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Dissecting the Game: Brighton & Hove Albion (H) 18.09.12
September 18, 2012 ·	by Ed Perchard ·	in Matches	· 1 Comment
It'll come. It'll come. Repeating the consoling words to yourself as you plod away from a darkening Vicarage Road is scant comfort when three points have once again left the stadium with the opposition. But it will. Craig Mackail-Smith's penalty was enough to secure the Seagulls' fourth win of the season, and consign Watford to their third straight league defeat, but the scoreline did not tell the whole story, as a vastly improved performance warranted so much more.
Neuton fights to keep up with Watford-born Craig Mackail-Smith
Another game, another set of full debuts. Fernando Forestieri built on his twenty minutes at Bolton with a start on the flank of the attacking three and Marco Cassetti took the free-scoring Lloyd Doyley's place at right back. A lot of fans were also getting their first chance to catch a glimpse of Neuton, the swashbuckling partner to Nyron Nosworthy in defence.
Forestieri was good. Really quite good. From afar you'd be forgiven for mistaking him for Lionel Messi – the long sleeves, the scruffy haircut, the short, stubby physique all resembled the superstar who was born round the corner from Forestieri in Rosario; and there was even a similarity in their style – close control, jinking runs, the uncanny ability to leave defenders on their arse. For the first fifteen minutes, the best period of the game for Watford, he ate Bruno, Brighton's right back, for breakfast. He was extremely unlucky not to score his a massively deflected shot from the edge of the area bounced agonisingly wide of the right post, with Kuszczak wrong-footed.
His involvement waned after half time, especially when the Seagull's packed their defence and offered Watford's attacking players no space whatsoever, and was substituted with twenty minutes remaining, but this was a hugely promising debut. There has been question marks over his poor goal-scoring record, but he showed that he will be a strong creative force, and the few pops he had at goal belied his unprolific reputation.
Cassetti only lasted a half. He was brought off for Doyley at half time not for any startling performance issues, but rather because he had already received a caution for a rash late challenge when he pulled back Will Buckley as they contended for a loose ball – another did not look out of the question. Confident going forward, and not afraid to overlap, Cassetti showed that he could be a threat, but Buckley was constantly causing trouble with his pace and verve – traits Watford fans are only too familiar with, and Lloyd's introduction bought a more rational – if less exciting – approach to attacks down the right hand side. Cassetti was perhaps preferred in an attempt to provide a leader for the back line, which was oh so sorely missing against Bolton. It's hard to tell if this was achieved, but in the first half there was a lot of patience and incision in the build-up from the back, whilst in the second, with Cassetti absent, the backline were a lot more open to trying to find Iwelumo's tall frame with hopeful forty-yard clips.
I can foresee a lot of arguments about Neuton amongst Watford fans. He is a player who will defend well for 89 minutes, who will play with an assuredness that has a knock-on effect on the rest of the team. He will bring the ball out, start attacks, occasionally join them, but also track back, make great tackles and keep good strikers quiet. But his calmness and confidence will get him in trouble once a game, and a chance will present itself to the opposition through a lax pass here, or a rush of blood to the head. This is precisely the kind of thing that can sour good players' reputations, and turn fans against then. He was often clearly very anxious to get forward, only held back by the pesky need to defend, and was once to be found as the most advanced Watford player, playing somewhere on the left wing. He will be lots of fun – his anger at Bruno's time-wasting reluctance to leave the pitch when substituted was an amusing interlude in an extremely frustrating period of football – but he will also be infuriating.
With Forestieri's departure we got our first taste of Chelsea youngster Nathaniel Chalobah in a Watford shirt. "Facts" would have it that this was a seventeen year old stepping onto a pitch as a professional footballer for the first time. I don't believe it. He demanded the ball, he was calm and collected when he got it, and his distribution was first class. He played one beautiful ball into the box that caused a lot of trouble, and was the man brought down for the Hornet's last, and most vigorous, penalty appeal, after some good movement. And it's worth remembering, this isn't even his best position. Jonathan Hogg should be afraid. He hasn't started the season well, and today once more his distribution was woeful. Hogg provides a link between the Watfords of old and new, and is undoubtedly a great player waiting to happen, but Chalobah's presence will provide competition for him, and spur him on to rediscover the form that made him the indispensible player he was in the first half of last season.
Steve Beleck came on and put in his best shift in a Watford shirt to date. Whilst previously he has looked sluggish and unfocused, last night he played with a lot more intelligence. A few good runs, a few good touches and some good displays of strength in a crowded penalty area suggested that there is more to come from the Cameroonian. With Chris Iwelumo looking a bit hit-and-miss – he started the game very well, but was isolated by the growing directness of Watford's approach as the game went on – it is vital that there is a viable option off the bench. Alex Geijo has still not reached fitness, so Beleck growing into Championship football would be most welcome.
Mark Yeates has come in for a lot of stick from fans. His performances from last season seem to have carried over in the mind of many, and while he was an ineffective winger it is impossible not to acknowledge that he has improved this campaign. Playing more centrally, his strengths are accentuated. In the opening salvo on the Brighton goal, when the ball was camped in their half and the front six were playing the ball around at will at good tempo, Yeates looked as comfortable with the style as any one of the European imports; when the team slowed down, and became a bit less sure of themselves, and the onus was put on Yeates to be the one to initiate moves, he struggled – or shot. He shoots a lot. But if the team is on song, Yeates will contribute – something that many aren't giving him credit for.
In fact, the weakest member of the attacking corps was Matej Vydra, who had one of those days where nothing came off. Short passes went astray, runs weren't picked up by teammates and second balls just bounced away from him. He's a great young player, and he still put in a very energetic shift closing down defenders and tracking back down his wing, but the link-up play was lacking and the Czech international, perhaps a bit jaded after his long run of games, had his least effective game in a yellow shirt.
Team Set-up:
The team once more lined up in a 4-3-3 formation, with the two 'wide' attackers removed from the arrow head (Iwelumo). Cassetti and Pudil started the game very attacking, and were virtually playing as wing-backs, overlapping their midfielders and putting dangerous crosses in. Iwelumo should have put the Hornets ahead from once such cross that whipped towards him at the near post, but fizzed past his onrushing forehead Brighton started the game in a daze, having clearly set up to go and win the game.
As we have seen, when teams try to express themselves, they allow us to do the same, often leading to a good Watford performance. It did not take long for Brighton to address the need to compete in midfield, and after twenty minutes it became harder for the team to get forward in numbers. This meant that attacks had to be carried out more swiftly once they had passed the halfway line, not leaving a lot of time for overlaps. In the second half, with Doyley on the right, Pudil seemed reluctant to commit forward, and only restarted getting to the byline in the last ten minutes, as Watford laid siege to the Brighton rearguard.
The Plan A does not contain any 'wingers' per se, which means width is often at a premium. Forestieri and Vydra, ostensibly the wide men, are playing a more compact role, trying to feed off Iwelumo's hold up play and the short incisions of the midfield trio. When the full backs don't push up, this means that a huge route of attack – the flanks – is neglected.
With the late substitutions, Yeates pushed up onto the left wing, Vydra was on the right, and Pudil and Doyley were pushed up as wing backs to support them. This meant that there was always multiple outlets out wide when space in the middle was closed down by the retreating Brighton players, which in turn led to the last ten minutes being the most dangerous for Watford since the opening fifteen.
Once they had gone ahead with their penalty – a fairly straightforward decision after Pudil's rash challenge – Brighton parked the bus. With ten men behind the ball at all times, the space that Watford had hoped to exploit and play their way through in the middle of the pitch was lost, leading to Zola having to pursue other avenues.
It is encouraging that the manager has developed more than one approach, with multiple formations being deployed in the last few games. Results may not be too great at the moment, but performances are picking up. There are some very good players at the football club, and Zola is – I can't help but feel – on the cusp of getting it right. You'll notice that we were imperious at defensive set pieces. What a shame Mark Yeates blots his copy book by persisting to take ours!
The referee, Darren Drysdale, was toilet. It's hard to criticise officials once the dust has settled on a game. If you want to hear my opinions on Drysdale's performance, you should have been around me when I was blurting out whatever expletive came to mind after the stonewall penalty shout in the last minute was turned down.
There had been others: Almen Abdi was nudged whilst airborne as a cross was being pumped into the box, though he probably wasn't getting on the end of it anyway. Moments later, Jonathan Hogg's neat interplay with Steve Beleck seemed to have set the midfielder free in the box before he was bundled to the floor. There was a very strong appeal, with Drysdale seemingly signalling that the ball had been won, though it was at least two yards from any challenging defender.
When Chalobah was taken out when moving play on in the corner of the area there was no doubt whatsoever that a spot kick should have been awarded, but once again the referee waved play-on.
There were several niggles and scything tackles throughout the game that went unpunished, but the decision to only give Ashley Barnes (who it turns out is an Austria under-20s international, who knew?) a yellow card when he allegedly dump tackled Pudil after the defender had closed down a shot from a tight angle was met with stadium-wide derision. I say allegedly as I was jotting down a note in my book when it happened, but my dad was furious, and adamant that the offence warranted a red card.
An annoying result. Watford drop to 21st in the table. And with poor league position comes anxiety and criticism from sections of the crowd. But the team are improving, and with Bristol City at home on Saturday, they have an instant opportunity to right the wrongs that occurred last night. Give it time, and it will come good. I promise*.
*Maybe.
Tags: Brighton, Chalobah, Forestieri, Neuton
Alan Ahern · September 19, 2012 - 9:24 am · Reply→
Thank god for a bit of reason. You are right, the results will come. When the last couple of pieces of the jigsaw are put into place and the team learn to play as a team, which will always take time, we will have the most skilful and exciting team ever to wear the yellow jerseys of WFC. I really do despair at the mentality of a number of our "supporters".
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In this blog we are going to talk about the backup to URL feature as part of the backup wizard.
The backup to disk and tape options have been around for a long time now. But with SQL 2014 the new feature of backing up the database to URL is available.
Why should we use this feature?
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When/Where/Who should use this feature?
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Most of the time there will be a relationship between different attributes in the dimension. We saw an example of this kind when we created the date dimension in the previous post. In particular this kind of relationship was a parent child relationship or a hierarchy between Years to Month to Week to Day. Such relationships exist in many different scenarios in day to day business cases. Another example of such a relationship would be between the product category to sub category and then to product items or between a country to state to city to address.
In our cube let us now add a few additional tables and generate a product hierarchy which we can use to identity sales by product groups.
First we need to import the new tables that contain the product relationship into our cube. We see that there are mainly three tables we are interested in.
This is because our cube focuses mainly on sales data so we do not need a lot of product information that would be available in say for example a product inventory cube.
As we can see there are three different tables here so let us now de-normalize these tables by creating a named query.
Notice that we have included only the productid as the key column since this is the column with which we can link to the measure group tale called sales order details.
In the below screen shot we have created the named query and now assign the productid as the logical primary key. Please refer the post on creating named queries to see how we reached till here.
Once the primary keep is setup we establish the relationship between the fact table and the product catalogue by selecting the productid from the fact table (salesOrderDetails) and dragging and dropping the column into productid column in the ProductCataloge table.
Save the data source view. Next we create the dimension using the new object that's been added to the Datasource view.
Please refer the post on how to create the dimension in order to reach this step. When we explore the dimension we see that while there is a relationship between the category , subcategory and the product name there is non-defined in the Hierarchies pane in the middle of the screen.
Let us now define this hierarchy. We do this by dragging and dropping the different attributes into the middle pane , as you can see the highest grouping ( category in this case ) comes first and then we add the next sub groups etc. until we reach the primary key column. At this point we are presented with a warning.
Since there is no relationship defined we need to do them now to ensure we get the best performance. We can do this by navigating the to Attribute Relationships tab on the top half of the dimension editor window. The below screen shows us the different attributes are related to the key column instead of each other. Let us correct this now.
From the above screenshot we can see that the relationship between the ProductId to the Product Name is correct so now we need to map the product Name to the productsubcategory as shown below.
Select the mapping between the productid and the sub category name and right click and choose Edit Attribute relationship.
In the window that appears on the third column of the above table define the relationship between Productname and Product Subcategory by selecting the ProductName from the left hand side menu. Press OK , repeat the same steps for the mapping between productid and category only this time the relationship is between sub category and the category.
When you're done the Attribute should look like the screen below.
Avoid visible attribute hierarchies for attributes used as levels in user defined hierarchies.
It says we should hide the attribute if it already belongs to a hierarchy. This is only a recommendation and therefore we need to evaluate if there is a requirement to make these changes. A typical example is when viewing the product catalogue do we need to be able to view data at the sub category level without its dependency on the parent (category) or the child (Productid). It's better to look at this in terms of an example so let us finish this dimension and then come back to see examples of this.
The next step we need to do is to define the key column relationship for the attributes. Earlier we had a unique productid for each product Name, and we had unique Product subcategory for each for sub category and the same for the categories too. However with our current design and relationship defined we see that multiple products can map to the same subcategory so the value of the subcategory will be duplicated many times. We need to correct this so that when we drag and drop a subcategory while browsing the cube it understands that the cube will need to look up the underlying product IDs and then map to the fact table using these product IDs.
We do this by selecting the attribute and then navigating to its properties window.
In the properties window you will see the section for source and under source there is an option for Key columns. Click on the Ellipse next to header key columns. In the this example I am configuring the key column for the sub category .
Once the above screen as been setup. Press OK. We now need to define the Name column which in this case is the subcategory attribute so simply select the ellipse and select the subcategory column and press OK.
I have included the screenshots for the category below for comparisons.
Let us add the newly created dimension to the cube as done in previous posts.
At this point we now need to add a new measure; the measure will be used to identify unique line items in the order. We have already created a measure to count distinct order header id but this measure is not granular enough to identify the sales are the like item level.
When we query the sales order detail table we see that there is a column called call OrderQty which shows the number of times that order line items was included or purchased as part of the order. Therefore in the below example we see that Sales Order ID 43659 purchased three pieces of the productId 777.
If each item will always be billed individually we would have got the same result if we did a count of rows. But the best practise is to use Sum.
I renamed the measure group to make sure they names are distinct and meaningful.
Now let's Map the new measure and the dimension to each other. As before the relationship is automatically identified as part of the primary key and foreign key relationship between the two tables.
Save the cube and deploy it and process it.
Browse the cube by connecting to SSMS and drag and drop the hierarchy from the dimension into the rows pane of the screen.
As you can see from the screenshot SSAS automatically understood the relationship and aggregated the data based on the relationship defined by us earlier.
Avoiding visible hierarchies, when we set the property AttributeHierarchyVisible property to False the attribute stops appearing in the dimension pane of the browser. This is because we now have the attribute as part of the hierarchy anyway.
SSAS: Working with Dimensions, what is a dimension?
In this post we now create our first dimension. A dimension is the data on which the question is being asked. The purpose of the cube is to answer questions hence the terms Business intelligence or Decision Support. A typical question that might be asked of a cube is "What are the top selling products for the last 6 months?" Here the question being asked is about Product and dates what products and what dates? These are your dimensions. The next part of the question is the quantifier. Here is having a number of quantifier that apply to sales such as profits, unit's price or sold quantity. In this case, of the 3 measureable attributes listed we are interested in the measure Sold Quantity since we need to know the top selling items. So let's look at the dimension called product now. As you can see there are 2 different dimensions here Products and Dates, the idea being that we first need to display the dates for the last 6 months and then within those dates identify the top selling products The order in which the dimension are placed will impact the results but for now let's simply look at the dimension as it is.
What is this dimension about? Do you need this dimension within the cube? How will the dimension be used? Let's answer these questions now.
The product dimension is a dimension that will contain all information related to the products sold by the company. It will contain information such as colour, description, product classification, if it is currently being manufactured and how long with will take to ship the product.
Yes, the dimension is needed within the cube in order to analysis sales information by product and identify products that need to be restocked etc.
These dimensions will be used in a number of reports where the business user might need to drill down to get further product level information and summary products by sales or any other measure as required. The product catalogue can be used by a variety of systems and therefore needs to be complete and accurate and should store all possible states of the products including previously sold products that are now defunct or products for whom the pricing or some other information has been modified. This information is captured as a slowly changing dimension which will be explained later.
Having created a server admin and a database admin we now need to add a business user who will have permissions on very specific aspects of the cube. This is important because most cubes within large organizations will contain information that is of a sensitive nature. As a result we need a mechanism by which the users can be bifurcated based on their job role. A simple example of such an implementation would be a company that performs internet sales of technology products. While customer care or business analysts have a justification to view sensitive customer information like credit card info etc. Tech support and manufacturing do not have any justification to access this information. However since all the data is part of the same cube we need to be able to make sure that this data is out of bounds to the unwanted users. We can implement this using the roles feature within SSAS as before.
Let us first create the role which defined what the user can and cannot do. In this case we navigate to the database and open up the roles folder as before.
In this example we are going to create a role such that the user has access only to product information and not the credit card information.
Enter the name of the role as ProductReader and then check the box for Read Definition.
Next click the membership option on the left hand side and press the Add button and add the user ProdUser.( to see how to create a new user account refer this link).
Next click Datasource, since we have only one Datasource the user will need access to read this data source.
Since we have only one Cube we need to set access to the cube for the user can connect to it.
We do this by setting the Access to Read.
Next we need to explicitly state which cells within the cube the user has access to.


