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Outlier is a Norwegian eight-part television crime drama, which premiered on November 18, 2020 on HBO Nordic. In Australia it was broadcast on SBS-TV's streaming service, On Demand from April 2, 2021. Outlier was created and scripted by Kristine Berg and Arne Berggren. Berg and Berggren co-directed all episodes, assisted by Ken Are Bongo as co-director for three episodes. It was filmed in Troms and Finnmark regions from July 2020 for Shuuto Arctic and distributed by REinvent. Outliers main protagonist, Maja Angell (Hanne Mathisen Haga) investigates the murder of a young woman, who was found in Maja's fictitious home village, Nerbygd, northern Norway (near actual town, Bardufoss). Nerbygd police chief, Johan (Stein Bjørn) quickly arrests a suspect – case closed. Maja believes police have the wrong man and returns to Nerbygd to determine whether the perpetrator is a serial killer.

Plot

Kautokeino resident Elle finds fellow villager Sofie's mobile phone by the side of the road. Sofie is later found dead in Nerbygd's caravan park. Later, Elle tries to hand the phone to the police but they don't want it. London-based criminal psychologist Maja follows the case online. After local police chief, Johan arrests a suspect, Maja believes he is innocent as his past record is for violent but impulsive crimes; he would not have planned to kidnap a girl, take her to a caravan site, girl her, stage the body and leave the scene clean and tidy. To be so precise suggests to Maja the killer has practiced. Maja suspects an organized serial killer is at work.

She travels to Nerbygd and starts her own investigation. Initially dismissive of Maja's theories, having eventually extracted a 'confession' from the suspect, Nerbygd police consider the case closed. Maja seeks help from her retired journalist father Anders, who directs her to newspaper archivist Dan. The police eventually agree to hand over files of old cases in case the killer is 'experienced' and they have missed his activity in the past through oversight / assuming women had left the country.

From the files, Dan and Maja identify several "soft targets" – loner females with little family support – who disappeared in previous years with no substantial investigation. When one such historical victim, Tina, is found dead, Johan's second-in-charge, Erik hesitantly assists Maja.

Meanwhile Bardufoss resident Trond is North Security's field operative. He  installs and checks cameras and alarms across northern Norway, Finland and Sweden. He uses his skills (and installed cameras) to stalk, kidnap and kill victims. Initially, we do not see him attack anyone but watch him viewing private camera footage. He has a wife and child.

Elle does not get on with her father and leaves home. She starts work as one of several young house-keepers at a hotel in the next town.

Twenty years earlier Maja's brother Petter died in a car accident (suicide is mentioned earlier when Maja sits by his grave). At that time, ten-year old Maja had also been molested, but it was not taken seriously and she was told she Was having nightmares. She must then have repressed her memories of that time. When, in the present, Maja displays increasing confusion over the killer's victims and her childhood traumas she is excluded from the investigations.

Elle trails Sofie's work history as a motel maid. Elle follows the trail to Nerbygd, but is dismissed by both Johan and a now distraught Maja. While returning home, Elle is kidnapped by Trond and held in an obscured forest hut. Maja is re-instated to help find Elle. Maja determines Trond is the killer and, with Erik and police, attempts to capture him.

Cast

Main cast

 Hanne Mathisen Haga as Maja Angell: criminal psychologist, PhD candidate, lecturer at a London university, Petter's younger sister, Petter died 20 years earlier when Maja was 10
  as Anders Angell: Kathrine's husband, Petter and Maja's father, retired Nerbygd newspaper editor
 Stein Bjørn as Johan: Nerbygd police chief, investigates Sofie's death, dismissive of Maja's analyses as too far-fetched
 Jonas Delerud as Erik: Nerbygd police officer, Johan's second-in-charge, initially sceptical of Maja's ideas
 Kim-Runar Klodiussen as Dan Robin: Nerbygd newspaper archivist, assists Maja's investigations
 Eila Ballovara Varsi as Elle Jannok: Kautokeino resident, young woman, raised by father, helps with farm chores, leaves to learn about Sofie's disappearance and murder
 Marius Lien as Trond Kverntagen: North Security manager, field operative, married to Anna with daughter Lilya

Additional cast

  as Kathrine Angell: Maja's mother, unresponsive, possibly demented, nursing home resident
 Benjamin Noble as Edward: London university psychology professor, Maja's tutor and boyfriend, concerned over her involvement in Sofie's murder case
  as Eivind Salomonsen: Maja's cousin, Petter's contemporary, North Security board member with Rune Mosli
 Kristine Myhre Tunheim as Anne-Li: Eivind's wife, dislikes Maja, warns him to avoid her
 Anethe Alfsvaag as Anna: Trond's wife, Lilya's mother
 Ella Maren Alfsvåg Jørgensen as Lilya: Anna and Trond's daughter
  as "old police deputy" (Gunnar Enoksen): former Nerbygd police chief, dismissive of Maja's concerns over historical disappearances, such as Tina's
 Viktor Enoksen as Skorpa: Nerbygd police officer, assists Johan and Erik
 Trude Øines as Emma: reported her friend, Tina Danielsen, as missing in 2008
 Johannes Y. Meløe as Roy Eliassen: 27-year-old man, violent, drug-related criminal, suspect in Sofie's murder
 Anne Katrine Haugen as "Roy's mother": uncooperative with police, talks to Maja
 Geir Gulbrandsen as "Roy's lawyer" (Jensberg): allows Maja access to Roy
 Cora Fransisca Karlberg as "maid" Billie: works at Djupelv hotel, inducts Elle
 Zoe Winther Hansen as "maid" Lilly: works at Djupelv hotel
 Pernille Sandøy as Sofie: Kautokeino resident, 19-year-old friend of Elle, found dead in Nerbygd caravan
 Egil Keskitalo as "Elle's father": reindeer herder, strict, work-focussed
 Anna Karoline Bjelvin as Anine Karlssen: hires North Security, has faulty surveillance camera
 Ola Karlsen as "jogger": reported as missing near recently burned-down building close to Dividalen
 Hans Kristian Elvenes as "power plant boss" (Odd Knut Sandbakken): Johan's friend, cuts power in specific regions over time as "stress test" for electricity supply
 Ingá Ánne Márjá Bongo as Sofie's sister: younger sister, befriends Elle
 Sara Inga Utsi Bongo as Sofie's mother: uninterested in Sofie's whereabouts
 Marie Charlotte Thomsen Lund as "nurse": looks after Kathrine at nursing home
 Espen Olaisen as "IT-expert" (Bjørnar Michaelsen): runs Webconsult which houses North Security's website
 Marja Kivenmäki as "receptionist Finland": tells Maja that Nerbygd police never asked for CCTV footage
 Christian Lindholm as "farmer": owns Morholt dairy farm

Episode guide

References

External links

2020s Norwegian television series
2020 Norwegian television series debuts
HBO Europe original programming
Television shows set in Norway


