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Affordable Care Act, GOPocrisy	— June 24, 2014 at 12:08 pm
More Americans gained insurance in the first half of 2014 than lost it under 8 years of Bush
by LOLGOP
Of George W. Bush's myriad of failures that continue to wreck havoc at home and abroad, 7.9 million Americans losing their health insurance rarely gets mentioned.
"When [former president Bill] Clinton left office, the number of uninsured Americans stood at 38.4 million," Ron Brownstein wrote in 2009. "By the time [former president George W.] Bush left office that number had grown to just over 46.3 million, an increase of nearly 8 million or 20.6 percent."
And as Bush left office, the percentage of those without insurance continued to grow as millions continued to lose their jobs in the recession President Obama inherited. But in 2011 the percentage of uninsured began to shrink slightly as the Affordable Care Act went into effect. That shrinkage leveled out over the next two years but 2014 will likely offer the biggest reduction in the uninsured population at least in decades.
The Incidental Economist's Aaron Carroll — who hosts a great YouTube series called Healthcare Triage — looked at a new survey from Gallup and found that it suggests "about 10-11 million Americans are newly insured this year. Almost 9 million of them received private insurance through the exchanges."
This means far more Americans have gained health insurance in the first six months of this year than lost it under George W. Bush. It also means that every prediction Republicans have made about this law has been wrong.
The Los Angeles Times' Michael Hiltzik sums up the good news like this:
–Nearly 60% of enrollees in ACA-compliant exchange health plans this year were previously uninsured–most of them for two years or more. (Source: Kaiser Family Foundation.)
–Obamacare cut costs for buyers eligible for subsidies by an average of 76% compared with non-subsidized premiums. More than 80% of buyers are eligible for government subsidies, and for them the average premium is $82 a month. (Source: Department of Health and Human Services.)
–Most people can save money by choosing plans offering narrower provider networks, and there's "no meaningful" difference in health outcomes between plans with narrow hospital networks and those offering broader networks. (Source: McKinsey & Co.)
–Projected rate increases for 2015 are coming in well below expectations. Anthem Blue Cross rates will rise by less than 10% next year, about in line with health plan rate increases in the individual market in the pre-ACA era. (Source: Anthem Blue Cross.)
New York Magazine's Jonathan Chait has his own list and our Charles Gaba adds to it by pointing out that the whining about "How many have paid?" has gone away now that it looks like about 90 percent of those who signed up are paying
Health care is now much cheaper or free for millions of Americans who earn under four times the poverty level. And this is paid for by taxing the somewhat rich, the rich and the super rich.
The success of the law has forced the right to begin to acknowledge the real reason they hate the law, according to Chait: It helps less fortunate people with other people's money.
This raises a moral question that has nothing to do with statistics.
Now we can move the debate about the law to a place where it is winnable for Democrats. By futzing over stats and marketplace data, Republicans get to debate health care as a product.
Now that it's proven to be a very efficient product, as Charles Gaba points out, it's time to have the real debate.
Liberals think health care is a right and have made serious steps to expand that right to everyone. They should be open to improve how that right is expanded. But they should defend that right and point out that Republicans want to take it away.
UPDATE: Carroll's post original said 15 million had gained coverage but Gallup's poll only covers adults.
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As you read "Bruce" (Touchstone, $28) it quickly becomes clear that author Peter Ames Carlin understands something a lot of Bruce Springsteen biographers seem to forget: What a great personal story the man is.
It's not your typical rock 'n' roll account of sudden success, debauchery and fall from grace; instead, it's a rags-to-riches tale of an outcast with an obsessive drive and an unyielding vision, one that, amazingly, he never loses – although it would have probably made his life easier if he had.
Springsteen's efforts on his breakthrough album, 1975's "Born to Run," are a perfect example: Columbia Records was basically demanding a hit if he wanted to keep his contract, but radio-friendly ear candy was the last thing Springsteen had in mind. Instead, "he needed to create a work that reestablished rock 'n' roll as a cultural force with the power to inspire and even create change in your life, in your town, in the world around you," Carlin writes.
The fact that Springsteen had that goal at age 24 is impressive enough. That he pretty much achieved it is downright amazing, and that unmitigated determination provides a thread to Carlin's book that makes it a fascinating and even inspiring read.
The insights Carlin brings to Springsteen's sometimes familiar story are buoyed by personal interviews with, well, everybody: family, friends, band members, managers and most notably Springsteen himself, who provided an unprecedented amount of access and, according to Carlin, no conditions. The result is a portrait that feels like a complete, complex human being.
Springsteen's early years are particularly well sketched, starting with the tragic death of his father's young sister that hung over his family for decades to come. But if his troubled, often unemployed father and stalwart, doting mother helped shape his worldview, by the time Springsteen was starting to make his way as a young musician, his own personal drive had clearly taken over – along with a certain undeniable charisma.
But that charisma came with a complicated undercurrent, particularly in his personal relationships, that Carlin doesn't avoid. In probably the least flattering segment of the book, a young Springsteen slaps a girlfriend across the face, although he immediately breaks down in regret; later, he stops his truck and leads his companion in a slow dance through an Asbury Park snowstorm by the side of the road.
"The swirl of dark and light Bruce identifies at the core of so many of his characters exists within him too," Carlin writes near the end of the book, an assertion more than illuminated by his reporting.
Factor in revealing interviews with band members and frank assessments of Springsteen's battles with depression and embrace of psychoanalysis – Carlin credits Bruce's 2003 start on antidepressants as a motivator for his last decade of extreme productivity – and you have an astonishing amount of fresh material. It's amazing that there was this much left to tell.
If there's one place "Bruce" stumbles, it's in the breakneck pace of the book's second half, once stardom arrives: The almost visceral detail of the fascinating early years gives way to an album-tour-album cycle that sometimes packs years into a few pages, and certain segments of Springsteen's life – notably his marriages – get short shrift. "Bruce" actually could have been two volumes.
Carlin, clearly, has heard his subject well, and with "Bruce" more than does justice to Springsteen's repeated triumphant returns.
Peter Chianca writes about Bruce Springsteen and other rock music topics for Gatehouse Media's Blogness on the Edge of Town.


