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AccountingIntermediate Accounting: Reporting And AnalysisComprehensive On November 30, 2019. Davis Company had the following account balance. During the month of December, Davis entered into the following transactions: Required: 1. Prepare general journal entries to record the preceding transactions. 2. Post to general ledger T accounts. 3. Prepare a year-end trial balance on a worksheet and complete the worksheet using the following information: (a) accrued salaries at year-end total $1,200; (b) for simplicity, the building and equipment are being depreciated using the straight-line method over an estimated life of 20 yean with no residual value; (c) supplies on hand at the end of the year total $630; (d) bad debts expense for the year totals $830; and (e)the income tax rate is 30%; income taxes are payable in the first quarter of 2020. 4. Prepare the company's financial statements for 2019. 5. Prepare the 2019 (a) adjusting and (b) closing entries in the general journal.
Comprehensive On November 30, 2019. Davis Company had the following account balance. During the month of December, Davis entered into the following transactions: Required: 1. Prepare general journal entries to record the preceding transactions. 2. Post to general ledger T accounts. 3. Prepare a year-end trial balance on a worksheet and complete the worksheet using the following information: (a) accrued salaries at year-end total $1,200; (b) for simplicity, the building and equipment are being depreciated using the straight-line method over an estimated life of 20 yean with no residual value; (c) supplies on hand at the end of the year total $630; (d) bad debts expense for the year totals $830; and (e)the income tax rate is 30%; income taxes are payable in the first quarter of 2020. 4. Prepare the company's financial statements for 2019. 5. Prepare the 2019 (a) adjusting and (b) closing entries in the general journal.
Chapter 3, Problem 12P
Comprehensive On November 30, 2019. Davis Company had the following account balance.
During the month of December, Davis entered into the following transactions:
1. Prepare general journal entries to record the preceding transactions.
2. Post to general ledger T accounts.
3. Prepare a year-end trial balance on a worksheet and complete the worksheet using the following information: (a) accrued salaries at year-end total $1,200; (b) for simplicity, the building and equipment are being depreciated using the straight-line method over an estimated life of 20 yean with no residual value; (c) supplies on hand at the end of the year total $630; (d) bad debts expense for the year totals $830; and (e)the income tax rate is 30%; income taxes are payable in the first quarter of 2020.
4. Prepare the company's financial statements for 2019.
5. Prepare the 2019 (a) adjusting and (b) closing entries in the general journal.
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I am planning a 2.5k game this thursday against a friend of mine who is expected to be using a Dark Angels army and is notorious for using a lot of Grav weapons!
In his last game he had tactical squads loaded with Grav, a Drop podding Devastator unit with Grav Cannons and a Librarius Conclave in a Drop pod.
I really can't decide what I want to take though!
I think that I want to take some Craftworld or Harlequins Allies but I really just can't decide on what I want to take. I've already got a hell of a lot of speed in the Corsair force so I'm not sure whether I want to take a Guardian castle to protect against his Alpha strike or whether I want to go all out with the speed theme and take Wave Serpents and Aspect Warriors.
I've got one unit of pretty much all of the aspect warriors plus I have everything on the list in the Harlequin codex.
Any ideas more than welcome!
Hey bud. Looks like a solid list... The Corsair section is strong...but surviving the Alpha Strike is the trick isnt it? You don't want to expose any of this stuff to a grav-storm.
You're Harlies might not be a bad option as I'm pretty sure their non-armor save makes wounding them extremely difficult.
What I usually do is use my Scorpions, Warp Spiders and Avengers in Serpents (jinking away) to divide up their fire, present a decent retaliation. So at 2500 pts, you could have a troupe of Harlies, Scorpions, Spiders and Avengers in Serpents lock it down, then have your Corsairs beta-strike them into oblivion.
Thats how'd I deal with it... let me know what you think. Sounds like a tough matchup as it always is against Alpha Strike lists.
Gotta admit I am normally the one administering the Alpha strike so it's definitely a bit different for me!
I've got a friend who has told me that since I've got the Lynx and Warp Hunter in there I've got to be fluffy so I've gone a bit bigger on the Corsair detachment and added some very fitting Craftworld allies!
I did consider dropping out the Crimson Hunter and swapping the Autarch for Illic Nightspear for fluff reasons but the Autarch will really help ensure that I get my units in on the 2nd turn (Especially with the Sky Burners Re-roll) and I just love Crimson Hunters!


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'Saved By the Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Diagnosed with Stage Four Cancer
Joe Published: January 14, 2021
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Dustin Diamond, best known for his role as Screech Powers on the '90s sitcom 'Saved By the Bell,' has been diagnosed with stage four cancer.
Yesterday, we learned that the 44-year-old actor was hospitalized, and as of tonight, multiple outlets are reporting that the cancer has already spread throughout his body.
Diamond is reportedly undergoing his first round of chemotherapy, according to TMZ & Entertainment Weekly (EW).
Representatives for the actor tell EW that the 44-year-old actor is he is feeling "fine" today, but they expect Dustin to stay at the hospital "for a while" as testing continues.
"He's undergoing chemo so he will be there for at least another week," his publicist tells EW. "By next week, we'll have a much better understanding of the severity of his condition and what treatments he will need so that he's comfortable."
In a message shared on Dustin's Facebook fan page, the actor's publicists say that Dustin will issue a statement once a formal diagnosis has been made. But the situation is serious as it's a stage four diagnosis.
An address in Illinois was shared for fans to send Dustin cards and greetings. TMZ says the actor is hospitalized in Florida.
Diamond did appear in the first season of the Saved by the Bell revival on Peacock in 2020. However, EW says the actor was in talks to possibly make an appearance in a future season. The show explained his absence by saying that he was "living on the International Space Station."
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From the Desk: Honoring Dr. King
By James Wimbush
Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs James Wimbush. Photo by Anna Powell Denton
One of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s most frequent themes during his lifetime of public service was a call to action for equal rights for all.
Indiana University continues to answer that call, as members of the university community spent time on the national holiday honoring King's life and legacy, and engaging in various activities, programs and presentations.
While this year is the 37th anniversary of the first observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a U.S. federal holiday, it is the 25th anniversary of the IU Board of Trustees declaring classes canceled on the third Monday in January to celebrate the holiday.
Todd Deloney, then-president of the IU Northwest Black Student Union, and Peggy Elliott Miller, IU Northwest chancellor emerita, were the catalysts behind IU Northwest closing its doors in 1992 in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On Jan. 19, 1998, due to expanded efforts, the university closed all campuses for MLK Day, allowing faculty, staff and students to join members of the community in honoring King's life and legacy.
This year's activities on MLK Day included IU's third annual Social Justice Conference; Thema Bryant, a professor of psychology at Pepperdine University and director of the Culture and Trauma Research Lab, was the keynote speaker. Her work raises awareness about mental health issues and her belief that it is time to heal and thrive.
During the conference, we honored 22 individuals with the prestigious Building Bridges Award, recognizing those who capture King's vision, spirit and leadership in ways both big and small — right here at IU and within communities across Indiana.
Among other events, IU campuses also hosted a trip to the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, a performance of Vernon Williams' play "Being Black," and an event featuring political strategist, commentator and author Symone D. Sanders.
Moving forward, IU will continue its efforts to become a more diverse and inclusive place of learning.
James Wimbush is vice president for diversity, equity and multicultural affairs.


