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JFK Assassination Debate
Controversial Issues in History
That whole "canceled" air strikes thing...
By Dennis Berube,
September 1, 2020 in JFK Assassination Debate
Larry Hancock
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Grayston Lynch (who sailed along with Robertson on command ships for the Brigade - at Bissell's direction but against JFK's directives that no American's would be involved with the actual landings) later wrote that they were assured that there would be no Cuban air to oppose the landing and described being shocked when they were radioed at sea that they would be facing air attacks at the beach head. He wrote of trying to advise the Brigade commanders about tactics to cope with that and of course he and Robertson manned the fifty caliber machine guns on the command ships, the only real anti-aircraft weaponry available. He and Lynch had mounted the guns prior to sailing, apparently at their own initiative, in order to provide suppression fire during the landings.
Lynch was also adamant that given the heavy equipment and tanks being landed their was no way they could ever have offloaded and had the ships away and out of Cuban waters by daybreak - which had been one of JFK's primary demands for the operation.
Larry Hancock 18 posts
James DiEugenio 13 posts
Dennis Berube 5 posts
Robert Montenegro 10 posts
Ron Bulman
Gene is right about this being a great thread. Thanks Dennis, Jim, Larry, Robert, David, and Gene. This gives a much broader and clearer picture than what I've read previously. Though Larry has alluded to some of this not too long ago and Destiny Betrayed was my first clue that JFK cancelling the air strikes wasn't true.
You all make me wonder though about another aspect. If I may put my ignorance on full display (tell me when I'm wrong, please).
What became the BOP originated Under Eisenhower. It was a CIA project. Nixon was his liaison with them. If he'd been elected it most likely would have proceeded in the original location with full support of the US Air Force and Navy and Marines with troops to follow.
Did the plans change as soon as the election was over? Maybe better said, did they start evolving immediately? From a forceful invasion to he might not support it, let's revise it so he will?
Then ultimately a plan to fail? Deceiving both the Anti Castro Cubans and JFK.
Bissel was no stooge, he wouldn't have gotten to the position he was in under Dulles if he was. Keeping Esterline and Hawkins away from JFK was deliberate, as was his lieing to them about the airstrikes.
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On 9/22/2020 at 7:36 PM, Ron Bulman said:
What became the BOP originated Under Eisenhower. It was a CIA project. Nixon was his liaison with them.
It must be stressed that the pinnacle of the "chain of command", organically speaking, in regards to the Eisenhower-era, anti-Castro terrorist operations, was not the Central Intelligence Agency.
As a point of fact, all evidence indicates that it was an ad-hoc group that existed within the superstructure of the National Security Council called the "5412/2 Committee", sometimes referred to as "Special Group", that existed within another organization called the "Operations Coordinating Board".
Here is a CIA document that cartoonishly chronologized it's history:
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/LOC-HAK-301-1-9-6.pdf
While it is a fact that CIA Deputy Director for Plans Richard Mervin Bissell Jr. was tasked to oversee the planning for ousting Prime Minister Fidel Castro, the staff that authorized the operation was not the CIA.
While I do not have all of the resources in front of me to cite my following statement, it appears that the personnel who oversaw the Eisenhower-era, anti-Castro terrorist operations on the National Security Council's, Operations Coordinating Board, 5412/2 Committee were the following men:
US Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon
US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Livingston Tallmadge Merchant
US Navy Chief of Naval Operations ADM. Arleigh Albert Burke
CIA Director Allen Welsh Dulles
CIA Western Hemisphere Division Chief COL. Joseph Caldwell King
US National Security Advisor Gordon Gray
CIA Special Assistant for Paramilitary Psychological Operations Charles Tracy Barnes
US Vice President's Assistant for National Security Affairs Brig. Gen. Robert Everton Cushman Jr.
US Interdepartmental Task Force on Latin American Affairs Chief Adolf Augustus Berle Jr.
US Deputy Secretary of Defense Thomas Sovereign Gates Jr.
US Under Secretary of State Clarence Douglas Dillon
Special Military Attaché to President of the United States COL. Vernon Anthony Walters
As far as I can tell, those twelve men represented the United States government's covert action capabilities and violent position against Castro's Cuba, before President Kennedy took the oath of office.
I would like to stress once again, the 5412/2 Committee was not a CIA entity, though CIA personnel did operate on it's staff.
I hope this is at least a starting point for answering your question Mr. Bulman.
Edited November 19, 2020 by Robert Montenegro
Ron, for the full details on the evolution and chains of decision making I really have to refer you to the book where I go through its backstory and inception. The project itself began with a proposal from JC King as head of the Western Hemisphere Directorate.
King proposed launching a formal covert action program against Castro - King had earlier recommended to Dulles that Castro simply be assassinated. Eisenhower had already tasked the CIA with the Castro problem and they had been active in intelligence work on the island already.
The CIA initially took that proposal to the Special Group which referred it up to the NSC and Eisenhower as standard practice. Eisenhower approved it as strictly a deniable project - leaving it under Special Group oversight.
At that point Bissell was given high level project responsibility under Dulles, while the project itself ran under Western Hemisphere (J.C. King) and was operationally tasked to Esterline. A very unusual management arrangement which the CIA IG faulted for many of the project's problems.
In its first phase it was largely propaganda and political action with a modest paramilitry effort involving only 100 trained Cuban volunteers to be inserted to stimulate on island resistance. An air element was not added until summer of 1960.
