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Professor who left jury duty chooses boredom over jailShe must sit in the courthouse for 8 hours a day with nothing to pass the time
Harvey Rice, Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
A university professor who skipped out on jury duty was assigned to an extreme form of detention hall Tuesday as a federal judge gave her a choice: 10 days at the courthouse or 10 days in jail.
Sara White chose the former, but it won't be easy. U.S. District Judge David Hittner ordered her to sit in the jury assembly room at the federal courthouse for eights hours a day, with no reading material and no contact with other people.
If she violates the order in any way, White, a 62-year-old social work professor at Texas Southern University, will have to serve 10 days in jail.
"This is a terrible example for students, when a professor tells a federal court to, 'Go take a jump; I'm leaving,' " Hittner told White after she pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal contempt.
Admitting a mistake
She drew his wrath by leaving the courthouse without permission while a jury was being chosen for a trial last week.
"I made a grievous error in leaving the courtroom," White told Hittner on Tuesday.
In the summons he issued for White last week, Hittner ordered her to show why she should not be sentenced to jail for leaving without permission and for being verbally abusive to court officials.
Her attorney, George Murphy Jr., said White realized her error.
After sentencing White to 10 days in jail, Hittner gave her the option of spending eight hours a day in the central jury room for 10 working days, with nothing to read and no contact with anyone.
Hittner said White will serve the full 10-day jail term if, at any time during her confinement in the jury room, she violates his order or is abusive to court personnel.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Marshall Baker and Hittner's case manager, Ellen Alexander, testified in the hearing that White was abusive to them.
Claims of illness
Baker testified that he has had bad experiences serving warrants in criminal cases, but that serving a summons to White "was one of the worst."
Hittner said that if White had not pleaded guilty, he would have asked the U.S. attorney to conduct a full nonjury trial on the criminal contempt charge.
White had complained about feeling ill during jury selection, Hittner said in the hearing. He said he told her to be seated because jury selection was nearly complete. Later, he said, her name was called three times, but court personnel could not find her. They intended to tell her that she had not been chosen for the jury. Another member of the jury pool told court officials that White had said she was leaving, despite the judge's instructions that she stay.
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Harvey Rice worked at several other news organizations before joining the Houston Chronicle, including the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, the Mexico City News, El Financiero and UPI. While working for UPI, he was stationed in Mexico City; Washington, D.C.; Miami and London. After joining the Houston Chronicle in 1999, he covered Montgomery County and the federal courthouse in Houston before being assigned to the Galveston Bureau in 2007. He also was sent to Qatar to cover U.S. Central Command during the second Gulf War and was a member of the Enron investigative team.


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Sandwich är en ort och civil parish i grevskapet Kent i sydöstra England. Orten ligger längs med floden Stour i distriktet Dover. Tätorten (built-up area) hade 4 599 invånare vid folkräkningen år 2011.

Staden var en av cinque ports och flera medeltida byggnader finns bevarade i staden, såsom kyrkor, fattighus, portar i den gamla stadsmuren och White Mill. Trots att staden under medeltiden var en stor hamnstad är den idag belägen omkring tre kilometer ifrån kusten.

I området kring Sandwich ligger två golfbanor i världsklass, Royal St George's och Prince's. The Open Championship har spelats på bägge banorna.

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Koné spielte bis 2012 für die Nachwuchsabteilung vom SC Bastia. Anschließend folgte die Aufnahme in den Profikader. Darüber hinaus spielte er auch für SC Bastia B, der Zweitmannschaft vom SC Bastia. Zur Saison 2015/16 lieh ihn sein Klub in die türkische TFF 1. Lig an Samsunspor aus.

Zur Saison 2016/17 wurde er an den türkischen Zweitligisten Göztepe Izmir abgegeben und von diesem für die Saison 2016/17 an den Ligarivalen Samsunspor ausgeliehen und für die Saison 2017/18 an den aserbaidschanischen Klub FK Qəbələ. Die Spielzeit 2018/19 verbrachte er als Leihspieler beim Zweitligisten Adanaspor.

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Koné spielt seit 2012 für die malische U-17- und die malische U-20-Nationalmannschaft. Mit Letzterer nahm er an der U-20-Fußball-Afrikameisterschaft 2013 teil und erreichte den vierten Platz.

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Christopher Preble is the vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. He is the author of The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free (Cornell University Press, 2009) and John F. Kennedy and the Missile Gap (Northern Illinois University Press, 2004). He coedited, with John Mueller, A Dangerous World? Threat Perception and U.S. National Security (Cato Institute, 2014); and, with Jim Harper and Benjamin Friedman, Terrorizing Ourselves: Why U.S. Counterterrorism Policy Is Failing and How to Fix It (Cato Institute, 2010).
Preble has also published articles in major publications, including the New York Times, USA Today, theLos Angeles Times, the Financial Times, National Review, The National Interest, and Foreign Policy, and is a frequent guest on television and radio.
In addition to his work at Cato, Preble teaches the U.S. foreign policy elective at the University of California, Washington Center. Before joining Cato in February 2003, he taught history at St. Cloud State University and Temple University. Preble was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy, and served aboard the USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) from 1990 to 1993.
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According to the legal directories "a QC in all but name", "a brave and intelligent advocate" and "incredibly bright, incredibly user-friendly and willing to pull his weight and get into the details". David has a broad commercial practice, focusing on large-scale international litigation.
Chambers UK recommends David as a leading junior for Commercial Dispute Resolution, Civil Fraud and Commercial Chancery work. The Legal 500 also recommends David as a leading junior for Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration, Civil Fraud and Insurance and Reinsurance.
David acts as junior counsel, and as a sole advocate and advisor, in relation to substantial litigation in the Commercial Court, Chancery Division, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court/Privy Council, as well as in International Arbitrations. He also has experience of litigation in a variety of offshore jurisdictions.
"Incredibly bright, incredibly user-friendly, and willing to pull his weight and get into the details. Also a brave and intelligent advocate capable of getting the better of QCs" (Legal 500 2022 – Commercial Litigation)
"A QC in all but name – Incisive, clever, robust, passionate about law, sees the arguments early and how to deal with them" (Legal 500 2022 – Fraud: Civil)
"Extremely clever and incredibly thorough – he runs rings around opponents. An energetic and resourceful barrister, who is always on top of all issues." (Legal 500 2022 – Insurance and Reinsurance)
"His drafting style is amazing and succinct." "He knows his stuff inside out and his advocacy is phenomenal. He's a brave advocate who stands his ground to the very last minute." "He's unflappable and a gritty advocate who will defend his points to the end" (Chambers 2022 – Fraud: Civil)
"His drafting is great and his advice is on the money. He takes strategic points and has the ear of senior QCs in chambers. His level of advocacy is really excellent." (Chambers 2022: Commercial Dispute Resolution)
"He has very good strategic judgement and an ability to make things appear much more straightforward than they might seem." (Chambers 2019- Chancery: Commercial)
"A brilliant junior who places an emphasis on fraud within a productive commercial practice. He has appeared as sole counsel in several major matters. He is skilled at requesting and countering injunctive relief" (Chambers 2019- Fraud: Civil)
"Very bright" (Chambers 2019- Fraud: Civil)
"Confident and persuasive. He is ideal for fraud cases with elements of company and insolvency law" (Chambers 2019- Fraud: Civil)
"He has great judgment" (Chambers 2019- Fraud: Civil)
"A very confident advocate who's very forthright in putting forward views which are invariably right" (Chambers 2019- Commercial Dispute Resolution)
"Great at cutting to the heart of a problem, he provides sensible, commercial advice" (Chambers 2019- Commercial Dispute Resolution)
"Has an incredibly quick mind and a thorough understanding of the applicable law" (Chambers 2019- Chancery: Commercial)
"He can look at difficult legal questions in ten different ways and come up with something extremely clever out of left field." (Chambers 2019- Chancery: Commercial)
"Confident and forthright, he articulates powerful arguments and inspires confidence" (Legal 500 2019- Commercial Litigation)
"Good on his feet, feisty and to the point" (Legal 500 2019- Fraud: Civil)
"Analytical, incisive and dynamic" (Legal 500 2019- International Arbitration: Counsel)
"Oodles of common sense and the ability to sort the wheat from the chaff" (Legal 500 2019- Insurance and Reinsurance)
"A key member of the team on large fraud cases" (Chambers 2018- Fraud: Civil)
"A good strategic mind" (Chambers 2018- Fraud: Civil)
"Smooth and calm, but also forceful. He's very forthright and will argue his corner" (Chambers 2018- Chancery: Commercial)
"David Peters is phenomenally bright and incisive. He has perspicacity and slice through mountains of material to get to the point" (Chambers 2017- Fraud: Civil)
"He is very clear in his thinking, very authoritative and very articulate" (Chambers 2017- Chancery: Commercial)
"A rising star" (Legal 500 2016 – Commercial litigation)
"He is very bright and produces excellent written submissions and pleadings" (Legal 500 2016 – Fraud: Civil)
"An up-and-coming star – bright, commercial and understands where clients are coming from" (Legal 500 2016 – International Arbitration: Counsel)
"A very good pleader who gets to grips with the facts and is accessible and commercially minded" (Chambers 2016 – Chancery: Commercial)
"He is very impressive when delivering oral submissions" (Chambers 2016 – Fraud: Civil)
"He is an enormously impressive advocate. Cool and clear in his advice, he has a thorough grasp of the law." (Chambers 2015 – Chancery: Commercial)
"A rising star whose quality of work is often beyond his level of call. He is able to distil complex facts into clear and concise arguments." (Chambers 2015 – Chancery: Commercial)
"A bright and commercial lawyer who is creative and effective in the use of his legal knowledge and skills." (Chambers 2015 – Fraud: Civil)
"Impressive when delivering oral submissions, he regularly outshines his opponents." (Chambers 2015 – Fraud: Civil)
"He rolls up his sleeves and brings a tremendous analytical approach." (Legal 500 2014 – Fraud: Civil)
"We throw him in at the deep end on large cases and he comes through with flying colours. He rolls his sleeves up, gets on with it and is not afraid to speak his mind on strategic points." (Chambers 2014 – Chancery: Commercial)
"He is very impressive when delivering oral submissions, and outshines his opponent on every occasion" (Chambers 2014 – Chancery: Commercial)
"Very impressive when delivering oral submissions" (Chambers 2014- Fraud: Civil)
"Very bright and very good on paper" (Chambers 2014 – Civil Fraud)
Examples of notable cases
Hulley Enterprises v Russia [2021] 1 WLR 3429 (Commercial Court): Acting for the former Yukos shareholders in their ongoing attempts to enforce a $50bn arbitration award (the largest international arbitral award in history) against the Russian Federation.
