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'use strict';

const is = require('is');

const validate = require('./validate')();

/*!
 * A regular expression to verify an absolute Resource Path in Firestore. It
 * extracts the project ID, the database name and the relative resource path
 * if available.
 *
 * @type {RegExp}
 */
const RESOURCE_PATH_RE =
  // Note: [\s\S] matches all characters including newlines.
  /^projects\/([^/]*)\/databases\/([^/]*)(?:\/documents\/)?([\s\S]*)$/;

/*!
 * A regular expression to verify whether a field name can be passed to the
 * backend without escaping.
 *
 * @type {RegExp}
 */
const UNESCAPED_FIELD_NAME_RE = /^[_a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9]*$/;

/*!
 * A regular expression to verify field paths that are passed to the API as
 * strings. Field paths that do not match this expression have to be provided
 * as a [FieldPath]{@link FieldPath} object.
 *
 * @type {RegExp}
 */
const FIELD_PATH_RE = /^[^*~/[\]]+$/;

/**
 * An abstract class representing a Firestore path.
 *
 * Subclasses have to implement `split()` and `canonicalString()`.
 *
 * @private
 * @class
 */
class Path {
  /**
   * Creates a new Path with the given segments.
   *
   * @private
   * @hideconstructor
   * @param {...string|string[]} segments - Sequence of parts of a path.
   */
  constructor(segments) {
    segments = is.array(segments)
      ? segments
      : Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);

    /**
     * @private
     */
    this.segments = segments;

    /**
     * @private
     * @type {string|undefined}
     */
    this._formattedName = undefined;
  }

  /**
   * String representation as expected by the proto API.
   *
   * @private
   * @type {string}
   */
  get formattedName() {
    if (is.undefined(this._formattedName)) {
      this._formattedName = this.canonicalString();
    }

    return this._formattedName;
  }

  /**
   * Create a child path beneath the current level.
   *
   * @private
   * @param {string|T} relativePath - Relative path to append to the current
   * path.
   * @returns {T} The new path.
   * @template T
   */
  append(relativePath) {
    if (is.instanceof(relativePath, Path)) {
      return this.construct(this.segments.concat(relativePath.segments));
    }
    return this.construct(this.segments.concat(this.split(relativePath)));
  }

  /**
   * Returns the path of the parent node.
   *
   * @private
   * @returns {T|null} The new path or null if we are already at the root.
   * @returns {T} The new path.
   * @template T
   */
  parent() {
    if (this.segments.length === 0) {
      return null;
    }

    return this.construct(this.segments.slice(0, this.segments.length - 1));
  }

  /**
   * Checks whether the current path is a prefix of the specified path.
   *
   * @private
   * @param {Path} other - The path to check against.
   * @returns {boolean} 'true' iff the current path is a prefix match with
   * 'other'.
   */
  isPrefixOf(other) {
    if (other.segments.length < this.segments.length) {
      return false;
    }

    for (let i = 0; i < this.segments.length; i++) {
      if (this.segments[i] !== other.segments[i]) {
        return false;
      }
    }

    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a string representation of this path.
   *
   * @private
   * @returns {string} A string representing this path.
   */
  toString() {
    return this.formattedName;
  }

  /**
   * Compare the current path against another Path object.
   *
   * @private
   * @param {Path} other - The path to compare to.
   * @returns {number} -1 if current < other, 1 if current > other, 0 if equal
   */
  compareTo(other) {
    const len = Math.min(this.segments.length, other.segments.length);
    for (let i = 0; i < len; i++) {
      if (this.segments[i] < other.segments[i]) {
        return -1;
      }
      if (this.segments[i] > other.segments[i]) {
        return 1;
      }
    }
    if (this.segments.length < other.segments.length) {
      return -1;
    }
    if (this.segments.length > other.segments.length) {
      return 1;
    }
    return 0;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a copy of the underlying segments.
   *
   * @private
   * @returns {Array.<string>} A copy of the segments that make up this path.
   */
  toArray() {
    return this.segments.slice();
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if this `Path` is equal to the provided value.
   *
   * @private
   * @param {*} other The value to compare against.
   * @return {boolean} true if this `Path` is equal to the provided value.
   */
  isEqual(other) {
    return (
      this === other ||
      (is.instanceof(other, this.constructor) && this.compareTo(other) === 0)
    );
  }
}

/**
 * A slash-separated path for navigating resources (documents and collections)
 * within Firestore.
 *
 * @private
 * @class
 */
class ResourcePath extends Path {
  /**
   * Constructs a Firestore Resource Path.
   *
   * @private
   * @hideconstructor
   *
   * @param {string} projectId - The Firestore project id.
   * @param {string} databaseId - The Firestore database id.
   * @param {...string|string[]} segments - Sequence of names of the parts of
   * the path.
   */
  constructor(projectId, databaseId, segments) {
    segments = is.array(segments)
      ? segments
      : Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2);

    super(segments);

    /**
     * @type {string}
     * @private
     */
    this._projectId = projectId;

    /**
     * @type {string}
     * @private
     */
    this._databaseId = databaseId;
  }

  /**
   * String representation of the path relative to the database root.
   *
   * @private
   * @type {string}
   */
  get relativeName() {
    return this.segments.join('/');
  }

  /**
   * Indicates whether this ResourcePath points to a document.
   *
   * @private
   * @type {boolean}
   */
  get isDocument() {
    return this.segments.length > 0 && this.segments.length % 2 === 0;
  }

  /**
   * Indicates whether this ResourcePath points to a collection.
   *
   * @private
   * @type {boolean}
   */
  get isCollection() {
    return this.segments.length % 2 === 1;
  }

  /**
   * The last component of the path.
   *
   * @private
   * @type {string|null}
   */
  get id() {
    if (this.segments.length > 0) {
      return this.segments[this.segments.length - 1];
    }
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * The project ID of this path.
   *
   * @private
   * @type {string}
   */
  get projectId() {
    return this._projectId;
  }

  /**
   * The database ID of this path.
   *
   * @private
   * @type {string}
   */
  get databaseId() {
    return this._databaseId;
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if the given string can be used as a relative or absolute
   * resource path.
   *
   * @private
   * @param {string} resourcePath - The path to validate.
   * @throws if the string can't be used as a resource path.
   * @returns {boolean} 'true' when the path is valid.
   */
  static validateResourcePath(resourcePath) {
    if (!is.string(resourcePath) || resourcePath === '') {
      throw new Error(`Path must be a non-empty string.`);
    }

    if (resourcePath.indexOf('//') >= 0) {
      throw new Error('Paths must not contain //.');
    }

    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Creates a resource path from an absolute Firestore path.
   *
   * @private
   * @param {string} absolutePath - A string representation of a Resource Path.
   * @returns {ResourcePath} The new ResourcePath.
   */
  static fromSlashSeparatedString(absolutePath) {
    let elements = RESOURCE_PATH_RE.exec(absolutePath);

    if (elements) {
      const project = elements[1];
      const database = elements[2];
      const path = elements[3];
      return new ResourcePath(project, database).append(path);
    }

    throw new Error(`Resource name '${absolutePath}' is not valid.`);
  }

  /**
   * Splits a string into path segments, using slashes as separators.
   *
   * @private
   * @override
   * @param {string} relativePath - The path to split.
   * @returns {Array.<string>} - The split path segments.
   */
  split(relativePath) {
    // We may have an empty segment at the beginning or end if they had a
    // leading or trailing slash (which we allow).
    return relativePath.split('/').filter(segment => segment.length > 0);
  }

  /**
   * String representation of a ResourcePath as expected by the API.
   *
   * @private
   * @override
   * @returns {string} The representation as expected by the API.
   */
  canonicalString() {
    let components = [
      'projects',
      this._projectId,
      'databases',
      this._databaseId,
    ];
    if (this.segments.length > 0) {
      components = components.concat('documents', this.segments);
    }
    return components.join('/');
  }

