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Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who leads the House Homeland Security Committee, says the Egyptian man who was discovered hiding out in a warehouse at Port Newark in New Jersey Jan. 31 had been detained in Colombia previously.
"Obviously, security failed," the New York Post quotes King as saying. "What I find concerning is . . . that he was in a secure portion of the port, left that facility and then got out of the secure part of the facility and went to a building outside of the secure area."
The Post broke the story about the discovery of Asem Ellbahnsany Haroon, 26, who it said had infiltrated New York Harbor aboard a freighter.
The Post quotes federal sources who identified Haroon as a foreign fighter who "had fought as an insurgent against the American forces in Fallujah" Iraq.


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Real Madrid top football's rich list
As we enter the business end of the FA Cup, who's your money on to enter the history books? See the quarter-final draw and all the BestPrice outright betting here.
Real Madrid have topped the league table of the world's richest football clubs for the fifth year in a row, according to Deloitte.
Its Football Money League also says Real are the first global sports team to see annual revenues top €400m (£357m).
Real's rivals Barcelona have taken second spot in the list, ahead of Manchester United who drop to third.
The authors of the report said that United would have been top of the Money League if the pound was still at June 2007 levels.
Seven of the top 20 clubs in table are from England, with perennial Champions League qualifiers Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool lying fifth, sixth and seventh respectively. The other three being Tottenham (15th), Manchester City(19th), and relegated club Newcastle United (20th).
All the 20 clubs represented are from the "big five" European leagues, with Germany contributing five clubs, Italy four, and France and Spain two each.
Real were boosted by a much-improved television contract with Mediapro, guaranteeing the club more than €1.1bn over seven seasons.
Barcelona had a hugely successful season, winning La Liga and the Champions League – beating Manchester United, who won the English Premier League in 2008/09, in the final.
"We continue to assert that the game's top clubs are well placed to meet the challenges presented by the difficult economic environment," said Deloitte's Dan Jones, who compiled the report.
"Their large and loyal supporter bases, ability to drive broadcast audiences, and continuing attraction to corporate partners, provide a strong base to underpin revenues."
He said that this was illustrated by the fact that the combined revenues of the top 20 Money League clubs was over €3.9bn in 2008/09, up €26m on the previous year.
There was not a great deal of change in the top 20, with two new clubs – Werder Bremen and Manchester City – replacing Stuttgart and Fenerbahce.
Jones said the limited change "reflects the fact that those clubs with the largest supporter bases in strongest economic markets, high attraction to commercial partners, and consistent participation in European competition, will dominate the top positions".
However, there were warnings that many clubs now face "increased pressure on ticket pricing strategies and all clubs will continue to face challenges in managing match day" returns.
And the report also points out that the current season, 2009-10, will give a better indication about whether the global recession has had a major impact on clubs' revenues.
The Deloitte review does not include the cost of transfer fees or player wages, or VAT and other sales taxes, and concentrates solely on day-to-day income from football business.
World's wealthiest clubs by revenue
1) Real Madrid: €401.4m
2) Barcelona: €365.9m
3) Man Utd: €327m
4) Bayern Munich: €289.5m
5) Arsenal: €263m
6) Chelsea: €242.3m
7) Liverpool: €217m
8) Juventus: €202.3m
9) Inter €196.5m
10) Milan: €196.5.m
Source: Deloitte: 2008/09
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Austria stands out due to its research tax incentives
Excellent framework for R&D
Companies such as TTTech Auto, ZWK and AVL have been carrying out research in Austria for decades. The overall framework for R&D is excellent in an international comparison. Austria stands out, especially due to its tax incentives for research and development. The research tax credit is one of its most formidable competitive advantages. The Alpine Republic not only helps to fund human resources via investments but also buildings, research facilities and technologies. There is no maximum financial limit. The research tax credit in Austria applies to 14% of the total investment volume. The research tax credit is credited to the company by the tax authority, even in the case of firms which do not report a profit.
Highly motivated employees
Qualified and motivated skilled workers make Austria a coveted business and research location. Employees here go the extra mile. When it comes to employee motivation, Austria is ranked third behind Denmark and Norway in an international comparison of 63 countries. This is also reflected in employer loyalty. The average length of service with a company is an impressive ten years.
Dual education system enables practice-based learning
A further advantage of the Alpine Republic is the dual educational system enabling practice-based learning based on the intertwining of schools and business. Many successful entrepreneurs also work as instructors, whereas trainees already spend half of their time at the company. Yet another strength of Austria are the many schools with practice-oriented technical training and the higher technical schools serving as breeding grounds for engineers. The engineers graduate at the age of 19 and can be immediately deployed to fulfil demanding tasks. These secondary level II technical and commercial schools are unique in the world, offering an education equivalent to international bachelor's studies.
First-class universities and research centres
More than 71,000 researchers currently work in Austria, 70% in companies and approx. 25% in higher education – a sector the country can be proud of. Austria features 22 public and 13 private universities as well as 21 universities of applied sciences offering more than 640 study programmes. 376,700 students are currently completing their education at these institutions.
14% research tax credit and direct research funding
As a small country, Austria sets priorities reflecting its strengths as a business location. Since the turn of the century, these have included great inventiveness and a focus on smart market niches and sectors, complemented by very highly educated people and the right system of incentives. As a result, the Alpine Republic succeeds in luring exciting SMEs, startups and research-intensive multinationals year after year. In the meantime, Austria boasts an R&D/GDP ratio of 3.23%, second highest in the EU behind Sweden.
Austria combines direct and indirect funding, with unique results in Europe. Companies apply for direct funding via the General Programme of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). Moreover, they receive a tax premium quickly and unbureaucratically as reimbursement for 14% of their entire research expenditures, regardless of their size, sector or corporate structure. The research tax credit is for both in-house R&D as well as contract research, encompassing staff costs, R&D investments, finance costs and operating costs. The best thing about it is that there is no maximum limit.
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Taking place tonight at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, the fifth annual Canadian Screen Awards honoured the year's best in Television, Film and Digital Media. Earning top honours tonight was ORPHAN BLACK with five wins for Best Dramatic Series, Original Score, Supporting Actor (Kevin Hanchard), Writing and Lead Actress (Tatiana Maslany). The Toronto-made Series, which currently is filming its final episode, will be premiering its fifth and final season Saturday, June 10, 2017.
Leading the way in the Film categories was Xavier Dolan's IT'S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD. The French-Canadian Film which was Canada's submission at the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film this year, took home Best Picture, Best Director (Dolan), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Makeup and Best Supporting Actor (Vincent Cassel).
Regina-born Actress Tatiana Maslany was the queen of the night, winning for both her work on Orphan Black and as Lead Actress in the Feature Film The Other Half in which she stars opposite her real-life partner Tom Cullen.
Toronto's Stephan James took home Lead Actor for his work on sports drama RACE. He stated, "The greatest honour of my career was to portray Jesse Owens.". The Film also won for Visual Effects, Overall Sound and Sound Editing.
Hosted by a spirited Howie Mandel, the evening also saw icon Christopher Plummer win a Lifetime Achievement Award. He says, "I've spent almost 70 years making a fool of myself in this crazy profession of ours. And I've had the time of my life.".
Comedian Dave Chappelle also flew-in for the occasion, presenting the Icon Award to JUST FOR LAUGHS. He credits the organization for helping him achieve his big break, joking "I'd never came to Canada before I came to this festival and when I did, I found that Canada was kinder and gentler, like a little gay brother I didn't know about.".
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Q: How to connect Entity Framework with Azure user assigned identity? Instead of using connection string Microsoft has given documentation on how to connect through managed identity. it's okay for Azure AD user but I want to use User assigned identity which I've created in Azure portal.
var conn = (System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection)Database.Connection;
var credential = new Azure.Identity.DefaultAzureCredential();
var token = credential.GetToken(new Azure.Core.TokenRequestContext(new[] { "https://database.windows.net/.default" }));
conn.AccessToken = token.Token;

Code provided by Microsoft for creating connection with default Azure credential.
It was working with system assigned identity. Getting error while making connection for user assigned identity.

