This guide focuses on Survival Mode, on the standard NORMAL difficulty setting. Be warned.
On the first day, you built your shelter and gathered your basic resources; it was close. On the second day, you ventured out from your sanctuary, braved the lurking creepers, gathered more resources, and improved your shelter.
Now you have a safe shelter. You also have resources, but you're not sure how long they'd last. You're not sure if your shelter is safe enough. Now it's time to build them higher and/or improve your house (Ex. Getting a sunroof). Or if you're adventurous, you can go find caves/dungeons/strongholds to fight monsters and/or find ores to build more durable materials. If you don't like to go into the depths, you can just explore in the Overworld and look for villages and temples. Try to make a few various farms, and use some redstone.
Note: Since Minecraft is a very open and often personal game, you should decide what to do yourself. A whole bunch of gameplay methods exist at this point of your adventure, try doing different things and look for your favorite activity.
If you are still looking for a common path to follow, you had better get crafting. Use the achievements list or the list below as goals to help you progress, ensuring that you also take breaks to enjoy the sandbox!
Start a farm to always have food on hand.
Start a mine down to the bedrock, go to level 11 if you know how to use coordinates(F3), create a mineshaft if possible, and stockpile ores.
Craft a Book and Quill to jot down important coordinates and keep it on you as an alternative to maps. Some players use physical text files in their computers in place of this.
Return to your home and further expand it and craft new items.
If you go mining and see lava, use an empty bucket on it as lava buckets are really good for smelting, and it lasts a lot longer than coal. However, be sure to empty the furnace, as once 64 items are smelted and they are not removed, the furnace will still be using up the fuel but will not smelt anymore items. Just remove the stack and it will continue until it runs out of fuel. This is extremely useful if you are making smooth stone as you don't need to keep adding coal.
These are the basic activities that you can do on your third day. Remember, don't do too much because you have very limited resources. STAY CLOSE TO YOUR SHELTER!
Resources aren't just the blocks that make up the very world you reside in. Resources are the blocks that helped you survive your first night, protected you from the hordes. Resources are the blocks that helped you survive, thrive, mine, and craft. Resources are everything. They're not only supplies for your tools, but also your safety. So it's important to make sure that you never run out of resources. Either get used to farming day and night, or try to find rarer, non-renewable resources. The very first thing you will walk on is a non-renewable resource - Soil. Iron is a resource to be thrifty with -- it's technically renewable, but realistically an iron farm is a huge build involving advanced play. Diamonds are precious, and can't be farmed at all -- think carefully about what you use each diamond for.
A bed: these reset your spawn point and skip the whole night without having to fend off monsters.
Torches: they give off a light level of 14, preventing monsters from spawning in your house during the daytime, or nighttime.
Place any unnecessary items in a chest. Any items placed in a chest will not be lost if you die.
Optional: Clock. If you are in an underground shelter due to having no time to create a shelter with windows and doors, you can use a clock to see what time it is outside without opening a hole, risking a monster spotting you.
Optional: Compass. This tool can help you find your way back to the spawn point.
Optional: Map. This shows a top-down view of the area and can be more useful to find your way home than a compass.
Optional: Empty Bucket or Milk Buckets (2-4). Milk Buckets will help you negate any effects inflicted on you, which is extremely useful if you encounter a witch or a cave spider which gives you poison. For Beginners: To obtain milk buckets just go up to a cow and use an empty bucket on it and the bucket will have milk in it; this milk can then be drunk to negate any status effects.
Farm animals: Cows, chickens, pigs, sheep: You'll want to use wheat, seeds or carrots to round up at least two of each kind you see, and fence them in for breeding. Later you can collect any you're missing from neighboring biomes. In particular, if there are wolves about, you want to round up some sheep before the wolves clear them out of the area. It's better to put the animal pens some distance (36 blocks) from your home, so you won't be bothered by the noise.
Wolves or Ocelots: If you see either of these around, tame a pair and breed them a bit so you'll have them if you need them. As with the farm animals, probably best to keep the spares at some distance from your home. Tame them with a fish or bone.
Miscellaneous Plants and seeds: Seeds come from breaking tall grass. Even if you don't want to make a full farm yet, use a hoe to till some ground near water, and plant a few for leading and breeding animals, and eventually making bread. Sugar cane, pumpkins, cactus, and cocoa plants can all be found in appropriate biomes. (Dungeon chests can provide seeds for pumpkins, and cocoa beans, but they're not the only source for pumpkin seeds. You can craft them too by putting a pumpkin into the crafting grid. Each plant has different needs for farming; see the Tutorials list for more details. In all cases, once you get a solid farm going, you'll have an effectively unlimited supply.
Cave entrances: Good places to find coal and iron ore near the surface, and perhaps better stuff further down. They may lead into larger networks of caves. Be cautious in exploring these, see various tutorials for tips.
Ravines and shafts: Make a waterfall with a water bucket to get down into these safely. These can give easier access to deep underground levels, where you can find gold, redstone, and even diamonds. Ravines especially are almost certain to open into more caves.
Mountains: Besides being landmarks, mountains may contain caves, even a path to a cave network.
Fire: Fire is an indicator of either a burning mob or something flammable. The only 2 naturally occurring sources of fire are lightning or lava. (Undead will burn in the sun, but won't set other things afire.) If it isn't storming and you happen to have a bucket, by all means check it out. A conspicuous lack of trees in an otherwise heavily forested area (clearings in a rainforest, for example) can indicate the same thing.
Beaches: Beaches are a source of water, sand, clay, sugar cane, and the occasional Cactus. If you have any need of these (though cacti are better found in deserts) a beach is a good place to look.
Dungeons: Repeated appearances of one type of mob, or collected drops of same, likely indicate a cave entrance or even a dungeon nearby. (If the drops are wool then instead there are likely wolves nearby. Also sheep, if you can get them before the wolves wipe them out.) Square, even, dry basins on the ground may also indicate a dungeon beneath. The dungeon itself will have walls made of cobblestone, chests, and flooring including moss stone. Beware, however, as there is almost always a monster spawner guarding the loot. These will spawn one of skeletons, spiders, or zombies. You can also find Chests in abandoned mineshaft, or (eventually) strongholds. Most dungeons can easily be converted into small mob farms for experience and drops. If, when exploring an abandoned mineshaft, you see a room full of cobwebs, watch out! This is probably a cave-spider spawner—approach with extreme caution! (Note that these aren't dungeons, and won't have the treasure chests.) Unlike dungeon spawners, cave spider spawners are probably better destroyed (use a pickaxe).
Floating Blocks: Sometimes off of high hills, a small clump of dirt or stone can be seen floating in the sky. This was originally a glitch, which Notch decided not to fix. They're useful as landmarks.
Lakes: These can be used as landmarks or handy water sources. Also useful if you are on fire, as stepping into water will put out the fire.
Having secured the village against rapid extermination, you will find many resources within, ranging from crafting tables and pre-built wheat farms, up to chests of treasure up to and including diamonds. You'll be able to trade with the villagers as well.
On your first night, players must have a shelter before the sun goes down, otherwise build strong tools in time to combat the enemies relentlessly hunting the player down, or get to a place where the enemies cannot reach the player. Although, no matter what precaution is taken, there is always some strange possibility that a creeper could get inside any shelter and blow everything up. This could open a few opportunities to expand.
Although building your shelter out of dirt and wood may seem convenient, easy, and simple, it is not safe, so is certainly not advisable. Once you have enough of it, completely rebuild your shelter (only if your shelter is above ground, and rebuilding the design is not necessary) out of a stone material, preferably cobblestone. If you do not have enough cobblestone, either try and find some lava so as to build a cobblestone generator, or take the construction in steps until you have enough. Rebuild the walls first, then the roof. This is to improve resistance to creepers first. Adding glass windows to the home will allow you to look outside of the shelter and identify dangers, especially creepers, so you are not surprised by one. Overworld (the world you spawn in) hostile mobs do not climb ladders so you can use height to your advantage. Also remember to avoid looking at endermen (which means placing your cross hairs on it). This will cause the enderman to turn hostile for a short while, if you "look" at them.
Consider building a safe room, which is a simple room underground with a bed, a chest full of food, a bow and arrows (and/or a sword, if you have no bow or arrows), and a door opening. This is so 1- You can sleep through the night, minimizing monsters, 2- bring your health back up and keep it up, and 3- kill off the monsters keeping you in.
This is all in case a creeper blows up the side of your house and monsters come flooding in.
The first thing to do is check the time of day. If you're planning on lots of work, make sure it's morning. A good idea is to renovate. This is because unless your base is underground, hostile mobs may spawn and attack you. Expanding requires you to expose yourself to the outside.
Choose a good technique for your extension. A good idea for your early days in Minecraft is cobblestone, for obvious reasons (Note: Because cobblestone has higher resistance values than dirt/planks, and creeper can't blow it's way in, but for a planks/dirt shelter, a large part or all is blown up.). Any form of shelter should be as strong as possible.
An alternative would be to dig your base deeper, possibly collecting ores you may come across along the way.
After choosing your next course of action, progress to the more advanced tutorials.


