Former state Sen. Ben Atchley died Wednesday night at Life Care Center of Blount County. Berry's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Former state Sen. Ben Atchley, who as Senate Minority Leader often was a point person in getting things through a Democratic-controlled body for Republican governors, died Wednesday night at Life Care Center of Blount County.
Known as "Gentle Ben," because he preferred to resolve differences rather than create them, Atchley had been at the Life Care Center since November 2017 following a series of falls.
"The falls turned him into a difference person," said his wife, Sue. He couldn't do anything for himself after that, she said. She was known to spend as much as five days a week with him, taking a break on weekends when their children could help out.
Berry's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He retired in 2004 after serving in both the state House and Senate for 32 years with a reputation of resolving differences between lawmakers.
Former Knoxville Mayor Victor Ashe, who served in the Senate with Atchley, recalled that Atchley was a leader when Democrat John Wilder was Senate speaker and lieutenant governor. Atchley technically was Republican majority leader for one term because two Democrats had switched parties, but instead of becoming speaker himself, he lined up Republicans to support Wilder in 1987 as speaker when a majority of Democrats wanted to oust him. Wilder then was re-elected to the post until 2007. Wilder retired in 2009 and died in 2010.
Atchley, 88, retired from the Senate in 2003 after serving first in the state House, where he was elected in 1972 to succeed Rep. Richard Krieg, who did not seek re-election. Then he was elected in the Senate to a seat he held beginning in 1976 after he defeated Sen. Fred Berry in the GOP primary. Atchley's length of service over three decades included terms of six governors. He served 16 years as the Senate's top-ranking Republican.
Ashe said Atchley retired at a time when Republican senators had started challenging every Democratic office holder.
"Ben's more laid-back approach was not engineering opposition to incumbent senators. He was a little bit more genteel," Ashe said.
When he retired, Atchley said his sponsorship of a prison reform package, brought before the legislature in a special 1985 session after the state prison system was found unconstitutional, was one of the greatest challenges. He made trips to virtually every prison in the state, he said.
He also played a key role in education reform efforts under different governors and in passage of road-building programs, both involving gasoline tax increases, by Govs. Lamar Alexander and Ned Ray McWherter. Republican Alexander is now a U.S. senator; McWherter, a Democrat, died in 2011.
During his state tenure, Atchley chaired the State Leaders Legislative Foundation, a nonprofit organization which provided training for new leaders in a bipartisan way, with wife Sue often traveling with him in this country and in England.
The Atchleys met at a Young High School talent competition in which both were singers. Ben was a senior and Sue a freshman. He sang "Racing With The Moon," a song Vaughn Monroe made famous. Sue says she doesn't remember what she sang.
"She came in first. I came in second. It's been that way ever since," Ben Atchley said in a 2014 interview.
The couple married in 1951. They have a son, Jerry Atchley; daughter, Cindy Atchley; two granddaughters, and two great-grandsons.
After graduating from high school, Atchley was called up for military duty during the Korean War. He was in the Navy Seabees. He worked for Southern Bell for 10½ years as a lineman. After World War II, the demand for telephone service was high while the availability of equipment was low, he said in the interview. The telephone company was playing catch-up and wanted to promote Atchley to the business side of the operation. That would have meant moving to Nashville so he declined, he said.
That's when he got into selling insurance. His company — Atchley, Cunningham and Shoemaker — has been absorbed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Lt. Governor Randy McNally called Atchley's integrity "unquestioned" and his leadership for the Republican Party as invaluable to the its success.
Tennessee Congressman-elect and former former Knox County mayor Tim Burchett took to Twitter Thursday morning to share his sentiments.
A state veterans nursing home in Knoxville and the South Knoxville Post Office bear his name.
The James White Parkway Bridge or South Knoxville Bridge over the Tennessee River has been named the Senator Ben Atchley Bridge.
The Tennessee Student Assistance Award Act, a program giving grants to needy college students, became the Ben Atchley Opportunity Act.


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Q: Render list with React I am trying to render a dynamic list but inside the jsx rendered, I can't display any item this is my code, I've also tried with useState const [orderList, setOrderList] = useState([]) and setOrderList(prev => [...prev, childData]) but it returns me an empty array so I've opted for the classic javascript way but it won't work, it also won't console log the data inside the render
const OrdiniModuloVideoAds = () => {
    let orderList = [];

    const ordiniRef = ref(realtimeDatabase, "ordinazioneVideoAds/modulo/ordini");

    useEffect(() => {
        onValue(ordiniRef, (snapshot) => {
            snapshot.forEach((childSnapshot) => {
                const childData = childSnapshot.val();
                orderList.push(childData);
            });
            console.log(orderList);
        });
    }, []);

    return (

    );
};

EDIT
This is the snippet with the useState:
const OrdiniModuloVideoAds = () => {
    const [orderList, setOrderList] = useState([])

    const ordiniRef = ref(realtimeDatabase, "ordinazioneVideoAds/modulo/ordini");

    useEffect(() => {
        onValue(ordiniRef, (snapshot) => {
            snapshot.forEach((childSnapshot) => {
                const childData = childSnapshot.val();
                setOrderList((prev) => [...prev, childData])
            });
            console.log(orderList);
        });
    }, []);

    return (

    );
};

The data is actually added because it logs to me the array on the useEffect Any suggestion?

A: This is because your map callback does not return anything:

  {array.map((i) => {
    return (
     {i.mail}
    );
  })}

Or the short version:

  {array.map((i) => (
    {i.mail}
  ))}

A: Try this solution hopefully it will fix your issue.

const OrdiniModuloVideoAds = () => {
    const [orderList, setOrderList] = React.useState([]);

    const ordiniRef = ref(realtimeDatabase, "ordinazioneVideoAds/modulo/ordini");

    useEffect(() => {
        onValue(ordiniRef, (snapshot) => {
            snapshot.forEach((childSnapshot) => {
                const childData = childSnapshot.val();
                setOrderList(prev => ([...prev, childData])); /// Order list array is empty because you're not returning the data properly that's why it just gives you the default empty array in the console.
            });
        });
    }, []);

    return (

    );
};

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I finished my collab entre' as cheap as it may be, it's still got a lot of effort put into it. There's no preloader, so when it's done loading, refresh the page so that the movie clips can catch up.
I dont like the stick figure stye.
I think that the style I'm generating is becoming like raffehs, and I'm liking every concept of it. Though I still have my own style, this one is a lot of fun to animate with.


Why call this a left over papaya becomes a smoothie? Well, first, I had made a Papaya and Strawberries Salad with Greek Yogurt Dressing and had fruits left over.
Second, what I love about smoothies is that you don't really need to go out and buy special ingredients. Just check the fridge, the fruit bowl on your kitchen counter top and whatever is on the food shelf, then have fun with flavors. Throw the ingredients in a blender, add some ice cubes and voila-- a new smoothie creation made just by you!
Here's mine made with a left over papaya, some strawberries, lemon, honey and garnished with shredded coconuts sitting on a shelf.
Did you know you can eat papaya seeds? They have a wonderful peppery flavor and can be used in a variety dishes. I'll save the rest of this story for another blog.
Add all ingredients to a blender. Mix all ingredients, except the ice cubes, until smooth. Add the ice cubes, blend on chop until ice cubes are in smaller pieces. Or you can just add the ice cubes to glass and pour the smoothie over it. Garnish with shredded coconut.
It's a good idea to have spoons handy to dish out the coconut garnish or just the delicious lumps in a smoothie. No lumps? You don't have really have to make it as smooth as milk?
Be sure to serve this left over papaya smoothie very, very cold!


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Q: Одновременное считывание и склеивание нескольких текстовых файлов Есть значит к примеру 3 текстовых файла. В каждом энное количество строк. К примеру строки все одинаковые (запятая как новая строка) 1,2,3,4,5
должно быть так(эти числа в каждом из текстовых файлов)
111
112
113
114
115
121
122
123
124
125
...
555

A: Вам нужно по сути декартово произведение последовательностей. Это можно сделать, например, такой рекурсией:
static IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>> Cartesian<T>(IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>> sequences)
{
    var firstSeq = sequences.FirstOrDefault();
    if (firstSeq == null)
    {
        yield return Enumerable.Empty<T>();
        yield break;
    }
    foreach (var val in firstSeq)
    {
        foreach (var subseq in Cartesian(sequences.Skip(1)))
            yield return new[] { val }.Concat(subseq);
    }
}

Теперь применяем:
static void Main()
{
    var first = File.ReadLines(firstpath);
    var second = File.ReadLines(secondpath);
    var third = File.ReadLines(thirdpath);

    var combinations = Cartesian(new[] { first, second, third });
    var concatenated = combinations.Select(seq => string.Concat(seq));

    foreach (var result in concatenated)
        Console.WriteLine(result);
}

Если мы заранее задаём число файлов, всё гораздо проще:
foreach (var result in
            from first in File.ReadLines(firstpath)
            from second in File.ReadLines(secondpath)
            from third in File.ReadLines(thirdpath)
            select string.Concat(first, second, third))
    Console.WriteLine(result);


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"""
    Artificial Intelligence for Humans
    Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms
    Python Version
    http://www.aifh.org
    http://www.jeffheaton.com

    Code repository:
    https://github.com/jeffheaton/aifh

    Copyright 2013 by Jeff Heaton

    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at

        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    limitations under the License.

