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Q: How to populate SQL Server database with list of list of objects instead of looping I have data coming from an Excel spreadsheet, I cannot change how this comes in. Is there a solution for adding IList<IList<Object>> values to a SQL Server database instead of looping as I am reaching limit with currently 5k rows.
I was also informed that I shouldn't use injection, so any alternatives are welcomed.
public static void Load_Table()
{
    // This function on_click populates the datagrid named JumpTable
    // this.JumpTable.ItemsSource = null; // Clears the current datagrid before getting new data
    // Pulls in the 2d table from the client sheet
    IList<IList<Object>> client_sheet = Get(SetCredentials(), "$placeholder", "Client!A2:AY");
    DBFunctions db = new DBFunctions();
    db.postDBTable("DELETE FROM Client");

    foreach (var row in client_sheet)
    {
        string exe = "INSERT INTO Client ([Tracker ID],[Request ID]) VALUES('" + row[0].ToString() + "','" + row[1].ToString() + "')";
        db.postDBTable(exe);
    }
}

Database functions
public SqlConnection getDBConnection()
{
    // --------------< Function: Opens the connection to our database >-------------- \\
    string connectionString = Properties.Settings.Default.connection_string; // Gets the connection source from properties
    SqlConnection dbConnection = new SqlConnection(connectionString); // Creates the connection based off our source
    if (dbConnection.State != ConnectionState.Open) dbConnection.Open(); // If it's not already open then open the connection

    return dbConnection;
}
public DataTable getDBTable(string sqlText)
{
    // --------------< Function: Gets the table from our database >-------------- \\
    SqlConnection dbConnection = getDBConnection();

    DataTable table = new DataTable();
    SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(sqlText, dbConnection);adapter.Fill(table);

    return table;
}

public void postDBTable(string sqlText)
{
    // --------------< Function: Post data to our database >-------------- \\
    SqlConnection dbConnection = getDBConnection();

    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sqlText, dbConnection);cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}

A: I have worked with lots of bulk data loads in the past.  There are two main ways to avoid individual inserts with SQL Server, a list of values inserted at one time or using bulk insert.
the first option to use a list of values is like this:
INSERT INTO Foo (Bar,Baz)
VALUES ('bar','baz'),
       ('anotherbar','anotherbaz')

In c# you would loop through your list and build the values content, however doing this with out a sql injection vulnerability is difficult.
The second option is to use bulk insert with SQL Bulk copy and a datatable.  Before getting to the code below you would build a DataTable that holds all your data then use SqlBulkCopy to insert rows using Sql functionality that is optimized for inserting large amounts of data.
using (var bulk = new SqlBulkCopy(con)
{
    //bulk mapping is a SqlBulkCopyColumnMapping[] and is not necessaraly needed if the DataTable matches your destination table exactly
    foreach (var i in bulkMapping)
    {
        bulk.ColumnMappings.Add(i);
    }

    bulk.DestinationTableName = "MyTable";

    bulk.BulkCopyTimeout = 600;
    bulk.BatchSize = 5000;

    bulk.WriteToServer(someDataTable);
}

These are the two framework included methods.  There are other libraries that can help.  Dapper is one but I am not sure how it handles inserts on the back end.  Entity framework is another but it does single inserts so it is just moving the problem from your code to some one else's.


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Q: Pandas reindex an index of a multi index in decreasing order of the series values I have a pandas series with a multi index like:
A           385       0.463120
            278       0.269023
            190       0.244348
            818       0.232505
            64        0.199640
B           1889      0.381681
            1568      0.284957
            1543      0.259003
            1950      0.241432
            1396      0.197692
C           2485      0.859803
            2980      0.823075
            2588      0.774576
            2748      0.613309
            2055      0.607444
E           3081      0.815492
            3523      0.666928
            3638      0.628147
            3623      0.554344
            3400      0.506123

I'd like to reindex the second index like this with pandas:
A           1         0.463120
            2         0.269023
            3         0.244348
            4         0.232505
            5         0.199640
B           1         0.381681
            2         0.284957
            3         0.259003
            4         0.241432
            5         0.197692
C           1         0.859803
            2         0.823075
            3         0.774576
            4         0.613309
            5         0.607444
D           1         0.815492
            2         0.666928
            3         0.628147
            4         0.554344
            5         0.506123

I.e. that the second index is increasing as the values of the series are decreasing with a single value of first index.
Is there a way to do so just using pandas?

A: You can use pandas.core.groupby.GroupBy.cumcount:
# create example data
df = pd.DataFrame({'a':list(pd.util.testing.rands_array(1, 4, dtype='O')) * 5,
                   'b':np.random.rand(20) // .1,
                   'c':np.random.rand(20) // .01}
                  )
df.set_index(['a','b'], inplace=True)

df = df.sort_values(['a','c'], ascending=[True,False])
df['x'] = df.groupby('a').cumcount()+1
df = df.reset_index().set_index(['a','x'])

returns
       b     c
a x
a 1  5.0  89.0
  2  4.0  84.0
  3  2.0  83.0
  4  3.0  41.0
  5  4.0  30.0
k 1  7.0  70.0
  2  7.0  64.0
  3  9.0  46.0
  4  6.0  16.0
  5  4.0   8.0
p 1  5.0  71.0
  2  7.0  70.0
  3  6.0  54.0
  4  0.0  16.0
  5  7.0   1.0
w 1  6.0  61.0
  2  2.0  57.0
  3  3.0  53.0
  4  6.0  38.0
  5  0.0  22.0

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L'affaire du  est une polémique née d'un article publié le  pour expliquer les reculs du  des  et  françaises lors de la bataille de Lorraine dans le cadre de la bataille des Frontières. Les soldats du Midi (notamment provençaux) du  y sont accusés d'avoir fui devant l'ennemi. Malgré les excuses et les démentis, cette rumeur infamante canalisa une attitude hostile d'une partie de la population et des soldats contre les soldats du Midi, et provoqua en retour un fort attachement des populations du Midi au .

Le contexte lorrain de l'affaire

Avant d'analyser cette « affaire », on doit la situer dans son contexte lorrain d'août et . Pour cela, il faut suivre le parcours du 111e régiment d'infanterie d'Antibes qui fait partie de la  de Nice (général Carbillet) du  de Marseille composé des  et officiers commandés par le général Espinasse.
Comme ceux des autres unités du 15e corps et après deux jours de train, les  du  d'infanterie d'Antibes ont fini de débarquer le  en gare de Diarville d'où ils ont gagné le secteur de Saffais (noté 12) puis celui d'Haraucourt (13) avant de prendre d'assaut les défenses allemandes de Moncourt au prix de 781 des leurs mis hors de combat. Moncourt, première victoire française en Lorraine avec ceux du . Avec ceux des autres unités de la , ils progressent ensuite vers le nord par Bourdonnay (16) et Gelucourt (17) pour prendre d'assaut le (19) août la croupe de Bidestroff au cœur de la nasse mortifère de Dieuze bombardée en continu par l'artillerie lourde allemande.

Mais le lendemain matin, après avoir longtemps résisté à la surpuissante contre-offensive ennemie et perdu  en deux jours, les survivants sont obligés de se replier, conformément aux ordres et au plan conçu par le général de Castelnau.
Repli d'abord jusqu'au bois du Haut-de-la-Croix (20) où leur régiment est alors réduit à un seul petit bataillon au lieu de trois car, depuis le , ils ont perdu  des leurs soit 74 % de leur effectif. Puis repli à Anthelupt (21) avant de se positionner en attente au nord de Velle-sur-Moselle (23) avec autour toutes les unités diminuées du  et, sur leur droite, du 16e corps. Et, la VIe armée allemande s'étant engagée dans le piège de « sa » nasse de Lunéville, le général de Castelnau donne l'ordre aux unités des  et  de passer à la contre-offensive victorieuse. Et c'est ainsi qu'en  derrière les quatre bataillons de chasseurs alpins, les survivants du 111e régiment d'infanterie progressent vers l'est jusqu'à Einvaux (25) puis vers le nord-est jusqu'à Lamath (26) et Xermaménil (30). C'est là qu'ils sont relevés par des unités du  pour se replier par Bayon (3) afin de participer à la bataille de la Marne à partir du  avec ceux du  qui y remportent la victoire décisive de Revigny-Vassincourt contre la Ve armée allemande  puis la poursuivent sur  du 13 au  jusqu'à Verdun Ouest.

