The Art Ross Trophy has gone to the top scorer in the NHL each season since 1947-48, but it wasn't until Sunday that it has been won by an American.
Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane, a Buffalo native, finished the season with a career-high 106 points to outpace the Dallas Stars' Jamie Benn for the title. Kane finished with career bests in goals (46) and assists (60).
The Blackhawks finished third in the Central Division and will face the St. Louis Blues in the first round of the playoffs, starting Wednesday. Chicago will attempt to become the first team to win back-to-back Stanley Cups since the Detroit Red Wings in the 1997 and 1998 seasons.
That would be the ultimate prize during Kane's magical season. His list of accomplishments this year is long. He became the first Blackhawks player to win the Art Ross since Stan Mikita in 1967-68. Mikita had won it four out of five years, with Chicago's Bobby Hull taking the honors in 1965-66.
Kane posted a 26-game point streak (16G, 24A) from Oct. 17 to Dec. 13, the longest run by an American-born player. He had a career-best seven-game goal streak from Nov. 2 to Nov. 15, had 27 multi-point games and his first two regular-season hat tricks.
All of these numbers came in an era when scoring is down. He became just one of four players to break the 100-point mark in the last five seasons.
Patrick Kane's resume has quickly become one of the deepest in the sports history, and the scary thing is, he is just entering his prime. A lot of hockey fans are probably getting sick of it. However, I just don't see how you can bet against the Chicago Blackhawks when it comes to favorites to win the Stanley Cup.
Congratulations, Kaner. The Art Ross Trophy yet another remarkable achievement!


Background: Prenatal care is a preventive health care service during pregnancy that has the potential to improve health outcomes for women and their infants. Despite its importance, some women do not receive adequate prenatal care services, particularly those at risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Objectives: The main objectives were to examine the relationships between neighborhood social contexts and prenatal care utilization (PNCU) using both geographically weighted regression and multilevel regression analyses. In addition, the role of individual-level characteristics and place of residence in racial/ethnic disparities in late/no prenatal care and in inadequate PNCU was also examined. Method: Birth files of Chicago residents who had a live birth between 2010 and 2014 were linked to community-level (Chicago community area) characteristics. Neighborhood socioeconomic indicators, racial residential segregation, and community racial/ethnic composition were derived from data obtained from the American Community Survey, and community violent crime rates were obtained from the Chicago Police Department. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) tools were used to examine the spatial associations between the neighborhood characteristics and inadequate PNCU using spatial cluster and geographically weighted regression (GWR) analyses. Multilevel logistic regression analyses were also used to examine the associations and to determine if the associations vary by race/ethnicity and Chicago region. Generalized estimating equation models were used to examine the role of maternal characteristics and community racial/ethnic composition in racial/ethnic disparities in late/no prenatal care and in inadequate PNCU. Results: There was evidence of spatial disparities in PNCU in the city of Chicago. The spatial pattern of inadequate PNCU closely follows the spatial distributions of neighborhood hardship, community violent crime rate, and Non-Hispanic Black isolation across Chicago community areas. The relationships between neighborhood hardship, community violent crime rate, and Non-Hispanic Black isolation with respect to PNCU are inextricably complex and vary by race/ethnicity and Chicago region. However, for all racial/ethnic groups combined, neighborhood hardship is ubiquitously associated with inadequate PNCU. Racial/ethnic disparities in PNCU are lower among women with Medicaid coverage than those with private health insurance. The racial/ethnic composition of a woman's place of residence also plays a role in racial/ethnic disparities in late/no prenatal care and inadequate PNCU. Living in Non-Hispanic white communities may confer an advantage with respect to receiving adequate prenatal care services. Conclusion: Addressing neighborhood hardship has the potential to improve adequate utilization of prenatal care for all Chicago mothers. In addition, providing uniform health insurance for all pregnant women as well as identifying and implementing community-level interventions that favor adequate use of prenatal care services across all neighborhoods irrespective of their racial/ethnic composition may reduce racial/ethnic disparities in PNCU.


Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Monday banned unauthorised rallies as he announced a slew of new measures to end demonstrations that have rocked his rule for weeks.
Bashir's latest orders come as part of a nationwide state of emergency he imposed on Friday after a sweeping crackdown failed to suppress protests against his administration.
"As part of a state of emergency declared by the president, he issued an order banning any gathering or rally that has not been authorised," the presidency said in a statement.
Bashir gave sweeping powers to the country's security forces to raid buildings where "suspicious activities were being carried out" and also search people, the presidency said.
Blocking roads and stopping traffic was banned, after protesters obstructed streets with rocks and tree trunks to prevent security forces from entering their neighbourhoods.
Publishing news "that hurts the citizens or the constitutional system" on any platform, including social media, was also outlawed.
But the group that is spearheading the demonstrations rejected the new measures, which also banned strikes.
"We are calling on our people in the capital, across all states, towns and villages to take to the streets now to express their rejection of the new emergency measures," said the Sudanese Professionals Association.
The state of emergency prompted Washington's acting envoy to the United Nations, Jonathan Cohen, to urge Khartoum to "respect the rights of all individuals in Sudan".
A new court and a special prosecutor were created to investigate violations of the measures, with offenders facing up to 10 years in prison.
Officials say 31 people have died in protest-related violence so far. Human Rights Watch says at least 51 people have been killed, including medics and children.
Hours before the latest measures were announced, hundreds of protesters rallied in some areas of Khartoum, chanting their rallying cry "freedom, peace, justice".
Riot police confronted them with tear gas, witnesses said.
"We are challenging the regime and we are not scared of the state of emergency," said protester Erij who gave only her first name for security reasons.
Riot police also fired tear gas into the compound of Ahfad University for Women after students staged a sit-in, witnesses said.
The financial measures came after Bashir made top-level changes in his administration, including sacking his long time ally and first vice president Bakri Hassan Saleh.
He continued with more changes, by sacking his deputy in the ruling National Congress Party on Monday.
Faisal Hassan Saleh was replaced by former governor of North Kordofan state, Ahmed Harun, the party said.
"The NCP executive bureau approved Ahmed Harun, nominated by President Bashir as his deputy in the party replacing Faisal Hassan Saleh," party spokesman Ibrahim al-Siddiq told AFP.
Harun is wanted by The Hague-based International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the conflict in Darfur.
The Darfur conflict erupted in 2003 when ethnic minority rebels took up arms against Khartoum's Arab-dominated government, accusing it of socially and economically marginalising the region.
About 300,000 people were killed and millions displaced, according to the United Nations.
Harun was Sudan's minister of state for the interior during the peak of the conflict.
Bashir himself is wanted by the ICC for alleged genocide and war crimes in Darfur.
On Sunday, he swore in a new prime minister and appointed 16 army officers and two others from the feared National Intelligence and Security Service as governors for Sudan's 18 provinces as part of a major shake-up of his adminstration.


Chapter 5:  Prudhomme's Tavern. March 20. Later that night.
Dollard left the interrogation meeting quickly and let out a yelp that was heard inside the governor's house. He began to run, but slipped on the ice, slammed into the side of a building, fell to the ground and began laughing.
He was about to get up immediately but he stopped, deciding to savor the moment before seeing his friends at the tavern  He rose and leaned against the building, his feet in the snow, his head slamming back against a large log house.
He thought, at last, he would have a chance to prove himself. He would return an accomplished commander and, he hoped, with enough furs to start him on his fortune. He could think of nothing better than to be a wealthy soldier, to be like Closse and le Moyne.
He put off heading for the tavern. Instead, he thought of his friends, recruited last autumn, and others approached later, such as Roland Hebert and some of them were on duty.
He walked to the watchtower in the evening chill. He had been there last November and first beheld the rigid back of Roland Hebert. Hebert took life too seriously. His tone was black and his comic remarks often failed to make others laugh because they were snide. He spent a great deal of time mumbling to himself about things. Cognac said he was deranged.
"Roland," Dollard had said, "how are you?"
"I'm on duty." The remark was a reproof.
"You can stay on your watch," said Dollard, who outranked Hebert.
"What else would you have me do?" He looked down from his height of six feet at Dollard some four inches shorter. Sometimes his attitude affronted people; after a time they decided that was his way and let it go. But they didn't seek out his company.
When Dollard told him his idea, Hebert changed completely and said, "Where do I sign?" All traces of condescension had disappeared from his voice. He was like a boy, enthusiastic, willing and eager to begin. He was always this way at the prospect of an adventure, especially a military one. It was as if he consciously contained himself, was barely civil while doing the routine chores of a settler and only became himself when asked to fight. Dollard understood the feeling but he still wondered at the abrupt change in attitude.
He had climbed down the ladder from the parapet and walked over to the forge where Jean Tavernier was pumping bellows shooting the flames toward an iron grate. Tavernier then dropped the bellows and seized a hammer and began banging a piece of metal with force but not enthusiasm.
"How is it going, Dollard?"
"I'm not going anywhere." He said it as if he meant his life.
Jean Tavernier, "Forges," because of his occupation, usually looked sure and self-confident as he hammered. He always looked so at the forge or at games, but when he just stood and talked, his posture sagged, almost as if he were embarrassed at his great height.
"Like to kill some Iroquois and get some beaver?" said Dollard.
"You say it like it was a choice of desserts."
"Almost. If I get the right people, I think I can get the authority."
Forges stopped hammering, wiped his wrist on his forehead and his hands on his leather apron.
He always asked this question. He wasn't sure of himself so he had to be sure of other people. Forges, who was so strong, had eyes that rarely remained still and this gave a constant appearance of nervousness that was out of joint with his heroically cast physique. His eyes darted from Dollard's right eye to his left as if to detect uncertainty in his friend. He saw none.


