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Constantly experimenting with styles and materials, the furnituremaker teases something incredible out of everything he touches
By Natalia Rachlin
Designer Max Lamb is a man on a quest. Known for furniture that is as much about process and place as finished product, the London-based maker has dedicated more than a decade to exploring the potential of earthy materials like copper, iron, and marble. At a time when the design field is increasingly dominated by technology, Lamb can often be found getting his hands dirty, working in his home studio if not some remote locale. He has carved granite chairs out of discarded boulders at a Chinese quarry, making minimal cuts to preserve the integrity of the stone. He has cast pewter tables directly in the sand at beaches in Cornwall, England. And he has even engineered a totally new substance he calls Marmoreal, a fresh spin on terrazzo that he realized for the London design think tank Dzek.
Lamb's concept-driven work has garnered quite a following in recent years, so much so that he admits to feeling overwhelmed by the pressure to meet demand. Nevertheless he insists on remaining a one-man show, collaborating with others only on a project-by-project basis. "It's been my goal not to grow," he says. "I don't want to run a massive studio."
The breadth of his output was on full display in Milan this past April during the Salone del Mobile fair. For a satellite exhibition titled "Exercises in Seating," Lamb presented 41 different chairs he's made since 2006, when he graduated from London's Royal College of Art. From a voluptuous but lightweight rubber-coated-plastic design to a lean perch constructed from three plates of aluminum, the mix reads not as disparate creations but rather as one continuous spectrum. Next up, Lamb hopes to develop a range of steel works at a forge in Sheffield, England. "It's a very closed operation," he notes. "You can't just turn up and ask them to squeeze you in between making 30-ton billets." If all goes according to plan, the designer will unveil a group of massive pieces—the smallest would weigh an estimated 660 pounds—at New York's Johnson Trading Gallery later this fall. "I'm not in full control, which is a testament to where my practice is right now. Being slightly out of control is quite exciting."
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Eat to win with the women of Sonoma County Roller Derby
by Tom Gogola
The Sonoma County Roller Derby match is on Nov. 17 at 5pm the Sonoma County Fairgrounds' Grace Pavilion. Tickets, $10–$25; veterans, seniors and ages 6 to 12, $5. The Redwood Empire Food Bank asks that you not donate any glass-encased foods. sonomacountyrollerderby.org.
It was an otherwise quiet Saturday afternoon at the Toad in the Hole, the downtown Santa Rosa English pub off of Railroad Square. Couples hovered over pints of ale and plates of pasties, conversations steered toward "What the hell happened to you last night?" and there was subdued talk to my left that was centered around a wacko possum that had apparently gone nuts the night before near a fire pit.
Then the roller-derby women rolled in. And just like that, the Toad in the Hole was slammed, was rocking, was transformed, as about eight members of the Sonoma County Roller Derby, along with a couple of male hangers-on and a junior roller, wheeled in decked out in phreaky-hip Halloween attire for a photo shoot.
The solo bartender snapped into gear as Swole Deztroyer rolled past my table and dropped a postcard that announced the Sonoma County Roller Derby's next match on Nov. 17 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.
It should be a good one. The theme of the latest SCRD match is "Harvest," and when the NorCal Vigilantes square off against the Ol' Derby Bastards—the North Bay Bruisers will also do battle with the Wine Country Wreckers—well, know that there's also a food drive underway under the lights of Grace Pavilion, just in time for Thanksgiving. Donations will be accepted at the match (doors open at 4pm) for the nonprofit Redwood Empire Food Bank.
Speaking of being hungry, I lingered for a while over a Toad in the Hole cheeseburger, whose sturdy countenance was verily meatloaf-ian, in an enjoyable and very British and stolid manner, and watched with amusement as various platters of sausages and salads, beers and other bevies, arrived at the boisterous Roller Derby table. As she rolled by again, I asked Swole Deztroyer if I could take a few pictures—and the crew, to say the least, was accommodating, as our cover photo this week amply demonstrates.
The local roller derby league is part of the national Women's Flat Track Derby Association, founded in 2004 as Riot Grrrrl–inspired roller-derby redux took hold across this great land. The Derby Association is a business-league organization—a nonprofit in its own right—that exists to "promote and foster the sport of women's flat track roller derby by facilitating the development of athletic ability, sportsmanship and goodwill among member leagues," says Wikipedia, "and its governing philosophy is 'by the skaters, for the skaters.'" I'd give the SCRD high marks in the goodwill-to-reporter department.
The SCRD club was itself formed in 2007—the same year, as it happens, that the Toad in the Hole opened for business (though given the homey vibrato that jukes this joint, it feels like the bar has been here forever). I grabbed a to-go box for the second half of the hamburger and the side of steak fries, and finished off the last of the pint and thrummed my pen for a while over a notebook—with an ear and eye tuned to the proceedings, now amusingly frantic and loud.
The bartender was getting a little harried but he's a total pro. A platter of abandoned sausage tidbits hit the floor as a four-top prepared to pay their tab. On the TV screens behind the bar, men beat the crap out of each other in various sports postures.
And at the long table under the Toad's chalkboard menu announcing $14 steak pasties, the SCRD women were totally whooping it up, polishing off pints, whaling away on greasy sausages and adjusting their wigs and their fake Dracula teeth for maximum photo effect. Nobody's hungry on this otherwise quiet Saturday afternoon in this popular downtown bar for tattooed miscreants—and thanks to the efforts of the Redwood Empire Food Bank, nobody needs to go hungry during the holidays.


