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Nursing beds continue to dwindle among large nonprofit providers: LZ200
Joe Bush
The share of nursing beds among the nation's largest nonprofit senior living and care providers continued its downward slide in 2021, according to the 19th annual LZ200 Report.
Overall, nursing care beds as a share of occupancy mix have fallen from 39.8% when Ziegler issued its first report to 28.8% in 2021, following five consecutive years of decline.
The latest report, released Thursday, showed the five largest nonprofit providers of nursing care beds stayed at the top in 2021, with just some minor shuffling since 2020. The No. 2 provider, Ascension Living, stayed in the same spot but reported dropping more than 1,000 nursing care beds.
The top providers in 2021 ranked by nursing care beds were:
1.The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society (8,542 beds, down from 8,602);
2. Ascension Living (3,689 beds, down from 4,802);
3 The Carmelite System (2,349 beds, no change, but moving up from fourth);
4. Benedictine (2,128 beds, down from 2,160 beds but up from fifth);
5. Trinity Health Senior Communities (2,029 beds, down from 2,458 beds and third).
The LZ200, produced in partnership between LeadingAge and investment bank Ziegler, ranks and analyzes the nation's 200 largest not-for-profit senior living organizations across the country as of Dec. 31, 2021.
The downward trend in nursing care beds is not only the fault of the pandemic and its impact on staffing leading to lower census, Lisa McCracken, Ziegler's director of senior living research and development, told McKnight's Long-Term Care News on Friday.
"The confounding factor with the pandemic, there were a lot of nursing beds that went offline and people are wondering if it's permanent," she said. "Some of that was pandemic-related in terms of containment, and now it's staffing related, and occupancy being influenced by the ability to staff.
"We know in the not-for-profit sector, we don't see people saying, 'We're going to exit.' The commitment is still there, it's just, what is the appropriate number of beds for their system? It's a gradual change. It's people making adjustments, but not a full exit."
One of the strategies for reducing beds was to convert semi-private rooms to private, McCracken noted. But even that had started before the pandemic.
"It accelerated simply because of trying to mitigate spread and wanting people in separate rooms," she said. "That's going to be dependent on payer mix and when you go from semi- private to private rooms with the same square footage ,obviously your revenue is decreased."
McCracken said new developments leaned toward assisted living and memory care, while sales and closures leaned toward nursing care.
"(Sellers) were feeling a lot of the pressures nursing providers were feeling and it made sense to make some business decisions," she said.
McCracken predicts a continuation of right-sizing of unit mix and new development that remain heavier toward independent living until there's more stability in the workforce.
"We've asked them how they'd like to grow, and it's consistent with those trends," she said. "The trends we see here, we'll continue to see play out the next couple years."
For additional coverage of the LZ 200 report, see McKnight's Senior Living and the McKnight's Business Daily.
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Allyson Johnson Movie Review
"The World's End" and how Edgar Wright and co. annihilated my expectations
Allyson Johnson
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n__1Y-N5tQk] The World's End Release Date: July 19, 2013 Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike Director: Edgar Wright Studio: Relativity Media, Working Title Films, Big Talk Productions Distributor: Universal Pictures, Focus Features Genre(s): Science Fiction, Comedy Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Edgar Wrights The Worlds End isn't just a science fiction homage nor […]
Jane Lacson Movie Review
"Spark: A Burning Man Story" Ignites Your Curiosity About This Global Phenomenon
Jane Lacson
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_rd0Kolfhw&w=560&h=315] Spark: A Burning Man Story Release Date: August 14, 2013 Director: Steve Brown, Jessie Deeter Studio: Spark Pictures Distributor: Paladin Films Genre(s): Documentary, Special Interest Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes What is Burning Man? Honestly…I can't tell you because it is different for everyone that attends. […]
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"The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" is Ok, Comparable to Similar Adaptations
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHlwRsl2uFk] The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Release Date: August 21, 2013 Cast: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Lena Headey, Aidan Turner, Jonathan Rhys Meyers Director: Harald Zwart Studio: Constantin Film Distributor: Screen Gems, Entertainment One Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy Based On City of Bones by Cassandra Clare Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia The critics […]

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Q: python caesar chr and ord without newline and just iterate in the alphabet I have some problem with my caesar code.
1) I don't know how to check if a character is a punctuation and print without sum.
2) print the char on the same line but when it's finished return a newline.
3) Iterate through the alphabet with big number return me a punctuation, how can I do to return just a character?
import sys
import string

def main():

    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print("Usage: caesar.py k")

    else:

        k = int(sys.argv[1])

        if k == 1 or k <= 26:

            text = input("plaintext: ");
            j = len(text)

            for i in range(j):
                #check if is a character
                if text[i].isalpha:
                    if text[i].islower():
                        print(chr(ord(text[i]) + k),end = "")
                    if text[i].isupper():
                        print(chr(ord(text[i]) + k),end = "")
                elif text[i].punctuation():
                    print(text[i])

        else:
            print("You have to introduce a number between 1 and 26")

main()

A: Try this code:
import string

def encrypt_ceasar(s, shift):
    assert abs(shift) < 26, 'shift is between -25 and 25 (inclusive)'
    encrypted_s = ''
    for char in s:
        if char.isalpha():
            is_upper = char.isupper()
            char = char.lower()
            pos_alphabet = ord(char) - ord('a')
            new_pos = (pos_alphabet + shift) % 26
            encryted_char = chr(ord('a') + new_pos)
            if is_upper:
                encryted_char = encryted_char.upper()
            encrypted_s += encryted_char
        else:
            encrypted_s += char
    return encrypted_s

def decrypt_ceasar(s, shift):
    return encrypt_ceasar(s, -shift)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    s = 'AbC1$de#zy'
    encrypted_s = encrypt_ceasar(s, 3)
    print('s:', s)
    print('encrypted_s:', encrypted_s)
    print('again s:', decrypt_ceasar(encrypted_s, 3))