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Del Mar offers free EV charging for 6 months
Cities Del Mar Del Mar Featured
by Bianca Kaplanek June 3, 2018 787
DEL MAR — For a limited time only, electric vehicle owners can charge their cars for free at Del Mar's recently opened civic center.
Council members at the May 21 meeting agreed unanimously to launch the six-month pilot program to gather real-time data to create fees that will eventually be implemented.
The city spent $30,750 to buy and install three wall-mounted stations that can charge five cars at a time — including one at a handicapped-accessible parking space — in the parking garage at 1050 Camino del Mar. The purchase price includes a five-year maintenance agreement.
Clement Brown, the city's environmental sustainability projects manager, said he looked at 29 city halls in the state that have charging stations. All but nine provide free charging, but many are using older units that don't charge as fast and have no ongoing service or network fees.
"So it isn't an apples-to-apples comparison to the type of chargers we have," he said.
Council members were given three options for a fee schedule. The city could charge per kilowatt hour, per hour like a parking fee or use a combination of the two.
The other decision is whether the city wants full-cost recovery or recovery only on capital, operating or electricity costs.
Depending on the scenario used, the costs range from .03 per kilowatt hour to $3.44 per hour of parking.
Clement said he devised those fees based on the assumptions that the units would be used four hours a day every day of the year, and the average cost of electricity would be .25 per kilowatt hour with an output of six kilowatts per station.
Clement said the six-month trial period will cost Del Mar about $2,700 for the electricity.
Councilman Dave Druker said the pilot program "makes a whole lot of sense" but "we are going to have to charge for this … at some point."
Mayor Dwight Worden agreed, adding that the prices must be competitive so people use the stations.
Councilman Terry Sinnott said the city also needs to find out the life expectancy of the units and set aside funds for their replacement.
"These systems I don't think last that long," he said.
Although the new civic center is fairly green, the charging stations are not connected to the solar panels. That way the city can better track the use of the charging units.
Staff will also be working with the Sustainability Advisory Board to develop a program that encourages local business owners and employees to use the charging stations.
Druker said the "makes some sense" but "we just need to make sure (it) is actually doable."
"It has to be extremely simple and knowable," he said. "I just don't want to create an incentive program that anybody can somehow use and continue to use and we have no way to know whether or not they are legitimately people that we want to incentivize."
Councilwoman Sherryl Parks said signage that a pilot program is in place is also important.
"I'm going to have people that say, 'This was free last month. Why isn't it free know?'" she said.
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Ron Myers June 4, 2018 at 3:10 pm
The biggest challenge to public stations is vandals. To resolve this issue, Urban Electric has developed a retractable EV charging unit that pops up for charging then retracts to ground level when not in use – http://urbanelectric.london/.
Jeff Brewer June 9, 2018 at 9:30 am
Ha, that's clever. Combine that with http://www.solarroadways.com/ for the adjacent sidewalks and road surfaces?
Gregg Ferry June 3, 2018 at 5:45 pm
It's great that Del Mar installed charging stations! I probably won't use them, but just having a few more stations around is appreciated! I have no qualms about paying up to $0.50/kWhr, but a parking fee on top of that is a bit much. The biggest maintenance cost comes from vandals, only occasionally do the connectors get buggered. The rest of the electrical hardware typically has a 30 year life.
Now if Del Mar put 70 solar panels on the roof, there would be no electrical cost, the hardware costing about $50k.
How does that physically work with the solar panels? I can imagine a car port roof covered in panels (but not 70); or attaching to adjacent buildings (although I'm sure there would be leasing costs involved). Seems like the panels could be installed anywhere and feed into the grid to compensate for the parking space expenditures, but I imagine supplying into the grid pays far less than extracting from it (unless some "deal" can be arranged with the power company).
I guess the cost of parking in a charger spot would dissuade many drivers from parking there unless they were charging.
Congratulations to Del Mar for exploring this and stepping in that direction!

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If you are a refugee or have been reunited with your family in Denmark, you now have the opportunity to be employed via the new Act on Integration Education (integrationsgrunduddannelse, abbreviated IGU henceforth).
IGU enables you to become part of the Danish labour market – even if you do not yet know the Danish language or can meet Danish labour market demands from day one.
Integration jobs are aimed at people between the age of 18 and 40. An integration job lasts 2 years where you will be employed within a Danish company. Apart from being trained in your field of expertise, you will also go to school for up to 20 weeks.
You will earn a salary from your employer throughout the 2 years. During the 20 weeks of school, you will receive training subsidies – an amount equal to integration allowance for refugees.
At the end, you will receive a diploma. The idea is that after 2 years you will have learnt so much about the Danish labour market that you are qualified to apply for any kind of job.
You need to apply for an integration job at a company – the same way that any other person applies for a job at the Danish labour market. First, you have to find vacant IGU positions that you want to apply for. You often have to apply for more than one job before you end up with a job offer.
Here at jobindex.dk you can start searching for vacant IGU jobs. We have advised Danish companies to put "Integration job", "IGU" or "Erhvervsintegration" in the job ad text. You can start your job search with these words.
Please click the links below to go directly to searches containing "integrationsjob", "integration job"," IGU" or job ads in English.
You can register your CV with jobindex.dk free of charge. Registering your CV in our database makes it easier for Danish companies to find you when they have an available IGU position. When you upload or register you CV, please tick the box called "flygtning" (refugee) under "Specialgrupper".
When you create a Job Agent, you will receive a notice directly in your e-mail inbox every time a new IGU position is posted on jobindex.dk.
Having registered your CV with jobindex.dk, you can get connected with one of our volunteer job guides. He or she will give you tips on how to get closer to landing your dream job in Denmark.
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I still find it hard to believe it is possible to separate flint nodules into identifiable categories from the millions visible on a beach.
I was showing the two nodules in Fig.1 to Mike Lambert when I realised the centres were the same basic form of a tapering cone with 'toe' curled one way. Both had come from Plantation quarry, near Ashwell. The rear nodule had been found upright and in situ, toe pointing north east in the quarry wall. The front nodule was loose in the chalk on the quarry floor. Its surface is heavily striated and had obviously been in a fast current environment as had other nodules I found that day. It made me aware that flints were indicative of the differing conditions on the ancient sea floor.
Three, early stage, Type A's. On the Glynebourne flint in the centre, 'Protoflint' the silica saturated sediment that sponges produce, flows around the sides and spirals down the back of the flint. The cone shaped top, Tecta or roof, here bent backwards by the strong tide, was the sponge's way of shutting down. When conditions were deteriorating sponges produced survival cells (gemmules) and raised them high above chalk deposition. Type A on right; from beneath Cromer pier, reveals sponge fossil within and dark toxin build up to lower area. Type A on left; a soil flint; shows the same basic form with sponge detail revealed at broken top and base. The dark bronze area is the toxin deterrent sponges deploy around the structure to prevent predation.
Eleven Type A's (top left is a joined double).
Sponge larvae settle on a suitable substrate and develop into the cone or vase shape as seen above. The cone is knocked over by the tide and the sponge develops from the larger basal area. Top line left and centre, sponge pyrite fossil remains on the cortex. Bottom line centre has turned upwards and is growing into a paramoudra. All show typical Type A format of one bulge right, two on the left and direction of growth to upper right which would have been north east.
This in situ paramoudra at West Runton shows the whole process.
The toe is below the flint to the right of compass and the cone has fallen and grown in a north east direction. Just to the left of the compass is some pyrite sponge fossil breaking the surface and the paramoudra has grown to the left of that with a central chalk core and some good sculpting to the upper rim and sides while a rimprint is visible around the inner rim. The protuberance to centre top is part of the reproductive process and they tend to have developing larvae within the flint.
These are a fairly common find at Sidestrand beach, Norfolk as well as West Runton and range in size, in this picture, between 105mm down to 38mm diameter.
Top right and bottom left show a 'nostril' where the sponge is begining to emerge often showing more than one exit hole for the tail(s).
Pure conjecture (at the moment) would be to suggest these are the protuberances from Paramoudra that were 'blown' off the sides by the tide and rolled into these spherical shapes as a way of distributing offspring. A similar process could also account for nodular flint.
Type B nodule cracked open reveals developing sponge was about to emerge from top. Close up of tail shows filament array.
So, do Type B develop into Paramoudra parva?
Do lumps of flint spin off nodules and paramoudra?
Some of the nodules I found at Ashwell had, not only, Inoceramus debris across the surface but spots and blodges of silica. It was like a custard pie fight had been going on between sponges.
It is very fast water environment, you can tell by the tortured shapes of the flint, so I think it quite likely surface protoflint would be removed and redeposited as embryonic silica gel.
Type C nodules are between 40 and 75mm and show surface markings where the canals have turned to Chalcedony, being harder than the flint, they protrude above the creamy coloured cortex.
These 9 type C were found in a 200m stretch beneath the Beeston Bump, Norfolk. These are not found to the east of West Runton in this sort of numbers. Various sponges colonised different areas of the reefs so the beach above reflects this tendency in the types of nodules found.
Being close to the reef i.e. the source, means all these types of nodules are 'fresh' the surface detail has not been obliterated by the wave action as it has on most beaches. All of these types of nodule are different fossilised sponges.
Type 'E & N' nodules. Still to be photographed.