John and Veeran looked at each other in shock. John was forced to put a strong face as the case was one of a kind. He examined the box a little more and found a small secret space in which was a pencil sketch of a rose.
Veeran kept looking at the photo, 'Sir, we found the same photograph in the scene of crime, except the body looks a little different, it's not the usual crime scenes that I have seen throughout my career'.
'Call the forensics team and the CIU (Crime Investigation Unit), I want to look at the crime scene myself' John said. He was very careful not to let anyone in school know the situation.
It was a bright sunny day. The crime scene was typical. Crowds, vultures flying above, the body was covered in roses but on the City's Garbage Dumpsite. The body looked fresh but pale. Doctor Rajneesh was examining the body.
"Well, look who's here' He shouted looking at John.
'Hey Doc, a very wrong place to exchange pleasantries, don't you think this scene looks dramatic? Straight from the movies!' John commented.
'True that, your killer has a passion towards killing, he has handled her with care' Dr.Rajneesh continued ' I also found something peculiar, a tag tied to her toes, just like a body from the morgue'.
'Too many questions, let me take the body to the morgue. Why don't you ask the CIU to completely scan the area and find if they could get any clues'? . Quickly after this, Dr.Rajneesh left the crime scene to conduct an autopsy.
John took a few steps further and investigated the entire area. The little town was plain. No tall structures, it looked poor. This place did not have any CCTV cameras. Anu was killed else where but her body was brought here. He carefully made note of them all in his book.
'AhhClick here for #chapter 1hhhhhh!!!' someone screamed. John ran towards the place where the scream came from, it was at the place where the police had parked their cars.
'Under the van sir!' the witness said.
John quickly bent down in shot but looked annoyed when he got up. He took a sharp stick that he could find and hit the van.
To everyone's surprise, a man came out – unharmed, tall and handsome. All the police saluted him!!
He loved taking pictures of the crime scene, although he has eidetic memory. He always chose to examine things himself. John and Sandeep have always been the successful duo.
'Done taking pics??, let's go back to our den and check if we could figure out anything from what we have' John spoke looking at the crime scene again.
Hannah and Lesha cleared their final exam and will be working in the second half of the day at the law and order sector. Both aced their exams. While Hannah toped the test and chose forensics and chemistry, Lesha came in second, chose criminal psychology.
Lesha was already jumping up and down to meet the love of her life. In fact, the precinct itself was quite full of her energy. Sandeep and Lesha's grandfather was a Police General and retired just a year ago in line of duty, so almost every one in the unit knew them.
'I prefer angels! Sandeep was already in cloud nine seeing Hannah.
Lesha came running towards John, missed hitting him by a second and said, 'My first salute is for my darling' and saluted like a pretty doll. Sandeep did his best saving her from John.
'I'll take you guys to the rookies meet, John has got a busy day ahead' Sandeep cleared the air and allowed John to breathe'.
John and Lesha were in love. Well, complicated. She was as hot as fire; he was cold as ice. He was busy at work, she loved him all the time and studied only when she was free!
John sat down, spoke to the CIU who had confirmed that they had found nothing in the crime scene.
Dr.Rajneesh came to John's desk with a cup of coffee. This was the first time ever that he had ever stepped into a detective's area. John realised that it was serious.
Doctor looked at him 'Open your mail box please'.
'Under normal circumstances yes, but this was quite interesting. The drama captivated me' Rajneesh explained with interest 'The corpse was fresh. I couldn't stop myself from checking this myself. She was beautifully embalmed and had been presented with such subtility .
'You sound as if you enjoyed it' John was annoyed.
John couldn't choose between his best reactions.
For some reason, John felt that this was something more.
His mind was pondering over the usual questions, but the case is unusual.
Where did she go for the past 2 days?
Why her? Why the delay ? why did no one notice her gone?
When exactly did she go missing?
What is the use of the drama?


The TM5 "Common Status Descriptors" ("CST") Project is designed to aid trademark right holders and other interested parties who may have dealings with two or more partner offices.
Once a national IP office receives an application to register a trademark, that office may assign any one of various "statuses" to that application (or to any resulting registration) depending, among other things, on: (i) actions the office may take with respect to the application (e.g., grants or rejections of requests to register and requests for further information) (ii) actions the applicant may take with respect to the application (e.g., modifications to the application or requests to withdraw the application; and (iii) actions that third parties may take (e.g., requests to cancel registrations or to oppose applications for registration).
Each of the TM5 partners identify the statuses of particular trademark applications or registrations on their respective web sites (and through other means), using terminology that is specific to their offices. While the partners will continue that practice, once the CST is completed, the partners will also identify statuses through a second set of terms that will be common to each of the partners. It is expected that this "harmonized" list may be of great value to right holders and other interested parties who file trademarks, or review trademark registries, in two or more partner offices. In the future, the TM5 partners may encourage other interested IP offices to adopt these common status descriptors as well.


IndieBio, an incubator program based in San Fransisco, is aiming to help biotech startups with funding and assistance, the way other accelerators have done for that of IT. Since it was founded in late 2014, IndieBio has helped more than 42 biotech startups.
The biotech accelerator mainly invests in early-stage startups. According to Nikkei Asian Review, the process was done in batches, six months each. For one batch, IndieBio would take up to 15 selected startups from around the world.
Being backed by IndieBio means that a startup would receive up to $250,000 as a seed funding. Selected startups could also use the provided co-working space and laboratories equipped for bacterial, yeast, animal and human cell work in San Fransisco. In addition to that, the backing also includes access to a network of over 200 global biotech and industrial mentors, all in exchange for about 14 percent of the equity in the startups. The Irish Times also mentioned a laboratory facility in Ireland in the University College Cork as one of the facilities that can be accessed by IndieBio-backed startups.
IndieBio incubator program director Ryan Bethencourt believes that biotechnology could drive what he called the fourth industrial revolution. The incubator's founder Arvind Gupta agreed. "Biology is the most powerful technology ever created. DNA is software, proteins are hardware, cells are factories. The world has a huge number of trillion-dollar problems wanting to be solved and biology is the only way to do that," Gupta said in an event reported by The Guardian, convincing investors to start investing in biotech startups.
Gupta founded IndieBio in 2014 with Ron Shigeta and Bethencourt. The accelerator program was backed by SOSV, an Ireland-based accelerator venture capital fund managing $250 million assets. Bethencourt explained the role of IndieBio in helping biotech startups. "We start from basic principles. And because many of the businesses and products that our companies do are a complete novelty to us, them, and the market, we have to do the math," he stated.
Bethencourt also shared the accelerator's mission in doing their operation, which is to challenge the traditional view of biotech as simply biomedical technology. He emphasized that biotech is a technology that builds our world and that we can harness it to shift humanity from a scarcity to an abundance economy.
The view of biotech as a highly important technology to build humanity led IndieBio to continue doing their incubation program, assisting and funding biotech startups developing their products and services. With fund, assistance, mentoring, and facilities, the accelerator is determined to do for biotech what accelerators have done for IT, emerging biotech as a prominent sector.


