This excellent manual details the orthodontic solutions possible through the use of the STb light lingual system and its innovative variable-friction lingual bracket. Taking into consideration the recent developments within the industry and in laboratory procedure, the authors detail the latest improvements in the system, such as improved patient comfort, increased predictability of results, shortened treatment times, and decreased laboratory work. Furthermore the biomechanical benefits of the STb system are explained in full, including comprehensive chapters on extractive and nonextractive mechanics, absolute anchorage control, low frictional force, and the lingual straight-wire method. Multiple case presentations highlight the obvious esthetic advantage of using invisible orthodontic therapy, and a separate chapter outlines the keys to successfully managing the esthetically minded patient. An essential tool for all clinicians interested in lingual orthodontics.


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Steve Cunningham -- a Champion in Exile
Over the last century, there has been a long tradition of Americans leaving for Europe to earn a better livelihood. American blues and jazz greats often found more supportive audiences for their music across the Atlantic. During the Red Scare in the '50s, many screenwriters and directors were blackballed from Hollywood and found work on the Continent. Since World War II, Europe has been rife with American engineers, financial professionals, industrialists, speculators and educators. In sports, U.S. athletes have plied their trades in Europe for generations, including top soccer talent and second-tier basketball players.
In modern boxing, elite-level cruiserweights go to Germany for their most lucrative opportunities. In the recent history of the division, two promoters have dominated: Don King from America and Sauerland Event from Germany. As King's influence has waned in the sport, the balance of power in the division has shifted to Sauerland, whereby fighters from all over the world come to Germany for their best financial prospects. Just in the last five years, title fights have been waged in Germany featuring American, Canadian, Panamanian, Cuban, Russian, English, Israeli, Argentine and, of course, German boxers.
Steve Cunningham is no stranger to Germany. Later this year, Cunningham, a two-time cruiserweight champion from America, will make his fourth ring appearance in Germany, facing Cuban defector Yoan Pablo Hernandez. For Cunningham, Germany has become his de facto home base for prizefighting; he is even promoted by Sauerland, after boxing previously for King.
Cunningham's life story is unique among modern American fighters. Originally from Philadelphia, he enlisted in the navy after high school. Stationed in Virginia, he learned to box while in the service. After his enlistment ended, he competed in amateur tournaments, eventually winning the National Golden Gloves in 1998 at 178 lbs. As a professional, he didn't launch his career in the boxing hotbeds of Philadelphia or New York, but he trolled around the lightly-regarded southeastern United States circuit, fighting in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
Taking the nickname "USS," which references his time in the navy aboard the USS Enterprise, Cunningham's career has been as itinerant as a sailor, docking in ports like South Africa, Poland and Germany for some of his biggest fights. He has fought only once in his hometown, and that was in 2003.
In fact, only one of Cunningham's fights has even been televised live in America – his 2008 battle with Tomasz Adamek, which appeared on Versus, a second-tier sports network with a limited boxing pedigree. The fight was a tremendous showcase for Cunningham's tenacity and technical acumen. Even though Cunningham lost a split decision, many thought he won the fight, despite suffering three knockdowns. After the strong showing against Adamek, Cunningham expected additional domestic opportunities (especially a rematch with Adamek), yet no major fights materialized.
From 2007 to early 2010, which were his last three years under Don King, Cunningham fought only four times. During this period, King was promoting fewer cards and he was unable to persuade the best European cruiserweights to fight in America. Sadly, Cunningham was spending much of his prime away from the ring.
For most American boxers, the prospect of fighting for a German-based promoter would run counter to their hopes and dreams. Fighters want to become stars in the U.S. They dream of appearing on HBO. They want to be recognized when they walk through the streets. But already 34, Cunningham had more basic needs. He wanted to regain his title, stay active and make some decent paydays before retiring. His subsequent promotional contract with Sauerland made perfect sense for where he was in his career.
As Cunningham's promotional fortunes turned, he made a key change in his boxing regimen. He hooked up with Naazim Richardson, a fellow Philadelphian and one of the world's most well-regarded trainers. (Richardson also trains Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley). Together they have had a promising start to their union, with Cunningham beating Troy Ross, a tough Canadian fighter, to reclaim the cruiserweight title and Enad Licina, a mandatory challenger from Germany.
Should he defeat Hernandez in October, Cunningham could find himself with several attractive options. A rematch and title unification fight against German Marco Huck, whom he beat in 2007, would be the biggest fight in the division. Additionally, lucrative bouts could materialize against the rugged Denis Lebedev of Russia, or even Antonio Tarver, if he remains at cruiserweight.
For Cunningham, being a two-time cruiserweight champion has not yielded untold riches or mass appeal. He has fought most of his major bouts in far-flung outposts in relative anonymity. However, he has made a living and beat the odds to become a champion. Throughout his career, Cunningham has delivered memorable performances and never turned in an effort any less than professional. He will retire with his name etched in the boxing record books and a reputation beyond reproach.
One gets the feeling that there will be a fruitful second act of Cunningham's career after boxing. In the Philadelphia fight community, he is a popular figure. He is very generous with the media and a great interview. A devout Christian, Cunningham has pursued varied interests outside the ring. He owns a pizzeria in West Philadelphia. He has done some male modeling and he is currently designing a boxing-related comic book. Should he remain in the sport, he would be a natural as a commentator. Yet Cunningham, with his rich life experiences and multitude of interests, could proceed in several directions. Acting? Drawing? Preaching? Community Organizing? None of these options would be surprising. Hopefully, his second career will be closer to home.
Posted by Adam Abramowitz at September 07, 2011
September 2011 Rankings Movement
Pacquiao and Marquez: Rivals...and Partners
Katsidis' Two Jobs: Gatekeeper, Brit Slayer
Notes from the Mayweather-Ortiz Card
Mayweather-Ortiz Five Scenarios
Mayweather-Ortiz: Keys to the Fight
Notes from Klitschko-Adamek, Gamboa-Ponce de Leon
The Failures of the Super Six
Notes from Berto-Zaveck
Legacy Building for Ricky Burns

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The Stainless steel basin BK_X + Y is manufactured according to customer dimensions. We can produce any size according to customer requirements. A tub contains a brace profile and an integrated dirt catcher basket. The odor trap is removable. The product can be made of stainless steel (1.4301 V2A) or acid-resistant stainless steel (1.4571 V4A). The cover is selectable. We offer 3 types of covers: plate cover, plain ladder grating, slip resistant mesh grating.
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If you've always felt like a UFO; chances are pretty big high that you actually are one too. Perhaps that's why it's not that surprising that Marty is convinced he's from Mars. In fact, he's always believed he was from Mars, even if nothing but his own conviction suggests it. Maybe that's why Marty isn't that surpised when he comes home from work one day just to find a dead Russian mobster at his kitchen table, and with 7 million euros in his bank account? Maybe it's just something that happens to people from Mars?
On Earth, there is only one place where Marty can find the answers to his questions; who am I, where am I from, and what's a dead russian mobster doing sitting dead at my kitchen table? That place is Area 51, the mysterious American military base in Nevada. With seven million and a new identity as a murderer Marty sets out on a journey that will hopefully bring him home, home to Mars.
Follow his quest for answers – from a scooter chase through the Nevada desert via a luxury hotel in Las Vegas and an unexpected acquaintance with Lady Gaga; on a helicopter flight with whiskey as fuel to the Pacific – to a space conference in St.Petersburg. On the way he learns that he too belongs somewhere – maybe not directly on the ground, but somewhere.
Pure joy narrated from the very first page. A story about being different, about the feeling of belonging.
But also a story about the courage it takes to rely on another person – and perhaps above all, a story about that all martians might be human after all.
Translation rights of his books have been sold to U.S, Brazil, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Finland and Russia. His most famous books are Monster, Nextopia and Creativity (Un)limited – Thinking Inside the Box for Business Innovation.


In his presentation, Yost will walk through the what, how and why of benchtop/field-testing, which he has conducted on a variety of construction PSA tapes.
During this section, Fischer will discuss building codes and its influences on the usage of pressure sensitive tape.
Dave Nicastro (Speaker) CEO, Building Diagnostics Inc.
In his presentation, Nicastro will highlight some of the problems with manufacturing, including design and construction issues that can cause premature failures in tapes and flashings.
Jon Namba (Speaker) Namba Services Inc.
Jon will discuss the different types of flooring products that utilize PSA'S, subfloor preparation, ambient conditions, and rolling loads, as well as touch on other flooring related tape topics.
Erich Klein (Speaker) Kuraray America, Inc.
Evert Smit (Speaker) Head of Research and Development, Lohmann GmbH & Co., KG.
In this presentation, Smit lends a European perspective to the building and construction industry.
Marine mussels create an array of adhesive contacts (the byssus) to secure themselves to rocks, wood, metals and other mussels in the harsh conditions of the intertidal zone.
As the market leader in protective fabrics that supply the apparel market, Milliken & Co. has a variety of tools available to develop flame retardant (FR) technologies that may also provide value in the FR tape industry.
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I've had a few people ask for info and photos of my gear, so here you go. Just stating this upfront: I am not a collector. My instruments are tools, not toys, and I use everything I own. My policy is if an axe isn't earning it's keep, out it goes. Not that there aren't drool-worthy vintage pieces I'd love to have, but then I'd be afraid to take them on the road without an armed guard. I used to think it'd be cool to find, say, a pristine '59 Les Paul or Firebird that had been sitting under someone's bed for 60 years at a yard sale, but frankly I'd be far more excited to find an old made in Japan "lawsuit era" Burny or Tokai instead. And there's more great new gear on the market today than at any other time in modern history, including awesome affordable reproductions of classic (and not so classic/cheapo/bizarro) guitars that actually stay in tune and don't squeal like a stuck pig when you plug them in. I'm always on the lookout for new effects pedals, but as far as instruments I pretty much have everything I need right now (I can't believe I just said that). Any further purchases in the immediate future will be spares to take on tour, though that could change as needs arise. Meanwhile, enjoy poking through my herd! Just don't get them all sticky.


