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The leading causes of death after burn injury in a single pediatric burn center
Felicia N Williams1,
David N Herndon1,2,
Hal K Hawkins1,2,
Jong O Lee1,2,
Robert A Cox1,2,
Gabriela A Kulp1,
Celeste C Finnerty1,2,
David L Chinkes1,2 &
Marc G Jeschke1,2
Critical Care volume 13, Article number: R183 (2009) Cite this article
Severe thermal injury is characterized by profound morbidity and mortality. Advances in burn and critical care, including early excision and grafting, aggressive resuscitation and advances in antimicrobial therapy have made substantial contributions to decrease morbidity and mortality. Despite these advances, death still occurs. Our aim was to determine the predominant causes of death in burned pediatric patients in order to develop new treatment avenues and future trajectories associated with increased survival.
Primary causes of death were reviewed from 144 pediatric autopsy reports. Percentages of patients that died from anoxic brain injuries, sepsis, or multi-organ failure were calculated by comparing to the total number of deaths. Data was stratified by time (from 1989 to 1999, and 1999 to 2009), and gender. Statistical analysis was done by chi-squared, Student's t-test and Kaplan-Meier for survival where applicable. Significance was accepted as P < 0.05.
Five-thousand two-hundred-sixty patients were admitted after burn injury from July 1989 to June 2009, and of those, 145 patients died after burn injury. Of these patients, 144 patients had an autopsy. The leading causes of death over 20 years were sepsis (47%), respiratory failure (29%), anoxic brain injury (16%), and shock (8%). From 1989 to 1999, sepsis accounted for 35% of deaths but increased to 54% from 1999 to 2009, with a significant increase in the proportion due to antibiotic resistant organisms (P < 0.05).
Sepsis is the leading cause of death after burn injury. Multiple antibiotic resistant bacteria now account for the bulk of deaths due to sepsis. Further improvement in survival may require improved strategies to deal with this problem.
Burn injury is often followed by a profound hypermetabolic response that persists long after injury in those that survive [1, 2]. The extent and duration of the response is related to the extent of the original burn injury sustained [2]. It is responsible for devastating muscle and protein catabolism, insulin resistance, and cardiac dysfunction that last for months after discharge, and significant growth retardation that impedes proper development [3, 4]. Patients have supraphysiologic metabolic rates, multi-organ dysfunction, and increased inflammatory cytokines and acute phase proteins [4]. This response, which is mediated by 10- to 50-fold elevations in catecholamines, glucagon, and cortisol, leads to increases in morbidity and mortality [1, 2, 4, 5]. Failure to attenuate the hypermetabolic response leads to irreparable damage and death.
The primary determinants of mortality from severe burn injury were described in 1997 as age, presence or absence of inhalation injury, and extent of burn [6]. However, recent advances in burn care including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic modulations of the post-burn response, have led to significant improvements in morbidity and mortality [5]. Survival from a severe burn is no longer the exception, but the rule - even for those victims at the extremes of age [7, 8]. Unfortunately, although patients with severe burns are more likely to survive, death still occurs. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the predominant causes of death in severely burned pediatric patients in a single pediatric burn center, to guide physicians to focus on and evaluate new treatment avenues for clinical management to further improve survival.
The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Texas Medical Branch and informed consent was obtained from patients, parents, or legal guardians prior to enrollment. Of more than 5200 children with burn injury admitted to the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Galveston, Texas, from July 1989 to July 2009, there were 145 in-hospital deaths. Autopsies were performed on all burned children that died at the hospital except for one patient (patient number 144) whose family refused due to religious reasons (99.3% of pediatric deaths underwent autopsy). All autopsies were performed at the Shriners Hospitals or at the adjacent University of Texas Medical Branch by two pathologists. In addition to the autopsy findings, pathologists reviewed the patients' hospital records and provided a summary of the clinical course. Patient demographics, characteristics, and clinical courses were recorded. The primary causes of death were assigned by the pathologist based on integration of the clinical information and the gross and microscopic findings from the autopsy. When present, herniation of the cerebellar tonsils across the tentorium cerebelli due to severe cerebral edema was considered to be the mechanism of brain death. In all cases in which brain death was declared based on clinical criteria but herniation was not identified at autopsy, neuropathologic examination demonstrated evidence of neuronal injury and necrosis sufficient to represent a cause of death. When no single immediate cause of death could be assigned, deaths were generally classified as being due to multiple-organ failure. These primary causes of death were obtained from the autopsy reports. The occurrence of inhalation injury and sepsis was also reviewed. Inhalation injury was diagnosed and confirmed with bronchoscopy. Charts were thoroughly reviewed for evidence of sepsis, including blood, tissue, and sputum culture results.
Percentages of patients that died from anoxic brain injuries, sepsis, pneumonia, or multi-organ failure due to circulatory shock were calculated by comparison with the total number of deaths. Data were stratified by time (from 1989 to 1999, and 1999 to 2009) to examine changes between time periods, and by gender to evaluate fundamental physiologic differences or treatment biases.
Prior to death, all patients were admitted to the Shriners Hospitals for Children and all were treated in an identical manner by the same team of burn surgeons. Standard treatment included early excision of the burn wound, systemic antibiotic therapy, and continuous enteral feeding [6]. Standard treatment did not change significantly during the two decades studied. Within 48 hours of admission, each patient underwent total burn wound excision and grafting with autograft skin, allograft or both. Patients returned to the operating room when autograft donor sites healed and became available for reharvesting (usually 6 to 10 days). Sequential staged surgical procedures for repeat excision and grafting were undertaken until the wounds were healed. Each patient received enteral nutrition via naso-duodenal tubes with a high-protein (15 to 20%), high-carbohydrate (70 to 82%), low-fat (3 to 10%) feeding formula. Daily caloric intake was given at a rate calculated to deliver 1500 kcal/m2 total body surface area (TBSA) burned plus 1500 kcal/m2 TBSA. Enteral tube feeding was started at admission and continued at a constant rate until the wounds were healed. In general, patients remained at bed rest after excision and grafting procedures for four days. Thereafter, patients ambulated daily until the next excision and grafting procedure if clinically stable. Patient demographics (age, date of burn and admission, sex, burn size and depth of burn) and concomitant injuries, such as inhalation injury, sepsis, morbidity, and mortality were recorded. Inhalation injury was diagnosed by positive bronchoscopy associated with a positive history. Wound infection was defined by wound biopsies growing more than 105 colony forming units (CFU) per gram of tissue with the identification of the pathogen. Throughout acute hospitalization, we counted every incident of wound infection in which biopsies yielded more than 105 bacterial CFU/gram tissue, except subsequent recovery of the same bacterium in the same location, which was counted as one infection. Sepsis, multi-organ failure, and pneumonia were defined, as previously described [4, 9–11]. Pneumonia was defined as the clinical diagnostic finding of a new and persistent infiltrate on chest x-ray, and a recent change in sputum or purulence in the sputum [9]. By definition, a diagnosis of sepsis and a change in sputum or new and persistent infiltrate on chest x-ray could be used for a clinical diagnosis of pneumonia [9].
Respiratory failure was defined as death caused by failure of the pulmonary system. It was categorized as death due to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), as defined clinically, diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) based solely on findings at autopsy, aspiration or asphyxia, or asthma attack. ARDS was clinically defined by meeting four criteria: acute onset; bilateral fluffy pulmonary infiltrates by x-ray; pulmonary artery wedge pressure less than 18 mmHg without evidence of left atrial hypertension; and a decrease in the ratio of partial pressure of arterial oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen to 200 or less, indicating acute hypoxemia [12, 13]. DAD by definition is the pathological diagnosis of ARDS [14]. It reflects injury to the pulmonary alveolar microvasculature and alveolar wall that leads to the exudation of fluid and plasma proteins that overwhelms the local lymphatic drainage [14]. Although diffuse alveolar damage was frequently recognized in cases of ARDS, there was an additional group of patients in whom histologic evidence of diffuse alveolar damage was considered sufficient to account for death even in patients who did not meet the clinical criteria for ARDS. Aspiration was defined as the inhalation of enteric contents or other material that compromised the airway.
Brain death was generally defined as the hypoxic or ischemic changes indicative of neuronal necrosis, as assessed by a neuropathologist, that were seen during the autopsy. The diagnosis of cerebral edema with herniation was generally made by clinical changes in the patients' neurological exam, confirmed radiographically, and confirmed again by the autopsy.
Statistical analysis was performed with chi-squared test, Student's t-test and Kaplan-Meier statistics where applicable. Significance was accepted as P < 0.05.
Mortality for all acute burn admissions during this 20-year period was 145 of a total of 5260 patients, equal to 2.8% (Figure 1). The general patient characteristics are included in Table 1. Of patients who died, 71% had inhalation injury diagnosed clinically by bronchoscopy and autopsy findings (Table 1). From 1989 to 2009, the majority of pediatric burn patients was male, had suffered a flame burn injury and had 23% TBSA burn. Inhalation injury was present in 20% of all admitted burns.
Cause of death stratified by decade and gender. More patients died of respiratory failure from July 1989 to June 1999, while more patients died from sepsis from July 1999 to June 2009. More male patients from all time points died of sepsis compared with females, while more female patients from all time points died of respiratory failure compared with males (*P < 0.05 compared with females).
Respiratory failure accounts for 29% of all deaths. The average (standard deviation) TBSA was 61% ± 24%. ARDS assessed clinically accounts for 69% of the deaths caused by respiratory failure, which was significantly higher than all other causes of respiratory failure (14% due to aspiration or asphyxia, and 2% due to acute asthma attack; P < 0.05). DAD, the pathological correlate of ARDS, was present in many of these cases, but was considered to be the primary cause of death in an additional 14% of all respiratory deaths. Thus, 83% of respiratory deaths were due to ARDS. Nineteen percent of patients had TBSA less than 40%. Sixty-four percent of patients had inhalation injury. On average, patients lived 26 ± 35 days before death.
Brain deaths
Brain injury accounted for 16% of all deaths. Anoxic brain injury accounted for 48% of the brain deaths after burn injury, while cerebral edema with herniation accounted for 52% of the brain deaths. The average TBSA was 62% ± 25%. Twenty-two percent of patients had TBSA less than 40%. Sixty-five percent of patients had inhalation injury. On average, patients lived 6 ± 5 days before death.
Shock accounted for 8% of all deaths. The average TBSA was 67% ± 30%. Cardiac arrest secondary to hypovolemic circulatory shock accounts for 58% of deaths due to shock. In the remaining 42%, cardiovascular failure and shock were part of a picture of sterile multi-organ failure. Twenty-five percent of patients had TBSA less than 40%. Fifty percent of patients had inhalation injury. On average, patients lived 7 ± 10 days before death.
Sepsis accounted for 47% of all deaths. The average TBSA was 76% ± 18%. The organisms that caused sepsis are shown in Figure 2. Multi-drug resistant organisms, listed in Table 2, caused 73% of septic deaths (P < 0.05; Figure 2). Six percent of patients had TBSA less than 40%. Seventy-nine percent of patients had inhalation injury. On average, patients lived 43 ± 64 days before death.
Cause of death from sepsis stratified by organisms. * P < 0.05 compared with other organisms. More septic patients died of drug-resistant organisms.
Table 2 Sepsis stratified by decade and organisms
There was a significant decrease in deaths due to fungal sepsis from July 1999 to June 2009 (P < 0.05; Table 2). There was a dramatic and statistically significant increase in deaths due to multi-drug resistant organisms from 1999 to 2009, compared with 1989 to 1999 (P < 0.05; Table 2). The percentage of deaths due to multi-drug resistant organisms increased from 42% to 86% (P < 0.05; Table 2). From 1999 to 2009, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was responsible for 64% of all deaths from multi-drug resistant organisms, followed by Acinetobacter species at 27% (Table 2).
Multi-organ failure
Multi-organ failure was present in 51% of all deaths after burn injury.
Mortality was similar between the decades (2.7% from July 1989 to June 1999, and 2.8% from July 1999 to April 2009). The average age of the non-survivors was 5 ± 5 years between July 1989 to June 1999, which was significantly younger than non-survivors from July 1999 to April 2009 (7 ± 6 years; P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in TBSA of non-survivors, incidence of inhalation injury, cause of death, or time until death. Respiratory failure was the primary cause of death from 1989 to 1999, while sepsis was the primary cause from 1999 to 2009, although this change was not statistically significant.
There were no significant differences in age, percentage of deaths from brain injury, or shock, incidence of inhalation injury or time until death. Male non-survivors had significantly higher TBSA burns compared with female non-survivors (72% ± 23% versus 65% ± 23%, respectively; P < 0.05). Female non-survivors were more likely to die of respiratory failure (39% versus 22% in males; P < 0.05). Male non-survivors were more likely to die of sepsis (55% versus 36% in females; P < 0.05).
The mortality rate over this 20-year review was 2.8%. This is considerably lower than reported rates in the National Burn Repository (5.6%) [15]. More than 99% of all deaths that occurred at our institution had autopsies conducted. Only one patient who died at the institution (and is not included in this study) did not have an autopsy because of religious reasons. Low mortality rates, with high autopsy rates allowed us to investigate potential factors of clinical management that are correctable and could lead to improved survival.
Acute lung injury or ARDS accounted for 40% to 50% of all deaths among the critically ill [9–11, 16] ARDS is a clinical diagnosis. Sixty-nine percent of patients that died from respiratory failure, died because of ARDS. Although the methods used for management of patients with ARDS has changed dramatically between 1989 and 1999 and 1999 and 2009, the mortality rate remained the same, whether or not there was clinical evidence of smoke inhalation injury. In addition, the breakdown of respiratory failure demonstrates the potential overlap of clinical diagnoses. Many patients that died of ARDS had evidence of pneumonia, and also demonstrated pathological evidence of DAD. The one patient that died of an acute asthma attack also had ARDS, but it was the asthma attack that was the fatal event. Respiratory compromise can be a global problem in burn patients as mucus accumulates in distal parenchyma and bronchioles influenced by an increased secretory state of submucosal glands and decreased mucociliary function secondary to resuscitation efforts, and mechanical ventilation [17]. This physiologic change underscores the fact that overlapping diagnoses may contribute to death. Cases in which there were overlapping diagnoses, patients were placed in the category corresponding to the primary cause of death at autopsy. Thus, a patient may have pneumonia, but the primary cause of death was an anoxic brain injury. On the otherhand, patients may have confirmation of anoxic brain injury at autopsy, but the primary cause of death was overwhelming sepsis.
Patients diagnosed with ARDS were treated in concordance with the guidelines outlined in the ARDSNET trial in order to improve mortality [12]. Although this trial did not include pediatric burn patients, we had better outcomes with lower tidal volumes and lower plateau pressures [12]. The data suggest that the decrease in respiratory deaths from 1999 to 2009 may be associated with these more gentle, supportive ventilator practices.
Only 14% of deaths with burns were in patients with burns less than 40% of their TBSA (minor burns). Of note, 22% of patients that died from brain injury had minor burns. In addition, a quarter of patients that died from shock had burns encompassing less than 40% TBSA. These etiologies are attributed to delays in care or resuscitation, or deficient fluid resuscitation. Regardless of the extent of injury, airways for these particular patients were not obtained or maintained to ensure survival. A prior study looking at the determinants of mortality in severely burned patients underscored the relation between delays in resuscitation and increased mortality [6]. This study shows that this holds true despite the size of burn.
Patients who died of sepsis had longer times until death compared with patients who died of other etiologies (Figure 3). This was significantly longer than in the anoxic brain injury, shock, and respiratory failure groups (P < 0.05). Patients with respiratory failure had the second longest time until death, but this was not statistically significant. Life may have been prolonged in this patient population with the use of mechanical ventilation. Further investigation needs to be conducted to see if ARDS in this patient population was due, at least in part, to ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Percent of patients remaining for the different causes of death. * P < 0.05. Patients that died of sepsis lived longer until death compared with patients that died of shock, brain death, or respiratory failure.
Multi-organ failure was present in over half of all deaths after burn injury. It is caused here by sepsis, hypoxia, hypovolemia, and shock. Again, these etiologies can be attributed to delays and deficiencies in care and resuscitation.
The most notable finding in this review was the effect of multi-drug resistant organisms on long-term survival. From 1989 to 1999, only 42% of patients died from sepsis from multi-drug resistant organisms and 25% of patients had Pseudomonas as the organism responsible. From 1999 to 2009, 86% of patients that died from sepsis, died from multi-drug resistant organisms and 64% of those patients had Pseudomonas as the organism responsible. Sepsis deaths from Acinetobacter did not arise in our institution until 1999 to 2009, and that organism was associated with the demise of 27% of patients with multi-drug resistant deaths. Although this was a substantial increase, it was not a statistically significant increase due to the sample size. Despite advances in anti-microbial therapies, the number of deaths associated with multiple antibiotic resistant organisms has increased. The incidence of invasive fungal infections decreased in the second decade. This finding is significant as invasive fungal infections lead to increased morbidity and mortality [18]. The decline in incidence of death due to fungal infection can be attributed to development of more effective antifungal therapies during the time period studied. In general, strategies to prevent infection, such as early excision and grafting, aggressive anti-microbial therapy, including the use of colistin, and early enteral feedings improve survival [14, 15, 17–21]. On the other hand, widespread use of aggressive anti-microbial therapies has led to increased colonization of pathogens that have resistance to current therapies [20, 22]. In addition, faulty contact isolation practices propagate spreading the organism from one patient to the next [19, 20]. With any signs of infection, patients were cultured, including blood, sputum, urine and tissue, and started on broad-spectrum antibiotics (covering for Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms, fungi and parasites). Once cultures and sensitivities had been identified, therapy was tailored to these organisms. Despite these practices drug-resistant organisms remain a threat and challenge in the burn unit. The development and strengthening of pathogens to resist anti-microbial therapy are linked to the dramatic increase in the percentage of sepsis-related deaths in our institution.
A recent study showed that female patients had a more attenuated hypermetabolic and inflammatory response compared with males [22]. Another issue raised by these findings relates to the aggressiveness with which we treat male and female patients. Female patients were more likely to die of respiratory failure, than any other cause, but had a lower incidence of inhalation injury. In addition, female patients had a lower incidence of sepsis. The question remains of whether female patients were more aggressively resuscitated, leading to fluid overload and need for mechanical ventilation, or if they received more aggressive anti-microbial therapy.
In this study, all but one of all patients who died had an autopsy performed, thus, we suggest that these findings are representative of clinical care and management, despite the fact that autopsies are known to disagree with clinical diagnoses in up to 40% of cases [23, 24]. Patients, regardless of burn size, age, or point of origin have become more likely to survive a burn injury during the past 20 years. Those that did not survive had some evidence of delays or deficits in resuscitation with either airway management or volume leading to burn shock. The progression to multi-organ failure from shock was prolonged due to the extensive physiologic reserve and cardiac resilience that are characteristic of children. The development of sepsis significantly contributed to the demise of patients with and without the emergence of multi-drug resistant organisms.
The main focus of this study was on the single primary immediate cause of death. Burn trauma is a complicated injury that causes profound physical and physiologic derangements. The clinical course for these patients is also complicated. For example, many patients died with anoxic brain injury but that injury was not the primary cause of death. Furthermore, many patients died with burn wound infections due to multi-resistant organisms, but these infections were not the primary cause of death. Some patients died with derangements in multiple organ systems, which led to their demise.
On some level, most burn deaths may be preventable with better airway management and more aggressive but precise resuscitative efforts. However, sepsis, due to multi-drug resistant organisms, may continue to impede efforts to increase survival if we cannot develop strategies to fight these organisms that go beyond the surgical and clinical techniques that have been implemented already. The data suggested that while most severe burn injuries are survivable, delays in resuscitation, inadequate resuscitation (leading to inadequate tissue perfusion), poor airway management, and inappropriate or inadequate anti-microbial coverage lead to increased morbidity and mortality in our patients. Advances and improvements in airway management, and resuscitative efforts have led to a decrease in deaths caused by those deficiencies, but deaths due to multi-drug resistant organisms still represent a challenge. Also, more studies need to be conducted to examine the potential gender differences in the response to sepsis, and the response to therapy. Further studies will investigate the proteomic and genomic changes post-burn in all patients in order to identify patients at increased risk of becoming recalcitrant to treatment modalities for sepsis, multi-organ failure, and persistent respiratory failure.
Respiratory failure and sepsis are the leading causes of death in severely burned pediatric patients.
Deficiencies or delays in resuscitation increase risk of death after burn despite the size of burn injury.
Multi-organ failure is present in over 50% of all deaths after burn injury.
Future studies are needed to outline genomic or proteomic pathways that predispose patients to different outcomes.
ARDS:
colony forming units
diffuse alveolar damage
TBSA:
total body surface area.
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This work was supported by grants from Shriners Hospitals for Children (8460, 8480, 8640, 8660, 8740, and 8760).
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas, 77555, USA
Felicia N Williams, David N Herndon, Hal K Hawkins, Jong O Lee, Robert A Cox, Gabriela A Kulp, Celeste C Finnerty, David L Chinkes & Marc G Jeschke
University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, 815 Market Street, Galveston, Texas, 77555, USA
David N Herndon, Hal K Hawkins, Jong O Lee, Robert A Cox, Celeste C Finnerty, David L Chinkes & Marc G Jeschke
Felicia N Williams
David N Herndon
Hal K Hawkins
Jong O Lee
Robert A Cox
Gabriela A Kulp
Celeste C Finnerty
David L Chinkes
Marc G Jeschke
Correspondence to Marc G Jeschke.
FNW performed the retrospective review, wrote the manuscript, and performed the statistical analysis. DNH outlined the design of study, drafting the manuscript, and was clinically responsible for the patients. HKH participated in the design of the study, drafting the manuscript, and performed the autopsies. JOL participated in the design of the study, drafting the manuscript, and was clinically responsible for the patients. REC participated in the design of the study, and drafting the manuscript. GAK participated in the design of study and retrospective review. CCF participated in the design of the study, and drafting of the manuscript. DLC participated in the design of the study, drafting the manuscript, and performed the statistical analysis. MGJ participated in the design of the study, drafting the manuscript, and was clinically responsible for the patients. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Williams, F.N., Herndon, D.N., Hawkins, H.K. et al. The leading causes of death after burn injury in a single pediatric burn center. Crit Care 13, R183 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1186/cc8170
Revised: 30 October 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc8170
Brain Death
Total Body Surface Area
Inhalation Injury


