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The Amateur's Guide To Death & Dying
Enhancing Life Near Death
THE GARDEN OF DEATH
by Godfrey Mutiso Gorry
Weak but alive
dying yet still alive
huge eyes
round like golf balls
white as bones
Bony framed
Pus in orifices
teeth, white teeth
skull and bones.
Am sorry for life
Oh this pain deeper than
Only death can save
My friend, I am sorry
That you pain
When you sleep, wake
Pain, blindness
Damn anguish – no thoughts emerge
When engulfed by pain
Such heart is dead
Am sorry;
Oh this life! A taboo
You will die so
Potstones thrown
In the garden of death.
The nurse is no artist
A greater artist has shown the nurse
An art of degeneration
A human form sculptured
By an ailment of our time
A thousand diseases in one.
And then these sufferings
There will be no heaven here…
Can't eat – wounds in mouth
Cant pee – balls on fire
Weak and dizzy
As thin as bones – is bones
Skin and foul air
Do not pity-
A body ravaged beyond …
When looking for hell
You will find it here.
Deaths With Dignity
Rear Adm. Chester Nimitz Jr. and Joan Nimitz planned their suicides with military precision.
By Lewis M. Cohen
Last month, following a decade of bitter political combat, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed the Patient Choice and Control at End of Life Act. Passage of the bill was a bittersweet triumph for the governor, who had made it part of his election platform and then encountered fierce opposition from a coalition of leaders from the Roman Catholic hierarchy and from representatives from the disability community and socially conservative organizations that also dispute the legitimacy of same-sex marriage, abortion, and contraception. Vermont is now the fourth state to make it legal for a physician to prescribe lethal medication to a terminally ill, mentally competent patient who wants to end his life and to offer immunity from criminal prosecution to doctors, family members, and friends who wish to participate. Vermont has also become the first state from New England to officially accept this treatment option, which has been available in Oregon, Washington, and Montana. The new law is an important step forward for the death with dignity movement.
When I mention this movement, people often look mystified. Explaining that it is the same phenomenon as "aid in dying" merely results in additional perplexity. It's only when I say, "physician-assisted suicide" that the coin drops and they recall Jack Kevorkian—the original Dr. Death—or perhaps Derek Humphry, author of Final Exit and founder of the Hemlock Society. At this point in the conversation, many enthusiastically identify themselves as staunch advocates while others just as vociferously announce they are fervent opponents. And then there are the few individuals who suddenly break eye contact and start inching away. The latter are a reminder this is not only an extremely private and sensitive subject but that the act of hastening death is a cardinal sin if you're Catholic and a potent taboo regardless of one's religious affiliation or lack thereof.
What almost all of these people have in common is a lack of facts or experience upon which to base their opinions. Whether they love or hate the idea of physician-assisted suicide or are simply creeped out, it is unlikely that they have encountered anyone or even heard a narrative of someone who has resorted to using it as an option at the end of life; they are similarly unfamiliar with doctors or loved ones who have helped a patient to die. Because physician-assisted suicide has been illegal, complex, and intensely private, the stories have remained in the shadows. Even when they are recounted, the subject of suicide is so morbidly powerful that most people psychologically protect themselves by promptly forgetting the narrative or quickly switching the mental channel.
Last year, during the time of the Massachusetts Death with Dignity ballot initiative, I learned about Rear Adm. Chester W. Nimitz Jr. and his wife, Joan, from a brief article written by their daughter Betsy Nimitz Van Dorn that appeared in the Cape Cod Times. The couple died on Jan. 2, 2002, and after a fleeting spate of publicity, the story disappeared from public attention. I was able to speak with Van Dorn for a more intimate perspective of her parents and their decision.
Joan Nimitz was born in England, trained as a dentist, and came to America for specialty training in orthodontia. Like many women of her generation, after meeting and falling in love with her future husband, she had little opportunity to practice her profession and instead devoted herself to raising their three daughters and furthering her husband's career.
As a Navy wife, she led a peripatetic existence, moving the family every year to a new base in a strange city often located in a foreign country. She oversaw her children's upbringing single-handedly during the extended periods in which her husband was at sea. By age 89, Nimitz suffered severe osteoporosis, bone fractures, and the constant pain of peripheral neuropathy. Although she and her husband loved golf, this pursuit was no longer possible, and because she was becoming blind with macular degeneration, she was unable to indulge her passion for reading.
Chester Nimitz Jr., at age 86, was a bonafide military hero and the son of the legendary World War II Pacific fleet admiral—Chester Nimitz Sr.—who was responsible for defeating the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the critical Battle of Midway, and in the Solomon Islands campaign. Chester Nimitz Jr. graduated from the Naval Academy and served on a submarine, the USS Sturgeon, during World War II. He was awarded the Silver Star, which was presented by his father at Pearl Harbor. Nimitz was transferred to command of another submarine, the USS Haddo, and was awarded the Navy Cross and a Letter of Commendation with Ribbon. The Navy Cross citation reads in part, "For outstanding heroism in action during her Seventh War Patrol in restricted enemy waters off the West Coast of Luzon and Mindoro in the Philippines from 8 August to 3 October 1944." The citation goes on to say, "Valiantly defiant of the enemy's over powering strength during this period just prior to our invasion of the Philippines, the USS Haddo skillfully pierced the strongest hostile escort screens and launched her devastating attacks to send two valuable freighters and a transport to the bottom. … The Haddo out-maneuvered and out-fought the enemy at every turn launching her torpedoes with deadly accuracy despite the fury of battle and sending to the bottom two destroyers and a patrol vessel with another destroyer lying crippled in the water."
An interview recorded two months before his death was conducted at the Naval War College, and it reveals a man with no interest whatsoever in rehashing any brave exploits that took place in the war. When asked about his awards, he simply replied, "Yes, the patrols were all deemed successful. We got a combat star. In other words, we sank something all the time."
Of greater concern to him in the interview was conveying his indignation over the penurious salary that he received during his time in the military that would not properly cover family expenses. After completing service in the Korean War and against Chester Nimitz Sr.'s express wishes, he left the Navy. He was recruited by Texas Instruments and later became the president of the Perkin-Elmer Corporation. According to his daughter, the first year he worked at Texas Instruments in Dallas he paid more in income taxes than he had cumulatively earned during 23 years in the Navy. Her parents did not lead especially lavish or self-indulgent lives but were extraordinarily generous to all of their progeny. Their mantra, Van Dorn says, was:
"We are not the kind of people that would ever want to leave any of our children a trust fund. We have given you decent educations, and you are fine on your own. We want the pleasure of watching our grandchildren go to great schools and summer camps and take trips and have adventures. That is the pleasure money can bring—not stockpiling it so some spoiled offspring can have it when he or she turns 21."
Chester and Joan Nimitz were longtime members of the Hemlock Society, a national right-to-die organization that was organized in 1980. Hemlock's philosophy—that people should be in charge of their deaths as well as their lives—appealed to them as meticulous managers. The Nimitzes freely discussed these beliefs with their children, and Van Dorn explained, "They always proclaimed that when they got sick and tired of feeling sick and tired, that they would do themselves in."
This did not mean they wouldn't take advantage of medical advances, and when the admiral developed coronary artery disease, he promptly underwent quadruple cardiac bypass surgery. However, after several years, his health began to noticeably deteriorate; he had frequent bouts of congestive heart failure, suffered gastrointestinal problems, lost 30 pounds, became incontinent, experienced chronic back pain, and began to fall at home. Like his wife, his vision became impaired, and he could no longer safely drive. Extensive evaluations and treatment at the best Boston teaching hospitals proved ineffective for this proud warrior.
Nurses were employed at their home to attend to Joan Nimitz's worsening health problems, but the couple did not want to squander all of their money on such care. They were both appalled at the vast sums spent at the end of life to sustain people who were frail and sick and not likely to get better. They could clearly envision—and they rejected—the idea of spending their remaining years in a nursing facility.
The admiral particularly worried his heart condition might suddenly worsen and his wife would be unable to commit suicide by herself. Joan Nimitz confided to the children that she, too, feared that without her husband's help, she would not be in a position to ingest the barbiturate pills they had been stockpiling.