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From: San Francisco, CA, USA
Although The Great! Society lasted for one year only, they are one of San Francisco's important bands. Their style helped define the early San Francisco sound and tracks like "Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit", which later became the only Top 10 hits for Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane, are widely known today.
The band was founded by brothers Darby and Jerry Slick and Jerry's wife Grace who all came from a wealthy bohemian background, i.e. they did whatever they liked to do and once they decided to start a band they did just that. In the beginning Jerry would play the drums, Grace sang harmonies and played guitar as did Darby who had already played guitar in several bands.
Subsequently Darby Slick became the driving force in the band and especially his musical eastern influences (Ravi Shankar), paired with Grace's outstanding vocals, became one of the band's trademarks. The band recruited Bard Dupont as bass player – actually Bard couldn't play bass but his long hair made him look like one and when he promised to learn how to play he got he job. Bard also brought in guitarist David Miner who worked with him at the Post Office. It was Bard's friend David Freiberg who came up with the name The Great Society (in sarcastic honour of LBJ). The exclamation mark which can be seen on early posters and handbills was originally added by Bard's girlfriend Michele.
Jerry Slick, David Miner, Grace Slick, Bard Dupont, Darby Slick
With this line-up and the name The Great! Society they started to rehearse, write songs and had their first gig in October of 1965. The gig was a success and shortly after they managed to get an engagement at Tom Donahue's short-lived Mother's nightclub and a recording option with Donahue's Autumn Records.
Jerry Slick, David Miner, Grace Slick, Peter Vangelder, Darby Slick From October to December 1965 they recored several tracks for Autumn Records at Golden Gate Studios which were produced by Sly Steward. Tracks included "Free Advice" and "Somebody To Love" which were used as the bands first single (Northbeach 1001). The single didn't do much but "Somebody To Love", which was written by Darby Slick, would later become a major hit for the Jefferson Airplane who recoreded the song when Grace joined them. Other songs recorded at those sessions were not used and only released several years later – see discography ("Born To Be Burned").
The Great Society continued to play places like the Matrix, the Fillmore and the Avalon Ballroom. Selections of the Matrix sessions were released on two albums when Grace became famous with the Jefferson Airplane – both albums were later combined on one CD.
Bard Dupont was fired from the band March 1966 simply because his bass playing never matched his good looks. The band recruited bass player Peter Vangelder who like Darby was heavily influenced by Indian music. Thus The Great Society's music added even more elements of eastern music. David Miner left the band in summer of 1966 and even though the band had just agreed to sign a contract with Columbia Records, they totally collapsed after a gig on Halloween night, when Grace left to join the Jefferson Airplane who were looking for a new vocalist.
The Great Society's history can now be found in various publications, including the liner notes of the published CD booklets, a great article written by Alec Palao with the help of Darby Slick and Bard Dupont in Ceam Puff War magazine and the book "Don't You Want Somebody To Love" written by Darby Slick. Plus, you can still get their music on CD and catch the early San Francisco sound.
Additional info: Bard Dupont who also was manager of The Outfit died January 20, 2005. He was 64.
——– Courtesy Bay-Area-Bands.com
From the albums Conspicuous Only in its Absence, How It Was & Born To Be Burned
Double Triptamine Superautomatic Everlovin' Man
Father [Live '66]
Father Bruce
Free Advice [Alternate Version 1]
Grimly Forming [Live '66]
Right To Me
Sally Go 'Round The Roses [Live 66]
Someone To Love
That's How It Is
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Marie Stopes has worst gender pay gap among UK aid groups — again
By Jessica Abrahams // 05 April 2019
A woman carrying a baby arrives at the Marie Stopes clinic in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Photo by: REUTERS / Luc Gnago
LONDON — Marie Stopes International has the highest gender pay gap among major U.K. aid nonprofits for the second year in a row.
The sexual and reproductive health group reported a whopping 44.7 percent difference between the mean hourly earnings of male and female staff members.
Since last year the U.K. government has required companies and NGOs with more than 250 employees to declare their gender pay gap annually.
There is no official list of aid organizations that fall under the regulation, but all 16 major nonprofits reviewed by Devex reported a gender pay gap in favor of men, with an average difference of 12.4 percent.
"Part of aid and development work should be that we practice what we preach; this includes challenging traditional gender norms concerning who can pursue their career and who cannot."
— Gemma Houldey, practitioner and researcher in the aid sector
It represents a small dip of 0.2 percentage points from last year's average for the U.K. aid sector, as analyzed by Devex.
The worst offender was again Marie Stopes International, although it reported a slight improvement from last year. The size of the gap is largely caused by the distribution of roles in its U.K. abortion clinics but the report also covers its global support office, which works on its international development programs in 37 low- and middle-income countries.
A spokesperson told Devex: "In the last year, we have strengthened the processes we have in place to ensure fair remuneration, and the mean gender pay gap in our global support office has narrowed from 7.9 percent to 4.8 percent. We are committed to eliminating this gap altogether."
► Biggest UK aid organizations report gender pay gap in favor of men
► Marie Stopes International reports 45 percent gender pay gap
► Gender data: Gaps are just the start of the conversation
"The gender pay gap in our U.K. clinic network remains persistently high, reflecting a structural under-representation of women in senior clinical roles in abortion care. This challenge requires longer-term change within institutions across the health care sector, and we remain committed to being part of that change."
A number of nonprofits saw their gender pay gaps grow over the year. At Sightsavers, it rose from 1 percent to 4.9 percent, but the charity still has the lowest gap among the groups that reported. The pay difference between men and women also rose at Islamic Relief Worldwide, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, and UNICEF U.K.
Professionals expressed concern that more progress had not been made across the sector, especially given that women made up the majority of the workforce at most of the nonprofits analyzed.
Jane Salmonson, chief executive of Scotland's International Development Alliance, commented that "the lack of movement in closing the gender pay gap in our sector in the U.K. is very disappointing." She added that initial analysis of international NGOs in its network suggested smaller groups are doing better when it comes to female leadership. "Only around a third of NGOs with an annual turnover exceeding £1 million ($1.3 million) have women leaders, compared with just under half of those with an annual income less than £1 million," she said. IDA hopes to present more research later in the year to help explain why.
Gemma Houldey, who has worked for several U.K. aid organizations and recently completed a Ph.D. on stress in the aid sector, said: "Unfortunately the gender pay gap among U.K. aid organizations reflects a broader problem of inequality within the sector, whereby it is particular people — largely white men from the global north — who are at the top."
"This is despite the workforce being comprised largely of women, and on an international level, of staff from countries in the global south ... Part of aid and development work should be that we practice what we preach; this includes challenging traditional gender norms concerning who can pursue their career and who cannot, and overcoming power imbalances where some staff's credentials are more valued than others."
Organizations in the U.K. are required to report both the mean and median gender pay gap based on hourly pay. While some news outlets use the median gender pay gap as more representative of a "typical" employee, Devex has chosen to use the mean to better reflect the absence of women in higher-paying jobs.
Jessica Abrahams
Jessica Abrahams is Devex's Deputy News Editor. Based in London, she works with Devex's team of correspondents and editors around the world, with a particular focus on Europe & Africa. She has previously worked as a writer, researcher and editor for Prospect magazine, The Telegraph and Bloomberg News, among other outlets. She holds graduate degrees in journalism from City University London and in international relations from Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals.
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Individual learning preferences and learning styles have been defined in several different ways according to theoretical models. In the context of vocational education, students have different characteristics compared to their counterparts in other fields of education, since learning orientation is more on job focused. However, the cognitive dimension is still need to be measured especially for learners at school level. This article addresses the relationship between learning styles and cognitive dimension in vocational education at secondary school level. Based on the Felder-Silverman Learning Styles and Cognitive Dimension Model, the authors highlighted students' dimension of learning styles, students' preferences on learning preference, and the conceptual of knowledge, skills and problem solving construct according to taxonomy. It is concluded that the vocational students are more incline to be visual learner. This learning preference and learning styles will contribute to their engagement on the concept of learning in vocational education.


