Tikeyah Shaquille Jones, 24, of Pensacola, FL gained her heavenly wings on September 28, 2018. She was born to her loving parents Sjadorhia "Bang" Hand and David Parson on February 24, 1994.
She was a smiling loving person, who enjoyed making people laugh, acting silly and dancing. Everyone appreciated Tikeyah's advice because it was always good. She respected and loved her family and friends.
Tikeyah's favorite dish was macaroni and cheese.
She is preceded in death by: grandparents, Katie Bell Nettles, Hortense Parson, Hubert Parson and John William Hand; step-grandfather, Paul Young; uncle, Joel Hicks and cousin, Antonio White.
Tikeyah leaves to cherish her memories: mother, Sjadoria Hand; father, David Parson; siblings, Danny, Keyonia, Trinity, Jessica, Chelsea, Devin, Evin, Pumpkin, Jermaine, Lil David, Gerald and Louise; grandmothers, Willametta Nettles and Yolondè Jackson; great-grandfather, Howard Nettles, Sr.; aunts, Katina Nettles, LaKresha Jackson, Constance Johnson, Jean Fields, Ann Simmons, Pam Dukes, Sharon Hicks, Traci Hicks and Felecia Hicks; special aunt, Michelle Hicks; uncles, Michael Wingate, Leroy Lymon, Jonas Hand and Howard Nettles; special uncle, Michael Hicks; special nephews, Danny and Jarvis; cousins, Anthony Nettles and Keashia Campbell; special friends, Toccarra and Nephoteria; very special friend, J Leno, close friend, Tashana, Bri, and Dominique and a host of relatives and friends.
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until funeral service begins at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, October 6, 2018 at Pentecostal Temple, 6550 North Palafox Street, Pensacola.


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Q: Android HorizontalScrollView doesn't scroll I have the following HorizontalScrollView with 2 custom views.
For some reason it doesn't scroll
<com.name.CustomObjects.HorizontalLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_margin="10dp"
    android:fillViewport="true"
    android:scrollbars="horizontal" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

        <com.name.Views.AView
            android:id="@+id/aView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

        <com.name.Views.BView
            android:id="@+id/bView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    </LinearLayout>

</com.name.CustomObjects.HorizontalLayout>

A: Is there any content in either AView or BView? Because both their width is set to wrap_content, it's possible the ScrollView doesn't stretch...?
Have you extended the class ScrollView in your HorizontalLayout?
It may also be possible your HorizontalLayout doesn't stretch because of fillViewPort="true"

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This tutorial will teach you how to install a theme (as a parent), create a child theme and upgrade your theme.
All IPS themes are in .xml format. If you have download a .zip file, extract the file first and you'll find the .xml file inside.
First, we'll be installing the theme as a Parent theme. Parent themes should never be edited and should generally be hidden from all users. Once it has been installed, we'll create a Child theme which can be edited via theme settings (to change colours, logos, etc), and it'll be shown as the default front-end theme to all of your visitors.
1. To install the Parent theme, go to Admin Cpanel > Customization > Themes. At the top right, click the + Add Theme button.
2. From the popup box, choose the Upload Theme tab and select the .xml file from your computer. This tutorial will use the Dimension theme as an example. Press Next.
This will hide the Parent theme for all visitors. The Parent theme should never be edited beyond this, so press the Save button at the bottom and proceed to creating the Child theme.
A quick summary: The Parent theme which we installed is hidden from all members, and your site will be using the Child theme, named "My new theme". The Child theme inherits everything from the Parent theme. If you need to edit the theme, make sure you only edit the Child theme. The Parent theme should never be edited and should stay untouched.
When new theme updates are released, browse to Admin Cpanel > Customization > Themes. Click the arrow icon to the very right of your Parent theme and select Upload a new version from the list. Browse for the updated .xml file, press Upload and your theme will be updated!
Upgrading between major versions, such as 4.2 to 4.3 will likely require a fresh theme installation. The above instructions for upgrades will apply to minor upgrades, such as 4.3.0 to 4.3.1.
I really need to upload like two .xml files (one with the theme-name and one with named images..) it seems. I have managed to upload the one named the theme-name.xml, but how do I upload the second one? Right now my forum looks really..dull. Could it be that my brand new cloud-installation of IPS (not sure which version, could be 4.x ?) isnt compatible with the theme?
The theme you are trying to install is a 3.x theme. It will not work on your 4.x forum.
All 4.x themes are one .xml file only.
How do I know the version of my forum and when will my theme come out in 4.x format?
I'm sorry, but I've tried to upload both of the .xml files as new themes to my 4.x system without success, theme is only looking really white and boring. What is my got damn problem?
As mentioned in post #3, you are trying to install a 3.x theme on your 4.x forum, which will not work. You'll need to wait for your theme to be upgraded to 4.x before you can install it.
I understand this, but when will this happen, dear Root Admin?
I understand, but are we talking days, weeks or months?
I would appreciate some kind of idea cos my forum release is pretty much waiting for the working theme..if this takes too long, I would like to know so that I can apply something else (and release it) while waiting. Thanks in advance!
Feel free to direct any questions to the announcement topic, since this topic is intended for "Installing themes"
IMPORTANT: Version 4.x has a "feature" which attempts to inherit the theme and apply it to your ACP. In most cases, this may impact visibility or your layout. To use the Default theme in your ACP, go to ACP > "Signed in as..." > AdminCP Theme > Default.
Didn't know that. I also had to go into the default theme and enable it for admins so I could see it in the dropdown. Then the colors stopped conflicting with each other in the ACP.
Regarding translation, currently all the config for Chameleon are not translated in english, how can i add the translation?
I then installed the Spectrum theme.
When I set the Spectrum theme to default I get a 500 error message.
When I set the Default theme back to default the error message goes away.
What this means is that I cannot use the Spectrum theme.
You are likely using an outdated version of 4.x.
Upgrade to the latest version (4.0.12.1) and it'll work fine.
I put a ticket into invision power services (who hosts the board for me) to see about upgrading the version.
I am not sure that I have that option.
They upgraded my installation to the latest version and everything works fine.
were is the admin cpanel? link?
Click your username at the top of your site and there will be a link to the Admin CP in the drop down menu.
were is the optimazation? in the cpanel.
If you're referring to Customization, it's in your Admin CP on the left side.
hi i already install dashboard theme 4.1.7 to my ip board 4.1.7, but after finished upload, appears words that say "Sorry, you do not have permission for that!" and "1S111/1".
I already buy this theme and cannot used that theme, can you help me?
Please contact IPS for support. It is likely an issue with your forum and not my theme.
I tried to install the theme via the ACP. I get an error that the XML file must be under 2MB in size. Have you seen this before?
EDIT: Had to edit /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini to allow a larger file upload size (default 2MB).
I simply sell themes (designs) for IPS.Suite. If you haven't yet purchased the forum software, you will need to get it from IPS.