The Big Wedding Planning Podcast: #21 Catching Up!
The Real Housewives...we have decided that house-husband PK is no good. But we love you, Boy George!
How are we feeling about our podcast thus far?? Pretty great! How are YOU feeling about our podcast?? Please let us know. We love interacting with our listeners and we will try to answer all your quick questions on twitter and Facebook and beyond! Heck, we may even address your questions on the podcast!
Why are we doing the podcast? Because we love talking about weddings and we love talking to each other and one could argue that we both just love talking! And talking about something that we are knowledgeable and passionate about is pretty awesome. Knowing that people are listening and have found our advice helpful...big bonus! We feel grateful and we are having a great time! In this episode, we talk a little about our process, and our progress.
Weddings we are working on and networking we are doing: We're busy wedding planners - with Michelle pounding the pavement in the Bay Area (her winter home for now), and with ties to Boston...about to head to Mexico, and Christy doing weddings in Dallas/Fort Worth...we almost have the country covered! Also, we talk about how Open Houses can be really helpful with your wedding planning.
"The wedding is in 2 months and the caterer is MIA - are we doomed?" - hint, NO!
"Should we let our wedding party bring PLUS ONES even if we don't want random people at our wedding?" - this answer is complicated. Let's discuss.
"I've done weddings where the bride and groom had to rent - no joke - a Uhaul to give me all the items they wanted to set up...this is crazy. All that stuff for one day." Christy, on setting up. It's a spectrum.


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Congress recognizes Juneteenth amid the "great resignation" migration: The path from anxiety and stress to lasting peace
Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Steve Williams, president of the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation, and Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., pose with the Juneteenth flag after their press conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 celebrating the Senate's passage of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
Let's start with some good news out of Washington: Congress passed legislation last night to recognize Juneteenth as a federal holiday. The day commemorates the emancipation of slaves in the United States. Texas was the first state to observe Juneteenth as an official holiday; forty-six other states and the District of Columbia have followed suit.
It is noteworthy that the House passed the bill with strong bipartisan support (415–14) and that the Senate had passed it unanimously the day before.
In more good news, New York and California have lifted most of their pandemic restrictions. New York City is planning a parade on July 7 to honor frontline and essential workers; California Gov. Gavin Newsom called Tuesday "reopening day" for his state. Two of our most populous states are now aligning with many other states as the number of vaccinated people continues to grow.
The Israel parliament admits its first-ever deaf member
In a day as fractured and divisive as ours, steps toward unity and peace make headlines.
Shirley Pinto was sworn into the Knesset, becoming the first-ever deaf member of the Israeli parliament. However, hostilities began again with Hamas as incendiary balloons were launched into Israel, and Israel's fighter jets struck Hamas compounds in response.
President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a polite summit yesterday in Geneva at what leaders agree is a "low point" in US-Russian relations. Twenty-eight Chinese military planes flew over Taiwan's airspace Tuesday; the Chinese government claims that the island is a breakaway province. And Iran announced Tuesday that it has produced 6.5 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent purity, moving ever closer to the nuclear weapons–grade level of 90 percent purity.
Negotiating on our political differences is obviously important, but treaties cannot change human hearts.
"Your team is more anxious than you think"
In other news, "the great resignation" migration is taking place as a record four million Americans quit their jobs in April. According to one analyst, "We basically burned out the global workforce over the last year. One of the ways people deal with burnout is by switching employers."
And Forbes is reporting that "your team is more anxious than you think." The article recommends that employers encourage their employees to be honest about their struggles, exhibit empathy and compassion, avoid "cowboy" culture that rewards hard-driving success at the expense of collaboration, share their own struggles, take steps to reduce employee uncertainty, and customize approaches to individual needs.
Like the lobster diver who was swallowed by a humpback whale (which fortunately spit him out), we can feel consumed by an adversarial culture. We can submerge our faces in ice-cold water to slow down our heart rate (a response known as the "diver's reflex"), but we can't live underwater. We can pay $28 million to ride into space next month alongside Jeff Bezos and his brother, but after ten minutes of "space tourism," our flight will return to the planet we left.
"Yet I will rejoice in the Lord"
How, then, can we best navigate the anxieties and stresses of these days?
Habakkuk's testimony is one of my favorite paragraphs in Scripture. It begins by describing dire circumstances: "Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls" (Habakkuk 3:17).
In his day, this would mean the loss of every means of sustenance. But the prophet responded: "Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation" (v. 18).
How can we experience the joy Habakkuk knew? By doing what he did.
Scripture testifies that "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" (Psalm 46:1), but a refuge can help only those who choose its shelter. A house built upon the rock of God's sovereignty and word will stand amid the storms (Matthew 7:24–25), but that rock can sustain only those who stand upon it.
Jesus warned us that prosperity can make us so self-reliant that we refuse the grace and provision of God (Matthew 19:24). As I noted yesterday, adversity can also lead us to question God's love and depend on our capacities while ignoring his omnipotence.
When we are well, we don't need a doctor; when we are sick, we blame the doctor.
Our ever more secularized culture is doing all it can to persuade us that either is an appropriate response to the good news and the bad news of our day.
"Here I have no continuing city"
Scottish minister John Baillie prayed: "Let me remember that my mortal body is only the servant of my immortal soul. Let me remember how uncertain my hold is on my own physical life. Let me remember that here I have no continuing city, but only a place for a brief stay and a time for testing and training.
"Let me understand the vanity of what is time bound and the glory of the eternal. Let my world be centered not in myself, but in you."
In whom will your world be centered today?
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As the name would imply, the Emperor's Wrath Darth Vader is meant to recreate the force lighting effect of Emperor Palpatine electrocuting Darth Vader at the end of Return of the Jedi. This variant is an exclusive to Walgreens stores. Being that this is a variant of an already released figure, I will keep this review short and just try to highlight what makes it unique.
This variant comes with a new translucent helmet with visible skull and a removable right hand. Aside from that, this release is essentially the same as the standard Black Series Darth Vader, except that this release comes in the new black and red Force Awakens box. Additionally, the new head makes this Vader just slightly taller than the previous release.
As with the standard release, E.W. Vader has very nice articulation. He has a wide range of motion in his hips which allows for some nice dynamic poses.
All of the buttons and switches on Vader's suit are painted and look nice and crisp. The skull that is visible underneath the translucent mask has force lightning effect painted on it. This version of Vader features a removable right hand that when removed, exposes painted wires underneath. This new hand simply pegs in rather than being on a universal joint like the standard hand. That means there is a little bit of lost articulation, but it's not sorely missed.
This version of Vader comes with the same soft goods cloak and red light saber that the original came with .
So, is this version of Vader a mandatory buy for Star Wars fans? Probably not, but it is an awful lot of fun.
Are there larger versions of the pictures?
These aren't the pictures you're looking for.
I've seen Black Series Palpatine maybe three times in stores, so the next Walgreens exclusive should be a cackling version of him, maybe with an extra "Super Creepy ESB Lemur-Eyes Head" as a bonus.
Around here you almost never see any 6 inch black series besides slave leia. Saw Han a couple times,Jabba and the Speeder bike are prominent I guess since they're more expensive,and I've seen the Irish dude's red armor henchman like once. If I were collecting this line it would be all online.
Slightly OT, but am I the only one that was ever bothered by the lack of a support/skeletal structure on the end of Vader's arm when his hand was cut off? There just a tangle of wires. If you cut off a T-800's arm, you'd see some kind of support for the arm. That always bugged me.
Perhaps he is like a crab, with the outer shell being the support structure, and the inside being all bionics?