    For more information on Heaton Research copyrights, licenses
    and trademarks visit:
    http://www.heatonresearch.com/copyright

============================================================================================================
This example uses linear regression to predict the number of rings from the abalone data set.  Linear regression
requires a simple linear relationship so it will not fit exactly, however, it is able to find some trends.
The output is shown here.

Solution coefficients: [[ -3.70992979e+12]
 [  3.70992979e+12]
 [  3.70992979e+12]
 [  3.70992979e+12]
 [ -4.55322266e-01]
 [  1.10373535e+01]
 [  1.07808838e+01]
 [  8.97070312e+00]
 [ -1.97780762e+01]
 [ -1.05693359e+01]
 [  8.75000000e+00]]
 -> Actual: [ 9.21191406], Ideal:15.0
 -> Actual: [ 7.84033203], Ideal:7.0
 -> Actual: [ 11.15673828], Ideal:9.0
 -> Actual: [ 9.64404297], Ideal:10.0
 -> Actual: [ 6.74414062], Ideal:7.0
 -> Actual: [ 7.82226562], Ideal:8.0
...
 -> Actual: [ 9.58837891], Ideal:8.0
 -> Actual: [ 9.10546875], Ideal:10.0
 -> Actual: [ 11.17578125], Ideal:10.0
 -> Actual: [ 10.16894531], Ideal:8.0
 -> Actual: [ 10.74511719], Ideal:11.0
 -> Actual: [ 9.98828125], Ideal:10.0
 -> Actual: [ 10.94140625], Ideal:9.0
 -> Actual: [ 9.79785156], Ideal:10.0
 -> Actual: [ 10.98486328], Ideal:12.0

Process finished with exit code 0

"""
__author__ = 'jheaton'

import os
import sys
import numpy as np

# Find the AIFH core files
aifh_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
aifh_dir = os.path.abspath(aifh_dir + os.sep + ".." + os.sep + "lib" + os.sep + "aifh")
sys.path.append(aifh_dir)

from normalize import Normalize

def multi_linear_regression(x, y):
    x_matrix = np.ones((len(x), len(x[0]) + 1), dtype=float)
    x_matrix[:, 1:] = x
    print(y)
    return np.linalg.lstsq(x_matrix, y)[0]

def calc_linear_regression(coeff, x):
    result = 0
    for i in range(1, len(coeff)):
        result += x[i - 1] * coeff[i]

    result += coeff[0]
    return result

# find the Iris data set
abaloneFile = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
abaloneFile = os.path.abspath(abaloneFile + "../../datasets/abalone.csv")

# Normalize abalone file.

norm = Normalize()
abalone_work = norm.load_csv(abaloneFile)

# Make all columns beyond col #1 numeric.
for i in range(1, 9):
    norm.make_col_numeric(abalone_work, i)

# Discover all of the classes for column #1, the gender.
classes = norm.build_class_map(abalone_work, 0)

# Normalize gender one-of-n encoding.
norm.norm_col_one_of_n(abalone_work, 0, classes, 0, 1)

# Separate into input and ideal.

training = np.array(abalone_work)
training_input = training[:, 0:10]
training_ideal = training[:, 10:11]

coeff = multi_linear_regression(training_input, training_ideal)

print("Solution coefficients: " + str(coeff))

# Evaluate.
for i in range(0, len(training_input)):
    row = training_input[i]
    y = calc_linear_regression(coeff, row)
    print( " -> Actual: " + str(y) + ", Ideal:" + str(training_ideal[i][0]))

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Die derzeitige Aufteilung der Verwaltungsgliederung Osttimors wurde mit dem ministeriellen Dokument 6/2003 vom 29. Juli 2003 festgelegt und am 14. Juli 2004 und am 15. September 2009 nur noch leicht verändert. 2014 wurden die Bezeichnungen der Verwaltungseinheiten umbenannt und 2015 wurden erneut die administrativen Grenzen zum Teil verändert. 2017 folgte mit dem ministeriellen Dokument 16/2017 die Schaffung von zehn neuen Sucos und weitere Änderungen der Grenzen. Am 1. Januar 2022 gab es weitere Änderungen.

Übersicht
Osttimor besteht aus dem Ostteil der Insel Timor, der Exklave Oe-Cusse Ambeno im Westteil und den vorgelagerten Inseln Atauro und Jaco (letztere unbewohnt). Zusammen machen diese Gebiete eine Fläche von 14.954,44 km² aus mit 1.066.409 Einwohnern (Zensus 2010). Hauptstadt des Landes ist Dili.

Geschichtliche Entwicklung

Osttimor in der Fremdherrschaft

Die vom portugiesischen Gouverneur Luís Augusto de Almeida Macedo (1856 bis 1859) aufgestellten gemischten Truppen aus Portugal, Goa, Macau und Mosambik waren gesetzlich dazu verpflichtet, sich nicht in die innere Verwaltung durch die Liurai einzumischen. Die etwa 50 timoresischen, traditionellen Herrscher in der damaligen Kolonie Portugiesisch-Timor hatten weiterhin die innere Macht. Allerdings erhielten die Liurais auch Befehle durch die Kolonialregierung, so zum Aufbau von Plantagen. Außerdem mussten sie Abgaben bezahlen.

Am 2. August 1860 teilte der Gouverneur Afonso de Castro mit der Verordnung Nr. 58 erstmals die Kolonie in zehn Militärkommandanturen (comandos militares) beziehungsweise Distrikte, zu denen am 4. April 1863 noch Oecussi als elfte dazukam. Jeder Distrikt wurde einem Kommandanten mit militärischen und zivilen Vollmachten zugeordnet, dessen Aufgaben und Pflichten in 39 Artikeln von de Castro festgelegt wurden. Die Kommandanten waren als verlängerter Arm des Gouverneurs für den Frieden in ihren Distrikten verantwortlich und mussten mindestens alle zwei Monate eine Inspektionsreise durch alle Reiche in ihrem Distrikt unternehmen. Dabei mussten sie sich über alle Vorfälle informieren und konnten auch die Bewohner wegen Vergehen bestrafen. Gegen die Liurais durfte nur der Gouverneur Strafen verhängen. Die Kommandanten waren zudem für die Steuereintreibung und den Aufbau der Kaffeeanpflanzungen verantwortlich, die es hier seit 1815 gab. Jedes Reich musste dem Distriktskommandanten fünf Mann für die Distriktsgarde abtreten. Diese Soldaten erhielten eine europäische Ausbildung, wurden eingekleidet und bewaffnet. Außerdem stellte jedes Reich einen Mann als Diener für den Kommandanten und Pferde und Mannschaft für die Inspektionsreise. Geschenke durften die Kommandanten von den Liurais nicht annehmen. 1883 wurde eine neue Liste der Aufteilung der Reiche auf die Distrikte von Gouverneur Bento da França Pinto de Oliveira erstellt.

1908 teilte Gouverneur José Celestino da Silva Portugiesisch-Timor in 15 Militärkommandanturen (Commandos militares) ein, womit auch die zivile Verwaltung dezentralisiert wurde. Die Militärkommandanturen wurden wiederum in 35 postos militares aufgeteilt, unter der Führung eines Offiziers oder Unteroffiziers der einheimischen 2a linha. Die Militärkommandanturen waren:

 Central do Norte
 Aipello
 Lequiçá
 Maubara
 Batugadé
 Ockussi
 Sudoeste
 Central de Oeste
 Sul
 Manufahi
 Remexio
 Manatuto
 Baucau
 Viqueque
 Lautém

Eine Liste von Märkten der Kolonie von 1911 kannte wieder nur elf Kommandanturen. Remexio und Viqueque wurden wieder anderen Einheiten untergeordnet.

1912 wurden die Sucos, als Verwaltungsebene eingeführt, um die traditionellen Herrscher zu umgehen. Zehn Jahre später bildeten die jeweiligen Bevölkerungszentren die ersten zivilen Verwaltungseinheiten, nachdem die militärische Gewalt über die Kolonie ihr Monopol gemäß dem Vertrag mit den Niederlanden 1914 verlor. Unter dem Gouverneur stand nun der Administrador, dem die Chefes de Posto gegenüber verpflichtet waren, für die termingerechte Abgabe der Steuern. Die Chefes de Posto konnten sowohl Portugiesen als auch Timoresen sein. Ihnen waren die Chefes de Suco unterstellt, die Verwaltungsaufgaben in ihrem Bereich erfüllten und eine Mittlerrolle zwischen der Bevölkerung und den Kolonialherren innehatten. Die Chefes de Suco stammten aus den Reihen der niederen, timoresischen Adligen (Dato) und mussten Portugiesisch sprechen und schreiben können und dem christlichen Glauben angehören. Ihnen gegenüber verantwortlich waren die Dorfvorsteher, die Chefes de Povoações. Interne soziale, rituelle und politische Aufgaben blieben dem Liurai zugewiesen.

