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"This is like nothing you have drilled for"
By Leigh Burchell 10/27/2020
Editor's Note: This is the fifth blog post in a series in which Leigh Burchell shares the lessons learned from conversations with industry thought leaders during the Virtual ACE Conference Oct 6-8. View the slides from "Our First-hand Experience with COVID-19 and the Lessons Learned" here.
I've had two opportunities to speak with Northwell Health Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Michael Oppenheim: About the health system's first-hand experience with COVID-19 in March and April of this year, as well as the lessons they learned that could be beneficial to others experiencing or anticipating a possible surge environment. Northwell has 23 hospitals and more than 4,000 physicians in a fairly compact geography.
In the early days of the pandemic in mid-March, Northwell experienced a dramatic drop in non-COVID patients and their COVID census shot up, peaking in early April with an inpatient volume almost one-third above normal. Inpatient and ambulatory surgery dropped to virtually nothing, and sadly, while it's clear that other acute health incidents, such as heart attacks and strokes, were still occurring, the population surrounding the Northwell hospitals also experienced an increase in non-COVID deaths as people refused EMS transport or even died in their homes.
As the Northwell system began to adjust to the emergent pandemic situation, it took several key steps maximizing their health IT and other technologies:
Built a COVID-specific data mart to enable emergency operations at the facility and central levels and understand supply/demand for services, equipment and care space
Converted non-clinical space (conference rooms) and pop-up facilities to expand the number of general and intensive care beds
Streamlined hospital administrative and provider processes to focus on patient care
Assessed workflows to minimize exposure for care providers
Maintained patient engagement/monitoring through innovative approaches (chat bots, video surveillance, wearable sensors, telehealth) that respected the need for patient isolation and efficient use of difficult-to-find PPE
Launched new clinical decision alerts and pre-built order sets to assure rapid delivery of latest treatment protocols
Participated in clinical trials as soon as two weeks after the pandemic hit New York
Launched operational dashboards to facilitate cross-location monitoring that allowed patient load to be addressed
Dr. Oppenheim described how his team developed special documentation and tools for severity-based longitudinal monitoring of not only inpatients but also outpatients, and they used machine-learning-based predictive modeling to identify patients who might soon be ready for discharge to allow for bed capacity planning. Conversely, they also used machine learning tools to monitor clinical indicators that signaled a patient who was likely to decline so their teams could conduct goal-of-care conversations amongst themselves and with the patient's family. (Based on that experience, Northwell made available for any interested organization a Survival Calculator to help clinicians in assessing their patients, and they recently launched a publicly-available tool predicting COVID caseloads based on web search volumes.)
Another topic addressed were the challenges associated with staffing during the height of their pandemic surge. At one point, several of the Northwell hospitals saw 20% of their registered nurses on leave, either because of their own illness/exposure or because of family impact, which unsurprisingly directly impacted the health system's ability to care for the synchronous high patient volumes.
Accordingly Northwell's human resources (HR) team was a critical partner in the COVID-19 care delivery process, taking steps to reassign clinicians from hospital-to-hospital or ambulatory environment-to-hospital, secure volunteers from as far away as Utah to come provide assistance, recruit new staff members, and leverage staffing agencies. There were also significant efforts made to look after the morale and emotional well-being of all staff as much as was possible, including financial bonuses and extra week of paid time off.
When asked what advice he would give to hospitals or physician practices facing a possible surge, Dr. Oppenheim said the following, "We have weathered major emergency events successfully before, but I would say, this is like nothing you have drilled for. You are not ready for this. You need to think through every bit of your operation, and don't neglect the small details. Think about space, including how you will surge if necessary and where you will add beds. Additionally, the kind of absenteeism you will face will be nothing like you see after a weather event. Have you thought about a situation in which your oxygen system is overwhelmed, with as much as 80% of your census on high-flow oxygen? Imagine what it's like to have a hospital where your staff can't come to work, oxygen and ventilators are all fully utilized, you don't have enough beds, and your patients all need to be isolated from their family members. Plan for that as much as you can."
View the slides from "Our First-hand Experience with COVID-19 and the Lessons Learned" here.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765184
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-09-22/4-out-of-5-people-with-covid-19-will-develop-symptoms-study
https://feinstein.northwell.edu/news/the-latest/feinstein-institutes-researchers-find-effective-covid-19-cytokine-storm-treatment
Leigh Burchell
Leigh Burchell directs the Policy & Government Affairs function for Allscripts, including legislative advocacy and regulatory interpretation and comment. She advocates not only for the interests of the software development community but also the company's almost 70,000 physician clients and 2,400 hospitals. Burchell is also active in many industry associations, including the Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA), where was a past Chair and currently leads the Public Policy Workgroup; the eHealth Initiative, where she sits on the Leadership Council and the Policy Steering Committee; and HIMSS, where she is an active participant in the Public Policy Committee. She speaks frequently on topics ranging from information exchange to the digital intersections with social determinants of health, information blocking to the how health IT can assist with the opioid crisis.
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People detained under the Mental Health Act in Norfolk have had to wait up to eight hours for ambulances to take them to hospital, it has emerged.
And, last year, police cells were used as a "place of safety" for people having a mental health crisis almost 40 times - a situation which should only happen in "exceptional circumstances".
But health bosses insist action is being taken, including a pilot scheme to get ambulances to people sectioned more quickly and basing a mental health practitioner in the police call centre to provide specialist advice.
Discussions are also taking place which would enable the three section 136 suites - where patients should be taken rather than to police cells - to be permanently staffed.
At the moment, staff have to be released from other duties so those suites, at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn and Northgate Hospital in Great Yarmouth, can be used.
A "street triage" service, where a mental health practitioner accompanies police officers to assess whether individuals should be detained under the Mental Health Act, could also be introduced.
At yesterday's meeting of Norfolk County Council's community services overview and scrutiny panel, Bert Bremner, Labour councillor for University ward, said it was "quite amazing" people sectioned under the Mental Health Act had been forced to wait, along with mental health practitioners and police, for up to eight hours for an ambulance to take them to a "place of safety".
Ambulance bosses said if a call comes in that is categorised as a higher priority then there was the possibility ambulances would be diverted, and the next available dispatched.
But they said a pilot project had been introduced to improve the service to people being sectioned under the mental health act.
Tim Hayes, Norfolk's clinical general manager for East of England Ambulance Service Trust, said: "It is important that all of our patients, whether suffering from physical or mental health problems, receive the right treatment at the right time in the right place.
"We have introduced a pilot scheme in Norfolk and Suffolk for when mental health professionals are with patients they have sectioned under the Mental Health Act and need them transporting to hospital.
The lack of specialist beds for people with mental health problems also came in for criticism, with patients having to be taken out of Norfolk to get care.
Clive Rennie, from NHS Norfolk, told councillors that a national shortage of beds meant health staff found themselves having to ringing around counterparts in the rest of the country to find suitable beds.
Kathy Chapman, director of operations at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, said, as of yesterday there were 19 'out-of-trust' placements.
She said: "The trust and clinical commissioning groups have put in place a range of actions to ensure these reduce over the next few weeks and that people who need hospital beds are admitted locally.
• What do you think of the care in Norfolk for people with mental health problems? Write, giving full contact details, to Letters Editor, Prospect House, Rouen Road, Norwich NR1 1RE.


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Q: Community Detection for Complete Weighted Network I am wondering if someone who has experience in trying to perform community detection algorithm with complete graph with weighted network.
As weighted networks represents the similarity of each node and hence it is complete network considered all pairwise of nodes.
The adjacent matrix can be represented in the following table:
NODE   A     B     C
  A    -    0.2   0.3
  B   0.2    -    0.7
  C   0.3   0.7    -

So can I just perform any weighted related community detection methods on this?
Is there any other method? Or am I mistaking something?