It should have been the first and final concert of Bérurier Noir : 8 tracks recorded at Pali-kao (Paris squat), February 19th 1983. The CD contains other live recordings from 1983 (Art beton Fest + Rising Free Fest, Paris). Digipak CD, 17 tracks, 12-page booklet, sealed copy.


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Thousands sign petition to abolish guardianship of women in Saudi Arabia
By WITW Staff on September 27, 2016
An online petition calling for the Saudi Arabian government to end the country's oppressive guardianship system has drawn thousands of signatures, The Guardian reports. Under Saudi law, women must obtain the permission of a male relative before traveling, marrying, leaving prison, and, in some cases, accepting employment and accessing healthcare.
Thus far, some 14,700 people have signed the petition. There has been increasing resistance to the guardianship system in Saudi Arabia over the past few years, and the movement was galvanized this summer, when Human Rights Watch released a damning report on the institution.
According to activist Aziza Al-Yousef, a number of clerics have lent their support to the petition, suggesting that they do not believe the guardianship system is rooted in Islamic law. "They all declared that this is not religion, this is all government rules and it should be changed," Yousef said.
Hamid M. Khan, deputy director of The Rule of Law Collaborative at the University of South Carolina, told The Guardian that Saudi Arabia's royal family is also receptive to reform. Earlier this year, the Saudi government released a plan to reduce the country's dependency on oil by 2030, which would in turn require more women to enter the workforce. The guardianship system, which restricts women's ability to work, is counterproductive to that goal.
Khan added, however, that the royal family cannot act without approval from senior clerics, who tend to be resistant to change.
Read the full story at The Guardian.
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Mitre House Project is a small residential care home in Pollok in the south of Glasgow. It is the organisation's first established project and is currently home to 5 adults who have a learning disability, some of whom also have associated physical disabilities.
Mitre House provides a service for adults of 18 years upwards who have a learning disability. Referrals are made by local authority Care Managers using the single shared assessment process. Individuals will be invited to visit the project a number of occasions prior to moving in, to ensure that they are supported to make an informed decision about the service, the people who live there and the staff who provide the service. A period of matching and orientation is facilitated to ensure that people are supported to make informed decisions abou the service, the staff that provide the service and the nature of what the service is and can offer the person.


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Our most comprehensive tour of Vietnam and Cambodia takes you to Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hoi An, Saigon, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and more. Featuring two cruises, an overnight deluxe junk cruise in Halong Bay and a seven-night cruise on the Mekong River aboard a boutique cruiser, this tour shows you the best of Vietnam and Cambodia.
Day 1: Hanoi Arrival You will be met and transferred to your hotel. Day 2: Hanoi Enjoy a full-day tour of Hanoi. Tonight, try the local street food. Day 3: Hanoi > Halong Bay Drive to Halong Bay for an overnight deluxe junk cruise. Day 4: Halong Bay > Hoi An Cruise back to port, then transfer to Hanoi and fly to Danang. Transfer to Hoi An. Days 5 & 6: Hoi An Take a walking and boat trip in this atmospheric town. The next day enjoy a cooking class and an afternoon at leisure. Day 7: Hoi An > Saigon Fly to Saigon and transfer to your hotel. This evening sample local Saigon delicacies on a Vespa street food tour. Days 8 & 9: Saigon Morning visit to the Cu Chi tunnels, then an afternoon tour of Saigon. Following day at leisure. Day 10: Saigon > My Tho > Cai Be Transfer to My Tho and board your boutique Mekong river cruise for a seven-night voyage to Siem Reap. Cruise to Cai Be. Day 11: Cai Be > Sa Dec > Tan Chau Visit the colourful Cai Be floating market, then cruise to Sa Dec for a sampan cruise through the canals. Sail to Tan Chau. Day 12: Tan Chau > Phnom Penh Visit bustling Tan Chau, then cruise into Cambodia. Day 13: Phnom Penh Full-day tour of Phnom Penh and surrounds. Day 14: Phnom Penh > Kampong Chhnang Arrive in Kampong Tralach on the Tonle Sap for a museum visit. Afternoon excursion to view floating houses and wetlands. Day 15: Kampong Chhnang > Kampong Cham Morning cruising the Mekong. Afternoon Khmer village visit. Day 16: Kampong Cham > Tonle Sap Lake Cruise slowly towards Asia's largest fresh water lake. Day 17: Tonle Sap Lake > Siem Reap Disembark after breakfast and transfer to your hotel. Enjoy dinner at Madame Butterfly, then attend the Phare Circus. Days 18 & 19: Siem Reap Visit Ta Promh Temple, Ta Keo, Angkor Thom, and Angkor Wat. The following day, transfer to the airport.
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Q: Permission problems at mounting ext4 filesystem on fstab I have installed 2 linux distributions, Fedora 15 and Ubuntu 11.04. I have a partition formated in ext4 filesystem and i mounted using the /etc/fstab file on /mnt/files/ mountpoint. It mounts correctly in both distros but i have one problem with permissions. This exapmple illustrates it:
If i create a folder /mnt/files/test/ using mkdir in this common partition from Ubuntu, when im on Fedora and try to create a directory inside this folder, say /mnt/files/test/test2 it says that i dont have the permissions. I have read som solutions, and the most of them says that i have to change the permissions or the owning of the folders using recursively chmod or chown but the problem is that i have to do this every time that i create a new file or folder on the other distro.
I want to know if is there any option on the fstab file that help me to achieve this. I have tried the uid, gid and umask options but it looks like this options cant be used on a ext filesystem.
The entry en my /etc/fstab file is:
UUID=<uuid> /mnt/files ext4 defaults 0 0

I hope you can help me.
Regards.

A: Your /etc/fstab really doesn't have anything to do with this.
You major problem is most likely that the UID/GID associated with your account on the two installations are different.
You can either

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*Setup groups using identical GIDs on both installations, and setup your permissions to be based on a common group

*Adjust the UID/GID of one of the accounts so they are identical between your two installs.

To confirm that the two are different look at your account and primary group in the /etc/passwd, and /etc/group files of the two systems.

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On China
Author/Contributor(s): Kissinger, Henry
"Fascinating, shrewd . . . The book deftly traces the rhythms and patterns of Chinese history." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"No one can lay claim to so much influence on the shaping of foreign policy over the past 50 years as Henry Kissinger." --The Financial Times
In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length to a country he has known intimately for decades and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. On China illuminates the inner workings of Chinese diplomacy during such pivotal events as the initial encounters between China and tight line modern European powers, the formation and breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance, the Korean War, and Richard Nixon's historic trip to Beijing. With a new final chapter on the emerging superpower's twenty-first-century role in global politics and economics, On China provides historical perspective on Chinese foreign affairs from one of the premier statesmen of our time.