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10 Indonesian sailors kidnapped in the Philippines
By Ray Sanchez, CNN
Updated 12:57 PM ET, Tue March 29, 2016
Ten Indonesian sailors abducted off the southern Philippines, officials say
Hijackers are believed to be part of Abu Sayyaf Islamist militant group
Separatist group has been known for taking foreigners hostage in recent years
(CNN) Hijackers believed to be part of an Islamist militant group are holding 10 Indonesian sailors who were abducted in the waters off the southern Philippines, authorities said Tuesday.
The 10 crew members were abducted from the Brahma 12 tugboat and the Anand 12 barge -- carrying 7,000 tons of coal -- in recent days near the country's southernmost Tawi-Tawi province, according to Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.
The ship owners learned of the hijacking Saturday when a person claiming to be a member of the Abu Sayyaf Islamist group called to demand a ransom, Marsudi said in a statement.
The area is home to the militant separatist group that's been linked to al Qaeda and known for taking foreigners hostage in recent years.
Philippine militants threaten to kill hostages
The tugboat was eventually released, but the whereabouts of the coal-laden barge and 10 crew members are unknown, according to the statement.
Col. Restituto Padilla, a Philippine military spokesman, said authorities were trying to confirm the hijacking.
A military task force was looking into reports from civilians that the barge was taken to Sulu province and may be in the hands of a branch of Abu Sayyaf, the Philippines News Agency reported Tuesday.
"A lot of information is pointing out that the victims were taken to Sulu," Maj. Gen. Demy Tejares, deputy commander of the regional task force, told the agency.
Earlier this month, a video surfaced of foreigners pleading for their countries to pay ransom to Abu Sayyaf to secure their release.
Two men speaking on the video said they were hostages and Canadian citizens. One said he was "being held by Abu Sayyaf for ransom," although he didn't know how much.
The Canadian government said later that it knew about the video but wouldn't elaborate further.
CNN could not independently verify the authenticity of the video, or the legitimacy of the hostage-takers' claims, including a message from a masked man who urged other countries to "stop procrastinating" and giving them until April 8 to act.
The two purported Canadians were among three male hostages who spoke English on the latest video, which was originally posted to Facebook. Another apparent hostage, a woman, is also visible.
CNN's Kathy Quiano contributed to this report.


