At age seven, Emily Hunt was diagnosed with B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. When Emily's cancer returned following years of standard chemotherapy treatments, her parents sought out the CAR-T cell therapy clinical trial at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Emily received her T-cells in June 2014 and remains happy, healthy and 3 years cancer free.
In her own words, Emily's mother Kim Hunt shares the story of her daughter's diagnosis, treatment options, multiple relapses and the journey to CAR-T cell therapy.
In 2006, when Emily Hunt was getting ready to enjoy her summer before she started second grade, we received the shocking news that she had B-Cell Leukemia. For several months leading up to the diagnosis, she was having hip pain. Her pediatrician did a thorough examination on her and decided it must be growing pains.
For months her hip pain got worse and she developed a very prominent limp. One day a friend of mine said "Kim, I don't mean to scare you, but you should really have her checked for leukemia." I thought she was crazy and I was actually a little upset that she would mention something like leukemia. The next week I took her to her pediatrician and it was obvious to him that something was really wrong because her left hip was higher than her right and her spine was curved a little.
After lab work and an MRI, I received the news that she did in fact have leukemia. The next few weeks are a blur, but I clearly remember walking on to the oncology floor at Rainbow Babies in Cleveland and feeling sick to my stomach as I saw bald-headed, puffy-faced children walking around.
For the next 2.5 years Emily went through the standard treatment of chemotherapy for her type of leukemia. She was considered a "slow responder" because she didn't go into remission as quickly as expected. Because of that, she received 2 rounds on induction therapy. She did not go back to school in the fall, but was tutored at home and in the hospital.
We spent countless weeks in the hospital. Our lives revolved around fevers and hospital admissions. Life completely stops when your child is going through cancer treatment. Eventually, she was well enough and started back to school in the middle of third grade.
Six months after finishing her chemo she started to limp again and have the same hip pain. It was terrifying and I didn't want to believe that it could be leukemia again. Unfortunately, blood work showed blast (immature white blood cells) in her blood stream. We received the news that she had relapsed and the leukemia was back.
Hearing this news a second time is indescribable. This time we were told she would need a bone marrow transplant in order to give her the best chance of survival. Conditioning for a transplant is overwhelming. She was given intense amounts of chemotherapy and total body radiation. Again, she did not respond to the chemo as planned.
He mentioned things like "quality of life" and "end of life choices". I was beside myself with fear and anger. Fortunately, she did get in to remission and exactly 4 years after her first diagnosis she received an unrelated cord blood transplant.
Bone marrow transplants are tough to watch someone go through. She was so sick and pretty much slept all the time. She was lucky to not have a lot of side effects. So many children have devastating side effects from the transplant and end up dying or living with long term side effects that decrease their quality of life.
Two months after her transplant she was discharged home. Life after transplant is difficult. There are so many restrictions in place. She was tutored at home and missed half of 5th grade and all of 6th grade. Six months after getting her transplant she developed an infection, became septic, and ended up on ECMO which is a heart/lung bypass machine. All of her major organs were shutting down, she was dying right in front of us. For 6 weeks she laid in a coma hooked up to life support, kidney dialysis, and a ventilator.
During that time she had a stroke that affected her left side and developed a large bleed in her left lung. It was an incredibly scary time in our lives. In all, she spent 3 months in the ICU and 6 weeks in a rehab hospital, but she did make it home. It was a long road to recovery but she did it. Slowly, life came back to semi-normal.
She returned to school in the middle of 7th grade and was finally able to live the life of a child. Fast forward to 2014 and she is a freshman in high school. Life is good. She looks and feels great. In January, a routine visit to her oncologist and lab work showed her platelets were low. Emily was freaking out and scared to death that the leukemia was back. I refused to believe it. That evening, we got a call from her physician who confirmed that there were blasts in her blood stream.
The emotions that were running through our family is not something that can be described. The only thing you can do is go into survivor mode and not let your emotions take over. Her team at Rainbow Babies wanted to get her back on the transplant list. Her father and I were terrified to put her through another transplant.
A year or so before this latest relapse I had read a post on Facebook about Emily Whitehead and T cell therapy. I saved the article because I wanted to keep it handy "in case" her leukemia returned. Coincidentally, we have a cousin who, at the time, was a pediatric oncology nurse at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She was the one who posted the story on Facebook so right away I got in touch with her.
Emily was immediately admitted to Rainbow Babies and started on chemotherapy. While she was there, her doctors and I were getting her set up with a visit to CHOP. Two months later we headed to Philadelphia for our first consultation with Dr. Rheingold. A lot of blood work was drawn and we were given the details about T cell therapy. It was very scary to listen to her talk about it because it was so new and they really couldn't tell us a lot about its success or what the future holds for kids receiving this therapy. We headed back to Rainbow so Emily could continue chemo. A few weeks later we headed back to CHOP for a quick visit so Emily's T cells could be removed from her blood stream and sent off to a lab where they needed to double in size and be checked for infection.
While her T cells were being re-engineered, she was back at Rainbow receiving large amounts of chemo. The leukemia was not responding and the blast in her blood continued to grow. Eventually they blasted her with large amounts of chemo and it took her blood counts down to zero. For weeks and weeks she had no white blood cells. She developed an abscess internally and CHOP made it clear that she could not be accepted for the therapy with any type of infection.
Again, it was an incredibly terrifying time as we waited for her white blood cells to come back and eventually they did. The abscess cleared, Emily's T cells were successfully re-engineered, and on June 12, 2014 she received her new T cells.
She quickly developed a fever and was admitted to the hospital less than 8 hours after receiving her new cells. She had a pretty intense response which the physicians call a "cytokine storm." We were warned about the side effects of this therapy and how serious the cytokine storm can be. Her BP dropped dangerously low; she was confused and talked to people who weren't in the room. Her respiratory status became more labored and after a few days she started to have seizures. Even though we were warned that these things could happen, it was still scary and upsetting to watch her go through this, especially the seizures.
Every day during rounds the doctors reassured us that this type of reaction tells them the T cells are really working hard to kill the leukemia cells and that it would only last about a week. I'm not going to lie, we had our doubts, but sure enough about 7 days later she woke up at 4 a.m. and asked for me. It was the best sound ever! It took her a few more days to recover from the seizures and get her strength back, but a few more days later she was discharged back to the Ronald McDonald House.
That was 3 years ago and today Emily is happy and healthy and getting ready to start her freshman year of college. She enjoyed the remainder of her high school years feeling healthy and happy and enjoying the things that all kids should be able to enjoy. T cell therapy has changed our lives and we are forever grateful to the fabulous doctors who helped make it happen!
We're making it our mission to change the standard treatment narrative for all kids fighting childhood cancer. We want a different journey for these heroes – one without toxic treatments, fear of relapse, or loss of life. We need to write a better story for children fighting cancer.