Edgewood Fest Parade and Book Sale!
Come Join Us In The Parade!
We will be walking in the Edgewoodfest Parade this Saturday. If you and your family are interested, please meet us at the library, located at the old Edgewood School, no later than 10am. From there, we will register for the parade. We will provide candy for children to hand out along the way. We encourage kids young and old to wear their favorite Super Hero gear to support our Super Hero Summer Reading Program.
Still haven't brought your children in to sign up for our summer reading program? Guess what? It's not too late! We are happy to have you and still have cool tote bags available for all who register. Membership is not required to participate in any activities.
Only $5.00 for the entire household.
We are holding our Book Sale from 1pm-4pm this Saturday, June 27. We were fortunate to receive so many books from donations that we have several duplicate and triplicate titles to sell. Do you love romance? We have them! We will have Boxes of Books and Bags of Books- pick out your selection all for a free will donation. All proceeds go to the WME Community Library.
Many thanks to the former Book Depot of Effingham and the generous members of our community for their book donations. We appreciate all of you!
Questions? You can leave a comment here, email us at wmecommunityworks.gmail.com or call Tonia Harris at 618-238-9213.


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A Taste of Money
What's on TV
04/06/2008 Food and Wine, General, Sports, TV and MoviesMoneyMoy
For someone who claims to not watch that much tv, I really watch a lot of tv. Granted I'm usually tuned to something like cooking shows just as white noise in the background while I surf the web or get work done, but just this week I realized how many different programs have worked their way into my regular routine. I'm still catching every episode of Holmes on Homes (Discovery Home channel), the new seasons of Top Chef (Bravo) and After Hours With Daniel (Mojo), High Stakes Poker (GSN) and I still end most days with the Daily Show and Colbert Report (Comedy Channel). And the rest of the time, my TV is usually on WLIW Create for all the cooking shows and Ask This Old House. I've also recently started watching I Bet You (Mojo) where poker studs Phil "Unabomber" Laak and Antonio Esfandiari just go around inventing bets to make with each other. Stoopid mindless fun including one episode where Antonio loses a bet and is a little on tilt and decides just for the heck of it to cut for high card with some guy where the loser has to get the other guy's name tattooed in full on his arm. Nuts. Antonio ended up winning, but I think he was crapping his pants before they flipped the cards when he realized what he was about to do.
Speaking of Top Chef, in this week's episode, as soon as Manuel ordered the Chilean Sea Bass I knew he had screwed himself. How did I know? Precisely because I watch so much weird stuff on tv. You see, Daniel Boulud was the guest judge for this episode, and in an episode of After Hours with Daniel, he mentions that in all his years, he has never served Chilean Sea Bass in his restaurants. In his words "I think it's kind of gross, really". And with the absolute reverential level of respect that he commands, I knew his opinion would influence all the other judges. While they never show Boulud making a negative comment about the choice of fish, Tom Colicchio made mention of the fish being "fishy" which certainly sounded like him wanting to agree with the words of the master. Sure enough, Manuel got the axe shortly thereafter.
Finally, mark your calendars for April 15th. Besides being tax day, it is the start of the next season of The Big Break competition on the Golf Channel, The Big Break Ka'anapali. Featuring the ladies in this season, the one I'll be watching is Susan Choi who gets my vote as the most likely next-big-thing regardless of how she finishes on the show. Born and raised on Long Island and now living in Natick, MA, the recent Wellesley grad is a rookie with exactly the right elements to become a star in today's world. Judging from the show's teasers and her audition material, Susan is a sweet, un-jaded young woman who, unlike most of the other big Asian names in women's golf, speaks perfect English and doesn't come off as mean, aloof, awkward or strange in any way. A talented, attractive, normal Asian American with strong religious and family values who will be up against seemingly surly, bitter, ruthless competitors. In clips from the preview, you see people calling her "a snot-nosed little rookie" and "luckiest, stupidest girl in the world". I think even if Susan loses, she will win her fair share of fans and hopefully that will translate to some real dollars for her at some point because it sounds like her family has some financial challenges they're counting on her to remedy. She's gone pro, so she can accept endorsements now. Sponsors, make it happen!
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I don't know. I watched most of an episode of The Big Break, and Susan didn't do so hot. I was impressed by the Aussie girl's talent though. Is the girl with no shoes for real? I think Steve could beat her!
MoneyMoy says:
Well, it looks like Susan redeemed herself in episode 2. And I must say, the golf was much better overall from almost everyone in the second episode. The way the elimination round went at the end was legitimately intense as opposed to other parts of the first two episodes where you can tell stuff was contrived or tweaked for dramatic effect by creative editing.
I really enjoyed episode 2!! I was sure Tina would get eliminated but she even Birdied the last hole!
It is so different than the Men's Big Break! I thought we'd see a good fight when Susan's flag got pulled out! She definitely redeemed herself with her 200+ drive in the grid!!!
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In addition to balancing the books, Will works with RealityMine's senior management team to understand the commercial impact of business decisions and opportunities. He is also involved in helping to shape and implement the strategic direction of the business. Will believes that RealityMine is a great place to work because of the energetic and enthusiastic team that shares a passion for "geek culture" and making the company a success.


