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Q: How to avoid a race condition with cross db proc calls? and other concerns I am not even sure this question is necessary but I am curious to know everyone's thoughts. I have two databases on the same server, dbFoo, dbBar. dbFoo has the following table please note this is a way dumbed down example, and the syntax may not be correct as I am rushing and way more interested in the answer to the underlying issue then the code to do it... CREATE TABLE dbo.CodeNumbers( CodeNumbersID INT IDENTITY (1,1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, CodeValue VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL IsUsed BIT NOT NULL DEFAULT(0) ); dbo.CodeNumbers gets populated with a monthly CSV provided, the import method of your choice is already written to get them in there. We are NEVER given a duplicate code. Lets assume for arguments sake we have 10,000,000 rows in the table. that all follow this format when imported: 1, 'ajdirjfisofklrlfo039402', 0 all the way till 10000000, 'fkeiir9489', 0 Now in dbBar I have 2 stored procedures the first should access the first un-used code in dbFoo, return it in an out variable and mark it as used. So I have something like: CREATE PROCEDURE GetNextUseableCode @CodeOut VARCHAR(30) OUTPUT, @CID INT OUTPUT AS SELECT @CID = CodeNumbersID, @CodeOut = CodeValue FROM dbFoo.dbo.CodeNumbers WHERE IsUsed = 0 UPDATE dbFoo.dbo.CodeNumbers SET IsUsed = 1 WHERE CodeNumbersID = @CID The code that calls the procedure from dbBar is accessed by 200k sessions a day at various times. When dbFoo.Codes has no more to return, its fine all is well and good, the application is simply told sorry no more check back tomorrow. I have 3 main questions.. Is there anything special I would need to have in the code to avoid race conditions, and if so what would be best to handle for this without bringing the system to its knees. Is their an efficient way to ensure the next code grabbed whenever the procedure is called, is the next one in chronological order within the ID column. Is there any other concerns that I am not looking at right now that could issue big problems, and what would be an eloquent way to handle this situation? I understand this is a long pretty open ended question, I have some coded up solutions, but I feel like there are much better ways to get the results I want. Thanks in advance as always for all help. A: There is nothing in your SELECT that dictates order at all. It is also not protected from two sessions reading the same row. To see that it is not safe: Create a throwaway table with a key column. CREATE TABLE dbo.GeneratedIDs(ID INT PRIMARY KEY); Run this code in a loop from two different sessions: SET NOCOUNT ON; DECLARE @DECLARE @CID INT, @CodeOUt VARCHAR(30); SELECT @CID = CodeNumbersID, @CodeOut = CodeValue FROM dbFoo.dbo.CodeNumbers WHERE IsUsed = 0 UPDATE dbFoo.dbo.CodeNumbers SET IsUsed = 1 WHERE CodeNumbersID = @CID INSERT dbo.GeneratedIDs SELECT @CID; GO 100000 Check the output for these - they'll happen: Msg 2627, Level 14, State 1 Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_hexcode'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.GeneratedIDs'. The duplicate key value is (<some value>). Or you might see deadlocks if you wrap the SELECT/UPDATE in an explicit transaction: Msg 1205, Level 13, State 52 Transaction (Process ID 57) was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction. To get around this problem, and to ensure that the ID you get is the lowest one available, you could do this: BEGIN TRANSACTION; SELECT TOP (1) @CID = ... FROM dbFoo.dbo.CodeNumbers WITH (XLOCK, HOLDLOCK) WHERE IsUsed = 0 ORDER BY CodeNumbersID; UPDATE ... COMMIT TRANSACTION; Note that I added an explicit transaction and also XLOCK/HOLDLOCK hints to prevent two simultaneous sessions from reading the same row. Of course, this has an impact on concurrency (which, unfortunately, is exactly what you want and need here). Other ways to do this include just updating the row and then using a table variable to capture values from the OUTPUT clause: DECLARE @x TABLE(CodeOut VARCHAR(30), CID INT); ;WITH x AS ( SELECT TOP (1) CodeNumbersID, CodeValue, IsUsed FROM dbFoo.dbo.CodeNumbers WITH (XLOCK, HOLDLOCK) WHERE IsUsed = 0 ORDER BY CodeNumbersID ) UPDATE x SET IsUsed = 1 OUTPUT inserted.CodeValue, inserted.CodeNumbersID INTO @x; SELECT @CodeOut = CodeOut, @CID = CID FROM @x; Per Paul's update, yes, you could also do this without the table variable: ;WITH x AS ( SELECT TOP (1) CodeNumbersID, CodeValue, IsUsed FROM dbFoo.dbo.CodeNumbers WITH (XLOCK, HOLDLOCK) WHERE IsUsed = 0 ORDER BY CodeNumbersID ) UPDATE x SET @CodeOut = x.CodeValue, @CID = x.CodeNumbersID, IsUsed = 1; (Though I am not all that fond of this syntax; not sure why. Might be the same reason I always forget it exists.) You could change the caller to expect a resultset instead of two output parameters, but that is extra work too. In both cases you'd still need to ensure you got the lowest ID available, which likely means a CTE with a SELECT and the same hints. Some discussion here. I also talk about a similar approach in this blog post but I didn't get into anything about concurrency and two sessions trying to delete the same row at the same time. Obviously in that case only one of them can win, but with an UPDATE they could both manage to be successful (at least in theory). To make things easier, you could relax the restriction that the "next" ID handed out is the lowest ID available. But you still need the isolation through the hints to ensure that two simultaneous sessions don't happen to read the same value (which could happen regardless of ordering). Hopefully with a suitable index these won't destroy concurrency.

How to choose a material for high-speed gears? 2019-03-05 11:48:05 In order to choose the suitable material for high-speed gears,you should consider the following points: 1. The chemical composition, mechanical properties and machinability of the materials. 2. According to the working conditions of the high-speed gear, the steel number shall be determined by the heat treatment process (quenched and tempered or surface hardening). 3. Nickel, chromium, molybdenum or nickel-molybdenum steel should be used for high-speed gear with heavy load and high impact. 4. High-speed gears shall be of structural steel with hardenability. 5. The material of high-speed gear shall have higher purity and dimensional stability. 6. The material should be economical and reasonable. The above content is taken from the "Gear Drive Design Handbook"

Tim Farron faces homosexuality question yet again Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has come under fire once again over his views on homosexuality but this time for refusing to answer if gay sex is a sin. The Lib Dem leader was asked by ITV's Robert Peston on Sunday to clarify his position on gay sex after The Observer reported he failed to fully answer questions about it when asked previously. On the Peston On Sunday show, Farron insisted that he had been clear that "being gay is not a sin" and said: "It's possible that I'm not the only person who's getting tired of this line of questioning." It comes a week after Farron's comments on homosexuality sparked strong criticism from a number of politicians and commentators. Farron refused to answer Channel 4's Cathy Newman's question of whether he thought homosexuality was a sin but he later replied in the Commons to openly gay Tory MP Nigel Evans saying "I do not." Asked yesterday by Peston about the claims he failed to give his view on gay sex, Farron said: "In America, it appears that you have to invent a faith in order to be seen to be a serious candidate for anything. And in this country, maybe it appears you have to pretend you haven't got one to be taken seriously. Can I just point out - possibly even slightly impatiently, that both of those stand-points are utterly ludicrous. Shall we talk about things that might impact on the election?" His comments have raised fresh criticism from a number of politicians and commentators, including Labour MP Liz Kendall and Conservative former cabinet minister Michael Gove, who were in the same studio listening to his answers. Reacting to the interview, Kendall said on the programme: "I think a lot of people will be appalled that he couldn't bring himself to say that gay sex is not a sin. "I think that's pretty offensive and will rightly anger a lot of people." Gove added: "It'd have been perfectly possible for him to say 'Of course it's not a sin, it's how people love each other'. "I'm a churchgoer too. I don't have any problem in saying that I think gay sex is absolutely not a sin." But some politicians have shown moral support to Farron in the wake of more accusations that he is homophobic. Former deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Vince Cable defended the party's current leader and said: "The problem he has as an individual, and it's true of a lot of Evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics, is that their faith has a certain approach to these problems. "They're also public figures who have to represent their constituencies, which are much more diverse. "I think Tim accepts that he's got to reflect the people they represent and he's done so in a very liberal way."

Everyone loves a good quarterback discussion and PFF Analysts Steve Palazzolo and Zac Robinson are here to sort through PFF grades, scheme, style and difficulty level to give you the rankings for all quarterbacks from Week 1 of the NFL season. Be sure to check in every week as we continue to update our quarterback analysis as the season unfolds and subscribe to the PFF Podcast where Steve and Zac will review the best quarterback performances on a weekly basis. Here are PFF's top quarterbacks from Week 1, in which Steve and Zac spoke about in depth on their QB Analysis podcast: Bradford put on a display of accuracy in every category to every part of the field including arguably the best throw of the week on a deep cross to Jarius Wright under pressure. An improved Vikings offensive line kept Bradford clean on 81.8 percent of his throws. He finished the game a perfect 5-for-5 for 130 yards and a touchdown on deep passes (throws traveling 20-plus YIA). Although he wasn't under pressure much, Bradford was Week 1's best passer under pressure with a perfect passer rating. After his first throw went for a pick-6, Stafford was accurate, decisive, and moved off the spot when needed the rest of the game. He did the majority of the work in the middle of the field with precision on dig routes and crossing routes going 16-of-22 for 185 yards in that area. After being one of the lowest rated passers using play action a year ago, Stafford was tops in the NFL Week 1 going 6-of-7 for 108 yards a TD and a perfect passer rating 158.3. He was also on the end of a league-high five drops. It was a slow start for Brees, but while the Saints' offense was unable to light up the scorebaord, he was his usual, accurate self. Brees connected on four big-time throws, and his 103 yards on deep (20-plus yard) passes ranked fourth in the NFL in Week 1. He did miss a touchdown opportunity on a corner route early in the game, and he put the ball in harm's way with one turnover-worthy play that was nearly intercepted, but he had a solid game that was overshadowed by Sam Bradford's elite effort and the Saints' poor showing on defense. Smith has shown flashes of his downfield ability throughout his career, and this may have been his best effort to date. He connected on 3-of-4 deep (20-plus yard) throws for a league-high 178 yards and two touchdowns, including a beauty up the seam to rookie running back Kareem Hunt. Smith finished with an adjusted completion percentage of 90.9 percent that led the NFL in Week 1, including a 21-for-21 effort on passes thrown up to nine yards. The short stuff and good decision-making has always been there for Smith and the Kansas City offense, but if he can continue to push the ball down the field, it could be the year that Smith finally takes the next step as a player. With rebuilt pieces around him, Goff flashed what people had expected to see when he was selected No. 1 overall in 2016. Goff made big throws in the intermediate and deep levels of the field finishing 7-of-9 for 185 yards and a TD on throws traveling 10 plus yards. Sean McVay's play action attack was on display as Goff finished with the third-highest YPA on such throws at 15.9, and the eighth-best passer rating. Rivers was on the bad end of a questionable no call that resulted in an interception, but other than that played a clean game throughout. After a bit of a slow start he clawed back in to a Denver lead to make it a one possesion game after a perfectly placed deep corner route to Travis Benjamin with seven minutes to go in the fourth quarter. Outside of the deep ball to Benjamin, Rivers took what the defense gave him underneath with 26 of his 33 attempts traveling less than 10 yards. While his first red zone trip resulted in an interception deflected off of Charles Clay on a hit from safety Jamal Adams, Taylor took care of the ball and was efficient in what he was asked to do the rest of the way. Relying heavily on the outside zone running game, Taylor found success on play action finishing with the second-best passer rating using play action at 151.2 with 12.0 yard per attempt. He finished with the eighth-best adjusted completion percentage of the week at 81 percent. Carr was crisp throughout the game with consistent ball placement giving his guys ample run after catch opportunities and a chance to make plays on a number of accurate back shoulder throws that we saw him throw so well a year ago. Carr benefitted from clean pockets as he was pressured second-fewest of quarterbacks in Week 1 at just 14.3 percent. His passer rating of 117.9 in clean pocket was sixth-best in the NFL this week. In many ways, it was a classic Rodgers game, though he did have a poor interception that was thrown far too low on a shallow cross and was thrown directly to rookie defensive lineman Nazair Jones. Aside from that, Rodgers moved the chains with tight-window throws, and hit WR Jorday Nelson with his best throw of the day up the seam for a 29-yard score. Rodgers was under pressure on only 13 of his 49 dropbacks and while he was sacked four times, we attributed two to his holding the ball too long both inside and outside of the pocket. Aside from the interception and the two sacks, it was a solid outing for Rodgers. After some good fortune on a dropped interception that could have gone for a touchdown in the first quarter, Siemian carried the Broncos offense the rest of the way highlighted by two big touchdown throws facing 3rd and Goal situations that was ultimately the difference in the game. Siemian showed his athleticism taking off for some key rush yards including a touchdown run on a designed roll out. His 122.9 passer rating under pressure was third-best in Week 1. Here are the rest of the Week 1 QB rankings 11-31:

(Newser) – The latest actress to come forward with a Harvey Weinstein encounter is Lupita Nyong'o, and its rehashing leaves her feeling "sick in the pit of my stomach." In a very detailed New York Times op-ed, the actress perhaps best known for her Oscar-winning performance in 12 Years a Slave recounts first meeting Weinstein at an awards ceremony in 2011, while she was a student at the Yale School of Drama. The introduction led Weinstein to invite her to his Connecticut home for a private movie screening with his family, an invitation she accepted. During the screening, however, Weinstein led her into his bedroom and announced he would give her a massage. A panicked Nyong'o said she would instead give him a back massage (she'd been learning massage techniques in school) and proceeded to do so—until he told her he wanted to remove his pants. Nyong'o objected and left the room as he began doing so, and Weinstein's driver brought her home. "I didn’t quite know how to process the massage incident," she writes. "I reasoned that it had been inappropriate and uncalled-for, but not overtly sexual." They remained in touch, and Nyong'o eventually accepted a dinner invitation, thinking it was a group event. It wasn't, and she quotes Weinstein as saying, "Let’s cut to the chase. I have a private room upstairs where we can have the rest of our meal." She was "stunned" and refused his offer, despite his protests that she was being naive and that this was how things were done in the industry. He put her in a cab. Until the scandal, Nyong'o didn't realize she had so many "allies in this." "Now that we are speaking, let us never shut up about this kind of thing." Read the full op-ed. (Read more Lupita Nyong'o stories.)

Q: Ensure `description` or `itemize` Is there a way to make sure that a macro can only be used inside a specific environment, say description? I am looking for something like the \ensuremath macro. A: You can modify the definition of the environment in order to set the command to either work or not. For the description environment, you could use the following code for example: \documentclass{article} \let\olddesc\description \def\myrealcmd#1{\textbf{#1}} \def\myfakecmd#1{#1} \let\mycmd\myfakecmd \def\description{\let\mycmd\myrealcmd\olddesc} \begin{document} \noindent This is a \mycmd{test} outside of description. \begin{description} \item This is a \mycmd{test} inside of one description. \begin{description} \item This is a \mycmd{test} inside of two descriptions. \end{description} \item This is a \mycmd{test} after a nested description. \end{description} And a \mycmd{test} outside again. \end{document} With the following result: A: The etoolbox package provides hooks for the environments; so you can define a "hidden" macro and then activate it only in selected environments \usepackage{etoolbox} \makeatletter % protect the definition of \mymacro \newcommand{\@mymacro}{whatever} \AtBeginEnvironment{description}{\let\mymacro\@mymacro} \makeatother % now we help users \newcommand{\mymacro}{% \PackageError{mypackage} {\protect\mymacro\space outside `description'} {You can use \protect\mymacro\space only inside `description'}% } You can add other environments and also provide a different meaning in different environments: \usepackage{etoolbox} \makeatletter % protect the definition of \mymacro \newcommand{\description@mymacro}{whatever} \AtBeginEnvironment{description}{\let\mymacro\description@mymacro} \newcommand{\itemize@mymacro}{whatever} \AtBeginEnvironment{itemize}{\let\mymacro\itemize@mymacro} \makeatother A: The current environment name is stored in \@currenvir so you could test that that was description or whatever, but nested environments would mask that. If you need your macro to be allowed anywhere in description, even in a nested tabular or itemize, say, then you would need to save \@currenvir into another macro at the start of description (either explicitly or by patching the definition of \description then you can test this local macro without it being over-written by nested environments.

Erotomanic delusions in mentally handicapped patients: two case reports. Two cases of mentally handicapped patients, who developed delusions of passion, are described. The relationship of these cases to de Clerambault's Syndrome, and their pathogenetic features, are discussed.

Morocco is an interesting case of structural labour market disequilibrium despite respectable growth, and illustrates the issues facing the region’s oil-importer countries. One cannot speak of a common jobs problem across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The countries at war – Syria, Yemen, Libya – are, of course, each a story in themselves. Some countries not at war, notably Lebanon and Jordan, have seen huge inflows of refugees that have created large downward pressures on wages, especially in the low-skilled informal sector. The remaining countries can be divided into two main groups. The energy importers such as Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia, have been unable to create sufficient jobs, especially for the young, and are the source of large diasporas. In contrast, the energy exporters – such as those countries that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates) – have generated jobs in excess of their effective labour supply, have little emigration, and have attracted foreign workers and their families, who add 30-80% to their native population. There is underemployment of natives in the Gulf, but it is difficult to relate it to low demand for labour. Algeria displays some of the labour market characteristics of the energy importers, even though it is an energy exporter. Algeria has relatively modest energy endowments compared with its large population, has high youth unemployment as well as a large diaspora, and hosts almost no foreign-born workers. Official unemployment numbers, which have declined over this period but remain near 10%, provide only a very partial picture of the state of the labour market in Morocco. As an illustration of the labour market issues facing the oil importers, Morocco is a particularly interesting case of structural labour market disequilibrium despite respectable growth. Morocco’s GDP grew at around 4.5% a year from 2000-2014, a shade over 3% per capita. This resulted in some job creation, but fell way short of the increased labour supply. Official unemployment numbers, which have declined over this period but remain near 10%, provide only a very partial picture of the state of the labour market in Morocco. The underlying demographic and employment numbers tell a more complete story. The number of Moroccans employed increased from 10,200,000 to 11,800,000 from 2000-2014, or by 115,000 per year. Over this period, the labour force (people of working age [15-65]) grew rapidly at 2% a year, or by 383,000 on average, and consequently the share of the working-age population in employment declined from 53% in 2000 to 48% in 2014[1]. Thus, only roughly one-third of those new additions to the working-age population sought and found employment. Sharply rising school enrolment accounts for a substantial part of this gap, but even among the population aged 25 and above the share of employed declined by over two percentage points. Many young people emigrated. According to the OECD, from 2000-2014, emigration from Morocco to OECD countries was on average about 100,000 per year[2], including people of all ages. The number of Moroccans employed increased from 10,200,000 to 11,800,000 from 2000-2014, or by 115,000 per year. Also important is underutilised labour in the countryside and among the female population. Over 35% of the Moroccan labour force is employed in agriculture and almost 42% of this labour force is engaged in unpaid work (“nonrémunéré”), suggesting very low productivity. Female participation in the relevant age group in Morocco is very low, around 26%, yet women are increasingly educated. Precarious employment is prevalent across the Moroccan economy. For example, only about 20% of workers have health insurance. Another prominent feature of the labour supply is the many new diplômés and university graduates who are looking for good formal-sector jobs and not finding them. The demand for workers in Morocco has grown slowly in part because growth has been job-poor. In fact, labour productivity growth was 3.4% a year from 2000-14. Why was it so rapid? Labour productivity in Morocco is low to start with. Moreover, Morocco exhibits a high rate of savings and investment: 32% of GDP in 2014. According to a comprehensive recent study by Toufik Abbad, capital deepening played a big role in Morocco’s recent development. The capital/labour ratio has grown at 4.9% a year from 2000-2014, far faster than nearly all comparable countries. This large investment was associated with declining rates of capital productivity and relatively low rates of Total Factor Productivity growth (1.1% a year). A disproportionate share of this investment was public and not always efficient. Still, infrastructure investment was complementary to private investment and to labour, and almost certainly helped boost its productivity. Investment in human capital also played a role. Morocco’s labour force remains low-skilled. According to UNESCO, in 2015 17% of male adults and 37% of female adults were illiterate. However, school enrolment rates have increased, and outcomes are improving. For example, adult literacy rates have improved by some 15 percentage points over the last 10 years. While it is difficult to be sure how much of Morocco’s labour productivity growth may be attributed to technological change, it appears to play a significant role. As Toufik Abbad shows[3], nearly all of Morocco’s labour productivity improvement is within sectors and relatively little is due to shifts from low value added to high value-added sectors. Morocco’s capacity to adopt technology increased as workers became more educated and as it has become a far more open economy . Insofar as Morocco’s technology adoption conforms to international trends, it is skill-biased – meaning that it tends to substitute unskilled workers and is complementary to skilled workers. This, together with capital deepening, would help explain the widespread perception of a skill shortage in Morocco and the comparatively high wages of skilled workers. One prominent manifestation of Morocco’s rapidly increasing labour productivity is the declining share of employment in manufacturing, even as the sector’s ‘value-added’ grows. According to the Haut Commissariat au Plan, over 2000-2014 Morocco’s manufacturing sector created jobs in food processing, furniture and metalwork and in the high-value-added automobile sector. But nearly all these job gains were offset by a large reduction in employment in the garments and textile sector[4]. Nearly all of Morocco’s net employment growth is in services and construction. One prominent manifestation of Morocco’s rapidly increasing labour productivity is the declining share of employment in manufacturing, even as the sector’s ‘value-added’ grows. All this raises the question, however, as to why the market for labour does not adjust faster through lower wages, or why labour demand does not grow more rapidly in the light of labour’s increased productivity. One can cite a host of rigidities in the product market (e.g. lack of contestability) and labour market (e.g. strict hire and fire rules) of Morocco that prevent this, which are well known. I have little doubt that these rigidities help explain the failure of the labour market to adjust in the formal sector. But these explanations are not sufficient. There is, for example, much informality in Morocco (some 30% of work is in the informal sector), suggesting flexibility in a large part of the economy. Why have not wages declined to absorb the surplus labour in the informal sector? As in the case of the Gulf countries, we can refer to skill-mismatch, etc., but a complete explanation eludes us. I would speculate that the speed of change matters. Morocco is an economy undergoing a large-scale demographic and structural transformation in a very short time. A notable change is the formalisation of labour relations, which previously were based on established customs and norms, and now are – in the formal sector – governed by strict hire-and-fire rules. Will the Moroccan labour market get better soon? It is true that labour-force growth is slowing sharply due to the drop in fertility over the past generation. In 2014 the labour force grew at less than 1.5% a year compared to 2.5% a year in 2000, and according to United Nations’ projections, will grow at less than 0.4% a year from 2025-2050. With luck, GDP growth could be quite solid in coming years as Europe recovers and oil prices remain low. But, unfortunately, other factors will continue to aggravate the employment problem. Technology adoption will almost certainly continue to save more labour, especially low-skilled labour. Morocco’s savings and investment rates are likely to remain high and the capital/labour ratio will continue to increase rapidly. Emigration is constrained. More women are educated and want to work. And still a large part of the population is in the countryside, looking for a better life. So, I don’t expect that Morocco’s employment problem is going away in the foreseeable future[5]. Policy cannot hope to transform Morocco’s surplus labour problem quickly, but can contribute to its mitigation. Beyond the recipes on how to accelerate growth (make markets more contestable, etc.), Moroccans should recognise that service sectors, and not only or mainly manufacturing, are the job-creators. They need to channel more finance to small enterprises that account for the bulk of job creation in Morocco. They need to conclude international migration agreements, which, I admit, is easier said than done at present. Should Morocco invest more in education? The answer is almost certainly no – instead, the overriding need appears to be to make education spending more targeted, selective and less wasteful. [1] Haut Commissariat au Plan, 2017 [2] OECD International Migration Database. Nearly all of the estimated 5.6 million Moroccans living abroad are in the OECD, and less than 200,000 are in the Gulf. [3] Abbad, T. (2017). Capital accumulation and productivity gains in Morocco (No. 1725). OCP Policy Center. [4] Haut Commissariat au Plan. (2015). Note sur le marché du travail au Maroc entre 2000 et 2014. [5] Conclusion similar to Agenor P-R and El Aynaoui K. (2015) Morocco: Growth Strategy for 2025. OCP Policy Center.

Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda has spoken out on the future of Deus Ex - the first time the company has discussed the status of its long-running sci-fi series since reports emerged more than ten months ago that it had been placed on hiatus. Back in January, Eurogamer revealed that Square Enix had put Deus Ex on hiatus after the well-regarded Deus Ex: Mankind Divided failed to generate the level of sales needed to grow the series into a mainstream franchise. Prior to its release, Square had talked bullishly about its plans to create an "ongoing, expanding and connected game world built across a generation of core [Deus Ex] games", including a third, concluding entry for the narrative arc started in 2011's Deus Ex: Human Revolution. This did not come to pass. Following Mankind Divided's underwhelming sales, Square Enix became tight-lipped regarding Deus Ex's future prospects. In a new interview with Gamesindustry.biz, however, Yosuke Matsuda has finally addressed Deus Ex's future, stating that it has not been cancelled - which sidesteps Eurogamer's report of a hiatus for the series. "We have never said anything about discontinuing that title but for some reason that's the rumour out on the market", Matsuda claimed. While Matsuda avoided the term "hiatus", he did confirm that, despite Square's previous grand plans for the series, no Deus Ex game is currently in the works: "What I can say is Eidos Montreal has always developed Deus Ex, and the issue is we do not have limitless resources. "We have several big titles that we work with and that's partly a factor in what our line-up looks like. Of course, it would be ideal if we could work on all of them all of the time, but [...] some titles have to wait their turn. The reason there isn't a Deus Ex right now is just a product of our development line-up because there are other titles we are working on." Previous reports have indicated that Eidos Montreal currently has three projects on the go: a new Tomb Raider game, assistive work on Crystal Dynamics' Marvel Avengers game, and a reported second Marvel game - which Eurogamer previously pegged as focusing on Guardians of the Galaxy. All of which are likely to keep the studio's attention well away from Deus Ex over the next couple of years. Even so, Matsuda said Square Enix still considers Deus Ex to be a "very important franchise" and, as such, the series hasn't been completely forgotten. "We are already internally discussing and exploring what we want do with the next instalment of it," he concluded. Whatever the outcome, it remains safe to assume those discussions won't result in a new Deus Ex title launching any time soon.

‌ Antonio Mondragon The second annual ARM Developer Day at RIT, featuring information about applications being built on the ARM platform, takes place from 8:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Dec. 2. The all-day event begins with opening remarks at 8:30 a.m. in the Center for Student Innovation. ARM Developer Day is free and open to all RIT students and faculty. Workshops and demonstrations take place throughout the day and feature topics such as the use of ARM platforms in the computer engineering technology program, an introduction to the Native SDK for BlackBerry Tablet OS, and SAM9 and Android hands-on training. “So far, we have eight companies sending representatives to participate at the event, including ARM, Texas Instruments, Freescale, NXP, Atmel, RIM and QNX,” says Antonio Mondragon, one of the event coordinators and assistant professor of electrical, computer and telecommunications engineering technology, the department hosting the event. ARM technologies can be found in devices as varied as mobile phones, tablet and netbook computers, cameras, automobile-navigation systems and game consoles. The full schedule and registration information is available at http://armdeveloperday2nd.wordpress.com and online workshops, talks and lunch registration is available at http://armdeveloperday2nd.eventbrite.com. ##

Altered netrin-1 receptor expression in dopamine terminal regions following neonatal ventral hippocampal lesions in the rat. Neonatal ventral hippocampal (nVH) lesions in rats, which model certain features of schizophrenia, alter dopamine (DA)-mediated behaviors in adulthood. The precise mechanisms underlying these effects remain elusive; however, neuronal reorganization within the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) has been suggested. Netrins are developmental cues that organize brain wiring, including the mesocorticolimbic DA circuitry. We showed recently that the netrin-1 receptors DCC and UNC5H are highly expressed by DA neurons and that variation in DCC levels during development lead to profound changes in mesocorticolimbic DA function and behavior in adulthood. We hypothesized that changes in netrin-1 receptor function could be one of the mechanisms producing enduring changes in DA function in nVH-lesioned animals. To begin to explore this idea, we examined the effects of nVH lesions on DCC and UNC5H expression in brain regions receiving robust DA innervation; the mPFC, striatum, and nucleus accumbens (NAcc) at three developmental time points; 3 days after lesion, before puberty and during early adulthood. Expression was also examined in the cerebellar simple lobule; a brain region deprived of DA innervation. Neonatal VH lesions produced dynamic changes in DCC expression in the mPFC and NAcc. The direction and magnitude of these changes depended on the developmental age and brain region examined and were specific to regions receiving DA innervation. Although further studies are required to understand the functional significance of these changes, these results raise the interesting possibility that nVH lesions, and perinatal insults in general, may exert their neuronal reorganizational effects by modulating netrin-1 function.

If we stop counting zombies, we're already in recession. How shocked would you be if it was announced that the U.S. had just entered a recession, that is, a period in which gross domestic product (GDP) declines (when adjusted for inflation) for two or more quarters? Would you really be surprised to discover that the eight-year long "recovery," the weakest on record, had finally rolled over into recession? Anyone with even a passing acquaintance with the statistical pulse of the real-world economy knows the numbers are softening. -- Auto/light truck sales: either down or off a cliff, depending on how much lipstick has been applied to the pig. -- Restaurant/dining sales: down. -- Tax receipts: down. -- Retail sales: flat, stagnant or down, depending on the sector and if the numbers have been adjusted for inflation/loss of purchasing power. -- Rents in high-rent regions: finally softening after years of relentless increases. -- Consumer debt: hitting new highs. -- Corporate profits: stripped of gimmickry, stagnant or down. Those who study recessions know that employment often tops out just before the economy rolls over into recession. Strong employment is the last gasp of an expansionary phase. There are several fundamental reasons why we might be in a recession that manages to avoid the official definition. The starting place is the artificial nature of the eight-year long "recovery" since 2009; in the view of many observers, the economy never really exited the 2008-09 recession. Those in this camp look at fundamentals, not the stock market, which has been held up as a proxy for the real economy, when in fact it is only a proxy for financialization and official selection of the market as the (easily manipulated) signifier of economic vitality and prosperity. Recessions are supposed to clear the financial deadwood--failed enterprises are liquidated, borrowers who are in default are bankrupted, and bad debt is wiped off the books via the acceptance of losses. The story of the "recovery" 2009-2017 is that these clear-the-deadwood dynamics were suppressed. Rather than accept painful losses, the authorities saved bankrupt banks and encouraged a Zombie Economy in which zombie borrowers and enterprises are kept alive via low-cost loans and the masking of default via financial trickery: student loans that are non-performing, for example, aren't labeled "in default;" they're placed in a zombie category of forgiveness without actual writedowns of the debt. If households can no longer afford to pay interest on new debt, the "solution" in a Zombie Economy is to offer them 0% loans. If corporations need to roll over debt, the Zombie Economy "solution" is the companies sell near-zero yield bonds to credulous investors. If households can no longer afford to buy homes, the the Zombie Economy "solution" is for federal agencies such as FHA to offer near-zero down payment mortgages and guarantee private lenders against any loss. When these agencies get into trouble due to the horrendous costs of encouraging uncreditworthy borrowers to take on debt that can't afford, the "solution" is for the taxpayers to fund yet another $100 billion bail-out. The stark reality is fulltime jobs, productivity and profits are all subpar. As I have noted many times, wages for the bottom 95% have gone nowhere since 2000 when adjusted for inflation. Households can no longer afford more debt unless it's at near-zero rates of interest. Fulltime employment--the bedrock of consumer spending and borrowing--has barely moved in eight years. Part-time waiters can't afford to buy homes or new vehicles. Employed Usually Work Full Time Wealth and income can only be generated in the real world by increases in productivity. Unfortunately for the "recovery" narrative, productivity is tanking. US Productivity Growth Corporate profits are also going nowhere. Corporate Profit Before Tax In essence, the "recovery" economy is a zombie economy living on great gulps of new debt that it can't service. As sales, profits and tax receipts weaken, eventually employment weakens, too, as employers trim costs by cutting positions, hours worked, etc. Eventually, zombie borrowers give up trying to service unpayable debts, zombie companies close their doors, and the illusion of "growth" collapses in a heap of corrupted numbers and false signifiers. The "recovery" game will shift to massaging GDP so it ekes out .1% "growth" every quarter until Doomsday. The Zombie Economy can be kept alive indefinitely--look at Japan--but it not a healthy or vibrant or equality-opportunity economy; it is a sick-unto-death economy of fake narratives (growth is permanent) and fake statistics (we've revised previous numbers so that, surprise, GDP is still positive.) If we stop counting zombies, we're already in recession.

Dose-effect and structure-function relationships in doxorubicin cardiomyopathy. The cardiomyopathy (CM) produced by the anticancer drug doxorubicin (DXR) (Adriamycin) provides a unique opportunity to analyze dose-effect and structure-function relationships during development of myocardial disease. We measured the degree of morphologic damage by ultrastructural examination of endomyocardial biopsy and the degree of performance abnormally by right heart catheterization in patients receiving DXR. Morphologic damage was variable but was proportional to the total cumulative DXR dose between 100 and 600 mg/m2. Performance abnormalities correlated weakly with dose, exhibited a curvilinear relationship, and had a "threshold" for expression. Catheterization abnormalities correlated well with morphologic damage (r = 0.57 to 0.78) in a subgroup of patients in whom exercise hemodynamics were measured, and this relationship also exhibited a curvilinear, threshold configuration. In DXR-CM myocardial damage is proportional to the degree of cytotoxic insult (DXR dose) while myocardial function is preserved until a critical dose or degree of damage is reached, after which myocardial performance deteriorates rapidly.

Q: Are there delimiter bytes for UTF8 characters? If I have a byte array that contains UTF8 content, how would I go about parsing it? Are there delimiter bytes that I can split off to get each character? A: Take a look here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8 If you're looking to identify the boundary between characters, what you need is in the table in "Description". The only way to get a high bit zero is the ASCII subset 0..127, encoded in a single byte. All the non-ASCII codepoints have 2nd byte onwards with "10" in the highest two bits. The leading byte of a codepoint never has that - it's high bits indicate the number of bytes, but there's some redundancy - you could equally watch for the next byte that doesn't have the "10" to indicate the next codepoint. 0xxxxxxx : ASCII 10xxxxxx : 2nd, 3rd or 4th byte of code 11xxxxxx : 1st byte of code, further high bits indicating number of bytes A codepoint in unicode isn't necessarily the same as a character. There are modifier codepoints (such as accents), for instance.

Ecological niche models (ENMs) and species distribution models have become increasingly popular tools for predicting the geographic ranges of species and have been important for conservation (Kremen et al., 2007), for predicting changes in distribution from past or future climatic events (Hijmans & Graham, 2006), and for investigating patterns of speciation and niche divergence (Wiens & Graham, 2005; Carstens & Richards, 2007; Warren et al., 2008). The basic premise of the ENM approach is to predict the occurrence of species on a landscape from georeferenced site locality data and sets of spatially explicit environmental data layers that are assumed to correlate with the species’ range. In many cases, models are based on researchers’ own collection data and on detailed knowledge of the taxa being studied, making predictions reasonable depictions of species occurrences given the current modelling technology. However, the increasing availability of locality data in online literature, museum databases and online data portals [e.g. GBIF (http://data.gbif.org/)] is providing unprecedented access to biodiversity data and allowing researchers to greatly expand the deployment of species distribution models and/or ENMs. While the value of publicly available sample locality data is not questioned, the consequent introduction of errors in the accuracy of specimen identity and georeferencing could be problematic for developing ENMs from public data sources (Graham et al., 2004; Soberón & Peterson, 2004). Although georeferencing inaccuracies can be identified in databases from qualitative or quantitative accuracy thresholds (e.g. http://manisnet.org/GeorefGuide.html), poor taxonomy and/or misidentification may be less detectable. This issue may be particularly problematic, for example, with cryptic species or subspecies that are morphologically similar but may have very distinct ecological requirements and geographic distributions, or for those data sources that contain indirect observations rather than references only to physical specimens. In our own attempts at implementing ENMs we have encountered probable misidentifications in biodiversity records for a number of species, and expect that many researchers have had similar issues. To demonstrate the potential for generating dubious yet visually convincing distributions from publicly available data we use ENMs to predict the range not of misidentified cryptic species, but of a crypto‐zoological species – the North American Sasquatch, or Bigfoot. Supposedly, Sasquatch belongs to a large primate lineage descended from the extinct Asian species Gigantopithicus blacki, but see Milinkovich et al. (2004) and Coltman & Davis (2005) for phylogenetic analyses indicating possible membership in the ungulate clade. Sasquatch is regularly reported in forested lands of western North America, as well as being considered a significant indigenous American and western North American folk legend (Meldrum, 2007), however the existence of this creature has never been verified with a typed specimen. We present ENMs for Bigfoot in western North America based on a repository of (1) putative sightings and auditory detections (n = 551), and (2) footprint measurements (n = 95) collected from 1944 to 2005 (Fig. 1). This data set was taken from a collection of reported Bigfoot encounters archived by the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO; http://www.bfro.net/news/google_earth.asp). The reports generally consisted of a description of the event and where it occurred. The reports used were filtered to eliminate spurious points by carefully examining event descriptions prior to incorporation in the present study. The events were assigned geographic coordinates by matching descriptions of event locations to actual locations on USGS quad maps and commercially available atlases. Figure 1 Open in figure viewer PowerPoint Map of Bigfoot encounters from Washington, Oregon and California used in the analyses. Points represent visual/auditory detection, and foot symbols represent coordinates where footprint data were available. Shading indicates topography, with lighter values representing lower elevations. ENMs were constructed using the maximum entropy niche modelling approach implemented in the software maxent v3.1 (Phillips et al., 2006), with 80% of the data used in training and 20% retained as test points. Environmental data layers were constructed for the 19 BIOCLIM variables (at 5‐arcminute resolution) in the WORLDCLIM data set (Hijmans et al., 2005). To reduce the number of bioclimatic variables in order to minimize model overfitting, we extracted climate data for 5000 random points sampled from the geographic extent of our study and calculated correlations between each variable for these points. For pairs with a correlation coefficient > |0.80|, one variable was selected. This resulted in a set of nine variables: (1) annual mean temperature, (2) mean diurnal range, (3) isothermality, (4) temperature annual range, (5) mean temperature of wettest quarter, (6) mean temperature of driest quarter, (7) precipitation seasonality, (8) precipitation of warmest quarter, and (9) precipitation of coldest quarter. maxent appeared to perform well in our analysis, according to the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and threshold‐based evaluation methods (Phillips et al., 2006). The ENM had an AUC of 0.983 and strongly rejected the hypothesis that test points are predicted no better than by a random prediction for all thresholds implemented in maxent. No locality points fell outside the predicted distribution, with the exception of a single observation from Imperial, California. In general, the ENM shows that Bigfoot should be broadly distributed in western North America, with a range comprising western North American mountain ranges such as the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Cascades, the Blue Mountains, the southern Selkirk Mountains, and the Coastal Range of the Pacific Northwest. Based on jackknife analyses for models including each variable alone, ‘precipitation of the coldest quarter’ was the bioclimatic variable that contributed most to the ENM, followed by ‘temperature annual range’, ‘mean temperature of the wettest quarter’, and ‘mean temperature of the driest quarter’. An ENM produced using footprint data alone was highly similar to that for all sighting data (not shown). It is expected that species distributions are likely to be altered under global warming, and a number of studies have used environmental layers derived from climate‐change models to project contemporary distributions into the future using ENMs (Hijmans & Graham, 2006; Pearson et al., 2006; Loarie et al., 2008). Despite potential weaknesses in such approaches (Pearson et al., 2006), we were interested in examining the potential ramifications of climate change on hypothetical remnant Sasquatch populations and to predict how the frequency of sightings might change in the future. We projected ENMs generated from the WORLDCLIM data onto bioclimatic layers simulated for a doubling of atmospheric CO 2 (http://www.diva‐gis.org/climate.htm). As expected for montane organisms, the model predicts Bigfoot to abandon lower altitudes and also to lose habitat in coastal regions (Fig. 2b, c). However, this loss of habitat should be compensated by a large potential gain in the northern part of the Sasquatch range and in several other montane areas (e.g. Arizona, Nevada, Utah), should such areas remain undisturbed by human activity in the near future (Fig. 2c). Thus, given our model and available data, we might expect Bigfoot sightings to increase in frequency in northern latitudes and at higher elevations over the coming years. Figure 2 Open in figure viewer PowerPoint Predicted distributions of Bigfoot constructed from all available encounter data using maxent (a) for the present climate and (b) under a possible climate‐change scenario involving a doubling of atmospheric CO 2 levels. Results are presented for logistic probabilities of occurrence ranging continuously from low (white) to high (black). Differences between (a) and (b) are shown in (c), with whiter values reflecting a decline in logistic probability of occurrence under climate change, darker values reflecting a gain, and grey reflecting no change. A predicted distribution of Ursus americanus in western North America under a present‐day climate is also shown (d). White points indicate sampling localities in California, Oregon and Washington taken from GBIF (n = 113 for training, 28 for testing; compare with Fig. 1) used for the maxent model with shading as in (a) and (b); black points indicate additional known records not included in the model. Notably, the predicted distribution of Sasquatch (Fig. 2a) appears similar to that which might be expected for other large mammals of western North America, including the American black bear (Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780), sightings of which are thought to be sometimes confused as Bigfoot encounters (Meldrum, 2007). We sampled records of U. americanus from the same states as considered for Bigfoot (California, Oregon and Washington) from GBIF. We selected records for which physical specimens were available, allowing us to reasonably assume that black bears were not misidentified, and for which site localities could be georeferenced to a named place at minimum. Although this level of geographical accuracy may not be ideal for many ENM applications, it should be sufficient for our purposes here. We performed maxent runs as described above (present climate only). The model (Fig. 2d) performed well according to AUC (both test and training AUC > 0.98) and all threshold statistics (all P < 10−47). However, visualizing all black bear records from GBIF reveals that limiting model training to locations within California, Oregon and Washington leads to an under‐prediction of the known distribution of U. americanus, particularly in New Mexico, Colorado, and parts of Canada and Mexico (Fig. 2d). Although this suggests some methodological limitations for the distribution models as implemented here, these other locality points may belong to different subspecies that experience unique environmental conditions in inland regions relative to the more coastally distributed specimens used in our analysis (Larivière, 2001). Our ENM prediction does in fact appear quite similar to the distributions of the subspecies U. a. altifrontalis and U. a. californiensis (Larivière, 2001), supporting this possibility. In any event, for our comparisons here, any under‐prediction should have little consequence since we expect such limitations to be shared by the Sasquatch model, given the similar distribution of locality points. The general similarities between distributions of the two ‘species’ are clear (Fig. 2a, d), despite the much smaller number of available black bear coordinates. Furthermore, the exact same bioclimatic variables (see above) contributed most to the ENM when evaluated using maxent’s variable jackknifing procedure. We used the I‐statistic (Warren et al., 2008) to quantify the degree of similarity between the two ENMs using the program ENMTools. The observed value of I = 0.849 indeed indicates a high degree of overlap, and falls well within the null distribution generated from maxent runs for 100 randomizations of Bigfoot and black bear coordinates (Fig. 3; P < observed = 0.32). Thus, the two ‘species’ do not demonstrate significant niche differentiation with respect to the selected bioclimatic variables. Although it is possible that Sasquatch and U. americanus share such remarkably similar bioclimatic requirements, we nonetheless suspect that many Bigfoot sightings are, in fact, of black bears.