A: When connecting to an SQL server you basically have 2 options:

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*Connect based on the identity of the calling process

*Connect based on the information in a connection string

It looks like what you want to do is:

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*Connect using a user assigned identity

*Do not place user name and password in the connection string

To do this you must:

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*Grant the user assigned identity access to SQL Server

*Change the identity of the process running your code to the user assigned identity

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We are narrowing in on moral beliefs in this unit of GGL. Are there moral facts? And if so, how could you know what they are? Where would they come from? Today we'll consider arguments for moral relativism. To get started, watch this short video explaining different ways of understanding moral facts (absolutism, relativism, anti-realism).


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Lingopad windows 10
latest version of Windows However, a cross-platform version of LingoPad for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows are planned for the future. LingoPad free download: Translation software for Windows. Safe PC download for Windows bit and bit, latest version. LingoPad LingoPad is a free offline dictionary for Windows. LingoPad contains a German It was initially added to our database on 10/29/
LingoPad – The Portable Freeware Collection – Full Specifications
LingoPad is a free multilingual dictionary for Windows and is available for private and commercial use. As a desktop application, it has the advantage that no Internet connection is needed.
Unfortunately, the development of the software directly under Windows has stopped but it is still running perfectly fine with the latest version of Windows There are of course a lot of dictionaries available online.
However, we do not include online dictionaries on this page. Own word lists can be imported and used in parallel to existing dictionaries. For some languages, the pronunciation of the words as a phonetic transcription eg. English and German or reading Chinese and Japanese is offered.
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LingoPad is a free multilingual dictionary for Windows
Every language has unique words, every word has a different meaning. For new words and their meaning, humans use a dictionary. Every day humans are discovering new words. One must have encountered new words while watching movies, news, songs, or reading books. In such cases, a dictionary can help in finding the real meaning of those words.
Dictionaries can make it easy to find new words and their meaning, but in this article, we are not talking about the old hard copy of dictionaries.
We are talking about the new technology advanced software for dictionaries. In this article, we will share the best free offline dictionary for PC. Using which one can easily find meanings without even using the internet. Here is the list of dictionary apps. Wordweb Free Dictionary is at the first position in the list of best free dictionary software , as it offers users more than words in the database.
One can easily find new words and their meanings using this amazing app. It not only states meaning for English but has a translation feature that can help in finding the right word from other languages too. The translation features offered by the app make it a great language learning app. Using the software user can listen to the pronunciation, meaning, and synonyms. The app has two versions including free and pro versions.
The free version offers limited features to the user. Next on our list is Ultimate Dictionary which has many inbuilt dictionaries to help the users. The dictionary plus language translation app support including English, French, Polish, and Spanish. The user just has to search for the word and the app will extract the best from 61 dictionaries.
The app is good to compare meaning from various dictionaries and has a very clean user-friendly interface. Try this offline dictionary for PC for a variety of results and language compatibility.
The app lets the user search easily offline and online from Google and Wikipedia. They also get various search options including real-time search and anagram search. The ones who are looking for an offline dictionary for PC and a German to English glossary can pick this app. The user can choose different languages and can also import their own words to find meanings. Perfect Dictionary is a free dictionary app for Windows 7, 8, and 10 which lets the user find meaning from various dictionaries.
The app has a very user-friendly interface and loads of features. The most impressive feature is that the user can pin the favorite words from 50 languages in the dictionary. In the list of offline dictionary software for Windows 10, 8, and 7, WordBook is a permanent name. The app has been rewarded for its amazing and unique features like human voice pronunciation, usage samples, content navigation, and many more.
Oxford is a well known and old brand name for dictionaries. Users can trust the brand with a closed eye, as it delivers correct usage and meanings of the words. The Oxford free dictionary app for Windows can help in increasing the word knowledge and vocabulary of the users.
This app has been in the market for a very long time and now the user can enjoy its offline version. The new update of the offline version has made its place in this list of best offline dictionary apps for Windows. Finding a word is easy as the app has more than 14 dictionaries and 40 language support.
Moreover, the user can search for words in 4 different ways. The Advanced English Dictionary is a great app that can help the user find words, meanings, and relations as well. It is a free offline dictionary software to use with a very simple and attractive interface. Last in the list but best in its feature offerings.
The app lets the user search for meaning without even switching apps. It will stay on the side while the user is using any document and with just a click the user can find the meaning and usage of the word. Dictionaries have been a very crucial part of human life in finding and improving knowledge about words and languages. The process of learning should never stop which is why having an offline dictionary for PC is important.
The list above has the best offline dictionary for Windows 10, 8, 7 which a user can try. Above all the features and offerings the apps are free and very easy to use. Sign me up for the newsletter! Published Date : Feb 09, Category : Top 10 Windows. Table of Contents hide. Wordweb Free Dictionary. Ultimate Dictionary. Perfect Dictionary. The Oxford Dictionary. The Free Dictionary. Advanced English Dictionary. Sidebar Dictionary. Tanmay Sharma.
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Onimusha: Warlords / 鬼武者 is Now Available on Steam!
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Capcom's riveting samurai adventure returns! This version includes the original game's intense swordplay and dramatic revenge story, plus improved controls, widescreen display, a new soundtrack, and more.
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Biografia
Nasce a Marebbe, in provincia di Bolzano e diocesi di Bressanone, il 7 marzo 1935 da genitori piemontesi.

Formazione e ministero sacerdotale
Il 28 giugno 1959 è ordinato presbitero, nella cattedrale di Torino, dal cardinale Maurilio Fossati.

Studia presso l'Università Pontificia Salesiana di Roma dove consegue nel 1972 la laurea in filosofia e pedagogia; nel 1974 ottiene anche la laurea in sociologia presso l'Università degli Studi di Urbino.

Dal 1975, per nove anni, è rettore del seminario maggiore dell'arcidiocesi di Torino e dal 1992 al 1995 direttore dell'Ufficio nazionale della pastorale della famiglia in seno alla CEI.

Ministero episcopale
Il 30 dicembre 1994 papa Giovanni Paolo II lo nomina vescovo di Aosta; succede ad Ovidio Lari, dimessosi per raggiunti limiti di età. Il 22 gennaio 1995 riceve l'ordinazione episcopale, nella cattedrale di Torino, dal cardinale Giovanni Saldarini, co-consacranti i vescovi Ovidio Lari e Severino Poletto (poi arcivescovo e cardinale). Il 19 febbraio successivo prende possesso canonico della diocesi.

È presidente della Commissione episcopale per la famiglia e la vita della CEI dal 1995 al 2000 e dal 2005 al 2010.

Il 9 novembre 2011 papa Benedetto XVI accoglie la sua rinuncia, presentata per raggiunti limiti di età, al governo pastorale della diocesi di Aosta; gli succede Franco Lovignana, fino ad allora suo vicario generale. Rimane amministratore apostolico della diocesi fino all'ingresso del successore, avvenuto il 18 dicembre seguente.