Before NAV 2017 we had Job Queue table and in the job queue table it was possible to specify that some tasks must be running on a specific NAV service.
Different user accessing SQL - if different NAV services had different service users, it was immediately visible in the SQL statements which service owned which request.
Different permissions - it was possible to give different services different system permissions via its Service Account.
With Task Scheduler it seems we are missing the option of forcing specific host and/or service to take care about the scheduled task.
Could anybody please suggest if there is any workaround in which we could force certain tasks to run on specific services?
Use Old Job Queue instead of Task Scheduler.
Any suggestions on how to force specific service instance using Task Scheduler?
I have the same question as Igor.
As I understand the documentation, there is no "build in" option to handle this requirement.
When Codeunit 448 is called, why not check the current sessionID with the sessionID of the desired ServiceTier?
Thinking one step further, it is thinkable to create an additional dispatcher which calls a STARTSESSION with the desired SessionID.
Task Scheduler does not Create "Sessions" in the usual Sense, i.e. in the Active Session Table (2000000110); only "Session Events" in the Session Event Table (2000000111).
Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you want. --Anon.
just a quick response to your suggestions - when Job Queue Dispatcher runs it already runs on a specific service instance and I am not aware about any way which would migrate that session to another service instance. I am not also aware about any way which would spawn a new session on another service instance (STARTSESSION happens on the same service instance).
Former Job Queue method actually spawned job queue entries looping session on all the service instances where it was allowed. And that is why it could filter out its own job queue entries and start these on correct service instance using STARTSESSION.
I however like Task Scheduler and I am missing this only bit - possibility to give it the hint about the service it should execute on.
OldNavDog - you can debug scheduled task by using breakpoint & starting Debug Next. Scheduled Task fires the background session for the time needed for its execution.
You could use something like the following to achieve the requirement.
I didn't test it, but it should be starting point.
The Task Scheduler basically calls every time the same Codeunit (448 in standard config).
Each of the NAS Services will go through the code and checks if the Server Name matches.
If not, do nothing (make sure that the Execution DateTime of the Job Queue Entry will not be updated).
The workaround only solves job queue entries. Not Scheduled Task.
@Juhl: Everytime you push "Set Status to Ready" for a Job Queue, a Scheduled Task will be created. If you have built your own solution, build a setup in NAV to identify the Scheduled Tasks and on which Server to run. Then implement the above code into the Codeunit your Scheduled Task executes.
Did someone tried to use the table $ndo$taskscheduling on SQL to get a solution for this.
The table does contain the field [Server Instance ID] and it gets updated but the entry does not "live" very long.
So my idea would be to use SQL trigger to check before the entry is inserted and overwrite this this field with the "correct" value for [Server Instance ID] or similar.
Maybe you should design for the future.
Using APIs, unc paths, Azure Files or what ever, one should never make a dependency on specific server, all above doesn't care where it's run!
I never needed this in a profject!
Think BC Online... here you can't control anything!
Some installations will have to stay on prem and there is definitely a need of this functionality.
We have a very big customer who does some heavy automated invoicing once a month.
The job used to take +36h, by splitting the customers in half and running the job in parallell on two separate NSTs we've cut that down to 12h.
They're scheduled for upgrade to 2018 and this is one of the major stumbling blocks.
Just use "old sKool" NAS and some custom code to run some specific tasks.
PS: built-in task scheduler executes tasks in parallel already so it can help if you don't care about load balancing issues.
We need to split this on two different servers, running both jobs on one server chokes it to death.
It may fail on long running jobs due to timeout.
Just use several NASes and custom "job queue" to execute your tasks. This is the best solution.
Fixed it using Row level security on the sql server. If your 2 or more taskshedulers log into the sql server using different credentials you can make them only see the records for a specific company.
Thanks bertvangestel for your solution.
It really sounds like a solution that shall work.
I would rather prefer MS to give us some options to do that inside BC/NAV rather than hacking with NAV system tables under the hood, but still your suggestion is a viable option.


