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Tag Archive | TXA
in Hip, Need to Know
In THA, Less Blood Loss with Multidose Postop Oral TXA
The recent orthopaedic literature, including a 2017 JBJS study, provides substantial evidence that oral and intravenous tranexamic acid (TXA) are equivalent in their effectiveness at reducing blood loss after total hip arthroplasty (THA)—with oral administration being less expensive and more convenient. But what are the optimal doses and timing of oral TXA in the setting of THA?
The findings of a randomized controlled trial by Wang et al. in the March 6, 2019 issue of JBJS go a long way toward answering that question. The authors randomized 200 patients undergoing primary THA to 1 of 4 groups, with all patients receiving an intraoperative topical dose of 1.0 g of TXA and a single dose of 2.0 g of TXA orally at 2 hours postoperatively. In addition,:
Group A received 1.0 g of oral placebo at 3, 9, and 15 hours postoperatively
Group B received 1.0 g of oral TXA at 3 hours postoperatively and 1.0 g of placebo at 9 and 15 hours postoperatively
Group C received 1.0 g of oral TXA at 3 and 9 hours postoperatively and 1.0 g of placebo at 15 hours postoperatively
Group D received 1.0 g of TXA at 3, 9, and 15 hours postoperatively
The mean total blood loss during hospitalization was significantly less in Groups B, C, and D (792, 631, and 553 mL, respectively) than in Group A (984 mL). Groups C and D had lower mean reductions in hemoglobin than did Groups A and B. No significant between-group differences were observed regarding 90-day thromboembolic complications (there were none) or transfusions (there was only 1, in Group A), but the authors said "this study was likely underpowered for establishing meaningful comparisons concerning [those 2] outcomes."
Although this study documented significantly lower total blood losses in patients who were managed with multiple doses of oral TXA postoperatively, additional studies are required to determine whether the 3-dose regimen is superior to the 2-dose regimen.
in Pediatrics, Spine
Confirmed: TXA Works Well in Adolescent Scoliosis Surgery
The evidence favoring tranexamic acid (TXA) for reducing surgical blood loss is ample and growing, but until now robust data were sparse regarding its efficacy in the setting of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery. In the December 5, 2018 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Goobie et al. report on a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial showing that, in that population, TXA reduced perioperative blood loss by 27%, compared with blood loss in a placebo group.
Even with recent advances in scoliosis surgical technique, blood transfusions are common. And, because transfusions are associated with significant morbidity and mortality, limiting operative blood loss and reducing the need for transfusion have become focal points for orthopaedic surgeons.
In this Level-I trial, >100 patients between the ages of 10 and 18 years undergoing elective posterior instrumented spinal fusion were randomized to receive either TXA (infusion of a 50-mg/kg loading dose and a 10-mg/kg/h maintenance dose) or normal saline (delivered in the same way and dose) during surgery. The TXA group demonstrated an overall 27% reduction in cumulative blood loss and a 2-fold reduction in the percentage of patients with clinically relevant blood loss (defined as >20 mL/kg).
The cumulative effect of reduced blood loss was enhanced over time, with the positive effect of TXA being most evident in procedures lasting >4 hours. None of the patients in the TXA group required a transfusion or developed side effects such as thromboembolism or seizures.
In an interesting sidenote, the authors asked the participating orthopaedic surgeons, who were blinded to the randomization, to guess which group each patient had been assigned to by evaluating the relative ooziness of the surgical field. The surgeons guessed correctly 72% of the time.
Overall, these findings prompted the authors to conclude that "the use of TXA as part of a multimodal blood management strategy, as was employed in this study, should be considered the standard of care for patients undergoing surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis."
in Hip
Tranexamic Acid: Effective—and Safe—in THA
Prior research has established that total hip arthroplasty (THA), in and of itself, is associated with a small increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Hence the concern that routinely administering the antifibrinolytic drug tranexamic acid (TXA) perioperatively, as is commonly done nowadays to reduce blood loss during surgery, might further increase the risk of THA-related thromboembolic events. But the findings from a large population-based cohort study by Dastrup et al. in the October 17, 2018 JBJS, should allay many of those concerns.
The authors evaluated >45,000 Danish patients who had a THA between 2006 and 2013. Approximately 85% of those patients received intravenous TXA perioperatively, while the rest did not. Dastrup et al. evaluated adverse cardiovascular events (VTE, deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, and ischemic stroke) among those patients over 30 postoperative days, and they found no increased risk in any of those outcomes among the patients who received TXA relative to those who did not. These optimistic findings were essentially the same when the authors analyzed the data using a multivariable model and with propensity-score matching.
Dastrup et al. conclude that TXA in the setting of THA is safe with respect to VTE, and David Ayers, MD, commenting on the study, concurs. However, Dr. Ayers cautions that the study did not have the statistical strength to evaluate the potential cardiovascular risks of TXA in THA patients who have undergone previous cardiac procedures, such as stent placement. He therefore suggests that "further safety evaluation should be directed toward [such] patients at higher risk for complications after receiving TXA."
in Hip, What's New
What's New in Hip Replacement 2018
This month, Mengnai Li, MD, co-author of the September 19, 2018 Specialty Update on Hip Replacement, selected the five most clinically compelling findings from among the more than 100 studies covered in the Specialty Update.
The Benefits of HXLPE
–A double-blinded study that randomized patients to receive either a conventional polyethylene liner or one made from highly cross-linked polyethylene (HXLPE) found that, after a minimum of 10 years, the HXLPE group had significantly lower wear rates, lower prevalence of osteolysis, and lower revision rates than the conventional-liner group.
Outcomes for Hip Fracture vs OA
–A propensity score-matched cohort analysis of NSQIP data found that total hip arthroplasty (THA) undertaken to treat hip fractures among Medicare beneficiaries was significantly associated with an increased risk of CMS-reportable complications, non-homebound discharge, and readmission, relative to THA undertaken to treat osteoarthritis.1
Infection Risk Factors
–A multicenter retrospective study found that a threshold of 7.7% for hemoglobin A1c was more predictive of periprosthetic joint infection than the commonly used 7%, and the authors suggest that 7.7% should be considered the goal in preoperative patient optimization.2
THA in Patients with RA
–Recently published guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology and AAHKS regarding antirheumatic medication use in patients with rheumatic diseases who are undergoing THA suggest the following:
Continuing nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)
Continuing the same daily dose of corticosteroids
Withholding biologic agents prior to surgery
Planning surgery for the end of the biologic dosing cycle.
All recommendations are conditional due to the low or moderate-quality evidence on which they were based.3
Blood Management
–A double-blinded, randomized trial found that oral tranexamic acid (TXA) provided equivalent reductions in blood loss in the setting of primary THA, at greatly reduced cost, compared with intravenous TXA.
Qin CD, Helfrich MM, Fitz DW, Hardt KD, Beal MD, Manning DW. The Lawrence D. Dorr Surgical Techniques & Technologies Award: differences in postoperative outcomes between total hip arthroplasty for fracture vs osteoarthritis. J Arthroplasty. 2017 Sep;32(9S):S3-7. Epub 2017 Feb 6.
Tarabichi M, Shohat N, Kheir MM, Adelani M, Brigati D, Kearns SM, Patel P, Clohisy JC, Higuera CA, Levine BR, Schwarzkopf R, Parvizi J, Jiranek WA. Determining the threshold for HbA1c as a predictor for adverse outcomes after total joint arthroplasty: a multicenter, retrospective study. J Arthroplasty. 2017 Sep;32(9S): S263-7: 267.e1. Epub 2017 May 11.
Goodman SM, Springer B, Guyatt G, Abdel MP, Dasa V, George M, Gewurz- Singer O, Giles JT, Johnson B, Lee S, Mandl LA, Mont MA, Sculco P, Sporer S, Stryker L, Turgunbaev M, Brause B, Chen AF, Gililland J, Goodman M, Hurley-Rosenblatt A, Kirou K, Losina E, MacKenzie R, Michaud K, Mikuls T, Russell L, Sah A, Miller AS, Singh JA, Yates A. 2017 American College of Rheumatology/American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons guideline for the perioperative management of antirheumatic medication in patients with rheumatic diseases undergoing elective total hip or total knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2017 Sep;32(9):2628-38. Epub 2017 Jun 16.
in Knee
Using Tranexamic Acid: Not If, But How
Most surgeons agree that tranexamic acid (TXA) is effective at reducing blood loss associated with a variety of surgical procedures, including total joint arthroplasty. The question is no longer whether it works but, more specifically, how is TXA most safely and effectively used. That was the main question Abdel et al. set out to answer in their study in the June 20, 2018 edition of The Journal. The authors completed a two-center randomized trial that compared blood loss, drain output, and transfusion rates among 320 total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients who received intravenous (IV) TXA and 320 TKA patients who received topical TXA.
Statistically, the results of the study are clear: Patients who received intravenous TXA had significantly less blood loss (271 mL vs 324 mL; p=0.005) than those who received topical TXA. Furthermore, after authors controlled for several patient characteristics, they found that those who received topical TXA were 2.2 times more likely to receive a transfusion than those who received intravenous TXA. Still, both modalities resulted in very low transfusion and complication rates of <2% each.
Although IV TXA seems to be more effective at decreasing blood loss than topical TXA in the setting of TKA, Abdel et al. question whether the 53 mL difference is "clinically important," considering the very low transfusion rates in both groups. What might be more clinically meaningful is the fact that the topical TXA group experienced a 5-minute delay during the procedure so the TXA could stay in contact with the tissues prior to suction and wound closure. Such a delay (which could account for about 5% of total surgical time) could put some patients at risk for other complications and is questionable without an appreciable benefit.
So, will every knee-replacement surgeon now use IV TXA instead of topical TXA? Of course not. Although the authors emphasize that there does not appear to be an increased risk of blood-clot-related complications when using IV TXA, some surgeons will still shy away from using that route of administration in certain patients. Also, some surgeons may question this study's generalizability because of the number of perioperative variables described in the methods.
Still, I commend the authors on performing such a large, well-designed study. It is easy to pick apart data from the viewpoint of external validity, but these results are statistically steadfast. While we probably do not need more studies looking at the efficacy of TXA in total joint arthroplasty, further studies looking at the optimal manner in which the medication can be administered are welcomed.
Chad A. Krueger, MD
JBJS Deputy Editor for Social Media
in Knee, What's New
What's New in Adult Reconstructive Knee Surgery
This month, Gwo-Chin Lee, MD, author of the January 18, 2017 Specialty Update on Adult Reconstructive Knee Surgery, selected the five most clinically compelling findings from among the more than 100 studies summarized in the Specialty Update.
Nonoperative Knee OA Treatment
—Weight loss is one popular nonoperative recommendation for treating symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (OA). An analysis of data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative found that delayed progression of cartilage degeneration, as revealed on MRI and clinical symptoms, positively correlated with BMI reductions >10% over 48 months.1
Total Knee Arthroplasty
—In total knee arthroplasty (TKA), the drive toward producing normal anatomy has led to explorations of alternative alignment paradigms. A prospective randomized study found that small deviations from the traditional mechanical axis (known as kinematic alignment) can be well tolerated and do not lead to decreased survivorship or poorer functional outcomes at short-term follow up.2
—Controversy exists about the optimal method to achieve stemmed implant fixation in revision TKA. A randomized controlled trial of TKA patients with mild to moderate tibial bone loss found no difference in tibial implant micromotion between cemented and hybrid press-fit stem designs, based on radiostereometric analysis.
Blood Management in TKA
—Minimizing blood loss and transfusions is crucial to minimizing complications after TKA. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial found that intra-articular and intravenous administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) was more effective than intravenous TXA alone, without an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). However, the optimal regimen for TXA remains undefined.
VTE/PE Prophylaxis
—VTE prophylaxis is essential for all patients undergoing TKA. A risk-stratification study of pulmonary embolism (PE) after elective total joint arthroplasty reported that the incidence of PE within 30 days after either hip or knee replacement was 0.5%. Risk factors associated with PE were age of > 70 years, female sex, and higher BMI. The presence of anemia was protective against PE. The authors developed an easy-to-use scoring system to determine risk for VTE to help guide chemical prophylaxis.3
Gersing AS, Solka M, Joseph GB, Schwaiger BJ, Heilmeier U, Feuerriegel G, Nevitt MC, McCulloch CE,Link TM. Progression of cartilage degeneration and clinical symptoms in obese and overweight individuals is dependent on the amount of weight loss: 48-month data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2016 Jul;24(7):1126-34. Epub 2016 Jan 30.
Calliess T, Bauer K, Stukenborg-Colsman C, Windhagen H, Budde S, Ettinger M. PSI kinematic versus non-PSI mechanical alignment in total knee arthroplasty: a prospective, randomized study. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2016 Apr 27. [Epub ahead of print]
Bohl DD, Maltenfort MG, Huang R, Parvizi J, Lieberman JR, Della Valle CJ. Development and validation of a risk stratification system for pulmonary embolism after elective primary total joint arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2016 Sep;31(9)(Suppl):187-91. Epub 2016 Mar 17.
in Surgeon Edition, What's New
What's New in Adult Reconstructive Knee Surgery: Level I and II Studies
Every month, JBJS publishes a Specialty Update—a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature during the previous year in 13 subspecialties. Here is a summary of selected findings from randomized studies cited in the January 21, 2015 Specialty Update on adult reconstructive knee surgery:
Minimizing Blood Loss
–A randomized study of 101 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) found that those receiving topical tranexamic acid (TXA) intra-articularly at the end of surgery had less blood loss and better postoperative hemoglobin levels than those who received a placebo.
–A randomized study of 50 TKA patients and 50 people undergoing total hip arthroplasty found that those receiving TXA had a significantly smaller decline in postoperative hemoglobin levels and needed 39% fewer units of transfused blood than a group that received normal saline solution.
Patellar Management
–A randomized study of 126 patients who underwent denervation or not after TKA with unresurfaced patellae found that the denervation group had better pain scores at three months and higher satisfaction and better range of motion at two years.
–Two randomized studies evaluated the impact of patellar eversion versus lateral retraction/subluxation for joint exposure. One study (n=117) found no between-group differences in quadriceps strength at one year, and the other (n=66) found no between-group differences in pain scores or flexion at three months and one year.
Implant Design
Most of the implant-design studies summarized in this Specialty Update can be summed up as "no difference." Specifically,
–Three randomized studies attempting to evaluate high-flexion TKA designs (n=74, n=278, and n=122) caused the authors of the update to suggest that "the intention of providing greater clinical flexion through high-flex arthroplasty designs does not translate to a meaningful difference in patient outcomes."
–A randomized study of 124 patients found no differences in maximal post-TKA flexion or functional scores between a group that received a bicruciate-substituting implant and one that received a standard posterior-stabilized design.
–A randomized trial of 34 patients who received prostheses with either highly cross-linked polyethylene or conventional polyethylene found no differences in wear-particle number, size, or morphology after one year.
–A 4- to 6.5-year follow-up study of 56 patients who received either mobile or fixed bearings during TKA found that the mobile-bearing group had greater mean range of motion, but there were no between-group differences in satisfaction or functional scores.
Instrumentation and Technique
–A randomized study of 47 patients whose surgeons used either customized cutting blocks or traditional instruments found no differences in clinical outcomes or mean component alignment. Moreover, surgeons abandoned customized blocks in 32% of the cases because of malalignment.
–A randomized study of 129 patients whose surgical approach was either medial parapatellar or subvastus, all of whom were managed with minimally invasive techniques, found no differences in pain, narcotic consumption, functional outcomes, and Knee Society Scores at postoperative times ranging from three days to three months.
Postoperative Care and Pain Management
–A trial among 249 post-TKA patients who received either one-to-one physical therapy (PT), group-based PT, or a monitored home program found no difference in outcomes at 10 weeks and one year.
–A randomized study of 160 post-TKA patients investigating the effect of continuous passive motion (CPM) machines led the study authors to conclude that CPM is neither beneficial nor cost-effective.
–A small randomized study of pain-management protocols found that a "multimodal" approach that included peri-articular injection led to less pain, less narcotic use, and higher satisfaction for up to six weeks after surgery than a patient-controlled analgesia approach.
–A three-way randomized pain-management study of 100 patients led study authors to recommend against posterior capsule injections and to conclude that "a sciatic nerve block [for TKA] has a minimal effect on pain control."
–A three-way randomized study of 120 TKA patients found that those receiving preoperative dexamethasone and ondansetron had less nausea, shorter hospital stays, and used less narcotic medication than those who received ondansetron alone. "Dexamethasone should be part of a comprehensive total joint arthroplasty protocol," the study authors concluded.