Straight-A siblings in sync as graduation day arrives CLASS OF 2005 Twin sisters at East Ridge High will graduate early to join their brother. May 25, 2005|By Lori Carter, Special to the Sentinel CLERMONT -- Tim Billon, a senior at East Ridge High School, will be sharing the limelight on graduation day. His twin sisters, Kelly and Katie Billon, who are juniors, decided at the beginning of the school year to graduate a year early so they could get their diplomas at the same time as their older brother. So their parents, Robert and Carolyn Billon, will have a triple dose of pride during Friday's ceremony. "It's been interesting," Tim Billon said. "It has its pluses and minuses. It's not every day that you have three people graduating with honors. It's neat." Of the straight-A trio, Tim Billon, 18, and Kelly, 17, the older twin by seven minutes, have grade-point averages of 4.5. Katie was close behind at 4.4. They all rank in the top tier of the class of 2005 -- Tim at No. 4, Kelly at No. 5 and Katie at No. 15. Their ACT scores are 29, 29 and 28, respectively. And each one has numerous college credits -- Tim 21, Kelly, 15 and Katie 12. "They have had a healthy competition going on since they were young," Carolyn Billon said. "It's been fun. They helped each other along." Katie said the real competitors are Tim and Kelly: "I just let them have their fun." But all three are hard-working students, according to their father. "I've never seen so much homework done," Robert Billon said. Tim Billon, who has been a lifeguard at Disney for the past three years and has his single-engine private pilot's license, will study at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach. He said he plans to fly commercially after graduation. Kelly, who works part-time at A&W Restaurant, also plans to go to Embry-Riddle, but her major will be in communications/meteorology. She said she wants to work in television production or possibly journalism. Kelly said she is the only one who will fly with her brother. "He's my personal pilot," she said. "He can take me up and I can take photos." Tim and Kelly are still looking for scholarships to help pay the $30,000 annual cost of attending the university. On the other hand, Katie, who also works at A&W, plans to continue her education first at Lake-Sumter Community College and then at the University of Central Florida. She plans to study elementary education, noting that she has "always loved kids" and always wanted to teach either the second or third grade. "They are happy to be at school at that age," she said. "They want to be there and learn." Rita O'Connor, department head for guidance at East Ridge, said she has known the Billon siblings for the three years since the family moved to Clermont from Illinois. "They are just incredible," she said. "What you see is what you get. They're very outgoing and friendly. We are really going to miss them." Carolyn Billon said she is happy Katie will still be around, postponing the empty-nest syndrome.

Central role of detachment faults in accretion of slow-spreading oceanic lithosphere. The formation of oceanic detachment faults is well established from inactive, corrugated fault planes exposed on sea floor formed along ridges spreading at less than 80 km Myr(-1) (refs 1-4). These faults can accommodate extension for up to 1-3 Myr (ref. 5), and are associated with one of the two contrasting modes of accretion operating along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The first mode is asymmetrical accretion involving an active detachment fault along one ridge flank. The second mode is the well-known symmetrical accretion, dominated by magmatic processes with subsidiary high-angle faulting and the formation of abyssal hills on both flanks. Here we present an examination of approximately 2,500 km of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between 12.5 and 35 degrees N, which reveals asymmetrical accretion along almost half of the ridge. Hydrothermal activity identified so far in the study region is closely associated with asymmetrical accretion, which also shows high levels of near-continuous hydroacoustically and teleseismically recorded seismicity. Increased seismicity is probably generated along detachment faults that accommodate a sizeable proportion of the total plate separation. In contrast, symmetrical segments have lower levels of seismicity, which occurs primarily at segment ends. Basalts erupted along asymmetrical segments have compositions that are consistent with crystallization at higher pressures than basalts from symmetrical segments, and with lower extents of partial melting of the mantle. Both seismic evidence and geochemical evidence indicate that the axial lithosphere is thicker and colder at asymmetrical sections of the ridge, either because associated hydrothermal circulation efficiently penetrates to greater depths or because the rising mantle is cooler. We suggest that much of the variability in sea-floor morphology, seismicity and basalt chemistry found along slow-spreading ridges can be thus attributed to the frequent involvement of detachment faults in oceanic lithospheric accretion.

Q: Javascript regex positive less than 10000 than can be decimal I need a regex for a number than can be decimal and less than 10000 with max 2 digits after decimal. I tried /^([0-9]{1,4})+(\.[0-9]{0,2})$/ but it returns true for 44555.54 for example. A: In your regex you are using + which is using for one or more repetition and which leads to match any length of digit and make decimal part non-greedy(using?) to make it optional. ^[0-9]{1,4}(\.[0-9]{0,2})?$ or using \d for digit character class. ^\d{1,4}(\.\d{0,2})?$

DENVER — The price of a medical marijuana license in Colorado has been lowered more than half. DENVER — The price of a medical marijuana license in Colorado has been lowered more than half. The state Board of Health voted unanimously Wednesday to lower the fee from $90 a year to $35 a year beginning Jan. 1. Already the $90 fee is lower than when Colorado first authorized medical marijuana a decade ago, when the fee was $140. The annual fee was lowered because it's sufficient to cover administrative costs.

Amazon has a new way to reel you into Audible now that smart speakers are a big deal: give you a freebie just by asking. As of this week, anyone who's new to Audible can ask an Echo speaker to read a full audiobook at no cost. You don't have to be picky about your choice of book, either, so you can ask for the hot new novel if that's your preference. Naturally, Amazon is hoping you'll be so enamored that you sign up on the spot -- if you aren't, though, you can at least say that it didn't take much effort to get that free book in the first place.

Q: How do I get the timezone initials? I am trying to create a Date header for an email. The format is as follows: DayOfWeek, Day ShortMonth Year Hours:Minutes:Seconds Offset (TimeZone) So an example would be: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:44:09 -0700 (PDT) Its the TimeZone part (PDT in the example) that I'm trying to get. I realize that this will be different across systems, but I'd like a solution for all of them. Thanks! A: You are looking for %Z in strftime(). For example: #include <stdio.h> #include <time.h> int main() { char buf[16]; time_t t = time(0); strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%Z", localtime(&t)); printf("%s\n", buf); return 0; } And it's C89, AFAIR (which means it's very portable). Snippet from the C99 standard: %Z is replaced by the locale’s time zone name or abbreviation, or by no characters if no time zone is determinable. [tm_isdst] Sadly, as we noticed not every system gives reasonable values for it...

Multiple accessory structures in the upper limb of a single cadaver. The arterial and muscular variations of the upper limbs are common but important with regard to surgical approaches. Even though anomalies of the coracobrachialis muscle are rare, anatomical variations of the biceps brachii, existence of the accessory muscles in the forearm and persistent median artery are known and well documented. During routine dissection, we observed some important anatomical variations in a 50-year-old male cadaver. The variations were unilateral. The anomalies were: third head for biceps brachii muscle, an accessory belly for coracobrachialis muscle crossing the median nerve and brachial vessels and continuing with the medial head of triceps brachii muscle to be inserted to the olecranon process (coracoulnaris), a persistent median artery and an additional muscle in the anterior compartment of forearm. Although there are individual reports about these variations, the combination of these variations in one cadaver has not previously been described in the literature. Awareness of these variations is necessary to avoid complications during radiodiagnostic procedures or surgeries in the upper limb.

Pro-Duterte Supporter Lambasts Anti-Marcos Rallyist with His Very Impressive Explanations A pro-Duterte supporter and concerned citizen aired his concerned during an interview with the media about the reasons why is it that the Anti-Marcos supporters keeps on complaining against the already dead Marcos who was buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. During the confrontation of words at the Luneta Park, a Pro-Marcos supporter asked the Anti-Marcos of the possible solutions during the Martial Law years because they kept on complaining about Martial Law. The Anti-Marcos supporter just told the Pro-Marcos rallyist that there's no simple answer with his question because it was way back 1970. The brilliant Pro-Duterte supporter then explained a possible solutions to the Anti-Marcos rallyists by stating that they should ask former President Fidel Ramos and Sen. Enrile who are still alive and surely have some knowledge about Martial Law. The concerned netizen who supported both Pres. Duterte and former Pres. Marcos also noted that he is not against the rally about Marcos but suggested that the Anti-Marcos should also be Anti- to those bad things that is now happening to the Philippines. He also added further that "you guys have two Aquino Presidents to talk to Senate and Congress to pass a law that will prevent any Marcos from coming back to the Philippines," he stated. Watch How the Pro-Duterte Supporter Silenced the Anti-Marcos Rallyists:

Reflections on 9-11 … and an Update on LIFE I couldn’t help but reflect on where I was on that fateful day, 7 years ago – can you believe it has been that long? Do you remember where YOU were? I had the day off from work and went to a friend’s house for morning tea and chat. We were clueless about the events that morning until her mother called and told her to turn on the news – we were shocked, along with the rest of the world that day. I left her house to meet another friend to go for a hike – I kept the radio on the whole way and heard the announcement about the second plane hitting the second tower. I met my other friend, and we discussed the events all day – not really having any idea how much else was happening around the country during the hours we were climbing the mountain, nor how those events would change the lives of so many people – individually, as well as a nation. Anyways – maybe it’s just AGE (I just turned 50 this year ) – I find I am having tendencies to reflect and meditate more and I seem to be realizing increasingly how much I miss the “good ol’ days” – when life seemed so much simpler … and I miss my kids, family, and friends who were such an important part of my life for so long – but things change, people change, life changes – and paths diverge as everyone follows the plan God has for them. I kind of went into a tail spin in February, because I got really sick with a particularly agressive flu strain – even had doctor-ordered time off and bed rest – along with a recommendation that I find a different job that didn’t keep me so stressed out with traveling 350 miles/week on winter roads! I sure loved the speech therapy sessions themselves, working with the kids, but the travel was just too much, along with the gas expense! So I gave my notice and then just concentrated on finishing my master’s program, which kept me busy all by itself. Let me take just a minute to backtrack: Dave and I got married on Feb. 11, 2006 – and seriously, not just saying this – he really is the love of my life – and he says the same about me – after 5 1/2 years together, we still can’t believe how God must have orchestrated all the circumstances that brought us together – the odds were too great for us to meet by chance (through online dating!!) So it’s a ‘family’ of four here – the two of us – and Nikita, our black lab, and Mack, our Maine coon cat! And Dave – sweetheart that he is – has been working a lot of overtime to take up the slack due to my non-existent income over the past few months. He is still working for RF Technologies as a fabricator-welder – it is a pretty high tech company, the best job he has had so far in his 20 or so years in the field – the best way to explain what the company does is to direct you to their web site: http://www.rftechnologies.net . Dave has actually worked on projects that now have been shipped to other parts of the country AND around the world – just a little while back, he worked on a 17-foot long x 6-foot wide aluminum microwave cell, half a million watts in power (Dave said that’s like 660+ of your average kitchen microwaves), that was shipped to a client in Russia, to be used in their wood laminating business – the microwaves activate the glue that fuses the large sheets of wood and veneer as they are passed through this huge microwave cell. The antenna pylons mentioned on the web site – the most recent ones – are some projects he worked on, as well. Yes, I’m proud of my hubby, in case you couldn’t tell! After graduating in May this year from AIU (American InterContinential University) Online, with my Master’s in Education/Instructional Technology (and a 4.0 GPA!), the job search began – I couldn’t seem to find anything local, but also didn’t want to have to travel out of town, due to the high gas prices – plus I was getting the “You’re OVER-qualified for this job ” excuse from some employers! So I stopped looking for OUTSIDE work and started checking out some virtual positions with info provided to me by AIU Career Services. Meanwhile, we did manage to have a mini vacation over the summer – couldn’t really afford to go anywhere, but we did make it to the ocean a couple times, and visited Maine’s own Fort Knox (no gold, but a really cool fort) AND this incredible tower on the new bridge, the Penobscot Narrows Observatory – 420 feet high – check out the site for details and pics: http://www.penobscotnarrowsbridgefest.com. We also attended Dave’s Mom’s family reunion, which is always fun. I also got a chance to make one trip to NH to visit at least two of my four ‘kids’ who are now all young adults, with busy lives of their own. I know my 3 girls are now back in college for the fall and my son is likely still job-searching, last I heard. Of course it’s still NASCAR season – I was never a fan when I lived close enough to drive less than an hour to New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon – but Dave has been a fan for many years and he turned me into one! So that is our mutual activity on the weekends – watching the races together! NOW, for MY work – I actually have several things going on, all ‘WAH’ (Work At Home) jobs – I have found a few of them through Virtual Vocations. The best one is an instructional design job – the concentration of my master’s degree – another is an online tutor for a writing lab – and then a few different types of writing jobs. I also have an online profile now at iFreelance ( http://www.ifreelance.com/pro/47890 ) and EditFast (http://editfast.com/english/editors/Karen-16986.htm ). Oh – and I still get orders now and then for my home-based business (K-Lee’s Kreations – www.kleeskreations.com and http://stores.ebay.com/K-Lees-Kreations-and-Kollectibles) – like a quilt order that has already been paid in full just recently – and another person still deciding on what size quilt she wants to order – and a couple of ‘past due’ orders, since I’ve been so busy with writing and lesson reviews! But really – I never realized there were so many legitimate ‘WAH’ (Work At Home) jobs – and I hadn’t ever really given much thought to pursuing a career in writing, even though I have always enjoyed it, and have quite an extensive background now in different types of writing! And now here I am, actually working **fulltime** at home (and for at least the rest of this year, I will be making about $3000/month – WORKING AT HOME!! ) – no gas expenses … it does take some getting used to, especially in the area of discipline and time management, and it does get a little lonely. But I can set my own schedule and fit in important things like … hopefully making a few trips to NH to visit my kids, family, AND friends – as well as going to the gym at least 3 times/week, first thing in the morning – taking care of our home – appointments as needed – shopping, errands, and all that. Well, back to work … and hopefully I will be a little better about keeping this blog updated!

VIDEO REVIEW If you want something a little more adept off-road than your typical road-biased SUV, one of these two might fit the bill. Maybe you want to do some off-road adventuring, but you don’t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. And maybe you’re more realistic about what you’re actually going to do, rather than what you’re aspiring to do. Serious 4WDers will look elsewhere, and for good reason. However, these two vehicles do fill a niche very nicely.

Sponsor Sponsor Is 'Compulsory Voting' The Answer? William Galston thinks the key to less polarization in the electorate is compulsory voting. It's the disaffected, the angry, who vote. The Howard Beales of the world. If everyone -- including those in the less intense middle -- voted, you would get fewer ideologues in office. The Brookings Institution scholar is among those who are dismayed at the turnout in this country. Those in the wide middle of the spectrum are the ones who abstain from voting, and Galston thinks that's not good. Get more people in the process by making it easier to vote through things like liberalized absentee voting. It's good for democracy, he says. But there's a catch to compulsory voting. You don't vote, you pay a fine. He is encouraged by the Australian system that that imposes a penalty -- anywhere from $20 to $70 -- on those who don't vote. Galston believes that the "participation of less ideologically committed voters" would lead to depolarization. He concedes that while "passionate partisanship infuses the system with energy," the U.S. electorate is as polarized as it was back in the 1890s, which "erects roadblocks to problem-solving." And while many "committed partisans prefer gridlock to compromise," gridlock is "no formula for effective governance." Australia had voting participation at around 60 percent before it instituted mandatory voting, and now it's up to 95 percent. But, as Robert pointed out, an ABC News poll indicated that 72 percent of Americans are opposed to compulsory voting. Isn't this a non-starter? Galston conceded that it could be tough but added that perceptions change. Just look at the public's turnaround on "don't ask, don't tell," he said. Robert also asked about the non-voters. Are they of the same political persuasion of those who vote? Galston said they are more in the middle, less ideological than those on the right or the left.

Rengim Gökmen Rengim Gokmen (born August 19, 1955) is a Turkish conductor. He is the Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of Presidential Symphony Orchestra and General Director of Turkish State Opera and Ballet. Early life and education Gökmen was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1955. He had his first music lessons from his family and was admitted to the piano section of the Ankara State Conservatory in 1964. Subsequently, he was admitted to the Composition section of the same conservatory and there he studied with İlhan Baran and Adnan Saygun. He graduated from these sections in 1974. In 1975 Gökmen was awarded with a scholarship by the Turkish Government to continue his studies on orchestra conducting in Rome. He became the student of orchestra conducting class in Santa Cecilia Conservatory. In the meantime he made advanced studies on violin which he had started in Turkey. Subsequently, he was admitted to the course for advanced studies in orchestra conducting in Santa Cecilia National Academy under the direction of Franco Ferrara. He received his diploma from Santa Cecilia Conservatory in 1978 and in the same year he qualified for ‘’Diploma di Merito’’ by Accademia Chigiana in Siena. In 1979, Gökmen completed his advanced studies at Academy of Santa Cecilia. His achievements qualified him to conduct a concert with Orchestra Nazionale dell’ Accademia di Santa Cecilia at Via della Conciliazione. He also attended summer courses on orchestra conducting in Austria, England and Netherlands. Career In July 1980, he won Gino Marinuzzi contest for young international conductors. Then he conducted many orchestras both in Turkey and in Europe. During 1984 - 1989 season, he served as the General Music Director of Ankara State Opera an Ballet. In 1989 he has been awarded ‘’Cavalleria in ordine di Merito’’ by the Italian Government. Between 1991-2006 he was the music director and the principal conductor of Izmir State Symphony Orchestra. Meanwhile he also conducted concerts and made recordings in Turkey and in abroad with Izmir State Symphony Orchestra. He held the position as the General Director of Turkish State Opera and Ballet between 1992–1995 and awarded by TÜTAV in Turkey due to his exemplar contributions to the presentation of Turkey abroad. In 1999, Turkish Presidential Culture and Art Prize and in 2000, Gold Medal of ‘’Foyer des Artistes’’ in Rome, Italy are presented to Gökmen. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of Ankara and Istanbul International Art Festivals. Beside his intensive program in Turkey, he continues to conduct orchestras in Europe regularly. Gokmen also teaches conducting at Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory. References External links Official Website MySpace Page Turkish State Opera and Ballet Presidential Symphony Orchestra Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumni Category:Accademia Musicale Chigiana alumni Category:Music directors (opera) Category:Opera managers Category:State Artists of Turkey Category:Turkish conductors (music) Category:Musicians from Istanbul Category:Ankara State Conservatory alumni Category:20th-century conductors (music) Category:21st-century conductors (music)

My First lesson was 11/2004- took MSF beginner class in Fullerton and I'm ready to roll out for more miles, new adventures and to meet new friends ever since. . 2009 Yamaha Road Star Silverado "S", lots of chrome on handlebar controls and forks, now with 43,115 miles. "The Ride is the destination" BLOG ARCHIVES Look in the Blog Archive in the box to the right for past ride reports going back to 2006. New material posted as rides or other motorcycle news occurs. Thanks for reading. Comments always welcome, be sure to log in below. Comments will be reviewed. Please note the disclaimer below. About Me Motorcycling has been a life changing experience. I hope sharing the info and pictures on the Blog gives you some idea how impressed I am with the experience, travel and the people I have met. Made new friends especially among Riders here in Orange County. Special recognition to Johney (Wrench)-helps with all the maintenance stuff+rides, plus other great riding friends: Ken Y., Luis V. & Minita, Chuck & Patty, John R., Joe, Carolyn, Gregg, Charlie & Carol, Rick, Stan P., Ed & Susan P., Barry, plus Terry, Bob B., Brian H., Glenn, William & Daveta Jo, Bob (Concho) and others. ************* DISCLAIMER: This is my personal write-up (Blog) of motorcycling news, rides and events that I am involved with in some way and not affiliated with any group, organization or club that might be mentioned herein. There should be no confusion regarding the fact these are my personal comments and not those of any other entity. Amazing scenery, great ride, wonderful time. Monument Valley, Utah-9/2011 photo by Johney Harper! Thursday, July 23, 2009 NEW HARD BAGS, ON ORTEGA HWY This report is a summary of several items including replacing the stock leather Silverado bags with new color matched hard bags from Yamaha and a ride over Ortega Hwy. to Fallbrook. These new hard bags are much bigger and hold lots more, so that I can remove the Tail bag and nearly everything fits in the new hard bags. I also moved the red reflectors and PASHNIT sticker from the other bags and they are sticking to the new bags so far. On order are chrome saddlebag guards to help protect the new bags in case something should cause an impact with the road. I decided to try and make the changeover myself and it went quite smoothly. ORTEGA HIGHWAY TO FALLBROOK ON A WEDNESDAY MORNING RIDE WITH WAYNE, TOMY AND RICHARD We met at El Toro Road and head for the Ortega Hwy before it gets too hot. This was my best ride on the Ortega with my new skills on mountain roads still holding. Wayne set the pace and we could have sped up a little bit but it was a comfortable speed. Just a few pictures at a turnout overlooking Lake Elsinore.

Molecular epidemiology and antibiotic resistance patterns of Enterococcus faecalis isolates from hospitals in Tehran. Enterococcus faecalis is one of the most important causative agents of nosocomial infections. Control and prevention of these infections require appropriate epidemiological knowledge. This study investigated the correlation between molecular characteristics and drug resistance of E. faecalis isolates from local hospitals. A total of 125 isolates of Enterococcus faecalis from two hospitals in Tehran were identified by using culture and biochemical method. An antibiotic resistance assay was carried out by a disk diffusion method according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. The genetic diversity of the strains was determined using a repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction (REP-PCR) method. All isolates were typed by REP-PCR, and different PCR amplification products (from 9 to 17 amplified DNA fragments) were detected by gel electrophoresis. There were eight different PCR patterns (A-H), and a significant correlation was detected between the resistance to antibiotics and the obtained PCR patterns. The most relevant cases (28%) belonged to the fourth group (D). All group D isolates were resistant to tetracycline and quinupristin/dalfopristin. A high resistance to certain common antibiotics and clonal propagation were detected among isolates from patients in different wards of the hospitals. This study was the first to investigate E. faecalis isolates from Iranian patients and to describe patterns that showed correlation between infection prevalence and genetic origin/similarity of the isolates.

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Amphimallon cantabricum Amphimallon cantabricum is a species of beetle in the Melolonthinae subfamily that can be found in Portugal and Spain. References Category:Beetles described in 1870 cantabricum Category:Beetles of Europe

- [Annoying Orange] Hey hey, Orangecrafters! Did you hear? My new Minecraft server is blowin' up and that's why I made a TNT volcano! - [Grapefruit] And I'm here to watch it blow up in your face. Oh, I am the greatest. - [Annoying Orange] The greatest at being a chubby chubbykins, maybe. - [Grapefruit] Oh, it's just the diamond armor that's making me look fat. I'm totally ripped. Let's just start the show. (upbeat music) - [Annoying Orange] So Grapefruit, what have you been up to so far in my Minecraft server? Have you been pigging out on pork bellies? - [Grapefruit] As a matter of fact, Orange, I've been checking out all the awesome stuff on the server. My totally awesome gym and creative, Kit PVP with the kids, but I was just totally trying to cheat, I mean, totally dominating over in Skywars. Wanna see a clip? - [Annoying Orange] Only if I get to cut you off. - [Grapefruit] What do you mean, cut me-- - [Annoying Orange] Roll the clip! - [Grapefruit] Oh hey, it's Grapefruit here and I am stuck inside the Skywars. Which is, of course, good for me and bad for whoever else is left in the game. I made it to the center island here and let's check it out here. Alright, there's the bridge I made to get over here and I'm gonna sneak around the corner and see if I can find whoever's left in the game. Hey, there he is. Let's go get him! Prepare to be dominated because my diamond sword is my best friend. Oh yeah, here we go, come on pal. Bring it on, punk! Mono e mono, even though I realize I don't have any hands. Come on, take it, take it! Oh no, I'm gonna die! Oh no, I died. That is impossible. Impossible! - [Annoying Orange] Um, Grapefruit. You know you won, right? - [Grapefruit] I did? I mean, yeah, I did, I knew that. Totally, totally knew that I won and thoroughly dominated. I'm a natural. - [Annoying Orange] A natural knucklehead, maybe. - [Grapefruit] Don't make me use my sweet diamond sword on you, bro! - [Annoying Orange] I'm not your bro. I'm an orange. - [Grapefruit] You know, I don't even know why I bother anymore. - [Annoying Orange] Alright, let's keep trucking along with Midget Apple and the Little Apple Army as they build a monster truck. (explosions) Monster trucks! (rock music) - [Midget Apple] Alright, neat-o burrito! Look at this, you guys! You made all kinds of monster trucks! This is amazing, and you made other stuff too! Wow, you guys are so talented. Oh my goodness. I can't pick which one's my favorite. They're all my favorite. I love monster trucks so much and I love you guys. Aww yeah, I love it! - [Annoying Orange] Whoa, that monster truck build was more than a little awesome. I guess there's no better time than now to feature this week's Blockstars. Looks like Eyebral is jumping in on some shroom-tastic builds here. From my mouth to your eyes, check out Jacky Mack 12's awesome plot. (violin music) Don't forget that you can submit your plots to the link in the description like Smash Alpha did. This video has a texture pack on it that makes this kitchen cart ride extra sweet. Whoa, check out this tower of power by Lady Scrie. It's the tops! - [Grapefruit] Well this creative stuff has me craving some faction action. - [Annoying Orange] You know what? You're right! That's why this week's challenge is for you to use the link in the description to send us your videos of your very own faction bases on Orangecraft. Be sure to submit some great shots, your screen name, and if you have some captured footage of you taking out another player, give that to us too! - [Grapefruit] I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little surprised to say this to you Orange, but I think at this very moment, I actually like you. - [Annoying Orange] Okay, let's make this TNT mountain a TNT volcano! - [Grapefruit] Awesome! - [Annoying Orange] Explody time! Wahoo, 'sploding! (explosions) Bye! What up, you crafty Orangcrafters? It's me, the Orange, back at it with another-- Hey, dude, you're blocking my shot! I'm trying to do a cold open here! No, guys, no! Aww, you ruined it. Alright, back to one everybody. We're gonna try again.

Q: Proof by induction of the sum $(a+b+c+d+...)^2$ $$\text{Assertion:}\;\left(\sum_{i=1}^n |a_i|\right)^2\overset{(*)}{=}\sum_{i=1}^n |a_i|^2+2\sum_{i<j}^n |a_i|\cdot|a_j|$$ whereby $i,j\in\mathbb{N}$ and $a\in\mathbb{R}$. First I'll write what I've accomplished so far: Let $n=2$ (base clause), then $(\sum_{i=1}^2 |a_i|)^2=(|a_1|+|a_2|)^2=|a_1|^2+|a_2|^2+2|a_1|\cdot|a_2|$. (so the base clause is true). Now assume that for $n = k$, that $(*)$ holds (induction hypothesis). $$ \begin{align} n\rightarrow n+1: \left(\sum_{i=1}^{n+1} |a_i|\right)^2 &=\left(\sum_{i=1}^{n+1} |a_i|\right)\left(\sum_{i=1}^{n+1} |a_i|\right)\\ &=\left(|a_{n+1}|+\sum_{i=1}^n |a_i|\right)\left(|a_{n+1}|+\sum_{i=1}^n |a_i|\right)\\ &=|a_{n+1}|^2+2|a_{n+1}|\left(\sum_{i=1}^{n} |a_i|\right)+\left(\sum_{i=1}^{n} |a_i|\right)^2\\ &\overset{(*)}{=}|a_{n+1}|^2+2|a_{n+1}|\left(\sum_{i=1}^{n} |a_i|\right)+\sum_{i=1}^n |a_i|^2+2\sum_{i<j}^n |a_i|\cdot|a_j|\\ &=\sum_{i=1}^{n+1} |a_i|^2+2\left(\sum_{i=1}^n |a_i|\cdot|a_{n+1}|+\sum_{i<j}^n |a_i|\cdot|a_j|\right)\\ \end{align} $$ and that's where I got stuck. Any ideas how to proceed or did I something wrong/need to reconsider? A: You did all the dirty work correctly. Now just notice that the sums in the brackets can be combined into the final form of the sum that you need. In other words, $$ \sum_{i=1}^n |a_i|\cdot|a_{n+1}|+\sum_{i<j}^n |a_i|\cdot|a_j| = \sum_{i<j}^{n+1} |a_i|\cdot|a_j| $$

Effect of LED irradiation on the ripening and nutritional quality of postharvest banana fruit. With the ability to tailor wavelengths necessary to the photosynthetically active radiation spectrum of plant pigments, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) offer vast possibilities in horticultural lighting. The influence of LED light irradiation on major postharvest features of banana was investigated. Mature green bananas were treated daily with selected blue (464-474 nm), green (515-525 nm) and red (617-627 nm) LED lights for 8 days, and compared with non-illuminated control. The positive effect of LED lighting on the acceleration of ripening in bananas was greatest for blue, followed by red and green. Under the irradiation of LED lights, faster peel de-greening and flesh softening, and increased ethylene production and respiration rate in bananas were observed during storage. Furthermore, the accumulations of ascorbic acid, total phenols, and total sugars in banana fruit were enhanced by LED light exposure. LED light treatment can induce the ripening of bananas and improve their quality and nutrition potential. These findings might provide new chemical-free strategies to shorten the time to ripen banana after harvest by using LED light source. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.

Telos VX Webinar - The Future of Broadcast Phones is Here Now This video is about the Telos VX Webinar. Kirk Harnack explains how broadcasters are using VoIP/SIP to put callers on-air with better quality than ever before, how HD Voice can be done right now, and how broadcasters can save money on their phone service at the same time they upgrade.

CELTIC have announced they are closing off the section of their stadium that houses the Green Brigade fans group. Celtic say their "sole motivation" is safety after warning supporters over several issues last week in the wake of a UEFA disciplinary charge over the use of fireworks at their Champions League clash with Cliftonville. Fans will be offered the chance to relocate to another part of the ground or receive a refund on season tickets. The supporters had earlier issued a statement describing the club's actions as "pathetic" and revealing they were seeking legal advice. Celtic insisted their action came amid stated concerns from the Safety Advisory Group, which guides the city council on safety certificates, and their fears that the stadium could have its capacity cut or even be closed. The club say concerns in the section include "overcrowding, moshing, body surfing, lateral movement and broken seating". In a lengthy statement, Celtic said: "We trust that supporters will recognise that the club has been placed in an impossible position." The statement continued: "It may seem to some that lateral movement is not unsafe. "As noted above, that view is not shared by the Safety Advisory Group, or the club. "The stadium is not designed for movement of that sort, leading to an increased risk of falling and injury. "The movement led to seats being broken, which also presents a risk of injury. "We are sure that supporters will agree that this behaviour is unsafe, particularly where there are young supporters in the area in question." The Green Brigade, who have been the focal point for singing and displays at Parkhead in recent seasons, said in a statement on their website: "The Green Brigade are disappointed to announce that our section in 111 is to be closed by Celtic Football Club. "Pathetically, this is due to 'lateral movement' which has been deemed 'unsafe' by the club's directors. "Our group and section has continually made concessions and strived to be co-operative with the club over various safety concerns so we are left dismayed that such drastic and immediate action has been taken over such a trivial and harmless movement. "The group is currently seeking legal advice and will consult with those in our section over the coming days." The statement added: "We would like to stress that this is not the end of the Green Brigade. "Decisions and hurdles like these will only strengthen our group's resolve."

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RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) -- In a visual display of show and tell, Delegate Joe Morrissey sounded off against assault weapons Thursday. During a Thursday afternoon press conference, Morrissey displayed a number of weapons he wants banned in the Commonwealth. “Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution did it say that someone can carry an AK-47 and walk down the middle of the street with it,” Morrissey said. The delegate is introducing legislation that would ban the sale, transfer, import or barter of assault rifles and magazines holding 20 or more rounds. Morrissey says his proposal would prohibit gun enthusiasts from buying or selling assault weapons at Gun Shows like one at the Show Place. “They may be angry and might not vote for me. That is ok. We’ve got to do something. Action is required,” he said. Pro-gun lobbyist Phillip Van Cleave says any ban on weapons infringes on American’s rights. “What has put us at a disadvantage is that there are so many anti-gun bills versus pro-gun bills,” Van Cleave said. “They’ve seen this as an opportunity to take advantage of some dead children to push forward a political agenda.” Delegate Morrissey’s says his legislation likely won’t pass the House, but says he will not be deterred. “They don’t want to see this bill make it to the floor of the house to have legitimate debate,” Morrissey said. “The public needs to know that.” Delegate Joe Morrissey's ban would not apply to police officers and would not ban hand guns. The delegate says assault weapons do not belong on Virginia's streets. He says the only place they should be found is a battlefield.

PFOS/PFAS Future LOR Requirements Recent feedback in Europe is that the industry is seeking PFOS LORs down to 0.0001µg/L. These new trace levels present a new range of challenges primarily about managing background and keeping a pristine sampling and laboratory environment however, with good systems and control these limits are achievable. This newest method developed and validated in Australia takes a further step in reducing the LORs while at the same time building in strong control to avoid carryover and potential false positives. This method is designed for marine water and surface or ground water samples that are not expected to contain PFOS/PFAS at levels above 0.1µg/L. Method and LOR Information ALS METHOD CODE EP231-ST (12 analytes) EP231X-ST (28 analytes) LIMITS OF REPORTING (LOR) 0.0003 to 0.01 µg/L (see overleaf) METHOD OF REFERENCE: In house Western Australia Interim Guidelines on the Assessment and Management of PFAS The Interim Screening levels for PFOS for Freshwater to a species protection level of 99% is 0.00023ug/L. This limit is still slightly below the new ALS LOR of 0.0003ug/L, however ALS will be targeting this in future development projects. Other Australian Guidance The Department of Defence in Australia issued an interim screening criteria in May 2015. The drinking water limits in this guidance are fairly typical at 0.2µg/L for PFOS and well above the low level or even standard ALS methods. The key in this guidance is that there are limits set at 0.65ng/L or 0.00065 µg/L for PFOS. This water protection limit is not about drinking water but more about protection of human health via seafood consumption. The Maximum Permissible Concentration is not about direct toxicological effects but designed to be used where seafood is caught for consumption. The new ALS method provides a PFOS LOR at approximately half of this limit. Other EU Guidance The EU Inland water quality standards have similar low limit of 0.65ng/L as an annual average. Other surface waters have an even lower limit of 0.13ng/L (0.00013µg/L) as an annual average to ensure the long term quality of the aquatic environment. If these sort of annual averages are the future in Australia then it is reasonable to assume that some samples will need to be tested down to limits of 0.0001 or even 0.00005µg/L otherwise an average result at these limits will not be possible. Currently the lowest LOR available globally at ALS is 0.00009 µg/L for PFOS in the EU, albeit additional chemicals are currently being added to this method. This provides a methodology and experience for ALS to further lower these LORs should this become a requirement in Australia.

PC and indie games show to feature talks from Creative Assembly, Chris Avellone and Dean Hall Rezzed: The PC and Indie Games Show takes place in Birmingham this weekend, but its developer sessions will be streamed live on Eurogamer.net's YouTube channel. The full schedule is below, but viewers can expect to see talks from Chris Avellone (Project Eternity), Ragnar Tornquist (Dreamfall Chapters) and Dean Hall (DayZ Standalone) and more. To watch the sessions, just head over to YouTube at the appropriate BST time. Saturday June 22 12pm - Panel: How can new business models improve PC gaming? 1pm - Total War: ROME II live demo 2pm - A look back at Frozen Synapse and a look forward to Frozen Endzone 3pm - Dreamfall Chapters 4pm - Project Eternity 5pm - Sir, You Are Being Hunted Sunday June 23 12pm - Panel: Is storytelling in games getting any better? 1pm - Hotline Miami 2 vs. Luftrausers 2pm - Total War: ROME II live demo 3pm - WildStar 4pm - The Creative Assembly Game Jam 5pm - DayZ Standalone Rezzed: The PC and Indie Games Show is hosted by Gamer Network, which is also home to Eurogamer, GamesIndustry International and the new USgamer. For more information on the show visit the official site. Sign up for The Daily Update and get the best of GamesIndustry.biz in your inbox.

A peer-to-peer synchronization environment and its underlying hardware/software interface system is disclosed in detail in the Foundational Patent Applications recited earlier herein. In summary, the Foundational Patent Applications describe a hardware/software interface system (such as, but not limited to, an operating system) where, among other things, autonomous units of storable information (Items) comprise several component change units (CUs) that constitute the basic data change element for synchronization. Each CU has associated metadata that enables the synchronization system to track what changes need to be updated on peer computer systems as well as what changes received from other peer computer systems should be applied. For certain hardware/software interface systems, including the one described in the Foundational Patent Applications, certain of the autonomous units of storable information (e.g., an Item) may be of two kinds: structured or mixed. A structured element (SE) solely comprises richly-structured data, whereas a mixed element (ME) comprises both richly-structure data and an unstructured filestream. With regard to synchronization, an SE meets certain size restrictions and is easily synchronized because it is small enough to create copies as needed. However, an ME is typically used for data structures that exceed the normal limits for Items and, because of their size, cannot be so easily copied. For certain hardware/software interface systems, including the one described in the Foundational Patent Applications, synchronization of Items is typically performed at a transaction isolation level (TIL) that allows the target Item to be copied during synchronization. Specifically, the target item is “snapshotted” such that while it is being copied to a synchronization peer it cannot be written to by another process; instead, a copy of the target Item is made and modified by the other process, and this copy then overwrites the original once the synchronization of said target Item is complete. This as-needed copying essentially allows the synchronization system to prevent the target item from being changed while it is being copied to the synchronization peer (and thus provides a complete “snapshot” that remains unchanged during the operation of the synchronization process) while allowing other processes to make changes to a copy of the targeted Item that eventually replaces the targeted Item once the synchronization of said target Item is complete. This particular TIL can be referred to as a snapshot TIL (STIL). However, while an SE can be synchronized using snapshot TIL, it is often the case that snapshots are not made for an ME's filestream because of the size of the filestream itself and the undesirability of creating even a temporary copy of very large data objects. Therefore, what is needed in the art is a system and method for synchronizing MEs and, specifically, for synchronizing the filestream component of MEs between peer computer systems in a hardware/software interface system environment that does not permit snapshotting of large unstructured ME filestreams during synchronization.