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Emily Mazzucco has played every position on the soccer field while growing up in East Haven, but eventually found her home as a defender. As she enters her junior season, Emily is looking forward to patrolling the defensive end of the pitch for the Easties this fall.
Emily's journey through soccer began in East Haven's youth league. Emily had watched her sister Molly, who went on to become a Yellowjackets' captain, and her brother Benjamin play the sport, and decided that she wanted to be a part of it. Emily moved through the travel ranks and then played for the Connecticut Rush at the Premier level when she was in 5th grade. She continued with Premier, playing for South Central, through 8th grade.
"Playing with so many different teams with so many different players and under so many different coaches, I got a really good understanding of the sport and all the ways you can play," Emily says. "It helped develop this love I have for the sport. I got to see how unique and how different you can play it."
Emily played forward, defense, and even goalie as a youngster before settling in at center back as a 7th-grader at Joseph Melillo Middle School. The following year, Emily was coached by Jake Hackett, who is East Haven's coach, as a member of the South Central team.
When Hackett started working with Emily at East Haven, he wanted to get her on the field as a freshman and felt that moving her to the midfield was the best way to do that. Emily promptly earned a spot in the lineup and started every game in her freshman season. While the transition to the midfield was a bit difficult at first, Emily wanted to do whatever she could to help the Yellowjackets and used her experience as a defender to her advantage.
"We needed a center midfielder, so my coach put me in that position. It was kind of nerve-wracking stepping onto a varsity field playing a position I'm not familiar with," says Emily. "I knew a little bit about his coaching style and the formation Coach Hackett played, so I was able to pick it up. Having a background on defense, I was able to provide a bit more defensive coverage. It helped the other players be a bit more offensive."
After playing midfielder as a freshman, Emily switched back to her previous position as a center back in her sophomore year and has been there ever since. Coach Hackett calls Emily one of the leaders and focal points of the Yellowjackets' defense.
"Emily is the type of player to do whatever the team needs. She is a stalwart defender, she talks to her teammates, she's a great kid, and a great player," says Hackett. "Emily has been a three-year varsity player, and she's special at what she does. She leads and is impactful to all of her teammates."
Among all the positions on the soccer field, Emily like playing defender the best. After suiting up at every possible spot, Emily finds defense the most enjoyable and calls it "the perfect mix."
"I kind of grew up all over the place. I used to be a midfielder and then a forward. For a while, I was a goalie," Emily says. "I was playing midfield, and I realized I liked stopping the ball, and I didn't like running up and down the field as much. My coach put me in on defense, and I just fell in love with it. I got to stop the forwards, I got to tackle, I had the opportunity to be offensive. It was just kind of the perfect mix."
As she heads into her junior season, Emily's main goal is the same one that she has every year—to become a better player than she was the year before. She also wants East Haven to improve upon last year's total of seven wins, even though the team will have less games than usual to try to accomplish that. While she's a defender, Emily also wants to score more than the one goal that she netted last season.
Emily will always have fond memories of playing soccer with her brother and sister in the yard. Emily was inspired by her siblings and also by the U.S. women's soccer team when it won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Emily's love for soccer has only grown in the subsequent years. With a new campaign on the horizon, Emily plans to continue bringing her best effort on defense for East Haven.
"It's just a part of my identity. When I think of me and when my friends think of me, you think of soccer. It's a part of me, and I can't imagine growing up without it," says Emily. "I can't imagine soccer never being a part of me. It's something I'm proud of. I've worked hard to be the soccer player that I am. It makes me feel proud to call myself a soccer player."
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With LeBron James going to the Lakers, the Eastern Conference is now wide open.
The Celtics and 76ers are the two favorites, but after that, the rest of the playoff spots areup for grabs. One of those spots likely isn't going to be the Knicks this season as they wait for Kristaps Porzingis to return from a torn ACL. But they could strike in the summer of 2019.
Durant can opt out of his two-year deal next summer, and a recent report said the Knicks are planning around him. When the Warriors inevitably win another NBA title this year after adding DeMarcus Cousins to form a Western Conference All Star starting lineup, Durant may want to take his talents elsewhere and make even more than the $30+ million he is making there.
The summer of 2019 gives Durant the chance to go out and get a long-term deal for max money. It also gives him the chance to play in New York City and the biggest market possible, helping expand his brand even more. He would be embraced in New York more than anywhere, after the Thunder fans turned on him for leaving. He's not disliked in The Bay, but he is second-fiddle to Steph Curry. If Durant wants to play in New York, the Knicks will finally have the cap space to give him the money and contract he wants. He will be 30 when next summer arrives, meaning this will be the last max contract he will likely get.
The prospect of potentially adding Irving would also be appealing to Durant. Irving is making around $20 million with the Celtics and will likely choose to become a free agent next summer. He's from New Jersey and has always wanted to be a Knick. That dream can become a reality next summer and he can get paid handsomely to do so. It's not out of the realm that the Knicks could put together their own Big Three of Irving, Durant, and Porzingis mixed with some youth in Kevin Knox, Frank Ntilikina, and a few others in there.
LeBron bolting West surely makes it an intriguing thought and a strong possibility. That trio would be right there with the Celtics and 76ers atop the East and would likely start a couple rivalries that the NBA could use right now. The NBA is better when the Lakers are relevant, but it's even better when the Knicks are too. It's been too long since that was the case. The sport needs Los Angeles and New York City back to an elite status, and it has been since 2000 since that were actually the case. This year is going to be another wash for the Knicks, but with a well-respected GM in Scott Perry and a well-respected coach in David Fizdale, the Knicks can't screw up next summer. All eyes are going to be on the Big Apple with money to spend and big name free agents on the board.
Those two are the cream of the crop, but other names will be available to turn this thing around for the Knicks. If Irving doesn't work out, New Yorker Kemba Walker will be a free agent. As of now, Kawhi Leonard will be a free agent next summer. Kenneth Faried will be available. There is a chance Karl-Anthony Towns is available. Tobias Harris will be a free agent. That's a strong list of names that the Knicks can't miss out. Durant and Irving should be the top of their wish list, but Walker and potentially Leonard should be right there as well.
Can the Knicks return to relevancy in 2019-2020? It's time they do.


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Steven Universe 3×6 Review: Steven Floats
July 18, 2016 Laura B
In Steven Floats, our cast finally returns to Beach City, and Steven is excited to go to the Big Donut first thing the next morning. Unfortunately, a new power manifests, and Steven finds himself stuck drifting slowly through the sky.
It's been a long, long time since we visited Beach City.
Well, not actually that long, in the grand scheme of things. Eleven episodes. A significant stretch, to be certain,but considering that the last episode really focusing on the boardwalk and its inhabitants aired in September 2015, it really does feel like we're returning home after a long, exhausting trip. The episode was written anticipating this reaction, and it feels like the human cast is welcoming us back with open arms.
The only human character we actually see in this episode is Sadie– sweet and witty as always– but through Steven's imagination we got a great recap of all the other characters we've been missing, from the pompousness of Mayor Dewey to the enigma that is Onion. After such a long time focusing on the Gems, this feels like a deliberate shift, as if to say 'okay, time to focus on Steven's human half for a while'.
Which is interesting, considering the main crux of this episode centers around the development of a new Gem power for Steven. Each of Steven's powers has signified some sort of emotional growth. This particular power helps mark the emotional clarity that Steven's developed over the past two seasons. He's always struggled to control his powers, but now he has the introspection to understand how they work. We've seen Steven becoming steadily more confident with his abilities, but here we see him really thinking about them aloud and working through their mechanisms.
Steven's floating powers are certain to come in handy. The ability to essentially fly is very helpful in tough situations. The issue will be controlling it. Steven's a kid who wears his emotions on his sleeve, and while nearly always cheerful, wh en he becomes genuinely sad or angry, he has a lot of trouble breaking out of it. This is why I suspect the floating powers will actually be best utilized in battle by Stevonnie– they might just be the one with the emotional balance to control it in tight situations.
One of the most fascinating moments of the episode was actually a line played (mostly) for laughs. When trying to recall something which makes him happy, Steven thinks: "My Mom? Oh geez, those feelings are complicated!" It was an idea first directly touched upon in An Indirect Kiss, and since then, his feelings for Rose Quartz have only grown murkier. Back then, Steven simply didn't know how to feel about his Mom— everyone else loved her, but he'd never even met her. Since then, he's gained a more complete picture… but at the same time, also understands better the emotional toll her departure caused. He's seen Amethyst lash out at Greg, seen Pearl brought to breaking point, even seen Garnet laboring under the weight of leadership. At the same time, he's pestered by questions of his own identity; to what degree does he function as an individual separate from his mother? He literally pushes these questions away, but there's no doubt that he's going to have to address them eventually.
The true emotional core of Steven Floats is his relationship with the Gems. After the giant kaiju fights, Earth-shattering dangers, and the introduction of two new members to the team, the writers took the time to put the focus back on the show's heart: Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and Steven, together. There are so many cute little moments in this episode about the bond they share– Garnet playing chess with him, Amethyst's playful support, Pearl carefully draping a coat over him– that remind us about how wonderful these four are together, and how much they've developed since the first episode.
Overall, Steven Floats was exactly the episode we needed at this point in Steven Universe. Perhaps it won't be topping anyone's list of favorites, but it was still a strong outing for a single boarder (Paul Villeco), boasted some very necessary fluff, and was overall an excellent callback to the show's roots.
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Wittum (), Widum or Witthum is a medieval Latin legal term, known in marital and ecclesiastical law.

