The retained earnings would have generated a higher shareholder value if they would have been paid out to the shareholder. Furthermore the share price of the firm would stay rather constant and would not diverge too much from the optimal range between $20 and $40. A lower share price would also increase the P/E ratio of Georgia Atlantic signaling a healthier company to the market.
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Fiscal and Monetary Policies Macroeconomics: ECO 203 Professor Charles Aki September 1, 2013 The US economy has seen some detrimental changes over the past decade. These changes resulted in unsubstantial unemployment rates, fluctuating interest rates, unstable GDP, and an increase in taxes. The federal government has an obligation to citizens to respond to the changes in the economy that affect each household. Expansionary Fiscal and Monetary Policies are economic policies used by the government….
history of both (Best Buy and Tiger Direct), lets analyze the companies using the SWOT framework. According to the assigned textbook, Contemporary Strategy Analysis, Strategy is defined as the pattern of objectives, purposes, or goals and the major policies and plans for achieving these goals, stated in such a way as to define what business the company is in or is to be in and the kind of company it is or is to be. Kenneth Andrews, The Concept of Corporate Strategy (Homewood, IL: Irwin, 1971)….
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On December 5 from 4:00-5:00 PM ET, ASCO will host the latest installment in its webinar series on the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). This webinar, 2019 Medicare Reimbursement – Final Rules Update, comes as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its final rule outlining reimbursement changes to the MPFS, Quality Payment Program (QPP) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) for 2019.
CMS estimates that the overall impact of the 2019 changes will be a one percent reimbursement cut for the hematology/oncology and radiation/oncology specialties. However, it is important to note that the actual impact on individual physician practices will depend on the mix of services the practice provides.
Among the changes for calendar year 2019, CMS finalized provisions from its proposed rule to reduce the documentation burden for Evaluation & Management (E&M) services and to reimburse new Medicare Part B drugs—and drugs that do not have a reported Average Sales Price (ASP)—at Wholesale Acquisition Cost (WAC) +3 percent. New Part B drugs are currently reimbursed at WAC +6 percent.
Registration is necessary to attend this webinar and participants can register here. Once registered, attendees will receive an email with a calendar invitation and call-in instructions.
For questions regarding registration or call-in information, contact David Harter. For questions regarding webinar content, contact Sybil Green.
Stay tuned to ASCO in Action for Medicare physician reimbursement updates and breaking cancer policy news.


You'll almost miss the gravel road that leads to Alma Rosa if you're looking the other way! Five miles down the twisty Santa Rosa Road, near Buellton, lies Alma Rosa. Tucked in the oaks, down a dusty gravel road lies a real treasure. It doesn't have the flashy curb appeal of the larger production wineries in Foxen Canyon because there are NO curbs!
Staking claim in 1880 in the rugged canyon of the upper Arroyo Grande Valley, Saucelito Canyon is literally "as old as the hills". A century later, Bill Greenough restored the abandoned vineyards and made a name for himself in the Central Coast wine making business. Today, his son, Tom follows in his father's footsteps as a second generation winemaker specializing in seven different Zinfandels as well as a spicy Tempranillo and an excellent Sauvignon Blanc and Cote du Blanc, a Rhone Blend.
No trip to Paso Robles is complete for me without a visit to Oso Libre Vineyards! Something magical happens when you step through the door. Within a few seconds, you are warmly greeted and welcomed by the Behr family. Chris and Linda Behr, along with Jeff and Liz Freeland have put their hearts and soul into making Oso Libre one of the most fun, top wineries in Paso Robles.
Oso Libre, Spanish for Free Bear, (a compilation of Behr and Freeland family names), is certified as Sustainability in Practice (SIP), which is no easy feat. To be certified as SIP, the goal is to grow crops and raise farm animals with the least impact to the environment, without the use of harmful pesticides. Not all wineries qualify for this coveted designation, and this is only one reason that makes Oso Libre so special.
What two things blend better than great wine and contemporary art? Add a little live music and you have a winning trio! Lorimar Vineyard & Winery in Temecula's Wine Country is one of the newest additions to the valley and is at the top of the charts!
On a recent trek to Temecula Wine Country, some 50 miles from San Diego, I decided to revisit Palumbo Family Vineyards & Winery. For a lesser known, boutique winery, Palumbo's packs a lot of punch! Most people probably drive right past the dirt road that leads up to the 13 acre vineyard, not knowing what they're missing!


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Yet another light novel series made its way into an anime adaptation. Picture a bloodthirsty demon king hell-bent on the domination of the world of Enta Isla. When confronted by a group of heroes, he flees through a portal that whisks him off to modern day Tokyo. Devoid of magic power, the demon king is forced to become a Regular Joe named Sadao Maou and get a job at a fast food joint. This one clocks in at thirteen episodes and covers the first three volumes of the light novel series.
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Q: can I manually assign DNS server name with wpa_supplicant? I am trying to run a Raspberrypi as a routing machine. It will be connected to wifi with wpa_supplicant.
My PC ----> Raspberry Pi ----> Wifi Router
The thing is I noticed, the RPi got from the wifi router a dynamic DNS name, which is 192.168.10.1. On my PC, I can ping 8.8.8.8, but I cannot resolve name. I have to manually change the /etc/resolv.conf so that it uses the google DNS server, then I will have internet.
my PC got the DNS server from the RPi.
nmcli dev show | grep DNS gives:

IP4.DNS[1]:                             192.168.10.1

This IP is under another sub net, my PC will not able to recognize it. So what can I do? The solution I thought is to assign the DNS server while connecting with wpa_supplicant. Can I do it?

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Take an exclusive look at MonstaFish, coming to Xbox Live on Windows Phone for May 30
Paul Acevedo
Where do mobile gamers go for first looks and details of upcoming Xbox Live titles? Why, Windows Phone Central of course! Today we're pleased to bring you the first screens and trailer for MonstaFish, the final Xbox Live release of the month. It comes from UK developer IronSun Studios, makers of IonBallEX and Battlewagon.
In MonstaFish, too much toxic waste has been dumped into the water, resulting in gnarly mutations known as MonstaFish. As you can imagine, these toxic fish aren't good to eat and must be removed from the environment for the good of all. That's where the player comes in…
Head past the break for pictures and details of each game mode!
Like Battlewagon before it, MonstaFish combines a variety of play styles into a single game. This time, each style has its own distinct game mode:
MonstaFish: In the main game type, a friendly super-Octopus (which seems to be a mutant too) spits out a constant stream of bubbles which players can use to damage the unfriendly MonstaFish. Bubbles can be combined into Mega and Hyper Bubbles to deal more damage. Each level's pollution meter constantly rises, so you'll need to work quickly in order to avoid a Game Over.
Fish Hook: Not all of the fish in the ocean have turned into Monstas. In this mode, you'll drop a hook into the water to rescue the untainted goldfish. Dodge the MonstaFish, toxic barrels, and other obstacles as you reel in the number of fish needed to move on to the next level.
Fish Hunt: Fishing and hunting go hand in hand, right? In this mode, the player's submarine is equipped with a couple of wobbly scopes. Wait until one or more MonstaFish swim through and blast them! Earn multipliers to boost your score. Each miss adds to the pollution meter – once it fills up, the game ends.
Time Attack: In this mode, simply tap MonstaFish to defeat them. The aquatic menaces come from both sides at once in larger and larger numbers. Defeat as many of them as possible as you chase high scores in the allotted three minutes.
Fish Tank: Take a break from frantic fish fighting in this relaxing mode. Your tank starts with a single fish to tend. Keep the tank clean and fish well fed and you'll attract new fish to keep.
All five game modes have their own Xbox Live Achievements (adding up to 14 in total), so you'll need to play them all if you want the full 200 GamerScore.
MonstaFish boasts some distinctive 'comic book-style' graphics and a fully-commissioned soundtrack. IronSun Studios is particularly proud of the theme song, which is also available as a free ringtone in the full version of the game.
IronSun's IonBallEX was among the first batch of Xbox Live titles to drop to the 99 cent price point last month; Battlewagon quickly followed suit. That pattern might lead one to wonder whether the developer's next game would cost the same amount. Well, good news! MonstaFish will cost 99 cents as well when it debuts on May 30.
IronSun Studios is quickly becoming a prolific developer of Windows Phone-exclusive Xbox Live games. We'll discuss their past and future projects in an upcoming Xbox Live developer interview.
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July has to be the craziest month.
There were playdates, weddings, birthday celebrations and many other happy occasions that kept us busy for the entire month.
So where were we in July?
We attended a plutocrat wedding in Jakarta - a wrong time to be there for we were spending half our time stuck in the atrocious jam and election day.
Of course, before we departed, we made sure our boy slept soundly. So we drugged his drink.
And tried to pack him into our lugguage to avoid paying the extra airport tax.
Of course, all the dirty tricks didn't work and Jayden spent the night over at in-laws place.
So there we were, in the middle of the busiest town in Jakarta, amidst the 5,000 streaming guests and array of food attending one of the, no, THE MOST extravagant wedding of the century.
There were flower bouquets, banners with well wishes to the wedding couple all lined up at the hotel & ballroom entrance.
All props and settings were told to be customised according to the theme. The main stage alone cost 10 grand. If one would wonder what's the theme, I could only think of for the ROYAL FAMILY.
One thing I liked about the wedding was the TIMING. Started at 730 and ended at 1030pm. Punctual and we avoid the risk of hearing tummy thunders.
Either we got bored entertaining our attention seeking son, or we chose the easy way out. What better way than to have him mingle with friends his size and age.
July used to be a very special month for me. Other than being our courtship anniversary, it is also my birthday month. I never had friends who were borned in the month of July which makes my birthday even more 'unique' and 'individual'.
Well, that was until 28 years later, where we have 2 of our closest friends whose son's birthday falls a week apart in each other.
Celeste must have spent a bomb on the Barney pinata. And I spent half the day trying to keep Jayden's hands away from it.
So what comes next in August?
What do I wish for?


