An SQL1159 error may be returned if the DB2 .NET data provider had a problem during initialization.
When the DB2 .NET data provider is initialized it will perform some checks to ensure that the DB2 .NET data provider can be used properly. One of those checks is to see if it can execute a function from within the DB2 native client library called db2app.dll, and before that can be done it tries to load the db2app.dll library in memory.
Several different reason codes can be returned with the SQL1159 exception, but reason code 10 occurs when there is a mismatch between the DB2 native client library (db2app.dll) and the DB2 .NET data provider library (IBM.Data.DB2.dll).
SQL1159 reason code 10 will return two tokens. The first token is the version of the DB2 client library, and the second token is the version of the DB2 .NET data provider.
If the version of the DB2 client library is returned as 0.0.0, then that means that there was a problem during the initialization of the db2app.dll library.
There are potentially two reasons why a token of 0.0.0 is returned for the native DB2 client library.
The first is that the db2app.dll is not compatible with the version of the DB2 client that is installed. The second is that there was a permission problem when trying to use the db2app.dll library with the application process.
Every DB2 fixpak and release has its own version of the db2app.dll library. The file size and signature will be different for each fixpak and release. It is very important that when DB2 is installed that the db2app.dll library is the one that came from that level of DB2 that is being installed.
DB2 will update the db2app.dll library during the install of a fixpak or during the migration from one release to another. If there was a problem updating the db2app.dll, DB2 will document that in its installation log file.
Info 1603.The file C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB\BIN\db2app.dll is being held in use. Close that application and retry.
MSI (s) (CC:B0) [11:18:48:389]: Product: DB2 Connect Server - DB2COPY1. The file C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB\BIN\db2app.dll is being held in use by the following process Name: msiexec , Id 5392.
If this was the case, then it is important that all applications were shut down before upgrading DB2. This includes any applications that run as Windows services, such as an application server that might be making DB2 connections. The above error is a result of an application holding a lock on the db2app.dll file, thus disallowing DB2 from updating the file.
To verify that the db2app.dll library is in fact compatible with the DB2 level, issue the db2level command, and then compare the level with the file version of the db2app.dll. To retrieve the file version, find the db2app.dll using Windows Explorer and right-click on it and go to Properties->Version.
When the db2app.dll library is initialized by the DB2 .NET data provider, it initializes an application environment. This process will ensure that the db2app.dll library can be used. Some of the things it does is it checks to see what DB2 environment variables are set, and it checks things like the client-side database manager configuration file. If the DB2 .NET data provider could not initialize the application environment properly then DB2 .NET will return 0.0.0 for the native DB2 client library version.
The most common reason why the initialization of the application environment fails is because of invalid privileges. And the most common reason why there are invalid privileges is if DB2 Extended Security is enabled, and the userid that the application process runs under is not a member of either the DB2ADMNS or the DB2USERS groups.
If DB2 Extended Security is enabled (this is the default behavior for DB2 installations), then it is mandatory that any DB2 'user' belongs to either the DB2ADMNS or the DB2USERS group. This is not just the userid that is used during authentication with DB2, but it also includes the owner of the application process.
Some application processes like the w3wp.exe process (which is a process used by Microsoft Information Integrator (IIS)) can run under a different userid than the one that connects to DB2. It is important that this user belongs to the proper DB2 Extended Security group, if DB2 Extended Security is enabled.
If running IIS 7, the default account used for anonymous access is called "IUSR". This user can be added to the extended security group to resolve this error.
That utility will track all file and registry operations issued by any Windows process. If that process failed to read a file, then it will record an ACCESS DENIED error. Microsoft® Process Monitor can show who the userid was that tried to access the file when it failed. Adding that userid to the proper DB2 Extended Security group should then resolve that problem. The userid that is used by the application can be impersonated by another userid. Microsoft® Process Monitor will show who the Impersonating userid is, and that is the userid that needs to be added to the proper DB2 Extended Security group.
If DB2 Extended Security is enabled, and the preference is to not use DB2 Extended Security, then the ideal thing to do would be to uninstall DB2 and reinstall it without the DB2 Extended Security option.
If Microsoft Windows® 7 or Microsoft Windows Vista® are being used, and DB2 Extended Security is disabled, the problem may still occur due to invalid privileges, specifically if the userid that installed DB2 was not given elevated administrator rights. Typically when User Account Control (UAC) is enabled, users with administrator rights run with least user privileges. These rights can be elevated to perform administrative tasks. If a non-elevated administrator installed DB2 then certain Windows registry settings used by DB2 may not be set properly, preventing the DB2 .NET data provider from working properly. It is important to ensure that a userid with elevated administrator privileges has installed DB2 to resolve this problem.
If using the IBM Data Server Driver Package, then you could also get this error if you were hitting APAR JR30952 (that is fixed in DB2 v9.5 FP5) or APAR IC63971 (that is fixed in DB2 v9.7 FP1). DB2 Extended Security was being enabled implicitly for the IBM Data Server Driver when it should not have been, and that would result in this error since DB2 would think that the userid running the application would not be a member in the proper DB2 Extended Security group.


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Q: ImportError: No module named language_v1.gapic when running Dataflow job I am building Dataflow job to get data from cloud storage and pass it to NLP API to perform sentiment analysis and import the result to BigQuery
The Job ran successfully localy (I didn't use data flow runner)
import apache_beam as beam
import logging
from google.cloud import language
from google.cloud.language import enums
from google.cloud.language import types

PROJECT = 'ProjectName'
schema = 'name : STRING, id : STRING, date : STRING,title : STRING, text: STRING,magnitude : STRING, score : STRING'
src_path = "gs://amazoncustreview/sentimentSource.csv"

class Sentiment(beam.DoFn):
    def process(self, element):
        element = element.split(",")
        client = language.LanguageServiceClient()
        document = types.Document(content=element[2],
                                  type=enums.Document.Type.PLAIN_TEXT)
        sentiment = client.analyze_sentiment(document).document_sentiment
        return [{
            'name': element[0],
            'title': element[1],
            'magnitude': sentiment.magnitude,
            'score': sentiment.score
        }]

def main():
    BUCKET = 'BucKet name'
    argv = [
      '--project={0}'.format(PROJECT),
      '--staging_location=gs://{0}/staging/'.format(BUCKET),
      '--temp_location=gs://{0}/staging/'.format(BUCKET),
      '--runner=DataflowRunner',
      '--job_name=examplejob2',
      '--save_main_session'
    ]
    p = beam.Pipeline(argv=argv)

    (p
       | 'ReadData' >> beam.io.textio.ReadFromText(src_path)
       | 'ParseCSV' >> beam.ParDo(Sentiment())
       | 'WriteToBigQuery' >>
    beam.io.WriteToBigQuery('{0}:Dataset.table'.format(PROJECT),
        write_disposition=beam.io.BigQueryDisposition.WRITE_APPEND)
    )
    p.run()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

this the error I get I have tried to import different version of Google Cloud Language but all my trial failed.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dataflow_worker/batchworker.py", line 773, in run
    self._load_main_session(self.local_staging_directory)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dataflow_worker/batchworker.py", line 489, in _load_main_session
    pickler.load_session(session_file)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apache_beam/internal/pickler.py", line 280, in load_session
    return dill.load_session(file_path)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dill/_dill.py", line 410, in load_session
    module = unpickler.load()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 864, in load
    dispatch[key](self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 1139, in load_reduce
    value = func(*args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dill/_dill.py", line 828, in _import_module
    return getattr(__import__(module, None, None, [obj]), obj)
ImportError: No module named language_v1.gapic

A: It seems to be a mismatch with the google-cloud-language version installed in the Dataflow workers. To solve it, create a requirements.txt file and add google-cloud-language==1.3.0 for example.
Then, add '--requirements_file=requirements.txt' to the options arguments of your pipeline.
I tested it with this code and it worked for me:

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Congratulations to Liselotte Neumann - appointed Europe's Solheim Cup captain for 2013....
By Richard Copeman @copesy
THE countdown's well and truly on to next year's Solheim Cup match at Colorado Golf Club after Sweden's Liselotte Neumann was named as captain of the European team.
The showpiece women's event takes place from August 13-18, 2013, just a few days after the PGA Championship.
And Neumann, who represented Europe on six consecutive occasions as a player, from 1990 to 2000, takes over from England's Alison Nicholas, whom she assisted at the 2009 match at Rich Harvest Farms in Illinois, USA.
American-based Neumann will seek to build on Europe's stunning success in 2011 at Killeen Castle in Ireland by leading the team to its first victory across the pond.
Neumann said: 'I am extremely happy and honoured to have been selected as the European Solheim Cup Captain in 2013.
'This event has always been very special for women's golf and it brings back wonderful memories of my years on the team. I want to thank the selection committee and the players for placing their trust in me and I look forward to the challenge of defending the title on US soil next year.'
The 45-year-old hopes to benefit from her considerable experiences, which include serving as captain of the 2011 European PING Junior Solheim Cup team in Ireland.
Neumann's 27 worldwide victories over a 24-year career include the 1988 US Women's Open and the 1994 Women's British Open.
In 1985, she won her first two titles on the Ladies European Tour, previously named the WPGET.
In 1988, the year she captured her first LPGA victory at the US Women's Open, she was named LPGA Rookie of the Year and she went on to win multiple titles in 1994, '96, '97 and '98, most recently winning an individual stroke play tournament in 2004. In 2006, whilst partnering Annika Sorenstam, she also won the Women's World Cup of Golf.
John A. Solheim, PING Chairman and CEO, welcomed Neumann's appointment, saying: 'The Solheim family is extremely pleased to see Liselotte named Captain for the Ladies European Tour Team for the 2013 Solheim Cup.
'With her experiences as a player and assistant captain in previous Solheim Cups, Lotta will bring a great deal of experience to the European Team.
'She also was captain of the 2011 European PING Junior Solheim Cup team that tied the USA PING Junior Solheim Cup team, captained by Meg Mallon.
'The 2013 Solheim Cup should be very exciting as Lotta and Meg continue their 'unsettled' competition.'
The Ladies European Tour's Executive Director Alexandra Armas also expressed her delight at Neumann's appointment, saying: 'On behalf of the LET I would like to say how thrilled we all are to see Lotta as the European Solheim Cup team captain.
'As one of the most iconic figures in the history of European women's professional golf, she is a natural fit to lead the team as they seek their first away victory in 2013.'
The US team leads 8-4 in Solheim Cup history and have never lost on home soil.
However, after a thrilling, late Sunday afternoon surge in Ireland last September, the Europeans have the edge and will be full of confidence as they head to Colorado next year.
Neumann will be aiming to maintain that momentum.
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Cody Rhodes Not Quite Ready To Make Decision On Permanent Wrestling Home
Cody Rhodes said he may have spoken too soon when he said he was close to making a decision on finding a permanent home in wrestling.
Rhodes spoke with CBS and said he is booked all the way through September and that he will explore his options at that point. Rhodes said his decision will depend heavily on his level of trust with a promotion.
"I guess I spoke too soon," Rhodes said. "It's probably not time to make a decision. But if I did make a decision, it's just a matter of trust. There's so little trust in pro wrestling. So little. And there should be. We all love this thing and want to put on the best show and fill all of the seats in the house. But it's trust and being around people in the office that I trust. I trust every guy in the locker room for the most part. But it's finding that top brass in most companies that I know, if I put my name on the dotted line, that I'll be taken care of. Honestly, any offer that came my way I haven't really looked at. My date book is still pretty deep — all the way through September. It goes everywhere. We'll probably revisit it then."
Since leaving WWE in 2016, Rhodes has been making the rounds wrestling all over the world across a number of large promotions such as EVOLVE, Ring of Honor, Impact Wrestling, WCPW, New Japan Pro Wrestling and countless others. Rhodes also has joined New Japan's Bullet Club stable, led by Kenny Omega, and dubbing himself "The American Nightmare."


Garden of Delight, a new sunflower woodcut by Ouida Touchon, New Mexico artist.
Sunflowers from the garden!! Original woodcut print with chine colle, a process of adhering fine art paper fragments beneath the printed image.
This one of a kind hand print is produced in my studio in New Mexico and is mounted on a base sheet of heavy acid free paper, signed and numbered by the artist 1 of 1. It will be carefully packed and shipped to you from here in NM and a check for your shipping fees will be enclosed in the package, Original artwork ships for free!
New work! More sunflowers from the garden, this one is considered 'delightful' with the mix of different fine art and printed paper fragments collaged beneath the woodcut overprint. Fine art prints for sale in many sizes and on fine art paper or stretched canvas...you choose!
One of a series of new images in woodcut, this one, Garden of Delight is inspired by several handprints that I cut up to use as collage for the forms of the sunflowers. Enjoy and find a special place in your home for this gorgeous design.


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Published: October 30, 2022, 10:14 AM
Updated: October 31, 2022, 7:44 AM
Tags: Jim Harbaugh, Sports, Mel Tucker
Michigan St suspends 4 players for tunnel melee at Michigan
Published: October 30, 2022, 10:14 AM Updated: October 31, 2022, 7:44 AM
Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker watches against Michigan in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan State has suspended four players for their role in roughing up Michigan players in a stadium tunnel after losing the game.
Spartans coach Mel Tucker announced Sunday night that linebacker Tank Brown, safety Angelo Grose, defensive end Zion Young and cornerback Khary Crump were suspended immediately.
"Michigan State University football core values include integrity, discipline, unselfishness, toughness and accountability," said Tucker, who made the decision after "reviewing the disturbing electronic evidence."
Scuffles broke out in the Michigan Stadium tunnel after fourth-ranked Wolverines beat the Spartans 29-7 Saturday night. Social media posts showed Michigan State players pushing, punching and kicking Michigan's Ja'Den McBurrows in and near a hallway that doesn't lead to either locker room. Brown, Grose and Young are seen on video getting physical with McBurrows.
McBurrows and defensive back Gemon Green went up the tunnel, walking alongside the Spartans, after the game while much of Michigan's team was waving them off the field after beating their in-state rivals for the first time in three years.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said Saturday night that one of the players, who he did not identify, might have a broken nose. A social media post on Sunday showed a Wolverine, who appears to be Green, getting roughed up by Spartans.
Green, in another post, is surrounded by police while shouting across the tunnel at Michigan State players.
"Two of our players were assaulted," Harbaugh said. "I saw on the one video. 10 on one. It was pretty bad. It needs to be investigated."
University of Michigan Deputy Police Chief Melissa Overton said an investigation is underway in partnership with Michigan State police, and Michigan's athletic department and football program.
"The investigation takes some time," Overton said Sunday.
Tucker said the school is working with law enforcement, Michigan State and Michigan campus leadership, and the Big Ten Conference to evaluate what happened, including identifying other players who were involved in the altercations and contributing factors.
"The initial student-athlete suspensions will remain in place until the investigations are completed," Tucker said. "The health and safety of our student-athletes, coaches, personnel, and the Spartan community remain our priority. You have my promise that we are committed to fairness, transparency and accountability, and that we will continue to take appropriate action in this matter."
Earlier in the day, Michigan State President Samuel Stanley publicly apologized for the "violent" skirmish.
"I'm extremely saddened by this incident and the unacceptable behavior depicted by members of our football program," Stanley said in a statement. "On behalf of Michigan State University, my heartfelt apology to the University of Michigan and the student athletes who were injured.
"There is no provocation that could justify the behavior we are seeing on the videos. Rivalries can be intense but should never be violent."
The Big Ten said in a statement: "The conference is currently gathering information, will thoroughly review the facts, and will take appropriate action."
As Tucker walked off the field and entered the tunnel at some point Saturday night, a fan appeared to touch his head and the coach responded by swiping the fan's hand away.
It was the second straight game at Michigan that included an altercation in the long, narrow tunnel that goes from the locker rooms to the field.
Earlier this month, Penn State coach James Franklin said a policy change was needed to provide a more orderly use of the tunnel.
Some heated words were exchanged, and Michigan players said Penn State players threw peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at them as the teams headed to the locker room at halftime of a close game the Wolverines ultimately won in a 41-17 rout on Oct. 15.
Harbaugh said Franklin acted as a "ringleader" and claimed the Nittany Lions stopped in the tunnel to prevent his team from accessing its locker room.
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USDA Rural Development announces MSU entrepreneurship grant for makerspace in Downtown Starkville
August 13, 2018 posted by MSU CEO Staff Category: Center Updates 0 Comment
By: Allison Matthews, MSU Office of Public Affairs. Photos by Beth Wynn.
STARKVILLE, Miss.— Mississippi's Senate delegation and top officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were at Mississippi State today [Aug. 13] to announce a $100,000 grant for the university's Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach to create a makerspace in Downtown Starkville.
Project leaders said the new makerspace will fill a critical need in providing prototyping capacity to area entrepreneurs. It will house equipment to help entrepreneurs with small and emerging businesses produce prototypes they need to get customer feedback and reach the marketplace.
USDA Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett, as well as Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Sen. Roger Wicker, were on hand for the USDA Rural Business Development Grant announcement. They spent the morning learning more about MSU's efforts to bolster an entrepreneurial culture on campus and throughout Mississippi.
In addition to touring the College of Business center, they talked with MSU graduates who successfully launched a company while working through the Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach business curriculum. The guests also joined MSU Extension leaders, business and agricultural economics faculty, and regional economic developers for a roundtable discussion on current business issues and resources.
Wicker said the grant award is a statement by USDA that MSU's entrepreneurship center is "the sort of thing that we need to expand nationwide."
"I think the grant is going to be a big help, but it wouldn't have been awarded if there weren't already so much success here. Our hats are off to the university for a center that's already getting results," Wicker said.
He added that aiding entrepreneurs is a good way to fight the "brain drain" in Mississippi.
"We educate some of the most talented minds, and they find it more attractive to go to Charlotte or New York City or some place out West. This is a good opportunity to keep them here in Mississippi," Wicker said. "If we can solve that problem, it's a quantum leap for our state."
Hyde-Smith said, "There is opportunity to help so many students who have ideas and could easily become entrepreneurs. They just need the tools to foster all the components to make that a reality, and that's what I have found here."
MSU President Mark E. Keenum said the USDA Rural Business Development grant is expanding the successful efforts of the center to help more people translate their business ideas into commercially viable opportunities. Currently the CEO mentors about 100 student businesses every year.
"This will allow entrepreneurs to increase their chances of success," Keenum said. He pointed out that the center is based in the College of Business but serves students and faculty from all colleges. Students working with the CEO represent 39 different university majors, and technology allows the university to offer mentorship to entrepreneurs throughout the state.
Hazlett said part of the core mission at USDA Rural Development is to increase rural prosperity through assistance such as the grant. She called the activities at the entrepreneurship center "very exciting" and "an example we would like to see others replicate."
Known as the CEO, MSU's Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach already enjoys a strong Town and Gown relationship with the local community, with a new CEO office on Main Street opening last year. The new makerspace is a collaborative project that will be open to MSU students and faculty, as well as residents of the Golden Triangle. Its location at 114 E. Main Street in Starkville will be between Aspen Bay and Moe's Original BBQ. It is projected to open within a matter of weeks.
"We take entrepreneurship very seriously in our college," said Dean Sharon Oswald. "Entrepreneurship is really at the base of the culture in the College of Business. For us to be able to push that out—not only on campus to other colleges, but to the community as well—is very important. I think entrepreneurship is the future of Mississippi."
CEO Director of Entrepreneurship Eric Hill said that over the past year, three MSU graduates who worked with the CEO created 10 full-time jobs in Starkville. MSU student entrepreneurs also have invested new businesses in different areas of the state.
Hill explained that the core of MSU's entrepreneurship program is VentureCatalyst, a program launched in 2016 that combines training, funding and mentorship across a structured five-stage process starting from a business idea and developing into a funded company. He said VentureCatalyst specifically focuses on entrepreneurs developing scalable, innovation-based products or services.
Entrepreneurs creating new products face a major hurdle in developing prototypes substantiated enough to attract investor attention, Hill said. The grant will enable the new makerspace to include an array of advanced fabrication tooling, such as CNC routers, 3D printers, laser cutters and metalworking tools.
"Finding the right tools to build a proof-of-concept can be an insurmountable obstacle," Hill said.
CEO Director of Outreach Jeffrey Rupp said the makerspace will provide the needed solutions to reach the next step in achieving success, and its community location reinforces alliances with entities such as the Greater Starkville Development Partnership.
"This dedicated makerspace serving the greater Starkville area will leverage current capabilities to provide advanced equipment, programming and an inspiring environment for MSU students and community members," Rupp said.
Original article online at https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2018/08/usda-rural-development-announces-msu-entrepreneurship-grant-makerspace/