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Chill several hours before serving.


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This Millennial Paid Off $23,375 in Student Loans in Just 10 Months
By Kara Brandeisky / Money and Money
This story originally appeared on Money.com.
Like many millennials, Jordan Arnold graduated from college five figures deep in student debt. Unlike most of his peers, he paid off all of his loans less than a year after graduation.
This is his story, as told to MONEY reporter Kara Brandeisky.
Jordan Arnold, 22
Bluffton, Ind.
Occupation: credit analyst
Initial debt: $23,150
Amount left: $0
When he started paying it down: May 2013
When he became debt-free: March 2014
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How I started building debt
I always knew I was going to go to college, though I figured I'd go to community college for a year or two because it's cheap. But my parents started talking to me about this private Christian school, Indiana Wesleyan in Marion, Ind. I took a visit, and I really liked it. It's only like 3,000 students on campus, so it's a tight-knit community.
Tuition and room and board was about $31,000 a year. And the first year I hadn't applied for federal student aid, since I didn't commit to the college until about 10 days before classes started. I got some scholarships and a grant from my church, though. So, ultimately, I owed approximately $9,000 that first year.
Getting to $23,000
I could only borrow up to $5,500 in subsidized loans from the government each year, so I worked to cover the rest so that I didn't have to take out private loans. I also graduated in three years, which helped.
Still, altogether, I had to take out $15,150 in subsidized federal loans and $2,000 in unsubsidized federal loans. I borrowed another $6,000 from my parents.
My uh-oh moment
In the fall semester of my senior year, I remember being kind of nervous. I knew I had to start paying my debt within six months. It's stressful, when you don't have any money. And I heard all these stories about college students who get out of school, they have all this debt, and they can't find jobs.
Getting my debts paid off was important to me. I didn't want to get the point where I'd have to be paying student loans for another 10 years. Right now, I'm single. I don't have any dependents that rely on my income. But I didn't want to have these loans over my head when I'm trying to feed a family and put a roof over their heads. It's not just about me, it's about my future family.
My first step out of the hole
Luckily, I got a job right out of college at an insurance agency (I had majored in finance). I was on salary, and it was pretty good: $36,000 plus bonuses.
I didn't have to pay my student loans for another four months, but over the summer I decided to go ahead and start making payments before interest began accruing.
I actually moved back in with my parents—which is hard when you have been out on your own. But I didn't really have a reason to move out. And I was blessed that they actually preferred me to live there because I could help out around the farm they own, baling hay or feeding the horses. Living at my parents' place for free was a lot better than having to pay $400 or $500 a month for rent.
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Kicking it into gear
About four months into my new job, I picked up a second job, delivering for Pizza Hut, to help pay off my debt. I would start work at the insurance agency at 8:30 a.m., change in the bathroom at 4:50 p.m., get to Pizza Hut by 5, deliver pizzas until about 9:30, get home around 10, then shower, eat, and go to bed.
My monthly take-home pay from the insurance company was about $2,200, and I made about $1,000 at Pizza Hut. After gas, car insurance, tithing to my church, entertainment and food, I could put about $2,000 towards my debt every month.
At that rate, I was projected to pay off my debt in May 2014. But I got a $3,000 refund on my taxes, and paid off the rest of my debt with that.
How I celebrated being debt-free
I made my last payment the first of March, then I went to Florida with some friends two weeks later. It was pretty rewarding after a 10-month battle. I had probably worked 65 to 70 hours a week for seven or eight months. It was exhausting, but it was worth it.
What I'd tell someone else in my place
If you have a game plan, you can accomplish your goals. I have an account on Mint.com, that's where I kept my budget. That's a big part of it—just seeing your progress and knowing you're getting closer.
Also, have an emergency fund. While I was paying off that debt, I had a small car accident. I was delivering a pizza, and I hit something in someone's driveway. It cost me about $760 to fix the car. But I had a $1,000 emergency fund, which was kind of a buffer that I kept because life happens.
Finally, don't be afraid to move home if you have to. That was a big part of how I got out of debt.
My plan for the future
I quit my Pizza Hut job in April after paying off my debt, and now work at a bank analyzing commercial and agricultural loans, which is more in line with what I wanted to do.
I actually haven't moved out of my parents' house yet. Instead I'm saving up for a down payment on a house. I'm putting away 50% of my take-home income for that, and I should have a down payment by mid-summer. I also started investing. I started a Roth IRA, and I plan to max it out this year.
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Staying true to myself
Some people have made the argument, 'Maybe you shouldn't have paid off the debt so fast because the interest rate is cheaper than what it will be for you to borrow for a home.'
That makes sense in my head, but in my heart, I didn't want this hanging over me. I want to be responsible with my money and build a strong foundation.
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Our seed investment in Zenaton - building workflows should be easy
First published on June 18, 2018
We're thrilled to be announcing our seed investment in Zenaton, a cloud-based developer tool company that makes building workflows easy.
Nearly all businesses have process-related workflows that govern how their users interact with their service or automate internal tasks.
For instance, let's suppose, in the light of the GDPR legislation a company wants to send a series of emails over a period of a few weeks, reminding people to explicitly opt-in to receive communications, so it can record their consent. Obviously, the emails should stop if consent is given at any point in time. In many cases the implementation will involve database changes, scheduled tasks, and cumbersome logic to tie it all together. What should be a simple workflow ends up creating a mess!
There are software applications, or workflow engines, that have been created to manage business processes. So, why does this happen? Because many existing workflow engines are hard to use, and it's easier for a developer to hack something together themselves.
After experiencing this issue many times over, the team at Zenaton had had enough. They built a workflow service designed to delight developers with a simple and easy to use API. It's just way easier to code a workflow using Zenaton than it is to roll your own, and when it comes to developers, ease of use is incredibly important.
As we got to know Zenaton, we spoke with many companies whose teams who were extremely pleased with the simplification in their codebases and the speed with which they could make progress: focusing on their business processes, and not on the intricacies of long-running asynchronous workflow management. You'd have to prise Zenaton out of their cold dead hands before they'd give up on this kind of improvement.
With Zenaton, the code looks like the design. The implementation of the workflow is all in one place, with a straightforward mapping to the business process. The Zenaton service orchestrates the workflow for you, invoking the individual flow steps as tasks that run within your own environment.
None of that counts for anything of course if the backend workflow engine isn't up to scratch. The Zenaton team have spent a lot of effort on this and have built a robust platform on top of the Erlang VM, well known for running distributed and fault-tolerant systems. It's all made available as a scalable service so there are no setup costs, and no operational overheads.
Zenaton is currently in closed beta and will launch in the coming weeks. It has clients for Node and PHP, with Python, Ruby, and Java in the works.
We believe that any developer who wants to spend more time working on business features and less time solving purely technical issues will love Zenaton. We excited to back Gilles and Louis, as they roll out their platform and put it into the hands of developers around the world.
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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions
Communities and Local Government
Playing Fields
Mr. Andy Reed
(Loughborough) (Lab/Co-op)
6. What guidance her Department has issued to planning authorities on protection from development of playing fields that have been out of use for five years. (259889)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
(Mr. Iain Wright)
Our planning policy guidance note 17, "Planning for open space, sport and recreation", makes it clear that playing fields should not be built on other than in a very limited set of circumstances. In addition, Sport England is a statutory consultee on all planning applications affecting open land that has been used as a playing field in the past five years.
Mr. Reed
The Minister is right, of course, to say that the protections in place now mean that fewer playing fields are built on. Under the so-called five-year rule, however, it is possible for playing fields that have not been used in that period to be developed. It is not beyond the wit of some unscrupulous people to fence off areas of playing fields and then develop them five years later. Will he give some reassurance that he is looking at that problem? I am willing to work with him to make sure that there is a way to protect the small but important number of playing fields that are lost as a consequence of the so-called five-year rule.
Mr. Wright
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that offer, and I pay tribute to the enormous amount of work that he does in Loughborough and elsewhere on sporting matters. The figures that we have show that in the latest year for which data are available, something like 97 per cent. of all planning applications involving playing fields have resulted in improved or protected playing fields and sporting provision. However, I am aware that there may be loopholes in the system, and I have worked and had meetings with my hon. Friend the Minister for Sport on the matter. In addition, we are hoping to review PPG17 in the summer and, given my hon. Friend's expertise in the matter, I would be keen to work closely with him to ensure that we close any potential loopholes.
(North Southwark and Bermondsey) (LD)
Following that helpful reply, when the Minister reviews the planning guidance, will he consider the proposal that if there is any land in urban areas that has been used for playing fields, allotments or other open space—even more than five years previously—and if anybody can give it a future that is viable and sustainable, whether for sport or other activities, that should be sufficient to guarantee that it stays as open land and is not built on?
The current planning provision in PPG17 already says that building cannot take place on playing fields if a strong case can be made that alternative sites are available. That remains a strong provision in the planning framework, but as I said, we will look at it again in the summer. I would be keen to listen to representations from the hon. Gentleman on this subject. Protecting and preserving sporting facilities and open space is a key part of what we need to do to make sure that they are available for the community to enjoy.


