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Storytelling is a communication process in which at least one person tells a story to at least one listener using oral or signed language. Storytellers usually narrate stories in person directly to an audience although they can also do so indirectly through media such as radio, TV, computer, CD, and DVD. Storytelling calls into play visual, cognitive, and emotional content in the minds of both storyteller and audience, giving teachers a flexible tool for engaging students and allowing gifts, creativity, and talent to surface.
The word storyteller can designate a teller of a people's history or a performer who seeks to elevate narration to an art form by using verbal and nonverbal communication skills and carefully chosen language, sometimes improvised. The nonverbal communication aspects (gestures, postures, ...
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Q: In PyQt, how does one get a shared menu and toolbar to talk to the currently active subwindow? I have an application which has a main window, which can have multiple subwindows. I would like to have one set of QActions in the main window that interact with the currently selected window. For example, the application might be a text editor, and clicking file->save should save the text file the user is currently working on. Additionally, some QActions are checkable, so their checked state should reflect the state of the currently active window.
Here is a minimum working example that has the basic functionality I want, but I suspect there is a better way to do it (further discussion below the code).
import sys
import PyQt4.QtGui as QtGui

class DisplayWindow(QtGui.QWidget):
    def __init__(self, parent=None, name="Main Window"):
        # run the initializer of the class inherited from
        super(DisplayWindow, self).__init__()

        self.myLayout = QtGui.QFormLayout()

        self.FooLabel = QtGui.QLabel(self)
        self.FooLabel.setText(name)

        self.myLayout.addWidget(self.FooLabel)
        self.setLayout(self.myLayout)

        self.is_foo = False

    def toggle_foo(self):
        self.is_foo = not self.is_foo
        if self.is_foo:
            self.FooLabel.setText('foo')
        else:
            self.FooLabel.setText('bar')

class WindowActionMain(QtGui.QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self):
        super(WindowActionMain, self).__init__()

        self.fooAction = QtGui.QAction('Foo', self)
        self.fooAction.triggered.connect(self.set_foo)
        self.fooAction.setCheckable(True)

        menubar = self.menuBar()
        fileMenu = menubar.addMenu('&File')
        fileMenu.addAction(self.fooAction)
        self.toolbar = self.addToolBar('File')
        self.toolbar.addAction(self.fooAction)

        self.centralZone = QtGui.QMdiArea()
        self.centralZone.subWindowActivated.connect(
                               self.update_current_window)
        self.setCentralWidget(self.centralZone)
        self.create_dw("Window 1")
        self.create_dw("Window 2")

    def create_dw(self, name):
        dw = DisplayWindow(name=name)
        self.centralZone.addSubWindow(dw)
        dw.show()

    def update_current_window(self):
        """ redirect future actions to affect the newly selected window,
        and update checked statuses to reflect state of selected window"""

        current_window = self.centralZone.activeSubWindow()
        if current_window:
            self.current_dw = self.centralZone.activeSubWindow().widget()

        self.fooAction.setChecked(self.current_dw.is_foo)

    def set_foo(self):
        self.current_dw.toggle_foo()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    ex = WindowActionMain()
    ex.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

My actual version of DisplayWindow could be useful in many different projects, and I want to package it up so that you don't have to add a lot of code to the main window to use it. Therefore, DisplayWindow, all of its functionality and a list of available actions should be in one module, which would be imported in WindowActionMain's module. I should then be able to add more actions for DisplayWindow without changing any code in WindowActionMain. In particular, I don't want to have to write a little function like WindowActionMain.set_foo(self) just to redirect each action to the right place.

A: Yes, this is possible by handling the QMenu's aboutToShow signal
and considering the QGuiApplication's focusWindow (or however you get that in Qt4).
Example below shows a generic 'Window' menu acting on the frontmost window.
http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/qmenu.html#aboutToShow
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qguiapplication.html#focusWindow
def on_windowMenu_aboutToShow(self):
    self.windowMenu.clear()
    self.newWindowAction = QtWidgets.QAction(self)
    self.newWindowAction.setShortcut("Ctrl+n")
    self.newWindowAction.triggered.connect(self.on_newWindowAction)
    self.newWindowAction.setText("New Window")
    self.windowMenu.addAction(self.newWindowAction)
    self.windowMenu.addSeparator()
    playerWindows = [w for w in self.topLevelWindows() if w.type()==QtCore.Qt.Window and w.isVisible()]
    for i, w in enumerate(playerWindows):
        def action(i,w):
            a = QtWidgets.QAction(self)
            a.setText("Show Window {num} - {title}".format(num=i+1, title=w.title()))
            a.triggered.connect(lambda : w.requestActivate())
            a.triggered.connect(lambda : w.raise_())
            self.windowMenu.addAction(a)
        action(i,w)
    self.windowMenu.addSeparator()
    self.closeWindowAction = QtWidgets.QAction(self)
    self.closeWindowAction.setShortcut("Ctrl+w")
    self.closeWindowAction.triggered.connect(lambda : self.focusWindow().close())
    self.closeWindowAction.setText("Close")
    self.windowMenu.addAction(self.closeWindowAction)