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UN rights body to hold urgent session on Iran amid crackdown
Human Rights Council will hold the session following a diplomatic request by Germany and Iceland
Members of the Iranian community living in Chile protest outside the United Nations local headquarters in Santiago. — Reuters
Published: Sat 12 Nov 2022, 1:11 AM
The UN's top human rights body is poised to hold a special session on Iran in the wake of the government's deadly crackdowns on protesters, threats against journalists and other alleged human rights violations in the Islamic republic.
The Human Rights Council will hold the session in the week of November 21 "if possible on November 24," following a diplomatic request by Germany and Iceland.
Germany sent a letter to the council offices on Friday announcing the call for a special session "to address the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially with respect to women and children".
At least one-third of the council's 47 member states need to support such a request and the move by Germany suggests it has lined up enough backing.
The protests in Iran, sparked by the September 16 death of a 22-year-old woman after her detention by the country's morality police, have grown into one of the largest sustained challenges to the nation's theocracy since the chaotic months after its 1979 Islamic Revolution. Security forces have sought to quash dissent.
After the protests erupted, the United States and European Union imposed additional sanctions on Iran for its brutal treatment of demonstrators and its decision to send hundreds of drones to Russia for use in its war in Ukraine. EU foreign ministers are expected to agree on additional sanctions Monday.
At least 328 people have been killed in the Iran protests and 14,825 others arrested, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a monitoring group.
Iran's government for weeks has remained silent on casualty figures.
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Prepare for the avian adventure of a lifetime with one of our 3-hour bird rookery tours of the Peace River and Hunter Creek Estuary. This area is home to an incredible multitude of bird species. In the Spring and Summer, the rookery island that we visit is very active with many nesting birds. It is a serene and breathtaking area, perfect for a fun and informative paddle. Every tour is led by a Certified Florida Master Naturalist. While on the tour you will view many bird species nesting in their natural habitat. You'll receive nature education from your naturalist guide. If you are a big fan of our feathered friends, this tour is perfect for you. Even if you are not a bird enthusiast, it is a great way of seeing the nature of the area, and to learn a thing or two about our winged companions.


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El Campeonato de División Intermedia 1915 fue el torneo que constituyó la decimoséptima temporada de la segunda división de Argentina en la era amateur.

El torneo coronó campeón por primera vez a Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, que ascendió por primera vez en su historia a Primera División, tras vencer por 3 a 1 en la final a Honor y Patria.

Equipos participantes

Sistema de disputa
El campeonato se dividió en tres zonas, la A de 11 equipos, la B de 10 y la C de 9. Los ganadores de la segunda y tercera zona se enfrentaron para definir quién jugaba la final con el ganador de la primera zona. Cada zona se disputó con el sistema de todos contra todos a dos ruedas. Argentino de Núñez y Porteños Unidos se retiraron de sus zonas, dejándolas con 10 y 9 equipos respectivamente.

Zona A

Zona B

Zona C

Fase final

Copa Campeonato

La Copa Campeonato de División Intermedia fue disputada por el ganador del Campeonato de División Intermedia y por el ganador del Torneo de Reservas de la Primera División.

Descensos y desafiliaciones
Eureka y Sportivo Suizo descendieron a la segunda división.

Argentinos de Avellaneda, Sportivo Ballester, Carapachay, Gimnasia y Esgrima de Banfield, Cámara Mercantil, Federal, Tigre Juniors, Argentino del Sud y Universitarios desaparecen de los registros.

Véase también

 Campeonato de Primera División 1915

Referencias

Segunda División Amateur (Argentina)
Deporte en Argentina en 1915

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Styles: Neo-Classical, Romanesque Revival
Previous Names: Victory Theatre, Fischer's Theatre, Sutter Theatre, All Star Photo-Play House, Class A Theatre
Opened on October 21, 1907 as the Victory Theatre, this house in the Western Addition was part of the theater district that thrived for a few years after the fire of 1906, before the theaters in downtown San Francisco were rebuilt. In its early years it presented vaudeville, and was the second theatre to be managed by Isadore Coleman Levey (his first being the Columbia Theatre, Oakland) He went on to manage a number of theatres in the bay area and organized (as a theatrical agent) for vaudeville shows in collaboration with his son Bert Levey. They owned the Columbia Theatre, Oakland, the Victory Theatre, Alcazar Theatre, Princess Theatre & Garrick Theatre all in San Francisco, the Republic Theatre, Vallejo and the Sequioa Theatre, Sacramento. but it eventually became a neighborhood movie house.
The Victory Theatre eventually became a movie theatre and sported many names over the years, being Fisher's Theatre from 1909 to 1913, the Sutter Theatre in 1913 and 1914, the All Star Photo-Play House from 1914 to 1926, then the Class A Theatre in 1926 and 1927. It returned to he name Sutter Theatre in 1927, and finally became a Spanish language house as the Teatro Sutter from 1941 until closing in 1954.
The building, with its enormous Classical pediment, stylized Roman arch entrance, and Mannerist decorative details, has since been demolished.
Contributed by Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 31, 2013 at 11:21 am
Here is a photo of the Victory Theatre dated 1909.
Prof David Ducay on November 25, 2013 at 2:28 pm
I came up with an earlier opening date, October 21, 1907. the Victory Theatre was the second theatre to be manage by Isadore Coleman Levey (his first was the Columbia Theatre in Oakland). He went on to manage a number of theatres in the bay area and organized (theatrical agent) for vaudeville shows in collaboration with his son Bert Levey. (manager of Princess, Garrick, Alcazar Theatres, the Republic Theatre in Vallejo and Sequoia Theatre in Sacramento).
fanch on April 27, 2014 at 5:43 pm
On the picture posted by Joe Vogel, the men on the right is my wife's great great grandfather Isadore Coleman Levey. I wonder if somebody could help me in my research about Isidore and Bert Levey.