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Molecular and cellular mechanisms of CLL: novel therapeutic approaches. The mainstay of therapy of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is cytotoxic chemotherapy; however, CLL is still an incurable disease with resistance to therapy developing in the majority of patients. In recent years, our understanding of the biological basis of CLL pathogenesis has substantially improved and novel treatment strategies are emerging. Tailoring and individualizing therapy according to the molecular and cellular biology of the disease is on the horizon, and advances with targeted agents such as monoclonal antibodies combined with traditional chemotherapy have lead to improved remission rates. The proposed key role of the B-cell receptor (BCR) in CLL pathogenesis has led to a number of possible opportunities for therapeutic exploitation. We are beginning to understand that the microenvironment is of utmost importance in CLL because certain T-cell subsets and stromal cells support the outgrowth and development of the malignant clone. Furthermore, an increase in our understanding of the deregulated cell-death machinery in CLL is a prerequisite to developing new targeted strategies that might be more effective in engaging with the cell-death machinery. This Review summarizes the progress made in understanding these features of CLL biology and describes novel treatment strategies that have also been exploited in current clinical trials.

EQUIP training the trainers: an evaluation of a training programme for service users and carers involved in training mental health professionals in user-involved care planning. WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: UK NHS policy highlights the importance of user and carer involvement in health professional training. We know little about service user and carer motivations and experiences of accessing training courses for delivering training to health professionals and how well such courses prepare them for delivering training to healthcare professionals. 'Involvement' in training has often been tokenistic and too narrowly focused on preregistration courses. There is limited data on how best to prepare and support potential service user and carer trainers. WHAT DOES THIS PAPER ADD TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: This study adds to the international literature by highlighting service user and carer motivations for accessing a training course for delivering training to health professionals. Service users and carers wanted to gain new skills and confidence in presentation/facilitation as well as to make a difference to healthcare practice. We also learned that service users desired different levels of involvement in training facilitation - some wanted to take a more active role than others. A one-size-fits-all approach is not always appropriate. Encountering resistance from staff in training was a previously unidentified challenge to service user and carers' experience of delivering training in practice and is a key challenge for trainers to address in future. Professional training involvement can be enhanced via specialist training such as the EQUIP training the trainers programme evaluated here. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE?: When training service users and carers to deliver training to mental health professionals, it is important that service users are equipped to deal with resistance from staff. It is important that service user and carer roles are negotiated and agreed prior to delivering training to healthcare professionals to accommodate individual preferences and allay anxieties. Training for service users and carers must be offered alongside ongoing support and supervision. Mental health nurses (and other health professionals) will be better able to involve service users and carers in care planning. Service users and carers may feel more involved in care planning in future. Introduction Limited evidence exists on service user and carer perceptions of undertaking a training course for delivering care planning training to qualified mental health professionals. We know little about trainee motivations for engaging with such train the trainers courses, experiences of attending courses and trainees' subsequent experiences of codelivering training to health professionals, hence the current study. Aim To obtain participants' views on the suitability and acceptability of a training programme that aimed to prepare service users and carers to codeliver training to health professionals. Method Semi-structured interviews with nine service users and carers attending the training programme. Transcripts were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Results Participants' reasons for attending training included skill development and making a difference to mental health practice. Course content was generally rated highly but may benefit from review and/or extension to allow the range of topics and resulting professional training programme to be covered in more depth. Trainees who delivered the care planning training reported a mix of expectations, support experiences, preparedness and personal impacts. Implications for Practice Mental health nurses are increasingly coproducing and delivering training with service users and carers. This study identifies possibilities and pitfalls in this endeavour, highlighting areas where user and carer involvement and support structures might be improved in order to fully realize the potential for involvement in training.

Las Vegas is home to 170,000 immigrants here illegally, Pew study shows The number of unauthorized immigrants in Southern Nevada would form the fifth-largest largest city in the state, according to a Pew Research Center study published last week. An estimated 170,000 unauthorized immigrants reside in the Las Vegas, Paradise and Henderson area, according to Pew researchers, who used 2014 population figures. Most of the United States’ 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants live in just 20 major metropolitan areas, the study found, with the largest populations in New York, Los Angeles and Houston. The Las Vegas area is 14th largest collection, with about the same number as San Diego. Nationally, the percentage of undocumented immigrants compared to the total population is about 3.5 percent, the report said. In the Las Vegas area, that number is 8 percent, which is the second highest among major metropolitan areas behind only the Houston area. About 35 percent of foreign-born Las Vegas area residents are here illegally, compared to the 25 percent national average, according to the study. Only the Phoenix, Houston, Dallas and Denver areas have a higher percentage than Las Vegas' (each with 2 percentage points higher). The top 20 list of metro areas where the majority of the undocumented population in the country lives has been consistent the past two decades, according to the Pew study. Undocumented immigrants tend to gravitate to areas where other immigrants reside, the researchers concluded. "Some of these areas could be affected by the (President) Trump administration's promise to take action against localities that do not cooperate with federal officials in identifying unauthorized immigrants," the Pew study states. Trump would do that by cutting funding for what he describes as sanctuary cities, he has said. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman recently said that the city jail complies with immigration authorities and that Las Vegas is not a sanctuary municipality, but that she's "passionate about finding a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants," according to a blog post. The blog post further stated that officials haven't passed an ordinance or a resolution to deem Las Vegas a sanctuary. Locally, law enforcement officers don't arrest people on the basis that they're undocumented, but they comply to a federal holding system. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, who has also said Las Vegas is not a "sanctuary city," explained the local-federal collaboration process during an editorial meeting with the Las Vegas Sun in December. When someone is arrested here, his or her name is run through federal databases, he said. If the person comes up as being deportable, the agency contacts its federal counterparts and places an additional 48-hour retainer on the inmates after they're set to be released, to give the federal agents an opportunity to take custody of them. Lombardo said that the federal agents rarely respond because of a lack of resources, adding that holding the inmates longer would be unlawful. In December, Lombardo said he didn't anticipate his agency's practice to change and that it would continue to comply with the 48-hour retainer request from the federal agencies as long is its agents met the "letter of the law." Back to top

zorrotwee Profile Joined March 2011 Belgium 69 Posts Last Edited: 2013-07-26 12:22:32 #1 Every 2 weeks, BelgianSC organizes a online Cup for Belgian players! It's a small initiative and the main goal is to unite the Belgian players and have fun! Because we don't want to exclude the more casual and lower leagued players, we have two tournaments: one for bronze-gold and one for platinum-masters. The next tournament is in 2 days, sunday the 28th of July. We'll start at 2pm CET! You can easily join us, by creating an account on Z33K, select the tournament for your league and click the sign up here: http://www.z33k.com/groups/belgiansc As always, the tournament will be streamed live with dutch casting. Our channel can be found here: The VoDs from previous tournament can be watched on our youtube channel: For more information about this tournament and other events from BelgianSC: go like us on facebook: Hi everybody,Every 2 weeks, BelgianSC organizes a online Cup for Belgian players! It's a small initiative and the main goal is to unite the Belgian players and have fun!Because we don't want to exclude the more casual and lower leagued players, we have two tournaments: one for bronze-gold and one for platinum-masters.The next tournament is in 2 days, sunday the 28th of July. We'll start at 2pm CET!You can easily join us, by creating an account on Z33K, select the tournament for your league and click the sign up here:As always, the tournament will be streamed live with dutch casting.Our channel can be found here: http://nl.twitch.tv/belgianstarcraftchannel The VoDs from previous tournament can be watched on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/BelgianSC For more information about this tournament and other events from BelgianSC: go like us on facebook: www.facebook.com/BelgianStarcraft

The emergence of Myriadcoin Myriadcoin is an experimental cryptocurrency that takes a novel approach to its security and integrity assessment. It is known by the short form Myriad. As a decentralized, global payment system, it enables transactions to be executed in real time. The transactions run directly between the parties, regardless of their location. To do this, the Myriadcoin network uses peer-to-peer technology and does not rely on a central authority. The transaction execution and administration, and the creation of money, take place solely through the network as a collective. The development of Myriad began in February 2014 as Fork, a spin-off from the cryptocurrency Zetacoin. Their developers announced the launch of Myriadcoin in popular online discussion forums for cryptocurrencies under the pseudonym 8bitcoder. In parallel, they released the source code, the Myriadcoin Core, on the open-source developer platform GitHub. Brokers and trading platforms for cryptocurrencies list Myriad under the currency symbol XMY. The official currency denomination immediately after its launch in 2014 was the long form Myriadcoin, with the symbol MYR. This currency ID has now merged with the ticker XMY. Both shortcuts conceal the same cryptocurrency. There was no splitting, just a renaming. Both names refer to the same database, i.e. there is only one underlying blockchain. The principle of the multi-algorithm approach Myriadcoin differs from other cryptocurrencies mainly in terms of network-supported consensus building mechanisms. Behind Myriad is the concept of implementing several independent proof-of-work mechanisms on a blockchain. The Myriad developers were one of the first to introduce a so-called multi-algorithm approach for consensus building within a cryptocurrency. As the first multi-algo coin, Myriad does not just offer a single hashing algorithm for mining. Five different hashing methods allow the validation of transactions. Also, the mining of new coins happens in this way. A hash value is a cryptographic summary of arbitrary content; a kind of checksum. Traditional proof-of-work methods use a normal processor (CPU) or the video card (GPU) for hash detection. An improved hash performance is promised by special computer chips developed for the respective application; so-called “application-specific integrated circuit” or ASIC. In Myriad’s multi-algorithm approach, CPU and GPU-based processes work equally and simultaneously with specialized technologies and ASIC hardware. Launched in 2013, Huntercoin was the first coin ever to have multiple proof-of-work concepts. However, the purpose of the computational logic used there, SHA256D and Scrypt, is not so much the direct mining of the cryptocurrency – it is primarily a blockchain-based game among the network participants. This game will generate new Hunter Coins. Objectives of the multi-algorithm approach The developers wanted to use this design to make the mining of their currency fair and open to everyone. They wanted to prevent centralization tendencies and ensure lasting democratic control over their crypto-fencing. A cryptocurrency architecture with only a single hash algorithm favors the development of expensive specialized hardware. Mining typically becomes uneconomical for the majority of users due to the high acquisition and operating costs of these components. As a result, the mining power of the entire system is concentrated on a relatively small number of users, often large mining farms. This pooling of decision-making power conflicts with the basic concept of a decentralized system. With the concept of allowing multiple proof-of-work mechanisms on an equal footing, the security of the system increases. Each cryptocurrency tries to protect itself against so-called 51 percent attacks. If a miner has at least 51 percent of the hash power of a network, he can start such an attack. He can use his bundled mining power and make single-handed changes in the system. In principle, Myriad enables mining through the multi-algorithm approach. This mechanism complicates the accumulation of mining performance among individual users. The five mining algorithms in the Myriadcoin network The five proofing algorithms that Myriad supports are SHA256D, Scrypt, Myriad-Groestl, Skein and Yescrypt. The SHA256D algorithm was first used in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Skrypt is a hash function based on passwords. It is suitable for calculation by ASICs. Several cryptocurrencies use this technology. Myriad-Groestl is a Myriad-specific algorithm is. Skein includes a set of hashing algorithms that was first integrated into the cryptocurrency SkeinCoin. The Yescrypt algorithm uses the processor for hash detection. It is one of the CPU-based methods. At the same time, it is GPU-resistant, which means that it gets its computing power from the CPU alone – it does not use the resources of the graphics card. Yescrypt has been part of Myriad proof-of-work algorithms since August 2016. It replaced the previously included qubit method. Thanks to the five different algorithms, different devices (CPUs, GPUs and ASICs) can calculate blocks for the Myriad blockchain. For the result – the validation of the blockchain – it does not matter which algorithm was used. All methods lead to the same result. Each user can freely decide which of the five calculation methods he uses. The chance of creating a valid hash or finding a new block is the same for everyone. Merge Mining optimizes the hash performance Another special feature of Myriad is the ability to operate merge mining. This feature, implemented in August 2015, allows two different cryptocurrencies to be mined simultaneously, using the same algorithm. Thus, the cryptocurrency with the weaker hash power benefits from the stronger hashing performance of the other coin. In the Myriadcoin network, this possibility exists with the algorithms Scrypt and SHA256D. Further development by the Myriad community Thanks to the open source architecture of the entire network, Myriadcoin is being developed by an active community. Services such as GitHub, Reddit, Bitcointalk, Facebook and Twitter are used for the exchange of information. On these platforms, professionals, including programmers and software developers, network with anyone interested in developing Myriad. The introduction of changes takes place via a network consensus. For the vote, the users use the five consensus mechanisms, which are also used for the mining. As a result, they ensure broad acceptance of changes. Projects from the community have resulted in several spin-offs. The cryptocurrencies Saffroncoin, Digitalcoin, DigiByte, Unitus, Verge and Auroracoin were decoupled. They also work according to a multi-algorithm principle.

[About correlation between bioethics and medical psychology]. The authors make a study about the correlation between bioethics and medical psychology. They divide the study in two parts. The first part they discuss the philosophical concepts about the distinction between morals and ethics, they deal with ethics applied to medicine and they are trying to define what is meant by subject and describe its three basic principles: autonomy, beneficence, non maleficence and justice. Consequently in this part they trace route that started from ethics in its philosophical origins and moved on to ethics in its application to medicine. The second part is dedicated to the definition of the field of study of medical psychology, they study some aspects of the emotional relation of the patient with his illness, the relation of the doctors of his medicine and the relationship between doctor and his patient. They discussed some clinical issues where they observe this correlation. At last, they try to draw some conclusions.

About Cadre The University of Prince Edward Island Cadre began publication on October 3, 1969. It was the successor to the Prince of Wales College Times and the St. Dunstan's University Red and White, both of which institutions were amalgamated to form U.P.E.I. in 1969. The Cadre printed U.P.E.I. news and sports, news from other universities and strongly worded articles on current social issues. Photographs were printed in every issue. The Cadre supported student rights, sexual freedom and women's liberation. It attacked capitalism, Christianity and the Canadian university system. Issues of particular concern included unemployment, inflation and the high cost of tuition. The Cadre became less radical and critical towards the end of its publication history. It was succeeded by the UPEI Sun in the fall of 1977.

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Qıpçaq Qıpçaq (Гыпчаг and قيپچاق; also, Kypchag, Kypchak, and Kypchakh) is a village and municipality in the Qakh Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 616. References See also Gypjak Kipchak people Category:Populated places in Qakh District

In Kurt Leland's 2002 book The Unanswered Question, there is an account of a Hopi Indian's near-death experience which considerably predates the publication of Raymond Moody's Life after Life in 1975. It was Life after Life that brought the NDE to public attention and made it part of pop-culture awareness. NDEs reported before that time can hardly be explained in terms of New Age memes. The NDE in question follows the standard pattern of many NDEs but with culturally specific elements. In certain respects it reminds me of the NDEs reported by Hindus in India. As Leland himself points out, the account both underlines the cultural consistency of the core features of the NDE and provides an example of cultural variations in terms of iconography and narrative. According to a footnote in Leland's book, the account was written down twice – first by Mischa Titiev in 1932 and then independently by Leo W. Simmons in 1938. It was not published until Titiev wrote it up for a journal after seeing Simmons's field notes. The two versions of the story are apparently quite similar, though there were some minor discrepancies which Titiev discussed. I haven't read Titiev's article, so I can't say exactly what these discrepancies were. Leland's account, which appears in Chapter 3 on pages 36–42, begins: During the winter of 1907, at the age of seventeen, Don Talayesva was attending an Indian school in Riverside, California, far from his family on the Hopi Reservation. While grieving the death of a beloved older sister who had died in childbirth, Don caught a cold that lasted for weeks and turned into pneumonia. Toward the end of December, he apparently went into a coma. When he came out of it, a nurse said to him, "Sonny, you passed away last night but did not cool off quite like a dead person. Your heart kept on beating slowly and your pulse moved a little, so we did not bury you."… When Don fell into his coma, he saw a spiritual being standing by his bedside. The being was dressed as a Hopi Kachina and carried a blue feather to indicate that he'd come from the Land of the Dead. The being announced that he was Don's guardian spirit and had been watching over Don for all his life. After the spiritual being appeared, Don reports: "A cold numbness crept up my body; and I knew I was dying." The spiritual being affirmed this perception. But if Don were to follow his instructions, he would survive. His guardian would allow him to travel to the Land of the Dead and return so that he could learn the value of the life he no longer wanted to live after the loss of his sister.… Don then found himself out of his body. The pain in his lungs that had caused him to spit blood disappeared. As Don reports, "Something lifted me and pushed me along through the air, causing me to move through the door, down the hall, and out upon the campus in broad daylight. I was swept along northeastward by a gust of wind, like flying."… While out of body, Don moved through a landscape he identifies as the San Bernardino Mountains. He eventually came to a "hole like a tunnel, dimly lighted." A voice invited him to enter. As Don reports: "Stepping in through a fog and past the little lights, I moved along swiftly."… Leland observes that this part of the story matches the "tunnel experience" reported by many NDers. But instead of taking Don to an afterlife environment, the tunnel led him back to his reservation, where he saw his family. Though unable to make contact with them, he did communicate with his great-aunt, an elderly woman who was still alive at the time and who was reputed to be a "witch." Don was apparently quite afraid of this woman, inasmuch as witches were said to feed on the souls of young people in order to extend their own longevity. The encounter with a living person is fairly unusual in an NDE, but perhaps in this case it can be explained by the great-aunt's purported status as a witch, which might allow her to move back and forth between the two planes of existence more freely. In any event, she seemed to confirm that she was a witch and that witches faced severe punishment in the next life. Later, Don was to receive confirmation of this claim. Next, he was carried to "Mount Beautiful, the Judgment Seat," where he met a being clad in white buckskin. This figure corresponds to the "being of light" encountered by so many NDErs. Don himself reported: “It was a Kwanitaka, a member of the Kwan or Warrior society, who watches the kivas [underground ceremonial chambers] and guards the village to keep out strangers and let in the dead during the Wowochim ceremonies. He came up to me but did not shake hands because he was now a spirit god and doing police duty, directing good people over the smooth highway and bad people over the rough road to the House of the Dead.” Leland notes that there was no life review, but the notion of judgment is implied by [Don's] presence at the Judgment Seat and his seeing the two roads, one for the righteous and the other for witches. The Kwanitaka, or being of light, directed Don to take the clear and easy-to-follow path, which passed through a blossoming summer-like environment. Those traveling the other road, which was rocky and full of thorns, were struggling past a line of threatening snakes while carrying heavy burdens and enduring the penance of having "cactus plants fastened to their bodies in tender places." Ouch. In following the path indicated by the Kwanitaka, Don came across a group of Hopi clowns whose bodies were painted in black and white stripes. One of them greeted him as "nephew," because the clowns were related to Don by clan kinship.... He came to a boundary in the form of a deep canyon, which he identified as that of the Little Colorado River. The road stopped here. "On the walls across the canyon were the houses of our ancestors with smoke rising from the chimneys and people sitting out on the roofs." Here was the goal of the Hopi soul's afterdeath journey – the place where the Hopi ancestors first emerged into this world from the one below it. This point of emergence is identified as being in the area of the Grand Canyon, which is why Don traveled through what appear[ed] to him to be actual geographical locations to get there. But just as the NDer isn't allowed to cross the boundary – often perceived as a body of water like a river – because that would mean actual physical death, so Don himself didn't cross the Canyon. Instead, two spiritual beings, also identified as Kwanitakas, appeared and took him to a place where he experienced a ritual head-washing with suds from the yucca plant – another culture-specific element.… Two earthern pots have been prepared for Don by two more Kwanitakas, one containing red, the other white, Yucca suds. He chooses the white suds. The Kwanitaka who washes his head explains that if he'd chosen the red suds he would have died. Choosing the white ones means that he'll be allowed to return to life.… The first two Kwanitakas then take Don on a brief tour of the Afterlife in which he's allowed to witness what happens to the witches when they've come to the end of their long thorny journey, on which they are allowed to take but one step a year. Don comes to a large flaming pit used to cook sweet corn in. There he sees pairs of witches standing in each of the four cardinal directions. Each pair consists of a male and female, one naked and one clothed. The naked one, who had done harm to the clothed one, was being cast into the flames by his or her victim.… In the pit into which they’re thrown, these Hopi sinners are turned into beetles. Says the guide: "Now that's the end, and these beetles will stay here until their time comes."… What this means is unclear – whether they are doomed to remain in the pit until some final judgment is pronounced, or until they have expiated their sins, or until they are reincarnated, or… Who knows? The next part of the story also has no direct parallel to standard Western NDE's, except possibly to some "nightmarish" or "hellish" experiences. Leland writes: The Kwanitakas take Don back to the canyon edge from which he'd seen the village of his ancestors. He then perceives a terrifying figure, Masau’u, the god of death, who begins to chase him. His spirit helpers provide him with the support he needs to get back to his body before Masau’u can touch them. If Masau’u were to beat him in this race, Don would certainly die. Though that part of the NDE is foreign to most Western accounts, the next part is quite familiar: Along the way, Don encounters his uncles, the clowns, again.… One of these relatives tells him that it's not yet his time to die. This uncle then provides him with instructions for returning to his body: "Go back to the hospital and to your bed. You'll see an ugly person lying there; don't be afraid. Put your arms around his neck and warm yourself, and you'll soon come back to life.”… Don did as he was told, including running back through the tunnel that had originally brought him to the Land of the Dead. He attached himself to his body as instructed. His guardian spirit was present to help him. He heard a loud buzzing in his ears… When he came to, he surprised his nurse… Later, while recovering, Don receives another visit from his guide, whom the nurses can't see. The guide explains why he had his near-death experience and the kind of life he should live now because of it. The guide then departs. When Don exclaims over the sudden disappearance of his guide, the nurses tell him he's acting crazy. In summary, this 1907 NDE, reported as early as 1932, contains most of the classic features of Moody's NDE's: the out-of-body experience the tunnel experience the encounter with a being of light the encounter with relatives (in this case the Hopi clowns) the idea of judgment (though not a life review) the decision to return, and the shock of re-entering the body. There is also the nurse's claim that the patient was either clinically dead or nearly dead. In one version of the story, the nurse tells Don that a coffin had already been prepared for him. On the other hand, the account also contains many culturally specific elements such as the punishment of the witches the two roads the ceremony involving yucca suds the god of death who pursues Don and the realistic, familiar terrain through which Don passes. Centuries ago, the authors of the Tibetan Book of the Dead warned the newly deceased person not to be fooled by realistic but illusory images and beings who would appear in the early stages of his after-death experience. Don Talayesva's story reinforces the truth that lies behind this warning. It appears that the afterlife experience, at least in its initial stages, is highly symbolic, and that the symbolism is drawn from the experiencer's expectations and cultural values. Devout Christians see Jesus, pearly gates, or perhaps the devil; Hindus report being carried off by Yamdoots, gods assigned to transport the deceased to the next world; and in this case, a Hopi Indian sees witches, Hopi clowns, and Masau'u, the god of death.

“Over my tenure at NPU I have sat with countless LBGTQ young people who wrestle with whether or not they are worthy of love, who feel crushed under the weight of the shame they feel because of their inability to ‘overcome’ their attractions and who fear they will never be able to truly be themselves in the churches in which they were raised,” she wrote. “And I have done my best to be their pastor.”

Ferguson backs Tom Cleverley for England call-up Cleverley has had previous loan spells at Leicester, Watford and Wigan Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has tipped Tom Cleverley to break into the England squad. Ferguson said Cleverley, 21, and team-mate Danny Welbeck, 20, who made his England debut last season, will not leave Old Trafford on loan this season. Cleverley impressed on loan at Wigan last season, while Welbeck scored six goals in his loan spell at Sunderland. "Welbeck's an England international, an exceptional talent. Cleverley will play for England too," said Ferguson. The veteran United boss described midfielder Cleverly as "an intelligent modern-day footballer". "His movement and understanding of space is really good for a young player," added Ferguson. "We are happy both of them will stay with us. Because of the experience they have had, keeping them now benefits us." Both players are now with the Manchester United squad on their tour of North America, having been given extra time off following England's disappointing European Under-21 Championship campaign. Cleverley made 25 Premier League appearances for Wigan last season, as the club avoided relegation on the final day of the season. Welbeck can play as a winger or striker and his performances for Sunderland saw him make his England debut in the friendly against Ghana in March. Ferguson gave hope to Welbeck and Cleverley, and new signing Phil Jones, that they would be more than just fringe players next season by citing the examples of promising youngsters Chris Smalling and Jonny Evans in previous campaigns. Smalling, 21, joined United from Fulham last summer, and ended up making 33 appearances in all competitions. Evans, a product of the United youth system, has played 81 times for the club in the past three seasons. Ferguson has always made good use of the loan system, with the likes of David Beckham and Federico Macheda completing loan spells at Preston and Sampdoria respectively in the past.

Mobility of heavy metals in sandy soil after application of composts produced from maize straw, sewage sludge and biochar. Studies on the availability of heavy metals in composted organic materials and in soil amended with these materials are of practical significance. They are used in the assessment of the purity of the soil environment and of the biological value of plants intended for human and animal consumption. Composting of organic materials has a significant effect on changes in mobile forms of heavy metals. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of the addition of biochar and sewage sludge on (i) the contents of water soluble forms of Cu, Cd, Pb, and Zn in composts; and (ii) the contents of mobile forms of these elements in sandy soil after the addition of composts. Addition of sewage sludge and biochar to maize straw did not increase the heavy metal forms extracted with water in total content of heavy metals. The content of Cd and Cu extracted with water in composts produced from maize straw and sewage sludge, and produced from maize straw, sewage sludge and biochar was higher than the one determined in compost produced from maize straw. The content of Pb and Zn extracted with water in compost produced from maize straw, sewage sludge and biochar was lower than in compost produced from maize straw. The addition of sewage sludge and biochar to maize straw had an immobilizing effect on mobile forms of the studied elements compared to compost produced from maize straw and sewage sludge. The addition of composts to soil decreased the contents of mobile forms of Cu, Cd, and Pb extracted with 1 M NH4NO3 compared to the contents in the control soil. However, the content of Zn extracted with NH4NO3 increased in treatments with 0.5% dose of compost produced from maize straw and sewage sludge and 0.5% dose of compost produced from maize straw, sewage sludge and biochar. In none of the analyzed cases, the application of the composts produced did not exceed the acceptable content of studied elements in the soil.

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"[Whistle Blows]" " Move out!" " Yes, Sergeant!" " I want to see some sweat!" " Yes, Sergeant!" " I want to see some mud on them boots!" " Yes, Sergeant!" " Private Carmichael." " Definitely Carmichael." " He didn't do so hot on the swim test." " Yeah, but Brown's gonna wash out." " You think?" " No doubt." " Go!" "Come on!" "Overthe wall now!" " Brown's from the Air Cav." "He's only Ranger qualified." "[Jonas ] Is thatso?" " [Whistle Blows ] - [Man ] Go!" " Indeed." " Go!" " Overthat wall now!" " [Jonas ]Schoolhouse Ranger?" "That ain't good." "Oh!" "[ Groans ]" "[Jonas ] Blue 6,you all right?" "[Echoing] Soldier down!" "[ Groans ]" "I lona!" "[ Grunting ]" "[ Gasping ]" "Ilona!" "Ilona!" "Ilona, wake up." "Come on." "Come on." "Ilona." "Come on." "Wake up." " Come on." "Ilona!" " [ Speaking Foreign Language]" "It's okay." "It's okay." "Stay still!" " Stop!" "Stay still." "It's okay." " [ Screams ]" "[Whimpers ]" "What month is this?" "November." "And what areyou doing here?" " I'm a translator." "I'm going to translate." " Going to?" " I alreadytranslated." " Okay." "And how long have we known each other?" "Two days." " Who am I?" " My hip is broken, not my head." " [ Whimpers ]" " Too tight?" " Better." " Doyou hurt anywhere else?" "It hurts everywhere." " You have blood on your face." " [ Gasps ]" "It's nothing." "Nobody knows wherewe are." "I did as you said at the airfield." "I gave them thewrong destination." " No, no." "My people know we're here." " You radioedthem?" " Yes." " To tell them you were returning early?" "Yes." "I remember." "I rememberyou started to radio them." "[ Shivering ] Then the helicopterwent down." "Areyou sure the signal went through?" "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!" "This is Flight 31." "We've crashed in the northern Koryak Mountains." "There are two survivors." "We need medical assistance." "Over." " [ Clattering ]" " Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." "This is Flight 31." "We've crashed in the northern Koryak Mountains." "There are two survivors." "We need medical assistance." "Over." "[CallAndResponse]" "[SingingEnds]" "In mybag Ihave a cellphone." " It's gone." " Areyou sure?" " It's very small." " Trust me." "All our gear is gone." "All we have left is this knife, my sidearm and some headphones." "And whateveryou've got in your pockets." "I have a bus schedule." "It's paper." "I'll take it." "[ Speaks Foreign Language]" "Candy." " Here." " [ Chuckles ]" "No, thanks." "Save it for later." "Did you do something up there?" "[Wind Whistling]" "Did I do something?" "In the helicopter, whilewewere flying." "I don't understand." "Was it something that I did that brought the helicopter down?" " No." "I was fighting to keep it up." " Why did we crash?" "From the moment it comes offthe assembly line... all that machinewants to do is kill you." "This is like camping." "Doyoucamp whereyou're from?" "No." "I hate camping." "Well, then we better getyou out ofhere." " Will we?" " Most absolutely." " Here." " No, it's okay." " Oh." " Better?" "Mmm." "Thankyou." "Okay, okay." " [Kim ] You'llbe gone howlong?" " Could be a day, two months or anywhere in between." " Colonel Napo told you that?" " Uh-huh." "And you can'twait a week for Serena's birthday?" "I'm supposed to report at Fort Griffith at 0600 hours tomorrow." "AndColonel Napo didn't tellyou whatyou were trying out for?" " Nope." " He must've given you a hint." "Kim, you know everything I do." "Where's my kit bag?" "But that's crazy." "What ifit's some sort ofsuicide squad?" "Well, then I'll respectfullywithdraw." " And law school?" " Well, the worldis always gonna needlawyers." " It's just on hold a little longer." " Found it." "Yeah?" "Thankyou." " You want to do this?" " Napo said I'd be perfect for it." "That doesn't meanyou have to go." " No, I don't have to go." "I want to go." " 'Cause it's a challenge." "Well,yeah." " Hey, don't be upset." " I'm not." "Look, ifl get accepted, we can make the decision together." " Andlawschool?" " What?" "And law school." "You neverwanted to go." "That's true, right?" "I thought that itwould makeyou happy." "Baby, you ain't gonna make me happy making yourselfmiserable." " Look, I might not even get into this unit." " Yes, you will." " Look, I might not even get into this unit." " Yes, you will." "Because the man I married has never, ever not gotten what he set his sights on." "Allyou boys about to learnsomethingnew in the next couple days and weeks." "Can anyone guess what that is?" "State your name, rank and company." "Sergeant Robert Edison, Charlie Company, 1 st Ranger Battalion, sir!" "Oh, thewideworld has heard aboutyou, Sergeant Edison." " You hold the speed record for rappelling in your squadron." "Yes, sir!" "Andlseeyourpartnerin the Best Ranger competition back there, Sgt. Carmichael." "Hoo-ah, sir!" "You two placed second in the games lastyear." "Ain't that right?" " No, sir!" "We won." " My apologies." "What doyou thinkyou're gonna learn here, Sergeant Edison?" " How to be the best soldier in the United States Army, sir!" " Wrong." "Takeyour seat." "Anyone else?" "Whatyou willlearn here in Selection is failure!" "I know whatyou're thinking." "That lunatic Ryan has no idea who he's talking to." "But let me assure you I do." "You maybe the belle ofyourbattalion and the homecoming queen, but we got" "How many have we got going through this time, Sergeant Major?" "1 22." "1 22 ofyou handpicked for this round ofSelection." "Allofyou the mostlikelytosucceed." " You rememberSergeant Danvers?" " Sir, I surely do." "Why don'tyou tell these boys about Sergeant Danvers?" "Danvers came to us after serving threeyears in the Rangers... fiveyears Special Forces." "Multiple combat medals, including the Distinguished Service Cross." "Hewashed out his second day here." " And we had such high hopes for him." " I met Danvers once." "You." "Standup, willyou?" " Sir!" " What wereyou saying?" "I was told, sir, Sergeant Danvers was never the same after he failed Selection!" "That's becausewe broke his heart." "1 22 ofyou... and I'll dress up like Bambi if eight ofyou make it through." "Hell, ifsix ofyou pass muster, I'll dress up like Bambi and his mom." "Tell 'em why it's so hard, Sergeant Major." "Because it is ourjob to makeyou fail." "Youheardhim." "We're gonna weedout the weak." "This is not a training course." "So here's your handy guide." "Everything you do is an individual effort." "You willassist no other candidate." "You will not accept assistance." "Dailyinstructions will be given." "Pay attention!" "Read nothing into the instructions that is not stated!" "Those ofyou who fail to live up to corps standards will be removed." "If at any time... you no longerwish to continue with the Selection course... inform a cadre member ofyour desire to withdraw." "You will immediately be returned toyour parent unit." "Questions." " Have a good 'un." " Crew, atten-hut!" "Is that the bestyou can do?" "Hell, my 90-year-old grandma can move faster than that, and she's dead." " Must be a mistake." " There's no mistake, soldier." "But I don't understand why I'm being dismissed." "Failure to meet the prescribed time standard on the two-mile run." "Butyou haven't told us what the time standard is." " Well, they'll tell you on the bus ride out." " Push it!" "Push it!" "Push it!" "You were instructed to carry 40 pounds in your ruck." "As far as I can tell, your ruck's empty." "Today's your lucky day 'cause I happen to have 40 pounds right here." "You can carrythis and your ruck forthe rest ofthe day." "Yes, Sergeant!" "Blue 6, Red 2, show mewhat's in your rucks." "[Man]Allright, I want to seeyoucrawlin that dirt!" "Wait!" "Blue 6, whatwere today's instructions?" "Formation: 0600 hours." "Uniform: boots, fatigues, 40-pound rucksack." "Meals: one M.R.E." "Stop!" "Repeat that last instruction." "Meals: one M.R.E." "Did you think that meant one M.R.E. for the entire day, that we're trying to starveyou?" " Yes, Sergeant Major." " Red 2, haveyou understood the instructions?" " Yes, Sergeant Major." " Would you explain them to the other candidate?" "One M.R.E. for each meal." "Breakfast, lunch and dinner- that's three." "Well, you're wrong, Red 2, and you're out." "Blue 6,you mayproceed." "[Whistle Echoing]" "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." "This is Flight 31." "Over." "[ Static Crackling ]" "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." "This is Flight 3 1." "Over." "[Static Continues ]" " I think I found a signal." " You can talk to the airfield?" "No." "Itwon't reach." "There's not enough power." "But I thinkwe can reach something closer, like a- like a plane flying overhead." "Okay, look... ifyou see a plane... push this button and talk, okay?" "Practice a couple times." "Just don't touch any ofthe knobs." " Where areyou going?" " I'm going for higher ground." " Why?" " So I can see where we are." "[Mack, Echoing] He's back!" "What areyou, mister?" "What areyou?" "A cold sore?" "You keep coming back." "I thoughtwe cured you." "[Jonas] Took quite aspill there, son." "Canyousit up?" "Uh-huh." "[ Groaning ]" " Howdoyoufeel?" " Okay." " That's a shame." " Doyou require medical attention?" " Cut's pretty bad." "You might need a few stitches." " Okay." " Is that whatyou want?" "See a doctor?" " Uh-huh." "Soyou're requesting a medical withdrawal?" "Is that correct, soldier?" "You can have immediate medicalattention." "But ifyou do, you formallywithdraw from Selection." "Doyou understand me?" " Yeah." " Yes, you're withdrawing?" " No, I want to stay." " You're dying, son." " Wise move would be to withdraw." " I want to stay." " What are these?" " Steri-Strips." "Holdyour chin together." "In caseyou haven't noticed, you're still on the clock." "You got an 1 8-mile road march to complete." "[Man Singing On Radio ]" "[Men Laughing]" "No, no, no, no." "The best steak in the world is in Buenos Aires." " True story." " Blue 6 checking in." "Roger, Blue 6." "Want us to lay a cold one on you?" " Sure." " How doyou likeyour burgers?" "Medium rare." "Thoughtyou said you wanted a beer." "You voluntarilywithdraw from Selection right now, you'rewelcome tojoin the party." "Ifyou want to stay, keep going another 30 meters." "Another cadre member will giveyou instructions." " [Singing Continues] - [ Squawking ]" "[Squawking]" "[Squawking Continues]" "[ Groaning ]" "We'll need to boil this." "Get the fire going again." " [ Grunts ]" " What's wrong?" "Oh, nothing." "I just" " I just bruised a rib." "I was thinkingthis might make a greatstoryone day." " Areyou married?" " No." "No." "You?" "Yes." "Georgi." "And we have son, Ivan." " How old?" " He just turned six." "We hada partyforhim." "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." "This is Flight 31." "Over." "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." "This is Flight 31." "Over." "Did they hearyou?" "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." "Is anyone there?" "[ Frustrated Sigh ]" "Battery's dead." "Okay.Just" "Thereyou go." "Ooh, ooh." "Okay." " Okay?" " [ Coughing ]" " Thankyou." " All right." "I'm gonna go get some more firewood and try to find us some food." "Wait a minute." "Ifyou have to go forhel" "You think I'm just gonna walk off?" "What?" "Doyou need some privacy or something?" " I'm afraid I'm keeping you here." " Well, get over it." "The bestplan is tostaynearthe crashsite and wait forrescue." "It's not a good idea to leave unless you know whereyou're going." "You choose the wrong direction, and you're dead." "[Barking]" "[Whimpering, Animal Running]" "Red 4!" "Blue 6!" "Roger, Red 4, Blue 6." "You are now entering a combat zone." "You must each seek out and eliminate six hostiles." "You have eight rounds." "Go." ""No enterprise is more likelyto succeed than one concealed from the enemy... untilit is ripe forexecution. "" " Red 4, who said these words?" " Machiavelli." "Blue 6, who is Machiavelli?" "A statesman and political philosopher in Florence." " When?" " Fifteenth and 1 6th centuries." "You're in hostile territory, on a mission." "You come across an old shepherd." "You cannot leave him behind because he may compromiseyour position." "Doyou take him along withyou, tie him up orkillhim?" " Kill him." " Tie him up!" " And what ifyourteammatewants you to kill him?" " As I said, tie him up!" "Red4, Blue 6, move on!" "[Jonas] This is a weapons assemblytest." "In front ofyou,you haveparts forfive guns." "Use all the parts." "Assemble them as quickly as you can." "Go." "[Metal Rattling]" "Stop!" "Time." "Remove your goggles." "Red4, is something wrong?" " No, but" " But what?" "Well, I have five guns, but I have parts left over." " And what mightyou think that means?" " I don't know." "Didyou make a mistake duringassembly?" "Did you forget some pieces perhaps?" "Areyou confident thatyou assembled five guns correctly?" " I" " I believe" " Did you assemble the guns correctly?" "Yes orno?" "No." "Blue 6, how manyweapons did you assemble?" " Seven." " And why did you assemble seven guns?" "You told us to use all the pieces." " You were told there were five guns." " There are." "Then how did you take five and make seven?" "With respect, sir, add two." "Green 1, Red 1, Blue 6, you mayproceed." "Everyone else, report to Out Processing." "I'm lost, man." "They got me taking this crazy route." "Hey, come on." "There's no one around." "Give meyour map." "All right, look." "You're right here." "Walk along that ridge two clicks, you'll come to an abandoned well." "Head duewest." "They got us crisscrossing all this terrain." " Could use a damn road." " Yeah." " Hey, you have any food left?" " [ThunderRumbling]" "I wouldn't ask, man, but I'm dying here." "Ah, yeah." "Thanks." "I oweyou, man." "All right?" "Good luck." "You gotta be kidding me, man!" "Pruitt!" "Pruitt!" "Ilona!" "Ilo" " Ilona!" "Ilona, areyou all right?" "Thewind knocked everything down." "I tried to find cover." " Okay." "We can't stay here." "We gotta find some shelter." " Where?" "[ Gasps ]" "Okay?" "Okay." "Up." "Head up." "Pruitt!" " Pruitt, you there?" " I'm here!" " You okay?" " I'm stuck!" " What happened?" " Slipped." "I got pinned down when I tried to climb up." "[ Grunting ] It's too slippery." "I can't get anytraction." "Push it orsomething, man." "Come on." "[ Grunts ]" "It's too heavy." "I gotta go for help." "No." "We're both gonna get kicked out, man." "Justpull, and I'llpush." "On three." "One, two, three!" " Wait." "I think it's moving." " [ Grunts ]" "Ah!" "Crap!" "[ Grunting ]" "It's too heavy." "Go for help." "I voluntarilywithdraw." "You sure?" "Yeah." "Saywhateveryou need to protectyourself, man." "No reasonyoushould getpunishedforhelpingme." "[ Grunting ] Look, hurry, man!" "I don'twant to drown out here!" "[Ilona] The rain has stopped." "[ Gasping ]" "I'llset more traps tomorrow." "And don't worry." "I'm sure there are a lot of people out there looking for us right now." "Why did this happen?" ""Y" is a crooked letter." "Nobody ever got it straight." "My poor husband and son." "What would I give to see them again?" "I understand." "You can't know." "Ifyou're not married,you can't." "Yeah." "I'm married." "I have a family." " Beforeyousaid" " I know what I said before." "What's yourwife's name?" "Kim." "Doyou have any children?" "I have a six-year-old daughter and a baby boy." "Ifwe get out ofhere, I would verymuch like to meetyourfamily." " Mm-hmm." " Andyou can meet Georgi and Ivan." "Yeah." "We'll all get together and we'll have a picnic." "I'll bring a covered dish." "[ Laughing ]" "You've been doing your homework." " Steven?" " Mm-hmm?" "I can't feel my hands or feet anymore." " Blue 6." " Roger, Blue 6." "Pruitt." "Green 1" " He's hurt." "Where?" "[ Panting ]" " On the ridge, 20 kilometers back." " What happened?" "I don't know." "He's trapped." "He pinned his foot under a tree." "Ilona." "Ilona." "You have hypothermia." "I need you to stay awake." "Can you recite something?" "Huh?" "What?" "I need you to recite something for me." "A poem or something." "Okay?" "All right." "I'm gonna go get some morewood and set some more traps." "I'll be back before that fire is out." "Let's hear it." "Come on." "[ Murmuring In Foreign Language]" " [Murmuring Continues] - [Jonas] YoupassedSgt." "Pruitt on the course." " Did you speak to him?" " No." " Then what?" " We both moved on." "And it started to rain after a couple minutes." " I looked back to see where he was, and hewas gone." " Why?" " Why?" " Why did you look back?" " Couldn't tell you." "Instinct, I guess." " Wereyou concerned for him?" "No." "Not then anyway." "I gotworried when I looked back and I couldn't see his VS-1 7 panel." "[Mack]Because?" " Pruitt's a top Ranger." " Didn'tyou think he might be overthe ridge already?" " No." "Thatwas unlikely." " Why?" " When I passed him earlier, he seemed exhausted." " How couldyou tell?" " He looked thatway." "Why?" "What did Pruitt say?" " What he said is irrelevant." " Soyou were concerned." "Then what?" " I went back to check on him." " To offer him assistance." " To see where he was." " [Jonas ]Andthat's whenyou foundhim?" " Trapped under a tree, yes." " Andthen what didyou do?" "I ran to the R.V. to getyou." "I just got word from the hospital." "Sergeant Pruitt's dead." "[Ryan] Didyou ordidyou not offerassistance to Sergeant Pruitt?" " I did." " When?" "When I passed him on the course and again when I found him trapped." "Why'dyou lie about it?" "You liedabout it to a cadre member." "Why?" "Because it is against the rules ofSelection to offer oraccept assistance." "Knowing you violated the rules, why'd you leave a man to die?" "I didn't leave him to die." "He didn't look that bad." "Ileft him to go forhelp." "I ran all the wayto the R. V." "Seems he did finish within the time standard." "That's impressive." "You completed your mission." "Butyou left a man to die." "Which makes mewonder, Sergeant Brown- areyou always so selfish?" " Pardon?" " Seems your desire to be in this Unit..." "led you both to lie and to put the completion ofyour task... above the welfare ofanothersoldier." " In my opinion, Sgt. Pruitt's death is yourfault." " He didn't look that bad." "I'm sure his widow's gonna be thrilled to hearthat." "What do the other boys say?" "According to the report... candidate Brown is not held in high regard." "Huh." "It seems your peers thinkyou're a piss-poor soldier." "How doyou like that?" "I'm the best soldier ofthe bunch, and they can kiss my ass." " Knowing Pruitt died, would you have changed your actions?" " No, sir." "I'll askyou again." "Knowing the results ofyour actions, would you have acted differently?" " No, sir." " No, sir, you don't care about Selection?" " Yes, sir, I do." " But what?" "But I had a mission to complete, and I completed it." "You're one coldhearted snake, son." "What doyou sayto that?" " No excuses, sir." " Then you admityou left a man to die?" "Theytaught me at RangerSchool that my first responsibility is to complete my mission." "The second is to protect myteam." "Ifl cannot do both, I will complete my mission." "You think being a Ranger and RangerSchool's the same thing, son?" "What ifl told you, because ofyour mind-set, you're out ofSelection?" "Since that's whatyou're telling me, then fine." "I'm out." "[Static Crackling]" "[ Garbled Voices ]" "[ Garbled Voices ]" "Ilona." "Ilona!" "Ilona, we're leaving." "I built a radio receiver." "I picked up a local radio signal." " You said stay here." "Itwas best idea." " Yes, yes." "It usually is, unless you knowwhich wayto go." "All right." "Now I have to moveyou, okay?" "So... putyour arms around my neck." " I can't." " Hold on." " [ Grunting ] - [ Whimpering ]" "I know." "[ Grunting, Screams ]" "[ Grunts, Panting ]" "Okay." "Hereyou go." "I don't understand." "It wasn'tyourfault." " But they can still charge me with contributory negligence." " Which is ridiculous." " Not to the army." "Well, I wouldn't stand for it." "This is completely unfair." "A man is dead, Kim." "Trytelling his wife how unfair it all is." "Look, I'm not trying to be callous... butyou did everything you were supposed to do to save him." " That's irrelevant." " And look how they madeyou doubtyourself." "The truth is, theykilledhim bywhat theyput him through." " Perhaps." " There's no perhaps about it." "Would you do anything differently now?" "I" "No." "Well, in that case, ifthis is something you still care about, go back and fight." "Fight to be reinstated." "What's on your mind?" " I've been screwed over, and I thinkyou know it." " Do I?" "I left Sergeant Pruitt to finish my task and- and to go for help." "Would I have let him die had a real mission been on the line?" "You're damn right I would've because that's what I was trained to do." "But the circumstances were different." "I left Pruitt to aid him." "Sowhat?" "You want a medal for good intentions?" "I wantyou to speakwith Colonel Ran to reinstate me back into Selection." "Hate to break it toyou, son, but Selection is over." "Then I think someone owes me an apology." "How long you been in the army, boy?" "Hey, Mack." "Sergeant Brown here wants an apologyforbeing mistreated." "Okay." "Sorryyou were mistreated." "Feel betternow?" "This ain't no book club, Brown." "Ifyou want to be coddled and petted, you better go home and seeyourwife." " How did he die?" " Who?" " Pruitt." " Oh, you want to know how Pruitt died." "Infection?" "Kidney failure?" "Heart attack?" "Because when I left him, he had a broken leg... maybe." "How did he die?" " He didn't die." " What?" "Hewas discharged from the hospital yesterday." "He's back at Fort Benning now." "You lied to me?" "Well, yeah." "You let me feel personally responsible?" "How 'bout that?" "Does that makeyou sad?" "Ourjob is to makeyou fail." "Onlythe few that get by us are fit to be in the Unit." "You think I'm gonna put my life in the hands ofsomeone I can outsmart... someone who's gonna fold when things geta little dicey?" "How many got in?" "I don't think that's any ofyour concern." "Four." "Can you tell me who?" "You got that list ofthose we're supposed to notify?" " Gruninger." " Gruninger?" "I ran laps around him." " He listened to Colonel Ran." "You didn't." " Colonel Ran?" "What" "What did Colonel Ran say?" ""What ifl told you, because ofyour mind-set, you were out ofSel"" "It was a question." "[ Chuckles ]" "It was a question, not a statement." "I took myself out." "Oh, is thatwhatyou did?" "Mmm." "No one accepted mywithdrawal." "No one said itwas accepted, and" " And I completed the course, so" " I'm listening." "So IjustpassedSelection?" "You have now." "Welcome to the Unit." "[ Panting ]" "[ Grunting ]" "[ Static Crackling ]" "[ Man Singing ]" "[ Shivering ]" "Ilona?" "Ilona." "[ Grunting ]" "[Woman Crying]" "[ Crying Continues]" "[ Sniffles]" "I'm sorry." "You're too late." " Too late?" " Bob's gone." "Honey, I'm right" " I'm right here." "Hewas in the Unit, you know." "They're giving him a special award." " Why?" " For showing such bravery before he died." " But" " And you knowwhat the hardest thing is?" "This... terrible thought... that I" " I can't get out of my head- is I know Bob didn't want to come home... because he always got... whatever he wanted." " No, Kim." " [ Crying ]" "Kim." "No, don't." "Don't cry, please." "Please don't cry." "[Wind Whistling]" "[ Grunts ]" "[ Grunting ]" "Ilona." "Ilona?" "[ Grunts ]" "Ilona." "[ Gasps ]" "[CallAndResponse ]" "[Singing Ends ]"

