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Mendolia, Thomas D.O. - Notice Of Notice of Initiation of Disqualification Proceedings and Opportunity to Explain (NIDPOE) 11/21/11
Public Health Service
NOTICE OF INITIATION OF DISQUALIFICATION PROCEEDINGS
AND OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN (NIDPOE)
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Thomas Mendolia, D.O.
Northwest Piedmont Clinical Research
4155 Winding Oaks Trail
Lewisville, NC 27023
Dear Dr. Mendolia:
Between October 18, 2010, and November 1, 2010, Ms. Eileen Bannerman, representing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), conducted an investigation and met with you to review your conduct of the following clinical investigations of the investigational drug (b)(4), performed for (b)(4) :
Protocols (b)(4) (originally dated November 28, 2007; Amendment 1 dated March 24, 2008 and Amendment 2 dated January 6, 2009) titled (b)(4) ; and
Protocols (b)(4) (originally dated November 28, 2007; Amendment 1 dated March 24, 2008 titled (b)(4)
This inspection is a part of the FDA's Bioresearch Monitoring Program, which includes inspections designed to evaluate the conduct of research and to help ensure that the rights, safety, and welfare of the human subjects of those studies have been protected.
At the conclusion of the inspection, Ms. Bannerman presented and discussed with you the items listed on Form FDA 483, Inspectional Observations. We have reviewed the inspection report and the documents submitted with that report. We note that you did not provide a written response to the Form FDA 483.
Based on our evaluation of information obtained by the Agency, we believe that you have repeatedly or deliberately violated regulations governing the proper conduct of clinical studies involving investigational products, as published under Title 21 , Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 312.70 (copy enclosed).
This letter provides you with written notice of the matters under complaint and initiates an administrative proceeding, described below, to determine whether you should be disqualified from receiving investigational products as set forth under 21 CFR 312.70. A listing of the violations follows. The applicable provisions of the CFR are cited for each violation.
1. You failed to ensure that the investigation was conducted according to the investigational plan [21 CFR 312.60].
As a clinical investigator, you are required to ensure that your clinical studies are conducted in accordance with the investigational plan. The investigational plans for Protocols (b)(4) and (b)(4) required, among other things, that you enroll subjects who meet inclusion criteria, that you do not enroll subjects who meet exclusion criteria, and that you perform physical examinations and certain assessments, such as an assessment of symptoms and assessment of serum gastrin levels. You failed to adhere to these requirements. Specifically:
a. Section 9.2, Inclusion Criteria, of the protocols referenced above states: "Each subject must meet the following criteria to be enrolled in this study … Subjects who are H. Pylori negative based on the UBT [Urea Breath Test]."
The following subjects were enrolled but did not meet the inclusion criteria as described above:
i. Subject 1106 had a UBT sample collected on June 9, 2008. Subject 1106 was randomized into Protocol (b)(4) on June 20, 2008, before the availability of and your review of the UBT lab report. The laboratory report with a positive UBT result was dated July 1, 2008, and the results were reviewed on July 3, 2008.
ii. Subject 1137 had a UBT sample collected on July 11, 2008. The positive laboratory report was dated July 25, 2008. The results were reviewed on July 28, 2008. Despite having a positive UBT, Subject 1137 was randomized into Protocol (b)(4) on August 8, 2008.
b. Section 9.3, Exclusion Criteria, of the protocols states: "Subjects who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from the study: … Current or a history of Barrett's esophagus.… Subjects with clinically relevant abnormal laboratory tests at the screening visit, including liver enzymes greater than 2 times the upper limit of normal.… Active alcohol and substance abuse…."
The following subjects were enrolled but met the exclusion criteria as described above:
i. Subject 1184 had a liver enzyme test, ALT, collected on August 19, 2008, at Visit 1, Day -28. The reference range for the ALT is 10-40 U/L. The laboratory result for Subject 1184 was reported to be 88 U/L more than 2 times the upper limit, on August 20, 2008. The report was reviewed on August 25, 2008. Despite having an exclusionary ALT level, Subject 1184 was randomized into Protocol (b)(4) on September 3, 2008.
ii. Subject 1195 had a previous history of Barrett's esophagus dating back to at least 2003, based on records available in the research chart, including a previous endoscopy that you performed in 2006. Subject 1195 signed an informed consent document for Protocol (b)(4) on August 25, 2008; underwent screening visits from August 25 to August 27, 2008; and was enrolled and dispensed investigational product on September 5, 2008, despite having met the exclusionary criterion of a history of Barrett's esophagus.
iii. Subject 1015 had a history of alcohol abuse beginning in 1994 with no end date, as noted on the Medical History page of the Visit 1 (March 19, 2008) Case Report Form (CRF). This subject was randomized into Protocol (b)(4) on April 16, 2008, despite appearing to meet the exclusionary criterion o active alcohol abuse.
c. Section 2.1, Protocol Flowchart, and Section 12, Schedule of Assessments for Protocols (b)(4) and (b)(4), out1ine the assessments to be performed at each visit.
Our inspection found that you did not perform required assessments for the following subjects:
Protocol (b)(4
PE, MH
VS, IA, ECG, SG, blood urine
VS, PE
Protocol (b)(4)
blood urine
7/31/08 ECG
VS = Vital signs; MH = Medical History; lA = Investigator assessment of symptoms; SG = serum gastrin sample; PE = Physical exam; ECG = electrocardiogram; blood = laboratory tests; urine= urinalysis
Enrollment of subjects who do not meet eligibility criteria and failure to perform protocol-required assessments jeopardize the safety and welfare of the subjects under your care and raise concerns about the validity and integrity of the data collected at your site.
2. You failed to maintain adequate and accurate case histories that record all observations and other data pertinent to the investigation on each individual administered the investigational drug or employed as a control in the investigation [21 CFR 312.62(b)].
As a clinical investigator, you are required to prepare and maintain adequate and accurate case histories that record all observations and other data pertinent to the investigation on each individual administered the investigational drug or employed as a control in the investigation. Case histories include the source documents and CRFs. Furthermore, Section 17.6 of the protocols referenced above states: " ... CRFs must accurately reflect data contained in subject's records (e.g., source documents)." You have failed to maintain adequate and accurate case histories that contain all source documents and that accurately reflect data contained in source documents. Examples of this failure include the following:
a. Our investigation found many discrepancies between the source documents and the information reported in the CRFs. Specifically:
UBT recorded as 3/31/08
ECG 5/12/08 reported as abnormal
ECG 5/12/08 recorded as normal
EGD printout 6/17/08
reported as Grade B
EGD recorded 6/16/08 as
Grade C
Withdrew consent reported
as 5/14/08
Withdrew consent recorded as
Diarrhea reported 8/26/08
Diarrhea not reported
b. Our inspection found that Subject 1148 participated in Protocol (b)(4), and that Subject 1195 participated in Protocol (b)(4); however, neither subject was listed on the Subject Identification Log for the relevant protocol.
c. Our inspection found that multiple source documents were missing from study records. Specifically:
ECG printout
All source documents
All source
documents missing
missing except laboratory
missing except
missing except EGD and laboratory
Failure to maintain adequate and accurate case histories, including the failure to maintain all source documents and the failure to ensure that data captured on CRFs is consistent with that contained in source documents, compromises the validity and integrity of data captured at your site.
3. You failed to maintain adequate records of the disposition of the drug, including dates, quantity, and use by subjects [21 CFR 312.62(a)).
As a clinical investigator, you are required to maintain adequate records of the disposition of the drug, including dates, quantity, and use by subjects. In addition, Section 16.2 of the protocols referenced above states: "The investigator (or pharmacist, as appropriate) must maintain records of the delivery of the study drug to the site, the inventory at the site, the individual subject use record, and return of drug to a delegate of the sponsor." You failed to maintain adequate records of the disposition of the drug (b)(4), including dates, quanity, and use by subjects. Specifically:
a. Our inspection found that the Clinical Supplies Release & Receipt Form (CSRF) did not reconcile with the Site Investigational Product Inventory Log (SIPIL). For Protocol (b)(4), the CSRF recorded five (5) shipments totaling 24 kits to your site. However, the SIPIL indicates that 61 kits were received by your site. For Protocol (b)(4), the CSRF recorded eight (8) shipments totaling 58 kits to your site. However, the SIPIL indicates that 128 kits were received by your site.
b. Our inspection found discrepancies between the Investigational Product Dispensing/Accountability Log (IPD/AL) and the SIPIL with respect to kits dispensed for the subjects listed below:
Subject # (protocol)
Sponsor Kit Usage
Form For Protocol
Kits dispensed per
IPD/AL
Kits dispensed per SIPIL
(b) (4)
(b)(4)
One - #57279
1213 (b)(4)
1127(b)(4)
In particular, the Sponsor Kit Usage Form for Protocol (b)(4) notes that Kit # 21331 was dispensed to Subject 1127. However, neither the SIPIL nor the IPD/AL from your site reported that a kit was dispensed to Subject 1127. Furthermore, the IPD/AL from your site reports that Subject 1127 was not randomized.
c. Section 16.4 of the protocols referenced above states: "Each site must keep accurate records of the drug received at the site, and dispensed to and returned from the subjects."
Review of the IPD/ALs for both Protocol (b)(4) and Protocol (b)(4) shows that the date dispensed/returned and/or the initials of the staff member dispensing the kit were not recorded. For example:
Subject (b)(4)(Protocol)
Date Dispensed and/or
Returned– Not recorded
Staff Initials – Not
Subject (Protocol (b)(4)
Staff Initials – Not recorded
Failure to maintain adequate and accurate records of drug received at your site and dispensed to or returned by subjects, raises concerns about the validity and integrity of the data at your site.
This letter is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of deficiencies with your clinical studies of investigational products. It is your responsibility to ensure adherence to each requirement of the law and relevant regulations.
On the basis of the above-listed violations, FDA asserts that you have failed to protect the rights, safety, and welfare of subjects under your care, and repeatedly or deliberately failed to comply with the cited regulations, which posed unnecessary risks to human subjects and jeopardized the integrity of data. FDA proposes that you be disqualified as a clinical investigator. You may reply to the above-stated issues, including an explanation of why you should remain eligible to receive investigational products and not be disqualified as a clinical investigator, in a written response or at an informal conference in my office. This procedure is provided for by Regulation 21 CFR 312.70.
Within fifteen (15) days of receipt of this letter, write or call me at 301-796-3150 to arrange a conference time or to indicate your intent to respond in writing.
Should you choose to respond in writing, your written response should be forwarded within thirty (30) days of receipt of this letter.
Your reply should be sent to:
Leslie K. Ball, M.D.
Office of Scientific Investigations
Office of Compliance
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Building 51, Room 5342
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Should you request an informal conference, we ask that you provide us with a full and complete explanation of the above-listed violations. You should bring with you all pertinent documents, and a representative of your choice may accompany you. Although the conference is informal, a transcript of the conference will be prepared. If you choose to proceed in this manner, we plan to hold such a conference within 30 days of your request.
At any time during this administrative process, you may enter into a consent agreement with FDA regarding your future use of investigational products. Such an agreement would terminate this disqualification proceeding. Enclosed you will find a proposed agreement between you and FDA.
The FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (the Center) will carefully consider any oral or written response. If your explanation is accepted by the Center, the disqualification process will be terminated. If your written or oral responses to our allegations are unsatisfactory, or we cannot come to terms on a consent agreement, or you do not respond to this notice, you will be offered a regulatory hearing before FDA, pursuant to 21 CFR 16 (enclosed) and 21 CFR 312.70. Before such a hearing, FDA will provide you with notice of the matters to be considered, including a comprehensive statement of the basis for the decision or action taken or proposed, and a general summary of the information that will be presented by FDA in support of the decision or action. A presiding officer free from bias or prejudice and who has not participated in this matter will conduct the hearing. Such a hearing will determine whether or not you will remain entitled to receive investigational products.
You should be aware that neither entry into a consent agreement nor pursuit of a hearing precludes the possibility of a corollary judicial proceeding or administrative remedy concerning these violations.
To enter into the enclosed consent agreement with FDA, thereby terminating this disqualification process, you must:
(1) Initial and date each page of this Agreement,
(2) Sign and date the last page of this Agreement, and
(3) Return this Agreement initialed, signed, and dated to the signer below.
A copy of the fully executed Agreement will be mailed to you.
{See appended electronic signature page}
Enclosures:
#1 Consent Agreement
#2 21 CFR 312.70
#3 21 CFR 16