1934 wurde mit den Circunscrições (singular: Circunscrição; ) ein ziviles Verwaltungssystem eingeführt. 1940 schuf man mit Dili den ersten Concelho (Kreis). Der Kreis Cova Lima entstand nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg mit Fohoren als Verwaltungssitz. Doch nur wenige Jahre später wurden aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen alle Gebiete an der Grenze zu Westtimor zum Kreis Fronteira vereinigt, mit der Hauptstadt Bobonaro (Vila Armindo Monteiro). So existierten in den 1950er-Jahren der Kreis Fronteira im Westen, der Küstenstreifen der heutigen Gemeinden von Dili und Liquiçá bildete den Kreis Dili, südlich befand sich Suro (mit den heutigen Gemeinden Ermera  und Aileu, Ainaro und Manufahi), weiter nach Osten reichte der Kreis Manatuto von Nord- bis Südküste, ebenso der danachfolgende Kreis São Domingos, der etwa auf dem Gebiet der heutigen Gemeinde Baucau und Viqueque lag, und ganz im Osten der Kreis Lautém, zu dem damals noch Uatucarbau  und der Osten Lagas gehörte. In den 1960ern wurden die Kreise Bobonaro, Cova Lima (1961), Liquiçá, Ermera, Ainaro (1967), Same (heute Manufahi), Baucau und Viqueque gebildet und im August 1973 schließlich der Kreis Oecussi-Ambeno. Aileu, das nach der Auflösung von Suro Teil Dilis wurde, wurde erst in den letzten Jahren der portugiesischen Herrschaft über Osttimor zum eigenen Kreis. Die Administratoren waren am Ende der portugiesischen Kolonialzeit fast ausschließlich Mestizen. Nur einer der 13 war Europäer. Als untergeordnete Verwaltungseinheiten dienten postos administrativos, sucos, aldeias/povoação und bairros.

Während der indonesischen Besatzungszeit (1975 bis 1999) wurde die Verwaltungsstruktur Osttimors der indonesischen angepasst. Dafür änderte man einfach die Bezeichnungen. Die Concelhos wurden zu kabupatens/Distrikte, postos zu kecamatans/Subdistrikte, sucos zu desas, aldeias zu kampungs und bairros zu RW (rukun warga) und RT (rukun tetangga). Parallel zur zivilen wurde auch eine militärische Verwaltungsstruktur aufgebaut. Der Gouverneur wurde jeweils für fünf Jahre von Präsident Suharto bestimmt und vom Rat der Volksrepräsentanten der Provinz (DPRD) bestätigt. Der Gouverneur bildete die Exekutive und war der Vorsitzende des DPRP und somit die höchste Autorität in der Provinz. Mit Ende der indonesischen Besatzung verschwanden die indonesischsprachigen Bezeichnungen und die Namen "Distrikt" und "Subdistrikt" wurden in den neuen Amtssprachen Portugiesisch und Tetum verwendet.

Die Grenzziehungen aus der Kolonialzeit wurden mehrmals verändert. So wurde in der indonesischen Besatzungszeit der Subdistrikt Turiscai vom Distrikt Ainaro abgetrennt und zum Distrikt von Manufahi dazugeschlagen. Dafür wechselte der Subdistrikt Hato-Udo von Manufahi zu Ainaro.

Unabhängiges Osttimor
Der Subdistrikt Mape-Zumalai wurde bei der Gebietsreform 2003 vom Distrikt Ainaro zum Distrikt Cova Lima verschoben. Die Grenze zwischen Baucau und Viqueque wurde 2003 geändert. Am 14. Juli 2004 wurden nochmals einige Veränderungen in der Verwaltungsstruktur durchgeführt. Im Subdistrikt Tilomar wurde ein vierter Suco geschaffen und die Sucos im Stadtgebiet von Dili nochmals umstrukturiert. Am 15. September 2009 wurden mit dem ministeriellen Dokument 199/2009 neue, offizielle Schreibweisen der Gebietsnamen herausgegeben und die Anzahl der Aldeias auf 2225 reduziert.

2014 erfolgte eine Umbenennung der bisherigen Distrikte () in Gemeinden () und der Subdistrikte () in Verwaltungsämter () mit dem Gesetz 4/2014 und der Regierungsverordnung 28/2014.

Während der Volkszählung von 2010 zeigte sich erneut, dass viele Grenzziehungen der damaligen Subdistrikte und Sucos, die in der indonesischen Besatzungszeit erfolgten, von lokalen Herrschern und der dortigen Bevölkerung nicht akzeptiert werden, so in den heutigen Gemeinden Baucau, Bobonaro, Dili, Ermera, Liquiçá, Manatuto und Manufahi. So kam es 2015 erneut zu einer Anpassung der administrativen Grenzen auf allen Ebenen und 2017 mit dem Diploma Ministerial 16/2017 vom 31. März "Kriasaun Sucos Foun" die Schaffung von zehn neuen Sucos. Auch administrative Grenzen verschoben sich erneut. 2019 veröffentlichte die Direcção-Geral de Estatística erstmals Landkarten mit den aktuellen Grenzen aller Verwaltungseinheiten, inklusive der Aldeias. Die Daten für die Karten wurden vor Ort, mit Hilfe der Chefes de Suco, gesammelt. Sie zeigen Unterschiede zu den Listen im Diploma Ministerial n.° 16/2017, sind aber nun die offizielle Grundlage, auch für die Volkszählung 2021.

Am 19. Februar 2021 beschloss der Ministerrat mit dem II. Anhang an das Gesetz 11/2009 die Insel Atauro zur eigenständigen Gemeinde zu erklären. In der Gemeinde Ermera wurden die Sucos Lisapat, Mau-Ubo, Urahou, Fatubolo und Fatubessi von Hatulia abgetrennt, als neues Verwaltungsamt Hatulia B. In der Gemeinde Lautém wurde von Lospalos das neue Verwaltungsamt Loré abgetrennt. Das Nationalparlament stimmte den Plänen endgültig am 31. Mai 2021 einstimmig zu. Die Schaffung der Gemeinde Atauro und der Verwaltungsämter Hatulia B und Loré wurde am 1. Januar 2022 vollzogen.

Am 1. Januar 2024 sollen drei neue Verwaltungsämter geschaffen werden. Von Maubara (Gemeinde Liquiçá) wird das Verwaltungsamt Loes mit 132 km² und etwa 9.700 Einwohnern abgetrennt. Von Quelicai (Gemeinde Baucau) werden zwei neue Verwaltungsämter abgetrennt. Quelicai Antigo (Alt-Quelicai) mit 80 km² und 6.600 Einwohnern und Matebian, ebenfalls mit 80 km² und 4.300 Einwohnern.

Gemeinden
Osttimor hat 13 Gemeinden (, ) und als Sonderverwaltungsregion () die Exklave Oe-Cusse Ambeno, die eine Sonderrolle einnimmt. In Artikel 71 der Verfassung Osttimors wird Oe-Cusse Ambeno diese in Verwaltung und Wirtschaftspolitik garantiert. An der faktischen Umsetzung dieses Verfassungsartikels haperte es allerdings zunächst. Wie auch in den anderen damaligen Distrikten Osttimors wurde in den ersten Jahren der Distriktsadministrator von der nationalen Regierung eingesetzt, ebenso die Administratoren der Subdistrikte. Erst am 18. Juni 2014 wurde mit dem Gesetz 03/2014 die Autoridade da Região Administrativa Especial de Oe-Cusse Ambeno (ARAEO) geschaffen. Zum Präsidenten der ARAEO wurde der ehemalige Premierminister Marí Alkatiri ernannt. Ihm wurden am 23. Januar 2015 vom Kabinett zusätzliche Befugnisse übertragen, um dem verfassungsmäßigen Sonderstatus Oe-Cusse Ambenos zu entsprechen. Die Insel Atauro wurde erst 2022 von Dili als eigenständige Gemeinde abgetrennt. Die Insel Jaco gehört zur Gemeinde Lautém.

Seit März 2008 war zur Dezentralisierung die Umwandlung der Distrikte in Gemeinden geplant. Das Gesetz 11/2009 vom 7. Oktober legte die geplante Umwandlung fest. Das Gesetz 04/2014 schuf das Gerüst für die weitere Dezentralisierung der Distrikte, gab den Administratoren ein größeres Budget von der Zentralregierung und stellte sie direkt über die meisten Behörden, die auf Gemeindeebene arbeiten. Auch die Administration der Verwaltungsämter ist der Gemeindeverwaltung unterstellt.