Genealogia episcopale
La genealogia episcopale è:
 Cardinale Scipione Rebiba
 Cardinale Giulio Antonio Santori
 Cardinale Girolamo Bernerio, O.P.
 Arcivescovo Galeazzo Sanvitale
 Cardinale Ludovico Ludovisi
 Cardinale Luigi Caetani
 Cardinale Ulderico Carpegna
 Cardinale Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni
 Papa Benedetto XIII
 Papa Benedetto XIV
 Papa Clemente XIII
 Cardinale Enrico Benedetto Stuart
 Papa Leone XII
 Cardinale Chiarissimo Falconieri Mellini
 Cardinale Camillo Di Pietro
 Cardinale Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski
 Cardinale Jan Maurycy Paweł Puzyna de Kosielsko
 Arcivescovo Józef Bilczewski
 Arcivescovo Bolesław Twardowski
 Arcivescovo Eugeniusz Baziak
 Papa Giovanni Paolo II
 Cardinale Carlo Maria Martini, S.I.
 Cardinale Giovanni Saldarini
 Vescovo Giuseppe Anfossi

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Basanti Bhoi was stunned when she saw a large cobra swallowing a smaller cobra at her home in Naranagada, in eastern India, on Tuesday.
According to Daily Mail, a snake handler was called to remove the cobra. Local villagers were astounded when he grabbed the snake by the tail and the smaller snake started to come out of the cobra's mouth.
According to experts, cannibalism is common in cobras.
Snakes are known to regurgitate their prey when they feel threatened. This allows them to make a quick escape.
After being captured, the cobra was released into its natural habitat.
Despite being terrified, a woman in Brooksville, Florida, helped a snake that had its head stuck in a beer can.
It's enough to cause a hissy fit - a 3m Burmese python on the loose in a Johannesburg suburb.


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Top talent takes top spots in virtual music competitions
Ivybridge Community College's performing arts department hosted two music competitions over the autumn term to get into the festive spirit
By Lewis Clarke
A virtual music competition has given talented students in Ivybridge a platform to share their vocal skills.
Ivybridge Community College's performing arts department hosted two music competitions over the autumn term to get into the festive spirit.
The competitions gave students the opportunity to show off their vocal range by recording songs at home in two categories, Once in Royal David's City and A Performance of Your Choice, and then sending them in to be judged by the performing arts department's panel of experts.
The performances in the Once in Royal David's City category were so good that the judges named two winners, Anna-Mae in year seven and Toby in year eight.
The second category allowed students to submit their version of any performance of their choice. Year seven student, Lilah, took the top spot with her rendition of On My Own from Les Miserables.
Year nine students, Naomi and Iris, took second and third place respectively.
All three winning performers, Lilah, Toby and Anna-Mae, won the chance to record their songs in the Ivybridge Community College recording studio, perform their song on stage and have it filmed.
All three final winning performances were shown in the principal's end-of-term festive briefing to staff and featured on the college website.
Helen Reddy, head of performing arts, said: "Like many other activities this year, the Performing Arts have relied on innovation to reinvent the way they interact with audiences.
"Despite the many restrictions, Ivybridge Community College teachers, students and technical support staff have risen to this challenge by continuing to perform in different ways, learning new skills and making the best use of technology.
"The virtual music competition this year has replaced the Performing Arts Show and Carol Concert, which will hopefully be back this time next year.
"Many thanks to the college's music department for running and judging the competitions, and thanks also to Mr Whitehorn for his invaluable technical support."
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The French, Swiss and Danish housewives serve during the summer a delicious fruit soup. In Normandy, during apple-blossom time, the petals of the fruit are picked as they fall and are used for fruit soup, blossom jelly and perfume and distilled water.
You may use any fruit desired; wash to thoroughly cleanse, and to each pint of crushed fruit allow three pints of water. The fruit must be packed solidly. Place in a kettle and cook until the fruit is soft and then rub through a fine sieve. Now measure and add 1/2 cup of sugar, 3 tablespoons of cornstarch, dissolved in 4tablespoons of cold water to each pint of the fruit puree. Bring to boil and cook five minutes. Remove from the fire and add yolk of one egg. Beat very hard and then fold in stiffly beaten white of egg; season slightly with nutmeg, chill and serve.
Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, huckleberries, cherries, grapes, currants, apples, peaches, pears, oranges, lemon and quinces may be used for these soups. They are delicious when served ice cold on a hot day.


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May 2015 – GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador – After almost 33 years of inactivity, Wolf Volcano, the highest in the Galapagos Islands and home to the only population of pink iguanas in the world, began to erupt early Monday, the Galapagos National Park reported. "The volcano is not located near a populated area," the Park said. "There is no risk for the human population." The Galapagos Islands are located in the Pacific Ocean, some 1,000 kilometers off the coast of Ecuador. Pink iguanas share the habitat with yellow iguanas and giant tortoises, located on the northwest flank. The lava flow has southeasterly direction, so the park expects the animals won't be affected.
May 2015 – TOKYO, JAPAN – A strong quake shook buildings in Tokyo on Monday, setting off alarms and temporarily bringing the city's subway system to halt, AFP reporters in the Japanese capital said. Scientists said there was no risk of a tsunami from the quake, which had a magnitude of 5.3, according to the US Geological Survey. The Japan Meteorological Agency earlier put it at 5.6. Both runways at Narita Airport, the main international gateway to Tokyo, were temporarily closed so staff could check for any damage. Neither was affected. Alarms on mobile phones and in buildings sounded as the quake developed with a series of vertical bounces, as well as a side-to-side shaking.
The quake struck at a relatively shallow 35 kilometers (22 miles), the USGS said, putting its epicenter just 34 kilometers north of the heaving metropolis of Tokyo, one of the most densely populated areas in the world. National broadcaster NHK reported the effects were felt over a large area around the capital. However, there were no immediate reports of injuries or any damage, including at any of the shuttered nuclear power stations in the region. A massive 9.0 magnitude quake that struck off the country's northeast coast in 2011 generated a powerful tsunami that wreaked havoc in a wide area.


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Level 3 Sex Offender Arraigned for Exposing Himself in Forest Hills Area, Attempted Rape on Same Day
By David Ertischek | July 24, 2019
A level 3 sex offender who allegedly exposed himself in the Forest Hills area on July 18, and had earlier tried to rape and kidnap a different victim earlier that day, was arraigned in two district courts on Tuesday for multiple charges. Kennedy Colson, 29, who provided the address of a Boston homeless shelter during booking, was arraigned on Tuesday at Roxbury Municipal Court and the West Roxbury Municipal Court for alleged crimes that all occurred on July 18, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. He was arraigned in Roxbury Municipal Court on charges of assault with intent to rape, kidnapping, open and gross lewdness, assault and battery, and trespassing. He allegedly assaulted a victim shortly before 1 pm at a Northeastern University building. He was held without bail pending a July 26 dangerousness hearing under Chapter 276, Section 58A, of the Massachusetts General Laws.
Rollins Sworn In as First Woman Suffolk County DA, First Female Person of Color DA in MA
History was made is often a cliche description of many things. History is always being made. But after being sworn in as the District Attorney for Suffolk County, Rachael Rollins truly made history -- by being the first woman person of color to be a DA in Massachusetts -- and she's also the first woman to be our county's DA. "We have a big job ahead of us – changing perceptions and expectations of how the criminal justice system can best serve the community, and how necessary other disciplines are to our shared success," said Rollins at the ceremony held on Wednesday at the Roxbury Community College. "Professionals in education, medical and mental health, social services, housing, and many other fields all play a part in public safety and we need their collaboration as surely as we need police and prosecutors.
Jury Acquits Trio on Murder Charges in Connection to 2016 Murder Outside of 7-Eleven
By David Ertischek | December 19, 2018
Three defendants were acquitted Tuesday on murder charges of a 28-year-old man who was shot dead while exiting the 7-Eleven on August 27, 2016. Amos Carrasquillo, 30, his girlfriend, Amanda Algarin, 28, and their associate, Julio Pizarro, 45, were acquitted after 11 days of deliberations, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. The DA's office said the prosecution was confident the jury fully and fairly weighed the evidence that they were provided. Carrasquillo was charged with first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm in December 2016, after initially being arrested on an unrelated federal probation warrant. In 2016, Assistant DA Julie Higgins of the DA's Homicide Unit, said Carrasquillo and Kelly were known to each other, and Carrasquillo had allegedly "shown signs of hostility toward the victim in the days preceding the Aug.
Sheroes at Doyle's: Ayanna, Rollins, Nika, Malia, Chang-Diaz on Dec. 12
By David Ertischek | December 7, 2018
The JP Progressives are hosting their annual fundraiser on Dec. 12 and it's going to feature several newly elected sheroes. "Our work this year was extensive, and we are proud of both the results that we helped achieve and the effort we put forward. We gathered signatures for ballot questions and candidates. We organized phone and text banks to elect progressive candidates to state and federal offices across the nation.
Poll: Who Are You Voting for Suffolk County District Attorney?
By David Ertischek | August 31, 2018
For the first time in decades there is no incumbent in the Suffolk County District Attorney race. There are five candidates in the Democratic Party primary on Tuesday. Who has your vote? The hottest topic in this year's race was criminal justice reform and discussion was often about a criminal justice reform bill signed into law by Governor Charlie Baker in April. State Rep. Evandro Carvalho (5th-Suffolk) was going to run for an open state senate seat, but changed his mind to run for the DA position once he heard that current DA Dan Conley wasn't seeking reelection.