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Atari unveils New York empire-builder
It's not autobiographical though.
News by	Tom Bramwell, Contributor
Atari has announced a new PC empire-building sim that charges players with "making it big" in a detailed facsimile of New York City. Due out in Q4 2005, Tycoon City: New York has players constructing and customising hundreds of businesses and famous landmarks set around the city.
Starting off as a budding entrepreneur, the player will create, upgrade and customise over 100 types of business including nightclubs, restaurants, Broadway theatres and more, putting on concerts in Central Park and generally exploiting the city that never sleeps to the tune of a tidy profit.
Developed by UK-based outfit Deep Red Games, creators of Beach Life and Monopoly Tycoon amongst other things, Tycoon City is the sort of game that anyone can play, according to senior veepee of marketing for Atari Europe Martin Spiess. "Tycoon City: New York builds upon the human desire to create empires that often begins with a few simple building blocks as a kid," he said this week.
"Anyone can play the game and have a great time creating their own New York City without the need for a degree in town planning, but players will need the eye of the tiger to really make it big," he added.
We should get to know more about Tycoon City soon. In the meantime, you can find a single screenshot here.
Tom Bramwell
Contributor	| tombramwell
Tom worked at Eurogamer from early 2000 to late 2014, including seven years as Editor-in-Chief.


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Q: Асинхронное чтение из сокета (C#) Необходимо асинхронно читать данные из сокета (NetworkStream) и выполнять действия в зависимости от считанных данных. В бескрайних просторах интернета встречается несколько парадигм, две из которых EAP (event-based asynchronous programming) и TAP (task-based asynchronous programming).
Второй вариант хорошо подходит для моей задачи, но, увы, ключевые слова async и await введены с 5-й версии C#, которую Unity (на которой у меня проект) не поддерживает. По EAP не нашёл понятных примеров, поэтому слабо представляю, как им пользоваться.
Подскажите, как реализовать асинхронное чтение из сокета?

A: NetworkStream не поддерживает EAP. Кроме TAP он поддерживает APM методами BeginRead()/EndRead(). APM -- это asynchronous programming model, самая первая реализация асинхронного программирования в .NET.
Процесс чтение данных при этом будет выглядеть примерно так:
AsyncCallback callback =
    ar =>
    {
        int bytesRead = myNetworkStream.EndRead(ar);

        // обрабатываем полученные данные

        // при необходимости снова читаем данные
        networkStream.BeginRead(buffer, offset, count, callback, null);
    };

// первоначальный вызов,
// networkStream как вариант можно передавать в качестве последнего параметра,
// а затем получать его из IAsyncResult.AsyncState
networkStream.BeginRead(buffer, offset, count, callback, null);

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Health literacy, cognitive function, proper use, and adherence to inhaled asthma controller medications among older adults with asthma
Rachel O'Conor*, Michael S. Wolf, Samuel G. Smith, Melissa Martynenko, Daniel P. Vicencio, Mary Sano, Juan P. Wisnivesky, Alex D. Federman
Medicine, General Medicine Division
BACKGROUND: We sought to investigate the degree to which cognitive skills explain associations between health literacy and asthma-related medication use among older adults with asthma. METHODS: Patients aged 60 years receiving care at eight outpatient clinics (primary care, geriatrics, pulmonology, allergy, and immunology) in New York, New York, and Chicago, Illinois, were recruited to participate in structured, in-person interviews as part of the Asthma Beliefs and Literacy in the Elderly (ABLE) study (n 5 425). Behaviors related to medication use were investigated, including adherence to prescribed regimens, metered-dose inhaler (MDI) technique, and dry powder inhaler (DPI) technique. Health literacy was measured using the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults. Cognitive function was assessed in terms of fl uid (working memory, processing speed, executive function) and crystallized (verbal) ability. RESULTS: The mean age of participants was 68 years; 40% were Hispanic and 30% non- Hispanic black. More than one-third (38%) were adherent to their controller medication, 53% demonstrated proper DPI technique, and 38% demonstrated correct MDI technique. In multivariable analyses, limited literacy was associated with poorer adherence to controller medication (OR, 2.3; 95% CI, 1.29-4.08) and incorrect DPI (OR, 3.51; 95% CI, 1.81-6.83) and MDI (OR, 1.64; 95% CI, 1.01-2.65) techniques. Fluid and crystallized abilities were independently associated with medication behaviors. However, when fl uid abilities were added to the model, literacy associations were reduced. CONCLUSIONS: Among older patients with asthma, interventions to promote proper medication use should simplify tasks and patient roles to overcome cognitive load and suboptimal performance in self-care.
https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.14-0914
10.1378/chest.14-0914
Dive into the research topics of 'Health literacy, cognitive function, proper use, and adherence to inhaled asthma controller medications among older adults with asthma'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Drug Therapy Nursing and Health Professions 100%
asthma INIS 85%
Asthma Nursing and Health Professions 71%
Health Literacy Nursing and Health Professions 57%
Metered-Dose Inhaler Nursing and Health Professions 42%
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O'Conor, R., Wolf, M. S., Smith, S. G., Martynenko, M., Vicencio, D. P., Sano, M., Wisnivesky, J. P., & Federman, A. D. (2015). Health literacy, cognitive function, proper use, and adherence to inhaled asthma controller medications among older adults with asthma. CHEST, 147(5), 1307-1315. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.14-0914
O'Conor, Rachel ; Wolf, Michael S. ; Smith, Samuel G. et al. / Health literacy, cognitive function, proper use, and adherence to inhaled asthma controller medications among older adults with asthma. In: CHEST. 2015 ; Vol. 147, No. 5. pp. 1307-1315.
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Dead Mountain Mouth is the debut full-length album by Genghis Tron. It was released on June 6, 2006, on Crucial Blast in CD format, and on June 27, 2006, on Lovepump United in vinyl format (white and clear coloured). A vinyl reissue of the album was released in late 2008, again on Lovepump United.

Background
The album is more varied than the previous EP, and features the band exploring such genres as doom metal, intelligent dance music (IDM), power noise, experimental rock and grindcore. Both the album and the title track quote and echo T. S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land, involving pivotal themes of disconnectedness, disharmony and non-fecundity.

Track listing

Personnel
Genghis Tron
Hamilton Jordan – guitar, bass guitar
Michael Sochynsky – programming, keyboards
Mookie Singerman – vocals

Additional musicians
Mike McKenzie (The Red Chord) – additional vocals on "Dead Mountain Mouth" and "White Walls"
Jake Friedman – additional vocals on "The Folding Road" and "Asleep on the Forest Floor"
Greg Weeks – additional bass guitar on "Asleep on the Forest Floor"

Production
Alan Douches – mastering
Kurt Ballou – recording, mixing
Kim Dumas – sequencing
Jon Beasley – artwork, design

