Patients were included in the analysis if they had a principal diagnosis of septic arthritis of the lower extremity and were age 15 to 64 years.
The percentage of patients with septic arthritis related to opioid or injection drug use was found to have increased from 2000 to 2013 in a study published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. In addition, this patient population was found to be at greater risk for mortality and reoperation compared with individuals with nondrug-related septic arthritis.
Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database from 2000 to 2013, investigators conducted a cross-sectional comparative analysis of data from 19,860 patients to determine the percentage of patients admitted for septic arthritis of the knee who used injection drugs or opioids.
Over the 14-year study, 7763 patients (8%) of all patients with septic knee arthritis had drug-related septic arthritis. From 2000 to 2013, the percentage of patients with septic arthritis who used injection drugs increased from 5% to 11%, and patients with septic arthritis were found to have 44% higher odds of using injection drugs compared with all patients within the database.
Of patients with drug-related septic knee arthritis, 1% died during hospitalization vs 0.3% of those with nondrug-related septic knee arthritis (P <.001). Those who used injection drugs were also more likely to undergo repeat arthroscopic surgery (P =.007) or open irrigation and debridement, were more likely to leave against medical advice, and had longer hospital stays (5 days longer on average) compared with those who did not use injection drugs (P <.001 for all).
The percentage of patients with drug-related septic arthritis in the 15- to 34-year and 55- to 64-year age groups increased from 2000 to 2013.
Study limitations include possible miscalculations and omissions by hospitals and the lack of long-term follow-up.


Just seen that tolls are being removed from the Severn Bridges earlier than previously planned.
What do members expect to see in effects?
M32 traffic jams more often. And similar in Cardiff.
Quite so. The toll booths mean that the traffic on from there is spaced out to a degree. The likely effect is that the westbound Brynglas Tunnel peak time queues will be back almost to Junction 23 instead of 24.
In addition to which, it will mean more road traffic across the Severn generally, as some people switch from train or bus to car and some start making journeys they would otherwise have deemed not worthwhile.
Its odd that one of the reasons for cancelling the expansion to the Mall@Cribbs was lack of traffic infrastructure, whilst this change should have been synchronised with a Park and Ride, with train access, in North Bristol.
I wonder whether commuters from Severn Tunnel Junction might switch to Severn Beach. It's probably a bit slower, but much much cheaper. (It costs £42 a week from STJ plus £16 for parking), but only £9 from Severn Beach. (That seems very cheap - is it correct?). Especially once the new junction opens on the M49 next year.
Apart from being slower the services aren't as frequent, which might be a bit of a pain, but still, £47 a week is a lot to save.
But not much parking space at Severn Beach if any if I recall, have to look at google earth.
I saw on the TV last night that "they"'re predicting a 23% growth in vehicle numbers over the bridge(s). I wonder where this vehicles will come from / go to on each side of the river.
Porkway Parkway would have seemed like a possibility ... had it been open ... as it is, I expect quite a number will drive into Bristol, where the road system has plenty of spare capacity and the air is clean ... or will head for places like Bath, where again I'm sure they'll be looking forward to the extra business.
...That seems very cheap - is it correct?
Yup, or £360 per year. Quite a bargain: https://travelwest.info/rail/severn-beach-line ...and, starting as you would be at the end of the line, you'd stand a fair chance of getting a seat in declassified First.
The Park and Ride bus from Portway is another option, although it costs more, and probably takes longer to get to, so makes the option less attractive, as the savings will be less and the over all journey time longer.


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CV-19 stay-at-home orders increase domestic violence risk, experts warn
More by Gabrielle Zabat
Posted Apr 15, 2020, 4:05 pm
Gabrielle Zabat Cronkite News
Social distancing and self-isolation have become the primary tools to curb the continued spread of novel coronavirus, but those practices force many to remain in unsafe and abusive homes.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 10 men have experienced sexual or physical violence by intimate partners. Additionally, at least 1 in 7 children have faced child abuse or neglect in the past year.
Tasha Menaker, co-CEO of the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual & Domestic Violence, said increased strain amid the COVID-19 outbreak could potentially increase these rates of violence.
"We know because of the pandemic … resources are limited," Menaker said. "And so whenever there's extra stress in the house, especially if it's financial stress, and then on top of that isolation, there's that risk of violence increasing."
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and 23 other senators sent a letter to the federal Administration for Children and Families and the Office on Violence Against Women, seeking assurances that those in need would continue to get help.
"When people are required to stay home, abusive situations can become even worse," Gillibrand said.
Experts say COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has become yet another way for abusers to keep their victims close and exert control over them. For example, abusers may prevent victims from seeking medical attention or provide misinformation about the pandemic to frighten them, according to information posted by the National Domestic Violence Hotline about staying safe during the pandemic.
The hotline still is receiving its average of up to 2,000 contacts a day, said CEO Katie Ray-Jones, but more callers are citing coronavirus as among their concerns – some 1,765 from March 16 to March 31.
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"We suspect that we may not see a surge in individuals reaching out until shelter-in-place protocols are lifted, and as people start returning to work or school and are apart from their abusive partners, it will be safe and private to reach out for support," Ray-Jones said in an email.
The Arizona coalition saw a slight increase in calls in the first two months of the year compared with 2019, and officials anticipate the number will keep rising amid the stay-at-home orders, said Danielle Wright, victims services manager.
One Arizona domestic violence survivor who spoke with Cronkite News said she worries about victims who can no longer use their jobs to escape violence.
"There's probably a lot of women out there that maybe their opportunity to get away from the abuser was to work in the office, but now they're forced to be living at home," said the survivor, who asked to remain anonymous over fears that her former abuser might hear her speaking out.
She previously turned to the coalition for help.
The woman had lived with her abuser for nine months, she said, enduring both physical and verbal abuse. After breaking her foot in a motorcycle accident, the woman was forced to stay home.
"It just seemed like every day was a nightmare," she said, adding that her partner would dispose of her crutches, knee scooter and prescription medication to torment her.
She worries about people living in abusive situations who not only have to stay home but also may be infected with COVID-19.
"They might not feel safe following the doctor's orders while living with the perpetrator at home, … and so that may affect someone from being totally recovered," the woman said.
"The perpetrator knows that this is a time of vulnerability for the person that's sick, and they will do what they can to make sure that that person doesn't get better."
After escaping her abusive relationship, she leaned on support groups, survivors with similar stories and emotional support from mentors.
Menaker said that despite the increase in hotline calls, the Arizona domestic violence coalition has seen fewer clients coming into resource centers and attending programs. She noted, however, that domestic violence centers throughout the state are still able to help victims with court cases, shelter or medical needs.
"It can be a little bit overwhelming because things are always changing, but then at the same time, I feel like I've seen people really come together … and support each other more than ever," Menaker said.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline has teamed up with the No More project to launch a #listeningfromhome campaign, aimed at raising awareness for the victims of domestic abuse trapped at home due to novel coronavirus. It educates the public on warning signs, and encourages people to seek help if they observe incidents of abuse.
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Q: MYSQL Query - order by and then select random of the same value I'm currently looking in MySQL to order results by price, and then output a random one with the highest price. (several will have the same price)
I've had a look at other stackoverflow questions and found people with answers saying that if two results are the same you cannot guarantee which one will be outputted however that sounds like a bit of a glitch/hack, is there anyway to order a table by the highest results and then chose a random one of those results?
$qry="SELECT * FROM campaignInformation ORDER BY campaignInformation.bidPerCustomer DESC LIMIT 1";

two of my "bidPerCustomers" are 0.25 and I would like to to chose a random one of these every time, however not choose one with a bet of 0.11 for example
Thanks in advance guys!
I'm asumming that I will have to make a query and then choose a random one from the results however it would be nice if I could do it in the query to begin with.