The admiral told his daughter, "That's the one last thing I have to do for your mother."
According to Van Dorn, her father had a large file box labeled with a 3-by-5 note card upon which he had written with a magic marker, "When C.W.N. [Chester Williams Nimitz] Dies." In it were his insurance policies, documents concerning his Navy pension, and so forth. This was intended to save the family from the frustrating task of scrambling around in search of these papers. He was a commander, and he wanted his death and its aftermath to be conducted with the precision of a military operation.
Throughout the fall and winter, the Nimitz couple explicitly discussed with the children their plan. It followed the suggestions in the book Final Exit. When ready, they would begin with an anti-nausea suppository, followed by the sleeping pills, chased with a little of their beloved Mount Gay Rum with a squeeze of lime and soda, and maybe a little peanut butter to settle their stomachs. The last step involved securing a plastic bag over their heads as a precaution in case the medication was not sufficiently lethal. The admiral was going to let his wife take the pills first and make sure she was dead before he followed her example. Van Dorn concluded, "None of it was particularly pretty. But they were just so determined and upbeat about all of it."
On New Year's Day in 2002, the Nimitz clan, including some grandchildren, assembled for lunch. They discussed the football games, embraced, and quietly praised the patriarch and matriarch. Everyone was relatively subdued; the admiral and his wife were emotionally reserved individuals. The family members did not try to persuade them to change their minds, because they knew that this would be fruitless. They were confident that neither parent was depressed and their decision was entirely consistent with long-held beliefs.
The admiral had wanted one more chance to write tax-deductible checks for his children, their husbands, and grandchildren, and these were dated Jan. 2, 2002, and left in the apartment. He had seen a lot of deaths in World War II. Joan Nimitz had experienced the deaths of siblings, including one of her brothers, a British Royal Air Force pilot shot down in combat. Death was no stranger to this devoted couple and held no fear. After their family went home, Chester and Joan Nimitz wrote a suicide note that read in part, "Our decision was made over a considerable period of time and was not carried out in acute desperation. Nor is it the expression of a mental illness. We have consciously, rationally, deliberately, and of our own free will taken measures to end our lives today because of the physical limitations on our quality of life."
After the police officially notified Van Dorn of the deaths, she brought out her father's comprehensive list of people and telephone numbers. She divvied up the list with one of her sisters, and they called all of her parents' closest friends to tell them what had happened before any word got into the newspapers. Almost universally the response was, "Yup, that's your parents!"
In the spring when the ground thawed, the family convened in Cape Cod, Mass. It was a place filled with memories of summer barbecues and sailing expeditions. The ashes of the couple were interred; the younger children placed small keepsakes into the grave, such as a particular piece of Lego that reminded them of their grandparents; and family members spoke lovingly and respectfully of their progenitors.
In the ensuing years, Van Dorn has supported a number of nonprofit organizations, including Compassion & Choices, which along with the Death with Dignity National Center evolved from the original Hemlock Society. The efforts of these groups led to passage of the Vermont bill. Van Dorn appreciates that the law would not have directly helped her parents, as neither had a "terminal" disease. She understands that a civil rights movement, such as death with dignity, takes politically expedient and incremental steps. She anticipates that in the future the infirmities and suffering of advanced age may also qualify people to request this option (as is presently true in Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands). Meanwhile, one more American state will allow its citizens further control at the end of life. And Van Dorn is looking forward to the day "when kids and their parents will regularly sit around the dining room table and talk about end-of-life issues the way you talk about college planning. Because, after all it is just another kind of planning."
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I Am Breathing: film follows dying father's last months
The film I Am Breathing documents the last year of a young architect's life as he succumbs to motor neurone disease. His wife tells Sarfraz Manzoor why he chose to leave this moving legacy
By Sarfraz Manzoor
One evening in late October 2007 Neil Platt returned home after a busy day at work. Platt, 33, an architect, walked through the door of his London house and immediately sat down.
Without taking off his coat, he removed his shoes and socks to inspect his toes. There was something not quite right with his right foot. Neil told his wife, Louise, that he had been limping during the day but that, oddly, he was not in pain. The foot seemed to be 'slapping itself' on to the ground. Louise reassured him that it was probably nothing, suggesting he might just need new shoes.
But there was something else. Neil now noticed that he could not the lift the toes on his right foot as high as he could those on his left. He made an appointment to see his doctor. Louise was not unduly worried until Neil returned from the appointment: the doctor had given Neil his personal mobile number, insisted he undergo several tests and, because of Neil's family history, referred him to a neurologist.
Neil had his suspicions about what was wrong; Louise was less convinced. But when Neil's mother came to visit a few weeks later and saw her son limping towards her at King's Cross station, she knew immediately what the matter was. The last time she had seen that limp was on her late husband.
Neil's father, David, had died at the age of 50 from motor neurone disease (MND), which had also killed Neil's grandfather at 62. His father's death had made Neil acutely alert to the first symptoms of the disease. When he was 22 he had been to see a genetics specialist in an attempt to assess his chances of developing it. After six months of research the specialist came up blank.
He could only say there was a 50-50 chance that Neil was a carrier of the same defective gene as his father and grandfather, and even that was a guess. But on February 7 2008, after doctors had eliminated every other option (there is no specific test for MND), Neil was diagnosed with the disease.
MND is a brutal, merciless disease that rapidly causes physical deterioration, leaving sufferers unable to walk, swallow and eventually even breathe on their own. Someone with MND can typically expect to live about two years from diagnosis. It affects 5,000 people in the UK, with about 1,000 people diagnosed each year. More men than women are sufferers, and it is predominantly a disease of middle and later years (Neil was at the younger end of the spectrum). Although there is a genetic factor for some of those affected, the science is unclear on the causes. But while more than £300 million is spent annually on cancer research in the UK, the average annual spending on MND research is £2 million.
There is no treatment for MND, just management. So far only one drug, riluzole, has been developed for people with the disease. Riluzole can slow the rate of deterioration and extend life by, at best, about six months. One often hears stories of people battling and beating cancer, but no one beats motor neurone disease; once Neil was diagnosed, everyone knew how the story would play out.
For Neil and Louise the diagnosis seemed particularly cruel because they had recently become parents. The couple had met in 1994 as students at Edinburgh's College of Art, but they had only begun a relationship a decade later when they ran into each other at a mutual friend's party in London. They had been dating for a few months when Neil surprised Louise on holiday in Portugal by asking her to marry him. 'We hadn't been together for very long, but that was Neil – cheeky and confident,' Louise said as we sat together in a cafe in Edinburgh. 'The barman looked relieved when we got back to the hotel and Neil gave him a thumbs-up.'
They married in November 2004 in a Scottish stately home. In the wedding video Neil can be seen, in a bow tie, kilt and sideburns, dancing with Louise in the evening ceilidh. They moved to south London, and Louise became pregnant. Their son, Oscar, was born in August 2007. By the time of Oscar's first Christmas, Neil and his doctors were fairly sure that he had MND.
'My most vivid memory of that time is of when we went to my parents' in Edinburgh,' Louise told me. 'I went for a walk at the beach with my mum and Oscar, and it was the first time I talked to Mum about there being a real possibility that Neil could die. I remember holding in the tears until I said, "How am I going to tell Oscar?"'
As the disease took hold, Louise found herself having to look after two dependent males. By Christmas 2007 Neil was supporting himself with a stick; by the next April he was in a wheelchair. There were times when the disease progressed with alarming speed.
'There was a big jump in 2008, between Neil's birthday in July and Oscar's birthday in August,' Louise said. 'On Neil's birthday I have photos of him wearing fingerless gloves, meaning he could push his own wheelchair, and by Oscar's birthday he couldn't lift his arms, needed a head rest and had lost a lot of weight. He was gulping like a fish.'
By September 2008 Neil could no longer use his arms at all, and Louise had to feed him. 'The physical parallels [between Oscar and Neil] were unbelievable,' Louise recalled. 'I started having to spoon-feed Neil just as the spoon was being grabbed off me by Oscar. Oscar was pulling himself up just as Neil had to start using a hoist to pull himself up. And when the wheelchair arrived, so did the baby walker.'