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A Berta Bride for a Timelessly Glam Jewish Wedding with a Cannabis Bar at Chicago Illuminating Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18/03/2022 by Karen Cinnamon
We are absolutely, positively in love with Alana and Benjamin's jawdroppingly gorgeous Chicago Jewish wedding. Swathed in greenery and twinkly lights, the ambience these two created for their day was nothing short of magical (don't miss the stunning photos by Avery House!) – and we love that they added in some unexpected personal touches, like a cannabis bar!
Perfectly matching their color scheme focused on neutrals, white, and gold was the couple's fabulous ketubah from beloved Smashing The Glass Recommended Vendor The Ketubist. Featuring papercut gold peonies on a white background, the design is SO chic – and Alana and Benjamin loved working with founder Talia.
This wedding was full of so many more wonderful touches, but we'll leave the rest to Alana, who looked nothing short of ravishing in her exquisite gown from Israeli designer Berta…
Alana, the bride: Formally, we met on the Jewish dating app J-Swipe. However, Benjamin's friend from Jewish summer camp happened to have been my college roommate and eventually became our Rabbi. He played a significant role in our courtship after we met. We are both psychotherapists.Continue Reading
An Allison Webb Bride for a 1920s Glam Jewish Wedding at the InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, Chicago, Illinois, USA
We could not be more excited to be sharing the gorgeous vintage glam Jewish wedding of Smashing The Glass Brides Club member Jacklyn, a registered nurse, and Jeffrey, who owns a real estate company!
Taking cues from the old-world luxury vibe of their ca. 1929 venue, the InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, Jacklyn and Jeffrey turned the hotel's already stunning ballroom into an eclectic fantasyland, full of luxe florals and pampas grass, in a neutral color palette with pops of gold – including an absolutely stunning gold chuppah, which the couple covered with the groom's grandfather's tallitot. Don't miss Erin Hoyt's moody, classic photos and This Charming Heart's wonderful trailer.
We also love the creative approach Jacklyn and Jeffrey took to structuring their day: Jacklyn wanted to be sure everyone would see her in her dress for the first time as she walked down the aisle, so to help with the flow of the day the pair opted to have their ketubah signing the night before the wedding. This turned into a very special gathering for an intimate group of 20, including family and friends who'd flown in from Poland and Dubai, beautifully photographed by the bride's friend, fashion photographer Anna Stokland.
And we're in love with the couple's ketubah, a replica of an Italian ketubah dating from 1768 which they purchased from Smashing The Glass Recommended Vendor Ketubah.com! (PSA to all history lovers: in addition to their fantastic collection of contemporary designs, Ketubah.com also has a wonderful collection of historical designs based on ketubot from all over the world, some dating back to the 1500s.)
There's so much more we could say about this exquisite wedding, but we'll leave it to Jacklyn, who looked like an absolute supermodel in Allison Webb, to share the rest…
Jacklyn, the bride: We met through mutual friends. Went on one date and we instantly knew, that night, we were each other's "one".Continue Reading
A Pronovias Bride for a Windy City-Themed Jewish Wedding at The Shapiro Ballroom, Chicago Illinois, USA
We're so excited to be featuring the beautiful Jewish wedding of STG Brides Club member Leah, a food scientist, and Scott, a middle school science and social studies teacher – and these two might just have the coolest venue story we've EVER heard.
You see, back in the '60s, Leah's grandfather owned a movie theater in Chicago, The Alvin – it's such a big part of the bride's family's story that her father was even named Alvin in its honor! After many years of abandonment, just a few years ago the theater was finally renovated and turned into… wait for it… a wedding venue! What more perfect place for these two to wed – especially given that they themed their big day around their love for their home city of Chicago? #livinlavidavenus indeed!
This is just one of the many amazing personal touches that added up to make Leah and Scott's wedding truly one for the books. How cute are the mini Heinz (in honor of the bride's workplace, Kraft Heinz, as well as her love for ketchup) ketchup bottles with personalized labels they gave out as favors? And of course we adore the pair's tree of life ketubah by the wonderful Rachelle of Smashing The Glass Recommended Vendor The Delicate Brush!
Jamie & Eric Photography captured all the details – not to mention the emotion – exquisitely, and we can't get enough of the shoot they did with the couple at all of their favorite Chicago landmarks.
Now over to the bride, who could not have looked more elegant in her classic Pronovias ballgown…
Leah, the bride: We actually met 5 years ago through Jcrush! Swiping right really paid off as I married my best friend.
A Monique Lhuillier Bride for a Nature-Inspired Jewish Wedding at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois, USA
We love a good garden wedding. And we love it even more when a couple really goes all out in making the most of their natural surroundings, like Jane, an actor and a voiceover artist, and Adam, who works in digital distribution.
Elegance meets rustic in this beautiful Jewish wedding, inspired by the pair's love of nature and celebration of the changing of the season from summer to fall at their September celebration, from a seasonal, produce-driven menu (incorporating recipes the foodie duo put together themselves!), earthy clay kiddush cups, anda gorgeous painted ketubah reflecting their love of nature and the changing seasons by artist Jessica Kraft, purchased from Smashing The Glass Recommended Vendor Ketubah.com.
And speaking of beautiful wedding design, Jane and Adam were lucky enough to work with one of our fave
luxury stationers, Smashing The Glass Recommended Vendor E.Y.I. Love, on their invitations. We're obsessed with the minimalist chic invitations they came up with together, featuring gold foiled text and gilt edging, a custom cactus print envelope lining, and forest green calligraphy on each envelope. If you love the look as much as we do, be sure to enter the competition we're running to win your wedding stationery from E.Y.I Love. It closes in a few days – so make sure you don't miss out!
Now over to Jane, who looked stunning in her beaded strapless princess gown by Monique Lhullier, which she found at wonderful Smashing The Glass Recommended Vendor The Wedding Club in South Kensington, London…
Jiho Park from Lilly Photography and Hunter Floyd from Hunter Floyd Films captured all the emotion and elegance of the day so perfectly. Enjoy!
A Garden Wedding
Jane, the bride: We got married at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois, in the USA (2 September, 2018). The venue is located close to the bride's family's home. Though then it seemed like a far-away dream, when Jane was around 7, she told her parents that she "would marry either a South-African or British man and get married at the Chicago Botanic Garden." And so it was, she married a British man and got married at the Botanic Garden!
A Rebecca Schoneveld Bride for a Super Stealth Surprise Jew-ish Wedding at Salvage One in Chicago, Illinois, USA
We're totally obsessed with this super cool SURPRISE Jew-ish wedding. Ariel and George told guests they were throwing an engagement party, but it turns out the sneaky duo had actually planned a stealth wedding, just three months after getting engaged!
An hour into their "engagement" do, the pair slipped away and changed into their bridal attire while guests were ushered into a previously gated off area that just happened to contain the ceremony setup — chuppah and all!
Ariel, a renewable energy business developer, and George, a software developer, wanted to stay true to their own style in planning their big day — totally our kind of couple — and they knew a long engagement wasn't for them.
They wanted a fantastic party to celebrate their love with their nearest and dearest, and that's exactly what they got — once guests got over the shock, everyone seems to have had a pretty epic time, if the photos from Bill Shayaka of Eivan Photography are anything to go by.
Another way this cool couple made their big day totally them? Paperless invitations from Smashing The Glass Recommended Vendor Greenvelope. Ariel and George loved that Greenvelope's evites helped them keep their big day ecofriendly, not only by avoiding paper but also because Greenvelope donates to help preserve forests. What a great way to incorporate their dedication to the environment into the wedding!
Now over to Ariel, who looked so elegant in her classically bridal gown from Rebecca Schoneveld…
Ariel, the bride: We met at a startup incubator that both our companies were out of. The incubator hosted happy hours regularly so the companies could network with each other. George saw Ariel from across the room and made it his goal to speak to her by the end of the night, and he accomplished that goal and so much more. We have both since moved out of that incubator, but that place will always be dear to both of us.Continue Reading