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If you commented out the messages and they still appear, it means you didn't do it properly. Did you recompile after making the change?
The error messages aren't there to annoy you, they're there because MAME needs those features to work. Commenting them out will just give you a MAME that ignores the errors, but will be at the very best, highly unstable, but more likely simply not work at all but without telling you why.
They exist to help you.
I can run this normally from the command line. This is only happening when I try to open mame64 via the icon in the mame folder. Makes no sense to me. I just did a clean install of windows since the one that was on this PC was not genuine apparently. But still having the same issues. Note also that when I tried to run mame64 before installing the video card drivers, it did nothing at all. After installing the video card drivers, now it sits with the black screen and spinning circle. This tells me it's definitely related to the graphics card?? any other suggestions? Maybe disable something in my Nvidia Experience application?
by showing that you're modifying files etc. you're invalidating all lines of support.
there's no funamental difference between running from commandline or double clicking the exe, so if it fails in one situation but not the other it is almost certainly something of your own doing or a serious problem with your entire Windows install.
extracted into a clean folder, not overwriting an old one.
it will either work, or it won't.
if it STILL doesn't work with either of those options, it isn't going to work reliably no matter what you do.
since you've already basically shown that your hardware is incapable of supporting MAME's video card requirement it sounds like you've hacked around that problem and found the reason those messages are there in the first place. A lot of the hacks you'll find around have severe unwanted side-effects.
Oh, sorry, I should have mentioned, I have long trashed the modified script and started fresh with new mame folder and files with no mods to scripts just so you are aware. No hacking here, just trying to follow whatever suggestions people can provide. Last night I re-installed windows using the same CD I used in my VP cab where it worked fine. This is not a problem with my windows install nonetheless. What I found interesting is I accidentally created a .bat file that launches mame fine from the icon. (was intending to create a new ini file but forgot the -cc part) Don't know why the stock mame64 or mame (32 bit version) behave like this. There should be no reason my video card should not work as it is a name brand but simple gaming card. I had already tried setting every single video option then running from the icon and continued to have the same issue. I agree, fundamentally, there should be no difference, but there obviously is some reason or other that it does not like that icon. I may just run with the batch file I created and point my rocket launcher setup to that instead of the original. Right now I'm trying to get the spinner working (another thread) and yet another mystery that remains to be solved. Thanks again for your input. I will report back if I have any further updates.
There should be no reason my video card should not work as it is a name brand but simple gaming card.
If it doesn't even support non-power of 2 textures it's a *really* bad card, usually that's only an issue for terrible onboard GPUs. Both the OpenGL 2.0 (2004) and DirectX10 (2007) spec require it AFAIK, and the majority of decent DX9 cards support it too (hence why MAME can use it, and needs it) Considering DX10 was introduced with Vista that's hardly recent and absolutely not what would be considered a gaming card in the last decade.
Chances are the card is too weak to render the internal UI properly, it would not surprise me if you got the same hang / crash if you open up the 'tab' menu and go to 'select new machine' which will cause the same initial screen to be rendered.
This kind of issue with old cards is one reason a lot of projects / developers are dropping XP support entirely and requiring DX10 as it guarantees compatible hardware. Trying to use power of 2 textures for everything is very messy from a code point of view.
Ok, yes, in that case the problem is more surprising.
but if you're using a 100% clean install there shouldn't be any bad files in there.
as you've found something that works for you there's not much more I can do.
If you were running Windows 10, I would tell you to disable fullscreen optimizations in the exe properties compatibility tab, as I found a couple days ago that that was the only way to get it to run using d3d for the video; I never had any problem like that with any version on Windows 7, or with any version of MAME up to 0.195 on Windows 10, but it may be something to look for anyway as d3d anything wasn't working without that change when I updated to 0.202.
Another thing to check is that you have switchres set to 0 in your mame.ini, esp. if you're running this on an LCD monitor as it might be going out of range, but I would think that would happen via command line as well if that were the case. Still, it was another black screen/spinning beachball I ran into yesterday.