A: If you just want to select any from those with max value, then you can build it up cleanly:
SELECT * FROM campaignInformation C WHERE C.bidPerCustomer = (
    SELECT MAX(D.bidPerCustomer) FROM campaignInformation D
)

That'll net you all rows that have max value.  You can then select one from that table, LIMIT 1, order by RAND()
SELECT * FROM (
    SELECT * FROM campaignInformation C WHERE C.bidPerCustomer = (
        SELECT MAX(D.bidPerCustomer) FROM campaignInformation D
    )
) AS X
ORDER BY RAND()
LIMIT 1

Every derived table needs an alias, hence the 'AS X'
Make sure you have an index on your bidPerCustomer column, or havoc ensues.

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In 1957, he opened the bar Dominick's in the Chicago Heights neighborhood where he lived. Within a year, he began serving food and a few years later he opened a cocktail lounge.
"The food came because the steel mill workers were working nights" and looking for a good restaurant, he said. He served a steak dinner with potato salad, bread and butter for $1.95.
Mr. Benny's emulates bygone Chicago supper clubs.
He evolved into opening a fine-dining restaurant in the late 1960s. It was Mr. Benny's in Chicago Heights, bearing the name that a man who cleaned one of the bars would use, asking for Mr. Benny when picking up his paycheck, Joy Leonardo said.
It was a time when steakhouses were becoming popular but Mr. Benny's went against the tide, serving high-quality steaks when competitors were not.
"I survived and they didn't," Benny Leonardo said, adding that he gradually gleaned customers from five nearby country clubs, the steel mills and a racetrack.
He modeled the steak and lobster house on the Chicago supper club of the post-World War II era when he courted Joy — places like the "absolutely beautiful" Shangri-La of Chicago, he said. It was an era when people dressed up, practiced good manners and men could be counted on to be gentlemen, he said.
"Where you can entertain a girl and hopefully you get her to love you," Leonardo said, adding that Mr. Benny's has been the site of proposals and wedding ceremonies.
In 1976, Mr. Benny's relocated from Chicago Heights to Matteson, which was growing. Around 2000, a second location was opened in Mokena, Joy Leonardo said. Both restaurants have similar menus but different specials. In Mokena, the post popular items include the New York strip and porterhouse steaks, prime rib (available only on Saturday), lobster tail and crab legs.
The restaurant interior is burgundy and hunter green, with tables, chairs and booths that can accommodate about 250 people.
"It's warm and casually elegant," Joy Leonardo said.
Steaks are usually in the $29.95 to $34.95 range and seafood, including lobster tail, is generally in the range of $19.95 to market price, which can sometimes be around $55 or $65.
Mr. Benny's of Mokena is open for dinner only — 5 to 9 p.m. when the kitchen closes Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and an hour later on Friday and Saturday. It is closed on Monday.


A beautiful custom luxury home design in a leafy Perth suburb is an object of desire in itself, but often the most stunning premium properties are home to collections of incredible works of art. The trick is, these aren't haphazard accumulations of display pieces – they are coordinated and planned for. Building room in your new home for your collections, or facilitating displays with custom and natural lighting can lead to a much more enjoyable home – one that you'll be proud to take guests through on a tour.
When you say "art" most people think of paintings. Displaying art has become a popular way to express yourself to your guests, and many things can be communicated through art choice. However, among the more practical considerations when it comes to hanging paintings is wall space and light.
Open plan living is a very popular modern convenience, but can reduce wall space. If you're wanting to hang up some beautiful pieces, make sure that you allow enough space between walls, doors and windows to have a display area.
Acrylic artists' paints, which according to the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute were introduced in the 1950s, are particularly susceptible to damage from natural elements, such as heat, light and moisture. This means keeping these kinds of paintings away from direct sunlight (which fades some colours) and in a cool and dry place. The effects of sun-fade, excessive heat or mould induced by moist air are almost impossible to reverse with restoration, so in this case, proactive prevention is the best solution.
There are many kinds of art that don't hang on a wall, and these all need their own space too. Some of them need very specific spaces, which is why a custom design is particularly suited to collectors of fine works.
One thing luxury homes in Perth could certainly benefit from is a cellar. Here there are also considerations about light, heat and ventilation. However, most wine does not age well, so for the general wine enthusiast, a well-made display area is all you need.
However, for the serious wine collector – or even investor – a more appropriate room is needed. According to Reader's Digest the most valuable Australian wine of any vintage is the original 1951 Penfolds Grange. A bottle was at auction in 2003 for $56,977. With wines of this calibre (or even close to it), you'll want a dedicated cellar with controlled temperatures and no windows.
There are of course many types of art which you may wish to incorporate into your custom home design, such as a place for sculptures, or a large garage to show off custom or vintage automobiles. With Exclusive Residence, the sky's the limit.


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OIC condemns Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan
EuropeOIC condemns Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan
By Central Desk
Monitoring Desk: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned Armenia`s military aggression against Azerbaijan, reports Azeri State-Run News Agency AZERTAC.
Following is the statement issued by OIC:
"The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is following with deep concern the aggression by the Republic of Armenian forces against the Republic of Azerbaijan's forces in several locations on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan, violating the ceasefire and leaving behind civilian casualties," the OIC said in a statement.
"While the OIC strongly condemns repeated provocations and aggression by the military forces of the Republic of Armenia, it renews its solidarity with the Republic of Azerbaijan and recalls the relevant resolutions and decisions of the OIC and the United Nations Security Council."
The OIC called for the full and unconditional withdrawal of Armenian forces from the occupied Azerbaijani territories and for dialogue to reach a political solution to the conflict between the two countries based on respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the inviolability of its internationally recognized borders.
It may be mentioned that Armenia once again attacked Azerbaijan without any provocation and both the countries are in war-like situation.
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The first set of general questions will apply to each of the readings we do in Yours, Jack.
They are followed by questions specific to the letters in our selection for the evening.
3. What insight, if any, can you apply to your life?
4. What is your favorite expression or passage or piece of advice?
5. On pages 211-13 Lewis writes to his godson who has just failed examinations at Oxford. What consolation does he offer? What advice does he give?
6. On three occasions in today's reading (see pages 222, 227, and 232) as well as in previous readings (see pages 63 and 196) Lewis grapples with the seeming contradiction in two patterns of prayer: (a) Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane, "Not my will but thine" and (b) Mark 11:24, "Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." Evidently, Lewis pondered this for many years, recording his final thoughts in chapter 11 of Letters to Malcolm, published posthumously. Do you share his concern? Are you satisfied with how he resolves the two kinds of prayer?
7. Three of Lewis's letters to Mary Van Deusen (see pages 226, 240-41, 243) comment on the problems she was having with a difficult pastor. What does Lewis suggest? Would you add to or take away any part of his advice?
8. Lewis advises Mary Willis Shelburne on how to deal with disagreeable people. (See page 236.) He finds it "easier to understand the great crimes" than "mere disagreeableness." Which do you have an easier time understanding? How do you deal with disagreeable people?
"If all lack sense ..." (p. 227): George Herbert's advice about what one may extract from bad preachers. From The Church Porch: "The worst speak something good; if all lack sense, God takes a text and preacheth patience."
Laurence Harwood (1933 - ): C. S. Lewis's godson. Laurence's father, Cecil Harwood, was a classmate of Jack's at Oxford. In the wake of his mother's death and a case of double pneumonia, Laurence failed the preliminary examinations and had to leave Oxford, which occasioned the letter on page 211. After that, Laurence enrolled in the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester (tuition paid for by Lewis) and became a charted land agent and surveyor. He retired from a 36-year career with the National Trust. In 2007, InterVarsity Press published his memoir, C. S. Lewis, My Godfather: Letters, Photos and Recollections.
Dr. F. Morgan Roberts (1928- ): a Presbyterian pastor, who served in numerous locations including Michigan, Kentucky, and New York. While pastoring in Pittsburgh, PA, he wrote Are There Horses in Heaven? And Other Thoughts: Sermons Preached in the Shadyside Presbyterian Church.