Etere showed its entire products range, presenting comprehensive workflows for TV broadcasters and media companies with a focus on a new Etere MERP: Media Enterprise Resource Planning. Etere announces the success of its new concept to manage the structure of all media/IT industry companies, with a total system able to grow up with the company. MERP concept is able to make the workflow 'smooth and intelligent'.
During the conference, a lot of interest has been focused on the talk given by Etere's Asia Pacific Sales Manager, Fabio Gattari. The speech delivered an overview of the changes that are currently affecting the broadcast industry and the entire workflow and the future landing of this process.
The presentation covered all possible ways to introduce in a TV station the concept of the E.R.P. but applied to multimedia, an approach that will permit to have a total software solution able to computerize the entire lifecycle of the media industry. Fabio Gattari has illustrated the scenarios on which to create an extended integration between the company production facilities (newsroom, production, post-production, playout, etc.) and its various administrative tools (scheduling, planning, CRM and business intelligence) with a multichannel/multiplatform for the delivery of media content.
All this is the MERP concept that Etere already applied on its software solutions.


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December 9, 2015 8:00 AM PT
Our favorites: Board and card games
Tear the kids 1 away from the video games and gather round the kitchen table for some honest-to-goodness real life gaming. Board games are a great way to get some family togetherness time, and always a good excuse to get some friends together. Here are a few of our favorites, if you're not sure where to start or what to get next.
Or, to be fair, parents. ↩
This is without a doubt the most successful game purchase we made in the last year. In King of Tokyo, every player represents a monster who is attacking the city and other monsters. When you're in Tokyo, you accumulate damage from all the other monsters—but you also accumulate victory points. Succeeding in this game is all about knowing when to step into Tokyo and when to step back out—as well as balancing your approach to hoarding resources versus just wailing on the opposition. Playing this game stresses my son out a bit, because he's always afraid to go into Tokyo, but he's also always up for a game. ($20)
Forbidden Desert
I'm a big fan of cooperative games, where the players work together against a ticking clock. Last year, Jason recommended Forbidden Island, but I think the successor to that game—Forbidden Desert—really takes things up a notch. You and your marooned team need to explore an ancient city and reconstruct a flying ship to escape the desert before it gets covered with sand…or you die of thirst. Many co-op games are tough to lose as long as you play smart, but Forbidden Desert is downright challenging—I've lost more times than I've won. ($25)—DM
Pandemic: The Cure
Speaking of cooperative games, Pandemic: The Cure is a new twist on an old favorite. Like its predecessor, The Cure is about fighting off an epidemic of diseases around the world, but instead of the previous version which relied on a map and cards, The Cure uses a dice-based mechanic. That makes it a little more portable and easier to set up, as well as streamlining the rules a bit. It's a lot of fun, and no less challenging than the original. ($50)—DM
One Hit Kill
I bought a couple of card games via Kickstarter campaigns this year. While Exploding Kittens broke a lot of records, it didn't capture my family's attention nearly as well as One Hit Kill. The game has aspects that are reminiscent of classic card games — right down to numbered and suited cards — but has a Ticket-to-Ride style goal system, a variety of possible gameplay strategies, and a whole bunch of funny and creepy character illustrations on the card. ($20 for 2-3 players, $35 for 4-6 players)
My friends and I have been playing 7 Wonders for several years, and even now, it's one of the few that we can drag out time and time again. What I enjoy most about the game is that it's competitive without being antagonistic: players compete by building up their own civilization, baesd around one of the titular seven of the ancient world, and compare scores at the end. It's also one of the few games I know that plays a large number of people—seven, of course—which makes it great for get-togethers. ($50)—DM
This is a classic card game that my family just discovered in the past year. What's fun about it is that some of the cards you play change the rules of the game. Things can escalate quickly, with complex limitations placed on what you can do on a turn—and then in a heartbeat, it can all be swept away and the game completely changes. Fluxx is challenging and funny. ($15)
If you're looking for a game that's easy to learn, fast to play, and super portable, Love Letters fits the bill. My girlfriend and I picked up a copy earlier this year and enjoyed the fact that you can play a full game in about 15 minutes. The game itself requires a little bit of deduction work, as you try to get your love letter smuggled to the princess while blocking your opponent's suits. And, if you don't enjoy courtly intrigue as a setting, there's always the Batman version. ($9)—DM
From Skybound, the company founded by Robert Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead and Invincible, comes this game that's more an excuse to argue and imagine than an actual game. In Superfight, you combine characters and attributes to create ridiculous superheroes or villains, and then argue about who would win in a fight. As the rules say, "Play until you're tired of playing." My son and a friend of his could play this endlessly. ($30)
Risk: Legacy
On the other end of the scale from the simplicity of Love Letters is the insanity of Risk: Legacy. Let's all admit it: Risk is not a very good game. But Risk: Legacy is not Risk. Though the broad strokes are there—a map of the world, a goal for domination—Risk: Legacy takes place in the future and features an evolving game board. Choices made in one game ripple into the next game, with cities being founded and destroyed, new factions entering the game, and old ones taking on new powers. It's about as close as you can get to a video game campaign in board game form. ($52)—DM
A simple card game about preventing explosions by playing the right cards. This one was recommended to me at the XOXO festival this year, and it's a lot of fun. It's a cooperative game, so everyone wins or loses as a group. And you hold your cards face out, so you're trying to deduce the contents of your own hand while you can see everyone else's, which is a nice trick. ($11)
But wait! There's more!
I you want more real-life game ideas, we mentioned a bunch more in last year's edition and all of them are still awesome, too.
[Get into the buying, er, holiday spirit by reading our gift guide!]