Today, I am taking you to Belize, a small yet beautiful country in Central America, for a delicious and easy to make breakfast bread roll. Come join me and I will show you how to make Johnny cakes.
Belizean cuisine is inspired by British, Caribbean and Mexican cuisines. Indeed, the influence of Mexican and the neighboring Creole culture is deeply felt in the cuisine of Belize.
Belize is the only country in the region with English as the official language. It is the legacy of British colonial rule during which the country was called British Honduras. It nevertheless appears that Spanish is more widely spoken by its residents. In addition to the English traditions still present in the country today, Belize also enjoyed traditions imported by the many black slaves that came from Jamaica and St. Vincent which makes the country culturally rich and diverse.
Johnny cake is to Belize what croissant is to France, the emblematic ingredient of a traditional breakfast. Johnny cakes are prepared and served hot every morning. With an english breakfast and its famous bacon and eggs, these Johnny cakes are a must. People eat it with butter and marmalade, or it is served with eggs, cheese and sausage, as Belizeans tend to prefer a savory meal to start the day. The Johnny cake recipe does not contain any sugar, so it can really be eaten with savory or sweet ingredients alike.
These buns were traditionally prepared by wives of sailors before their departure so that they could have satisfying food that would store well during their travels.
Where does the name of Johnny cake come from?
Originally called Journey cake, they were renamed Johnny cake, as people didn't understand the word and it was difficult to pronounce! Coconut milk makes for a nice subtle touch on these rolls.
It was seaside, in Israel, that my very young niece Ava, very gifted in the kitchen, and I followed this Johnny cake recipe. Ava made those delicious Johnny cakes again by herself 3 days later! I think she's ready to take over.
Johnny cake is to Belize what croissant is in France, the emblematic delicious soft roll of a traditional breakfast.
Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Add the butter, and mix with your fingertips to obtain a homogeneous sandy consistency.
Then stir in coconut milk and knead quickly until forming a smooth ball that easily detaches from the container.
Divide the dough into balls the size of a golf ball. Place the balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and let stand for 10 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400F. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes by placing the baking sheet towards the lower part of the oven. Then, place baking sheet near the top and bake for another 5 minutes. Times vary greatly from one oven to another, so pay close attention to the color of the Johnny cakes.
Enjoy Johnny cakes hot or warm, open and filled with sweet or savory ingredients.
I was out on the wide, wide world of the internet searching for Suriname recipes and came across your blog here. I always love running into a fellow cook who is doing the same sort of project that I am. I have found quite a few of us and it's so interesting to see how we've all put our own unique spin onto the project. I invite you stop by my blog, Baked Lava, if you'd like. I am cooking around the world, too…from every country and territory. My unique spin is that I am doing this all in the galley of my 29-foot fifth wheel travel trailer. Anyhow, I really like your Pom recipe for Suriname and if I use it, I'll definitely send a link back to your blog here. Keep up the great work and I'll keep reading about your culinary adventures. Peace.
Thank you so much for your comment Laurrie. I had not run into your blog yet, but it is interesting to stumble upon blogs like ours as we research recipes from obscure countries. I will definitely start following your blog. Do you get to travel our of WA with your RV?
Wonderful.. Belize my home country!
I loved trying these and now have the simple recipe THANK you!!!
These sound really good and I love the fact that they sound like they're easy to make. I think my whole family would enjoy these!
I am from that country but I don't think it's obscure!
Sorry for the use of this word Cenida. I absolutely love making recipes from countries like yours. What I meant is that it is so easy to find recipes from France, Italy, Mexico, Greece or India on the web… but not so much from countries like Belize. There was nothing pejorative about my choice of word. Sorry if I offended you. I'd actually love it if you could share Belizean recipes with us.
I am from La Ceiba, Honduras, and this is the same recipe used there, as well as in the other coastal cities and islands.
Thanks for the comment Lucy. Yes, I think Johnny cake is common in a number of Caribbean islands.
If you prefer a less crusty Johnny Cake like I do, bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes instead then lightly brown in the bottom of the oven (broiler). Also, you may want to cut down the butter just a little and instead add 2 or 3 tablspoons of Shortening . This will give it a softer, less crumbly texture. Lastly, I've found that a good rule of thumb for most Belizean breakfast 'breads' is 1 tspn baking powder to 1 cup flour. …just some friendly suggestions ?
It's 6am on a nice Sunday morning and im gonna make some of these right now for the family to eat for breakfast when they wake up – good along with steamed Calaloo sautéed in butter, garlic and onion, Belizean Fried beans, a slice or two of your favorite cheese and some fresh brewed coffee!
Thanks, Daren! Love learning about new ingredients, techniques and recipes, especially from the locals!


