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Lead Astray in Ohio: Bush Admin. stymies added protections
The Bush administration's proposed 2005 budget cuts $35 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s lead poisoning prevention program, a 20 percent reduction from the previous year. The program pays for expert home evaluations and repairs to prevent young children from being exposed to lead-contaminated dust, soil and paint chips (Washington Post 2004). Primary prevention is the key to ending future lead poisoning and the related personal and social costs. Cuts to this program serve only to perpetuate unnecessary lead poisoning of future generations.
This is not the first time that the Bush administration has hindered lead poisoning prevention efforts. In 2002, in a move that catered to the interests of the lead industry, the Bush Administration shuffled the appointments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention, replacing reputable public health and pediatric lead experts with panelists with a history of defending the lead industry in the courts.
The Committee's charge is to assess scientific data on lead and recommend changes to CDC policy to prevent childhood lead poisoning. The Committee also advises CDC on its blood lead level limit standard for children. In the summer of 2002, just weeks before the Committee was due to begin its latest review of scientific data to determine if a revision of the federal lead-poisoning standard was necessary, the Bush Administration stepped in, drastically changing the composition of the Committee.
Anticipating that the current committee would likely rule in favor of lowering the level of concern for elevated blood lead, Tommy Thompson, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), removed respected pediatric lead experts from the panel, and rejected the nominations of scientists with established expertise in the health effects associated with childhood lead poisoning. Newly vacant seats were then filled by individuals with direct ties to the lead industry, clear financial conflicts of interest, and limited expertise on the issue of childhood lead poisoning. The resulting shift in the composition of the panel contributed to the CDC's recommendation not to lower the level of concern for elevations of blood lead below 10 µg/dL, even as the Center acknowledged research that has confirmed serious, permanent cognitive and academic defects at blood lead levels below 10 µg/dL (CDC CLPPP 2004).
Below is an overview of the panel changes that replaced childhood lead poisoning experts with lead industry-connected scientists:
Nominated Advisors with Conflicts of Interest
Dr. William Banner, expert witness for the lead industry who stated that lead is harmful only at levels that are 7-10 times as high as the current CDC blood lead levels of concern. Testified on behalf of lead companies in lead poisoning-related litigation (The Nation 2004, Markey 2002a, Markey et al. 2002b). During the course of a deposition in this litigation, Banner testified as follows:
Q. (Attorney for State of Rhode Island) "I'm asking you for your expert opinion in this case. Do you believe that any of the epidemiological studies have established any relationship between lead ingestion and adverse cognitive, behavioral, or emotional status?
A. (Dr. William Banner) "No." (Markey 2002c).
Dr. Joyce Tsuji, principal scientist for Exponent, 31% of whose clients have a financial interest in the deliberations of the CDC Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention. (Markey 2002c). Exponent's corporate clients include ASARCO, which is currently disputing EPA's assumptions that ASARCO is the source of elevated lead and arsenic in residential soils in El Paso and fighting Superfund designation, and King and Spalding, a DC law firm representing several large lead firms (Markey 2002c).
Dr. Kimberly Thompson, Assistant Professor of Risk Analysis and Decision Science, Harvard School of Public Health, affiliated with the heavily industry-funded Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. HCRA has over 20 corporate funders with a financial interest in the deliberations of the CDC Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and less stringent lead regulations. Three of these funders have Superfund sites with lead contamination Ð Monsanto, FMC Corporation and Ciba-Geigy Corporation (Markey 2002c).
Dr. Sergio Piomelli, Professor, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, researcher who reportedly criticized the CDC Lead Advisory Committee when it decided to lower the elevated blood lead level of concern from 25 ug/dL to 10 ug/dL. Reports indicate that Piomelli and another appointee, William Banner, were first contacted about serving on the committee by lead industry representatives (The Nation 2004).
Childhood Lead Poisoning Experts Removed from the Panel or Whose Nominations Were Rejected
Removed from Panel:
Dr. Michael Weitzman, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, and Pediatrician in Chief, Rochester General Hospital, member of the panel since 1997 and the author of numerous peer-reviewed publications on lead poisoning (Markey 2002a). Shortly before Secretary Thompson rejected his reappointment, Weitzman was told by CDC staff that they planned to nominate him to chair the committee (UCS 2004).
Nomination Rejected:
Dr. Bruce Lanphear, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, currently the Sloan Professor of Children's Environmental Health, conducted epidemiological studies of lead-contaminated house dust and residential soil, and studies confirming severe adverse cognitive and academic effects associated with blood lead levels below 10 mg/dL (Markey 2002a).
Dr. Susan Klitzman, Associate Professor of Urban Public Health at the Hunter College School of Health Services, author of numerous peer-reviewed publications on lead poisoning (Markey 2002a).
The compromise in the integrity of the lead advisory committee is just one example in a series of industry-biased scientific appointments made by the current administration. The Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 1, mandates that scientific committees "not be inappropriately influenced by the appointing authority or by any special interest, but will instead be the result of the advisory committee's independent judgment." Despite this mandate, the Bush Administration has faced a firestorm of criticism for stacking scientific panels and advisory boards with industry-biased appointments. On February 18, 2004, over 60 leading scientists - including over 20 Nobel laureates, leading medical experts, former federal agency directors, and university chairs and presidents - released a letter voicing their concern over the "misuse of science by the Bush administration" (UCS 2004a). The letter states that the administration had disbanded scientific advisory committees, placed unqualified appointees on panels, censored reports that presented scientific conclusions that conflicted with administration positions, and abandoned the pursuit of scientific advice (UCS 2004a).
In an editorial in Science magazine, a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, this trend was referred to as an "epidemic," in which scientific committees "are shut down and reassembled with new members, and candidates are subjected to loyalty tests," rather than being judged based on objective criteria such as training, ability and performance (Science 2003). In November 2002, the American Public Health Association (APHA) released an official policy statement objecting to "recent steps by government officials at the federal level to restructure key federal scientific and public health advisory committees by retiring the committees before their work is completed, removing or failing to reappoint qualified members, and replacing them with less scientifically qualified candidates and candidates with a clear conflict of interest," arguing that "such steps suggest an effort to inappropriately influence these committees" (APHA 2002).
In response to a September 2003 Office of Management and Budget proposed rule which would set up peer review panels to screen all use of science in drafting federal regulations, Representative Edward Markey, Senior Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, issued a letter along with eight other Members of Congress, criticizing the administration for purportedly "stacking review panels with industry-funded scientists and asking them to review regulatory science for their own industries." Under the original version of the rule, the peer review panels would exclude scientific experts who receive grants from the federal agency performing the review, but would allow candidates who receive funds from industry, even those potentially affected by the regulations. An April 15, 2004 revision to the rule provided more authority to individual agencies in determining ethical and conflicts of interest standards for the peer review process.
Industry-Biased Scientific Panel Staffing Decisions:
CDC's National Center for Environmental Health, which reviews research and makes suggestions on a range of public health policy issues, was completely gutted and replaced with industry-biased appointees, including Lois Swirsky Gold, who denies many of the links between pollutants and cancer, and Dennis Paustenbach, an expert witness who testified for Pacific Gas & Electric in the well-known Erin Brockovich court case involving the contaminant Chromium 6. Committee chair Dr. Thomas Burke learned that fifteen of the panel's eighteen members were going to be replaced, including him. "In the past, HHS had asked Burke for a list of recommendations; this time, it had its own list, and Burke was not on it" (The Nation 2004).
Several members of Congress concerned about the integrity of science advisory committees issued a letter to Secretary Thompson questioning the propriety of the collaboration between chemical-industry association, the American Chemistry Council, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences on a testing program of high production volume chemicals (Markey 2002b).
The Office of Management and Budget, under the leadership of John Graham, head of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), proposed to require agencies to subject to peer review "any scientific or technical study that is relevant to regulatory policies." Graham began his tenure with a much-criticized agency-wide memo in September 2001 urging staff to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of any proposed regulation of industry. Graham is former head of the industry-funded Harvard Center for Risk Analysis and many public statements prior to his appointment by President Bush. In a speech to the Heritage Foundation in 2000, Graham reportedly asserted that "[e]nvironmental regulation should be depicted as an incredible intervention in the operation of society" (Congressional Quarterly 2004).
American Public Health Association (APHA). (2002). "Ensuring the Scientific Credibility of Government Public Health Advisory Committees." Association News. Policy Statement LB02-2. Washington, DC. Accessed online April 22, 2004 at http://www.apha.org/legislative/policy/policysearch/
index.cfm?fuseaction=view&id=291.
Congressional Quarterly. 2004. "Dueling Science," March 20, 2004.
Markey, Rep. E.J. (2002a). "Lead Poisoning Advisory Panel Weighed Down by Lead Industry's Friends." October 8, 2002. Available online at: http://www.house.gov/markey/Issues/iss_environment_pr021008.pdf.
Markey, Rep. E.J., Pelosi, Rep. N., et al. (2002b). Letter to The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services. October 8, 2002. Available online at: http://www.house.gov/markey/Issues/iss_environment_ltr021008.pdf.
Markey, Rep. E.J. (2002c). "Turning Lead into Gold: How the Bush Administration is Poisoning the Lead Advisory Committee at the CDC." A report by the staff of Rep. Edward J. Markey. October 8, 2002. Available online at: http://www.house.gov/markey/Issues/iss_environment_rpt021008.pdf.
The Nation. (2004). "The New Scopes Trials," by Eric Alterman and Mark Green. February 27, 2004.
The New York Times. (2004). "At the Center of the Storm Over Bush And Science," by James Glanz. March 30, 2004.
Science. (2003). Editorial: "An Epidemic of Politics; Choice of Government Scientists Plagued by Political Bias," by Donald Kennedy. January 31, 2003.
The Washington Post. (2004). "Bush Budget Would Cut Lead Prevention Funds," by Avram Goldstein. April 11, 2004.
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). (2004). "Scientific Integrity in Policymaking: An investigation into the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science" by Seth Shulman. March 2004. Available online at: http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/rsi/page.cfm?pageID=1322.
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS 2004a). Statement, Restoring Scientific Integrity in Policymaking. February 14, 2004.
CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CDC CLPPP), Frequently Asked Questions, "Why Not Change the Blood Lead Level of Concern at this Time?" http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/spotLights/changeBLL.htm (last visited, April 23, 2004).
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everytime i try to post something with a line of code included it refuses to post.
Please find out what the problem is !
It looks like your forum posts are going into the 'awaiting approval' category.
We look at these every morning to vet any posts that are picked up by freashdesk, but not at the weekend, so i apologize for any delay.
We are looking into why these posts were picked up by freshdesk, but after we accept a few posts you shouldnt get this problem again.
Thanks for the reply, but i doubt this is a issue only with me or new members since there wasn't a single forum post for several days.
Today the forum seems fixed and several posts are being made again daily.
The forum is doing it again, i try to reply to a post with a few lines of code in it, and the post gets delayed again.
Please remove the delaying of posts, a forum like this should NOT be moderated so strictly.
Looks like you are right Ward, whenever code of any sort is posted, it automatically needs to be approved.
I'm receiving emails of people posting something 4 days ago,which not got posted until today.
Can Gamesparks please confirm this is intended behaviour or if this is a bug ?
The moderation settings have been eased so you won't see this issue any more. You guys will be able to post your answers and see them go up in real time. Only extreme cases should be flagged for moderation now. Apologies for any inconvenience caused here. In regards to the forums themselves we have a big overhaul planned in the next few months with quite a few exciting updates coming that we think you guys will love. So watch this space !
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Q: Failing to transition in D3 off new data I can load and display data perfectly once, but any attempt to update seems to fail.
I'm trying to build a map that shows activity.  In my data csv I have latitude and logitude and the hour of activity (0-23).  I am using this highly useful tutorial on updating D3 with new data.  The idea being that I cycle through data by the hour.
I've more-or-less stolen the update function.  While the initial call works perfectly, any repeated calls manage to only recolor the already-present data, rather than remove it and add new data.  This leads me to believe I am not changing the incoming data.
Is there anything obviously wrong with my update call?
function update(data, x) {
    // DATA JOIN
    // Join new data to any existing data
    var circles = g.selectAll("circle")
        .data(data); //, function(d) { return d; });