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due to his son's absence, his family decided to rearrange the wedding
An Indian brother was unable to attend his sister's wedding due to the lockdown, therefore a unique ceremony took place.
The brother was living in Punjab while the wedding took place in Bharatpur, Rajasthan.
The wedding happened without the usual processions and the entire ceremony was completed within two hours.
Hardly anyone attended, five relatives from each family were at the venue to witness the wedding. As the brother could not attend, two relatives stepped in as brothers to marry his only sister.
Sangeeta Kaur got married to Govind Singh. The wedding was originally set for April 8, 2020, and more than Rs. 25,000 (£260) had been spent.
However, the Coronavirus crisis and the precautions meant that a traditional ceremony could not be done.
This also prevented Sangeeta's brother, Darshan Singh, from being able to attend.
Surjit Singh, Sangeeta's father, explained that due to his son's absence, his family decided to rearrange the wedding for April 13 and for it to be a simple ceremony.
He spoke to the village elders about the idea, saying that no one knows what will happen in the future due to the ongoing situation. They approved of the idea.
They decided that no dowry was to be given.
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Curfew is lifted between 9 am and 12 pm to allow citizens to buy essential items.
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PS4 Dev Interview - 60fps, Resolution, Fortnite & More
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This past weekend, a few journalists and myself were flown out to Las Vegas to cover the H1Z1 Pro League (I'm working on a full editorial with my thoughts on the whole event for GameSpace, so stay tuned). We were also shown off some PS4 footage for the reveal announcement yesterday. I had the opportunity to sit down with Tony Morton, Lead Systems and Combat Designer, and pick his brain on some of the technical details, mechanics, and yes, Fortnite.
MMORPG: Elephant in room, there's another Free-to-Play [F2P] juggernaut out there with Fortnite. What would you say to a 13 year old kid to say, "Hey I know you're playing Fortnite, but you should check out this other game as well?"
Tony: Free To Play obviously removes any barrier to entry. But when it comes to a gameplay choice, they may show the same rule-set, but they are completely different games, right? So if you look at H1Z1, it's more of a pure combat experience, it's got the vehicles which are really fun, it focuses on airdrop, it focuses on conflict. And it's about getting in, getting guns, and just shooting people. And I think it's — while they may have the same rule-set, it is a completely different game, and I think there's an audience out there that they're willing to at least give that a shot.
The pure BR [Battle Royale], there's an adrenaline rush when it comes down to like a me versus you, gun versus gun, and like that's it. There's nothing else on top of it, there's no complications. It's just my aim versus your aim, and I think it's one of the things that, when you see things like the H1PL [H1Z1 Pro League], it's kind of this gravitational force towards competitive because it's a very competitive game. And I think that's a different kind of addiction.
MMORPG: Compared to the PC version, the pace of the PS4 version is compressed. Do you think that increased pace, along with the low barrier of entry, is enough of a differentiator to entice people to say, "Hey I want to check this out?"
Tony:Yeah, "I want to give it a chance," right? We made a lot of choices and we did our due diligence to make sure we didn't just port it from PC. So whether it's removal of inventory, removal of crafting, removal of salvaging, the weapon wheel, the match pacing, the airdrops, all these things went in with the cognizant mind-thought of like, "Let's make this a great experience on console while preserving the ebbs and flows and the essences that are pure BR." So when all these things kind of come together, I think it's going to feel really good on console and all the way down to the control scheme. You just pick up and play, and just have fun.
MMORPG: What specifically is going to differentiate the PS4 Pro version from the base PS4 version?
Tony:Right now, from a more technical aspect, the biggest difference is the PS4 Pro is locked at 60fps. I think the normal PS4 right now is locked [to] at least 45fps. So there's a slight frame difference. But even the normal PS4 version still runs really well. Outside of that, I'm not really sure from the technical aspect if there's anything we're taking advantage of.
MMORPG: So we're looking at a locked 60[fps] on Pro?
Tony: Yeah, 60fps is the Pro version.
[Update 4/24/18 -- Confirmed to me via email that the PS4 Pro version is 60fps. The PS4 version is currently hitting mid-50fps with current internal testing, but Daybreak is working with Sony to optimize it. Both versions have a cap of 60fps.]
MMORPG: Do you know from a resolution standpoint, are you guys looking at a 1080p 60fps version?
Tony:That, I do not. I'm not sure if it's 1080p.
[Update 4/24/18 -- Confirmed via email that the game is 1080p on PS4 Pro, 720p on base PS4.]
MMORPG: For shooters like this, I just prefer the dexterity of a keyboard and mouse. So when you guys ported over the control scheme into the DualShock 4, there are a lot of considerations one might make because going from the fluidity of a keyboard and mouse to a thumbstick, those are very different control schemes. In terms of things like aim down sights (ADS), on controllers there's going to be some sort of aim assist. Some games have a very aggressive aim assist, some games are very loose with it, they have more of a free aim. Where do you guys want to sit in terms of assists to the console gamer because you had mentioned that you want to make this more action packed so it feels more familiar to those console gamers. What kind of balance are you guys striking?
Tony: The last I checked in, the console team — there's usually a couple different types of aim assists. At least Call of Duty single player, you'll notice they have a snap aim. You pull left trigger and it's just boom, boom, boom. It's more of a aim-shoot, aim-shoot, aim-shoot. And you just kinda lock and it feels good because you're just popping around. Other games have more of a friction based. So you go to aim, and as you pan over somebody, it naturally slows down and speeds back up again so it helps you out. Last I checked, the console version for H1Z1 uses more of the friction-based. It's not the snap-toggle aim. That's to allow a little bit more dexterity in terms of, "Do I want to aim for the body shot? Do I want to aim for the headshot?"
Because of the bullet drop as well as the bullet lead, if it was a full snap-aim on a running target, you're never going to hit him because the bullet is just going to keep dropping behind him. And so it's more of a friction-based where, as you get close to your target, you just feel the friction so it makes it a little bit easier to interact with.
MMORPG: As a PC gamer, that seemed like a very fun, fast pace. When I see that, I'm imagining it at 144 Hz with a keyboard and mouse. That seems like it could be pure chaos fun. Are there any plans or designs to have that mode as another kind of option for PC gamers?
Tony:The heritage of PC and where we're at -- we're excited for the PS4 because it kind of gives us a chance of a fresh slate of like, "Let's just try some new stuff. Let's get back to it, do a little bit of streamlining, do an innovation pass on BR," because BR is very much a 1.0. So if the PC audience sees stuff in console and are like, "Dude, we need that," then yeah, let's have that conversation. We're totally open to it.
There's a lot of things for H1Z1 and at Daybreak in general, we're definitely a "games as a service" company. Community is one of our pillars. And so if there are things or requests the community has that they see on one platform or another, then we'll totally be open to having conversations like, "Should we bring it over? Is it good for the game? Is it right for the game?" And if so, let's work with the community and get the right version out there.
MMORPG: I have to follow up on that because you mentioned "games as a service." As someone in the media and a consumer who spends money on these products, there is a concern that "games as a service" could go from "here's a full fledged product, and here's quality supplemental material that you can choose to invest in," to, "here's a shell of a game, and here are so-called 'free updates'" for content that should have been part of the game in the first place. How do you see H1Z1 as a "games as a service?"
Tony:There's a few different ways you can look at that, the "games a service" and more so how games go out there. H1Z1, we rolled into PC originally with the "Early Access" tag on Steam, which was a really good thing because the game changed a ton over the last couple years. It started as Just Survive, and split off to King of the Kill, and then back and forth. And so I think a lot of the expectation depends on how a developer/publisher kind of puts the framework out when a games comes out like, "Hey this is Early Access, this is super early just so you know." So I think there's a lot of responsibility on that aspect of it.
I think "games as a service" in terms of H1Z1 goes, it really comes down to the polish of features, the -- Battle Royale content is pretty much in line with what you would expect from any FPS [First Person Shooter], so more maps, or more guns. It's pretty standard, but even sometimes you get something crazy like -- for H1Z1 we do events frequently, whether it's shotty-snipers in different game modes, which comes with the whole "games as a service" tag because we're continuously looking to do new things where even on the PC front with Auto Royale. That was just a free piece of content that was completely different and everybody who owned the game already, may have not played it in a while, they reinstalled it just for that and was like, "oh cool." So I think that "games as a service" for H1Z1, and especially when done correctly, can be a huge win for the consumer.
MMORPG: So it's really about providing actual value rather than face value?
Tony: Daybreak for a very long time, it's MMO-company, MMO background. MMOs I think, when you look at an MMO from a content of standpoint, it's the holy grail of content. You buy the game and, whether it's sub-based or not, take the sub out of it. When you look at content drops, the content drops are huge like, "Here's another 200 hours of gameplay." That's like five or six boxed products in one. I think as we use that heritage to our advantage and what we're used to doing, it's definitely more about providing that free content for users. And if they want to engage or convert, then that's up to them. But it's always going to be cosmetic, so there's really no advantage to it.
MMORPG: It sounds like from launch, this mode shown off for the PS4 version, am I correct in assuming that's going to be the only launch mode?
Tony:What you saw up there was Solos. And we'll have Solos, we'll have Duos, we'll have Fives. I'm not sure what the actual plan is right now for the event-side. So like the Special Modes, whether it's Magnum Opus, where everybody has crossbows and Magnums, or shotty-snipers, which is self-explanatory. Those may be something we'll support. For the base game right now, it's Solos, Duos, and Fives.
MMORPG: The reason I'm asking is for cross-play purposes. Have you considered potentially adding some cross-play between PC and PS4? You have games like Rocket League which were PS4-PC cross-play. Obviously with Windows doing Play Anywhere, I can play Gears of War on PC with my buddy on Xbox. As a consumer, that's great because you don't have to worry about that barrier. Now it's not a matter of, "what platform?" It's, "I just want to play with my friends," and I can do that. Have you considered cross-play between PC and PS4?
Tony:Right now, we're not really looking into it. There are a few core differences. Bullet speed and bullet drop are completely different on the two platforms, so that's kind of a no-go. Even outside of that, when it comes to a game like H1 where the precision and dexterity that you gain on a mouse and keyboard, even with crazy aim assist on a controller, it's just night and day difference. So right now, the two platforms will play in their own playground. As we move forward, we may explore certain things. Maybe there's a chance through the events where we can do cross-play action, but at launch, and for the foreseeable future, PC will play with PC, and PlayStation will play with PlayStation.
MMORPG: Are there any designs to bring this to the Xbox family of consoles?
Tony:We get that one a lot as well. Right now we're focused obviously on PS4, want to get this out the door, want to make sure it can be the best version that it can be. And then once it's out there and we're happy, then we're totally open to exploring other platforms and other ideas, absolutely.
MMORPG: Thank you very much for your time.
Poorna Shankar / A highly opinionated avid PC gamer, Poorna blindly panics with his friends in various multiplayer games, much to the detriment of his team. Constantly questioning industry practices and a passion for technological progress drive his love for the video game industry. He pulls no punches and tells it like he sees it. He runs a podcast, Gaming The Industry, with fellow writer, Joseph Bradford, discussing industry practices and their effects on consumers.
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Created On: April 25, 2018
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Because why wear just one or two when you can wear them on all your fingers!
If you love your rings and things as much as we do, then there's really no doubt why you should start a ring party! With midi rings being the rage that's here to stay, we've put together four easy combinations for you to try; whether you're new to the ring-stacking game or just looking for more inspiration to don your accessories. Just make sure you organise them properly so it's easier to pick and match your ring stacks.
Dainty rings are perfect for stacking, plus you can go crazy stacking up without looking OTT! Keep it simple for work with these dainty rings, and add a few letter rings for a cute touch.
Sprinkle some sparkle for a night out by matching the colour of your rings to your glittery silver clutch. To add variety, rock a two-finger ring, and finish off with barely-there midi rings.
Adorn your fingers with these thick and spiked rings – they'll add edge to any outfit. The trick is to wear the statement rings first and fill in the 'gaps' with the plain rings.
Add style points to your casual get-up with rings that show off your personality. Our favourite? The cool starfish and girlie 'hello you' chained ring!
Show us your favourite ring-stacking style by Instagram-ing a photo of it and we might feature it in an upcoming issue! Just remember to tag us @femalemag hashtag #fmgrings.


