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Sean O'Toole with PropertyRadar #272
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This week Bruce Norris is joined by Sean O'Toole, founder and CEO of ForeclosureRadar.com. Prior to launching ForeclosureRadar, Sean successfully purchased and flipped more than 150 residential and commercial foreclosures. He leveraged 15 years in the software industry. Sean used technology as a key competitive advantage to build his successful real estate investment track record. Now he has brought all these skills to ForeclosureRadar.
Bruce talked about how Aaron has a favorite word for websites, robust. If you say this about a person, it is not a compliment. However, if you say it about a website it is a good thing. This is how you can describe Sean O'Toole's website. There is a lot to real estate and the real estate business, and Sean tried to make a tool that would work for all kinds of different things. They try to find new ways to use the site, go after new types of business, or have customers tell them something they had never thought of. The goal was to create something that would allow people to find a way to use it that works for them. Sean has a short sale section on his site now where the people that are actually trying to get them accomplished are able to communicate with each other and lenders who are easier to use. There was even a recording recently done that was shared with others, and this is a useful forum to which someone can have access. In their learning center they call it the short sale report; and it is free and right off their own website. They try to post information about each bank and links where you get the packages and letters as well as have a comment section where users can share information about each of those lenders, how they are to work with, and tips and tricks.
One of the general things about the internet is the nature of it is so inexpensive to access such a ridiculous amount of information. A lot of what is at the website is free of charge. When people pay for websites, they probably do not have an understanding of how much easier Sean has made the business. Bruce wondered if Sean even gets comments from people in the business or who have been in the business for a long time. Sean said he usually gets a double-edged compliment, especially from the ones who had been in the business before Sean's existed. Half the time people are thinking they were saved a lot of time and allowed them to expand. Last year they may have brought 50 properties a month and made millions of dollars, and it is an awesome compliment that they used Sean's primary system. However, it is also followed by people telling him he reels in the market and brings in a lot of other people. He gets both ends of it.
Bruce was never really a full-time trustee sale buyers until Greg figured a lot of it out along with a lot of the tools that were provided him. You go to a sale, and you see the same three or four people there every day. Now you go, and there are probably 50-75 people, and they change a lot. People can get up to speed a lot quicker than they used to, but they do not really have any appreciation of how much work has gone into getting them there. Sean said a lot of it was an issue of the times. People shift to where the market and the opportunities are. We went from a market where foreclosures did not matter to one at the peak where they make up the majority of the market in quite a few areas. Sean said he was looking at some stats he ran where in San Bernardino you went from 90% of the market being traditional market sales with 6% being flips and investor-run deals with 2% short sales to 46% REOs and 31% regular market sales in 2009. A lot of it was most likely out of necessity since we had a lot of builders who were pushed out of the building business and went into the foreclosure business. A lot of commercial brokers whose business was dried up also went into the foreclosure business. A lot of it was just natural, and Sean said they were fortunate to be in the right place at the right time.
Being an investor, Bruce looks at Sean's website for these reasons, but he wondered what the government would use ForeclosureRadar for if Sean had them in his customer base. The first thing Sean said he saw them use ForeclosureRadar for was mosquito abatement. By finding properties that were not necessarily being maintained in the pools, the government was using their website to search for swimming pools in foreclosure properties so they would know to go treat them for mosquitos. Later on, a lot of cities get active to try to keep light down with code enforcements and the extension of the foreclosure process that we have seen over the last couple of years. Once somebody stopped making their payment, a lot of times they stopped making repairs too. In some ways it is great that they slowed down the foreclosure process as it has kept inventory off the market and kept people in their homes longer. However, at the same time their homes are not getting repaired, so code enforcement officers are using ForeclosureRadar to go look for these issues and try to be proactive about it.
Whether the code enforcement comes into play after the trustee sale or in the middle of the process usually depends on the county and the budget. He has seen some start off at the NOD stage. They will maybe take photos of the property at that point and continue to monitor it. If it goes downhill at any stage during the foreclosure process, they will start enforcement actions.
Bruce said something he had never seen on the website was a wholesale buyers list. One of the things Sean said he wanted to do from the beginning was they had a lot of incredible customers, the most knowledgeable foreclosure realtors and hottest investors, and they wanted to come up with a way to start connecting to those people. For all their customers, they allowed them to basically have a free advertisement out on their public website in something they called the marketplace. He wanted to connect folks and start allowing their customers to find each other and find services. They have investors who are willing to bid for others, so there is a bidding services section as well as people in property management, which some investors might be interested in. There are also a lot of realtors that are foreclosure experts and all get to advertise on this free foreclosure marketplace that is available to anyone. This section has not been updated as much since Sean said he tends to be more of a product-centric person than a market-centric person, which he said he is working on. He did say this feature has been around for a year.
Foreclosures have been a dominant player in the last five years, which is not typical California. Most typical California was the stretch from 2000 to 2006 where a trustee sale was rare. There were always a certain number of foreclosures, but Bruce wondered how radically this changes the business model that really concentrates on this. Sean said there is no question that foreclosures will play a less dominate role. It is already clear that REOs play a less dominant role now than they did even two years ago. There is no doubt that will even change and will continue to change. We went from 46% of the market being REOs in San Bernardino in 2009 to only 30% in 2011. That will most likely be lower this year. On the other hand, the motivators and players of who is in the foreclosure market changed in the timeframe from 2004-2006. You get some of the big consumer foreclosure sites, which he focuses on professionals rather than consumers. These sites had their best years in the years when there were the fewest foreclosures. They had less expense because they did not have to track as many foreclosures, and there were more people clamoring to invest in real estate and trying to find good deals. So there are really two sides to it.
Sean had mentioned how he thinks San Bernardino will have less of a percentage of REOs, and Bruce wondered if this is for natural causes or induced causes. Sean said he believes it is still largely from induced causes. You still have a lot of people underwater and lot of people in the foreclosure pipeline. However, it is becoming less and less politically correct to foreclose, so banks and looking for every other alternative possible. The latest thing is the REO to rental program. Banks all blame regulations for delaying these things and not pushing them through. At the end of the day it is all good for their bottom line to not foreclose and to delay the processes for as long as possible. We have seen this trend continue and grow. We are working through some of the problems as wells, so there are fewer people in foreclosure or underwater today than there were a few years ago. A lot of this is due to price increases.
One of the things Bruce has been studying about deleveraging debt is they are talking about the U.S. doing a really good job, but then in asterisks it said 86% of the debt reduction was just defaulting. It is improving, but it is not necessarily because we are having price increases. It is improving thanks to the strategic defaulters. Eliminating negative equity is a contrarian view.
Bruce wondered what the real estate debt was at the peak of the market. Sean said we have good numbers nationally, but not so well locally. According to the Fed funds, which the Federal Reserve publishes, we went from $4 ½ trillion in mortgage debt in 2000 to $10 ½ at the peak. We are now back down to about $9.8 trillion. This is a really good high-level gauge just to see where we are in the problem overall because if you think about debt as a percentage of income (in some cases the percentage of GDP), and you look at the number of new households and increase in household income from that time, the number should really be closer to $6 ½ trillion. This is where we should be back to if we want the same level of homeownership that we had in 2000. Unfortunately, we are a long way from being at that level, and Sean said he thinks this is the heart of the problem with the economy. Although, he realized that most economists would disagree and say it is jobs or something else. It is hard for him to see how you would have jobs when you have a consumer-driven economy where consumers are underwater in their homes. They have perhaps $3 ½ t o$4 trillion of too much debt.
