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\section{Introduction}

Both ATLAS \cite{Collaboration:2011qk,daCosta:2011hh} and CMS
\cite{Khachatryan:2011tk} have now conducted searches for
supersymmetric particles with the 35 $fb^{-1}$ of $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV
$pp$ collision data taken in 2010. All of these searches have involved
missing energy and jets, though the chosen techniques use different search variables and make differing requirements on (for example) the number of isolated leptons in each event.  None of
these searches has found a significant signal over the expected
Standard Model (SM) background, and so they have set limits on
sparticle production.  The most stringent limits come from the
ATLAS papers \cite{daCosta:2011hh,Collaboration:2011qk} each of which,
independently, subsumes the CMS exclusion \cite{Khachatryan:2011tk}
within its own.\footnote{Since both the ATLAS and CMS searches use
the same amount of data, it is reasonable to ask why the ATLAS reach
is so much greater than that of CMS\@.  The answer is that ATLAS and CMS
used very different experimental techniques.  The CMS search
\cite{Khachatryan:2011tk} was based on a {\em single}\/ cut on a
variable called $\alpha_T$
(along with cuts on the transverse hadronic momenta
of jets).  This variable is known to
strongly suppress QCD backgrounds, but is not designed with specific
kinematic properties in the supersymmetric (SUSY) signals in mind. The ATLAS
collaboration based its search on {\em four}\/ sets of cuts on {\em two}\/
different variables (the effective mass, $\meff$,
\cite{Hinchliffe:1996iu,Tovey:2000wk} and the stransverse mass
$\ensuremath{m_\mathrm{T2}}$, \cite{Lester:1999tx,Barr:2003rg,Cheng:2008hk}) which have
properties tailored more specifically to the kinematic properties of
$\squark\squark$, $\squark\gluino$ and $\gluino\gluino$ production.}
Within the CMSSM \cite{Chamseddine:1982jx,Barbieri:1982eh,Ibanez:1982ee,Hall:1983iz,Ohta:1982wn,Kane:1993td}{}, the strongest limit comes from the
ATLAS ``0-lepton'' search \cite{Collaboration:2011qk} which excludes equal mass squarks and
gluinos with masses below 775 GeV at 95\% C.L.~limits in the $A_0=0$,
$\tan(\beta)=3$, $\mu>0$ slice of CMSSM\@.  The equivalent limit from
the ATLAS ``1-lepton'' paper \cite{daCosta:2011hh} is 700 GeV, while
the CMS exclusion reaches 600 GeV.
Data taken in 2011 is expected to extend this reach, assuming lack of any
signal, up to squark and gluino masses of around 1000 GeV~\cite{Bechtle:2011dm}.

It is the aim of this paper to assess the impact of the ATLAS 0-lepton
results on the regions of the CMSSM favoured by indirect constraints and astrophysical data.  We note that an earlier study \cite{Allanach:2011ut} performed a similar update in response to the CMS results. In that study the likelihood function of the CMS exclusion was calculated by full Monte Carlo
simulation of LHC collisions.  We note also that in a later study,
\cite{Buchmueller:2011aa}, informed guesses for the forms of the likelihood
functions of the experiments (intended to be accurate in the vicinity of the CMS 95$\%$
exclusion contour) were used to
update global frequentist fits to the CMSSM and other constrained
models, with similar conclusions. An
analysis of the ATLAS 1-lepton search result was also included in \cite{Buchmueller:2011aa}.

Here, we shall only consider the ATLAS 0-lepton result, since it is
more constraining than the other previous search results mentioned
above. A small amount of additional constraining power could, in
principle, be obtained by including the results of the other searches, but at the cost of
significant complication to our analysis.

Global fits allow a good fit in one observable to be traded for a somewhat
poor fit in a different observable in a statistically balanced way.
Fits to constrained SUSY models typically use
the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, the dark
matter relic density, direct searches for supersymmetric particles and Higgs
bosons, and electroweak observables to constrain simple SUSY models
simultaneously~\cite{Allanach:2005kz,Allanach:2006jc,Trotta:2006ew,Allanach:2006cc,Allanach:2007qk,Roszkowski:2007va,Allanach:2008iq,Feroz:2008wr,Buchmueller:2008qe,Trotta:2008bp,Roszkowski:2009sm,Feroz:2009dv,LopezFogliani:2009np,Roszkowski:2009ye,Buchmueller:2009fn,Buchmueller:2009ng,Baer:2010ny,Buchmueller:2010ai}.
Variations with respect to all of the parameters
of the model that have an
impact on the predictions of the observables, including Standard Model (SM) parameters, are taken
into account.
Various
algorithmic tools have now been developed
to allow such a sampling of a multi-dimensional parameter space, which may be
multi-modal~\cite{Allanach:2007qj,Feroz:2008xx,Feroz:2011bj}.
The lack of robustness of the results of such fits is illustrated by their large
prior
dependence~\cite{Allanach:2006jc,Allanach:2007qk,Trotta:2008bp,Allanach:2008iq}.
There are some predictions that are prior independent however, such as the
prediction of the lightest CP even Higgs mass, even in a fit to a 25 parameter
version of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM)~\cite{AbdusSalam:2009qd}. This is not surprising, since
LEP data provide a strong lower bound on the Higgs mass, and the model itself
imposes a close and strict upper bound. Thus, the data are constraining enough
themselves to dominate the prediction.
Frequentist fits to edge measurements from hypothetical LHC SUSY edge
measurements showed an
incorrect confidence level (C.L.)
coverage of frequentist fits when the C.L.s are calculated by assuming a
$\chi^2$ distribution~\cite{Bridges:2010de}. There are no published coverage
studies of global SUSY fits and, since they are expected to be less robust
than fits to an LHC SUSY signal, a coverage study of the frequentist fits is
necessary and long overdue. A fit to a large volume string model with only
two free parameters additional to the SM (the ratio of the Higgs
vacuum expectation values, $\tan \beta$, and an overall supersymmetry breaking
mass scale) did display approximate prior independence~\cite{Allanach:2008tu}.
On the other hand, a fit to a model with three parameters additional to the SM
(minimal anomaly
mediated supersymmetry breaking) showed significant prior
dependence~\cite{AbdusSalam:2009tr}.
Fits to models with more
than three additional parameters
have also (so
far) shown a lack of robustness~\cite{Roszkowski:2009sm,LopezFogliani:2009np,AbdusSalam:2009tr,AbdusSalam:2009qd}.

Despite the lack of robustness of the global fits, we still find it
interesting to examine the effect of the recent search on them. Much of this
effect (ruling out light sparticles) is a robust property of the data rather
than of the model, and as such will be prior independent. It is useful to see
to what extent the experiments are able to rule out good-fit portions of the
models. Here, we exemplify in the CMSSM, a well-studied and well
defined model that has phenomenological properties that many other
supersymmetry breaking patterns will
follow. Specialising to the CMSSM allows us to take advantage of published
ATLAS 0-lepton signal rates in Ref.~\cite{auxmaterialplots}, which include next-to-leading order corrections
and detector effects that we could only crudely approximate were we to
simulate the events ourselves.

The paper proceeds as follows: in Section~\ref{sec:0lep}, we review the basic
properties of the ATLAS 0-lepton search. In Section~\ref{sec:lm}, we describe
how we take into account correlated systematic background and signal errors in
order to provide a marginalised likelihood for the ATLAS 0-lepton search. The
likelihood is then validated against the 95$\%$ C.L.\ exclusion contours
published by ATLAS\@. We present the effect of the ATLAS 0-lepton search on global
fits in Section~\ref{sec:fits}, finishing with a summary and conclusions in
Section~\ref{sec:summ}.

\section{The ATLAS 0-lepton Search\label{sec:0lep}}

\input{atlas-cut-table}

The cuts defining the search regions used by the ATLAS 0-lepton analysis are
given in Tab.~\ref{tab:atlascuts}. Also shown for each signal region $i \in
\{$A,B,C,D$\}$ are the number of observed events $n_o^{(i)}$ that made it past
cuts
and the expected Standard Model backgrounds $n_b^{(i)}$ together
with their systematic errors $\sigma_b^{(i)}$. The $\sigma_b^{(i)}$ are
calculated by adding the uncorrelated background systematic and the jet energy
scale systematic in quadrature.
At each point in their model
grids, ATLAS also detailed the predicted number of signal events $n_s^{(i)}$
in each signal region.

ATLAS constructed frequentist exclusion regions in SUSY parameter space using
a profile
likelihood ratio method, taking into account theoretical and detector systematics and using
Monte Carlo toys to compute the coverage on a pair of SUSY model grids. The information from the four signal regions was
combined by defining the test statistic of each parameter point to be a
likelihood ratio
given by the signal region demonstrating the best expected sensitivity to new
physics.
Results were presented as 95\% confidence exclusion regions in the
$(m_{\tilde{g}},m_{\tilde{q}})$ plane for $m_{\chi_1^0}=0$ and in the $\tan
\beta=3$, $A_0=0$, $\mu>0$ slice of the CMSSM~\cite{Collaboration:2011qk}.
95\% confidence exclusion regions (and expected sensitivity curves) were
also produced in Ref.~\cite{auxmaterialplots} for each signal region
individually. We shall use these curves to validate our statistical
calculation of the ATLAS 0-lepton search likelihood.

