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Q: QwtPlot: making last plotted point look in a different color or size I have a system which is drawing points into a QwtPlot. What I want is getting the last plotted point at any time plotted in a different color, so I can always know which has been the last plotted point by the moment.
Is there any direct way of doing this, or how could I approach this?

A: You could use a QwtPlotMarker. The following code is extracted from the qwt example called "Bode", and is located in a subclass from QwtPlot (i.e. this is a sub-class of QwtPlot):
d_mrk2 = new QwtPlotMarker();
d_mrk2->setLineStyle(QwtPlotMarker::HLine);
d_mrk2->setLabelAlignment(Qt::AlignRight | Qt::AlignBottom);
d_mrk2->setLinePen(QPen(QColor(200,150,0), 0, Qt::DashDotLine));
d_mrk2->setSymbol( QwtSymbol(QwtSymbol::Diamond, QColor(Qt::yellow), QColor(Qt::green), QSize(7,7)));
d_mrk2->attach(this);

and later in the example the marker is located by:
d_mrk2->setValue(x, y);

For further informations have a look at the Qwt "Bode" example, which should be located in the qwt directory.


Looking for a romantic vacation spot to escape the bustle of everyday life and enjoy alone time with your special someone? There are many destinations to choose from and choosing one really depends on what your idea is novel, but it is usually a picturesque place with lots of peace and quiet.
Barbados is a romantic getaway that is in no doubt to thrill. Its location in the Eastern Caribbean is a short flight for those who live on the east coast and is known for its coastal scenery and beaches. Barbados offers privacy and solitude, but also plenty of restaurants, nightlife and shops.
Another place to warm temperatures is a romantic vacation in Tahiti, situated in the Pacific Ocean. Not only full of attractive beaches of Tahiti, but it also offers a blend of customs because it is part of French Polynesia. The equatorial location provides beautiful the island year round weather. Many plants are in couples seeking romance and their conveniences are geared to couples looking for quiet time.
Also located in the Pacific Ocean, are the Hawaiian Islands. The six islands are each unique and something to offer for everyone. Most are isolated Kauai (nicknamed the "Garden Isle) and the Big Island of Hawaii. If you want a combination of isolation and nightlife then Maui offers a nice selection of resorts and amusement. Not only Hawaii a tropical paradise, but the people are known for their easy going attitude hence the slogan "Aloha State.
Beach destinations are not for everyone, you will not like the heat or the high price tag. On the east coast of the Pocono Mountains offers fresh air and plenty of places to spend time with your sweetheart. Similarly, Big Sur in the west offer fresh sea air and beautiful views of the seashore.
Stay away from the stresses of everyday life and travel to vacation where you can have time with your special person.