What is interesting is that Bruce has talked to people who said banks have already written all this off. One of the interesting things about when banks write debt off is it does not write it off on the homeowner side. It is a one-sided write-off, so it does not improve the consumer position at all. Bruce has serious doubt that anybody has written off $1 trillion of anything, even if they put all their piles together. This is a lot of debt. The question is why you would want to model accounting that Congress put so much pressure on, specifically the Federal Accounting Standards Board. They say they have taken the write-downs, but it is the write-downs down to their fantasy values for these assets.
Bruce wondered when somebody wants to get into the business of trustee sales what are the typical rookie mistakes that he sees. Sean said the biggest mistake in terms of cost is to buy a second mortgage that you think is a first mortgage. The one thing Sean really encourages anybody entering this business to do is to really take the time to learn how to do title research. They regularly see their customers rely too heavily on their models. Sean said they guess what the positions are, and they give you that information. This helps with searching and the rest, but they do not intend for them to buy based on that information. They make things pretty clear with disclaimers and the rest, and nine times out of ten the models would probably work for the people. If your first deal is that 1 out of 10 where their guess is wrong or there is something strange about the title; that can be a very big loss. They will see other people who will call somebody, for example some junior customer service person, and they will ask them what they think is going on. They will usually tell them whether it looks like a first, but this is really not the way to do title research. If you cannot take the time to learn how to do it, you really should not be buying at auction. This is really not the place for somebody that is going to give it a shot and really not become good at it before they show up for the first day.
Bruce wondered what the likelihood is of somebody about to make a mistake having somebody there say not to bid on a second. With there being a lot more people down there, Sean said he sees helpful folks more often. Sean said early on in his foreclosure investing career he did this for a newbie and saved him about $150,000. He was still a relative newbie, having been down there 6 months, and the other regulars almost lynched him. They basically told him with more competition there is not really enough business to go around already, so by helping him out he saved him a lot of money. This means he was going to come back the next day. If he had lost the $150,000, they would never see him again.
Bruce said he prefers Sean's route to the other people's any day. Bruce actually did this intentionally one time to see if he had many friends and qualified intentionally for a second with his cashier's check, and two other people qualified with him. However, when the opening bid came nothing was said. One of the regulars came over to Bruce and asked him what he had been doing, and Bruce said he just wanted to see if the person would tell him and see if he knew. In this way he made a really good point because you have to qualify to bid beforehand, and you will sometimes see the pros go qualify for things people might be confused about in order to try to suck them in. Sean has even seen pros knowingly bid to a point where they had a $50,000 loss against somebody trying to increase the other person's loss because they realized the other person did not know what they were doing. Rather than letting them take the small loss, they actually took the risk of losing tens of thousands of dollars just to see that person's loss be matured.
One of the things that has really changed is that before there was real equity, so when you are foreclosing in the '90s, people had older loans and there was equity. In this cycle, real equity is virtually non-existent, so you end up having something called a drop bid. If you asked somebody who attended trustee sales on a regular basis back in the 90s if they had checked out the drop bids, he would not have that vocabulary in his mind at all. Now, all of a sudden it is the entire business. Bruce wondered how somebody would find the drop bids before Sean's site provided the service. Sean said it was largely by attending the sale or calling and checking ahead of time to find out. Pre-announcing opening bids is something that really started fairly recently. You would occasionally see it beforehand, but nobody even thought to enquire as what the opening bid was because up until 2008, the opening bid was the amount due. The years 2007 and 2008 were a terrible time to be in the auction business because everything had an opening bid that was above the market value. This was why the REOs were so overwhelming because they were taking back 95-99% of the inventory they could have sold to somebody with a cashier's check. In the peak month, 97% went back to the bank.
One time in San Bernardino, Bruce happened to look in the MLS, and it was so ridiculous. There were 25 properties per $1,000 increment all owned by lenders. 101 had 25, 102 had 25. You had your way if you were buying through the MLS at that point. It was right at this time that we claimed the term shadow inventory and were talking about bank-owned properties. For all of those listed in the MLS, there were at least that many if not more that were not listed in the MLS. That bank-owned inventory was pretty short-lived because once the banks realized they needed the correct prices for what people could afford without the crazy financing, that shadow inventory disappeared. In a lot of places we went from 20 months of inventory to 4 months of inventory in a few month period.
Shadow inventory is still a very misunderstood term as the definition has shifted to talking about the REOs that were not being marketed to something else. Bruce was just in front of the mayor and city council in Riverside, somebody brought up shadow inventory, and his emphasis was the banks were holding onto a lot of properties. He was emphatic about it that they had not done what they were supposed to do as far as putting up for sale. It is a little hard to deal with somebody who is that emphatic with a chart, but he does make a point that there is something called shadow inventory that has changed definition.
If you want to check out Sean O'Toole's website, visit www.foreclosureradar.com. He helps realtors, investors, and government agencies track foreclosures in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. The cost is $49.95, and there is a discount for members of the California Association of Realtors.
Tune in next week as Bruce continues his interview with Sean O'Toole.
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Search Central Oregon Horse Properties for sale.
Are you a horse enthusiast? If so, you're in luck. Central Oregon features a wide variety of horse properties, both large and small — everything from 2 1/2-acre mini-ranches and five-acre hobby farms to sprawling equine boarding facilities and working hay or cattle ranches.
Consequently, because of the high concentration of horse owners in Central Oregon, we also have a thriving horse community. Actually, Central Oregon is home to a network of very active horse communities, covering a broad spectrum of equine disciplines. Of course, there are numerous trails-related organizations to be found here, along with many ranch-related competitive disciplines like cutting, sorting, team roping, team penning and rodeo. But you'll also find some serious show-jumping, hunter-jumper, eventing, dressage and endurance riders here, too.
Keep in mind (especially if you aren't familiar with Central Oregon) that before buying a horse property, you'll want to be well-educated on various aspects of Central Oregon horse-property ownership that the average urban purchase doesn't entail. If you're looking for a property with more than an acre of grass, for example, you'll need a property that includes irrigation rights (which will no doubt add to the price tag). Understand, first and foremost, that having large expanses of green here comes at a cost –- both literally and in terms of the labor involved. This is the High Desert, after all. With that thought in mind, you'll want to understand the fundamentals of how our various irrigation systems work and factor in the time and expense of doing so.
That's one reason that, for you especially, choosing the right real estate agent is crucial. Many agents focus primarily on in-town properties and are unfamiliar with many issues that are common to rural properties. For example, you'll also want to verify whether the outbuildings are to code and that the zoning of the subject property coincides with your needs, that the property boundaries are accurate, the fencing will suffice, and the well set-up and septic system are in good working order. And, of course, for some of you, the search will begin (and maybe end) with the barn.
By the way, if you're considering buying a Central Oregon horse property but have no intention of becoming a horse owner, that's fine too. Many people are drawn to the area because of the opportunity to live in a rural setting with some room to breathe and an outstanding setting in which to do so. And who knows? Maybe you're looking forward to the opportunity to produce your own farm-fresh eggs. Maybe you see a goat in your future or a handful of alpacas, llamas or cows.
Want to know more about Central Oregon horse properties? Email me directly.