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Response to the Wales Centre for Public Policy report on civic universities
13th November 2018 by Richard Brabner
Lord Kerslake, Chair of the UPP Foundation Civic University Commission responds to the Wales Centre for Public Policy report on civic universities
Responding to the publication of a report by the Wales Centre for Public Policy and commissioned by the Welsh Government on civic universities, Lord Kerslake Chair of the UPP Foundation Civic University Commission (and former Head of the Civil Service) said:
"This is a very important contribution to developing ideas for the civic university in the 21st century.
"The report makes a series of critical recommendations that will strengthen the public and civic role of welsh universities.
"I warmly welcome the focus on developing a strategic approach to civic engagement. This chimes with the findings of the UPP Foundation Civic University Commission, which found that whilst there is a significant amount of civic activity taking place in universities, there is very little evidence that it is informed by local need. Adopting civic strategies will be key to strengthening the positive impact of universities on their local communities.
"I also strongly commend the report's recommendation to ensure there is a special focus on adults participating in higher education. The Civic University Commission's progress report found that the crisis in adult education is a major threat to the UK economy. As automation transforms the workforce, our evidence shows that lifelong-learning is the key to future prosperity and wellbeing.
Upon publication, the report will be available at: www.wcpp.org.uk/publication/maximising-universities-civic-contribution/
The Wales Centre for Public Policy report, Maximising universities' civic contribution, co-authored by Professor John Goddard, Professor Ellen Hazelkhorn, Stevie Upton and Tom Boland, is being published on Tuesday 13 November
The report was commissioned by the Welsh Government
The UPP Foundation Civic University Commission is a major independent inquiry into the future of the civic university. It was launched in March 2018 and is chaired by the former Head of the UK Civil Service, Lord Kerslake. More information: www.civicuniversity.org
The UPP Foundation's Civic University Commission Progress Report was published on Monday, 22 October 2018. It found that in the UK there are over 111,000 fewer students (aged 25 and over) in higher education than there were in 2012.
Professor John Goddard, the co-author of Maximising universities' civic contribution, is a Commissioner on the UPP Foundation Civic University Commission


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Which player has led after the most rounds in Masters history?
At the Masters, it has historically been a great sign to be in the final pairing on Sunday. Through a 20-year stretch ending in the mid-2000s, 19 of 20 Masters winners came from the final pairing.
However, the all-time Masters greats have no only led after the fourth round to win the green jacket, but they've also managed to hold the lead way more often than any other peers throughout the Masters Tournaments they played in their careers. And that wasn't longevity; rather, it was the dominance players showed in their Masters primes.
Jordan Spieth has now entered that pantheon of dominant players at Augusta National and in the Masters. By virtue of owning the lead after the first round of the 2018 Masters, Spieth now has led or had a share of the lead after eight Masters rounds. To that point, he had only played in 15 total Masters rounds.
Arnold Palmer led after the most rounds in Masters history. He had at least a share of the lead after 14 rounds in his Masters career, not including the four times he won in which he would have the 72-hole lead.
Jack Nicklaus led after the next-highest number of rounds, holding a share of the lead or the outright lead after 13 Masters rounds, not including his six victories.
Players who have led after the most rounds in Masters history
Arnold Palmer - 14 (18 with wins) - 1958 (54, 72), 1959 (36), 1960 (18, 36, 54, 72), 1961 (18, 36), 1962 (36, 54, 72), 1964 (18, 36, 54, 72), 1965 (36)
Jack Nicklaus - 13 (19 with wins) - 1963 (54, 72), 1965 (36, 54, 72), 1966 (18, 54, 72), 1971 (54), 1972 (18, 36, 54, 72), 1975 (36, 72), 1981 (36), 1982 (18), 1986(72), 1993 (18)
Raymond Floyd - 8 (9 with win)
Gary Player - 8 (11 with wins)
Jordan Spieth - 7 (8 with win)
TagsArnold Palmer Gary Player Jack Nicklaus Jordan Spieth Raymond Floyd


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Q: Pass variable from a ViewController to a UIPopoverControllerView iOS I am having problems passing a variable from a view controller to a UIPopoverViewcontroller
is the logic not the same as passing data between two usual viewControllers?
i.e setting a variable in view1 & view2 and synthesising then presenting the PopoverView pass the variable from view1 to view2?
I am really struggling with this I have read a little about protocols but seems overkill if it would work like a usual view controller?
An example
    self.optionsPopover.delegate = self;
    popOverViewController = [[PopOverViewController alloc]initWithNibName:@"PopOverViewController" bundle:nil];
    self.optionsPopover = [[UIPopoverController alloc]initWithContentViewController:popOverViewController];

    //dictionary to pass from view1 to view2 which is a popover
    self.popOverViewController.statsDict = self.statsDict;
    [self.optionsPopover setPopoverContentSize:CGSizeMake(320, 480)];
    [self.optionsPopover presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:optionsButton permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionUp animated:YES];

A: The UIPopOverViewController will allow  you to show your own UIViewController (act as a container). Like a UINavigationController that receives a UIViewController. What exactly do you want to do in your UIPopoverViewController?