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Order of Battle: Morning Sun Released
After the incredible success of the wargame Order of Battle: Pacific and its free DLC Battle of Britain, the developers from The Artistocrats studio have raised the level of the challenge!
With their new expansion Order of Battle: Morning Sun they have switched the focus onto the Second Sino-Japanese War, which started few years before the attack on Pearl Harbour in World War II.
In Order of Battle: Morning Sun you will take control over the Japanese forces in their attempt to take advantage of the Republic of China. But you will soon discover that better equipment and training could be counteracted by force of numbers and by fierce resistance in the backlines!
Watch the launch trailer here.
Discover new iconic units and face the vastness of the battles employing tanks, air fighters, amphibious assaults, and even war horses!
Grab the game now!
Do you want to know more? Follow the Twitch Stream today at 20:00 CET / 19:00 UTC / 2:00 PM EST on our official Twitch Channel!
Order of Battle: Morning Sun is an expansion for Order of Battle: Pacific and requires the base game to be played.
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Arbuckle Creek Bridge
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Legend has it that an old woman, one who was knowledgable with potions and healing, used to live nearby, and her spirit still haunts the bridge. So the tales say, the woman was hired to make a love potion, for which her payment was to be the client's first-born child. When the client heard the terms, he was angry and struck her, causing her to fall; her head was said to be impaled by a cypress knee. The man hid her body in the swampy muck, but she was found, and the man fled the area to avoid being charged for murder. But her ghost was often seen, an uneasy spirit in the wake of the crime. Although the nearby residents burned her home in hope that would set her spirit free, her ghost is said to still walk here to this day.
Arbuckle Creek Road
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Tawny | July 18, 2016 at 12:17 pm
There is more than just her spirit that sits there. There is an indian man and child under the bridge. We used to sit under the bridge and fish. The child would play with my fishing poles and his father would watch over the water for some time as if he were looking for something. Eventually, they would disappear. They were the kind ones. There was an angry one that sat just the other side of the bridge which would cause the horses to spook. This would have been back in the early 80's.
J Hartt | August 28, 2016 at 10:24 am
Anyone know the origin of this story?
5.4 mi. — Sebring, Florida
Kenilworth Lodge
Harder Hall
The Mailman of Avon Park
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The Fisherwoman of Lake Arcola
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Make a St. Pats Greeting
Get Irish Now from Irish Spring lets you put yourself into an Irish scene and send it out for a holiday greeting. Customize your look and add a message. See the one I made here. Then make your own! Link...
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[http://youtu.be/BDMBtQjS1bQ] (YouTube link) In honor of Pi Day (every year on 3/14), here is Hard N Phirm with their song Pi. The lyrics are here. If you just want to hear the recitation of pi digits again, Y...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/14/happy-pi-day/
Hardy Earth Bacteria Can Grow in Lunar Soil
Cyanobacteria {wiki} could one day be grown in moon soil, which is inhospitable to other plants because its nutrients are locked up in minerals that are tough to break down. Igor Brown of NASA's Johnson Space Center says...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/14/hardy-earth-bacteria-can-grow-in-lunar-soil/
Slipper Genie
Why use a dustmop when you can just clean the floor by walking on it? Microfiber fingers on the soles of these slippers grab dust, dirt, and hair as you walk around. The sole is detachable for cleaning. The drawback is...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/14/slipper-genie/
Bear Convicted of Honey Theft
A beekeeper in Macedonia was upset that a local bear was constantly raiding his hives, despite various schemes to frighten it away. Zoran Kiseloski pressed criminal charges against the bear, who was convicted in absentia...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/14/bear-convicted-of-honey-theft/
Trivia: Oklahoma Declared Watermelon as its Official State ... Vegetable!
In 2007, Oklahoma made watermelon its official state vegetable.Yes, you read that right: on April 17, 2007, the Oklahoma State Senate passed a bill declaring that not only is watermelon a vegetable (related to cucumbers,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/14/trivia-oklahoma-declared-watermelon-as-its-official-state-vegetable/
The Man Who Invented Karaoke (And Why He Didn't Get Rich From It!)
Given how many horrendous karaoke performances we've been subjected to, we weren't at all surprised to learn that the guy who invented the karaoke machine can't sing, can't read music, and plays the keyboards about...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/14/the-man-who-invented-karaoke-and-why-he-didnt-get-rich-from-it/
Woman Sat on Toilet for Two Years
Deputies in Ness City, Kansas, responded to a call from a man that said that there was something wrong with his girlfriend. This is what they found in the guy's bathroom:Deputies said a woman in western Kansas sat on...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/14/woman-sat-on-toilet-for-two-years/
Japanese Impersonators Sing "We Are The World"
And I'm Not Lying blog has not one but two strange video clips about '80s music.The first is a YouTube video clip of Japanese impersonators singing "We Are The World" (the Stevie Wonder and Cyndi Lauper imperso...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/14/japanese-impersonators-sing-we-are-the-world/
Bible Fight!
This game, created by This is Pop for Adult Swim, starts off with this little note: In the beginning, there was a contest of strength amongst the most prominent figures in scripture to determine the mightiest. The ro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/14/bible-fight/
Quote: Sam Goldwyn on Sending an Idiot
"The next time I want to send an idiot on some errand, I'll go myself." - Sam Goldwyn, movie producer and founder of Paramount and MGM movie studios (that 'G' in MGM stands for Goldwyn)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/14/quote-sam-goldwyn-on-sending-an-idiot/


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Thrift Store Mama: Does life imitate art ?
Does life imitate art ?
It wasn't but a few days ago that I was discussing with someone the mob/teenager issues on the metro of a couple months ago and what I would do if I witnessed that happening. We each believed that if your kids are with you, it's a no-brainer: you do whatever you have to do to get your kids out of there if it means that helping someone would put you or them at risk.
I confronted that issue today.
After dinner, Beezus and I were headed for some errand running. As we approached a very busy intersection, I saw a child run diagonally through the intersection, causing several cars to swerve and/or slam on their brakes to avoid hitting him. In the streetlight, I could see that he had on a dark jacket with a yellow horizontal stripe on the back.
I got a bad feeling. Just this morning, I finished reading ROOM, generously lent to me by my friend Elaine. If you've read this book, then you know why I got a bad feeling.
I saw him run through a nearby parking lot and I decided to follow him. I caught another glimpse as he ran into a grocery store and I made a quick decision. I decided that finding him and looking at him would be safe, even with Beezus with me.
I found him in the third aisle, where he opened a package of juice boxes, grabbed one and started drinking it. I approached him, asked him where his mommy was and told him I could help him. His little eyes darted every which way but looking at me, and I noticed a couple scars on his head. He darted away and Beezus and I went up to the security guard at the front to tell her what was going on. It took a couple minutes of persuading to get her to take some action. It didn't help that I was trying to clue her in without alarming Beezus.
When we saw him again a couple minutes later, the little boy saw me and her and sidled in close to another woman in the aisle. The security guard looked at me like, That's his mother, and I looked at her and said, "That is NOT his mother." Sure enough, it wasn't, and the security guard propelled the little boy to the secret security office at the front of the store. At the same time, I went around the store asking people if they were missing a little boy.
Again, I'm reassuring Beezus and staying pretty calm myself.
We head back up to the front, see the manager, and I reiterate to him that I saw the child running across the intersection from across the street. The manager knew me as one of the regulars at the store and briefly outlined their process for what they do when they have a lost child. He assured me that they would not let the child leave. At this time, the uniformed and the plainclothes security guard are asking the little boy his name, his mother's name, his age. He never said a word. I told them that maybe he didn't speak English, maybe he didn't speak at all, and that he was obviously scared. His eyes were just darting everywhere - it was so creepy. I told the manager to please not turn the child over to any adult who showed up - that there was no way to tell if the child was running away from something good or something bad. The something bad was what I was afraid of - what if the child was running away from some sort of organized crime/child trafficking gang and they saw me interfering and got mad ?
At one point, the manager said that the worst case scenario is that the police would call child services. I said that maybe that was the best case scenario for this little guy.
I felt that the situation was taken care of, and as Beezus and I turned to go and get some groceries, I saw a policeman enter the store.
When we headed out about 10 minutes later, I saw the same policeman clearing a lot of stuff out of his backseat.
When we got home, I asked Beezus to tell Mr. Q what had happened at the store. I also gave her the chance again to ask questions. I told her several times that he was probably at home with his mommy and daddy and that although he might have a punishment for running away he was probably asleep in his bed already.
Of course, I don't believe that for a second and I can't get his vacant, darting eyes out of my head.
I'm not sure what to think now - was he running away from someone good or someone bad ? I guess all I can do is pray.
Thank God you were there. Good for you for following him and trying to help. There is way too much looking the other way and assuming that someone else will take care of the situation. I hope the little boy is okay.
What great instincts you have. You are truly a wonderful soul and that little boy is lucky he crossed your path. I will add my prayers to yours.
I pray he got what he needed, and good for you for doing what was in your power.
Well done for speaking up and doing what you could; so many people (and I include myself in that number as I have no idea what I would have done) might have just classed it as somebody else's problem.
I hope he's somewhere safe today.
Holy crap! This could not be worse timing, coming on the heels of that book. This is completely scary, and at least you know you did everything you could to protect him. I really hope it works out. Ugh. This child deserves better than what he's got.