Srinagar: Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday SSP Bandipora to take stern action against the management of private education institution who "befooled" the students who eventually failed to appear in BOSE examination.
The action was taken in response to a protest by some students of Noorani Educational Trust Sumbal Bandipora who alleged that J&K Board of School Education has not issued admit cards in their favour for enabling them to appear in the annual matriculation examination that started on Thursday.
Bukhari sought an explanation from the BOSE authorities who clarified that the institution is neither affiliated with the board nor has approached for deposition of R.R Forms and examination forms of the candidates and thereby has put the career of such candidates at risk which warrants action against the erring persons under rules.
Taking strong note of issue, the Minister advised the SSP Bandipora to thoroughly probe the matter and take stern action against the management of Noorani Educational Trust. He said that it was a case of cheating and opined that strict action as per rules should be initiated in this case.
Director School Education Dr. G.N.Itoo has directed the Chief Education Officer Bandipora to formally lodge a complaint against the management of Noorani Educational Trust for cheating and playing with the career of students.
Meanwhile, Minister Bukhari has appealed the parents to ascertain the credentials of private educational institutions before getting their wards admitted in such schools. He asked the BOSE authorities to come to the rescue of students and find out ways so that the career and precious time of students is saved.


Author's Note: We would like to thank one of the attendees at our recent Employer's Legal Resource Workshop for this article. After our session on drug and alcohol testing under Oklahoma law, she raised some issues about OSHA compliance. That led us to look into the matter a bit further. We hope this sheds some light for other readers as well.
So, you have made the decision to test your employees for drugs and alcohol; you have developed an air-tight policy and "delivered" it to your employees according to Oklahoma state law. Now you need to know what to do with the records of those tests. Are they "medical records"? How should they be handled? How long do you have to keep them?
This article addresses the maintenance of drug and alcohol testing records for testing performed pursuant to Oklahoma law. If your business performs testing under the Department of Transportation regulations, the rules may differ, so please contact an attorney to discuss any issues or concerns you may have.
The basic rule of thumb is that drug and alcohol testing records are not "medical records" and thus, need to be kept separate from both personnel files and medical records. So, yes, three different sets of records for an employee.
Why should I keep the drug and alcohol testing results separate?
Three different laws may impact the maintenance and retention of drug testing records. First, Oklahoma's Standards for Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Act requires that "Employers…maintain all drug and alcohol testing results and related information…as confidential records, separate from other personnel records." So, under Oklahoma law, your drug and alcohol testing records may not be kept with your personnel records. However, the law does not address whether they can be combined with your medical records file.
The second law that comes into play is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA requires medical records to be kept confidential and separate from other personnel files. The question is whether drug and alcohol testing records are "medical records". The general answer is "no," especially if your files contain only information about whether the drug or alcohol test yielded a positive or negative result. But, if the information contained in your files is more expansive, those files could be considered medical records.
Alcohol testing results pose a little more difficulty under the ADA, but ultimately come out the same as drug testing. The ADA defines "alcoholism" as a disability. Therefore, there is an argument that the results of alcohol testing are medical records. On the other hand, just because someone tests positive for alcohol in their system does not mean they have the disease of "alcoholism." The regulations do not provide much assistance on this issue. However, the ADA is clear that employers may apply the same conduct rules to alcoholics as other employees; meaning, your clearly defined drug and alcohol testing program explains your expectations and requirements and allows you to test and discipline accordingly. Therefore, it follows that the alcohol testing records should also be kept like drug testing results—separate from personnel and medical records. Again, the law is not as clear on this issue, but assuming the employee has not told you he is an alcoholic and the testing record does not make such assertion, you should maintain the record just as you do the drug testing results.
So, if both testing records and medical records have to be kept confidential and separate from personnel records, why can't you just keep those two things together? The answer is simple—the people that may have access to one set of records may be totally inappropriate people to have access to the other set of records. Keeping the records separate helps ensure that the wrong set of eyes don't see the information.
How long do I have to keep the drug and alcohol testing records?
Finally, how long do you have to keep the records? Generally, three years is probably sufficient. Under Oklahoma state law, most employment-related lawsuits are to be filed within two or three years of the alleged wrongful act. Under most of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity laws, an employee must file a charge with the EEOC or state agency within 300 days of the alleged wrongdoing. The employer should receive notice thereafter, though there is no set time frame for that notice to be given. In other words, you should have notice within three years of an employee's termination if he intends to sue you.
However, depending on your business, yet a third law, the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), may be implicated and require you to keep the testing records even longer—30 years. OSHA requires the maintenance of certain medical records where an employee is subject to toxic substances or harmful physical agents as part of their employment. The law requires that those records be maintained for inspection for 30 years. According to guidance from the Department of Labor, the access and record maintenance provision only applies where the employee may be exposed to "toxic substances or harmful physical agents" as a part of their occupation. Only if your business is included in that definition do those drug and alcohol testing results need to be retained for the 30 years.
Just remember the purpose behind these various laws. The effort is to maintain a balance between the employer's need and right to maintain a productive and safe workplace, the employee's right to privacy, and the public's interest in preventing discrimination and encouraging help for substance abuse. So, if you choose to test for drugs or alcohol, keep the testing records separate from other records so that only those who have a need to know stuff, know stuff.


