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Brunhuvad paradiskungsfiskare (Tanysiptera danae) är en fågel i familjen kungsfiskare inom ordningen praktfåglar.

Utbredning och systematik
Fågeln lever på sydöstra Nya Guinea, kring floderna Aroa och Waria. Den behandlas som monotypisk, det vill säga att den inte delas in i några underarter.

Status
IUCN kategoriserar arten som livskraftig.

Referenser

Externa länkar

Kungsfiskare
Fåglar i australiska regionen
Endemiska fågelarter på Nya Guinea
Endemiska fågelarter i Papua Nya Guinea

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McGolrick Makeover: The Funding of a Semi-Forgotten Park
by storres	 June 2, 2014 June 2, 2014
A pretty lackluster game of tic-tac-toe for the kiddies.
Did you know that New York City was recently ranked as the second best city for parks in the country? Did you also know that when I originally typed that sentence I accidentally wrote "tanked as the second best city for parks" which might sometimes seem more accurate to residents? It's true though – only Minneapolis beat us out. In fact, 97 percent of New Yorkers are within a 10 minute walk from a park according to a recent article on WNYC.
Greenpoint ranks pretty high in the city in terms of access to green space, but not all parks are created equal. While a lot of money has recently been pumped into revitalizing the waterfront (a worthwhile and daunting task), some parks are getting left behind. Like McGolrick Park. With rundown playgrounds and missing swings, residents and parents have been working together to get McG (new nickname?) a much needed tune up.
I met with Maria Fitzpatrick from the McGolrick Park Alliance recently to learn more about the $450,000 the alliance was awarded for park rennovations. Maria got involved in revitalizing the park when she realized there were no capital improvements planned for the McGolrick at all, despite years of neglect.
While the $450,000 is a great start, it was estimated at a Brooklyn Parks Department Feasibility meeting that updating the park in its entirety would clock in at an eye-popping amount of $2 million. Once the city budget is passed in the coming weeks, the funding will officially be allocated for the McGolrick Park project; the funding will be appropriated to the Parks Department, who will conduct the actual work. The Parks Department will also decide if the renovations will begin with the money already allotted and broken into phases, or if they'll wait to get the full $2 million before beginning the work.
So what will the $2 million go to? Mainly the playgrounds which are especially run down and out of date. Maria gave me a tour of the chipping paint, uneven ground, and the children's water spray fountains that haven't been updated since the 1930's. As Maria put it, the fountains were a WPA project i.e. post-Depression FDR construction (and not in a cool, vintage way). They're built on uneven ground with the drain ending in a sink hole, resulting in a gross puddle when the sprinklers are on. And most of the playground equipment is close to 20 years old.
Sunken in ground next to the decidedly uncool, not-vintage fountains.
In a survey sent to the 649 people who voted "yea" for participatory budgeting, 250 voiced their concerns about the park. The most frequent comments pertained to safety issues due to the outdated equipment, uneven pavement, poor sanitation, and inadequate fencing and gates.
As Maria noted, even the kids in the area have been to other parks and noticed that their park isn't as nice. Other parks have brand new playground equipment; the Mc Golrick decay makes them feel like they've been forgotten (queue photos of sad forgotten Greenpoint children).
When Maria saw the extent of the park's neglect she started talking to other parents in the neighborhood and they reached out to the District 33 Participatory Budgeting Process. She subsequently went to several meetings with the Parks Department to discuss funding. Crucial in securing the funding and bringing attention to the issues of the park, were the Open Space Alliance, Councilmember Stephen Levin, Assemblymember Joe Lentol, and Community Board 1. These organizations and officials recognized that this area of Greenpoint was underrepresented and are still working to find increased funds for the project. Meanwhile, the Parks Department is also working to recruit more revenue streams.
While $450,000 out of $2 million might not seem like a lot, Maria sees this as a small, yet significant accomplishment, considering how much progress has been made in just 6 months. Usually securing funding through a government department takes much, much longer.
Maria is pleased with where the process is so far and greatly appreciates everyone who's helped along the way. As she put it, "it's engaging the community to recognize a common need and make something happen."
If you'd like to help out email mcgolrickalliance [at] gmail [dot] com. By getting the word out and galvanizing the community, we could see a more modern and beautiful McGolrick Park in the coming years.
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Die Charlottesville Open 2014 fanden vom 18. bis 21. September 2014 in Charlottesville in den Vereinigten Staaten statt. Das Squashturnier der Herren war Teil der PSA World Tour 2014/15 und gehörte zur Wertungskategorie PSA International 25.

Titelverteidiger war Martin Knight, der nicht erneut antrat. Alister Walker gewann das Turnier mit einem Finalsieg gegen Lucas Serme. Die Partie endete mit 6:11, 11:3, 16:14 und 11:6.

Die Teilnehmerfeld bestand aus 16 Spielern, davon waren vier Plätze für Qualifikanten vorgesehen. Die acht besten Spieler wurden gesetzt. Per Wildcard erhielt Joe Chapman einen Startplatz im Hauptfeld.

Preisgelder und Weltranglistenpunkte
Bei dem Turnier wurden die folgenden Preisgelder und Weltranglistenpunkte für das Erreichen der jeweiligen Runde ausgezahlt bzw. gutgeschrieben. Spieler, die aus der Qualifikation in das Hauptfeld eintraten, erhielten die angegebenen Qualifikationspunkte zusätzlich zu denen für das Erreichen der jeweiligen Runde. Ansonsten sind die Beträge nicht kumulativ zu verstehen. Das Gesamtpreisgeld betrug 25.000 US-Dollar.

Herren

Setzliste

Ergebnisse

Weblinks
 Berichterstattung auf squashsite.co.uk (englisch)

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PSA World Tour 2014/15
Squashturnier in Charlottesville