\section{ATLAS 0-lepton Search Likelihood Map \label{sec:lm}}

ATLAS provides signal numbers throughout the CMSSM $m_0-m_{1/2}$ (the
GUT scale universal scalar and universal gaugino mass, respectively) plane for
the ratio of Higgs vacuum expectation values
$\tan \beta=3$ and SUSY breaking scalar trilinear coupling $A_0=0$, obviating
the need for
us to perform a SUSY signal event
simulation in order to calculate the ATLAS 0-lepton search likelihood of each
point in the slice of parameter space.
Given the information $\vec{\Sigma}^{(i)} =
(n_s^{(i)},n_b^{(i)},\sigma_s^{(i)},\sigma_b^{(i)})$  for a particular CMSSM
point and signal region $i$, we can model the expectation value for the number
of events observed in data as
\begin{equation}
\lambda(\vec\Sigma^{(i)},\delta_s,\delta_b)
	= n_s^{(i)} (1 + \delta_s \cdot \sigma_s^{(i)}) + n_b^{(i)} (1 + \delta_b \cdot \sigma_b^{(i)}),
\end{equation}
where the impact of systematic variations is accounted for by the nuisance
parameters $\delta_s, \delta_b$. We have neglected the luminosity error, which
is subdominant compared to the errors we include.
The probability of observing $n$ events from a Poisson process which is expected to generate, on average, a mean of $\mu$ events, is given by
\begin{equation}
\mathrm{Poiss} \left( n|\mu \right)= \frac{e^{-\mu} (\mu)^n}{n!}. \label{likelihood}
\end{equation}
Taking the nuisance parameters to have Gaussian probability distribution
functions, the probability of
observing $n_0^{(i)}$ events, with systematic deviations $\delta_s,\delta_b$ from
the central value is given by
\begin{equation}
{\mathrm P}_{\text{syst}} ( n_o^{(i)}, \delta_s, \delta_b | \vec\Sigma^{(i)})
	=  \frac{1}{N^{(i)}} \mathrm{Poiss} \left( n_o^{(i)} | \lambda(\vec\Sigma^{(i)},\delta_s,\delta_b) \right)
			e^{-\frac{1}{2} (\delta_b^2 + \delta_s^2)},
\label{eqn:Psyst}
\end{equation}
where we have truncated the Gaussian modelling of the systematic errors at
5$\sigma$ for convenience  (restricted to keep the signal and background contributions independently non-negative), leading to
the normalisation factor
\begin{equation}
N^{(i)} = \int_{\max(-5, -1/\sigma_s^{(i)})}^{5} \ d \delta_s
	\int_{\max(-5, -1/\sigma_b^{(i)})}^{5} \ d \delta_b \
	e^{-\frac{1}{2} (\delta_b^2 + \delta_s^2)}.
\label{eqn:norm}
\end{equation}
We then calculate the probability of observing $n_o^{(i)}$ events
\begin{equation}
  {\mathrm P}_m (n_o^{(i)} | {\vec\Sigma}^{(i)} ) =\int_{{\max(-5,-1/\sigma_s^{(i)})}}^{5} d \delta_s
  	\int_{{\max(-5, -1/\sigma_b^{(i)})}}^{5} d \delta_b\ {\mathrm P}_{\text{syst}}
		(n_o^{(i)},\delta_s,\delta_b).
\end{equation}

To validate the likelihood model and signal systematic estimation, we first
compute exclusion limits corresponding to the ATLAS expected and observed
results in the individual signal regions C and D. The inclusive di-jet signal
regions A and B are neglected for the purposes of this paper, as their
contributions to the constraints on the CMSSM parameter space were
sub-dominant.

At each model point considered by ATLAS for a single signal region $i$, we
compute
the exclusion $p$-value defined as the cumulative marginalised likelihood for
$n_o^{(i)}$ observed events
\begin{equation}
p_\text{excl}(n_0^{(i)}) = \sum_{n=0}^{n_o^{(i)}} {\mathrm P}_m (n | {\vec\Sigma}^{(i)}).
\end{equation}
This corresponds to the likelihood that the observed event count was given by
a downwards fluctuation from the Poisson mean of the nominal signal
hypothesis. The 95\% C.L. contour corresponding to
$p_\text{excl}=0.05$
is then interpolated in the $m_{0}-m_{1/2}$
plane.

Having determined suitable estimates of the signal uncertainties, we compute a
combined likelihood function that incorporates the measurements from the two
signal regions C and D. Here we diverge from the ATLAS strategy of taking the
single optimal signal region to determine the likelihood at each model point.

We are using as our ``data'' the number of events $n_o^{(C)}$ passing cuts in ATLAS
signal region C, and the number of events $n_o^{(D)}$ passing cuts in ATLAS signal
region D.  To emphasise this, we notate our data as $\vec n$ where $\vec n
=(n_o^{(C)},n_o^{(D)})$.  The events in region D are a subset of those in region C (since
the only difference between the regions is that one has a harder cut on the
effective mass) so we note that the independent data that we are working with
are actually the numbers $n_o^{(D)}$ and $n_o^{(C)}-n_o^{(D)}$.
If the expected numbers of events passing the cuts
in regions C and D are denoted by $\lambda_C$ and $\lambda_D$ respectively, then the
probability of observing our data $\vec n$ as a function of $\vec \lambda =
(\lambda_C,\lambda_D)$ is thus given by:
\begin{equation}
P(\vec n | \vec \lambda) = \mathrm{Poiss}(n_o^{(D)}|\lambda_D)\
	\mathrm{Poiss}(n_o^{(D)}-n_o^{(C)}|\lambda_C-\lambda_D).
\label{eqn:combPoisson}
\end{equation}

Again, we can model the systematic uncertainties in the Poisson means,
\begin{align}
\lambda_C &= \lambda( {\vec\Sigma}^{(C)}, \delta_s, \delta_b), \\
\lambda_D &= \lambda( {\vec\Sigma}^{(D)}, \delta_s, \delta_b),
\end{align}
where we keep the same $\delta_s$ and $\delta_b$ in both definitions, as we
assume that the uncertainties
are fully correlated between the two signal regions. The probability of measuring
data $\vec n$
incorporating systematic variations is then, using Eq.~\ref{eqn:combPoisson} and by analogy with Eq.~\ref{eqn:Psyst},
\begin{eqnarray}
{\mathrm P}_{\text{syst}}
( \vec n, \delta_s, \delta_b | {\vec\Sigma}^{(C)}, {\vec\Sigma}^{(D)})
&=&  \frac{1}{N^{(C,D)}} \mathrm{Poiss} \left( n_o^{(C)} |
\lambda({\vec\Sigma}_C,\delta_s,\delta_b) \right) \times \\
		&& \mathrm{Poiss} \left( n_o^{(C)} - n_o^{(D)} | \lambda({\vec\Sigma}_C,\delta_s,\delta_b) - \lambda({\vec\Sigma}_D,\delta_s,\delta_b) \right)
			e^{-\frac{1}{2} (\delta_b^2 + \delta_s^2)} \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
with the normalisation factor $N^{(C,D)}$ defined similarly to \ref{eqn:norm} as
\begin{equation}
N^{(C,D)} = \int_{\max (-5, -1/\max (\sigma_s^{(C)}, \sigma_s^{(D)}))}^{5} d \delta_s\
 \int_{\max (-5, -1/\max ( \sigma_b^{(C)}, \sigma_b^{(D)}))}^{5} d \delta_b\
	e^{-\frac{1}{2} (\delta_b^2 + \delta_s^2)}.
\end{equation}
Marginalising over the systematics once more produces the probability
of measuring  $\vec n$ under the nominal signal hypothesis,
\begin{eqnarray}
{\mathrm P}_m (\vec n |  {\vec\Sigma}^{(C)}, {\vec\Sigma}^{(D)}) &=&
\int_{\max (-5, -1/\max (\sigma_s^{(C)}, \sigma_s^{(D)}))}^{5} d \delta_s\
 \int_{\max (-5, -1/\max ( \sigma_b^{(C)}, \sigma_b^{(D)}))}^{5} d
 \delta_b\ \{ \nonumber \\
&&   {\mathrm P}_{\text{syst}} (\vec n,\delta_s,\delta_b |
   {\vec\Sigma}^{(C)}, {\vec\Sigma}^{(D)}) \}. \label{combl}
\end{eqnarray}
We shall refer to ${\mathrm P}_m(\vec n | {\vec\Sigma}^{(C)}, {\vec\Sigma}^{(D)})$ as the likelihood, or the ATLAS
0-lepton search likelihood, in what follows.

