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Q: How to change the height of a skewed div tag in a CSS template I'm using a css and html template for a website, this is how the page looks right now-
Screenshot of the website

I want to make the height of the blue area smaller, and I can't figure out what to change in the css file. Increasing bottom in fh5co-hero.after from -40 to 100 makes the website look like this-
Screenshot after changing the code

This is the css code-
#fh5co-hero {
  background-color: #90d7ea;
  background-size: cover;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: center left;
  margin-bottom: 10em;
  float: left;
  width: 100%;
  height: 300px;
  display: table;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 20;
  color: #ffffff;
}
@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
  #fh5co-hero {
    background-position: center center;
  }
}
#fh5co-hero:after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  bottom: -40px;
  overflow: visible;
  width: 100%;
  height: 550px;
  background: #90d7ea;
  z-index: -1;
  -webkit-transform: skewY(-3deg);
  -moz-transform: skewY(-3deg);
  -ms-transform: skewY(-3deg);
  -o-transform: skewY(-3deg);
  transform: skewY(-3deg);
  background-color: #90d7ea;
  background-size: cover;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: center center;
  background-image: url(../images/hero6.jpg);
}
#fh5co-hero .fh5co-arrow {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: -70px;
  left: 50%;
  margin-left: -30px;
  display: table;
  color: #ffffff;
  font-size: 24px;
  z-index: 99;
  text-decoration: none;
  width: 60px;
  height: 60px;
  background: #f86942;
  border-bottom: none !important;
  text-align: center;
  -webkit-border-radius: 50%;
  -moz-border-radius: 50%;
  -ms-border-radius: 50%;
  -o-border-radius: 50%;
  border-radius: 50%;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0.125em 0.125em 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.125);
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 0.125em 0.125em 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.125);
  -ms-box-shadow: 0 0.125em 0.125em 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.125);
  -o-box-shadow: 0 0.125em 0.125em 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.125);
  box-shadow: 0 0.125em 0.125em 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.125);

Changing the height values does nothing?
(Edit) This is the html code-

Right Sidebar

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Congratulations to our 2019 Vermont STEM fair water quality project winners! The four students were chosen from among 200 student scientists who presented their projects on March 30, at Norwich University. The annual fair features exhibits by middle and high school students from throughout the state, all of whom won local-level competitions for their experiments.
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High school concussions are on the rise among Missouri teens.
By: Katie Hynes
A study by the University of North Carolina found that eight high school athletes nationwide had died from playing football in 2013 and one of those athletes was from Tipton, Missouri.
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Wrap: Tipton High School player Chad Stover died during a football playoff game after receiving a hard hit to the head.
The number of high school student athletes who will suffer from a concussion continue to be on the rise in Missouri.
More than six hundred athletes nationwide suffered a concussion during the 2011 to the 2012 school year.
The Missouri State High School Athletic Association says this trend is not unexpected.
The association is an association of high school athletic departments.
It has studied how many brain injuries high school athletes receive and provides classes coaches can take to learn about concussions.
The association's communications director Jason West says the increase in concussions is due to the publics greater knowledge of the symptoms and effects of concussions.
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Missouri law requires all high school athletes to read and sign a form about concussions prior to the start of the season.
The law also requires a person who is hurt to wait 24 hours before getting put back in, and a health professional must sign off their approval for the athlete to play again.
Columbia House member Chris Kelly was against the law.
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Kelly says Missouri lawmakers should not get involved in areas that are unfamiliar to them.
Kelly says since lawmakers don't know how to conduct a school, they should leave governing decisions up to school districts.
Description: "And I in general, oppose the idea of the legislature attempting to regulate public school activity."
Even the high school association does not have set requirements for their members.
Instead the association provides courses for coaches about the dangers of concussions and how to spot them.
These classes are provided to all high schools who belong to the organization but are not mandatory.
Description: "To be able to regulate and, and cut down the number and, and bring those numbers closer together is, kind of unrealistic."
The Centers for Disease Control defines a concussion as a traumatic brain injury caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head that can change the way your brain normally works.
A concussion can effect an athlete for a number of days or weeks depending on how serious the injury is.
In order to avoid serious repercussions from a brain injury the Missouri Health Department recommends athletes abstain from activity for as long as their doctor recommends.
According to the Centers for Disease Control athletes who play football are the most susceptible to concussions.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Katie Hynes.

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The Local Innovation for Development Fellowship Program was an intensive learning program supported by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Australian Awards for emerging and leading innovators from Pakistan, Kenya and Guatemala.
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Q: Django All-Auth django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend invalid syntax I am fairly new to Django so I have been following tutorials and guides to learn as I go along. I am currently attempting to do a E-commerce Django project following a youtube tutorial by freeCodeCamp.
In the beginning you need to install Django-AllAuth which I have done.
The issue I am currently having is when you need to migrate the installed apps it throws me a 'Invalid Syntax Error' on the 'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend' in the Authentication_Backends section in settings.
My settings.py
import os

ENVIRONMENT = os.getenv('ENVIRONMENT', 'development')

DEBUG = True
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
SECRET_KEY = '-05sgp9!deq=q1nltm@^^2cc+v29i(tyybv3v2t77qi66czazj'
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'django.contrib.sites',

    'allauth',
    'allauth.account',
    'allauth.socialaccount',

    'core'
]

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware'
]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'ecommerce.urls'

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static_files')]
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')

DATABASES = {
    "default": {
        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
        "NAME": os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3')
    }
}

if ENVIRONMENT == 'production':
    DEBUG = False
    SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY')
    SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
    SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER = True
    SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF = True
    SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS = True
    SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 31536000
    SECURE_REDIRECT_EXEMPT = []
    SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = True
    SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'https')

# Auth

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
    ...
    # Needed to login by username in Django admin, regardless of `allauth`
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',

    # `allauth` specific authentication methods, such as login by e-mail
    'allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend',
    ...
)
SITE_ID = 1

The error I am getting
PS G:\Git\Django\ecommerce> python manage.py migrate sites
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 15, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "C:\Users\dylan\Anaconda3\envs\djangoenv\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 381, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "C:\Users\dylan\Anaconda3\envs\djangoenv\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 325, in execute
    settings.INSTALLED_APPS
  File "C:\Users\dylan\Anaconda3\envs\djangoenv\lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 79, in __getattr__

    self._setup(name)
  File "C:\Users\dylan\Anaconda3\envs\djangoenv\lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 66, in _setup
    self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
  File "C:\Users\dylan\Anaconda3\envs\djangoenv\lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 157, in __init__
    mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 994, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 955, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 665, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 674, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 781, in get_code
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 741, in source_to_code
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "G:\Git\Django\ecommerce\ecommerce\settings.py", line 90
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
                                              ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

A: I manage to fix the issue by removing the '...'
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
    # Needed to login by username in Django admin, regardless of `allauth`
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',

    # `allauth` specific authentication methods, such as login by e-mail
    'allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend',
)

A: If you notice in the AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS tuple/list there are 3 dots ... at the beginning and in the end. Try to remove them it will work fine.
Or simply copy and paste the below snippet :
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [

    # Needed to login by username in Django admin, regardless of `allauth`
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',

    # `allauth` specific authentication methods, such as login by e-mail
    'allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend',

]