Penn State's football was given severe punishment for the school's handling of the sex abuse scandal involving former football assistant Jerry Sandusky. NCAA President Mark Emmert made the announcement Monday morning that the program would be hit a four-year postseason ban and a $60 million fine. In addition, the school will be forced to cut 10 scholarships for this season and 20 scholarships for the following four years. The move essentially bumps Penn State down to the scholarship levels of schools at the lower Football Championship Subdivision. The school will be forced to vacate all wins from 1998-2011, a total of 112 victories, and serve five years of probation. Because of the length of the punishment, all current Penn State players and incoming freshman will be free to transfer to another school without penalty. COLUMN: Lopresti: Death penalty too much for Penn State The totality of the sanctions will have a drastic impact on the school's ability to compete in football the rest of the decade. The NCAA ruling represented a seminal moment for Emmert, the former University of Washington president whose 20-month tenure has coincided with an unpredictable and turbulent time in college sports. The spate of high-profile scandals that came to light under Emmert's watch, including one involving alleged widespread booster payments at Miami, took a backseat when Sandusky was arrested Nov. 5. The graphic nature of what then were allegations of sexual abuse against children repulsed the public and soured the sporting mood when LSU played Alabama on the most anticipated Saturday of the sport's regular season. Immediate focus centered on Paterno: How much did he know and when did he know it? Did his inaction enable a sexual predator to continue to prey on children, most from troubled homes? Paterno was soon fired, famously by telephone, because of what Penn State officials deemed a lack of leadership exhibited after former graduate assistant Mike McQueary told Paterno in 2001 that he had witnessed Sandusky sexually abuse a child of roughly 10 years of age in the Penn State locker room showers. When Paterno was ousted, more than 1,000 Penn State students flooded the campus streets, some chanting, "Hell, no, Joe won't go!" University president Graham Spanier was fired. Two other administrators, athletic director Tim Curley, who remains on leave, and now-retired vice president Gary Schultz, continue to await trial on charges of failing to report child abuse and lying to a grand jury. Both have maintained their innocence. Throughout the winter, the scandal continued to deepen as Paterno's legacy unraveled. When Paterno spoke with The Washington Post's Sally Jenkins in January --- what would be his final interview -- he appeared a weakened man, speaking with a rasp and battling lung cancer. Paterno told The Post that he did not know what to do when McQueary informed him of what McQueary saw in part "because I never heard of, of, rape and a man." Three days later, Paterno was dead, his legacy clouded, if not forever stained. In Bellefonte, Pa., last month, a jury of seven women and five men, including nine with ties to the university, found Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 counts. He was convicted of sexually assaulting 10 boys over 15 years and faces life in prison. The release of Freeh's report this month added a punctuation mark to the scandal and provided clarity to the tarnished legacy of major college football's all-time winningest coach. One page after another, all part of a nearly eight-month investigation that drew upon more than 400 interviews and 3 million documents, exposed Paterno as one of the senior university leaders who for years concealed information that could have stopped Sandusky from abusing more children. Among the most alarming findings was that Paterno had been aware of a 1998 investigation of allegations that Sandusky abused a boy in Penn State's locker room showers. Paterno followed the case closely - Sandusky was not prosecuted --- but did not take action or alert the board of trustees. (The Paterno family had recently maintained that Paterno was not aware of the 1998 investigation at the time.) Three years later, the Freeh report suggests, Paterno dissuaded Curley from having Penn State's administration report to authorities the allegations made by McQueary. And the report concluded that senior school officials did not demonstrate concern for the safety or well being of Sandusky's victims until after Sandusky's arrest. The nearly 300-page report also added fuel to the debate over whether Penn State or the NCAA should shut down the Nittany Lions' football program for at least one season and whether the university should remove the bronze Paterno statue outside Beaver Stadium, which it did on Sunday morning. The NCAA has imposed the so-called death penalty on a major college football team just once. And it has taken SMU more than two decades to recover after it was shut down in the late 1980s following a scandal that involved, among other violations, widespread booster payments to players. But with Penn State's case, the NCAA confronted a scandal unlike any the association had ever seen. The wrongdoing, while egregious, did not reflect traditional violations of NCAA bylaws. And no obvious competitive advantage was gained by the cover-up of criminal activity. Former NCAA investigators and infractions committee chairmen argued that the NCAA should leave the Penn State scandal for the criminal and civil courts. But Emmert, who recently said in a PBS interview that the death penalty remained on the table, felt compelled to punish Penn State with sanctions that would severely impact its football program for years. And with the backing of the NCAA's executive committee and the Division I board of directors, Emmert bypassed usual investigation protocol and levied an array of penalties that will long be studied and debated in the college sports world. Paterno's 409 wins and two national titles remain intact, but his statue is gone, his reputation is irreparably scarred and the program he built during a 61-year career, 46 as head coach, is left to deal with harsh NCAA sanctions and the pending rulings of ongoing investigations. With the NCAA verdict handed down, Penn State still could face further punitive measures. The Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education are conducting investigations into the school's actions in relation to the scandal. Penn State University president Rodney Erickson, complete statement: (From the Associated Press) "The tragedy of child sexual abuse that occurred at our University altered the lives of innocent children. Today, as every day, our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the victims of Mr. Sandusky and all other victims of child abuse. "Against this backdrop, Penn State accepts the penalties and corrective actions announced today by the NCAA. With today's announcement and the action it requires of us, the University takes a significant step forward. "The NCAA ruling holds the University accountable for the failure of those in power to protect children and insists that all areas of the University community are held to the same high standards of honesty and integrity. "The NCAA also mandates that Penn State become a national leader to help victims of child sexual assault and to promote awareness across our nation. Specifically, the University will pay $12 million a year for the next five years into a special endowment created to fund programs for the detection, prevention and treatment of child abuse. This total of $60 million can never reduce the pain suffered by victims, but will help provide them hope and healing. "The NCAA penalty will also affect the football program. There is a four-year ban on all post-season games, including bowl games and the Big Ten Championship game, and a future reduction in the number of football scholarships that can be granted. We are grateful that the current student athletes are not prevented from participation because of the failures of leadership that occurred. Additionally the NCAA has vacated all wins of Penn State football from 1998-2011. "We also welcome the Athletics Integrity Agreement and the third-party monitor, who will be drilling into compliance and culture issues in intercollegiate athletics, in conjunction with the recommendations of the Freeh Report. Lastly a probationary period of five years will be imposed. "It is important to know we are entering a new chapter at Penn State and making necessary changes. We must create a culture in which people are not afraid to speak up, management is not compartmentalized, all are expected to demonstrate the highest ethical standards, and the operating philosophy is open, collegial, and collaborative. "Since receiving Judge Freeh's preliminary recommendations in January, the University has instituted several reforms. Today we accept the terms of the consent decree imposed by the NCAA. As Penn State embarks upon change and progress, this announcement helps to further define our course. It is with this compass that we will strive for a better tomorrow. "Penn State will move forward with a renewed sense of commitment to excellence and integrity in all aspects of our University. We continue to recognize the important role that intercollegiate athletics provides for our student athletes and the wider University community as we strive to appropriately balance academic and athletic accomplishments. Penn State will continue to be a world-class educational institution of which our students, faculty, staff and alumni can be justifiably proud."

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HoopsVibe Very Quick Call: Mutombo is the greatest defensive player of his era and we spoke with him. Atlanta's Dikembe Mutombo is named the winner of the 1997-98 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, becoming the first player in NBA history to win the award three times. But "Mount Mutombo" wasn't done there. Three years later, he would win the award again for the fourth time in his career. The eight time All-Star led the league in blocks three times and rebounding twice, becoming arguably the most important non-offensive threat in NBA history. DM: It happened after my third year just before we beat the Seattle Supersonics in 1994 NBA playoffs. I was having such a great year and blocking shots and moving up in the league. I used to block the shot and then I would shake my hand and no one said nothing. One day I decided shaking the hand doesn't really mean nothing- maybe the best way to not come into the House of Mutombo it's best to wave my finger, so it worked out very cool. But it ended up getting me a lot of technicals. HV: How did the NBA come to ban that? Does David Stern call you personally? DM: It came from the players. You would hear from someone like Phil Jackson or something, that maybe you better stop what you're doing it's costing you a lot of money. It was good for me to do in the players face, but if I could face the fans and wave my finger away from the players face, it would be great. That's why you see in the last five years I started doing it away from the players face. So I don't have to lose a couple of thousand dollars (laughing). HV: Who was your favorite NBA player to block? DM: That's a good question. To me, not just one in particular. But I think playing against Shawn Kemp. He was such a high jumping, athletic player. HV: How gratifying was it to be the first eight seed to beat a one seed when your Nuggets beat Kemp's Sonics? HoopsVibe was fortunate enough to speak with former NBA All-Star Dikembe Mutombo HoopsVibe Very Quick Call: Mutombo is the latest pitch-man for Old Spice's "Champion Scent" line of products. During his 18 year playing career, "Mt. Mutombo" was one of the most intimidating shot blockers and rebounders of all time, leading the league in blocked shots five times and rebounds four times. Mutombo was an eight time All-Star and appeared in the NBA FInals with the Philadelphia 76ers. Dikembe Mutombo: Yes, Iteam up with Old Spice to promote the computer game and we have to save the world in 4 ½ weeks. Also to promote Champion Scent from Old Spice. It’s a wonderful game for everybody to play. HV: Let’s talk about Georgetown. You played there with Alonzo Mourning and a lot of other great players; Why couldn’t you and Zo win a national title? DM: Man, that is a major question that will haunt us for the rest of our lives. We had a chance and ultimately went to NBA to become dominant centers and we had opportunities to win in college. The opportunity was there, and we just didn’t do it. HV: How did the finger wave come to become your signature move? DM: It happened after my third year just before we beat the Seattle Supersonics in 1994 NBA playoffs. I was having such a great year and blocking shots and moving up in the league. I used to block the shot and then I would shake my hand and no one said nothing. One day I decided shaking the hand doesn't really mean nothing- maybe the best way to not come into the House of Mutombo it's best to wave my finger, so it worked out very cool. But it ended up getting me a lot of technicals. HV: How did the NBA come to ban that? Does David Stern call you personally? DM: It came from the players. You would hear from someone like Phil Jackson or something, that maybe you better stop what you're doing it's costing you a lot of money. It was good for me to do in the players face, but if I could face the fans and wave my finger away from the players face, it would be great. That's why you see in the last five years I started doing it away from the players face. So I don't have to lose a couple of thousand dollars (laughing). HV: Who was your favorite NBA player to block? DM: That's a good question. To me, not just one in particular. But I think playing against Shawn Kemp. He was such a high jumping, athletic player. HV: How gratifying was it to be the first eight seed to beat a one seed when your Nuggets beat Kemp's Sonics? DM: One of my proudest successes of my career. But I’m happy to promote the Old Spice game now. I want everyone to go to the website on your computer and play the game to save the world we only have four and a half weeks so we better do it! To play "Dikembe Mutombo's 4 1/2 Weeks to Save the World", click here. In the days leading up to and following this draft, it really all boiled down to Larry Johnson. The number one pick in the 1991 NBA Draft was arguably the greatest college basketball player of all time. Johnson was coming off a two year college career where he led unheralded UNLV to back to back Final Four Appearances and a national title, winning the Wooden Award once and being named an All American both years.

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In a letter sent today to Ohio Supreme Court justices Robert Cupp and Terrence O’Donnell, former Judge William O’Neill asked the Republican justices to recuse themselves from a case presenting conflicts of interest or refuse the campaign money that caused the conflicts of interest to begin with. “The First Energy Family has contributed more than $44,000.00 into re-election campaigns for Justices Cupp and O’Donnell this year alone,” O’Neill, a Democrat who is running for the Ohio Supreme Court, wrote. “It is simply wrong for them to continue sitting on First Energy cases.” The Ohio Supreme Court, which has seven justices decide the state’s top judicial cases, is currently handling a case involving FirstEnergy, an energy company based in Akron. More than 300,000 customers are suing the company over alleged fraud. The 11th District Court of Appeals previously ruled against FirstEnergy, and the case was appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court. The lawsuit is the fifth Ohio Supreme Court case involving FirstEnergy this year. O’Neill pointed out the lawsuit “could easily be a billion dollar case” before writing, “And the public has a right to know that the ruling was not purchased by one side or another.” Ohio Sen. Mike Skindell, a Democrat who is also running for the Ohio Supreme Court, endorsed O’Neill’s letter. In the past, he also criticized Cupp and O’Donnell for potential conflicts of interest. The offices of Cupp and O'Donnell did not immediately respond to CityBeat's requests for comment on the letter. This story will be updated if responses become available. UPDATE OCT. 4, 4:12 P.M.: Mark Weaver, spokesperson for Cupp, responded: “Mr. O'Neill previously raised this argument with disciplinary authorities by filing a complaint. It was reviewed by disciplinary authorities, and they unanimously dismissed it as having no merit.” A longtime campaign consultant has decided to jump into politics himself. Jeff Cramerding announced today that he will seek the Democratic nomination to run for Hamilton County treasurer next year. Cramerding, 38, of Price Hill, is a local attorney who has served as a consultant to numerous area politicians, mostly Democrats and Charterites. They include Denise Driehaus, David Pepper, Jody Luebbers and Chris Bortz. The campaign manager of Mike Wilson, the Republican candidate for state representative in Ohio’s 28th district, sent out a press release late afternoon Monday. Its headline read: “Wilson stands with military voters: Opposed Obama effort to attack military voting rights.” The accusation localized a national issue that had been driven through networks all weekend. It started with presidential candidate Mitt Romney. On Saturday, after Romney was asked a question about a lawsuit President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party had filed against state officials to restore all early voting in Ohio, the Romney camp posted a statement on Romney’s Facebook page: "President Obama's lawsuit claiming it is unconstitutional for Ohio to allow servicemen and women extended early voting privileges during the state’s early voting period is an outrage." The message went on to say Romney stands by the "fifteen military groups" opposing the lawsuit.To be clear, the lawsuit Obama and the Democratic Party filed on July 17 is not meant to diminish or take away anyone’s voting rights. On the contrary, it is meant to give early voting rights to everyone, including military personnel. Right now, in-person early voting begins on Oct. 2, but it is cut off three days before Election Day for everyone except military personnel and their families, who keep the right to vote in-person on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday before Election Day. If the lawsuit is successful, those three days of in-person early voting will be extended to the rest of Ohio’s voting population. So any accusation that Obama and the Democrats are trying to take away or attack anyone’s voting rights is false. But that has not deterred Republicans from using the attack. They used it in press releases and statements all day Monday. The Wilson campaign invoked the attack in its own press release when it said it opposed the “Obama effort to attack military voting rights.” But Wilson’s opposition is a bit more nuanced than the political spin Republicans have wrongfully put on Obama’s lawsuit. “I think there are a few potential outcomes out of the lawsuit: One is the three days are extended to everyone, another is the court strikes down the three days altogether,” Wilson says. Wilson is worried a court could agree with the premise of the lawsuit — that it is unconstitutional to give one group of people, meaning military personnel, extra voting rights — but not the goal of the lawsuit: that all in-person early voting rights should be extended to all Ohio citizens. The result of that ruling could be the repeal of the three extra in-person voting days. That would ensure everyone’s rights are treated equally because then no one would have the extra right of voting in-person one, two or three days early. However, this outcome is not desirable by the Obama team or the Democrats. On the contrary, Ohio Democrats have repeatedly pushed for legislation that restores early voting rights Republican legislators did away with in H.B. 194 and H.B. 224 in 2011. Before those two laws, Ohio allowed everyone to vote in-person a full five weeks before Election Day. So if Obama and the Democrats had their way, this lawsuit would not be necessary because all in-person early voting days would still be available to all Ohio voters, just like they were in 2008 and 2010. If the Obama lawsuit reaches its goal and voting rights are extended to all citizens, Wilson still has some concerns. Under that scenario, Wilson is worried military personnel would have longer lines when they go out to vote, which he says would be harder on military personnel that have restrictions on travel and free time due to their jobs. But those restrictions on travel and free time are why absentee ballots exist in the first place, and absentee ballots would be unaffected by the Obama lawsuit. Absentee ballots allow voters — traditionally military voters — to mail in ballots without showing up to a polling station. Military personnel can start mailing in absentee ballots starting on Oct. 2, regardless of the lawsuit. The two scenarios Wilson presented are similar to the reasons given by military organizations for opposing the lawsuit. Even if either scenario came true, all Ohioans — including military personnel — will still be able to vote early starting Oct. 2. The lawsuit only deals with in-person voting on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday before Election Day. Misleading headline bogs down otherwise accurate story on important issue In-person early voting in Hamilton County has been given a minimum price tag: $18,676. That’s how much The Cincinnati Enquirer says it will cost to staff polling booths in downtown Cincinnati during the early voting hours directed by Secretary of State Jon Husted. Unfortunately, in an effort to appear as if the early voting issue has two sides, the Enquirer never bothered putting the number in context. The article reads as if that number, which amounts to $406 an hour, is a big expense for Hamilton County. In reality, the additional cost would amount to about 0.009 percent of the 2012 county budget — a rounding error in the $206 million budget. Meanwhile, the Enquirer downplayed a new $300,000 cost to county taxpayers in the top story for today's paper. The article pointed out the unnecessary cost is due to county commissioners refusing to make a tough decision, but the headline made it seem like the county is getting away with little-to-no trouble. Over the weekend, Ohio’s early voting battle caught national headlines again when Doug Preisse, chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party, told The Columbus Dispatch in an email, “I guess I really actually feel we shouldn’t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine.” The statement echoed earlier statements from former Florida Republican Chairman Jim Greer, who told MSNBC that voting restrictions are an attempt to limit voting from minorities and younger voters. The admission to racial politics confirmed suspicions from Democrats that limiting early voting hours is at least partly about suppressing the vote among demographics that typically vote Democrat. The estimate comes in the middle of an ongoing controversy regarding in-person early voting hours. Husted said Wednesday that counties must all follow the same early voting hours. But the hours excluded early voting during the weekend, much to the dismay of state Democrats. In response, Democrats in Montgomery County, which is where Dayton is, decided to try having weekend voting anyway, and Husted suspended and threatened to fire the Democrats on the Montgomery County Board of Elections. Democrats were not happy with the threats. “It's outrageous and borderline criminal,” said Chris Redfern, chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, in a statement. Ohio Democrats held a rally in Columbus this morning in support of Montgomery County Democrats. The Dayton-area Democrats appeared in a hearing with Husted today to see if they will be fired from the Montgomery County Board of Elections. A decision will be given later in the week. At the hearing, Dennis Lieberman, one of the Democrats on the Montgomery County Board of Elections, said he “was not put on the board of elections to be a puppet.” Lieberman also pointed out that Montgomery County saved $200,000 in the 2008 elections by lowering the amount of precincts required with weekend voting. The controversy is following up an earlier controversy about county-by-county discrepancies in early voting hours — an issue Hamilton County barely avoided when Husted directed county boards to invoke uniform in-person early voting hours across the state a day before Hamilton County Board of Election hearings. In his first major case while moonlighting for Stan Chesley’s law firm, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters suffered a crushing defeat earlier this month when a jury rejected a product liability claim seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages. As a result, Deters has scuttled his plans to eventually move full-time into the private sector and instead will seek reelection as prosecutor in 2012, say Republican Party sources. Ohio’s median income dropped last year, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. But rates of poverty and uninsured rates remained the same. Nationwide, uninsured rates dropped from 16.3 percent in 2010 to 15.7 percent in 2011, meaning 1.4 million people gained health coverage. Some of that is attributable to health-care reform passed by President Barack Obama. Former University of Cincinnati President Greg Williams is getting a pretty nice going-away present. The Board of Trustees approved a package for Williams that adds up to more than $1.2 million. It includes a bonus, retirement benefits, consulting fees, a year’s salary and a contract buyout. Williams abruptly left UC on Aug. 21, citing personal reasons. With the support of Democrats and Republicans, the Ohio legislature approved pension reforms yesterday. The reforms lower benefits, raise contributions requirements, increase the retirement eligibility age, establish new cost-of-living guidelines and set a new formula to calculate benefits, all for future retirees. For the most part, current retirees are not affected. Senate President Tom Niehaus, a Republican, said, “We know the changes are not popular, but they are necessary.” Before the changes, the system was losing $1 million a day, according to a statement from Rep. Robert Hagan, a Democrat. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is pushing against banks that take advantage of college students. In a letter to Higher One, Brown told the bank to rework its contracts with universities. Brown wrote in the letter, “Federal student aid programs should help students prepare for the future, not extract fee income from them.” He went on to ask the bank to redo its contracts so they are “consumer-friendly and consistent with reforms that Congress enacted for the credit card market.” Vice President Joe Biden was in Dayton yesterday. During his speech, he spoke about the attack on the U.S. embassy in Libya, which led to the death of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. Biden vowed justice will be served. Numbers USA to air TV, radio ads here A conservative organization that advocates for immigration reform will begin running TV and radio commercials in Southwest Ohio next week that attempt to pressure House Speaker John Boehner (R-West Chester) to allow a vote on the “E-Verify” bill. The group, Numbers USA, said Boehner is letting the bill languish in the House Ways and Means Committee so Republicans don’t anger Latino voters in an election year. The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill last year. The commercials include a 30-second TV ad and a one-minute radio ad. Next to an image of Boehner, the TV spot states, “Meet House Republican Speaker John Boehner. He won’t let Congress vote on E-Verify. Thanks to Speaker Boehner, illegal aliens can keep American jobs. Now Americans, meet the telephone … tell him to bring E-Verify for a vote or he may not like your vote in November.” Under the bill, the federal government’s voluntary E-Verify system that is used to check the immigration status of employees would become mandatory nationwide. Currently seven states require E-Verify checks and 12 others require state agencies and contractors to use it. The federal government has operated its system for the past 15 years. About 300,000 of the 2.2 million U.S. employers with five or more employees were enrolled in E-Verify as of autumn 2011, according to workforce.com. The Internet-based system checks any employee’s personal information against the Social Security database and several Homeland Security databases. If the employee is confirmed, that person is authorized to work. If the person isn’t confirmed, he or she has eight working days to contest the finding with the Social Security Administration or the Department of Homeland Security. “Speaker Boehner has supported legislation with E-Verify in the past, and the issue is currently working its way through the committee process,” Michael Steel, a Boehner spokesman, told The Washington Times earlier this month. But Numbers USA isn’t convinced, and has launched the ad blitz in response. Numbers USA said the bill would crack down on the hiring of undocumented immigrants and free up jobs that could be taken by unemployed U.S. citizens. Critics, however, said the electronic monitoring system proposed by the E-Verify bill would be fraught with errors due to it reliance on incomplete or outdated databases. They cite the number of people who have mistakenly been placed on Homeland Security’s terrorist watch list as an example. Further, opponents believe the bill would lead to more under-the-table hiring, while some Libertarians have worried that it’s a backdoor method for implementing a national I.D. card system. The bill has caused some unlikely political alliances. Supporters of the bill include President Barack Obama, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Opponents include the American Civil Liberties Union and several labor unions. Based in Virginia, Numbers USA was founded in 1997 by Roy Beck, an author and ex-journalist who worked for anti-immigration activist John Tanton. Tanton also helped form two other groups, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). Numbers USA wants to reduce U.S. immigration levels to pre-1965 levels. The group’s website states, “The 1990s saw the biggest population boom in U.S. history … this population boom was almost entirely engineered by federal forced-growth policies that are still in place. The Census Bureau states that Americans will suffer this kind of rapid congestion every decade into the future unless Congress changes these policies.” The Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that monitors extremist groups, has said Numbers USA, FAIR and CIS have connections to white supremacist and neo-Nazi leaders. A 2009 report by the center states, “FAIR, CIS and Numbers USA are all part of a network of restrictionist organizations conceived and created by John Tanton, the ‘puppeteer’ of the nativist movement and a man with deep racist roots.” The report added, “As the first article in this report shows, Tanton has for decades been at the heart of the white nationalist scene. He has met with leading white supremacists, promoted anti-Semitic ideas, and associated closely with the leaders of a eugenicist foundation once described by a leading newspaper as a ‘neo-Nazi organization.’ He has made a series of racist statements about Latinos and worried that they were outbreeding whites.” I, for one, was comforted to hear the warm Southern drawl put on by Ohio treasurer and senatorial candidate Josh Mandel while he campaigned for Mitt Romney before Beallsville coal miners on Wednesday. As someone who recently spent six months living and working in Montgomery, Ala., it brought me back to simpler times when summer nights were spent drinking sweet tea spiked with rum on a porch and it was for some reason still OK to refer to a grown black man as “boy.” So when I heard Josh Mandel extoll the virtues of coal in a drawl reminiscent of fresh butter spread on cornbread, I immediately thought, “shucks, this guy gets me — he’s one of us.” Wait, what’s that? Mandel hails from Lyndhurst, a Cleveland suburb that’s the Hyde Park of Northern Ohio? He’s never even eaten cheese grits? (Editor’s note: CityBeat could not independently verify that Josh Mandel has in fact never eaten cheese grits.) Well now I just feel put on. The Enquirer reported that Mandel had never publicly used a Southern accent before. "As if blowing off work and hiring unqualified campaign workers and friends at taxpayer expense wasn't evidence enough of his blatant disregard for the people who elected him treasurer expecting that he'd do his job, Josh Mandel has now stooped to faking his accent as a means of earning votes," Ohio Democratic Party spokesman Andrew Zucker said in a statement. "It's sad, it's pathetic and unfortunately it's concrete proof that he is just another politician who can't be trusted." Sounding folksy or down-homey is nothing new in presidential politics. When campaigning in Alabama, Romney famously dropped “y’alls” into his speech and spoke of his newfound love for “cheesy grits” and catfish (my editor in Montgomery was quick to point out to me, another carpetbagger, that any real Southerner knows they’re cheese grits, not cheesy grits). “If you’re going to pander, at least pander well, and this isn’t pandering well,” Stephen Gordon, a Republican consultant based in Birmingham, Ala., told the Boston Herald shortly after Romney made his remarks. “People in the Deep South have a bit of a natural distrust for Northerners, especially folks from the Northeast,” said Gordon, who is not affiliated with any campaign in the Republican presidential contest. “There are cultural differences, stemming all the way back to the Civil War, and they affect the way people perceive Mr. Romney.” Romney is by no means the first to affect an accent to fit in with the natives. Both Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Bill Clinton adopted drawls while on campaign stops in the South. Though those two former presidents, from Texas and Arkansas respectively, had the bona fides to pull it off. As other states come under fire, Ohio hints at voter ID law It seems Ohio may soon get a controversial voter ID law. While speaking at a Tea Party event in Cincinnati on Monday, Secretary of State Jon Husted said the General Assembly is likely to take up a voter ID law after the November election. “I was listening to a show one night where they talked about these onerous rules, these onerous photo ID rules and the onerous rules in Ohio on photo ID,” he said. “Well, the photo ID law in Ohio is not onerous. As a matter of fact, I suspect the General Assembly will take up a more strict version of what we have after what we’ve been through with this election process.” Later on, an audience member commented on the issue by pointing out Ohioans can currently identify themselves with 12 different types of ID. In response, Husted clarified his position: “We need to streamline that because it’s really hard for a poll worker to know exactly what they’re supposed to be checking. And I’m quite confident the legislature is going to take that issue up.” Under current Ohio law, voters can go to the polls with state ID cards, driver’s licenses, military IDs, utility bills, paychecks, bank statements and other forms of ID. Republicans have sometimes criticized the many options, particularly for not being state-issued and not requiring a photo. Democrats criticize ID laws for suppressing voters. A study from researchers at the University of Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis found nearly 700,000 young, minority voters will be unable to cast a ballot due to voter ID laws. Both young and minority voters tend to side with Democrats. Republicans say the laws are necessary to protect elections from voter fraud. However, studies suggest in-person voter fraud is not a serious, widespread issue. A News21 report, a Carnegie-Knight investigative reporting project that looked at national public records, found 10 cases of alleged in-person voter fraud since 2000. That’s less than one case a year nationwide. The audio clips from the event, which was provided by the Ohio Democratic Party, can be heard here and here. Husted’s office could not be immediately reached for comment. This story will be updated if a comment becomes available. UPDATE (4:25 P.M.): Matt McClellan, spokesperson for Husted, called CityBeat after this story was published. "The Tea Party has generally been critical of the secretary's position on voter ID," he said, referring to Husted's past opposition of strict voter ID laws. "The comments he made at the event last night were environmental in general about what the secretary thought had been happening at the statehouse. His position, in general, is unchanged." When pressed about what Husted meant when he advocated for "streamlining" laws, McClellan said Husted supported "simplification" of the current system. McClellan could not offer more details on what that means, and he said specifics would be up to the legislature to decide. Chris Redfern, Ohio Democratic Party chairman, responded to Husted’s suggestions in a statement: “As if Secretary of State Husted has not done enough to undermine access to Ohio’s polls, now he’s planning a secret post-Election Day assault on what forms of identification voters can present to cast a ballot. It’s no surprise that after slashing voting access across the state, using his office for partisan advantage, and lying about Issue 2, now Husted is making plans to create obstacles for African Americans and seniors to vote.” U.S. Senate candidates argue over records, economy, social policy In the first of three debates for Ohio’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Josh Mandel agreed on little and clashed on a lot. Each candidate mostly focused on the opposing candidate's record, but the debate today did move to substantial differences in policy at some points. The debate started with opening statements from a noticeably feisty Brown, who criticized Mandel for calling his vote for the auto bailout “un-American.” On the other side of the aisle, Mandel began his opening statement with a joke about shaving before he turns 36. The joke was the last time either of the men spoke with a light heart. The candidates blasted each other mostly for their records. Mandel touted Ohio's and the nation’s higher unemployment rate since Brown took office in 2006, energy prices and the U.S. debt. He also said the Senate had not passed a budget in three years, although Congress has actually passed budget resolutions in that time. Brown fired back with claims Mandel had filled the state treasurer’s office with cronies. He also criticized Mandel for running for four different political offices in seven years. In his closing statement, Brown said Mandel is “too concerned about running for his next job” to be trusted. On substance, Brown and Mandel criticized just about everything about each other. Brown claimed Mandel signed away his “right to think” by agreeing to lobbyist Grover Norquist’s pledge to not raise taxes while in office. He said the pledge makes it so if Mandel does take office, he’ll never be able to close tax loopholes for big corporations. Mandel defended the pledge by saying, “I’m proud to stand for lower taxes in our state and lower taxes in our country.” He added, “I will do everything I can to advocate for lower taxes across the board for the middle class and job creators as well.” The term “job creators” is typically used in politics to reference wealthy Americans, who Republicans claim create jobs through the theory of trickle-down economics. The economic theory states that wealthy Americans will hire more lower-class Americans if they have more money and freedom, essentially creating a trickle-down effect on wealth from the rich to the poor. Although Republicans still tout the theory, some economists, including Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, say the financial crisis of 2008 and the deregulation that led to it prove trickle-down economics do not work. The candidates also debated their positions on the auto bailout. Mandel said he would not have voted for the auto bailout if he was in the Senate in 2009. In his defense, he cited the experience of Delphi workers, who lost part of their pensions as part of the deal auto companies made with workers after the federal bailout. Mandel then said, “I’m not a bailout senator. He’s the bailout senator.” Brown responded by saying, “These are real jobs and real people.” He then cited examples of people helped by the growing auto industry. Brown’s arguments are backed by economic data, which has repeatedly credited the growing auto industry for the nation’s growing economy. In the first quarter of 2012, the auto industry was credited for half of the nation’s economic growth. When he was asked about higher education, Brown established the key difference between the candidates in terms of economic policy. Brown said his policies in favor of government investment in higher education are about supporting the middle class to create growth that starts in the middle and spreads out, while Mandel supports tax cuts that emphasize a trickle-down approach. Mandel did not deny the claims, and instead blamed Brown’s policies for the high unemployment rate and debt issues. The men continued to show similar contrasts on the budget, taxes and economy throughout the entire debate, but there seemed to be some common ground regarding energy independence. When the topic came to hydraulic fracturing — or “fracking” — Brown said becoming energy independent would have to involve all possible energy sources. In substance, Mandel agreed, although he also praised fracking regulations recently passed by the Ohio legislature and Gov. John Kasich. As far as energy issues go, the agreement stopped there. When Brown was asked about President Barack Obama's alleged “war on coal,” Brown said there was no war on coal and claimed there are more coal jobs and coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago. Mandel disagreed and claimed there is a war on coal. He added if Obama is the general in the war on coal, Brown is Obama's “lieutenant.”Brown previously supported federal regulations on mercury that some in the coal industry, including the Ohio Coal Association, claim will force coal-fired power plants to shut down. The regulations go into effect in 2015. On abortion, Mandel proudly claimed he was pro-life, while Brown said, “Unlike Josh Mandel, I trust Ohio women to make their own health care decisions.” Brown also criticized Mandel for not establishing exceptions for rape, incest and the health of the mother in his anti-abortion stance. Many more issues, from term limits to Middle Eastern culture, were covered in the debate. The candidates drew sharp contrasts in all these areas with Brown typically holding the liberal position and Mandel typically holding the conservative position. But despite the feisty language and deep policy contrasts, when the debate ended, the candidates smiled, shook hands and patted each other on the back. They will meet again in Columbus on Thursday and Cincinnati on Oct. 25.