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Posts tagged with "aclu"
Tlaib, Dingell spearhead historic legislation to repeal Muslim travel ban
July 22nd, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the NO BAN Act, a bill that will effectively repeal the Trump Administration's discriminatory ban against Muslims, Africans, refugees and asylees. The final vote tally was 233-183. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) presided over the debate of...
U.S. soldier convicted of killing Iraqi soldier, pardoned by Trump
May 8th, 20190 Oklahoma – President Trump pardoned former U.S. Army Lieutenant Michael Behenna on Monday after he served five years in prison for killing an Iraqi soldier in 2008. Behenna was convicted of unpremeditated murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison for the killing of Ali Mansour Mohamed. Mansour had been suspected for his involvement...
Americans have the right to hear from the leader of BDS movement
April 19th, 20190 I awakened early Wednesday to listen to a voicemail message from Omar Barghouti, a leading member of the Palestinian movement to Boycott, Divest, and Sanction (BDS) Israel. In the message, Omar told me that he was at Ben Gurion Airport and despite holding a valid U.S. visa and a boarding pass for his flight to Washington, D.C., the...
ACLU files lawsuit against Florida sheriff over ICE collaboration
December 11th, 20180 KEY WEST, FLA — The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Southern Poverty Law Center and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP filed a federal lawsuit Monday Dec. 3 on behalf of a natural-born U.S. citizen who was detained as a result of a Florida sheriff's collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The ACLU...
Court orders release of Iraqi detainees, sanctions ICE
November 22nd, 20180 DETROIT — A federal judge ordered the release Tuesday of roughly 100 Iraqi detainees held for more than 16 months, saying the federal government cannot indefinitely detain foreign nationals. U.S. District Court Judge Mark Goldsmith granted two motions filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan in 2017: Release of the...
Federal court blocks Arizona anti-BDS law
September 30th, 20180 PHOENIX — On Thursday, Sept. 27, a federal court blocked an Arizona law that requires state contractors to certify that they won't boycott Israel, finding that the law likely violates state contractors' free speech rights under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. "A restriction of one's ability to participate in...
In court filings, government says most separated families reunited
July 30th, 20180 U.S. BORDER — Around 1,400 children of some 2,500 separated families at the U.S.-Mexican border have been reunited with them, the U.S. government said in a court filing on Thursday, July 26. Government lawyers said 711 other children were not yet eligible for reunification with their parents in time for Thursday's deadline, which...
Federal court blocks detention of asylum seekers
July 6th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal court has blocked the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture or death in their countries of origin. It also ordered a case-by-case review of whether each asylum seeker in a class-action lawsuit should be released on humanitarian parole. The ruling began from a challenge brought...
Supreme Court upholds Trump's travel ban targeting Muslim-majority nations
June 26th, 20181 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed Donald Trump one of the biggest victories of his presidency, upholding his travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries and rejecting the argument that it represented unconstitutional religious discrimination. The 5-4 ruling, with the court's five conservatives in...
Federal judge orders ICE to stop coercing Iraqi detainees to sign deportation papers
June 24th, 20180 DETROIT – On Monday, a federal judge ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to stop coercing Iraqi detainees into signing a document giving up their right to be in the U.S. and agreeing to be deported. The government is trying to send back the mostly Christian detainees, but the ACLU said their return to Iraqi...
Michigan officials, activists condemn anti-BDS bills as Gaza protest persist
June 23rd, 20181 DEARBORN – As grisly images from "Right of Return" protests along the Gaza-Israeli border become increasingly harder for the American public to ignore, lawmakers across the U.S. are reacting with anti-BDS bills that seek to hamper efforts to boycott the nation's most significant ally in the Mediterranean – shifting the...
ACLU sues over plans for citizenship question on 2020 Census
June 20th, 20181 NEW YORK —Civil rights lawyers sued the U.S. Commerce Department last week to try to stop plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, calling it an unconstitutional attempt to discriminate against immigrants. The Manhattan federal court lawsuit on behalf of immigrants' rights groups blames racial animus for the recent...
Flint school children to be screened for effects of lead after agreement
April 10th, 20180 LANSING ― School children in Flint will receive screening and in-depth health assessments to measure the effects of lead-tainted drinking water on their ability to learn, under a more than $4 million legal agreement reached on Monday. The agreement partially settled a federal lawsuit related to a water crisis in Flint that drew...
Supreme Court curbs rights of immigrants awaiting deportation
February 27th, 20180 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday curbed the ability of immigrants held in long-term detention during deportation proceedings to argue for their release in a ruling in sync with President Donald Trump's get-tough approach toward immigration. The court's conservative justices carried the day in the 5-3 decision that...
Federal Appeals Court: Trump travel ban unlawfully discriminates against Muslims
February 15th, 20180 WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries violates the U.S. Constitution by discriminating on the basis of religion, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday in another legal setback for the policy. The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, on a 9-4...
Families await judge's decision to release Iraqi detainees for Christmas
December 22nd, 20172 DETROIT — Six months ago, about 30 heavily-armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers stormed into the home of Briana Moore and her husband, Ahmed Mohammed, a 52-year-old Iraqi American truck driver who'd served time in prison for allegedly stealing a rental car about a decade ago. "Are you going to kill my dad?" Moore...
9/11 town hall addresses Japanese internment camps and targeting of Muslims
September 14th, 20170 DEARBORN—The Arab American National Museum (AANM) hosted a town hall on September 8 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Japanese American detainment in internment camps and the 16th anniversary of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks in New York City. In 1942, President Roosevelt signed executive order 9066, which entailed...
ACLU: ICE plans to start destroying records of immigrant abuse, including sexual assault and deaths in custody
August 29th, 20170 The ALCU reported on Monday, Aug. 28 that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently asked the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA), which instructs federal agencies on how to maintain records, to approve its timetable for retaining or destroying records related to its detention operations. This may seem like a...


Regular forumer? Ferocious Frequent Poster?
Too much work, my sister in death.
Ugh. And now I have to memorize those tiny amounts of letters, abbreviated to my leisure. Oh, woe is me.
Oh, of course there are! I specialize in mini-cupcakes!
Any flavor you like! I even do Gnome flavored ones, and they are all in the shape of little hearts!
And what flavor shall I bake for you?
Soul flavor. With 100% real souls.
Recognition often leads to awards which lead to power.
Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering! Sorry but Yoda totally popped into my head when I read your statement lol. On a more serious note I totally understand your concern but I really doubt Blizzard is ever going to give any kind of forum moderator powers to players. Not only because of the potential for abuse but also because players tend to get their accounts compromised on occasion and they cant take the risk of a compromised moderator account running wild and causing havoc.
Unless he's a deranged cannibal with a sick craving for spiced watermelons.
Fantastic. I will put my lock to work for some fresh souls; it will be tasty.
Make them the souls of kittens, wrapped in sorrow, grief, despair, loneliness, and insanity.
It's okay he doesn't have to know! After all what you don't know won't hurt you. Am I right?
I'm happy that we have such an honorable Gnome representative. High Tinker ("MVP") Huggywuggles!


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Q: Sidebar implementation allows excessive vertical scroll This is a sidebar implementation for Bootstrap.
However if you open it in mobile or emulate it in Chrome. You can notice that you can scroll to the left as well as down to the point where it's beyond the page. Can't figure out what's causing it and how to fix it.
The basic question is how to disable the excess vertical scroll and bonus question is preventing horizontal scroll.
Edit: Problem doesn't occur on iOS emulator. Seen in Chrome debug and Android phone.

A: Tried it now with iOS Chrome, iOS Simulater, Safari - no problems with scrolling or overflow.
Now tried it with Chrome on Mac OS X with Debug tools set to a mobile Device (which one doesn't matter) And facing this issue:

I will come back with a possible fix for this or maybe an already added issue for Chrome on mobile/android. overflow:hidden, overflow-y:hidden and also a new div around the whole wrapper with overflow:hidden doesn't solve this issue.
Update:
Removing the position:absolute from #wrapper.toggled #page-content-wrapper will remove that problem but causes the right content div to lose it's width. If you now add a new additional min-width the same problem for height calculation will occur. It looks somehow like a real Chrome Bug because it doesn't occur for me in Safari (mobile + Desktop) or Firefox (mobile + Desktop) only on Chrome for smaller screens.

A: What if you hide the overflow when the navigation is opened?
#wrapper.toggled {
    overflow: hidden;
}

Change the page-content-wrapper's position to relative
#wrapper.toggled #page-content-wrapper {
    position: relative;
}

A: To remove the excess vertical scroll on the menu:
.sidebar-wrapper {
  overflow-y: hidden;
}

To remove the horizontal scroll:
body {
  overflow-x: hidden;
}

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Prince William's future wife Kate Middleton, 28, graces the cover of February 2011 Tattler. The cover is similar to Andy Warhol's 1962 screen prints of actress Marilyn Monroe.
Kate did not pose for the cover it was taken from one of the pictures taken after her engagement to Prince Williams was announced. Kate did not do the interview in the magazine either. The cover celebrates the couple's engagement. They are scheduled to marry at Westminster Abbey on April 29.