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UiO UiO University of Oslo Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
"The Science of EST" ep.1: Reconnection everywhere!
The European Solar Telescope (EST), a new 4 meter class solar telescope to be built in the Canary Islands (Spain), will help solar researchers to discern the ultimate details of reconnection at the finest spatial scales thanks to its superb spatial resolution.
Ada Ortiz, researcher at Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics, UiO. Image: UiO
Who said that magnetic field lines never cross each other? The Sun is the perfect scenario to observe magnetic field lines crossing each other in a physical process called reconnection. During this process, magnetic field lines in the solar atmosphere can meet at different directions and angles. Once they clash, their magnetic energy is converted into enormous heating and kinetic energy of the surrounding plasma, which is then ejected in different directions at huge velocities. Big amounts of energy are released during reconnection, producing "fireworks" and the amazing activity we can observe on the Sun. After reconnection, the magnetic field lines reconfigure into a more relaxed energy state.
Reconnection can happen anywhere in the solar atmosphere, from the lowest layers (the photosphere) to the highest layers (transition region and corona) and can produce very energetic flares or coronal mass ejections, where tons of mass are ejected into the interplanetary space. Reconnection usually happens when new magnetic flux emerges into the Sun's surface. The new magnetic loops rise through the solar atmosphere and interact (reconnect) with the pre-existing loops or with themselves.
Huge X3.4-class flare in active region 10930 observed by Hinode on 2006 December 13. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
The movie accompanying this post shows two adjacent sunspots observed by the Japanese satellite Hinode in 2006. The lower sunspot seems to rotate counter clockwise with respect to the upper sunspot. A lot of shear occurs in the interface between the two sunspots, electric currents are created and magnetic tension is accumulated as the lower sunspot twists. Eventually that magnetic energy is released in the form of a huge flare that ejects plasma and energy in all directions.
The European Solar Telescope (EST), a new 4 meter class solar telescope to be built in the Canary Islands (Spain), will help solar researchers to discern the ultimate details of reconnection at the finest spatial scales thanks to its superb spatial resolution. EST will observe the lower layers of the solar atmosphere, namely the photosphere and the chromosphere, simultaneously to study the magnetic coupling between these two systems.
"The science of EST" is a series of short posts for social media where researchers talk in a plain language about a particular topic of their choice and how EST will improve our knowledge on that topic. The aim is to raise awareness among the general public about why solar physicists study the Sun, what the hot topics in today's solar physics are, and how EST will leap forward our knowledge of the Sun.
All the posts can be found in "The Science of EST" (ext. link).
By Ada Ortiz-Carbonell
Published Oct. 23, 2019 2:02 PM - Last modified Oct. 24, 2019 2:52 PM
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Moomba Forum > Moomba Boats > General Chat > Suggestions on new Vinyl?
View Full Version : Suggestions on new Vinyl?
A) Order from the factory via the local dealship.
B) Find a local auto-shop and have them do it.
I had a wakeboard fly out of a rack (I forgot to bungee it) and hit one of my side panels, putting a good size gash in the vinyl. I asked the local Malibu dealer (I don't know why I didn't ask the local SC dealer, just worked out that way) who they use, and they ended up just sending it to their upholstery guy for me. Cost $70 and they were able to match the exact factory vinyl. I'd imagine a replacement from the factory would have been significantly more expensive, judging by what newty paid for carpet, lol.
So, my recommendation is to ask a dealer who they use, and then go there. I'd guess it will be a few grand to do the whole boat, but I know that when the time comes for me its an expense I'll want to incur - I can't stand messy vinyl.
You are best off finding a shop that does marine vinyl work. Get a good quality vinyl. You can save money by taking it all apart yourself and just taking the cushions, etc. to the shop. It's also cheaper in the winter. I removed all my vinyl from my Outback and took the covers in for the guy to use as templates. He made the pieces and I did the reinstall myself. I also purchased the material myself from Great Lakes Skipper. Lots of ways to save money on this if you want to do some of the sweat work.
Did you staple it back yourself? If so, what did you use to staple? I assume stainless staples, but what kind? (size?) Anything to watch out for when doing this? I have a tear that is coming apart at the seam and would like to repair it for resell. Not one rip in the actual vinyl but just that seem. My thoughts are to take apart all the staples and sew it back with marine thread which I already have purchased since it seems like it needs to be sewn from the back. May be way off here, but I know ZERO about sewing. So when I put it back on, I was concerned about the equipment to do this with. Would a regular commercial staple gun work?
Monel staples, any other kind will rust, menards/best buy sell them, use whatever size you pull out...An air stapler is best(harbor freight), but you can get buy with a cheap electric one..
For just one cover you can use a hand stapler. Air staples are great but it's very hard to find stainless or monel for an air stapler gun.
As for the sewing, take the cover off and take it to an upholstery shop and have them sew it. Don't do it yourself or it will look like you did.


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The Houses of Louis Kahn
George H. Marcus and William Whitaker
A stunning celebration of the architect's residential masterpieces
Louis Kahn (1901–1974), one of the most important architects of the postwar period, is widely admired for his great monumental works, including the Kimbell Art Museum, the Salk Institute, and the National Assembly Complex in Bangladesh. However, the importance of his houses has been largely overlooked. This beautiful book is the first to look at Kahn's nine major private houses. Beginning with his earliest encounters with Modernism in the late 1920s and continuing through his iconic work of the 1960s and 1970s, the authors trace the evolution of the architect's thinking, which began and matured through his design of houses and their interiors, a process inspired by his interactions with clients and his admiration for vernacular building traditions.
Richly illustrated with new and period photographs and original drawings, as well as previously unpublished materials from personal interviews, archives, and Kahn's own writings, The Houses of Louis Kahn shows how his ideas about domestic spaces challenged conventions, much like his major public commissions, and were developed into one of the most remarkable expressions of the American house.
George H. Marcus is adjunct assistant professor of the history of art at the University of Pennsylvania. William Whitaker is curator of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania, which houses the Louis I. Kahn Collection.
"A spellbinding account of the artistic and intellectual maturation of one of the most important and influential architects of the last century. It is quite simply the most important book on Kahn to be published in over two decades."—Michael J. Lewis, Williams College, author of American Art and Architecture
"Reveals an architect of mythic stature working on an intimate scale."—Elle Décor
"If you thought you knew all there was to know about Kahn, read this splendid book—there is still more to learn about the greatest American architect of the second half of the 20th century."—Witold Rybczynski, Designers & Books
"The Houses of Louis Kahn . . . provides an architectural bridge between the personal and the professional stories, focusing on the nine houses Kahn completed, and designs for two dozen more. The story told by the authors, George H. Marcus and William Whitaker, is one of warm client relations, attention to the smallest domestic detail and a philosophical search for the best arrangement of rooms to call home."—New York Times
"An important addition to the scholarship about Louis Kahn by addressing a portion of his oeuvre lesser known but certainly not less significant."—Docomomo
"Marcus and Whitaker have not only directed superb scholarship to the study of Kahn's houses—both built and unbuilt—but have shown that the houses can be a lens on a broader understanding of Kahn's philosophy, his interpretation of Modernism, and his appreciation of the vernacular. They show how Kahn evaluated clients and how he designed spaces that would allow each house to become a personalized ideal—a home."—Susan G. Soloman, Architectural Record
Winner of the 2014 Athenaeum Literary Award for Art and Architecture given by the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
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Rob Close, John Gifford, and Frank Arneil Walker
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Architecture and the Arts in Northern Europe, 1470-1540
Ethan Matt Kavaler
Montage and the Metropolis
Architecture, Modernity, and the Representation of Space
Martino Stierli
Light Is the Theme
Louis I. Kahn and the Kimbell Art Museum
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Gamepack!
Halo: The Master Chief Collection GamePack for Titan One features the most famous Halo button combos (RRXYY, RRBX, BXB, XYY, etc). A button combo is a sequence of buttons that, when pressed in order, can give an unfair advantage to the player, like Double Shot, Quick Reload and Double Melee.