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Il Caffè San Carlo è un caffè storico tra i più antichi della città sabauda, situato nella centrale piazza San Carlo. Ancora oggi è apprezzato ritrovo dei torinesi.

Storia
Il locale aprì nel 1822 con il nome Caffè di Piazza d'Armi, poiché l'omonima piazza svolse quella funzione fino al 1817.
Divenne presto uno dei più celebri ritrovi di intellettuali e patrioti di tutta la stagione del Risorgimento, in contrapposizione ai caffè più conservatori come il Fiorio.
Per tale motivo fu chiuso più volte dall'autorità cittadina per sospetta attività sovversiva a opera dei patrioti riformisti che solevano frequentarlo.

Nel 1837 subì una prima ristrutturazione guidata dall'architetto Leoni e fu realizzato il complesso apparato decorativo che lo caratterizza e riaprì sotto una nuova gestione con il nome di Caffè Vassallo.
Tra il 1839 e il 1840 vennero completate le decorazioni pittoriche del salone centrale a opera di Rodolfo Morgari e del Borra. Nel 1851 fu invece inaugurata la sala minore conosciuta come «Gabinetto Cinese», decorata dai maestri Pietro Spintz e Giacomo Beltrami secondo il gusto esotico dell'epoca.
La fama di salotto intellettuale crebbe e divenne uno dei più apprezzati caffè da parte di docenti universitari, giornalisti, politici, artisti e scrittori esponenti della coeva corrente della scapigliatura.
Tra gli ospiti illustri del caffè vi furono Giovanni Giolitti, Francesco Crispi, Alexandre Dumas (figlio), Antonio Gramsci e l'ammiraglio Cagni che, insieme a Luigi Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, Duca degli Abruzzi, nel 1899 progettò sui tavolini del caffè la spedizione in Antartide con la nave Stella Polare.

Nel corso del Novecento il locale prese il nome di Caffè San Carlo, divenendo anche il primo locale d'Europa a essere illuminato da lampioni a gas e continuò a essere un riferimento abituale per svariati personaggi tra cui Benedetto Croce, Edmondo De Amicis, Luigi Einaudi, Piero Gobetti, Francesco Pastonchi e anche da grandi esponenti della pittura come Felice Casorati e il gruppo del Sei di Torino

Nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale l'edificio che ospitava il locale subì dei gravissimi danni e il Caffè San Carlo rimase chiuso dal 1953 al 1963 per una lunga opera di restauro che restituì alcuni affreschi del soffitto andati persi con i bombardamenti e il recupero degli stucchi originali di capitelli e pannelli laterali.

Da allora il Caffè San Carlo, pur cambiando gestione più volte, è tornato a essere una delle più frequentate caffetterie di Torino ed è inserito nella lista dei Locali Storici d'Italia.

Caratteristiche
Il locale è composto da un salone principale di forma quadrangolare e da una saletta laterale.
L'accesso è nel salone più ampio fittamente decorato da colonne ioniche, lesene e stucchi dorati mentre la saletta minore è caratterizzata da un profilo curvilineo sul lato est e da eleganti nicchie che ospitano sculture.