It must have been hard to reconcile yourself to this turn of events, I suggested.
'The fact I had a baby did me a huge favour,' Louise, who had worked in film and television costuming before having Oscar, said, 'because you go from being someone who is selfish in life to being a mother, to being a carer, and I was just doing all of that at the same time.'
But did you ever give in to self-pity or envy at those not in your position, I wondered.
Louise replied by telling me a story. The family had gone on holiday to Menorca with some of Neil's relations. Oscar was ill with a tummy bug. One morning he woke early and Louise pulled him into bed, whereupon he had diarrhoea. 'I remember putting Oscar into the bath to wash him,' she recalled, 'and I turned and Neil was standing in the doorway on crutches. Then suddenly he crumpled and was on the floor.' That low point prompted Louise to change her outlook. 'I switched my thinking from self-pity to thinking how privileged I was to be going through this so closely with Neil as he went on this part of his journey through life,' she said.
Neil's condition meant that Louise needed at least two other adults in the house at all times, three if possible. 'I had to fill the calendar with whoever I could get – friends, family, they all worked as a tag team and gave up their time,' Louise said. 'We also had two palliative-care team members every week morning who came to wash and dress him.' And then there were the other specialists who were in and out of the house: the GP, district nurse, palliative consultant, social worker, occupational therapist, speech therapist, dietitian, physiotherapist, MND nurse specialist, respiratory specialist, bloods nurse and night sitters.
The family moved to Harrogate so they could be close to Neil's family, and Neil transferred to the Leeds branch of his architecture firm. To get to the office he would take a taxi to the station and then use a walking frame, but once he began to lose mobility in his hands, seven months after his diagnosis, he had to give up work. His brother Matthew, who is younger by five years and works for the police, took six months off to help. 'I did all the shaving,' Matthew said, 'and breakfast was my job – as was the whole toilet thing. Neil was able to have a good existence because he had an army of friends to help out.'
'Considering what we were going through, we had an amazing amount of good times,' Louise said. 'We saw our friends and family much more than we would normally have done, and Oscar was always surrounded by people.'
There were so many people who wanted regular updates about his condition that in July 2008 Neil alighted on the idea of starting a blog – he called it Plattitude – on which he could share his daily news. It would be, he wrote in his introduction, 'a tale of fun and laughs with a smattering of upset and devastation'.
At the beginning the blog was Neil's way of keeping in touch with those close to him, but as word spread and strangers began to read it, Neil realised that he could raise the profile of a misunderstood disease. The posts became much more frequent: from the end of December 2008, for the next two months, he posted almost every day, however much physical discomfort he was in and whatever his mood. If he couldn't manage a post, he would ask Louise to write one for him.
At first Neil typed the blogs himself. When that became impossible, he would ask whoever was in the house to help him, and also began using voice-recognition software. In one entry he described his changing reaction to his condition. 'Stage one was disbelief tinted with dread as I was given the diagnosis,' he wrote. 'Having been here before with Dad, it was never going to be pleasant. Stage two was to ignore it for as long as possible in order to enjoy every possible second with my beautiful wife and newborn son in our newly bought family home. Stage three arrived when it was no longer possible or realistic to ignore the symptoms.'
In summer 2008 Morag McKinnon, a drama director who had made a number of short films and who had known Neil and Louise since they were all students in Edinburgh, came across the blog. McKinnon contacted Emma Davie, a documentary-maker friend, suggesting they make a film about Neil. Neil immediately agreed to let the documentary makers spend several months filming him.
'For me the film was so ethically complex that at first I didn't want to make it,' Davie said. 'But when I met Neil the force of his desire to communicate demanded that we just get on with the job.' The project crystallised when Davie and McKinnon decided to use words from Neil's blog to narrate the film. 'This empowered us,' Davie said, 'because it stopped the film from concentrating on his physical body and reminded us of the power of his mind.'
The resulting film, I Am Breathing, has already been screened in 14 countries, with many more international screenings to come on June 21 – MND Global Awareness Day. Fifty per cent of the profits will be donated to the MND Association, the other half invested in outreach work. The film is bleak, unflinching and moving, yet morbidly funny. In one scene Neil describes trying to arrange for his phone to be disconnected.
'They want to know why I want to end my contract,' he tells the camera. 'They say, "We have some great deals," and I say, "But I am dying, so I don't need to use the phone," and they say, "Would it make a difference if we threw in three months extra?" I told them, "If you can do that, you're better than all my doctors put together."'
'They filmed everything they could,' Louise said. 'They interviewed Neil, they interviewed me and they made sure they got the general drudgery of running the house.' We see Neil in his wheelchair, a ventilator tube obscuring his face while his son plays on the floor around him. We see him worrying about what questions Oscar will ask about his father in 10 and 20 years' time, and we also see Neil constructing a memory box filled with objects to remind Oscar of his father as he grows up: a wallet, a leather jacket, a hat, a watch. It is clear that Oscar provides Neil with the strength to face the disease and keep going.
'Neil lived with the disease because of Oscar,' Matthew said. 'He wanted to see his son become a little person. Me? I wouldn't want to hang around. I could not watch my arms and foot stop working, I couldn't put my mum and partner through it.'
As he deteriorated, Neil wished he could do more for his son and Louise. 'I miss the ability to give (and receive to a certain extent) a hug,' he wrote on his blog. 'I think I used to be good at it too. All I can do now is raise my eyebrow or give a reassuring wink. Believe me that this does not have the same effect.'
Neil and Louise began to have conversations about the end and about life for Louise and Oscar without him. 'Towards the end he sent me to Scotland, where my family are, to buy a house,' Louise said. 'He needed to know that I would have my own place. He was a father and he wanted the best for his child. He couldn't say to me, "I want you to find someone else," but he did say, "I know you will find someone else." That was the only way he could do it.'
Time, they both knew, was running out. Louise had bought a clock that projected the time on to Neil's bedroom ceiling; 'I imagine it is my own personal countdown,' Neil wrote. His line in the sand was speech: if he was no longer able to communicate, life would not be worth living. 'As soon as my speech becomes unintelligible,' he wrote in one blog post, 'I will accept the offer of the hospice. This visit will be for the purposes of switching off the ventilator.'
On February 24 2009 Neil dictated his final blog post to Louise, a scene that is shown in I Am Breathing. In a dimly lit room Louise listens as Neil, his voice muffled, whispers, 'The reason I have chosen to go to the hospice tomorrow is to draw the curtains over what has been a devastating, degrading year and a half.' Quietly sobbing, she notes his words with one hand while tenderly stroking his hair with the other.
Neil Platt died the following day. He was cremated wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the face of the action star Chuck Norris. The song he had requested to be played during the cremation was Bon Jovi's Wanted Dead or Alive.
'The most disappointing thing was that I had really hoped he would get to the point where he wanted to go – but he never got there,' Louise told me. 'He never wanted to die. He went kicking and screaming.'
Four years on from his death Louise has moved to Scotland. Oscar is now five, and while he does not remember Neil, he knows all about him. 'He still gets a kiss from Daddy every night,' Louise said. She is remarried, to Robin, a doctor. 'The word "Daddy" is reserved for Neil, but Oscar calls Robin "Dad",' she said. 'I could not deny him being able to call someone dad at that young age.'
Life, of course, goes on, and it's clear that however unimaginably difficult things have been, Louise has not been broken. 'I was determined not to be destroyed by this,' she said. 'And I learnt that from Neil.'
Oscar is too young to see the documentary about his father, but Louise hopes that many others will watch it – and that it inspires essential research into MND. 'I am absolutely convinced that my remaining anger and disappointment will never dissipate,' Neil wrote towards the end. 'Nor would I want it to. Because the remaining jealousy and anger are now providing the fuel for the fire as we fight to find a cure for this bastard of a disease.'
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Q: Running Debug using Flutter Flavor? I'm trying to run the debug mode on visual studio code (click "run and debug") for my flutter app, but when I do I'm facing the following issue:
The Xcode project defines schemes: release, private.