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In his new capacity, Gan will be responsible for leading the operations for the group's portfolio of 10 hotels with an inventory of over 2,000 rooms in prime locations as well as steering the company's future growth and maximising potential of the brand especially in new markets, to achieve greater yield.
Gan is a hospitality industry professional with over 30 years of leadership experience, having worked for global hotel groups after starting his career in the United States. Gan brings with him diverse international exposure, sound business acumen and successes in leading numerous city and resort properties.
His proven leadership and operational experience in the hospitality sector including his ability to improve profitability and building cohesive teams will be valuable for the group's development and growth as it looks to strengthen and expand its brand positioning.
He was most recently, the Chief Operating Officer and General Manager for Aoluguya Hotels & Resorts based in Harbin, China. During his tenure, he played an integral part in implementing effective strategies to increase overall revenue throughout its five (5) hotels. Prior to that, he has served as Chief Operating Officer for Ansa Hotels & Resorts; and General Manager – Operations & Hotel Openings for Dusit International whereby he successfully handled high-profile openings of several hotels in China within a period of two (2) years.
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The Americas has been characterized for decades by staying at the forefront in the search for creative solutions to address the problem of forced displacement of people. In this regard, on the occasion of the celebration of World Refugee Day, the Americas Network for Refugee Legal Aid (ANRLA) calls for all actors involved in the protection of displaced persons - States, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia and civil society in general - to continue to be compassionate and innovative in our response to the different movements of people that are ongoing in our continent.
The context of our region is currently characterized, among others, by the unprecedented increase in the number of people who have had to leave their homes in search of international protection. The northern triangle of Central America faces situations of large-scale violence as a result of organized crime, as well as poverty and unemployment. Also, the lack of employment, food and medical supplies has caused that more than 1.5 million Venezuelans have had to leave their country. On the other hand, the progressive escalation of violence in the protests in Nicaragua has generated a situation of alert to a new possible massive displacement of people in the region.
Due to the complex context that has caused a significant increase in the number of people forced to leave their homes, ANRLA urges the States of the Americas to continue allowing the displaced population access to their territory and, proactively, adopt pragmatic and appropriate responses that integrate the whole society in the approach to situations of displacement. In this search for solutions, ANRLA considers it essential for the international community to keep its promise of not leaving anyone behind and placing the dignity of the individual in the forefront, allowing it to be the central driver of its resilience.
ANRLA is aware that adequately guaranteeing the human right to seek and enjoy asylum often depends on the newcomers receiving guidance, orientation and legal representation. Likewise, it considers that forming a new generation of specialized professionals in the field of refuge, providing training opportunities for civil society organizations and encouraging regional reflection on the most urgent substantive and procedural issues are fundamental elements to provide an appropriate answer to the growing need of support for refugees and the new questions that arise around the implementation of protection standards.
By virtue of this, from a regional perspective, ANRLA reiterates its commitment to support and facilitate the development, articulation and joint action of organizations dedicated to promoting and defending effective access to rights for asylum seekers, refugees, internally displaced persons or returned, as well as other beneficiaries of an alternative humanitarian and / or complementary protection in the Americas. In this sense, ANRLA will continue to identify gaps in the protection of refugees and reflect on how they can be effectively addressed, as well as determining common priorities in operational activities and developing joint advocacy approaches.
Finally, in celebration of this World Refugee Day, ANRLA urges all people in the American region to be part of the generation that decided to combat racism, discrimination and xenophobia of the displaced population. We invite you to promote empathy, solidarity and tolerance with these vulnerable groups who have had to leave their homes, break their ties with their families and rebuild a new life in another country. Remember our history, not to reiterate the indifferent treatment of the newcomers who preceded them, but to do it better, responding with the love and welcome with which we would like to be received, so that together we can develop a heart for refugees.


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Timothy L. Jackson (born 1958) is an American professor of music theory who has spent most of his career at the University of North Texas and specializes in music of the eighteenth through twentieth centuries, Schenkerian theory, politics and music. He is the co-founder of the Journal of Schenkerian Studies. In 2020, he became controversial for editing a special issue of that journal containing articles criticizing Philip Ewell's plenary talk "Music Theory's White Racial Frame".

Early life and education
Jackson was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in 1958. Since his mother, the artist Sarah Jackson, was an American citizen, he received dual US-Canadian citizenship.

Jackson received his B.A. in 1979 from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and his PhD in 1988 from the City University of New York, both in music theory. His dissertation, chaired by Professor Carl Schachter, was on "The Last Strauss: Studies of the Letzte Lieder".

Career
Jackson was an assistant professor at Connecticut College from 1990 to 1997. He then became an assistant professor at the University of North Texas (UNT) in 1998 and was promoted to associate professor in 2001, full professor in 2005, and distinguished University research professor in 2011. He is one of the founding editors of the Journal of Schenkerian Studies, and has extensively published on late Romantic music, particularly on Bruckner, Brahms, Sibelius.

Journal of Schenkerian Studies controversy

In 2020-2021 Jackson was involved in a controversy in relation to the Journal of Schenkerian Studies.

