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Q: Is it possible to have other UIControls on a UITableView? I have a UITableView with 3 sections inside of a UIViewController. Is it possible to have other controls above the UITableView for example a UISlider or a UIImage? If so, how can this be accomplished?
Note: These controls should not be in a UITableViewCell, they should be part of the view.

A: Yes, you can add a UIView to the table header or footer, see the tableHeaderView and tableFooterView properties.  A UIView could be a UIControl or a view that contains UIControls.


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Trump Attacks Facebook on Behalf of Racists and Grifters
"President Donald Trump despises "fake news." The Washington Post, The New York Times—these are "enemies of the people." He has urged the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Election Commission to force Saturday Night Live off the air to punish the comedy show for making jokes about him.
What he likes are independent and honest voices who say things such as: Vaccines cause autism. President Barack Obama's birth certificate is a "carefully crafted fake." Democratic Party insiders organized the murder of a staffer to cover up their nefarious plan to blame Russia for the hack of their emails. Sharia police are enforcing sharia law in Minneapolis. The Sandy Hook massacre never happened; the dead children were paid actors. (These are all false claims.)
After Facebook on Friday banned far-right figures and organizations from their platform, including the site Infowars, the president threatened to "monitor" social-media sites in retaliation. Through much of the late evening of May 3 and early morning of May 4, the president used his Twitter feed to champion the people who earn a large living spreading false reports. He hailed them as conservative thinkers whose free-speech rights have been abridged by social-media platforms."

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Many a matey and landlubber heave to the cabin fer a grog er bottle o' rum. Pillage what ye like from the bounty, but remember - If ye drink too much bilge water it'll give ye sealegs. Find yerself overboard 'n' the first matey might be a'harkin', "Thar she blows!" Don't find yerself spittin' in the chum bucket - Cap'n's orders.


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I have one too. I have asked the supplier to resend the CD but that could take another 10 days from Singapore. I bought mine on eBay too: Adopted by organizations worldwide, the Dcomnex Electronic Navigation Chart ENC standard, defined by the International Hydrographic Organization based in Monacois non-proprietary in structure and format, publicly available, and internationally recognized.
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Discovery Green celebrated a decade of discovery at its biennial Gala on the Green on February 23, 2019. The gala drew over 400 guests who raised $1.2 million for the Discovery Green Conservancy, a 501(c)(3) that maintains the park and funds more than 700 free public events each year.
The evening began with cocktails under the oaks along the park's Brown Foundation Promenade. Guests enjoyed performances by silk aerialists, flamenco fusion music by Amin Safari and Robert Feliciano, and the glow of GUST, an interactive site-specific artwork by Mexico City-based design studio Cocolab consisting of nearly 2,000 custom-made pinwheels.
Event emcee and KPRC 2 anchor Dominique Sachse welcomed guests to the gala tent on Discovery Green's Jones Lawn. Discovery Green Conservancy Board Chair Roxann Neumann, along with gala chairs Zane and Brady Carruth, recognized the individuals, corporations and foundations who have supported the park since its opening in April 2008, and announced plans for improvements on the eve of its next decade, including a new playground, a new northwest corner and updated lighting throughout the park.
While guests enjoyed a dinner catered by City Kitchen Catering, the Discovery Green Conservancy showed a series of videos that celebrated the park and its impact over the past 10 years in three acts: Heritage—From Parking Lot to Paradise, Family—The Heart of Discovery Green and Community—The Promise of Discovery Green.
The black-tie evening also recreated some of the experiences that park visitors have come to love, including performances by DB Duo, a Houston-based hand-balancing act; Two Star Symphony, a local ensemble performing all original compositions; NAACH Houston, a multigenerational, community-based Bollywood dance company; Archie Bell, who performed at Discovery Green's opening gala; and The Allen Oldies Band, which played golden oldies.
The night concluded with dancing to Bombón, a DJ collaboration between Houston DJs Gracie Chavez, Navó, OG Bobby Trill and Principe Q with percussionist Ilya Janos and emcee La Comadre Mel.


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Tata grows sky high, to own airports by buying GMR stakes
By Reshmi Rea Sinha
New Delhi, First Published Mar 30, 2019, 3:30 PM IST
A conglomerate of Tata Group, an associate of Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and Hong Kong-based SSG Capital Management will be investing Rs 8,000 crore for buying stakes in GMR Airports that runs India's biggest airport, Indira Gandhi International Airport's Terminal 3 besides a few other airports
New Delhi: A conglomerate of Tata Group, an associate of Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and Hong Kong-based SSG Capital Management, will be investing Rs 8,000 crore ($1.2 billion) for buying stakes in GMR Airports that runs India's biggest airport, the Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport's Terminal 3 besides a few other airports.
At the end of the deal, Tata group will hold a 20% share in the airport unit, GIC holding will own 15% while SSG will have 10% share, according to the company.
Tata group entered into the airports business during the Rs 1 lakh crore plan made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to develop airfields in India's remote towns and villages.
GMR operates Delhi International Airport Ltd. (DIAL), Asia's sixth-biggest airport. GMR Airports, a unit of GMR Infrastructure Ltd. will get Rs 1,000 crore, and will also purchase Rs 7,000 crore worth of the airport unit's equity shares from the parent company according to sources. GMR Infrastructure had a net debt of $2.9 billion, and by the end of December 2018, they were selling assets to pay off liabilities. The competitor of GMR, GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd., runs the airport at Mumbai.
The share of GMR increased at the rate of 9.8% to the highest intraday level since 3rd Sept. 2018, in Mumbai, while the broader S&P BSE Sensex index rose to 0.6%. The passenger capacity of the GMR Group through airports has a range of 159 million passengers, which include the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, and the Mactan Cebu International Airport in partnership with Megawide in the Philippines. It has also got the necessary approval for developing airports at Nagpur, Goa, and Bhogapuram near Visakhapatnam.
Tata's entry will mark a second corporate entry into India's airport sector this year. In the recent past, Adani Group won bids to operate five airports owned by the state-run Airports Authority of India all over the country. Private airports in India have been mainly operated by GMR and GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd. It has got the nod for a second airport in Mumbai and could be the costliest airport project in India.
GMR has also been exchanging views with Japanese multinational company Mitsubishi; however, Tata Group, Singapore's GIC and Hong Kong-based SSG Capital Management got the deal over Mitsubishi. The money raised will be used mainly to meet up part of GMR's Rs 20,000 crore net debt.
The deal is to be secured within three months. As part of the transaction, the process will initiate for providing an exit to existing private equity investors, Macquarie, SBI Infrastructure Investments Ltd, Standard Chartered Private Equity (Mauritius) III Ltd and JM Financial Old Lane India Corporate Opportunities Fund Ltd, that currently hold 5.8 per cent stake in the airports business.
GMR Airports' post-money equity valuation is at Rs 18,000 crores by the investors. The deal includes earn-out payments of up to Rs 4,475 crore in addition to which are linked performance indicators and to the achievement of specific indicators and performances which would be given in the next five years.
The estimated outcome of the total valuation may reach Rs 22,475 crores on a post-money basis. GMR is separating its highways, urban infrastructure and transportation businesses, leading to the demerger of its business in the airport sector. Shares of the New Delhi-based GMR Infrastructure rose 4.11 per cent in early trade in the BSE index Sensex.
The profit before tax of GMR's airports business was Rs 365 crores for the December 2018 quarter, compared to a profit of Rs 353 crore in the previous year. However, the final approval of the bids is yet to be concluded. So, all these years the private airports in the country have been a duopoly between GMR and GVK Group.
The airport in Bengaluru is run by Prem Watsa's Fairfax Holding which has purchased it from GVK Group. The Tata Group runs two airlines in the country — Vistara and AirAsia India, in partnership with Singapore Airlines and Malaysian airlines AirAsia Berhad. According to the MD and CEO of GMR Infrastructure Ltd. Grandhi Kiran Kumar, the proposed investment endorses the strength of the unparalleled airport platform created by the GMR group and will reduce its debt substantially, strengthening its balance sheet.
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Protection, Empathy, Expression, Master Healer, Nature, Detoxify In crystal healing, the Turquoise crystal stone meaning is associated with personal protection, making it a popular protective shield for ancient warriors heading out into battle. The bright and stunning hue of the Turquoise crystal has been discovered in the ceremonial masks and battle gear of the Aztecs, a tribe that revered this decorative stone for its ability to provide personal protection against negative forces. In the case of the ancients, it served as a bodyguard against invading marauders and other challenges of antiquity. According to Persian legend, the Turquoise crystal stone was believed to bring good luck when it reflected the light of the new moon.
Protection, Empathy, Expression, Master Healer, Nature, Detoxify
In crystal healing, the Turquoise crystal stone meaning is associated with personal protection, making it a popular protective shield for ancient warriors heading out into battle. The bright and stunning hue of the Turquoise crystal has been discovered in the ceremonial masks and battle gear of the Aztecs, a tribe that revered this decorative stone for its ability to provide personal protection against negative forces. In the case of the ancients, it served as a bodyguard against invading marauders and other challenges of antiquity. According to Persian legend, the Turquoise crystal stone was believed to bring good luck when it reflected the light of the new moon.