A: After initWithContentViewController, your popOverViewController's viewDidLoad method is already called (and that time the statsDict property is nil).
So either set the property before the initializer is called or write a custom setter like:
- (void)seStatsDict(NSDictionary *)statsDict
{
    _statsDict = statsDict;
    if (self.view) {
        // Set UILabel texts, etc...
    }
}

A: There is nothing wrong in your code except you are setting delegate of popOver before creating  popover. I have changed the order. And check your dictionary is nil or not
self.popOverViewController = [[PopOverViewController alloc]initWithNibName:@"PopOverViewController" bundle:nil];

 //dictionary to pass from view1 to view2 which is a popover
//self.popOverViewController.statsDict = self.statsDict;

 self.popOverViewController.testString = @"testing"; // This is for testing only

 self.optionsPopover = [[UIPopoverController alloc]initWithContentViewController:popOverViewController];
 self.optionsPopover.delegate = self;

[self.optionsPopover setPopoverContentSize:CGSizeMake(320, 480)];
[self.optionsPopover presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:optionsButton permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionUp animated:YES];


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Best of TTU - Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication
A few years back, I had a great discussion with die-hard Trend Follower, Scot Billington. I would like to share some key moments with you, including how to perceive past track records, and also some of the differences between the long side and the short side.
If you would like to listen to the full conversation, just go to Top Traders Unplugged Episode 25.
Deciding between Systematic and Discretionary Trading
Scot: ...I started putting together a trading model. In my opinion, they were three big picture decisions that somebody had to make when you talk about what kind of trader you are going to be. The first was discretionary or systematic and mechanical.
So I would define discretionary as I bring in different inputs, whatever those inputs might be. I weigh them in a non-standard fashion, meaning that I don't weigh them necessarily the same way every time. I might bring in the same inputs, I might look at different ratios, but sometimes input A overwhelms input B, and sometimes input B might overwhelm input A. Regardless of what that might be, and then I would make the trade decisions in that fashion. Systematic I define as I do the exact same thing every time. I might argue that, if you have any discretion, then you are discretionary. So that even if I have a mechanical model, but I decide 7 times a year to override it, I suspect those seven times a year are going to be 7 of the more volatile and the larger outcome periods, and in essence you have a discretionary model, which is fine but you are a discretionary trader.
The primary reason that we wanted to be systematic is that we felt like we wanted the emotions taken out of the trading process.
The reason that I and we have gone with systematic is three-fold. The first is that we wanted something that the efficacy of which could be at least estimated through historical modeling and backtesting and the like. So if I'm a discretionary trader, one of the difficulties that we found was how do I know that my theory is accurate? I think that XYZ, whatever XYZ is, it might make perfect sense, but what I have there is a good hypothesis that will be interesting to test, but I really have no method of testing it. Therefore, no way to prove that at least my idea had worked in the past. The second reason that we went with a more systematic model is that we felt that it would be much easier to apply to a wide variety of markets. If I was going to be..and that also ties into the inputs we might use...but if I were going to be discretionary, and I was attempting to trade the Yen and cotton, it would perhaps be very difficult to be an expert in both of those two markets. Now you could be discretionary and not necessarily have fundamental inputs, but that will be the second part of this answer. The primary reason that we wanted to be systematic is that we felt like we wanted the emotions taken out of the trading process. We wanted something that was repeatable, so that I could say the same decisions that I made in June of 2004 I'm going to make in December of 2018. It's the same process. It's a much more repeatable process than my weighing all these different factors. The other thing is that we think that it's...I don't know about impossible, but extraordinarily difficult to separate your decision-making process from your own emotional state at any given time. I think it's probably a bit fanciful to say that I would make the exact same decisions on the day that my wife left me as the day that my son won an Olympic gold medal. (This applies) also within trading: If I've just had 4 straight up 15% months I think it's extremely difficult to bring the same analysis as if I just lost...if I'm in the middle of a 30% drawdown. What we basically said was that my wife has just walked out on me should not have any effects on the trades that I take.
So the second thing that we looked at was what kind of timeframe are we going to trade? If you look at timeframe as a spectrum, am I going to be shorter term or longer term? Is there some logical reason to make that selection? We've elected to be longer term for one, and it's not a very sexy reason, but it's in our minds it's extremely important, is that random trading's expected outcome in a frictionless or costless world would be to break even.
So if I'm trading randomly, my expected loss is my cost. My commissions that I pay, and more importantly the bid/ask spreads that I pay. That's also going to encompass any kind of gaps or slippage in a fast market, but again that's just a wider bid/ask spread. Those costs come into play every single time I trade, but they're fixed, so if I hold a trade for 8 minutes, the bid/ask spread is just as wide as if I held it for 8 months. I might get a little break on the commission from my brokerage, but at the end of the day, the holding period of my costs has no impact on my costs. My costs are going to be fixed regardless of my holding period. So if you look at it from that perspective and you say that the amount of what we call a trading edge is a non-random entry and exit decision. It means that I have some non-random method of deciding when I'm going to buy and when I'm going to sell. The amount above randomness that my method needs to have to break even is my costs. The costs are, in casino terms, the cost of the house edge. That's how positive I need the deck to be, or that's the amount that I need to be able to forecast future price moves to break even. So we would consider forecasting future price moves to be extraordinarily difficult. Therefore, we want that hurdle to be as little as possible. Does that make sense Niels? Do you see where I'm going with that?
Niels: Definitely
Scot: Now, there is another side of that coin. A shorter term method is going to have more instances in a given time period, and therefore a smaller net profit, meaning after cost profit can be profitable, or can have a good method. So I need a larger gross edge, because I'm going to give up so much more of my edge in the costs, but a smaller net edge can be profitable in a shorter term. Does that make sense? So with that, the lower hurdle to clear with the lower cost parameters, to us was an overwhelming argument for having a longer term method.
Niels: Absolutely, but since we are talking about costs at this point, I'm just wondering...I mean obviously cost today for trading is a lot lower than they were in the mid-1990s, does that change your view in some sort?
...At the end of the day, the future might be completely different to the past.
Scot: Some, but not particularly. It's still...we track our costs very closely. When you add it all up, and average them over 30,000 contracts we traded in X amount of years, we still see, including roles, we still see about $35 a round turn. So if I'm a CTA that does 3,000 round turns per million, 35 times 3,000, that's $105,000 a year, that's 11%, so the best guys in the world make 20%, that's half of that. So if I just do immediately 1,500 round turns, this other guy's got to beat me by 5 1/2% a year just to tie me. You see what I mean? We'll probably touch on this latter, but to us that's a fact that's not an opinion and it's something that's based on empirical evidence. That's just a straight mathematical fact. So when we get into the modeling and testing, and all that, there's a huge weakness in that it's all empirically based, and I can try to make it my empirical base as solid as possible. I can try to make it as robust as possible, but at the end of the day, the future might just be completely different than the past. In which case all of those...that's the black swan kind of idea that Taleb put forth in his series of books, and it's a very accurate one. However, if I'm saving 5% a year in costs, that's not perceptible to a black swan. In fact, it can only be helped in that the less I trade, and the wider my trading parameters are, the less impact massive gaps would have on my outcome. You see where I am there? So what I want to do is I want to line all of these facts up in my favor before I'm forced to use empirical evidence. Does that make sense?
Niels: Sure, sure.
Scot: Think about it this way, a truly losing trading strategy, by definition, has to be as rare as a truly winning one. Right? Well, I could just take the opposite of the trades. If you had a truly negative losing expectancy, that is very valuable, because I could just take the opposite of your trades, and I would make money. So those have to be very rare, correct? Or as rare as a winner - which means that most trading is random. People think that factor A, B, C says something about the future of price movement, but that factor is either fairly valued at the current price or does not have any impact, and it's no different than my drawing a trade out of a hat. But just because I draw a trade out of a hat, that doesn't mean that trade's going to be a loser, it's just a random trade. So most people are trading randomly with an expected loss of cost. Almost by definition, that almost cannot not be true. So I all of these people and I say, OK, well Janet Yeltsin is going to say this thing about whatever interest rate, and OK if that happens the dollar is going to do Y. When they go through there they might sound very smart, and I don't doubt they're well educated, and it might be a well thought out opinion, but by definition that is either not predictive of the future market move, or it's already been fairly valued by the market, because most trades that people put on have to be random. They're not losing, their random. You see what I mean? I was a market maker, and I would stand in my pit and I would look around and maybe not including myself, but I'd think...because a lot of guys made a lot of money, I'd be like, you know, there are 100 guys in here and the average take-home after their own costs of paying commissions and paying clerks, renting the seats, and all that is maybe 1/2 a million dollars, so that's 50 million dollars a year that this pit makes. Well, who pays that? It's the people who want to take positions. Right?
Niels: Definitely.
Scot: So when we look at that, and we think about costs, we think about this is exactly the amount of nonrandom price behavior I have to capture to break even and then go on to be profitable. The lower that cost is, the less of anomaly I have to capture, and, even more importantly, the more room I have for the future to be worse than the past.
More from Scot Bilington