Publications
1989/1990. "Schoenberg's Op. 14 Songs: Textual Sources and Analytical Perception", Theory and Practice 14–15, pp. 35–58.
1990. "Bruckner's Metrical Numbers", 19th-Century Music 14/2, pp. 101–131.
1991. "Schubert's Revisions of Der Jüngling und der Tod, D 545a–b, and Meeresstille, D 216a–b", The Musical Quarterly 75/3, pp. 336–361.
1992. Review: "Current Issues in Schenkerian Analysis", The Musical Quarterly 76/2, pp. 242–263.
1992. "Gabriel Fauré's Expansions of Nonduple Hypermeter in La fleur qui va sur l'eau, Op. 85, No. 2", In Theory Only 12/3–4, pp. 1–27.
1993. Review: "Arnold Schoenberg, the Composer as Jew", Theory and Practice 18, In Celebration of Arnold Schoenberg (2), pp. 171–178.
1995. "Aspects of Sexuality and Structure in the Later Symphonies of Tchaikovsky", Music Analysis 14/1, pp. 3–25.
1996. "The Tragic Reversed Recapitulation in the German Classical Tradition", Journal of Music Theory 40.1, pp. 23–72.
1997. "'Your Songs Proclaim God's Return' – Arnold Schoenberg, the Composer and His Jewish Faith", International Journal of Musicology 6, pp. 281–317.
1997. "The Finale of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony and the Tragic Reversed Sonata Form", Bruckner Studies, eds. Timothy L. Jackson and Paul Hawkshaw (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), pp. 209–255.
1997. "Bruckner's 'Oktaven'", Music & Letters 78/3, pp. 391–409.
1998. "Dmitry Shostakovich: The Composer as Jew", Shostakovich Reconsidered, eds. Allan B. Ho and Dmitry Feofanov (London: Toccata Press), pp. 597–640.
1999. Cambridge Handbook on Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony (Pathétique) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
1999. "Diachronic Transformation in a Schenkerian Context: Brahms's Haydn Variations", Schenker Studies 2, eds. Carl Schachter and Hedi Siegel, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), pp. 239–275.
2001. "The Adagio of the Sixth Symphony and the anticipatory tonic recapitulation in Bruckner, Brahms and Dvořák", Perspectives on Anton Bruckner, eds. Timothy L. Jackson, Paul Hawkshaw (Yale), and Crawford Howie (Manchester), (London: Ashgate Press).
2001. Sibelius Studies, eds. Timothy L. Jackson and Veijo Murtomäki (Sibelius Academy), (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
2001. "The Schenker–Oppel Exchange: Schenker as Composition Teacher", Music Analysis 20/1, pp. 1–116.
2001. "Bruckner" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell (London: Macmillan)
2006. "Hinauf strebt's: Song Study with Carl Schachter", Structure and Meaning in Tonal Music, eds. L. Poundie Burstein and David Gagné (Festschrift in Honor of Carl Schachter), pp. 191–202.
2009. "Escaping from a Black Hole: Facing Depression in Academia", Music Theory Online 15/3–4.
2010. Sibelius in the Old and New World: Aspects of His Music, Its Interpretation, and Reception, eds. Timothy L. Jackson and Veijo Murtomäki (Peter Lang: New York).
2015. "The 'Pseudo-Einsatz''' in Two Handel Fugues: Heinrich Schenker's Analytical Work with Reinhard Oppel", Bach to Brahms. Essays on Musical Design and Structure, eds. David Beach and Yosef Goldenberg (University of Rochester Press), pp. 173–203.
2016. "The First Movements of Anton Eberl's Symphonies in E-flat major and D minor, and Beethoven's Eroica: Toward 'New' Sonata Forms?", Explorations in Schenkerian Analysis, eds. David Beach and Su Yin Mak (Eastman Studies in Music, University of Rochester Press), pp. 61–96.

References

External links
Timothy Jackson's university bio page and curriculum vitae (2018)
Legal Complaint for Timothy Jackson v. Laura Wright et al. as members of the Board of Regents for the University of North Texas System et al.,'' U.S. E.D.Texas Case No. 4:21-cv-00033 (January 14, 2021) and the full 300-plus page complaint including exhibits A through V

1958 births
Living people
McGill University School of Music alumni
City University of New York alumni
Connecticut College faculty
University of North Texas College of Music faculty
Canadian musicologists
American musicologists

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How Good Are Ankle Rules for Determining If a Patient Needs An X-Ray?
A 16-year-old male came to clinic with a 24 hour history of right ankle injury. He had been playing basketball and had an inversion injury. He denied any pops or other sounds at the time. He had not been able to walk right after the injury. He had elevated the leg, used intermittent ice and had some ibuprofen, yet he was still having a reasonable amount of pain and was still limping. The past medical history was negative for other extremity injuries.
The pertinent physical exam showed a well-appearing male with normal vital signs and growth parameters. His left ankle was moderately bruised and swollen over the lateral malleolar area. He had tenderness over the posterior talofibular and fibulocalcaneal ligaments. There was no tenderness along the fibula itself but the swelling made the examination difficult to tell. He also wasn't sure if there was pain near the 5th metacarpal. The medial malleolus, tibia and navicular had no pain with palpation. There was no other foot pain and he was neurovascularly intact.
The diagnosis of a possible ankle sprain versus fracture was made. The pediatric resident said that he knew that there were criteria for when you should get an ankle x-ray but wasn't sure what they were nor how good they were for diagnosing fractures. The attending physician reviewed the Ottawa Ankle Rules with him, demonstrating that the patient was not able to walk and had swelling that compromised the examination making it difficult to tell if there was point tenderness in some key areas or not. The radiologic evaluation showed no fracture. The patient was placed into a removeble aircast and crutches. He was referred to physical therapy for rehabilitation as the patient was finishing his basketball season but was starting another sport in 3 weeks.
Most ankle injuries involve an inversion of the ankle. The ability to walk generally excludes a fracture. People with third-degree ankle sprains often give a history of an audible snap. The physical examination revels intact skin with swelling. Pain upon motion is common as is point tenderness over the ligaments. An anterior drawer sign indicates anterior talofibular ligament rupture.
Clinical decision rules are tools to help clinicians make diagnostic decisions. There are two validated ankle decision rules that can help clinicians determine if an ankle injury requires a radiograph.
The Ottawa Ankle Rules are used in the adult and pediatric populations.
Low risk injuries are managed by supportive splinting and returning to activities as tolerated. Low risk injuries would include avulsion fractures of the distal fibula or lateral talus, and non-displaced Salter-Harris type I and II of the distal fibula and lateral ankle sprains.
Obviously overall clinical judgment must be kept in mind. If there is significant swelling such that the entire area cannot be palpated properly, there is potential neurovascular compromise, the patient's mental status is compromised, or for some other reason the area cannot be properly evaluated then radiographs should be considered.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of using the Ottawa Ankle rules found the sensitivity to be ~99% and specificity of ~35%. The pediatric age group has a slightly lower sensitivity (97.9%) and lower specificity (21%).
This study supports that if the clinical examination indicates a low risk injury, then radiographs are not indicated. If the examination indicates a potential high risk injury, then the radiographs would be indicated because the clinical examination cannot discern well enough if a fracture is present or not.
Use of the Low Risk Ankle Rule was evaluated in a Canadian study of 3-16 year old children. The study found a decrease in radiographs by 22% using the Low Risk Ankle Rules. Overall the sensitivity was 100% and the specificity was 53.1%.
This study supports that if the examination indicates a low risk injury, then radiographs are not indicated. Fractures that were missed in the low risk group (i.e. false negatives) were low risk fractures that were treated like ankle sprains. If the examination indicated a potential high risk injury, then the radiographs would be indicated because the clinical examination cannot discern well enough if a fracture is present or not.
This group also found cost savings of $37 Canadian dollars per patient.
While most of the studies using these ankle rules are in emergency departments or physician offices some time period after the injury, similar data has been shown for athletic trainers treating acute (<1 hour after injury) ankle injuries.
In this study, which utilized the Ottawa Ankle Rules, it is understandable that the need for radiographs was overestimated (i.e. false positive clinical examination) because of increased pain, guarding and/or unwillingness to bear weight right after the injury. In this study, the sensitivity was 88% but had 0 specificity. The authors point out that negative clinical findings ruled out the need for radiographs and decision making "…based on the totality of the examination findings is the best filter in determining referral for radiographs."
1. What are the Ottawa Rules for knees?
2. What other validated clinical decision rules do you use?
Information prescriptions for patients can be found at MedlinePlus for these topics: Ankle Injuries and Disorders and Sprains and Strains.
Boutis K, Grootendorst P, Willan A, et. al.. Effect of the Low Risk Ankle Rule on the frequency of radiography in children with ankle injuries. CMAJ. 2013 Oct 15;185(15):E731-8.
Boutis K, von Keyserlingk C, Willan A, et.al.. Cost Consequence Analysis of Implementing the Low Risk Ankle Rule in Emergency Departments. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Nov;66(5):455-463.e4.
Browne GJ, Barnett PL. Common sports-related musculoskeletal injuries presenting to the emergency department. J Paediatr Child Health. 2016 Feb;52(2):231-6.
David S, Gray K, Russell JA, Starkey C. Validation of the Ottawa Ankle Rules for Acute Foot and Ankle Injuries. J Sport Rehabil. 2016 Feb;25(1):48-51.