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Solving Stonehenge – The experts gather……….
LEADING experts on Stonehenge will be gathering in Salisbury to debate the monument's purpose next weekend.
The event, called Solving Stonehenge, is part of Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum's 150th anniversary conference on October 2 and 3, 2010
The main speakers will be Professor Tim Darvill, Professor Mike Parker Pearson, Mike Pitts and Julian Richards.
The debate will be chaired by Andrew Lawson.
Museum director Adrian Green said: "This is the first time that all the leading Stonehenge archaeologists have been gathered together for a public debate in recent times.
"With all their conflicting opinions about the role of the monument, and the opportunity for the public to quiz the archaeologists, this promises to be a thought-provoking event."
There will also be a paper about recent survey work at Stonehenge by English Heritage archaeologist David Field on Saturday afternoon and a tour of the Stonehenge landscape on Sunday afternoon.
Stonehenge has been a vital part of the history of Salisbury Museum. The first official guidebook to the stones was written by former curator and director Frank Stevens in 1916.
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Stonehenge Autumn Equinox 2010
The Autumn Equinox (also known as Mabon) is celebrated when day and night are of equal duration before the descent into increasing darkness and is the final festival of the season of harvest. For many pagans, this is the time to reflect on the past season, and to recognize the balance of the year has changed.
Although the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge attrackts a large crowd, you may expect the Autumn Equinox celebrations to be less attended, with fewer than 1,000 people showing up.
The 2010 Autumnal Equinox takes place on September 23th, at 4.03am UK time (3.03 UTC), but when 'open access' to Stonehenge starts is decided by English Heritage and depends on visibility. The sunrise is at 6.48am, and it is expected access to the stones will be allowed from approximately 6.30 to 8.30am.
Public access to Stonehenge is denied after dark, so if you want to see the sunset on September 22th (18.59pm), you'll have to stand on either the Avenue or on the side of the A344
The Autumnal Equinox
In September is the Fall Equinox, which has come to be called Mabon by many contemporary Neo-Pagans. Occuring approximately on September 21st, this is the day when the hours of daylight and nighttime are once again balanced. Calender days from now until the Winter Solstice will slowly get shorter and shorter in their daylight hours.
Agriculturally, this time of year the harvest is now in full swing, with late summer and fall fruits, vegetables and grains being gathered up before winter. This is the time of year a lot of canning or preserving of garden foods takes place. Hunting season also starts around this time, and this was when farmers would slaughter animals and preserve meat for the coming months as well.
This holiday is the last of the harvest holidays which began with the summer solstice and continued with Lammas.
21st/23rd September Harvest time!
The Autumn Equinox or Harvest Home is also called Mabon, pronounced 'MAY-bon', after the Welsh god Mabon ap Modron, which means literally 'son of mother'. Mabon appears in 'The Mabinogion' tale. The Druids call this celebration, Mea'n Fo'mhair, and honour The Green Man, the God of the Forest, by offering libations to the trees. The Welsh know this time as 'Alban Elfed', meaning 'light of autumn'. This is the point of the year when once again day and night are equal – 12 hours, as at Ostara, the Spring Equinox. The Latin word for Equinox means 'time of equal days and nights'. After this celebration the descent into winter brings hours of increasing darkness and chiller temperatures. It is the time of the year when night conquers day. After the Autumn Equinox the days shorten and nights lengthen. To astrologers this is the date on which the sun enters the sign of Libra, the scales, reflecting appropriately the balanced day and night of the equinox. This was also the time when the farmers brought in their harvested goods to be weighed and sold.
Harvest festival This is the second festival of the season of harvest – at the beginning of the harvest, at Lammas, winter retreated to his underworld, now at the Autumn equinox he comes back to earth. For our Celtic ancestors this was time to reflect on the past season and celebrate nature's bounty and accept that summer is now over. Harvest Home marks a time of rest after hard work, and a ritual of thanksgiving for the fruits of nature. This is the time to look back on the past year and what you have achieved and learnt, and to plan for the future. The full moon nearest to the Autumn Equinox is called the Harvest Moon and farmers would harvest their crops by then, as part of the second harvest celebration. Mabon was when livestock would be slaughtered and preserved (salted and smoked) to provide enough food for the winter. At the South Pole they will be celebrating the first appearance of the sun in six months. However, at the North Pole they will be preparing for six months of darkness. During Medieval times, the Christian Church replaced Pagan solstices and equinox celebrations with Christianized occasions. The Autumn equinox celebration was Michaelmas, the feast of the Archangel Michael.
The triple Goddess – worshipped by the Ancient Britons, is now in her aspect of the ageing Goddess and now passes from Mother to Crone, until she is reborn as a youthful virgin as the wheel of nature turns. At the Autumn equinox the goddess offers wisdom, healing and rest. Mabon Traditions The Wicker man There was a Celtic ritual of dressing the last sheaf of corn to be harvested in fine clothes, or weaving it into a wicker-like man or woman. It was believed the sun or the corn spirit was trapped in the corn and needed to be set free. This effigy was usually burned in celebration of the harvest and the ashes would be spread on the fields. This annual sacrifice of a large wicker man (representing the corn spirit) is thought by many to have been the origin of the misconception that Druids made human sacrifices. 'The reaping is over and the harvest is in, Summer is finished, another cycle begins' In some areas of the country the last sheaf was kept inside until the following spring, when it would be ploughed back into the land. In Scotland, the last sheaf of harvest is called 'the Maiden', and must be cut by the youngest female in attendance.
To Autumn O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof, there thou may'st rest, And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe; And all the daughters of the year shall dance, Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers. William Blake Mabon is a time to reflect, as we reap the harvest of experience from the past year – the completion of another turn of the Great Wheel. Corn Dollies Corn dollies were also made from the last sheaf and kept in the house to protect the inhabitants from bad spirits during the long winter. Apples To honour the dead, it was also traditional at Mabon to place apples on burial cairns, as symbolism of rebirth and thanks. This also symbolizes the wish for the living to one day be reunited with their loved ones. Mabon is also known as the Feast of Avalon, deriving from the meaning of Avalon being, 'the land of the apples'.
Merlin @ Stonehenge – A good time by all…….
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New Avebury to Stonehenge walk could rival Hadrian's Wall
The Great Stones Walk
A new long-distance footpath from Avebury Stone Circle to Stonehenge could topple Hadrian's Wall as the UK's most popular walking attraction.
The pathway is being planned by the Friends of the Ridgeway, who want to widen their focus beyond the National Trail.
Ian Ritchie, chairman of the Friends, told members of the Marlborough Area Board last week that the walk could pump an estimated £6 million into the local economy.
Mr Ritchie, who lives at Ramsbury, explained that the 29 mile Great Stones Walk connecting the two World Heritage Sites would pass through some of the best archaeological and historic sites in Britain.
He said: "This route has real historical integrity and goes by and through a wealth of archaeological and historic sites.
"It could become the première historical walking route in England held by Hadrian's Wall at the moment."
As well as being an international attraction for walkers, it would bring a welcome boost to the ailing rural economy.
Mr Ritchie said: "It will bring something like £6 million into the local economy, supported by the experience of the Hadrian's Wall path, and create about 100 full-time or part-time jobs."
The Friends estimate the walk would attract between 200,000 to 400,000 extra visitors a year and say consultations are taking place with landowners and parish councils along the route.
Later Mr Ritchie told the Gazette that the new path would link existing footpaths, bridleways and rights of way.
The cost of improving the route to National Trail standards has been estimated at about £105,000 and Mr Ritchie said it was hoped that much of the funding would come from the Salisbury Plain and North Wessex Downs AONB groups.
The area board meeting gave the new walk proposal its unanimous backing.
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I'm a fan of light meals consisting of seafood and vegetables. I make these simple inexpensive meals by buying fresh seafood from my local butcher and fresh vegetables from a local produce store.
First I de-veined the prawns and put them in a bowl with a little lemon juice, added pepper and a tiny dash of cayenne. Simply done. I cooked them for about 10 minutes until done.
I removed the veggies and added the asperagus to the same pan with a little butter, retaining some of the juices but stirring often. I cook them and remove them from the pan and serve.
Sriracha Deviled Eggs with tobiko is a great party favorite. Although being very inexpensive to make, it's a gourmet great with a colorful flair.
Boil six eggs, cool and deshell. Remove the yolks and place in a boil. Let cool. Add mayonnaise, sriracha and dash of salt. Fill egg halves with the egg mixture and top with a tiny dime size portion of tobiko.
Serve with green papaya salad mixed with a vinagerette and cherry tomatoes.
I wanted a simple lunch and saw that fresh bay scallops were on sale. Sometimes a meal's inspiration comes from what you crave and have.
So in one pan, I sauteed the scallops in a light butter sauce (2 pats of butter and 1bsp water) with a dash of salt, pepper and parsley.
In another I combined asparagus, red onion and mushrooms. Lighty sauteed in a pat of butter, soy sauce and a dash of water.
Cooked both at the same time, approximately 1o minutes until LUNCHTIME. Mmm.