Note

Bibliografia
 Piera Condulmer, Il Risorgimento al filtro dei Caffè torinesi, Daniela Piazza editore, Torino 1981

Voci correlate
 Caffè Baratti & Milano
 Caffè Fiorio
 Caffè Mulassano
Caffè Confetteria Al Bicerin dal 1763
Luoghi d'interesse a Torino
 caffè storico

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 Caffè storici di Torino su comune.torino.it
 Sito ufficiale del Caffè San Carlo

Caffè San Carlo
Cultura a Torino
Storia di Torino
Aziende fondate nel 1822

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Microsoft Office App released on iOS following beta testing
It combines Excel, Word, and PowerPoint!
Stephen Warwick
The new Office app for iOS is now available.
The app was announced last year and has been in beta testing for a couple of months.
It combines Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into one seamless experience.
Microsoft has released its new Office app for iOS following a period of beta testing.
As noted by MacRumors, the new Office hub was announced in November of 2019 and is now available to download.
According to Microsoft:
The Office app combines the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps you know and rely on with new capabilities that harness the unique strengths of a phone to create a simpler, yet more powerful Office experience on the go.
Whether using it for personal or professional reasons, the Office app is designed to be your go-to app for getting work done on a mobile device...
Anyone can download the Office app for free and start using it right away. Access and save documents to the cloud by connecting with a Microsoft Account (for OneDrive or SharePoint) or by connecting to a third-party cloud storage provider. Logging in with a personal, work, or school Microsoft Account connected to an Office 365 subscription will unlock premium features within the app.
The release notes of the new app further states:
The new Office app simplifies how you work on a phone by combining Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into one app and adds mobile-first features so you can get more done all from one app. This app maintains all the functionality of the existing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint mobile apps but requires far less phone storage than using three separate apps. New features leveraging the camera help you create content in uniquely mobile ways. Additionally, the app includes a new Actions tab so you can accomplish many common mobile tasks without needing to switch between apps.
Interesting features include the ability to snap a photo of a document, turning it into an editable Word File, as well as turning a picture of a table into an Excel Spreadsheet. You can also import photos directly into PowerPoint presentations from your camera roll.
For a full rundown on Microsoft's new app, head on over to its website!
Combine Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Get the new Microsoft Office app on iOS and Android now!
Anyone can download the app for free and start using it right away, to unlock premium features you'll need a 365 subscription.
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If laptop bags aren't your thing and you don't like hardshell cases, grab a laptop sleeve and at least protect your new MacBook Pro on the go. Here are our favorites!

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Fun and flirty circle skirt in two layers of feather-light mesh is great on the dance floor. Asymmetric hemline design makes this skirt modern and elegant. You can wear it on high waist for a vintage look and on the lower waist for cool contemporary look.
Atelier Vertex clothing is made with very stretchy fabric and adjustable sizes it will often fit a wider range of sizes then indicated below. Feel free to convo me if you have questions about sizing.
midi pencil skirt with back slit. argentine tango skirt.


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Monday, May 4, 2020 | History
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Local reaches out, finds success with Building Inspectors Program
Inventing the wheel isn't always necessary when it comes to curriculum and training. For SMART Sheet Metal Local 22 in Crawford, New Jersey, finding something new was more about bringing back something that worked years ago, dusting it off and adding to it.
Local 22 hosted its last Building Inspectors Program in 2007. It was brought back when Dave Castner, organizer, marketing director and instructor, inspected at a school improperly installed fire dampers that both the building department and fire inspector had approved. After the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs got involved, the repair was awarded to a union contractor.
Recently, leadership at the local — including Tom Fischbach, president and business manager; Castner; and Charlie Beelitz, training coordinator — saw a niche in the community the program could fill and resurrected it. The first class was held in April 2016 with 50 building inspectors in attendance.
The program uses the curricula of the ITI and hosts local building inspectors to educate them on the correct installation, operation and inspection of fire and smoke dampers.
Through a partnership with Rutgers University and the Department of Community Affairs, Local No. 22 was able to offer the course as a continuing education sponsor, which allowed them to provide continuing education units (CEUs), which every inspector needs to maintain his or her license. Local No. 22 also made the class mobile, filling a 7-foot-by-12-foot trailer with equipment and holding the class on campus.
In five classes in 2016, approximately 200 building inspectors, out of 900 to 1,000 in New Jersey, will complete the program. Fire marshals, engineers and construction managers have also attended the class. Local No. 22 offers this service free of charge, although its investment has weight.
"I'm hoping the program will do a couple things," Fischbach said. "I hope it will educate the people we are trying to touch — be it the building inspectors or fire inspectors — on what we do and how we do it. In turn, hopefully, it will level the playing field and gain some contractor base in the smaller markets we're not involved in and protect the larger contractor markets we are in."
In July 2017, due to New Jersey HVACR Licensing, building inspectors will begin inspecting duct work as well as fire dampers. This class teaches them what they're seeing, how to detect problems and when to contact experts to provide maintenance. Dampers prevent smoke and fire from traveling through the ventilation system, keeping it contained to the ignition point and away from occupants of the building. Properly working dampers save lives and allow for first responders to enter a building and extinguish a fire safely.
Dampers that were bolted shut during the MGM Fire in 1980 contributed to smoke inhalation cases, which was the leading cause of death during that incident. Dampers take a skilled eye and hand to inspect, and many building inspectors were never taught how to spot a faulty damper.
"Through this program, we're finding out now the building inspectors aren't looking at the fire dampers," said Castner, who instructs the program. "We're trying to raise awareness; you have to look at the fire dampers. They don't have the knowledge of the functioning of the whole system. They look at it as cool air and heat, and that's it."
Fire damper inspection is only one part of the larger goal Local No. 22 is trying to accomplish with the program.
"We want to bring awareness to what the systems do," Castner said. "We're starting with the building inspectors, but we're trying to get deeper into it. If these people — building inspectors, fire inspectors, fire officials — understand what they're looking at and how to tell if they're installed correctly, they will see what effect it has on the efficiency of the system."
"The program is designed to make them look at all contractors a little bit closer, making them provide an efficient, functioning system where we're more competitive," Fischbach added. "It levels the playing field a little bit more."
This is only the first step in a master plan of education and networking for Local No. 22.
"They're surprised to see how little changes in design or fittings can really affect the system, and they are really interested in the fire damper inspections," Castner said. "They come to us, and they know they'll get the right answers. I think this is the first time in a long time we're at the front of something, and we're not trying to chase it."


Philip Kimball, son of Leslie Kimball and Eula Marjorie (Fry) Kimball, died on September 20, 2014, surrounded by family. He was born at home in Piedmont, OK, on July 21, 1941. The family moved to Hilltop Manor in Wichita and then to Derby, KS, where he graduated from high school in 1959. He was Phi Beta Kappa at University of Kansas, a Fulbright Scholar at University of Heidelberg, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the University of California at Berkeley, and a Stanford graduate student. He taught at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, and University of Bonn, Germany. He married Jennifer Brown in Boston, MA, in 1982.
Philip was a storyteller and a poet, capturing the tales of the prairie in two published novels (Harvesting Ballads and Liar's Moon) and sonnets in The Coal City Review. He supported himself at various jobs, including at a Cincinnati junior high, a Michigan fiberglass factory, as a security guard, at a Wichita soybean crushing mill, in the Boston Public Schools, at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, as a school bus driver, and as a picture framer at Artframes in Lawrence. The job he was most proud of was father of Corinna and Lauren. He became headmaster of Wiseacre Academy, his daughter's home school.
Survivors include his wife, Jennifer Brown (Lawrence); two daughters, Corinna Kimball-Brown (Portland, OR) and Lauren Kimball-Brown (Quincy, MA); two brothers, Alan (Eugene OR) and Steven with sister-in-law Sally (Belle Plaine, KS); two aunts, Lois Bestgen and Willa Gill with uncle J.Gene, and many nieces and nephews.
The family gives thanks for the perceptive diagnosis and compassionate care by Dr. Matthew Stein and LMH Oncology staff, Drs. Gilroy and Hajdu, LMH staff and Douglas County Visiting Nurses Hospice. Donations may be given to The Grassland Heritage Foundation, Social Service League, or Douglas County Visiting Nurses Hospice.
A memorial gathering was held on October 25, 2014, at the Carnegie Building in Lawrence KS.