    // UPDATE
    // Update old elements as needed.
    circles
        .style("fill", "green")
            .transition()
            .duration(750);

    // ENTER
    // Create new elements
    circles.enter().append("circle")
        .filter(function(d) { return d.hr == x; })
        .attr("cx", function(d) {
            return projection([d.lon, d.lat])[0];
        })
        .attr("cy", function(d) {
            return projection([d.lon, d.lat])[1];
        })
        .attr("r", 0)
        .style("opacity", 0.2)
        .style("fill", "blue")
        .transition()
        .duration(750)
        .ease("linear")
        .attr("r", function(d) {
            return d.radius/2;
        });

    // EXIT
    // Remove old elements
    circles.exit()
        .style("fill", "red")
        .transition()
        .duration(1500)
        .ease("linear")
        .attr("r", 0)
        .remove();
}

Run from the command line:
update(csv_data, 1)
update(csv_data, 5)

A: It seems like you're trying to change the data by the line
filter(function(d) { return d.hr == x; })

but that's only filtering the selection.
What you want to do is filter the data before passing it to your selection which you do with the line
.data(data);

I suggest using Array.filter in the beginning of your update function:
function update(data, x) {
    // DATA JOIN
    // Join new data to any existing data

    // filter the data as per x
    data = data.filter(function (d) { return d.hr == x; });

    var circles = g.selectAll("circle")
        .data(data);

    // rest of function
 }

Be sure to remove the line where you filter after the append.