Les débuts de l'affaire

Le  est engagé à partir du  en Lorraine dans la Bataille des trois Frontières et notamment dans la Bataille de Morhange le . Ces batailles se terminent par une victoire allemande, le recul des armées françaises et de lourdes pertes.

Elles démontrent l'inadaptation de l'armée française que dirige le général Joffre, et singulièrement du plan XVII et de l'offensive à outrance. Pourtant, ce dernier va tenter de trouver des responsables à l'arrêt de l'offensive.

C'est ce qu'il fait savoir au ministre de la Guerre Adolphe Messimy, qui lui-même transmet cette communication au sénateur Auguste Gervais. Saint-Cyrien devenu journaliste et homme politique, il est considéré comme un spécialiste des affaires militaires, notamment pour L'Aurore et Le Matin, l'un des journaux les plus diffusés de France.

Celui-ci publie dans ce dernier journal un article diffamatoire le  qu'il intitule La vérité sur l'affaire du . Le recul en Lorraine. Il y reprend et accentue les attaques du général Joffre :

,
écrit-il. Ces attaques sont reprises par quelques journaux, dont un article du sénateur du Var Georges Clemenceau, également journaliste à l'Aurore, dans son propre journal :

Ces diffamations apparaissent comme une attaque à l'Union sacrée. Elles créent un grave malaise, conduisant le gouvernement à publier un démenti :

Le ministre publie un démenti le , précisant que les propos d'Auguste Gervais sont , alors que le général Joffre souligne peu après la bravoure des soldats du  à Nancy. Le président du Conseil René Viviani envoie un télégramme où il n'évoque que des , ne reflétant pas une  d'une . Si les attaques premières sont minimisées, la cause de la défaite reste identique : le mauvais comportement de certains Méridionaux. Auguste Gervais s'excuse peu après ; il affirmera dans un article posthume qu'il n'a fait que signer un article dicté par son ami Adolphe Messimy, ancien Saint-Cyrien, journaliste et membre du Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste comme lui.

Si le sénateur Gervais et le général Joffre restent en poste, le ministre Messimy est démis de ses fonctions deux jours après l'éclatement de l'affaire.

La rumeur
Entre l'énoncé de la diffamation et les premières excuses, il ne s'est écoulé que quelques heures. Elles ont suffi à faire un mal terrible dans une population ébranlée par les reculs. Rapidement, la légende de soldats provençaux et plus généralement du Sud lâches se diffuse parmi les populations du Nord. Plusieurs témoignages rapportent les propos insultants tenus par d'autres soldats, des infirmiers, ou des blagues infamantes ayant le soldat de Provence pour objet de risée. Selon Jean-Yves Le Naour, ces accusations ont prospéré sur le terreau ancien de . Il s'agit d'antiméridionalisme.

Face à cette attitude, des journaux publient les exploits des régiments du Midi, pendant qu'en guise de contre-attaque, ceux qui colportent les rumeurs sont qualifiés d'agents de l'Allemagne. Le Progrès de la Somme réclame contre les calomniateurs le Conseil de guerre.

La révolte en Provence
Dès le , deux parlementaires des Bouches-du-Rhône, Joseph Thierry et Frédéric Mascle demandent audience au ministre de la Guerre qui, nouvelle humiliation, refuse de les rencontrer. Le lendemain, six autres parlementaires réclament des explications.

Malgré les démentis, les accusations, durement ressenties en Provence, ne passent pas : le journal Le Matin est interdit de vente à Marseille, Sanary, Hyères et le , après une manifestation, des pères de poilus sont reçus à la préfecture.

Face au silence du gouvernement, qui ne communique plus sur l'affaire après les démentis d'Adolphe de Messimy et de René Viviani,  signent une pétition réclamant, dans l'attente d'une enquête une fois la paix revenue, des mesures pour faire cesser les vexations et les calomnies. Le nouveau ministre de la Guerre, Alexandre Millerand, déclare que ces attaques sont . Il impose une censure totale sur le sujet, tandis que certains soldats sont punis pour leurs propos contre le .

Jusqu'à la fin de la guerre, les nécessités de l'union sacrée et la censure conduisent les journaux, les partis, associations et hommes politiques du sud-est à ne se faire entendre que discrètement.

L'exécution du soldat Odde
Dans le contexte du début désastreux de la guerre, le soldat Auguste Odde est fusillé le .

Conformément aux ordres de Joffre, l'armée est chargée de faire des exemples et de faire . Blessé le , le chasseur alpin est examiné par un médecin, durant la nuit du 10 au  dans une ambulance puis dans une grange. Le médecin est chargé de désigner des mutilés volontaires possibles. Avec sept de ses camarades, Auguste Odde est déféré devant un conseil de guerre le  : six, dont le soldat Odde, sont condamnés à mort. Pour quatre d'entre eux, le conseil demande une commutation de la peine. Auguste Odde, membre du , est fusillé pour l'exemple le  au matin, devant les troupes assemblées.

Le jugement sera cassé et annulé le  et le , la Cour suprême réhabilite le soldat Odde, reconnaissant selon les témoignages de ses camarades .

Son appartenance au  a été mise en avant par plusieurs auteurs, dont Maurice Mistre et André Neyton, qui en a fait le héros d'une pièce de théâtre.

La mémoire du

Avec l'armistice du , de nombreuses voix se font entendre, réclamant des enquêtes et une réhabilitation officielles des soldats de Provence par les autorités de la République. Les propos du président de la République Alexandre Millerand et du ministre de la Guerre Louis Barthou à propos du mensonge contre le  ne suffisent pas.

En 1919, le conseil municipal de Vidauban inaugure la première place du , inaugurant une tradition de dénomination de rue qui se perpétue jusqu'en 2016, quand le conseil municipal de Gassin baptise trois places du nom de trois soldats du  tombés au début de la Grande Guerre : Louis Collomp, Charles Giordano et Léon Martel.

En 1920 à Nice, la place d'armes est renommée place du , de même que l'avenue attenante. Le stade d'athlétisme construit en 1937 sur la place en prend également le nom, avant d'être renommé stade Jean-Bouin en 1951. En 1921, les anciens combattants organisent une grande réunion à Nice sur le thème : .

En 2015, la ville de la Seyne-sur-Mer a inauguré pour le  une « avenue du  1914-1918 ».

Le , le passage Louis-Andrieux à Forcalquier prend le nom de « passage du  d'armée ».

D'autres communes possèdent également une voie portant en référence au  : Avignon, Hyères, Lambesc, Marseille, Monteux, Pierrefeu-du-Var, Saint-Raphaël, Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, Saint-Tropez, Toulon.

Bibliographie

Témoignages de soldats

 Général Carbillet, Premières armes d'une division du Midi sur le front.

Ouvrages universitaires

 Claude Chanteloube, L'Affaire du  corps d'Armée - Les Provençaux accusés de lâcheté - www.provence14-18.org
 Claude Chanteloube, Joffre accuse les Provençaux de lâcheté, Chez l'auteur, Préface du général André Bach

Bande dessinée

Le soldat Odde

Notes et références

1914 en France
Justice militaire en France
Histoire militaire de la France
Août 1914

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Palmhuset är ett stort växthus byggt i gjutjärn och glas i Trädgårdsföreningen i Göteborg. Det uppfördes 1878 med Kristallpalatset i Hyde park i London som förebild. Palmhuset har en yta på nästan 1 000 kvadratmeter.

I Palmhusets mellersta del, som har den högsta takhöjden, finns ett trettiotal olika växter – bland annat de palmer (Arecaceae) som gett byggnaden dess namn. Ibland anordnas utställningar i denna del. På var sida om mittsektionen finns två andra rum, Tropikhuset och Vattenhuset i öster samt Medelhavshuset och Kameliahuset i väster.

Palmhuset förklarades som byggnadsminne den 5 februari 1976. Göteborgs Trädgårdsförenings park som helhel blev byggnadsminne den 2 juni 1992.
Fastighetsbeteckningen är Heden 705:11.

