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#include "tensorflow/core/kernels/dataset.h"

#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/function.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/partial_tensor_shape.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/tensor.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/lib/random/random.h"

#include "tensorflow/core/kernels/captured_function.h"

namespace tensorflow {

namespace {

// See documentation in ../ops/dataset_ops.cc for a high-level
// description of the following op.

class FilterDatasetOp : public UnaryDatasetOpKernel {
 public:
  explicit FilterDatasetOp(OpKernelConstruction* ctx)
      : UnaryDatasetOpKernel(ctx),
        graph_def_version_(ctx->graph_def_version()) {
    OP_REQUIRES_OK(ctx, ctx->GetAttr("predicate", &func_));
  }

  void MakeDataset(OpKernelContext* ctx, DatasetBase* input,
                   DatasetBase** output) override {
    OpInputList inputs;
    OP_REQUIRES_OK(ctx, ctx->input_list("other_arguments", &inputs));
    std::vector<Tensor> other_arguments;
    other_arguments.reserve(inputs.size());
    for (const Tensor& t : inputs) {
      other_arguments.push_back(t);
    }

    std::unique_ptr<CapturedFunction> captured_func;
    OP_REQUIRES_OK(ctx, CapturedFunction::Create(ctx, func_, graph_def_version_,
                                                 std::move(other_arguments),
                                                 &captured_func));

    *output = new Dataset(ctx, input, func_, std::move(captured_func));
  }

 private:
  const int graph_def_version_;

  class Dataset : public GraphDatasetBase {
   public:
    Dataset(OpKernelContext* ctx, const DatasetBase* input,
            const NameAttrList& func,
            std::unique_ptr<CapturedFunction> captured_func)
        : GraphDatasetBase(ctx),
          input_(input),
          func_(func),
          captured_func_(std::move(captured_func)) {
      input_->Ref();
    }

    ~Dataset() override { input_->Unref(); }

    std::unique_ptr<IteratorBase> MakeIterator(
        const string& prefix) const override {
      return std::unique_ptr<IteratorBase>(
          new Iterator({this, strings::StrCat(prefix, "::Filter")}));
    }

    const DataTypeVector& output_dtypes() const override {
      return input_->output_dtypes();
    }
    const std::vector<PartialTensorShape>& output_shapes() const override {
      return input_->output_shapes();
    }

    string DebugString() override { return "FilterDatasetOp::Dataset"; }

   protected:
    Status AsGraphDefInternal(OpKernelContext* ctx, DatasetGraphDefBuilder* b,
                              Node** output) const override {
      TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(b->AddFunction(ctx, func_.name()));
      Node* input_graph_node;
      TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(b->AddParentDataset(ctx, input_, &input_graph_node));

      DataTypeVector other_arguments_types;
      other_arguments_types.reserve(captured_func_->captured_inputs().size());
      std::vector<Node*> other_arguments;
      other_arguments.reserve(captured_func_->captured_inputs().size());
      for (const Tensor& t : captured_func_->captured_inputs()) {
        Node* node;
        TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(b->AddTensor(t, &node));
        other_arguments.emplace_back(node);
        other_arguments_types.emplace_back(t.dtype());
      }
      AttrValue f;
      b->BuildAttrValue(func_, &f);
      AttrValue other_arguments_types_attr;
      b->BuildAttrValue(other_arguments_types, &other_arguments_types_attr);

      TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(b->AddDataset(
          this, {{0, input_graph_node}}, {{1, other_arguments}},
          {{"predicate", f}, {"Targuments", other_arguments_types_attr}},
          output));
      return Status::OK();
    }

   private:
    class Iterator : public DatasetIterator<Dataset> {
     public:
      explicit Iterator(const Params& params)
          : DatasetIterator<Dataset>(params),
            input_impl_(params.dataset->input_->MakeIterator(params.prefix)) {}

      Status GetNextInternal(IteratorContext* ctx,
                             std::vector<Tensor>* out_tensors,
                             bool* end_of_sequence) override {
        // NOTE(mrry): This method is thread-safe as long as
        // `input_impl_` and `f` are thread-safe. However, if multiple
        // threads enter this method, outputs may be observed in a
        // non-deterministic order.
        bool matched;
        do {
          {
            tf_shared_lock l(mu_);
            if (!input_impl_) {
              *end_of_sequence = true;
              return Status::OK();
            }
            TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(
                input_impl_->GetNext(ctx, out_tensors, end_of_sequence));
          }
          if (*end_of_sequence) {
            mutex_lock l(mu_);
            input_impl_.reset();
            return Status::OK();
          }

          FunctionLibraryRuntime::Options opts;
          opts.step_id = CapturedFunction::generate_step_id();
          ScopedStepContainer step_container(
              opts.step_id, [this](const string& name) {
                dataset()
                    ->captured_func_->resource_manager()
                    ->Cleanup(name)
                    .IgnoreError();
              });
          opts.step_container = &step_container;
          opts.runner = ctx->runner();
          // TODO(mrry): Avoid blocking a threadpool thread. We will need to
          // stack-rip the iterators and use async kernels.
          Notification n;
          Status ret;
          std::vector<Tensor> result;
          ret = dataset()->captured_func_->RunWithBorrowedArgs(
              opts, *out_tensors, &result);

          if (!ret.ok()) {
            return ret;
          } else if (result.size() != 1 || result[0].dtype() != DT_BOOL ||
                     result[0].NumElements() != 1) {
            return errors::InvalidArgument(
                "Filter predicate `f` must return a scalar bool.");
          }
          matched = result[0].scalar<bool>()();
          if (!matched) {
            // Clear the output tensor list since it didn't match.
            out_tensors->clear();
          }
        } while (!matched);
        *end_of_sequence = false;
        return Status::OK();
      }

     protected:
      Status SaveInternal(IteratorStateWriter* writer) override {
        mutex_lock l(mu_);
        if (input_impl_)
          TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(SaveParent(writer, input_impl_));
        else
          TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(
              writer->WriteScalar(full_name("input_impls_empty"), ""));
        return Status::OK();
      }

      Status RestoreInternal(OpKernelContext* ctx,
                             IteratorStateReader* reader) override {
        mutex_lock l(mu_);
        if (reader->Contains(full_name("input_impls_empty")))
          input_impl_.reset();
        else
          TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(RestoreParent(ctx, reader, input_impl_));
        return Status::OK();
      }

     private:
      mutex mu_;
      std::unique_ptr<IteratorBase> input_impl_ GUARDED_BY(mu_);
    };

    const DatasetBase* const input_;
    const NameAttrList func_;
    const std::unique_ptr<CapturedFunction> captured_func_;
  };

 private:
  NameAttrList func_;
};

REGISTER_KERNEL_BUILDER(Name("FilterDataset").Device(DEVICE_CPU),
                        FilterDatasetOp);

}  // namespace

}  // namespace tensorflow


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«Беллона» (63) ( — військовий корабель, легкий крейсер типу «Дідо» Королівського військово-морського флоту Великої Британії за часів Другої світової війни.

Легкий крейсер «Беллона» був закладений 30 листопада 1939 року на верфі компанії Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company у Говані. 29 жовтня 1943 року увійшов до складу Королівських ВМС Великої Британії. Крейсер брав активну участь у бойових діях на морі в Другій світовій війні; бився у Північній Атлантиці, у берегів Франції, Норвегії, в Арктиці.

За проявлену мужність та стійкість у боях бойовий корабель нагороджений чотирма бойовими відзнаками.

Конструкція
«Беллона» належав до категорії крейсерів типу «Удосконалений Дідо» або «Беллона», що мали незначні відмінності від базового проекту. Крім заміни третьої башти («Q») на третю багатоствольну зенітну установку «пом-пом», вони відрізнялися новою конструкцією ходової рубки і містка, вертикальними трубами і щоглами без нахилу. Завдяки зменшенню «верхнього» ваги, конструктори суттєво посилили захист льохів і містків додатковою 19-мм бронею. Хоча водотоннажність при цьому дещо зросла, на відміну від попередників, «Беллона» не відчував проблем з мореплавством під час служби в північних широтах.

Однак, ключовою відмінністю кораблів від вихідного проекту стало те, що головним калібром крейсеру стали вісім 133-мм гармат Mk.I у чотирьох нових двогарматних баштах RP10 Mark II. Боєзапас становив 340 пострілів на ствол, двох типів снарядів — напівбронебійні для надводних цілей та фугасні для повітряних. Ці гармати забезпечували 36,3-кг снаряду дальність стрільби до 22 000 м і досяжність по висоті 14 900 метрів. Вони мали велику швидкість наведення — по 20 °/с у вертикальній і горизонтальній площинах наведення.