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This guide page introduces students to the process of submitting an application to the Committee for Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS), UC Berkeley's Institutional Review Board (IRB), including key information and associated content links to other areas of the CPHS website. The Office for Protection of Human Subjects (OPHS) is the administrative office that supports the Committee for Protection of Human Subjects. The OPHS staff team consists of friendly, knowledgeable professionals who are ready to assist you with human subjects research-related questions and concerns.
Part 1 focuses on when CPHS review is needed (not all projects constitute human subjects research as defined by the federal regulations).
Part 2 addresses pre-submission steps and planning.
Part 3 covers submitting an application to CPHS and the CPHS review cycle.
Part 4 provides post-approval tips for maintaining a CPHS-compliant protocol.
Start the process early! If your project needs CPHS review, you should submit your application at least eight weeks in advance of when you plan to begin the research. We receive a high volume of applications, and most need adjustments before they may be considered review-ready. Please plan accordingly.
Go to What Needs Review for general guidance and helpful examples of activities that may or may not trigger the requirement to submit an application for CPHS approval. In particular, note that while some Undergraduate-Initiated Research Activities (UIRA) involving human subjects may require approval by CPHS, many others do not. This is discussed in the CPHS guidance document Ethical Issues in Undergraduate Research Activities with Human Subjects.
If you are an undergraduate student planning to conduct a UIRA project, be sure to read the Ethical Issues document referred to in #1 above as well as Guidance on Designing Undergraduate-Initiated Research Activities. These guidance documents were written specifically to assist undergraduate students and their faculty mentors with UIRA projects.
If it appears that you need to submit a CPHS application, go to Types of Review and read the descriptions for new Exempt and new Non-Exempt applications. This information will help you determine which type of application is appropriate for your research.
After reviewing the descriptions, if you are still unsure whether to submit or which type of application to submit, email OPHS, or call us at (510) 642-7461. Our phone consultation hours are 1 – 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. OPHS staff are also available for in-person consultation, by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, email OPHS.
1. In order to submit an application to CPHS, you need to work with a Principal Investigator (PI). Student Investigators who wish to conduct human subjects research at UCB must obtain the sponsorship of a UCB faculty member with PI status. Make sure that your faculty sponsor has PI status. If this is not the case, contact OPHS for further guidance.
2. Human subjects training requirement. UCB faculty (with some exceptions), staff, and students engaged in human subjects research must complete the online Human Subjects Curriculum CITI course (UCB-course sequence).
When you register online, be sure to select UC Berkeley as your institution.
Social and Behavioral Research Investigators and Key Personnel (Group 2).
Save a pdf of your CITI completion report; you will need to upload it to the CPHS eProtocol application.
Note: The CITI Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) curriculum is not required for the CPHS approval process. However, student researchers who are personnel on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded study will need to complete RCR training in order to fulfill the NSF requirements (see Responsible Conduct of Research for additional information).
3. CPHS Guidance on specific topics. Before you start the CPHS application, review the guidance topics listed, many of which will be helpful to first-time researchers (e.g., recruitment, informed consent, parental permission and child assent, data security, secondary analysis of existing data). The guidance documents will provide you with a framework for what to include in the application.
If your research is non-exempt and involves direct contact with human subjects, review the Informed Consent Guidelines, then the consent document templates and samples, and locate the one(s) most suitable for your research. and locate the one(s) most suitable for your research. If you plan to submit an Exempt application, consent documents are not needed for review. However, you should follow consent guidance outlined in Section D, Respect for Persons and Informed Consent, of the CPHS guidance on Exempt Research.
5. Research collaborations involving an external institution, or another UC. Research involving external collaborations will require additional planning and coordination. If your external colleagues are engaged in the research, this may also involve IRB review at the other institution, or a process whereby one IRB relies upon the review of another IRB. If this applies to you, seek consultation from your PI and/or OPHS immediately.
1. eProtocol is the CPHS online application system. Before you begin the application, review the instructions and FAQ pages. Be sure to select the most appropriate form for your research. If in doubt, contact OPHS for assistance.
When you are ready to start, go to the Quick Guides tab and select the Create a Protocol document. It includes helpful screenshots to orient you to the eProtocol system.
The Quick Guide Submit a Protocol Application will also be helpful to you.
2. The Review Cycle. Submitted eProtocol applications are triaged to an appropriate review panel (i.e., exempt, non-exempt expedited, or full CPHS Committee). Exempt and non-exempt expedited protocols are reviewed on a rolling basis, and in the order received. Protocols that require full Committee review are assigned to the appropriate panel for review at the next available meeting.
You will receive an eProtocol-generated email informing you of the name of the panel manager. Your protocol will be held in the review queue and pre-reviewed by staff as soon as possible. Protocols are reviewed in the order in which they are received.
Exempt review applications. The panel manager/assigned staff reviewer will send comments in eProtocol (the system will issue an email to let you know when comments are available). Respond to comments in eProtocol as soon as possible. Sometimes response clarifications generate more questions, and therefore more rounds of eProtocol comments/ responses; it is all part of the process. Once the review is complete, you will be informed of the outcome (i.e., exempt determination; not human subjects research as defined by the federal regulations; does not fit exempt criteria/submit non-exempt application).
Non-exempt expedited review applications. The panel manager/assigned staff reviewer will send comments in eProtocol (see information for Exempt, above). Once the pre-review process is complete, the protocol will be submitted to the CPHS reviewer(s). Unless a CPHS reviewer has additional concerns, this last step in the approval process is typically completed within one week.
Full Board review applications. The panel manager/assigned staff reviewer will pre-review the application (see information for Exempt, above). If there are any missing documents (e.g., consent forms) necessary for the review, the panel manager/staff will either submit eProtocol comments or contact you outside of the system, as appropriate to the situation/ timeline. Following the meeting, you will be notified of the vote outcome (e.g., full approval, conditional approval, deferral to another convened meeting). Post-meeting comments are sent in eProtocol to you and the Principal Investigator as soon as possible, usually within two weeks of the meeting date.
Once you have your CPHS approval (congratulations!), be sure to review the following information so that you remain alert to your ongoing responsibilities as a UCB Student Investigator. Communicate regularly with your PI/research team throughout the implementation of the study. Contact OPHS at any time if you have any questions or concerns.
Approval Period. The CPHS approval letter will include an effective date and an expiration date. Be sure to make a note of the expiration date. Additionally, review the Study Renewal/Continuation section below.
other restrictions listed at Ten-Year Approvals.
One-year approval period. Unless a protocol qualifies for a ten-year approval period, in most circumstances it is given a one-year approval period.
Several months before the expiration date of a non-exempt protocol, you will start to receive eProtocol-generated courtesy reminders. Applications for continuation review should be submitted eight weeks prior to the expiration date to allow sufficient time for the renewal process. It is a Principal Investigator/Student Investigator responsibility to submit for renewed approval in a timely manner. If approval expires, all human subjects research activities—including data analysis—must cease until re-approval from CPHS is received. Note that all exempt protocols receive a ten-year determination period. If the study lasts beyond ten years, the exempt application will need to be cloned and resubmitted as "new" for an updated exempt determination.
Amendments/Modifications. eProtocol amendment applications must be submitted to and approved by CPHS prior to implementation. This requirement pertains to all proposed modifications/changes to exempt and non-exempt currently approved protocols. Amendments include (but are not limited to): Requests to increase the approved total subject sample size; changes or additions to subject contact materials/consent documents; consent document translations; study personnel changes; changes in funding sources; study design modifications.
Unanticipated Problems and Adverse Events. Discuss any issue promptly with the protocol PI. Together, you will need to determine if it triggers the need for a prompt report to CPHS.
Any unanticipated problem involving risks to subjects or others, and/or a serious adverse event, must be reported promptly to CPHS within no more than one week (7 calendar days), by phone, email, or mail/delivery.
A written report (via eProtocol) must be sent within two weeks (14 calendar days), of the Principal Investigator becoming aware of the event.
Protocol Deviations (includes noncompliances). Any deviation from an approved Non-Exempt protocol or Exempt protocol must be reported to CPHS/OPHS promptly. The IRB will review the report to determine whether the incident was a serious or a minor noncompliance and assess whether any corrective actions or substantive changes are needed in order to protect the safety, welfare, and rights of subjects or others.


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Bill Maher says RBG 'should've quit' during Obama years, but she didn't 'take the hint'
ByFrank Bojazi October 29, 2020
Fans of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg may not enjoy what "Real Time" host Bill Maher said about her during a recent appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." Kimmel and Maher talked about what was going on when news came out that Ginsburg had passed away and Maher said it wasn't exactly a shock, but Kimmel pushed back, only to get Maher fired up and find himself on a rolling hill of words that might end up in controversy.
Their exchange went like this:
Maher: Well, it's not like her death was a shock.
Kimmel: Well, it was — it was, though.
Maher: Really? She was 100 and had cancer like a million times. I mean, she was a great justice but she should've quit. … she should've quit.
Kimmel: You think so?
Maher: Of course! Because then we wouldn't have nutso! (nutso is a reference to new Justice Amy Coney Barrett)
Maher points out that Ginsburg had lunch with former President Barack Obama in 2013, and according to Fox News, had allegedly urged Ginsburg to retire. Had she retired, it would've opened the door for Obama to nominate a new justice to fill her seat.
At this point, Bill Maher slams the Democratic Party as a "loser party" who doesn't know how to do politics.
"The Democratic plan for the Supreme Court was 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg doesn't die.' And that's why they're such a loser party," Maher explained while making an "L" sign on his forehead. "I vote for them, but they don't know how to do politics. I mean, Obama did have her over to the office, you know, when he was still in office to hint."
"Oh, you think that's why … " Kimmel responded with surprise.
"Of course! We know that's why," Maher quickly told Kimmel. "He wasn't the sociable kind of guy. There was always a purpose to a meeting with him. So it was just like, 'Hey, boy, that Supreme Court is an important place, huh … and you're getting up in age.' And she should've taken the hint. I mean, as great as she was in many ways, that really put us in a bad place because as I keep trying to say on my show, power begets power. When you lose power, you keep losing it."
Bill Maher's interview with Jimmy Kimmel can be watched below.
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Someone changed Amber Heard's name to 'Amber Turd' on IMDb
Writers confirm Disney won't ruin 'Deadpool 3' by making it family friendly
Chris Cuomo backs out of 'blue collar' job once finding out it requires something called a COMMITMENT
Alec Baldwin suffers loss after career update
Halo Infinite Campaign co-op and Forge face delays until NEXT YEAR


A Tuareg musician from the Sahara wearing a traditional tagelmust-turban veil, Greek gods, multimedia figures, stained glass creations and bronze and marble sculptures based on Buddhist prayer wheels, are all waiting to welcome visitors to this year's University of Bristol Botanic Garden Easter Sculpture Festival.
The Easter Sculpture Festival will take place from Good Friday [19 April] to Easter Monday [22 April] from 10 am to 5 pm.
Now an established event in the South West arts and gardening calendar, this year's Festival features more sculptors than ever before, working in a wide range of different materials.
Nick Wray, Curator of the Botanic Garden, said: "The natural world has inspired artists to make the varied and innovative pieces of work that will be displayed at the Festival. For the visitor there will be the opportunity to be inspired, be the next generation of art or plant sciences student or simply enjoy the work on display in the Garden as it shakes off its winter slumber and bursts into life."
The Botanic Garden provides a unique setting with its own backdrop of sculptural elements including bamboos, prehistoric tree ferns, giant leaves and exotic treasures in the glasshouses.
Stained glass designers will be showing their creations in the Chinese Medicinal Herb Garden next to the Evolutionary Dell. Jude Goss (Lucian Stained Glass) and Aurora Pozniakow will take full advantage of the Bamboo Pavilion to show their designs.
Visitors to the Garden will have the opportunity to create willow sculptures on Easter Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday, with willow weaver, Maya Wolf, to take home to their garden.
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Q: How to override list configuration in .net I have hard time to find out solution for an issue regarding binding values from configuration files.
I have configuration option containing list initialized in code, for example
public List<string> availableFruit { get; set; } = new List<string> { "apple", "banana", "pineapple",};
But I want to change it in config file where I have
{
  "Store": {
    "AvailableFruit": [
      "watermelon"
    ]
  }
}