Denmark's new right-wing government will allow Uber to continue operating under new rules in order to encourage more competition among taxis, its transport minister Ole Birk Olesen said.
Under new proposals put forward by the government on Tuesday, Uber [UBER.UL] drivers must meet certain criteria, including paying tax and proving they are in good health. At the moment they operate without any rules.
Olesen said he saw no reason why Uber should not compete with established taxi companies, although he wants to implement rules that distinguish between taxis which are ordered via an app and those where customers hail them in the street.
But the government, which has only 53 seats of 179 seats in parliament, faces a majority which does not support the plan as well as opposition from the Danish People's Party (DF), which would normally support government proposals.
"I regard the initiatives as an open door to Uber, which I do not like. We shall not have two sets of rules as proposed," DF spokesman Kim Christiansen told Reuters.
A Social Democrat spokesman also dismissed the proposals. Together, the two parties have 85 parliamentary seats.


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ActiveRecord [![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/Thinkscape/ActiveRecord.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/Thinkscape/ActiveRecord) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/Thinkscape/ActiveRecord/badge.png)](https://coveralls.io/r/Thinkscape/ActiveRecord)
=============

Modern ActiveRecord implementation for PHP 5.4+

It is simple to use, easy to maintain and performant when used together with well-designed userland
code. [ActiveRecord is an architectural pattern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_record_pattern) for
adding database [CRUD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRUD) functionality to domain objects.

<br>

| [Installation](#installation) | [Quick Start](#quick-start) | [Documentation](#documentation) |
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## Installation

### Requirements

  * PHP 5.4.0 or newer
  * Database connection using one of the following
    * [Zend\Db](https://github.com/zendframework/zf2),
    * [Doctrine DBAL 2.3+](https://github.com/doctrine/dbal),
    * [Mongo](http://php.net/manual/en/mongo.installation.php)

### Installation using Composer

 1. Inside your app directory run `composer require thinkscape/activerecord:dev-master`
 2. Make sure you are using composer autoloader: `include "vendor/autoload.php";`
 3. Follow [quick start](#quick-start) instructions.

### Manual installation

 1. Obtain the source code by either:
   * cloning git [project from github](https://github.com/Thinkscape/ActiveRecord.git), or
   * downloading and extracting [source package](https://github.com/Thinkscape/ActiveRecord/archive/master.zip).
 2. Set up class autoloading by either:
   * using the provided autoloader: `require "init_autoload.php";`, or
   * adding `src` directory as namespace `Thinkscape\ActiveRecord` to your existent autoloader.
 3. Follow [quick start](#quick-start) instructions.

Before you jump into quick start, make sure you are using PHP 5.4, you have installed the component into
your application and you have included [Composer autoloader](../README.md#installation-using-composer) or
the included [autoload_register.php](../README.md#manual-installation).

### Using with Zend Framework 2

 1. Install source code using one of the above methods.
 2. Enable `TsActiveRecord` module in your `config/application.config.php`.
 3. Copy `docs/activerecord.global.php.dist` as `config/autoload/activerecord.global.php` inside your application dir.
 4. Edit `config/autoload/activerecord.global.php` and assign default db adapter.
 5. Read more about [using ActiveRecord with ZF2](docs/zend-framework-2.md)

#### Using with Symfony 2

 1. Read more about [using ActiveRecord with Symfony 2](docs/zend-framework-2.md)

## Documentation

 * [Quick Start](#quick-start)
 * [Configuration](docs/config.md)
 * [CRUD - Create, Read, Update, Delete](docs/CRUD.md)
 * [Queries and traversal](docs/queries.md)
 * [Persistence methods and DB configuration](docs/persistence.md)
 * [Features and add-ons](docs/features.md)
 * [Theory and discussion on ActiveRecord pattern](docs/discussion.md)

## Quick Start

### 1) Make your classes ActiveRecords

ActiveRecord is used to add database functionality to your existing model classes. Let's create a simple
active record class.

````php
use Thinkscape\ActiveRecord;

class Country
{
    use ActiveRecord\Core;
    use ActiveRecord\Persistence\ZendDb;

    protected static $_dbTable    = 'countries';
    protected static $_properties = [ 'name', 'continent', 'population' ];
}
````

> [More info on configuring ActiveRecords](docs/config.md)

### 2) Connect to a database

All [persistence methods](persistence.md) (such as ZendDb, DoctrineDBAL, ...) require a working database connection.
We have to create a new connection adapter and configure it with ActiveRecord:

````php
use Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter;

// Create Zend\Db MySQLi adapter
$adapter = new Adapter(array(
   'driver'   => 'Mysqli',
   'database' => 'my_application',
   'username' => 'developer',
   'password' => 'developer-password'
));

// Method 1. Set default adapter for all ActiveRecord instances
Thinkscape\ActiveRecord\Persistence\ZendDb::setDefaultDb($adapter);

// Method 2. Set default adapter for Country class
Country::setDefaultDb($adapter);

// Method 3. Create an instance and assign an adapter to it
$finland = new Country();
$finland->setDb($adapter);
````

> [More info on persistence methods and configuring database](docs/persistence.md)

### 3) Insert, update and delete records

````php
// Create new record
$finland = new Country();
$finland->setName('Finland');
$finland->save();      // INSERT INTO country (name) VALUES ("Finland")

// Update
$finland->setName('Maamme');
$finland->save();      // UPDATE country SET name = "Maamme"

// Delete
$finland->delete();    // DELETE FROM country WHERE id = 1
````

> [More info on CRUD operations](docs/CRUD.md)

