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Review: Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (Switch)
It's hard to overstate the impact of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It took an excellent but comparatively niche franchise and threw it into the mainstream, and did so without diluting any part of what made the series special to begin with. (Heartthrob characters and tea dates are the perfect gateway to Fire Emblem's rich storytelling and tactical depth, I guess—a lesson I hope every other developer learns from.) With that kind of reception, and the strong relationship Nintendo already has with Koei Tecmo, a Warriors spinoff of Three Houses seemed all but guaranteed… and it's hard to overstate the impact of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, too.
As I write this review, just shy of two months since its launch—please forgive my tardiness!—Three Hopes has just passed the million units sold milestone, putting it on track to be one of the best-selling Warriors titles ever. And that's for good reason: it's everything that made Three Houses such a stand-out game, and everything that makes Warriors games as compelling as they are, mixed together in a way that elevates both aspects of that equation. Or, to put it more simply, it's one of the best Warriors games to date (and one that easily finds space alongside Dragon Quest Heroes and Samurai Warriors 5 as my personal favourites).
The most crucial aspect of Three Houses, in my view, are the characters. Fire Emblem games have always had a rich casts with deep characterisation, but the combination of particularly stunning designs, a greater degree of intimacy in the social aspects, and the "school life" framing of the opening act helped Edelgard, Claude, Dimitri, and everyone around them really get their hooks in. That laid the foundation for a tale of war and conflict where the stakes felt higher than ever, and favourites personal.
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes strikes that same balance. A new, alternate-timeline story sees events playing out a little differently, but the richness of the characters remains front and centre. Everything that made this cast so lovable in Three Houses rings true here, with similar bonding mechanics that let you get up close and personal with your favourites. At the same time, the perspective of a new protagonist—Three Houses star Byleth is still in the game, but in a very different role—you also get to see some different sides to them all.
On top of that, the very nature of a Warriors game invites a degree of intimacy that even Three Houses couldn't match. There's inherent sense of distance between player and character in a tactical RPG, as you command each battle from on high. In a Warriors game, by contrast, you're right in the thick of the action, directly controlling a character (and in a sense, fighting alongside them). There's more chance to see how personalities unfold in their movements and fighting style, and more opportunities for more dynamic on-field characterisation through battlefield chatter, partner attacks, and the like. Few genres let characters come alive like an action game, and that's something Three Hopes absolutely capitalizes on.
That isn't to say the combat isn't tactical—quite the opposite. Three Hopes takes the action-strategy flourishes of any Warriors game to be heights with a particular focus on character placement and issuing commands. Even on easy difficulty, you'll struggle if you try to just dominate a battle with one character, and even frequent switching between party members is often insufficient. Instead, using the battle map to command other characters—both inside and outside your playable party—to attack or defend certain targets, heal NPCs who are in danger, capture bases, or engage with interactive aspects of the battlefield is crucial to victory. Its Fire Emblem tactics by way of Warriors action, brilliantly combined in a way that brings out the best of both worlds.
Three Hopes also throws in a lot of other little details from the original game (and Fire Emblem more generally), like adjutants, battalions, and most importantly, the weapon triangle. It works a little differently here, in that advantages are tied to a character's class rather than the specific weapon they're wielding, but the general idea is the same: sword-oriented classes have an advantage over axe-oriented ones, axe classes beat lance-wielders, and so on. In practice, attacking at an advantage gives you much more effective at depleting an enemy's stun gauge so that you can unleash a powerful "critical rush" attack. Playing to those strengths can make a big difference, and coordinating your party accordingly—both in unit selection and in how you command them mid-battle—adds another layer to the game's already robust tactical framework.
To round out the strategic touch, there's an element of light conquest strategy, too. It's no Nobunaga's Ambition, but in short, each chapter involves conquering a series of map regions—through shorter side quest battles—in order to get to the final goal and complete the chapter's main mission. Many of these zones are necessary stepping stones towards the goal, but there are often a few that are out of the way and more optional, too. Completing these missions earns helpful resources to improve your base, and in some cases unlock strategies that can help turn things in your favour in the main mission; as such, you generally want to conquer them all. That said, leaving areas untouched has its own little perk in greater Renown earned for completing a chapter—something that's not such a big deal in an initial playthrough, but becomes particularly relevant in New Game Plus. Again, it's a very light touch—you don't have to worry about regions being taken back, for instance—but it adds an interesting strategic dynamic to a game that's already rich with them.
Individually, all these pieces are fantastic: the Warriors action is as exciting as ever, the tactical elements are satisfying and cleverly designed, the story is engrossing, and the characters are as delightful and compelling as ever. But what really sets Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes apart is how expertly it weaves them all together; a sublime blend of action, strategy, political drama, and character work that all work effortlessly in tandem. A chance to spend a few more dozen hours with Edelgard and the rest was always going to be welcome, but Three Hopes took that idea and turned it into one of the best Warriors games yet.
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
Developer: Omega Force
Publisher: Nintendo, Koei Tecmo
Genre: Action, strategy, RPG
Platforms: Nintendo Switch (reviewed)
A review copy was provided to Shindig by the publisher.
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LR Cable News Analysis Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading 12/7/2010
Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is close to introducing an app that will let Xfinity TV customers stream movies and TV shows to the iPad.
The app, called Play Now, will be available in the "coming weeks," Comcast president Neil Smit said today at a UBS AG conference in New York City.
Smit, who joined Comcast from Charter Communications Inc. in March, said Play Now will first work with premium networks such as HBO, Starz, and Showtime. The MSO is working out the rights with other networks.
Will Comcast eventually make all its video content available this way? "That's our plan," he said, without providing any time line.
As a component to the MSO's TV Everywhere strategy, Play Now represents an upgrade for an app Comcast launched last month that lets customers use their iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches like fancy remote controls to find linear and on-demand content and even change channels on the set-top using Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format (EBIF). Smit says the app has already been downloaded more than 350,000 times. (See Comcast Invades the iPad .)
It seems likely that Play Now will draw from the 150,000 video items on the TV Online portal, which Comcast launched just a few months ago. By comparison, Comcast's set-top-based VoD service offers about 25,000 titles. (See Comcast's TV Everywhere Play Breaks Out of Beta .)
These moves are all viewed as a defense against cord cutting, although Smit said Comcast has seen no real evidence of such a trend. Most video subscriber losses have been due to people rolling off of promotional rates and churning to competitors, with a "small trace" leaving to go with free over-the-air TV, he said.
Comcast is battling the effects of a bad economy with a "digital economy" tier comprised of 50 standard-definition and 25 high-definition channels that sells for $39.99 a month as a standalone, or $29.99 when bundled with another Comcast service.
Smit also downplayed the notion that Comcast would soon go over-the-top itself and seek growth by selling video subscriptions outside its regular footprint. But the technology is there to do it. (See Comcast Forges 'Excalibur' for IPTV.)
"Most of our programming rights are for access within our footprint," Smit said.
Despite the growth of over-the-top video within Comcast's footprint, don't expect the MSO to start a metered broadband regime, despite the window of opportunity that now appears open due to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 's newly proposed net neutrality rules. (See Net Neutrality Sweep: Everyone's Ticked.)
"We'll manage our networks as appropriate. Right now we don't have plans in place to activate usage-based pricing," Smit said, noting that less than 1 percent of cable modem subscribers breach the company's monthly 250GB excessive use policy. (See Comcast Draws the Line at 250GB.)
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B.B. King and Chuck Berry both changed the course of popular music and influenced thousands of guitarists all around the world, but have you ever wondered who influenced the two masters?
This concert will take the audience on a musical journey through the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta to the streets of St Louis, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee where the will hear the blues songs from the 'King Biscuit Time' and Grand Ole Opry' radio shows, Bukka White through to the Texas blues of T-Bone Walker and the electric blues of Muddy Waters.
After hearing King and Berry's influences in the first set, the audience will hear a selection of tunes written by King and Berry as well as songs by artists such as Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, Freddy King, Albert King, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton and Peter Green, all who were heavily influenced by the two masters. This is a cross continental journey through the roots and evolution of American popular music and the electric guitar which is not to be missed.
When & Where:
Sat 26 August, The Concourse
About the guitarists:
Zane Banks
Winner of an ABC Limelight Award for Best Newcomer (2011), Zane Banks has been described as an 'expert' of the guitar (The American Record Guide), 'a young virtuoso' (The Australian) and 'an outstanding young Australian artist' (Limelight Magazine). Banks is considered one of the most versatile guitarists of his generation having performed in Europe, Asia and in his native Australia. He studied classical guitar with Gregory Pikler, Philip Houghton and Aleksandr Tsiboulsk as well as jazz guitar with Steve Brien and gained his Bachelor of Music (Performance) Honours Class 1 at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
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If there is one word to describe the Drey Rollan Band 'rare' would be the right answer. With their light hearted harmonies, charming guitar melodies and toe tapping rhythms, Drey Rollan, Bobbie Green and Little B shape a driving energy that is both dynamic and unique. Growing up on a healthy dose of rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, blues, doo-wop and country, this Sydney based band have played up and down the east coast, capital cities, festivals and everywhere in between, having residencies around the Sydney CBD.