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Biologist Alexander Semenov and his team are planning to sail 35,000 nautical miles around the world in three years, executing hundreds of dives to study the life of oceanic creatures and telling the world about their discoveries.
The Aquatilis is the first Russian round-the-world expedition dedicated to studying the life of the oceans. Alexander Semenov, the project's organizer and its source of inspiration, is head of the diving service of the White Sea Biological Station of Lomonosov Moscow State University; he is also a renowned underwater photographer.
Semenov has been writing a popular science blog on marine research for seven years. His main goal is to show people what an amazing world is out there and what unusual and beautiful creatures populate it. Thus, the proposed expedition will be dedicated not only to studying oceanic creatures, but also (and primarily) to popularizing science.
"The ocean is like a parallel universe: It's another world populated by totally amazing creatures. We believe people need to be shown how interesting and impressive scientific research can be. We are dreaming of a new Odyssey by continuing the beautiful and noble cause of pioneers of underwater studies," Semenov says.
The team on board the Aquatilis will be webcasting to blogs and social networks, telling the world about the creatures they meet and about marine research, posting photos and videos, and interacting with their audience. The expedition is expected to create a unique bank of photo and video material about the world's oceans, including thousands of high-quality, color pictures of rare and potentially never-before-studied organisms.
"As a naturalist, I observe the entire underwater world that is accessible to a camera lens. This is a very interesting line of work; we've been diving here for years. This is my seventh or eighth year, and I dive all the time, observing the same animals and taking photos of them. So, by now, we have documented all the nuances of the life cycles of many animals," says Semenov.
Everyone can take part in organizing the Aquatilis' expedition around the world. A fundraising project for the initial, preparatory stage has been launched on the Boomstarter crowdfunding website.
According to the biologist, such photos can be useful for students or researchers specializing in certain fields.
"Underwater photos and videos add a lot of classical biology knowledge to modern research. For instance, if a researcher works on the taxonomy of a certain group, he or she is still interested in how the creatures live: Similar species could have totally different behavior patterns. We observe animals, compare our observations to the book, and realize that the book isn't complete; a number of things can be added," says Semenov.
Another one of the project's goals is to draw attention to the ecological problems of the world's oceans. The route includes stops at "garbage islands"—giant accumulations of floating trash and dispersion plastic that are bigger than some small counties. Participants in the expedition want to film these islands and tell the world what happens to animals and the ocean in such conditions.
The three-year-long expedition will be subdivided into 10 stages, each of which will last 2–4 months. Between eight and 16 crewmembers will be on board the yacht Aquatilis at any one time, depending on the specific stage's mission. More than 50 people will take part in the expedition in total—whether at sea or on the ground—over the three years.


