Comminuted distal femoral fractures are not easy fractures to treat and heal. If they are open fractures the problem is even bigger. Those fractures are usually seen in the young, active male population, but can happen in the senior age group as well.
I am presenting a case of an open comminuted distal femoral fracture with a bone defect in the region between 8-10 cm (it depends on how it is measured and if you accept any leg shortening as a result of it). Injury happened as a result of an RTA.
Ap view of an open distal femoral fracture with significant comminution and OA of the knee joint.
Lateral view of an open distal femoral fracture with significant comminution and OA of the knee joint.
The injury happened in March 2014. Luckily, it was an isolated injury which left us with more space for treatment. After initial stabilisation of the patient and stabilisation of the femur, with a spanning Ex-fix, we proceeded with internal fixation of the femur using LISS plate and bone cement to fill the defect after the debridement of the bone. Bone cement was put in in layers and layers separated with a seeweed based type of material, to enable an easier removal when performing the second stage of the Masquelet technique. In-between layers, but also around the cement we put reabsorb-able beads with antibiotics to sterilise the wound.
Ap radiograph of the left femur post first stage Masquelet and open reduction internal fixation with LISS plate.
Lateral radiograph of the left femur post first stage Masquelet and open reduction internal fixation with LISS plate.
Definitve fixation as seen on the X-rays on the left hand side was done two days post injury. Initial stabilisation using Ex-fix was done on the day of the injury.
The wound has healed without any further intervention and remained healed throughout. Our main concern was infection, acute or late due to expected lower blood supply to the area (calcinated femoral artery visible on the imaging). Fortunately with thorough debridement of the soft tissues, but bone as well, the risk was minimised.
Second stage Masquelet with reaming of the other femur with RIA was done two months ago. There was some initial excellent callus response, followed by significantly slower progress.
AP view 6 weeks post second stage Masquelet showing good bone graft uptake. Fixation is stable.
Lateral view 6 weeks post second stage Masquelet showing good bone graft uptake. Fixation is stable.
At this stage I was really optimistic. The plan was to continue with physiotherapy and follow-up as standard. Unfortunately there was no significant improvement in callus (bone graft) growth and X-rays 1 year post injury showed a few broken screws (yellow arrows) and no healing of the fracture.
Slow progress of new bone growth and broken screws convinced us to revise it to another distal femoral locking plate, combined with proximal femoral corticotomy with an aim to use callus distraction method, to fill the gap in the femur.
At that point we also had a long discussion with the patient, whether to proceed with callus distraction or distal femoral replacement. The patient decided to go for the distraction option, as we gave him an estimate of the knee function post distal femoral replacement in the region of 70-80% of a standard primary total knee replacement but also couldn't guarantee him infection free outcome.
We decided not to wait any longer as it was likely that the other screws will fail and everything will fall apart. Revision surgery with a removal of the existing metalwork including broken screws (there was also one broken screw in the proximal fragment which was not visible on the X-ray) was done a few days after previous appointment (as soon as the patient was prepared for the surgery).
X-ray images post revision fixation with distal femoral locking plate and distraction, corticotomy, antibiotic loaded beads (at the level of corticotomy and the defect) and monorail external fixatour with HA coated half pins.
The patient was closely monitored throughout. One of the problems was an early pin site infection, mainly due to the monorail being too close to the skin (proximal pins bent after lenghthening started) and proper pin site care was not possible. This problem was addressed by adjusting the position of the monorail. Ever since then the pin sites have remained dry, the patient is also on oral antibiotics and is coping well.
End of June 2015, X-rays showed good callus formation (yellow arrow) and a reabsorption of the bone substitute loaded with the antibiotics (expected). Pin sites were dry, patient was generally well with no signs of infection. There was no biological activity present at the level of the defect.
Ap radiograph of the femur, where we moved the fragment around 2 cm into distal direction. We can already see good regeneration at the level of the corticotomy (yellow arrow).
Lateral radiograph of the femur where we moved the fragment around 2 cm into distal direction. We can already see good regenerate at the level of the corticotomy (yellow arrow).
On 18 August 2015, there were no changes in the patient's condition. He continued with bone transport as planned. X-rays showed a significant improvement in the callus (yellow arrow) but also an impressive new bone formation, at the level of the defect (blue arrow). This was certainly not seen on the X-ray above, which was taken 6 weeks before.
Ap radiograph of the femur with excellent regeneration at the level of corticotomy (yellow arrow) and a surprisingly abundant biological formation at the level of the defect (blue arrow).
Radiograph of the femur with excellent regeneration at the level of corticotomy (yellow arrow) and a surprisingly abundant biological formation at the level of the defect (blue arrow).
No major pin site problems. I certainly expected significant complications, at least related to the pin sites. But not. Lucky. Regular dressing did the job.
Patient still on suppression antibiotics. Range of movement in the knee is maintained - at least 90 deg of flexion, which is surprise for me.
Latest X-rays are below. Excellent regenerate (yellow arrow) with further deflection of the fragment but also additional bone formation in the medial side (blue arrow) in the docking site. Cannot really explain it.
AP radiograph after distraction osteogenesis of the femur showing good regenerate and callus formation in the docking site.
AP radiograph after distraction osteogenesis of the femur showing good regenerate and callus formation in the docking site. Femoral artery is being pushed away by the callus. When the fragment will be compressed in the docking site, pressure on the femoral artery will be even lower.
We took patient to the theatre today and locked the fragment and removed the ex-fix. It was significantly more force required to move the fragment than I anticipated. Probably because of the healing docking point on the medial side as usually not that much force is required (bent screws on the X-rays). Everything else went according to the plan.
I hope that the images are self-explanatory. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me over the email.
Follow up two weeks post removal of Ex-fix and docking of the transported fragment. All wounds healed, no sign of infection. Patient is well in himself. X-rays are self-explanatory. Very surprising extensive callus formation on the medial side of the docking site as described previously.
Looking at the X-ray below you can understand my disappointment. But patient's discomfort as well. Not even 6 weeks post removal of the Ex-Fix plate bent and broke. In my opinion there are some serious flaws in the design of the plates. We are certainly not using them any more for the similar tasks.
Patient was taken to the theatre for re-fixation. I was reluctant to remove the broken plate on the distal femur. Finally we came to the plan to remove only the proximal part of the broken plate and than span the distraction site with a new plate where holes will match with the existing plate. We were lucky and manage to get bot plates perfectly overlapping allowing us to get 4 bi-cortical locking screws into the mid-fragment. Procedure was done percutaneously. Blood supply to the area was extremely good (probably result of the corticotomy).
As you can see above we accepted some shortening (around 1 cm) and will not try to restore the length due to the possible further complication. At the moment will heal the femur and than replace the knee as soon as it will be safe to do so.
Patient will continue with weight bearing as tolerated and exercises to keep his left knee and left hip mobile. Further follow up will be organised in 4 weeks.
X-rays bellow are more then self explanatory. Frustration does't end.
CT scan did not confirm the union of the docking site. Broken plates were removed and will be analysed further for the reason of failure. Personally I believe that the working length of the plate was sufficient and that the failure cannot be attributed to the technical error.
Plate was exchanged for AxSOS 3 Stryker distal femoral plate. Shortening of the leg was accepted, as well as the lack of the healing in the docking site.
AP and lateral view of the left femur post third revision of the broken metalwork. Regenerate is consolidating well unfortunately we lost significantly amount of the previously restored length.
Finally improvement. So pleased. Patient walked into examination room with one crutch but can also walk unaided on shorter distances. No significant pain from his left knee. All wounds healed. No sign of infection.
X-rays below confirm further consolidation of regenerate but also quite surprisingly new bone formation at the level of the non-union. I certainly did not expect much happening at the non-union level. Hopefully I was wrong.
Left leg is shorter 4-6cm. The shortening is compensated by shoe raise.
Further callus formation at the level of the non-union becomes clear if you compare last X-rays from today and previous entry.
Patient walks with one crutch outdoors and no support indoors. All wound healed no sign of infection. No major pain. Interestingly, knee pain is not causing any major issue.
X-rays below show full consolidation of the corticotomy site but also further healing in the docking site.
All going well. Patient happy with the progress. Pain, if any, well under control. Does not want to discuss a total knee replacement.
X-rays suggest further consolidation of the fracture/docking site, despite all the problems in the past. No loose screws in the distal femur.
Some swelling at the level of the proximal femur few days ago after a few miles walk. Subsided gradually in two days. Very likely the plate is causing an irritation to the trochanteric bursa. Otherwise no major changes in pain or mobility.
X-rays are unchanged with very likely further healing at the "docking" site.
At the moment we decided not to do anything as the level of activities is relatively high and level of problems relatively low. We might shorten the plate should it continue to irritate.
No changes since the last appointment. Patient still active, walking and exercising a lot.
X-rays don't show any further signs of instability. If anything, further consolidation of the medial bone growth.
Hi Matija. Fantastic cases your presenting. Thank you for sharing them. I had quite a lot of experience with Masquelet at The Alfred in Melbourne. Why do you think the Masquelet failed. Was there an issue with his biological age and peripheral blood supply? I noticed he has a lot of calcification in his arteries. Would you do the same again or go straight to bone transport again if you were presented with a patient with similar biology? Once again, many thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your comment. We realised that it is the length of the defect that is important and of course the volume of bone graft we can get. At the moment we are limiting Masquelet second stage to no more than 1-1.5X diameter of the shaft for the length of a defect.
We also have some infections after second stage of Masquelet and not before second stage.
So far all long femoral defect (more than 8-10 cm) have failed as a second stage Masquelet and needed or will need bone transport.
In this particular case I would not go for second stage Masquelet again and would start with bone transport at the time of removal of bone spacer.
Vessels are really calcified but so far it is going better than anticipated and with significantly less problems (pin site infection, loosening of proximal pins, rail touching the skin, detour of the fragment, no regenerate,...).
I would really value your experiences and suggestions.


