This Sunday and next Sunday we celebrate two "doctrinal" feasts. The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity and the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus.
God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. At the end of St. Matthew's gospel, Jesus tells us to "Go and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." This doctrine of the Trinity was believed by the Christians of the early Church. St. Paul refers to the Trinity in his writings. The Council of Nicea (325AD) formalized the Christian doctrine of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-one God, three "persons."
The Feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus reminds us of the "real" presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Jesus is present in his Holy Word, He is present in our lives but in a unique and special way, and Jesus is present in the Eucharist. Jesus said "Take and eat...take and drink." We refer to the Eucharist as "The Body of Christ," but St. Paul called the Church the Body of Christ. We make the love of Jesus, the presence of Jesus real and visible in the lives that we lead.
SUMMER MASS SCHEDULE... a reminder that our Sunday Mass is now at 9:00 a.m. Here is a list of the weekend schedules at St. Anthony's and St. Mary's: St. Anthony's: Sat. Jul. 1 6:30 p.m. (only on First Sat of Month) & Sun. 9:30 a.m. St. Mary's: Saturday 5:15 p.m. & Sunday 8 & 11:30 a.m. Your Sunday offering envelope can be placed in the collection at either of these neighboring churches, and they will be returned to our office.
Please note that the office will be closed on Wednesday at 12 noon. The staff will be away at our annual calendar planning session. CONGRATULATIONS to all of our graduates. We wish you the very best in your future.


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French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814
Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Prelude & Fugue in C major BWV 847
Prelude & Fugue in D minor, BWV 847
Sonata in F sharp minor, KP. 142
Sonatas in E major, K. 495 & K. 496
Sonata No. 58 in C major, Hob XVI/ 48
W. A. Mozart
Sonata in D major, K. 284, Dürnitz
Sonata in C major, K. 545
Sonata in D major, K. 576
Eine Klein Gigue, KV. 574
L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2, Tempest
Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op 31 No. 3
Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
32 Variations in C minor, WoO 80
Sonata in A minor, Op. 143, D. 784
Impromptu No. 2 in A flat major, D.935 (Op. posth. 142)
F.Chopin
Nocturne in E flat major Op. 9, No. 2
Nocturne in F minor Op. 55, No. 1
Nocturne in E minor Op.72, No. 1
Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. posth, P1
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Etude No. 5 in E minor Op. 25
Waltzes in D flat Op. 64 No. 1, in A minor Op. posth.
F. Liszt
Étude de Concert No. 3, Un Sospiro
Bénédiciton de Dieu dans la Solitude
5 Klavierstücke, S. 192
Années de pèlerinage (Suisse):
No. 1 Au lac de Wallenstadt, No. 5 Orage, No. 8 Le mal du pays & No. 9 Les cloches de Genève: Nocturne
Années de pèlerinage (Italie):
No. 1 Sposalizio, No. 4 Sonetto 47 del Petrarca, No. 5 Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, No. 6 Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
S. Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2
Prelude No. 4 in D major, Op. 23
Prelude No. 10 in G flat major, Op.23
C. Saint-Saëns
Toccata Op. 111, No. 6 from Six études pour le piano
C. Debussy
Préludes Book I: No. 8, No. 9, No. 10
Préludes Book II (complete)
Étude pour les cinqs doigts
D' un Cahier d'esquisses…
L'isle joyeuse
M. Ravel
Á la manière de Borodine
Á la manière de Chabrier
La Vallée des Cloches, Miroirs No. 5
F. Poulenc
Trois Mouvements Perpétuels
I. Albéniz
Iberia Book 1: No. 1, Evócation
Suite Espagnola Op. 47: No. 5, Asturias
E. Granados
Danzas Españolas: No. 2 & No. 5
Homenaje – Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy
Danse du Meunier from El Sombrero de Tres Picos
Cançons i danses No 6 & No. 7
B. Bartók
Bagatelle No. 2, Sz. 38, Op.6
Sonata Sz. 80
G. Ligeti
Musica Ricercata: No. 3, No. 4, No. 6
D. Shostakovich
Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 5
G. Gershwin
Three Preludes
E. Wild/Gershwin
Etudes No. 3, The Man I Love & No. 4, Embraceable You
A. Vella Gregory
Notturn, Qamar Kwinta
Notturn, Il-Port il-Kbir bil-Lejl
V. Vella
Jagged Jig
E. Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Piano Concerto in G major
A. Dvořák
Slavonic Dance Op. 46, No. 7, No. 8
Fantasie in F minor, D. 940 (Op. posth. 103)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Waltzes Op. 39
G. Bizet
Jeux d'enfants Op.22, No. 12, 'Le Bal'
Sonate pour quatre mains
E. Leçuona
Malagueña
Two Spanish Dances from La Vida Breve
C. Chaminade
Interlude Op. 152
Dolly Suite Op. 56
Weihnachtsbaum, S.186
E. Satie
Aperçus désagréables
Ma mère l'Oye
Polka Italienne
I. Stravinsky
Petite Suite
Six Épigraphs Antiques
S. Barber
Souvenirs Ballet Suite
Irkejjen
C. Muscat
Geryon, for piano duet and violin
Élegie, FP 175
Concertino, Op. 94
Lindaraja, L. 97
Bolero (transcription for two pianos)
W. Bolcom
The Garden of Eden Suite: No. 3 The Serpent's Kiss
Żewġ Leġġendi Maltin, Op. 36 Wied Speranza, Il-Maqluba
Violin & Piano
Trio Sonta IX, Op. 1 for two violins & continuo
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12
Violin Sonata D. 574 in A major
F. Schumann
Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 105
Pièce en forme de Habanera
Sonata for Violin & Piano L. 148
J. C. Ames
Canzonetta for two violins & piano
M. Moszkowski
Suite Op. 71 for two violins & piano
Five Pieces for two violins & piano
H. Karóly
Hunyadi László: Grande Fantaisie pour 2 violins et piano
A. Garzia
Divertimento for two violinists & pianist
Flute & Piano
Sonatine in D major, Op. posth 137 No. 1
S. Prokofiev
Sonata in D major Op. 94
C. Bresgen
Sonate for Duo
C. Frühling
Fantasia for Duo
F. Doppler
Rigoletto Fantasie Op. 38, for two flutes & piano
P. Gaubert
Divertissement Grec, for two flutes & piano
A. Giacometti
African Birds, for two flutes & piano
L. Mayeur
Le Nid, for two piccolos & piano
Clarinet & Piano
N. Burgmüller
Duo for Piano & Clarinet, Op. 15
Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 48
G. Pierné
Canzonetta
G. Grovlez
Lamento et Tarantelle
Sonata in E flat, Op. 167
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano in B flat, FP 184
H. Rabaud
Solo de Concours
D. Milhaud
Duo Concertant
A. Honegger
G. Finzi
Five Bagatelles, Op. 23
E. Bozza
D. Bimbi
El Casot
C. Camilleri
Four Greek Songs
K. Fiorini
Eleġija fuq il-Belt Valletta
R. Pace
Fil-Qosor
Voice & Piano
R. Schumann
Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 1 Widmung, No. 7 Die Lotusblume, No. 11 Lied der Braut aus dem
Lieberfruhling, No. 15 Aus den hebräischen Gesangen, No. 24 Du bist wie eine Blume
C. Schumann
Ihr Bildnis; Lorelei; Mein Stern; Liebst du um Schönheit
Song Cycle Op. 26
Siete Canciones Populares Españolas
Ariettes Oubliées
M. Délage
Quatres Poèmes Hindous
Deux Melodies Hebraïques
P. Nani
Tristezza
C. Pace
Nel Crepuscolo
Ħames Kanti Popolari
J. Vella
Triptych, Op. 6 for soprano & piano
Other Chamber Works
Trio in E-flat, K. 98, "Kegelstatt", for clarinet, cello & piano
Trio in B flat Op. 11, for clarinet, cello & piano
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965 for soprano, clarinet & piano
B. Martinů
Promenades for flute, violin & keyboard
A. P. Huber
L-Għanja tal-Milied, for baritone, violin & piano
L-Għanja tal-Ħajja, for baritone, clarinet & piano
Four Characters in a Row, chamber opera
M. Cassar
Ġgantija 2013 & Ġgantija II