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Atypical Pyridoxine Dependent Epilepsy in a Newborn
12/12/2018 00:00:00 Ravi Teja Jaladi, Shrabani Mondal, Asim Kumar Mallick, Isita Tripathy 10/01/2019 00:00:00 https://www.pediatriconcall.com/Journal/images/journal_cover.jpg
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Ravi Teja Jaladi, Shrabani Mondal, Asim Kumar Mallick, Isita Tripathy.
Department of Pediatrics, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, India.
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Ravi Teja Jaladi, Department of Pediatrics, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, India.
Email: jaladiraviteja@gmail.com
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pyridoxine, epilepsy, encephalopathy, seizures
Pyridoxine dependent epilepsy is one kind of refractory seizures which presents as encephalopathy from in utero to late infancy and sometimes into adulthood.1 Pyridoxine dependent epilepsy is an autosomal recessive disorder caused due to abnormality of enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase which results in reduced synthesis of inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).2 Due to its rarity and the absence of appropriate biochemical tests, the diagnosis of pyridoxine dependent epilepsy is not always easy.3 Though catastrophic, pyridoxine dependent seizures readily respond to administration of pyridoxine with the cessation of seizures usually within minutes after administration of pyridoxine. If not identified early, this leads to fatality in most cases and survivors will be left with severe intellectual disability. We present a neonate with a birth weight of 4.3 kg delivered via cesarean section who presented to us with uncontrollable seizures on day 7 of life with encephalopathy without any significant antenatal and postnatal history. The baby was normal for 2 days after birth and on day 3 of life, the mother noticed that the baby had a staring look, refusal of feeds with involuntary movement of limbs. The baby was then taken to a pediatrician who identified them as seizures and started the child on intravenous (IV) phenobarbitone and IV antibiotics consisting of cefotaxime and amikacin. The child was referred to us on day 7 of life in view of uncontrollable resistant seizures. On presentation to us, the child had tonic posturing without up rolling of eyeballs. The systemic examination was normal. On investigations, hemoglobin was 15.5 gm/dl, white cell count 9200 cells/cumm (neutrophils 45%, lymphocytes 55%, basophils 5%) and platelet count was 500,000 cells/cumm. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed protein 85 mg/dl (normal up to 120 mg/dl), 5-6 mononuclear cells/HPF (normal up to 14 cells/HPF) and glucose 56 mg/dl (corresponding blood sugar was 78 mg/dl). CRP was 8.4 mg/L (normal up to 15.8 mg/L). Serum calcium was 8.8 mg/dl (normal 7 to 12 mg/dl), magnesium 2.2 meq/L (normal 0.65 to 1.05 meq/L), lactate 4.2 mmol/l (normal 1.1 to 2.3 mmol/l) and pyruvate 0.27 mg/dl. Blood culture and urine culture did not grow any organism. EEG and MRI brain were normal. The child continued to have uncontrolled seizures for which the child was started on IV phenobarbitone followed by IV phenytoin, IV levetiracetam (increased to a maximum of 60 mg/kg/day). But the child deteriorated further requiring mechanical ventilation and injection midazolam infusion but the seizures were not controlled. Antibiotics were upgraded to IV Meropenem and IV Vancomycin on day 2 of admission. A trial of IV pyridoxine was given at 30 mg/kg/day on day 3 of hospitalization along with multivitamin infusion and was continued.2 The baby continued to have seizures and finally, the multivitamin infusion was stopped after 7 days due to non-response. On day 9 of pyridoxine administration, the seizures stopped for the very first time. Unsure of the cause of response, anti-epileptics were weaned in the order of Inj levetiracetam followed by Inj phenytoin and finally Inj phenobarbitone. The seizures did not recur even after weaning of all anti-epileptics. We continued pyridoxine suspecting it to be a case of pyridoxine dependent epilepsy. Subsequently, pyridoxine was shifted from injectable therapy to oral therapy. During the observation period, mother forgot to administer pyridoxine once and the baby again had a seizure for which oral pyridoxine was given and this time the seizures stopped within an hour suggestive of classical pyridoxine dependent seizures.4 Laboratory tests in form pipecolic acid and alpha-amino adipic semi aldehyde could not be done due to non-availability.
Infants with classical neonatal pyridoxine dependent seizures have fits soon after birth but other atypical presentations are also reported. Other manifestations include hepatomegaly, visual agnosia, squint, articular apraxia.3 Pyridoxine dependent seizures should be suspected in an infant less than 3 years with seizures with no abnormal antenatal or natal history and a possible elder sibling death due to uncontrollable seizures.5 Baxter proposed new criteria to diagnose pyridoxine dependent epilepsy which includes (i) seizures cease within 7 days of administration of pyridoxine (ii) recur when pyridoxine supplementation is withdrawn (iii) ceases again when pyridoxine is given again.6 Similarly, our patient had a response to pyridoxine after 9 days, had a recurrence of seizure on missing a dose and again seizures stopped on giving pyridoxine.
Due to its rarity and in the absence of appropriate biochemical tests the diagnosis of pyridoxine dependent epilepsy is not always easy.3 Early testing of biomarkers including pipecolic acid and alpha-amino adipic semi aldehyde may prevent delay in diagnosis of pyridoxine dependent epilepsy.8 We could not do the biomarkers in our patient due to non-availability. Once the diagnosis is confirmed, therapy should be continued indefinitely. The dose of pyridoxine recommended varies from 5 to 300 mg/kg/day.7
We thus report, that one may need to continue pyridoxine supplementation in pyridoxine dependent seizures for a long time as a response can take a longer time.
Funding None
Conflict of Interest None
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7199/ped.oncall.2019.60
Jaladi R T, Mondal S, Mallick A K, Tripathy I. Atypical Pyridoxine Dependent Epilepsy in a Newborn. Pediatr Oncall J. 2019;16: 128-129. doi: 10.7199/ped.oncall.2019.60


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Q: csv.writer writing all contents to one cell EDIT: Solved thanks to @ayhan. If you are from Poland use semicolon instead of comma as a separator.
I have a list of lists that looks like this:
list = [['edytor poranka PN', '1/04/2016', '15:00'], ['edytor PN 2', '2/04/2016', '08:30'], ['edytor PN noc', '3/04/2016', '22:00']]

csv.writer writes each list into one cell instead to 3 separate ones.
My code looks like this:
with open('file.csv', 'w') as f:
    writer = csv.writer(f, delimiter=',', quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL)
    writer.writerows(list)

I've also tried this method:
for i in list:
    writer.writerow(i)

And it also doesn't  work. My other issue is that each row is separated by an extra empty row and I don't know how to get rid of it. I know there has been similar questions but no solution is working for me.

A: Slayer's code worked for me here is the US, but if I changed my Windows Region and Language settings to Poland it doesn't and I was finally able to reproduce your problem.
According to @ayhan this is because of a bug in Excel where it expects ; to be the delimiter when reading and saving csv files in locales where , is used as the decimal separator (decimal mark) such as it is in Poland (and most of the rest of the world).
Probably the easiest work-around is just specify the delimiter Excel expects in your region when you create the csv.writer object, as shown below:
#!/usr/bin/env python3

import csv

list_of_lists = [['edytor poranka PN', '1/04/2016', '15:00'],
                 ['edytor PN 2', '2/04/2016', '08:30'],
                 ['edytor PN noc', '3/04/2016', '22:00']]

with open('file.csv', 'w', newline='') as f:
    writer = csv.writer(f, delimiter=';')
    for sublist in list_of_lists:
        writer.writerow(sublist)

Contents of file.csv after running the script:
edytor poranka PN;1/04/2016;15:00
edytor PN 2;2/04/2016;08:30
edytor PN noc;3/04/2016;22:00

Afterwards, if I open it in Microsoft Excel 2013, with my Windows Format and Location set to "Poland" in the Windows Region and Language control panel, I see the following (which is now correct):

Update
A way of doing it dynamically would be to have the script determine what delimiter to use based on the current locale settings and pick something different if there's a conflict — although hardcoding ; should work any place that doesn't use it as the decimal mark (and I'm not aware of one that does).
Since we now know what was causing the issue, I would also take out the for loop Slayer introduced and go back to the version of your code that used writerows().
import csv
import locale

# Chose an Excel compatible csv delimiter.
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
DELIMITER = ';' if locale.localeconv()['decimal_point'] == ',' else ','

list_of_lists = [['edytor poranka PN', '1/04/2016', '15:00'],
                 ['edytor PN 2', '2/04/2016', '08:30'],
                 ['edytor PN noc', '3/04/2016', '22:00']]

with open('file.csv', 'w', newline='') as f:
    writer = csv.writer(f, delimiter=DELIMITER)
    writer.writerows(list_of_lists)

A: You need to specify the newline to prevent the extra row from being added on each iteration. Also naming your variable list is a bad idea, since it's a built in type.
with open('file.csv', 'w', newline='') as f:
    writer = csv.writer(f)
    for a_list in lists:
        writer.writerow(a_list)


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Q: Scanning lines in Java What's wrong with the code? It won't let me write the input for each one of them..I wanted to read how many editions, the year and city of each edition, and it jumps to the loop and won't let me put input.
public class Competition {

    private static ArrayList<Edition> editions = new ArrayList<Edition>();
    private static Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String newCity = null;
        int newYear = 0;
        int itineration = 0;
        int numberEditions = 0;
        Edition newEdition = new Edition(newCity, newYear);

        System.out.println("How many editions would you like to create?");
        numberEditions = scan.nextInt();

        while (itineration < numberEditions) {
            System.out.println("\nEnter the city and year of the Edition you would"
                    + " like to create: ");