Служба
30 вересня 1943 року легкий крейсер «Беллона» завершив випробування та приписаний до британського флоту Метрополії. Однак, через чисельні технічні проблеми та недоліки корабель аж до січня 1944 року перебував на доробках та модернізаціях і тільки у середині січня увійшов до строю 10-ї крейсерів ескадри. Входив до 26-ї бойової групи кораблів, головним завданням якої було перехоплення ворожих надводних та підводних сил у Біскайській затоці та Ла-Манші та забезпечення охорони кораблів і суден, що наближались до Англії.

У травні 1944 року включений до складу сил, що залучались на підготовку до висадки союзних військ у Нормандії. 3 червня прибув до Солента разом з лінкорами «Невада», «Арканзас» та «Техас», що готувались у Західній оперативній групі флоту до артилерійської підтримки вторгнення.

5 червня з американським крейсером «Огаста» вийшов у море на підтримку висадки морського десанту на плацдарм «Омаха». Артилерійським вогнем прикривав дії своїх військ. 16 червня виведений з битви та прибув до Плімута на ремонт.

6 серпня 1944 року разом з есмінцями «Ашанті», «Тартар», «Хаїда» та «Ірокеу» атакували ворожий конвой поблизу Сен-Назера. У результаті швидкоплинного бою британсько-канадські кораблі потопили тральщики M263 і M486, патрульний катер V414 біля Ле-Сабль-д'Олонн та ще чотири малі човни.

Після відновлення боєздатності крейсер був направлений на північ Європи, де з 17 липня разом з лінкором «Герцог Йоркський» та крейсерами «Кент», «Девоншир» і «Джамайка» прикривали авіаносну групу з авіаносців «Формідабл», «Індіфатігебл» та «Фьюріос», що проводили чергову спробу атакувати німецький лінійний корабель «Тірпіц» у норвезькому фіорді Каафіорд.

У ніч з 12 на 13 листопада 1944 року флотське угруповання, на підставі розвідувальних даних перехоплення «Ультри», з крейсерів «Кент» та «Беллона», есмінців «Мінгз», «Верулам», «Замбезі» і «Алгонкін» здійснили атаку на німецький конвой KS 357 поблизу норвезького узбережжя між Лістерфіордом та Еґерсундом. Результатом атаки стало потоплення німецького суховантажного судна «Грейф», французького «Корноайллес», а також мінних тральщиків M 427 і M 416, мисливців за підводними човнами UJ 1221, UJ 1223 і UJ 1713.

15 грудня 1944 року крейсер «Беллона» вийшов у складі ескорту на супровід арктичного конвою JW 62 до берегів Росії.

1945
11 січня англійська флотилія, розділена на 3 загони відійшла до берегів Норвегії. 12 січня загін № 1 у складі крейсерів «Норфолк», «Беллона», есмінців «Онслоу», «Онслот» і «Оруелл» виявив 8 німецьких суден, які прямували до Егерсунда. Кораблі загону змогли потопити два торгових судна та тральщик M273, перш ніж потрапили під вогонь берегової артилерії і були змушені відійти. 18 січня був помічений ще один конвой, але атака на нього була безрезультатною.

З 6 по 27 лютого крейсер «Беллона» перебував у складі далекого ескорту для конвоїв JW 51 до Мурманська, і зворотного RA 64.

Див. також
 HMS Caroline (1914)
 HMS Carlisle (D67)
 HMS Aurora (12)
 HMS Naiad (93)
 Легкі крейсери типу «Данае»
 Легкі крейсери типу «Аретюза» (1913)

Примітки
Виноски

Джерела

Література
 Roger Chesneau, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1922—1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
 Colledge, J. J. & Warlow, Ben (2010) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (4th Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-935149-07-1.

Посилання

Крейсери Великої Британії часів Другої світової війни
Крейсери Нової Зеландії
Кораблі 1942

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COVID-19 News and Updates: October 2021 – #1
Age Management Medicine News COVID-19 e-Journal October 23, 2021
Experimental Pill Cuts Worst Effects of COVID-19, Merck says
Matthew Perrone
Washington, Oct. 1, 2021 (Associated Press) — Merck & Co. said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its use.
If cleared, Merck's drug would be the first pill shown to treat COVID-19, a potentially major advance in efforts to fight the pandemic. All COVID-19 therapies now authorized in the U.S. require an IV or injection.
Merck and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said early results showed patients who received the drug, called molnupiravir, within five days of COVID-19 symptoms had about half the rate of hospitalization and death as patients who received a dummy pill. The study tracked 775 adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who were considered higher risk for severe disease due to health problems such as obesity, diabetes or heart disease.
Among patients taking molnupiravir, 7.3% were either hospitalized or died at the end of 30 days, compared with 14.1% of those getting the dummy pill. There were no deaths in the drug group after that time period compared with eight deaths in the placebo group, according to Merck. The results were released by the company and have not been peer reviewed. Merck said it plans to present them at a future medical meeting.
An independent group of medical experts monitoring the trial recommended stopping it early because the interim results were so strong. Company executives said they are in discussions with the Food and Drug Administration and plan submit the data for review in coming days.
"It exceeded what I thought the drug might be able to do in this clinical trial," said Dr. Dean Li, vice president of Merck research. "When you see a 50% reduction in hospitalization or death that's a substantial clinical impact."
Side effects were reported by both groups in the Merck trial, but they were slightly more common among the group that received a dummy pill. The company did not specify the problems.
Earlier study results showed the drug did not benefit patients who were already hospitalized with severe disease.
The U.S. has approved one antiviral drug, remdesivir, specifically for COVID-19, and allowed emergency use of three antibody therapies that help the immune system fight the virus. But all the drugs have to given by IV or injection at hospitals or medical clinics, and supplies have been stretched by the latest surge of the delta variant.
Health experts including the top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci have long called for a convenient pill that patients could take when COVID-19 symptoms first appear, much the way the decades-old flu medication Tamiflu helps fight influenza. Such medications are seen as key to controlling future waves of infection and reducing the impact of the pandemic.
Merck's pill works by interfering with an enzyme the coronavirus uses to copy its genetic code and reproduce itself. It has shown similar activity against other viruses.
The U.S. government has committed to purchase 1.7 million doses of the drug if it is authorized by the FDA. Merck has said it can produce 10 million doses by the end of the year and has contracts with governments worldwide. The company has not announced prices.
Several other companies, including Pfizer and Roche, are studying similar drugs that could report results in the coming weeks and months.
Merck had planned to enroll more than 1,500 patients in its late-stage trial before the independent board stopped it early. The results reported Friday included patients enrolled across Latin America, Europe and Africa. Executives estimated about 10% of patients studied were from the U.S.
Copyright © 2021 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
coronavirusexperimentalMerck & Co

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Raza Khan: Fears over activist missing in Pakistan
By Secunder Kermani BBC News, Islamabad
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42249090
Fears are growing over the fate of a Pakistani activist who has been reported missing since the weekend.
Raza Khan from Lahore disappeared after attending a public discussion on a recent, controversial protest by a hardline religious group.
Earlier this year a number of social media activists were "disappeared," before being released.
Two later told the BBC a "state agency" had abducted and tortured them. The military denied any involvement.
On Saturday Mr Khan helped organise a small public event in Lahore which discussed the recent sit-in by a new Islamist political party.
That protest, accusing a government minister of committing blasphemy, had caused mass disruption in the capital Islamabad, turning violent when police attempted to intervene.
The army had then facilitated an agreement between the demonstrators and the government, resulting in the minister's resignation and all the protesters' other demands being met.
Blogger Aasim Saeed says he was tortured
Activist Waqass Goraya says Pakistan tortured him
Why was Pakistan general giving money to protesters?
Some commentators have accused the military of secretly supporting the protests and attacked the terms of the agreement as a capitulation to extremists. The Pakistani army, though, denies interfering in politics.
Umair Vahidi, a friend of Mr Khan's who was also at the public meeting, said it had been a "frank and open discussion".
He added: "People shared their conflicting points of view... There was no hostility."
Blasphemy laws "and how they can be used to target minorities" had also been discussed, Mr Vahidi said.
Calls unanswered
Mr Vahidi told the BBC the discussion had finished around 20:00 when all of the participants when home. That was the last he or any of his friends heard from Mr Khan.
"I started calling Raza at about 13:30 on Sunday and his phone was off. We started calling his friends."
After being unable to contact him throughout the day, Mr Vahidi and a group of other friends visited his house at about 23:30 on Sunday.
"His light was switched on," he said. "That was unusual."
The door was locked, he added, and "nothing was missing from his room. There were no signs of struggle… The neighbours, the landlord, nobody knew anything."
However, on a later search Mr Vahidi said they noticed while Mr Khan's computer screen was still in his room, the computer base unit was missing.
Civil rights campaigners have raised concerns about a crackdown on dissenting voices in Pakistan since six bloggers went missing in January this year.
Mr Vahidi told the BBC he was not aware of Mr Khan having received any threats, but said he had told him some of the people attending his events "would sign the register with different names each time".
Mr Khan's brother has reported the case to the police, saying it appears he was kidnapped.
Pakistan blogger Aasim Saeed says he was tortured
Pakistan activist Waqass Goraya: The state tortured me


