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Two unbalanced translocations involving a common 6p25 region in two XY female patients
J. R. Batanian, D. K. Grange, R. Fleming, B. Gadre, J. Wetzel
Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases
Division of Genetics and Genomic Medicine
We report two 46, XY female patients with two different de novo unbalanced translocations, each involving the chromosomal region 6p25. The patient with a 46, XY, der(6)t(X;6)(p21.2;p25) karyotype had a sex reversal phenotype. The patient with a 46, XY, der(13)t(6;13)(p25;q33) karyotype had a male pseudohermaphrodite phenotype. Multi-paint fluorescent in situ hybridization was performed to determine the origin of the derivative material on 6p and 13q. The association of abnormalities of the 6p25 region with either an Xp duplication or a 13q deletion is reported here for the first time.
https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-0004.2001.590109.x
Chromosomes X, 6, 13
Male pseudohermaphrodite
Multi-paint flourescent in situ hybridization
Sex reversal
Unbalanced translocations
10.1034/j.1399-0004.2001.590109.x
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Batanian, J. R., Grange, D. K., Fleming, R., Gadre, B., & Wetzel, J. (2001). Two unbalanced translocations involving a common 6p25 region in two XY female patients. Clinical Genetics, 59(1), 52-57. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-0004.2001.590109.x
Batanian, J. R. ; Grange, D. K. ; Fleming, R. et al. / Two unbalanced translocations involving a common 6p25 region in two XY female patients. In: Clinical Genetics. 2001 ; Vol. 59, No. 1. pp. 52-57.
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Q: Merge dataframes based on column, only keeping first match I have 2 dataframes like the following.
df_1
Index   Fruit
1       Apple
2       Banana
3       Peach

df_2
Fruit   Taste
Apple   Tasty
Banana  Tasty
Banana  Rotten
Peach   Rotten
Peach   Tasty
Peach   Tasty

I want to merge the two dataframes based on Fruit but only keeping the first occurrence of Apple, Banana, and Peach in the second dataframe. The final result should be:
df_output
Index   Fruit   Taste
1   Apple   Tasty
2   Banana  Tasty
3   Peach   Rotten

Where Fruit, Index, and Taste are column headers. I tried something like df1.merge(df2,how='left',on='Fruit but it created extra rows based on the length of df_2
Thanks.

A: Use drop_duplicates for first rows:
df = df_1.merge(df_2.drop_duplicates('Fruit'),how='left',on='Fruit')
print (df)
   Index   Fruit   Taste
0      1   Apple   Tasty
1      2  Banana   Tasty
2      3   Peach  Rotten

If want add only one column faster is use map:
s = df_2.drop_duplicates('Fruit').set_index('Fruit')['Taste']
df_1['Taste'] = df_1['Fruit'].map(s)
print (df_1)
   Index   Fruit   Taste
0      1   Apple   Tasty
1      2  Banana   Tasty
2      3   Peach  Rotten

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Discussion in 'Embedded Systems and Microcontrollers' started by Fanfire174, Apr 17, 2019 at 6:19 AM.
Does anybody know the steps to debug code with MPLAB?
atferrari and nsaspook like this.
You need to use the guide to know how to start the debugger?
I can build and Run the code but I don't understand how to debug following example code ?
TRISC=0Xff; //Instruct the MCU that the PORTB pins are used as Input.
Debug main Project is disabled for some reason. Never seen that. Do you have a Pickit 2 or 3 connected? Is it a real tool or a clone?
How do you debug code ?
There is no short answer to that question. There are so many things you can do.
However, if you click on the left margin of a line of your code a red blob will appear. This sets a breakpoint.
Now when you run your code in debug mode it will be stopped at your breakpoint and you can view and change RAM and SFRs.
Hint the debugger is a misnomer. It is not going to debug the code for you.
I was trying to set breakpoints can you tell me how to do it?
Your image shows a breakpoint set at line 21.
If you now run the code it will stop at that breakpoint.
Click the button immediately to the left of the blue MCC shield.
But we set two breakpoints to find a problem in the code.
Can you attach a screenshot of debugging process?
Why don't you read the manual? And there are bound to be tons of generic tutorials on the internet that show how to use a debugger. They all have the same concepts.
Learning how to operate the debugger is very easy. All you need to do is follow the instructions in the manual of how to operate the various tools like breakpoints and watches.
You can find definitions of breakpoints, watches etc on the internet. They are common tools used by most every debugger.
Learning how to use those tools to help you troubleshoot your problem is an entirely different matter. I am not sure that can even be taught. It is just going to take experience.
Start at section 4.17 of the MPLAB(X) user guide and follow that through.
The debug facilities on the pic16f877a are extremely minimal... There is no debug header available so you are limited with ICD ( in circuit debugging ) to 1 level, which is rubbish.. If I were you, I would debug on the simulator as much as possible... When I used pickit3 for debugging I only get two breakpoints and that was on a mid range... I since use Proteus.. Real time debugging in a simulator.. Or as near as damn it..