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Q: Capybara with Poltergeist (PhantomJS) not rendering page and fonts correctly The setup in spec_helper.rb is:
require 'capybara/poltergeist'

Capybara.register_driver :poltergeist do |app|
  Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver.new(app, { js_errors: true })
end

Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist

Then in the scenario I have:
save_screenshot('tmp/screenshot.png', :full => true)

One more thing. The fonts aren't good. I'm using Google font, but it's not rendered correctly only in Poltergeist.
%link{href: "http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,300", rel: "stylesheet", type: "text/css"}

As a result, whole page looks broken. Am I missing some configuration?

A: For anyone interested, there's no support for Google fonts right now.
Google fonts are in .woff format. You need to download the desired font, and then it should work.
More info.

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Cube World is more than a Minecraft mod, it is a terrain generator.This mod provides a new world type made up of floating glass boxes with different terrain inside of them.
– Fixed hostile mob spawn bug.
– Fixed bug causing hang during world generation.
– Moderately improved performance while loading the overworld.
– Re-coded entire mod from scratch due to changes in Minecraft 1.8.
– Wither Skeleton, Blaze, and Lava Slime dungeons added.
– Vanilla tree/grass/feature generators now used, more features available as a result.
– Cubes of any size can spawn, and are no longer aligned to the chunk boundaries.
– End Fortresses redesigned, are smaller and more cubical.
– More mobs now spawn when the world first loads.
– Cubes spawn more densly: more cubes generate in any given area.
– Updated to Forge V10.13.0.1207, better supporting 1.7.10.
– Fixed intermittant multiplayer bug, which caused the server to crash because of the world being unloaded.
– Slightly improved the Ender Glass and Nether Glass textures.
– Added server installation instructions.
– Updated descriptions, mod is compatible with 1.7.10.
– Mod is now a Forge mod!
– Added in cubes which contain snow, ice, and spruce trees.
– Adjusted spawning probabilities – diamonds are now more common.
– Added in randomly generated end cubes, which contain both some loot and a completable end portal.
– Added an end generator, so the game is now completable.
– Nether cubes have nether glass, which is stronger than normal glass.
– Ender cubes ender glass, so that the ender dragon will not destroy the end cubes.
– Flowers now only spawn in forest cubes.
– Mushrooms now only spawn in mushroom and swampy cubes.
– Trees can only spawn in their own biome (occasionally they spawned in others).
– Swampy cube's vine generation is less buggy.
– Lily pads only spawn in swampy cubes.
– Cocoa beans no longer spawn on swampy trees.
– You now spawn inside of your starting cube.
– Nether cubes contain patches of gravel and soul sand, to ease farming of flint and nether wart.
– New Forge generator uses a different id system, but it should be able to convert correctly.
– Tweaked some spawning probabilities.
– Added more lava into the nether cubes, including some partially filled with lava.
– Loads the world much faster, shouldn't lagspike while building new chunks.
– Terrain is much nicer, and can have mountains.
– Cubes can be partially filled with water.
– Cubes cannot ever get stuck inside each other. EVER.
– Ore cubes can have caves, containing water or lava.
– Nether contains blaze spawner cubes, which contain nether wart.
– Cubes can contain sugar cane.
– Ores, specifically diamonds, are more rare.
– Gravel veins now spawn.
– All of the new flowers and extra tall grass have been added.
– Large and normal mushrooms can spawn in all cubes.
– Added pumpkins to some cubes.
– Nether cubes are much more open and mountainous.
– Lilly pads can spawn randomly in overworld.
– Rewrote most of the mod due to the 1.7 update.


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Wednesday evening, January 14th, we had an open casting call for the movie, "Forty Shades of Blue," and it attracted thirteen hundred would-be actors and extras to the University of Memphis.
The auditions were scheduled to start at 4 p.m., but people began lining up three hours early inside the University's Theater and Communications Building, causing us, and the 10 assistants the University had provided us with, to start auditions at 3.
By 5 p.m. more than 600 people had signed up. Our director, Ira Sachs, who had just flown in from Los Angeles, popped his head in to say that he was going to grab a camera, my assistant and open a second room to help accelerate the process. When by 7 p.m. the number had grown to over a thousand a third room was opened and my assistant took a third camera and did the same.
Like I said, by nights end thirteen hundred people had shown up. We were all exhilarated. And exhausted!
"Forty Shades of Blue" is a $1.5-million independent production from executive producer Sydney Pollack, who won the Best Director Oscar in 1985 for "Out of Africa" and shot "The Firm" in Memphis in 1992.
As John Beifuss wrote in his next day front page Commerical Appeal piece:
"The would-be actors included notables and novices. Blues singer Timothy Lee Matthews, co-writer of the classic Ann Peebles hit "I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home," was 598th in line. "I was surprised to see so many people here," he said. "I might lose my patience and go home."
However, 18-year-old Ryan Webb – No. 324 – was optimistic. "Since it's the first time I ever auditioned for anything, anything I get is going to be great."
The tireless Lynn Sitler who heads up the Memphis Film Commission had booked me to appear on WREC with Tanya and Craig at 7 a.m. that morning, as well as on Fox 13, interviewed by Valerie Calhoun, at 7:30 a.m. to promote the open call. I did the radio show via phone from my car as I was pulling into the Fox 13 parking lot. When I wrapped the call I ran into the studio only to discover, to my horror, that the interview was to be televised. Live. I had mistakenly believed it to be another radio interview! I hadn't shaved, I had major hat hair due to the fact that I was wearing my signature Red Hot Chili Peppers cap, etc. so Valerie thrust her hand into mine and dragged me into the ladies room to make me presentable.
My Memphis experience just keeps getting more and more colorful.
The most extraordinary thing about the open call, okay the second most extraordinary thing because the most extraordinary thing is that I found an incredible three year old boy who speaks English and Russian, and boy was I desperate to find him!!!!, was the fact that the event went without incident. Absolutely phenomenal.
I love these Memphis folks.

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Articles, Recruiting, Syracuse
Diagne Looking Forward to Syracuse Visit
Tyus Battle isn't the only big-time recruit coming to Saturday's Duke-Syracuse tilt at the Carrier Dome.
Moustapha Diagne, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound 2015 power forward from Sparta (N.J.) Pope John, will also be on hand.
"He is very excited," Pope John coach Jason Hasson, who will make the trip with Diagne, told SNY.tv. "It is going to be a great weekend with a huge basketball game any basketball fan would be excited to see.
"He has been to Syracuse three times before and likes the campus and the coaching staff. It's an active college town that rallies to support their team. He is looking forward to speaking more directly with the coaching staff about academics and how Syracuse sets itself apart from other schools. He knows what the Syracuse basketball is all about because he watches a lot of games but we know there is more to a college choice than basketball alone. This visit is about looking at the other aspects needed to make a good decision."
Diagne is the type of long, athletic forward that could fit in very well in the Syracuse zone should he opt to go there.
Recently, he has been on a tear.
"He has been playing extremely well these last three weeks," Hasson said. "In the last six games he is averaging 24 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks. And in those six games we played Our Savior New American (No. 9 in USA Today), Cardinal Hayes (No. 1 MSG Varsity at the time – Undefeated), Mt Olive (No. 1-ranked in Morris County on a 10-game win streak), Blair Academy (No. 1-ranked Prep in NJ), and two league games.
Hasson added: "His recent uptick in production can be be attributed to his work ethic. He is in the gym before and after practice on the weekends getting extra shots and working on his ball handling and he is lifting 2-3 times a week on his own with our strength coach.
"He is doing a little bit of everything offensively. He can shoot jump hooks with either hand, he can catch it at the elbow and make 15-foot shots or make one or two dribble moves to go by his defender, and he has begun adding a 3-point shot to his game as noted by the two that he made in our game on Sunday. His extra work on the court allows him to add more and more dimensions to his game all the time. We even have him handling the ball coming off ball screens in our offense sometimes now."
Cardozo's Salnave May Be New York's Best Sophomore
Florida's Chris Walker Cleared to Play


Herrick corporate, tax and real estate partners led a three-part webinar series on Real Estate Due Diligence hosted by the Investment Management and Due Diligence Association (IMDDA). Part one of the series addressed the benefits and risks of alternative investments in real estate assets from both a regulatory and tax perspective, part two analyzed real estate sponsor and investment adviser strategies and part three covered operational diligence at the property level. For more information on the IMDDA and to view the series on-demand, visit http://members.imdda.org/.