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Whilst there is a lack of Souks and monuments the Medina of Bizerte is a labyrinthine of streets and alleys. The streets are named after the various craftsmen who live and work in them - the smiths in the Rue des Forgerons, the...
Whilst there is a lack of Souks and monuments the Medina of Bizerte is a labyrinthine of streets and alleys. The streets are named after the various craftsmen who live and work in them - the smiths in the Rue des Forgerons, the armourers in the Rue des Armuriers, the carpenters in the Rue des Menuisiers, the butchers in the Rue des Bouchers, and so on.. The most impressive monuments lie next to the old port which was once the heart of this town.
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Q: PHP While Loops from Arrays I have a table that contains members names and a field with multiple ID numbers.  I want to create a query that returns results where any values in the ID fields overlap with any values in the array.
For example: lastname: Smith
             firstname: John
             id: 101, 103
I have Array #1 with the values 101, 102, 103
I want the query to output all members who have the values 101 or 102 or 103 listed in their id field with multiple ids listed.
Array (  [0] => 101
         [1] => 102
         [2] => 103 )

$sql="SELECT firstname, lastname, id
      FROM members WHERE id LIKE '%".$array_num_1."%'";
$result=mysql_query($sql);

while ($rows=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
       echo $rows['lastname'].', '.$rows['firstname'].'-'.$rows['id'];
      }

I tried to simplify it.  The IDs are actually stored in another table, and I have generated the array from this table.
$array_num_1 = array();
$sql_id="SELECT id FROM id_table WHERE id < 200";
$result_id=mysql_query($sql_id);
while($rows_id=mysql_fetch_array($result_id)){;
      $array_num_1[] = $rows_id['id'];
}

A: Normalize your database.
Make these ids into separate table.
Edit: And then use answers below

A: If you must do it this way:
$sql = "SELECT firstname, lastname, id FROM members WHER id IN (" . implode(', ', $array) . ")"

As @cletus says in his comment, though, the database is made for this sort of thing. Hard coding it in an array seems like the suboptimal way of doing things.

A: You're probably looking for IN:
SELECT firstname, lastname, id FROM members WHERE id IN (1, 2, 3);

Of course, you could create (1, 2, 3) dynamically, e.g. using implode.

Whoops, I just realized that I got your db schema wrong. As others have advised, you should normalize it.

A: SELECT firstname, lastname, m.id
FROM members m, id_table i ON m.id=id_name
WHERE i.id < 200

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This article is from the well trusted tetra-applications.com website This story is about the Belgian tetra system, called ASTRID, running close to full capacity during one of the biggest disaster events that Belgium has seen. The system had a few stuttering moments, but with the unpredictable surge in traffic after the event, this is to be expected. To learn more read below and see what they are planning to do…..
During last week bombings, ASTRID, the Belgian Public Safety TETRA network encountered a huge increase of traffic which resulted in a temporarily capacity problem.
ASTRID, the TETRA radio communications network in Belgium, used by the security forces, has not functioned as desired, after the attacks of last week Tuesday, several media announced. Also the GSM network was down and therefore in some cases WhatsApp had to be used by the security forces.
Commissioner General Catherine De Bolle has requested an investigation. Several media mentioned that for many hours the system would not have worked. Therefore, the rescue operations of the police at the airport were much more difficult and more chaotic than it should be. Spokesman Peter Dewaele of the federal police admits that some things did not run as planned.
Astrid responds
"After analyzing the situation, Astrid requested all user organizations to sit around the table in order to examine the communication after the attacks of 22 March. Meanwhile, concrete action and specific recommendations were specified,"
According to ASTRID, the exceptional nature of the emergency caused that some masts of the radio network could not be reached for a short period of time, because of the enormous increased traffic. Therefore communication was not possible, Astrid announced.
"From across the country emergency and security services were asked to provide assistance, which led to an extraordinary radio traffic. On specific requests of many of these organizations Astrid registered hundreds of extra radios to the network. Also the failure commercial mobile phone networks has led to a significant increase in radio traffic."
"Not flat, or capacity"
Astrid points out that the control rooms/emergency centers were particularly busy in Brussels and Flemish Brabant, but they continue to function properly. Also the alarm system for calling the volunteer fire brigade received extra traffic, but the system worked without any problem. Astrid also installed a mobile-transmission tower in order to strengthen the radio network in the Brussels area.
On a nationwide level, the radio network was still operational, but especially in the Brussels region there were severe capacity challenges," Astrid notes. "Shortly after the attacks the nearby Astrid masts reached their maximum output, which resulted in difficult communication during some crucial hours. Some users had no access to their talk groups."
"On Friday March 25th we discussed the situation with the End User Advisory Committee. Concrete action points and recommendations for the use of the radio network and training were determined," concludes Astrid.
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Q: Android Content resolver Returns all accounts activated in mobile No While trying to retrieve a contact list from android using the below code it returns multiple accounts like google/gmail, whatsapp, and soma (how many accounts are activated depends on the number content resolver returns for that much copy of contact !).
Please help me to remove it.
 cursor1=getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI ,null, null, null, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME +" ASC");
 startManagingCursor(cursor1);
String[] from = {ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone._ID,};
  int[] to = {android.R.id.text1, android.R.id.text2};
listadapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(getBaseContext(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_2, cursor1, from, to);
 setListAdapter(listadapter);

A: Simpy try the below code which has more validations and also check for if it has phone number or not. But your andorid device's contacts should be well arranged.
   private void displayContacts() {

      ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
        Cursor cur = cr.query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI,
                null, null, null, null);
        if (cur.getCount() > 0) {
            while (cur.moveToNext()) {
                  String id = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts._ID));
                  String name = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
                  if (Integer.parseInt(cur.getString(
                        cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.HAS_PHONE_NUMBER))) > 0) {
                     Cursor pCur = cr.query(
                               ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,
                               null,
                               ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID +" = ?",
                               new String[]{id}, null);
                     while (pCur.moveToNext()) {
                         String phoneNo = pCur.getString(pCur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
                         Toast.makeText(NativeContentProvider.this, "Name: " + name + ", Phone No: " + phoneNo, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                     }
                    pCur.close();
                }
            }
        }
    }

You may also get some filteration of account here like filtering out of what's app account by using this code which fetches what's app contacts from phone contacts.