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Project Øyfjellet delayed - new estimated completion in the first quarter of 2022
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3 December 2021, 3:15 pm ·1-min read
Hässleholm, Sweden, December 3rd, 2021
In the interim report for the third quarter, released on November 18, 2021, Eolus communicated a risk of delay in the completion of the 400 MW Norwegian wind project Øyfjellet. Based on updated information of the construction progress, Eolus now estimates that the wind farm will be completed during the first quarter of 2022.
As of today, December 3, 2021, construction of all 72 turbines have been completed. First electricity production has been achieved by 34 turbines.
The main reasons for the delay are challenging weather conditions which has effected the progress of the installations and Covid-19 related issues which has restricted both travel possibilities for personnel and led to delays in delivery of components. The delay is expected to have a negative impact on Eolus' profit margin for the construction of the project.
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About Eolus:
Eolus Vind AB is one of the leading wind power developers in the Nordics. Eolus is active in the whole value chain from development of green field projects to construction and operation of wind farms. Eolus offers attractive and competitive investments in the Nordic and Baltic countries, Poland as well as the United States to both local and international investors. Founded in 1990, Eolus has constructed 666 wind turbines with a capacity of 1 414 MW. Eolus has signed contracts for about 1 330 MW of asset management services of which 921 MW are in operation and the rest under construction.
Eolus Vind AB has 36 500 shareholders. Eolus shares are listed at Nasdaq Stockholm.
For more information about Eolus, please visit www.eolusvind.com
211203 Press release Project Øyfjellet delayed - new estimated completion in the first quarter of 2022
Vintage Energy Ltd (VEN.AX) Share Purchase Plan Completed
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A mechanical spring component of C-type