Integral Petroleum v Petrogat [2021] EWHC 2092 (Comm): Acting (as leading counsel) for the Claimant in its successful defence of the Defendant's jurisdiction challenge, and application to set aside a worldwide freezing order.
ArcelorMittal USA v Ruia & Others [2020] EWHC 740 (Comm): Acting for Defendants to an ongoing $1.5bn fraud claim arising out of alleged attempts to avoid enforcement of an arbitral award.
ArcelorMittal USA v Essar Global Fund & Another: Acting (in the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands and the Privy Council) for the Defendants to a claim for Norwich Pharmacal relief in support of foreign proceedings
Halliburton v Chubb Bermuda [2020] 3 WLR 1474: Acted for the successfully insurers in the Supreme Court in what is now the leading case on arbitral bias
Suppipat v Narondej [2020] EWHC 3191 (Comm): Acting for Defendants to a multi-billion dollar fraud claim arising out of dealings with shares in a Thai-based wind energy business.
Halliburton v Chubb Bermuda [2018] 1 WLR 3361: Acting for the Defendant insurer (in the Commercial Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court) in relation to the Claimant's application for the removal of the Chair of an Arbitral Tribunal on the ground of apparent bias.
Venture Investment & Yield Management v RIMC International Hotels & Resorts GMBH: Acting for the Claimant in relation to a challenge to the jurisdiction of an Arbitral Tribunal under s.72 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
Acting for Insurers in numerous coverage disputes determined by way of Bermuda Form arbitration.
Acting for Reinsurers in an LCIA Arbitration concerning cover for the destruction of a chemical plant during the Syrian civil war.
Acting for Reinsurers in an ad hoc arbitration arising out of the settlement of a substantial personal injury claim in the USA.
Acting for the Respondent to an LCIA arbitration concerning the financing of a Ukrainian fruit juice producer.
Acting for the Respondent to an LCIA Arbitration concerning oil trading in the Ukraine.
Acting for the Claimant in an LCIA arbitration concerning an agreement for the International supply of pharmaceutical products.
Acting for the Claimant in an LCIA arbitration concerning the acquisition of a construction company operating in Bahrain, the UAE and Qatar.
Acting for insurers (as sole counsel) in a successful Commercial Court application for an anti- suit injunction restraining US proceedings brought in violation of an English Arbitration clause.
Hosking v Apax Partners LLP (Chancery Division): Acting for the Defendants to €900m claims arising out of the collapse of a Greek mobile telecoms company.
Angola v Perfectbit & Others: Acted for the Claimant in relation to a successful application for a $500m freezing order.
Dinglis Properties Ltd v Dinglis Management Ltd & Others [2017] EWHC 2099 (Ch): Acted (as leading counsel) for the Defendant to a substantial fraud claim relating to the affairs of a substantial property investment business.
Dynami v Chiriboga & Others (Commercial Court): Acting for the Claimant in a $35m fraud claim arising out of the acquisition of a power generating barge in Ecuador.
LKB v Antonov (Commercial Court): Acting for the Claimant in a £70m fraud claim arising out of the collapse of one of the largest retail banks in Latvia.
Acting for the Claimant in relation to confidential applications for Norwich Pharmacal (and associated) relief in a dispute relating to an insolvent Bank.
JP SPC4 v Schools & Others (Chancery Division): Acting the Claimant in a £110m fraud claim arising out of the collapse of a Cayman Island Investment fund.
Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development v Al-Refai & others: Acting for one of the Defendants to claim for breach of confidence/conspiracy worth in excess of $500m.
VTB Capital v Nutritek & Others [2012] EWCA Civ 808: Appeared for the Claimant in the Court of Appeal in a complex jurisdictional dispute relating to a US$350m fraud claim.
Jassat v Gangat [2021] EWHC 2644(Ch): Acting for the Defendant to a multimillion pound claim for an account arising out of dealings with monies in Swiss Bank accounts and UK Properties.
In the matter of Dragon Capital: Instructed in connection with an ongoing BVI shareholder dispute.
Tsiattalou v Tsiattalou (Commercial Court): Acting for the Claimants in a shareholders dispute concerning ownership and control over a very substantial bakery business.
Re: MBRSS Group (Chancery Division): Appearing (as sole counsel) for the successful Claimant in an application to restrain presentation of a winding up petition.
Williams v Blundell (Chancery Division): Appearing (as sole counsel) for the successful Defendant in a three day trial of claims under s.423 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
In the matter of Beppler & Jacobson Ltd: Acting for the provisional liquidator (appointed in the context of an ongoing shareholders dispute) of a company responsible for operating a hotel in Montenegro.
Lopesan Touristik v Apollo [2021] EWHC 2141 (Comm) and [2020] EWHC 2642 (Comm): Acting for the Claimant in respect of €70m dispute over the acquisition of a hotel and Spain (and whether the purchaser could withdraw from the sale by reason of the global pandemic.
In the matter of the Libyan Investment Authority (Commercial Court) Acting in respect of an ongoing dispute over the control of Libya's sovereign wealth fund.
Tartsinis v Navona [2015] EWHC 57 (Comm): Appeared as sole counsel for the Claimant in a week long Commercial Court Trial. The case concerned the proper interpretation of an agreement for the sale of shares in a company operating a fleet of ships.
Blue Holdings v Unites States of America [2014] EWCA Civ 1291: Appearing for the Appellants in their successful appeal against a worldwide freezing order obtained by the US Government.
BPL Broadcasting v International Broadcasting Convention (Comm): Acting for the Defendant to a claim arising out of the operation of an International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam.
FXCM v Digby [2013] EWHC 762 (Comm): Acted for the Claimant options broker in respect of a claim arising out of trading losses suffered by the Defendant customer.
Dinglis v Dinglis & Others (Chancery Division): Acting (as sole counsel) for the petitioner in relation to a petition under s.994 of the Companies Act relating to his minority shareholding in a substantial property investment business.
Re Last Lion Holdings Ltd [2018] EWHC 2347: Acting for the successful claimant/petitioner in a shareholder's dispute concerning a substantial technology company.
David has extensive experience of Civil Fraud and Commercial Chancery Claims (see above). In the course of acting in relation to these claims, he has dealt with a wide range of Company and Insolvency Law issues.
Experian v Zurich Insurers & Others: Acting for the Claimant insurer in a claim arising out liability for data breaches.
Acting for insurers (as sole counsel) in a successful Commercial Court application for an anti- suit injunction restraining US proceedings brought in violation of an English Arbitration clause
Ting Chuan v FamilyMart China: Acting (in the Privy Council) for the appellant in an appeal concerning the extent to which, under Cayman Islands Law, a just and equitable winding up petition
Doraville v AG of Jersey: Instructed by the applicant in relation to an application to discharge a $300m freezing order obtained by the Attorney General of Jersey pursuant to Jersey anti money laundering legislation.
In the matter of Axiom Legal Financing Fund: Advising the receivers of a Cayman Island investment fund in relation to a number of issues/claims arising out of the fund's collapse into Insolvency.
Advising the liquidators of a Cayman Island Hedge Fund on the effect of the liquidation on options granted over the fund's assets.