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public-bikes is a sample project that utilizes the [AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM)](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/11/introducing-the-aws-serverless-application-model/) in conjunction with Amazon ElastiCache to find nearby public bike stations.

For more details on this project, please visit the accompanying [blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/amazon-elasticache-utilizing-redis-geospatial-capabilities/).

## Getting Started

To get started, clone this repository locally:

```
$ git clone https://github.com/jkahn117/public-bikes.git
```

The repository contains [CloudFormation](https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/) templates and source code to deploy and run a complete sample application.

### Prerequisites

To run the public-bikes sample application, you will need to:

1. Select an AWS Region into which you will deploy services. Be sure that all required services (AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon DynamoDB) are available in the Region you select.
2. Confirm your [installation of the latest AWS CLI](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/installing.html) (at least version 1.11.21).
3. Confirm the [AWS CLI is properly configured](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-started.html#cli-quick-configuration) with credentials that have administrator access to your AWS account.
4. [Install Node.js and NPM](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-node).

## Setting Up the Environment

Before deploying the sample, install several dependencies using NPM:

```
$ cd public-bikes/server
$ cd api
$ npm install
$ cd ../stream
$ npm install
$ cd ..
```

## Deploy AWS Resources

The deployment of our AWS resources has been broken into two CloudFormation templates.  The first of which contains network resources, including VPC, Subnets, and Gateways.  While not strictly necessary in this example, utilizing VPC is intended to help secure our deployment.

1. Deploy the network stack (network.yaml) via the AWS CLI:

    ```
    $ aws cloudformation deploy --template network.yaml --stack-name public-bikes-network
    ```

2. Create a new S3 bucket from which to deploy our source code (ensure that the bucket is created in the same AWS Region as your network and services will be deployed):

    ```
    $ aws s3 mb s3://<MY_BUCKET_NAME>
    ```
3. Using the SAM, package your source code and serverless stack:

    ```
    $ aws cloudformation package --template-file app-sam.yaml --s3-bucket <MY_BUCKET_NAME> --output-template-file app-sam-output.yaml
    ```
4. Once packaging is complete, deploy the stack (note: this step may require 10-15 minutes as ElastiCache is deployed):

    ```
    $ aws cloudformation deploy --template-file app-sam-output.yaml --stack-name public-bikes-dev --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM
    ```
5. After your stack has been created, the sample API has been deployed and you can retrieve the domain of the API (going forward, we will refer to it as API_DOMAIN):

    ```
    $ aws cloudformation describe-stacks --stack-name public-bikes-dev --query 'Stacks[0].Outputs[?OutputKey==`ApiDomain`].OutputValue'
    ```

## Data Preparation

For our sample application, we have included a special API endpoint that retrieves sample data (for Chicago's Divvy bike share) and loads it to DynamoDB.  To load the data to your environment:

```
$ curl https://<API_DOMAIN>/Prod/stations/setup
```

## Testing Our Service

Now that we have deployed all of our AWS resources and loaded a small set of sample data, we can test our service by passing a latitude and longitude in downtown Chicago:

```
$ curl –L 'https://<API_DOMAIN>/Prod/stations?latitude=41.8802596&longitude=-87.6346818'
```

The resulting response will contain the 10 closest Divvy bike locations to the passed coordinates, including the distance (in miles) and coordinates of the station:

```
[{
    "name": "Wacker Dr & Washington St-Chicago",
    "distance": "0.2484 mi",
    "coordinates": {
        "latitude": 41.88327238502640881,
        "longitude": -87.63731449842453003
    }
}, {
    "name": "State St & Harrison St-Chicago",
    "distance": "0.5589 mi",
    "coordinates": {
        "latitude": 41.87405360416989453,
        "longitude": -87.62771755456924438
    }
...
]
```

## Cleaning Up

Finally, we will clean up the AWS environment using CloudFormation:

```
$ aws cloudformation delete-stack --stack-name public-bikes-dev

$ aws cloudformation delete-stack --stack-name public-bikes-network
```

## Authors

* **Josh Kahn** - *Initial work* (jkahn@)