This weekend consisted of putting the Christmas decorations up at home, ice skating, drinking cocktails in the cold and a little bit of Christmas baking. There's nothing I love more than being home at this time of year, the house is always cosy and either the smell of our Christmas Eve Yankee Candle is in the air or mums homemade puff pastry mince pies.
On Sunday morning, I decided to give Tanya Burr's melting snowmen biscuits a go! One, they look super cute and Christmassy. Two, I have been wanting to bake for so long but don't have the proper equipment to do it at uni. Three, my step brother was on a flight back from China for Christmas at home with the family for the first time in years since he's been away, so I wanted to make sure he had a little christmassy treat to come home too!
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work them into a dough.
little until you have a thick, smooth icing that isn't runny.
meant to look like a puddle, so don't worry about being too neat.
icing is still soft, put your marshmallow head in place. Use the icing tubes to add arms and coal buttons to your snowmen. Leave the icing to harden and set for about 10 minutes.
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Advocates of treating marijuana more like alcohol gained another ally recently: the United Nations.
The U.N. would claim otherwise. In fact, the U.N.'s International Narcotics Control Board would hotly deny it. The agency's latest report laments the legalization of pot in Colorado and Washington, declaring the approval of recreational marijuana use "in contravention to" the 1961 U.N. Convention on Narcotics.
Here in the U.S., United Nations disapproval can only help the cause of legalization where it needs help the most: on the right. According to a December poll by Gallup, Democrats favor legalization 61-38. Independents are about evenly split. But Republicans favor continued prohibition, by a 2-1 margin.
They might favor it less if they knew the U.N. were, implicitly, telling states what to do. Just look at the conservative reaction to Agenda 21 — a voluntary U.N. program that encourages bike paths and urban planning. Conservatives see it as nothing less than the first step on the road to serfdom.
The national GOP shares such sentiments. Its 2012 platform declared, "We strongly reject Agenda 21 as erosive of American sovereignty." It also devoted an entire segment to federalism. Republicans do not like ostensibly higher authorities mucking about in local matters, and that includes federal authorities. So it may be worth notice that the Gallup poll also showed a lopsided majority of Americans — 64 percent — think Washington should not step in to enforce federal marijuana laws in states where pot has been legalized.
That may be one reason the Obama administration continues to hem and haw about its plans for Colorado and Washington. During a Senate appearance last week, Attorney General Eric Holder said — again — the administration was "still considering" its options. This hasn't pleased the nation's drug-war hawks, who want the Obama administration to file suit, pronto, to pre-empt the legalization measures.
Federal law trumps state law, and federal law defines marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance — in the same category as heroin. This probably seems jarring to the 42 percent of Americans who have used marijuana at least once. Marijuana is not good for you, but it is not on the same plane as smack.
The consequences of marijuana prohibition, however, have grown high indeed. Marijuana accounts for nearly half of all drug prosecutions. Even if you assume half of those cases are plea-bargained down from trafficking, the country is still spending tremendous resources to punish people for having an occasional toke.
If Holder does move against Colorado and Washington, it will be interesting to see the response from another attorney general — Virginia's Ken Cuccinelli. On Thursday the Tea Party hero and champion of states' rights will give the opening speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. This year CPAC organizers shut out Republican governors Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie, who evidently committed the sin of ideological deviationism. But the organizers apparently did not mind Cuccinelli telling a class at the University of Virginia he has no objection to state-level experiments with legalization — or that his own views on the issue are evolving.
In his new book The Last Line of Defense, Cuccinelli contends the states provide protection from federal tyranny. This is an argument many conservatives find as appealing as they find the U.N. objectionable. And if they extend that line of thinking just a bit, they may come around on pot.
The syllogism is easy enough to follow: The U.N. should not tell Washington what it can do, and Washington should not tell the states what they can do — so why then should the states tell individuals what they can smoke? What sovereignty is more important than the individual kind?
With liberals such as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg dictating how much soda you can buy, Tea Party enthusiasts already are primed to declare not just "Don't tread on me" but also, "Keep your laws off my body." After all, as Lingamfelter put it in his January memo about Agenda 21: The great threat from the U.N. is that it wants to "tak[e] away individual freedoms from people like you and me." And that would be, pardon the term, a real drag.
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Their postcode is ST10 4DB. If you're using sat nav don't be surprised if you find you're travelling down some very rural roads. The theme park is on the side of a fabulous area called The Churnet Valley.
Check out the park map on your way in and plan out your day to insure you will have time to do everything you would like to.
Use the electronic queue boards which tell you how long queues are around the park, this will save you time walking to a ride and finding out there's a 2 hour queue which you don't want to do.
Take your time when walking around the park, there's no need to rush, spend time looking at the surroundings.
Interact with the staff, smile and say hello to them, it all adds to the magic of the day!
Use the park's queue cutting systems; Fastrack, Parent Queue Share and Single Rider Queues.
If you would like a Fastrack ticket to cut the queues, you will need to purchase one on entry to the park or early on at one of the Sales and Information booths, as they soon run out.
If there is a large queue for a ride (1 hour +) early on in the day, then don't go on, the queue may be shorter near the end of the day.
Arrange a meet up place with your friends, so if anyone gets lost you'll all find each other. The recommended meet-up point is the foot of Towers Street by Storybook Land.
Plan when you're going to eat- you don't want to ride Submission just after your lunch!
If you have a long journey home then don't go on one of the wet rides at the end of the day, you'll only end up sitting in the car, wet through.
Abide by park rules, smoke in the designated smoking areas, use the litter bins and put chewing gum in the special ones.The the more Alton Towers have to spend on cleaning up after you, the less they'll invest in the future.
Tie up your shoes so they don't fall off on the rides. And wear comfortable footwear.
The signs in the queue lines telling you how long you will be queuing for are not always 100% accurate.
If there is a long queue for the Skyride, you may want to walk to where you want to go. It could be quicker. And there's never been a better time to walk then now with the Haunted Hollow to follow.
When you go to eat. Be warned the place's get busy between 11am to 1pm.
Get your car park token at the start of the day. This will avoid you queuing when you leave the park.
Do not throw away your ticket, because it is proof that you have paid if suspicion arises.
At the start of the day go to the far side of the park, maybe Dark Forest or X Sector, then work your way back to the entrance, this should reduce your queue times, maybe go on the bigger rides whilst everyone else is having lunch.
Buy drinks from restaurants and food-outlets, not vending machines, and always ask for no ice, it costs less and you get more. Alternatively use the parks coke-refill service, where you can pay at the start of the day and get free refills from selected food-outlet in the park.
Make use of the priority parking near to the entrance – parking here costs more but it saves having to ride the monorail to get into the park.
Buy gifts and merchandise near the end of the day to avoid carrying it around, or to avoid queues later on in the day use the collection service. Buy your gift or on-ride photo and tell the shop assistant that you want to collect your item when you leave. As you leave the park go to the pick up point in Towers Trading.
Look out for the on-ride photographs and make sure you smile :-) Also take advantage of having your on ride photos taken to the photo pick up point in Towers Trading where you can collect your picture when you go home. This saves you carrying your photo around with you.
If you have children that like to wander off then go to guest services and get a wristband which you can put your name and mobile number on. If your child is found unattended they will be taken to the Lost Children Centre in the windmill at the farm, where staff will phone you.
Escape to the fantabulous world of Alton Towers – there's so much going on, the fun never stops! Home to Britain's most-loved theme park with great kids attractions, white-knuckle roller coaster rides, special events and much, much more. The theme park is open for the main season between March and November.
Alton Towers theme park is the UK's number 1 short break destination and Britain's Greatest Escape. The Resort offers one of the world leading theme parks with ground breaking rollercoasters and endless family fun, a wacky waterpark with gallons of fun, a luxurious spa for the ultimate in relaxation and zany entertainment in our Extraordinary Golf.
There really is too much to squeeze into one day at Alton Towers theme park. The fun doesn't stop there. Experience Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE to embark on a mission of discovery by joining Captain Black and his crew beneath the wreckage of the galleon in Mutiny Bay, and visit Cloud Cuckoo Land Theatre for the NEW Ice Age The 4D Experience Alton Towers has Europe's first inverted roller coaster, Nemesis, and the world's first vertical drop roller coaster in the frightening Oblivion, Experience the ultimate rollercoaster, TH13TEEN, the world's first free fall drop coaster.
Experience theme park thrills and white-knuckle spills like never before! Alton Tower´s theme park roller coaster thrill rides will get your adrenalin pumping while you spin in the air, make you face your fears whilst hanging above a vertical drop, and fly above the ground with G-forces greater than a space shuttle launch! If you like thrill rides, you´re in for a treat! These roller coaster thrill rides will leave you weak at the knees with breathless excitement! Only the bravest thrill-seekers should dare to ride our fantastic new roller coaster rides at Alton Towers Theme Park Resort. Spins, turns, flips and even rides that have you 'flying' close to the ground, there's a thrill ride for everyone at Alton Towers Resort!
For up to date information on which rides are open and live queuing times, click here.
If you want scary rides, then you've come to the right place! Whether you're spinning down the scary river rapids on Congo River, or speeding on a runaway cart in Katanga Canyon, these scary rides will have you holding on for dear life and laughing out loud! Have fun on these scary rides in a safe and secure environment that the whole family can enjoy. Experience adrenalin-pumping action like never before at Alton Towers Resort! These Scary thrill rides will take the whole family from scary pirate coves and spooky walks, to Alton Towers curses and Sonic Spinball thrills! Laugh and scare your way round Alton Towers Resort, and have the time of your life on our scary rides!
Alton Towers Resort is home to the very first CBeebies Land. Home to a range of unique themed rides, attractions and live entertainment, CBeebies Land will be a completely immersive experience for children and young families to create new experiences and inspire learning through play.
For the first time, CBeebies viewers will be able to step right into their world. A place that's full of nourishing, real adventures.
Teach your kids to drive at the Peugeot Driving School, glide through the air on a giant toadstool, and experience Charlie's journey on the Charlie and the Chocolate factory ride. All these kids rides, attractions, roller coasters and more are only available at Alton Towers Resort!