The condition of this bridge breaks my heart a little. Built in 1907 and last rehabilitated in 1979, this concrete-arch bridge carries 30th Street over the White River in Indianapolis. But its railings are crumbling, and tall weeds grow through every crack in the pedestrian walkway.
I suppose a city the size of Indianapolis can't perfectly maintain all of its infrastructure. But we are fortunate to have a number of ornate concrete-arch bridges in our city, and I wish they were first in line for maintenance.
It stands like a monument, this Art Moderne building on Indianapolis's Northwestside.
The first time I saw the Heslar Naval Armory was 20 years ago. I had a job Downtown and I drove I-65 every day to my suburban home. But a major project closed the highway for a couple months, and the detour led drivers west along 30th Street. At the White River, 29th and 30th Streets share a bridge. The Armory is nestled where the street curves to meet the bridge.
The armory was built in 1936 as a project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which was one of President Roosevelt's New Deal programs. It was designed by architects Ben Bacon and John Parrish to serve as a naval training facility, offering everything a sailor would find on a ship. Walking through, every detail affirms the building's naval purposes.
Perhaps the armory's most important days came during World War II, when its inland location away from high surveillance on the coasts made it an attractive place for generals and admirals to plan their campaigns. Key portions of the Battle of Normandy were planned here.
We toured the armory late last year thanks to Indiana Landmarks, which became involved with the building after the Navy (and the Marines, who in later years shared the space) decommissioned the building and moved out. Our tour took us through the mess hall. Tables and chairs had been removed, but the nautical decorative details were still in place.
Even the mess hall's light fixtures were cool: little globes.
One more shot of the lights, because they're so interesting.
The third floor includes this little bar, a space for officers only back in the day. Notice the porthole windows in the doors. This was a feature throughout the building.
Even the bar carried strong naval themes.
Much of the armory is given over to offices, but it does also include a gymnasium. The deck on which I stood to take this photograph is an open bridge that was used in training exercises. I wish I thought to photograph it from below!
The armory's most remarkable feature was its submarine simulation area. It can be flooded! A training exercise apparently involved sailors trying to figure out how to stop water from coming in.
It was a pretty cramped space, but our tour guide assured us that a submarine is even more cramped.
This first-floor space even had steps and a hatch up to the second floor. It was cordoned off for us tourists, but I'm sure that sailors who didn't figure out how to stop the water from coming in were grateful to have it.
The armory is named for Ola Fred Heslar, born in Brazil, Indiana in 1891. His tour of duty with the Navy began in 1907 and continued into the Naval Reserves in 1922, where he was named Chief of Naval Affairs for Indiana. He oversaw the construction of this armory. Heslar returned to active duty during World War II and took command of the armory. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1944. He died in 1970.
Indiana Landmarks brokered a deal for Herron High School, a classical liberal-arts college-preparatory charter school on Indianapolis's Old Northside, to buy the building. Herron's building has long been at capacity, and they wanted a second campus to carry on their mission. They're renovating it now, including tearing out some interior walls, to open it as Riverside High School. Because Indiana Landmarks is involved, all construction will keep the building's outstanding architectural features. Riverside High School hopes to take in its first students in the fall of 2017.
iPhone 6s and Canon A2e, 50mm f/1.8 Canon EF, Kodak Tri-X.
This is actually a teaser for a forthcoming post: I got to tour this place, a remarkable building in Indianapolis.
Buying two failed Canon EOS Rebels wasn't enough to kill my EOS desires. I really enjoy the 50mm f/1.8 lens I have for this mount and wanted a light body for those days I wanted to shoot it. I still have my EOS 630 and EOS 650, but as early bodies in the series they feel crude and sluggish. And they're larger and heavier than the Rebels I've unsuccessfully tried lately.
And then a commenter on my Rebel S review mentioned how much he enjoyed the EOS A2e he had when they were new. It's a semi-pro body, crammed full of features at a sky-high price: $1,200 upon its 1992 debut, which is equivalent to a little more than $2,000 today. So I went snooping around Used Photo Pro to see what they go for these days and found one for $27. That's pennies on the dollar! I love a bargain, so I bought it.
This camera (called the EOS 5 outside the United States) is every bit as big and heavy as those early EOSes. But it works quickly and smoothly in straight-up shooting, so I met at least half of my goals.
The A2e features an electronic focal-plane shutter that operates from 30 sec. to 1/8000 sec. and shoots at 5 frames per second. The camera has all the modes you'd expect: programmed, aperture-priority, and shutter-priority autoexposure; full manual exposure; and special modes for macro, portrait, landscape, and sports.
Two dials control aperture and shutter speed: the usual one (among EOS cameras) behind the shutter button, and a big one on the camera back. In program mode, the first dial cycles through the aperture/shutter-speed combinations that yield good exposure. In aperture- and shutter-priority modes, it selects the aperture or shutter speed, respectively. In manual mode, it selects shutter speed while the big dial on the camera back selects aperture. That big dial apparently controls other things, too — such as letting you choose among evaluative, center-weight average, and spot metering — but I didn't plumb its depths. Actually, I avoided using it. It's awkward to use while the camera is at your eye, and the forums and reviews all over the Internet say it's prone to failure anyway. I imagine this was a point of real frustration for people who relied on the camera back in the day. But for me, shooting casually, it was easy enough to stick to exposure modes that avoided needing to use the back dial.
You get two additional modes with the A2e. The clever DEP mode makes you focus twice, on something close and something far away; the A2e then ensures that everything in between is in focus and properly exposed. The Green Zone mode (the green rectangle on the mode dial) is similar to Program mode except that it blocks all adjustments, turning the A2e into a point-and-shoot SLR.
The A2e reads the DX coding on the film cartridge to set ISO from 25 to 5,000, or you can set it manually from 6 to 6,400.
The A2e also features eye-controlled focus — that's the e in A2e. Canon's EOS A2 is the same camera without this feature. The viewfinder contains five focus points. With this feature turned on, when you look at what you want to focus on the camera tracks your eye, grabs the focus point closest to where you're looking, and focuses on what's there. Even after I set it up as the manual directs, I couldn't make this feature work. I don't care. It's a gimmick feature that I wouldn't use anyway.
I dropped in a 2CR5 battery and some Fujicolor 200, mounted the 50mm f/1.8 Canon EF lens, and headed out to shoot. My first stop: the Episcopal church over on Meridian Street. It's one of the places I regularly go to test old cameras as it has lots of interesting subjects at various distances. The A2e performed well. Just look at the clarity and color it returned!
It was early evening and light was fading. I was shooting in Program mode, and the A2e was giving me as much depth of field as it could in the available light — so much, I feared I'd get no bokeh. So I dialed in bigger apertures. I wound up with a very narrow in-focus patch on several shots. I should have backed off a stop or two.
But at medium and long distances, everything worked out fine. The A2e metered light brilliantly, returning fabulous, sensitive shadow detail in contrasty situations.
I can't get over the great color I got. This is one of the first rolls of film I scanned on my flatbed scanner. I'm used to a certain greenish caste from Fujicolor 200, and I didn't get it at all here. I did get more grain than I'm used to, though. I wonder if what I'm used to is Fujicolor 200 as scanned by the Noritsu scanners most labs seem to use. This is Fujicolor 200 as scanned by an Epson V300.
I put the A2e on a tripod and photographed this Belleek pitcher on my coffee table. Margaret and I visited the Belleek factory while we were in Ireland and bought a few pieces there for our home. I really enjoy shooting objects close up in low light, but many of my old cameras just don't do it well. The A2e handled it like a pro.
Do you remember how when David Letterman enjoyed one of his guests, he'd invite him or her to stay past the commercial break? Do you remember how seldom it happened? It was a high compliment to the guest. Sort of like Letterman, I seldom test a camera beyond one roll of film. On that rare occasion I seriously enjoy one, I'll go for a second roll. Upon finishing the Fujicolor, I immediately loaded some Kodak Tri-X and kept going. I shot most of the roll on a day out with Margaret, which included visiting a little curiosity shop in Broad Ripple.
I love vintage mechanical and electronic items. If I had money and space, I'd collect typewriters. And radios and televisions. Oh gosh, televisions! Margaret is grateful that I lack money and space. The cameras I have stuffed into every nook and cranny are more than enough.
This is my favorite coffee shop in Indianapolis. I used to go over there on Saturday mornings with a pen and a notebook and freewrite while I sipped whatever varietal they had on the brew. No frilly coffee drinks for me: I take mine black. Somehow I haven't been in there for three years. I must rectify this situation.
I finished up the roll with a few la-de-da shots around the house. I must have the most-photographed home in Indianapolis.
To see more of my photos from these rolls, check out my Canon EOS A2e gallery.
The Canon EOS A2e is not just a well-featured instrument, it's great fun. For most everyday shooting, you don't have to use the cumbersome controls. Just dial in P, or Av and have your finger ready on the wheel, and enjoy pleasant shooting. If it weren't for that awkward and failure-prone back dial, this camera would be truly great. My Nikon N90s, a similarly featured camera from the same era, lacks this fundamental flaw and feels more solidly built. When I hanker to shoot a well-featured auto-everything camera, it's the one I'm going to reach for most often. But for those times I really want to shoot this wonderful Canon lens, I've found my forever body.