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Syria opposition agrees to send united delegation to Geneva talks
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Opposition groups met ahead of UN-backed peace talks after two years of Russian military intervention to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (Reuters)
Syria's fragmented opposition announced early Friday they had reached an agreement to send a united delegation to next week's UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva.
"We have agreed with the two other (opposition) branches to send a united delegation to participate in the direct negotiations in Geneva," Bassma Kodmani, a member of the negotiating team, told reporters in Riyadh.
Around 140 opposition figures had gathered in Riyadh to form a unified delegation to meet representatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government in Geneva on 28 November.
Several rounds of talks hosted by the United Nations have failed to bring an end to the six-year war in Syria, which has killed more than 330,000 people since 2011 and forced millions from their homes.
No Assad
Syria's main opposition stuck by its demand Assad play no role in an interim period under any UN-sponsored peace deal, despite speculation it could soften its stance because of Assad's battlefield strength.
The gathering in Saudi Arabia of more than 140 participants from a broad spectrum of Syria's mainstream opposition also blasted Iran's military presence in Syria and called on Shia militias backed by Tehran to leave the country.
"The participants stressed that this (the transition) cannot happen without the departure of Bashar al Assad and his clique at the start of the interim period," opposition groups said in a communique at the end of the meeting.
Iran-backed militias sowed "terrorism and sectarian strife" between Sunni and Shia Muslims, the communique said.
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Antihypertensive effect of an endothelin receptor antagonist in DOCA-salt spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Gender and dietary NaCl in spontaneously hypertensive and Wistar-Kyoto rats.
Biaxial mechanical properties of carotid arteries from normotensive and hypertensive rats.
Analysis of the role of angiotensinogen in spontaneous hypertension.
Restoration of vasa recta hemodynamics and pressure natriuresis in SHR by L-arginine.
Cardiovascular development after enalapril in spontaneously hypertensive and Wistar-Kyoto rats.
Antihypertensive actions of the novel nonpeptide endothelin receptor antagonist SB 209670.
Resetting blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats. The role of bradykinin.
Cardiovascular hypertrophy and hypertension: causes and consequences.
The effects of topical corticosteroids on delayed pressure urticaria.
Prolonged endothelin blockade reduces hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy in SHR-SP.
Sympathectomy exaggerates antihypertensive effect of vasopressin withdrawal.
Effects of ramipril on contractile oscillations in arteries from genetically hypertensive rats.
Effects of delapril hydrochloride on the myocardium of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Cerebral blood flow autoregulation during hypobaric hypotension assessed by laser Doppler scanning.
Cilazapril treatment depresses ventricular function in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Dentate granule cells as a central cardioregulatory site in the rat.


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Q: nodejs ReferenceError: require is not defined I'm executing a project with node src/main.js from MacOS.
Node version 14.5.0
I get on the first line
const express = require('express')
ReferenceError: require is not defined
At ModuleJob.run (internal/modules/esm/module_job.ks:140:23)
at asyns Loader.import (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:162.24)

The strange thing is that if I run the same project( i.e. the same folder from another Mac with same node version), it works fine.
What could that be?
What could I do?
I tried npm i again, deleted node_modules....out of ideas
package.json
 {
  "type": "module",
  "dependencies": {
  "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
  "express": "^4.17.1",
  "mongodb": "^3.5.9"
 },
 "devDependencies": { "nodemon": "^2.0.4"}
 }

PS. on this particular Mac I had to uninstall/reinstall node a couple of time, swearing a lot. It could be that I have a bad install? if so what can I fix?

A: I had a node v 12.0 on old Mac that was working.
I removed "type":"module" from package.json and now it works also on v 14.0
Yuck.
require is not defined? Node.js