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Imagine Fitness and Yoga offers a variety of yoga classes, from beginner to advanced. We specialize in helping those new to Yoga get started. We believe in a triad of focus on strength, flexibility and balance. You will find the unique blend of all three in whichever class you choose.
Participants will learn the building blocks of yoga practice in a variety of introductory classes. These classes are great for beginning and intermediate level practitioners looking to establish good form, balance, and flow in their practice. Many classes are the perfect refresher of the fundamentals important to Yoga practice. Your instructor will lead you through basic and gentle standing and seated poses and you will learn about the healing benefits of Yoga.
An energizing practice that links your breath to movement through a series of poses to form a continuous flow that helps improve strength, flexibility and balance.
A "moving meditation" that started in ancient China as a form of self-defense. Today, it is practiced for its health benefits. Poses are used to activate the muscles and initiate a gentle stretch while a continuous flow is maintained. Tai Chi is soothing to the mind and body.
At Imagine Fitness & Yoga we focus on training the whole body. Our trainers specialize in the development of strength, flexibility and balance. In addition to personal training, we offer circuit training and cycling classes with instructors focused on your personal needs within a small group session.
Our circuit training methods are rooted in functional training. Functional training means that we target our classes to increase your strength and effectiveness in your daily activities. Not only will you get stronger, you will feel better too!
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Pilates borrows movements from yoga, dance, and calisthenics and is focused on stretching and strengthening the body, especially the core. Standard pilates uses equipment for the moves, but mat pilates requires no equipment besides a cushioning mat to get a great workout.


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Iconic plastic Army men to be joined by Army women for Christmas 2020
Posted 10:23 am, September 4, 2019, by Tribune Media, Updated at 05:57PM, September 5, 2019
SCRANTON, Pa. - A Pennsylvania toy manufacturer is using some imagination in the fight for equality. The small operation is one of the only makers of toy plastic Army men, and soon it will be expanding the line to include Army women.
Jeff Imel who owns BMC Toys in Scranton says the classic little green Army men we all know will never go out of style.
"If you lose one, it's not the end of the world. Your mom's not going to kill you," Imel told WNEP.
Since the 1950s, no one's really broken the mold on the beloved toy. BMC is one of the only producers of the toy left in the U.S. Imel says a few hundred thousand soldiers march out of this small factory on Penn Avenue each year.
But starting next year, Imel will start something new. He showed the prototype for the first female combat toy soldier.
Before, women were only shown in a historically accurate fashion, but Imel says he's received requests for female figurines for years.
"To do a new set of figures like this, it's about the cost of a modest new car, you know, so I checked the couch cushions, came up empty," he laughed.
Then, he received letters from a retired female Navy sailor and a 6-year-old girl asking for representation that gave him the confidence and proof of concept to draw up some plans.
"When you're talking about modern combat soldiers, they've got a lot of heavy protective gear. You shrink that down to two inches, it's getting kind of hard to tell gender at that point. I went another route where we kind of expand the pop culture universe of plastic Army men to include women."
Sometimes even the toy industry needs to be reminded to have a little imagination.
"Whether it's a dinosaur, or Davy Crockett, or an Army man, maybe having a set of plastic Army women will help some kid somewhere be the hero of their own story at playtime. And I think that's a good thing for everybody."
BMC Toys' female soldier line should be ready by Christmas 2020.
Toymaker to expand plastic Army women line
Most Popular Toys 2019: Just in time for Christmas, these are the most popular toys in every state
More female officers in Moline police department compared to national average
Safety group lists '10 Worst Toys' for 2019 holidays
This is why women now hold more jobs than men
A Texas man is making canes for veterans using hundreds of donated Christmas trees
Dutch inventor unveils device to scoop plastic out of rivers
KU doctors looking for men to try male birth control
Tiffany & Co. bracelet dropped in Salvation Army kettle
"Scott for Tots" Christmas toy drive expands across Clinton for year two
Toys for Tots distribution day has arrived


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12 June 2014 09:13am
By Laser Europeans
With A Storm Into The Finals
Tonci Stipanovic (CRO)
© Thom Touw
Laser European Championship
The third day of the Laser Europeans in Split, Croatia brought a stronger breeze as the qualification series concluded with two good races.
A proper summer storm forced the Race Committee to call it a day after two races as they sent the fleet home.
It is very tight at the top in the fleets. Day in and day out Robert Scheidt (BRA) has made progress and after five races he sits on top of the leaderboard. Only one point separates Scheidt and Tonci Stipanovic (CRO) in second place. The Croatian is leading the fight for the European title.
Stipanovic, three times European Champion in the last four years, had a bad race the day prior that saw him finish in 20th place. The Croatian knew he could not afford any more mistakes and hit back with a bullet and a fifth place.
The Scheidt, Stipanovic battle was played out at the 2013 edition in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland but there are more faces to watch out for with three points splitting the top five sailors and 13 separating the top ten.
Rutger van Schaardenburg (NED) is in the third place, one point behind Stipanovic, and one point ahead of Pavlos Kontides (CYP) in fourth and Nick Thompson (GBR) in fifth.
In the Women's Laser Radial there is a new leader in the form of youngster Svenja Wenger (GER), who was quite surprised to see that she was leading the fleet after racing, "I didn't expect to do so well and of course I am very happy," said Svenja with a bright smile. After five races Weger has scored two bullets, a second and two fourth places.
Marit Bouwmeester (NED) has the same points in the second place with Tuula Tenkanen (FIN) in third place. Bouwmeester is yet to win a race, but has a consistent scoreline in the shifty breeze with four second places and one third.
Marcin Rudawski (POL) is on the top in Radial men.
Three days of final series start on 12 June with six more races scheduled. A second discard comes into play after ten races.