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UPS and SAP launch an on-demand manufacturing network for 3D printing
By Hope Reese in Innovation on May 18, 2016, 7:23 AM PST
On Wednesday at the SAPPHIRE NOW conference, UPS and SAP announced a new distributed manufacturing network that allows companies to print and ship instantly.
Image: Fast Radius
Despite advances in the speed, cost, and quality of 3D printing, barriers to entry still remain for many companies. The machines are not always cost-efficient. Sometimes only small-batch jobs are needed. And the printers and products can take up space and resources.
Indeed, according to a recent survey of 120 manufacturers by PwC, 42% believed the machines were too expensive, 25% saw them as too slow, and 33% raised issues around the quality of the products.
UPS and SAP are proposing a solution to these problems.
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On Wednesday at the SAPPHIRE NOW conference, the distribution and software giants merged in order to provide an on-demand network to enable companies to print and ship 3D printed products through a streamlined system. The partners plan to link a global logistics network with 3D printers at UPS locations in the US. They will also link to UPS's global hub in Louisville, KY, with Fast Radius (previously Cloud DDM).
Although only US-based UPS locations will be used, any international company will be able to access the network, and some orders can even be shipped the same day.
The partners believe that the network will bring several key advantages to these types of businesses:
Manufacturers wanting to reduce inventory for slow-moving parts
Manufacturers with short production runs where the cost to create the mold or tooling could make these orders too expensive for traditional manufacturing
Manufacturers and retailers of custom/semi-custom goods as additive manufacturing allows cost-effective customization of goods
Industrial designers and engineers who want high-quality rapid prototypes delivered as fast as one day
Entrepreneurs, startups, and manufacturing who don't currently have access to 3D printers or have limited capital and time and will use 3D printing for rapid prototyping and manufacturing of initial production runs
TechRepublic spoke to Alan Amling, VP of Global Logistics and Marketing for UPS, and Gil Perez, Senior Vice President of Digital Assets and IoT at SAP, to learn more about the potential of the network. "We want to make 3D printing accessible to thousands of manufacturers who were not using this time- and cost-saving process previously," said Amling.
SEE: Can 3D printing spark a green revolution in consumer products? (TechRepublic)
One key area, Amling and Perez emphasized, is the savings potential for businesses. Currently, there is $1.8 trillion in the inventory being held in various warehouses across the US. The system would allow the reduction of this inventory. "It's not just about comparing one price to another; it's about the total cost of ownership," said Perez. "We believe that the industrial aspects of 3DP is where we'll see an impact on the whole economy."
The concept could be extended to in-house printing operations at universities or maker labs, allowing them to alleviate "significant issues around order entry, tracking, reprints, costing, and archiving for hundreds of students' work," said Amling.
SEE: How GE is using 3D printing to unleash the biggest revolution in large-scale manufacturing in over a century (PDF download) (TechRepublic)
3D printing experts see this as a great development in the additive manufacturing ecosystem.
"I like seeing solutions that combine manufacturing and logistics," said Spencer Wright, VP of Product at nTopology, who researches and writes about metal 3D printing.
Pete Basiliere, analyst at Gartner, agrees that this is a net positive. "Workflow software is a critical missing link in the use of 3D printers in production, for-pay and other situations," he said. "Managing the workflow was not an issue when organizations had one 3D printer attached to one PC or workstation. Today, 3D print service bureaus such as UPS have multiple printers and multiple clients, and the number of 3D print jobs is multiples higher than it used to be."
"UPS and SAP appear to have recognized this situation and taken steps to address it," said Basiliere.
Why 3D printing is to manufacturing as computers were to the workplace: A conversation with Bob McCutcheon (TechRepublic)
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Biochemistry, Xanthine Oxidase
Numan Aziz
Radia Jamil
Xanthine oxidase is the enzyme required to produce uric acid by the break down of purine nucleotides. The uric acid itself, as well as the reactive oxygen species released during the enzymatic reaction, can have detrimental effects on the body. Gout is a common condition that occurs due to elevated uric acid production via this mechanism. As a result, many drugs have been formed to combat gout, by inhibiting xanthine oxidase enzyme activity. Moreover, regulations of this enzyme have proven to be effective for anti-cancer purposes.[1]
Xanthine oxidase is from the molybdenum family that contains flavin adenine dinucleotide, one molybdenum, and four iron-sulfur attachments with a net molecular mass of approximately 290kD. Xanthine oxidase along with xanthine dehydrogenase are zymogens that are cleaved by the enzyme trypsin to be activated.[2]
Xanthine oxidase (XO) is an enzyme found in many species, including humans and primarily functions in the catabolism of purine nucleic acids. Through a series of reactions, the purines, guanine monophosphate (GMP) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP) get converted into either hypoxanthine or xanthine. The breakdown reaction of hypoxanthine and xanthine is catalyzed by xanthine oxidase into the uric acid. Uric acid then gets converted by the enzyme uricase into allantoin, a water-soluble molecule excreted in the urine. This enzyme is vital to mammalian cells as cell turnover is a constant process throughout the body, and endogenous or ingested purines are continually being degraded and renewed. Another form of xanthine oxidase is xanthine dehydrogenase (XD). Both forms are inter-convertible and catalyze the same reactions. However, they do differ in the cofactors used; where XO uses oxygen as a substrate, XD requires NADH to carry out the same reaction.[3][4][5]
The reaction carried out by XO reduces oxygen into a superoxide anion which eventually progresses into hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide is a reactive oxygen species (ROS), the excess of which is toxic to individual cells. It also has links to aging and a multitude of conditions such as diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer disease.[6]
The product of xanthine oxidase activity, uric acid, has also proven to be harmful in previous literature. The urate behaves as a pro-oxidant and induces the formation of other radicals that have a tendency to oxidize lipid membranes, which explains the correlation between hyperuricemia and obesity. Reactive oxygen species naturally tend to damage cellular structures, DNA and proteins, and consequently, oxidative stress caused by uric acid also has links to hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular health, being endemic in North America, is currently being studied extensively for the risk level associated with xanthine oxidase activity. The activity of xanthine oxidase can also be monitored in corneal epithelium. As such, the deduction is that free radical damage is related to an oxidate eye injury that may result from overactivity of xanthine oxidase.[7]
The deficiency of xanthine oxidase leads to a condition called hereditary xanthinuria type 1, attributed to a mutation in the XDH gene that leads to decreased amounts of xanthine oxidase production. Although rare, this condition can have detrimental effects on the individual, whereby a decreased metabolism of xanthine leads to elevated systemic levels of xanthine. The xanthine precipitates in the renal tubules and forms the rare xanthine kidney stones. If left untreated, this obstructs the renal parenchyma and can result in life-threatening renal failure. Patients also complain of recurrent episodes of muscle aches and joint pain. Patients with hereditary xanthuria type 1 are advised to limit their intake of proteins such as those found in meat products; this prevents the buildup of excess xanthine from protein breakdown and prevents the disease from worsening into a more severe state. Patients with type 2 of the condition have normal expression of the XDH gene, but the final protein product fails to incorporate a sulfur molecule into its core, which ultimately limits the functionality of the protein. The symptoms of type 1 and type 2 hereditary xanthinuria are the same. Studies have also indicated that patients with higher levels of XDH gene expression have a direct link to the survival rates of certain cancers. For example, patients with lung adenocarcinoma and a higher expression of the XDH gene had lower survival rates. Although this area is not particularly well studied, further research in this field is warranted.[8]
Manipulation of xanthine oxidase within the body has a plethora of pharmacological indications, most significant being that of treating the symptoms of gout. Gout is a painful condition in which there is excess uric acid metabolism. The excess uric acid then precipitates and forms monosodium urate crystals within the joints and the kidney, causing painful gouty arthritis and uric acid kidney stones, respectively. The pharmacological interventions used widely for prevention of gout involves drugs such as allopurinol and febuxostat. These drugs achieve the desired effect by inhibiting xanthine oxidase, which limits the conversion of purine products and eventually leads to decreased production of uric acid within the body and limitation of gout symptoms.[9]
Additionally, xanthine oxidase has inhibitory effects on certain drugs. These include the antimetabolite class of cancer drugs like azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine, both of which are metabolized by xanthine oxidase. Concurrent use of XO inhibitors and the anti-cancer drugs leads to excess anti-cancer drug accumulation in the body due to the limited breakdown, and subsequent dose reductions then become mandatory. If there is poor dose and drug regimen management, anti-cancer drug overdose and associated toxic adverse effects can occur.[10]
As aforementioned above, higher activity of xanthine oxidase correlates with an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease along with other pathologies. As such, it has been postulated and should be further studied, that patients on xanthine oxidase inhibitors such as allopurinol who display decreased enzymatic activity, can potentially have lowered risks of cardiovascular and other pathological conditions. This effect can be tied into liver diseases as well as the presence of xanthine oxidase in greater quantities has also been seen in patients with severe liver injury. Although the reason for the correlation is not definitive as of yet, expectations are that the greater the severity of liver diseases, the higher the levels of xanthine oxidase will be in the serum. There remain more specific tests to evaluate liver function, but xanthine oxidase levels can also be an indicator of hepatic health.[11]
[1] Battelli MG,Polito L,Bortolotti M,Bolognesi A, Xanthine Oxidoreductase in Drug Metabolism: Beyond a Role as a Detoxifying Enzyme. Current medicinal chemistry. 2016; [PubMed PMID: 27458036]
[2] Okamoto K,Matsumoto K,Hille R,Eger BT,Pai EF,Nishino T, The crystal structure of xanthine oxidoreductase during catalysis: implications for reaction mechanism and enzyme inhibition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2004 May 25; [PubMed PMID: 15148401]
[3] Pacher P,Nivorozhkin A,Szabó C, Therapeutic effects of xanthine oxidase inhibitors: renaissance half a century after the discovery of allopurinol. Pharmacological reviews. 2006 Mar; [PubMed PMID: 16507884]
[4] El Ridi R,Tallima H, Physiological functions and pathogenic potential of uric acid: A review. Journal of advanced research. 2017 Sep; [PubMed PMID: 28748115]
[5] Wang CH,Zhang C,Xing XH, Xanthine dehydrogenase: An old enzyme with new knowledge and prospects. Bioengineered. 2016 Nov; [PubMed PMID: 27537049]
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RI Democrats approve rules that restrict Women's Caucus
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Democratic Party has approved new bylaws that ban its Women's Caucus from endorsing candidates on its own, spending money it raises and making public statements without the party's approval.
The Providence Journal reports the bylaws were approved Monday on a vote of 120-37, after an acrimonious debate, failed motions and angry chants.
Party Chairman Joseph McNamara says Democrats want a unified message going into the election.
Women leading the caucus say it's a way to silence them. They announced Tuesday that they've established the Rhode Island Democratic Women's Caucus, which is no longer affiliated with the state party.
They say the new caucus will work to ensure all voices are heard and heeded in government, especially those of women and minority groups.
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Kellyanne Conway's defense of Trump's Vindman firing condemned as "gaslighting" by her own husband
The seemingly ill-matched marriage between Donald Trump's Senior Political Advisor Kellyanne Conway and her notoriously "Never Trump" husband George Conway has been puzzling to Americans since the Republican attorney first began speaking out about his wife's employer in his regular Twitter posts questioning the mental stability of the president.
Whether Mr. Conway's exceedingly low opinion of Trump is the result of details gleaned from his wife's pillow or breakfast table conversations has never been divulged, but sharp contrast between the husband's withering social media posts and Ms. Conway's shrill Rumpelstiltskin routine — spinning the straw lies of the president's alternative facts into political gold — has had the public speculating that the apparently polarized viewpoints held by the couple are merely a clever way to protect the family's future income stream no matter which way the political winds eventually blow.
In the aftermath of the shameful pre-ordained acquittal of the president in a fixed, witnessless trial by the Republican-controlled Senate and Trump's "Friday Night Massacre" — as this weekend's firing of all of the witnesses who truthfully testified about his malfeasance in the House impeachment hearings is being referred to — the political differences between the two heads of the Conway family could not be more stark.
For her part, Kellyanne Conway was making the cable news rounds defending the president's vindictive decision to fire both Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council member who testified against him in Congress, and his twin brother. Lieutenant Colonel Yevgeny Vindman, who did not testify.
Add your name to tell the ABA: Disbar William Barr for abusing the Justice Department to abet Trump's corruption!
Ms. Conway told Fox News that the forcible escort from the premises of the White House experienced by the two brothers was much ado about nothing as the Vindmans were still employed by the Department of Defense and that their removal was simply the regular end to an Executive Branch detail that had ended
"This is very typical to have a detailee for a temporary period of time who then returns to what their full-time job is," Ms. Conway said on Fox News.
That statement apparently did not sit well with her husband who came the closest to directly denouncing the words of his wife than he has throughout their carefully choreographed dance around the rotting elephant carcass in the room. His post on Twitter directly accuses anyone who contradicts the idea that Alexander Vindman was fired because he told the truth about the president's criminal behavior of "pure gaslighting."
When @realDonaldTrump says he got rid of Vindman because Vindman "reported contents of my 'perfect' calls incorrectly," he's admitting he fired the man for giving truthful testimony that led to Trump's impeachment. To suggest anything else happened here is pure gaslighting. https://t.co/52PZSU58gO
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) February 10, 2020
Either Mr. Conway was throwing shade on his wife's own earlier comments on the Vindman firing, or he was blissfully unaware of her morning activities, although the latter seems highly unlikely. It should be an interesting evening in the Conway household tonight, to say the least.
At least the ongoing soap opera of the political differences within the Conway family can provide some slightly amusing diversion from the nightmare that is the reality of the president's revenge-laden behavior.
Our amusement, however, can't eliminate the sad fact that we will now have to continue to suffer through the rest of this corrupt administration's term in office until inauguration day 2021 at the least.
Original reporting by Andrew Buncombe at The Independent.