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Incoming exchange students can choose courses from the wide variety of courses taught or guided in English listed on this page.
The course lists are subject to change throughout the academic year.
You may only choose courses from the degree programmes that your programme at the home institution has an exchange agreement with.
It is not possible to mix courses from different fields of study or degree programmes.
All courses have a limited number of places available. Some might get full during the enrolment period.
Remember to also check the courses available for all incoming exchange students.
In most cases course schedules are confirmed at the beginning of each semester.
Courses in a university of applied sciences consist largely of group projects and practical assignments.
Exchange students studying at Metropolia can familiarise themselves with Finnish language and culture by taking the course Finnish for Exchange Students (3-5 ECTS). The course is offered free of charge for exchange students. Several Finnish courses are organised on different campuses each semester.
A selection of language courses (French, German, Spanish) are offered by the Metropolia Business School and organised at the Leiritie campus. Courses are available for exchange students if they have free places.
The ICT Summer School courses are available to all students from Metropolia's partner institution free of charge. All ICT Summer School courses are taught in English. Note that the courses are not limited only to ICT and some might be suitable also for students studying other subjects. See more on the ICT Summer School website.
Metropolia organises a Professional Summer School in each August jointly with two other universities of applied sciences of the Helsinki region, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences and Laurea University of Applied Sciences. The focus is on digital wellbeing and professional studies. See more on the Professional Summer School website.
Check first what you need to know when selecting courses.
The following course list is available for exchange students from an institution the Business school has and exchange agreement with and who have been nominated to the Business school by their home institution.
Course list for the Autumn semester 2019. Please note that information in the 'Upcoming implementations' section in course descriptions will be updated constantly.
Course list for the Spring semester 2019. Please note that information in the 'Upcoming implementations' section in course descriptions will be updated constantly.
The degree programmes in health care and social services welcome exchange students to apply for the International Semester Programme. The International Semester Programme is offered in most degree programmes during autumn and spring semesters. The teaching language for exchange students is English.
Innovation project studies (10 ects). Project conducted in co-operation with working life and carried out in a multi-professional teams. See more information in the Innovation Studies brochure (pdf).
Degree programme in Prosthetics and Orthotics due to moving to a new campus in Myllypuro.
Degree Programme in Elderly Care. Incoming Exchange Students may select courses from Social services professional studies.
Degree Programmes in Osteopathy welcomes students from partner universities and networks for International Week organized during spring semester.
Radiography and Radiotherapy welcomes students from partner universities for International Week organized during spring semester.
Automotive Engineering: Project in Metropolia Formula-team (10-30 ECTS), see more information. Students applying for a project in Metropolia Formula-team will be interviewed via Skype before acceptance.
Please note that some degree programmes have limitations to the intake for incoming exchange students.
To avoid the risk of time-table clashes the incoming exchange students are recommended to take courses mainly from one degree programme. Please also note that certain courses are organised only if there are enough registrations for the course.
For International Semesters, it is only possible to choose the whole package of approximately 30 ECTS.
The ICT Summer School mentioned in the above section Studies for all exchange students is particularly suitable for students in technology programmes. It is held in August and is open to exchange students from partner institutions free of charge. See more on the ICT Summer School website.
Incoming exchange students are advised to primarily choose courses from the field of technology degree programmes where tuition is organised in English. Project opportunities are available only in a few programmes.
If you are interested in a project, please indicate it clearly in your application. Include your CV in the application and propose a topic or a theme for the project. The international coordinators will contact you on whether the project is possible.


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package org.newdawn.slick.state.transition;

import org.newdawn.slick.GameContainer;
import org.newdawn.slick.Graphics;
import org.newdawn.slick.SlickException;
import org.newdawn.slick.state.StateBasedGame;

/**
 * A transition that has no effect and instantly finishes. Used as a utility for the people
 * not using transitions
 *
 * @author kevin
 */
public class EmptyTransition implements Transition {

	/**
	 * @see org.newdawn.slick.state.transition.Transition#isComplete()
	 */
	public boolean isComplete() {
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * @see org.newdawn.slick.state.transition.Transition#postRender(org.newdawn.slick.state.StateBasedGame, org.newdawn.slick.GameContainer, org.newdawn.slick.Graphics)
	 */
	public void postRender(StateBasedGame game, GameContainer container, Graphics g) throws SlickException {
		// no op
	}

	/**
	 * @see org.newdawn.slick.state.transition.Transition#preRender(org.newdawn.slick.state.StateBasedGame, org.newdawn.slick.GameContainer, org.newdawn.slick.Graphics)
	 */
	public void preRender(StateBasedGame game, GameContainer container, Graphics g) throws SlickException {
		// no op
	}

	/**
	 * @see org.newdawn.slick.state.transition.Transition#update(org.newdawn.slick.state.StateBasedGame, org.newdawn.slick.GameContainer, int)
	 */
	public void update(StateBasedGame game, GameContainer container, int delta) throws SlickException {
		// no op
	}
}

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package core.aws.resource.ec2;

import core.aws.env.Environment;
import core.aws.resource.Resource;
import core.aws.resource.ResourceStatus;
import core.aws.resource.Resources;
import core.aws.task.ec2.CreateInstanceProfileTask;
import core.aws.task.ec2.DeleteInstanceProfileTask;
import core.aws.task.ec2.UpdateInstanceProfileTask;
import core.aws.util.ToStringHelper;
import core.aws.workflow.Tasks;

/**
 * @author neo
 */
public class InstanceProfile extends Resource {
    public static String instanceProfilePath(Environment env) {
        return String.format("/%s/", env.name.replaceAll("-", ""));
    }

    public String name;
    public String policy;
    public com.amazonaws.services.identitymanagement.model.InstanceProfile remoteInstanceProfile;

    public InstanceProfile(String id) {
        super(id);
    }

    @Override
    public void validate(Resources resources) {
        if (status == ResourceStatus.LOCAL_ONLY || status == ResourceStatus.LOCAL_REMOTE) {
            InstanceProfileHelper helper = new InstanceProfileHelper();
            helper.validatePolicyDocument(policy);
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void createTasks(Tasks tasks) {
        tasks.add(new CreateInstanceProfileTask(this));
    }

    @Override
    protected void deleteTasks(Tasks tasks) {
        tasks.add(new DeleteInstanceProfileTask(this));
    }

    @Override
    protected void updateTasks(Tasks tasks) {
        InstanceProfileHelper helper = new InstanceProfileHelper();
        if (helper.policyChanged(policy, remoteInstanceProfile)) {
            tasks.add(new UpdateInstanceProfileTask(this));
        }
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return new ToStringHelper(this)
            .add(id)
            .add(status)
            .toString();
    }
}