            System.out.println("Year: ");
            newYear = scan.nextInt();
            System.out.println("City: ");
            newCity = scan.nextLine();

            editions.add(newEdition);
            itineration++;
        }

        for (int index = 0; index < editions.size(); index++) {
            System.out.println("Music Festival'" + editions.get(index).getYear()
                    + ", "
                    + editions.get(index).getCity());

        }
    }
}

A: You need to consume extra line after reading year. and also you need to create new Edition for each input and add it to the list in while loop:
while (itineration < numberEditions) {
    System.out.println("\nEnter the city and year of the Edition you would"
            + " like to create: ");

    System.out.println("Year: ");
    newYear = scan.nextInt();

    scan.nextLine();

    System.out.println("City: ");
    newCity = scan.nextLine();

    Edition newEdition = new Edition(newCity, newYear);
    editions.add(newEdition);
    itineration++;
}

Hope it helps

A: You need to create new instance of Edition inside the while loop.
    while (itineration < numberEditions) {
        System.out.println("\nEnter the city and year of the Edition you would"
                + " like to create: ");

        System.out.println("Year: ");
        newYear = scan.nextInt();
        System.out.println("City: ");
        newCity = scan.nextLine();

       Edition newEdition = new Edition(newCity, newYear);
        editions.add(newEdition);
        itineration++;
    }

A: There are some problems with the Scanner class if you don't know how to use it. Some people suggest using a buffered reader. I would recommend researching both objects before using either one.

A: You have made 2 errors.

*

*Make new Edition instances inside loop

*use Scanner.next() to get the input String. Scanner.nextLine() is invalid.

Working code:
 while (itineration < numberEditions)
        {
            System.out.println("\nEnter the city and year of the Edition you would" + " like to create: ");

            System.out.println("Year: ");
            newYear = scan.nextInt();
            System.out.println("City: ");
            newCity = scan.next();

            editions.add(new Edition(newCity, newYear));
            itineration++;
        }

A: create new Object for Scanner.now you can put the value.
newCity = new Scanner(System.in).nextLine();


In April 2015, Apple found the bad apple in the bucket and didn't like the taste. The corporation quickly rescinded a blanket policy not to hire felons for their new headquarters construction project in California.
Apple told Fortune that they "…recognize that this may have excluded some people who deserve a second chance. We have now removed that restriction and instructed our contractors on the project to evaluate all applicants equally, on a case by case basis, as we would for any role at Apple." According to Apple, this policy was unique to the Campus 2 project and not aligned with other hiring policies.
This quick change of pace may have helped Apple avoid a costly discrimination allegations and an increasingly familiar EEOC battle. Other employers haven't fared as well. In early September, BMW settled with the EEOC and has agreed to pay $1.6 million as well as provide jobs to the alleged discrimination victims.
Although the charges in EEOC v. BMW differ somewhat to the Apple situation, the lesson is still drawn from same foundations: Ban the Box and the EEOC's recommendations on Individualized Assessment.
In short, when using criminal records for the purposes of employment it is important to consider several factors when making your decision. Is this a conviction or an arrest charge only? Is the conviction related to the job in question and does it pose a risk to people and the business? How long has it been since the offense and what type of lifestyle has the applicant led? Criminal history aside, how did the applicant compare in the interview process until I had this information and how much of an impact should the criminal history have?
Ultimately, the employer will have to decide. In some cases, the answers to these questions will help employers make a clear hiring choice. However, other situations may require deeper investigation and possibly a conversation with legal counsel.
If there is one clear takeaway from Apple and BMW, it's this: If your employment background check policy leaves no room for consideration and is pass/no pass, without an equally clear business justification you're policy is likely taking on unnecessary risk.
It's like bobbing for apples. You don't just stick your face in the water and pull up an apple! You consider your approach and make a thoughtful initial selection. You ebb and flow along with the apples as your options float around until you pull up a winner!
Choice Screening encourages employers to make informed hiring decisions through the use of comprehensive background screening.
Have you been impacted by regulations and cases, such as Apple, BMW and Ban the Box? Leave a comment and tell us about it!