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Things like that are what likely keep Mark Bennett and other similarly thinking federal judges awake at night as they ponder the disconnect between the stated objectives of mandatory minimum sentencing rules in the federal realm and what those guidelines actually achieve.
And what they far too often yield as results, in judge Bennett's view, is "a miscarriage of justice."
We touched upon the burning topical issue of mandatory minimums in a recent blog post, noting in our May 17 entry that, "A scathing criticism of that tool stresses its misapplication in far too many cases."
It's not hard to find evidence that Bennett harbors precisely that view, with his comments on the subject being direct and hard hitting.
"I think it's one of the gravest injustices in the history of America," he says in remarking on sentences he is compelled to pronounce on defendants who he frankly doesn't believe merit their harsh outcomes.
Back to that packet of sugar for a moment, as referenced in a recent CNN article on judicial backlash against the professed illogic and inequity of mandatory minimum sentencing outcomes in many instances. Reportedly, that was about the size/amount of methamphetamine that a grandmother who inadvertently got hooked on the drug sought to sell to a third party.
Bennett noted that the defendant would probably have been placed on probation if her sentence was being handed down in a state courtroom across the street.
With due resignation and apparent despair, Bennett sentenced the woman to 60 months in a federal penitentiary, notwithstanding her status as a former addict far removed from the high-level drug traffickers that have always been signified as the main targets of mandatory minimums.
What makes Bennett and other like-minded judges chafe is their lack of discretion to alter such an outcome, which Bennett says leads to inappropriate sentencing in his cases involving mandatory minimums about 80% of the time.
"I do not consider myself soft on crime," he says, acknowledging the merit in mandatory sentencing for select hard-line offenders.
What he terms as a personal "burden," though, is the forced application of mandatory outcomes in his courtroom in legions of cases where "low-level nonviolent" offenders are locked away for many years for their mistakes.
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A long-standing land dispute between the people of Bah, Gayee Clan in Kparblee administrative district and those of Gbotuo in Gblor Clan, Doe administrative district, has led to one person being reported dead, while four others are said to be hospitalized at various health facilities in the county.
The wounded include Nelson Paye, 38, Eric Fayah, 35; and Robert Dowah, 33. The three are currently receiving medical attention at the Rev. S.K. Gaye Taye Clinic in Kparblee, while 32-year-old Philip Colkahn is being treated by traditional herbalists.
The New Dawn gathered that the victims sustained their injuries through the exchange of gunfire between rival groups involved in the land dispute.
The incident, according to the report, has left over 20 towns near the border with neighboring Ivory Coast completely empty, as residents crossed into Ivory Coast, abandoning schools and clinics.
The land dispute between the two towns, according to the report, started in 2017. Both sides have accused the County Administration and the government of being unable to address the situation.
The exchange of gunfire lasted from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. last Wednesday, 24 November. Emmanuel Kollie, a resident of Gbotuo Town, narrated that the latest conflict erupted when he along with some others, were arrested by one Sylvester Bah in Bah Town, while they were passing thru to get to their area Gbotuo, due to heavy flooding.
According to Emmanuel, Sylvester accused them of hunting for snails in a bush that does not belong to them. He said two bags of snail were confiscated from them, and they subsequently informed some of their brothers from Gbotuo, including Jimmy Zor, 33, and Oldpa Zor, 28, who told to wait and see.
Emmanuel continued that his senior brother Jimmy Zor in return threatened to arrest any citizen from Bah Town, and eventually arrested a hunter from Bah with a single barrel gun and meat.
Eyewitnesses also narrated that while the firing was taking place in Paye Village, which is the boundary between the two towns, a community watch forum officer, Solomon Gaye who had gone to make peace, was allegedly shot and killed.
During a visit to the scene, the New Dawn observed over 50 empty shells of single barrel rounds scattered on the ground, which indicates indeed, there was an exchange of gunfire.
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El Salón de la Fama Nacional de Béisbol, localizado en Cooperstown, Nueva York, Estados Unidos, es un museo semioficial dirigido por entidades privadas que sirve como punto central para el estudio de la historia del béisbol en los Estados Unidos y en el mundo. También tiene como funciones la exhibición de importantes objetos relacionados con este deporte, así como la realización de actividades encaminadas a honrar a las personas que se han destacado como jugador, dirigente o propulsor de béisbol. Cuando se menciona el "Salón de la Fama" en artículos y conversaciones, se hace referencia sobre todo a la lista de homenajeados, más que al museo. El lema del Salón es: "Preservar la historia, honrar la excelencia, conectar generaciones".

