similar to chiasmus although chiasmus does not use repetition of the same words or phrases.
Other examples in the wikipedia article include:
• “Eat to live, not live to eat.” Attributed to Socrates
• “He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions.” The Sphinx, Mystery Men (1999)
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National University San Diego
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Has anyone had any luck with applying at National University for their nursing program? I applied back in Oct 06 and have been waiting to hear from them. They are supposed to notify in 3 months. I... Read More
yeah nope...they "make too much." not to mention i'll be living with them through nursing school so they look at that too i'm sure. ARRGGHH
in better news i am at NU right now and just set up my PDA (iTouch) with the unbound medicine program and it is pretty cool.
Too bad... (about fin/aid)... But great! (about PDA) So, by signing up at the school, you somehow avoid paying $160 for "nursing central"? That's the one you got, right?
Mar 4, '09
question: everyone must have a PDA or some kind of phone to upload some program? Is that right? What do they tell you in orientation. I mean its from like 8:30 - 4!!! thanks..im starting the program in july!
question: everyone must have a PDA or some kind of phone to upload some program? Is that right? What do they tell you in orientation. I mean its from like 8:30 - 4!!! thanks..im starting the program in july!
I don't think it's a requirement to have a platform to upload the programs. Those programs are available online and can be accessed from any computer at the clinical facility. At least that's what I understood from the info at the orientation. PDA or phone or ipod is just something that is convenient to have on hand for immediate access to the programs. Someone please correct me if I am wrong...
Mar 4, '09
has anyone else gotten that email of the breakdown of all the costs from national???? i have it if you want it! its $52,973 for the program, $3600 for nursing books, graduation fee $50.
Mar 4, '09
Hm... I didn't get anything. Can you forward it to my email? I think you have my email... Thanks!
Mar 4, '09
oh sorry, that is including A&P english communications....but just nursing is $44,000
Mar 4, '09
Has everyone taken Micro there? I have Makhluf, she is great, but the class is tough to say the least. I did well in A&P w/Fullerton, I hope I can get through this class...
oh sorry, that is including A&P english communications....but just nursing is $44,000
Did you get that info in the email? Was it because they finished processing your financial aid?
Mar 4, '09
no i called their office left a message wondering the total cost and they emailed it. um i think i have ur email still let me check. oh i guess i can email it to your nu account (whats ur last name again?)
Mar 4, '09
Diana Dooley.... Thanks Danielle!
Mar 5, '09
Oh, PLEASE ME TOO, It's Samantha Galvan....they really should send that out without us having to request it! | Pile |
NFA World: Art students tour Lyme Academy
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The Bulletin
Writer
Posted Nov. 30, 2013 at 4:20 PM
Updated Nov 30, 2013 at 4:20 PM
Posted Nov. 30, 2013 at 4:20 PM
Art teacher Stephanie Chew’s 11th- and 12th-grade fine arts painting and figure-drawing students spent the day at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts last week, touring the campus and viewing the Tim O’Brien exhibition. Students then participated in two one-hour group figure-drawing workshops, rendering from live models. A Lyme College drawing professor worked with 11th-graders in one session, while an admissions counselor worked with the seniors. After lunch, students toured dorms and had portfolio review sessions with admissions personnel. The day was a great opportunity for students to experience firsthand a post-secondary art school.
Head of School David Klein, Director of Student Affairs John Iovino, English teacher Patrick Kirker and Sachem Campus school counselor and administrative intern Jessica Vocatura assisted at last week’s Otis Library’s O’Tis a Festival. Among the many NFA faculty and staff were present at the event to shop and enjoy the fellowship. Klein, Iovino, and St. George were celebrity greeters on the street directing the public to parking. For the third consecutive year, ninth-grade English teacher Pat Kirker provided musical entertainment, always a much-loved part of the event.
ASVAB test
Since 1968 about 40 million students have taken the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery nationally. Two weeks ago, about 50 NFA seniors took the test. A multi-aptitude group of 8 sub tests, the assessment measures abilities in general science, arithmetic reasoning, word knowledge, paragraph comprehension, mathematics knowledge, electronics information, auto and shop information and mechanical comprehension. Students also take an interest inventory, and work with Kathleen Matthews of NFA’s Career Resource Center, their school counselors and representatives from the ASVAB Career Exploration Program to begin career planning. Test scores allow them to coordinate their interests and abilities with more than 400 civilian and military occupations.
Students are under no obligation to join the military as a result of taking the ASVAB; many students take it to explore military and civilian occupation options.
Project ELF
Again this year, the National Spanish Honor Society is working with the Connecticut National Guard in a special program to benefit children of military families from Connecticut whose parents are now deployed or who are about to be deployed to Afghanistan before the holidays. Officers seniors Julia Morales and Moira Lewerk and uppers Enita Liang and Erica Sanders and members are collecting new unwrapped toys through the National Guard’s ELF Program for children,up to 18 years old. Toys will be distributed at a special celebration on Dec. 16.
Page 2 of 2 - Donations will be accepted until Dec. 10. Contact Spanish teacher and adviser Ellen DeLeon at [email protected], or drop off at the Visitor Check-In Station at the main (south) entrance on Crescent Street.
Shopping
Take the opportunity to holiday shop at NFA.
The Cat Shack, in the Converse Building, is open special hours through this month to accommodate Wildcat and community shoppers. Purchase NFA apparel and spirit items from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 7; 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 12; and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 18.
The Museum Gift Shop, at the Slater entrance and accessible by elevator via the Atrium, features modestly priced art and craftwork by local and regional artists, including Steinhagen Pottery, Chili-Bob Whatley’s hand-crafted candles and Karen Rossi’s mobiles, several jewelry collections, books about art, Norwich and Slater related topics, miniature cast reproductions, original and reproduction artwork, cards and postcards. Also featured are fragrances, specialty soaps, accessories and other free-trade items, and children’s games, puzzles, and books. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. weekends.
Latham Library is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 7.
Final thought: Michael Carr tells us, “All kids are gifted. Some just open their packages earlier than others.”
Geoff Serra is director of communications and public affairs at NFA. Reach him at [email protected]. Follow NFA on Twitter at #nfaschool or on Facebook at facebook.com/nfaschool. | Pile |
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Sales Manager
Design and implement a strategic business plan that expands the company's customer base and ensure its strong presence. Carry out recruiting, objective-setting, coaching, and performance-monitoring of sales amongst the representatives.
Build and promote strong, long-lasting customer relationships by partnering with them and understanding their needs.
Committed to continuous learning through workshops, seminars and conferences.
Demonstrated ability to communicate, present and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of the organization.
Proven ability to drive the sales process from planning to closing.
Good business sense and industry expertise.
Strong mentoring, coaching and people management skills.
Perks & Benefits
Commission and bonus
Allowance (travel stipends, transportation, etc.)