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In part one of this story, Donna, a member of the Verywell.com Smoking Cessation support forum shared the tragic story of how smoking-related lung cancer took her father's life.
Just a few short months later, Donna and her family were confronted with another smoking-related death in the family. This time it was their mother who died of COPD, even though she never smoked (directly) a day in her life.
It is more than likely that living in a smoking home for years upon years was a major influence in the development of the COPD that eventually killed Donna's mother.
Thank you for sharing your very personal story with us here Donna. Smoking-related disease is the most preventable cause in the world today, and I know your account will make a difference to every person who reads it.
My mother passed away on Thursday, January 14, at 1:30 pm. I was blessed to be there when she passed. My sister called me on Wednesday, and asked me to stay with her and Mom until "the time came". I didn't think twice...I hopped into my vehicle and drove the hour north to my parents' place.
My mother's condition had steadily worsened in the last week, and even Hospice nurses marveled over my mother's will to live over the last few days. She was no doubt in agony, and each breath was taken at the result of great personal pain.
There are some end-of-life symptoms which are inherent to kidney failure, but those of COPD are unmistakable...My mother gasped and twisted her head for each tortured breath. During the last two days, when she sank into a coma, the Hospice nurse took her oxygen tube and placed it in her open mouth. She had lost the ability to breathe through her nose.
The Hospice nurse looked at us and said, "It could be tonight or tomorrow. I'm almost tempted to stay here, I'm fairly certain she'll go tonight." We told her we would be okay, and she reluctantly left.
I spent the night there. My sister slept in a recliner next to the hospital bed, and I lay on a twin mattress on the floor in the room. I spent the night wavering between a restless sleep and groggy wakefulness, when I would look at the bed and watch my mom "point" her head as she struggled.
Dreams tortured what snatches of sleep I stole. In one dream, my mother threw off the blankets, dropped the bed rails, and hung her thin legs over the side of the bed to look at me.
"You know," she chirped, "I think I'm going to get out of here today."
"Oh, never mind. I think I'll just stay in bed."
And she lay back down again, covered herself, adjusted her oxygen tube, and resumed her comatose state. I awoke to see Mom's prone, sleeping form, and I shivered. The dream had seemed so real.
Dawn just couldn't come soon enough.
As the day progressed, my mother's breaths became shallower and shallower, and the period of time between breaths longer and longer. Finally, after a long exhalation, no further breaths came.
My sister went to the kitchen and lit a cigarette. I stood on the back porch, and with dry eyes felt my whole being start screaming. I have never felt so alone as I did the day my remaining parent passed away. I am now truly alone in the world.
None of us can, with full certainty, determine when and how we will end our lives. My mother was no exception. She did not choose to die of COPD, nor did she choose to smoke...Her death from a smoking-related disease was from secondhand smoke from my father.
Through this incredible sorrow in my heart, I'm at least comforted that she is no longer suffering. She is no longer in agony.
There ARE some things each of us can control. We can control whether or not we smoke a cigarette. We can control our exposure to others' cigarette smoke. We can lobby our legislators for stricter laws regarding tobacco products, for laws that assure our right to clean air, and even start calling for an outright ban on tobacco.
Please make no mistake, tobacco kills in horrific ways. I am 36 years old, and yesterday, I lost my parents within 10 months of one another, and they both died from tobacco.
I have seen several posts at the Verywell .com Smoking Cessation support forum where new quitters have found, within the words here, the ability to stay quit for one more day.
Please, please understand, what you fight isn't just an addiction. It's a certain death you are avoiding. By not smoking, you are reducing your risk of cancer, of COPD, of emphysema, of macular degeneration, of heart disease, of limited blood circulation...The list goes on and on and on.
When I smoked, the biggest lie I told myself was that smoking-related diseases happen to other people. Well, those "other people" were the two people I loved most in this world. It was Daddy and Momma. I've witnessed two deaths which will haunt me until my own time comes.
My saving grace in quitting were these forums, and the people who had quit before me, and the people who quit with me. In a very real sense, I owe my life to Terry and the moderators and the members here. Without them, I would not have quit. Had I not quit, the horrific deaths of my parents would very much be my own death.
And so, I have changed my destiny. I ask you to do the same. I challenge you to NOT take the chance to be that "other person".
Please, if you are thinking of lighting up again tonight, don't do it. Use the resources here. Fight your way through your quit. Cherish those clean breaths, protect them, and love those you are with for everything you are worth.
Don't torture your loved ones with a death like I've described in this message. Break free of nicotine addiction, and change your destiny, too. You'll never regret it once you get to the "other side". I promise.
If you're still smoking please use the resources below to get a head start on your quit program.


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Fox News Slapped With $1.6 Billion Defamation Suit by Dominion Voting Systems
The company claims the news outlet "sold a false story of election fraud in order to serve its own commercial purposes," according to the suit
Thom Geier | March 26, 2021 @ 4:24 AM
Dominion Voting Systems on Friday hit Fox News with a $1.6 billion defamation suit, arguing that the cable news giant "sold a false story of election fraud" following the 2020 presidential campaign in order to maintain its sagging ratings, according to the Associated Press.
The company argued that Fox News and its on-air personalities repeatedly amplified false claims that Dominion altered votes through algorithms in its voting machines. On-air talent also gave platforms to allies of President Donald Trump such as Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, who repeated inaccurate claims that were then amplified on the network's sizable social media accounts.
The suit focused on how Fox News behaved differently than other news outlets, which reported objectively on the false accusations, and noted that the network's post-election ratings dropped among viewers who thought it was not sufficiently supportive of Trump. "This was a conscious, knowing business decision to endorse and repeat and broadcast these lies in order to keep its viewership," Dominion attorney Justin Nelson told the Associated Press.
Also Read: Jeanine Pirro Abruptly Ends Segment After Guest Says Biden Is 'Making America Great Again'
A spokesperson for the network told TheWrap Friday, "Fox News Media is proud of our 2020 election coverage, which stands in the highest tradition of American journalism, and will vigorously defend against this baseless lawsuit in court."
Dominion lawyers told the AP that the company had suffered "enormous and irreparable economic harm" from the false claims — and noted that employees had been subjected to harassment and death threats.
In January, Dominion filed suits against former Trump lawyers Giuliani and Powell — and filed another suit in February against Mike Lindell, the CEO of the Minnesota-based MyPillow.
Smartmatic USA, another election technology company whose involvement in the 2020 presidential election was restricted to Los Angeles County, in February filed a $2.7 billion defamation suit against Fox News as well as on-air hosts Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro. The following day, the company canceled Dobbs' show and Fox News' lawyers have since filed a motion to dismiss the suit.
According to Trump Attorney General William Barr and election officials across the country, there is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. The former president's legal team lost all substantive legal challenges to the election results.