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OMB COST ESTIMATE FOR PAY-AS-YOU-GO CALCULATIONS
LAW NUMBER: P.L.106-279 (H.R. 2909)
BILL TITLE: Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000
BILL PURPOSE: Provides for the implementation of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption and establishes the Department of State as the U.S. Central Authority to oversee international adoptions.
OMB ESTIMATE: P.L. 106-279 allows the State Department to collect fees to cover its costs of administering the Act. The fees will be deposited in State Department accounts but cannot be spent without appropriations action. OMB estimates that the State Department will collect $5 million in fees annually. The Act also establishes new federal crimes relating to the provision of international adoption services. Violators of these crimes will be subject to criminal and civil penalties, including fines. OMB expects these fines to have an insignificant effect on federal receipts.
(Fiscal years; in millions of dollars)
Net costs.............. 0 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
CBO ESTIMATE:
Net costs.................... 0 0 0 0 0 0
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OMB AND CBO ESTIMATES:
OMB assumes that the State Department will implement fees for its services based on this Act. CBO mistakenly assumed further action by the Congress was necessary before fees could be collected. CBO plans to correct this in its next baseline projection.
CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF DIRECT SPENDING AND REVENUE LEGISLATION ENACTED TO DATE:
Outlay effect.............. 34 537 1,329 1,355 1,464 1,531
Receipt effect............ -8 -620 -698 -746 -781 -768
Net costs.................... 42 1,157 2,027 2,101 2,245 2,299
*$500,000 or less.
NOTE: The cumulative effect of direct spending and revenue legislation enacted to date is currently estimated to result in an end-of-session sequester. The Administration looks forward to working with the Congress to ensure that an unintended sequester does not occur.


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The best HD TV
By Allen Foster
| BestReviews |
Hyperreal is the new real. As our lives become ever more virtual, televisions become increasingly vital tools required to provide a richer, more exhilarating viewing experience. It doesn't matter if you're streaming videos, watching network TV, playing the latest game, mirroring your laptop, or displaying your favorite family photos—the more vivid the picture, the better. That is why those HD TVs that were once thought of as a luxury are now considered essential home tech.
It can be hard to know exactly what you should be looking for in an HD TV. Don't worry; this quick guide will walk you through the essentials, so you can make an informed purchasing decision and feel confident in your choice. Our favorite choice isn't the biggest model (although you can get a bigger size), but it has some of the best graphics we've seen.
Considerations when choosing HD TVs
When you are looking at purchasing an HD TV, you can quickly find yourself buried beneath an overwhelming volume of tech jargon. The trick is not to let yourself be misled by trendy words and big numbers.
Size is important. If you're spending money on a television that has a beautiful picture, you want that picture to be large enough to been seen and appreciated. And, you want to be able to mount that TV in a place where you can easily see it. If you do not have available wall space, you'll need an HD TV with a stand.
The other area you'll want to look at is your TV's connectivity. Does it have the necessary inputs and outputs to do what you want? Does it have a USB port to accept other devices? Can you install apps from the internet? How many HDMI inputs do you need? Can you send the sound to an external surround sound system? These are all items you want to confirm before you purchase your HD TV.
It's possible to get a 24-inch HD TV for about $100. It's also possible to get a 75-inch 4K LED for $6,000. Fortunately, if you stay in the $200 to $800 range, you'll be able to find a high-quality HD TV because that's where the bulk of the value resides.
Q. What is backlighting?
A. Backlighting is a technology that lets you see a more vivid picture with less eye strain, no matter what your lighting situation is. In other words, it allows you to see the image on your HD TV screen in all of its splendor, whether it's a bright and sunny afternoon or a dark and stormy night.
Q. Does 4K (ultra HD) really look that much different from 1080p (HD) TV?
A. There are some studies that reveal the benefits of 4K diminish rapidly as screen size decreases or viewing distance increases. If you sit a good distance away from your television, your money would be more wisely spent on an HD TV.
HD TVs we recommend
Best of the Best: VIZIO: 43" Class FHD Smart LED TV
Our take: A comfortably priced HD TV that offers features and connectivity usually only found on pricier models.
What we like: This digital-broadcast-ready HD TV has built-in WiFi and can function as a smart TV. The LED backlight provides a uniformity to the overall picture and helps create higher levels of contrast for more vivid pictures.
What we dislike: Like many HD TVs, you may need to connect it to an external sound system to have the best audio experience.
Best bang for your buck: SAMSUNG 32-Inch 720p LED TV
Our take: An exceptional deal for an HD Samsung , though it's smaller than some other choices on the market right now.
What we like: Rich, vibrant colors and exceptional sound. The price is highly persuasive, too.
What we dislike: Occasional durability concerns are reported by owners after about six months.
Choice 3: LG Electronics 24-Inch Smart LED TV
Our take: A bright, clear 24-inch smart TV for a great price.
What we like: It's an affordable choice for a gaming room or guest room.
What we dislike: Although it's a smart TV, some consumers have no interest in the smaller screen size.
Allen Foster is a writer for BestReviews. BestReviews is a product review company with a singular mission: to help simplify your purchasing decisions and save you time and money. BestReviews never accepts free products from manufacturers and purchases every product it reviews with its own funds.
BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers. BestReviews and its newspaper partners may earn a commission if you purchase a product through one of our links.
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Юлія Вікторівна Присяжна (23 квітня 1977, м. Вінниця) — українська художниця. Працює у жанрах станкового та монументального живопису, графіки.

Біографічна довідка
У 2000 році закінчила Національну академію образотворчого мистецтва і архітектури за фахом мистецтвознавець.

Членкиня Вінницької обласної організації Національної спілки художників України з 2010 року.