2005 Called to the Bar (Middle Temple) BVC (Very Competent)
2004 BA (Law) (Trinity Hall, Cambridge) Semi Finalist- World Universities' Debating Championships
2003 Elected Scholar of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
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" "His drafting style is amazing and succinct." "He knows his stuff inside out and his advocacy is phenomenal. He's a brave advocate who stands his ground to the very last minute." "He's unflappable and a gritty advocate who will defend his points to the end."Fraud: Civil
"He has very good strategic judgement and an ability to make things appear much more straightforward than they might seem."Chancery: Commercial
"His drafting style is amazing and succinct." "He knows his stuff inside out and his advocacy is phenomenal. He's a brave advocate who stands his ground to the very last minute." "He's unflappable and a gritty advocate who will defend his points to the end."Fraud: Civil
"His drafting is great and his advice is on the money. He takes strategic points and has the ear of senior QCs in chambers. His level of advocacy is really excellent."Commercial Dispute Resolution
"Highly intelligent and gets right into the detail of the case – he is quick to pick up the key issues and never loses sight of them, even though the volume of documents in the large cases that he works on will often be intimidating"International Arbitration: General
"Extremely clever and incredibly thorough – he runs rings around opponents. An energetic and resourceful barrister, who is always on top of all issues"Insurance
"A QC in all but name – Incisive, clever, robust, passionate about law, sees the arguments early and how to deal with them"Fraud: Civil
"Incredibly bright, incredibly user-friendly, and willing to pull his weight and get into the details. Also a brave and intelligent advocate capable of getting the better of QCs"Commercial Litigation
"A confident advocate who has the ear of the court." "He is commercial, cuts through detail to get to the heart of the case and is great with clients." "He exudes confidence and produces high-quality written work and oral advocacy."Fraud: Civil
"Hard-working, adaptable and user-friendly." "His written work is top quality, and he works very well as part of a team."Commercial Dispute Resolution
"He provides robust advice and gets straight to the point."Chancery: Commercial
"He is personable, intelligent, and very willing to get stuck in and involved in the cases."International Arbitration: Counsel
"He is very confident and capable."Insurance and Reinsurance
"An experienced practitioner acting both for claimants and defendants – he has great tactical awareness."Fraud: Civil
"Good on his feet and on paper, he has strategic awareness and exudes confidence."Commercial Litigation
"A phenomenally clever junior with thoroughly sound judgement." "He has a huge amount of confidence and is very clear in his delivery."Fraud: Civil
"A strong all-rounder who is good for urgent fraud-related cases." "Very smart indeed, and someone who provides elegant, precise drafting which is always to the point. He's always confident in his judgement."Commercial Dispute Resolution
"I have to say he is a complete delight to work with. Incredibly commercial and ferociously bright, with a very clear and no-nonsense approach. He has come into a case with a very fresh commercial perspective. He is just quite brilliant."Chancery:Commercial
"Has an incredibly quick mind and a thorough understanding of the applicable law." "He can look at difficult legal questions in ten different ways and come up with something extremely clever out of left field."Chancery:Commercial
"A very confident advocate who's very forthright in putting forward views which are invariably right." "Great at cutting to the heart of a problem, he provides sensible, commercial advice."Commercial Dispute Resolution
"Very bright." "Confident and persuasive. He is ideal for fraud cases with elements of company and insolvency law." "He has great judgement."Fraud: Civil
"'Analytical, incisive and dynamic.'"International Arbitration: Counsel
" 'Good on his feet, feisty, and to the point.'"Fraud: Civil
"'Oodles of common sense and the ability to sort the wheat from the chaff.'"Insurance and Reinsurance
"'Confident and forthright, he articulates powerful arguments and inspires confidence.'"Commercial Litigation
"A good strategic mind." "A key member of the team on large fraud cases."Chambers UK Bar 2018Fraud: Civil
"'He exudes confidence and is a very hardworking lawyer.'"The Legal 500 UK Bar 2017Commercial Litigation
"'An up-and-coming star, who is intelligent and not afraid of rolling up his sleeves.'"The Legal 500 UK Bar 2017International Arbitration: Counsel
"'A great knowledge of the law, particularly in the Chancery areas.'"The Legal 500 UK Bar 2017Fraud: Civil
"He is very clear in his thinking, very authoritative and very articulate."Chambers UK Bar 2017Chancery
"David Peters is phenomenally bright and incisive. He has perspicacity and can slice through mountains of material to get to the point. He's a barrister for the 21st century – he's utterly enthusiastic and brilliant with the clients."Chambers UK Bar 2017Fraud
"'An up-and-coming star – bright, commercial and understands where clients are coming from.'"The Legal 500 2016International Arbitration: Counsel
"'He is very bright and produces excellent written submissions and pleadings.'"The Legal 500 2016Fraud: Civil
"'A rising star.'"The Legal 500 2016Commercial Litigation
"He is very impressive when delivering oral submissions."Chambers UK Bar 2016Fraud: Civil
"An excellent, exceptionally user-friendly lawyer, with strong drafting skills."The Legal 500 2015Fraud: Civil
"An excellent lawyer with particularly strong drafting skills."The Legal 500 2015Commercial Litigation
"A bright and commercial lawyer who is creative and effective in the use of his legal knowledge and skills." "Impressive when delivering oral submissions, he regularly outshines his opponents."Fraud: Civil
"He is an enormously impressive advocate. Cool and clear in his advice, he has a thorough grasp of the law." "A rising star whose quality of work is often beyond his level of call. He is able to distil complex facts into clear and concise arguments."Chancery
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News | February 2, 1998
Navigators Prepare for Scheduled Trajectory Refinements
The Cassini spacecraft remains in excellent health as it travels on its Saturn-bound trajectory at a speed of approximately 120,000 kilometers per hour (about 75,000 miles per hour). The spacecraft has traveled more than 271 million kilometers (about 168 million miles) since launch last October 15.
Cassini continues to fly with its 4-meter (13-foot) diameter high-gain antenna pointed toward the Sun so that the rest of the spacecraft is shaded. It will maintain in this attitude, except during planned trajectory adjustments, for the first 14 months of flight as it travels through the inner solar system.
Radio communications with the spacecraft are currently through low-gain antenna 2, one of the spacecraft's two low-gain antennas. Low-gain antenna 2 is located at the end of the spacecraft opposite the high-gain antenna. The low-gain antenna that is selected for a given period depends on the relative geometry of the Sun, Earth and the spacecraft. The telemetry data rate from Cassini is currently 40 bits per second.
For about the next month, there will be an increase in the amount of telecommunications time allotted to Cassini by NASA's Deep Space Network to meet the data needs of spacecraft navigators as they prepare for two long-scheduled trajectory refinements. In late January, Deep Space Network antennas were trained on Cassini about four times a week. In February, those episodes of tracking will be approximately doubled. The adjustments will be made in preparation for Cassini's flyby of the planet Venus on April 26. The additional data gathered through the extra telecommunications time are used to refine knowledge of the spacecraft's location, which will aid navigators in setting precise parameters for the trajectory adjustments, such as the duration of thruster firings.
Additional information about Cassini-Huygens is online at http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov.
Cassini will begin orbiting Saturn on July 1, 2004, and release its piggybacked Huygens probe about six months later for descent through the thick atmosphere of the moon Titan. Cassini-Huygens is a cooperative mission of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C.
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Strauss-Kahn Accuser Nafissatou Diallo Tells Newsweek She Was Pushed to Floor & Forced to Perform Fellatio
Hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault and attempted rape told Newsweek the former head of the IMF pushed her to the floor and forced her to perform fellatio.
Nafissatou Diallo spoke with ABC this week.
Via Breitbart TV:
The Daily Beast reported:
The hotel maid who has accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault and attempted rape is breaking her silence, telling Newsweek that she worried as she was being assaulted that she was going to lose her job and later feared for her life after learning the man she accused was a powerful French politician.
Known to the American public only as the nameless, faceless, alleged victim dubbed "the DSK maid," Nafissatou Diallo, 32, agreed to let the magazine publish her name and her photograph, and spoke on the record about how a naked man with white hair grabbed her after she entered to clean a $3,000-a-night suite at Manhattan's Sofitel Hotel on Saturday, May 14.
She also described pushing and shoving as she tried to fight off the alleged attack from Strauss-Kahn before being pushed to the ground and forced to perform fellatio. When it was over, Diallo fled to a hallway to hide, she said. The interview, conducted by Newsweek Editor in Chief Tina Brown, Paris Bureau Chief Christopher Dickey, and News Director John Solomon at the 5th Avenue offices of the Thompson Wigdor law firm lasted more than three hours.
Earlier this month it was reported that Diallo was a hooker and was upset when Strauss-Kahn wouldn't pay for fellatio.


28 May 2012: Ive written to my friend in East Leake to ask him to revive the system that was installed last year. There were a number of reasons why it didn't work well, but none of these are insurmountable, and none were cause by the principles of the technology. They were to do with leaks in the plumbing. With the experience gained on the problems I had with Peveril in March'12, I know what we need to do to get it working again and avoid leaks in future.