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The image shown below was taken with a computerized corneal topographer. The upper colored images show the corneal topographies of a 30 year old patient with post-LASIK corneal ectasia. This condition took place 3 years after the LASIK surgery was done. The red areas shown below represent the parts of the cornea that are protruding or "bulging" forward. This patient's unaided visual acuity is less than 20/1000 in each eye. His eyeglass correction is now in excess of -20.00 in each eye. Look carefully at the lower images and not that his pupil diameter is 8.6 mm (in dim lighting). The LASIK created treatment zones are 6.5 mm or less, making it impossible to correct his visual error. This patient, by the way, underwent LASIK when he was 17 years old. He is now wearing scleral lenses which are allowing him to see 20/25 with each eye without any distortions.
In my opinion, patients suffering from post-LASIK corneal ectasia should avoid undergoing Intacs surgery. This technology will not restore integrity to the distorted corneal surface. In this photo, note the inflammation and blood vessel growth over and around the Intacs ring. This patient almost had to have a corneal transplant done during the surgical removal of the lower Intacs ring. Over the years, I have had a number of patients who had these plastic rings surgically removed due to ocular pain and added vision distortion.
To the members of this group who were diagnosed with post-LASIK ectasia and were told that Intacs surgery was indicated to correct this condition, please consider the photos below. All of these photos were taken of the same eye at different times. This eye underwent LASIK about 15 years ago. Several years later this patient was told that he had ectasia in this eye and that the best way to correct this condition was Intacs surgery. Intacs are plastic rings that are surgically inserted into the center of the cornea. The idea of these rings is to make the cornea more spherical. Several years after these rings were inserted into this cornea, crystals began forming over and around the Intacs rings. 5 years later, an inflammatory response developed around the lower plastic ring with significant blood vessel growth. One year later the lower Intacs ring was surgically removed. The corneal surgeon who removed this Intacs ring told me that it was touch and go as far as the need for a corneal transplant was concerned. The last photo shows this cornea after the Intacs was removed. This cornea will be permanently scarred. The point that I am trying to make is to be careful about any additional surgeries suggested to you to undo the damage caused by the first surgery. By the way, this patient is currently wearing a scleral lens over this eye for vision and comfort purposes.
For those members who have developed post-LASIK corneal ectasia and are thinking about undergoing laser surgery to smooth out the corneal surface, please take the photos below into consideration. In the first photo, notice the cloudy areas in the center of the photos. This is scarring created by the laser. Look carefully at the "smiley face" white line at the bottom of the photo. This is the outline of the LASIK flap. The laser procedure degraded the vision in this eye and the scarring is permanent. The 2nd photo also shows a post-LASIK cornea with ectasia. This eye underwent Intacs surgery after the diagnosis of ectasia was made. The thick translucent structure going around the lower half of this photo is the Intacs ring. The Intacs did nothing to undo the corneal irregularity created by the LASIK surgery. Note the grey haze just above the Intacs. This is the scarring created by the laser surgery that was done in an attempt to make this cornea more spherical. Neither the Intacs or the laser procedure improved the vision in this eye. In fact, the corneal distortion and vision was made worse by these 2 additional surgeries.
This is a profile view of a scleral lens on an eye with post-LASIK corneal ectasia. Look carefully and you can see the Intacs plastic ring in the lower half of the cornea. This cornea is extremely profound and the Intacs did very little to address this condition. In fact, the Intacs made fitting the scleral lens more difficult. Eyeglasses and conventional contact lenses were not able to provide this patient functional vision with this eye. With the scleral lens this patient can see clearly (20/25) and comfortably with all day vision.
The photos below are of the same eye taken 4 years apart. This eye underwent LASIK surgery in 2000. About 5 years later this eye developed post-LASIK corneal ectasia. In the lower left profile photo notice the protrusion or "bulging" of the cornea. This photo was taken about 6 years ago. The lower right photo is of the same eye taken 2 years ago. On this eye you can see a scleral lens. The cloudy area just below the pupil is due to a condition known as "hydrops". This condition is due to the most posterior corneal membrane (Descemets membrane) rupturing. When the intra ocular pressure against the weakened cornea is too great for the post-LASIK cornea to endure, this membrane will rupture allowing fluid from within the eye (the aqueous) to enter the center of the cornea. While there is no pain associated with this condition, vision can be severely compromised. The scleral lens is the only non-invasive technology that will allow this eye to provide functional vision. If the central area of the cornea becomes clouded obscuring vision, corneal transplant surgery will be the only option that will allow the eye to see clearly once again.
This is a photo of me standing next to our post-LASIK patient Jorge on my left. On the extreme left is our student extern Amanda Golchin and on the right our student extern Jenna Adelsberger. About 13 years ago, Jorge underwent LASIK surgery in both eyes. 3 years later both of Jorge's corneas became extremely distorted which was diagnosed as post-LASIK corneal ectasia. It was suggested to Jorge that the best way to correct the distorted corneas was to have Intacs surgery. Intact are plastic rings that are inserted into the center of the cornea and are intended to remove or eliminate the corneal distortion. Jorge elected to have this done in his left eye only. Over the ensuing years Jorge was fit with a variety of eyeglasses and contact lenses none of which provided Jorge with functional vision. Jorge first visited our office about 7 years ago. It was at this visit that we fit Jorge with GVR Scleral lenses. With the scleral lenses Jorge was able to achieve clear (20/20) comfortable vision for the first time in many years. It was also at this visit that I noticed crystal formation around the inferior Intacs plastic ring. Because this eye was quiet and Jorge has no issues with comfort with this eye we decided to just watch and monitor Jorge's eyes and vision. The first ocular photo shows Jorge's left eye with the Intacs taken 7 years ago. Look carefully and you can see the crystal formation in this photo. About 3 years ago, the inferior portion of Jorge's left cornea became inflamed with blood vessel growth over and around the lower Intacs ring. The 2nd ocular photo shows the inflammation in this eye. It was at this time that surgery was done to remove the lower Intacs ring in this eye. For the past 3 years, Jorge has continued to wear his scleral lenses with excellent vision (20/20 in each eye) and all day comfortable lens wear.
This is a photo of me and my patient Edith. In 2002, Edith underwent LASIK surgery in both eyes. One week later she began losing vision in her left eye. About 5 months later the vision in her right eye began to fail. About one year after undergoing LASIK surgery, a diagnosis of post-LASIK corneal ectasia was made. Edith visited 6 different major eye institutions and a number of doctors before coming to our office. During this period, Edith was fit with a variety of soft, gas permeable and hybrid lenses, all without success. In 2007, Edith visited our office for a comprehensive examination and scleral lens fitting. Before visiting our office, Edith was told that the only way for her to see clearly once again was with additional surgeries and possibly corneal transplant surgery. We fit Edith with GVR Scleral lenses which have allowed her to see clearly (20/20 vision) and comfortably once again. Over the past 9 years I have seen Edith on a number of occasions. Over these years, Edith's corneas and eyes have remained stable and she has been able to wear her lenses comfortably for all of her waking hours. Edith will never need to undergo any invasive procedures such as another LASIK surgery or corneal transplant surgery.
This is a photo of me with my patient Ahmed, who recently visited our practice from Doha, Qatar. In 2002, Ahmed underwent LASIK surgery in both eyes. In 2008 the vision in Ahmed's left eye began to fail. Ahmed's corneal surgeon suggested that he undergo another LASIK procedure or an "enhancement" to restore the vision in his left eye. 48 hours after having the 2nd LASIK procedure, the vision in Ahmed's left eye worsened. When he returned to his surgeon, Ahmed was told that he developed keratoconus. Years later, another corneal surgeon made the diagnosis of post-LASIK corneal ectasia. Over the following years, Ahmed tried to wear a variety of contact lenses all unsuccessfully. In 2015, Ahmed was fit with hybrid lenses which provided him with quality vision but were very uncomfortable after just 2 hours of wear. Prior to having undergone LASIK surgery, Ahmed's corrected vision was 20/20 in each eye. When Ahmed first came into our office his corrected vision was 20/30 with his right eye and 20/70 with his left eye (with distortions). Another doctor back home told Ahmed that the reason he could not see well with his left eye was due to "lazy eye". Last week we fit Ahmed with GVR Scleral lenses which are providing Ahmed with clear (20/20 with his right eye and 20/25 with his left eye), comfortable vision (without distortions). While we are still making a few minor adjustments to Ahmed's lenses, I expect Ahmed to be able to wear his scleral lenses comfortably for many years to come. Ahmed will never need to undergo any additional invasive procedures to improve his vision.
Complete Title: Scleral lenses in the treatment of post-LASIK ectasia and superficial neovascularization of intrastromal corneal ring segments.
Objective: This case report aims to explore the use of scleral lenses for the treatment of ocular and visual complications in an adult patient presenting with post-LASIK (Laser-Assisted in situ Keratomileusis) ectasia in both eyes with cross-linking in the right eye and Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments (ICRS; IN- tacs, Addition Technology, Fremont, California) in the left eye.
Methods: Following a comprehensive eye exam and specific testing for contact lens fitting, scleral lenses were fitted with success in both eyes and dispensed. Due to progressive fibrosis and neovascularization of the inferior ICRS in the left eye, the inferior ICRS was removed and scleral lenses were refit with success.


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A Java 7+ client for the Amazon Web-Services (AWS) API — currently supports S3, SQS, and SES.

## @Deprecated

This is no longer maintained.

Many moons ago, I wrote and released this because Amazon's own `aws-sdk-java` was using a deprecated Apache Commons `HttpClient` version 3.x.  I wanted to use `HttpClient` 4.x.

Amazon has since updated `aws-sdk-java` to use `HttpClient` 4.x.

