Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that requires immediate medical attention. The condition occurs when the body's overwhelming immune response to infection triggers widespread inflammation that drops blood pressure and may lead to shock. Each year, about 750,000 people in the United States get sepsis, and it's increasingly affecting the elderly population. When patients receive appropriate care in a timely fashion, the death rate associated with sepsis decreases substantially. However, if these patients go into shock, as many as 50% will die from it.
Patients can present with sepsis in many ways and are either admitted through the ED or directly admitted to the hospital. While early aggressive resuscitation in patients with severe sepsis can decrease mortality, this requires extensive time and resources (see also, Procalcitonin: A Biomarker for Early Sepsis Intervention). In the February 2011 American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Emilie Powell, MD, MBA, my colleagues, and I had a study published in which we analyzed if patients with sepsis admitted through the ED have lower inpatient mortality than those admitted directly to the hospital .
In our analysis, we analyzed 2008 data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the AHRQ. The cross-sectional analysis examined hospitalizations with a principal diagnosis of sepsis in institutions with an annual minimum of 25 ED and 25 direct admissions for sepsis. The study controlled for patient and hospital characteristics. We also assessed the likelihood of early inpatient mortality—defined as within 2 days of the admission—and overall inpatient mortality. Nearly 100,000 hospitalizations with a principal diagnosis of sepsis were examined from 290 hospitals.
Because of the time sensitivity of treating sepsis, how these patients are admitted for treatment can have an impact on outcomes.
Had a greater proportion of comorbid conditions.
Were more likely to have Medicaid or be uninsured.
Were more likely to be admitted to urban, large bed-size, or teaching hospitals.
Overall, patients who were admitted through the ED were 17% less likely to die from sepsis and 8% less likely to die within 2 days of admission from sepsis when compared with direct admissions to the hospital. The lower mortality rate could be due to EDs being more aggressive in early sepsis resuscitation, having an infrastructure to deal with time-sensitive diseases such as sepsis, and having readily available antibiotics for immediate treatment of the infection (see also, A Quality Improvement Strategy to Reduce Infection Rates). The combination of these elements is crucial for providing recommended treatments to patients with sepsis.
An important point to stress from our study is the valuable role that the often-overcrowded ED plays in providing sepsis care and early resuscitation. Because of the time sensitivity of treating sepsis, how these patients are admitted for treatment can have an impact on outcomes. Given the more favorable mortality rates we observed in the ED, patients who are suspected of having sepsis should be directed to go to the ED for treatment first instead of being admitted to a hospital floor. Any delays to the best available treatment could result catastrophically for these patients.
Powell ES, Khare RK, Courtney MD, Feinglass J. Lower mortality in sepsis patients admitted through the ED vs direct admission. Am J Emerg Med. 2011 Feb 26 [Epub ahead of print]. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735675711000209.
Puskarich MA, Trzeciak S, Shapiro NI, et al; on behalf of the Emergency Medicine Shock Research Network (EMSHOCKNET). Outcomes of patients undergoing early sepsis resuscitation for cryptic shock compared with overt shock. Resuscitation. 2011;821289-1293.
Stoneking L, Denninghoff K, Deluca L, et al. Sepsis bundles and compliance with clinical guidelines. J Intensive Care Med. 2011;26:172-182.
Jones AE, Troyer JL, Kline JA. Cost-effectiveness of an emergency department-based early sepsis resuscitation protocol. Crit Care Med. 2011;39:1306-1312.
Winterbottom F, Seoane L, Sundell E, et al. Improving sepsis outcomes for acutely ill adults using interdisciplinary order sets. Clin Nurse Spec. 2011;25:180-185.
Rahul K. Khare, MD, MS FACEP, has indicated to Physician's Weekly that he has received grants/research aid from the AHRQ (K08 HS019005).
First, no one with sepsis should be admitted to a floor. The ICU is the only rational option. Granted an ICU in a small local hospital is not ideal as resources and skill levels may be wanting. Second, PLEASE admit me to a teaching hospital, where the latest medical advances will be employed in my care – just please don't turn me over to the intern or the first year!! I want a practioner who has some mileage under his or her scrubs. I know that ex-ICU nurses, like me, rank just behind surgeons on the worst patient list, but that's life – and death.
I think the reason the poor and uninsured end up in the teaching hospitals in greater numbers is the location of the hospitals and this population's lack of contact with primary care practioners. For better or worse, this population tends to use the ED for primary care, which has been the case since I worked in the ED in the '70s. I guess in this case, it works to their benefit.


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Q: HttpURLConection - JSON Response isn't Complete I am trying to send a request to the Grooveshark API using POST Payload and their requested methods, and I have found a problem. Allow me to show you my code first.
public void getResponse() throws Exception
{
    if(service.equals("Grooveshark")) link += getHmacMD5(privateGroovesharkKey, jsonInfo.toString());

    if(requestedMethod.equals("GET")) infoURL = new URL(link+arguments);
    else infoURL = new URL(link);

    HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) infoURL.openConnection();
    connection.setRequestMethod(requestedMethod);
    connection.setRequestProperty("Accept-Charset", "UTF-8");

connection.setDoOutput(true);
connection.setDoInput(true);
connection.setUseCaches(false);

if(service.equals("Grooveshark"))
{
    connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type","application/json");
        OutputStream output = connection.getOutputStream();
        output.write(jsonInfo.toString().getBytes());
}
else if(requestedMethod.equals("POST") || requestedMethod.equals("PUT"))
{
    OutputStream output = connection.getOutputStream();
        output.write(arguments.getBytes());
}

    connection.connect();

    BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

    String line;
    while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null)
        sb.append(line).append('\n');

    setJsonResult(sb.toString());

    System.out.println(jsonResult);

    jsonFinal = new JSONObject(jsonResult);

    connection.disconnect();
}

I have got that code up here in my project, and I can successfully send requested to any API Webservice that uses JSON in their responses. Now there's only a problem: In Android, it does not give me the WHOLE answer. I've tried running the code on a separate Java (no Android) project, and I get the following output. Although, if I run it on Android, the Log shows me the following:
{"header":{"hostname":"RHL073"},"result":{"songs":[{"SongID":5443351,"SongName":"??????\u00b7???? (FINAL FANTASY XII????)","ArtistID":713,"ArtistName":"Final Fantasy","AlbumID":898007,"AlbumName":"Final Fantasy XII Original Soundtrack","CoverArtFilename":"","Popularity":1214500005,"IsLowBitrateAvailable":tr
And it stops on that tr. Has it anything to do with the parsing of the file that I actually apply afterwards? I don't think it is, but just in case, here it is [This is how I call the search, JSONHandler being the object that contains the code provided above]:
public void performSearch() throws Exception
{
    JSONObject search = new JSONObject();
    search.put("method", method);

    JSONObject header = new JSONObject();
    header.put("wsKey", key);

    JSONObject parameters = new JSONObject();
    parameters.put("query", getSearchQuery());
    parameters.put("country", "Portugal");
    parameters.put("limit", limit);
    parameters.put("offset", "");

    search.put("header", header);
    search.put("parameters", parameters);