### 4) Retrieve records from database

````php
$first = Country::findFirst();
// SELECT * FROM country ORDER BY id ASC LIMIT 1

$countryById = Country::findById(220);
// SELECT * FROM country WHERE id = 220

$countryByName = Country::findOneBy('name', 'Finland');
// SELECT * FROM country WHERE name = "Finland" LIMIT 1

$countryByName = Country::findOne([
    'name' => 'Finland'
]);
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Having made sure of that, ping ZS LAN IP.
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The middle distance final today saw another fiercely fought race in another physically and technically demanding area in the Finnish forest of Viitapohja. Five British runners ran the A race, with Fiona Bunn, unfortunately, choosing to not compete, due to illness.
The highlight of the day came from Sasha Chepelin, who limited time losses in the tricky first section and made next to no errors in the second half while running at high speed, completing the section after the spectator run-through quicker than the eventual clear winner, Olli Ojanaho. Sasha was rewarded with an impressive 7th place but was excruciatingly just 2 seconds behind 5th and 1 second off a podium.
Meanwhile, Alex Carcas used his flat speed to great effect by taking a good path route choice on the long leg and finished in 30th place in his first JWOC. Harrison McCartney was let down in the first half of the race by some mistakes in tricky areas, but will, alongside Fiona, be looking to put in a good performance in the Long on Friday.
There were 2 top 25's out of 2 in the Women's A final, with Jenny Ricketts navigating accurately and running hard through the terrain to take 24th position in a strong field. Grace Molloy backed up her 4th place in her qualifying heat, delivering an outstanding performance, despite a few errors, to finish in 19th place. This secures her first top 20 in her first JWOC final, even though, as a bottom year W18, she is the youngest member of the team and still has 3 more JWOCs left.
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A recent rise in C.difficile cases across multiple hospitals in Ontario, Canada has led to several outbreak declarations of thisconcerning and increasingly common hospital-acquired infection. Kingston General Hospital reported 12 cases over the past month, a 50% increase over the normal incidence of 8 cases per 30 days. In southern Ontario, hospitals under the umbrella of Niagara Health Systems have reported 61 cases in the past 3 months. The bacterium has caused at least 31 deaths in the Niagara-region since May. Shortly after announcement of the outbreak by the Ontario government, Queensway-Carleton Hospital in west Ottawa also announced that it is currently dealing with 5 cases of its own. C.difficile generally infects older hospital patients and typically occurs after use of antibiotic medication. It can cause severe diarrhea, inflammation of the colon and death. The responsibility of keeping the bug under control rests on both the medical facilities and the public. While physicians must prescribe more targeted doses of antibiotics (instead of general drugs) and hospitals must be even more vigilant in cleaning up infected rooms, the public must also practice discernment and avoid visiting the hospital if they are unwell and make use of hand-cleaning stations when entering and exiting the hospital.
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Book Review: Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy
I've been chased my whole life. As a fugitive refugee in the territory controlled by the tyrannical Mercer corporation, I've always had to hide who I am. Until I found Excalibur.
Now I'm done hiding.
My name is Ari Helix. I have a magic sword, a cranky wizard, and a revolution to start.
When Ari crash-lands on Old Earth and pulls a magic sword from its ancient resting place, she is revealed to be the newest reincarnation of King Arthur. Then she meets Merlin, who has aged backward over the centuries into a teenager, and together they must break the curse that keeps Arthur coming back. Their quest? Defeat the cruel, oppressive government and bring peace and equality to all humankind.
No pressure.
I really wanted to love this one, but in the end there were just a few too many things that didn't quite work for me. Womp womp.
Let's start with the positives. I'm always up for a good retelling. King Arthur in space? Heckin yeah. The concept is pretty cool. I enjoyed a lot of the space opera elements too. The ships, and the piloting of the ships, and the visiting different planets, and being on the run from a giant big bad empire type is all extremely fun stuff. Yay! I also loved that there is all sorts of LGBTQ+ rep in this book. If you're looking for rep, it's here, look no further.
Unfortunately, that's about it. I feel like this book suffered from a few things. The writing was trying to do too much, trying to be too much, and the book being too short left me with a feeling of superficiality. Everything felt so surface level. The potential is there, but I feel like we didn't get to dive deep enough into anything in order for the book to make me care about much. The characters had the most potential but I feel like they weren't fleshed out enough. We're told who they are but we don't get to experience them as a reader, really feel like we're in their shoes. Part of this, I think, is because of the way the reincarnation stuff is handled. Oh, well this is so and so, they fulfill this part in the story. I feel like they weren't allowed to be their OWN characters, in a lot of ways. Things came close with Ari, and her somewhat fleshed out background. There was even some 'oh, but you aren't Arthur, you're your own person' but there was so much focused on her being Arthur the entire time that such a statement felt disingenuous at that point in the story.
The other thing is that the tone of the book was all over the place. There were some very serious things that the characters are dealing with, but the story kept switching from serious situation to sexy fun relationship stuff. And this criticism is from someone who LOVES relationship stuff! I love romances! But the relationships in here felt shallow too because everything felt shallow. I wish this book decided to stick to one tone. It's space, it's the future, it's already nuts, just go for it and make everything crazy and a fun romp! And part of that was there. It started off that way! But then it's just like a ping pong ball back and forth in tone and in the end left me feeling confused.
And maybe this is on me as a reader and my expectations–because I felt like the potential was there for it to be so much more and it just really didn't live up to what I wanted it to be overall. This book wasn't terrible, I still had a fairly okay time reading it, but I just wish it had been more. If it had been a little bit longer and we'd been able to spend some more time with the characters as themselves, and the tone had been a little more focused, this would have made me very happy. As it is, I was left wanting. 2.5/5 stars.
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16 thoughts on "Book Review: Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy"
Mischenko says:
Sorry this one didn't work out for you. It does sound like it was all over the place. Better luck on your next read! 😉
It's not like I actively hated it but there was just so much that felt off to me and maybe it was me! Either way, onto the next!
Your review is very similar to other reviews I've read so I don't think it's just you, unfortunately 😐
It was a disappointment. Glad I'm not totally crazy though? Hah. 😅
wittysarcasticbookclub says:
I think I'll avoid this one. Thanks for the honest review!
You're welcome. 🙂
Paul's Picks says:
V good review. Balanced and fair.
Thanks, Paul!
I was waiting for this review! I had many of the same experiences and though I felt I was being harsh, you made my write up look generous lol 😀 I couldn't get into the characters at all – like you said, they came across as artificial and in the end it all felt…pointless. Like why should I even care about Ari when it turns out that the tragedy was doomed to repeat itself yet again anyway? All that development into her personality felt restrictive and futile. And I was so annoyed with the way the story kept switching between serious and lighthearted. By itself, that wouldn't have bothered me that much, except the lighthearted parts felt downright goofy, sometimes.
Lol, whoops! Well, you are certainly more diplomatic than I am. 😀
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who had an issue with the way the story kept switching back and forth. It's like, pick a lane! The good news is that in ranting about this to my coworker I finally came up with a discussion post idea lol. I think the reason I was so ranty is because it was just a big disappointment and you can see the potential and it made for a frustrating read to think about how it so easily could have been better. Oh well. On to the next!