Primary Hyperparathyroidism occurs when TOO MUCH parathyroid hormone is released by the parathyroid glands in the neck. This , in turn, releases TOO MUCH calcium into the blood.
Hypercalcaemia can cause various symptoms - tiredness, thirst, headaches, nausea, vomiting, kidney stones and bone pains. If symptoms are severe, the gland(s) may be removed by surgery.
There are three types of Hyperparathyroidism - primary, secondary and tertiary.
In Primary Hyperparathyroidism (or PHPT) too much parathyroid hormone is produced by one or more of the parathyroid glands in your neck because they have become enlarged or overactive. This in turn releases too much calcium into the blood and causes high calcium levels (hypercalcaemia).
The most common cause is an enlarged parathyroid gland due to a benign (non - cancerous) tumour or adenoma. This is more common among women, particularly after the menopause.
Sometimes all four parathyroid glands may become enlarged - this is called parathyroid hyperplasia. This may occur sporadically (without a family history) or as part of three familial (inherited) syndromes: multiple endocrine neoplasia 1 (MEN 1) and MEN 2A and isolated familial hyperparathyroidism. In MEN 1, the problems in the parathyroids are associated with other tumors in the pituitary and the pancreas. In MEN 2A, the overactivity of the parathyroids is associated with tumors in the adrenal gland or thyroid.
Radiotherapy treatment to your head or neck may increase the risk of developing a parathyroid adenoma or carcinoma (cancer). Only in extremely rare cases indeed will the tumour be due to parathyroid cancer. If you have been diagnosed with Parathyroid cancer please visit Cancer Help UK for further information.
Alternatively, you may develop moderate symptoms (which doctors sometimes refer to as 'moans, groans, stones and bones') which indicate that your calcium levels are too high and require treatment. And sometimes your parathyroid hormone blood tests may come back as 'normal' but you remain very symptomatic.
Symptoms may also be severe and debilitating. As calcium is found in every cell in the body, high levels of calcium and parathyroid hormone can affect bone, kidneys, muscles, nerves and the gut as well as the emotions.
Hypercalcaemia can be a life threatening condition if it is not treated.
Kidney stones. Small stones may be passed in the urine without you noticing but larger stones may get stuck. This can cause pain in your loin area that radiates to your groin. You may also notice blood in your urine.
Kidney damage. Continual high levels of calcium in your blood can damage your kidneys and cause kidney failure.
Corneal calcification. Calcium can be deposited (collect) in the cornea of your eye but this doesn't usually cause any symptoms.
Pancreatitis. Rarely, high calcium can cause inflammation of your pancreas gland which causes upper abdominal pain.
Peptic (stomach) ulceration. High calcium levels can stimulate the production of excess acid in your stomach and lead to stomach ulceration.
Osteopenia Increased parathyroid hormone in your blood causes too much calcium to be released from your bones which can lead to weakness and bone pain. It also makes the bones more susceptible to fractures or breaks.
Neurological conditions Because calcium plays a role in the normal working of the brain and spinal cord, patients with severe long term hypercalcaemia may also develop fits, unco-ordinated muscles ( affecting walking, talking and eating), changes in personality and hallucinations.
The severity of your symptoms doesn't always match up to the calcium level in your blood. People with a slightly high calcium level can have very severe symptoms, and people with a very high calcium level may only have mild symptoms.
When there are no symptoms, hypercalcaemia can be difficult to diagnose. Sometimes it may be discovered by chance or you may already have kidney stones or pancreatitis. Some people live unwittingly with hyperparathyroidism for many years before getting a diagnosis.
In a straightforward case, blood tests will show a high level of calcium, a high level of parathyroid hormone and usually, a low level of phosphate in your blood.
However, this isn't always an easy condition to diagnose. Sometimes your tests will be normal but you may still be symptomatic. This is much harder to diagnose and the UK 'watch and wait' policy can often lead to much distress.
You will need other tests to check how your kidneys are working, to measure the density of your bones and to look at the parathyroids themselves. Some tests can be done at your surgery but you may also be referred to hospital for further investigations by a specialist.
Further tests should include blood tests for vitamin D, kidney function, a kidney scan and a 24 hour urine test; a bone DEXA scan and x ray; a scan (and maybe a biopsy) of the parathyroid glands.
If you have hypercalcaemia, you will need treatment from your endocrinologist.
Your doctor may decide to monitor your levels for a while before taking further action. If you are unhappy about this, ask to see a specialist. You should, in any case, be given regular blood tests, a DEXA bone scan and a 24 hour urine test.
Self help - drinking more water, eating fewer calcium foods and taking more excercise may sometimes be enough action to bring your calcium levels down.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have hypoparathyroidism, but your calcium levels are unstable, they can sometimes go TOO HIGH as well as too low. You may have to spend a day or two in hospital having your levels monitored by blood tests. You may be given medication and a drip to help get your calcium levels down.
This is the most effetcive treatment available at present. If your hyperparathyroidism is severe or your bones become too thin, the offending parathyroid gland (s) can be removed by surgery. This operation is called a parathyroidectomy and usually brings about an instant cure. All abnormal glands need to be removed. If all four parathyroid glands are overactive, usually three-and-a-half of the glands are removed so that you have some remaining parathyroid tissue.
Your calcium level will need close monitoring after surgery to ensure that it returns to normal and does not drop too low. You will have regular follow up appointments for blood and urine tests until your levels are stable.
Complications do occur, though rarely.
If at any time you feel symptoms returning or you have 'pins and needles' or cramps, it is very important that you see your doctor as soon as possible.These symptoms are is a sign of hypocalcaemia or low calcium levels caused by hungry bones. Mostly, this is transient and levels will return to normal in a few weeks or months. But it may lead to permanent hyporathyroidism and low calcium and you will need lifelong medication .
Sometimes, the parathyroid glands can be hard to find so make sure your surgeon is experienced in these operations. You do not want to end up with Hypoparathyroidism and not enough calcium. Get a scan, find out which glands are affected and insist that you need to keep at least half a parathyroid gland to maintain your calcium levels. Take control!
Occasionally, there may be damage to the larnygeal nerve or vocal chords which can affect your voice. This usually clears up within 6 months or so. If not, an ENT appoointment should be made for further investigations.
Dehydration from being sick a lot or having diarrhoea can increase calcium levels. Drinking plenty of fluids and staying as active as possible can help to bring levels down. Come and join our forum and talk to others in the same boat.
Here, the high level of parathyroid hormone is caused by another condition or deficiency. This condition causes chronic low calcium levels in your blood so your parathyroid glands have to work extra hard to try to raise your blood calcium level and release more parathyroid hormone . Tests will show a raised level of parathyroid hormone and a low blood calcium level.
If you have an intestinal or gut condition, such as Crohn's Disease, you may have a problem absorbing calcium from your food into your blood causing persistently low calcium levels.
Vitamin D deficiency(which can cause rickets in children or osteomalacia in adults) is another common cause of chronic low level of calcium in your blood.
The most common cause of secondary hyperparathroidism is kidney disease. It occurs in nearly all people who are on long-term kidney dialysis because of kidney failure. Because you have kidney failure, your blood calcium level can become chronically low.
In Secondary Hyperparathyroidism, you will have symptoms of low NOT high calcium which can be seen here. But - you may develop bone complications (see osteopenia above) and the symptoms related to that.
In secondary hyperparathyroidism, you will have a low or normal calcium level with a raised parathyroid hormone level. In kidney disease, your blood phosphate level can be high because your kidney cannot get rid of phosphate in your urine.
Diet to lower your phosphate level ( limits milk, cheese, eggs and dairy products ). You may also need some medication such as calcium carbonate whichs binds to phosphate and helps to stop it being absorbed from your gut after you have eaten.
You will be monitored with regular blood tests and shouls have an eGFR test annually.
Drink about 2 litres of water daily.
Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism occurs when Secondary Hyperparathyroidism goes untreated for too long. There may be continuing problems even when the original condition has been treated and calcium levels are back to normal. This is because the over used parathyroid glands can no longer switch off hormone production as they used to do when calcium was low and carry on producing large amounts of parathyroid hormone. This results in a high calcium level in your blood and is called Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism. It is mostly found in people with chronic kidney failure and sometime continues even after a kidney transplant.
The more severe symptoms above are also present in Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism.
This is usually by surgery to remove the overactive parathyroid glands. Sometimes, a small amount of one of the glands is transplanted into one of your forearms ( where it is easily accessible) in the hope that this tissue will be enough to to control calcium levels.