    JSONHandler jsonHandler = new JSONHandler(link, search, "Grooveshark", "POST", "");

    JSONObject finalResult = jsonHandler.getJsonFinal();

    JSONArray songs = finalResult.getJSONObject("result").getJSONArray("songs");

    ArrayList<Result> allResults = new ArrayList<Result>();

    for(int i = 0; i < songs.length(); i++)
    {
        JSONObject inner = (JSONObject) songs.get(i);
        String name = inner.getString("SongName");
        int ID = inner.getInt("SongID");
        String artist = inner.getString("ArtistName");
        Result res = new Result(name, artist, ID);
        res.setAlbumName(inner.getString("AlbumName"));

        boolean low = inner.getBoolean("IsLowBitrateAvailable");
        int bit = 0;

        if(low) bit = 1;
        else bit = 0;

        res.setIsLowBitRateAvailable(bit);
    }

    setResults(allResults);
}

As you can clearly see, I am using the json.org library. I really don't understand what's the problem here. Has anyone got any idea as to why?

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Two years after Next Thing, American musician and songwriter Greta Kline aka Frankie Cosmos released a new album.Vessel is out now via Sub Pop. She shared a new video for the track "Apathy". It was directed by Tom Scharpling. Watch it below.


Improving mental health and quality of life to prevent and alleviate mental illness through physical activity.
Physical activity has a huge potential to enhance our well-being. Even a short burst of 10 minutes brisk walking increases our mental alertness, energy and positive mood. Participation in regular physical activity can increase our self-esteem and reduce stress and anxiety. It also plays a role in preventing mental health problems and improving the quality of life of people experiencing these.
Research shows that exercise influences the release and uptake of chemicals in our brains that make us feel good. Staying active can lift our mood, reduce stress, help people to deal with negative emotions and even help with anxiety and reduce the risk of depression and dementia.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that people with mild to moderate depression take part in about three sessions of physical activity each week, lasting about 45 minutes to one hour, Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year.
NICE recommends that people with mild to moderate depression take part in about three sessions of physical activity each week, lasting about 45 minutes to one hour.


Accident lawyers can't help but to homogonize insurance companies. But the reality is that they are all very different with different models and agendas.
On our Maryland car accident claim overview on our website, we provide on the bottom right hand side a summary of our lawyers' thoughts on dealing with 18 – count them, 18! – insurance companies who handle claims in Maryland.
I have never thought about the correlation between severity of injury in car accidents and the amount of congestion on the highway. But it certainly makes sense that (1) traffic jams lead to more accidents because the traffic is stop-and-go, and (2) high traffic means low speeds which means less serious accidents.
A new study bears this out. Washington, D.C., which includes Maryland for the study, has the worst congestion in the United States. But the cost of car accidents is low in comparison to the rest of the nation. Some car accident lawyers like to pretend that there is no correlation between impact and severity of injury because people do get seriously hurt and killed in accidents with little property damage. But common sense tells us that serious accidents are likely to lead to more serious injuries and more deaths.
The overall national cost of accidents – which includes the fender benders, the medevacs, the lawsuits, and the lives lost, was estimated at a whopping $300 billion a year. Statistics like this tend to be a little dry but $300 billion is an amazing amount of money.
Frequent Flyer IME State Farm Doctors: Admissible at Trial?
One interesting issue we encountered during our last trial was whether we could point out that the defense doctor was a frequent flyer for one particular insurance company in a case that did not involve the insurance company that was a party to our matter.
The defendant's IME doctor was testifying by videotape. The doctor is one that can most generously be described as a frequent "independent" expert witness for State Farm. Obviously, as the plaintiff's attorney, I wanted to make hay to the jury of the fact that the doctor makes over $300,000 a year from a limited number of lawyers and that this colors his testimony.
The defendant argued that we used the word "insurance" to tell the jury that the defendant has insurance. I don't think it did that. The purpose of the cross on bias – which I later learned was meaningful to the jury – was to underscore our leitmotif of why this otherwise qualified doctor has it so wrong: he is in the back pocket of a small group of defendants.
Do Defense Costs Matter to Insurance Companies?
I think there is a conventional wisdom out there that insurance companies will settle cases because they fear litigation costs. I really think, on the micro level in which Maryland accident lawyers deal, all they fear is verdicts. As a result, defense costs seem to be a factor of decreasing significance in settlement negotiations. Most large insurers have "captive" staff counsel offices in major metropolitan areas. Sure, this still costs real money. But the insurance companies don't quite see it that way. Because these lawyers are direct employees of the insurer, and who do nothing but defend against lawsuits brought against that carrier's insureds, the cost – the significant cost – get obscured.
Insurance companies – and the Baltimore Sun for that matter – seem sold on the cost savings on in-house lawyers. I get the logic. These lawyers (and their offices and staff) are a fixed cost, so adding one more case to defend does not appreciably change the carrier's costs, or its settlement analysis on any particular case.
I have been trying car accident cases for almost 16 years. I never realized until reading this article that August is the most dangerous month for car accidents.
Something to keep in mind when after you pile your kids in the car. Of course, you have to hope the other guy on the road is thinking the same thing.
How can you make your way to jail if you kill (or nearly kill) someone on a Maryland road? A Fort Washington man who nearly killed two people was sentenced yesterday to six months in jail and a year of house arrest. The key is being drunk. Otherwise, Maryland law continues – in spite of a bill pending before the Maryland legislature this year – to let you off with a few traffic citations. In this case, the man pled guilty to causing life-threatening injuries while driving drunk. As part of the plea bargain, other related charges were dismissed.
Personally, I think we could save lives by being tougher on drunk drivers that cause serious and fatal accidents. The more difficult call is the one Maryland legislators are dealing with now. Is there justice in letting people slide who negligently kill another person in a Maryland car accident? Usually, the at-fault driver is a good guy/gal who just made an awful mistake any of us could make. But, believe me, this nuance is often lost on the person who lost the love of their life, or their mother/father or son/daughter.


