Name: erik (Signed) · Date: 01/05/2016 01:58 am · For: The Third Act of CHAOS.
Still a great fun read, but I do think Xander is eventually going to get fed up with 'friends' going through his stuff and booby trap it. Imagine a bald Black Widow!
Author's Response: you never know, but clint would try to stop it in her case, just because he didn't want to be killed too. but a great idea. thanks! i may just have to use that.
Name: augure (Signed) · Date: 01/18/2015 04:09 pm · For: The Third Act of CHAOS.
Just got to read the CHAOS serie, that was Awesome!! Love the broship.
Name: goblin214 (Signed) · Date: 09/24/2014 01:46 pm · For: The Third Act of CHAOS.
finally finished this part and loved it can't wait for new chapters.
Name: cacaliadragon (Signed) · Date: 09/18/2014 01:00 pm · For: The Third Act of CHAOS.
This was really sad and really funny in parts. I felt really bad for Xander and hope that the Witches are finally dealt with. It's cute how Clint and Xander are together, but I have a feeling that the matchmaking is going to go to far.
Name: LunarBard (Signed) · Date: 09/15/2014 03:04 am · For: The Third Act of CHAOS.
Another great CHAOS. Thanks for the great reading!
Name: erik (Signed) · Date: 09/14/2014 11:04 pm · For: The Third Act of CHAOS.
An epic update. Great writing as always.
Author's Response: thank you, i'm glad you liked it.
Name: RedPat (Signed) · Date: 09/14/2014 03:37 am · For: The Third Act of CHAOS.
Name: DennSedai (Signed) · Date: 09/14/2014 01:42 am · For: The Third Act of CHAOS.
Author's Response: they're avoiding the street that the clue bus is on because that's not going to work for them, at least not right now. and you did see what happened to ward, right?
Name: kirallie (Signed) · Date: 08/02/2014 08:19 am · For: The Second Act of CHAOS.
Interesting series. Glad Willow seems to be finally seeing some sort of reality. Though I pity that therapist!
Author's Response: there's a future twist with the therapists. though now that she's getting straightened out, and Buffy thanks to the lack of evil due to being married, the other witches need it next.
Name: Banner (Signed) · Date: 06/22/2014 07:36 pm · For: The Second Act of CHAOS.
This is the second or maybe the third time I've read this story. I especially like the way Xander and Clint *aren't* sleeping together.
It's interesting and different to have them simply be strong friends. I'm having so much fun watching everyone around them being So Sure that the two men MUST be screwing, just because they are close.
I like thinking about them being lifelong friends, going out to pick up girls (and/or guys), rescuing each other, adventuring together. Most especially, covering each others' backs. Decades down the road, they'll still be friends.
They like each other. It's a delight.
Author's Response: it's the epic bromance. though a few times they just say 'well, he's all the way out there and i'm not so it'd never work' to get people off their backs. but yeah, i can see them saving each other from insane ex's and problems for decades to come. i'm glad you liked it so much.
Name: cacaliadragon (Signed) · Date: 05/01/2014 05:03 am · For: The Second Act of CHAOS.
I loved this story and how Xander and Clint spread chaos whenever they went. I especially loved how they dealt with Loki and Buffy and how they were getting Willow help. I thought it was cute that both Xander and Clint didn't realize that they were into each other.
Author's Response: they realize but they also realize that they're living very different lives and so it can only be flirting between them until they both retire. that comes out more in the third story when everyone starts to nag.
Name: erik (Signed) · Date: 04/30/2014 02:30 pm · For: The Second Act of CHAOS.
Another enjoyable and well written story.
This was hilarious and sweet. I love Xander and Clint's friendship and how much chaos the two caused just by being together in the same place. I also like how respectful Phil, Melinda, Ward, and Natasha were of Xander. It was interesting to see how they ended up on the island, but that would be one way to protect Bruce too.
Author's Response: i hadn't thought about his teammates showing up. maybe in the second part.
Author's Response: it's planned. i ended up truncating when i got stuck so i'm working on it. but i'm glad you liked it.
Lol! I love this story it's good to see that Xander and Clint are so good with one another. I love how Dander was the one that everyone sent to the trouble spots and how he helped the girls and the agents when needed.
*snickers* *feeds The Force* Killian's going to be another Xander whether he wants to or not isn't he?
Author's Response: yes he is. though you won't see too much more of him, he is the next generation of xander.