So, there's no point in using this library anymore — just use `aws-sdk-java` directly as provided by Amazon.

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GOLDMART Is the biggest self-owned modern jewelry retailer in Indonesia. Established in 13th June 1991, Goldmart offers a wide variety women jewelry collections that caters to children and adults. Their high quality products are worn with pride, giving you priceless and unforgetable feeling as a way to celebrate life. For 25 years Goldmart have grown, and now they are the best and trusted Jewelry Store in Indonesia.
*Discounts may vary from 10%, 15%, 20%, and 25%. Customer get one scratch paper per transaction.
**GWP upon availability and while stock lasts. Terms & Conditions are subject to change without prior notice.


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Official: HCM City-Vung Tau water route needed to ease congestions
It is necessary to develop the Ho Chi Minh City-Vung Tau river route to ease the passenger and cargo load on the HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay expressway, Director of the HCM City Port Authority Nguyen Hai Nam has said.
VNA Monday, November 13, 2017 09:14
HCM City police to monitor traffic footage
Tuesday, May 09, 2017 08:31
HCM City tackles port traffic black spots
Over 140 trillion VND for North-South expressway's first phase
HCM City promotes key transport projects
Thursday, January 12, 2017 21:15
HCM City invests 119 million USD to build road section
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 19:12
A corner of Ho Chi Minh City (Photo VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - It is necessary to develop the Ho Chi Minh City-Vung Tau river route to ease the passenger and cargo load on the HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay expressway, Director of the HCM City Port Authority Nguyen Hai Nam has said.
The expressway, which opened to traffic in 2015, is now congested while there has been a reduction in the operation of hydrofoils on the HCM City-Vung Tau route.
According to the Vietnam Expressway Services Engineering JSC, the expressway operator, said 37,000-40,000 vehicles use the road daily.
The traffic volume had risen by 35 percent last year.
There is gridlock daily during peak hours, especially on weekends and public holidays.
The hydrofoils, which have been operating for more than 20 years, were very popular until the expressway opened, with 21 trips either way daily.
But now only Green lines DP continues to operate the hydrofoils, with six to ten trips either way and the vessels only 30-40 percent full.
Vu Quoc Tuan, Green lines DP's Deputy General Director, said: "Now the boats mainly serve foreign tourists."
Most people prefer to travel by the expressway because bus fares are only 80,000-90,000 VND (3.5-4 USD) compared to 250,000 VND (11 USD) for the hydrofoil while the travel times are comparable.
Many people are also worried about safety following several mishaps involving hydrofoils. For instance, a Vina Express hydrofoil with 92 passengers suddenly caught fire on the Sai Gon River in 2014.
Nam said the country's roads carry over 90 percent of passengers and 70 percent of cargo while thousands of kilometres of seas and rivers and many port networks are not utilised enough.
But it is necessary to thoroughly address the problems plaguing hydrofoil services such as safety, fares and quality of services to attract passengers, he admitted.
Transport development strategies, safety and environmental regulations, and the use-by dates of hydrofoils should be carefully considered and amended, he added.-VNA
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The COVID-19 pandemic might not end this year and business sectors could not fully recover, however, the situation will be more positive than 2021 thanks to the adaptation to 'new normal' conditions, said General Director Nguyen Thi Huong of the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Hanoi to restore tourism when pandemic under control
Warning given to Party Delegation to Vietnam Red Cross Society
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a meeting of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat in Hanoi on January 15 to consider disciplinary measures against the Party Delegation to the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) for 2017-2022 tenure and several officials.
The Mekong Delta, which comprises 13 localities, is facing a severe shortage of human resources due to its population changes over the past years, which requires proper solutions and strategies to address.


1) If you wear foundation or mineral makeup, look for one that already includes an SPF in it. This is an incredibly simple way to ensure your face is always protected. Make sure to use a natural and cruelty free makeup as well. Make-up that is tested on animals is always full of toxins that are harmful to our body (that is why it is necessary to test them on innocent animals in the first place). I personally use and adore Jane Iredale Glow Time Full Coverage which you can find here. This product contains a broad spectrum sunscreen SPF of 25. I wear this even in winter as UVA/UVB rays are still present and can reflect off the white snow.
2) Use a toxin-free sunscreen line. Many popular sunscreen brands have been found to have harmful ingredients that negatively impact not just our skin, but our internal organs and endocrine system as well. Finding the right sunscreen that is safe for you and your family can be overwhelming so I suggest using an excellent website from the Environmental Working Group. All you have to do is input your product name and it will tell you exactly what is inside of it and what it actually means to your body and families' health. Access their wonderful website here!
3) Put your sunscreen or sun cream on before you go outside. Most products recommend 15-20 minutes to ensure the protective ingredients adequately saturate your skin. This means you will be protected from UVA and UVB rays the second you step outside, decreasing your chance of burning and aging your skin more rapidly. BODYCHERISH launched a Natural Sun Cream which contains organic ingredients and an SPF of 25. If you'd like to learn more, click here.
4) Hydrate your skin after every bath or shower with a natural or organic body oil or butter. This step is important in summer and not just in winter when skin tends to get dryer. This provides your skin with nourishing ingredients that are chalked full of anti-oxidants and age defying properties (this means supple and soft skin year round). BODYCHERISH has an excellent selection of luxury, organic beauty butters and oils. You can explore them here.
5) Remember to reapply and cover up! Unless specified, most sunscreens are not waterproof or heavy sweat proof. Also, there is such a thing as too much sun and so whenever you know you will be outside for a longer length of time, be sure to adequately pack. Items such as hats, sunglasses and swimsuit covers can be wonderful for protecting us from skin damage (deep wrinkles and leathering looking skin); especially when worn during peak UVA/UVB levels, which is often between 11 AM and 3 PM.


Guest Accommodation: She can accommodate 8 guests in 2 double and 2 twin cabins. The owners cabin is modern and offers generous space which is complimented by the use of natural light throughout. The Master Cabin also has a ' his and hers ' bathroom, connected by a wide shower room in the middle shown in the rendering below. The master cabin also has generous wardrobe space. The elegant VIP cabin and the two twin Guest cabins are beautifully furnished and have their own private bathroom with the showers equipped with crystal doors. In the lobby of the sleeping quarters there is a wardrobe with shelves for linens and a fridge bar.


The Port of Humboldt maintains two Bar Pilots to provide expert pilotage for vessel arrivals, shifting between berths, and departures. The Humboldt Bay Harbor District requires that all foreign vessels and U.S. flagged vessels navigating Humboldt Bay, not sailing under a coastwise endorsement issued by the U.S. Coast Guard, except vessels under 300 gross tons, are required to use a Port of Humboldt Bay Bar Pilot holding current licenses for Humboldt Bay.
Bar Pilots are available with 24-hour notice prior to arrival.
Pilots are NOT maintained on station.
Masters or agents are required to advise the Bar Pilots whenever there is a change in the arrival and/or sailing time.
Pilot Boards vessel within one-mile radius SEAWARD of sea buoy. Do NOT proceed eastward of sea buoy until pilot has boarded.
Radio watch is maintained one hour prior to arrival at sea buoy on channel 16. Contact pilot boat via voice radio (channel 16) approximately 30 minutes prior to arrival for any SPECIAL instructions.
Maintain headway – 4 to 6 knots depending on the state of the sea.
Wind and Swell 30° - 60° on bow or 30° - 60° abaft beam on side opposite ladder.
Pilot ladder with spreaders. Bottom rung 2.5 meters above water, approximately amidships of vessel.
No boat rope or man ropes are required. No tag lines, pull-up ropes, or trailing lines may be attached to the lower end of the ladder.
On freeboard vessels, Port of Humboldt Bay Pilots prefer to use a mechanical pilot ladder or pilot hoist.
Provide a life ring with safety line attached.
At night - one or more brilliant lights shining well over ship's side to illuminate the ladder.


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Roderick Bates received his PhD at Imperial College, London with Professor Steven Ley, using organoiron complexes for organic synthesis. After a postdoctoral stint at Colorado State University with Professor L. S. Hegedus working on chromium carbenes, he moved to the University of North Texas as an Assistant Professor. After some years spent in Thailand at Chulalongkorn University and the Chulabhorn Research Institute and a short stay in the ill-fated Department of Chemistry at Exeter in England, he joined Nanyang Technological University as a pioneer member of the Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry. He is currently an Associate Professor and a Fellow of NTU's Teaching Excellence Academy. Since April 1st, 2018, he has been serving as the University's Research Integrity Officer. He has research interests are in the use of transition metals in organic synthesis, stereocontrol in natural product synthesis and drug discovery. His book "Organic Synthesis using Transition Metals" (2nd Ed.) was published by Wiley in April 2012. He is also a lecturer on Forensic Science for a Coursera MOOC.
R. W. Bates, S. Sridhar. (2009). A Synthesis of (+/-)-stemoamide using the intramolecular propargylic Barbier reaction. Synlett, , 1979-1981.
Bates, R. W., Dewey, M. R. (2009). A Formal Synthesis of Swainsonine by Gold-Catalyzed Allene Cyclization. Organic Letters, 11, 3706.
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R.W.Bates, S.Sridhar. (2008). A Synthesis of (-)-Mintlactone. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 73, 8104.
Roderick W. Bates,* Jutatip Boonsombat, Yongna Lu, Joseph A. Nemeth, Kanicha Sa-Ei, Ping Song, Melody Peiling Cai, Philippa B. Cranwell, SusAnn Winbush. (2008). N,O-Heterocycles As Synthetic Intermediates. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 80, 681.


