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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace DynAlgorithm.UI
{
    public partial class ConfigurationForm : Form
    {
        public static void Configure(ref Int32 intervalStart, ref Int32 intervalEnd, ref String returnType, ref String actualCode)
        {
            ConfigurationForm form = new ConfigurationForm();

            form.edtEndInt.Text = intervalEnd.ToString();
            form.edtStartInt.Text = intervalStart.ToString();
            form.edtCode.Text = actualCode;

            if (returnType.Equals("Int32"))
                form.cbbReturnType.SelectedIndex = 0;
            else if (returnType.Equals("Double"))
                form.cbbReturnType.SelectedIndex = 1;
            else
                form.cbbReturnType.SelectedIndex = 2;

            form.ControlUIChanges();

            if (form.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                intervalEnd = Convert.ToInt32(form.edtEndInt.Text);
                intervalStart = Convert.ToInt32(form.edtStartInt.Text);
                actualCode = form.edtCode.Text;
                returnType = form.cbbReturnType.Text;
            }
        }

        private void ControlUIChanges()
        {
            Boolean acceptEnabled = true;

            if (edtEndInt.TextLength == 0)
                acceptEnabled = false;

            if (edtStartInt.TextLength == 0)
                acceptEnabled = false;

            if (edtCode.TextLength == 0)
                acceptEnabled = false;

            try
            {
                if (Convert.ToInt32(edtEndInt.Text) <= Convert.ToInt32(edtStartInt.Text))
                    acceptEnabled = false;
            }
            catch
            {
            }

            btAccept.Enabled = acceptEnabled;
        }

        private ConfigurationForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void text_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            ControlUIChanges();
        }

        private void text_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.KeyChar == '\r')
            {
                if (btAccept.Enabled)
                {
                    btAccept_Click(btAccept, e);
                }
            }

            if (e.KeyChar == 27)
            {
                btCancel_Click(btCancel, e);
            }
        }

        private void btAccept_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
        }

        private void btCancel_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            DialogResult = DialogResult.Cancel;
        }
    }
}

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The Nissan 4x4 club would like to invite all Hardbody, Pathfinder, Navara, Patrol, Safari, 4x4 owners & drivers to test their vehicles in the 2013 Bridgestone 4x4 Club Challenge.
This is not a timed event, so special vehicle insurance is not required.
Date: 6 April 2013. Time: 08h00 onwards. Prizegiving to follow the event.
Venue: Bass Lake Adventure Centre, Henley-on-Klip, off R59, near Vereeniging.
Bring your family along, have a fun day, see what your 4x4 can do.
Entry fee for Club members is R100-00 and for Non-Club members are R 250/vehicle which includes 2013 membership of the Nissan 4x4 Club.
No drinking alcohol until after you have finished all the obstacles.
Prizes for the first 10 place finishers, courtesy of Bridgestone Tyres and other named sponsors.
Bring own first aid kit, fire extinguisher, recovery kit, to earn more points on the day.
Only SA road legal and licensed vehicles can compete. The judges decisions will be final in all matters.
Each vehicle must have a 2 persons - team-driver, co-driver - and spectators per vehicle are allowed, but must always have seatbelt belted up, windows closed!
Please check the Bridgestone 4x4 Club Challenge rules to ensure that your vehicle is legal for the event!
This is an event that nobody can afford to miss.... It is done totally different to previous years, so we as a club are going to host "our event" for our club so we are going to compete against ourselves !!!!
So EVERYBODY must come join... even if you are not a member of the Nissan 4x4 club!!!!!!
The prizes are fantastic, and the competition will be fun, but serious..... seriously fun!!!
so are we the only club gong to be there. i recon i need some rear recovery points. to enter the event.
Yip... if we get minimum 40 Nissans for the Nissan club or Nissan owners that are here on the Forum ( both nissan4x4.co.za and patrol4x4.co.za ) then we don't need to invite other clubs to fill the gap. But if we fall short of the 40 vehicles we will have to send out invites to other clubs.... so guys and girls.... get a team ( driver and co-driver together ), enter the Challenge, if you do well and make it to the final at the end of the year, then you will compete against the other clubs winners.
Like I said earlier Bridgestone has re-looked and remodeled this event, and made it great for all clubs to become a part of the Bridgestone Challenge. So it is going to be different from previous years !!!
Well if I had the money, I would have had three patrols.
a) One just for long distance overlanding (4.2, probably NA).
c) And my first love (Wtiblits) for all things a Puma and and a double locking LC would rather best avoid.
ha ha... love your work Alex !!!


We will do our utmost to help you plan your sightseeing in the region to ensure that your visit is filled with activities suited to your tastes and expectations.
Téranga is a 10 minute walk from the old village centre of Pradines hidden in a loop of the river Lot. You can discover the area's vegetation, visit its small Roman churches and explore ten kilometer's of paths along the river's green banks.
If you want to get up and go the immediate area offers several activities.
The thrill of adventure high up in the tree tops awaits you and your family at Cap-Nature in Pradines with its numerous excursions among the trees suitable for every age. There is water skiing close by, too, and at Douelle, just 5 km away, you can do paragliding and hang-gliding with Vol Libre Cadurcien.
There is more than enough to keep you busy here. Trekkers can explore the area's walking paths ,GR 35, GR 65), and horse riders or cross-country bikers can be accommodated, too. Or you can take advantage of the Lot and the Celé rivers to go fishing, canoeing or kayaking. You can even go on a lazy river cruise and discover the Lot's extensive system of locks. There are so many things to do in the Lot !
And don't forget the region's gastronomical delights ! What is the secret here? An art de vivre combined with the area's exceptional produce: Quercy lamb straight from the farm, little round cabécous goat cheeses (nowadays simply called Rocamadour), sweet Quercy melons, walnuts, truffles, foie gras, and luxurious saffron.
We would be delighted to share our list of addresses of charming inns only 10 minutes from Téranga or of picturesque restaurants in Cahors and the surrounding area. And if you prefer gourmet dining, we can give you directions to some of the most prestigious tables in the Lot, "Bonnes Tables du Lot"


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Q: Declare setState via function Unable to declare setState via the function. And I can't understand what the mistake is.
import React, { Component } from 'react';
export default class App extends Component {
  state = {
    text: ' ',
  };

  render() {
    const text = () => {
      this.setState({ text: 'Good afternoon' });
    };

    return(

    )
  }
}

A: Functions and setState should be outside the render lifecycle.
More Info: https://reactjs.org/docs/state-and-lifecycle.html
SetState Guide: https://blog.logrocket.com/an-imperative-guide-to-setstate-in-react-b837ceaf8304/
import React, { Component } from 'react';
export default class App extends Component {

state = {
      text: " "
   }

const text = () => {
         this.setState({text: "Good afternoon"})
      }

   render() {

return(

)

}
}

A: Please bring the function text outside the render function.
export default class App extends Component {
state = {
    text: ' ',
};

//function in here
text = () => {
    this.setState({ text: 'Good afternoon' });
}

render() {

    return ()
}

}

A: Anyway, when I pass the text of the function beyond the rendering limits, setState does not work.

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The Capistrano Villa neighborhood is filled with apartments with two or three bedroom units located in Mission district. You can find some of the lowest priced units here in the city. They often offer large rooms, galley style kitchen, and a detached garage.