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Alistair Griffin was our Friday House Band act and sounded amazing singing Just Drive, see the action on our FB page.
Anne from Snappy was on air asking businesses to donate £100 and join their Club 100 as they have lost some of their council funding!
Win a trip to the Vue in York to see any film of your choice if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are counting down the top 50 TV catchphrases of all time and this morning the quote was "The truth is out there" from The X Files.
This week you could be winning a family ticket to Poppleton Gin Festival this Saturday.
Today it was Cats Keys and Cat played The Flinstones theme and Ben Hepworth won the gin related prize.
Today Steph was gutted when she couldn't name 5 Ben and Holly characters.
We spoke to John Hemmingham from the England Band live in Russia about England's World Cup game tonight in Belgium, all the England fans are singing the bands version of September about Russia and Vodka!
Tomorrow morning Alistair Griffin will be our House Band artist and singing his England song 'England Crazy'.
We are counting down the top 50 TV catchphrases of all time and this morning the quote was "Listen very carefully I will say wiz only onse" and the answer was Allo Allo.
Today it was The Baffler and Sophie and Kristopher won the tickets.
Today Rachel couldn't name 5 Peppa Pig charcaters.
When it comes to remaking or rebooting a popular franchise with an all-female cast, I can't help but feel somewhat opposed to the idea.
While I think the idea of a female lead heist film or any female lead genre film can have a lot of potential and is definitely something we need more of, I see no reason as to why it has to be connected to the Oceans series or any other male lead franchise because by doing that you are basically inviting people to compare them based on gender while disregarding the quality of both films, which I think is a completely backwards way of discussing film as an art form. We saw this happen with Ghostbusters in 2016. A film that no one wanted regardless of the cast and as a result did very little business at the box office and now hear we are with Oceans 8, which despite being a female lead remake I was still optimistic for it and hoping I would at least have a good time. It's important to point out that I'm going to be reviewing this film like I would any other film. I will also not be comparing to the previous entries directed by Steven Soderbergh as I haven't really seen any of them with the exception of 30 minutes of the first one on TV but honestly after a watching this new version, I wished I stayed home and binged them instead.
Now despite not having watched the previous films, there are a few heist films that I really enjoy and all of them include specific elements that make them work. You have the compelling conflict and motivation for why the protagonists want to commit this crime and what it will mean for them, you have the slick filmmaking techniques that serve to guide the viewer in their complex plan. That would include slick cinematography and editing to show the ins and outs of their plan, you introduce quirky and interesting side characters, both are good at different things and serve a purpose to pulling the heist off and half way through their plan would hit a snag that puts our hero's in jeopardy, making the film more unpredictable for the viewer. All of this would lead to some kind of twist that's surprising but wraps the story in a nice bow so that when the film is over, the viewer is completely satisfied. Non of what I said is present in Oceans 8. It's a heist movie with no style of its own, no characters to get invested in, no compelling conflict, no interesting twists, nothing. It's the most flatly directed heist film I have ever seen in all my years as a fan of film. I guess the blame goes towards director Gary Ross who helmed the first Hunger Games film before being replaced. His style can be summed up by pointing the camera at certain shots while not doing anything creative visually and add in a few distracting zooms and flip cuts and swipe cuts in post to make up for how flat and lifeless everything is and also because that's what Soderbergh did in the original. Despite not finishing all of Oceans 11 I can at least tell that it had more style and character then any of Oceans 8. It's almost as if they thought that adding women in the cast was enough to sell this as a good product. Which I find kind of insulting. Especially to the women who are going to see it because of the cast.
Speaking of the cast, all of them are given very little to work with. Which is a shame because unlike Ghostbusters where you either liked or hated the cast, the cast of Oceans 8 comprise of many fantastic and well loved stars who have proven themselves to be major talents but unfortunately, I can't tell you anything remotely about their characters that I remember and most of them are pretty much are playing archetypes of themselves. The only one who comes across as a distinct character with a motive to join in on the heist is Helena Bonham Carter as the washed-up fashion designer (already forgotten her name) who is massively in debt and has nothing left to lose. Anne Hathaway (probably my fav out of the entire cast) Gets some funny moments, playing the shallow, self-indulgent supermodel who plays an important part in the heist despite her not knowing what she is being used for. Bullock's Debbie Ocean's only motive is later revealed as an act of revenge for the man who wronged her years ago, while revenge can and has proven to be a compelling motive to set the plot in motion, here its most certainly isn't. As for the rest of the characters there really isn't anything to latch onto as they are given no real motive to join Sandra Bullock other than that she's their friend. They seemed to be coping just fine without the money. How I'm I supposed to care for these people or feel emotionally attached if there isn't any justifiable motivation for doing something that could get them thrown in the slammer. The film makes no attempt in having you feel anything for them. The script feels incomplete.
I take no pleasure in saying this but Oceans 8 is one of the biggest disappointments of the year so far and proves that just because you have a cast full of women taking centre stage in a franchise film, It doesn't equate to an enjoyable, well written and well-made film. People will enjoy this film just because of the cast and the cast only and more power to them but for me that isn't enough to give this film a pass. A good heist film I would recommend is last year's Logan Lucky oddly enough directed by Steven Soderbergh, a film that has actors who are actually playing interesting characters and not bland archetypes of themselves, a conflict that's compelling and interesting, loads of laughs, twist and turns. Everything that a heist film and a good film in general should be.
Coffee goggles help you put up with annoying colleagues so Ben is having 17 cups a day to get through the show…Roxy says she never drank coffee until she met Ben!
Baby update and Ben's friends new born is still called Baby after 7 days, Ben has names for a boy and girl he isn't even having…Kara for a girl and Kalel, both Superman inspired.
Win a new Minster FM pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are counting down the top 50 TV catchphrases of all time and this morning the quote was "Nice to see you to see you nice" The Generation Game.
Today it was Cats Keys and Cat played Adams Family on the keyboard and Michelle won the family pass.
Today Dan couldn't name 5 Meryl Streep movies.
We are giving away tickets to see Roxy's new movie Habit at Everyman York next Monday at 6.30pm if you can guess what bad habits Roxy has! Today it was that Roxy sells stuff she gets for free on eBay for a profit…FALSE! She gives all the freebies to charity. Marianne Smith got it right and will be joining us at Everyman tonight.
We raised more than £500 being locked in at Monks Cross, thanks to Lisa from York Maze who paid £100 to help get us out!
Ben's wife baked a cake and decorated it with flags in England's formation yesterday (she even googled the formation to get it right)…World Cup fever is getting to everybody!
We are counting down the top 50 TV catchphrases of all time and this morning the quote was "Boom boom" from Basil Brush.
Today it was Sounds Tricky our sounds effects quiz and Emily in Goole won the tickets.
Today Megan couldn't name 5 Pixar movies.
Time to...sayee goodbyeee... sad news for me, but great news for you, as we're edging closer to 29th June, where we'll be finding out who's replacing me here!
Today was about one thing and one thing only - the Chukka Zip Line and Dunn's River Falls!
We are giving away tickets to see Roxy's new movie Habit at Everyman York next Monday at 6.30pm if you can guess what bad habits Roxy has! Today it was that gross fact that Roxy gets people to chew her gum for her to get rid of the initial burst of flavour…it was FALSE and Scott Hook won the tickets to see the movie. Last chance to win on Monday.
When we are locked in the window at Monks Cross on Saturday, Roxy will be having a pedicure to freak Ben out as he hates FEET!
We are counting down the top 50 TV catchphrases of all time and this morning the quote was "Don't panic" from Dad's Army.
This week you could be winning a family ticket to Huby & Sutton Show at Sutton Park on Sunday 24th June.
Today it was the 3 Sec Soundtrack and Paul Cuthbertson won the tickets.
Today we met a 'Director of Romance' and went on the Appleton Estate rum tour!
Another day in paradise! Today was all about Johnny Cash and the Falmouth food tour. Make sure you watch my video postcard, answer the question, and win yourself this holiday!
We are giving away tickets to see Roxy's new movie Habit at Everyman York next Monday at 6.30pm if you can guess what bad habits Roxy has! Today it was that Roxy can't pull out from a junction if she she's a red car and it was FALSE and Jo Pierson won the tickets.
Number 1 Feelgood movie is Forest Gump followed by Back To The Future and Mary Poppins, Roxy hates Mary Poppins…discuss!!!
We launched a new feature where Roxy tells us What's Hot and What's Not…Today minimal make up was hot and the new white linen dress that everyone loves from The Gap was not as it looks like a hospital gown.
We are counting down the top 50 TV catchphrases of all time and this morning the quote was "You're fired" from The Apprentice and Di in Boroughbridge won the tickets.
Today it was the impressions game Who Do You Do and Sonia Baron won the tickets.
Today Clare couldn't name 5 musicians with a knighthood.
It's a rarity when a horror film comes out that has caused such amazing buzz that its even topping The Exorcist on best horror films of all time lists. Even more of a rarity is when that film receives such a wide mainstream release as most of the well received horror films that come out to day are mainly independent films that receive some sort of limited release unable to reach to the multiplex. Hereditary the directorial debut of Ari Aster is something to behold, Not just because its one of the best films of the year and probably the most uncomfortable you will ever feel in a cinema this year, but because for once you don't have to travel 20 miles out of time to a independent cinema just to watch this film, its probably playing in your superhero blockbuster saturated multiplex as we speak. The fact that the film is doing so well in its release strategy and the auditorium in my showing was mostly full is amazing to me and will introduce audiences something that's new, innovative and thought provoking, the type of film they are not familiar with and the type of film that treats them with respect. In an age of sequels and remakes, this is something we need more then ever.
Hereditary is a film that really takes its time, letting mood and situation be creepy rather then resorting to cheap jump scares to remind us that we are watching a horror film every single scene, instead Hereditary is a depressing and harrowing family drama for the first half where each character is developed and fleshed out in subtle and meaningful ways. We are treated to fantastic performances from Toni Collete's Annie the grieving mother with so much death and sadness in her family tree. The emptiness in her face is unsettling and chilling but Ari Aster is quick to make sure that sympathy plays a big part in development and Collete's range from conveying anger, sadness and fear is petrifying in its realism. But the standout for me is Alex Wolff's son Peter who gives probably the most accurate depiction of guilt, and grief in any film ever. The feeling of doing something unforgivable and there is nothing you can do to change that. The panic attacks, the outbursts, the paranoia, the cold and stoned look on his face forces the viewer to be on edge as we watch this boy spiral into madness and insanity. Its truly one of the best performances of the year and shows that Wolff is a talent to look out for in the future.
As it isn't you conventional horror and the first half is more of a character and dialogue driven film, this is a film that you have to be patient with but thanks to the staggering performances, direction cinematography Ari Aster makes sure that there is always something for the audience to chew on, weather that would be subtle details and clues to the mystery the film presents or the realistic family dynamic on display. But director Aster makes the clever choice of starting of small when it comes to the horror elements and tension and building it up as the film goes a long unlike other mainstream horror films where they often exhaust all of what they have to offer earlier on in the film and unlike some bad horror films that constantly build with no satisfying pay off, Hereditary builds to a third act that shocks, surprises, upsets and most importantly scares both at the same time, with a sequence that rocked me to my core. With its dark lighting and clever camera work is was as if as I couldn't move out of my seat even if I wanted to. Everything comes together with no loose thread hanging and it was if I was a changed man when walking out because I witnessed horror filmmaking that was piratically flawless and there was no going to bed that night.
Its best that you go into Hereditary without reading into what the plot is. Try and avoid some the latest Tv ads they have to promote it as some of them spoil the imagery that is really effective once you see it for the first time on the big screen. I can't say that it's a easy watch but no film so far this year has hit me the way Hereditary has and when I make a top 10 favs of the year I'm going to be thinking about this film for its phenomenal performances, direction cinematography, music as well as its themes of loss, grief and how dangerous values from past generations can be pasted to future generations. I have seen the film 2 days ago and I still can't get it out of my head. I can't wait for what Ari Aster has to offer next. If you are a horror fan and you haven't see it yet then you are missing out!!!
Well, well, well. Bet you didn't think it was really happening, did you?
News Cat and I touched down in Montego Bay last night!
I've been here 12 hours, but Jamaica is outstandingly beautiful. We're 6 hours behind the UK, so I'm posting this at 5am, and am just thinking about getting ready to head to our beachfront studio to do the show. (9am-1pm for us, hometime for you!) It's all about giving YOU the opportunity to come here to Jamaica to experience the trip of a lifetime!
I'll set a question on air, and you'll have to retrieve the answer by watching my video postcard.
Ben got an Amazon Alexa for Father's Day and wants everybody who got one to enable the Minster FM skill, plus he made Alexa talk like Chewbacca every time his wife asked a question.
Dads save the nation £1bn a year by turning lights off and turning the heating down.
We launched a new feature where Roxy tells us What's Hot and What's Not…Today street food was hot and checking your phone in the cinema was not!
We are counting down the top 50 TV catchphrases of all time and this morning the quote was "I've started so I'll finish" from Mastermind.
Today it was the Singalong song and we played World In Motion and Alan in Tadcaster.
Today Steph couldn't name 5 artists who have sung a World Cup song.
Roxy's Cupcake Stall in The Shambles Market raised £1,121 for the Alzheimer's Society, thank to Team North Yorkshire for all your help!
We had Fond in as our Friday House Band and you can see their live performance on our Facebook page.
We are counting down the top 50 TV catchphrases of all time and this morning the quote was "No no no no no no, yes" from The Vicar of Dibley.
This week you could be winning a summer afternoon tea at The Principal York.
Today Mark couldn't name 5 members of the 2018 World Cup squad.
Roxy is baking cupcakes for the Alzheimer's Society for Cupcake Day and thank to Visit York we have a stall in The Shambles Market between 11am and 1pm today. This morning Roxy's Mum turned up with cupcakes as well as listeners Little Roxy and Nina to go with the cakes from the Principal York chefs.
With Father's Day on Sunday we are doing Dad quizzes this week and today Ben asked his little boy "How old is Mummy?" as he forgot it was a Dad quiz! Nick answered 8 and said that Grandma and Roxy are both 18!!
The World Cup starts today and we played Alistair Griffin's new World Cup song England Crazy and you can get it today on Spotify.
Roxy has banned Ben saying the word LITERALLY anymore and now there is a swear jar for every LITERALLY Ben says on air, it has now cost Ben £20 for the Alzheimer's Society.
We are counting down the top 50 TV catchphrases of all time and this morning the quote was "Yabba Dabba Do" from The Flinstones and Helen in Tadcaster won the tickets.
Today it was Bandety Blank and Nicola Pickering won the afternoon tea.
Roxy is baking cupcakes for the Alzheimer's Society on Thursday for Cupcake Day and thank to Visit York we have a stall in The Shambles Market between 11am and 1pm. This morning the new pastry chef from the Principal York Brian Roberts brought in brownies, cakes, equipment and a recipe to help Rox! Cat and Victoria are baking tonight, some people are now wondering what part Rox is playing in all this??!
With Father's Day on Sunday we are doing Dad quizzes this week and today Ben asked his little boy "What's Daddy's job?" and Nicholas answered "Talking". He's not worng!
Roxy has banned Ben saying the word LITERALLY anymore and now there is a swear jar for every LITERALLY Ben says on air, which word do you always use and can you stop?
We are counting down the top 50 TV catchphrases of all time and this morning the quote was "How very dare you" from The Catherine Tate Show and Angie from Acomb won the tickets.
Today it was Cats Keys and Alexa in York won the afternoon tea.
Today Pablo couldn't name 5 Sylvester Stallone movies.
Roxy is baking cupcakes for the Alzheimer's Society on Thursday for Cupcake Day and thank to Visit York we have a stall in The Shambles Market between 11am and 1pm. Rox is panicking though as she has no wisk at home! Maybe Mummy Monica will save the day and drive some cakes across from Cheshire.
With Father's Day on Sunday we are doing Dad quizzes this week and Ben asked his little boy "Whose your best friend?" and Nicholas answered "Daddy". He was not bribed to give that answer!
Roxy has a theory that everyone knows a Mark Noble, we tried to find a Mark Noble in North Yorkshire and it was a struggle, do you know a Mark Noble?
We are counting down the top 50 TV catchphrases of all time and this morning the quote was "Crazy fool" and the answer was the A-Team.
Today it was The Baffler and Steff the teacher won the afternoon tea.
Today Stephen couldn't name 5 TV comedy double acts.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is probably the most perplexing film in the entire franchise. To describe it more accurately, this is this series equivalent to Star Wars: The Last Jedi in that it's a sequel to a rebooted series which the first film (Jurassic World) was a safe rehash of the very film in the series that only existed to introduce some new characters and possibility's that would allow the franchise to continue. Star Wars: The Force Awakens existed for that exact same reason and now you get to the sequel that is meant to take the series in a new path and destroy the thing that people are used to seeing in the other films and Fallen Kingdom brings some new elements to the table does a fairly good job in taking the franchise to a new chapter as well as doing things differently from what we are used to seeing.
Unfortunately the thing that lets this film down is that the plot and characters that surround these attempts at new ideas (much like the previous entry's ) are pretty sub-par. The only character in the entire film you agree with is everyone's favourite character Ian Malcom (Jeff Goldblum who's one and only scene was spoiled in the trailers) Simply because everything he says in the short screen time he has is 100% true and us humans cannot co exist with the dinosaurs and our attempts at doing so has only ended poorly every single time in the previous films. Its just a shame that after his terrific speech we end up following our female protagonist from the last film Clare (Bryce Dallas Howard) who is bent on doing the thing we don't agree with. She wants to save the remaining dinosaurs from the abandoned island that is about to erupt from a volcano. Even worse the character herself much like the last film is not very interesting with the exception when the film tries to give her more growth and a arc of her having to come to terms of her accepting that she is responsible for the Indominous Rex reeking havoc in the last film. While the character is mostly bland I give the film credit for trying to give her more depth then what Jurassic World gave us.
The rest of the cast range from serviceable to forgettable. Chris Pratt is back as our Indiana Jones esc, wisecracking, charismatic action hero who gets some funny lines and some cool action scenes and while the character is paint by numbers, Pratt plays the role well and has a likable presence and has gone above and beyond proving that he is a capable action hero. Rafe Spall plays our antagonist who schemes to sell of the dinosaurs to animal traffickers. While Spall is a very talented British actor, he's not given much to work with and same goes for Toby Jones who puts on the worst Italian American? Accent ever. Its downright embarrassing! You have your comic relief black technician and sassy, animal rights activist. Both characters feel lifted from some quirky American indie film and what would a Jurassic Park sequel be without a child who our hero's have to constantly save from the dinosaurs?
Fallen Kingdom has a new face in the directors chair in the form of Spanish director J.A Bayona who directed A Monster Calls from 2016 and the biopic of the 2004 Tsunami The Impossible back in 2011. Both films where expertly made and with this he brings a lot of impressive sequences involving some inventive camera tricks and tracking shots and his handling of blending CGI and practical effects is a lot more effective and seamless then the last entry. In between the many eyerolling and cringeworthy moments are some very atmospheric and exciting set pieces especially in the third act where the movie moves away from the Island to a mansion where the characters have to hide from the genetically engineered raptor with all the lighting and atmosphere of a horror film. Its his involvement in the film that makes Fallen Kingdom a more enjoyable experience and he doesn't fully detract from the whimsical tone from the first film which I think is a solid move on his part. I would love him to helm directing duties for the next entry in 2 years time.
Fallen Kingdom is also saved by its ending. While it annoyed me at first ,I let it settle in and then realised what the writers where trying to do. Without spoiling it the film introduces a moral dilemma that not only do the characters have to deal with but it also fulfils its purpose by introducing change to a series that doesn't feel forced. Some might argue that the ending only exists unnecessarily try to pad this franchise out and they are completely wrong and I'm not going to disagree but It kind of makes me interested in where they go after this which is more then anything I felt in Jurassic World.
So yeah, this film is pretty dumb and if you criticised it in depth I would probably agree with you on a lot of them but I would honestly watch this again then Jurassic World simply because I would rather watch something that's flawed but ambitious then completely by the books and forgettable. Its more well made then the last one and has some cool sequences that keep you entertained and it wasn't terrible overall. So I'm kind of torn on it overall but I would say check it out and decide for yourself as the film is becoming divisive on my end. Its mostly paced well and is entertaining enough to be a passable blockbuster so....a mixed bag.
Harry will be bringing you the latest on his trip to Jamaica, right here.
Roxy doing The Worm at York Sport!
Every Friday we want to start the weekend early by inviting local acts to come in and perform live on air just after 8.30am and tell us about their upcoming gigs and releases.
This could be a pop, rock, blues, jazz or folk act, as long as they live in North Yorkshire!