>> one-naming-convention very badly ... !
symmetric language with as few gotchas as possible is good for them.
> only because of the attempt to reuse existing elements.
<details> and the other is called <figure>?
No one will mix the two just because they share a child element.
symmetry can /undermine/ semantics and hamper learning.
Then <summary> looks very much as if one reached out for a common word.
That doesn't make it any better as an element for <details>, I'm afraid.
> moment). Both  would provide a summary for their associated content.
all would jump and shout "a summary" about.
and <details>) _then_ I think it /could/ work, also for <details>.
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Where Are Robin Spielbauer's Parents Now?
Kriti Mehrotra
NBC's 'Dateline: The Pink Gun Mystery' delves deep into the 2014 murder of Robin Bledsoe Spielbauer, a 32-year-old mother of two, who was found with blunt force trauma and a bullet wound to the back of her head on the side of an isolated road on April 8. It took over two years before her killer, her former husband, Jeremy David Spielbauer, was identified, and another two before he was convicted. But through it all, the individuals who'd kept on demanding justice for Robin were her parents. So now, if you're curious to know more about them, we've got you covered.
Who Are Robin Spielbauer's Parents?
Robin Spielbauer was born October 23, 1981, to Steve and Jackie Bledsoe at the Air Force Base in Altus, Oklahoma. From quite an early age, she and her sister, Brandy, seeing how their parents were mated to each other and their careers in the United States military, wanted the same kind of life for themselves. However, in Jackie's own words, although Robin craved to be a stay-at-home mom, she leaned more towards the "bad boys." In fact, it seemed like she loved the image they bestowed upon her over the "nice" and "clean-cut" guys like her father.
With that said, when the Bledoses learned about Robin's relationship with Jeremy David Spielbauer, they were surprised by how quickly they moved but didn't say too much because Robin was completely capable of making her own decisions and appeared happy. The fact that he'd once served in the Marine Corps, with combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan, didn't seem to make a difference to them. They only cared about if their daughter was at peace and content, which, as the years passed, became evident not to be the case. So, when she moved back in with them, they welcomed her with open arms, only to lose her soon after.
When Jeremy Spielbauer stood trial for Robin's murder in early 2018, both Jackie and Steve took to the stands to testify against him, describing how their daughter became annoyed or sad whenever she talked about her ex-husband. They further asserted that their tumultuous marriage had turned Robin into a different woman. Thus, when Jeremy was convicted and then sentenced, they breathed a sigh of relief, glad that justice was served. In the end, Jackie confessed that they'd forgiven him for the murder but not for the fact that he'd abandoned Robin's remains.
"He's gonna go where he did a wrong," Steve said. "He ain't gonna be able to do it to anyone else's daughter." Today, though, it looks like the married couple is attempting to move on while also caring for Robin's daughters to the best of their abilities. The Bledsoes continue to live in Amarillo, Texas, where Jackie works as an independent rep for Tupperware. On the other hand, Steve seems to have retired following years of working as, at least, a mechanical assembler. They simply want Jeremy to stay behind bars now so that they can leave the past behind.
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Facing new challenges at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: The procedural delay as a substantive —and not only procedural— problem.
One of the main challenges confronted by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights today is the problem of procedural delay. In effect, the Commission has received such numerous applications over the last years, that the capacity of the system has become overwhelmed. The Commission has adopted several measures to resolve this problem since 2016. Most commonly, experts and practitioners refer the lack of human and financial resources as the main factor that explains this delay. This paper will present a different perspective. This work will claim that the problem of procedural delay is mainly related to this set of circumstances: (a) the growing tendency of the Commission to expand its area of work, and (b) the misreading of the admissibility requirements contained in Articles 46 and 47 of the American Convention on Human Rights. This paper will conclude that an institutional change of perspective will assist the Commission to move forward in these matters.
¿CARL MENGER IN SAN JOSÉ DE COSTA RICA? JUDGES, INTERPRETATION AND RIGHTS
The International Human Rights Law has sponsored a hermeneutic canon by virtue of which human rights treaties must merit special treatment in so far as they are presented as living instruments, whose exegesis has to accompany the evolution of the times and the conditions of current life. Such characterization in the Inter-American jurisprudence, raises attractive problems: ¿does the principle of evolutionary interpretation imply an authorization for the judges to set their imagination in motion and alter the guidelines of the Convention´s text, without going through the formal normative instances?, ¿instead, would not imply an empowerment to develop the legal decisions of the system in order to maintain its ability to respond to situations that the authors of the instrument did not have in view, but which involve issues essentially equal to those considered in that regulation, and require specific solutions, extracted from the values, principles and norms in force?
Ruling Through Advice: The Use of Advisory Jurisdiction in International Human Rights Law
Under the understanding that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights exerts a jurisdiction that articulates a common law of fundamental rights, the Court has recently turned to the use of its advisory jurisdiction to expand its reach. Through advisory opinions, the Court aims at binding not only those states that have ratified the regional covenant, but also those who have not ratified it, but are members of the regional political organization of states (the OAS), that is, countries such as Canada and the United States.
My paper explores how a regional human rights court's use of its expansive advisory jurisdiction takes place in the context of the two universalist narratives at stake: one that claims the existence of a common, universal, law; and the other one that pushes for a universal ratification of legally binding treaties.
Mexican National Guard: Conventionality and public aims
We analyze the constitutional creation of the National Guard (NG) in Mexico. We study the constitutional amendment from a inter- American Human Rights perspective, because the NG would be integrated by military and naval police with a civilian as commander and we consider it is against the Interamerican Human Rights System . The fact that public security tasks would be under the scope of a military body may not only imply a threat to the constitutional State but also a risk for the population.
In Montero Aranguren et al. V. Venezuela and in Cabrera García and Montiel Flores v. Mexico the Interamerican Court of Human Rights (ICHR) ruled that armed forces employment for security tasks should be limited to the maximum and respond to criteria of strict exceptionality to face situations of criminality or internal violence, given that the training received by the military forces is aimed at defeating the enemy and not at the protection and control of civilians."
Evolution at the Interamerican Court of Human Rights: Right to health.
The judicial agenda of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has dramatically widened in the last few years. New social concerns now dominate its evolving case-law. Particularly, right to health cases have been relevant since 2015 onwards. Protection from disease began to appear as a key component of a new human rights narrative. This brand new line of cases poses significant issues regarding important policy areas such as social welfare and the role of the state in society.
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With the better understanding of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, most of the new anaesthesia drugs cater to the demands of day care surgeries and primarily aim at an early and uneventful recovery.
The history of anaesthesia mentions use of non-pharmacological (Cold, Concussion, Carotid compression, Nerve compression, Blood letting and Hypnosis) and pharmacological techniques (use of alcohol, opium, hyoscine, cannabis, cocaine) in ancient and mediaeval times for anaesthesia.
1850 onwards, as anaesthesia became popular, more and more surgeries were carried out under general anaesthesia. At that time, any surgery under general anaesthesia practically mandated a stay in the hospital, often to recover not from the surgery but from the effects of the anaesthesia used during the operation. Patients were woozy for hours, unable to get out of bed, nauseated and vomiting, and even if they wanted to eat, they couldn't because their digestive systems were paralysed. People receiving anaesthesia were also at risk-a significant number died not from their disease but from the anaesthetic drugs themselves.
With better understanding of surgery, instrumentation and devices like endoscopic equipments, there was an acute need for anaesthesiologists to keep up with this pace. By the mid twentieth century, we had learnt to control mortality figures to a great extent. Obviously the need then was to take care of disturbing morbidities like severe postoperative nausea vomiting, pain, delayed recovery and prolonged hospitalisation. Most of these problems are greatly reduced today thanks to some wonderful drug molecules and better understanding of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Day care surgeries today form a single largest group of surgeries all over the world. Most of the new anaesthesia drugs cater to the demands of these surgeries and primarily aim at an early and uneventful recovery. Some of these newer drugs which are available since last decade are reviewed below.
New formulations: New formulations of known drugs are being developed to either cut down their drawbacks or to improve their efficacy. Some of the drugs which are being worked on are Propofol, Midazolam and local anaesthetics. Drugs for hypnosis and sedation may have problems in the form of extended duration of action, unwanted cardiovascular and respiratory effects and issues with their vehicle including pain on injection, hyperlipidaemia and vulnerability to bacterial growth. Three main strategies are being employed to improve these drugs.
Addition of EDTA or sodium sulphite does not support bacterial growth but can cause allergic reaction or yellowish discolouration (more with sulphite).
Pro-drug approaches: Focused mainly on propofol to achieve good water solubility. The inherent problem is of slow onset and offset of action as they need to be rapidly metabolised to liberate the active compound. e.g. Methyl phosphate pro-drug of propofol, Aquavan The phase III trial have been halted due to high level of adverse events.
The soft drug approach: This has been previously used in remifentanil, propanidid and mivacurium. The aim is to produce metabolically-labile agent which is hydrolysed rapidly by blood and tissue esterases so as to have rapid recovery profile. TD-4756, esters of barbiturates(Aryx) and benzodiazepine ligands(CeNeS) are some examples of such compounds.
Introp use of Adenosine is associated with reduced opioid requirement in postop period Anaesthesiology 1999; 90: 956-963.
Effect of intraoperative magnesium infusion on perioperative analgesia Anaesthesiology. 1996 Feb; 84(2): 340-7, Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2002 Jan; 19(1):52-6. J Clin Anesth. 2004 Jun; 16(4):262-5.
Rapacuronium bromide: FDA approval for clinical use of this non-depolarising muscle relaxant came on August 8, 1999. The drug was developed as a substitute for succinylcholine in the setting of a rapid sequence induction. Clinical experience with this drug showed increased incidence of severe, life-threatening bronchospasm in children with rapid injection. Nineteen months later, on March 27, 2001, the manufacturer withdrew the drug from the market voluntarily.
Rofecoxib: This selective COX-2 inhibitor was withdrawn worldwide in October 2004 after the reports of cardiovascular risks were published.
Cleofol®: Clear propofol promoted as 'vegetarian' formulation of propofol fell in disrepute after reporting of very painful injection and increased incidence of severe thrombophlebitis.
The above list is obviously not comprehensive. We are still looking for an ideal local, intravenous, inhalational anaesthetic, a safe and a very effective pain killer.
This disproves the concern that use of old / less expensive drugs may compromise patient outcome and satisfaction and that newer and costlier drugs are always safer. Some suggest that national societies should create guidelines for cost-beneficial practice. Others favour physician autonomy in drug selection. There will be great reluctance to deny patients pharmacologically superior drugs based on cost alone, especially since drugs are such a small portion of the total surgical costs. The aim should be to manage and modify drug practice in anaesthesia depending on changing needs to provide value-based care.
Haemodynamic stability, low heart rate and anaesthesia intra-operatively.
The benefits also extend into the post-operative period with prophylaxis against ischaemic events, analgesia and reduced shivering.
Available in parentral formulation. A dosage of 1-2.5 µg/kg is given over 2 minutes. Short half life of 2 hours.
Ideal for perioperative use. Antagonising the sedative/hypnotic effects of dexmedetomidine with atipamezole will permit rapid recovery from anaesthesia, regardless of the duration—a technique already widely and successfully practised in veterinary anaesthesia!
Xenon is Greek for stranger. It was discovered in 1898. Manufactured by fractional distillation of air and costs 2000 times more than N2O. Owing to environmental concerns, there may be no alternative but to use xenon in distant future even if it incurs an increase in cost.
Cisatracurium besilate is a non-depolarising neuromuscular blocking agent with an intermediate duration of action, cardiostability, and faster recovery than vecuronium. Hoffman degradation as for atracurium. Compared with atracurium, less laudanosine is produced (this is then cleared renally). Well tolerated; no significant histamine release. Recovery seems NOT to be prolonged with liver or renal dysfunction.
The results of four ongoing Phase II trials indicate that a new selective relaxant binding agent, a cyclodextrin (GC) compound, has the potential to radically change the way neuromuscular blockade is administered and reversed. Depending on the dose of the GC compound, moderate and deep neuromuscular blockade in patients receiving either rocuronium or vecuronium was reversed rapidly and safely, often in less than two minutes. This compound encapsulates muscle relaxant and promotes dissociation from Ach receptor. This is revolutionary, especially when you look at its implications in a difficult airway.
Ropivacaine: A long-acting local anaesthetic with less cardiac and central nervous system toxicity than bupivacaine, and a smaller tendency to cause motor block. It is less lipid soluble than bupivacaine and more selective for A delta and C fibres than motor nerve fibres, giving a greater degree of separation between motor and sensory blockade when used in concentrations below 0.25%. Minimum effective concentration is 0.2%. It is highly protein-bound (94%) with terminal t1/2 111 min. and maximum allowable dose is 2 mg/kg.
Levobupivacaine: The S(-)enantiomer of bupivacaine, with less cardiovascular and central nervous toxicity, a slightly longer duration of sensory block, but otherwise similar to its parent. Compared to bupivacaine it is as potent, with a trend towards longer sensory block; with epidural usage it produces less prolonged motor block; Differentiation not seen with peripheral placement; lethal dose 1.3 to 1.6 times higher; less cardiac effect including less depression of contractility and fewer arrhythmias; higher convulsive doses. It has elimination t1/2 '1.3 hours', and protein binding > 97%. Recommended maximum dosage same as bupivacaine. Observe precautions as for all local anaesthetics.
A typical ? opiate receptor agonist with ultra-rapid clearance and offset of action, that is independent of excretory organ function. It is 20 to 30 times more potent than alfentanil. Undergoes rapid hydrolysis by nonspecific esterases to almost inactive remifentanil acid. This metabolism is not altered by end-organ function or genetic variablility of specific esteraes (like plasma holinesterease); redistribution is of little consequence. Context-sensitive half time is 3-5min regardless of infusion duration. Full recovery of respiratory function occurs in '10 to 15 min'. Given by continuous infusion, it reduces induction dose of thiopentone by 30%; Lowers the MAC of volatile agents. Supplement with N2O, propofol or isoflurane.
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The service is still in development. Currently it has a server based generator and client apps for mobile phones. It is able to trade on the server on a Demo environment and provides signals for MT by using a bridge.
The future development will offer full server side strategy execution on real accounts.
The app works with a predefined Reactor on about 20 symbols provided on the cloud.
Currently the app is nothing more than a toy, but if it gains some popularity, we can expand it to the full power of EA Studio.
WOW! This looks really super.
Cool, there are a number of newbies when they want to try out forex, they also search out for forex apps in mobile device and hence, this app is a good "advertising" tools to introduce them to FSB Pro or EA studio. Hence, do put your FSB website link somewhere to capture the "leads" (those who are curious enough to venture) divert them to FSB for other product explorations. Tempt them with more tools.
Cos I believe anyone who are serious enough to go into forex will eventually proceed further into FSB Pro or Studio. And hence by providing them with the extra links to FSB, you would have capture potential customer and also spare them the efforts to search all over the internet to find FSB. I consider myself "fortunate" that I somehow "landed" into FSB website, many years ago when FSB didn't "pop" up so easily in google search.
I am amazed by this thing!
Well, I was so surprised when you announced it.. and even more surprised by what it can do!
This is simply a "Huge" step!!!!!!
Popov, you keep surprizing us with ur skills and ideas!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, what a great news.
Please allow more historical data as the signals are not stable enough.
for 30 min signals. Some users prefer >5-30 years history.
minimum number of trades to 100 is very difficult.
I understand stoplosses can work against you but no stoploss is also risky.
or ForexSB. This was a nice start.
My account has been doing well since I started to use it..... Considering I put no effort into the strategy, I am quite pleased with this app.
like these with common indicaters can still consistently produce good results.
machinelearning and simpler things are less likely going to work in the future.
pattern logic could help like current high is higher than previous top etc.
Are you oke with only a couple of months history on 5-30 min timeframes?
Sometimes we fall in love with the complexities and justify their necessity.
Strategies with two or three indicators still do ok, the markets may change their face bit the simple strategies still work well.
No matter the price action a moving average has a lot of utility and as long as trend is well defined a simple strategy will give a great return.
work well for you? Do you allow systems that do not have a stoploss?
OOS is a different story.
used to work several years ago are now a different story.
that has a stoploss of >50k.
end of in sample and the %/per trade, no of trades, draw down, linearity and profit/drawdown.
curve IS I trust these ones more OOS.
I still think a couple of months of data and few trades could cause curve fit in ProQuant.
I also can't set minimum profit per trade to less that 1% as the scrollbars are not precise enough.
and it would need more history and generated systems per search.
But for a free app it is great start and I can't ask too much.
I guess I have to trial Studio and ForexSB.
You have definitely try them. ProQuant uses the very same engine as EA Studio but because it is designed to work on a mobile phone it provides limited controls. Some day it may be possible to share strategies between the apps and it will make a huge difference when it become able to trade on the cloud. This was our initial goal, but it appeared that the life trading integration will take more time and we decided to release the app as it is now. Later it will not be necessary to use MetaTrader at all.
With what broker/data works proquant?
Is cost of trading included in the profit of proquant?
When I first downloaded it, I was pushing whatever buttons and it optimized something and then started to trade.
Now the account is up 20 percent since April 4, fairly good!
One day I best figure out what it is doing.
I had some good results but they almost all fail because the logic of the exit.
for a long exit, in a big selloff there will be almost never be a cross there.
the system to my surprise but OOS it failed.
But apart from that it was surprising how good the entries often were.
of them have these risky exits.
Is this also the case with Studio?
Proquant.com is down. Any update when it will be back up again. The app is amazing!
- possibility to edit the strategies.
Hi, If I activate automated trading on an EA that's already have 1 open trade on my account (phone), do this EA can open new trade on my MT4 account without waiting the trade on the phone to be closed ?
I want my Phone and MT4 account to be sync in opening of new trades and that seem to not be the case .
The ProQuant expert is a trade copier. It will clone your positions in your MT.
Depending on how many strategies you are running via your ProQuant app, it may happen that each running strategy to open a position.
If you do not stop the expert or change the magic number, the accounts must be in sync. If you experience any discrepancies, please contact the ProQuant support.