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Image Grid Manipulation
=======================

Overview
--------

There are numerous SimpleITK filters that have similar functions, but very
important differences. The filters that will be compared are:

 - ``JoinSeriesImageFilter()`` - Joins multiple N-D images into an (N+1)-D image
 - ``ComposeImageFilter()`` - Combines several scalar images into a multicomponent vector image
 - ``VectorIndexSelectionCastImageFilter()`` - Extracts the selected index of the input pixel
   type vector (the input image pixel type must be a vector and the output a scalar). Additionally,
   this filter can cast the output pixel type (SetOutputPixelType method).
 - ``ExtractImageFilter()`` - Crops an image to the selected region bounds using vectors;
   Collapses dimensions unless dimension is two
 - ``CropImageFilter()`` - Similar to ``ExtractImageFilter()``, but crops an image by an
   ``itk::Size`` at upper and lower bounds
 - Image Slicing Operator - Uses slicing (``img[i:j, k:l]``) to extract a subregion of an image

All of these operations will maintain the physical location of the pixels,
instead modifying the image's metadata.

Comparisons
-----------

Composition Filters
+++++++++++++++++++
While ``JoinSeriesImageFilter()`` merges multiple images of the same pixel
type in N dimensions into an image in N+1 dimensions, ``ComposeImageFilter()``
will combine scalar images into a vector image of the same dimension. The
former is useful for connecting a series of contiguous images while the latter
is more useful for merging multiple channels of the same object into one image
(such as RGB).

Extraction Filters
++++++++++++++++++
``VectorIndexSelectionCastImageFilter()`` will isolate a single channel in a
vector image and return a scalar image. On the other hand,
``ExtractImageFilter()`` and ``CropImageFilter()`` will extract and return a
subregion of an image, using an ExtractionRegion size and index and
``itk::Size``'s respectively. However, note that only the
``ExtractImageFilter()`` collapses dimensions. The image slicing operator
can also serve the same purpose.

Code
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  .. tab:: Python

    .. literalinclude:: ImageGridManipulation.py
       :language: python
       :lines: 1,19-

  .. tab:: R

    .. literalinclude:: ImageGridManipulation.R
       :language: R
       :lines: 18-


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Measles Progress At Risk Worldwide
FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2019, file photo, Philippine National Red Cross and Health Department volunteers conduct house-to-house measles vaccination to children at an informal settlers community in Manila, Philippines.
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.
Measles can spread easily from person to person, but it is a fully preventable disease.
The World Health Organization notes that a safe, effective vaccine has protected billions of children against measles over the past 50 years.
However, all that progress is now at risk.
Katherine O'Brien is the director of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at the WHO. She says that progress is at risk because of a failure to vaccinate children in all parts of the world.
"Measles as a virus is one of the most contagious infections that there is. For every case of measles that occurs in a setting where people are not immune, nine to 10 additional cases will occur simply because of exposure to that case."
Measles is a virus. It lives in the nose and throat mucus of an infected person. "It can spread to others through coughing and sneezing," reports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Measles is spread through droplets in the air. The virus can live for up to two hours on surfaces where the infected person coughed or sneezed. If other people touch the surface or breathe the same air, they can get sick.
Signs of the disease
Signs of measles include:
high body temperature
red, watery eyes
small, white areas on the inside of the mouth
a discoloration of the skin (It begins on face and spreads downward.)
A skin rash is the clearest sign that a person has the disease. However, the person can be contagious for up to four days before the rash appears. So, the infected person may not know they are sick and then pass the virus to others.
How many cases worldwide?
The WHO says 229,000 cases of measles were reported last year worldwide. But WHO officials are not sure of the exact number. They say the number of reported cases represents less than 10 percent of actual cases.
So, the disease is infecting millions of other people. And millions are not getting vaccinated. In 2017, the WHO reported that more than 19.9 million people were not protected against the measles.
Katrina Kertsinger is a WHO medical officer in the Expanded Program on Immunization. She says there have been measles outbreaks in all parts of Africa, including the island of Madagascar.
The WHO reports that in poor countries, many children do not get vaccinated because they do not live near health clinics. In wealthier countries, the measles vaccine is widely available. But some parents sometimes choose not to have their children vaccinated because of claims that the vaccine is dangerous.
Jocelyn Smith cares for her 11-month-old son, Mason at their home in Camas, Wash., Jan. 30, 2019. Smith has been afraid to take Mason out of the house during a measles outbreak in southwest Washington because he is too young to receive the measles vaccine
Anti-vaxxer movement in the U.S.
In the United States, health officials are urging parents to get their children vaccinated for measles. Some parents object to vaccines for moral, religious, personal or philosophical reasons.
U.S. health experts announced 19 years ago that the disease was no longer a threat to the public. Yet 18 states give parents the right not to vaccinate their children.
One such state is Washington in the Pacific Northwest. A recent outbreak of measles there has health officials working hard to contain it. On February 5, there were 50 cases of measles reported in Washington.
Signs posted at a clinic in Vancouver, Washington warns patients and visitors of a measles outbreak. A measles outbreak near Portland, Ore., has revived a bitter debate over personal belief exemptions to childhood vaccinations, 2019. (File Photo)
In the U.S., rural areas often have higher numbers of unvaccinated children. But there are also large numbers in some big cities, such as Houston, Austin and Seattle.
Measles makes people very sick, and it is especially dangerous for young children. It can lead to other health problems such as pneumonia or encephalitis. Encephalitis is a swelling, or enlargement, of the brain. It can be deadly or lead to permanent disability.
Doctors, including the U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, are urging parents to get their children vaccinated.
"As the United States Surgeon General, I want everyone to know that the best protection against measles is getting vaccinated."
And that's the Health & Lifestyle report. I'm Anna Matteo.
For VOA News, Carol Pearson reported from Washington, DC and Lisa Schelin reported from Geneva. Anna Matteo adapted their reports for Learning English. George Grow was the editor.
Quiz - Measles Progress At Risk Worldwide
contagious – adj. having a sickness that can be passed to someone else by touching
immune – adj. not capable of being affected by a disease
exposure – n. the fact or condition of being subject to some effect or influence
mucus – n. a thick liquid that is produced in some parts of the body (such as the nose and throat)
cough – v. to force air through your throat with a short, loud noise often because you are sick
sneeze – v. to suddenly force air out through your nose and mouth with a usually loud noise because your body is reacting to dust, a sickness, etc.
rash – n. a group of red spots on the skin that is caused by an illness or a reaction to something
outbreak – n. a sudden start or increase of fighting or disease
anti-vaxxer - a person who opposes vaccinations or laws that mandate vaccination
WHO: Almost 13 Million Babies Missed Vaccines in 2016
Fear of Vaccines Blamed for US Measles Outbreak