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Standard CRC-32 algorithm implementation in JS (for the browser and nodejs). Emphasis on correctness, performance, and IE6+ support.
The browser exposes a variable CRC32.
When installed globally, npm installs a script crc32 that computes the checksum for a specified file or standard input.
The script will manipulate module.exports if available . This is not always desirable. To prevent the behavior, define DO_NOT_EXPORT_CRC.
In all cases, the relevant function takes an argument representing data and an optional second argument representing the starting "seed" (for rolling CRC).
The return value is a signed 32-bit integer.
CRC32.buf(byte array or buffer[, seed]) assumes the argument is a sequence of 8-bit unsigned integers (nodejs Buffer, Uint8Array or array of bytes).
CRC32.str(string[, seed]) assumes the argument is a standard JS string and calculates the hash of the UTF-8 encoding.
crc32 = CRC32.buf([83, 104])                  // -1826163454  "Sh"
crc32 = CRC32.str("eet", crc32)               //  1191034598  "Sheet"
CRC32.bstr("JS", crc32)                       // -1647298270  "SheetJS"
make test will run the nodejs-based test.
To run the in-browser tests, run a local server and go to the ctest directory. make ctestserv will start a python SimpleHTTPServer server on port 8000.
To update the browser artifacts, run make ctest.
make perf will run algorithmic performance tests (which should justify certain decisions in the code).
Please consult the attached LICENSE file for details. All rights not explicitly granted by the Apache 2.0 license are reserved by the Original Author.