#### Input Variables
* **alpha** - Low-pass filter cofficient [-]
* **k** - Spring constant [N/m]

### Theory
The spring force is modelled using Hooke's law:
<!---EQUATION F_2 = k(x_1 - x_2) --->

#### Hopsan TLM adaption
Delayed information is propagated from left to right side using wave variables:
<!---EQUATION \begin{cases}c'_1(t) = F_2(t-\Delta t) + Z_c v_2(t-\Delta t)\\c'_2(t) = F_1(t-\Delta t) + Z_c v_1(t-\Delta t)\end{cases} --->
The characteristic impedance of the volume is calculated using the spring constant, the time step and the low pass filter coefficient:
<!---EQUATION Z_c = \dfrac{k \Delta_t}{1-\alpha} --->
The pressure is then integrated using the TLM boundary equations:
<!---EQUATION \begin{cases}F_1(t) = c_1(t) + Z_c v_1(t)\\F_2(t) = c_2(t) + Z_c v_2(t)\end{cases} --->
Finally, the wave variables are low-pass filtered using the filter coefficient:
<!---EQUATION \begin{cases}c_1(t) = \alpha c_1(t-\Delta t) - (1-\alpha) c'_1(t)\\c_2(t) = \alpha c_2(t-\Delta t) - (1-\alpha) c'_2(t)\end{cases} --->