Raise the Sunbox temperature sensor and tape it to the radiator directly so that it records the liquid temperature. I am also going to do this to the Peveril Sunbox, even though I will be sorry not to have a reading as to the air temperature inside.
Track down the leaks he had at some joints and seal those.
Fit an expansion tank to allow for periods of downtime, prevent future leaks.
Replace solenoid valve with 1, or probably 2 in line non return valves. I have two on my circuit.
Put in a solar controller if he would prefer it although this is not necessary because the AKO is better.
Put in airlock preventers in all possible locations, even though he doesn't seem to believe in these.
Re: the photo showing an afternoon shadow, there's not much one can do about this (bar shifting the house), but its not a problem if you gain plenty of energy for the majority of the day.
Having a solar power system in home is really nice. Checking the lines and pipes is really needed in order to prevent future problems. Thank you for sharing your story.


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Andrés Cerda, Director at Wabi Productions
Andrés Cerda From Wabi Productions: I'm Thrilled To Be Represented By Wabi In Latin America, The Hispanic Market, And Spain
Manuela Walfenzao|03 de agosto de 2017
Wabi Productions is pleased to announce the entry of the Mexican director Andrés Cerda to its roster. The young filmmaker has vast experience in the Latin American and Hispanic market. Through a versatile style with a fantastic, mischievous and human touch, he has developed campaigns for brands like Nestlé, Walmart, Banamex, and Coca-Cola.
"We are delighted to have Andrés with us, he brings a fresh way to make projects, a modern-day, youthful talent that is projected on his images. His aesthetics are very good, the direction of actors is amazing and I think it is refreshing both, the company and the brands, it has a very particular style that can be beneficial for everyone" pointed out Alan Suárez, General Director at Wabi.
"They sought to represent me in the context of the Spanish market and this matched my plans to move. This is a great project. I have known Alan since 2010 and I think his production company is excellent because of its understanding of the market" said Cerda. "I truly believe in this project and I am excited of representing Wabi across all Latin America, the Hispanic market in the U.S. and Spain."
They already have their first project together in Spain, where they will shoot a commercial for an important Spanish fashion event.
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Francis P Sempa 4 July 2020 Non-Fiction
"Attack at Chosin: The Chinese Second Offensive in Korea" by Xiaobing Li
The Korean War began 70 years ago. In the United States, it is known as the "forgotten war". Not so in China. In his new book Attack at Chosin, Professor Xiaobing Li, a prolific historian who teaches at the University of Central Oklahoma, and who once served in China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), explores the Chinese Army's second offensive against US, UN, and South Korean forces at the Chosin Reservoir during November-December 1950.
This is a view of the war and the battle from China's perspective based largely on Chinese sources. Li had access to colleagues and materials at the PLA Academy of Military Science, the Military Archives of the PLA, Peking University, the China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies, and other academies and museums in China. He interviewed PLA officers and retired generals between 2010 and 2017. He made several trips to Taiwan for additional research purposes, including talking to former Chinese prisoners of war.
After Chinese Communist forces defeated the Nationalists in the Chinese Civil War in October 1949, and prior to the Korean War, Mao Zedong's regime supported communist forces in other Asian countries, such as Laos, Vietnam, Burma, and North Korea. Li notes that as early as May 1949, China permitted "Chinese soldiers of Korean origin to return to North Korea"—in all more than 35,000 men by April 1950, two months before North Korea's invasion. This means that Chinese troops participated in the war long before US forces neared the Yalu River in October-November 1950.
When the war began—with North Korea having both Chinese and Soviet support—Chinese political and military leaders were surprised at the American reaction and response. After all, President Truman's Secretary of State had famously announced in January 1950 that Korea was outside the US defense perimeter in Asia. Truman ordered US forces to defend South Korea and sent the 7th Fleet to the Taiwan Strait. The latter move upset Mao's plans to invade Taiwan:
At that moment, … [China's] 9th Army Group [was] ready to launch a large-scale landing campaign against the Chinese Nationalist … troops on Taiwan.
Li writes that after the unforeseen US response to the North Korean crossing of the 38th Parallel, Mao called off the invasion of Taiwan. That same 9th Army Group (150,000 troops) crossed the Yalu River in November 1950 to attack US forces at Chosin.
Li calls this move a "strategic shift" by China "from invading Taiwan to intervening in Korea", and was the outcome of "Chinese leaders' debates and decisions in July-September 1950." Li notes that in early August 1950—long before Inchon, and long before US forces crossed the 38th Parallel and neared the China-North Korean border—Mao shifted his strategy from a "border defense of China to a proactive defense in Korea by planning an intervention" to assist North Korean forces. "The Chinese defense line", Li writes, "was more than 100 miles southeast of the Yalu in North Korea." And again: "Mao had determined by mid-August to send troops to Korea." (emphasis supplied).
Li's research of Chinese sources, therefore, undermines the conventional wisdom of US historians that General Douglas MacArthur's approach to the Chinese border provoked China's attack across the Yalu. This is consistent with Arthur Herman's conclusion in his recent biography of MacArthur that Mao was committed to entering the war in Korea the moment the first American troops set foot on the Korean peninsula.
China entered the war en masse in November 1950, and by the end of that month had committed nearly 500,000 troops to North Korea. US, UN, and South Korean forces retreated. MacArthur told Washington that he faced an "entirely new war", and sought additional forces to return to the offensive. Washington balked.
Li views the attacks at Chosin and the war as a whole as a laboratory that shaped the subsequent development of China's military.
Attack at Chosin: The Chinese Second Offensive in Korea, Xiaobing Li (University of Oklahoma Press, May 2020)
The bulk of Li's book focuses on the fighting between China's 9th Army Group and the US X Corps, including a division of South Korean troops, the American 7th Army, and the 1st Marine Division situated near the Chosin Reservoir. China's forces suffered from a shortage of transportation vehicles, the failure of their supply system that resulted in insufficient supplies (including winter clothing and food), and extreme cold ranging from 20-45 degrees below zero. In a series of battles at Yudam-ni, Hagaru-ri, and Koto-ri, Chinese and US forces slugged it out over difficult terrain in extreme cold. The defensive firepower of US forces, including artillery and air power, coupled with Chinese logistical problems, foiled repeated Chinese attempts to surround and destroy their enemy. Chinese "human wave" attacks repeatedly failed to achieve their objectives and resulted in mass Chinese casualties. China's military leaders, like Peng Dehuai and Song Shilun, "found that the enemy was not a paper tiger, but a real tiger with strong firepower and combat effectiveness." America's X Corps escaped to Hungnam port where troops and supplies were sealifted to safety.
The book, however, is more than a detailed military history of the second offensive at Chosin, though it is that. Li views the attacks at Chosin and the war as a whole as a laboratory that shaped the subsequent development of China's military. "The war," writes Li, "contributed to the transformation of the Chinese military from a peasant rebellion force to a modern army with new technology, strategy, and tactics."
Chosin was a Chinese battlefield victory, but it fell short of China's military goals and proved very costly. The attack failed to annihilate the US X Corps, which retreated to fight another day, and cost the PLA more than 80,000 casualties to the Americans 10,000 plus casualties. China's military and political leaders learned a hard lesson on the "role of technology and firepower" in modern warfare.
More than three million Chinese troops saw combat in Korea. After the war, China opened new military academies that studied how the PLA fought the war. With Soviet help, China reformed the PLA with
institutional changes, a centralized command system, technological improvement, advanced training and educational programs, reorganization of defense industries, establishment of a strategic missile force, and a nuclear weapons research and development program.
Li also believes that one of the legacies of the Korean War was China's central role in East Asian geopolitics, which grew in significance with its role in supporting North Vietnam (including with military troops) against the US in the 1960s, its role in aligning with the US against the Soviet Union during the latter stages of the Cold War, and its current role as a peer competitor to the US.
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now how can i drill in to this in a safe way??
Mount a scrap of wood in your chuck and bore a hole with a forstner bit slightly smaller than the diameter of your pool ball and slightly deeper than half the diameter of the ball .Hold the ball in the hole with your left hand and drill to the size required by winding the tailstock in with your right hand.
How big will the hole have to be?
There might be some serious twisting forces.
Ted's idea is a neat one. Maybe add some double sided tape between his jam chuck and the ball if the forces are too great to control with a handgrip.
Piece of cake if you have a chuck and drill chuck for your tailstock.
Mount the ball in the chuck and drill it out, it will be dead centre if you use the tailstock. :2tsup: simple process.
heheh ... you're an optimist hughie. Assumes a decent tailstock.
And wouldn't a scroll chuck's jaws mark the ball?
http://gpwoodturning.sitesuitestores.com/persistent/catalogue_images/products/%7Briderjaw3%7D.jpgDave if you not confident you can do it bring it over I have 3 ways to go about it.