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At Labs, our research groups live at the cutting edge of innovation for Accenture and our clients. But living at the cutting edge means we're always looking for ways to push even further!
For FY19, we're building richer experiences, growing our main Labs locations around the world, and expanding our powerful Nano Labs program to bring Labs research to life in locations around the globe.
We're going bolder, pushing our cross-group initiatives forward to make the most of our expertise across R&D groups, as well as partnering with other groups within Accenture to drive innovation for our clients. Our efforts in Industry X.0, Enterprise Artificial General Intelligence, and Tech4Good look to combine the power of our global expertise.
We're looking further, adding two new exploration areas: smart materials and synthetic biology and computing. Smart textiles have broad implications across industries from healthcare to entertainment, while biocomputation will expand existing computing paradigms and unlock new possibilities in artificial intelligence. These areas will complement our existing R&D groups in artificial intelligence, digital experiences, application engineering, systems and platforms, and cyber security, powering innovative research that pushes further ahead than ever.
We don't just invent the future. We build it.
As FY19 gets underway, our Labbers are pushing further ahead than ever before. Watch this space for the latest "updates from the future" – we can't wait to show you what we're building.
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A/RES/40/61
Measures to prevent international terrorism which endangers or takes innocent human lives or jeopardizes fundamental freedoms and study of the underlying causes of those forms of terrorism and acts of violence which He in misery, frustration, grievance and despair and which cause some people to sacrifice human lives, including their own, in an attempt to effect radical changes
Recalling its resolutions 3034 (XXVII) of 18 December 1972, 31/102 of 15 December 1976, 32/147 of 16 December 1977, 34/145 of 17 December 1979, 36/109 of 10 December 1981 and 38/130 of 19 December 1983,
Recalling also the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,1 the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security,2 the Definition of Aggression 3 and relevant instruments on international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflict,
Further recalling the existing international conventions relating to various aspects of the problem of international terrorism, inter alia, the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, signed at Tokyo on 14 September 1963,4 the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970 5 the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on 23 September 1971,6 the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, signed at New York on 14 December 1973,7 and the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages, adopted at New York on 17 December 1979,8
Deeply concerned about the world-wide escalation of acts of terrorism in all its forms, which endanger or take innocent human lives, jeopardize fundamental freedoms and seriously impair the dignity of human beings,
Taking note of the deep concern and condemnation of all acts of international terrorism expressed by the Security Council and the Secretary-General,
Convinced of the importance of expanding and improving international co-operation among States, on a bilateral and multilateral basis, which will contribute to the elimination of acts of international terrorism and their underlying causes and to the prevention and elimination of this criminal scourge,
Reaffirming the principle of self-determination of peoples enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming also the inalienable right to self-determination and independence of all peoples under colonial and racist régimes and other forms of alien domination, and upholding the legitimacy of their struggle, in particular the struggle of national liberation movements, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter and of the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,
Mindful of the necessity of maintaining and safeguarding the basic rights of the individual in accordance with the relevant international human rights instruments and generally accepted international standards,
Convinced of the importance of the observance by States of their obligations under the relevant international conventions to ensure that appropriate law enforcement measures are taken in connection with the offences addressed in those Conventions,
Expressing its concern that in recent years terrorism has taken on forms that have an increasingly deleterious effect on international relations, which may jeopardize the very territorial integrity and security of States,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,9
1.	Unequivocally condemns, as criminal, all acts, methods and practices of terrorism wherever and by whomever committed, including those which jeopardize friendly relations among States and their security;
2.	Deeply deplores the loss of innocent human lives which results from such acts of terrorism;
3.	Also deplores the pernicious impact of acts of international terrorism on relations of co-operation among States, including co-operation for development;
4.	Appeals to all States that have not yet done so to consider becoming party to the existing international conventions relating to various aspects of international terrorism;
5.	Invites all States to take all appropriate measures at the national level with a view to the speedy and final elimination of the problem of international terrorism, such as the harmonization of domestic legislation with existing international conventions, the fulfilment of assumed international obligations, and the prevention of the preparation and organization in their respective territories of acts directed against other States;
6.	Calls upon all States to fulfil their obligations under international law to refrain from organizing, instigating, assisting or participating in terrorist acts in other States, or acquiescing in activities within their territory directed towards the commission of such acts;
7.	Urges all States not to allow any circumstances to obstruct the application of appropriate law enforcement measures provided for in the relevant conventions to which they are party to persons who commit acts of international terrorism covered by those conventions;
8.	Also urges all States to co-operate with one another more closely, especially through the exchange of relevant information concerning the prevention and combating of terrorism, the apprehension and prosecution or extradition of the perpetrators of such acts, the conclusion of special treaties and/or the incorporation into appropriate bilateral treaties of special clauses, in particular regarding the extradition or prosecution of terrorists;
9.	Further urges all States, unilaterally and in co-operation with other States, as well as relevant United Nations organs, to contribute to the progressive elimination of the causes underlying international terrorism and to pay special attention to all situations, including colonialism, racism and situations involving mass and flagrant violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms and those involving alien occupation, that may give rise to international terrorism and may endanger international peace and security;
10.	Calls upon all States to observe and implement the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on International Terrorism contained in its report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session;10
11.	Also calls upon all States to take all appropriate measures, as recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organization and as set forth in relevant international conventions, to prevent terrorist attacks against civil aviation transport and other forms of public transport;
12.	Encourages the International Civil Aviation Organization to continue its efforts aimed at promoting universal acceptance of and strict compliance with the international air security conventions;
13.	Requests the International Maritime Organization to study the problem of terrorism aboard or against ships with a view to making recommendations on appropriate measures;
14.	Requests the Secretary-General to follow up, as appropriate, the implementation of the present resolution and to submit a report to the General Assembly at its forty-second session;
15.	Decides to include the item in the provisional agenda of its forty-second session.
108th plenary meeting
1Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.
2Resolution 2734 (XXV).
3Resolution 3314 (XXIX), annex
4United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 704, No. 10106. p. 219.
5Ibid., vol. 860, No. 12325, p. 106.
6United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, vol. 24, part one (1973), p. 268.
7United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1035. No. 15410, p. 167.
8Resolution 34/146, annex.
9A/40/445 and Add. 1 and 2.
10Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No.37 (A/34/37).