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Some of Our Business: Supreme Court Hearing Arguments on Significant Business Cases This Fall
Mary Massaron
As the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the second month of its 2010 term, business cases continued to comprise a significant portion of its docket. Two cases argued before the court in November present issues of interest to the corporate world.
As the court grapples with them, court watchers will be studying the impact on recent changes in court personnel. The two newest justices, Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, are widely viewed as likely to lean more toward the court's liberal wing on tort cases.
How this shakes out in business cases remains to be seen — and firm conclusions may have to wait until 2011 because of the large number of cases from which Justice Kagan has recused herself. She will not participate in approximately half of the cases to be decided this term, including Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S.A. and AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion.
Costco, which was argued on Nov. 8, presents the court with the question of whether a U.S. corporation that resells foreign manufactured goods obtained through a third-party importer may defend a copyright infringement suit on the grounds of the first sale doctrine.
The decision of the court is vitally important to the retail industry since commerce in imported goods continues to expand and copyright challenges threaten mass retailers who purchase goods for resale from wholesale importers and distributors. The decision will also be significant to businesses engaged in the automotive industry and many other sectors of the U.S. economy, including entities engaged in Internet commerce such as eBay Inc., Google Inc., and Amazon.com, Inc. It has implications for manufacturers who currently employ copyright law as a means of attempting to control unlawful distribution of copies of their products.
Costco Wholesale Corporation is a U.S. corporation that sells name brand goods in wholesale stores throughout the country. Omega SA, a Swiss watchmaker, sued Costco claiming it obtained and sold Omega watches in California without Omega's permission. Omega had sold the watches outside the U.S. but had not authorized their importation into the U.S. or the subsequent domestic resales. Costco raised the first sale doctrine, a defense to copyright suits grounded in language in Section 109(a) of Title 17, which codified the "first sale doctrine" initially adopted in Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus (1908).
Justice Kagan has recused herself because the U.S. filed a brief opposing the grant of certiorari in this case on the basis that the Ninth Circuit's decision reaffirmed well-settled law and did not create a conflict.
Relying on the leading copyright treatises, the U.S. argued that the first sale defense is unavailable to importers who acquire ownership of overseas goods that are unlawfully imported into the country. In addition, the U.S. asserted that the Ninth Circuit embraced the best reading of the statute in light of the court's decision in Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L'Anza Research Int'l, Inc. (1998).
Writing for a unanimous court, Justice Stevens in Quality King held that the first sale doctrine applied to goods that were first sold in the U.S., exported overseas, and then resold in the U.S. without permission.
There too, the U.S. had argued strenuously that the first sale doctrine did not apply to the protection of imported goods and that allowing unauthorized copies of goods to be sold within the U.S. would be inconsistent with treaties that the U.S. had negotiated. But the court rejected that position and concluded that the doctrine applied.
The players involved in the briefing this time largely mirror those involved in Quality King. And thus, the outcome may well be the same despite the obvious persuasive strength of the government's brief urging the court to overrule the Ninth Circuit's ruling. At oral argument, questions focused on the statutory text, and the extent to which the court could find support for the Ninth Circuit's position in the legislative history.
A second significant case heard by the Supreme Court this month is AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, a case that will decide whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts states from conditioning the enforceability of an arbitration agreement on the availability of class-wide arbitration. Although the case arises in the context of a challenge to a service contract for a wireless phone service, the decision will be significant for businesses generally.
The court will need to decide the extent to which state law can prevent enforcement of a contractual arbitration clause, which agrees to arbitration of disputes and waives any right to class-wide resolution. The Federal Arbitration Act makes arbitration agreements "valid, irrevocable, and enforceable save on such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract."
The California Supreme Court held that under California law, a class waiver is considered unenforceable because it is unconscionable if the provision is in a consumer contract of adhesion where damages are likely to involve small amounts and it is claimed that the party with the superior bargaining strength included the provision to deprive consumers of recovery to which they are entitled.
The decision will be significant to businesses with such provisions in their contracts.
AT&T Mobility LLC contended that the Ninth Circuit ruling, which makes such class waivers unenforceable, will mean the end to consumer arbitration. Last term, in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds Int'l Corp. the court ruled that a "party may not be compelled under the FAA to submit to class arbitration unless there is a contractual basis for concluding that the party agreed to do so."
Justice Alito wrote the majority opinion with 4 justices concurring, Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas. Justice Ginsburg wrote a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens and Breyer joined. A number of the briefs filed on behalf of AT&T and its amici have argued that the principles adopted in Stolt-Nielsen support a reversal of the Ninth Circuit in this appeal.
Justice Kagan was not on the court when Stolt-Nielsen was decided, and Justice Sotomayor recused herself from that case. Both of these justices will participate in the decision of this case. Where they come down is likely to illuminate their perspectives on important questions involving preemption, federalism, and class actions.
Last term, Justice Sotomayor crossed ideological lines to side with Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices Scalia and Thomas, on the question of whether states can limit the right to file a class action lawsuit in federal court in diversity cases. Shady Grove Orthopedics Associates P.A. v. Allstate Insurance Co. (2009).
Since Shady Grove also implicated the states' rights to limit or favor class action litigation for the resolution of disputes arising under state law, Shady Grove may offer some insight into the approach some members of the court may take.
Concerns about the problems created by class litigation have prompted the inclusion of class waiver provisions in many consumer contracts that call for arbitration.
Arbitrations are particularly dangerous for class-wide decisions because they do not offer the protections that litigation through the courts provides. For example, arbitrations do not offer the same wide-ranging discovery, the process tends to be expedited, no formal transcript or record is typically prepared, and no right to appellate review is ordinarily available.
Given the potential for class-wide arbitrations to result in large aggregate recoveries, businesses are understandably concerned about the Ninth Circuit's decision and its impact on the availability and usefulness of this dispute resolution technique. But proponents of arbitration argue that the Ninth Circuit's decision has the potential to eviscerate the benefits of arbitration by permitting a state to oppose any procedure proposed for arbitration that is not the same as that used in litigation.
Questions during oral argument focused extensively on the federalism concerns raised by the case and whether overturning the state law rule of decision would require the Supreme Court to second-guess the states on matters of state law.
Mary Massaron is first vice president of DRI — The Voice of the Defense Bar. She is head of the appellate practice group at Plunkett Cooney, is a fellow in the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and has handled hundreds of appeals in state and federal courts around the country.
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(CITY OF GUELPH) At approximately 1:25am on Tuesday February 26th 2019, a break and enter occurred at a business located on Cork Street in Guelph. The suspects are described as two Caucasian males. The first male was wearing glasses, a bandana, a dark coloured shirt and a light coloured jacket. The second male was wearing a hat, a dark jacket, and dark pants. He was also carrying a backpack.