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Seth Abrutyn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. As a theorist, his principle aims are to deepen our understanding of the links between community/group-level culture and the social psychology of those inhabiting that culture. In particular, his current research focuses on how sociological research on suicide can benefit from the integration of cultural, emotional, and social psychological approaches to conventional structural approaches. Beyond suicide, is interested in how collective actors (called institutional entrepreneurs) carve out discrete physical, temporal, social, and symbolic space through moral discourse.
Gordon Brett is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto. His research interests lie at the intersection of sociological theory, culture, cognition, and the body/embodiment. His dissertation project examines the embodied dimensions of creativity. Beyond that, he studies the cultural sociology of Mixed-Martial Arts and theory diagrams in sociology.
Peter Hart-Brison is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Communication at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire. Hired as part of the Blugold Commitment, he began teaching at UWEC in Fall 2012. Prior to joining the faculty at Eau Claire, he taught at Grinnell College for two years and at the University of Wisconsin at Madison during graduate school. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2010 with a minor in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Athena Engman is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include medical sociology, social theory, embodiment, and epistemology. She has published work on embodiment and "biographical disruption" among organ transplant patients, the history of "statistical significance" in sociology, motivations for ethical food and political consumption, and the role of physical capacity in habit formation.
Tuukka Kaidesoja Tuukka Kaidesoja is a Research Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advances Studies, University of Helsinki. Tuukka is interested in methodology of the social sciences, philosophy of the social sciences, sociological theory, interdisciplinary relations between the social and the cognitive sciences and science policy. His current project is 'Cognitive Sociology: What, Why and How?.'
Wilfried Lignier is a permanent researcher (junior) at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), and a member of the European Center for Sociology and Political Science (Paris). His research focuses on socialization, more precisely the sociogenesis of the habitus during the early years of life. He is also interested in medicalization, and the social uses of medical/physiological knowledge, including clinical psychology and neuroscience. His first work dealt with the social history, the institutional basis, and the contemporary practices of the so-called 'gifted child' label, in France (PhD dissertation, Paris Diderot University, 2010). With Julie Pagis (CNRS, France), he has also engaged in a long-term empirical and theoretical reflection about the children perceptions of social hierarchies (2010-2017). More recently, he has conducted an ethnographical study in a daycare center, with children aged 2- to 3-years-old; the aim was to analyze toddler's already contrasted relationships to objects, and the way they try to appropriate things through physical and symbolical means (2015-pst).
Omar Lizardo is LeRoy Neiman Term Chair Professor in the Department of Sociology at UCLA, which he joined after spending the first twelve years of his career in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. He does empirical and theoretical work at the intersection of multiple fields, including cultural analysis, cognitive social science, historical sociology, the dynamics of cultural change, consumption studies, social theory, and network science. His work deals with general issues in classical and contemporary social theory including the theory of action, cultural theory, theorizing the connection between social position and cultural taste, and the link between culture and cognition. His empirical research seeks to connect issues related to cultural change (at the individual and institutional levels) with changes in social structure and dynamics of cultural stratification and inequality, and the use of formal and quantitative methods for measuring culture.
Michael Strand is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Brandeis University. His research and teaching interests range from classical and contemporary social theory to the philosophy of social science, culture, morality, knowledge, and economic sociology. Among other projects, he is attempting to develop new (and empirically useful) understandings of two fundamental concepts in sociological research: action and models. He's also interested in mining the critical insights available at the intersection of field theory and theories of power. Finally, he is trying to contemplate all possible meanings of the phrase: "That may be true in theory, but it is of no use in practice."
Dustin S. Stoltz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Lehigh University, which he joined after completing his Ph.D. in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame in 2019. His primary subfields are economic and political sociology and the sociology of culture, falling into two broad streams of research: (1) the production, distribution, consumption and consequences of ideas, and (2) the cognitive, material, and social processes underlying the evaluations of products and activities. In particular, he is interested in how stratification (inequality, hierarchy, propinquity, sorting, matching) shapes how people think about the world. His research draws on the cognitive sciences, interview methods, organizational studies, sociological theory, philosophy of science, and network analysis. His recent methodological work also contributes to the computational social sciences.
Marshall A. Taylor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at New Mexico State University, which he joined after completing his Ph.D. in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame in 2018. His research rests at the intersection of culture and cognition, social movements, and computational social science. His dissertation focuses on theorizing and empirically examining the mechanisms through which white nationalist organizations in the U.S. South distribute their attention to various grievances and to other members of their social movement field.
Michael Lee Wood is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Brigham Young University, which he joined after completing his Ph.D. in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame in 2018. The main goal of his research is to understand the culture we carry around in our heads: how it develops, how it's structured, what it does, and how it changes. My ongoing research investigates this "personal" culture in the areas of parenting, moral evaluation, and religion, using a variety of computational and qualitative approaches.

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Entertainment Round-Up: Morena Baccarin's Deadpool role revealed, Another Preacher cast addition, Chrononauts is headed to the big screen, and more
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Here's your Friday round-up of all things Entertainment-related, have a great weekend everybody!
– Yesterday, recently announced Deadpool star Morena Baccarin tweeted out a photo while on set. The photo in question was of her chair, which lists her character name as "Vanessa". Presumably this means the actress will be playing Vanessa Carlysle aka the mutant shape-shifter Copycat, who meets and falls in love with Deadpool before becoming a mercenary herself.
Here's the photo in question:
Let's do this. pic.twitter.com/pNqcCGReSz
— Morena Baccarin (@missmorenab) March 19, 2015
– After adding Ruth Negga as Tulip this week, AMC's Preacher cast is starting to grow rapidly, as last night it was announced that young actor Ian Colleti has joined the series as "Arseface". Deadline describes the character thusly:
Even with his horribly disfigured face and severe speech impediment, Eugene's still the nicest kid you'll ever meet and really looks up to Jesse. Stomach-churningly difficult to look at, Eugene's the town's reviled Frankenstein's monster, but that won't change his earnest, sweet and pure outlook on life. However, he is troubled by something terrible he's done in the past — something he fears might have turned God himself against him.
– Surprise, surprise, another Mark Millar comic has been picked up for a movie deal. This time, it's his brand new collaboration with Sean Murphy: Chrononauts. The series is centered around the concept of the first two scientists to travel back through time (and we'll have a review of the first issue up shortly). Chris Morgan, who has written 5 of the Fast and Furious franchise films, will produce under his Chris Morgan Productions banner in a deal negotiated by Paradigm and the law offices of Harris M. Miller II.
Along with Superior and Starlight being in development for feature length adaptations, it looks as though Millar's presence in multiplexes will be getting bigger than ever.
– Captain America: Civil War begins shooting in two weeks here in Atlanta, and I'll certainly be fighting the temptation to drive down and stand outside the set every day. Word spread about the upcoming shooting via a casting notice that went out for extras in the area, which included the following synopsis:
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.
– Upcoming Sandman feature producer, and kinda-sorta former Robin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has signed on to produce and star in a Fraggle Rock feature film for New Regency, though what role he'll be playing has not been revealed. Variety got the scoop along with Levitt's thoughts on the project:
"The first screen personas I ever loved were Henson creations, first on 'Sesame Street,' and then on 'Fraggle Rock,'" Gordon-Levitt said. "Jim Henson's characters make you laugh and sing, but they're also layered, surprising, and wise. From Oscar the Grouch, to Yoda, to the Fraggles. I've never stopped loving his work, even as a young frisky man, and on into adulthood. Collaborating with Lisa Henson makes me confident we can do something that Jim would have loved. I'm grateful and excited to be working with New Regency on this project."
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Kyle is a Film Critic for The Beat. His work can also be found at ScreenRex.com and can be heard on the ScreenRex podcast. He really loves the Legion of Super-Heroes a lot. He's also the Vice-President of the Southeastern Film Critics Association and a founding member of the Atlanta Film Critics Circle.
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If you have been living under a rock for the last couple of years, you may not know that Måns Zelmerlöw is the Swedish singer who won Eurovision in 2015 with the song "Heroes". I have been a huge fan of this guy since before his big breakthrough, going as far back as 2007 when he released his debut album "Stand By…". On Thursday night, the 20th April 2017, Måns came to London as part of his Chameleon European Tour and I was there to cheer him on.
Måns Zelmerlöw (pronounced as Mons Zel-merr-lu) is a huge superstar in his native Sweden, even more so after winning the big Eurovision contest back in 2015. Since then he has gone from strength to strength, and he even presented the Eurovision show last year in 2016 along with Petra Mede. For Måns though, it has always been about the music and his latest album "Chameleon" is a sterling effort, it may only have included 10 tracks but it is still a cohesive album and I would recommend checking it out to anybody.
As part of his new album, which was released in December 2016, Måns has embarked on a sold out European tour in many different big cities throughout the continent. He was performing at the O2 Academy in Islington on the 20th April 2017 and he put on a fantastic show. I will admit, I was a bit disappointed that he took so long to get to the stage (he was 15 minutes late) but he made up for it in the end and he proved that he is fantastic performing live.
One of my favourite songs from the new album "Wrong Decision" was performed acoustically and it was great, such a well-written song, and written by Måns himself which is a rarity for Eurovision artists. He also performed many of his famous songs including, of course, "Heroes", "Glorious", "Fire In The Rain" and "Live While We're Alive" and also performed a cover of "Castle On The Hill" by man of the moment Ed Sheeran too. The audience were loving it, and so was I, it really proved my love for him and has made me want to play many songs from his back catalogue.
Were you in the audience as well? What did you think of the show? Maybe you have listened to the album, what are your thoughts? I would love to hear from you so please get in touch.
To finish off, I have started putting together clips taken from gigs I go to again so you can now enjoy my highlights reel of the show, taken from my camera, enjoy!
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Thanks go to AFN member Mitch Power for letting us know he picked up the Marvel Legends Walmart Exclusive Black Panther has been released in Canada.
The item was found at a Walmart in Quebec.
This is so late..the u.s. got him months ago. This is really late. But glad he made it. Sadly I had to get from the states.
Saw this post on Facebook. Was literally going to post it.
Haha, sorry I was kidding. I was lucky to get him a year ago fro Phoenix, but even that was 'late' given that he was released a long time ago in the states.