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Tyra Banks: Vogue regulation 'is the beginning of something huge'
America's Next Top Model host is pleased about healthier attitude in Vogue.
By Leah Simpson
Tyra Banks has said that she thinks Vogue's ban on 'too-thin' models "is the beginning of something huge."
The America's Next Top Model host declared that it was a positive step that she supports during a television interview.
Banks said: "It's been an unspoken rule, in my opinion and a lot of models' opinions, that the fashion industry says, 'It's okay to be as skinny as you can, just as long as you can stand up and walk and not faint.' "
The fashion magazine made a promise earlier this month that it will not hire models who are "under the age of 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder".
Banks added: "The fact that Vogue is making that mandate is the beginning of something huge."
The 38-year-old wrote an open letter to The Daily Beast on Tuesday (May 15) praising the publication for their decision, expanding on her original comments during Good Morning America today.
She also revealed she mentors a lot of girls who work for magazines and would cry to her about their bodies changing and being told they need to wear a smaller size.
Banks confessed: "I tell them to start diversifying their career and start thinking about the end of the beginning. Sometimes I talk about certain nutrition. But now, I love that I'm not going to be getting that call as much.
"I think there's a message to young girls too. Little girls are looking at these things and it's so important for their mothers to explain to them that things are retouched and these girls aren't necessarily eating healthy.
"That girl needs to close that magazine and her mom needs to help her with her self-esteem to say she's good enough."
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Q: Cannot read property 'errcap' of undefined jqgrid guys i am using jqgrid
and when i click on saveAllRows an error occurs which is Cannot read property 'errcap' of undefined .. here is my code for that button
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and here is what i included

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any help .. why that happens ??

A: The error

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means that the string like $.jgrid.defaults.errors.errcap, $.jgrid.locales["en-US"].errors.errcap or $.jgrid.regional.en.errors.errcap (dependent from the version and the fork of jqGrid which you use) is undefined. The problem can't exist if you would use free jqGrid because the required strings for en-US locale are defined in jquery.jqgrid.min.js. For example to use the latest free jqGrid 4.13.3 you need to include ui.jqgrid.min.css and jquery.jqgrid.min.js files
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which included all what you need.
If you use some old jqGrid, for example jqGrid 4.6 then you have to include grid.locale-en.js, which defines some language specific strings inclusive $.jgrid.defaults.errors.errcap. Then the list of included files should be the following
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I'm creating a new mobile plugin using cordova. The plugin is from a git repository : "https://github.com/NeutrinosPlatform/cordova-plugin-mobile-ocr.git" as shown below.
I published the module and used it as a dependency in another module in an application.
Each time you add, remove, or modify the plugin in an app, OutSystems rebuilds the native shell which you then have to distribute to the end-users for installation.


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Martin Zeichen (tudi Cajhen), slovenski izdelovalec orgel, * (?) 1821, Trbovlje, † 29. julij 1866, Polzela.

Življenje in delo
Izdelave orgel se je učil pri J. Krainzu Gradcu, se nato nekaj časa izpopolnjeval pri Karlu Hessu na Dunaju in E. F. Walckerju v Ludwigsburgu. Po vrnitvi domov je v letih 1846–1854 delal pri Alojzu Hörbigerju v Celju, ko se je ta preselil na Dunaj, pa je 1855 odprl lastno delavnico v Trbovljah in jo 1861 prenesel v Polzelo. Izdeloval je dobre mehanske orgle (10–18 registrov) za cerkve: Solčava (1860), in Brezje pri Mozirju,  Trbovlje (1861),
Zavodnje (1862) in Bele Vode (18 reg.), Šoštanj in Teharje (1863). Ko je delal pri A. Hörbigerju, je sodeloval pri izdelavi orgel za kraje: Bele Vode, Gornji Grad, Griže pri Žalcu, Vransko, Razbor pri Čemšeniku, Vrh nad Laškim, po Savinjski dolini pa popravljal tiste, ki jih je bil izdelal Jernej Billich.