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Cumberland in Allegany County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Strategic Center
1. Cumberland Marker
Cumberland. Strategic Center. In 1860, Cumberland was a small town of 7,302 residents, most of whom lived in the valley of Will's Creek. The town was an important stop on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. When the Civil War began in 1861, some residents supported the United States and others the Confederacy. Outright dissention ceased when Union forces garrisoned the town in June. . . Cumberland soon became the administrative center for the defense of the western section of the railroad, the canal, and northern West Virginia. About 3,000 Union soldiers usually were stationed here, although the number increased periodically to as many as 8,000. Cumberland also served as a hospital and supply base, and when the war ended, it became a demobilization center. Military administrators occupied many buildings here during the war, while encampments sprang up on the outskirts of town and troops constructed fortifications on the surrounding hills to control approaches. . . Confederate cavalry raiders frequently threatened to destroy area railroad facilities and bridges. The long-distance raids came from the east along the railroad or passed through West Virginia from the south, usually targeting less well-defended parts of the line. These hit-and-run raids created turmoil throughout the war. The Confederates attacked Cumberland itself only twice, most spectacularly on February 21, 1865, when Lt. Jesse McNeill and his Partisan Rangers (guerillas) captured Union Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley, who commanded the troops protecting the railroad, as well as Gen. George Crook. . This historical marker was erected by Maryland Civil War Trails. It is in Cumberland in Allegany County Maryland
In 1860, Cumberland was a small town of 7,302 residents, most of whom lived in the valley of Will's Creek. The town was an important stop on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. When the Civil War began in 1861, some residents supported the United States and others the Confederacy. Outright dissention ceased when Union forces garrisoned the town in June.
Cumberland soon became the administrative center for the defense of the western section of the railroad, the canal, and northern West Virginia. About 3,000 Union soldiers usually were stationed here, although the number increased periodically to as many as 8,000. Cumberland also served as a hospital and supply base, and when the war ended, it became a demobilization center. Military administrators occupied many buildings here during the war, while encampments sprang up on the outskirts of town and troops constructed fortifications on the surrounding hills to control approaches.
Confederate cavalry raiders frequently threatened to destroy area railroad facilities and bridges. The long-distance raids came from the east along the
2. Cumberland Civil War Trails Marker
At Cumberland's Constitution Park.
railroad or passed through West Virginia from the south, usually targeting less well-defended parts of the line. These hit-and-run raids created turmoil throughout the war. The Confederates attacked Cumberland itself only twice, most spectacularly on February 21, 1865, when Lt. Jesse McNeill and his Partisan Rangers (guerillas) captured Union Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley, who commanded the troops protecting the railroad, as well as Gen. George Crook.
Erected by Maryland Civil War Trails.
Marker series. This marker is included in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and the Maryland Civil War Trails marker series.
Location. Marker has been reported damaged. 39° 38.978′ N, 78° 44.992′ W. Marker is in Cumberland, Maryland, in Allegany County. Marker can be reached from Fort Avenue. This marker is located on the grounds of the City of Cumberland's Constitution Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cumberland MD 21502, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location. Cumberland Surrenders (a few steps from this marker); Memorial Park (approx. 0.4 miles away); McNeill's Raid (approx. half a mile away); Capture of Generals (approx. half a mile away); A Boom for Cumberland (approx. half a mile away); Capture of Generals B.F. Kelly and George Crook
3. Close-up of Sketch on Marker
(approx. 0.6 miles away); Cumberland Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); B'er Chayim (Well of Life) Congregation (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cumberland.
More about this marker. On the left of the marker is sketch captioned, Harper's Weekly 1866 image of Cumberland. On the upper right of the marker is a portrait captioned, Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley was a operational commander of the western B&O defenses throughout the war.
Also see . . .
1. Cumberland, Maryland. National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places (Submitted on December 1, 2008.)
2. McNeil's Raid. Richmond Times-Dispatch - January 6 , 1935 (Submitted on December 1, 2008.)
4. View of Cumberland Maryland from Constitution Park
More. Search the internet for Cumberland.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 13, 2019. This page originally submitted on December 1, 2008. This page has been viewed 1,681 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 1, 2008. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.


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Q: How can I write a mini program that is compatible with all unix-like systems? I want to write a socket program in Linux. So it'll use glibc system calls like socket(), bind(), listen(), write() etc.
I wonder, can i compile it without any changing in FreeBSD, Solaris or Mac OS? If yes, is it called "posix standards"?

A: Socket (), bind (), write () are all Posix functions and using them will make your code portable across a wide range of POSIX complaint operating systems.
Linux uses glibc, however other POSIX complaint OS will use any other libc not necessarily glibc. But all the above functions (system calls) will be in implemented with the same signature and functionality and you can compile then and run the same code everywhere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_sockets#BSD_vs_POSIX

A: The socket calls originated with BSD but today all Unix-like OSs support them.  Windows also somewhat supports these in its own flavor (called Winsock).
I don't think these are part of Posix but in reality you shouldn't have portability issues.
Btw, when you do a 'man 2 socket' (or whatever call) it shows useful history and standards info at the bottom.

A: All the systems you mention follow the Single UNIX Specification, and have POSIX:2001 as a common denominator (see the compliance section), so that's what you want to target.
The GNU libc has many functions that are not in POSIX however. To see whether you can use a particular function you can look at the "CONFORMING TO" section of the relevant manpage, or refer to the GNU libc manual. For example we can see in socket(2) that socket conforms to POSIX.1-2001, so you can use it.
For more background on this, read 1.2 Standards and Portability.

A: One of the most portable ways you can do networking is using the Asio library from Boost:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/doc/html/boost_asio.html
It's easy to use and portable to both Windows as well as Unix/Posix systems (like Linux, Mac, the various BSDs, etc.)


LINKS to research by Rochelle Humphrey (Rocky), will open in new page, Any comments are greatly appreciated and considered!
This research was presented in East Timor (UNTL) and together with my films in Finland (Helsinki).
running workshops at schools about Human Rights, this particular article discusses the HOMELANDS campaign, and Australian Indigenous Rights.


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Thank you, South Africa, for NHS help
A PIONEERING £1.97m project which brought teams of South African medics to Merseyside to help clear a massive backlog of hip and knee replacement operations has been declared a success.
Over the last ten weeks, 200 South African surgeons, doctors, nurses and anaesthetists have carried out more than 300 operations on patients from Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbria.
Several teams flew over on a rota basis to carry out the surgery in a purpose built 28-bed ward and UCV (Ultra Clean Ventilation) theatre at Southport hospital.
The government funded initiative was the country's most ambitious project to date using an overseas team to perform surgery in the UK.
One of a growing number of NHS specialities being contracted out to to private firms, it aimed to help bring down waiting times for orthopaedic surgery across the region.
NHS targets introduced in 2000 prescribe no-one should wait for surgery for longer than 6 months by 2005.
In total the overseas team, employed by South African based private health care provider Netcare, operated on total 338 patients - all of whom had been waiting longer than 9 months.
As the last team prepared to fly home last night, bosses at Southport and Ormskirk NHS Hospital Trust described the project as "one of the most fantastic initiatives" it has hosted.
Allan Stephenson, executive director of surgery at Southport said: "This has far exceeded all our expectations. The reaction from the patients has been fantastic and the operations have all gone very smoothly.
"Both the trust and the Netcare team have worked very well together to deliver such a major project and have both learnt a lot from the experience."
The trust is now recruiting two new orthopaedic surgeons to work in the unit left behind by Netcare.
Sheila Finnegan, director of diagnostic and support services said: "In the short term the project has enabled us to clear a backlog, but in the long term we have been left with a state of the art new unit.
"We are now recruiting new orthopaedic surgeons who will be based at the unit and we hope that will enable us to his the six month waiting target by 2005.
She added that local medics had been impressed by efficient working practices of the South Africans, which brought inpatient stays down from 10 days down to five during the project.
But she said measures like performing physiotherapy for seven days a week not five, and observing patients in an intensive care unit following surgery, could not be implemented here because of a lack of resources.
On September 12 the Department of Health announced South African-based Netcare had won a five-year contract to help clear waiting lists for cataract operations.
The company will run an 18-tonne mobile operating unit outside hospitals and health clinics across 12 health authorities including Merseyside and Cheshire, starting early next year.