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The podcast series "African Voices, African Arguments" features African scholars, writers, policy makers and activists on issues of peace, justice and democracy, and is produced by World Peace Foundation and presented in partnership with African Arguments and The Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University.
In the first episode of the series, "Pan African Solidarities: Insights from Africa and America, a Discussion with Abdul Mohammed," World Peace Foundation Executive Director, Alex de Waal interviews Abdul Mohammed, one of Africa's leading public intellectuals.
"African Americans have made contributions, solidarity, support to Africa's independence movement and to a certain extent they were also inspired by it…there was a connection between the first generation, the founding fathers in a sense…and the African American Struggle"
Abdul Mohammed is one of Africa's leading public intellectuals. He was a student activist in the 1970s. He came to the United States as a refugee and worked on refugee resettlement programs in the U.S. In 1985, he returned to Africa, first to Sudan, and subsequently to Kenya, where he was a pioneering humanitarian activist and founded the NGO InterAfrica Group. In 1991, Abdul returned to his native Ethiopia where he has lived ever since, active as a civil society leader. He was the UNICEF representative to the African Union, and worked for the UN in Sudan. In Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa and across the continent, Abdul has engaged in a range of initiatives on agendas of humanitarian action, opening up Africa's politics for more inclusive, democratic participation, and building an African system for peace and security. For the last ten years Abdul has been chief of staff and senior political advisor to the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan and South Sudan, and the Horn of Africa.
Alex de Waal is the Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Considered one of the foremost experts on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, his scholarly work and practice has also probed humanitarian crisis and response, human rights, HIV/AIDS and governance in Africa, and conflict and peace-building.
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Women in Neurosurgery
Joan Venes, MD
Dr. Joan Venes attended Downstate Medical Center of the State University of New York, graduating in 1966. During her surgical internship at Yale, she was strongly influenced by a tragic case of ventriculo-atrial shunt obstruction: "that was the moment … when I began my career as a neurosurgeon."
Dr. Venes remained at Yale as a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. William Collins. In 1972, she completed a residency in neurological surgery at Yale, as their first female neurosurgery resident, during which time she was awarded the McNeil Award in Surgery. Few people know that she also was a role model for women surgeons at a Hartford Hospital as a result of the rotations that the Yale residents did at Hartford Hospital. One of her fellow pediatric neurosurgeons, Dr. Norman Gahm, of Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut referred to her as an "outstanding neurosurgeon and person" whom he knew as a resident. As a Hartford resident, she trained under the direction of Dr. William Scoville. In 1973, Dr. Venes was awarded the Van Wagenen Fellowship, which she used to travel to various centers in Europe and America to study seminal work on intracranial pressure monitoring and control. In 1974, Dr. Venes became the third woman Diplomat of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons.
Dr. Venes has made significant contributions during her career, particularly in her chosen subspecialty area of pediatric neurosurgery. Her research has included laboratory and clinical work on shunt infection, intracranial pressure and monitoring, Reyes' syndrome, tethered cord, craniofacial anomalies, and Chiari malformations. She is the author of many articles, book chapters and conference presentations on these subjects. In 1990, she was named Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Venes has held numerous leadership positions in neurosurgery. She was secretary and founding member of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (ASPN) and Chairman of the Pediatric Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
Dr. Venes has also developed an interest in health care policy. In 1988, she was named Pew Fellow in Health Policy at the University of Michigan. In 1990, she became a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellow in Health Policy, working in Washington, D.C. on issues of quality and effectiveness in health care.
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Vol 39, No 2 Aug 2021
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Dental age assessment by the pulp/tooth area proportion in cone beam computed tomography: is medico-legal application for age estimation reliable
Adriana Costa Pires, Rui Filipe Vargas de Sousa Santos, Cristiana Palmela Pereira
Introduction: Forensic dentistry has, as one of its main goals, the identification of living and/or deceased individuals, based on the individual features of the teeth. One of the identification criteria to be established is the chronological age. Several authors, including Kvaal, have developed age estimation methods based on secondary dentine deposition. Nowadays, three-dimensional imaging tests, such as Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT), are used in age estimation.
Objective: The aims of this research project were to validate Kvaal's method and its variables in age estimation and to create new linear regression formulae to better represent the study sample.
Methods: We selected 158 CBCT, with a total of 402 sound teeth (central incisors, lateral incisors and canines). The necessary measurements and ratios were calculated in both coronal and sagittal sections, with XelisDental®. The formulae developed by Kvaal for age estimation calculation were applied. Subsequently, the results were statistically analyzed.
Results and Discussion: The intraclass correlation coefficients from the two measurements ranged from 0.918 to 0.997. The calculated age estimation had a mean error of -21.4years (coronal section) and -26.3years (sagittal section). The t test revealed statistically significant differences between chronological age and estimated age. The absolute values of Pearson's correlation coefficient between age and the two Kvaal variables ranged from 0.06 to 0.38 and from 0.06 to 0.55. The coefficients of determination are lower than in the original study (between 0.03 and 0.39). In the linear regression formulae, the coefficients of determination ranged from 0.07 to 0.41.
Conclusion: This investigation concludes a non-reproducibility of Kvaal's method in the Portuguese population when applied in CBCT, with statistically significant differences between the chronological age and the dental age, estimated by the pulp/tooth proportion method, based on the teeth analyzed in this study.
(J Forensic Odontostomatol 2021, 39; 2-2:14)
Professional liability: assessment of court sentences for lawsuits against dentists in Peru
Silvana Requena Calla, Erika Alvarado Muñoz
Introduction: The number of reported dental malpractice cases has increased in recent years. The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of Peruvian court sentences related to dental procedures.
Materials and methods: In the present descriptive study, 33 sentences issued by the civil court of Peru, from 2011 to 2016 were collected. Useful information from the sentences was extracted and analyzed using the SPSS 18 software.
Results: Data showed that dentists were found guilty in 84.8% of sentences due to absence of suitability in dental treatment. Male dentists (61.1%) were involved in more cases than female dentists. Prosthodontics (33.3%) was the dental specialty subject to most claims.
Conclusions: Dentists like other health professionals are regulated by legal rules in the country they practise. As part of dental practice and in order to avoid claims, having a full clinical history and informed consent should be mandatory.
(J Forensic Odontostomatol 2021, 39; 2-15:20)
Can root pulp visibility in mandibular first molars be used as an alternative age marker at the 16 year threshold in the absence of mandibular third molars: an orthopantomographic study in a South Indian sample
Suvarna Manthapuri, Srikanth Bheemanapalli, Lakshmi Prasanna Namburu, Saranya Kunchala, Deepika Vankdoth, Sudheer B. Balla, Vanitha Bathala, Aishwarya Lakshmi Kasabu
In many countries, the 16 years of age threshold is considered to be legally relevant according to the law. This research aims to ascertain the sensitivity and specificity of Olze et al. stages of root pulp visibility (RPV) in a sample of 760 south Indian children aged between 12 and 20 years, with an age threshold of 16 years, using receiver operating characteristic curves and area under the curve (AUC). Spearman's rho correlation showed a strong positive correlation between the RPV stages and age. No significant difference between the right and left lower first molars was seen. RPV Stage 2 showed the highest AUC in both females (0.813) and males (0.790). The performance of the RPV Stage 2 to discriminate the legal age threshold of 16 years resulted in the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy values of 0.61, 0.96 and 0.77 in males, 0.65, 0.97 and 0.80 in females. It resulted in 3.6% and 2.9% of false positives and 38.5% and 34.5% of false negatives in both sexes. Even though, RPV Stage 2 can discriminate reasonably well between two age categories, due to the high percentage of false negatives we recommend its use in conjunction with other age estimation methods.
Dental age assessment based on the radiographic visibility of the periodontal ligament in lower third molars in a Thai sample
Weeraya Tantanapornkul, Ruchadaporn Kaomongkolgit, Sirilawan Tohnak, Chutamas Deepho, Ronnayut Chansamat
The objective of the present study was to analyze the radiographic visibility of the periodontal ligament in completed root formation lower third molars in a sample of lower northern Thai population. Digital panoramic images from 800 patients with ages ranging from 16 to 26 years were used in this study. The visibility status of the periodontal ligament of lower third molars with completed root formation including apical closure was assessed. For each stage, the minimum age, maximum age, median, mean, and standard deviation were calculated. The minimum age found in stage 0 was 16.17 years in males and 17.00 years in females. Stage 1 was first achieved at the age of 16.17 years in males and 17.08 years in females. The earliest onset of stage 2 was 17.00 years in males and 18.17 years in females. The incidence of stage 3 was first observed at 19.17 years in males and 18.83 years in females. It may be concluded that the radiographic visibility of the periodontal ligament in lower third molars may be a useful approach in the dental age assessment in a Thai population. In case the periodontal ligament visibility is found to be in stage 2, it may be confirmed that the individual is at least 18 years of age.
Accuracy of Kvaal's radiographic and translucent dentinal root techniques of extracted teeth in Malay adults for dental age estimation
Intan Syakirah Ramli, Ummi Solehah Muhd, Mohd Yusmiaidil Putera Mohd Yusof
The use of teeth to estimate the age of unknown bodies provides much help especially in skeletal remains with no soft tissues left for identification. However, dental age estimation utilizing degenerative changes in teeth like dentinal translucency is often hampered with large margin of error. This study aims to compare the accuracy of Kvaal's radiographic method (intraoral periapical radiograph) with modified Bang-Ramm dentinal root translucency method in estimating dental age in Malay adults. One-hundred teeth of maxillary and mandibular incisors and canine were collected following dental extraction. Date of birth, date of extraction, gender and ethnicity were documented prior to extraction. All teeth were assessed using two methods of dental age estimation: 1) The equation from Kvaal's radiographic method and 2) Formula from modified Bang-Ramm dentinal root translucency method. The results from the age estimation were compared to the chronological age of the persons from whom the teeth were extracted. The average dental age estimated using both methods significantly correlated with the chronological age for both men and women. Overestimation and underestimation with mean absolute error up to 13 years and 15 years was observed in modified Bang-Ramm and Kvaal, respectively. The estimated age calculated from both methods also showed increasing standard deviation as the patient gets older.From the obtained results it is reasonable to conclude that modified Bang-Ramm method gives better accuracy for dental age estimation in Malay adults.
Forensic dental identification in complicated fractured skull conditions: case report with adapted algorithm for image comparison
Volodymyr D. Mishalov, Myroslav Y. Goncharuk-Khomyn, Valeriy V. Voichenko, Hrvoje Brkic, Svitlana B. Kostenko, Valeriy V. Vyun, Pavlo P. Brekhlichuk
Objective: To analyze the perspective of using an adapted algorithm for digital images comparison while providing forensic dental identification in complicated fractured skull conditions by ante-mortem and post-mortem radiographical data sets.
Materials and Methods: Ante-mortem orthopantomogram and post-mortem peri-apical X-ray images were converted in *.jpeg format with their further import into GIMP 2.10 software (The GIMP Development Team). Segmentation of OPG-image was provided in topographical projections of jaw segments obtained directly from the victim. Comparison of analyzed image segments was provided manually within GIMP 2.10 software using functions of "Layers" and "Opacity" through the proposed algorithm.
Results: Considering the fact that 20 positive concordant dental identifiers overall were verified during comparison of AM and PM X-ray datasets, we can conclude that odontological identity was established. All above-mentioned discrepancies could be classified as explainable. Inter-agreement rate between two investigators considering correspondence between AM and PM datasets reached Cohen's kappa level which is equal to 0,97, while positive 100% agreement was reached considering 21 out of 24 analyzed characteristics.
Conclusion: Available AM and PM radiographical datasets represent a sufficient information for effective forensic dental identification, even if such were obtained by different roentgenological techniques (orthopantomography and periapical radiography). Using of an adapted algorithm for digital images comparison with forensic dental purposes could potentially overcome cognitive bias and observer's effect, speed up the process of analysis and increase the accuracy and inter-agreement rate while referencing AM and PM datasets.