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Q: Sitecore WFFM SendEmailMessage SMTP Password Authentication Error I am currently running a local Sitecore at version 7.2 rev 140526 and Web Forms for Marketers at 2.4 rev 150619. I am currently experiencing an SMTP failure to authenticate error when using the WFFM SendEmailMessage default save action.
After some investigation, I discovered that this is because WFFM's internal EmailAttributes class that stores the SMTP config (that comes from either the web.config or the Parameters field on the SaveAction itself, as per their documentation) was using an old SMTP password that was changed over a year ago.
That is to say, the values retrieved by the following two lines of code were different despite the fact that the mail server password in the webconfig and Parameters fields specify the same value:
var configPassword = Sitecore.Configuration.Settings.GetSetting("MailServerPassword");
// EmailAttributes.Password
var basePassword = Password;

This old password that is returned when accessing the EmailAttributes.Password field is not present in the web.config in either the solution or the Sitecore/Website directory nor is it present in my local showconfig. Futhermore, the old password is not present in the Parameters field of the default WFFM SendEmailMessage save action and the following Sitecore query executed against Core, Master and Web database yields no results:
fast://*[@Parameters = '%fooBar%']

It is also worth noting that if the value contained in the configPassword variable (which is the correct password) is used to overwrite the value contained in the EmailAttribute's Password field (e.g. Password = configPassword) mail is sent successfully and there is no authentication error with the SMTP server.
We have a custom SendEmail save action that inherits from Sitecore.Form.Submit.SendMessage, overrides the Execute method, manipulates the fields collection and calls base.Execute() and emails are sent successfully.
Also, in WFFM v 2.3.0 rev 130118 there is no SMTP failure to authenticate exception thrown when using the default SendEmailMessage save action provided by WFFM when using the same SMTP configuration in the web.config file and config injected into the Parameters field of the SendEmailMessage save action.
I am at a loss for how/why the EmailAttributes.Password field would be getting a value that is not present in config, not coming from the Paremeters field on the SaveAction in sitecore, and isn't configured manually in the SMTP Email IIS module.
Any insight would be much appreciated!

A: The issue is most likely due to the way that the WFFM parameters are stored. Unfortunately the save action is not stored as a reference to the original when you add an action to a form. What actually happens is the parameters are copied from the parameters field of the Save Action to the Save Actions field on the form when it is added. Since it is a copy and not a reference, changing the parameters on the original save action does not change any existing forms using that save action.
You can verify this by going to the the form in Content Editor, go to View ribbon and ensure Standard Fields and Raw Values are both checked. Then check the Save Actions field under the Submit section. You should find the password within the XML in the <parameters> node.
There are 2 options to fix this:

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*Delete the send email save action from your form and add it in again