Not exactly standard kit Fred and not worth it for a one-off.
Drill press and vice would do fine too, with some soft packing on the jaws, if NZ-carver had them. Drill a pilot hole and then the final.
So what's the diameter of a pool ball? 50-60mm?
2.25" on average acc to Wiki.
Would need hard jaws of shark or spigot type plus soft packing.
VM soft jaws are 30mm thick so might just get there.
Take care indeed. I tried drilling out a Lawn Bowl. Started small went bigger. Bloody thing split.
Did a few of these when i was a toolmaker.
. you're an optimist hughie. Assumes a decent tailstock.


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Chapter Four - From population to individual host scale and back again: testing theories of infection and defence in the Soay sheep of St Kilda
from Part I - Understanding within-host processes
By Adam D. Hayward, Romain Garnier, Dylan Z. Childs, Bryan T. Grenfell, KathRyn A. Watt, Jill G. Pilkington, Josephine M. Pemberton, Andrea L. Graham
Edited by Kenneth Wilson, Lancaster University, Andy Fenton, University of Liverpool, Dan Tompkins
Book: Wildlife Disease Ecology
Why do hosts vary so much in parasite burden, how does this variation translate to variation in host demographic rates and parasite transmission, and how does varied transmission intensity impact selection upon immune defence of individuals? The theoretical foundations of disease ecology provide predictions for the answers to these questions, yet testing such predictions with empirical data poses many challenges. We show how the long-term ecological and genetic study of the unmanaged Soay sheep of St Kilda has addressed fundamental questions in disease ecology, with longitudinal data on parasite burden, immune defence, condition, survival, and fecundity of >10,000 individuals. The rich individual-scale data are complemented by >30 years of data on sheep population dynamics and genetic diversity as well as parasite dynamics and diversity. Population-scale work has documented the range of parasite species present and the contribution of the most prevalent and virulent parasites to regulating sheep dynamics. Individual-scale work has identified drivers of variation in parasite burden and tested hypotheses about costs and benefits of defence in a quest to determine how natural selection has shaped immune function of the sheep.
The FVF framework and target prevalence effects
Tamaryn Menneer, Hayward J. Godwin, Simon P. Liversedge, Anne P. Hillstrom, Valerie Benson, Erik D. Reichle, Nick Donnelly
Journal: Behavioral and Brain Sciences / Volume 40 / 2017
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 May 2017, e147
The Functional Visual Field (FVF) offers explanatory power. To us, it relates to existing literature on the flexibility of attentional focus in visual search and reading (Eriksen & St. James 1986; McConkie & Rayner 1975). The target article promotes reflection on existing findings. Here we consider the FVF as a mechanism in the Prevalence Effect (PE) in visual search.
Predicting the diagnosis of autism in adults using the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) questionnaire
K. L. Ashwood, N. Gillan, J. Horder, H. Hayward, E. Woodhouse, F. S. McEwen, J. Findon, H. Eklund, D. Spain, C. E. Wilson, T. Cadman, S. Young, V. Stoencheva, C. M. Murphy, D. Robertson, T. Charman, P. Bolton, K. Glaser, P. Asherson, E. Simonoff, D. G. Murphy
Journal: Psychological Medicine / Volume 46 / Issue 12 / September 2016
Many adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) remain undiagnosed. Specialist assessment clinics enable the detection of these cases, but such services are often overstretched. It has been proposed that unnecessary referrals to these services could be reduced by prioritizing individuals who score highly on the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ), a self-report questionnaire measure of autistic traits. However, the ability of the AQ to predict who will go on to receive a diagnosis of ASD in adults is unclear.
We studied 476 adults, seen consecutively at a national ASD diagnostic referral service for suspected ASD. We tested AQ scores as predictors of ASD diagnosis made by expert clinicians according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 criteria, informed by the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Generic (ADOS-G) and Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) assessments.
Of the participants, 73% received a clinical diagnosis of ASD. Self-report AQ scores did not significantly predict receipt of a diagnosis. While AQ scores provided high sensitivity of 0.77 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.72–0.82] and positive predictive value of 0.76 (95% CI 0.70–0.80), the specificity of 0.29 (95% CI 0.20–0.38) and negative predictive value of 0.36 (95% CI 0.22–0.40) were low. Thus, 64% of those who scored below the AQ cut-off were 'false negatives' who did in fact have ASD. Co-morbidity data revealed that generalized anxiety disorder may 'mimic' ASD and inflate AQ scores, leading to false positives.
The AQ's utility for screening referrals was limited in this sample. Recommendations supporting the AQ's role in the assessment of adult ASD, e.g. UK NICE guidelines, may need to be reconsidered.
Exome Sequencing to Detect Rare Variants Associated With General Cognitive Ability: A Pilot Study
Michelle Luciano, Victoria Svinti, Archie Campbell, Riccardo E. Marioni, Caroline Hayward, Alan F. Wright, Martin S. Taylor, David J. Porteous, Pippa Thomson, James G.D. Prendergast, Nicholas D. Hastie, Susan M. Farrington, Generation Scotland, Malcolm G. Dunlop, Ian J. Deary
Journal: Twin Research and Human Genetics / Volume 18 / Issue 2 / April 2015
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 March 2015, pp. 117-125
Print publication: April 2015
Variation in human cognitive ability is of consequence to a large number of health and social outcomes and is substantially heritable. Genetic linkage, genome-wide association, and copy number variant studies have investigated the contribution of genetic variation to individual differences in normal cognitive ability, but little research has considered the role of rare genetic variants. Exome sequencing studies have already met with success in discovering novel trait-gene associations for other complex traits. Here, we use exome sequencing to investigate the effects of rare variants on general cognitive ability. Unrelated Scottish individuals were selected for high scores on a general component of intelligence (g). The frequency of rare genetic variants (in n = 146) was compared with those from Scottish controls (total n = 486) who scored in the lower to middle range of the g distribution or on a proxy measure of g. Biological pathway analysis highlighted enrichment of the mitochondrial inner membrane component and apical part of cell gene ontology terms. Global burden analysis showed a greater total number of rare variants carried by high g cases versus controls, which is inconsistent with a mutation load hypothesis whereby mutations negatively affect g. The general finding of greater non-synonymous (vs. synonymous) variant effects is in line with evolutionary hypotheses for g. Given that this first sequencing study of high g was small, promising results were found, suggesting that the study of rare variants in larger samples would be worthwhile.
Admission to and Continuation of Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation in Queensland, Australia: A Survey of Factors that Contribute to the Consultant's Decision
Kathryn S. Hayward, Philip D. Aitken, Ruth N. Barker, Sandra G. Brauer
Journal: Brain Impairment / Volume 15 / Issue 2 / September 2014
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2014, pp. 88-98
Aim: To evaluate factors that may contribute to the decision of the consultant medical officer (CMO) to: (1) admit a person with stroke to inpatient rehabilitation from acute hospitalisation; and (2) continue or cease inpatient rehabilitation.
Methods: A web-based survey of CMOs practising in Queensland Australia, who were members of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Geriatric Medicine (n ~ 90) or the Queensland Stroke Clinical Network (n ~ 30) was completed. The survey contained two sections to explore factors that could: (1) favour or disfavour admission to inpatient rehabilitation from acute hospitalisation; and (2) favour continuation or cessation of inpatient rehabilitation. Open and closed questions were used.
Results: Twenty-one CMOs (13–20% response rate, 43% geriatrician) completed the survey. Factors related to physical function, along with the presence of social supports favoured admission, while the presence of behavioural and cognitive impairments and a lack of staff capacity disfavoured admission. Improvements in function favoured continuation of inpatient rehabilitation, while a lack of improvement favoured cessation.
Conclusion: Factors related to the patient, their social support network and the organisation were found to influence the decision of the CMO to admit a person with stroke to inpatient rehabilitation from acute hospitalisation. Once in rehabilitation, demonstration of benefit was consistently reported to indicate continued service need.