Most people love to get a great massage so that they can reduce stress. Not everyone knows the best way to become a great massage therapist. Thankfully, with some knowledge and a little training, you can provide excellent massages to your loved ones. Continue reading this article to learn more.
You should only hire a licensed massage therapist. An actual therapist will better be able to take care of your needs. Hiring a licensed professional will virtually guarantee that you are going to receive a massage from the best; therefore, your massage should be incredible.
Be sure to get to your massage appointment early. You can easily become unaware of how much time you have in the day. Rushing to a massage will leave you tense. It is best to get there early so you can have a few minutes to relax before your massage.
Experiment with different types of oils on the person before you massage them. This will enable you to ensure that they are not allergic or will not have a reaction to that specific oil. This lubrication is a must, so always use oil.
In order to give a great massage, it's important that you carefully watch your subject. Observe facial expressions and how muscles tense. This reading ability will provide a great deal of benefits for you as a masseuse. When the body feels tense, you may be applying too much pressure.
Massages have therapeutic properties besides being an excellent stress relief technique. Massages can help children with asthma with their breathing and reduce tension and stress from tension headaches caused by facial muscles, the neck, and the head. Relaxation is key to these types of benefits.
Now that you've read this article, finding out how to give good massages is easier than you think. With these massage tips, you can even help your friends relax. You may even think about starting a massage business. However you use massage techniques, they are a great thing to know.


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by Mike Powell
Best New Track
"Stillness Is the Move"
The first single from the forthcoming Bitte Orca is also the first Dirty Projectors song that actually sounds like a single. I know what you're thinking: Another blowhard straining his powers of pretension to compare experimental rock bands to random bursts of commercial radio. What I'll say is that Dave Longstreth, the band's guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter, is a very talented musician whose creative restlessness has made most of his albums fascinating but difficult to listen to. Here, though, there's much-needed breathing room. His and Amber Coffman's fractal guitar blasts are streamlined into a tidy West African–style blues loop; the backbeat is sturdy and midtempo (i.e., you can dance-- even grind [really]-- to it); and Amber and bassist Angel Deradoorian's vocals flutter with the weird verve of a robotic Mariah Carey (herself not convincingly human to begin with). All this and a massive, melodic chorus! One you can sing along with!
But the biggest revelation here is the lyric. After years of inscrutable, self-effacing narratives, Dirty Projectors recorded a love song-- about, to my ears, the scary, mature realization that "settling down" doesn't mean you stop growing. I mention it in part because it moves me, and in part because it's a compact metaphor for both song and album: a band realizing that slowing their role doesn't mean giving up-- and might even mean making leaps they couldn't have made before.


书籍简介: The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary doesn't just help you find words quickly and understand them easily. It gives the vital support which advanced students need, especially with the essential skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Key Features, In the book: * 170,000 words, phrases and examples * New words: all the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, jus, 9/11, clickable) so that your English stays up-to-date * Colour headwords: so that you can find the word you are looking for quickly * Idiom Finder: making idioms so much easier to find * 200 'Common Learner Error' notes show how to avoid common mistakes * 25,000 collocations show the way words work together in English * Colour pictures: 16 full page colour pictures that explain groups of words visually. On the CD-ROM: * Sound: recordings in British and American English for all words, plus practice tools to help improve pronunciation * UNIQUE! Smart Thesaurus helps you choose the right word - fast! * QUICKfind looks up words for you while you are working or reading on screen * UNIQUE! SUPERwrite gives on screen help with grammar, spelling and collocation when you are writing. * Hundreds of interactive exercises can be printed for classroom use or done on-screen * Copy and paste lets you use any part of the dictionary in your own documents .


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Area property tax rate hearings set through month
By Editor | August 10, 2021
Several area taxing entities will be holding annual tax rate hearings in the coming weeks.
The hearings will be held by the Marion County R-II School District, Aug. 11; Palmyra Fire Protection District, Aug. 16; the Palmyra R-I School District, Aug. 24; and Marion County Health Department, Aug. 25.
The Palmyra R-I School District will hold it's tax rate hearing at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24 in the PHS cafeteria.
The proposed property tax rate for the district is $4.0280 per $100 assessed valuation, which is unchanged from the current rate.
By law, the school district's tax rates are set to produce the revenues which the proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, shows to be required from the property tax. Each tax rate will be expressed in cents per $100 valuation.
Assessed valuation is up in the school district for both property tax categories from 2020-21 to 2021-22 including real estate, from $93,197,430 to $106,186,470 and personal property, $42,501,695 to $44,658,059.
The total went from $135,699,125 to $150,844,529.
The Palmyra Fire Protection District Board of Directors will hold its annual tax rate hearing at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 16 at the Palmyra Fire Station.
The proposed property tax rate for 2021 is $0.2864 per $100 dollars assessed valuation.
By law, the tax rates are set to produce the revenues which the proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning Jan. 1, 2022, shows to be required from the property tax.
Assessed valuation went up in all three categories in fire protection district from 2020 to 2021.
Real estate went up from $89,847,420 to $102,574,030; personal property from $41,531,880 to $43,537,218; and railroad and utilities from $28,320,139 to $28,840,820.
The total amount rose from $159,699,439 to $174,952,068.
The amount of property tax revenues budgeted for 2021 was $425,903.31.
The Marion County R-II School District tax rate hearing will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, in the school library in Philadelphia.
The proposed property tax rate for the district is $4.1786 per $100 assessed valuation, which is down from the current rate of $4.3455.
Assessed valuation has also gone up in both categories throughout the district including real estate, from $13,157,694 to $14,472,433 and personal property, $4,830,628 to $5,165,007.
The total assessed valuation in the district rose form $17,988,322 to $19,637,440.
The Marion County Health Department's tax rate hearing will be held at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, at 3105 Route W, in Hannibal.
Palmyra landmark no more
Maple Lawn Nursing Home board to again seek tax increase
County commissioners voice support for Maple Lawn Nursing Home tax proposal
R-II homecoming
United Way seeking nominations for Evening of Philanthropy


Please join Visual Artist Alice Shockey and Art Therapist Robyn Olds for an afternoon of meditation and art making in collaboration with Daya Yoga Studio.
We invite you to develop your creative process as we lead you through a body tracing exercise that will help you to visually map your meditative experience. This map can be used as a play space to explore what colors, images, and sensations arise in the energetic and physical body as we fluctuate between a body scan and clairvoyant grounding meditation and creative art making. We hope that you'll be able to walk away with a new understanding of how embodied meditation and visual art can be integrated into your daily lives.
We will be providing paper and drawing supplies, however we would need blankets to use during the meditation.
Robyn Olds, MPS, LCAT is a New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and Advanced Reiki Practitioner. She received her master's degree in Creative Arts Therapy and Creativity Development at Pratt Institute and her advanced Reiki training at Maha Rose Center for Healing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She has been combining both of these modalities in monthly groups devoted to exploring the healing potential of visual Intuition and image making in Reiki treatment. She also leads I Ching art groups exploring synchronicity and archetypal patterns.
Alice Shockey is a Visual Artist and Reiki Practitioner. She graduated from Oberlin College with a BA in Studio Art and received her Reiki level 1 and 2 Attunements at Maha Rose Center for Healing, where she also leads Art Themed Community Reiki. During a Healer Mentorship with Lisa Levine, Alice began to combine her visual art and Reiki practice, exploring a creative process of image making that emerged more from the body directly than from the mind.
Alice has suffered from Lyme disease since early childhood, and it wasn't until she began practicing Reiki and integrating it into her creative process, that she found empowerment and confidence in her ability to heal. Alongside her partner and Creative Art Therapist Robyn Olds, Alice is currently holding workshops in Brooklyn that combine Reiki and embodied meditation with a body tracing exercise that visually maps the individual experience.