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Nathan Sommers stared grimly at the photo of a young woman. Her body lay sprawled in the mud with her hands bound behind her. After a moment, his eyes moved on to the coroner's report.
"Chief?"
"What is it, Norma?"
Her face was serious. "We've got another one."
He kicked his chair back and got to his feet. "Where?"
"Graves Landing, near the point."
He hurried past her and out of the station.
Scrambling into his truck, he took off down Main Street with his lights flashing. He made a right and drove parallel with the lake for about a mile before turning down a narrow road. His stomach began to churn as he neared the point at Graves Landing.
There were several cars parked on either side—none of which, he noticed, were emergency response vehicles. Spotting his deputy's truck, he pulled off behind it and began the slow descent down the steep embankment.
"Morning, Chief."
"Jack," he said, ducking under the yellow tape. "Who found her?"
"A couple of hikers," he answered, leading him over to the body. "They were walking along the trail when they spotted her. I've taken their statement already."
Nathan took the pair of latex gloves he was holding out to him and solemnly knelt in front of the victim. Her long brown hair was matted in mud and leaves as she lay partially submerged in the silt. Dressed in navy shorts and a blood-stained tank top, her flawlessly tanned skin was in the process of turning a pale shade of gray. He saw the familiar marks on the left side of her chest just above the lining of her shirt. Her eyes were open and frozen in horror, revealing the absolute fear she had felt during the final moments of her life.
"Are you ready, Chief?" asked Jack, kneeling on the other side of her.
Nathan gave a short nod, noting that his deputy's complexion was nearly the same color as the girl's.
Leaning over, Jack slowly pulled the silver duct tape from her mouth, exposing her lips, which were parted and blue.
Nathan swallowed hard as he slipped his fingers inside her mouth. After a moment, they closed around a small solid object. He slowly pulled it out and turned the stone over in his palm. The number four was smeared on it.
"Go ahead and bag it," he said, handing it to his deputy. "Is she a local?"
"Don't know," Jack answered, taking the stone from him. "She didn't have any I.D. on her."
As Nathan shifted his weight to his other foot, he caught sight of something shiny reflecting in the girl's hair. A closer look revealed it to be a gold necklace. The clasp was intact, but the delicate chain attached to it had been broken in half. Picking it up, he studied the charm that dangled from its end.
"It's the Star of David," Jack said quietly.
Nathan handed it to him to bag and stood up. "Is the coroner on his way?"
"No, he's got two women in the final stages of labor. His office said he would be over here as soon as he could."
Nathan stripped off his gloves and surveyed the scene. The body was partially hidden in some loose brush near the edge of the walking trail. This part of the path was more secluded, and normally didn't see a lot of traffic. To the right of the trail was the lake, which ran parallel with it for two miles, all the way around the point, before ending at the cabins. The other side contained nothing but a steep slope that led up to the road.
Jack pointed at the footprints along the ground. "Those are from our hikers."
Nathan looked at the impressions. Two sets of prints strayed off the trail and came close to the body.
A burst of static sounded. "Collins, do you read?"
Jack grabbed the radio mic on his epaulet. "Go ahead."
"We've got a boating accident over at the north side by the old ramp. No injuries reported."
"I'll take it," Nathan said.
"10-4, Norma. The chief is responding."
As he turned to go, he noticed that a rather large crowd of onlookers had gathered at the top of the embankment. Nathan studied their faces one by one for a moment. "Bag anything that looks suspicious."
Collins nodded as he snapped a picture of the victim. "I'll show her photo around. See if anyone recognizes her."
As Nathan began making his way up the slope, he was inundated with questions.
"What happened to her, Chief?"
"Can't say," he replied curtly.
"I heard she's got the marks on her just like the others. Is that right?"
"Are they fang marks?"
The crowd continued to badger him as he climbed into the seat of his truck and reached to close the door.
Mac Hodges suddenly appeared. "What do you think, Chief?" he said, holding on to the door. "Is it just like the others?"
Nathan clenched his jaw. Mac's breath smelled of cigarettes and coffee, which together gave off an aroma of cow manure.
"Is that number four?"
"Can't say." Nathan jerked the door shut and headed down the road to where the accident was.
Nathan stood near the water's edge talking to the driver of the jet ski. "Have you been drinking any alcohol today, sir?"
The guy squinted up at him as he shook his head. "No, sir."
"No?" Nathan turned behind him and looked up the boat ramp. The handlebars of a jet ski lay on the ground beneath a giant elm tree. The rest of the craft sat lodged in its branches ten feet up.
He folded his arms across his tattoo-covered chest and shrugged. "I just wasn't watching where I was going."
"Hey! What the hell have you done to my jet ski?"
Nathan glanced to his right and saw Sam Bryant heading towards them.
Bryant got right in the boy's face and tapped him on the chest. "What the hell happened?"
"Hey, man! Back off!" he said, putting his hands out to his sides.
Nathan stepped between them. "All right, Sam. Let's just calm down."
"It's the same damn thing every year, Chief. These jerks come here from up north and think that they own the freakin' lake!"
"Why don't you stop renting to them, then?" he asked pointedly.
The scowl on Bryant's face was quickly replaced with a sheepish grin, reminding Nathan of a Cheshire cat.
"Do you know how much money an hour I make for these things?"
Nathan's mouth twitched. "File a claim. You can pick up a copy of the accident report later in the week."
"All right," Bryant said, letting out an exasperated sigh.
Nathan took the driver by his arm. "Come with me."
"Where are we going?"
"I'm going to need you to take a Breathalyzer test."
He planted his feet and pulled back. "Come on, man! How about if I pay for the jet ski, instead?"
Nathan shook his head as he led him up the algae-covered boat ramp. "Sorry."
"Hey, Chief?"
"How am I supposed to get that thing out of the tree?"
He looked over his shoulder. "Beats me."
"You're not much help, you know."
"I've gotta go, Sam. I'll catch up with you later."
"Yeah, I heard about the girl. Is she another victim?"
Nathan kept walking, pretending he hadn't heard him.
Nathan hurried up the steps to the police station and through the door. The reading from the Breathalyzer had shown that the driver of the jet ski was not legally drunk, but it was enough to place him under arrest.
"Oh, Chief, I'm glad you're back," Norma said, following him into his office.
He turned slightly. Norma was a rather large woman but made absolutely no sound when she walked. She always just seemed to appear behind him like an apparition.
She had several slips of paper in her hands. "Beadie Johnson swears there's a peeping Tom outside her house and wants you to come by."
He unclipped his Glock from his belt and put it in the top drawer of his desk as he listened to her go on.
"There's a lady that called and said her neighbor's dog killed her cat. And the traffic light is out on Harmony and Fifth." Her plump face smiled sweetly at him as she handed him the messages.
He leaned back in his chair for a moment. "Where are our four-way stop signs?"
"Behind the building in the storage shed."
"All right," he said, rubbing the back of his neck. "I'll get the signs set up and then go see the cat lady. Tell Mrs. Johnson I'll stop by later on today."
Nathan double-checked the address Norma had given him. It was for the old Anderson house which he knew had been vacant for the past year. He started to radio her but as he pulled into the driveway, he noticed that the garage door was raised and had several cardboard boxes sitting inside it.
Glancing to his right, he could see a young woman standing on the front porch wiping her eyes, while an older man waited on the lawn a few feet away.
A German shepherd, tethered on a leash, began to furiously wag its tail as Nathan made his way over.
Upon seeing him, the man scrambled to meet him halfway. "Chief? My name's Nick Donaldson."
It was obvious to Nathan that he wanted to tell his side of the story first. "Wait just a minute, okay?" he said, holding up his hand.
Mr. Donaldson hesitated for a moment, and then reluctantly stepped aside.
Nathan turned his attention to the woman. "Ma'am? I'm Chief Sommers."
"Katie Winstead," she answered tearfully.
He couldn't help noticing how pretty she was, even though her face was streaked with tears. "Can you tell me what happened?" he asked, taking out his notepad.
"Yes," she said quietly. "That man's dog killed my cat for absolutely no reason! He just attacked her and shook her like a rag doll!"
Nathan stopped writing and looked up as her voice suddenly changed into that of a billowing dragon.
"He should be put down for what he did!" she continued.
Nathan noticed the light blue towel lying on the porch just behind her feet. A red stain seeped through the top of it. Stepping forward, he knelt down to take a look. A small yellow paw fell out from underneath it as he lifted the cover.
This sent the woman into a spasm of sobs.
Mr. Donaldson tapped him on his shoulder. "Chief Sommers?"
He let the towel drop back on the cat and stood up.
"I've already explained to this lady that it was an accident. Bo didn't know any better. I mean he's a dog. It was a cat. That's what they do." He looked helplessly at Nathan. "Bo has always come over here to do his business, because you know," he said, shrugging, "no one has lived here for a while. When she moved in the other day, I didn't know she had a cat."
Nathan studied the dog for a moment. Bo was sitting beside his master's leg with his tongue hanging out of the side of his mouth. He seemed to be quite pleased with himself.
He gave Donaldson a nod. "From now on, keep him on your own property unless he's on a leash, all right?"
"Yes, sir." He turned towards his neighbor and gave her a humble look. "Miss, I'm really, really sorry. I hope you can forgive me and my dog."
She glared at him to such a degree that Nathan felt the man was going to burst into flames any second now.
"Come on, boy." Mr. Donaldson led the dog across the lawn and around to his own backyard.
The woman abruptly shifted her gaze to Nathan. "You're not going to do anything about what that monster did to my cat?"
"I'm sorry," he said, shaking his head, "but it was an accident." And quite frankly, he had bigger monsters at the moment to concern himself with.
Her cheeks darkened as something that resembled lightning shot out of her eyes. "Well, that's just great!"
Nathan gestured at the towel. "Would you like me to take the cat away for you?"
His words were met with an icy silence.
"If you want, I can bury him for you—"
She turned on her heel and went through the front door, slamming it behind her.
"Or not," he said with a sigh.
Nathan wiped the sweat from his forehead as he walked up the steps to the station house. They were just barely into June and the temperatures had already climbed into the nineties.