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The history and gravity of Hanukkah in the White House
The Biden White House will hold a Hanukkah party on Wednesday. The story of the Jewish holiday "teaches us that even a little bit of light, wherever it is found, can dispel the darkness and illuminate a path forward," President Biden said in a statement.
Yet the brightest light of this holiday season came earlier this week. On Sunday night, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, spoke at the National Menorah lighting ceremony to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. Emhoff is the first Jewish spouse of an American president or vice president, so his appearance meant far more than the usual ceremonial obligation political spouses are often asked to fulfill. Indeed, it underscored how the Biden White House represents a uniquely diverse administration in the history of the American presidency — and how honoring Emhoff's Judaism provides a powerful rebuke to resurfacing forces of intolerance in this country.
Jews have lived in North America since more than a century before the United States' founding, and American politicians, particularly presidents, have often hailed the nation's "Judeo-Christian tradition." Despite this long history, presidential observations of Hanukkah began only a little over 40 years ago. (White House Christmas celebrations, by contrast, date all the way back to 1800.)
Source: The history and gravity of Hanukkah in the White House


Koozie | T-shirts and Other Merchandise | Spinster Sisters Co.
This foam koozie is printed with our logo on one side and "Suds Up with Sisters" on the other. Warning: the Spinster Sisters Co. Koozie is known to cause extra-cold beverages, rowdiness and general good cheer.
Crack open a cold-one (beer, soda, La Croix, whatever you fancy), insert into the Koozie. Enjoy cold and refreshing sips! Best enjoyed with friends and loved ones.


In Episode 4 of Behold Her, host and producer Lysa Chen talks to women and nonbinary individuals who manage and moderate tabletop RPG communities. Guests include Darcy Ross, community relations coordinator of Monte Cook Games, Brenna Noonan, brand manager of Starling Games and PolyHero Dice, and a panel of moderators of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Facebook group (Cait Bridges, Mimsy Dorsey, June Yin Gan, Paige Leitman, Anne Thornton). The episode ends with an audio essay by Petrina Ho ... See More about how she builds a welcoming gaming community in Singapore.


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Q: Apply function to several variables with same name pattern I have a data.frame with many variables, I want to apply a function -log10(*htotal_pattern*) to some of the variables with the same name pattern htotal_. I.e. Win_htotal_surf_eez, Sum_htotal_surf_LME etc.
I know there is an apply function in R, but wondered if it could be done using patterns in variable names? As you can read in file names using patterns with list.files.

A: Just use grepl to match the column names you want to operate on returning a logical vector, inside the [ operator to subset the dataframe. Because log10 is vectorised you can just do this....
df[ , grepl( "htotal_" , names( df ) ) ] <-  -log10( df[ , grepl( "htotal_" , names( df ) ) ] )

Vectorised example
#  Set up the data
df <- data.frame( matrix( sample( c(1,10,1000) , 16 , repl = TRUE ) , 4 , 4 ) )
names( df ) <- c("htotal_1" , "htotal_2" , "not1" , "not2" )
#  htotal_1 htotal_2 not1 not2
#1       10       10   10 1000
#2       10       10    1   10
#3     1000        1    1 1000
#4       10     1000   10 1000

df[ , grepl( "htotal_" , names( df ) ) ] <-  -log10( df[ , grepl( "htotal_" , names( df ) ) ] )

#  htotal_1 htotal_2 not1 not2
#1       -1       -1   10 1000
#2       -1       -1    1   10
#3       -3        0    1 1000
#4       -1       -3   10 1000


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namespace cettest {
  class TestPlugin;
}

class cettest::TestPlugin : public TestPluginBase {
public:
  TestPlugin(std::string message);
};

cettest::TestPlugin::
TestPlugin(std::string message)
:
  TestPluginBase(std::move(message))
{
}

extern "C" {
  std::unique_ptr<cettest::TestPluginBase>
  makePlugin(std::string message)
  {
    return std::make_unique<cettest::TestPlugin>(std::move(message));
  }
}

DEFINE_BASIC_PLUGINTYPE_FUNC(cettest::TestPluginBase)

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Ellen Degeneres likes to play pranks on her guest stars. In particular, she enjoys frightening the living daylights out of them by having a clown or other dressed up character suddenly appear during their interview.
But recently when she had Niall Horan appear on the show, she decided to tailor the fear factor to the One Direction star by recruiting another One Direction star: Harry Styles (a lookalike, anyway).
While Niall was on the couch chatting away to Ellen, someone dressed as his bandmate jumped out of a box and frightened the poor little Irishman.


Just one more reason to drop by Common Folk.
(SPOT.ph) It's easy to fall in love with cozy coffee shop Common Folk, especially if you're into good food and coffee in a Pinterest-worthy setting. Their grilled cheese, for one, is enough to turn anyone into a regular—but just last June, the café expanded their menu to add new drinks, dishes, and desserts that'll make every visit more exciting.
Common Folk's new Apple Cider Espresso (P160) certainly is a different way to have your regular cuppa, but you'll easily fall in love with the soothing twist it brings to your espresso shot. The coffee shop also adds more cheesy offerings like Truffle and Cheese (P300), which uses bowtie pasta so you get a burst of cheesiness in every bite. For something with a little more spice, have the Tomato Chorizo Pasta (P260) with chorizo bits in tomato sauce.
The open-faced toasts at Common Folk are also crowd-favorites for good reason—we still can't stop raving about their smoked salmon open toast—and we're sure the new additions would easily steal hearts, too. On the menu, the Chorizo & Egg Hash (P250) reads like the perfect breakfast toast, with chorizo, fried potatoes, and a sunny side-up egg on top of toast, though you'll want to have it any time of the day, too. Common Folk also answers the age-old question by combining chicken and egg on a toast with the aptly named Chicken n' Egg (P240), which also has fried potato strings for added crunch. With so many new hearty items on the menu, it looks like Common Folk is still staying true to their motto: "No Bad Days."


How can Patrick and I ever thank you enough for the beautiful pictures and memories?! Out family members and friends have been raving about how talented you both are, it's so true! The best decision we made was hiring you. Thank you for making us feel special and ensuring our special day was captured perfectly.


"Set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs, WHITE BOY RICK is based on the moving true story of a blue-collar father and his teenage son, Rick Wershe Jr., who became an undercover police informant and later a drug dealer, before he was abandoned by his handlers and sentenced to life in prison."
A difficult choice for anyone, much less a kid. Don't miss @WhiteBoyRickMovie, based on the true story and starring Matthew McConaughey, in theaters Friday. Get tickets now: link in bio.