References

2006 albums
Genghis Tron albums
Albums produced by Kurt Ballou


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What's the Difference Between Phytocannabinoids and Cannabinoids?
It might interest you to know that there's actually a minimal difference between phytocannabinoids and cannabinoids. The difference is just a matter of specificity. Phytocannabinoids refer to any cannabinoid that is naturally occurring within the cannabis family of plants. Such cannabinoids include the more famous THC and CBD, but they also include other cannabinoids such as cannabigerol (CBG), which we will discuss. There are over 70 phytocannabinoids discovered and studied within the cannabis plant.
These phytocannabinoids can be considered as a contrast to endogenous cannabinoids, which are the lipids and ligands that your body makes on its own through the endocannabinoid system (ECS) without any interference or ingestion of the cannabis plant. Phytocannabinoids each have different ways of interacting with the ECS. For this article, we will be looking at Cannabigerol (CBG), Cannabichromene (CBC), Cannabidiol (CBD), Tetrahydrocannabinols (THC), Cannabinol (CBN), and Cannabitriol (CBT), but bear in mind that this is not the all-inclusive list. Research is still underway about further details regarding many phytocannabinoids.
This cannabinoid was discovered in 1964 by Gaoni and Mechoulam. Mechoulam is also credited as the first to elucidate the correct structure of CBD in 1963, according to "Chemistry and Analysis of Phytocannabinoids and Other Cannabis Constituents" by Rudolf Brenneisen. It was found that CBG, unlike THC, does not induce psychotropic effects.
Interaction with Receptors
In a study published in the British Journal of Pharmacology, scientists found that cannabigerol is a potent stimulator of [35S]GTP?S binding to brain membranes. The cannabinoid was also tested on isolated vas deferens in mice. (For anyone who may not have been paying attention in biology class when they talked about sex–why weren't you paying attention to that?–the vas deferens is the duct that conveys sperm from the testicle to the urethra). Cannabigerol was found to inhibit electrically evoked contractions of the vas deferens. Since these contractions are "thought to result from the release of ATP and noradrenaline on to postjunctional P2 receptors and ?1-adrenoceptors," that was thought to be cannabigerol's mode of function and rather than the CB1 receptors.
Cannabigerol also behaves as a ?2-adrenoceptor agonist in mouse brain membranes. ?2-adrenoceptor agonists are kind of a big deal. But according to the British Medical Bulletin, there is evidence that ?2-adrenoceptor agonists can have neuroprotective function. The agonists were found to attenuate neurological deficiencies in rat models that had incomplete cerebral ischaemia. This is a condition in which there is insufficient blood flow to the brain to meet metabolic demand, leading to poor oxygen supply or cerebral hypoxia and, thus, to the death of brain tissue. "Subsequent studies evaluating the possible neuroprotective value of ?2-adrenoceptor agonists have used Dex (dexmedetomidine) because of its potency and high selectivity for the ?2-adrenoceptor."
As it pertains to CB receptors, cannabigerol has a higher affinity for CB1 than it does for CB2. But binding to CB1 receptors was only detectable at concentrations above those at which it stimulates [35S]GTP?S binding to the brain membranes. It is classified as a CB1 antagonist, not an agonist.
According to Medical Jane, an LLC formed in June of 2012 and coined as the "WebMD® of Cannabis," cannabigerol is a minor cannabinoid with major impact. Part of the reason for this is because cannabigerolic acid is also the main precursor for other major cannabinoid acidic precursors, THCA, CBDA (cannabidiolic acid), and CBCA. These are then metabolized by synthases that can make THC, CBD, or CBC. This can also be referred to as the degradation of CBGA. Cannabigerol is thought of as the cannabis "stem cell" because of this role it plays in producing the other cannabinoids.
Cannabichromene (CBC)
Cannabichromene has not been studied as extensively as some of its cannabinoid brothers and sisters. But according to Alternet.org, cannabichromene was discovered in 1966, not long after the studies on cannabigerol and cannabidiol.
More work needs to be done on the scientific understanding of CBC's reaction with receptors. There are a few things we can grasp from the limited information, however. For one, according to a study published in the Journal of Analytical Toxicology in September of 2011, CBC has a low affinity for the CB1 receptor. This was discovered because it was tested in conjunction with a receptor antagonist rimonabant, which was known to block the effects of THC and other cannabinoids. But it did not manage to do so with CBC. With that said, CBC has a non-CB1 receptor method of action.
In another study published in the British Journal of Pharmacology, inflammation was induced in the small intestines of mice using croton oil. To quote, "Croton oil administration was associated with decreased levels of anandamide (but not 2-arachidonoyl glycerol) and palmitoylethanolamide, up-regulation of TRPA1 and CB? receptors and down-regulation of CB? receptors." CBC outside of the organism (tested on organs or tissue separated from the organism) did not change endocannabinoid levels. It did, however, alter the mRNA expression of TRPA1 and cannabinoid receptors. In the organism, CBC did not affect motility (a term used to describe the contraction of the muscles that mix and propel contents in the gastrointestinal tract) but normalized croton oil-induced hypermotility. The results of the study are quoted as follows: "CBC selectively reduces inflammation-induced hypermotility in vivo in a manner that is not dependent on cannabinoid receptors or TRPA1." In other words, CBC does not really do its main work via cannabinoid receptors, as the first study pointed out.
A third study examining the effect of cannabichromene on adult neural stem/progenitor cells suggests that CBC raises the viability (self-maintenance or ability to recover) of neural stem progenitor cells (NSPCs) while inhibiting their differentiation into astroglia, possibly through up-regulation of ATP and adenosine signaling. Either way, this is kind of a big deal. You're probably not sure or familiar with what NSCPs are, but to frame their impact in an easy-to-understand way, just think of them as stem cells for your nervous system. They hold the capacity to proliferate, self-renew, and produce things that can turn into neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes.
Cannabichromene is believed to work in tandem with THC, moderating or attenuating its effects. But on its own, it is not psychoactive. Working with THC, it seems to yield relaxing effects. A plant with high cannabichromene is also likely to have higher THC content. However, more work needs to be done to fully understand cannabichromene's role.
The discovery of cannabinol actually has an interesting tie-in with archaeology and industrial history. Industrial hemp can be harvested for fiber purposes, as it was for at least an area in the French Massif Central, where CBN was discovered in the sediment, according to a news report by Science 2.0. It was discovered in a sediment record from the lake, suggesting that retting took place in the area. Retting is a process used when making hemp into textiles or other high-quality applications. The bast fibers must be separated from the rest of the stalk. It is a microbial process that breaks the chemical bonds holding these bast fibers to the woody core, effectively separating the two. You can do retting in two ways: field retting and water retting. Water retting is far more laborious and time-consuming, but it involves leaving stems immersed in water and checking them regularly. It uses a lot of water that must be clean and then treated before being discharged. This process is not really used anymore in countries that can't afford the cost or have environmental regulations against it.
CBN was first named in 1896 by Wood et al., and its structure was elucidated in 1940. In other words, people knew about it for a good long while before moving on to other phytocannabinoids.