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Stony Point Organizes Ceremony To Honor 1974 Plane Crash Victims
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Scott Salotto, Rockland County's Executive Ed Day's communications director, has been organizing a Saturday, Nov. 7 ceremony to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 plane crash. Photo Credit: Linkedin
STONY POINT, N.Y. -- Scott Salotto, Rockland County's Executive Ed Day's communications director, has been organizing a Saturday, Nov. 7 ceremony and plaque dedication to finally pay tribute to the lives lost and the recovery efforts of local first responders of Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 in Stony Point, according to a story on lohud.com
The airplane crashed in Harriman State Park on Dec. 1, 1974. It crashed just minutes after taking off from Kennedy Airport on its way to Buffalo, lohud.com said.
The Boeing 727's crew received erroneous readings from their instruments because a speed indicator had iced up. This caused them to slow the 727 down so much that it went into a spin, lohud.com said.
Capt. John Lagorio, 35, of Edina, Minn., First Officer Walter Zadra, 32, of Seattle, Wash; Second Officer James Cox, 33, of Seattle, Wash, were all killed, lohud.com said.
No marker was ever erected at the crash site and no memorial for the three men has been held, lohud.com said.
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Next Year Yankees?
by Matt Smith September 24, 2008
written by Matt Smith September 24, 2008
Now that Yankee Stadium has staged its final game, the players, coaches, Front Office and owners have nothing else to divert their attention. Up until now, their minds could be fixed on Sunday 21st and sending the stadium off in style. The harsh reality of missing out on the play-offs, confirmed by Boston's win yesterday, could be placed to one side, but not any longer. Their relative failure this season has to be assessed and a plan put in place to get them back on track in 2009.Â
Whenever a sports team falls below the standards expected of it, the focus initially turns to the manager. He's the one who carries the can for wins and losses, as the recent sacking of Ned Yost graphically illustrates. Joe Torre was always going to be a hard act to follow, even for another 'Joe' already part of the Yankee family. Torre won the World Series in his first year with the Yankees in 1996 and never failed to miss the postseason during his twelve years at the helm. Girardi immediately put an end to the sequence, but it would be more than harsh to pin the blame on him for that.Â
The Yankees failed to reach the World Series in each of Torre's final four years at the club, showing that Girardi was not merely walking into a World Championship waiting to happen. Undoubtedly they would have had a shot at adding to their twenty-six victories if things had fallen more kindly this season, but they didn't and not through any great fault on the new manager's part. Although a repeat in '09 will see Girardi back in the announcer's booth, he should get a pass for the lack of success in '08.
Which puts GM Brian Cashman under the spotlight at the time when his current contract is about to expire.Â
According to Cot's Baseball Contracts, the Yankees' opening day payroll for its 25-man roster was the highest in their history (therefore the highest in MLB history) at $209,081,577 (£112.5 million). Other teams may look on with envy at the money Cashman has at his disposal, but money doesn't guarantee success even though the fans and, most importantly, the owners often think it should. That puts Cashman under a lot of pressure, something which he has handled with remarkable calmness throughout his tenure.Â
When money is seemingly no object, there are no excuses for not making a deal for a top quality player. Most other teams can hold their hands up and say 'we couldn't afford it', but that's not often the case with the Yankees. With the way this season has panned out, you could certainly question whether Cashman made a big mistake by not securing the services of Johan Santana during the off-season. Who could blame a Yankee fan walking away from the cathedral on Sunday from dreaming about a different ending, one with Johan Santana in pinstripes and the Yankees walking off the field for the final time holding the World Series trophy aloft?
Add in the seasons that Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy and Melky Cabrera (one of the rumoured trade packages) have had in '08 and you could see it as an extraordinary mistake.Â
Hindsight is a wonderful thing though. Santana would have helped to cover for Chein-Ming Wang's absence, but he couldn't have made up for the absence of Jorge Posada for long periods, the DL trips by Matsui, Damon and A-Rod, and the disappointing year by Robinson Cano to name but a few of the factors that contributed to their downfall.
No, the Santana deal is gone now and it's time to focus on the future. Cashman has steered the ship extremely well in the past and the Steinbrenners have made it clear that they want him to continue. If he does decide to stay, he will have plenty of resources at his disposal to make the necessary changes. Giambi's $22m club option for 2009 will be turned down, as will Pavano's $13m option and possibly Damaso Marte's $6m option. Abreu, Pettitte and Mussina are all out of contract and while the could be useful at the right price, the Yankees will have no qualms about looking elsewhere if they think they can do better.Â
It's been a tough year for the Yanks, yet few would be surprised to see Cashman turn things around. With the financial flexibility to pursue top free agents over the off-season (Sabathia and Burnett being two front runners), a strong core of quality players already in place, improvement expected from their young talent, a new stadium to reinvigorate the organization and the competitive fire stoked by a winter brooding over a disappointing season just gone, their absence from the post-season might well turn out to be a one year blip.
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The problem has been the offense. And it has been that way for years. Like it or there Homerun hitting has hid a lot of flaws over the years. The championship teams would work pitchers running up pitch. This team gives away at bats and constantly allows pitchers with Era's over 6 to beat them. This team is filled with pull hitter who go to the plate thinking one thing, swing for the fences. As a result, other teams have been to throw outside pitches because they know the team will try to swing at these pitches.