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Bringing Wonder to Data: 5-Minute Interview with Weidong Yang
Jocelyn Hoppa, Managing Editor, Neo4j Mar 08, 2019 5 mins read
"It was an aha moment. Integrating our solution with Neo4j allowed us to focus on the critical things we do well, visualization and interactivity," said Weidong Yang, CEO of Kineviz.
San Francisco-based Kineviz believes that working with data is often more of an art than an engineering skill, and so they use subtle artistic cues to surface complex information in high-dimensional datasets. Kineviz specializes in visualizing and presenting complex data so that users can sense interesting things that are going on in their data and use it as input to determine where to dig in to get quantifiable results.
In this week's five-minute interview (conducted at GraphConnect 2018 in NYC), we spoke with Weidong Yang, CEO of Kineviz, about his insights into why visualization is key to exploring high-dimensional data and the company's recent work in integrating their product with Neo4j.
What made you choose Neo4j?
Weidong Yang: At Kineviz, we have learned a lot about how we experience things, how we perceive information, using very subtle cues from artistic exploration. And we bring that artistic understanding and exploration into data visualization.
Believe it or not, working with data is often more of an art than an engineering skill. There's so much information available that you have to use a lot of intuition before you can figure out what is being quantified.
About six years ago, I was working on another startup. We tried to use social networks to build a trust system for the sharing economy. Today there are a lot of companies that do that. It's quite successful. But around 2011 and 2012, it was still early.
One of the things that we investigated was using networks to figure out how and in what areas you could trust somebody and how people could be paired to work together or share something.
We did a lot of graph work at the time without actually using a graph database. We built our own graph visualization engines in mostly 2D. And the problem we encountered at the time was that once the network graph grew beyond a certain size, it became very difficult to see. All the structure gets smashed together. The local clusters may be separate, but if they have some connections, they are very likely smashed together.
A few years later, we started trying 3D technology, and we realized that it let you see the information much clearer, making the separation of clusters much easier. At the time, we were still using our own in-memory graph engine.
We did a lot of work, trying to build graph algorithms. Last year at this time, believe it or not, we started thinking about Neo4j. We said, wait a minute, Neo4j seems to have solved all of the hard problems we are trying to solve; let's try it.
We started integrating our solution with Neo4j. That was the aha moment. Things became so much easier, which allowed us to focus on the critical things we do well, visualization and interactivity, and leave a lot of hard data problems to Neo4j. I think it makes a lot of sense.
Tell me more about graph visualization
Yang: I can offer my view about why Neo4j matters for us, especially from the perspective of my own background. I'm a trained physicist. I used to work with quantum dots.
Graph is a high-dimensional problem because of all the nodes and the interactions among them.
Visualization has always been an important tool for me to get insight into complex data. Once you can see something, it helps you to gain some intuition and direction and then you can work to get quantitative results that you can communicate to people.
I've found high-dimensional problems particularly challenging. Take, for example, architectural blueprints. If you are a trained architect, you can look at blueprints and make sense of them. But when other people look at blueprints, they have no clue.
Architecture is a three-dimensional structure, and you are trying to represent it into two-dimensional space. It's very difficult. It takes a lot of brainpower to reconstruct it.
The same thing happens in a high-dimensional dataset. When we deal with a high-dimensional dataset, if you have to look at a two-dimensional visualization, it becomes very difficult. Having the actual dimensions is not an incremental but a qualitative jump.
What do you think is in store for the future of graphs?
Yang: I think graph technology is very promising and very important. For example, we all know that our experience with knowledge is all essentially graphs, connecting how things relate to each other.
But graph technology as a tool for understanding and for analysis is still I would say at the beginning phase. I think there are a lot of problems that need to be resolved. It's very easy for a graph to become complex. When you only have a few entities, it's easy to think about it and to reason on the graph. But when the graph becomes complicated, our brain can't make sense of it because there are too many dimensions, too many things in play.
I think there's a lot of research that needs to be done in making graphs accessible, easy for people to understand and useful in all kinds of applications.
What do you think is the strongest aspect of Neo4j?
Yang: I'd like to offer one thought from a scientist's perspective, working with the model and the data. I think there's a particular area where Neo4j offers an important solution: when you deal with information in a graph that is very complex. Let's say you have a few labels, but each label has a lot of entities, and there are many, many properties. This is a traditional data problem mixed with a graph problem. And because of its labeled property graph, Neo4j is very well positioned to address this area.
Anything else you'd like to add?
Yang: Although we operate mostly as a consulting firm, people probably don't know that Kineviz also has a parallel art nonprofit company that brings dance, interactive technology and visualization together.
Want to share about your Neo4j project in a future 5-Minute Interview? Drop us a line at content@neo4j.com
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What Is Going On With These Collapsing Healthcare Stocks?
Shares of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AHS), Team Health Holdings LLC (NYSE:TMH), LifePoint Health Inc (NASDAQ:LPNT), and Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) are down in afternoon trading as investors rush to the exits of healthcare services stocks. Let's examine what has triggered this flight and whether it projects to be a short-term setback or a long-term downtrend.
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AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AHS), Team Health Holdings LLC (NYSE:TMH), LifePoint Health Inc (NASDAQ:LPNT), and Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) are all down because Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) released very lousy preliminary third quarter data due to weak volumes and lower-than-expected sales caused by a deterioration in revenue payer mix. For the quarter, Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) expects to realize total revenue of $4.8 billion, adjusted EBITDA of $661 million, and EPS from continuing operations of $0.56. This is a big miss compared to analyst expectations of $0.88 in EPS on revenue of $4.99 billion. Same-store admissions declined by 2.1% year-over-year while same-store net revenue per adjusted admission rose by 1% year-over-year.
Because the same fundamental factors affect health service firms across the industry, investors fear other healthcare service firms' results will be soft too. If Community Health Systems, an operator of hospitals, is seeing less business, then AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AHS), whose nurse staffing business makes up almost 70% of its revenue, could see less demand too. The same is true for Team Health Holdings LLC (NYSE:TMH), a provider of outsourced healthcare professional administrative and staffing services to hospitals. Hospital and outpatient operators such as LifePoint Health Inc (NASDAQ:LPNT) and acute care operators such as Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) might similarly see less traffic, and their revenue payer mix could be disappointing. Relative valuation could also be another reason why investors are selling.
On the next page, we'll talk about the industry's long-term prospects.


The homeownership rate in the United States is about 64 percent, of which married couples make up the majority (United States Census Bureau). A home is typically a couples' most significant investment, so ensuring proper asset protection should be a priority. Some states allow for a type of property ownership called Tenancy by the Entirety (TBE). TBE is a form of property ownership that exists exclusively for married couples, where each spouse owns 100 percent of the property, and is the frequently presented option for married couples titling a house. However, what many don't realize is that TBE is not exclusive to real estate, and can also be applied to personal property, such as bank and investment accounts or car and collectibles.
But is TBE always the best option for all married couples?
Owning personal or residential property as TBE is a tool that roughly half of the U.S. and the District of Columbia allows, yet based on our experience, we see few clients utilize this structure because its advantages are not well-known. Some married couples may want to consider re-titling their property, especially sizable bank or investment accounts, as TBE for two primary reasons.
Property owned as TBE cannot be severed, such as in a lawsuit against one spouse, without the consent of both co-owners. Because of this severance protection, creditors of one spouse alone have no claim to property held as TBE, (assuming it wasn't established through fraudulent means).
TBE considers the spouses as "one"; essentially the marriage is the owner of the property and cannot be acted upon without the consent of both parties of the marriage. This added legal protection may make TBE ownership a compelling alternative to traditional joint ownership options, like Joint Tenancy with Rights of Survivorship or Tenancy in Common.
Upon the passing of the first spouse, TBE property avoids going through probate, the costly and burdensome legal process of validating a deceased person's will. Keep in mind however, that once the first spouse in a TBE arrangement passes away, the TBE asset protection disappears.
The property becomes the possession of the surviving owner, requiring additional estate planning action to be taken to protect the property for the benefit of the surviving spouse. Without further planning, property owned solely by the surviving spouse may be subject to probate at their passing.
Despite its benefits, TBE is not a one-size-fits-all financial planning solution, so it may not be the right fit in your situation.
Someone in a second marriage may not want to own property through TBE, as they may prefer their property to be passed down to a child or charity instead of their spouse. In those types of scenarios, owners could utilize Joint Tenancy with Rights of Survivorship or a Transfer on Death designation instead.
TBE property is also considered marital property in the case of a divorce, which may be a disadvantage to the original property owner. This means that if a solely-owning spouse re-titles their property to TBE upon their marriage, that property then becomes subject to an equitable distribution at the divorce instead of otherwise being separate property and thus unrelated to divorce proceedings.
Because TBE property is viewed as effectively being owned by the marriage, neither spouse can dispose of the asset without the consent of the other. While this provides for the creditor protection of TBE, if each spouse prefers independent access to the property, then TBE may be unnecessarily prohibitive.
Another downside to TBE property is the limited availability nationwide, which can create planning complications for families with properties in multiple states. Additionally, not all states that provide for TBE allow personal property to be retitled as TBE.
Whatever the specific situation, it's important to consider your intentions for your property upon your passing. To determine the best type of property ownership for your needs, consult your financial advisor and other professionals well-versed in the legal complexities and tax implications involved in property ownership options. If possible, try to get these professionals in a room together to collaborate so that you and your spouse have a comprehensive financial strategy that fully meets your needs and goals.
To learn more about TBE or other types of property ownership, contact your financial advisor or click here to contact us.
Neither Cassaday & Company, Inc., Royal Alliance Associates, nor its agents or representatives can provide tax, legal or accounting advice. Please consult your attorney or tax advisor about your specific circumstances.


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Rihanna is such a style icon that it's no surprise that brands are tripping over themselves to feature the Barbadian beauty in their campaigns. The latest acquisition for the singer is the spring/summer 2014 campaign for Balmain, which she announced over Instagram Tuesday with a photo from her campaign shoot.
"Guess who's the new BALMAIN Woman???!!!!!!! #BALMAIN #MommaImadeIt #CaribbeanGalRunTing," she wrote for the caption.
Rihanna has been a longtime fan of the French label and the label's creative director, Olivier Rousteing, told WWD that working with Rih Rih was "a dream come true."
"When the woman that inspires you wears your creations, your vision feels complete," Rousteing said.
"Rihanna embodies my vision of Balmain in this new campaign," he continued. "In front of the camera, she makes you feel like she is the only girl in the world."
The campaign was shot in New York City last month by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and the singer was styled by her own Mel Ottenberg. The shoot takes place in a steam room in which she's wearing a pink-and-white kimono coat with white lace gold-toed and heeled boots in one look and an off-the-shoulders denim-and-gold ensemble in a second look.