Sweet potato time! Roger Johnson, Boone County Sheriff Office Transport/Maintenance Officer took three 309 State Inmates with him to Cross County this week for the harvest.
This year they brought back a little over 5640 lbs. of sweet potatoes, a record for us! These will be used in meals for inmates here at the jail.


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No immediate plans for changes at Ipswich site
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A long established Ipswich copier company has been acquired by Hertford-based Corona Corporate Solutions, a provider of print and telecommunications services.
DCS - Digital Copier Systems (Eastern), is based in Gamma Terrace, West Road in Ipswich.
Corona Corporate Solutions is based in Hertford where it has offices and a national service centre, which opened in December 2018.
A Corona spokesman said DCS are a Konica Minolta partner and have been supplying hardware and document based software solutions for over 17 years providing award winning service to the East of England.
Corona chief executive James Stephens said:"The acquisition of DCS shows just how determined we are to strengthen Corona's presence throughout the UK.
"It's another company with a proven track record in our industry with an amazing reputation for first class service. I would like to personally welcome DCS to the ever growing Corona family."
"We look forward to welcoming DCS' staff and clients alike to the Corona family and taking the great relationships they've enjoyed up to now, to new heights."
Corona CS was established in 2007 and now has sites at Hertford, in London and Ipswich.
A spokesman said there were no plans for immediate changes at Ipswich.
He said: "During the first weeks and months we will be reviewing the activities at Ipswich.
"Our primary focus right now is to continue providing the same fantastic service DCS became well known for in East Anglia, whilst ensuring a smooth, efficient and cost-effective operation behind the scenes.
"As with most acquisitions, there will be some changes that take place with resource, as we integrate DCS into the larger parent company, Corona, however our long-term plan is to build upon the existing client relationships and therefore there may be opportunities for existing staff and/or new roles as a result of this acquisition."
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Juniper's Still in a Hole, but Climbing Out
News Analysis Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading 7/26/2019
On its quarterly earnings call Thursday, Juniper had good news and bad news -- and it's the same news.
The good news is that Juniper's most recent quarterly figures came in as predicted, and Juniper is standing by its forecasts for the remainder of the calendar year, with a return to year-over-year growth in the December quarter.
That's also the bad news -- revenues are down again year-over-year, for the most recent quarter, ended June 30. Revenues aren't expected to return to year-over-year growth until next quarter.
Juniper reported second quarter 2019 revenue of $1.1 billion, down 8% year-over-year but up 10% sequentially. Despite the decline, CEO Rami Rahim touted good news: sequential revenue growth, sales transformation progress and predicted sequential revenue growth for the remainder of the year, according to Juniper's earnings news release Thursday.
For the three months ending June 30, Juniper reported non-GAAP net income of $139.5 million down 18% year-over-year and up 50% sequentially, with non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.40. The results were in line with Zacks Equity Research estimates and met Juniper's own forecasts in January and April.
On Thursday's earnings call, Rahim expressed confidence that Juniper's product line and sales structure will help halt Juniper's revenue decline – and reverse it.
"We believe 5G, the 400-gigabit upgrade cycle, SD-WAN, WiFi 6 and enterprise multi-cloud initiatives each represent large, multiyear opportunities, where we would be well-positioned to benefit over the next few years," Rahim said.
He said he is "very pleased" with the progress of the company's sales transformation, and already seeing improved sales productivity. Juniper is adding more "quota-carrying sales head into the field," who will need time to come up to speed but who will start contributing to sales in the second half of the year, Rahim says.
Service providers were a gloomy sector for Juniper.
Service provider revenue declined 15% year-over-year, up 3% sequentially, to $447 million, according to CFO commentary by Juniper.
Service provider business "remains challenged," Rahim said. Juniper expects its service provider business "to experience better sequential trends during the second half of the year, based on our current pipeline of known opportunities," he said. New products and Juniper's partnership with Ericsson will help drive sales. Ericsson tapped Juniper in September 2018 to partner on 5G transport networking.
The new products that Rahim sees driving service provider demand include new MX 5G line cards, switches and routers for 400 Gbit/s, enhanced multicolored Contrail software, and new SD-WAN capabilities to penetrate campus and branch.
Juniper's traditional service provider customers, particularly in North America, aren't going to be enough to grow Juniper's business, so the vendor is working on building new service provider accounts in the rest of the world, Rahim said.
In other sectors
Juniper's cloud revenue grew 28% sequentially (flat-year-over-year) to $285 million. Juniper is leveraging 400 Gbit/s networking equipment to build its cloud business, particularly in data center interconnect and leaf-spine switching. The company plans to introduce additional 400 Gbit/s products this year and next, Rahim says.
Enterprise revenues slipped 6% from last year to $370 million, though bookings increased by double digits year-over-year.
From a technology perspective, routing sales declined 15% from last year to $416 million. The decrease was primarily due to service provider spending -- service providers are just focusing their spending on other areas, notably RAN and spectrum, Rahim said.
Sales of switching gear were $216 million, down 15% compared to the year-ago period.
Juniper's security brought in $81 million, a 2% increase from last year. Its software revenue is now more than 10% of its total revenue.
Of Juniper's top ten customers, one was an enterprise, four were cloud providers and five were telco service providers. One of its cloud customers brought more than 10% of Juniper's total quarterly revenue
Juniper is feeling some pressure from China tariffs, though it has mitigated that pressure by moving part of its manufacturing out of China.
For the quarter ending Sept. 30, Juniper expects revenue of about $1.1 billion, with non-GAAP net income per share of approximately $0.46, assuming a share count of about 348 million.
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On the uprise As you have pointed out, I too think they are over the worst part and that they are on a big uprise, which will ccontinue a bit.
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Socialists discuss capitalism and climate change
Postedby Jaime Dunkle
Global warming's link to capitalism was the focus at a recent public forum by Canada-based political group Socialist Alternative at Portland State.
"I assume most of the people here are familiar that global warming is real, it is happening, it is caused by human activity, and the main driver is the burning of fossil fuels," said Bill Hopwood, a representative of Socialist Alternative, within the first two minutes of his presentation.
A small group of about 25 people listened to Hopwood's speech focusing on climate, social class and transportation issues linked to capitalism.
Local transportation and the elimination of cars were subjects at the center of the open discussion after the lecture.
Hopwood was the main speaker at the public forum in the Smith Memorial Student Union building, room 296. The forum started at 7 p.m. and ended approximately an hour and a half later, Oct. 6.
"Adversity, environmental crisis and ill-health are all connected," Hopwood said during his address.
Hopwood said, in an interview, that he has a background in environment management and urban environment studies as well as socialist activism.
The combination of melting ice caps, increased flooding, and the allegedly high-risk of famine and drought constitute climate change, according to Hopwood.
He said that the Pentagon was also concerned with the topic.
In an interview with The New York Times last spring, John Conger, acting deputy under secretary of defense for installations and environment at the Pentagon, stated "that climate change is having an impact on national security."
Exhausting natural resources like fossil fuels and coal, and initiating ways to replace them with renewable energy such as solar, wind, water and geo-thermal sources was another central focus of the speech.
Tamara Kneese, a doctoral student in media studies at New York University, attended the forum. She's an activist and participated in the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York.
"I've been involved with radical leftist politics for a long time," Kneese said.
She's been going to Socialist Alternative meetings in Portland because of what she said were the successes of social activism in Seattle, namely the recent work of Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant, whereby the city's minimum wage will be gradually raised to $15 an hour by 2017, according to Seattle.gov.
"I'm interested in anti-capitalist organizing in general," Kneese said.
Enforcing laws that eliminate the use of all cars in the Portland metro area was mentioned when transportation's role in environmental damage came up during the discussion portion of the forum.
Kneese said that she doesn't think that legislation is necessarily the answer.
"I actually agree with what [Hopwood] said at the end; providing people with alternatives and dealing with issues on a local level first is the way to go," Kneese said.
Links between transportation, the working and lower classes, and climate change were measured during the open discussion. This quickly transitioned into a debate about enhancing public transportation in Portland.
Although it was not mentioned in the forum, TriMet is proposing "to increase bus service 6.7 percent" for the 2015 fiscal year, but the cost will be covered by an increase in fares, according to the official TriMet Adopted Budget report.
Robin Koppang is a junior at PSU. He's a mathematics major with a special interest in international studies. He said he's noticed the sudden presence of the canvassers representing Socialist Alternative on campus.
"I'm critical of them and they don't try to stop me [on campus]," Koppang said.
Koppang did not attend the Socialist Alternative forum, but he was not unfamiliar with its premise.
"People use way too many [natural] resources to make money. That's a thing," Koppang said. "It's something we've known for a while now."
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Congressman Blumenauer hosts Wilderness Act public forum
In the shadow of the Kingdom
Postedby Andy Ngo
Huffington talks strategies for success
Postedby Miles Sanguinetti
Off-campus events: June 6–12
Postedby Matthew N. Andrews and Andrew D. Jankowski