\subsection{Validation of the search likelihood penalty}
\label{sec:validation}

\begin{figure}\begin{center}{\unitlength=1in
\begin{picture}(6,3)(0,0)
\put(0,0){\includegraphics[width=3in]{validation_SRC}}
\put(0,2.8){(a)}
\put(3,0){\includegraphics[width=3in]{validation_SRD}}
\put(3,2.8){(b)}
\put(2.2,1.5){\includegraphics[width=30pt]{kismet}}
\put(5.2,1.5){\includegraphics[width=30pt]{kismet}}
\end{picture}
\caption{Validation of our statistical analysis of the ATLAS
  0-lepton search likelihood.
We reproduce the ATLAS expected and observed 95\% C.L.
  limits from the 0-lepton search for (a) signal region C and (b) signal
  region D. Solid (dashed) lines    indicate our (ATLAS') exclusion contours.
  \label{fig:valid}}
}\end{center}\end{figure}

We validate our statistical framework (defined in the previous section) by
attempting to reproduce the official ATLAS exclusion limits from
Ref.~\cite{Collaboration:2011qk}.
A systematic error\footnote{$\sigma_s^{(i)}$ accounts
for higher order corrections and jet energy scale uncertainties among others.}
$\sigma_s^{(i)}$ on the signal was used in the ATLAS
results, but the values of $\sigma_s^{(i)}$ were not made public.
In order to account for signal systematics,
we vary $\sigma_s^{(C)}$ and $\sigma_s^{(D)}$ in order to provide a reasonable
fit to
the official ATLAS 95$\%$ C.L.\ exclusion contours in the parameter regions most
sensitive to the global fit. Varying them manually, we find that
$\sigma_s^{(C)}=0.6$ and
and $\sigma_s^{(D)}=0.3$ respectively, provide a reasonable fit in the most
important area of the parameter plane for each signal region.
We find that the exclusion
contours are not so sensitive to the
precise values of $\sigma^{(C)}$ and $\sigma^{(D)}$: changing either by 0.05
moves the contours almost imperceptibly.
The exclusion contours are
interpolated in the $m_0-m_{1/2}$ plane after computing $p_\text{excl}(n_o)$
at each model
point for signal regions C and D separately (see Fig.~\ref{fig:valid}).

Our solid exclusion contours are seen to match the official ATLAS
dashed contours well, particularly at low $m_0$ and high $m_{1/2}$, i.e.\ in the
lower right-hand corner of the plots. This is crucial, since the global fits
before including
ATLAS 0-lepton search results favour this region of the CMSSM parameter space,
as is demonstrated below in Fig.~\ref{fig:m0m12}, and hence the ATLAS search
likelihoods will have the greatest impact in this region.
Our approximations do very well at high $m_{1/2}$, close to the favoured CMSSM point.
Elsewhere, at lower values of $m_{1/2}$ and high $m_0$, the approximation is
less good, particularly in signal region D. This is likely due to the
assumption of a signal uncertainty that, within each signal region, is flat.
In fact, the poor signal region D likelihood reproduction in the small
$m_{1/2}$ larger $m_0$ area will not make much difference to our combined
likelihood, since there it is dominated by signal region C anyway, where our
approximation is reasonable, as Fig.~\ref{fig:valid}a shows.

\begin{figure}\begin{center}{\unitlength=1.5in
\begin{picture}(3,2)(-0.2,0)
\put(-0.5,0){\includegraphics[width=5.25in]{chi2lowRes}}
\put(0.125,0.44){\includegraphics[width=3.39in]{95}}
\put(1.67,1.72){\includegraphics[width=30pt]{kismet}}
\end{picture}
\caption{Our approximation to the ATLAS 0-lepton search CMSSM likelihood map
  for $\tan \beta=3$, $A_0=0$. We display
  $\Delta \chi^2_{ATLAS}$ as the
  background colour density.
  The ATLAS 95$\%$ C.L. exclusion limit is shown as the light (green)
  solid line.
  \label{fig:scan}}
}\end{center}\end{figure}

For the jets plus ${{\bf p}\!\!\!/}_T$ search (0-lepton), where the signal involves just
high energy jets and  missing transverse momentum,
we expect the signal rate to be approximately independent
of $\tan \beta$ and $A_0$. This is because the signal is dominated by the
strong interaction cross-sections of squark and gluino production, which do
not depend
to any significant degree on those parameters.
The accuracy of the $\tan \beta-A_0$ independence assumption was explicitly
checked recently in the CMS $\alpha_T$ search~\cite{Allanach:2011ut}, which is
also looking for events with jets and missing transverse momentum. It was found that, for CMSSM
global fits,  the CMS $\alpha_T$ search likelihood is well approximated by
ignoring any $A_0$ or $\tan \beta$ dependence.
Being able to model the dependence of the ATLAS search likelihood on
$m_0$ and $m_{1/2}$,
while ignoring the effect of $A_0$ and $\tan \beta$ leads to
a significant simplification when we come to take it into account in our
global CMSSM fits.  We shall neglect $A_0$ and $\tan \beta$ dependence.

We investigate the combination of signal regions C and D into P$_m$ in
Fig.~\ref{fig:scan}.
 \begin{equation}
\Delta \chi^2_{ATLAS}=-2 \ln (\mbox{P}_m/ \mbox{P}_m(0\mbox{~sig}))
\end{equation}
is shown as the   background colour density, where P$_m(0\mbox{~sig})$ is the combined
  0-lepton search likelihood penalty from Eq.~\ref{combl} in the limit of no
  signal events.
We see that the shape of the background colour density closely follows the
shape of the official ATLAS exclusion limit. It is also around $\Delta
\chi^2=5.99$, which would be the 95$\%$ C.L.\ exclusion in the limit of
Gaussian statistics\footnote{We note here that in some regions of parameter
  space, the event numbers are very small and so one cannot use the
  Gaussian limit.}.
For increasing $m_{1/2}$ GeV, we see $\Delta \chi^2$ reaching a
constant in Fig.~\ref{fig:scan} because there is no SUSY signal, since squarks
and gluinos become too
heavy to be produced.
At large $m_0$ and small $m_{1/2}$, the SUSY signal is strongly dominated by
gluino pair
production, where the gluinos have three-body decays into squarks. Thus the
dependence of ${\mathrm P}_m$ on $m_0$, if it is above 1160 GeV, is negligible.
We shall therefore model the likelihood as follows: we use  for
$m_{1/2}>430$ GeV, $n^C_s=n^D_s=0$. We also use this zero signal limit for
$m_{1/2}>340$ GeV and $m_0>430$ GeV.
For $m_0>1160$ GeV and $m_{1/2}<430$
GeV, we use the
${\mathrm P}_m$ value given by the $m_0=1160$ line on the figure. For
$m_0<1160$, $m_{1/2}<430$, we interpolate linearly within the grid of
$\Delta \chi^2_{ATLAS}$.

\section{Global CMSSM Fits Including the ATLAS Search \label{sec:fits}}
We shall use a previous global Bayesian fit of the CMSSM from the {\tt KISMET}
(Killer Inference in Supersymmetric METeorology)
collaboration~\cite{Allanach:2007qk}
to: the relic density of dark matter, the anomalous magnetic moment of the
muon, previous direct searches for sparticles, the branching ratios $BR(b
\rightarrow s \gamma)$, $BR(B_s \rightarrow \mu\mu)$, $M_W$, $\sin^2
\theta_w^l$, as well as 95$\%$ exclusions from LEP and Tevatron direct search
data. The ranges of parameter considered were: $2 < \tan \beta < 62$,
$|A_0|/\mbox{TeV}<4$, $60<m_{1/2}/\mbox{GeV}<2000$, $60<m_0/\mbox{GeV}<4000$.
Variations of the top mass, the strong coupling constant,
the fine structure constant and the bottom mass were all included. Various
different prior distributions were examined in Ref.~\cite{Allanach:2007qk},
but here we
shall use the example of priors flat in the parameters listed above, except
for $m_0$ and $m_{1/2}$, which are flat in their logarithm. Using such log
priors allows us to illustrate the effects of the 0-lepton search more
acutely than with purely linear priors. Rigorous convergence criteria were
satisfied by the fits, which were performed by ten Metropolis Markov Chains
running simultaneously. For more details on the fits, we refer interested
readers to Ref.~\cite{Allanach:2007qk}.

We take 2.7 million points from the fits, whose densities in parameter space
are proportional to their posterior probability distributions. We then
re-weight each point by multiplying its global fit likelihood by ${\mathcal
  L}$ calculated from the 0-lepton search. By plotting the posterior
probability distributions before and after the re-weighting, we
then examine the effect of the ATLAS SUSY exclusion data on the CMSSM
fits.

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\twographs{unweightedm0m12}{95form0m12}{weightedm0m12}{95form0m12w}
\caption{Global CMSSM fits in the $m_0-m_{1/2}$ plane: (a) excluding the ATLAS 0-lepton search and
  (b) including the ATLAS 0-lepton search likelihood.
The posterior probability of each bin is shown as the background colour,
normalised to the maximum bin probability.
The region to the left of the almost vertical solid green (dotted yellow)
curve is excluded by the ATLAS 0-lepton search (CMS $\alpha_T$ search) at the
95$\%$ C.L.
The cyan inner
(outer) contour
shows the 68$\%$ (95 $\%$) Bayesian credibility region. \label{fig:m0m12}}
\end{center}\end{figure}
We display the impact of the 0-lepton search on the $m_0-m_{1/2}$ plane in
Fig.~\ref{fig:m0m12}. Fig.~\ref{fig:m0m12}a shows that the search 95$\%$
contour covers much of the current region that fits indirect data well at low
values of $m_0$. We emphasise that we have used the full likelihood function
and not just a simple cut based on the exclusion curve.
When our approximation to the likelihood function in
Fig.~\ref{fig:scan} is applied to the global fit, much of the probability mass moves
to higher values of $m_0$ and $m_{1/2}$, despite the fact
that the anomalous magnetic momentum of the muon would prefer somewhat lower
values. This effect is much more pronounced
in the ATLAS 0-lepton search than in the CMS $\alpha_T$ search
because of the more stringent exclusion of the ATLAS analysis, as shown by a
comparison between Fig.~\ref{fig:scan} and Fig.~3 of
Ref.~\cite{Allanach:2011ut}.
The fits are performed under the
CMSSM hypothesis, so the total probability is conserved, even after the ATLAS
search data have been used to constrain the model.
We could quantify the
difference the search has made to the Bayesian evidence of the model, but such
an inference is likely to not be robust until the CMSSM is strongly
constrained by supersymmetric signals. The non-robustness manifests as a high
degree of prior dependence in the evidence~\cite{AbdusSalam:2009tr}.