2010-05-27 Assigned to ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. reassignment ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: UTH, JOSHUA R., BYRUM, RANDAL T., CONLON, SEAN P.
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An injection port applier is configured to engage an injection port that has integral fasteners that are movable from a non-deployed position to a deployed position. The applier comprises a shaft, a port engagement portion, and a handle. The port engagement portion is includes a fastener deployment member that is operable to move the fasteners to the deployed position. The handle comprises a first handle portion and a second handle portion. The second handle portion is movable distally relative to the first handle portion in order to actuate the fastener deployment member, to thereby move the fasteners to the deployed position. An elongate actuating member couples the second handle portion with the fastener deployment member. One part of the elongate actuating member translates longitudinally in response to the second handle being moved distally; while another part of the elongate actuating member rotates in response to the first portion translating.
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/166,625, filed Jun. 24, 2005, entitled "Implantable Medical Device with Reversible Attachment Mechanism and Method," issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,007,474, which is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/741,875, filed Dec. 19, 2003, entitled "Subcutaneous Self Attaching Injection Port with Integral Moveable Retention Members," issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,862,546, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/478,763, filed Jun. 16, 2003, entitled "Fluid Injection Port for Adjustable Gastric Band." The disclosure of each of those three patent applications is incorporated by reference herein.
This application also incorporates by reference the following U.S. patent applications, both of which were filed on Dec. 19, 2003: application Ser. No. 10/741,127, entitled "Subcutaneous Injection Port for Applied Fasteners," published as U.S. Pub. No. 2005/0131352; now abandoned; and application Ser. No. 10/741,868, entitled "Subcutaneous Self Attaching Injection Port with Integral Fasteners," issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,374,557.
FIG. 31 depicts a block diagram of components of an exemplary modified version of the injection port of FIG. 1.
FIG. 31 depicts a schematic diagram of an exemplary alternative port 1100 that is operable to provide haptic feedback in response to palpation and/or other types of stimulus as will be described in greater detail below. Port 1100 of this example includes a feedback interface ring 1202, a processor 1204, an interface sensor 1206, a power source 1208, a vibration generator 1210, a storage device 1212, a telemetry transceiver coil 1214, and a pressure sensor 1216. Port 1100 of this example is otherwise configured identically to port 2 described above.
In the present example, haptic feedback interface ring 1202 is positioned between actuator 12 and port body 8. Haptic feedback interface ring 1202 is operable to sense when actuator 12 is being pushed downwardly toward port body 8. Furthermore, and as will be described in greater detail below, port 1100 may provide a vibratory response when interface ring 1202 senses that actuator 12 is being pushed downwardly toward port body 8. This vibratory response may assist a physician in locating port 1100 through external palpation after port 1100 has been implanted in a patient. Interface ring 1202 may comprise or form a switch that is in communication with a processor 1204 (e.g., via wire, etc.) as will be described in greater detail below. Actuation of interface ring 1202 by pushing downward on actuator 12 (e.g., by a physician palpating a patient, etc.) may thus actuate the corresponding switch, which may cause processor 1204 to trigger the vibratory response.
In some versions, port 1100 comprises one or more resilient members (not shown) that are configured to bias actuator 12 to an upper position. By way of example only, interface ring 1202 may itself be configured to bias actuator 12 to an upper position. For instance, interface ring 1202 may be resilient and may have a "wavy" configuration. Other ways in which actuator 12 may be biased to an upper position (regardless of whether actuator 12 is also rotatable) will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein. Similarly, other suitable variations, components, features, and configurations of interface ring 1202 will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein. By way of example only, interface ring 1202 may be substituted with one or more switches positioned between actuator 12 and port body 8, without a ring-shaped member being used to form a vibratory response activation interface between actuator 12 and port body 8. Such discrete switches may be equidistantly positioned about a circumference or be positioned in any other suitable locations/arrangement. As another merely illustrative example, port 1100 may be configured such that interface ring 1202 does not move up and down relative to port body 8. In some such versions, one or more strain gauges or other types of sensors may be used to determine whether a downward force is being exerted on actuator 12, with such sensors being configured to trigger a vibratory response as described in greater detail below. Alternatively, interface ring 1202 may be omitted in some versions, including but not limited to those versions described in greater detail below.
In addition to providing some degree of axial play of actuator 12, port 1100 may provide some degree of axial play for plate 28. In other words, plate 28 may slightly move up or down along the same axis about which actuator 12 rotates. Such axial play may be provided without sacrificing a hermetic seal between plate 28 and septum retainer 4 or between plate 28 and port body 8. In some versions, haptic feedback interface sensor 1206 is positioned beneath plate 28. Interface sensor 1206 is operable to sense when plate 28 is being pushed downwardly. Furthermore, and as will be described in greater detail below, port 1100 may provide a vibratory response when interface sensor 1206 senses that plate 28 is being pushed downwardly. This vibratory response may assist a physician in determining that a needle has struck plate 28, which may further indicate that the needle has been successfully inserted through septum 6. Interface sensor 1206 may comprise or form a switch that is in communication with processor 1204 (e.g., via wire, etc.) as will be described in greater detail below. Actuation of interface sensor 1206 by pushing downward on plate 28 (e.g., by a needle striking plate 28, etc.) may thus actuate the corresponding switch, which may cause processor 1204 to trigger the vibratory response.
In some versions, port 1100 comprises one or more resilient members (not shown) that are configured to bias plate 28 to an upper position. By way of example only, interface sensor 1206 may itself be configured to bias actuator 12 to an upper position. For instance, interface sensor 1206 may comprise a resilient ring positioned between the outer perimeter of the underside of plate 28 and septum retainer 4, and such a ring may have a "wavy" configuration. Other ways in which plate 28 may be biased to an upper position will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein. Similarly, other suitable variations, components, features, and configurations of interface sensor 1206 will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein.
In some other versions, port 1100 may be configured such that plate 28 does not move up and down relative to septum retainer 4 and/or port body 8. It should be understood that, in some such versions, various types of interface sensors 1206 may still be used to determine whether a downward force is being exerted on plate 28, with such sensors being configured to trigger a vibratory response as described in greater detail below. For instance, interface sensor 1206 may comprise a thin film capacitive switch or strain gauge on plate 28. As yet another merely illustrative example, interface sensor 1206 may simply detect the presence of a needle in fluid chamber 30, without necessarily detecting contact between the needle and plate 28 as such. For instance, interface sensor 1206 may comprise a proximity sensor, an ultra wideband radar device, a metal detector that essentially ignores the metal of plate 28 while detecting the metal of a needle in fluid chamber 30, etc. Furthermore, it should be understood that interface sensor 1206 need not necessarily be located under plate 28 (e.g., interface sensor 1206 may be in fluid chamber 30, etc.). Still other suitable components and configurations that may be used for interface sensor 1206 will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein. Alternatively, interface sensor 1206 may be omitted in some versions, including but not limited to those versions described in greater detail below.
Injection port 1100 may also include a chamber (not shown) located below plate 28. The chamber may be enclosed and hermetically sealed, such that it is fluidly isolated relative to fluid chamber 30. This extra chamber may enclose several electrical components that are configured to provide vibratory responses as noted above. For instance, the extra chamber may enclose processor 1204, interface sensor 1206, a power source 1208, a vibration generator 1210, and a storage device 1212 (e.g., flash memory, memory chip, etc.). Of course, any or all of these components may be located elsewhere if desired. While these components are only shown in block form in the drawings, the various structural forms that these components may take will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein. Interface ring 1202, interface sensor 1206, power source 1208, vibration generator 1210, and storage device 1212 are all in communication with processor 1204 (e.g., via wires and/or traces in a circuit board, etc.). Processor 1204 may comprise an off the shelf microprocessor, a customized processor 1204, or any other suitable type of device or component. Processor 1204 is configured to receive input from interface ring 1202 and interface sensor 1206, and is configured to trigger vibratory responses through vibration generator 1210 as will be described in greater detail below. Processor 1204 is also configured to interrogate storage device 1212, and may also be configured to cause data to be stored on storage device 1212.