  /**
   * Constructs a new instance of ResourcePath. We need this instead of using
   * the normal constructor because polymorphic 'this' doesn't work on static
   * methods.
   *
   * @private
   * @override
   * @param {Array.<string>} segments - Sequence of names of the parts of the
   * path.
   * @returns {ResourcePath} The newly created ResourcePath.
   */
  construct(segments) {
    return new ResourcePath(this._projectId, this._databaseId, segments);
  }

  /**
   * Compare the current path against another ResourcePath object.
   *
   * @private
   * @override
   * @param {ResourcePath} other - The path to compare to.
   * @returns {number} -1 if current < other, 1 if current > other, 0 if equal
   */
  compareTo(other) {
    // Ignore DocumentReference with {{projectId}} placeholders and assume that
    // the resolved IDs match the provided ResourcePath. We could alternatively
    // try to resolve the Project ID here, but this is asynchronous as it
    // requires Disk I/O.
    if (
      this._projectId !== '{{projectId}}' &&
      other._projectId !== '{{projectId}}'
    ) {
      if (this._projectId < other._projectId) {
        return -1;
      }
      if (this._projectId > other._projectId) {
        return 1;
      }
    }

    if (this._databaseId < other._databaseId) {
      return -1;
    }
    if (this._databaseId > other._databaseId) {
      return 1;
    }

    return super.compareTo(other);
  }
}

/**
 * A dot-separated path for navigating sub-objects within a document.
 *
 * @class
 */
class FieldPath extends Path {
  /**
   * Constructs a Firestore Field Path.
   *
   * @param {...string|string[]} segments - Sequence of field names that form
   * this path.
   *
   * @example
   * let query = firestore.collection('col');
   * let fieldPath = new FieldPath('f.o.o', 'bar');
   *
   * query.where(fieldPath, '==', 42).get().then(snapshot => {
   *   snapshot.forEach(document => {
   *     console.log(`Document contains {'f.o.o' : {'bar' : 42}}`);
   *   });
   * });
   */
  constructor(segments) {
    validate.minNumberOfArguments('FieldPath', arguments, 1);

    segments = is.array(segments)
      ? segments
      : Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);

    for (let i = 0; i < segments.length; ++i) {
      validate.isString(i, segments[i]);
      if (segments[i].length === 0) {
        throw new Error(`Argument at index ${i} should not be empty.`);
      }
    }

    super(segments);
  }

  /**
   * A special FieldPath value to refer to the ID of a document. It can be used
   * in queries to sort or filter by the document ID.
   *
   * @returns {FieldPath}
   */
  static documentId() {
    return FieldPath._DOCUMENT_ID;
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if the provided value can be used as a field path argument.
   *
   * @private
   * @param {string|FieldPath} fieldPath - The value to verify.
   * @throws if the string can't be used as a field path.
   * @returns {boolean} 'true' when the path is valid.
   */
  static validateFieldPath(fieldPath) {
    if (!is.instanceof(fieldPath, FieldPath)) {
      if (!is.string(fieldPath)) {
        throw validate.customObjectError(fieldPath);
      }

      if (fieldPath.indexOf('..') >= 0) {
        throw new Error(`Paths must not contain '..' in them.`);
      }

      if (fieldPath.startsWith('.') || fieldPath.endsWith('.')) {
        throw new Error(`Paths must not start or end with '.'.`);
      }

      if (!FIELD_PATH_RE.test(fieldPath)) {
        throw new Error(`Paths can't be empty and must not contain '*~/[]'.`);
      }
    }

    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Turns a field path argument into a [FieldPath]{@link FieldPath}.
   * Supports FieldPaths as input (which are passed through) and dot-separated
   * strings.
   *
   * @private
   * @param {string|FieldPath} fieldPath - The FieldPath to create.
   * @returns {FieldPath} A field path representation.
   */
  static fromArgument(fieldPath) {
    // validateFieldPath() is used in all public API entry points to validate
    // that fromArgument() is only called with a Field Path or a string.
    return fieldPath instanceof FieldPath
      ? fieldPath
      : new FieldPath(fieldPath.split('.'));
  }

  /**
   * String representation of a FieldPath as expected by the API.
   *
   * @private
   * @override
   * @returns {string} The representation as expected by the API.
   */
  canonicalString() {
    return this.segments
      .map(str => {
        return UNESCAPED_FIELD_NAME_RE.test(str)
          ? str
          : '`' + str.replace('\\', '\\\\').replace('`', '\\`') + '`';
      })
      .join('.');
  }

  /**
   * Splits a string into path segments, using dots as separators.
   *
   * @private
   * @override
   * @param {string} fieldPath - The path to split.
   * @returns {Array.<string>} - The split path segments.
   */
  split(fieldPath) {
    return fieldPath.split('.');
  }

  /**
   * Constructs a new instance of FieldPath. We need this instead of using
   * the normal constructor because polymorphic 'this' doesn't work on static
   * methods.
   *
   * @private
   * @override
   * @param {Array.<string>} segments - Sequence of field names.
   * @returns {ResourcePath} The newly created FieldPath.
   */
  construct(segments) {
    return new FieldPath(segments);
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if this `FieldPath` is equal to the provided value.
   *
   * @param {*} other The value to compare against.
   * @return {boolean} true if this `FieldPath` is equal to the provided value.
   */
  isEqual(other) {
    return super.isEqual(other);
  }
}

/**
 * A special sentinel value to refer to the ID of a document.
 *
 * @type {FieldPath}
 * @private
 */
FieldPath._DOCUMENT_ID = new FieldPath('__name__');

module.exports = {FieldPath, ResourcePath};

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Inter-trial variation of soleus H reflex in humans: implication for supraspinal influence.
Hwang IS, Tsai IY. Inter-trial variation of soleus H reflex in humans: implication for supraspinal influence. Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol. 2002;42(8):507-12.
Inter-trial variation in soleus H reflex amplitude for different effort modes, elicited at different test-stimulus intensities, was studied in fifteen healthy subjects. Regardless of test-stimulus intensity, weak isometric plantarflexion and dorsiflexion at 20% of maximum voluntary contraction caused significant potentiation and depression of the H reflex amplitude. In addition, both facilitation and inhibition of the soleus H reflex was associated with considerable inter-trial variability of the H reflex amplitude that varied proportionally with test-stimulus intensity. As inter-variability of the H reflex was independent of that of M response, the results indicate that: 1) supra-spinal input influences loop-gain fluctuations of the monosynaptic-reflex arc; and 2) smaller test stimuli may be more efficacious for exploration of motoneuronal excitability because of reduction in variability in H reflex amplitude.