Provide for a widow at the wedding
The term referred initially to steps taken by a husband to provide for his wife if she became a widow.  The wittum was often stipulated by law.

Originally the wittum consisted only of movable property.  Later it became real property, which was designated by a certificate.  The wittum became more and more similar to the dower, or replaced dower, until finally Wittum and dower were no longer clearly separated.  The wittum provided a pension for widows because it was in their possession for their entire life.

In old German law, the wittum was a purchase price to be paid by the groom to the head of the bride's family in order to receive guardianship authority over the bride (Wittemde, Wettma, also Mund).  Later it was a grant from the husband to the woman to provide for her in widowhood (Doarium, Dotalicium, Vidualicium, jointure), mostly made in usufruct for life on land (Witwengut).  Wittum is in particular to be granted for the maintenance of the widow of the monarch or the widow of a prince of a royal house.

Noble families who put up their female members in monasteries would equip these with the so-called "Widumshöfen".  In order to free the noble nuns of any work, the monasteries received courtyards along with serfs to supply the ladies. In this context, the term "Widumshof" has been transferred to the parish where a "Pfarrhof" served as an economic basis for the priest.

Name for a parsonage or parochial benefice

In Bavaria and Tirol Widum or Widdum is the term for the immovable assets of the parish benefice, and especially for the rectory. In northern Germany, the (medium) Low German term Wedeme is used.

Widum emerged today, albeit in modified form, as a local road or field name to, and in Austria as a designation of the residential and commercial buildings of a Catholic parish.  In Lübeck, the "Wehde" is the historic parish house of St. Mary's Church.

The word "wittum" is derived from the same root her as "widmen" ('dedicate'); wittum thus refers to a "dedicated good".  In Tyrol and South Tyrol, it is still used as a term for a parsonage.  Later, provisions for a widow were called "wittum" because these were "dedicated assets".  The linkage of the word "wittum" with "widow" is considered folk etymology and incorrect.

Examples
An example is the Calvörde Castle in Calvörde, Saxony-Anhalt.

See also
 Mund (in law)

Footnotes

Medieval law
Family law
Marriage law

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Lutheran Extremists Launch Terrorist Attack in Moscow Airport
According to breaking news reports, there was a major suicide Terrorist attack carried out by Lutheran Extremists in Moscow's Domodedovo airport, killing at least 33.
CNN say that the terrorist attack was "attributed by Russia's Investigative Committee to terrorists" – boy they're really going out on a limb (no mention of the religious or political affiliation of attackers)
Fox are saying that the suicide attack may have been carried out by a "Suicide Bomber", again no assumption as to possible affiliation of the attacker.
BBC is being more cautious, saying only that the suicide attack "may have been the work of a suicide bomber. Russia's chief investigator said the explosion was the work of terrorists."
So far the only speculation from major news sources is that this suicide terrorist attack may have been carried out by Suicide Bombers, and they may have been terrorists.
Given that no reports so far have mentioned religion or political affiliation of the attackers, I'm guessing that they were Lutheran, or possibly extremist Social Democrats. Unless of course they were environmentalists who have a history of supporting violent attacks.
I can't think of any other religious group that could carry such an attack, and the media seem to be avoiding any assumptions.
Our prayers and thoughts go out to the casualties, wishing the wounded a speedy full recovery.
Garnel Ironheart said...
A few years ago we had "the Toronto 18". Eighteen Muslim kids who, in the name of Allah the all Merciful and gentle, wanted to bomb our Parliament and kidnap our Prime Minister.
But the first thing the police chief of Toronto did when they were arrested was caution anyone from thinking religion had anything to do with it.
Then there was the Muslim guy who, while shouting Allahu akhbar (God is a mouse, in Hebrew) shot up a bunch of US soldiers in a US base. but again, nothing to do with religion...
Michael Sedley said...
Don't know why you compared this case to some random people who happened to be Muslim.
Islam is a Religion of Peace, so unlikely that the bomber was a Muslim - what are the odds that this terrorist would also be Muslim, given the small Islamic population in Moscow.
I'm putting my money on Extremist Accountants, or possiby a radical Amish farmer.
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Spring weather arrived this weekend. We literally spent the entire day outside on Sunday (other than the time we were in Sunday School and church). It was wonderfully refreshing. A friend from church passed down a toddler bike with training wheels. My littlest guy was so excited to ride a big kid bike.
I was impressed with how quickly he caught on to peddling. After two trips around the court, he could start himself, steer, and even ring his bell while peddling.
By the end of the evening, he could ride the whole way to the end of the court by himself with his siblings and we were able to pass his tricycle down to the neighbor girl down the street. He's a big kid now with a new set of wheels.
He's getting so big. I can't wait to squeeze him next week!
Good bye to the little toddler and hello to a big boy!! SO CUTE riding with his siblings. That is one busy court now.