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Dr Amy Seung
Senior Director, Clinical Development
AssistRx
Amy Hatfield Seung, was the Senior Director of Clinical Development at AssistRx, where she led clinical strategy for the Caret™ platform. Previously, she was the Oncology Clinical Decision Support and Hematologic Malignancies Pharmacy Clinical Specialist at The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD, US), where she also served as Director of the PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency Program. Dr Seung received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and completed her Pharmacy Practice and Oncology Specialty Residencies at the University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (Seattle, WA, US).
SPECIALTY PHARMA: HOW PRESCRIBING TECHNOLOGY AFFECTS TREATMENT OUTCOMES
New solutions are now available which streamline the Electronic Health Record workflows and automate difficult areas to aid in the problem of patient non-adherence, particularly in the specialty drug sector. Amy Seung explains how they can work.
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19 Months And 1 Pivot Later, AnyLeaf Relaunches As AnyList To Build A Better Grocery List App
Chris Velazco @chrisvelazco / 10 years
In early 2011, Y Combinator-backed AnyLeaf opened its grocery deal aggregation service to to citizens of the San Francisco Bay Area. Our own Leena Rao (and TC alumnus Greg Kumparak) thought rather highly of it, but it's been over a year since then and the team behind it has had a change of heart.
Today, the company formerly known as AnyLeaf will be officially relaunching with a new name and a new spin on its original mission. CEO and co-founder Jeff Hunter says the company — now called AnyList — still plans to improve the grocery shopping experience, this time with its thoughtful (and free) iOS-only grocery list app.
First things first: existing AnyLeaf aficionados don't need to fret just yet. Hunter doesn't plan on shuttering Bay Area-oriented grocery deals service for the time being, since it doesn't require much effort to keep it running in its current form. That said, don't expect much in the way of changes or new markets (AnyLeaf only works in the SF Bay Area) any more, since the AnyList team will be devoting all their time (and rightfully so) to the eponymous app.
So what of this app? There's no shortage of grocery list apps in Apple's mobile app store, but the AnyList team chose to focus on one particular aspect that other players hadn't yet nailed. The real kicker of the AnyList app formula is its ability to share and update multiple shopping lists in near real-time. It requires a trivial bit of setup (selecting contacts to share lists with) and multiple iOS devices, but once all that's done one touch is all it takes to cross a product off of everyone's list simultaneously.
In case users aren't exactly sure what they should be buying the first place, AnyList also sports a smart recipe system that culls ingredient lists from huge recipe depositories (think Allrecipes, Epicurious, and the like) to blogs (I've never heard of Indian Simmer, but it just got bookmarked). The sheer number of recipe sources is impressive, but equally so is how users can drill down by certain criteria — newness, popularity, main ingredient, etc. The whole package conceptually simple, nicely executed, and as a wannabe chef it's the kind of thing I could see myself using for the long haul.
But why the shift in the first place? According to Hunter, the AnyList app was first created as a feature to supplement the AnyLeaf service because he and his roommate/co-founder/fellow Apple alum Jason Marr often bungled the buying process. Both of them (perhaps naturally) kept separate grocery lists, but since neither of them had any idea what was on the other's lists, they were inevitably faced with multiples of products they both thought they needed. Eventually, after looking at (and being underwhelmed by) a handful of iOS grocery list apps, the pair cranked out a 1.0 release and submitted it Apple back in May.
Humble beginnings to be sure, but the app was quickly featured in the App Store, and now the service boasts over 60,000 users. From then, the team's choice was clear.
"The traction we've been seeing with AnyList has been so overwhelming that it was clear that doing anything other than focusing completely on it would be foolish," Hunter said.


On Friday 3rd July the sun shone all day and we celebrated the end of the school year (nearly) with our summer ball. It was a fantastic event; we were welcomed with the Huntingdon Big Band playing, there was also a casino, disco, marquee and a jazz band. The evening went really well, and everyone had a memorable evening.


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Spain's New Government to Tackle Catalonia via Negotiation
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's new government took office Monday facing the challenge of finding a solution to the Catalan crisis after controversially agreeing to start talks with the separatists.
Catalonia's oldest and largest separatist party, the ERC, demanded the negotiations over the region's place within Spain in exchange for its crucial abstention in a confidence vote last week that saw Sanchez sworn in for another term.
Under the deal, his Socialists agreed to open talks between the central and separatist governments to "unblock the political conflict over the future of Catalonia", and then put to a regional vote any agreements which these negotiations produce.
"The Catalan question has been Spain's main problem for the past five or six years and it is the first time that someone decides to tackle it through a negotiation," said Ernesto Pascual, professor of political science at the Open University of Catalonia.
The big question is what will be the scope of these talks, since the two parties have sharply opposing views over the independence issue.
Separatists want to discuss the possibility of holding a legally binding referendum in Catalonia, as well as an amnesty for their leaders who were sentenced in October to lengthy jail terms over a failed 2017 independence bid.
But the Socialists have already said that such a referendum would be impossible.
- What agreement? -
The agreement between the Socialists and the ERC calls for an "open dialogue of all proposals" but stresses that the results of the talks must respect the "legal and democratic order".
"A self-determination referendum in Catalonia is not possible according to the Spanish constitution," said constitutional law professor Xavier Arbos.
Reforming the constitution to allow a region to hold a self-determination would require the support of a qualified majority in parliament, which looks unlikely since Spain's major parties, including the Socialists, are opposed.
What will most likely happen is that the talks will end in "an agreement to clarify and set in stone what are the region's powers, which would create a special position for Catalonia" within Spain, said historian Joan Esculies.
The wealthy northeastern region, which has its own distinct language and culture, already enjoys significant powers over health and education, and has its own police force.
But a significant part of the population of around 7.5 million people wants even more powers to protect the language and culture, and complains of a lack of investment by the central government in the region.
Catalans are divided over independence, with 47.9 percent against and 43.7 percent in favor, according to a recent poll by the regional government.
- 'Treason' -
Catalonia was rocked by protests which sometimes turned violent last year over the conviction of Catalan leaders, and against that backdrop any concession by Sanchez's government would be fiercely attacked by conservatives.
The main opposition Popular Party and far-right Vox already accuse Sanchez of "treason" for having been sworn in for another term thanks to the abstention of the ERC.
An agreement which gives the region more powers would undoubtably be challenged in the courts by these parties just as the PP did in 2006 against a new autonomy statute for Catalonia.
Spain's Constitutional Court in 2010 struck down several of the statute's articles, causing support for separatism to soar.
"And if that were to be the case, it would cause similar frustration," said Arbos.
The talks are also opposed by Catalonia's other main separatist party, the more hardline Together for Catalonia of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont who was in power during the failed 2017 independence bid.
This negotiation "is a long process which will go through phases of reconciliation, estrangement or even rupture. But at least it is a first step," said Esculies.
SourceAgence France Presse


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Glaciologist and Polar Engineer
Dr Adrian McCallum
What does a glaciologist and polar engineer do?
Glaciologists study snow and ice, either via models or in the lab or the field. Polar engineers use the physical properties of snow, ice and frozen geomaterials to design and construct infrastructure in polar regions.
What do you work in and what is your specialty?
I study snow and ice, particularly glaciers, sea ice and ice sheets using in situ and geophysical methods to determine physical properties. Then I try and use these physical properties to work out how the snow and ice might behave under load and how we can build stuff on or out of the snow and ice.
How did you become interested in this area and when did you first start?
I was on an Everest expedition in 2001 where three of our colleagues were killed by an ice avalanche. This made we want to develop an avalanche warning system so that people wouldn't get killed in such a manner again. I commenced research into assessing the strength of snow and I now do this in both the alpine and polar regions of the world. It's been almost twenty years, but I shortly intend to roll-out a device that may save lives from avalanches in the future.
What study path have you taken to get here?
I originally did an Honours degree in Oceanography and then whilst serving with the Navy I completed a Grad. Dip. in Meteorology. I then transferred to the Army where I finished my Bachelors of Civil Engineering (Hons) before completing a PhD in glaciology / snow mechanics at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge after winning a Menzies Engineering Scholarship.
I enjoy being out in the field especially in challenging physical environments, but what I do is only worthwhile if there's an outcome that improves people's lives…
Do you have any particular career highlights?
In 2011 I spent six weeks dragging a sledge and conducting daily oceanographic measurements from the North Pole to Greenland. The Arctic is an amazing place and that was a terrific journey.
What advice would you give to someone interested in working in this area?
Don't take no for answer; work hard; follow your dreams.


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Scholastic Debuts Comprehensive Literacy Solutions
New Educational App Review Site Pairs Apps With Instructional Ideas
Milwaukee Public Schools Taps Digital Content
By Scott Aronowitz
Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) has signed with Discovery Education to implement the company's streaming Plus in more than 140 schools. The program makes available a vast library of streaming digital video designed to enhance learning in all subjects.
streaming Plus offers more than 9,000 full-length video programs and more than 71,000 video clips, all aligned to Wisconsin state standards. "The most critical goal of Milwaukee Public Schools' strategic plan is to create student success through academic achievement," said Jim Davis, technology director for MPS. He said he's convinced that this digital content can improve academic achievement, "making it the natural choice to support the district's long term goals."
In addition to the in-class value of enhancing learning and building student engagement using digital video, MPS has considered its value in learning continuity. "The digital content, assignment builders, quiz builders, and other available resources make Discovery Education streaming Plus a critical tool in our efforts to ensure students can continue their academic growth in the face of a prolonged disruption caused by H1N1 or any other source," said Thomas Hanley, principal of the Golda Meir Elementary School, an MPS school for gifted students. Given the city's geography and climate, prolonged closures owing to snow or other severe weather are far from unlikely.
Discovery Education is also providing professional development services to enable teachers to learn and master the technology's use in a classroom environment so that the tool's value will not be limited to playing a video to supplement a lecture. "For many MPS teachers, integrating digital content into classroom activities is a new experience," Hanley said. "The professional development services from Discovery Education have been instrumental in helping our teachers maximize this new digital content service, as well as the other educational technologies they use each day."
Scott Aronowitz is a freelance writer based in Las Vegas. He has covered the technology, advertising, and entertainment sectors for seven years. He can be reached here.
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The food supplements pack goes towards enhancing the nutritional needs of HIV compromised children and guardians. The monthly supplements are � kg of Stinging Nettle (that contain iron, calcium,) and � kg of Soya flour (rich in absorbable amino acids far rich than that found in meat or legumes). We monitor each client�s CD-4 count twice a year and would like to add to the supplement list 1kg Amaranth Flour (rich in zinc mineral) to those with a low count. Right now we are struggling to maintain just the Stinging Nettle and Soya (which we had to cut down from a full kg to a � kg.) which runs about $3.25 per client per month. Our current population of 91 requires a monthly minimum budget of about $300 a month for $3600 a year. If we could raise the Soya back to a full kg and add the Amaranth Flour for all clients, the budget would run $7.50 per client per month, or $690 a month for $8280 a year. So far this year (March 31st 2011) we have received $400 (from CCV�s women�s groups).