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• Met also predicts some isolated storms that may cause flash floods in low lying areas early next month.
A sick man in Turkana sitting outside his hut.
Shortages of food and water are expected to worsen as the 'March to May' long rains — well over a month late already — appear in no hurry to fall. There may be little to no significant rainfall in May.
That's devastating news in an agricultural country.
That's the word from the weatherman who says brace for a hot and dry Easter.
That means famine and thirst, sick and dying people and livestock. People are begging for food, water, fodder and livestock uptake before it's too late.
Almost no crops planted, the harvest is likely to be one of hunger.
The forecast released on Saturday by the meteorological department shows that most parts of Kenya will have no rain for the rest of this month.
The scant rain that hit some patches of the country may also end in May.
"Dry conditions are expected to dominate most parts of the country leading to further deterioration of food security and water resources," the Met said.
March to May is the most important season, normally known as the 'long rains season'. But these are not normal times.
Already, more than 1.1 million Kenyan currently require urgent humanitarian support.
"The month of May marks the end of seasonal rains over most areas apart from the Western and Coastal strip where the rains go into early June," the Met forecast for April and May said.
However, the forecast is not all gloomy all over. The Met also predicted some isolated storms (good) that may cause flash floods (bad) over low-lying areas early next month.
Further, the Western and Coastal strips may continue to experience isolated rainfall in a few places to the beginning of June.
"The rainfall is expected to be characterised with long dry spells in between episodes and the amounts are still expected to be minimal," the weatherman said.
The Met said analysis of the rainfall received to mid-April falls "disappointingly" below the long-term average for the period.
The projected scattered rains in May and June will not do much. The months of June to August are normally dry in most of the country.
"The months of June to August are normally dry over most of the country," she said.
It has never stayed for this long without rain. We are in the middle of April without rain and this is not good for food production.
However, Western parts of the country will receive significant rains in August.
Chief meteorologist Patricia Nying'uro told the Star the long rains are usually pushed into Kenya by high pressures in the southern African region.
"The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is the main climatic feature that brings rainfall to Kenya. Pressures push it from the south coming into the north," she said. But Cyclone Idai sucked up all the moisture, leaving little for the Horn of Africa.
Currently, there is low pressure in the south, meaning only a little is being pushed into Kenya.
The forecast means that farmers who had already planted early this month are likely to lose their seeds.
Almost 80 per cent of the farmers' plant with seeds saved from the previous harvest or obtained from community seed banks.
In a good year, Kenya can produce seven million tonnes of maize but harvests only about 2.8 million tonnes.
This year, the harvest will drop dramatically.
The National Drought Management Authority says the drought is worse than in 2011. Some areas have experienced the failures of three rainy seasons in a row.
He said with poor seed germination, there will be poor harvest because many farmers could lose their seeds.
Tuimur warned if the country does not receive good rains by next month, the country will have less than 50 per cent maize production.
"Any maize planted from now will have a drastic yield reduction. Farmers are likely to shift to wheat because it does not require a lot of rain. They may also shift to pasture and early-maturing crops," he said.
Tuimur said the country may not hit 40 million bags of maize harvest, as anticipated for the long rains season.
"We cannot get this now. Even for those who have planted by now, there is wilting and little germination. This means we need to invest in irrigation, rehabilitate old dams and encourage people to do irrigation even if they reduce the acreage," Tuimur said.
Timothy Njagi from the Tegemeo Institute confirmed that this is going to be a bad year for maize farmers.
"Unless the weather predictions change, this is going to be a terrible year. The country relies on harvest for this long rain season and the lack of rains will have an effect on this," Njagi said.
Government has put in more measures to harvest enough water as long rains approach.