Output:
s: AbC1$de#zy
encrypted_s: DeF1$gh#cb
again s: AbC1$de#zy

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About Macau, Chinese Special Administrative Region
Across the Pearl River Bay from Hong Kong, along the south coast of China lies the autonomous region of Macau. While it only occupies about 11.8 square miles, this vibrant city manages to house roughly 647,700 people. The economy thrives mostly on tourism with secondary benefits from financial services such as banking, garment manufacturing, and the export of textiles.
Popular Destinations in Macau
Looking for activities once your private jet arrives in Macau? Nicknamed the "Las Vegas of Asia," Macau leaves little to doubt for the traveling adventurer. Here are the most popular attractions in Macau:
Camoes Garden and Grotto: Not only one of the oldest parks in Macau, it is also the largest. In 1835, Camoes Grotto was the home of Portuguese poet Luis de Camoes. These days, locals enjoy playing chess, flying pet birds, and doing morning exercises in this area.
Venetian Macau
Venetian Macau: Since casinos are such a huge part of the economy, the Venetian Macau is one of the most exciting entertainment destinations in Asia. It's also one of the world's largest casinos. Luxurious, Italian marble floored bathrooms are just one amenity in the lavish hotel associated with this casino. The 3,0000 rooms, which have 70 m² of space, are all suites. The resort also offers a Venetian gondola ride, street performers, and 350 international shops. For those looking to do a little gambling, Macau greyhound racing at the Canidrome is another exciting venue to explore.
City of Dreams: Shopping for designer brands, dining with international and regional cuisines, and enjoying electrifying entertainment make up the bulk of activities at this uniquely integrated resort. Macau's City of Dreams offers two particular points of interest – The Boulevard, with shopping boutiques, restaurants, and entertainment; and an amazing multimedia attraction known as The Bubble.
Guia Fortress
Guia Fortress: Prior to its public opening in 1976, access to this fortress was restricted by the military. On a clear night, the 91m tall lighthouse emits a glow that is visible from 20 miles away. Though currently used as an observation point for tourists, the design of this fortress was initially intended to prevent attacks from the sea.
Wine and Grand Prix Museum: Portuguese culture at is finest is reflected here. There is plenty of opportunity for celebration: wine tasting, social excursions, and cultural experiences decorate the scene. For just a small price, visitors can engage in wine tastings and more. The Wine and Grand Prix Museum was constructed in 1933. It was initially meant to act as a tribute to Macau's Grand Prix racing and honor 40 years in existence at the time.
Macau Fisherman's Wharf: Exhibition and convention facilities, accommodations, entertainment, shopping, dining, and a theme park all combine at this outer harbor location. Macau's tourism trade would not be complete without this attraction. Macau Fisherman's Wharf impressively spans 111,500 m².
Luxury Lodging in Macau
Seeking luxury accommodations once your private jet has arrived in Macau? Travelers can easily find a large selection of posh hotels in Macau. Below are the top recommendations that offer a lavish stay:
Banyan Tree Macau
Best Western Hotel Sun Sun
Conrad Macao, Cotai Central
Four Seasons Hotel Macao Cotai Strip
Grand Coloane Beach Resort
Grand Hyatt Macau
Grand Lapa Hotel
Hotel Okura Macau
JW Marriott Hotel Macau
Mandarin Oriental, Macau
MGM Macau
Sands Macao Hotel
Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16
The Parisian Macao Hotel
The Ritz-Carlton, Macau
Venetian Macao Resort Hotel
Wynn Macau
Airports In or Nearby Macau For Private Jets
Airports in and nearby Macau cater to all sorts of aviation activities. You can easily find an airport that can handle private jet charters, including:
Baiyun International Airport (CAN): Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is the major airport of Guangzhou. It is the country's third busiest airport and has the capacity to handle more than 40 million passengers annually. Located less than 50 miles away from Macau, the airport consists of 173 aircraft parking bays, a main terminal building and three concrete runways designated in the 01/19, 02L/20R and 02R/20L directions.
Bao'an International Airport (SZX): Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport is located within a 50 mile radius to Macau and 20 miles northwest of the city center. The airport's latest terminal is three times the size of former Terminals A and B, and has an area of more than 4.8 million square feet. The airport caters to both domestic and international flights and has the capacity to handle more than 39 million passengers annually. Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport also has two concrete runways designated in the 15/33 and 16/34 directions.
Shek Kong Airport (VHSK): Shek Kong Airport is located no more than 50 miles away from Macau. Shek Kong is a Hong Kong based dual-use civil and military airport. The airport is open during the weekends for civilian use. The public is allowed to use the airport for their general aviation needs. The airport also consists of a single paved runway that is designated in the 11/29 direction.
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG): Opened in 1998, Hong Kong International Airport is home to one of the world's largest passenger terminal buildings. Located less than 50 miles away from Macau, the airport is operated by the Airport Authority of Hong Kong and is open 24 hours daily. Its passenger terminal building has the capacity to handle more than 68 million passengers annually. The airport also has two asphalt runways in the 07R/25L and 07L/25R directions.
Macau International Airport (MFM): Macau International Airport consists of four jetways, 24 parking spaces for aircraft, 10 gates and a single concrete runway in the 16/34 direction. It passenger terminal building is designed to handle up to six million passengers annually. The airport's runway is equipped with an ILS CAT II system and has navigational and radio aids at either end of the runway. The airport is well-equipped to handle any private jet charter flight as it used by Antonov 124s and Boeing 747s to land and takeoff.
Zhuhai Airport (ZUH): Opened in June 1995, Zhuhai Jinwan Airport is located 31 miles (by road) southwest of the Zhuhai's city center and less than 50 miles away from Macau. The airport is open for both public and military aviation activities, and consists of a single concrete runway designated in the 05/23 direction.
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You Ask, I Answer: Predictions for the Future of Content Marketing?
by Christopher S Penn | May 2, 2022 | Content Marketing, Content, Marketing | 0 comments
In today's episode, Brian asks, "any predictions on what might happen with content marketing in the next 10 years?"
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In today's episode, Brian asks any predictions on what might happen with content marketing in the next 10 years? No.
can't predict that no idea.
Absolutely no idea.
And here's why.
In the last four years, natural language generation, the ability for machines to write to create content has leaped from crap to mediocre, which is a huge leap.
It's a big, big move.
Until about 2018, machines could barely put words together.
And it didn't make sense.
At the end, you know, they were really useless.
And then around 2018, we started getting these transformer based models, BERT and Bart, and GPT, and so on, so on and so forth.
That because of the their technology, the way they use embeddings, and stuff, they're able to put together much more coherent language and create content that's mediocre.
They can write press releases, like nobody's business, the business of writing press releases, is going out of business, because machines can do it better.
Yeah, great.
Nobody reads them, right.
I've been saying for years.
Nobody reads their child press releases before bedtime.
Right? Nobody, unless you really want to put your kid to sleep fast.
But we read stories to our kids all the time.
So that's just four years, we've had a quantum leap, or I should say, a big leap, because it's not technically quanta computing.
We had a big leap in four years.
What's going to happen? The next 10? Who knows? Because we're already seeing some amazing leaps ahead in a lot of these much bigger transforming models, and how we use them, how we distill them down how we do hyper parameter tuning on them.
We have a huge question mark.
In technology of quantum computing, quantum computing, is a type of computing, using the principles of quantum physics that much more closely mimics how the human brain works, right? Our brains are really amazing.
They're these massive networks of relatively slow processors, right? That are just meshed together as huge network.
And the processors are analog, they're not zeros and ones, they're graded as zero and one everything in between them, there are certain thresholds after which a processor will output something.
That's how nerves work your your the nerve cells in your brain.
Quantum Computing, is starting to be able to do the same thing right now we've got a computer that is stable at about 100 qubits, which would be like a human brain with 100 cells.
But as the technology improves, as we can stabilize it, we can deal with the temperature issues.
Expect to see you know, 200 cubits 500 cubits, and then at a certain point, these machines which by the way, we operate at the speed of light, and our brains operate far below that, we'll be able to do the kind of fuzzy thinking that the human brain is really good at that could happen in the next 10 years.
And if that does, that will radically change all forms of computing, because machines will then be able to think in non binary terms, they will be able to make decisions that have shades of gray, as opposed to just yes or no zero or one.
And that would change content marketing forever, because at that point, a machine could be able to start understanding what it's creating.
If you look at the natural language processing models that exist today.
They no matter how complex they are, no matter how good the content, they seem clear, they have no actual understanding, the machine does not understand what it's saying.
If you type in the sentence, five plus four equals right, or 22 plus 19, equals none of these machines will write one of the mathematical answers because they are not reading the texts.
They're not understanding what they're saying.
But what if you were to introduce that kind of fuzzy thinking, that becomes possible for them to start to create cognition within machinery.
And that's at the point where you can start getting things like artificial general intelligence machines, with sentience with sapiens.
And then we have to have some very existential conscious conversations about humanity in general.
But that's that's still ways off.
But within the next 10 years, who knows,
we can look at technology itself and say that the amount of information being generated continues to increase exponentially that is true, is verifiable.
The devices that we use to create content are getting better, faster and cheaper every single day.
Our ability to create immersive content, now used to be an extremely expensive now you can buy a 360 degree camera off of amazon for like $500 and have a quick good results that you can use in a virtual reality headset.
So there's no way to know what's going to happen in 10 years, even five years, we just don't know.
But what we do know is what's not going to change.
We know people will always want things better, faster and cheaper, right, get more pay less people always want that people always want to be educated, to be entertained, to be engaged emotionally, in the content they consume, those things are not changing.
And if we focus on fulfilling those needs, right, we will do well.
Consumers and content consumers have embraced mobility, right? This sort of thing, not as much because this is ugly, heavy and looks stupid.
This is everywhere.
Mobility first is unlikely to change.
The form factors may change how the devices function may change.
But the idea of having the world's publicly available knowledge in your pocket, not going to change anytime soon.
Right? The idea of frictionless interactions, you know, you open up your device, you swipe right and a car appears at your doorstep or groceries appear or a date appears right? These things are part and parcel of this frictionless world when and that expectation of the frictionless transaction is not going away.
Consumers want things to be easier and easier.
And B2B, B2C doesn't matter.
We all want these things.
And we are all getting these things in some degree from this device, which means that this is the bar we have to live up to.
And we've all become accustomed to thinking less.
We have recommendation engines showing us what to read what to listen to what to watch next, what to buy.
And those recommendations.
We like them.
We like them a lot.
We still ask our friends and listen.
And there's still play a place for serendipity.
But we have to think a whole lot less than we used to 10 years ago.
Find me some new music.
Spotify will split up here's eight new tracks that you might like, right? What should I watch next? Next, Netflix will tell you or YouTube will tell you.
What should I buy next Amazon more than happy to tell you what to buy next.
So those are the things that aren't changing.
And if our content marketing is aligned with these trends, then no matter what happens with it, we will be irrelevant.
It's only when we get away from the things that people never change on that we run into trouble.
So that's my non predictions for the next 10 years.
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Created by Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo, Riptide was a detective series that ran for three seasons (56 episodes) between 1984 and 1986. It followed the adventures of Cody Allen (Perry King), Nick Ryder (Joe Penny) and Murray "Boz" Bozinsky (Thom Bray). Cody and Nick were two former Army friends who decide to open their own detective agency known as Pier 56 Detective Agency (later known as the Riptide Detective Agency) in Los Angeles, California. They recruit Boz, a man they met in the military, to help them when they realise they need help in the computer and technology department.
The Pier 56 Detective Agency is located on Cody's boat the Riptide. Through the series we were also introduced to Boz's robot, The Roboz Nick's Sikorsky S-58T helicopter – The Screaming Mimi, and Cody's speedboat, the Ebb Tide.
During their investigation the trio would often clash with local police officer Lt. Ted Quinlan (Jack Ging). Lt. Joanna Parisi (June Chadwick) would become the trios police contact in the last six episodes. Other faces we would meet include Mama Jo (Anne Francis), the skipper of the tourist boat Barefoot Contessa, Max (Marsha Warfield), a a local club comedian and Dooley (Ken Olandt), a dock boy who occasionally assists the team in their escapades.
Other names of interest that pop up through the series include Richard Hatch, Paul Gleason, Cesar Romero, Stepfanie Kramer, Jane Badler, Kim Darby, Daphne Ashbrook, Ray Wise, William Smith, John Astin, Richard Lynch, Geena Davis, Rosalind Cash, James Cromwell, Claudia Christian, Marshall R. Teague, Anthony James, Fionnula Flanagan, Lance Henriksen, George Clooney, Ismael 'East' Carlo, Don Stark, Al Leong, Xander Berkeley, Alan Fudge, Gene LeBell, Branscombe Richmond, and Ric Drasin amongst others.
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Jonquil Fiona Williams,  (born 22 July 1947) is a British retired academic of social policy whose research covers gender, race, ethnicity, and the welfare state. From 1996 to 2012, she was Professor of Social Policy at the University of Leeds. She was previously a lecturer at the Polytechnic of North London, Plymouth Polytechnic, and the Open University, before becoming Professor of Applied Social Studies at the University of Bradford.