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Frederick Douglass and American Empire in Haiti
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Toward the end of his life, Frederick Douglass served briefly as U.S. ambassador to Haiti. The disastrous episode reveals much about the country's long struggle for Black sovereignty while always under the threat of U.S. empire.
By Peter James Hudson, Boston Review —
At the age of seventy-one, Frederick Douglass was appointed ambassador to the Republic of Haiti by the administration of U.S. president Benjamin Harrison. Douglass had helped stump for Harrison during the 1888 presidential elections and the position was something of a reward for the elderly abolitionist. However, Douglass's short time in the post—from the end of 1889 to the summer of 1891—was an absolute debacle. It served to tarnish the latter days of Douglass's venerable career and is widely seen—by both his contemporaries and by later biographers and critics—as having been calamitous.
Douglass's personal account exposes the fraught negotiations faced by Black folk who chose to serve the cause of U.S. imperialism.
At the time, the Harrison administration sought to lay the blame for this failure on Douglass. Yet Douglass's personal account of those years exposes instead the fraught negotiations faced by Black folk who chose to serve the cause of U.S. imperialism. His account also reveals the unbridled paternalism and bullying contempt that has, historically, shaped and governed U.S. "diplomatic relations" with the hemisphere's first independent Black nation. In it we can also see a precursor to a century of U.S. electoral and financial meddling in Haiti that has led to the gutting of its economy and the undermining of its sovereignty—and, now, to the ongoing crisis of its democracy. An embittered coda to an eminent life, Douglass's account reveals as much about U.S.–Haitian relations in our present moment as it does about the past.
When Harrison ran as the Republican candidate for the 1888 election, Douglass's support was integral to securing northern Black votes and defeating a Black congressional candidate opposing Harrison's man in Virginia. When Harrison won, Douglass hoped to receive the sinecure of recorder of deeds as a reward for his service. Instead, Secretary of State James G. Blaine offered him the position of minister resident and consul general to the Republic of Haiti, afterward adding chargé d'affairs of Santo Domingo (the capital of the Dominican Republic) to Douglass's portfolio.
"My influence, in the opinion of the President," Douglass wrote in accepting the commission, "would be the most potent we could send thither, for the peace, welfare, and prosperity of that warring and dissatisfied people." The State Department had other ideas regarding Douglass's influence, hoping to use it to undermine Haiti's independence while strengthening the U.S. expansionist project in the Caribbean.
There was precedent for Douglass's appointment. It continued a policy of sending Black ambassadors that began when the United States formally—and belatedly—recognized Haiti and Liberia in 1862 (Haiti had been independent since 1804 and Liberia since 1847). Motivated in equal measures by paternalism and cynicism, the United States believed appointing Negro diplomats would grease the commercial and political relations with Negro republics.
Even so, when Douglass's appointment was announced, it was greeted with criticism. Black folk felt the post too small for a man of Douglass's stature and argued he should concentrate on Black struggles within the United States. Meanwhile many whites believed Douglass's race would cause him to side with the Haitians. They reasoned that a white man should occupy the post, as the Haitian people would have little respect for an ambassador of their own color.
The State Department hoped to use Douglass's influence to undermine Haiti's independence while strengthening the U.S. expansionist project in the Caribbean.
Douglass ignored the criticisms on both sides—but from the start, distressing omens surrounded his appointment. Despite his political standing, Douglass's blackness meant he could not obtain first-class accommodations on his journey from Washington to Haiti. When Douglass refused to travel second class, the federal government ordered naval steamers to take him from Washington to Norfolk and then on to Port-au-Prince. The white captain of one of the steamers, the Ossipee, refused to eat at the same table as Douglass. Officers of the Kearsarge complained that Douglass and his entourage had "driven out" the ship's commander from his cabin. Adding to Douglass's discomfit, he was seasick for much of the eleven-day passage.
Douglass arrived in Haiti in September 1899 just as a new president, Louis Modestin Florvil Hyppolite, was inaugurated. Hyppolite's ascent to the presidency was contested and controversial. A general who had wrested control of the Haitian government from President François Denys Légitime after helping to lead a coup against him, Hyppolite's authority was blessed by President Harrison and buttressed by a squadron of U.S. naval vessels conspicuously anchored in Haitian waters. Douglass noted the political tension in the country, the conspicuous presence of soldiers on the streets of Port-au-Prince, the persistence of the curfew, and the chronic fear that the anti-Hyppolite faction might move against the government at any time. But Douglass's letters to Secretary Blaine also contained a hopeful, positive tone concerning the political prospects of the republic. Douglass's initial audience with Hyppolite was a generous, effusive affair. At it, Hyppolite told him how all of Haiti had followed Douglass's career and that, for Haitians, Douglass represented "the moral and intellectual development of the men of the African race by personal effort and mental culture."
Douglass's early days in the U.S. legation were long and tedious, and he often returned to the ambassadorial residence well after dusk. He was consumed with attending to both the petty entreaties of the U.S. community in Haiti and with helping U.S. firms broker concessions and contracts with—and in some instances, press monetary claims against—the Haitian government. William P. Clyde and Company initiated the most significant of these efforts. Clyde and Company was a mercantile business headquartered in New York. Its Clyde Line plied a coastwise service to a number of Atlantic ports while connecting Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. The company wanted to secure its foothold in the Caribbean by extending business to Haiti and sought to offer steamship service between New York and seven Haitian ports.
Douglass was not fundamentally opposed to the company's ambitions. He saw the increased maritime traffic between Haiti and the United States as a potential boon to the commerce of both countries. But he was put off by the terms Clyde and Company demanded: a reduction of port duties and tonnage fees for U.S. vessels, a company monopoly on steamship traffic, and a subsidy of $1 million (a figure later reduced by half) from the Haitian government as an incentive to initiate the service.
Additionally, Douglass was increasingly disgusted by the "dictatorial attitude" of Clyde's agent, a South Carolina native who did not bother to conceal his contempt for the Haitians—or for Douglass. He demanded Douglass personally intervene with the Haitian government via Joseph Anténor Firmin, the great Haitian intellectual and statesman then serving as Secretary of State for Exterior Relations in the Hyppolite government. Firmin strongly objected to the concession. He saw it as a drain on the Haitian treasury, especially in light of other claims by U.S. citizens on Haiti's resources and finances. When informed of Firmin's position, the agent told Douglass to return to Firmin to offer him the assurance that Douglass would not "press upon Haïti the payment claims of many other American citizens" against the Haitian government if Clyde received the concession.
Douglass was aghast. "The proposition shocked me," he later recalled. "It sounded like the words of Satan on the mountain, and I thought it time to call a halt."
Douglass thought U.S. imperialism was beneficial for U.S. foreign policy. But Douglass was also aware of the moral limitations of U.S. exceptionalism and cautioned against its abuse.
Douglass slammed the door shut on negotiations and thought the matter settled. Yet the agent persisted. He returned to Douglass with another proposal—one even more shocking and outlandish: it was a demand that the Haitian government pay Clyde and Company for the expenses the company incurred while waiting for the Haitian government to approve its initial proposal. Douglass responded to the agent with a wry but cutting retort: "Then, sir, as they will not allow you to put a hot poker down their backs, you mean to make them pay for heating it!"
Douglass assumed the Haitians would find the proposal ridiculous—and was shocked when they acquiesced to the company's demand and paid Clyde and Company $5,000 in gold. But even after receiving the payment, the agent continued to press the scheme upon the Haitian government. For Douglass, the agent's actions exemplified the callow indifference of U.S. capitalism to the needs of the Haitian republic and to the travails of Haitian sovereignty:
To him it was nothing that Haiti was already wasted by repeated revolutions; nothing that she was already staggering under the weight of a heavy national debt; nothing that she herself ought to be the best judge of her ability to pour out a half million of dollars in this new and, to her, doubtful enterprise; nothing that she had heard his arguments in its favor a hundred times over; nothing that in her judgment she had far more pressing needs for her money than the proposed investment in this steamship subsidy, as recommended by him; nothing that she had told him plainly that she was afraid to add to her pecuniary burdens this new and onerous one—and nothing that she had just paid him five thousand dollars in gold to get rid of his importunities.
Douglass's refusal to press the Clyde concession on the Haitian government—and his visible indignation toward the agent—marked him, as he later put it, as "an unprofitable servant." For many in the U.S. business community, the incident served notice that Douglass's "over-affections for the Haitians" compromised his ability to do the bidding of U.S. business in Haiti. "I was, from that time," Douglass wrote, "more a Haitian than an American."
The U.S. press (encouraged, Douglass suspected, by Clyde himself) turned on him and clamored to have him removed from the Haiti legation. His masters in Washington began to believe that he could not be trusted. Blaine considered recalling Douglass but hesitated, worried about the potential political fallout among African Americans. He decided to keep Douglass stationed in Haiti. But he severely undercut Douglass's authority as a representative of the U.S. state, while at the same time thrusting him into a diplomatic imbroglio that for many Americans tarnished the latter days of Douglass's career and blighted his legacy as a statesman: the attempt by the United States to secure a long-term lease of Haiti's Môle-Saint-Nicolas.
Located on Haiti's northwest tip about a hundred miles across the Windward Passage from Cuba's Guantanamo Bay, Môle-Saint-Nicolas had long been coveted by the United States. It stood sentry over the maritime routes between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea and from the Caribbean Sea onward to the Isthmus of Panama and the Pacific. For U.S. policy makers, it represented an important way of securing commercial and military domination of the Caribbean, especially in light of plans to create the Panama Canal.
Motivated in equal measures by paternalism and cynicism, the United States believed appointing Negro diplomats would grease the commercial and political relations with Negro republics.