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Nicolais: Campaign compliance season kicks off in an absurd system
Traditional political lore holds Labor Day as the beginning of election season. That probably comes as a shock to anyone following the presidential race this year. In the era of perpetual campaigns, there is no longer a beginning or end, but rather phases cycling through dialing for dollars and speaking on the stump.
But in the world of campaign finance laws, Labor Day still means something. It means the 60-day electioneering communication window is opening. And this exemplifies the ridiculous nature of our current system.
"Electioneering communication" is a legal term of art that mandates reporting for only some political communications. In Colorado, that means any communication broadcasted by television or radio, printed in a newspaper or on a billboard, directly mailed or delivered by hand to personal residences or otherwise distributed. It must also unambiguously refer to a candidate. And must be broadcasted, printed, mailed, delivered, or distributed within thirty days before a primary election or sixty days before a general election. Furthermore, it must be done to an audience that includes members of the electorate for such public office the candidate is seeking.
And then there are all the exceptions to the rule.
Given that "electioneering communications" only represent one category of many political communications, it is easy to see why U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy decried, "The First Amendment does not permit laws that force speakers to retain a campaign finance attorney, conduct demographic marketing research, or seek declaratory rulings before discussing the most salient political issues of our day."
While I made a career helping political speakers navigate these laws — apparently to the chagrin of Justice Kennedy — I have always marveled at the utter absurdity of the system. The system is so broken that half the legislative or regulatory "fixes" only serve to exacerbate the problems.
For example, advocates hoping to "get money out of politics" helped institute multiple changes over the past few decades. First, they moved to impose limits on the amount any person could give directly to a candidate. Once implemented, though, the law only served to drive the same money to political parties. As a consequence, candidates lost control of their independence and message. They became reliant on a party structure. Seeing this outcome, advocates of change then worked toward limiting contributions to parties. But as a good friend of mine on the other side of the aisle has always said, "there are no 'Stop' signs for money in politics; only rights and lefts." Barred from candidates and now from political parties, money flowed to outside groups. These are the 527 and 501(c)(4) organizations now so decried. Their rise is a direct consequence of the movement to get money out of politics. The result? Exponentially more money is spent every election cycle.
Of course, the casualties of this futile movement are twofold: first, the independence of candidates, and, consequently, lawmakers, and second, the voting public. Because money, and the speech it buys, now coalesces in groups twice removed from the actual candidate, the candidates must parrot the message disseminated by those groups in order to benefit. Consequently, candidates lose their own voices. The effect trickles down to voters by leaving only the candidates most skilled in message regurgitation rather than policy analysis and principled advocacy.
To change the system, I believe it would be best to take a step back and admit mistakes already made. Allowing more contributions to flow directly to candidates could curb the influence of outside organizations and allow a rebirth in candidates' independence. Of course, that might lead to new rules itself. And who knows what unintended consequences those might have!
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Author(s): Fazal Wahab, Bibi Atika, Gabriela R. Oliveira-Pelegrin, Maria J. A. Rocha. Department of Morphology, Physiology and Basic Pathology, FORP, University of Sao Paulo Campus de Ribeirao Preto, Avenida do Cafe s/n, Monte Alegre, CEP 14040-904 Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Sepsis is a fatal systemic inflammatory disease. It is caused by an immune system inflammatory response to the entry of microorganisms or their products into the blood circulatory system. The pathophysiological mechanisms of sepsis are still poorly understood. The presence of microorganisms in the systemic circulation causes activation of the immune system, which in turn leads to a robust release of inflammatory cytokines. These inflammatory cytokines result in alterations across all important physiological systems, including the neuroendocrine system. Neuroendocrine responses differ between the acute and the late phase of sepsis. In the acute phase there are robust alterations in the secretion of neuroendocrine hormones in response to body demand. In the late phase, the plasma concentrations of some hormones remain low, despite heavy systemic demand, whereas several others increase despite of diminished needs. In this review, we give a brief overview on sepsis-induced major alterations in neuroendocrine secretions, and summarize current knowledge about mechanisms and targets for their treatment.
Keywords: Cytokines, hormonal therapy, hypothalamus, immune system, neuroendocrine system, neuroendocrinopathy, pituitary, sepsis.
Affiliation:Department of Morphology, Physiology and Basic Pathology, FORP, University of Sao Paulo Campus de Ribeirao Preto, Avenida do Cafe s/n, Monte Alegre, CEP 14040-904 Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Keywords:Cytokines, hormonal therapy, hypothalamus, immune system, neuroendocrine system, neuroendocrinopathy, pituitary, sepsis.
Abstract:Sepsis is a fatal systemic inflammatory disease. It is caused by an immune system inflammatory response to the entry of microorganisms or their products into the blood circulatory system. The pathophysiological mechanisms of sepsis are still poorly understood. The presence of microorganisms in the systemic circulation causes activation of the immune system, which in turn leads to a robust release of inflammatory cytokines. These inflammatory cytokines result in alterations across all important physiological systems, including the neuroendocrine system. Neuroendocrine responses differ between the acute and the late phase of sepsis. In the acute phase there are robust alterations in the secretion of neuroendocrine hormones in response to body demand. In the late phase, the plasma concentrations of some hormones remain low, despite heavy systemic demand, whereas several others increase despite of diminished needs. In this review, we give a brief overview on sepsis-induced major alterations in neuroendocrine secretions, and summarize current knowledge about mechanisms and targets for their treatment.


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Q: Live audio peak detection from a microphone I need to detect peaks in a live audio from a pickup microphone and output the exact time to milliseconds or preferably nanoseconds of the peak in a .txt file.
I have been looking at two possible solutions. The first one was to set up a shell script in linux to record audio increments of 5 seconds via the nohup function and then analyze them in matlab, but the problem here is that the endings and the beginnings of the recorded files are not exactly 5 seconds apart. There is a delay of 50-150 milliseconds when a new file starts recording.
The second option was to do something similar to what they use for clap light switches, but I have no idea how I would extract the exact time from that. And I also don't know if that would work with a pickup microphone or does it just work with a sound sensor (for Arduino...) like it is shown here.http://en.code-bude.net/2014/12/08/how-to-build-a-clap-switch-using-arduino/
I want to know if there is a better solution out there. Can I do this in C++ or java, perhaps? Remember, I need to output the exact time in milli- or nanoseconds.

A: In order to get accurate timing information you'll need to count samples and then compute the time from the beginning of the recording from that.
First you need to decide on one of the many audio capture playback APIs that are available. You haven't mentioned which platform you're on but if you're on linux you could look at ALSA,Jack,OSS,SDL just to name a few. Once you to the point where you are able to configure the capture device and start receiving samples then the method is going to be similar for each one. You will get some kind of function callback with the received samples and will need to scan the samples for peaks and compute the times, etc...
Here is an example of what a callback might look like. Keep in mind that the API you choose will have its own subtleties and you'll likely need to convert from byte arrays to double, etc...  The time will be double precision value with an accuracy of 1/SAMPLERATE.
 int sampleCount = 0;
 void BufferCallback(double* samples, int numSamples)
 {
     for (int i = 0 ; i < numSamples ; i++)
     {
         if (abs(samples[i]) > threshold)
         {
             // exceeded peak threshold, record the time
             double time = sampleCount / (double)SampleRate;
         }
         sampleCount++;
     }
 }