\begin{figure}\begin{center}
\twographs{unweightedm12tb}{m12tbu}{weightedm12tb}{m12tbw}
\caption{Global CMSSM fits in the $m_{1/2}-\tan\beta$: (a) excluding the ATLAS
  0-lepton search and
  (b) including the ATLAS 0-lepton search likelihood.
The posterior probability of each bin is shown as the background colour,
normalised to the maximum bin probability.
The cyan inner
(outer) contour
shows the 68$\%$ (95 $\%$) Bayesian credibility region. \label{fig:m12tb}}
\end{center}\end{figure}
Fig.~\ref{fig:m12tb} displays the effect of the 0-lepton search on the
$m_{1/2}-\tan \beta$ plane. As well as moving the probability mass up in
$m_{1/2}$, we see that it is moved upward in $\tan \beta$ as well. This effect
is due to the positive correlation between $m_{1/2}$ and $\tan \beta$ evident in
Fig.~\ref{fig:m12tb}a in the high probability region. The correlation can be
understood as a consequence of the fits preferring a positive contribution to
the anomalous magnetic momentum of the muon, $\delta a_\mu$.
$\delta a_\mu$ is proportional to $\tan
\beta/M_{SUSY}^2$, where $M_{SUSY}$ is the mass scale of sparticles in the loop
that contribute. Thus, if $M_{SUSY}$ is forced upward by the ATLAS search, to
get an equivalent $\delta a_\mu$, $\tan \beta$ must also increase. The
vertical arm at the left hand side of the plots corresponds to  the higgs pole
region, where neutralinos annihilate efficiently through an $s$ channel
lightest CP even higgs boson. The higgs pole region has low $m_{1/2}$ and
high $m_0$, and so isn't yet affected much by the ATLAS search.

\begin{figure}\begin{center}{\fourgraphs{m0}{m12}{A0}{tb}
\caption{Effect of the ATLAS 0-lepton, jets and missing momentum search \cite{Collaboration:2011qk} on one dimensional
  probability distributions of CMSSM parameters. \noteOnAreasAndLabels
 \label{fig:params}}}\end{center}\end{figure}
The effect of the ATLAS 0-lepton search \cite{Collaboration:2011qk} on individual CMSSM parameters is
shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:params}, and can be understood in terms of the effect
of the search on the higher dimensional parameter space: $m_0$ and $m_{1/2}$
are pushed to larger values, as is $\tan \beta$ due to the correlations
mentioned above. There is almost no change in the probability distribution of $A_0$,
indicating that $A_0$ isn't strongly correlated in the global fits with the
other parameters.

\begin{figure}\begin{center}{\fourgraphs{msq}{mgl}{mchi10}{mslep}
\caption{Effect of the ATLAS 0-lepton, jets and missing momentum search \cite{Collaboration:2011qk} on the
  probability distributions of sparticle masses in the CMSSM\@. \noteOnAreasAndLabels \label{fig:masses}}
}\end{center}\end{figure}
A change in the probability distributions in the CMSSM parameters implies a change in the probability distributions of sparticle masses. We
display a representative sample of these in Fig.~\ref{fig:masses}. The squark
and gluino masses are predictably pushed to be heavier by the CMSSM search, as
is the neutralino, since in the CMSSM it is controlled by the same parameter
as the gluino mass ($m_{1/2}$), and is therefore highly correlated. We see a
similar effect for the right-handed slepton ${\tilde e}_R$, which is
strongly correlated with $m_0$ and is thus pushed to somewhat heavier values.
Although in general, global fits are not expected to be robust until
significant SUSY signals are detected, the moving of sparticle masses to
heavier values by the ATLAS exclusion {\em is}\/ expected to be.

\begin{figure}\begin{center}{\unitlength=1.1in
\begin{picture}(3,2)(0,0)
\put(0,0){\includegraphics[width=3.3in]{sigma}}
\put(2.02,1.45){\includegraphics[width=20pt]{kismet}}
\end{picture}
\caption{Effect of the ATLAS 0-lepton, jets and missing momentum search \cite{Collaboration:2011qk} on the total SUSY cross-section
  $\sigma_{SUSY}$ in the CMSSM in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV. \noteOnAreasAndLabels  \label{fig:sigma}}
}\end{center}\end{figure}
We display the effect of the ATLAS 0-lepton search on the probability
distribution for the total production cross-section of sparticles
$\sigma_{SUSY}$ in Fig.~\ref{fig:sigma}.
As expected, heavier sparticles
mean that the cross-sections decrease somewhat.

\section{Summary and Conclusions \label{sec:summ}}
Global fits of the CMSSM to indirect data provide us with a ``weather
forecast'' for future sparticle production, under the CMSSM hypothesis.
We use {\tt KISMET} fits that take into account
the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, the dark
matter relic density  and electroweak observables and direct searches for
supersymmetric particles and Higgs bosons.
These data have the power to constrain approximately
two free parameters additional to the SM: essentially, the dark matter relic
density constraint is
strong enough to constrain one dimension, and the combination of all of the
other observables jointly constrains another.
The ATLAS 0-lepton search \cite{Collaboration:2011qk} has significantly
extended previous exclusion limits in the CMSSM and it has a significant
effect on the global fits.
The search bites off the part of the parameter space where both squarks and
gluinos are light, but also has
some other non-trivial effects: for instance $\tan \beta$ is pushed to higher
values. A recent CMS $\alpha_T$ search~\cite{Khachatryan:2011tk} based on the
$\alpha_T$ variable,
picked because it was thought to be more robust with
respect to fluctuations in Standard Model backgrounds, also produced some of
these
effects on the global fits~\cite{Allanach:2011ut}, although it had a slight
$\sim 1 \sigma$
excess in the number of events, meaning that intermediate sparticle masses
were somewhat preferred. Since the ATLAS 0-lepton search did not have such
an excess, there is no relative preference for intermediate sparticle masses.
The ATLAS exclusion reaches further than the one produced by CMS, with a
consequently larger effect on the global fits. ATLAS had a different search
strategy, relying on more standard cuts on $m_{eff}$, ${{\bf p}\!\!\!/}_T$ and $m_{T_2}$
which differ in different signal regions of parameter space and which have been
somewhat optimised to increase the constraining power of the search.
The heavier sparticles implied by the ATLAS 0-lepton exclusion means that
the weather forecast for LHC sparticle production is somewhat more arid:
heavier sparticles have less phase space to be produced in the collisions, and
their production cross-section decreases.
With a most likely
$\sigma_{SUSY}=0.1$ pb,
there is still
plenty of
opportunity for LHC sparticle production in the coming years.

ATLAS produced a useful amount of information about their search in
published auxiliary data, including backgrounds and uncertainties and
expected signal rates throughout parameter space.
The signal rates allowed
us to take their search into account without having to re-perform
event generation, which would be a CPU-time bottleneck and a significant
complication in the analysis. We are thus also able to perform the
fits implicitly taking detector effects into account.

\acknowledgments
This work has been partially supported by STFC\@. TJK is supported by a
Dr. Herchel Smith Fellowship from Williams College. We thank other members of
the Cambridge SUSY working group for discussions held.
\bibliographystyle{JHEP}