2015 erfolgte die Umsetzung. Aus den Distrikten wurden die Gemeinden. Jede erhielt zur eigenen Verwaltung zudem einen Konsultativrat. Der Administrator, beziehungsweise der Präsident der Gemeindeverwaltungen (, , PAM), wie der Leiter in einigen Gemeinden inzwischen heißt, sorgen für die Umsetzung von Beschlüssen und ist verantwortlich für die kommunalen Behörden. Früher war die Amtszeit des Administrators auf drei Jahre begrenzt, mit der Möglichkeit einer Verlängerung um weitere drei Jahre. Nun ist die Amtszeit von Administratoren und Gemeindepräsidenten auf fünf Jahre festgelegt. Die Auswahl der Amtsträger erfolgt durch eine schriftliche Prüfung. Physische und psychische Eignung werden geprüft, ebenso Kenntnisse über die öffentliche Verwaltung, öffentliches Management, öffentliche Finanzen, strategische und operative Planung und öffentliches Auftragswesen. Außerdem werden Computerkenntnisse gefordert und die Sprachfähigkeit in den beiden Amtssprachen Tetum und Portugiesisch. Der Kandidat muss osttimoresischer Staatsbürger und volljährig sein sowie bereits mindestens fünf Jahre in der öffentlichen Verwaltung gearbeitet haben. Der Ministerrat nominiert dann nach Rücksprache mit dem Konsultativrat der Gemeinde und der interministeriellen technischen Gruppe für die Dezentralisierung der Verwaltung den neuen Administrator oder Präsidenten.

Unterschiede der Kompetenzen zwischen Administrator und Präsidenten, sind nicht ersichtlich. Beiden unterliegen folgende Aufgaben:
 Genehmigung der Ausführung von Ausgaben und Bestellung der Öffnung von Vergabeverfahren, Vergabe und Ausführung öffentlicher Aufträge. Dazu gehören:
 die Durchführung von Reparatur- oder Restaurierungsarbeiten an den Gebäuden, die dem Dienst der jeweiligen Gemeindeverwaltung und -behörden zugewiesen sind;
 die externe Beauftragung für Sammlung, Transport und Deponierung von Siedlungsabfällen in den jeweiligen Gemeinden;
 die externe Beauftragung von Wartungs- oder Instandsetzungsdienstleistungen für staatliche Fahrzeuge, die der Gemeindeverwaltung und -behörden zugeordnet sind;
 die externe Beschaffung von Kraftstoff für Generatoren, Motoren oder Kraftfahrzeuge, die für die Durchführung der Dienstleistung der Gemeindeverwaltung und -behörden verwendet werden;
 die externe Beschaffung von Ortsschildern und "Polizeinummern";
 der Bau, die Reparatur oder Instandhaltung von Gärten und Stadtparks;
 der Bau und die Ausstattung von Parkhäusern in städtischen Gebieten;
 die Verbesserung des städtischen Abfallbewirtschaftungsnetzes.
 Gewährleistung der Erstellung, Durchführung und Berichterstattung über die Umsetzung des kommunalen Haushaltsprogramms;
 Aufstellung der Ortsschilder und Polizeinummern.

Verwaltungsämter
Die 13 Gemeinden und die Sonderverwaltungsregion teilen sich in insgesamt 66 Verwaltungsämter (, ) auf, ehemals Subdistrikte, wobei für die Gemeinde Atauro noch kein Verwaltungsamt als zweite Verwaltungsebene definiert wurde. Man greift damit die Bezeichnung aus der portugiesischen Kolonialzeit wieder auf. Jeder Administration eines Verwaltungsamtes ist ein Suco als Sitz zugewiesen. Vor der Umstrukturierung im unabhängigen Osttimor waren es 67 Subdistrikte. Geführt werden die Verwaltungsämter von Administratoren, die der Gemeindeverwaltung unterstellt sind.

Die folgende Karte zeigt die Grenzen von 2015 bis 2017.

Organigramm der Administration von Gemeinde und Verwaltungsamt

Organigramm

Sucos und Aldeias

Die Sucos bilden die nächste Verwaltungsebene unterhalb der Verwaltungsämter. Im Englischen mit "village" ) übersetzt, bilden sie meist eine administrative Ebene, in der mehrere Siedlungen stehen. In Dili und anderen Städten gehören mehrere Stadtteile zu einem Suco. Dieser missverständlichen Übersetzung entgegen, nennen Karten aus Osttimor kleine Siedlungen und Stadtteile "Bairo" (auch "bairu"), nach dem Portugiesischen "Bairro" für Nachbarschaft oder Stadtviertel. Auf Deutsch bedeutet das Wort "Suku" aus dem Tetum "Stamm" oder "ethnische Gruppe". Während der portugiesischen Kolonialzeit wurden die Sucos "Povoaçãos" genannt. In Dili entsprechen sie Stadtteilen (bairros). Oft durchschneiden die administrative Grenzen Stadtteile und Siedlungen und teilen sie unterschiedlichen Sucos zu. Den Sucos steht je ein Suco-Chef (chefe de suco, xefi suco) und ein Suco-Rat (conselho de suco) vor, die vom Volk gewählt werden.

Die unterste Ebene der Verwaltungseinheiten bildet die Aldeia (im Englischen oft mit hamlet 'Weiler' gleichgesetzt). Auch sie kann noch immer aus mehreren Siedlungen oder nur einem  Ortsteil bestehen. Die Aldeia wird von einem gewählten Aldeia-Chef (chefe de aldeia, xefi aldeia) geführt. Die ersten Wahlen fanden 2004 und 2005 nacheinander in den einzelnen damaligen Distrikten statt, die letzten Wahlen waren am 9. Oktober 2009. Zwischen dem 15. September und dem 22. Oktober 2016 finden die nächsten Wahlen statt. Die geographischen Grenzen der Aldeias konnte man zunächst aber nicht genau festlegen, denn sie waren in Osttimor vielmehr eine soziale Einteilung, die man vielleicht am besten mit einer "Dorfgemeinschaft" oder "Nachbarschaftsgemeinschaft" gleichsetzen konnte. Während der Volkszählungen von 2010 und 2015 wurden die einzelnen Haushalte gefragt, zu welcher Aldeia sie sich zugehörig fühlen. Eine Kartographierung war daher durch die fehlenden Grenzziehungen nicht möglich. Das änderte sich nach der Gebietsreform von 2017, mit der Aldeias zu Verwaltungseinheiten mit festem Territorium wurden. 2019 wurden vom Direcção-Geral de Estatística (bzw. der untergeordneten Direcção Nacional Cartografia Estatística DNCE) erstmals Landkarten veröffentlicht, die auch die Territorien der Aldeias darstellen, so dass die Zugehörigkeit sich nun von der geographischen Lage des Wohnhauses ableitet.

Zur Entlassung in die Unabhängigkeit verfügte Osttimor über 498 Sucos 60 davon als "urban" klassifiziert. Ab 2003 zählte man zunächst 496 Sucos und 2336 Aldeias. Am 14. Juli 2004 kam es zu einer Neuordnung der administrativen Grenzen, woraufhin es nur noch 442 Sucos und 2228 Aldeias gab. Vor allem viele urbane Sucos wurden zusammengeschlossen. Am 15. September 2009 wurden die Aldeias nochmals neu geordnet, die Zahl der Aldeias sank auf 2225, und 2017 stieg die Anzahl der Sucos auf 452 und der Aldeias auf 2233. In Aileu kamen zwei Sucos dazu, in Dili fünf, in Manatuto zwei und in Viqueque einer. Die Nachwahlen für die neuen Sucos und Aldeias fanden im Mai statt. 42 der Sucos sind nun als "urban" klassifiziert. Alleine 22 urbane Sucos liegen in der Gemeinde Dili und bilden die Landeshauptstadt.

Flächenmäßig ist mit 194,07 km² Muapitine (Verwaltungsamt Lospalos, Gemeinde Lautém) der größte Suco Osttimors. Der kleinste Suco ist Gricenfor in Dili mit 0,22 km². Die höchste Bevölkerungsdichte haben die urbanen Sucos Dilis. Spitzenreiter ist Santa Cruz mit 13.028,9 Einwohnern/km². Die größte Bevölkerungszahl der Sucos außerhalb Dilis hat Fuiloro (Verwaltungsamt Lospalos, Gemeinde Lautém) mit 16.701 Einwohnern (2015).

2016 unterschrieb Präsident Taur Matan Ruak ein neues "Suco-Gesetz" (Gesetz 9/2016 vom 8. Juli 2016). Es legt die Organisation, Pflichten und Funktion der Sucos und die Aufgaben des Suco-Rats fest. Ebenso wird der Ablauf der Wahlen des chefe de suco geregelt. Sie finden alle sieben Jahre statt, der Amtsinhaber kann sich einer Wiederwahl stellen.

Der Suco-Rat besteht aus dem chefe de suco, den chefe de aldeia des Sucos, einer weiblichen und einem männlichen Delegierten einer jeden Aldeia, einer weiblichen und einem männlichen Jugendvertreter und dem Lian Nain.

Die Aldeia-Versammlung (assembleias de aldeia) wird von allen Mitgliedern der Dorfgemeinschaft im Alter über 16 Jahren gebildet. Die chefes de aldeia werden in der Aldeia-Versammlung frei und geheim gewählt, ebenso die Delegierten für den Suco-Rat. Der Lian Nain und die Jugendvertreter im Suco-Rat werden von den anderen neu gewählten Mitgliedern gewählt.