Medical insurance
Personal leave
Open culture
Personal development opportunities
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Company Overview
When you’re part of it, you put your heart into it. Eliz Jewellery is more than just a brand, we’re owners, jewellers and most importantly family.
That’s why we go above and beyond to offer quality products and outstanding service to the people who matters the most – our customers. For us, it’s personal.
Our story is a story of a family passing down the tradition of fine Jewellery to a new generation. A family that fosters passion and dedication amongst our staffs, while laying the foundation for excellent customer service together with a love for jewellery. With over 20 years experience behind us, we’ve built our business on honesty, integrity and trust; whilst maintaining traditional values.
Here at Eliz Jewellery, our mission is to build a solid reputation in business, offer superior service, and craftsmanship, with the aim of passing on the knowledge to the new generation. From our family to yours, Eliz Jewellery will make your buying experience as memorable as the precious jewellery we create. | Pile |
We propose to study biogenetic relations and functional interactions among the membranes of those intracellular compartments that together constitute the secretory pathway (or the endoplasmic reticulum-plasmalemma pathway). These compartments include the endoplasmic reticulum, a series of Golgi compartments, secretory vacuoles (or granules) and different carrier vesicles active at different junctions along this pathway which leads to discharge sites on the plasmalemma. Whenever needed, we propose to improve cell fractionation procedures by using specific ligands (e.g. antibodies or lectins) - rather than general physical properties - for the isolation of subcellular components. The cell fractions obtained will be used to isolate and purify their membranes. The proteins of these membranes will be analyzed and identified by appropriate procedures e.g., gel electrophoresis, immuneoverlays, immunoprecipitation, other biochemically specific interactions, that can be carried out on gels or gel transfers. The cell types selected for systematic investigation are the murine erythroblasts (normal or transformed) and the rat hepatocyte. The membrane proteins of primary interest are: 1) the murine glycophorins (for erythroblasts) and 2) the secretory component (for hepatocyte). Other membrane proteins will be selected in time. In each case, the pathway followed by these proteins from their sites of synthesis to their sites of final functional residence (or discharge) will be followed and the compartments involved in each postranslocational modification will be identified. With this information secured, attempts will be made to analyze the mechanisms involved in the control of intracellular vesicular traffic and - in conjunction with it - in the control of chemical specificity among interacting membranes. | Pile |
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Lipid-mediated a-factor interactions with artificial membranes.
Our understanding of the cellular export of a-factor and its interaction with the receptor do not yet allow for a description of the phenomena on a molecular level. Synthesis of a-factor analogs and biophysical studies of the lipopeptides in the presence of artificial membranes provide insights which can be analyzed with respect to the biological potency of the molecules. It is through the study of the interaction of the lipopeptides with membranes at varying levels of complexity that we will be able to develop a molecular description of the biological processes. | Pile |
Newswise SciWire
Monday, February 12, 2018
12-Feb-2018
People who were bullied by siblings during childhood are up to three times more likely to develop psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia in early adulthood, according to new research by the University of Warwick.
09-Feb-2018
Ugeographers sought to understand the factors fueling hate across space. Their findings paint a rather grim reality of America; hate is a national phenomenon, and more complicated than they imagined. The researchers mapped the patterns of active hate...
A multi-institutional team of researchers, led by University of Arkansas engineering professor Shui-Qing “Fisher” Yu and a leading Arkansas semiconductor equipment manufacturer, have made significant improvements to a new kind of laser, a semicon...
Searching for a power outlet may soon become a thing of the past. Instead, devices will receive electricity from a small metallic tab that, when attached to the body, is capable of generating electricity from bending a finger and other simple movemen...
Although understanding the wide-ranging effects of disasters is vital for an effective public health response, a lack of baseline data has made it difficult to attribute post-disaster changes in environmental conditions to the impacts of disasters.
– Texas A&M University
PLOS One; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health ; Texas OneGulf Center of Excellence ; Institute for Sustainable Communities at Texas A&M University...
08-Feb-2018
Quantum dots are rapidly taking center stage in emerging applications and research developments, but researchers are still studying how to precisely control the growth of these nanoscale particles and their underlying quantum behavior. For instance, ...
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered the first known molecular evidence of obligate symbiosis in lichens, a distinctive co-evolutionary relationship that could shed new light on how and why some multicellular organisms consolida...
Is it nature or nurture that ultimately shapes an organism? A new study reveals a dramatic landscape of gene expression changes across all cell types in the mouse visual cortex after a sensory experience, many linked to neural connectivity and the br...
They’re lovingly called ‘sea squirts’, but certain marine soft-bodied animals, or tunicates, could cause a giant-sized problem in cold water areas like the Gulf of Maine. New research shows that with a water temperature increase of just two deg...
Before having a baby, most human parents determine if they are able to feed them, give them a good home and provide them with the best chance to grow up. Researchers have found a similar behavior pattern in the beetle world - specifically with buryin...
Nuclear physicists are using the nation’s most powerful supercomputer, Titan, at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) to study particle interactions important to energy production in the Sun and stars and to propel the search for new ...
Florida State University researchers are part of a global team of scientists revealing the unexpected role that large-scale fires and high nitrogen deposition play in the ecology and biogeochemistry of these lush Central African forests.
A team of ecologists and economists is the first to test whether real-life ecological interactions produce economic benefits for the fishing industry. The results were published online Jan. 29 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Scientists have found that DNA executes an unexpected architectural role in shaping the cells of bacteria. Studying bacteria, the researchers used an array of experiments and technologies to reveal that DNA, beyond serving to encode genetic informati...
Scientists of the Department of Energy’s Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program (LWRS) and partners from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) have conducted the first weld tests to repair highly irradiated materials at DOE’s Oak Ridge...
Twenty-four teams from 16 Bay Area high schools faced off Feb. 3 in the SLAC Regional DOE Science Bowl, a series of fast-paced question-and-answer matches that test knowledge in biology, chemistry, physics, earth and space sciences, energy and math. ...
A research group at the University of Delaware has received a $1 million grant to develop technology that helps soldiers detect explosive devices from a distance. The augmented reality system will use traditional cameras, thermal infrared sensing and...
M. Stanley Whittingham, distinguished professor of chemistry and materials science at Binghamton University, State University of New York, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for pioneering the application of intercalation chemis...
Northwestern University’s David N. Seidman, whose work has led to an improved understanding of materials on the atomic scale, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).Election to the academy is among the highest professional di... | Pile |
Silk Hope, Georgia
Silk Hope is an unincorporated community in Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
History
The community was named in the founders' hopes a silk textile industry would thrive here.
References
Category:Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Unincorporated communities in Chatham County, Georgia | Pile |
Italy - SuperEnalotto
Basic Information for Italy's SuperEnalotto: Tickets cost one Euro per play. You have to be 18 years of age or older in order to play the game or redeem prizes no matter where you live in the world. Some lottery winnings are subject to tax in Italy. Winnings up to €100 are tax-free with a small flat tax on all higher wins in addition to a tax rate of six percent (6%) on winnings over €500.