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Louvre hosts 1st Delacroix retrospective in half a century
March 28, 2018 /in Art, Design & Architecture/by Tom Hoepf
Eugène Delacroix's 'Liberty Leading the People' commemorates the French Revolution of 1830. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons
PARIS (AP) – He's one of French art's most famous—but least understood—masters.
Now the Louvre in Paris is seeking to reinterpret the work of Eugene Delacroix in a retrospective that goes beyond the brief years in which he painted his most recognizable masterpieces, such as Liberty Leading the People, which has graced postage stamps and banknotes in France as well as a Coldplay album cover.
Alongside the Mona Lisa, Delacroix's famed image of a bare-chested revolutionary woman brandishing a flag and bayonet, from 1830, is the Louvre's most visited painting.
Visitors who know little about Delacroix's extensive career will be enlightened in the Louvre's show entitled "Delacroix 1798-1863," which opens Thursday.
"Delacroix is the world's greatest Romantic painter. His painting is one of the two most iconic works here. Yet, he remains a mystery," said Sebastien Allard, Painting Director at the Louvre.
"There was so much, so much more after the 10 years when he produced his most famous paintings. And we are showing his near-complete works for the first time since 1963," he added.
Allard said some 200 works, including watercolors, lithographs and religious art, as well as intimate journals show the profound influence Delacroix had on world painting.
Eugène Delacroix, 'Women of Algiers in Their Apartment,' 1834, oil on canvas. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons
A painter obsessed with light and color, he was one of the first artists to paint mixed-race models to capture the unique luminosity of the skin. Instead of painting green, Delacroix would paint two dots—one blue, one yellow—next to each other and let the spectator's eye do the rest.
The exhibit demonstrates how he was an avid experimentalist, inspiring many after him. Pablo Picasso reproduced Delacroix's Women of Algiers, and his pioneering techniques were also seized upon by Impressionists such as Claude Monet and Paul Cezanne.
Delacroix has, over the decades, found international fame—including in the United States, from where around 40 of the works were loaned for this show.
However, the sheer size of many of the dramatic oils—up to and over 102 inches by 128 inches—has prevented the movement of the work around the world.
"Delacroix loved the Louvre, and here really is the only place you can see one of the greatest artists of all time," Allard said.
The Delacroix retrospective runs until July 23 and will be shown in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the fall—minus the larger works.
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Voting 68 to 29, the Senate has passed a controverial government surveillance bill, providing telecom companies retroactive immunity.
"The Senate's debate on FISA has made the Intelligence Committee's bill somewhat better by adding a number of protections from the Judiciary Committee's version. The Senate adopted amendments offered by Senators Kennedy, Feingold and Whitehouse that improve title I of the bill, concerning the procedures that will be used to conduct this kind of surveillance in the future.
"The White House should bear responsibility for this reckless disdain for the rule of law. But it also appears that many companies followed the Administration's orders without regard for our laws, our privacy or basic common sense.
Many Senate Democrats, with a razor thin majority, and concerned about being portrayed as soft on terrorism, considered this a no-win issue for them. "The Democrats barely have a majority, and the Republicans are voting in lock step, with the exception of Sen. Specter on occasion," Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies, was cited by Congressional Quarterly today, explaining why the final bill with diluted civil liberties protections and retroactive immunity would likely pass.