Power source 1208 of the present example comprises a conventional battery. It should be understood, however, that power source 1208 may instead be substituted with a transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) coil, such that components shown in FIG. 31 are powered remotely by a coil that is external to the patient. For instance, in versions where port 1100 includes a telemetry transceiver coil 1214 as described in greater detail below, such a transceiver coil 1214 may serve a dual role of receiving TET power and providing telemetric communication of data. As another merely illustrative example, where power source 1208 comprises a battery, such a battery may be recharged through TET power. Still other suitable ways in which power may be provided to electrical/electronic components of port 1100 will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein.
In some versions, interface ring 1202 and/or interface sensor 1206 are omitted. In some such versions, vibration generator 1210 is activated by an external coil. For instance, such an external coil may be configured in accordance with the teachings of U.S. Pub. No. 2006/0211914, entitled "System and Method for Determining Implanted Device Positioning and Obtaining Pressure Data," published Sep. 21, 2006, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein. Other suitable forms that such an external coil may take will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein. In some versions where vibration generator 1210 is activated by an external coil, telemetry transceiver coil 1214 may be communicatively and transcutaneously coupled with the external coil. In particular, transceiver coil 1214 and processor 1204 may respond to a field generated by the external coil by activating vibration generator 1210. In addition, the external coil and telemetry transceiver coil 1214 may together provide power to vibration generator 1210 via TET. Thus, a battery or other implanted power source 1208 need not be included within port 1100. It should be understood from the foregoing that a physician may locate port 1100 by sweeping over the patient's abdomen and/or chest with the external coil until vibrations are felt from vibration generator 1210. Such vibrations may reach a maximum intensity when the external coil is directly over port 1100. The physician may then insert the needle through the center of external coil to reach port 1100; or may first remove external coil then insert the needle where the center of the external coil was when vibrations from vibration generator 1210 were at their maximum intensity.
In some versions where an external coil is used to activate vibration generator 1210, vibration generator 1210 comprises a conventional type of vibration generator (e.g., such as those described in greater detail below, etc.). In some such versions, the external coil simply activates vibration generator 1210, which is actually powered by power source 1208 within port 1100. In other words, the field generated by the external coil simply acts as a switch to cause vibration generator 1210 to generate vibrations. In some other versions where vibration generator 1210 comprises a conventional type of vibration generator, the external coil provides power to vibration generator 1210 through TET as described above. Of course, vibration generators 1210 that are turned on by an external coil and/or are powered by an external coil need not be conventional, and may take any suitable form. Various forms that vibration generator 1210 may take, as well as various ways in which vibration generator 1210 may operate and be used, are disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/640,048, filed Dec. 17, 2009, entitled "Implantable Port with Vibratory Feedback," the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein.
It should also be understood that vibration generator 1210 may be used for a variety of purposes. One merely exemplary use for vibration generator 1210 may be to assist a physician in locating port 1100 after port 1100 has been implanted in a patient. For instance, depending on the location of port 1100 within the patient and the obesity of the patient, some physicians may have difficulty in locating a conventional implanted port 1100. The physician may wish to locate port 1100 in order to insert a needle into septum 6 to add fluid to or withdraw fluid from the gastric band system. In some settings where port 1100 includes a TET/telemetry coil, the physician may wish to locate port 1100 in order to properly position an external coil or other type of antenna in order to provide power to and/or receive data from components in the port 1100. Accordingly, where port 1100 has been implanted in the patient, the physician may palpate the patient's abdomen and/or chest in order to locate port 1100. When the physician palpates over the location of port 1100, such palpation may press actuator 12 downward, which may activate interface ring 1202, which may in turn activate vibration generator 1210 to provide haptic feedback to the physician indicating that the port 1100 is generally beneath the physician's hand. The physician may then insert the needle in this area to pierce septum 6 in order to add fluid to or withdraw fluid from the gastric band system.
In some settings, actuator 12 may occasionally be pressed down by the patient's own movements or positioning. It may be desirable to prevent such incidental pressing of actuator 12 from triggering a vibratory response by vibration generator 1210. To that end, processor 1204 may be configured to compare downward forces exerted on actuator 12 against a predetermined force threshold level, such that processor 1204 only triggers vibration by vibration generator 1210 when the downward force on actuator 12 exceeds the predetermined threshold. The force threshold may be selected such that incidental pressing on actuator 12 by patient movement/positioning falls below the threshold; while sufficient external palpation by a physician exceeds the threshold. Data representing such a force threshold may be stored on storage device 1212. In some other variations, processor 1204 may be configured such that it will not trigger vibration by vibration generator 1210 unless the presence of some external signal is detected. For instance, control logic in processor 1204 may be configured to cause processor 1204 to ignore activations of interface ring 1202 unless coil 1214 is receiving some type of signal from a coil that is external to the patient. Such an external signal may thus simply "unlock" vibration generator 1210, such that external palpation by a physician may activate vibration generator 1210 only when vibration generator 1210 is "unlocked" by the external signal. Alternatively, an external signal may directly cause vibration generator 1210 to generate vibrations as noted above. Still other suitable ways in which port 1100 may prevent a vibratory response to inadvertent pressing of actuator 12 will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein. Of course, some versions of port 1100 may lack such prevention; and some other versions of port 1100 may lack a feature permitting actuator 12 to be pressed in relative to other portions of port 1100.
Another merely exemplary use for vibration generator 1210 may be to assist a physician in confirming that the needle has successfully reached fluid chamber 30 to adjust the amount/pressure of fluid in an implanted gastric band system. For instance, even when a physician has determined the general location of port 1100 implanted in a patient, the physician may have difficulty determining whether a needle inserted in the patient has successfully reached fluid chamber 30. A physician may generally determine through tactile feedback felt through the needle and syringe that the needle has struck some hard object, but the physician may not be able to determine whether the needle has struck plate 28 or some other hard component of port 1100 (e.g., needle may have instead struck actuator 12, port housing 8, etc.). Accordingly, when the physician has successfully inserted the needle into fluid chamber 30 and the needle has struck plate 28, such striking of plate 28 by the needle may activate interface sensor 1206, which may in turn activate vibration generator 1210 to provide haptic feedback to the physician indicating that the needle has reached fluid chamber 30. The physician may then use the syringe and needle to add fluid to or withdraw fluid from the implanted gastric band system, to adjust the size of the stoma created by gastric band 210.
In situations where the physician feels the inserted needle striking something hard but does not receive the vibratory response from vibration generator 1210, such a lack of vibratory response may indicate to the physician that the needle has missed septum 6 (e.g., needle instead struck actuator 12, port housing 8, etc.) and that the needle is therefore not in fluid chamber 30. The physician may then partially or fully withdraw the needle and reposition it for another attempt to pierce septum 6 and reach fluid chamber 30. This process may be repeated until the physician finally receives haptic feedback from vibration generator 1210 to indicate that the needle has successfully reached fluid chamber 30.
In some versions where port 1100 includes both interface ring 1202 and interface sensor 1206, it may be desirable to vary the response from vibration generator 1210 based on whether interface ring 1202 or interface sensor 1206 has been activated. This may be desirable in some settings to account for the possibility that a physician may strike actuator 12 with an inserted needle instead of striking plate 28. Making the vibratory response when interface sensor 1206 is triggered different from the vibratory response when interface ring 1202 is triggered may thus allow the physician to confirm that the inserted needle has struck plate 28 instead of actuator 12. The vibratory response from vibration generator 1210 may differ in a variety of ways, including but not limited to frequency, waveform, magnitude, duration, and/or pulse pattern, etc., based on whether interface ring 1202 or interface sensor 1206 has been activated. Of course, some versions may provide the same vibratory response from vibration generator 1210 regardless of whether interface ring 1202 or interface sensor 1206 has been activated. Furthermore, some versions of port 1100 may have only interface ring 1202 or only interface sensor 1206; while lacking the other.