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Taormina Garners Back-to-Back Big South Baseball Player of the Week Honors
February 27, 2017 Lynchburg, Va. RSS
Sammy Taormina has been named the Big South Player of the Week.
For the second straight week, Liberty first baseman Sammy Taormina has been selected as the Big South Player of the Week. After receiving the honor for games played Feb. 17-19, he has been tabbed with the award for games played Feb. 20-26.
Taormina, a redshirt senior from Rock Hill, S.C., continued his hot hitting for the Flames, this past week. The first baseman hit .600 with a .667 on base percentage and a 1.067 slugging percentage, as Liberty posted a 2-2 mark during the week. He also belted his first two home runs of the season, both in an 8-5 win over UMBC on Friday, had five RBI and scored five times during the week.
Taormina collected two or more hits in each of Liberty's contests last week, including three hits against Kansas State at Lexington County vs. Cancer on Saturday. The redshirt senior has multiple hit games in six of the Flames' seven games, this season. The first baseman has started the year with a .577 batting average and .656 on base percentage.
Taormina and Liberty, 4-3, will travel to Elon, N.C., for a contest with the Elon Phoenix, tomorrow afternoon. Game time at Latham Park is scheduled for 4 p.m.
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Founded in 1978 by a naturopath, Logocos Naturkosmetik is based in Hanover, Germany and employs about 340 people. In 2017, net sales were 59 million euros across Germany and other countries in Europe.
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November 06, 2013 Life » Culture
Inside TEDxRochester 2013
By Rebecca Rafferty @rsrafferty
PHOTO BY JASON FREDERICK FIERST
Heather Layton and Dr. Brian Bailey speak at TEDxRochester 2013.
Welcome to the first day of our post-election season, Rochester. Our neighborhoods are littered with candidate signs and unwanted mailers, and the rhetoric-laden commercials have returned to other people trying to sell you other things. The coming days will be filled with analyzing the results and their meaning for us, with abundant arguments and fist-shaking.
But perhaps the bulk of our discontent arises from the burden of our perceived helplessness. Our problems are undoubtedly huge, and they are immediate, not something to be feared on the periphery. This fact was underscored during one of the most sobering talks of the day at this year's TEDxRochester event, held on Monday, November 4, at the Rochester Museum and Science Center's Strasenburgh Planetarium. Toward the end of the day, Ann Johnson, Director of ACT Rochester -- an organization that provides credible, independent, and timely data regarding our community -- itemized the percentages that tell the story of our disparity in terms of poverty, health, education, and employment. For example, according to Johnson, a startling 46 percent of children in Rochester are living in poverty, which is twice the county, state, and national levels. The unemployment rate in the city is 40 percent higher than in Monroe County. And minorities make up the larger percentages of these numbers, she says.
Johnson's recitation of bare fact concluded with a simple call to action: take a long, good look at these problems. Learn as much as possible about the problems facing the community, and talk openly not only with those who are like-minded, but also with those who think differently than you do. And then work to generate the spark and stoke the fire within this community to affect real and sustainable change. We don't have to know what that looks like right now, but genuinely educating ourselves is a necessary beginning.
The theme of this year's talks was "Changing Perspectives," each of the talks strongly or loosely connected to the concept of shifting slightly around a problem and addressing it from a fresh angle. While each of the speakers was engaging and many were very good, the highlights came from those who called for direct action while leading by example.
Much is stolen from communities when the people who make up the village won't work for their own health and stability. Our capacity and willingness for direct action is arguably the most important thing we have, and we should seize it while we are able. We cannot launder our responsibility toward one another through agencies any longer, nor rely on outer resources and implementation of good ideas. Some of the people on the TEDxRochester stage knew that.
But aside from looking around and learning, where do we begin? Other individuals who spoke during the course of the day gave examples of small, manageable ways that we can make a surprisingly effective direct impact. Kathy Turiano gave an inspiring speech about inter-generational trust and cooperation as critical factors in actualizing our dreams. Her particular experience with this applied to her business, but the potential applications of the idea are vast. Turiano founded Joe Bean Coffee Roasters in Webster in 2004, but realized within a few years she needed to radically rework her business model. In 2010 the new Joe Bean materialized within the city of Rochester, now with Kathy's son, Ben, as a partner, and achieved new success as Rochester's first roaster to utilize the "profile roasting" technique, offering artisan-brewed coffee and hands-on coffee classes.
Restorative justice has been gaining attention for its efforts to heal communities broken by poverty and crime, reduce recidivism, and to educate the public about the many shades of gray involved. Filmmaker Ray Manard of Crystal Pix, Inc., introduced the audience to some cruel numbers: there are 2.3 million adults incarcerated in the USA - the largest number of incarcerated adults of any other nation in the world -- and the number climbs to 7 million when you include adults who are currently on probation or parole. So, there are roughly 10 million children in our country with parents ensnared in some level of the justice system.
The kids suffer in complex ways for obvious reasons. Manard says that people who maintain a bond with their children are less likely to have an incident while imprisoned, violate parole, or return to the slammer. The Storybook Project is a program that began in Texas, with some volunteers facilitating incarcerated adults recording themselves reading stories to their kids, and sending those recordings home to the children. The project is the subject of the upcoming documentary, "Turn the Page," which was screened at the TEDxRochester talks. Witnessing the tenderness in the voices of the parents is a powerful step against holding a black-and-white view of the faceless incarcerated masses.
Heather Layton and Dr. Brian Bailey collaborate on multidisciplinary "social intervention" art projects that cross the borders of race, religion, class, gender, and nationality, and challenge their audiences to reconsider stubbornly held assumptions about others. The couple gave examples of the kinds of work they've created, as well as work by other social intervention artists who have inspired them. Layton and Bailey's work encourages us to get to know our world and the people within it directly instead of assuming the validity of official stories.
Architect, urbanist, and author Howard Decker's talk was reminiscent of points made by one of the 2012 speakers, Mike Governale of Rochester Subway. He appealed to the audience to consider the Rochester of 100 years ago while we consider the correct ways to move into the future. We're standing amid failed projects, squandered opportunities, and auto-dominated development. "Cities are physical expressions of commerce," he says, and "ours doesn't make sense economically." Decker called for a return to a dense downtown, walkable city planning, supporting of local businesses that feed earnings back into the local economy, and speaking out for our city. "Each one of us needs to become an activist and advocate," he says.
The event concluded with a gentle and powerful reminder to live up to our commitments. Serial entrepreneur, executive coach, former attorney, and Biz Talk Radio Host on WCEOhq Radio Bruce Peters spoke about using personal commitment scorecards in order to accomplish more (and specifically more of the right things), to achieve clarity around the things that you commit to doing, to make more realistic commitments in the future, and to hold others accountable for what they promise. Many of us are overcommitted, and failing to accomplish what we say we will do has an "integrity outage" that even negatively impacts our health, he claims. If this sounds familiar -- and if you're a busy person, it probably does -- this might be a good tactic to try out. As leaders, it's of utmost importance to eliminate hypocrisy in our lives, Peters says.
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NewsLocalEurostat: Cyprus has lowest infant mortality rate in EU (table)
Eurostat: Cyprus has lowest infant mortality rate in EU (table)
The infant mortality rate in Cyprus in 2017 was the lowest in the EU 28, according to figures published by Eurostat on Friday.
It said that in the EU 28 in 2017, around 18,200 children died before reaching one year of age; this was equivalent to an infant mortality rate of 3.6 deaths per 1,000 live births.
In 2017, the highest infant mortality rates in the EU were registered in Malta and Romania (both 6.7 deaths per 1000 live births) and Bulgaria (6.4 deaths), and the lowest in Cyprus (1.3 deaths) and Finland (2.0 deaths).
During the 10 years from 2007 to 2017, the infant mortality rate in the EU fell from 4.4 deaths per 1000 live births to 3.6 deaths per 1000 live births, it added. In Cyprus it dropped from 3.7 in 2007 to 1.3 in 2017.
Extending the analysis to the last 20 years, the infant mortality rate was almost halved (6.8 deaths per 1000 in 1997), Eurostat added.
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Review Mur Mar Apart - Hotel Barcelona
Apart - Hotel Mur Mar is basically a block of apartments in a hotel - each room is like a small apartment with separate rooms (see further detail below in the 'rooms' section), however, there is a front desk, cleaners and all of the building is owned by the hotel.
The building itself is very old. The façade and adjoining restaurant have a seventies look to them, and the inside lobby area is small and dark. The apartments, with the exception of the top floor, are dated, with old kitchens and used - looking furniture.
However, those choosing to stay in these apartments are likely to choose them for their location and views of the city, rather than for the apartment itself. Each apartment offers a large balcony, with enough room to sit with friends and take in the sights. Most balconies face the Ramblas, but some go around the side of the building, offering an almost 360 degree view of the city.
If you are looking to stay on the Ramblas, be sure that you will be at the centre of the Barcelona action. And this will be all of the time, whether you like it or not!
Apart - Hotel Mur Mar is somewhere between a basic hotel and self -service apartments. For this reason, the facilities on offer are similar to those of apartment rentals. However, there is a 24 hour front desk.
There is no pool or fitness centre in the hotel.
There is no restaurant in the hotel. However, the hotel also owns next door's Cosmos Bar and Restaurant. A continental buffet breakfast is available here, but is not included in the room price.
There is also a 'Menu del Dia' - a set price lunch menu, available. The menu changes daily. The dishes offered are traditionally Spanish.
Regarding pets, dogs are allowed in the rooms, but not cats.
The check-in time for the hotel is a time that is suitable for the customer.
There are no business facilities in the hotel. There is no Wi-Fi, internet access or meeting rooms.
Facilities for People with a disability
There are few facilities for wheelchair users in this hotel. There are lifts to all floors. However, the lifts are very narrow and fit a maximum of three people - their doors are not wide enough for electronic wheelchairs. There is a ramp up the front steps of the hotel, however, it is quite narrow and very steep.
There are 33 rooms in the hotel over 8 floors. The rooms can be used by between 1 and 6 people. Each apartment space contains a bathroom, a living area (with a couch that can be made into a double bed), a kitchen, and a bedroom. Each living room contains a television. The kitchens include cooking utensils, crockery and cutlery.
Most rooms have large balconies, overlooking the Ramblas, so it may be worth requesting these. Bare in mind, though, that the rooms do not have double glazed windows, apart from at the top floor of the hotel, so those that are street facing may be very noisy at night.
The rooms on the top floor of the hotel are noticeably cleaner and more recently renovated than those on the other floors. They also provide a huge terrace/balcony. It is worth asking about top floor availability. However, these rooms are more expensive.
Hotel Location and Facilities
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Located at the base of the Ramblas, for many tourists this may be considered the ultimate location, as it a central point for many tourist locations. However, it is worth bearing in mind that the Ramblas is a noisy location 24/7, with much traffic, tourists and people out late partying. It can also be a slightly intimidating area at night, especially if you are on your own. For many visitors to Barcelona, though, the Ramblas is an essential experience, that they would not want to do without.
At the base of the Ramblas you are situated close to the Monument a Colon - a monument to Columbus - an easily recognisable Barcelona icon.
The Centre d'Art de Santa Monica is also based at the bottom of the Ramblas, across the street from the hotel. This is a popular modern art museum that often has very interesting exhibitions.
Centre d'Art de Santa Monica
The Ramblas is renowned for its nightlife. The hotel is close to the Plaza Reial, an area that is popular amongst tourists for clubs and bars. The hotel is located close to Fellini club - one of the few clubs along the Ramblas that is popular amongst locals. It is an atmospheric and rambling club that is spread across three rooms and is known for its forward thinking music policies - offering some of the most interesting new DJs. Keep an eye out for the Fellini's flyerers on the Ramblas as their flyers will often offer reduced of free entrance to the club.
The hotel is located in easy walking distance of Barceloneta beach - about 15 minutes walk away. The walk to the beach is easy as you will simply walk along the port to the Barceloneta area. This is an attractive walk, as you pass the yachts and the harbour front.
As the hotel is based on the Ramblas you will find many useful amenities such as a large supermarket, internet cafés, bureaux de change, pharmacies and banks.
The hotel's closest Metro stop is Drassanes - less than five minutes walk from the hotel. This will give you the opportunity to travel to popular attractions further up town, such as Park Güell (the Gaudí park), the Sagrada Família, Montjuïc or Tibidabo. However, based on the Ramblas, you will find that you are in walking distance of many of the major attractions.
Public transport transfer options
Via Taxi: A taxi from the airport should take about 25 minutes.
Taxi Fare: €30.00 - €35.00
Via Train: The RENFE train leaves the airport every half an hour and will take you to Estació de França in about 35 minutes. The hotel is about 20 minutes walk from the station. Alternatively, you can take a taxi from the train station if you have lots of luggage. This will take about 5 -10 minutes. It is also possible to catch the Metro from Barceloneta metro, close to Estació de França , to Drassanes. However, Drassanes is on the green line, and this will involve two metro changes to go a short distance. It will be necessary to take the Yellow line Urquinaona, where you will take the Red line to Catalunya. At Catalunya you will change to the Green line, and you will get off at Drassanes.
RENFE Train Ticket Prices
Single ticket: €4.60
Via Bus: Take the 'Aerobus' to Plaça de Catalunya from directly outside the airport. The Aerobus generally runs every 10 - 15 minutes and the journey time is 30 minutes. The hotel is 15 minutes walk from Plaça de Catalunya, or 10 minutes in a taxi. Alternatively, you can catch the Metro from Catalunya to Drassanes - both on the green line, from where Apart-Hotel Mur Mar is a 5 minute walk.
Car parks near Mur Mar Apart - Hotel Barcelona
Car Park Name
Approximate Walking Distance to Car Park in Meters
Edén Carrer Nou de la Rambla, 12 150 m
BSM La Boquería Floristes de la Rambla 650 m
SABA BAMSA Illa Raval Sant Rafael, 15 700 m
Laietana Princesa Vía Laietana, 20 750 m
Apart - Hotel Mur Mar is a dated building that will not appeal to those hoping for luxury or modernity. They do, however, provide views of the city from balconies and terraces that are generous in size. The rooms become more of an affordable option the more people that stay in them. The apartments may appeal, therefore, to groups of young people looking for a cheap and central place to stay who are not too concerned about comfort.
Aparthotel Mur Mar
Ramblas, 34
ATB-000042
Metro: Drassanes (Green Line, L3)
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Jesus Christ said in Matthew 16:18, "… And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it…" Christ clearly statesthat he is going to build a Church, a Church that will not be destroyed by death or time. Somewhere on this earth, that Church has to exist today. That Church will be adhering to the basic beliefs and doctrines taught and observed by Jesus Christ himself.
Christ asked His Father to keep his true disciples " in thine own name," God's name is God. Therefore, those that are God 's should be in the Church God founded. The Greek word for Church is Ecclesia which means called out ones or congregation. We believe we are a part of the True Church of God. We do not profess to be the ONLY True Church of God on this earth. There are many other Organizations that no doubt are a part of this Church as well.
Many have asked what we believe. Following this introduction is a complete Statement of Beliefs of The Church of God, New World Ministries. You will see that we adhere to the doctrines and teachings of Christ and the apostles.
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A Georgia entrepreneur has managed a successful business formation involving one of the state's natural resources. This businessman has made use of the natural supply of oysters to turn the oyster season into a yearlong process. The business formation began when the man realized that he could find a way to sell the oysters by the bag and not by the bushel.
Using his experience gained at the University of Georgia, he has discovered a way to cultivate single oysters. It was a method that has been sought for years, and the businessman has now captured this manner of cultivating oysters and started a successful business. Georgia oysters have about the same amount of meat as some of the larger Pacific Coast oysters, which make this potentially a very profitable business venture.
When a person begins a successful new line of business, it is important to consider the legal side of the business process. There are important legal steps to take in organizing a new business, including legal documents, contacts, patents and more. Financial planning is also an important part of the business process, as poor financial planning can be the downfall of any profitable organization.
Growing individual oysters has opened up a brand new segment of the seafood business. This business formation in Georgia appears to be off to a successful start, and the potential for continued success appears strong. To protect his success and his new business growth, he may wish to consider carefully planning and organizing all financial and legal aspects of his company as part of his overall business plan.