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c. Frequency modulation (FM). Frequency modulation is the process of varying the frequency
(figure 9) of the carrier wave.
(1) In a frequency-modulated wave, the frequency varies instantaneously about the
unmodulated carrier frequency in proportion to the amplitude of the modulating signal. When the
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(2) In an FM wave, the amplitude of the modulating signal determines the extent of departure
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We are all aware of the bad reputation clowns receive due to scary clown movies, people dressing in clown costumes to pull mean pranks and the like. We have even covered these topics on our Clown Antics Facebook page about children and adults being afraid of clowns and how to deal with those situations. Now it's time to turn the focus on why clowns are actually good.
For centuries the clown character has been a staple in live theater and circuses to give comic relief. As a matter of fact the early circus clown troops often were used as a distraction if there were to be an accident with one of the other acts; clowns would rush out and cause a comical ruckus so the emergency situation could be dealt with more discretely. Laughing at a silly clown skit is always good for the soul and can let the worries of the day slip away even if just for a short time. A good clown performance can create a wonderful cherished memory between parents and children; something as simple as Miles shining dad's shoe before heading into the Big Top has given giggles and smiles to this father and daughter.
Watching other talents of clowns like stilt walking, acrobatics, juggling or twisting a cool balloon animal puts a sense of awe and wonder into the hearts of children big and small. Above we see the judges pick for our junior Joey contest showing off his juggling skills. Way to go Fred! Fred was inspired to clown because of seeing good clowns in action, displaying their skills in a professional manor.
Beyond the pie in the face, silly skits and other amazing clown arts; many clowns choose to be good in other ways. The hours of donated time to help raise money for foundations like the American Cancer Society, visiting a local Children's Hospital, performing at a nursing home, raising money for a local food bank and the list goes on. Clowns will put in the hour plus that it takes to get into character, head off to the fundraising event or visit with the sick in the hospital, spreading joy at a nursing home all for free, because in their heart it is the right thing to do. Our friend Tippy is a big clown at 6'3″ and has an even bigger heart as we often find him at an event raising money charity. This photo was taken during National Clown week at an event where the proceeds of the day go to the Karmanos cancer center.
Some clowns, like our newest Clown Antics family member Mimi, take themselves way out of most peoples comfort zones and do their clowning abroad. Mimi aka Lee Ann Martin, is currently in Tunisia working her clown magic in a variety of situations and locations that might have some of us running for the hills. Mimi has been sharing her amazing stories of clowning in a Muslim country, her article Don't be robbed introduces us to a bit of her life. Mimi has even worked in a refugee camp, some of us here in the states have never even worked a summer camp let alone a refugee camp. This is a true calling for LeeAnn as she has taken herself out of the comfort zone to spread cheer, laughter and hope for those who may not have much to smile about at all.
So the next time someone statrts talking about how clonws are lame or they are just for silly kids parties, please share this article with them so that more people can see the Good that clowns really do.
Thanks for your story and the encouragement! I went to "clowning school" 23 years ago, and while i did a few things for my church as a clown ("Joy", hoping to bring more joy to the world…), I have mostly done balloon sculpting as part of my ministry as a Parish Nurse (almost 20 years). When I go to hospitals, homes, rehabs, etc I take my sculptures with me and bless people along the way, and the intended people I am visiting. I put them on the wall in their room with a message from our church and it blesses them sometimes for 2 weeks (as in deflates in proportion.) Continue to let your Light shine so that God might be glorified and you might bless others!.


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Q: Symfony 2 Embedded Form Collection Many to Many I have 2 Entities - User and Group. They have a many-to-many relationship and Group is used to store a users' roles.
I'm trying to make a User edit form by adding a collection, I want to be able to add a new role by selecting it from a dropdown (limited to what's already in the DB)
UserType.php:
class UserType extends AbstractType
{
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $builder
            ->add('username')
            ->add('email')
            ->add('forename')
            ->add('surname')
            ->add('isActive')
            ->add('joinDate', 'date', array('input' => 'datetime', 'format' => 'dd-MM-yyyy'))
            ->add('lastActive', 'date', array('input' => 'datetime', 'format' => 'dd-MM-yyyy'))
            ->add('groups', 'collection', array(
                    'type' => new GroupType(),
                    'allow_add' => true,
                    ))
        ;
    }

    public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
    {
        $resolver->setDefaults(array(
            'data_class' => 'Sfox\CoreBundle\Entity\User'
        ));
    }
}

and GroupType.php:
class GroupType extends AbstractType
{
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $builder
            ->add('name')
            ->add('role');
    }

    public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
    {
        $resolver->setDefaults(array(
                "data_class" => 'Sfox\CoreBundle\Entity\Group'
                ));
    }
}

This displays the roles in the form in basic text boxes, but if I add an entry to the form, it will cascade persist a new entry into Groups and if I were to edit an entry, it would change the underlying Group data.
I tried making a GroupSelectType.php:
class GroupSelectType extends AbstractType
{
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $builder
            ->add('role', 'entity', array('class'=>'SfoxCoreBundle:Group', 'property'=>'name'));
    }

    public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
    {
        $resolver->setDefaults(array(
                "data_class" => 'Sfox\CoreBundle\Entity\Group'
                ));
    }
}

Adding the field as an "entity" type, this displays the correct select box (but with the default values) I cant seem to bind it to the UserType form!
All I want the form to do is modify the underlying 'groups' ArrayCollection in the User entity.
Does anyone know how I can achieve this?

A: Well I worked out a solution for anyone else struggling with similar problems...
I had to create a custom form type and declare it as a service so I could pass in the Entity Manager. I then needed to make a dataTransformer to change my group objects into an integer for the form
Custom GroupSelectType:
class GroupSelectType extends AbstractType

{
    /**
     * @var ObjectManager
     */
    private $om;

    private $choices;

    /**
     * @param ObjectManager $om
     */
    public function __construct(ObjectManager $om)
    {
        $this->om = $om;

        // Build our choices array from the database
        $groups = $om->getRepository('SfoxCoreBundle:Group')->findAll();
        foreach ($groups as $group)
        {
            // choices[key] = label
            $this->choices[$group->getId()] = $group->getName() . " [". $group->getRole() ."]";
        }
    }

    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $transformer = new GroupToNumberTransformer($this->om);
        $builder->addModelTransformer($transformer);
    }

    public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
    {
        $resolver->setDefaults(array(
                "choices" => $this->choices,
                ));
    }

    public function getParent()
    {
        return 'choice';
    }

    public function getName()
    {
        return 'group_select';
    }
}

In the constructor I'm getting all available groups and putting them into a "choices" array which is passed to the select box as an option.
You'll also notice I'm using a custom data transformer, this is to change the groupId (which is used in the rendering of the form) to a Group entity. I made the GroupSelectType a service as well and passed in the [@doctrine.orm.entity_manager]
services.yml (bundle config):
services:
    sfox_core.type.group_select:
        class: Sfox\CoreBundle\Form\Type\GroupSelectType
        arguments: [@doctrine.orm.entity_manager]
        tags:
          - { name: form.type, alias: group_select }

GroupToNumberTranformer.php
class GroupToNumberTransformer implements DataTransformerInterface
{
    /**
     * @var ObjectManager
     */
    private $om;

    /**
     * @param ObjectManager $om
     */
    public function __construct(ObjectManager $om)
    {
        $this->om = $om;
    }

    /**
     * Transforms an object (group) to a string (number).
     *
     * @param  Group|null $group
     * @return string
     */
    public function transform($group)
    {
        if (null === $group) {
            return "";
        }

        return $group->getId();
    }

    /**
     * Transforms a string (number) to an object (group).
     *
     * @param  string $number
     * @return Group|null
     * @throws TransformationFailedException if object (group) is not found.
     */
    public function reverseTransform($number)
    {
        if (!$number) {
            return null;
        }

        $group = $this->om
        ->getRepository('SfoxCoreBundle:Group')
        ->findOneBy(array('id' => $number))
        ;

        if (null === $group) {
            throw new TransformationFailedException(sprintf(
                    'Group with ID "%s" does not exist!',
                    $number
            ));
        }

        return $group;
    }
}

And my modified UserType.php - Notice I'm using my custom form type "group_select" now as it's running as a service:
class UserType extends AbstractType
{
    private $entityManager;

    public function __construct($entityManager)
    {
        $this->entityManager = $entityManager;
    }

    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $transformer = new GroupToNumberTransformer($this->entityManager);