*Edit the XML from the Save Actions field to remove the Password

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"The Man of Words." Jeff McMullen delivers the inaugural John Newfong Oration honouring the work of pioneering Aboriginal journalist, John Newfong. University of Queensland. Brisbane. Australia. April 7th 2010.
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All My Fallen Angelas
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All My Fallen Angelas is a collection of stories inspired by the lives of Italian-Canadian women living in Toronto from the 1960s to the present. The stories document their strength and resilience, their power and vulnerability as the women move in community that allowed their presence in shops, factories, and churches, but offered them little else for entertainment and self-exploration outside of their families. The stories cover a wide range of women's experiences from loneliness; disappointment; mothering; marriages, arranged and not arranged, that were loving, simply stable, or violent. As a whole, the book provides the reader with a sense of Toronto's Italian immigrant community in its urban landscape, housing, social life, work and education options. The stories are the work of a raconteur who has been listening carefully to a wide range of women who shared their feelings in the kitchens and basements of their lives when the men were not around, when they were asleep or otherwise occupied. Each story ends on an ambiguous or poignant note that invokes the reader's imagination. These stories are not simply accounts of women's lives. They are literature: often humourous, sometimes tragic, and eternally human.
"These beautifully told stories of the lives and loves of immigrant girls and women will charm you and chill you and break your heart. Above all they will hold you, from the first page to the last."
—Nino Ricci, author of the award-winning novel The Origin of Species and of the Lives of the Saints trilogy
"All My Fallen Angelas is symphony of female voices of all ages, weaving an intricate web of stories around Canadian girls and women of Italian origin living in Toronto. The narrative I, belonging to different characters, explores a memory, a moment of revelation, a traumatic event. Gianna Patriarca's short stories are threads of a larger texture, probing, with subtlety and irony, the nuances and the intricacies of the mind of women who bear in their very names their family history."
—Oriana Palusci, University of Naples, Orientale
"In her new book, All My Fallen Angelas, Gianna Patriarca offers stories elaborating authentic portraits of characters in Toronto's Italian community. She dips into her memories of growing up in Toronto to offer living photographs seen through the lens of deep compassion. The experiences of ordinary immigrant Italian characters, whose lives are largely underrepresented in Canadian literature, come alive and are told with attentive humour and grace. Patriarca's stories reclaim the drama of lives, voices, and events from the anonymity of history. All My Fallen Angelas is a timely collection of stories of a community known largely through stereotypes."
—Isabella Colalillo Katz, author of Marlene Dietrich's Eyes
"Gianna Patriarca infuses her prose with masterful strokes of poetic prowess. Her short stories are amazing, powerful, often cool and so very important. She gives voice to the silent and overlooked narrative of the women in our community who have sacrificed and lived so much for their families and also for themselves. The book, however, goes far beyond the stereotypical nonna-in-a-black-dress archetype and finally brings life to the rich, colourful, and complex lives of women who have been overshadowed by stories of romanticized male-dominated mafia melodrama and mayhem."
—Domenico Capilongo, author of Subtitles and Other Stories
"Gianna Patriarca's latest book of stories captures the tension and liability of being an Italian/immigrant woman. Through well-crafted and engaging stories, she weaves passion and melancholy into the lives of women caught in that liminal space between the old world values and the new Anglo mores, metaphorically captured as the characters gaze out their neighbourhood windows. Patriarca transports us into a world of women with desires and needs which they have learned to suppress out of cultural deference. I highly recommend this book for its gorgeous contribution to understanding Italian women's experiences and for the Italian female sensibility with which it dances."
—Theresa Carilli, University of Purdue
"Gianna Patriarca introduces her characters with a sharp-eyed gentleness and compassion rooted in fond familiarity. These are stories in which the author is sometimes observer, sometimes participant. They do not end at the final page, but carry on in our imagination, in our emotions. In each of her observant tales, there is something of herself and of myself and of all of us."
—Linda Stitt, poet
Gianna Patriarca was born in Italy and immigrated in 1960 as a child. Her publications include seven books of poetry and one children's book. Her first collection, Italian Women and Other Tragedies, was runner-up to the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award and in 2009 was translated into Italian and launched at the university of Bologna and Naples. My Etruscan Face was shortlisted for the Bressani Literary Award in 2009. Her work is extensively anthologized in many Canadian, American and Italian publications, and is on university course lists in all three countries. Her work has also been adapted for the stage and for CBC radio drama, and has been part of the documentary Pier 21 with TLN. She lives and works in Toronto.
From "My Grandmother is Normal"
"Ma perché, why, why, you no get marry? You such a nice girla, nobody wants marry to you?" That's the standard greeting I get from my grandmother every time I appear at her front door, steel gray and decorated with an assortment of sticker type pictures of angels and saints, courtesy of her local church, and a Canadian flag, courtesy of the neighbourhood city councillor. They are all carefully pasted to the solid, impenetrable, intruder-proof door of her modest semi-detached, two-storey house on a one-way street just east of Ossington Avenue south of Dupont.
My grandmother had always wanted a new crimson door with a bright and shiny gold knob but my mother insisted that it would make an unflattering statement about those who lived in the house and the neighbours would criticize. Red is my grandmother's favourite colour, gold her favourite mineral or metal, Saint Teresa her favourite saint and I am, without a doubt, her most cherished female grandchild. My mother — her only daughter — is the official Swiss guard on regular duty now that my grandmother has reached her mid-eighties. She spends most afternoons taking care of grandmother's needs. My mother does the shopping, housecleaning, banking and other domestic routines, while my grandmother spends more and more time reconnecting with her catholic identity listening to Radio Maria where the Pope is a frequent guest. My grandmother is also fond of reading religious magazines and baking amaretto cookies.…
Before I take off my coat or hang up my purse or remove my shoes or even put my arms around her to say hello, my grandmother asks me the same question, which is really less of a question than it is a sad, painful affirmation of my unfortunate state of spinsterhood. My unexploited and unappreciated feminine charms going to waste, as the clock ticks away, are a constant concern for my grandmother, and a very real reason to devote a decade of prayers to my needs every time she says the rosary. That is the reason I visit only on absolutely necessary occasions. Of course, the necessary occasions are a weekly event with the added special stopover on holy days, and the feast day of Saint Teresa when I bring her a dozen red roses. Yes, roses are my grandmother's favourite flowers. My grandmother's name is Teresa.
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inannaadmin – May 26, 2019
Two Poets, Two Voices: Gianna Patriarca and Alden Hadwen
reviewed by Deirdre Kelly
Critics At Large – May 16, 2017
http://www.criticsatlarge.ca/2017/05/poetry-alden-hadwen-gianna-patriarca.html
It is not known if Gianna Patriarca and Alden Hadwen know each other. But these two women have more in common than both having coincidentally published books in 2016. Both are poets with ties to Toronto, and both are mothers who are roughly the same age – somewhere north of 50. But it is their work that draws them together here for comparison. Each projects a nuanced feminine sensibility onto poetic writing that serves as a form of self-revelation. Words chisel deep into memory and emotion, exposing hidden meaning. Both write honestly and straight-forwardly about personal experience, yielding highly individualized portraits of everyday womanhood which yet have something of the universal about them. Their language is raw and sensual and the subject is quotidian life – buying postcards, sipping coffee, watching the flowers grow. The ordinary made extraordinary through an alchemy of potent words. Love, loss, desire, regret, the quest for identity and a sense of belonging are concerns they share in common, regardless their divergent backgrounds and decisively different points of view. Where Hadwen describes trilliums "piercing the moist forest floor," Patriarca writes of extinguished candles and plastic flowers garlanding the Virgin in churches visited by widows at dawn. One celebrates the potent energies of nature while the otherr ages against the emotional chill of the city. There's a reason for that.
Patriarca is an immigrant, of Italian descent, who came with her family to Toronto's Little Italy district, where she still lives, in 1960. She worked as an elementary schoolteacher until taking early retirement in 2003, the subject of poems, many of them hilarious, in her 2007 book, My Etruscan Face. The wife of celebrated Toronto chef Andrew Milne-Allan, co-founder of Trattoria Giancarlo and Zucca, among other critically acclaimed local restaurants, Patriarca has written five books of poetry altogether, starting with 1994's award-winning Italian Women and Other Tragedies, a superb collection of poems whose naturalistic style belies the high drama of the lives singing arias on the page. Last year, she published All My Fallen Angelas, her first collection of short stories, expanding in prose form many of the themes and characters first encountered in her poetry.
Exploring the ravages of life and taking in the complexities and handicaps experienced by female characters in particular, All My Fallen Angelas juxtaposes the masculine and the feminine to expose social and cultural forces shaping individual lives at a given time and place.The writing might be less consistently sharp than in her poetry, but Patriarca's Felliniesque knack for combining the poignant with the absurd shines through, making stories like the titular "All My Fallen Angelas" – a first-person narrative of a murder victim wrapped in plastic and hidden behind drywall in a Caledon Hills reno – a memorably artistic experience. Another strong story from the collection is the evocative "My Father, My Mother, My Sins," a chilling examination of the bittersweet Italian immigrant experience and its effect on the daughter of a disillusioned family. It's a theme common to much of her writing.
Patriarca views immigration less as a new beginning and more as a brutal uprooting from ancestral lands, an identity disconnect. Italians who immigrated to Toronto en masse in the 1950s and 1960s found jobs as factory workers and brick layers, ditch diggers and fruit cart pushers. They paid decent wages. They enabled the Italian diaspora greatly. Yet Patriarca focuses more on the underbelly of alienation and loss, and likely because her memories are rooted in a time, more than 50 years ago, when her people were "the wops" in a WASP enclave.
"The Neighbourhood is Changing," a poem from her 2005 collection, What My Arms Can Carry, describes immigration as a journey into disenchantment:
the old men
have nowhere to go
banished, corroded barges
in some abandoned port
they sit
cooled by the winds of
passing streetcars
at the corner of Grace Street
and College
Despite more than five decades of living in Canada, Patriarca still sees her adopted home as a foreign country, a place where she rarely feels at ease. Her saving grace is being able to mitigate the misery with dark humour. In "Maggie/Peggie," Patriarca mischievously imagines herself transformed into homegrown poet Margaret Atwood, and finally gaining acceptance:
no more Neapolitan songs
weeping and tragic
no more De Sica and Magnani
this small immigrant life
this woman unknown
gone is my life in black and white
the black of death
mourning ancestors through
reminiscence and longing
the white of an unfamiliar landscape
indifferent and cold
A fifth-generation Canadian of English, Irish and Scots descent, Alden Hadwen sees things differently. A mother of three and grandmother of four, she works in the city's financial district but lives in the countryside near Guelph, Ont., located about an hour west of Toronto. Her daily commute provides inspiration for her poetry. Her descriptions of rural scenery and cyclical nature, as seen on the road or in the privacy of her garden, are generally lush and full of flowers, a celebration of life's possibilities, "like the miracle of calf being born/in a barn near here/the beginning of everything."
These lines are from "Eden's Light," a poem from Hadwen's latest collection, Isle of Grace, her third book of poetry, following Beautiful Druid in 2007 and 12 Hockey Poems in 2011. The book teems with observations of quotidian life, from the making of grape jelly to noticing how the soft light of a porcelain chandelier illuminates a friend's "fine intelligence" and "gentle grace of her being." Hadwen writes simply in order to uncover simple truths. With clear and concise language, she pinpoints the mysterious within the domestic. "Pies and Quiche," for example, captures in loving detail Hadwen's grown sister in the act of baking on an annual visit back to the family home. The poem resonates with the chop of fruit under a sharp knife, and the smell of strong tea brewing alongside conversation in a closed but familiar kitchen. The talk roams freely, touching on "children, marriage friends, health/presents to make, books, music/triumphs, troubles, trials and tears…." Quietly empathetic, Hadwen allows the scene to unfold a sa reflection on the strength and security of family:
my sister has created this busy day in the kitchen
like saying
"here is the campfire
grow a holly horn hedge around
to protect this safe place"
"do not notice please
that I cut no stars of dough
to garnish the crust"
not fanciful
not this time
Elsewhere, Hadwen writes keenly about natural phenomena – waterfalls, snowfalls, and the "swaying slow and sonorous" of a Douglas Fir "on the lee side of a little cabin" during a night of strong wind at the cottage overlooking Lake Huron. A Group of Seven painting recast as a poem. But these aren't just pretty word pictures. Hadwen captures a world in flux – her own children growing and begetting children of their own, the old ways falling beneath the march of progress. Change is inevitable, but it also gives cause for concern. In "Barns," Hadwen describes the once familiar sight of "stone foundation wooden barns of Ontario" in the process of becoming a distant memory:
it seems
as if by some order of extinction
these barns are falling in on themselves
one sees ruins
soon the grasses will grow over the stones
my grandsons already say
"we've seen these in books"
when I point out the still standing country barns
Hadwen also writes wistfully about sex, relishing the memory of "long slow kisses that never end" and warm caresses experienced at daybreak. These are love poems and also poems of seduction, thrillingly unselfconscious and alive. Hadwen luxuriates in the erotic, frequently taking the lead as she writes in the poem, "Lioness":
gliding between the sheets
to curve behind you
my bare breasts pressing against your back
my thighs behind your thighs
breathing so close to your ear and neck
your scent
intoxication of desire
Patriarca also writes about sex, but rarely with the same sense of abandon. The Catholic Church always gets in the way. Sex in her poems and short stories is equated with sin. It is frequently dark, furtive, abusive. Love seems beside the point. Women of her mother's generation, and these are the women she mostly addresses through her work, were taught to marry, have children, be a wife and then a mother and basically suffer through it. Sons are prized and daughters mostly not. Patriarca writes sarcastically of the burden of her sex in "My Birth,: a poem from the Italian Women and Other Tragedies collection:
my father is a great martyr
he has forgiven me everything
even my female birth
Actually, she's kidding. In another poem, "Daughters," the father character demonizes his girl child, calling her whore and Devil:
his eyes were coral
as he rammed his fist
inside my mouth
reminding me
It's unclear if the description is rooted in autobiography, but her writing strongly intimates that Patriarca had a troubled relationship with her father, long deceased. He appears to have tormented her early in life. In her poems, she alludes to having had therapy to see her way to the other side of his abuse. She also writes about making frequent visits to his grave as part of a journey towards self-understanding and forgiveness. Whatever he did left her terribly sad, and guilt-ridden. But Patriarca knows she needs to get beyond it. "Time to stop," she writes in "Another November Visiting You":
i have written about you
the conflicts
the reconciliation
enough confessions
put an end to it
the modern word
a word with no meaning
Patriarca finds solace elsewhere, under the patient gaze of a loving husband, a daughter who is her everything and an aging mother whose memories are Patriarca's inheritance, the stories she feels compelled to write. It's a woman's perspective, different from Hadwen's in many ways, but just as proud, personal and meaningful.
Quarterly Stories: Summer 2016
Gianna Patriarca's All My Fallen Angelas (Inanna, 2016)
reviewed by Buried in Print – July 19, 2016
http://www.buriedinprint.com/?p=16321
"Vicky's parents had no idea about feminism and the Women's Liberation movement. Nor did they have any real idea about the American dream, or about boutiques or about women like Cheryl Tiegs. They were simply hard-working immigrant parents who wanted to create a good life for themselves and their children, and they lived by their traditions and religious beliefs. But Victoria, who wanted to be called Vicky, had begun to dream a different dream when her father brought home that first television set as a Christmas gift for the family."
There are as many kinds of feminists in All My Fallen Angelas as there are likely to be feminist readers of this debut collection. Young girls as dreamers, older girls as ghosts: each has her place.
"I believed I could make it happen. I believed that it would all come true. It would all turn out the way it was meant to be. I could live the enchantment. I would be wife to the husband prince, daughter to the King and Queen, and mother to the noble heirs to come. I would remain the dawn of every possibility."
The variety of perspectives (including a ghost, a child, a freshly engaged 29YO woman, and a "good daughter" who returns home to care for her aging mother) keeps the reader engaged, and beneath them all lies the author's fascination with life stories.
Many of these stories consider (or unfold with a backdrop of) the experiences of newcomers to Canada and Gianna Patriarca is especially interested in the gap between expectations and dreams and the reality of everyday life. Often the backstory, events which played out long before the characters arrived in Toronto, is more important than present-day events, with memory shading all that follows.
As if to reflect the world beyond its pages, the epigraphs to the stories reach widely geographically, frequently to the works of poets (including Eavan Boland and Dylan Thomas, Lucille Clifton and Dionne Brand).
But Toronto sets the stage for these tales, most often Little Italy. Many historic and lasting landmarks are featured, from Union Station to Tivoli (a greasy spoon at the corner of St. Clair and Dufferin), from Kensington Market to the Piper Club (on the east side of Dufferin with its afternoon dances), from the Royal Cinema on College to the Sicilian Café (further along the strip, at the corner of Montrose).
Tivoli is filled with sensory detail as well (smelling like hormones and cigarette smoke, fries and onion rings) and there are delicious foods to tempt readers as well (rum-drenched and custard-filled brioche, almond biscotto, and maple caramel candy), along with less appealing details (a steaming and foaming waterfall of pee, or the smell of oil in soil air and plants of Petrolia).
All My Fallen Angelas feels like a community-soaked collection of stories, always character-driven and often moving and affecting.
reviewed by The Miramichi Reader – July 1, 2016
http://miramichireader.ca/2016/07/happened-tom-fallen-angelas/
Having spent a number of years living near and working with Italians, I especially appreciated the stories here. They take place in neighbourhoods where I lived, so I can picture the homes, the business and the flavour of Little Italy. While most of my dealings were with second or third generation Italians, and this little book covers Italian women who moved here as adults, those who came as children, and those who were born here in Canada (the "other America" as some referred to it).
Here's an excerpt from the story entitled "My Grandmother is Normal":
""Ma perché, why, why, you no get marry? You such a nice girla, nobody wants
marry to you?" That's the standard greeting I get from my grandmother every time
I appear at her front door, steel-gray and decorated with an assortment of sticker
type pictures of angels and saints, courtesy of her local church, and a Canadian flag,
courtesy of the neighbourhood city councillor. They are all carefully pasted to the
solid, impenetrable, intruder-proof door of her modest semi-detached, two-storey
house on a one-way street just east of Ossington Avenue south of Dupont."
My favourite in this collection is "Anna at the Window" about a widow who does not want to give up her College Street residence even though very few Italians remain in the area. One day she encounters Angelina, a half Irish, half Italian girl who has escaped the boring confines of Petrolia, ON to find a better life in Toronto. The story ends all too soon (as all good stories do), it would have made for a good novella. Indeed, several of these short stories could well make for a full-fledged novel, and with the evident talent of Ms. Patriarca, I hope to see more from her soon.
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The fourth edition of the e-Tax Guide, "Import GST Deferment Scheme (Fourth Edition)" was published on 25 January 2012 by IRAS. Import GST Deferment Scheme (IGDS) allows an approved business to defer the payment of import GST until the submission of the GST return for the prescribed accounting period.
The GST Guide on Imports (3rd Edition) published by IRAS on 10 January 2012, provides basic information on GST matters relating to importation of goods, including GST reporting requirements and various related schemes available.
On 18 January 2012, IRAS issued the sixth edition of the e-Tax Guide on "GST Guide for Retailers (6th Edition)". The guide explains the GST treatment applicable to common scenarios encountered by retailers and also addresses frequently asked questions.
An "Approved 3PL Company Scheme" is a scheme regulated by Regulation 45A of Goods and Services Tax (General Regulations) whereby the Comptroller of GST may allow goods to be delivered or removed without payment of GST on importation and supplied to another taxable person without GST chargeable on the supply. IRAS has updated the e-Tax Guide to this scheme on 10 January 2012.
IRAS has updated the e-Tax Guide to GST: Approved Contract Manufacturer and Trader (ACMT) Scheme (Eight Edition). The changes in this edition was published on 10 January 2012.
The e-Tax Guides, "GST Guide for the Marine Industry – 2010 Budget Changes", as well as the "GST Guide for the Marine Industry – 2011 Budget Changes" have been revised by IRAS on 10 January 2012, to take into account recent legislative amendments.
IRAS has updated the "GST Guide for the Biomedical Industry – 3rd Edition" on 14 January 2012 to take into account recent legislative amendments.
Major Exporter Scheme (MES) is a scheme whereby the payment of GST is suspended at the point of importation of goods. MES traders will be allowed to import non-dutiable goods without paying GST to Singapore Customs (SC). On 10 January 2012, IRAS issued the sixth edition of the e-Tax Guide on GST, "Major Exporter Scheme (6th Edition)".
To view the revised e-Tax Guides, please click visit the IRAS website at www.iras.gov.sg
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Greater Manchester Chamber Blog: Friday Guest Blog: Where did all our profit go?
Regardless of the size of the organisation, the question of why we haven't realised the profit we expected is worryingly all too familiar. It is particularly worrying as the answer is usually fairly simple, and over and over again it is because organisations fail to understand the concept of cost.
Price – is the amount we pay for goods or the provision of a service to a supplier.
Cost – are all the associated sums that are required to enable the successful implementation or use of those goods or services.
As companies we are obsessed with the price of goods, constantly asking to "get it cheaper" or for the explanation of "why can our competitors get it so much cheaper than us?" Sometimes these are valid questions, and by utilising our resources we may be able to reduce down these prices. However, I have yet to work with a company and to find that they were not guilty of getting so tangled up in the price that they fail to realise the competition maybe buying better than them; but it might have nothing to do with the price they are paying.
A simple but powerful example of these costs is that of raising purchase orders. Every time I see this price in the media it seems to get more inflated, with a recent survey quoting upwards of £200 per order, however this does seem extreme. From my experience it is much more likely to be between £30-£50. Even at these prices, the implications could be significant. Even at £30 a company with a margin aspiration of 10% would need to achieve sales of £300 for every purchase order just to cover its cost! How many purchase orders did your company send last year? By reducing the amount by 10% how much additional profit could have been achieved? If the value is high maybe it would be worth looking at purchasing cards or the use of e-catalogues for some of your lower spends items. Even if the price is a little more, maybe the costs are more important.
Purchase orders aside there are hundreds of processes, procedures and transactions that go on within every company, all taking time, costing money and eating away at our profits.
If we manage our costs, though more efficient procurement policies and procedures taking firm control of what we spend in an organisation the savings can be game changing, allowing us realise our profit potential.
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As I mentioned in the previous blog, Karen and I attempted to cure our chips and salsa craving by baking kale. And as I said earlier, it tasted nothing like good 'ol chips and salsa from Maudies, but it was worth a try. For all my team 4 Paleo friends I am posting the super, duper easy recipe for you.
Rinse kale and pat dry…make sure it's really dry.
Tear kale into "chip size" pieces and put in a bowl with lid.
Drizzle olive oil (or pour), sprinkle sea salt and pepper, put the lid on and shake shake shake!
Place kale "chips" on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes or so…they should be crispy enough to dip, or attempt to dip in salsa.
Karen and I ate the whole bunch of Kale, well her mom helped us a little, too. But, that's how good it was. Maybe because our taste buds no longer work…who knows. Give it a try and let me know what you think!