Group Rates(9+ Rooms) Save up to 70%! Get group rates for Weddings, Meetings or Any Event! About The Hotel Property LocationWith a stay at Kandy Holiday Home in Central Province (Kandy District), you'll be convenient to Kandyan Art Association & Cultural Centre and International Buddhist Museum. This guesthouse is within close proximity of National Museum and Lakeside Adventist Hospital. RoomsMake yourself at home in one of the 7 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms with showers are provided. Conveniences include desks and ceiling fans, and housekeeping is provided on a limited basis. AmenitiesTake in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access. DiningEnjoy a meal at a restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the guesthouse's room service (during limited hours). Business, Other AmenitiesA roundtrip airport shuttle is provided at no charge. Guest Reviews Property LocationWith a stay at Kandy Holiday Home in Central Province (Kandy District), you'll be convenient to Kandyan Art Association & Cultural Centre and International Buddhist Museum. This guesthouse is within close proximity of National Museum and Lakeside Adventist Hospital. RoomsMake yourself at home in one of the 7 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms with showers are provided. Conveniences include desks and ceiling fans, and housekeeping is provided on a limited basis. AmenitiesTake in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access. DiningEnjoy a meal at a restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the guesthouse's room service (during limited hours). Business, Other AmenitiesA roundtrip airport shuttle is provided at no charge.

Q: NodeJS Grab "live" output from other progress (for TL;DR / short question - look below) I have written a little program in C that spits out a bunch of numbers based on my microphone input (avarage heard sound frequency) - i want to do stuff with those numbers (recognizing whistle patterns etc.). Now the program works fine - it spits out about 30 numbers per second ended with a newline. Now I need this information in my nodejs program and i actually need to parse it real-time (or as fast as possible). I've tried using exec and spawn, both with .pipe and just hooking into the .stdout events. Problem is that those seem to be buffered. Code: whistleListen = spawn('./dist/sndpeek', ['--nodisplay','--print','--rolloff-only']); whistleListen.stdout.on('data', function (data) { console.log('stdout: ' + data); }); The effect is that the program starts, then it takes a few seconds, and then instantly i get about 200 lines. It looks like the output is being buffered. I do not want that - best thing would be to receive it realtime, just keep reading until i hit a \n, then parse the number, and do something with it. Is there any way to accomplish this? TL;DR NodeJS spawns a program (tried exec and spawn), and i hook into the stdout of the program. The program spits a lot of lines with numbers (about 40 lines per second). I need to parse this data realtime, but when i use the callback handles, i get 1 dump of about 200 lines every few seconds. I need to speed it up. Thanks in advance! A: Found it! Turns out it wasn't NodeJS, but my C program. I've added this line setbuf(stdout, NULL); and now the fprintf(); doesn't buffer anymore and i get a new line for every .stdout event in my node app.

Angel Mom Agnes Gibboney says the sanctuary state of California is set to re-traumatize herself and her family by freeing her son’s murderer, an illegal alien, from prison without turning him over to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency for deportation. Gibboney — whose 29-year-old son Ronald Da Silva was killed by an illegal alien in 2002 in El Monte, California — is pleading with California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to make sure that her son’s killer is turned over to ICE for deportation rather than being freed into the U.S. The illegal alien killer had been previously deported from the U.S. and a year before murdering Silva was arrested for assault and domestic violence but was never deported. In an exclusive with SiriusXM Patriot’s Breitbart News Tonight, Gibboney said the fact that her son’s killer is likely to be freed by California is unfair to legal immigrants and American citizens like her. LISTEN: “He is due to be released and my fear is because of [California’s] sanctuary state policy,” Gibboney said. “ICE is not going to be notified and he is not going to be picked up and he’s going to be released back into the community.” “It’s really frustrating and I can honestly say that the initial loss of my son was incredibly traumatizing and this is the second traumatization that my local government is creating in my life,” Gibboney continued. “You know when I think about the illegal aliens saying that they’re going to sue our president or sue our government because they are distressed because they are in fear of getting caught by ICE, get out of here. So if they’re going to sue, what should I sue for?” “My family has been damaged in the worst way possible,” Gibboney said. “We are permanently separated from my son. They get to visit, they get to see their families. This individual will get to see his family. I will never get to see my son again.” Gibboney told Breitbart News that her son’s killer has classified himself as “transient” and thus if released into California will make it even more difficult for ICE agents to track him down for arrest and deportation. “It’s mind-boggling. As a legal immigrant, where are the safety and protections for myself, for my family? I have to watch over my back every minute if this guy comes after me because I am very outspoken,” Gibboney said. “I’m not afraid. I am going to stand up for my country,” Gibboney said. “I’m going to stand up for my president. And I’m going to stand up for my red, white, and blue, because I do not owe illegal aliens anything. I will not cater to illegal aliens and they shouldn’t come to our country to demand that we do anything for them.” Gibboney said that for the last 17 years, she has been “really bothered” that she, as a taxpayer, has had to pay more in state taxes to pay for the living conditions of illegal aliens like her son’s killer. “It is absolutely incredible and every American should open their eyes, because today my family was victimized, tomorrow it could be yours,” Gibboney said. “We cannot afford to have any more lives lost and families victimized.” “It’s not fair that they come here demanding things that they are not entitled to and we, the American taxpayers, are picking up the tab to support them because they make demands and we have to give it to them,” Gibboney said. “… that’s a slap in the face.” As Breitbart News has chronicled, California — with one of the most expansive sanctuary state laws in the nation — has likely helped free at least 5,000 criminal illegal aliens back into American communities. In the sanctuary jurisdiction of Los Angeles County, California, federal immigration officials have testified to Congress that about 100 criminal illegal aliens are released every single day back into the general public without any notification to ICE agents. Roughly 80 percent of illegal aliens freed by sanctuary jurisdictions go on to commit more crimes against Americans, federal data has concluded. John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter at @JxhnBinder.

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Voltage Imaging in the Study of Hippocampal Circuit Function and Plasticity. Synaptic plasticity has the capacity to alter the function of neural circuits, and long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic transmission induced by high frequency electrical activity has the capacity to store information in neural circuits. The cellular and molecular mechanisms of LTP have been studied intensively for many years and much progress has been made on this front. By contrast, how synaptic plasticity alters circuit function has received much less attention and remains poorly understood. Voltage imaging provides a powerful general technique for the study of neural circuitry, and studies of synaptic plasticity with voltage imaging are beginning to reveal important aspects of how the function of a neural circuit can change when the strength of its synapses has been modified. The hippocampus has an important role in learning and memory and the plasticity of its synapses has received much attention. Voltage imaging with voltage sensitive dye in the CA1 region of a hippocampal slice has shown that spatial patterns of enhancement following LTP induction can diverge from the spatial patterns elicited by electrical stimulation, suggesting that LTP exhibits a distinct organizational structure. LTP can alter the throughput of electrical activity in the dentate gyrus of a hippocampal slice, to gate transmission on to the CA3 region. The spatial patterns evoked by complex electrical stimulation can be stored within the CA3 region in a hippocampal slice, allowing patterns to be reconstructed with simpler electrical stimulation. Thus, voltage imaging has demonstrated that the CA3 circuit has the capacity for pattern completion. These studies with voltage sensitive dye illustrate a range of interesting and novel questions that can be addressed at the population level. It is hoped that future imaging experiments with single-cell resolution using genetically-encoded voltage sensors will provide a more detailed picture of how synaptic plasticity modifies the information processing capabilities of neural circuits.

Implementing a perinatal clinical information system: a work in progress. Implementation of a clinical information system is a work in progress. There are many factors to consider, including (a) clearly defining the scope of the project and associated goals, (b) identifying background, skills, and beliefs of the key players, (c) assessing the unit's strengths and weaknesses, (d) assessing the current documentation's strengths and weaknesses, (e) assessing the clinical information system's strengths and weaknesses, (f) determining the project's constraints, and (g) discussing different implementation strategies. This article describes how these factors were considered during implementation of a clinical information system in a labor and delivery unit.

A scooter is a popular sports product for today's youngsters and children. There are many kinds of scooters and their auxiliary entertainment functions are increasing. In order to meet the various entertainment needs of youngsters, a scooter with multiple entertainment functions needs to be developed. The Content of Utility Model The technical problem to be solved by this utility model is to provide a bubble-generating scooter for children so as to increase children's interest in scooters and enhance pleasure. The technical solution adopted by this utility model is: a bubble-generating scooter for children, comprising: a footrest assembly, a handle assembly and wheels, and being characterized by further comprising a bubble-generating device mounted on the scooter. Preferably, two of the wheels are provided at the rear portion of the scooter; a footrest carrier is provided between the two wheels; and the bubble-generating device is mounted on the footrest carrier. Preferably, connecting posts are provided to the housing of the bubble-generating device. The bubble-generating device is connected to the footrest carrier through the connecting posts and self-tapping screws. Preferably, the bubble-generating device comprises: a liquid storage tank having a liquid inlet provided at the top thereof and a liquid outlet provided at the bottom thereof; a bubble-ejecting barrel having an upper opening and a lower opening, with a liquid inlet port being provided at the top of the bubble-ejecting barrel, wherein a film-hanging needle which can rotate around the central axis of the bubble-ejecting barrel is provided at the center of the upper opening, the rotational shaft of the film-hanging needle being connected with a connecting pipe; a blower whose vent port is connected with the lower opening of the bubble-ejecting barrel; a transmission device having a plurality of output shafts; a liquid transporting device for transporting liquids; wherein the liquid inlet port of the bubble-ejecting barrel is connected with the liquid outlet port of the liquid storage tank through a hose passing through the liquid transporting device; and the liquid transporting device, the blower and the connecting pipe connected to the rotational shaft of the film-hanging needle are connected to each of the output shafts of the transmission device, respectively. Preferably, an overflow opening is provided to the top of the bubble-ejecting barrel and is connected with the liquid inlet port of the liquid storage tank via an overflow hose. Preferably, the transmission device includes a motor, a worm, a worm wheel, a first gear, a second gear, a first pinion, a second pinion, a first shaft, a second shaft and a third shaft; wherein the worm is connected with an output shaft of the motor, and the worm wheel is meshed with the worm; both the first pinion and the worm wheel are mounted on the first shaft, and the first gear and the first pinion are meshed with each other; both the second pinion and the first gear are mounted on the second shaft; the second pinion and the second gear are meshed with each other; and the second gear is mounted on the third shaft; the blower is connected to another output shaft of the motor; and the lower portion of the connecting pipe connected with the film-hanging needle is connected with the third shaft. Preferably, the liquid transporting device includes a cylindrical barrel provided at the bottom of the lower housing of the transmission device, wherein two openings are provided at the symmetrical positions on the circumference of the barrel so that the hose connected between the liquid inlet port of the bubble-ejecting barrel and the liquid outlet port of the liquid storage tank passes through the two openings, thereby allowing a portion of the hose to be disposed inside the barrel. The second shaft, passing through the lower housing of the transmission device, is disposed in the center of the barrel. A rotational arm which rotates together with the second shaft is fixed to the end of the second shaft, wherein each of the two ends of the rotational arm is provided with a support shaft on which a rotational body is provided, and the rotational body periodically presses against the hose inside the barrel as the rotational arm rotates. Compared with the prior arts, this utility model has the advantage of a simple structure with multiple functions. When a child rides the scooter, the bubble-generating device can generate bubbles continuously, thus improving the pleasure of the sport.

The invention relates to a clutch plate for a motor vehicle friction clutch, and in particular a clutch plate with a torsional vibration damper which comprises a friction arrangement with entrained friction. A clutch plate for a motor vehicle friction clutch is known from DE-A-3 922 730 (U.S. Pat. No. 4,998,608), of which the torsional vibration damper comprises a spring arrangement designed for idle running in addition to a load spring arrangement designed for load running. The load spring arrangement comprises two lateral discs which are connected to form a unit, are rotatably mounted on a hub of the clutch plate and between which there is arranged a hub disc coupled torsionally elastically via several springs to the lateral discs. The hub disc is connected to the hub non-rotatably but with rotational play via teeth. The rotational play of the teeth determines the operating range of the idling spring arrangement mounted between the hub disc and one of the two lateral discs. The spring arrangements are allocated a plurality of friction arrangements which are provided in the space radially between the hub and the region of the springs of the load spring arrangement. An idling friction arrangement arranged in the region of the teeth allows basic friction during idle running. Friction means of a load friction arrangement which is effective during load running is provided radially above the teeth on either side of the hub disc. The friction means of the load friction arrangement are fixed between the two lateral discs by an axially acting spring, the force trend of this spring closing via an input part of the idling spring arrangement toward the hub disc of the load spring arrangement. A so-called entrained friction arrangement radially overlaps the input part of the idling spring arrangement, this friction arrangement being arranged axially between the input part and the adjacent lateral disc and comprising, at this point, a friction ring resting on the lateral disc, a control disc and an axially acting spring for generating the frictional force. The control disc is coupled via axially acting tabs to an output part of the idling spring arrangement resting non-rotatably on the hub. The tabs of the control disc engage in recesses in the output part with play in the peripheral direction which is smaller than the rotational play determined by the teeth of the hub disc and defining the operating range of the idling spring arrangement. In the known clutch plate, the friction ring of the entrained friction arrangement rests in an outwardly curved bulge of the lateral disc. The bulge widens the external contour of the torsional vibration damper in an axial direction in an undesirable manner.

Q: Regarding the Look and Feel in Java In Java, I want to set the Look and Feel of the program (specifically to the 'get system look and feel'). Is it necessary to set the look and feel inside each component (aka, each JPanel, each JFrame)? Or is setting the look and feel once, enough to affect the whole application? If once is enough, then where should I place the code to do so (in what class?) A: You define it in the main method and it will be used everywhere. This is the main screen's main method: Example: /** * Launch the application. */ public static void main(String[] args) { EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { try { MainScreen mainWindow = new MainScreen(); UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName()); mainWindow.frame.setVisible(true); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }); }

Tag Archives: Yemen With the P5+1 Iran Nuclear deal on the table last week, we turn our eyes to Iran and her varied global and regional machinations. Is Iran ascendant, over-stretched, or is it a wash? Friend of the podcast Behnam Ben Taleblu joins us again to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, as well as Iranian regional military and political operations. Although the Saudi-led Operation RESOLUTE STORM (alternately translated as DECISIVE STORM) began with air strikes into Yemen on March 26 and continue as of this writing, the heightened level of regional activity also includes maritime operations. These national and multi-national operations highlight the importance of naval platforms and presence. Yemen is strategically located with the heavily-trafficked Red Sea to its west and the Gulf of Aden along its southern coast. Some twenty thousand ships transit the Gulf of Aden annually. Yemen’s ports have been largely closed to commercial traffic. Earlier this year, the US and other nations began pulling out of embassies and recommending their citizens leave Yemen at the earliest opportunity. Once RESOLUTE STORM began, airspace was restricted with limited flights out of the country. Consequently, several countries have been evacuating its citizens via comparatively safer ports such as Aden in the Gulf of Aden and Hodeidasituated along the Red Sea. One Pakistan Navy ship got underway from Pakistan on Sunday while a second planned to depart the following day, both for the port of Hodeida where some 600 Pakistani citizens were converging. Indiasent five ships to evacuate approximately four thousand nationals from Hodeida. The passenger ships include the M/V Kavaratti and M/V Corals. The Indian Navy ships include the Delhi-class destroyer Mumbai, the Talwar-class frigate Tarkash, and the Saryu-class patrol vessel Sumitra. While the majority of Operation RESOLUTE STORM activities have been air strikes with the possibility of a future ground conflict, the domestic instability in Yemen and on-going military operations underscore the importance of naval platforms, presence, and the varied operations that can be conducted by navies. Naval activity in the region by regional and international actors can be expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Possible future naval missions could include patrols designed to prevent Iran’s resupply of Houthi forces from the sea. Previous attempts by the Iranians to smuggle modern weapons to Houthi forces, such as the Jeehan 1 in January 2013, were foiled by Yemeni government forces. It is doubtful such naval capability still exists in non-Houthi Yemeni elements so multi-national forces will need to take on the maritime interdiction role. The operations also highlight the PLA/N’s increasing capability. China began sending anti-piracy flotillas off the Horn of Africa in 2008 at the height of Somali pirate activity. To date, the PLA/N has sent nineteen flotillas, each comprised of two warships and one supply ship. These uninterrupted operations have enabled the Chinese to become familiar with long-term operations, logistics, and the importance of presence. Without the PLA/N’s experience in the region, it is unknown how or if it could have extracted its citizens from Yemen in a timely fashion. A new op-ed in a Chinese newspaper on March 30 points out that “China has evacuated hundreds of its nationals from war-torn Yemen by Monday, in demonstrating responsibility and humanistic care toward its citizens. In the era of globalization, coupled with China’s increasing presence in the world, more Chinese nationals are living and working overseas.”Another online commenter on China’s Sina Weibo stated: “The strength of the motherland is not about the visa-free agreements with other countries, but that it could bring you home from danger.” Put simply: The Navy protects you. One might ask, given budget priorities, have Americans and Europeans forgotten this? Claude Berube is a history instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy and author. Stephanie Chenault is the Chief Operating Officer of Venio Inc. and a Policy & Strategy Consultant for the Department of Defense. Louis Martin-Vézian is the co-president of the French chapter at CIMSEC.org, and the founder of CIGeography, where he post his maps and infographics on various security and defense topics. He is currently studying Geography and Political Science in Lyon, France. Facilitating the passage of 11% of the world’s petroleum annually, the juncture of the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea manifests compelling geopolitical and strategic value for global economies. With an increased naval presence in the Red Sea, the Saudi Royal family has sought to develop a backdoor for crude oil export thusminimizing Iran’s ability to manipulate oil markets with threatening rhetoric in blocking the Strait of Hormuz. This week’s continuing revolution in Yemen represents a significant change to the political and economic landscape, which dictates the power-share and balance dynamics once centered exclusively in the Persian Gulf. Launching an offensive in February of 2014, the Houthis, a Shi’a tribe from the northwest border-region of Yemen, made significant gains by September of 2014 in securing key terrain just 10-miles north of Yemen’s capital, the El Rahaba International Airport. With the overrunning of the Yemeni presidential compound in January 2015 followed by the resignation of President Hadi, a move formally rejected by the Yemeni parliament, the country has experienced severe political decay. In the wake of the Houthis’ offense, the Yemeni political insurgent faction known as the Southern Separatist Movement, or simply al-Harik, has also declared independence inciting violence in the streets of their self-declared capital in the city of Aden. With various factions vying for sovereignty in Yemen, questions arise regarding who stands to benefit from Yemen’s dissent into chaos. The collapse of the Yemeni government will significantly destabilize an already volatile region. With the introduction of a Shi’a confederation in Sana’a, and al-Harik declaring independence in Aden, Saudi Arabia will be forced to address an increase of Yemeni refugees fleeing an impending ethnic conflict. Moreover, instability on Saudi Arabia’s southern border comes at a time when an ambiguous low-intensity conflict rages on their northern border between adolescent Iraqi forces and fighters of the well-funded Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). A cause for concern, the rapidly degrading situation along Saudi’s Iraqi border has resulted in the refunding of a once dormant public service project erecting a fence to prohibit the flood of refugees. In the wake of Daash leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s recent calls to attack targets inside of Saudi Arabia, the challenge to protect and defend the Kingdom, and to preserve Mecca as a religious icon for Muslims worldwide, has expounded tenfold. Requiring Saudi officials to react simultaneously to threats against both internal and external state formations, Iran single handily stands to gain from this test of Saudi’s regional superiority. The timing of the Houthi rebellion in Yemen has been impeccable, consummating at the moment of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz’s death in Jeddah, amidst struggling Saudi economic markets leaving the Kingdom reeling under the pressure of state guaranteed oil subsidies, and at a critical time of escalated political violence in Iraq. Recent events in Iraq and Yemen challenging Saudi Arabia’s ability to guarantee regional stability, appeal to a Persian Gulf regional security complex argument lending significant motivation and intent to subversive Iranian security policy designed to rebuke Saudi regional superiority. Inspiring multiple security dilemmas simultaneously, a subversive Iranian offensive waged by proxy would look suspiciously similar to the current state of affairs. Though the timing and efficiency of the Houthis’ coup indicates a calculated and decisive military action, without empirical evidence connecting the Ayatollah to destabilizing trends in Yemen, Iranian stoking of regional instability is circumstantial at best. It appears however, that after near-term security challenges are addressed, Saudi Arabia will have to negotiate with a budding Shi’a presence strategically located at the adjoining fulcrum of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. With the possibility of an Iranian backed Shi’a government in control of the southern sea-lanes allowing passage to 21,000 seafaring vessels annually, this would imply Persian influence over Saudi’s backdoor to global economic prosperity in the coming decade. Captain William Allen is a US Marine currently serving as company commander of A Co. 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division. Graduating from Columbia University’s Middle East Institute with a masters in Islamic Studies, Captain Allen is a Fellow with the Truman National Security Project and is currently serving as the Joseph S. Nye National Security Intern at the Center for a New American Security with their Technology and National Security Program. Captain Allen’s writings can be found in the Small Wars Journal and the International Relations and Security Network at ETH Zurich. The views expressed in his writing are his alone. This piece was written in response to the Presidential address on ISIL and as part of our Strategic Communications week. 13 years ago America woke up to the Long War. September 10th was a sadly appropriate time for the President to address the continuation of the conflict: ISIL – the message of the speech was that this Long War will continue to be so. As a piece of strategic communication, the speech laid out something best said by .38 Special: The president’s intent was to explain the threat of ISIL, then walk the fine line of both destroying ISIL and avoiding the entanglement he sees in America’s thirteen years of ground war. In short, America will destroy ISIL, but America will not be the one to destroy ISIL – America will look to Arab partners, the Iraqi military, and the Syrian opposition, with the support of American advisers and airpower. Let’s go into the details of looking at this speech, not for the policy, but as a piece of strategic communication. To Everyone:ISIL Is a Threat & Will Be Destroyed While we have not yet detected specific plotting against our homeland, ISIL leaders have threatened America and our allies. Our intelligence community believes that thousands of foreigners, including Europeans and some Americans, have joined them in Syria and Iraq. Trained and battle-hardened, these fighters could try to return to their home countries and carry out deadly attacks. This was considered by many the President’s moment to explain, particularly to the American people, explicitly the threat posed by ISIL, which he did by drawing the thread between opportunity, capability, and intent: the proven brutality and capability of ISIL, the stated aims, and their ability to get people of bad intent to us. This was likely aimed at European audiences as well. I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are… This is a core principle of my presidency: If you threaten America, you will find no safe haven. That message and its purpose probably doesn’t need any explanation. To Middle Eastern Actors in General : We’ll Be Holding On Loosely This is not our fight alone. American power can make a decisive difference, but we cannot do for Iraqis what they must do for themselves, nor can we take the place of Arab partners in securing their region… …This counterterrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out ISIL wherever they exist, using our air power and our support for partners’ forces on the ground. Whether we can rely on the emergence of an enemy’s enemies coalition or an inclusive Iraqi government is to be seen, but this speech was likely meant as a final signalling to those in and around this cross-border conflict that the US will not be the one to “contain” this situation, and that the ongoing proxy war may threaten to consume all of them. The thinking may be that regional actors, once realizing the US will not “swoop in” will turn upon this conflict’s most disturbing symptom rather than each other. No particular partners are mentioned other than the new Iraqi government, Kurdish Forces, and the vague “Syrian opposition” – the particulars of a specific Syrian opposition group, Iran, Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and many of the gulf states who choose to playing a part in extending this crisis are left out. This is likely on purpose, requiring no explanations of whose name was said, left out, or why. Iraqi and Kurdish forces. This is a side note to the more general trend, but the division of Iraqi and Kurdish forces should be recognized in the language. This could be a natural result of the bifurcation of the two forces’ effort in fighting and the desire to recognize the enormous contribution of the Kurds or a more subtle political intent. To Congress: But We Won’t Let Go We will degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter terrorism strategy. That the US is now firmly aimed at ISIL and alot of resources, thought not troops, will be aimed in their direction. This not surprise to anyone – more importantly, the president communicated two specific points to Congress: he needed not seek their specific approval, but wanted to engage them & desperately wishes for them to expand their engagement in Syria. I have the authority to address the threat from ISIL. But I believe we are strongest as a nation when the president and Congress work together. So I welcome congressional support for this effort in order to show the world that Americans are united in confronting this danger… …It was formerly al-Qaida’s affiliate in Iraq and has taken advantage of sectarian strife and Syria’s civil war to gain territory on both sides of the Iraq-Syrian border. Tonight, I again call on Congress, again, to give us additional authorities and resources to train and equip these fighters. In the fight against ISIL, we cannot rely on an Assad regime that terrorizes its own people — a regime that will never regain the legitimacy it has lost. Here the President is extending the discussion from earlier discussions on involvement in Syria – this is a point he does not plan on giving up, though in this speech it was buried in the larger narrative of his over-arching strategy. Having previously discussed the brutality of ISIL, he wishes to show how Assad cannot be a partner in their defeat – having already shown the same brutality. Realists would debate this point – but the president illustrates throughout the speech an intent to engage soft power and counter ideology. This will be something he will continue to push in the future. To the American People: Won’t Cling Too Tightly, and Lose Control The president is trying to establish certain foundational points here with the American people for their support: As I have said before, these American forces will not have a combat mission. We will not get dragged into another ground war in Iraq… …I want the American people to understand how this effort will be different from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil. 1.) The US will not go full-bore into this conflict, “returning” or being “dragged” back into what they’ve been used to for a decade. This was the great fear when the Syria debate arose, and one the President would like to avoid. This is likely meant to “cut off at the pass” the likely debate of mission creep, or at least hold off discussion and a potential negative consensus if it does happen. We can’t erase every trace of evil from the world and small groups of killers have the capacity to do great harm… …It will take time to eradicate a cancer like ISIL. 2.) Keeping expectations realistic. The strategy laid-out is, indeed, a long one – and the statement that “we can’t erase every trace of evil from the world” is an acceptance that many more like-threats will come in the future. The President likely wishes to avoid any sense of triumphalism or expectation of a quick victory that will later be dashed and undermine support for the mission. …any time we take military action, there are risks involved, especially to the servicemen and -women who carry out these missions. 3.) This is to set up the expectation of risk – with personnel in-theater and aircraft overhead, any discussion of this being “low risk” would immediately undermine the mission if/when our people are killed/kidnapped by ISIL or if an aircraft were to go down. The reality-check on the longevity and risk of this conflict up front may not create the initial surge of support, but will create a more sturdy and realistic appreciation for what we’re doing that may last longer. To Middle Easterners & Potential Western ISIL “Converts”:Middle East has America to believe in,But whole lot of space to breathe in. As stated throughout the speech—the United States is committed to the region, but the dialogue of “airpower”, standoff “counter-insurgency”, and advisors is to push the narrative that the US will not be occupiers again. This is likely a long-shot attempt to communicate to those on the fence about ISIL or worried about “western imperailism.” Part of that denial of a “imperialist” or “holy war” narrative is also the continued emphasis the United States is placing on ISIS not being “Islamic” and the United States not being at war with Islam. It is unlikely that this message would reach anyone in the conflict zone. It may, however, be for those in Western Nations or more stable neighbors to the conflict who would follow ISIL’s new social media campaign into the maw of jihad, as Anwar al-Alwaki convinced some westeners to do. Overall: Some will argue with the strategy itself, as well as the accuracy/value of allusions to Somalia and Yemen (as I sit here watching talking heads on CNN), but as a piece of stand-alone strategic communication for the plan being put forward, the speech was a straight-forward. It clearly illustrates the reasons the US is engaged with ISIL and the commitment of the US to its own safety, as well as a commitment to allies -willing- to commit to their own safety, Few communications are more “strategic” than those that come from the Bully Pulpit, and this was a solid piece of that kind of communication. Whether this 80’s classic of “Hold on Loosely, But Don’t Let Go,” is right plan for the US? That is for us to argue and, as time goes on, see. Matthew Hipple is CIMSEC’s Director of Online Content and an officer in the United States Navy. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the US Government, Department of Defense, or US Navy – but sometimes they do.

Non-Neuraxial Labor Analgesia: Options. Although it is the most effective method to treat labor pain, neuraxial analgesia may be undesired, contraindicated, unsuccessful, or unavailable. Providing safe choices for labor pain relief is a central goal of health care providers alike. Consequently, knowledge of the efficacy, clinical implementation, and side effects of various non-neuraxial strategies is needed to provide appropriate options for laboring patients. In addition to nonpharmacologic alternatives, inhaled nitrous oxide and systemic opioids represent two broad classes of non-neuraxial pharmacologic labor analgesia most commonly available. This review summarizes the current published literature for these non-neuraxial labor analgesic options.

Q: Setting seed on train_test_split sklearn python is there any way to set seed on train_test_split on python sklearn. I have set the parameter random_state to an integer, but I still can not reproduce the result. Thanks in advance. A: from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split x = [k for k in range(0, 10)] y = [k for k in range(0, 10)] x_train, x_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(x, y, test_size=0.4, random_state=11) print (x_train) x_train, x_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(x, y, test_size=0.4, random_state=11) print (x_train) x_train, x_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(x, y, test_size=0.4, random_state=11) print (x_train) The above code will produce the same result for x_train every time I split the data. It is possible that the randomness is in your dataframe, not train_test_split.

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Film coating as a method to enhance the preparation of tablets from dimenhydrinate crystals. Crystals of dimenhydrinate as a model drug were used for crystal coating, a method that can be applied to increase the flowability of a material and facilitate the tablet making. An increase in particle size was observed during the film coating. The change in shape of the coated particles was also examined. Some physicochemical parameters changed during coating, e.g. the surface free energy parameters and the wetting of the samples. The amount of coating material (and therefore the coating time) influenced several parameters (the shape of the particles, the flow properties and surface free energy parameters, compressibility and compactibility). Several parameters of prepared tablet (porosity, breaking hardness) were examined. Accordingly, coating of the crystals can be performed in order to enhance the handling of a material with insufficient properties for tablet making.

Q: How to get the Id of clicked element in a WebKit view? I have a UIWebKit loaded in an url and I want to pick the id of a html element when clicked. I can get the element when I know the id but how to get an unknown element Id when it is clicked. thank you for helping me ! A: You can do it following way. Inject some javascript into the WebView using WKUserScript. Injected javascript will listen to document body for any click event. Upon an click event received, find the DOM element using elementFromPoint. Setup that way, javascript will communicate with native code. Upon receiving clicks and finding the element, contact native code for clicked DOM. I've tested this way of working & it works for me. import UIKit import WebKit class ViewController: UIViewController { @IBOutlet weak var webView: WKWebView! private var url = URL(string: "https://www.google.com")! override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() initializeWebView() loadData() } private func initializeWebView() { let javascript = """ window.onload = function() { document.addEventListener("click", function(evt) { var tagClicked = document.elementFromPoint(evt.clientX, evt.clientY); window.webkit.messageHandlers.jsMessenger.postMessage(tagClicked.outerHTML.toString()); }); } """ let userScript = WKUserScript.init(source: javascript, injectionTime: .atDocumentStart, forMainFrameOnly: true) webView.configuration.userContentController.addUserScript(userScript) webView.configuration.userContentController.add(self, name: "jsMessenger") } private func loadData() { let request = URLRequest(url: url) webView?.load(URLRequest.init(url: url)) } } extension ViewController: WKScriptMessageHandler { func userContentController(_ userContentController: WKUserContentController, didReceive message: WKScriptMessage) { print(message.body) } } It gives you the whole element as string

Kejriwal pens another letter to PM, hits out at Centre ANI | Updated: Jun 19, 2018 20:18 IST New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has again written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the Centre of reducing Delhi to a 10-percent state.While urging the Prime Minister to ask IAS officers to call off their alleged 'strike,' Kejriwal, in his letter, also said that the premier was operating with an intention of crippling the Delhi Government as it was not run by the Bharatiya Janata Party."I am supposed to work with the IAS officers but I can't take disciplinary action against them, can't transfer them, and I can't even punish the corrupt officers," he wrote.Kejriwal further said that the Centre snatched away their rights over the IAS officers, adding that former chief minister Sheila Dikshit had much more power in her hands."During Sheila Dikshit's regime, she could transfer any officer, suspend them, and take action against corrupt officers. But, we don't have even 10 percent of that power. In an order in 2015, all IAS officers would come directly under the central government and no state government would have control over them."The Chief Minister further demanded that the rights the government had before 2015 to be restored.He continued that they tried to meet Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal for the past eight days, but no meeting took place."We wrote over 4 letters to the Lt. Governor in the past 10 days, but there is no response. The Lt. Governor refused to meet Chief Ministers, Ministers, and Members of Parliament. In fact, when two MLAs went to meet him, he called the police and threw them out," wrote Kejriwal. (ANI) New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court sought the stand of the central government on a plea seeking to tackle situations arising out of man-animal conflicts in and around reserves and forests. New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing till January 29 on a petition seeking bail and suspension of the death sentence awarded to convict Yashpal Singh in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday asserted that the Army should have used water cannons or tear gas instead of bullets. His observations were in the context of seven civilians' deaths following an encounter in Pulwama la Patna (Bihar) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), a National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ally, has ramped up the pressure on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to acquiesce to their demands for seat share in Bihar and to add seats in Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand as well New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday took a diplomatic stand over the possibility of an alliance with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and asserted that whatever the Congress high-command decides will be acceptable to all. New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): AgustaWestland chopper deal middleman Christian Michel is suffering from dyslexia, his counsel Aljo K Joseph claimed on Wednesday even as a Delhi court reserved its order for December 22 on his bail plea. New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday emphasised that the only way to break the logjam in Parliament was to form a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Rafale fighter jet deal the way it was set up in the Bofors and 2G cases. Patna (Bihar) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha on Wednesday asserted that arrogance of BJP and Nitish Kumar were one of the reasons behind leaving the NDA and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) should also follow suit.

Q: What's your take on using a custom helper in templates? I'm faced with a problem where I can either make a helper in my extension to do some simple task or override multiple block class functions. This is a utility function, so I would typically make a helper, but it is going to be used in templates to manipulate outputs to the screen. For simplicity's sake, let's say I just want to replace the string ABC with XYZ in some cases, and it cannot be done via translation. Here's the dilemma, since template files are not contained in the app directory, you could potentially get fatal errors when you disable the relevant extension and leave rogue helper calls in the templates. There are multiple template files where I would need to utilize this function. I've seen rogue helper calls break pages on multiple sites. While I can also customize each of the templates to minimize potential errors, a simple Mage::helper('myextension')->convertString($str) would reduce the amount of work significantly. What's your take on this kind of issue? I know it's subjective, but I did not find any useful reference online, and I just have my own judgement call. It doesn't hurt to hear what others have to say! Not completely relevant but still here's one discussion. A: First of all, it's better to have custom helpers than to override core classes. If you use your helper in templates and you don't want to get errors if you disable your module, you should handle your helper calls like this. Let's say your extension is called MyNamespace_MyExtension and you call your helper like this: Mage::helper('myextension')->doSomething($params); You should wrap your helper call in an if statement that checks if the module is exists and is enabled. if (Mage::helper('core')->isModuleEnabled('MyNamespace_MyExtension')) { Mage::helper('myextension')->doSomething($params); } This call makes use of the core helper. You would ask then, "how to check if the core module is enabled?". You don't need to check that. If Mage_Core is not enabled then nothing works.

An Italian population-based study of the prevalence of diabetes: some methodological aspects. The aim of the present study, which is part of a larger population survey, is to provide an Italian estimate of the total prevalence of diabetes taking into account the fraction of known diabetes among the non-responders. The study consists of a population survey. Out of the population aged over 40 ys. of two municipalities, Casalbuttano and Vescovato, in the Health District of Cremona, a random sample of 2,229 subjects was selected to undergo an OGTT. In addition, a series of anamnestic, clinical, and laboratory data were collected for each individual. Overall response rate was 63%. Prevalence of known diabetes was 7.8% (6.5%-9.1%, 95% CI), (F = 7.9%, M = 7.6%). The comparison between responders and the telephone-interviewed non-responders showed an unpredictable and age- and sex-dependently varying frequency of known diabetes, even if the overall differences were not statistically significant. This suggests that, to avoid biases, many efforts should be spent to collect information about diabetes also for non-responders. Prevalence of unknown diabetes was 3.2% (2.2%-4.2%, 95% CI), (F = 4.0%, M = 1.8%) and total diabetes was 10.9% (9.3%-12.5%, 95% CI) (F = 11.9%, M = 9.4%). In contrast to other countries, the relationship between unknown and known diabetes was less than 1 to 2, and the proportion of unknown diabetes was almost negligible below the age of 70. A positive family history and a lower level of triglycerides were associated with awareness of the disease (p = 0.0005 and p = 0.006, respectively), thus suggesting different behaviour towards one's own health between known and unknown diabetic subjects.

The question of the suppression of all Jewish religious instruction in Soviet Russia was raised by Lucien Wolf, secretary of the Joint Foreign Committee, in his report submitted yesterday to the monthly meeting of the Angle-Jewish Board of Deputies. The entire questions will be further considered at a special meeting of the Board when additional information will be received. Concerning a proposal that the Joint Foreign Committee undertake to work in Russia in conjunction with the American Jewish Committee. Mr. Wolf declared that this is at present impossible in view of the fact that while the British government has recognized Soviet Russia, America has not granted its recognition.