Early life and education
Williams was born on 22 July 1947 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, to Celia and Leonard Williams. She was educated at Ilkley Grammar School, a state grammar school in Ilkley, Yorkshire. She studied sociology and social administration at Bedford College, London, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1968. In later life, she studied for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree with the Open University, which she completed in 1993.

Academic career
From 1968 to 1970, Williams was a Commonwealth Scholar at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Having returned to the United Kingdom, she was a part-time lecturer at Kilburn Polytechnic from 1970 to 1972 and a lecturer at the Polytechnic of North London from 1972 to 1975. After a break from academia, she joined Plymouth Polytechnic where she was a part-time lecturer between 1981 and 1985, and a research officer from 1985 to 1987. She was a research officer at Leeds Polytechnic during the 1987/1988 academic year.

In 1988, Williams joined the Open University; she was a lecturer from 1988 to 1992 and a senior lecturer from 1992 to 1995. For the 1995/1996 academic year, she was Professor of Applied Social Studies at the University of Bradford. In 1996, she joined the University of Leeds having been appointed Professor of Social Policy and remained there until she retired. She was Director of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Group on "Care, Values and the Future of Welfare" between 1999 and 2005. In 2012, she retired from full-time academia and was appointed a professor emeritus.

Williams has led an active retirement. Since 2012, she has been a research associate of the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford, She continued to be co-editor of the academic journal Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society until 2014. Since 2014, she has been an honorary professor of the Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales.

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Williams has two children: a daughter and a son.

Honours
In 2003, Williams was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). In the 2004 New Year Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to social policy". In 2016, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.

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Q: How I can take odd values from JSON? I have an array of objects and I would like to remove some data that I dont want from the JSON.
[{
  irregular: {
    pulse: [91, 0],
    pulse_quality: [255, 0]
  }
}, {
  irregular: {
    pulse: [77, 0, 77, 500, 77, 1001, 77, 1504, 77, 2007, 77, 2512, 77, 3015, 77, 3517, 77, 4018, 77, 4521, 77, 5024, 77, 5530, 77, 6033, 77, 6534, 77, 7036, 77, 7539, 77, 8043, 77, 8547, 74, 9049, 74, 13208, 74, 13741, 74, 14243, 74, 14745, 79, 15284, 79, 15827, 79, 16367, 79, 16910, 79, 17450, 79, 17991, 79, 18533, 79, 19075, 79, 19616, 79, 20157, 81, 20659, 81, 21199, 81, 21742, 81, 22282, 81, 22823, 78, 23366, 78, 23909, 78, 24449, 78, 24990, 78, 25532, 80, 26073, 80, 26616, 80, 27156, 80, 27657, 80, 28158, 80, 28699, 80, 29239, 80, 29782, 80, 30322, 80, 30865, 83, 31366, 83, 31905, 83, 32448, 83, 32949, 83, 33488, 83, 34031, 82, 34571, 82, 35115, 82, 35654, 82, 36155, 82, 36698, 82, 37237, 82, 37781, 82, 38320, 82, 38864, 82, 39403, 82, 39947, 82, 40487, 82, 41030, 82, 41570, 82, 42114, 82, 42653, 82, 43197, 82, 43736, 82, 44280, 82, 44819, 82, 45363, 82, 45902, 82, 46446, 82, 46984, 82, 47485, 82, 48029, 82, 48568, 82, 49113, 82, 49651, 82, 50195, 82, 50734, 82, 51279, 82, 51817, 82, 52360, 82, 52862, 82, 53400, 82, 53945, 82, 54483, 82, 54984, 82, 55527, 82, 56066, 82, 56612, 82, 57149, 82, 57694, 82, 58194, 82, 58733, 82, 59277, 82, 59816],
    pulse_quality: [255, 0, 255, 500, 255, 1001, 255, 1504, 255, 2007, 255, 2512, 255, 3015, 255, 3517, 255, 4018, 255, 4521, 255, 5024, 255, 5530, 255, 6033, 255, 6534, 255, 7036, 255, 7539, 255, 8043, 255, 8547, 255, 9049, 255, 13208, 255, 13741, 255, 14243, 255, 14745, 255, 15284, 255, 15827, 255, 16367, 255, 16910, 255, 17450, 255, 17991, 255, 18533, 255, 19075, 255, 19616, 255, 20157, 255, 20659, 255, 21199, 255, 21742, 255, 22282, 255, 22823, 255, 23366, 255, 23909, 255, 24449, 255, 24990, 255, 25532, 255, 26073, 255, 26616, 255, 27156, 255, 27657, 255, 28158, 255, 28699, 255, 29239, 255, 29782, 255, 30322, 255, 30865, 255, 31366, 255, 31905, 255, 32448, 255, 32949, 255, 33488, 255, 34031, 255, 34571, 255, 35115, 255, 35654, 255, 36155, 255, 36698, 255, 37237, 255, 37781, 255, 38320, 255, 38864, 255, 39403, 255, 39947, 255, 40487, 255, 41030, 255, 41570, 255, 42114, 255, 42653, 255, 43197, 255, 43736, 255, 44280, 255, 44819, 255, 45363, 255, 45902, 255, 46446, 255, 46984, 255, 47485, 255, 48029, 255, 48568, 255, 49113, 255, 49651, 255, 50195, 255, 50734, 255, 51279, 255, 51817, 255, 52360, 255, 52862, 255, 53400, 255, 53945, 255, 54483, 255, 54984, 255, 55527, 255, 56066, 255, 56612, 255, 57149, 255, 57694, 255, 58194, 255, 58733, 255, 59277, 255, 59816]
  }
}, {
  irregular: {
    pulse: [75, 0],
    pulse_quality: [255, 0]
  }
}, {
  irregular: {
    pulse: [21, 0],
    pulse_quality: [255, 0]
  }
}, {
  irregular: {
    pulse: [99, 0],
    pulse_quality: [255, 0]
  }
}]