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Alliance names Demarse VP of OE sales
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (April 15, 2010)–Alliance Tire USA has named tire industry veteran Dick Demarse vice president of original equipment sales.
Demarse previously handled OE sales for GPX International Inc. Alliance acquired international rights to the GPX and Primex brands last December after GPX filed for bankruptcy.
Before joining GPX in 2007, Demarse worked for Michelin North America Inc. in the U.S. and Europe, ultimately heading up OE sales for the company's OTR division.


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Alexander Hahn (* 9. Juni 1954 in Rapperswil SG; heimatberechtigt in Rapperswil SG) ist ein Computer- und Video- Künstler. Einer der profiliertesten Video-Pioniere der Schweiz, gehört er zu jenen Künstlern, die das Medium als inhaltliche und technische Forschungsplattform zwischen Abbild, Animation und Konstruktion kontinuierlich weiterentwickelt haben.

Leben
Hahn wuchs in Rapperswil SG auf. Er besuchte das Gymnasium an der Kantonsschule Zürcher Oberland in Wetzikon (1966–1973), wo er zum ersten Mal mit einem Computer in Berührung kam. In der Programmiersprache APL kreierte er ein Schlangen- und Leiternspiel. Nach der Matura studierte er von 1974 bis 1979 an der Kunstgewerbeschule, der heutigen Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. In dieser Zeit entstanden seine ersten Videos und Super8-Filme, z. B. Flight and Glass (1976) oder das Mockumentary Demis (1977) über den Sänger Demis Roussos. 1981 zog er nach New York und nahm am Whitney Museum Independent Study Program (ISP) teil.

1990 verbrachte er ein Jahr am Istituto Svizzero in Rom. Von 1991 bis 1994 lebte er in Berlin, erst als Stipendiat beim DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), dann als Künstler in Residenz bei ART+COM. Von 1995 bis 1997 wohnte er in Warschau. Heute lebt und arbeitet Hahn in der New Yorker Lower East Side und in Zürich.

Werk
Seit seinem Debut 1978 in der Luzerner Galerie Apropos zeigte Hahn seine Arbeit weltweit in über 20 Einzelausstellungen und in mehr als 100 Gruppenausstellungen und Videofestivals. 2007 organisierten das Kunstmuseum Solothurn und das Museum der Moderne Salzburg eine umfassende Retrospektive über seine Arbeit. Dazu erschien im Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg die Monographie Alexander Hahn :: Werke – Works 1976 - 2006.

Werkauswahl
 1977 First Take – First Flight, Video, 1:24'
 1977 Demis, S-8 Mockumentary über den Sänger Demis Roussos, 15:20'
 1981 Random Frequencies, Video, 3:34'
 1982 The Outer Plant, Video, 25:15'
 1984 Cyborgs & Other New Machines, Skulpturen aus Elektronikschrott
 1983 A Young Person's Guide to Walking Outside the City, Computeranimation, 2:25'
 1986 Aviation Memory, virtuelle Videoinstallation, 6:14'
 1987 Viewers of Optics, Video, 10:52'
 1988 Arthur, 8 channel Videoinstallation
 1989 Dirt Site, Video, 15:50'
 1990 The Bernoulli Itinerary, 3-Kanal Videoinstallation
 1993 Fundamentals of Legerdemain, 5-Kanal Computeranimation, Installation
 1995 The Artist's Studio as Encryption Lab, Computergrafikserie, Tintenstrahldrucke
 2011 Public Places – Private Strangers, 3-Kanal HD Videoinstallation
 2002 5 Anamorphoses, 5-Kanal zylinderanamorphische Videoinstallation
 2005 Capturing Natural Sounds in the Age of the 78 Record, Computeranimation, 1:00'
 2005 Luminous Point, interaktive Videoinstallation, 90'
 2007 Propitious Stars – Master of the Staring Eye, 3-Kanal HD Videoprojektion
 2010 Remade Histories and Topographies, Computergrafikserie, Tintenstrahldrucke
 2011 Public Places – Private Strangers, 3-Kanal HD Videoinstallation
 2012 Cao Chang Di Road on Nov 24 2009 I stood there Waiting, HD Videoinstallation, 5.1 surround sound
 2013 Antloop, HD Video, 6:13'
 2015 The Dead, zylinderanamorphische HD Videoinstallation
 2015 Fake Drawings - Spurious Engravings - Liquid I, Computergrafikserie, Tintenstrahldrucke
 2016 CFL - Coded Fluorescent Light, 3-Kanal HD Videomonitorinstallation
 2018 Triumph of Labor, LED-Rad Installation
 2018 Gentleman of the Road - Going Back I'll Give You 100 Rupees, kinetische Projektionsobjekte

Kunst am Bau
 1999 My Own Private Universe, 3-Kanal Computeranimation, Rückprojektionen, Swisscom Management Gebäude, Worblaufen
 2019 Albedo 0.30, Hoffmann-La Roche, Home for IT, Kaiseraugst

Fiktion
 1984 Wide Shot of Delft, New York, 1984
 1991 One Hour of Deception, Rom, 1992
 1994 Rats – Ratten, Berlin, 1994
 1995 Personal Records, Zürich, 1995
 1996 On the Nature of Things – Godzina Iluzji, Warschau, 1996

Einzelausstellungen
 1978 Galerie Apropos, Luzern
 1979 Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern
 1982 Franklin Furnace, New York (Plant #50-316)
 1984 White Columns, New York (Cyborgs and Other New Machines)
 1993 World Wide Video Centre, Den Haag (Light of Shadows)
 1994 Daad Galerie, Berlin (Rats)
 1995 Kunsthaus Zürich (Personal Records)
 1996 Galeria Foksal, Warschau (On the Nature of Things)
 1996 International Center of Photography, New York (Fundamentals of Legerdemain)
 1997 Kunstmuseum Bern
 1998 World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam (Popular Admiration of Great Thieves)
 1999 Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (I Came Here to Sleep)
 2000 Netmage, LINK, Bologna (Memory of Presence)
 2002 Musée Jenisch, Vevey (Mémoires Astrales d'un Homme Volant)
 2003 Kunsthalle Winterthur (Mémoires Astrales d'un Homme Volant)
 2005 Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil
 2006 Darat-al-Funun, Amman, Jordanien
 2007 Kunstmuseum Solothurn (Werke 1976–2006)
 2007 Museum der Moderne Salzburg (Werke 1976–2006)
 2007 Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Ferrara (La Signoria degli Astri)
 2008 Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genova (Festival della Scienza: Alexander Hahn – Luminous Point)
 2008 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (Room for Thought: Alexander Hahn & Yves Netzhammer)
2009 Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil-Jona
 2010 Kunstraum Oktogon, Bern (Bringing Things to a Standstill)
 2012 Harvestworks, New York (Cao Chang Di Road on November 24 2009 I Stood There Waiting)
 2013 NY Electronic Festival, Harvestworks New York (Indian Records)
 2014 c|e contemporary (vormals whitelabs), Milano (vis-à-vis #6 :: Chiara Coccorese & Alexander Hahn)
 2015 Kunstraum Oktogon, Bern (Alexander Hahn – All the World is a Stage)
 2018 The Shed Space, Brooklyn (India Material)