Zunanje povezave

Slovenski izdelovalci glasbil


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The difference between "bumming around" in rural Wigtownshire and with comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh as I left it last night, worryingly like The Exorcist
I have escaped on the last day of the Edinburgh Fringe to Wigtownshire in south west Scotland, to see if any grains of my mother's ashes are still around. She died in 2007.
My mother and father grew up in Wigtownshire.
I put my mother in a little space in the rocks of the breakwater by the cottage in which she grew up, just outside the village of Garlieston.
I put her ashes above the high waterline but sometimes the sea is especially high and I thought I would leave it to Nature to decide whether to wash her ashes out to sea or not.
The Isle of Whithorn: the tide is out & so is a T-mobile signal
I am currently booked into a hotel in the Isle of Whithorn – well, the only hotel in the Isle of Whithorn – the seaside village where my father grew up. But I am posting this from the confusingly unconnected small town of Whithorn. Same name. Different places, although both share a lack of any T-mobile phone signal.
Being in parts of Wigtownshire is almost like being in the 1920s and 1930s, when my parents were growing up.
As far as I can find, there is no T-mobile cellphone reception within 20 miles, even in the town of Whithorn. And the WiFi reception at the hotel in the Isle of Whithorn is, if I am being kind, erratic.
Edinburgh is a century away and – given the narrow, winding country roads on the way here – about 45 minutes longer than the SatNav (Oh, it will only be 3 hours and 9 minutes) told me.
Ellis and Rose last night, as both Punch and puncher
Before I left Edinburgh, I had a meal with the Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show techies Misha Anker and Jorik Mol… and I bumped into Richard Rose and Gareth Ellis, who had no additional visible bodily wounds… and I belatedly saw Almond Roca: The Lost Cabaret at The Hive, which celebrated the cult of almonds.
I went to see the two-hander show because I had bumped into Adam Taffler aka Adam Oliver a couple of years ago, like one does, when I had arranged some spaghetti-juggling in the Grassmarket and he – out publicising his own show – joined in and acquitted himself as well as anyone can when juggling spaghetti.
Nancy Sanazi at the Malcolm Hardee Awards
I also went because I discovered at Friday night's Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show that Frank Sanazi's extraordinarily and brilliantly OTT sidekick – storm trouper Nancy Sanazi – is actually Canadian one-woman dynamo Nelly Scott who is also half of The Lost Cabaret in her guise of Zuma Puma.
Before last night's show Adam and Nelly, dressed in their white and gold ceremonial costumes. told me that they were not going to perform their normal show. They would, they told me, just make this one up and it would be a bit low-key…
LOW KEY ???? !!!!!
Adam (left) & Nelly (right) surprised two audience members
About a third of the way through, Adam ran into the bar adjoining the venue and, as far as I am aware, simply kidnapped a poor unsuspecting girl whom he carried into the venue accompanied by about five of her friends. He ran in carrying her fireman-style over his shoulder.
The anarchy then involved a young man being enticed onto the stage with her and progressed via stripping the young man and painting his body with white paint… to human jousting, audience bouncing, marrying the two punters to each other and much chanting, climaxing with a finale in which both Adam and Nelly stripped naked and ran up and down the aisle.
The Lost Cabaret: Adam (left) and Nelly performing 'low-key'
If this was low key, I clearly have to go out more often and stop watching re-runs of Come Dine With Me.
All I can say is that the sight of Nelly running starkers up and down the aisle waving her arms in the air and holding a giant gold-painted almond is one I will long treasure and it makes me understand why the Edinburgh Fringe is the world's biggest and best arts festival.
Quite what the farmers of Wigtownshire would make of it, I do not know.
When I walked back to my Edinburgh flat afterwards to get my car to drive to Wigtownshire, I dropped into Bob's Bookshop to say goodbye to Bob Slayer and his hard-working and resigned-to-oddity bar manager Cat.
She showed me an indistinct photo from the previous night's Midnight Mayhem of a female audience member putting her finger up Bob Slayer's bottom.
I would like to say this came as a surprise. But it has happened before.
When I arrived in Wigtownshire late this morning, before the phone signal went and the WiFi became erratic, I got what, by his standards, was an explanatory e-mail from Bob. It read:
Stompie, the Half-Naked Chef, in the window of Bob's Bookshop – the venue of an innocent?
"A couple of years ago, I had a young girl in the audience reply to my statement that she should be shocked by my nonsense with the words: You will not shock me.
"When she laughed at the most shocking thing I could say to her, I told her I was approaching 40 and had not yet had my prostate checked.
"One thing led to another and she ended up donning a rubber glove, spitting on the finger and double knuckling me.
"In the early hours of this morning, I told this story at the end of my Midnight Mayhem show. I told the audience: That girl gave me the all clear… but I don't think she was medically trained…
"A woman in the audience asked me if I wanted a second opinion… It turned out she was a nurse.
"There followed another live prostate examination in front of my audience and I am glad to say it was confirmed that I do have the all clear."
I do not know what the moral is to this blog about two worlds – the Edinburgh Fringe and rural Wigtownshire.
But I suspect it says something about something.
And, for some unknown reason, the words Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire spring to mind.
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Tagged as Adam Taffler, Bob Slayer, edinburgh fringe, Ellis, Garlieston, Isle, Jorik Mol, Lost Cabaret, Malcolm hardee, Misha Anker, Nelly Scott, prostate, Rose, Sanazi, T-Mobile, Whithorn, wifi, Wigtownshire, Zuma Puma
British Sex Worker of The Year looking for psychologist & clients for Channel 5
Charlotte Rose & T-shirt on Skype this week
Charlotte Rose recently won a British Erotic Award as Sex Worker of the Year.
She had just come back from Cuba when I talked to her two days ago via Skype.
"I've got a busy morning," she told me. "I've been able to squeeze my dog into the vet's at 9 o'clock; somebody's coming to fix my washing machine; and then Channel 5 TV are giving me a call."
"How was Cuba?" I asked.
"It was fantastic, but I did slice my knee and I sliced the tip of my toe off in the swimming pool."
"A shark attack in the swimming pool?" I asked.
"There must be something there with massively over-sized teeth," laughed Charlotte Rose, "because it really did take a chunk out of my toe. I can't recall what happened but a lot of things apparently happen in that pool."
"Were you in Cuba on holiday or for professional reasons?" I asked.
Charlotte in Havana with Che Guevara hat and Cuban cigar
"Holiday," she replied "I went with a colleague that I work with. Havana is fantastic and the people are fantastic. I've got about nine new husbands. The old-fashioned Cadillacs – all the cars – are fantastic. And the Che Guevara Museum was amazing. But what was really interesting was the red light district. There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of girls there… and lady boys and gay boys."
"I'm amazed," I said. "I've never been to Cuba, but I wouldn't have thought the regime would allow a red light district."
"They tolerate it," explained Charlotte Rose. "It's policed. If you get caught, then you're arrested. You've got cameras on every corner, but there are no cameras on the red light road itself. Over there, the women are quite reserved. There's no sex before marriage. It's very Catholic. But, because they're an equal society, a taxi driver will earn 25 pesos a month and a teacher will earn 25 pesos a month. Our £ is worth about 1.50 pesos and those people are getting 25 pesos a month to live on. A prostitute over there will get 25 pesos for the hour. So, in my opinion, 90% of the women over there will do it with a tourist just to top up their wages."
"Someone like the Daily Mail ," I suggested, "would say Oh, prostitutes. Terrible people. But you would say…?"
"I love what I do," said Charlotte Rose. "People have their own definition of what the word stands for. But it's how somebody does it. It's how somebody conducts themselves.
"At the end of the day, what I do is I give the opportunity for people to feel passion and pleasure and intimacy in their lives for a certain amount of time. The bonus I get out of it is knowing I have left that person with such a huge smile on their face and I'm the reason behind that smile. But, like any industry, you get the good and the bad."
"The Daily Mail," I said, "would go on about girls being kidnapped in Romania, brought here and forced into prostitution… or prostitutes are all drug addicts… No girl would do it of her own volition…"
"They should come and visit me," suggested Charlotte Rose, "and I will give them Devon's finest GFE and I will show them my arms. Yes, we do have the bad side of the industry. Young children, drug addicts, yes, unfortunately, yes. But, if you look at the banking industry, there are nice bankers who enjoy their job and we've got bankers who are wankers.
Charlotte Rose tries her hand as rock guitarist Cuban style
"The stories that come out in the papers are always A prostitute was killed in Surrey. Twenty young Cuban girls… You don't see in the paper Oh, there's Charlotte Rose, Sex Worker of the Year Award. Fantastic the amount of work she's doing within the sex industry. Why not?
"I've got a Bachelor in Science degree. I moved to Exeter to become a teacher. I realised I don't like kids – 15-year-old kids don't want to learn – I did my PGCE, the basic teaching qualification. My degree's in Hospitality. I'm trained to run a 7-star, 500-bedroom hotel."
"Why did you become an escort?" I asked.
"I'm very highly-sexed. I detest the idea of picking someone up in a bar. I think it's dirty. I think it's seedy. So why not join an agency and get paid for it? I absolutely loved it. I was funding my businesses and I was doing something I enjoyed. I stayed with an agency for a year and then got an apartment and went into escorting independently and never looked back.
"I have a certain minimum that I see each day. I've built-up fantastic rapports with lots of my clients. I do a lot of sexual training and relationship coaching. I have clients who see me for troubles in their own relationships. They've got me on a retainer. If they have an argument at home, they can phone me and I can coach them. I have clients who come and see me for social skills, because they're too afraid to do basic chit-chat with people.
"Every fantasy and fetish gets thrown at me and, if it's something that I can accommodate, I will. It all boils down to If I can make somebody happy, then I will."
"So," I said, "you recently won this Erotic Award as Sex Worker of the Year. Why did you get that?"
Charlotte & Erotic Award as Sex Worker of the Year
"Because I'm awesome!" laughed Charlotte Rose. "I really love my job and it shows. I'm very passionate about people. I work a lot with disabled people. I work with anybody that wants and needs intimacy and passion in their lives. That's one of the things I push my business towards. I'm not an escort for a quick fuck for fifteen minutes. My minimum term is an hour. We have a cup of tea together, sit down and talk, get to know each other, relax, then shower and enjoy each other's company. If I can give somebody the opportunity to feel intimacy, pleasure and passion in their lives, then that's me happy. I say I work with the three Ps – I work with passion, professionalism and people."
"Have you reaped any benefits from your Erotic Award?"
"Well, all the regular people I work with think it's fantastic and I should be working with Channel 5 in the up-and-coming months with regards to the sexual training I offer. So everything's getting there. Exciting stuff. I was supposed to have worked with Channel 4 on the Sex On Wheels programme, but I pulled out at the last minute because I do have a family and the things that I do… It just wasn't ready at that point in my life able to go nationally public. But the way things are going now…
"I'm hopefully working with the National Ugly Mugs scheme in regards to my time wasters website.
"The National Ugly Mugs scheme sends out information about dangerous clients to people, but it doesn't record people who waste your time and having that information is just as valuable. If a client genuinely messes me about, I can upload his phone number onto the website. If he then tries to book with someone else, she can look up his number on the website and it won't show his number but it will say whether he's been entered as a time waster. It also has a star system on it to tell you how many times the man has been entered.
"I've also got my English Courtesan website and I've got a new Sexual Training website which will be online soon and that's what I'll be pushing in the Channel 5 programme."
"What's the idea behind the Sexual Training website?" I asked.
"To give sexual training," laughed Charlotte Rose.
"In what way?" I persisted.
"It's more to do with sexual surrogacy," she explained. "I've been working with ICASA (the Centre for Intuition, Consciousness And Self Awareness) in regards to erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation. There was a client of mine who suffered with premature ejaculation. Just a simple stroke of the arm could make him explode. But, using different therapy techniques, we've gone from 3 seconds to 17 minutes.
"I'm not trained in psychology but I am, at the moment, looking for a psychologist I could possibly work with in the future."
"The Channel 5 show should get you a bit of publicity," I said.
"We are looking for people to be on the show," said Charlotte Rose, "but I don't want it to damage the discretion I have. We are looking for a man in his 40s who has never had sex; a couple; and a disabled client."
"I don't think I count for any of those," I said.
"You could mention in your blog that there's going to be a TV show on sexual surrogacy and Channel 5 is looking for those three types of people…
"I just think it's absolutely fantastic that I've got an award for what I do. You get all these achievements for the Best Teacher of the Year, the Best Accountant of the Year and people in my profession go un-noticed. It's only the bad that gets noticed. The message I want to get out is that I'm proud of what I do."
"And you've a busy life," I said.
"Yes," said Charlotte Rose, "I'm going to have to put a note on my door to the guy who's fixing my washing machine to say I'm on an emergency run to the vet."
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Tagged as Charlie, Charlotte, Cuba, Erotic Award, prostitution, red light, Rose, sex, worker


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Q: Eclipse: Two web projects, one servlet I use a library which includes, among other things, a servlet. I've fetched the source for this lib to a dynamic web project and it works fine.
I'd like to make an example dynamic web application in another project which would just reference to the classes of this library. Is it possible to do it this way in Eclipse Galileo and deploy to Tomcat.
This I like to do, so that in the library source project I have only the libs own code and my modifications to it and my example app would be a totally another app.
In Eclipse I've referenced my example app project to the lib project and it works fine when coding, but when I try to access the example app URL it throws a ServletException because it can't find the Servlet.
The libs own web page works fine.