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Why most people with diabetes will not benefit
Annemarie Gibson's son, Owen, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2011. Six years later, in 2017, her other son, Thomas, received the same diagnosis.
The 49-year-old San Diego mother has health insurance. Every month, she says, she pays $400 in premiums for her family. But that doesn't cover the cost of insulin for her children, both now in their teens. That medication costs another $200 out of pocket for her.
gibson You are among the millions of Americans who will not see relief when the Cut Inflation Act goes into effect on January 1, capping the monthly cost of insulin to $35 for seniors with Medicare. In August, Republicans successfully blocked a provision in the bill that would have capped the out-of-pocket cost of the drug for everyone with private insurance.
"It doesn't seem fair," Gibson said of the cost of the drug needed to keep her children alive. "We have no other options. We have no other choice."
Annemarie Gibson's sons, Thomas (center) and Owen, have type 1 diabetes.Courtesy Annemarie Gibson
More than half of diabetics in the US, more than 21 million people, are under the age of 65, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 16 million people age 65 and older have diabetes, although not all of them have Medicare.
If the cost of the drug becomes untenable, some people try to ration their insulin, an option that can lead to hospitalization or death. For others, the cost of the drug exerts its own chronic financial pain.
How much does insulin cost?
Pinpointing the cost of a vial of insulin is extremely difficult; What a person will pay depends on a number of factors, including the type of insulin they are using, insurance status, and whether they are eligible for reimbursement from the drug manufacturer.
It is clear that the cost of insulin in the US is much higher than in other countries. The RAND Corporation, a public policy think tank, estimated that in 2018, the average list price of a vial of insulin in the US was $98.70, up to 10 times that of other countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, a research group based in Paris. Even when the analysts took into account rebates offered by drug manufacturers, the cost of insulin was still four times higher than in other countries.
People with type 1 diabetes need, on average, one to three vials of insulin per month, according to the American Diabetes Association. Patients with type 2 diabetes do not always need to inject insulin, but those who do can sometimes need more than people with type 1 diabetes.
A report published in 2020 in JAMA Open Network found that in 2017, the average monthly out-of-pocket cost of insulin for people with a high-deductible insurance plan was $141. High-deductible plans generally have lower monthly premiums, but require the insured to pay significantly more out-of-pocket before coverage kicks in.
More than 50% of insulin users with employer insurance spent more than $35 out-of-pocket on average for a 30-day supply of insulin in 2019 and 2020, according to to the Institute for the Cost of Health Care, a nonprofit group that tracks drug prices. About 5% of them spent more than $200.
Some people can pay even more.
Dr. Adam Gaffney, a critical care physician at Cambridge Health Alliance in Massachusetts, said that even this year, he has had patients spend $1,000 or more each month on insulin.
The Inflation Reduction Act is "helpful, but it's definitely not enough," Gaffney said. For many people with diabetes, there is no substitute for insulin and no days off to take the medication. "It's a unique drug in that sense, and we should make it universally available," she said.
High costs, high risks
The high cost of insulin has forced many people to ration the drug: More than 1 million people in the US skipped, delayed, or used less insulin than they needed last year to save money, according to a published study. in October in the magazine. Annals of Internal Medicine.
Rationing can have dire consequences.
Hattie Salzman, 25, of Kansas City, Missouri, experienced those consequences five years ago.
Hattie Salzman, 25, had to go to the emergency room after months of insulin rationing.Courtesy of Hattie Salzman
I was enrolled in a high deductible plan and she was paying about $550 a month for the insulin she needs to keep her type 1 diabetes under control. She couldn't afford it. After months of rationing his medication, he said, Salzman ended up in the emergency room where doctors told him he was at risk of diabetic ketoacidosis, a life-threatening condition that occurs when too much sugar remains in the bloodstream due to a lack of insulin. .
Salzman no longer rations the drug, and although he now has better health care coverage, he said he still pays about $125 for a three-month supply of insulin.
"It's really frustrating," said Salzman, who advocates for affordable insulin. "It doesn't make sense that we were so close to getting help and then it was taken away."
Even people with what is considered good health insurance coverage can face high costs in certain situations.
Chicago resident Anita Brown, 41, has type 1 diabetes and said she pays about $60 to $70 for a three-month supply of insulin.
Anita Brown's insulin was stolen from her bag. To replace the missing vials, she needed to initiate emergency coverage from her insurance plan.Courtesy of Anita Brown
But about three years ago, someone stole her freshly refilled supply of insulin from her bag while she was at practice with her bowling league.
At the pharmacy, Brown was initially told that his insurance would not cover a replacement and that he would have to pay more than $1,000 for three vials.
"I'm running out of one of my bottles and I need this recipe," he said of his mindset at the time. "I'm trying to find out as much as possible."
In the end, Brown's insurance allowed her to initiate emergency coverage, so she could refill her prescription for $60. But it is a benefit that can only be used once a year.
"I have insurance. I'm supposed to be okay with it, but it's still expensive for me," she said. What's going on here?
With Republicans taking control of the House next week, passing bipartisan drug pricing legislation that would cap the cost of insulin for people under 65 may prove difficult, said Juliette Cubanski, deputy director of the Medicare policy program. at KFF, formerly known as Kaiser. Family Foundation.
"I don't think policymakers have come to know what to do," he said.
It may be up to states and other entities to make up what the Reducing Inflation Act doesn't provide to patients who need insulin, said Eric Tichy, president of the pharmaceutical supply solutions division at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
States can also enact laws that would make insulin more affordable in emergencies.
In 2020, Minnesota passed the Alec Smith Insulin Affordability Act, which provides a 30-day emergency supply of insulin to patients for $35. The legislation is named for a 26-year-old Minnesota man who was uninsured and died after rationing his insulin.
Gibson, the San Diego mom, said she feels lucky to have insurance and be able to cover the cost of her children's medications each month. But she said she worries when her children become adults and are no longer allowed on her insurance.
"There will be pressure for my children to always have full-time jobs that offer employer-sponsored health care," she said. "It won't be easy if our children end up off our policy and are looking for work."
He said he still feels like his family is being taken advantage of. In addition to insulin and insurance premiums, Gibson must also spend $550 every three months on glucose monitors and $1,100 on insulin pumps.
"I'm so angry," she said. "It is exhausting."
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Israel Morgenstern (de asemenean Izrail; în ; ) a fost un evreu basarabean, comunist român, secretar al Comitetului comunist clandestin din Basarabia (1936-1937) și partizan sovietic.

Biografie
S-a născut în satul Baroncea (acum sat în raionul Drochia, Republica Moldova) din ținutul Soroca, gubernia Basarabia, Imperiul Rus. A absolvit gimnaziul agrotehnic din Soroca (1927), apoi a predat la un gimnaziu privat. A participat la mișcarea revoluționară comunistă încă din anii săi de gimnaziu. În anii 1930-1931 a fost secretarul Comitetului comunist (clandestin) din județul Soroca al Partidului Comunist Român, a fost deconspirat, arestat și până în 1934 a fost deținut în închisorile din Galați și Doftana.

După eliberare, a lucrat în Consiliul General al Sindicatelor Unite din România, apoi a fost arestat din nou. În anii 1936-1937 a fost Secretar al Comitetului regional (clandestin) basarabean al Partidului Comunist din România. În 1937-1940, a fost din nou secretar al Comitetului de partid din Soroca, înlocuindu-l pe Iuri Korotkov în acest post. După ocuparea Basarabiei de către URSS în 1940 și înainte de începerea celui de-al doilea război mondial, el a fost președintele Comitetului executiv al Consiliului orașenesc Soroca.

În septembrie 1941, a devenit membru al centrului comunist pentru organizarea activității de sabotaj pe teritoriul Basarabiei. Astfel, la 25 septembrie 1941 în cadrul unui grup de sabotare format din nouă membri a fost parașutat lângă satul Drăsliceni, raionul Strășeni, lângă Chișinău. Grupul a fost descoperit însă de un detașament punitiv german. Doi membri ai grupului au murit în luptă, patru s-au sinucis și alți trei au fost executați de germani. Rămășițele a cinci membri ai grupului, inclusiv a lui Morgenstern, au fost descoperite la începutul anului 1971 și reîngropate într-o groapă comună. Potrivit altor informații, el a fost transportat la Chișinău și, după ce a fost torturat, a fost împușcat de jandarmii români la 19 noiembrie 1941. În 1979, la locul de înmormântare de la marginea satului Ratuș (acum parte a comunei Drăsliceni, raionul Criuleni), a fost ridicat un monument, acum parțial distrus.

Prin decretul prezidiului Sovietului Suprem al URSS din 10 mai 1965, a primit postum Ordinul Războiului Patriotic, gradul II. O stradă din Soroca a fost numită după activist.

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Revoluționari moldoveni


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The essence of the jury system is eloquently expressed by Lord Justice Robin Auld of the United Kingdom:
We talk of "trial by jury," but it is more accurately described as "trial by judge and jury." It is a partnership in which the two have separate and overlapping contributions to the final outcome. The judge tells the jury what the law is and how it bears on the issues in the case; and [the jurors] apply their new-found understanding of the law to their consideration of those issues. As to the facts, while the jury has primary responsibility for finding them, the judge has much to do with that, too. He/she may be called upon to rule whether there is evidence on which the jury can arrive at a particular verdict. The judge may warn the jury to take particular care before acting on certain evidence; he/she may direct it about circumstantial evidence and as to whether, on the evidence before it, the jury can draw certain inferences. The judge notes and sums up the evidence to assist the jury in its deliberations. The resultant verdict is, therefore, a product of a "partnership" between judge and jury.
~ Sir Robin Auld, The Auld Report, page 136. October, 2001
On page 139 of his Report, Lord Justice Auld cites the following passage attributed to Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws:
Jury tradition is not only about the right of the citizen to trial by jury, but also about the juror's duty of citizenship. It gives people an important role-as stakeholders-in the justice system. Seeing the courts in action and participating in the judicial process maintains public trust and confidence in the law.
~ Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws, Cited in the Auld Report


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At Energy Weldfab we pursue safety, efficiency, and quality in every aspect of our operations. The success we derive by emphasizing these factors enables us to partner with numerous organizations and charities to help people around the world. The desire to help people, coupled with the success of our business, is the reason we are able to continue raising the bar for the benefit of our customers and employees. When partnering with Energy Weldfab you become part of this vision that produces the highest quality oil and gas production equipment built in the United States.