--- abstract: 'We demonstrate that the covariance of the algebra of quantum NC fields under quantum-deformed Poincare symmetries implies the appearence of braided algebra of fields and the notion of braided locality in NC QFT. We briefly recall the historical development of NC QFT which was firstly formulated in the framework using classical relativistic symmetries but further it was described as generated by the quantum-deformed symmetries. We argue that consistent covariant quantum-deformed formalism requires “braiding all the way”, in particular braided commutator of deformed field oscillators as well as the braid between the field oscillators and noncommutative Fourier exponentials. As example of braided quantum-deformed NC QFT we describe the NC scalar free fields on noncommutative canonical (Moyal-Weyl) space-time with braided $c$-number field commutator which implies braided locality.' --- [**Braided Field Quantization from Quantum Poincare Covariance**]{} [[${\mathrm{Jerzy\;Lukierski}}$, ${\mathrm{Mariusz\;Woronowicz}}$ ]{}]{} [$\mathrm{~Institute\;of\;Theoretical\;Physics}$]{} [$\mathrm{\ University\; of\; Wroclaw\; pl.\; Maxa\; Borna\; 9,\; 50-206\; Wroclaw,\; Poland}$]{} [$\mathrm{\ e-mail:\;[email protected];[email protected]}$]{} Introduction ============ It is believed that due to quantum gravity (see e.g. [@lit1]) or quantized string effects (see [@lit4]) one should investigate QFT on noncommutative space-times. In such new field-theoretic models the standard Minkowski space-times coordinates $x_{\mu }$ are replaced by the noncommutative ones $$\lbrack x_{\mu }\,,x_{\nu }]=0\qquad \Longrightarrow \qquad \lbrack \hat{x}% _{\mu }\,,\hat{x}_{\nu }]=\frac{i}{\kappa ^{2}}\Theta _{\mu \nu }(\kappa \hat{x})\,, \label{nnn}$$where $\Theta _{\mu \nu }$ is a given tensorial function[^1]$$\Theta _{\mu \nu }(\kappa \hat{x})=\Theta _{\mu \nu }^{(0)}+\kappa \Theta _{\mu \nu }^{(1)\rho }\widehat{x}_{\rho }+\cdots ,$$and $\kappa $ introduced as geometric mass-like parameter. The simplest choice $\Theta _{\mu \nu }(\kappa \widehat{x})=\Theta _{\mu \nu }^{(0)}$ corresponds to the canonical (DFR[^2] [@lit1] or Moyal-Weyl, see e.g. [@dlw6]-[@bala]) noncommutative space-time and $\Theta _{\mu \nu }(\kappa \widehat{x})=\Theta _{\mu \nu }^{(1)\rho }\widehat{x}_{\rho }$ describes quantum space-time with Lie-algebraic noncommutativity (e.g. $% \kappa $-deformed Minkowski [@zak]-[@7]). Firstly NC free fields were introduced with keeping the classical Poincare symmetry and standard field oscillators algebra unchanged - such approach we call “traditional”. The new approach started later, with the introduction of deformed quantum Poincare symmetries as determining the formulation of NC field theory, with quantum covariance implying definite modification of field oscillators algebra. 1..  Such formalism was firstly elaborated in [@lit1], [@fil] for the canonical noncommutative space-time. In such approach it is postulated that the classical Poincare symmetries remain undeformed, with the noncommutativity (\[nnn\]) introducing the breaking of classical Lorentz invariance. The NC quantum free fields $\widehat{\varphi }(\widehat{x})$[^3] are obtained by the replacement $x_{\mu }\rightarrow \widehat{x}_{\mu }$ (see (\[nnn\])) inserted in the standard quantum free scalar KG field $\widehat{\varphi }(x)$[^4]$$\widehat{\varphi }({x})=\frac{1}{(2\pi )^{4}}\int d^{4}p\delta (p^{2}-m^{2})\;\mathrm{e}^{ip{x}}a(p), \label{fffd}$$where the quantized field oscillators satisfy the undeformed (standard) covariant oscillator algebra $\widehat{\mathcal{H}}_{0}$ with the following binary commutation relations$$\delta (p^{2}-m^{2})\delta (q^{2}-m^{2})[a(p),a(q)]=\epsilon (p_{0})\delta (p^{2}-m^{2})\delta ^{(4)}(p+q). \label{sssa}$$ One can use the Weyl map representing the algebra $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}$ of functions $\widehat{f}\equiv f(\widehat{x})$ on noncommutative space-time (see e.g. [@blo],[@pietka])$$\widehat{\mathcal{M}}(f(\widehat{x}),\cdot )\overset{W}{\simeq }\mathcal{M}% (f(x),\star ), \label{wm}$$with suitable nonlocal $\star -$multiplication. The NC field theory due to the homomorphic Weyl mapping can be represented as a nonlocal theory of standard fields on Minkowski space-time. After the extension of Weyl map (\[wm\]) to the products of functions depending on different copies of noncommutative Minkowski spaces one can map the algebra of NC quantum fields into the multilocal algebra of standard quantum fields, in particular[^5] $$\widehat{\varphi }(\widehat{x})\widehat{\varphi }(\widehat{y})\overset{W}{% \simeq }\widehat{\varphi }(x)\star \widehat{\varphi }(y). \label{www}$$ Using (\[www\]) one can map the commutator of NC quantum field into the $% \star -$commutator of standard quantum fields described in usual Minkowski space by the formula $([A,B]_{\star }:=A\star B-B\star A)$$$\lbrack \widehat{\varphi }(\widehat{x}),\widehat{\varphi }(\widehat{y})]% \overset{W}{\simeq }[\widehat{\varphi }(x),\widehat{\varphi }(y)]_{\star }=i\Delta _{\star }(x,y;m^{2}),$$where $$\begin{aligned} \Delta _{\star }(x,y;m^{2}) &=&\frac{-i}{(2\pi )^{3}}\int d^{4}p\delta (p^{2}-m^{2})\delta (q^{2}-m^{2})[a(p)a(q)\mathrm{e}^{ip{x}}\,\star \mathrm{e% }^{iq{y}} \label{npj} \\ &&\qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -a(q)a(p)\mathrm{e}^{iq{y}}\,\star \mathrm{e}^{ipx}]. \notag\end{aligned}$$Because $\star $-product $\mathrm{e}^{ip{x}}\,\star \mathrm{e}^{ip{y}}$ even in simplest case of canonical noncommutativity (\[nnn\]) is not symmetric, the commutator (\[sssa\]) can not be factored out and the $\star $-commutator (\[npj\]) is not a $c$-number. In canonical (Moyal-Weyl) case however one can obtain from (\[npj\]) the Pauli-Jordan relativistic commutator function$$\Delta (x-y;m^{2})=\frac{i}{(2\pi )^{4}}\int d^{4}p\epsilon (p_{0})\delta (p^{2}-m^{2})\mathrm{e}^{ip{x}}, \label{spjs}$$if we suitably modify the standard oscillator algebra (\[sssa\]) (see [wess]{}-[@bala]). In traditional NC QFT the standard relativistic locality or microcausality condition can be replaced by the vanishing of $\star -$commutator for space-like separations of points $x$ and $y$ $((x-y)^{2}<0)$ (see e.g. [wess]{},[@pietka]), defining $\star $-locality$$\lbrack \widehat{\varphi }(x),\widehat{\varphi }(y)]=0\overset{NC}{% \longrightarrow }[\widehat{\varphi }(x),\widehat{\varphi }(y)]_{\star }=0. \label{fd}$$ The traditional approach to NC QFT was further formalized as a modification of Wightmann framework of QFT, with the interpretation of modified locality (\[fd\]) in terms of so-called wedged geometries  (see e.g. [@gl]). 2\. $\underline{\text{\textit{\text{New approach to NC QFT with quantum Poincare symmetries}}}}.$ Such approach firstly appeared with the introduction of canonical noncommutativity relations $(\Theta _{\mu \nu }(\kappa \widehat{x})=\Theta _{\mu \nu }^{(0)}$ in (\[nnn\])$)$ as generated by twist factor$$\mathcal{F}=e^{\frac{\,i}{2}\,\theta ^{\mu \nu }\,P_{\mu }\otimes P_{\nu }}\,\,, \label{twist0}$$which determines uniquely the corresponding Hopf-algebraic canonical deformation of Poincare symmetries [@dlw6]-[@wess],[@pietka]. In the framework of twisted Poincare symmetries the wide class of relations (\[nnn\]) are covariant under the action of suitably chosen quantum Poincare algebra generators (see e.g. [@lw]). If the twist $\mathcal{F=F}% _{(1)}\otimes \mathcal{F}_{(2)}$ is known the $\star -$product of NC quantum fields in new approach is determined by the formulae [@dlw6]-[@wess] $$\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})\overset{W}{\simeq }% \widehat{\phi }(x)\star \widehat{\phi }(y)\equiv m(\mathcal{F}^{-1}\circ \lbrack \widehat{\phi }(x)\otimes \widehat{\phi }(y)]), \label{ccdf}$$where we denote by $\widehat{\phi }(x)$ and $\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})$ the quantum fields respectively on commutative and noncommutative space-time, which transform under deformed (quantum) Poincare symmetries. In new approach to NC QFT the algebra of NC fields should be quantum-covariant, i.e. covariant under the Hopf-algebraic action of generators describing quantum relativistic symmetries. In particular it follows that in order to introduce quantum-deformed covariant free field quantization, we should replace the standard field commutator by its quantum-deformed braided version [@zahn],[@alv]. Further, following several authors ([@wess],[@pietka], [@11c]-[@fi2]), in quantum-covariant formulation of NC quantum fields with quantum Poincare symmetries characterized by the universal $\mathcal{R}$-matrix $\mathcal{R}=% \mathcal{R}_{(1)}\otimes \mathcal{R}_{(2)}$, we shall replace the standard commutators in (\[sssa\]) by the following braided commutators defining the field oscillators algebra $\widehat{\mathcal{H}}$$$\lbrack a(p),a(q)]\qquad \longrightarrow \qquad \lbrack A(p),A(q)]^{BR}\equiv A(p)A(q)-(\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\blacktriangleright A(q))(% \mathcal{R}_{(1)}\blacktriangleright A(p)), \label{bra}$$where $\blacktriangleright $ describes the action on the module $\widehat{% \mathcal{H}}$ of the deformed Poincare generators. The aim of this paper is to study the NC quantum fields which are covariant under the quantum-deformed Poincare symmetries, in particular the determination of new algebraic structure of the algebra of such NC quantum free fields $\Phi (\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}),\bullet )$ with suitably deformed new $\bullet $-multiplication. For the products of functions on noncommutative Minkowski space we will employ the Weyl map (\[wm\]) with its multilocal extension and express the NC quantum fields as nonlocal QFT on classical Minkowski space. Following main ideas of our recent paper [lwnaj]{} we shall present the formulation of quantum covariant free NC quantum fields with the introduction of necessary braidings. In order to introduce the quantum-covariant theory of NC fields one should use the general covariance properties of tensor product $U\otimes V$ of pair of quantum Poincare algebra modules $U$ and $V$. If the quantum Poincare algebra is characterized by universal matrix $\mathcal{R}=\mathcal{R}% _{(1)}\otimes \mathcal{R}_{(2)}$, the transposed tensor product of its modules is given by the following braided transposition[^6]  (see e.g. [@sm])$$\Psi (U\otimes V)=(\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\rhd V)\otimes (\mathcal{R}_{(1)}\rhd U), \label{uv}$$where $\Psi $ is the intertwiner of quantum-deformed Poincare algebra modules. If we choose $U=\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}),$ $V=\widehat{\phi }(% \widehat{y})$ the quantum-deformed covariant commutator takes the braided form$$\lbrack \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}),\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})]_{\bullet }^{BR}\equiv \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})\bullet \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y}% )-(\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\rhd \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y}))\bullet (\mathcal{R}% _{(1)}\rhd \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})). \label{dfd}$$where the action $\rhd $ on NC fields will be specified later in Sect. 2. The form (\[dfd\]) of braided field commutator with local standard multiplication was proposed firstly by Oeckl [@dlw6], further used by Zahn [@zahn] and advocated  by Aschieri at all [@alv]; one should comment however that the relation (\[dfd\]) is not in common use in NC QFT. Further we shall use the formula for universal $\mathcal{R}$-matrix describing quantum twist-deformed Poincare symmetries, given by the relations$$\mathcal{R}=\mathcal{F}_{21}\mathcal{F}^{-1}=\mathcal{F}^{-2},\qquad \mathcal{F}_{21}=\mathcal{F}_{(2)}\otimes \mathcal{F}_{(1)}. \label{rfr}$$ In order to discuss the braided structure of NC quantum field theory covariant under quantum Poincare symmetries we shall introduce in Sect. 2 the actions of quantum Poincare algebra generators on the algebra $\Phi (% \widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x}),\bullet )$ of quantum-deformed NC fields. We shall define braided covariant product $\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})\bullet \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})$ with braid factor (\[uv\]) describing the exchange of oscillators and noncommutative Fourier exponentials. In Sect.3 for the case of Moyal-Weyl space-time noncommutativity we shall consider in detail the braided quantization of free scalar quantum NC fields and discuss the braided locality. In last Section in particular we point out that there is alternative way [@fi],[@fi2] of defining the braiding in the noncommutative quantum field commutators (\[dfd\]) which leads to the triviality of braid factor. The covariance of the algebra of quantum NC fields ================================================== In the description of the algebra of quantum NC fields one should answer the following two questions: - how to define single quantum NC field as describing a representation (module) of quantum Poincare algebra - how to define the products of quantum NC fields in covariant way, i.e. as a tensorial representation (module) of quantum Poincare algebra (the answer should be given at least for the binary products) Single quantum NC fields as quantum Poincare algebra module ----------------------------------------------------------- The quantum NC field $\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})$ can be described as infinite sum (in fact continuous integral) of tensor products of noncommutative plane waves $e^{ip\widehat{x}}$ describing the basis of algebra $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}$ and the elements $a(p)$ determining the algebra of field oscillators $\widehat{\mathcal{H}}$$$\widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})\in \widehat{\mathcal{M}}\underline{\otimes }% \widehat{\mathcal{H}}, \label{fie}$$where $\underline{\otimes }$ denotes braided tensor product with braided $% \bullet -$multiplication (see Sect. 2.2). Using the homomorphic Weyl map of the algebra $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}$ (see (\[wm\])) one can represent the noncommutative algebra $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}$ by the algebra $\mathcal{M}$ of classical functions with $\star -$multiplication law. The Weyl map can be applied to the first factor $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}$ in (\[fie\]) and leads to the $\widehat{\mathcal{H}}$-algebra-valued representation of NC quantum fields, i.e.$$\widehat{{\phi }}{(}\widehat{x})\overset{W}{\simeq }\widehat{{\phi }}{(}% x)\in \widehat{\mathcal{H}}, \label{wew}$$because after the replacement in the Fourier expansion of $\widehat{{\phi }}(% \widehat{x})$ the basis $e^{ip\widehat{x}}$ by $e^{ipx}$ one can use the isomorphism $1\underline{\otimes }\widehat{\mathcal{H}}\simeq 1\otimes \widehat{\mathcal{H}}\simeq \widehat{\mathcal{H}}$. It appears that the algebra of field operators $\widehat{{\phi }}(x)$ have well defined no-deformation limit ($\widehat{{\phi }}{(}x)\rightarrow \widehat{\varphi }% (x)$), with the algebra $\widehat{\mathcal{H}}$ becoming the algebra $% \widehat{\mathcal{H}}_{0}$ (see (\[sssa\])). Let us specify now the action of the deformed Poincare algebra generators on single NC quantum field (\[fie\]). We shall recall firstly two possible actions of classical Poincare algebra on standard free quantum fields $\widehat{{\varphi }}(x)\in \widehat{\mathcal{H}}_{0}$ (see ([fffd]{}),(\[sssa\])). 1. classical differential space-time realization on the functions on classical Minkowski space-time$$P_{\mu }\vartriangleright \widehat{{\varphi }}(x)=\frac{1}{i}\partial _{\mu }% \widehat{{\varphi }}(x),\qquad M_{\mu \nu }\vartriangleright \widehat{{% \varphi }}(x)=\frac{1}{i}x_{[\mu }\partial _{\nu ]}\widehat{{\varphi }}(x), \label{rd1}$$ 2. quantum-mechanical realization on the free field oscillators algebra$$P_{\mu }\blacktriangleright \widehat{{\varphi }}(x)=[P_{\mu },\widehat{{% \varphi }}(x)],\qquad M_{\mu \nu }\blacktriangleright {\phi }=[M_{\mu \nu },% \widehat{{\varphi }}(x)], \label{rd2}$$ with $P_{\mu },M_{\mu \nu }\in \widehat{\mathcal{H}}_{0}$. The classical Poincare covariance relation$$U(\Lambda ,a)\widehat{{\varphi }}(x)U^{-1}(\Lambda ,a)=\widehat{{\varphi }}% (\Lambda x+a),$$where $U(\Lambda ,a)=\exp (ia^{\mu }P_{\mu }+i\omega ^{\mu \nu }M_{\mu \nu }) $ for infinitesimal $a_{\mu }$ and $\omega _{\mu \nu }$ ($\Lambda _{\ \nu }^{\mu }=\delta _{\ \nu }^{\mu }+\omega _{\ \nu }^{\mu }$) links two realizations (\[rd1\]),(\[rd2\]). It leads to the following infinitesimal covariance condition$$g\rhd \widehat{{\varphi }}(x)=-g\blacktriangleright \widehat{{\varphi }}% (x),\qquad g=(P_{\mu },M_{\mu \nu }). \label{ccd}$$ We see therefore that for Poincare-covariant standard (undeformed) quantum fields one can use as the action of classical Poincare algebra generators equivalently the “classical” action $\rhd $ or the quantum-mechanical one $% \blacktriangleright $. Now we pass to quantum-deformed NC fields (\[fie\]). At final stage of considerations [we shall consider such fields after the Weyl map (\[wew\])]{}. The realizations (\[rd1\]) and (\[rd2\]) due to deformation are modified, however in covariant theory the covariance condition (\[ccd\]) remains valid provided that we modify the relation (\[ccd\]) as follows ($% S $ is an antipode)$$g\rhd \widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})=S(g)\blacktriangleright \widehat{{\phi }% }(\widehat{x}). \label{sss}$$By analogy with undeformed case in the tensor product $\widehat{f}\otimes \widehat{h}\in \widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})$ ($\widehat{f}\in \widehat{% \mathcal{M}},$ $\widehat{h}\in \widehat{\mathcal{H}}$) the actions $% \vartriangleright $ on $\widehat{h}$ and $\blacktriangleright $ on $\widehat{% f}$ are assumed to be trivial:$$g\rhd \widehat{{h}}=\epsilon (g)\widehat{{h}},\qquad g\blacktriangleright \widehat{{f}}=\epsilon (g)\widehat{{f}}. \label{28}$$If we use Hopf-algebraic formula (the case of action $\blacktriangleright $ is analogous)$$g\rhd (\widehat{f}\otimes \widehat{h})=\Delta (g)\rhd (\widehat{f}\otimes \widehat{h})=(g_{(1)}\rhd \widehat{f})\otimes (g_{(2)}\rhd \widehat{h})\,\,,$$the actions $g\rhd \widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})$ and $g\blacktriangleright \widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})$ in (\[sss\]) due to the relations (\[28\]) and the structure of coproduct $\Delta (g)$ with unique terms $g\otimes 1$and $1\otimes g$ take the form$$g\rhd (\widehat{f}\otimes \widehat{h})\equiv (g\rhd \widehat{f})\otimes \widehat{h},\qquad \qquad g\blacktriangleright (\widehat{f}\otimes \widehat{h% })\equiv \widehat{f}\otimes (g\blacktriangleright \widehat{h}). \label{27}$$ After applying the Weyl map (\[wew\]) one can rewrite (\[sss\]) in the form similar to (\[ccd\]) $$g\rhd \widehat{{\phi }}(x)=S(g)\blacktriangleright \widehat{{\phi }}(x), \label{uiu}$$where commutators in (\[rd2\]) should be replaced by quantum adjoint action$$g\blacktriangleright \widehat{{\varphi }}(x)=[g,\widehat{\varphi }(x)]% \overset{\text{quantum}}{\underset{\text{deformation}}{\Longrightarrow }}% g\blacktriangleright \widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})=ad_{g}\widehat{{\phi }}(% \widehat{x})=g_{(1)}\widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})S(g_{(2)}). \label{adds}$$ If the Hopf-algebraic form of deformed Poincare algebra is known, the formula (\[adds\]) is fully determined (S denotes the antipode); subsequently the action $g\rhd \widehat{{\phi }}(x)$ described by the deformation of (\[rd1\]) should be chosen in consistency with the relation (\[uiu\]). It should be added that one can introduce third possible action $% \trianglerighteq $ of generators on NC quantum fields (see e.g. [@fi], [@fi2]), defined by the formula$$g\trianglerighteq (\widehat{f}\otimes \widehat{h})=(g_{(1)}\rhd \widehat{f}% )\otimes (g_{(2)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{h})\,\,. \label{nn1}$$Such action of generators if applied to the field $\widehat{{\phi }}(% \widehat{x})$ due to the relations (\[27\]) leads to the following form of covariance conditions (\[sss\])$$g\trianglerighteq \widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})=\epsilon (g)\widehat{{\phi }% }(\widehat{x})=0, \label{nn2}$$which after the Weyl map (\[wew\]) provides the covariance relation ([uiu]{}). The covariant action of deformed Poincare algebra on the product of NC quantum fields ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In order to formulate the deformed NC QFT we shall define firstly the algebra $\Phi (\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}),\bullet )$ of NC fields $% \widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})$ and further perform the Weyl map (see ([wew]{})). We multiply the NC fields (\[fie\]) using the new braided $% \bullet -$multiplication which defines the multiplication of NC quantum fields with deformed field oscillators algebra$$\begin{aligned} \widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})\bullet \widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{y}) &=&m_{% \mathcal{M}\underline{\otimes }\mathcal{H}}\widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})% \underline{\otimes }\widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{y}) \label{ggn} \\ &=&(m_{\mathcal{M}}\otimes m_{\mathcal{H}})\circ (id\otimes \Psi _{\mathcal{M% },\mathcal{H}}\otimes id)[\widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})\otimes \widehat{{% \phi }}(\widehat{y})]. \notag\end{aligned}$$Braid factor $\Psi _{\mathcal{M},\mathcal{H}}$ describes effectively the noncommutativity of factors $A(p)$ and $e^{iq\widehat{y}}$ in the product of field operators $\widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})$ and $\widehat{{\phi }}(% \widehat{y})$ and it is needed in general case in order to obtain the product (\[ggn\]) as an element of $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}^{(2)}\underline{% \otimes }\widehat{\mathcal{H}}$ where by $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}^{(n)}$ we denote the noncommutative functions on the $n$-tuple of quantum Minkowski spaces ($\widehat{x}^{(1)},\widehat{x}^{(2)},\ldots ,\widehat{x}^{(n)}$) (for $n=2$ we have chosen $\widehat{x}^{(1)}=\widehat{x},$ $\widehat{x}% ^{(2)}=\widehat{y}$). The formula (\[ggn\]) permits to express the basis of binary field products (\[ggn\])$$A=m_{\mathcal{M}\underline{\otimes }\mathcal{H}}[(e^{ip\widehat{x}}A(p))% \underline{\otimes }(e^{iq\widehat{y}}A(q))]=(e^{ip\widehat{x}}A(p))\bullet (e^{iq\widehat{y}}A(q)), \label{3a}$$by the superposition of elements of tensor product $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}% ^{(2)}\otimes \widehat{\mathcal{H}}$ spanned by the elements$$\widetilde{A}=e^{ip\widehat{x}}e^{iq\widehat{y}}\underline{\otimes }% A(p)A(q)\in \widehat{\mathcal{M}}^{(2)}\otimes \widehat{\mathcal{H}}. \label{3b}$$Further we assume that the quantum deformation of Poincare algebra is described by quasi-triangular Hopf algebra characterized by the universal $% \mathcal{R}$-matrix $\mathcal{R}=\mathcal{R}_{(1)}\otimes \mathcal{R}_{(2)}.$ Following the general formula (\[uv\]) we introduce the braid factor expressing the transposition of noncommutative plane waves and deformed field oscillators$$\Psi _{\mathcal{M},\mathcal{H}}[A(p)\underline{\otimes }e^{iq\widehat{y}}]=(% \mathcal{R}_{(2)}\rhd e^{iq\widehat{y}})\underline{\otimes }(\mathcal{R}% _{(1)}\blacktriangleright A(p)). \label{fun}$$Using (\[ggn\]) leads to the following equivalent expression for the product (\[3a\])$$A=[e^{ip\widehat{x}}\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\rhd e^{iq\widehat{y}}]\underline{% \otimes }[(\mathcal{R}_{(1)}\blacktriangleright A(p))A(q)]. \label{jjj}$$ We recall that we have used here universality of the formula (\[uv\]) for any two deformed Poincare algebra modules, i.e. the general formula ([ggn]{}) can be rewritten in concrete way as follows $$(\widehat{f}\otimes \widehat{h})\bullet (\widehat{f}^{\prime }\otimes \widehat{h}^{\prime })=[\widehat{f}\cdot \mathcal{R}_{(2)}\rhd \widehat{f}% ^{\prime }]\underline{\otimes }[(\mathcal{R}_{(1)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{h})\cdot \widehat{h}^{\prime }]. \label{bmm}$$where $\widehat{f},\widehat{f}^{\prime }\in \widehat{\mathcal{M}}$ and $% \widehat{h},\widehat{h}^{\prime }\in \widehat{\mathcal{H}}$. If we perform the Weyl map in the algebra $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}^{(2)}$ ($\widehat{f}% \overset{W}{\rightarrow }f,\widehat{f}^{\prime }\overset{W}{\rightarrow }% f^{\prime }$) and introduce corresponding star product the first factor in the tensor product on rhs of (\[bmm\]) is becoming a classical function in accordance with the prescription[^7]$$\widehat{f}\cdot (\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\rhd \widehat{f}^{\prime })\overset{W}{% \simeq }f\star (\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\rhd f^{\prime }),$$and we obtain that$$(\widehat{f}\otimes \widehat{h})\bullet (\widehat{f}^{\prime }\otimes \widehat{h}^{\prime })\overset{W}{\simeq }(f\star (\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\rhd f^{\prime })[(\mathcal{R}_{(1)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{h})\cdot \widehat{h}^{\prime }], \label{hhf}$$if the relation $% %TCIMACRO{\U{2102} }% %BeginExpansion \mathbb{C} %EndExpansion \underline{\otimes }\widehat{\mathcal{H}}\simeq \widehat{\mathcal{H}}$ is used. As we mentioned earlier, we shall use the covariant braided field commutator (\[dfd\]), which after using specified actions $% \vartriangleright ,\blacktriangleright $ can be rewritten more explicitly$$\lbrack \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}),\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})]_{\bullet }^{BR}=\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})\bullet \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})-[(% \mathcal{R}_{(2)}\otimes 1)\triangleright \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y}% )]\bullet \lbrack (1\otimes \mathcal{R}_{(1)})\blacktriangleright \widehat{% \phi }(\widehat{x})]. \label{big}$$ The formula (\[big\]) is our basic relation which defines the commutator of free NC quantum fields. We shall show below that the quantum covariance of the product (\[ggn\]) and of deformed commutator requires braid ([fun]{}) and braided commutator (\[hhf\])). For covariant NC quantum fields it follows however from (\[sss\]) $$(\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\otimes 1)\triangleright \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y}% )=(1\otimes S(\mathcal{R}_{(2)}))\blacktriangleright \widehat{\phi }(% \widehat{y}), \label{41}$$i.e. it follows that braided field commutator (\[big\]) can be replaced by other two ways which employs only the action $\vartriangleright $ or $% \blacktriangleright $[^8]$$\begin{aligned} \lbrack \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}),\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})]_{\bullet }^{BR} &=&\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})\bullet \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})-% \mathcal{R}_{21}\triangleright (\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})\bullet \widehat{% \phi }(\widehat{x})) \label{cdc} \\ \lbrack \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}),\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})]_{\bullet }^{BR} &=&\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})\bullet \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})-% \mathcal{R}_{21}\blacktriangleright (\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})\bullet \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})). \label{cdc1}\end{aligned}$$Further we shall employ formula (\[41\]) with the quantum-mechanical action $\blacktriangleright $. Let us demonstrate firstly that the field product (\[ggn\]) is covariant under the action of a quantum Poincare generator $g\in \mathcal{U}(\mathcal{P}_{4})$. Using the Hopf-algebraic formula with fourfold coproduct $\Delta ^{(4)}(g)=g_{(1)}\otimes g_{(2)}\otimes g_{(3)}\otimes g_{(4)}$ and the identity $% g\blacktriangleright (a\blacktriangleright b)=(ga)\blacktriangleright b$ we get$$\begin{aligned} g\blacktriangleright \lbrack (\widehat{f}\otimes \widehat{h})\bullet (% \widehat{f}^{\prime }\otimes \widehat{h}^{\prime })] &=&[(g_{(1)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{f})\cdot (g_{(2)}\mathcal{R}% _{(2)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{f}^{\prime })]\otimes \lbrack (g_{(3)}% \mathcal{R}_{(1)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{h})\cdot (g_{(4)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{h}^{\prime })] \notag \\ &=&[(g_{(1)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{f})\cdot (\mathcal{R}% _{(2)}g_{(3)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{f}^{\prime })]\otimes \lbrack (% \mathcal{R}_{(1)}g_{(2)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{h})\cdot (g_{(4)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{h}^{\prime })] \notag \\ &=&[(g_{(1)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{f})\cdot (g_{(2)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{h})]\bullet \lbrack (g_{(3)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{f}^{\prime })\cdot (g_{(4)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{h}^{\prime })] \notag \\ &=&[g_{(1)}\blacktriangleright (\widehat{f}\cdot \widehat{h})]\bullet \lbrack g_{(2)}\blacktriangleright (\widehat{f}^{\prime }\cdot \widehat{h}% ^{\prime })] \label{pppr}\end{aligned}$$where we use the relations (\[28\]) and the equalities[^9].$$g_{(2)}^{I}\mathcal{R}_{(2)}^{J}\otimes g_{(3)}^{I}\mathcal{R}_{(1)}^{J}=% \mathcal{R}_{(2)}^{J}g_{(3)}^{I}\otimes \mathcal{R}_{(1)}^{J}g_{(2)}^{I}. \label{iji}$$Subsequently, applying (\[pppr\]) to the basis (\[3a\]) of the product of two NC quantum fields one gets its quantum-Poincare covariance$$g\blacktriangleright (\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{{x}})\bullet \widehat{\phi }(% \widehat{{y}}))=m_{\mathcal{\bullet }}[\Delta (g)\blacktriangleright \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})\otimes \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{{y}}% )]=(g_{(1)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}))\bullet (g_{(2)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{{y}})). \label{f1}$$Now we shall show the covariance of the braided field commutator. The action of generator $g$ on second term defining braided commutator (\[big\]) with action $\blacktriangleright $ is$$\begin{aligned} g\blacktriangleright (\mathcal{R}_{21}\blacktriangleright \lbrack \widehat{% \phi }(\widehat{{y}})\bullet \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})])& =g\blacktriangleright \lbrack (\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{% \phi }(\widehat{{y}}))\bullet (\mathcal{R}_{(1)}\blacktriangleright \widehat{% \phi }(\widehat{x}))] \label{f2} \\ & =m_{\mathcal{\bullet }}(\Delta (g)\mathcal{R}_{21}\blacktriangleright \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{{y}})\otimes \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})). \notag\end{aligned}$$The covariance of braided commutator (\[big\]) requires that$$g\blacktriangleright (\mathcal{R}_{21}\blacktriangleright (\widehat{\phi }(% \widehat{y})\bullet \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})))=\mathcal{R}% _{21}\blacktriangleright (g\blacktriangleright (\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y}% )\bullet \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}))),$$what implies the relation$$\Delta (g)\mathcal{R}_{21}-\mathcal{R}_{21}\Delta _{21}(g)=0\,. \label{kop}$$It is well-known (see e.g [@maj]) that for any quasitriangular deformed Poincare algebra the relations (\[kop\]) follow from the definition of universal $\mathcal{R}$-matrix$$\Delta _{21}(g)=\mathcal{R}\Delta (g)\mathcal{R}^{-1}.$$ Covariant braided field commutator and braided field oscillators algebra in twist deformed QFT ============================================================================================== In twist-deformed quantum field theory the multiplication prescription ([ggn]{}) is determined if  we know the twist factor $\mathcal{F=F}% _{(1)}\otimes \mathcal{F}_{(2)}$ and the braid $\Psi _{\mathcal{M},\mathcal{H% }}$ (see (\[fun\])). The explicit form of the product of quantum free fields on noncommutative space-time has therefore a form (we denote $% \mathcal{F}^{-1}\mathcal{=}\overline{\mathcal{F}}_{(1)}\otimes \overline{% \mathcal{F}}_{(2)}$) $$\begin{aligned} \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})\bullet \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})& =m_{% \mathcal{M}\underline{\otimes }\mathcal{H}}[\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}% )\otimes \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})] \label{aaaa} \\ & =\frac{1}{(2\pi )^{8}}\int d^{4}p\int d^{4}q\delta (p^{2}-m^{2})\delta (p^{2}-m^{2}) \notag \\ & \qquad \qquad \qquad e^{ip\widehat{x}}(\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\triangleright e^{iq\widehat{y}})\otimes (\mathcal{R}_{(1)}\blacktriangleright A(p))A(q), \notag \\ & \overset{W}{\simeq }\frac{1}{(2\pi )^{8}}\int d^{4}p\int d^{4}q\delta (p^{2}-m^{2})\delta (p^{2}-m^{2}) \notag \\ & \qquad \qquad \qquad (\overline{\mathcal{F}}_{(1)}\triangleright e^{ipx})(% \overline{\mathcal{F}}_{(2)}\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\triangleright e^{iqy})(% \mathcal{R}_{(1)}\blacktriangleright A(p))A(q), \notag\end{aligned}$$where by the notation $\overset{W}{\simeq }$ we denote the Weyl homomorphism in $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}^{(2)}$ with the suitably $\star $-product which represents the product $e^{ip\widehat{x}}e^{iq\widehat{y}}$ in terms of classical Fourier exponentials. The actions of free Poincare generators in $% \overline{\mathcal{F}}_{(1)},\overline{\mathcal{F}}_{(2)}$ on the classical plane waves are described by the differential realization (\[rd1\]) and on the deformed field oscillators the Poincare generators act by the quantum adjoint action (\[adds\]). By using (\[dfd\]) and (\[aaaa\]) we shall calculate explicitly the braided commutator (\[cdc1\]). We get $$\begin{aligned} \lbrack \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}),\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})]_{\bullet }^{BR}& =\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})\bullet \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})-% \mathcal{R}_{21}\blacktriangleright (\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})\bullet \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})) \label{51} \\ & \overset{W}{\simeq }\frac{1}{(2\pi )^{8}}\int d^{4}p\int d^{4}q\delta (p^{2}-m^{2})\delta (q^{2}-m^{2}) \notag \\ & \qquad \lbrack (\overline{\mathcal{F}}_{(1)}\triangleright e^{ipx})(% \overline{\mathcal{F}}_{(2)}\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\triangleright e^{iqy})(% \mathcal{R}_{(1)}\blacktriangleright A(p))A(q) \notag \\ & \qquad -(\overline{\mathcal{F}}_{(1)}\triangleright e^{iqy})(\overline{% \mathcal{F}}_{(2)}\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\triangleright e^{ipx})(\mathcal{R}_{(1)}% \mathcal{R}_{(2)}\blacktriangleright A(q))(\mathcal{R}_{(1)}% \blacktriangleright A(p)). \notag\end{aligned}$$Further in order to obtain explicit formulae we shall consider the canonical deformation described by twist (\[twist0\]). As follows from (\[rfr\]) and (\[twist0\]) $\mathcal{R}_{21}$ depends only on the fourmomentum generators $P_{\mu }$ actions given by the formulae$$P_{\mu }\rhd e^{ipx}=p_{\mu }e^{ipx}\,,\qquad P_{\mu }\blacktriangleright A(p)=-p_{\mu }A(p).\,$$In canonically deformed case we get$$\begin{aligned} \mathcal{R}_{21}\rhd \lbrack e^{ipx}\otimes e^{iqy}] &=&e^{\,i\,\theta ^{\mu \nu }\,p_{\mu }q_{\nu }}\,\,e^{ipx}\otimes e^{iqy}, \\ \mathcal{R}_{21}\blacktriangleright \lbrack A(p)\otimes A(q)] &=&e^{\,i\,\theta ^{\mu \nu }\,p_{\mu }q_{\nu }}\,A(p)\otimes A(q)\,, \notag\end{aligned}$$and the braid $\Psi _{\mathcal{M},\mathcal{H}}$ has the explicit form $$\Psi _{\mathcal{M},\mathcal{H}}[A(q)\otimes e^{ipx}]=\mathcal{R}_{(2)}\rhd e^{ipx}\otimes \mathcal{R}_{(1)}\blacktriangleright A(q)=e^{\,-i\,\theta ^{\mu \nu }\,p_{\mu }q_{\nu }}\,\,e^{ipx}\otimes A(q).\,$$ In order to obtain $c$-number braided field commutator one should be able to factor out in braided field commutator (\[cdc1\]) the binary relations satisfied by the field oscillators which describe the field oscillators algebra. If we use the formula (\[fun\]) the required factorization in the braided commutator (\[cdc1\]) is achieved by the formula  $$\begin{aligned} \lbrack \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}),\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})]_{\bullet }^{BR}& \overset{W}{\simeq }\frac{1}{(2\pi )^{8}}\int d^{4}p\int d^{4}q\delta (p^{2}-m^{2})\delta (q^{2}-m^{2})e^{ipx}e^{iqy} \label{ccom} \\ & \qquad \qquad \lbrack A(p)\star _{\mathcal{H}}A(q)-\mathcal{R}% _{21}\blacktriangleright (A(q)\star _{\mathcal{H}}A(p))], \notag\end{aligned}$$where the new multiplication describing the binary oscillator algebra relation is the following$$A(p)\star _{\mathcal{H}}A(q)=m\circ \mathcal{F}\blacktriangleright \lbrack A(p)\otimes A(q)]=e^{\,\frac{i\,}{2}\theta ^{\mu \nu }\,p_{\mu }q_{\nu }}A(p)A(q). \label{nsm}$$We point out here that the multiplication $\star _{\mathcal{H}}$ is an inverse of the $\star -$multiplication ($\mathcal{F}^{-1}$ in (\[ccdf\])) is replaced in (\[nsm\]) by $\mathcal{F}$) but it is known from the literature (e.g. it was used in [@wess]) as describing deformed oscillators algebra. The following modification of standard free field oscillators algebra ([sssa]{}) describes the binary relation for deformed field oscillators $$\delta (p^{2}-m^{2})\delta (q^{2}-m^{2})[A(p)\star _{\mathcal{H}}A(q)-% \mathcal{R}_{21}\blacktriangleright (A(q)\star _{\mathcal{H}}A(p))]=\epsilon (p_{0})\delta (p^{2}-m^{2})\delta ^{(4)}(p+q). \label{ggh}$$ The choice (\[ggh\]) leads to desired properties, namely: 1. due to the presence of braid factor $\mathcal{R}_{21}$ the deformed oscillators algebra is covariant under quantum Poincare symmetries 2. it leads to $c$-number value of the braided commutator (\[ccom\]) If we substitute (\[ggh\]) into (\[ccom\]) we obtain the final formula$$\lbrack \widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}),\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})]_{\bullet }^{BR}\overset{W}{\simeq }\Delta (x-y;m^{2}), \label{loc}$$with the braided commutator for canonically deformed free quantum fields given by known standard Pauli-Jordan function (see (\[spjs\])) . It should be noted that the choices of $\star -$multiplication (see ([ccdf]{})) and of the covariant braid $\Psi _{\mathcal{M},\mathcal{H}}$ (see (\[fun\]) are necessary for getting the twist-covariant algebra of deformed field operators. The braid factor $\mathcal{R}_{21}$ which is an intertwiner in quantum quasitriangular Poincare-Hopf algebra appears in our framework on three levels: 1. in the Weyl realization of the algebra $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}$ as expressing the “braided commutativity” of the algebra of classical fields on Minkowski space-time with the $\star -$multiplication (see e.g. [@alv]). 2. in the algebra $\widehat{\mathcal{H}}$ (see (\[ggh\])) of quantized field oscillators which is covariant under the action $\blacktriangleright $ of the Poincare symmetry generators $g$. 3. in the algebra $\Phi (\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}),\bullet )$ of deformed NC free quantum field $\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x})$ (see (\[fie\])) firstly in the definition of multiplication $m_{\mathcal{M}\otimes \mathcal{H}}$ (see (\[ggn\])), and further in the definition of braided field commutator (\[cdc1\]). We point out that the nonstandard multiplication of the deformed oscillators given by (\[nsm\]) and the relation (\[ggh\]) are selected by the requirement of braided $\bullet -$locality of NC quantum free fields or equivalently by the $c-$number value of braided field commutator (see ([loc]{})). In NC QFT covariant under quantum Poincare symmetries the standard locality condition is therefore modifed not only by the introduction of $% \star -$multiplication of fields on Minkowski space but also by the deformation of field commutator into the braided one. Let us observe that in the example of canonical twist (\[twist0\]) the rhs of (\[51\]) and ([ccom]{}) describing the braided commutator of fields $\widehat{\phi }(x),% \widehat{\phi }(y)$ after the Weyl map vanishes if the points $x,y$ are separated in space-like way $((x-y)^{2}<0)$. We see that the modification of locality in traditional approach (see (\[fd\])) is replaced by the following braided $\bullet -$locality relation which should be understood after performing the Weyl map which introduces classical space-time points $% x,y$[^10] $$\lbrack \widehat{\varphi }(x),\widehat{\varphi }(y)]=0\overset{\text{quantum}% }{\underset{\text{deformation}}{\Longrightarrow }}[\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x% }),\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y})]_{\bullet }^{BR}\overset{W}{\simeq }0. \label{ree}$$ The formula (\[loc\]) provides an explicit example of NC quantum field satisfying the braided $\bullet -$locality condition (\[ree\]). Conclusions =========== In this paper we present the quantum-covariant braided formulation of the theory of noncommutative quantum free fields. We restricted our considerations to binary products of such fields. For twist-deformed noncommutative fields the extension of our formalism to n-ary associative products is rather straightforward, with the associativity of braided field products following from the hexagon relation satisfied by braid $\mathcal{R}% _{21}$ (see e.g. [@maj]). From our quantum covariance requirements we obtained the braided form ([dfd]{}) of  deformed field commutator, the braided form (\[bra\]) of deformed oscillator algebra and braided $\bullet -$multiplication (\[ggn\]) in the algebra of deformed quantum free fields. We add that the elements of our construction were present in previous papers [@wess],[@zahn],[@fi],[@fi2]. The closest to our consideration is the approach of Fiore [@fi],[@fi2] where the braided commutator is however defined with braid factor $\mathcal{R}_{21}$ acting on fields $\widehat{\phi }(% \widehat{x})$ by the action $\trianglerighteq $, described by (\[nn1\]) (this was already implicit in the second option of [@wess], see formula (46) there). In such a case the braid factor becomes trivial, because due to the relations $\varepsilon (\mathcal{R}_{(1)})\otimes \mathcal{R}_{(2)}=% \mathcal{R}_{(1)}\otimes \varepsilon (\mathcal{R}_{(2)})=\mathbf{1}\otimes \mathbf{1}$ ($\varepsilon $ is the counit) and (\[nn2\]) we get $\mathcal{R% }_{(1)}\trianglerighteq \widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})\otimes \mathcal{R}% _{(2)}=\widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})\otimes \mathbf{1}$,  $\mathcal{R}% _{(2)}\trianglerighteq \widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})\otimes \mathcal{R}% _{(1)}=\widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x})\otimes \mathbf{1},$ whence $$g\trianglerighteq (\widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{y})\widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x% }))=\widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{y})\widehat{{\phi }}(\widehat{x}),$$and the braided field commutator becomes a standard one. The latter also gives the $c$-number function at the rhs of (\[loc\]), which fulfills ([ree]{}) at spacelike distances. Our explicit calculations have been given for the simplest case of canonical twist deformation. 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The standard creation and annihilation operators are defined respectively by $a(% \overrightarrow{p},p_{0}=\omega (\overrightarrow{p}))$ and $a(% \overrightarrow{p},p_{0}=-\omega (\overrightarrow{p}))$, where $\omega (% \overrightarrow{p})=\sqrt{\overrightarrow{p}^{2}+m^{2}}$ and for real fields (\[fffd\]) $a(\overrightarrow{p},p_{0})$ = $a^{\dagger }(-\overrightarrow{p% },-p_{0})$. [^5]: In (\[www\]) we describe only the Weyl map for binary field products. [^6]: Below in Sect. 2 we shall distinguish two different actions of Poincare algebra generators. In formulas (\[uv\]) and (\[dfd\]) the action $% \vartriangleright $ is still not specified. [^7]: For notational convenience one can introduce the symbol $\circledast $ by means of the formula $(\widehat{f}\otimes \widehat{h})\bullet (\widehat{f}% ^{\prime }\otimes \widehat{h}^{\prime })\overset{W}{\simeq }(f\otimes \widehat{h})\circledast (f^{\prime }\otimes \widehat{h}^{\prime })$. The translation of algebraic properties of $\bullet -$multiplication (\[ggn\]) (e.g. associativity) into the corresponding properties of $\circledast $ is under consideration. [^8]: We use shorthand notation $\mathcal{R}_{21}\triangleright (a\bullet b)=(% \mathcal{R}_{(2)}\triangleright a)\bullet (\mathcal{R}_{(1)}\triangleright b) $ etc. [^9]: See e.g. [@maj], Sec . 9.2. We use Sweedler notation with suppressed summation indices. If more explicitly $\Delta ^{(4)}(g)=\sum_{I}g_{(1)}^{I}\otimes g_{(2)}^{I}\otimes g_{(3)}^{I}\otimes g_{(4)}^{I}$ and $\mathcal{R}^{(4)}=\sum_{J}1\otimes \mathcal{R}% _{(1)}^{J}\otimes \mathcal{R}_{(2)}^{J}\otimes 1$ we read e.g. eq. (\[iji\]) as $\sum_{I}\sum_{J}g_{(2)}^{I}\mathcal{R}_{(2)}^{J}\otimes g_{(3)}^{I}% \mathcal{R}_{(1)}^{J}=\sum_{I}\sum_{J}\mathcal{R}_{(2)}^{J}g_{(3)}^{I}% \otimes \mathcal{R}_{(1)}^{J}g_{(2)}^{I}.$ [^10]: If we introduce the extension of the $\star $-product on $\mathcal{M}$ into the symbol $\circledast $ (see footnote g), the braided $\star $-locality can be rewritten as $[\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{x}),\widehat{\phi }(\widehat{y% })]_{\circledast }=0$ for $(x-y)^{2}<0$ where $[A,B]_{\circledast }=A\circledast B-B\circledast A$.