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Lawyers acting for the firm told the ABC the intention behind the testing was developed to lower "naturally occurring" waits experienced by clients when placing bets on the telephone. Although the company claims it is a portion of its business for bet365 the very profitable area of sports gambling worldwide is gambling. Part of bet365's achievement in Australia is conducive to its connection with the sporting codes — it is an golden associate of Cricket Australia. The so-called "problem clients" were set on a listing and handled by a unique team that would assess their gambling history, listen nha cai 388Bet for their calls and possibly limit them from gambling.
The document indicates that clients stalling on the phone or placing what it calls bets worried bet365. A inner record obtained by ABC Investigations indicates that phone gambling for in-play has been causing difficulties for the firm. Given the conditions and conditions makes it possible for the enterprise to prohibit or refuse any wager it sees fit, James Poppleton explains the issue customer coverage in a manner that is different. He asserts that the company came up with a key strategy to manage them. He asserts the testing was to check if there had been a delay for in-play betting on specific sports, whether customers would notice.
The ABC contacted the supervisor in question and requested him to affirm Mr Poppleton's allegation. An bet365 e mail from September 2017 declared that something named Quick Code Delay Testing had been taking place. Bet365 pioneered a means of earnings. Brian Chappell, the creator of the UK consumer advocate group Justice for Punters. In-play enables punters to bet as there is a game live — the next wicket in cricket, the target in football, the try in football. The gambling agency would lure punters to join with odds, free bets and special offers and then prohibit or restrict the ones that are powerful, sending them off to bet with their competitors.


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Q: docker buildx hangs after pulling the cache I have one docker file for amd and another for arm. Let's call them my-priv-registry/amd and my-priv-registry/arm. I have a CI running which compiles the images when a modification is done. The amd.dockerfile and the arm.dockerfile are the same
FROM ubuntu:20.04

WORKDIR /install

ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    python3 python3-pip python3-dev \
    git wget build-essential \
    curl zip unzip tar \
    vim automake libssl-dev \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

RUN python3 -m pip install -U pip

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends cmake \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

COPY --chown=1000:1000 boost.sh .
RUN ./boost.sh

... I stop here as the CI stops here too

I already have my images in my docker registry and I can connect to the host of gitlab-runner and actually pull. I also can list the tags I have locally in the host.
The configuration of my runner is
concurrent = 8
check_interval = 0

[session_server]
  session_timeout = 1800
[[runners]]
  name = "my_executor"
  url = "https://my.server.io"
  token = "WontShowIt"
  executor = "shell"
  environment = [
    "GIT_STRATEGY=clone",
  ]
  shell = "bash"
  cache_dir = "/cache"
  [runners.custom_build_dir]
  [runners.cache]
    [runners.cache.s3]
    [runners.cache.gcs]
    [runners.cache.azure]

In my CI I'm compiling the image like this
DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker buildx build \
  --platform linux/arm64 \
  -t my-priv-registry/arm:test \
  -f arm.dockerfile \
  --cache-to=type=inline \
  --cache-from=type=registry,ref=my-priv-registry/arm:latest \
  install_scripts

However, after the following message
#28 importing cache manifest from my-priv-registry/arm:latest
#28 DONE 0.0s

#8 [internal] load build context
#8 transferring context: 568B done
#8 DONE 0.0

it just get stuck.
Any idea of why is it failing?
Some more info:

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*the amd image actually works.

*I suppose it means it is not a login problem

*I can connect to the host of gitlab-runner and pull the image and it works

*If I connect to the host and run the build by myself it also hangs so it doesn't seem to be a problem of gitlab-runner.

*I'm running all the build jobs in parallel (thre build jobs using buildx), could it be a problem?