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I am still flabergasted on how just about all of you looked at this Series and thought we would win. What makes it even more crazy is most of you, and most of Cleveland, thought the Spurs are a better team, with a better coach, with homecourt in a 7 game series. You knew that and yet thought the Cavs would win?? As the Guiness guys say "Brilliant."
I'm not God nor due I claim to be, I'm just gifted.


We're in 2019 and already getting ready for the most exciting interior design fairs all over the world and taking notice of the newest novelties and trends in the design world. However, it's also time to take a look back to the very best of 2018, get inspired and learn from it so we take it to a whole other level this year. Today, we take a look at the best hotel interior and architecture of 2018 that we're sure it will spark new emotions in you.
Philippe Austruy, falls in love with Quinta da Côrte, and the rest is history. He decides to invest on it and so enters famed French interior designer Pierre Yovanovitch, that completely changes the vibe of the space into the interior design beauty that is today, inspiring us more and more the more we look at it. Yovanovitch has rebuilt all of the main structures, transforming the 19th-century accommodation into eight bedrooms, spread between different buildings.
Sometimes, mixing different styles is just what you need to create a unique and stunning space that will be inspiring to many. This guesthouse was able to do it, 1920s Art Deco period mixing with a 1970s vibe that is hard to resist. Little Albion Guesthouse in Surry Hills, with interiors designed by Cressida Kennedy of Space Control and Connie Alessi of Archemy, and architecture by Terence Yong Architecture and Chris Haughton of SHED Architects, is the right place to stay at if you enjoy sophisticated design.
The first luxury hotel of its kind, Jaffa appears like a dream amidst Tel Aviv, located within the walls of a 19th-century complex that once housed Jaffa's French Hospital. It's just 10 minutes from the beach, but the real attraction is its interior design, stunning and comfortable. Wouldn't you like to spend a night in this incredible hotel? We would too.
Set somewhere between the Marais and Montorgueil quartiers in the third arondissement, Hôtel National des Arts & Métiers is new among Paris' boutiques, and is certainly ready to impress. Paris-based architect Raphael Navot did a wonderful job with this project, creating a stunningly luxurious hotel with ever so present craftsmanship, custom décor and a palette of rich materials.
Designed by Studio Arthur Casas, this hotel in Rio De Janeiro features a clear mid-century vibe with a modern twist. With its glorious 60's inspired white façade, it's definitely a stunner, an inspiration for design lovers. The decor includes pieces by major names in Brazilian design of the '50s, such as Rio's native Sergio Rodrigues, as well as by contemporary designers, such as the Italian native Paola Lenti.
Located in Jiangxi, this hotel is the property of Ma Dong, a 28-year-old businessman who was able to see the potential in this building. He enlisted a team of specialists and so it began. Everything was taken care of, from electricity, plumbing and furniture, and so this match made in heaven gave way to this resort that pays tribute to one of China's most historic areas.
Located in Gowanus, a little to the west of Brooklyn proper, is the Gowanus Inn and Yard. Designed by New York and Mexico City-based SAVVY Studio, this hotel features a modern and contemporary style that will appeal to many. With mid-century vignettes and an American style clearly evident as inspiration, the aesthetic is hard to look past and turn the stare another way.
It's hard to imagine these belong to the same hotel but that couldn't be more true. A stunning luxury hotel that offers a variety of different styles is always a good choice, especially when it's done in good taste, with professional interior designers that know how to mix and match perfectly. The "contemporary take on the traditional estate home" was the best decision when tackling on this project.
The Radisson Collection Hotel, Strand Stockholm opens its doors after an extensive renovation by Swedish Architectural Studio Wingårdhs, revealing a new look that is fit for every design lover and traveler. Stunning in the way it's presented, this iconic hotel originally opened to coincide with the 1912 Olympics, and it's now part of Sweden's history. After this renovation, it's even more beloved by many, and we can understand exactly why.
Back in 1999, Alex Calderwood opened the Ace Hotel in Seattle and forever changed our notion of what a luxury hotel could be. Now, years later, this hotel lobby got a renovation, making it feel even more like it was straight out of a dream, a place of peace and relaxation, of design like we've never seen before. Pastels and rich colors mixing with wooden and brass are the perfect combination for this lobby.