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Nicholas Staikos (born 4 July 1986) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the Legislative Assembly seat of Bentleigh.

Career
In 2005, Staikos was elected to Glen Eira Council. At 19, he was the youngest person ever elected to that council. He was re-elected in 2008, but resigned in 2009 following the passage of legislation that banned people employed by members of Parliament from serving in local government. Following his resignation, he was appointed an honorary life member of the East Bentleigh Senior Citizens Club in recognition of his service. He was also appointed President of Godfrey Street Community House.

Staikos has worked for a number of MPs in state and federal parliaments, including Simon Crean, Clare O'Neil, Judith Graley and Ann Barker.

He was elected to the Victorian Parliament in 2014 in the seat of Bentleigh by a margin of just 0.8 per cent. During Staikos' first term, the electorate underwent significant changes, including the removal of three level crossings, major upgrades to schools and the return of St Kilda Football Club to Moorabbin. He was easily re-elected in 2018, achieving a swing of more than 11 per cent. Following this election, Staikos was appointed Secretary of the State Parliamentary Labor Party and Deputy Government Whip. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer in 2020 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier in 2022.

Staikos graduated from Monash University in 2009 with a BA (Hons).

Staikos is of Greek descent.

Originally a member of Labor Right, Staikos defected to Labor Left along with six of his colleagues shortly after the 2022 Victorian state election; the defections of his colleagues and himself meant that Labor Left constituted a majority of the state Labor caucus.

References

External links

 Parliamentary voting record of Nick Staikos at Victorian Parliament Tracker

1986 births
Living people
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Monash University alumni
Australian people of Greek descent
21st-century Australian politicians
Labor Left politicians
People from Bentleigh, Victoria
Politicians from Melbourne

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When we said "fly", they asked "how high"? It's community partners like iFLY that continue to elevate the world of education through their generosity. iFLY, the world's largest indoor skydiving operator, is proud to announce their partnership with Baltimore County Public Schools by awarding $10,000 over the next two years to The Education Foundation of…
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Mission Moment: Taking a journey via the BCPS Learning Walk of Knowledge
This year, the inaugural Learning Walk of Knowledge will make its debut at the State of the Schools 2018 on March 28. What is a Learning Walk of Knowledge, you may ask? It is a place where you can meet student directors, engineers, composers, carpenters, designers, robotic technicians, musicians, scientists, homeland security planners, environmental stewards, manufacturers,…
Mission Moment: Formation of advisory council will assist foundation programs
The Education of Baltimore County Public Schools has grown in more ways than one by establishing a new Advisory Council. The purpose of the council is to offer the foundation advice to effectively navigate and provide prospective on topics pertaining to future endeavors. Our first meeting was held Feb. 9 in Towson. The conversation carried…
Mission Moment: Student projects to be featured at State of the Schools 2018
Did you know that in the United States, primary school children spend an average of 1,096 hours in the classroom per year? High School students spend an average of between 1,232 and 1,051 hours per year in the classroom.* Every moment is an opportunity to expand a child's horizons and elevate their learning experiences. This…
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PERRY HALL — During a visit to Perry Hall Elementary, a Grade 5 student asked Dennis Tunstall about his personal goals. He paused to consider the question. "Well, I want to stay on the Dean's list," Tunstall said, "and we want to win a conference championship." Tunstall is a junior forward on the Towson University…
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Dr. Rosemary Dziak is a professor in Department of Oral Biology at SUNY at Buffalo. Dr. Rosemary Dziak has completed her PhD in Radiation Biology from University of Rochester in 1973 and Postdoctoral Fellow in Pharmacology from Northwestern U Medical School (1975). She is Co-Director in Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender, University at Buffalo from 2005 to present. She was professional member of International Association for Dental Research in 1989.


Space Horror I: Prey for Your Enemies (Jerry; 01-Oct-2005; MS-Windows/HTML).
Beta-testing by Jeremy, Kristen, Kristy, Olaf, Katzy, James, Leslie, Tyler and Mic.
IF Comp 2005: 25th place of 36 games.
Download space.exe from the IF Archive - Windows installer of the HTML pages (including the game, hints and a walkthrough).
Space Horror I: Prey for Your Enemies (A_Gamebook_Fan; 03-Oct-2012; HTML).
Space Horror I (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
Space Horror I - at IFDB.
Space Horror I - at IF Ratings.
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Montgomery City is an unincorporated community in Mono County, California. It is located  east-northeast of Benton, at an elevation of 6450 feet (1966 m).