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Oh dear, this one really doesn't seem to be working out. It's a shame it just didn't go for over the top fun really.
Yeah, I think if it had just committed fully to one tone it would have worked out MUCH better. Very disappointing. Ah well.
Kathy @ Pages Below the Vaulted Sky says:
I love how every review of this book I've read so far is all in agreement. And by "love" I mean "bitterly disappointed" lol 😀 I was so so looking forward to it. SIGH.
I was super disappointed. But you never know, you might still love it!
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A few years ago I found myself being pulled into a new passion, a passion I didn't ask for but I can't ignore. I found myself filled with an intense fire in the depth of my soul that was calling me to action. The action is speaking publicly to audiences I hope to captivate and convince. Public speaking is not the passion. Public speaking is a necessary ingredient of the passion. It is the passion that demands that I speak!
What is this passion? It is a desire to advocate for hurting women and children. Speak I must, for when I look at the alternative which is silence, a fire burns in my eyes and a volcano erupts in my heart. I know the dang erous and deadly outcomes of silence in domestic violence and sexual assault crimes. Because of my personal experiences with both domestic violence and sexual assaults, because of the traumatic crimes told to me by survivors and because these horrid crimes must stop, I speak.
October is domestic violence awareness month. April is sexual assault awareness month. These months are set aside to bring awareness of criminal attacks on women, children and men, and to honor those who lost their lives. My vision is that through breaking the silence, society awakens and mobilizes against the horrendous acts of sexual assaults in support of the victims and survivors.
Society of Silence
Domestic violence and sexual assaults are two of the best kept secrets in our nation. Why? Survivors rarely speak out about the crime inflicted on them. Why? This happens because of feelings of, judgment, shame, blame, guilt, fears, threats, retaliation, humiliation and embarrassment. These are all normal feelings of survivors. To break the silence and help the survivors we must address all these feelings. These feelings are enabling tools that allow the offenders to continue in crime and feed the silence in our society. Allow me to give attention to three areas of our silent community.
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Domestic violence and sexual assaults haven't always been crimes. For hundreds of years the abusive treatment of women was considered normal. Because it was normal silence against these crimes was accepted and normal. History sheds light on the silence. Throughout US history women have been degraded, abused, humiliated and objectified. Women were viewed as property, especially married women. Male privilege has always been a staple in our society. Male privilege was and still is accepted as part of our society. Laws had to be passed to protect women from being raped by their own husbands. Laws were put on the book in Texas as late as 1993 and 1994. Though laws were passed the mindset of many in the male gender population has yet to be changed. Some men continue to rape, degrade and abuse women. Society continues to objectify women and therefore the cycle continues.
If we want to go deeper into history lets go way back to the bible. The bible has written documentation of male privilege. Throughout the bible there are stories of rapes, sexual abuse and objectification of women. Let me just mention a few. In Judges a concubine was gang raped and died with her hand on the door of the home her master stayed in overnight. In Genesis, Dinah the daughter of Jacob was raped. Jacob, the father did nothing however Simeon and Levi revenged the defiling of their sister. In Samuel 2, King David's own daughter, Tamar was raped and the king did nothing yet Absalom in anger killed the rapist, his brother Amnon. Queen Vashti and Queen Esther were objectified by King Ahasuerus and his advisors. When Queen Vashti refused she was put away, as an example of what would happen to wives who refused the commands of their husbands. Just a note, submission is a form of order not a command to order. Today in some countries society is not that far removed from the barbaric acts in the bible. Men felt they had the right to lord over, control and abuse the female gender. How much has society changed?
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Accessories for Dungeons and Dragons are expensive everywhere I look. I made an alternative that gives you everything needed thats still of higher quality and for a cheaper price point. I want to be as transparent as I can with everyone that's interested. I have made a coffin that holds AND includes all of your essentials to be a player in a session of D&D. After putting this all together getting it down pat, it takes me 3.5 hours to complete a coffin.
This item is a wooden coffin that has been decorated. It will magnetically clasp shut with earth element magnets.
This item will ALWAYS include a set of dice consisting of a 20, 12, two 10, 8, 6, and a 4 sided die, which is a full set, that is held in a little dice bag.
The description of the coffin is as follows: •Approximately 6 inches long by approximately 3 inches wide.
This coffin will be able to carry all of these things yet be compact enough that it does not take up too much space at your tabletop. There are multiple levels to this project. The reason I am trying to get this funded is so everyone can have a full set of everything needed to play from one person and for more convient than normal. Thank you for taking time out of your day or night to read this project and I hope your dice roll well!
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Surging Bruins earn 3-1 win over Rangers
Flames' Markstrom shuts out former team
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By SCOTT CHARLES
NEW YORK (AP) A loss in the seventh game of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final could have carried over to the following season, except the Boston Bruins' strong culture has helped them remain at the top of the Eastern Conference standings.
Charlie McAvoy, Charlie Coyle and Patrice Bergeron each scored, and the Bruins began a four-game trip with a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers on Sunday.
"We expect to play well every night," Bruins alternate captain Brad Marchand said. "When we play well, we are going to win a majority of the games. We just hold ourselves to a high standard. We don't accept losing in the room, or in the organization."
Jaroslav Halak made 25 saves as Boston picked up its ninth win in 10 games.
Mika Zibanejad scored, but the Rangers' four-game winning streak was snapped. Alexandar Georgiev made his third start in a row for New York and had 31 saves in his team-leading 26th start.
Coyle scored the winner with a short-handed goal at 18:42 of the second period. The forward stole a puck from Jacob Trouba at the blueline and outskated everyone on the ice before converting a breakaway for his 14th of the season.
"It takes a while to pick yourself up from that," Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. "That was the big boost for us."
McAvoy opened the scoring at 19:18 of the first period after a puck took an odd bounce over Georgiev's head. McAvoy tossed a shot near the net and the puck bounced off two Rangers skaters before finding the back of the net. McAvoy also scored in the Bruins' 4-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.
"I knew I hadn't scored, but I wasn't losing sleep at night," McAvoy said of his 51-game goal drought to start the season. "It is nice to get a couple in a short amount of time, more importantly we got two wins on this back-to-back."
Zibanejad ended Halak's shutout bid with a power-play goal at 9:52 of the third period. Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome assisted on the play. Bergeron added an empty-net goal in the final minute.
"They are a hard team, they defend very well, they have a ton of experience, they are deep down the middle," Rangers coach David Quinn said of the Bruins. "There is a reason why they have the most points in the league."
The Rangers had an opportunity midway through the second to even the score when David Krejci was penalized for a four-minute high-sticking infraction. The Rangers' power play has been one of the top units in the NHL, but failed to come through in the middle period.
New York defenseman Ryan Lindgren was forced to leave the game after the Krejci penalty but did return to action after receiving medical treatment.
"We are not going to score all the time but we couldn't even create any momentum from it," Zibanejad said of the extended power play. "It wasn't sharp enough, can't allow that to happen in an important game like that."