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Returning of starlings at Lake Federsee near Bad Buchau
Sunday, 20 September 2020 09:42
Written by Portal Editor
Category: Baden-Württemberg
After "discovering" the Pile Dwelling Museum, our tour of Bad Buchau should lead to another highlight in the region that we had not expected.
During the tour, street names such as Seegasse indicated a lake, which we could not discover at first. Just at the Pile Dwelling Museum we did come across a first area of water and a wooden footbridge, which, accompanied by birches, was supposed to lead to the lake through seemingly endless reeds and other damp-proof plants. Despite the already advanced time, it was already 7 p.m., families with children kept arriving at the wooden jetty. We got information at the ticket booth, where a friendly NABU employee pointed out the upcoming arrival of the starlings, back from the fields to their sleeping places at Lake Federsee.
Federsee - paradise for water birds and not just for them
Lake Federsee near Bad Buchau in Upper Swabia is the second largest lake in Baden-Württemberg with an area of 1.4 km². It is located in the middle of the 33 km² largest contiguous moor area in southwest Germany and is with it the remainder of what was once a much larger post-glacial lake that covered around 50 km². This complex of lake and moor today represents the core of the geological Federsee basin, which after renaturation measures, with its former banks and islands, is now of outstanding natural and cultural historical importance.
Today's basin landscape is now primarily a model for the ecological restoration of an already largely destroyed natural landscape, including its botanical and zoological habitats and the associated safeguarding and research of ancient cultural products that have existed since the middle of the 19th century after the lake level was lowered and drainage the moors came to light. Some of the remains of the pile dwellings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Lake Federsee and the moor / reed that surrounds it in the central basin are now protected covering an area of 23.76 km², i.e. more than two thirds and was included by the European Union as part of the FFH area Federsee and Blinder See near Kanzach in its "Natura 2000" network of protected areas.
The Federseesteg is the only access to the Federsee
Lake Federsee moor offers nature enjoyment in every season. The landmark of Bad Buchau, the Federseesteg, is the best way to get to know the moorland habitats. It begins at the Federsee parking and leads visitors with dry feet over a distance of 1.5 km into the middle of the moor landscape.
The Federseesteg crosses extensive, species-rich litter meadows, then the dense reed belt and ends at a visitor platform in the Federsee. There are excellent viewing opportunities for waterfowl. On the way, an observation tower enables spectacular views over the entire Federsee basin - on a clear day the chain of Alpine peaks shimmers in the south.
Comfortable benches along the footbridge invite you to enjoy and listen. Everywhere there is chirping, colourful butterflies flutter from flower to flower. Rare orchids show their noble splendour, grasshoppers chirp and colourful dragonflies stand in the air. The Federseemoor is the largest moor in southwest Germany with a fascinating biodiversity. Guided NABU tours show the rare bird life and the fascinating diversity of plants.
Some facts about footbridge construction in Bad Buchau
The footbridge was first built in 1911 and has been completely renewed four times since then. The last renewal took place in 2010 and 2011. The footbridge can just be built in winter when there is severe frost, as only then the otherwise soft moorland is accessible with construction machinery.
Length: 1,486 m
Built: First in 1911, renovated in 1949, 1961-65, 1983-85 and 2010/11
1,091 oak piles with a length of 7-14 m each (this results in a distance of 12 km)
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Entry of the starlings just in time for sunset
We had almost reached the end of the wooden footbridge when a first violent noise sets the air in motion, almost like a powerful gust: the first swarm of starlings reaches its sleeping zone. When the evening sun touches the horizon and thousands of starlings fall into the reeds, you can guess why mass birds have always impressed people, and sometimes even had to serve as horror scenarios (Die Vögel / Alfred Hitchcock).
Mass sleeping places like here at the Federsee for the starlings are at least as spectacular as ornithological rarities. In addition to the starlings, crows, jackdaws, magpies and ravens already mentioned, thrushes, swallows, pipiters and wagtails also love to sleep socially, even if it takes a while for all individuals to agree on where to sleep. The same applies to cormorants, seagulls, hen harriers, black and red kites. The community grants protection from enemies, information about abundant food sources and one can get to know a breeding partner.
Often sleeping places are surprisingly close to people. Starlings even chirp in the ivy-covered walls in the pedestrian zone at night. In many European cities, star clouds with tens to hundreds of thousands of birds fall in the evening. On the main street of a southern German city, up to 250 wagtails sleep in a tree and crows are drawn to power lines and industrial areas. They show great tolerance to noise and other disturbances. Nevertheless, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages: The city is warm, has little snow and offers rubbish to eat, artificial light in short winter days, masts and tall trees as clearly arranged seats.
Even if it was only a brief moment when a new swarm flew in, it is a spectacle of nature that here at Lake Federsee in the middle of nature can be wonderfully observed.
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I will be adding more once in awhile, if you would like your birds in the gallery, feel free to email me some pictures and I will add them and you of course will be credited for your picture.
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Grayala as named is a beautiful old Indian Fantail hen.
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Hytek Swimming - ARAP Diving Leads into Finals!
ARAP Diving Leads into Finals!
Arapahoe holds 4 of the top 8 spots in Centennial League Finals. Franny Cable in 1st, Kirry Belitz in 2nd, Kyndall Tatum in 5th, and Morgan Hampton bringing up 7th places. Amazing showing in prelims girls! Way to go Warriors.


In Corner Brook on the southwest coast of Newfoundland, on a fjord that becomes the Bay of Islands of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Best Coast Café is practically hidden away on a side street. Finding it was complicated because we no longer trusted our GPS mapping system. As we headed farther out there (way up north, way out east, two time zones east of NYC), Google Maps and Waze became more and more erratic to the point that by the time we arrived in Corner Brook on our way back to the Nova Scotia ferry, we didn't believe everything we were told. Sometimes when Miss Google announced "you have arrived" it was nowhere. We tracked and backtracked and asked directions and suddenly there The Best Coast Cafe was at the end of our noses. The careful search paid off for that was the best restaurant meal that we found on our trip. Tanne had the Chicken and Fennel Salad and I had Scallop and Bacon Pasta. It was fresh and perfectly seasoned, and the service was excellent. If you are ever out there and search online for it you will find that the name is unique – no need to add a location to your search. It is one of a kind as far as the search engines know.
They describe themselves as "specializing in great breakfast, brunch, and lunch with a touch of healthy gourmet." We would say more than a touch. We loved it.
After an earlier (2012) sojourn on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, I declared that the best seafood chowder I had ever had could be found at a particular home owned and operated café in Whycocomagh on the shore of the Bras d'Or Lake, and it was true at the time. In 2017 I again sampled that chowder and it was still wonderful, but I discovered competition just up the shoreline at the Clean Wave Restaurant at Whatmatcook, owned by the Mi'kmaq First Nation. Charlene's chowder for breakfast in 2012 was the best I ever had at the time, but I can now no longer say that with certainty. On this most recent trip I was on the trail of chowder, and had chowder from Ogunquit, Maine to Cape Spear and Cape Bonavista in northeast Newfoundland, and I can say now that the best I ever had can be found on the Trans Canada Highway on the western shore of Bras d'Or Lake, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, at both Charlene's and the Clean Wave. This Cape Breton chowder typically contains Haddock, Crab, Scallops, Lobster and Shrimp, no potatoes, in a creamy buttery base that might include pureed root vegetables but seems to be dairy.
Just up the Trans Canada Highway, toward Baddeck, in the village of Nyanza, we found Big Spruce Brewing – ". . . certified organic, . . . unfiltered, unpasteurized, unbelievably good beer . . ." and we are in unqualified agreement with that claim. We had a couple of growlers of the "Cereal Killer" Oatmeal Stout (not in one sitting) and it was the best beer that we found north of Asheville, North Carolina, and that includes the breweries on the Bonavista Peninsula, at St. John's, in Portland, and at Bar Harbor.
Charlene's, the Clean Wave Restaurant, and Big Spruce Brewing are all located on a 15-mile stretch of the TCH a few miles south of Baddeck – a convergence zone of great food and drink.