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Judge sides with state, tosses SLC's lawsuit over inland port
Posted 3:56 pm, January 8, 2020, by Ben Winslow, Updated at 10:20PM, January 8, 2020
SALT LAKE CITY -- A judge has sided with the state of Utah and rejected Salt Lake City's lawsuit challenging the inland port project.
In a ruling issued late Wednesday, 3rd District Court Judge James Blanch ruled the state's actions in creating the Inland Port Authority did not step on municipal or land use powers. The lawsuit, filed by former Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, challenged the project as stepping on the city's land use and taxing authority. She accused the state of a "land grab" by claiming as much as a third of the city for the project.
"The City argues that in creating the Authority, the Legislature created the functional equivalent of a city by special law for the sole purpose of interfering with the City's constitutionally granted authority over its municipal functions and municipal monies," Judge Blanch wrote. "But the Authority is not a city or a town; it is a special commission created by the Legislature..."
Judge Blanch denied Salt Lake City's request to halt the inland port project and granted the state of Utah's motion for summary judgment, dismissing the case.
SLCPD release review on how officers handled July inland port protest
As a candidate, Mayor Erin Mendenhall said she would continue the lawsuit filed by per predecessor. Speaking to reporters late Wednesday, Mayor Mendenhall said she intended to appeal the case all the way to the Utah Supreme Court, if necessary.
While our legal team begins a thorough review of this decision I want to be clear about one thing: we intend to appeal this ruling to the Supreme Court.
— SLC Mayor's Office (@slcmayor) January 9, 2020
The inland port is a massive import-export center being created just west of Salt Lake City International Airport. In concept, it would move goods in quickly in and out of Utah, bypassing the traditional customs port. But the proposal has faced pushback since its inception.
Environmental groups have protested the project, arguing that with increased trucks and trains, it will harm the Wasatch Front's already problematic air quality. It is also being located by the Great Salt Lake, which is home to wetlands and migratory birds. The protests have gotten so heated, police have arrested people demonstrating at the Inland Port Authority Board meetings and offices.
The protests have gotten so raucous it has been difficult for the Inland Port Authority to even meet.
Community members voice opposition to inland port tax break agreement
"The Port Authority continues to be laser focused on completing a strategic business plan that aligns our mission with a revolutionizing global logistics system for the next generation," Inland Port Authority Executive Director Jack Hedge said in a statement. "Regardless of today's outcome, we will continue to promote sustainable and smart logistics investment through partnerships, policies and programs as an entity that serves to insert the values of the public into the process."
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers who supported the inland port project were pleased with the ruling. Senate President Stuart Adams called it "fantastic news" for Utah.
"The legislature always seeks to pass constitutional legislation. The formation of an inland port came after years of studies and consideration. Judge James Blanch confirmed and agreed with our assessment that the creation of the Inland Port Authority did not violate the Constitution and rejected all claims suggesting it did," he said in a statement released by his office.
Governor Gary Herbert appeared to offer an olive branch to Salt Lake City.
SLC mayor asks judge to dismantle Inland Port Authority
"We appreciate the thoughtful analysis the District Court put into this ruling. While achieving perfection in lawmaking is difficult, collaboration is key to achieving the best possible results," the governor's office told FOX 13 in a statement. "We appreciated working with both the legislative branch and representatives of the Salt Lake City Council during the 2018 general session to help make adjustments in the inland port bill. Those adjustments ultimately led to a better version of the bill. We look forward to continued collaboration between the Inland Port Authority, Salt Lake City, and its residents."
Read the judge's ruling here:
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In final debate, candidates for SLC mayor emphasize future plans
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Dreamcast Online - View topic - Daytona online rankings?
Update: great, not only do I post in the wrong forum but also about something that has been posted before. I swear I used the search function but I totally missed it. Sorry. However no conclusion was reached in the other topic since it ended up straying offtopic so maybe it'd be interesting to give it another try.
They're still online but apparently unusable. I say "apparently" because I wasn't able to test all possibilities. The only thing you can still do for sure is browsing the net rankings.
It'd be great if someone with an original PAL GD (it has to be original, and PAL) of the game could try getting to the site from the "Homepage" option in the menu and checking if he can upload/download data.
Trying to download from the pc is useless: nothing happens. Trying to upload ghosts or replays gets you the message: "INFOMATION [sic] Please re-access the Daytona USA HOMEPAGE." That's basically what you get if you try to upload something from the French, German, or Spanish site. If you try to do it from the English site, you get the same message but with some extra information: "The data cannot be uploaded from this browser."
So I rushed to my DC. Unfortunately, I don't yet own an original version of the game, so you can't boot the web browser from within the game. An original GD is needed.
After the failure, I tried to do it from the DK3.1 GD I ordered from Sega. The problem is that I can't recall what happened exactly. I do remember I wasn't able to download anything (again, nothing happened). I couldn't upload anything either, I got the "INFOMATION" message but I can't remember if the "Data cannot be uploaded from this browser" part was present.
This is why the last chance would be if someone could try accessing that site from the built-in browser in the Daytona USA GD. If someone manages to do it and data transfers still work (which I doubt) it'd be nice if he could also download the fastest ghosts and replays so they don't end up caught in oblivion. Oh and we might need to check this fast, since we don't know how long the site will last... I'll post about this in a moment.
Also, I was thinking if it'd be worth it to try and mirror as many sites as we can. I have some free time right now so I might start doing it. It'd be really sad to lose all the PSO BBS's. Can anyone help with this? I'm currently experimenting with the Heritrix web crawler.
Which exact browser is included with Daytona pal?
Do you have any links for this on Dricas related sites? Have known about it since it was first announced at GameFront but as always I try to nail down more specifics before posting anything on the front page of OC.
No need to worry about this. I have archived practically every single dricas homepage. My web archive is quite extensive. Also, I have acquired all of the Dreamcast download content from these websites as well.
The only catch is that I don't plan to actually release my web archive any time soon. I don't want to release stuff prematurely as some random internet blurb before I am finished. I would rather package everything together and give it all the attention it deserves as a complete all inclusive archive. It will all be publically released eventually, but I have no idea how or when. I want to do it right.
In the meantime you are more than welcome to archive stuff on your own of course. The application you want to use is called " w g e t " but don't type out the actual name of this app without the spaces in the forums. It is flagged as a command and will cause your post to error out. Setting up the application to work right can take a long long long time, because to archvie sites properly you need to build a command sequence. See the programs readme for full details on the apps functions. It runs from command line.
I'm not sure, probably some version of DK 2.0, since there is a dp2.ini file inside the GD with all the browser settings. From your question, I assume you don't have Daytona, right? Any help is welcome anyway.
Some months ago Sega said it'd be discontinuing all support for the DC, as you probably already know. After that, only some weeks ago, Sega issued another news post reminding us about support termination. I read about it on Kotaku, which linked to Sega's official announcement here.
and it's basically saying that _part_ of the xxxxx.dricas.ne.jp sites (where xxxx equals some game name) are going to close. So some will stay open, but some will shut down starting Sep 28th.
Even if it's just "part" of them, it's bad news anyway. I doubt his translation is erroneus, plus as you say, there's another source (Gamefront), although I wasn't aware that they had noticed about that, since it's not a site I usually read.
Well, that makes me feel MUCH better now, lol. I will try to do the mirroring myself too, since I think that more people having the data means more possibilities of preserving it in the future. I didn't know the program you mentioned was so powerful, since I had only used it to download hard-to-get files, but I guess even the smallest command line app can become really useful when used in a good script.
Anyway, I fully agree with the way you intend to make it release it. I recently downloaded a full mirror of a now gone site, and I was pleased to see how much care had been taken to put everything on its place.
Edit: btw, just for curiosity, were you able to "save" the different PSO message and 'visual' BBS?
I tried uploading/downloading from the PC again, since there is little left I can do with the DC. This time I changed the browser's user agent to "AmusementVision/DAYTONAUSA" and then to "SEGA/Custom" but none of them worked. Those are the two user agents found in the dp2.ini file. I still got the "wrong browser" message so I guess it just won't work. But still, it'd be nice if anyone who has the original GD gave it a try.
Greetings, does anyone have a complete list of the old worldwide rankings? I have found some highlights at http://www.amusementvision.com/products/daytona_usa2001/index.html#overview but these are just the top 10 times, mainly with the Javelin & Unicorn cars. I am particularly looking for Hornet & Rule Of The 9th times so I can compare.
BTW if anyone can provide some ghost/replay downloads, I would very much appreciate it (I own the PAL version).
I checked, and while I do have an archive of the PAL dricas Daytona USA website, I don't have any of the rankings. I don't know why this is. Either they weren't working when I archived the site, or I archived this so long ago that I was using a poor archival method that missed out on the ranking and ghost file data.
No matter lordnikon, thanks for looking anyway!
OK so I have found the old Japanese 'dricas' page at http://web.archive.org/web/20010817123932/daytona.dricas.ne.jp/nof_index.html. No ghosts/replays and a few broken links (to be expected) but they have the rankings I need to compare. The UK dricas page is also there but only a skeletal homepage so it's not worth bothering with.
Does anybody have the old rankings for Metropolis Street Racer (either US or UK versions)? I'm working on a basic site to upload my own ghosts and would help me a great deal. Thanks in advance.