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New studies to track prevalence of coronavirus antibodies in Canada's prison system amid surge in cases
Alexandra Mae Jones CTVNews.ca writer
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Published Tuesday, February 23, 2021 5:00AM EST
The Mission Correctional Institution in Mission, B.C. is pictured Tuesday, April 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
TORONTO -- The COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) is launching four new studies into how COVID-19 spreads through correctional facilities, a move that comes amid a worrying surge in cases among prisoners and staff.
The aim of the studies, launched with the aid of a $1.2 million investment from the federal government, will be to test how many incarcerated individuals and correctional staff in a number of selected facilities have antibodies for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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The hope is that this study can shine a light on how far into prison populations the virus has penetrated, and how to address it.
"COVID-19 outbreaks in correctional facilities have significant impacts on incarcerated individuals and staff," Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said in a news release. "These studies will help us develop more effective strategies to prevent the introduction and spread of the virus within these facilities."
The announcement comes a little over a month after a preliminary report released by the Prison Pandemic Partnership revealed that cases of COVID-19 are rapidly escalating in Canada's correctional facilities.
According to the report, more new cases of COVID-19 have been discovered in Canadian jails, prisons and penitentiaries since Dec 1, 2020, than were reported from March to the end of November 2020.
There have been at least 3,800 cases of COVID-19 among prisoners and prison staff since the start of the pandemic, the report stated, with more than 1,900 of those cases occurring since the start of December.
Prisoners, correctional staff and others who work in prisons make up one of the populations most forgotten and most at risk during this pandemic. While health officials are asking Canadians to avoid large gatherings as well as crowded and unsanitary conditions, these are simply a fact of life for many incarcerated in Canada's prisons.
Corey Watson, an inmate at the Joyceville Institution in Kingston, Ont. who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, told CTVNews.ca in January that "you feel powerless" waiting for everyone around you to contract the virus. Other inmates in several penitentiaries have alleged poor conditions during the pandemic, a lack of regular access to PPE, mistreatment from correctional officers and a constant sense of anxiety.
If the virus finds a way into a facility, it can spread quickly. In Stony Mountain Institution in Manitoba, nearly half of the inmates had contracted COVID-19 at the height of arecent outbreak, with one inmate dying of COVID-19 complications in December.
New inmates and staff movement can providethe virus with a pathway into facilities, but these new studies will allow researchers to better understand transmission.
"Daily movement of staff in and out of correctional facilities can introduce SARS-CoV-2 infection inside, and contribute to transmission outside," Dr. Nadine Kronfli from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and the principal investigator of the Quebec provincial prisons study, said in the press release.
"It is important for us to focus on both populations to inform public health policy recommendations."
The CITF is a task force of Canadian scientists and experts focused on developing studies that relate to the pandemic in Canada and the virus itself.
According to the press release, it will be voluntary for staff and incarcerated individuals to participate in the new studies, and they will be able to find out their antibody results from the tests privately.
"COVID-19 has important psychosocial implications on incarcerated individuals, which researchers should be sensitive to," Dr. Alexander Wong from the University of Saskatchewan, and the principal investigator of the Saskatchewan provincial facility study, pointed out in the release.
"The stigma of having a positive COVID-19 antibody test in a correctional facility is considerable, so significant efforts are being made to ensure that results remain confidential."
Selected penitentiaries will be involved in the new studies, including Federal Training Centre, Grand Valley Institution, Joliette Institution, Mission Institution and Port-Cartier Institution, as well as provincial correctional facilities in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Quebec.
Several of the penitentiaries involved are ones that have been hit hard in the pandemic, with Correctional Service Canada reporting that there have been 162 cases among inmates at Federal Training Centre and 120 cases at Mission Institution.
Officials say the new studies will aid them not only in understanding the reach of the virus into prisons, but will help them rehabilitate incarcerated individuals during the pandemic.
"Many incarcerated individuals face fewer job and housing prospects upon release, and these issues have been exacerbated by the pandemic, making reintegration back into society particularly challenging during this time," Sofia Bartlett, an epidemiologist with the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and a lead investigator of the British Columbia provincial facilities study, stated in the release.
"People experience many psychosocial consequences during and after incarceration, so knowledge of their COVID-19 serostatus may provide a level of reassurance to people who are incarcerated and assist them in adjusting to life after they return to their community."
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Hurricanes, floods, fires — natural disasters and emergencies can happen with little to no warning, which is why it is important to have plans in place for your family and pets should you suddenly be faced with one. NO MATTER WHAT, NEVER LEAVE YOUR PETS BEHIND.
Make sure that your cats and dogs are wearing collars with up-to-date identification tags. Make sure you put your cell phone number on your pet's tag and, if possible, include a relative or friend that resides outside of your area, in case you have to evacuate.
Microchip your pets: The chances of being reunited with a lost pet is greatly increased by having them microchipped. Please make sure the microchip registration is current with all of your contact information.
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Emergency Help List. Because everyone in the affected community will be in survival mode, you will want to have a list of helpful neighbors and/or emergency boarding facilities handy. Knowing where you'll need to go to ensure your pet is safely cared for ahead of time will ensure your pet is safe for the duration of the emergency.
Plan for a safe place to stay ahead of time. Before a disaster hits, contact your local emergency management office to find out what shelters allow pets should you have to evacuate. Never assume that you will be allowed to bring your pet to an emergency shelter.
Hotels and Motels. Contact hotels and motels outside your immediate area to find out their pet policy and if there are any restrictions on breeds, size, number or species. For those that have a "no pet" policy, ask if this is waived in times of an emergency. Make a list of pet-friendly places and call for a reservation as soon as you think you might have to leave your home.
Friends and relatives outside of area. Ask these people if they would could provide you and your pets with a safe place to stay, if need be. If you have more than one pet, you may need to arrange to house them at separate locations.
Kennel or veterinarian's office. Research boarding facilities and veterinary offices that might be able to shelter animals in disaster emergencies and keep the list handy.
If you evacuate, take your pets.
Rule number one: If it isn't safe for you, it isn't safe for them. You have no way of knowing how destructive the storm will be, how long you'll be kept out of the area, and you may not be able—or allowed—to go back for your pets. Pets left behind in an emergency or disaster can easily be injured, lost or killed.
Rule number two: Evacuate early. Don't wait for a mandatory evacuation order. The sound of high winds, smell of smoke or just the change in atmosphere may cause your pet to become fearful and difficult to handle. And when evacuated by emergency officials, pets are oftentimes forced to be left behind. Evacuating before conditions become severe will keep everyone safer and make the process less stressful.
Make arrangements in advance: Have someone you trust to get your pets, in the event you're not home during a disaster or evacuation order, and meet you at a specified location. Be sure the person is comfortable with your pets and your pets are familiar with them. Give your emergency caretaker a key to your home and show them where your pets are likely to be (especially if they hide when they're nervous) and where your disaster supplies are kept.
If you have a pet-sitter, discuss well in advance the possibility of them helping.
If your family and pets must wait out a storm or other disaster at home, identify the safest area of your home where you can all stay together.
Put your emergency supplies in that room in advance, including your pet's crate and supplies.
Remove any toxic products or dangerous items such as tools stored in the area.
Bring your pets indoors as soon as notification is received that trouble is on the way or if weather is getting bad.
If there are openings in the house, such as a fireplace, vent, pet door close them off with plastic sheeting and strong tape.
Don't come out until you know it's safe.
Your home may and surroundings may be a very different after the emergency is over and difficult for your pets to adjust to. Pets may become disoriented – familiar smells and landmarks might be gone.
Don't allow your pets to roam loose. Fences and gates may have been damaged. Watch your pets closely and keep them under your direct control.
If your house sustained damage, keep dogs on leashes and cats in carriers to avoid your pets escaping.
Be aware of hazards at nose, paw or hoof level. There may be debris, spilled chemicals, fertilizers and other substances dangerous to animals.
Check for wildlife that may have sought refuge in your yard. Wildlife can pose a threat to you and your pet.