Marvel Studios and Disney's Thor: The Dark World thundered its way to a $86.1 million domestic launch as it continued its global assault, finishing the weekend with a sizeable $327 million in worldwide ticket sales.
That's an impressive start considering the first Thor, which debuted to $65.7 million domestically in May 2011, grossed $449.3 million globally in all. The sequel nabbed one of the top November openings of all time in North America, although it couldn't quite match the $88.4 million earned by Skyfall on the same weekend a year ago.
Marvel Studios is making it look easy at this point, which is rather impressive given the number of moving parts each of these films have. Kevin Feige, President of Production at Marvel Studios, must be eating his Cheerios or Wheaties over the last couple of years, because his job performance has been strong.
Anyone who goes to 'Thor: The Dark World' looking for a complex plot will be disappointed: Creatures of darkness want to fill all of existence filled with darkness. Thor must stop them. He does. The end.
Those who are looking for a little action, a little adventure, a helping of humor and a good dose of Tom Hiddleston's Loki making everything he touches awesome will be pleased. Adopted kid who has all sorts of issues with mother, father and brother constantly plots and plans ways to show that he loves them — and hates them — to death. The end.
Chris Hemsworth does a fine job as Thor — he looks the part, is believably noble and worthy of Mjolnir — but it's the nature of his relationship with his adopted brother Loki that makes the trek to the movie theater worth it. Hiddleston, in many ways, is the glue that holds the whole thing together. Without him, 'The Dark World' becomes an exponentially duller film. It may seem sad that, in his own movie, Thor needs Loki in order to achieve his full box-office potential, but is it really? You can't have Yin without Yang, and you can't fully appreciate Thor's honor without holding him up to the actions of his mischievous brother.
Note: To the person who sees Marvel movies and then continues to leave as soon as the end credits begin to roll, I have a question for you: Why? You know you're not supposed to, but you do it anyway. I say this out of love: Get with the program, already.
If House Democrats have their way, your favorite Marvel superheroes will be hit with a "windfall profits" tax once an arbitrarily defined level of success has been met. Republicans argue that this will result in fewer superhero movies making it to the market.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is trying to find an 11th hour solution to Marvel Studios' The Avengers, which is primed to be one of this summer's biggest blockbusters. Sources close to producers Avi Arad and Jon Favreau have confirmed that the California Democrat has been in touch with Marvel Studios, and that a "windfall profits" tax will be in place before Friday, May 4 if Democrats can cobble together enough votes.
"Investments." "Risk." "Reward." Such is the language of the Republican Party. Extremists. The GOP would have you believe that it was a "risk" to set up an Avengers movie with a series of films based on many of the individual characters: Thor, Hulk, Iron Man and Captain America. They would have you believe that an Avengers movie was no sure bet, and that the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on these movies and their marketing campaigns by no means guaranteed success. Rubbish! It's high time Hollywood paid its fair share. If Democrats have their way, Marvel Studios will be the first to pay a windfall profits tax on its flagship characters, in addition to their corporate taxes (which also need higher rates). Warner Bros. will then follow suit in August, when The Dark Knight Rises takes number one at the box office. Behind every Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark movie are greedy Hollywood producers; that will change starting today.
Avengers also is tracking better than Lionsgate's blockbuster The Hunger Games, which posted a record March bow of $152.5 million to score the third-best opening of all time behind Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Dark Knight, respectively.
According to first tracking, unaided awareness in Avengers is 13 percent, compared with 10 percent for Dark Knight and 11 percent for Hunger Games; first choice is 23 percent, tying with Hunger Games and higher than the 19 percent for Dark Knight.
Total awareness is 85 percent, compared with 76 percent for Dark Knight and 74 percent for Hunger Games; definite interest is 61 percent, versus 62 percent for Dark Knight and 54 percent for Hunger Games.


Seven people died when a three-story building collapsed in heavy rains in western India, an official said.
The dilapidated building crumbled on the outskirts of Indian's financial capital Mumbai late last night.
"So far we have rescued 10 injured and removed seven bodies while three more are still missing,'' National Disaster Response Force official Alok Avasthy told AFP.
"It was an old structure that had been declared unsafe, yet four or five families continued to reside there,'' Avasthy said, adding that monsoon rains were hampering the relief effort.


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Anyone who's less up to speed with the techno/electronica world (or if you're American you just get to use the sweeping generalisation of EDM), and therefore many readers of The Sound Of Confusion, a predominantly guitar-based site, might not be overly familiar with Kris Menace, either under this name or his other aliases, but those with a passion for all things electronic will know he's a musician and producer of some note. Miss Kittin may be better known due to her many collaborations with The Hacker. But to cut a long story short; guitar fans, these guys know what they're up to and both are highly acclaimed.
So it's a pleasure to have them teaming up for this single, which naturally comes with a host of remixes. We'll, however, focus on the original which transports their sounds into the more accessible realms of electro-pop and does so with as much conviction and skill as just about anyone else this year. It's pretty much got it all; retro chic, a modern sound, radio-ready beats and a memorable hook. Of course it probably won't be picked up by mainstream radio for whatever stupid selection rules they have and will wind up being a lost classic. Still, at least we've got to hear it and sample its delights.
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Orka started out life a bit rough and he emerged on the other side being the sweetest guy. He is hoping his next home teaches him that home is a safe, warm and loving place to be. Let's show him he deserves the same love he passes out every day to everyone he meets!


When you become a parent your evenings soon turn into an endless array of nappy changes, feeds, stories and even tantrums but as they grow a little older and you do get time to yourself before bed you can certainly make the most of it.
You might not be able to dash off out spontaneously anymore, well not without a babysitter well prepared, but that doesn't mean you have to sit in front of soap operas or twiddling your thumbs all night either!
It's definitely not just for the gents! Grab your own controller, and headpiece if you like, and have fun. Nothing beats some competitive play with your partner or online pals and with so many consoles on the market and games you will definitely find something that you both appreciate. Whether that's a disco dance off, slaying zombies or hunting the other out as a sniper with Call of Duty, it builds bonds, creates conversation and usually makes you giggle - after a hard day at work or looking after the kids it's certainly needed.
Feel good movies like rom-coms can really lift your mood and their emotive themes can leave you feeling a little bit more loved up and connected with your own loved one. Even if you are more of an action and sci-fi fan there are some great films that are worth a watch that you might ordinarily miss. Favourites here are The Vow, This is 40 and Bridesmaids. Grab some popcorn and get comfy.
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An everyday essential but you can always spend an evening with a glass of wine (or two) making and baking something for pleasure. Cooking can be really relaxing and it allows you to be creative without leaving the home. You can explore new cuisines and enjoy sampling your tasty treats - even adding them to the kids lunch boxes for the following day.
If you want to be creative in different ways you could always try crochet or knitting too - it's not just for the elderly!
If you are at home most evenings due to the little ones being in bed you might want to consider a long term plan of action. Signing up for a course with Open Uni can be really refreshing and at the end you will receive a qualification which can help towards your existing or future career plans.
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How do you beat boredom in the evenings?
our mission is to have enough time after the kids have gone to bed so we can watch a movie. Rarely happens!