When phase 1 totally failed, it was reconstructed by Bissell and Hawkins as the amphibious insertion of a heavy infantry Brigade...what followed was very much an iterative process with Bissell interacting with both the Special Group and members of the NSC as well as Eisenhower's national security council following the election.
Eisenhower never really engaged with the phase 2 proposal nor did he issue another National Security Directive approving it. Ultimately JFK did issue a directive but it was very limited and only talked about supporting the return of Cuban volunteers to Cuba.
In Denial has the timelines, the details of the project evolution, and citations; I will also be covering this in an upcoming JFK Lancer virtual conference presentation.
Edited September 23, 2020 by Larry Hancock
On 9/23/2020 at 5:42 AM, Larry Hancock said:
I defer to Mr. Hancock, of course!
"In Denial: Secret Wars with Air Strikes and Tanks?" is a brilliant read!
Much appreciated Robert, too be honest its a bit of a slog in places but it was a challenge to capture the minutia and the give and take of the various meetings and memos. On the other hand some of that is necessary to contrast with how simplistic the common historical treatments have been.
As an example, the dialog about air strikes has been portrayed almost entirely in terms of the exchanges (or lack thereof) of Day 1. But when you dig into the memos you find Hawkins and Esterline arguing for the necessity of extensive strikes and air cover as early as December. In fact those exchanges were so ongoing and so heated that it becomes clear that Esterline's suspicion he was pulled from the highest level meetings during the last few weeks in order for Bissell to minimize the issue is well justified.
Outside of that, I was intrigued to find the Navy liaison writing that the rules of engagement (ROE) for the Trinidad plan called for Navy air over the ships as they came in to port to offload - it appears to have assumed Navy combat air patrol over the harbor itself. That level of CAP was dramatically reduced during the shift of the plan to Zapata and there were constant changes to the Navy ROE - its unclear how far down the operations chain from Bissell the ROE changes were communicated but those directly in contact with the Brigade clearly expected far more air support than Bissell was authorizing.
Grayston Lynch also wrote that the Navy totally failed to provide the authorized combat air protection for the Brigade's ships that retreated to sea under Cuban air attack - which in turn led them to flee so far that the authorized return for a second attempt at resupply the night of Day 1 never materialized.
On 9/23/2020 at 4:42 AM, Robert Montenegro said:
Special Military Attaché to President of the United States Brig. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
Yes, this is very informative. I've read before I think thanks to Larry, but forgotten about the 5412 Committee. I didn't remember C. (Clarence) Douglass Dillion, JFK's Secretary of the Treasury, I.E. head over the Secret Service at the time of his death, thus his protection, was on it.
Larry's last post about Bissel minimizing Esterline still makes me wonder, would he do so, over time, without consulting others?
Ordering In Denial tomorrow.
Ron, I repeatedly asked the same question about Bissell's behavior and you see it discussed from multiple angles in the book. One factor which has to be taken into account was that Bissell had made several project management decisions (against strong objections from Esterline and others) which led the first phase of the project to be carried out in a quite different fashion than either the earlier Guatemala effort or the most recent CIA covert military action in Indonesia.
Those decisions had resulted in the total failure of the first phase despite all the promises made to Eisenhower. As of November both he and Dulles had failed to deliver on a what had turned into a huge project, almost totally unlike what Eisenhower had authorized. Its pretty clear Bissell was taking little advice from anyone throughout, certainly not the people with actual military experience.
That's not the only factor but a big part of the whole story is that almost all the discussion in the media and the history books about the Bay of Pigs has been in the context of only about three months (or more often three days) in early 1961 - in reality the discussion needs to be about what had been in progress for over a year before the landings occurred.
James DiEugenio
But Larry, Fitzpatrick talks about that in his report.
In fact, he devotes a whole section to it..And he ridicules it by titling it something like "Supplying Castro".
He describes the CIA efforts to bolster the resistance groups on the island as a complete failure. And actually even worse than that, since a lot of the parachuting of supplies were captured by Castro's forces. I actually think that is one of the sections that really got the hierarchy at CIA pissed off at Kirkpatrick. Because as I was reading it I thought, what a comedy of errors. Here we are giving supplies and arms to the guy we are trying to dislodge.
Fitzpatrick literally and in detail gutted Bissell's management of the project - which was of course an indictment of Dulles as well, who exercised virtually no oversight of Bissell and appears to have had very limited information about either phase of the project. Doing so exposed some of the fundamental structural problems with the whole organization of the project including J.C. King's and Cabell's involvement.
In that regard the CIA Historian did a similar job, including harsh commentary on King and Cabell.
The Phase 1 plan called for active air supply and even air strike support beginning by September...neither happened. The few supply drops that eventually did occur not only failed to supply the resistance groups but in several instances exposed them to Castro's security forces.
And the maritime effort was totally nonexistent during that period except for a few small boats borrowed locally by CIA officers. It was only in Feb 1961 that a handful of larger boat missions were accomplished.
Unlike in earlier projects, most recently in Indonesia, Bissell refused to utilize regular military resources or even contract pilots for the air missions or maritime missions into Cuba. And he insisted on using the Agencie's air arm, which of course he was more familiar with but which had never supported covert operations on the scale as called for in the evolving plan. He may have been a fine manager for a developmental project like the U-2 but when he tried to apply highly structured bureaucratic controls to regime change, he was truly out of his depth.