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How to Avoid Fighting About Stupid Things
January 30, 2017 by Sarai Rice
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by Sarai Rice
Anxious people fight about stupid things. I learned this years ago, mostly from congregations. But I was reminded of it recently by a close encounter with party politics during the most recent election cycle, so I thought I would share a political example and prescribe a solution that almost always works to avoid fights in congregations as well as political parties.
The Example
A relative spent most of last year organizing rural counties on behalf of a major party candidate who ultimately did not win. In one of his first encounters with a county central committee, members were in full mutiny because the chair had posted a comment to the county's Facebook page from his personal Facebook account regarding gun violence in the county. The comment was not profane or offensive, just a statement of fact about the number of people shot and killed by county law enforcement in the past year compared to the number of killings in an entire country in Europe during the same period (the same number, apparently).
Some central committee members were upset, not because they thought the comment was untrue but because they were afraid that readers might interpret the comment as having come from the central committee, many of whose members did not want to offend local law enforcement. The meeting happened in mid-summer, when the election was only a few months away, but the committee spent this as well as subsequent meetings debating the Facebook comment rather than strategizing about how to win in a county that typically voted for the other party.
My first response, based on years observing similar arguments in the life of congregations, is that this kind of conflict is not surprising. It's always easier, although rarely helpful, to fight about personal behavior rather than address larger realities, especially if the larger realities have to do with decline or loss. When we don't know what to do about the big, important things, we fight about what somebody said.
The solution: adopt good policies
More importantly, though, the central committee could have avoided its Facebook argument altogether by adopting a policy on the use of social media. For example, a policy might limit what members can say using the organization's accounts, but permit most kinds of postings from personal social media accounts. Most organizations have some version of such a policy. But a group could also decide that its chair can't post anything to do with the work of the group from or his or her personal social media accounts . Such a policy may raise freedom of speech issues, but it is preferable to having no policy at all and then yelling endlessly about whether someone's behavior was appropriate or not.
Small groups and groups in small communities often think that "policies" are for bigger groups in larger metropolitan areas, but this is not true. Any time conflict is a possibility, which is to say any time humans are involved, the easiest way to avoid it is to establish written policies that address all the things we're likely to fight about. All groups need policies about Facebook and other social media. Other topics, some of which are specific to congregations, include, among other things:
Who can use church computers/technology and for what (e.g., not for creating, watching, or downloading pornography)
When to conduct background checks on volunteers (e.g., any time a volunteer will be working with children or teenagers)
Who can drive church vehicles or drive their own vehicles on behalf of the church, what kind of insurance is required, and what to do if there's an accident or other problem
Who can use the building, who can give permission to do so, and who cleans up afterward
Who has access to church databases and under what circumstances
Who has access to a pastor's or other church employee's office
Who can have keys to the building
Whether members must be physically present at board or congregational meetings to vote or whether they can vote by proxy or using specified technology
Some topics require complete handbooks of their own, including:
Internal financial controls, including who counts the money, how many people need to be in the room, who deposits its, who pays the bills, who signs the checks
Personnel policies, including equal employment opportunity (EEO), bullying and other behavior issues, record retention, how to address performance issues, what to do in cases of theft or substance abuse, how job expectations and standards are established, attendance and punctuality, appearance, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, nepotism, work hours, business expense reimbursement, security, personal use of office equipment, participation in community affairs, solicitation in the work place, compensation, pay procedures, benefits, holidays, time off, personal and maternity leave, professional development, and anything else employees need to know
Volunteer policies, covering most of the same topics as the personnel policies, but addressed to the needs, actions, and expectations of volunteers
All congregations (and all county central committees), no matter their size, need a full set of policies. And the best time to create and adopt policies is when no one is feeling anxious. Anxious people not only fight about stupid things, they also create bad policy.
[box]Sarai Rice consults with congregations on a variety of issues including planning, program development, and governance, and offers coaching for clergy and lay leaders. She has a passion for work across the lines of faith traditions, especially in areas involving community ministry and social justice, as well as a deep commitment to the notion that human institutions should work well for the people they serve.[/box]

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The British countertenor John Whitworth has died at the age of 91. Alongside fellow countertenor Alfred Deller, Whitworth was instrumental in bringing about a resurgence of high male singing in the mid-20th century. The two memorably appeared in duet in works by Purcell and John Blow – not least in a celebrated 1953 recording featuring 'Sound of the Trumpet' from Purcell's Come Ye Sons of Art on L'Oiseau-Lyre.
Born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, Whitworth won a choral scholarship to King's College Cambridge in 1946, and after graduating in 1949 was appointed alto lay vicar of Westminster Abbey – a position he held until 1971. His first professional solo appearance was in Handel's Messiah at the Central Hall, Westminster, in 1950. Soon afterwards he joined the Deller Consort at Maida Vale studios for the first of many broadcasts, and made his first solo broadcast - songs by William Byrd - in 1952. He was also director of the Renaissance Singers and toured extensively with the Golden Age Singers.
Whitworth taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 1965 and at Uppingham school in Rutland from 1988 where his students included the now celebrated countertenor Robin Blaze. He was also organist at St Paul's Covent Garden from 1964 to 1971, deputy music advisor for Leicestershire County Council from 1971 to 1986, and an early music specialist, researching and transcribing many works held in the British Museum and British Library.