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Malgobek (, ingušsky ) je město v Ingušsku v Ruské federaci. Při sčítání lidu v roce 2010 měl přes jednatřicet tisíc obyvatel.

Poloha a doprava
Malgobek leží na severním okraji Velkého Kavkazu přibližně čtyřicet kilometrů severně od Magasu, hlavního města Ingušska. Nejbližší železniční stanice je vzdálena přibližně pětatřicet kilometrů severně od Malgobeku a jedná se o stanici v Mozdoku v Severní Osetii-Alanii.

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Malgobek byl založen v roce 1935 jako sídlo dělníků v souvislosti s objevením nedalekých ložisek ropy.

Městem je Malgobek od roku 1939.

Za druhé světové války v rámci bitvy o Kavkaz město 12. září 1942 obsadily jednotky německé armády a jednotky Rudé armády jej dobyly zpět 3. ledna 1943.

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Washington Water Woman is taking a break from blogging for Easter weekend....
Angela de la Paz channels the vengeful rage of Dulles Samuelson.
A Pretty Good Place
Angela de la Paz had saved many lives, partially from her training as a super spy but mostly because of her supernatural gifts. But this was her first time ever guarding the children of the President and First Lady.
"There are a lot of nut jobs out there," said Dr. Devi Rajatala. "I told you about that massacre out in Maryland."
"Don't worry!" said Angela.
"I know this isn't your normal thing, but with all the budget cuts, I just really needed the extra help."
"After all you did for me as a kid!? I'm happy to do this, Dr. Raj!"
"But the weather is so awful, right when they're so vulnerable. It's going to complicate everything."
"I'll hear any screams from your office, and I'll be out there in a flash. Nobody's getting near that bald eagle nest!"
Dr. Raj sighed and smiled. "You always were a good kid!"
"Is this where the 'you should go to college lecture' starts?" said Angela.
"A lot of good it's done me!" said the National Arboretum tree specialist. "How many years have I dedicated myself to tending these woods on a smaller and smaller budget, and all anybody cares about are chicks hatching out of their eggs on a live camera feed. Trees grow too slowly to watch on camera! Maybe I should do an Internet camera for diseased trees' getting chain-sawed."
"Or an Internet contest for who gets to chop them down!" said Angela.
"Are you serious?" asked Dr. Rajatala. "Honestly, I don't know anymore. If Trump becomes President, he'll probably turn this into a golf course."
"If that's the price we have to pay to see angry bald eagles attack Trump, it might be worth it!" said Angela sadly.
Out on the Potomac, Marcos Vazquez was breaking Coast Guard protocol by having his wife, Golden Fawn, riding on the patrol boat, but since the weather made it extremely unlikely they would encounter any problems out on the river, his coworkers didn't complain. Vazquez's wife was known for doing mysterious ceremonies on Roosevelt Island, and they had no doubt she was trying to communicate with the ravens nesting for the first time in a hundred years on a Potomac River bridge. What they didn't know was that she was succeeding.
"They actually knew about Ardua?" whispered Marcos, referring to the demon that had recently been banished from the river.
"They did," reiterated Golden Fawn. (They had just completed their third pass under the bridge.)
"So, they think the river is safe now?"
"It's safe, and what they eat isn't poisonous anymore."
"What are they eating?" asked Marcos.
"Rats and fish right now. In a few weeks they'll probably be going after turtles and frogs." Golden Fawn was smiling, in spite of the cold rain falling on her slicker.
"But Angela said it's not over yet," said Marcos.
Golden Fawn continued smiling. "There's still plenty of evil in this town, but that's all the more reason to celebrate every victory we get!"
A few miles to the east, newly medicated Washington Post "Metro" reporter Perry Winkle was returning to his gritty city investigative reporting habits with his first Urban Guerrilla Field Trip in years. The late-season blast of winter misery had scuttled his original plan, but he had a dozen middle-schoolers retracing his steps through Union Station to hear about the research he had done on how many people were living at Union Station.
"Well, it's a pretty good place to be homeless," said one girl.
"Do you think they're homeless?" asked Winkle. "Because I think this is their home."
"They're just squatting!" exclaimed one of the boys. "They're not paying rent or a mortgage or anything."
"Do you pay rent or a mortgage?" asked Winkle. The kids all laughed. "You think you have homes even though you're not paying anything. What if you start fighting with you father in a few years? What if he dies, your mother gets a new boyfriend, he beats you, and you run away?" The kids were silent, crossing their arms and shuffling their feet nervously. "People don't just become homeless because they don't have money--they don't have family to rely on."
"Well, they probably got kicked out for doing drugs or shit like that!" exclaimed one girl.
"Maybe. Maybe they were doing drugs because they were mentally ill or abuse victims, and trying to feel better. There are a lot of people who can't pay rent or mortgages. Sometimes it's because they're children. Sometimes it's because they're too messed up to work."
"Sometimes they mess themselves up," said one boy.
"You're right. And when they do that, their family and friends might not be inclined to give them another chance. So what should the city do with those people? Do we really want them living in the rail yards and station crawl spaces, or on top of the subway grates?"
"You can't lock them up unless they're dangerous," said the oldest girl there. (She had a schizophrenic uncle living at Urine Park, but she wouldn't tell anybody about him.) "I think there should be social workers who go around and check on all these people. The government shouldn't wait until they flip out."
"The government," said Winkle, making a sweeping gesture to encompass all his listeners, "is of the people, by the people, and for the people. Every generation before you has failed to end homelessness; every government before this one has failed to end homelessness. What will your generation and your government do?"
"But it's better in other places!" protested one of the girls. "They don't have so many homeless in other countries! And our city is one of the worst!"
"Some of those countries do lock them up, I'm afraid. But you're right--in some places it's better. The governments spend more on alcohol and drug rehab, watch over children in foster homes better, and run better homeless shelters so that people don't think it's better to live on the streets. I hope you will all read my article and think hard about the places you saw people living here--all of them were 12 or 13 years old once, just like you."
And so ended the first Urban Guerrilla Field Trip of 2016, but Perry Winkle could not get those words out of his head: "our city is one of the worst!" And then the voice in his head which answered: "you know why!" He rushed home to do the meditation that helped hold at bay the hallucinations of evil threatening to return to his mind...but he was taking more pills since returning to Washington.
A couple miles away, Laura Moreno was packing her suitcase to accompany former Senator Evermore Breadman and Prince and Prowling's triumphant Cuba Practices Group across the Florida straits with President Obama. The law firm had never paid for her to go anywhere--not even a single taxi ride or restaurant excursion. She kept waiting for somebody to telephone and say it was a mistake, they had reconsidered, she was back on document review while Bridezilla would accompany the high-level delegation--i.e., that Bridezilla's scandalous photos from her last Cuba trip had been forgiven and forgotten. But here she was, still packing.
Then the anonymous phone call came from an unlisted number: "Watch out for Breadman after he hits the rum. If he doesn't find a Cuban hottie--" Laura hung up before hearing the rest.
"I can handle myself," she said angrily to the now silent phone. Outside her window, the howl of the cold rain picked up. She shivered, finding it hard to believe she would be on a tropical island the next day.
The Ides and Tides of March
It had taken some time, but conspiracy blogger Glenn Michael Beckmann had finally figured it out! It was Sarah Palin who had murdered Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia! She had murdered him for being a member of the International Order of St. Hubertus, the post-Medieval hunting society founded by Catholics and not open to women. As an Alaskan fundamentalist with dim views of Catholicism, obliviousness to the Hapsburg Empire, and a proud (albeit secret) tenure as President of the co-ed Hunter-Gather Society, Sarah Palin could not tolerate Scalia's membership in the wrong hunting society!
Beckmann was on a bender, having spent Saturday evening drinking at Archibald's and Sunday morning smoking marijuana. He showed up at the Hunter-Gatherer Society's local Sunday afternoon hunt too messed up to lead the assault on feral pigs wreaking havoc in St. Mary's County. On the one hand, Palin was grandmother to his secret love child with Bristol Palin, and he had been proud to call her President for years! On the other hand, she had endorsed fascist Donald Trump and struck a blow against patriotic hunters who had refused admission to Nazis. What does Sarah Palin stand for? What do I stand for? What do I stand against? He waved his rifle around, asking people where Palin was the afternoon his beloved Darja had been assassinated and, failing to get a satisfactory answer, went off to seek Palin out and ask her himself.
Meanwhile, the ghost of Henry Samuelson had grown impatient with Beckmann's failure to assassinate Donald Trump and (through temporal lobe epileptic John Doe) had sought out others who might do the deed. The level of violence at Trump rallies warmed his spectral heart, but things had gone on far too long already. The Ghost CIA had several members excited about Trump's plans to bring back torture of captives, and massacres of women and children, on levels not seen since the Vietnam War, but Ghost Henry railed that Trump was too stupid to make good use of intelligence. The Ghost CIA, like much of the country, was becoming deeply polarized about Trump.
They also disagreed with Ghost Henry's plan to assassinate Heurich Society President Dick Cheney. Even though Ghost Henry argued that he had to do it to protect his son, Dulles, the Ghost CIA agents knew that Dulles had made zero progress in discovering his sister's murderer. The Ghost CIA had done several successful missions around the world, and did not want to jeopardize this by killing Dick Cheney because he might become more powerful as a ghost than he ever was as a man!
So Ghost Henry made a desperate visit to Angela de la Paz.
"There's not a lot I can do," said Angela, who had developed enough supernatural power to speak directly with him now. "Dulles doesn't believe anything I say."