I would like to save only odd numbers in pulse (1,3,5,7,9,11 etc):
In the first object would be only 91.
In the second object would be 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77 ...... etc
Third object would be 75
And for pulse_quality save only pair numbers (2,4,6,8,10,12 etc):
In the first object would be 0.
In the second object would be 0, 500, 1001, 1504, 2007 ...... etc

var obj1 = { model: "500", color: "white", constructor: { skill: { json_formatted: "{\"irregular\":{\"pulse_quality\":[255,0],\"pulse\":[91,0]}}" } } };
var obj2 = { model: "200", color: "black", constructor: { skill: { json_formatted: "{\"irregular\":{\"pulse_quality\":[255,0,255,500,255,1001,255,1504,255,2007,255,2512,255,3015,255,3517,255,4018,255,4521,255,5024,255,5530,255,6033,255,6534,255,7036,255,7539,255,8043,255,8547,255,9049,255,13208,255,13741,255,14243,255,14745,255,15284,255,15827,255,16367,255,16910,255,17450,255,17991,255,18533,255,19075,255,19616,255,20157,255,20659,255,21199,255,21742,255,22282,255,22823,255,23366,255,23909,255,24449,255,24990,255,25532,255,26073,255,26616,255,27156,255,27657,255,28158,255,28699,255,29239,255,29782,255,30322,255,30865,255,31366,255,31905,255,32448,255,32949,255,33488,255,34031,255,34571,255,35115,255,35654,255,36155,255,36698,255,37237,255,37781,255,38320,255,38864,255,39403,255,39947,255,40487,255,41030,255,41570,255,42114,255,42653,255,43197,255,43736,255,44280,255,44819,255,45363,255,45902,255,46446,255,46984,255,47485,255,48029,255,48568,255,49113,255,49651,255,50195,255,50734,255,51279,255,51817,255,52360,255,52862,255,53400,255,53945,255,54483,255,54984,255,55527,255,56066,255,56612,255,57149,255,57694,255,58194,255,58733,255,59277,255,59816],\"pulse\":[77,0,77,500,77,1001,77,1504,77,2007,77,2512,77,3015,77,3517,77,4018,77,4521,77,5024,77,5530,77,6033,77,6534,77,7036,77,7539,77,8043,77,8547,74,9049,74,13208,74,13741,74,14243,74,14745,79,15284,79,15827,79,16367,79,16910,79,17450,79,17991,79,18533,79,19075,79,19616,79,20157,81,20659,81,21199,81,21742,81,22282,81,22823,78,23366,78,23909,78,24449,78,24990,78,25532,80,26073,80,26616,80,27156,80,27657,80,28158,80,28699,80,29239,80,29782,80,30322,80,30865,83,31366,83,31905,83,32448,83,32949,83,33488,83,34031,82,34571,82,35115,82,35654,82,36155,82,36698,82,37237,82,37781,82,38320,82,38864,82,39403,82,39947,82,40487,82,41030,82,41570,82,42114,82,42653,82,43197,82,43736,82,44280,82,44819,82,45363,82,45902,82,46446,82,46984,82,47485,82,48029,82,48568,82,49113,82,49651,82,50195,82,50734,82,51279,82,51817,82,52360,82,52862,82,53400,82,53945,82,54483,82,54984,82,55527,82,56066,82,56612,82,57149,82,57694,82,58194,82,58733,82,59277,82,59816]}}" } } };
var obj3 = { model: "600", color: "orange", constructor: { skill: { json_formatted: "{\"irregular\":{\"pulse_quality\":[255,0],\"pulse\":[75,0]}}" } } };
var obj4 = { model: "100", color: "red", constructor: { skill: { json_formatted: "{\"irregular\":{\"pulse_quality\":[255,0],\"pulse\":[21,0]}}" } } };
var obj5 = { model: "900", color: "blue", constructor: { skill: { json_formatted: "{\"irregular\":{\"pulse_quality\":[255,0],\"pulse\":[99,0]}}" } } };

var multiobject = {obj1, obj2, obj3, obj4, obj5};

var edge = [];

Object.keys(multiobject).map(function(objectKey, index) {
    var value = multiobject[objectKey].constructor.skill.json_formatted;
    var ex = JSON.parse(value);
        edge.push(ex);
});

console.log(edge);

Link to my code:
https://jsfiddle.net/v9mucpo4/
How I should filter the items?
Thanks.

A: You can make use of Array#filter.
To filter out odd values, use:
pulse.filter(f => f % 2 != 0)

The % (modulus) symbol gets the remainder of the two numbers after division. To test if its odd, we check whether the remainder after dividing by 2 is not 0.
Demo (uses Array#forEach to loop through the array):

const obj=[{irregular:{pulse:[91,0],pulse_quality:[255,0]}},{irregular:{pulse:[77,0,77,500,77,1001,77,1504,77,2007,77,2512,77,3015,77,3517,77,4018,77,4521,77,5024,77,5530,77,6033,77,6534,77,7036,77,7539,77,8043,77,8547,74,9049,74,13208,74,13741,74,14243,74,14745,79,15284,79,15827,79,16367,79,16910,79,17450,79,17991,79,18533,79,19075,79,19616,79,20157,81,20659,81,21199,81,21742,81,22282,81,22823,78,23366,78,23909,78,24449,78,24990,78,25532,80,26073,80,26616,80,27156,80,27657,80,28158,80,28699,80,29239,80,29782,80,30322,80,30865,83,31366,83,31905,83,32448,83,32949,83,33488,83,34031,82,34571,82,35115,82,35654,82,36155,82,36698,82,37237,82,37781,82,38320,82,38864,82,39403,82,39947,82,40487,82,41030,82,41570,82,42114,82,42653,82,43197,82,43736,82,44280,82,44819,82,45363,82,45902,82,46446,82,46984,82,47485,82,48029,82,48568,82,49113,82,49651,82,50195,82,50734,82,51279,82,51817,82,52360,82,52862,82,53400,82,53945,82,54483,82,54984,82,55527,82,56066,82,56612,82,57149,82,57694,82,58194,82,58733,82,59277,82,59816],pulse_quality:[255,0,255,500,255,1001,255,1504,255,2007,255,2512,255,3015,255,3517,255,4018,255,4521,255,5024,255,5530,255,6033,255,6534,255,7036,255,7539,255,8043,255,8547,255,9049,255,13208,255,13741,255,14243,255,14745,255,15284,255,15827,255,16367,255,16910,255,17450,255,17991,255,18533,255,19075,255,19616,255,20157,255,20659,255,21199,255,21742,255,22282,255,22823,255,23366,255,23909,255,24449,255,24990,255,25532,255,26073,255,26616,255,27156,255,27657,255,28158,255,28699,255,29239,255,29782,255,30322,255,30865,255,31366,255,31905,255,32448,255,32949,255,33488,255,34031,255,34571,255,35115,255,35654,255,36155,255,36698,255,37237,255,37781,255,38320,255,38864,255,39403,255,39947,255,40487,255,41030,255,41570,255,42114,255,42653,255,43197,255,43736,255,44280,255,44819,255,45363,255,45902,255,46446,255,46984,255,47485,255,48029,255,48568,255,49113,255,49651,255,50195,255,50734,255,51279,255,51817,255,52360,255,52862,255,53400,255,53945,255,54483,255,54984,255,55527,255,56066,255,56612,255,57149,255,57694,255,58194,255,58733,255,59277,255,59816]}},{irregular:{pulse:[75,0],pulse_quality:[255,0]}},{irregular:{pulse:[21,0],pulse_quality:[255,0]}},{irregular:{pulse:[99,0],pulse_quality:[255,0]}}];

obj.forEach((e) => {
  e.irregular.pulse = e.irregular.pulse.filter(f => f % 2 != 0);
  e.irregular.pulse_quality = e.irregular.pulse_quality.filter(f => f % 2 == 0)
})
console.log(obj);