On January 1, 1891, Secretary Blaine wrote to Douglass instructing him to begin negotiations with the government of Haiti to secure a long-term lease of Môle-Saint-Nicolas for use by the United States as a coaling and naval station. At the same time, and much to Douglass's surprise and chagrin, Blaine informed Douglass that his role in the negotiations would be a subordinate one. Blaine had appointed rear-admiral Bancroft Gherardi, commander of the North Atlantic fleet, as the lead negotiator. Douglass was merely to serve as a Black prop in the negotiations.
From the moment Gherardi arrived with the U.S. fleet in Port-au-Prince at the end of January, Douglass's demoted role was clear. Gherardi sent an officer to the U.S. legation requesting Douglass's presence for an audience with Gherardi aboard the Philadelphia. It was a serious breach of diplomatic protocol; the etiquette of hierarchy demanded that Douglass should have received Gherardi at the legation. The summons served to confirm Douglass's diminished authority in Washington and, by extension, in Haiti—but it also illuminated the deeply racist nature of the U.S. diplomatic infrastructure and Douglass's fraught and precarious place within it.
Douglass shouldered the humiliation and went to the ship. There, Gherardi announced to Douglass his strategy for the negotiations. Douglass listened, all the while considering whether he should tender his resignation. Only his sense of fealty to the United States and loyalty to the Harrison government stopped him.
For the United States, the negotiations were a disaster. When Douglass and Gherardi met Firmin and Hyppolite at the presidential palace to propose the lease, Gherardi argued that Hyppolite's government owed a debt to the United States and a lease for the mole would settle it. Gherardi reminded Hyppolite that the United States had been a great friend to his government, providing him with diplomatic and military support during his struggle for the presidency. He also pointed out that Hyppolite's envoys in Washington had promised to support a U.S. lease on the mole if Hyppolite came to power. Douglass said little during the presentation.
Five days later, the United States made a formal request for a lease. To both Gherardi's and Douglass's surprise, Firmin refused to consider the application. Firmin pointed out that the application carried Gherardi's signature, not Douglass's, even though Douglass was the authorized representative of the United States in Haiti. He told them that since Gherardi had not presented his credentials from Washington to the Haitian government, the Haitian government would be foolish to consider it and could not conceivably bring it to the Haitian executive.
Douglass had an acute understanding of the unique context of Haiti, whose struggle for Black freedom had rocked the white world to its foundation.
Gherardi was vexed. While he thought Firmin was stalling for time, there was little he could do to expedite the negotiations. He wired Washington for a letter of diplomatic credentials. It took two months for it to arrive. When it did arrive—on 4 warships carrying 100 cannons and 2,000 men—it worsened negotiations by making it seem that the United States was preparing to take Môle-Saint-Nicolas by force. Furthermore, the letter, which authorized Gherardi and Douglass to negotiate jointly, also proposed different lease terms than those Gherardi had presented to Firmin and Hyppolite. Unlike Gherardi's proposal, the new lease did not stipulate that Haiti would be prohibited from selling its land or leasing its territory to countries other than the United States. Gherardi and Douglass argued over which version they should present to the Haitian government. Gherardi won the argument.
On April 21, 1891, Douglass and Gherardi presented the new lease proposal to Firmin. The Haitians responded the next day, declining to grant it. Firmin argued that the terms of the lease would inaugurate a profound erosion of Haitian independence, as it would effectively cede the republic's sovereign right to dispose of its territory according to its own wishes. In the days following, Douglass asked Firmin if he would reconsider the lease if the U.S. fleet was withdrawn from Haitian waters. Firmin was noncommittal. But when the fleet departed, negotiations were over. Months afterward, to the great relief of Harrison and Blaine, Douglass resigned his post.
The U.S. failure to obtain a lease for Môle-Saint-Nicolas fell on Douglass's shoulders. He was pilloried in the press, which blamed him for the collapse of the deal while casting him as diplomatically incompetent. "Minister Douglass," wrote the New York Times, "is an 'antique,' and of no possible aid to Government which has any diplomatic business in hand." The paper argued that "by reason of age, inactivity, and limitations of temperament," Douglass was utterly out of his depth in the negotiations. It also revived the idea, raised when he was first appointed to Haiti, that the Haitians would have little respect for a Black diplomat: "Fred Douglass"—the use of the ridiculing diminutive was the paper's standard—"was not likely to be more impressive to the ordinary Haitian than any other man with a black skin."
Douglass knew, however, that the U.S. failure had little to do with his efforts, or lack thereof. The prolonged fiasco of the Clyde negotiations had made the Haitian government wary of the United States. The presence of U.S. battleships in Haitian waters did little to aid negotiations, instead triggering a public anxiety about the threat of military intervention and the relinquishment of Haitian sovereignty. "With the acute sensitivity of a small nation in a predatory world," Douglass wrote, "Haiti feared that even a toe hold on her territory by a foreign power would mark the beginning of her loss of sovereignty."
Furthermore, as historian Benjamin Quarles notes, the possibility of a lease was "foredoomed no matter who represented the US." The Haitian constitution forbid the sale or cession of territory to foreign powers, making the proposed deal illegal, and Haitian public sentiment strongly favored this injunction. "Nothing is more repugnant to the thoughts and feelings of the masses of that country," wrote Douglass, "than the alienation of a single rood of their territory to a foreign power."
Douglass was able to maintain his personal integrity while defending Black sovereignty even while serving as a U.S. representative. It is an indictment of far too many contemporary Black politicians that they do not.
Even so, as with the Clyde concessions, Douglass was not necessarily opposed to a U.S. base on Haitian soil, and he was more than willing to go through the proper diplomatic channels to try to secure a lease. When it came to U.S. foreign policy goals, Douglass thought U.S. imperialism was beneficial and believed in the righteous, exceptional character of U.S. power. Indeed, Douglass was more than sympathetic to U.S. expansion and the "extension of American power and influence" in the Caribbean and elsewhere. He had supported the annexation of Santo Domingo in the 1870s and applauded attempts to secure the Dominican Republic's Samana Bay by the United States for military purposes. Douglass lashed out at those who saw him as somehow subverting U.S. foreign policy goals, stating that he had understood the importance of U.S. dominance in the Caribbean long before his critics "were in their petticoats."
But Douglass was also aware of the moral limitations of U.S. exceptionalism and cautioned against its abuse—especially against countries such as Haiti that had neither the economic nor the military resources to easily withstand U.S. pressure. His experiences as ambassador to Haiti served as a lesson to him in this regard. "Is a weakness of a nation a reason for our robbing it?" Douglass asked. "Are we to take advantage, not only of its weakness, but of its fears? Are we to wring from it by dread of our power what we cannot obtain by appeals to its justice and reason?"
Douglass also had an acute understanding of the unique context of Haiti, whose struggle for Black freedom had rocked the white world to its foundation; its mere presence at the table of free powers was an affront to white supremacy. As a result, the white world would never tire of punishing Haiti for the sin of Black sovereignty. "Haiti is black," Douglass stated, "and we have not yet forgiven Haiti for being black or forgiven the Almighty for making her black."
In the introduction to the 1962 edition of The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Pan-African historian Rayford W. Logan noted that the imbroglio of Douglass's ambassadorship anticipated twentieth-century political debates concerning the appointment of African American ambassadors to postcolonial African nations. Today, of course, the more readily available analogy is to the appointment of Black people to the most prominent positions in the executive branch.
The same debates recur: about the dilemmas of racial loyalties as they cut across national lines; about support for U.S. imperialism and U.S. power against the defense of Black sovereignty and self-determination; and of the moral engagements of two modes of intertwined though often opposed exceptionalisms—U.S. and African American—as they are evoked in relation to struggles for a more equitable and just world. It is a testament to Douglass's diplomatic agility that he was able to maintain his personal integrity while defending Black sovereignty even as he served as a representative of the United States. It is an indictment of the misaligned allegiances of far too many contemporary Black politicians that they do not.
Haiti, meanwhile, remains bullied, exploited, and unforgiven.
Source: Boston Review
Featured image: Frederick Douglass and the Haiti Commission on USS Tennessee in Key West (Florida Keys Public Libraries).
Peter James Hudson, Associate Professor of African American Studies and History at UCLA, is author of Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean.
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Watch Wilco's touching cover of 'True Love Will Find You In The End' in tribute to Daniel Johnston
The latest band to pay tribute to the much-missed musician
By Patrick Clarke
Daniel Johnston and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy
Wilco have performed a cover of Daniel Johnston's best-known song 'True Love Will Find You In The End', after the singer-songwriter died this week aged 58.
READ MORE: Daniel Johnston, 1961-2019 – The NME Obituary
The band were among the many to pay tribute to Johnston after news broke of his passing, and performed alongside the singer two years ago.
"There is a heaven and there's a star for you," they wrote on Twitter.
There is a heaven and there's a star for you. Daniel Johnston 1961-2019. pic.twitter.com/tKRYofd15Z
— WILCO (@Wilco) September 12, 2019
Now, during a performance at Berlin's Tempodron, the band performed a cover of Johnston's song as the penultimate track of their set. You can take a look at fan-footage below.
@wilco covering Daniel Johnston's True Love Will Find You In The End in Berlin tonight.Such a wonderful show.?#wilco #odetojoy #danieljohnston #hihowareyouproject
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The band have covered the track in the past, with a studio version originally appearing as the B-side to their 1999 single 'A Shot In The Arm'.
The band also performed a live version of the song when they appeared on KEXP five years ago. You can view that performance below.
They're not the only band to cover the song live following Johnston's death. The Flaming Lips performed the song during their Connecticut show this week.
While mourners have gathered at a Johnston mural in Houston to pay tribute, The National also delivered a rendition of the Johnston classic 'Devil Town' from his album '1990' while performing 'I Am Not In Kansas' from their 2019 album 'I Am Easy To Find'.
Beck, Zola Jesus, Judd Apatow, Elijah Wood, The Mountain Goats and Jack Antonoff were among the many to pay tribute to Johnston.