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I decided it was high time to start prototyping our stop-motion animation program once again. To be honest, I really wanted an excuse to play with the program myself. I decided to do some stop-motion drawing with a dry-erase board. The setup I built for the activitiy wasn't pretty or professional, but my crude setup did not detract Thomas and Aiden, two first time visitors to the Museum. .
I briefly explained the process of animation before they got started. They each took turns drawing and taking pictures. It was funny to watch them take on the roles of "director" and "animator".
Stop-Motion is a tedious process, so this afforded me the opportunity to strike up conversation with the two boys and their dad. We talked about their favorite sports teams. I like the Buffalo Bills. They like the Red Sox. We even discussed ways of making the stop-motion prototype better. They really wanted to be able to save and share their work with other kids. Also, they wanted the ability to edit their project and delete certain pictures.
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Opening with a martial drum roll that segues into an opulent orchestral bit, one could be forgiven for thinking that Anthrax have drained the mead and gone full-on Viking metal. As part of the big four, alongside Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth, the band has always leaned harder on the sociopolitical side of the thrash spectrum, and For All Kings, despite its Lord of the Rings-worthy opening salvo, is no exception. The group's 11th studio long-player, and the first outing for new guitarist Jon Donais, who replaces outgoing shredder Rob Caggiano, For All Kings does nothing to tarnish the band's legacy. Like 2011's Worship Music, which saw the band reuniting with vocalist Joey Belladonna, the 13-track set mostly feels like vintage Anthrax: tight and punishing, with just the right amount of melodic might. That melodic power is derived largely from Belladonna, whose vocals have never sounded better, especially on standout cuts like "Blood Eagle Wings," "All of Them Thieves," "You Gotta Believe," and "Evil Twin," the latter of which was inspired, in part, by the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks. A bit of fatigue sets in near the album's end, via the sluggish "This Battle Chose Us!" and the heated closer "Zero Tolerance," which despite its palpable vitriol, lacks the hooks to take down its quarry, but coming from a band that's 30 years into its career, For All Kings sounds surprisingly vital. The riffs are punchy, the drumming relentless, and nary a note is wasted, and it strikes that balance between artistry and economy that has always made Anthrax an elite metal force. ~ James Christopher Monger
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Q: Windows 10: generate a display with the laptop lid closed Is there a way to make Windows 10 (Home edition with all current updates installed) generate a display on a laptop computer with the lid closed and the following settings?
Control Panel > Power Options > When I close the lid > Do nothing
In this thread concerning remotely controlled laptops with the lids closed, the techie answers that

To fix this, you would need a way to make the remote side generate a
  display with the lid closed. Even an external monitor or dummy plug
  would work.

Now an external monitor is out of the question in my case due to space considerations, but could someone please elaborate on what exactly is meant by a "dummy plug" in this context? Would that be a wireless display adapter or could something less expensive be used?
According to the link, this problem arose after a Windows update, but it's not clear whether this is solely a Windows 10 problem or not. Does anyone know? And, more importantly, does anybody out there have a software fix for this or any other suggestions?
Thanks.
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So I ended up using an older laptop with an earlier Windows version (7.1) running on it instead, and it works flawlessly for the task at hand. Moreover, I can confirm this is in fact a relatively recent Windows 10 problem. I didn't try harrymc's suggestion below, but his is a relatively inexpensive solution that should work in theory, if you don't have a laptop not running on Windows 10 at your disposal. As far as I can tell, no readily available software fix currently exists for Windows 10 for this particular problem.

A: Solution for issues with screen being not refreshed properly when laptop's lid is closed, involves exchanging "ACPI lid" driver with something else:

VERY EASY SOLUTION:

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*open device manager

*in "System devices" find "ACPI lid"

*Open "ACPI lid" properties, and go to "Driver" tab.

*Select "Update driver"

*Choose "Browse my computer for driver software" and "Let me pick.." uncheck "Show compatible hardware"

*And now...in "Manufacturer" select "(Standard system devices)" and model: "Volume manager" (yes, "Volume manager")

*next, next, restart the system and it works!

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Please note that starting from some specific version of Windows 10, the Volume Manager is now filed under 'Microsoft' manufacturer name, and not inside '(Standard system devices)' where it used to be.
Please also note that you will lose the ability to define an action like hibernation/sleep on closing the lid (relevant drop-down list will just disappear from Power Options Control Panel applet).
This might look like a contradiction but I'd love to have both - ability to hibernate the laptop once office worker closes the lid and - at the same time - ability to remotely use the laptop once wakeup timer (or me, via Wake-On-Lan, where applicable) wakes it in the evening.
I suspect that each year with major Win'10 update you will probably have to repeat there steps as Windows will likely redetect ACPI Lid.
I guess that it is just a matter of changing the driver to anything else that won't BSOD, not necessarily Volume Manager, or maybe disabling the 'ACPI Lid' driver will suffice, but I've did just what the instruction said.
This solution is either underrepresented here on SuperUser, or completely absent, since - after reading several questions - I was about to buy not less than 12 HDMI dummy plugs (honestly, I needed just a half of that, but didn't tested then), which is not an ideal solution (something sticks out from the laptop, costs money and is not strictly necessary, as the issue is just a software thing). I've also considered some virtual monitor software, but found none.
This allowed me to 'fix' 5 out of 8 Win'10 laptops, that used to cease refreshing image on the screen with lid closed (three others were not affected, as well as two with Windows 7 and two with Windows 8.1).
Strange thing is that there's no rule as for my 8 laptops. Older machines upgraded to Win'10 (one with forced ATI Radeon x1270 driver, that Win'10 insists on uninstalling with major update each year, another one with ATI Radeon HD 3400 - each has got a VGA out AFAIR) don't exhibit such a behavior. Newish machines from Win'10 era generally do exhibit such a behavior (one HP 15-RA0XX, three Lenovo Ideapads 110-15IBR 80T7, one Acer Aspire A515-52G), but Lenovo v110-15ISK that is somewhere in-between those older Lenovos and HP, judging by BIOS date, is not affected whatsoever. It ain't also a matter of discrete vs. integrated GPU, as all of those Win'10 era machines - but the Acer - got integrated Intel GPUs.
On one of the older laptops (Gateway M-1631U, the one with forced ATI Radeon x1270 driver) I could even add second fake display, though with only 1024x768 resolution - and in spite of correctly updating the screen with lid closed, I don't need that anyway.) On another older laptop (Toshiba Satellite A300 - the one with ATI Radeon HD 3400) I couldn't, but on this one I don't have to as it also works fine with lid closed.

A: A video dummy plug is something that emulates a monitor connection,
like this one:

If that does not help, please explain your problem in more detail.

A: I've just come across this problem after Win10 20H2 update (actually, I held the affected laptop back on v1909, as the same problem occurred on 2004 update and I couldn't be bothered to fix it, until other updates wouldn't install).
The laptop concerned is a Lenovo L440 (more Ham Radio), and I resolved it slightly differently, by forcing Windows to use the Microsoft Basic Display Adaptor, rather that the Intel HD Graphics 4600 driver that windows wants to use (device manager is also happy then)

A: I used the Volume Manager solution on ACPI Lid devicefrom a long time ago, but stopped working last week.
I took the same steps using other options, but all them were reinstalled by Windows after few minutes after boot.
So I tried using "Windows Basic Display Driver" and it worked for me. Actually it makes ACPI Lid to disappear from System devices list, and marks Windows Basic Display Driver itself with yellow exclamation, but I didn't notice any issues on my daily work since the change made.
Since I don't use Sleep/Hibernation feature, and I have external monitor/devices from a dock connected into my laptop (Thinkpad X1 Extreme) to work with closed lid, I am happy again.
I hope it works for you all too! (I am using Windows 10 Home 20H2 latest updated on DEC 2021')
Cheers!