Auszeichnungen
 1984 Rothchild Fondation de la Vocation, Genf
 1985 Anerkennungspreis, Union Bank of Switzerland
 1986 New York Foundation for the Arts
 1986 Art Matters, New York
 1987 Grand Prix de la Ville de Genève für Viewers of Optics, 2e Semaine Internationale de Vidéo, Genf
 1987 1st Prize Computer Graphics für Urban Memories, Video Culture International, Don Mills, Ontario, Kanada
 1987 Best of Festival für Viewers of Optics, North Florida Video Festival
 1987 Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium
 1988 Media Production Grant of the New York State Council on the Arts, New York
 1988 World Wide Video Festival Installation Award für Arthur, Den Haag
 1988 Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium
 1989 Media Production Grant of the New York State Council on the Arts, New York
 1989 San Francisco Poetry Film Festival Kenneth Patchen Award für Arthur
 1990 Media Production Grant of the New York State Council on the Arts, New York
 1990 Work of Excellence für Dirt Site, Tokyo Video Festival
 1992 World Wide Video Festival Installation Award für The Bernoulli Itinerary, Den Haag
 1993 Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium
 1995 Preis für Junge Schweizer Kunst, Kunsthaus Zürich
 1995 Media Production Grant of the New York State Council on the Arts, New York
 1998 The Laser d'Oro, VideoArt Festival, Locarno
 2002 namics Kunstpreis, St. Gallen
 2007 Werkstipendium der Stadt Zürich
 2009 Media Production Grant des New York State Council on the Arts, New York
 2009 Kulturpreis des Kantons St. Gallen
 2011 Kulturpreis der Stadt Rapperswil-Jona

Sekundärliteratur
 Bitterli, Konrad and Hahn, Alexander, "Of Shadow & Light – Riddle of Images. On the Pulsating of Images in the Reflection of a Text", in Alexander Hahn: Of Shadow & Light, 1994
 Brückle, Wolfgang, "Viewers of Optics & The Bernoulli Itinerary", in Schriftenreihe Kunstmuseum Bern, No.9, 2005
 Chaperon, Danielle, "Les Spectres Délectable de A.H.," Ausstellungskatalog "Alexander Hahn - Mémoires Astrales d'un Homme Volant," Musée Jenisch, Vevey, 2002
 Collins, Patricia und Milazzo, Richard, "The New Sleep", Katalog Fri-Art, New York, 1985
 Viana Conti, "Alexander Hahn - Luminous Point, interactive DVD and Digital Prints", solo exhibition at the Museo d'Arte Contemporaneo di Villa Croce, Festival della Scienza, Genoa 2008
 Viana Conti, "Paradigmi della nozione di viaggio", in "Il viaggio dell'uomo immobile", Genoa 200 3
 Daniels, Dieter & Frieling, Rudolf, "Medien Kunst Interaktion", Wien, New York 1999
 Fischer, Robert, "Rêveries d'un moine digital de l'ère post-industrielle", Gen Lock, Sept. 1987
 Fischer, Robert and Hahn, Alexander, "Alexander Hahn: Electronic Media", Catalog Video Works, Zürich: Pro Helvetia, 1989
 Gallo, Francesca, "L'artista è un nodo della rete - Alexander Hahn tra antico e moderno," online Artikel über "La Signoria degli Astri," Alexander Hahns erste Retrospektive in Italien im Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea in Ferrara (16. Sept. – 14. Okt., 2007), in http://www.lacritica.net/francesca_gallo.htm
 Gfeller, Johannes, "Alexander Hahn", in Dictionnaire biographique de l'art suisse, Zürich und Lausanne: Institut suisse pour l'étude de l'art, Zürich: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1998, ad vocem
 Herzog, Samuel, Kunst-Bulletin, Juni 1998
 Minnis, James, "L'Itinéraire de Bernoulli", in Partitions, une exposition réalisée en vidéo, Vidéo indépendante suisse, (s. l.): 1990–91
 Minnis, James, "Dirt Site", Katalog, Video Fest Berlin, 1992
 Minnis, James, "Urbs Turrita – City of Towers. Some questions concerning fate and fragility" et "Fundamentals of Legerdemain", in Alexander Hahn: Of Shadow & Light, 1994
 Perucchi, Ursula, "Alexander Hahn: Sleep – A Second's Glance", Schweizerische Graphische Gesellschaft, Jahresgabe 1999
 Perucchi, Ursula, "Les Premiers Travaux' d' A. H.," cat. "Alexander Hahn - Mémoires Astrales d'un Homme Volant," expo Musée Jenisch, Vevey, 2002
 Petridis Maiello, Lia, "Alexander Hahn's Digital Moments of Silence," in HUFFPOST Arts & Culture Sept 19, 2012 Artikel über Hahns Ausstellung "Cao Chang di Road", Harvestworks, New York
 Philipp, Caroline, Alexander Hahn: 'Dirt Site' (Hauptseminar Humboldt-Universität Berlin, 1999)
 Radrizzani, Dominique, "Un Art Péristaltique de la Lumière – A Peristaltique Art of Light", cat. "Alexander Hahn - Mémoires Astrales d'un Homme Volant", expo Musée Jenisch, Vevey, 2002
 Weder Arlitt, Sabine, "Magie des Lichts", Tages-Anzeiger, Aug 05, 1995
 Whitesell, Stephen, "Cyborgs & Other New Machines by A. H.", Radio WBAI, New York, 1984

Weblinks
 Alexander Hahn offizielle Homepage
 vimeo
 Rhizome Künstlerprofil

 Media Art Net Encyclopedia
 cinovid/Werkleitz Gesellschaft

 Moonlighting: dance by lunar polarity, VR Arbeit inspiriert durch das Navigationssystem des Skarabäus Käfers

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If an ECB in QE mode, €60 billion in cash, €440 billion from a pooled EMU effort and €220 billion from the IMF only lasts a week, then I'd humbly submit that we have a problem.
It is difficult to say whether it was former Fed chairman Volkcer's comment on Euro breakup which set alight the initial fire, but what is certain is that it does not seem that markets have calmed down. And they shouldn't be. The package may be impressive, but the growth prospects of the Eurozone has now been moved down more than a couple of nudges and still there is looming and large risk that debt restructuring will come eventually (I believe so for example).
As ever, I should point out that in my world slumping stocks do not constitute a problem as such, but volatility is rising and with it, risks of a veritable rout against which it is difficult to see where policy makers will find the tools prevent a sea of red turning into severe bloodletting.
Have a nice weekend by the way; I am sure things will be better on monday, well I am keeping my fingers crossed at least.


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Chicago keeps on trucking toward goal of 100 miles of green lanes by 2015
Bike lane
In a report released today (PDF), the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced that in 2012 it installed and restriped a total of 39 miles of on-street bike facilities throughout Chicago, and has kept pace with Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to install 100 miles of protected green lanes by 2015.
The 39 miles of new or improved bike facilities include 27 miles of protected green lanes, bringing the total number of protected green lanes installed in Chicago since Mayor Emanuel came into office in May 2011 to 30 miles. Chicago's bikeway network now totals more than 204 miles, according to CDOT.
Chicago is one of the six focus cities of the Green Lane Project, our two-year campaign to catalyze the creation of world-class protected bicycling networks on American streets.
When Mayor Emanuel took office there were no protected bike lanes in Chicago. Now, we are setting a new standard for cycling facilities for other cities to follow, and are a national leader in that effort, said CDOT Commissioner Gabe Klein. We are looking forward to building on our accomplishments and making 2013 another banner year for new bikeways in Chicago.
Chicago's bike highlights in 2012 include:
First protected green lanes in the Loop
First two-way protected green lane in Chicago
Numerous bicycle-friendly bridge treatments
First priority bike lane
Expansion of bike corral parking
Release of Chicago Streets for Cycling Plan 2020
The opening of the Dearborn Street two-way protected green lane was a landmark moment for Chicago. Dearborn Street marked the first protected green lane in the Loop, the first two-way protected green lane in Chicago, and the first bicycle traffic signals in Chicago. One motor vehicle travel lane was removed to install the protected bike lanes, but by installing a two-way protected lane, CDOT was able to minimize impact to other roadway users?pedestrians, motorists and transit users.
PeopleForBikes.org supporters in Chicago rallied to fill a petition to build the green lanes in the Loop.
The Dearborn Street project was an exclamation mark for all the bicycle improvements in Chicago in 2012, Klein said. The project garnered positive local and national attention to the efforts of Mayor Emanuel to make Chicago a national leader in bicycling infrastructure.
Stay tuned to PeopleForBikes.org to see how green lanes are transforming other U.S. cities.