New back to school recommendations for strep throat!
Many years ago I heard about research showing that throat cultures clear within 12 hours after the first dose of antibiotic for strep throat. I've been waiting since then for a change to our recommendation that kids must stay home from school for 24 hours after starting antibiotics. Guess what? The new Red Book (an infectious disease book from the American Academy of Pediatrics) is out and the back to school recommendations for strep throat have changed! This can help many parents get back to work when their kids can return to school and daycare earlier. But it doesn't mean you should rush in to demand antibiotics for every sore throat!
Redbook return to school strep guidelines, 2018.
I have summarized the Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis: 2012 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America previously. These official guidelines have not been updated, but the Red Book represents the AAP official recommendations.
Strep throat is not just any sore throat. Many viruses can cause sore throats but strep throat is caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria, also known as Streptococcus pyogenes.
Strep throat is not common in kids under 3 years. The incidence of strep throat peaks in young childhood and is less common in teens and adults.
A strep test is needed to diagnose strep throat in kids. Physicians and other healthcare providers can use Centor Criteria for adults, but a clinical diagnosis alone is not recommended in children.
Strep throat typically causes a sore throat, fever, swollen tonsils, and swollen lymph nodes (gland) under the jaw. Some kids will get a sandpapery rash on their trunk. When this happens, it is called scarlet fever. I also see a significant number of kids who get a stomach ache and vomiting with strep.
Red spots on the roof of the mouth is considered very specific for strep throat.
Does strep throat need to be treated?
Most parents and kids want antibiotic treatment so that the miserable symptoms of strep go away faster, but do we need to treat strep?
So the simple answer is we don't always need to treat strep with antibiotics. In the days before antibiotics, most people got better. Even now there are some people who don't go to a clinic when they're sick, so they recover on their own.
There are a lot of reasons to use antibiotics only when necessary.
One major reason is to help delay antibiotic resistance.
Some people have allergic reactions or side effects to antibiotics, so we should not use them lightly.
They also can increase total healthcare costs. Although penicillin and amoxicillin (which are recommended for strep throat) are inexpensive, treating strep throat does increase healthcare costs. The sheer number of illnesses that present to clinics for evaluation, the cost of testing, and the cost of the treatments can all add up. Of course, returning to work a day earlier can make an impact on our economy as well.
If your child has symptoms not characteristic for strep and is not otherwise high risk, you can monitor and treat for a few days at home.
But antibiotics make us feel better faster, right?
Antibiotics tend to shorten the symptoms by about 16 hours.
If you want to read an example of the risks/benefits of treating strep throat, see this (slightly technical) case report.
Remember that this report simply highlights one case, it cannot be generalized to everyone with strep throat. It shows how doctors work through the risks and benefits with everything we treat. We don't always state things like this out loud, but they go through our mind as we develop treatment plans.
It's common in medicine to have case reviews such as this. Any one case does not change our treatment guidelines, but they can help us start to understand issues. They often serve to initiate further studies.
Are there risks to not treating?
Untreated Strep infections can lead to complications.
The character Beth in the classic book "Little Women" died of heart complications after scarlet fever.
Complications from untreated strep can include tonsil abscesses, ear infections, sinus infections, arthritis, heart damage, and kidney damage. While some of these can be severe, thankfully the more severe complications are rare, even without treatment.
There is also a condition called PANDAS (pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders) that some experts think is related to strep. This can involve the sudden onset or worsening of tic disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, mood changes, and change in quality of school work. Throat swabs can be normal, but a blood test can help to identify a recent strep exposure. Testing is not recommended for everyone with tics or OCD, but talk to your pediatrician if symptoms start out of the blue and you're concerned.
Strep throat is rarely an emergency. Don't rush to the ER after business hours to have your child checked as soon as you notice symptoms. You can use pain relievers as well as cold drinks, smoothies and popsicles to manage the symptoms at home initially. Just because the back to school recommendations for strep throat allow return 12 hours after antibiotics start, coming in too soon might not help in the long run.
Do not use telehealth to get your sore throat treated.
In children it is not recommended to diagnose strep throat without a throat swab test. This should be done in a medical clinic to avoid inaccurate testing.
Treating early in the course might diminish the opportunity for your body to fight strep off the next time it's exposed. Yes, treating may allow a return to work, school or daycare in 12 hours, but if you can prevent the next occurrence (of course no guarantees…) wouldn't you want to?
When should you not test or treat?
Strep throat is not common in kids under 3 , so it's not recommended to test them.
I admit that if an older sibling or caregiver has strep and they have strep symptoms, I will test 2-3 year olds. The recommendation is to not bother. Even if they have strep, treating does not tend to alter their course. Kids in this age group tend to not develop the severe consequences of strep like older kids, even when not treated.
Although both viruses and strep bacteria can cause fever and sore throat, there are clues that it is not strep. When strep carriers get sick, they can have a false positive throat culture. The strep that shows on testing is not the cause of their symptoms and leads to over treatment.
If there is a cough or runny nose, the sore throat is most likely a viral illness. A strep test is not recommended.
When there are blisters in the mouth or a characteristic hand, foot, mouth rash, they have a viral illness. A strep test is not recommended.
Because the rapid strep test looks at antigens the body makes in response to strep and not the bacteria itself, recent strep can affect rapid strep testing. The antigen can remain in the throat for a time after treatment, so a strep culture is recommended for several weeks after treatment of strep throat.
It is not recommended to do a throat culture after treatment unless a person is high risk for complications, such as rheumatic fever.
It isn't recommended to test people who have been exposed to strep unless they have symptoms. If they do not have symptoms, a positive test is more likely to be a falsely positive (not true) test. It could lead to unnecessary antibiotics.
If a sibling over 3 years of age develops symptoms, it is recommended to test and not just treat.
Pets do not get strep, so no need to swab your pet!
Why not just test every sore throat?
Studies show that 1 in 4 kids can have strep in their throat at any given time. They are simply carriers, but not truly infected with strep. Contrary to popular belief, strep carriers are not likely to spread strep infections.
If your child has some of the symptoms of strep (sore throat, fever, tender bumps in the neck, vomiting, or rash) consider strep throat.
Symptoms of typical viral illnesses make strep less likely. These might include runny nose, cough, red goopy eyes, or diarrhea. No testing is recommended.
It can be difficult to tell if a runny nose from allergies despite the strep throat or if the runny nose is part of the viral illness that includes a sore throat, so if in doubt, bring your child in for evaluation. The doctor can determine if testing should be done. Do not use telehealth for this. I recommend seeing your primary care physician during normal business hours.
If there is strep throat, penicillin or amoxicillin are the preferred treatments unless there is documented allergy.
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Pismo Beach officials said opening up the grounds to more events would give the public more opportunities to enjoy the estate and help generate money for the city to pay for ongoing maintenance.
But they faced opposition from neighbors of the property, who worried that they would have to put up with traffic congestion, trash, noise and parking issues at least once a week.
"There is a big difference between the events that already take place compared with weddings and other private events," Shell Beach resident Todd Tappan wrote to planning commissioners before Tuesday's meeting.
On Tuesday, the commission approved a conditional-use permit for the property, allowing four events over the next year with a maximum of 300 people at each event, Community Development Director Jon Biggs said.
The events include a fundraiser for Opera San Luis Obispo on Aug. 16, a San Luis Obispo Symphony fundraiser on Sept. 21, and the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County's annual Afternoon of Epicurean Delights on June 7, 2015.
There also will be a fundraising event specifically to raise money for ongoing maintenance to the grounds, Biggs said.
The city has a $192,000 trust endowment, some of which it is using to pay for short-term improvements to the property. Long-term projects, including repairs to an existing seawall, and other improvements to the house are estimated at about $1 million.
Ongoing maintenance of the grounds, including landscaping, tree trimming and pool maintenance, is about $2,500 a month.
The permit expires at the end of June 2015; the city will have to reapply for it in a year.
The commission also agreed to allow three free community events over the next year; the dates and details of those events have not been set.
The permit approval could be appealed to the Pismo Beach City Council. As of Thursday, no appeal had been filed.
The permit specifies that events cannot be held any earlier than 11 a.m. and guests must leave by 4 p.m. Shuttles are to be used to transport attendees during events with more than 50 people.
Biggs said about 22 people spoke during Tuesday's meeting, with roughly the same number of people speaking for or against the permit.
On Wednesday, Tappan, who watched the meeting at home on TV, seemed satisfied with the commission's decision, noting the events that Chapman stipulated should continue will be held.
"The first proposal was ridiculous — it was going to be parties every weekend," Tappan said. "It's hard to complain now."
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Zuma Henderson Mollison, 73, of Lakeland, Florida, passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020.
Zuma graduated from Pine Crest School in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and graduated with an education degree from Colorado Women's College in Denver, Colorado. She met and married Steven Mollison, and together they had two children, Jennifer and Richard.
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Vice chairman of the North Korean ruling party's central committee Kim Yong Chol and Ri Son-kwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, arrive in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 25, 2018.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in is continuing efforts to broker talks between the U.S. and North Korea to reduce tensions over the North's nuclear program, despite facing reluctance from Washington and Pyongyang, and increasing concerns at home.
On Monday, North Korea expressed a willingness for talks with the United States, but did not clarify whether Pyongyang is prepared to address halting and eventually dismantling its threatening nuclear program. The support for dialogue came from Kim Yong Chol, the controversial head of the visiting North Korean delegation to the PyeongChang Olympics closing ceremony. Kim has been accused of orchestrating a North Korean torpedo attack on a South Korean warship in 2010 that killed 46 sailors.
U.S. President Donald Trump responded to the North's sudden openness to dialogue with skepticism on Monday, saying, " We'll see what happens" and that the "right conditions" must first be in place before talks can proceed.
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South Korea's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said it is working to address Washington's concerns.
"Our government will continue to make efforts to persuade North Korea to respond promptly to the U.S., North Korea dialogue, while at the same time closely communicating and consulting with the U.S. on the future direction of North Korea's nuclear diplomacy," said Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Noh Kyu-duk.
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While North Korea now says it is willing to talk, its defiant rhetoric, and the numerous missile launches and two nuclear tests conducted in the last year, indicate a more threatening posture. Kim Jong Un responded to increasing international sanctions by declaring his country a nuclear weapons state, and set upon developing an operational intercontinental ballistic missile capability to target the U.S. mainland.
The Trump administration responded with a "maximum pressure" campaign, imposing economic sanctions, along with an emphasis on the threat of military action, if necessary, to force the Kim government to give up its nuclear program.
Last week the President issued new unilateral sanctions on companies and vessels linked to North Korean shipping trade to further restrict Pyongyang's ability to bypass sanctions, by obtaining oil and selling coal, using ship to ship transfers.
Trump's insistence that conditions first be met before talks can proceed supports his "maximum pressure" approach, but it also seemed to pull back from the position voiced by Vice President Mike Pence after he visited South Korea to lead the U.S. Olympic delegation for the opening ceremony. Pence said the U.S. would be open to exploratory talks without conditions, while maintaining sanctions pressure.
The mixed messages coming out of Washington may suggest that Trump has not been entirely supportive of President Moon's very assertive diplomatic outreach to engage North Korea during the Olympics.
"I think the United States government was not completely happy with the degree to which the U.S. government was consulted or not consulted before the South Koreans invited in the North Korean officials and athletes into the games," said Denny Roy, an Asia Pacific security expert with the East-West Center in Honolulu.
Athletes from North Korea and South Korea during the closing ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 25, 2018
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Moon's critics at home also voiced concern that Pyongyang is cooperating with Seoul in hopes of dividing the U.S., South Korea alliance, and to weaken international support for sanctions, without making any significant concession to end its nuclear program.
South Korean newspapers on Tuesday urged President Moon to proceed with caution in pursuing his engagement approach to North Korea. The Korea Herald, in an editorial said, "Korea must be denuclearized, but South Korea must not rush dialogue" before the North fully commits.
An editorial in The Korea Times said, it is "too early to expect" the U.S. and North Korea to "start a serious and meaningful dialogue," but did support exploratory talks.
And a Korea JoongAng Daily editorial said, "we cannot weaken sanctions when North Korea does not show genuine actions toward denuclearization."
Without diplomatic progress, tensions on the Korean Peninsula are likely to soon rise again. North Korea has not conducted any missile or nuclear tests in the last few months. The U.S. and South Korea also postponed joint military exercises during the Olympics. But the drills are expected to resume sometime in April. On Tuesday the North Korean official news agency KCNA said, "If the U.S. resumes the joint military exercises, we will resolutely counter them."
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'I'm Kenyan so you know I'm a marathon runner – even at 65'
By Mona Ombogo | June 26th 2019
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"At the age of 56, I ran a 56-kilometre marathon in South Africa as a gift to myself. I had started running at 50 and found it gave me peace," says Joyce Nduku.
"I did it for fitness at first, but now I run for charity. I wish more Kenyans would understand how much impact can be made through this."
Tata Joyce, as she's nicknamed, is now 65 and a social entrepreneur who's braved distances many elite marathoners wouldn't dare attempt.
In 2018 and 2019, she ran one of the most gruelling marathons in the world, the 90km Comrades Marathon in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, coming in eighth in the female over-60 age group.
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She shares her vision with Hustle.
Why did you take up running get fit, and not going to the gym?
A friend of mine at work suggested we try running when both of us felt our bodies were getting stiff with aches and pains. We worked at Kemri (Kenya Medical Research Institute) and understood the ramifications of poor health.
Running was easy to start. We only needed to invest in workout clothes and shoes. We diligently run together for six months before she dropped out. I got this crazy idea to register for the Standard Chartered Marathon to stay motivated so I wouldn't give up running.
Everyone thought I was crazy, some told me I would die but the more they discouraged me, the more determined I was to do it.
I finished 21km in two-and-a-half hours. As I went home, I remember feeling this great sense of peace. I knew then this was my calling.
You now do full 42km marathons. When did you make the switch?
I was part of a recreational running group and some of them were doing full marathons. In 2007, I decided to register for the full Standard Chartered Marathon. I hadn't trained for it and it was extremely difficult.
When I got to about 39km, the straggler bus came along picking people who hadn't completed the race because they wanted to open the roads. I refused to get on the bus.
The roads opened so I had to run on the sidewalks, but I made it, finishing at five hours and seven minutes. The stadium was almost empty, officials long gone, but they hadn't yet removed the timing mat, so I could get my accurate time.
The next year, a friend convinced me to participate in the Chicago Marathon. It's part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, a series that includes six of the most prestigious marathons in the world: New York, Berlin, Boston, London and Tokyo.
Were you intimidated?
Very. In fact, when I got to Chicago I almost decided not to run. It was hot and I found out that the year before they'd halted the marathon because several people fell ill due to heat-related issues. One died. I was convinced that would be me if I ran.
But my hosts reminded me that I had bought a ticket and travelled all the way to the States. I couldn't give up at the last minute.
Did you go through with it?
Yes. And I ran a time of four hours and seven minutes, shaving off an entire hour from my previous run at the Standard Chartered Marathon.
Along the road I kept seeing runners who'd dropped off, holding onto the railings, puking.
I was thinking to myself; I must finish, I will finish, and I did. This is when most of my friends realised that I was serious about running.
Is there any monetary gain to the wins?
As a recreational runner, you don't run to win money, but you can run for charity. I decided to do this so that the sweat, the injuries would count for something bigger than myself.
When I was convinced to run the Two Oceans marathon for my 56th birthday because it was a 56km marathon, I raised money for charity. Aside from that, it was an amazing experience because of the landscape, Atlantic to Indian oceans.
What's the most you've raised for charity?
That would be from the Comrades marathon, which takes place in KwaZulu-Natal. It's a 90km race from Durban to Pietermaritzburg, and the largest and oldest ultramarathon in the world. It took me eight years to convince myself I could do it.
The first time I did it was in 2018. The race has two paths you can take: the down- run, which is easier because you're running from high altitude to the ocean; and the up-run, which is tougher because you're running in the opposite direction.
In 2018, I did the down-run and finished in 10 hours 27 minutes. This year I did the up-run and finished in 10 hours 57 minutes.
They award a medal to any beginner who does both marathons, back to back.
I raised Sh700,000 for the Shoe4Africa Children's Hospital. It needs $2 million (Sh200 million) to complete construction for one of only two public children's hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa.
How easy is it to drum up support for your causes?
Till recently, most of the support has come from fellow runners, which is why I really champion recreational running in Kenya.
I've seen stories of mothers in Kibera whose children are born with cerebral palsy and they can't afford a mobility aid worth Sh10,000. If 10 runners came together and each raised Sh1,000, we'd be able to give these mothers hope, these children a normal life.
When I turned 60, I got an operation on my heel and I remember telling God, 'if you give me more years to run, I will use my running to help your people'.
That same year, through my friends, I raised Sh360,000 for a child who had been born with an anorectal malformation. He got medial attention and is now healthy.
What's your ultimate goal for fund-raising?
I'd like to raise Sh2 million for the referral hospital. I recently got sponsorship from Coca-Cola, who through Keringet have kept me hydrated during my marathon trainings.
They also paid for my air ticket and accommodation when I participated in the last Comrades marathon. We're in discussions right now about a cheque they'll be writing for my charity.
I have also received help from personalities like Esther Passaris, Anthony Kiai and Patrick Makau, a former world record holder in the marathon.
What other major marathons are you running this year?
I have registered for the New York Marathon in November.
How much longer do you think you'll run for?
I don't plan to stop. There were people at the Comrades marathon who've run it consistently for 46 years. I've only done it twice so far.
This marathon is so tough that this year, 22,000 people started but only 16,000 finished. Of those who didn't finish, 4,000 didn't make it past the 43km mark because they timed out.
They have six cut-off points, if you don't pass a cut-off point by the required time, the straggler bus picks you up because this race is a 12-hour race; gun-to-gun, 5:30am to 5:30pm.
I finished number 9,879. I have more to give, so why would I stop?
You've been an inspiration to many. What are some of the changes you'd like to see in the Kenyan running space?
We're a powerhouse for competitive runners, why can't we be a powerhouse for recreational runners and races, like South Africa?
The Comrades race brings in 70 million rand (Sh500 million) in household income to KwaZulu-Natal. Why can't we do similar races here and channel the revenue to charities and the economy? We have the terrain and the expertise.
Generally, I'd like to see more Kenyans moving. About 80 per cent of hospital occupancy is because of lifestyle diseases, some of these can be resolved by people being more active.
We can walk to work. We can run in the mornings. But we also need the Government to improve infrastructure by investing in pavements, parks and running paths.
Let's be known as a running nation, not just where medals are concerned, but beyond that. You running one kilometre can change a life forever, yours and someone else's.
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Can regional economic development really happen? I'm not sure it can. Building stuff increases nominal GDP. But does it increase real GDP per capita?
Perhaps, but there are no guarantees. There are zombie towns in New Zealand today. They are struggling despite a "rock star economy" the previous government claims to have left to the new government.
There is a reason why people and capital have been leaving the regions. Big cities attract young people. Big cities have agglomeration effects. Growth happens in big cities. Productivity is higher in big cities. But New Zealand's big cities aren't that complex or productive.
We have small cities in New Zealand. They're not as productive as big cities in other countries. Maybe economic geography and distance from trading partners and rising population over a low base of natural resources to begin with can help explain our low productivity growth over the past 50 years.
If there's any lesson from our history, it's that there will be more zombie towns in our future. Social capital matters. Very few people will actually sell their house in Auckland and move to the regions. Even fewer will create creative, high value add businesses from the provinces.
The lack of ambition that is implicit in the idea that 1 billion trees can save the poorer parts of New Zealand should be pretty clear. Don't we want more for our citizens?