The game is operated by Sisal (Sport Italia Società a Responsabilità Limitata) and has been in play in one form or another since the 1950's. As the game has no cap and the odds are so long, SuperEnalotto is often the biggest paying European lottery. The name of the game changed in 1997 from simply 'Enalotto', and in 2009 the draw became centralized, rather than single numbers being taken from smaller regional lottery draws. Under the old system, it was statistically possible for two of the same numbers to be drawn resulting in a situation where nobody could have won the jackpot.
Three times each week, six (6) numbers are drawn from a pool of ninety numbers (1-90). After the six numbers are drawn, a seventh supplemental number known as the Jolly is then drawn. The Jolly is used to help make a winning combination for players who have chosen and matched five main numbers. The Jolly doesn't figure into the odds or ability to match six numbers (6/90) to win the jackpot.
How Can I Play SuperEnalotto?
You can play SuperEnalotto by visiting a local retailer in Italy, purchasing or checking tickets online at www.sisal.it when you are within the country's borders, or purchasing tickets online from a lottery concierge or messenger service who will purchase the ticket(s) for you in-country. Drawings are held on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 8:00 pm local time. Players can choose their own numbers or let the lottery computer select them at random using the Quick Pick feature.
While it may be difficult to correctly guess six out of ninety numbers (6/90), it certainly isn't impossible. The odds of winning the jackpot on the basic game are 1 in 622,614,630 and the draws are held three times each week. The very difficulty of matching, and the fact there is no cap on how many times the jackpot can roll over, means that winners can take home huge winnings. Jackpots of over €100 million have been paid out at least five times since 2008.
Players can form their own syndicates or office pools to increase their chances of winning at least part of the jackpot. In October 2010, a 70-member syndicate in Milan won €177.7 million. Earlier that same year, €139 million was split by two Italians when both of their tickets matched all six numbers. The remaining three top five winners, with prizes ranging from €100.7 million to €163.5 million, were awarded to single ticket holders.
How to Win Cash Prizes
There are six (6) ways to win when you play the basic SuperEnalotto. There are six prize divisions. First prize is the Jackpot and you will need to match all six (6) drawn numbers.
The jackpot prize is not the only one that increases with each lottery draw. Each prize division can increase depending on ticket sales so all prizes vary draw by draw. No matter how many people buy tickets for any draw, the odds remain the same but the prizes can be more or less depending on sales.
The second place prize is awarded for matching five plus the supplemental Jolly number. Players can also win by matching five (5/6), four (4/6), three (3/6) or two (2/6) numbers.
The following list shows the winning combinations and the odds of winning based on playing a standard game.
Is there another way to play and win the SuperEnalotto?
Yes! The SuperEnalotto has a sister-game called theSuperStar Lottery that uses the same drawn numbers and shares the jackpot. Playing the Superstar allows you to choose an extra number that adds €2 million to the jackpot and €1 million to the SuperEnalotto second prize. Adding SuperStar to your ticket can also multiply smaller prizes by up to 100x and creates a whole new range of prize divisions. Players can look at the SS number as a Powerball.
You can learn more about the SuperEnalotto by visiting
Sisal.it (not an English language webpage).
Buy Lottery Tickets
Buy lottery tickets online! - You can now buy your lotto tickets online. Buying is simple, just check on a reseller below: | Pile |
Photochemical reactions including photo polymerization or photochemical cleavage of molecules in smaller units, as well as optical detection of fluids or components comprised in fluidic substances are well described in the literature and known to those skilled in the art. They are carried out in detecting devices or in reactors having technical size or lab size. Devices for microfluidic applications are known and described. These devices ought to meet the requirements which result from sophisticated techniques:
Optical detection of fluidic samples succeeding to chemical separation or preparation is a most preferred technique since it is applicable without interfering in the chemical system being in the focus. In order to perform such optical detection generally a measuring chamber for the reception of the fluid, a light emitting device and a light receiving device are needed. Performing online detection means designing a measuring chamber as a flow through cell. One may perform transmission or absorption measurements which are corresponding as indicated by optical laws such as Beer's law, which is known to those skilled in the art. Whichever technique is chosen, it presumes guiding light through the sample, accordingly a light path between a light emitting and a light receiving means is required. Simplified, light emitting and light receiving means comprise a light source, detector and the corresponding waveguides. Applying Beer's law furthermore means knowing precisely the geometrical dimensions of the measuring device as far as they are needed to determine optical coefficients such as e.g. extinction. The extinction coefficient refers to the relation of light throughput through a volume of fluid having certain physical and chemical properties. The length of the light path, correlated with said volume of fluid and being correlated with the concentration of the components in the fluid, is accordingly a key parameter in optical detection, being comprised in said extinction coefficient.
The length of the light path is a key parameter in photochemistry, too, since the light throughput frequently determines the yield of a reaction or the conversion: The above cleavage reaction may be performed with an optimal conversion rate if the relation light path-to-reactor volume is optimized, which comprises length of a flow through cell which serves as photo reactor.
A number of microfluidic devices has already been described in the art, the below devices referring on the function of an optical fluidic device as detection device:
A device for microfluidic optical detections is described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,281,975, to Munk. He describes a capillary flow cell with protruding bulb ends providing a high light throughput entrance window for the cell, aiming for an improved sample illumination.
EP 0,089,157 to Le Febre discloses an optical detector cell for determining the presence of a solute in a sample fluid, for the particular application in miniature chromatographic and micro spectroscopic applications. An optical flow path which is parallel to the fluid flow path is provided, allowing maximizing of the sample corresponding to a fixed sample volume, whereby the ability results to measure low threshold concentrations in solutes.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,477,186 to Carlson refers to a photometric cuvette for optical analysis of through flowing media, designed for the measurement of minimum sample amounts. | Pile |
Thursday, January 3, 2013
You are somone's Sunshine
We ride the Ferris wheel every single day. It starts in the morning, after that hearty breakfast and the goodbye kiss.
A full day at the office, back home, lunch, dinner, Tv, bed.
Everything is in fast motion, but you are back to where you started.
In most cases, your day resembles all the other days you rode that wheel. Nothing much.
But, sometimes, an idea flashes at the back of your head, asking you to make something different. To make that wheel stop for a moment.
These are the good deeds we sometimes neglect to do. Don't let your life slip without helping others. Those who are less in need.
I'm happy to know that your good well.
They say by the time you realize what is life. Half of your life has already gone.
At the age of 25, I realized what life is all about. I wanted to enjoy it more, I longed for my grandparents to be back to life, to really sit with them and just chat.
Except, you have what you have right now.
I draw my memories from those daily incidents that draws me back to old days, gives me a sweet glimpse of what was it like when I had a bigger family and a smaller soul.
No can understand my addiction to Jasmine tea, but those who knew my granny. That big Jasmine tree hanging outside her door. Every afternoon she turned those pearly white buds into beautiful necklaces and headbands. Telling us the same old story over and over again: "بياحوه" and the girl who literally pooped gold.