Manny Pacquiao aims to become a "world" champion all over again this Saturday in Kuala Lumper ("world" because Lucas Matthysse holds the "regular" WBA welterweight belt he and Manny will be fighting for) – and already rival fighters are targeting a future fight with the 39 year old all-time great.
It's no guarantee that Pacquiao will defeat the dangerous and hard-hitting Matthysse, but there is big money to be made in future fights with Pac Man should he emerge victorious on July 15. British star Amir Khan, on the comeback trail himself – currently 1-(1) in his latest return and set to face Samuel Vargas next, on September 8 – has long been chasing a huge, career-defining fight with his former spar-mate. And now, in speaking with ES News, the former 140 pound champ says promoter Bob Arum (who isn't actually promoting Matthysse-Pacquiao) is very much interested in making a Pacquiao-Khan fight.
As fans know, the fight Eddie Hearn really wants to make is the Khan-Kell Brook all-British grudge-match, and it is possible Khan will take that route instead. But Pacquiao, should he beat Matthysee and then decide to box on, remains the big money ticket; the super-fight for a number of welterweights.
For Khan, it would be one huge fight and if the Bolton man, who has been written off more times than he probably cares to remember, can pull off a win, well. All these years later, after the two trained together under Freddie Roach and sparred one another (with 16-ounce gloves, Khan saying he did "very well" in these closed sessions in the gym) this fight still has some real appeal.
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Huntersville police identify suspect wanted in 'peeping tom' incidents
Video Posted May 22 2019 05:29PM EDT
Updated May 22 2019 11:14PM EDT
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) - Police in Huntersville have identified a man accused in multiple 'peeping tom' incidents at local stores.
Chase Walton, 31 of Huntersville is the suspect in this case. He has not yet been arrested.
Police say Walton, who was caught on surveillance video, took pictures up a woman's skirt at a Huntersville Target Monday morning. Another woman reported the same thing at a nearby Walmart Monday night.
"I think it's crazy as hell. I mean, why would you, how could you even go to a store and even do that," a customer told FOX 46.
Walton is said to have frequented both the Target and a Walmart in Huntersville.
"Over in this area, I would never expect it. Not on this side of town," another said.
After police released the pictures of the suspect, calls started pouring in with tips about his identity. Several customers say the suspect needs to be jailed and register as a sex offender, others say he needs a mental health check.
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Customers not say they'll be paying closer attention to their surroundings.
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Anyone with additional information is asked to call 704-464-5400 or contact Ofiicer Shaw by email at cshaw@huntersville.org.
Masked men toting guns, knives burglarize Statesville home, victim says
A man has been arrested after an early morning home invasion on Sunday in Statesville, according to authorities.
Statesville Police responded to calls around 2 a.m. of a home burglary at 137 Rosie Apple Lane in Statesville.
Statesville resident Donald Blevins was taken into custody around 10 a.m. after detectives were able to gather information that pointed to him as a suspect. He was arrested as he was arriving at his fiancee's home.
ICE raids planned in LA and at least 8 other US cities
The Southland's immigrant communities are bracing Sunday morning for planned mass arrests by federal immigration authorities as protests continue and local law enforcement agencies insist they would not be taking part in such actions.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were expected to carry out raids across the country, targeting an estimated 2,000 people who have previously been ordered deported. Los Angeles is among the 10 cities expected to be included in the raids. Raids are also anticipated in San Francisco, Denver, Miami, New York, Chicago, Baltimore and Atlanta although similar actions in Houston and New Orleans have reportedly been postponed due to Tropical Storm Barry.
Hundreds of people rallied against President Donald Trump's promised deportation raids in downtown Los Angeles, across the country and in several other countries late Friday and again on Saturday.
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Police in Monroe are investigating a deadly home invasion.
According to officers two men broke into a home on Tower Court around 4:40 Friday morning. The suspects entered the home and demanded money. An altercation broke out and the suspects shot and killed Lucero Sosa Capote in front of her five children. Two of the children were injured including a four-year-old who was hit in the head.
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For the final meeting of this academic year, Narnia Book Club (year 4) gathered around the orange table to discuss Lissa Evans Small Change for Stuart.
The novel follows the adventures of Stuart, a boy who is small of stature despite having rather tall parents. This confusion aside, Stuart proves himself to be a plucky young protagonist when he moves to Beeston over the summer holidays and (with the help of April from next-door) he begins to unravel the secret of his long-lost Uncle Tony. Rife with mayhem, magic and mystery, Small Change for Stuart is a genuinely fun and engaging novel, which will leave you gasping for the second instalment, Big Change for Stuart.
After starting with a selection of riddles similar to the ones Stuart himself had to unpick, we began to dissect the book: overall Small Change for Stuart was very well received! Several Book Cubbers noted that the characters were excellently 'detailed', and they enjoyed the description of characters like Leonara and her guide-dog Pluto, who were both, intriguing and amusing.
In particular Evans' description of Teeny, Tiny, Tony Hortens' contraptions and his 'old-fashioned' style of magic was particularly popular among the Book Clubbers who felt that his element set this book apart.
However the magical element also divided the group a little, while most of us understood that nowadays we think of magic tricks as illusions, Evans' had left us guessing as too how Tony had managed his ultimate disappearing act…did Teeny Tiny Tony Horten possess actual magical powers?
In order to understand, we looked at the Oxford Dictionary definition of magic which stated that magic is 'the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces,' we then cross referenced this with our own modern understanding of magic shows by watching CBBC magic show clips, before watching an Ed Morelle magic show from the era in which Teeny Tiny Tony Horten would have performed. We all loved comparing the magic shows and we were unanimous- the older magic shows were far more exciting.
We rounded the final session off with some quick-fire 'slight of hand' demonstrations and chocolate tea cakes- perfection!


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Filmed entirely on location in two Burmese refugee camps located in Thailand and a nearby village on the Thai-Burmese border in October 2017, the campaign was shot by Director Olivier Staub. The photography for the campaign's print and posters was shot by Olivier Staub as well.
Interview with Director Olivier Staub
Olivier Staub is the director, cinematographer and photographer of the Lifeline campaign.
What inspired you to take on this project?
When I first saw the creative proposal, I fell for it right away. The visual metaphor of the lifeline was so poetic and clever, it touched me instantly. Though I love the advertising business, too often it has little social value – so when I saw this opportunity to do something that might make a difference, I jumped in. Throughout my career, I have travelled extensively and seen a lot of people in need around the world; this project can definitely be part of the solution.
What do you hope to convey with this film?
I hope that this film has the emotional power to transmit what people really go through when they are in the situations that we show in our film. Trauma can take on so many faces, and it is very easy to forget about it all when it happens thousands of miles away. The incredible thing with this concept is that portraying such drama with doodles in the hands of real people opens a channel straight to the viewer's emotions, with great authenticity and simplicity.
What was it like for you to create the campaign in and around the refugee camps?
I think part of the authenticity of this film lies in the fact that we dove into real life and embraced it. We didn't replicate. Although their living conditions are very fragile, I discovered a completely new world. I saw hope, smiles and love.
Do you have an anecdote about the production you would like to share?
My biggest revelation was meeting a little boy named Siti Pong, the boy in the finale of the film. This little boy has lost a leg and three fingers and still has an impressive appetite for life, as well as a contagious smile. Seeing him play soccer with the other kids was, for me, the proof that hope never dies.
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package com.orm.androrm.field;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import com.orm.androrm.DatabaseBuilder;
import com.orm.androrm.Model;
import com.orm.androrm.QuerySet;
import com.orm.androrm.Where;
import com.orm.androrm.statement.JoinStatement;
import com.orm.androrm.statement.SelectStatement;
import com.orm.androrm.statement.Statement;

import android.content.Context;