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Decision-Theoretic Planning: Structural Assumptions and Computational Leverage
by Craig Boutilier, Thomas Dean, Steve Hanks - JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH , 1999
"... Planning under uncertainty is a central problem in the study of automated sequential decision making, and has been addressed by researchers in many different fields, including AI planning, decision analysis, operations research, control theory and economics. While the assumptions and perspectives ..."
Planning under uncertainty is a central problem in the study of automated sequential decision making, and has been addressed by researchers in many different fields, including AI planning, decision analysis, operations research, control theory and economics. While the assumptions
Toward an instance theory of automatization
by Gordon D. Logan - Psychological Review , 1988
"... This article presents a theory in which automatization is construed as the acquisition of a domain-specific knowledge base, formed of separate representations, instances, of each exposure to the task. Processing is considered automatic if it relies on retrieval of stored instances, which will occur ..."
things. For example, we can drive to dinner while conversing in depth with a visiting scholar, or we can make coffee while planning dessert. However, these benefits may be offset by costs. The automatic pilot can lead us astray, caus-ing errors and sometimes catastrophes (Reason & Myceilska, 1982
In recent years research in the planning community has moved increasingly towards application of planners to realistic problems involving both time and many types of resources. For example, interest in planning demonstrated by the space research community has inspired work in observation scheduling
Inductive Logic Programming: Theory and Methods
by Stephen Muggleton, Luc De Raedt - JOURNAL OF LOGIC PROGRAMMING , 1994
Logical foundations of object-oriented and frame-based languages
by Michael Kifer, Georg Lausen, James Wu - JOURNAL OF THE ACM , 1995
"... We propose a novel formalism, called Frame Logic (abbr., F-logic), that accounts in a clean and declarative fashion for most of the structural aspects of object-oriented and frame-based languages. These features include object identity, complex objects, inheritance, polymorphic types, query methods, ..."
We propose a novel formalism, called Frame Logic (abbr., F-logic), that accounts in a clean and declarative fashion for most of the structural aspects of object-oriented and frame-based languages. These features include object identity, complex objects, inheritance, polymorphic types, query methods
Dynamic taint analysis for automatic detection, analysis, and signature generation of exploits on commodity software
by James Newsome, Dawn Song - In Network and Distributed Systems Security Symposium , 2005
"... Software vulnerabilities have had a devastating effect on the Internet. Worms such as CodeRed and Slammer can compromise hundreds of thousands of hosts within hours or even minutes, and cause millions of dollars of damage [32, 51]. To successfully combat these fast automatic Internet attacks, we nee ..."
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Bollullos de la Mitación ist eine südspanische Gemeinde in der Provinz Sevilla der Autonomen Region Andalusien.