Perhaps, one of the most diverse objects of modern digital design is the weather. Graphic designers work out loads of icons and illustrations in different styles, UI/UX designers create new concepts of weather applications and widgets, so users get more and more options for getting such a simple but vital information as weather forecast and the like. Despite the bulk of numerous weather apps which is growing bigger and bigger, it is still one of the most popular topics for designers as it goes to basics of human everyday life.
Users have a great benefit, being able to choose among loads of weather apps and services of different complexity, style, features, colors and so on. Moreover, the target audience of this sort of product is almost unlimited and totally diverse, therefore different ideas and concepts if done according to the laws of basic visual efficiency and common sense, will find their users.
Tubik Studio designers, working on various UI/UX projects, have also presented different design concepts for weather applications. So, this post is sharing our works and ideas on the topic.
Design of the user interface for a weather application is usually concentrated on the idea of being informative and clear. This really is the thing which does not include a lot of copy on the screen, so it is very important to find the scheme and layout in which the user will need just a quick glance to get all the data he or she needs. That provides the broad space of creativity for designers as well as becomes a great challenge as any kind of weather app requires keeping the wise balance between the creative visual representation and extremely high level of usability.
Both aspects – visual and usable – need to be taken into account. If a designer doesn't think thoroughly enough on solutions providing easy and pleasant user experience and enhancing usability as the basic point, the app will risk losing the audience because functionality is the first thing that retains users to such kind of basic apps. On the other hand, concentration only on the layout and transitions while seeing visual design as the secondary and minor aspect is also the high risk, since being usable and well thought-out but visually boring and usual the app will not attract users' attention and could get lost among the numerous competitors. So, designer should think over both perspectives and look for the ideas to make the design concept pleasant-looking, clear, efficient and understandable.
Practice shows that the limitations for designer's creativity in case of weather applications are much lower than in a lot of other types of products. As weather apps do not usually use long copy on the screens and apply a lot of visual details, the aspects of readability and efficient data presentation are different from for example the screens of a blog app or a social network. Therefore, designers can try various color pallets and combinations, different forms and shapes, interesting textures, visual effects or interface animation, original fonts or unique icons – anything that will support clear visual perception of the data necessary for a user.
In case of UI design for weather applications, there is no strict trend, requirement or recommendation about using light or dark background. It happens, for instance, with more copy-based products in which the aspect of readability is activated with perception of the big amount of text: in this case, it could be recommended to try light background for making the layout more user-friendly and text more legible. In case of weather apps and widgets any combinations of colors, sometimes very unexpected, could work efficiently as far as they provide visual support for the data and enable the user to see and understand what they need in the fast and easy way.
Moreover, interesting combinations of colors and shapes can also provide a kind of aesthetic pleasure for the user that can become a reason to choose this particular product among the competitors along the personal user's taste. So, the range of colors is perhaps one of the widest in this case of design work. The weather concept accomplished by Sergey Valiukh for Fuse has become a good case of practical example.
Organization of the data on the screen is one more important aspect to think over. One of the fresh Dribbble shots by Tubik Studio designer Tamara features organization of the data along the cards with the basic and additional information needed for the user. The user can choose the place (filtered as city, region, country and the like) and get the card which shows basic data such as temperature and weather characteristics (sunny, cloudy, cold, etc.) and additional data such as date and time according to the local time zone. It can be especially useful for users who travel a lot and need to know how to estimate their time and routines considering the local situation.
Graphic elements for weather applications are among the most essential things to put time and effort in. Weather apps, as it was already mentioned, are highly visual and data perception has to take seconds so graphic elements should first of all be concentrated on increasing usability. A designer has to remember that this kind of app could be used on different devices, in different environments (bright or poor light around, for example), very often on the go. People with different levels of sight will need to use it. So, to be useful and usable, the app should apply the graphic material which will be not only visually appealing and stylish but also easily perceived in various conditions.
Among the graphic elements vital for efficient weather app, icons should be mentioned the first. In one of our previous articles we have already described importance of elaborate work on this vital element of any interface. In case of weather apps icons have great field of expression as they actually become highly informative elements. Being aware of this, designer Arthur Avakyan created the original set of weather icons for Tubik, which is now available on Envato and Creative Market. All the icons follow the laws and standards of proportions and composition and will look recognizable and meaningful in different variants of color pallets and combinations. Also they all were tested by designer in the range of sizes to check that their recognizability doesn't decrease in any case of use.
To represent how these icons work in layout, Valentyn Khenkin presented the concepts of weather app seen on iPad screen. It shows the location, the weather around – the temperature, pressure and other details. And the majority of screen space is covered by the illustration of the city which creates nice style and is recognizable as a support of the feature of location.
Interface animation can become a good way to liven up the graphic elements as you can see in the animated interface by Sergey Valiukh. Animation adds movement and action, enhances efficient and fast microinteractions and makes perception of the data even faster and somehow entertaining.
So, designing UI for weather applications, designers have a broad perspective on their ideas and concepts, choosing different design solutions and it is rather easy to move out of the box. However, any ideas made about the layout, graphic elements and animations have to pursue the goal of creating a user-friendly, fast and clear interface which could preferably have the great support of attractive and stylish looks.
Extensive discussions appear and follow the topic — and certainly, they will move on to the future — about the weather apps design and finding the best solution which could be universal for everyone. Nevertheless, every day millions of users, having different tastes and preferences, different favorite styles and characters, different feelings of what feels comfortable and looks nice for them in particular, use this sort of simple apps as a part of their routine. The more variants of looks and features will be designed, the wider range of diverse options that endless target audience will get to find the one which fits their particular needs and wishes. And that is, obviously, a user-friendly way.
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WEST NYACK, N.Y.: On Sunday, December 9th, Children within every spectrum of special needs and their families are invited to a private photo sessions, to experience the time-honored tradition of a visit with Santa Claus during dedicated hours at Palisades Center.
Santa Cares is a nationally-recognized program that is sponsored by Autism Speaks to allow families an opportunity to meet with Santa for small group interaction for an allotted timeframe in an environment that supports their sensory, physical, and developmental needs. Families may register for a fifteen minute time-slot with Santa for special and interactive meet and greets. To register for this program, please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/palisades-center-santa-cares-tickets-51307559291.
WHEN: Sunday, December 9th from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Visits with Santa are free. Photo packages that capture holiday memories will be available for purchase during the event. As a reminder, families are able to capture their holiday memories with Santa until Monday, December 24th and to bring extended, furry members of the family to Pet Night on Sundays, December 9th and 16th. To learn more about holiday events and other happenings at the center, please visit www.palisadescenter.com.
Autism Speaks is dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the life span, for the needs of individuals with autism and their families through advocacy and support; increasing understanding and acceptance of people with autism spectrum disorder; and advancing research into causes and better interventions for autism spectrum disorder and related conditions. To learn more, visit www.autismspeaks.org.