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Weight May Be Linked to Type of Bacteria
Seth Borenstein
Washington - The size of your gut may be partly shaped by which microbes call it home, according to new research linking obesity to types of digestive bacteria.
Both obese mice - and people - had more of one type of bacteria and less of another kind, according to two studies published Thursday in the journal Nature.
A "microbial component'' appears to contribute to obesity, said study lead author Jeffrey Gordon, director of Washington University's Center for Genome Sciences.
Obese humans and mice had a lower percentage of a family of bacteria called Bacteroidetes and more of a type of bacteria called Firmicutes, Gordon and his colleagues found.
Protein key to parasite potency
BBC UK
Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:00 UTC
Scientists are closer to understanding why a common parasite is harmless to most people, while causing severe illness in others.Toxoplasma is carried by cats and rats in the UK, and a large proportion of humans are also thought to carry the parasite, without any ill effects.
But it can cause toxoplasmosis, which can lead to brain damage or even death.
Study: Gene tied to long life wards off dementia
Kathleen Fackelmann
A gene that helps people live to age 90 and beyond might also help ward off Alzheimer's, a study suggests Tuesday.
People with this "supergene" have a much higher chance of living to the century mark without developing dementia, the confused thinking and memory loss that so often plagues the oldest of the old, says Nir Barzilai, director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
Psychological treatments reduce back pain: review
CBC CA
Psychological treatments may help lower the intensity of chronic low back pain, a review suggests.
Researchers evaluated 22 randomized trials published between 1982 and 2003 to evaluate the effects of psychological interventions on pain.
The approaches improve outcomes such as depression and health-related quality of life as well as patients' experience of pain, the team concluded in the January issue of the journal Health Psychology.
Head-butt by horse restores man's sight
Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:00 UTC
A second World War veteran who was blinded in his right eye when he was hit by shrapnel can see again after being head-butted by a pedigree racehorse.
Doctors tried in vain for 64 years to restore Don Karkos's sight, until My Buddy Chimo stepped in.
Hours after the horse smacked the 82-year-old paddock security guard in exactly the same spot as the shrapnel gashed his forehead in combat in 1942, he realised his vision was returning.
"I was putting a collar around his chest, and he whacked me real hard with his head," Mr Karkos told the New York Daily News.
Controlling Confusion: Researchers Make Insight Into Memory, Forgetting
Why do we forget? Do memories decay on their own, or are they harmed by interference from similar memories? Using a technique called "transcranial magnetic stimulation" (TMS), brain researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison may have found the answer.
Top cancer scientist took secret payments from US chemicals company
Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:00 UTC
A leading scientist who supposedly spent his career investigating the causes of cancer was regularly taking secret payments from an American chemicals company over a period of 20 years. Sir Richard Doll, a cancer expert, received money from Monsanto, a huge corporation that sells chemicals, including pesticides and fertilizers which are sprayed onto foods that we eat every day. The company also develops and sells genetically modified crops, The reason why the payments were kept secret is obvious: there is a blatant conflict of interests. This is a blatant case of corporate bribery and corruption in a major global industry. It is also a classic example of American-style capitalism in action.
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Mental Exercise Helps Maintain Some Seniors' Thinking Skills
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Certain mental exercises can offset some of the expected decline in older adults' thinking skills and show promise for maintaining cognitive abilities needed to do everyday tasks such as shopping, making meals and handling finances, according to a new study. The research, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and published in the Dec. 20, 2006, Journal of the American Medical Association, showed that some of the benefits of short-term cognitive training persisted for as long as five years.
Feeling stressed? You're not alone, new poll says
Stress, that tense feeling often connected to having too much to do, too many bills to pay and not enough time or money, appears to be a common emotion that knows few borders.
About three-fourths of people in Canada, the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea and the United Kingdom said they experience stress on a daily basis, according to an AP-Ipsos poll.
Diabetes breakthrough - Toronto scientists cure disease in mice
Tom Blackwell
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:00 UTC
In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure of the disease that affects millions of Canadians.
Diabetic mice became healthy virtually overnight after researchers injected a substance to counteract the effect of malfunctioning pain neurons in the pancreas.
"I couldn't believe it," said Dr. Michael Salter, a pain expert at the Hospital for Sick Children and one of the scientists. "Mice with diabetes suddenly didn't have diabetes any more."
If Biden backtracked any faster from Tuesday's speech, he'd be moonwalking
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Absurd 'antisemitism' charge against Emma Watson has exposed witchhunt strategy of Israel supporters
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Like its predecessors, Once Upon a Time and A Place in the Sun, Poolside with Slim Aarons offers images of jet-setters and the wealthy, of beautiful, glittering people living the glamorous life. Yet this new collection of stunning photographs of the rich and well-connected "doing attractive things" in their favorite playgrounds has a new twist.
The main character is pools and everything that goes with them—magnificent, suntanned bodies; well-oiled skin; bikini-clad women; yachts; summer cocktails; sumptuous buffets; spectacular locations; and most of all: fun. Poolside is not so much a Who's Who of society, aristocracy, and celebrity—although C. Z. Guest, Lilly Pulitzer, Cheryl Tiegs, Peter Beard, and many who have appeared in the previous books are here—as it is about leisure time and how the rich make use of it. This is a more intimate peek into very private lives, to which Slim Aarons was given unprecedented access in the fifties, sixties, seventies, and eighties.
From the Caribbean to Italy and Mexico to Monaco, Poolside with Slim Aarons whisks the reader away to an exclusive club where taste, style, luxury, and grandeur prevail.
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From first ascents such as Tommy Caldwell on the Dawn Wall, to wild adventures including Luke Nelson completing his first 100 mile race in 2010, these stories show the versatility, history and dedication to a product that was near-perfect 20 years ago and has only improved in the years since.
This season, Patagonia has updated the exclusive Power Grid fabric to be 93 per cent recycled and we've added two new styles to the R1 line up. Check out the funny new video to promote the anniversary below.
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Pac-12 Men's Basketball Weekly Awards, presented by Nextiva - Dec. 21, 2020
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SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 announced its fourth weekly honors of the 2020-21 men's basketball season as presented by Nextiva and voted on by media who cover the league.
Pac-12 Men's Basketball Player of the Week, presented by Nextiva (12/21/20)
Oscar da Silva, STANFORD
Sr., F, Munich, Germany
• The Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year candidate averaged 26.5 points on a scorching 71 percent shooting from the field (17-24) and 86 percent at the foul line (19-22) along with 8.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in a pair of Stanford wins.
• Was nearly perfect in the Cardinal's 82-71 road win at CSUN, scoring a career-best 32 points on 9-of-11 shooting and a perfect 14-of-14 effort at the charity stripe. Narrowly missed double-double with nine rebounds.
• Led Stanford to its first victory over Arizona in 12 seasons - snapping the league's longest active series losing streak at 20 games - with 21 points, seven rebounds and two steals.
• Second career Pac-12 Player of the Week honor (2/3/20).
• Currently leads the Pac-12 in scoring at 20.3 points per game and is 1-of-5 players in NCAA Division I averaging at least 20 points and better than 66 percent shooting, including 1-of-2 from power conferences (L. Garza, Iowa).
ALSO NOMINATED: Jemarl Baker Jr., Arizona; Ryan Betley, California; Dallas Walton, Colorado; Chris Duarte, Oregon; Ethan Thompson, Oregon State; Timmy Allen, Utah; Noah Williams, Washington State.
Pac-12 Men's Basketball Freshman of the Week, presented by Nextiva (12/21/20)
Ziaire Williams, STANFORD
Fr., F, Lancaster, Calif.
• The Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year candidate averaged 14.0 points, four rebounds and three assists to help Stanford improve to 4-2 with a pair of victories last week.
• Recorded 12-point, six-rebound performance in road win at CSUN.
• Made three 3-pointers en route to 16 points and four assists in Conference victory over Arizona. Drew game-clinching charge with 6.5 seconds left to help Cardinal snap 20-game skid against the Wildcats.
• Gives Stanford its first sweep of the league's weekly awards, only the second to accomplish the feat (USC, 11/25/19).
ALSO NOMINATED: Jabari Walker, Colorado; Pelle Larsson, Utah; Efe Abogidi, Washington State.
2020-21 PAC-12 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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Problem is in method money_donated. I have a column 'donated' in table 'donation'. I want to sum up all the values in the db and return the result as a value over JSON. However, I am having trouble with all the types in Diesel, I don't understand how I can do a simple sum.
The compile error I get is:

^^^^^ the trait
  diesel::deserialize::FromSql<diesel::sql_types::Nullable<diesel::sql_types::Numeric>,
  diesel::pg::Pg> is not implemented for i32

for this line:
// The rounding is not important for JSON, so an i32 is fine to use
let amount: i32 = donation.select(sum(donated)).first(&c).unwrap();

In the project I was trying to implemented the trait FromSql and then I thought to myself that all this work is too much for something simple like this, so maybe I am missing the point and doing too much work.
I read the docs here: https://docs.diesel.rs/diesel/dsl/fn.sum.html as well as this question: https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/issues/210. I still can not figure it out how to make it work.


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Our goal is to provide cats and their human families with the best radioiodine facility in the Chicagoland area. We are currently the only facility offering this treatment within the city limits. Hypurrthyroid Treatment for Cats, located within Cat Hospital of Chicago, is dedicated exclusively to the use of radioiodine in treating hyperthyroid cats.
Every single team member working with your cat truly loves cats – and every one of us enjoys working with cats of all shapes, sizes, and personalities. We recognize that your cat is a beloved member of your family – as ours are for us. We treat your cat like family.
We are an American Association of Feline Practitioners designated Cat Friendly Practice, which means that we have gone the extra mile to assure that we understand cat behavior, and that we individualize the way we handle every single patient based on what works best for that patient. We respect the rights of every cat under our care to be handled with gentle hands and a soft touch, in a quiet setting. When examining or medicating a patient, we move as slowly as is needed for each patient in order to minimize stress. Your cat needs a time out part-way through the examination? We get that – and we respect your cat's wish to have a time out. We understand cats, and we know that how a cat is, or is not, handled in the veterinary setting is critical in assuring a minimally stressful visit for the patient. We are also not hesitant to administer anti-anxiety medications in order to help patients better acclimate to their temporary hospital surroundings when needed.
Cats are housed in our lead-lined radiation room for the duration of their stay. The radiation area is away from the busier area of the hospital, and it is very quiet. And of course there are no barking dogs!
Hiding area (a favorite for most cats in a hospital setting because cats feel more secure when they not so visible to sight; or, better stated, when they think they are out of sight!) Many patients are more inclined to eat, drink and be cozy when they are 'hidden' and not so visible to anyone in the room.
For cats that want to be let out for stretching, petting, playing while hospitalized, we will accommodate as fully as we can, given safety laws that we must follow.
As much love as we're safely allowed to give them!
We provide daily updates on your cat while he/she is hospitalized. Routinely, we send pictures either via email or text, whatever your preference may be.
The doctors and staff are available for consultation after your cat is released from the hospital if you have follow up questions or concerns after your cat is back in the comfort of his or her own home.


What is the best internet provider in Petaluma?
In the coastal city of Petaluma, there are many diverse options for high-speed internet. Some of the options you can explore include satellite, cable, fiber optic, and DSL.
AT&T boasts a fairly large network in Petaluma. The network is expansive, hitting Ronsheimer in the north. Coverage runs to the central area of Penngrove. Service is limited through central Petaluma but picks up again in the southern part of the city.
Through Xfinity, anyone in Petaluma can choose high-speed cable service. This provider's network reaches Ronsheimer in the north, Lakeville in the south, Windsor in the west, and Haystack in the east.
Sonic.net has substantial coverage in the western and eastern edges of Petaluma, as well as much of the northern part of the city. Like AT&T, coverage is limited in the central neighborhoods.
Residents in the northern half of Petaluma often choose Integra Telecom. This ISP reaches areas like Ronsheimer and Crown.
On the flip side, New Edge Networks offers coverage primarily in southern Petaluma. This includes areas like San Antonio and Lakeville.