Exception: You must specify a --flavor option to select one of the available schemes.

So I have these two "flavours" but I'm not sure how to specify which to use. Normally, running the app through the terminal would require me to specify it as such: flutter run --flavor private but I'm not sure how to do the same for debug. Is there an equivalent command for debug mode?
Would appreciate some help, thanks in advance!

A: This answer will only be what you're looking for if you created your flavors (and schemas) correctly (check this for reference: Flavors in Flutter by Flutter Explained channel) and if you are using android studio, since it is there were I solved it.
After having followed the video or any other correct explanation or set of steps, it is true that you cannot run the debugger nor have any of the DevTools attached if you run your app through a command. For example in my case, one of my flavors is named 'staging' so the command I ran would be:
flutter run --flavor staging -t lib/main_staging.dart

But by doing so, yes, you can run your app, but you won't see any of the previously mentioned tools attached. What I did (and this is the answer) is this:

and then added the additional args (in my case I wanted to run the 'staging' flavor or schema, as you already may have noticed) so:

After that, I got rid of this exception
Exception: You must specify a --flavor option to select one of the available schemes.

That is: the exception did not show again when hitting either one of these two buttons ('Run' or 'Debug'):

And that would be it. After that, I was able to see the debugger working as well as the DevTools.

A: In your launch.json file configurations, you can use this format for your iOS app to run:
  {
            "name": "production",
            "request": "launch",
            "type": "dart",
            "args": [
                "-t",
                "lib/main_prod.dart",
                "--flavor",
                "prod"
            ]
        }

A: you have to add
"args":[ "-- flavor", "flavor_name" ]

in your .vscode > launch.json to obtain something like this:
 "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "flutterApp",
            "request": "launch",
            "type": "dart",
            "args": [
                "--flavor",
                "dev",
            ]
        },

then you need to launch the debugger from here selecting the correct configuration:

otherwise it will not work

A: I encountered this, and had multiple schemes. In order to resolve it in addition to adding:
--flavor {scheme name}
to my run command, I also had to create a duplicate build configuration named
Debug-{scheme name}
You can do this by navigating to your project Runner in xCode, then
Editor->Add Configuration-> Duplicate Debug (or your desired build),
then name in the format {Configuration}-{scheme name}
Build Config Image

A: yes , you have to add arguments in launch.json file configurations
"args":[
"-- flavor",
"flavor_name"
]
N.B: you will get this json file in .vscode folder of your project

A: In Xcode I had to create the missing scheme and go to Manage Schemes and mark as shared.