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It's with mixed emotions that I say that my double trifecta is done. I am happy to get the much needed recovery time but also I am sad I have no more until 2016. With that I have new goals for the winter months in prep for the upcoming race season, still planning out what races I want to do and strategies for certain races I attend. I want to become faster, leaner and stronger... so that's my winter goal (loosing my stress belly... was almost gone). Starting back up on the meal prepping and going to be trying to cut a lot of sugar out of my diet. That itself is going to be one of the hardest things I do ( I say that as I am eating some wine gums lol). I am such a sugar addict. I am trying to cut down a bunch of cortisol I have in my body and the stress that I have been under these last few months (over 2yrs) have finally stopped.
I had no issues with the memory rest either. My technique works awesome for me. I still remember it today.... ECHO 515 2943. Took me a little while to finally forget my Montana Beast memory one. Lol I am excited to see how much faster and easier I can do them next year. My asthma isn't an excuse and I want to get faster and not let my asthma dictate things anymore. I can do it and I have done it in the past few races so I am going to dig deeper and keep that fire burning. Time to stop making excuses and get serious about this and my other goals. Start completing somethings that have been hanging out here. Time to start learning new things and following my passion. Enough is enough and the time is now. Wait wasn't that slogan in a commercial or maybe it was in a political one. Lol I don't care it works for me.
My trip to Seattle with my son and parents was an awesome one. Being able to spend that time together making new memories was so great. I had never been to Seattle and fell in love with the place. So many cool things to see and the downtown feel is like Vancouver but better. My son Ty kept us entertained in the car with his voice impressions. Not sure where he gets his humor from but man he had us tearing up from laughing so hard. I am going to try and record some of it. There is never a dull moment hanging out with that cool dude. I am so blessed to be his momma! It was great seeing places that I hadn't been to since I was a kid and was even cooler showing Ty some of my best memories. He fell in love with Coeur D'Alene and I remembered why I love that place so much. I see a future trip there for us for sure. Stopped in Spokane on the way back and it was great seeing things again but everything looks so different in the fall. I want to head down that way in the summer for sure next time.
So I am having a good time getting back to reality and getting back on track with eating healthier again. The cooler fall days are making my lungs not too happy but that's normal for me until they get used to it again. My weekend was filled with relaxing and finally cleaning up the clutter in my house. Have three garbage bags of those and a bag of shoes to donate somewhere. More room in my closets and pantry. I post more of my day to day stuff on my Instagram account so pop over there and give me a follow if you want. On that note I will leave you and will write more about my new healthy changes I am making and seeing what I can do with this sugar addiction. Wish me luck or I will gladly take suggestions too!
Mid Race selfie getting photobombed Love these girls!!
Tons of happy moments and tears were shed. I still get a little emotional thinking about that.
Still Missing the Beast at Sun Peaks Medal :( Not a happy camper.