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six (54.6%) non-functioning tumors, 3 (27.3%) carcinoids, and 2 (18.2%) VIPomas. There were 4 (36.4%) men and 7 (63.6%) women with a mean age of 51.26.3 years. Three patients had distal pancreatectomies and 1 patient had a Whipple procedure at the time of transplant. Three patients had prior distal pancreatectomies, three had prior intestinal resections and 1 patient's tumor was an incidental finding in the explant after transplant. The 1 and 5-year survival among these patients is 73% and 36%, respectively (range 0-119 months), with a median follow-up of 62 months. Of the 3 patients surviving 5 years, only 1 was disease free. Conclusion: In carefully selected patients with biologically favorable (i.e., less aggressive) metastatic neuroendocrine tumors, liver transplantation may be an appropriate option. Long-term survival is possible in these patients, however, cure is highly unlikely.
50 Efficiency of Recipient Screening and Donor Evaluation in Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Burckhardt Ringe, Felix Braun, Ruben Canelo, Thomas Lorf, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany Living donor liver transplantation has become a valuable tool to overcome the shortage and limits of cadaveric organ donation, and it has been shown to significantly reduce the mortality in children while waiting for transplantation. To assess the efficiency of recipient screening and donor evaluation in our adult liver transplant program we reviewed our early learning phase. Since initiation of the living donor liver transplant program at our institution in March 2000 a total of 61 adult patients were listed for cadaveric donor liver transplantation with Eurotransplant. At this point of time, the option of living donation was discussed with 41/61 recipients (72 %). In principle, a potential living donor was available and identified in 16/41 patients (39 %), remained unclear in 15, and was not available in 10 cases, respectively. Meticulous donor evaluation following a four-step protocol with thorough workup of medical history, physical examination, extensive laboratory tests, magnetic resonance imaging studies, laparoscopy with liver biopsy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiography, arteriography, psychology and other consults was completed in 15/16 cases (94 %). One donor reconsidered living donation, and finally refused to complete the evaluation because the recipient suffering from primary sclerosing cholangitis and ulcerative colitis had developed a colon carcinoma in the meantime. Living donor right hemihepatectomy and partial transplantation were performed and completed in 14/15 patients (94 %). One procedure had to be aborted since the recipient developed a septic shock during the operation. Thus, 14 of all 61 recipients seen during this period of time were able to receive a living donor liver transplantation resulting in an efficacy rate of 23 %. This figure corresponds well with our preoperative waiting list mortality rate of 25 % before the start of the living donor program. Our preliminary experience which is well in accordance with data published from other centers demonstrates that recipient screening and identification of potential living donors as well as their evaluation is efficient, and can result in a significant increase of organ donors for liver transplantation thus reducing also the risk of adult patients to die before transplantation can be realized.
51 Living Donor Liver Transplantation : Is the Morbidity Underestimated? Fédérica Dondéro, Olivier Farges, Daniele Sommacale, Francois Durand, Alain Sauvanet, Jacques Belghiti, Hospital Beaujon, Clichy, France
Transplant units have unreliably evaluated donor outcome in LRLT, as evidenced by the wide incidence of complications identified in the medical literature and in the NIH survey. Health authorities are catching up by implementing registries world-wide. It remains however the responsibility of the medical community to promote accurate reporting of donor complications. Between January 1995 and August 2002, 102 living-related donors were operated in our centre including left lateral sectoriectomies (LLS30), left hepatectomies (LH35) and right hepatectomies (RH37, including 19 with the middle hepatic vein) as part of a pediatric (n58) or an adult (n44) transplantation. Donor and recipient operations were performed independently, without cross over. Donors included 45 women and 57 men with a mean age of 369 years (range, 18-73). All intra- and postoperative complications were recorded prospectively by a specialised liver surgeon not involved in either donor or recipient procedures. Patients underwent a medical and an independent psychological evaluation 6 and 12 months after surgery. Donor mortality was nil. Duration of surgery and blood loss were 37354 min and 577237 mL. These figures were not significantly influenced by the extent of resection. There was one serious intraoperative adverse event (displacement of right hepatic vein clamp). Incidence of surgical complications was 9% (6 biliary leaks including 4 that required percutaneous drainage, 1 abdominal hernia, 1 reoperation for chylous ascites and 1 reoperation for bleeding). Incidence of major medical complications was 12% (3 pneumonia, 3 pulmonary embolism, 1 pneumothorax, 1 compression of the brachial plexus, 2 symptomatic pleural effusions that required drainage and one significant but transient kidney failure). No patient experienced overt liver failure. Incidence of other complications revealed by the prospective postoperative assessment was 24% including asymptomatic pulmonary embolism in 3, asymptomatic large pleural effusions in 4, gastroparesis in 2 and 16 cases of fever  38.5. Several of these complications had not been previously recognized following liver resections for other indications. Overall incidence of complications was 45%. Overall duration of in-hospital stay was 123 days and was influenced by the extent of resection. Hospital readmission following initial discharge was required in 4 patients. One, 6 and 12 months after donation there is not evidence of major and important sequelae and all donors had normal liver tests. In conclusion the prospective inclusion of all events following liver donor resection revealed a high incidence of complications. Some of these complications have not been recognized or have been underestimated following resections for other indications.
52 Laparoscopic Procurement Model for Living Donor Liver Transplantation Ernesto Molmenti, Peter A Pinto, Robert A Montgomery, Bradley Ryan, William Roberts, Thomas Hsu, Parviz Kavoussi, Andrew S Klein, Louis R Kavoussi, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD Introduction and Objectives: Noting the contribution to renal transplantation by the introduction of the laparoscopic approach to donor nephrectomy, we investigated the possibility of performing a laparoscopic hepatic lobe procurement with the goal of performing a live donor liver transplantation. We describe our technique and determine its feasibility for such a goal. Methods: The surgical technique was developed over a series of 12 adult female pigs and adapted in two human cadavers. The technique included pneumoperitoneum with CO2, mobilization of the liver, and transection of the parenchyma into right and left lobes with a cavitron ultrasonic aspirator. The vascular inflow and outflow structures (hepatic artery, portal vein, hepatic veins) of the anatomical specimen being procured were preserved undisturbed during the hepatic transection. No temporary
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Sheppard Robson secures planning for residential development in Edinburgh
Sheppard Robson's 180-unit residential project, which will reinvigorate a prominent brownfield site on the Water of Leith River in the north of Edinburgh, has received planning consent.
The Canonmills Garden development for client Artisan REI will address the adjacent green space and river whilst providing access through the site to The New Town. This has been achieved by configuring the development as four blocks set around a tranquil garden square that will provide access to the one, two and three-bedroom apartments as well as the maisonettes and townhouses in the development, which includes a 25% provision for veteran and affordable homes.
Drawing on the architectural character of the surrounding historic buildings, Sheppard Robson's design has carefully considered materiality, scale and proportion. The scheme uses brick throughout, with timber accents and balconies used to soften and articulate the elevations. The brick at ground level uses a variated coursing pattern to define base and middle of the brick elevations.
Giving the design a distinctively contemporary character, the upper elements of the new terraces appear as a single folded shape, created by the use of horizontal metal cladding coloured to match the adjacent brick.
The prominent riverside elevation has been stepped to break down the mass of the development, with the variation in form subtly mediating between the differing size buildings at either end of the site. The project also includes a public pedestrian street running from north of south, helping knit the development into its surroundings and also providing a connection through to the city centre.
James Dick, partner at Sheppard Robson, said:
"We wanted to balance an understanding of context with creating an architectural additional that is clearly modern and in tune with the marketplace.
"The project has been designed to have two different characters: the inner courtyard is calm and tranquil heart to the development whilst the perimeter has a definite urban character, fitting with the townscape."
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Long term drug addiction treatment is a process whereby individuals who have struggled with drug addiction can get the help they need to overcome this devastating problem. Millions of people struggle with addiction, and without effective help many lose everything and succumb to their substance of choice. When someone accepts treatment, they regain control of their lives. There are a variety of drug treatment programs available to help individuals struggling with addiction, but because each individual is unique and has unique circumstances, effective drug treatment must be tailored to meet these needs.
Drug treatment programs with the highest success rates offer a full spectrum of services, and take into account all aspects of an individual's life and treatment issues. For example, women have different needs than men in drug treatment. Older individuals may have different needs than the younger generation. But whether an individual is male or female, young or old, long term drug addiction treatment statistically offers the best results because the overall goal of sobriety is taken into account along with all of the challenges, and individuals are allowed to remain in treatment for a substantial amount of time to address all of the issues that got them hooked on drugs in the first place.
The first step of drug treatment at a long term drug addiction treatment facility is a detox from drugs. Most long term drug addiction treatment facilities offer in-house detox, but some treatment facilities do not. If this is the case, the individual will not be allowed to start treatment until they have been drug-free for at minimum 2 days. The individual will need to get through this process at a facility which can deliver a drug detox such as a hospital. Because of the some of the peculiarities and risks involved with detox and some forms of withdrawal, it is recommended that all drug detox is carried out under 24-hour medical supervision and care.
While detoxing from drugs or alcohol, individuals will go through what it commonly known as "withdrawal". Withdrawal is a result of dependence, both physical and psychological, that individuals have built up over time to their drug of choice. A lot of these symptoms are physical, and can be very painful and uncomfortable. The addict will typically experience intense cravings for their drug of choice during this time, which would quickly extinguish any withdrawal symptoms. This is why it is important that individuals who want to stop using drugs do so with the appropriate care and in the appropriate setting such as in a long term drug addiction treatment facility. This way, there will be no drugs around and drug treatment staff can help ease symptoms and cravings through a variety of means.
Individuals will experience the onset of withdrawal symptoms within 3-24 hours of the last time they used. The intensity and duration of symptoms varies, depending on which drug the individual is detoxing from. Individuals withdrawing from cocaine for example will typically experience fatigue, lack of pleasure, anxiety, irritability, sleepiness, and sometimes agitation or extreme suspicion. Opiate withdrawal comes with a myriad of intense physical symptoms, and has been described as similar to flu, but only ten times worse. Typical methamphetamine withdrawal symptoms include exhaustion, depression, mental confusion, restlessness, insomnia, and deep or disturbed sleep. Most withdrawal is not life threatening, just uncomfortable or painful. Drug treatment counselors work around the clock at a long term drug addiction treatment facility to make withdrawal as smooth as possible.
Of more concern is withdrawal from alcohol and a type of prescription drug known as benzodiazepines. In more serious cases of alcohol withdrawal individuals can get a very high fever, have high increased heart rate, hallucinations, blood pressure, and Delirium Tremens. Delirium Tremens is a serious condition which causes panic attacks, uncontrolled shaking, and severe hallucinations. The condition of DTs must be closely monitored to avoid the risk of death due to high blood pressure and increased heart rate. In the case of benzodiazepines, which are typically prescribed for anxiety but also commonly abused, withdrawal can include extreme anxiety, irritability, insomnia and sensory disturbances. Because of the risks associated with alcohol or benzodiazepine withdrawal, individuals who have abused these substances on a long term basis should never go through withdrawal unsupervised. Drug detox facilities and long term drug addiction treatment facilities have the tools and wherewithal to safely get individuals through this type of withdrawal.
Getting through drug detox and withdrawal is merely the first step of any effective long term drug addiction treatment program. Most individuals who only detox and don't continue with long term drug addiction treatment, quickly relapse. Following detox, drug treatment professionals work with the individual to do the real work that will get them rehabilitated. There may still be challenges at this point, and individuals should expect to experience drug cravings for some time. Relapse is highly likely at any point prior to program completion, but being in a long term drug addiction treatment setting offers a safe and drug free environment which offer the appropriate level of care and support to avoid this at all costs.
Long term drug addiction treatment offers an environment that allows for complete focus on recovery. Instead of being in an environment which can trigger drug use at any time, individuals who undergo long term drug addiction treatment live at the drug rehab facility, anywhere from 3 months to a year. This allows the individual to immerse themselves completely in the process of overcoming addiction. They literally have nothing else to focus on but making themselves and their lives better. Addicts will work intensively with professional drug treatment counselors who know what they are going through and have helped many before them. Counselors at a long term drug addiction treatment facility will typically utilize use both individual and group counseling and therapy to address issues which may be causing addictive behavior, or may cause such behavior when the individual completes treatment and returns home.
Probably the most important aspect of recovery and long term drug addiction treatment is education. When the individual understands the mechanics of addiction, they can recognize situations and influences in their own life which may have caused abusive patterns and behaviors and prevent these things from from happening in the future. If an individual can pinpoint a certain individual which always causes problems for them or nurtures their drug use, they can rid these types of individuals from their lives completely and have a much better shot at maintaining their sobriety. These influences and other triggers can be rooted out one by one, allowing for a much better outlook long-term.
Group and individual counseling is an important factor in most successful long term drug addiction treatment programs. Through counseling, individuals participating in long term drug addiction treatment can discover what may have caused their addiction issues and how to recognize things in their lives which they must change in order to maintain long-term sobriety. Group sessions help individuals gain another point of view and get peer support regarding their addiction. Counseling often includes family and loved ones as well, who can be a part of the healing and rehabilitation process.
Due to a growing need, long term drug addiction treatment counselors are becoming trained on how to identify individuals that may be struggling with what has become known as co-occurring disorders. This is because individuals in need of drug rehab sometimes also struggle with both drug addiction and either a mental health or co-occurring alcohol disorder. Staff at a long term drug addiction treatment facility can assist in getting individuals properly diagnosed so that it can be treated in addition to any standard treatment the individual may receive. If the co-occurring disorder is not addressed, the individual will be at risk of relapse as a result of the unaddressed disorder. However, there are drug rehab facilities which specialize in dual-diagnosis treatment and integrate this treatment as part of their program.
For a drug addiction treatment method to be effective, the individual should remain in treatment for an adequate amount of time. This timeframe varies from person to person and program to program, and depends on history of drug use including the type of drug the individual is addicted to and other factors. For individuals struggling with long-term addiction for example, it is recommended that individuals participate in a long term drug addiction treatment program which requires at least a 90 day stay. Most long term drug addiction treatment programs can actually take anywhere from 3 months to a year. The important thing is not how fast someone can get through treatment, but remaining in treatment as long as it takes to do everything it takes and utilize all tools to ensure that drug addiction is a thing of the past, and not a threat to their future. The longer the individual applies themselves to treatment, the better the results.
Counselors at a long term drug addiction treatment program may actually recommend an integrated continuum of care or aftercare program which may include respite care, a half way houses, a "step-up" houses for senior residents, etc. Statistics have shown that a strong aftercare program plan designed to enhance the progress already made in long term drug addiction treatment works wonders and can help provide a stable transitional environment. A halfway house or sober living facility for is a drug-free environment where the individuals would reside once rehab treatment is complete. At this type of facility, the rehabilitated individual is encouraged to continue take part in counseling and other programs which will help them with their transition and make it possible for them to go back to a normal life without the risk of relapse. Some of these facilities even have beds for individuals to bring their children to live with them at the facility until they have more appropriate accommodations. Individuals are encouraged and supported in their efforts to better themselves and do anything which may help them be better able to support themselves and start a new life once they leave the facility.
Long term drug addiction treatment is designed for individuals who have struggled with an extensive history of addiction and require a more intensive course of treatment. While other less intensive programs which may be shorter in duration offer a success rate of about 20%, long term drug addiction treatment have much higher success rates, with some of the more successful programs being as high as 75%. So while receiving a minimal amount of treatment in a short amount of time may seem convenient and a good idea, it isn't worth the risk of relapse and all of the destruction and havoc that this can wreak in one's life. Individuals who take part in a short-term program for example are barely able to overcome the withdrawal period and get back to normal physically. A significant amount of time is needed to address the underlying issues, which are at the root and are the real cause of the individual's addiction issues. If just one of these issues is left unresolved, it leaves the individual in a bad position when they leave treatment and most will relapse.
While it can take a considerable amount of time to fully address what caused the individual to begin using drugs in the first place, it can be done and it has been done for thousands of people as part of long term drug addiction treatment. Long term drug addiction treatment works to fully address any issues in the way of sobriety and a healthy life. If you or someone you know if struggling with addiction, contact a drug treatment counselor at a long term drug addiction treatment program in your area to get started in treatment today.