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The following guide walks through installing Calico for DC/OS using the Universe
package repostiory.

#### Installing etcd

To get started, first install etcd from Universe:

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#### Installing Calico

Then install Calico from Universe.

![Installing Calico from Universe]({{site.baseurl}}/images/dcos-install-calico.gif)

It will take a few minutes for Calico to finish
installing on your cluster. You can check the status of the installation by
visiting Calico's web status interface:

 - Go to the **Services** tab
 - Select "calico-install-framework" in the list of running services
   (note that it may take a few minutes for Calico
    to appear).
 - Once the Calico service is `Healthy`,
   Select the "calico-install-framework" task.
 - Click the Endpoint URL to open the Calico status page in a new tab.

![sample demonstrating how to locate the framework service page]({{site.baseurl}}/images/dcos-calico-status.gif)

## Further Reading

This concludes the installation of Calico for DC/OS! Before you start
launching IP-per-container applications with Calico policy,
review the following information which may apply to your deployment.

#### AWS

DC/OS users on Amazon Web Services should view
[Calico's AWS reference]({{site.baseurl}}/{{page.version}}/reference/public-cloud/aws)
for information on how to configure AWS networking for use with Calico.

#### Note on Cluster Impact

The Installation method detailed above will affect availability of all Agents
in the cluster in order to work around two limitations in DC/OS 1.8:

1. [Mesos-Agents require a restart to detect newly added CNI networks](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MESOS-6567).
2. [DC/OS does not configure Docker with a Cluster-Store](https://dcosjira.atlassian.net/browse/DCOS-155)
a [requirement for Multi-host docker networking](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/networking/get-started-overlay/#/overlay-networking-with-an-external-key-value-store).

Because of these two limitations, Calico-DC/OS will restart each agent process
and restart each docker daemon. Learn how to handle this installation steps manually
and prevent cluster availability impact by viewing the [Custom Install Guide](custom).

#### Deploying Applications

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and
[Unified Containerizer]({{site.baseurl}}/{{page.version}}/getting-started/mesos/tutorials/unified).


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Meghan Unterschultz
by Robbie Jeffrey November 1, 2017 March 14, 2019
Top 40 Under 40 2017
Photography Aaron Pedersen
Job Title: Associate Executive Director and Vice President of People and Culture, Francis Winspear Centre for Music and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Why She's Top 40: She's made a mark on the city through her work with non-profits and passion for volunteering
Years ago, Meghan Unterschultz was a research assistant in religious studies, interviewing everyone from Satanists to Sikhs. One of her subjects told her, "Your temple is wherever you happen to be standing at the moment." Reminiscing today, the quote reminds her of her mother, who always says, "I'm happiest wherever I am."
Unterschultz credits her mother, the former executive director of the Stony Plain Multicultural Heritage Centre, for the life she'd go on to build. She had Unterschultz volunteering at 10 years old, playing a pioneer girl dressed in a pinafore for a local museum. Then her father, suffering from multiple sclerosis, lost his job when his employer moved to a building without an elevator. All of this kindled an interest in disability rights, feminism and social justice, all of which led Unterschultz to the non-profit sector and a life of volunteering.
Her calling has amassed Unterschultz a long list of achievements; the play she wrote for the United Nations alongside her drama group, the communications business she founded and ran for four years, her time in the community wellbeing working group under the Mayor's Task Force for the Elimination of Poverty and her work on the Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton. She also sat on the board of Parkland Turning Points Society, which provides counseling for victims of family violence. Today she sits on the board of Goodwill Alberta and is a Big Sister mentor, on top of her role at the Francis Winspear Centre for Music.
"It wasn't until I was working in the non-profit sector that I felt like I finally came alive in my work," Unterschultz says. "I guess you really do grow up to be your mother."
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Meetings & Events/
MRS Spring Meetings & Exhibits/
Past Spring Meetings/
2019 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit/
Symposium Sessions/
Call for Papers Detail
Back to all Call for Papers
Please contact the symposium organizers with questions.
Symposium ES17—Perovskite-Based Light-Emission and Frontier Phenomena—Single Crystals, Thin Films and Nanocrystals
The introduction of halide perovskites has catalyzed an unprecedented revolution in the field of (opto)electronics. Halide perovskites are a very large family of materials that exhibit wide tunability in the chemical composition from organic-inorganic hybrid to all-inorganic, as well as the crystal-structure dimensionality from 3D to 0D. This has endowed halide perovskites with a substantial variety of materials properties (luminescent, dielectric/ferroelectric, thermoelectric, electrochemical, thermochromic, etc.) in addition to the widely-studied photovoltaic property. These perovskite materials can be also easily processed into single-crystals, thin-films and nanocrystals using low-cost solution/vapor methods. Therefore, a lot of promise is being seen for applying halide perovskites to a board range of device applications that are beyond solar cells. These applications include, but are not limited to, light-emitting devices, lasers, photo/X-ray/radiation detectors, memristors, amplifiers, or field-effect transistors. Especially, light-emitting devices based on halide perovskite thin-films/nanocrystals exhibit impressive brightness with continuous tunability in vivid colors and very narrow emission bandwidth, thereby emerging as a "game-changer" display technology. Other exceptional phenomena that have also been discovered in halide perovskites are ultra-long carrier diffusion lengths, fast ion migration, ultra-low thermal conductivities, extremely sensitive interaction with light/atmosphere, and so on. And a surge of research efforts are undergoing towards in-depth understanding of these phenomena, based on which many innovations of novel devices are being developed. This symposium will focus on the rising research interests in halide perovskites involving the exploration of light-emission and various frontier phenomena, and stimulate the development of high-performance perovskite-based light-emitting devices and other emerging applications.
Topics will include:
Crystal chemistry and optoelectronic properties of perovskites
Solution/vapor processing of perovskite light-emitting devices
Novel architectures and charge-transport layers for perovskite light-emitting devices
Interfaces/surface engineering in perovskite light-emitting devices
Photophysics and theoretical calculations (e.g. excitation, carrier recombination, photo/electro-luminescence)
Perovskite quantum-dots, nanocrystals, and superlattices
Bulk quantum phenomena from low-dimensional perovskites (2D/1D/0D)
Single-crystal and thin-film perovskite photo-/radiation detectors
Perovskite materials for X-ray imaging
Optically/electrically-pumped lasing from bulk and micro-/nano-scale perovskites
Mixed electron-ion conduction in perovskites for memristors and batteries
Spin physics in perovskites for spintronics
Emerging properties (ferroelectric/ferroelastic, photocatalytic, thermochromic, thermomechanical, etc.) of perovskites and related device innovations
Scalable perovskite processing (wafer-scale single-crystal growth, large-scale nanocrystal synthesis, large-area thin-film fabrication
Joint Sessions are being considered with ES15—Fundamental Understanding of the Multifaceted Optoelectronic Properties of Halide Perovskites,
ES16—Perovskite Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics.
Invited Speakers:
Giovanni Bongiovanni (University of Cagliari, Italy)
Hanwei Gao (Florida State University, USA)
Tzung-Fang Guo (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
Bin Hu (University of Tennesse, USA)
Jinsong Huang (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Prashant V. Kamat (University of Notre Dame, USA)
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Northwestern University, USA)
Hemamala I. Karunadasa (Stanford University, USA)
Maksym Kovalenko (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland)
Tae-Woo Lee (Seoul National University, Republic of Korea)
Yan (Sarah) Li (University of Utah, USA)
Joseph M. Luther (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)
Joachim Maier (Max Planck Institute Stuttgart, Germany)
Juan Martínez-Pastor (University of Valencia, Spain)
Hernán Míguez (Spanish Research Council, Spain)
Nam-Gyu Park (Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea)
Barry P. Rand (Princeton University, USA)
Andrew M. Rappe (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Michael Saliba (Adolphe Merkle Institute at Université de Fribourg, Switzerland)
Ted Sargent (University of Toronto, Canada)
Qing Shen (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Jin Song (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
Tze Chien Sum (Nanyang Technical University, Singapore)
Jianpu Wang (Nanjing Tech University, China)
Jingbi You (Institute of Semiconductor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Yuanyuan Zhou
401-588-1737, yuanyuan_zhou@brown.edu
Maria Antonietta Loi
31-503634119, m.a.loi@rug.nl
Tingli Ma
Kyushu Institute of Technology
Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering
81-936956045, tinglima@life.kyutech.ac.jp
Iván Mora-Seró
Universitat Jaume I
Institute of Advanced Materials
34-964387552, sero@uji.es
Keywords for Abstract Submission
halide perovskites, LED, methylammonium lead halide, nanocrystal