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Critically-acclaimed musical on Pulse aftermath returns to Orlando theatre
Orlando groups offer wellness activities for Pulse Remembrance Week
'We are not alone:' New exhibits showcase love, support for Pulse survivors, victims
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Gov. DeSantis announces flags at half-staff to commemorate Pulse victims
Proclamation comes 'as a mark of respect' for victims and families
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that U.S. and Florida state flags will be flown at half-staff Sunday in memory of the victims of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting.
The proclamation will extend to all local and state buildings, installations and grounds through the state "from sunrise to sunset," DeSantis said.
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Furthermore, the proclamation asks for Florida residents to pause for a moment of silence at 9 a.m. Sunday.
"Six years ago, on June 12, 2016, a shooter claiming allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant committed a horrific act of terrorism against the LGBTQ and Hispanic communities at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando," DeSantis said. "At the time, it was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history... As a mark of respect for the victims, their families and the many affected by this tragedy, I signed the attached proclamation."
The Pulse Nightclub shooting resulted in 49 people killed and 53 wounded.
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A critically-acclaimed musical is returning to Orlando's Renaissance Theatre Company for just three days to mark the remembrance of the tragic shooting at Pulse Nightclub in 2016.
In the month of June, several Central Florida businesses and groups will be offering free wellness events to support mental health with community-wide activities.
Exhibits are popping up in the City Beautiful to memorialize the survivors and 49 victims of the Pulse Nightclub mass shooting in 2016.
Families, survivors and first responders will gather to honor the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting at the Six-Year Pulse Remembrance Ceremony on Sunday.
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Home Are there multiple serial killers on the loose on Australia's 'highway of death'
Are there multiple serial killers on the loose on Australia's 'highway of death'
The lonely outback road has been called Australia's 'highway of death' – and with good reason.
Over more than 50 years Flinders Highway, which stretches 800km from Townsville to Mount Isa in north Queensland, has claimed 12 victims who were murdered or vanished, never to be seen again.
And no one has been convicted of any of these crimes.
Many believe the killings and disappearances were the work of one serial killer, but an American criminal profiler who has closely studied the cases disagrees.
The lonely outback Flinders Highway stretches 900km from Townsville to Mount Isa in North Queensland, where at least 11 people vanished or met a grisly end
'The thing that became so intriguing about the Flinders Highway is the number of victims that are attributed to that stretch of road,' said Mike King of ESRI Fraud and Emergency Comms.
'(But) there are too many inconsistencies in the victims, the victimology and in the locations where these things occurred and the events surrounding each crime.
'What I do believe is that there are multiple killers responsible and that in reality the Flinders Highway becomes a serial location,' Mr King told Channel 10's The Sunday Project.
Rachel Penno, the mother of Jayden Penno-Tompsett, the most recent person to go vanish from the highway, said 'It's just a perfect area to take someone and make them go missing'.
Mr Penno-Tompsett, from Newcastle in NSW, was aged 22 when he was reported missing in the early days of 2018.
'He sent me a text on the Saturday night saying the one word, "yeah". That was it. When I asked him, "are you OK, Jayden?"
'Never heard from him again, until the Wednesday about four in the afternoon, I got a text message saying Jayden was missing,' she said.
Mr Penno-Tompsett was travelling with his friend Lucas Tattersall, who said Jayden had taken the drug ice and after a fight he stormed off into the bush, near Charters Towers.
An inquest into the disappearance found he probably died due to exposure to the harsh elements, but his mum has never believed that to be the case.
Rachel Penno (pictured) believes her son Jayden Penno-Tompsett was killed over a drug deal that went wrong
People killed on the highway of death Judith and Susan Mackay, August 26, 1970
Anita Cunningham and Robin Hoinville-Bartram, July 1972
Catherine Graham, July 29, 1974
Karen Edwards, Gordon Twaddle and Timothy Thompson, October 1978
Tony Jones, November 3, 1982
Reece Kearney, December 15, 2017
Jayden Penno-Tompsett, December 31, 2017
She has made many trips to the area, knocked on doors and hired a private investigator.
'I found out afterwards, there was a lot of stuff going down. There were threats sent to Jayden, Jayden wasn't behaving normal, he was acting very scared,' Ms Penno said.
'I believe (it was a) drug deal gone wrong. Something to do with drugs. I believe Jayden's lost his life.'
Ken Gamble, the investigator she hired with help from crowd funding, says he believes 'There's every possibility there could be a serial killer up here'.
'There's people in Charters Towers who have made very serious allegations about certain people in Charters Towers that may have been involved in Jayden's disappearance. And those people have not spoken to police,' Mr Gamble said.
There were many other cases on the 'highway of death' before Mr Penno-Tompsett's disappearance, dating back to 1970.
All the others are either confirmed dead, or were declared to be deceased by inquests years after their bodies were never found.
Only two people were ever charged for any of the murders: one dying before he could stand a retrial and the other case ongoing.
With so many unsolved cases, wild theories run rampant including that convicted serial killer Ivan Milat could have been involved.
Some call the highway Australia's real-life Wolf Creek. Others such as Mark Jones, whose brother Tony vanished in 1982, believe at least one serial killer could be operating along the road.
'It is a lonely abandoned road in the middle of nowhere. But if the same person did these completely random killings, why stop?' he said in 2014.
'Was he in jail, did he go to ground, or is he still out there waiting for the next victim?'
Judith and Susan Mackay, August 26, 1970
Judith, 7 and Susan, 5, disappeared from a bus stop near Townsville and were reported missing when they didn't come home after school.
After a two-day search their bodies were found in a dry creek bed about 25km southwest of Townsville.
Susan was found first before a trail of footprints led searchers 70m to Judith's body, leading to speculation that she tried to flee after her sister was killed.
Judith, 7 and Susan, 5, Mackay disappeared from a bus stop near Townsville and were reported missing when they didn't come home after school. Two days later their bodies were found
Both girls were raped and stabbed three times in the chest, but Judith was still alive when she was buried and choked to death on the sand.
Their school uniforms were found neatly folded in their schoolbags and their straw hats and shoes, with socks folded inside, laying beside them.
Locals were so outraged that one detective vowed not to go home until the killer was caught and worked day and night at the police station with his wife bringing him food.
He died of a heart attack after two weeks.
Police offered a $10,000 reward and two witnesses reported seeing a blue Vauxhall Victor with the girls in it but others said it was a Holden.
Petrol station worker Jean Thwaite said she saw Susan in the car as she filled it up for an adult male driver, with her eyes red like she'd been crying.
'Are we there yet?' she asked the man, before Judith inquired 'when are you going to take us to mummy? You promised you were going to take us to mummy.'
'Get up on the seat and go to sleep,' the man snapped back.
Another witness, Neil Lunney, said he confronted a man who cut him off in traffic and saw two girls in school uniform inside the car.
Both accounts were dismissed by police who, along with the media, were convinced the car was a Holden. The case went cold.
In 1998, a victim of serial paedophile Arthur Stanley Brown came forward with her suspicions as police were conducting a cold case review.
Serial paedophile Arthur Stanley Brown was eventually tried for the murders but it resulted in a hung jury. A retrial was called off when he was declared senile and he died a year later in 2002
He had allegedly confessed to the murders twice, once to a stranger in a pub in Charters Towers, further along the highway, who asked him about the case, and to his apprentice.
The drinker told police but was ignored, and the apprentice thought Brown was joking as it was an out of character remark.
Cold case detectives investigated Brown, who worked as a carpenter at the Mackay girls' school in 1970, and he was later arrested.
Police charged him with both murders, 45 sexual assaults and six rapes. Many of his victims were attacked in the same creek bed the murdered girls were found in – one just 20 metres away from their bodies.
Brown stood trial in October 1999 but it resulted in a hung jury after evidence of his paedophillia was ruled inadmissible.
A retrial was planned for the following year but called off when Brown was declared unfit to stand trial because he had dementia. He died in 2002.
Brown was also suspected of the famous unsolved abduction of the Beaumont children, who were snatched from a beach in Adelaide on Australia Day 1966.
A photo of part of the Flinders Highway in the 1970s when several of the murders and disappearances took place
He is also one of two top suspects for the Adelaide Oval abductions in 1973 of Joanne Ratcliffe, 11, and Kirste Gordon, 4, after a witness to that crime recognised him from footage of his 1998 arrest.
Brown is also a suspect in the 1975 murder of Catherine Graham, another victim from the Flinders Highway.
Her body was found 500m from where the Mackay girls were discovered and police said the way they were buried was similar.
Brown may also have killed Anita Cunningham and Robin Hoinville-Bartram, who disappeared along Flinders Highway in 1972.
The 22-year-old was on a big road trip with his friend Lucas Tattersall from Newcastle to Cairns to visit friends in time for a New Year's Eve party.
The pair took an inland route and were doubling back towards Townsville on Flinders Highway, stopping at a Charters Towers roadhouse at 3.30am on December 31.
However, they had a big argument soon after getting back on the road and Mr Penno-Tompsett pulled the car over and stormed off into the darkness.
Jayden Penno-Tompsett, 22, was on a road trip to Cairns for New Year's Eve with a friend when they had an argument and he got out of the car, storming off never to be seen again. Just before that he was seen on CCTV at a roadhouse in Charters Towers
Mr Tattersall took the wheel and drove off but soon returned to look for his friend, only to find there was no sign of him anywhere near the area.
Family and friends were concerned but thought he may have just started hitchhiking home and Mr Tattersall didn't report him missing until January 3.
Mr Tattersall claimed this was because when he got to Cairns friends told him not to call police because Mr Penno-Tompsett had outstanding warrants in NSW.
Police said he has been 'more than cooperative' with the investigation and Mr Tattersall has hit out at those who accuse him of abandoning his friend.
'I'm sorry to tell you but if someone wants to just up and leave and f**k off then that's what they are gonna do,' he wrote on Facebook.
'[You] don't understand how hard I tried to help Jayden when I with him and calm him down so we can sort this out.
'He is my mate and I'm hurt too please stop making out I'm just some heartless p***k that left him out there to die.'
Police searched an 85km radius of where Mr Penno-Tompsett was believed to have left the car but found no trace of him.
The car the pair were driving in before he got out and Mr Tattersall left without him, returning soon after to find no trace of him
Police searched an 85km radius of where Mr Penno-Tompsett was believed to have left the car but found no trace of him
Local officers said the area was 'impossible to get lost in' because there were plenty of properties around to ask for help.
His mother Rachel has spent almost every waking moment searching for him.
She visited the area, knocked on doors and followed whatever leads she could.
Ms Penno said she would not stop looking, no matter how long it took, that she wants to bring her son home.
The two student nurses set out from Melbourne on a hitchhiking holiday around Australia and disappeared before they made it to visit Robin's mother in Bowen.
The skeletal remains of Robin, 18, was were found in Sensible Creek under a bridge of Flinders Highway near Pentland on November 15, 1972.
She had been raped and shot twice in the head with a .22 rifle. Anita, 19, was never found but she is presumed to have also been murdered.
Anita Cunningham and Robin Hoinville-Bartram (pictured with a friend) set out from Melbourne on a hitchhiking holiday around Australia and disappeared
A reward of $250,000 and immunity from prosecution has not produced any serious leads and the case remains cold after being reopened in 2003.
In 2019, former police detective Mick Gurn sensationally claimed that Australia's worst serial killer Ivan Milat could be responsible.
Robin was found raped and murders but Anita (pictured) is still missing and presumed dead
The two friends made it to Mount Isa from Melbourne and headed east along Flinders Highway, stopping in Pentland.
Mr Gurn claims he was told by staff at the Pentland Hotel the girls hitchhiked with a man they knew as 'Cowboy'.
They then left the pub that night with the band but never made it to their next stop in Charters Towers, another 100km east.
Another suspect is John Andrew Stuart, who firebombed the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Brisbane on March 8, 1973, killing 15 people.
A man named Randall Wilson claimed to have met Stuart at the Pentland Hotel around the time of the murders when he was staying there.
'I left him to go roo shooting about dusk and when I got back, I found just about all my gear, including money and 21st birthday presents, was gone,' he told the Sunday Mail in 2008.
'He left something a bit chilling. On the bed he had neatly laid out a single set of my clothes. Laid out like a body.
Witnesses said the pair were spotted at the Pentland Hotel and left with the band, and never seen alive since
'There was a shirt, neatly in place, under that an arranged belt, then a pair of my jeans and at the bottom of the jeans was footwear arranged to look like there were feet in them.'
Some of the stolen clothing was found near the Sensible Creek bridge, very close to where Robin's body was found.
Stuart was jailed for the nightclub bombing and died in jail in 1979.
The 18-year-old was selling books door-to-door south of Townsville when she disappeared.
Ms Graham called her mother at 8.19pm from a payphone in a panic, concerned about a stranger she spotted along her route.
Catherine Graham was selling books door-to-door when she disappeared. She was found raped and murdered the next day
'There is someone peering at me mum — and I don't like the look of him,' she said.
The next day about 5pm her badly beaten body was found near the Flinders Highway in the same area as the Mackay children.
She was raped and her head was bashed in with a rock, which was ruled the cause of death.