3 hours ago, James DiEugenio said:
And actually even worse than that, since a lot of the parachuting of supplies were captured by Castro's forces. I actually think that is one of the sections that really got the hierarchy at CIA pissed off at Kirkpatrick.
Here is a highly redacted version of CIA Inspector General Lyman B. Kirkpatrick's after action report, via Peter Kornbluh:
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB341/IGrpt1.pdf
If you scroll down to page 98 of the report, section "J. Clandestine Paramilitary Operations -- Air", subsection "9. Rice and Beans", CIA IG Kirkpatrick actually states that Prime Minister Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolutionary Army captured sixty-three tons worth of the arms and ammunition that were covertly dropped into Cuba meant for stay-behind CIA terrorists already staged in Cuba before the Zapata invasion force even hit the beaches!
Hell, the according to CIA IG Kirkpatrick's own report, the CIA practically armed five battalions worth of Castro's soldiers in the months leading up to the invasion!
Must be why the CIA hardliners replaced Kirkpatrick with John S. Earman Jr. in 1962.
CIA Inspector General Earman was a veteran of the joint Office of Policy Coordination-State, Army, Navy, Air Force Coordinating Committee "Operation Bloodstone" which oversaw the recruiting of tens of thousands of unrepentant Nazi and Western Eurasian fascist collaborators and grafted them into the newly formed Office of Special Operations, which placed thousands of Waffen-SS commandos within the joint United States Army Special Forces CIA Special Activities Division.
Clearly, Lyman B. Kirkpatrick had pissed off some powerful elements of the covert operations community if he was replaced by John S. Earman Jr., a cold warrior's cold warrior who covered up some of the more perverse details of the "MK/Ultra" behavior modification program...
I can roll you one better, Mr. Hancock about the CIA mismanagement...
Edited September 25, 2020 by Robert Montenegro
3 hours ago, Larry Hancock said:
Unlike in earlier projects, most recently in Indonesia, Bissell refused to utilize regular military resources or even contract pilots for the air missions or maritime missions into Cuba. And he insisted on using the Agency's air arm, which of course he was more familiar with but which had never supported covert operations on the scale as called for in the evolving plan. He may have been a fine manager for a developmental project like the U-2 but when he tried to apply highly structured bureaucratic controls to regime change, he was truly out of his depth.
One of the most fascinating, and quite frankly, perverse episodes that occurred, surrounding the planning phase of "Operation Zapata" are the one-hundred and nineteen survey questions that were submitted to the Central Intelligence Agency by Admiral Robert Lee Dennison, Commander in Chief, United States Fleet Forces Command, Atlantic (CINCLANT).
According to Peter H. Wyden's 1979 book "Bay of Pigs – The Untold Story", ADM. Dennison forwarded a survey of 119 questions on 20 December 1960, to the CIA planners involved in "Operation Zapata", that concluded the actual planning of the invasion has been wholly inadequate!
Purportedly, in response, the Central Intelligence Agency representatives only answered twelve of his one-hundred nineteen questions!
Talk about a slap in the face to the military support elements!
Think of it though, whatever plans ADM. Dennison saw in December 1960, they were not up to his standard, and certainly, he knew the invasion force was going to fail.
I should note, Admiral Robert Lee Dennison was no stranger to covert activities.
In 1948, when he was Naval aide to President Harry Truman, ADM. Dennison was in charge of the then newly formed Continuity of Government operations which oversaw the construction of clandestine communication networks and bunker hold-outs all over the District of Columbia!
ADM. Dennison also oversaw the construction of the Camp David communication bunker (code-named "Shangri-La") that Allen Welsh Dulles was hold-up in in the days following the murder of President Kennedy...
Here is a link to some references about ADM. Dennison's COG operations:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Raven_Rock/pGYNCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Dennison
Dennison had learned of the CIA's project primarily because a couple of CIA officers walked into a Navy base under his command and attempted to requisition a couple of large craft for the project...with no authorizations, only stating the President had approved it.
That sort of thing tends to generate conversations and after learning of the project from Bissell (in support of the requisition) he pushed back with his list.
Not only did he not get most of his questions answered, it was only later that a single Navy amphibious officer was assigned as liaison to the project, only coming in during its final couple of months - and with orders to talk and coordinate only with Bissell.
This all ties into the reality that the military was not even given a plan to evaluate, or brought into the process. until JFK directed that the CIA had to have a JCS review. They only had bits and pieces relating to Bissell's requirements for equipment and support.
We are fortunate that the Navy liaison actually wrote an article for a Navy historical digest - which reveals things about the Navy role never shared with any of the inquiries or the Taylor Commission.
Thanks Robert, I did not recall it being 63 tons. That is ludicrous.
And i also did not recall Kirkpatrick being replaced that quickly after. I mean they were really PO'd at him.
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Q: Can WCF be auto scheduled? I have below requirements:
(1) Perform 'action A' when user requests for it.
(2) We also want to perform the same 'Action A' twice in a day even if users don't request for it.
I have a WCF web service which has method XYZ that performs action A. The method XYZ will  be called when user requests for it.
Now question is, can I schedule this action without creating window service (which can host this service) or creating proxy?
Is there a way to perform an action by user request and schedule that same action, using only one application?