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Ukraine: Family Law
UKRAINE AND CHILD ABDUCTION
On September 1, 2007, the 1980 Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction entered into force between the United States and Ukraine.
The Convention will not apply to parental child abduction cases between the U.S. and Ukraine that took place prior to September 1, 2007. Wrongful retentions or removals that occurred after September 1 may qualify to be Hague Abduction Convention cases.
The Convention cannot be applied retroactively. Ukraine's accession to the treaty is an important step that will improve the possibility of resolving future abduction cases.
In general, the Convention has two main provisions: to secure the prompt return of children wrongfully removed to or retained in any signatory country; and to ensure that the rights of parents for custody and access to their children under the law of one signatory country are respected in other signatory countries.
General Information: Ukraine is a signatory to the Hague Abduction Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Ukraine was not cited in the 2009 U.S. Compliance Report on the Convention.
Court decisions regarding parental responsibility, access, and contacts are made according to the welfare of the child.
The Department of State's Office of American Citizens Services and Crisis Management (ACS) posts additional information on Ukraine.
Legal System: Ukraine follows a civil law legal system, in which there is judicial review of legislative acts.
Absent a court order, parents in Ukraine have equal rights and responsibilities toward their children, regardless of whether they ever marry.
There are no separate family courts that hear custody disputes. According to current Ukrainian legislation, custody cases are first considered by children's welfare offices (custody and care offices), whose decisions can be appealed and reconsidered by the local Ukrainian court of general jurisdiction. Hague return and access cases are handled by local courts of general jurisdiction.
In Ukraine, the police handle searches for missing children. There is no national coordinating agency for such searches.
The State Execution Service of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine enforces court decisions. If needed, the Execution Service involves other relevant agencies, such as local police or children's services.
Retaining an Attorney: The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv maintains lists of attorneys in Kyiv and in the regions, including those that specialize in family law.
These lists are provided as a courtesy service only and do not constitute an endorsement of any individual attorney. The Department of State assumes no responsibility or liability for the professional ability or reputation of, or the quality of services provided by the following persons or firms. Professional credentials and areas of expertise are provided directly by the lawyers.
Ukraine offers legal assistance to Ukrainian citizens who qualify. In Hague Abduction Convention proceedings, the Ukrainian Central Authority provides legal representation at no cost to left behind parents to process applications; however, if a private attorney is preferred one can be retained at the left behind parent's expense.
Citizenship & Passport Matters: Birth in Ukraine does not automatically confer citizenship. Citizenship can be obtained by a child born in Ukraine to at least one Ukrainian-citizen parent or when the child has not acquired by birth the citizenship of either one of his or her parents. A child born outside of Ukraine is a Ukrainian citizen if at least one parent is a citizen of Ukraine.
Ukraine does not recognize dual nationality. Ukrainians who have immigrated to the United States without obtaining the proper exit visa from Ukrainian authorities may be subject to civil penalties, and will be required to obtain an exit visa before returning to the United States.
The consent of both parents is required to obtain a Ukrainian passport for a child if the parents are married. If not, a passport application can be filed by the parent who has physical custody of the child. If a Hague petition has been filed, the Ministry of Justice alerts the Ukrainian State Border Control that the taking parent should not be permitted to leave the country. However, this notification is not a guarantee that the child will successfully be prevented from exiting Ukraine.
International Passports are issued only to citizens of age 18 and older (16 and older in case of permanent foreign residency). Prior to that age, Ukrainian citizens can be included in a parent's passport or may be issued a Child's Travel Document, which looks like a passport, is valid for three years, and has only eight pages in it. In some very rare cases Ukrainians are allowed to have an International Passport before the age of 18 or 16. In certain situations, more than one valid international passport is allowed to be issued to a person who travels abroad frequently.
Exit Permits: Ukraine does have exit controls. When travelers enter or exit Ukraine, their passports are checked by Ukrainian border control officers and the information is data-entered into a computer system. There is no public access to this system. Court and other official requests for entry/exit information must be made in writing to the Ukrainian State Border Control Service. Ukrainian citizen children under the age of 16 can exit Ukraine only if both parents consent, either in person while traveling with a child or by providing written consent witnessed by a Ukrainian notary. This does not apply to children without Ukrainian citizenship. If a child travels on a foreign passport, but the border guards have reasons to believe that a child obtained Ukrainian citizenship at birth (e.g. at least one of the parents is Ukrainian), parental consent to travel is generally required.
The entry/exit database system contains information on warrants and other lookouts. Ukrainian law-enforcement and other authorities contact the State Border Control Service to request lookout information be entered into the system. The Embassy was advised by the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice that "only courts have the authority to temporarily deny exit of a person from Ukraine." When a Hague application has been filed by a left behind parent, the Ministry of Justice (Central Authority for Hague cases) petitions the Ukrainian court to satisfy the Hague Case return/access request and to take necessary precautions to prevent the child from leaving the country.
Mediation: There are no governmental or non-governmental organizations that offer family mediation services in child custody disputes. Parties may wish to contact an attorney for assistance with mediation as an alternative to formal court processes.
Hague Abduction Convention: The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction came into force between the United States and Ukraine on September 1, 2007. The Hague Convention provides a civil legal mechanism for parents to seek access to or the return of children wrongfully removed or retained in Ukraine. Ukraine was not cited in the 2009 U.S. Compliance Report on the Convention.
The Ukrainian Central Authority is located at:
Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
13, Horodetskogo Street
KYIV 01001
e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
website: www.minjust.gov.ua
Hague Application Instructions: Parents whose children have been abducted to or retained in Ukraine are strongly urged to contact the Department of State's Office of Children's Issues for guidance on filing a petition under the Hague Abduction Convention.
In general, a parent or legal guardian will be asked to submit the following in English and Ukrainian:
The U.S. Central Authority application form available from the Office of Children's Issues. The Ukrainian Central Authority will accept an application in English only, but it does require translation for further processing. To expedite an application, it is recommended to obtain translations prior to submitting the application package. Translations need to be certified, but do not require any additional authentication to be accepted by a Ukrainian court.
Originals or certified copies of the child's birth certificate, its parents' marriage certificate, and divorce decree, as appropriate.
A certified copy of the custody order in effect when the child was taken to Ukraine or a copy of the state law that establishes the right to custody, and any agreements regarding custody or access. Note: It is not necessary to have sole custody to apply for assistance under the Hague Convention. If no custody order exists, and laws of the parent's or legal guardian's state are silent as to a parent's right of custody, an affidavit of law from an U.S. attorney may be acceptable.
Article 28 Authorization Form empowering the Ukrainian Central Authority to work on your International Parental Child Abduction case. Although the left-behind parent's (LBP's) authorization is included into both the Ukrainian child return request and the child access request forms, it is highly recommended that this authorization goes on a separate page, so that it can be further used in the court as a separate document.
Photos of the child and of the taking parent. These photos will not be returned.
Once the Ministry of Justice receives the application, it takes measures to locate the child and taking parent, approaches local authorities to arrange a meeting to attempt to achieve voluntary child return and makes arrangements with the local children's welfare office (custody and care office) to check the child's living conditions. If the taking parent refuses to return the child, the case is submitted to the court. The local court decision can be appealed in any general appeals court. Appeals court decisions can be further appealed to the Supreme Court.
By law, the case should be finalized within two months of the application date. In rare cases, this can be prolonged by court decision for one more month. Appeals may take up to three months. In practice, the average processing time for Hague cases is two to four months.
The Ukrainian Central Authority provides legal representation at no cost to left behind parents; however, if a private attorney is preferred one can be retained at the left behind parent's expense.
All expenses foreseen by the Hague Convention, Article 26, involved are covered by the Ukrainian Central Authority, with the exception of the costs associated with the child's return and any private legal costs the left-behind parent incurs. The Ukrainian Central authority suggests that a left-behind parent can indicate at his/her earliest opportunity that he/she cannot afford payment for the child's return so that if the left-behind parent's application is successful, the charge may be imposed on the taking parent as part of the decision of the court (if successful).
Civil Remedies: A U.S. court decision must be submitted to the local court of jurisdiction over the taking parent's Ukrainian residence for re-attestation in order to be recognized in Ukraine. There is no U.S. - Ukraine treaty covering recognition of court decisions.
If parents who are separated disagree about where their minor child will live, either parent can raise the issue with the local children's custody and care office in Ukraine, or petition the court to determine the location in the best interest of the child. The court takes into account each parent's relationship with the child, the way each parent has fulfilled his or her parental responsibilities, the child's age, state of health, and other relevant circumstances. The court cannot find for a parent who has no income, has a substance abuse problem, or when another issue exists that would negatively affect the child's physical or emotional development.
Criminal Remedies: Parental child abduction is not a criminal offense in Ukraine.
There is no extradition treaty between the United States and Ukraine. Article 25 of the Ukrainian Constitution forbids extradition of Ukrainian citizens to other countries.
The Ukrainian Interpol Bureau, a part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, takes action on Interpol notices for missing children and taking parents. Warrant information is also shared with the Ukrainian State Border Control Service.
Visitation/Access Rights: A parent or legal guardian can file a Hague application for access, thereby seeking to enforce visitation rights pursuant to the Hague Abduction Convention.
Alternatively, access rights are determined by the custody and care office and/or the local court as part of a custody decision.
The State Execution Service of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine enforces court decisions, including visitation/access rights. If needed, the Execution Service involves other relevant agencies (e.g. local police or children's services).
Embassy Contact Information
U.S. Embassy in Ukraine:
6 Mykoly Pymonenka St.
Kyiv 01901 Ukraine
Phone: (+38-044) 490-4445, 490-4422
Fax: (+38-044) 490-4040
The Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, D.C.:
Embassy of Ukraine
Ukrainian Central Authority in Kyiv, Ukraine