By Syed S. Ali, Nathan Allen, John E. Arbo, Elizabeth Arrington, Ani Aydin, Kenneth R. L. Bernard, Amy Caggiula, Nolan Caldwell, Jennifer L. Carey, Jennifer Carnell, Jayaram Chelluri, Michael N. Cocchi, Cristal Cristia, Vishal Demla, Bram Dolcourt, Andrew Eyre, Shawn Fagan, Brandy Ferguson, Sarah Fisher, Jonathan Friedstat, Brian C. Geyer, Brandon Godbout, Jeremy Gonda, Jeremy Goverman, Ashley L. Greiner, Casey Grover, Carla Haack, Abigail Hankin, John W. Hardin, Katrina L. Harper, Gregory Hayward, Stephen Hendriksen, Daniel Herbert-Cohen, Nadine Himelfarb, Calvin E. Hwang, Jacob D. Isserman, Joshua Jauregui, Joshua W. Joseph, Elena Kapilevich, Feras H. Khan, Sarvotham Kini, Karen A. Kinnaman, Ruth Lamm, Calvin Lee, Jarone Lee, Charles Lei, John Lemos, Daniel J. Lepp, Elisabeth Lessenich, Brandon Maughan, Julie Mayglothling, Kevin McConnell, Laura Medford-Davis, Kamal Medlej, Heather Meissen, Payal Modi, Joel Moll, Jolene H. Nakao, Matthew Nicholls, Lindsay Oelze, Carolyn Maher Overman, Viral Patel, Timothy C. Peck, Jeffrey Pepin, Candace Pettigrew, Byron Pitts, Zubaid Rafique, Chanu Rhee, Jonathan C. Roberts, Daniel Rolston, Steven C. Rougas, Benjamin Schnapp, Kathryn A. Seal, Raghu Seethala, Todd A. Seigel, Navdeep Sekhon, Kaushal Shah, Robert L. Sherwin, Kirill Shishlov, Ashley Shreves, Sebastian Siadecki, Jeffrey N. Siegelman, Liza Gonen Smith, Ted Stettner, Marie Carmelle Tabuteau, Joseph E. Tonna, N. Seth Trueger, Chad Van Ginkel, Bina Vasantharam, Graham Walker, Susan Wilcox, Sandra J. Williams, Matthew L. Wong, Nelson Wong, Samantha Wood, John Woodruff, Benjamin Zabar
Edited by Kaushal Shah, Jarone Lee, Kamal Medlej, American University of Beirut, Scott D. Weingart
Book: Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care
Print publication: 24 October 2013, pp xi-xx
A longitudinal examination of neuropsychological and clinical functioning in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): improvements in executive functioning do not explain clinical improvement
D. R. Coghill, D. Hayward, S. M. Rhodes, C. Grimmer, K. Matthews
Journal: Psychological Medicine / Volume 44 / Issue 5 / April 2014
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2013, pp. 1087-1099
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often, but not always, persists into adulthood. Investigations of the associations between clinical and biological markers of persistence can shed light on causal pathways. It has been proposed that compensatory improvements in executive neuropsychological functioning are associated with clinical improvements. This is the first study to test this hypothesis prospectively.
The clinical and neuropsychological functioning of 17 boys with ADHD (mean age 10.45 years at time 1; 14.65 years at time 2) and 17 typically developing (TYP) boys (mean age 10.39 years at time 1; 14.47 years at time 2) was tested on two occasions, 4 years apart. This was done using a battery of standardized neuropsychological tests that included tasks with high and low executive demands.
Clinical improvements were observed over time. Neuropsychological performance improvements were also evident, with ADHD boys developing with a similar pattern to TYP boys, but with a developmental lag. Whilst there was an association between reduced symptoms and superior performance at retest for one task with a high executive demand (spatial working memory), this was not seen with two further high executive demand tasks [Stockings of Cambridge and intra-dimensional extra-dimensional (ID/ED) set shifting]. Also, there was no association between change in executive functioning and change in symptoms. Baseline performance on the ID/ED set-shifting task predicted better clinical outcome. Only change in performance on the low executive demand delayed matching-to-sample task predicted better clinical outcome.
These data highlight the importance of longitudinal measurements of cognition, symptoms and treatment response over time in children and adolescents with ADHD.
Recruiting patients and collecting data for an observational study using computerised record pop-up prompts: the PROG-RES study
Richard A. Hayward, Mark Porcheret, Christian D. Mallen, Elaine Thomas
Journal: Primary Health Care Research & Development / Volume 14 / Issue 1 / January 2013
Engagement of general practitioners (GPs) and recruitment of patients are ever present problems in primary care studies. This paper seeks to demonstrate that electronic prompts represent one method of easing the burden on GPs to recruit individual patients to studies and also provide the opportunity to collect research data during a normal consultation.
Older adults consulting for non-inflammatory musculoskeletal pain from five general practices in Cheshire were recruited to a prospective cohort study (the PROG-RES study). Recruitment of patients was aided by a computer prompt during relevant consultations. When triggered by an appropriate Read code, a pop-up template appeared on the consultation screen prompting the GPs to record the answers to seven brief questions. A self-complete questionnaire was mailed to patients who had completed templates by the Keele GP Research Network team and permission was sought to access their medical records. A feasibility study suggested that the potential number of activated templates in the practice within four months would be 636.
The 44 GPs completed 650 electronic templates during the four-month recruitment period. Almost 40% of recruitment was within four weeks and greater than 95% of recruitment was within 16 weeks. Practices A–D completed electronic templates at a similar rate (1.61–1.86 templates per 1000 patients), although practice E completed templates at a lower frequency (0.76) due to internal difficulties. Completion of individual items ranged from 98% to 83% and completion of all seven questions was recorded in 63% of patients; 4% of patients had three or fewer responses recorded.
Templates activated by appropriate codes in the GP consultation can facilitate recruitment to observational studies in primary care. It is possible to collect high-quality research data within a normal consultation. This may be a model for use in future studies in primary care.
Minimum prey and area requirements of the Vulnerable cheetah Acinonyx jubatus: implications for reintroduction and management of the species in South Africa
P. Lindsey, C.J. Tambling, R. Brummer, H. Davies-Mostert, M. Hayward, K. Marnewick, D. Parker
Journal: Oryx / Volume 45 / Issue 4 / October 2011
In South Africa there are efforts to manage reintroduced subpopulations of the Vulnerable cheetah Acinonyx jubatus in small reserves (10–1,000 km2) as a managed metapopulation. We estimated areas required to support cheetahs given varying prey densities, prey profiles and presence/absence of competing predators. A recent population and habitat viability assessment indicated that 20 subpopulations of 10 cheetahs or 10 subpopulations of 15 cheetahs are required to retain 90% of the heterozygosity of free-ranging cheetahs and to overcome stochastic events in the absence or presence of lions Panthera leo, respectively. We estimate that 203 ± SE 42 km2 (range 48–466 km2) is required to support 10 cheetahs in the absence of lions, whereas 703 ± SE 311 km2 (166–2,806 km2) is required to support 15 cheetahs given equal numbers of lions, and 2,424 ± SE 890 km2 (727–3,739 km2) given equal numbers of leopards Panthera pardus, spotted hyaenas Crocuta crocuta, wild dogs Lycaon pictus and lions. Existing subpopulations of cheetahs generally occur at densities higher than our mean predicted densities but usually within the range of predicted densities. The large area requirements of cheetahs have implications for the development of the managed metapopulation. Sourcing reintroduction sites of the sizes required to support recommended subpopulation sizes will be difficult. Consequently, innovative measures to increase the carrying capacity of reserves for cheetahs and/or to enlarge reserves will be required. Managers may be forced to stock cheetahs close to or beyond the carrying capacity of their reserves. Consequently, careful management of reintroduced subpopulations will be required to prevent declines in prey populations.
Maternal effects and early-life performance are associated with parasite resistance across life in free-living Soay sheep
A. D. HAYWARD, J. G. PILKINGTON, J. M. PEMBERTON, L. E. B. KRUUK
Journal: Parasitology / Volume 137 / Issue 8 / July 2010
Maternal effects occur when the maternal phenotype influences that of the offspring in addition to the effects of maternal genes, and may have a considerable influence on offspring parasite resistance. These effects, and the effects of early levels of reproduction and parasite resistance, may persist into later life and even influence ageing rates. Here we analyse a 20-year longitudinal data set collected on a free-living population of Soay sheep, to investigate the associations between a suite of maternal phenotypic traits and early-life performance on measures of parasite resistance across life. Our results show that maternal effects are important in determining offspring parasite resistance, since lambs born as twins and those born to the youngest and oldest mothers show higher parasite burdens. We show that the association between parasite resistance and natal litter size persists into adulthood. We also show that age-specific changes in parasite resistance in males are associated with natal litter size, and that age-specific changes in females are influenced by early-life levels of reproduction and parasite infection. These results add to the growing evidence that conditions experienced by individuals during development can have a profound influence on immediate and late-life performance and may even influence ageing.
Haemolytic disease of the newborn piglet
R. F. W. Goodwin, D. H. Heard, B. H. G. Hayward, G. Fulton Roberts
Journal: Epidemiology & Infection / Volume 54 / Issue 2 / June 1956
Four litters of newborn piglets suffering from haemolytic disease of four different grades of severity, were observed clinically. Pallor and mild jaundice were evident in some cases, but the activity of the piglets was not reduced except in the terminal stages of fatal cases. Malnutrition affected a number of piglets sometimes from fortuitous factors. In mild cases there were no clinical symptoms, and the disease could be detected only by demonstrating a fall in haemoglobin level or sensitization of the red cells.
Several blood group systems were concerned in the genesis of the disease in these piglets and both agglutinating and incomplete antibodies were shown to be present in the piglets' circulations; in one case antibody was found in the piglet's circulation only 3½ hr. after suckling started, and by 4 hr. the titre of free antibody was 256. The antibodies did not pass the placenta.