In some alternative versions, port 1100 lacks interface sensor 1206. In some such versions, vibration generator 1210 is operable to generate externally palpable vibrations based on actuation of interface ring 1202, based on the presence of an externally applied field, or based on some other form of activation. Furthermore, such vibrations may be sustained as a physician inserts a needle into a patient. Alternatively, such vibrations may be initiated upon the needle contacting an external portion of port 1100. In some such versions, vibration generator 1210 may cause the entire port 1100 to vibrate. It should be understood that such vibrations may be acoustically coupled with the needle in different ways depending on the material of the port 1100 that is struck by the needle. For instance, port body 8 (including annular rim 20) and actuator 12 may be formed of a substantially hard material (e.g., plastic and/or metal, etc.); while septum 6 may be formed of a relatively soft material (e.g., silicone, etc.). Thus, when the needle strikes a relatively hard portion of vibrating port 1100, the acoustic coupling may provide a "scratchy" vibratory sensation through the needle to the physician's hand. Such a tactile sensation may inform the physician that the needle is in contact with port 1100 but not inserted through septum 6. The physician may then reposition the needle until the physician feels a "softer" vibratory sensation through the needle that would be associated with the needle being inserted through septum 6 of vibrating port 1100. As one merely illustrative variation of this example, port 1100 may be configured such that vibration is maximized at annular rim 20 surrounding septum 6, which may provide greater guidance to the physician who is attempting to locate septum 6 based on haptic/tactile feedback. For instance, portions of port 1100 that are external to annular rim 20 may be vibrationally isolated or dampened relative to annular rim 20, such that those external portions either do not vibrate while annular rim 20 vibrate or such that the vibrations of those external portions have a lower amplitude than the vibrations of annular rim 20.
Yet another merely exemplary use for vibration generator 1210 may be to provide an alert when some condition has been detected. By way of example only, some versions of port 1100 may include a pressure sensor 1216 that is configured to sense the pressure of fluid in a gastric band system. Various suitable ways in which a pressure sensor 1216 may be incorporated into a gastric band system are disclosed in U.S. Pub. No. 2006/0211914, entitled "System and Method for Determining Implanted Device Positioning and Obtaining Pressure Data," published Sep. 21, 2006, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein. Alternatively, any other suitable type of pressure sensor 1216 may be incorporated into the gastric band system in any suitable fashion. While FIG. 31 depicts pressure sensor 1216 as a component of port 1100, it should be understood that pressure sensor 1216 may be located in any other suitable position or component.
Processor 1204 may be configured to monitor readings from pressure sensor 1216 and compare those readings to one or more baselines stored on storage device 1212. Processor 1204 may further be configured to trigger a vibratory response by vibration generator 1210 when a pressure data reading from pressure sensor 1216 deviates from a baseline or range. For instance, processor 1204 may trigger a vibratory response by vibration generator 1210 when the pressure of fluid in the gastric band system falls below a threshold (e.g., approximately 10 mmHg, etc.), which may indicate that there is a leak in the system, that more fluid needs to be added to the system, or some other condition. Similarly, processor 1204 may trigger a vibratory response by vibration generator 1210 when the pressure of fluid in the gastric band system exceeds a threshold (e.g., approximately 50 mmHg, etc.), which may indicate that fluid needs to be withdrawn from the system, or some other condition. Such pressure-based feedback may be felt by the patient, and may prompt the patient to contact their physician for an adjustment of gastric band 210. The physician may then investigate further and provide any appropriate medical response (e.g., adding fluid to or withdrawing fluid from the gastric band system, etc.). By way of example only, pressure-based feedback that is provided to the patient may comprise a few short bursts of vibration provided every half hour, a slight vibration two or three times a day, etc. In some versions, only one threshold value is provided (e.g., either an upper threshold to trigger vibratory alert when exceeded or a lower threshold to trigger vibratory alert when fallen below).
As noted above, port 1100 may be secured within patient by swiveling fasteners 10, with fasteners 10 being swiveled to the extended/deployed position upon rotation of actuator 12. As also noted above, ribs 48 a, 48 b and ribs 46 b of port 1100 provide a detent system that provides resistance to inadvertent rotation of actuator 12, thereby providing resistance to inadvertent retraction of swiveling fasteners 10. It should also be understood that this detent system may also provide resistance to inadvertent rotation of actuator 12 that might otherwise be caused by vibration of vibration generator 1210. Of course, a variety of other structures, components, features, or configurations may be used to prevent or resist inadvertent rotation of actuator 12 that might otherwise be caused by vibration of vibration generator 1210. Furthermore, port 1100 might lack swiveling fasteners 10 and might be secured within the patient in some other fashion. By way of example only, port 1100 may be secured within the patient using sutures, tacks, staples, biosurgical adhesive, and/or using any other suitable components, devices, or techniques, including combinations thereof.
In some settings, it may be desirable to deactivate vibration generator 1210 until port 1100 has been implanted in the patient. In other words, it may be desirable in some settings to prevent vibration generator 1210 from vibrating before and during the process of installing port 1100 in the patient. Otherwise, pressing of actuator 12 during the process of installing port 1100 in the patient might activate interface ring 1202 and thereby cause vibration generator 1210 to vibrate. There are a variety of ways in which vibration generator 1210 may be disabled before installation of port 1100 is complete. For instance, one or more bosses or other types of mechanical lockout feature may prevent actuator 12 from being moved downwardly toward port body 8 until after actuator 12 has been rotated to deploy fasteners 10 to the extended position. As another merely illustrative example, actuator 12 and/or interface ring 1202 may be configured such that downward movement of actuator 12 does not engage interface ring 1202 until after actuator 12 has been rotated to deploy fasteners 10 to the extended position. As yet another merely illustrative example, port 1100 may include a switch or other feature that enables interface ring 1202, with such a switch or other feature being engaged by actuator 12 after actuator 12 has been rotated to deploy fasteners 10 to the extended position. Still other suitable ways in which rotation of actuator 12 to the fastener 10 deploying position may be required in order to enable vibration of vibration generator 1210 will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein.
As yet another variation, port 1100 may be configured such that vibration generator 1210 is unable to vibrate (even if actuator 12 is pressed downward) until after an initial enabling signal has been transmitted from an external coil to coil 1214 of port 1100. In other words, processor 1204 may include a logic that requires coil 1214 to first receive an unlocking signal or enablement signal before processor 1204 will command vibration generator 1210 to vibrate in response to actuator 12 being pressed downward. A physician may provide such an unlocking signal or enablement signal after port 1100 has been installed in the patient. Vibration generator 1210 may then be enabled to vibrate in response to downward pressing on actuator 12, even if such an external unlocking signal or enablement signal is no longer being transmitted to coil 1214. In a relatively simpler version, port 1100 may simply include a switch on its exterior that the physician may manipulate in order to make vibration generator 1210 responsive to downward pressing on actuator 12. Still various other suitable ways in which responsiveness of vibration generator 1210 may be selectively enabled and/or disabled will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein.
While interface ring 1202 and interface sensor 1206 both "share" a common vibration generator 1210 and processor 1204 in the present example, it should be understood that interface ring 1202 and interface sensor 1206 may alternatively each have their own dedicated vibration generator 1210 and/or processor 1204. Accordingly, the inventors contemplate that the components shown in FIG. 31 may alternatively be provided in various other suitable numbers and/or arrangements. Furthermore, each of the components shown in FIG. 31 is merely optional.
It should be understood from the foregoing that vibration generators 1210 may be incorporated into virtually any type of implanted device. The above described examples of gastric band systems are mere illustrations. The inventors' contemplation is not limited to components of gastric band systems. By way of example only, a vibration generator 1210 may be incorporated into an implanted drug infusion port, chemotherapy port, or any other type of implantable port that is used to deliver medication, to help a physician locate the implanted port through palpation of the patient. Still other types of implanted devices that may incorporate a vibration generator 1210 will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein. Likewise, any other teachings herein (e.g., relating to fasteners 10, etc.) may be incorporated into other devices and systems, and are certainly not limited to injection ports or gastric band systems.
Other suitable components, features, and operabilities that may be incorporated into port 2, 1100 are disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/640,048, filed Dec. 17, 2009, entitled "Implantable Port with Vibratory Feedback," the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein. Still other suitable components, features, and operabilities that may be incorporated into port 2, 1100 will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein.