Im Dezember 2021 beschloss man im Nationalparlament eine Erhöhung der Zuschüsse. Chefes de suco erhalten nun 250 US-Dollar statt 140 US-Dollar, die chefes de aldeia 150 US-Dollar statt 100 US-Dollar. Bei Mitarbeitern der Sucos steigt der Zuschuss von 115 auf 140 US-Dollar, für die Jugenddelegierten von 30 auf 40 US-Dollar.

Die folgende Karte zeigt die Grenzen zwischen 2003 und 2015.

Weitere Einteilungen Osttimors
Für statistische Zwecke wurden die Gemeinden zu Regionen zusammengefasst. Administrativ haben die Regionen keine Bedeutung.
 Region I: Baucau, Lautém, Viqueque
 Region II: Manatuto, Manufahi, Ainaro
 Region III: Dili, Aileu, Atauro, Ermera
 Region IV: Bobonaro, Cova Lima, Liquiçá
 Sonderregion (Region V): Oe-Cusse Ambeno

Historisch-kulturell teilt sich Osttimor in eine West- (Loro Munu) und eine Ostregion (Loro Sae). Vor der Kolonisation durch Portugal und die Niederlande war die Insel Timor in drei lockere Machtbereiche aufgeteilt, die durch ein kompliziertes Bündnissystem miteinander verbunden waren. Den mittleren Teil beherrschte das Reich Wehale mit Laran, dem spirituellen Zentrum der gesamten Insel. Mit der kolonialen Teilung des Einflussgebietes von Wehale wurde dessen östlicher Teil mit dem Ostteil der Insel zur Kolonie Portugiesisch-Timor und später daraus der Staat Osttimor. Diese Spaltung des Landes lässt sich weniger an den einzelnen Sprachgruppen nachvollziehen, hat aber in der Geschichte des Landes immer wieder zu Konflikten geführt, so zuletzt bei den Unruhen in Osttimor 2006. Die Gemeinden werden folgendermaßen den Regionen zugeordnet:
 Loro Munu: Dili, Aileu, Ainaro, Atauro, Manufahi, Ermera, Bobonaro, Cova Lima, Liquiçá, Oe-Cusse Ambeno.
 Loro Sae: Lautém, Baucau, Viqueque, Manatuto.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Verwaltungseinheiten Osttimors

Literatur
 Estatuto político-administrativo da província de Timor, Agência-Geral do Ultramar, Lissabon 1963.

Weblinks

  (PDF; 214 kB)
 Diploma Ministerial n.° 9/2004 De 14 de Julho sobre a fixação de Aldeias para as eleições dos Chefes de Suco e Membros do Conselho de Suco (PDF; 1,60 MB)
 Jornal da Républica: Diploma Ministerial n.° 199/09 (PDF; 315 kB)
 Jornal da Républica:  (PDF-Datei)
 Jornal da República: Diploma Ministerial n.° 16/2017 (PDF; 391 kB)
 Portal Municipal (englisch, portugiesisch, tetum)
 Atlanten der zwölf Gemeinden und der Sonderverwaltungsregion Osttimors, Stand 2019 (Direcção-Geral de Estatística DGE).

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Q: android how to make ListView refresh every 5 sec I have ListView which have data . Data come from server and I want the ListView to update after every 5 sec. How to do this? I am new to android development. Please help me. Here is my code..
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Destruction from Haiti Earthquake. Photo courtesy of CDC Foundation – CDC Haiti building project ©David Snyder/CDC Foundation.
Three years after a devastating earthquake took the lives of 200,000 Haitians, displaced millions more and disrupted the public health infrastructure of the country, two new public health buildings opened yesterday in the country's capital city of Port-Au-Prince with funding by the CDC Foundation and several partners including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the GE Foundation and Kaiser Permanente. The CDC Foundation was established by Congress to forge partnerships between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and corporations, foundations and individuals to support CDC's work in the U.S. and abroad.
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Public health workers in Haiti. Photo courtesy of CDC Foundation – CDC Haiti building project ©David Snyder/CDC Foundation.
To learn about the significance of the new buildings and the continuing efforts to improve public health in Haiti, NewPublicHealth spoke with Charles Stokes, president of the CDC Foundation, and Justin Tappero, MD, MPH, Director for the Health Systems Reconstruction Office in the Center for Global Health at CDC. Both were on hand for the ceremonies this week.
Public health vaccination in Haiti. Photo courtesy of CDC Foundation – CDC Haiti building project.
NewPublicHealth: How did the CDC Foundation become involved in this project?
Charles Stokes: CDC has had a presence in Haiti for quite a few years, particularly working on HIV/AIDS so they had a relationship when the earthquake happened. They quickly saw the many needs when the ministry building and 60 staff members were lost in the earthquake. They asked the CDC Foundation first for help replacing a core building to serve as a home base for the ministry and then they let us know that a second building added to the national laboratory complex would be invaluable as well.
The second building, in particular, I think will have a dramatic impact because of its location in the national laboratory complex. It allows additional CDC staff in addition to HIV/AIDS experts to co-locate with and work side by side with the ministry of health staff in Haiti on myriad programs.
NPH: What were the critical roles of the CDC Foundation in the buildings that opened this week?
Charles Stokes: We like to say we help CDC to do more, faster. We help do things CDC can't do otherwise, by bringing resources and partners to the table, and this is a perfect example. There's a dramatic need in Haiti. CDC was willing to help. CDC had additional staff to commit, but no place to put them, and so they reached out to us to perform our traditional role of trying to bring other partners to the table that could bring the flexibility that was necessary.
NPH: What's next for the CDC Foundation in Haiti?
Charles Stokes: We tend generally to follow CDC's lead in that arena, but I think what this project has done is cemented partnerships. In Haiti, we'll be meeting with the ambassador, the minister of health and the head of the national lab there, and I find that relationships that are formed in a response like this one tend to take on a life of their own for the better and for the good of the country going forward.
NPH: Dr. Tappero, how will the new buildings help improve public health in Haiti?
Dr. Tappero: At CDC find that we do our best work in providing technical assistance with ministries of health when we sit together. This not only gives the ministers of public health and epidemiologists a place to work, but it also allows us to provide technical assistance to them in a day-to-day routine setting.
Training program participants will eventually become the next generation of Haiti's public health practitioners.
NPH: Are there ways in which helping Haiti rebuild its public health infrastructure also helps improve health across the world?
Jordan Tappero: The world is now such a global environment that anyone in any country can be on a plane, and in less than 24 hours, be anywhere else in the world. So, we can't think about protecting our border from public health communicable disease in a vacuum. We need to improve public health infrastructure to respond in every country whether it's Haiti or anywhere in order to protect all citizens of the world. Specific to Haiti, there is quite a bit of travel and exchange between Haiti and the United States. There, the risk of TB transmission is real, so improving TB control in Haiti will also eventually decrease TB outside of Haiti.
I think improving health in general in Haiti will also lead to investment in Haiti and allow them to grow their economy. If investors and companies perceive Haiti as being a healthier and safer place to live and work, that will create economic opportunity for Haiti as well. And, if we can see improvements in water and sanitation in Haiti that will have a profound impact on an individual family's own productivity just for the simple fact that they won't need to spend every day going to a river or stream to collect their daily water. That's something that we in the United States take for granted when we wake up in the morning and brush our teeth or use the toilet.
NPH: What are some key public health improvements since the earthquake?
Jordan Tappero: There have been improvements in public health despite the challenging environment, and I think that Haiti's system of public health is moving in the right direction, and we'd like to see that continue. We have worked in partnership to make profound differences in HIV/AIDS, cholera, and childhood vaccine coverage, all of which will improve the health of those children in the coming generation.
Twice as many people now receive treatment for HIV than before the earthquake.
HIV testing of pregnant women has increased by 55 percent.
The government has trained technicians who are routinely testing water and providing education about improved sanitation throughout the country.
Vaccination rates for children are nearly twice as high than before the earthquake. Before 2010, measles vaccine coverage was just 47 percent. Following the recent 2012 campaign, 91 percent of children sampled were vaccinated against measles-rubella.
Haiti is on track to eliminate lymphatic filariasis. For the first time mass drug treatment is beginning to protect the entire population, which has been at risk from this permanently disabling, disfiguring, and painful disease. Known as elephantiasis, LF is caused by worms and carried by infected mosquitoes.