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21*v**2 + 6*v + 4. Determine -5*c(j) - 6*y(j). 15*j**2 - 2 Let v(j) = -1183*j**2 + 22. Let c(l) = -1775*l**2 + 31. What is 5*c(b) - 7*v(b)? -594*b**2 + 1 Let g(f) = -32695 + 65150 - 32560 + 1372*f**2 - 3427*f**2. Let q(y) = 79*y**2 + 4. What is -4*g(c) - 105*q(c)? -75*c**2 Let y(m) = 5091*m**3 - 2*m - 5093*m**3 - m + 3*m**2. Let x(z) = -4*z**2 - 71*z + 2*z**3 + 37*z + 38*z. Give 3*x(t) + 4*y(t). -2*t**3 Let b(r) = 2*r**3 - 8*r**2 + 6*r - 3. Let y(k) = 14*k**2 - 811*k - 62. Let z be y(58). Let w(d) = -d**3 + 7*d**2 - 5*d + 3. Give z*w(q) - 3*b(q). -2*q**3 - 4*q**2 + 2*q - 3 Let v(m) = -33*m + 345. Let l(a) = 10*a - 117. Determine -8*l(n) - 3*v(n). 19*n - 99 Let q(x) = 4*x**3 - x**2 + 7*x + 2. Let m(k) = 2*k**3 - 14*k**2 - 4*k - 25. Let v(h) = h**3 - 5*h**2 - h - 8. Let f(g) = -m(g) + 3*v(g). Give -3*f(r) + q(r). r**3 + 2*r**2 + 4*r - 1 Let s(u) = u**2 + 65*u - 1. Let o(h) = 2*h**2 + 2*h - 2. Calculate -o(p) + s(p). -p**2 + 63*p + 1 Let d(w) = -15*w + 6. Suppose 0 = 87*m - 89*m - 2*r - 18, -30 = 5*r. Let u(g) = 14*g - 5. Give m*u(f) - 2*d(f). -12*f + 3 Let p(q) = 4*q**2 + 130*q - 8. Let j(u) = 4*u**2 + 131*u - 9. Determine 9*j(s) - 10*p(s). -4*s**2 - 121*s - 1 Let w(v) = -21431892*v. Let u(d) = -27389*d. Determine 3912*u(q) - 5*w(q). 13692*q Let m(i) = -7*i. Let p = -72 + 75. Let a = -3307 + 3303. Let z(h) = -7*h. Give a*z(t) + p*m(t). 7*t Let t(c) = -c**3 + 7*c**2 - c - c - c**3. Let v = -1025 + 1032. Let f(m) = -3*m**3 - 4*m + 20*m - v*m + 11*m**2 - 12*m. What is -5*f(u) + 8*t(u)? -u**3 + u**2 - u Let g = 19532 - 19528. Let t(i) = 9*i + 70. Let l(d) = 5*d + 35. What is g*t(r) - 7*l(r)? r + 35 Let q(x) be the second derivative of -x**5/20 - x**3/6 - x**2/2 - 28*x - 9. Let d(c) = 7*c**3 - 2*c**2 - 2*c - 2. Calculate -d(k) + 2*q(k). -9*k**3 + 2*k**2 Let w(c) = 10*c**3 - 8*c**2 + 930. Let s(t) = 4*t**3 - 3*t**2 + 310. Calculate -8*s(r) + 3*w(r). -2*r**3 + 310 Let g(k) = 3*k**2 + k - 1. Let n(p) = -5*p**2 - 2*p + 2. Let u(v) = 3*g(v) + 2*n(v). Let f(i) = -13*i**2 + 3*i - 4. Calculate f(s) + 3*u(s). -16*s**2 - 1 Let o(z) = 9. Let h(f) be the first derivative of f**2/2 - 27*f - 308. What is -3*h(y) - 8*o(y)? -3*y + 9 Let f(u) = 3*u**3 + 189*u**2 - 6*u. Let d(h) = h**3 - 7*h**2 + 2*h. Calculate 4*d(q) + f(q). 7*q**3 + 161*q**2 + 2*q Let r = -95 - -96. Suppose 2*x + 7 = 2*h - r, -x = 1. Let n(y) = -241*y**2 + y - 1 + 3*y**h + 241*y**2. Let v(z) = z**3 + z - 1. Calculate -2*n(t) + 2*v(t). -4*t**3 Let z(g) = -3*g**3 + 21*g**2 + g - 4. Let j(c) = 48*c**3 - 336*c**2 - 15*c + 63. Calculate 4*j(w) + 63*z(w). 3*w**3 - 21*w**2 + 3*w Let a(f) = -f**2 - 22*f + 1. Let x(n) = -5*n**2 - 154*n - 7300. Determine 7*a(r) - x(r). -2*r**2 + 7307 Let w(h) = 13*h**2 + 171*h - 12. Let j(s) = -2*s**2 - s + 2. Determine -6*j(v) - w(v). -v**2 - 165*v Let f(m) = 9*m**2 + 5*m - 1687. Let v(y) = 5*y**2 + 3*y - 838. What is -4*f(d) + 7*v(d)? -d**2 + d + 882 Let d(n) = 6*n**2 + n - 1 - 3*n + 5*n - 3*n**2. Let t(j) = -8*j**2 - 8*j + 3. Let i(m) = 2*m**3 - 23*m**2 + 63*m - 4. Let v be i(7). What is v*t(f) - 11*d(f)? -f**2 - f - 1 Let w(h) be the second derivative of h**3/6 - 3*h + 111. Let v(i) = 10*i + 1. Determine -v(p) + 3*w(p). -7*p - 1 Let a(x) = 17*x**3 + 593*x**2 - 7*x. Let l(t) = -19*t**3 - 595*t**2 + 8*t. What is -8*a(r) - 7*l(r)? -3*r**3 - 579*r**2 Let z(j) = 462*j**2 + 48*j - 4. Let y(o) = 462*o**2 + 65*o - 5. Calculate 3*y(k) - 4*z(k). -462*k**2 + 3*k + 1 Let q(j) = 2*j**2 + 143*j - 15. Let a(r) = 6*r**2 + 421*r - 40. Calculate 4*a(f) - 11*q(f). 2*f**2 + 111*f + 5 Let n(k) = -2 + 1 + 0. Let u(o) be the second derivative of o**3/2 - 2*o**2 - 3*o. Let a be 46/(-12) + 4 + (-35)/30. Give a*u(x) + 4*n(x). -3*x Let d(y) = -95*y + 7. Let r be d(0). Let v(n) = -2*n**2 + 2*n - 2. Let w(g) = -4*g**2 + 4*g - 4. Give r*v(h) - 3*w(h). -2*h**2 + 2*h - 2 Let s(h) = 29*h + 61. Let u(q) = 45*q + 92. What is -8*s(i) + 5*u(i)? -7*i - 28 Let g(v) = 22*v**2 - 16*v - 9. Let f(j) = 3*j**2 - j - 1. Calculate -14*f(w) + 2*g(w). 2*w**2 - 18*w - 4 Let a(v) = -81*v**2 + 4*v + 11. Let x(r) = 400*r**2 - 20*r - 52. Determine -14*a(q) - 3*x(q). -66*q**2 + 4*q + 2 Let q(n) = -2 + 3*n + 2. Suppose 17*m - 23 = 11. Let z be 1/(m/3 + 154/(-132)). Let h(k) = 39*k. Give z*h(y) + 27*q(y). 3*y Let s(l) = -17*l**2 + 7*l - 5. Let w(n) = -92*n**2 + 36*n - 24. Give 14*s(z) - 3*w(z). 38*z**2 - 10*z + 2 Let g(f) = 2316*f - 21. Let r(c) = -1159*c + 12. What is -4*g(q) - 7*r(q)? -1151*q Let l(y) = -20*y**3 - 11*y**2 + 4*y + 11. Let i be (-6 + 8)*(-55)/40*-4. Let u(b) = -4*b**3 - 2*b**2 + b + 2. Calculate i*u(t) - 2*l(t). -4*t**3 + 3*t Let v(c) = 39*c**2 - 30*c - 2. Let w(x) = 77*x**2 - 77*x - 5. Let i(h) = 5*v(h) - 2*w(h). Let a(f) = 122*f**2 + 11*f. What is 4*a(t) - 11*i(t)? 37*t**2 Suppose 8 = 5*x - 2. Let l(b) = 5*b + 2. Let c(f) be the third derivative of 11*f**4/24 + 5*f**3/6 - 174*f**2. Give x*c(j) - 5*l(j). -3*j Let b(h) be the first derivative of -31*h**3/3 - 11*h**2/2 + 2*h + 2244. Let v(t) = 15*t**2 + 6*t - 1. Give 4*b(z) + 7*v(z). -19*z**2 - 2*z + 1 Let v(y) = 246*y**3 + 24*y**2 + 35. Let a(p) = -370*p**3 - 37*p**2 - 55. Give -5*a(b) - 8*v(b). -118*b**3 - 7*b**2 - 5 Let a(u) = -5*u**2 + 4*u + 4. Let l be -643 + (31 - 1)/10. Let x = l + 644. Let n(d) = 10*d**2 - 9*d - 9. Calculate x*n(s) + 9*a(s). -5*s**2 Let w(p) = 38*p**2 - 6*p + 120. Let t(j) = -17*j**2 + 3*j - 56. Let k(n) = 9*t(n) + 4*w(n). Let d(f) = -4*f**2 + 13*f - 95. What is -6*d(u) + 26*k(u)? -2*u**2 - 54 Let a(z) = -z + 1. Let f(u) = -8*u + 8. Suppose -2*c + 31 = -5*p - 23, 4*p + 3*c = -34. Let o be (8/p + 1)*-5. Suppose 2*t = -3 + 15. What is o*f(l) + t*a(l)? 2*l - 2 Let g(r) = 13*r - 9. Let o(b) = 18*b - 32. Let m(x) = -6*x + 10. Let y(z) = -10*m(z) - 3*o(z). Suppose -10*k - 16*k = -234. What is k*y(v) - 4*g(v)? 2*v Let f(p) = -11*p**3 + 7*p**2 + 457*p - 28. Let q(y) = 8*y**3 - 5*y**2 - 305*y + 19. What is 5*f(z) + 7*q(z)? z**3 + 150*z - 7 Let s(b) = -16*b**3 + 5*b**2 - 4*b - 7. Let z(y) = y**3 + 2*y**2 + 4*y + 1. Give -s(j) - z(j). 15*j**3 - 7*j**2 + 6 Suppose -9*t + 8*t = -2*k - 1, -17 = -2*t + k. Let c(z) = -6*z**2 + 4*z + 2. Let l(i) = 17*i**2 - 12*i - 6. Determine t*c(j) + 4*l(j). 2*j**2 - 4*j - 2 Let m be ((-6)/(-1 - (-50)/34))/((-933)/1244). Let y(j) = -14*j + 34. Let b(c) = 5*c - 11. Calculate m*b(v) + 6*y(v). v + 17 Let o(q) = 3*q + 30. Let g(d) = -5*d - 18. Calculate 4*g(a) + 3*o(a). -11*a + 18 Let o(u) = 20*u + 8. Let w(i) = i - 8. Determine o(z) - w(z). 19*z + 16 Let w(t) = 931*t + 76. Let f(k) = 311*k + 25. Calculate 10*f(u) - 3*w(u). 317*u + 22 Let b(a) = -9*a**3 + 11*a**2 - 59*a + 11. Let d = -18640 + 18651. Let p(k) = 5*k**3 - 6*k**2 + 30*k - 6. Give d*p(j) + 6*b(j). j**3 - 24*j Let h = 205 + -190. Suppose 542*c + h = 545*c. Let j(m) = 13*m**2 + 9*m. Let v(s) = 19*s**2 + 13*s. Give c*v(k) - 7*j(k). 4*k**2 + 2*k Let j(w) = -10*w**2 + 5. Suppose z - 627 = -3*h, -3*z - 3*h + 1990 - 127 = 0. Let m = -613 + z. Let v(i) = 15*i**2 - 7. What is m*v(x) + 7*j(x)? 5*x**2 Let w(o) = 5*o**2 + 2*o + 3. Let m(x) be the second derivative of x**4/2 + x**3/6 + 2*x**2 - 3791*x. Determine -4*m(s) + 5*w(s). s**2 + 6*s - 1 Let r(c) = 7*c - 7. Let f(o) = -51*o - 28. Let h(w) = 42*w + 27. Let a(m) = 7*f(m) + 8*h(m). Calculate 6*a(v) + 17*r(v). -7*v + 1 Let v(d) = 31*d**3 - 89*d**3 + 2*d + 4*d**2 + 25*d**3 + 6 + 31*d**3. Let a(i) = 2*i**3 - 5*i**2 - 2*i - 7. Give 4*a(w) + 5*v(w). -2*w**3 + 2*w + 2 Let p(m) = -m**2 + 8*m - 1. Let t(i) = -8*i**2 + 4728*i - 9. Give 18*p(h) - 2*t(h). -2*h**2 - 9312*h Let j(w) = w**3 + w**2 + 1. Let a(d) = -7*d**3 + 77*d**2 - d - 6. Give a(v) + 6*j(v). -v**3 + 83*v**2 - v Let p = 2055 - 2053. Let n(q) = -4*q**2 - 2*q + 7. Let i(w) = -13*w**2 - 7*w + 22. What is p*i(h) - 7*n(h)? 2*h**2 - 5 Let p(s) = -62*s**2 + 12*s - 20. Let m(z) = 13*z**2 + z + 1. What is 5*m(d) + p(d)? 3*d**2 + 17*d - 15 Let o(h) = h**3 + 14*h**2 + 26. Let y(m) = -3*m**2 + 31812*m - 31812*m + 3 - 8. Give 2*o(k) + 11*y(k). 2*k**3 - 5*k**2 - 3 Let a(s) be the third derivative of s**5/30 + s**4/6 - s**3/2 + 1226*s**2. Let o(h) = -2*h**2 - 4*h + 2. Give 3*a(f) + 4*o(f). -2*f**2 - 4*f - 1 Let a(f) = -10*f**2 + 25*f + 6. Let z(p) = -11*p**2 + 27*p + 7. What is 7*a(t) - 6*z(t)? -4*t**2 + 13*t Let n(a) = -a**3 - 3*a**2 - 2*a - 3. Let y(v) = 3*v**3 - 2*v**2 - 2.

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SIGNATURE. GETTING WORD FROM THE GETTING WORD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE WHITE HOUSE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE LATER AT 60 MINUTES FROM NOW LATER AT 60 MINUTES FROM NOW 4:00 EAST COAST TIME. 4:00 EAST COAST TIME. THE TOP REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE THE TOP REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER, KEVIN MINORITY LEADER, KEVIN McCARTHY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR McCARTHY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. TIME. $2 TRILLION, WOW I WONDER WHAT $2 TRILLION, WOW I WONDER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? THAT LOOKS LIKE? WHAT WILL IT DO TO THE AMERICAN WHAT WILL IT DO TO THE AMERICAN WORKER AND WHAT WILL IT DO FOR WORKER AND WHAT WILL IT DO FOR THE AMERICAN BUSINESS PERSON? THE AMERICAN BUSINESS PERSON? >> LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH THAT >> LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH THAT AND BE HAPPY IT GOT DONE TODAY. AND BE HAPPY IT GOT DONE TODAY. I WISH IT COULD HAVE GOT DONE I WISH IT COULD HAVE GOT DONE LAST WEEK. LAST WEEK. AS YOU REPORTED MORE THAN AS YOU REPORTED MORE THAN 3.2 MILLION AMERICANS WERE LAID 3.2 MILLION AMERICANS WERE LAID OFF LAST WEEK. OFF LAST WEEK. THAT IS MORE THAN WE EVER HAD IN THAT IS MORE THAN WE EVER HAD IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION, SIX TIMES, THE GREAT DEPRESSION, SIX TIMES, AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. IT DOES A NUMBER IT PROVIDES IT DOES A NUMBER IT PROVIDES $40 BILLION TO HOSPITALS, NOT $40 BILLION TO HOSPITALS, NOT JUST HOSPITALS BUT THE JUST HOSPITALS BUT THE VENTILATORS AND THE PP AND WHAT VENTILATORS AND THE PP AND WHAT THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY NEEDS. THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY NEEDS. PERSONAL CHECKS INDIVIDUALLY’S PERSONAL CHECKS INDIVIDUALLY’S FOR FAMILIES CAPPING OUT FOR FAMILIES CAPPING OUT STARTING TO PHASE OUT AT STARTING TO PHASE OUT AT $75,000. $75,000. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT DOES FOR BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT DOES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOING SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOING SO MUCH TO HELP SHUT DOWN? SO MUCH TO HELP SHUT DOWN? IT PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR THEM. IT PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR THEM. IT GIVES THEM ALONE BUT IF THEY IT GIVES THEM ALONE BUT IF THEY TAKE THAT MONEY AND PLAY THEIR TAKE THAT MONEY AND PLAY THEIR EMPLOYEE TO KEEP THEM WORKING EMPLOYEE TO KEEP THEM WORKING WHERE THEY PAY THEIR RENT OR WHERE THEY PAY THEIR RENT OR UTILITY, THAT IS A GRANT AND YOU UTILITY, THAT IS A GRANT AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY THAT PART DON’T HAVE TO PAY THAT PART BACK. BACK. THE LARGER BUSINESS, LOW THE LARGER BUSINESS, LOW INTEREST LOAN BUT ALSO TAX INTEREST LOAN BUT ALSO TAX ADVANTAGE TO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES ADVANTAGE TO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES PARTIAL. PARTIAL. RETENTION, WE WANT PEOPLE TO RETENTION, WE WANT PEOPLE TO STAY WORKING TO KEEP IN THEIR STAY WORKING TO KEEP IN THEIR JOBS. JOBS. THESE ARE THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THESE ARE THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THIS BILL TO ACTUALLY HELP. THIS BILL TO ACTUALLY HELP. >> Bill: A FEW POINTS ON THE >> Bill: A FEW POINTS ON THE SCREEN, $500 MILLION FOR SCREEN, $500 MILLION FOR CORPORATIONS, $130 BILLION CORPORATIONS, $130 BILLION HOSPITALS, $150 BILLION, AND HOSPITALS, $150 BILLION, AND FOOD STAMPS, 1200 CHECKS FOR FOOD STAMPS, 1200 CHECKS FOR MOST AMERICANS, $600 FOR THE MOST AMERICANS, $600 FOR THE UNEMPLOYED AND ON AND ON IT UNEMPLOYED AND ON AND ON IT GOES. GOES. TOM MASSIE FROM KENTUCKY HAD AN TOM MASSIE FROM KENTUCKY HAD AN ISSUE WITH THIS BECAUSE HE ISSUE WITH THIS BECAUSE HE WANTED EVERYBODY ON THE RECORD. WANTED EVERYBODY ON THE RECORD. HERE IS WHAT HE SAID WHEN ASKED HERE IS WHAT HE SAID WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT LAST HOUR. ABOUT IT LAST HOUR. >> THEY ARE TRYING TO COVER UP >> THEY ARE TRYING TO COVER UP THEIR VOTES. THEIR VOTES. THEY HAD ENOUGH PEOPLE TO PASS THEY HAD ENOUGH PEOPLE TO PASS THE BILL, BUT STILL REFUSED TO THE BILL, BUT STILL REFUSED TO HAVE IT RECORDED. HAVE IT RECORDED. THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE TRYING TO THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE TRYING TO PROTECT MEMBERS. PROTECT MEMBERS. >> Bill: THIS WENT BACK AND >> Bill: THIS WENT BACK AND FORTH OVER NIGHT AND YOU SAW HIM FORTH OVER NIGHT AND YOU SAW HIM PUT IT ON THE RECORD. PUT IT ON THE RECORD. HE BLAMED SPEAKER PELOSI FOR HE BLAMED SPEAKER PELOSI FOR THAT SHORT PAUSE HE CONSIDERS THAT SHORT PAUSE HE CONSIDERS IT. IT. >> THAT IS UNFORTUNATE. >> THAT IS UNFORTUNATE. AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MEMBERS WHO HAVE THE VIRUS. MEMBERS WHO HAVE THE VIRUS. A NUMBER OF MEMBERS WHO WERE A NUMBER OF MEMBERS WHO WERE QUARANTINED. QUARANTINED. IF YOU ARE IN NEW YORK CITY, YOU IF YOU ARE IN NEW YORK CITY, YOU CAN’T MAKE IT DOWN. CAN’T MAKE IT DOWN. THEY WILL FLY THROUGH THE MAJOR THEY WILL FLY THROUGH THE MAJOR AIRPORTS WHO HAVE PROBLEMS AND AIRPORTS WHO HAVE PROBLEMS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR SPOUSES PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR SPOUSES WHO ARE PREGNANT, WHO HAVE THE WHO ARE PREGNANT, WHO HAVE THE PARENTS WHO LIVED WITH HIM. PARENTS WHO LIVED WITH HIM. IT IS A CHALLENGE TO MAKE SURE IT IS A CHALLENGE TO MAKE SURE TO COME BACK BUT WE WANT TO MAKE TO COME BACK BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS PASSED. SURE THIS WAS PASSED. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE HELD THIS UP THE DEMOCRATS HAVE HELD THIS UP BUT WE COULD HAVE GOT IT DONE BUT WE COULD HAVE GOT IT DONE EARLIER IN THE WEEK. EARLIER IN THE WEEK. BUT WE DO HAVE EVERYBODY ON THE BUT WE DO HAVE EVERYBODY ON THE RECORD. RECORD. YOU KNOW WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO YOU KNOW WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO? DO? WE DID NOT PASS IT WITH WE DID NOT PASS IT WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT. UNANIMOUS CONSENT. I WOULD NEVER AGREE TO THAT. I WOULD NEVER AGREE TO THAT. WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THREE HOURS WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THREE HOURS OF DEBATE. OF DEBATE. A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO WERE NOT A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT THAT COULD ABLE TO MAKE IT THAT COULD ACTUALLY PUT ACROSS THE DESK HOW ACTUALLY PUT ACROSS THE DESK HOW THEY WOULD STAND ON THIS. THEY WOULD STAND ON THIS. HOW THEY WOULD STAND ON THE HOW THEY WOULD STAND ON THE BILL. BILL. WHAT HAPPEN HERE AND WHAT MASSIE WHAT HAPPEN HERE AND WHAT MASSIE WAS ABLE TO DO IS BRING A NUMBER WAS ABLE TO DO IS BRING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE BACK. OF PEOPLE BACK. WE COULDN’T GET EVERYBODY INTO WE COULDN’T GET EVERYBODY INTO THE CHAMBERS BUT NOW YOU HAVE A THE CHAMBERS BUT NOW YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FLYING BACK TO NUMBER OF PEOPLE FLYING BACK TO THEIR HOME CITY AFTER BEING THEIR HOME CITY AFTER BEING TOGETHER. TOGETHER. >> Bill: I ENTIRELY UNDERSTAND >> Bill: I ENTIRELY UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE POSITION YOU AND RESPECT THE POSITION YOU TAKE. TAKE. I GUESS WHAT HE IS SAYING I GUESS WHAT HE IS SAYING $2 TRILLION HAS NEVER BEEN HERE $2 TRILLION HAS NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BEFORE, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REFLECT THAT IN THE VOTE COUNT. REFLECT THAT IN THE VOTE COUNT. >> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE >> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. BECAUSE YOU VOTED ON THE BILL. BECAUSE YOU VOTED ON THE BILL. YOU HAVE A RECORD ACROSS THE YOU HAVE A RECORD ACROSS THE DESK AND YOU HAVE THREE HOURS OF DESK AND YOU HAVE THREE HOURS OF DEBATE. DEBATE. >> Bill: WE ALREADY HAVE BEEN >> Bill: WE ALREADY HAVE BEEN PHASE 4 BUT WHAT WOULD BE IN A PHASE 4 BUT WHAT WOULD BE IN A PHASE 4? PHASE 4? >> AND I HOPE ANYBODY TALKING >> AND I HOPE ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT A FACE 4 WOULD PAUSE RIGHT ABOUT A FACE 4 WOULD PAUSE RIGHT NOW. NOW. WE PASSED THREE BILLS. WE PASSED THREE BILLS. AS YOU SAID, $3 TRILLION IN AS YOU SAID, $3 TRILLION IN BILLIONS AND THE OTHER BILL. BILLIONS AND THE OTHER BILL. LET’S LET THEM GO TO WORK FIRST. LET’S LET THEM GO TO WORK FIRST. LET’S BE TARGETED ON WHERE WE LET’S BE TARGETED ON WHERE WE WILL SPEND MONEY. WILL SPEND MONEY. LET’S MAKE SURE THIS IS ACTUALLY LET’S MAKE SURE THIS IS ACTUALLY WORKING IN THE PROCESS AND BE WORKING IN THE PROCESS AND BE SMART. SMART. AND IF WE DO NEED MORE HELP, TO AND IF WE DO NEED MORE HELP, TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT, BUT NOT

Daylight Silence After lunch I walk. I pass the houses in our neighborhood, cozy, colorfully painted. Clipped hedges and bright flowers. Trees swollen with age, lining the street, bending over the houses in protective embrace. The houses are all empty in the pale daylight, all left silent as its livers go to work or school. I return home and hear my house. The creaking of the wooden porch beams, the whispering of the stove, the solid drumming of the rain. I’m here to hear these things. I wonder about the empty houses, and what sounds in them no one is there to hear, until the livers return to their beautiful homes to rest for a few hours before going out into the world again. Share this: Like this: Related Published by Hannah Kennedy Hannah is an old lady at heart, with a deep love of yarn and floral patterns. She has curly hair, she is a lefty, she googles everything, and her favorite color is blue. She can usually be found reading everything from nineteenth-century fiction to modern psychology, doing yoga, dragging out chores to fit the podcast she's listening to, or watching The Office with her husband. View more posts

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HIS raspy voice defined his roles as Batman villain Bane and infamous criminal Charles Bronson. But now Tom Hardy will be putting his vocal cords to a whole new use as he gears up to make a dramatic career change. 9 Tom Hardy is getting ready to change careers Credit: Getty Images - Getty I can reveal the Hollywood actor has been busy writing his own rap/grime album and has even teamed up with top record producer Sam Williams, who has worked with Plan B and David Bowie, to put it together. It comes after a rap mixtape called Falling On Your A***, which Tom made nearly two decades ago under the moniker Tommy No 1, was leaked online earlier this year. A source said: “Tom has always had a huge passion for rapping ever since he was a young boy. “In the past he’s put song- writing on the backburner but just recently decided to pick things up again after building a friendship with producer Sam Williams. “They’ve been busy working on a selection of songs together for an album and it’s really starting to get some steam. 9 The actor is known for his raspy voice when he played Batman villain Bane Credit: AP:Associated Press 9 Tom also played the infamous criminal Charles Bronson Credit: Handout “Tom’s a bit tentative about releasing it for the world but big labels including Warner have already shown an interest in picking it up, so there is real potential for it to hit the charts.” The Mad Max star previously revealed that he had worked alongside Grammy-winning ­producers on rap music when he was a youngster. He said: “I started out ­rapping when I was 14 or 15. I used to be with the guy who managed Leela James and Lauryn Hill, Pras, the Fugees and all that. “I worked with Warren Riker and Gordon Williams. I’ve recorded loads of stuff but it’s never been released. 9 Tom Hardy is reportedly already working with music producers Credit: Rex Features “I’ve got albums, man. My best friend Peanut, we grew up in the south Bronx. He’s a very good MC and we still play.” Tom also unveiled his vocal ­talents when he featured in 2015 ­musical London Road — starring as a crooning ­Cockney cabbie who sang about murder. Hopefully his new rap tracks won’t have such a dark subject matter. READ ON FOR MORE OF SIMON BOYLE'S BIZARRE COLUMN Nicki's dress excess 9 No one could mess with Nicki Minaj as she wore this dress to the Marc Jacobs fashion show on Wednesday Credit: Getty - Contributor EVEN Cardi B would find it hard not to rub shoulders with Nicki Minaj at the Marc Jacobs ­fashion show on Wednesday. While Cardi has been keeping a low profile since their huge bust-up last week, her music enemy made her mark on New York Fashion Week with this bold outfit, featuring enormous puff sleeves and a lot of cleavage. It’s been a week since Cardi hurled a shoe at Nicki and sparked 2018’s biggest pop feud, which ­allegedly began with Nicki criticising new mum Cardi’s ­parenting skills. Nicki would have been well protected in this outfit. Cardi B and Nicki Minaj fight at NYFW Harper's Bazaar party as Cardi throws her shoe at rival but leaves with a huge bump on her head bizbit MADNESS star Suggs has announced his annual An Evening With Suggs And Friends fundraiser, with music from the star himself and UB40. It takes place on November 1 in London, with proceeds going to Pancreatic Cancer UK. Insta-glam 9 Gigi Hadid looks like she's ready to go to The Jungle GIGI HADID has her outfit on standby should she get a last-minute call-up for this year’s I’m A Celebrity. bizbit PIXIE LOTT has been spreading her pop pearls of wisdom. She invited fans to join her on an intimate ­writing ­session for her brand new track, Rhythm Of The Rain through virtual app ­MelodyVR. Brit Bart could bag new Bond THE James Bond franchise was rocked after Danny Boyle made a shock departure as director of the next 007 movie. But I can reveal an upcoming Brit filmmaker is now in the frame to take over the reins – the man behind American Animals and The Imposter, Bart Layton. 9 Danny Boyle could become the next creative director for James Bond Credit: Getty Images - Getty The creative director, below, who’s bagged ­multiple film awards, revealed that he has been approached by bosses about replacing Danny at the helm. In an interview on talkRADIO’s TalkFILM podcast, he said: “I am in discussions about it. There’s nothing more concrete. It’s very flattering to be put in the mix for something like that, and of course we’ve all grown up watching Bond with our dads and stuff like that. Well, a lot of us have. “I probably have got bitten by the bug of action film making and all of the magic that comes with that.” Despite this, Bart admitted he would find it hard to top his favourite Bond blockbuster – The Spy Who Loved Me, which was released in 1977. He added: “I mean obviously my Bond was Roger Moore and when you’re a kid that’s your Bond. You don’t really think about whether he’s the best Bond. He’s your guy. Was it The Spy Who Loved Me with the car that went underwater? For me, it didn’t get better than that. But of course as you grow up you realise maybe there were better ones.” 9 Daniel Craig has taken a role in another film which is delaying the release of the next Bond film Credit: Getty - Contributor What is the next James Bond film called and when is it released in the UK? date, cast rumours, plot and director Bart’s link to Bond comes after I revealed the new film – dubbed “Bond 25” – has been delayed after Daniel Craig signed up to a major new role. Instead of starting work on 007, he will take the lead in detective drama Knives Out, which starts production in November – a month before the ­latest Bond was scheduled to start filming. The new dad, who has just welcomed his first child with actress Rachel Weisz, will play a murder squad lead detective in the film, which is inspired by Agatha Christie thrillers. Bart will have to get things back on track if he lands the Bond gig. Wives learn the joy of Six I SENT Bizarre’s SARAH PACKER to review one of the West End’s latest productions. SIX is a musical about the wives of Henry VIII who are so fed up with being famous for their marriages, they form a girl band to finally get their voices heard. It doesn’t sound like the most appealing plot – but it works and makes for a very entertaining night. Each wife has a chance to state her case for why she had the worst life being married to Henry. Is it Anne Boleyn for getting her head chopped off? Or maybe poor Anne of Cleves being dumped for not looking as fit in real life as her portrait. The winner gets to front a LITTLE MIX-inspired girl band but competition is tough due to the sassy, fierce and laugh-out-loud moments from each of the show’s stars, who truly bring the wow factor with their phenomenal voices. Even if you don’t come away having learned a great deal about history, the 75-minute show, which started out as a student production, will leave you feeling uplifted, empowered and ready to party the night away. SIX is on at the Arts Theatre London until October 14 then tours the UK. See sixthemusical.com. Not a Lara demand anymore 9 Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider drew in underwhelming profits Credit: Handout PLANS for a Tomb Raider sequel are dead in the water after the reboot with Alicia Vikander as heroine Lara Croft drew underwhelming profits. The actress insisted she would love to return to the role but movie ­insiders tell me they doubt it will return. It comes after the action ­blockbuster was released on March 16 and failed to pull in the cash the studio was hoping for. Speaking earlier this year Alicia said: “I adored taking on the role of Lara. So yeah, we’ll see. If there’s an audience out there for it, then I would love to.” Looks like she’ll have to make do with playing the computer game for the time being. Alicia Vikander ​stars as Lara Croft​ in the secondcfor the ​upcoming Tomb Raider release Olly on a Lipa hunt OLLY MURS clearly has a type when it comes to choosing a leading lady for his music videos. A casting notice for the singer’s next song shoot has revealed he is on the lookout for a Dua Lipa lookalike to appear alongside him. The description says the woman must be aged between 18 and 30 and “beautiful, hip, and alluring. Dua Lipa as inspiration.” It comes after I revealed Olly has teamed up with hip-hop star Snoop Dogg on his first music in more than a year. Pop prince Olly is hoping Snoop will help keep things fresh as he gears up to release his sixth album. MOST READ IN BIZARRE Exclusive DELIVE-RAY Dancing On Ice winner Ray Quinn earning £11.40 an hour as Hermes delivery driver FROZEN OUT Michael Barrymore’s comeback over as DOI refuse to invite him back after injury Exclusive CAINE AND ABLE Capt Tom signs 7-figure film deal - and he wants Michael Caine to play him MIXING IT UP Little Mix vow greater support for new artists on talent show in dig at Cowell ROMAN'S EMPIRE Roman Kemp bags £1m since I'm A Celeb with shameless plugs for Coke & cereal Exclusive STRIFE STORIES Gemma Collins to tell all about Arg split on Piers Morgan's Life Stories