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While young people's overwhelming "Yes" vote has been widely remarked, I would like to note that that it was also my cohort, the generation Xers in our late 30s to mid-50s, who were just as pivotal in this decisive win. We were the first ones to refuse to follow our parents' orders to go to Mass, to demand full access to contraception and to support amending our Constitution in 1995 to allow couples to divorce.
Lest anyone think the nation is in unison, we should recall that a sizable minority, 38 percent, voted "No." Who were they? Probably around half of my own family for starters. Unable to make the trip home myself to vote, in conveying my feelings to family members, I got a mixed response. On the eve of the vote, one parent assured me it would be a 60-40 yes, while another rebuked our former president, Mary McAleese, for "going against tradition" by campaigning on the "Yes" side despite being retired from politics. One sibling sent me messages of support via social media, while when I last broached this topic with another, they likened gay marriage to Nazi Germany's social engineering policies.
Brian Beary is a decade-long D.C. resident and freelance journalist.


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ReliefWeb API documentation revamped
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Do you want to use real-time ReliefWeb content and data directly in your app or page? We are happy to announce the public release of a new version of the API documentation.
The first version (version 0) of the API was launched in 2014. After some years of increasing use, it evolved to the actual version and now, it is receiving more than half a million requests per day.
With this new update to the API documentation, we hope that now more than ever developers have the tools they need to get the best of the existing humanitarian content and data. We'll continue to add more features as time goes on and we can't wait to see what you come up with next!
In this release, there is also a new parameter "appname" in all the request. In order to provide a better service, please, use this parameter with the name of your organization and application.
If you need support on using ReliefWeb API, please join our Google Group or contact us.


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UEFA Europa League: Tricky ties for Napoli, Spurs
By FourFourTwo Staff
Two tournament favourites in Napoli and Tottenham face tricky second legs as they look to progress to the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League.
Rafael Benitez's side host Swansea at the Stadio San Paolo after a goalless draw in Wales, knowing a score draw would eliminate them on away goals, as well as a defeat.
Tottenham face arguably a greater task in overturning a 1-0 deficit against Dnipro of Ukraine when the two sides meet at White Hart Lane.
Yevhen Konoplyanka's late penalty earned the Ukrainian side a slender advantage in the first leg as the English side's 100 per cent record in the competition was snapped.
Should Tim Sherwood's side progress, they are likely to face last year's runners-up Benfica, who hold a 1-0 lead going into their home leg with PAOK.
Two sides expected to make it through are Juventus and Fiorentina, who both hold two-goal cushions over their opponents.
Juventus beat Trabzonspor 2-0 at home last week, while Fiorentina won 3-1 in Denmark against Esbjerg, and the Italian duo will face each other in the next round if they avoid a shock.
Lazio could not complete a trio of Italian winners however, as they went down to a 1-0 home reverse at the hands of Bulgarian outfit Ludogorets, leaving Edoardo Reja's men with it all to do in the return leg.
Valencia look set to progress, holding a 2-0 lead over Dynamo Kiev with the home leg to come, while AZ will also be confident after a 1-0 win in the Czech Republic against Slovan Liberec.
One team with a mountain to climb are Dutch giants Ajax, who have to somehow turn around a disastrous 3-0 defeat against Red Bull Salzburg in Amsterdam.
Local rivals domestically, Real Betis and Sevilla will look to boost the presence of La Liga teams in the last 16, with both earning score draws from away trips in the first leg.
Betis returned from Rubin Kazan with a 1-1 draw, while Sevilla's game at Maribor ended 2-2. If both sides progress, they would meet in a spicy last 16 tie.
Two sides knocked out of the UEFA Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk and Viktoria Plzen, go head to head with the tie delicately poised following a 1-1 draw in the Czech Republic in the first leg.
Porto, winners of the tournament in 2011, let a two-goal lead slip at home to Eintracht Frankfurt last week to draw 2-2 and their misery was further compounded as an 81-game unbeaten run at the Estadio do Dragao was brought to an end by Estoril at the weekend.
Coach Paulo Fonseca has seen his future questioned in the aftermath of the defeat, and will be desperate for a win, though Frankfurt's two away goals will give them confidence.
Elsewhere the ties between Anzhi and Genk, Chornomorets and Lyon, and Maccabi Tel Aviv and Basel also remain finely balanced following goalless draws in the respective first legs.
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The trouble when you're doing something illegal is that you know what you're doing. You're lying to your parents, you're lying to your kids. The only person you can't lie to is yourself.
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Rae Dawn Chong, Robbi Chong, Precious Chong, Paris Chong, Gilbran Chong
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The 79-year-old Canadian-American comedian, Tommy is a married man. He is married twice in his life. Initially, he was married to Maxine Sneed. Together, they also welcomed two daughters, Rae Dawn and Robbi Chong. However, they couldn't continue their relationship and divorced after 10 years of marriage in 1970.
Back in 1975, he tied the knot with Shelby Fiddis in Los Angeles. Furthermore, they also gave birth to two sons Paris and Gilbran and a daughter Precious Chong. Since their marriage, the married pair has maintained a perfect relationship with them. Apart from her, he has never seen with any other woman and never involved in an affair. Currently, Tommy and Shelby are enjoying their married life and living beautifully.
1 Who is Tommy Chong?
2 Tommy Chong: Early Life, Childhood, and Education
3 Tommy Chong: Career, Net Worth, and Awards
4 Tommy Chong: Rumors and Controversy
5 Tommy Chong: Body Measurements
6 Social Media Profile
Who is Tommy Chong?
Tommy Chong is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, and also cannabis rights activist. He rose to prominence after appearing in the comedy movie Cheech & Chong's Next Movie in 1980. Furthermore, he has also starred in a couple of popular movies such as Up in Smoke, Zootopia, Pauly Shore Is Dead, Half Baked, and much more.
Besides this, he has also starred in several TV shows such as Nash Bridges, South Park, Sliders, and much more. In addition, he has also won the Grammy for Best Comedy Recording along with Cheech Marin.
Tommy Chong: Early Life, Childhood, and Education
Tommy was born on May 24, 1938, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Talking about his nationality, he is Canadian-American and his ethnicity is mixed (Chinese, Scottish, Irish). He is the son of waitress Lorna Jean and truck driver Stanley Chong. As a child, his childhood was so hard as his family was in poverty.
Moving towards his education, he dropped out from Crescent Heights High School at the age of 16. After that, he began to play guitar to make money.
Tommy Chong: Career, Net Worth, and Awards
Tommy began his career in music where he played guitar for a Calgary soul group named The Shades. Later, their debut album 'Does Your Mama Know About Me' climbed at the no. 29 position on the Billboard Hot 100. Soon after that, he was fired from the band and started his own comedy duo along with Cheech Marin named Cheech and Chong in 1971.
After forming the duo, they began to perform stage shows and also launched their comedy album, 'Cheech & Chong'. As their first album came as a big hit, the duo released their second album 'Big Bambu'.
In 1978, Tommy appeared alongside Cheech in comedy feature-film titled 'Up in Smoke'. After a couple of years, he landed the role of Chong in comedy film Cheech & Chong's Next Movie in 1980. Later, the veteran actor has also featured in several movies such as Up in Smoke, Zootopia, Pauly Shore Is Dead, Half Baked, and much more. Besides this, he has also starred in several TV shows such as Nash Bridges, South Park, Sliders, and much more.
During 1981 to 1985, Tommy appeared in a couple of hit movies which include 'Nice Dreams', 'It Came from Hollywood', 'Things Are Tough All Over', 'Still Smokin', 'Yellowbeard', 'Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers' and 'Get Out of My Room'. Recently, he has also starred in Uncle Grandpa, and Trailer Park Boys: Out Of the Park: USA. In 2016, he gave voice in Zootopia.
Being a veteran comedian, he earns a handsome amount of money from his profession. Currently, he has a net worth of $8 million.
So far, Tommy has won the Grammy for Best Comedy Recording along with Cheech Marin. Apart from that, he has been also nominated for BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award and few Grammy awards.
Tommy Chong: Rumors and Controversy
Once, Tommy was dragged into a controversy as the United States police raid into his house. Furthermore, he also went to court for his company Nice Dreams products, as US Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said that Tommy was the more responsible because he financed and marketed the product.
Tommy Chong: Body Measurements
Tommy has a height of 6 ft 2 inches and his weight is unknown. Furthermore, he has brown eyes and salt and pepper colored hair. Besides this, there is not any information regarding his other body measurements.
Tommy is pretty active on social media such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Currently, he has more than 2.4 million followers on Instagram and 480k followers on Twitter. Furthermore, he also holds a Facebook account in which he has almost 7.5 million followers.
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Rock climbing in Thailand is practised wherever there are rocks. The rock is all limestone and is part of the worlds largest coral reef, stretching from China down to Papua New Guinea. The routes are all bolted sport climbing routes.
Rock climbing in Thailand is practised wherever there are rocks. The rock is all limestone and is part of the worlds largest coral reef, stretching from China down to Papua New Guinea. The routes are all bolted sport climbing routes. The French grading system is used. With over 650 routes ranging from beginner 5a's to classic multipitch 6a's right up to the extremes of 8c there's enough here to keep any climber busy for years.
Clubs like the Thailand Rock Climbing Federation, and the Bangkok Rock Climbing Club can furnish you with details of climb sites wherever you are travelling in the kingdom, including artificial practice walls in Bangkok .
Some of the best locations for rock climbing are in the central regions near Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in Uthai Thani Province , or in the spectacular limestone mountains that run through Kanchanaburi, Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan.
On the East Caost and easily accessible from Bangkok are sites in Chon Buri. The spectacular coastal cliffs of Railay Beach in Krabi are the climbing focus of the South, with further pitches to be found on some of the islands.
Climbing is a technical sport. You should not go alone, especially if you are a beginner. The discipline is safe if you use first-class equipment, go with an experienced guide and teacher who shows you how to practice safe climbing, and if you follow safety procedures.
As well as safety issues related to climbing, make sure you protect yourself from the sun. It is easy to get burned if you are on an exposed rock for long periods. Sunblock is essential.