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Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Ly α forest of BOSS quasars*
N. G. Busca, T. Delubac, J. Rich, S. Bailey, A. Font-Ribera, D. Kirkby, J. M. Le Goff, M. M. Pieri, A. Slosar, É Aubourg, J. E. Bautista, D. Bizyaev, M. Blomqvist, A. S. Bolton, J. Bovy, H. Brewington, A. Borde, J. Brinkmann, B. Carithers, R. A.C. CroftK. S. Dawson, G. Ebelke, D. J. Eisenstein, J. C. Hamilton, S. Ho, D. W. Hogg, K. Honscheid, K. G. Lee, B. Lundgren, E. Malanushenko, V. Malanushenko, D. Margala, C. Maraston, K. Mehta, J. Miralda-Escudé, A. D. Myers, R. C. Nichol, P. Noterdaeme, M. D. Olmstead, D. Oravetz, N. Palanque-Delabrouille, K. Pan, I. Pâris, W. J. Percival, P. Petitjean, N. A. Roe, E. Rollinde, N. P. Ross, G. Rossi, D. J. Schlegel, D. P. Schneider, A. Shelden, E. S. Sheldon, A. Simmons, S. Snedden, J. L. Tinker, M. Viel, B. A. Weaver, D. H. Weinberg, M. White, C. Yèche, D. G. York
We report a detection of the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) feature in the three-dimensional correlation function of the transmitted flux fraction in the Lya forest of high-redshift quasars. The study uses 48 640 quasars in the redshift range 2.1 = z = 3.5 from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) of the third generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III). At a mean redshift z = 2.3, we measure the monopole and quadrupole components of the correlation function for separations in the range 20 h-1 Mpc < r < 200 h-1 Mpc. A peak in the correlation function is seen at a separation equal to (1.01 ± 0.03) times the distance expected for the BAO peak within a concordance .CDM cosmology. This first detection of the BAO peak at high redshift, when the universe was strongly matter dominated, results in constraints on the angular diameter distance DA and the expansion rate H at z = 2.3 that, combined with priors on H0 and the baryon density, require the existence of dark energy. Combined with constraints derived from cosmic microwave background observations, this result implies H(z = 2.3) = (224 ± 8) km s-1 Mpc-1, indicating that the time derivative of the cosmological scale parameter .a = H(z = 2.3)/(1 + z) is significantly greater than that measured with BAO at z ∼ 0.5. This demonstrates that the expansion was decelerating in the range 0.7 < z < 2.3, as expected from the matter domination during this epoch. Combined with measurements of H0, one sees the pattern of deceleration followed by acceleration characteristic of a dark-energy dominated universe.
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220724
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Busca, N. G., Delubac, T., Rich, J., Bailey, S., Font-Ribera, A., Kirkby, D., Le Goff, J. M., Pieri, M. M., Slosar, A., Aubourg, É., Bautista, J. E., Bizyaev, D., Blomqvist, M., Bolton, A. S., Bovy, J., Brewington, H., Borde, A., Brinkmann, J., Carithers, B., ... York, D. G. (2013). Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Ly α forest of BOSS quasars*. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 552, [A96]. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220724
Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Ly α forest of BOSS quasars*. / Busca, N. G.; Delubac, T.; Rich, J. et al.
In: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 552, A96, 2013.
Busca, NG, Delubac, T, Rich, J, Bailey, S, Font-Ribera, A, Kirkby, D, Le Goff, JM, Pieri, MM, Slosar, A, Aubourg, É, Bautista, JE, Bizyaev, D, Blomqvist, M, Bolton, AS, Bovy, J, Brewington, H, Borde, A, Brinkmann, J, Carithers, B, Croft, RAC, Dawson, KS, Ebelke, G, Eisenstein, DJ, Hamilton, JC, Ho, S, Hogg, DW, Honscheid, K, Lee, KG, Lundgren, B, Malanushenko, E, Malanushenko, V, Margala, D, Maraston, C, Mehta, K, Miralda-Escudé, J, Myers, AD, Nichol, RC, Noterdaeme, P, Olmstead, MD, Oravetz, D, Palanque-Delabrouille, N, Pan, K, Pâris, I, Percival, WJ, Petitjean, P, Roe, NA, Rollinde, E, Ross, NP, Rossi, G, Schlegel, DJ, Schneider, DP, Shelden, A, Sheldon, ES, Simmons, A, Snedden, S, Tinker, JL, Viel, M, Weaver, BA, Weinberg, DH, White, M, Yèche, C & York, DG 2013, 'Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Ly α forest of BOSS quasars*', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 552, A96. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220724
Busca NG, Delubac T, Rich J, Bailey S, Font-Ribera A, Kirkby D et al. Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Ly α forest of BOSS quasars*. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 2013;552:A96. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220724
Busca, N. G. ; Delubac, T. ; Rich, J. et al. / Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Ly α forest of BOSS quasars*. In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 2013 ; Vol. 552.
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Q: How many possible monograms are there? The question is simple. A couple want to name their baby in such a way that his initials are in alphabetical order, with no repetition.The monogram is of the form ABC, where A is the initial of his first name, B his second name and C his last name.
My reasoning is simple. I realised that it's equivalent to picking up $3$ elements from a list of $26$ elements. We don't have to worry about counting if they're in alphabetical order because every $3$ tuple chosen like this will have one and only one alphabetical order. In other words, there is a one to one correspondence in between the number of ways of choosing $3$elements and the number of ways of arranging these $3$ elements in alphabetical order.
My answer is $$\binom{26}{3}$$
However, it is wrong. What is the mistake here ?
Edit : I left out the name of the couple because I didn't think it mattered. Their name was Mr. And Mrs. Zeta. Now, I see why the answer makes sense. The baby shares the parents last name and the remaining two alphabets can be chosen in $\binom{25}{2}$ ways, each of which correspond with only one alphabetical arrangement since they are all different combinations.

A: Depends.  What's the couple's last name?  (Or are you saying the child will not share the parents' last name?)


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Hawk this gem? Unconscionable
The Rose Art Museum's jurisdiction extends across the whole of the 20th and 21st centuries. Museum director Michael Rush said, ''I've fallen in love with this collection.'' (Rose Art Museum/Brandeis University)
By Sebastian Smee
Globe Staff / January 28, 2009
WALTHAM - The decision to close the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University and sell off its extraordinary collection smacks of panic. Panic, as everyone knows, is sometimes an appropriate response to reality. But usually it's not, and, either way, it's rarely edifying to watch. (Full article: 843 words)