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EU energy ministers agree to cut gas use in the face of Russian supply disruptions
Despite a backlash against moves to impose rationing, every member state except Hungary united behind the plan to boost energy security this winter
Gas storage in Karlsruhe, Germany (Pic: Ikar.us/Wikimedia Commons)
By Kira Taylor for Euractiv
EU energy ministers greenlit a plan on Tuesday (26 July) to reduce gas consumption and prepare for potential disruptions to Russian gas flows after a power struggle with the European Commission over who could implement mandatory targets.
Last week, Brussels proposed for EU countries to reduce their gas consumption by 15% between August 2022 and March 2023, in order to ensure enough gas is in storage for this winter and next.
The plan, however, was met with resistance from EU member states. Particular criticism was aimed at the proposal allowing the European Commission to change the voluntary 15% target into one that is mandatory without consultation with the EU-27.
Following the pushback, the Czech Presidency of the EU Council redrafted the text to make it more palatable for EU countries and wrangle power back from the European Commission.
The new text was met with widespread support, with 26 of the 27 countries voting in favour. Hungary was the only one against the deal, according to Euractiv.cz.
Under the approved text, the Commission would still propose the highest level of alert, which triggers the mandatory target, but EU countries would then vote to approve it. Alternatively, at least five countries that have declared national alerts can request the European Commission to present the EU-wide alert.
Other changes include exemptions from the mandatory target for island countries, like Ireland and Malta, which are not connected to the EU gas grid.
Exemptions also cover EU countries whose electricity grids are synchronised with countries outside of the EU and may need to fuel their electricity production with gas in case of an emergency desynchronisation.
There are also several derogations available to EU countries, including "if they have overshot their gas storage filling targets, if they are heavily dependent on gas as a feedstock for critical industries or if their gas consumption has increased by at least 8% in the past year compared to the average of the past five years".
However, the Czech industry and trade minister Jozef Sikela was clear that these exemptions would not impact the overall savings.
"The common understanding is that the sum of the exemptions should not impact the target volume of the saved gas," he told journalists as he arrived for the meeting.
Meanwhile, Irish minister Eamon Ryan told journalists that, although his country would benefit from the exemption because of its "physical reality", it did not stop "the basic desire of all of us to reduce our use".
"In Ireland's case, while we're not physically connected, we're hit by the high prices and that's why it makes sense for us to use less," he added.
South Africa turns to renewables, gas and batteries to end power cuts
The meeting comes only a day after Gazprom announced it would further reduce gas flows to Germany, creating fresh concerns about Europe's energy security.
Gazprom's announcement underlines "once again that we have to be ready for possible supply cuts from Russia at any moment," said EU energy chief Kadri Simson. To prepare, Europe must act now and together to preemptively reduce demand, she added.
Already, 12 EU countries have faced complete or partial cut-offs of their Russian gas supply and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned that a complete cut-off from Russian gas is a "likely scenario".
In light of this, high storage levels are essential to get through this winter and avoid difficulties filling gas storage for winter 2023, said energy commissioner Simson as she announced the plan last week.
Gas storage levels have now hit 66%, according to the European Commission. But some EU countries still have a lot of work to do to reach the EU's target of filling its gas storage to at least 80%, said Sikela. The Czech Republic met the target yesterday, he added.
Comment: Russia's war on Ukraine underscores the importance of curbing methane emissions
As more Russian gas is cut off, many eyes are on Germany, which is highly reliant on Russian gas and has spent years strengthening gas connections to Russia. This includes building Nord Stream 2, which drew criticism from Berlin's eastern neighbours.
Speaking on French TV, gas expert Thierry Bros said that "Germany is the European weak link".
"Without European solidarity, Germany will suffer much more than all other European countries. With European solidarity, all of the EU will suffer. What will the 27 energy ministers choose?" he asked on Twitter.
Germany, Austria, Hungary and Italy are particularly vulnerable to disruptions in Russian gas supply due to their high dependence on Russian flows.
But despite the idea that solidarity could mean propping up Germany, many ministers attending the meeting emphasised the need for it.
"Unity and solidarity is the best weapon we have against Putin," said Sikela.
Meanwhile, von der Leyen welcomed the agreement, saying: "By acting together to reduce the demand for gas, taking into account all the relevant national specificities, the EU has secured the strong foundations for the indispensable solidarity between Member States in the face of the Putin's energy blackmail."
Some countries still want to go further when it comes to Russian gas: the Polish and Estonian ministers both repeated calls for a full ban on imports.
"If we all put in the effort that is asked, we do enough to successfully survive the winter. But looking into the future, of course, losing all dependence on Russian energy is essential," said Estonian minister Riina Sikkut.
This article was produced by Euractiv and republished under a content sharing agreement.
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Did you know that the cost of medical transcription errors can be deadly? A very sobering thought indeed.
In 2008, a patient died as a result of a transcription typo. Her name was Sharron Juno. She had suffered with diabetes all her life and died as a result of a transcription error. The transcript was outsourced to a contractor in India. The issue was with the incorrect transcribing of her dosage. The report was meant to read '8' and instead read '80'. Sharron passed away after receiving an insulin dose that was ten times more than it should have been. This incorrect medication dosage was administered to her on the 19th March 2008 and caused irreparable brain injury and cardiopulmonary arrest. Sharron died on the 27th March 2008.
The hospital involved was Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, Alabama. The plaintiff's family sued both the hospital and the outsourced contractor. The jury's anger led to a $140 million verdict in favour of the plaintiff.
The doctor's dictated notes were outsourced to India to be transcribed. A nurse couldn't find the original notes and instead used the transcribed notes. Unfortunately the transcription contained a multitude of critical errors including the one that ultimately led to Sharron's death.
How did a mistake like this happen?
Initially, the hospital was utilising a transcription company in the United States. Due to cost saving measures, it was decided to outsource their transcription work to India. The deal saved them 2 cents per line.
A number of witnesses appeared on behalf of the plaintiff and testified to the 'awful quality' of the Indian transcription companies. Apparently the United States based transcription company follows a specific set of standards in relation to medical transcription. In the trial, it became evident that the Indian companies don't adhere to the same standards that the U.S. companies follow. In fact, they only follow one half to one fifth of the U.S. standards.
Can mistakes like this be avoided?
Make sure that there are no language barriers and that the transcribers are native English speakers. This will ensure that the accents are understood.
Ensure that the transcription company has highly skilled and experienced transcribers.
Try and check the transcript to ensure everything has been fully captured. Consider getting an independent review of the file.
If you follow these simple rules, deadly mistakes like this will be avoided.
You can be assured that at Way With Words we only employ the cream of the crop as we have a rigorous recruitment process. All our transcribers are native speaking linguists who understand various accents and are subject specialists. Contact us at info@waywithwordsgroup.com to see how we can help you get an accurate and timeous transcription done.
Happened to read this by chance and took the time to say how true it is. The debate now is not really whether to oursource BPO work but to insure (note spelling) the services offered by any company are accountable to the local language requirements of that service.
Hospitals are a case in point, as you state here, but look at almost any industry where a decision on correct interpretation or meaning can make or break peoples lives, career, job or even the company value. I say all this being in the financial sector where bad decisions have been traced back to a secretary or administrator who was tasked to transcribe a key boardroom meeting during her lunch time. The decision involved many $ millions. She was tired, overworked, without any knowledge of the industry and we can assume careless. Can you imagine!!!!?
Our company had something similar when a company strategic review discussion was transcribed offshore – may have been in the Phillipines. Our company retrenched a section of key staff following the understanding of the instructions of the board. It turned out after some quick investigations by the Board that the transcriber had made an error with "fire". It was missing a second part being "up".
The nurse could not find the original notes and instead used the transcribed notes. Ideally the transcriber should have got a clarification on the high dose of insulin. Ditto for the nurse who gave that injection. It is pointless to blame the transcriber (Indian or American) because more often than not dictations are done in a very careless, casual manner and 8 and 80 sound very similar. It is the duty of the caregiver to be extremely careful with the lives of their patients. When the complications of a wrong insulin dose are well known, isn't it common sense to get it confirmed with the treating physicians, especially since the dose was so high.
I entire;y am in line with the above observation. Bottom line is that the administering of a drug is the responsibility of the trained medical professional, specially one trained and practicing the profession in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.


text:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.DateUtil;

import com.google.common.collect.*;

public class MicrobiomeTransform extends AbstractAssayValidator
{
    private File _errorFile;
    private Map<String, String> _runProperties = new HashMap<>();
    private Map<Integer, String> _colMap = new HashMap<>();
    private Map<String, String> _dictionary = new HashMap<>();
    private final int numHeaderCols = 4;

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        if (args.length < 1)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Run properties file not passed in.");

        File runProperties = new File(args[0]);
        if (runProperties.exists())
        {

            MicrobiomeTransform transform = new MicrobiomeTransform();
            transform.runTransform(runProperties);

        }
        else
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input data file does not exist");

    }

    private String getValue(Cell cell)
    {
        StringBuilder value = new StringBuilder();

        if(null != cell)
        {
            switch (cell.getCellType())
            {
                case STRING:
                    value.append(cell.getStringCellValue());
                    break;
                case NUMERIC:
                    if (DateUtil.isCellDateFormatted(cell))
                    {
                        value.append(cell.getDateCellValue());
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        value.append(((Double)cell.getNumericCellValue()).intValue());
                    }
                    break;
                case BOOLEAN:
                    value.append(cell.getBooleanCellValue());
                    break;
            }
        }

        return value.toString();
    }

    private String getColumns(Row row)
    {
        Iterator<Cell> cellIter = row.iterator();
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

        int col = 0;
        int i = 0;
        Cell cell;
        String s;