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A project consists of various disciplines. Each discipline has its unique set of activities. Execution of these activities leads to fulfillment of a project goals. Project network analysis brings all project activities on a single platform. As a result of which project work can progress unhindered. Further, project schedule analysis helps to identify logically related project activities that need maximum attention of the project team. Moreover, project schedule network analysis also optimizes deployment of resources to meet project goals. This further helps in better realization of project goals and increase in efficiency.
Project schedule network analysis is an analytical technique to identify critical path and list of critical project activities. It further specifies the degree of schedule flexibility in a given network logic. The output of this analysis is a schedule model. This project schedule model serves as a basis for further project execution, analysis, and reporting. Critical Path Method (CPM) is the most common schedule analysis technique.
The Schedule network analysis allows all stakeholders are aware of activities that define project success. It is an essential project management tool that finds application in not only schedule development but also schedule control process.
Sequence of Activities: Schedule network analysis specifies the logical sequence of activities required to achieve project goals. It uses sequencing and dependencies to establish activity relationships.
Critical Path: Schedule network analysis uses techniques like CPM and PERT to identify the critical path of a project. The critical path is the longest path of a schedule network diagram. Refer to paragraph "Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling" to understand other features of critical path.
Project Duration: It analytically estimates the minimum duration before which the project cannot complete.
Critical Activities: Not all activities can start and finish at the same time. Activities on critical path are critical activities. Hence schedule network analysis indicates exactly which activities need maximum attention of project team.
Schedule flexibility: It is permissible delay in activities that are not on critical path. It uses mathematical calculations to establish early start, early finish, late start, and late finish of each activity.
Schedule Model: It is the output of analysis process. The schedule model helps to conduct risk and scenario analysis of project schedule.
Schedule Analysis: The schedule model allows further analysis like What-if analysis, scenario analysis and schedule compression techniques.
Firstly, an important step in schedule network analysis process is to establish logical relationships among schedule activities. Understanding relationships among activities allows construction of logical schedule network diagram. The following post helps to understand how to establish relationships among project activities.
Also read: Sequence Activities – Tools to Establish Logical Relationships.
In PDM technique nodes represent the schedule activities. A graphical link between the nodes establishes logical relationships. The links also shows the sequence of performing the schedule activities. Activity-On-Node (AON) is one such method of representing the schedule network logic using the PDM technique. Critical Path Method (CPM) uses AON method for constructing the project schedule network diagram.
In Activity-On-Arrow (AOA) method arrows represent the schedule activities. AOA is an example of constructing the project schedule network diagram using ADM technique. Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) uses AOA technique to construct the project schedule network diagram.
Following are the two most popular project network analysis techniques.
Program evaluation and review technique uses three point estimation to calculate the duration estimates. However, PERT is used mainly to control the time aspect of projects.
Critical Path Method (CPM) is the most common schedule network analysis methodology. CPM analysis also calculates early start, early finish, late start and late finish with ease. Moreover, CPM is used mainly to control both time and cost aspects of the project.
Schedule network analysis technique chiefly identifies the critical path. Both PERT and CPM aim to establish critical path and critical activities of a project. The following snapshot enumerates critical path characteristics.
Solving problems further simplifies the learning process and enhances the understanding of basic concepts. Following post enumerates steps involved in schedule network analysis process using the critical path method technique.
To summarize, project schedule network analysis is an essential project scheduling and controlling tool. As a matter of fact, critical path method (CPM) is the most common technique. The output of project schedule analysis is a project schedule model. Further, a project schedule model has essential information like critical path, list of critical activities and the total float. Moreover, schedule model is an input for further modeling techniques such as what-if analysis and simulation.
I hope this post serves as a resource for understanding critical path method (cpm) analysis technique.
For schedule development process, you may please read the following post.
For formulas used in critical path method (cpm) analysis, you may visit PMP Formulas under Resources page.
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Don Diablo & Steve Aoki x Lush & Simon – What We Started (ft. BullySongs)
Unbelievable line up on this upcoming Spinnin' release. Don Diablo, Steve Aoki and Lush & Simon drop down some addictive indie house music alongside BullySongs. The short video teaser from Spinnin' has left fans anxious and we can't wait to listen to the entire score. Oliver Heldens cameos in the video, monitoring the decks as Don Diablo and Aoki energize the crowd. It's also nice to see Steve Aoki come back to Spinnin' Records; it's been four years since the release of "No Beef".
Premiered at Life In Color festival a while ago, the artists have confirmed this isn't just going to be another track. Don, Steve and Lush & Simon will be performing on the same stage at Tomorrowland this year and it's going to be a performance of epic proportions. The producers bring a ton of variety to the table with their styles including progressive, trap, bass, future and more.
What We Started will be available on Don Diablo's Hexagon Records on July 22nd.
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The Rise of the Social Influencer
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By Owen Cullen – Cullen Communications | May 7, 2018
Consumers trust influencers more than traditional advertising
Popularity of influencer marketing is a rich seam for brands and PR reps but greater transparency is now needed to enhance trust and credibility, writes Owen Cullen. It seems hard to believe now but there was a brief flicker of time, quite a few years back, when people weren't sure if social media would catch on. "What's it for exactly? And anyone can do it?"
The answers to those questions are precisely what has turned social media into the ubiquitous behemoth it is today. Social media is whatever you want it to be. And yes, anyone can do it.