Historia

El Salón de la Fama fue inaugurado el 12 de junio de 1939, por la Fundación Clark, una organización privada ubicada en Cooperstown, con dinero de la empresa Singer, un fabricante de máquinas de coser. La Fundación trataba de atraer turistas a Cooperstown, una pequeña ciudad que se vio afectada por la Gran depresión, que diezmó la industria del turismo, y por la Ley seca, que destruyó la industria del lúpulo en el pueblo. La leyenda que cuenta que Abner Doubleday, un héroe de la Guerra Civil Estadounidense, inventó el béisbol en Cooperstown ayudó a la popularidad del Salón en sus primeros años, aunque muchas personas dudan de la historia.

Las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol vieron la oportunidad y empezaron a colaborar con el Salón para promocionarlo y para conseguir objetos para su museo.

En 1994 el museo añadió una biblioteca y un edificio dedicado a la investigación. Entre los años 2003 y 2005 se realizaron nuevas mejoras.

En el año 2002, fue iniciado el "Baseball as América," una exhibición que visitará diez museos norteamericanos durante seis años. El Salón también patrocinó un programa educativo en internet para llevar el Salón a los alumnos que de otra forma no podrían verlo. En enero de 2006, el Salón anunció una alianza con Citgo para lanzar una exposición que describe las contribuciones de América Latina al béisbol. El Salón tiene un espacio cada año en el FanFest, el festival que acompaña al Juego de Estrellas.

En el pueblo de Cooperstown se encuentra también el estadio Doubleday, donde se juega el Partido del Salón de la Fama, un partido entre dos equipos de las Grandes Ligas. En años anteriores, el juego se celebró durante el fin de semana de exaltación de nuevos miembros al Salón, pero en los últimos años, se viene celebrando en mayo o junio, fechas más acordes con el calendario de partidos de los equipos. El "Fin de Semana del Salón de la Fama" también incluye un concurso de "home runs", programas especiales en el museo, un desfile por la calle principal de Cooperstown y, finalmente, el partido. Este se trata de una exhibición en el que las estadísticas no son grabadas. De hecho, los jugadores habituales normalmente son sustituidos por jugadores de las ligas menores después de la primera ronda de bateos.

En 2012, Estados Unidos aprobó el Congreso y el presidente Barack Obama firmó una ley que ordena la Casa de la Moneda de Estados Unidos para producir y vender monedas conmemorativas, no circula en beneficio de la, Hall sin fines de lucro privado. El proyecto de ley, H.R. 2527 (En Inglés solamente), se introdujo en los Estados Unidos Cámara de Representantes por el representante. Richard Hanna, un republicano de Nueva York, y aprobado por la Cámara el 26 de octubre de 2011. Las monedas, que representan los guantes de béisbol y bolas, son los primeros diseños cóncavas producidos por la Casa de Moneda. La acuñación incluyó 50.000 monedas de oro, 400.000 monedas de plata y 750.000 CLAD (níquel-cobre) monedas. La Casa de Moneda de los liberó el 27 de marzo de 2014, y el oro y la plata ediciones agotó rápidamente. El Ayuntamiento recibe dinero de los recargos incluidos en el precio de venta: un total de $ 9.5 millones si se venden todas las monedas.

Miembros

La frase "Salón de la Fama" puede designar el museo y el edificio en Cooperstown, mas la mayoría de las veces designa la lista de jugadores, pilotos, árbitros, y dirigentes que recibieron el honor de la inducción. Los primeros cinco hombres exaltados eran las estrellas Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson y Walter Johnson, exaltados en 1936. A partir de febrero de 2006, 278 personas han sido exaltadas al Salón, incluso 225 jugadores, 17 pilotos (la mayoría también fueron jugadores), 8 árbitros, y 28 dirigentes y propulsores. Treinta hombres recibieron el Premio Ford C. Frick para la excelencia en difusión, y 57 recibieron el premio J.G. Taylor Spink para la excelencia en la escritura y la crónica, incluyendo Peter Gammons.

Los jugadores son elegidos al Salón de la Fama por la Asociación de Escritores de Béisbol de América (BBWAA), o por el Comité de Veteranos, que consta de miembros del Salón y los ganadores de los premios Frick y Spink. Cinco años después del retiro, cualquier jugador que jugó diez años en las mayores y que está aprobado por un comité que descarta los candidatos ménos calificados, es considerado elegible para inducción por los miembros de la BBWAA que tengan al menos diez años ininterrumpidos formando parte de la asociación.

De una papeleta final que por lo general contiene entre 25 y 40 candidatos, cada escritor puede votar por hasta diez jugadores; hasta la década de los 50s, los votantes estaban supuestos a votar por el máximo número de candidatos. Cualquier jugador que recibe el 75% o más de los votos de las papeletas es exaltado. Un jugador que recibe menos del 5% de los votos de las papeletas es borrado de las papeletas en elecciones venideras. A veces, el comité que descarta los candidatos restablece la elegibilidad de jugadores borrados, pero en los noventa, los candidatos dejados se volvieron permanentemente inelegibles para selección, incluso para el Comité de Veteranos. En 2001, hubo un cambio a las reglas de votación que restableció la elegibilidad de todos los jugadores borrados, que ahora pueden ser considerados por el Comité de Veteranos.

En circunstancias especiales, un jugador puede ser considerado elegible para exaltación aunque no cumpla con todos los requisitos. Ha pasado dos veces: en 1939, Lou Gehrig, que se retiró del béisbol después de recibir un diagnóstico de esclerosis lateral amiotrófica; y en 1978, cuando Addie Joss, que jugó en nueve temporadas antes de morir de tuberculosis, fue exaltado. Además, sí un jugador elegible fallece antes de cumplir su quinto año de retirado, será elegible en la próxima elección seis meses después de su muerte. La exaltación de Roberto Clemente en 1973 sentó el precedente, cuando los escritores eligieron considerarlo después de su muerte en la Noche Vieja, 1972, y añadieron la regla que codificó esta política de allí en adelante.

Si un candidato fracasa en ser exaltado por el BBWAA dentro de los 20 años después de su retiro como jugador, el Comité de Veteranos, que vota cada dos años, pueden exaltarlo. Este comité vota también cada cuatro años por los candidatos de la reserva de pilotos, árbitros, dirigentes, o propulsores. Jugadores de las Ligas Negras son elegibles para exaltación por parte del Comité de Veteranos desde 1971. En 2005, el Salón llevó a cabo un informe sobre los jugadores Afroamericanos que jugaron de fines del siglo XIX y la integración de las Ligas Grandes en 1947, y celebró una elección especial para ellos en febrero de 2006; 17 jugadores de las Ligas Negras fueron inducidos además de los 18 ya exaltados.

El museo
Según el Salón de la Fama, aproximadamente 350.000 visitantes entran al museo cada año, y desde la apertura del museo se estima que se ha rebasado los 13 millones de visitantes. Estos visitantes ven solamente una parte de los 35.000 objetos, 2.6 millones de artículos de la biblioteca (tales como artículos de diarios y fotos), y 130.000 cartas de béisbol. La lista de exhibiciones incluye:

La planta baja
 Béisbol al cine, que contiene recuerdos de películas sobre béisbol y donde se puede ver secuencias de esas películas.
 El Teatro del Bullpen es el sitio de programas cotidianos al museo (tal como juegos de trivialidades o discusiones sobre libros) y está adornado con fotos de relevistas famosos.
 La Galería Harper contiene exposiciones cambiadizas. Ahora hay una exhibición del arte sobre las Ligas Negras.
 La Fila de Exaltación contiene artículos que pertenece a los candidatos exaltados más reciente y fotos de las ceremonias de exaltación de años pasados.
 La Galería de Arte Pérez-Steele contiene arte de todos los medios que pertenece a béisbol.
 La Galería de Placas, el área más reconocible al museo, contiene las placas de todos los miembros del Salón.
 El Club Solar para los Niños contiene unas exhibiciones interactivas para los niños jóvenes.
 Escritores y Locutores honran los ganadores de los premios Spink y Frick con fotos, y contiene artículos que pertenecen al escrito de béisbol y a la transmisión de béisbol.
 Hay ventanas aquí que va del piso al techo y que frentan a un patio al aire libre con estatuas de Johnny Podres y Roy Campanella (del equipo de los Brooklyn Dodgers de 1955, que ganó la Serie Mundial), y una jugadora anónima del Liga Profesional de Béisbol de Chicas Todo Americanas. Durante el fin de semana de exaltación en 2006, una estatua de Satchel Paige se descubrió y estaba dedicado.