If only that wheel stops.
Stop right there, at that moment, let me hug my granny one more time, and let my life be fast forwarded again. | Pile |
Günter Brus
* 1938 in Ardning (AT)lives and works in Graz (AT)
Günter Brus, who nowadays calls himself a ‘poet of the picture’, became part of the Austrian art history by means of two prominent actionist performances: His body painted white and parted in two halves by a black line, he promenaded downtown Vienna in 1965. Three years later he was entitled Austria’s most disliked citizen due to daggling the lecturer‘s desk in the New Institute Building of the Vienna University in the context of his “Body Analysis”. Steadily Brus complemented his extensive actionist oeuvre with drawings and paintings. Starting with the portfolio “Irrwisch” in 1970, he developed his “Picture Poetry”, which combines literature with fine arts. | Pile |
# Copyright 2013-2020 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
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from spack import *
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This extension defines a protocol for a client to determine information
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| Pile |
[Epidemiologic surveillance of pleural mesothelioma in Italy].
A collaborative study has been performed in order to detect cases of pleural mesothelioma diagnosed or treated in Italy in the years 1984-88. Cases have been notified to ISS by 88 centres (clinics of thoracic surgery and respiratory diseases, oncologic centres, institutes of pathology), active in 14 Italian regions. Altogether, 575 cases (415 males and 160 females) have been included in the study. Information on occupation and/or on non occupational exposure to asbestos was available for 65% of the subjects, and the occurrence of definite or possible exposure to asbestos was estimated for 58% of them. | Pile |
Expression and regulation of miR-17a and miR-430b in zebrafish ovarian follicles.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression and control many developmental and physiological processes. Oocyte maturation in fish is mainly regulated by luteinizing hormone (LH) and maturation-inducing hormone (MIH). In addition, growth factors, including members of the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) superfamily, have also been shown to play important roles in regulating oocyte maturation. In this study, we determined the expression and regulation of two miRNAs, miR-17a and miR-430b, which potentially target signalling molecules in the TGF-β pathway, in zebrafish ovarian follicles. Using real-time PCR, we observed that miR-17a and miR-430b levels in follicular cells were significantly lower in late vitellogenic and full grown follicles than in early vitellogenic follicles. Treatment with a LH analog, human chorionic gonadotropin, significantly down-regulated miR-17a and miR-430b expression in follicular cells but had no effect on their expression in oocytes. Forskolin also inhibited follicular cell miR-430b expression; however, no significant changes in miR-17a levels were observed after Forskolin treatment. Finally, MIH did not affect the expression of these miRNAs either in follicular cells or oocytes at the time points tested. These findings suggest that miR-17a and miR-430b may be involved in the regulation of follicle development and oocyte maturation in zebrafish. | Pile |
In a complex cable network, Multiple Service Operators (MSOs) deploy multiple services over what was traditionally a cable network to carry television content. Now these traditional cable networks are utilized to carry other content. For example, cable networks commonly carry Internet Protocol (IP) communications and Video on Demand (VOD) content. VOD delivers video such as a movie, over the network to a user, typically via a set top box connected to the television of the user. As VOD consumes large amounts of resources it is important for an MSO to efficiently utilize their resources to provide the optimum handling of VOD transmissions. The present invention addresses this need by providing a system and method for efficient bandwidth allocation in a content delivery system providing content such as VOD. | Pile |
As Ulrike pointed out:
- The previous phrasing was very unclear.
- It's hard to guess whether the FT is able and willing to handle
a given review. Better let them decide.
- It's not obvious how one can try to find a reviewer by themselves;
while regular contributors should hopefully have no trouble doing so,
new contributors would be left in doubt.
So let's make the default case "empty the Assignee field" and whoever
is handling the FT's frontdesk role at a given time (for now: yours truly;
some day: rotating role) will dispatch reviews adequately. And hopefully,
other team leads have some kind of view that helps the detect pending
reviews in their own area, without relying on the FT.
refs: #16650 | Pile |
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to autoidentification systems and, more particularly, to a system and method for providing user feedback using target illumination sources.
2. Description of the Related Art
Autoidentification systems, such as optical imagers and radiofrequency identification (RFID) readers are being used with increasing frequency for a variety of applications, including obtaining medical information or medical data from patients and medication contains, verifying the contents of patient medical samples, or extracting information from labeled products, such as shipping containers or retail items that contain barcodes or RFID tags.
Barcodes are essentially graphic representation of data (alpha, numeric, or both) that is machine-readable. Barcodes encode numbers and letters into different types of symbologies, such as linear codes, two-dimensional codes, and composite codes (a combination of linear and two-dimensional codes). In more recent applications, referred to as digital or optical image capture, an optical device snaps a digital picture of the barcode and software in the imager orients the picture and decodes the barcode(s) contained in the picture.
Radiofrequency identification (RFID) is a wireless communication technology that utilizes radiowaves for automatic identification and data capture of information for the purpose of identifying and tracking objects or people. Signals in the radio frequency (RF) range of the electromagnetic spectrum are used to communicate data between a two transceiver devices. An RFID system typically consists of the three main components: a tag, a reader, and the software/firmware for controlling the system. Tags are placed on objects or people and directly or indirectly contain information about the object or person. The reader uses RF energy to interrogate the tag and read the information it contains, or even write data to the tag.
Technologies such as barcode imaging and RFID can play an important role in various fields by automating processes and improving safety and security. For example, the ability to more accurately track objects and instantly provide data about the object is becoming a particularly important tool in the medical field, where automated systems can help improve safety procedures and limit human errors. In one such system, medical samples and prescription medication may often be provided with a barcode to assist with tracking the formulation and delivery of the medication or samples, and proper identification of the patient to whom the medication or samples belong. RFID technology may be used for tracking medical devices to ensure that the right device is available to the correct patient at the correct time, or to track the location of high-risk devices like implants that may relocate within a patient.
Although conventional barcode readers may include on-board illumination sources, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for enhancing the visibility of the target, barcode readers and RFID systems rely on other LEDs to indicate the status of autoidentification processes. For example, the housing for the barcode or RFID reader may include LEDs aligned to indicate to the user a successful barcode interpretation or RFID interrogation. In addition to increasing the cost and complexity of such systems, the use of status LEDs is cumbersome as the user must try to perceive the target barcode or RFID tag and consider the special LEDs at the same, which may not be easily viewed or even in the proximity of the user. | Pile |
Q:
How to add waypoint item in GeoTools
When looking the examples of the Geotools, i cant find the examples about adding waypoint into Map of GeoTools.
So how can i add the waypoint into Geotools ?
A:
There are a couple of ways to answer your question depending on what you intended:
A: GeoTools is just a toolkit; it does not provide an interactive map for adding a waypoint. There is no visual tutorial for the gt-graph module showing how to add a waypoint.
A: The gt-graph module does show how to find the shortest path between 2 (or more) locations; if you consider those locations waypoints you are set.