A: I belong to a volunteer ham radio group which uses laptops running win10 to run remote radio equipment. Right now we have limited physical access to the equipment so a remote fix is the only solution for us. I have fixed 4 machines with this problem by doing the following: using Teamviewer use the windowkey+P Return recommended by others. After a couple tries, this gives a window access. Then use the TeamView options, advanced, change driver fix also recommended by others. NOW, in windows, settings, personalization, make sure the background is set to solid and the color check mark IS on a blue color. I found it on black on all but 1 laptop. Leave Team View, then return and hope you have a normal view. This has worked on all 4 of our remote machines and some have had this fix installed for over a month. I have no idea what any win10 update will do to it.
If you are using Anydesk, you know that there is no joy until you fix this black screen problem. I used the Teamview access process to make the screen appear normal. Anydesk is now happy also.
We are working on preparing new laptops for these sites when we eventually get access. We are intending to also add HDMI ghost monitor plugs as extra insurance. Belts and suspenders.


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Florida v. J.L. - Withdrawing Permission to "Lie with Impunity": The Demise of "Truly Anonymous" Informants and the Resurrection of the Aguilar/Spinelli Test for Probably Cause
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Student slideshow from my recent Glacier National Park Photography Workshop with the Wilderness Institute at University of Montana. This workshop is always one of my favorites. We were treated to beautiful golden afternoons, lots of laughs, and spectacular days on the east side of Glacier National Park this year.
The Wilderness Institute runs great programs for the University of Montana and the general public. Please visit their website for upcoming speakers, events, and classes about wilderness and the ethics of environmental protection.


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Portugal and Hungary among countries removed from quarantine exemption list
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By PA Reporters
Portugal, Hungary, French Polynesia and Reunion have been removed from the quarantine exemption list, the Transport Secretary said.
Grant Shapps said that travellers arriving in England from those countries after 4am on Saturday will have to self-isolate for 14 days.
Mr Shapps tweeted that Portugal, excluding the Azores and Madeira, Hungary, French Polynesia and Reunion will be removed from the travel corridor list while Sweden will be added to the exemption list.
His tweet added: "Data shows we need to remove Portugal (minus the Azores and Madeira), Hungary, French Polynesia and Reunion from the Travel Corridor list to keep everyone safe.
"If you arrive in England from these destinations after 4am Saturday, you will need to self-isolate for 14 days.
"Through enhanced data we now have the capability to assess islands separate to their mainland countries. If you arrive in England from the Azores or Madeira, you will NOT need to self-isolate for 14 days.
"This week, Sweden has been added to the Travel Corridors list. If you arrive In England from Sweden, you will not need to self-isolate for 14 days."
But the move was branded a "major body blow to consumer confidence to travel" by the World Travel and Tourism Council.
Its president and chief executive Gloria Guevara said: "Taking Portugal and Hungary off the exception list has left families in a race against time to find flights and get home to avoid going into 14 days of isolation or cancel their already made plans.
"This depressingly familiar situation is a major body blow to consumer confidence to travel.
"For while Madeira and the Azores will be excluded from the quarantine list under the Government's new 'island policy', it will come as little comfort to the vast majority of holidaymakers, and the embattled travel and tourism sector, which has seen the 2020 summer holiday season effectively crushed."
The Northern Ireland Executive announced the same changes as England.
Portugal reported 646 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, which is its highest daily total since late April.
This means Portugal's seven-day rate of cases per 100,000 people is 28.3.
The seven-day rate for Hungary is 31.6 and 71.3 in French Polynesia, while it was 10.8 in Sweden.
A seven-day rate of 20 is the threshold above which the UK Government considers triggering quarantine conditions.
Figures have been calculated by the PA news agency based on data collected by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
Mr Shapps said that all travellers returning to the UK must complete a passenger locator form by law.
He added: "All travellers returning to the UK must complete a passenger locator form by law.
"This is vital in protecting public health and ensuring those who need to are complying with self-isolation rules.
"It is a criminal offence not to complete the form and spot checks will be taking place."
The changes mean that holidaymakers face a scramble to return home before restrictions come into force.
But Paul Charles, chief executive of travel consultancy The PC Agency, said the weekly review system was not helping to revive confidence in travel.
He added: "I urge the Government to adopt a traffic lights system so that consumers are more clearly informed about countries at risk. This would reassure and enable people to book trips with more certainty."
On Monday, the Department for Transport launched a new islands policy for travel corridors, which saw mainland Greece keep its exemption but seven islands have restrictions reimposed.
Meanwhile, more than a dozen airline leaders have written to Boris Johnson, warning that the islands policy is "by no means enough to support the sector".
The letter, whose signatories include the chief executives of easyJet, Ryanair, British Airways and industry association Airlines UK, called for airport testing to be implemented before the end of September as a way of reducing self-isolation periods to five days.
It asked the Prime Minister to begin trialling tests on arrival and after five days on a route such as London-New York "to give ministers reassurance that a one-test-on-arrival system is safe".
The airline leaders want certain mainland regions of countries to be added to the quarantine exemption list.
They also asked Mr Johnson to waive air passenger duty for 12 months and extend the Job Retention Scheme for aviation workers.
The letter warned that "our industry is in crisis" and the UK is "falling well behind international rivals".
It concluded: "We ask you to act urgently to implement a programme of recovery for our sector."
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New Army Command Aims to Help Counter China, Russia Threats
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The creation of a new Texas-based Army command focused on the future will help the soldier service adapt to the emerging threats from powers such as China and Russia after years of counterinsurgency warfare, Army leaders said Friday.
Gen. Mark Milley, the Army's chief of staff, told reporters that the military recognized that China and Russia have improved their military capabilities while the U.S. has been fighting insurgents in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere for the past 16 years or more.
"We are in the midst of a change in the very character of war," said Milley, adding that the Army set aside major modernization programs in order to fight the current fight. "No one was solely dedicated to looking into the deep future and determining the implications to the United States Army and the conduct of ground combat of this changing character of war that we're coming to grips with."
In response, the Army announced it will launch the Futures Command in Austin, Texas, aimed at insuring the service is ready for future wars.
Army Secretary Mark Esper said the command is the Army's most significant reorganization in decades and will help provide soldiers with the weapons and equipment they need when they need it.
The Army laid out plans to create the command last October, marking the first time since 1973 that the service has added such a high-level, new headquarters.
The command is expected to have a staff of about 500 people, led by a four-star general. Ryan McCarthy, the undersecretary of the Army, said the incentive package offered by the city of Austin is still under discussion, and there are no final costs yet for the command.
Initially, 15 cities were in contention, but the Army narrowed down the list to five finalists last month: Austin, Boston, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Raleigh, North Carolina.
McCarthy said that Austin outscored all the other cities on the key criteria, including access to universities with high quality engineering schools, academic talent, flourishing incubators for high-tech startups and a good quality of life and reasonable cost of living.
An advance team is already heading to Austin to begin setting up the command, which the Army said should be fully operational in about a year.
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This evening David Moffett of the Furman University Physics Department was hosting a viewing of Comet Pan-STARRS on campus. Laura and I decided to head up and see if we could spot it. Of course, I came overloaded with cameras, telescopes, and binoculars. I wasn't going to miss out on a photographic opportunity.
When we arrived the sun had just set, and the weather was iffy at best. A low bank of clouds covered the horizon, and a larger bank could be found above that. There was a gap in the clouds that might allow for viewing, but we were afraid the comet would be behind the clouds.
David was the only one there, and was setting up two small telescopes – a Celestron NextStar and a small Meade, both about the same size as my Celestron C90. Of course, he had much better tripods with drive mounts. Still, I set up the telescope with my Nikon D7000 attached with a T-Mount. One student also stopped by, and we all started looking for the comet in binoculars. It took me awhile, but eventually I found it in the gap between clouds.
Finding the comet in binoculars and finding it in my telescope were two different things. I eventually found it in the spotter scope, but when I snapped a picture nothing came out but dark sky. I cranked up the ISO setting on the camera and set it for a 2″ exposure, and finally captured the image above. I managed to get two other shots, but that was the best one. Eventually the comet did set into the cloud bank.
We stayed and looked at the moon and Jupiter's moons through David's telescopes after the comet set. It made me wish for a better scope of my own. However, since we live in such a light-polluted area, that wouldn't make much sense.
Still, I'm glad I got the shot. I'll consider this practice for this fall when Comet ISON comes around.