My biggest passion in agriculture is to see farmers using natural resources in a responsible manner to provide healthy and nutritious food for the ever increasing global population. This needs to be done while running viable businesses which look after the people working for them. In essence this is what I believe sustainable agriculture is about. Using natural resources responsibly is about environmental protection. Providing healthy and nutritious food and ensuring that the people who work for the farm are well cared for is about social responsibility. Running viable businesses addresses economic goals. In this manner the triple-bottom-line of sustainability is addressed. In order for this to happen, it is necessary for agriculture to continually learn, through research, and adapt, through the progressive adoption of practices which address these goals.
I think the reason it struck me was that he is really calling out the agricultural industry for a lack of implementation of sustainable farming practices. While working for Trace & Save over the past five and a half years I have seen some very progressive farmers, who attempt to innovate and implement the current sustainable best-practices. On the other hand, I have also come across farmers who are not interested in change, and are stuck in conservative old ways. What has stood out for me most though is that farmers are not negative about the idea of sustainable agriculture. As part of my PhD research, I distributed a questionnaire to farmers and one of the statements they had to respond to was: "Sustainable agriculture methods will ensure the long-term success of commercial agriculture in South Africa". One hundred percent of the farmers responded that they agreed with this statement.2 Another interesting finding in relation to Robert Biel's comments were the responses to this statement: "Conventional farming methods have a negative effect on nature". Fifty five percent of the farmers agreed with this statement, twenty nine percent were neutral and fifteen percent disagreed with the statement.2 Along with numerous other responses, I got the sense that the farmers I surveyed definitely agreed that the idea of sustainable agriculture is great, but there was not widespread agreement that a lot needed to change.
I do not fully agree with Robert Biel, especially looking at agriculture from the South African perspective, but he has a point. Agriculture needs to change from the mono-cropping systems which rely on chemical fertilisers, herbicides and pesticides for production. This type of agriculture has become the convention, and is highly destructive to the environment, and is not the responsible use of natural resources which I am passionate about. I really do believe that South African farmers have the ability to adapt and innovate, addressing many of the challenges which they face, with the goal of more sustainable production of food. It is going to take considerable effort from researchers, consultants and farmers, and a commitment to developing farm systems which better mimic nature, but I am hopeful for the future of sustainable agriculture in South Africa.
Galloway CJ. 2017. The implementation of sustainable agriculture on pasture-based dairy farms: Farmer perceptions, environmental impact and farm-level productivity. Dissertation presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Agricultural Sciences) at Stellenbosch University, Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Faculty of AgriSciences.


Fruit and vegetable producer Dole has reported an adjusted EBITDA of $45.4 million (€40 million) for the third quarter of its financial year, down $7.4 million (€6.5 million) from $50.1 million (€44 million) in the same period last year.
Irish fresh-produce giant Total Produce completed the acquisition of a 45% equity stake in Dole Food Company on 31 July 2018.
The company's performance was affected by an industry-wide safety notice – one not directly linked to Dole – and an oversupply that resulted in the low pricing of products.
Dole's first-half EBITDA also fell by around $30 million, before the investment by Total Produce.
Dole recently sold its corporate headquarters for $50 million and registered a net gain of $7.3 million, which is not included in the adjusted EBITDA results.


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I really don't know why, but in recent weeks I've been thinking more than usual about what we do and how we do it. This morning I remembered that I made the little drawing up there at the top of today's blog as last year's birthday present to myself to remind me that the way I live actually has an effect on the world – one that I have to live with, too.
All This and Karma, Too?
It makes me smile to see that drawing again, and, as one thing tends to lead to another, seeing it engendered another recollection; namely, one of the best, if humourous, definitions I've ever heard of the word karma. So many people toss this word around like so much perfume or cologne, but in general I think its meaning may not be so clear. Anyway, someone once told me there was an old Chinese saying that defined it perfectly: Spit straight up, learn something new.
Just after the first edition of this book was published, I sat at the dining table with my dear friend, Kaz Tanahashi . Kaz is a master calligrapher, a painter, writer, translator of significant Buddhist texts, and, at the age of seventy-eight years old, he continues to travel the world for months at a time working for peace.
I took it as one of the greatest compliments of my life, and laughed hard, too, but in all honesty, I'd prefer not to destroy cultures, any more than I want my sticks to frighten rice, not now and not the rice my grandchildren eat seven generations from now, either.
If hindsight is ahead in this great all inclusive moment called now, then one of the great miracles of human understanding and awareness is our ability to see into the future right where we stand at any given moment, and use hindsight now. It seems worth considering, anyway, worth practicing. If you're reading this note I feel certain you already do this somewhat, so let's keep going, together. And, let's make more silly signs and poems that make us laugh, appreciate and see what we are.
Thanks for reading along. If you enjoy this and can think of someone who might enjoy it as well, please send them the link. And, of course, please feel free to comment to let me know what you're thinking, too.
Hello and welcome to what I hope will be a bit of a meeting place – albeit a somewhat disembodied one. For many years now I've wanted to have something called What I'm Thinking About Now as a way of reaching across to people, and having people reach back.
Originally, I thought it might be nice to have a newspaper column with those words up on the marquee, so to speak, but the ambition gene seems to have skipped the hospital room where I was born and, at most, I may have mentioned this to one or two people, neither the owner of a newspaper. Oh, well.
Fortunately, and quite recently, a few friends liked this reaching across idea and put these pages together so that all such activities might have an actual home. Thank you – it's very kind.