Norma was waiting for him as he came through the door. "Collins radioed in and said they found the victim's purse. Her name's Missy Rosenberg. She lives over in Wibaux County."
"Did you get hold of her family?"
She nodded and handed him a slip of paper. "Her mother's on her way over."
Shit. Nathan crumpled the paper between his fingers. "Where's the body now?"
"The morgue, why—"
"Go ahead and arrange for Harry to do the autopsy now."
"But you know he won't do it unless the next of kin has been notified first."
He shook his head impatiently. "Norma, I need you to do this for me right now. Before the mother comes. Understand?"
Norma's pencil-drawn eyebrows crinkled up as she looked at him. She liked Nathan, but didn't like the fact that sometimes he avoided protocol. "All right," she said after a moment.
"Thank you," he said softly. "Tell him I'm on my way over."
Dr. Jensen leaned over Missy Rosenberg's body, carefully examining the wounds on her chest.
Nathan stood in the far corner of the room, silently watching. The girl's skin had turned a pasty green, and was now filleted like a fish. He crossed his arms and swallowed hard, trying to keep the gag from coming up.
The doctor gave him a curious glance. "Do you want to come closer to see?"
"No, I'm fine where I'm at."
He seemed to be smiling through his mask as he put the callipers away. "Well, it looks to be the same cause of death as the other three. Whatever he used, punctured the aorta. She died within two minutes."
"Any skin or hair under her fingernails?" Nathan asked, hoping against hope that the killer had made a mistake this time.
"No, she's clean," Jensen said, stripping off his gloves. "There was no evidence of forced intercourse either. The only other marks I found on her were where her wrists were bound." He held up the plastic bag with the stone in it. "The writing on it is blood…I'm sure the test will confirm it's the victim's."
"How soon will you have the results?"
Jensen tilted his head. "You know, Nathan, I do have live patients to attend to."
Nathan sighed inwardly. Besides serving as Silver Creek's coroner for the past twenty years, Jensen was also the town's beloved obstetrician. The two jobs rarely interfered with one another, but when they did, he made it clear where his priorities lay. "I know you're busy, Harry," he said after a moment. "But this is really important."
The doctor pushed his glasses up, letting them rest on top of his head. "I'll put a rush on it."
Nathan nodded in appreciation. Despite all his bellyaching, Jensen was extremely good at his job. "Any guess on what he used to kill her?"
"No, I've never seen anything like it. But I can tell you that he used a lot of force. It went right through her aorta, nearly severing it."
A nurse in scrubs poked her head through the swinging door. "Excuse me. The victim's mother is here to identify the body."
Nathan suddenly cast his gaze upon the floor.
Dr. Jensen pursed his lips. "Give me two minutes, Jean."
The nurse nodded and disappeared.
"Goddamn it, Nathan! You said you wouldn't do that to me again!"
"I'm sorry, Harry, but she was Jewish. I was afraid her mother would've stood in the way. I'd rather beg for forgiveness."
"Well, that's just great for you," he said, grabbing a sterile sheet, "but I'm always the one left holding the bag! This girl's mother is coming in to see her daughter, and she's lying here cut open and dressed like a deer!"
"I'm sorry," he said, moving past him and out the door.
"I seriously doubt that," Jensen grumbled.
Nathan made his way across the waiting room and stopped at the counter, which was vacated at the moment. As he waited for the nurse to return, he noticed a small woman with short brown hair sitting in one of the chairs that lined the wall. Her hands were clasped tightly together as she stared at the floor.
"Did you get everything you needed, Chief?"
The woman suddenly looked up, locking eyes with him.
He quickly shifted his attention to Jean, who was now standing behind the counter. "Yes, thanks."
The woman watched him as he leaned over the desk and said something to the nurse in a low voice.
The nurse involuntarily glanced at her and then nodded.
Nathan made his way up the stairs and to the exit. Before his hands touched the door he could hear the woman's wails.
"Need anything else, Chief?" the waitress asked, sliding his burger and fries in front of him.
"I'm good, thanks," he answered loud enough to be heard over the chatter. Even though it was late in the afternoon, the small diner was packed.
"All right," she said, leaving the bill face down on the counter.
Nathan glanced at the crowd around him. Most, if not all of them, were vacationers. From May through September people from all over flocked to Silver Creek. The town sat nestled right in the middle of Prairie County, and held the distinct title of being the largest lake in the tri-state area, boasting nearly three hundred miles of shoreline.
As he began salting his fries, he found himself wishing for October. He longed for the peace and quiet that the first frost always brought.
"Hey, Nathan," Collins said as he took the stool next to him.
"Did you learn anything new from Jensen?"
"Nothing that we didn't already know from the others."
Jack rubbed his forehead and sighed. "I don't like this, Nathan. This guy is killing people right under our—"
"I know," he answered, cutting him off.
His deputy gave him a bewildered look.
Nathan gestured with his eyes. "There are too many ears here."
Jack glanced around the room as if noticing the crowd of people for the very first time. "Sorry."
"It's all right," Nathan said, feeling his frustration.
The waitress came over and pulled a pad from the front of her apron. "Hey, Jack. What can I get for you?"
"Same as the chief."
"Sure thing," she said, slipping her pen back over her ear. "Congratulations, by the way. I hear you and Cheryl are having a girl."
He suddenly broke into a broad grin. "Yep."
"I'll get your order right out."
Jack's smile faded as quickly as it had come when he caught Nathan's gaze.
"A girl, huh? That's great, Jack."
He gave him an awkward nod and looked away. "Yeah."
The clinking of plates and glasses overtook the restaurant as an uneasy silence surrounded them.
Mrs. Rosenberg's fingers trembled as she took the Styrofoam cup from Nathan.
He closed the door to the interrogation room, which also served as the employee break room, and sat down across from her. He placed his hands flat on the metal table and drew a deep breath. "Mrs. Rosenberg, I'm very sorry about your daughter."
She gave him a nod, seemingly too distraught to speak at the moment.
A young woman, who had accompanied her to the station, reached over and squeezed her forearm. "I'm Missy's friend, Tiffany," she explained when she noticed him staring at her.
Nathan pulled a pen from his shirt pocket. "Can either of you tell me why Missy was in Silver Creek?"
Tiffany's eyes immediately began to water. "Missy and I came up here two days ago. We were renting a cabin on the lake…" Her voice trailed off as the reality of the whole situation began to sink in.
"When was the last time you saw or spoke with her?"
"About three o'clock yesterday."
She gave him a slight shrug. "We were on the beach, just hanging around. Then I met this guy, and he asked me to go jet skiing with him." Tears began to roll down her cheeks. "I didn't want to leave her by herself, but Missy told me to go on. She said that she would meet me back at the cabin around six. We'd made plans to have dinner at The Sea Shack."
"And did you?"
"No," she replied, wiping her eyes. "When I got back to the cabin she wasn't there. About an hour later, she texted me saying she'd met a guy and told me not to wait up for her."
He made some notes on the legal pad in front of him before continuing. "Did you find that odd?"
"No," she said definitively. "I was happy for her. She'd been so sad lately. I was glad that she'd met someone."
"Why was she sad?"
"She had just broken up with her fiancé," Mrs. Rosenberg spoke quietly.
Nathan looked over at her, having forgotten that she was in the room.
"Missy was completely devastated. I remember being happy when she told me she was coming here with Tiffany. I thought the sun might do her some good."
He reached behind him for a box of tissues and placed it in front of her. "Did she say anything else to you about this guy she'd met?" he asked, directing his question at Tiffany. "Anything at all?"
"No, nothing."
"What did you do before going to the beach?"
"We slept in because—" She stopped and gave Missy's mother an apologetic look. "We were both a little hung over. After we'd gotten ready, we went over to the boardwalk. We had some lunch, bought some souvenirs…stuff like that."
"During the time you were together, did you ever see anybody watching you, or following you?"
"No, not that I was aware of," she replied, seeming startled by his question. "I mean, the beach was full of people yesterday. Even if someone had been, I doubt if we would have noticed."
He slid the pad over to her. "I need for you to write down the name and number of Missy's fiancé. And I'll need your keys to the cabin."
Mrs. Rosenberg's breath jerked out of her. "Chief Sommers?"
"Yes?" he said, forcing himself to look at her.
"When can we take my daughter's body home? I want to bury her as soon as possible."
"The coroner has signed off on the release form, so you can make the arrangements today, if you wish."
She suddenly stood up and grabbed her purse.
Nathan pushed his chair back and got to his feet. "Ma'am, if there's anything I can do, please don't hesitate to ask."
"I think you've done enough," she said, giving him a cold look. "You've already seen to it that her body was desecrated."
Nathan sat in his office staring at the contents of Missy's purse. Everything lay spread out in front of him as he went over each of the items. Inside her billfold, he found two folded receipts. One was for an ATM withdrawal made yesterday morning at ten-thirty for fifty dollars. The other was for some merchandise purchased on the boardwalk. He counted the bills and saw that she had around thirty-five dollars left. It appeared that her credit cards were still intact.
He picked up her Blackberry and began scrolling through her pictures. The most recent one was of her standing on the beach near the water's edge. The angle of the photo was slightly tilted, indicating to him that it was a selfie. This was the last photo taken of her before she died. The last footprint she had left upon this earth—yet it led to nowhere.
Grazing over the screen with his thumb, he quickly checked her outgoing calls. Over the past three days, she had phoned her mother twice, with the last call being made around eleven o'clock.
A further check of her voice mail revealed she had not received any recent messages, but she had sent a text to Tiffany around seven-thirty last night. It read, 'T met a QT so dwu4me. M'.
"Good night, Chief," Norma called to him.
"See you in the morning," he said absently as he stared at the words. "Norma, wait." He pushed his chair back and ran out of his office.
She stopped and looked at him expectantly.
"What does this mean?" He held the Blackberry up for her to see.
She fingered her reading glasses that hung from a chain around her neck and peered down at the small screen. Her nose crinkled as she squinted. "Met a cutie…don't wait up for me."