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Q: Creating Subsonic Dynamic Query with numerous where clause I have the following code which is in a base class.
        MyApp.MyDB = new MyApp.MyDB ();
        IRepository<T> repo = new SubSonicRepository<T>(db);
        CurrentTable = repo.GetTable();

        var s = db.SelectColumns(columnList.ToArray()).
                From(CurrentTable.Name).
                OrderAsc(CurrentTable.Descriptor.Name);

The idea is that all my classes can call this method.
I have just realised that I may need to a 'where' statement and there could be numerous columns names and values to test for.
What's the best approach for this?
UPDATE: I found this works below but is it best practice?
//WhereClause is a Dictionary<string, string>
        int count = 0;
        foreach (var whereitem in WhereClause)
        {
            if (count == 0)
            {
                s.Where(whereitem.Key).IsEqualTo(whereitem.Value);
            }

            else
            {
                s.And(whereitem.Key).IsEqualTo(whereitem.Value);
            }

            count++;
        }

A: This simplifies the logic slightly: For the where clause, do something like this:
s.Where(1).IsEqualTo(1);

For all your other whereitem's, you can use And's.


Sergey Volkov (セルゲイ・ヴォルコフ, Serugei Vorukofu) is known as an infamous criminal known The Duelist Crusher who was re-purposed as one of Jean-Michel Roger's key enforcers in his takeover of the City. At some point during his life (presumably after he was recruited by Roger), he received cybernetic implants and became a humanoid cyborg.
Sergey is a very tall and muscular individual, towering above most other characters. He wears a full-body riding suit with green and purple parts, which are separated by a red lines. There are spikes on the elbows, around his middle and on bracelets. The suits opening is very broad, exposing a lot of skin from his upper torso, showing the many criminal marks he has on his head, neck and upper torso.
His left eye is technological in nature, being a high tech scanner which can also provide Roger with a live feed of Sergey's view. His right sleeve was torn open during his Duel with Zuzu Boyle and his arm was scarred, but his left arm appears to be completely mechanical and contains his Duel Disk, in a similar manner to Rex Goodwin. His legs were later shown to contain booster rockets, allowing him to accelerate explosively and fly. When merged with his Duel Runner, he comes out on top of the converted machine, riding single-wheeled with the former front wheels acting like extendable arms. Towards the end of his life, his identity as an actual humanoid cyborg is shown, as he consists of metals, wires, machinery, and scraps covered up with a humanoid appearance.
Sergey is a sadomasochistic Duelist who Duels in a cruel manner, similar to Yami Marik and Kalin Kessler. He continually inflicts damage to himself without attempting to stop it in addition to reveling in his own pain. He revels in the suffering he causes towards his opponent. He enjoys giving his opponent a false hope of victory and then crushing them, being submissive for most of the Duel, then defeat them with overwhelming power.
However, these personality traits are usually restrained by Jean-Michel Roger through the use of a mind-control device. When Sergey gets highly excited or surprised by illogical Dueling behaviour however, the mind control breaks partially, revealing his own hot-blooded nature, expressing his love for 'beautiful' duels. This obsessive desire is worth everything to him, refusing rescue from a fatal fall so as not to ruin the moment. His idea of beauty, however, still remains as the process of destruction.
Sergey's abilities are all primarily products of his cybernetic body, which Jean-Michel Roger describes as the "ultimate living Duel machine". He has incredible strength; he is able to effortlessly break through a solid wall with little acceleration and easily beat down multiple individuals with hand-to-hand combat training.
He can produce his Duel Disk directly from his cybernetic left arm, and he can boost across the ground at high speeds and fly with the rocket boosters built into his legs. Like the Three Pure Nobles and their true form, he can merge with his Duel Runner, although, unlike them, his body does not undergo any visible transformation. Due to his enhanced left eye, he can also scan cards on the field or ahead of him to further his strategies.
There seems however to be some degree of side-effects to his cybernization. The most recurrent of them is a visible mental instability which tends to trigger when he becomes excessively excited, causing him to lose restraint and Roger losing partial or total control over him, unless captured and submitted again. His left eye which is also connected to an internal computer seems to be sensitive to information, as an apparently illogical play during a Duel is enough to trigger an error display and briefly disable his attention.
Sergey initially runs a "Thorn Prisoner" Deck. His Deck focuses on the reduction of his own LP at a calculated rate through the effects of his monsters and through Thorn Counters. To facilitate this, his monsters all have 0 ATK and DEF. Sergey can use both Synchro Summoning and Fusion Summoning to bring out his key monsters to capitalize on his low LP and inflict large amounts of damage.
Later, he switches to an "Earthbound" Deck. Like his previous Deck, it focuses on Fusion and Synchro Summoning. The main strategy of this Deck is to simultaneously Summon Fusion and Synchro Monsters, by using the same materials for both Summons with the effect of "Underworld Resonance – Synchro Fusion". Some of his cards also gain effects when the Field Zone is occupied.


PREMIUM is a single-level villa with a construction area of 263,25 m2.
Hallway – Spacious living room – Dining room – State of the art kitchen – Utility room – Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom and dressing room – Bedroom 2 – Bedroom 3 – Second Bathroom – Outdoor terrace – Private swimming pool – Parking space for two cars – Garden.
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[Movie Review] X-Men Unite For Better 'Days of Future Past'
Posted By Matt Artz on May 30, 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past just may be the most entertaining X movie to date, and that's really saying something when you consider that this is technically "Part 7" of Marvel's mutant franchise.
Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, and Hugh Jackman team up in 'X-Men Days of Future Past'.
I did not grow up reading the X-Men comic books, but I did spend a lot of time enjoying the groundbreaking animated TV series featuring the team, and Days of Future Past certainly evokes many of the same fun and exciting emotions I felt when watching the old show, jumping right into the action from almost the first frame, pausing only to briefly re-introduce a few of our favorite characters from the prior films, as they pretty much all reprise their roles here.
The new sequel also does a great job of cleaning up some of the problems presented in some of those prior films (mainly the much-loathed third entry X-Men: The Last Stand), while effectively merging the best of the original cast from the first trilogy with the the best of the cast of 2011's X-Men: First Class, which featured younger versions of some of the characters from the first three movies.
That means that the original Professor Xavier, played by Patrick Steward (Star Trek: The Next Generation), gets to have an intense scene with his younger, angry self, played by James McAvoy (Wanted). It's a key moment in the film, and in any other cinematic universe it could have come off as silly, but Bryan Singer is back behind the camera after directing the first two X-Men films, and so also returned is a certain sincerity that Singer embedded into those first two films.
The audience feels the weight of the climactic events as they unfold in grand scale, with a dazzling array of bombast eye candy to keep the action-hungry kids enthralled, while drawing enough real world parallels and historical conspiracy confirmations to keep the adults in the audience awake and smiling as well.
Nicholas Hoult is Beast in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'.
The cast is great, starting with Hugh Jackman (Prisoners) easily slipping back into the role of Wolverine for the sixth time (not including a hilarious cameo in First Class). Because Wolverine can heal, he is sent back in time into his own younger body from 1973 in order to bring the X-Men together in hopes of changing the future, where terminator-like Sentinels hunt and kill mutants.
Stewart and McAvoy are also quite good in their dual role(s) of Professor Charles Xavier, the older of which is wise and grave, and the younger of which is bitterly depressed and drowning in an addiction to a serum meant to parallel a heroin addict.
While McAvoy and Jackman are awesome, it's Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games) as the shape shifting Mystique that really rises to the forefront this time.
This is Mystique's movie in many ways, and Lawrence is does not disappoint, bringing new levels of vulnerability that no other incarnations of the character have ever tried to explore, while also making an already kick ass character even more badass on an assassination mission that is destined to change the future for the worse.
When the younger Magneto, played by Michael Fassbender (Prometheus) tells Mystique, "Whatever happens now is in your hands," I like to think he was actually speaking to Lawrence on behalf of the franchise itself, as she clearly stands out in an epic story that is even more crowded with mutant characters than ever. I am hoping Mystique gets her own movie soon.
Jennifer Lawrence is Mystique in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'.
The whole film has a momentum that both Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 were lacking earlier this summer, as it builds to gradually more satisfying moments throughout its brisk two-hour running time. The fact that it's actually a period piece set both in the future and in the '70s also adds to the unique look and overall original vibe.
There is a lot going on in Days of Future of Past, but it's all presented in such a visually pleasing, easy to understand way of storytelling, it really is like a comic book brought to life.
Comic fans and avid viewers will definitely want to stick around until the end of the credits for a brief teaser of the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse, arriving in theaters in 2016.
By bringing back the emotional pull of the first two movies, while amping up the crisper action and better effects from the more recent films, Days of Future Past allows the X-Men to evolve into the dominant superhero species they were always meant to be.
Official Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars
Reviewed by: Matt Artz
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Jindal Stainless to airlift Liquid Medical Oxygen from Odisha unit to meet additional demand in Hisar
Hisar, May 1, 2021: With the fast-spreading impact of the pandemic in the city, the demand for Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) has increased substantially. To meet the need of increasing LMO consumption, Jindal Stainless has decided to airlift LMO from its facility in Odisha. The first batch of 14.79 MT of LMO will be dispatched tonight from the Odisha facility. The allocation of the LMO will be according to the demand from various hospitals. Jindal Stainless has been supplying LMO to several hospitals in Hisar and nearby cities as well. In the last few days, the consumption of LMO has doubled to 18 MT/day. Currently, the Oxygen unit at Hisar is supplying 9 MT of LMO daily, which is operating at 150% of its capacity.
Commenting on the development, Managing Director, Jindal Stainless, Mr Abhyuday Jindal, said, "We are ready to take all decisions in the interest of the nation, and saving the lives of our people is our priority at the moment. We will airlift the LMO from our Odisha facility to reduce any loss of time. I am personally monitoring the status of supply on a daily basis so that there is no shortage of oxygen."
In the last couple of weeks, Jindal Stainless has been consistently supplying LMO to hospitals like Govt. Hospital Sirsa, Maharishi Markandeshwar Trust, Ambala, and Gurgaon-based Medanta, Fortis, and Singhania Hospital. Additionally, ~150 oxygen cylinders are being re-filled on a daily basis that are feeding LMO to Hisar-based hospitals including Shanti Devi GI Institute Hospital, Singla Hospital, Sarvodaya Hospital, Civil Hospital, Sewak Sabha, Geetanjali Hospital, Sukhda Hospital, Sapra Hospital, Holy Hospital, Churamani Hospital, Bharat Hospital, Vardaan Hospital, Gupta Hospital and Jeevan Jyoti Hospital in Bahadurgarh. The work to build an emergency COVID Hospital at the OP Jindal Modern School has been initiated. It is expected that this hospital will be ready by May 12.