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How has Ronaldo been dominating the football world for years?
If you are a sports enthusiast, you must have watched soccer games every once in a while. There are about eight billion people on earth, and more than four billion are die-hard football fans. And Ronaldo is a self-made brand in this game that will be bright in the history of soccer for years after he retires from the position. But, if you are wondering how Ronaldo is doing such a great job, please scroll through this article.
Teamwork.
Soccer is a team game, and no matter how good you are personally at this game, your career success will depend on your team's fate. Ronaldo knows this fact well and always does his best to pull up his teammates and fellow players throughout the game. As a result, Ronaldo has one of the highest solo soccer goals in history, with the most team wins.
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Every goal from Ronaldo is a piece of art, and you realize it when you start analyzing his footwork and gaming skills. He scored more than forty-two goals last season and describes perfectly why the soccer world worships him. If you are thinking about a one-person show who can make the goal to save the game, then Ronaldo will come first to your mind. He created this impact on his fanbase and the soccer world.
Soccer is a creative sport. You have to constantly upgrade your skills, timing, and footwork to stay in business. But, creativity goes to another level when it comes to Ronaldo. He can create a goal opportunity from scratch and make it happen with ease that it will feel natural.
Football is all about the perfect footwork, and we all know it. But Ronaldo makes the game more enjoyable with the unbelievable headshots. It usually can create the difference between a loss and a win, and so, Ronaldo is the king of soccer headshots.
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Q: jQuery "request.term" substitute I'm using jquery mobile autocomplete for my mobile web app. It seems to not let me use "request.term" as my dynamic query, so I'm trying to create the liveQuery() function below that will return the val() of my input field as I type.
The goal is for this returned value to be passed along as a parameter to the generateUrl() function to be prepended to a url.
This liveQuery function is returning undefined, although when I log $(this).val() to the console I can see what I type. Would appreciate some direction on how to pass a dynamic variable (my query) to my generateUrl() function. Thanks.
  var liveQuery = function() {
    $("#remote_mobile_search").keyup(function() {
      return $(this).val() ;
    })
  }