(ii) a second handle portion movable relative to the first handle portion, wherein the second handle portion is movable distally, toward the first handle portion, to actuate the fastener deployment member to move the fasteners of the injection port from the non-deployed position to the deployed position.
2. The injection port applier of claim 1, wherein at least part of the first handle portion extends transversely from the shaft.
3. The injection port applier of claim 1, wherein at least part of the second handle portion extends transversely relative to the shaft.
4. The injection port applier of claim 1, further comprising an elongate actuating member coupled with the second handle portion, wherein the elongate actuating member is in communication with the fastener deployment member, wherein the elongate actuating member is movable along a longitudinal axis defined by the elongate actuating member.
5. The injection port applier of claim 4, wherein the elongate actuating member extends through at least part of the shaft.
6. The injection port applier of claim 4, further comprising a cam pin and a cam ground, wherein the cam pin extends transversely from the elongate actuating member, wherein the cam pin is configured and positioned to engage the cam ground.
7. The injection port applier of claim 6, wherein the cam ground defines a track, wherein the cam pin is disposed in the track.
8. The injection port applier of claim 7, wherein the track is curved.
9. The injection port applier of claim 6, wherein the cam ground comprises a cam collar, wherein the elongate actuating member extends through the cam collar, such that the cam collar is disposed about the elongate actuating member.
10. The injection port applier of claim 6, wherein the cam ground and the cam pin are configured to cooperate to rotate at least part of the elongate actuating member about the longitudinal axis of the elongate actuating member as the elongate actuating member is moved along the longitudinal axis of the elongate actuating member.
11. The injection port applier of claim 10, wherein the fastener deployment member is rotatable from a first position to a second position to move the fasteners of the injection port from the non-deployed position to the deployed position, wherein at least part of the elongate actuating member is operable to rotate the fastener deployment member in response to the cam pin and cam ground rotating at least part of the elongate actuating member.
12. The injection port applier of claim 4, wherein the elongate actuating member has a bent flexible portion, wherein the flexible portion is configured to rotate while bent in order to rotate the fastener deployment member.
13. The injection port applier of claim 1, further comprising a resilient member, wherein the resilient member is configured to bias the second handle portion proximally, away from the first handle portion.
14. The injection port applier of claim 1, wherein the first handle portion is pivotally coupled with the second handle portion.
(ii) a second handle portion movable relative to the first handle portion, wherein the second handle portion is coupled with the actuating shaft assembly, wherein the second handle portion is movable distally, toward the first handle portion, to move at least part of the actuating shaft assembly relative to the elongate body.
16. The injection port applier of claim 15, wherein a first portion of the shaft assembly is configured to translate longitudinally relative to the elongate body, wherein a second portion of the shaft assembly is configured to rotate relative to the elongate body.
17. The injection port applier of claim 16, further comprising a cam feature, wherein the cam feature is configured to rotate the second portion of the shaft assembly in response to translation of the first portion of the shaft assembly.
18. The injection port applier of claim 15, wherein the port actuator is rotatable to move the fasteners of the injection port from the non-deployed position to the deployed position, wherein the shaft assembly is configured to rotate the port actuator in response to distal movement of the second handle portion.
(b) pushing the actuation handle downwardly toward the patient in order to deploy the fasteners in the tissue, wherein the act of pushing the actuation handle downwardly comprises moving the actuation handle downwardly relative to the fixed handle.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the injection port applier further comprises a rotary actuator in communication with the actuation handle, wherein the actuation handle is operable to rotate the rotary actuator to move the fasteners from the non-deployed position to the deployed position, wherein the act of pushing the actuation handle downwardly toward the patient further comprises rotating the rotary actuator to move the fasteners from the non-deployed position to the deployed position.
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The Other Side: Doctors In Quetta Crossed Limits First Before Police Action
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A few days ago, young doctors in Quetta protested against the dearth of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Lately, the police arrested the doctors and their action was criticized on social media platforms. Nevertheless, the other side of the picture depicts a different story. The protesting doctors had first actually incited the police after which action was taken to suppress them.
A video on Facebook depicts how the police officials were trying to peacefully stop the doctors when the forcefully breached the security barriers. In the video, it is evident how the young doctors hit the gate and broke it despite the imposition of CRPC 144. Furthermore, the video showcases how the doctors pushed the officials aside amid repeated attempts by the police to stop them.
Earlier, some of the viral videos exhibited that the police forced the 'peaceful' doctors when they were protesting. Police even then arrested 150 of them. However, the aforementioned video and pieces of evidence show otherwise.
One of the police officers, leading the security measures that day, talked to Parhlo and gave more details.
"Although CRPC 144 was imposed, police did not immobilize the protest due to the orders of the higher-ups," said the police official on the condition of anonymity.
"The doctors were thrashing everything in their way. They breached the security barricades. A cabinet meeting was also going on and police peacefully asked the doctors to remain calm. We told them that the chief minister would talk to you after the meeting but they never listened."
The casus belli of the indent was pushing the DSP. "One of the Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP) was announcing on a mic to remain calm; however, a doctor came a fetched the mic from the DSP and pushed him hard."
"After that, the police force took charge and arrested the doctors," added the police officer.
CM Jam Kamal's point
Balochistan Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal also spoke over the incident and said, "There is a lockdown, 144 in Quetta. Police and young doctors got into a situation of confrontation in three places. When they were stopped from going further, they clashed with the police."
Let me clarify one thing
Police and law authorities are not told or are told for aggression.
There is lock down, 144 in Quetta…police and Young doctors got into a situation of confrontation at three places..where they stopped them from going further.they clashed with police! https://t.co/wHmdObgnAB
— Jam Kamal Khan (@jam_kamal) April 8, 2020
The CM further cleared his stance said, "Why would I want our front line Doctors to be affected?"
Every day supplies are given and as more we shall get we shall give….
Why would I want our front line Doctors to be affected… why would I…or why would anyone do that
We all know its the doctors who shall be the main force. https://t.co/yZW0vA4kzG
What do you think of the story? Tell us in the comments section below.
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Mother's Finest : Iron Age : 1981
Phil Aston5th May 20171 Comment
I was in the music lending library in Solihull in 1981 looking for something to borrow which was new to me and came across this.
I had never heard of the band but was intrigued by the cover. It looked like something from Alien. Perhaps it was a new rock band?
I picked up the cover and looked at the back. It had song titles like Rock n Roll 2 Nite, All The Way etc…they sounded like rock tracks.
It was produced by Jeff Glixman (he did rock bands) and there was someone called Wizzard on Bass. I thought, worth a go and took it home.
The house was empty so I took the advantage of using my Dad's HiFi. I let the needle drop, turned up the volume and waited for the first track 'Movin On' to start…..
What came thundering out of those speakers forever marked this album as one of my fave albums of all time.
The Guitars were like Accept, the bass was like Stanley Clarke, the production was like Van Halen, the vocals were like Tina Turner and Paul Stanley (shared between Baby Jean and Glenn Murdock. Every track built on the one before.
The riffs…the guitar sound, the vocals full of passion and angst…who the hell were this band!
In someway, Mother's Finest opened my ears to other styles of music. If the band had a fault it was continuity. This album was a full on Heavy Metal assault. The next one was pure soul, funk and even a bit disco (which I love now). It had seen that one first I might have missed out on a band that has delivered some fantastic music over the past few decades.
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Oh, I can still remember listening to this LP over and over on my room. I was and am still very impressed by Mother s Finest. First because of the singing of Baby Jean and Glenn Murdock, with Baby Jean especially having a great set of pipes and both being very soulful. Second it?s because of the groove in this often hard rocking tunes. The slapping of bass player Wizzard is pretty uncommon in a rock band, but oh how he drives the band forward. The guitar soloing is adding to the picture, as are the keyboards in some of their more known tracks (Piece Of The Rock anyone?). And last but not least it is because of the songs and themes of the band. This record has to be one of the heaviest they ever made, but the songs still are catchy as hell. Whether it?s All The Way, Earthling, or that magnificent track Evolution (why wasn?t that a big hit all over the place, there is just no justice), this music puts a smile on my face even before I hit play.