The South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), an initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) under its Regional Programme on Mountain Knowledge and Action Networks, is organizing a three-week Summer School on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from 5–19 May 2019. The main objective of the Summer School is to provide economists the basic skills necessary to teach and conduct research in environmental and natural resource economics.
The course is for practicing economists from South Asia and the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region interested in enhancing their knowledge of the interlinkages between economic development, poverty, and the environment. The Summer School has been designed to enable participants to develop research proposals that they can later submit to SANDEE.
The course will cover economic issues underlying sustainable development, externalities and market failure, policy instruments, non-market valuation, poverty-environment interactions, and natural resource use and pollution management. Participants will be exposed to theoretical issues and economic tools such as experimental economics and other relevant methodologies for analyzing environmental problems in developing countries.
The ideal participant has a Master's degree/PhD in economics and a good understanding of microeconomics, calculus, and basic econometrics. Junior and mid-career faculty and researchers – especially women working in member universities of the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) – are encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to junior to mid-career university teachers and researchers who have submitted a research proposal to SANDEE on issues related to environmental and resource economics. Those who have already had training in environmental and resource economics through other programmes or universities, or are likely to go overseas for higher education within the next year are not eligible.
What are you expected to do during the course?
The SANDEE Summer School is a residential teaching workshop. Participants are expected to read up on the topic of each day's lecture beforehand, and participate in individual and group assignments and discussions. Working days, on occasion, will extend from 9 am–9 pm or beyond based on assignment demands. Participants are required to present an empirical paper and a research concept note during the Summer School. Last year's Summer School agenda is available here.
SANDEE will provide a scholarship of USD 3,500 per participant to cover course materials, international travel, meals, and accommodation during the Summer School (no cash). Participants are responsible for local travel arrangements, travel insurance, visa fee, and other personal expenses. Shortlisted participants are required to pay a small registration fee of USD 250 to confirm their participation.
The Summer School will be held at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. The participants should arrive on 4 May and depart on 20 May 2019.
A one-page cover letter indicating how such a course will be useful in the applicant's teaching and research activities, their exposure to basic mathematics (e.g., calculus, linear algebra) and computing skills (e.g., spread sheet, statistical software), and the name of the person nominating him/her (if any).
A three-page research concept note (a precursor of a research proposal) on issues related to environmental and resource economics in South Asia and the HKH. The concept note should include a discussion of the research problem and its policy relevance, a clear research question(s), an analytical framework, a short literature review that discusses at least three key peer-reviewed journal articles related to the proposed analytical framework, empirical methods (data requirement, collection, and analysis) and expected outcomes.
A brief CV (no more than one page) indicating professional responsibilities/activities, (please include current job and institutional details), educational qualifications, (highest degree/institution), age, and two most important research publications, if any, current teaching responsibility (if relevant).
Please submit your application by 22 February 2019. We request you to pass this information along to interested colleagues. We are also seeking nominations from colleagues who have been part of SANDEE activities. Approximately 20–24 participants will be invited to the Summer School.