  $("#remote_mobile_search").autocomplete({
    source: generateUrl(liveQuery()),
    ...

A: EDIT
I see in source code of plugin, there is an update method, this should be used instead

Maybe try this but it is really really weird {each time you enter something in input, the autocomplete plugin is reinitialized}:
 $("#remote_mobile_search").keyup(function () {
       $(this).autocomplete('update',generateUrl(this.value));
    })

   $("#remote_mobile_search").autocomplete();

generateUrl() function is supposed to return something of course and to be SYNCHRON. As and don't know code of this function, I'm not sure you are doing it right.

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Q: Android Fragments: fragments inside a Frame or other layouts? I am creating an Android app right now and I have a Frame which shell contain fragments. Till now all works fine, but I have come to a question which I cannot fully understand.
I have a Frame which is the entire screen (FrameLayout - should i use a FrameLayout as the main Frame?) and inside this Frame there are fragments that change, depending on the users interaction. These fragments are in the .xml files FrameLayouts. I am wondering now whether they can or should be FrameLayouts or fragments... I created a Google Maps frgment which is a fragment ideed and that made me thinking.
So my question ist: Does it make a difference or has it any impact on the perfomance or can I simple use whatever serves it's purpose?
To show what I mean, here are some code samples:
(Inside the FrameLayout inside the Framelayout are all fragments put)
MainFrame (activity_main.xml):
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/container"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"
    tools:ignore="MergeRootFrame" >

    <FrameLayout
        android:id = "@+id/mainFrame"
        android:layout_width = "match_parent"
        android:layout_height = "match_parent"
        android:layout_marginBottom = "@dimen/bottom_Main_Tabs">
        </FrameLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width = "match_parent"
        android:layout_height = "@dimen/bottom_Main_Tabs"
        android:layout_gravity = "bottom"
        android:background="@color/grey2"
        >

        <ImageButton
            android:id = "@+id/bottomButton_home"
            android:layout_height = "match_parent"
            android:layout_width = "0dp"
            android:layout_weight = "1.0"
            android:layout_marginLeft = "2dp"
            android:layout_marginRight = "2dp"
            android:background = "@drawable/ic_home_white"
            android:onClick = "openHome"
            />

        [...]

    </LinearLayout>

    <RelativeLayout
        android:id = "@+id/TopBar"
        android:layout_width = "match_parent"
        android:layout_height = "@dimen/top_Bar_Hight"
        android:layout_gravity="top"
        android:background="@color/grey_transparentBy50"
        >

        <ImageView
            android:id= "@+id/TopBarLogo"
            android:layout_width = "@dimen/top_Bar_Hight"
            android:layout_height = "@dimen/top_Bar_Hight"
            android:background="@drawable/ic_launcher"
            />

         [...]