Historia
Georg Löwegren, Trädgårdsföreningens dåvarande direktör, ville anlägga ett stort växthus i parken. Trots de höga kostnaderna beslöt man att uppföra Palmhuset, med det berömda Kristallpalatset i London som förebild. Palmhuset beställdes i Skottland. Byggnaden ritades av Alexander Shanks & Son i Arbroath. Kostnaden blev 165 000 kronor, och bygget finansierades med obligationslån från allmänheten. Palmhuset färdigställdes på hösten 1878. Det kallades då för den Nya vinterträdgården. Trots den höga entréavgiften blev det mycket populärt hos göteborgarna.

Åren 1980-85 restaurerades Palmhuset i sin helhet, efter att stora sättningar i grunden konstaterats och orsakat skador på husets gjutjärnsstomme. Huset behövde även ny grundläggning, nya bärande pelare och huvudbågar samt nya horisontella balkar. Kostnaden för arbetet uppgick till cirka 17 miljoner kronor, där Riksantikvarieämbetet stod för en tredjedel.

Allmän beskrivning
Palmhuset består av fem byggnadskroppar som bildar en symmetrisk helhet. Delarna ligger vinkelrätt mot varandra. Mittdelen skjuter fram sin gavel och dominerar genom sin väldiga volym. Samma tema går igen i de yttersta flyglarna som visar sina gavlar men i underordnad skala. Vinkelrätt och som förbindelselänk mellan dessa delar går sidoskeppen som har långsidorna utåt. De är något högre än flyglarna, men betydligt mindre än mittskeppet. Samtliga fem byggnadskroppar kröns av en lanternin utmed hela taklängden. Hela växthuset upptar en yta på cirka 925 kvm och mittskeppet är 14,5 meter som högst. När Palmhuset stod färdigt 1878 fanns inte det lilla entréhuset på mittskeppets framsida. Det byggdes till först 1890.

Palmhusets huvudmaterial är gjutjärn och glas. Vissa balkar var dock gjorda av trä, speciell Kanadafur, som skulle vara motståndskraftig mot fukt. Gjutjärnspelarna vilade direkt på en granitsockel. I sidoskeppen och flyglarna uppbärs takkonstruktionen av pelare som står direkt under lanterninen. I det stora mittskeppet är det däremot fria rymder. Hela takkonstruktionen och lanterninen bärs av bågformiga balkar, vars krafter tas upp i pelarna runt byggnaden.

De halvcirkelrunda taken bestod av bågformiga takspröjsar av gjutjärn. Glasrutorna vilade på plana avsatser gjutna i takspröjsarna. I de lodräta fönsterpartierna fanns det träspröjsar mellan gjutjärnspelarna.

Gjutjärnspelarna är dekorativt utformade med kapitäl och bas. Övriga gjutjärnsdetaljer som fönsterbord och balkongräcke är skirt sirliga i formen. Det palmhus som fanns att beskåda 1878 hade betydligt mer av estetiska element än vad som finns idag. Flyglarnas gavlar var prydda med grekiska vaser och alla lanterniner avslutades med ett mönstergjutet järnräcke. På sidoskeppens söderfasader fanns också överst på fönstren ett dekorativt gallerverk.

Hela Palmhuset var ursprungligen målat i en pärlvit färg.

Sektioner
Palmhuset består av olika avskilda sektioner, som var och en har sitt eget klimat.

Tropikhuset
I Tropikhuset förevisas olika tropiska fruktträd och kryddor.

Vattenhuset
Vattenhuset domineras av en bassäng med väldiga jättenäckrosor (Victoria), vars blad kan ha en diameter på över en meter. Dessutom finns olika epifyter, bland annat spansk mossa (Tillandsia usneoides).

Medelhavshuset
I Medelhavshuset finns växter från Medelhavsregionen.

Kameliahuset
I Kameliahuset finns kamelior (Camellia). Bland andra växter kan nämnas Arons skägg (Saxifraga stolonifera).

Interiörsbilder

Referenser

Noter

Webbkällor
  Palmhuset i Riksantikvarieämbetets Bebyggelseregister. Läst 5 mars 2017.

Tryckta källor
 , s. 20.

Vidare läsning

Externa länkar

 Palmhuset - sinnebilden för paradiset. Trädgårdsföreningen.
 Palmhuset i Riksantikvarieämbetets Bebyggelseregister

Trädgårdsföreningen, Göteborg
Växthus
Tropikmiljöer utanför tropikerna
Heden
Byggnadsminnen i Göteborgs kommun
Göteborgs historia
Arkitektur i Göteborg


The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) announce the availability of funding and technical assistance for transportation, land use planning and implementation projects throughout the region as of May 5th. The RTA and CMAP are co-hosting an informational symposium on Tuesday, May 16 at Roosevelt University for those who want to learn about the application process. The symposium will also mark the release of the 2017 Call for Projects for RTA's Community Planning and CMAP's Local Technical Assistance (LTA) programs. In addition to learning about potential technical assistance opportunities, attendees will have the chance to discuss best practices with past award recipients and get one-on-one input on the application process. The symposium will be held at the Roosevelt University Murray-Green Library, Auditorium Building, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Register at https://tinyurl.com/lk3j4dv; there is a $30 admission fee. Those who can't attend the symposium can participate in a free, one-hour, virtual informational session on Thursday, May 18 from 2 to 3 pm, during which RTA and CMAP staff will deliver a brief presentation of the call for projects and then answer questions. The application period opens on May 5 and applications are due on June 29, 2017 at noon. For more information on the RTA's Community Planning program visit http://rtachicago.org/plans-programs/grants-projects/community-planning.