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Trafigura's Puma Energy looks for quick sale of Australian assets
LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Puma Energy, the retail and midstream arm of commodities trader Trafigura, is trying to find a buyer for its fuel stations in Australia by the end of the year and would likely accept a hefty discount to what it originally paid, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Loss-making Puma, 49% of which is owned by the Geneva-based Trafigura, is under pressure to rebalance its books after a decade-long buying spree.
In 2013 the firm entered the Australian market with the purchase of 360 fuel stations, 222 stores, 81 restaurants and 15 car washes from Ausfuel, Neumann Petroleum and Central Combined Group. Media reports at the time put the undisclosed purchase price at around $850 million for the Ausfuel and Neumann assets.
Sources familiar with the sale said the assets would likely fetch no more than $500 million now, which they said would be a sharp drop in price.
A spokesman for Puma declined to comment.
Earlier this year, Puma's new chief executive hired Mckinsey to review the business and engaged Bank of America to sell some assets. Puma sold its Paraguayan business to Trafigura joint venture Impala Terminals last month for $200 million.
The disposals programme was also aimed at avoiding a downgrade from ratings agencies, but Fitch lowered Puma to BB negative from BB in August citing increased pricing competition and higher fixed costs.
Returns from Puma's historically strongest markets - Angola and Australia - dropped sharply in 2018, pushing the firm into a net loss that has continued through the first half of 2019.
Australia has seen increased competition while Angola devalued its currency.
"Australia remains one of the 10 largest contributors to Puma Energy's volumes and EBITDA, albeit down from being the second-largest historically," Fitch ratings agency said in its downgrade report.
One source said it may find it difficult to find a buyer for the sizeable Australian assets.
"The only problem is that interested bidders, mostly other trading houses which already own assets in Australia, could have issues with Australian antitrust, which is quite tough," one of the sources said.
In 2017, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) rejected an attempt by London-listed BP to buy Woolworths' chain of petrol stations, arguing that this would cut the number of major rivals selling petrol and reduce the incentive to keep retail prices low.
Fuel refiner and retailer Viva Energy, whose parent company is UK-based energy trader Vitol, could express an interest, the source said. Viva, however, already owns more than 1,000 petrol stations in the country.
The ACCC declined to comment on Puma's sale other than to confirm the firm had a 3% market share of retail sales as of June 2017.
Puma, which traces its roots to Argentina, has around 3,000 fuel retail stations in Latin America, Africa and Asia-Pacific.
Its other shareholders include Angola's state oil firm Sonangol at 28% and Cochan Holdings, which is run by a former Angolan general, at 15%. (Additional reporting by Sonali Paul in Sydney; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)


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«Портрет Никанора Михайловича Свечина» — картина Джорджа Доу и его мастерской из Военной галереи Зимнего дворца.

Картина представляет собой погрудный портрет генерал-майора Никанора Михайловича Свечина из состава Военной галереи Зимнего дворца.