A: No, WCF cannot be auto-scheduled. You need to implement a Scheduled Task (see Scheduling jobs on windows), a Windows Service with a timer (which you've said you don't want to do, if I understand correctly) or some other application with a timer.
You could start a thread as per the other answer but this relies on your service calling itself - I'd prefer to call it externally, from another process.
A scheduled task can run an executable. You could write a console application that calls your WCF service, logs any result (if necessary) and then completes.
I normally prefer to implement this type of timer through a Windows Service, simply because the Windows Service can be monitored, can log, and can auto-start / auto-restart - install it and it 'just works'. If I didn't want to use a Windows Service then I'd schedule a task.

A: I typically do this by just calling the WCF service method from some kind of task scheduler.  In a really simple form, you could just spawn a Thread from your service, that runs the WCF method periodically. Again this isnt the best solution, but its easiest to demonstrate. You could use some other scheduler library to do this too...
[ServiceContract]
public class SomeClass
{
    [ServiceOperation]
    public void SomeServiceMethod() { ... }

Then somewhere in the application startup:
Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadStart(CallService));
t.Start();

...

// this will call the WCF service method once every hour
public void CallService()
{
    Thread.Sleep(3600000); // sleep 1 hour
    new SomeClass().SomeServiceMethod();
}

This is one way to do it, although not the best way, but basically you can just call the WCF service method just like any other method in the application.