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Newsmaker Breakfast with Debra L. McCurdy, President, Baltimore City Community College – September 2019
Newsmaker Breakfast with Debra L. McCurdy, President-Elect, Baltimore City Community College
Join the Greater Baltimore Committee for a conversation with Debra L. McCurdy, the new President of Baltimore City Community College. She assumed the Presidency of BCCC in the spring 2019 semester.
For the past 11 years, McCurdy has served as President of Rhodes State College in Lima, Ohio where she oversaw the transformation of the institution as it expanded its programs to include associate of arts and associate of science degrees. The college also expanded its reach into the region through distance and online programs and developed a manufacturing consortium to provide skill enhancement and training to serve 26 companies. Bringing a strategic vision for program development and growth, she was instrumental in securing increased grant funding and maintaining fiscal stability.
McCurdy previously served for nine years as Provost and Chief Operating Officer for the Dunwoody Campus at Georgia Perimeter College and for seven years as Assistant and Associate Provost at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. Earlier positions included serving as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Paul Quinn College in Texas and as Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at Brandeis University in Massachusetts.
McCurdy earned bachelor of science, master of education and doctoral degrees from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
When: Friday, September 27, 2019; 7:30 a.m. registration, 8 a.m. program
This event is limited to GBC member companies and employees of GBC member companies. A 72-hour cancellation notice is required for refund.
GBC Newsmaker: U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Join the Greater Baltimore Committee on October 18, 2019 for a discussion with U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Van Hollen Jr. about top federal issues that are currently being debated in Washington, D.C., the important election year on the horizon and more.
Sen. Van Hollen took office as a United States Senator from Maryland on January 3, 2017. From 2003 to 2017 he served as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district.
Sen. Van Hollen started his time in public service as a member of the Maryland State Legislature. In 2002, he was elected to represent Maryland's 8th Congressional District. In the House of Representatives, he served as a member of the Democratic leadership and was elected by his colleagues to be the Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee and protect vital interests like Social Security and Medicare.
He is a graduate of Swarthmore College, the John F. Kennedy School of Public Policy at Harvard University, and the Georgetown University Law Center.
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This is a GBC Members Only Event. Join the Greater Baltimore Committee and Thomas Abt, author of the forthcoming book Bleeding Out: The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence – and a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets. Thomas Abt is a Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Both in the United States and globally, Abt writes, teaches, and studies the use of evidence-informed approaches … Continue reading →
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Why TV advertising may be headed toward a cliff
In 2016, for the first time, digital advertising spend surpassed that of television.1
The shift was inevitable – the surprise is that it took this long to happen. After all, TV viewership has declined for years,2 and the internet promises the ability to target consumers on a virtually individual basis.
Still, for TV advertising, the levee has mostly held: buoyed by unmatched audience reach and a long-entrenched and relatively simple ad buying process, television can still deliver an audience like no other medium...for now. At some point, the internet will, without qualification, displace TV. And when that happens, there will be little warning.
A good run
So, what has propped up TV advertising all this time?
First and foremost, the internet isn't a brand new form of media like radio and TV were when they launched. It uses audio, video and text, just as existing mediums do. Advertisers, then, have viewed the internet as more of a supplement to traditional advertising media, rather than a replacement.
Second, the markets targeted by TV and digital advertising differ considerably. Digital advertising focuses more on consumers making purchase decisions; TV advertising looks to build broad awareness, with advertisers targeting the mass audiences that medium can reach. This is especially true for top-quality TV content like live sports programming, which alone brings in 40% of broadcast TV advertising revenue.3 Top advertisers continue to pay for that reach (55% more of their spend goes to TV over digital4), giving them a still-unsurpassed return on investment.
Source: "200 Leading Advertisers." Advertising Age, 2017. Reprinted with permission from Crain Communications Inc., copyright 2017.
Third, the internet has not been able to match the caliber of the entertainment content on TV. The rise of high-quality original content from outfits such as YouTube, Hulu and Amazon is beginning to change that, as is the nascent movement of sports content onto the internet.
Finally, the workflow of the advertising industry – advertisers, agencies and media companies – remains, in many ways, locked into the TV advertising model. The entire advertising ecosystem is comfortable with this model; it's relatively simple and well-defined, and sheer inertia is keeping it that way.
In contrast, advertisers struggle to keep up with the ever-evolving, highly complex digital ad-buying processes. Measurement standards change constantly and doubts about targeting effectiveness remain.
As happened with radio and print, ad revenue likely won't shift away from TV gradually, but rather with a sharp, sudden turn. The episode will likely mirror the fate of radio, which lost its lead in ad revenues just five years after the commercial introduction of television.5
One possible tipping point could be a macro shock, such as a financial crisis. The 2008-09 recession, for instance, triggered a huge decline in print advertising revenue from which that medium never recovered.
Much like TV viewership, print circulation had been falling for decades, even as ad revenues held relatively stable. It took the crisis to effectively realign the two.
TV ad revenue is also heavily concentrated on live sports programming, especially in football. However, as NFL rights start coming up for renewal in 2021 and beyond, digital platforms such as Amazon and Facebook may acquire additional rights. This could force changes in advertiser behavior.
Another blow to TV advertising may come if internet companies standardize their "viewership" and other measurement methods. If Google or Facebook, which together generate 80% of internet ad revenue growth,6 develop industry-accepted standards and workflow, the inertia that has kept so much of ad revenue focused on TV could break.
Finally, unlike digital, the bulk of TV advertising spend comes from 200 or so companies, primarily in automotive, telecom, consumer packaged goods and retail industries, each of which is under pressure in one way or another.
If just a few of these dominant players shift heavily – or entirely – to digital advertising, the industry could reach the tipping point.
1 Magna Global.
2 "US Digital Ad Spending to Surpass TV This Year." eMarketer, 2016.
3 "Sports now accounts for 37% of broadcast TV ad spending." Advertising Age, 2015.
4 "200 Leading Advertisers." Advertising Age, 2017.
6 Barclays Research.
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Infographic: TV's roadblocks to digital advertising's future
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About the lead analyst
Kannan Venkateshwar joined Barclays in September 2008 and is currently a Director covering the U.S. Media, Cable & Satellite Communications sectors. Kannan has 13 years of experience across corporate and investment banking.
Prior to joining Barclays, Kannan was with Lehman Brothers working on cross asset strategy research as a generalist covering multiple sectors. Prior to Lehman, Kannan worked at Bank of America and Citigroup in corporate banking, looking at multiple industries.
Kannan earned a B.A. in Economics from University of Madras, India and an M.B.A. from the Darden School, University of Virginia. Kannan also has a post graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Authorised clients of Barclays Investment Bank can log in to read the full report, Future of U.S. Advertising: Omnipresent and Invisible, as well as the following related reports on Barclays Live:
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The Eads Board of Trustees approved an ordinance to increase sewer rates. Rates will increase an average of $5 per month for residences, with the proceeds used to pay for the lagoon reconstruction and maintenance.
Wild Horse Roundup- Curtis Schrimp: Watching the fires on TV driving people out of their homes make me think back to Feb 1919. I know it sounds odd I can remember something when I was 4 years old. We lived in a two-story house and my mother was in bed upstairs with a new baby. In those days ladies stayed in bed ten days. I was sitting on her bed with a picture book when we heard sirens. Two firemen came up & said our house was on fire. A fireman grabbed me and tossed me to another one half-way down the stairs who tossed me to another one. They took my mother down mattress and all head first & her screaming. I guess this is enough to tell, would be too much to tell all. I did fill up some paper though.
About Town- Ida Lessenden: I heard the Eads Band Concert was very outstanding which featured 6 through 8 grades and high school combo jazz as well as the winners of the November Talent Show, Ian & Rachel Davis and Shelby Weeks.
Serious questions with possible "legal implications" involving the proposed Arkansas Valley Pipeline led to the approval of a motion that the entities involved approach the Southeast Colorado Water Conservancy District to seek answers. However, the effectiveness of the motion remains to be seen since a quorum of the entities involved were not present.
John Ebright was the lucky winner of the 12-gauge shotgun raffled by the Eads Eagles Booster and given away at the Eads-Plainview basketball game.
Rush Creek has long been noted for pockets of quicksand, but the first time in recent years we heard of extensive damage caused by it. Leo Haner was bringing home a bunch horses for Butch Woods when he crossed the creek near the home ranch they mired down in the quicksand. At one time there were 14 trapped. The final result all except 4 were saved.
In spite of the high wind, the Eads High School basketball team marched off a big end of the score (8-3) in a practice game against Arlington.
The Weisbrod building has been moved from the lots where the new bank building is to be located and excavation for the basement of the structure soon to begun.