Henrik Lundqvist dressed as the backup goaltender for the seventh straight game and hasn't started since being pulled against the Dallas Stars on Feb. 3. New York has carried three goaltenders since recalling Igor Shesterkin from the American Hockey League for the second time on January 29th.
NOTES: The Bruins concluded their 10th of 13 sets of back-to-back games this season … Boston is 8-1-1 in the first game of those sets and 5-4-1 in the second half. … Boston scratched defenseman John Moore, forwards Anton Blidh and Par Lindholm. … New York defenseman Tony DeAngelo missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury although Quinn expects him to return Wednesday. … Shesterkin was sidelined for a third straight game because of an ankle injury.
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Rangers: Visit Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday.
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Asthma or bronchial asthma is a chronic condition affecting the lungs wherein the recurring inflammation and narrowing of the airways (bronchi) result in the obstruction of airflow in response to the sensitivity to certain allergic or non-allergic factors. This makes breathing difficult and may trigger recurrent episodes of coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath.
For some patients, asthma is minor trouble, but, for a few patients, it can be a major problem that may interfere with their daily activities and may lead to life-threatening asthma attacks.
Asthma is a very common condition affecting people all over the world. It may affect people of any age group, ranging from a month-old baby to elderly people.
Asthma can be controlled with proper management, and one can live a healthy and productive life.
Arthritis and rheumatism are among the commonest forms of chronic disease and, with an aging population, are set to become commoner still. Strictly speaking, arthritis means disease of the joints, while rheumatism is disease of the soft connective tissues which support and move the joints. In fact, the distinction is often artificial, since many of these conditions affect both the joints and connective tissues.
Osteoarthritis, the commonest of these conditions, is basically "wear and tear" of the joints. The root of the problem is wearing out of the cartilage, the tough, slippery "gristle", which allows the ends of the bone to slide smoothly over each other and absorbs shocks. The joint becomes stiff and painful, and may creak as it is moved.
As the cartilage wears down, the bones on either side of the joint may react by forming small bony outgrowths called osteophytes. One of the sites where bony nodes can easily be seen is the last joint of the fingers. Spondylosis is a similar problem affecting the spine; here the main problem is degeneration of the disks which separate the vertebrae.
As one would expect with a degenerative condition the prevalence of osteoarthritis increases with age, it affects nine per cent of the total population but around 70 per cent of the over-70s. It is the commonest of all rheumatological conditions, and indeed probably the commonest of all chronic diseases, because many sufferers live with it for many years. Not surprisingly it tends to affect weight-bearing joints (eg low back, hips and knees). Joint injuries or overuse (for instance heavy physical work or professional sport) predispose to osteoarthritis later in life. Overweight is another important factor.
The other two main groups of arthritis and rheumatism are inflammatory arthritis, of which the commonest form is rheumatoid arthritis, and soft tissue rheumatism. Rheumatoid arthritis affects about one person in a hundred; it is nearly three times commoner in women than men (for unknown reasons). Its cause, too, remains frustratingly elusive. It tends to come on at an earlier age than osteoarthritis (typically in the 30s to 50s) and is more aggressive, running a more rapid course: about a third of sufferers are seriously disabled within ten years, although it is very variable. It particularly affects the small joints, especially of the hands and feet, causing a typical hand deformity where the fingers slant sideways. But it can affect almost any joint in the body, and also cause nodules under the skin and eye problems. There are many other forms of inflammatory arthritis, some of them associated with infections.
The final group is true rheumatism, affecting the soft connective tissues rather then the joints themselves. There are many forms, some with picturesque names. They include enthesopathies which affect the point at which tendons connect to the bones – the best known of these are tennis elbow, affecting the outer side of the elbow, and golfer's elbow, which affects the inner side. Capsulitis – inflammation of the capsule of tissues that surround the joint – most commonly affects the shoulder, and may lead to a stiff "frozen" shoulder. Some of the more amusing names are reserved for bursitis – inflammation of the bursae, cushioning pads which overlie many joints. These include Housemaid's Knee (also known as Clergyman's Knee), from too much kneeling. But my favourite is Weaver's Bottom – so called because it used to affect weavers who had to shuffle up and down long benches to tend their looms!
The most common form of soft tissue rheumatism, however, is fibromyalgia (which used to be known as fibrositis). It affects about two per cent of people and is much commoner in women than men. It is a controversial condition; some believe that fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME) are varieties of the same condition, certainly there are similarities. The typical features are widespread musculoskeletal pain and aching with tender points at several specific locations. It is frequently associated with poor sleep and fatigue as well as other problems including migraine and irritable bowel syndrome.
There are many problems with current conventional treatment of arthritis and rheumatism. For instance, although osteoarthritis rarely, if ever, killed anyone, a group of drugs often used in its treatment, the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs), including aspirin, Ibuprofen and Voltarol among many others, certainly has. There are some 12,000 hospital admissions and 2,000 deaths from these drugs every year in the UK alone. Although the new generation of NSAIDs is safer, they are only glorified painkillers, which do not affect the basic disease process. Similarly for rheumatoid arthritis, a range of powerful drugs is available but all of these have long and alarming lists of side effects.
Cervical spondylitis
Cervical spondylitis is a common degenerative condition of the cervical (neck) spine that most likely is caused by age-related changes (wear and tear) in the intervertebral disc and vertebrae of the neck. Research has shown that CSM (cervical spondylotic myelopathy) is the most common cause of non-traumatic weakness in limbs and a persistent stiffness and nagging pain in the neck.
'Spondylo' is a Greek word-meaning vertebra. Spondylitis (or Spondylosis) means changes in the vertebral joint characterized by increasing degeneration of the intervertebral disc with subsequent changes in the bones and soft tissues.
Most often in people above the age of 40, the intervertebral discs get progressively dehydrated and they become more compressible and less elastic. Mineral deposition starts occurring in the intervertebral disc resulting in secondary changes. Although the majority of individuals over 40 years of age demonstrate significant radiological evidence of the above changes, only a small percentage develop symptoms of the same. Another noteworthy point is that sometimes the degenerative changes in the cervical spine can be visible on the X-ray as early as in 30's but it does not call for any treatment if the patient is not symptomatic.
The above changes result in compression of the nerves leading to radiculopathy (pain, numbness, weakness, and loss of reflex due to compression and irritation of spinal nerve) or compression of the spinal cord resulting in cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) (commonly caused by spinal stenosis resulting in loss of movements and sensation). Both the neural and spinal cord compression will result in radiculomyelopathy.
Thyroid is a small butterfly-shaped gland, located in your neck, wrapped around the windpipe, and is located behind and below the Adam's Apple area. The thyroid produces several hormones, of which two are key: triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). These hormones help oxygen get into cells, and make your thyroid the master gland of metabolism. Normally, of all the hormone produced by your thyroid, 80% will be T4 and 20% T3. Once released by the thyroid, the T3 and T4 travel through the bloodstream. The purpose is to help cells convert oxygen and calories into energy. The hypothalamus in the brain releases something called Thyrotropin-releasing Hormone (TRH). The release of TRH tells the pituitary gland to release something called Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH). This TSH, circulating in your bloodstream, is what tells the thyroid to make thyroid hormones and release them into your bloodstream.