Whilst the hire of iPads and android tablets have matured over the past 3 years, the latecomer to the party was the Windows equivalent. The Microsoft surface is our preferred choice for rental with its funky magnetic keyboard turning it into something more than just a web browser. If you miss the classic Office applications then you will definitely feel at home with the Microsoft Surface with its instantly recognizable applications and pullout desk stand.
All of our Microsoft tablets are supplied complete with keyboard that gives the device more of a laptop feel…..and it protects the glass!


Production is well underway on director Ben Elton's Three Summers, the first film to be funded under the Liberal National Government's Western Australian Regional Film Fund.
The film is being shot almost entirely at Pinjarra's historic Fairbridge Village, with 100 cast and crew on-set, including Australian screen greats Magda Szubanski, Michael Caton, Deborah Mailman and John Waters and international actor Robert Sheehan.
Culture and the Arts Minister John Day said production and post-production would also be completed in WA.
"The story of Three Summers was inspired by a Western Australian event - the Fairbridge Festival," Mr Day said.
"Not only will it expose this fascinating part of the State to national and international audiences, it is also creating exciting opportunities for our local film industry.
"From costume designers to camera operators, all but three of the crew members are from WA. It's helping lift the local economy and also involving the community, with about 1,000 locals cast as extras."
Regional Development Minister Terry Redman said Three Summers would boost the State's screen industry and better position WA as a viable film-making destination.
"The film fund is designed to build a critical mass of production skills," Mr Redman said.
"For instance, there are 12 young locals gaining a unique experience as production interns, working across departments including production design, art, camera and costume and as runners, who are getting to learn from some of the industry's best.
"The film has a strong sense of place and focus on community, both on screen and off and will work with a number of local organisations during and post-production until its release."
Three Summers is the first production to be supported by the $16 million Western Australian Regional Film Fund. It is being produced by Australian companies Taylor Media and Invisible Republic with support from Screenwest, Screen Australia, Transmission Films and Arclight Films.
Three Summers is expected to be released nationally in cinemas mid to late 2017.


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Discussion in 'Event & Tournament Listings' started by AshlieKetchum, Jun 10, 2018.
For the 8 Players who did not go into the the OA bracket, you will go into the UD bracket. Same rules apply.
Do I need a discord to do the tournament?


Two of the NBA's best small-market teams will finally get to show their stuff on the national stage this Thursday when the Denver Nuggets (42-18 SU, 33-27 ATS) host the Utah Jazz (34-26 SU, 31-27-2 ATS). The Nuggets are near the top of the Western Conference, while the Jazz are in sixth place at press time.
TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, TNT LINE: Nuggets -7; O/U: 225.
The Nuggets have made great strides over the past four years under head coach Mike Malone. They're not as fast as other teams, but they play with effort on defense. They have one of the league's leading MVP candidates in center Nikola Jokic, also in his fourth year in the NBA. Jokic is putting up 23.3 points, 12.3 rebounds and 8.8 assists per 36 minutes this season.
On Thursday, Jokic will run into Rudy Gobert, the reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Gobert (17.4 points, 14.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 blocks/36) is the anchor of this Jazz ensemble. He absolutely should have been invited to the All-Star Game. Unfortunately, his team lacks overall scoring punch outside of Donovan Mitchell (24.4 points/36), leaving them in danger of missing the playoffs entirely.
The Jazz's Donovan Mitchell scored 32 points against the Clippers. He has poured in 20 or more in 20 of his last 21 contests. Mitchell was 10-for-22 from the field and 9-for-12 from the free-throw line. The 12 attempts matched his second-highest total of the season. Ricky Rubio (hamstring) departed the victory over the Clippers and his availability for Thursday contest is uncertain.
The Nuggets All-Star center Nikola Jokic recorded 36 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds to narrowly miss his 13th triple-double of the season in the win over the Thunder. Jokic the leading reason why Denver has turned into one of the top teams in the West. Will Barton scored 23 points against Oklahoma City after recording just three versus the Clippers two nights earlier.


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Q: WEB API returning TSV instead of XML/Json How can i make MVC or WEBAPI return TSV instead of XML or Json?
Is there any converter that will make this possible for me?
I have this API which returns either XML or Json, but i now want it to return tsv:
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Sepsis is a serious condition that can result in organ damage or death. It happens when the body's immune system has a severe response to an infection. Sepsis is a medical emergency. It needs to be treated right away.
Bacteria, viruses, and fungi can invade your body and cause disease. When your body senses one of these, the immune system responds. Your body releases certain chemicals into the blood that can help fight infection.
In some cases, the body has an abnormal and severe response to infection. This can cause inflammation around the body and damage your body's cells. Blood clots may start to form all over the body. Some blood vessels may start to leak. Blood flow and blood pressure may start to drop. This harms the body's organs by stopping oxygen and nutrients from reaching them. If this process isn't stopped, organs in the body can stop working. This can lead to death.
The term sepsis is used to define any condition in which the body's organs stop working right and there is an infection. Septic shock is when sepsis occurs along with changes to the circulatory, cellular, and metabolic systems.
Sepsis is a common cause of death in hospital intensive care units. It can affect people of all ages. But children and older adults are at highest risk.
Bacteria are the most common cause of these infections. Viruses, parasites, and fungi can also cause them and lead to sepsis. In some cases, the bacteria enter the body through a medical device such as a blood vessel or urinary catheter. An infection that spreads around the body through the bloodstream is more likely to cause sepsis. An infection in just one part of the body is less likely to lead to sepsis.
Sepsis is sometimes called by the nonmedical term blood poisoning. But this is misleading. Sepsis isn't caused by poison.
Babies, children, and older adults also have a higher risk of developing sepsis.
Careful treatment of these health conditions may help reduce the risk of sepsis.
The symptoms may vary depending on the severity of the sepsis. These symptoms may be mild at first and then quickly get worse.
To diagnose sepsis, a healthcare provider will ask about your medical history and your symptoms. Some of the symptoms of early sepsis are the same as other health problems. This can make sepsis hard to diagnose in its early stages. A full exam of the body is needed to help diagnose sepsis.
A healthcare provider will often suspect sepsis in a person with certain signs and symptoms. These include an abnormal body temperature, rapid heart and breathing rate, and abnormal white blood cell count. A healthcare provider can make an official diagnosis when there is a source of infection and abnormal signs and symptoms point to organ problems. Septic shock is diagnosed when the signs of organ dysfunction do not get better with treatment.
Treatment is done in a hospital's intensive care unit (ICU). This is because sepsis treatment needs very close monitoring. Vital signs such as heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing will be constantly watched. Blood and urine tests will be done often. Your condition will be closely watched and your treatment adjusted as often as needed.
The source of the sepsis must be treated. At first, you will often be treated with one or more antibiotics that work on many types of bacteria. Results of culture and sensitivity testing can identify a specific type of bacteria and the appropriate antibiotic. Pockets of infection may need to be drained. These are called abscesses. In some cases, an infected part of the body may need to be removed with surgery.
Most people with mild sepsis do get better. But even with intense treatment, some people die from sepsis. Up to half of all people with severe sepsis will die from it.
What are possible complications of sepsis?
Seek care right away if you or someone else has symptoms of sepsis. Early diagnosis and treatment can help improve the chances of a good recovery. After recovery, you may be more prone to infections and other illnesses. Call or see your healthcare provider right away at the first signs of an infection or illness.
Sepsis is a serious medical condition that can result in organ damage or death. It happens when the body's immune system has a severe response to an infection.
Sepsis is a medical emergency. It needs to be treated right away.
Possible signs and symptoms of sepsis include fever, confusion, trouble breathing, rapid heart rate, and very low blood pressure.
Sepsis is treated with antibiotics, oxygen, and IV fluids as soon as possible. Other treatments such as kidney dialysis, breathing support, or surgery may also be needed.
Sepsis can cause serious complications. These include kidney failure, gangrene, and death.


Part of the Cochrane Interactive Learning course on Conducting an Intervention Review, this module covers analysis of a range of types of data. This module teaches you about effect measures for dichotomous and continuous data, undertaking a meta-analysis, recognizing and managing heterogeneity. It also covers analysing other types of data and study designs.
Module 6 has been written and compiled by Dario Sambunjak, Miranda Cumpston and Chris Watts from Cochrane's Learning and Support Department, with the expert advice from the Cochrane Statistical Methods Group.
This module should be cited as: Sambunjak D, Cumpston M, Watts C. Module 6: Analysing the data. In: Cochrane Interactive Learning: Conducting an intervention review. Cochrane, 2017. Available from https://training.cochrane.org/interactivelearning/module-6-analysing-data.