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Letter calling for suspension of NHS Charging Regulations
Letter to Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care calling for suspension of NHS Charging Regulations
With the BMA and royal medical colleges, we asked the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Health to suspend the NHS Charging Regulations.
The regulations are dangerous, and undermine efforts to stop the spread of COVID19 because during a pandemic it is critical that everyone is included in nationwide public health measures and can access health services. This includes refugees and migrants.
The Charging Regulations obstruct the delivery of healthcare and prevent patients, including those seeking asylum, from coming forward to NHS services.
The government has introduced an exemption for #COVID-19 but it does not go far enough – patients with pre-existing conditions still charged for treatment. The exemption also fails to protect NHS staff time and resources – which must now focus on providing patient care above all else.
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Review of "Mysteries of the Tayos Caves" by Alex Chionetti
Mysteries of the Tayos Caves: Lost Civilizations Where the Andes Meet the Amazon
Alex Chionetti | Bear & Company | Dec. 2019 | 272 pages | ISBN: 9781591433569 | $20
Publishers don't share all of their new books with me, so I don't always get to read all of the books that might be relevant to this blog before they are published. Ever since Andrew Collins complained that I gave one of his books a negative review prior to publication, Inner Traditions, one of the biggest purveyors of pseudohistory and New Age claptrap in the publishing industry, has stopped making available for review their books on themes related to archaeology and ancient history prior to publication, presumably to stop me from reviewing them. Therefore, I had to wait to read a new book published last month by Bear & Company, a division of Inner Traditions. The book is called Mysteries of the Tayos Caves by Alex Chionetti, and it deserves notice for two reasons: First, because of who Chionetti is and second, because of who endorsed his book. The actual content of the book is nothing you haven't seen before on Ancient Aliens and Expedition Unknown, and for good reason, as we shall see.
Regular readers will remember Ecuador's Tayos Caves because of their close connection with a collection of false claims, fake legends, and lies popularized by ancient astronaut theorist Erich von Däniken in his 1973 book The Gold of the Gods. In that book, von Däniken falsely claimed to have descended into the cave system under the guidance of Juan Moricz and visited a golden library of books and statues created by space aliens. The befuddled priest Father Crespi, who collected hoax copper and tin art that he wrongly believed to be ancient Old World artifacts from the Tayos Cave is, sadly, another fraudulent part of the story thanks to Von Däniken. Von Däniken later confessed to Playboy magazine that he had never actually visited the caves, and Moricz admitted to making up the story of the golden library. Nevertheless, a dedicated group of believers have tried for the past four decades to find the golden library, with no success. Neil Armstrong led an expedition that concluded nothing mysterious lay within the caves, and even the team from Ancient Origins was forced into the same conclusion after their explorations of the cave system turned up nothing but rocks.
Here is how Bear & Company describes the book, a summary good enough to save me typing:
Sharing his more than 30 years of research into the Tayos Caves as well as his own explorations, Alex Chionetti examines the legends and mysteries associated with this site and the explorers who have ventured within. He details the discovery of the Tayos Cave complex by Hungarian explorer Janos Juan Moricz in the 1960s, including Moricz's claims of finding a metal library with books of gold. Exploring the oral tradition of the Shuar, he explains how this region was the possible origin of Incan culture and the legend of El Dorado. The author shares his own dangerous explorations within the Tayos Caves, and, drawing on unpublished interviews with speleologist Julio Goyén Aguado, he reconstructs the expeditions of the 1960s and '70s, revealing the Mormon Church's search for lost tablets, a British army incursion, and sightings of paintings, gold statues and skeletons, copper plates, and a quartz sarcophagus--treasures akin to the Crespi treasure. The author also shares details from Stanley Hall's suspicious expedition in 1976, which included astronaut Neil Armstrong.
Investigating the lost civilizations behind the Tayos treasures, Chionetti explores the possible connections to Atlantis, aliens, Ancient Astronauts, and the Hollow Earth theory; the caves' links with hermetic societies; and claims of tunnel networks that extend thousands of miles through both American continents, from the Rocky Mountains to Patagonia. Sharing a real-life adventure story wilder than an Indiana Jones plot, the author shows that Earth's ancient past has many secrets waiting to be uncovered.
The book carries an endorsement from Douglas Preston, the author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, a global bestseller that perpetuated some mid-twentieth-century fictions about the so-called White City of Honduras, a fictitious ancient site. Preston called Mysteries of the Tayos Caves "a gripping read," and "fascinating," though in the strictest sense that doesn't imply anything about the quality of the content or its conclusions.
This is astonishing, though, since the author of the book, Alex Chionetti, is a longtime ufologist and ancient astronaut theorist from Ancient Aliens who believes in bug-shaped space aliens, as the Los Angeles Times documented a quarter-century ago. Good to know the company Preston keeps, or at least will lend his name to.
The author, cosplaying Indiana Jones, in a 2010 "Ancient Aliens" episode.
In addition to appearing on camera, Chionetti is a former producer or researcher on Ancient Aliens, Expedition Unknown, and Destination Truth. He bills himself as an "award-winning journalist" because an essay he wrote won an award in 1978, according to the Explorers Club, where he has lectured on the Tayos Caves at least twice. The Argentina-born Chionetti has written about the Tayos Caves, primarily in Spanish, for decades. His former program, Expedition Unknown, ventured to the Tayos Caves in 2018 and correctly determined that nothing artificial lay within. Apparently, Chionetti disagrees with former colleague Josh Gates on this point, although Chionetti credits himself on his LinkedIn page as the researcher for the episode and the person who proposed the concept to Gates, the executive producer.
But what is astonishing is that, if you believe his boasts, Chionetti is a secret sauce connecting every crazy-quilt brand of pseudohistorical idiocy masquerading as science for four decades. Chionetti has appeared on Ancient Aliens as a talking head. He claims to be a disciple of J. Allen Hynek. He claims to be the discoverer of the pre-Inca sites featured a decade later on Expedition Unknown as Josh Gates's "discovery." He claims to be an "expert" on both UFOs and apparitions of the Virgin Mary. He wrote books about lost civilizations and parallel worlds. He claims in his new book to pray to Father Crespi's ghost for guidance, holding him to be a Catholic folk saint.
And here's the kicker: He produces news for Univision.
It goes without saying that the guy who wrote the forward to the book describes Chionetti as a "flesh-and-blood Indiana Jones." Chionetti dresses the part in public.
I have to say, discovering that Expedition Unknown and Ancient Aliens share a producer and that the producer is a looney tune who believes in bug-shaped space aliens shouldn't surprise me. And yet, it kind of does. I keep hoping that their idiocy and ignorance are due to cynical audience exploitation, but I keep finding a firewall of true believers who have cast a weird spell over large corporations and, intentionally or not, have created a self-perpetuating machine where pseudoscience belief begets pseudoscience series whose existence then justifies believing both in the false claims and that audiences, trained by decades of similar shows, won't accept anything other than myths and lies. Alan Landsburg of In Search of Ancient Astronauts and In Search of… was perhaps the first, and Chionetti is an unheralded follower in those footsteps. Kevin Burns of Ancient Aliens and Curse of Oak Island is a more famous follower.
So, let's be clear: Through Chionetti, there is no more than a degree or two of separation between properties and figures as diverse as To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science, Erich von Däniken and his spinoff Ancient Aliens, Josh Gates (twice!), the Skinwalker Ranch crew, and now Douglas Preston and the White City myth. And the most important connection of all isn't Chionetti himself (being more symptom than cause) but rather the ecosystem he represents—cable TV. Everything he has touched has been part of or promoted by a handful of big companies: A+E Networks and NatGeo (both parts of the Disney empire), Comcast, and Discovery Communications.
I must say, though, that I found it hilarious that Chionetti says he decided to write this book after all of his former TV employers, including A+E Networks, NatGeo, and Discovery, passed on his plans for a documentary about the Tayos Caves. They had, after all, already produced multiple shows featuring the caves, many as part of shows he worked on.
So, what about the book itself? Well, I'm not sure how Preston could describe it as "gripping." (To be fair, book blurbs are often written by celebrities who have never read the book, which is not an excuse.) It is not an adventure book. It is not a coherent narrative. It is not fun to read. It is very obviously not originally written in English, and the prose is awkward in places and in dire need of a more fluid rewrite. (Its original Spanish composition and subsequent and apparently quite literal translation are only acknowledged on the copyright page.) It is not always easy to tell when Chionetti is stating a bizarre belief he actually holds and when he is speaking metaphorically. For example, he seems to believe that Percy Fawcett attained immortality and lives in an underground city in the Amazon, but he might be speaking about his spirit. It's not written clearly enough to tell whether he believes the stories he claims to relate from local lore. The same goes for the speculative claims offered for the Tayos Caves, including Phoenician, Israelite, and other Old World connections. He seems to speak as though he believes them plausible, but at the same time never commits to it, following the roundabout style more popular in Latin America and Continental Europe than in the U.S. and U.K. of indirect analysis and saying very little with a large number of words.
It's also not a good sign that he praises Theosophy for its special insights.
Neither is the book a narrative of adventure in the manner of Lost City of the Monkey God. Parts tell stories, briefly, of the author getting chase by hostile natives, but they are interrupted by pasted-in articles from the 1960s and 1970s, long interviews that go nowhere, and asides not relevant to the story. There isn't much of a through line so much as the book is a collection of somewhat-related essays about fifty-year-old controversies that have never led to anything other than a paycheck for ancient astronaut theorists.
Much of the book is dedicated to telling the story of the men who have hunted for the cave's treasures, starting with Juan Moricz, a Hungarian expatriate who initially wanted to find (sigh) a lost white race that he believed were the true indigenous Americans. He became enthusiastic about Mormonism for a while due to the Mormons' belief that the Americas' first peoples were a lost white race. That, in the end, is why Moricz believed that the caves were the home of a superior and vanished race called the Taltos and had connections to the Great Flood of Noah and (of course) ancient Magyars, i.e. Hungarians like Moricz, whom he felt were the descendants of the superior race. Chionetti even notes that Moricz was repeating Nazi claims about Andean cultures and their imagined connection to the Aryan race, but stops short of seeing this as problematic. Similarly, he reports suspicion that Father Crespi was a Nazi and had a trove of art stolen by Nazis and again offers no concern.
Chionetti, of course, doesn't think there is anything weird or unsavory about any of this but instead puzzles over why there were no written documents of the grand ancient civilization.