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January 2, 2023 by Rick ~ Thrivingnow
50% of Everything You Do Isn't As Good… As The Other Half
Emotional Freedom for All
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50% of everything you do... isn't as good as the other half.
The first time I heard this, it was like a punch in the gut. Oh no, it's true. Half of everything I do isn't any good. Arrgh! And then I had to smile because...
This is always mathematically true. Isn't it?!?
By whatever measure that we have, 50% will fall on one side of that measure and half will fall on the other. 50/50. Half and half.
But, you know, there's a part of me that really didn't get that. I think because I was raised in a certain way and to be a high achiever, to be a perfectionist (I've recovered mostly from that), it means that there's a part of me that always expects everything that I do, including this podcast, to be in the top, at least 50%. But that's not possible.
(Listen for a couple of examples... and how you can find relief and freedom)
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19 - 50% of everything you do... isn't as good as the other half.
[00:00:06] Rick@Thrivingnow.center: The first time I heard this, it was like a punch in the gut. Oh no, it's true. Half of everything I do isn't any good. Arrgh!
[00:00:16] And then I had to smile because this is always mathematically true. Isn't it?
[00:00:21]By whatever measure that we have, 50% will fall on one side of that measure and half will fall on the other. 50/50. Half and half.
[00:00:34]But, you know, there's a part of me that really didn't get that. I think because I was raised in a certain way and to be a high achiever, to be a perfectionist (I've recovered mostly from that), it means that there's a part of me that always expects everything that I do, including this podcast, to be in the top, at least 50%. But that's not possible.
[00:01:01]A couple of examples.
[00:01:02] So let's take a podcast. A podcast is an act of creativity. And if you do a podcast, two episodes, one by some measure is going to be better than the other. For example, this is episode number 19 of the Emotional Freedom for All podcast.
[00:01:27] If I look at the podcasts that I've already done, the first 18, based upon number of listeners, guess what? 50% of them did not do as well as the other half.
[00:01:41]Does that mean the half that didn't do as well, aren't as... what? Meaningful?
[00:01:49]Well, like in terms of meaningfulness, to me... one of the podcasts that has had the fewest listeners actually is one that is still so meaningful to me. I listen to it. It reminds me. It's got a term in it: heart-adopted that really lives in me that came out through doing that podcast.
[00:02:14]I know that term has been meaningful to at least two other listeners in a way that really touched them. But in terms of number of listeners, guess what? It's in the bottom 50%.
[00:02:29]What about, about how it impacts you? Now if you've listened to more than one, if you've listened to two or more podcasts that I've done, guess what? Half of them will have had more meaningfulness to you than the other. Half of them would be a little more entertaining, uplifting than the other half. Now, maybe on the spectrum...
[00:02:52] and this is, I think the important thing. Maybe on the spectrum it's still a satisfying experience. It's still acceptable. It's something that you've chosen to invest some of your time and energy. Thank you. It's great to have you with us.
[00:03:05]Now, this applies again to everything we do.
[00:03:11]If you're a professional and you work with clients, you could be a massage therapist, a coach, an accountant, a lawyer, 50% of those sessions that you do by some measure, aren't going to be as good as the other half.
[00:03:30] Now, if that measure is like how good it felt to do the session, that's different than the measure of how impactful it was for the client. If the measure is how much money did I make off of that client session or that client engagement versus another guess what? Half and half. They're going to fall across a spectrum.
[00:03:53]It even goes to things like hugs and kisses. You know, if you measure your hugs and kisses by how much connection you get or tingles or a sense of co-regulation or how it brings you closer or not, how you felt afterwards, how satisfied you were, guess what they're going to fall across the spectrum.
[00:04:18] If you make up stories, half the stories that you make up, aren't going to feel a certain way compared to the other half.
[00:04:27]You could use something neutral, like how long it is. Half my podcasts aren't as long as the other half. They're all in a range, but half of them are shorter than the other half, half are longer than the other 50%.
[00:04:42] Do you see what I'm getting at here? The problem is, is that our primitive brain says, Oh, Oh, I'm comparing, I'm comparing, I'm judging. I'm comparing, I'm comparing. Half of what I do, doesn't compare to the, to the other half.
[00:04:56] And this is just an internal thing. We of course can be comparing to others. When we are exploring emotional freedom for ourselves, looking at that dynamic within ourselves is a great place to start.
[00:05:10] In this one, I believe that there's relief.
[00:05:14] Guess what? You can't actually be a perfectionist! 50% of what you and I do can't be as good as the other half. It's mathematically impossible. We can't do identical acts of creation. We're human beings.
[00:05:34] We don't show up at work the same way every day. If you take a hundred days at whatever you call work, some days are gonna leave you more depleted than others. Some are going to leave you more inspired than others. Some are going to leave you feeling like you're part of a team more than other days.
[00:05:53]This is okay.
[00:05:55]If you can't actually be a perfectionist... whew! Thank goodness!
[00:06:01]There's also relief in it's not always about getting the A++.
[00:06:06] Our schools, at least the ones that I went through, you were being graded based upon some standard. I believe that that trained my brain to look at being, and aspiring to be, in the top at least 10%. Uh, but when you're looking at your own work, ah, it's terrible to do that.
[00:06:30] It blocks you. As soon as you've done two, three, four things, you can start to feel the spectrum of your work. But it doesn't mean that it's not work that matters.
[00:06:41] It doesn't mean that your Heartistry isn't acceptable... and welcomed.
[00:06:48]That's where the freedom comes in.
[00:06:50] I believe that as you really embrace this spectrum, this range, and the measures that we can have from everything that we do, that you get to live and express your heartistry knowing it is mathematically designed to exist on multiple spectrums:
[00:07:08] How it feels to you when you do it, how it feels to others, how it feels a month later, how much money it makes, how much closer in connection you become, the energy you get from it, and the emotional labor it requires. It's all going to be on a spectrum.
[00:07:29] Now, there is a way to avoid this.
[00:07:34] Never. Do. Anything.
[00:07:39] If you never do anything, if you stay stuck, if you stay frozen, if you're afraid of 50% of the work that you do not being as good on some measure as the other half, well, you avoid this. And it would be a tragedy.
[00:07:59] I believe that this life was designed for you to feel free to express your heartistry.
[00:08:08]I'm Rick from ThrivingNow, and we're here to support you in that. We have a community that's growing and you are so welcome. Visit us at Thrivingnow.center. Thanks for listening.
Until next time, I'm Rick at Thrivingnow. My inbox is open at Rick@EmotionalFreedom.Love. Or visit EmotionalFreedom.Love and leave a comment if you want to explore this together. We also have a community center forum where we'd love to have you meet with us! Thanks for listening.
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The Queens of the Castro (a group of three, gay male drag queens — Darla Gayle, Honda Hybrid and Jenna Talia) raise awareness about gender and sexual orientation in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Queens work closely with LGBTQ youth by organizing and implementing drag shows at various high schools across the Bay Area.
So, how did it all begin? In response to the "It Gets Better" movement and the tragic suicides that have been committed, the Queens of the Castro decided to extend their influence by raising money for Gay Straight Alliances with fundraising events, increasing their presence on high school campuses and galvanizing LGBTQ youth centers to promote love and stop bullying.
"At the core of our work is the belief that everyone should know how to love themselves and should never have to hide their identity. We can no longer afford to turn a blind eye to the debilitating effects of dehumanization!" stated the Queens of the Castro website.
Their first drag show benefit called "High Schools a Drag but It Doesn't Have to Be" was held at Mission High School on October 1, 2011. The hit show included some well-known San Francisco drag performers such as BeBe Sweetbriar, Mercedez Munro, Paju Munro, Anjie Myma, and Persia along with a performance by faculty members of Mission High School and members of the Mission High School GSA (Gay Straight Alliance). Since, they've been rocking their sparkly garb all around the city, organizing drags shows, shoe drives and even scholarship opportunities for LGBTQ youth.
Most recently, Vanity Ytinav took the crown for the California Gold Pageant 2013 and chose The Queens of the Castro as her non-profit of choice for all net proceeds to be awarded. "Thanks to her hard work and amazing talent she has been able to raise a significant amount of money for The Queens of the Castro!" the website stated.


It's a good time to get into Dungeons & Dragons, the role-playing game featured in Stranger Things and the podcast The Adventure Zone. The game has lost its nerdy stigma and is trendy among artsy parents and their kids.
But starting out can feel intimidating, with all of the game's books and charts and maps. Even if you've found a dungeon master and fellow players, now you have to create a character. You might be tempted to get really weird with it—I was. But if you plan to stick with this character for a while, you don't want to saddle yourself with someone that you eventually hate to play. Here's how to make a D&D hero that will best introduce you to the game.
Every character has a race and class. The options can be dizzying. For my first game, I was a tiefling warlock. It was an obscure and complicated character, and I was glad to abandon it after just one session. My next character was a dwarf fighter—much more sustainable.
Each race comes with different stats and abilities. For example, dwarves can see in utter darkness, but they can't walk as fast as humans or elves. There are over two dozen playable character races in the latest version of D&D, but according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis of some official D&D stats, humans are the most popular race by far, and most characters are either a human, half-elf, or elf.
If you're starting out, you should probably try a race you already understand from fiction and mythology: a human, elf, dwarf, gnome, or halfling (a public-domain hobbit). If you pick something exotic like the bird species Aarakocra, you'll spend half your time figuring out what your deal is. And so will your fellow players. That can be fun for a later game, but it's a headache when you're also figuring out how to attack a monster or talk to a shopkeep.
Your class is even more important. That's your specialty, which largely determines how you achieve your goals in an adventure. You can theoretically start with any class, but if you choose a less obvious one like druid or warlock, your dungeon master might need to do some extra research to figure out how to use your skills. That can be a pain if they're already busy teaching you the basics of the game.
Fighter is the most popular, and an ideal class for starting out. You'll be dealing in direct physical conflict, avoiding complicated magic, and you'll be harder to kill. As gamer Joshua Utterback put it, fighters are fun, diverse, easy, survivable, and important to the group. In a combat session, you'll be making the biggest contribution, with the least pawing through the rulebook.
Also consider the rogue, a stealthy, dextrous class that's useful in and out of combat, or the barbarian, a more reckless warrior class. If you really want to cast some spells right away, try the cleric instead of the wizard. You'll start out with the ability to heal other players, which will make you popular with the other players and build teamwork, which is crucial in a D&D campaign.
Down the road, of course, you can try more challenging combos. "It's really inspiring for newer players to see their halfling barbarian or tiefling druid party member having a blast at the table," says Capehart.
You can even use a pre-generated character. Grab an official pre-gen character sheet and you can concentrating on building your character's story. If you build your own, check Geek & Sundry's guides to starting out with each class.
The advice I give everyone when starting out is to follow the story, not the numbers. If they have the time, I suggest they read about the world itself before constructing a character. The official D&D universe of The Forgotten Realms has a ton of lore and information for players to create ideas from. What this does is build a connection between the player and the character. As their character's backstory is crafted, they draw closer to the personality, goals, history, and even the sound of their character. They become more than a piece of paper and some dice.
If you enjoy the story you're telling, he says, you'll enjoy the game whether or not the dice roll in your favor. The big advantage of tabletop RPGs is that they can tell complex, free-form stories; lean into that instead of obsessing over which armor will give you the best defensive stats.
While D&D is the oldest RPG and still the most popular, it's not the simplest, especially during combat. And it's oriented toward a certain kind of story, emphasizing dungeon crawls and fights. Plus it's set in a medieval fantasy realm, whereas you might want to play in the modern day, or in a cyberpunk future.
There are hundreds of roleplaying games in all kinds of genres. Go to your local gaming shop and ask an employee to help you find a game that seems fun for you. But some games, like Shadowrun or Mage, are harder to learn as your very first RPG.
Capehart recommends Blades in the Dark, a steampunk urban fantasy game. "While BitD is pretty specific in genre," he says, "it offers great tools for players to hop into the game by laying out a lot of the framework for you." He also likes how the game rewards players for their narrative choices.
He also recommends FATE Core, a system that adapts to any genre. "It really stresses that the rules should not get in the way of the story, and encourages the Game Master to tell a story with the players vs the temptation to play against them." You'll need to spend more time figuring out your setting and characters, but you'll spend less time doing arithmetic.
There are also many homages to D&D to appeal to different strengths. If all the roleplaying and grand quests freak you out, try Dungeon Crawl Classics, which focuses on searching dungeons and killing monsters. If you'd rather interact deeply with other characters, try Dungeon World, which takes more of a collaborative-theater approach.
Whatever game you choose, you'll have a better experience if someone in the group is an experienced tabletop gamer. If everyone in your group is new, try playing at your local games store, or looking for a dungeon master on Craigslist or Nextdoor. They'll help you get the feel of the game, and make things a lot more comfortable. Then once you've gotten the hang of it, you can start going crazy.