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VW premieres fuel cell-powered Golf SportWagen HyMotion at LA Auto Show
VW premieres fuel cell-powered...
Volkwagen's Golf SportWagen HyMotion in Los Angeles (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
The HyMotion incorporates both a fuel cell and a 12-volt lithium-ion battery, along with an electric motor adapted from the e-Golf (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
It can reportedly accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in an even 10 seconds (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Before the HyMotion can become a commercial model, VW has stated that a better hydrogen infrastructure will need to be established (Photo: C.C. Weiss/Gizmag)
Joining the likes of Toyota and Honda, Volkswagen has chosen this week to unveil a new fuel cell vehicle – the Golf SportWagen HyMotion. According to VW, the demo car illustrates the automaker's strategy of implementing alternative drives into existing high-production vehicles, as opposed to starting from scratch by creating entirely new models.
The HyMotion incorporates both a fuel cell and a 12-volt lithium-ion battery, along with an electric motor adapted from the e-Golf. The dual system's total power is 100 kW (136 PS).
The fuel cell, motor and transmission are located in the engine compartment, as are associated components such as the cooling system; a tri-port converter for regulating the voltage between the motor, fuel cell and battery; and a turbo compressor that supplies the fuel cell with oxygen.
The battery is in the rear section of the car, and is used to store kinetic energy recovered from regenerative braking, to assist in starting up the fuel cell, and to boost the car's acceleration. Four carbon fiber tanks situated in the underbody store the hydrogen used in the fuel cell, giving the vehicle a range of 310 miles (499 km). The tanks can be refilled in just three minutes.
As far as performance goes, the HyMotion can reportedly accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in an even 10 seconds.
The vehicle utilizes VW's Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) mechanical design system. Volkswagen claims that this system has made it possible for the Golf line "to become the world's first vehicle model series that can host all conceivable drive types." Along with the fuel cell-powered HyMotion, there are already gas, diesel, battery electric, natural gas and plug-in hybrid Golfs.
Before the HyMotion can become a commercial model, however, VW has stated that a better hydrogen infrastructure will need to be established.
Source: Volkswagen
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Robert Hirsch November 21, 2014 08:22 PM
and where do you get the Hydrogen?
yawood November 22, 2014 04:40 AM
@Robert Hirsch Look at the last line.
If they get serous there is a whole infrastructure of petroleum service stations that can sell hydrogen just like they sell Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG). I have a dedicated LPG Ford Falcon ute that runs every bit as well as a petrol vehicle and costs half as much to run. Every city/town service station and all major highway service stations in Australia sell LPG alongside petrol and diesel. They could easily do the same with Hydrogen if there was enough call for it, it's just a chicken and egg thing.
Slowburn November 22, 2014 06:24 AM
At least it is not as stupid looking as most these wastes of money.
Gavin Roe November 22, 2014 09:46 PM
I have expecting this for sometime fuel cell technology has been around a while hydrogen production and storage has been an issue, do you store it in a refrigerated tank or within another medium ie some form of sponge there has been many variation proposed for the sponge. Hydrogen production can be achieved through the use or organisms used as a catalyst much of this technology was around 30 years that I know of so it would seem it is is a matter of economics for the manufacturers
Freyr Gunnar November 22, 2014 10:09 PM
But what's the point of turning hydrocarbon into hydrogen before turning it into electricity?
Why not just run the car directly on NGV? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_vehicle
Paul55 November 24, 2014 10:04 PM
Using hydrogen seems pointless. There's already a distribution system for electricity. Just use that directly and if you want to spend money spend it on the research and development of batteries for electrical storage.
Jerry Peavy November 25, 2014 01:19 AM
Fuel Cell's, really. Why?
Paul Bedichek November 25, 2014 02:55 PM
Trucks do run on natural gas in the US and I expect that segment to grow. When conformable tanks become available more passenger cars will use it. The cheapest way to get H2 is steam reforming of NG but some is derived from water with wind or solar but the cleanest way will be sometime in the future with advanced nuclear which can make H2 from water using the heat and current. EV are fine for people with a house but many live in apartments. We already have a network of hundreds of miles of storage and pipelines for H2 in the South, it's used for refining and food among other uses.
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Abbreviation: J. Media Commun. Stud.
DOI: 10.5897/JMCS
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About JMCS
Facebook use among Nigerians in Houston Texas USA
Agnes Agbo Monjok
Department of Radio Television and Film, School of Communications, Texas Southern University , Houston Texas, USA.
Christian Chinwe Ulasi
Eui Bun Lee
Department of Journalism, School of Communication, Texas Southern University, Houston Texas, USA.
Article Number - A2A051461902
Vol.11(4), pp. 45-56, September 2019
https://doi.org/10.5897/JMCS2016.0553
Social Media came into our world in the 21st century and changed the way things are done, knitting itself into the fabric of everyday living. It has opened the world in ways that was unimagined in previous decades, connecting people through time and space. Being one of the largest immigrant groups in Houston Texas, this study investigates how Nigerians have embraced the new medium as Diasporas. Two Hundred Nigerians were sampled in a survey in Houston, 62% of whom were males and 38% females. While results of the study confirmed a virtual community on Facebook for varied purposes, young adults between the ages of 23-30 years were found to be the most active. The most important reason for using Facebook was to identify with a religious group (88.4%), followed by keeping in close touch with family and friends at home in Nigeria and around the world (813%). The use of this social medium to promote one's business was third place with 74.3% of respondents in agreement. The least of these uses was for online dating with 31.9%. While approximately 65% of respondents also agree that Facebook has no effect on their romantic lives, 78.4% feel this social medium has impacted their friendships positively. There was significant difference in opinion between the genders on the effect of Facebook on relationships. Technology was vital in facilitating everyday use of Facebook. Results shows 98.4% of respondents have cell phones with internet access. 61% of respondents agree that the identity of being Nigerian is important to them. The study affirms the relevance of uses and gratification as a theory for the new media.
Key words: Facebook use, social media, Nigerians, Diaspora community, Houston.
Back to Vol. 11 No. 4


We have an annual pass for Chester Zoo and we spend quite a lot of our time there as a family. So when I saw that Channel 4 had made a programme about The Secret Life of Chester Zoo I immediately had it on series record. I have always been fascinated about what goes on behind the scenes and the programme does not disappoint. Last weeks programme focused on transporting the tigers to their new enclosure on the Islands and the stresses and planning that went in to it. So this weekend we decided to pay them a visit in their new home.
As it was Valentines weekend we invited Harry's best friend along for a (play) date. It is lovely to see them together because they are very caring towards each other, playful and – on occasion – mischievous. Both were extremely excited about being together and also about going to the zoo, so today they were more animated than normal.
Thankfully the weather was kind to us – albeit on the chilly side – so we wrapped up warm and set off. When we arrived at the zoo car park it appeared that every other family in the Northern Hemisphere had the same idea. The overflow to the overflow car park was already in use when we turned up.
Parts of the Islands are still under development and I wasn't sure how many animals had been re-homed, but there were more than I expected. And luckily for us the animals had all been brought out by the crisp dry weather. We got to see so many of them up close – African painted dogs, Orang-utans, Sumatran tigers, Crocodiles, Giant Tortoise – and the Macaques. My favourites were the Aardvarks. They were all asleep and cuddling together right up by the glass viewing window. One was on it's back showing all it's under carriage to anyone that wanted to look. I would have loved to jump in with them and join in for a cuddle and a quick tummy tickle.
Dotted around the Islands are little stations that the children can go in and explore. Hollie and Harry dived in to every one of them to see what they could find (and to pose for a couple of photos). There is also a meditation room for the adults but I didn't go in as it would have been too tempting to stay in there.
The highlight for me was seeing the Aardvarks, my husbands was seeing the Crocodile, and if their squeals were anything to go by then theirs had nothing to do with the animals and more to do with the thick cord ropes that hang down from the doors in the Monsoon Forest. They are there to prevent the birds from flying out but that was by-the-by to Harry and Hollie. They liked the feeling of running through them and the fact it was dark when they were in them and they could lose each other.
Our day to the Islands at Chester Zoo was really enjoyable and a lovely way to spend Valentines Day. We probably spent close to three hours on the Islands – 45 minutes of which was in the Monsoon Forest. We didn't get chance to go on the lazy boat river trip because Hollie and Harry had tired themselves out by then with all their running around, so we will have to go back soon and try it out. Who knows, perhaps we could double date again!
Your photos are beautiful, its looks like you had a perfect day. Chester Zoo is on our list of places to visit, but we would need to stay overnight, it doesnt look amazing though.
that was ment to say does!!
It's not finished off completely yet but it is still worth while going to. Top tip though, don't try and push a buggy and hold a cup of coffee. The way they have done the path in that section is awful, it is so bumpy. I threw my cup away in temper in the end (in to a bin).
Awe, what a sweet outing! The zoo sounds like loads of fun for everyone. I've never seen an African Wild Dog before. How exciting! Love the photos. Just gorgeous!