At one point, he almost seems to stumble onto a relevant question when looking for evidence of the "metal library": "How is it possible that a collection of Salesians, revisionists, journalists, and profiteers conspired to make known the story of the plates, especially when these resurfaced after Moricz and Aguado's death? Are these plates really from the metallic library in the Tayos Cave?" But Chionetti can't overcome the fault at the heart of most fringe types: He believes in people rather than evidence. Unable to believe that someone could lie to him, he claims to get "goosebumps" imagining that the various fraudsters, profiteers, and Nazi-adjacent types are telling "nothing but the truth." The ambiguity of Chionetti's position is best summed up by his oddly phrased admission that "My doubts go back and forth." By the end of the book, he states that he has come to no conclusion about the fake legend of the caves invented in 1969. He states with seeming seriousness that he thinks the caves contain a portal to another dimension, so that some visitors enter a golden library and others find only rocks—but in the same section he also dismisses such portals as hallucinations! It's maddeningly incoherent.
The end of the book sees Chionetti hire a remote viewer (in the manner of Hal Puthoff's "research") to "investigate" the caves psychically. Then he talks about a "curse" now imagined to affect those who explore the cave. Having explored magical thinking for two chapters, he ends by deciding that the complete lack of evidence for space aliens or lost Atlantis-like civilizations proves only that "the truth is still down there," a truth he alleges can never be known.
Chionetti is no scholar, and his analysis rarely stretches beyond the superficial. He overstates his case regularly, falsely claiming, for example, that Gold of the Gods "made von Däniken a star," when it was his Chariots of the Gods and the subsequent TV special and media tour that did so. His research rarely goes beyond common published sources and a few personal interviews. There is no bibliography. His critical thinking is entirely absent. But he forestalls my criticism in an epilogue condemning the "negativity" of skeptics, alleging that such criticism "obstruct[s] human progress," unlike, say, Ancient Aliens, which is of course responsible for dozens of innovations such as … Oh, right. None.
On the plus side, the book is a complete collection of the relevant facts, documents, and actors involved in the Tayos Caves phenomenon, something not fully explored in other sources. It also provides an unintentional portrait of the fringe history industry, with its grifters, deluded true believers, and the ever-present force of the publishing and cable television industries. Mysteries of the Tayos Caves teaches us a bit about the secret cabal of true believers that push cable TV toward the intellectually dishonest, and it also removed whatever residual respect I had for Douglas Preston's literary judgment. So, I guess that made it worth the couple of hours it took me to read through this very short book.
Carl Feagans link
Thanks for the review! I'll probably actually purchase the book based on it, though probably not for the reasons the author would like :)
"Publishers don't share all of their new books with me, so I don't always get to read all of the books that might be relevant to this blog before they are published. Ever since Andrew Collins complained that I gave one of his books a negative review prior to publication, Inner Traditions, one of the biggest purveyors of pseudohistory and New Age claptrap in the publishing industry, has stopped making available for review their books on themes relate to archaeology and ancient history prior to publication, presumably to stop me from reviewing them."
Why attempt to position yourself so heroically, when you know the real reason you no longer receive books from certain publishers to review is due to your penchant for ignoring review embargos.
Brooksie
When did Jason ignore an embargo in the past?
Jason Colavito link
Inner Traditions isn't targeting me, Joe. After Collins complained, they pulled all their archaeology/ancient history galleys from their media site for all users. No one except specially selected critics can review them. This didn't affect their other categories.
"... presumably to stop me from reviewing them."
That sure sounds like targeting to me.
Well, Collins did complain about me specifically.
Then we're back to Inner Traditions targeting you specifically because of Collins, and in doing so revised their policy in general. This is all assumption on your part either way... with a side of vanity. Might also be what rubs some the wrong way.
Jr. Time Lord
"Then we're back to Inner Traditions targeting you specifically because of Collins, and in doing so revised their policy in general. This is all assumption on your part either way... with a side of vanity. Might also be what rubs some the wrong way."
WOW!!! A lecture on rubbing people the wrong way from the joe Scales character. What's this world coming to?
Lieutenant Colonel Obvious
Colavito is a widely acknowledged thorn in the side of fringe authors. Acknowledging this has rational people thinking in terms of reality instead of vanity when it comes to pondering the policy of fringe presses regarding the release of materials. Of course Joe Kent will sink his teeth into this issue like a pit bull rather than discussing the actual review of the book. Another hijack play.
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/presumably
used to convey that what is asserted is very likely though not known for certain.
So....On one side there's a fellow who believes that bug-shaped aliens live on Earth, dresses like Indiana Jones, appears on Ancient Aliens, has authored a book asserting belief in the reality of what amounts to a fictional spirit cave with stuffs from dem aliens in it, and so forth. On the other side is Jason Colavito.
Personally of those two it'd seem that it's Mr. Colavito that greater-deserves the benefit of the doubt.
_that the producer is a looney tune who believes in bug-shaped space aliens-
On zillions of planets there can be no such life? Who is the looney here?
He believes that bug-shaped aliens are active on the Earth, not that there might be some somewhere in the depths of space.
Mogimbo
I am a long-time occasional reader of this blog. And even though I don't follow any of the shows reviewed or will most likely never read any of the books reviewed either I often find something interesting to read, and I appreciate the effort put into researching the history of kooky claims and also the larger context of many fringe beliefs (lost civilizations, racism, etc). I wish the comment section contained a little less shit-flinging but hey, I admit to enjoying some of it. I wish you the best of luck with recent house related breakages and am looking forward to a resolution to the unnameable, sword-peddling charlatan's shenanigans, preferably with a big ol' SLAPP on the wrist. Be well.
Jason said: " ...It is not a coherent narrative. It is not fun to read. It is very obviously not originally written in English, and the prose is awkward in places and in dire need of a more fluid rewrite. (Its original Spanish composition and subsequent and apparently quite literal translation are only acknowledged on the copyright page.)..."
Jason, I read this "book" in the Spanish language galley proof and believe me, it is NOT any better in Spanish. Chionetti fancies himself as a writer ... unfortunately his aspirations and conceits fall far short of reality - in any language.
The English translation is a result of the publisher and author being too cheap to hire a decent translator and instead resort to using Google Translate.
I'm not going to even comment on the crap-for-content in the book. You've done an excellent job of reviewing that "stuff". You've saved your readers the time and expense of wading through Chionetti's disjointed ramblings.
Pat Jeffries
I have a legal background and I work for Alex Chionetti and I would like to know how you got that Spanish galley proof from the publisher?
Homer Sextown
He got it from your mom. It was an all-inclusive package.
"presumably to stop me from reviewing them."
"presumably to stop me from publishing reviews before the embargo date."
JasonColavito link
There is no embargo on their books. They are publicly available on their official Scribd account. You can read them yourself.
Embargoes are on reviews, not books. You are basically saying that when books are for sale you can buy them. That's been the system forever.
No, that's not what I said. They make the galley proofs of their books available about 4 or 5 months ahead of publication. They post the galleys publicly on their Scribd account. There is no embargo on reviews. They stopped doing that only for the archaeology/ancient mysteries titles. All the others are still offered for prepublication review.
Thanks for the review, definitely will not be asking for that book anytime in the future.
Your observations about the 'closed shop' in fringe TV remind my of Jeb Card's comments about how the same names keep turning up in UFO related fringe topics.
Just how is this site even a threat to the ancient aliens people's bottom line? It sounds more like the book reviews people banned all unsolicited blog critics, not just this one. The only reason this one happens to come up a lot is because bot traffic to search engines. It doesn't make an impact on ratings. No way can it do that. He is just one blogger, a rather prolific one, but just one, and the 'fan base' here is about a dozen people, with the rest being copies. It is more likely the authors and publishers of fringe books are paranoid about everyone, regardless of whether or not they'd lose book sales also.
Alex E.Chionetti link
Jason :Your debauching review is not really objective at all, but subjective and we could call personal frustration.
First at all the best authors who reviewed and endorsed my book were objective when they means what they quote, as I verified before blurbs were published.
I will not denied I was and still an ufologist , but if you really read the book I separated both fields ,may be you were so confused. But before been ufologist, and explorer or outer and inner worlds, physical and non physical.
Seems you browse my contributions and lectures for a longtime,and that one you quote is from Los Angeles Times (1990's) one I was looking to sue the author as he was also vicious ,racist and personalized against as he was a film industry reviewer with subjetive and hidden inuendos on my presentation.
You don't remember but years ago I wrote recommended also by a researcher of the "Intraterrestrial Worlds" and expert on Tayos , who praised your work. My letter then was looking solace in the deserted crazy pampas of documentary television.
But when I saw that most of your followers were nastier than both of us together, I didn't comment or was interested in your site.
I'm glad you mentioned that Gates did a program based in my recommendation and association with his previous show "Destination Truth: were I supposed to bring him to the caves. Unfortunately I pitched to Travel before his times, and now is in Discovery Channel, network who always ignored me--as you mentioned --when I brought the topic several decades ago, but now the are cashing with the bias episode of "Expedition: Unknown", by the way I don't have any association with them, neither with Univision. For your info I have been news producer all my life, but also with this I don't mix the oil with the carving waters of the caves...
Yes, I brought the topic when consultant for Ancient Aliens", and after the disaster of the pro anglo and conspiratory side of the story ,I rarely back to that show who continue hack themselves and my contributions from previous seasons, used or unused. It was not easy to convince the executive producers to cover this topic, and was not their fear to expose the darkest corner of Daniken 's repertoire.
Also my book have a bibliography if you really read it again,and this translated version is abridged of a 400 pages in an span of ten years. I never said I m an scholar, but I have been researching Tayos all my life, and I have been the first to published many of the "essays" you mentioned. I brought the subject with me ,and I regret I introduced to the American public,in lectures and I hoped better media than the ones you trash.
Is true I was disciple of Dr.Allen Hynek when I was student overseas before migrating to this country,,and I was the one who originally brought the concept of a series on him and Project Blue Book in 2015 to History/A&E (you could see many articles I wrote about, and may be was the reason I tried to do a comment in your swampy treads of comments.
Let me know if I forgot something to comment.
Dude, I really dig the hat.
At first glance the photo looks like Jack Black in Jumanji.
Warren Anthony Warren
At first jack I jack to anyone Jack or anyone black because I'm a hack.
I ate the plums in the refrigerator.