/**
 * @author Philipp Giese
 *
 * @param <L>	Type of the origin class.
 * @param <R>	Type of the target class.
 */
public class ManyToManyField<L extends Model,
							 R extends Model>
extends AbstractToManyRelation<L, R> {

	private String mTableName;

	public ManyToManyField(Class<L> origin,
			Class<R> target) {

		mOriginClass = origin;
		mTargetClass = target;
		mValues = new ArrayList<R>();

		mTableName = createTableName();
	}

	/**
	 * This defines the convention after which relational tables are named.
	 * It had to happen at some point. Throughout androrm the name of a
	 * relational table will be the lexically sorted version of both tables
	 * that take part in the relation.
	 *
	 * @return relation table name
	 */
	private String createTableName() {
		List<String> tableNames = new ArrayList<String>();
		tableNames.add(DatabaseBuilder.getTableName(mOriginClass));
		tableNames.add(DatabaseBuilder.getTableName(mTargetClass));

		Collections.sort(tableNames);

		return tableNames.get(0) + "_" + tableNames.get(1);
	}

	@Override
	public QuerySet<R> get(Context context, L origin) {
		QuerySet<R> querySet = new QuerySet<R>(context, mTargetClass);
		querySet.injectQuery(getQuery(origin.getId()));

		return querySet;
	}

	private JoinStatement getJoin(String leftAlias, String rightAlias, int id) {
		JoinStatement join = new JoinStatement();

		join.left(DatabaseBuilder.getTableName(mTargetClass), leftAlias)
			.right(getRightJoinSide(id), rightAlias)
			.on(Model.PK, DatabaseBuilder.getTableName(mTargetClass));

		return join;
	}

	public ForeignKeyField<L> getLeftLinkDescriptor() {
		return new ForeignKeyField<L>(mOriginClass);
	}

	public ForeignKeyField<R> getRightHandDescriptor() {
		return new ForeignKeyField<R>(mTargetClass);
	}

	private SelectStatement getQuery(int id) {
		SelectStatement select = new SelectStatement();

		select.select("a.*")
		  	  .from(getJoin("a", "b", id));

		return select;
	}

	public String getRelationTableName() {
		return mTableName;
	}

	private SelectStatement getRightJoinSide(int id) {
		String leftTable = DatabaseBuilder.getTableName(mOriginClass);
		String rightTable = DatabaseBuilder.getTableName(mTargetClass);

		Where where = new Where();
		where.setStatement(new Statement(leftTable, id));

		SelectStatement relation = new SelectStatement();
		relation.from(mTableName)
				.select(leftTable, rightTable)
		 		.where(where);

		JoinStatement join = new JoinStatement();
		join.left(relation, "left")
			.right(rightTable, "right")
			.on(rightTable, Model.PK);

		SelectStatement select = new SelectStatement();
		select.from(join)
			  .select("left." + rightTable + " AS " + rightTable);

		return select;
	}
}

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Mississippi Blues Trail Series: Mississippi John Hurt & The Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival 2019
The Southland Music LineNovember 5, 2019
As we continue to explore the Mississippi Blues Trail, we come to the marker honoring the legendary Mississippi John Hurt, located near Avalon, Mississippi.
Mississippi John Hurt (1893-1966) became famous after having been rediscovered during the American folk music revival of the early 1960's.
Hurt spent much of his life farming in Carroll County, Mississippi while also performing as a musician at parties and local gatherings. His earliest recorded musical work dates back to 1928. Following a recommendation by fiddle player, Willie Narmour, to Okeh Records, Hurt traveled to Memphis and New York City to record such songs as "Frankie," "Stack O'Lee," "Louis Collins," "Spike Driver Blues," "Nobody's Dirty Business," "Candy Man Blues" and "Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied)" before returning to Mississippi to resume his simpler and more familiar life. His song "Avalon Blues" describes the homesickness he felt while recording in New York City.
Top photo: Mississippi Blues Trail marker honoring Mississippi John Hurt. The marker stands outside a small derelict country store on Carroll County Road 204 near Avalon, Carroll County, Mississippi; Above photo: Mississippi John Hurt Museum
In 1963, Musicologist Richard "Dick" Spottswood and music enthusiast Tom Hoskins located Hurt in Mississippi. Their knowledge of Hurt's early 1920's recordings led them to seek out the blues legend. Hoskins, who traveled to Mississippi, arranged for Hurt to move to Washington, DC and the northeast where he cut a number of albums, recorded for the Library of Congress, and became popular on the folk music circuit. Hurt would become the breakout star of that year's Newport Folk Festival.
Hurt's self-taught finger-picking style would come to inspire an untold number of musicians. His recordings on Okeh Records in the 1920s to Piedmont and Vanguard in the 1960s, have been covered by such artists as Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Doc Watson, Taj Mahal, David Johansen, Josh Ritter, Beck, Gillian Welch and many others.
The much loved Mississippi John Hurt returned to his beloved Mississippi and died there in 1966. His legend has continued to grow since that time.
A photo of the legendary Mississippi John Hurt & the official poster for this year's Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival.
The Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival (Oct. 5 & 6, 2019)
As autumn approached, The Southland Music Line's photographer, Stephen "Andy" Anderson made plans to attend this year's annual Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival near Avalon, Mississippi.
On October 5, Anderson found himself traveling Mississippi's country roads enroute to the site of the event. Once he arrived, he said it was exactly as he had hoped – filled with a true authenticity of Mississippi's phenomenal musical heritage.
The Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival is a celebration of one of America's true music legends. Though it had been called by other names in previous years, Mary Frances Hurt-Wright (Mississippi John Hurt's granddaughter) officially changed the festival's name to "Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival in 2018.
The festival encompasses two music-filled days: Saturday is dedicated to the blues of Mississippi John Hurt; while Sunday has a gospel theme. This year's festival featured such artists as multi-Grammy winning Taj Mahal, Jesse Colin Young (a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group the Youngbloods, best known for their 1960's hit cover of "Get Together"), Dom Flemons (formerly of the Carolina Chocolate Drops), The Howard Curry Duo, Piedmont Bluz Acoustic Duo, Jim Kweskin, the highly-acclaimed Guy Davis, Christopher James, Pastor Jay Terrell and more.
Multi-Grammy award winning Taj Mahal at the Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival
While at the festival, Anderson also toured the Mississippi John Hurt museum and was honored to visit with Hurt's granddaughter there. He attends many festivals, in particular across the Deep South, but is quick to say this was among the most enjoyable that he has attended.
The Mississippi John Hurt Foundation (founded in 1999 by Mary Frances Hurt-Wright) which provides educational and outreach programs and the Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival, have done outstanding work to keep the legend of this incredible musician alive.
The Southland Music Line encourages all to learn more about the festival, foundation and the this much loved musician. We thank Mary Frances Hurt-Wright, the foundation and festival for a great time and look forward to returning.
Taj Mahal and Jesse Colin Young (a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group the Youngbloods, best known for their 1960's hit cover of "Get Together") at the Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival
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Rick Hirsch says:
Wish I'd been aware of the Oct festival. Could not have missed that. Great article and pics!
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The gaming world is full of MMORPGs, games that feature interaction of hundreds or thousands of players. However, these games usually don't put them all in the same place at the same time, and don't have hundreds battling each other at the same time. Because of bandwidth constraints (especially upstream), it's been impossible to pull off high speed games like first-person shooters and racing games that have more than about 16 or 32 simultaneous players without severe lag problems.
Now Microsoft Research is working on a solution to this problem. The project, codenamed "DonnyBrook" is developing a system that enable FPS games to have hundreds of players duking it out on the same map at the same time.
The way they pull it off is by calculating the handful of players that you have a tendency to focus on (as well as things like frequency and recency), and only update every frame of those players' data. For players that you're not "paying attention to", the data updates less frequently. The players that you're not focusing are simulated locally by a "bot" with AI that's influenced by those players movements. As soon as you start paying attention to those other players, the data updates more frequently for them as well.
At this point, it's just a research project, but hopefully the tech will find its way into some commercial FPS in the future. There's a little more detail on how it all works in this presentation.