Obtaining funding for port developments in developing markets remains challenging, even in the current investment climate. While the appetite of large private financial institutions for finding new infrastructure investments is large and the need for additional and upgraded port facilities is pressing in quite a few developing markets, there remains a funding gap. What is preventing financial institutions from looking a bit further outside their conventional markets?
Keen financial interest was proven by the 52 parties that showed interest in the first bidding round for Long Beach Container Terminal. For DCT Gdansk there was also significant interest from industry players, financial institutions and shipping lines. In the developed world, great interest for such assets is pushing up the price and reducing the return.
However, when looking at the interest in port developments in, for example, Africa, it remains subdued. With the exception of international financial institutions – such as the African Development Bank – and some entrepreneurial investors, there are few western parties actively looking for opportunities in these markets. Noteworthy is that one group of players active in western markets is generally absent from emerging markets: private financial institutions.
Logically, the major hurdle in many countries is political risk. Recent developments around the concession of the Doraleh container terminal in Djibouti are an example of an event that international financial institutions fear most. Political involvement around the operations of ports should be limited as much as possible. And although the political climate and governance will be difficult to change for a port entity, the level of political influence in the port organisation should be minimised. Typical required returns are set higher in these regions to offset these risks, which in turn leads to reduced investment. As a consequence, export financing has become increasingly popular over the last decade. In this type of financing, western countries are willing to take on the political risk in developing markets from the private sector in exchange for securing work (and hence jobs) or sharing in the profits.
With political involvement there is also the risk of the asset falling into foreign hands. In the last few years this 'debt trap' has been particularly evident in Africa. Extremely favourable financial terms were offered to projects, particularly by politically-backed financiers, and when the projects defaulted the assets fell into foreign hands.
Commercially offered political insurances can provide a solution here. Although the terms may be less favourable than the 'political' alternatives, there is less political consequence in the case of a default. Commercial insurances for projects in developing countries are used more often in other sectors and is still a new concept in the port industry although companies like Willis and Lloyd's are picking up some initial business in the sector.
Also, after years of increasing privatisation of ports, the trend now seems to be reversing and political involvement in port infrastructure is picking up again. This may see export financing increase in popularity. The strategic labelling of ports through the Belt and Road Initiative has been widely discussed, but this is not the only example of this trend.
Governments are increasingly influencing transactions either via lobbying or via funds tied to governments bidding on assets. Recently, for example, Belgium-based Euroports was acquired by Monaco Resources backed by two state funds, FPIM and PMV. Be warned that the introduction of this political component may end up impacting the general investment or financing capability of the sector.
Another key reason why financial institutions have shown limited interest in these markets is that business cases for ports in developing markets can vary greatly in quality. To attract the attention of the financial industry the business case has to be crystal clear. In almost all cases offtake contracts (or at the minimum, letters of intent) for the facility are required to secure external financing. Financial institutions typically step in when the business case is detailed, risks are identified and managed. However, port developers in developing markets often struggle with this. If developers struggle to develop a detailed and credible business case, teaming up with a joint venture partner or having consultants to assist in the process can help. That said, just doing the homework required for a good business plan is not enough. Transparency of the port developer is key – surprises kill a deal.
Shipping lines and global port operators appear more determined to look for opportunities in developing markets. These groups are often already involved in some form or another in these markets and can step in more easily to take over control if needed. However, these two groups also require more than a feasibility study alone.
Part of the challenge in achieving transparent business cases is that financial institutions face difficulties in carrying out due diligence in these markets. As they are not historically core markets, available internal data is generally limited. Macroeconomic and market data from local statistical offices is often difficult to obtain and/or of poor quality. The maritime industry in western countries has developed to become much more data driven and the financial industry has become used to this level of data availability. With a wide range of digital applications and the introduction of new initiatives, such as blockchain, this focus on data is only set to increase. Developing markets must find a way to at least keep up with this development to provide the right statistics to attract investment.
Another problem with port financing in developing countries can be finding the right match. The world of financial investors is a blended one consisting of many different types of investors, each with different expertise and project requirements. Understanding these requirements and expectations and knowing when to approach investors is key.
Venture capital providers will be more interested in developing greenfield port projects but also want to be involved from day one of the project and likely on an equal basis. Clear and sound political governance is required in a country for venture capitalists to step in. Local entities must be willing to co-operate with these parties to make it a success.
At the other extreme are debt providers. These parties prefer to step into projects in developing countries when the port has been developed and is up and running. They will set very high standards for the documentation in place to prevent any issues arising on the environmental, social and operational aspects.
Debt financing comes in different forms with unilateral/multilateral financing institutions currently picking up most of the deals in developing markets. Parties like the African or Asian Development Bank can offer very favourable terms, but will go through an extensive and detailed due diligence process, for which the port developer has to ensure the right resources and documentation is made available.
Commercial banks are another option, but typically only follow global port operators or players into developing markets. Terms are typically somewhat less favourable but can be setup more flexibly. With more developing markets accessing international financial markets the option of issuing bonds has arisen. However, this can only be done when the ports are developed and operational.
In between these two extremes is the domain of private equity and infrastructure funds. Each has their interest in when they would like to step in, the level of control they want to get back for that, what their risk preference is, and geographical focus. It is in this area where most opportunities lie for new players. These parties are used to taking on more risk and are willing to do more extensive due diligence locally.
The mismatch between financial investors and port opportunities in developing markets does not only lie on the side of the port developers. Most financial investors have regional boundaries set through fundraising conditions, credit committees and extensive compliance processes. Most of these procedures are determined by whether the investor has experience in particular markets. Increased regulation in the financial industry has not helped in this respect.
Over the last decade the risk of investing in developing markets has been reduced due to increased transparency, more political stability, and a better understanding of how to develop port infrastructure. But few institutions have changed their procedures to reflect this and the size of their investments has lagged behind.
With global port operators and shipping lines increasing their activities in these markets, this is a real opportunity for more infrastructure fund activity in these markets. With very crowded deals on western port assets, the risk-reward balance can hardly be worse in developing markets.
Johan-Paul Verschuure is technical director for WSP, based in the UK.