El primer piso
 El Teatro de la Tribuna incluye una película de 13 minutos que muestra la belleza, el esplendor, y el mito de béisbol. El teatro de 200 asientos está decorado a resemblar Comiskey Park.
 El Juego es el cuadro principal del primero piso, y contiene el mayor cantidad de artículos de todos los cuadros en el museo. El Juego cuenta la historia de béisbol de sus albores al día presente. Este cuadro incluye unos mini-cuadros: El Cuadro de Babe Ruth, el Cuadro de Hank Aaron, Los Sueños del Diamante (las mujeres en el béisbol), El Pundonor y la Pasión (exhibición sobre las Ligas Negras), y Tomando el Campo (sobre el béisbol en el siglo XIX).

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Enlaces externos
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 Salón de la Fama del Béisbol - en español

Premios y trofeos de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol
Grandes Ligas de Béisbol

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The Chairman of the National Bank of Oman will address students at London Business School on The Future of Islamic Finance in London and Beyond.
Mohammed Mahfoodh Al Ardhi will speak to students at London Business School on Monday 20 October. Mr Al Ardhi has been a Director of the National Bank of Oman since March 2011, and is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Credit Committee of the Board.
Mr Al Ardhi said: "London has a long and illustrious history of facilitating trade and finance across the world. It has shown itself to be capable of supporting a range of financial markets that lead the world in innovation and scale. Furthermore, the UK and Oman have an equally long and successful history of shared experiences and opinions.
"While Islamic financial markets in the region are continuing to develop, they will require a counter party who will assist in their development. Given London's history of financial market management, and current position within Islamic finance, just behind Malaysia, I believe London can play an important role in this development."
The event has been organised by the London Business School Middle East Club.
The National Bank of Oman (NBO) recently enlisted London Business School to provide executive education and leadership development to its mid to senior leaders. The School was also appointed by National Technology Enterprises Company (NTEC) and Oman Oil Company last year for its customised leadership programmes.


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Uber to deploy self-driving cars in Pittsburgh
August 22nd, 2016 by Mark Daly in Industry News No Comments »
The ride-sharing firm Uber will, for the first time, allow users to hail self-driving cars within a fortnight, the company has confirmed.
Uber said the launch would take place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It added that it was teaming up with Volvo.
At first, the vehicles will be supervised by a driver, who can take control if necessary, and an observer, Bloomberg reported.
The firm first revealed plans to replace human drivers two years ago.
More than one million people drive vehicles linked to its app, but are not directly employed by the company.
A spokeswoman for the firm told the BBC: "Starting later this month, Uber will allow customers in downtown Pittsburgh to summon self-driving cars from their phones, crossing an important milestone that no automotive or technology company has yet achieved.
"In Pittsburgh, customers will request cars the normal way, via Uber's app, and will be paired with a driverless car at random. Trips will be free for the time being, rather than the standard local rate of $1.30 [£0.98] per mile."
She added that Volvo had already sent a small number of sensor-equipped XC90 sports utility vehicles (SUVs) to Uber, which would be used in the initial trials. The carmaker intends to have delivered 100 such cars to its partner by the end of the year.
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Image caption Uber began using Ford Fusion cars to test its self-driving technologies in Pittsburgh earlier this year
Uber had previously used modified Ford Fusions to test its self-driving tech.
Volvo collaboration
Volvo has confirmed it is taking part in a "joint project" between Uber and the carmaker.
"Both Uber and Volvo will use the same base vehicle for the next stage of their own autonomous car strategies," the firm said.
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"This will involve Uber adding its own self-developed autonomous driving systems to the Volvo base vehicle."
Engineers from both companies would collaborate on the project, the firm added.
"This alliance places Volvo at the heart of the current technological revolution in the automotive industry," said Hakan Samuelsson, president and chief executive of Volvo.
The Bloomberg story notes that the Volvo deal will not be an exclusive one and that Uber plans to work with other carmakers.
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Image caption Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick has been planning a move to self-driving cars for some time
Analysis: Rory Cellan-Jones, technology correspondent
Uber's hard-charging founder Travis Kalanick has been outlining a vision of a self-driving fleet for some years – but it always sounded like a long-term vision akin to Elon Musk's plan for a settlement on Mars.
Indeed, two years ago the company's operations director Ryan Graves told me that focussing on self-driving cars was a "fool's errand" in the short term and that nobody would be getting in one in the next few years.
So, the news that self-driving Ubers will be available to customers in Pittsburgh later this month comes as a huge surprise.
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Image caption Volvo and Uber have pledged $300m to their self-driving project
It will be a wake-up call to Google – which has done so much work in this field but has yet to launch any kind of commercial service – and to Mr Musk's Tesla, currently battling adverse publicity over the reliability of its Autopilot function.
It is also a measure of just how much money Uber has invested in its automated driving research programme – but having raised over $10 billion (£7.6bn) from backers, the company has plenty of financial firepower at its disposal.
One caveat however – the "self-driving" Volvos picking up Uber users will still have a human in the driving seat as a supervisor. Even if Uber was confident enough in the technology to dispense with a human, neither Pittsburgh nor any other city is ready to adapt its regulations to allow completely autonomous driving.
And that means that Uber's latest coup is an impressive piece of marketing for its vision of the future of transport, but will prove a very expensive way of ferrying people around for some years to come.
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Image caption Volvo's XC90 self-driving vehicles have been modified for self-driving in other projects already
Some of Uber's know-how in the field of self-driving vehicles has come via its agreement to purchase Otto, a start-up founded by former Google employees to develop driverless trucks.
Otto was co-founded by Anthony Levandowski, whose previous start-up, 510 Systems, was bought by Google when it began its own self-driving vehicles project.
'Good step'
Volvo has already been testing self-driving versions of the same vehicle in Swedenas part of its "Drive Me" project, said Alan Stevens at the UK's Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
The firm has also trialled the vehicle in Australia and plans to do so in London next year.
"I think it works well and I think it's a good small step to be taking," Mr Stevens told the BBC.
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A quarter of the world's Anglican bishops boycotted on Wednesday a once-in-a- decade gathering of church leaders in a row over gay clergy.
Chris Eaton strings his own tennis rackets and drives a car with a wing mirror fixed by duct tape.
Britain's former spy chief on Wednesday took the rare step of going public to deny that the security services murdered Princess Diana.


Enlightenment is an active process, not a static state. Where outdated ideas about enlightenment focus on deprivation and separation (celibacy, poverty, cave sitting), we live in an age of abundance and inclusion. There is plenty of everything available for all of us. Plenty of love, peace, wellness, money, support and guidance.
This workshop is about Action.
The first Action is to know that you are included in all of this good.
During this gentle experiential process, your team of guides will join you in taking each of the practical action steps listed below, which make the world expansive, peaceful and focused on love. The result is a deep connection with spirit, a clear sense of self, and being present in the joy of being alive.