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A Detective Story: Unveiling Identities in Medieval Manuscripts using Philology and an Astrolabe
Dr. Josefina Rodriguez-Arribas, Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
I will present in my talk the case study of a twelfth-century Hebrew text that discusses whether the use of astrology is licit among Jews. This text will serve to show how the traditional tools of philology combined with in-depth knowledge of medieval practical astronomy can be used to produce something other than a good critical edition. The three main characters in the text under consideration — which presents the literary form of a letter addressed to a rabbi — are: the author of the letter, who is a Jewish astronomer; the objector who caused the bitter controversy reflected in the letter; and the addressee of the letter, the religious authority of the Jewish community where the letter was written. Current research keeps identifying the objector with the addressee, 800 years after this letter was written. By using two methodological approaches: philology and knowledge of medieval astronomy and astronomical instruments, I will prove this long tradition wrong.


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We Condemn the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Transgender Youth in Sports
By Kevin Jennings, Chief Executive Officer
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Stand With Us in Support of Trans Athletes
Today, Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings, who served as Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe & Drug-Free Schools in the Department of Education for the Obama administration, issued the following statement in response to the Trump-Pence administration's latest attack on transgender youth:
"Every student has a right to feel safe in school and should be able to participate in school athletics as their true authentic selves. The letter issued by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) explicitly subjects transgender students to discrimination, marginalization, and rejection. This is a shameful attack that intentionally targets transgender youth athletes just for being who they are.
"Historically, the inequities in our society are reflected on the playing field. And there have always been people like Greg Louganis, Jackie Robinson, Renée Richards, and Billy Jean King, who -- by breaking barriers courageously -- propelled society forward. Lambda Legal salutes these brave transgender high school athletes as they follow in a proud tradition of athletes fighting to break down barriers and claim their right to compete in sports as their true authentic selves. They are heroes.
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The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, which is responsible for protecting all students from discrimination, issued a letter arguing that the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) policy that allowed for transgender students' equal participation in athletic programs, violated the law.
The Trump-Pence administration's new interpretation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a departure from the law's protections against discrimination on the basis of sex, including ensuring equal access to all school programs and activities consistent with students' gender identities.
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Kate Ervine
Carbon is the political challenge of our time. While critical to supporting life on Earth, too much carbon threatens to destroy life as we know it, with rising sea levels, crippling droughts, and catastrophic floods sounding the alarm on a future now upon us. How did we get here and what must be done?
In this incisive book, Kate Ervine unravels carbon's distinct political economy, arguing that, to understand global warming and why it remains so difficult to address, we must go back to the origins of industrial capitalism and its swelling dependence on carbon-intensive fossil fuels – coal, oil, and natural gas – to grease the wheels of growth and profitability. Taking the reader from carbon dioxide as chemical compound abundant in nature to carbon dioxide as greenhouse gas, from the role of carbon in the rise of global capitalism to its role in reinforcing and expanding existing patterns of global inequality, and from carbon as object of environmental governance to carbon as tradable commodity, Ervine exposes emerging struggles to decarbonize our societies for what they are: battles over the very meaning of democracy and social and ecological justice.
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Weather has been a bit mixed in the last week - wet at times, very windy at others. I wanted a long run as my last long run was quite slow (I blame the mud on the single track), 10km or so along a fairly flat route would do, not on roads and away from the wind.
Where to go? The canal at Inverness was discounted due to the wind speed and direction; Daviot 5km loop x 2 was considered but the track again is fairly open to the wind and there is a bit of climb. In the end, and after searching for a reasonable forecast we headed for Nairn and the tracks in the very west end of Culbin. A quick measurement on the map showed the route to be about 12km, a bit longer than I wanted but still in the OK bit.
The car park was almost deserted and there was quite a wind! We set off along the footpath and after 2.5km I realised that I had not gone into the wood when I should have. I stopped Paul and we headed for the wood where we found a really pleasant path to run along and eventually link up with our planned route.
Now the planned route was a bit of an out and back with a loop at the far end. It was almost flat but the track was muddy in places - this was not expected for Culbin! Also unexpected was the distance as when I reached the turn I had already run 7km. The track back to the split in the loop was long, straight and into the wind but I tried to keep a bit a pace up. Phew, 10km done, watch stopped and a bit faster than Sunday.
Oh no, still over 4km back to the car. No need to run it as fast, consider it to be a bit of an extended cool down I'll probably make it! The plan worked, took a few photos, found a really pleasant bit of single track which took me 2/3rds of the way back to the car. Some stretches with a warm jacket on and then eat! I had just started my sandwich and there were spots of rain outside, great timing! End of one sooo looong run!
Surprisingly, the legs did not feel too bad on Sunday. I had to be at Inverness Leisure in the afternoon so I had a swim. The pool lanes were quiet and I managed 1km, or a sooo looong swim!
The forecast for Monday was always quite good - light winds, sunny intervals and dry. Ideal conditions for a Tomatin - Aviemore cross-over cycle. I had to collect a prescription from Aviemore so that was a reason to go there. Paul had the choice of which way to cycle - from Tomatin to Aviemore, less climb but into the wind from Carrbridge to Coylumbridge or Aviemore to Tomatin with 100m more climb but wind assisted especially along the 'back road' from Coylumbridge to Boat of Garten. He chose the former so we both set off, Paul on his bike and me in the car with Ruby. There had been some rain in Aviemore so the roads were a little wet; the views up to the Cairngorms from the back road were good, unfortunately the warmer temperatures and rain on Sunday meant that the hill was looking a bit black and white rather than the solid white of last week.
It was great being back out on the bike for a reasonable cycle - or a sooo looong ride! I tried to ensure that I kept the pedals turning all the time, no resting on the downhills (and it is great to push hard downhill from the Slochd, had the bike up to 49.5kph today!) and pushing on the uphills.
Roll on more runs in milder temperatures and longer cycles, hopefully keeping injury free.