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https://www.ourmidland.com/lifestyles/article/Orthotics-help-local-dog-walk-6928524.php
Orthotics help local dog walk
By Matthew Woods mwoods@mdn.net
Published 4:00 am EDT, Monday, May 19, 2014
Kris Dexter walks with her dog, Missy, in Midland. Missy, a 10-year-old lab, has Achilles tendon degeneration, which makes walking difficult. The dog wears orthotics on her hind legs to help her walk.
Photo: Midland Daily News
Like most dog owners, Kris Dexter thinks her dog is pretty special.
But aside from the Golden Labrador's great demeanor and beautiful coat, Missy has a bit more going on in her life.
"We call them her shoes," Dexter said, holding up one of the custom orthotic leg braces Missy wears on her back legs. The braces, which look a bit like a walking cast a person would wear, were custom made for Missy. The dog has common calcaneal tendon degeneration in her hind legs.
"Her Achilles tendons are bad in her back legs," Dexter said. "For most dogs that have this, only one leg is affected. Unfortunately, Missy has it in both of her hind legs."
Missy has trouble standing and when she manages to get to all fours, she is not very steady. Walking is difficult for her, and Dexter said she can stumble and fall, something that keyed the family off that something was wrong with their furry friend.
"One day she just wasn't walking right and I thought it was hip dysplasia, which is common in Labs," Dexter said. "So I got her over to Dr. White right away."
In 2012, Missy was diagnosed with her condition, along with the news surgery would not help her.
Dr. Dan White, of Animal Medical Center of Midland, is Missy's primary veterinarian. When he saw the condition ravaging Missy's legs, he referred her to the Michigan State University Veterinary Clinic. The staff at MSU told Dexter Missy was a good candidate for orthotics and from there, Dexter reached out to OrthoPets in Denver, Colo.
"Missy was Dr. White's first orthotics patient," Dexter said. Dr. White took the time to work with OrthoPets to properly cast Missy's legs and get her ready for her new orthotics.
There was a learning curve for Missy at first, but she has certainly got the feel of her new shoes.
"When we first put them on, she stumbled a lot. I thought, 'How are we ever going to do this?'" Dexter said. But it didn't take Missy too long to adapt to her new augmentations and now the dog gets quite excited when asked, "Do you want to put your shoes on?"
OrthoPets, the designer and manufacturer of the devices worn by Missy, started in 2003 when Martin Kaufmann tried to find a way to help the pet of a family member avoid an amputation. With a background in human orthotics and prosthetics, Kaufmann designed a device for the animal with great success. Later, Kaufmann began to apply his talents to the world of animal medicine.
"All of our products are made right here in Denver, and we ship them all over the world," said Silver Stebbins, certified veterinary technician and case manager for OrthoPets.
Stebbins said all of the devices are custom made, something that requires vets to cast molds of the limb that needs attention. She said the need for such devices continues to grow around the world, and the range of animals helped with the devices is increasing as well.
"Martin (Kaufmann) has made orthotics for a chimpanzee and even horses," Stebbins said. "One of the coolest uses of a device was on a sandhill crane in Canada. It now has a prosthetic leg and is doing great."
But there is more to helping an animal than just fitting it with a device.
"We definitely recommend rehabilitation with our products," Stebbins said. "The devices are not magical. The animals need to do the work (exercise) to get the benefit of the device, just as a human being would need to be rehabilitated."
Missy is in just such a program. Dr. Tari Kern of Pawsitive Steps Rehabilitation & Therapy for Pets in Rochester Hills (www.pawsitivestepsrehab.com) offers services to help ailing and aging pets.
"Missy is a great dog. She is just so happy to be up on her legs walking," Kern said of her patient. Kern's practice is unique in that it deals specifically with the rehabilitation of pets, and her facility is one of only three in the state that deals exclusively in that field. Through many different avenues of therapy, including acupuncture, massage, thermotherapy and hydrotherapy, Kern and her team do their best to bring injured or aging animals back to their full potentials. Missy has gone through acupuncture and hydrotherapy while in Dr. Kern's care.
Kern said animals seem to roll right along with the punches life throws at them.
"With an animal, if they lose mobility, they don't seem to mourn it," Kern said. "They just adapt and find new ways to move or live." It is this tactic that makes orthotics or other adaptive devices work so well for many animals.
Kern said one of the hardest parts of her job is finding out where an animal is hurting.
"They can't tell you what is hurting, and they are the masters of hiding their discomfort," she said. She went on to say that signs of injury or pain, like a favored limb or lack of normal physical behaviors, are good signs that a pet may be in pain.
Missy can walk just about anywhere with her orthotics, even in snow and in water. "She loves to go swimming," Dexter said. Since she has become used to her orthotics, Missy goes on about three walks a day.
"We have a great neighborhood. She knows all the neighbors and they all have treats for her," Dexter said with a laugh. "She is a very social girl."
Neighbor Ed Stapish is always in his yard when Missy stops by for a visit.
"Did you know this dog can do arithmetic?" he asked. Stapish asked Missy if she can add two and two.
Missy barked four times.
"OK Missy, what is two divided by one," he asked the dog, who stared at him intently, her head cocked to one side.
Missy barked twice.
"We are working on fractions next," Stapish said as he tossed a treat to Missy. "She is one smart dog."
When Dexter and her family are working or away, Missy is in the good hands of neighbor and surrogate mom Diane Stewart.
"Diane is Missy's second mother," Dexter said. "We could not make it without her."
Like most pet owners, Dexter said the animal in her charge has become a member of the family, and they wanted Missy to be as happy and healthy as they could make her.
"She is the only dog in Midland that I know of that has orthotics," Dexter said. "People have asked me if this is worth all of the trouble. These orthotics allow her to have quality of life, and that is what matters to me."
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The PURIFIX is the basis of the Red Pigeon . It purifies the body, strengthens the immunity, resistance and, therefore, the general condition of the pigeons.
Information It purifies the body, strengthens the immunity, resistance and, therefore, the general condition of the pigeons.
Mode of employment 15ml of PURIFIX per litre of water, and start with a cure of 10 days to 15 days for a full cleaning. Between the courses, to give 2 times per week.
The PURIFIX is the basis of the Red Pigeon. It purifies the body, strengthens the immunity, resistance and, therefore, the general condition of the pigeons.
The PURIFIX is composed of a large variety of plants, including Vaccinium, Trigonella, Turmeric and Astragalus.
• Trigonella : improves digestion.
• Curcuma : anti-oxidant, great for the digestion problems.
• Astragalus : enhances the overall strength.
It is necessary to first start with a cure of 10 days to 15 days for a full cleaning. After a few days, you will see already the difference at the level of droppings. At the end of the 10 days, the pigeons will have an attitude much more proud, evidence of a form found.
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What Is The Ceiling For Tavares?
Last night the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-3, which saw Marner record a goal and an assist, Reilly record a goal and assist, Matthews record 2 goals, but it saw Tavares record an incredible 4 assists! The sad thing is, as impressive as it is, it's not even uncommon this season, as he is the 5th player to do it, and we are only just over a week into the season!
But with Tavares already having 10 points in 5 games this season, what is a realistic expectation for him points wise? Never has Tavares played on a team with so much talent as the Leafs do this season, and he is taking full advantage of it. Their Powerplay is lethal, operating at 50% so far through 5 games and he is enjoying every minute of it, recording already 3 points on the powerplay.
In a career 674 games Tavares has 631 points, so he operates at just under a point per game, but he has never played on a line with someone as skilled as Marner before, and has never played on a powerplay with Matthews, Marner, Kadri and Reilly. So while he operates at a career point per game of .93, we know he is a point per game player without all this talent around him. In the 14-15 season he set career highs in both goals and points, which was 38 goals 86 points, and he will leave that number is his dust this season. At his current pace he would finish the season at 164 points, while that will not be the case, it would not be unrealistic to think he maintains a point per game pace for the remainder of the season, which would finish him with 87 points, which alone would beat his career high. But from this moment on, a realistic number would be he operates at a point per game average of 1.15, this would give Tavares another 88 points over the 77 games, ending his season with 98 points.
My personal prediction is John Tavares ends the season with 41 goals and 57 assists.
Not bad getting a 98 point player in Free Agency.


Diagnostic Challenge of Annular Abscess in a Patient With Prosthetic Aortic Valve: Can F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Be Helpful?
A 30-year-old woman was admitted because of asthenia and fever episodes (>39°C) during the previous month. She had received implantation of a mechanical prosthetic aortic valve (St Jude Medical 21) in 2003. The patient underwent transthoracic echocardiography, which revealed normal native and mechanical valves. Vegetations or possible abscess were not observed. Because endocarditis was suspected, we proceeded with transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), which confirmed the absence of vegetation. However, in longitudinal view we noticed a thickened area of 3mm at the level of the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva that was not accompanied by hypoechoic or gelatinous extra echoes that could have suggested the presence of an abscess (Figure 1). Blood cultures were positive to Streptococcus sanguinis. The patient received antibiotic treatment with penicillin and gentamicin.
Figure 1. Transesophageal echocardiograph showed a thickened area of 3mm at the level of the noncoronary sinus of valsalva without hypoechoic or gelatinous extra echoes that suggest the presence of an abscess.
Because the TEE result was regarded as inconclusive, we decided to perform F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) and to repeat TEE a week later. The FDG-PET/CT scan showed a major FDG uptake at the level of the mechanical aortic valve that suggested the diagnosis of periannular abscess (Figure 2, Video). A second TEE did not reveal any changes. Follow-up blood cultures 5 days after initiation of antibiotics were negative; however, a low-grade fever persisted.
Figure 2. F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan of the chest showed major fluorodeoxyglucose uptake at the level of the mechanical aortic valve suggesting the diagnosis of periannular abscess.
Based on the assumption that the FDG-PET/CT image was compatible with a diagnosis of periannular abscess and that patients with this diagnosis usually have a high mortality on medical therapy, it was decided to perform an exploratory surgery. The prosthetic valve was removed and the Ross procedure was done. Surgically excised tissue was sent for microbiology and pathology analysis that confirmed the diagnosis of periannular abscess and the presence of the S. sanguinis. Postoperative echocardiography revealed a well-functioning aortic valve. More than 6 months after surgery, the patient is doing well and follow-up blood cultures are negative.
Mortality in patients with periannular abscess involving prosthetic aortic valves is up to 70% on medical therapy.1 The presence of an aortic root abscess is usually an indication for urgent surgery; a rapid and accurate diagnosis is essential if perioperative morbidity and mortality are to be reduced and surgical repair facilitated. In a recent study, 57% of patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis who needed urgent surgery presented some type of periannular complication.5 In the setting of suspected prosthetic valve IE, negative or inconclusive TEE findings are more difficult to interpret; other diagnostic modalities may be used to confirm the presence of IE. A negative TEE has an important clinical impact on the diagnosis of endocarditis with a high negative predictive value, ranging from 86% to 97%. However, in a study by Graupner et al. including 78 patients, 10% with aortic abscesses were overlooked by the TEE approach.3 It is important to recognize the phase of the disease in which the study is performed; vegetations/abscess may not be large enough to be visualized when endocarditis is suspected very early on.
In patients with prosthetic aortic valve and periannular abscess vegetations are usually not present in more than 30%. This reality makes the diagnosis of endocarditis even more difficult in this particular population. In these difficult cases other imaging techniques such as cardiac CT and FDG-PET/CT could be useful.6 Of note, the presence of edema and inflammation frequently observed in the early normal postoperative period may not allow FDG-PET/CT to distinguish between normal clinical evolution and very early postoperative prosthetic valve IE. However, this case report illustrates the usefulness of FDG-PET/CT in patients with suspected late postoperative prosthetic periannular abscess.
Dr. Jaume Pons is a recipient of a grant from Spanish Society of Cardiology.
Supplementary material associated with this article can be found in the online version available at doi:10.1016/j.rec.2011.05.021.
Video. F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan video.
1. Anguera I, Miro JM, San Roman JA, De Alarcon A, Anguita M, Almirante B, et al. Periannular complications in infective endocarditis involving prosthetic aortic valves. Am J Cardiol. 2006;98:1261-8.
2. Sachdev M, Peterson GE, Jollis JG. Imaging techniques for diagnosis infective endocarditis. Cardiol Clin. 2003;21:185-95.
3. Graupner C, Vilacosta I, San Román J, Ronderos R, Sarriá C, Fernández C, et al. Periannular extension of infective endocarditis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39:1204-11.
4. Leung DYC, Cranney GB, Hopkins AP, Walsh WF. Role of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of aortic root abscess. Br Heart J. 1994;72:175-81.
5. Revilla A, López J, Sevilla T, Villacorta E, Sarriá C, Manzano MC, et al. Pronóstico hospitalario de la endocarditis protésica tras cirugía urgente. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2009;62:1388-94.
6. Vind SH, Hess S. Possible role of PET/CT in infective endocarditis. J Nucl Cardiol. 2010;17:516-9.