Nathan scratched the side of his head as he turned the phone back around.
"You know, Chief," Norma said, arching an eyebrow, "you really need to get out more."
It was well after nine by the time Nathan finally arrived home that evening. He laid his gun down on the table beside him and sat down wearily in the brown leather recliner. He let his head rest against the back of it and closed his eyes, trying to shut out the day. But Missy Rosenberg's face, as well as the cries from her mother, still lingered in his mind, making it impossible to do so.
A bitter sigh fell from his lips as his eyes snapped open. During his years spent as a homicide detective, he'd always felt that it was his job to bring justice for the dead. Putting the killer behind bars gave him a sense of satisfaction that he was bringing closure to their loved ones.
Over the last few weeks, however, he'd slowly begun to realize just how wrong he was. For when darkness fell at the end of the day, those that had fallen prey to evil would still be dead…and their families would still be grieving for them.
He slowly sat forward and leaned over to untie his work boots. As he did, his wedding picture caught his eye, just like it had every night for the past two years. He kicked off his boots and picked up the silver frame.
He let his fingers trace over Jenny's face, all the while wishing he could feel her skin. There were times that he could almost capture it. It was always there, but just out of his reach.
Nathan's emotions began to churn, causing him to set the frame down. Wanting to avoid the impending tears, he quickly moved his attention to the case files in his lap.
One by one, he opened up the folders and laid them out meticulously on the coffee table in front of him. His eyes were immediately drawn to the first victim. Carol Fuqua was a bank teller who had worked right across the street from the station house. Well-known and well-liked, her death had sent shockwaves of terror across this close-knit community.
He began sifting through the photos that had been taken at the crime scene, hoping to find something that he'd missed. The images he'd come to know by heart reflected back at him, yet revealed nothing new. By the time he got to the last picture, his jaw had grown rigid. Carol's hands had been bound behind her so tightly that the duct tape had left deep lacerations in her wrists.
No longer wishing to view them, he flipped the photos over and concentrated on reading through his notes. Her father had placed a frantic call to the police when she hadn't come home from work the night of May eleventh. While a routine search had turned up nothing, the next afternoon Carol's car had been found on a rural road near Graves Landing. The keys were still in the ignition, but they, along with the rest of the vehicle, had been wiped clean of fingerprints. Two days later, a fisherman had found her body in some tall brush by the water's edge.
Nathan had spent the next few days interviewing everyone that knew Carol on a personal level, and even though they were all as shocked as he was to learn of her violent death, none of them seemed to know anything. The information her father had provided was vague. He thought she had a prepaid cell phone but a search of her car hadn't turned one up.
He solemnly closed the file and rubbed the back of his neck before moving on to the next one. As the minutes ticked away, the frustration inside of him began to grow. Four women, all of them young and pretty, had been found murdered around the lake, but the similarities stopped after that. Carol was a local, while the others were from neighboring counties. Their hair types weren't even the same.
The killer had left no fingerprints, no hairs, no fibers—no clues of any kind behind. And the murder weapon itself was just as perplexing. It caused two small wounds over the heart, sometimes rupturing the aorta, but always puncturing it. The openings were relatively small in diameter, and evenly spaced three inches apart.
He studied the photo of the stone that had been found inside the mouth of the third victim, a twenty-eight-year-old teacher from Wibaux County. Dr. Jensen confirmed that it had been placed there post-mortem. This was the same conclusion on all the women. The rocks were small, round, and smooth to the touch. Unfortunately, there wasn't anything unique about them as they could be found anywhere along the shoreline.
The minutes turned into hours for Nathan, and it was after midnight before he fell into bed. But even as darkness surrounded him, he found that his mind was still processing the cases, refusing to let him sleep. There were so many unanswered questions. Was the killer a local, or just passing through? Did he like to stand around and watch the police? Had he been watching them this morning?
He slipped his hands behind his head and stared at the ceiling fan as it slowly turned above him. He wished that he had at least one piece of concrete evidence. Just something that would point him in the right direction.
After a moment, he turned over on his side and forced his eyes to close. His hand instinctively moved along the mattress in search of Jenny. She, of course, wasn't there, nor would she ever be there again. His throat began to ache as her loss washed over him again for the thousandth time.
"Can I get you some coffee, Chief Sommers?" The mayor's aide offered him a courteous smile as she showed him in.
"No, I'm good. Thanks, Erin."
"He should be here momentarily," she said, walking towards the door.
He couldn't help noticing that her perfume lingered for far too long after she had gone. He checked his watch before letting his eyes wander around the mayor's spacious office. Filled with expensive knick-knacks and handmade cherry furniture, it was no comparison to the prefabricated desks and folding tables that decorated the station house.
His feet sank into the plush carpeting as he walked over to one of the windows. Crystal Park sat directly across the street, giving him a bird's-eye view. It was impressive, to say the least, and Nathan probably would have allowed himself to enjoy it if not for the fact that four girls had been murdered in the city he'd been sworn to protect. Feeling his anxiousness returning, he moved away from the glass.
Several mounted fish, two of which had been caught at Silver Creek, adorned the walls. The mayor was an avid fisherman and Nathan had heard the stories of how he had landed each and every one several times over.
He shifted his gaze to the eight-foot blue marlin that hung behind his desk. It was the mayor's pride and joy, and it was so big that it just barely fit between the windows. The cobalt blue on the fish's back shimmered brightly against the warm beige paint of the walls. The mayor had caught it off the southern tip of Florida during a fishing expedition a few years ago. Nathan shook his head, realizing that he could almost recite the story by heart.
A large aerial portrait of the lake was fixed above the conference table on the far side of the room. It was an old photo, having been taken nearly forty years ago. Nathan had always liked the picture. It reflected the natural beauty the lake once held. There was only one road leading to it from the town, and the only objects surrounding it were the trees.
Today, the north side of the lake held over fifty cabins. More than twenty acres of forest had been eradicated in order to make room for them.
Silver Creek Lake had been upgraded in the late seventies, as this small, struggling town recognized the potential revenue it could bring. Countless tons of white sand had been brought in to make the shoreline. It wasn't long before the town was on the map.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Nathan."
He turned from the picture and nodded. "Good morning, Tom."
The mayor looked at him and sighed before taking the seat behind his desk. "This is a hell of a way to kick off the summer."
Nathan bit his tongue as he sat down across from him. When it came to his chief of police, the mayor was all business.
Tom Manning's stern gaze went from him, to the photo that graced the top of his desk.
Nathan shifted uncomfortably in his chair. Although he couldn't see the picture, he knew it was of Jenny.
"I need an update on the situation." Manning took off his glasses and began polishing them with the wide end of his necktie.
"The fourth victim was from Wibaux. The mother identified the body yesterday—"
"I don't care about any of that," he said, waving his hand as if the information was irrelevant. "Do you have any leads? Any clues?"
Nathan hesitated. "No."
Manning stood up and marched over to the portrait of the lake. "These killings have to stop." He tapped his index finger against the middle of the photo. "This is our bread and butter. We live for the summers. And the people deserve the right to come here and enjoy themselves without the risk of being murdered. I just came from a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce and they told me that tourism is down nearly thirty percent for the season."
Nathan got to his feet and went to stand on the other side of the picture. "I've got my men knocking on every cabin. We're stopping every tourist and asking them if they've seen or heard anything."
"What about the FBI? Are they coming?"
"They're sending me a profiler. He's supposed to be here today."
"That's it?"
Nathan folded his arms across his chest. "That's all they're willing to do at the moment."
The muscle in Manning's jaw twitched as he shook his head. "From now on, I want a daily update."
Nathan stifled a sigh as he turned to leave. "Yes, sir."
"Sommers?"
He stopped and looked over his shoulder.
"You know that this is an election year."
Nathan nodded, surprised that it had taken him this long to remind him.
The mayor looked back at the photo. "We'll both be out of a job if you don't put an end to this soon."
Nathan met Jack on the steps outside the station house. "Where are you headed?" he asked, stepping out of his way.
"I've got to get to court," he called over his shoulder. "You know that Hemmings always rules against us if we're late."
Nathan pursed his lips. Judge Hemmings was a crotchety old fart who thought that the sun rose and set with him.
"By the way, that profiler from the FBI is here. I gave him the files and put him in the interrogation room."
A slight sense of relief came over Nathan. Maybe now they would have something to go on. "Thanks."
"I'll see you later."
As he watched Jack hurry down the sidewalk, he caught sight of someone faintly familiar coming towards him. It was the cat lady from yesterday. Unfortunately, she was too close for him to duck inside and pretend that he hadn't seen her. As she drew near, he gave her an awkward nod. "Ma'am."
"Chief Sommers," she replied curtly.
He opened his mouth to say something else, but she had already gone past. He leaned against the rail and sighed as he watched her cross the street. Her tiny arms swung deliberately back and forth in a no-nonsense manner before disappearing inside the bakery.
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DEPOSIT TAKEN - Jasper is a Lilac Point Himalayan. He is 5 yrs old and has spent his life in a family with several children. He likes to get your attention by rubbing his furry face around your ankles. Lovely boy.
Because of his beautiful long coat, Jasper will require regular grooming to keep him looking his handsome best.