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STAR of the Month: Look at me now - The Gangster Ras' rise to be among dancehall's elite
Kimberley Small - Staff Reporter
Kenyon Hemans/Photographer Look at me now! Munga Honorable chose not to follow the script that was written for him. He trusted his guts, relied on his talent, and is now reaping sweet rewards.
In this 1998 photo, a young Munga Honorable (right) performs with Norman Hamilton in the Red Label Wine Superstar Song Competition.
The Gangster Ras, Munga Honorable.
Munga Honorable was 18 years old when he got undeniable affirmation that music was his way to go – he had entered the Red Label Wine Superstar song competition and won.
Munga, whose given name is Damion Rhoden, and Norman Hamilton formed a duo that was known as the Red Label Thrillers, served up an amusing and creative entry, Who Drink Out Mi Red label, and won the $200,000 top prize.
The year was 1998, and it was just a few days after his birthday when he put in the entry.
"That was like the first competition of its sort," Munga reminisced. He then recalled Nigel Staff and Ruff Cut as the backing band. After his entry qualified, rehearsals took place in Kingston at Mikey Bennett's Grafton Studios. They did the semi-final competition at Pier One, Montego Bay, where, he said, he championed the crowd and judges.
The finals took place at Countryside Club in Half-Way Tree. "Remember seh dem tell me seh, ' yuh not doing what is deemed expected of you.' I probably can be called a failure right now to Mommy and family. Imagine me now!" Munga told THE WEEKEND STAR.
At the competition finals, the aspirant found himself in the VIP area in the company of Tanto Metro and Devonte, Beenie Man, and others of the ilk.
"At 18, that was one of the moments that said 'this is it' – an inspirational moment." He happily remembered collecting a giant cheque worth $200,000 and posing for photos.
Inspirational as it was, Munga didn't settle into complacency. "You have to speak certain things into being to put it into play," he said.
Munga revealed that by age 16, he had already decided to take the musical pursuit seriously, then two years later – he was in the VIP area with a fat cheque. But the grind kept on. He knew that even with the impressive payout, there was still much more work to be done before Munga Honorable could become a star. A few years after the competition, he began working as an opening act for fellow St Mary resident Capleton. "It was a growth process," he said.
But what did he do with all that money? He invested it, of course, and shared some of the spoils of victory with friends and family. "I built a room, bought some furniture, some pots and pans. I gave Grandma a thing, and I had some Guinness on the block!"


For those of us that enjoy boating the revolution in marine technology has made boating much easier and safer. The range is staggering and a blog would never start to cover it, so here a couple of favourites that are inexpensive or free.
First up is the App easily downloaded called Shralp Tide (search app store on your phone). This free app has the tide information for sites all over the world for a period of 5 days out, there are a number of tide apps and here is a list of the top apps currently on iPhone. The high and low times are provided with another graphical feature included when you turn the phone or tablet sideways. This feature allows you to answer questions such as what is the latest time tomorrow that I will have sufficient air draft under a bridge. Such accurate data is invaluable to ensure a trouble free boating experience, where a relaxed informed skipper can focus on the enjoyment factor rather than the stress factor.
My other favourite is Navionics. While this does have a cost of $21.99 to download the maps, the value when planning any voyage is immediately obvious. We see professional skippers using this software so it must be good. Even with the excellent dash mounted system, having a tablet based backup with the entire voyage tracking as well is a real comfort.
The next great app we constantly use in our line of work is Australian Boat Ramp Finder at a cost of just $2.49 it gives you great information on boat ramps Australia wide and also gives you the option to add your favourite local ramp that may not be listed yet for others to share around you.
This week we continue our Water Front Real Estate Mini Series with special guest Andrew Bell from the Ray White Surfers Paradise Group.
This week we continue our Water Front Real Estate Mini Series with special guest Andrew Bell from the Ray White Surfers Paradise Group. Andrew Bell breaks down the market movements for Q2 2014 and provides us with some really great insights when purchasing a water front property.