A 2012 study published in Psychopharmacology (Berl) has shown that CBN can induce effects via the CB1 receptor. The focus of the study was to examine other cannabinoids as they pertain to appetite regulation, since THC is well documented in that area and already has legalized pharmaceutical versions to help with appetite. CBN currently is not thought to be psychotropic, so the drive to eliminate such a side effect is in demand. But reports on its psychoactivity are mixed; what is agreed upon is that its psychoactivity is so small compared to that of THC that it's negligible. The study also showed that CBN was effective in increasing appetite.
As for psychotropic effects, this study published in the Journal of Pharmacology supports some of the prior claims. Participants were given differing serving sizes of CBN alone, THC alone, and two different combinations of CBN with THC. CBN seemed to mitigate or do away with any heart rate increase normally caused by THC. The participants seemed to be a bit unable to accurately assess the passage of one minute when any THC had been involved while CBN produced no effect on their assessment of time. The combination of drugs, however, seemed to make the participants "feel" drugged, sleepy, or groggy more than they did with THC alone.
This third study published in the Journal of Neuroscience showed that both THC and CBN (cannabinol) "induce a CB(1)/CB(2) cannabinoid receptor-independent release of calcitonin gene-related peptide from capsaicin-sensitive perivascular sensory nerves." With this said, there are certainly both CB1 and CB1 receptor reactions at play.
Roles and Synthesis/Degradation
According to Medical Jane, cannabinol is itself a degraded compound. The chemical synthesis starts with cannabigerolic acid, which is turned into THCA by THC synthase, which is then turned into cannabinolic acid via air and time and then, finally, into CBN given heat and ultraviolet light. For this reason, cannabinol has a role in telling you the age of your cannabis (if the cannabis hasn't been preserved).
Cannabitriol (CBT)
Strangely, though this phytocannabinoid isn't really new, it would appear a Jamaican scientist by the name of Hawthorne Watson is attempting to take credit for its discovery when you Google its history – even though cannabitriol was first isolated by Obata and Ishikawa in 1966 according to a mini-review by Mahmoud A. ElSohly and Desmond Slade, "Chemical constituents of marijuana: The complex mixture of natural cannabinoids." The mini-review even expands to say that nine types of cannabitriol are known. Unfortunately, this is all that seems to be solid about cannabitriol. The literature on cannabitriol is limited to just its structure and its discovery. It is definitely an area of research that needs more investigation. It appears that the other phytocannabinoids, including CBD and THC mostly, have stolen this phytocannabinoid's thunder.
Cannabidiol (CBD) and Tetrahydrocannabinols (THC)
Luckily, these two phytocannabinoids are ones that we have spent more time talking about in depth on our website. For information about how both have their effects on receptors, this article about CB receptors tells you what you need to know. To get a better grasp on CBD's history as a phytocannabinoid, our article about synthetic CBD covers that information as well.
Phytocannabinoids are an ongoing area of research.
It is important to understand that some of them are integral to the existence of other phytocannabinoids. Cannabigerol, for example, is the cannabinoid that turns into other cannabinoids given certain synthases and exposure to heat.
CBD and THC are the most researched phytocannabinoids.
Not all cannabinoids have their mode of operation through the CB receptors but, rather, through other receptors in the body, making cannabis a true pharmacological wonder.
Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions. We can tell you more about the phytocannabinoids in relation to our products. Specifically, though, all our products are made to be CBD-rich from industrial hemp sources. Feel free to let us know which phytocannabinoid is the most fascinating to you in the comments below.
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Ruling allows DNA evidence against shooting suspect
Ruling finds prosecutor's office isn't responsible for delays at State Police lab
Ruling allows DNA evidence against shooting suspect Ruling finds prosecutor's office isn't responsible for delays at State Police lab Check out this story on courierpostonline.com: https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/02/19/brandon-washington-willingboro-shooting-dna-evidence/350720002/
Jim Walsh, @jimwalsh_cp Published 9:49 a.m. ET Feb. 19, 2018 | Updated 2:18 p.m. ET Feb. 19, 2018
A state appeals court has ruled DNA evidence can be used against Willingboro shooting suspect Brandon Washington.(Photo: Photo provided)
MOUNT HOLLY – An appeals court has ruled DNA evidence described as "extraordinarily important" can be used as evidence against a man accused of a double shooting at a Willingboro VFW post.
The DNA, found on a pair of eyeglasses at the crime scene, matched a sample taken from Brandon M. Washington of Trenton, who allegedly shot two men ejecting him from the Creekview Road post in February 2017.
The victims survived and Washington is charged with two counts of attempted murder.
In its appeal, the prosecutor's office said the DNA was vital to its case because Washington was not arrested at the scene, the gun was never recovered and no video showed the shooting.
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Without the DNA evidence, the prosecutor's office said its case "would rely entirely on eyewitness testimony, which is often attacked and is subject to demanding jury instructions," the ruling noted.
It said Washington had been seen wearing similar glasses in a video before the shooting at VFW Post 4914 and in Facebook photos.
Friday's decision overturned a pair of rulings by Superior Court Judge Terrence Cook in Mount Holly.
Cook initially barred the DNA from evidence as a penalty after the New Jersey State Police took more than eight months to produce a report on its analysis. Cook later rejected a reconsideration request from the prosecutor's office.
The eyeglasses and DNA samples from Washington and the victims were submitted to the state police lab on March 2 of last year. A lab report reached the prosecutor's office on Nov. 16, less than two weeks before the scheduled trial date.
The report, delayed by staffing issues during a review process at the state lab, found Washington was "the source of the major DNA profile" on the glasses.
But Cook then granted a defense motion to bar the DNA from evidence as a "discovery sanction."
According to Friday's decision, the trial judge found Washington should have been given a draft report prepared by a state police lab scientist on July 25. Cook said the prosecutor's office had violated a court rule that requires it to share scientific evidence within its "possession, custody or control."
The appeals court rejected that view, saying the county prosecutor's office "has no supervisory authority over" the lab and did not possess the report until Nov. 16. The prosecutor's office emailed the report to Washington's attorney that same day.
The three-judge panel also found Cook had made a "palpably incorrect assumption that the draft report was a final report."
And it said Cook failed to consider whether exclusion of the DNA evidence would affect the fairness of a trial, noting the prosecution had described it as "extraordinarily important."
Among other findings, the appellate ruling also directed Cook to grant a 60-day continuance that had been requested by the prosecutor's office.
Jim Walsh: @jwalsh_cp; 856-486-2646; jwalsh@gannettnj.com
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Carlos Samuel Moreno Terán (Cananea, Sonora, 4 de noviembre de 1962), es el sexto de diez hermanos, licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Sonora, Fue diputado y coordinador del Grupo Parlamentario del PRI en el Congreso del Estado de Sonora.