So on our "camping" trip to Portland we ate a place that I found on Chowhound. It had lots of positive comments and it was only about 3 blocks from our hotel, um I mean campsite. I wont go into a review of the restaurant as I will have that up on my other blog in about a month. Other blog? Yep, crazy Peabody will have yet another food blog starting June 1st. Now I will give you many more details in an upcoming post(I'm having a giveaway) but it is called Northwest Noshings. It is all things Northwest food. From restaurant reviews to Northwest cooking…and there will be no baking on it. Enough of that for now.
So the restaurant specializes in comfort food and the minute I saw the menu I spied the word Key Lime Pie and was a happy girl. For key lime(as long time readers know) is one of my all time favorites. It was completely old school, graham cracker crust with tangy key lime filling and whipped cream pilled sky high. It was heavenly. I craved it the rest of the weekend. That craving never went away and so I decided the best thing to do would be to make it. I needed to see if the bad ju-ju was gone anyway.
Whisk sweetened condensed milk with the egg yolks. Whisk in Mascarpone cheese. Stir in whipping cream and lime juice. Stir in 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons lime zest. Pour into a prepared graham cracker crust and bake at 325° for 15 to 20 minutes.
In a food processor, blend together graham cracker crumbs, coconut, sugar and pecans. You want to make sure that none of the coconut is visible. Add about 7 TBSP melted butter. Pulse a few times. If it seems like it needs more butter add the remaining TBSP. Pour contents into a pie pan and press to form a shell. I used 4 mini pie shells.
Bake crust for 10 minutes at 400F. If you are using the mini pie pans, prebaking is not necessary.
I served my pie with whipped cream, a little leftover lime zest and plated with some of Fran's Raspberry Sauce.
While cherries are my all-time favorite of the fruits, I must admit my favorite pie of all time is key lime (thanks to my mother: we used to sneak out by ourselves once a month, and have a slice of key lime pie at our favorite diner in town).
Beautiful pie, Pea. Glad the curse is gone!
i love key lime! coconut-pecan crust sounds most excellent. looking forward to your other blog…i'm always looking for places to check out when i visit my parents (who live in the seattle area as well)!
OMG, that pie looks extremely delicious! I love citrusy desserts… With the mascarpone and the coconut-pecan crust, it must taste heavenly!
I love the idea of the coconut-pecan crust, that sounds just delicious! Glad that you got your ju-ju back!
Sounds lovely! I like the addition of coconut too. We also went camping this past weekend to Key Largo and had some key lime pie. of course right? well, it was terrible! i should have brought my own!
Oh my goodness! You have taken pictures of HEAVEN! Ahhhh… key lime pie is seriously a freaking GIFT. And yours looks amazing, as always. YUM!
Welcome back from your trip!! How wonderful that you found Key Lime Pie on the menu at Northwest Noshings!!
Key lime pie is one of my favorites, yet I rarely have it, go figure! Your version looks like it has an almost cheesecake-like texture, it looks delicious!
Um, can I come camping with you? 😉 This key lime pie looks delicious…I love them thick and tangy!
I can't wait to read your new blog, especially as I have a business trip coming up in the area and will need good suggestions where to go to eat.
And this pie looks so summer!
I love key lime and this really makes me want to make something tart today. Yum! Oh, and another blog? That is wonderful!
that is a gorgeous slice of key lime! the mascarpone makes it so fluffy looking. glad to hear your er, camping, trip went well!
I've never had key lime anything! I really must get on that! Looking forward to seeing your new site!
These are beautiful! And I can't wait for the new site since we are going to be moving to that area. Keep us posted.
That's my kind of camping! I hope you didn't get too many bug bites.
The pie looks delicious. Way better than the camping food my parents used to rehydrate over a Coleman stove.
Key lime pie is my absolute favorite and my dad's, too. In fact I might steal this and make it for him this weekend when we visit.
I think I need to adopt your style of camping… The pie looks great!
Coincidence! I was just thinking about key lime pie yesterday b/c I saw them at the grocery store (I guess we do have a few nifty things available here in FL), and we just booked a hotel in Key West for memorial day weekend. I'm going to find out where to get the best pie down there…I've never been. But now, I think I should just make one myself in anticipation of the trip.
I'm a huge key lime fan too. Your version looks fabulous and I love your additions to the crust!
I'm glad your ju-ju is finally gone!
From a fellow key lime lover, this sounds deliciuos! And I can't wait to see your new blog – I've always wondered what kinds of foods get cooked in your kitchen!
Peabody…if you baked this in a single pie plate, would you use a 9 inch? and would you adjust the baking times? I've made key lime pie many times but never with mascarpone and whipping cream, but this sounds heavenly which is why I am wondering about increasing the baking time. Thanks!
I have been a Key Lime Pie addict since I moved to the US, can't get enough!! This one would totally make the camping trip worthwhile!! Good luck with the new site, I am excited to check the area through your writing for when I (hopefully) make it that way one day!
I love the way you go camping! And I'm a sucker for a good key lime pie, too. Your pie looks luscious, as always.
I'd love to try an actual key lime pie, I make lime pie and love it, but sometimes I wonder what the real key limes are like, yum!
yum! I love key lime pie! Will have to try this!
Oh my GAWD! Another wonderful Key Lime Pie recipe to add to my collection.
The BEST dessert on the planet . . . Key Lime Pie.
By the way, Trader Joe's (if one is in your area) has a small mesh bag of key limes for a very reasonable price.
My wife and I will be trying you method this weekend. Thanks!
Your pie looks amazing! You are such a wonderful chef and photographer. It seems photographing food is just as hard as baking the food.
I think you have me beat. My camping staples are usually hot dogs, smores and beer. I mix it up with some foil pockets of grilled veggies and grilled filet now and again because I can't entirely let go of my high-maintenance self even in the wilderness. Good luck with your new blog; I'm sure it will be another success.
Anything lime is a hit with me. They look so delicious. I'm looking forward to reading your new blog, too, since I grew up in the Seattle area and lived in Portland for several years. I'm a Pacific Northwest gal and always will be!
This is so fitting. A spot my coworkers and I frequent on Thursdays for Happy Hour has a To Die For Martini called "Key Lime Pie" and it is what I imagine this pie would taste like pureed in a blender.
I am adding this to my "to make" list immediately.
yum. fitting for me right now cause i just made an amazing key lime cheesecake with coconut crust. the flavor of key limes, creamy mascarpone and i used greek yogurt as well was heavenly!
oh, i love me some key lime pie! this recipe looks great and i will have to try it.
have you ever had frozen key lime pie? i fell in love with it at the "lime inn" a fabulous little restaurant on the island of st. john in the usvi (where we were married!). i've almost got it replicated, and it's very similar to this 🙂 try it frozen! so yummy!
oooh…yum! This looks yummy! Glad you got your juju back!
I've never liked key lime pie but it is my dad's favorite ever…I think I'll send this to him to tempt him and make it for him…It looks beautiful!
but your cake! girl your cake looks amazing!! glad i found you!
Peabody – sometimes i think we were separated at birth… our mothers' sound similar, i'm a huge hockey fan and now it has been revealed that key lime pie makes your heart sing, as it does to mine. well, maybe not separated at birth, but at least i can pretend 🙂 i can't wait to try this recipe out!
Hi Peabody-I just found your blog, and I love all of the fabulous things you make! It looks like we are neighbors…I live in Mill Creek. I look forward to your new blog, my husband and I are always looking for fun new places to try.
Shhhhhhh…… I'm about to make this pie right NOW while my husband is at his Pilates class.
He's been depressed lately and I know this will cheer him up — key lime pie is one of his favorite things (and one of the only things he can still eat).
Pea, I'd love having this for breakfast, lunch and dinner too. It looks and sounds heavenly. I'm a sucker for limes.
Breakfast lunch snack and dinner – now that sounds like a class A++ plan to me! There'd be no chance of it getting stale that way. Looks beautiful Peabody!
Oh man, this would make a wonderful breakfast! I won't be able to look at my eggs tomorrow morning without thinking this would be so much better to delve into!
This looks like the perfect Key Lime Pie! My fiance has been requesting Key Lime Pie but I've put it off because I didn't know which recipe to use. I'll definitely keep this one in mind!
It's time for me to bake~this is right up my alley…love the crust ingredients! Can't wait to read your new blog, being an ole Seattlelite!
the pie looks amazing … just what i need now after my lunch.
Breakfast? Oh my, I'm packing my toothbrush now.
that crust sounds AMAZING! and i loooove key limes. looks delish!!
when i saw the first photo i thought to myself… "mmmmm… some key lime pie to go w/that whipped cream" 🙂 nothing wrong with a huge dollop of whipped cream, esp when it is homemade.
so..i'm allergic to coconut, but I REALLY want to make this. I was just going to make a basic graham cracker crust, but I think it might be too boring for it. any suggestions that do not involve coconut?
Yay – I can't wait for your new blog! Lucky me, for living in your town!
Okay, I made this pie and it was amazing. The crust was delicious, almost better than the pie, Just like most of the other's…Key Lime is my fav.
I made your pie and it was great! with changes on which ingredient comes first – really important!


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So far I have come up with the regex: (?=.*?>)/, but this is grabbing every / on a line with a > (link to example). At the moment I'm using VSCode to perform the find and replace.

A: You can use
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See the regex demo. Details:

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Mary Read was an illegitimate child and her mother disguised her as a boy so she could find work. Her mother actually had a son previously with a husband who ran off, and when she conceived a daughter through an illicit affair she convinced her husband's mother to support her alleged new grandson.
As a teen Read served as a footman and later went to sea, fell in love with a sailor and jumped ship with him. They bought an inn and for the first (and only) time in her life she dressed as a woman. Then her husband died and she put on his uniform and enlisted in the army.
She deserted the army and signed on as a crew member aboard a ship bound for the West Indies. Calico Jack Rackham and Anne Bonny captured her ship, and Read became a pirate. When pirate hunters captured the Revenge, it is said that only the women, Bonny and Read, put up anything like a fight.
The pirates were brought to justice, all the men were convicted and sentenced to hang, but Bonny and Read both claimed they were pregnant and thereby escaped the noose. Read died in prison in 1721 and Bonny vanished from official records. It's possible her wealthy father paid for her release.
Information on North Carolina Pirate Mary Read.