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Creates a new workspace.

```lua
workspace ("name")
```

Workspaces are the top-level objects in a Premake build script, and are synonymous with a Visual Studio solution. Each workspace contains one or more projects, which in turn contain the settings to generate a single binary target.

### Parameters ###

`name` is a unique name for the workspace. If a workspace with the given name already exists, it is made active and returned.

If no name is given, the current workspace scope is returned, and also made active.

If "\*" is used, the "root" configuration scope, which applies to all workspaces, is selected and nil is returned.

By default, the project name will be used as the file name of the generated project file; be careful with spaces and special characters. You can override this default with the [filename](filename.md) call.

### Availability ###

Premake 4.0 or later.

### Examples ###

Create a new workspace named "MyWorkspace", with debug and release build configurations.
```lua
workspace "MyWorkspace"
   configurations { "Debug", "Release" }
```

### See Also ###

* [project](project.md)
* [group](group.md)
* [configuration](configuration.md)
* [location](location.md)
* [filename](filename.md)

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use core::intrinsics::{volatile_load, volatile_store};

pub struct MMIO<T> {
    address: *mut T,
}

impl <T> MMIO <T> {
    fn new(address: *mut T) -> Self {
        return MMIO { address: address };
    }

    unsafe fn read(&self) -> T {
        return volatile_load(self.address);
    }

    unsafe fn write(&mut self, value: T) {
        volatile_store(self.address, value);
    }
}


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Handlung

Hintergrund
Im Dezember 2015 wurde eine Neuadaption zu Der Krieg der Welten angekündigt. Es dauerte jedoch noch bis Mai 2017, dass die BBC die Produktion bestätigte. Die Miniserie wurde für eine Staffel mit drei Episoden konzipiert. Die Serie wird durch Mammoth Screen mit Creasun Media und Red Square produziert. Produzent ist Morris Evans, während Craig Viveiros Regie führte und Peter Harness das Drehbuch verfasste.

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\section{Introduction}
Continuum driven stellar winds are comparatively rare. The star has to exceed the effective Eddington limit for
continuum driving to be effective at all, with the effective Eddington limit defined as the point where gravity is balanced by the continuum force including both electron scattering and other continuum processes (i.e. bound-free and free-free). Since most stars stay below this limit their winds are driven by line absorption of
radiation rather than continuum scattering.

However, continuum driving has two characteristics that may yet make it of great importance for the evolution of zero-
and low metallicity stars: 1) Unlike line driving, continuum driving does not depend on the presence of metals. Rather
it depends on the presence of free electrons as well as bound-free interactions, both of which can take place in any
gas, irrespective of its composition. 2) Continuum driving can propel a potentially far greater mass loss rate than
line driving. Whereas line driving is limited to about $10^{-4}-10^{-3}~M_\odot~yr^{-1}$ because of line saturation,
continuum driving can easily drive a hundred times more mass. In fact, the only limit to the mass loss rate of a
continuum driven wind is the total amount of energy that is available in the radiation field of the star. For line
driven winds, this upper limit is irrelevant, since the mechanical luminosity of such winds is always much less than
the radiative luminosity of the star. The high mass loss rate makes continuum driving ideal for explaining massive
outbursts like the one $\eta$~Carinae experienced between 1840-1860
(Davidson \& Humphreys \cite{DH97}; Smith \cite{S02}).

The main problem in producing a steady, continuum driven wind lies in the fact that the ratio of radiative flux and
gravitational acceleration tends to be constant throughout the star. (Both scale with $r^{-2}$.) Therefore, if the star
is super-Eddington at the surface, it will be super-Eddington throughout its envelope, which leads to large scale
instabilities as the envelope becomes gravitationally unbound.

A potential solution to this problem is provided by the "porosity" of the material. This decouples radiation from
matter as
photons escape through the low density medium, reducing the interaction with the main body of the gas, which is tied up
in
optically thick clumps (Shaviv \cite{Sh98}, \cite{Sh00}).

Owocki et al. \cite{OGS04}, henceforth OGS, worked out analytically what a porosity modified, continuum driven wind
would look like as
long as the star does not exceed the photon-tiring limit. Here we present numerical models of similar winds, also
exploring what happens when a star does in fact exceed the photon tiring limit, which can not be described
analytically.

\section{Analytical and numerical background}
For our simulations we assume that the stellar atmosphere consists of a porous material, where optically thick clumps
are surrounded by a low density, optically thin gas. This will cause the photons to escape through the optically thin
medium, moderating the interaction with the gas in the clumps. As a result, the coupling between radiation and matter
is
reduced. This effect decreases as the clumps themselves become optically thin, making the interaction between
radiation and matter density-dependent. As a result, the full force of the radiation field only comes to bear on the
gas in the low density outer layers of the stellar atmosphere.

\subsection{Analytical solution}
The acceleration  produced by radiation force on matter through continuum interaction is given by:
\begin{equation}
g_{\rm rad}~=~ \kappa \frac{F}{c},
\end{equation}
with $\kappa$ the continuum opacity, $F$ the radiative flux and $c$ the lightspeed. If the medium is porous, the
standard
opacity has to be replaced by a new, effective opacity, which scales with the optical depth of the individual clumps.
This in turn depends on the density of the medium. Rather than giving all clumps the same optical depth, we assume a
power-law distribution, which leads to:
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
g_{\rm rad}~&\rightarrow~\frac{\kappa_{\rm eff}}{\kappa} g_{\rm rad}, \\
            &=\frac{(1+\tau_0)^{1-\alpha_p} - 1}{(1-\alpha_p)\tau_0} g_{\rm rad},
\label{eq:grad}
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
with $\alpha_p$ the power-law index and $\tau_0\equiv\rho/\rho_0$, with $\rho_0=1/(h \kappa)$ the density at which the largest clump has optical depth unity. This depends on the opacity and the porosity length: $h$ (OGS), which is related to the size of the clumps relative to the distance between clumps.

Since the total energy must be conserved, the mechanical luminosity of the wind may not exceed the radiative luminosity
of the star. The maximum mass loss rate that can be driven to infinity is therefore given by
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
\dot{M}_{\rm tir}~&=~\frac{2 L_\star}{v_{\rm esc}^2} \\
                  &=~3.18\times 10^{-8}
\biggl(\frac{L_\star}{L_\odot}\biggr)\biggl(\frac{R_\star}{R_\odot}\biggr)\biggl(\frac{M_\star}{M_\odot}\biggr)^{-1}
                  ~\biggl[\frac{M_\odot} {\rm yr}\biggr],
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
where $\dot{M}_{\rm tir}$ is the photon-tiring limit of the mass loss rate. If the mass loss rate at the
stellar surface exceeds this limit, part of the mass will fall back toward the star. For a more thorough explanation of
the analytical background of the porosity length formalism, as well as the continuum driving force, see OGS.