"I want you to create phony evidence about who killed Button, and then manipulate my son's mind into thinking that he's gotten revenge by killing the person. I know you can do it if you use your mind tricks! Then he'll leave Washington and be out of danger."
"Out of danger!" cried Angela, aghast. "I'm not going to create false memories in his mind that he's a killer!"
"But he wants to be a killer!"
"And you wonder why they kicked you out of Purgatory!"
"Look, I'm serious! Cheney killed my daughter, and if Dulles sticks around much longer, he'll kill my son, too! You can't tell me that's not a possibility!"
"I am watching over Dulles!"
"When was the last time I asked you to do anything for me?!" begged Ghost Henry.
"Every single time I see you!"
"But I haven't bothered you in a long time!"
Angela sighed, knowing this was true. "Alright," she said. "I'll persuade him to leave town, but I'll find another way."
Meanwhile, Dulles Samuelson was spying on another meeting of the Heurich Society at the Brewmaster's Castle, where they were discussing the Judicial Committee's progress with the Supreme Court problem.
"Justice delayed is justice denied!" exclaimed Chairman Dick Cheney.
"That's not exactly what happened," protested the investment banker.
"Dow Chemical settled a case rather than take it to the Supreme Court because they couldn't wait on the uncertain outcome!"
"They were guilty!" said the Chair of the Subcommittee to Protect the Secret Ogallah Water Diversion (designed to quench the thirst of the elite in the polluted years to come).
"Whose side on you're on!?" bellowed Cheney.
"Now, Dick," crackled Condoleezza Rice over the speaker phone, "we have never been able to control the Supreme Court. We just need to stick to our practice of influencing the Circuit Courts."
"We don't have that luxury anymore!" cried Cheney. "God knows what could happen now! There is talk that Obama might appoint an Asian!"
"Hey!" protested the international arms dealer. "My wife is Cambodian, Iron Ass!"
"I don't care of your wife is the President of Thailand! You don't want her on the Supreme Court any more than I do!"
"Could we talk about my work on the DC Republican primary now?" asked the Chair of the Local Politics Subcommittee. "Marco Rubio! Nice, right?"
Cheney said nothing, choosing instead to grunt and bite into another heart-healthy, sawdust-tasting snack packed by his wife Lynn.
Several miles to the South, DC Water employee Kevin "Monkey" Mundy was investigating reports of a Chesapeake Bay algae bloom creeping its way towards Washington with every high tide. It was a cloudy day in the speedboat, but light was reflecting brightly off the cursed Rolex adorning his wrist. He slowed down, then cut the motor altogether, marveling at the sight of the red tide. "It's beautiful!" he said to no one in particular.
"Yes it is!" replied the Beaver, who had seen and felt that evil timepiece before. He slapped his tail hard and disappeared back under the water, satisfied that Monkey was not going to put the red tide in his report.
Reporter Perry Winkle brings back Urban Guerrilla Field Trips!
"He's the equivalent of a monkey throwing feces around, and people are voting for him!"
"I don't know what to tell you," said Bridezilla to Charles Wu, over mimosas at Circa. She was debriefing Wu about her unsuccessful political campaign swing through the South on behalf of Wu's SuperPAC. "Trump's voters are not Christian conservatives, they're not fiscal conservatives, they're not social conservatives, they're not guardians of the free market."
"They're angry white people," said Wu. "They think somebody's getting a better deal than they are, but they're too stupid to realize that it's people like Donald Trump!"
"Now, now, Charles, that is what got the GOP into trouble in the first place! You can't just label your voters "stupid", even if they are slower than molasses on a biscuit."
"So what do we do now?"
Bridezilla sighed, anxious to get back to her mysterious husband, "Marco Pel" (AKA, the Condor) after a month on the road. "I wish I knew what to tell you, Charles. We seem to be in uncharted territory now."
"Uncharted? The territory looks exactly like Adolf Hitler's campaign rallies in 1930s Germany!"
"Then we wait for Trump to invade Poland, and then finally people will unite against him," concluded Bridezilla, unconvincingly.
Charles Wu was a product of Hong Kong, British, and Beijing educations. He thought power and wealth should be controlled by the most intelligent people, and if money had to exchange hands for that to happen, so be it. The world had always been that way, and always would. It was up to brilliant, charming, and charismatic men like Wu to tip the balances here and there, sell secrets when necessary, and be the invisible hand of the global market. Though not a fan of the more authoritarian aspects of Beijing rule, he saw serious complications arising from too much democracy--namely, what to do with large masses of angry people who won't listen to reason?
"Hillary Clinton has become the candidate that conservatives will vote for in November," said Wu. "My clients [he did not explain to Bridezilla that his clients included the likes of British and Chinese intelligence officials] will absolutely not stomach a President Trump. I need to focus on influencing the Clinton campaign."
"I understand," said Bridezilla, secretly relieved that she could walk away from her fruitless gig as a SuperPAC operative in the Republican Party. "You know, my husband actually likes Hillary a lot!"
"I'm sure he does!" smiled Wu, who knew a lot more about the Condor than the Condor's wife did. "And with Paul Ryan admonishing the Republican Party to be more 'inspirational and inclusive', maybe--" Wu stopped, arrested by the pained look in Bridezilla's eyes. "Anyway, welcome back to Washington!" He held up his glass to clink hers. Paying for her campaigning jaunt was the worst investment decision of his life, but it would roll of his back like rain on a duck.
"Thank you!" said Bridezilla, who was getting tired of disappointing people and eager to change the subject. "Now, please show me some photos of Delia!"
So Wu obliged with some recent pictures of his daughter, Buffy Cordelia, playing with the stuffed monkey that her grandmother had left her for the Chinese New Year before returning to Hong Kong. "The Year of the Monkey is all about liveliness, playfulness, and cleverness," he said. "And she has it all!"
"Without the feces-throwing?" laughed Bridezilla.
A couple miles away, psychiatrist Ermann Esse was examining his bowel movement carefully for any signs of biological disease, then, satisfied, he flushed it away. He washed his hands, combed his hair, smoothed down his beard, and returned to the waiting area of the secret CIA facility located deep underground, beneath the headquarters of the "Washington Times".
"They'll see you now," said the receptionist. "Don't sit down."
Dr. Esse raised his eyebrows in surprise, since he was a half-hour early, but he dutifully followed her into a nondescript conference room where a glass of water and steno pad had been left for him to sit beside. He sipped the water and wrote down the date and time on the pad, supposing this was all a thinly disguised design to get his DNA, fingerprints, and a handwriting sample--which he would have happily given up since, after all, they already knew about the biggest skeleton in his closet.
Two women and three men entered the room, introduced themselves, and began the interview. Psychiatrist Dr. Ramona Schapiro took the lead. "We invited you here today because, frankly, we lost one of our best interrogators last year, and we need some help with detainee testimony."
"Enhanced interrogation?" asked Dr. Esse, not entirely surprised.
"Certainly not!" lied Dr. Schapiro. "Traditional interrogation! We understand that you have had great success with hypnosis in your non-pharmaceutical clinical practice."
Dr. Esse had, in truth, had a small amount of success with hypnosis in the not-too-distant past, but his practice had become what some might consider abusive under the influence of the cursed Rolex he had been wearing until recently flushing it down the toilet. His more recent methods had included berating patients, secretly drugging them, videotaping them and playing the tapes for other patients, seducing the good-looking patients, and encouraging some to engage in highly reckless behavior.
"Some believe," continued Dr. Schapiro, "that you actually hypnotized one patient into killing another!"
"As I told the police--"
"Yes, of course, we know what you told the police," said Dr. Schapiro, smiling like a Cheshire cat. "We also know that one of your patients quit his job at the Treasury Department to travel to Syria and fight ISIS. Another patient quit her job at the USDA to sell Avon in Afghanistan. Another patient quit his job in the White House, divorced his wife, kidnapped his children, and moved to Nigeria to hunt down financial scammers and kill them. Would it surprise you to learn that these people are all working as CIA operatives now?"
"Yes!" said Dr. Esse, who had vague memories (which he tried to doubt) of wishing all those insipid people to do the proverbial jumping-off-of-a-cliff. "Um, are they doing well?"
"Quite well! The recent publicity related to the arrest of one of your patients for Tasering another patient to death in your office has resulted in a lot of cancelled appointments, Doctor?"
"Well, naturally, but these types of scandals--"
"These types?" laughed Dr. Schapiro. She took hold of his hand, seductively, as if nobody else were in the room--and indeed, the others were still completely silent. "Your private practice is over, Doctor, but we can make excellent use of your skill set here. There are no offices with windows, but you only need to work 100 hours/month, with a generous salary and plenty of vacation time."
When will this nightmare end? thought Dr. Esse, still desperately hoping the last few months had been a dream.
Several miles away, at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Southwest, DC Water employee Kevin "Monkey" Mundy noticed a shiny metallic object while inspecting a stage-two mass of partially treated sewage sludge. He carefully inserted a net to scoop it out and, much to his surprise, became the proud owner of a gold Rolex.
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Q: Conflict between Rails Admin and Impressionist gems I'm using the latest version of the Impressionist and Rails Admin gems, and wondering if anyone could shed some light on an annoying conflict I'm experiencing. The problem is roughly documented here - https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/issues/1315, yet the vaguely described solution is not working for me. When I have the line is_impressionable in my Listing model, I get an error when starting my Rails server with rails s:
    ...rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activerecord-4.0.2/lib/active_record/dynamic_matchers.rb:22:in `method_missing': undefined local variable or method `is_impressionable' for Listing(no database connection):Class (NameError)