JW MarriottÂ's garment recycling program, which takes place through May 31, 2019, will be available across 26 JW Marriott hotels based in the U.S. Through this sustainable program, hotels will collect the retired uniforms in the boxes used to ship the new garments, each capable of holding 25-30 pounds of textiles. Once received by Cintas, the uniform provider will work with Leigh Fibers, Inc. to shred garments and repurpose the remaining fibers for future use.
JW Marriott's garment recycling program, which takes place through May 31, 2019, will be available across 26 JW Marriott hotels based in the U.S. Through this sustainable program, hotels will collect the retired uniforms in the boxes used to ship the new garments, each capable of holding 25-30 pounds of textiles. Once received by Cintas, the uniform provider will work with Leigh Fibers, Inc. to shred garments and repurpose the remaining fibers for future use.


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Educate a Girl
Educate a Girl€25 / £23
Girls are more likely than boys to be kept out of school, which denies them life-changing opportunities.
Supporting women of all ages to learn and grow is one of the many ways this gift makes a positive difference. This gift is enabling girls to get an education and reach their true potential.
All gifts can also be purchased at your local Oxfam shop.
Photo: Pavithra Jovan de Mello/Oxfam
The money raised by this gift will go into our Investing in Futures fund, supporting a wide range of life-changing programmes that help people access vital services like education and healthcare.
You'll be helping girls like Tantine who lives in South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo where ongoing violence threatens people's ability to earn a living from farming. For Tantine, this means her family didn't have enough money to send her to school. But now, Tantine's father is part of an Oxfam supported farming cooperative which means he can grow his livelihood in safety and earn enough income for Tantine to access education in her village.
"Today, our family has access to a revolving loan that has enabled me to enrol at school and have the right to an education, like the other girls in my village."


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Asymbolus occiduus  — один из видов рода австралийских пятнистых кошачьих акул (Asymbolus), семейство кошачьих акул (Scyliorhinidae).

Ареал
Это малоизученный глубоководный вид, обитающий в восточной части Индийского океана у берегов Австралии от Fowlers Bay, South Australia до Перта. Встречается на континентальном шельфе на глубине от 98 до 400 м.

Описание
Окрас бледного желтовато-зелёного цвета, спина покрыта отчётливыми чёрно-коричневыми пятнами. Под глазами имеются тёмные пятна. Туловище узкое, морда сравнительно короткая. Длинный хвостовой плавник, спинные и брюшные плавники маленькие, основание анальных плавников длиннее расстояния между брюшными и анальными плавниками. Зубы имеют 5 заострённых окончаний.

Биология
Достигает длины 60,1 см. У самцов половая зрелость наступает при достижении длины 58 см. Размножается, откладывая яйца.

Взаимодействие с человеком
Глубоководная рыбная ловля в местах обитания этих акул не ведётся. Международный союз охраны природы оценил статус сохранности данного вида как «Вызывающий наименьшие опасения».

Примечания

Кошачьи акулы
Животные, описанные в 1999 году
Рыбы Индийского океана

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Sir Arthur Cotton originally conceived the Tungabhadra Project in the year 1860. The proposals were further modified and developed subsequently evolving it into a joint scheme with Madras and Hyderabad. Shri N.Parameswaran Pillai accordingly revised the Scheme in 1933. Several agreements were concluded in the past for harnessing and imposing certain restrictions on utilizing the waters of the Tungabhadra.
With the creation of the state of Andhra on the 1st October, 1953, it became the responsibility of the three Governments viz., Andhra, Mysore and Hyderabad. Subsequently, after the reorganisation of States on the1st November, 1956, the project became the concern of the two Governments viz., Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.


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Q: Binary fields encoding/serialization format in a proprietary XML file (Roche LC480 .ixo file) I recently received an example export file generated by the Roche LightCycler 480 instrument. It uses a proprietary XML format, for which I haven't found a specification yet.
From such types of files, I would like to extract some information relevant to my purposes. Although most of it can be easily parsed and interpreted, it contains a number of (unpadded) base 64 encoded fields of binary/serialized data representing arrays of integer and/or floating point numbers. A link to the example file can be found in this gist.
I have included some fragment of it at the end of this post. The AcquisitionTable contains a total of 19 such encoded item entries. That likely represent arrays of integer (SampleNo) and floating point (Fluor1) values.
How the decoded bytes are to be translated to integer or floating point values is still unclear to me. When base 64 decoding, each of the items starts with the following (hex) 6 byte sequence:
42 41 52 5A 00 00 ...    // ['B','A','R','Z','\0','\0', ...]

Note that while it is my expectation that each 'item' contains the same amount of numbers (or "rows" in this table), I am observing a different number of decoded bytes for similar items: 5654 for Fluor1 and 5530 for Fluor2.
Additionally for those arrays which I suspect contain (sequential) integers, a pattern can be observed:
SampleNo : ... 1F F5 1F 07 2F 19 2F 2B 2F 3D 2F 4F 2F 61 2F 00 73 2F 85 2F 97 2F A9 2F BB 2F CD 2F DF 2F F1 2F 00 03 3F 15 3F 27 ...
Cycles   : ... 1F FF 1F 11 2F 23 2F 35 2F 47 2F 59 2F 6B 2F 00 7D 2F 8F 2F A1 2F B3 2F C5 2F D7 2F E9 2F FB 2F 00 0D 3F 1F 3F 31 ...
Gain     : ... 1F EE 1F 00 2F 12 2F 24 2F 36 2F 00 48 2F 5A 2F 6C 2F 7E 2F 90 2F A2 2F B4 2F C6 2F 00 D8 2F EA 2F FC 2F 0E 3F 20 3F 32 ...

It looks like pairs of bytes, where the second byte is increasing by 0x12 (18) and occasionally a group of 3 bytes with 0x00 as the second byte in case the last byte's nibble is 3, D or 8 for the three examples respectively.
I was wondering if the type of encoding/serialization format would be obvious to anyone (or, even better, if someone has a specification of this file format).
I believe the software used to create these files is currently Java based, but has a history as a Windows/MFC/C++ product.
<obj name="AcquisitionTable" class="AcquisitionTable" version="1">
    <prop name="Count">2400</prop>
    <prop name="ChannelCount">6</prop>
    <list name="Columns" count="19">
        <item name="SampleNo">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</item>
        <item name="ProgramNo">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</item>