When I was in high school and it came the time to pick what you wanted to be in life, I remember sitting in the guidance counselors office smiling saying politely that I just wanted to be a Mom. My counselor was a women, she laughed pulled out a book of collage courses and said "general business is probably best for you dear" Well I didn't do that, I did what my heart wanted and even though becoming a mom was a challenge for me, when it happened it was the BIGGEST blessing! and so my full time job began. Who knew it would lead to this.
I have this little man to thank.
As much as I can't believe it four years have already passed and he is starting school this week. Part of me can belive it, we have done so much together in this time. I have been so lucky to spend so many days with my boys. I never missed a moment and I am so thankful for that.
I love all the memories I made with my Maximus and I am so excited to see what kind of memories he will make at school. Even though I am not ready I know he is.


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Practices Improving Processes in Salford, otherwise known as PIPS, was a Breakthrough Series (BTS) Collaborative designed to improve efficiency in eight Salford GP practices with a view to share learning across Salford by using Quality Improvement (QI) methodologies.
Commissioned by NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and delivered by Haelo, the programme included eight GP practices within Salford and ran for 12 months from April 2017.
There is growing pressure for general practices to continue to deliver high quality care, while meeting increasing levels of demand and diverse expectations. At the same time financial resources are being reduced, requiring practices to stretch their resources to maximum capacity.
Therefore, NHS Salford CCG wanted to offer GP practices an opportunity to participate in a 12-month long programme which would provide practice teams with suitable QI training and onsite support to redesign processes that impact on patient outcomes, patient and carer experience, staff experience and value and efficiency. The intention of the programme was to support GP practices in Salford to identify opportunities to improve how they work, use data to drive improvement, reduce waste and inefficiencies and reduce costs. By doing this, it would help the GP Practices to plan ahead and maximise the time they have.
The fundamental QI methodologies used to enable GP practices to deliver quick win efficiencies over the programme life span were Lean, in conjunction with the Model for Improvement. These methods were selected so that the GP practices could become very specific about what they wanted to achieve, in addition to utilising their data to demonstrate their progress. Using tools which helped them to firstly, diagnose an issue and secondly, apply tools to test changes. The GP practices were then skilled to assess whether they had seen any improvement in the changes that they had been testing.
Haelo launched the PIPS programme on the 12 July 2017, and using the structure of a BTS Collaborative, GP practices came together for three learning sessions, followed by a celebration event. Each learning session was 60 days apart and in the interim periods, each GP practice would have tailored improvement coaching support to help them enable their changes.
Within the learning sessions, participating GP practices received training in the key components of Lean methodology. Underpinning the PIPS programme was the Model for Improvement; GP practices used the Plan, Do, Study, Act cycle to test their change ideas on how to improve their current problem. Lean and the Model for Improvement have synergy between them, therefore, this was a suitable balance of QI to provide the GP practices with as they strived to make changes to their current processes. The learning sessions also provided valuable space for the GP practices to work as a collaborative, share learning, experiences and initiatives to apply them to another setting where appropriate.
Prior to the first learning session, the practices had an opportunity to think about which of the above areas were providing them with difficulties and what waste they could eliminate in order to make their processes more efficient. This issue was then brought with them to the first learning session where they explored which tools to use and how to apply them to their issue area(s).
The GP practices were supported by Haelo team during the design of the initiative they wanted to test a change on and also supported the GP practices when they put the tools into action.
At the end of the PIPS programme, the GP practices came together to showcase their work and share reflections on their initiatives, with the aim to share and learn from each other's experiences. The PIPS programme has helped the participating GP practices to see a series of improvements and has been positively received by their staff.
Going forward, the GP practices are keen to continue to develop their QI skills and apply what they have learnt to other areas within their processes and procedures. In addition to this, they are now looking to sustain their improvements and share them across Salford to other GP practices. The GP practices are now more reliant on their data, which has helped them to convey the message about QI but also, how they can use this to demonstrate what efficiencies they have seen.


one-of-a-kind introduction to the theory and application of modeling and simulation techniques in the realm of international studies Modeling and Simulation for Analyzing Global Events provides an orientation to the theory and application of modeling and simulation techniques in social science disciplines. This book guides readers in developing quantitative and numeric representations of real-world events based on qualitative analysis. With an emphasis on gathering and mapping empirical data, the authors detail the steps needed for accurately analyzing global events and outline the selection and construction of the best model for understanding the event's data. Providing a theoretical foundation while also illustrating modern examples, the book contains three parts: Advancing Global Studies -introduces the what, when, and why of modeling and simulation and also explores its brief history, various uses, and some of the advantages and disadvantages of modeling and simulation in problem solving. In addition, the differences in qualitative and quantitative research methods, mapping data, and conducting model validation are also discussed. Modeling Paradigms -examines various methods of modeling including system dynamics, agent-based modeling, social network modeling, and game theory. This section also explores the theory and construction of these modeling paradigms, the fundamentals for their application, and various contexts for their use. Modeling Global Events -applies the modeling paradigms to four real-world events that are representative of several fundamental areas of social science studies: internal commotion within an anarchic state, a multi-layered study of the Solidarity movement in Poland, uni-lateral military intervention, and the issue of compellence and deterrence during a national security crisis. Modeling and Simulation for Analyzing Global Events is an excellent book for statistics, engineering, computer science, economics, and social sciences courses on modeling and simulation at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also an insightful reference for professionals who would like to develop modeling and simulation skills for analyzing and communicating human behavior observed in real-world events and complex global case studies.