A: Can you not just create a JAR containing the classes you which to share and then reference this JAR in each project?
I would recommend staying away from IDE features like the ones in Eclipse that try to bundle up your app and deploy it for you - I find it helps much more to control this yourself, with your own build scripts, app server setup, etc.
This way you aren't stuck wondering why a certain nuance of the IDE works the way it does (such as, why is Eclipse not deploying the output of a project I've added as a "reference" along with this project?) - you can completely control your own environment. It's more valuable to know how to bundle up and deploy things on your own anyway (since it works the same regardless of whatever IDE you are using), and the tools behind it are a lot more powerful than any "press this shiny button and everything gets deployed and launched" feature in your IDE.


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Why Trump Can't be Blamed for Any Deaths from COVID-19
The election rhetoric of 2020 has recently featured a Democratic Party attack upon President Trump claiming that he is responsible for most or all of the 200,000 American deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This attack has, of course, been parroted in screeching fashion by the propagandist division of the DP, the Leftmedia. It is also typical here that the DP and Leftmedia will obfuscate and deceive in order to […]
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In 1988, a reviewer for the Washington Post wrote the following as part of a review of a re-release of the film "The Manchurian Candidate."
John Frankenheimer's "The Manchurian Candidate" was a bold venture in 1962, with its flashy technique and political themes. Now re-released after a 15-year absence, its mobile camera and fluid editing still dazzle. And its story of Cold War intrigue, murky East-West dealings, assassination, brainwashing — and the idea of a glorified cue-card reader playing president — resonates today like never before."
A little more than 22 years later, I would wholeheartedly agree with this reviewer, and the resonance he mentions applies perfectly to our modern-day Manchurian Candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden.
The plot of this tale from the Cold War era involves plans to replace a candidate for President with a look-alike who serves at the bidding of a nefarious group of Communists. This story begins with a fictional capture of soldiers from an American platoon during the Korean War who are taken to a secret base in Manchuria, a region of China, where they are drugged and brainwashed in preparation for their mission.
I don't want to spoil anymore of the film for those who haven't seen it, however, it is an outstanding movie well worth seeing for anyone. It also provides excellent fodder for a comparison of the similarities between a candidate fictionally programmed by Chinese Communists and a real candidate who seems to have been 'programmed', to favor China today.
I do not claim that former V.P. Biden has been subjected to brainwashing or that he has been drugged by some mysterious group of Communists from China. However, I would suggest that Biden is already easy to manipulate and would be malleable by China as President without having to resort to any extreme measures such as brainwashing.
Candidate Biden is easy to manipulate not because of advanced age or touch of senility, but for the same reason, many lifelong politicians are easy to sway. He is and has been for all his adult life a professional politician, and few of those are not easy to manipulate through special interest, rather than public interest, groups.
Biden Has Always Shown Favor to China
Moreover, Joe Biden already has a favorable relationship with the Chinese Communist Party that was constructed during his nearly 5 decades as a politician.
Joe Biden defends this system [Communism in China] — and has since meeting Deng Xiaoping in 1979, when he joined the first US congressional delegation to the People's Republic. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the early 2000s and then as veep, Biden helped along China's geopolitical rise. Bernie Sanders is thus right to criticize Biden for supporting the grant of Permanent Normal Trade Relations status to China in 2000. A decade later, Biden said: "A rising China is a … positive development not only for China, but for America."
In 2013, then VP Biden leveraged some of that favor with the Chinese government to aid his son, Hunter, in what turned out to be some rather shady business dealings in China. These efforts came to fruition in 2017 when,
…the illustrious vice-presidential son was granted what Chinese commentators described as a Xianchai, a sinecure reserved for offspring of important officials, at BHR Partners. BHR is a $20 billion fund with shareholders that include China Life, China Development Bank and other state-owned entities. China's State Council calls on BHR to find deals abroad by hiring foreigners with political connections.
A 'sinecure' is defined as,
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
Sounds like the kind of job Hunter Biden is suited for, given what we already know of his history. In 2019 Biden allegedly resigned from the board of BHR although he was still listed as a member as of March 2020 according to China's public records.
Joe Biden's mental fitness, or lack thereof, will exaggerate the tendency to capitulate to whoever has his ear. It also makes him far more vulnerable to suggestions from other powers in the present campaign.
Biden Seeks to Reward China
Not only has Joe Biden favored China over American interests throughout his political career, but he also hasn't withdrawn his praise even in the face of the Wuhan COVID-19 threat that the CCP unleashed upon the world. Less than a month ago he had publicly stated that he would roll back the tariffs now in place against China.
Most recently, Biden said he would end Trump's tariffs on billions of dollars worth of China-made goods before his aides walked the statement back. Likewise, in 2019, Biden criticized Trump's tariffs on China
It is noteworthy that Biden's aides had to 'walk back' his pledge to remove tariffs from China. After all, it might not appeal to voters if he appeared to lean toward China in the wake of this pandemic and the chaos that has resulted in its wake.
It wasn't necessary for China to turn Joe Biden into a 'Manchurian' candidate. He was already tailor-made for the position.
Thus, it should come as no surprise that because Biden favors Chinese interests, China favors Biden for President. China's President-for-life Xi would be much happier dealing with a Biden presidency than a second term of President Trump.
China Is an Existential Threat to America and the World
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, China has emerged as the preeminent threat to global stability and the existence of America as a free nation. In less than twenty years, China has expanded its territorial influence in the South China Sea [which it virtually claims as its possession], become the second-largest economy on the planet, captured almost a monopoly on manufacture and supply of medicine globally, have turned stolen technology into a mammoth industry of information and means of spying on billions, all while exercising tyrannical power over its populace, including concentration camps for over a million Uyghur Muslims, and substantially building its military and nuclear capabilities at a blistering pace.
The issues of military and territorial influence in the immense area claimed by China in the South China Sea is a seriously under-appreciated threat to American interests and global stability.
China's astonishing expansion into the South China Sea's 1.35 million square miles and its subsequent militarization of the region over the past several years has cultivated a complex security environment. The initial phase of that growing complexity was predicated on geopolitical interest and expansion, notably during U.S. President Barack Obama's second term in office.
The iron grip of China upon the pharmaceutical industry has come to the fore during the pandemic of COVID-19 which they just 'happened' to loose as a plague upon the world. A recent article in "AMAC Magazine" highlighted the fallout of China's tight-fisted control.
Today…Chinese pharmaceutical companies supply roughly 40% of heparin [a blood-thinning agent] to the United States, about 70% of acetaminophen [Tylenol], and over 90% of antibiotics, vitamin C, ibuprofen, and hydrocortisone. Thus, it is likely that millions of Americans take Chinese-made drugs without being cognizant of the fact.
The fact that China is an existential threat to the entire globe is so evident that, as someone once said, 'a blind man could see it with a cane.' That Joe Biden both favors and is beholden to China is just as clear.
The only real question is whether Biden will get the opportunity to exercise his favoritism toward the malevolent CCP machine, and toward the loss of liberty that will be the result. The only answer should be a resounding no to a Manchurian candidate becoming a Manchurian President.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17 [ESV]
D.T. Osborn
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