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A: This is what I have so far.
The document you're using is not from an actual PCR run, as inferred from the readable data. It is a color compensation run (short overview that seems to match the file) (full updated manual, page 250, not as fitting). Specifically, it seems to be a color compensation run for the "FAM/Pulsar 650" dye.
The output type, as you point out, is this "AcquisitionTable" with 2400 "counts" which must be different, I believe, from output you would normally get from a PCR run. I'm sure you've found these already, but a few public examples of PCR templates (not completed runs) are here, here, here and here.
According to the LCRunProgram in your file, the protocol here was:
hold 95°C for 0" at a speed of 20°C/s
hold 40°C for 30", 20°C/s
hold 95°C for 0" at 0.1°C/s, acquisition mode "2".
So, we're expecting that the acquisition timeframe lasted an estimated (95°C-40°C) / 0.1°C/s = 550 seconds, approximately; during which time, there should have been a fixed number of acquisition events per second.
EDIT 0 - this is what I had done at the beginning, so I'm not deleting it, but I got more interesting information later (see below).
I took a look at the data with a simple Python script (I'm a Python guy), to search for patterns.  The script holds your data's initial strings in a dictionary called values which would be too long to post here; so here's it in a gist, just as you had to do.
#!/usr/bin/env python3

import base64
from collections import OrderedDict, defaultdict
from values import values

def splitme(name, sep):
    splitted = base64.b64decode(values[name]+'==').split(sep)
    print("{:<12} [{}; {}] separated in {} chunks: {}".format(
            name,
            len(values[name]), len(base64.b64decode(values[name]+'==')),
            len(splitted),
            [len(i) for i in splitted]))
    return splitted

if __name__ == '__main__':
    allchunks = defaultdict(list)
    separator = b'\r'
    print("separating by:", separator)
    for key in values:
        data = splitme(key, sep=separator)
        for i, item in enumerate(data):
            allchunks[item].append((key, i))
    print("Common chunks:")
    for location in [value for item, value in allchunks.items() if len(value)>1]:
        print(location)

Let's get the obvious out of the way and say that ProgramNo and CycleNo hold the same data; and all Gain are identical. So I'll only post one of each.
Now trying the script with the separator b'\r' (just to try for one) cuts a few of them in chunks of 272 (271+separator) bytes. The others aren't tidy.
separating by: b'\r'
SampleNo     [1536; 1152] separated in 5 chunks: [174, 271, 271, 271, 161]
ProgramNo    [1531; 1148] separated in 6 chunks: [47, 271, 271, 271, 271, 12]
SegmentNo    [1531; 1148] separated in 5 chunks: [169, 271, 271, 271, 162]

Separating by b'\t' gives similar results:
separating by: b'\t'
SampleNo     [1536; 1152] separated in 5 chunks: [204, 271, 271, 271, 131]
ProgramNo    [1531; 1148] separated in 5 chunks: [76, 271, 271, 271, 255]
SegmentNo    [1531; 1148] separated in 5 chunks: [199, 271, 271, 271, 132]

And separating by b'\n' splits the gains this time, in a similar way:
separating by: b'\n'
Gain1        [3046; 2284] separated in 10 chunks: [81, 271, 271, 271, 271, 271, 271, 271, 271, 26]

So I am not at all implying that these "separators" are of any importance; I'm thinking that they are rare characters that appear to cut the data in 272-byte chunks, and this value, 272 bytes, might be important in understanding how this data is stored.
The beginning of each string "BARZ" seems like a "foo-bar" thing; probably set as check at the start of the header.
Another thing that is interesting is that the gains data separates into 8 equal-sized chunks (plus other two smaller blocks). If this data is from a 96-well plate, I would start exploring if this might possibly be a header and then 8 chunks (lines) which would be splittable in 12 items (colums), so that 8*12=96 replicating the setting of a 96-well plate.
Also, if this "272 bytes per line" hypothesis is true, then the data in ProgramNo, SampleNo etc that do split into 272-bytes chunks might be explained if the plate wasn't full, and some wells had samples (with a few complete lines) while others were empty. I'm not sure if this would make sense for a color compensation plate.
Time, Temperature, Error and Fluors do not separate into chunks and you are correct in thinking they are a set of continuous values; not necessarily floats though. Fluorescence can be captured as "units" which might be positive ints (I don't have a LightCycler so I don't know if it's the case or not).
And this is where I am so far. I'm not sure I'll have time to go further.  In case I don't reply back, good luck with your endeavour.
EDIT 1:
So regarding the SampleNo data, it seems to be structured in this way:
1) a header, which might or might not be separated by 0x00 like:
 * the BARZ header, then 2 times 0x00 (total 6 bytes)
 * three bytes, then 0x00 (total 4 bytes)
 * 17 bytes, then 0x00 (total 18 bytes)
2) a series of data, each of them comprised of 16 bytes and terminated by 0x00 (so 17 bytes each).
This means that Samples holds a header, plus 66 sets of 17 bytes.
EDIT 2:
Splitting everything by 0x00 with this awful piece of code:
def splitme(name):
    data = base64.b64decode(values[name]+'==')
    hit = 0
    index = 0
    countit = 0
    splits = []
    while hit >= 0 and countit < 500:
        countit += 1
        hit = data[index+1:].find(0)
        index += hit+1
        if hit >= 0:
            splits.append(index)
    lastindex = -1
    splitted = []
    if splits:
        for index in splits:
            splitted.append(data[lastindex+1:index])
            lastindex = index
    else:
        splitted = [data]

Yields:
separating by: 0x0
SampleNo     [1536; 1152] separated in 70 chunks: [4, 0, 3, 17, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16]
ProgramNo    [1531; 1148] separated in 71 chunks: [4, 0, 3, 2, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 12]
SegmentNo    [1531; 1148] separated in 69 chunks: [4, 0, 3, 18, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16]
CycleNo      [1531; 1148] separated in 71 chunks: [4, 0, 3, 2, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 12]
Time         [11944; 8958] separated in 63 chunks: [4, 0, 3, 45, 14, 42, 76, 46, 172, 110, 109, 15, 81, 90, 111, 108, 78, 46, 175, 141, 88, 209, 74, 117, 156, 170, 59, 107, 78, 103, 125, 171, 103, 170, 191, 333, 154, 187, 11, 257, 149, 208, 173, 156, 153, 412, 72, 55, 207, 131, 131, 274, 284, 238, 19, 241, 247, 13, 74, 558, 763, 8, 0]
Temperature  [6731; 5048] separated in 14 chunks: [4, 0, 3, 394, 186, 543, 177, 173, 530, 534, 371, 714, 373, 1032]
Error        [398; 298] separated in 21 chunks: [4, 0, 3, 2, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 12]
Fluor1       [7539; 5654] separated in 38 chunks: [4, 0, 3, 31, 13, 7, 7, 426, 331, 218, 187, 11, 10, 13, 7, 6, 7, 48, 45, 217, 840, 6, 7, 14, 7, 6, 7, 7, 6, 1178, 8, 6, 1147, 7, 6, 141, 630, 2]
...
Gain1        [3046; 2284] separated in 145 chunks: [4, 0, 3, 9, 7, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 8, 7, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 8, 7, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 8, 7, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 8, 7, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 8, 7, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 8, 7, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 8, 7, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 8, 7, 16, 16, 16, 16]
...