Fue diputado local del Partido Revolucionario Institucional en la LX Legislatura del Congreso del Estado de Sonora.

Trabajo legislativo
Diputado local electo en la LVII Legislatura del Congreso del Estado de Sonora.

Diputado federal por Sonora para el período 2009-2012 de la Cámara de Diputados.

Secretario de la mesa directiva 2010-2011 de la LXI Legislatura del Congreso de la Unión.

Secretario de la mesa directiva 2009-2010 encargado del registro de la asistencia y votaciones de la Cámara de Diputados.

Miembro de la Comisión Especial para el seguimiento de los conflictos mineros en el país; el grupo de trabajo para el estudio de la normatividad del pleno en la Cámara de Diputados y el grupo de trabajo para el seguimiento a los daños del Huracán Jimena en Baja California y Sonora.

Conflicto minero de Cananea
En México, las minas operan al amparo de una concesión otorgada por el Gobierno Federal.

Presentó punto de acuerdo para la revisión y posible cancelación de la concesión otorgada a Grupo México para operar la mina en Cananea, la cual se encuentra en huelga desde el 2007.

Fue invitado a participar en el Grupo Especial del Senado de la República para la Atención del Conflicto Minero en Cananea.

Referencias
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Briefly: Yes, I agree: Read David Markson's "The Last Novel." It's slim; it's inventive in form but timeless in spirit; and it will shake you up.
What's your recommendation? Stipulation: You only get one! (But you can tell us the runners-up if you want.)
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Tim says…
Anyone can tell you what novels to read. Who's going to tell you what books of literary criticism are worth your time?!?
Erich Auerbach, Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature. Imagine you're a German-Jewish Romance philologist on the run from the Nazis. You wind up in Istanbul with the handful of books you can carry or beg/borrow from local libraries. So you write a nearly comprehensive history of Western literature, in the form of highly localized readings of juxtaposed single scenes or moments from the books you know by heart (half of which you retranslate), going all the way from the Odyssey and the book of Genesis to Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf. You write a book that's magisterial, illuminating, and highly readable all at once — in the name of defending the broad history of a culture that you're watching destroyed before your eyes.
Gather the family around, and read them the story of Odysseus's Scar. Way, way better than the football game. I promise.
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I'm currently reading and would recommend A View to a Death in the Morning: Hunting and Nature through History by Matt Cartmill. He takes a while to hit his stride. Tries to get into things in kind of a weird way in chapter 1, and then chapter 2 is a little too much classical mythology rehash, but after that I have found it fascinating. Endnoted up the wazoo too and has given me several leads on next books to read.
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Passionate Minds: The Great Enlightenment Love Affair by David Bodanis. About Voltaire and the strangely non-famous Emilie du Chatelet, whose explored such topics as the masslessness of light well before her time. Duels, royal scams, illegitimate heirs, and letter-writing that changed history—about 3/4 done, and its a lot of fun. Makes me want to start a salon again.
Recently read and loved We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, which was just reissued by Penguin Classics and features a fantastic preface from Jonathan Lethem. Also highly recommend Francisco Goldman's The Art of Political Murder, which brought me to tears. (Gotta qualify that recommendation somewhat, though. Other folks I know who've read it found it way too detail-oriented. I think Goldman certainly could have written a sparer tome that elided some of the minutiae surrounding the bishop's murder and held to a purer narrative arc. But his goal is to make a case, to rebut claims made in an earlier book that the state had no responsibility for Goldman's killing. That case could not be made without the details he includes here.) Also, What is the What really is as marvelous as everyone says it is.
Four books are on my to-buy list right now: The Exquisite, by Laird Hunt; The Indian Clerk, by David Leavitt; Legacy of Ashes, by Tim Weiner; and Homesick, by Lucia Berlin.
Matt: reread the directions… Haha, thanks for all the great suggestions. Anyone have a Beowulf translation suggestion other then Seamus Heaney?
I hear there's a very faithful movie adaptation out… har har har!
Whatever, Robin's stipulation was just for the suckas that follow rules. I march to the beat of my own drummer.
I definitely want to hear from whoever gives one of these graphic novel adaptations of Beowulf a spin.
The Howard Chickering translation of Beowulfis also well-regarded, but what's wrong with the Heaney, Peter? I'm no expert in Anglo-Saxon, but I find it to be a sharp, fun, epic take on the poem. And it's not like you don't have the old English right there.
Nothing wrong with Heaney, I just wanted another option. You can't listen to Beethoven's 5th every day. Can you tell me a little more about how you would compare Heaney and Chickering?
Haven't read the Chickering trans. myself, but I have a friend who teaches with it. I can ask & find out more.
Or ask these guys.
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Q: Status of cancellable promises The oldest issue on https://github.com/promises-aplus/cancellation-spec is (at the time of writing) 9 months old. I really can't found a reliable source of information about cancellation features on 'standard' promises.
By now looks like the feature is implemented in bluebird, but as a library developer I don't want to clutter my package with a full promise implementation.
What I'd like to do is simply pass a promise-like and support the cancellation-spec.
Where could I find this information?

A: Cancellable promises are not going to be in ES6, as ES6 promises are very minimal.
Work on cancellation in the Promises/A+ space has stalled, as we wait for library evolution to prove one approach clearly superior. The latest thinking is at this issue, which is what most libraries looking to implement cancellation seem to follow (more or less). The key points are:

*

*Cancellation as a special case of rejections

*Reactions to cancellation propagate upward in the chain, as well as the rejection itself propagating downward.

It's not clear what you mean by "simply pass a promise-like and support the cancellation-spec." Are you trying to produce thenables, under the assumption that consumers of your library will cast it, but somehow inherit some cancellation behavior afterward? That'd be a bit tricky, especially since cancellation generally depends on a specified Cancellation constructor used for rejecting the promise. If the cancellation ecosystem was more developed, the way to do this would likely be more straightforward.
As for the future, well, it's in flux! One route forward would be for someone to champion an evolution of that cancellation proposal in Promises/A+ space, getting implementer buy-in from major libraries like Q, RSVP, when, and Bluebird. Then a lot of the smaller libraries would likely buy in, and you'd have something you could probably depend on. If it proves that popular, it'd probably be considered for ECMAScript promises as well!
But that depends on a lot of people doing a lot of work, so we'll see if it happens :). It was kind of a miracle for it to happen with the base Promises/A+ spec, but who knows... it could happen again!


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Disturbances of endothelin production or clearance contribute to the pathophysiology of several cardiovascular diseases including Chagas disease cardiomyopathy caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. In rats, endothelins contribute to control the acute phase, probably by stimulating nitric oxide production. We point out the necessity for new studies to better evaluate high levels of endothelin in the course of other infectious diseases, for which only its detrimental effects have been emphasized.
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Abstract: Disturbances of endothelin production or clearance contribute to the pathophysiology of several cardiovascular diseases including Chagas disease cardiomyopathy caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. In rats, endothelins contribute to control the acute phase, probably by stimulating nitric oxide production. We point out the necessity for new studies to better evaluate high levels of endothelin in the course of other infectious diseases, for which only its detrimental effects have been emphasized.


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As the EU Trade Secrets Directive is incorporated into UK law, Grid Law founder David Walker explains the new definition of what a trade secret is and how the legislative changes will affect small business owners in Britain.
We're all looking for ways to give our business a competitive advantage. When you find one, it's likely to have been through the investment of considerable time, resources and expertise, so naturally you will want to protect it.
In many situations, intellectual property rights will give you this protection. For example, you can register a patent to protect how an invention works or register a design to protect how a product looks.
However, in some circumstances these intellectual property rights don't give you the protection you need. Some ideas, for example the secret recipe for Coca Cola, are very difficult to protect because they don't qualify for patent or registered design protection.
Others ideas, such as Google's search algorithm, are constantly evolving. Applying to register a patent can take years, so before your patent is granted, the evolving technology will be out of date and the patent will be worthless.
Another disadvantage of the patent system is that in exchange for being given the exclusive right to commercially exploit your invention, you must disclose to the world how it works. This means your competitors can review your patent (because it's available for free on an online database) and if it isn't as strong as it could be, they may be able to find a way around it.
So, how do you protect your ideas in these circumstances?
It sounds simple, but you could keep them secret and this may have advantages over other forms of intellectual property.
There's no time limit on how long a trade secret will protect confidential information (unlike a patent that expires after 20 years) and in some cases they can create myths and intrigue which are a marketing goldmine.
For example, KFC's recipe of "11 herbs and spices" is a closely guarded trade secret. I've heard stories that when KFC upgrades its security systems, the original copy of the recipe (which was hand written by Colonel Sanders himself) is moved to a secure location in an armoured car escorted by a high-security motorcade.
Whether this is true or not doesn't matter, it's a great story which gets KFC talked about.
A guide to creating intellectual property from new ideas, and protecting these in the most cost-effective way possible – from how it works and looks to the brand itself.
In the UK, we're very lucky because English law is seen as the "gold standard" across the EU for protecting confidential information. However, a new piece of legislation, the EU Trade Secrets Directive, has been introduced to harmonise the laws relating to the protection of trade secrets across the EU.
As Brexit hasn't happened yet, we have incorporated this EU Directive into English law by enacting the Trade Secrets (Enforcement etc) Regulations.
Our existing laws already provide a higher standard of protection than these new regulations but there's one key difference that all business owners must be aware of.
The holder of the information has taken reasonable steps to keep it secret.
It's this third element that makes the difference. Now, if your trade secret is ever stolen and you want to take legal action to recover damages for your losses, you will have to show that you took reasonable steps to keep it a secret.
However, the Regulations don't define what "reasonable steps" are and it will take a while for cases to go through the courts to decide this. In the meantime, we should all be taking practical steps to proactively protect our trade secrets.
What is considered "reasonable" will be different for every business and will depend on the value you place on your trade secrets. It will also be different for a business actively involved in developing new technology compared to another business where trade secrets may occasionally be discovered by chance.
First, you need to carry out an audit so know what trade secrets your business already has and to understand how new trade secrets are created.
When you know this, you need to decide how they will be stored. For example, should they be written down on paper or saved onto discs and memory sticks to guard against computer systems being hacked?
What other security measures are needed to protect them? Do they need to be encrypted or kept in a safe?
Are the folders, discs, memory sticks etc clearly labelled so that it's clear they contain trade secrets and confidential information?
Your business will need to use the trade secrets – so how will confidentiality be preserved while they are out of secure storage? Will access to them be restricted to only a few employees? What happens when these employees need to share them? What if something goes wrong with this process?
Think for a moment about how easy it is for an email to go to the wrong person. If this errant email contains a trade secret, it could be disastrous for the business. To prevent this, perhaps there should be a policy where employees all look at the same computer or paper copies are distributed instead.
If an employee commits the trade secret to memory and leaves, how will you ensure secrecy is preserved? Do all your employees have strict confidentiality provisions and restrictive covenants in their contracts?
Training and procedures will also be important. Everyone must understand the importance of trade secrets to your business, the damage that's likely to be caused if a trade secret is lost and the procedures to follow in the event that a trade secret is created.
These are just some ideas of what might be considered reasonable and no doubt you will have your own ideas about how trade secrets can be protected in your business.
A final point to remember is that once a trade secret has been disclosed, the secret is lost for ever. You cannot make information confidential again after it has become public knowledge.
So, not only will these procedures help you in any future legal action, they should also help prevent trade secrets from being inadvertently lost through unauthorised disclosure by an employee.
In reality, this is more likely to happen than trade secrets being stolen because employees will have easier access to them. Inadvertent disclosure through an employee's mistake is also likely to be more damaging to the business because you won't be able to recover compensation for your losses.
If you have any questions about protecting your trade secrets or confidential information, please feel free to email me at editors@businessadvice.co.uk and I'll happily answer them for you.
Any suspicions that an employee is divulging confidential information need to be resolved – if true, not taking action to halt this could lead to information being lost to competitors.