The binding now works that way, that it adds config in file to the previously initialized in code, thus it results in "apple, banana, pineapple, watermelon", but I want to have only watermelon.
I digged through code and found out, that .net has it hardcoded in configuration binder that it uses "Add" method. I also tried to create new method where I wanted override the method, but that was not possible.
Is there any way, how can I do that?
//EDIT:
I call it as this
services.Configure<StoreOptions>(Configuration.GetSection("Store"));

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{
    /**
     *  JsonHelper.JsonFileAddParameter("~/app.json", "hot", "YEEE");
     * */
    public static void JsonFileAddParameter(string path, string parameter, string value)
    {
        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
            throw new ArgumentNullException("Value");
        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(parameter))
            throw new ArgumentNullException("Parameter");

        dynamic treatments;
        string _path = HostingEnvironment.MapPath(path);

        using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(_path))
        {
            treatments = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(sr.ReadToEnd());
            sr.Close();
        }

        //JObject property = new JObject( new JProperty(parameter, value) );
        treatments[parameter] = value;
        File.WriteAllText(_path, String.Empty);
        string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(treatments);
        File.WriteAllText(_path, json);
    }

    /**
     *  JsonHelper.JsonFileEdit("~/app.json", "AppKey", "123456789");
     * */
    public static void JsonFileEdit(string path, string parameter, string editValue)
    {
        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(editValue))
            throw new ArgumentNullException("Edit Value");
        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(parameter))
            throw new ArgumentNullException("Parameter");

        dynamic treatments;
        string _path = HostingEnvironment.MapPath(path);

        using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(_path))
        {
            treatments = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(sr.ReadToEnd());
            sr.Close();
        }

        if (treatments[parameter] == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException(parameter);

        treatments[parameter] = editValue;
        File.WriteAllText(_path, String.Empty);
        string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(treatments);
        File.WriteAllText(_path, json);
    }

    /**
     *  var lol = JsonHelper.JsonReader("~/app.json", "AppKey");
     * */
    public static dynamic JsonReader(string path, string parameter)
    {
        dynamic treatments;

        using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(HostingEnvironment.MapPath(path)))
        {
            treatments = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(sr.ReadToEnd());
            sr.Close();
        }

        return treatments[parameter];
    }

    /**
     * var lol = JsonHelper.Json("~/package.json");
     * */
    public static dynamic JsonReader(string path)
    {
        /**
         *  using(StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(Server.MapPath("~/Content/treatments.json")))
            {
                  treatments = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Treatment>>(sr.ReadToEnd());
            }
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        dynamic treatments;

        using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(HostingEnvironment.MapPath(path)))
        {
            treatments = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(sr.ReadToEnd());
            sr.Close();
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        return treatments;
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'In particular we would like to see the expansion of EHRI's activities and the widening of its partnership in Eastern Europe. All this of course in order to include new material on the Holocaust and enable an integrated approach to the history of the Holocaust as a European phenomenon.' Robert-Jan Smits, Director-General of Research and Innovation, European Commission, at the conference.
'Until the 1980s there was a paradoxical situation that the least Holocaust research was conducted on or in Eastern Europe, though it was the central site of Holocaust history.' From the opening lecture 'Holocaust Documentation in Eastern Europe' by Dieter Pohl Department of History, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria; EHRI Executive Team.
The international conference was designed to comprehensively map the unrecognized and non-accessible sources relating to the history of the Holocaust in Poland and the former Soviet Union, and to strengthen the relationships and familiarity between those collections and researchers. Close to 70 directors of archives and collections, museum directors, researchers and leaders of the EHRI project actively participated in the conference; an additional 40 researchers, graduate students and others from Poland and Germany attended the sessions.
The opening evening event and the following first day of the conference were held in Krakow at three locations: Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory Museum, the Galicia Jewish Museum and the Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University. The second day of the conference took place at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
The balanced mix of representatives of various disciplines provided exposure to a great deal of archival sources and research projects and generated in-depth dialogue during and between the sessions. The conference touched on political and legal aspects impinging on access to Holocaust-related archival materials in Eastern Europe and ways to deal with the complexities. Participants were introduced to broad-based documentation collection projects alongside targeted projects; large State collections, and local documentation initiatives by scholars, museums and educators. Specific issues concerning the research world today were also addressed, for example: the Church in Eastern Europe during the Holocaust and Church archives; the Holocaust in the Eastern European countryside; micro-histories; documentation exposed as a result of Jewish property and compensation activities; the Polish and Red armies.
The opening lectures were given by Jan Grabowski, Department of History, University of Ottawa, Canada, and Dieter Pohl from the Department of History, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria and member of the EHRI Executive Team.
Prof. Grabowski talked about new archival sources and questions in the historical research of the Holocaust.
The Holocaust research and Holocaust education, which are both intertwined and joined at the hip, enter a crucial period, marked - on the one hand - by the dwindling numbers of Holocaust survivors and, on the other hand - by the rising tide of "challenges of memory".
Grabwoski identified two trends in Holocaust research that have matured during the last decade.
First he described the unprecedented phenomenon of oral evidence, linked to the various oral history projects. There is a "(...) visible trend away from institutional history, from the history of decision-making processes, and toward micro-history, toward bottom-up studies, toward the study of the experience of the Holocaust on the most basic, individual , level".
Second, consensus is building that the Shoah, although a German- designed, inspired and executed project, has also been - to an extent - an European undertaking.
This "internationalization" of Holocaust historiography coincides with the growing importance of micro-history as a promising area of on-going and future study.
In describing the challenges for Holocaust research, Grabowski turned to his native country, Poland, and gave several examples of how the historical narrative of the Holocaust may be "corrected" to a history where the suffering of the Polish people is considered to be a least equal or even greater than that of the Jews.
In his opening lecture, Dieter Pohl, mentioned four points that are specific about Holocaust Documentation in Eastern Europe.
The first aspect is the particular nature of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe: The persecution and murder of east European Jewry was a much less bureaucratic process than in central and Western Europe.
The second point is that the Holocaust in Eastern Europe included systematic mass murder in place, with very low rates of survival in most of the regions. Both the lower degree of bureaucracy and the small percentage of survivors are among the reasons why it remains such a difficult task to establish the victims' names in these regions.
A third aspect which affected Holocaust documentation in Eastern Europe is the communist rule in most parts of this region after 1945. After a short period of a limited Holocaust awareness on 1945/47, the specific nature of crimes against Jews was ignored or even denied.
Related to this is the fourth point: the important role of the Secret Police for investigating Nazi war crimes in East European countries.
However, with some exceptions, it is now possible to attain access to most Holocaust documentation in East European countries. But at the same time, it also becomes more difficult to get either a comprehensive overview, or to identify relevant sources for one topic, that are scattered in archives all over the world.
According to Dieter Pohl, it is a major task of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure, to integrate existing information on relevant collections, and to create new such information, by setting up a general database of Holocaust related archival collections, and gradually translating the collection descriptions into English language.
The most important prospect for the future is the integration of Holocaust history. Nowadays it is almost impossible to write the history of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe without considering collections stored in other areas. The EHRI database will provide the necessary information in the future. But EHRI is also about bringing together research communities, enhancing the exchange of knowledge and approaches in Holocaust history. EHRI will facilitate comparative research, which is only just beginning.
At the end of the event, the feeling was that a lot of work still needs to be done, but that the conference was an important first step towards the integration of Holocaust documentation in Eastern Europe.


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Hilde Warren und der Tod ist ein deutscher Spielfilm aus dem Jahre 1917 von Joe May (Regie) und Fritz Lang (Drehbuch). Die Titelrolle der Hilde verkörperte Mays Ehefrau Mia May.

Handlung
Hilde Warren ist eine bekannte, lebensfrohe Bühnenschauspielerin. Eines Tages, bei den Proben zu dem Stück "Der Meister von Palmyra", kommt es zu einer Unterhaltung, bei dem der Tod im Mittelpunkt steht. Gegenüber ihrem Intendanten Wengraf erklärt sie, dass sie es nicht verstünde, wenn jemand den Tod herbeisehnen würde. Wengraf, der sich in seine Ensembledarstellerin längst verliebt hat, kann sie jedoch nicht für sich gewinnen und wird von ihr abgewiesen. Mehr noch als das private Glück besitzt im Moment die hohe Kunst Vorrang in Hilde Warrens Leben.

Eines Tages heiratet die Schauspielerin einen gesuchten Mörder. Es handelt sich um den weltmännisch und elegant auftretenden Hector Roger. Als er sich wenig später seiner Verhaftung entziehen will, wird er von der Polizei erschossen. Hilde Warren, von dem Toten schwanger, umschwirren fortan wirre Todesvisionen. Nun bleibt ihr nur noch der Sohn, dem sie all ihre Liebe geben will. Eines Tages kommt Intendant Wengraf erneut auf sie zu und macht Hilde ein Angebot. Er sei noch immer bereit, sie zu heiraten, unter einer Bedingung allerdings: sie müsse ihr Kind, die Brut eines Mörders, aufgeben.

Nie würde Hilde Warren ein derart unmoralisches Angebot annehmen. Stattdessen versucht sie, trotz aller widrigen Umstände, dem Jungen eine gute Mutter zu werden. Doch auch ihr Sohn Egon, eine kriecherische, schmierige Gestalt, gerät wie sein Vater auf die schiefe Bahn. Seine krummen Geschäfte besitzen bald ganz das Format seines Vaters. Bald lässt er seine Mutter im Stich und lässt sich erst dann wieder bei ihr blicken, als die Polizei nach ihm fahndet. Er soll, ebenfalls wie der Vater, einen Mord begangen haben.