Edit 1:
I also tried importing the cache as:
--cache-from=type=local,src=/var/lib/docker/buildkit

but it still gets stuck.
Edit 2:
Also tried with a different builder
docker buildx create --name DockerImageBuilder --use

and using cache locally
    --cache-from type=local,src=/tmp/docker-cache \
    --cache-to   type=local,dest=/tmp/docker-cache,mode=max \

Still hanging....
Edit 3:
I restarted the host PC and... it worked for a few pipelines but now it is hanging again.

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Třebnice je zámek ve stejnojmenné vesnici u Sedlčan v okrese Příbram ve Středočeském kraji. Založen byl v barokním slohu ve druhé polovině osmnáctého století Petrem Eusebiem Radeckým z Radče, ale dochovaná podoba je výsledkem novorenesanční přestavby z konce devatenáctého století a mladších úprav. Na zámku se narodil vojevůdce Josef Václav Radecký z Radče. Zámek s přilehlým parkem je chráněn jako kulturní památka.

Historie
Doba založení původní třebnické tvrze je nejasná. V roce 1379 vesnice patřila Rožmberkům, ale později v ní vzniklo několik drobných statků. V roce 1579 se vlastníkem vsi stal Jakub Krčín, po kterém ji zdědila dcera Kateřina. Ta se provdala za Maxmiliána Velemyského z Velemyšlevsi a na Mitrovicích.

Do majetku Radeckých z Radče se Třebnice dostala v roce 1659, když ji Jan Černín z Chudenic prodal Janu Jiřímu Radeckému z Radče na Uhřicích. V roce 1760 se majitelem statku stal Petr Eusebius Radecký, který zde na místě starší tvrze založil barokní zámek a několik poddanských usedlostí přestavěl na poplužní dvůr. V roce 1766 se mu na zámku narodil syn, pozdější vojevůdce Josef Václav Radecký z Radče. Od roku 1841 zámek patřil Vilému Pistoriusovi, který v poplužním dvoře založil cukrovar. Jeho potomci zámek prodali rodině Šemberů, které patřil až do doby po roce 1945. Ve druhé polovině dvacátého století zámek využívalo lesnické učiliště, pro jehož potřeby byla zrušena kaple a v parku byla v sedmdesátých letech postavena utilitární novostavba.

Stavební podoba
Dochovaná podoba zámku pochází z konce devatenáctého století, kdy byl přestavěn v novorenesančním slohu. Jednopatrová budova má obdélný půdorys a členitou valbovou střechu. Průčelí budovy zdůrazňuje trojice rizalitů zakočených atikou. K památkově chráněnému areálu patří také zámecký park, rybník a sad. Bývalý hospodářský dvůr je od zámku oddělen.

Odkazy

Reference

Související články
 Seznam zámků ve Středočeském kraji

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Novorenesanční zámky v okrese Příbram
Tvrze v okrese Příbram
Kulturní památky v Sedlčanech
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Joker Sequel Reportedly Still In Active Development
Christian Bone May 5, 2021 1:48 pm 2021-05-05T14:30:54-05:00
A year and a half ago, Joker blew away all expectations, bringing in over $1 billion at the box office and earning a Best Actor Oscar win for Joaquin Phoenix. It's not often that a comic book movie achieves that kind of critical and commercial success, so it's no surprise that there was a lot of buzz about a sequel happening. In recent times, news has mostly stalled on that front, but according to a recent report, Joker 2 is still on its way.
The Hollywood Reporter has shared a blowout piece all about the Superman reboot that Warner Bros. is cooking up with J.J. Abrams. One of the things about that project that the trade clarifies is that it won't be part of the mainstream DCEU and will take place in its own continuity. To explain the overall shape of the franchise, THR notes that everything is set on the same Earth "with the exception of Matt Reeves' The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson and set for release in March, HBO Max's spinoff Gotham PD, and Joker and its planned sequel."
This seems to confirm that a Joker follow-up is still in active development over at WB. Just to make clear, though, THR is not saying that the pic exists in the same universe as The Batman and its spinoffs, just that both are not connected to the world of the DCEU. In fact, we've already been told that, if the Dark Knight does turn up in the JokerVerse, he won't be played by Robert Pattinson.
Joker Director Todd Phillips Shares New Behind-The-Scenes Photos
Presumably, the hold-up is to do with locking Phoenix down for another film. The actor is not known for playing the studio game and signing on for never-ending franchises. That said, the star has been positive about the chances of coming back for another outing in the clown makeup in the past. It's likely that WB is giving writer/director Todd Phillips time to craft something that measures up to the first one, too.
So, as far as we know, a Joker sequel is still in the works, it's just not something that's being fast-tracked at this stage.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter