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Q: A structural quetion of a sentence Today,when my English teacher helped me and my classmates to scan through the chapter one in the volume one of Harry Potter,she asked us to write a composition. However,the topic she wrote was a little odd to me.
She wrote:

Tell one thing that Ms.Dursley was afraid of the Potters.

To be honest,I knew what she wanted to say was 「tell one of the reasons Ms.Dursley was afraid of the Potters」.
Thus,I really believed its structure had a grammatical error.
And then,I told her that she should correct it to the sentence "tell one thing that Ms.Dursley was afraid of the Potters for ".
Notwithstanding,she said she didn't understand why the sentence needed "for" at the end.
So, isn't there the error in her sentence?Why or why not?
If it had errors,how to correct it in the best way?

A: You are correct that the grammar of this sentence is VERY bad.
I would use the word 'made' after 'that', but it is then essential to delete 'was'.
And 'tell' is a poor word choice. Either 'explain' or 'describe' would be better.

Describe one thing that made Ms. Dursly afraid of the Potters.

An alternative would be:

Describe one reason why Ms. Dursly was afraid of the Potters.

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#ifndef ALIMUONVTRACKRECONSTRUCTOR_H
#define ALIMUONVTRACKRECONSTRUCTOR_H

/* $Id$ */

/// \ingroup rec
/// \class AliMUONVTrackReconstructor
/// \brief Virtual class for the MUON track reconstruction
///
//  Author: Philippe Pillot

#include <TObject.h>

class AliMUONTrack;
class AliMUONTrackParam;
class AliMUONVCluster;
class AliMUONTriggerTrack;
class AliMUONTrackHitPattern;
class AliMUONVClusterServer;
class AliMUONVClusterStore;
class AliMUONVTrackStore;
class AliMUONVTriggerTrackStore;
class AliMUONVTriggerStore;
class AliMUONGeometryTransformer;
class AliMUONDigitMaker;
class AliMUONTriggerCircuit;
class TClonesArray;
class AliMUONRecoParam;
class AliMUONLocalTrigger;

class AliMUONVTrackReconstructor : public TObject {

 public:
  AliMUONVTrackReconstructor(const AliMUONRecoParam* recoParam, AliMUONVClusterServer* clusterServer,
			     const AliMUONGeometryTransformer* transformer); // default Constructor
  virtual ~AliMUONVTrackReconstructor(); // Destructor

  void EventReconstruct(AliMUONVClusterStore& clusterStore,
                        AliMUONVTrackStore& trackStore);

  void EventReconstructTrigger(const AliMUONTriggerCircuit& triggerCircuit,
                               const AliMUONVTriggerStore& triggerStore,
                               AliMUONVTriggerTrackStore& triggerTrackStore);

  void ValidateTracksWithTrigger(AliMUONVTrackStore& trackStore,
                                 const AliMUONVTriggerTrackStore& triggerTrackStore,
                                 const AliMUONVTriggerStore& triggerStore,
                                 const AliMUONTrackHitPattern& trackHitPattern);

  /// Return reco parameters
  const AliMUONRecoParam* GetRecoParam() const { return fkRecoParam; }

  /// Re-fit the given track
  virtual Bool_t RefitTrack(AliMUONTrack &track, Bool_t enableImprovement = kTRUE) = 0;

  Bool_t TriggerToTrack(const AliMUONTriggerCircuit& circuit,
			const AliMUONLocalTrigger& locTrg,
			AliMUONTriggerTrack& triggerTrack,
			UChar_t globalTriggerPattern = 0);

 protected:

  TClonesArray *fRecTracksPtr; ///< pointer to array of reconstructed tracks
  Int_t fNRecTracks; ///< number of reconstructed tracks

  AliMUONVClusterServer* fClusterServer; ///< reference to our cluster server

  const AliMUONRecoParam* fkRecoParam; ///< reference to reco parameters
  const AliMUONGeometryTransformer* fkTransformer; //!<! geometry transformer (not owner)