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Days of Our Lives Review: Bullets Fly in Salem
Christine Orlando at April 19, 2019 5:16 pm .
Bullets were flying once again around Salem, which should be listed one of the most dangerous towns in America by now.
Jack Ori had to take the week off, so I'm stepping in and taking over his Days of Our Lives review. Not to worry, he'll be back soon.
Now, back to Salem.
Chloe can't seem to catch a break. All she wants to do is go on a picnic with Holly and fly a kite. Sounds simple enough, and Stefan was doing all he could to make that happen.
I'm waffling over my feelings about Stefan. I hate the way he's always popping up in Chloe's bedroom unannounced. It's pushy and way to forward, but it's not as though Chloe tells him to get out so I can't really blame him for thinking it's okay.
Then he goes all out to set up a day to show Holly how to fly a kite and he seems like he could be a sweet guy. In those moments he makes me want to forget all about the Gabby nightmare of a storyline and give him a second chance, especially since the recast.
Then Brady interferes. Is the show trying to make me hate Brady and Gabi?
Brady's go-to move with people he claims to care about is to lie, manipulate, and blackmail to get what or whom he wants, and he's pulling out all the stops with Chloe.
The upside is that Chloe's calling him out on it. When she realized what Brady was up to, she was furious — "Now I remember why I broke up with you the first time and the second time" — but she wouldn't go off on him in front of Holly.
That's called responsible parenting and she may be one of the only people in Salem to have earned that title of late.
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Chloe was right. Brady jumps from relationship to relationship as though he can't stand to be on his own.
Brady claims to trust Chloe, unless she disagrees with him, then he'll use almost any means necessary to get her to do what he thinks is right. It makes Brady look like an obsessive, borderline abusive boyfriend and I don't blame Chloe for running in the opposite direction.
Plus, Brady didn't seem all that interested in protecting Chloe until he learned she'd moved in with Stefan. He could have stood up to Victor long before now, but he didn't, and Chloe shouldn't live in a home where someone is always verbally abusive to her.
But it wasn't just about getting Chloe away from Stefan, it was the lengths that Brady was willing to go to do it.
Brady's basically pimping Gabi out in order to get Chloe, and Gabi's going along with the plan in order to get revenge on Stefan and take his money.
Gabi offering to have hate sex with Stefan so he can get Gabby out of his system is reminding me of the horrible Stefan/Gabigail storyline, which I'd much rather forget, and adding to it yet another disgusting twist.
I used to like Gabi. When she helped save JJ I thought she was on her way to being one of Salem's new heroines and it's sad to see how far she's sunk.
They've turned her into a conniving, lying witch who snarks at Ciara and offers to bed Stefan instead of being at the hospital where the father or her daughter is having brain surgery.
Even worse, the moment Stefan showed her some kindness at the hospital, all she could think about was how to use it to her advantage. I never thought I'd find Stefan sympathetic but this plot proves that anything is possible.
Before we get to all of those gunshots, let's talk about Ben and Ciara.
I'm going to skip the whole, how can you expect the audience to accept a serial killer in a love story thread because it's clear this storyline isn't going anywhere, and the longer it goes on, the more it's grown on me.
Trust me, I'm as shocked as anyone, but Robert Scott Wilson has won me over. Ben's normal brooding is more attractive than most on the show, but couple it with moments like when he looks completely gob-smacked by Ciara wearing his t-shirt and the former serial killer with the killer abs suddenly looks pretty adorable.
I can't tell you how thrilled I am that they are doing a slow buildup to Ben and Ciara finally sleeping together.
The last few years Days has had any potential couples hit the sheets so fast that it was a blink and you missed it event. It's about time the powers-that-be remembered that real romance requires a slow burn to get us truly hooked, and so far, despite my initial misgivings, Ben and Ciara appear to have the potential of a long-term super couple.
Now back to those bullets flying… Eli reminded us that he's a former Federal agent with real training. But I don't understand why the cartel decided to split it's forces by sending men to both Doug's Place and the Dimera mansion. If they want to take out Chloe, then concentrate on Chloe.
And shouldn't the Salem PD have escorted Chloe somewhere safe? I know Ramon was dead but Hector was still on the loose and Chloe is still a target, but the Salem PD only seems to care about Ciara.
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Back at the Dimera mansion, I'm relieved that Ciara didn't get shot. I'm sure that Ben's angst would have been worth watching but he probably would have been blamed for her being there in the first place, and I'm tired of Ciara constantly being in peril.
Let's not make her the next generation Marlena.
It's good to see Ciara fighting back. That's something I'd expect from Hope and Bo's offspring.
But I hate that Rafe got shot!
Not because I care so much about Rafe but it finally feels as though we're on the verge of getting rid of Rafe and Hope as a couple and I fear the writers are going to use this injury as a way to get them back together.
Is there someone I can beg, or maybe pay off, to make sure that doesn't happen?
I haven't enjoyed Rafe and Hope in ages, and I'm one of the few who thought they might make a good couple way back when. I'm willing to admit that I was horribly wrong.
I don't even care what happens with Ted. He's nothing more than an occasionally charming, occasionally annoying distraction.
If they want to use him as a wedge to pry apart Rafe and Hope, fine, but his supposed "love" for Hope and his mysterious phone calls are superfluous and generally not that interesting.
Is he working with the cartel? Is he talking to Diana Colville? Does he have some other super-secret plan? I just don't care.
Hope should have dumped Rafe for good after he slept with Sami. Hope deserves better and it made me angry that no one else in Salem seemed to think so. Every person Hope came across pushed her to take Rafe back.
Now I fear they'll be pushing Hope to help raise Jordan's baby in order to save her marriage. Hope is in her 50s. She's raised her children and even tragically lost one. I hate Rafe and Lani acting like taking care of a baby is no big deal. It's a huge commitment and it won't help their already shaky marriage.
If Rafe wanted kids he should have married someone else.
Speaking of marriages, there were two weddings in Salem this week but neither was worth attending.
My head hurt after watching Jack and Eve's wedding. It was nothing more than a piece of political theater.
The judgmental pastor stepping in to marry the arrogant couple was the icing on a very unappetizing cake.
As if to double down on the bad taste, Eve took the time to gloat to Jennifer about how she nabbed Jack, and Jack decided to have sex with Eve. Gross.
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I think I'm going to change the channel now. Can someone send me a message when the real Jack finally wakes up and his story is worth watching again?
The second wedding was Tripp and Haley.
Oddly enough, I like Tripp and Haley. They make good friends but what Tripp is doing to Claire is completely wrong.
Yes, Claire can be a self-absorbed brat but not even she deserves to have to stand back and watch her clueless boyfriend marry someone else as though it's no big deal.
Claire's parents have been mostly MIA since she was in her teens and it's left her holding on too tight to every guy she's been interested in. If she had more self-esteem she'd dump Tripp and move on.
I also don't feel any chemistry between Haley and JJ. All of their supposed romance feels forced and artificial. I want JJ to have a real love interest, not be a pawn in some politically motivated immigration story that pits him against his father who doesn't remember him anyway.
Watching Haley and Tripp sit on the sofa eating cake is more enjoyable.
What's even less watchable is Marlena poking her nose into her adult son's love life.
It's clear the good doctor doesn't give a damn if Eric completely wrecks his relationship with his half-brother, as long as he gets the girl Marlena thinks he wants.
And speaking of nosy, Sarah was annoyingly so. What was Eric talking to his mother about? Why is he offering to be the wedding photographer? Why wouldn't he be Rex's best man, and why won't he tell her what his argument with Marlena was about?
Sarah was doing her best impersonation of a toddler asking why after every response. How does anyone stand being in Sarah's presence?
Rex actually came across as the calm adult in this ridiculous threesome, and I never would have expected that. I like Rex the best when he's playing doctor and not having the same conversation over and over and over again with Sarah and Eric.
One of the upsides of Will's brain tumor is that it's given Rex something else to do.
Another upside is that it's made Will and Sonny far less annoying. I doubt that will last long, but it's given me a small hope that this couple can find it's way back to that remarkable chemistry that had me rooting for them when they first got together.
And who knows, maybe Gabi will remember that Will's in the hospital too and stop trying to seduce Stefan long enough to go check on him…but I won't get my hopes up.
So TV Fanatics, what did you think of the wedding dramas? Will Ciara actually get shot? Is there any chance Hope and Rafe will finally call it quits? Who the heck is Ted on the phone with? And was Chloe right to kick Brady to the curb?
Let me know what you think, and don't forget to check back in on Sunday for our Days of Our Lives round table!
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Jack: All right, your mother has been released just like you wanted. Now where's Haley?
JJ: I'm not telling you.
Jack: We had a deal.
JJ: I lied.
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Victor: Yes, well the love of a good woman will do that for you.
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Come See Infoblox Demonstrate a New Approach to DNS Security at Cisco Live
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If you're making the trek to the big Cisco Live show in San Diego next week, you'll probably feel pulled in many directions between the keynotes, conference sessions and exhibitor displays. Maybe you're even looking forward to rocking out with Aerosmith at the big party next Wednesday night. Amid all this excitement, here's why you should make time to visit Infoblox in booth # 3001: We'll be demonstrating a groundbreaking integration between our Infoblox DNS Firewall and Cisco ACI.
Let me explain. The Domain Name System, or DNS, is protocol that converts domain names such as www.abcxyz.com into IP addresses such as 192.168.1.1 that computers use to communicate with each other. That makes DNS a vital part of network infrastructure, and therefore it is important to make DNS infrastructure as secure as possible. Inside a data center, servers can be vulnerable to attacks from malware and advanced persistent threats (APTs). Infected servers can use DNS to communicate with botnets and command-and-control servers to exfiltrate data. The Infoblox DNS Firewall counters these threats, detecting and mitigating communication attempts by malware to command and control sites.
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is a new initiative from Cisco that delivers the flexibility of software along with the scalability of hardware performance when building data centers. ACI's policy framework offers better security by implementing micro-segmentation architectures for better compartmentalization of networks, going beyond traditional perimeter security provided by firewalls.
Infoblox has a built a proof of concept (PoC) that integrates our DNS security solutions with Cisco ACI, which we'll be showing in our Cisco Live booth.
When the Infoblox DNS Firewall detects a DNS query to a malicious site, the firewall automatically identifies the specific host on an endpoint group in the Cisco ACI fabric by translating the source IP address of the infected host. The Infoblox user interface can be configured with "match-action" rules to specify what actions should be taken, such as:
Blocking the infected host's IP address through API calls to the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). This is accomplished by adding an Access Control List (ACL) rule to the specific endpoint group (EPG) contract.
Placing the host in quarantine, again through API calls to Cisco APIC. This is implemented by automatically reconfiguring the end host into a separate "quarantine EPG."
The result: Remedial action is taken before malware on the infected host can inflict any damage.
The Infoblox PoC also demonstrates a method for simplifying and greatly improving policy definitions in APIC by using DNS wildcards and broader Infoblox metadata constructs. This improves security by allowing much more sophisticated policy assignments through DNS wildcards or constructs such as port groups that are represented as metadata in Infoblox.
For example, a generic rule-set can be implemented in Cisco ACI such as "block all traffic from *.abcxyz.com" rather than populating specific IP addresses for *.abcxyz.com into a firewall rule. In addition, any additions or removals of the underlying IP addresses in *.abcxyz.com are automatically reflected in the firewall rules by a "match-action" rule defined in Infoblox that calls an APIC API to update the appropriate firewall Access Control List (ACL) rule. Any firewall, load-balancer or switch port ACL rule can be created and updated through DNS wildcards.
The "match-action" rules can also be applied to any construct represented as metadata in Infoblox. For example, when a new subnet is added to a port group in Infoblox, APIC can automatically update firewalls and load balancers to reflect the new subnet. This is a powerful capability because security administrators can define rules in a language they are comfortable with, and can fine-tune the rules they set. The built-in automated solution between Infoblox DNS and Cisco ACI ensures that these rules are always kept updated with the correct set of IP addresses.
You can see all of this in action at our Cisco Live booth. If you aren't going to the show and want to know more, please reach out to your local Infoblox sales person.
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VANITY is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others.
in which one rejects God for the sake of one's own image.
it is a normal behaviour of all people,it is the need of feeling beauty but too much can be a mental disease.
This topic is about vanity... According to Al Pacino in the movie "The Devil´s Advocate", vanity is the favorite sin of the devil. Man or woman, young or old, nobody escapes from its vain claws. But is it really a sin? Could it be something good? Or could it affect our relationships in any way? Can you imagine women without that beautiful vanity? In this forum you can write your thoughts, tell stories about the different kinds of vanity (beauty, knowledge, men´s vanity), give opinions, arguments, write quotes, defend, attack....I need excellent ideas in a very well written English.