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Transforming growth factor β2 level is elevated in neurons of Alzheimer's disease brains
Atsushi Noguchi, Mikiro Nawa, Sadakazu Aiso, Koichi Okamoto, Masaaki Matsuoka
Our earlier studies in vitro indicated that expression of TGFβ2 was induced by toxic amyloid βs (Aβs) in both glial and neuronal cells and increased levels of TGFβ2 triggered a neuronal cell death pathway related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) by binding to the extracellular domain of amyloid β precursor protein (APP). In this study we have demonstrated by immunohistochemical analysis that the levels of TGFβ2 are elevated in cells mainly consisting of neurons of both the hippocampi and cerebral cortices of human AD brains. This result indicates that upregulation of the TGFβ2 level is a common pathological feature of AD brains and suggests that it may be closely linked to the development of neuronal death related to AD.
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Noguchi, A., Nawa, M., Aiso, S., Okamoto, K., & Matsuoka, M. (2010). Transforming growth factor β2 level is elevated in neurons of Alzheimer's disease brains. International Journal of Neuroscience, 120(3), 168-175. https://doi.org/10.3109/00207450903139689
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Noguchi, A, Nawa, M, Aiso, S, Okamoto, K & Matsuoka, M 2010, 'Transforming growth factor β2 level is elevated in neurons of Alzheimer's disease brains', International Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 120, no. 3, pp. 168-175. https://doi.org/10.3109/00207450903139689
Noguchi A, Nawa M, Aiso S, Okamoto K, Matsuoka M. Transforming growth factor β2 level is elevated in neurons of Alzheimer's disease brains. International Journal of Neuroscience. 2010 Apr;120(3):168-175. https://doi.org/10.3109/00207450903139689
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Raise awareness of dementia across local communities.
Develop dementia friendly communities for people with dementia so that their interaction with local businesses, shops and care providers is as pleasant and stress-free as possible.
Seek membership from businesses, services, the care sector and organisations both in the town centre and the wider community.
A Dementia Friends session takes just one hour and gives an insight into dementia and how to support those around you with dementia. The session also provides practical suggestions of how you as individuals and your organisation as a whole can be more dementia friendly. Find scheduled sessions at www.dementiafriends.org.uk or contact michelle.berry@reading.gov.uk to arrange a session for your organisation.
Whilst running a Dementia Friends session for your staff, volunteers and/or members may be the first step, there are other things you can do to ensure your organisation is dementia friendly. There are checklists for a range of different businesses organisations, which can be requested from michelle.berry@reading.gov.uk so that you can work towards making your building and organisation dementia friendly.
The Dementia Action Alliance exists to develop Reading as a Dementia Friendly town and will be most effective with the widest representation and involvement from businesses and organisations across Reading. As well as the Reading-wide group. Neighbourhood-based DAA groups have also been established, so if this is more relevant to you, get in touch with Michelle.berry@reading.gov.uk to get involved.
As a dementia champion, you would commit to training up others as dementia friends by delivering the short 1 hour training session. Free one-day training sessions are running at venues around Berkshire and you are then tasked with helping 100 other people become dementia friends.


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The results are in. And startups across Australia have spoken. Media coverage is the number one need for founders in the next six months according to the latest Startup Muster report.
So you've got a great product, what do you do next?
Well at the very early stages you probably don't need an agency. The time to think about external support is when you have a working product with a pipeline of regular news and the need for customers, staff, partners or investment I'd say as a rough guide.
These steps should help with taking what you want to say and turning it into something the media will care about.
As a founder you'll be used to giving your elevator speech at networking events. Which is great. However you're not always going to use the same pitch for securing media coverage. And only telling people what you do won't be enough. Unfortunately you're not the only one spruiking your wares. And sadly not everyone will care about your startup or the product you've just launched. So maybe hold off on the press release for the beta launch of version 4.1.
You need to give a journalist a reason to write about your story. A hook.
– Do you have a product/service which is genuinely new and different?
– Or has a tech giant like Facebook, just bought a company that operates in your space?
– Or has the government allocated more funds for R&D in your industry?
2. What makes a story?
Tying yourself to the news agenda will give the journalist a better chance of getting a story greenlit from their editor – because not only is it topical, but it's part of a wider trend which is in itself newsworthy. Give them what they need.
Firsts – has your startup created a world-first or global breakthrough in research?
A familiar product/service with a new twist – are you the Uber…for gardeners?
An interesting backstory (profile interview) – did you meet your co-founder while dancing naked round a fire at Burning Man?
Reaction to big news – if a journalist is going to be writing a story anyway, why not send your thoughts for what it means for your industry as they'll require sources to stand up their story – e.g. comment on what Instagram's latest update means for retailers.
Look at what the journalist you're contacting has written before and suggest something similar or a well argued follow-up. Don't add to the 100's of irrelevant emails a journalist receives on a daily basis.
Key Takeaway – create a 'why now' moment for a journo, focus on how you differ from competitors and tailor your approach by taking it to someone who will care.
You wouldn't try to sell an industry-leading-proprietary-turnkey-SaaS-tech-stack-solution to a market greengrocer. So don't try and convince a journalist who focuses on entertainment that your marketplace for pigeon fanciers is the hottest ticket in bird-tech right now.
While we're at it, keep your writing simplified. Jargon, like the paragraph above, seeks to exclude others. Buzzwords indicate a lack of understanding. And cliches demonstrate a limited diction.
PR needs to be targeted, just as your startup needs to be appropriately positioned in market. If you're speaking with a startup journalist, there's a good chance they're going to be interested in funds you've raised or the new way you're targeting the market.
If you're speaking to a writer with a retail beat (subject they cover), why not focus on the impact or behaviour change your product is having on customers.
Journalists are consumers too. They don't understand your internal corporate-speak. A quick litmus test is if your parents can't understand how you've explained it, you haven't simplified it enough. And remember personality and even humour is allowed in pitching.
Key Takeaway – research what has worked previously with a journalist and add your own unique stamp on it.
Journalists have deadlines which are increasingly short. By reading what they write about, you'll get a sense for what might be coming up and when you can pre-empt with an authoritative viewpoint. Through providing value to them, you can start to become relied on and even have the journalist coming to you for comment. So make yourself available and deliver on any promises. There are enough people that don't to make you stand-out.
Key Takeaway – It's all about showupability.


Facebook users who change their mind and do not want their messages to appear in a recipient's inbox will be able to delete them in future.
The US tech giant has admitted its boss Mark Zuckerberg has been secretly using a tool to delete his messages in other users' inboxes for several years without telling recipients.
Until now, the option has not been available to most users - something which Facebook has apologised for.The social network admitted it began erasing the messages of Mr Zuckerberg and other top executives in 2014 after hackers got hold of and released emails from Sony Pictures executives.The Sony messages included critical remarks about movie stars and others in the entertainment industry.On Friday, Facebook announced it will also require advertisers who want to run "issue ads" - not endorsing particular candidates or parties but discussing political topics - to verify who pays for them and where the advertiser is based.
The measure is already in place for political ads, and comes as Facebook tries to clamp down on outside election interference ahead of this year's US mid-terms and upcoming political contests around the world.Facebook will also require those who look after pages with a "large number" of followers to also be verified, but it has not stated what this number would be.The company is trying to clamp down on fake pages and accounts used to disrupt the 2016 US presidential election.Facebook says page administrators and advertisers will be asked to provide a government-issued ID for verification.
The company is facing a global backlash over the improper sharing of data.Hearings are planned in the US over the scandal and the EU is considering what actions to take against the company.