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Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (/hɨˈlɛər ˈbɛlək/; French: [ilɛʁ bɛlɔk]; 27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953) was an Anglo-French writer and historian. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, sailor, satirist, man of letters, soldier and political activist. He is most notable for his Catholic faith, which had a strong impact on his works, and his writing collaboration with G. K. Chesterton. He was President of the Oxford Union and later MP for Salford from 1906 to 1910. He was a noted disputant, with a number of long-running feuds, but also widely regarded as a humane and sympathetic man.Belloc became a naturalised British subject in 1902, but kept his French citizenship (double citizenship)His most lasting legacy is probably his verse, which encompasses comic verses for children and religious poetry. Among his best-remembered poems are from his humorous Cautionary Tales for Children, including "Jim, who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion" and "Matilda, who told lies and was burnt to death".


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EXCLUSIVE: Escaped killer's ex-husband warns of violence
7 years 2 weeks 3 days ago Wednesday, January 02 2013 Jan 2, 2013 January 02, 2013 6:03 PM January 02, 2013 in News
By: Rob Krieger
ST. GABRIEL - The search for a killer continues as correctional officers and U.S. Marshals widen the net in the hunt for escaped convict Keana Barnes continues.
Barnes broke out of the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women on New Year's Day. State prison officials said she should be considered armed and dangerous, and offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to her capture.
Her ex-husband, Clinton Lewis, told News 2 today Barnes will do whatever it takes to keep from getting locked up.
"She will take out a knife, stick you with it, take your money, she will hook for it," said Lewis, "I think if she gets out of the state of Louisiana, that's a wrap, you can forget about catching her, not this time."
Lewis says Barnes tried to kill him while they were together, shooting at him six times in their New Orleans apartment. Now he just hopes she doesn't show up on his doorstep.
"I wouldn't say that I'm deathly afraid of this woman, but I am concerned, you never want to have to hurt anybody and I don't know what her intentions are when it comes to me, so I'm definitely on guard," he said.
Lewis also wasn't surprised to hear Barnes broke out of prison.
"She's just got that perspective on things, you can never ever hold me down, you can never ever stop me, I am going to get you, even if it kills me, that's the kind of person Keana is," said Lewis.
U.S. Marshals will continue to look for Barnes in several locations across the state. They say Barnes will have close shaved haircut and has a tattoo of a dragon on her back, a tattoo of a 'K' on her left hand, and two panthers tattooed on her chest.
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ExxonMobil and Chevron: Upstream Portfolio Positioning
Sep. 19 2019, Published 3:37 p.m. ET
Integrated oil companies ExxonMobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) have strong upstream portfolios. These assets play a vital role in determining energy companies' profitabilities. Oil prices have been on a roll in the past few months due to geopolitical tensions, macro uncertainties, OPEC output goals, and—most recently—a drone attack in Saudi Arabia. In the third quarter so far, oil has risen 0.4%. Year-to-date, oil prices are up 29.3%.
Though oil companies hardly have any control over oil price volatility, they can control the quality, quantity, and maturity profiles of their upstream assets. Let's look at ExxonMobil's and Chevron's upstream asset profiles.
ExxonMobil's upstream asset base
ExxonMobil has a strong project pipeline. Its critical upstream assets expected to bring in growth include deep-water assets in Guyana and Brazil, shale and fixed assets in the US, and LNG (liquefied natural gas) assets in Papua New Guinea and Mozambique. These are promising projects with high potential.
Beginning with Guyana, ExxonMobil had 14 discoveries, which now represent more than 6 billion boe (barrels of oil equivalent) of estimated gross recoverable resources. The recent discoveries in the promising Stabroek block were in the Tilapia, Yellowtail, and Haimara wells. Also, Liza Phase 1, an early discovery in the region, is on schedule to produce about 120,000 boepd (barrels of oil equivalent per day) by 2020.
Moreover, ExxonMobil is expanding rapidly in the Permian. The company's Permian production rose 89% YoY in the second quarter. Its Permian net resources have also now grown steeply to about 10 billion boe. The output from these fields could provide more than a 10% return even at a lower oil price level of $35 per barrel, making them highly competitive. ExxonMobil expects its production in the region to grow by more than 1 million boepd by 2024.
Further, ExxonMobil's low-cost LNG assets are getting set to tap its growing global demand. In the second quarter, the Mozambique government approved the development of its Rovuma LNG project, which has 15 million tons of capacity. Earlier in the year, the company decided to proceed with its $10+ billion Golden Pass LNG project in Texas. It will have 16 million tons of LNG capacity and will start exports by 2024.
Overall, ExxonMobil has a strong and vast upstream portfolio with solid long-term growth prospects.
Chevron's upstream portfolio is delivering record output
Chevron has a vast upstream portfolio of projects, which it expects to contribute to its production. The company has a diverse upstream asset base with conventional oil and gas assets in Kazakhstan (Tengiz, TCO), deep-water assets in the Gulf of Mexico, and emerging shale assets in Argentina (Loma Campana), Canada (Duvernay), and Appalachia (Marcellus and Utica).
Beginning with shale and tight assets, Chevron's resources in the Permian Basin increased by 6.9 billion boe over 2017 to 16.2 billion boe in 2019. Further, Chevron has other resources of about 0.4 billion boe in Loma Campana, 1.4 billion boe in Duvernay, and 2.4 billion boe in Marcellus and Utica.
The Permian's contribution to Chevron's total production has also been rising. In the second quarter, Chevron's Permian production rose 56% YoY to 421,000 boepd. Chevron expects its output in the region to grow to over 900,000 boepd by 2023.
At Tengiz, Chevron is on track to deliver the first production from its wellhead pressure management project and its future growth project in 2022. As of now, 70% of its process modules are delivered.
Further, Chevron's massive and capital-intensive gas projects in Australia, Gorgon and Wheatstone, have now started yielding results. In the second quarter, Wheatstone's output rose, adding to its total production.
Overall, in the near term, Gorgon, Wheatstone, and the Permian are expected to drive growth for the company. Chevron expects its total volumes to grow between 4% and 7% in 2019. From 2018 to 2023, Chevron expects its upstream production to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3%–4%.
Upstream volumes in the second quarter
ExxonMobil's hydrocarbon production rose 7% YoY to 3.91 million boepd in the second quarter. This rise was led mainly by higher output at the Permian Basin, Hebron, and Kaombo. Chevron's production rose 9% YoY to 3.08 million boepd in the second quarter. Its upstream output grew due to higher volumes at megaprojects such as Hebron, Big Foot, and Wheatstone.
Royal Dutch Shell's (RDS.A) upstream production rose 4.1% YoY to 3.58 million boepd in the quarter. The rise was due to higher production in North America partly offset by divestments. BP's (BP) hydrocarbon production also increased 6.5% YoY to 2.63 million boepd in the quarter.
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Q: how to get last 6 week start date and end date in MSSQL For Example, today is 18 Feb 2021 then the start date will be 14 Feb 2021 and the End Date will be 20 Feb 2021.
These ways for the last 3 weeks will be :