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Why we should stop lumping all Asian Americans into one diversity bucket
Welcome back to our Workplace newsletter. This excellent piece by Delia Cai is making the rounds, and it's a must-read for anyone following the way we work (or don't work) right now. In other news, if you're on the West Coast, please do your best to stay hydrated.
Today, it's time to stop lumping every worker from the most populous continent on the planet into one single diversity bucket. Plus, how one professor stood up to the toxic culture at computer science conferences, and new research shows that hiring freezes and layoffs are still increasing.
— Meg Morrone, senior editor (email | twitter)
"Asian Americans are a bit misunderstood"
McKinsey's team of workplace experts is doing the research and writing the reports and getting the receipts on all the meaty complex cultural stuff we cover in this newsletter. I've written about the company's annual women in the workplace analysis and about how diversity initiatives aren't advancing blue-collar workers. Now, out today, we've got a new set of takeaways on Asian Americans in the corporate world.
If you remember anything from today's newsletter, I hope it's that lumping "Asian Americans" together in a bucket just does not work for research or for improving outcomes. It's a grouping we've invented that mushes together the experiences of people tied to countless cultures and countries on the most populous continent on the planet.
The report found that depending on ethnicity, education and immigration status, Asian American workers have very different outcomes. But no matter how they identify, most surveyed for this report have the same problems we see for women of color and minority groups in general in the workplace — lower levels of pay and promotion, and a lesser sense of meritocracy, fairness and inclusion than white and male counterparts.
I sat down with one of the report's authors, Kweilin Ellingrud, a senior partner and director of McKinsey's Global Institute, and asked her to give me the most important takeaways for employers.
The first thing that Ellingrud told me is that she hopes companies really internalize how harmful it can be to lump people together under the umbrella of a shared Asian American experience. "Indian is very different than Chinese, is very different than recent Chinese immigrant. You need to understand what the education is, what those experiences are, the variability, the dispersion of outcomes, the underlying issues," she said. "Asian Americans are a bit misunderstood. People think, 'Oh, they are pretty well represented.' Actually there's a lot of variability in Asian American outcomes."
If nothing else, Ellingrud suggested that employers begin by disaggregating their diversity data based on whether someone identifies as South Asian, Southeast Asian or East Asian.
In addition to better and more specific data collection, Ellingrud emphasized the importance of sponsorship. Most women and minority groups report receiving plenty of mentorship, but sponsorship is in fact very different — and far more important.
"Sponsorship is creating opportunities for someone else. Could look like helping you get a promotion, helping you get staffed on a project, speaking positively about someone or in a review. It usually means I am using my earned political capital to help you in your career. It could mean I'm risking some of my reputation to help you advance," she said.
The best employers quantify and track sponsorship very closely, she said. At McKinsey, Ellingrud gets a score for her sponsorship that identifies how many people she sponsors, where they are in their careers, how they feel about her sponsorship and how she compares with other senior company leaders. That's a practice she encourages every employer to take seriously.
"Advice is cheap. It's worth exactly what you pay for it. While it's helpful to have a broad set of mentors, sponsorship is much more of an intense investment, a mutual commitment. Most leading companies on diversity, equity and inclusion have both defined it and are measuring it," she said.
Requiring sponsorship and tracking it closely helps to address the fact that without rules in place, people are often more inclined to sponsor those who look and act like them. "And when we see others who are quite different, it's hard for us to interpret skill and capability accurately. We don't recognize it because it's not in our frame of reference," Ellingrud said.
— Anna Kramer (email | twitter)
Calling out toxic CS culture
Last month, the University of California, Berkeley's much-respected Edward Lee — a professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer sciences, who for several decades has served on program committees that judge research papers — caused an uproar in the CS community after he shared a scathing review of the system. Ever since conferences adopted a new review process that shields the names of judges, as well as papers' authors — many made the change in the early 2000s — critics say a new problem has arisen: Rejection notes are often so random, or just factually incorrect, that applicants suspect nobody actually read their paper. Reporter Anna Kramer spoke to Lee about why he's chastising the community he's been a loyal member of for so long, and what he thinks can be done to address the problem.
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By the numbers: Layoffs are increasing
HR budgets are shrinking and hiring is still slowing down in many organizations, according to a new report from Gartner. The consultancy surveyed more than 160 HR leaders last week to find that hiring freezes and slowdowns, HR budget cuts and layoffs are all more widespread than they were earlier in the summer.
37% of respondents said they were slowing down hiring, up from 27% in June and 32% in July. 12% admitted that they were doing layoffs, up from 2% in June and 9% in July.
Nearly one in four HR leaders said they were implementing a hiring freeze. Only 9% said the same in June and 13% in July.
One in five leaders said they were slashing HR budgets, up from 13% in both June and July.
Most leaders (54%) said in June that they weren't taking any steps to cut costs, while only 37% said the same last week.
— Allison Levitsky, reporter (email | twitter)
Some personnel news
Anyone else having a bad case of Great Resignation whiplash? It's hard to keep up with which tech companies are growing, shrinking, floating or sinking. We're here to help.
⬆ Need a job? Head to Minnesota.
⬇ Sources: VMware is bleeding talent ahead of the Broadcom acquisition (partly because Broadcom's CEO might end remote work).
⬇ Fintech company Revolut is allegedly revoking job offers to new grads.
⬇ Recent hires, millennials, high earners and other workers who should watch their backs when it comes to layoffs.
For more news on hiring, firing and rewiring, see our tech company tracker.
A roundup of workplace news from the farthest corners of the internet.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but don't start rumors about your co-workers (even if they get the promotion that should have gone to you). (Ask a Manager)
Would you hire someone anonymously? (Twitter)
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy won't force workers back to the office. (CNBC)
Very bad bosses. (WorkLife)
Software is changing payments and banks should care: Activities that once took place in person or over the phone—getting a loan, making a payment, investing in a security—now occur entirely within software. Covid has only accelerated this trend. To remain a part of clients' financial lives, banks need to play well with software.
Thoughts, questions, tips? Send them to workplace@protocol.com.
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The bloodbath continues: Big layoffs are coming to Salesforce and Meta
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Twitter execs take flight
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Skilled migrants who are willing to live in regional Australia will have their visas fast-tracked under a $19.4 million plan announced on Friday.
Skilled migrants will have their visa applications accelerated if they move to regional Australia under a $19.4 million plan.
Immigration Minister David Coleman on Friday announced the initiative as state and territory treasurers met in Canberra to discuss population growth and congestion issues.
The money will be used over four years and Department of Home Affairs officials will travel to regional areas to help local businesses get more skilled workers.
Under the plan, there will be priority processing for visas sponsored by employers in regional areas, as well as agreements where local councils are able to recruit workers from overseas.
"Our officers will be on the ground to discuss regional migration opportunities with regional employers and communities, and also to hear first hand the local labour issues they face," Mr Coleman said.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has previously flagged migrants could be asked to spend five years in a regional area if they want permanent residency.
Mr Morrison has also flagged cuts to Australia's annual migration intake to ease congestion in major cities.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg met with the treasurers in Canberra on Friday morning to discuss how the nation can share responsibility for population change, with a particular focus on easing congestion with infrastructure.
"Two-thirds of new immigrants are going to our capital cities, in particular Sydney, Melbourne and in southeast Queensland," Mr Frydenberg said.
Australia's permanent migration number is capped at 190,000 people each year but has only reached about 160,000 over the past few years, Mr Frydenberg added.
But the Treasurer was coy on whether he thinks the migration cap should be lowered.
"Well let's look year by year as to what are the needs across the community, but certainly there are population pressures that are contributing to congestion in our major cities," he said.
Mr Frydenberg conceded Australia hasn't planned well for the future, as the population reached 25 million people earlier than expected.