  Double_t* fMaxMCSAngle2; ///< maximum angle dispersion due to MCS

  // Functions
  AliMUONVTrackReconstructor (const AliMUONVTrackReconstructor& rhs); ///< copy constructor
  AliMUONVTrackReconstructor& operator=(const AliMUONVTrackReconstructor& rhs); ///< assignment operator

  /// Make track candidates from clusters in stations(1..) 4 and 5
  virtual Bool_t MakeTrackCandidates(AliMUONVClusterStore& clusterStore) = 0;
  /// Make extra track candidates from clusters in stations(1..) 4 and 5
  virtual Bool_t MakeMoreTrackCandidates(AliMUONVClusterStore& clusterStore) = 0;
  /// Follow tracks in stations(1..) 3, 2 and 1
  virtual Bool_t FollowTracks(AliMUONVClusterStore& clusterStore) = 0;
  /// Complement the reconstructed tracks
  virtual Bool_t ComplementTracks(const AliMUONVClusterStore& clusterStore) = 0;
  void ImproveTracks();
  /// Improve the given reconstructed track
  virtual void ImproveTrack(AliMUONTrack &track) = 0;
  void Finalize();
  /// Finalize the given track
  virtual Bool_t FinalizeTrack(AliMUONTrack &track) = 0;

  void DiscardMonoCathodClusters();
  void ChangeMonoCathodClusterRes(AliMUONTrack &track);

  Bool_t IsAcceptable(AliMUONTrackParam &trackParam);

  TClonesArray* MakeSegmentsBetweenChambers(const AliMUONVClusterStore& clusterStore, Int_t ch1, Int_t ch2);

  void RemoveUsedSegments(TClonesArray& segments);
  void RemoveIdenticalTracks();
  void RemoveDoubleTracks();
  void RemoveBadTracks();
  void RemoveConnectedTracks(Int_t stMin, Int_t stMax, Bool_t all);
  void TagConnectedTracks(Int_t stMin, Int_t stMax, Bool_t all);

  void AskForNewClustersInStation(const AliMUONTrackParam &trackParam,
				  AliMUONVClusterStore& clusterStore, Int_t station);
  void AskForNewClustersInChamber(const AliMUONTrackParam &trackParam,
				  AliMUONVClusterStore& clusterStore, Int_t chamber);

  Double_t TryOneCluster(const AliMUONTrackParam &trackParam, AliMUONVCluster* cluster,
			 AliMUONTrackParam &trackParamAtCluster, Bool_t updatePropagator = kFALSE);
  Bool_t   TryOneClusterFast(const AliMUONTrackParam &trackParam, const AliMUONVCluster* cluster);
  Double_t TryTwoClustersFast(const AliMUONTrackParam &trackParamAtCluster1, AliMUONVCluster* cluster2,
			      AliMUONTrackParam &trackParamAtCluster2);

  Bool_t FollowLinearTrackInChamber(AliMUONTrack &trackCandidate, const AliMUONVClusterStore& clusterStore, Int_t nextChamber);
  Bool_t FollowLinearTrackInStation(AliMUONTrack &trackCandidate, const AliMUONVClusterStore& clusterStore, Int_t nextStation);

 private:

  // Functions
  void ResetTracks();

  ClassDef(AliMUONVTrackReconstructor, 0) // MUON track reconstructor in ALICE
};

#endif

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El jugo gástrico es una secreción líquida de la mucosa gástrica, que contiene una mezcla heterogénea de jugo claro y moco transparente con grumos. Proviene de secreciones de varias células epiteliales especializadas, tanto superficiales como de las glándulas gástricas. Su composición química consiste en agua, ácido clorhídrico, trazas de cloruro de potasio, cloruro de sodio, bicarbonato y enzimas. Mediante la acción del jugo gástrico, el bolo alimenticio pasa a formar una sustancia pastosa denominada quimo que pasa al duodeno.

Composición química principal

En si el jugo gástrico o más propiamente dicho la secreción gástrica, es una mezcla de las secreciones de varias células epiteliales especializadas.

En estado basal (ayuno), el jugo gástrico es básicamente una solución de NaCl con pequeñas cantidades de H+ y K+. Con la ingestión de alimentos la concentración de H+ aumenta considerablemente y disminuye la de Na+ en proporciones equivalentes y se llegan a producir hasta 2 litros de ácido clorhídrico#Ácido gástrico (HCl) por día, con un pH tan bajo como 1. La concentración de H+ es 3 millones de veces más bajo que en sangre, y la secreción de cloruro se hace tanto contra el gradiente de concentración como el gradiente eléctrico. Así la capacidad de las células parietales para secretar ácido dependen del transporte activo.
La secreción gástrica es la fase más relevante de la digestión pues al entrar el alimento en contacto con un pH bajo y con las enzimas líticas, este lo disocia en fibras de colágeno y desnaturaliza (proteólisis) las proteínas presentes. Constituyendo la fase química de la digestión a la par que se realiza la acción mecánica por las contracciones del estómago.

Mucus y HCO3-

El moco es un gel viscoso y resbaladizo que recubre las superficies mucosas del tracto gastrointestinal. Sus características se deben a glicoproteínas que forman geles denominados mucinas. Las mucinas son el producto orgánico principal secretado por las células de la superficie epitelial. Los monómeros de la mucina son glicoproteínas con una masa molecular de aproximadamente 50 kDa; altamente glicosidados con solo alrededor de un 15%-20% de su masa constituida por el núcleo de proteína. Unos 100-200 oligosacáridos están unidos a lo largo del núcleo de proteína vía grupos hidroxilo (glicosidación de enlace-O) a residuos de serina y treonina.

Además del moco turbio visible, las células superficiales secretan un fluido rico en NaHCO3, el cual actúa como un medio de protección al bajo pH y las condiciones pépticas del lumen gástrico.

Pepsinas

La principal enzima del jugo gástrico es la pepsina, si bien existen otras enzimas importantes para funciones específicas, pero en cantidades mucho menores, tales como la lipasa gástrica, que es la más efectiva contra los triglicéridos con ácidos grasos de cadena corta y gelatinosa, todas derivadas de las células principales o células zimógenas.