It caught on! When social media then spawned the first green shoots of something called 'influencer marketing', many people were similarly dubious. "What's it for exactly? And anyone can do it?"
Same two answers, same outcome – influencer marketing has become huge. According to Forbes, a whopping 92% of consumers now trust influencers more than traditional advertising or celebrity endorsements. That's backed up by Chief Marketer, which reported last year that influencer marketing is now both the fastest-growing and most cost-effective channel for customer acquisition.
Influencers a quick, effective route to target audience
So, not difficult to see why social influencers have jumped to the top of the charts. On a practical level, it's a quick and effective way for brands to reach their 'real' target audience. It's cheaper and offers a better ROI than most marketing alternatives, especially paid-for advertising.
On a broader strategic level, it's an authentic way to generate and leverage the kind of stories and content that bring brands and consumers closer together. And it offers a strong level of reassurance because social influencers are known and trusted by their followers.
That last point is critical. The first generation of social influencers came to prominence because they built up their communities through their own reputation, attitude, opinions and expertise. Their rise was largely organic; inspiring and persuading people to interact, try things, become a true follower.
It worked. It works. It's incredibly popular. And both brands and the PR agencies that represent them have reaped the rewards: brand advocacy; brand awareness; share of voice; reputation; leads; sales; and of course, influence. The rise of the social influencer looked unstoppable.
In recent times, however, one or two dark clouds have scudded across the previously pristine blue sky of social influence. As more and more people scramble to re-invent themselves as bloggers-for-hire, it's starting to become clear that Instagram, Facebook et al are now awash with 'influence'.
Trust issues beginning to form
This in turn has led to some uncomfortable questions. Has influence become just another commodity? Are things really what they seem? How do I know who's telling the truth? Who can I trust? Allegations of Photoshopping, covert ads and mass buying of followers have intensified the spotlight.
For brands, PR agencies and of course influencers themselves, this grey area is starting to undermine the very credibility upon which the concept of influence is based. This is a major worry.
The PR and advertising industries are doing what they can. In 2016, the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) issued guidelines stating that bloggers/influencers must "fully declare" all paid-for marketing communications, with the onus on advertisers to ensure the influencers they work with play by the rules.
The Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII), meanwhile, has its own set of guidelines, stating that earned media coverage cannot be guaranteed. "If coverage is guaranteed then it is advertising", say the guidelines, which is "unethical and a disservice to the profession".
In the US, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last year issued a stern reminder that influencers and marketers must clearly disclose their relationships to brands when promoting or endorsing products through social media – the first time the FTC has made direct contact with influencers.
Clarity, transparency needed to tackle 'grey area'
As well-intentioned as all these guidelines are, anyone who follows or works with influencers knows how easily things can fall through the cracks and into that grey area. Now more than ever, there is a need for greater clarity, more transparency, around the role and activity of social influencers.
Interestingly, in the United Arab Emirates it was reported earlier this year that anyone wishing to carry out "commercial activities" through social media will soon require a Government-issued permit.
This may seem a drastic measure, but as more social influencers emerge, as the amount of 'influence' being exerted on our social channels continues to grow, as more companies seek to leverage that influence to enhance their brands, there's no doubt that consumers need to know what they're being told – and by whom.
For PR practitioners, this is nothing to be afraid of. Quite the opposite. Social influencers will only stay relevant if they are seen as legitimate, authentic, and above all credible. If greater clarity and more transparency help to bring that about, in the long run we'll all be winners.
Owen Cullen is Managing Director of Cullen Communications, Ireland's sole member of the Public Relations Global Network.
The Rise of the Social Influencer was first published on May 7, 2018 on prgn.com
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Year after year millions of Americans line up outside department stores and shopping malls in freezing temperatures risking their lives for one thing only- deals. According to BlackFridayDeathCount.Com 14 deaths and over 100 injuries have resulted from these intense after dinner events since 2006 in America alone. Thousands of citizens have been arrested for violent acts over teddy bears and KitchenAid mixers, and as these events become more and more horrific each year they also expand to conquer the world and bring violence to shopping areas everywhere.
But what, exactly, is Black Friday and what are its origins? Where did its namesake come from? Black Friday traditionally takes place on the Friday after Thanksgiving, starting from midnight into the morning, coining the term "black." The term Black Friday was first coined in Philadelphia and these chaotic day-after-Thanksgiving sales have been occurring since the 1950's. However, it has become a phenomenon spreading across the globe to the European and Asian nations and even Down Under. This brings about more questions, seeing as these countries do not celebrate Thanksgiving how and why did the tradition expand to grace their malls? Capitalism, demand and supply, and the worst thing of all…greed. Children and teens alike all over the world cry, beg, and whine all year long and thus force their guardian to put their lives on the line to get the hottest items on the market.
A 61-year-old man being trampled to death in 2011, multiple pepper spray incidents, shootings, and stabbings are just some of the crazy things that shoppers have done. For example a year prior to the 61 year old death a former marine was stabbed in Best Buy, he luckily made it out alive but just imagine making it through war, and facing death during a shopping trip. While this chaotic shopping spree is fueled by patrons running on emotions and redbull, they are also burning off the calories from the previous meal and getting the majority of their holiday shopping done in one trip. Black Friday allows for not only a rush of adrenaline but also a chance for sales to skyrocket and therefor saving many stores that could have gone under. According to Pixlee.com, American shoppers spend an estimated $5 billion in the 24 hours.
As great as the deals are and as exciting as the hunt for deals can be, it is important to be safe if you decide to partake in the biggest sale of the year.