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David Blumenthal lauds incrementalism at forum on electronic health records
by Andy Oram |	@praxagora | +Andy Oram | September 21, 2011
Anyone who follows health issues in the U.S. has to be obsessed with the workings of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC). During the critical early phases of implementing HITECH and meaningful use, the National Coordinator himself was Dr. David Blumenthal, who came to speak yesterday in the Longwood medical area in Boston.
A long-time Bostonian, where he moved up from being a primary care physician, Blumenthal is now back at Mass General and Harvard Business School. Most of his speech yesterday was a summary of the reasoning behind meaningful use, but some off-the-cuff remarks at the end, as well as vigorous discussion during a following panel, provided some interesting perspectives. Best of all was hearing a lot of facts on the ground. These helped explain the difference between EHRs in theory and in practice.
Which comes first, electronic records or standard formats?
There were a lot of complaints at the forum about the lack of interoperability between electronic health records. Blumenthal declared twice that pushing doctors to adopt EHRs was a good idea because we have to have our information digitized before we can think of interchanging it. Coming from the perspective of having seen systems and standards develop–and having seen the mess that results from products out of sync with standards in areas ranging from CORBA to browsers–I disagree with this claim. Luckily, Blumenthal's actual work didn't match the simplistic "digitize first" approach. The ONC built some modest requirements for interoperability into the first stage of meaningful use and plans to ramp these requirements up quickly. Furthermore, they're engaging in intensive negotiations with industry players over EHR standards (see, for instance, my write-up of a presentation by John Halamka last May) and worked quite early on the ground-breaking CONNECT and Direct projects for information exchange.
I understand that an ideal standard can't be expected to spring from the head of Zeus. What perhaps the standards proponents should have worked on is a separation of formats from products. Most EHRs reflect an old-fashioned design that throws together data format, architecture, and user interface. Wouldn't it be great to start the formats off on their own course, and tell EHR vendors to design wonderful interfaces that are flexible enough to adapt to format changes, while competing on providing clinicians with the best possible interface and workflow support? (Poor workflow was another common complaint at last night's forum.) That's the goal of the Indivo project. I interviewed Daniel Haas from that project in June.
Incrementalism in EHRs: accepting imperfection
Perhaps Blumenthal's enthusiasm for putting electronic records in place and seek interoperability later may reflect a larger pragmatism he brought up several times yesterday. He praised the state of EHRs (pushing back against members of the audience with stories to tell of alienated patients and doctors quitting the field in frustration), pointing to a recent literature survey where 92% of studies found improved outcomes in patient care, cost control, or user satisfaction. And he said we would always be dissatisfied with EHRs because we compare them to some abstract ideal
I don't think his assurances or the literature survey can assuage everyone's complaints. But his point that we should compare EHRs to paper is a good one. Several people pointed out that before EHRs, doctors simply lacked basic information when making decisions, such as what labs and scans the patient had a few months ago, or even what diagnosis a specialist had rendered. How can you complain that EHRs slow down workflow? Before EHRs there often was no workflow! Many critical decisions were stabs in the dark.
Too much content, too much discontent
Even so, it's clear that EHRs have to get better at sifting and presenting information. Perhaps even more important, clinicians have to learn how to use them better, so they can focus on the important information. One member of the audience said that after her institution adopted EHRs, discharge summaries went from 3 pages to 10 pages in average length. This is probably not a problem with EHRS, but with clinicians being lazy and taking advantage of the cut-and-paste function.
The computer was often described as a "third person in the room" during patient visits, and even, by panelist and primary care physician Gerard Coste, as a two-year-old who takes up everybody's attention. One panelist, law professor and patient representative Michael Meltsner, suggested that medical residents need to be trained about how to maintain a warm, personal atmosphere during an interview while looking up and entering data. Some people suggested that better devices for input and output (read: iPads) would help.
Blumenthal admitted that electronic records can increase workloads and slow doctors down. "I've said that the EHR made me a better doctor, but I didn't say it made me a faster one." He used this as a lead-in to his other major point during the evening, which is that EHRs have to be adopted in conjunction with an overhaul of our payment and reward system for doctors. He cited Kaiser Permanente (a favorite of health care reformers, even though doctors and patients in that system have their share of complaints) as a model because they look for ways to keep patients healthy with less treatment.
While increasing workloads, electronic records also raise patient expectations. Doctors are really on the hook for everything in the record, and have to act as if they know everything in it. Similar expectations apply to coordination of care. Head nurse Diane L Gilworth said, "Patients think we talk to each other much more than we do." The promise of EHRs and information interchange hasn't been realized.
New monitoring devices and the movement for a patient centered medical home will add even more data to the mix. I didn't ask a question during the session (because I felt it was for clinicians and they should be the ones to have their say), but if I could have posed a question, it would be this: one speaker reminded the audience that the doctor is liable for all the information in the patient's record. But the patient centered medical home requires the uploading of megabytes of data that is controlled by the patient, not the doctor. Doctors are reluctant to accept such data. How can we get the doctor and patient to collaborate to produce high-quality data, and do we need changes in regulations for that to happen?
A plea for an old-fashioned relationship