week
start date
End Date

Week 1
14 Feb 2021
20 Feb 2021

week 2
7 Feb 2021
13 Feb 2021

week 3
31 Jan 2021
6 Feb 2021

Here week 1 is the current week, week 2 is the week before week 1 so on
I have tried the below script :
select cast(DATEADD(dd, -(DATEPART(dw, getdate())-1), getdate()) as date) [Week1 start]

select cast(DATEADD(dd, 7-(DATEPART(dw, getdate())), getdate()) as date) [Week1 End]

select cast(DATEADD(dd, -8-(DATEPART(dw, getdate())-2), getdate()) as date) [Week2 start]

select cast(DATEADD(dd, -14-(DATEPART(dw, getdate())-2), getdate()) as date) [Week2 END]

which showing wrong output, can some help me in this, by pointing out where I am going wrong , or an alternative to getting the last 6-week start and end dates

A: Try storing the current week start / end in variables and then use DATEADD to calculate the previous weeks:
declare @weekStart date = cast(DATEADD(dd, -(DATEPART(dw, getdate())-1), getdate()) as date)
declare @weekEnd date = cast(DATEADD(dd, 7-(DATEPART(dw, getdate())), getdate()) as date)

select @weekStart, @weekEnd
union all
select DATEADD(dd, -7, @weekStart), DATEADD(dd, -7, @weekEnd)
union all
select DATEADD(dd, -7 * 2, @weekStart), DATEADD(dd, -7  * 2, @weekEnd)

Demo here

A: Also you can solve this task with recursive CTE:
WITH cte

AS
(
     SELECT cast(DATEADD(dd, -(DATEPART(dw, getdate())-1), getdate()) as date) [Week1 start], cast(DATEADD(dd, 7-(DATEPART(dw, getdate())), getdate()) as date) [Week1 End]

     UNION ALL
      SELECT cast(DATEADD(dd, -7-(DATEPART(dw, [Week1 start])-1), [Week1 start]) as date) [Week1 start], cast(DATEADD(dd, -1-(DATEPART(dw, [Week1 End])-1), [Week1 End]) as date) [Week1 End]

     FROM cte
     WHERE [Week1 start]>'2021-01-10'
)
     SELECT * FROM cte

A: Is this what you are looking for?
select cast(DATEADD(dd, -(DATEPART(dw, getdate())-1), getdate()) as date) [Week1 start]
select cast(DATEADD(dd, 7-(DATEPART(dw, getdate())), getdate()) as date) [Week1 End]
select cast(DATEADD(dd, -8-(DATEPART(dw, getdate())-2), getdate()) as date) [Week2 start]
select cast(DATEADD(dd, -(DATEPART(dw, getdate())), getdate()) as date) [Week2 END]
select cast(DATEADD(dd, -15-(DATEPART(dw, getdate())-2), getdate()) as date) [Week3 start]
select cast(DATEADD(dd, -7-(DATEPART(dw, getdate())), getdate()) as date) [Week3 END]