So SampleNo, ProgramNo, SegmentNo, Error and the Gains all split in blocks of 17 bytes (16 bytes + 0x00).
EDIT 3:
The first fifteen 17-bit chunks of ProgramNo (and the copy CycleNo) and Error are identical.
Just to clarify, the "chunks" I describe are what you describe as a series of number pairs, one of which increases by 0x12. The 0x00 that you mention is the separator between the chunks.
EDIT 4:
About Gain data, the link between my initial "272 bytes" blocks and the (16+0x00)-byte blocks, is that there's a repeating pattern of 16 blocks, 15 of them are "16+0x00" blocks and one last block has a 0x00 in the middle. So 17 bytes(=16+0x00) * 16 blocks = 272 bytes total for this repeat.
The whole string is built as follows: the "header" part, then 8 such repeats of 17bytes*16 blocks, and then four 17bytes blocks at the end. So on one side I was right about the 8 blocks, but apparently I was wrong when making the parallel with a 8x12 wells PCR plate. Here it's more like 8*16 (+4).
About Fluor etc. data, I don't have an answer but I'd try to strip the header and see if any (integer or float) compression algorithm can work on it... Compressed data would explain why you have different lengths for these fields.

A: This is what I found so far. (Some of it overlaps with what you already found)
The data is encoded in Base64, where the padding (=) is missing, so you will need to add that.
The first bytes identify the kind of data. The file I am looking at has DARZ/LARZ/FORM/Empty.
DARZ = Double[]
LARZ = Time? Havent decoded this
FORM = Double[][] (has 96 DARZ fields), this is the only field where byte 6 is 01x
Empty = Just a bunch of 0-1-2

For the first three types the first four bytes thus identify the type.
byte 1-4            = TypeID
byte 5-8            = The size of the element  (BigEndian)
byte 9-12           = Checksum?
byte 13 - 13+length = the actual data.

A: In my case, I needed to extract Fluoresence0 items that have the DARZ header.
Header DARZ (5 bytes including null terminator)
Null bytes (2 bytes)
Block size (1 byte)
Null bytes (2 bytes)
Array size (1 byte)
Array of Doubles / Float64 (8 bytes each one)
End mark (1 byte)

Using HxD editor and it's cool data inspector is possible to validate the values.

With that information, it is easy to parse the data using python and hachoir
class CycleFloat64(FieldSet):
    def createFields(self):
        yield CString(self, "DARZ Header")
        yield Bytes(self, "6 bytes", 0x6)
        yield Float64(self, "Value 1")
        yield Float64(self, "Value 2")
        yield Float64(self, "Value 3")
        yield Bytes(self, "1 byte", 0x1)

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When it's hot outside, it's a sauna inside, and today has been one of those days. Living on the top floor, the high temperatures make this place like an oven…I did not feel like turning on the oven tonight, but I had this halibut that I needed to cook and figured I might as well be brave and start cooking anyway. I ended up cooking almost naked but that did not help with the heat. There is no air conditioning in San Francisco houses or apartments because most of the time, they don't need it, but it would come in handy sometimes.
Going back to Halibut, its flesh remains firm and does not break like cod would, the olive crust is infused with many herbs and is wonderful with the white fish as well as the crunchy and crispy textures of Chinese long beans. I like to cook them once in a while, you can make fun presentations and they always remain crunchy, it feels like eating thick spaghetti!
I had a similar fish dish with flavorful crust at a restaurant in Paris some time ago and I always wanted to re-create something similar. Not sure it came out exactly like it, but it was delicious anyway.
Add salt and pepper to the halibut. In a mixer, add herbs, walnuts, olives, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper. Mix all ingredients to a fine to medium consistency. Add breadcrumbs, add salt and pepper if needed, (the olives being salty, if you don't want to much salt, don't add any). Placea good portion of the mixture on the top halibut surface (about 1/2 inch thinkness for the crust). Cook in the oven at about 380F for 10-15 minutes until the fish is just cooked but do not overcooked, it will get dry.
Cut the extremities of the beans. Bring a large pot to a boil, cook beans for 5-10 minutes, do not over cook, they need to still be firm but not undercooked. Place in ice water to keep the beans green (they will darken if left out too long). In a pan, add olive oil, brown shallots until they become translucent and browned, add garlic and stir (do not burn it). Add long beans and mix well. Add salt and pepper.
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as usually,a very rafinated and elegant dish!i wish you a very good week!
Finalmente una ottima ricetta per preparare l'halibut. Probabilmente dovrò sostituire i fagiolini cinesi (qui non li trovo) con i nostrani, ma credo che il gusto rimarrà molto simile.
Io aggiungerei solo qualche goccia di aceto balsamico, che ne pensi?
I don't think there is a food in the world you can't make look gorgeous….another winning piece…beautiful!
This is lovely. I like the crunchy bacon topping! I love it!
Kalamata olives and walnuts for the crust is just gorgeous. Simple, flavor but fast. Even if I don't like to cook in the middle of the heat, I still do.
Thanks Alison, same to you!
Thanks! I give credit to the wonderful natural light I have…I have bay windows all over, and that really helps!
Thanks Divina, cooking in the heat is no fun, but sometimes you just have to do it!
Grazie Alessandro! ho usato i fagiolini cinesi solo perche' mi piaceva l'idea di potere usarli come gli spaghetti e arrotolarli, ma il gusto e' simile agli altri fagiolini. Certo, l'aceto balsamico sarebbe il tocco finale perfetto.
This caught my eye because I love olives, walnuts and halibut. Wonderful. Just the kind of dish I like to eat.