Hilde Warren sieht nur noch eine Möglichkeit, dieses Elend zu beenden. Als er sie daheim wegstößt und sie aus Geldnot auch noch berauben will, richtet sie selbst ihren Sohn und erschießt ihn. Die Polizei erscheint und fährt sie, schwarz gekleidet und in Trauer, mit der Kutsche ins Gefängnis. Hilde Warren denkt nun an ihr Gespräch zurück, das sie einst mit dem Intendanten führte. Ihr Leben liegt in Trümmern, und ihr ist nach nichts mehr, als nach einem gnädigen Tod, der Erlösung für eine gramgebeugte Mutter bedeutet. Und der spindeldürre, hochgewachsene Tod, der hinter ihr steht, ist gnädig: Er weitet seine in pechschwarzem  Tuch gehüllte Arme, die nunmehr Flügeln gleichen, aus, umhüllt Hilde, bis sie ganz in seinen Armen verschwindet und erlöst sie von ihrem irdischen Schmerz.

Produktionsnotizen
Der Film entstand im Juni 1917 und passierte die Zensur im darauf folgenden Monat. Ein Kinder- wie auch Jugendverbot wurde ausgesprochen. Die Uraufführung fand am 31. August 1917 im Tauentzienpalast Berlin statt.

Für Fritz Lang war dieses Drehbuch einer seiner ersten Manuskripte. Der soeben 18 Jahre alt gewordene Nachwuchskameramann Curt Courant gab hier, vermutlich an der Seite des erfahrenen Carl Hoffmann, sein Debüt als Chefkameramann. Die Bauten stammen von Siegfried Wroblewsky.

Georg John gab in diesem Film eine höchst markante Performance als Tod. Dort "erschien John, schmal wie ein Handtuch, leichenblaß und mit langer, strähniger Mähne, als spukhaft-dürre, Schaudern machende, alptraumhafte Vision."

Kritiken
In der Lichtbild-Bühne heißt es: "Mia May zeichnet, nein sie lebt die Hilde Warren in ihrem Schicksal, nirgends posierend, voll von Lebenswahrheit. Auch die übrigen Künstler leben im Geist der Handlung und machen den Film von Joe May zu einem gehaltvollen."

Im Kinematograph ist zu lesen: "Ein Schicksal, menschlich rührend, ein Charakter, mit dem man fühlt, mit dem man bangt und, dessen Erlösung man als eine Befreiung von irdischer Qual mitempfindet. Für Mia May eine große Rolle mit großen Aufgaben. Wie die Künstlerin sie löst, zeigt uns deutlich, welche darstellerische Kraft in ihr steckt. Erst die Lebensbejaherin, dann die noch immer starke Frau, auf die das Schicksal unerbittlich herniederbricht. Wie ihr der Tod als Erlöser erscheint, wirkt wahrhaft erschütternd. Ein neues Ruhmesblatt zu Mia Mays alten Erfolgen. Mierendorff, Kastner und Matray sind vollwertige Partner. Inszenierung und Photographie sind wieder von gediegenem Geschmack."

Bezüglich der Qualität von Langs Drehbuch im Vergleich zu seiner Vorgängerarbeit Die Hochzeit im Excentric-Club schrieb Heinrich Fraenkel: "Aber schon Langs nächstes Manuskript für May, Hilde Warren und der Tod, war geistig sehr viel anspruchsvoller und thematisch gewissermaßen der Vorläufer seiner ersten großen Regieaufgabe: Der müde Tod."

Weblinks
 Hilde Warren und der Tod bei Murnau-Stiftung

Einzelnachweise

Filmtitel 1917
Schwarzweißfilm
Stummfilm
Deutscher Film
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ATEME Enables QNET Telecom to Deliver High-Quality Video Encoding
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ATEME, the emerging leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable, DTH, IPTV and OTT, has announced that QNET Telecom, the leading internet, telephone, and television company in the state of Paraná , Brazil, has chosen to implement ATEME's TITAN Live solution to transcode its line-up of channels.
ATEME's TITAN Live solution offers high video quality and multi-channel H.264 encoding designed to address multi-device application. Its state-of-the-art encoding core will allow QNET to save bandwidth and reach its audience with revolutionized picture quality.
TITAN Live will be used alongside QNET networks to deliver improved video quality to its broadband end-users and support the growing demand for content and high-quality video encoding.
Diogenes Ferreira, CEO, QNET, said: "We are always looking for ways to improve the quality of our video services and save bandwidth with content distribution in our networks and ATEME's solution has provided us with important savings and a better video experience for our customers."
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Agatha Christie fans puzzle mystery appearance of Poirot
By Andrew Ffrench
AGATHA Christie fans flocked to Wallingford from around the globe to celebrate her links with the town.
One devotee of the bestselling crime novelist flew in from Germany dressed as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and turned up at her graveside in Cholsey.
The author, who lived at Winterbrook House from 1934 until 1976, is buried at St Mary's Church in Cholsey and the third annual Agatha Christie Festival was held at the weekend in her honour.
Festival organiser Judy Dewey said: "We were on one of the walking tours when we saw this chap dressed as Poirot. It was very impressive.
"People on the tour couldn't believe it when they saw him. It really added to the atmosphere.
"Unfortunately he didn't leave his name. All we know is that he was from Germany."
The festival welcomed welcomed hundreds of visitors to Wallingford and Cholsey.
Mrs Dewey, curator of Wallingford Museum, where there is a permanent Christie exhibition, added: "The festival was a great success and I'm sure it will be on again next year. It must have given businesses in the area a boost.
"Hundreds of people came to lots of different events, including a talk given by Agatha Christie's grandson Mathew Prichard at the Corn Exchange on Saturday.
"He spoke in great detail about his grandmother and his memories of her.
"We had visitors from across the UK and all over the world too – Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany, Italy and Russia.
"They came to Wallingford with the intention of travelling on to Agatha Christie birthday celebrations in Torquay.
"I think co-ordinating our festival with the one in Torquay is quite important. If we do that then we can we appeal to international visitors.
"All the visitors really got in the spirit of the event. As well as talks, there were walks and exhibitions and murder mystery events.
"We also had someone turn up dressed as Miss Marple, so it was a lot of fun."
The exhibition at the museum about the crime writer's life in Wallingford was updated in the run-up to the weekend.
Mrs Dewey added: "The museum was very busy throughout the whole weekend. We were very pleased."
Earlier the curator called for South Oxfordshire District Council to contribute funding to help make the most of Wallingford and Cholsey's connection with Agatha Christie.
One possibility is a new website illustrating the connection, as an existing website promoting the area's connection with the Midsomer Murders detective series, which films scenes in the area, has proved a big success.
Coachloads of tourists come to the town every year to seek out Midsomer locations.