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Concussions and brain structure changes: hockey research evidence
On Behalf of Bender & Gritz, APLC | Feb 5, 2014 | Brain Injuries |
Football isn't the only sport in which players are at risk of brain injuries.
As we discussed most recently in our February 3 post, the evidence continues to accumulate that concussions and other head injuries suffered on the football field can have catastrophic consequences in years to come.
But similar dynamics are at work in other sports. In this post, let's take note of recent research on brain damage suffered by college hockey players when a blow to the head results in a concussion.
Standard MRI scans of the brain done in hospitals aren't able to pick up microstructural damage. But recent studies by Canadian researchers document the microscopic brain damage that a concussion can cause.
The research was published yesterday in the Journal of Neurosurgery.
Before the research was conducted, scientists and doctors were already aware that concussions and other traumatic brain injuries can cause inflammations that affect the structure of the brain. But by using advanced imaging techniques beyond the usual MRI, the Canadian researchers were actually able to see structural changes in the brain from concussion damage.
Researchers are still uncertain of the long-term effects of these microstructural changes. But the effects could go beyond common concussion symptoms such as headaches and memory loss.
For a more severe concussion, the symptoms can also include problems with concentration, irritability and sleep disturbance.
When the injury is not severe, the symptoms should eventually dissipate.
With more severe head injuries, however, the damage may be permanent. Multiple concussions are one reason this may occur.
But the Canadian research shows that even one concussion can result in changes to the white matter of the brain. The long-term effects of this are unknown. But when someone suffers brain trauma in a car accident, a fall or through some other injury, these findings provide reason to be concerned.
Source: CBC News, "Concussion in hockey players tied to microscopic changes in brain," Feb. 4, 2014


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Captured is het eerste livealbum van Journey. Het bevat gedeeltelijke registraties van optreden hun tournee volgend op het uitbrengen van Departure. Dat houdt tevens in dat dit het laatste album is waarop Gregg Rolie te horen is. Het album verkocht goed in de Verenigde Staten, het haalde de negende plaats in de Billboard 200. Het album is opgedragen aan Bon Scott, de zanger van AC/DC die in 1980 overleed.

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 Steve Perry – zang
 Neal Schon – gitaar, zang
 Ross Valory – basgitaar, zang
 Gregg Rolie – toetsinstrumenten, zang
 Steve Smith – slagwerk
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 Stevie Roseman – toetsinstrumenten op The party's over; Roseman was tussenpaus tussen Rolie en diens opvolger Jonathan Caine.

Muziek
Tracks 1-4 zijn opgenomen op 8 augustus 1980 in The Forum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Tracks 5 en 6 zijn afkomstig van een concert in de Koseinenkin Hall, Shinjyuku, Tokio op 13 oktober 1980 en tracks 7 tot en met 16 kwamen van twee shows in de Atwood Stadium Flint, Michigan (4 en 5 augustus 1980). Van de optredens missen Of a lifetime, Kohoutek, Lovin' you is easy, People and places, Patiently, Opened the door, Precious time, I'm cryin''', Homemade love, Moon theme (intro naar Wheel in the sky) and Winds of March. The party's over'' is een track opgenomen in de studio.

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Muziekalbum van Journey
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Looks wonderful. It would be a good morning smoothie too I think.
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I'm so glad you shared this! My husband and I have been looking for a nice, cool alternative to ice cream in the afternoons and yogurt is just too heavy in the heat. This is going to be wonderfully refreshing and not fattening!!!
This looks really yummy for these warmer months. I hope you'll stop over and share your delicious smoothie at These Chicks Cooked Recipe Spotlight. Have a good one, Nancy!
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What a great way to sneak in veggies. Love this recipe!
Thanks, Katie–hope you have a great weekend, too!
What a great smoothie! Cool refreshing and all those good for you veggies. Thanks for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and come back soon!
yummy. i love that combo!


Kuninjku people traditionally make two sorts of conical fish traps. One called mandjabu made from a vine called milil, and another smaller one called manylik mandjabu, made from the grass manylik. The mandjabu conical fish trap is bigger and stronger and used in tidal reaches of creeks to catch large fish. The smaller, lighter manylik trap is used in freshwater flowing creeks to catch smaller fish and freshwater prawns. Traditionally, only men were involved in the construction of the large fish traps, but children would often crawl inside and assist.
To make fish traps and fish net fences artists firstly get vine (milil) from the jungle and they put it in water for one night to make it soft. Next they start weaving it; they make rings for the inside to keep the fish trap's shape. Artists work for three or four weeks on the fish trap. They also make string from kurrajong (burdaga) to attach the hibiscus (bardainy) rings and to tie the conical end of the fish trap. This fish trap is used in saltwater and freshwater. People also use fish net fences called mun-dirra. A long time ago they would put the mun-dirra across rivers and creeks. In the middle they would place the an-gujechiya. They also used small things like sticks, rocks, mud and grass to block the fish from going through. People would then catch fish like saltwater barramundi rajarra, freshwater barramundi (janambal), small black freshwater catfish (buliya), bonefish (an-guwirrpiya), and sand bass (dalakan) in these fish traps.


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Q: PHP PDO Oracle character type binding error I have a table in oracle (11g xe) 'bill' which has a structure like below:
key_id number(10),
bill_no number(10),
bill_date date,
cons_id_no varchar(10),
cons_no char(15)

I am connecting to the database using PHP::PDO like below:
public function findByConsumerNumber($consumerNumber) {
   $pdo = new \PDO('oci:dbname=/localhost:1521/xe','kaushik','123');
   $stmt = $pdo->prepare('SELECT * FROM bill WHERE cons_no = :cons_no');
   $stmt->bindParam(':cons_no',$consumerNumber);
   $stmt->execute();
   return $this->findCollection($stmt->fetchAll());
}

But on executing I am getting 0 results. But when I change the code as follows, I am getting results:
public function findByConsumerNumber($consumerNumber) {
   $pdo = new \PDO('oci:dbname=/localhost:1521/xe','kaushik','123');
   $stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM bill WHERE cons_no = '" . $consumerNumber . "'");
   $stmt->execute();
   return $this->findCollection($stmt->fetchAll());
}

I am not able to find the actual problem.
Note:  when I try to find results based on cons_id_no as in the first method given above, I am getting results.