//calculate the paths
for ( Iterator d = destinations.iterator(); d.hasNext(); ) {
Node destination = (Node) d.next();
Path path = pf.getPath( destination );
//do something with the path
}
To see this source code in context the documentation page is here:
http://docs.geotools.org/latest/userguide/extension/graph/index.html
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Medical student clinics: the basis for a clerkship in family practice.
In this paper, the authors describe a popular elective clerkship in family practice a Community Hospital, Santa Rosa, California. The key element in the clerkship for the past six years has been the student's General Medical Clinic. Here, under the supervision of a family physician teacher, senior medical students care for patients with a wide variety of problems. The students work as a team with family nurse practitioners. The clinic has succeeded in offering patients an alternative to the emergency room and an entrance to the hospital's Model Family Practice Center. The students give the clerkship a very high rating as an educational experience. It has also been viable economically. | Pile |
Each corner is punched with the scallop trim corner punch, then each edge punched with the scallop edge border punch.
Here’s Gretchen’s blog and she’s done alot of great work on sizes of cardstock for perfectly punched scalloped edges: Gretchen
Uses Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil and the texture plate with Big Shot! I thought it would be perfect with the pickup truck!
Sorry, it’s been carried around awhile and the foil got a little bunged up but it did look really good.
Uses Vintage Vogue, Vintage Wheel, Tiny Tags, and the Scallop trim border punch. Also, I cut the Finial Press Embossing Folder into strips of different designs. You can see it on the Pale Plum Strip here and the edge of the Pale Plum card above. | Pile |
#!/bin/sh
docker build -f .docker/Dockerfile.build -t chatterino-ubuntu-build .docker
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Monte Carlo method for evaluating the quantum real time propagator.
A new exact representation of the quantum propagator is derived in terms of semiclassical initial value representations. The resulting expression may be expanded in a series, of which the leading order term is the semiclassical one. Motion of a Gaussian wave packet on a symmetric double well potential is used to demonstrate numerical convergence of the series and the ability to compute each element in the series using Monte Carlo methods. | Pile |
The huge general strike rally in Athens today, Thursday, was probably the biggest since 2011 and the summer of mass occupations of public squares.
The centre of Athens was so full of people that any attempt at separate rallies became meaningless. The picture is the same all over Greece—the rally in the second city Thessalonica was huge and there were rallies even in many small places.
Public and private sector unions called their third general strike against pension cuts. In the morning it was like a Sunday. Everything was shut down, nothing worked.
The one exception was the media—its workers struck the previous day and reported on the demonstration today.
Other sectors outside the working class joined in. Striking lawyers had a huge contingent. Small shopkeepers shut for the day and marched. Even farmers who have been blocking roads joined the demonstrations of workers.
On the eve of the strike even the Syriza government made a statement supporting the strike. It said it could strengthen its position in negotiating with Greece’s “Troika” of creditors—the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund.
It had little choice. Previously Syriza had tried to undermine the strike movement.
Government supporters tried to paint the lawyers’ protests as a movement of the rich. And they claimed the farmers’ rallies had been led by the fascist Golden Dawn.
Today gave that the lie. In reality many farmers voted Syriza. Golden Dawn has tried to infiltrate their protests, but on the march today its supporters were confronted and had to leave.
Strength
Every attempt to dampen down the movement has failed. The mood on the demonstration was of a show of strength. The main demand was to stop the bill before it reaches parliament.
Trade union bureaucrats have tried to delay, holding fire until a big demonstration the day the pensions bill is voted through parliament. But they thought that would have happened by now. Instead the government has kept delaying. It means they will have to call another general strike.
Sections of the movement are escalating—such as the ferry workers and possibly soon the electricity workers. The workers with the most to lose from the bill are those with the best pensions. These are the fruit of decades of struggle, so those workers are often the best organised.
And no-one dares divert the anger onto refugees in Greece. Everyone supports them.
As well as the anti-racist organisation Keerfa there were groups of people marching independently with homemade pro-refugee banners. The farmers are the most conservative section.
But when refugees walking to Greece’s northern border encountered a farmers’ blockade this week, farmers responded by inviting them to warm themselves around their fire.
All this puts the government in a tight spot with no easy way out.
It can’t offer concessions without confronting the Troika—pension reform is central to their demands. But it can’t push the reform through without confronting the movement.
And this is a very different movement to five or six years ago. Then people were getting their first taste of a general strike. Now they have experienced years of struggle—and shifted to the left.
Panos Garganas is editor of Socialist Worker's Greek sister paper Workers Solidarity | Pile |
Gene expression study in Bathymodiolus azoricus populations from three North Atlantic hydrothermal vent sites.
The deep-sea hydrothermal vents are known as harsh environments, abundant in animal diversity surrounded by fluids with specific physiological and chemical composition. Bathymodiolus azoricus mussels are endemic species dwelling at hydrothermal vent sites and at distinct depth ranges. Mussels from Menez Gwen (MG), Lucky Strike (LS), Rainbow (Rb) were collected at 800 m, 1730 m and 2310 m depths respectively, along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Five different tissues including gill, digestive gland, mantle, adductor muscle and foot from MG, LS and Rb mussels were selected for gene expression analyses by qPCR. 30 genes were tested to investigate the level of immune and apoptotic gene expression among B. azoricus populations. Statistical analyses confirmed tissue-specific gene expression differences among the five tissues. The digestive gland tissue showed a higher transcriptional activity characterized by an up-regulation of gene activities, contrary to what was assessed in the adductor muscle tissue. Five categories included recognition, signaling, transcription, effector and apoptotic genes were analyzed in this study. The majority of genes differed in levels of expression between MG/LS and LS/Rb in the digestive gland. Our findings suggest that gene expression profiles are inherent to the tissue analyzed, thus implying an immune tissue-specificity controlling defense responses across B. azoricus mussel body as a whole. | Pile |
Reproducibility of locus coeruleus and substantia nigra imaging with neuromelanin sensitive MRI.
The purpose of this study was to assess the reproducibility of substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) and locus coeruleus (LC) delineation and measurement with neuromelanin-sensitive MRI. Eleven subjects underwent two neuromelanin-sensitive MRI scans. SNpc and LC volumes were extracted for each scan. Reproducibility of volume and magnetization transfer contrast measurements in SNpc and LC was assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and dice similarity coefficients (DSC). SNpc and LC volume measurements showed excellent reproducibility (SNpc-ICC: 0.94, p < 0.001; LC-ICC: 0.96, p < 0.001). SNpc and LC were accurately delineated between scans (SNpc-DSC: 0.80 ± 0.03; LC-DSC: 0.63 ± 0.07). Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI can consistently delineate SNpc and LC. | Pile |
The present invention relates to computers and, more particularly, to computer processor modules for computers. In this specification, related art labeled “prior art” is admitted prior art; related art not labeled “prior art” is not admitted prior art.