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Greece: NAZI? Nah… not yet! We can manage better on our own.
Author: Kyriakos Makromallis Translator: Eleni Nicolaou
Categories: Antifascism, On the crisis
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The political debate around the arrests of the leading officers of Golden Dawn remained in the question of whether this move is constitutionally solid, or whether it was the right time to do it, since the evidence linking Golden Dawn to criminal acts already has been there for several years. Of course, what happened has helped open up a very important dialogue hitherto confined within the Left and not generalised to the rest of the society. This is the issue of the ties of Golden Dawn with the police and the state on one side and the underworld on the other. It has become quite clear to the society that Golden Dawn is not fighting against the status quo but is an integral part of it.
However, this move of the Greek government has a deeper political meaning that transcends this discussion. Essentially, the reduction of Golden Dawn into a criminal organisation and the impressively fast arrest operation οf its leadership are taking place in a time when there is a dire need for the Greek state to be changed so as to become consistent with the needs of the global capital for better profitability of investments [1]. With this move, the neoliberal government of Antonis Samaras wanted to send a clear message that the transition to this new form of state takes place in stable political environment. It is therefore necessary to associate the political Memorandum [2] with the current attempt to dismantle Golden Dawn. In order to make this connection one should also understand the momentum in which capitalism is found, especially since the 2008 crisis.
What we saw happening in Greece with the implementation of the Memorandum, is the gradual replacement of the post-dictatorial form of state [3], as this has been conformed was by the successive social-democrat governments and which in fact expressed somehow the institutionalised power of the Greek working class. Already, since the early 80s, the power of the working class to influence the economic and social policy of the state was shrinking and increasingly started to concentrate in the hands of its more privileged sections, leading this form of state to its gradual disintegration. This was primarily due to the crisis of global capital and its inability to satisfy, on one side, the need for better profitability on one hand, and on the other side the increased demands of the working class for higher wages and pensions, full employment, more opportunities, etc. [4]
Globally, since the outbreak of the crisis in 2008, we are probably in front of the most comprehensive attack of capital against the gains of the working class, since the 80s. This new attack has recorded significant victories, victories that were not achieved by capitalism even during the most aggressive neoliberal governments, as was that of Margaret Thatcher in the UK and Ronald Reagan in the United States. Since 2008 capitalism, having no more alternatives, has entered a phase of frontal clash with the working class in order to break its resistance and restore as much of the lost profitability as possible in the arena of production. On a global level, further expansion of financial capital at the expense of productive capital will result in a new historical reprieve of the inevitable conflict between capital and labour, with even more unpredictable consequences for capitalism in the future [5]. Productive and profitable waged labour is the precondition for the reproduction of capitalism, more than the speculation that results the various financial bubbles as they have been the stock market and real estate bubbles [6]. The extraction of profit almost entirely by the financial sector illustrates the failure of capital to have sufficient gains from mass commodity production. Such a failure it's mainly attributable to the enduring resistance of the working class, in other words, due to the class struggle [7]. Notwithstanding, this forms part of the natural process of over-accumulation and crisis in capitalism. The cruelty with which the austerity is being imposed in Europe at least attests the will of capital to get over the current crisis, that the financial capital decisively contributes in its perpetuation [8]. Facilitating exploitation in the productive economy it is expected that capital will rely less on financial speculation to realise profits.
Within this context the neoliberal government of Samaras has brought historic victories for global capital, having managed to hit almost fatally the last remnants of the old social democratic form of the capitalist state in Greece. The closure of ERT was perhaps the most notorious example of the neoliberal attack against anything considered as a social acquis, or as having a content referring to the power of society to define the roles of the state. So now the government of Samaras feels strong enough to implement the capitalist barbarity, the way is being decided at the European and global level, without huge losses, meaning; without sky-rocketing the power of the Left and without the immediate danger of collapse of the coalition government and call for new elections. In these circumstances, and using the constitution and the law, neoliberals can consistently control the impoverishment of society, which is a prerequisite for overcoming the recurring crisis of capitalism.
The organised fascist violence postponed
Interpreting the above we can draw the conclusion that the current conditions globally are very different from those of the interwar period. Fascism in the interwar period functioned as a catalyst for the politicisation and radicalisation of society. The difference now is that capitalism has developed such strong ideological mechanisms and the resistance of the working class is still so convulsive, that no further use of fascism is needed for the disruption of social and political struggles, at least for now. By contrast, the tolerance towards Golden Dawn even after the political assassination of the musician and antifascist activist P. Fyssas the 17 of September, may politicise society to levels threatening the continuation of the pan-European nirvana of neoliberal austerity. On the other side, the recent electoral win of Angela Merkel in Germany has contributed in strengthening the neoliberal discourse on a European level, something that we could say has helped neoliberal governments when it comes to take measures against everyone who challenges state power.
So, for now, the organised fascist onslaught is suspended since the state is becoming now strong enough to butcher society by itself, simply invoking the constitution, the law and order, the international obligations, the European law or the 'common sense' [9]. A decisive neoliberal government with the help of a strong police force seems to be enough for the moment to break the resistance of the people [10]. It appears that for now the capital does not need to make use of the mass weapon of fascism in order to control the insurrectionism of the working class. However, capitalism–as we very well know–is a perpetual adventure. Any stability is just temporary. As Marx had described in the Communist Manifesto the periodicity within which history happens: "Everything solid melts into air". The arena of the class struggle is always open in capitalism. This stability that the government of Samaras alludes to could again become hell and uncertainty following the next plunge of the global economy or an event such as the assassination of P. Fyssas. Events like these can revive the popular resistance and reset the organised fascist violence as an absolute necessity for the survival of capitalism.
I would like to present my gratitude to Nuria Alvarez for reading the text and proposing significant changes.
[1] See 'The Global Accumulation of Capital and the Periodization of the form of the capitalist state' Werner Bonefeld, Richard Gunn, and Kosmas Psychopedis, Open Marxism, 3 vols.(London ; Concord, Mass.: Pluto Press, 1992).
[2] The Memorandum is the accord between the Greek government and Troika for the structural changes the Greek government has to undertake in order for it to continue receiving international loans.
[3] The Democratic transition in Greece takes place in 1974. Since 1981 to 2011 the majority of Greek governments have been of social democrat sign. The interactions of the social democratic mandate from right wing governments during this period has not been decisive in reorienting the form of the state towards a clearly neoliberal model.
[4] For an analysis of the consequences of the social democratic power over the labour movement and social struggles, see:Simon Clarke, Keynesianism, Monetarism and the Crisis of the State.(Aldershot: Elgar, 1988).
[5] For an analysis of the process by which money is converted into command over labour see: Christian Marazzi, 'Money in the World crisis: The new basis of capitalist power' Werner Bonefeld and John Holloway, Global Capital, National State, and the Politics of Money (New York: St. Martin's, 1995).
[6] For an explanation of the role of wage labour in the reproduction of capitalism see: 'Simon Clarke, Marx, Marginalism and Modern Sociology : From Adam Smith to Max Weber, 2nd ed.(Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1991).
[7] How the finacialization of the economy is related historically with the production crisis see: Werner Bonefeld, Alice Brown, and Peter Burnham, A Major Crisis? : The Politics of Economic Policy in Britain in the 1990s (Brookfield, VT: Dartmouth Pub. Co., 1995).
[8] Bonefeld,W. 'On the state of money and law: European Integration and Ordo- liberal ideas'. Paper Presented at the Conference of Socialist Economics (CSE),University of York, 1 March , (2013)
[9] For a deep analysis on how neoliberalism is trying to depoliticize the process of the change of the political structures to the benefit of the capital, see: Peter Burnham, ''Towards a Political Theory of Crisis: Policy and resistance across Europe'', New Political Science, 33.4 (2011), 493; Bonefeld,W. 'On the state of money and law: European Integration and Ordo- liberal ideas'. Paper Presented at the Conference of Socialist Economics (CSE),University of York, 1 March , (2013)
[10] See: Simon Clarke 'A neoliberal theory of Society' in Alfredo Saad-Filho and Deborah Johnston, Neoliberalism : A Critical Reader(London ; Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 2005).
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There are commonly used packages to plot these curves and to compute metrics from them, but it can still be worthwhile to contemplate how these curves are calculated to try to understand better what they show us. Here I present a simple function to compute an ROC curve from a set of outcomes and associated scores.
Sort the observed outcomes by their predicted scores with the highest scores first.
Calculate cumulative True Positive Rate (TPR) and True Negative Rate (TNR) for the ordered observed outcomes.
The function takes two inputs: labels is a boolean vector with the actual classification of each case, and scores is a vector of real-valued prediction scores assigned by some classifier.
Since this is a binary outcome, the labels vector is a series of TRUE and FALSE values (or ones and zeros if you prefer). You can think of this series of binary values as a sequence of instructions for turtle graphics, only in this case the turtle has a compass and takes instructions in terms of absolute plot directions (North or East) instead of relative left or right. The turtle starts at the origin (as turtles do) and it traces a path across the page dictated by the sequence of instructions. When it sees a one (TRUE) it takes a step Northward (in the positive y direction); when it sees a zero (FALSE) it takes a step to the East (the positive x direction). The sizes of the steps along each axis are scaled so that once the turtle has seen all of the ones it will be at 1.0 on the y-axis, and once it has seen all of the zeros it will be at 1.0 on the x-axis. The path across the page is determined by the order of the ones and zeros, and it always finishes in the upper right corner.
The progress of the turtle along the bits of the instruction string represents adjusting the classification threshold to be less and less stringent. Once the turtle has passed a bit, it has decided to classify that bit as positive. If the bit was in fact postive it is a true positive; otherwise it is a false positive. The y-axis shows the true positive rate (TPR), which is the number of true positives encountered so far divided by the total number of actual positives. The x-axis shows the false positive rate (the number of false positives encountered up to that point divided by total number of true negatives). The vectorized implementation of this logic uses cumulative sums (the cumsum function) instead of walking through the values one at a time, though that is what the computer is doing at a lower level.
As an example, we will simulate data about widgets. Here we have an input feature x that is linearly related to a latent outcome y which also includes some randomness. The value of y determines whether the widget exceeds tolerance requirements; if it does, it is a bad widget.
We reserve about 1/4 of cases for test set, and we'll use the rest for training a predictive model. The plot shows the test set, since that is the data we'll use to generate the ROC curves. If x below about 20 all the points are red, and above about 80 they are all black. In between is a region of varying uncertainty with more red at one end and more black at the other.
We use the training set to fit a logistic regression model using the x feature to predict whether a given widget is likely to be bad. This model will be used to generate scores for the test set, which will be used together with the actual labels of the test cases to calculate ROC curves. The values from the scores vector will not appear in the plot; they are only used to sort the labels. Two classifiers that put the labels in the same order will have exactly the same ROC curve regardless of the absolute values of the scores. This is shown by comparing the ROC curve you get using either the 'response' or the 'link' predictions from a logistic regression model. The 'response' scores have been mapped into the range between 0 and 1 by a sigmoid function and the 'link' scores have not. But either of these scores will put the points in the same order.
Here the ROC curve for the response scores from the logistic regression model is calculated with the widely used pROC package and plotted as a yellow line. The simple_roc function was also used to calculate an ROC curve, but in this case it is calculated from the link scores. Since both sets of scores put the labels in the same order, and since both functions are doing essentially the same thing, we get the same curve. The points of the simple_roc curve are plotted as open circles, which land exactly on top of the yellow line. Each point represents a single case in the test set, and the outline colors of the circles show whether that case was a "bad widget" (red) or not (black). Red circles tell the turtle to go North, and black circles tell it to go East.
Note that the pROC package labels the x-axis "Specificity" with 1.0 on the left and 0 on the right (specificity is 1 minus the false positive rate). This means we had to do a similar subtraction to plot the simple_roc results the same way. Also, left to its own devices, roc decides how to label the cases and controls based on which group has the higher median score, which means it can flip a negative AUC to be positive (basically, a consistently wrong predictor can still be useful if you use reverse psychology). I specify direction="<" to prevent this since the simple_roc function is not that smart.
This brings up another limitation of this simple approach; by assuming that the rank order of the outcomes embodies predictive information from the model, it does not properly handle sequences of cases that all have the same score. The turtle assumes that the order of the labels has meaning, but in the situation of identical scores there is no meaningful order. These segments should properly be represented by a diagonal line, while our simple turtle will happily plot meaningless steps.
We'll show an extreme case by creating an unbalanced dataset that is positive in only about 1% of cases. For prediction, we just always guess that the result will be negative (achieving 99% accuracy). Since all the scores are the same, we don't really have any basis for sorting the outcomes; pROC handles this correctly and draws a diagonal line. The turtle assumes that the order of the cases means something when in fact it does not, and it takes a sort of random walk up to the top right corner.
If you repeat this simulation with larger value of N you will see that the turtle's path tends to approximate the diagonal more closely, but the more unbalanced the outcomes are, the larger numbers of total cases you will likely need to keep the paths from deviating wildly from the diagonal.
For a less extreme example, you can usually generate diagonal segments in an ordinary ROC curve by rounding scores so that multiple points get identical ranks; this is left as an exercise for the reader.
Because ROC curves are so instructive and commonly used, they deserve some study and contemplation. For further information I recommend this shiny app showing continuous-valued ROC curves computed from probability distributions, and the excellent paper by Tom Fawcett entitled An introduction to ROC analysis.