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SpaceX's Crew Dragon preps for debut as race to return astronauts to US craft nears final stages
By Eric Ralph
After spending two weeks testing in a specialized NASA-run facility, SpaceX's first flightworthy Crew Dragon spacecraft was shipped from Ohio to Florida, where it will now spend a number of months preparing for its first (uncrewed) launch into Earth orbit.
Known as Demonstration Mission 1 (DM-1), this critical milestone must be passed before the capsule will be certified to carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) sometime in 2019. While DM-1 will not sport a human crew, the spacecraft is nevertheless expected to demonstrate all life and mission-critical components, ranging from Crew Dragon's complex array of avionics and ground/orbital communications equipment to craft's ability to safely return passengers to Earth with a soft ocean landing.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft has been in the serious hardware development phase for approximately five years, although the concept itself dates back about as early as its Cargo Dragon predecessor – 2005 to 2006, publicly. Over the course of roughly two weeks of testing at NASA's Plum Brook Station, Crew Dragon was likely subjected to a suite of environmental conditions the spacecraft will need to routinely survive to make it through initial launch and successfully operate under the rigors of microgravity and thermal vacuum conditions.
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Given the DM-1 capsule and trunk's fairly quick jaunt at the huge Plum Brook vacuum chamber and equally quick arrival in Florida, those test results were likely quite favorable. Still, a major amount of work lies ahead before the first full Crew Dragon is ready for its launch atop Falcon 9. Most significantly, the craft's trunk did not follow its fellow capsule to Florida, but rather returned to SpaceX's Hawthorne, CA factory to be outfitted with critical flight hardware, particularly radiators and solar arrays. Once that outfit is complete, the module will also be shipped to Florida before being integrated with the DM-1 Crew Dragon capsule.
Of note, the DM-1 capsule has been constructed from the start to support a plan to use the vehicle in an in-flight abort test meant to ensure that the craft can wrest its passengers from harm's way even at the most intense point of launch, where aerodynamic pressures are at their peak. In order to properly support both the DM-1 orbital mission and the in-flight abort test to follow, the capsule has been outfitted with a fair amount (hundreds of pounds) of hardware that will be unique to the pathfinder spacecraft. This understandably adds its own complexity to the already intense program's first orbital mission, although it will hopefully not translate into additional delays.
NASA Astronaut Suni Williams, fully suited in SpaceX's spacesuit, interfaces with the display inside a mock-up of the Crew Dragon spacecraft in Hawthorne, California, during a testing exercise on April 3. (SpaceX)
SpaceX's Demo Mission-1 Crew Dragon seen preparing for vacuum tests at a NASA-run facility, June 2018. (SpaceX)
Crew Dragon parachute tests are likely to continue into the summer to ensure NASA certification in time for DM-1. (SpaceX)
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It's worth noting that SpaceX is effectively operating at a distinct – albeit partially self-wrought – financial handicap when compared with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft program, one of two vehicles funded by NASA to accomplish the same task of safely and reliably transporting astronauts to and from the ISS.
"NASA awarded firm-fixed-price contracts in 2014 to Boeing and Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) [of] up to $4.2 billion [for Boeing] and $2.6 billion [for SpaceX] for the development of crew transportation systems." (GAO-18-476)
Boeing's DM-2 Starliner undergoes integration in Florida earlier this year. (Boeing)
The ULA Atlas V rocket that will launch Boeing's DM-1 Starliner spacecraft captured at ULA's Decatur, AL factory, October 2017. (ULA)
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) dual engine Centaur upper stage of the Atlas V rocket in the final stages of production and checkout, May 2018. (ULA)
In other words, Boeing requested and received a full 60% more than SpaceX to – quite literally – accomplish an identical task. Alongside the storied and brutally expensive history of crewed American spaceflight, both contracts are an absolute steal for two modernized, crew-capable spacecraft, but a 60% premium is a 60% premium. Foreseeable but slight cost overruns caused, among other things, by additional contractual requirements from NASA have followed a similar trend, roughly proportional to each company's slice of the original $6.8b Commercial Crew contract.
"As of April 2018, NASA requirement changes had increased the value of contract line item 001 for Boeing by approximately $191 million and for SpaceX by approximately $91 million." (GAO-18-476)
Still, Boeing's progress towards its own DM-1 and DM-2 demo flights and a pad-abort test are impressive, although it very likely is more of a demonstration of a different approach to public communications than of any actual step up on SpaceX. In the last few weeks, Boeing has released a number of photos showing off the progress made building its own Starliner capsules and service modules (trunks), three of which are currently in varied states of assembly and integration in the company's Florida-based facility. Additionally, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno has shared off-and-on updates and photos of the launch contractor's own progress assembling the rockets that will launch Boeing's spacecraft.
The two engine Centaur is getting ready and excited for #StarLiner. pic.twitter.com/WIf3H8k9yq
— Tory Bruno (@torybruno) July 2, 2018
Regardless, a huge amount of work lies ahead before both Boeing and SpaceX's crewed spacecraft are able to conduct their first uncrewed and crewed launches into orbit. Now very outdated, NASA has stated several times recently that the presently available targets of NET August 31 will likely be updated later this month, pushing DM-1 debuts into NET Q4 2018 and the first commercial crewed demo missions to 2019.
Stay tuned, as the Block 5 Falcon 9 tasked with launching SpaceX's own DM-1 Crew Dragon will likely be the next of a recent flood of finished rockets to leave the company's Hawthorne factory, where it will head to McGregor, Texas to complete acceptance wet dress rehearsals and static fire tests before shipping to SpaceX's Pad 39A in Florida.
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This article corresponds to the fourth installment of a methodological series of six narrative reviews on general topics in biostatistics and clinical epidemiology, which will explore published articles available in the main databases and specialized reference texts. The series is oriented to the training of undergraduate and graduate students, and is carried out by the Chair of Methodology of Scientific Research of the School of Medicine of the University of Valparaiso, Chile. Therefore, the aim of this manuscript is to address the main theoretical and practical concepts of cohort studies.
In comparison to case-control studies, observational methodology addressed in the previous installment of this series, which have an already known outcome for which their probable exposures will be studied, in cohorts it is the exposures that separate the groups towards their potentially different fates. From this, another fundamental difference emerges: directionality, since case-control studies analyze their data from effect to cause, while the cohort operates prospectively: from cause to effect [13].
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Skidmore College is a private liberal arts college in Saratoga Springs, New York. Approximately 2650 students are enrolled at Skidmore to earn a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree in one of more than 60 areas of study.
Skidmore College has undergone many transformations since its founding in the early 20th century as a women's college. The Young Women's Industrial Club was formed in 1903 by Lucy Ann Skidmore (1853-1931) with money from the estate of her husband, who died in 1879, and her father, Joseph Russell Skidmore (1821-1882), a former coal merchant. In 1911, the club was founded under the name "Skidmore School of Arts" as a college to train young women vocationally and professionally.[5] Skidmore College was established in 1911.
Skidmore College was established in downtown Saratoga Springs, but on October 28, 1961, the college acquired the Jonsson Campus, 850 acres (3.4 km2) of land on the outer edges of Saratoga Springs. The Jonsson Campus was named for Skidmore Trustee Erik Jonsson, the founder and president of Texas Instruments and former mayor of Dallas, Texas (1964-71). The new Jonsson Tower is named after him. The first new buildings on the campus opened in 1966 and, by 1973, the move was nearly complete. The old campus was sold to Verrazzano College, a new institution that was not successful, and its buildings have since been put to other uses.
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Family obligations present another challenge for Hispanic students. A 2014 survey by National Journal found that two-thirds of Hispanic women and men who sought full-time work or joined the military after completing high school expressed doing so to help their loved ones financially. In comparison, only 39% of white women and men who did not attend college said the same.
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"With the Nats racing calendar finishing up this weekend, it's time for a recap of how it all went down throughout the 5 rounds of the Portuguese Championship.
The 1st round was for me the most nervous, as it was my first official outing with the new package (Car, engine, tires, etc). I wanted to show that I had a similar or even better pace than the previous year, and that's what I set out to do. In nitro, I felt like I had the pace for the win but unfortunately, a technical issue left me out with no chance but to DNF in the semi.
I knew It was game on after this as I had already used my throwout and I needed to be consistent and have good results to get the title.
In E-Buggy, I had an easy time getting the TQ, but after some dumb mistakes I couldn't convert it into a win and had to settle for 2nd, nonetheless a great start for the e-buggy season.
For the 2nd round we were getting more and more used to the package, and after trying out a few things the car felt amazing on Saturday during practice and I believed this time no issues where gonna plague me. With fast and controlled driving, I endured an early fight and then later on powered through the field to get me the 1st win of the season and Tekno's first in Portugal ?
3rd round time and this one was going to be a hard one, the track was more old school with a loamy surface and tons and tons of bumps.
I worked on the car as much as I could to try and make it cope with the bumps but I knew it was gonna be a tough 45 mins race. I tried my best but this time I felt I was a little off the pace and 2nd was all I could get.
Same in E-Buggy as I couldn't get my things together and did some dumb mistakes to end up 2nd.
The 4th race came around and once again I felt like something was off with me and my package…I was not feeling very confident with my speed but tried to make up for it with consistency and that's what I worked on for the weekend. In the end, the consistency was paying off as I got as high as 2nd at one point in the final, but some hard laps from me took me out of the podium spots towards the end of the race leaving me in 4th and needing a great last round to be able to get the overall title.
In E-Buggy, I would get the Tq again which would leave me one step closer to the title, along with a 2nd place finish after some nice fights in the finals I knew I had a safety cushion to get the title in the last round.
Onto the last one and I knew it was gonna be grueling The track has dirt mixed with some product which turns it into a concrete-like circuit, it was gonna put a tremendous amount of load on the whole package so we knew we had to be extra careful when preparing everything for the final.
My pace was good but I think my consistency was better and that together with my flawless package during the 45 min final gave me the win that I needed and the overall title for Nitro. I really couldn't believe that It had happened as I knew it was gonna be super hard to get it, but you can't win without some luck and I finally had it this time.
In E-Buggy I managed to get the TQ once again so I was even more safe with regards to season standing, nonetheless, I wanted to go out and fight one more time for the win and show that my package was indeed the best. After winning A1 and having a technical issue in A2, the last final was very contested with some close racing and even though I came 2nd I was very happy with how It all went down because after all, I had just gotten the double championship for the year.