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The oldest known purpose-built Christian church in the world is in Aqaba, Jordan. Built between 293 and 303, the building pre-dates the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel, and the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, West Bank, both of which were constructed in the late 320s.
What was the original language the Bible was written in?
The Old Testament is the original Hebrew Bible, the sacred scriptures of the Jewish faith, written at different times between about 1200 and 165 BC. The New Testament books were written by Christians in the first century AD.
Who actually wrote the Torah?
Composition. The Talmud holds that the Torah was written by Moses, with the exception of the last eight verses of Deuteronomy, describing his death and burial, being written by Joshua. Alternatively, Rashi quotes from the Talmud that, "God spoke them, and Moses wrote them with tears".
Where is the original Bible kept?
They are the Codex Vaticanus, which is held at the Vatican, and the Codex Sinaiticus, most of which is held at the British Library in London. "They're both fourth century," said Evans.
What came first Christianity or Catholicism?
By its own reading of history, Roman Catholicism originated with the very beginnings of Christianity. An essential component of the definition of any one of the other branches of Christendom, moreover, is its relation to Roman Catholicism: How did Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism come into schism?
Which religion came first Christianity or paganism?
When Christianity switched from a persecuted fringe sect to the state religion of the Roman Empire in 415 CE, those in the new monotheistic mainstream came up with an insult for the polytheistic "hicks" who still worshipped the pantheon of Roman gods.
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Where did early Christianity originate?
How did Christianity originate and spread? Christianity began in Judea in the present-day Middle East. Jews there told prophecies about a Messiah who would remove the Romans and restore the kingdom of David. What we know about Jesus's life and his birth around 6 B.C.E., comes from the four Gospels.
Was the Gospel of Mark written First?
According to the hypothesis of Marcan priority, the Gospel of Mark was written first and then used as a source for the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
What order was the gospels written?
These books are called Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John because they were traditionally thought to have been written by Matthew, a disciple who was a tax collector; John, the "Beloved Disciple" mentioned in the Fourth Gospel; Mark, the secretary of the disciple Peter; and Luke, the traveling companion of Paul.
Who wrote the gospels and when were they written?
Christian apologists and most lay Christians assume on the basis of 4th century Church teaching that the gospels were written by the Evangelists c. 50-65 AD, but the scholarly consensus is that they are the work of unknown Christians and were composed c. 68-110 AD.
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Protect Our Food Supply - Stop NAIS
If I learn nothing else in my life I should learn this - whenever "big brother" wants to save me it's not a good thing! Almost every time the government makes more regulations they mess things up. With regard to NAIS - I believe the best and only protection for my food is to buy from the local farmer that feeds his/her own family the same thing they're selling me, or to grow it myself. NAIS will put such a burden on the small producer it will become impossible for them to continue. This is an interesting article that I found cross-posted on one of my e-lists. Sorry it's so long, but I found it extremely informative.
NAIS STINKS! Big government to the rescue again. By Henry Lamb
Some of the world's finest Texas longhorns live in Ohio. And they love it. Rich grass grows belly high; fresh spring water feeds 16 of the 17 lakes and ponds on the nearly 5,000 acre spread; 62 miles of fencing separates 49 pastures; and the four seasons are as distinct and different as the hills and valleys that define the Dickinson Cattle Company.
Darol Dickinson is no newcomer to the cattle business. He grew up in a cattle family in Colorado. He started raising registered Texas longhorns in 1967. But Colorado's bitter winters and windy, dry summers sent him searching for new land from Mexico to Canada, and many places in between. He found in Ohio enough fertile land to do justice to the business he envisioned.
Darol's cattle are prime breeding stock and home ranch for many international champions. His business includes providing semen and embryos to cattle producers around the world. Son Joel is the hands-on cattle manager, in charge of daily operations. Darol's wife of 45 years, Linda, is in charge of administration. She's the one who records everything about everything. She pays the bills, keeps the shipments straight, monitors inventory in every pasture, and documents every vaccination and individual health event.
A few years ago, Darol attended a USDA-sponsored "listening session." A federal employee explained a new program: the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Darol was shocked to learn that the ranch would have to be registered with a new seven-digit identification number in a new government database. He learned that each of his animals would have to have a new identification device bearing a new 15-digit identification number, loaded into another new government database. And he learned that every time one of his animals was moved off the property, the event would have to be reported and recorded in the government database within 24 hours.
"Well, that just left a horrible taste in my mouth," Darol says. "The way it was presented, we had no choice. It was a done deal. We would be forced to sign up."
The USDA spokesman talked about how foot-and-mouth disease would wipe out an entire herd in a matter of hours, and how dangerous anthrax is, and, of course, he talked about the dreaded mad cow disease. This new USDA program would make it possible for the government to trace back any diseased animal to its source within 48 hours, the groups was told. Darol knew something was not right. "It did not pass the basic hubcap sniff test," he says.
He contacted a specialist at Texas A&M, Uvalde, Texas, who confirmed that there had not been a case of foot-and-mouth disease in the United States since 1929. He also learned that anthrax is no longer a problem because ranchers can vaccinate against it for 80 cents a head. Mad cow disease is not a problem because it is not contagious, and the new system would do nothing to stop the disease even if a case were discovered.
Darol's cattle, like most livestock inventory, are already identified quite thoroughly. Every new calf is weighed, given a vitamin shot and tagged, the same day it is born. At weaning, each animal is branded with the famous Paintbrush-D brand, along with a unique identification number and the year of birth. In addition, the USDA tags every female with a number that is recorded in a USDA database, along with an ear tatoo. The other ear is tagged with the critter's registered name, so the cowhands can easily identify the cow by sight.
Wtih all of this proof-positive identification on each cow, and on the ranch computer, why in the world would USDA require another 15-digit number linked to still another database?
Darol sees the NAIS program as a direct and serious threat to his business. The proven growth of the family business is providing foundation stock for new producers.
"Every year, we help about 75 new producers get into the business," Darol says. "I can sell them on quality stock, but I CAN'T SELL THEM ON HAVING TO COMPLY WITH THESE NEW REGULATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE THAT THEY ALSO BUY A COMPUTER, AND TAG- OR CHIP-READING EQUIPMENT, AND REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT EVERY TIME THEY TURN AROUND."
Darol thinks the NAIS would destroy the family business in five years or less. That's why he has become an outspoken critic of it. He spends from two to eight hours a day doing everything he can to oppose the program. He's even set up his own website: NAISstinks.com. It is full of articles and press releases and other information that traces the flawed development of the program back to 2003.
Darol is not going to surrender to this program without a fight. His resistance, along with a near rebellion by the majority of animal owners, caused USDA to abandon its initial plans to make the program mandatory and, in 2006, the agency announced that the program would henceforth be voluntary. But what USDA means by "voluntary" is anything but voluntary.
Judith McGreary is working on a lawsuit that challenges the authority for the USDA to even engage in the National Animal Identification System. Part of the argument deals with how USDA is funding organizations and states to force participation in the NAIS, while USDA claims that the program is voluntary.
Judith was perfectly content living with her husband, Mike, on their 40 acres just outside Austin, Texas. Mike retired from the Coast Guard, and Judith turned her Stanford BS into a degree in environmental law from the University of Texas. Life was great. They had a couple of Quarter Horses, several lambs, a bunch of barred rock chickens and turkeys, and were well on their way to developing a business providing eggs and poultry and lamb chops to a growing neighborhood market.
"I remember it well," Judith says. "Mike came in and told me he had learned that the government was going to require us to put a microchip into every one of our chickens." That was the day Judith discovered the NAIS. "I told Mike it had to be an internet rumor; not even the government can be that stupid."
Chickens do not require a microchip under the NAIS plan, but they do require an individual 15-digit identification number, along with each of her horses and lambs and turkeys.
"It's just ridiculous," Judith says. "My chickens range over the pasture. They produce far better eggs than the caged factory hens. How am I going to report the death of one of my chickens within 24 hours, if I don't even know about it? When a fox gets a chicken, I might not even find a pile of feathers. It's just ridiculous."
Judith was already concerned about government regulations that seemed to be squeezing small farmers, especially farmers who are trying to use responsible, sustainable, best practices. She had talked to Mike and to some of her friends about the need for an organization to try to deal with some of the legislative issues. When she discovered that the state of Texas was ready to make the NAIS mandatory, the decision was made. She formed Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance http://farmandranchfreedom.org/content/
Almost simultaneously, she got involved with the creation of the Liberty Ark Coalition http://libertyark.net/ as a founding member of the steering committee. She began researching, writing and helping others get informed about the impact this program would have on all livestock owners.
"It will put us out of business," she says. "And it's not just the cost and aggravation this program will put on us personally, because it will have the same impact on thousands of other small operators. USDA should be encouraging small farmers and homesteaders to produce what they can for local markets. Instead, THEY ARE DELIBERATELY TRYING TO DRY UP ANY COMPETITION TO THE BIG GUYS."
Along with Sally Fallon, president of the Weston Price Foundation, Gary Cox, and a few other attorneys, farmers, and activists, Judith helped to form the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (www.ftcldf.org). In May, the group sent a 25-page Notice of Intent to Sue to USDA, alleging that the NAIS has not followed proper rule-making procedures, has not met environmental impact assessment standards, has not been subjected to a cost-benefit analysis, and a variety of other short comings.
There are thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of livestock owners who do not yet know they are subject to the reach of the NAIS. Everyone who owns even a single horse or chicken or pig or sheep or any of 29 different species will be subject to the NAIS. Even though the program is said to be voluntary, no one believes it will stay that way. In fact, the FORMER SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS SAID THAT THE USDA RETAINS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE PROGRAM MANDATORY WHENEVER IT DEEMS IT NECESSARY.
USDA apparently is not concerned about the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which is supposed to guarantee that every citizen is "secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures..." A mandatory NAIS would force individuals to surrender private, personal information about their property and their movements to the government without probably cause, without a warrant, and for no good reason, as far as many people can see.
Bert "Nevada" Smith is one of those people. Bert is a western rancher who has seen it all. In his part of the country near Layton, Utah, ranches are measure in sections, not acres. His cattle have no need of a government-assigned number, and his ranch has no place in a federal database. Just ask him.
"My brand is enough identification," Bert says. "Every load I sell is certified healthy by a state veterinarian. The USDA's got no business poking its nose around my ranch and my cattle." And he's not at all bashful about telling the USDA so. Bert has been quite outspoken at cattle association meetings in both Nevada and Utah. USDA big wheels invited to promote the NAIS don't escape Bert's withering condemnation of the program."
He has seen the USDA's shenanigans over the years. He is especially skeptical of its claim that the NAIS is voluntary. He remembers when USDA said that signing up for grazing allotments was voluntary, and how ranchers all over the West lost both their water rights and grazing rights when voluntary became mandatory.
Bert really gets upset about the money USDA is paying organizations to promote the NAIS. "Why, it's bribery. What else can you call it when USDA gives the Future Farmers of America $600,000 to teach the kids to persuade their parents to register their premises in NAIS?"
He's even more upset with the major trade associations for taking the government money. "THEY'VE GOT THEIR HAND IN THE HONEYPOT, AND THEY'VE SOLD OUT THEIR MEMBERS," he says. "THESE TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND BREED REGISTRY ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD BE HELPING THEIR MEMBERS SHUT DOWN NAIS, INSTEAD OF PROMOTING IT."
There has been a lot of internet speculation that use of the word "premises" in USDA's registration forms somehow strips constitutional protection from the property owner, or converts the property owner into a "tenant" of the federal government.
Jim Burling, director of litigation at the Pacific Legal Foundation, says, "I can see no way that the use of the word "premises" versus "property" has any impact on the ability of the government to enter property without a search warrant. The underlying nature of the property rights cannot be changed by a label. Referring to a property as the "premises" in no way converts a fee simple property into a leasehold."
Bert's not so sure. He is in full agreement with R-CALF, USA (Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund), one of the few livestock organizations that opposes the NAIS. R-CALF advises its members: "REGISTERING A PREMISES WITHOUT ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT THAT EXPRESSLY LIMITS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY OVER THE PREMISES MAY RESULT IN SUBJECTING THE PREMISES AND ITS REGISTRANT TO ALL FUTURE RULES, REGULATIONS, AND POLICIES THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY LATER DECIDE TO IMPOSE UPON SUCH REGISTRANT."
Aside from the possible legal hocus-pocus, Bert is convinced that the NAIS is just not necessary. "Animals are already identified with a brand, and they have to be certified healthy before they can be sent to the slaughterhouse. All the NAIS is going to do is put the little guy out of busines," he says.
The opposition to the NAIS expressed by Darol, Judith and Bert is just a sampling of the sentiments expressed by animal owners across the nation. Already, at least 15 state legislatures have responded to appeals from animal owners by entering legislation to prohibit mandatory NAIS at the state level. Four states (Arizona, Missouri, Nebraska and Kentucky) have actually enacted laws to this effect.
USDA claims that the NAIS is needed to provide a mechanism to trace the origin of a diseased animal within 48 hours. But the agency has no evidence that the need for or benefit from this mechanism outweighs the cost. When pressed, USDA EMPLOYEES ADMIT THAT AN ELECTRONIC TRACE-BACK SYSTEM WILL OPEN NEW INTERNATIONAL MARKETS -FOR THE LARGER MEAT EXPORTERS. But even when pressed, USDA HAS NO ANSWER FOR WHY THE REST OF ANIMAL OWNERS SHOULD HAVE TO BEAR THE BURDENS OF COST AND AGGRAVATION FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE BIG EXPORTERS.
It was the big exporters and the manufacturers of the electronic tags and tag-reading equipment - all members of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) - that LARGELY DESIGNED THE PROGRAM AND PREVAILED UPON THE FEDS TO IMPLEMENT IT.
USDA may have miscalculated the strength of the opposition to its NAIS. When first introduced, USDA expected the program to be fully implemented by early 2009. They anticipated that every premises where a livestock animal is housed would be registered; that every livestock animal would be identified, most with a computer-readable tag or chip; and that every off-premises movement would be reported to the government within 24 hours.
Obviously, this is not going to happen by 2009, if ever. The rate of the new signups has slowed, and people were registered are beginning to request that their names and premises be removed from the databases. It's a sure bet that even more states will be introducing anti-NAIS legislation next year.
But the federal government carries the big stick - MONEY. State legislatures are aware that USDA can withhold federal funds if a state fails to knuckle under to the demands of the federal agency. Consequently, the anti-NAIS campaign continues to focus on Congress, as well as on state legislatures.
The jury is still out on NAIS. Whether USDA will be responsive to the expressed will of the animal owners who do not want it, or responsive to the members of the NIAA who do, remains to be seen. One thing is certain: Darol, Judith, Bert and hundreds of thousands of other animal owners are not going to sit idly by and let USDA steamroll over them without a fight. If you're a gambler, be careful which way you bet.
Henry Lamb is founder of the Environmental Conservation Organization and chairman of Sovereignty International.
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Make roads safe: a decade of action for road safety
Road traffic fatalities are forecast to increase over the next ten years from a current level of more than 1.3 million to more than 1.9 million by 2020. The Commission for Global Road Safety believes that the urgent priority is to halt this appalling and avoidable rise in road injury and then begin to achieve year on year reductions. The world could prevent 5 million deaths and 50 million serious injuries by 2020 by dramatically scaling up investment in road safety, at global, regional and national levels. The first Global Ministerial Meeting on road safety, to be held in Moscow in November 2009 has the opportunity to set a new direction for global road safety. The UN General Assembly will then debate the results of the Moscow Ministerial during its 64th Session. In this report the Commission makes ten recommendations to the Moscow Ministerial and UN General Assembly.
http://www.makeroadssafe.org/publications/Documents/decade_of_action_report_lr.pdf
Commission for Global Road Safety
Ward, D
TRT Terms: Highway safety; Policy; Traffic safety
Uncontrolled Terms: Road safety (engineering and vehicles); Road safety (human factors)
ATRI Terms: Crash countermeasure; Injury prevention; Policy; Road safety
Subject Areas: Policy;