La pepsina gástrica es en realidad un conjunto heterogéneo de proteína responsables de la actividad proteolítica del jugo gástrico. Estas son secretadas en forma de precursores zimógenos inactivos llamados pepsigénos, el pepsigéno I (PGI) y el pepsigéno II (PGII), ambas variantes moleculares que se diferencian en carga neta y/o peso molecular (isozimas).

La actividad catalítica de la pepsina es la de una endoproteasa, que rompe preferentemente los enlaces peptídicos que involucran aminoácidos aromáticos (p.ej. phe, try, tyr) y un aminoácido adyacente, generando productos de digestión fragmentados de muy diversos tamaños.

Ácido clorhídrico

El ácido clorhídrico representa el componente exclusivamente químico y corrosivo contenido en el jugo gástrico.
La acidez (pH bajo) y la composición iónica del producto final de secreción gástrica no es constante, y varía con la velocidad de secreción. En un estómago adulto promedio se secretan 1.5 litros de jugo gástrico al día, pero solamente una fracción de ese volumen corresponde al ácido gástrico. Habitualmente no provoca daño a la mucosa, siempre que no se le agregue una ingesta con grandes dosis de ácidos externos.
En el estómago en reposo y en ayunas, la secreción ácida basal tiene un patrón diurno y su proporción varía ampliamente entre personas normales.
El pH gástrico normal se encuentra entre 1.2-2.0. La secreción ácida basal es de 1meq/h en sujetos normales y de 2-4mEq/h en pacientes ulcerosos.

Factor intrínseco

Es una glicoproteína de 55000 Da, secretada en los humanos por las células parietales junto con el HCl. Este factor se une a la vitamina B12 formando un complejo que es resistente a la digestión y se une a los receptores en el íleon para promover la absorción de la vitamina B12.

Fisiología de su formación

A continuación se listan los componentes del jugo gástrico, su origen y su función de manera resumida.

Componentes inórgánicos

 Agua: componente principal de la solución.
 Ácido clorhídrico (HCl): segregado por las células parietales u oxínticas. Realiza la función de desnaturalización de las proteínas, actúa como medio esterilizador de bacterias. Activa el pepsinogeno para volverlo pepsina y cumpla su función lítica.
 Ion bicarbonato (HCO3-) y moco: se forman en las células epiteliales, cumplen una función de protección contra la disminución del pH y la pepsina respectivamente.
 Cloruro de sodio y cloruro de potasio: reguladores de la bomba de protones.

Componentes orgánicos

 Factor intrínseco: se forma al igual que el HCl en las células parietales, forma un complejo con la vitamina B12 que impide que esta sea digerida, transportándola al íleon donde es absorbida.
 Pepsinógeno: se forma en las células principales o células zimogénicas. Es la enzima primordial en la proteólisis.
 Factores trefoil: se forman en las células epiteliales, cumplen una función protectora.
 Histamina: se genera en las células enterocromafín de regulación en la secreción ácida
 Gastrina: se forma en las células G. Regula la secreción de ácido.
 Somatostatina: se forma en las células D y regula también la secreción ácida.
 Rennina o Quimosina: es una enzima que solo se encuentra en los bebes, hasta que inicia la generación de jugo gástrico.

Control de la secreción gástrica y motilidad

El movimiento y el flujo de químicos en el estómago son controlados por el sistema nervioso autónomo y por varias hormonas del sistema digestivo:

La regulación de la secreción de jugo gástrico en el organismo humano pasa por tres etapas:

 La fase cefálica, en la cual al ver, oler o probar un alimento se genera un 40% del volumen máximo de jugo gástrico.
 La fase gástrica, que sucede cuando el alimento ha llegado al estómago y provoca la mayor generación de secreción ácida de las tres fases.
 La última fase es la fase intestinal, donde el quimo llega al duodeno, que realiza dos secuencias más una de estimulación del ácido gástrico y una segunda en la que se inhibe la misma. En el duodeno, el ácido gástrico es neutralizado mediante bicarbonato de sodio. Esto también bloquea las enzimas gástricas (pepsinas) que tienen su acción óptima en un rango bajo de pH.

La secreción de bicarbonato de sodio del páncreas es estimulado por la secretina. Esta hormona polipeptídica se activa y secreta de las llamadas células S en la mucosa del duodeno y yeyuno cuando el pH en el duodeno cae entre las 4. 5 y 5. 0 unidades.

Véase también
 Bomba de protones

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Fisiología gastroduodenal
 The role of mucus and its components in protection and repair within the alimentary tract mucosa: Polish experience
 Gastrin hormone molecule
 Chymosin (Rennin) and the Coagulation of Milk
 Gastrin
 The Parietal Cell: Mechanism of Acid Secretion