Джерела

Посилання
 Присяжна Юлія Вікторівна на сайті «Вінницька творча студія»

Народились 23 квітня
Народились 1977
Уродженці Вінниці
Українські художники
Українські графіки
Члени Національної спілки художників України

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package org.apache.flink.table.module.hive.udf.generic;

import org.apache.flink.table.planner.delegation.hive.parse.HiveASTParser;

import org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.type.HiveIntervalDayTime;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.type.HiveIntervalYearMonth;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.UDFArgumentException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.UDFArgumentTypeException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.udf.generic.GenericUDF;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.io.HiveIntervalDayTimeWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.io.HiveIntervalYearMonthWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.ConstantObjectInspector;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.ObjectInspector;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.PrimitiveObjectInspector;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.primitive.PrimitiveObjectInspectorFactory;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.primitive.PrimitiveObjectInspectorUtils;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.PrimitiveTypeInfo;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.TypeInfoFactory;
import org.apache.hive.common.util.DateUtils;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Counterpart of hive's org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.udf.generic.GenericUDFInternalInterval. Hive's
 * GenericUDFInternalInterval will decide what kind of interval it belongs to according the ast
 * token number while initializing.
 *
 *
But the token number is fixed to Hive's parser, which causes the token number different from
 * the tokens maintained in our ported {@link HiveASTParser}, and thus bring unexpected exception.
 *
 *
So, we port Hive's GenericUDFInternalInterval and adjust the judgement about the type of
 * interval according our own ast token number.
 */
public class HiveGenericUDFInternalInterval extends GenericUDF {
    private Map<Integer, IntervalProcessor> processorMap;

    private transient IntervalProcessor processor;
    private transient PrimitiveObjectInspector inputOI;

    @Override
    public ObjectInspector initialize(ObjectInspector[] arguments) throws UDFArgumentException {
        // read operation mode
        if (!(arguments[0] instanceof ConstantObjectInspector)) {
            throw new UDFArgumentTypeException(
                    0, getFuncName() + ": may only accept constant as first argument");
        }
        Integer operationMode = getConstantIntValue(arguments, 0);
        if (operationMode == null) {
            throw new UDFArgumentTypeException(0, "must supply operationmode");
        }

        processor = getProcessorMap().get(operationMode);
        if (processor == null) {
            throw new UDFArgumentTypeException(
                    0, getFuncName() + ": unsupported operationMode: " + operationMode);
        }

        // check value argument
        if (arguments[1].getCategory() != ObjectInspector.Category.PRIMITIVE) {
            throw new UDFArgumentTypeException(
                    1, "The first argument to " + getFuncName() + " must be primitive");
        }

        inputOI = (PrimitiveObjectInspector) arguments[1];

        PrimitiveObjectInspector.PrimitiveCategory inputCategory = inputOI.getPrimitiveCategory();

        if (!isValidInputCategory(inputCategory)) {
            throw new UDFArgumentTypeException(
                    1,
                    "The second argument to "
                            + getFuncName()
                            + " must be from the string group or numeric group (except:float/double)");
        }

        if (arguments[1] instanceof ConstantObjectInspector) {
            // return value as constant in case arg is constant
            return PrimitiveObjectInspectorFactory.getPrimitiveWritableConstantObjectInspector(
                    processor.getTypeInfo(),
                    processor.evaluate(getConstantStringValue(arguments, 1)));
        } else {
            return PrimitiveObjectInspectorFactory.getPrimitiveWritableObjectInspector(
                    processor.getTypeInfo());
        }
    }

    private boolean isValidInputCategory(PrimitiveObjectInspector.PrimitiveCategory cat) {
        PrimitiveObjectInspectorUtils.PrimitiveGrouping inputOIGroup =
                PrimitiveObjectInspectorUtils.getPrimitiveGrouping(cat);

        if (inputOIGroup == PrimitiveObjectInspectorUtils.PrimitiveGrouping.STRING_GROUP) {
            return true;
        }
        if (inputOIGroup == PrimitiveObjectInspectorUtils.PrimitiveGrouping.NUMERIC_GROUP) {
            switch (cat) {
                case DOUBLE:
                case FLOAT:
                    return false;
                default:
                    return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public Object evaluate(DeferredObject[] arguments) throws HiveException {
        String argString = PrimitiveObjectInspectorUtils.getString(arguments[1].get(), inputOI);
        if (argString == null) {
            return null;
        }
        try {
            return processor.evaluate(argString);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new UDFArgumentTypeException(
                    1,
                    "Error parsing interval "
                            + argString
                            + " using:"
                            + processor.getClass().getSimpleName());
        }
    }

    private interface IntervalProcessor {

        Integer getKey();

        PrimitiveTypeInfo getTypeInfo();

        Object evaluate(String arg) throws UDFArgumentException;
    }

    private abstract static class AbstractDayTimeIntervalProcessor implements IntervalProcessor {
        private final transient HiveIntervalDayTimeWritable intervalResult =
                new HiveIntervalDayTimeWritable();

        @Override
        public final PrimitiveTypeInfo getTypeInfo() {
            return TypeInfoFactory.intervalDayTimeTypeInfo;
        }

        @Override
        public final Object evaluate(String arg) throws UDFArgumentException {
            intervalResult.set(getIntervalDayTime(arg));
            return intervalResult;
        }

        protected abstract HiveIntervalDayTime getIntervalDayTime(String arg);
    }

    private abstract static class AbstractYearMonthIntervalProcessor implements IntervalProcessor {
        private final transient HiveIntervalYearMonthWritable intervalResult =
                new HiveIntervalYearMonthWritable();

        @Override
        public final PrimitiveTypeInfo getTypeInfo() {
            return TypeInfoFactory.intervalYearMonthTypeInfo;
        }

        @Override
        public final Object evaluate(String arg) throws UDFArgumentException {
            intervalResult.set(getIntervalYearMonth(arg));
            return intervalResult;
        }

        protected abstract HiveIntervalYearMonth getIntervalYearMonth(String arg);
    }

    private static class IntervalDayLiteralProcessor extends AbstractDayTimeIntervalProcessor {

        @Override
        public Integer getKey() {
            return HiveASTParser.TOK_INTERVAL_DAY_LITERAL;
        }

        @Override
        protected HiveIntervalDayTime getIntervalDayTime(String arg) {
            return new HiveIntervalDayTime(Integer.parseInt(arg), 0, 0, 0, 0);
        }
    }

    private static class IntervalHourLiteralProcessor extends AbstractDayTimeIntervalProcessor {
        @Override
        public Integer getKey() {
            return HiveASTParser.TOK_INTERVAL_HOUR_LITERAL;
        }

        @Override
        protected HiveIntervalDayTime getIntervalDayTime(String arg) {
            return new HiveIntervalDayTime(0, Integer.parseInt(arg), 0, 0, 0);
        }
    }

    private static class IntervalMinuteLiteralProcessor extends AbstractDayTimeIntervalProcessor {
        @Override
        public Integer getKey() {
            return HiveASTParser.TOK_INTERVAL_MINUTE_LITERAL;
        }

        @Override
        protected HiveIntervalDayTime getIntervalDayTime(String arg) {
            return new HiveIntervalDayTime(0, 0, Integer.parseInt(arg), 0, 0);
        }
    }

    private static class IntervalSecondLiteralProcessor extends AbstractDayTimeIntervalProcessor {

        private static final BigDecimal NANOS_PER_SEC_BD = new BigDecimal(DateUtils.NANOS_PER_SEC);

        @Override
        public Integer getKey() {
            return HiveASTParser.TOK_INTERVAL_SECOND_LITERAL;
        }

        @Override
        protected HiveIntervalDayTime getIntervalDayTime(String arg) {
            BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal(arg);
            BigDecimal bdSeconds = new BigDecimal(bd.toBigInteger());
            BigDecimal bdNanos = bd.subtract(bdSeconds);
            return new HiveIntervalDayTime(
                    0,
                    0,
                    0,
                    bdSeconds.intValueExact(),
                    bdNanos.multiply(NANOS_PER_SEC_BD).intValue());
        }
    }

    private static class IntervalDayTimeLiteralProcessor extends AbstractDayTimeIntervalProcessor {