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Holy Cross College offers programs to combat ongoing teacher shortage
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. –Teachers have been a commodity for the last few years as shortages have plagued districts across the country.
But, to combat the teacher shortage, Holy Cross College is offering new programs to recruit future educators.
One of their new programs is the dual enrollment program, and it's targeted towards high school students to give them a taste of the profession before they go to college.
"Times change quickly, as we all know from COVID. Things happen that we don't anticipate. So, we've had to be creative, and we've had to be quick on our feet to develop programs that again meet the most urgent needs of our local community and again, nationally," Felicia Metoyer, the Holy Cross College Elementary Education Program Director said.
Now, to help with the national teacher shortage, Holy Cross College is offering area high school students a chance to earn up to twenty hours of college credit as part of the program. It's geared towards high school juniors and seniors. Students take four required courses in two years, and classes are taught on campus and at a local elementary school where students receive that field experience.
"They see what it is that teachers do, and how, indeed they build these relationships with their students," said Julie Johnson, the Director of the Dual Enrollment Program. "They're able to take the information that they are getting in class at Holy Cross College and utilize that information out in the schools with the teachers."
So far, Holy Cross College has partnered with a few area high schools, but hope the program will expand. All credits go towards an education degree that can be used at Holy Cross College.
Another program Holy Cross College offers is the Transition to Teaching program. Adults who already have an undergraduate degree can sign up for this program, and it will get them on a path to teaching at an elementary level.
The national teacher shortage has been building up for years. Metoyer, the Holy Cross College Elementary Education Program Director said, teachers have been really taxed and the pandemic has only amplified these stressors. Schools across the country are struggling to maintain and recruit teachers.
Metoyer said Holy Cross College offers various teaching programs to give those who want to become teachers a pathway into the profession. And whether you're looking for a career change or are already working in education.
Their transition to teaching program, which started in 2020, offers adults flexible courses that can be taken either in the evenings or online. The focus is on those who already have undergraduate degrees, and the program prepares you for the classroom.
Once you finish the program you'll receive a teaching license for kindergarten through sixth grade.
"It allows them to take a smaller subset of our education courses in a quickened fashion, it's a three-semester program. And they can get a license to teach in the state of Indiana," Metoyer said.
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The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies and the Fate of Liberty Why Nations Fail
Why Nations Fail: Origins of Power, Poverty and Prosperity
Why Do New Technologies Complement Skills? Directed Technical Change and Wage Inequality
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 113, pp. 1055-1089
The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training
Jounal of Political Economy, 107, pp. 539-572
Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequlaity and Growth in Historical Perpective
All Daron Acemoglu Publications
Daron Acemoglu is an Institute Professor at MIT and an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, the British Academy of Sciences, the Turkish Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society, the European Economic Association, and the Society of Labor Economists. He is also a member of the Group of Thirty. He is the author of five books, including New York Times bestseller Why Nations Fail: Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (joint with James A. Robinson), Introduction to Modern Economic Growth, and The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty (with James A. Robinson). His academic work covers a wide range of areas, including political economy, economic development, economic growth, technological change, inequality, labor economics and economics of networks. Daron Acemoglu has received the inaugural T. W. Shultz Prize from the University of Chicago in 2004, and the inaugural Sherwin Rosen Award for outstanding contribution to labor economics in 2004, Distinguished Science Award from the Turkish Sciences Association in 2006, the John von Neumann Award, Rajk College, Budapest in 2007, the Carnegie Fellowship in 2017, the Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize in 2018, the Global Economy Prize in 2019, and the CME Mathematical and Statistical Research Institute prize in 2021. He was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005, the Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in 2012, and the 2016 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award. He holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Utrecht, the Bosporus University, University of Athens, Bilkent University, the University of Bath, Ecole Normale Superieure, Saclay Paris, and the London Business School.
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Macroeconomics, Political Economy
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson
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Skills, Tasks and Technologies: Implications for Employment and Earnings
Handbook of Labor Economics, 4(B), pp. 1043-1171
Daron Acemoglu, David Autor
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The Network Origins of Aggregate Fluctuations
Econometrica, 80(5), pp. 1977-2016
Daron Acemoglu, Vasco M. Carvalho, Asuman Ozdaglar, Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi
Environmental Economics, Macroeconomics
The Environment and Directed Technical Change
American Economic Review, 102(1), pp. 131–166
Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Leonardo Bursztyn, David Hemous
The Race Between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares and Employment
American Economic Review, 108(6), pp. 1488–1542
Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo
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Democracy Does Cause Growth
Journal of Political Economy, 127(1), pp. 47-100
Daron Acemoglu, Suresh Naidu, Pascual Restrepo, James A. Robinson
Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets
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Much of the public attention to unconventional oil and gas development has focused on the potential environmental and health impacts, such as water degradation and air quality. Yet the social and economic impacts of such development, including the full range of activities necessary to produce oil and gas from a specific location, such as leasing; seismic testing; construction of access roads, wellpad, and pipelines; drilling; water acquisition and disposal; and well completion can also be substantial (Brasier et al., 2011; Farren et al., 2013; Ferrar et al., 2013; Finkel et al., 2013; Jacquet, 2014; Raimi and Newell, 2014; Schafft, Borlu, and Glenna, 2013; and Williamson and Kolb, 2011).
Such impacts can create challenges for local governments which bear substantial responsibility for public infrastructure, human services, public safety, and other services that may be affected by unconventional oil and gas development. The nature of such development exacerbates these challenges, which include sudden, major impacts on infrastructure and services; local control; and perhaps, most significantly, the need to plan proactively and appropriately to the development process.
The onset of unconventional gas and oil development in a community can create sudden major changes in the demand for services, depending on the scale of development and the population size of the communities affected. Work crews for unconventional energy development are highly specialized, typically focusing on only a small proportion of the tasks required to complete a well, so they frequently shift between locations within and between drilling regions to conduct their individual specialty. One workforce study in Pennsylvania estimated that it takes more than 420 workers, spread across 150 different occupations, to drill and complete a well; yet the total time required by all of these workers for an individual well only totals 13.1 to 13.3 full-time equivalent people (Brundage et al., 2011). In addition, the highly specialized nature of the workforce means many local residents in regions without substantial existing unconventional oil and gas activity initially do not have the skills necessary to compete for certain jobs. As a result, non-residents temporarily move into the community, in some cases driving up rents and creating housing affordability and infrastructure challenges (Williamson and Kolb, 2011).
The influx of new workers, particularly in rural areas with relatively low populations, can strain housing, at least temporarily (Farren et al., 2013; and Williamson and Kolb, 2011). In some western states, this has forced local governments to upgrade public sewer and water infrastructure (Raimi and Newell, 2014). Perhaps the most common service impact on local governments is road maintenance and repair (Jacobson and Kelsey, 2012; and Raimi and Newell, 2014), precipitated by substantial increases in truck and other vehicle traffic. Other potential impacts include increased or changing demands for police and emergency services (Jacobson and Kelsey, 2012; and Raimi and Newell, 2014), and even increased problems for some local governments to retain their workforce (Raimi and Newell, 2014). Complicating governmental responses to such changing service demands is the extent to which the demands will be temporary (e.g. lasting only as long as the boom) or long term. Often this isn't clear to local officials, yet it makes a significant difference in whether the services will be required for the future, much less how local governments should plan to pay for such investments. There are cases of local governments, such as Rifle, Colo., whose residents are stuck paying off infrastructure expenses long after the need for them while the energy companies and workers have moved on.
Documenting service and cost impacts on local governments can be difficult because local governments accommodate some increased service demands by shifting existing staff and other resources to cover the changes rather than increasing spending. For example, local officials in Susquehanna and Washington counties in Pennsylvania used such an approach to manage service impacts from Marcellus shale development (Jacobson and Kelsey, 2012). Measuring such impacts is much more difficult than looking at municipal or county budget changes, yet are no less real if other services have to be cut or reduced due to local government resources shifting to address impacts of unconventional oil and gas development.
The regionally dispersed nature of the drilling activity similarly creates control and coordination challenges for local governments. Much of the popular attention on drilling has focused on the well pads, including the drilling and hydraulic fracturing activity that occurs there. Yet unconventional oil and gas development activity is much broader than what occurs on the pads because it requires significant supporting infrastructure such as water withdrawal and impoundment sites; pipe and other material storage; sand unloading and storage facilities; gravel quarries for aggregate; equipment storage and maintenance facilities; and worker housing, some of which often are located an hour or more drive from the well pad they are supporting. Activity on any one well pad may only last several months, while activity at supporting locations can continue for years, as long as wells are being developed in the area. All this means that unconventional oil and gas development needs to be thought of as a regional activity, simultaneously spanning many communities (development typically extends across counties), rather than something that can be monitored or regulated solely by any one local jurisdiction.
Whether and how local governments can respond to the influx of development depends critically on the legal framework in their state, including the extent to which state laws allow mining and related activity to be regulated at the local level. Both New York and Pennsylvania have recently had major court decisions regarding the ability of local governments to zone or otherwise regulate unconventional gas development, clarifying the extent to which local governments are preempted from controlling such activity. In New York, an appellate court ruled that municipalities had that right under existing state law to ban shale development (Norse Energy v. Town of Dryden), while in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out provisions of a recently passed state law that attempted to take away local governments' ability to zone or regulate such activity (Robinson Township v. Commonwealth). Even in locations where state law preempts local regulation of drilling activity, local governments typically do retain substantial control over other impacts arising from the supporting infrastructure, such as on housing, traffic, and public safety.
Officials in these states may find that local control of unconventional oil and gas development is a double-edged sword. From a community development perspective, local control is beneficial because it gives residents a voice in what occurs within their community. On the other hand, local control raises significant questions about the capacity of local governments to understand, monitor, and proactively engage in regulating unconventional oil and gas activity, which will be discussed in the next section. It also potentially makes implementation of regional responses more difficult. More fundamentally, local control may further exacerbate levels of conflict within some communities due to the development activity (Jacquet, 2014; and Kelsey and Ward, 2011).
With the large amount of lease and royalty dollars that can go to mineral rights owners, zoning decisions affecting where drilling can occur literally can be decisions about "who will be a millionaire." Similarly, there is the strong possibility that such decisions will lead to "takings" lawsuits from residents aggrieved that they are unable to lease or fully use their mineral rights. It is unclear how courts would rule on such "takings" claims, yet even if local governments are successful in defending against such claims, they likely will bear significant legal costs. If they are unsuccessful, the compensation and penalties they would owe easily could be in the millions. Either outcome could financially strain small, local governments with shallow pockets.
One of the largest potential challenges is simply ensuring that local governments have the capacity to manage the issues arising with unconventional oil and gas development regardless of the local control options they have available. Much of this development is occurring in very rural areas, which typically are governed by governments with limited staff and resources, and offer a narrow range of services. Such staffing leaves little capacity to deal with sudden new demands on local government, and they can be overwhelmed by unconventional oil and gas development. In addition, the activity can be very fast with little advanced warning so that local governments and others can plan and adjust. Companies' plans may change unexpectedly, making local planning even more difficult (Jacobson and Kelsey, 2011).
Local government capacity can differ substantially, greatly affecting their abilities to respond to the issues arising with the unconventional development. For example, one of the Pennsylvania counties most affected by Marcellus shale development has a one-person planning office; in contrast, a larger neighboring county being similarly affected by Marcellus activity has almost 30 staff in its planning office. The larger county has been more effective in proactively planning and monitoring what is occurring, revising ordinances and plans, and dedicating staff to specific challenges such as transportation and housing.
The potential for sudden waxing and waning of drilling activity can make it difficult for local governments to decide whether or when to hire additional staff because it can be unclear how long additional staffing will be required much less whether new taxes and other revenues will be sufficient to pay for such positions. Even when they decide to hire, it can be difficult to find qualified candidates within the community itself due to the specialized skills required and difficult to attract non-local applicants due to disruptions in the local housing market.
The result is that much of the local government response to this activity is done with existing staff resources, who typically already have enough "normal" responsibilities to keep them occupied (Jacobson and Kelsey, 2011). Staff can get shifted to handle issues arising from the development, letting their previous responsibilities go unfulfilled. For example, some Pennsylvania local officials in highly active drilling areas reported that they spent one quarter of their time dealing with natural gas-related issues, while another township's two policemen spent almost all of their time dealing with gas-related traffic (Jacobson and Kelsey, 2011). Much of such shifting is to address pressing short-run issues, such as emergency road repairs, responding to citizens' questions and concerns, and inspecting infrastructure and building sites. It can be difficult in such a crisis mode to focus on long-run issues and to carefully consider the long-term implications of short-run decisions.
Of most importance is the critical need for local governments and communities experiencing such development to think long term rather than just focusing on the day-to-day crises which may arise during the onset of unconventional oil and gas development. The volatility of oil and gas prices can create sudden surges or declines in development activity, resulting in rapid influxes or outflows of workers in a community or increasing the difficulty in planning and providing public services. Even without this price volatility, the drilling phase of development requires much more labor than does the production phase (the Pennsylvania workforce study mentioned earlier, for example, found that a Marcellus shale well annually only requires 0.2 to 0.4 full-time equivalent jobs once it begins producing, considerably less than the 13.1 to 13.3 required during the drilling phase itself). Many of the jobs created from such a boom are in the extraction, retail, and construction sectors (Brown, 2014; and Marchand, 2012) which last only as long as the development activity occurs. Thus, the major employment impacts of unconventional oil and gas development largely occur during the drilling and development phases, which mean the end of drilling can result in a major economic shock to a host community.
Recent experience suggests that the short-term economic gains can be substantial; for example, state income tax returns from residents of Bradford County (Pennsylvania's top Marcellus drilling county) reported an overall 19.1% increase in personal income between 2007 and 2010 (inflation adjusted) with little change in the number of such tax returns filed (Hardy and Kelsey, 2013). The average change in personal income at the county level in Pennsylvania during this same time period was a 2.7% decline. Local governments similarly can experience short-run economic benefits, depending on the local tax structure. In their multiple state study looking at the short-term impacts, Raimi and Newell found that most local governments have experienced net fiscal benefits from the recent unconventional oil and gas activity, though the impacts have been negative for some governments in western North Dakota and eastern Montana.
For communities with struggling economies, such short-term economic activity can be hard to ignore. The risk is that such gains will occur only over a short period of time, and that the local economy may not be better off once the drilling slows or stops. When viewed as a temporary influx of dollars into the community, unconventional oil and gas development activity can create the potential for communities to grow and diversity their economies, making them better off in the long run than if the oil and gas activity had never occurred. An example of such a long run view is the myriad of Pennsylvania farmers using leasing and royalty dollars to pay off loans, buy new farm equipment, and repair buildings.
The long run implications of the volatility and eventual decline of economic benefits are less clear. The academic literature on the long term economic impacts of natural resource development offers mixed conclusions, with some studies suggesting that local economies do not benefit from such activity in the long term (James and Aadland, 2011; and Papyrakis and Gerlagh, 2007), while other recent work, such as Allcott and Keniston (2013) and Brown (2014), challenge this. It is clear, however, that local governments can fall into a "lottery trap," spending short-run gains without planning for a future downturn. Jokes about "doing better next time" are rife in areas that have experienced past boom and bust cycles.
The attitude of local officials toward the fiscal benefits from this development is critical. Because these tax and impact fee dollars result from extraction of a non-renewable resource, they will be unsustainable over the long term. Decisions about how to spend such revenues have critical, long-run implications for the communities. Incorporating these windfalls into annual operating budgets on items unrelated to the development activity, either by increasing spending or by providing tax cuts, puts the governments at risk of becoming too dependent on the extraction activity, exposing them to potentially difficult decisions once the drilling (and flow of dollars) slows or ends. Instead, if the funds are viewed as capital to invest in long-run community improvements of benefit after the drilling activity ends, such as strengthening or revitalizing infrastructure required after the drilling ends, improving parks or recreational facilities, or upgrading equipment or facilities, the dollars can help local governments make critical community investments for the long run that were not possible prior to the drilling activity.
Perhaps most importantly, the regional nature of unconventional oil and gas activity and the need to manage it at such a regional level has the potential of strengthening local governments' connections and working relationships with each other. Though difficult to do, improving such relationships can be of benefit in the future as new issues arise.
Activity based on non-renewable resources such as that with unconventional oil and gas development is unsustainable, and will end. Local governments and citizens need to manage the issues of the present while planning for the future to ensure that the decisions they make will leave the community at least as well off, if not better off, in the long run.
Allcott, H. and D. Keniston. 2013. "Dutch Disease or Agglomeration? The Local Economic Effects of Natural Resource Booms in Modern America." Working Paper, Department of Economics, New York University.
Brasier, K.J., M.R. Filteau, D.K. McLaughlin, J. Jacquet, R.C. Stedman, T.W. Kelsey, and S.J. Goetz. 2011. "Residents' Perceptions of Community and Environmental Impacts from Development of Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale: A Comparison of Pennsylvania and New York Cases." Journal of Rural Social Sciences 26: 32-61.
Brown, J.P. 2014. "Production of Natural Gas From Shale in Local Economies: A Resource Blessing or Curse?" Economic Review QI:1-29.
Brundage, T.L., J. Jacquet, T.W. Kelsey, J.R. Ladlee, J. Lobdell, J.F. Lorson, L.L. Michael, and T. Murphy. 2011. "Pennsylvania Statewide Marcellus Shale Workforce Needs Assessment." Marcellus Shale Education and Training Center, Penn College of Technology, Williamsport.
Farren, M., A. Weinstein, M. Partridge, and M. Betz. 2013. "Too Many Heads and Not Enough Beds: Will Shale Development Cause a Housing Shortage?" The Swank Program in Rural-Urban Policy, The Ohio State University, Columbus.
Ferrar, K.J., J. Kriesky, C.L. Christen, L.P. Marshall, S.L. Malone, R.K Sharma, D.R. Michanowicz, and B.D. Goldstein. 2013. "Assessment and longitudinal analysis of health impacts and stressors perceived to result from unconventional shale gas development in the Marcellus Shale region." International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 19:104-12.
Finkel, M.L., J. Selegean, J. Hays, and N. Kondamudi. 2013. "Marcellus Shale Drilling's Impact on the Dairy Industry in Pennsylvania: A Descriptive Report." New Solutions 23: 189-201.
Hardy, K. and T.W. Kelsey. 2013. "Marcellus Shale and Local Economic Activity: What the 2012 Pennsylvania State Tax Data Say." Center for Economic & Community Development, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
Jacobson, M. and T.W. Kelsey. 2011. "Impacts of Marcellus Shale Development on Municipal Governments in Susquehanna and Washington Counties, 2010." Pennsylvania State Cooperative Extension, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park..
Jacquet, J.B. 2014. "Review of Risks to Communities from Shale Energy Development." Environmental Science & Technology. 48: 8321-8333.
James, A., and D. Aadland. 2011. "The Curse of Natural Resources: An Empirical Investigation of U.S. Counties." Resource and Energy Economics 33: 440–453.
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Marchand, J. 2012. "Local Labor Market Impacts of Energy Boom-Bust-Boom in Western Canada." Journal of Urban Economics.71: 165-174.
Norse Energy v. Town of Dryden. 2013. State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department. Docket No. 515227.
Papyrakis, E., and R. Gerlagh. 2007. "Resource Abundance and Economic Growth in the United States." European Economic Review. 51: 1011–1039.
Raimi, D. and R.G. Newell. 2014. "Shale Public Finance: Local Government Revenues and Costs Associated with Oil and Gas Development." Duke University Energy Initiative, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Schafft, K.A., Y.Borlu, and L.Glenna. 2013. "The Relationship Between Marcellus Shale Gas Development in Pennsylvania and Local Perception of Risk and Opportunity." Rural Sociology 78: 143-166.
Williamson, J. and B. Kolb. 2011. "Marcellus Natural Gas Development's Effect on Housing in Pennsylvania." Center for the Study of Community and the Economy, Lycoming College, Williamsport.
Timothy W. Kelsey (tkelsey@psu.edu) is Professor of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
Theme Overview: Is the Natural Gas Revolution all its Fracked Up to be for Local Economies?