better keywords if they can be found.
problems: if anything we want the matching version to be shorter.
it seems better to break all those uses.  Apart from that, "when"
between them.  This seems fine for the keywords in their prefix form.
However, they read very poorly in postfix form: "do_stuff() case Int".
read as an English modifier at all.


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Q: sequelize: join three tables Consider these tables
const User = sequelize.define('users', {
  name: {
    type: Sequelize.TEXT
  },
  password: {
    type: Sequelize.TEXT
  },
  status: {
    type: Sequelize.BIGINT,
    field: 'statusId',
  },
  date_of_birth: {
    type: Sequelize.DATE
  },
});

const Status = sequelize.define('statuses', {
  name: {
    type: Sequelize.TEXT
  },
});

const UserRate = sequelize.define('user_rates', {
  title: {
    type: Sequelize.TEXT
  },
  user: {
    type: Sequelize.BIGINT,
    field: 'userId'
  },
  comment: {
    type: Sequelize.TEXT
  },
  rate: {
    type: Sequelize.NUMBER
  },
});

User.belongsTo(Statuses, { foreignKey: 'statusId', as: 'userStatus'})

User.hasMany(UserRate, { foreignKey: 'userId', as: 'userRate' })

UserRate.findAll({ include: ['userRate']});

the query runs good, i get this:
 {
       title: 'test',
       rate: 4,
       user: 1,
       comment: 'test',
       userRate: {
          name: 'test',
          password: 'test',
          status: '1',
          date_of_birth: '11/22/1111',
       }
    }

but if i want to get this:
{
       title: 'test',
       rate: 4,
       user: 1,
       comment: 'test',
       userRate: {
          name: 'test',
          password: 'test',
          status: '1',
          date_of_birth: '11/22/1111',
          userStatus: {
             name: 'active',
             id: 1,
          }
       }
    }

i want to include status in the user object.  I looked many places but i can't find a solution for this. i even try this:
UserRate.findAll({ include: ['userRate', 'userStatus]});

but that didn't work at all
i tried to use belongsToMany but i wasn't able to get it work, perhaps i'm not doing it right somehow.  greatly appreciate any help

A: UserRate does not doesn't have any direct association/relation with userStatus. So you to include it within User model.
UserRate.findAll({
    include: [{
        model: User, as: 'userRate',
        include: [{
            model: Status, as: 'userStatus',
        }],
    }],
});

Do not get confused by the array of object in include if you are seeing this for first time. You can include more models that should have association/relation defined with the parent that is including it.