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using namespace std;
using namespace IECore;
using namespace Gaffer;

IE_CORE_DEFINERUNTIMETYPED( Path );

static InternedString g_namePropertyName( "name" );
static InternedString g_fullNamePropertyName( "fullName" );

Path::Path( PathFilterPtr filter )
	:	m_pathChangedSignal( nullptr )
{
	setFilter( filter );
}

Path::Path( const std::string &path, PathFilterPtr filter )
	:	m_pathChangedSignal( nullptr )
{
	setFromString( path );
	setFilter( filter );
}

Path::Path( const Names &names, const IECore::InternedString &root, PathFilterPtr filter )
	:	m_root( root ), m_names( names ), m_pathChangedSignal( nullptr )
{
	for( Names::const_iterator it = m_names.begin(), eIt = m_names.end(); it != eIt; ++it )
	{
		checkName( *it );
	}
	setFilter( filter );
}

Path::~Path()
{
	if( havePathChangedSignal() && m_filter )
	{
		// In an ideal world, we'd derive from boost::signals::trackable, and wouldn't
		// need to do this manual connection management. But we construct a lot of Path
		// instances and trackable has significant overhead so we must avoid it. We must
		// disconnect somehow though, otherwise when the filter changes, filterChanged()
		// will be called on a dead Path instance.
		m_filter->changedSignal().disconnect( boost::bind( &Path::filterChanged, this ) );
	}
	delete m_pathChangedSignal;
}

const IECore::InternedString &Path::root() const
{
	return m_root;
}

const bool Path::isEmpty() const
{
	return m_names.empty() && m_root.string().empty();
}

bool Path::isValid() const
{
	return !isEmpty();
}

bool Path::isLeaf() const
{
	return false;
}

void Path::propertyNames( std::vector<IECore::InternedString> &names ) const
{
	names.push_back( g_namePropertyName );
	names.push_back( g_fullNamePropertyName );
}