\subsection{Numerical approach}
We simulate the continuum driving by adding an acceleration term with the scaling of Eq.~\ref{eq:grad} to the momentum
equation. The effect of photon tiring is included by reducing the local radiative luminosity in each gridcell by the
amount of
work required to drive the matter to that distance:
\begin{equation}
L(r)~=~L_\star - \int_{R_\star}^r \dot{M}(r') g_{\rm rad}(r') dr'
\label{eq:tir}
\end{equation}
with $L(r)$ the available local luminosity and ${\dot{M}(r')=4\pi r'^2\rho(r')v(r')}$. For a steady wind solution,
$\dot{M}(r')$ is a constant value, but if the star exceeds the photon-tiring limit this will no longer be the case.
Note that Eq.~\ref{eq:tir} works two ways. If the local velocity is positive, the luminosity is reduced. If the
velocity is negative, the integral term  becomes negative as well and energy is added to the radiation field.
In this equation we ignore for simplicity that the amount of work done by gas pressure is small compared to what is
done by radiative driving.

\section{Numerical result}
For our sample simulations we use a 50$M_\odot$, 50$R_\odot$ star with a surface temperature of 50\,000~K. We ran
several simulations for different luminosities to explore the behaviour of continuum driven stellar winds.

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{cproc1.eps}
  \caption{Wind velocity (solid lines) for a $\Gamma=3$, $\alpha=0.5$ simulation of a continuum driven wind from a
50$M_\odot$, 50$R_\odot$ star. The photon tiring effect only makes a small difference in the terminal velocity. }
\label{fig:subtir1}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{cproc2.eps}
  \caption{Similar to Fig.~\ref{fig:subtir1}, but with $\Gamma=6$. For this luminosity the photon tiring effect changes the wind velocity considerably. Note that the velocity actually decreases somewhat in the outer layers, as the local
radiation force becomes less than gravity.}
\label{fig:subtir2}
\end{figure}

\subsection{Below the photon tiring limit}
Figures~\ref{fig:subtir1} and \ref{fig:subtir2} show the radial velocity and density of the wind for
${\Gamma=L_\star/L_{\rm Edd}=3}$ and 6 respectively, both with and without the effect of photon-tiring included. As can
be seen in these plots, the difference is comparatively small for the lower luminosity, reducing the wind velocity by
about 25\%. However, for the high luminosity, the change is considerable. Here the terminal velocity of the wind is
reduced by more than 50\% and the wind velocity actually decreases somewhat in the outer layers as the local radiation
field becomes too `tired' to counter balance the force of gravity.
In both cases the terminal velocity of the wind is on the order of the escape velocity at the stellar surface.

The mass loss rates for both winds is high. For ${\Gamma=3}$ the mass loss rate is about $0.04~M_\odot~yr^{-1}$. For
${\Gamma=6}$ it is approximately $0.2~M_\odot~yr^{-1}$. Such mass loss rates are several orders of magnitude more than
can be achieved through line driving. Note that photon tiring does not change the mass loss rate. This depends
exclusively on the porosity parameters and luminosity at the sonic point (OGS), which is defined as the point where $g_{\rm rad}=g_{\rm grav}$. Only if this mass loss rate exceeds
the photon-tiring limit does the mass loss rate driven to infinity depend on whether the photon tiring effect is
included.

For these simulations the porosity length was set to the hydrodynamical scale-height at the stellar surface.

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{cproc3.eps}
  \caption{Similar stellar mass and radius as in previous figures, but luminosity at $\Gamma=10$ in order to produce a
surface mass loss rate of ${\dot{M}=2.34\dot{M}_{\rm tir}}$. The line contours show the motion of individual mass
elements, while the surface contour in the background shows the local radiative luminosity; both as functions of time
and radius. The mass elements that leave the surface fall back down almost immediately due to a lack of radiative
force. Only part of the mass progresses to larger radii, where a similar process repeats itself.  Whenever an element
moves outward, the radiative luminosity decreases causing elements further out to slow down and/or fall back. If an
element falls back, the radiative luminosity increases, which causes elements further out to accelerate. Note that the
motion of mass elements reverses whenever radiative luminosity is particularly low or high.}
\label{fig:supertir}
\end{figure}

\subsection{Exceeding the photon tiring limit}
By increasing the luminosity to ${\Gamma=10}$ and reducing the porosity length we increase the mass loss rate at the
stellar surface to more than twice the photon tiring limit (Eq.~78 from OGS). The result can be seen in
Fig.~\ref{fig:supertir}, which shows both the motion of individual mass elements (lines) and radiative luminosity
(surface contour) as a function of time. Mass is launched from the stellar surface, but most of it quickly falls back
as the luminosity can not support it against gravity. Only a fraction of the mass that was initially launched manages
to continue.
At larger radii it encounters previously ejected mass, which is falling down again.
Each time a mass element falls down, it re-energizes the radiation field (Eq.~\ref{eq:tir}) which allows the radiation
to drive the mass element above further outward. If a mass element moves outward the radiation field loses energy,
which causes the mass element above to decelerate or even fall back down.

This process repeats itself several times, creating layers of mass moving back and forth. Only part of the mass
eventually reaches the point where its velocity is larger than the local escape velocity, allowing it to escape from
the gravity of the star.
Clearly, the resulting wind has no stable solution. The mass loss rate of this wind is very high, reaching 80\% of the
photon tiring limit. However, the wind velocity is very low, since most of the energy is being used to lift this large
amount of mass against the stellar gravity.

\section{Conclusions and plans for the future}
We have shown that continuum driving can cause a star to lose large amounts of mass in a short period, provided that
the star exceeds the effective Eddington limit. As long as the mass loss rate stays below the photon tiring limit,
continuum driving can produce a steady wind with a high density and velocity on the order of the escape velocity.
Once the mass loss rate exceeds the photon tiring limit the wind no longer has a steady solution. Instead the space
close to the star becomes a tangle of mass elements moving up and down, depending on the amount of radiative energy
that is available to drive them. The effective mass loss rate (that fully escapes the star) is still very large, but the wind
velocity becomes quite low, since most of the available energy is used to lift the mass against gravity.
Since continuum driving does not depend on the presence of metals it provides a very effective means to remove mass
from zero- and low-metallicity stars. Such stars are also thought to be generally more massive than stars at solar
metallicity (Schaerer \cite{Sc02}, O'shea \& Norman \cite{ON07}), which makes them more likely to exceed the Eddington
limit.

In the future we intend to include 2D radiative hydrodynamics in our simulations. We also want to compare our results
with known super-Eddington objects in the nearby universe, such as LBVs and Novae. Hopefully this will allow us to
create a framework for simulations of the mass loss rate of low metallicity stars.

\begin{theacknowledgments}
A.J.v.M. acknowledges support from NSF grant AST-0507581. We thank A. ud-Doula and R. Townsend for helpful discussions
and comments.
All simulations were done with the ZEUS 3D hydrodynamics code \cite{sn92}.
\end{theacknowledgments}

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