        // column header lookup HashMap
        _dictionary.put("Sample Id", "SampleId\t");
        _dictionary.put("Marmoset ID", "ParticipantId\t");
        _dictionary.put("Sample Date", "Date\t");
        //_dictionary.put("UI ID", "UiId\t");
        _dictionary.put("Barcode", "Barcode\t");

        try
        {

            // Populate column map
            while (cellIter.hasNext())
            {

                cell = cellIter.next();
                _colMap.put(col++, getValue(cell));

                // Get header columns
                if (i < numHeaderCols)
                {
                    s = _dictionary.get(getValue(cell));
                    if (s != null)
                    {
                        sb.append(s);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        writeError("Encountered Invalid column header: " + getValue(cell) + " " + sb.toString(), "");
                       //throw new IllegalArgumentException("Encountered Invalid column header: " + getValue(cell) + "\n");
                    }

                }
                i++;

            }
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }

        //i++;

        sb.append("OTU\tValue\n");

        return sb.toString();
    }

    // Can add more checking here
    private boolean isValid(String common)
    {
        return !common.isEmpty() && common.trim().length() > 0;
    }

    private String processRow(Row row)
    {
        StringBuilder rows = new StringBuilder();
        StringBuilder common = new StringBuilder();
        StringBuilder notes = new StringBuilder();
        int note = 0, col;
        Cell cell;

        int i = 0;
        Integer rowNum = 0;

        for (Map.Entry<Integer, String> entry : _colMap.entrySet())
        {
            // get columns that will be used as common values for each unpivoted row
            if (i < numHeaderCols)
            {
                i++;
                col = entry.getKey();
                cell = row.getCell(col);
                try
                {
                    if (cell != null)
                    {
                        common.append(getValue(cell));
                        common.append('\t');
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        rowNum = row.getRowNum();
                        writeError("Missing row identifyer informaion on row: " + rowNum.toString(), "");
                    }
                }
                catch (IOException e)
                {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }

            else
            {
                // Get OTUs
                col = entry.getKey();
                String value = getValue(row.getCell(col));
                try
                {
                    // only store rows with valued > 0 10/31/2017 tjh
                    int intValue = Integer.parseInt(value);
                    // is an integer!

                    if (intValue > 0)
                    {
                        rows.append(common);
                        rows.append(entry.getValue() + "\t");
                        rows.append(value);
                        rows.append('\n');
                    }
                } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                    // not an integer!
                }
            }
        }
        return rows.toString();
    }

    public void runTransform(File inputFile)
    {

        parseRunProperties(inputFile);

        try
        {

            //writeError("runfile name: " + inputFile, "");

            if (getRunProperties().containsKey(Props.runDataFile.name()))
            {

                File inputDataFile = new File(getRunProperty(Props.runDataUploadedFile));
                File transformFile = new File(getTransformFile().get(getRunProperty(Props.runDataFile)));

                try (PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(transformFile))))
                {
                    try {
                        //writeError("inputDataFile  " + inputDataFile.getName() , "");
                        FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream(inputDataFile);

                        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(stream);

                        Sheet firstSheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);

                        Iterator<Row> rowIter = firstSheet.iterator();

                        boolean first = true;
                        StringBuilder sb;

                        while (rowIter.hasNext())
                        {
                            Row nextRow = rowIter.next();
                            Iterator<Cell> cellIter = nextRow.iterator();

                            sb = new StringBuilder();
                            if(first)
                            {

                                sb.append(getColumns(nextRow));
                                System.out.println(sb.toString());
                                first = false;

                            }
                            else
                            {
                                sb.append(processRow(nextRow));
                            }

                            writer.print(sb.toString());
                        }

                    }
                    catch (Exception e)
                    {
                        writeError("Error opening Excel workbook: " + inputDataFile, "");
                    }
                }
            }

            else
                writeError("Unable to locate the runDataFile", "runDataFile");
        }

        catch (IOException e)
        {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
}

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CMEMTHREAD waits: This wait type indicates that the rate of insertion of entries into the plan cache is very high and there is contention on the memory object from which the cache descriptors are allocated from. Contention is also observed when entries are being removed from the plan cache resulting in the resource monitor thread being blocked. There is a single memory object per cachestore from which the cache descriptors for the cachestore are allocated. Since there is a single global cachestore for the ad-hoc compiled plans, there is only one thread safe memory object creating the cache descriptors for each cacheable compiled plan.
On a 32 processor, 8 Node NUMA Machine when this batch is executed over 64 connections there are a large number of CMEMTHREAD waits seen in sys.dm_os_wait_stats. SQL Server 2005 SP2 has a 2 part fix for the query batch described above: a) Zero cost queries that have set statements and transaction statements are no longer cached, unless the batch is entirely composed of set and/or transaction statements. This should dramatically reduce the rate of insertion of plans into the cache. b) Partition the memory object from which the cache descriptors are allocated per CPU. This will reduce the contention around the memory object, and therefore CMEMTHREAD waits.
Another approach to reducing contention would be examine the application code and use batched RPC to execute stored procedures.
A large number of waits of type SOS_RESERVEDMEMBLOCKLIST indicates that the query probably has a procedure with a large number of parameters, or the query has a long list of expression values specified in an IN clause, which would require multi-page allocations. When such queries are executed concurrently over multiple connections on 64 bit systems, there is a severe degradation in throughput especially when the total multi-page allocations exceed a couple of GB.
It is also worth noting that periodically executing 'dbcc freeproccache' alleviates the problem temporarily. SQL Hotfix 543 contains the multi-page allocator fix to reduce this contention. SQL Server 2005 SP2 includes this Hotfix and has an additional fix to relieve contention on this wait type. Note that the fix in SP2 is not guaranteed to fix the contention on this wait type, but should reduce the contention. It is also worth examining the client application for alternatives to passing long parameter list to functions or stored procedures or rewriting queries with a long IN clause.
For more information see 'Designing Plan Guides for Parameterized Queries'.
The select statement has been parameterized, while the update statement has not been parameterized making each batch unique. When these 2 batches are executed, there is a compiled plan for each batch in the cache.
If there are a large number of parameterized queries with the exact same sql text but different parameter lists, and identical bucketid's then this might explain the large number of collisions for SQL_MGR.
This translates to two parameterized queries i.e. unique parameterized query if the length of the parameter is different.
If you pass different literal values with different number of decimal points they will all have the same parameterized query text but the types in the parameter list is different. The Sql 2005 caching algorithm uses only the parameterized query text to compute the hash value for the entry, and so it is possible to have a very large number of entries with the same query text but different parameter lists. This leads to long lookup times for the cache entries and high CPU as it walks the hash chain and does comparisons on many similar entries.
2. If the numbers of collisions (and spins) for SPL_MUTEX is high, then examine your application code to see if queries are being executed under a security context other than the sysadmin.
Examine the size (single_pages_kb) of the TokenAndPermUserStore cache either through dbcc memorystatus or through the sys.dm_os_memory_clerks DMV. The number of single_pages_kb should be very high.
Symptoms above describe a situation where performance degrades because access to many entries in the TokenAndPermUserStore cache is going through a single spinlock. This is because entries end up in the same hash bucket. This leads to the response time of queries degrading significantly and has been observed on 64 bit systems.
Changes to the application code that avoid this problem include executing all queries under the context of sysadmin to bypass security checks. A server side fix for this issue will be shipped as part of SP2.
Collect 'SQL Server: Plan Cache\Cache Pages(_Total)' and 'SQLServer: BufferManager\Database pages' performance counters. Typically the database pages increases along with the plan cache pages especially for workloads with adhoc queries. However due to the difference between SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 plan cache size limits, it is possible for the plan cache pages to grow up to ~80% of buffer pool without being under memory pressure leaving no room for database pages. This results in the database pages being evicted and subsequent performance degradation. The max limit of SQL Server 2005 Plan Cache size in SQL Server 2005 RTM and SP1 is bigger than in SQL Server 2000. To bring the SQL Server 2005 plan cache size limit to be similar to that of SQL Server 2000, in SP2 the limit for signaling internal memory pressure on a cachestore will be changed as described in section 4.