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High on the top of a munro looking down at snow dusted Loch Torridon at sunset, up there you feel it is your own personal mountain kingdom. I was fortunate to be camping near the summit and with fair weather predicted for the morning I was convinced sunrise would be breathtaking. My suspicions were justified.


The AttractiveCritter problem from the 2011 AP Computer Science Exam is typical of free response problems that test GridWorld: The AP Computer Science Case Study. The problem requires you to extend the Critter class, determine which methods to override, and implement the entire subclass.
Review the AttractiveCritter free response problem with AP CS Tutor Brandon Horn.
I thought that the for loop iterator couldn't do simultaneous things like adding and removing?? Wasn't it just like an overseer??
In a foreach loop, it is not possible to change the structure (add to or remove from) of the list over which you are iterating. The foreach loop in the solution to getActors() adds to a different list, which is fine.


Today I finished setting up a PXE server at home and decided to add System Rescue CD to the available boot options. However I found that it wouldn't fetch the sysrcd.dat file over ftp and would only allow http, tftp, nfs, and nbd as options go get the file. I managed to resolve this myself by modifying the initrd's init script cater for netboot, ftpboot, bootftp options.
I just thought it was worth mentioning as it is a simple feature to implement; netboot over http utilizes wget to fetch the file which natively supports the ftp protocol anyway so was able to just point ftp to the same function; and modify it so it accepts ftp urls as well.
If required I could attach a diff of the modification that I made.


26 October, 2016 - Webyog has released SQLyog 12.3.0 which introduces a new major feature – GUI transaction support – as well as some minor features and bug fixes. Below are the changes as compared to MySQL GUI 12.2.6.
GUI transactions support. This new feature is available in Enterprise and Ultimate editions. Also please see note below.
Added a tooltip on column headers in Data tab informing about column name, column type and length. In Result tab the tooltip will display column name only, as the result returned by MySQL does not have information of storage type details.
Added GUI support for index-level comments in CREATE/ALTER TABLE.
Fixed an issue where GUI could 'hang' when executing queries with very large subqueries.
Fixed an issue with the confirmation prompt in User Manager. It could appear when it should not and vice versa.
Fixed a color rendering bug in Connection Manager.
Multiple empty lines were made one when creating/altering a stored program.
Duplicate table was not copying Virtual Columns of the table.
Fixed a crash when reverting changes made to a newly defined table. Only HTTP-tunnel was affected.
Fixed a crash occurring sometimes when selecting a table and inserting a DELETE statement into the editor from table menu .. Paste SQL Statement.
Row-count for a table in INFO tab displayed as a number of "K", "M" or "G" rows using base-2 number system. Using this number system makes no sense in this context.
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The Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit initiated the Sublette Mule Deer Study in 1998 as a collaborative effort with industry, agencies, and private organizations. The study was intended to identify movement patterns and population characteristics of the Sublette mule deer herd in western Wyoming, prior to large-scale gas development anticipated in the Pinedale Anticline Project Area (PAPA). The BLM approved development of 700 producing well pads in 2000 and an additional 4,000 wells will likely be approved in 2008. Because the PAPA provides important winter range to a large segment of the 28,000 mule deer in the Sublette herd unit, there were concerns about the potential effects gas development may have on the deer population and their winter range.
Today, the Sublette Mule Deer Study represents the only long-term study in the lower 48 states with pre-development and development-phase data collected on distribution patterns, survival, and abundance. Results from this study have been used to implement a range of land-use decisions aimed at improving mule deer management in the face of energy development, including modification of hunting seasons, construction of wildlife-friendly fences, and decreasing traffic in the PAPA through the installation of liquid gathering systems. However, as gas field development in the region evolves and expands, it has become increasingly important to identify where migration routes of deer occur, particularly in areas adjacent to the PAPA. Mule deer that winter in the PAPA migrate 40-100 miles every year to summer in portions of 4 different mountain ranges, including the Gros Ventre Range, Wyoming Range, Snake River Range, and Salt Range. Thus, the potential effects of gas development are not limited to the winter range, rather land-use decisions made in the PAPA may affect deer populations 100 miles away. The goal of this project is to identify priority migration routes and critical stop-over areas used by mule deer on the PAPA, such that agencies and industry have the best available information to ensure continued migration of mule deer to and from the PAPA.
Sawyer, Hall, Habitat use and migration ecology of mule deer in developing gas fields of western Wyoming, Ph.D., Department of Zoology and Physiology, April 2010.