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Domination of Mountain West wasn't enough for SDSU basketball to get into NCAA Tourney
Clinched regular season Mountain West title with three games remaining, have two seniors set a record for most regular season conference wins in conference history and set a conference record with an 11-game win streak this season to open conference play.
The San Diego State men's basketball team built up quite the resume this season, yet didn't receive an at-large bid, snapping its streak of six-straight NCAA tournament appearances.
"I thought we had an excellent season," senior forward Winston Shepard said after the loss in the championship to Fresno State. "I think we're definitely one of the best teams in the country. I don't think this is a team that many people would want to play. So this is the hard part."
A one-point loss to Fresno State and a three-point loss to Boise State were the only blemishes on a 16-2 conference record before SDSU lost in the conference tournament championship to Fresno State and lost out on the opportunity for an automatic tournament bid for the third year in a row.
The pluses and minuses for SDSU read:
Pluses:
•MW regular season champions by three-game margin
•Win over Cal (who was selected as a four seed in the NCAA tournament)
•Close losses to current No. 1 Kansas and No. 12 Utah
Minuses:
•Losses to Arkansas-Little Rock (RPI 45) and Grand Canyon (RPI 92)
•Major loss to USD at Petco Park (RPI 301)
SDSU needed the benefit of the doubt to get in the tournament, but Joe Lunardi of ESPN's bracketology picked the Aztecs to play University of Michigan in the 11-seed play-in game before the brackets were announced.
Sophomore forward Malik Pope said Wednesday, March 9, before the team played in the MW Tournament that he didn't pay too much attention to the people who said the conference tournament was a must-win.
"I wouldn't say it bothered (us) I would say it energized us and made us realize that even a good team shouldn't be awarded (a tournament bid)," Pope said. "We use that as energy and motivation to come out and show who's the best. That's the reason why we have the best players and the best team in the conference."
Much has been made about the MW being a weak conference, which downgraded the Aztecs' accomplishments this season.
"I don't have to defend the league," head coach Steve Fisher said in a March 4 press conference. "This is good basketball. People who play us know that and have great respect for the Mountain West Conference."
Fresno State ended up as the only team to make the Big Dance from the MW, marking the first time that's happened since 2001 and only the second time ever since the league's creation in 1999.
"We're not a one-bid league as a rule. We've had as many as four or five in the tournament at one time," Fisher said March 12 after the loss to Fresno State. "That's what we should be. … You have to have teams that are good, schedule with thoughtfulness and then win some of those."
Fresno State is in the tournament as a 14 seed and will play three seed Utah Thursday, March 17.
SDSU had an RPI of 41 entering Selection Sunday and teams with higher RPIs were chosen as 11 seeds for at-large bids: Tulsa (RPI 58), Michigan (RPI 56), Vanderbilt (63) and Wichita State (RPI 47).
The Aztecs play next in the NIT as a two seed. They'll host Indiana Purdue University-Fort Wayne Tuesday, March 15 at 7 p.m.
RDM	• Mar 14, 2016 at 4:36 pm
Five more top 100 wins and a 30 win season still within reach! Every game is important!! Go Aztecs!!!
http://thedailyaztec.com/76409/sports/domination-of-mountain-west-wasnt-enough-for-sdsu-basketball-to-get-into-ncaa-tourney/#comment-456206