Geschichte
Bollullos ist arabischen Ursprungs und bedeutet "kleiner Turm". La Mitación bestand ursprünglich aus mehreren Siedlungen wie Torrearcas, Aljuven, Torreblanca, Almanchar, Seismalos, Almonjón, Palmaraya, Almonasterejo, Rianzuela und Cuatrovitas. Diese Ansiedlungen existierten bis ins späte 15. Jahrhundert.

Im Jahre 1594 wurden die Siedlungen Teil des Königreiches von Sevilla und urkundlich unter dem heutigen Gemeindenamen Bollullos de la Mitación erwähnt. Die Gemeinde hatte damals 156 Bürger.

Verkehr
In unmittelbarer Nähe des Ortes verläuft die Autopista A-49, die in Sevilla beginnt und an der Grenze zu Portugal in Ayamonte endet. In Bollullos verkehren vier Intercity-Buslinien (M-157, M-158 M-159 und M-169), die die Gemeinde mit Aljarafe, Sevilla, Villamanrique de la Condesa und Pilas verbinden. Auf dem Gemeindegebiet befindet sich neun Kilometer südlich der Stadt der Flugplatz Aeródromo La Juliana.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Pfarrkirche San Martín de Tours mit vier Altargemälden von Francisco de Zurbarán
 Capilla de Santa María de Roncesvalles, Kapelle des historischen Krankenhaus
 Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Cuatrovitas, erbaut im 12. Jahrhundert, seit dem 3. Juni 1931 unter Denkmalschutz (Bien de Interés Cultural)
 Archäologische Fundstelle in der Kapelle der Cuatrovitas, mit römischen Artefakten
 Haciendas de la época señorial, Landgut

Weblinks

 Website der Gemeinde Bollullos de la Mitación (spanisch)
 Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía Daten der Gemeinde Bollullos de la Mitación. (Stand 31. Januar 2013)
 Guía Digital del Patrimonio Cultural (spanisch)