Ms Graham's killer was never found.
Her body was found 500m from where the Mackay girls were discovered and police admitted the way they were buried was similar.
A fresh appeal for information was made in 2019 with a $250,000 reward.
The Spear Creek killings took place near the mining town of Mount Isa where Flinders Highway meets the Barkly Highway.
Karen Edwards, 23, Timothy Thomson, 31, and Gordon Twaddle, 21, set out on a motorcycle adventure around Australia and stopped at the local caravan park.
The trio planned to ride from the Northern Territory to Cairns before heading down Australia's east coast to Melbourne to spend Christmas with family members.
Friends Karen Edwards, Gordon Twaddle and Timothy Thomson (left to right) were on the adventure of a lifetime in the Australian outback in 1978 when their lives were cut short
Bruce John Preston, 63, was charged with the triple murder near Mount Isa in 1978, 41 years later
Ms Edwards and Mr Thompson rode their red and gold 1977 BMW R100s with a homemade side car for their nine-month-old doberman Tristie, while Mr Gordon rode a blue 1977 Suzuki GS750.
They were last seen leaving the Moondarra caravan park on October 5, 1978, after getting into the Toyota Landcruiser of an unidentified man they had befriended.
The next day, the motorcycles they left behind were removed along with the rest of their gear, and Tristie was found at the local dump.
No trace of the trio was found until October 24 when a dog walker stumbled upon Ms Edwards' body propped up against a tree and left to rot in bushland in Spear Creek, just out of town.
The other two were found against other trees nearby when police searched the area the next day. All three had been shot dead.
A week later the rest of their belongings, minus the motorbikes, was found at the dump.
Decades passed until the case was reopened earlier this year and after more than 50 leads were generated, police finally made an arrest in April 2019.
Tim, Gordon and Karen were last seen at this caravan park (pictured) before their bodies were found with gunshot wounds 19 days later in bushland 12km north of Mount Isa
Bruce Preston has always been a person of interest, charged with stealing Tim's motorcycle (pictured) in 1978 for which he was convicted and fined $300
Bruce John Preston, 63, a retired senior prison officer at NSW's Goulburn Supermax jail, was charged with three counts of murder.
Preston was caught with Mr Thompson's distinctive motorbike and after saying he had found it, he was fined $300 for theft but not considered a murder suspect.
He told police in 1978 he wasn't even in Mount Isa at the time of the murders, but in an interview before his arrest he contradicted this and said he was.
Witnesses said the mystery man with the Landcruiser matched Preston's description, which eventually led to his arrest.
Detective Senior Sergeant Kentwell said he did not expect the arrest when police hauled him to lockup decades after the crime.
'He was surprised, as anybody would be after 41 years,' he said.
Preston, who maintains he is innocent, was granted bail in January 2020.
A judge said some of the evidence against Mr Preston may have been exaggerated.
The trio were travelling with Tim's dog Tristie (pictured). Tristie was found at a Mount Isa dump 18 days before their bodies were discovered
The Perth native, 20, was working his way around Australia and was heading home with his brother Tim across North Queensland.
The brothers had an odd travelling style where Tony hitchhiked while Tim rode his bicycle and they communicated by phoning relatives and leaving messages for each other.
Tony Jones left Townsville on November 3, 1982, to hitchhike to Mount Isa to meet his brother Tim but never made it
After a couple of weeks in Townsville, Tim began the journey across Flinders Highway on October 28 while Tony made a side trip to Cairns.
When he got back to Townsville on November 3 he called his girlfriend in Perth and was surprised to learn Tim was already in Mount Isa.
His parents had wired him $150 to split with Tim when they met up in Mount Isa, so Tony began his hitchhiking.
He never touched his bank account and was never heard from again.
Mr Jones also carried a dismantled .22 Voere rifle, serial number 257435 with a stained red stock in his backpack, which was never found.
The missing person investigation by undermanned and poorly skilled police at the time was beset by missed clues and leads that were never followed up.
The 2002 coronial inquest that declared Mr Jones dead was damning of the 1983 investigation, calling it 'not sufficient' and highlighting many problems.
It was indicative of a 1980s Queensland police culture that the Fitzgerald Royal Commission into police misconduct called 'debilitated by misconduct, inefficiency, incompetence, and deficient leadership'.
Could a serial killer have murdered 14 on the same highway? The grisly history of Flinders Highway lends itself to all manner of theories about why so many people me their end and if they are connected.
In 2014, Andy Albury added fuel to that fire by confessing he killed 14 people in the area between 1970 and 1982, including Tony Jones.
He was already serving a life sentence for the 1983 murder of Aboriginal woman Gloria Pindan in Darwin.
Albury was convicted of using a broken bottle to mutilate and murder Ms Pindan – cutting off her breasts and gouging out her eyes after killing her.
The grisly history of Flinders Highway lends itself to all manner of theories about why so many people me their end and if they are connected
A psychiatric assessment found he suffered a mental disorder causing him to have 'a casual disregard for the act of killing'.
'Albury is an extremely dangerous man. He has a fantasy about terrorising a town by committing casual, motiveless murder for the purpose of making people frightened that they may be the next to be killed.'
Albury allegedly confessed the 14 murders to retired detective Les Chapman, who didn't say which cases the convicted killer claimed as his own.
However, his confession has been repeatedly rubbished by police and even Mr Chapman thought Albury could just be talking himself up.
Many of the known murders and disappearances on Flinders Highway were also too long ago, occurring when he was still a child.
Witnesses were not interviewed, statements not properly taken, leads not followed up, and a composite sketch of a person of interest was not released for 10 years.
A key piece of evidence, a note that claimed to say where Mr Jones' body was buried, was lost in the decades before the case was reopened.
'I believe body of AJ Jones buried in or near Fullarton River bed within 100 yds west southside Flinders Hwy Lochiel,' it read.
Police searched the area when they found nothing decided the letter was a hoax, but because they lost it the paper couldn't later be tested for DNA.
A key piece of evidence, a note that claimed to say where Mr Jones' body was buried, was lost in the decades before the case was reopened and so couldn't be DNA tested
Two sketches of persons of interest made by police from witness statements. They were never identified and Mr Jones' likely killer remained at large
A reward of $20,000 was offered in 1983 and raised to $250,000 in 2010.
The 2002 coronial inquest determined Mr Jones was murdered but because of a technicality the family couldn't get a death certificate until 2006.
Attorney-General Linda Lavarch had to get the law changed in parliament before the death certificate was finally issued.
Reece Kearney, 26, hasn't been seen since he was spotted filling up his a black 2012 Bonneyville Triumph motorcycle at a roadhouse in Charters Towers.
He smashed his phone and left his father's home with nothing but the clothes he was wearing in the moments before he disappeared.
Mr Kearney's father Ron Kearney believes his son was attempting to make his way over to Normanton to see his brother, however he never made it and his family believe he may have had a crash.
Reece Kearney, 26, hasn't been seen since he was spotted filling up his a black 2012 Bonneyville Triumph motorcycle at a roadhouse in Charters Towers
His family released this photo of the distinctive tattoo on his arm in the hope of finding him
Mr Kearney's father Ron Kearney believes his son was attempting to make his way over to Normanton to see his brother, however he never made it and his family believe he may have had a crash
Ron Kearney made an emotional appeal a month after he went missing, begging for any information.
'There is still a possibility that he's gone from Normanton to Mount Isa, so I appeal to the people… if they see something, please come forward,' he said.
'We are still hopeful of having a happy ending, we love him very much and we'd like to see him back.
'He's a good lad, loves his fishing, he's well liked in the community.'
A month after that, a police search of bushland near Georgetown in the Gulf Country found clothing belonging to him.
No trace has been found of Mr Kearney since.
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After Mary had said these things, she was silent, since it was up to this point that the Savior had spoken to her.
Levi answered, "Peter, you have always been a wrathful person. Now I see you contending against the woman like the Adversaries. For if the Savior made her worthy, who are you then for your part to reject her? Assuredly the Savior's knowledge of her is completely reliable. That is why he loved her more than us.
This new icon was inspired by the Mary Magdalene Gospel and St Andrew above.
Mary Magdalene has just come from the empty tomb somewhat confused but altogether excited having spoken with Jesus. She discovers the disciples have only questions and when she answers they are suspicious of what she has understood. Notice, after Mary had said these things, she was silent. Andrew, Levi and Peter are filled with doubt and unable to listen intently to Mary, the one he loved more than us.
In the icon Peter and Andrew, the fishermen, represent orthodox positions which deny the validity of esoteric revelation (the gospel of Mary found in Egypt) and reject the authority of women to teach.
Peter, Andrew and Levi the tax collector, acknowledge she is the Savior's beloved, but cannot command any knowledge or teaching superior their own. Elaine Pagels, a religious scholar has argued that the controversy here among disciples reflects the tensions and conflicts in ideology as the new church was forming. Andrew, Peter and Levi represent a soon to be male only discipleship. The prophetic revelations, spiritual gifts, visions and/or divine inspiration of women were in large part rendered silent.
Sadly ,…after Mary had said these things, she was silent, in part women have chosen not to speak, many voices of women have been banished, suppressed, reprimanded, diminished, forgotten,rejected, etc. They do not want to fight to be heard, demand their say or manipulate to get their way. They want to be understood and it is often simply easier to be silent.
In the icon Mary has a rolled up scroll, indicating her yet unheard gospel; Levi has an empty open scroll indicating what text has yet to be chosen. The icon evokes the vision of new positions women will have in the hierarchy and theological discussions of the church. I hope the image provokes some curiosity as to what will be written on the scroll Mary holds. Peter is there with bound feet, incense and a small red box for the collection, he represents the established church. Andrew stands at the side with his hands crossed over his heart as if holding on to himself, he a sensitive man seeing the jealous reaction of his companions. St Andrew perhaps became a friend to Mary Magdalene. New Book that tells more.
I want to paint a cover for our Ambo, on wood.
I am painting in acrylic, so I am not calling it an Icon, more influenced by Southwest Colonial "Santo" tradition.
My idea is Mary is in the centre, on the left of her is the empty tomb, on the right of her is an arch to an inner room where the 11 heads of the Apostles are gathered in fear.
Peace my sister as we are united in contemplation.
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DDoS Attack on the San Jose PD Website and IT Assets
Application Security, DDoS, Hacking, Threat Intelligence
San Jose, Calif., city officials confirmed a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the San Jose Police Department website and possibly other IT assets, making services unavailable to users. According to reports, the attack began as early as last Thursday, Nov. 5, and was said to be resolved early this week. As a San Jose PD spokesperson acknowledged, this attack is part of a growing trend of cyber-based attacks that continue to increase.
Imperva issued the following commentary and advice that other government agencies and organizations of all types can take from this event.
DDoS expert Tim Matthews, vice president of marketing for the Imperva Incapsula product line, said :
"As events such as the San Jose Police Department attack shows, DDoS attacks can be launched by anyone at any time on any network. In these acts of criminality, organizations can't tell who is perpetrating the attack. The hackers attacked law enforcement yet remain beyond the reach of the law.
Due to the anonymous nature of these attacks and the growing available technology to perpetrate them, it's often impossible to detect whether an attack was conducted by a professional, someone who may have a grudge against 'the system' or even a disgruntled current or former employee.
How can a government agency or any organization prepare for such an attack? Acompany-wide DDoS response team is a crucial preparatory step toward reducing the impact of an attack. The first step is to identify the various people and departments within your organization who will be in charge of both planning and execution. Your team must fulfill a range of tasks—from identifying and mitigating an attack to coordinating with ISPs, notifying citizens/customers, communicating with the press, and minimizing potential reputation and liability issues.
For smaller agencies or businesses, this may be one or two key staff members. For midsize and larger organizations, an ideal DDoS reponse team would include representatives from the public information office (PIO) or marketing, operations, customer service/support, legal, and IT security. Everyone should collaborate in developing your plan and establishing the roles/responsibilities of each team member—both in terms of planning and execution.
As seen in the recent ProtonMail case,attackers may demand payment in order to stop an attack. We do not recommend paying an extortion request, or ransom demand. First, there is no guarantee that the criminal will honor the agreement. Paying will only identify you or your organization as a mark, and they may come back and ask for more. And once identified as an organization that will pay, others may catch wind and come your way. In general, DDoS mitigation services are available for monthly fees that are less than ransom amounts, much less the cost to your brand and business."
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Imperva® (NYSE:IMPV), is a leading provider of cyber security solutions that protect business-critical data and applications. The company's SecureSphere, Incapsula and Skyfence product lines enable organizations to discover assets and risks, protect information wherever it lives – in the cloud and on-premises – and comply with regulations. The Imperva Application Defense Center, a research team comprised of some of the world's leading experts in data and application security, continually enhances Imperva products with up-to-the-minute threat intelligence, and publishes reports that provide insight and guidance on the latest threats and how to mitigate them. Imperva is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California.[/su_box]