IECore::ConstRunTimeTypedPtr Path::property( const IECore::InternedString &name ) const
{
	if( name == g_namePropertyName )
	{
		if( m_names.size() )
		{
			return new StringData( m_names.back().string() );
		}
		else
		{
			return new StringData( "" );
		}
	}
	else if( name == g_fullNamePropertyName )
	{
		return new StringData( this->string() );
	}
	return nullptr;
}

PathPtr Path::parent() const
{
	if( m_names.empty() )
	{
		return nullptr;
	}

	PathPtr result = copy();
	result->m_names.pop_back();

	return result;
}

size_t Path::children( std::vector<PathPtr> &children ) const
{
	doChildren( children );
	if( m_filter )
	{
		m_filter->filter( children );
	}
	return children.size();
}

void Path::setFilter( PathFilterPtr filter )
{
	if( filter == m_filter )
	{
		return;
	}

	// We may need to connect to Filter::changedSignal() so we can
	// emit pathChangedSignal() appropriately. But it's not worth making
	// the connection unless m_pathChangedSignal exists.
	if( havePathChangedSignal() )
	{
		if( m_filter )
		{
			m_filter->changedSignal().disconnect( boost::bind( &Path::filterChanged, this ) );
		}
		if( filter )
		{
			filter->changedSignal().connect( boost::bind( &Path::filterChanged, this ) );
		}
	}

	m_filter = filter;
	emitPathChanged();
}

PathFilter *Path::getFilter()
{
	return m_filter.get();
}

const PathFilter *Path::getFilter() const
{
	return m_filter.get();
}

Path::PathChangedSignal &Path::pathChangedSignal()
{
	if( !m_pathChangedSignal )
	{
		m_pathChangedSignal = new PathChangedSignal;
		pathChangedSignalCreated();
	}
	return *m_pathChangedSignal;
}

void Path::setFromPath( const Path *path )
{
	if( path->m_names == m_names && path->m_root == m_root )
	{
		return;
	}

	m_root = path->m_root;
	m_names = path->m_names;

	emitPathChanged();
}

void Path::setFromString( const std::string &string )
{
	Names newNames;
	StringAlgo::tokenize<InternedString>( string, '/', back_inserter( newNames ) );

	InternedString newRoot;
	if( string.size() && string[0] == '/' )
	{
		newRoot = "/";
	}

	if( newRoot == m_root && newNames == m_names )
	{
		return;
	}

	m_names = newNames;
	m_root = newRoot;

	emitPathChanged();
}

PathPtr Path::copy() const
{
	return new Path( m_names, m_root, m_filter );
}

void Path::append( const IECore::InternedString &name )
{
	checkName( name );
	m_names.push_back( name );
	emitPathChanged();
}

void Path::truncateUntilValid()
{
	bool changed = false;
	while( m_names.size() && !isValid() )
	{
		m_names.pop_back();
		changed = true;
	}

	if( changed )
	{
		emitPathChanged();
	}
}

const Path::Names &Path::names() const
{
	return m_names;
}

void Path::set( size_t index, const IECore::InternedString &name )
{
	if( index >= m_names.size() )
	{
		throw IECore::Exception( "Index out of range" );
	}

	if( name == m_names[index] )
	{
		return;
	}

	checkName( name );

	m_names[index] = name;
	emitPathChanged();
}

void Path::set( size_t begin, size_t end, const Names &names )
{
	if( begin > m_names.size() )
	{
		throw IECore::Exception( "Index out of range" );
	}

	if( end > m_names.size() )
	{
		throw IECore::Exception( "Index out of range" );
	}

	Names::difference_type sizeDifference = names.size() - (end - begin);

	if( sizeDifference == 0 )
	{
		if( equal( m_names.begin() + begin, m_names.begin() + end, names.begin() ) )
		{
			return;
		}
	}
	else if( sizeDifference > 0 )
	{
		m_names.resize( m_names.size() + sizeDifference );
		std::copy_backward( m_names.begin() + end, m_names.begin() + end + sizeDifference, m_names.end() );
	}
	else
	{
		std::copy( m_names.begin() + end, m_names.end(), m_names.begin() + end + sizeDifference );
		m_names.resize( m_names.size() + sizeDifference );
	}

	std::copy( names.begin(), names.end(), m_names.begin() + begin );
	emitPathChanged();
}

void Path::remove( size_t index )
{
	if( index >= m_names.size() )
	{
		throw IECore::Exception( "Index out of range" );
	}

	m_names.erase( m_names.begin() + index );
	emitPathChanged();
}

void Path::remove( size_t begin, size_t end )
{
	if( begin >= m_names.size() )
	{
		throw IECore::Exception( "Index out of range" );
	}

	if( end > m_names.size() )
	{
		throw IECore::Exception( "Index out of range" );
	}

	m_names.erase( m_names.begin() + begin, m_names.begin() + end );
	emitPathChanged();
}

std::string Path::string() const
{
	std::string result = m_root.string();
	for( size_t i = 0, s = m_names.size(); i < s; ++i )
	{
		if( i != 0 )
		{
			result += "/";
		}
		result += m_names[i].string();
	}
	return result;
}

bool Path::operator == ( const Path &other ) const
{
	return
		typeId() == other.typeId() &&
		m_root == other.m_root &&
		m_names == other.m_names;
}

bool Path::operator != ( const Path &other ) const
{
	return !(*this == other );
}

void Path::doChildren( std::vector<PathPtr> &children ) const
{
}

void Path::emitPathChanged()
{
	if( !m_pathChangedSignal )
	{
		return;
	}
	(*m_pathChangedSignal)( this );
}

void Path::pathChangedSignalCreated()
{
	if( m_filter )
	{
		m_filter->changedSignal().connect( boost::bind( &Path::filterChanged, this ) );
	}
}

bool Path::havePathChangedSignal() const
{
	return m_pathChangedSignal;
}

void Path::filterChanged()
{
	emitPathChanged();
}

void Path::checkName( const IECore::InternedString &name ) const
{
	if( name.string().find( '/' ) != string::npos )
	{
		throw IECore::Exception( "Path name contains '/'." );
	}

	if( name.string().empty() )
	{
		throw IECore::Exception( "Path name is empty." );
	}
}

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..
    Copyright 2020 The HuggingFace Team. All rights reserved.

    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
    the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
    an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
    specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

DeBERTa-v2
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Overview
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The DeBERTa model was proposed in `DeBERTa: Decoding-enhanced BERT with Disentangled Attention
<https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.03654>`__ by Pengcheng He, Xiaodong Liu, Jianfeng Gao, Weizhu Chen It is based on Google's
BERT model released in 2018 and Facebook's RoBERTa model released in 2019.

It builds on RoBERTa with disentangled attention and enhanced mask decoder training with half of the data used in
RoBERTa.