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Ácidos
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British No. 1 Konta struggled to trouble Pliskova on serve as she fell to a seventh loss in eight meetings between the players. As for Pliskova, she has played her fair share of tough matches in the past, and this one will be no different.
Sophie Turner calls petition to remake 'GoT' season eight 'disrespectful'
But it was Jonas' love and support that the actress says helped her to stop extreme diets, and to learn to love her body. People are out here, legitimately trying to get HBO to remake one of the most expensively produced shows ever.
In Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too, a teenager tries to connect with her favorite pop star (played by Cyrus) via a toy robot. The first episode, titled Smithereens, is about a cab driver who listens to a meditation app on the job goes haywire before taking his passenger hostage.
Plot: Two estranged college friends reunite in later life, triggering a series of events that could alter their lives forever.
The fifth season of "Black Mirror" streams June 5 on Netflix. But this meta piece of casting seems more than a stunt - the episode "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" shows Cyrus' pop diva Ashley spiraling into fatigue and paranoia while undergoing mysterious treatments, until she somehow appears to end up in the virtual assistant modeled after herself.
There's definitely a darkness to explore in the industry's commodification and exploitation of female pop stars, as the trailer touches on over-medication and experimentation. Stay tuned for our reviews of season five coming soon.
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"Jewels" Three Ways: Balanchine's Tri-National Ballet
At this year's Lincoln Center Festival, the French, American, and Russian sections of "Jewels" are danced by their respective nationals.
By Joan Acocella
Aurélie Dupont, Unbound
After thirty-two years, the French ballerina recently retired from the Paris Opera Ballet. Now she is its director.
Bounding Ambition
Benjamin Millepied takes over the Paris Opera Ballet.
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Student reading scores fall; math, social studies up
Ottawa County schools better than state average
Erin. Dietzer
erin.dietzer@hollandsentinel.com
Michigan students are struggling with reading and improving in math and social studies, according to results of the 2016-17 Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress.
The scores, released by the Michigan Department of Education on Tuesday, Aug. 29, showed a drop in English language arts scores after seeing a slight increase in some grade levels last year. The highest scorers were fifth-graders, with 51 percent testing as advanced or proficient. Fifth-graders were also the only grade level to see an increase in reading scores this year.
The lowest scores were in fourth grade, with only 43.6 percent advanced or proficient. Third grade reading scores decreased for the third consecutive year, with 44.1 percent of third-graders advanced or proficient. The scores are a particular concern with third grade. Starting in the 2019-20 school year, third-graders will not advance to fourth grade if their reading proficiency is more than a grade level behind.
State Superintendent Brian Whiston called the ELA scores "disappointing," though he expressed optimism that new efforts in early childhood literacy will increase those scores.
MDE is in the process of distributing to school districts over $20 million in state funds appropriated for the upcoming school year for additional instructional time to pupils in grades K-3 who have been identified as needing additional supports and interventions in order to be reading at grade level by the end of third grade. Other literacy programs initiated over the past 18 months include ISD literacy coaches and professional learning funds to support the creation of a literacy coach network.
"I am confident that investments into Early Childhood education and literacy supports will bring improvement and growth," Whiston said. "We need to stay focused and diligent."
Holland and Zeeland-area schools have already been focusing on early childhood literacy, and it shows. While the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District also saw slight ELA score drops across all grade levels except fifth and eighth grade, the scores are still well above the state average. The percentage of students advanced or proficient in ELA was in the low-to-mid-60s. Fifth-graders had the highest scores, with 69.2 advanced or proficient. Seventh-graders were the lowest at 60.7 percent.
In other statewide M-STEP scores, mathematics and social studies scores increased in every grade but fourth. Science saw slight decreases in fourth and seventh grade, with a increase in 11th grade.
While math, science and social studies scores are up, they remain low overall. The percentage of Michigan students testing advanced or proficient on math ranges from the low 40s to the high 30s, and science and social studies are in the high 20s and low 30s, with fourth grade science at a low 14.6 percent.
Again, Ottawa County schools do better than the statewide averages, though there is room for improvement. The percentage for OAISD students who are advanced or proficient in math ranges from 47.4 percent in eighth grade to 62.9 percent in third grade. Fourth grade and seventh grade science scores showed 26.5 percent and 35 percent advance or proficient, respectively. Social studies scores had about 30 percent of fifth-graders advanced or proficient and 45 percent of eighth-graders advanced or proficient.
Whiston said that it is important for schools and districts and intermediate school districts to carefully examine these scores and other data to look for paths to improvement.
The scores and data educators are examining may change again.
In 2015, Michigan replaced the 44-year-old MEAP test with the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress. The state's plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act calls for changing the testing system again to a benchmark assessment for students in the fall, an optional mid-year assessment to gauge progress, then a summary assessment for students in the spring. Under that proposal, only the M-STEP social studies and science assessments would remain for fifth-graders, eighth-graders and 11th-graders.
The MDE hopes that this testing plan will will reduce testing time and provide a better path to show student academic growth.
"There has been some volatility in statewide assessments recently," he said. "We want to be responsive to educators; develop a solid and informative testing system; then let it stand for at least 10 years."
MDE originally said the plan was to implement new testing in the 2018-19 school year, but it could be sooner than that. However, Whiston persuaded lawmakers and Gov. Rick Snyder to let the MDE solicit bids for the new assessment model. A request for proposals is due by Oct. 1. The department will approve tests by Jan. 1.
— The Associated Press contributed to this report. Follow this reporter on Twitter @SentinelErin.