Large fowl pure breeds are generally larger than hybrid hens (which would be classed as a medium sized bird), with the exception of leghorns and Araucanas which are comparable in size to hybrids. The heavier breeds such as orpingtons, cochins etc.. tend to be less active and dig less in the garden, they are also generally quieter in nature than the lighter breeds.
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The Katmai National Park on the Alaska Peninsula is the unprecedented kingdom of brown bears with a population of over 2,000. At the beginning of summer, the brown bears, which usually live independently, gather at rivers looking for sockeye salmon. Watching these huge bears weighing over 400 kilograms jostling each other in their rush to catch the salmon is truly spectacular. Giants of Alaska: Brown Bears introduces with dynamic images this kingdom of brown bears cradled by volcanoes and glaciers.


Larry Birkhead is blasting back at reports he struck a secret deal with Howard K. Stern to share Anna Nicole Smith's millions.
Birkhead, the father of Anna Nicole's baby daughter Dannielynn, is vowing to sue over journalist Rita Cosby's bombshell new book, "Blonde Ambition," about Anna Nicole's death.
Today, "Extra" has Howard's side of the story, straight from a deep insider.
Top Hollywood private eye John Nazarian, Howard's personal P.I., insists there is no backroom deal between Howard and Larry.
But the scandalous allegations from the upcoming book have already wreaked havoc.
And while Howard lives an under-the-radar life in the Bahamas, Larry is also threatening to sue his former lawyer, Debra Opri!
Larry believes Opri may have leaked confidential documents to Rita Cosby for the book.
"I think Larry is going to learn that one day everything is fine with the media and other times, they turn on you," Nazarian said.
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Dr. Nichole M. Garcia, DJA Consultant is also an Assistant Professor of Higher Education and College Student Affairs in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She is a recipient of the Andrew W. Mellon dissertation fellowship which she completed a comparative study on Chicana/o and Puerto Rican college-educated families to advance narratives of intergenerational achievement and college readiness. As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, she was engaged with RISE (Research, Integration, Strategies, and Evaluation) for boys and men of color which is a field advancement effort to understand and strategically improve the lives, experiences, and outcomes of these populations. Nichole collaboratively built an online repository of data disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and sex spanning five fields (education, health, human services and social policy, juvenile and criminal justice, and workforce development). She employs mixed methods to examine inaccurate portrayals of educational outcomes for communities of color and focuses on the intersections of race, feminisms of color, and Latinx/a/o communities in higher education. In doing so, institutions of higher education can plan appropriate programs and evidence-based interventions to meet the growing needs of students.
Nichole has worked as a college preparation consultant for eight years and has dedicated research efforts to examine Latinx/a/o student college access and success. Currently, she is the lead and co-editor for a book titled Studying Latinx/a/o Students in Higher Education: A Critical Analysis of Concepts, Theory, and Methodologies to be published by Routledge in spring 2021She was named a 2020 Emerging Scholar under 40 for Diverse Issues in Higher Education which elects junior scholars of color who are making a significant impact in academia. She was also named a 2020 Faculty Fellow for The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE). Garcia has published in international and national journals such as the American Educational Research Journal, Race, Ethnicity and Education, The Journal of Latinos in Education, Journal of Hispanics in Higher Education, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, and Frontiers. She is a regular contributor to Diverse Issues in Higher Education Magazine, The Latino Book Review, and Motivos: Bilingual Magazine. She received her PhD in Social Science and Comparative Education with a specialization in Race and Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles.


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Q: How to select by elements in a UniData multivalued field I'm trying to do an ad hoc search of records that contain duplicate values in the first and second elements of a multivalued UniData field. I was hoping something like this would work but I'm not having any luck.
LIST PERSON WITH EVAL "STATUS[1] = STATUS[2]"

After some testing it looks like I stumbled across a way of reading the field right to left that many characters. Interesting but not useful for what I need.
LIST PERSON NAME EVAL "NAME[3]" COL.HDG 'Last3'

PERSON Name  Last3
0001   Smith ith

Any ideas on how to correctly select on specific field elements?
Apparently the EXTRACT function will let me specify an element but I still can't get a selection on it to work properly.
LIST PERSON STATUS EVAL "EXTRACT(STATUS,1,2,0)" COL.HDG 'Status2'

PERSON STATUS    Status2
0001   Added     Processed
       Processed

A: I would use eval with @RECORD placeholder with the dynamic array notation as such (assuming that STATUS is in Attribute 11.
Edit:
Previous answer was how I would do this in UniVerse
SELECT PERSON WITH EVAL "@RECORD<11,1>" EQ EVAL "@RECORD<11,2>"

Script Wolf's more better way that works in UniVerse and UniData.
SELECT PERSON WITH EVAL "EXTRACT(@RECORD,11,1,0)" EQ EVAL "EXTRACT(@RECORD,11,2,0)"

Good Luck.


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While attending the first Provincial Council of Baltimore in the fall of 1829, Bishop England met four women of that city: sisters Mary and Honora O'Gorman, their niece, Teresa Barry (aged 15), natives of Ireland and Mary Elizabeth Burke, who all wished to live a consecrated life dedicated to serving the poor, sick, orphaned and uneducated in his diocese. England accepted their offer and had them sail with him on his return to Charleston, where they landed on the following November 23. He established them as a religious community on December 8. He called the new community the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy and patterned it after the Sisters of Charity founded by Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
The Sisters quickly opened a school in their residence, which later moved to a larger site, where they established a school, orphanage and convent. They received incorporation by the State of South Carolina in 1835. They operated a number of educational and medical institutions which lasted for varying periods, including a school for the children of free blacks.
The Constitutions of the infant congregation were written by the second Bishop of Charleston, Ignatius A. Reynolds, in 1844. He based the Constitutions on those of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, whom he knew as a native of Kentucky, and on the simple Rule given to the Sisters by England, which was based on the Rule of Life of St. Vincent de Paul. In the mid-19th century, even thru the turmoil of the American Civil War, the congregation grew and expanded into the states of Georgia and North Carolina. At least eighteen Sisters provided nursing care on the battlefields and nursed prisoners of war in the prisons throughout the course of the war. Among those particularly remembered is Sister M. Xavier Dunn for her patient work in Confederate hospitals. Congress received so many testimonials to the Sisters care, that in 1871 it voted $12,000 in reparations to the rebuild the orphanage destroyed during the siege. As a congregation of diocesan right, the Sisters live under the full authority of the local Ordinary of the diocese in which they serve.
In 1882 the Sisters opened St. Francis Xavier Hospital, which exists today as Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital in Charleston. They cared for soldiers wounded in the Spanish-American War and for yellow fever victims. The Sisters also responded to the increasing need for trained nurses by establishing the St. Francis Xavier Infirmary Training School for Nurses which opened on October 22, 1900.
The Neighborhood House has served the Charleston community since 1915 when it was established as a social service center and home nursing outreach. The soup kitchen at downtown Charleston's Neighborhood House feeds 120 per day as well as providing GED preparation. The Sisters also staffed Bishop England High School.
In 1989 the society opened an outreach center on Johns Island, near Charleston. In the wake of Hurricane Hugo, Sister Carol Wentworth established the Nun Better Roofing Company; all work was free of charge. Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach focuses on health care, including dental and pre-natal services, and sponsors a Health and Wellness summer camp.
Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy serve Charleston, South Carolina from the May Forrest motherhouse on James Island.