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ADLF Files FEC Complaints Against Messer, Rokita for Illegally Campaigning for US Senate
Today, the American Democracy Legal Fund filed complaints against the Congressmen Todd Rokita and Luke Messer for campaigning for Senate in Indiana without filing as candidates for any office.
Federal Election rules require individuals running for federal office to register and file financial reports when their campaign activities go beyond "testing the waters" of their candidacy or when they raise or spend more than $5,000 in contributions or expenditures. Both Rokita and Messer have raised far more than the $5,000 limit for non-candidates, and both have discussed their candidacies for Senate in public and in the media multiple times.
"Luke Messer and Todd Rokita are both knowingly violating federal election law," said Brad Woodhouse of ADLF. "They've made it clear that they're running for Senate and they should register as candidates immediately so that Indiana voters get the transparency in this election that they deserve."
Download the complaints against Rep. Messer here, and Rep. Todd Rokita here.
Some of Rokita's campaign activities in violation of FEC regulations:
Rokita has publicly talked about his candidacy: he referred to himself as a candidate for Senate in an article, stating "I'm definitely the best candidate against [U.S. Senator from Indiana] Joe Donnelly," and, in February, he posted an article about the Senate race to his campaign website.
In February, the Federal Election Commission sent Rokita a letter giving him 35 days to declare that he is either not a candidate, or to file a Statement of Candidacy. Four months has passed with no response from Rep. Rokita, and he has not filed a Statement of Candidacy for any federal office, whether for Congress or the Senate, yet he has continued to discuss his Senate candidacy in the public sphere and fundraise.
Rokita hired a well-known Republican fundraiser, Dan Dumezich, to serve as the Chairman of his Statewide Campaign Finance Committee, yet he has not registered as a candidate for any statewide office.
Rokita's campaign recently announced that it has raised more than $300,000 in contributions during the first quarter of this year and has more than $1.5 million in cash on hand, far beyond the $5,000 that can be raised without filing, and far more than is necessary to "test the waters."
Some of Messer's campaign activities in violation of FEC regulations:
Messer announced a 50-member Statewide Finance Committee, yet he is not registered as a candidate for any statewide office.
In the same announcement, Messer included a list of "Individuals Supporting Messer for United States Senate" and his deputy campaign manager said "we look forward to welcoming additional members to the team who are committed to supporting Luke Messer for the United States Senate."
Messer's campaign recently announced that it has raised more than $700,000 in contributions during the first quarter of this year and has more than $1.6 million in cash on hand, far beyond the $5,000 that can be raised without filing, and far more than is necessary to "test the waters."
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Gordon Maynard Joins S and T to Lead New Applications Initiative
Strategy & Technology Ltd, the UK-based interactive television specialists, is establishing a new activity focussing on Web applications, including HTML5 and Hybrid Broadcast/Broadband Television (HbbTV), worldwide. The initiative will be headed by industry pioneer Gordon Maynard of OnScreen Publishing.
Maynard was technical director of Teletext and led their developments in interactive television technology. In 2008 he founded OnScreen Publishing to develop technology to create and publish applications for connected TVs and mobile devices. This product, OnScreen Publisher, will be integrated with S&Ts other products to form a comprehensive offering for interactive television and mobile applications.
HbbTV and interactive television applications are very much at the top of the agenda with content owners and broadcasters around the world, said David Cutts, managing director of S&T. We are enriching our offering with the addition of OnScreen Publisher and at the same time, we welcome to the team one of the most experienced advocates of interactivity in Gordon Maynard. This is a great development for S&T and we look forward to an exciting period to come.
Maynard added S&T has a great track record for innovation and delivery, largely in the MHEG-5 domain. I am looking forward to adding HbbTV to the mix and to getting out and about talking to S&T customers around the world. We can offer unrivalled expertise, backed by the best technology, at a time when interest in interactivity and multi-screen applications has never been higher.
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August 9 Historical Events
The following events took place on August 9. The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 36 events. Showing 1 - 30.
Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus – Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople – A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.
Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete.
Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.
Opening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome with the celebration of a Mass.
Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.
The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia.
Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
Indian Wars: the Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden.
American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole – A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army
Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India
Betty Boop makes her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.
Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 35,000 people are killed outright, including 23,200-28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.
The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
Followers led by Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.
The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.


Knowing in advance whether a judge will enforce an employee's non-compete clause can be difficult. Although the interests of employers are important, courts in Missouri also give priority to an employee's freedom to choose the type of employment that they desire. As a result, courts usually uphold only those covenants that are consider to be reasonable according to the circumstances. Covenants not to compete that a court will categorize as unreasonable include provisions that last for a long duration or that restrict the employee to an unreasonable geographic area around St. Peters.
You may want to hire a St. Peters, Missouri lawyer to review the covenant before signing any agreements that may limit or restrict your rights. The lawyer will then be able to negotiate any modifications to the contract as needed, or they can even draft a new one should it be required by one or both parties. When it comes to suing an employee for breach of a non-compete clause, an attorney can give valuable advice. They will also be able to counsel employees who need advice for a covenant they have signed.


As the curtain came down on another league season, one group of U's fans have done their bit to raise funds for chairman Robbie Cowling's Teenage Cancer Trust fundraising.
The Walton On The Naze U's (also known as WOTNUS) have been attending games as a group together throughout the season and came together for a night out last Friday to recall the season and the ups and downs along the way.
WOTNUS also welcomed U's players Matt Heath and Tom Eastman, as well as club director Kevin Bull to the Harbour Lights restaurant in Walton on what was a memorable evening.
Tom was runner-up in the WOTNUS Player of the Year vote, whilst Jabo Ibehre was their winner from a vote of those that have been to games this season.
The night saw a raffle and auction and the WOTNUS branch raised a fantastic £361 for Teenage Cancer Trust, taking Robbie's fundraising efforts for the charity to over £6,500.
You can donate to this extremely worthy cause by visiting http://www.justgiving.com/colutct.


(in Vedantic philosophy) the illusion of the reality of sensory experience and of the experienced qualities and attributes of oneself.
(cap.) Also called Mahamaya. a goddess personifying the power that creates phenomena.
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Q: How to Avoid html tags in an XML document I have an XML document, the format of which looks something like below;
<root>
<DETAIL Replaces="XYZ" />
<DETAIL Description="Problem:

CRS750 dumps when panel F is opened

>>y" />
<DETAIL StepsToReproduce="ABC" />
</root>

Using the below function I'm able to convert the above loaded XML Doc to desired format;
Function ProcessDetail(ByVal xmlText As String) As String
   xtr = New XmlTextReader("GetXMLFileLocation")
        xtr.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None
        xmlDoc.Load(xtr)
        xtr.Close()

    Dim xmlDoc As New XmlDocument()
    xmlDoc.LoadXml(xmlText)
    Dim sDetail As New StringBuilder()
    sDetail.Append("<DETAIL>")
    For Each detailNode As XmlNode In xmlDoc.SelectNodes("//DETAIL")
        If Not detailNode.Attributes Is Nothing Then
            For Each attribute As XmlAttribute In detailNode.Attributes
 sDetail.Append("<" & attribute.Name.ToUpper & ">" & attribute.Value & "</" &
 attribute.Name.ToUpper & ">")
            Next
        End If
    Next
    sDetail.Append("</DETAIL>")
    Return sDetail.ToString()
End Function

Question :- Since my description node under DETAIL has some 'HTML' tags , it gives the below error . Please help me avoid that and give the below output.
ERROR MESSAGE : '<', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character. Line
1,  position 1326.

DESIRED OUTPUT :
 <root>
 <DETAIL>
 <REPLACES>XYZ</REPLACES>
 <DESCRIPTION>Problem:

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 <STEPSTOREPRODUCE>ABC<STEPSTOREPRODUCE/>
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A: html-in-xml would be an invalid XML document, and need to be fixed at the source generating the xml. e.g. it's impossible for an XML parser to tell what should be part of the XML and what's simply an html tag. e.g. xml should look like
<somexmltag><p>This is a paragraph with embedded <i>italics</i></p>></somexmltag>

or using CDATA:
<somexmltag><![CDATA[
This is a paragraph with embedded italics
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A: Use < instead of <, & instead of &, and optionally > instead of >, also " for " and/or ' for '
If you are generating (or escaping) the HTML, make sure you change the and-signs before the other characters! :-)
You cannot use CDATA sections inside an attribute. Also, CDATA sections sometimes occur in HTML, and they don't nest, leading to potential code breakage or even security holes if you are not careful. (CDATA injection attack).

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James Collins, MD, MPH
Division of Neonatology, Children's Memorial Hospital
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Chairman Secretary's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (SACIM)
Q: Tell AMCHP a little about yourself.
I grew up in Detroit and spent eight years at the University of Michigan. Currently, I am medical director of the neonatal intensive care unit and associate director of the pediatric residency program at Children's Memorial Hospitals. I am also a professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.
My wife works as neonatal nurse (at a different hospital than me) and we have three sons (ages 18, 16, and 12) and a 7-year-old daughter.
Q: We would love for our members to know more about the role of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality, could you give us some details about this Committee?
SACIM's role is to advise the Secretary of Health on all matters relevant to infant mortality.
Q: What is your individual role as a member?
My tenure on the committee recently ended. I was appointed to the committee in 2000 and became chairperson in 2004.
Q: To date, could you give us an example of progress that the SACIM has made to implement the Healthy People 2010 objectives for infant mortality?
As an advisory it's very hard to link our recommendations to policy. However, SACIM recommended the following:
1) Formation of an inter-agency council to address low birth weight rates;
2) Surgeon General's conference on birth outcomes;
3) Expanded fiscal support of Healthy Start; and
4) Expanded support of research into the social determinants of the racial disparity in infant mortality.
Q: What made you want to work in infant mortality and racial inequities?
My interest in racial inequalities in infant mortality began in the neonatal intensive care unit during my pediatric residency where I observed the well-documented phenomenon that preterm African-American infants, particularly females, have a LOWER birth weight-specific mortality rate than preterm white infants. When I reviewed the literature, I was stunned that this advantage was trivial because of disproportionately greater incidence of preterm birth among African-American (compared to white women). During my fellowship in neonatology, I earned a MPH in epidemiology to develop the research skills needed to address this pervasive public health problem.
Q: What issues are you most passionate about?
I am extremely motivated and passionate about performing epidemiologic research to understand the social determinants of African-American women's pregnancy disadvantage.
Q: What is your most rewarding accomplishment?
Our 1997 NEJM publication showing that the pregnancy outcome of African-born women approximates that of non-Latino Whites is probably my most rewarding accomplishment. It provides strong evidence that genetics do underlie the racial disparity in low birth weight rates. I am also extremely proud of our 2004 AJPH publication that identified chronic exposure to racial discrimination as a risk factor for preterm birth among African-American women.
Q: What is your vision for the future of maternal and child health?
Expanded collaboration among researchers, policy makers, clinicians and community workers is my vision for the future of maternal and child health.
Q: What do you do in your spare time?
If I am not working in the NICU, performing research, or mentoring residents, you will find me on the tennis court or traveling to junior tennis tournaments. I love playing tennis! This includes coaching and playing tennis with my kids.