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Congressional Delegation Announces Over $21 Million in Transportation Grants
$20 million awarded to MBTA to improve commuter rail safety...
ARTICLE | Politics | August 24, 2018 01:32 PM | By CapeCodToday Staff
US Capitol (Architect of the Capitol photo)
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Representatives James P. McGovern, Michael Capuano, Stephen F. Lynch, Niki Tsongas, William Keating, Joseph P. Kennedy III, Katherine Clark and Seth Moulton, today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded over $21 million in federal transportation grants to the Commonwealth. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) was awarded $20 million to install Positive Train Control (PTC) technology across all Commuter Rail lines, while the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) received $1.75 million for the purchase or lease of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses to be used on Martha's Vineyard.
"This federal funding to improve and modernize our transportation infrastructure is wonderful news for the Commonwealth," said Senator Elizabeth Warren. "These significant investments will make our commuter rail trains safer and our buses on Martha's Vineyard cleaner and more sustainable. I'm glad to work with the other members of the congressional delegation to help secure these critical infrastructure grants for Massachusetts."
"With this federal investment, commuting in the Commonwealth will be safer and cleaner than ever before," said Senator Edward J. Markey. "Positive Train Control technologies hold the promise of drastically reducing the risks of derailing, helping MBTA fulfill its core mission - safety. Further, utilizing cleaner, more sustainable buses will help Massachusetts and Martha's Vineyard meet our climate change goals. I'm proud of this investment, and look forward to continuing to fight for policies and funding that address Massachusetts's transportation needs."
"Every day, thousands of commuters across Massachusetts rely on the Commuter Rail," said Congressman McGovern. "It's absolutely critical for our state's economic development that we continue to modernize and improve public transportation options for commuters - and that's exactly what these grants from the Department of Transportation will do. I'm proud of the work that our Congressional Delegation has done to secure this important investment in our future."
"Positive Train Control will make travel on our rail system safer for everyone," said Congressman Michael Capuano. "With this funding to help Massachusetts install the technology the federal government is committing to help railroads meet their safety requirements. I look forward to seeing its full implementation across the country."
"The implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) on the Mass Bay Commuter Rail ensures that safety is a top priority and that future infrastructure improvements to our transportation systems will improve the daily commute for thousand of commuters," said Congressman Stephen F. Lynch. "I thank Senators Warren and Markey as well as our hard working members of the Massachusetts Delegation in securing these much needed transportation grants."
"The MBTA rail system is essential for the region's economy and environment; it helps people access jobs and reduces the number of cars on the road, said Congresswoman Niki Tsongas. "We have an obligation to help ensure the MBTA's system is modernized with industry standard protocols like positive train control. Every day hundreds of thousands of people rely on our rail network to get where they need to go and these funds will support the MBTA's efforts to help keep its riders safe."
"We must use any tool at our disposal to reduce emissions," said Congressman Bill Keating, who represents Martha's Vineyard. "Our district, and the Cape and Islands specifically, are faced with the reality of the effects of climate change on a daily basis. A broad scale embrace of clean-energy public transportation - like those that are being adopted on Martha's Vineyard - could reduce emissions which threaten our health, climate, and local economy. Martha's Vineyard and the Cape are great laboratories for the future development of these technologies, and Southeastern Massachusetts will continue to lead in implementing new ideas so that we can meet our local challenges with forward-looking solutions. I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to ensure that these ventures have the support that they need."
"Anyone who steps foot on the MBTA rail system should feel safe and secure along their ride," said Congressman Joe Kennedy III. "With this federal funding, our Commonwealth can utilize Positive Train Control technology that will protect riders and our communities."
"Positive Train Control technology is an important tool to ensure passenger safety and prevent avoidable accidents," said Congresswoman Katherine Clark. "I am grateful that we were able to secure this grant and I will continue to fight for resources to improve and expand our public transportation systems."
More information about the MBTA's Commuter Rail PTC project is available here.
More information about the DOT's Low or No Emission Vehicle Program is available here.
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Distribution of diffuse flow megafauna in two sites on the Eastern Lau Spreading Center, Tonga
Elizabeth L. Podowski, Tom S. Moore, Kevin A. Zelnio, George W. Luther, Charles R. Fisher
Hydrothermal vent environments are characterized by large gradients of toxic chemicals and high temperatures, which play a significant role in defining species' distributions. We used high-resolution imagery and spatially explicit in-situ physico-chemical measurements analyzed within a Geographic Information System (GIS) in order to characterize the spatial relations among different groups of megafauna, temperature, and chemistry within two discrete vent communities (40 and 50 m2) on the Eastern Lau Spreading Center (ELSC). Chemical (sulfide and O2 concentrations) and temperature data were obtained from approximately 75 different locations within each community using in-situ instruments. All data were integrated into a GIS, which served as a visualization tool and enabled the data to be analyzed in a spatial context. Our results confirm the importance of abiotic variables in defining the distributions of some fauna and elucidate several biological associations that are consistent between the two communities. The provannid snail, Alviniconcha spp., appears to actively avoid temperatures above 32-46 °C and/or sulfide concentrations exceeding approximately 260 μM. Slightly higher average sulfide concentrations and temperatures were measured among aggregations of Ifremeria nautilei compared to aggregations of the mussel Bathymodiolus brevior; however, the presence of mixed aggregations of the two species indicates an overlap in requirements. The brachyuran crab, Austinograea spp., was consistently observed directly on symbiont-containing species, particularly Alviniconcha spp. The solitary snail, Eosipho desbruyeresi, was rarely observed on biological substrata, but was often (60% of its population at the most active site) within 5 cm of symbiont-containing fauna, indicating a tolerance and preference for proximity to areas of high productivity. Densities and coverage of species differed substantially between the two communities despite high species overlap. Symbiont-containing species covered much larger areas at the more hydrothermally active site, ABE1, while shrimp and anemones occurred in relatively higher densities within the less-active site, TM1. This is the first study to thoroughly characterize realized distributions of megafauna at vent sites along the ELSC.
Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2009.07.002
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Podowski, E. L., Moore, T. S., Zelnio, K. A., Luther, G. W., & Fisher, C. R. (2009). Distribution of diffuse flow megafauna in two sites on the Eastern Lau Spreading Center, Tonga. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 56(11), 2041-2056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2009.07.002
Podowski, Elizabeth L. ; Moore, Tom S. ; Zelnio, Kevin A. ; Luther, George W. ; Fisher, Charles R. / Distribution of diffuse flow megafauna in two sites on the Eastern Lau Spreading Center, Tonga. In: Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 2009 ; Vol. 56, No. 11. pp. 2041-2056.
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Q: Populating Index view with view model. EF 6, MVC 5 I'm really struggling with this and I hope someone can help (I've received lots of help on another topic) I'm working with Entity Framework 6.1.3 and MVC5. In my ProductsController the Index method looks like so:
private ApplicationDbContext db = new ApplicationDbContext();

// GET: /Products/
public  ActionResult Index()
{
    var products = db.Products.Include(p => p.ProductImage);

    IEnumerable<DisplayProductsViewModel> model = products.Select(p => new DisplayProductsViewModel()
    {
        Id = p.ProductId,
        Name = p.ProductName,
        Image = p.ProductImage,
        Price = p.ProductPrice.ToString() }).ToList();

    return View(model);
}

My DisplayProductsViewModel view model looks like so:
namespace AccessorizeForLess.ViewModels
{
    public class DisplayProductsViewModel
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Price { get; set; }
        public ProductImage Image { get; set; }
    }
}

And my Index view looks like so:
@model IEnumerable<AccessorizeForLess.ViewModels.DisplayProductsViewModel>

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}

Index

    @Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create")

@foreach (var item in Model) {

            @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Image)

            @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Name)

            @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Price)

            @Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id=item.Id }) |
            @Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { id=item.Id }) |
            @Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id=item.Id })

}

When I view in browser I get an empty page, nothing shows. I get no errors though so that's a step in the right direction. This is my first time working with view models, and when I debug model always comes back as an empty list.
I know an extra set of eyes is sometimes what it takes, can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?
EDIT
Here's the Product EF model
namespace AccessorizeForLess.Data
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;

    public partial class Product
    {
        public int ProductId { get; set; }
        public int ProductImageId { get; set; }
        public string ProductName { get; set; }
        public Nullable<decimal> ProductPrice { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> Quantity { get; set; }
        public string ProductDescription { get; set; }

        public virtual ProductImage ProductImage { get; set; }
    }
}

I'm going to pull out the view model and see if the page populates


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Q: Write two variables in a two-column file (tab-separated) Hello GNU/Linux newbie here.
I want to write two variables in a two-columns tab-separated file. In my code, the variables are $sample_name and $file.
I use the commands:

*

*touch to create the file and

*echo -e $sample_name $file | column -t >> $output_file to write each line. Although this results in an one-column file.