A: You have a spelling mistake : consumberNumber should be consumerNumber
You should look into Dependency injection, initializing a db connection every time a method is called is crazy.


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October 17, 2018 Press Releases
MISSOURI — Today, McCaskill for Missouri Campaign Manager David Kirby called on Josh Hawley to uphold his responsibility as Attorney General and appoint a special prosecutor to investigate crimes committed by Project Veritas against the McCaskill campaign.
"Josh Hawley's responsibility as the Attorney General of Missouri is to protect Missourians from fraud. Rather than doing his job and investigating this very serious situation, Hawley has been embracing, celebrating and promoting this clear case of fraudulent activity designed to hurt his political opponent. It should not be lost on any Missourian that Hawley will stoop to anything – and stop at nothing – to climb the ladder to higher office. Therefore, today we are calling on Attorney General Hawley to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the violations of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act committed against the McCaskill campaign," said McCaskill for Missouri Campaign Manager David Kirby.
As Missouri's Attorney General, Josh Hawley is obligated to protect Missourians from fraud. Instead of upholding his duty to Missourians, Hawley is openly embracing, promoting, and fundraising off of the illegal infiltration of his opponent's Senate campaign. With Hawley's campaign surrogates and supporters bragging publicly that they had advance copies of the video, and/or knowledge of the fraudulent activity, Hawley needs to answer for what exactly he knew about this illegal infiltration and when he knew it. This cannot become the new normal in Missouri politics, which is why the McCaskill for Missouri campaign is calling on Josh Hawley to exercise his jurisdiction under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act — a law he has frequently touted in the past — to investigate the crimes committed by Project Veritas against the McCaskill campaign.
Claire McCaskill Holds "Your Health Care, Your Vote" Tour Stop in Arnold


In 1990, the United States Food and Drug Administration withdrew its approval of the use of Gentian Violet in poultry feeds. This was a product that represented 43% of the total sales of ATP. Gentian Violet was effective against Candida (a yeast) which causes crop mycosis in poultry. A search began to find an alternative product.
Working with universities, state laboratories and private laboratories, a new product was developed—SEREM/USA—comprised entirely of G.R.A.S. ingredients (Generally Regarded As Safe). In addition to being an excellent replacement product for Gentian Violet, SEREM/USA showed definite signs of being effective against the following organisms: E. coli, Salmonella, Aspergillus, Candida, Streptococcus beta, Pseudomonas, Pasteurella Multocida, and Klebsiella.
Further testing of this new product has shown the elimination of Salmonella in meat and bone meal used at the rate of two pounds per ton and the elimination of E. coli and the rate of one pound per ton. Numerous swine tests have been done showing elimination of Salmonella and E. coli in sows and feeder pigs.
ATP is now marketing SEREM/USA under the labels of SEREM/USA-Liquid, SEREM/USA-Pak, SEREM/USA Sow Pak, and SEREM/USA Horse Pak.
Another product being marketed by ATP is SE-ZYME, an enzyme product improving feed conversion by 15-20 points in swine and 10-15 points in poultry. Tests are still being done by integrated broiler producers, Auburn University, Texas A&M University, and private research facilities.


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Q: I am using setTimeout and fetch API both, bot didn't understand which one will execute first? fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1')
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(json => console.log(json))

setTimeout(()=>{
  console.log("Callback after delay")
},1000)

setTimeout(()=>{
  console.log("Callback with no delay")
})

console.log("HI this is test")

It is giving the below output:
HI this is test
Callback with no delay
{userId: 1, id: 1, title: 'delectus aut autem', completed: false}
Callback with delay

As callback in promises goes to microtask queue then callback in fetch should be execute first and after that setTimeout code with no delay and then delay

A: as @Andy mentioned, The fetch and setTimeout are asynchronous, and will execute when it finished, so for example if the fetch method took more than one second to get the data it will execute after the setTimeout after delay.
If you want the fetch method execute first and then the setTimeout you need to await it.
(async () => {
  const response = await fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1')
  const result = await response.json();
  setTimeout(()=>{
    console.log("Callback after delay")
  },1000)

  setTimeout(()=>{
    console.log("Callback with no delay")
  })

  console.log("HI this is test")

})

Now the fetch will execute the first one.

A: fetch, setTimeout both runs asynchronously.
The difference is that --
There is no guaranteed time when the response will come back from fetch. The code in then will execute when the response is received (when the Promise is resolved).
However, in case of setTimeout, you provide the timeout. The internal Web APIs of the browser runs a timer of the given duration (milliseconds). After the timer times out, your code will get executed. In your case you have two setTimeout - one with 0 ms, another 1000 ms. So, first you'll see "Callback with no delay", then after one second "Callback after delay".
console.log() runs like synchronous code. So the moment this line executed you'll see the "HI this is test" text on console.
You're seeing this order, because the fetch response came back before 1 second. The placement of fetch response will vary depending on the speed of the network, and response time from the server.
HI this is test
Callback with no delay
{userId: 1, id: 1, title: 'delectus aut autem', completed: false}
Callback with delay

However, these two messages will always be at the top in the same order:
HI this is test
Callback with no delay

I hope the explanation was clear!