[itvt] is pleased to announce the schedule of sessions for the eight annual TV of Tomorrow Show (June 10th-11th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco).
Tickets to TVOT 2014 (priced at $1,275) are still available for purchase here.
We advise purchasing your tickets as soon as possible.
The official Twitter hashtags of the show are #TVOTSF14 or #TVOTSF2014, and the official Twitter account is @TVOTshow.
We will be announcing more details about a number of TVOT 2014 panels and keynotes in upcoming issues of the [itvt] newsletter.
We will be announcing more details about this opening presentation by Tamara Gaffney, Principal Analyst, Adobe Digital Index, in an upcoming issue of the [itvt] newsletter.
TV Everywhere: Ready to Break Out?
According to a new research report from NPD Group, around 21% of pay-TV customers are now using TV Everywhere services at least once a month--a figure which, while somewhat encouraging when compared to statistics from just last year, shows that TVE still has a long way to go before it can be considered a truly popular medium and its roll-out judged an unqualified success.
In this keynote session, Matt Strauss, the executive responsible for all aspects of Comcast's video business, will answer attendees' questions about such topics as Comcast's X1 platform and the future of the viewing experience, the evolution of TV Everywhere, how VOD is impacting the television ecosystem, and much more.
Are agencies and brands becoming the new studios and production companies? With a direct line to the consumer and with sophisticated tools at their disposal that are beyond the reach of most networks--including stores of Big Data, expertise at analysis, and a mastery of messaging across multiple platforms--how are these new power players changing the way content is being developed and stories are being told? Who is breaking barriers and what does it take for brands to play in the content space?
Peter Tortorici's illustrious television career has included stints as President of CBS Entertainment (where he was instrumental in developing such seminal shows as "Northern Exposure," "Murphy Brown," and "Chicago Hope," and helped the network achieve #1 status in primetime, daytime and late-night schedules for three consecutive seasons), as Executive Producer at Casey-Werner Co. (where he oversaw production of such shows as "3rd Rock from the Sun," and launched the company's first online initiatives), as President and CEO of Telemundo (where he supervised the network's relaunch on behalf of Sony and Liberty Media), as an independent producer (of such primetime shows as "Body & Soul" on Pax TV and "Significant Others" on Bravo), and as founder of Mindshare Entertainment and other entertainment practices for all of GroupM's agencies worldwide. He currently serves as CEO of GroupM Entertainment, leading GroupM's content production, financing and distribution initiatives around the world.
In this keynote Q&A with Tom Dotan of The Information, Tortorici will draw on his extensive experience in all aspects of the television programming business to answer questions about the historic changes currently impacting that business and to share his insights into how television content is likely to evolve going forward.
In this session--produced in partnership with the Television Academy's Interactive Media Peer Group--Emmy Award winner, author, speaker and USC professor, Seth Shapiro, will discuss the real numbers and disruptive trends shaping the future of TV content and distribution. Topics of discussion will include: the DirecTV-AT&T and Comcast-Time Warner Cable mergers, the peering deal between Comcast and Netflix, the future of the bundle, and much more.
In this keynote session, Kenneth "KC" Estenson, SVP and General Manager of CNN Digital, will talk about CNNx, CNN's next-generation TV Everywhere product, which is billed by the company as giving viewers "unprecedented control" over their TV news experience. Estenson will demo CNNx and discuss the possibilities for building interactive capability into television broadcasts on a large scale. He will also give a peek into what's next for CNNx and TV Everywhere at CNN. Following his presentation, Estenson will engage in a Q&A session with TVOT attendees.
Additional panelist to be announced soon.
This presentation by Paul Johnson, CEO of MPP Global Solutions, will reveal and analyze some surprising churn statistics from leading brands in the media and entertainment sectors in general. The presentation will outline the challenges presented by customer churn and explain how Big Data is making possible new tools and techniques that can overcome those challenges. Topics that will be covered include: the impact of churn on the VOD landscape, the Big Data Engine, highly targeted marketing, dynamic pricing, predictive pricing, predictive churn, win-back campaigns, and more.
What if a brand could tell which television shows consumers who are currently in-market for its products and services are watching now? The implications are astounding. In a $70 billion market, making TV buys even 10% more efficient could drive billions in savings for advertisers. With 78% of US consumers searching and researching products online before they purchase, brands are leveraging the digital footprint of consumers more than ever. However, until recently there has been little focus on linking digital intelligence to television. In this presentation, Justin Evans, Chief Strategy Officer at Collective, will explain how the company's new TV analytics tool can tap in-market data from online screens to determine which networks and shows advertisers should buy in order to reach their consumers on the most dominant screen.
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Q: In PowerShell, what's the best way to join two tables into one? I'm fairly new to PowerShell, and am wondering if someone knows of any better way to accomplish the following example problem.
I have an array of mappings from IP address to host-name. This represents a list of active DHCP leases:
PS H:\> $leases