JUST like Fry's Turkish Delight, it was "full of Eastern promise." But unlike the chocolate bar, it has never quite lived up to that promise – and here we are, 34 years after the Marina Centre opened at its prime Great Yarmouth Golden Mile location, and a new initiative is launched to popularise it by making changes and innovations.
As a ratepayer (sorry, council tax payer) and supporter of our holiday industry, I wish the borough council well in its efforts to provide popular and financially viable sports and recreational facilities within the complex. Inevitably, that will mean removing some that have not earned their keep, with a backlash from the aggrieved victims.
At the time the Marina Centre was conceived, budget package holidays by air to sun-drenched continental shores were proving serious competition to traditional UK resorts, and it was reckoned that the innovation would benefit Yarmouth in the cut-throat tussle for those visitors who preferred not to jet abroad.
Locating it on the site of the outdated open-air bathing pool, and outdoor Marina amphitheatre capable of seating thousands, was controversial but logical...to a point. They were pre-war major additions to the resort's facilities, but vulnerable to the weather, and people were no longer content to patronise Spartan amenities.
The percentage of visitors arriving here in their own cars – instead of by train and charabanc – necessitated provision of ample parking space as near to the seafront as possible. However, the Marina Centre occupying its prime Golden Mile spot meant that there was still little or no room left for customers to park, a serious drawback.
The original design was also ill-conceived, the near-unbroken brick frontage along the Marine Parade looking relentlessly unwelcoming to passers-by; if you went round the back and peered through the window, you could just make out the tropical-shore type pool. Moreover, nobody could amble inside to see what delights the Marina Centre contained behind that wall without paying an admission fee, an unpopular and unwarranted imposition that was scrapped later.
The Dutch-designed heating system proved a regular source of trouble.
Not all of its components were ill-considered. By and large, the Marina Centre had much to offer, in particular the lagoon-style pool and multi-sports hall; its entertainment provision also attracted customers at various times, like New Year's Eve.
In 1978 I joined a party of councillors, town hall officers and holiday industry representatives on a fact-finding coach trip to Rotherham in Yorkshire where a leisure bathing pool and sports complex had recently opened – not at a busy central location but on a 90-acre field out in the suburb of Herringthorpe where parking was unlimited.
We enjoyed a splash in the palm-fringed 'tropical lagoon' and its 85 degree F blue water with wavelets lapping gently on to the 'beach'. And we could not believe that we were disporting ourselves not in the South Pacific with Mitzi Gaynor singing breezily on the shore to American sailors...but in Rotherham!
All of us were impressed and, with the then borough treasurer assuring us that it would not cost ratepayers a penny extra (an optimistic miscalculation, it transpired), the go-ahead was given for a similar amenity.
All credit to the borough council for its boldness in providing the resort with the Marina Centre, a multi-sports and leisure complex with something for all ages. And surely most of the townsfolk hope that this latest re-vamp will get it right at last. Sadly, there must be casualties.
One of the first facilities in line for axing is the indoor bowls rink, a victim of waning usage and income, according to the centre's operator. It is a pursuit enjoyed by older folk who are protesting, particularly as their space will become fitness-orientated aimed at younger patrons.
I can sympathise with those bowlers' feelings because three years ago Mrs Peggotty and I were members of our local Sports Club 88 for over-50s when it was ousted from its perfect York Road Drill Hall base where it had been since it was founded 24 years earlier.
This was despite official local and national campaigns to members of the older generation active (and, therefore, healthy). Sports Club 88's twice-weekly two-hour sessions year in, year out, for badminton, short tennis and table tennis in this wooden-floored hall seemed to be in keeping with that official aim.
Other organisations with a range of ages were similarly rendered homeless because the council-owned York Road Drill Hall was acquired by SeaChange Arts, an organisation needing all its space for an agenda which included arts-based activities and teaching circus skills.
In the case of Sports Club 88, which had a membership nearing a hundred, the Marina Centre came up trumps by offering to accommodate it, even going out of its way to ensure that the ageing users could continue with their established routines.
Some of the entertainers who spent their summers in our resident star-spangled shows kept a low profile off-stage, often venturing no farther than the nearest golf course during the day, but the three singing Beverley Sisters were often out and about in town together, instantly recognisable by their identical outfits and happy to be approached by fans.
They even dropped into the Mercury office in Regent Street occasionally.
The real-life sisters – Joy, Teddy and Babs - were here for the summers of 1955 (Royal Aquarium, supporting comedian and game-show host "Cheerful" Charlie Chester) and 1963 (Britannia Pier, top-billing).
In 1979 the tuneful trio came to Yarmouth only once, and briefly, because they were here not as performers in their own right but to support younger members of their family – Beverley Rainbow, a trio making its summer show debut at the ABC.
Beverley Rainbow comprised Joy's daughters, Babette and Vicki, and Teddie's daughter Sasha.
The Beverley Sisters were great entertainers and good company, nowadays known only to older folk. Recently the eldest Beverley, Joy, widow of famed England soccer captain Billy Wright, died at the age of 91, prompting this little bout of reminiscence.