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Home Health Care Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) could be treat with rubber hand illusion
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) could be treat with rubber hand illusion
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) affects as many as one in 50 people worldwide. One of the most common types of the condition, affecting almost a half of OCD patients, is characterised by severe contamination fears – even from touching something as commonplace as a door knob – leading to excessive washing behaviour.
The condition can have a serious impact on people's lives, their mental health, their relationships and their ability to hold down jobs.
OCD is treated using a combination of medication such as Prozac and a form of cognitive behavioural therapy ('talking therapy') termed 'exposure and response prevention'.
This exposure therapy often involves instructing OCD patients to touch contaminated surfaces, such as a toilet, but to refrain from then washing their hands; however, this experience can be so stressful that many patients cannot take part.
"OCD can be an extremely debilitating condition for many people, but the treatments are not always straightforward," explained Baland Jalal, a neuroscientist based in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge.
"In fact, exposure therapy can be very stressful and so is not always effective or even feasible for many patients."
To overcome this challenge, a team of researchers from the UK and USA tested whether, rather than asking patients to contaminate their own hands, it might be possible to help them overcome their fears by contaminating a fake hand instead – a procedure they call 'multisensory stimulation therapy'.
The technique builds on a famous trick known as the 'rubber hand illusion'. In this illusion, an individual places both hands in front of them on a table, either side of a partition such that they cannot see their right hand.
Instead, to the left of the partition they see a fake right hand.
The illusionist – in this case, the experimenter – strokes both the fake hand and hidden right hand using a paintbrush.
After several minutes of stroking the individual often reports 'feeling' touch arising from the fake hand as though it was their own.
In the majority of cases, the rubber hand illusion only works if both hands are stroked in synchrony; if they are stroked asynchronously, the illusion is diminished or disappears entirely.
However, in a number of psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia and body dysmorphic disorder, the illusion appears to work in both cases, suggesting that the body image held in the minds of these patients is more malleable than in healthy individuals.
In a previous study, carried out by Jalal and neuroscientist VS Ramachandran using healthy volunteers, once the illusion had begun to work, the researchers contaminated the dummy hand with fake faeces. The participants reported disgust sensations as if it were their own hand that had been contaminated.
In a new study published today in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Jalal and Ramachandran teamed up with researchers at Harvard University – Richard J McNally, Director of Clinical Training in Department Psychology and Jason A Elias and Sriramya Potluri in the Department Psychiatry.
The team recruited 29 OCD patients from the McLean Hospital Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Institute, an intensive residential treatment programme affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Sixteen of these patients had their hidden and dummy hands stroked at the same time, while the remaining 13 patients (the control group) had their hands stroked out of synch.
After 5 minutes of stroking, the participant was asked to rate how much the rubber hand felt like their own. The experimenter then used a tissue to smear the fake faeces on the rubber hand while simultaneously dabbing a damp paper towel on the participant's real right hand (to create the sensation of having the contaminant smeared on their real hand).
The participant was then asked to rate their disgust, anxiety and handwashing urge levels, and the experimenter rated the participant's facial expression of disgust.
The researchers found that patients in both the experimental and control groups felt an equally strong rubber hand illusion. In other words, even when their real and fake hands were being stroked asynchronously, they had still begun to sense the fake hand as their own. Unsurprisingly, therefore, patients in both groups initially reported similar levels of contamination.
The experimenter then removed the clean paper towel and the tissue that had been used to contaminate the rubber hand, leaving fake faeces on the rubber hand. The experimenter continued to stroke the rubber hand and the participant's real hand for an additional 5 minutes, after which the participant again provided contamination ratings and the experimenter rated their facial expression.
Now, the patients in the experimental condition were more disgusted: 65% of participants in the experimental condition had a disgust facial expression compared to 35% in the control. This supports previous studies that show that the rubber hand illusion becomes stronger the longer the hand is stroked.
Next, the experimenter stopped the stroking and placed the fake faeces on the patient's real, right hand and asked the participant once again to provide contamination ratings.
Now the differences were much more pronounced in the experimental condition. While those in the control group had average disgust, anxiety and washing urge levels at nearly 7, the experimental group had levels of nearly 9 – that is, an overall 23% difference in contamination ratings.
"Over time, stroking the real and fake hands in synchrony appears to create a stronger and stronger and stronger illusion to the extent that it eventually felt very much like their own hand," said Jalal.
"This meant that after ten minutes, the reaction to contamination was more extreme. Although this was the point our experiment ended, research has shown that continued exposure leads to a decline in contamination feelings – which is the basis of traditional exposure therapy."
To overcome this challenge, a team of researchers from the UK and USA tested whether, rather than asking patients to contaminate their own hands, it might be possible to help them overcome their fears by contaminating a fake hand instead – a procedure they call 'multisensory stimulation therapy'. Image is credited to University of Cambridge.
Jalal says it can be safely assumed that the fake hand contamination procedure would lead to similar fall in levels of disgust and contamination ratings, possibly after 30 minutes.
Jalal says the rubber hand illusion may offer a way of treating OCD patients without the high stress levels that exposure therapy can cause. "If you can provide an indirect treatment that is reasonably realistic, where you contaminate a rubber hand instead of a real hand, this might provide a bridge that will allow more people to tolerate exposure therapy or even to replace exposure therapy altogether."
Jalal has previously worked on other indirect treatments for treating patients with OCD, including a smartphone app. He says that unlike other indirect treatments, this new approach creates a compelling illusion that a part of the patient's body is being exposed to contamination and so could be even more immersive.
It also has additional benefits: "Whereas traditional exposure therapy can be stressful, the rubber hand illusion often makes people laugh at first, helping put them at ease. It is also straightforward and cheap compared to virtual reality, and so can easily reach patients in distress no matter where they are, such as poorly resourced and emergency settings."
Jalal says the next step is to do randomised clinical trials and compare this technique to existing treatments. Ramachandran agrees, adding: "These results are compelling but not conclusive. We need larger samples and to iron out some methodological wrinkles."
Other applications of multisensory stimulation therapy might include therapy for people afraid of needles. Exposure therapy would mean repeated needle injections into a real arm and could result in punctured veins. Using a fake hand could provide a clever and convenient alternative.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) causes serious difficulties in the everyday lives of people suffering from it; especially in its acute form, it may significantly hinder individuals' psychosocial functioning [1].
The importance of this issue in the indi- vidual, family and social dimensions is backed by statistical data, according to which ca. 2–3% of the population suffer from OCD [2, as cited in: 3]. Almost all people with
OCD experience difficulties in relations (92% have problems with starting a relation because of low self-esteem; 73% experience problems in their families and 62% in friendships, which are related to the risk of parting), with nearly half of them having problems in the professional area (58% have trouble with continuing education, 47% experience difficulty with keeping a job, and 40% are unable to work); 13% attempt suicide as a result of suffering from obsessions [4, as cited in: 1].
Over 90% of people with OCD meet the criteria related to other psychological disorders [2, 5, as cited in: 3], including depression, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, personal- ity disorders, and schizophrenia [1, 3], thus complicating the diagnostic process and treatment.
Another difficulty is caused by a delay in the start of the treatment because of the 'embarrassing' nature of OCD (not to mention a lack of insight into the illness); on average, it takes 10 years from the first symptoms to appear before help is sought and around 17 years until appropriate treatment is undergone [4, as cited in: 1].
Ongoing discussions on the nature of the obsessions – whether they are a symp- tom, a consequence, or the cause of anxiety disorders – have resulted in changes in the American classification of mental disorders DSM–5 [3, 6]. OCD, traditionally classified as an anxiety disorder, has been included in a newly created separate group – 'Obsessive- Compulsive and Related Disorders' (OCRD) [6] – which includes, apart from OCD, four other disorders: body dysmorphic disorder, trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder), hoarding disorder, and dermatillomania (excoriation disorder or skin-picking disorder).
This change expresses a different understanding of the psychopathology of OCD, which considers compulsiveness (understood as a tendency to engage in repetitive ac- tions) as the basis of these disorders. As opposed to the previous understanding of OCD, compulsiveness theory assumes that anxiety has no direct functional relation to compulsive symptoms [7, as cited in: 3].
However, compulsiveness is a characteristic feature for many other neuropsychiatric disorders, so it has resulted in an issue of which disorders should be or not be included in the OCRD group. In the case of DSM-5, an arbitrary decision was made as a compromise between those against the changes in the OCD classifica- tion and advocates of creating a broad transdiagnostic category of OCD [8, as cited in: 3] to include the above-mentioned disorders in OCRD but to exclude disorders such as hypochondriasis or olfactory reference syndrome (which, similar to body dysmorphic disorder, involves compulsive behaviors, included in the proposed changes to ICD-11).
With the doubts concerning OCRD put aside, OCD itself is a complex disorder that shows a range of symptoms. This variety is commonly limited by grouping the symp- toms into the following conceptually coherent subtypes:
(1) cleaning (contamination obsessions with cleaning/washing compulsions);
(2) symmetry (symmetry obsessions and repetition, ordering and counting compulsions);
(3) intrusive or taboo thoughts (e.g., sexually or religiously aggressive obsessions and the compulsions related to them – neutralizing behaviors); and
(4) harm (fear of harming oneself or others and checking compulsions).
The subtype involving compulsive hoarding, previously included here, has been made a separate disorder belonging to the OCRD group. Other obsessions and compulsions may include doubts concerning everyday activities (leaving the door
open, leaving the gas on), the need to possess/memorize information (license plates, ads etc.), an obsessive focus on bodily functions (so-called somatic obsessions), and intrusive, non-aggressive fantasies and thoughts or superstitions ('black cat', 'grave- yard'), lucky/unlucky numbers, colors etc. One should note that patients often have symptoms from more than one subtype [6].
The diagnostic criteria for OCD in DSM-5 are relatively simple. The obsessions and/or compulsions must be time consuming (at least an hour per day) or cause sig- nificant suffering or a substantial disruption of one's functioning in the social, profes- sional or other important areas. Because of the fact that insight into the illness affects its prognosis, such an insight has to be specified for all patients diagnosed with OCD.
The level of insight may be (1) good or satisfactory, (2) poor, or (3) no insight/delu- sional convictions. No insight means that the patient thinks with all certainty that the beliefs related to OCD are entirely true. This usually involves a lack of motivation for treatment and poor prognosis. Apart from an assessment of the level of insight, whether the patient had or has chronic tic disorder should be investigated [6].
The aim of this work is to present the current view on the issue of treatment of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders according to DSM-5, taking into account potential differences in the therapeutic approach that may result from greater heterogene- ity of the included disorders.
We have prepared an overview of various types of OCD/ OCRD treatments by using available digital databases (PubMed, Cochrane, PsycINFO), meta-analyses, review works, randomized clinical trails' outcomes, and handbooks in English and Polish. We hope that this will be helpful primarily for clinicians and for people helping others who are suffering from obsessions and related disorders on a daily basis.
The diversity of OCD symptoms begs the question of whether it is a disorder with one or multiple causes. As an attempt to answer this question, a number of models presenting different groups of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, such as biological, cognitive and behavioral models, have been created.
Existing models, however, are far from giving a sufficient explanation of why one person has obsessions related to contracting germs and excessive hygiene, whereas someone else has obsessions and compulsions connected to symmetry and counting, and another person has both classes of symptoms at once [9].
One of the elements included in the biological model of OCD is the reaction to treatment. Knowledge about the differences in reacting to the treatment of OCD/OCRD, apart from its cognitive value, could have great clinical value and help in the choice of the most efficient type of treatment for a given type of disorder or the nature of the symptoms it involves.
As can be seen from an overview of the medical literature, the phenomenology and symptomatology of OCD and OCRD are not entirely coherent. Thus, a tendency to differently approach various disorders within the group can be observed, depending on the presence/intensity of obsessiveness, compulsiveness and impulsivity in the psychopathological picture [4, 10].
Before we proceed to discuss the issues related to the treatment both of the specific subtypes of OCD and the disorders included in OCRD, let us generally present the current standards for treating OCD.
Behavioral therapy is considered the first-choice treatment for OCD. It involves the use of exposure and response prevention (ERP), as well as anti-depressant medi- cation inhibiting serotonin reuptake from the synaptic gap (serotonin reuptake inhibi- tors – SRI).
This group of medications includes selective serotonin reuptake inhibi- tors (SSRIs), such as fluoxetine, sertraline, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, citalopram and escitalopram, as well as clomipramine, which is a non-SSRI. Behavioral therapy is often complemented with additional cognitive techniques, called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
If the above-mentioned methods and medications are insufficient, other treatment methods are added. Below, we will present an algorithm for treating OCD based on the recommendations of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) [11], modified to consider recent studies on the efficacy of OCD treatment [12].
Table 1. Algorithm for treating OCD patients [11, 12]
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Original Research: Open access
""Fake it till You Make it"! Contaminating Rubber Hands ("Multisensory Stimulation Therapy") to Treat Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder". Baland Jalal et al.
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Google Allo, a smart instant messaging app, was launched by Google on 21st September 2016. It recently underwent a major update which would allow the users to now make Google Duo calls right from the Allo app. Initially, the tech-gurus considered the unavailability of voice and video calling the biggest limitation of the Allo application. However, Amit Fulay, Group Product Manager for Allo and Duo, and Nick Fox, VP of Communications Products, announced this long-awaited integration of the two communication apps a few days back and would reach out on every device within the next six months. While the preexisting features of Allo have already been a big hit among the people, this essential voice and video calling feature would certainly strengthen the chances of Allo taking over other messaging apps.
Before we move forward and talk about other cool and interesting facts about Allo, let's first have a quick look at the top features offered by Allo that make it more than just a messaging app.
Unlike other messaging applications, Google Allo has a number of features that make it stand out among others. It was launched for both the Android and the iOS mobile operating systems as a smart messaging application. It serves a number of purposes and lets the user say more and do more things through chatting. It comes with many features that make it more than just a messaging app. Let's have a look.
· Google Assistant: Most of us, who have used the Artificial Intelligence-based assistants like Siri and Cortana, have appreciated their instant assistance. Google Allo would come with its own personal assistant called Google Assistant that would help you become smarter at messaging. This Google Assistant lets you do a number of functions while simultaneously chatting with your friends. You can check your latest emails, book flights, check the weather, set reminders, find restaurants, see latest sports scores and also play interesting games through this personal AI-based assistant. You just need to type the command and it would perform all the functions mentions mentioned above without closing the app.
· Creative Fun: Google Allo lets you explore your creative side with the new stickers, images, and emoticons that it offers. You can choose from a large number of stickers to send to the person and even search them using the assistant. What's more is that you can also draw doodles on the images before sending them to the person on the other end. Not just text and drawings, Allo also allows you to add stickers on top of your images to offer a smarter and more creative messaging experience.
· Quick Selfie: There's no denying that the Selfie trend has become a big craze among today's generation. With Google Allo's new 'Quick Selfie' feature you can click selfies and send them to the person you are chatting in a fraction of seconds. This feature is expected to come with the next update of Allo. According to 9to5Google, the camera icon is placed on the right side of the text field, which launches the front camera of your phone on tapping. After taking the snap, you can either send it to the person on your chat or just trash it.
· Access To Google Photos: Google drive is one of the largest and the most secure cloud for backing up photos. Unlike other messaging apps, you do not have to download the pictures from the drive first to send it to the other person on Allo. It allows easy access to the pictures saved on the drive through Google Photos.
· Incognito Mode For Group Chats: There are a number of messaging apps that allow incognito mode for personal chats. With Google Allo's predicted update, you will be able to hide even your group chats. It would allow the user to create groups in an incognito mode and send or receive messages on that group without anyone recording the chat log. You can set expiration for the messages and your Google instant messages would disappear from the screen like expiring content.
· Easy History Search: Enough of loading pages after pages to search a particular message you've sent to the other person. Google Allo allows the users to search any text or information from the previous in just one simple step. Just type "search" followed by the words you remember and it would instantly load the desired search results.
With so many features available in Google Allo, it is certain that Allo is the smartest messaging application available for Android and iOS users. Let's have a look at some of the other cool facts that make Allo the best.
The fun with Allo doesn't stop here. You can goof around and have someone to talk to all the time with Google Assistant always by your side. Install Allo now and enjoy the fun replies that you'll get from this smart Google Assistant.