IP                    Name
--                    ----
192.168.1.1           Apple
192.168.1.2           Pear
192.168.1.3           Banana
192.168.1.99          FishyPC

I have another array of mappings from MAC address to IP address.  This represents a list of IP reservations:
PS H:\> $reservations

IP                    MAC
--                    ---
192.168.1.1           001D606839C2
192.168.1.2           00E018782BE1
192.168.1.3           0022192AF09C
192.168.1.4           0013D4352A0D

For convenience, I was able to produce a third array of mappings from MAC address to IP address and host name using the following code. The idea is that $reservations should get a third field, "Name", which is populated whenever there's a matching "IP" field:
$reservations = $reservations | foreach {
    $res = $_
    $match = $leases | where {$_.IP -eq $res.IP} | select -unique
    if ($match -ne $NULL) {
        "" | select @{n="IP";e={$res.IP}}, @{n="MAC";e={$res.MAC}}, @{n="Name";e={$match.Name}}
    }
}

The desired output is something like this:
PS H:\> $ideal

IP                    MAC                 Name
--                    ---                 ----
192.168.1.1           001D606839C2        Apple
192.168.1.2           00E018782BE1        Pear
192.168.1.3           0022192AF09C        Banana
192.168.1.4           0013D4352A0D

Is there any better way of doing this?

A: This can also be done using my module Join-Object
Install-Module 'Join-Object'

Join-Object -Left $leases -Right $reservations -LeftJoinProperty 'IP' -RightJoinProperty 'IP'

Regarding performance, I tested against a sample data of 100k lines:

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*Hashtable example posted by @js2010 run in 8 seconds.

*Join-Object by me run in 14 seconds.