Einzelnachweise

Provinz Sevilla
Municipio in Andalusien


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Mixing expropriation with Ingonyama is mischievous
Posted on 25 Jul 2018 | Categories: Opinion | Tags: ANC Land Summit, customary law, expropriation, High-level panel, Ingonyama Trust, ITB, land, Traditional leadership
By Nokwanda Sihlali
Amongst assertions made at the recent ANC Land Summit, it seems the one issue that has permeated media analysis is the misinterpretation of former president Kgalema Motlanthe's statement that most traditional leaders act as tin-pot dictators.
Motlanthe's forthright statement predictably enraged many traditional leaders, but it should be seen in the context of the heated land debate as a caution to guard against the abuse of power – especially in relation to land ownership and tenure.
"Some traditional leaders support the ANC, but the majority of them are acting like village tin-pot dictators to the people there. The people had high hopes the ANC would liberate them from these confines of the homeland systems, but clearly we are the ones who are saying the land must go to traditional leaders and not the people," the Sowetan quoted Motlanthe as saying.
Traditional leadership is formally recognized in Chapter 12 of the Constitution, has it's own congress in the form of CONTRALESA and has statutory bodies in the national and provincial houses of traditional leaders. With all these factors taken into account, it is clear that traditional leadership is highly respected and plays a significant socio-political role in South Africa.
The implication that former president Motlanthe disrespects all traditional leaders is simply misinformed. As the chair of the High Level Panel, commissioned by the Speaker of Parliament, however, the former president did hear first-hand, grounded information from rural citizens about the injustices that they experience at the hands of some traditional leaders. Just as not all politicians are corrupt, but those who are need to be exposed, so the former president is right to highlight potential problem areas in respect of traditional leadership.
Traditional leaders, especially in KwaZulu-Natal, are conflating what Motlanthe's concern and what the Panel said about the abuse of customary authority with the proposed amendment of the Constitution to enable expropriation without compensation in an apparent attempt to justify a fight against a government which they allege is bent on dispossessing chiefs of their land.
In terms of the Ingonyama Trust Act, the detailed recommendations found in the 600-page High Level Panel Report, suggest that it be repealed or extensively amended to give residents and communities control of the land they occupy.
These are some of the ways the report proposed to navigate these changes (pages 202 – 277):
"The Repeal Act should provide for the repeal of the Ingonyama Trust Act of 1994 and for the disestablishment and dissolution of the Ingonyama Trust. It should include provisions for the transfer of the Trust land, assets, liabilities, rights and obligations to the Minister responsible for land affairs as custodian on behalf of the members of the communities and residents concerned."; and
"An Amendment Act should provide for the amendment of the Act to ensure that trust land(including all land registered in the name of the Ingonyama as trustee for the Ingonyama Trust) is administered for and on behalf of and for the benefit of the members of the communities and residents concerned. It should also include provisions amending the composition of the Ingonyama Trust Board, which should fall under the auspices of the Minister responsible for land affairs, to provide that trust land shall be subject to national land programmes, to reiterate that the Act shall not apply to land in all townships, to provide for a trust fund, and to preserve the records of the Trust and establish a 'land register'."
Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform has tried over several years to get the board of the Ingonyama Trust to account for the R20 million it receives from the government and for its other income. While the board continues to complain that the annual grant is inadequate, its report to the committee in May showed it had underperformed at every stipulated activity in support of ordinary people. The question remains, if you have not met the targets, but money is still being spent, where is it going?
The portfolio committee also has expressed grave concern about the tenure security of rural citizens. The Ingonyama Trust Board has been asked numerous times this year to justify adverts in newspapers and on social media encouraging rural citizens who live within the jurisdiction of the Ingonyama Trust to apply for leases on land they already own both according to customary law and through official recognition in the form of Permission-To-Occupy certificates.
Despite an order to stop issuing residential leases to people with ownership rights, the Board continued to promote the conversion, causing one committee member, Mamagase Nchabeleng, to suggest that the ITB should be placed under administration in terms of section 100 of the Constitution. This would allow the government to ensure that the trust is administered for the benefit of the people and not only the trustee. This process requires both national and provincial departments to work together to remedy immediate problems.
But as we have seen many times, the ANC-led government always put the needs of King Goodwill Zwelithini ahead of those of rural citizens.
Since the King held an imbizo, calling on amaZulu to strategize and prepare for war against a government that plans to dispossess them of their land, politicians have been rushing to reassure him that "his" land is safe.
The two separate issues of the problems with the Trust and the later debate about 'expropriation without compensation' have been disingenuously amalgamated into one to create confusion and fear.
Currently, public hearings are being held around the country to establish whether South Africans support amending the Constitution. This issue has nothing to do with the High Level Panel recommendations about legislative changes to the Ingonyama Trust Act.
The High Level Panel was created to examine, analyse and assess whether the laws that were established post 1994 had been effective in making a difference in people's lives or not. This process started late in 2015 and only last year was the report handed over to Baleka Mbete, the Speaker of Parliament.
A parliamentary committee has since been established to look into the Panel's recommendations and assess which ones should be turned into resolutions. None of these recommendations seeks to dispossess Zulu people of their land.
This notion was solidified by President Cyril Ramaphosa when he visited King Zwelithini, reassuring him that the focus of land reform was not on expropriating the land administered by traditional leaders or more specifically Ingonyama Trust.
This article first appeared in Sowetan on 26 July 2018.
Nokwanda Sihlali is a researcher with the Land and Accountability Research Centre in the Department of Public Law at UCT
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Californians who suffer serious injuries in accidents because of negligence may be entitled to recover compensation for their losses. However, as the decision in Stokes v. Muschinske, Cal. Ct. App, Case No. B280116 demonstrates, it is important to properly value your claim and that you do not overreach. Even when jury misconduct might have occurred, it may not be enough to secure a new trial when your damages award is much less than what you expected.
Plaintiffs James Stokes and Patricia Stokes were traveling in their car on March 28, 2013. Defendant Martin Muschinske was operating a pickup truck with a horse trailer at the same time. The truck and trailer were fully loaded, and Muschinske rear-ended the Stokes's car, causing serious injuries to James Stokes.
Muschinske stipulated that the accident was his fault. The Stokes filed a lawsuit against Muschinske, and he disputed the damages amount claimed by the plaintiffs as well as causation for the injuries. The case did not settle and went to a jury trial.
During jury selection, the plaintiffs' lawyer asked all of the prospective jurors if they had ever been sued. A couple of the prospective jurors stated that they had, and one of them stated that he was biased and could not be fair and impartial. That juror was dismissed. Later, juror no. 11 was called to the jury box. While he was being questioned, he stated that he did not want to be there a few times. He also stated that he could be fair and impartial. The plaintiffs' lawyer again questioned the jury panel as a whole whether anyone had ever been sued before, and no one raised their hands.
Juror no. 11 was ultimately selected for the jury and served as its foreperson. After a lengthy trial, the jury returned a verdict in the plaintiffs' favor for a total amount of $560,537.71 for James Stokes and $50,000 for Patricia Stokes. Before trial, the plaintiffs had demanded more than $23.5 million for James Stokes and $4 million for Patricia Stokes. The defendant had made a pretrial offer of less than $500,000 for the total damages.
The plaintiffs filed a motion to overturn the jury's award of damages. They argued that juror no. 11 had deliberately engaged in misconduct by failing to report that he had been a defendant in two prior civil cases. They also argued that the defendant's counsel violated the collateral estoppel rule by entering testimony about the availability of Medicare and Social Security for the plaintiff. The Superior Court ruled that there was no evidence that juror no. 11 engaged in deliberate misconduct or that any misconduct would have changed the outcome of the case. The court also found that the collateral estoppel rule had not been violated and upheld the jury's damages award. The plaintiffs then filed an appeal to the Court of Appeals.
Issues: 1)Whether juror no. 11's failure to disclose his involvement in two prior trials rose to the level of misconduct that would require a new trial on damages; and 2) Whether the defendant attorney's references to Medicare, to Kaiser, and to Social Security violated the collateral estoppel rule?
On appeal, the plaintiffs argued that juror no. 11's failure to disclose his involvement in two prior trials as a defendant amounted to misconduct that should have resulted in the court's overturning the damages award by the jury. The juror had previously served as an agent for a corporation that was sued, and he was named as a defendant to that lawsuit along with the corporation.
In a separate case, the juror was named in a lawsuit against a medical company for an alleged breach of a stock purchase agreement. In the case involving the medical company, the plaintiff submitted a copy of the proof of service. That case did not have any hearings and was dismissed a few months later. In the second case, the plaintiff only submitted proof of service on the business entity but not on juror no. 11. In that case, juror no. 11 was removed as a defendant after four months. The plaintiff also argued that the defendant violated the collateral estoppel rule by mentioning Kaiser Permanente, Medicare, and Social Security during the trial.
Rules: (1)Juror misconduct may be the basis of a new trial, but plaintiffs must establish that any misconduct was prejudicial. (2)Under the collateral estoppel rule, defendants are not allowed to submit other avenues of paying for medical costs during the trial.
Under Cal. Code Civil Proc. § 657, juror misconduct that substantially affects the rights of the parties may be grounds for the granting of a new trial. However, under Ovando v. County of Los Angeles, 71 Cal.Rptr.3d 415 (2008), parties that file motions for new trials based on juror misconduct must be able to establish both that misconduct occurred and that it was prejudicial in nature.
Under the collateral estoppel rule as explained in Howell v. Hamilton Meats, 129 Cal.Rptr.3d 325 (2011), (note: we analyzed this case in our Los Angeles personal injury blog some time ago) payments that a plaintiff might receive from public or private sources to pay for his or her medical costs should not be subtracted from an award of damages. Since these payments cannot be subtracted from the damages awards, they are also inadmissible as evidence.
The court first reviewed the alleged misconduct by juror no. 11. It noted that the plaintiffs' attorney did not specifically question him about whether he had ever been sued but instead only asked a blanket question to the entire voir dire panel. The court noted that it was possible that juror no. 11 either simply didn't hear the question or didn't understand it. It also looked at the two prior cases in which he had been named as a defendant. The court noted that one case was dismissed in its entirety after a few months, and no hearings had been conducted. The court noted that in the other case, he was simply named as a defendant as an agent of the corporation for which he worked, and he was dismissed as a defendant from the case after four months.
The court noted that he did not have any meaningful participation in either case. The court also disagreed with the plaintiffs' assertion that he was trying to get on the jury so that he could act from a biased position against the plaintiffs. Instead, the court noted that he had stated that he didn't want to be there several times, and the other jurors indicated that he never talked about his involvement in any prior cases or about any bias he might have felt. The court found that there was no evidence of misconduct on his part.
The court next looked at the collateral estoppel rule. It noted that both parties referred to Kaiser multiple times throughout the trial. The plaintiffs' attorney had objected to testimony in which a witness talked about Medicare and Social Security but was overruled. The court found that the mentions of Medicare, Kaiser, and Social Security did not incorporate a discussion of any payments that he might receive and did not violate the collateral estoppel rule.
The court affirmed the Superior Court's ruling. It ordered the plaintiffs to pay the defendant's costs on appeal.
If you have suffered serious injuries in an accident that was caused because of the negligence of others, you may have legal rights. It is important for you to arrive at a sound valuation of your potential claim. If you claim much more than your case is worth and turn down § 998 offers prior to trial and fail to beat them, you may have to pay the costs of the defendant. To learn more about your rights, contact the Law Offices of Steven M. Sweat to schedule a consultation.