    </RelativeLayout>

</FrameLayout>

One Fragment (FrameLayout:)
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/home_fragment"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@color/blue"
    tools:context="com.domain.app.HomeFragment">

    <!-- TODO: Update blank fragment layout -->
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
        android:textSize="100sp"
        android:text="Home" />

</FrameLayout>

Another Frament (fragment)
<fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="match_parent"
          android:id="@+id/map"
          tools:context="com.domain.app.MapsActivity"
          android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment"
          tools:layout = "@layout/activity_main"
    />

Is too hae problems with the GoogleMaps implementation but I have not spent enough time on it yet to ask about help here.
Thanks in advance.
John

A: If you are attaching fragments in xml like GoogleMapFragment or by using FrameLayout(or any other ViewGroup like LinearLayout or RelativeLayout) in xml. Both ways are same. It is more likely creating a textview programmatically (i.e. in Java) or defining it in xml.
Using fragment in Java:
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager()
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
ExampleFragment fragment = new ExampleFragment();
fragmentTransaction.add(R.id.fragment_container, fragment);
fragmentTransaction.commit();

and in xml
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/fragment_container"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" />

Here R.id.fragment_container is id of your Frame Layout.
Using fragment in XML:
<fragment android:name="com.example.ExampleFragment"
            android:id="@+id/fragment"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent" />

In case of Fragment in XML your fragment will be defined by <fragment/>  xml tag and on the other side when we are using fragments programmatically, your FrameLayout will work as a container for your fragment.
Conclusion: Using FrameLayout will increase a hierarchy by one but it will not effect your performance very much.
See: http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fragments.html#Adding

The android:name attribute in the  specifies the Fragment
  class to instantiate in the layout. When the system creates this
  activity layout, it instantiates each fragment specified in the layout
  and calls the onCreateView() method for each one, to retrieve each
  fragment's layout. The system inserts the View returned by the
  fragment directly in place of the  element.