You can deduct your facility's expenses on your income statement.
1 What Is Other Revenue on an Income Statement?
4 The Rent Expense Account Belongs in Which Category of Accounts?
Business facilities are the physical structures where your business is located. The most common types of facilities are office buildings, warehouses and factories. These can be new facilities or existing ones. The facilities expenses are what it costs you to run and maintain your business operations, and the operating expenses are recorded individually in your accounting records. Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, the facilities expenses are reported on your income statement.
If you buy a facility, you can deduct the mortgage interest that you pay. You can also deduct the depreciation amount on your income statement. You can use the straight-line method or accelerated method to calculate the depreciation. With the straight-line method, you deduct the same amount each year over the building's life. For example, if you paid $100,000 for a building with a 20-year life, divide $100,000 by 20 to get your yearly depreciation of $5,000. If you use an accelerated method, such as double digits, you deduct more depreciation at the beginning of the building's life than at its end.
If you rent your facilities, you list the actual amounts you pay on your income statement. This includes the rent for the land, office buildings, warehouses, storage facilities and factories. If you rent office furniture, fixtures or equipment, you list those expenses on the income statement. You can also include the premiums you pay to insure your buildings, furniture, fixtures and equipment.
Facilities operating expenses are divided into project costs, infrastructure costs and ongoing costs. Project costs arise from new construction projects and renovation projects. This includes the architectural costs, engineering expenses, construction costs, and furniture and fixture purchase costs. Infrastructure costs are incurred in response to increased demand, such as expanding an existing parking lot. Ongoing facilities operating costs include facilities maintenance and repair costs, utilities, grounds landscaping and maintenance, insurance premiums and property taxes. Calculate these costs by adding up the total amount spent for each type of expense.
The individual facilities expenses and their total amounts are transferred to the income statement. The accounts are usually listed with the other operating expenses in alphabetical order so your readers can easily find a particular expense. If you have a large number of operating expenses, you can list the individual expenses in a separate schedule. You calculate your net profit or loss by subtracting the total amount of the expenses from the total income. For example, if your sales income is $100,000, subtract the $30,000 operating expenses and the $50,000 facilities expenses to get your net profit of $20,000.
Rogers, Karen. "How to Calculate Facilities Expenses for an Income Statement." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/calculate-facilities-expenses-income-statement-75950.html. Accessed 18 April 2019.
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I am starting to enter the phase where I am just buying a lot of food. My kids, they keep eating! Plus, I have been trying to eat healthier myself, so we rarely eat out anymore. Our weekly food haul is growing, and as my three sons get older, I think it will for the next several years.
I like to grocery shop at a variety of stores, primarily because I am often looking for unique ingredients for any particular recipe. However, I do the bulk of my essential grocery shopping at Aldi. You really can't beat the prices at Aldi, plus I realize that I do prefer some of their basic products. The frozen broccoli for example.
There are a few items that I have started keeping around because I know I can use them when I want to throw together dinner, really fast. I am going to share with you a few of my favorite products that I turn to for when I want to make something fast, and I am also going to list some recipe ideas with that product too.
Also, Check out my List of Favorite things to buy from Aldi.
As we all know, product availability at Aldi changes. A lot. I hope that I can keep this post updated, and I am sorry if you can't find all of these products at your Aldi.
Who doesn't love making homemade pizzas with Naan? It makes for an easy meal! I often make mini pizzas for my kids out of whatever leftovers we have in the fridge. Naan can be expensive at other grocery stores, but at Aldi Naan reasonably priced.
I had seen this sweet potato soup mix at Aldi since around Thanksgiving last year, and a genuinely hope it is here to stay. My kids love this soup, and it is super easy to make. All you do is add sweet potatoes and water. You can switch it up too! They also carry a butternut squash soup mix, but it a little too sweet for me.
Aldi carries chicken sausage in a bunch of different flavors! I love keeping this around because it is precooked and will keep in the fridge for a few weeks. This chicken sausage is so easy just to cut, heat and together with pasta, rice or salad. My kids love it Plus it contains no nitrates and contains no hormones. It is also reasonably priced.
Aldi has a vast assortment of Asian sauces that are all excellent! My kids love Asian stir-fry, so I get these often. Although these sauces have sugar, I still think that making homemade Asian food at home is much healthier than getting take-out. Some of the other flavors that Aldi carries include sweet and sour, and orange chicken sauce.
I love the convenience of bagged salad kits during the week! But I do think that $4.00-$5.00 is too much to pay for one. Aldi has four salad kids that I love, and they are so much less expensive! I love this Southwest chopped salad. Not only do I like to dress it up a little bit for a meal, but on hectic nights I will throw this salad together to use as taco toppings. It is so much faster than cutting all those veggies!
Chicken- Avocado and Roasted Corn Southwest chopped salad- Add cooked chicken, roasted corn and avocado slices to this bagged salad. You can also add diced cherry tomatoes and olives!
I generally prefer homemade soups from scratch. However, I picked this up one day just in case I needed something fast, which happens around here. This was a massive hit with the family, and it took 25 minutes from start to finish! You can add whatever vegetable or meat you like., so it is a great meal you can make with leftovers! I must admit, it was a little blander than the chili I usually make from scratch, but my husband and I just added some spice to our bowls.
Sweet Potato-Quinoa Chili- Add a peeled, chopped sweet potato and 1/2 cup of drained quinoa to this soup mix.
This is the best rice ever. I sometimes buy other brands of rice at other stores, and I keep coming back to this rice, and I find myself using jasmine rice in dishes that call for different types of rice. It is not a secret that I love my Instant Pot. I love making rice in my pot because it only takes 12 minutes! It is super easy to throw together a quick casserole or a stirfry.
These salmon burgers are a great way to switch up dinner! They're super easy to make! I love making them in my countertop Griddler! It is so much easier than grilling!
During busy nights, I make frozen vegetables. Often. As much as I love fresh produce, I don't always have time to prep fresh vegetables. This frozen broccoli is the best-frozen broccoli out there. I don't have to wrestle my kids to eat this, especially when I put a little cheese on top.
After all these years quinoa can still be pretty spendy. Aldi or Trader Joes is the only place I will buy it. Aldi quinoa is reasonably priced, so I usually make sure I have some around.
This organic Marinara sauce from Aldi is terrific. There is no sugar and is just a delicious, simple sauce. Not only do I love keeping it around for spaghetti, but I use it in other dinner recipes too.
These mini butter croissants never last long in our house. When I buy them they automatically become the favorite breakfast, snack, sandwich vessel and soup accompaniment. They are a great price and are better then croissants I get from other stores.