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Vincent Herbert Wiki: 5 Things You Didn't Know
Jerry L. Barrow, Senior Editor
Vincent Herbert is a behind the scenes music industry giant who has come into the public eye since the reality show starring his wife Tamar Braxton premiered on the We Network. Born on New Year's Eve 1969 in Newark New Jersey, the writer and producer has contributed to the success of everyone from Toni Braxton, Bobby Brown and Aaliyah to Lady Gaga. But how much do you know about Vince Herbert? Here are five things we've learned.
5.) Vince married Tamar Braxton in 2008.
Vince says that he and Tamar are pretty much inseparable. "We're actually velcro. Some people hate on it but find somebody you like," he told Hellobeautiful.com.
4.) Vince lost is mother, father and brother as a teenager:
"Losing my mom at 13, losing my dad a couple of years later," he told TheUrbanDaily.com. "And then burying my brother a few years later. You just really realize what life really means."
3.) Was one of the Faith Evan's first producers and introduced her to Tony Dofat, who recorded her first time on a song, singing background for Al B Sure. "I just didn't sign her because at that point I was a developing artist. I was more just producing records. But me and Faith go way back."
2. He bought his first car at 16–in full.
"My first car was a 535 BMW. I wanted to wait until I had the money to buy what I wanted. And I was like, I'm not gonna buy a Honda. I wanna buy something nice because I wanted to wait and have something nice. So I was 16. I bought myself my first car. A 35 Black BMW."
1.) Was in the hospital for 40 days with seven blood clots, the same condition that killed Heavy D.
"I was in a coma for like five days," he told the Power 105.1 Breakfast Club. "it's due to flying too much. When you get on a plane there's not enough oxygen so your blood doesn't circulate the proper way. If you're in a plane for five hours get up an walk around once an hour. You can't let your body sit."
Bonus: His good friend Benzino came to see him in the hospital and helped him brush his teeth.
Vincent Herbert Wiki: 5 Things You Didn't Know was originally published on theurbandaily.com
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Q: Android Video Player dual audio and subtitle track i am writing an video streaming app. I have done some research already and have found some pretty good video players. for example google's ExoPlayer and some other really good stuff on github and here on SO. But what i really need, more than just a video player, is one that be capable of open a dialog for selecting subtitle tracks and swap audio tracks on dual-audio videos (for example a two language movie, both tracks spanish and english, if i pick the english track then go to subtitle dialog and pick spanish subtitles).
VLC player and MxPlayer have this features, but i need to use an embedded player, not an third party player.
to highlight, the subtitles are already merged into the videos, they are not on a separate file, and the audio tracks are also on the same video. So is just one video file with subtitle track and audio trakcs inside.
I hope you guys can help me providing me a good self explanatory example of how can i achieve this. Please, thanks. You've always been great helping me.


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An amalgamation of two names, sienna means "orange-red," and rose, refers to the flower. This is a double-barrel name, which has grown in popularity in the last year. This is a good alternative for parents who are debating between two different names because they can merge both of them together.


"Fifteen seconds. That's all it takes to completely change everything about a person. Fifteen seconds that we'll never get back."
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO WRONG. AND THIS BOOK WAS RESPONSIBLE TO SHOW IT TO ME. I'm so ashamed at myself.
It Ends With Us is by far the best Colleen Hoover yet. Forget November 9, forget Confess, forget everything. This is IT. It Ends With Us is raw, bold, real, honest and its everything I never knew I needed. I promised myself that I won't give this a 5 stars because I have issues and dissatisfaction with it, but the last 3 or so chapters and the author's note breaks me. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND, I HAVE NEVER BOTHERED TO READ AUTHOR'S NOTE. BUT THIS ONE. THIS ONE MAKES ME SOBBED. It would be an insult not to give this book a 5 star and so I did. Here you go Colleen, a 5 stars handed to you in a gold platter. You did great with this one.
I just can't stress enough how important this book is. How everyone should read this because it carries a message so important that it needs to be delivered throughout the entire world. It Ends With Us helps you understand that you can never put a black and white on emotions. It is so easy to judge people when you weren't wearing their shoes. About half of this book, I feel like I hate Colleen Hoover for turning everything over. I hate her for drafting her book this way. I was so mad and so frustrated. But when I reached the end, sobbing and crying and was practically in a complete mess, I understand her. I understand her for writing this book that way, in her own will and direction. I understand why she feels that it's important for her to create such characters so she can successfully lead us to where she wants us to go, what she wants us to feel and understand what she's trying to deliver. I can never thank Colleen enough for this beautiful book.
I don't know how to review this book without giving anything away. Just know that this isn't like CoHo's typical book. If you think you're so over CoHo or that you couldn't understand what the hype is all about, PLEASE GIVE THIS A CHANCE. You can ignore the rest of CoHo's books but not this one.
I love Lily. I love how strong she is, how strict she is with her decisions, in which I wonder: "Can I even be half as strong as she is?" and by God, I LOVE ALLYSA. CoHo brings out the empowerment of female friendships in this book and I appreciate it so freaking much.
I'm tired from all the tears I let out while reading this. I'm hungry. I'm emotionally drained. My review doesn't even make sense. I just want to rest. Good day.
Shoutout to Naj and Mimie for being there throughout my emotional mess.