is the second derivative of 262*k**4 - 281*k wrt k? 3144*k**2 What is the third derivative of -2*f**3*p*v**3 - 4*f**3*p*v**2 - 13*f**3*v**2 - 4*f**2*p*v**2 - f*v**4 + 120*p*v**4 - p wrt v? -12*f**3*p - 24*f*v + 2880*p*v What is the second derivative of 1937*z**3 + 2*z**2 + 2536*z wrt z? 11622*z + 4 Find the second derivative of 12*d**2*m**2 + 8*d**2*m - d*m**2 + 22*m**2 wrt d. 24*m**2 + 16*m Find the second derivative of 4*f*g**3 - 3*f*g - 85*g**2 + 153*g wrt g. 24*f*g - 170 What is the third derivative of 24*d**2*v*w**3 - 2*d**2*v*w - 52*d**2*w**3 - 93*d**2*w**2 + d*w**3 - 2*d*w**2 - v wrt w? 144*d**2*v - 312*d**2 + 6*d Find the third derivative of 81*d*m**2*x*y**3 - d*m**2*x + 2*d*m*x*y**3 + d*y - m**2*x*y - 16*m*x*y**2 wrt y. 486*d*m**2*x + 12*d*m*x Differentiate 222*a**2*z + 2863*a**2 wrt z. 222*a**2 What is the first derivative of 53*i**4*v**2 + 2*i**4 - i*v**3 + 161*v**3 wrt i? 212*i**3*v**2 + 8*i**3 - v**3 Find the second derivative of 2*c*k**2 + 21*c*k + 2*k**4 + k wrt k. 4*c + 24*k**2 What is the second derivative of 8397*o**2 + 186*o? 16794 Find the third derivative of 378*d**3 - 1199*d**2. 2268 What is the third derivative of -561*t**6 - 258*t**2 wrt t? -67320*t**3 What is the first derivative of 219*s**2 - 948 wrt s? 438*s What is the derivative of 12*g*m**3 - 2*g*m**2 + 2*g - 156 wrt m? 36*g*m**2 - 4*g*m Find the third derivative of 12*l**2*s**2*x - 2*l**2*s*x**3 + 2*l**2*x - 4*l - 2*s**2*x**3 - 2*x**2 wrt x. -12*l**2*s - 12*s**2 What is the derivative of 11814*y**3 + 8807 wrt y? 35442*y**2 What is the derivative of -p**3*z**2 - 13*p**3*z + 163*z**2 wrt p? -3*p**2*z**2 - 39*p**2*z What is the third derivative of -1495*d**2*i**3*j**3 + 16*d**2*i**2*j**2 - 3*d**2*i**2 + 11*d**2*i*j**3 wrt i? -8970*d**2*j**3 What is the derivative of -4480*h**3 + h + 1502 wrt h? -13440*h**2 + 1 Find the first derivative of -11*d*l*y + 442*d*y + 9*l*y wrt l. -11*d*y + 9*y What is the second derivative of -2084*n**2 + 1842*n? -4168 Find the second derivative of 254*h*v**2 - 79*h*v + 6*v**2 - 4*v wrt v. 508*h + 12 What is the second derivative of 469*d**2*y - 3*d*y + 25*d + 3*y wrt d? 938*y Find the second derivative of -20*c**3*d**2 - c**3*d + c**2*d**3 + 5*c**2*d + 10*c**2 - 2*d**2 wrt d. -40*c**3 + 6*c**2*d - 4 Find the first derivative of 248*w + 387 wrt w. 248 Find the second derivative of 4*d**5 - 1575*d**2 + 4018*d + 2 wrt d. 80*d**3 - 3150 What is the third derivative of 2*h**2*w**3 - 2*h**2*w**2 - 152*h*w**4 + 106*h*w**2 wrt w? 12*h**2 - 3648*h*w Find the second derivative of 69*h**2*j**2 + 3*h**2*j*w + h*j - 10*h*w - j**2*w + 2*j wrt h. 138*j**2 + 6*j*w What is the third derivative of 2*j**3*v**3 + j**3*v**2*w + 5*j*v**4*w + 28*j*v*w + v**4 - v**2*w wrt v? 12*j**3 + 120*j*v*w + 24*v What is the third derivative of r**6 - 379*r**4 + r**2 + 1082*r - 1 wrt r? 120*r**3 - 9096*r What is the second derivative of 363*p**2 - 67*p wrt p? 726 Find the third derivative of -75*z**4 - 2*z**3 - 2*z**2 + 496. -1800*z - 12 What is the derivative of -10107*s - 21525 wrt s? -10107 Find the second derivative of -100*y**4 + y**3 + 2*y**2 - 3810*y. -1200*y**2 + 6*y + 4 Differentiate -65*b**4 + b**2*f**2 + 3*b**2*f - 301*f**2 wrt b. -260*b**3 + 2*b*f**2 + 6*b*f What is the derivative of 16334*v - 3914? 16334 Find the third derivative of -g*v**4 - 4*g*v**3 - 16*g*v - 8*v**4 - 14*v**2 wrt v. -24*g*v - 24*g - 192*v Differentiate -236*r + 216 with respect to r. -236 Differentiate -689*g*y**3 + 2*g - 3*y**2 - 222 wrt y. -2067*g*y**2 - 6*y Find the third derivative of 51*n**4*y - 44*n**4 - 100*n**2*y + 8*n*y - n wrt n. 1224*n*y - 1056*n Find the second derivative of 8*j**4 + 97*j**2 - 134*j wrt j. 96*j**2 + 194 Differentiate 2*k*z**2 - 3929*k*z + 1352*z**2 + 5*z with respect to k. 2*z**2 - 3929*z Find the third derivative of 670*z**4 - 2*z**2 - 11 wrt z. 16080*z Find the second derivative of 52*k**2*v**2 + 628*k**2*v + 2*k*v**2 wrt v. 104*k**2 + 4*k What is the second derivative of -2*y**2*z**3 + y**2*z + 2*y**2 + 7*y*z**2 - 13*y*z - 2*z**3 wrt z? -12*y**2*z + 14*y - 12*z Find the second derivative of 1049*d**2 + 8*d - 7 wrt d. 2098 What is the third derivative of 10*b*f*l**3 + 78*b*l**3 + 5*b*l**2 - b*l + 50*f*l**2 wrt l? 60*b*f + 468*b What is the second derivative of -2*h*r**3 - 102*h*r**2*s + 14*h*r*s**2 - h*s**4 - 6*r**3*s**2 + 3*r**2*s + 2*s wrt s? 28*h*r - 12*h*s**2 - 12*r**3 What is the second derivative of -2*h**2*j**2 - 20*h**2*j + 19*h + j**2 wrt h? -4*j**2 - 40*j Find the second derivative of -12*a**5 - 85*a**4 + 3*a**2 - 11*a + 1401 wrt a. -240*a**3 - 1020*a**2 + 6 What is the third derivative of b**3*w**3 + 721*b**3*w**2 - b**3 - 54*b**2*w**3 - b**2*w**2 - 11*b**2 wrt b? 6*w**3 + 4326*w**2 - 6 Find the third derivative of 891*w**3 + 2589*w**2 wrt w. 5346 Differentiate -19*n*o**2*z - 9*n + o**2*z - o**2 - 138*o*z + 2*o wrt n. -19*o**2*z - 9 What is the third derivative of 20*t**6*w**2 + 132*t**4*w**3 - 3*t**2*w + 2*t**2 - 1018*t*w**3 wrt t? 2400*t**3*w**2 + 3168*t*w**3 What is the third derivative of -766*g**5 + 5*g**3 - 88*g**2 - g + 4 wrt g? -45960*g**2 + 30 What is the third derivative of -935*b**6 - 10*b**2 + 102*b? -112200*b**3 Differentiate 99*d*r**2*y - d*r*y + 31*d - 4*y wrt r. 198*d*r*y - d*y What is the first derivative of -3*a*l*v**2 + 107*a*l - 262*a*v**2 wrt l? -3*a*v**2 + 107*a Find the second derivative of -a**2*k**3 + 63*a**2*k - 564*a*k**3 wrt a. -2*k**3 + 126*k Find the first derivative of 25*c**3*u + 9*c**3 wrt u. 25*c**3 What is the third derivative of 25*i**4 + 38*i**3 + 52*i**2 - 17? 600*i + 228 What is the second derivative of 3155*i**2*p**3 - 5*i**2*p + 979 wrt p? 18930*i**2*p Find the second derivative of 9*l**2*o**2 + 2*l**2*o - 2*l*o**2 - 41*l*o + 4*o wrt o. 18*l**2 - 4*l Find the first derivative of 6994*u**4 + 21936. 27976*u**3 Differentiate a**3*p*u - a**3*p - 63*a*p*u - 19*a*p + p wrt u. a**3*p - 63*a*p Find the first derivative of 18747*t + 5694 wrt t. 18747 Find the third derivative of 1100*q**3 - 1850*q**2. 6600 Find the second derivative of -210*i**5 + 300*i. -4200*i**3 Differentiate 76*g**3*t**2 + 4*g*t**2 + 515*t**2 wrt g. 228*g**2*t**2 + 4*t**2 Find the second derivative of 185*g**5 + 40*g - 3 wrt g. 3700*g**3 Differentiate 3*c**2*r*s + 9*c*r*s + 2*c*r + 15*r*s - 2*r with respect to c. 6*c*r*s + 9*r*s + 2*r What is the derivative of -499*i**3*m - 2*i**3 - 242 wrt m? -499*i**3 What is the second derivative of 5713*s**3 - 2072*s? 34278*s Find the third derivative of 17*x**5 + 3*x**3 + 294*x**2. 1020*x**2 + 18 What is the first derivative of 185*p**3 - 393? 555*p**2 What is the second derivative of 6382*s**4 + 78*s + 28? 76584*s**2 Differentiate 51*y**2 - 7*y + 64. 102*y - 7 What is the third derivative of v**6 - 116*v**3 - 3*v**2 + 165 wrt v? 120*v**3 - 696 Find the third derivative of -z**5 + 33*z**4 + 14*z**3 - 67*z**2 - z + 33. -60*z**2 + 792*z + 84 What is the derivative of a**4*b - 2*a**3*b - 264*a - 1508*b wrt a? 4*a**3*b - 6*a**2*b - 264 Find the third derivative of -4566*o**5 + 127*o**2. -273960*o**2 What is the derivative of -362*y**4 - 222 wrt y? -1448*y**3 What is the second derivative of 6842*g**5 + 6365*g? 136840*g**3 What is the second derivative of 349*b**4*m**2 + b**3 + 406*b*m**2 wrt b? 4188*b**2*m**2 + 6*b Find the second derivative of -l**2*u**3 + 6*l**2*u + 16*l**2 - 3*l*u**3 - l + 8*u**3 - 12*u**2 + 2*u wrt u. -6*l**2*u - 18*l*u + 48*u - 24 Find the second derivative of -7*s**3*t**2*y**3 + 2*s**3*t*y**3 + 22*s**3*t - 8*s*t**2 + 2*t**2*y**3 - 2*t*y**3 - 2*t*y wrt t. -14*s**3*y**3 - 16*s + 4*y**3 What is the derivative of -26*k*t**3 - 2347*k + t**4 + 5*t wrt t? -78*k*t**2 + 4*t**3 + 5 Find the third derivative of -13785*l**4 + 39*l**2 + l - 26. -330840*l Find the third derivative of 2*a**4*r**3 - 78*a**3*r**3 - 2*a**3*r**2 - 467*a**2*r**3 - a**2*r wrt a. 48*a*r**3 - 468*r**3 - 12*r**2 What is the first derivative of -4*j**2*m**2 - 5*j**2 + 15*j*m**2 - 11 wrt m? -8*j**2*m + 30*j*m Find the second derivative of -5774*l**2 + 136*l - 1. -11548 Find the second derivative of -225*h**2*s*t**3*y + 2*h**2*y - 4*h*s*t**3 + 4*h*s*t**2 - 9*h*s*t*y wrt h. -450*s*t**3*y + 4*y What is the third derivative of -5*s**6 - 154*s**5 + 1277*s**2 + 2*s wrt s? -600*s**3 - 9240*s**2 What is the third derivative of -2711*v**

Flexible Payment Options for CIBC FirstCaribbean cardholders Share to: Castries, St. Lucia, February 13, 2017 – Making payments by debit and credit card just got a whole lot easier for customers of CIBC FirstCaribbean. The use of Chip-enabled cards is becoming more prevalent for Caribbean card holders, and CIBC FirstCaribbean just upped the ante with the provision of Chip & PIN and “contactless” card payments “smart cards” for its Visa cardholders. Unlike the traditional magnetic stripe cards, the “smart cards” now have an embedded microchip that generates a unique code with each transaction that cannot be used again making it difficult to compromise. The new cards will allow cardholders to tap or wave their bank Credit or Visa Debit cards over point of sale terminals or readers equipped with the contactless feature while using them in Europe, the US, Canada and other countries to make small purchases. Trevor Torzsas, Managing Director of Customer Relationship Management and Strategy at the bank, thinks this is a “significant milestone” as it increases the ease of use of the card for small purchases, while maintaining the security of the card, which is now also enhanced with the addition of Chip & PIN technology. Where contactless payment is not an option, CIBC FirstCaribbean cardholders will still be able to make purchases using the new “smart cards”. Customers need not worry if they encounter a terminal that does not have Chip & PIN capability as the cards will carry the traditional magnetic stripe in addition to the new chip. So in essence, the cards can be used at any terminal without concern. Extra safety features include a new requirement for cardholders to enter a Personal Identification Number (PIN) for validation at Chip-enabled terminals when making purchases. This eliminates the need to provide a signature, speeds up payment at the register and provides the cardholder with added protection in the event the card is lost or stolen, as such purchases cannot be completed without their confidential PIN. Mr. Torzsas expressed his excitement at the latest addition to the bank’s card services: “We’ve introduced a series of innovations to our services, including our very popular Mobile Banking app, to give our clients more choice in how they bank and make payments. We have a banking solution that fits everyone’s lifestyle and our “smart cards” will give our cardholders additional comfort that they can make payments in a safe, secure, yet flexible manner.” New cards will be issued upon the expiration of old ones or when replacing lost or damaged cards. Customers may also request the new card via the usual process at their branch before the expiration of their existing card.

Avocado sales reach record $41M Annoyed by the cost of avocados? Well, it hasn't seemed to deter the country from stocking the kitchen with nature's butter. Kiwis' love for avocados has been spread across paper in today's release of record breaking sales for this season. "In New Zealand, demand is growing at a phenomenal rate and we are seeing the emergence of diehard avocado lovers," Chief Executive of NZ Avocado Jen Scoular said. "Avocados are becoming a highly valued fruit due to their amazing health benefits." Domestic sales reached $41 million for the 2015/16 season breaking the record for our local market, despite a much smaller crop. "Five years ago the New Zealand market achieved between $15 million and $20 million annually, without ever getting much above that. This year's return of $41 million is 25 percent above last year's return of $31.8 million and shows year on year growth of 17 percent since 2011," Ms Scoular said.

Cladophialophora bantiana infection mimicking neuromyelitis optica. Cladophialophora bantiana (C. bantiana) is a life-threatening melanized mycelial fungus causing brain abscess. C. bantiana is usually observed in tropical countries, including India. We report a Japanese case of C. bantiana presenting with myelitis mimicking neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and brain abscess. A 73-year-old man was administered prednisolone (30 mg/day) for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-related vasculitis 100 days before admission. He had right side-dominant paraplegia and sensory loss in the right leg. T2-weighted spinal cord MRI revealed longitudinal high-intensity signals at the T7 to T12 levels. A ring-enhancing lesion at the T10 level was detected on gadolinium (Gd)-enhanced MRI. He was tentatively diagnosed with NMO, and steroid pulse therapy was performed. One month later, an abscess at the right cerebropontine angle was noted on Gd-enhanced brain MRI. Two months later, several subcutaneous intramuscular tumors were detected. Based on the morphological study of the cultured organelle obtained by tumor enucleation and the internal transcribed spacer sequence of ribosomal RNA, the pathogen was identified as C. bantiana. Although he received liposomal amphotericin B treatment, the patient died of respiratory insufficiency. C. bantiana infection should be considered in patients with myelitis presenting with longitudinal lesions and CNS abscess in an immunocompromised state.

Patients who don't visit their HIV clinic regularly have increased risk of death Michael Carter Published: 10 May 2007 Patients who do not attend for regular HIV care are significantly more likely to die than those who maintain good contact with their HIV clinic, according to an American study published in the June 1st edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Investigators from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs found that, compared to patients who attended all of their follow-up visits in the year after commencing HIV therapy, those who missed one quarterly visit had an increased risk of death of 42%, with those who missed three quarterly visits being 95% more likely to die. Potent HIV therapy has dramatically improved the prognosis of HIV-positive patients in industrialised countries. But to gain the maximum benefit from HIV treatment, it is necessary for an HIV-positive person to have their infection diagnosed before they have developed advanced immune suppression, and to indefinitely receive specialist HIV care. Although it is intuitive that HIV-positive patients who receive regular care will live longer, this has not been previously been demonstrated for HIV or any other chronic illness. Investigators used the registry of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the largest provider of HIV care in the United States, to test the hypothesis that poor retention in HIV care is associated with a worse clinical outcome, including death. The study population included all HIV-positive individuals entered onto the registry in 1997 and 1998. The main outcome was survival from one year after entering care. Data were collected to the end of 2004. Information was also gathered on changes in CD4 cell count and viral load one year after commencing HIV therapy. US treatment guidelines recommend that HIV-positive patients should visit their HIV doctor at quarterly intervals, and the investigators looked at survival and treatment outcome according to the number of quarterly visits made during the first year of HIV care. A total of 2,619 men were included in the study. HIV disease was significantly advanced in most patients at the time of diagnosis, median CD4 cell count being 228 cells/mm3. In the first year after HIV diagnosis, 64% of patients attended all four outpatient appointments, 18% attended three of their quarterly appointments, 11% attended two appointments, and 6% attended only one quarterly appointment. A year after starting HIV therapy, CD4 cell count increased by a median of 100 cells/mm3 from baseline in patients who attended all their quarterly visits in the year following diagnosis, but only by a median of 49 cells in patients who visited their HIV clinic once in the year following diagnosis, a highly significant difference (p < 0.001). Similarly, the fall in viral load was significantly greater the more follow-up visits a patient kept (p < 0.001). A total of 425 patients died after their first year of HIV care. After adjusting for factors such as race, age, CD4 cell count, use of anti-HIV therapy and hepatitis C coinfection, the investigators found that poor retention in HIV care significantly increased the risk of death. Compared to patients who kept all their quarterly visits in the year after diagnosis, those who missed just one had a 42% increased risk of death (p < 0.001), those who missed two, a 67% increased risk (p < 0.001), and those who missed three, a 95% increased risk of death (p < 0.001). “Patients out of care for as little as three months…had worse survival”, write the investigators. The findings of this study are particularly interesting as the study population was eligible for free HIV treatment and care from the VA, meaning that financial considerations were not a barrier to access. The investigators conclude, “strategies to retain persons in long-term care need to be developed, tested and implemented to maximize the benefit from currently available medical care.” The author of an accompanying editorial notes “multiple studies have shown that patients who access case management, transportation, mental health support, drug treatment and other supportive services are more likely to be retained in care than those who do not.” She adds there is also a need to “assist patients to develop a positive relationship with health care providers and to improve their knowledge of HIV infection and dispel negative health beliefs.” NAM’s information is intended to support, rather than replace, consultation with a healthcare professional. Talk to your doctor or another member of your healthcare team for advice tailored to your situation.

France Takes Bullfighting Off Cultural Heritage List Like us on Facebook: The current article you are reading does not reflect the views of the current editors and contributors of the new Ecorazzi Thanks to pressure from animals rights activists, France has removed bullfighting from its cultural heritage list. Usually it is Spain that comes to mind when the subject of bullfighting is brought up but in southern France, the events, called ‘La Corrida’ are also popular. In 2011, France even added bullfighting to a list that considered it an “intangible heritage”, which meant it would be protected by UNESCO. Fortunately, however, after animal rights groups protested the protection of the cruel sport, the country has removed it from its website. According to The Local, a court has ruled that the decision of omitting it from the website means the country has effectively dropped it from its cultural heritage list. “It is one more step towards the abolition of a barbarism that belongs to another age,” said Roger Lahaha of anti-bullfighting group CRAC Europe who also called the decision “an immense victory.” CRAC tried to get bullfighting completely banned in France back in 2012 and failed. It plans to continue trying but the main resistance comes from French government Prime Minister Manuel Valls who was born in Spain and has stated he is an avid fan of the sport. “It’s something I love, it’s part of my family’s culture,” he’s said in the past. “It’s a culture that we have to preserve. We need these roots, we should not tear them out.” In France, animals are protected from cruelty by law but bullfighting is considered an exception. The local court ruled that this exception still stands even if the sport is not considered a cultural heritage anymore. Via Breitbart Photo Credit: Shutterstock

Welcome to part 9 of my Python for Fantasy Football series! Since part 5 we have been attempting to create our own expected goals model from the StatsBomb NWSL and FA WSL data using machine learning. If you missed any of the previous articles or need a refresher, links are below: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8,GitHub (for notebooks) In part 5 I outlined a general process for creating machine learning models as follows: Gather some data Clean the data Choose a modelling approach Feature engineering Train the model Evaluate the model Tune the model hyperparameters to improve performance Make final predictions So far, we have investigated different modelling approaches, looking at some strategies for dealing with class imbalance in our data before learning how to train a random forest classifier and interpret the results. To make things easier, I did some preliminary feature engineering in part 5, choosing to throw out a lot of the columns from StatsBomb’s original dataset. I was able to do this because I already had quite a bit of knowledge about xG models, so I had a good idea of what features I should and shouldn’t include. Since feature engineering is vitally important to creating good machine learning models, I wanted to use this article to justify the choice of initial features, as well as think about additional features we could add to help potentially improve things further. Before we get started, I wanted to stress that in most real-world machine learning problems you often won’t have any knowledge of the domain you are working with. Indeed, making assumptions before creating models could end up being quite damaging. I therefore suggest a slightly modified approach to the one above when working on future machine learning problems: Gather some data Choose a modelling approach (if in doubt, use a random forest for problems that don’t require deep learning) Clean the data to handle categorical data and missing values Only carry out essential cleaning at this stage to get the model to run without any errors, don’t carry out any feature engineering yet Train the model Evaluate the model Use the results to carry out feature engineering Learn more about the domain at this stage, e.g. what is this feature, does it make sense that it’s important etc Tune the model hyperparameters to improve performance Make final predictions Choosing model features I wanted to take a step back here and look at the raw data from StatsBomb to show you exactly what features were present in the initial dataset. As mentioned already I chose to remove some of these before training any models, so I wanted to go through each feature and justify the reasons for including or omitting it from the input data. The code below will import the raw data and filter it to show just the columns that aren’t currently being used. # Import raw data to justify inital feature selection np_shots_raw = pd.read_csv('np_shots_raw.csv') # Filter out the columns we actually used for our model np_shots_unused = np_shots_raw.drop(['play_pattern', 'under_pressure', 'body_part', 'technique', 'first_time', 'follows_dribble', 'redirect', 'one_on_one', 'open_goal', 'deflected', 'duration'], axis=1) # Nice function to view an example of the data with all columns shown (in case you have lots of them!) # To do this, the columns are transposed into rows instead def display_all(df): with pd.option_context("display.max_rows", 1000): with pd.option_context("display.max_columns", 1000): display(df.head().transpose()) display_all(np_shots_unused) Features that were removed event_type – Always equals shot, so no point including it. id, index – These are just so we can link the shots to other non-shot data. period, timestamp, minute, second, possession – It’s possible that these would actually have some predictive value, e.g. if late goals are more likely due to fatigue etc (all else being equal). However, with such a small number of observations I thought it would be better to avoid including a time component in the model. Feel free to try using one if you like and see what happens! possession_team, team, player, position – Clearly these might actually influence the model a bit; not all players are equally good at shooting from long range etc. However, we would need a lot of data to justify using player skill in a model. off_camera – There is only one example of off_camera=True in the dataset, and all of the important values (shot location etc) appear to have been recorded anyway for that observation. statsbomb_xg, outcome – Obviously we don’t want to cheat and include these! type – The two possible values are ‘open play’ or ‘free kick’, which we are already capturing via the ‘play_pattern’ column. start_location, key_pass_id – We turned these into new features; ‘distance’, ‘angle’ and ‘assisted’. end_location – Whether to include this or not depends on how you define xG. Do we want to know the expected value of a shot from 30 yards out, or do we want to know the value of a 30 yard screamer heading towards the top corner? In reality it might be useful to have both models. I’ll concentrate on a pre-shot model here, but it’s a great idea to play around with a post-shot model on your own. Features that were included deflected – We should remove this if we aren’t going to use any other post-shot information. redirect – I’m still not 100% sure what this is, but it got removed last time anyway due to having basically no positive impact on model performance. follows_dribble – We could consider incorporating this into a new feature instead called ‘previous_event’, by linking to the other event data to add values like ‘follows_pass’, ‘follows_ball_recovery’ etc. under_pressure – This was perhaps a bit less important than I would have guessed, but that’s why we use ML models in the first place! open_goal, one_on_one – In theory these should both be pretty favourable situations, but so far it appears that our model isn’t assigning really high importance due to their scarcity. We saw in part 8 that when the tree did split on open_goal it (unsurprisingly) predicted a high probability of scoring. technique, body_part, play_pattern – We could look at these features in more detail so we can get a better understanding of their importance (e.g. ‘volley’ will have a different affect on predictions than ‘normal’ technique etc). distance, angle – We had a strong feeling that these would be key inputs, so it’s nice that they are showing up with high feature importance relative to the other metrics. duration – This had a surprisingly high feature importance in part 8, which is definitely worth investigating further. first_time – It might be interesting to see how this correlates to some of the other features like technique. assisted – I suspected that this might add some predictive value, so it’s nice that it did. We could look at creating a more intelligent version that breaks passes down into different types (e.g. throughball, cross etc). Features we could add match_conditions – Clearly a snow-covered or flooded pitch will affect goal probability. Since we would need external data and we only have a small sample I’m not going to include this here, but it might be worth looking at for bigger datasets. player_skill – It’s really hard to create a robust finishing skill metric in my opinion, although clearly this might have some affect, as will teammate and opponent goalkeeper skill. I think this would be more important if we were making a post-shot xG model with a large dataset, though. previous_event – I think we should definitely try and include this, since ‘assisted’ and ‘follows_dribble’ appear to have some predictive value. We will look at adding more ‘follows_x’ columns, as well as some detailed information about the pass for situations where a shot was assisted. possession_chain – Length, type and speed of possession chain. We already have ‘from counter’ in the play_pattern column, so to keep things simple I will just use a metric called ‘build_up_duration’ to try and capture some information about attack length/speed. You could look at extending this further by clustering build-up events into additional categories like ‘deep slow build-up’ etc. shot_cone – Since shot location is so important, we will investigate the use of a ‘shot_cone’ feature, which measures the area of the triangle formed between the ball and the goalposts at the time of the shot. freeze_frame – StatsBomb have ‘freeze frame’ data, which shows the positions of every player close to the shot event. There are quite a few things you could do with this data, but here I will just get two new features to measure the distance to the nearest opponent and the number of players inside the shot cone, which should give the model a bit more information about shot difficulty. advantage_played – A proxy to capture whether or not the referee thought this was a promising attacking situation. I probably won’t include this, as it’s a subjective metric that likely correlates with other features. tactics, tactical_shift, game_state – In theory teams playing with a lead might change tactics in a way that influences xG. However, I think these metrics could be hard to interpret properly, and we might be better off using other information like ‘under_pressure’ to capture something similar. Adding all of the new features required quite a bit of code, so in the interest of time I will skip straight to loading in the new dataset. There is a separate notebook on GitHub which contains all of the data processing steps, so I suggest working through that yourself if you want to see how it’s done. The following code loads the data and converts categorical features to numeric so we can get started with modelling. # Load the data from csv to avoid extra preprocessing steps and make it easier to compare models shots = pd.read_csv('shots.csv') features = shots.drop('goal', axis=1) labels = shots['goal'] # Encode categorical features cont_cols = ['duration', 'build_up_duration', 'pass_angle', 'pass_length', 'distance', 'angle', 'shot_cone', 'distance_to_nearest_opponent'] cat_features = features.drop(cont_cols, axis=1) cont_features = features[cont_cols] # Use label encoding to convert categorical features to numeric # https://stackoverflow.com/a/37038257 def label_encode(df): # Convert df to label encoded df_le = pd.DataFrame({col: df[col].astype('category').cat.codes for col in df}, index=df.index) # Save mappings as a dict mappings = {col: {n: cat for n, cat in enumerate(df[col].astype('category').cat.categories)} for col in df} return df_le, mappings cat_features_le, mappings = label_encode(cat_features) # Merge with numeric features features_le = cont_features.merge(cat_features_le, left_index=True, right_index=True) # Note that missing categorical features have been set to -1 automatically display_all(features_le) Fine-tuning model features In part 8 we managed to achieve a Brier loss score of 0.0777 using our original 13 features. We have introduced quite a bit more complexity now since we have a lot more features, so let’s go ahead and create a random forest to see how this has affected our loss score. X = features_le y = labels m = RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=100, n_jobs=-1, random_state=42) cv = StratifiedKFold(n_splits=5, shuffle=True, random_state=42) # Define a function to calculate the Brier loss using cross-validation def get_loss(X, y=y, m=m, cv=cv): scores = cross_val_score(m, X, y, cv=cv, scoring='brier_score_loss') return np.mean(scores)*-1 loss = get_loss(X=X) print('Brier loss:', "{0:.5f}".format(loss)) We now have a Brier loss score of 0.07873, so our model has got slightly worse, but at least the extra complexity doesn’t seem to be doing too much harm. We should try to simplify the model by removing some features that add little to no value. Investigating feature correlation The first thing we can do is to look at feature correlation. The basic idea here is that highly correlated features tend to add extra complexity to the model without improving the results much, as they are typically capturing a lot of the same information, so it makes sense to remove them if possible. The easiest way to look at feature correlation is via a dendrogram, which uses hierarchical clustering to group the features together based on how similar they are to each other. # Create dendrogram to show correlations between features def dendrogram(X): # Compare features using rank correlation # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spearman%27s_rank_correlation_coefficient corr = np.round(scipy.stats.spearmanr(X).correlation, 4) corr_condensed = hc.distance.squareform(1-corr) z = hc.linkage(corr_condensed, method='average') fig = plt.figure(figsize=(16,14)) dendrogram = hc.dendrogram(z, labels=X.columns, orientation='right', leaf_font_size=16) plt.show() return dendrogram(X) We can see from the dendrogram that ‘shot_cone’ and ‘distance’ are essentially measuring very similar things, as are ‘shot_aerial_won’ and ‘follows_duel’. This isn’t surprising; we could have guessed already that ‘shot_cone’ would be highly correlated to ‘distance’, since it’s measuring the area of the triangle between the ball and the goalposts. We can also see some other groups, e.g. features like ‘pass_height_name’ and ‘pass_body_part_name’ are somewhat correlated. Let’s try removing each of the correlated features in turn and see how this affects the Brier loss score. It looks like ‘shot_cone’, ‘pass_body_part_name’ and ‘pass_length’ are actually making the model worse, so we can definitely remove those. Getting rid of ‘follows_ball_recovery’ and ‘follows_duel’ from the other two groups did make the model slightly worse, although we know that a lot of the information from these features is also being captured in ‘pass_angle_na’ and ‘shot_aerial_won’ respectively. Since we can make our model simpler by removing these features without a significant change in Brier loss, we should go ahead and do so. # Drop features that didn't make the loss score significantly worse X1 = X.drop(['shot_cone', 'follows_ball_recovery', 'follows_duel', 'pass_body_part_name', 'pass_length', 'pass_length_na'], axis=1) loss1 = get_loss(X=X1) print('Brier loss:', "{0:.5f}".format(loss1)) We are getting a loss of 0.07831 now, which is better than our original model. The next thing to do is to investigate removing other features that add little to no predictive value. Investigating feature importance We have seen a method already that we can use to investigate feature importance, which we can call the ‘drop-column method’. The steps are as follows: Train a model to calculate a baseline Brier loss score Remove each feature column in turn and calculate the loss score again The importance of a feature is the difference between the baseline score and the score produced when the feature is removed This method is computationally expensive (i.e. slow), as we have to re-train a new model for every single feature column in our dataset. However, it produces reliable feature importance scores, which is what we are interested in here. Check out this excellent article for some ideas of other methods you could use to calculate feature importance. Let’s give the drop-column method a try and see what happens. # Define a function to get feature importance using the drop-column method def get_imp(X, y=y, m=m, cv=cv): baseline = get_loss(X=X, y=y, m=m, cv=cv) imp = [] for col in X.columns: s = get_loss(X=X.drop(col, axis=1), y=y, m=m, cv=cv) change_in_score = s - baseline imp.append(change_in_score) imp_df = pd.DataFrame(data={'Feature': X.columns, 'Importance': np.array(imp)}) imp_df = imp_df.set_index('Feature').sort_values('Importance', ascending=False) return imp_df imp1 = get_imp(X=X1) imp1.reset_index().plot('Feature', 'Importance', figsize=(10,6), legend=False); We can see from the plot above that most of the features don’t affect the loss score that much, and some features actually make the model worse (importance <0 at the bottom-right of the plot). It looks like the feature importance starts to flatten off after a value of about 0.0005. Let’s define a function to filter out features below a certain threshold, and test out some values between 0 and 0.0005 to try and find a good cut-off point. # Define function to eliminate features that fall below a certain threshold def elim_feats(X, imp, thresh): return X[list(imp[imp.values>thresh].index.values)] # Create a list of 11 thresholds, evenly spaced between 0 and 0.0005 thresholds = [float(x) for x in np.linspace(start=0.0, stop=0.0005, num=11)] # Calculate the loss for each threshold in the list print('Original Brier loss:', "{0:.5f}".format(loss1)) for thresh in thresholds: X_elim = elim_feats(X=X1, imp=imp1, thresh=thresh) loss_elim = get_loss(X=X_elim) print('Threshold:', "{0:.5f}".format(thresh), 'Brier loss:', "{0:.5f}".format(loss_elim)) It looks like our best bet is to remove features that have below 0.00015 importance. When doing so, we achieve an improved loss score of 0.07817. Note that after we remove some features we are still getting some that have <=0 importance. This is because we have calculated the feature importance again relative to our new baseline score of 0.07817. We will therefore be able to remove more features again later to simplify our model even further. First, let’s look at a couple of these features in more detail to see if we can make them more useful. Investigating one-hot encoding As you know by now, machine learning algorithms typically expect numeric inputs, so categorical features often need to be converted from strings to integers. So far we have been using ‘label encoding’ to do this, where each possible value of a categorical feature is converted to numeric. For example, looking at the mappings for ‘shot_technique_name’ shows us that ‘Backheel’ becomes 0, ‘Diving Header’ becomes 1, and so on. print(mappings['shot_technique_name']) An alternative technique is known as ‘one-hot encoding’, where each value of a category is converted to a new column containing ones (true) and zeroes (false). For example, when we one-hot encode ‘shot_technique_name’ using the pandas ‘get_dummies’ function, we end up with the following: pd.get_dummies(X2['shot_technique_name'], prefix='shot_technique').head() In this case the first four rows are ‘shot_technique_4’, i.e. normal shots, whereas the fifth row is a half volley. In part 5 I mentioned that one-hot encoding can often decrease the performance of models. However, we shouldn’t always blindly rely on rules of thumb without testing them out ourselves! Let’s try one-hot encoding ‘shot_technique_name’ and ‘pass_height_name’ to see if we can make them more useful. # Try one-hot encoding some features to see if we can make them more useful one_hot = ['pass_height_name', 'shot_technique_name'] for feat in one_hot: X_one_hot = pd.concat([X2, pd.get_dummies(X2[feat], prefix=feat)], axis=1) X_one_hot.drop(feat, axis=1, inplace=True) loss_one_hot = get_loss(X=X_one_hot) print(feat, "{0:.5f}".format(loss_one_hot)) Our model gets worse when we one-hot encode ‘pass_height_name’, but we see an improvement with ‘shot_technique_name’. Let’s look at the new feature importance plot to try and see what is happening. # One-hot encode shot_technique_name X3 = pd.concat([X2, pd.get_dummies(X2['shot_technique_name'], prefix='shot_technique')], axis=1) X3.drop('shot_technique_name', axis=1, inplace=True) loss3 = get_loss(X=X3) imp3 = get_imp(X=X3) print('Brier loss:', "{0:.5f}".format(loss3)) plot_importances(imp3, imp_range=(min(imp3.values), max(imp3.values))) The advantage of one-hot encoding is that we can now see the importance of each value in a category individually, rather than just the importance of the overall feature itself. With enough split points a decision tree can work this out anyway, but one-hot encoding can sometimes help to make this process easier. In this case it looks like our model is assigning quite a high importance to lob shots, whereas volleys are actually hurting the performance. There area only 25 examples of lob shots in the dataset, so not many, but it’s certainly interesting that they appear to be quite significant. It’s now a good idea to eliminate some more features and re-run the model. In this case we’ll just get rid of all the features that have <=0 importance, which should hopefully improve our loss score again. # Eliminate features <=0 importance and re-run the model X4 = elim_feats(X=X3, imp=imp3, thresh=0) # Also get rid of pass_angle_na, as pass_angle is no longer a model feature X4 = X4.drop('pass_angle_na', axis=1) loss4 = get_loss(X=X4) imp4 = get_imp(X=X4) print('Brier loss:', "{0:.5f}".format(loss4)) plot_importances(imp4, imp_range=(min(imp4.values), max(imp4.values))) We now have just 13 features again, the same as our original model, but most of these are new inputs that we just added. The results aren’t drastically different to before, but our Brier loss score did improve slightly, which is what we were hoping for. Investigating partial dependence plots ‘Distance’ and ‘duration’ are by far the two most important features in our model, but we don’t really know why they are important. A nice way to investigate this is to look at a partial dependence plot, which essentially shows how a particular feature affects the model predictions, all else being equal. Let’s use the ‘pdpbox‘ module to create plots for ‘distance’ and ‘duration’. The first PDP shows that as distance increases, the model assigns a lower chance of a goal. This is exactly what we would expect to happen, so it’s nice to see that in action! The second PDP shows the opposite behaviour, so the longer the duration of a shot event the more likely it is that the result is a goal. I wouldn’t have guessed this before creating models, which certainly makes me appreciate the value of machine learning. There are a lot more cool things you can do with pdpbox, so I suggest playing around with some more plots on your own to see what you can find out! Conclusion Thanks very much for reading! Hopefully you enjoyed the article and have learned a lot of useful things about feature engineering for machine learning models. If you have, please help me out by sharing the article on social media! In part 10 we’ll be looking at how to tune model hyperparameters to improve performance even further, so make sure to follow @fantasyfutopia and @tom_whelan so you don’t miss it. This article was produced with the help of StatsBomb data.

Quote:[a Plague Doctor]One of the worst scourges for the city of Venice was without any doubt the Plague, which struck the city on several occasions. Because of this the "Plague Doctor" isn't a real mask but was a disguise used by local plague doctors who went on visits wearing this strange costume to people afflicted with plague. The costume itself is quite particular: the doctor wore a tunic of pure linen or waxen cloth and gave him the appearance of a large bird (more than anything else, he was considered to be like a mournful vulture...). He wore spectacles on the mask and furthermore always had his trusty staff with which he removed the clothes of plague-victims, thinking that in this way the terrible epidemic would not bring him any harm. Reference So the idea is to bring back this character in a modern day form. I did actually attempt this around 3 years ago with this following example but I went way too far and it became something else... But since then I've got industry experience under my belt and should be able to pull it off this time around. If I get the time of course... I did this speed paint trying to get something out of it which I feel I have but I still need to try a few other things first. This time around I want to make a design that would fit into a 'dark superhero' type film, V for Vendetta being a prime example. Refined design, still pretty simple at this stage and since I don't have much time will likley refine the design in the modeling/texturing stage. Need to start modeling today really. Another change is that I want to make him all robot. Which is odd as I usually find robots/mechs tiresome but theres something quite interesting about the idea of making a robot look like a 17th century figure. Originally Posted by Docm30:Your concepts, while nice, don't really look any different from the real thing. Also, why 17th century? there was no major outbreak of the plague between the 14th and 19th centuries. Yeah I see where you're coming from, while changing a human to a robot is quite a significant contrast the problem is that most of this is hidden under his clothes. I want to keep the shape and general theme of the clothes the same but make them more modern. With my current simple designs you're only seeing the shape, I think with details I can make it appear very different. Thanks for bringing it up, its a good point that I need to keep in mind. As for there not being major outbreaks of plague between the 14th and 19th cenutry I'm not sure where you're getting that info from. One of the biggest plagues known as the Bubonic Plague/Black Death was in 1665 (http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryU...GreatPlague.htm). Not that it matters in any way for me, so if I'm somwhow mistaken I don't see it as a problem. definitely keep the long coat it is very iconic for the is kind of look. What I wanted to share with you is maybe coming from the other side towards this character... I mean not it has to look like this but in a different era.. but more along the lines of why it was they did this... what are they supposed to gain and what are they doing. (the plague docters that is. And then going for the different era and see what was there the doctors would use to reach a sinilar goal... materials would have changed the insight in nature would be significantly different... look up art from the era you are going to put this in and look for a way to apply it so you achieve the same goal as the original plague doctors but without actually being the same. As a design student I have learned that form follows function and the same is true for characters.. so maybe trying this approach will get a slightly deeper character and will hold you from going to far from the original like the last time. Anyway... those are my thoughts... I think you have a wonderful library of references and wonder why I had never heard about this... it is a wonderful insight in history Keep up the good work because I am very inspired by this and I look forward to the next step. The point of the long beak was to keep substances in - maybe I should find a new way of using the beak. May it is that which has vents/holes in that release aromas. Could have a tube running from the beak to somewhere else, perhaps over his shoulder into his back. Shame I'm really busy for the next couple of days but at least I have made a start on the head model. I'll adjust the concept before the weekend hopefully. Hi! good to see so the background information... sound very promising... my mind is already racing with ideas but it is your project so i'll keep quiet. About the concept... I like 1 but it is to common and to obvious a gasmask so that spoils it for me I also like 3 and 4 but would do something to merge both into a new one (and not just the flowers which, I think, need to be bigger- or how about a scent vaporizer in the shape of a abstract flower?) And while I had something of a halflife-combine type of image in my head when reading through your posts.. 5 and 6 (like the eyes) are not really interesting enough for me.. and I think there is a very big chance of the mask going to look like a stormtrooper and you don't want that. I like the idea of the tubes going into the back though maybe you should try some bigger ones and maybe let it run through the neck?.. just thinking out loud... But as always... I merely express my feelings and thoughts but you should make up your own mind... what do you think about all these different concepts? 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Q: typeorm basic join explanation accord to guide typeorm: https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/blob/master/docs/select-query-builder.md#inner-and-left-joins I don't understand very well this part: (type => Photo, photo => photo.user) what does mean type? what does mean photo => photo. ? . it's not good explained on the link. Partial code: Import {Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column, OneToMany} from "typeorm"; import {Photo} from "./Photo"; @Entity() export class User { @PrimaryGeneratedColumn() id: number; @Column() name: string; @OneToMany(type => Photo, photo => photo.user) photos: Photo[]; } and on the code: const user = await createQueryBuilder("user") .leftJoinAndSelect("user.photos", "photo") .where("user.name = :name", { name: "Timber" }) .getOne(); from where comes ""user.photos"? A: First question: (type => Photo, photo => photo.user) The decorator for @OneToManytakes two functions, first one returns the related Entity, the second, returns the related entity's "foreign key" property. Since "type" isn't even used you actually don't need it. I omit type completely using @OneToMany(()=> Photo, photo => photo.user) Hasn't been an issue for me. Second question: where comes "user.photos" The leftJoinAndSelect("user.photos", "photo") references the property photos defined in the User entity. It's the last line in the User class.

Rapidly released allergens from short ragweed pollen. II. Identification and partial purification. We have identified several basic allergens in 16-min extracts of short ragweed (Ambrosia elatior) pollen and obtained a partially purified fraction (G50 II) using a combination of ion-exchange (CM-Sephadex C25) and gel-filtration (Biogel P30 and Sephadex G50) procedures. G50 II was allergenically and antigenically distinct from known allergens antigen E, Ra3, and Ra5. It gave a highly symmetrical peak on Sephadex G50 (fine), corresponding to a molecular weight of 11,500 daltons, and a single band on SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under both reducing and nonreducing conditions. However, two cathodic antigens were detectable by both agarose electrophoresis and crossed immunoelectrophoresis. Allergenic activity of G50 II, assessed by puncture testing in ragweed-sensitive subjects, showed a characteristic pattern of response independent of patient response to AgE, Ra3, and Ra5. The major antigenic and allergenic component of G50 II is designated Ra6.