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THE YOUTH WELFARE REPORT IN HELSINKI
The Youth Welfare report 2016
At the end of 2019, 14 per cent of 15-29 year olds in Finland lived in Helsinki. This makes 133 777 young or young adults. Every fifth of Helsinki resident belongs to this age group.
What do we know about these young people's welfare? Well, we have statistics on how many are unemployed, how many have been accepted for an education, how many are clients of the council's child protection services, etc. Nonetheless, it is difficult to form an overall view of young people's lives and welfare.
Municipalities are obliged by the Finnish Youth Act (7§) to form a coordination network for counselling and planning the services for the young. The network shall include representatives of the local authorities for education, social & health care and youth work and of the employment and policy authorities.
In Helsinki, the network was established in 2014, and its tasks include, for example, gathering information on young people's welfare and living conditions and, drawing on that information, to evaluate the situation of the young with a view to back up local planning and policy making. The president of the network in Helsinki is the Deputy Mayor in charge of this sector.
The network gave Helsinki City Urban Research and Statistics and the Youth Department the task to write, in cooperation with the people concerned, an annual report on young people's welfare in Helsinki. The aim of the Report on Young People's Welfare in Helsinki is to consolidate facts-based policy-making and thereby create better public services for the young. We therefore set out to present easily accessible open information that is updated regularly, and set up this website with its background database.
Our idea of young people's welfare is based on Amartya Sen's and Martha Nussbaum's capability approach, and we put the question whether young people have the skills and opportunities to cope in everyday life, to do things that they value and to have a good life. Do we perhaps find groups of young people that have unequal opportunities for a good life? In our work, we divided welfare into eight aspects: life and health, self development, managing the future, safety, emotions and interaction, active citizenship, equality, and nature and sustainability.
The website includes statistics, research, experts' opinions and the experiences of young people themselves. By matching these sources of information we try to form an overall picture of young people's situation in Helsinki. At present, there are around 40 indicators on the website. These indicators have been selected from existing data (registers/surveys) that are updated regularly and they may be both objective or subjective. An additional value of the indicator section is analyses written by various experts.
Check out the welfare aspects and indicators
Check out one experience story in English here.
The pages also include a summary of various research conducted on young people in Helsinki, as also the opportunity to set up blogs on the subject. The pages include around 50 interviews with young people. The stories show an interaction between the experiences of the young and statistics and research. This part was carried out with external funding by journalists having some researcher background. Furthermore, we developed a tool that groups of young people may use to reflect over what things in life are important: http://nuortenkokemustieto.munstadi.fi/materiaalit/
We also developed a processmodel for facts-based policy-making and developing. To be able to use the varied information of the Welfare Report it is important to understand and be able to interpret all the information available. To facilitate the process, we organize seminars for this purpose, and each year the network makes suggestions as to what aspects should be done something about.
Please have a look at the database that is linked to the indicators. It is continuously updated as new information becomes available. www.hyvinvointitilastot.fi (Helsinki - welfare statistics in Finnish)
If you need information in English, please contact: Hanna Ahtiainen, City of Helsinki, Urban Research and Statistics, firstname.lastname@hel.fi