To protect the mother Earth from any alien attack!
Earth Defense Force is an unusual series, with all of the campy charm and giant insects of Starship Troopers. But then there are giant alien robots, flying alien drones, motherships, and more varieties of giant insects just for good measure. Wrap this all up with hammy AI radio chatter and news reports, and you've got the makings of a sci-fi B-movie.
It's pretty charming, but when you're in the throes of battle it will quickly take a back seat. The formidable sight of a swarm of gigantic ants quickly rushing towards you quickly turns to panic, as they are suddenly all around you. Worse still are the jumping spiders that shoot damaging webs as well as advancing in a weird leap-frop fashion, or the giant spiders on webs suspended between skyscrapers, pulling you in should you be careless.
The robots are more challenging, and you will fight in the shadow of flying drones that blot out the sun, transport ships that open wide and drop groups of ants, or bipedal robots that shel you with plasma weaponry from an extreme distance. These aren't even the biggest enemies, what with Godzilla-like Kaiju roaming the environment and gargantuan motherships invading, there is no question that the situation calls for some kind of force that is devoted to earth's defence.
Enter the EDF, with a frankly absurd amount of weaponry. You start off with the basics and are given a choice of two from an assault rifle, a rocket launcher and grenades. As you start blasting away at aliens they will drop weapons, armour, and health. Every weapon box you pick up will give you a random weapon, which can be anything from another assault rifle or shotgun, to a plasma rifle or flamethrower, while every armour box you collect will increase your overall armour. Finish the level and you can have a look at your haul, hopefully with the delight of now having some new toys that you like.
It forces you to confront your enemies, if you want to collect your weapons, instead of just kiting backwards and shooting, but my issue is that there are a number of weapons that are objectively worse than other, similar guns. An automatic sniper rifle that does comparable damage and range to an upgraded assault rifle, but it's almost entirely pointless when it has half the magazine size and a longer reload time. A low yield missile launcher with a seven second lock-on timer is just useless in any game, but since the enemy you're locking onto could clear the distance in that time, it is a special breed of useless weaponry.
There are a lot of great options as well, though. The bound gun shoots bullets that bounce of walls, which is great in caves, while the multi-barrelled rocket launchers are fantastic for dealing with crowds from a long distance.
You also pick from four classes to play as. The Ranger is a standard soldier class, albeit with the ability to roll through metal barriers. Then there's the Wing Diver, who has an energy system that weapons and a jetpack draw from for power. The Fencer features power armour complete with jump jets and can dual wield very large weaponry. Finally, the Air Raider can call down airstrikes, vehicles, and paint targets for a Fencer's missile launcher to lock onto.
They compliment each other nicely when playing cooperatively, either online for four players or local split screen for two. Unfortunately, you can't join a game in progress, so joining an online game with can have you waiting anywhere from two to twenty minutes, just starting at the lobby. It's either that or going in and out of random lobbies hoping you get lucky.
There's a thin layer of annoyances that coat the game, but it isn't quite enough to cover up that it is just fun. That flood of giant ants swallowing everything in their way as they surge to meet you is uniquely menacing in games, and dropping the surrounding skyscrapers on them is very satisfying. As they get closer and closer, the gameplay teeters on the edge of chaos as you barely manage to avoid being overwhelmed.
Perhaps the biggest impediment to EDF 4.1 isn't the game itself, but the price. It's a port of Earth Defense Force 2025 from the last generation, and it's been 2.5 years since its launch on PS3 in Japan. The port is a good one, with the PlayStation 4 able to deliver a solid frame rate that only dropped when I tried to destroy every building in sight, improved textures and a few other tweaks to the game and its presentation.
However, it's still priced as a full retail game – £50 on the EU PS Store – instead of featuring a budget price as HD remasters typically do. That's compounded by the game not including either of the two mission pack DLC or the 15 weapon and vehicle DLCs.
Then there is the overaching problem with the series. It has gathered a bit of a cult status since its creation, but the original release was ten years ago and it still feels like it isn't reaching its potential. All of the moments feel big, with hundreds of giant enemies bearing down on you, crawling up the sides of buildings, motherships swallowing up the sky, but they're muted by the low production values and the ageing graphics. If the right people took the helm and made a true current gen Earth Defense Force, it could be something really special.
Enemies are numerous and daunting.
A lot of fun weapons.
Weapons can be hit and miss.
Online coop is awkwardly implemented.
Ultimately EDF4.1 ends up being an addictive game that is full of alien squishing fun on a huge scale, but as a last generation port to PlayStation 4, it ends up being far too expensive. I shall await with bated breath for a true sequel.
I picked it up from ShoTo for £26.11,this is my first EDF it is quite fun and quite good in multiplayer,i laughed though when i saw the £57.99 price tag on uk psn store.


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Q: AVCaptureSession multiple inputs? On iOS, I would like to :

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*record on disk in slow motion (240 fps) the stream from the back camera

*get the stabilized frames at 30 fps from the back camera

I manage to do one or the other but I don't know how to set up AVCaptureSession, AVCaptureDeviceInput, ... to have two inputs.
I thought at the beginning one input would be enough but AVCaptureVideoStabilizationModeCinematic doesn't exist for 240 fps
Thanks
Note: it is different from: Run multiple AVCaptureSessions or add multiple inputs where the author asks to run 2 cameras at the same time, and one answer is for OSX (not working on iOS)
EDIT: part of the code
I kind of know this is not going to work as the UIDevice is the same and can't have two properties, but since AV has some state machine properties I thought I would give it a go.
_inputCameraStabilized = [self getCameraForPosition:AVCaptureDevicePositionBack];
_videoInputStabilized = [AVCaptureDeviceInput deviceInputWithDevice:_inputCameraStabilized error:&error];
if ([_captureSession canAddInput:_videoInputStabilized]) {
    [_captureSession addInput:_videoInputStabilized];
}
[self setZoomAndRate:_inputCameraStabilized];

_inputCameraHighFPS = [self getCameraForPosition:AVCaptureDevicePositionBack];
[self setZoomAndRateHighFPS:   _inputCameraHighFPS];
_videoInputHighFPS = [AVCaptureDeviceInput deviceInputWithDevice:_inputCameraHighFPS error:&error];
if ([_captureSession canAddInput:_videoInputHighFPS]) {
    [_captureSession addInput:_videoInputHighFPS];
}

// setZoomAndRate... finds and sets the right active format for 240fps or 30fps


On the ledges, or terrace area, on the top of South Hill I found another interesting piece of stone work designed to work with Mother Earth. There is a series of 6 stones aligned in a straight line about 60-80 feet in length. Each stone marked the beginning of an energy line. Each energy line went directly to the right (south) from the picture. No energy line connected the stones.
The pictures below show my dogs on the first three energy lines beginning from the west. The remaining three energy lines are behind the black dog, Lucy.
The stones are all of good size and embedded in the ground. Here is closer up of Pepper and Lucy on two of the stones.
My dowsing rods also indicate that the three stones may have been part of a structure. A structure that goes about 20 feet to the right of the dogs and includes the energy vortex. The remaining 3 stones were also part of the structure in some way.
Were the stones placed on the energy lines to create the structure?
Did the energy lines form in response to the stones, structure and prayers and meditations that took place in the structure? In other words were they drawn there by the intentions of what took place within the structure?


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Royal Vopak is the world's leading independent tank storage company. We operate a global network of terminals located at strategic locations along major trade routes. With a history of over 400 years, and a strong focus on sustainability, we ensure safe, clean and efficient storage and handling of bulk liquid products and gases for our customers. We handle vital products ranging from chemicals, oil, gases and LNG to biofuels and vegoils. Vopak is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange and is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Including our joint ventures and associates, we employ an international workforce of over 5,700 people.
Vopak's history dates back to 1616. Our earliest ancestors stored and handled coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, silk, spices and other products from all over the world for trading companies such as the Dutch East India Company, the world's first multinational company. Since then, much has changed. Dry bulk gave way to liquid bulk and the company grew, eventually establishing a presence on all the inhabited continents. Unchanged is that we are still loading and unloading ships and storing and handling products for multiple customers. We have thus been connecting global trade flows for over 400 years. Looking forward, we will continue to enable the delivery of vital products by building on our heritage and living the five Vopak Values: Care for Safety, Health and the Environment, Integrity, Team Spirit, Commitment and Agility.
We store and handle products that are crucial to people's lives, yet some of which can endanger their health and the environment if stored or handled inappropriately. This comes with a huge responsibility. As a service provider, we do not drive market choices, we facilitate energy and chemical flows. Our mission is to connect the supply of and demand for these products by providing safe, clean and efficient storage and handling services for our customers. By fulfilling our mission with care, we strive to be the partner of choice for all our stakeholders, from customers, business partners and investors, to governments, local communities and society at large.
Our ambition is to be a strong link in our customers' value chains and a leader in our industry. We realize that our long-term success depends on our ability to innovate and adapt to new demands from both the market and society. This is why we proactively engage with our stakeholders and explore ways to facilitate the introduction of more sustainable technologies, processes and products.We believe that putting sustainability at the core of our decisions and operations will enable us to remain relevant to society and to continue to store and handle vital products for future generations.
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As the world population is growing and becoming more affluent, vital products like energy, chemicals and food are in growing demand. Yet these products are not always locally available. We see a growing geographic imbalance between areas of production and areas of consumption of such products. This leads to transportation of chemicals, oil and gases over longer distances around the world and a growing demand for storage and handling of bulk liquids and gases at key locations along global marine trade routes.
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The customers we serve include producers, distributors and traders of oil products, chemicals, gasses, biofuels, edible oils and LNG. Based on their geographic footprint, they can be divided into three categories; global, regional and local customers. We have an integrated global approach for our largest global customers supported by dedicated global key account relationships established within the commercial teams.
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