К началу Отечественной войны 1812 года полковник Свечин командовал 2-м батальоном лейб-гвардии Преображенского полка и участвовал во многих сражениях при отражении нашествия Наполеона. Во время Заграничных походов 1813 и 1814 годов отличился в сражениях при Бауцене и Гисгюбеле, а за Кульмский бой получил чин генерал-майора; с конца сентября 1813 года был шефом Новоингерманландского пехотного полка, во главе которого сражался в Битве народов; в кампании 1814 года отличился в сражении под Лаоном.

Изображён в генеральском мундире, введённом для пехотных генералов 7 мая 1817 года. Слева на груди звезда ордена Св. Анны 1-й степени; на шее кресты прусского ордена Красного орла 2-й степени и ордена Св. Владимира 3-й степени (надет с нарушением правил ношения — должен располагаться выше иностранного ордена); справа на груди крест ордена Св. Георгия 4-го класса, бронзовая дворянская медаль «В память Отечественной войны 1812 года» на Владимирской ленте, серебряная медаль «В память Отечественной войны 1812 года» на Андреевской ленте и Кульмский крест. С тыльной стороны картины надпись: Svitchin. Подпись на раме: Н. М. Свѣчин 1й, Генералъ Маiоръ.

7 августа 1820 года Комитетом Главного штаба по аттестации Свечин был включён в список «генералов, заслуживающих быть написанными в галерею». Гонорар Доу был выплачен 20 апреля 1821 года. Готовый портрет был принят в Эрмитаж 7 сентября 1825 года. Портрет-прототип современным исследователям неизвестен.

В 1840-е годы в мастерской К. Края по рисунку И. А. Клюквина с портрета была сделана литография, опубликованная в книге «Император Александр I и его сподвижники» и впоследствии неоднократно репродуцированная. Существует ещё одна неподписанная литография с этого портрета, отличающаяся мелкими деталями.

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The role of radiation therapy for the treatment of tumors of the brain and spine has been well established. Conventional external beam radiotherapy currently lacks the ability to allow for the delivery of large doses of radiation near radiosensitive structures such as the optic nerve or spinal cord. It is the low tolerance of these structures to radiation that often limits the treatment dose to a level that is far below the optimal therapeutic dose. If the radiation dose could be confined more precisely to the treatment volume, the likelihood of successful tumor control should increase at the same time that the risk of spinal cord injury is minimized. A device called the CyberKnife® has the ability to do just that.
The CyberKnife, manufactured by Accuray, Inc. of Sunnyvale, CA, is operational at UPMC Shadyside. This device is an image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery delivery system that does not require the application of a head frame for cranial radiosurgery. It also has the ability to deliver fractionated radiosurgical treatment plans for larger lesions and also provide radiosurgery for spinal lesions. UPMC has one of the largest experiences in the world in treating spine tumors with radiosurgery.
The CyberKnife consists of a lightweight linear accelerator mounted on a robotic arm. Near real-time image allows for patient movement tracking within 1mm spatial accuracy. The CyberKnife references the position of the treatment target to internal radiographic features such as the skull or body landmarks or implanted fiducials rather than a frame that is fixed to a patients skull. The CyberKnife uses real-time x-rays to establish the position of the lesion during treatment and then dynamically brings the radiation beam into alignment with the observed position of the treatment target. The CyberKnife aims each beam independently, without a fixed isocenter. If the target moves, the process detects the change and corrects the beam pointing in near real-time.
The CyberKnife is currently available for treatment of lesions throughout the brain, skull base and spine. These lesions may be either benign or malignant including metastases, meningiomas, neurofibromas, schwannomas, and vascular malformations. The CyberKnife has been used to successfully treat lesions in patients who are otherwise not candidates for surgery or for lesions that are not amenable to open surgical techniques.
CyberKnife patients with cranial lesions undergo the necessary imaging which may consist of CT, MRI or PET scans. The images are fused together and the lesion is contoured in 3-dimensions. The treatment plan including the total dose, number of beams and total number of fractions is finalized.
CyberKnife patients with cervical lesions undergo a CT scan as an outpatient. For thoracic and lumbar lesions, patients first undergo the percutaneous placement of fiducial bony markers as an outpatient. The patient then returns for a CT scan of the tumor. The imaging is transferred to a work station where a treatment plan is developed.
Once the CyberKnife treatment plan has been finalized, the patient returns several days later for the actual treatment. The treatment time takes approximately one to three hours. No sedation is necessary as the patient is able to comfortably lie on the table throughout the procedure.
Spinal stereotactic radiosurgery using a framelessimage-guided system can now be performed safely, accurately, and effectively. The CyberKnife technique offers a successful alternative therapeutic modality for the treatment of a variety of spinal lesions not amenable to open surgical techniques, in medically inoperable patients, lesions located in previously irradiated sites, or as an adjunct to surgery. The major potential benefits of radiosurgical ablation of spinal lesions are short treatment time in an outpatient setting with no recovery time and good treatment effect.
The Department of Neurological Surgery works in concert with members of the Department of Radiation Oncology, including Dwight Heron, MD, and Steven Burton, MD, in defining the treatment plans for the CyberKnife.