Computers typically include processors, solid-state and disk-based memory, input-output devices and interfaces therefor. Moreover, many computers are expandable and/or upgradeable. Accordingly, computers are typically provided with power supplies that can not only handle the maximum power required by the computer in its initial configuration, but also allow leeway for added and upgraded components that may require additional power. Generally, the power supply for a computer can be selected to handle the total of the maximum power required of the pre-installed components plus a margin for added and upgraded components. | Pile |
Proteases are enzymes that effect the degradation of proteins by catalyzing the hydrolysis of peptide bonds. Proteases play important roles in numerous physiological processes and are important factors in the pathogenesis of disease states involving tissue destruction such as emphysema, rheumatoid arthritis, tumor metastasis, and the cardia muscle necrosis that accompanies myocardial ischemia. There is a need for development of inhibitors of cysteine and serine proteases because of the potential application of such compounds as therapeutic agents and because of their utility as investigative tools for the elucidation of the biochemical properties and physiological functions of this group of enzymes. The purpose of the research described in this proposal is to synthesize and evaluate three series of substituted N-hydroxybenzolactams as mechanism based inhibitors of cysteine and serine proteases. The three series of compounds to be prepared consist of substituted 1-hydroxy-2-oxo- 2,3-diydroindoles (I), substituted 1-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2,3,4- tetrahydroquinolines (II), and substituted 1-hydroxy-2-oxo-2,3,4,5- tetrahydrobenzazepines (III). The corresponding benzolactams will also be synthesized. The newly synthesized compounds will be evaluated for their abilities to inhibit the cysteine protease papain and the two serine proteases chymotrypsin and elastase. Those compounds that are found to be effective protease inhibitors will be evaluated in a series of biochemical experiments designed to provide information with regard to the reversibility, kinetic characteristics and mechanism of enzyme inhibition. | Pile |
...one of the most highly regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the world. — Herb Sutter and Andrei Alexandrescu , C++ Coding Standards
In the previous section we used two different forms — metafunction classes and placeholder expressions — to pass and return metafunctions just like any other metadata. Bundling metafunctions into "first class metadata" allows transform to perform an infinite variety of different operations: in our case, multiplication and division of dimensions. Though the idea of using functions to manipulate other functions may seem simple, its great power and flexibility [Hudak89] has earned it a fancy title: higher-order functional programming. A function that operates on another function is known as a higher-order function. It follows that transform is a higher-order metafunction: a metafunction that operates on another metafunction.
[Hudak89] Paul Hudak. "Conception, Evolution, and Application of Functional Programming Languages," ACM Computing Surveys 21, no. 3 Pages: 359 - 411. New York: ACM Press. 1989. ISSN:0360-0300. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/72551.72554.
Now that we've seen the power of higher-order metafunctions at work, it would be good to be able to create new ones. In order to explore the basic mechanisms, let's try a simple example. Our task is to write a metafunction called twice , which — given a unary metafunction f and arbitrary metadata x — computes:
twice(f, x) := f(f(x))
This might seem like a trivial example, and in fact it is. You won't find much use for twice in real code. We hope you'll bear with us anyway: Because it doesn't do much more than accept and invoke a metafunction, twice captures all the essential elements of "higher-orderness" without any distracting details.
If f is a metafunction class, the definition of twice is straightforward:
template <class F, class X> struct twice { typedef typename F::template apply<X>::type once; // f(x) typedef typename F::template apply<once>::type type; // f(f(x)) };
Or, applying metafunction forwarding:
template <class F, class X> struct twice : F::template apply< typename F::template apply<X>::type > {};
C++ Language Note The C++ standard requires the template keyword when we use a dependent name that refers to a member template. F::apply may or may not name a template, depending on the particular F that is passed. See the book's Appendix B for more information about template .
Given the need to sprinkle our code with the template keyword, it would be nice to reduce the syntactic burden of invoking metafunction classes. As usual, the solution is to factor the pattern into a metafunction:
template <class UnaryMetaFunctionClass, class Arg> struct apply1 : UnaryMetaFunctionClass::template apply<Arg> {};
Now twice is just:
template <class F, class X> struct twice : apply1<F, typename apply1<F,X>::type> {};
To see twice at work, we can apply it to a little metafunction class built around the add_pointer metafunction:
struct add_pointer_f { template <class T> struct apply : boost::add_pointer<T> {}; };
Now we can use twice with add_pointer_f to build pointers-to-pointers:
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(( boost::is_same< twice<add_pointer_f, int>::type , int** >::value )); | Pile |
Natural World. Rodrigo 'The Bat Man of Mexico', has been saving the amazing bats of his homeland since childhood, when he kept vampires in his bathroom. Now his favorite drink, Tequila, is at stake. The bat that pollenates the plant the liquor comes from is in trouble, and Rodrigo must track their migration to save them. Braving hurricanes, snakes, Mayan tombs and seas of cockroaches in a heartwarming and breathtaking conservation success story. | Pile |
Show HN: Jwt.show – show the payload of a jwt token - tmadsen_
https://jwt.show/
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fiiv
Hi,
Curious why you built this when jwt.io also has a decoder for this?
~~~
tmadsen_
I just found the jwt.io one a bit cumbersome to use - I wanted to be able to
paste as the first thing on the page, not selecting existing stuff in a
textarea, delete that and then paste. Simpler seems better to me. I also
missed a countdown on jwt.io :)
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Q:
Clean way to pass an enum to a function with the option of passing null in C#
I have an object that represents a physical structure (like a utility pole), and it touches a bunch of other objects (the wires on the pole). The other objects have a bunch of characteristics (status, size, voltage, phase, etc.) expressed as enums. I want to write a generic function that counts how many of the wires match any or all of the characteristics.
If enums were first-class objects, I think I'd just write this:
class Wire
{
public EStatus Status { get; set; }
public ESize Size { get; set; }
public EVoltage Voltage { get; set; }
public EPhase Phase { get; set; }
}
int CountWires(EStatus status, ESize size, EVoltage voltage, EPhase phase)
{
int count = 0;
foreach (Wire wire in _connectedWires)
{
if (status != null && wire.Status != status) continue;
if (size != null && wire.Size != size) continue;
//...
++count;
}
return count;
}
... and be able to call it to count just new, large wires of any voltage and phase like this:
CountWires(EStatus.New, ESize.Large, null, null);
... but of course that gets me a cannot convert from '<null>' to 'EVoltage' error.
We've tackled this in the past by adding an "Any" value to the enums themselves and checking against that, but then if we do something like display all the possible values in a list for the user we have to filter out "Any". So I want to avoid that.
I thought I'd throw this out to the community and see if anyone has any ideas for a way to do this with a clean interface and easy-to-read calling code. I have my own answer I'm toying with that I'll add to the discussion.
A:
Or just use nullable types.
int CountWires(EStatus? status, ESize? size, EVoltage? voltage, EPhase? phase)
{
int count = 0;
foreach (Wire wire in _connectedWires)
{
if (status.HasValue && wire.Status != status.Value) continue;
if (size.HasValue && wire.Size != size.Value) continue;
...