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In this panel, Jennifer O'Neal, Corrigan Solari University Historian and Archivist at University of Oregon, begins the Archives Summit by reviewing the summit's schedule and topics covered. She provides a brief overview on the protocols for Indigenous collections in the US and Canada and discusses the ways in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations can collaborate by incorporating these protocols into instruction. Karen Underhill, Head of Special Collections and Archives at Northern Arizona University, introduces the Protocols for Native American Materials and discusses their origins. Jennifer O'Neal concludes by discussing the goals of the Protocols, which are based on the history of collecting, creating, and documenting collections of Indigenous cultures. This panel was part of the Archive Summit, which took place as part of the pre-conference activities for the 2015 ATALM annual conference in Washington, DC on September 9, 2015.


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Staff of the new Samaritan's Purse emergency field hospital in Lenoir dress in protective equipment to prepare to enter the patient treatment area.
Virginia Annable, Hickory Daily Record
Edward Graham, son of Franklin Graham, the president of Boone-based Samaritan's Purse, said helping in Lenoir was like helping his home community.
Four tents will hold a total of 30 COVID-19 patients at the Samaritan's Purse field hospital.
Samaritan's Purse Vice President of Programs Ken Isaacs (left) speaks in front of the emergency hospital while Caldwell UNC Health Care CEO Laura Easton looks on.
Staff of the field hospital and Caldwell UNC Health Care celebrated the opening of the emergency hospital on Thursday.
Thursday morning, staff members of the Samaritan's Purse emergency field hospital in Lenoir donned their protective equipment and entered the "hot zone" — where COVID-19 patients are treated — for the first time.
The very first patients of the field hospital were transferred from Caldwell UNC Health Care hospital on Thursday. The hospital, made up of several large, white tents, is set up in UNC Caldwell's parking lot. It took about a week and a half for it to be planned, organized, built and opened, UNC Caldwell CEO Laura Easton said.
On Dec. 23, the field hospital was just a vague idea, Easton said. She wondered if Samaritan's Purse, which has provided aid for the COVID-19 crisis around the world, would consider setting up an emergency hospital in Lenoir, just down the mountain from the organization's headquarters in Boone.
She contacted leaders of four nearby regional health care systems: Catawba Valley Health System, Frye Regional Medical Center, Appalachian Regional Healthcare System and Carolinas Healthcare System Blue Ridge. They all agreed a field hospital could lift some of the burden hospitals are facing due to increasing COVID-19 hospitalizations.
On Dec. 28, hospital leaders had a call with Samaritan's Purse officials, who said in order to set up a hospital there would have to be enough health care workers willing to come to Lenoir from around the country. By the next day, dozens had volunteered to work at the hospital, Easton said.
By Dec. 31, supplies were being delivered. A week later, it's open.
"We created this hospital in seven days," Easton said. "That is amazing to me. It's amazing, and it's needed, and it's unheard of, and it took everyone."
Caldwell UNC staff and staff of the emergency hospital, who are contracted and paid by Samaritan's Purse, gathered Thursday morning for a short ceremony before the first patient was delivered.
Edward Graham, the grandson of evangelist Billy Graham, spoke on behalf of Samaritan's Purse. He said during the ceremony that the hospital is there to support the community they call home.
"During this pandemic with COVID-19, it has ravaged this community here in Lenoir," Graham said. "Lenoir is home to us. I'm from Boone, born and raised, and this is just off the mountain. … To see the community affected the way it has, it breaks my heart. And so for the medical staff here and the nurses especially that are working so hard to save lives, we have a resource that we think can help and we're here and our wonderful volunteers and we have come to assist this hospital."
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The field hospital, which can hold 30 COVID-19 patients who require hospital care but don't need ventilators, brings a glimmer of hope, Easton said. As hospitalizations have grown, hospital staff are getting tired, she said.
"A couple of weeks ago I saw in the eyes of my staff, 'Oh my gosh, what more can we do?'" Easton said. "When the trucks arrived (for the field hospital), the emergency department staff was looking out, and I could just see a sparkle return to their eyes of, 'Help is coming.' This is a little bit of hope and an acknowledgement that this is a big deal."
After nine months of treating COVID-19 patients and the pandemic worsening in recent weeks, the tent brought some relief, Caldwell UNC Director of Cardiopulmonary Services Kelli Ace said.
"After spending some time out here (at the field hospital) with the nurses, I got home and I immediately felt relief," Ace said. "I called my dad laughing instead of crying."
Ace added, "I can already feel the burden has been lifted. We're over capacity and everybody is tired and we're pulling together, but it's hard. Them being here is very humbling that they volunteered to help us. It's like a dream."
Inside the hospital, the roughly 40 volunteers are excited, too — despite what lies ahead: two to four weeks of 12-hour shifts every single day.
Shelley Kelly, a family nurse practitioner from Tulsa, Oklahoma, said she's driven to help patients and staff.
She has taken part in Samaritan's Purse aid efforts for 10 years and been in about a dozen emergency hospitals, she said. This is her third COVID-19 emergency hospital.
"You get to help the patient, and you're helping the staff, too," Kelly said. "I think across the nation if we can help each other out in any way shape or form it's an honor."
Four tents will hold patients with hospital beds and curtains dividing each area. For staff to get into the patient area, they have to don layers on layers of protective equipment, and it can take 10 to 15 minutes to put it on, Kelly said. They wear gowns, two layers of gloves, masks, face shields and hair nets, and everything is sanitized. Once they've geared up, they can't leave the hot zone without going through another 15-minute process, Kelly said.
Patients for the hospital will come from Caldwell UNC, but other hospitals can transfer patients to reduce their patient load.
The hospital will offer high-quality care so the region's hospitals can continue to treat anyone who needs help, whether for COVID-19 or otherwise, Easton said.
"I think that's what this field hospital brings to our region, it brings a hope that we will definitely be able to provide access to compassionate and expert care to every citizen who arrives at the doors of these five hospitals."
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US Court Throws Out Murder Conviction of Ex-Blackwater Guard
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A US appeals court overturned the murder conviction of Nicholas Slatten, a former Blackwater Worldwide security contractor jailed for life over the 2007 killings of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to a ruling issued on Friday.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The court also ordered re-sentencing for three others convicted of manslaughter in the case — Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard, who had previously been given 30-year sentences.
"The court concludes that the district court abused its discretion in denying Slatten's motion to sever his trial from that of his co-defendants and therefore vacates his conviction and remands for a new trial," the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit panel said in the ruling.
"The court concludes that the imposition of the mandatory thirty-year minimum… violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment…. The Court therefore remands for the resentencing of Slough, Liberty and Heard," the ruling said.
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Ex-Blackwater Chief Suspected of Selling Mercenary Services Abroad
The judges also threw out one of Liberty's convictions for attempted manslaughter.
The 2007 massacre took place at a Baghdad traffic circle, where the four guards opened fire on unarmed Iraqi civilians, including women and children, killing 14 people and leaving 17 others wounded.
The incident sparked an international debate about the role of private security companies hired by the US government to work in war zones.
The four men were convicted in October 2014.
The private military company Blackwater, founded in 1997, was later sold and rebranded as Academi.
Ex-Blackwater Guard Sentenced to Life in Prison for Baghdad Massacre
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Q: Semantics of smart pointers and raw pointers I am not sure to have fully understand when to use a smart pointers over raw pointers.
I have the following code structure.
First of all, Snake_cell defined as follow
struct Snake_cell
{
  Snake_cell(const unsigned int origin_x, const unsigned int origin_y)
  unsigned int origin_x_;
  unsigned int origin_y_;
};

Then, I have a Snake which contains a vector of Snake_cell
class Snake
{
public:
  Snake(const unsigned int first_cell_x, const unsigned int first_cell_y);

private:
  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Snake_cell>> cells_;
};

Snake::Snake(const unsigned int first_cell_x, const unsigned int first_cell_y)
{
  // Create three successives cells
  cells_.emplace_back(std::make_shared<Snake_cell>(first_cell_x, first_cell_y));
  cells_.emplace_back(std::make_shared<Snake_cell>(first_cell_x + CELL_SIZE, first_cell_y));
  cells_.emplace_back(std::make_shared<Snake_cell>(first_cell_x + 2 * CELL_SIZE, first_cell_y));
}

Finally, I have a main.cpp file following this format:
std::unique_ptr<Snake> snake(std::make_unique<Snake>(500-CELL_SIZE, 500-CELL_SIZE));

void func1(...)
{
}

void func2(...)
{
}

void func2(...)
{
}
/** Main **/
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  return 0;
}

Each of these functions either and some of them are rendering functions so they would be called a lot of time.

*

*access Snake attributes

*modify Snake attributes

Hence, it made sense for me, in order to avoid unnecessary copy of Snake_cell or Snake objects to :

*

*Define a vector of smart pointers to Snake_cell within Snake

*Create a smart pointer to Snake within main.cpp
Yet, I think I'm not doing it right and could use raw pointers.

*

*Are my assumptions correct to use pointers here? I know we are not dealing with a huge amount of data but funcX will be called a lot of time so it might become expensive

*If yes, am I right to use smart pointers here? I've read that there should be preferred over raw pointers every time I'm considering using pointers.

*If yes, am I right to use shared_ptr here? In my code, I'm creating a new smart_ptr object based on snake object everytime I need to use it. I feel like it's not the right way to use it.
For instance, here is one function I'm using.
void display()
{
  glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
  glColor3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);

  glBegin(GL_QUADS);
    for(unsigned int i = 0; i < snake->size(); ++i)
    {
      std::shared_ptr<Snake_cell> cell(snake->getCell(i));
      glVertex2i(cell->origin_x_, cell->origin_y_);
      glVertex2i(cell->origin_x_ + CELL_SIZE, cell->origin_y_);
      glVertex2i(cell->origin_x_ + CELL_SIZE, cell->origin_y_ + CELL_SIZE);
      glVertex2i(cell->origin_x_, cell->origin_y_ + CELL_SIZE);
    }
  glEnd();