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Ashley Wadhwani
Jan. 2, 2019 4:12 p.m.
It's no surprise that Vancouver is home to almost all of the highest valued properties in B.C. Assessment's 2019 data. But what about the one property that isn't?
Among the scattering of small islands among the Gulf Islands lies James Island. Owned by billionaire Craig McCaw through his company JI Properties, the 770-acre parcel is the second largest privately owned island in the region.
It features one main house, six guest homes, a private airstrip and an 18-hole golf course.
Formerly home to a munitions plant, the island highlights an inflating trend seen over the past two decades in B.C.'s housing market.
McCaw bought it for $19 million in 1994. Now, it's valued at nearly $51 million, with the buildings valued at $5.8 million, making it the third top valued property in the province.
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Other mega-properties to top the list include Lululemon founder Chip Wilson's Kitsilano home, at 3085 Point Grey Rd., valued at a cool $73 million – $2 million less than in 2017.
On Belmont Avenue not far away lies a 10-bedroom mansion valued at $65 million. The Vancouver street, known for its waterfront views, is home to five other top-valued properties.
Here are B.C.'s priciest properties of 2019:
3085 Point Grey Rd., Vancouver – $73,120,000
4707 Belmont Ave, Vancouver –$65,466,000
James Island, James Island – $56,757,000
4719 Belmont Ave, Vancouver – $41,203,000
2815 Point Grey Rd, Vancouver – $39,961,000
3489 Osler St, Vancouver – $35,157,000
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Belfast City Airport Watch welcomes Minister's action on City Airport inquiry's noise recommendations
January 3, 2017 By BCAW 1 Comment
Residents affected by aircraft noise from George Best Belfast City Airport have welcomed confirmation by the Minister for Infrastructure, Chris Hazzard, that he has instructed officials to work towards full implementation of the recommendations of a crucial public inquiry report.
The airport had been seeking significant changes to its planning agreement which would have greatly increased permissible noise levels, with a serious impact on up to 18,000 residents, while also removing an annual cap on the number of aircraft seats from the airport offered for sale.
A report drawn up by the Planning Appeals Commission (PAC), which held a public inquiry into the proposals in 2015, recommended that the so-called 'seats for sale' cap should be removed, but also recommended noise control measures which, if implemented, would mean permissible noise levels won't be as high as they would have been under the airport's proposal.
The Minister's view on the matter was expressed in a letter from the Minister to south Belfast MLA, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, passed to the umbrella residents' group, Belfast City Airport Watch (BCAW). The letter states:
I have considered the PAC [Planning Appeals Commission] report of the public inquiry and agreed "in principle", to endorse their recommendations in full, subject to resolving the technical issues around the proposed noise management system. I have instructed my officials to liaise directly with GBBCA [Belfast City Airport] on the detail of a modified planning agreement based around these recommendations. My Department will continue to work with airport representatives to bring the process to a conclusion as quickly as possible.
Responding to the news, Dr Liz Fawcett, Chair of the BCAW Steering Group, said:
"While, obviously, we would have preferred that there was no relaxation of noise controls at Belfast City Airport, we welcome this declaration by the Minister that he supports full implementation of the PAC's recommendations.
"The Commission clearly tried to strike a balance between the commercial interests of the airport, and the health and quality of life of the tens of thousands of local residents affected by this issue.
"Although permissible noise levels will rise, once the report's recommendations are implemented, we can be confident that we won't have to suffer the extreme levels of noise which could have occurred, had the airport been given everything which it was seeking."
During the public inquiry, BCAW highlighted the findings of an independent survey of 423 residents who live close to the airport's flight path, which the group commissioned. This revealed the extent to which aircraft noise was already disrupting their lives:
38% of respondents described the noise of planes, while they were at home, as "very high", compared to just 4% who described traffic noise in similar terms
1 in 5 respondents said planes disrupted their sleep "very often" or "quite often"
1 in 4 respondents with young children said their children's sleep was disrupted "very often" or "quite often"
A total of 1,308 objections were received by the Department of the Environment after the airport's application was first made in 2012.