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Bad diets more deadly than smoking, study…
Bad diets more deadly than smoking, study indicates
A balanced diet is important for a long, healthy life
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File photo: Lead author Ashkan Afshin, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington, said the researchers estimated that overall, poor diets are responsible for more deaths around the world than any other risk factor.
By The Washington Post |
PUBLISHED: April 5, 2019 at 1:24 pm | UPDATED: April 6, 2019 at 5:04 am
By Lindsey Bever | Washington Post
Too much salt – and not enough whole grains, fruits and vegetables – may be shaving years off our lives, a new analysis suggests.
In a study published Wednesday in the Lancet, researchers looked at people's eating habits across 195 countries to estimate how much poor diets contribute to mortality. Their findings? That 11 million people die each year around the world due, at least in part, to certain foods or lack thereof, according to the study.
Lead author Ashkan Afshin, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington, said the researchers estimated that overall, poor diets are responsible for more deaths around the world than any other risk factor, including cigarette smoking, known to be one of the greatest threats to public health.
The problem, he said, is not only what people are eating; but it's also what they're not eating. The study estimated that globally, 3 million deaths were attributed to too much sodium – but another 3 million deaths were attributed to too little whole grains and another 2 million deaths to too little fruit.
Experts say it confirms what health professionals have been teaching for years – a balanced diet is important for a long, healthy life.
Afshin, an assistant professor in the University of Washington's Department of Health Metrics Sciences, said researchers evaluated survey data on dietary consumption, sales of food products and household expenditures over the past three decades to estimate the impact of a poor diet on death from noncommunicable diseases, such as heart disease.
The researchers estimated that in 2017, cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of diet-related deaths around the world, followed by certain cancers and diabetes.
"The results are based on limited data and assumptions, but conclusions are consistent with major reports from public health and medical authorities," said Marion Nestle, professor emeriti of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University. Nestle noted that the researchers seem to be recommending a largely, but not exclusively, plant-based diet, "and that's what everybody is saying these days."
Afshin, lead author of the study, said countries where people eat a Mediterranean diet – high in heart-healthy fats and fiber – scored the best using the researchers' model, with Israel ranking No. 1 in terms of the least number of diet-related deaths. France and Spain ranked second and third, respectively, according to the research. Afshin defined the Mediterranean diet as one with a high intake of fruits, vegetables, nuts and healthy oils, such as olive oil.
The United States ranked No. 43.
Uzbekistan, a former Soviet republic where refined carbohydrates such as bread and pasta are staples, scored the worst, with a death rate of 891 per a population of 100,000.
Bruce Lee, associate professor of international health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and executive director of the Global Obesity Prevention Center, said the research provides further support that poor diets are associated with noncommunicable diseases, which have become a leading killer across the globe, but he noted that nutrition is not the only factor. Physical inactivity, as well as various environmental, economic and social factors, are major contributors, he said.
"Diet can contribute to noncommunicable disease (NCDs) via increased body weight and obesity, elevated blood pressure, hyperlipidemia or high levels of fat in the blood, and conditions that lead to high blood sugar levels," Lee said in an email. He added that one problem is that "unhealthy foods such as those that are highly processed with artificial ingredients are often cheaper to make, store, ship, and prepare. Therefore, such food have replaced more natural and healthy foods in food systems around the world."
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Nestle, with New York University, suggested that it makes sense that dietary risks are higher because everyone eats – but not everyone smokes. So, she said that "diet is a risk factor for everybody."
The researchers did not find a country that consistently performed well in all forms of diet. For instance, Israel, which scored the highest overall, ranked closer to the bottom when it came to intake of processed meats. But, Afshin said, the findings should urge people to try to eat better and policymakers to create and promote policies that aim to increase consumption of healthy foods.
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XOSPATA® (gilteritinib) Approved by U.S. FDA for Adult Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) with a FLT3 Mutation
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TOKYO – November 29, 2018 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D. "Astellas") today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved XOSPATA® (generic name: gilteritinib) for the treatment of adult patients who have relapsed or refractory (resistant to treatment) Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) with a FLT3 mutation as detected by an FDA-approved test. XOSPATA is an oral therapy and the first and only FLT3-targeting therapy to be approved by the FDA for this population.
The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2018, approximately 19,000 people will be diagnosed with AML in the U.S. AML has been associated with various genetic mutations. XOSPATA has demonstrated inhibitory activity against two different mutations, FLT3 internal tandem duplication (ITD) and FLT3 tyrosine kinase domain (TKD).2 Impacting approximately 30 percent of AML patients, the FLT3-ITD mutation is associated with worsened disease free survival and overall survival. , FLT3-TKD mutations impact approximately 7 percent of AML patients4 and, although the impact of these mutations is less clear, they have been associated with treatment resistance.
"Our ability to use precision medicine to help patients with FLT3-mutated AML takes an important step forward with the approval of XOSPATA," said Alexander Perl, M.D., Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania. "There is an urgent need in the clinic for more targeted agents to help patients whose disease is either refractory to the initial therapy, or who have relapsed."
"XOSPATA offers new hope to patients for whom the treatment path forward is unclear," said Steven Benner, M.D., senior vice president and global therapeutic area head, Oncology Development, Astellas. "For the first time, people with relapsed or refractory FLT3 mutation-positive AML have an FDA approved FLT3-targeting treatment available to them. The approval of XOSPATA is also a proud, landmark moment for our oncology program and marks the first approval of a medicine that will be the cornerstone of our new presence in blood cancers."
The FDA's approval of XOSPATA was based on an interim analysis of the following endpoints in the ADMIRAL clinical trial: the rate of complete remission (CR)/complete remission with partial hematologic recovery (CRh); the duration of CR/CRh (DOR); and the rate of conversion from transfusion dependence to transfusion independence. The CR/CRh rate was 21%. The median duration of CR/CRh was 4.6 months. The rate of conversion from transfusion dependence to transfusion independence was 31.1% for any 56 day post-baseline period. For patients who achieved a CR/CRh, the median time to first response was 3.6 months (range, 0.9 to 9.6 months). The CR/CRh rate was 29 of 126 in patients with FLT3-ITD or FLT3-ITD/TKD and 0 of 12 in patients with FLT3-TKD only.
Full results from the ADMIRAL trial will be submitted for presentation at an upcoming medical meeting.
The safety evaluation of XOSPATA was based on 292 patients with relapsed or refractory AML treated with 120 mg gilteritinib daily. The median duration of exposure to XOSPATA was 3 months (range 0.1 to 42.8 months). The most frequent non-hematological serious adverse reactions (≥5%) reported in patients were pneumonia (19%), sepsis (13%), fever (13%), dyspnea (7%) and renal impairment (5%). Overall, 22 of 292 patients (8%) discontinued XOSPATA treatment permanently due to an adverse reaction. The most common adverse reactions (>1%) leading to discontinuation were pneumonia (2%), sepsis (2%) and dyspnea (1%). The most common adverse reactions (≥20%) were myalgia/arthralgia (42%), transaminase increased (41%), fatigue/malaise (40%), fever (35%), non-infectious diarrhea (34%), dyspnea (34%), edema (34%), rash (30%), pneumonia (30%), nausea (27%), stomatitis (26%), cough (25%), headache (21%), hypotension (21%), dizziness (20%) and vomiting (20%).
Previously, XOSPATA was granted both Orphan Drug designation and Fast Track designation by the U.S. FDA. Gilteritinib also received Orphan Designation from the European Commission (EC) and Orphan Drug Designation from the Japan Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW). The MHLW also granted SAKIGAKE designation to gilteritinib for FLT3mut+ relapsed/refractory AML and approved the treatment for this population in September 2018.
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#ifndef WEBRTC_MODULES_AUDIO_PROCESSING_CHANNEL_BUFFER_H_
#define WEBRTC_MODULES_AUDIO_PROCESSING_CHANNEL_BUFFER_H_

#include <string.h>

#include <memory>

#include "webrtc/base/checks.h"
#include "webrtc/base/gtest_prod_util.h"
#include "webrtc/common_audio/include/audio_util.h"

namespace webrtc {

// Helper to encapsulate a contiguous data buffer, full or split into frequency
// bands, with access to a pointer arrays of the deinterleaved channels and
// bands. The buffer is zero initialized at creation.
//
// The buffer structure is showed below for a 2 channel and 2 bands case:
//
// |data_|:
// { [ --- b1ch1 --- ] [ --- b2ch1 --- ] [ --- b1ch2 --- ] [ --- b2ch2 --- ] }
//
// The pointer arrays for the same example are as follows:
//
// |channels_|:
// { [ b1ch1* ] [ b1ch2* ] [ b2ch1* ] [ b2ch2* ] }
//
// |bands_|:
// { [ b1ch1* ] [ b2ch1* ] [ b1ch2* ] [ b2ch2* ] }
template <typename T>
class ChannelBuffer {
 public:
  ChannelBuffer(size_t num_frames,
                size_t num_channels,
                size_t num_bands = 1)
      : data_(new T[num_frames * num_channels]()),
        channels_(new T*[num_channels * num_bands]),
        bands_(new T*[num_channels * num_bands]),
        num_frames_(num_frames),
        num_frames_per_band_(num_frames / num_bands),
        num_channels_(num_channels),
        num_bands_(num_bands) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < num_channels_; ++i) {
      for (size_t j = 0; j < num_bands_; ++j) {
        channels_[j * num_channels_ + i] =
            &data_[i * num_frames_ + j * num_frames_per_band_];
        bands_[i * num_bands_ + j] = channels_[j * num_channels_ + i];
      }
    }
  }

  // Returns a pointer array to the full-band channels (or lower band channels).
  // Usage:
  // channels()[channel][sample].
  // Where:
  // 0 <= channel < |num_channels_|
  // 0 <= sample < |num_frames_|
  T* const* channels() { return channels(0); }
  const T* const* channels() const { return channels(0); }

  // Returns a pointer array to the channels for a specific band.
  // Usage:
  // channels(band)[channel][sample].
  // Where:
  // 0 <= band < |num_bands_|
  // 0 <= channel < |num_channels_|
  // 0 <= sample < |num_frames_per_band_|
  const T* const* channels(size_t band) const {
    RTC_DCHECK_LT(band, num_bands_);
    return &channels_[band * num_channels_];
  }
  T* const* channels(size_t band) {
    const ChannelBuffer<T>* t = this;
    return const_cast<T* const*>(t->channels(band));
  }