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Who Cares National Tour
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A play about young people which began life in Salford two and a half years ago and was performed in the House of Lords, is set for a second UK tour.
Who Cares is concerned with the all too common issue of young people who juggle school work with caring duties.
The NHS website defines a Young Carer as someone under 18 who looks after a relative with a disability, illness, mental health condition, or drug or alcohol problem.
Who Cares was was written by Matt Woodhead - Artistic Director of LUNG Theatre company. However, it is not simply a work of creative imagination.
The Lowry & Lung presents Who Cares by Matt Woodhead
LUNG - one of The Lowry's Associate Artist companies - specialise in verbatim theatre. Who Cares is based on a year of interviews with a group of young carers in Salford. They also talked to teachers, the parents of young carers and politicians, including Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South.
The House of Lords performance in 2017 was the culmination of a 27-venue national tour.
In December 2017 Rebecca Long-Bailey MP tweeted: "Absolutely knocked sideways by performance by @YACSalfordCarer @The_Lowry @LungTheatre at the House of Lords today for #WhoCaresTour @_Lisa_Stone what a strong and inspiring group of young people doing Salford proud."
Rebecca Long-Bailey is Member of Parliament for Salford & Eccles and Shadow Secretary of State for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy.
Rebecca Long-Bailey MP. Photo: Chris McAndrew [CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)
Barbara Keeley MP tweeted: "So proud of young Carers from @YACSalfordCarer at the House of Lords for #WhoCaresTour final performance. Well done & thanks to The_Lowry and LungTheatre."
Previously, in a House of Commons debate, she had also praised "the excellent Salford Carers Centre, and an amazing group of young carers are supported by the young carers project." (Hansard, 9 June 2016).
In 2018, 22 per cent of the children who completed a questionnaire recorded that they provided some care for a family member with an illness or disability. The research was carried out by BBC News and Nottingham University.
The questionnaire was completed by 925 children across England from two year groups: 11 to 12-year-olds and 14 to 15-year-olds.
If the survey was extrapolated across England it would correspond to more than 800,000 secondary-school age children carrying out some level of care.
In 2017, the Carers Trust reported that 53 per cent of the young adult carers they surveyed were having problems coping with school work and nearly 60 per cent said they were struggling to meet deadlines. A third said they had to skip school most weeks.
LUNG theatre company was founded in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in 2012. Its past productions include Chilcot by Richard Norton-Taylor and Matt Woodhead. It was another piece of verbatim drama - this time based on the public inquiry, published in 2016, into the Iraq War (2003 - 2011).
ww.iraqinquiry.org.uk/ Public Domain,https://commons.wikimedia.org/
Trojan Horse was sourced from another official inquiry. This time into alleged Islamist takeover of a number of inner city schools in Birmingham.
Helen Monks - who co-wrote Trojan Horse with Matt Woodhead - is the Creative Director, of LUNG. She has combined writing with TV appearances including Upstart Crow (BBC2) and Raised by Wolves (Channel 4).
You can see Who Cares at the following venues:
Folkestone Quarterhouse, Kent on 4th June
Action Transport Theatre, Ellesmere Port, Merseyside on 11th June,
Rosehill Theatre, Cumbria on 18th June,
CAST Doncaster, South Yorkshire on 25th June,
Arts Depot, London on 2nd July
Battersea Arts Centre, London on 8th July.
Who Cares was made in partnership with Greater Manchester Charity, Gaddum and its Salford Carers Service and is funded by Arts Council England and the Oglesby Charitable Trust.
In June 2018 the Government published its Carers Action Plan: 2018-2020. Section three of the Action Plan looks specifically at young carers.
More information at National Learning and Work Institute, Young Adult Carers.
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Why? Drama based on real-life testimonies about juggling school work with care work
When: 4th June - 8th July 2019
Website: lungtheatre.co.uk/who-cares
Where: Folkestone Quarterhouse, Action Transport Theatre Ellesmere Port, Rosehill Theatre Cumbria, CAST Doncaster, Arts Depot, London, Battersea Arts Centre
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FORMER CHURCH VOLUNTEER PLEADS GUILTY
TO CHILD PORN CHARGES
Global Calgary – October 31, 2011
A former church volunteer has pled guilty to sexual assault and making child pornography.
Monday morning, Roderick Kyle Janssen pled guilty to 18 of the 30 charges.
Janssen, 35, was arrested in April in connection to an undercover investigation led by FBI in Philadelphia. He was charged with possessing, accessing, making and distributing child pornography.
Following a forensic examination of his computers, he was also charged with sexual assault and sexual interference; police found images that showed Janssen sexually assaulting several children.
Janssen has admitted to abusing 10 young boys and collecting and distributing over 70,000 images and videos of sexual abuse of children over a period of at least six years.
Janssen met most of the children through the churches he volunteered at. Janssen was a volunteer at First Assembly Church in Calgary and a student at Ambrose Christian University.
Janssen told police "I know what I did was wrong, as much as I'd like to change, I can't help it, I can't stop it."
The crown is considering pursuing long-term or dangerous offender application against Janssen.