In severe cases a rapid fall in haemoglobin, interrupted by a sharp, transient rise, and accompanied by reticulocytosis and erythroblastaemia, was characteristic of the first 24 hr.; this was followed in some cases by a prolonged low level of haemoglobin before recovery started.
In some of the animals that died, severe and widespread focal necrosis of the liver, together with degeneration and necrosis in the kidney, were marked. Pigment deposits and erythrophagocytosis were common in nearly all organs but abnormal extramedullary erythropoiesis was not observed.
A number of haematological, serological and biochemical findings are recorded.
Origin of rare Ha-ras alleles: relationship of VTR length to a 5′ polymorphic Xho I site
Glenn D. Baxter, Nicholas K. Hayward, Russell J. Collins, Martin F. Lavin
Journal: Genetics Research / Volume 54 / Issue 2 / October 1989
Amongst the four common Ha-ras alleles in both controls and cancer patients, we detected the presence of a polymorphic Xho I site associated specifically with the 6·6 and 7·7 kb Bam HI fragments but absent from the 7·1 and 8·2 kb alleles, as recently reported by others. We have extended this study and report here, the consistent appearance of this Xho I site in unusual alleles close in size to the two common alleles of 6·6 and 7·7 kb, in control lymphoblastoid DNA samples in a variety of tumor DNAs. Unusual alleles grouped around the 7·1 and 8·2 kb common alleles on the other hand, did not possess the Xho I site. The consistent presence of the Xho I site polymorphism, in the unusual Ha-ras alleles surrounding the 6·6 and 7·7 kb common alleles and its absence in alleles around the 7·1 and 8·2 kb common alleles, suggests that the unusual ones are derived from the corresponding common alleles to which they are closest in size.
Empirically Grounded Clinical Interventions Clients' and Referrers' Perceptions of Computer-Guided CBT (FearFighter)
Alastair D. MacGregor, Linda Hayward, David F. Peck, Peter Wilkes
Journal: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy / Volume 37 / Issue 1 / January 2009
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2009, pp. 1-9
Background: Computer-guided CBT has been shown to be a potentially useful way of closing the gap between the demand and supply for CBT. Moreover, this approach has additional benefits in terms of less travel times for treatment, accessibility in remote and unusual locations, increased confidentiality, easier disclosure of sensitive information, and more egalitarian therapist-client interactions. Research on computerized CBT has concentrated on clinical outcomes, but the views of clients on this treatment approach have been relatively neglected. Aims: The aims were to assess client satisfaction, professionals' views, and ease of programme use after completion of treatment via an internet-based CBT programme for panic and phobic anxiety (FearFighter). Method: A feasibility and effectiveness study of FearFighter was conducted in remote and rural areas of Scotland. Treatment data are available for 35 clients at post-treatment, of whom 29 completed an 18-item set of rating scales designed to assess satisfaction, including ease of use, accessibility, how far needs were met, whether changes to the programme were required, the benefits and drawbacks of not having a therapist, and quality of support. Open-ended questions were included. Referring agencies were also asked to rate their views on FearFighter. Results: Clients reported moderate to high levels of improvement and of overall satisfaction; very few difficulties in logging on to and using the programme were encountered. Similar levels of satisfaction with the programme were reported by referrers. Conclusions: It is concluded that computer-guided CBT is acceptable to clients and to professionals, and that it could play a valuable part in a "stepped care" system of delivering CBT.
The Feasibility and Effectiveness of Computer-Guided CBT (FearFighter) in a Rural Area
Linda Hayward, Alastair D. MacGregor, David F. Peck, Peter Wilkes
Journal: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy / Volume 35 / Issue 4 / July 2007
Evaluations of computer-guided CBT (CCBT) suggest that this is a promising approach to closing the gap between the demand for, and the supply of, CBT. However, additional studies are required that are conducted by researchers independent of the programme developers, and include a wider range of participants. This independent study examined the viability of CCBT for panic and phobic anxiety in an unselected sample of referrals in remote and rural areas of Scotland. Outcome was assessed by a wide range of outcome measures, completed before and after treatment, and at 4-month follow-up. Participants experienced few difficulties in using the programme, and GPs and participants regarded CCBT as acceptable and useful. Major improvements were obtained, with several large effect sizes, which remained at follow-up. It was concluded that computer-guided CBT can play a useful part in delivering CBT services in rural areas; and that self-help CBT may be the only treatment option available to some sufferers.
Bosentan for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital cardiac disease
Eugene Kotlyar, Raymond Sy, Anne M. Keogh, Fiona Kermeen, Peter S. Macdonald, Christopher S. Hayward, Keith D. McNeil, David S. Celermajer
Journal: Cardiology in the Young / Volume 16 / Issue 3 / June 2006
Aims: Bosentan is efficacious in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, and the variants associated with connective tissue disease, but not currently approved for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension due to Eisenmenger's syndrome. We sought to evaluate its effect in adults with Eisenmenger's syndrome. Methods: We administered bosentan on the basis of compassionate use in 23 patients with Eisenmenger's syndrome, aged 37 plus or minus 14 years. Of the patients, 17 had never received specific treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension, five were transitioned from treprostinil, and one from beraprost to bosentan. We measured functional class, saturation of oxygen, haemoglobin levels and six-minute walk distance at baseline, one, six months and at most recent follow-up. Results: Baseline functional class was IV in three, III in fifteen, and II in five patients. At follow-up, with a mean of 15 plus or minus 10 months, 13 of the 23 patients (57%) had improved by at least one functional class, from a median baseline of III to II (p equal to 0.016), mean saturation of oxygen at rest had increased from 81% to 84% (p equal to 0.001), and levels of haemoglobin had decreased from 178 plus or minus 26 grams per litre to 167 plus or minus 19 grams per litre (p equal to 0.001). Overall, the six-minute walk distance did not change from baseline of 335 metres. The distance walked by those not previously receiving specific therapy, however, improved from 318 plus or minus 129 to 345 plus or minus 123 metres (p equal to 0.03). Conclusion: Treatment of adults with Eisenmenger's syndrome using bosentan significantly improved functional class, saturation of oxygen at rest, and decreased levels of haemoglobin. Treatment with bosentan was associated with improvement in six-minute walk distance in those not previously receiving specific therapy. In patients already in receipt of specific therapy, transition to bosentan resulted in no clinical deterioration.
Group Treatment of Perceived Stigma and Self-Esteem in Schizophrenia: A Waiting List Trial of Efficacy
Matthew T. D. Knight, Til Wykes, Peter Hayward
The experience of stigma by individuals with schizophrenia can impact on self-esteem and potential for recovery. Previous attempts to reduce stigma within society have reported variable success. The present study aimed to formulate and evaluate a therapeutic intervention for those who perceive themselves as stigmatized by their mental illness and who suffer low self-esteem. A waiting-list control design with repeated measures within participants was used. Treatment efficacy was evaluated by a principal outcome measure of self-esteem. Ancillary outcome measures included a measure of perceived stigmatization, and two symptom measures. Assessments were completed on four occasions, which covered a waiting list period, a treatment period and a follow-up. All participants (N = 21) received group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focused on stigma and self-esteem. Self-esteem improved significantly following treatment. Levels of depression, positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and general levels of psychopathology decreased significantly. A longer-term effect was found for positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and general levels of psychopathology. Participant feedback was predominantly positive. In addition to societal interventions, the potential for limiting the effects of stigma within a therapeutic context should be investigated.
The relationship between agoraphobia symptoms and panic disorder in a non-clinical sample of adolescents
C. HAYWARD, J. D. KILLEN, C. B. TAYLOR
Background. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical correlates of agoraphobic fear and avoidance and panic disorder in a non-clinical sample of adolescents.
Method. In a sample of 2365 high school students, combined data from a questionnaire and a structured clinical interview were used to classify subjects with agoraphobic fear and avoidance. Panic symptoms, major depression, childhood separation anxiety disorder, anxiety sensitivity and negative affectivity were also assessed.
Results. Fifteen subjects met study criteria for agoraphobic fear and avoidance in the past year. Only three (20%) of those with agoraphobia symptoms reported histories of panic attacks and there was no overlap between those with agoraphobic fear and avoidance and the 12 subjects who met DSM-III-R criteria for panic disorder. However, subjects with agoraphobia symptoms and those with panic disorder reported similar levels of anxiety sensitivity and negative affectivity. Childhood separation anxiety disorder was more common among those with agoraphobic fear and avoidance compared to those without.
Conclusion. Agoraphobic avoidance is rare in non-clinical samples of adolescents and usually not associated with panic attacks. However, adolescents with agoraphobia symptoms and those with panic disorder have similar clinical correlates consistent with a panic/agoraphobia spectrum model.