++count;
}
return count;
}
A:
Have you tried a normal nullable? With the ? syntax it is pretty concise (And C# has built in implicit operators for it)
CountWires(EStatus? status, ESize? size, EVoltage? voltage, EPhase? phase)
And the use is pretty easy
if (status.HasValue)
stats.Value
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Liverpool FC don't expect Barcelona Javier Mascherano move
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Javier Mascherano and Rafa Benitez 460[LNB]LIVERPOOL are not expecting any fresh interest from Barcelona in Javier Mascherano in January.[LNB]Weekend reports suggested the midfielder's advisers had already negotiated personal terms with the Catalans in advance of a transfer fee being agreed with the Reds.[LNB]However, there has been no contact between the clubs since the summer when Barca were informed Mascherano was not for sale.[LNB]Back then Rafa Benitez insisted even £50million wouldn't convince him to part company with the Argentina international and the Reds don't expect the manager's resolve to be tested when the transfer window reopens.[LNB]Joan Laporta's term as Barcelona president ends next June and as the election battle hots up uncertainty reigns at the Nou Camp.[LNB]Manager Pep Guardiola is a big admirer of Mascherano but his own future is currently up in the air with him refusing to commit to a new contract until he knows who the new president is.[LNB]Until the presidential issue is settled next year it's unlikely Barca will make any major additions to their squad.[LNB]Meanwhile, Fabio Aurelio faces a race against time to be fit for Saturday's Premier League clash with Manchester City. | Pile |
Jardin des plantes de Caen
The jardin des plantes de Caen (French for: 'Garden of the Plants of Caen'), also known as jardin botanique de Caen ('Botanical Garden of Caen') is a botanical garden and arboretum located at 5, place Blot, Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France. Covering 5,000 m², it is open daily.
The garden's earliest plants were collected in 1689, and its first catalog published in 1781 (Jardin botanique de Caen by Farin and Demoneuse). It was established on the site of an old stone quarry as a university botanical garden, but in 1803, after the French Revolution, it was extended by 3.5 hectares to become a municipal park. In 1860 two large greenhouses were constructed, and a botanical institute added in 1891, but all were destroyed in World War II. New greenhouses were built in 1988.
Today the garden contains more than 8,000 species laid out in two sections. The lower section contains native plants of Normandy (about 1,000 species), a medicinal garden (600 plants), horticultural collections (700 varieties), rockeries (1,500 dwarf specimens), an arboretum of trees and shrubs (500 species), and a greenhouse of about 1,500 exotic species. The upper section is a public park containing remarkable tree specimens including Sophora japonica (1750), Sequoiadendron giganteum (1890), and Cryptomeria japonica (1870).
The garden also has a pedagogical role, where gardeners can ask advice to professionals, who are available to answer questions and regularly organize workshops, and is committed on environmental issues. During Spring, they offer ladybug and lacewing eggs to local gardeners, in order to encourage biological gardening and avoiding the use of pesticides,.
See also
List of botanical gardens in France
References
Jardin des plantes de Caen (the garden's page within the municipality official website)
Conservatoire des Jardins et Paysages description (French)
Au Jardin description and photographs (French)
Brittany Ferries description
Jardins et Loisirs description (French)
Roger Lawrence Williams, Botanophilia in Eighteenth-century France: The Spirit of the Enlightenment, Springer, 2001, page 117. .
Specific
Caen, Jardin des plantes de
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“When I received Tat Jane’s Blessing I had injured my hip and as a professional ballerina, I need to rehears everyday it was truly devastating for me to be disable for a few weeks. After first Tao Hands Blessing I was able go to my rehearsal day after, TJ offered me remotely few more Blessings … Continue reading Albena K.
“…I incorporated Tat-Jane’s blessings as a part of my investment, I saw the results immediately, I found more clients began to use my service and in a whole I remained busy, day to day. I continue to use Healing hands blessings and I continue to grow, remain busy and even prosper. I recommend …” | Pile |
Supplied by team’s PR.
16 FEBRUARY, 2017 – Lebanese karting champion Karl Massaad is officially confirmed as the second driver signing of 2017 for Double R Racing’s F4 British Championship certified by FIA – powered by Ford squad, with just over six weeks to go until the start of the new season.
The 18-year-old from Beirut, who was born in Los Angeles in the USA and is now based in London where he is studying at the Hult International Business School, becomes the first Lebanese national to compete in the UK’s FIA sanctioned Formula 4 category. He arrives in the championship as a genuine car racing rookie with only a few days of testing under his belt thus far.
Regardless of his lack of experience in single-seaters, Massaad has performed well up to now at the wheel of Double R’s Ford EcoBoost-powered British F4 car. In officially timed pre-season testing at Oulton Park earlier this month, in changeable conditions, he lapped inside the top 10 and within 0.4 seconds of more experienced new team-mate Linus Lundqvist.
“Karl is a mature and smart driver and certainly has the potential to go a long way in single-seater racing from what we have seen so far”, said Double R team principal Anthony ‘Boyo’ Hieatt. “He’s only had a very limited amount of time in the car up to now but has made significant progress.
“He’s a great young talent to work with and actually reminds me very much of a young Carlos Heurtas [former Formula BMW and British Formula 3 racer with Double R]. We’re sure Karl is going to be a driver to watch as the season unfolds. We’ve got high hopes for him.”
Massaad, whose career is guided by Middle East Motorsports Management, started out karting in Lebanon in 2011 before progressing up through the X30 Super Shifter ranks on the European and World Championship stage.
He arrives in the F4 British Championship off the back of his most successful karting season by far last year, having become 2016 Lebanese X30 Super Shifter Champion with a remarkable 100 per cent tally of race wins. Massaad also received the FIA Young Driver International Seminar award, finished third in the X30 Super Shifter European Championship and fifth in the World Championship.
Looking ahead to his maiden season in British F4, Massaad said: “Being my first year in cars, I want to get up to speed as quickly as possible and hopefully push for the top five in the championship. That would be amazing.
“For sure, I want to try to take two or three podiums and then my aim is to try to move into F3 the year after. I’ve only had six days of testing so far, but it’s gone well and I’m quite confident for the season. It’s amazing to be working with a team like Double R in my first season in cars.”
Brands Hatch Indy Circuit in Kent will host the opening three races of the F4 British Championship certified by FIA – powered by Ford season over the weekend 1/2 April. The UK’s most competitive single-seater series stars on the live-televised TOCA package alongside the BTCC. | Pile |
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells is credited as one of the most influential science fiction books ever written, having introduced ideas like super-advanced aliens coming to Earth and said aliens hating the shit out of us and trying to wipe us out. Even though it was published as a novel all the way back in 1898, it's seen as the blueprint for every alien invasion blockbuster released more than a century later. This article isn't about that book.