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Investors Can Support Just Transition by Integrating Social Factors
By Chris Hall
New Grantham Institute report calls on asset owners to signal expectations through selection and engagement policies.
Institutional investors need to step up their support and scrutiny of the social aspects of companies' net zero plans to ensure the transition from a carbon-based economy encompasses all stakeholders, a new report says.
Further, it insists government policies such as the UK's recently announced Net Zero Strategy must include measures designed to achieve a just transition for displaced workers, including development of "attractive careers in the green economy with good working conditions".
The Just Zero report was prepared for the Financing a Just Transition Alliance, a coalition of 40 banks, investors and other institutions, by the London School of Economics' Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (GRI).
It says national and local government hold primary responsibility for "delivering and coordinating" a just transition, but adds that financial institutions can play a significant role by "fully integrating" its environmental and social dimensions into their policies and decision-making.
The report provides asset owners and financial institutions with advice and case study examples of practical action to support a just transition, aimed at ensuring workers, suppliers, communities and consumers benefit from the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Its five recommendations to investors and intermediaries cover strategy and leadership, engagement, capital allocation, policy dialogue, and impact measurement and reporting.
Investors and lenders should integrate just transition factors into their engagement with investee firms and borrowers on net-zero plans, while also seeking out opportunities to support businesses that demonstrate commitment to "positive social impact for workers, communities and consumers" as they develop low-carbon business models. Just transition metrics should be built into appraisal and due diligence policies for investment and lending, it added.
Among its 18 case studies, the report flags a long-term engagement programme by Royal London Asset Management and the Friends Provident Foundation with UK-based energy utilities. To date, the exercise has led to SSE publishing a world-first just transition strategy by a utility, based on 20 principles for embedding fairness into decarbonisation plans, followed by E.ON's March 2021 just transition statement and commitments by Centrica, Scottish Power and EDF UK to publish strategies ahead of COP26.
While highlighting how just transition principles are being incorporated into the strategies of individual organisations, the report says a systematic approach is also essential. To this end, it outlines the key elements for a common set of expectations that investors and banks can apply to the businesses they own and lend, which draws on international standards and emerging best practice.
Among its recommendations for different types of investors and intermediaries, the report recommended that asset owners should "signal their just transition expectations" by specifying that mandates will be awarded to asset managers with just transition policies.
"Pension funds should consider any factor financially material to the performance of their investments, including climate change and the need for a fair and just transition," said Doug McMurdo, Chair, Local Authority Pension Fund Forum.
"Investors, such as local authority pension funds, are already using shareholder engagement to get the companies they invest in to support a just transition to net zero, and this report shows why and how investor action needs to intensify in the year ahead," he added.
Increased reporting on social co-benefits
The report supports regulatory action to increase the reporting of social metrics by companies, including the incorporation of just transition measures into their net zero transition plans. In the recent Roadmap to Sustainable Investment, the UK government outlined plans to make net zero transition plans mandatory as part of its new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements.
The UK's green gilt programme, the second tranche of which was released last week, is the first sovereign green bond to report on its social co-benefits.
On the policy front, the Just Zero report backs the establishment of a UK-wide Just Transition Commission to embed issues of fairness into policy-making, and the deployment of the UK Infrastructure Bank and the British Business Bank to lead the process of financing net zero so that it delivers positive social impacts for both infrastructure projects and SMEs.
The report also calls for the development of local climate finance hubs to connect place-based demand for capital with the supply of funding from banks, investors and the public sector.
"In the UK, the just transition can best be seen as the policy glue that connects net-zero with the government's levelling-up agenda. It's not only the right thing to do and necessary also to build public support for bold climate action, but for financial institutions it's also strategically smart as it will build stronger and more resilient investments," said lead author Nick Robins, Professor in Practice – Sustainable Finance at the GRI.
The 2015 Paris Agreement highlighted the need for a just transition to a low-carbon economy, focusing in particular on the needs of potentially vulnerable employees, suppliers and customers of carbon-intensive sectors, as well as the potential to create more and better quality jobs in growing areas such as clean energy.
The GRI is hosting a three-day conference this week to highlight aspects just transition strategies. GRI Policy Fellow Brendan Curran will be a panellist at ESG Investor's 'Toward a Just Transition' webinar at 09.30 BST on 28 October.
The Just Zero report will be presented at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow and includes a section focusing on the international dimension of financial action, focusing on developing countries.
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The Colts Are A Mess Behind The Scenes, Too
Barry Petchesky
The Colts are bad. They've faced a pair of excellent defenses in the Bills and Jets, but that doesn't negate the fact that Indianapolis's O-line is a sieve, the defense is a grab bag, and all-world QB Andrew Luck has been given aging, retread weapons. Luck, too, looked sub-replacement-level in last night' 20-7 loss. Head coach Chuck Pagano saw what you saw, and he is fed up.
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One third-quarter sequence perfectly exemplified the Jets' 20-7 victory over the Colts Monday…
Pagano isn't an emotional guy, so he's never going to reach Jim Mora "Diddly-Poo" levels, but his press conference following the game was as close as he'll get to publicly throwing a chair across the room. No one was spared: not Luck, and certainly not GM Ryan Grigson, with whom he's privately and increasingly feuded over the last year.
On Luck, who threw three interceptions, fumbled the ball once, and generally looked rattled and inexperienced:
"Just got to take care of the football. Just make great decisions, take care of the football. It's not that hard. It's not trigonometry."
Another writer offered Luck an out: might the problem have been an offensive line that rarely gave the quarterback time? Pagano shot that down, with a comment that can't be interpreted as anything but a jab at the guy who constructed this O-line:
"That's the case for three years now, has it not? He should be more than comfortable dealing with what he's dealing with. We've got to get it fixed."
Pagano and Grigson have never been tight, but this summer reportedly saw the rift between the two widen. The clash is largely over personnel issues—differences of opinion on who to sign. That's fairly normal; the roster is the GM's domain. But here it goes one further, with Grigson reportedly having a major say over lineup decisions. That's historically the coach's sole bailiwick, but Grigson is largely running the show in Indianapolis. And to further rankle Pagano, Grigson is doing so with the imprimatur of owner Jim Irsay.
The Indianapolis Star's Stephen Holder, who's done the deepest reporting on the power struggle between Pagano and Grigson, says last night's press conference could be a sign of things to come.
The AFC South remains putrid. The Colts should still take the division. But if they don't (and even if they do, then bow out meekly in the playoffs), Pagano and/or Grigson could be out. Both are in the last years of their contracts, and that's telling enough: teams tend not to let their coaches and GMs reach lame-duck status.
The interesting part is who would take the fall.
The players adore Pagano, sure, but those are the same ineffective players that have the Colts in this mess. This is a team that could stand to be completely blown up while Andrew Luck is young enough to be rebuilt around.


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