One theme bubbled up over and over at yesterday's meeting The clinicians don't want to be dazzled by more technology. They just want more time to interview patients and a chance to understand them better. Their focus is not on meaningful use but on meaningful contact. If EHRs can give them and their patients that experience, EHRs are useful and will be adopted enthusiastically. If EHRs get in the way, they will be rejected or undermined. This was an appropriate theme for a panel organized by the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare.
That challenge is harder to deal with than interchange formats or better I/O devices. It's at the heart of complaints over workflow and many other things. But perhaps it should be at the top of the EHR vendors' agendas.
tags: ehrs, electronic health records, health care, health IT, Meaningful Use, medical, ONC, stratablog
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Youth, depth give North girls sectional track title
The Herald-Times
Annalyssa Crain set the tone.
Her leadoff leg on the opening relay sparked the remaining three Mustangs into an incredible finish in the 3,200 relay, smashing the old school record by 27 seconds for a third-place finish at the Bloomington North girls' track sectional on Tuesday.
Crain, a sophomore, finished her opening leg in just over 2:20, putting the Mustangs right in the mix with eventual winner South (9:35.68) and runner-up North (9:37.44). But senior Kaylee Meyer and freshmen Claire Sherfield and Emma Bitner were up to the task, taking third in 9:40.48. The old mark was 10:07.02, which was set at last week's Western Indiana Conference meet.
"That was really huge," said Crain, who still had the legs to easily win the 1,600 and 3,200. "I don't think anybody was expecting me to go out and just pass North and South on the second lap. I was feeling good and I have been for the past week or so. Good quality workouts, quality runs, just set me up for that.
"And I think the team really fed off of that. Oh, OK, we're in front of North and South. Even one of my teammates said, 'I can't let this go now. I have to keep this position.' I think for the most part we knew we were on pace for it and it just got us amped up and excited to keep going."
"That was incredible," Edgewood coach Zach Evans said. "We thought maybe we could break 10 minutes, but we hadn't really been challenged the whole season. I just told girls just hang on to every person as long as you can. They all turned up. They all were right under 2:30. It was a huge, huge day for them."
Bloomington North also had a favorable launch angle, with 13 athletes gobbling up 18 individual automatic bids, including five firsts. The Cougars also won two relays and finished second in another to pile up 189 points to win their first team sectional title since 2015. North's depth was on display, too, qualifying both of its athletes in five events.
"Wee have a great freshman class, and a great junior class and the juniors have set the tone all year long." North coach Justin Helmer said. "They did a great job competing. All of them. Something we've had all year long is unbelievable depth."
South (159) was second, with nine athletes moving on in 12 spots while winning two titles, including one from sophomore Amiyah Davis, who broke the meet and school records in the 400 with one swift loop around the track. The Panthers also won the 3,200 relay and got its 1,600 relay out. Edgewood (70) was third, with its 1,600 relay and a shot putter getting a bid to regional.
Brown County, Linton, Owen Valley and White River Valley will also be represented next week. The top three in each event automatically qualify for next week's North Regional, with the last four spots in each filled by the best remaining results from the four qualifying sectionals (Bloomington, Jeffersonville, Seymour and Terre Haute).
North's haul included a win in the 100 hurdles (15.14) and long jump (17-0¾) by freshman Kyla Kante. Both were career bests, with the big leap coming on her last attempt of the finals.
"Since conference, I've been doing a lot better (in the hurdles)," Kante said. "Coach (Max) Tuttle is a really good coach for hurdles and he's helped a lot since middle school.
"With the long jump, I just wanted to win really badly and get points for the team."
Hadley Abram took the 200 (25.85) after settling for second (12.70) to Shakamak's speedy Jaci Stone in the 100 (12.55). Teammate Taylor Storm also made it out in each. North's 400 relay, with Storm moved to the blocks and Abram anchoring, won in 50.08.
"For the 100 I felt like I almost tried too hard," Abram said. "I wasted my energy on that. And so I didn't really think about it. I just thought I have to move on to another race. I can't dwell on (the 100). So for the 200 I was determined to run my fastest and that's what I did."
North freshman Bea Cakmak also came back from a runner-up finish in the 1,600 (5:11.27) to lay down a career best 2:19.87 to win the 800, with Mackenzie Carver surging into second.
"Bea just goes out there and competes," Helmer said. "She's showing me something this year. She handled the moment big time."
Lexona Herendeen also won the shot put (35-10½) with Reilly Smith third. Javenique Roberts just took up the 300 hurdles, but claimed third, behind teammate Sydney Feagans, and helped out with the winning relays. Marikate Morrison and Kayli Clark went 2-3 in the 400.
South's Davis, coming off a career best 59.00 at the North Invite last week, chugged to a 58.14 to win the 400, breaking Megan Grabowski's school record (58.78) and the meet record (58.80 by North's Jaela Campbell in 2015).
"I was really shocked," Davis said. "I didn't think I was going to get the school record my sophomore year. So that was really crazy. People were yelling and I still didn't know what was going on again. 'You've got the school record!'"
The quick pace of the meet, however, caught up with her in the 200 (seventh) and in the 1,600 relay, where she cramped up and had to just safely guide the Panthers into third place.
"I pushed my body differently than I ever have before in the 400, so it was hard to recover with no breaks," Davis said.
South senior Jordan Monson finished a busy night running a leg for the third-place 1,600 relay. She won her specialty, the 300 hurdles (46.82), took second in the 100s (16.26) and was fourth in the long jump (16-3¾) with a call-up there possible.
"I'm super excited (for the 300s)," Monson said. "Last year at state did not go as well as I thought it would, so I hope to redeem myself.
"I've actually started using both legs. Usually, I would just do my right leg, so I started doing both so I don't stutter."
The Panthers also saw Chloe Rolen make it out on pole vault and the 100 hurdles, and Faye Bryan, on a bad leg, still take second in the long jump (16-9) and third in the high jump after a sixth in the 100. Phoebe Renisnk (800), Paige Brummett (1,600) and Abby Beathea (3,200) made it out, as did Makenzi Thiery and Emma Lonnberg in discus.