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/*
 *
 *  (C) 2001 by Argonne National Laboratory.
 *      See COPYRIGHT in top-level directory.
 */

#include "mpiimpl.h"

/* -- Begin Profiling Symbol Block for routine MPI_Type_dup */
#if defined(HAVE_PRAGMA_WEAK)
#pragma weak MPI_Type_dup = PMPI_Type_dup
#elif defined(HAVE_PRAGMA_HP_SEC_DEF)
#pragma _HP_SECONDARY_DEF PMPI_Type_dup  MPI_Type_dup
#elif defined(HAVE_PRAGMA_CRI_DUP)
#pragma _CRI duplicate MPI_Type_dup as PMPI_Type_dup
#endif
/* -- End Profiling Symbol Block */

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   the MPI routines */
#ifndef MPICH_MPI_FROM_PMPI
#undef MPI_Type_dup
#define MPI_Type_dup PMPI_Type_dup

#endif

#undef FUNCNAME
#define FUNCNAME MPI_Type_dup

/*@
   MPI_Type_dup - Duplicate a datatype

   Input Parameter:
. type - datatype (handle)

   Output Parameter:
. newtype - copy of type (handle)

.N ThreadSafe

.N Fortran

.N Errors
.N MPI_SUCCESS
.N MPI_ERR_TYPE
@*/
int MPI_Type_dup(MPI_Datatype datatype, MPI_Datatype *newtype)
{
    static const char FCNAME[] = "MPI_Type_dup";
    int mpi_errno = MPI_SUCCESS;
    MPI_Datatype new_handle;
    MPID_Datatype *datatype_ptr = NULL;
    MPID_Datatype *new_dtp;
    MPID_MPI_STATE_DECL(MPID_STATE_MPI_TYPE_DUP);

    MPIR_ERRTEST_INITIALIZED_ORDIE();

    MPIU_THREAD_CS_ENTER(ALLFUNC,);
    MPID_MPI_FUNC_ENTER(MPID_STATE_MPI_TYPE_DUP);

    /* Validate parameters, especially handles needing to be converted */
#   ifdef HAVE_ERROR_CHECKING
    {
        MPID_BEGIN_ERROR_CHECKS;
        {
	    MPIR_ERRTEST_DATATYPE(datatype, "datatype", mpi_errno);
            if (mpi_errno != MPI_SUCCESS) goto fn_fail;
        }
        MPID_END_ERROR_CHECKS;
    }
#   endif

    /* Convert MPI object handles to object pointers */
    MPID_Datatype_get_ptr( datatype, datatype_ptr );

    /* Convert MPI object handles to object pointers */
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    {
        MPID_BEGIN_ERROR_CHECKS;
        {
            /* Validate datatype_ptr */
            MPID_Datatype_valid_ptr( datatype_ptr, mpi_errno );
	    /* If comm_ptr is not valid, it will be reset to null */
	    MPIR_ERRTEST_ARGNULL(newtype, "newtype", mpi_errno);
            if (mpi_errno) goto fn_fail;
        }
        MPID_END_ERROR_CHECKS;
    }
#   endif /* HAVE_ERROR_CHECKING */

    /* ... body of routine ...  */

    mpi_errno = MPID_Type_dup(datatype, &new_handle);

    if (mpi_errno != MPI_SUCCESS) goto fn_fail;

    MPID_Datatype_get_ptr(new_handle, new_dtp);
    mpi_errno = MPID_Datatype_set_contents(new_dtp,
				           MPI_COMBINER_DUP,
				           0, /* ints */
				           0, /* aints */
				           1, /* types */
				           NULL,
				           NULL,
				           &datatype);

    mpi_errno = MPID_Type_commit(&new_handle);
    if (mpi_errno) { MPIU_ERR_POP(mpi_errno); }

    /* Copy attributes, executing the attribute copy functions */
    /* This accesses the attribute dup function through the perprocess
       structure to prevent type_dup from forcing the linking of the
       attribute functions.  The actual function is (by default)
       MPIR_Attr_dup_list
    */
    if (mpi_errno == MPI_SUCCESS && MPIR_Process.attr_dup)
    {
	new_dtp->attributes = 0;
	mpi_errno = MPIR_Process.attr_dup( datatype,
	    datatype_ptr->attributes,
	    &new_dtp->attributes );
	if (mpi_errno)
	{
            MPID_Datatype_release(new_dtp);
	    goto fn_fail;
	}
    }

    if (mpi_errno != MPI_SUCCESS) goto fn_fail;

    MPIU_OBJ_PUBLISH_HANDLE(*newtype, new_handle);
    /* ... end of body of routine ... */

  fn_exit:
    MPID_MPI_FUNC_EXIT(MPID_STATE_MPI_TYPE_DUP);
    MPIU_THREAD_CS_EXIT(ALLFUNC,);
    return mpi_errno;

  fn_fail:
    /* --BEGIN ERROR HANDLING-- */
    *newtype = MPI_DATATYPE_NULL;
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    {
	mpi_errno = MPIR_Err_create_code(
	    mpi_errno, MPIR_ERR_RECOVERABLE, FCNAME, __LINE__, MPI_ERR_OTHER, "**mpi_type_dup",
	    "**mpi_type_dup %D %p", datatype, newtype);
    }
#   endif
    mpi_errno = MPIR_Err_return_comm( NULL, FCNAME, mpi_errno );
    goto fn_exit;
    /* --END ERROR HANDLING-- */
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