DULOXETINE… 4 BIRDS ONE STONE?
Duloxetine four birds with one stone?
In medical school we learn about diseases in isolation, but in clinical practice many patients concomitantly have two or more conditions or diseases for example ….. Olders is the rule rather than the exception.
Often we do not like to think of comorbidity, as it makes more difficult our diagnostic and therapeutic approach.
A better understanding of comorbidity can help in obtaining optimal results for our patients.
Neuropathic pain due to diabetic neuropathy (NPDP).
The mechanism of action of duloxetine is inhibition of the new carrier protein that noradrenaline and serotonin transport in neurons thus increasing concentrations acutely both transmitters in the synaptic cleft and thereby provides a greater and more prolonged receptor stimulation for both transmitters.
Serotonin acts on ionotropic (ligand-gated ion channels) and 13 subtypes of metabotropic receptors (G-protein coupled receptors) whereas noradrenaline acts nine subtypes of G coupled protein receptors.
The demonstrated efficacy of duloxetine; versus placebo in the treatment of SUI, TDM and neuropathic pain suggests that such stimulation of the receptor improves the diseases.
The specific contributions of noradrenaline and serotonin and also each of its receptor subtypes desired and adverse effects of the drug in the various indications in still largely unclear.
Moreover, some of the effects of duloxetine, such as nausea, apparently occur as a direct consequence of increased acutely transmitter exposure while others, for example, the anti-depressive effect, only produced after several weeks and probably refer to side effects such as down-regulation of certain types of receptors phenomena.
While it remains tempting to speculate that the IUE, MDD and diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain share at least some pathophysiological aspects, the large number of receptors that are activated following administration of duloxetine leaves it open to interpretation whether any of these are attributed to the condition.
Emerging epidemiological data on the comorbidity of IUE, MDD and / or fibromyalgia and diabetic neuropathic pain are promising.
Lq duloxetine efficacy against three different conditions may have practical value, namely, by allowing the treatment of two or even three of them with a drug.
From the viewpoint of side effects, the duloxetine is generally a safe drug. While side effects are uncommon, like other drugs with a mechanism of molecular action, most are rather unpleasant and harmful transient or persistent.
In an indication of the IUE regime specific dose adjustment can help limit side effects; while it is likely that this also applies to the other two directions, there is no specific data.
All the known side effects of duloxetine seem to address the molecular mechanism of action, with the most common, nausea, probably related to the inhibition of serotonin uptake and stimulation of serotonin 5-HT3receptors gastrointestinal. Interestingly, a polymorphism in the gene encoding this receptor was recently reported to predict the occurrence of nausea during treatment with inhibitors of serotonin reuptake, but has to be confirmed by the use of duloxetine.
In the same vein, particularly physicians who are not psychiatrists should check whether other inhibitors of amine uptake have been prescribed by other doctors, and it is possible that their side effects may be additive.
The concept of multiple comorbid conditions be susceptible to treatment with a single drug is attractive from a theoretical and a practical point of view.
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Q: Why doesn't this two way data binding work? I have this controller. Whenever I try to bind my $scope.things to my received JSON from the server, my View wont update. In fact, if I left my push(newThing) and uncomment my calls to getAllThings(), my view will display the data and, in less than a second, will remove it.
The problem is: in the server side (Morgan running with Node and MongoDB), I'm printing out the json object before it is passed to my client and the object is correct, it DOES have the latest created object.
I'm willing to use push instead of making another request to server to fetch data, but I'm really upset about this topic. Another interesting thing it that my second, third and consequent calls to insertThing() will properly update my view. It made feel kind of clueless. I can provide more code if needed.
Controller:
$scope.insertThing= function(newThing){
    $scope.things.push(newThing);
    $http.post('http://localhost:8080/things', newThing)
    .then(function(res){
        //$scope.getAllThings();
        delete $scope.newThing;
    }, function(res){