You have a higher risk of developing thyroid disease if, among a variety of factors:
You have a family member with a thyroid problem
You have another pituitary or endocrine disease
You or a family member have another autoimmune disease
You've been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
You've been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia
You're female
You're over 60
You've just had a baby
You're near menopause or menopausal
You're a smoker
You've been exposed to radiation
You've been treated with lithium
You've been exposed to certain chemicals (i.e., perchlorate, fluoride etc.)
Every man and woman experiences low sex (loss of libido) drive during some period in life. If low sex drive is continued and lasting, it calls for treatment. Almost 15% of men have this problem all the time; while over 30% females have it, but may not voice about it.
As you know every disease has complex medical name. Similarly, Low sex desire is also called as (Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder - HSDD).
Let us look at the most common factors which contribute towards low sex drive.
In men, following are the common causes:
Lack of spark in marriage life
Alcohol or/and smoking, drugs
Drugs: Drugs depression, hypertension, pain killers
Low levels of testosterone hormone
Hypothyroid (Under active thyroid)
Anxiety, depression or other emotional diseases
In women, one must check the following common factors:
Lack of love in marriage life
Reduced blood supply to vagina, leading to painful intercourse
Hypothyroid (Under active thyroid) (More common than in men)
Alcohol, smoking, drugs
Nerve injury following removal of uterus (hysterectomy)
Traumatic events in childhood such as child abuse
Diabetes is a condition in which sugar (glucose) builds up in the bloodstream. Problems with insulin production and function lead to this condition.
Cases of diabetes have increased across the globe. The number of people worldwide who are living with diabetes has grown from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014, estimates the World Health Organization. This rise is expected to continue.
Diabetes is usually treated with a change in diet, exercise, and prescription medications to control blood sugar. Still, many people with diabetes have trouble controlling their symptoms. Symptoms can include:
persistent hunger
excessive urination
skin sores
Brochitis
Bronchitis simply means an inflammation of the bronchus, the windpipe. This is usually caused by infection (viral, bacterial, fungal, etc) or allergy or both. This condition is widely prevalent throughout the world and is a frequent cause of absenteeism from school and work.
Bronchitis seems to be slightly more common in women as compared to males though the difference is not significant. It is more common amongst the younger age-group as compared to the adult population.
Causes of Bronchitis:
Allergy (environmental and industrial pollutants, pollen, etc.)
Infections (viral, bacterial, fungus
Exposure to temperature changes (extreme cold, change from cold to heat and vise versa, etc.)
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What Am I Really Hungry For?
The first step to reaching our ideal weight is to find out WHY we eat when we're not hungry. Being MINDFUL will do this. I know this is going to sound weird, but besides shedding pounds, we will learn so much about what is going on inside our heads and hearts. Next time you are headed to the refrigerator and realize that you are not hungry but really, really want to gorge on those last six brownies topped with dark chocolate chips (my fav), HALT and ask yourself, what is going on with me? Why do I want to eat?
Much of the time what leads to overeating is not dealing with what bothers us. It could be stress at work, or the cute guy from the coffee shop who didn't call or perhaps your children's rebellious behavior. Maybe the reason for eating is as simple as boredom, and reaching for tasty treats offers an exciting solution (at least for our taste buds).
However, at best it is a temporary high to fill a void. Shortly after, the same feelings pop up, with the addition of a bloated pang of guilt. If you are hungry, eat, but make it special. Put it on a pretty dish, then really pay attention to what you are putting into your mouth. Eat without distractions around you — no cell phone, no TV, no computer, no books, no newspaper. MINDFUL eating is learning to use all your senses to get the most out food. Smell the food. Look at the colors of food. Think of where it came from. Think about how it feels on your lips and in your mouth. Savor the food's taste, and chew deliberately.
Our lives are all super busy, but how about starting to PRACTICE mindful eating a little each day? Starting today, let's listen to our bodies' wisdom, instead of ignoring what we really need and stuffing our not-so-good feelings in that old ragged Gucci purse far back in the closet. Sometimes, things may get blown out of proportion, but being in tuned with our eating habits and what is going on with our hearts helps both our well-being and our waistline. Instead, Journal it out, give yourself a manicure, ring a old friend, go for a walk, work on that neglected project, pray, etc. Simply say: I am not going to let this baloney bother me! Most of all do not stuff it. When we face our troubling situations, we become stronger and satisfied.
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Q: Python Testing a CLI application with required arguments First off: I am quite new to the field of testing. So there might be some things wrong in my understanding.
My situation is the following: I'm working on a framework-ish where the end-user has to inherit from a parent class I've predefined. They're required to override four abstract methods I've defined in the parent class, and write there magic code inside of these methods.
The framework offers three different modes to run in. Because I want to ensure no mistakes are being made I've added a positional CLI argument to set that mode.
Here is my problem: I'm trying to write a unittest for every module in my application. Because the parent class mentioned above has quite some code, I'd like to unittest this as well.
Needless to say, it will not run without providing the required positional argument.
I've looked around to see how I can provide this argument programmatically, but the internet tells me that a unittest should be able to run without any outside information (makes sense).
My question: How do I test such a module? Are there other types of tests that are suited for these kinds of problems?
Thank you in advance!
UPDATE
Here is a code example as requested in the comments. The actual mode variable is passed around a few other classes I've kept out of this example to keep it short. But the problem here is that if you run python user.py (which in my case PyCharm does for me when running the unittest) it requires the mode argument to be set. Unit testing the BaseClass also won't work, since the abstract methods are not overridden.
from abc import abstractmethod
from abc import ABC
import argparse

# base.py
class BaseClass(ABC):
    def __init__(self):
        self.args = self._parse_cli_args()

    def _parse_cli_args(self):
        self.parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
            description='MyApp'
        )

        self.parser.add_argument(
            'mode',
            choices=[
                'mode1',
                'mode2',
                'mode3'
            ],
            metavar='MODE [mode1, mode2, mode3]'
        )

    # the methods i'd like to unittest
    def methodIWantToTest1(self):
        # some useful computations
        pass

    def methodIWantToTest2(self):
        # some useful computations
        pass

    def methodIWantToTest3(self):
        # some useful computations
        pass

    # methods that should be overridden by end User (UserClass below)
    @abstractmethod
    def abstractMethod1(self):
        pass

    @abstractmethod
    def abstractMethod2(self):
        pass

    @abstractmethod
    def abstractMethod3(self):
        pass

    @abstractmethod
    def abstractMethod4(self):
        pass

# user.py
class UserClass(BaseClass):
    def AbstractMethod4(self):
        super().abstractMethod4()
    #     users implementation here

    def AbstractMethod3(self):
        super().abstractMethod3()
    #     users implementation here

    def AbstractMethod2(self):
        super().abstractMethod2()
    #     users implementation here

    def AbstractMethod1(self):
        super().abstractMethod1()
        # users implementation here

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