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Inaugural Hoosier eSports Super Tour Concludes at Mid-Ohio
The first season of the Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA eSports Super Tour has concluded with its seventh stop, vising the heart of the country at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. This track is smaller, with a narrower track surface than some of the recent tour stops, forcing drivers to remain disciplined during the five 20-minute sprint races. The course could easily be described as busy, making for exciting racing as the inaugural season of the Hoosier SCCA eSports Super Tour concluded.
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Information about the second season of the Hoosier SCCA eSports Super Tour will be announced soon. Exciting changes are coming including a new time slot, formalized points and high-stakes prizes.
Spec Racer Ford
The Spec Racer Ford class saw everything from tight packs to runaway leads in the first six weeks of the series. From the start, outside polesitter Jackson MacLeod got a great jump on the start to take the lead, closely followed by polesitter Steve Ray. Both drivers already had wins this season, but nobody had won two races in this class, until now. The two drivers ran within a second for the entire 20-minute race with Ray leading for most of the contest. In the last few minutes, MacLeod made several attempts at passes for the lead, but Ray held the position to claim his second win of the season by just 0.580 second.
Behind the two leaders, James Tibor held the third-place position for over half of the race, but a spin cost him two positions. Ryan Maloney took advantage and was able to hold off Justin Hall and a late charging Tibor to hold on to the final step of the podium. Tibor and Hall finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
In the second race of the evening, Paul Darling started from the pole in the T1 Porsche Cayman GT4s and took the lead as he dove into turn one, closely followed by Grant Vogel and Ken Houseal. The trio spread three-wide down the straightaway heading into the Keyhole where Darling was once again able to claim the lead—with Houseal right on his tail. A mistake early in the race dropped Vogel back, allowing Ido Waksman to join the lead pair. After swapping positions a few times and staying very close for the entirety of the race, Houseal emerged victorious, with just a 0.146-second margin of victory over Darling. Behind them, Waksman hung on to third, finishing 1.566 seconds off the lead, but 14.310 seconds ahead of fourth place Marcus Luttrell, who had a great battle with Jacob Abrams in fifth.
On the same track at the same time, but with class leaders never seeing each other, the polesitter in the T2 Ford Mustang FR5000s, Mark Shrivastava, took an early lead and never looked back, claiming the class win by 4.661 seconds. Behind him though, Danny Richardson quickly overtook Ryan Field for second position with Chris DeShong and Max King following close behind. Those four drivers continued to battle for the remainder of the race, dicing and bumping for all fourteen laps.
At some points, Shrivastava's lead shrunk to as little as a second and a half, but as the battle raged on for second through fifth, he was able to stretch that lead. An agricultural adventure down the back straightaway for DeShong with about three laps to go allowed King to take a comfortable margin in the second position. DeShong held onto the final step of the podium, with just a 0.397-second margin over Richardson in fourth. Field rounded out the top five, just 0.263 second back.
Skip Barber F2000
Before the green flag even dropped on this race, the field was tight as the top ten drivers qualified within one second of each other. That close racing created some incidents early on. All drivers made it through the first turn cleanly, but heading into the Keyhole, Brian Farnum and Evan Rakusin touched, sending Farnum into the outside sand trap and forcing him way back in the order. Rakusin was able to continue, but Reece Everard took advantage and ran away with the lead. A spin in the same location farther down the order caused a large pileup, taking out several cars before the race ever got to turn four. Behind Everard, a train of cars began fighting for position and looking to chase down the leader.
By the halfway mark, Rakusin and Ryan Maloney had caught up to Everard, with polesitter Zachary Rivard leading a second pack which included Billy Davis, Justin Hille, Andrew Abbott and Jeremiah McClintock. That second pack eventually caught the leaders, but on lap 11, Maloney got a little loose under braking into turn four. That incident took Maloney out of the race and forced Davis and Hille to check up, taking them both out of contention for the win.
On the final lap, the lead pack of Rakusin, Everard and Rivard went three wide on the backstretch. Rivard got the position heading into Madness but contact with Rakusin sent Rivard sliding off the track. Everard took off with Rakusin right behind. At the finish line, it was Everard ahead of Rakusin by 0.145 second. Rivard was able to hold onto a podium position in third. Everard had multiple poles throughout the seven-week series, but this was his first win.
In this three-class race, there was a solid mixture of runaway victories and very tight racing. In the GT-1 Cadillac CTS-Vs, Andrew Aquilante qualified on the pole and led every lap on the way to a 14.731-second margin of victory. After the race, the nine-time SCCA National Champion admitted that he's starting to get comfortable in iRacing now that Club and Pro Road Racing has been suspended for about six weeks, "What am I, like three and a half weeks into my iRacing here? It's getting equipment sorted, getting settings felt out and I just got a new computer that helps me run a little bit higher frame rate and that smooths things out and it's starting to click I guess. The Cadillac fits me a lot better than the Mustang does, that's for sure." Behind him. Mike Leeder claimed the second step on the podium with Arne Henriksen in third.
DJ Alessandrini started from the pole in the GT-2 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars and never looked back, claiming victory by 18.331 seconds despite a lot of traffic, managing the Cadillacs—which are faster in a straight line—and the front-wheel drive Audi RS 3s. Behind him, there was an exciting battle for the remainder of the podium between Christopher Paiz, Paul Slavonik, David Santel and Ellis Spiezia. Throughout the battle, the other classes had major impacts as drivers attempted to get a tow off of lapping Cadillacs or keep some distance from the Audis being lapped. At the end of the 20-minute race, Slavonic claimed second position with Santel in third. Spiezia settled for a close fourth place, with Paiz in fifth.
The race in the GT-3 Audis was much closer as Elias Roman and Darin Treakle ran together for most of the race. With about four laps remaining, Treakle ran into trouble with a couple isolated incidents that all but took him out of the race. Billy Davis was able to capitalize and rise to second position, with Andrew Ball close behind in third. That's how they finished, with Roman's margin of victory settling at just over a second.
Global MX-5 Cup
The final race of the night was a nearly full field. The top five qualifiers were separated by just 0.2 second, setting the stage for an exciting 20 minutes of racing. By the third lap, the top four cars had broken away from the rest of the pack. DJ Alessandrini led over Ken Houseal, Justin Hille and John Allen. Those four drivers ran together for much of the race with a few passes, but for the most part, they saved the battling for the end of the race. With just two laps to go, the race got intense as Houseal took advantage of lapped traffic in Madness to run away with the lead. The following three drivers continued to battle cleanly until some contact between Alessandrini and Allen forced Allen out of the race. As those two sorted themselves out, Hille capitalized and took over second position.
Thanks to the late battle for second, Houseal finished with a 2.301-second margin over Hille who had just 0.336 second over Alessandrini at the finish line. Michael Gagliardo and Max King completed the top five after a great race-long battle of their own. This was the second consecutive win in the Global MX-5 Cup class for Houseal.


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Visit beautiful Roanoke, VA – just a short 35 minute drive. Stroll the historic Roanoke City Market and stop in at one of several museum options (Transportation Museum, Taubman Art Museum, Science Museum, Center in the Square).
Chateau Morrisette: a beautiful 1 hr and 15 min. drive very worth the effort. Make a brief stop in Floyd, Virginia to explore eclectic shops offering local art and wares.
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I loved the house -- it was so comfortable and had everything you could possibly need. Cable TV, a fully outfitted kitchen and plenty of room for gear. If I didn't want to fish all day every day, I would have been happy just to kick back and relax at "home".
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See you soon, and thanks again for having a truly beautiful place.