In the same year, a writer named Garrett P. Serviss crapped out an unauthorized sequel to Wells' book called Edison's Conquest of Mars, in which famed inventor Thomas Edison turns the tables on the aliens from The War of the Worlds by flying to Mars and killing all of them with his revenge boner -- it's the Victorian-era equivalent of shameless straight-to-DVD crapfests like Transmorphers and Titanic II.
Via Gutenberg.org
Oh, you thought we were joking about the boner part?
Also, it was one of the most revolutionary sci-fi novels ever written.
That's right -- many fundamental elements of science fiction as we know it can be tracked back to this cheap knockoff, not the classic it was ripping off. Like ... | Pile |
Neonatal revolution - the introduction of PEEP.
Fifty years ago, a baby born at 24-26 weeks was not considered viable. It was a tragedy for the mother having carried it for so long. I witnessed such an event as a student. The scourge of premature deliveries was the lack of surfactant in many tiny babies. In general, if a premature infant with hyaline membrane disease, as it was called respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), could not maintain a pO(2) above 60 mmHg in 100% oxygen, it was not expected to survive. In late 1969, two babies with suspected RDS came to ICU and were treated by the author with the buffer (tris hydroxyl amino methane, [THAM] which reduced both metabolic and respiratory acidosis and did not contain sodium) and an isoprenaline infusion (β(1) stimulant and pulmonary vasodilator). The X-ray appearances of RDS disappeared. Unfortunately, one died of portal vein thrombosis because the drugs were administered by umbilical catheter, which were commonly used at the time. The other one recovered but the physicians then said the diagnosis must have been wrong! | Pile |
Wireless access systems have been widely deployed to provide various types of communication services such as voice or data. In general, a wireless access system is a multiple access system that supports communication of multiple users by sharing available system resources (a bandwidth, transmission power, etc.) among them. For example, multiple access systems include a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, a Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) system, a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) system, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) system, and a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) system. | Pile |
The elusive search for definitive evidence on routine screening for intimate partner violence.
Routine screening for intimate partner violence (IPV) has been introduced in many health settings to improve identification and responsiveness to IPV. The debate about the level of evidence required to warrant routine screening continues. Three assumptions have impeded progress in measuring the impact of screening. The first is that routine screening is a test only which does not of itself have an impact on patients. The second is that it can be assessed by evaluating interventions provided to women after abuse is identified through screening. The third is that there can be an agreed appropriate intervention for IPV. Each of these assumptions is problematic. In addition, there are significant impediments to evaluating screening as an intervention through a randomized control trial. These include identification of the study group, isolating the control group from the intervention, ethics, lack of baseline data, and recall bias. A range of study designs is required and a rethink of assumptions is needed in researching this area. | Pile |
An Ohio family is convinced that their son was a Chicago woman in his past life. The boy was able to provide detailed description of the woman and her life along with her horrific death. Is this proof of reincarnation?
In the video interview above, you hear the remarkable story of an Ohio boy who claims he was an African American woman from Chicago in his past life. The boy recalls what he looked like and the horrific way he died. The boy’s mother says that from an early age her son was obsessed with safety. She thought it was just a strange childhood quirk, but soon became frustrated as the boy became obsessed with the name Pam.
She questioned the boy about Pam and asked who she was. The boy responded, “well, I was.” As the mother pushed for further information it became evident that the boy thought he was Pam in a past life. He said that when he was Pam he lived in Chicago and had black hair and skin. He also claims that he died in a fire after jumping out of a window.
Obviously she was skeptical of this story so decided to do a little digging to see if there was any evidence the story could be true. She looked online and found a news story about a fire at a residential Paxton Hotel in Chicago. As she looked through the names of those who died she came across Pamela Robinson. Pamela was one of 19 people who died in the fire after jumping from a hotel window to her death. The story was eerily similar to the one the boy had told, so the mother decided to give him a little test.
She printed off a photo of Pamela Robinson along with a number of other random images of people from that time. Could her son pick Pamela Robinson out of the mix? She says out of all the photos he picked Pamela Robsinson, the woman who died in the exact manner he had described.
The family is now convinced that their son is proof that reincarnation can happen. What do you think? | Pile |
Rice University Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning, with the collaboration of neuroscientists, teachers, and clinical trial managers, will create a game-based web site, Virtual Clinical Trials: ADVANCES in NEUROSCIENCE. The proposed project addresses the science education focus of the Blueprint for Neuroscience by addressing topics that are not well addressed in existing efforts by educational, community or media activities. The game will be a powerful tool for use by teachers to educate students, and potentially their families, about the scientific process of discovery, testing, and adoption of new drugs or treatments that emerge from neuroscience research. To facilitate widespread classroom use of the online materials, the content will be aligned with high school science curriculum standards and teacher workshops are included as a component of dissemination strategy. VIRTUAL CLINICAL TRIALS: ADVANCES IN NEUROSCIENCE has four primary goals: 7 Create three web-based scenarios that will increase high school students' knowledge about specific neuroscience content and the clinical trial process. 7 Engage students in interactive role-play across a variety of neuroscience careers to promote students' science identity, to increase motivation to engage in STEM careers, and to foster positive inclinations toward participation in clinical trials; 7 Assess the effectiveness of the Virtual Clinical Trials scenarios through rigorous evaluations in high school science classes and disseminate the results through peer- reviewed journals and conferences/professional meetings. 7 Promote widespread use of the Virtual Clinical Trials through teacher workshops and social media. | Pile |
2016 Northwestern State Demons football team
The 2016 Northwestern State Demons football team represented Northwestern State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Demons were led fourth-year head coach Jay Thomas and played their home games at Harry Turpin Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 0–9 in Southland play to finish in last place.
Previous season
The Demons finished the season 4–7, 4–5 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
Schedule
Game summaries
@ Baylor
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McNeese State
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Nicholls
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Sam Houston State
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About TLO
In 2006, after ten years as a couple (and probably because we started getting a little bored with each other), we launched our first blog, Project Rungay, and happily spent several years as fan-bloggers for Project Runway and various other reality shows, until our growing audience started urging us to expand our topics. Long story short? Nine years later, we’re a full service pop culture site with a special focus on fashion and style with an audience in the millions, if you can believe it – and sometimes we can’t. And to this day, it’s just the two of us putting the content out there in our own voices, with no staff and no filters.Also, we finally got married after 17 years together in 2013. Life is good. We love our jobs, we love our readers, and we wrote a book! In February 2014, our very first book “Everyone Wants to Be Me or Do Me,” was released through Perigee Press, instantly called “hilarious” by many fabulous critics, and written of glowingly in Cosmopolitan, The New York Daily News, The New York Post, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Philadelphia Daily News, The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Wall Street Journal and voted “Style Book of the Year” by the readers of Entertainista.com. You can buy it here, or at any fine bookstore.And if that wasn’t enough, we’re shooting our mouths off every week on our very own podcast: Which you can go and listen to/download here. | Pile |