        @Override
        public Integer getKey() {
            return HiveASTParser.TOK_INTERVAL_DAY_TIME_LITERAL;
        }

        @Override
        protected HiveIntervalDayTime getIntervalDayTime(String arg) {
            return HiveIntervalDayTime.valueOf(arg);
        }
    }

    private static class IntervalYearMonthLiteralProcessor
            extends AbstractYearMonthIntervalProcessor {

        @Override
        public Integer getKey() {
            return HiveASTParser.TOK_INTERVAL_YEAR_MONTH_LITERAL;
        }

        @Override
        protected HiveIntervalYearMonth getIntervalYearMonth(String arg) {
            return HiveIntervalYearMonth.valueOf(arg);
        }
    }

    private static class IntervalYearLiteralProcessor extends AbstractYearMonthIntervalProcessor {

        @Override
        public Integer getKey() {
            return HiveASTParser.TOK_INTERVAL_YEAR_LITERAL;
        }

        @Override
        protected HiveIntervalYearMonth getIntervalYearMonth(String arg) {
            return new HiveIntervalYearMonth(Integer.parseInt(arg), 0);
        }
    }

    private static class IntervalMonthLiteralProcessor extends AbstractYearMonthIntervalProcessor {

        @Override
        public Integer getKey() {
            return HiveASTParser.TOK_INTERVAL_MONTH_LITERAL;
        }

        @Override
        protected HiveIntervalYearMonth getIntervalYearMonth(String arg) {
            return new HiveIntervalYearMonth(0, Integer.parseInt(arg));
        }
    }

    private Map<Integer, IntervalProcessor> getProcessorMap() {

        if (processorMap != null) {
            return processorMap;
        }

        Map<Integer, IntervalProcessor> ret = new HashMap<>();
        IntervalProcessor[] ips =
                new IntervalProcessor[] {
                    new IntervalDayTimeLiteralProcessor(),
                    new IntervalDayLiteralProcessor(),
                    new IntervalHourLiteralProcessor(),
                    new IntervalMinuteLiteralProcessor(),
                    new IntervalSecondLiteralProcessor(),
                    new IntervalYearMonthLiteralProcessor(),
                    new IntervalYearLiteralProcessor(),
                    new IntervalMonthLiteralProcessor(),
                };

        for (IntervalProcessor ip : ips) {
            ret.put(ip.getKey(), ip);
        }

        return processorMap = ret;
    }

    @Override
    public String getDisplayString(String[] children) {
        return String.format("%s(%s)", processor.getClass().getSimpleName(), children[1]);
    }
}

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Former Los Angeles Laker Sasha Vujacic (right), Saga Ballooners president Teppei Takehara (center), and Ballooners player/head coach Al Bjekovic pose for photos at the B. League office in Tokyo on Wednesday. Vujacic serves as the new club's ambassador. | KAZ NAGATSUKA
Basketball / B. League
Former Laker Sasha Vujacic helping launch Saga Ballooners
by Kaz Nagatsuka
The Saga Ballooners look to literally launch a big balloon with the help of a former NBA player in order to eventually become a major basketball club in Japan.
The newly established club in Kyushu has hired Sasha Vujacic as an ambassador and hopes to get off to a successful start as it tries to enter under the umbrella of the B. League.
Al Bjekovic, younger brother of the ex-Los Angeles Laker, will serve as a player/head coach for the Ballooners.
"Basketball has not genuinely taken a root in Japan as a culture yet," Vujacic said in Italian, which he calls "more fluent than any other language," at the B. League office on Wednesday. "But I've felt the potential for the game to grow."
Vujacic, Bjekovic and Teppei Takehara made a courtesy visit to B. League chairman Masaaki Okawa as well.
The 34-year-old Vujacic, a shooting guard, insisted that he wants to help the club eventually be a team that represents Japan and Asia.
The Ballooners are set to play in the regional league of Kyushu, Chugoku and Shikoku as an associate member of the B. League in the 2018-19 season. The regional circuit is semi-pro with both professional and amateur teams and the teams wants to become an official league member and enter the third division next year.
Saga is hoping to step up in each division and eventually reach the top division in the 2021-22 season.
The Ballooners project kicked off as Saga Prefecture plans to complete building a new, 5,000-seat arena at the multi-sport Saga Prefectural sports park in Saga City, before the prefecture hosts the 2023 National Sports Festival.
The relationships between the Vujacic brothers and Takehara, the president of Saga Sports Club, Co. Ltd., began toward the end of last year. The Japanese, who was living in Turin working at a sports management company (related to Italian soccer club Juventus), visited Vujacic and persuaded him to join the Ballooners project.
"He told me about his vision and that was fascinating to me," said Vujacic, who has played for the Auxilium Torino of the Italian professional league since last year. "I looked in his eyes and thought this was going to be successful. I've joined this project because I thought that we would be able to create a competitive team."
The Slovenian native said that he had never put his name "anywhere to jeopardize it, not even one basketball camp" because he would not want to get involved in something that he does not genuinely believe in.
But the Ballooners project was something he thought was worth pouring his energy into, because it would be good for basketball in Saga and Japan and him and his 25-year-old brother.
Takehara, son of Minoru Takehara who is the president of the J. League's Sagan Tosu (who this week signed Spanish star Fernando Torres), said that Vujacic cannot live in Japan permanently because he is still competing as a player, but considers him a de facto president of the club.
Vujacic, who played for three other NBA teams after leaving the Lakers, said that he was thrilled about the new challenge, starting up a completely new team from scratch.
Vujacic said that he values having basketball academy camps, which he thinks would help in developing a basketball culture in the local community as well as cultivating competitive players.
"We would like to bring a winning culture to this team," said Vujacic, who was on the Lakers when they captured back-to-back NBA championships in 2009 and 2010.
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Study can increase conviction rate of sex offenders
16 October 2020 | Story Leonie Bolleurs | Photo Supplied
Kyla Dooley, runner-up in this year's Three-minute thesis competition, wants to pursue a career working alongside police enforcement, using her knowledge of forensics to solve criminal cases and convict perpetrators.
When rapes and sexual assaults are committed, DNA evidence can play a large role in convicting the offenders. DNA evidence collected from sexual crimes can, according to Kyla Dooley, often be tricky to analyse.
Kyla has just completed her master's degree, specialising in Forensic Genetics, at the University of the Free State (UFS). She not only thrives in this field – graduating at the top of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences in 2018 when she was awarded the Dean's Medal – but her work also brought her the runner-up position in this year's Three-minute thesis competition.
She talked about her research on the use of male-specific DNA in the analysis of DNA evidence collected after crimes of a sexual nature have been committed.
Explaining her research, Kyla elaborates: "In most cases, the victim is female, while the offender is male. Therefore, the evidence is often a mixture of male and female DNA and this can make it difficult to analyse the male DNA and match it to a male suspect."
She believes the solution to this is to target male-specific DNA in analysis. "This eliminates all female DNA and simplifies the process," says Kyla.
"Unfortunately, male-specific DNA technology is not currently used in South Africa, because the DNA regions tested to date haven't shown much success in distinguishing between males in our population," Kyla points out.
"The goal is now to use DNA evidence, to match it to a suspect, and have the confidence that it came from him and only him. Or else defence lawyers could argue that it came from someone else in the population," she says.
Improving DNA evidence
Therefore, Kyla's research focused on evaluating a new group of male-specific DNA regions, which are to be tested yet, to see if it would be a viable option for use in South Africa.
"I achieved this by collecting DNA samples from men on campus, processing them to obtain DNA profiles, and then determining how well these regions can distinguish between the men. The results of my research demonstrate the potential of these DNA regions to improve the use of DNA evidence when investigating sexual assaults in South Africa," says Kyla.
She believes her study can play a role in increasing the conviction rate of sexual offenders, which could lead to a reduction in South Africa's alarmingly high rape statistic.
"Everyone in South Africa is affected by this horrific crime in some way or another, so the benefits of this would be widespread," she says.
Solving crimes
Although Kyla will one day pursue further studies, she is ready for the next stage in her life. "I am in the process of applying for jobs and getting ready to dive into the real world. I'll definitely be pursuing a career working alongside police enforcement to solve criminal cases and convict perpetrators of such crimes. Working for the NYPD in the USA or Scotland Yard in the UK is the ultimate dream job," she says.
"I chose my field not only because the forensics world absolutely fascinates me, but also because I want to make a difference. I want to play a role in getting justice for those affected by violent crimes. One simple process in a forensic scientist's everyday routine could be a life changer for a victim of crime," believes Kyla.
"I, too, am an African," says visiting US drama professor
Africans are of blood and of soil, says Prof Charles Dumas in his inaugural lecture at the UFS. Speaking on the topic I, too, am an African, Prof Dumas reminisced about his life and experiences on the continent.
Photo: Minette Grove
Lecture (pdf)
What is an African? Is it those born in Africa, defined in racial and genealogical terms, or those who identifies with the continent in nationality and ancestral location? Did the descendants of enslaved Africans in the US, the Caribbean or Brazil lose their Africaness when their ancestors were put on slave ships to the New World?
These were some of the questions raised by Prof Charles Dumas, visiting senior professor in the Department Drama and Theatre Arts, in his inaugural lecture at the university.
Proclaiming attachment to the continent, Prof Dumas told his audience there are two types of Africans: Africans of the blood and Africans of the soil. In a speech titled, "I, too, am an African," he stated that he lay claim to his ancestral birthright not because of blood relationship to an identifiable ethnic group or birthright to the continent, but because he earned it.
"I suggest another way that one can be an African, is through trial and struggle to be reborn an African in spirit. It is a ritual journey that may be taken by anyone. For, after all, if we are to believe the anthropologists who tell us that human life as we know it began in the Olduvai Gorge, genetically we are all African in origin."
Prof Dumas, a senior professor at Penn State University in the USA, took the audience on a journey of his experiences on the continent, starting in 1978 when he first came to South Africa as a legal observer. Noticing the changes between Apartheid and today's South Africa, he said this generation are committed to learn from each other – and that is the most important, he said.
"With their hopes and aspirations they earnestly desire to live in the new South Africa that we promised them. We must support them in their effort. It is time we stored our old baggage in the closet."