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New member OpenCommodities
Trading in 2021: transparent, sustainable and direct
OpenCommodities has set its heart on commodity transactions throughout the chain. The company aims to use digital platforms to simplify those transactions and, above all, make them more transparent. The first platform, 'OpenDairy', was launched after an extensive pilot phase at the end of April 2021. OpenCommodities joined Foodvalley, Innovation field Circular Agrifood, on May 1st, 2021.
The food & agri chain has so many links that the profit margins are small. A more substantial part of the profits should rightfully go to the farmer, according to OpenCommodities. Sellers and buyers can meet up on the OpenCommodities marketplace and trade while cutting out the middleman. The marketplace also connects other parts of the chain, such as finance and logistics.
Dairy as a starting point
The founders of OpenCommodities are Hans Caspers, Martijn Goedhart and Henk de Weijer. Martijn: "Henk and I have been in the dairy trade for ten years, so dairy was a good starting point. OpenDairy is our first OpenCommodities platform. We're focussing on the residual streams for now, like milk that can't be sold locally and has to be marketed as milk powder. OpenCommodities is based on blockchain technology. That inspires trust, and ensures a transparent and efficient process. Think of us as a freelancer who is hired by the seller. You only pay for our services when you actually use them. That's an important issue when it comes to dairy products, as production fluctuates with the seasons."
Transparency in the chain
At the moment, sellers usually do not know how the profit margins are divvied up, nor do they know where their products end up and how they get there. "We are aiming for sustainability, that's why we want to show the size of the footprint and try to reduce it. Is it really necessary to move products to the other side of the world in smoke-spewing container ships, or is there another way? And the seller gets to see the whole picture too: where the milk was produced and how the animals are treated, for instance", Martijn continues.
Adding other commodities
'Head of Tech' Hans Caspers: "When it comes to sustainability, there is still a lot to discover, to learn, and to gain. By joining Foodvalley we expect to get in touch with companies that will work with us in order to reach the next level. And besides, we don't plan to stop at dairy products. As soon as this platform is running smoothly, we can expand to other commodities. These may be non-dairy proteins, but they can also be other kinds of commodities altogether. For us, OpenCommodities is really open. We love to exchange knowledge, but we're also open to new themes for our platforms."
Hans Caspers, hans@opendairy.com
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Become a Foodvalley Member
OpenCommodities is a Foodvalley Member. Also interested? All organisations, from start-up to multinational, are welcome to become members. Are you ready to be an innovator within the Foodvalley network, forging new partnerships? Join us!
Verdify: "Foodvalley NL operates in the same ecosystem as we do"
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The TIM Company: ''We are excited about getting 'personally' involved with the Foodvalley ecosystem"
Synergo Consultancy: "We want to grow our brand awareness"
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Something has to change in how Medicare pays for physician-administered drugs. This is widely understood across the healthcare spectrum, and it's been a long time coming. The only thing standing in the way is the one special interest that has benefited from this program far out of proportion to any other actor, for the last 15 years: the pharmaceutical industry.
Thank you, Paul [Ginsburg], for that introduction.
It's great to be here at Brookings today, because there are few places on earth where people get as excited as you do here over discussing how to fix complicated, broken government programs. I'm so pleased to say that's what we're here to do.
All of you understand the importance of dynamism and reform in government and the need for commonsense reforms to improve our largest government programs, like Medicare.
That is what President Trump put forth yesterday: a long-overdue reform for how Medicare pays for some of the most costly drugs the program covers.
One of the reasons that reforms like this don't come along very often is that broken programs are protected by the special interests they serve. With apologies to the political scientists in the room, you don't need to be a Ph.D. to know that.
In Medicare Part B today, the government gets the bill, and we just blindly pay it, plus 6 percent for the provider who administers it. There is no negotiation, and the payment mechanism actually encourages prescribing more expensive drugs.
With apologies to the economists in the room, you don't need a Ph.D. to understand why this program is going to be the fastest growing part of Medicare.
Indeed, from 2011 to 2016, per-beneficiary spending on Medicare Part B drugs rose 10 percent a year.
Cost control? Market-based? That doesn't sound like the Part B drug program we run. Are there any others?
Something has to change in how Medicare pays for physician-administered drugs. This is widely understood across the healthcare spectrum, and it's been a long time coming.
The only thing standing in the way is the one special interest that has benefited from this program far out of proportion to any other actor, for the last 15 years: the pharmaceutical industry.
Finally seeing this system reformed, in fact, is one of the pharmaceutical industry's ultimate nightmares. I can tell you that because it used to be my job to have pharmaceutical nightmares.
But now we have a President who is definitely not afraid of upsetting drug companies and isn't afraid of taking on ostensibly invincible special interests.
That's why he was able to put forth the sweeping reform he did yesterday, which will bring a more realistic baseline price to how Part B pays for drugs, open it up to private-sector competition, and fix perverse incentives that are driving up costs.
Let me explain briefly how this works.
The payment model is based on a new report we put out on Thursday, which examined the gaps between what we pay and what other countries pay for the 27 highest-cost physician-administered drugs.
According to our research, right now Medicare pays 180 percent of what other wealthy countries pay for this set of costly drugs.
This has a real impact not just on Medicare, but on beneficiaries' everyday budgets, because cost-sharing in Part B can range up to 20 percent of the cost of a drug.
For some drugs, the price differences are even greater. Sometimes, we're not just paying 180 percent but 300 or even 500 percent of what other countries pay. This is a symptom of a completely broken system.
Our model would fix the situation by applying a portion of these discounts, which manufacturers have voluntarily given to other countries, to what Medicare pays moving forward.
Over the next five years, under this model, we will go from paying 180 percent of what other countries pay for these drugs to 126 percent of what they pay.
As prices drop, American patients paying coinsurance will see a directly proportional drop in their out-of-pocket costs for these very expensive drugs.
I'll give you an example of how this will work.
There's a drug that some cancer patients take to fight infections, which currently costs Medicare $4,700 each time it's administered. Our wealthy peers pay an average of just $1,100 a dose.
Under our model, after the five-year phase-in, our price would be reduced to under $1,400 a dose.
Just a year into implementation, patients would already be saving $175 each time they get the drug. By Year 5, their coinsurance would be more than $600 lower.
This is a huge win for patients, especially those with expensive illnesses or conditions.
To understand the best way to implement this new system will work, we plan to roll it out as a model covering 50 percent of the country.
It's not just patients in areas covered by the model who can benefit, however. As payments within the model are reduced, the average sales price Medicare pays will drop, reducing what patients outside the model pay.
It's important to understand that this model will expand patient access, through lower prices. This is a pro-patient-access model.
We are going to lower drug prices substantially, for our most costly drugs, without restrictions on patient access and without harming innovation. Benefits will not change; formularies will not be imposed.
Let's think about how implausible it is that patient access could be harmed. After full implementation of the model, we will still pay an average of 26 percent more for these drugs than our international competitors.
To believe that this is going to meaningfully impact patient access, you have to believe that drug companies somehow will find it appealing to sell a drug in Germany, Japan and other countries at lower prices—but not to the United States at higher prices.
Not only are drug companies never going to walk away from the world's largest payer for prescription drugs, they're certainly not going to walk away while they're still getting paid a quarter more than they are elsewhere!
Patients will see benefits beyond just lower drug costs, because our model will end some longstanding perverse incentives created for physicians by today's "buy and bill" system.
Our model will allow private vendors to take title to drugs and compete for business, letting physicians and hospitals get out of purchasing and holding drugs. Hospitals and physicians' practices should be focused on caring for patients—not floating capital for pricey drugs.
There are important distinctions between what our model and the Competitive Acquisition Program that was attempted in the 2000s but failed to take off. Back then, among other restrictions, vendors were prevented from ordering drugs at will—they had to wait to order doses for individual patients, making it impossible to build a real business. On top of that, the CAP was voluntary. How could we expect doctors to be interested voluntarily choosing to give up making money on expensive drugs?
A similar mistake was made in rolling out the Part B demonstration under the Obama administration, which retained buy-and-bill and prevented vendors from taking title. It actually risked putting some practices underwater in the purchase of these drugs. It basically just took revenue from docs, without touching the underlying issue of out-of-control prices and foreign freeriding.
We believe being vendors of these drugs can be a competitive, important business opportunity for wholesalers and distributors, and, in some cases, for hospitals where they find a comparative advantage in doing the negotiation themselves. In so many cases, though, providers will be better served by being able to work with a private sector vendor than having to take title to the drugs themselves.
At the same time that we are relieving doctors and hospitals of having to buy and hold tens of millions of dollars' worth of expensive drugs, we are actually expanding the pool of compensation available to them.
All of us know the Medicare Part B pricing system as ASP plus 6, but since the advent of budget sequestration, it has actually been ASP plus 4.3 percent. Our model takes it back to 6 percent, actually expanding the potential pool of compensation for physicians and hospitals.
This is moving in the opposite direction that the model proposed by the previous administration for Part B would have done, where many specialists who prescribe high-cost drugs would have seen compensation cut substantially.
We are seeking comment on the best ways to ensure compensation is at least steady for physicians and hospitals, while ending the incentives that the 6 percent add-on creates for prescribing more expensive drugs.
Today's price-based compensation is a not-insignificant driver of higher drug spending, for patients and for the Medicare program. However exactly we end up, we are going to keep providers whole while replacing the system with compensation that's independent of prices. We recognize that changes to this system have to work for the doctors who help care for the patients who need these drugs. We are eager to understand the best ways to do that, and the model generously solicits comment on it.
This model fits into a larger effort to spark real price competition and negotiation in drug markets. A number of these physician-administered drugs are biologics, and we haven't yet succeeded in building a robust market for biosimilars. Earlier this year, we did approve the first biosimilar for one of these high-cost drugs.
But there isn't nearly enough competition, in part because the current system actually penalizes doctors for seeking out more affordable alternatives.
Under our model, that will finally change. We aim to make sure that doctors make the same whether they're prescribing a more expensive branded biologic or its biosimilar. This gives manufacturers a meaningful new opportunity to start bringing down prices through biosimilar competition.
In doing so, this is actually going to help expand choices for patients. We know that providers are concerned about how this could impact patient choice, but we are intent that this model not just keep patient access unfettered, but actually ensure that patients will have a choice of drugs from their provider that isn't distorted by perverse financial incentives.
I want to now address the tired talking points that we're already hearing from some quarters that this model will put a real dent in R&D investment.
Judging by drug companies' reaction to any changes around Part B, the implication is that any system that does not pay precisely average sales price plus 6 percent isn't capable of sustaining innovation. Indeed, yesterday the drug industry labeled me un-American and a socialist for suggesting any other system is possible.
These talking points are prima facie implausible—but they are mathematically unbelievable, too.
Our model will save $17 billion in Medicare drug spending over the next five years.
That's $3.4 billion a year.
The pharmaceutical industry reports they spend an average of 21 percent of revenue on R&D. At most, this model could pull around $700 million out of their annual R&D budgets, which they boast are more than $70 billion a year.
These savings, while substantial for American patients and taxpayers, cannot possibly pull out more than 1 percent of R&D.
Of course, that is assuming companies cannot drive somewhat higher prices in Europe, which they can almost certainly do, and it assumes there's nowhere in their operating budgets to find a few hundred million dollars in new savings or efficiencies.
The final point I want to raise is why we put out the model as an advance notice of proposed rulemaking. Brookings, of course, is one of those rare places where I could just blurt out, "As you know, it's an ANPRM," and I'll get a lot of nodding heads.
It's a highly deliberative way to go about policymaking, and it actually follows two separate requests for information, issued as part of the President's drug pricing blueprint and the 2019 Medicare outpatient payment system rule.
On top of that, CMMI payment models are by their very nature deliberative: We believe strongly that this model is going to yield substantial benefits. But we are going to know exactly how big the benefits are, because of how CMMI assesses models.
We will not just measure the results in dollars saved. One good reason to lower drug prices, among many, is that we believe it can aid medication adherence. We're planning to gather data on that, and we'll also make sure to monitor patient access and quality.
But all of this deliberation has one goal: determining how we can use this model to lower drug prices while maintaining patient access and minimizing disruption for providers.
This President is not turning back: We will put American patients first by reforming how Part B pays for drugs, and this reference pricing model will happen.
What we're open to figuring out is how to ensure that we reshape this system in a way that benefits patients, providers, taxpayers and everyone else who's been losing out.
We will be attentive, for instance, to how the model may interact with the 340B drug discount program. We are open to understanding how hospitals that invest significant resources into serving vulnerable populations could be impacted by our plan.
There are a lot of savings to be shared here, and we have plenty of options to ensure that it's implemented in a way that minimizes disruption.
We're also open to shortening the transition period or increasing the discount beyond 30 percent—which would expand the pool of savings that could be used, and which we've closely considered. Congress also has the power to adopt this model sooner and broader, if it chooses to do so.
As I mentioned earlier, rarely do these kinds of broad-based wins exist in policymaking.
Here, there is so much to be gained because the Part B drug program, as set up for the last decade and a half, wasn't really a win for anybody except the drug makers.
Still, we're open to input from them, too: If there are other ways to introduce competition to this program, we're open to them.
But we've waited five months for drug companies to come to the table on this particular issue, with real, non-self-serving proposals, and none of them did.
We have no doubt the drug industry will be stubborn in resisting these changes. But President Trump has amply demonstrated his determination in the face of special interests. The results of this fight will be no different—we will see another victory secured by this President for American taxpayers, American doctors, and American patients.
Thank you very much for having me here today, and I look forward to our discussion.