University of Illinois Stamps Scholar MaryCate Most wants to use her degrees in journalism and political science to help make complicated topics around science and other issues more understandable for a wide audience. This past summer, she took one step closer to this goal while working at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.
Most grew up in LaGrange Park, Illinois and went to Lyons Township high school. She developed her interest in journalism while working as the editor-in-chief of LION, the student-run newspaper.
When applying to colleges, she was interested in the University of Illinois because she believed the University's small, personal College of Media would provide the learning environment she was seeking. She said the Stamps Scholarship was influential in her college decision process because the scholarship would enable her to study abroad, to intern in Washington D.C., and to build connections with high-achieving students across the country.
At the University, she has been heavily involved with The Daily Illini, the student newspaper. She first worked as a news and administration reporter. She then served as the assistant news editor, for which she reported on critical news stories, interviewed administrators, and edited stories. Her favorite issues to cover were science and research related. Some of the highlights of Most's college journalism career are her articles on wearable microtechnology, profiles of genomic biologists, and coverage of the discovery of twisted magnetic fields around a protostar.
"Writing multiple stories every week for the Daily Illini gave me an opportunity to practice concise, clear writing day in and day out," said Most.
During her sophomore year, she worked as a research assistant analyzing World Bank documents for projects taking place around the world. She examined financial management in each plan, looking for signs of fraud, corruption, and mismanagement. She developed her own independent research project studying economic, political, and environmental crises and their impacts on World Bank activities.
In addition, she gave back to her community working as an awareness coordinator for Illini Fighting Hunger. She educated the community about world hunger and global inequalities, promoting change on a global scale. She tailored fundraising programs to address international and local issues, researching major causes including undernourishment and assessing possible solutions to inequalities. This included writing and delivering speeches to crowds of faculty and students and creating advertisements promoting participation in food packaging events and encouraging donations.
In summer of 2014, she participated in the Illinois in Washington program, which gives University of Illinois students an opportunity to obtain credit while interning in D.C. As a communications intern at The Brookings Institution, she broke down long, complex political research papers into more easily digestible summaries that were posted on The Institution's website. Most also covered Brookings events and worked with fellows and researchers to develop media strategies. She used her social media abilities to post and analyze feedback on the Institution's Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Last summer, Most applied her research and science writing skills while working at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum as a digital media intern. She wrote articles that revealed some of the greatest and often unnoticed stories of space and aviation history.
Most said she was inspired to work at the Smithsonian because the institution's dedication to public, accessible education, especially in the areas of history and science, matches her goals.
Most used the Stamps enrichment fund to provide herself a global education through two study abroad trips to Belgium. She studied international politics, past and present European Union policy, and psychological impacts of the media. She said these trips were the greatest experience of her college career.
"My classes there gave me insight into international politics, but I learned even more just through making friends from around the world, observing each country's culture, and learning about the history and present state of each of the places I traveled to," she said.
During her senior year, she continued her undergraduate research with journalism professor Jennifer Follis. She served as the journalism team lead on a project with the Aerospace Engineering Satellite Development (SatDev) team funded by a NASA space grant.
After graduation, Most hopes to find a career that incorporates her science writing and research skills. Working with NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution are among a few of her dream jobs.


Everybody at Aim Lock & Safe would like to wish Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Our 31st year in business (1986 was soooo long ago) here in Milton was one our most successful and rewarding.
And for that, we thank you: Our fantastic customers.
It truly is a privilege to protect your homes and commercial businesses and we look forward to serving you in 2018 – any beyond.
Before we say goodbye to 2017, let's take a look back at the blogs which really resonated with you.
The first blog to go live this year focused on business, home & car security trends for 2017.
There's no expectation these trends will slow down anytime soon.
In fact, they may be joined in 2018 by emerging security developments like smart home technology.
If you want to read it again, here's January's blog about 2017 security trends.
The longest blog ever written was a special two-part piece on what your business should do about accessibility.
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) becomes law in 2025.
And while that may seem like a long time away, it's important to note that 12 years have passed since this legislation was enacted (2005).
If you missed it the first time around, take another look at this blog on business accessibility.
Many people wanted to know more about Bluetooth locks, which were first mentioned in our January blog.
In short, the deal with Bluetooth locks is they have the same pairing technology you use when you sync your iPod to your home stereo or your smartphone to your car radio.
And as Bluetooth locks become more prevalent, any drawbacks (such as battery life) will be minimized.
Take another look at Bluetooth locks for your home.
Now that the holiday season is here, you'll be busy giving gifts, receiving gifts, hosting parties, and attending parties.
So it's quite easy to become a little absent-minded when it comes to keeping safe.
Unfortunately, many thieves strike at this time of year because there are so many empty houses with so many valuables to take.
Learn other ways you can stay safe during the holidays.
However you plan on spending the holidays, we hope it's full of family, friends and fun.
And however you plan on ringing in the New Year, we hope it's safe and enjoyable.
Even though it's the Christmas season, we're here for all your security needs.
Contact us with any questions or comments you have. We'll get back to you ASAP with the information you're looking for.


SANTA CLARA, CA. June 2012 – WattStopper Vice President Sales and Marketing Jim Young announced the promotions of Brent Streck to North Central Regional Vice President and Jeff Payne to South Central Regional Vice President. Streck and Payne, both two-time recipients of Circle of Excellence awards for outstanding sales achievements, were previously District Sales Managers. "Adding two new RVPs will help WattStopper best serve the many local markets in the central regions where demand for energy efficient lighting is accelerating now that the Department of Energy has adopted a national energy code reference standard," explains Young. "Brent and Jeff have proven track records at WattStopper serving customers and driving business results and we're eager to see them take their ideas and vision to these new positions," he adds.
Brent Streck joined WattStopper in 2008 and is based in Danbury, Iowa. He holds an electrical degree from Western Iowa Tech College and has nearly 20 years' experience in lighting controls. Streck has a comprehensive understanding of the challenges encountered by design and construction professionals, having worked as an electrician early in his career, as well as gaining experience as an electrical distributor and manufacturer's representative prior to coming on board with WattStopper.
Salt Lake City, Utah-based Jeff Payne first joined the Legrand group of companies in 2005 with Vantage Controls and moved to WattStopper in 2007. He graduated from Utah Valley University with a BS in Business Management and has 10 years' of lighting control experience, beginning with a sales position for an electrical contractor. Recently Payne was instrumental in Weber State University's decision to adopt WattStopper controls for its campus-wide energy efficiency program covering the university's 2.5 million square feet of interior space.
Payne's South Central region includes the Four Corners, South Central and Mid Central districts, and he anticipates helping his sales team communicate the benefits of controls as well as new code requirements. "I look forward to expanding the brand into new channels and markets. Through education we can help customers become more comfortable using lighting controls. And they can rely on WattStopper support throughout their projects," says Payne.
Sales opportunities are increasing across all regions as the transition toward LED fixtures continues to accelerate, and energy codes mandate more control solutions," comments Young. "WattStopper is a trusted and preferred brand, and our strengthened support of local markets demonstrates our ongoing commitment to our customers," he concludes.


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See also
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References

External links
 District governor's official website
 District municipality's official website

Populated places in Isparta Province

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JAOA/AACOM Medical Education | January 2019
First-Year Experience Implementing an Adaptive Learning Platform for First- and Second-Year Medical Students at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Alice Hudder, MA, PhD, MEd; Sean Tackett, MD, MPH; Kim Moscatello, PhD
From the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Pennsylvania (Drs Hudder and Moscatello), and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Tackett).
Financial Disclosures: Dr Tackett receives salary support from Osmosis for research and scholarship.
Support: This project was supported in part by a LECOM internal seed grant and by Osmosis. Support from Osmosis included salary support for Dr Tackett as well as support toward the cost of the use of Osmosis for the first-year class over and above what was paid by the internal seed grant.
*Address correspondence to Alice Hudder, MA, PhD, MEd, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Preclinical Education, 1858 W Grandview Blvd, Erie, PA 16509-1025. Email: ahudder@lecom.edu
Hudder A, Tackett S, Moscatello K. First-Year Experience Implementing an Adaptive Learning Platform for First- and Second-Year Medical Students at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2019;119(1):51–58. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2019.008.
Context: The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) is a large, diverse medical school spread across 3 campuses, which makes it challenging to deliver comparable learning experiences to all students. Osmosis is a Web and mobile application that can integrate with a variety of existing curricula and, through its content creation and sharing features, can foster student cohesion in an online environment.
Objective: To analyze the first year of use for the Osmosis platform among LECOM students at each campus and to identify barriers to this use.
Methods: Medical education at LECOM is delivered across 3 campus locations using 3 main pathways: the lecture-discussion, problem-based learning, and directed-study pathways. Beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year, all LECOM first-year medical students could use the Osmosis platform free of charge; second-year students were informed about the platform but were required to pay for a subscription. For all students, engagement metrics were tracked within the platform, and periodic student surveys and informal student feedback supplemented these metrics.
Results: Of 1135 LECOM students, 567 (50%) signed up for an account, including 416 (73%) of 573 first-year and 151 (27%) of 562 second-year students. In aggregate, students created 17,901 items and answered 123,050 practice questions and flashcards. Student use of the platform varied considerably, with the highest use at the Erie campus, where the platform was championed by faculty, and among a portion of second-year students preparing for board examinations. Some students were "superusers"; 2 students completed more than 20,000 items, and 5 created more than 1000 items each. The greatest barriers to use of the platform were preferences for previous study methods and lack of time to learn new study habits.
Conclusion: Although the use of the platform across LECOM campuses was uneven, it was greatest when there was overt support by faculty and when students were already motivated to use the platform. The lessons learned during the first year of the program will be used to improve use of the platform. The authors offer their insights into this new technology.