I worship at a French Catholic church dating back nearly 100 years: Saint Vital on Beaumont, Alberta. Situated on the western Canadian prairies, it harkens back to a time when the church was the center of the community. And that's exactly where Saint Vital is situated in my town: Smack-dab in the center of town, perched at the top of the hill the town is named after. Houses spread out from there. There is a sense of history and French Catholic tradition that seems to emanate from the church. You can see the church from miles away.
to western Canada from Quebec to homestead the rich land in the area. Their lives revolved around a common faith, family, and a deep connection of interdependent community -- in that order. That is the way its supposed to be. Those pioneers endured, survived and thrived. The original church was destroyed by fire and the new church was built of brick. A walk through the graveyard at the back of the church bears silent and powerful witness to that history and those people.
When my grandchildren were little, they loved to go to "Papa's church" as they called it. In their vocabulary, I'm Papa (don't ask why. It's a convoluted story). Sometimes we would go there when the church was empty. I talked to them about God and the parish history. They loved it. Even as pre-school children, they seemed to desire a connection to what went before.
Catholicism is historically oriented. The Holy Scriptures and Traditions of the Church provide a basis for preserving Christ's teachings, as revealed to the Apostles. It is the basis of revealed truth (cf. John 1.14, 14.6). It is the root of understanding.
when he is old he will not depart from it." Some parents have mistakenly thought this is an iron-clad promise from God. I sure did. I thought that if I did my parenting correctly there was a binding promise from God to save my children. The problem with this notion is twofold: One is hard-pressed to find such a guarantee in the Bible (including this verse). The other problem is the issue of free will. Proverbs 22.6 is a proverb, not a promise. No matter how godly a parent may be, it is not a guarantee of faithful or godly children. Each generation is responsible for its own relationship to God.
I understand that now with the hindsight of an old man. Proverbs 22.6 provides a general principle to be taken in divine balance. There's no magic to it and certainly no guarantees. God will not override humanity's free will of choosing to love him.
As a grandfather, I can only provide a supportive, secondary role to my adult children and convey some sense of the reality of Jesus Christ in my own life and point toward a personal relationship with him as the most critical decision any person can make. The Holy Scripture and Church traditions only provide a framework and context for that.
In the months after Canada legalized medically assisted suicide, the Archdiocese of Edmonton held a series of presentations, under the guidance and leadership of Archbishop Richard Smith, about this new national reality. Canada's courts and parliament have chosen this radical departure from its Christian origins as a nation. It is the beginning of a dark chapter in our history.
How then should Canadian Catholics respond? What are Christians to do? Below is a link to the fifth in the Archbishop's series addressing this question. I presented a disability perspective, palliative care physician and evangelical Christian, Dr. Anna Voeuk gave a doctor's perspective, and Archbishop Smith presented the Catholic perspective. It should be noted that since this presentation in 2016, more than 2,000 Canadians have been euthanized; the most common reasons are cancer, ALS and MS.
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Q: SQL server update a column group by TableA
int  class del
null  13
null  13
null  13
12    13
null  23
null  23
null  87
null  74
null  74
null  65
32    65

So, I want to populate del = 'A' where for a given class, its all int is null else it should populate B.
Expected result:
TableA
int  class del
null  13    B
null  13    B
null  13    B
12    13    B
null  23    A
null  23    A
null  87    A
null  74    A
null  74    A
null  65    B
32    65    B

A: update
    TableA
set
    del = Case
            when mcolint is null Then 'A'
            Else 'B'
    End
from
    TableA T
inner join
    (
        select
            class,
            MAX(colint) mcolint
        from
            TableA
        group by
            class
    ) T1
on
    T.class = T1.class

A: In SQL Server 2005+ you could do something like this:
WITH calcDelValue AS (
  SELECT
    *,
    CASE
      WHEN MAX(int) OVER (PARTITION BY class) IS NULL THEN 'A'
      ELSE 'B'
    END AS Value
  FROM TableA
)
UPDATE calcDelValue
SET del = Value

See OVER Clause (Transact-SQL) to learn more about windowing aggregate functions, and WITH common_table_expression (Transact-SQL) for information about CTEs (common table expressions).

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When it comes to eating healthily at home, you shouldn't need to make a choice between cost and convenience and long term health.
At Heart Research UK we are always thinking about juggling busy lives while trying to keep a heart healthy lifestyle. To help, we've come up with tips to prepare a healthy meal for the family on those long winter nights using a slow cooker.
You don't need to spend a fortune on joints of meat to keep it tender. Avoid fatty cuts, opt for a low fat choice and add a splash of white wine vinegar or fresh lemon/orange juice – this will help loosen the meat and keep it juicy.
Sarah's favourite – pop some turkey breast in your slow cooker with a splash of orange juice, some orange slices and a scattering of thyme and cranberries for a festive delight that leaves you free for fun activities in the build up to Christmas.
Tenderise your meat using a mallet or by giving it a gentle rub; go for herbs and spices which complement the recipe and appeal to your palate without using salt. Gently rubbing with ground ginger and adding crushed pineapple works well for a 'sweet and sour' style. Add some onions, a can of chopped tomatoes and cook on a low heat for 6-8 hours. Pop some frozen veg and bean sprouts in for the last 20 minutes of cooking and voila…a heart healthy pot of goodness.
If you find you have too much liquid and want a thicker sauce, don't be tempted to add high salt stock cubes or coconut milk that is high in saturated fat. You'd be much better creating a 'slurry' of equal amounts (approx.1 tbsp.) of water and corn starch and gently stirring through the liquid towards the end of cooking. Starch thickens a sauce very quickly when heated without causing harmful effects on your arteries.
Veggie recipes are wonderful for adding crunch, texture, variety and heart healthy fibre and antioxidants. They also blend well if you want to make leftovers into a soup for the next day. Try a Moroccan style harira, a stew like thickened soup consisting of lentils, chickpeas, spices, passata, coriander, chunky vegetables and vegetable stock. Whilst harira is traditionally served to break the Ramadan fast, it can be blended to your liking and served up as a light and hearty meal any time of the year.
Convenient food doesn't have to be fast food. Keep it low, slow and simple – your heart will be thankful too.