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Government resolution: Transport Safety Strategy aims to improve the safety of all modes of transport
Press release 01.04.2022 15.10 fi sv en
The Traffic Safety Strategy includes all modes of transport. (Image: LVM)
In its resolution on Transport Safety Strategy, the Government outlines measures that aim at improving transport safety and preventing traffic accidents. The resolution was adopted on 24 March 2022. The purpose of the Strategy is to raise the overall level of transport safety on land, in water and in the air.
The objectives of the Transport Safety Strategy are based on the zero vision initially set for road transport and now extended to all modes of transport: road, rail, air and water transport. According to the Strategy's vision, by 2050 all modes of transport are so safe that no one will die or be seriously injured in traffic.
"The zero vision is ambitious, but that is the level needed to ensure that transport safety development is on the right track", Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka says.
"In the latter half of the 2010s, there has been a worrying slowdown in the transport safety development in Finland. Now, at the latest, it is time for effective measures so that the work gains new momentum," Minister Harakka says.
According to the Strategy, the guidelines for transport safety are:
1) Transport safety is an issue that concerns everyone in society
2) Decision-making must be based on knowledge
3) Traffic skills must be improved
4) Attitudes in traffic must be changed
5) The transport system and all of its components must be safe
6) Technological advancement improves safety, and
7) Legislation must promote safe mobility.
Altogether 103 measures to improve transport safety
The action plan of the Transport Safety Strategy includes measures for improving the safety of all modes of transport. Each of the 103 measures in the plan has a designated responsible party as well as indicators for development.
For example in road transport measures, attention has been paid to accidents involving young or elderly drivers and to accidents related to micro-mobility or substance abuse. The measures cover level crossing accidents, rail suicides, water traffic accidents due to alcohol abuse and incidents in unmanned aviation.
Improving transport safety is based on the Government Programme
The Strategy is underpinned by the objective stated in the Programme of Prime Minister Marin's Government, according to which improvement of traffic safety will be included in the development of the transport system and services.
The Strategy is also based on the EU's Vision Zero. Its goal is to eliminate road traffic fatalities in EU Member States by 2050.
Strategy is a result of broad-based cross-administrative cooperation
The Strategy was prepared in broad-based cross-administrative cooperation with stakeholders. It was drafted by working groups focusing on specific modes of transport. The groups had representatives from a total of 53 different parties across administrative branches. In addition, dozens of experts and other parties were consulted. Moreover, two consultation rounds were organised as part of the preparations, and the number of comments received amounted to more than 200.
The Strategy provides a framework for transport safety work in 2022–2026. It presents the parties responsible for each measure. They are to be in charge of the practical implementation work. The work is guided by a monitoring group led by the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
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Police appeal for information following disorder in Southport this morning
Merseyside Police is appealing for witnesses following an incident in Southport town centre in the early hours of this morning, Saturday, 7 December 2019.
Officers were called to Lord Street, near to the Scarisbrick Hotel, at around 6.11am, to reports of disorder involving a group of men and women.
Patrols attended and spoke to witnesses who suggested that the incident involved a group of men and women, who became embroiled in a fight during which sharp implements were used to inflict injuries to some of the men. The investigation is still at an early stage and the severity of the injuries are unclear at present.
There are a number of scenes cordoned off in the Lord Street area, whilst Crime Scene Investigators carry out forensic inquiries. CCTV opportunities are being assessed and an investigation into the full circumstances surrounding the incident is continuing.
Detective Chief Inspector John Williams, said: "Our investigation is at a very early stage and we are still trying to piece together what happened during this incident."
"Extra officers will be on patrol to reassure local people and we are determined to being those responsible to justice.
"We know that a number of people and drivers were in the area at the time of the incident and I would appeal to anyone who witnessed what happened, or has any information which could help with our inquiries, to come forward."
"There are a number of scenes in place on Lord Street and I would like to ask members of the public to be patient whilst we carry out our forensic examinations. We are aware that this is a very busy time of the year for businesses and shoppers and we will keep any disruption to a minimum."
If you have any CCTV, Dash-Cam or phone footage of the incident, or any information which could help with police inquiries please contact to @MerPolCC, call 101 , or alternatively pass information on via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


The following reflection is written by World Relief Seattle intern, Aubrey Payne. Aubrey spends her days with World Relief accompanying people on appointments, helping out in English class, building relationships with newcomers, and otherwise assisting in the resettlement process.
Every day that I spend with the participants at World Relief, I am reminded of the generosity that comes from God's abundance.
Recently, I took a single mother from Afghanistan to a gruelingly long appointment at the Department of Social and Health Services. She and I met with three different employees in a process that took over 5 hours, only to find out that she was being denied food stamps. The baby was tired and cranky, as were we, and the mother broke down in tears. The weight of her situation--as an immigrant with very little money, trying to start a new life for herself and her baby--started to sink in. We got in the car to drive home. In an expression of gratitude for my time, she gave me a handful of chilgoza--a type of pine nut found in Afghanistan and which costs about $20 per bag.
In The Liturgy of Abundance, the Myth of Scarcity, Walter Brueggeman writes, "What we know about our beginnings and our endings, then, creates a different kind of present tense for us. We can live according to an ethic whereby we are not driven, controlled, anxious, frantic, or greedy, precisely because we are sufficiently at home and at a peace to care about others as we have been cared for." The truth is, many people will never feel like they have enough. We place a high value on work and busyness in America, often believeing that we do not have enough time or resources to care for others the way Jesus did.
The generosity demonstrated to me by a tired Afghan mother is the kind of generosity I see every time I meet with the refugees and immigrants who come through World Relief's doors. Because a belief in God's abundance far exceeds the restrictions imposed by the economy or personal finances, this woman felt moved to share a cultural delicacy with me, even though she had so little to offer. When we believe in the good news of God's abundance, there are no more excuses for living a greedy and un-neighborly life. If we believe in a God that loved the world into generous being, then we can live in the knowledge that there is enough to go around to everyone. It is a different kind of present tense. We can be at peace to care about others as we have been cared for, even if that just looks like a handful of precious pine nuts.