KM Packaging Services Ltd has helped an award winning, high street supermarket chain to launch an innovative new range of premium ready meals in unique coloured aluminium trays, by providing a versatile, tailor-made film lidding solution.
KM worked alongside several UK manufacturers to develop the sophisticated range of around 50 different trays with two different lidding solutions for both hot and cold peel. The trays are unique in that they have an attractive cream lacquer both inside and out – a particularly challenging surface for KM to tackle. Nevertheless the lidding specialist came up with a high clarity ovenable and peelable solution with excellent anti-fog properties and a high oxygen barrier, suitable for ready-to-heat meals.
KM Packaging's Commercial Director Graham Holding explained: "We're always excited when an opportunity arises to be part of a completely new product launch – especially one that's so closely aligned to our original revolutionary work with aluminium trays. In this instance we faced particular challenges with the lacquered surface which has quite different qualities to plain aluminium. With meals that are pre-cooked in the tray we also had to mitigate against the potential risk of product contamination.
KM's unrivalled range of film lidding solutions and proven technical expertise were key to the company's success in this project, which showcases a solid cream colour on both the inside and outside of aluminium trays for the first time. Although many of KM's lidding solutions are designed to extend shelf life, the company's flexibility and commitment to rapid turnaround mean that it can also meet the supermarket's demands for fast delivery on short-run seasonal products.


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Q: Splitting xmlhttp.responseText row by row? How can I split up xmlhttp.responseText I receive from a database select row by row?
My database layout contains 3 columns which I want to hand over to a function.
This is what the responsetext looks like:
75px, 218px, foo, 12px, 13px, bar, 27px, 37px, bla

The function should be called:
myfunction(75px, 218px, foo)

and so on.
Can anybody show me an example code?

A: You can "split" the text on the commas:
function handleResponse(rawResponse) {
  function trim(s) {
    return s.replace(/^\s*/, '').replace(/\s*$/, '');
  }

  var attrs = rawResponse.split(',');
  for (var i = 0; i < attrs.length; i += 3) {
    myFunction(trim(attrs[i]), trim(attrs[i + 1]), trim(attrs[i + 2]));
  }
}

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Yes, and we don't care!
She must not be politically active, then.
So keep buying those Mega Millions tickets.
We'll use this quote sometime down the road.
Well, we've definitely reached bottom.
Hmmm, wonder if he wrote that Everly Brothers hit?
A piece of his heart came along as a bonus.
And that's just the people at the mall.
He wouldn't say this if he heard us.
Is this a metaphor for management?
You'll shoot your foot off, Ralphie.
For our next trip--er, trick.
Cool, we can now count that with one hand and a thumb.


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Buccinum thermophilum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Description
The common name for B. thermophilum is the endeavor vent whelk. Whelks are usually moderate to large in size, with smooth or sculptured whorls which often have a distinct shoulder.  The aperture is large and a siphonal canal and horny operculum are present. They have two eyes at the base of tentacles, and a well-developed sense of smell.  They are usually considered as predatory or scavengers. Their shell length is typically 3.5 cm. Whelks lay eggs in attached masses of lens-shaped capsules, each of which contains 200–450 eggs. Their egg size is about 275 μm, and the capsule diameter is about 5–6 mm. Buccinid whelks usually hatch from eggs as juveniles, so have limited dispersal capability. Deep-sea buccinids can survive up to a year without food.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Northeast Pacific

References

Further reading
  Harasewych, M. G. (2002). Buccinum thermophilum (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinidae), a new species from the Endeavour vent field of the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Journal Molluscan Studies. 68(1): 39–44

External links

Buccinidae
Gastropods described in 2002


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While She Sleeps revealed new video for "Steal The Sun." The clip was filmed during their Asia Tour taken place last month and had invited fabs from different stop to participate. Do you see any familiar faces?
Norwegian symphonic metal band Sirenia will be touring China next month. Although there's no Hong Kong date, a road trip to Shenzhen isn't a bad idea right? Head to Nowed Music Record's page for more details!
Pop punk noisemakers revealed new video "Taxi" off their latest album 'Lovely Little Lonely.' The album has received many positive feedback from fans and critics.
Anti-Flag released lyric video for their track Racists in the wake of the weekend's violent clashes between white supremacists and those in the Charlottesville riot.
Chris Cornell's widow Vicky tells The Seattle Times that artist Wayne Toth, the same artist known for his sculpture of Johnny Ramone in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, will construct a a statue of Chris in a currently unknown location in Seattle.
Chris Cornell, frontman of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, was found last night unresponsive in his hotel room on May 18.


For over 29 years, Alert1 has offered one of the market's leading medical alert systems. If you or a loved one experiences a medical emergency, help is only a press of a button away.
Here's what you should know about Alert1 systems and why this option may be perfect if you have some specific needs.
Alert1 offers medical alert monitoring for users and is a great option for those who aren't ready to sign a contract but still want quality medical alert monitoring.
When your pendant button is pressed, an Alert1 representative will attempt to contact you through the base unit. If you are able to respond you can let them know of your emergency (or accidental press). If you are unable to respond, the Alert1 representative will dispatch help immediately.
For systems equipped with fall detection, as soon as fall is detected, someone will check in with you right away to make sure you're okay.
Alert1 offers a variety of plans to make sure you have the coverage you need without paying for features you won't use. Here are the basics of what to expect from Alert1's plan options.
When you choose the in-home plan, you'll receive a base unit and a pendant for communicating with the base. Pendants have a coverage area of 600ft to ensure your call for help is heard from anywhere in the house. With simple installation, all this plan requires an active landline and phone jack connection.
The mobile Alert1 plan doesn't need a hub for operation. When you choose this plan, you'll only receive a pendant. This pendant has built-in location tracking for use in the event of an emergency.
It's important to keep in mind that without additional fall detection, in the event of a fall, it's up to the user to press the pendant button. This may not be ideal for seniors and others who may suffer from mobility issues.
Alert1 fall detection is a great option for those concerned about falls. This in-home package includes the base unit and a pendant equipped with fall detection technology. This is a great option if you have certain health conditions or increased risks of falls or fainting.
This Alert1 option features similar benefits of the mobile package. The difference is that this system can detect falls and is carried on your person. This is a great choice for those who continue to enjoy some independence but still at risk of falling.
Alert1 is among the industry leaders when it comes to medical alert systems.
This company has taken some great strides to offer a variety of benefits for consumers, which has served to put them on the forefront of medic alert systems.
This means that, should you opt for Alert1, you can have peace of mind that you and your loved ones are being monitored by one of the best systems around.
When you choose Alert1 medical alert monitoring, you can be sure help is no further than a button press away. With no lengthy contracts to sign and no equipment to buy, Alert1 has certainly earned its industry-leading reputation.
Well-established with almost 30 years of experience, Alert1 offers added security and protection to any home. Alert1 makes a great choice for elderly loved ones who still enjoy independence and mobility.
If you are considering a medical alert monitoring system for you or a loved one, Alert1 should certainly be considered! From fall detection to cellular monitoring options, you are sure to find a system and plan that suits your exact needs.


New Delhi: Today we are talking about the most dynamic and supremely talented actress The Hema Malini. She is the only one who known as a 'Dream Girl'. In spite of her Acting skills, she is a prominent actress as well as politician. She belongs to Tamil family. She is a professional Bharatanatyam and classical dancer. Malini first acted in a main role in 'Sapno Ka Saudagar' (1968). In most of the film she starred opposite her husband Dharmendra.
She got various awards for her acting. she awarded with Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India. Today she is celebrating her 70th birthday. She established herself as one of the topmost heroines in Hindi Cinema. She has seen in a different avatars.
Through this article we remind you some of her famous characters which put a major mark on us.
Can you imagine Sholay without Hema Malini? Nobody can play this character better than Hema Malini. Her mind blowing performance in this movie will always bring smile on your face.
She looked dam stunning in Bhaghban, Baabul and Veer-Zara. In these movie she graced her avatars and win everyone heart.
If you think Vidya Balan should get the credit of making women-centric films popular in Bollywood, So you are wrong. In 1970s, Hema Malini acted in women-centric films like 'Meera' and 'Kinara'.
She played double role in Sita Aur Geeta. Many of actress tried to create the same magic on screen but none of them can beat Hema Malini . She earned her first Filmfare best actress award for the same.


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Q: Add values to 'config' table and 'key_value' table when creating a new field in an existing table in Drupal 8 I'm new to drupal. I need to write a module that need to handle user related details.
I'm able to create the module and add the necessery database changes in 'users_field_data' table. by using db_add_field in hook_install()
db_add_field('users_field_data', 'user_office', array(
            'type' => 'varchar',
            'length' => 255,
            'not null' => FALSE,
        ));

But one thing I noticed when installing some other module from drupal is when a new field is added to the database it saves some values to 'config' table and 'key_value'table.
Is there a way that I add the values to 'config' table and 'key_value' table when creating a new field in an existing table in drupal 8.

A: Adding fields to existing entities should be done using the field and field storage configuration entities.
Take the following steps to accomplish your goals:

*

*Go to the manage fields page of the target entity (for user you can find the link in the configuration page)

*Add the required field in the GUI.

*Go to the configuration synchronization page and export the field and field storage configuration for the new field.

*The new files should be saved in the config/install directory of your module.

*Install the module

*The field should be added on install.