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Utilizing the teachings of Saint John Paul II's Theology of the Body, Sacred Scripture, and the traditions of the Catholic Church, the Embrace Your Dignity!: A Theology of the Body Retreat offers young people the opportunity to enter into a peaceful atmosphere where they are led by trained retreat directors on a journey of faith that seeks to inspire them to embrace their God-given dignity and value.
The Embrace Your Dignity!: A Theology of the Body Retreat is adapted from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend's Theology of the Body curriculum guidelines, and is intended to be complementary to the classroom curriculum.
What Does the Body Communicate?
Christopher Thelen has extensive experience leading young people on retreats of prayer, hiking and camping expeditions, and faith formation retreats. While studying at the Higher Institute of Philosophy, located in Leuven, Belgium, Christopher studied St. John Paul II's conception of personalist philosophy and moral theology, and is very comfortable adapting St. John Paul II's teachings to audiences of all age groups. He currently serves as the Director of Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center.


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using Magnum.Extensions;
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Another researcher-led collection ticked off!
Author: Jon Tennant
We have a brand new collection that's just itching for interaction on Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens! It contains more than 11,000 peer reviewed research articles, with a combined readership of almost 50,000 on our platform already.
ScienceOpen users can read, share, recommend, review, and apply all of our advanced search and discovery tools to this collection, including applying our recently launched 'Open Access' filter.
This collection is focused on the wide field of research on ticks and tick-transmitted pathogens. It aims to include papers on a wide variety of disciplines related to ticks and the pathogens they transmit, focused (but not limited) to morphology and systematics of ticks, ecology, reports of pathogens in both ticks and their hosts. A secondary aim is to provide global view of the effects of climate and land use changes on the pattern of distribution of these arthropods.
We spoke with the collection Editor, Professor Agustín Estrada-Peña, about why he decided to build this collection for his research community.
Can you tell us why you tell us about your research interests in ticks and tick-borne diseases?
I am Agustín Estrada-Peña. I have several titles behind my name, but they do not have importance in this context. Let's just say that I am Professor of Zoonoses and Parasitology in the University of Zaragoza (Spain). My work is focused on ticks and tick-transmitted organisms. I did work on systematics, physiology, life cycles, and the probable impact of environmental change on the pathogens they can transmit. I have been enrolled with FAO, WHO, and recently with the European Center for Disease Control in different aspects regarding human and animal health and ticks. My current interest is on the way the ecological relationships between ticks, microorganisms and vertebrates emerged and evolved. I am working on new ways to explore these relationships and on the molecular aspects behind them.
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Matters matter. Recent additions from the field of materials science
Author: Erzsébet Tóth-Czifra
Expanding the limits of the materials available and thereby satisfying everyday needs was always a key challenge and the cornerstone of human cultural development. The constant discovery and development of new materials and the improvement of their performance to meet the challenges of the current day world grew out to be a faster and faster evolving discipline called Materials Science in the competitive global economy.
From nanotechnology, metallurgy, medical technology, aviation or computer science, materials science is used to advance understanding in a variety of research areas in order to develop smart oil refinery components, bioactive hip implants, the safest cars, the lightest notebooks and countless other new products and technologies that will make our lives safer, more sustainable and more convenient.
We at ScienceOpen want to be a part of this story. Our new partnerships with Carl Hanser Verlag, AIMS Press and Italian Group of Fracture (Gruppo Italiano Frattura) allow us to bring together the latest result of this diverse field.
Below you can find the journals now indexed on our site, and a teaser from their selected articles. Take a peek!
As a result of our new partnership with Carl Hanser Verlag, two of their e-journals from the field of materials science, International Polymer Processing (IPP) and HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials are now indexed on ScienceOpen.
IPP is dedicated to the study of polymers. As such, the journal offers original research contributions, invited review papers and recent technological developments in processing thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers and fibers as well as polymer reaction engineering. For more than 25 years IPP, the journal of the Polymer Processing Society, provides strictly peer-reviewed, high-quality articles and rapid communications from the leading experts around the world. Articles cover topics like:
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ScienceOpen is marching for science!
This week, on Saturday, April 22nd (Earth Day) the global science-interested community is uniting to march for science across the world. Many of our members will be joining the March for Science in Washington DC and other cities around the world.
The March for Science is about the role that science plays in our everyday lives, but also about political activism for researchers, celebrating the diversity of research cultures, and making sure that policy developments are grounded in strong evidence.
You can follow the events live on Twitter at #MarchForScience
ScienceOpen will be part of the global march, and in five different locations! A more informed dialogue between scientists and citizens requires openness, transparency, and access to information – one of the key mission statements of ScienceOpen, and the reason we will be out marching in force.
CEO Stephanie Dawson will be marching in Berlin, Germany, with other members of our team there. Find her on Twitter and join them here!
Prof. Alexander Grossman, co-founder of ScienceOpen, will be taking to the streets in Leipzig, Germany. Get in touch here.
Tibor Tscheke, the other co-founder of ScienceOpen, will also be marching in Boston, USA! Contact him here.
Jon Tennant will be in Seattle, USA, joining the Science March as part of the Sage Bionetworks Assembly. Contact him here.
Erzsébet Toth-Czifra will be marching in Budapest, Hungary, too, and you can reach her here.
We welcome anyone and everyone to stand by our sides with the rest of the march, and together celebrate science as a global community!
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New free indexing competition winners
ScienceOpen offers free indexing to Open Access journals that are free for authors to publish in, as part of our mission to enhance open scholarship.
We recently partnered with the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) to help make these valuable contributions to the scholarly record more visible.
In the latest round of our indexing competition, we are pleased to announce three new journals from across Europe that will be integrated into and promoted on our platform. These are:
Management: Journal of Contemporary Management Issues, from Croatia
Published by the University of Split, this journal publishes articles from the Social Sciences, including topics in industries, land use, labour, and industrial management.
Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, from Spain
Published by the Universidad de La Laguna, this journal publishes articles in Spanish, Castilian, and English in the fields of Language and Literature, Linguistics, Communication, and the Mass Media.
Studia z Filologii Polskiej i Słowiańskiej, from Poland
Published by the Institute of Slavic Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences, this journal publishes articles from the field of Linguistics in Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and English.
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A new gold standard of peer review is needed
How can something exclusive, secretive, and irreproducible be considered to be objective? How can something exclusive, secretive, and irreproducible be considered as a 'gold standard' of any sort?
Traditional, closed peer review has these traits, but yet for some reason held in esteem as the most rigorous and objective standard of research and knowledge generation that we have. Peer review fails peer review, and its own test of integrity and validation, and is one of the greatest ironies of the academic world.
What we need is a new standard of peer review that is suitable for a Web-based world of scholarly communication. This is to help accommodate the increasingly rapid communication of research and new sources of information, and bring peer review out of the dark (literally) ages and into one which makes sense in a world of fast, open, digital knowledge dissemination.
What should a standard for peer review look like in 2017?
The big test for peer review, and any future version of it, is how does the scientific community apply its stamp of approval?
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Cloé Korman (born 1983 in Paris) is a French writer.