*LeftJoin by @iRon run in 1 minute and 50 seconds

A: After 1.5 years, the cmdlet I had pasted in the original answer has undergone so many updates that it has become completely outdated. Therefore I have replaced the code and the ReadMe with a link to the latest version.
Join-Object
Combines two object lists based on a related property between them.
Description
Combines properties from one or more objects. It creates a set that can be saved as a new object or used as it is. An object join is a means for combining properties from one (self-join) or more object lists by using values common to each.
Main features

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*Intuitive (SQL like) syntax

*Smart property merging

*Predefined join commands for updating, merging and specific join types

*Well defined pipeline for the (left) input objects and output objects (preserves memory when correctly used)

*Performs about 40% faster than Compare-Object on large object lists

*Supports (custom) objects, data tables and dictionaries (e.g. hash tables) for input

*Smart properties and calculated property expressions

*Custom relation expressions

*Easy installation (dot-sourcing)

*Supports PowerShell for Windows (5.1) and PowerShell Core

The Join-Object cmdlet reveals the following proxy commands with their own (-JoinType and -Property) defaults:

*

*InnerJoin-Object (Alias InnerJoin or Join), combines the related objects

*LeftJoin-Object (Alias LeftJoin), combines the related objects and adds the rest of the left objects

*RightJoin-Object (Alias RightJoin), combines the related objects and adds the rest of the right objects

*FullJoin-Object (Alias FullJoin), combines the related objects and adds the rest of the left and right objects

*CrossJoin-Object (Alias CrossJoin), combines each left object with each right object

*Update-Object (Alias Update), updates the left object with the related right object

*Merge-Object (Alias Merge), updates the left object with the related right object and adds the rest of the new (unrelated) right objects

ReadMe
The full ReadMe (and source code) is available from GitHub: https://github.com/iRon7/Join-Object
Installation
There are two versions of this Join-Object cmdlet (both versions supply the same functionality):

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*Join Module

Install-Module -Name JoinModule

*

*Join Script

Install-Script -Name Join

(or rename the Join.psm1 module to a Join.ps1 script file)
and invoked the script by dot sourcing:
. .\Join.ps1

Answer
To answer the actual example in the question:
$reservations |LeftJoin $leases -On IP

IP          MAC          Name
--          ---          ----
192.168.1.1 001D606839C2 Apple
192.168.1.2 00E018782BE1 Pear
192.168.1.3 0022192AF09C Banana
192.168.1.4 0013D4352A0D

Performance
A little word on performance measuring:
The PowerShell pipeline is designed to stream objects (which safes memory), meaning that both¹ lists of input objects usually aren't (shouldn't be) resident in memory. Normally they are retrieved from somewhere else (i.e. a remote server or a disk). Also, the output usually matters where linq solutions are fast but might easily put you on the wrong foot in drawing conclusions because linq literally defers the execution (lazy evaluation), see also: fastest way to get a uniquely index item from the property of an array.
In other words, if it comes to (measuring) performance in PowerShell, it is important to look to the complete end-to-end solution, which is more likely to look something like:
 import-csv .\reservations.csv |LeftJoin (import-csv .\leases.csv) -On IP |Export-Csv .\results.csv

(1) Note: unfortunately, there is no easy way to build two parallel input streams (see: #15206 Deferred input pipelines)
(more) Examples
More examples can be found in the related Stack Overflow questions at:

*

*Combining Multiple CSV Files

*Combine two CSVs - Add CSV as another Column

*CMD or Powershell command to combine (merge) corresponding lines from two files

*Can I use SQL commands (such as join) on objects in powershell, without any SQL server/database involved?

*Powershell match properties and then selectively combine objects to create a third

*Compare Two CSVs, match the columns on 2 or more Columns, export specific columns from both csvs with powershell

*Merge two CSV files while adding new and overwriting existing entries

*Merging two CSVs and then re-ordering columns on output

*Efficiently merge large object datasets having multiple matching keys

*Is there a PowerShell equivalent of paste (i.e., horizontal file concatenation)?

*How to compare two CSV files and output the rows that are in either of the file but not in both

*How to join two CSV files in Powershell with SQL LIKE syntax

*How can merge 3 cycle and export in one table

*Merging two arrays object into one array object in powershell
And in the Join-Object test script.
Please give a  if you support the proposal to Add a Join-Object cmdlet to the standard PowerShell equipment (#14994)

A: Here's a simple example using a hashtable.  With big arrays, this turns out to be faster.
$leases =
'IP,Name
192.168.1.1,Apple
192.168.1.2,Pear
192.168.1.3,Banana
192.168.1.99,FishyPC' | convertfrom-csv

$reservations =
'IP,MAC
192.168.1.1,001D606839C2
192.168.1.2,00E018782BE1
192.168.1.3,0022192AF09C
192.168.1.4,0013D4352A0D' | convertfrom-csv

$hashRes=@{}
foreach ($resRecord in $reservations) {
  $hashRes[$resRecord.IP] = $resRecord
}

$leases | foreach {
  $other = $hashRes[$_.IP]

  [pscustomobject]@{IP=$_.IP
                   MAC=$other.MAC
                  Name=$_.name}
}

IP           MAC          Name
--           ---          ----
192.168.1.1  001D606839C2 Apple
192.168.1.2  00E018782BE1 Pear
192.168.1.3  0022192AF09C Banana
192.168.1.99              FishyPC

A: Easiest way I've found to Merge two Powershell Objects is using ConvertTo-Json and ConvertFrom-Json
One liner based on the OPs Senario:
$leases | foreach {(ConvertTo-Json $_) -replace ("}$", (ConvertTo-Json ($reservations | where IP -eq $_.IP | select * -ExcludeProperty IP)) -Replace "^{", ",")}
| ConvertFrom-Json

Results in:
IP          Name  Mac
--          ----  ---
192.168.1.1 Apple 001D606839C2
192.168.1.2 Pear  00E018782BE1

For another example lets make a couple objects:
$object1 = [PSCustomObject]@{"A" = "1"; "B" = "2"}
$object2 = [PSCustomObject]@{"C" = "3"; "D" = "4"}

Merge them together using Json by replacing the opening and closing brackets:
(ConvertTo-Json $object1) -replace ("}$", $((ConvertTo-Json $object2) -Replace "^{", ",")) | ConvertFrom-Json

Output:
A B C D
- - - -
1 2 3 4

Another example using a group of objects:
$mergedObjects = [PSCustomObject]@{"Object1" = $Object1; "Object2" = $Object2}

Object1     Object2
-------     -------
@{A=1; B=2} @{C=3; D=4}

Can just do the same again within a foreach:
$mergedObjects | foreach {(ConvertTo-Json $_.Object1) -replace ("}$", $((ConvertTo-Json $_.Object2) -Replace "^{", ",")) | ConvertFrom-Json}

Output:
A B C D
- - - -
1 2 3 4

A: You can use script block like this
$leases | select IP, NAME, @{N='MAC';E={$tmp=$_.IP;($reservations| ? IP -eq $tmp).MAC}}