Background: Stroke remains one of the leading causes of morbidity/mortality worldwide. Evidence from epidemiological studies has suggested an association between air pollution and ischaemic stroke, possibly related to increased blood coagulability and plaque rupture. The main air pollutants are particulate matter and gaseous pollutants, but the exact mechanism by which these pollutants promote stroke is poorly understood.
Objectives: To analyse the burden of the air quality levels in Lisboa/Vale do Tejo area and the number of endovascular treated-strokes in our center, between 2016-2018.
Methods: Between 2016-2018, 449 ischaemic strokes were admitted for endovascular treatment, 397 from the Lisboa/Vale do Tejo area. The air quality level was retrospectively analysed and divided as Good-Bad (according to particulate matter and gaseous pollutants - Good: index very good and good; Bad: index medium, low and very low levels). This index was correlated with stroke cases, monthly and in the trimester before the event.
Results: In all the trimesters, except the 4th trimester/2017, the trimestral peak number of treated-strokes matched the exposure to the worst air-quality months in the 3 months before the procedures. Endovascular thrombectomies were mostly performed during October/2016 and November/2017, which were also the second worst months of its years, regarding air quality.
Conclusion: Air pollution is on par with "traditional" risk factors for cardiovascular disease and may have a close temporal association with ischemic stroke. Portugal's global air quality index is currently far from optimal. A greater understanding of the genesis of this link and its true impact is important in order to improve public and environmental health policies.


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Heartbreaking Troop Reaction To The ISG
SusanG quotes this Boston Globe article Spc. Eisenhower Atuatasi, 26, of Westminster, Calif.: "There's no way we're leaving in two years
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Charles Barkley: "I Was A Republican - Until They Lost Their Minds"
Howie was the first to post about this. Apparently Dan Quayle is still doing exactly what he was doing when he was George H.W. Bush's vice president:
By John Amato on Fri, 07/21/2006 - 5:26pm
Current TV Richard Johnson is reporting that Al Gore's network just hired "Madeleine Smithberg, co-creator and executive producer of "The
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The rainy weather skipped and missed a lot of baseball games during April. Unfortunately, Mother Nature seems like she is playing catch-up during May.
For the second time in less than a week the Tigers have had a postponement of a game due to the rain.
Tonight's game was one I am sure they would have liked to get in, mainly because the Tigers wouldn't have seen the Blue Jays again this season, and finding mutual and convenient days to make up a game can be difficult. Not to mention that days are not only well-deserved – they are essential. Teams don't want to use them playing make-up games.
The Tigers have rescheduled this game for June 27, 2011. Rick Porcello who originally was going to pitch tonight, will miss his turn. Phil Coke will get the start against Boston tomorrow. There will be two games at Fenway before the Tigers head westward to Pittsburgh to face the Pirates in Interleague play this weekend.
as we would like them to do just that.
to kick the 2011 campaign off with a win, it wasn't crucial.
hounds him is a psychological one.
Teixeira in the 3rd inning. He walked 4 batters and struck out 8.
have a quality start. That is a pretty good way to begin the season.
Miguel Cabrera had a single in the 2nd and scored 2 runs – one of them in 4th after drawing a walk to start the inning.
reliever Phil Coke in the 7th inning. Coke was tagged with the loss.
start the 7th inning was the victor.
Our Tiger's have Friday off.
and go all the way to the World Series.
of key players, such as Miguel Cabrera and Magglio Ordonez.
course, keeping the position players off of the dreaded DL is important.
Keeping this pitching staff healthy, too, will be important.
Unfortunately, as you know, that isn't an easy thing to accomplish.
Injuries happen. There is no way to prevent many of them from happening.
healthy enough to return he will take over for Rhymes.
great potential as long as he's healthy (see, there's that word again).
Joel Zumaya in. No worries, Benoit can do the job.
also excited to share the 2011 season with you.
Comerica Park gates open at 12:30 p.m..
never managed there, during a reunion of the 1984 championship team.
Detroit than any other Tiger's manager (1331).
first place finish in the American League East.
hope that there will be a renewed call to retire Sparky's jersey number.
The Detroit Tigers have had opportunities to do so, and never have.
Sparky will always be a Tiger!
games in yesterday's doubleheader began as classic pitchers duels.
Brad Thomas relieved Scherzer in the inning.
happened indoors, too, under a dome, at Seattle's Kingdome.
the bad calls continued tonight.
The way things have been going for Detroit this almost seemed inevitable, I guess. The blown-calls this season have been like salt in an unseen wound. The real injury came from the arm of Matt Garza.
streak to an abrupt end, 4-1.
The 400-foot shot off of Gerald Laird's bat was his third this season, and it put the Tigers ahead early.
shut out innings — striking out five and walking only three batters.
The Rangers lone run came in the ninth inning when Ian Kinsler scored on a Josh Hamilton ground out.
the last week — since the All-Star break — haven't disappeared.
aggressive base running, like we saw when Austin Jackson scored tonight, is something I would like to see more often.
The motto should be, "win by playing hard, or lose by playing hard." Period.
and Yankees are waiting just beyond the horizon.
Next, the Tigers will host the Toronto Blue Jays. The first game of four is tomorrow afternoon. Justin Verlander is the scheduled starter.
third in place of Brandon Inge.
90. Houk manged the Tigers between 1974 – 1978. It was in 1976 that pitching sensation Mark Fidrych became a phenomenon in baseball — Houk was his manager.
Here is a link to the Detroit News Online article. CLICK HERE.
Ralph Houk from Baseball Reference. CLICK HERE.
Ralp Houk Wikipedia. CLICK HERE.
Detroit Tigers for the first time in 19 years on Sunday, 7-2.
through the gate, while the ball got away and Peralta rounded the bases.
Division nemeses do not play well.
are on the road, 16-29.
loss is the fifth in a row for Detroit.
too bad that I have heard that come from Jim Leyland far too many times.
Why wasn't this team ready to play? That's my question.
losing to the Indians, they weren't losing much ground to Chicago.
Tigers brought back Rick Porcello to pitch in Saturday's night-cap.
batters. He walked no one.


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Green Globe announced recertification of the Spice Island Beach Resort on the island of Grenada in the southeastern Caribbean Sea.
The resort, located on world-famous Grand Anse Beach, is home to a multitude of environmental practices – from non-chlorine swimming pools and home-grown herb gardens to natural composting.
"At Spice we take pride in going above and beyond when it comes to minimizing our carbon footprint and promoting a harmonious natural lifestyle. We do it because it's the right thing to do, and the traveling public rewards us for it with frequent stays and positive reviews," added Sir Royston.
Spice Island Beach Resort was the first property on Grenada to receive Green Globe Certification in 2004. In a US$12 million renovation project, the hotel implemented green initiatives such as using solar rooftop heaters; an on-property desalinization plant to utilize water from the sea; and energy consumption reducing devices, such as energy saving bulbs, a close monitoring system on air conditioning usage, and timers and photo-cell systems on all outdoor lights. The hotel also lets clothes line dry to make less use of electric dryers.
In addition, Spice Island Beach Resort has a composting program in place, maintains a vegetable and herb garden that supplies the kitchen with fresh ingredients, and empowers employees as "Environmental Agents" by providing them with the necessary training and education on environmental practices and objectives. The resort features a Green Team comprised of staff supervisors and managers to oversee and implement the sustainability program.
Archeological treasures on the island include the bolder carvings of Duquesne Bay, and the National Museum in St. George's, the Carriacou Museum, and the private Rome Museum at Walker are also home to rare antiques and collectibles.