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When it comes to sequels, my expectations often tend to be quite high. Silly me. Mostly I end up getting bitterly disappointed. When it comes to horror movie sequels however, I have absolutely no expectations as these are almost always complete cash-ins waiting to prey on the gullible cinema-goer. Which is perhaps why I get such a smile on my face when a sequel comes around that actually isn't half bad. It's such an unexpected shock that you invariably end up enjoying it more than you should.
Which is exactly what happens with The Strangers: Prey At Night, sequel to the 2008 movie The Strangers that essentially takes the formula from the first and copies it verbatim. What makes it so surprising though is that despite the familiarity and unoriginality of its premise, it finds unexpected ways to scare you that the original wasn't quite able to and is somehow able to maintain a strong feeling of tension throughout. It's a well-executed piece of thriller which makes for a refreshing change to a genre littered with wasteful moments in movies. That it is also a sequel that is released so long after its original also means we aren't tired of the formulaic parts either – film producers please take note.
What makes this movie work so well is that it slowly builds up the tension and uses a strong sense of uncertainty and helplessness to keep it high at all times. While there are the inevitable jump scares, they get built up and pulled off really well more often not. Most movies give you moments to breathe between these though, but director Johannes Roberts is unrelenting in keeping the scare factor going and at no time do you, much likes its characters, ever feel safe. A word of caution though that as a result, it's also not for the faint-hearted, so if you struggle to survive your standard 2-minute jump scare scene without serious heart palpitations, this one will most certainly stress you out.
It's the type of execution that works really well, though admittedly will only fool you once because once the movie comes to an end, you do feel a little disappointed at the pointlessness and stupidity of it all. I could delve into the plot about family making a journey to their daughter's new college and plans to meet up with some family friends at a trailer park that happens to be the hunting ground for our trio of killers, but essentially it's a story that doesn't serve any purpose other than to offer up an opportunity for the random killings to begin.
At the start of the movie, the script by Bryan Bertino and Ben Ketai drops little hints that more is coming with regards to character development and what said victim's family are going through but these never materialize or add up to anything. Instead, they only serve to distract you from the real arc of the movie which is a bunch of people going through every extreme situation possible to stop said killers whose motives you know nothing about. On paper, you would be forgiven for thinking The Strangers is actually terrible and gives you no reason to really care. Amazingly though you do end up caring because of how well executed the film is and in particular how likeable the films cast (Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison and Lewis Pullman) ends up being.
The Strangers: Prey At Night is hardly a good movie, but when expectations for horror sequels are at incredibly low levels, it does actually impress you by how unexpectedly entertaining it is despite all of its flaws. It's not the kind of movie that will leave you wanting more, but it offers up a good 80 minutes of tension while it lasts. And in a genre of mediocrity, that's refreshing.
The Strangers: Prey At Night is the kind of horror movie which never eases up on the fear factor and keeps you at the edge of the seat for most of its duration. Thanks to a poor story, it is hardly a good movie, but in a genre where sequels tend to be awful, it certainly stands out.
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2022| April-June | Volume 16 | Issue 2
Clinical and histopathological characteristics of cutaneous metastases from solid organ cancers: Experience of dermatology in a tertiary referral hospital
Ecem Bostan, Neslihan Akdogan, Ozay Gokoz
April-June 2022, 16(2):44-51
DOI:10.4103/tjd.tjd_123_21
Background/Aim: In various studies, it is shown that cutaneous metastases of solid organ cancers are associated with advanced stage disease, lower disease-specific survival rate, and poor prognosis. Metastatic cutaneous disease may be observed in different morphologies. Histopathologically epidermal/dermal/epidermodermal infiltration, solid/nodular structures, interstitial pattern, and perineural invasion may be evident as accompanying features. In the present study, we aim to analyze demographical, histopathological, and clinical characteristics of cutaneous metastases from solid organ cancers in 37 patients. Materials And Methods: Thirty-seven patients diagnosed with biopsy-proven cutaneous metastases of solid organ cancers between January 2006 and January 2019 were retrospectively evaluated in the study. Results: Breast cancer was the primary cancer in 22 patients, whereas 13 patients were diagnosed with other solid organ cancers. The most common solid cancer which presented with skin metastases was breast cancer (22, 59.5%) followed by lung cancer (3, 8.1%), whereas colorectal cancer and lung cancer were the two most common cancers which metastasized to the skin in male patients. Two patients had cancer of primary unknown. The mean age at the diagnosis of first cutaneous metastasis was 58.1 ± 12.4 years. Twenty-six (70.3%) patients had primary cancer diagnosed first, whereas 11 (29.7%) patients had cutaneous metastasis diagnosed first. Breast cancer is shown to metastasize to the trunk at a significantly higher rate compared with other types of solid cancers (P = 0.02). Nodule (37.8%, 14) was the most frequently observed primary lesion of the cutaneous metastases morphologically, followed by plaque (18.9%, n = 7), tumor (13.5%, n = 5), and papule (8.1%, n = 3). Seven (18.9%) patients presented with more than one morphology. Histopathologically, micronodular structure was the most commonly observed structure. The mean time between the diagnosis of primary cancer and death was 60.62 ± 53.93 months (range: 6–156). The mean duration between the appearance of cutaneous metastasis and death was 10.5 ± 6.4 months (range: 1–24). There was not any statistically significant difference between the primary cancer type and the eluded time between death and primary cancer diagnosis. In addition, we were not able to find any statistically significant relationship between living-to-dead ratio and primary cancer type, presence of other organ metastases, and treatment status at the time of the emergence of cutaneous metastases. Conclusion: All in all, we would like to highlight the importance of diagnostic skin biopsy, especially in elderly patients presenting with cutaneous nodules of unknown origin. The possibility of cutaneous metastasis should always be kept in mind in patients with a history of malignancy even after long periods of recovery.
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A retrospective study of skin biopsies of 184 cutaneous lichen planus patients
Hari Shivaram Pathave, Vivek Nikam, Atul Dongre, Uday Khopkar
Background: Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic inflammatory and immune-mediated disease characterized by multiple clinical presentations. There are very few studies analyzing histopathological features of LP worldwide. Objectives: The aim of this work was to study different histopathological patterns in skin biopsies of LP and to correlate the clinical and histopathological features. Materials and Methods: Records of 184 biopsies diagnosed as LP were included in the study. Clinical data from the records reviewed. Hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections were retrieved, re-examined, and histopathological parameters were noted. Results: Among the 184 biopsies of LP patients, pigment incontinence (93.5%) was the most common followed by hypergranulosis (88%) and interface dermatitis (82.6%). In epidermal changes, saw-toothed acanthosis (90, 48.9%) was the most common followed by the flattened epidermis (47, 25.5%), irregular moderate acanthosis with appendageal involvement (31, 16.9%), and pseudocarcinomatous hyperplasia (16, 8.7%). In tissue reaction patterns, the lichenoid pattern was the most common (131, 71.2%) followed by mild superficial perivascular dermatitis (MSPVD) in 20 (10.9%) followed by various combination patterns. The types of hypergranulosis seen were wedge-shaped (86, 53.1%) followed by infundibular (32, 19.8%), regular (30, 18.5%), and acrosyringeal (14, 8.6%). Changes of venous stasis were observed in 41% of lower limb biopsies. Conclusion: On histopathology, pigment incontinence and hypergranulosis were the most consistent features in all types of LP. Awareness about the less frequent patterns may improve the diagnostic accuracy of clinicopathologic correlation.
Assessment of behavioral risk factors in emerging anogenital viral sexually transmitted infections: An observational cross-sectional study in eastern India
Tirthankar Gayen, Olympia Rudra, Ramesh C Gharami, Satyendra N Chowdhury
Background: High-risk sexual behaviors like multiple sexual partners, unprotected sexual intercourse, early coital debut, increase in oral sex, and anal coitus are associated with an increasing trend of viral sexually transmitted infections (STIs) worldwide. So, we conducted this study to determine the present scenario of sexual practice and the emerging trend of viral STIs in the Indian population. Materials and Methods: An institution-based observational cross-sectional study was conducted among patients with anogenital viral STIs after taking informed consent. A detailed history was taken regarding patients' particulars, sexual practice and addiction profile. Data were analyzed by Med-Calc statistical software version 12.5.0.0. Result and Analysis: Two hundred and thirty-four eligible consenting patients with anogenital viral STIs were included in the study. Most common age group were 25–44 years (54.70%, n = 128); male:female = 188:46. Majority of the population were factory workers (33.33%, n = 78), truckers (13.67%, n = 32), and commercial sex workers (4.27%). History of migration was present in 73.50% (n = 172). The mean age of coital debut was lower in females (P < 0.0001). Approximately 86.3% (n = 202) of patients were heterosexual. The mean number of nonspouse heterosexual partners was 15.81 ± 20.76. Partners of homosexual individuals (n = 32) were mostly co-worker (n = 22) or co-student (n = 10) and only four patients used condom regularly. About 56.4% (n = 132) patients had adequate knowledge of condom benefit though only 33.33% (n = 44) used it consistently. History of alcohol consumption during sexual exposure was present in 31.62% (n = 74) of people. Among them, adequate knowledge of condom benefit was present in 54 people but only 12 of them used it consistently (P = 0.028). Conclusion: Promotion and provision of sex education, awareness programs, and strategies to reduce high-risk behavior should be conducted among the population.
Evaluation of serum progranulin levels in patients with psoriasis: A case-control study
Rıdvan Gunes, Pınar İncel Uysal, Başak Yalçin, Çiğdem Yücel, Ömer Kutlu
DOI:10.4103/tjd.tjd_67_21
Objectives: T cells, keratinocytes, dendritic cells, inflammatory cytokines including tumor necrosis factor α are involved in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. The anti-inflammatory effect of progranulin (PGRN) is known by inhibiting the effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF- α). We aimed to evaluate the PGRN levels and the factors affecting PGRN levels in patients with psoriasis. Materials and Methods: The study enrolled 44 patients with psoriasis and 44 age- and sex- matched healthy controls. Serum PGRN levels were measured in all participants and compared between the two groups. PGRN levels were also evaluated in terms of demographic data, duration of disease, age of onset, previous treatments, smoking and drinking habits, PASI scores, and presence of nail and joint involvement in the psoriasis group. Results: Mean serum PGRN levels were significantly higher (10.70 ± 2.56ng/ml) in the psoriasis group than in the control group (3.16 ± 1.02ng/ml) (P < 0.001). There was no significant relationship between serum PGRN levels and clinical characteristics of psoriasis including the presence of joint and nail involvement, PASI scores, duration of disease, age of onset. Conclusions: In conclusion, psoriasis patients have elevated serum levels of PGRN irrespective of patient and clinical characteristics. To increase knowledge on the effect of PGRN in the pathogenesis of psoriasis can lead to new therapeutic options for the disease.
Anxiety, depression, and sexual dysfunction in patients with psoriasis
Yusuf Dogan, Fatma A Kiliç, Sinan Özçelik
Background: There are few studies investigating the association between psoriasis and depression, anxiety, sexual dysfunction in the literature. Aims: We aimed to investigate depression, anxiety, and sexual dysfunction in patients with psoriasis and the association between the psychiatric comorbidity and the severity and involvement sites of psoriasis. Materials and Methods: A total of 200 participants, including 100 psoriasis patients and 100 healthy volunteers as a control group, were included in the study. All participants were questioned about sociodemographic characteristics, smoking, alcohol use, and comorbidities. All participants completed the Dermatology Life Quality Index, Beck Depression Scale, Beck Anxiety Scale, Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale, Female Sexual Function Scale/International Erectile Function Index. Results: In the psoriasis group, an increased risk for depression and anxiety was observed, regardless of the clinical features and severity of psoriasis, and a positive correlation was detected between the severity of the disease and impaired quality of life. An increased risk for sexual dysfunction regardless of clinical features and severity in male patients with psoriasis was detected compared with the control group. It was found that the risk for erectile dysfunction in patients with psoriasis increased regardless of the risk factors such as smoking, alcohol, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Conclusion: Our study shows that psoriasis increases the risk for impaired quality of life, depression, anxiety, and sexual dysfunction in individuals. This increase is not always associated with the clinical characteristics of psoriasis such as severity, duration, and sites of involvement. Therefore, dermatologists should consider not only the skin findings of psoriasis but also the psychosocial status of the patient and refer the patient to psychiatry if necessary.
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Did dermatological hospital referrals and practice of dermatologists change in between pre-covid and covid era? A short-term preliminary evaluation
Ayşe Kavak, Gamze Erfan, İkbal Esen Aydıngöz, Figen Demir, Gülşen Tükenmez-Demirci, Dilek Bıyık-Özkaya, Deniz Demircioğlu, Murat Yılmaz, Rabia Karapıçak, Sedef Şahin
DOI:10.4103/tjd.tjd_2_22
Objective: In this descriptive study, we aimed to evaluate features of dermatology referrals before and after Covid-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: The patients referred to dermatology outpatient clinics of Acıbadem Group Hospitals in Istanbul between the time intervals 2019 March 1st and August 31st (Group G1) and 2020 March 1st and August 31st (Group G2) were included in this study. G1 and G2 groups were compared in terms of age, gender, mean duration of complaints, the most common five anatomic regions and the most common five dermatoses. Results: Referral rate after Covid-19 pandemic was decreased by 40%. Face (p=.0013, OR= 1.20, 95% CI=1.07–1.34), scalp (p=.02, OR=1.23, 95% CI=1.02–1.48) and hand (p=.04, 95% OR=1.24, 95% CI=1.00–1.54) were more common locations in 2020 (group G2) than in 2019 (G2 group). The most common five dermatoses were contact dermatitis (8.3%), acne (8,1%), wart (7,0%), seborrheic dermatitis (5,7%) and pyoderma (5,5%) in G1 (2019), while the order was contact dermatitis (10,6%), acne (7,5%), seborrheic dermatitis (6,5%), wart (6,4%) and pyoderma (4,9%) in G2 (2020). Contact dermatitis showed a significant increase after pandemic (p=.0017, OR=1.29, 95% CI=1.10–1.51). In 2020, psoriasis and lichen planus showed a two-fold increases (P<.001, OR=2.00, 95% CI=1.43–2.79 and p=.03, OR=1.92, 95% CI=1.09–3.38, respectively), whereas frequency of molluscum contagiosum decreased significantly (p=.03, OR=0.49, 95% CI=0.26–0.92). Conclusion: Although we found some remarkable results, relatively short-term period design with the limited patient population of this study needs to be verified in more comprehensive studies.
Segmental leiomyoma: A report of two cases
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Skin reaction due to UVC radiation used to inactivate SARS-CoV-2 virus
Selma Emre, Sera Kayhan, Akın Aktaş
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Q: How to wget all Betacoronavirus .tar.gz files from BLAST database directory? I'm trying to use wget to download all Betacoronavirus files ending in .tar.gz from https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/db/. I can use wget and paste in the link to a single one of those files, and it will download that just fine. But when I try to use some sort of regex, e.g. something with Betacoronavirus.*.tar.gz to download them all at once for me, it doesn't work. I've tried multiple things I've seen on some other threads, but still, none work.

A: Use a protocol designed for transferring files rather than text. In this case, the hostname "ftp" suggests you can also access the resources via FTP. wget can glob via FTP:
wget 'ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:21/blast/db/Betacoronavirus.*.tar.gz'

A: When you use "regex" or "glob" Betacoronavirus.*.tar.gz on the wget command-line, it is getting executed on your local machine in your Current Working Directory.
wget Betacoronavirus.*.tar.gz
In that Directory, there may be no such file  and the "glob" is empty ; Alternatively, the Directory may contain some already downloaded file, then the "glob" may match that and try to download the same file.
Either way, that will not work.
What you require is a glob on the remote ftp machine. You can get that by using a cli ftp client.
Your best way (simple way) would be to use a gui ftp client and select the matching files and click download. I recommend WinSCP & FileZilla.
Advanced way would be to download the html source for the Directory Listing, Parse it and take out the matching files and execute wget on each matching file. I do not recommend this, given your use case.