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Las playas de Puerto Chico y la Romanela se encuentran en el concejo asturiano de Navia y pertenece a la localidad asturiana de Vigo. Son dos pequeñas calas con forma de concha y están situadas una a continuación de la otra. Las longitudes medias son de unos quince y treinta m y una anchura media de unos 7-8 m. Su entorno es rural, con un grado de urbanización bajo y una peligrosidad alta. El acceso peatonal es de unos quinientos m de longitud. El lecho de ambas es de roca y tiene un grado de ocupación bajo.

La playa de La Romanela es amplia con gran cantidad de rocas diseminadas que tienen un gran atractivo y tiene a continuación,hacia el este, las playas de «Arrexane» y «La Tornil»llegando los entrantes y salientes rocosos hasta la vecina Playa de Barayo, ya en el concejo de Valdés. La playa de «Puerto Chico», que está al abrigo de una ladera rocosa, desaparece en las pleamares.

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Playas Puerto Chico y La Romanela
Espacios naturales de Asturias


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Blue Shield reveals executive compensation
Blue Shield, the 77-year-old nonprofit health insurer, unveiled the salaries of its top executives in response to criticisms over its lack of transparency.
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Individuals can profit plenty at nonprofits. Blue Shield, the 77-year-old nonprofit California health insurer proved that yesterday, when it unveiled the salaries of its top executives in response to criticisms over its lack of transparency.
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Doctors forgo the insurance in favor of personal injury law payouts
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'Lien' doctors are hardly new, but their numbers have sharply risen in a number of big states.


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In regards to the recently published paper by Hurst et al. (1), I would like to emphasize some of the classic echocardiographic features that are useful for early diagnosis of stress cardiomyopathy (2). In the classic case, the most important feature is apical ballooning involving all left ventricular (LV) walls with a hyperdynamic base, not limited to any single coronary territory (Fig. 1). The diagnosis of apical ballooning syndrome should be strongly considered based on this echocardiographic feature in conjunction with clinical data. In selected cases, it is reasonable to defer coronary angiography and wait for full recovery of LV function in a few days or weeks by repeating echocardiography. The second most important feature is involvement of the right ventricular apex in the same manner as the LV apical involvement. This feature occurs in approximately one-fourth of the patients (2–5), and if present, makes the diagnosis of apical ballooning syndrome almost certain (Fig. 2). In reverse or inverted cases, echocardiography is also very helpful for early diagnosis of this disease by showing reverse involvement of wall motion abnormalities. Akinesia of basal segments of all LV walls with hyperdynamic apical walls, also not limited to any single coronary territory, can be easily recognized during echocardiographic examination (5–7). We believe that echocardiography is an indispensable tool for the early diagnosis of this disease, and in selected cases, could prevent unnecessary coronary angiograms.
As can be seen in systole and diastole by echocardiography (upper panel), apical ballooning involving all left ventricular walls not limited to any single coronary territory, confirmed by ventriculography with normal angiogram (lower panel).
Involvement of the right ventricular apex in conjunction with left ventricular ballooning makes the diagnosis of stress cardiomyopathy almost certain.
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(2007) Review: transient left ventricular apical ballooning, broken heart syndrome, ampulla cardiomyopathy, atypical apical ballooning, or Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy. Cardiovasc Revasc Med 8:289–292.


The Lloop lamp is adjustable in height by extending or shortening the loop of the electrical cable which comes as the result of a wooden piece attached to the cable. With this, the function becomes the decoration, simple and clear with no hidden techniques. The Lloop lamp is available in a variety of color combinations for the lamp-shade and cable and can be ordered with a polished copper, polished brass, or white interior. The included wooden piece is meant to create a loop in the cable. By carefully moving the wooden piece over the electricity cable it possible to resize the loop in the cable itself. This is how the height is defined: a big loop makes a high lamp, a small loop makes a low lamp. Contact the Pamono team with your color preference.
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