Woha! The new battery pack makes this BugE perform much better! I decided my performance test would be at night. I drove in a mix of conditions with stop-and-go traffic along with hills. Total mileage was just over 10miles. I tried to keep speeds at least 30mph and go 40mph where I could. Passing cars was fun and I could even do so going up hills! At the end of the test, I decided to do a speed test on flat straight road. For the speed test, I sustained a speed of 50mph over 2 miles! At the end of the journey, pack still showed 60% of capacity left.
I decided to keep the retro analog meter to see how acceleration affected the pack. I noticed that the pack was either in white (full) or upper green at all times even during acceleration. I was worried that the 12V accessory battery would be depleted but it apparently has enough capacity to keep the lights relatively bright. Although I didn't have a digital meter, I did observe that headlight brightness seemed to be unchanged through the journey. The lithium pack also seems to have other benefits too. For example, braking and acceleration seem to both be better. Also, the BugE seems to deal with bumps better too.
The drive was not problem free. The BMS electronics have problems. For example, the LED readout has two LEDs that have already failed. Fortunately, I have the larger readout I can use instead. Also, the wiring seems to be of all the wrong lengths. I'm guessing this is because in it's original installation, the LIN HUB and all instrumentation was probably installed in the dashboard rather than in the battery compartment.
Still to do. The BMS system works but shows an error when the battery charger isn't present. So, next step is to mount the battery charger in the cargo area.


Early victims include the Interfax news agency and Ukraine's Ministry of Infrastructure.
The United State Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is warning of a new ransomware campaign called Bad Rabbit, which appears to be a variant of the Petya ransomware that was first detected in early 2016.
"US-CERT discourages individuals and organizations from paying the ransom, as this does not guarantee that access will be restored," US-CERT stated in an alert. "Using unpatched and unsupported software may increase the risk of proliferation of cyber security threats, such as ransomware."
The leading targets appear to be in Ukraine and Russia -- CNN reports that victims include the Russian media groups Interfax and Fontanka, the Kiev Metro, Odessa International Airport and Ukraine's Ministry of Infrastructure. Interfax confirmed on Twitter that it was impacted by the attacks.
Still, other countries are being hit as well -- according to ESET, while Russia accounts for 65 percent of infections and Ukraine accounts for 12.2 percent, Bulgaria accounts for 10.2 percent of infections, Turkey for 6.4 percent, and Japan for 3.8 percent.
A recent Avast blog post includes a global map of Bad Rabbit infections.
Sophos researchers report that Bad Rabbit is being distributed via compromised media websites displaying fake Adobe Flash install prompts.
"Once it infects a computer, the ransomware attempts to move laterally using a list of hardcoded credentials, featuring predictable user names such as root, guest and administrator, and passwords straight out of a worst passwords list," Sophos' Bill Brenner wrote. "Another reminder, if one were needed, that all of your passwords need to be strong, even the ones you use behind the safety of a corporate firewall."
STEALTHbits Technologies vice president of product strategy Gabriel Gumbs told eSecurity Planet by email that unlike most ransomware, Bad Rabbit also uses the open source tool Mimikatz to harvest credentials.
"This could simply be to widen its reach internally for the purpose of further encrypting the files of users with elevated privileges, it may be used to hide inside compromised networks, or the ransom itself could be a decoy from the attack's real purpose," Gumbs said. "What we can definitively say today is the only reason you would package Mimikatz with ransomware is for the purpose of further exploiting internal networks -- not simply to ransom files."
It's not clear at this point whether Bad Rabbit is actually functioning ransomware or, like the recent NotPetya attacks, it's simply a wiper posing as ransomware.
Regardless, VASCO Data Security CISO Christian Vezina said, it's important to keep in mind that Bad Rabbit uses social engineering tactics to spread. "By teaching your users not to simply click on any link that is presented to them, you may be able to limit your exposure," he said.
David Zahn, general manager of the cybersecurity business unit at PAS, said Bad Rabbit presents a particularly serious threat to critical infrastructure. "The engineers who manage the industrial control systems that are at the heart of critical infrastructure -- namely power generation, oil and gas, and more -- are chiefly concerned with maintaining reliability and process safety," he said. "Ransomware presents a particular risk to both as encrypted systems in a facility can mean loss of view into volatile processes or production disruptions."
Forty-six percent of enterprises experienced a ransomware attack in the past 12 months, according to a recent survey of 300 IT professionals by Cylance and the Enterprise Strategy Group.
In 56 percent of cases, more than five percent of the company's endpoints were impacted.
"Nearly a quarter of research participants whose organizations have been recent ransomware victims stated that they experienced a recurrence of the same ransomware on the same endpoints, and 38 percent experienced the same ransomware but on different endpoints," the report states.
Still, just 12 percent of respondents said they paid the ransom.
One quarter of respondents said ransomware is the most frequent threat type they've faced over the past two years, and 23 percent said it's the most difficult to detect.
Thirty-eight percent said ransomware poses the greatest risk to their organization's endpoints.
"Damages from ransomware extend far beyond loss of the data itself, and in extreme cases such as health care providers, ransomware can delay or even prevent providing patient care," the report states.