"I'm very pleased," South coach Tom Stokes said. "You can't be disappointed this time of year. I'm proud of these kids. North ran well, they've got a tough team, so congrats to them."
Crain went on to blast out a 5:07.69 to win the 1,600 and then went 11:00.68 for a 35-second win in the 3,200. She scratched out of the 1,600 for regional, meaning North's Quinn Wilson was handed the third qualifying spot.
"I tied or set my PR for the season in all the events tonight so that was huge for me," Crain said. "And I was racing in all three tonight, so by the time I got to the two-mile, I was pretty tired."
Edgewood is also sending its 1,600 relay, which was second in 4:08.73, not far again from the school record (4:08.32), and freshman Trista Helms, who took second in the shot put (35-6) with a near three-foot PR.
WRV sophomore Jailyn Lundy took home the title in the high jump, clearing 5-2, while North's Allison Price was second at 5-0.
Owen Valley senior Dazia Drake, a state qualifier in pole vault last year, started another run with a win in 9-10, while BC's Isabel Rygiel was third (9-0).
Linton sophomore Vanessa Shafford came up with a career best throw of 128-1, which also bettered the state standard (125-5), to win discus. Her seed distance was 112-2 and her previous best last year was a 116 at the Greene County Invitational. She hit 121, then 122-7 before the finals. Then ripped off her winning distance, giving her PRs in three straight meets.
"It's just starting to click," Linton coach Aaron Lynn said. "She's getting faster across the ring, which is something she struggled with last year. It was just strength. She's been throwing since junior high, so it's nothing new, but now, she's starting to put form with that strength and it really makes a difference."
BLOOMINGTON NORTH SECTIONAL
Bloomington North 189
Bloomington South 159
Edgewood 70
Martinsville 48½
Shakamak 45
White River Valley 31
Brown County 30
Owen Valley 19½
Linton 15
Eastern Greene 15
Bloomfield 2
Top 3 in each event and those who meet state standard (*) automatically advance.
100 meters: 1. Jaci Stone, Sh, 12.55; 2. Hadley Abram, BN, 12.70; 3. Taylor Storm, BN, 13.23; 4. Riley Roberts, BS, 13.31; 5. Christy Sebastian, BC, 13.51; 6. Faye Bryan, BS, 13.57; 7. Morgan Schrock, M, 13.74; 8. Phoenix Pena, Sh, 13.74.
200 meters: 1. Abram, BN, 25.85; 2. Stone, Sh, 26.00; 3. Storm, BN, 27.41; 4. Hanna Reuter, M, 27.52; 5. Roberts, BS, 28.06; 6. Baylee Wilson, WRV, 28.88; 7. Amiyah Davis, BS, 29.01; 8. Pena, Sh, 29.28.
400 meters: 1. Davis, BS, 58.14 (meet record; old record, 58.80, Jaela Campbell, BN, 2015)(school record; old record, 58.78, Megan Grabowski, 2016); 2. Kayli Clark, BN, 1:01.69; 3. Marikate Morrison, BN, 1:02.04; 4. Alyssa Milah, Edg, 1:03.16; 5. Holli Reuter, M, 1:03.81; 6. Jailyn Lundy, WRV, 1:05.71; 7. Farrah Young, EG, 1:06.33; 8. Zoe Rauh, BS, 1:06.60.
800 meters: 1. Bea Cakmak, BN, 2:19.87; 2. Mackenzie Carver, BN, 2:21.28; 3. Phoebe Rensink, BS, 2:23.58; 4. Jacy Collins, Sh, 2:26.78; 5. Paige Brummett, BS, 2:28.19; 6. Anna Fleetwood, BC, 2:29.58; 7. Addison George, EG, 2:38,74; 8. Kenzington Brown, OV, 2:42.38.
1,600 meters: 1. Annalyssa Crain, Edg, 5:07.69; 2. Cakmak, BN, 5:11.27; 3. Brummett, BS, 5:20.22; 4. Olivia Kaiser, BN, 5:21.00; 5. Aviv Hagar, BS, 5:25.10; 6, Jozee Spatta, OV, 5:38.39; 7. Sierra Ford, EG, 5:51.80; 8. Hannah Walls, Blmf, 5:55.90.
3,200 meters: 1. Crain, Edg, 11:00.68; 2. Abbey Armstrong, BN, 11:35.88; 3. Abby Beathea, BS, 11:48.89; 4. Quinn Wilson, BN, 11:52.30; 5. Anneke Furr, BS, 12:17.59; 6. Alina Worzella, M, 12:54.20; 7. Christiane Davis, WRV, 12:59.00; 8. Walls, Blmf, 13:04.28.
100 hurdles: 1. Kyla Kante, BN, 15.17; 2. Jordan Monson, BS, 16.26; 3. Chloe Rolen, BS, 16.28; 4. Haley Moore, M, 16.60; 5. Ella Francis, BN, 16.61; 6. Liz Bolander, Edg, 17.99; 7. Alexis Brunson, Sh, 18.24; 8. Evie Crimmins, BC, 24.26.
300 hurdles: 1. Monson, BS, 46.82; 2. Sydney Feagans, BN, 47.53; 3. Javenique Roberts, BN, 47.69; 4. Bolander, Edg, 50.34; 5. Isabel Rygiel, BC, 51.74; 6. Sejal Rajamani, BS, 51.85; 7. Krystin Busenbark, Sh, 55.16; 8. Abbey Elliott, OV, 55.54.
Shot put: 1. Lexona Herendeen, BN, 35-10½; 2. Trista Helms, Edg, 35-6; 3. Reilly Smith, BN, 34-5½; 4. Makenzi Thiery, BS, 34-3½; 5. Riley Lukens, BS, 33-0; 6. Kaylie Gayheart, WRV, 32-4½; 7. Paige Lawson, Edg, 32-4¼; 8. Vanessa Shafford, L, 32-0.
Discus: 1. Shafford, L, 128-1*; 2. Thiery, BS, 118-11; 3. Emma Lonnberg, BS, 104-7; 4. Herendeen, BN, 104-1; 5. Anna Galindo, Edg, 101-1; 6. Daphanie Ehrmann, Edg, 100-6; 7. Alison Jones, WRV, 100-2; 8. Gayheart, WRV, 94-4.
Long jump: 1. Kante, BN, 17-0¾; 2. Bryan, BS, 16-9; 3. Stone, Sh, 16-6; 4. Monson, BS, 16-3¾; 5. Ho.Reuter, M, 15-2½; 6. Schrock, M, 15-0¾; 7. Shelley Tarr, EG, 14-11½; 8. Elliott, OV, 14-0¾.
High jump: 1. Jailyn Lundy, WRV, 5-2; 2. Allison Price, BN, 5-0; 3. Bryan, BS, 4-10; 4. Ilissia Martin, BS, 4-10; 5. Haley Rose, L, 4-10; 6. Kaitlyn Bowles, M, 4-8; 7. Alle Spear, Edg, 4-6; T8. Kennedy Murray, M, 4-6; Lily Wallace, OV, 4-6.
Pole vault: 1. Dazia Drake, OV, 9-10; 2. Rolen, BS, 9-6; 3. Isabel Rygiel, BC, 9-0; 4. Natalie Suding, BC, 8-6; T5. Maddie Knapp, BN, 8-0; Alli Taylor, M, 8-0; Stephanie Nicola, BN, 8-0; 8. Lindsey Way, BS, 7-6.
400-meter relay: 1. Bloomington North (Storm, Roberts, Feagans, Abram), 50.08; 2. Shakamak, 52.06; 3. Martinsville, 52.81; 4. Bloomington South (Lukens, Roberts, Lia Castro-Sauer, Lydia Gehlhausen), 52.83; 5. Edgewood (Mallory Love, Anneke Wulf, Meyer, Sherfield), 53.59; 6. Brown County (Abigail Hollander, Sebastian, Kaylee Elkins, Coralynn Robinson), 54.41; 7. White River Valley (Lia Ragle, Raylee Davidson, Wilson, Mercedes Moore), 55.58; 8. Owen Valley (Hannah Kay, Peyton Longhead, Cameron Morrow, Olivia Wainscott), 56.31.
1,600-meter relay: 1. Bloomington North (Roberts, Abram, Avery Njau, Clark), 4:03.47; 2. Edgewood (Milah, Meyer, Sherfield, Emma Bitner), 4:08.73; 3. Bloomington South (Rajamani, I.Rauh, Monson, Davis), 4:15.55; 4. Martinsville, 4:24.80; 5. Brown County (Rygiel, Robinson, Fleetwood, Sebastian), 4:26.29; 6. Eastern Greene (Young, Deford, Kines, Tarr), 4:37.98; 7. White River Valley (Wilson, Selah Honeycutt, Sydney Stahl, Jailyn Lundy), 4:44.36; 8. Shakamak, 4:47.40.
3,200-meter relay: 1. Bloomington South (Rensink, Furr, Beathea, Z.Rauh), 9:35.68; 2. Bloomington North (Clark, Carver, Hagerty, Armstrong), 9:37.44; 3. Edgewood (Crain, Meyer, Sherfield, Bitner), 9:40.48 (school record; old record, 10:07.02, 2019); 4. Martinsville, 10:43.64; 5. Eastern Greene (Ford, Deford, Young, George), 10:54.36; 6. White River Valley (Davis, Patricia Soliday, Stahl), Jailyn Lundy), 11:05.12; 7. Owen Valley (Camie Forston, Andrea Wood, Mason Miller, Brown), 11:07.03; 8. Shakamak, 11:53.68.