The number 21 holds a deep symbology to Bitcoiners. Aside from denoting the overall number of Bitcoins, in millions, that will be issued, it's inspired scores of crypto merchandise designs, websites, and business names. Despite its assumed inviolability, several community members are opposed to the rigidly set 21 million Bitcoin supply.
During last week's "Satoshi's Roundtable" event, the possibility of increasing Bitcoin's 21 million cap has been raised. Matt Luongo floated the proposal responding to a discussion on the anticipated Lightning Network (LN) adoption. Considering that the block reward halves every four years as well as the possibly low onchain transaction volume in the future should LN take off, miners would have little incentive to secure the network. It could result in it being vulnerable to 51% attacks which would ruin the trust instilled in the BTC network for several years.
There has also been an argument on raising Bitcoin Cash's 21 million supply on similar grounds. Because of the network's low fees, there will theoretically be a little economic incentive for miners to secure the network after the block reward diminishes.
Luongo's proposal of increasing Bitcoin's overall supply intends to incentivize mining in a future of minimal onchain volume and block rewards. Although there might be an economic and security case for doing such, the matter resonates greatly with a significant portion of the Bitcoin community. Some are motivated by mainly financial reasons. The fact that the number of BTCs will never exceed 21 million gives digital scarcity to the currency. Increasing the fixed cap could reduce the value of everyone's holdings.
Nevertheless, 21 million has been among Bitcoin's defining features, and any effort to meddle with the magic number can be considered heresy. The next generations of Bitcoiners may be more receptive to increasing the supply, but for now, that notion looks untenable.


April 2007 – Are my eyes really blue?
I'll tell you how long. When I first got Danny, the girl in the passenger seat was Katie.
Yes, that Katie. 14 years and 205,495 miles ago, she was the third or fourth passenger ever in my new 1993 Saturn SC 2. Dad was first, of course, driving home from the dealership. Who was second? My grandfather, who was still a regular Tuesday-night dinner guest (and who had over 10 years left to live). I was at BSC. I hadn't even started applying to grad school yet – hell, I didn't even have a summer job lined up yet.
Danny was named for three basketball players – Majerle and Ainge of the Phoenix Suns and Servick of the Panthers, all of whom combined quick movement with tenacious defense. The aquamarine coupe only had a 4-cylinder engine, but produced 80% of the power that my much-heavier Monte Carlo's 305-ci V8 did – and with considerably more torque. It was compact, zippy, and got easily twice the mileage of my old ride with MUCH less smoke pouring out the back. It was new, it was fresh, and it was reliable, just asking to be pushed.
Danny has been parked by the beach in Pensacola, in a back alley off Bourbon Street and by Fenway Park in Boston. It's been pulled over on a snowy stretch of the Ohio Turnpike and on the side streets of Arlington, Virginia. It's taken me through the dark woods in New England, over the George Washington Bridge in New York City, through the suburbs of Chicago, across the Cumberland Gap. It's carried me through overnight darkness in Kentucky, tornadoes in Kansas, and rush-hour traffic on the San Francisco Bay Bridge. It took me to Vanderbilt, it took me to Washington DC, and eventually, it took me to California. The same car that drove me to Piggly Wiggly in the pre-dawn hours in Warrior, Alabama, drove me back and forth to my office in Silicon Valley.
I've eaten Milo's fries and In N Out burgers in this car. I've had Swensen's drive-thru in Akron, OH, Varsity hot dogs in Atlanta, GA, and Dairy Queen on the outskirts of St. Louis, MO. I've bought fudge on the north fork of Long Island, a service plaza on the Indiana Toll Road, and a Stuckey's in Wyoming. I've spilled coffee from Bongo Java in Nashville and Clocktower in Mountain View. It's played mix tapes, iPods and satellite radio. I've sprayed off sand and scraped off snow. I've gotten out and walked on the beach on both coasts.
It carried my dad. It carried my wife.
I broke down last fall and picked up a new car, a gray VW Rabbit. It does just fine, for what it does, but it doesn't feel the same. In less than a week, Danny will be towed off, a donation to the Arthritis Foundation in honor of its first passenger. It leaves behind memories enough for several lifetimes.
Vanderbilt has won its first team national championship – in women's bowling. OK, it's no Sugar Bowl or Final Four, but it's a national title in an NCAA-sanctioned sport, and what the hell, I'm proud. Hopefully some of it will rub off on our baseball players.
Would somebody please remind me that I do not need a new cell phone, a new pair of sneakers or new sunglasses? At all? Thank you.
Work is making me quietly insane – I just sort of hit the perfect storm of covering another person's job for 3 weeks at the same time as catching a sinus infection (right maxillary sinus, if you must know) and tendonitis (left wrist). It all adds up to one big ache, punctuated with snot and coughing. Not too too money!
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We're starting the evaluation process for a TV upgrade – it's time to join the 21st century. However, this is more complicated than it sounds – it's not just HDTV, but a new DVR, a new DVD player, probably some speakers, and definitely an AppleTV – and there will have to be some sort of accommodation with DirecTV. And that ain't hay. Given the process that went into picking my new car, it will be a low-grade miracle if I wind up with a new TV before the analog switchoff.
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It's going to be a *really* good spring.