To celebrate 20 years of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, new books, and the publication of an anthology of favourite Scottish poems, bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith will take to the stage with conversation partner Serena Field and actor Crawford Logan. Together they will discuss some of Alexander's favourite poets and look back at how the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series grew from an initial print run of 1,000 copies to selling over 20 million copies worldwide. An evening not to be missed.
Free tickets for carers, please contact box office on 0131 248 4848 to book.


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Floyd County Schools pushes back first day of school amid flooding
by: Jessica Patterson, Andie Bernhardt
Posted: Aug 2, 2022 / 10:55 AM EDT
UPDATE (1:20 P.M. Aug. 2, 2022): Floyd County Schools officials have made the decision to push the start of the school year back two weeks due to the historic and devastating flooding that hit many parts of eastern Kentucky, including Floyd County.
The school year will now start on Wednesday, Aug. 24 for Floyd County students.
We spoke with one parent, who has four children returning to the district and she says she believes this is the right call, as the community continues to recover from the devastating flooding.
"They are not concentrating on being in school because they are worried about going home and getting back into their routine too, so that's rough on them," said parent, Tina Bailey.
Superintendent, Anna Shepherd says some of their staff and students are currently displaced and with out a home.
FLOYD COUNTY, KY (WOWK) – Floyd County Schools and the Board of Education are meeting this afternoon to decide if the start of the school year should be pushed back in response to the historic flooding that devastated many areas of eastern Kentucky, including Floyd County.
Floyd County residents on flood damage: 'I've never seen this before'
According to the school district, class is currently set to return to session on Wednesday, Aug. 10, but many students homes were damaged in the floods and several bus routes have also been impacted.
School district officials say the meeting is set to begin at 1 p.m. this afternoon, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at the super intendent's office in Eastern, Kentucky. There is no official word on how long the school district is considering pushing back the school year.
Floyd County Schools is also accepting a list of items to help students, staff, families and members of the community impacted by the floods.
Anyone able to help can drop off items from the following list at the Floyd County Board of Education located at 442 KY Route 550 in Eastern, Kentucky. For questions, contact Chief Facilities Officer Linda Hackworth at 606-874-2435.
The items the school district is accepting includes:
Plastic Totes and Containers
Here are the flood relief services in Floyd County, Kentucky
The school district also released a statement on their website along with the list that reads: "There are no words to adequately express our appreciation and support of everyone affected. It is a very humbling experience to see people come from all over our wonderful state and country to support us in any way we needed them. It is uplifting to see the love within our community shine so brightly. Although a simple 'thank you' will never be enough, we want to make sure everyone knows what you did mattered."
Yesterday, the Floyd County Sheriff's Office also released a list of flood relief resources and ways to help the community. That list is available here.
Those who are able to help those in need can also donate to the Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund through the fund's website.
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In 2011 I travelled to Laos with Kearrin Sims PhD studying the impact of Chinese aid and investment on poverty alleviation and development. The Chinese government is investing heavily in all sectors of the economy of Laos, from mining, to hydropower, agri-business, roads, hotels, hospitals, airports, tourism, and casinos. However, its growing financial interests in Laos have also led to a large amount of development-induced displacement. As part of this research we spent time visiting a number of remote Hmong communities,which were linked in various ways to Chinese investment projects. The Hmong are an ethic minority who live in the mountainous regions. They are farmers who mostly live in small villages and construct their homes from bamboo and wood. Many have no access to electricity, machinery or roads. They are independent and self-sufficient people. It was a pleasure to spend time amongst these charming people to observe their way of life and document the impact development is having on their culture.


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Does it by chance have something to do with the url params?

A: You cannot have query string in RewriteRule. RewriteRule matches only URL part that's why your new rule is not working. You need to have a separate RewriteCond to match QUERY string. It should be re-written like this:
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Conlon, Dallas Symphony open year with gleaming Korngold, dark Shostakovich
Fri Jan 06, 2023 at 2:09 pm
Alexander Kerr performed Korngold's Violin Concerto with James Conlon conducting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Thursday night. Photo: Sylvia Elfazon
In their first performance of 2023, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra presented a program themed on redemption Thursday night, with a trio of skillfully curated works by Shostakovich and Korngold. Despite the holiday hiatus, the concert drew a nearly packed house at the Meyerson Symphony Center with the DSO at its finest under guest conductor James Conlon.
The programed opened with Dmitri Shostakovich's Festive Overture, a six-minute celebration of spirited frenzy and fanfare, which the DSO executed smartly.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold's sole Violin Concerto followed to fill out the first half with DSO concertmaster Alexander Kerr as soloist. Hailed as the defining composer of Hollywood's Golden Age, Korngold's musical language is a distillation of his Viennese upbringing as well as reflecting the expansive melodies of his cinematic scoring.
Korngold's concerto was dismissed by New York critics who deemed the work a "Hollywood Concerto" and "more corn than gold." However, a 1953 recording of the work by Jascha Heifetz— who championed the work for decades—eventually brought the work into greater prominence with growing popularity and recordings by other celebrated violinists.
Conlon drew a clear sense of Romanticism from the orchestra, with consistently shimmering lines of lyricism running through the heart of the performance. Kerr led the opening of the piece with effusive phrasing of Korngold' sumptuous themes. Korngold's use of the celesta gives the score a special radiance, a quality captured beautifully by Conlon and the DSO in the second and third movements.
Bright horn fanfares injected the finale with vivacity, and Kerr demonstrated muscular virtuosity, leading the ensemble through dizzying rhythms before bold, quirkily strident coda.
Shostakovich's relationship with the culture police of Stalin's Soviet Union often saw him fearing for his life. His predilection for artistic exploration would draw the admonition of authorities, which, for many artists at the time, proved deadly.
Following the denunciation of his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District in 1936 as "a leftist monstrosity," the score of his Fifth Symphony would rescue him from Soviet disfavor and restore his former eminence.
Conlon is no stranger to the DSO or the literature of composers oppressed by the state. A champion of composers and lesser-known works that were silenced by the Nazi regime, his interpretation of the material was undeniably sensitive and intentional, to which the ensemble responded in kind.
The boldly jagged opening of the symphony's first movement was affectionately dark, as cellos and basses led the strings in powerful octave sonorities. This was beautifully balanced against lyrical horns and shrilling woodwinds. The heavily frolicsome scherzo of the second movement was almost menacing as this balanced shifted to highlight passages of dark pizzicato strings and winds in brisk, buoyant brevity.
The slow movement—the emotional core of the work—was filled with intensity, actualized by Conlon's deft control of expansive crescendos and the DSO's polished execution. The finale, a thunderous rondo, brought evenly layered brass and crashing timpani for a rousing, theatrical finish.
The program will be repeated 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. dallassymphony.org
One Response to "Conlon, Dallas Symphony open year with gleaming Korngold, dark Shostakovich"
Posted Jan 10, 2023 at 11:19 am by Greg Davis
Indeed this was a special concert. A bravura of a performance by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The enthusiastic response from the audience is a testament that we would like to see more of Conlon on the stage at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.


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This is a list of the known roses of the Australian breeder Alister Clark (1864–1949). It is an attachment to the main page on Alister Clark as a rose breeder. The list of surviving roses has been compiled from Peter Cox's Australian Roses; the online list established by Help Me Find Roses for Clark, Alister; and from the Govanstones' The Women Behind the Roses. Lost roses have been compiled from a press release PDF of the Rose Society of New South Wales when reconciled to the online list established by Help Me Find Roses for Clark, Alister. 'Baxter Beauty' is the sport of an Alister Clark rose, not an Alister Clark rose itself.