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Constantine Walter Benson OBE (Trull, Inglaterra, 2 de febrero de 1909 — Cambridge, Inglaterra, 21 de septiembre de 1982) fue un oficial colonial y ornitólogo británico. Publicó más de 350 obras. Se le considera el último de una serie de funcionarios coloniales británicos que hicieron contribuciones significativas al campo de la ornitología.

Biografía
Benson se educó en el Eton College y en el Magdalene College de la Universidad de Cambridge. En 1932, se convirtió en oficial del Servicio Colonial en lo que entonces era Nyasalandia (actual Malaui), donde formó parte de un consejo de distrito e inmediatamente comenzó a estudiar la avifauna local. Con el tiempo, se convirtió en uno de los expertos más cualificados en la avifauna de África oriental. Entre sus primeras descripciones y descubrimientos científicos figuran Ploceus ruweti (tejedor de Ruwet), Hirundo megaensis (golondrina coliblanca), Oreophilais robertsi (prinia de Roberts), Nesillas aldabrana (zarzalero de Aldabra), Otus mayottensis (autillo de Mayotte) y Otus pauliani (autillo de las Comoras). En 1952 fue trasladado a Rodesia del Norte (actual Zambia), donde trabajó en un departamento responsable de la caza y la pesca. En 1962 se convirtió en subdirector del Museo Rhodes-Livingstone (actual Museo Nacional de Zambia).

En 1958, dirigió una expedición de la Unión de Ornitólogos Británicos a las Comoras. En 1965 se retiró del servicio y se trasladó a Cambridge. Allí trabajó como colaborador honorario en la colección de aves y el catálogo del Museo de Zoología de la Universidad de Cambridge.

Tras su retiro del servicio, fue nombrado Oficial de la Orden del Imperio Británico (OBE) en 1965.

Publicaciones
Escribió muchos libros y artículos durante y después de su servicio en el cuerpo de oficiales. Entre sus obras se encuentran:
Birds of the Comoro Islands (1960)
A Contribution to the Ornithology of Zambia (1967)
Birds of Zambia (1971)
The Birds of Malawi (1977).

Homenajes
El roquero de Benson (Monticola sharpei bensoni), la cloropeta picofina (Calamonastides bensoni) o el loro gris de Mauricio, ya extinto (Psittacula bensoni) son llamados así en homenaje a Benson.

Referencias

Ornitólogos del Reino Unido del siglo XX
Oficiales de la Orden del Imperio Británico
Alumnos del Colegio Eton
Alumnado del Magdalene College (Cambridge)