Millions of Americans rely on Medicare for their health care security. But for years, skyrocketing health care costs have threatened the long-term financial health of the program. Many people with Medicare have worried about the long-term solvency of Medicare and whether or not there would be enough funds in the program in the future to pay for care for them and their children.
Thanks to some important new features of the Affordable Care Act, Americans can rest assured that Medicare will continue to be there – better than ever – for our seniors and individuals with disabilities.
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, released a new report, Affordable Care Act Update: Implementing Medicare Costs Savings, demonstrating just how much – and how fast – important provisions of the Affordable Care Act will improve the financial health of Medicare. In 2010 and 2011 alone, these provisions will save Medicare an estimated $8 billion and almost $418 billion by 2019. These savings will protect the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund through 2027, extending its life by 12 years.
These new savings will come largely as a result of reducing excessive payments to private health insurance companies, promoting better quality of care, and cutting Medicare waste and fraud through powerful new tools. These tools keep bad actors out of the Medicare program in order to prevent fraud in the first place and enhanced technologies to help law enforcement stop fraud quickly when it does occur.
And there are many important investments in support of innovation for clinicians and health care organizations who are trying every day, as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is, to make health care better for patients and more affordable at the same time.
There are other actions in the new law that strengthen Medicare by improving the health of those who receive benefits. These include improving outreach and coordination efforts after a patient is discharged from the hospital to prevent unnecessary hospital readmissions and reducing preventable surgical errors.
Many of the programs in the Affordable Care Act are designed to ensure that people with Medicare continue to have access to quality, affordable care. This year, many people with Medicare who have fallen into the Medicare donut hole are receiving a one-time $250 rebate check to help with their drug costs, making sure that financial concerns do not interrupt needed treatment agreed on by a patient and a doctor.
And next year, all people with Medicare will have access to annual wellness visits and other preventive services with no cost-sharing, giving millions of Americans an opportunity to get potentially life-saving screenings. Over time, new reforms will also encourage better coordinated care.
Together, this adds up to a good deal for people with Medicare and taxpayers. If you or someone you love is on Medicare, make sure to check out sections like here on www.healthcare.gov that talk more about how the Affordable Care Act affects you.


We are all to be useable vessels for the Lord to use.We must be an example, we are to stand firm in our faith, and be a positive testimony to others.
Are we conquerors or endurers?
The Lord must be the potter and we must be the clay. God loves yard sales because He finds great joy in taking something someone has tossed and making it something of great value to Him.
God formed us, shaped us, like a master potter. Do we trust Him? When He directs our path, do we make excuses why we can't do it, or do we walk boldly along that path in faith? God didn't create you to be the centerpiece on a display shelf… He created you as a clay pot to be useful for His kingdom!
There is a spiritual gift in the life of those who die in the Lord.
A look at why it's ok that we are merely "jars of clay."
PENTECOST 2(B) - June 2, 2002 - Believers have God's treasure in jars of clay: this treasure is God's light and Jesus' life.
We are jars of clay through whom God comforts others.
Gideon and the 300 take on an army of 135,000 with trumpets, jars of clay, and torches and win.
We arae jars of clay to whom God gives gifts and through whom God gives gifts.
The Lord places this most precious treasure in Jars of Clay - so that others will see and experience the treasure of Christ rather than being impressed with or find fault in us.
Isaiah says that we are the clay and that God is the potter. God spins us on His potter's wheel turning us into jars of clay for His purpose.