In the Extant column of the table, "Yes" means extant in Australia, "Doubtful" means there exists a rose of doubtful authenticity, "Italy" &c means extant only in Italy &c, "Lost" means lost to cultivation.

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Peter Cox, Australian Roses, Bloomings Books, 1999, pp. 7–18, ; Charles Quest-Ritson, Climbing Roses of the World, Timber Press, 2003, pp. 38–41, 240–2,
Help Me Find Roses entry for Clark, Alister.


BACKGROUND: The standards of care for older people who present with a fractured neck of femur (#NOF) have been defined by previously published national guidelines. To assess compliance with these standards the Healthcare Commission commissioned the Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit (CEEU) for the Royal College of Physicians to deliver 'The National Clinical Audit of Falls and Bone Health for Older People'. METHODS: The audit was developed by a multi-disciplinary team using available best evidence to set audit standards. All acute hospital trusts admitting orthopaedic trauma cases and all primary care trusts (PCTs) in England were recruited. Patients >65 years old presenting with a proven #NOF were included in the audit with a target of 20 cases per participating site. RESULTS: Data was entered for 3184 #NOF patients. 80% (2555/3184) were female with a median age of 83 years admitted from their own home (68% 2152/3184). Over 97% (3172/3184) presented to the A&E department on the same day as the fall (88% 2813/3184). The time in the A&E department was less than 2h in only 20% (640/3133) of cases with 23% (716/3133) having a stay of >240min. 35% (1080/3088) of #NOF patients were operated on within 24h of admission. Causes of delay to theatre included awaiting medical review (59% 566/956) or organisational reasons (29% 278/956). 48% (1480/2998) of patients were sat out of bed within 24h. Only 35% (1115/3184) of patients were cared for in an orthogeriatric setting. The median length of stay for the #NOF patients was 16 days with an interquartile range of 10-27 days. CONCLUSIONS: There are currently unacceptable wide variations in the delivery of clinical care to older people presenting with a #NOF. Of concern were the long lengths of time in A&E for many patients and the low level of routine access to pre-operative medical assessment. It is hoped that the launch of joint initiatives between the British Orthopaedic Association and the British Geriatric Society aimed at delivering service improvements in this area should lead to improved outcomes.


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NASCAR attendance numbers are up. Way up! Since the early days of the sport, its fan base has steadily grown. But in recent years, millions more people of every age and from every walk of life are showing up or tuning in to NASCAR events. And with good reason. Everyone from corporate bigwigs to rappers and actors are starting to bring attention to this full throttle sport. With that kind of star power and the money it brings, it's not too hard to imagine that an influx of new blood was sure to follow.
It seems that the NASCAR phenomenon is refusing to be bound by the tired old stereotypes of only being popular with male Southern conservatives, "rednecks" or "NASCAR Dads". More and more we're seeing racing fever move to all points North, South, East and West. There has been a new realization that NASCAR attendance and viewing has expanded beyond its previous regional boundaries. New raceways are popping up all across the country as communities try to capture a piece of the world of NASCAR. Not to mention attracting the huge amounts of additional revenue race fans bring with them.
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As NASCAR attendance increases, you're going to notice the sport becoming more and more high profile. It's already gaining more time on broadcast, cable and satellite channels and racers are gaining superstar status that was virtually unheard of before. What it all boils down to is the fact that no matter who's advertising what on which car, it's the excitement and thrill of NASCAR racing that is putting fans in those seats.
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Q: Question on the symmetric product $\mathrm{Sym}^g\Sigma$ Let $\Sigma$ be a genus $g$ closed Riemann surface.
Recall that the symmetric product $\mathrm{Sym}^g\Sigma$ is the quotient of the $g$-fold product $\Sigma \times \dots \times \Sigma$ under the action of the symmetric group $\mathfrak{S}_g$ on $g$ letters.
In Lemma 2.6 of Osvath and Szabo's first paper
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/math/pdf/0101/0101206v4.pdf
on Heegaard Floer homology, they prove that
$$H_1(\Sigma)\cong H_1(\mathrm{Sym}^g\Sigma).$$
Unfortunately I do not understand their proof. In particular, I do not understand their construction of the map $H_1(\mathrm{Sym}^g\Sigma) \rightarrow H_1(\Sigma)$, nor why this map inverts the (obvious map) $H_1(\Sigma) \rightarrow H_1(\mathrm{Sym}^g\Sigma)$. Could anyone explain this please?

A: There is one answer to this question here.  But it's useful to understand the style of argument of Ozváth and Szabó. Here's my attempt:
There's an obvious map $i_*: H_1(\Sigma)\to H_1(\operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma))$ induced by the map $i: \Sigma \hookrightarrow \operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma)$ given by $i(x)=[x,x_0,\ldots,x_0]$ for any fixed choice $x_0 \in \Sigma$.
Claim 1. A map $S^1 \to \operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma)$ which misses the diagonal gives rise to a unique map from a $g$-fold cover of $S^1$ to $\Sigma$.
Proof. Given a continuous map $f: S^1 \to \operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma)$, define
$$\tilde S = \{ (s,x)\in S^1 \times \Sigma : x \text{ is an entry of the $g$-tuple } f(s)\in \operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma)\}.$$
Consider the first and second coordinate projections $p_1: \tilde S \to S^1$ and $p_2: \tilde S \to \Sigma$. Since $f$ can be perturbed to avoid the big diagonal in $\operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma)$, each fiber $p_1^{-1}(s)$ consists of $g$ distinct points, and its easy to see that $p_1: \tilde S \to S^1$ is actually a $g$-fold cover. Then $p_2: \tilde S \to \Sigma$ is a continuous map from a $g$-fold cover of $S^1$, i.e. $\coprod S^1$, to $\Sigma$. $\blacksquare$
This gives a homomorphism of chain groups
\begin{align*}
\Phi: C_1(\operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma))&\to C_1(\Sigma) \\(f:S^1 \to \operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma)) &\mapsto (p_2:  \tilde S \to \Sigma).\end{align*}
Now for well-definedness at the level of homology:
Claim 2. A cobordism $Z$ between two 1-chains $a,b \in C_1(\operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma))$ gives rise to a branched cover $\tilde Z$ of $Z$ with $\partial \tilde Z \mapsto \Phi(a)-\Phi(b)$.
Proof. Suppose $F: Z \to \operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma)$ satisfies $F\big|_{\partial Z}=a-b$. (Note that $\Phi\left(F\big|_{\partial Z}\right)=\Phi(a-b)$.) We can assume $F$ hits the big diagonal in a discrete set of points, so now the space $\tilde Z$ (defined analogously to $\tilde S$) is a branched $g$-fold cover $P_1: \tilde Z \to Z$. Moreover, it restricts to an actual $g$-fold cover $ P_1\big|_{\partial \tilde Z}: \partial \tilde Z \to \partial Z$, just as above. Now $P_2: \tilde Z \to \Sigma$ satisfies
$$P_2 \big|_{\partial \tilde Z}= \Phi\left( F\big|_{\partial Z}\right)=\Phi(a-b)=\Phi(a)-\Phi(b),$$
so $\Phi(a)-\Phi(b)$ is nullhomologous. $\blacksquare$
It follows that $\Phi$ is well-defined on homology. And here's the final part:
Claim 3. $\Phi$ and $i_*$ are inverses of each other.
Proof. First we consider what $\Phi \circ i_*$ does to maps $\gamma: S^1 \to \Sigma$ that miss $x_0$, since these generate $H_1(\Sigma)$:
Since $i \circ \gamma : S^1 \to \operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma)$ takes $s$ to $[\gamma(s),x_0,\ldots,x_0]$,  the corresponding cover $\tilde S$ is homeomorphic to $S^1 \coprod S^1$, with one connected component consisting of points $(s,\gamma(s))$ and one component of points $(s,x_0)$.  Then $p_2$ maps one component via $\gamma$ and the other via the constant map $s \mapsto x_0$, so $\Phi (i_*[\gamma])=[\gamma]$.
For the other direction, first observe that a loop $\gamma: [0,1] \to \operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma)$ which is based at $[x_0,\ldots,x_0]$ but misses the diagonal for all $t \in (0,1)$ is equivalent to a collection of $g$ unordered loops $\gamma_j:[0,1] \to \Sigma$ based at $x_0$ satisfying $\gamma_j(t)\neq \gamma_k(t)$ for all $t\in( 0,1)$ and $j \neq k$. Fix an ordering on these loops, which is equivalent to fixing a lift $\tilde \gamma: [0,1] \to \Sigma^g$ of $\gamma$. Then, by the same argument that shows $\pi_1(\Sigma^g)$ is isomorphic to $\pi_1(\Sigma)^g$, we can homotope $\tilde \gamma$ to trace out the curves $\gamma_j$ one by one, i.e.
$$\tilde \gamma' (t) = \begin{cases} \big(\gamma_1\left(gt \right),\gamma_2(0),\ldots,\gamma_g(0)\big) & 0 \leq t \leq 1/g \\
\qquad \vdots & \quad \vdots \\ \big(\gamma_1(1),\gamma_2(1),\ldots,\gamma_g(gt-g+1)\big) & \frac{g-1}{g} \leq t \leq 1.
\end{cases}$$
Now project back down to $\operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma)$ where ordering doesn't matter. Since $\gamma_j(0)=\gamma_j(1)=x_0$, we get a loop which is of the form $\gamma'(t)=[\gamma_j(gt-j+1),x_0,\ldots,x_0]$ for $(j-1)/g \leq t \leq j/g$. This shows that all loops in $\operatorname{Sym}^g(\Sigma)$ can be realized in the form $s\mapsto [\gamma_1(s),x_0,\ldots,x_0]$. (Note that this shows $i_*$ is surjective, which is enough for our claim. But let's keep going.) So any loop $\gamma: S^1 \to \Sigma$ can be realized as $i \circ \gamma_1$ for some $\gamma_1 :S^1 \to \Sigma$. Then we again have $\tilde S\cong S^1 \coprod S^1$ with $p_2: \tilde S \to \Sigma$ restricting to $\gamma_1$ on one of the components and a constant map on the other component. Then $i_* \circ \Phi ([\gamma])= i_*[ \gamma_1]=[i \circ \gamma_1]=[\gamma]$, as desired. $\blacksquare$