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Tall Tales From Capt Rogue
Stories I Don't Want to Forget
I never know what memory might happen to pop into my head at any given time. While I used to just ruminate and ponder on them for a few minutes and move on, these days I try to at least make a few notes on my iPhone for a story idea to be developed later.
The older I get the less I am able to run easily through my memory banks with total recall…it takes some more pondering and work to coax the memories back. These playing cards popped into my head the other day and the first thing I did was go to eBay to see if I could find one of the cards to add to my small bookcase of dad's military mementos. I found they were very rare, but I did find some information I was unaware of.
When dad came back from Vietnam in the summer of 1966 he brought several duffle bags and a foot locker back with him. These were filled with the paraphernalia of a soldier and stored away along with another 20 years worth of soldiering in an area underneath the stairs that was commonly called "The Cave", as it was not easily accessed and you had to crawl in on your hands and knees.
Naturally, this was attractive to us kids as we could grab a flashlight and secretly dig through all kinds of cool stuff we weren't supposed to touch. One of the things in the footlocker was a number of playing card decks like the one below. Having skulls, we naturally thought they were very cool and swiped a deck or two to play with. We thought it was weird that some of the decks only had 52 aces of spades, but some were just regular playing cards.
1/8 Cavalry Death Card
When dad starting finding them spread all over the house we got a spanking and told that the cards were special and we needed to leave them where they were.
We didn't know why they were special, we just thought they were cards and there were several decks. As we got a little older the story came out that these were "Death Cards" from Vietnam used by soldiers as calling cards and left on dead enemy soldiers to let the Viet Cong know who they were up against. Well, that only made them more desirable since we constantly playing Army all over the neighborhood… so we started leaving a card on enemy neighbor kids as we "killed" them.
Most of my life I just assumed these cards were used by the entire 1st Cavalry Division and were probably still very common. I have learned since the cards were designed by Captain Mozey, the commander of Charlie Company, my dads unit, and were unique to the men in the 8th Cavalry "Jumping Mustangs", which were an Airborne/Air Assault unit, hence the "Death From Above".
Some of Charlie Company in Vietnam,
1965-1966. Capt. Mozey is crouching on the left.
Some of Charlie Companies finest.
Vietnam 1965-1966
Here is some historic information I discovered while researching the cards written by retired Sergeant Major Herb Friedman, who researches and collects death cards:
There is a confirmed report that this card was designed by Captain Mozey of C Company, 1st Battalion of the 8th Cavalry Regiment "The Jumping Mustangs" during his Vietnam tour of 1965-1966. A member of the unit told me that:
The calling card was placed on the chest or tucked, slightly, in the shirt pocket. But as I said before we did not use it except to say "We were here." The actual "Death From Above" saying was a WWII phrase. As of August 1966 the 1st & 2nd of the 8th "Jumping Mustangs" were all carrying a deck of "Death From Above" cards.
Specialist 4 Kevan Mynderup, a former member of "Charlie" Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1968 adds:
I can confirm that the "Death From Above" card was designed by Captain William B Mozey in either late 1965 or early 1966. When Bill took over the company the nickname was changed to "Death From Above" and the unit members got a full deck of the playing cards along with a Black Silk scarf with the "Death From Above" and airborne Skull on it. The phrase was banned in the Battalion Area, so the guys said "DFA" until the brass figured that out. It was an Article 15 offense to say either. The company was broken up at least 2 times because of "DFA" and the cards and scarves disappeared, but returned in 1968 when I was with the company. Only Charlie 1/8th Cavalry was known as "Death From Above" at this time. The other companies had their own nicknames as did all the companies in the 1st Air Cavalry Division.
Although Mozey has been credited with designing the cards, it appears that he had them printed in the United States. One complete deck was found in an old foot locker and the cards turn out to have been printed by: Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, Minn., U.S.A. Text on the actual deck adds the following information: The Business builders, 55164, A Saxon Industrial Company.
Showing what the Ace of Spades death card looked like. Some of the decks only had 52 of this single card.
Brown & Bigelow of St Paul, Minnesota, was a leading producer of playing cards in the U.S. from the late 1920s to the 1980s. Brown & Bigelow manufactured playing cards under several brand names, as well as novelty and advertising decks. There seems to be no record of them producing Death Cards, so perhaps because of the political situation in the United States the company chose to keep their participation in the production of these cards quiet.
Former Specialist Fourth Class Vic Castle told me that when he arrived in Vietnam as a member of the 1/8th Cavalry on 1 May 1967 they showed him the death cards and black silk scarf and told him their use was prohibited. He says:
The clerk calls out my name. I get in Jeep for short ride to 1/8th Cavalry. There is a large sign that says, "1/8th Cavalry: Airborne, Air Assault, Air Mobile." Out walks this Sergeant who greets us. I tell him I think there has been a mistake. I haven't had Jump training. He says, "Don't worry about it; we don't give you a damn parachute anyway. He assigns me to A Company. He shows me the Death card and the "Death From Above" black scarf and tells me if I get caught with either it is an Article 15.
He remembers that some unit members were court-martialed while using the cards. He said:
I was told that the men were carving a Cavalry patch on a dead Viet Cong's chest and stuck the playing card in his mouth. There was a soldier from an engineer outfit there and he took some pictures. He sent them back to his father who apparently was not amused. An investigation followed and then a trial of a First Lieutenant and a buck Sergeant. I think the trial was held in St. Louis and both men were sent to Ft. Leavenworth.
It seems to me that the two men were tried for abusing the body of the dead Viet Cong rather than the use of the death cards. Such charges have occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan. It seems perfectly acceptable to shoot a terrorist a dozen times or hack him to death with a bayonet, but abuse the body in any way afterwards and it is a criminal act. How strange.
Curiously, the "Death from Above" death cards reappeared again 30+ years later when American troops were sent to the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm."
From Ron Doyler:
"There exists another form of these cards. Brown and Bigelow out of Minnesota produced them. William Mosey had them made when he was with the CAV in VN. The cards were done in full decks of regular suits and also ace of spades only. I have two of which were gifts from the Colonel when I was a boy. The cards are all black background with a winged skull and DEATH from ABOVE. The Colonel coined this phrase and had a unit flag also made. If I remember correctly from my conversation with him the director of Apocalypse Now had to gain permission to use this in the film from Col Mosey. Over the years the Col. has given all the cards away."
I find the background of all this fascinating, as it has been part of my life for over 50 years now. I even wrote "Death From Above" on my climbing helmet back in the 90's as a sort of karmic dare to the powers that be, as rocks falling from above was one of the more common dangers we encountered while climbing.
Death From Above on my climbing helmet
While these were just playing cards, I shudder to think how many of mom and dad's mementos we destroyed over the years when we were kids. After a while all the cards had been lost or destroyed, but there was much more.
There were some cool old suitcases that had stickers of where they had traveled stuffed full of cool stuff they had stashed away, like mom's old brown army boots, both their uniforms and patches, medals and other hard won awards, post cards and various souvenirs, leaded crystal from Austria, and on and on. We were a half dozen destroying locusts devouring everything in the house. At least the internet allows us to reclaim some some of the bits and pieces of our history.
Author LesProfittPosted on March 3, 2019 March 3, 2019 Categories Family History, Military
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I don't remember seeing these when I was a kid. In fact other than the dress hat in the hall closet or a random shirt or cap there was not much left by the time I was old enough to remember. I didn't know much about Dad's time in the military until we started discussing WWII in history in elementary school. Then I got to see the Japanese flag and the German camera with the bullet hole in it. I was allowed to take the flag to school. When I held it up in history class telling them my dad brought it back several kids tried to correct me saying, "You mean your grandpa." Later in my early teens I found his army yearbooks where he had written stories of his experiences. There were newspaper articles of his heroism and pictures of him when he was in the honor guard. I was amazed and proud. Dad had always seemed to be old to me. I had never known him to be the bad ass Army man that he was. I asked him if I could have the yearbooks to keep. He said yes, but of course Mom said I could have them some day.
See, I just made notes to do a story on the war souvenirs. And another on running around the neighborhood playing army against the neighbor kids wearing all dad's gear. And another about the wide range in our ages and being the baby sitter for all you yahoos.
Dad was getting old when you were born! He was 44 when you were born and would have been in his 50's by the time you started paying attention to his age. I think it might be a good thing for you that he did have time to mellow out, when he came back from Vietnam to took him a few years to decompress from 20 years of military life. We were treated like his young recruits, falling in a formation line and getting out asses chewed out, GI'ing the floors down on our knees with scrub brushes, eating every pea on our plate or getting thumped on the head with his boney finger…hmm, another story…
Right! Paul and I should probably start writing stories of the dad we had! 😉 He definitely had mellowed. Well, not all the way…
Yes you should! And his mellow was judged on his own scale, not to be confused with a meditating monk's mellow 🙂
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Early this morning, BBC Radio 4's Today programme drew attention to the investigation by The Independent of IT projects.
The newspaper says in an editorial that when historians come to compile their tomes on this present government's domestic record, one achievement will stand out: services to the IT sector.
"All this spending has been wonderful for IT consultants. The trouble is that the public, who as taxpayers have been funding for it, have been considerably less well served.
"From the malfunctioning passports system to the unwieldy NHS supercomputer, ministers have been responsible for presiding over one expensive IT disaster after another.
"The words 'IT' are commonly associated with modernity, progress and efficiency. And this is no doubt why ministers and civil servants so readily and unquestioningly commissioned such lavish projects. Yet what they have evidently been buying all these years is not any of these things but good old-fashioned snake oil," says The Independent's editorial.
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The upcoming session was discussed at a meeting of the Employment First Task Force Aug. 9 as part of a broader conversation on communication strategies in connection with implementing the 2014 federal consent decree that mandates integration of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Next Wednesday's session is aimed at consumers and their families, but it is open to the public, according to Mary Madden, the state Consent Decree Coordinator.
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text:
TOPDIR=../../..