  glutSwapBuffers();
}

Thanks for your help,


This maybe a shock to you but I love business, it rocks my world! The basic principles to business are quite easy. Then why do so many people get it so wrong?
Be the change- It's easy to sit back and judge, blame and criticise other people. Be angry at the world and blame people for things not going your way. Instead I prefer to be the change I want to see, I take inspired action within my business. You can take action within your business and that is a great thing because you're already ahead of the pack but when you learn to take inspired action you're operating on a level that most people don't understand. When everything is aligned you have so much more clarity and you know the right time to plant, water and pick your crop. You see most people go out guns blazing shooting everything in sight trying to get that sale. Over a long period of time this becomes exhausting and you get burnt out, its quick fix and it's not sustainable. But if you take the farmer approach it may take a little longer but you can plant an entire harvest. Each element is crucial- you have to know when to plant it, water it and pick it. Be the farmer.
Be the better person- I have quite a holistic approach to business, I believe that we attract what we put out there. A lot of it comes down to mindset and which way you choose to look at life. I respect you and your time, I don't take that for granted and I genuinely want you and your business to succeed. I have stumbled across people who expect everyone to drop everything for them and do everything for them. My approach is simple- I like to give, help and make a difference where ever I can. I respect people's time, money, business and their dreams. In return most people have the same respect for me and my business. Occasionally I stumble across someone who doesn't have that same respect of my time, money and business however it's just a reminder that they aren't aligned with my values and that's OK. I send them love and respect and pray that one day they try to give instead of just receiving. Be kind to yourself and others.
Create the puzzle- Each area of business is just as crucial as the next, write a list of each area of your business. Marketing, operations and sales etc. Create an inspired action plan as to how you can best optimise each element of your business, I like to use mind maps for this process. If you increase the value you deliver and give by just 10% that will give you an extra 10% in sales on the backend. That's 30% increase on just the main areas, imagine when you do every area. What would you do with an extra 30% profit in your pocket? I look at business as a puzzle without every piece you can't get the full picture. Once you identify each piece you can create a team that works like a well oiled machine and your business can grow when you do. You also know who to employee next. If that doesn't float your boat look at it this way- by creating each puzzle really well and finding the right team member for each area it takes YOU out of the business but you're still making money. Create the puzzle.
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Toxicology: Is It Influenced by Pharmacogenetics?
By Marc Julliard, PhD, NRCC(TC)
Mandy Irvin, PharmD
Pharmacy TimesJanuary 2017 Oncology
Numerous, important differences exist in the ways that humans metabolize xenobiotics. These interindividual differences can directly affect the efficacy and toxicity of drugs and other foreign substances.
Numerous, important differences exist in the ways that humans metabolize xenobiotics. These interindividual differences can directly affect the efficacy and toxicity of drugs and other foreign substances. As pharmacogenetics plays a larger role in medicine and pharmacotherapy, pharmacists have the opportunity to help patients understand how their prescriptions may help or harm them depending on their specific genetic polymorphisms. To this end, we provide some key examples of how pharmacogenetics influences toxicology.
Increased Conversion of the Prodrug: Codeine
Codeine is perhaps the prototypical example of the role that pharmacogenetics plays in the clinical efficacy of prescription drugs. Codeine has very little biological activity; it is a prodrug. It is converted to its more active metabolite, morphine, primarily by the cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzyme, CYP2D6. Because poor CYP2D6 metabolizers do not sufficiently metabolize the prodrug, they do not achieve the desired clinical effect at standard doses. The results are large blood and urine levels of codeine and relatively low levels of morphine and subsequent metabolites. Since 1 in 10 Caucasians are poor CYP2D6 metabolizers, this clinical situation is relatively common.
The reverse is also true. A relatively small portion of the population has an extra functional copy of the CYP2D6 gene, which means that they are ultra-rapid CYP2D6 metabolizers. Thus, standard doses of codeine produce rapid and substantial increases in morphine levels.1 Case reports have documented the serious and sometimes fatal consequences of codeine use in ultra-rapid CYP2D6 metabolizers.2-5
Decreased Clearance: Warfarin
The drug—drug interactions associated with warfarin are legendary. Moreover, establishing a stable dose of warfarin that achieves the desired anticoagulant effect may take weeks of intense dose titration. Recent work has shown, however, that genotypic differences in metabolizing enzymes can play a role in warfarin's toxicity. Individuals with the *2 and *3 variant alleles of CYP2C9 have significantly lower rates of warfarin clearance and are more likely to experience bleeding events.6,7 Simple genotyping of CYP2C9 and a few other key genes, like VKORC1, could explain a substantial amount of dosing variance.8-10 This may also extend to other vitamin K antagonists, such as acenocoumarol and phenprocoumon.
Altered Metabolic Pathways: Phenytoin
Clinicians who prescribe certain antiepileptic drugs often order frequent blood draws to measure levels of the prescribed drug. Phenytoin is a good example. Elevated levels of phenytoin can cause a number of adverse effects. Therefore, taking blood measurements of phenytoin became standard practice long before pharmacogenetics could provide an explanation for interindividual variability.
The role that pharmacogenetics plays in phenytoin metabolism came to the public's attention in 2001 with the publication of 2 case reports. In the first report, a woman developed neurological signs of phenytoin intoxication after 10 days of treatment with the drug. Serum concentration measurements showed that her specific elimination half-life of phenytoin was more than 100 hours. The published half-life for phenytoin is about 24 hours, and the drug is metabolized through CYP2C19 (major), CYP2C9 (major), and CYP3A4 (minor). When the woman was genotyped for P450 enzymes, she was found to be homozygous for CYP2C9*3 and heterozygous for CYP2C19*2.11 Slow metabolism of CYP2C9 forced phenytoin through other CYP450 enzymes, but they inefficiently detoxified the drug, leading to intoxication.
Later that same year, an African American woman presented with symptoms of phenytoin intoxication. Her phenytoin elimination half-life was calculated at 13 days. Genotyping revealed that she was homozygous for the CYP2C9*6 variant, which was the first description of a null allele at this locus.12 Other genotypes are now known to directly affect phenytoin toxicity.13 Moreover, genetic polymorphisms are known to play an important role in the toxicities of several other antiepileptic drugs, such as carbamazepine and valproic acid.14
Less Clinical Effect and Greater Toxicity: Tamoxifen
Like codeine, tamoxifen is a prodrug converted into the active metabolites endoxifen and 4-hydroxytamoxifen. CYP2D6 is the rate-limiting enzyme in this process. Poor CYP2D6 metabolizers (eg, homozygous for the CYP2D6*4/*4 genotype) inefficiently convert the prodrug to its active metabolites. Not surprisingly, women with surgically resected HER-2 positive breast cancer who were also poor CYP2D6 metabolizers relapsed faster and had worse disease-free survival than normal metabolizers.15 To make matters worse, poor metabolizers had substantially more occasions with moderate or severe hot flashes, presumably due to the higher circulating levels of the prodrug.
Pharmacogenetics provides a tool for explaining a substantial portion of adverse drug effects. As new research in this area emerges, genotyping will provide increasing actionable information to predict and avoid drugs toxicities in at-risk individuals. Because helping patients understand and avoid drug toxicities has been the domain of pharmacists since the beginning of the profession, pharmacists are uniquely positioned to help patients understand this new world of pharmacogenetics. Many high-yield resources are available for pharmacists to educate themselves and learn how to talk with patients about pharmacogenetics testing, results, and outcomes.
Marc Julliard, PhD, NRCC(TC), is the laboratory supervisor of the Toxicology Division of MD Labs, the makers of the Rxight Pharmacogenetic Program (Rxight.com). Mandy Irvin, PharmD, is a PGY1 community resident from UNC-Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Her practice site is Rx Clinic Pharmacy, where she works closely with the Pharmacogenetics Center of Excellence (PGxCE.org) and the clinical pharmacist consultants to the Rxight Pharmacogenetic Program.
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The Obama administration issued fuel economy standards on Tuesday for medium and heavy trucks, the first time the government has regulated vehicles over 8,500 pounds.
The vehicles in this category range from the very largest S.U.V.'s, and pickup trucks that are too big to be household vehicles, all the way to 18-wheelers, which have a maximum loaded weight of 80,000 pounds.
But in one sense the economics are the same for a 4,000-pound car or a truck weighing 20 times that much: better fuel economy usually means paying more for the new vehicle but also saving money at the pump. One argument for government fuel economy standards is that car buyers almost always focus on the purchase price as opposed to the total cost, including the operating cost.
Yet medium and heavy trucks are mostly owned by companies, which often have accountants, engineers and other professionals who can compare the value of a gallon of fuel saved against the higher price for a more efficient engine and make the right decision. (Fuel-efficient models already exist.) The government says that the extra costs are paid back in a year or two.
So why do fleet buyers, who are perfectly capable of making such calculations, need government standards to help tell them how to make the best buy?
Advocates give several reasons. One is that at the lower end of the weight scale, many of the vehicles are owned by very small businesses or individuals. "They may not have the staff of number crunchers that FedEx does,'' said Zoe Lipman, the senior manager of transportation solutions at the National Wildlife Federation.
The association opposed the new rule. It argued that it would drive up costs for small businesses and that the government should have focused on training drivers to use less fuel. In fact, many of the small companies buy used trucks.
Eventually the most efficient trucks in the rule published on Tuesday — the ones in the 2018 model year — will be old and will end up in the hands of companies that buy them used. But the association said that higher prices for trucks would encourage companies to keep their older ones longer. That would have negative implications for air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions as well as fuel economy.
The medium trucks will use a lot of the technologies that cars do already — hybridization, for example, especially for urban delivery vehicles. Over-the-road trucks could undergo some bigger changes. Allen R. Schaeffer, the director of the Diesel Technology Forum, a trade group, predicted that some big trucks would begin carrying a tiny extra engine called an auxiliary power unit that could run the air-conditioning in the cabin while the truck was parked. The main engine uses a half a gallon or more of fuel for each hour of idling, he said.
Big trucks might also get more sophisticated fuel injection systems, and electric motors to run the power steering. Trucks do little steering on the highway, but a conventional power steering system pulls energy continuously from the engine through a drive belt.