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''The Woman King'' (2022) Movie Review
Sean M Pertet
Nov 23, 2022 10:29 AM EST
''The Woman King'' (2022)
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Writers: Dana Stevens (screenplay), Maria Bello (story)
Cinematographer: Polly Morgan
Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing
Released: September 9, 2022 (TIFF), September 16, 2022 (U.S.)
Set in the 1800s, Nawi is a headstrong young girl who rejects forced marriage. Because of this, her guardian gives her to the Agojie, formidable women warriors of the Dahomey tribe, which is where she meets others with a fighting spirit like herself.
Nawi climbs through the ranks and slowly proves her competence. Her prowess catches the attention of Nanisca, the leader of the elite, all-female battalion. Together they must face off against the rival Oyo tribe, who are working relentlessly to monopolise the slave trade. The choice is simple: freedom or death.
Too Much Emphasis on Viola Davis
Don't get me wrong, Viola Davis is amazing. Her performances over the years have earned her multiple acting awards and a reputation as one of the best in the business.
My problem isn't with Viola Davis the actor. It's that her character, Nanisca, carries too much of the plot. I get that she is the main protagonist and the face of the film, but there are other characters who also have interesting stories and whose growth would've been nice to experience.
Nanisca's past is heart-wrenching and all too real, but I wanted to know more about Amenza and Izogie.
Although a few things were omitted, the film's premise was rooted in reality. The events were based on true events with a few details glossed over.
King Gezo (John Boyega), ruler of the West African Dahomey tribe, was based on a former monarch by the same name, who ruled from 1818 to 1858. He was the ''Commander In Chief '' of both the fierce male and female warriors who led Dahomey to freedom.
Funded by Europeans, Propagated by Africans
The African slave trade was obviously funded by European colonizers, but it was internally propagated by a few different African tribes. The Dahomey were no exception. The Agojie would lead raids into neighboring villages, like the Mahee, and capture members. They'd then exchange the people for weapons from White Europeans.
The Agojie eventually changed their strategy, either out of a moral shift or a change of leadership. The tribe advocated for palm oil to take the place of slaves and received support and backlash equally from the members of the tribe and Council.
Agojie Were Home For African Women
The Agojie were no myth and before their formal disbandment in 1894, they were a home for women who had no home, whose lives were fractured beyond repair, and who were by all accounts different and unique.
Artist's rendering of the First Franco-Dahomean War, fought in 1890 between France and Dahomey. The French emerged triumphant after winning the Battle of Abomey.
Paul-Adolphe Kauffmann (1849-1940). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons/Photoscape
Viola Davis is best known for playing Annalise Keating on How To Get Away With Murder, a drama series that ran from 2014 to 2020. She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2015.
Davis is also known as Amanda Waller in the DCU films—The Suicide Squad movie series, in particular—and she's reprised her role in movies like Black Adam (2022).
Her portrayal of Nanisca, fierce yet haunted, was spot on, bringing the edge and tone we all know and love from her previous roles. She's teaching African history to a generation that desperately needs it.
Nanisca
Izogie
Sheila Atim
Amenza
Thuso Mbedu
King Ghezo
Jordan Bolger
Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Santo Ferreira
Jimmy Odukoya
Oba Ade
Nanisca leading the Agojie into battle.
We all have a boogeyman; a figure in the dark who haunts us from the shadows and whose hands reaches across time to give us the chills. Nanisca is no exception. For centuries, there was little criticism of Europeans in Africa, especially West Africa. How did colonization affect the individual African?
Nanisca at first glance is bold and has a dominant energy, a wall that feels right with her character and personality. This wall crumbles around her first mate, Amenza, and we get to see the real Nanisca. It's another addition to the Viola Davis Gallery of Awesomeness.
It is through the interactions of Amenza and Nanisca that we see the general's wall finally fall. It reveals a past that Nanisca must face and a beast she must slay.
Agojie Flawed, But Human
The Dahomey Amazons seemed to have it all: sisterhood, rank, reputation, and the King's support. But like all human beings, they were incomplete, and that made them relatable.
In a memorable scene Nawi asks the Leaders of the Agojie why the male warriors are allowed to marry and sire children, but they are not. It's one of those questions that sticks with you and I think the fact we never got an answer is beautifully poetic.
Izogie (Lashana Lynch), the second in command after Nanisca, has her heart set on becoming the next female general. However, she's left speechless when Nawi bombards her with questions about whether her life would be fulfilled without love. Perhaps this is why Nawi decides to find answers for herself.
I personally found Lashana Lynch's Izogie, stunning and strong. An accurate mirror image the African woman
A title like The Woman King—let alone the trailer—promises action. Part of me was afraid that the fights between the Oyo and the Dahomey would be subpar and embarrassing. They were not.
Whether it was a sparring scene, a one-on-one fight or a full-on battle, the actors held their own. The movements coordinated and real, a product of the grueling exercises and martial arts training the cast underwent for three months.
I would honestly recommend this film to anyone, if not for the outstanding plot and it's historical accuracy, then for the realistic and well-shot action scenes.
Nawi Based on Real Person
The Woman King tried it's best to keep reality alive and where it wasn't possible, the writers effectively fictionalized history. Nawi, Nanisca, Izogie, and Amenza weren't meant to be exact replicas of historical figures. They were combinations of Agojie warriors throughout different periods.
The last survivor of the Agojie—who went by the name of Nawi, coincidentally enough—passed on in 1978. Just like her counterpart in the movie, she is thought to have taken on her tribe's adversaries. Even though she lost her sisters, she emerged from the battlefield alive, and that was victory enough.
Nawi is played by South African singer and actress, Thuso Mbedu
Grade: A-
The Woman King is a historical gem. Viola Davis' performance is impeccable, I just wish she didn't have to carry so much of the plot. Director Gina Prince-Bythewood struck a nice balance between true historical events and what this generation desperately needs to see.
A timeless African film.


Zandvoort has two museums, one is the Zandvoort Museum and the other one is our Juttersmu-SEE-um. The Juttersmu-SEE-um was founded by Victor Globe in May 2000. Since the opening around 400,000 visitors already visited the mu-SEE-um. There are many people who return several times to discover our new acquisitions.
Over the years the space has doubled. That had to be, our collection is getting bigger and bigger! Lifebuoys to bottles, special shells and even cow skeletons.
We placed five saltwater aquariums. The fish that live here are often no larger than a stamp when they arrive here, once they grow to big, they are placed back in the sea again.
Check out our photo collage of various beautiful pictures of our museum.
Almost anything you can think of can be found in the Juttersmu-See-um.
In the showcases of the Juttersmu-Zee-um you can find anything from divers knives, to mammoth bones. You can listen to the impressive stories of real beachcombers and you can see what they have found on their strolls along the beach. In our small cinema we have continuously run information films and of course watching the sea live in one of the five aquariums is always interesting. There is a diorama, coloring and a touch table available for toddlers. At first glance it all seems just a lot of "junk" what is found, but immediately after the discovery the fantasizing about the history of the found object starts. Here in the museum you can get acquainted with the stories behind the findings.
Did you know that combing is actually a form of stealing? You go to the beach in search ofwashed up stuff, but anything you find on the beach is officially owned by the mayor of Zandvoort!
Combing is very exciting because you don't know in advance what you'll find on the beach. You don't know who the owner was and what the history is of what you've found.
It may be objects that sailors have lost or what is thrown overboard. Unfortunately many beach visitors also leave a lot of stuff and rubbish behind, which of course is not the intention! The most common objects to be found are nets, ropes, gloves and toothbrushes.
You're a real beachcomber when you walk on beach in bad weather and you discover something very special. Beachcombing is a centuries-old tradition, which used to emerge from poverty. In those days it was, a search for stuff that people could use themselves.
Of course the piece is still to be seen in our museum.
There are actually so many things to see and experience,- actually too many things to mention-, so ..... come and visit us!
Below you can click on the link to already see some pictures.


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