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The film shot over a period of a year and a half will see Atharvaa in three different get-ups. "The shooting started in January last year. The film will trace the life of Atharvaa over a period of 10-15 years," says Barnesh.
Othaikku Othai also stars Ashish Vidyarthi and Narain in important roles as a don and Atharvaa's maternal uncle respectively.


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Skilled-up chainsaw corps carves out breathing room
By Major Cameron Jamieson
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An Army Reserve infantryman from the 2/17th Battalion, Royal NSW Regiment, Private Jake Jubelin, clears a track to a destroyed property near Bega. Photo: Major Cameron Jamieson
Army Reserve infantry soldiers have literally swung into action in south-east NSW, thanks to their rapid call-up and some chainsaw training from the School of Military Engineering.
The fit and nimble soldiers had their skillsets enhanced with a one-day chainsaw course held at the school in Holsworthy that qualified them in crosscut operations before departing for the coast.
This training has allowed them to cut apart fallen timber so their teams can haul away bushfire debris from roads, tracks, fences and properties.
Lieutenant Aiden Frost, of 2/17th Battalion, Royal NSW Regiment, and now the team leader for the 5th Engineer Regiment Task Group's Strike Team 3, Response Team Alpha, said the crisis instantly focused the minds of all soldiers in the field.
"What I've noticed is that the traditional rivalries between units may still exist for the purposes of humour and rivalry, but the truth is that everybody here is a soldier first," Lieutenant Frost said.
"In the absence of normal coordination, it's been amazing to see people across the corps work together to make things happen and help the people affected by this tragedy."
The dedication of the soldiers also gives a sense of hope to homeowners who have lost everything.
Verona residents Jim and Enid Humphries lost their home to the fires north of Bega. They have been living in a tent, but now have a caravan to live in.
A new access track to their property was needed to circumvent the destroyed house but the path was blocked by burnt-out trees. That changed when Strike Team 3 arrived.
Mr Humphries said the presence of the soldiers was an unexpected godsend.
"Without them I'd have to be into this with a chainsaw and that wouldn't be pretty," the 75-year old said.
"Before the fire, this was quite a pleasant area but the fire erupted in just a matter of seconds, now it's hell on earth."
Mr Humphries said now he had a caravan he and his wife could consider their options, as with so many of his devastated neighbours and community members.
"We are just one of the many, there's a hell of lot in the same boat, a hell of a lot," he said.
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title = "Asteroids"

import sys
import __builtin__
from math import sin, cos, pi
from random import randint, choice, random
import cPickle

from direct.showbase.DirectObject import DirectObject
from direct.task.Task import Task
from direct.gui.OnscreenText import OnscreenText, TextNode
from pandac.PandaModules import NodePath, Vec3, Filename, Point2

from devsyn.cameras import FreeLookCamera, GodCamera
from devsyn.entities import Sprite
from devsyn.physics.xy import pymunk
from devsyn.physics.xy.pymunk import Vec2d

from player import Player

base = __builtin__.base
APP_PATH = __builtin__.APP_PATH

SPRITE_POS = 55     #At default field of view and a depth of 55, the screen
                    #dimensions is 40x30 units
SCREEN_X = 20       #Screen goes from -20 to 20 on X
SCREEN_Y = 15       #Screen goes from -15 to 15 on Y
TURN_RATE = 360     #Degrees ship can turn in 1 second
ACCELERATION = 10   #Ship acceleration in units/sec/sec
MAX_VEL = 6         #Maximum ship velocity in units/sec
MAX_VEL_SQ = MAX_VEL ** 2  #Square of the ship velocity
DEG_TO_RAD = pi/180 #translates degrees to radians for sin and cos
BULLET_LIFE = 2     #How long bullets stay on screen before removed
BULLET_REPEAT = .05  #How often bullets can be fired
BULLET_SPEED = 10   #Speed bullets move
AST_INIT_VEL = 1    #Velocity of the largest asteroids
AST_INIT_SCALE = 3  #Initial asteroid scale
AST_VEL_SCALE = 2.2 #How much asteroid speed multiplies when broken up
AST_SIZE_SCALE = .6 #How much asteroid scale changes when broken up
AST_MIN_SCALE = 1.1 #If and asteroid is smaller than this and is hit,
                    #it disapears instead of splitting up

class Game(DirectObject):
  def __init__(self):
    self.title_text = self.info((-1.32, 0.96), title)

    base.disableMouse()
    #base.camLens.setNear(0.0001)

    self.create_world()
    base.taskMgr.add(self.step, "physics-step")

    self.stars = Sprite("media/textures/asteroids/stars", depth = 100, scale = 146, transparency = False)

    self.static_body = pymunk.Body(pymunk.inf, pymunk.inf)
    self.static_lines = [pymunk.Segment(self.static_body, Vec2d(-SCREEN_X, -SCREEN_Y), Vec2d(-SCREEN_X, SCREEN_Y), 0.0),
                         pymunk.Segment(self.static_body, Vec2d(-SCREEN_X, -SCREEN_Y), Vec2d(SCREEN_X, -SCREEN_Y), 0.0),
                         pymunk.Segment(self.static_body, Vec2d(SCREEN_X, -SCREEN_Y), Vec2d(SCREEN_X, SCREEN_Y), 0.0),
                         pymunk.Segment(self.static_body, Vec2d(-SCREEN_X, SCREEN_Y), Vec2d(SCREEN_X, SCREEN_Y), 0.0)
                         ]
    for l in self.static_lines:
      l.friction = 0.3
      l.elasticity = 0.6
    self.world.add_static(self.static_lines)

    self.ship = Player()
    self.ship.activate()
    body, shape = self.ship.physical_presence()
    self.world.add(body, shape)

    # Initialize Cameras
    self.god_camera = GodCamera()

    # Activate Free Lopok
    self.god_camera.activate()

    self.accept("r", self.snapshot)
    self.accept("escape", sys.exit)

  def create_world(self):
    pymunk.init_pymunk()
    self.world = pymunk.Space()
    self.world._space.contents.elasticIterations = 10
    self.world.gravity = Vec2d(0.0, 0.0)

  def step(self, task):
    steps = 10
    for x in range(steps):
      self.world.step(1/60.0/steps)
    return Task.cont

  """take a snapshot"""
  def snapshot(self):
    base.screenshot("snapshot")

  """info"""
  def info(self, pos, msg):
    self.font = base.loader.loadFont(APP_PATH + 'media/fonts/OCR.otf')
    return OnscreenText(font = self.font, text = msg, style = 1, fg = (1, 1, 1, 1),
                        pos = pos, align = TextNode.ALeft, scale = .035,
                        mayChange = True)