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Are there things I should do to maintain my garbage disposal unit?
There are a few things that will keep your garbage disposal functioning well and odor free. Be sure you are following the garbage disposal manual's advice on what items to put in the disposal.
Ice and rock salt used together is an effective way of cleaning and sharpening the blades, while citrus peels will act as a deodorizer. You only need to use small pieces or an orange that's past its prime, drop them in the disposal and then grind them. Always be sure that you run your garbage disposal anytime you put food into it. B.C. Redi-Rooter Ltd recommends running the water at the same time until the food has passed through the disposal, allowing the water to run an additional 15-30 seconds so the disposed product flushes completely through the drain line. Never leave food sitting in the food disposer, this will prematurely dull and wear out the unit and try to run the machine with cold water only.
Is my garbage disposal harmful to the environment?
Buried in landfills, food scraps will decompose, therefore creating dangerous greenhouse gases like methane gas. Food disposers take into account that the scraps of food are over 70% water, grinding the solids and sending them down to existing infrastructure through our sewers and into wastewater treatment plants to be better managed there.
Properly managed wastewater plants today are effectively processing waste material into bio fertilizer and are able to capture and use the methane gas for energy.
It turns out that food waste disposers when kept sharp and used correctly have many environmental benefits after all. Although nothing is better for our planet than your own well managed backyard compost or a food waste curbside collection program to effectively return your food scraps back into dirt and fertilizer.
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UK - Draft Withdrawal Agreement
November 15th 2018 05:25 PM • By Matthew Lynch
The EU and UK have published the latest draft agreement on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union. The latest draft agreement incorporates the earlier agreement reached between the UK and EU on Citizen's Rights.
One key area which is still not resolved relates to any ongoing free movement rights of UK nationals who have obtained settled status in one Member State and wish to move to another following the end of the transition period. This is likely to be an area of particular importance to UK nationals living in the EU.
Future Arrangements
In addition to the draft withdrawal agreement, a framework for the future relationship between the UK and EU has been released. This does not provide detailed proposals on future arrangements but outlines key themes.
From an immigration perspective, this raises the prospect of reciprocal agreements for visa free travel for the purposes of business and tourism. This builds on earlier proposals from the UK Government, and a recent proposal from the EU Commission in which an offer of visa free short term travel was made. The EU Commission has suggested that in the event a final deal is reached, visa free travel will take effect from the end of the transition period. Where there is no deal, it is proposed that this would take effect immediately following Brexit, subject to the UK making reciprocal arrangements.
What does this mean for employers?
The draft agreement remains subject to ratification by both the UK, EU and each member state. The current wording may not reflect the final agreement reached. There also still remains the possibility of no deal.
In the event of no deal, the UK Government has confirmed that EU nationals residing in the UK at the point of Brexit will be entitled to continue doing so. There remains less certainty regarding the impact of a no deal on UK nationals residing in the EU.
Whilst visa free travel is welcome, businesses should be aware that it is likely there will be restrictions on the activities individuals can undertake. As such, businesses should look at their current systems for assessing business activities and how these can be expanded to incorporate EU-UK business travellers.


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TV Review: Fox's 'The X Factor'
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Fox premieres the U.S. version of the U.K. hit, The X Factor on Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. The following are reviews from TV critics around the web, compiled by B&C.
"The multigenerational thing works nicely, but the live audience one doesn't. It immediately stacks the deck in favor of belters, those types of singers who may have only a passing acquaintance with their song's melody but can burst eardrums. The crowd goes wild. The judges cave in. Repeat every 15 minutes or so." — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
"But, essentially, this is American Idol. It will probably be more successful than Idol has been in recent seasons. It will probably cause a further decline in Idol's ratings when that show returns in January." — Scott D. Pierce, Salt Lake Tribune
"The formula has worked before in multiple variations, and while every twist X Factor puts on it may not be an improvement, enough are to almost guarantee the show's success." — Robert Bianco, USA Today
"The X Factor is essentially American Idol with a wider participant base and judges who promise to be, aggregately and individually, better than most (though not this last) seasons of American Idol. Not only has Paula Abdul taken whatever steps were necessary to appear fit and consistently sensible, the addition of music producer L.A. Reid brings a discerning ear and gravitas to the table that balances Cowell much more evenly than Randy Jackson ever did." — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times
"The X Factor is America's Got Talent with lockjaw, The Voice with a smoker's hack and American Idol on steroids." — Mark A. Perigard, Boston Herald
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