The abstract from the paper is the following:

*Recent progress in pre-trained neural language models has significantly improved the performance of many natural
language processing (NLP) tasks. In this paper we propose a new model architecture DeBERTa (Decoding-enhanced BERT with
disentangled attention) that improves the BERT and RoBERTa models using two novel techniques. The first is the
disentangled attention mechanism, where each word is represented using two vectors that encode its content and
position, respectively, and the attention weights among words are computed using disentangled matrices on their
contents and relative positions. Second, an enhanced mask decoder is used to replace the output softmax layer to
predict the masked tokens for model pretraining. We show that these two techniques significantly improve the efficiency
of model pretraining and performance of downstream tasks. Compared to RoBERTa-Large, a DeBERTa model trained on half of
the training data performs consistently better on a wide range of NLP tasks, achieving improvements on MNLI by +0.9%
(90.2% vs. 91.1%), on SQuAD v2.0 by +2.3% (88.4% vs. 90.7%) and RACE by +3.6% (83.2% vs. 86.8%). The DeBERTa code and
pre-trained models will be made publicly available at https://github.com/microsoft/DeBERTa.*

The following information is visible directly on the [original implementation
repository](https://github.com/microsoft/DeBERTa). DeBERTa v2 is the second version of the DeBERTa model. It includes
the 1.5B model used for the SuperGLUE single-model submission and achieving 89.9, versus human baseline 89.8. You can
find more details about this submission in the authors'
[blog](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/microsoft-deberta-surpasses-human-performance-on-the-superglue-benchmark/)

New in v2:

- **Vocabulary** In v2 the tokenizer is changed to use a new vocabulary of size 128K built from the training data.
  Instead of a GPT2-based tokenizer, the tokenizer is now
  [sentencepiece-based](https://github.com/google/sentencepiece) tokenizer.
- **nGiE(nGram Induced Input Encoding)** The DeBERTa-v2 model uses an additional convolution layer aside with the first
  transformer layer to better learn the local dependency of input tokens.
- **Sharing position projection matrix with content projection matrix in attention layer** Based on previous
  experiments, this can save parameters without affecting the performance.
- **Apply bucket to encode relative postions** The DeBERTa-v2 model uses log bucket to encode relative positions
  similar to T5.
- **900M model & 1.5B model** Two additional model sizes are available: 900M and 1.5B, which significantly improves the
  performance of downstream tasks.

This model was contributed by `DeBERTa <https://huggingface.co/DeBERTa>`__. The original code can be found `here
<https://github.com/microsoft/DeBERTa>`__.

DebertaV2Config
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. autoclass:: transformers.DebertaV2Config
    :members:

DebertaV2Tokenizer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. autoclass:: transformers.DebertaV2Tokenizer
    :members: build_inputs_with_special_tokens, get_special_tokens_mask,
        create_token_type_ids_from_sequences, save_vocabulary

DebertaV2Model
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. autoclass:: transformers.DebertaV2Model
    :members: forward

DebertaV2PreTrainedModel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. autoclass:: transformers.DebertaV2PreTrainedModel
    :members: forward

DebertaV2ForMaskedLM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. autoclass:: transformers.DebertaV2ForMaskedLM
    :members: forward

DebertaV2ForSequenceClassification
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. autoclass:: transformers.DebertaV2ForSequenceClassification
    :members: forward

DebertaV2ForTokenClassification
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. autoclass:: transformers.DebertaV2ForTokenClassification
    :members: forward

DebertaV2ForQuestionAnswering
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. autoclass:: transformers.DebertaV2ForQuestionAnswering
    :members: forward


With Canada Day coming up on Monday, I have been thinking about one of my favourite spots in Canada. Everybody thinks the water is cold in Nova Scotia and, for the most part, that might be true. But we often spend summer vacations visiting a spot where the water is relatively warm and the beach is as beautiful as you would expect.
My parents were born and raised in Nova Scotia and it's where my grandparents and most of my aunts, uncles and cousins lived when I was growing up. We didn't visit often, but I enjoyed the hospitality, the natural beauty and, of course, my grandmother's baking, when we did.
My little guy enjoying an unspoiled Nova Scotia beach on one of our summer trips.
Little did I know then that one of the best spots for family vacations in Nova Scotia is the very beach my dad walked on as a child. Dad was born and raised in Judique, Nova Scotia. His ancestors, the "Bogainn MacDonalds," came to Canada from Scotland in the closing years of the 18th century.
The Gaelic word "bogainn" means marsh and the Gaelic "bog an lochain" is a type of water bird. According to oral tradition, this family of MacDonalds had a reputation for going out fishing on the ocean in all kinds of weather. On one particular stormy day, they were sighted out on the water by some neighbours, who commented, "Tha gu leoir dha fhein a'bhi a bhogainn amuigh an diugh!" It's enough for the "bogainn" himself to be out today!
One of the cottages (with a picturesque view) we rented over the years.
The group of Bogainns consisted of four married brothers and a sister who emigrated to Pictou, Nova Scotia. Three of the brothers became pioneer settlers at Judique, where Dad's family house sits today, built on acres of land deeded to the pioneer families.
Perfect for vacationing families, nearby Port Hood is a seaside community on the west coast of Cape Breton Island on the Ceilidh Trail, 30 minutes north of the Canso Causeway (which links mainland Nova Scotia to the island). Port Hood boasts miles of sandy beaches on "the warmest waters in eastern Canada." Look for the annual Chestico Days events as well as lots of opportunities to hear Celtic music.
Dad on the beach at Mabou.
The public beach at the town of Mabou is something to behold too, surrounded as it is by rocky "hills" topped with beautiful, green expanses.
If you throw a stone on the beach in Port Hood, you are likely to hit a MacDonald (probably one of my relatives). If you do, tell them I say "hi!"
I love Nova Scotia! My favourite area is the South Shore, but really, it's all beautiful :-) We'll be vacationing on Cape Breton in the fall - can't wait to get back to the ocean!
I MUST visit Nova Scotia someday!!
Since I know you are a nature lover, I really think you would enjoy it!
We used to go with the trailer when I was a kid. That's lots of fun!
I've always wanted to go to Nova Scotia. This beach is beautiful.
I've never been to Nova Scotia so I'm very pleased for my daughter who took the train there, just yesterday!
Beautiful shots and what an amazing, rich history your family has!!! I love the Gaelic! The beach is beyond perfect , Jo!!!
It is a lovely beach. Makes me miss the ocean!
I would love to visit Nova Scotia one day! Happy Canada Day from the other side - British Columbia!
Over the years, people have asked me if I'm related to the McDonalds restaurant people. Your grandfather has the right spelling for that!
Looks like a perfect spot to take the family and just "get away from it all". Happy Canada Day!
I live in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia, but it's on my bucket list to go to Cape Breton. My fiance loves it there and has said it's the perfect spot for our wedding. From the pictures I've seen of Cape Breton, I'd have to agree.
that's a fun history, I found the water to be so cold when we were out East even in August. Love that shot of your Dad reading O magazine lol Thanks for linking up to TGCBB this year!
Thanks for hosting a great Canadian-themed party!
Looks like a lovely place to visit! I've always wanted to visit the maritimes. It's going on my bucket list for sure. Hope you had a nice long weekend.
Thanks! Yes, Nova Scotia is a must-see!
The hubs hails from cape Breton and we even got married there! I've met a couple macdonalds !!!!!
At the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre!


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The transformative power of the arts
Making art with MacArthur-winning alumna Okwui Okpokwasili
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck New York, MacArthur-winning performer and artist Okwui Okpokwasili '96 B.A. was living in Brooklyn, debuting a new project called "Sitting on a Man's Head," which was inspired by one of many forms of protest practiced by...
Podcast: How jazz teaches faith & justice
Cherokee alumna discusses storytelling in Native American culture
Fostering gender diversity through a new musical commission
Creative alums connect with student artists for mutual feedback
As part of the premiere of the multimedia production "The Wandering" at Yale, the creative team workshopped the show with a group of 13 Yale undergraduate and graduate students to help perfect the various elements of the piece prior to its April 15 launch...


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