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OHL names Spitfires as host for 2017 Memorial Cup
The Windsor Star/Jim Parker
The Ontario Hockey League has named the Windsor Spitfires as host of the 2017 MasterCard Memorial Cup.
"The City of Windsor and Essex County is home to some of the most passionate fans in the entire Canadian Hockey League," OHL commissioner David Branch said. "It is only fitting that an event of this magnitude be hosted in a world class facility like the WFCU Centre in a community that embodies dedication and over 40 years of rich history in junior hockey.
"We are extremely proud to award the Spitfires the opportunity to host the 2017 MasterCard Memorial Cup and look forward to showcasing our league and the CHL's best major junior players and teams in Windsor next May."
The Spitfires had bid to host the event in 2011 only to see it awarded to Mississauga and the club bid again in 2014, but saw that tournament awarded to London.
Windsor was the only league team to make its bid for the 2017 event public and on April 18th made its presentation to the OHL Site Selection Committee of former Toronto Blue Jays president and CEO Paul Beeston, NHL executive vice-president and director of hockey operations Colin Campbell, NHL senior vice-president of hockey operations Jim Gregory and Scott Moore, who is president of Sportsnet and NHL properties at Rogers.
"It has been a dream since day one of our ownership to bring this prestigious event to Windsor," Spitfires majority owner Bob Boughner said. "We are very excited to give our loyal fans, who have faithfully supported the Spitfires, an opportunity to experience the pinnacle of junior hockey. Thank you to commissioner David Branch and the bid committee for entrusting in our ability as host. We'll strive to make it unforgettable."
It has taken just two weeks for the committee to come to a decision. In 2014, London was named host just days before the 2013 tournament got underway. This year's MasterCard Memorial Cup does not get underway until May 19th in Red Deer, AB.
This will be just the second time Windsor hast hosted the event in the 99-year history of the Memorial Cup and the first time since 1981 when it was held at Windsor Arena. The club became just the eighth team in Memorial Cup history to win back-to-back titles with wins in 2009 in Rimouski, Que. and Brandon, Man.
Unlike the tournament in 1981, the 2017 event, which will run May 18 to 28, will see the Spitfires get an automatic entry into the tournament along with the champion from the OHL, Western Hockey League and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Should Windsor win the OHL title, the team that reaches the final against the Spitfires will get the other tournament spot.
Savage, Spitfires general manager Warren Rychel, director of business development Steve Horne, Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens and former mayor Eddie Francis made the club's presentation in Scarborough.
The bid was judged on several pillars from arena facility, to hotels, business plan, event logistics and strength of team.
"What a great day for the City of Windsor and Windsor Spitfires fans," Spitfires governor and 2017 host committee chair John Savage. "To be given the honour of hosting the 2017 MasterCard Memorial Cup is a major affirmation of this city, its team and our fans."


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Home IPR Proceedings Federal Circuit Preserves Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard in IPR Proceedings
Federal Circuit Preserves Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard in IPR Proceedings
By Carl H. Pierce and Mark T. Vogelbacker on 9 February 2015 Posted in IPR Proceedings, Prior Art (102/103)
In In re. Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressed for the first time the standards for Inter Partes Review proceedings resulting from the Leahy Smith America Invents Act ("AIA").1 This decision will not only have a significant impact on Inter Partes Review proceedings brought before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB"), but also on strategic considerations for parties involved in active patent disputes and litigation.
The AIA replaced the prior Inter Partes Reexamination proceedings with the current Inter Partes Review proceedings. While many provisions of both proceedings are similar, other provisions differ.
Inter Partes Reexamination proceedings became available in 1999.2 Such proceedings provided potential benefits to challengers, such as a less expensive route than District Court litigation for challenging the validity of one or more claims of an asserted patent. The extent, and resultant cost, of the inter partes reexamination, was limited to patentability issues based on patents or other published prior art.3 In these proceedings, the challenged claims were construed under the "broadest reasonable interpretation" standard, rather than their "ordinary and customary meaning" standard used in District Court litigation, in which prosecution history estoppel and other factors could be used to assert a narrower scope of the claims.4 The broader claim scope is perceived to allow prior art to be more easily read on the claims, thus reducing the burden of invalidating those claims.5
Inter Partes Reexamination also imposed other constraints, which potentially limited the benefit of the proceedings to a challenger. Prior art was primarily limited to patents and printed publications, and the challenger was not allowed to take discovery during the proceedings regarding the invalidity contentions.6 Further, the challenger was estopped from raising invalidity contentions in later litigation, if those contentions were unsuccessfully raised, or could have been raised, in the inter partes reexamination proceeding.7
In an effort to increase the use of inter partes reexamination proceedings, the AIA replaced the Inter Partes Reexamination proceedings with Inter Partes Review proceeding. Inter Partes Review proceedings, significantly, provide for limited discovery8 during the proceedings, to increase the utility of the proceedings for "providing quick and cost effective alternatives to litigation."9 The AIA did not, however, specifically address the standard under which claims should be construed for invalidity purposes.10
In In re. Cuozzo, the PTAB applied the broadest reasonable interpretation standard, and found the challenged claims to be invalid under §103 as obvious.11 Cuozzo challenged this standard at the Federal Circuit. In a split decision, with Justices Dyk and Clevenger concurring, and Justice Newman dissenting, the Federal Circuit held that broadest reasonable interpretation standard was properly applied.12
As a result, challengers of a patent can at present rely on the broadest reasonable interpretation standard as a basis for challenging claims in an Inter Partes Review proceeding, thus availing themselves of an easier burden in invalidating challenged claims. Absent this standard, the strategic merit of Inter Partes Review proceedings would have been limited.
While this decision preserves a major benefit of challenging claims through an Inter Partes Review proceeding, other factors will affect the strategic decision of whether to challenge claims in a District Court proceeding, or through an Inter Partes Review proceeding. A lawyer knowledgeable in such matters should be consulted before any decision is made.
In re: Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC, Case No. 14-1301, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
35 U.S.C. § 311 was created by the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999, Public Law 106-113, Nov. 29, 1999.
Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 301 limited the material that could be submitted to "prior art consisting of patents or printed publications which that person believes to have a bearing on the patentability of any claim of a particular patent" and "statements of the patent owner filed in a proceeding before a Federal court or the Office in which the patent owner took a position on the scope of any claim of a particular patent."
Imposition of the "broadest reasonable interpretation" standard was not statutory, but rather established through precedent. The Cuozzo decision discusses this history at page 12 of the slip opinion. Construction of the scope of claims in District Court litigation is based on the standards established in Phillips v. AWH Corporation, 415 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005), an en banc decision of the Federal Circuit, which provided that "[b]ecause the meaning of a claim term as understood by persons of skill in the art is often not immediately apparent, and because patentees frequently use terms idiosyncratically, the court looks to "those sources available to the public that show what a person of skill in the art would have understood disputed claim language to mean." Innova, 381 F.3d at 1116. Those sources include "the words of the claims themselves, the remainder of the specification, the prosecution history, and extrinsic evidence concerning relevant scientific principles, the meaning of technical terms, and the state of the art." Id.; see also Gemstar-TV Guide Int'l, Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 383 F.3d 1352, 1364 (Fed.Cir.2004); Vitronics, 90 F.3d at 1582-83; Markman, 52 F.3d at 979-80." Phillips, 415 F.3d at 1314.
For example, Cuozzo argued that had the PTAB not imposed the broadest reasonable interpretation standard, the claims at issue would not have been found invalid.
Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 301. Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 305 provided bounds for limiting the involvement of the challenger, bounds which did not include the taking of discovery.
Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 315(b).
Post-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 316(c).
H.Rep. No. 112-29, pt. 1 at 48 (2011)
Cuozzo, Slip opinion at page 12.
Cuozzo, slip opinion at page 4.
Cuozzo, slip opinion, at page 19.
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