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Die Industrie- und Handelskammer Südlicher Oberrhein ist eine Industrie- und Handelskammer mit Sitz in Freiburg im Breisgau. Die IHK Südlicher Oberrhein ist Dienstleister für die regionale Wirtschaft. Sie berät Unternehmen, bündelt deren Interessen und bildet Menschen aus und weiter.

Geschichte
Bereits 1425 ist eine erste Zunftordnung der Kaufleute in Freiburg überliefert. Die Handelskammer Freiburg geht auf das großherzoglich badische Gesetz über die Handelskammern vom 11. Dezember 1878 zurück. Am 16. September 1879 erfolgte eine Versammlung der Vertreter der Unternehmen im Kreis Freiburg, die sich für eine Handelskammer in Freiburg aussprachen. Darauf erließ das Handelsministerium am 12. Januar 1880 das Statut der neuen Handelskammer. Die Kammer sollte danach 15 Mitglieder haben. Acht wurden in der Stadt Freiburg, je zwei in den Amtsbezirken Emmendingen und Waldkirch und je einer in den Amtsbezirken Neustadt und Staufen und in der Stadt Breisach gewählt werden. Am 29. Juli 1880 erfolgte die Wahl der ersten Kammer. Am 31. August 1880 konstituierte sie sich und wählte den Freiburger Fabrikanten Eduard Fauler zum ersten Präsidenten. Der Kammerbezirk umfasste bei der Gründung 172.520 Einwohner. 1886 wurden Teile des Amtsbezirks Breisach aus dem Kammergebiet ausgegliedert. 1896 wurde der Amtsbezirk Neustadt der neu gegründeten Handelskammer Villingen zugeordnet.