Any ideas?
Simplified script:
touch $output_file
for file in $path/*.g.vcf; do
        sample_name=`echo $file | grep -P 'HG(\d+)(?=.g)' -o`
        echo -e $sample_name $file | column -t >> $output_file
done

Expected output (viewing the output file):
HG00321        ./.../HG00321/HG00321.g.vcf
HG00322        ./.../HG00322/HG00322.g.vcf
# and so on

A: You don't need to use column -t (in fact, that's going to expand your tabs with spaces so that the columns align correctly no matter the widths).  Just use printf.  And remember to double-quote your variables.  e.g.
for file in "$path/"*.g.vcf; do
  sample_name=$(echo "$file" | grep -P 'HG(\d+)(?=.g)' -o)
  printf "%s\t%s\n" "$sample_name" "$file" >> "$output_file"
done

BTW, there's no need to touch the file to create it.  >> redirection will create a file if it doesn't already exist.
Also, you can use <<< instead of echo with the grep line.  e.g.
  sample_name=$(grep -oP 'HG(\d+)(?=.g)' <<< "$file")

This redirects the contents (value) of variable $file into the grep command.   There's not really any significant benefit, either way (unless the variable contains value(s) that change echo's behaviour, such as -n, -e, -E, or some backslash-escaped chars like \n, \t, \0nnn, \xHH, etc - see help echo in bash.  BTW, this is why printf is recommended over echo these days), but you may find it easier to read.

A: It looks like what you want to do is something like
for pathname in "$dirpath"/*.g.vcf; do
    printf '%s\t%s\n' "$(basename "$pathname" .g.vcf)" "$pathname"
done >"$output_file"

This loops over the pathnames that match your globbing pattern.  For each pathname, the filename portion of the pathname is extracted using basename (which can also remove the know filename suffix .g.vcf), and it is printed along with the full pathname.
The output of the loop is redirected to the output file, which the shell will create if it does not already exist or truncate (emptied) if it does exist.
I changed the name of the path variable that you used as that name collides with a special (array) variable by the same name in the zsh shell.  I also added double quotes around all expansions to make sure we can handle all possible filenames.  If expansions are left unquoted, you'd have issues with filenames containing spaces or globbing characters.
See also:

*

*When is double-quoting necessary?

*Why is printf better than echo?

Without using the basename utility, use parameter substitutions to trim off the unwanted bits of the pathnames.  This code does not use any external utilities:
for pathname in "$dirpath"/*.g.vcf; do
    name=${pathname##*/}
    printf '%s\t%s\n' "${name%.g.vcf}" "$pathname"
done >"$output_file"


Got to use my vintage Pyrex dishes!
Since cutting out soy, gluten, dairy, refined sugar, etcetera, I've only had to endure two holiday meals: Christmas and Easter. Christmas wasn't that bad because our family serves tamales, which are gluten-free, and other finger foods, so the only thing I had to steer clear of was the dessert table.
We ate the Easter Bunny!
Momma didn't feel like rabbit, so I roasted her a little hen!
Cornish Game Hen with Root Vegetables **I used beets, parsnips, and turnips instead of the potato and carrots the recipe calls for.
You know what, for being such a health-conscious meal, it was mighty tasty! Who says you have to have ham and creamy green bean casserole? Not me (but I do love that casserole)!
It all looks so delicious! Which one was your favorite??? It's comforting to know if we go back to SD I'll be able to find whole rabbits and cornish hens just like in France. Now I have to work on finding those sausages here to recreate the recipe.
Hard to choose just one dish! The dressing for my mom's bean salad is delicious and my husband's dumplings were a real hit! But I definitely ate one too many macaroons. I don't get to eat dessert very often, so this treat definitely satisfied my sweet tooth!
It is my dream to have a huge kitchen with shelves full of vintage pyrex dishware!


Now that the snow has melted it is time to get out and see what our winter base training has wrought. Our good friend Ted Ricci, who is now representing Pittsburgh in the great state of Texas, provided this race report from the Grasslands 50.
Last Saturday I participated in my second 50 mile event called The Grasslands Trail Runs( including 1/2 marathon, marathon, and 50 mile distances) put on by the North Texas Trail Runners. The races are billed as a good introduction for first time trail runners because of the gently rollingatlanta braves jerseys terrain of the course. The conditions this year made it anything but gentle. It had started raining heavily overnight. It was about 38 degrees at the start and still raining hard. It got colder as the day went on the rain turned into rounds of sleet and snow. I felt like I was home in good old PA rather than North Texas! The 7am start in the dark was tough because the trail was completely washed out. Runners were slipping and falling everywhere. Once it got light and the runners spread out, I was able to set into a deliberate pace. Due to the conditions it was impossible to run large sections of it. It was a mud fest. Brown mud, red mud, white mud, sandy mud, clay mud, soupy mud, rivers of mud. Variations of mud I had never seen before. Thecheap mlb jerseys course was a series of loops that returned to the start/finish area. Almost every other runner would stop, take off their shoes and change their socks after each loop. I didn't bother. Due to bouts of frost bite early in my life, my feet are overly sensitive to the cold (just like Rick's description of what happened to Chuck at the Iditarod). My feet turned somewhat numb from the start which I have become accustomed to. Fortunately it did not get cold enough where I was at risk of losing any toes but it was cold enough to take the edge off where I couldn't tell howjerseys wholesale much mud had caked up in my shoes so it didn't bother me.
I must admit I had a few thoughts of just packing it up because of the ridiculous conditions. But I asked myself what would my ultra running mentors Rick and Dan do? They wouldn't quit! They would find a way to deal with the conditions and push on. After I determined to push on, I became concerned about making the cutoff. Fortunately I hooked up with a guy named Michael Terrel. He was an ex-military guy who had spent years on the Adventure Racing circuit so extreme conditions where up his alley. We worked together to make sure we made the cutoff. Once we did that, there was no doubt about finishing.
Around 84 people signed up for the 50 miler, only 70 bothered tocheap jerseys start it, 7 finished --that's an amazing 90% failure rate!
Why do we do this? It is hard to describe to others the satisfaction we receive for persevering through extreme conditions. Am I ready to do the Laurel 70 miler? I don't know, but this race certainly went a long way to prepare me for it when I attempt it someday.
Great report Ted. You are always welcome to come and run the Laurel race.
Lou D. kicked off the local racing scene with the JC Stone 50k last weekend, and the Umstead, Bel Monte and Fools Run are this weekend, hopefully there will be some race reports to post from those events.
I talked with Tim Hewitt who just finished his fifth trip to Nome on the Iditarod Trail. He and Tom Jarding both beat the foot record there, with Tom knocking an amazing 1 1/2 days off the old record. Tim could not catch Tom this year. I try and get a post about the Iditarod later this weekend.