1 - The Nature of Endangered Species Protection
By Gregory D. Hayward, Jason F. Shogren, John Tschirhart
Edited by Jason F. Shogren, University of Wyoming, John Tschirhart, University of Wyoming
Book: Protecting Endangered Species in the United States
Published online: 06 July 2010
Print publication: 21 May 2001, pp 1-20
During Earth's most recent 3.5 billion junkets around the Sun, its inhabitants have busied themselves adapting to myriad physical surroundings and finding niches within niches to carry out their life functions. In doing so, they established a bewildering number of species, each depending on thousands of fellow species for survival. Five times over the past 440 million years, the number of species crashed in mass extinctions initiated by exogenous shocks to their environments from meteorites, ice ages, and volcanic eruptions. After each shock, the number of species rebounded, and after the most recent shock 66 million years ago, the number rebounded to the 10 million or more species currently inhabiting Earth.
Today, these inhabitants are again experiencing a mass extinction, although many argue this event is not due to an exogenous shock, but to the endogenous activities of a single species. There is evidence that species are disappearing worldwide at rates 10 to 1,000 times greater than natural rates of extinction (Jablonski 1991; May, Lawton, and Stork 1995; National Research Council 1995; Pimm, Russell, and Gittleman 1995). A casual look at data in the contiguous United States reveals a telling correlation between human populations and threatened and endangered species. Table 1.1 displays a state-by-state tally of species on the endangered species list (ESA) along with the percentage change in state population densities from 1970 to 1997, which encompasses the period the ESA has been in existence.
Excess hospital admissions for pneumonia and influenza in persons [ges ]65 years associated with influenza epidemics in three English health districts: 1987–95
J. S. NGUYEN-VAN-TAM, C. R. BROCKWAY, J. C. G. PEARSON, A. C. HAYWARD, D. M. FLEMING
Journal: Epidemiology & Infection / Volume 126 / Issue 1 / February 2001
Objectives: To study the association between community influenza activity and acute hospital admissions for pneumonia and influenza among elderly persons.
Design: Multiple regression analysis of acute hospital admissions against community influenza activity, air temperature and seasonal and long-term trends.
Setting: Three English health districts: 1987–95.
Subjects: Persons aged [ges ]65 years.
Outcome measures: Acute hospital admissions for pneumonia and influenza (ICD9: 480–487); excess hospital admissions during epidemic periods.
Results: The final regression model explained 70% of the total variation in hospital admissions for pneumonia and influenza, including 14% due to community influenza activity. However, most variation was explained by long-term and seasonal changes unrelated to influenza. In the large influenza epidemic of 1989/90 a typical health district (500000 total population) experienced 56 excess admissions for pneumonia and influenza attributable to epidemic influenza among persons aged [ges ]65 years, requiring 672 additional bed-days. However the figure varied widely between seasons and over the whole study period, the average winter excess was 17·5 admissions per health district, requiring an additional 210 bed-days.
Conclusions: Influenza epidemics exert a variable impact on acute hospital admissions for pneumonia and influenza among elderly persons, which in the past have been poorly quantified. Although the absolute numbers of excess admissions is modest, their impact on bed availability may be considerable because of the duration of hospital stay in elderly persons.
A comparative study of ultrasound-triggered behaviour in tiger beetles (Cicindelidae)
David D. Yager, Aaron P. Cook, David L. Pearson, Hayward G. Spangler
Journal: Journal of Zoology / Volume 251 / Issue 3 / July 2000
This study examines the behavioural responses to ultrasound in 52 species from the family Cicindelidae using both tethered flight and non-flight assays. Tethered flying tiger beetles respond to trains of bat-like ultrasonic pulses with a short-latency, multi-component behaviour. There was no variation in the nature of the behavioural responses regardless of geographical distribution or phylogenetic position. Lowest mean behavioural thresholds lie predominantly between 30 and 45 kHz. Sensitivity, however, varies widely, and several species do not respond at all in these assays. The lowest thresholds for responders are most often between 70 and 80 dB SPL. Almost all subgenera of North American tiger beetles in the genus Cicindela have at least some species with low-threshold acoustic behaviour. The single exception is the large subgenus Cicindela where all species are completely unresponsive or have very high thresholds. There was little relationship between habitat and responsiveness to ultrasound, but there is a strong correlation with seasonal activity – species with adults active in the spring and autumn (all in the subgenus Cicindela) do not show ultrasound-triggered behaviour whereas summer-active species generally do. Superimposing these data on a current phylogeny of the North American tiger beetles suggests that acoustic behaviour (and hearing) is a shared primitive trait among the taxa examined here and that there have been at least five independent losses of this character.


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Q: CSS div not to be width:100% I have one problem with CSS.
I have this DEMO page from codepen.io .
In this demo you can see there is a Click Show button. When you click that button then the .notificatonContainer div will opening successfully. But i want to change the .notificatonContainer div width:100%; when the browser screen @media all and (max-width: 580px) but when you change browser size width<580px the width:100%; not working.
How can i fix it anyone can help me in this regard ?
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  min-width: 300px;
  background-color: #009688;
  -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;
  -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
  -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 3px;
  -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 3px;
  border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, 0);
  -webkit-transform: translate(-50%, 0);
  -o-transform: translate(-50%, 0);
  -moz-transform: translate(-50%, 0);
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    width: 100%;
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    width: 100%;
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    width: 18%;
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  text-align: left;
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A: Your .notificationContainer has a transform: translate(50% 0); on it.  So in your media query, you need to override that with transform: translate(0);.
That should do it.

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City Commissioners
Clayton Lopez
Clayton Lopez, City Commissioner - District VI
Assistant Phone: 305-809-3844
Email Commissioner Lopez
Clayton Lopez was born and raised in Key West. A fourth generation Key Wester, Clayton is the eldest of three boys and one girl born to Charles and Rose Lopez. Clayton's parental grandfather, Roosevelt Sands, was a well known community leader and servant as well as Clayton's closest mentor. Clayton was raised in the famous "garden of Roses" house, now located on Whitehead Street. He is a step-father to three boys, the father of one girl. He and his wife, Pam are proud grandparents to five girls and two boys.
He began his community service at the age of 13. That first community involvement was when he helped organize and participate in a march against a segregated skating rink here in Key West. At community action meetings in the seventies, Clayton's was often the youngest voice heard in the room. By age 17, he was the youngest member of a team that helped secure funding to restore the Community Pool, now named after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was still in High School when he received his first gubernatorial appointment.
Governor Ruben Askew appointed him to a committee of community leaders, students and educators that helped end the riots of 1972. The following year, he was chosen by the student body to continue in that capacity to prevent future occurrences. While majoring in Sociology at Florida Keys Community College, he helped found the first student short term loan fund.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Involvement
From there, his involvement included his membership in the NAACP: In the 1980's he served as a youth advisor, and in the 1990's he served as political action chair, and Health advisory committee. In the 1990's, when some local ministers denied gay participation in the Christmas parade, he was one of several members, including his wife who marched in that same Christmas parade in protest.
Other Councils Served
Bahama Village Music Program
Blessed Community Gospel Choir
Cornish Memorial AME Zion Church
Filipino American Friendship Society
Florida Keys Outreach Coalition for the Homeless
Free and Accepted Masons
Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Key West
Monroe County Fine Arts Counsel
Order of the Elk
Clayton is a man of faith, who believes in real family values, diversity and respect for those human differences that should be celebrated and learned from, rather than persecuted or exploited. He is an inclusive, self proclaimed man of the people, discounting nor disenfranchising anyone. He considers himself fiscally conservative and socially liberal.
Many awards recognizing Clayton's continuing contributions to our community spanning several decades adorn the walls of his home and offices. He is currently employed by the Monroe County Health Department as a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevention Training Consultant. He received the Lang B. Millian Community Service Award, the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award. He is a three time recipient of the Celebrating Achievement and Pride Award from gay organizations citing him as a Community Friend. He has been honored by his community in receiving the Bahama Village Community Award for a lifetime of service.
Words from Clayton Lopez
I am proud of the service of my mother, grandfather, uncle and others in my family. I want my grandchildren to have that same pride in me. He truly believes in concepts of Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and One Human Family. He has demonstrated these beliefs in the way he has led his life, and in the legacy he wants to leave. If asked, he says This is the legacy I was handed, it is the legacy I must pass on.


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Long An River Oil Spill Threatens Shrimp Farmers
20 August 2009, at 1:00am
VIET NAM An oil spill on the Can Giuoc River in the southern province of Long An has polluted 6,000sq.m of land in Long Phung Commune, and threatens another 440ha of aquaculture in the Phuoc Vinh Tay and Phuoc Vinh Dong communes.
The communes are in the province's Can Giuoc District, reports VNS.
About 9,000 litres of fuel oil spilled into the river last week when a pipe broke as the fuel was being pumped from a barge into tanks used by the Tan Van Phuoc Co Ltd in Phu Thanh hamlet at the Long Phung Commune.
The accident happened late last Sunday, but relevant authorities hadn't taken any effective steps to deal with the situation as of Thursday.
The oil slick covers a 3km stretch of the river.
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