ifndef SRCNAME
SRCNAME				= core
endif
PACKAGE				= openxpki-perldeps-$(SRCNAME)
PERLNAME			= $(PACKAGE)
ifndef SRCBASE
SRCBASE				:= $(TOPDIR)/core/server
endif

RPMBUILD_DIR		= $(HOME)/rpmbuild
RPM_SOURCE_TARBALL	= $(RPMBUILD_DIR)/SOURCES/$(PACKAGE).tar.gz

# Makefile.inc contains common settings for all packages (checked in)
include ../Makefile.inc
# Makefile.local may be used locally to override settings (not checked in)
-include ../Makefile.local
-include Makefile.local

VERSION = $(shell $(VERGEN) --format version)
PKGREL = $(shell $(VERGEN) --format PKGREL)

PERL_ROOT=/usr/share/$(PERLNAME)
PERL_5_BASEURL=http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/src/5.0
PERL_SOURCE_TARBALL=perl-$(PERL_VERSION).tar.bz2
PERL_SOURCE_URL=$(PERL_5_BASEURL)/$(PERL_SOURCE_TARBALL)
PERL_SOURCE_PREFIX=/tmp/$(PERLNAME)-$(VERSION)
# Note: use 'PERL_SOURCE_PREFIX' as the dirname because it is
# created in one of the target commands.
PERL_SOURCE_TARBALL_LONG=$(PERL_SOURCE_PREFIX)/$(PERL_SOURCE_TARBALL)
PERL_SOURCE_DIR=$(PERL_SOURCE_PREFIX)/perl-$(PERL_VERSION)
PERL_OWNER_USER=$(shell id -un)
PERL_OWNER_GROUP=$(shell id -gn)
NEW_PERL_BIN=$(PERL_ROOT)/$(PERL_VERSION)/bin
NEWPERL=$(NEW_PERL_BIN)/perl
NEWCPANM=$(NEW_PERL_BIN)/cpanm
PREFIX=/usr
RPM_ARCH = x86_64

ifdef MIRROR_DIR
 	CPANM_OPTS = --save-dists $(MIRROR_DIR)/cpan --mirror $(MIRROR_DIR)/cpan --mirror http://www.cpan.org/
endif

# Setting $(PERL_SKIP_TEST) will cause 'make test' to be
# skipped. This should only be used when running the
# build repeatedly to refine other components of the process.
ifdef PERL_SKIP_TEST
  PERL_MAKE_TARGETS = all install
else
  PERL_MAKE_TARGETS = all test install
endif

########## TARGET NAMES

RPM_SPECFILE = $(PACKAGE).spec
RPM_FILE = $(RPMBUILD_DIR)/RPMS/$(RPM_ARCH)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)-$(PKGREL).$(RPM_ARCH).rpm

########## TARGETS

.PHONY: all
all: default-check default-nocheck

.PHONY: info
info:
	@echo "Perl binary:  $(NEWPERL)"
	@echo "cpan file:    $(NEWCPANM)"
	@echo "Tarball file: $(PERL_SOURCE_TARBALL_LONG)"
	@echo "PACKAGE:      $(PACKAGE)"

.PHONY: pkginfo
pkginfo: $(RPM_FILE)
	rpm -qip $(RPM_FILE)

ifdef PREFIX
CONFIGURE_ARGS=--prefix $(PREFIX)
endif

# propagate additional template variables for spec template processing
TT_EXTRA_SYMBOLS = --define CONFIGURE_ARGS="$(CONFIGURE_ARGS)" --define PREFIX="$(PREFIX)"

# Sanity checks for this tree
# 1. check for required command line tools
# 2. ensure that some perl vars have *not* been set
.PHONY: check
check:
	@if test -n "$$PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT"; then \
		echo "ERROR: var PERL_LOCAL_LIB must not be set" 1>&2; exit 1; \
	fi
	@if test -n "$$PERL_MB_OPT"; then \
		echo "ERROR: var PERL_MB_OPT must not be set" 1>&2; exit 1; \
	fi
	@if test -n "$$PERL_MM_OPT"; then \
		echo "ERROR: var PERL_MM_OPT must not be set" 1>&2; exit 1; \
	fi
	@if test -n "$$PERL5LIB"; then \
		echo "ERROR: var PERL5LIB must not be set" 1>&2; exit 1; \
	fi