3 Sunnah Foods You Should Include In Your Diet Routine: A lot has been written about the health benefits of incorporating Sunnah foods in your diet. Sunnah foods are basically food items that the Prophet (PBUH) consumed and recommended for the rest of the Muslim community. Scientific research has shown that many food items that fall into the Sunnah food category have numerous health advantages. If you are looking to add Sunnah foods to your dietary plans, here are three items that you should begin with: 1) Black seed oil products: Prophet (PBUH) referred to black seed or kalonji as the 'cure for every disease'. Black seed has been used as a medicinal remedy for a number of ailments historically. Now, research on the subject has unveiled the wonderful health benefits of black seed oil which is extracted from the fruit of Nigella Sativa. Using black seed oil supplements with your meals can make you healthier by lowering your cholesterol levels and improving your digestion. It is also packed with anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds that help the body heal. 2) Honey: A jar of honey can improve your health substantially. Not only is honey delicious but it is also packed with natural healing properties. From skin issues such as acne to digestive problems, from ulcers to chronic cough, honey helps with them all. It is also a more healthy replacement for sugar and synthetic sweeteners. Use raw honey to witness quicker results! 3) Olive oil: Olive oil or 'zaitoon oil' is like a treasure trove of health benefits. It is said to lower cholesterol levels, obesity and the risk of heart failure. It is packed with fatty acids that are beneficial for both your heart and brain. Moreover, olive oil can be also used as a moisturiser for skin and hair.
2 Peter 3:16 ".. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction." rest of λοιπὰς (loipas) Strong's Greek 3062: Left, left behind, the remainder, the rest, the others. Masculine plural of a derivative of leipo; remaining ones. [the] Scriptures, γραφὰς (graphas) Strong's Greek 1124: (a) a writing, (b) a passage of scripture; plur: the scriptures. A document, i.e. Holy Writ. Pulpit Commentary By "the other Scriptures" St. Peter means the Old Testament, and also, perhaps, some of the earlier writings of the New, as the first three Gospels and the Epistle of St. James. Gill's exposition: as they do also the other Scriptures; the writings of Moses, and the prophets of the Old Testament, the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, and the other epistles of the apostles of the New Testament Expositor's Greek testament: ὡς καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς γραφάς. (1) There has been much discussion among commentators as to the meaning of γραφάς. Spitta takes γραφάς in sense of "writings," and concludes that these were by companions of the Apostle Paul; but this is a very unusual sense of γραφή unless the name of an author is given. Mayor and others interpret as the O.T. Scriptures; while some who are prepared to assign a late date in the second century to the epistle, think that both Old and New Testament Scriptures are meant. On every ground the hypothesis of γραφάς = O.T. Scriptures is to be preferred. (2) The difficulty in connexion with the meaning of γραφάς is largely occasioned by the phrase τὰς λοιπὰς γρ. Does this mean that the Epistles of St. Paul are regarded as Scripture? Attempts have been made (e.g., by Dr. Bigg) to cite classical and other parallels that would justify the sense for τὰς λοιπὰς, "the Scriptures as well". In these, certain idiomatic uses of ἄλλος and other words are referred to, but no real parallel to this sense of λοιπός can be found, and the connexion implied in λοιπός is closer than ἄλλος. The result of the whole discussion is practically to compel us to take τὰς λοιπὰς γραφάς in the obvious sense "the rest of the Scriptures," and we cannot escape the conclusion that the Epistles of Paul are classed with these. The intention of the author of 2 Peter seems to be to regard the Pauline Epistles, or those of them that he knew, as γραφαὶ because they were read in the churches along with the lessons from the O.T.
Matthew 15:7-9 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:8 "'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9 They worship me in vain; Their teachings are merely human rules. Matthew Henry Commentary 15:1-9 Additions to God's laws reflect upon his wisdom, as if he had left out something which was needed, and which man could supply; in one way or other they always lead men to disobey God. How thankful ought we to be for the written word of God! Never let us think that the religion of the Bible can be improved by any human addition, either in doctrine or practice. Our blessed Lord spoke of their traditions as inventions of their own, and pointed out one instance in which this was very clear, that of their transgressing the fifth commandment.... The doom of hypocrites is put in a little compass; In vain do they worship me. It will neither please God, nor profit themselves; they trust in vanity, and vanity will be their recompence. Barnes' Notes on the Bible In vain do they worship me - That is, their attempts to worship are "vain," or are not real worship - they are mere "forms." Teaching for doctrines ... - The word "doctrines," here, means the requirements of religion - things to be believed and practiced in religion. God only has a right to declare what shall be done in his service; but they held their traditions to be superior to the written word of God, and taught them as doctrines binding the conscience. Isaiah 29:13 The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.
Prayer on Time has many benefits and glad tidings that can be achieved if we offer them regularly and its benefits increases more if we offer them on time and especially in congregation.
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Allah Almighty says: and "So whoever Allah wants to guide۔He extends his breast to contain Islam".
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ (الفاتحة: 1). الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ (الفاتحة: 2).
Assalamo alaikum brother Please paste it here to check for you.
When I copy and paste from the Quran, I get a blue background whereas the rest of my document has no color. Is there anyway to get rid of the blue background.
As-Salaam alaikum, "My Heart has become capable of all forms, For gazelles, a meadow, and for monks a monastery, A temple for idols, a pilgrim's Ka'aba. The tablets of the Torah, the Book of the Qur'an. I profess the religion of love, and whatever the direction taken by its mount. Love is my religion and my faith." Muhiyidden Ibn Arabi. Does this mean all regions are equal? No, it means it is all one Truth. We are told and understand why it begins and ends with Muhammad Rasulullah, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam's life, love and light that give rise to everything.
Psalm 56:4-5 NIV 4 In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? 5 All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin. New American Standard Bible All day long they distort my words; King James Bible Every day they wrest my words: יְעַצֵּ֑בוּ (yə·'aṣ·ṣê·ḇū) Strong's Hebrew 6087: To carve, fabricate, fashion, to worry, pain, anger Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Every day they wrest my words,.... Form, fashion, and shape them at their pleasure; construe them, and put what sense upon them they think fit. The word (u) is used of the formation of the human body, in Job 10:8; They put his words upon the rack, and made them speak what he never intended; as some men wrest the Scriptures to their own destruction, 2 Peter 3:16; and as the Jews wrested the words of Christ, John 2:19. Clarke's Commentary Every day they wrest my words - They have been spies on my conduct continually; they collected all my sayings, and wrested my words out of their proper sense and meaning, to make them, by inuendos, speak treason against Saul. They are full of evil purposes against me.
Jeremiah 23:36 "But you must not mention 'a message from the LORD' again, because each one's word becomes their own message. So you distort the words of the living God, the LORD Almighty, our God." so that you pervert וַהֲפַכְתֶּ֗ם (wa·hă·p̄aḵ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert Benson Commentary: For every man's word shall be his burden — You shall be made severely to account for your loose and profane speeches, wherewith you deride and pervert the words and messages of God himself. Or, "Every man shall have most reason to regard his own word as hurtful and prejudicial to him. For the words of God were delivered with a salutary tendency, to warn sinners of the danger of their situation, and to call them to repentance. Those, therefore, who made a right use of them would have no cause to complain. But those who despised and rejected them perverted that which should have been for their wealth into an occasion of falling." — Blaney.
Prayer is the first member of worshiping Islam. Prayer prevents evil.
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Those Islamic brothers and sisters who live in foreign countries and do not understand any other language than English so they can read Islamic books in English in order to attain Islamic knowledge and also know about the solutions of complex matters of life under the light of Sharia teachings.
The bible confirms its own corruption ! Jeremiah 8:8 " 'How can you say, "We are wise, for we have the law of the LORD," when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely" Clarke's Commentary on the Bible: "The deceitful pen of the scribes. They have written falsely, though they had the truth before them. It is too bold an assertion to say that "the Jews have never falsified the Sacred Oracles;" they have done it again and again. They have written falsities when they knew they were such." Many of modern Christian scholars will agree with Dr. Clarke's statement. It is a historical fact that the Old Testament has been corrupted in its earliest stage, and it was exhaustively proved more than 250 years ago by Dr. Benjamin Kennicott, a prominent Hebrew scholar who was able to trace the process of the Hebrew text transmission till the times of Ezra (ca. 450-420 B.C.). Here are some excerpts from his latin work Dissertatio Generalis which till today is of great importance for Biblical scholarship: Reference: J. C. Nott & G. R. Gliddon, Types of Mankind: Or Ethnological Researches, Based Upon the Ancient Monuments, Paintings, Sculptures, and Crania of Races, and Upon Their Natural, Geographical, Philological, and Biblical History. (Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854), pp. 627-628.
Islam aims to achieve covenant, agreement with God, covenant inside oneself, and covenant with the appearances of God.
What Are The Benefits Of Islam?
Islam is that way of passing life which Allah has Himself selected for human beings. Allah is he who is the creator of human being and the whole world. Therefore Islam is that comprehensive and complete religion, which is for all the people.
Wa alaikum assalam to Gawaher I'm glad you decided to join us. I hope that you find your stay here at IF beneficial, as well as enjoyable, and inshaAllah we benefit from each other. As we advise all new comers, please take a moment to read our Forum Rules. This will greatly enhance your understanding of this community, and ensures a smooth relation with everyone around here .As a new member, you will notice a number of temporary limitations. Please read about them here: New Members: Read This! And now here is your welcome drink, on the house!So sit back, and let me pour you a few glasses of freshly squeezed fruit juice!. Drink all you can.


What is it that you look at when you walk into a kitchen – at a friend's, relatives', your own or at a store? My eyes advertently scan the space for a clutter-free counter, organized pantry storage, layout, and to my surprise, how the pots and pans are stored.
I spend a considerable amount of time in the kitchen cooking regular food or trying out new recipes and desserts for my son. Though keeping kadais and pans in the open makes for easy access and helps in drying naturally after washing them, I think it is an eyesore. Currently, I store my pans in a stainless steel stand over the sink and kadais in a large pullout drawer like the one below. I'd prefer to stash them away in cabinets but find most Indian modular kitchens ill-equipped in that area.
The way it's neatly hung with the help of hooks in the picture below doesn't look all that bad. Is it the effect of books on the racks above that takes the focus of the pots and pans?
One other idea I often come across is to hang them from the ceiling over an island. This again doesn't appeal to me much. Maybe it's not practical in our small apartment kitchens. If the cookware were black in color, it would have looked great in this one. What do you think ?
Numerous hooks in a pullout to hand small pans makes for a great storage system. Clutter-free and everything hidden on the inside. The drawback, of course, is you cannot hand too many of them within that space.
Notice the pullout shelves below the cooktop to keep kadais and pans. I liked this the best of all.
What is your preferred mode of utensil storage? Out in the open or closed following a routine of wash-drain-and-wipe?


Rose arrangement in vintage capodmonte teapot collection container.
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The one that I took on the Yercaud trip was the biggest one. It is from Fastrack and it is huge and roomy.
As you can see I have literally stuffed it with things.
As I didn't want to walk around town with this huge bag, I was carrying a smaller sling bag.
What I like most about this bag is the side pouches. I dumped my hat and suncreen there for easy access.
So what do you think of my travel bag and the stuff dumped in it?
What's your favourite bag to travel with?