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Q: What to use instead of list in python for loops - fourier example from java I am trying to code a fourier transform by hand in Python, but have less experience in Python than in Java.
I am assuming lists are not the best thing to use in a for loop, and I am also assuming this code is not very pythonic and there might be better syntax for what I am trying to do.
I input a simple test=[10, 10, 10, -10, -10, -10, 10, 10, 10, -10, -10,-10]
I get the error 'list' object attribute 'instert' is read-only.
What data type would be better?

import math
pi = math.pi

def dft(x):
    X=[]
    N = len(x)
    re = 0
    im = 0
    for k in range(0,N):
        for n in range(0,N):
            phi = (2*pi*k*n)/N

            re += (x[n]*math.cos(phi))
            im -= (x[n]*math.sin(phi))

    re = re/N
    im = im/N
    h = (re, im)
    X.insert = (k,h) #object with real and imaginary component

    return (X)

A: A list is fine.
X.insert = (k,h) is attempting to assign the tuple (k,h) to the insert attribute of X. You want to call the insert method instead.
X.insert(k,h)

Note: You also need to check your indentation. That statement is not currently inside the loop.

A: To answer your question directly: you have the right data structure (i.e. a list). However, you also have some serious Python/algorithm issues. Let's start with high level issues and then go down from there...
First of all, what you have there is a naive DFT, not an FFT. The question is tagged FFT, although you don't reference the FFT anywhere in the question itself, so maybe you already know this but I thought I'd mention it for others who may not. The FFT runs in O(N log N). What you have runs in O(N^2). Big difference. They both output the same thing as they are both Fourier transforms (although scale factors can make them different in terms of implementation), but one is fast (hence the FFT). Using a naive DFT doesn't usually buy you much: we use FFTs because they're computationally efficient. If they weren't, we'd do everything in the time domain and be done with it!
Secondly your indent/algorithm is not correct. You need to have:
re = 0
im = 0

right before each inner loop.
Also, You need to have this section (which I have modified for correctness):
# re = re/N This is not a part of the definition, remove it
# im = im/N Also not a part of the definition, remove it
h = (re, im)
X.insert(k, h)

inside of the first loop.
Thirdly, Python has a built-in type to represent complex numbers. So you want:
# There are other (more idiomatic?) ways to create a complex number,
# but this probably looks natural to a Java dev
h = complex(re, im)

So, my modifications to make the DFT correct (by Wikipedia's definition) look like this:
import math
pi = math.pi

def dft(x):
    X=[]
    N = len(x)
    for k in range(0,N):
        re = 0
        im = 0
        for n in range(0,N):
            phi = (2*pi*k*n)/N

            re += (x[n]*math.cos(phi))
            im -= (x[n]*math.sin(phi))

        h = (re, im)
        X.insert(k, complex(re, im))

    return (X)

Lastly, Python has some extremely powerful built-ins and 3rd party libraries, and it's wise to take advantage of them. Although numpy is not technically a built-in, it's so widely used that it may as well be (and I think it actually ships with CPython on MacOS). numpy will be faster, more correct, and have better functionality/support/tooling than whatever you're going to throw together. The FFT has been a solved problem for a very long time now: no sense re-inventing the wheel! You can get numpy in your ecosystem with a simple pip install numpy in your shell (yes it's that easy, no Maven, no Gradle, no ANT, no nonsense!)
After the fixes described above, we get:
import numpy as np
def pretty_print_result(x):
    for item in x:
        print(item)
numpy_result = np.fft.fft([1,2,3,4,5,6])  # <-- This is the most "Pythonic" thing to do imo!
our_result = dft([1,2,3,4,5,6])
print('Numpys: ')
pretty_print_result(numpy_result)
print()
print('Ours: ')
pretty_print_result(our_result)

outputs:
Numpys:
(21+0j)
(-3+5.19615242271j)
(-3+1.73205080757j)
(-3+3.10862446895e-15j)
(-3-1.73205080757j)
(-3-5.19615242271j)

Ours:
(21+0j)
(-3.000000000000001+5.196152422706631j)
(-2.999999999999996+1.7320508075688759j)
(-3-1.286250527486674e-14j)
(-3.0000000000000084-1.7320508075688812j)
(-3.000000000000009-5.196152422706645j)

Which is the same result, minus some floating point shenanigans. Again, numpy will almost certainly be more accurate and faster than anything you're going to cobble together, and I can't recommend it enough for scientific computing.
Quick speed comparison (after loading this in IPython, and storing the modified dft function in a file called test.py):
In [1]: from test import dft

In [2]: import numpy as np

In [3]: %timeit np.fft.fft([1,2,3,4,5])
The slowest run took 9.24 times longer than the fastest. This could mean that an intermediate result is being cached.
100000 loops, best of 3: 12.5 µs per loop

In [4]: %timeit dft([1,2,3,4,5])
10000 loops, best of 3: 21.7 µs per loop

Hmm doesn't look too bad. It's roughly twice as fast. But remember, numpy is algorithmically faster (well...it's also running native code too), meaning that as the input grows, the speedup factor itself will increase as input grows:
In [5]: %timeit np.fft.fft(range(1000))
10000 loops, best of 3: 130 µs per loop

In [6]: %timeit dft(range(1000))
1 loop, best of 3: 922 ms per loop

Now numpy is over 1000x faster, and it'll only get faster and faster over the naive version as input size grows.
HTH! And best of luck on your Python path!