        $builder
            ->add('username')
            ->add('email')
            ->add('forename')
            ->add('surname')
            ->add('isActive')
            ->add('joinDate', 'date', array('input' => 'datetime', 'format' => 'dd-MM-yyyy'))
            ->add('lastActive', 'date', array('input' => 'datetime', 'format' => 'dd-MM-yyyy'));
        $builder
            ->add(
                $builder->create('groups', 'collection', array(
                    'type' => 'group_select',
                    'allow_add' => true,
                    'options' => array(
                            'multiple' => false,
                            'expanded' => false,
                            )
                    ))
        );
    }

    public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
    {
        $resolver->setDefaults(array(
            'data_class' => 'Sfox\CoreBundle\Entity\User'
        ));
    }

    public function getName()
    {
        return 'sfox_corebundle_usertype';
    }
}


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Senators Ask Justice Department to Clarify FCPA Anti-Bribery Law
Concerned that lack of clarity on the demands of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act may be causing some companies to expend excessive resources to police possible bribes of foreign officials, Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Chris Coons of Delaware have asked Attorney General Holder to clarify how the U.S. Department of Justice understands the FCPA anti-bribery provisions. Specifically, they have asked Attorney General Holder to explain the circumstances that would prompt the Justice Department to prosecute a bribery case and to describe what would be considered an adequate and reasonable compliance program.
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prohibits companies from bribing foreign officials to obtain a business advantage. In addition to money bribes, the FCPA prohibits gifts to such officials that would serve the same purpose. The Justice Department has also investigated the use of foreign consultants that could provide a conduit for the payment of bribes, attempting to ensure that consultants are actually providing services to the companies for which they are being paid.
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Equinix Board Approves Plan to Pursue REIT Conversion
Proposed Conversion Aligns With Strategy to Deliver Long-Term Value to Equinix Shareholders
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 13, 2012-- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan for Equinix to pursue conversion to a real estate investment trust (REIT). Equinix's Board reached this decision after thorough analysis of various structures, including alternative financing, capital, and tax strategies, designed to maximize long-term shareholder value. If Equinix is ultimately successful in the conversion process, Equinix expects to elect REIT status for its taxable year beginning January 1, 2015.
Peter Van Camp, Executive Chairman of Equinix, said, "We are committed to creating long-term shareholder value. The REIT structure supports this objective and positions us to achieve profitable, strategic growth domestically and internationally. We believe the conversion process, and the REIT structure itself, will have virtually no impact on the delivery of services to our customers or the performance of our global platform of high performance data centers."
"As a REIT, we will be able to provide our shareholders with regular distributions from earnings. While operating as a REIT, we will continue to fully execute on our global growth strategy of expanding in markets where demand and financial return warrant. We are executing with discipline and focus, and remain on target to generate over $3.0 billion in annual revenue by 2015 and positive adjusted free cash flow in 2013, excluding REIT conversion costs and tax liabilities," said Steve Smith, CEO of Equinix. "We have already seen several of our peers in the data center industry operate under a REIT structure, and we believe that this tax-efficient structure will enhance shareholder value and enable us to be even more competitive."
Equinix has determined that it is advisable to seek a private letter ruling (PLR) from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in connection with its proposed REIT conversion, and anticipates filing the PLR request with the IRS by the end of 2012. Equinix expects to seek favorable rulings from the IRS on numerous technical tax issues, including classification of Equinix's data center assets as qualified real estate assets. Even after utilization of available net operating loss carryforwards, classifying Equinix assets as real estate is expected to result in a tax liability due to the reclassification to real property of certain assets that had been depreciated and amortized as personal property and the resulting recapture of depreciation and amortization expenses. The total recapture of depreciation and amortization expenses across all relevant assets is expected to result in U.S. tax liabilities of approximately $340 to $420 million, which have been accrued as income tax liabilities on Equinix's balance sheet. These amounts may still be payable in the four-year period starting 2012 even if Equinix abandons the conversion plan for, among other reasons, failing to receive the PLR it is seeking. As Equinix will use its net operating loss carryforwards ("NOLs") to offset a portion of these tax liabilities, it anticipates that it will utilize all of its NOLs in 2012.
In accordance with tax rules applicable to REIT conversions, Equinix expects to issue a special distribution to Equinix shareholders of undistributed accumulated earnings and profits (E&P) of approximately $700 to $1,100 million, to be paid out in a combination of up to 20% in cash and at least 80% in Equinix common stock. Equinix expects to make the E&P distribution only after receiving a favorable PLR from the IRS and anticipates making a significant portion of its E&P distribution before 2015, with the balance distributed in 2015. In addition, following the completion of the REIT conversion, Equinix intends to declare regular distributions to its shareholders.
"We will be preserving the growth characteristics of the company while optimizing our global tax strategies, creating significant shareholder value," said Keith Taylor, CFO of Equinix. "We have done the work necessary to feel comfortable that we can operate as a REIT. However, there are a number of hurdles yet to be cleared given the operational complexities to be addressed prior to conversion."
Equinix believes it can meet the operational and technical REIT requirements by reorganizing its operations to facilitate its qualification as a REIT. As part of this reorganization, Equinix expects to structure its domestic operations and a portion of its international operations as Qualified REIT Subsidiaries (QRS). Equinix's planned timeframe for REIT election is driven by a number of factors, including: (1) the requirement to separate Equinix's domestic business into Taxable REIT Subsidiaries (TRS) and QRS; (2) the extent of Equinix's global operations and the need to separate certain of its international subsidiaries into the QRS/TRS structure; (3) the complexity of required modifications to internal accounting, information technology and real estate systems; (4) further review and development of optimal domestic and international structures; and (5) refinement of the REIT testing process.
Equinix expects, in addition to its E&P distribution and recapture of depreciation and amortization expenses, to incur approximately $50 to $80 million in costs to support the conversion process. If the conversion is ultimately successful, Equinix expects to incur additional annual compliance costs of approximately $5 to $10 million.
The company will consider the issuance of debt and/or equity to support projected conversion-related cash requirements, including shareholder distributions, tax payments and other conversion costs noted above.
In addition to other actions required in connection with the proposed REIT conversion, Equinix will be required to obtain shareholder approval to effect the necessary corporate reorganization, including the addition of a provision in Equinix's charter to establish REIT-related ownership restrictions. Should Equinix fail to complete the conversion process, it still will have incurred substantial costs in this effort.
Principal advisors to Equinix related to the proposed REIT conversion are Sullivan & Worcester LLP, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Green Street Advisors, and Deloitte Tax LLP.
Equinix expects to discuss its plan to convert to a REIT on its quarterly conference call for the third quarter 2012.
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), connects more than 4,000 companies directly to their customers and partners inside the world's most networked data centers. Today, businesses leverage the Equinix interconnection platform in 38 strategic markets across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. www.equinix.com
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other securities laws. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Although Equinix believes that its forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, its expected results may not be achieved, and actual results may differ materially from its expectations. For example:
This press release states that Equinix plans to pursue conversion to a REIT and that Equinix believes it can meet the operational and technical REIT requirements. In fact, there are significant implementation and operational complexities to address before Equinix can convert to a REIT, including obtaining a favorable PLR from the IRS, completing internal reorganizations and modifying accounting, information technology and real estate systems, receiving shareholder approvals and making the E&P distribution. Equinix can provide no assurance when conversion to a REIT will be successful, if at all. In addition, REIT qualification involves the application of highly technical and complex provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), to Equinix's operations as well as various factual determinations concerning matters and circumstances not entirely within Equinix's control. Although, if it converts to a REIT, Equinix plans to operate in a manner consistent with the REIT qualification rules, Equinix cannot give assurance that it will so qualify or remain so qualified.
This press release states that Equinix expects to fully execute on its growth strategy. However, Equinix may be unsuccessful in executing on its growth strategy for a number of reasons, including complying with tax rules relating to REITs. Under the Code, no more than 25% of the value of the assets of a REIT may be represented by securities of one or more TRS and other nonqualifying assets. This limitation may affect Equinix's ability to make large investments in other non-REIT qualifying operations or assets. As such, compliance with REIT tests may hinder Equinix's ability to make certain attractive investments, including the purchase of significant nonqualifying assets and the material expansion of non-real estate activities.
This press release restates certain of Equinix's expectations for annual revenue and adjusted free cash flow targets, but actual results may differ materially from these expectations. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies Equinix has acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; and other risks.
This press release states that Equinix expects to seek a PLR from the IRS before converting to a REIT. Equinix can provide no assurance that it will receive a favorable PLR from the IRS, or that it will receive such a ruling in a timely manner to convert successfully to a REIT as of January 1, 2015. Further, changes in legislation or the federal tax rules can adversely impact Equinix's ability to convert to a REIT or the benefits of being a REIT.
This press release states that Equinix plans to elect REIT status for the taxable year beginning January 1, 2015. In fact, Equinix does not know when, if at all, it will elect REIT status, and it may not do so. Further, as described in this press release, many conditions must be met in order to complete the conversion to a REIT, and the timing and outcome of many of these are beyond Equinix's control.
This press release states that Equinix believes electing REIT status will provide significant benefits to shareholders, enhance value and provide regular distributions from earnings. Equinix's Board of Directors considered a variety of strategies, and there can be no assurance that conversion to a REIT will be the most beneficial of the alternatives considered.
This press release states that Equinix anticipates its NOLs will be used in 2012, in part as a result of using them to shield a portion of the depreciation recapture tax liabilities. In fact, Equinix can provide no assurance as to when its NOLs will be fully utilized, the timing of which would be impacted by, among other factors, Equinix's profitability.
This press release provides an estimated range of Equinix's E&P distribution. Equinix is in the process of conducting a study of its pre-REIT accumulated earnings and profits as of the close of Equinix's 2011 taxable year using Equinix's historical tax returns and other available information. This is a very involved and complex study, which is not yet complete, and the actual result of the study relating to Equinix's pre-REIT accumulated earnings and profits as of the close of Equinix's 2011 taxable year may be materially different from Equinix's current estimates. In addition, the estimated range of the E&P distribution is also based on Equinix's projected taxable income for its 2012, 2013, and 2014 taxable years and its current business plans and performance, but Equinix's actual earnings and profits (and the actual E&P distribution) will vary depending on, among other items, the timing of certain transactions, its actual taxable income and performance for 2012, 2013, and 2014 and possible changes in legislation or tax rules and IRS revenue procedures relating to distributions of earnings and profits. For these reasons and others, Equinix's actual E&P distribution may be materially different from the currently estimated range.
This press release states that Equinix anticipates making a significant portion of the E&P distribution before 2015, with the balance distributed in 2015, to be paid out in a combination of up to 20% in cash and at least 80% in Equinix common stock. The timing of the planned E&P distribution, which may or may not occur, may be affected by potential tax law changes, the completion of various phases of the REIT conversion process and other factors beyond Equinix's control. In addition, Equinix may decide, based on its cash flows, strategic plans, IRS revenue procedures relating to distributions of earnings and profits, leverage and other factors, to pay these amounts in a different mix of cash and common stock.
This press release states that Equinix plans to make regular distributions to shareholders after the completion of the REIT conversion process. Equinix can provide no assurance that it will make future distributions, and any future distributions will be dependent on Equinix's cash flows, as well as the impact of alternative, more attractive investments to distributions.
This press release provides ranges of Equinix's estimated costs to convert to a REIT, including estimated tax liabilities associated with a change in the company's method of depreciating and amortizing various assets and annual compliance costs. Equinix's estimate of these taxes and other costs may not be accurate, and such costs may turn out to be higher than Equinix's estimates due to unanticipated outcomes in the PLR, changes in Equinix's business support functions and support costs, the unsuccessful execution of internal planning, including restructurings and cost reduction initiatives, or other factors.
This press release states that Equinix may issue a portion of the E&P distribution in shares of its common stock and that it will consider the issuance of equity to support projected conversion-related cash requirements. Whether Equinix issues equity, at what price and amount and other terms of any such issuances, will depend on many factors, including alternative sources of capital, Equinix's then existing leverage, Equinix's need for additional capital, market conditions and other factors beyond Equinix's control. If Equinix raises additional funds through the issuance of equity securities or debt convertible into equity securities, the percentage of stock ownership by Equinix's existing shareholders may be reduced. In addition, new equity securities or convertible debt securities could have rights, preferences, and privileges senior to those of Equinix's current shareholders, which could substantially decrease the value of Equinix's securities owned by them. Depending on the share price Equinix is able to obtain, it may have to sell a significant number of shares in order to raise the capital it deems necessary to execute its long-term strategy. Equinix's shareholders may experience dilution in the value of their shares as a result.
Equinix's forward-looking statements should not be relied upon except as statements of Equinix's present intentions and of Equinix's present expectations, which may or may not occur. Cautionary statements should be read as being applicable to all forward-looking statements wherever they appear. Except as required by law, Equinix undertakes no obligation to release publicly the result of any revision to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Readers are also urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures Equinix has made in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
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Parler Tries to Survive With Assist From Russian Firm
touchthenews January 20, 2021 4 min read
Parler, the popular social network among Trump supporters, is coming back to life.
The social network went offline last week after Amazon booted it from its computer servers for not consistently removing violent posts, an allegation Parler denied. But after a week of Parler executives suing Amazon, predicting their website may never return, they predict it will be up and running again by the end of the month.
This turnaround is due in part to a Russian company.
Parler has entered into business with DDoS-Guard, a Russian company that routes internet traffic and protects websites from cyber attacks. With his help, Parler.com visitors can now find a simple webpage with a promise by Parler's CEO John Matze that "our return is inevitable".