In the first of these posts I argued that the apparent differences in various contributions to the debate on recent developments in Irish politics, including the prospects for the left, did not reveal fundamental disagreements. Everyone from Sinn Fein to the Left alliances looks forward to a very significant challenge to the establishment and see great potential for success.
In the previous post I mentioned that the general policy platform of anti-austerity and its implementation through forming a Left Government, supported by mass mobilisation outside, is endorsed by these same organisations.
Yet proposals for an overarching alliance formed by these organisations are rejected by both sides. Sinn Fein rejects "the Trotskyist left" because it has sought to divide the anti-water charges movement formed under the banner of the Right2Water campaign. And it is clear that it is also rejected because Sinn Fein thinks this Left is unwilling to form a Government with the Labour Party, and incapable of any sort of political unity with the trade unions that support the Right2Water campaign.
Of course there are good grounds for these positions. The Labour Party has spent four years inflicting austerity in Government with Fine Gael in the South and Sinn Fein has been in office with the even more rabidly right-wing Democratic Unionist Party in the North, also inflicting austerity, while claiming to oppose it through vetoing some welfare changes. In the South Sinn Fein also voted for the justification for much of the austerity by voting to bail out the rotten banks and their gambling investors. In this way the Irish State transferred the debts of the banks to the working class.
However the centre piece of the Left's strategy is the formation of a Left Government in order to reverse austerity – they propose no other effective or credible means of doing so. As I have also argued – their privileging of the non-payment tactic as the only route to defeating water charges leaves them otherwise naked when it comes to explaining how they would defeat the much greater effects of the other austerity measures.
In their arguments, despite claims to prioritise mass mobilisation over electoral success, they reveal the central and indispensable role in their strategy of electoral success. Only by forming a Government could their demands for reversing austerity be carried out: through taxation increases for the rich and reductions for the rest; for increased state spending to create jobs; for reversing privatisation and for repudiation of the state's debt. The actions proposed by the Left are inconceivable without forming a Government to do these things, which is why they naturally call for a Left Government.
The Left say that mass mobilisations are key and elections are there to support them but what these mobilisations are supposed to achieve in themselves, beyond single victories on various issues that develop, is never explained. Mass mobilisation is not itself a programme, not itself a strategy unless given some purpose and objective, given some content. What for? To achieve what? How and in what way would such mobilisations put forward and actually implement an alternative, except other than through a Left Government?
The strategy of capturing government office in a capitalist state is what Marxists call reformism and I have written a series of posts criticising this view, beginning with this one.
I'm not going to criticise the Left here for being reformist but simply to point out that their strategy requires capturing Governmental office while rejecting any arrangement with Sinn Fein or the Labour Party. The prospect of them doing this in the foreseeable future is therefore practically zero.
I have criticised the specific proposals of the Left before not because it has proposed reforms but because they are viewed, not as making capitalism less oppressive and creating better conditions within which workers can fight for a replacement, but because the reforms themselves are seen as in some way instituting an alternative to capitalism. In this sense their policies are not an alternative to capitalism but an alternative to the real alternative to capitalism, which is socialism.
To sum up what their approach involves – it entails the capitalist state, presided over by the Left, intervening much more into the economy and creating a fairer and more just system. It doesn't involve a fundamental change in the economic or political structure and amounts to a fairer form of capitalism, full stop.
If their strategy 'secretly' involves revolution in the traditional sense of an insurrection, one that aims at the destruction of the capitalist state, this isn't going to happen either, if only because they haven't gone around doors giving out leaflets and telling the only people who can carry it out that this is what they should do.
Paul Murphy presents a related reason for opposition to unity with Sinn Fein and/or the Labour Party. He says that the latter involves "the notion of constructing a "social majority", instead of building a class based movement." Unfortunately this opposition of a social majority to a class based movement is false since a working class movement in itself will be a majority and its creation will win to its ranks individuals and social layers who are not working class. The idea of a 'social majority', however described, should not be, or allowed to be, counter posed to a working class movement.
It is almost as if what this reformist strategy needs, and what its reformists-in-practice require, is some concrete reforms in an explicit strategic alliance with reformists.
So the Left says it cannot countenance a coalition that would include the Labour Party and/or Sinn Fein because these parties have already and will in future impose austerity when in Government.
However to many voters the alternatives offered by Sinn Fein and the Left do not seem very different. The by-election victory of Paul Murphy of the Socialist Party over Sinn Fein, in part due to a more militant stance on opposing water charges, is not unfortunately likely to be the template for the general election.
The actions of the trade unions involved in the Right2Water campaign and their transparent attempts to endorse a left alternative that includes Sinn Fein, and even Labour if it went along with it, demonstrate this.
But the answer to this is not to simply denounce these parties, for if that were all that was required, as I have said before, we wouldn't have the problem. The answer must be to challenge the credentials of these parties and to win the trade union members and other workers who have supported the Right2Water campaign to a real anti-austerity alternative. If such a process were to take place it could only be through joint activity and joint debate with the leaders and members of these parties.
In such a process it would be my view that the weakness of the Left's own anti-austerity programme, in no essential terms different, would be exposed. However such a strategy makes sense even from the Left's point of view.
So, in order to begin to demonstrate their claims and in order to be seen to be seeking the maximum unity of anti-austerity forces the Left, perhaps paradoxically, would need to take its pretensions to reform the Southern State and economy more seriously.
It might do this by, for example, proposing the specific measures that it would take in the first 100 days and first year in office while demonstrating that unity around these policies is essential, challenging both Sinn Fein and the Labour Party to endorse them and fight for them together. The Left would openly propose and debate these measures, this strategy, and seek to make itself accountable to its constituency, in the process attempting to leverage this support to engage with that of Sinn Fein and the trade unions.
The purposes of this would not only be to win these supporters to more radical politics but to promote their capacity and willingness to make the parties they currently support more accountable. The aim of this is not so much to put pressure on these parties to keep their word, or even to facilitate their rejection when they do not, but to encourage and stimulate the independent political activity of these workers.
So, for example, the mechanisms put forward in the contribution by Rory Herne come across as elaborate and wishful scenario building that involve earnest but utopian blueprints for the 'perfect' movement. But they do offer some sense of how such accountability might be achieved.
Would such tactics work? Maybe, maybe not. But the point is that a means has to be created that allows the Left to engage with those voting for Sinn Fein and (more importantly from my point of view) for Marxists to go beyond denunciation of the Left's Keynesianism to engage it and its supporters in clarifying the means to advance working class politics and organisation.
The demonstrations against the water charges last Saturday showed that the Right2Water campaign is supported by local groups in towns and cities right across the State. This grass-roots organisation is a reflection of the strength of feeling among the working class and is its greatest political strength. It is not the creation or front of one or other, or even the whole collection, of political groups although they are deeply involved.
It is united in total opposition to the charges and to the tactic of non-payment and it should expect to be challenged by the State on both. Concessions by the Government will be offered in the next days and afterwards stronger tactics will be employed against those who remain in opposition, if they can be sufficiently isolated. This is always the way it works. Every carrot is followed by a stick.
The various organisations involved in the campaign have put forward their own perspectives for the way forward. By looking at the leaflets given out at the demonstration last Saturday I want to review what they are proposing.
Sinn Fein put out a leaflet 'Stop the Water Charges' which promises to reverse water charges when in Government, which rather admits it will be in some form of coalition with one of the capitalist parties after the election. Otherwise it has little to offer those who want to see the charges scrapped. Simply waiting for a new Government on the other hand is something that would paralyse and then kill the campaign.
Sinn Fein claims in the leaflet that it blocked the introduction of water charges in the North. As Eamonn McCann noted in his article in 'The Irish Times' I referred to in the previous post – all four main parties in the North have claimed the credit for not introducing water charges.
Eamonn McCann claims "that it was a mass non-payment campaign that prevented the introduction of water charges by Stormont in 2007." As someone who went round doors helping to organise meetings and speaking at them I know this is, unfortunately, not true. There were numerous campaigns but none of them had a mass character and lots of signatures on a pledge of non-payment doesn't make a mass campaign. Meetings were usually small and when candidates from the Left stood on anti-water charges tickets they generally got the same derisory vote they always got.
The parties in the new Stormont regime did indeed refuse to introduce water charges because it was very unpopular with their own supporters, and it was something that they could manage without – so they did mange without.
The Socialist Party leaflet doesn't mention it's a Socialist Party leaflet but hides itself, as usual, behind some party front; this time it's the 'We won't pay Campaign.' Since it already dominates the Anti-Austerity Alliance, this method of organisation it appears wedded to wouldn't seem to be useful even to the SP.
The leaflet is however very good at putting the case for non-payment and explaining the position of the State and the legal implications of the tactic. It looks back to the successful water charges campaign in the mid-1990s but provides no indication that the lessons of more recent failures such as the anti-bin tax campaign have been assimilated.
The Workers Solidarity Movement leaflet also argues strongly for non-payment and advises on the real situation that non-payers will face. It is also honest enough to explain the counter-measures that the State could adopt to thwart the non-payment tactic, but then also points out the problems this would give to the State.
So the State could deduct the charge from wages or benefits but this would require a change in the law and would make it impossible to privatise Irish Water, which they say is the primary reason for imposing water charges. On this I am unconvinced. Charging is necessary in order to raise revenue to reduce the budget deficit, meet demands from the Troika and get the debts of the company and its future debts off the Government's balance sheet so its debt ratio looks better. Direct State intervention to make deductions from salaries and benefits go against this project whether privatisation is hoped for in the future or not.
That the amounts might today be relatively small does not invalidate this view but does raise the point that retreat on the issue by the Government would not involve an enormous monetary cost.
In any case we should not lose sight of the fact that it is under public ownership that this attack on workers is taking place and it is under public ownership that the water service has been a disgrace with flooding, poor water quality and leakage at atrocious levels for years.
Public ownership is a euphemism for State ownership and is misleading because the public don't actually own it and don't, as we can see, have any say over how it is managed or run. There is no need to bum up the benefits of such ownership when it's not the socialist alternative.
With this in mind, calls for a referendum to prevent privatisation might allow some to avoid taking a strong position on opposing the charges. It is not that surprising that Jack O'Connor appears on the television supporting the call for a referendum while SIPTU fails to back the Right2Water campaign. SIPTU members should challenge its leadership on this failure and anti-water charges campaigners should stand outside Liberty House demanding the union's support.
The Socialist Workers Party issued a leaflet from its own political front – People before Profit, practicing the politics of feeble reformism that it condemns in its other publications. It has its own euphemisms that it uses to straddle the contradiction. So it calls for 'people power' instead of teaching Irish workers that the people are divided into classes and that the power and interests of the working class are different from those of the people who belong to the capitalist class.
This way of approaching politics allows the issue of class to be side-lined and, for example, the class nature of the state ignored, so that the State can be called upon to provide solutions; such as their leaflet calling for taking 'Ireland's natural resources into public ownership'. Like Irish Water?
The leaflet also appears to call fort a general strike on 10th December but doesn't have the courage of its convictions to say so. On the usefulness of this demand see a previous post. It calls for a 'revolt' but it's not clear if this means revolution or is something short of it and what this might be.
Its importance however is not that it is part of a wider revolt, but that it is the exception to the rule of general working class passivity and acceptance of austerity. Its wider political significance is actually that it might herald the start of a wider resistance. But then the question is how do we achieve this, or can we? Not that it already exists.
The article in 'The Irish Times' noted that one reason behind the anti-water charges campaign was that the people cannot "give any more" and "the people have been pushed too far." The Workers Solidarity Movement leaflet notes that 'hundreds of thousands of people are now saying 'No More'". In other words many workers have decided that they won't pay this bill. They have not decided to stop paying the price of austerity they are already paying or perhaps new ones that will heaped on them in the future should the new boom prove temporary.
If the strength of the campaign is its local organisation then an effective national campaign structure would help to leverage that strength to support activity in weaker areas or where no campaign currently exist. Above all such a structure should provide for democratic accountability to the members of those speaking for the national campaign. It would provide the means by which a collective view can be determined and publicised on such things as the response to whatever partial concessions the Government dreams up to stifle opposition.
At this stage it would not appear to advance the overall struggle against austerity to demand that the campaign take on wider objectives. It is clearer however that at some stage it should. The best grounds on which to do so would be success in defeating the water charges. Such a step however needs preparation now for an extension of the objectives of the campaign down the line.
Fighting tax increases, cuts to public services and cuts to wages and welfare will not be easy and the tactic of sitting tight involved in 'we won't pay' is obviously not an answer to these. A debate on what we are for and how we might build it is also just as necessary, if not more so.
A second tactic is to stand in elections and electoral intervention is now the favoured method of moving forward by Sinn Fein and most of the Left groups. The latter confidently argue that the former will betray the hopes of their supporters, and Sinn Fein's support for austerity budgets in the North is all the confirmation one needs for this argument.
Unfortunately the Left's own claims are hardly consistent either. They regularly denounce the capitalist state but their programme fully relies on it doing what they want. On this blog I have posted numerous times on how their support for capitalist state ownership and taxation of the rich are not socialist and won't work. In other words they would effectively end up betraying their supporters were they in office just as effectively as Sinn Fein. Sincere intentions don't enter into it.
At the more immediate level the Left does not provide an example to follow. The anti-water charges campaign relies on unity and agreement on total opposition to the charges in any form. Any sense by its supporters that it did not respond to their feelings and demands would see it lose support.
Unfortunately the Left has a culture of manipulation and a lack of critical and free debate within its ranks. It regularly calls for workers' unity while being utterly incapable of unity within its own ranks. In fact in this respect it has gone backwards, with the demise of what limited unity there was in the United Left Alliance. It is simply incapable of containing within its present organisation and politics any mass radicalisation of workers.
A potential for radicalisation arises from the sudden upsurge against water charges, posing the need for increased organisation and politicisation of the campaign. A victory is possible, giving rise to the possibility of further advances and the need to debate now how these could be achieved.