Auf dem Höhepunkt der Hyperinflation Ende 1923 gaben die badischen Kammern Notgeld heraus. Seit 1924 trug die Kammer den Namen Industrie- und Handelskammer Freiburg. Mit der Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten wurde die Selbstverwaltung der Wirtschaft abgeschafft und die IHK Freiburg gleichgeschaltet. Der Kammerpräsident Erich Schuster, Direktor der Rheinische Creditbank wurde abgelöst und das Führerprinzip eingeführt. Die Kammer selbst wurde aufgelöst und in der Badische Industrie- und Handelskammer integriert. 1935 wurde diese Struktur wieder aufgelöst und die IHK Freiburg wurde wieder selbstständig. Die Kammerbezirke der IHK Villingen und IHK Lahr wurden der Freiburger Kammer zugeschlagen. 1942 wurde sie erneut aufgelöst und Teil der Gauwirtschaftskammer

Am 22. April 1945 wurde die IHK Freiburg durch die französische Besatzungsmacht wiedererrichtet. Im Mai 1945 wurde Friedrich Leibbrandt zum Präsidenten ernannt. 1986 fusionierte die INH Freiburg und die IHK Lahr zur heutigen Industrie- und Handelskammer Südlicher Oberrhein.

Kammergebäude

1880 bis 1905 hatte die Kammer ihren Sitz im Haus Kaiserstraße 54, heute Kaiser-Joseph-Straße 186–188. 1906 bis 1925 war die Geschäftsstelle im Wentzingerhaus am Münsterplatz. 1925 bis 1926 arbeitete die Kammer im Haus Werderstraße 7. 1926 zog sie in die Wilhelmsstraße 26 um. Heute hat die Kammer ihren Sitz in der Schnewlinstraße 11–13. Von Anfang November 2021 an wird diese Hauptgeschäftsstelle saniert. Die IHK Südlicher Oberrhein ist während der Sanierungsphase in ihrem Interimsquartier Bismarckallee 18–20 zu finden. In Lahr befindet sich die Außenstelle in der Lotzbeckstraße 31.

Persönlichkeiten

Präsidenten

 Eduard Fauler (1880 bis 1882)
 Julius Mez (1883 bis 1911)
 Arthur Pfeilsticker (1911)
 Emil Ruef (1911 bis 1913)
 Erich Schuster (1913 bis 1933)
 Emil Tscheulin (1935 bis 1942)
 Friedrich Leibbrandt (1945)
 Erich Gütermann (1946)
 Hans Mez (1946)
 Gustav Adler (1946 bis 1948)
 Hermann Linnemann (ab 1948)

 Peter Fuchs (1977 bis 1985)
 Eugen Theodor Martin (1985 bis 1989)
 Horst Weitzmann (1989 bis 1993)
 Hermann Frese (1993 bis 1997)
 Georg Fröhner (1997 bis 2001)
 Karlhubert Dischinger (2001 bis 2011)
 Steffen Auer (2011 bis 2021)
 Eberhard Liebherr (seit 2021)

Hauptgeschäftsführer
 Norbert Euba (1986 bis 2007)
 Andreas Kempff (2007 bis 2019)
 Dieter Salomon (seit 2019)

Aktuelles
Alle fünf Jahre wählen die Mitglieder der Industrie- und Handelskammer Südlicher Oberrhein ihre Vollversammlung. Die letzte Wahl fand vom 3. bis 23. März 2021 statt. Rund 70.000 Mitgliedsunternehmen (Stand: 2020) der IHK Südlicher Oberrhein haben dabei ihre 50 Vertreter in die Vollversammlung gewählt.

Weblinks
 Website der IHK Südlicher Oberrhein
 IHK-Impulsnetzwerk: Plattform für digitale Transformationsthemen
 IHK Startercenter Südwest: Services für Gründer:innen

Literatur
 75 Jahre Industrie und Handelskammer Freiburg, 1955

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Organisation (Freiburg im Breisgau)
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Wirtschaft (Freiburg im Breisgau)


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Whenever your pet isn't eating, you often think about possible underlying illnesses that could cause the loss of appetite. There are many invisible medical conditions that we should look out for in our pets. If the loss of appetite is just for a few days, you don't need to take your pet to a veterinarian just yet. However, if there are other symptoms present, a visit to a vet is important.
Some pets can just be picky eaters, CBD oil is known to be beneficial to your pet's digestive system. It stimulates your pet's appetite without any psychoactive effect. CBD can also calm anxiety, which is one main reason that your pet is losing its appetite.
Majority of the conditions found in dogs all have the same kinds of symptoms: nausea, chronic pain, change in behavior, and loss of appetite. CBD can help your dog relax and alleviate pain in these times of distress. Relieving some of the symptoms means that your dog will have to suffer less and will have a greater chance of recovering from these diseases.
Some of the diseases that CBD oil is known to help your dog with are digestive diseases, autoimmune disease, neurodegenerative diseases, and cardiovascular diseases.
The beauty of CBD oil is that it can be ingested in several ways depending on your pet's ailment, temperament, and feeding habits. However, you should always remember to ensure proper dosage of cannabidiol. CBD oil should be administered in the right serving size. The pet's size and weight should also be considered in determining the proper portioning of CBD oil.


This house analysis exercise will help you design a house later. An animation of a detached house is shown below. Study the front and back of the house carefully and then try to answer the following questions.
1. How many bedrooms do you think the house has?
2. How many sides of the roof(s) are tiled?
3. How many external doors does the house have?
4. Why is the house called a detached house?
5. How many people do you think could live in the house comfortably? Explain your answer.
7. How do you think the house could be improved?


Free/Libre and open source software (FLOSS) has been advocated for its presumed capacity to support native software industries in developing countries. It is said to create new spaces for exploration and to lower entry barriers to mature software markets, for example. However, little empirical research has been conducted concerning FLOSS business in a developing country setting and, thus, there is not much evidence to support or refute these claims. This paper presents a business case study conducted in India, a country branded as a 'software powerhouse' of the developing world. The findings show how FLOSS has opened up significant opportunities for the case company, especially in terms of improving its innovative capability and upgrading in the software value chain. On the other hand, they also highlight some challenges to FLOSS involvement that rise specifically from the Indian context.


As the year winds down, RJD2's The Third Down is starting to work its way through the DJs, newspaper and magazine hacks, college radio geeks and Internet whores that will be summoned to publicize its strengths to the international heads. As we wait in anticipation for its arrival we wonder: Will his singing surprise us with its remarkable depth? Or will it sound as weird as "Through the Walls" from Since We Last Spoke? No matter how it all turns out, he deserves some props for being a brave and fearless artist.
While you wait to hear it (with an open mind, of course), RJD2 is assembling a live band to take it on the road. The short tour winds through March, and will undoubtedly include a pit stop in Austin for SXSW. A longer excursion (Maybe another Definitive Jux package tour? Just kidding…) should follow later in the year.
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Plum (and shades thereof) is without a doubt one of the top colours of the season, and we've been in love with the different ways in which brides and décor experts have been applying it.
One of our favourite colour schemes is the dramatically contrasted plum and blush. Balancing the soft with the deep, this colour combination embodies sophistication and femininity unlike any other.
Opt for a mix of deep plum and blush coloured roses, peonies, daisies and other pretties.
Instead of a crisp white wedding dress, why not break tradition with a soft pink one?
Clothe your bridesmaids in plum from head to toe, with soft blush bouquets.
Have you ever considered plum suits for the groomsmen? Bet you haven't – so incredibly stunning!
Serve a selection of plum flavoured desserts, like cheesecakes and macaroons, with light pink cocktails.
Paint the venue in soft blush and deep plum lighting, alternating between the two as the night goes on.
Drape the tables in striking plum table cloths, and complete it with soft blush candles and flowers.
If you're open to a bit of fun, why not kick-start the day with candy floss and plum flavours slush puppies?


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Biografia
È conosciuto soprattutto per aver interpretato il personaggio Mike Gold nella sitcom televisiva The War at Home. In precedenza ha avuto ruoli ricorrenti in MADtv e in Jack & Bobby. Nel 2005 ha preso parte al film I tuoi, i miei e i nostri.

Filmografia parziale

Cinema
 I tuoi, i miei e i nostri (Yours, Mine and Ours), regia di Raja Gosnell (2005)
 Hoot, regia di Will Shriner (2006)

Televisione
 MADtv (2000)
 Jack & Bobby (2004)
 The War at Home (2005-2007)
 Senza traccia (Without a Trace) (2008)

Collegamenti esterni

  Dean Collins, in BoyActors

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