However, the use of a Russian company worries some researchers studying the Internet and Russia. If Parler routes its web traffic via DDoS-Guard when the full website returns, Russian law could allow the Russian government to monitor Parler's users.
Alina Polyakova, director of the Center for European Policy Analysis, a foreign policy think tank in Washington, said Russia is requiring many internet companies in the country to install technology that will provide the government with a copy of much of the data transmitted through their computer servers.
The surveillance system, known as the Operational Investigation System, "basically allows the Russian government to intercept all data on Russian territory and make that data available to the FSB," said Russian intelligence agency Ms. Polyakova, who is investigating Russia's control did on the internet. She added that it was unclear whether DDoS-Guard would be subject to such monitoring.
The Russian Embassy in Washington and DDoS Guard did not respond to requests for comments. In an email to CNN, DDoS-Guard said it "does not disclose customer information or other data to government agencies, except as specifically provided by law".
Jeffrey Wernick, Parler's Chief Operating Officer, said in an interview that the concerns are exaggerated as DDoS-Guard only supports a temporary website for Parler. He said Parler would try to find other companies to run his entire social network.
"We prefer an American company," he said. "People shouldn't be drawing any conclusions that this company will be it. People extrapolate too much and with limited information. They close what they want to close. I call this dissemination of misinformation. "
However, since the January 6 riot at the Capitol, Parler has faced a challenge in finding willing partners.
After supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol, Twitter and Facebook banned Mr. Trump from their services. That sent a flurry of new people to Parler, pushing it past 15 million users. Then Apple and Google removed Parler's app from their app stores, and Amazon stopped hosting Parler's website on its servers because Parler didn't consistently remove violent posts. Parler not only denied these claims, but also accused the companies of collusion.
Since then, other companies have turned Parler off. Mr. Matze said in a lawsuit on Monday that "at least six extremely large potential vendors" refused to take over Parler's business because they feared cyberattacks or believed Parler had incited violence.
"Parler is an Internet company that can not get on the Internet," said Parler's lawyer David Groesbeck on Monday in a separate file. "And the longer Parler is dead, the harder it will be to revive."
A screenshot from Parler's website on Saturday.Recognition…Parler.Com Website / Via Reuters
However, in press releases, Parler executives predict a full return by the end of January. Mr. Wernick declined to say how Parler would do it, but attributed the trust to a "Herculean effort" by his team.
"We don't sleep," he said. "We work day and night and every day. There is no weekend for us. "
For Parler, the ideal solution would be to return to Amazon's servers. The network has accused Amazon of violating antitrust laws and asked a federal judge to force it to take in Parler. After a hearing last week, the companies are now waiting for a decision.
Many online watchers and journalists have speculated that Parler will at some point be hosted by Epik, a company that has endorsed other websites that have been rejected by tech companies, including Gab, another social network popular in right-wing circles.
But Robert Davis, Senior Vice President of Epik, said in an interview that Epik only helped register Parler's domain name, a fundamental function of the Internet. While Epik would like to help, Parler's needs are too great.
"I would expect Parler to be an amazing force forever in the future," he said. "I could see they easily hit 100 million members or more in 2021 alone."
Mr Davis said he believed Parler tried to build its own infrastructure. On Monday, Mr. Matze appeared to support this idea in an interview on Fox News, saying, "We really need to build our own infrastructure and technology."
In a legal act tabled on the same day, Mr. Matze said Parler does not have "the technical and security expertise to host the Parler environment itself," adding, "It is also not feasible for Parler to do so."
He said the computers and other equipment needed to host Parler's location would cost more than $ 6 million and would take weeks to arrive. "Simply put, Parler would not be able to acquire the necessary servers and associated security infrastructure in an economically reasonable time frame," he said.
Dave Temkin, an engineer who ran Netflix's internet infrastructure team until last week, said he was skeptical that Parler would return anytime soon as infrastructure was difficult to build and other companies were unwilling to help.
Even if Parler were to set up its own data center in the US, an Internet provider like Verizon or AT&T would have to be convinced to lay the fiber optic cables to connect it to the wider Internet.
"It's like having a car with no roads," he said.
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The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee will be holding a major scientific competition and exhibition in Parliament and is looking for eligible candidates to take part. SET for BRITAIN will be held in the House of Commons on Monday, 17th March 2014 between 12.15pm and 9.15pm during National Science and Engineering Week 2014.
The day will be divided into four subject categories over three sessions. Applications are invited from early-stage and early-career research scientists, engineers, mathematicians and technologists who wish to exhibit posters in one of the following areas:
• mathematics
• biological and biomedical science
• physical sciences (chemistry and physics)
A wide range of important scientific and engineering institutions are lending their support to this event, including the Society of Biology, the Institute of Physics, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Chemistry, The Physiological Society, the Council for Mathematical Sciences and the Clay Mathematics Institute. This reflects the importance we all attach to the encouragement of researchers at this stage in their careers.
Medals and cash prizes will be awarded for the best scientific posters presented in each discipline, and the presenter of the poster judged to be the overall winner will receive the Westminster Medal, in memory of the late Dr Eric Wharton, who did so much to establish SET for BRITAIN as a regular event in the Parliamentary calendar. Full details of the competition and exhibition including the application form can be found on the SET for BRITAIN website at: www.SETforBRITAIN.org.uk.
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Whole-Family Cemeteries featured on NPR and in a new book!
Posted on June 10, 2017 by Eric Greene
iStockphoto/Getty Images via NPR blog. Although we love the subtle shades of greys and greens, the image used by NPR is not that of a conservation cemetery – which would look like a wildlife preserve. Here, nature reclaims what was built.
We've had a great month!
The Green Pet-Burial Society and its programs promoting conservation whole-family cemeteries were highlighted in the new book, Even Vegans Die, by Carol Adams, Patti Breitman, and Ginny Kisch Messina. We were especially delighted that the authors chose to conclude the book with a discussion of our idyllic work, which highlights continuity and hope rather than a severing 'death.'
Additionally, news outlet NPR (National Public Radio) featured our work in a recent blog by anthropologist Barbara King, entitled When 'Whole-Family' Cemeteries Include Our Pets. King wrote the influential book, How Animals Grieve (University of Chicago Press, 2013), which is listed in our Bibliography. We're particularly pleased with the quote she used:
Project founder Eric Greene said via email:
"Conservation whole-family cemeteries bring together two concepts and practices, whole-family cemeteries and conservation burial grounds, into a singular experience that is beautiful in its simplicity, and exceedingly comforting to the bereaved. What is key is that the pet remains aren't buried as property or 'grave goods' but as family members and this relationship is recognized and honored.
Earth burials are an unexpected strategy for protecting/restoring the land as a wildlife preserve. In addition to protecting the environment and keeping families together, something else occurs — we experience ourselves as part of the earth and our connections with all animals is strengthened."
To see other articles about us, visit our News page – we've been covered by Audubon Magazine, E Magazine, MNN, CNN, The Miami Herald, Life with Dogs, among others.
We need your help! Your contributions are especially important at this time as we add new content to our website, develop existing projects, and form new partnerships. Help us continue to bring this work to the public so that families and cemeteries may be more inclusive and environmentally friendly. Your donation is greatly appreciated!
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Jill Witucki on June 12, 2017 at 9:17 am said:
Great press! That's wonderful.
Eric Greene on June 12, 2017 at 9:53 am said:
Thank you Jill! People need to know this is an option!
Linda Brant on June 12, 2017 at 5:19 am said:
Super! Congratulations!
Thank you Linda!