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Peter Brewis is a composer and instrumentalist who has been active in several spheres of music from ballet and modern dance to music theatre and rock music. Although he was classically trained, studying under the famous French music educator Nadia Boulanger, he has also written for comedy shows such as Spitting Image, for which he composed "I've Never Met a Nice South African."

Career
Brewis studied composition at the Royal College of Music where he won the Cobbett Prize for composition. After graduation he took lessons in composition from Nadia Boulanger, studied electronic music with Lawrence Casserly and Javanese Gamelan with Alec Roth.

Brewis spent a period as composer-in-residence with Scottish Ballet's Movable Workshop. He composed the music for the company's joint production with Traverse Theatre of C. P. Taylor's Columba. Stuart Hopps was the choreographer. Other dance projects includes Finale for Charlie composed for Charles Augins and Endangered Species created for the Kosh Theatre Company.

He has composed several musicals. Some of these were for educational projects. However, his Don Quixote was composed for the husband and wife team of Reg Bolton and Annie Stainer and the Traverse Theatre. Mel Smith and Bob Goody were working on a two-man show at the same venue. Brewis teamed up with them and together they created three black comedy musicals, including Irony in Dorking which won a Fringe First Award and The Gambler whose 1986 revival at the Hampstead Theatre was nominated for an Olivier Award and was also recorded by the specialist musical theatre label First Night Records. Brewis's other musicals include Hansel and Gretel, put on at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in 1999 and Rat's Ahoy, co-written with Ruby Wax but as yet unperformed though Brewis has provided music for other stage shows of hers. Another revue that won the Fringe First Award in which Brewis was involved was White Collar Club.

Brewis has collaborated on several of Smith's other projects. These include the television shows, Smith and Goody, Not the Nine O'clock News and Alas Smith and Jones, for the last two of which Brewis provided music and lyrics, the films Morons from Outer Space and The Tall Guy and the stage show Not in Front of the Audience in which the cast of Not the Nine'O'clock News performed Brewis's short musical Laker! as well as material from the television show, including several of Brewis's songs.

Other television shows on which Brewis has worked include the comedy programmes Three of a Kind, A Kick Up the Eighties, The Lenny Henry Show, Carrott's Lib, Lenny Beige and Spitting Image. Although he provided lyrics for all of these shows, Brewis also composed music for other people's lines, for example in the song I've Never Met a Nice South African which was the B-side for the chart-topping The Chicken Song. He has music credits for the shows The Strangerers, The History of the World, Filthy, Rich and Catflap, Hardwicke House, Friday Night Live, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, Hale and Pace, Comic Relief, The Young Ones, Angus Deayton's End of the Year Show and Too Much Sun. Brewis has also provided music for documentaries, children's
programmes and commercials.

Film credits include About a Boy, for which Brewis wrote and composed "Santa's Super Sleigh", Staggered and several films by Vera Neubauer, Phil Mulloy and Claire Barwell. Brewis has also composed music for several stage plays, including a production of As You Like It which he himself directed at the Battersea Arts Centre.

Brewis has not only played his own music but he has also performed or recorded with a number of bands. These include;
 Swan Revived, who supported Hawkwind when they toured in 1973 at the height of the latter's success,
 the electronic-folk group Magnet which was formed for and appeared in the original film of The Wicker Man,
 Stomu Yamashta's large touring rock and dance troupe The Man from the East,
 the backing group of The Marvelettes
 and The Peter Straker Band who recorded an album for EMI co-produced by Freddie Mercury.
He has also been musical director for many shows, including:
 the Japanese tour by the original cast of The Rocky Horror Show,
 that show's transfer to the West End
 and the original run of Chorus Girls at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East.

References

Sources
Composer's website: contains biographical and career details as well as musical snippets.

External links

record of plays co-written by Brewis in database of playwrights at doollee.com.

British composers
British musical theatre composers
British film score composers
British male film score composers
British television composers
Alumni of the Royal College of Music
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)

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