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Sir Brian Piers Shaw (21 March 1933 - 5 February 2011) was a British executive who served as chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (1987-1992), the president of the General Council of British Shipping (1985-1986), and the chairman of the AA during its demutualisation and sale to Centrica in 1998.

Shaw was knighted in 1986.

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HomeCOLLEGE VOLLEYBALLBiggest home match in Tarleton history?
Biggest home match in Tarleton history?
Players, coach may disagree, but outright LSC lead is on the line
October 21, 2015 Brad Keith COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL, Sports 0
Courtesy Tarleton Athletic Communications
By BRAD KEITH
TheFlashToday.com NEWS & SPORTS – FREE & LOCAL
STEPHENVILLE (October 21, 2015) — Tarleton State senior middle Meg Umbel and sophomore setter Chandler Gow agree the Wednesday showdown between Lone Star Conference co-leaders Angelo State and the TexAnns is the biggest home match in Tarleton history.
First serve at Wisdom Volleyball Gym is set for 7 p.m., and athletic officials at Tarleton have announced a "Black Out" will be held to add to the atmosphere.
"Because of the position we have put ourselves in this year, it is the biggest match we've ever had here," said Umbel. "We're making history and (Wednesday) is going to be great."
Meg Umbel
Gow, the distributor in the powerful Tarleton attack, added, "We're making history this year and this is a big milestone game, one that could accelerate our season even further."
Their head coach is not as quick to agree.
"Yes and no," answered 11th year head coach Mary Schindler when asked if this home match is the biggest. "To me every match is the biggest from here on out. Once you start doing what we're doing, winning and setting a tone, every game you play has that same importance in order to keep that going.
"We'll certainly be geared up. We'll be jumping higher, hitting harder, there's no doubt we know what's going on and how big this is in the standings," Schindler added. "But we have to play someone after that, and once this match is over, we have to get just as fired up and ready for that one. It will be a hard sell, to build it up as much as this one, but we have to. That's just what we have to do to sustain this level of success."
Of course, it's Schindler's job to downplay big matches and emphasize ones that seemingly aren't as big on paper, to maintain some semblance of levelheadedness amongst a team of players seemingly all ready to explode in anticipation of their chance to add to school history.
Not that this Tarleton teams has not already etched its name in the school record books.
The TexAnns have won 10 straight matches, their longest such streak since joining the NCAA in 1994. The overall school record of 12 straight wins was achieved in the NAIA in 1991.
Tarleton has won eight straight LSC matches, its only loss coming at Angelo State, when they committed 35 errors and fell in four sets on September 16.
How dominant has Tarleton been since?
The TexAnns have won 30 of 35 stets during the win streak, sweeping five matches.
How successful have the TexAnns been at home?
They are 9-0 this season, sweeping six opponents and winning 27 of 30 sets. Tarleton is 73-19 at home since 2008.
"We have a huge advantage being here," said Umbel, who stole a line from a quote by Angelo State head coach Chuck Waddington in the match preview on angelosports.com. "'It's going to be a 'zoo,' and I think if we play our game completely we'll come out on top."
Of course, none of the first nine opponents to make their way through Stephenville were Angelo State, which is 25-4 in 29 LSC sets while Tarleton is 22-8 over 30 sets in conference play. On the flip side, it's Tarleton that leads the LSC in a bevy of team and individual statistical categories.
As a team, Tarleton leads the LSC in hitting percentage (.246), opponent hitting percentage (.137), assists per set (14.07), opponent assists per set (10.24), kills per set (14.75), opponent kills per set (10.79) and blocks per set (2.41). Tarleton is second in the nation in assists per set and fourth in kills per set.
Hailey Roberts, a sophomore outside hitter who was a third-team All-American as a freshman, leads the nation in total kills (457) and kills per set (6.18). She has 99 more total kills and 1.27 more per set than second place.
Meg Umbel leads the LSC in hitting percentage (.370) and blocks per set (1.25), Roberts is tops in kills (6.18) and aces (0.68) per set and Chandler Gow is the league leader in assists per set (11.96).
"It's awesome to have so many good hitters, not just (Roberts and Umbel), but everyone on our team," said Gow. "All of them are so reliable and consistent. Some days when we are really on, I feel like I can set it anywhere and I can't go wrong."
Chandler Gow
Of course, ASU could fill a chalkboard, or an iPad screen in modern times, with its own impressive statistics. The Rambelles are between second and fourth in the LSC in most team stat categories, topping the league in digs per set and aces allowed. They are the only team in the league allowing less than an ace per set (0.83). Tarleton is second at 1.00.
While ASU doesn't have a hitter with near the numbers Roberts has posted for Tarleton, Rambelles Mallory Blauser and Brianna Sotello are third and fourth in the league with 4.05 and 3.59 kills per set. Abby Lynn has also worked her way into the top 20 (18th) at 2.50.
Maggi Jo Keffury of ASU is second behind Gow in assists per set, averaging 11.83. ASU libero Katie MacLeay leads the LSC and is in the top 10 nationally in digs per set at 5.75.
"Are we capable of beating ASU? Yeah we are we've proven that," said Schindler, whose club swept ASU at home last season and defeated the Rams in five sets to win Tarleton's first LSC Championship final.
Mary Schindler
"Will it be easy to do again? No. We have to execute and be at our best to have a shot because they are a very good team," Schindler added. "They are still the team everyone looks to as the top team in our conference, and we're the ones trying to change that."
That's not an obstacle Schindler hasn't tackled already in her career at Tarleton. She's quite used to being told what the TexAnns can't do, and is enjoying showing everyone what they can achieve.
"I was 23 and they were ridiculous to hire me," said Schindler, who first caught athletic director Lonn Reisman's attention as a fiery player and leader for the TexAnns. "But it's been a blessing and I love it, and we've won a few games."
Actually, she's won 198 of them, the most of any Tarleton volleyball coach.
Reisman easily recalls exactly what he saw in Schindler and why he and a committee decided to hand over the keys to the program to a head coach who had barely completed her eligibility as a player.
"I watched her as a player and I couldn't help but notice the way others around her fed off her fire and enthusiasm, and I always thought she would make a great coach," Reisman said. "We knew there would be growing pains, she would have to learn to manage a program and a budget, but those were all things we could help her with and she could learn through experience. What we didn't want to let get away is what we see today, and I believe that's one of the best volleyball coaches in the nation."
Schindler knew what she was walking into.
"When I got started I wanted the opportunity to grow myself while building a program, and to get to do that here is incredible," Schindler says. "I knew when I got the job we had people here who expected the program to change and were committed to seeing it do that. They weren't happy where we were, and neither was I."
No one is complaining now.
"I'm the type I always believe we can win. Even in the games we shouldn't, I believe it," she said. "If you don't aspire to be the best, you never will be."
Her TexAnns aspire to be the best in the LSC, and they just might be.
On Wednesday, they can take a big step toward proving it.
"This is our dream," said Umble. "To be in this position, in this game playing for fist place. This is where all of us, the seniors, believed we would be."
Schindler believed it, too. And Reisman when he hired her.
On Wednesday, Wisdom Gym will be a 'zoo.' For perhaps what really is the biggest home match in Tarleton history.
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