If I first start the server, and then add the 'is_impressionable' line, everything works fine, so the problem only occurs during initialization. I don't fully understand the initialization process, so am not sure how to go about getting this to work.
I have tried moving all my rails_admin model configuration options to their respective models, rather than in the initializer, which had no effect. I also have the following line in my initializer:
    config.included_models = [Listing,ListingImage,AllOtherModelsHere...]

I have tried adding single quotes around these model names, which results in the following errors, as described in the github issue here
    [RailsAdmin] Could not load model Listing, assuming model is non existing. (undefined local variable or method `is_impressionable' for Listing(no database connection):Class)

Any ideas what else I can try to make these gems work together? I don't want to have to remove the is_impressionable line every time I want to restart the server or generate a migration...

A: Not sure if the same issue that I had but yet I will post what worked for me just in case someone struggles with this too:
Im on a ruby 2.1.5 project with rails 4.2.0 and among other gems I'm using rails admin.
I run into several weird problems trying to set this up. For instance if I added the is_impressionable call within one of my models for some reason the execution of that file stopped there and I started getting weird errors like any method declared below the is_impressionable failed with undefined error.
So what I end up doing was:
class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
  include Impressionist::IsImpressionable
  is_impressionable
end

So this solved my issue and now i can access @my_model_instance.impression_count as expected.

A: I changed every occurrence of Klass to 'Klass'.constantize in initializer.


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