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Hawaii bill would legalize fantasy sports contests
HONOLULU (AP) Lawmakers in Hawaii want to make an exception to the state's gambling ban by legalizing fantasy sports contests.
Hawaii is one of two states, along with Utah, with no legal gambling. The Aloha State has some of the strictest anti-gambling laws in the country, Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin said.
That means popular fantasy sports sites like FanDuel and DraftKings are illegal under current state laws, Chin said this week.
But state legislators have introduced a bill in both the House and Senate that would legalize online fantasy sports contests in light of Hawaii's growing appetite for legalizing gambling.
The bill would require fantasy sports contest operators who offer cash prizes to register with the state and be subject to a yearly independent audit. The sites would be off-limits to minors, and rules would be established against insider gambling.
The sites would also have to pay a $25,000 registration fee, which should be required annually, said Democratic Rep. John Mizuno, who co-introduced the bill.
''We're all realists here; people gamble everywhere,'' Mizuno said. ''So if we can regulate it properly and benefit from it - get some of the proceeds to help our most needy - then at the end of the day it's a win-win.''
This year, lawmakers in both houses have introduced several bills that would legalize some form of gambling, including a measure that would start a state lottery to benefit the homeless.
''The Powerball created a lot of interest, and the timing was impeccable - it happened right before the start of the legislative session,'' said Mizuno. ''Everything collided to have the perfect opportunity to bring this issue up.''
For a state that has historically opposed legalized gambling, lawmakers say Hawaii residents are changing their attitudes. Polls from 2012 show a majority of Hawaii voters support a state lottery and off-shore gambling on ships.
But opponents to legalized gambling in the state say a lottery could disproportionately affect Hawaii's low-income communities and put some people at risk for developing gambling addictions.
''It puts state government into the gambling business, and we believe the state government should respect the citizens, not exploit them,'' said Dianne Kay, president of the Hawaii Coalition Against Legalized Gambling. ''We'd like to keep Hawaii like a tropical paradise rather than a gambling destination.''
Mizuno said state gambling earnings could be used to help fund education or reduce homelessness. He would also want a portion of money the state collects to go toward fighting gambling addiction.
The proposed law to start a lottery could be controversial, he said, but he expects the public to be more accepting of the law to regulate fantasy sports sites.
On fantasy sports sites, a player picks out a fantasy team and earns points on how well the athletes perform, similar to the casual, legal games people play with friends and family. But the websites can offer a much larger payout, and can involve hundreds of players and wagers up to $1,000.
Nationwide, nearly 60 million Americans play fantasy sports. Several states including Pennsylvania and California are working on laws to regulate the industries. Two states - Nevada and New York - have banned the fantasy sport sites, labeling them as illegal gambling.
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The only thing better than a truly great flea market buy? Dozens (upon dozens) of them! At this North Carolina bungalow, all kinds of vintage collections—from antique textiles to retro sports gear—make for one happy hunting ground.
Blame it on the nesting instinct—times a thousand! When she was expecting her second child, something came over Trinity Holmes. "I decided our house had to have more character—I wanted our home to feel inviting and collected." Shortly thereafter, she went to an antiques sale in nearby Raleigh, North Carolina, and got hooked. Today, her 1934 farmhouse is chock-full of vintage curiosities, gathered everywhere from flea markets to the internet to her friends' backyards. "There's something so comforting about surrounding yourself with worn items that were loved in a previous life," says Trinity. From the front door to the recently renovated bath, here's how she amped up the charm in every nook and cranny.
In this photo: Trinity spray-painted the vintage wicker bench, a hand-me-down freebie from a friend, navy blue to match the house's inky shutters.
Trinity didn't have to look far to unearth the perfect front door: She found the home's original door hiding in the barn. After stripping off 10 layers of paint and staining it Golden Oak by Minwax, it's better than new. The midcentury pair of salvaged sofas cost a mere $100 on Craigslist. An upholsterer replaced the dated floral pattern with a soft, affordable blue Oxford cloth ($7/ yard; onlinefabricstore.net).
If Trinity comes across an antique quilt for less than $25, she snatches it up—no questions asked. "Quilts with holes don't bother me. I just fold them! People forget that's a beautiful way to display them," she says. Trinity loves the sculptural look of old bowling pins, but online searches turned up nothing that fit her style. She eventually learned that what she was looking for were actually "Indian clubs," (pictured, top shelf) a form of 19th-century weights. "Once I figured out the name, I went nuts," she says. "I found them everywhere!"
Trinity unloaded this 100-year-old antique farm table from a friend for several hundred dollars. Only five feet long, it's an ideal fit for the pass-through dining room. Some of the few new items purchased, the rattan dining chairs proved sturdier than vintage versions. To add pattern and durability, Trinity recovered the cushions in a speckled oilcloth. The impressive ebony buffet—Trinity's first-ever antique purchase—came repainted and refurbished for only $150. Trinity hoarded shipping palettes from her husband's radiator business to create the planked walls in the dining room. A creamy white paint gave the rustic material a fresh finish. Finally, for $40 and some elbow grease, Trinity transformed her parents' old porch light into a handsome dining room pendant.
Trinity's husband, Jason, made the vanity with $200 worth of supplies (concrete mix, lumber, and steel piping). An antique mirror, old first aid box, and bamboo purse handles- turned-towel rings are one-of-a-kind fixtures that give the space a collected feel.


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Conductors
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.. image:: img/conductor.png
   :width: 97px
   :alt: Conductor

Overview
========

Conductors in TaskFlow provide a mechanism that unifies the various TaskFlow
concepts under a single easy to use (as plug-and-play as we can make it)
construct.

They are responsible for the following:

* Interacting with :doc:`jobboards <jobs>` (examining and claiming
  :doc:`jobs <jobs>`).
* Creating :doc:`engines <engines>` from the claimed jobs (using
  :ref:`factories <resumption factories>` to reconstruct the contained
  tasks and flows to be executed).
* Dispatching the engine using the provided :doc:`persistence <persistence>`
  layer and engine configuration.
* Completing or abandoning the claimed :doc:`job <jobs>` (depending on
  dispatching and execution outcome).
* *Rinse and repeat*.

.. note::

     They are inspired by and have similar responsibilities
     as `railroad conductors`_ or `musical conductors`_.

Considerations
==============

Some usage considerations should be used when using a conductor to make sure
it's used in a safe and reliable manner. Eventually we hope to make these
non-issues but for now they are worth mentioning.

Endless cycling
---------------

**What:** Jobs that fail (due to some type of internal error) on one conductor
will be abandoned by that conductor and then another conductor may experience
those same errors and abandon it (and repeat). This will create a job
abandonment cycle that will continue for as long as the job exists in an
claimable state.

**Example:**

.. image:: img/conductor_cycle.png
   :scale: 70%
   :alt: Conductor cycling

**Alleviate by:**

#. Forcefully delete jobs that have been failing continuously after a given
   number of conductor attempts. This can be either done manually or
   automatically via scripts (or other associated monitoring) or via
   the jobboards :py:func:`~taskflow.jobs.base.JobBoard.trash` method.
#. Resolve the internal error's cause (storage backend failure, other...).

Interfaces
==========

.. automodule:: taskflow.conductors.base
.. automodule:: taskflow.conductors.backends

Implementations
===============

Blocking
--------

.. automodule:: taskflow.conductors.backends.impl_blocking

Hierarchy
=========

.. inheritance-diagram::
    taskflow.conductors.base
    taskflow.conductors.backends.impl_blocking
    :parts: 1

.. _musical conductors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conducting
.. _railroad conductors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conductor_%28transportation%29


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https://www.chron.com/techburger/article/WeWork-to-open-in-The-Woodlands-13813528.php
WeWork to open in The Woodlands
By Andrea Leinfelder
Published 9:43 am CDT, Thursday, May 2, 2019
Rendering of the new WeWork location expected to open July 2019 at 1725 Hughes Landing Blvd. in The Woodlands.
Photo: WeWork
WeWork is opening a coworking office space in The Woodlands this summer, marking its third Houston-area location. It will have 5,375 desks in the market at the end of the year.
The news comes just days after WeWork, formally called the We Co., announced it filed confidentially for an initial public offering in December.
In Houston: WeWork Labs brings new business incubator to Houston
The 9-year-old company opened its first Houston location in the Galleria in 2017. The following year, it opened a second location downtown at 708 Main St. That location now includes coding boot camp Flatiron School (which WeWork owns) and a cohort of students that received scholarships from Facebook.
The downtown location also teamed up with Bunker Labs, a nonprofit focused on assisting veteran entrepreneurs, in 2018 to start a program that helps Houston veterans and their spouses to launch and scale businesses.
The WeWork Labs incubator program opened downtown earlier this year, and the Galleria location has plans to add 775 desks in the fourth quarter.
WeWork in The Woodlands will lease 52,000 square feet at 1725 Hughes Landing Blvd., directly next to Hughes Landing's Restaurant Row. WeWork members will also have access to a modern fitness center.
At HoustonChronicle.com: Beef lovers call bull on WeWork's meatless edict
"In 2018, WeWork grew its footprint in a very big way in Houston. Now, in 2019, we're growing even more, but in a way that's as much about desks as it is impact," Roniel Bencosme, WeWork community director, said in a statement. "In this next year, WeWork will build a constellation of opportunity through new spaces spread across Houston, and opening in the Woodlands is key to that effort."
Consulting firm HR&A Advisors found that 83 percent of WeWork members in Houston work in the innovation economy, compared with 12 percent in the region as a whole. And one of 20 of the city's first-time entrepreneurs are WeWork members.
The average job growth rate across small- and medium-sized WeWork member companies in Houston is 32 percent, compared with 1 percent for all companies in Houston.
"We have moved the needle for the growth of the tech and innovation sectors in Houston," Bencosme said, "but we're just getting started."