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A second presumed time capsule was found Monday in the pedestal that previously served as the base for a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, Governor Ralph Northam announced.
Northam tweeted pictures of the box being removed from the pedestal and said it is being studied and will not be opened today.
The newly uncovered box may be the time capsule that several news accounts from the time say was buried when the pedestal was constructed in 1887. The stories say the box was buried with dozens of items such as artifacts of the Confederacy, and historians have speculated that it may also contain a photograph depicting President Abraham Lincoln.
The Lee statue atop the pedestal was removed in September, and Northam's administration decided earlier this month to remove the pedestal as well, as it has now been covered in graffiti, and would return ownership of the piece of land the pedestal and statue used to be on back to the city of Richmond.
On December 17, the crew working to remove the pedestal found a box that many assumed to be the 1887 time capsule. After it was opened last week, however, conservators found simply a few books, a silver coin and some assorted papers, leaving them to assume the box was placed in the pedestal by one or multiple people who built it, and the time capsule described in historical accounts may still be in the pedestal somewhere.
Northam did not announce when the box would be opened or what condition anything inside the box may be in.
A second box, thought to possibly be an 1887 time capsule described in historical accounts, has been found at the site of a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia. Above, a pile of rubble is all that remains after the removal of the pedestal.
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The search for the 1887 time capsule had resumed earlier Monday.
Devon Henry, the contractor whose company was overseeing the pedestal removal, said the box was found inside a granite enclosure basically at ground level, surrounded by fill and other construction material. Workers pulled off the top of the granite enclosure to find the box, which appeared to be made of copper, sitting in water, Henry said.
The box was then covered in bubble wrap and transported by vehicle from the site for further study, he said.
The Lee statue, which depicted the general atop a horse, was erected on the soaring pedestal in 1890 in the former capital of the Confederacy. Its removal in September came more than a year after Northam ordered it in the wake of protests that erupted after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The statue was one of five enormous Confederate tributes along Monument Avenue, and the only one that belonged to the state. The four city-owned statues were taken down in 2020, but the Lee statue's removal was blocked by two lawsuits until a ruling from the Supreme Court of Virginia in September cleared the way for it to be dismantled.
Crews searched for the time capsule then, digging and removing massive stones, but were unable to locate it.
Henry said the box was found Monday in the northeast corner of the pedestal, about 4 feet (1.2 meters) below the area initially searched.
Northam's administration has said it will be stored until « next steps » have been determined.
Finalizing the removal work at the site will likely take another week, Henry said.
Crews have been searching for a time capsule thought to have been buried in a statue pedestal in Richmond, Virginia. Above, construction workers erect scaffolding around a pedestal as they prepare to dismantle it on December 6.
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Q: PHP Abstract Object Design with Common Ancestor Redundancy I helped design and implement and Droid API written in PHP.  Though it works just fine, I am always looking to refactor my code.
Is it ok to have objects within other objects that have a common ancestor?
This may be an elementary question, but I can't seem to find information to support whether or not this is poor practice.
The goal is to have class foo provide common constants and methods to all.
Example:
            abstract class foo {
             //constants
             //common methods to all
            }

            class bar extends foo{
             //represents something
            }

            class widget extends foo {
             //represents something else
            }

            class controller extends foo{
                //controls flow
                public function __construct(){
                    $this->my_bar= new bar();
                    $this->my_widget= new widget();
             }
            }

Classes bar and widget may not need to extend foo, but methods within those objects wouldn't know about the common things that foo knows without sending parameters.
There seems to be too much redundancy going on, just looking for a best-practice.

A: If it makes sense for your application, there's no problem with it.
By way of example, this is precisely how PHP's DOM library is structured.  Pretty much everything is a node – the document, elements, attributes, character data. They all share the ancestor DOMNode, even though they are nested inside one another.
So if it genuinely makes sense (which is hard to tell in your abstract example), there is absolutely no reason not to. Indeed, if the various objects share functionality, it possibly would be "best practice".

A: Creating a framework requires lots and lots of tries that will make you fall and then get back up on your feet.
The most important thing about your question is to make sure you dont fall into the trap that the Liskov substitution principle describres:

"If it quacks like a duck and looks like a duck but need batteries, it
  could be a duck but it probably isn't."
The Liskov principle is simple, make sure that when you extend
  something, you are not changing the contract of the class. If a class
  used to return something on a function and you extend it to return
  something radically different, how will the user know how to adapt?
  You are defeating the purpose of reusability because you are providing
  a class that identifies as the base class it extends, but it doesn't
  behave like the base class with added functionnalities.

What i suggest the most is that you always try to make your class hierarchy as realistic as possible but remember the SOLID principle at all times. For more information on SOLID, look at my blog at:
http://crazycoders.net/2012/03/confoo-2012-make-your-project-solid/
Good luck