# checks to be done before running an rpmbuild command
default-check: check
	@test ! -d $(NEW_PERL_BIN) || (echo "$(NEW_PERL_BIN) already exists"; exit 1)

# Through the makefile dependencies, this rule does the following:
#   - donloads the perl tarball
#   - builds it in the /tmp root
#   - installs cpanm
#   - installs remaining cpan deps
#   - creates tarball of the /tmp root directory
default-nocheck: $(NEWPERL) $(NEWCPANM) $(PERL_ROOT)/.build-cpan $(RPM_SOURCE0_TARBALL) $(RPM_FILE)

default-nocheck-deprecated:
	$(MAKE) package
	$(MAKE) changelog
	$(MAKE) /tmp/openxpki-debian.tar.gz
	$(MAKE) source
	$(MAKE) package

dist-clean:
	( cd $(SRCBASE) && \
		rm -f *.tar.gz \
	)

dist: dist-clean
	( cd $(SRCBASE)/ && \
		./configure --distonly && \
		make dist && \
		mv *.tar.gz $(RPMBASE)/SOURCES \
	)
	tar czf $(RPMBASE)/SOURCES/openxpki-deployment-susefiles.tar.gz etc/

$(RPM_SPECFILE): $(RPM_SPECFILE).template

package: $(RPM_FILE)

$(RPM_FILE): $(RPM_SPECFILE) $(RPM_SOURCE_TARBALL)
	rpmbuild -ba $(PACKAGE).spec

collect:
	mv $(RPMBASE)/SRPMS/$(PACKAGE)-*.rpm .
	mv $(RPMBASE)/RPMS/*/$(PACKAGE)-*.rpm .

clean:
	rm -f $(PACKAGE)-*.rpm \
		$(PACKAGE).spec \
		$(RPM_SOURCE_TARBALL)

realclean: clean
	echo -n "Delete '$(PERL_ROOT)'? " && read && sudo rm -rf "$(PERL_ROOT)"

#$(PERL_SOURCE_PREFIX):
#	mkdir -p $@

# Note: the copy from '/vagrant' is optional and allows for a local copy
$(PERL_SOURCE_TARBALL_LONG):
	mkdir -p $(PERL_SOURCE_PREFIX)
	cp /mirrors/perl/$(PERL_SOURCE_TARBALL) $@ || echo "Need to fetch tarball"
	test -f $@ || wget -O $@ $(PERL_SOURCE_URL)

.PHONY: build-perl
build-perl: $(NEWPERL)

$(NEWPERL): $(PERL_SOURCE_TARBALL_LONG)
	sudo mkdir -p $(PERL_SOURCE_PREFIX)
	sudo chown $(PERL_OWNER_USER):$(PERL_OWNER_GROUP) $(PERL_SOURCE_PREFIX)
	sudo mkdir -p $(PERL_ROOT)
	sudo chown $(PERL_OWNER_USER):$(PERL_OWNER_GROUP) $(PERL_ROOT)
	(cd $(PERL_SOURCE_PREFIX) && tar -xjf $(PERL_SOURCE_TARBALL_LONG))
	(cd $(PERL_SOURCE_DIR) && \
		sh Configure -des \
		-Dprefix=$(PERL_ROOT)/$(PERL_VERSION) \
		-Dscriptdir=$(PERL_ROOT)/$(PERL_VERSION)/bin)
	(cd $(PERL_SOURCE_DIR) && make $(PERL_MAKE_TARGETS))
	(cd $(PERL_ROOT) && ln -s $(PERL_VERSION) CURRENT)

.PHONY: build-cpan-cpanm
build-cpan-cpanm: $(NEWCPANM)

$(NEWCPANM): $(NEWPERL)
	curl -L http://cpanmin.us | $(NEWPERL) - --self-upgrade

# Install CPAN modoules in two steps -- the first takes care of dependencies
# needed to run Makefile.PL
.PHONY: build-cpan
build-cpan: $(PERL_ROOT)/.build-cpan
$(PERL_ROOT)/.build-cpan: $(NEWCPANM)
	PATH=$(NEW_PERL_BIN):$(PATH) $(NEWCPANM) $(CPANM_OPTS) --quiet --notest Config::Std
	(cd $(SRCBASE) && PATH=$(NEW_PERL_BIN):$(PATH) $(NEWCPANM) $(CPANM_OPTS) --quiet --installdeps --notest .)
ifdef CPAN_ADDON
	PATH=$(NEW_PERL_BIN):$(PATH) \
		 $(NEWCPANM) $(CPANM_OPTS) \
		 --quiet --notest $(CPAN_ADDON)
endif
	touch $@

.PHONY: build-tarball
build-tarball: $(RPM_SOURCE_TARBALL)

$(RPM_SOURCE_TARBALL): $(PERL_ROOT)/.build-cpan
	tar -czf $@ $(PERL_ROOT)

/tmp/openxpki-debian.tar.gz:
	tar -czf $@ .

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Portrait of Hamiora Haupapa (Ngati Whakaue) wearing a hei tiki (neck pendant) and hieke (rain cape) which is draped off one shoulder.
Frontal portrait of Hamiora (Sammy) Haupapa who the artist was introduced to in Rotorua. Other members of Hamiora's family, including his mother, are the subject of other Goldie portraits.