Cloé Korman studied Anglo-Saxon literature before settling for two years in New York. During trips in 2005, she discovered the west coast of the United States and Mexico that inspired her first novel  (2010) which earned her the Inter Book Prize and the Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud.

Work
 2010: Les Hommes-couleurs, éditions du Seuil
 2013: Les Saisons de Louveplaine, Seuil, series "Cadre rouge",

References

External links
 Cloé Korman - Les saisons de Louveplaine on YouTube
 Les Hommes-couleurs, Cloé Korman on Éditions du Seuil
 Cloé Korman on France Culture
 Cloé Korman, lauréate du Livre Inter 2010 pour "Les Hommes-couleurs" on Le Point

21st-century French novelists
Prix Valery Larbaud winners
Prix du Livre Inter winners
Writers from Paris
Living people
1983 births
21st-century French women writers

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We have some exciting news. The Dublin Human Givens Centre is expanding and moving location to accommodate all our clients. Our new address is The Wilde, Suite 305, 53 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 (google maps The Wilde). Our beautiful new offices are serviced by a lift and are easily accessible by public transport. There is also parking on Merrion Square and surrounding areas. We will be fully operational from our new premises as of 17th April 2019. We will still be able to see clients in our Dun Laoghaire branch for those who prefer. As we are moving premises we are also doing an overhaul of our website, so watch this space for pictures of our new therapy rooms, interactive website with new interesting articles. Our main phone number will remain the same and you can contact our therapists individually on their mobile numbers or emails.


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CyArk and Iron Mountain Preserve New York's Historic Stonewall Inn
3D Virtual Scanning Project is first digital recording of landmark LGBTQ national park site, marking the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising
BOSTON and OAKLAND, Calif., June 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Iron Mountain Incorporated®, the global leader in storage and information management, and CyArk, a heritage preservation non-profit, have completed a 3D scan of the historic Stonewall National Monument in New York, site of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. This project, the latest through Iron Mountain and CyArk's ongoing partnership, continues the shared mission to digitally capture, share and archive the world's cultural and historical heritage, uses data to create a photorealistic digital record of Christopher Park and the Stonewall Inn.
The Stonewall National Monument project will be available online on CyArk's website and downloadable through the Open Heritage 3D platform, a joint project between CyArk, Historic Environment Scotland and the University of South Florida Libraries to provide free access to high resolution 3D data of cultural heritage sites across the world. Additionally, the scan is incorporated into both virtual reality, an immersive photorealistic experience that allows viewers to move around within the scan; and augmented reality, featuring recorded stories and perspectives from those who were there, accompanying the scan. These experiences use the history of the Stonewall Uprising to create a unique experience for virtual visitors to learn about the event's significance in the LGBTQ rights movement. This experiential record will aid in the preservation of this cultural monument accessible to visitors across the globe, for generations to come.
The Stonewall Inn, in Greenwich Village, was the site of a police raid in the early hours of June 28th, 1969. This was not an unusual occurrence, as the LGBTQ community faced intense discrimination from law enforcement at this time. Instead of dispersing, the angry crowd fought back and the resistance and uprising was a key turning point in the LGBTQ rights movement. In June 2016, President Obama designated the Stonewall National Monument, America's first LGBTQ national park site.
"We believe in the power of 3D documentation to transform the way we manage, conserve and understand our cultural heritage," said John Ristevski, chief executive officer of CyArk. "Fifty years after the riots, the site stands as a reminder of the courage and passion of the LGBTQ community in standing for the rights of all its members. This project creates a powerful backdrop that immerses people visually in the history of the Stonewall uprising, and engages a new generation who may not be able to make the journey to New York to visit the Stonewall National Monument."
CyArk documented the Stonewall National Monument, comprising the Stonewall Inn and Christopher Park, using 3D mapping technology including LiDAR laser scanners and photogrammetry to create a sub-centimeter, detailed record of the site as it exists today. The three-person mapping team captured exteriors of the park, the bar and its Christopher Street neighbors and, importantly the interior of the Stonewall Inn. Now, any member of the LGBTQ community or ally can walk into this important historic site and connect with history.
Following that capture process, the digital copies are now preserved in a highly secure Iron Mountain facility, ensuring a digital record of the monument is safely protected and available for future use by CyArk. The Stonewall National Monument project joins recent CyArk/Iron Mountain collaborations capturing the moai of Easter Island, the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City; the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, Australia; and Fort York in Toronto.
"Our ongoing partnership with CyArk is an extension of our commitment as the trusted guardian for preservation and access to our customers' most important assets," said Ty Ondatje, senior vice president and chief diversity officer, Iron Mountain. "We are pleased to support the digital capture and virtual experience of the Stonewall National Monument, continuing the historic and cultural journey towards a more inclusive society that recognizes the value of diversity in our communities and our workplaces. Our Living Legacy Initiative allows us to share in that journey as an expression of who we are as an organization, supporting organizations like CyArk that share our philanthropic mission to preserve, and make accessible, the shared cultural and historical legacy of our global community."
About CyArk
CyArk is a nonprofit organization founded in 2003 to digitally record, archive and share the world's cultural heritage and ensure that these places continue to inspire wonder and curiosity for decades to come. CyArk strives to share this data in powerful ways, including truly immersive experiences that convey the power of these places, transporting users that may never have a chance to experience them and inspiring others to make the journey.
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), founded in 1951, is the global leader for storage and information management services. Trusted by more than 225,000 organizations around the world, and with a real estate network of more than 90 million square feet across more than 1,400 facilities in approximately 50 countries, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of valued assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and cultural and historical artifacts. Providing solutions that include information management, digital transformation, secure storage, secure destruction, as well as data centers, cloud services and art storage and logistics, Iron Mountain helps customers lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable a digital way of working. Visit http://www.ironmountain.com for more information.
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Iron Mountain Incorporated
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