  // Returns a pointer array to the bands for a specific channel.
  // Usage:
  // bands(channel)[band][sample].
  // Where:
  // 0 <= channel < |num_channels_|
  // 0 <= band < |num_bands_|
  // 0 <= sample < |num_frames_per_band_|
  const T* const* bands(size_t channel) const {
    RTC_DCHECK_LT(channel, num_channels_);
    RTC_DCHECK_GE(channel, 0u);
    return &bands_[channel * num_bands_];
  }
  T* const* bands(size_t channel) {
    const ChannelBuffer<T>* t = this;
    return const_cast<T* const*>(t->bands(channel));
  }

  // Sets the |slice| pointers to the |start_frame| position for each channel.
  // Returns |slice| for convenience.
  const T* const* Slice(T** slice, size_t start_frame) const {
    RTC_DCHECK_LT(start_frame, num_frames_);
    for (size_t i = 0; i < num_channels_; ++i)
      slice[i] = &channels_[i][start_frame];
    return slice;
  }
  T** Slice(T** slice, size_t start_frame) {
    const ChannelBuffer<T>* t = this;
    return const_cast<T**>(t->Slice(slice, start_frame));
  }

  size_t num_frames() const { return num_frames_; }
  size_t num_frames_per_band() const { return num_frames_per_band_; }
  size_t num_channels() const { return num_channels_; }
  size_t num_bands() const { return num_bands_; }
  size_t size() const {return num_frames_ * num_channels_; }

  void SetDataForTesting(const T* data, size_t size) {
    RTC_CHECK_EQ(size, this->size());
    memcpy(data_.get(), data, size * sizeof(*data));
  }

 private:
  std::unique_ptr<T[]> data_;
  std::unique_ptr<T* []> channels_;
  std::unique_ptr<T* []> bands_;
  const size_t num_frames_;
  const size_t num_frames_per_band_;
  const size_t num_channels_;
  const size_t num_bands_;
};

// One int16_t and one float ChannelBuffer that are kept in sync. The sync is
// broken when someone requests write access to either ChannelBuffer, and
// reestablished when someone requests the outdated ChannelBuffer. It is
// therefore safe to use the return value of ibuf_const() and fbuf_const()
// until the next call to ibuf() or fbuf(), and the return value of ibuf() and
// fbuf() until the next call to any of the other functions.
class IFChannelBuffer {
 public:
  IFChannelBuffer(size_t num_frames, size_t num_channels, size_t num_bands = 1);

  ChannelBuffer<int16_t>* ibuf();
  ChannelBuffer<float>* fbuf();
  const ChannelBuffer<int16_t>* ibuf_const() const;
  const ChannelBuffer<float>* fbuf_const() const;

  size_t num_frames() const { return ibuf_.num_frames(); }
  size_t num_frames_per_band() const { return ibuf_.num_frames_per_band(); }
  size_t num_channels() const { return ibuf_.num_channels(); }
  size_t num_bands() const { return ibuf_.num_bands(); }

 private:
  void RefreshF() const;
  void RefreshI() const;

  mutable bool ivalid_;
  mutable ChannelBuffer<int16_t> ibuf_;
  mutable bool fvalid_;
  mutable ChannelBuffer<float> fbuf_;
};

}  // namespace webrtc

#endif  // WEBRTC_MODULES_AUDIO_PROCESSING_CHANNEL_BUFFER_H_

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Oncology Venture and Citrix partner to scale personalized cancer treatments
Oncology Venture is a unique drug development company that provides precision therapies for cancer patients. The business has just raised SEK100 million to expand its operations.
Principal Infrastructure Engineer Ulrik Christensen explains that the business currently has a relatively small core of employees located in five offices and labs in Denmark and the US. However, "We work with all kinds of partners. Our drug manufacturing is in India and we are working with labs, clinicians and contract research organisations (CROs) all around the world."
With a small team, the ability to provide a reliable, easy-to-support desktop on any hardware platform was essential. It was also important to secure the sharing of files and data with other organisations. As the business prepares to expand its services, Christensen also needed to be sure that security and cost-effectiveness could be maintained.
After reviewing several factors such as cost structure, performance reliability and other key metrices, Oncology Venture chose to implement Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops within the organization because, as Christensen says, "We needed a standard desktop that would work on any endpoint: Apple, Windows, Google Chromebook or mobile phone. The alternative was spending three or four hours a day on basic support issues. We chose Citrix because we know it works. Citrix just makes things easier."
Secure file-sharing protects intellectual property and patient data
Oncology Venture handles sensitive information on several levels. First of all the privacy of the individual patient cannot be compromised, and secondly the company's propitiatory Drug Response Prediction technology, called DRP®, needs to be handled in an environment where access and usage can be controlled and monitored by the Oncology Venture team. In addition, the company needs to handle a lot of information from third party organizations, such as drug manufacturers and researchers in a speedy and yet highly secure manner
Deploying Citrix with a standard set of office productivity tools enabled Oncology Venture to achieve an easy-of-use solution and at the same time harvest the productivity gains of using a simple, stable desktop from any device, anywhere. From there, users began to request he add specialist medical and research apps for users.
"We want to make people more efficient in their daily work," Christensen explains, "and with Citrix we have a single point of access to everything. That helps both efficiency and security."
Oncology Venture now uses Citrix Files to securely share information with clients and partner firms. "It's our primary system," says Christensen. "We don't have files on USB drives. Everything is kept securely in our data center."
Christensen's preferred choice for user devices is the Google Chromebook. "They are so simple, and they are one of the most secure endpoint devices offered at Oncology Venture. There's very little software on the device and no data, so it can't be compromised. Using a Chromebook and a Citrix login, we have secure access to our data and valuable IP."
Currently, Oncology Venture processes patient's cancer tissue samples in its own labs, analyzing each sample's messenger-RNA to recommend each patient a precise treatment to meet the individual patient's needs. Obviously, security of confidential patient data is of the highest priority. As the business gets set to expand access to its Drug Response Predictor (DRP), Christensen is working with Citrix to help protect its data at scale.
"We need to make DRP secure for outside users and we are exploring Citrix ADC [formerly NetScaler ADC] to sit in front of Kubernetes and enable us to scale DRP securely."
"We save about 10 hours a month on updates"
Oncology Venture runs on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and the company was one of the first users of Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS) for GCP.
"Before we had we prepared all the image updates manually. It would easily take one day a month," Christensen says.
"With MCS, we save about 10 hours per month. But more than that, the workflow is better so I can respond more quickly to staff requests. We can add new apps or functionality within a few hours and it only needs a system reboot. Often, users don't even notice."
As a result, Christensen now spends less time on either desktop support or system maintenance and can focus on creating greater value for the fast-growing business.
Autoscale saves money by managing peaks and troughs
Oncology Venture has staff in Denmark and the United States. System usage hits a peak in the Danish afternoon, as US users come online. As Denmark goes home for the evening, overall usage drops.
"We use Autoscale, which comes with Citrix Apps and Desktops service, to automatically manage these system peaks and troughs," Christensen explains. "When resources are not required, it automatically shuts down the unneeded workloads, booting them up again when both countries come online. Autoscale saves us a lot of money on our cloud costs."
Partnering for future growth
Oncology Venture and its pioneering development of cancer drugs is set for major growth and Citrix will be alongside to support as the business expands.
"We are being asked to deliver more and more on Citrix, because people know it works," he says. "And, we're ready to work other partner companies very quickly because of Citrix. On IT, we used to lag behind other organisations. With Citrix, we can do things faster and easier. We're now leading the way and offering better service to our partners, as well."
Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) is powering a better way to work with unified workspace, networking, and analytics solutions that help organizations unlock innovation, engage customers, and boost productivity, without sacrificing security. With Citrix, users get a seamless work experience and IT has a unified platform to secure, manage, and monitor diverse technologies in complex cloud environments. Citrix solutions are in use by more than 400,000 organizations including 99 percent of the Fortune 100 and 98 percent of the Fortune 500.
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