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Ten questions for… Simon Wagstaff, Global Head of Technology Services
Simon Wagstaff
Global Head Tech Services
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We ask Simon about leading the Belfast Grants Committee of the A&O Foundation, who he admires most and what his ideal day off work is like.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of A&O opening its Belfast office, now home to around 600 people in our Support Services Centres and Advanced Delivery Legal.
Simon Wagstaff joined A&O Belfast four years ago and is Global Head of Technology Services – the team that provides all IT support for A&O globally.
Simon also leads the Belfast Grants Committee, which allocates A&O Foundation funding to local charities in Northern Ireland, and he has been the Executive Sponsor of A&O Belfast's Pro Bono and Community Investment Committee for the past three years.
Describe yourself in 30 words
A Yorkshireman who's lived and worked on the island of Ireland for over 20 years. My wife and three daughters still don't understand what I do for a living.
What motivated you to start doing community investment work at A&O?
Community investment work was something I'd had experience of and enjoyed at previous firms. As well as the obvious benefits for the communities and organisations you support, it's a great way to create a sense of identity and purpose in a workplace. My last place of work before joining A&O didn't have any formal community investment programmes and it was something I really missed being part of, so I was keen to get involved as soon as I joined A&O.
What sorts of organisations does the Belfast Grants Committee support and how do you decide who to award funding to?
The Belfast Grants Committee is funded by the contributions of all partners to the A&O Foundation. The Foundation provides funding to support disaster relief efforts and emergencies, as well as awarding grants to international organisations through the Global Grants Programme. The remainder of the Foundation's funding – around 75% of it – goes to offices to allocate within their local communities.
In Belfast, we use the funding to help a wide range of organisations who have active programmes of work across Northern Ireland. As well as supporting A&O's central areas of focus – access to justice and access to education and employment – we look more widely for organisations that are active in all communities in Northern Ireland. This year we're also placing more emphasis on supporting organisations that offer good volunteering opportunities for A&O colleagues in Belfast, something we know is important to people and increases the impact our funding can have with these organisations.
How do you use your professional skills and those of your team to support organisations?
One organisation we work with is The Turnaround Project, which provides transitional employment opportunities to help people serving terms in prison turn around their futures. A recent success story is their social enterprise, Big Loop Bikes, which launched a bike hub in partnership with Queens University in Belfast to provide bike leasing and servicing for students and staff.
As well as providing financial support through the Grants Committee, A&O donated IT equipment for The Turnaround Project when they were establishing themselves as a charity, and several of our IT team – Scott Murdock, Mark Rushby and Paul Caffery – helped to set up their equipment, install and configure software and now continue to provide ongoing IT support. Small charities often don't have these sorts of resources in-house, so the skills we have within our business teams – as well as legal teams – are valuable and can save them considerable time and money.
Describe your perfect day off work
An early morning bike ride out to the Glens of Antrim on a dry, sunny day. Headwind out, tailwind home, and back in time for a good lunch. In the afternoon doing something productive around the house while listening to a podcast, before making dinner for my family. My perfect day off would finish with a couple of glasses of something agreeable in front of the TV.
Which is your favourite city in the world and why?
As a northerner it pains me to say it, but London. There is always so much to see and do and it's been the location for so many great times with friends and family. Oxford is a close second as it's where I met my wife and some of my best friends.
Tell us something not many people know about you
The second single I ever bought was 'Heaven is a Place on Earth' by Belinda Carlisle.
Who do you admire in the world, and why?
Paul McCartney. He's musical genius who has given so much joy to the world, and to me. He also seems like a thoroughly nice man.
What is your proudest achievement in community investment?
The Belfast office's local charity partnership with Sands Northern Ireland is the thing I'm most proud of since I joined the Pro Bono and Community Investment Committee here. Previous local partnerships have been successful, but this has set a very high standard – the amount of effort from the committee and involvement from colleagues across the office has been overwhelming.
Sands is a stillbirth and neonatal death charity that operates across the UK to support anyone affected by the death of a baby. Its branch in Northern Ireland is a volunteer-led group that works to improve the care bereaved parents receive, as well as to promote research and collaborate with other organisations to reduce the loss of babies' lives.
We first became involved with Sands when the charity supported our colleague Gary Tearle and his wife Julie, following the stillbirth of their daughter Sarah. Gary has since dedicated significant support to Sands and we made Sands NI our local charity partner in Belfast in 2019. Since then, Gary has mobilised colleagues to raise over GBP25,000 – GBP5,000 of which he and three colleagues raised themselves by completing a skydive. He has also helped to find volunteers in the office to assemble memory boxes and knit blankets for bereaved families.
The amount of money raised is incredible, none of which would have happened without Gary. His drive, energy and willingness to speak openly about his own experiences have touched everyone. I'm proud that we've been able to support him, and I hope our next local partnership can achieve even half of what Gary and the rest of the committee has with Sands NI.
What words of advice would you give to someone interested in getting involved in community investment work?
I would say, do it! There really is something for everyone, whatever your skills and interests – and if the right opportunities aren't obvious to you, you can always create your own.
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Legal mechanisms to tackle racial injustice
Finding paths to safety for Afghans
Street Child - A&O's new Global Charity Partner
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» Cooperation Partners
» Ministry of State for Research and Technology, Indonesia (Indonesia)
Ministry of State for Research and Technology, Indonesia (Indonesia)
Acronym: RISTEK
The State Ministry of Research and Technology that is established in 1962 has the responsibility to assist the President of the Republic of Indonesia in formulating national policies and implementing coordination in the field of research, science and technology, with the vision of establishing Science and Technology as the main force for sustainable prosperity and the nation's civilizations. In order to execute the given responsibilities, the Minister is assisted by five deputies as following:
The International Office supports bi-lateral and multi-lateral science and technology cooperation with more than 10 countries, among others: Germany (BMBF), Netherlands (KNAW), China (MOST), South Africa (DST), Australia (DEST), Italy (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Iran, Austria, Hungary, in order to strengthen long standing relationship with several countries. The on-going multi-lateral cooperation is ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (ASEAN COST), Non Aligned Movement Science and Technology Centre (NAM S&T), IAEA, FEALAC, APSCO.
The international research, science and technology program division is also responsible for Event Calendar pertaining to international collaboration. It organises international forums, high ranking official visits to other countries that are aim to establish and/or strengthen the existing cooperation as well as Indonesian delegation participation to international forums to effective participation.
The international research, science and technology program or the international office is a division under the coordination of the Deputy Minister for Research, Science and Technology Program. The division has responsibilities to formulate the international research, science and technology policies and programs, to evaluate and monitor the on-going programs, to coordinate with national research institutions and universities with regard to policies and programs formulation, to implement the international research, science and technology cooperation program, to disseminate international cooperation program to national research institutions and universities and; to monitor, evaluate and report the implementation of international research, science and technology programs to the Deputy Minister for Research, Science and Technology Programs.
Deputy Minister for Research, Science and Technology Development
Deputy Minister for Social Dynamic
Deputy Minister for Research, Science and Technology Program
Deputy Minister for National S&T System Development
Deputy Minister for Utilization and Dissemination of Science and Technology
Website: http://webmstr@ristek.go.id
SEA-EU-NET - Facilitating the Bi-Regional EU-ASEAN Science and Technology Dialogue
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KU baseball completes sweep against Air Force
The Kansas baseball team finished off a two-game sweep of Air Force with a 7-4 win Wednesday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark.
Kansas (20-13) scored 20 total runs and posted a total of 24 hits during the midweek set.
Everhett Hazelwood got the starting nod for the Jayhawks. He gave up one run and struck out three batters over three innings. Steve Washilewski, who then came in relief, earned the win after allowing two runs over three innings.
Skyler Messinger and Tom Lichty both recorded multi-hit games for the Jayhawks. Messinger went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored. Lichty went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a double.
Kansas will host Baylor this weekend for a three-game set. The series opener is slated for 6 p.m. Friday.
Air Force 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 — 4 9 1
Kansas 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 X — 7 10 0


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Q: Is it possible to connect a Win RT app with PC via Bluetooth? I am trying to find a sample that connect a Win RT app with other Bluetooth devices for example a PC. It is a basic thing but seems like it is not supported in WinRT.
In one thread a Microsoft employee says

.... Other than the call control sample, there is no Bluetooth stack
  available for Store apps...

After reading other similar threads it seems to me that this is not possible at the moment. Am I right or is there any way to connect a Win RT app with some other device like a desktop app on PC via Bluetooth?

A: After reading many questions and articles (some links are below) on different forums I have reached to conclusion that communication between a Metro Style App and a PC is not possible via Bluetooth. One option is to go with is WiFi.
Some useful links which supports this conclusion are below
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tailoringappsfordevices/thread/6634240b-c042-4e76-a3b0-1f1103ea0ddf
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tailoringappsfordevices/thread/0cb2a6c1-d1f1-4872-aa32-709acd90b94d
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winappswithcsharp/thread/9db327e1-afe4-443b-8856-343492645083/
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tailoringappsfordevices/thread/172061f4-56ff-4fd2-987d-687d4703506d

A: The WinRT 8.1 Bluetooth stack provides the requisite services for ad hoc Bluetooth communications with similarly capable devices.  More specifically, peer discovery and peer to peer communications is supported.