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Q: What are the merits of using numeric row IDs in MySQL? I'm new to SQL, and thinking about my datasets relationally instead of hierarchically is a big shift for me. I'm hoping to get some insight on the performance (both in terms of storage space and processing speed) versus design complexity of using numeric row IDs as a primary key instead of string values which are more meaningful.
Specifically, this is my situation. I have one table ("parent") with a few hundred rows, for which one column is a string identifier (10-20 characters) which would seem to be a natural choice for the table's primary key. I have a second table ("child") with hundreds of thousands (or possibly millions or more) of rows, where each row refers to a row in the parent table (so I could create a foreign key constraint on the child table). (Actually, I have several tables of both types with a complex set of references among them, but I think this gets the point across.)
So I need a column in the child table that gives an identifier to rows in the parent table. Naively, it seems like creating the column as something like VARCHAR(20) to refer to the "natural" identifier in the first table would lead to a huge performance hit, both in terms of storage space and query time, and therefore I should include a numeric (probably auto_increment) id column in the parent table and use this as the reference in the child. But, as the data that I'm loading into MySQL don't already have such numeric ids, it means increasing the complexity of my code and more opportunities for bugs. To make matters worse, since I'm doing exploratory data analysis, I may want to muck around with the values in the parent table without doing anything to the child table, so I'd have to be careful not to accidentally break the relationship by deleting rows and losing my numeric id (I'd probably solve this by storing the ids in a third table or something silly like that.)
So my question is, are there optimizations I might not be aware of that mean a column with hundreds of thousands or millions of rows that repeats just a few hundred string values over and over is less wasteful than it first appears? I don't mind a modest compromise of efficiency in favor of simplicity, as this is for data analysis rather than production, but I'm worried I'll code myself into a corner where everything I want to do takes a huge amount of time to run.
Thanks in advance.

A: I wouldn't be concerned about space considerations primarily.  An integer key would typically occupy four bytes.  The varchar will occupy between 1 and 21 bytes, depending on the length of the string.  So, if most are just a few characters, a varchar(20) key will occupy more space than an integer key.  But not an extraordinary amount more.
Both, by the way, can take advantage of indexes.  So speed of access is not particularly different (of course, longer/variable length keys will have marginal effects on index performance).
There are better reasons to use an auto-incremented primary key.

*

*You know which values were most recently inserted.

*If duplicates appear (which shouldn't happen for a primary key of course), it is easy to determine which to remove.

*If you decide to change the "name" of one of the entries, you don't have to update all the tables that refer to it.

*You don't have to worry about leading spaces, trailing spaces, and other character oddities.

You do pay for the additional functionality with four more bytes in a record devoted to something that may not seem useful.  However, such efficiencies are premature and probably not worth the effort.

A: Gordon is right (which is no surprise).
Here are the considerations for you not to worry about, in my view.
When you're dealing with dozens of megarows or less, storage space is basically free. Don't worry about the difference between INT and VARCHAR(20), and don't worry about the disk space cost of adding an extra column or two. It just doesn't matter when you can buy decent terabyte drives for about US$100.
INTs and VARCHARS can both be indexed quite efficiently. You won't see much difference in time performance.
Here's what you should worry about.
There is one significant pitfall in index performance, that you might hit with character indexes. You want the columns upon which you create indexes to be declared NOT NULL, and you never want to do a query that says
 WHERE colm IS NULL   /* slow! */

or
 WHERE colm IS NOT NULL  /* slow! */

This kind of thing defeats indexing.  In a similar vein, your performance will suffer bigtime if you apply functions to columns in search.  For example, don't do this, because it too defeats indexing.
 WHERE SUBSTR(colm,1,3) = 'abc'  /* slow! */

One more question to ask yourself.  Will you uniquely identify the rows in your subsidiary tables, and if so, how?  Do they have some sort of natural compound primary key?   For example, you could have these columns in a "child" table.
 parent       varchar(20)   pk  fk to parent table
 birthorder   int           pk
 name         varchar(20)

Then, you could have rows like...
  parent      birthorder     name
  homer       1              bart
  homer       2              lisa
  homer       3              maggie

But, if you tried to insert a fourth row here like this
  homer       1              badbart

you'd get a primary key collision because (homer,1) is occupied.  It's probably a good idea to work how you'll manage primary keys for your subsidiary tables.
Character strings containing numbers sort funny.  For example, '2' comes after '101'.  You need to be on the lookout for this.

A: The main benefit you get from numeric values that that they are easier to 'index'. Indexing is a process that MySQL uses to make it easier to find a value.
Typically, if you want to find a value in a group, you have to loop through the group looking for your value. That is slow and has a worst case of O(n). If instead your data was in a nice, searchable format -- like a binary search tree, if could be found in O(lon n), much faster.
Indexing is the process MySQL uses to prepare data to be searched, it generates search trees and other clever do-bobs that will make finding data quick. It makes many searches much faster. However, to do it, it has to compare the value you are searching for to various 'key' values to determine if your value is greater than or less than the key.
This comparison can be done on non-numeric values. However, comparing non-numeric values is much slower. If you want to be able to quickly look up data, your best bet is you have a integer 'key' that you use.

A: Numeric row id's have many advantages over a string based id.
Most of them are mentioned in other answers.
1. One of them is indexing. Primary keys are by default indexed in a relational database. So, having a numeric key is always more efficient.
2. Numeric fields are stored much more efficiently
2. Joins are much faster with numeric keys.
3. A row id could be a foreign key. Numeric id's are compact to store, making them efficient
4. I think using a auto-increment on primary key has its advantages too
-Thanks
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