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›A Talk by Irene Shettle entitled "The Lost Lady Found – the Life and Work of Lucy Broadwood".
A Talk by Irene Shettle entitled "The Lost Lady Found – the Life and Work of Lucy Broadwood".
The Life and Work of Lucy Broadwood.
Lucy Broadwood – Victorian folksong collector and researcher, and member of the Broadwood piano manufacturing family.


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Q: Replacing more than one word with regular expression I want to replace some text:
My text looks like:
Magna adipisicing veniam est amet labore do mollit deserunt esse. Ipsum minim sit [[consectetur qui consequat]] elit id irure. Occaecat magna do voluptate commodo veniam nulla adipisicing.
I want to replace the text inside [[...]]. The problem is that if there are more words between the brackets, it won't render.
This is my current Regex:
"/\[\[(\w+)\]\]/"

A: The \d does not match any white spaces. Try
"/\[\[(.+?)\]\]/"

(Not tested)
I added the ? ( non greedy) in case you have more than one case to match.

A: If you want to make a "mystery text" with one asterisk for each letter between the double square brackets, you can use this pattern with preg_replace():
$pattern = '~(?: \G (?!\A) | \[\[ (?= [^]]* ]] ) ) \s* \K [^]\s]~x';

$result = preg_replace($pattern, '*', $str);

demo
For one asterisk per word, just add the + quantifier to the last character class.
Otherwise, if you want only one asterisk for all the content, Sil's answer is the good one (eventually with the s modifier).


Leon de Vreede is 28 years old and lives in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. After moving to Nova Scotia from the Netherlands, Leon attended Acadia University in Wolfville and graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in environmental science. He is an avid camper and enjoys a number of nature activities. He's also into music, yoga, graphic design, as well as volunteering and spending time with friends whenever he can. Living a healthy lifestyle and keeping in touch with friends and family as much as possible is an important part of his life.
Leon currently works for the town of Bridgewater as their sustainability planner. Every municipality in Nova Scotia needs to develop a sustainability plan by the year 2010. Leon is a part of this process and is working on a 2 year community planning process where he and his team identifies sustainability issues and prioritizes the ones to work on and develop an action plan for. He is very involved with working and communicating with the public and local stakeholders to determine what people believe and fear about topics such as climate change and energy usage. Five key areas of concern that he has come up with are energy, food, transportation, development of a green economy and education for sustainable development. He's also organized an energy audit for all of the town's facilities and developed recommendations for them to cut back on energy usage and consumption. There is also a Sustainable Partnership Program that he is involved in which is meant for any local business that is interested in learning about sustainability and how to contribute to the town process. They have only initiated this program about a year ago and already a large number of organizations have signed on and have been attending regular meetings to get introduced to new topics and be consulted on how to improve in those areas.
He has come to enjoy the small urban community of Bridgewater and nearby rural areas. The easy access to nature, more relaxed pace of life and friendly people has really made the lifestyle enjoyable for him but he does mention that the lack of diversity and small town mentality is a negative aspect. Through his time in the area, Leon has come to realize that a mix of people, from different educational backgrounds, is needed to fill the gaps of services and businesses. He noted that nearly everything you can achieve and do in a larger city can be accomplished here in small town, NS however the jobs are proportionally in smaller quantities.
When asked about why he feels that people are moving away to larger cities he said, "I think rural communities need to do a lot more to situate themselves so that they provide interesting job opportunities for young people". "More apprenticeships are a good idea, [and] are ways for young people to explore and learn about jobs available in their local communities. Rural communities should also work to ensure that they support youth entrepreneurship through skills development, coaching, and providing seed funding".
"I think rural communities need to do a lot more to situate themselves so that they provide interesting job opportunities for young people".