    });
    //$scope.getAllThings();
};

$scope.getAllThings = function(userDpt){
    $http.post('http://localhost:1234/things/dpt/', {userDpt: userDpt})
    .then(function(res){
        $scope.things = res.data;
    }, function(res){

    });
};

Node Server with Mongoose:
app.post('/things/dpt', function(req, res){
var department = req.body.dpt;
var things= {};
TicketModel.find({ fromDpt: department},
    function(err,obj){
        res.json(obj);
    });
});

Markup:

   {{ thing.toDpt}}
   {{ thing.status }}
   {{ thing.deadline }}
  <button class="btn close" data-ng-click="deleteThing(thing._id)">×</button>

A: Well, this was long time ago.
All this code was fully refactored. The problem was with the assyncronous behavior of JavaScript. Sometimes, the getAllThings() function would finish before the delete line and the new fetched data would just vanish after being received.
The way around this problem is to add another callback after the http request.


Convincing existing clubs to adopt the Basic Program as the new entry level, and to provide Basic dances to nurture crops of new dancers, may be a forlorn hope. Clubs seem driven to continue in a failing model of hosting extremely small Beginner's Classes that more often than not create strain upon rather than strengthen a club's treasure. Clubs seem to be withering and finally vanishing all together. It seems logical to alter our collective thinking about making the activity accessible to a larger candidate pool and capitalize on one of our successes – Halfway Dances … i.e. the Basic Program.
Halfway Level can stand on its own two feet. For the average dancer, there is plenty of opportunity for light to moderate challenge. Even without extended or exotic application of the calls there is enough substance in the Basics alone to throw most "Plus" floors for a loop. If this is not enough, at more frequent Halfway Dances throughout the year, callers can introduce disposable calls to add additional variety, train dancers to be ready for anything, and train them to listen and trust the caller.
There is room for all dance programs, and dancers suited to some and not others. It is perfectly fine for experienced dancers to wish to gather together and dance new material, or a higher program, but they have to be willing to settle for smaller numbers. This is what is already happening, but not where clubs wish it to be. Our collective expectations just may be a bit out of proportion. The primary argument against providing an easier entry path is that the club dancers will quickly become bored with a lower program. Callers avoid showcasing the merits of any particular program because dancers are not really prepared to successfully dance any full program. Dancers are eased up to the buffet table of calls and taught to nibble at each without really tasting the richness of flavor and combination that the table has to offer. The elephant remains in the room, and high attrition is destiny.
Consider that experienced dancers are often flabbergasted when they are confronted with something new from a particular program. Reactions stretch from horror to delight, but the point is, all programs, including the Basics, hold more mystery than most dancers imagine. In the hands of a capable caller, no one need be ashamed of dancing Basics.
If you think there is any merit what-so-ever in restructuring the activity for more inclusivity, meet me Halfway, and we'll have a Rip-Roarin' Good Time.


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With this year's NFL season in the books, it's time to dust off your gloves and bats and get ready for baseball season! This year's Major League Baseball opening day isn't until April 6th, but you can get your excitement ramped up early with MLB: The Show '15 launching a week earlier on March 31st
Rating: E for Everyone
Console Availability: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
Please note: The Pre-Order bonus is only valid for the PlayStation 4, and not the PS3 or PS Vita versions.
As a lifelong sports gamer, I feel as though baseball is the one major sport that is the hardest to develop a good game from. There are so many coordinating mechanics that you have to get just right, or else the whole thing falls apart. Year after year, the MLB: The Show series has improved, and has rapidly become the best game in town, outlasting its competition.
The Show tends to be the most fundamentally sound baseball game out there, combining a great presentation with well precisioned batting and field mechanics. Too often I've played baseball games in the past where pitching physics was so off that it was a challenge in itself just to get the ball to home plate, or batters would be swinging awkward 200 pound bats. The Show takes care of those little details to leave you with an easy and fun to play baseball experience.
This year, you're going to see some changes to the presentation. For the first time, you'll be able to partner in-game with licensed baseball equipment manufacturers to your franchise teams. You'll also be able to add sponsors to your broadcast rights in General Manager Mode, and you'll also have to balance the owners' expectations with yours
Batting has always been my favourite part of baseball gaming, and this year, batting takes a very strategic approach. The L-Stick has new batting functionality built in, allowing you to direct and sway the type of hit you want, whether it be a pop fly, or a ground ball. If you want to pull your hit because it's more desirable to advance your base runners, this is a possibility too.
Graphically, you're going to see a lot of good improvements too. If you didn't get the opportunity to watch Sony San Diego Studios' reveal show, you probably haven't seen some of the improvements they made to the parks and the players. Here's a good example of Pittsburgh Pirates star Andrew McCutchen standing in the foreground of PNC Park. They say a picture's worth a thousand words. Compare last year to these year, and the difference is almost night and day:
I'd recommend keeping dialed into Sony San Diego's Twitch channel over the coming days, as they're going to be revealing more and more up to release.
2015 marks the 10th edition of The Show, and to commemorate, there's a bonus lined up for those of you who get your pre-orders in. Pre-Order MLB 15: The Show online for PlayStation 4 (again, please note that the bonus is not available for PlayStation 3 or Vita) and get a free MLB Team or Player skin courtesy of Skinit. Your pre-order must be completed online through BestBuy.ca and it must be for PlayStation 4 only. What you'll then receive upon release is a code good for the skin of your choice through Skinit while supplies last.
Baseball may traditionally be called America's Pastime, but we have our fair share of Canadians in the game, including recent Blue Jays signee Russell Martin, whom Sony announced would be the cover athlete for MLB 15: The Show in Canada. You can get your hands on Martin, and the rest of the 2015 Blue Jays roster a week before opening day when MLB 15: The Show releases on March 31st. Pre-Order now to receive your team or player skin.
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import {expect} from 'chai';
import {MetricsActuatorServer} from '../../src/MetricsActuatorServer';
import {MetricsServerManager} from '../../src/MetricsServerManager';

describe('/test/unit/MetricsActuatorServer.test.ts', () => {

  it('init actuator server', () => {

    expect(() => {
      let server = new MetricsActuatorServer({
        logger: console,
        metricsManager: new MetricsServerManager()
      });
      expect(server.getMetricsManager()).to.exist;
    }).to.not.throw(TypeError);

  });
});

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Dr. Paul Offenkrantz a graduate of Oberlin College, attended the Yale School of Music and earned a Master of Sacred Music from Hebrew Union College, where he was also ordained as a cantor. In his distinguished career, he has served communities in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and West Palm Beach. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Hebrew Union College and received rabbinic ordination from The Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute. He began singing professionally on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera at the age of nine and appeared in over 30 different operas at the MET over the course of five seasons. He has worked with Leonard Bernstein, Richard Tucker, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine and many other important artists. He concertizes and lectures extensively throughout South Florida and is also an adjunct professor of Music History at the Conservatory of Music at Lynn University.
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We all have a welcoming guide.
They will walk with us and will always be at our side.
The Angel will assist our thinking and direction.
All we have to do is open our hearts to a world so bright.
Do not ever think you are alone.
God's Kingdom is eternal and his Angels are known.
Be still and listen to what God has to say.
It may be life changing this very day.
Stop for a moment talk to God and his appointed Light bearer.