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Q: How do I create while loop the swaps all lower case letters in. string to upper case and vicevera? def swap_case(string):
    pos = 0
    while pos < len(string):
        if string[pos].isupper():
            return string[pos].lower()
        else:
            return string[pos].upper()
        pos = pos + 1

print(swap_case('Hello'))

This what I've attempted however it only converts the first letter and no other letters within the inputed string, is anyone able to help me understand how to correctly write this code. I'm a beginner.

A: The bug in your code is that the return statement is too soon after the first iteration, that's why only the first letter is returned.
The use of 'string' as a variable is discouraged because it is a reserved word, for example
import string
letters = list(string.ascii_lowercase)

I have also converted the string s to a list ['H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'], so that each letter can be iterated through to check/change the case.
Finally the converted list can be returned with ''.join(s)
def swap_case(s):
    pos = 0
    s = list(s)
    while pos < len(s):
        if s[pos].isupper():
            s[pos] = s[pos].lower()
        else:
            s[pos] = s[pos].upper()
        pos = pos + 1
    return ''.join(s)

print(swap_case('Hello'))

Output
hELLO

Another way is to use list comprehension, same output as above
def swap_case(s):
    return ''.join([x.lower() if x.isupper() else x.upper() for x in list(s)])

print(swap_case('Hello'))


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Google's next-gen cellular carrier, Google Fi, which replaces Project Fi, is making waves across the mobile industry. With super-cheap plans starting at only $20 and the ability to connect to millions of Wi-Fi hotspots across the globe, it's tempting many users to make the switch from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless.
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Google's MVNO carrier, Project Fi, can save you a ton of money in the right circumstances, but it's always had a limited selection of supported phones. Because the service uses Sprint, T-Mobile, and US Cellular towers as its backbone, you could only use Project Fi with a Pixel, Nexus, or the Android One Moto X4 until now.
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There are a lot of holiday tech deals starting to trickle out as Black Friday approaches. We've already rounded up some of the best deals for Android, iPhones, and headphones, but Google just dropped a big announcement for users of their Project Fi MVNO service. Now through December 17, you can earn yourself a free Moto X4 or Chromecast by referring your friends and family to Project Fi.
How To: Force Switch to T-Mobile or Sprint on Project Fi
If you own a Pixel or Nexus device, Project Fi is a great alternative for cellular service outside of the four major US carriers. Project Fi is a Google-managed MVNO, providing service primarily through the T-Mobile and Sprint networks. One of the biggest mysteries on Fi is which network you're connected to at any given time, but there's a simple solution.
News: Project Fi Beats T-Mobile in Download Speeds & Reception
Google's new Project Fi cellular carrier has been making waves across the mobile industry, so we decided to put it to the test against T-Mobile, one of the more established networks. For the actual testing, we slapped a SIM card from each carrier into two identical Pixel XL phones, which offer full compatibility with both networks.
User Testimonials: Why People Are Switching from iPhone to Pixel
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Reading through various internet forums, it certainly sounds like the Google Pixel and Pixel XL are attracting more iPhone users than any of Google's previous Nexus devices. The sales figures seem to back that up, too, as the Pixel is outpacing last year's Nexus 6P, and pre-order demand has exceeded Google's expectations, causing delays in shipments. (We reached out to Google but they wouldn't give us any specifics on sales numbers or numbers of switchers.)
Google Fi Is a great wireless carrier alternative and can be quite beneficial when used correctly. If you don't require much data, you can easily get away with a $30 or less bill. However, if you wanted to crank out more data during your current billing cycle, there's a setting you should use to keep your data in check.
There's a serious issue with Google Fi's service for iPhone that prevents sending any MMS pictures via the Messages app. The problem doesn't affect all iPhone users on Google Fi, but if you're like me and keep getting that frustrating "Not Delivered" alert, there's a fix.
In order to save money, a few compromises had to be made when switching to Google Fi on an iPhone. No more Wi-Fi calling, no automatic network-switching, no hotspots outside the US, and no more visual voicemail. I've found that last one particularly frustrating — but not anymore. Visual voicemail is now available on Fi for iPhone, but it's not like it was before Fi.
After reviewing the international plans for major US wireless carriers, it became obvious they're all pretty bad. Your data is heavily restricted, requiring a daily fee which can cost an extra $100+ on a seven-day vacation. That's when I learned about Google Fi, and how for most travelers, it's the best option.
Despite being at the helms of the RCS push, Google Fi has yet to support the new messaging protocol. It would've made too much sense if the Google-created MVNO was one of the first to support the feature Google's been pushing on other OEMs and carriers for years, but alas, they haven't. Well, better late than never — Google has finally announced support for RCS Universal Profile on Fi.
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Rumors have had Google making a foray into the mobile carrier world for quite some time, but today, the Mountain View tech giant finally made things official. The new service, dubbed Project Fi, will be a Mobile Virtual Network Operator, or MVNO, that uses existing Sprint and T-Mobile cell towers.


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