One of the worst affected residents is 75-year old Elizabeth Bennett whose home in Sydenham, east Belfast, is right under the flight path. She said she's very relieved at the news:
"I find the constant noise of the planes really stressful – they wake me up really early most mornings and carry on until late in the evening.
"You can't hear the TV, you can't hear people on the phone, and you have to stop speaking when the planes go over.
"I've been really worried that the noise was going to get a great deal worse and I'm glad to hear that the Minister intends to do what the public inquiry recommended."
Another badly affected resident is Barney Gadd (69) who lives in Stranmillis, south Belfast. He also welcomed the news:
"Aircraft noise stops me and many people I know from enjoying our gardens in the summertime.
"It's hard to relax properly when planes are constantly flying over and you have to keep stopping your conversation.
"So I'm very pleased that the public inquiry recommendations are being implemented; it won't make things better but I hope it will prevent the noise getting much worse."
One of the key issues considered by the public inquiry was the size of a noise threshold, called a noise control contour, which determines the geographical area and number of people which can be subjected to relatively high levels of aircraft noise.
The PAC's report recommended the imposition of a 5.2 sq km noise control contour which was smaller than the 7.5 sq km contour sought by the airport, but larger than the 4.2 sq km contour which BCAW had supported.
The airport's current planning agreement stipulates an indicative noise contour of 4.2 sq km but the airport has refused to adhere to this.
The airport's own figures showed that up to 18,000 people could be affected at or above a noise level which would cause serious annoyance, if its 7.5 sq km contour proposal was implemented. By contrast, a maximum of 5,000 people would be affected at that level if the 4.2 sq km contour was adhered to.
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Dear Ms Fawcett,
Firstly I would like to thank you and BCAW for your efforts in representing the plight of the people affected by the development of Belfast City Airport. However I do not understand why you say you "welcome" the Minister's declaration. The fight was surely about REDUCING current levels of NOISE, POLLUTION, and RISK of incidents concerning this ill-located airport, and not about accepting a compromise on future increases. We all know that with the seat cap removed the noise from more and larger aircraft will increase, and any controls will be there in name but not applied in practice.
Yes, the economy is important too but we have Belfast International Airport al Aldergrove – located on a safer site and in a much less populated area – which is under-utilised and under-developed. This should be the engine of travel to and from N. Ireland. Belfast City Airport was originally created to facilitate short-haul business flights and that's the way it should have stayed. Its European tourist flights have been allow to increase purely for the financial benefit of the owners of the airport.
Additionally, a lot of people from Belfast and South Down in particular prefer to use Dublin airport due to the better transport links and parking facilities, while Belfast International and Derry Airports are more accessible to people from the northern parts of N. Ireland and Donegal. Belfast City Airport in an unnecessary development for the country, just a money-making machine for its past and current owners to the detriment of the people of Belfast, most of whom reside in the area affected by the airport traffic.
Belfast is slowly losing its attractiveness as a city. It is becoming very noisy and polluted (from road as well as air traffic), not to mention the risk posed by low-flying aircraft. Therefore it is no longer a healthy place to work and raise a family. As more people move away from the city and choose to commute daily to work, this will have an impact on productivity and pollution across the country. The people that have no choice but to live on in Belfast will also see their health affected and this in turn will impact their productivity. So looking at the bigger and longer-term picture, the economic impact will be negative unlike what is being proclaimed now by all sorts of vested consultants and disingenious politicians.
I am not surprised at the short-sightedness of our politicians, who most of the time go against the will of the public which elected them and side with big business, but I am disappointed to see that the fight has gone out of BCAW….
D Wright
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require 'spec_helper'

describe DailyReportSummary do
  describe 'update_daily_report_summary' do

    it '日報を入力していると作成される' do
      FG.create(:daily_report_test011)

      DailyReportSummary.update_daily_report_summary('2014-01', '1')

      result_daily_report_summary = DailyReportSummary.all
      expect(result_daily_report_summary).to have(1).items
      expect(result_daily_report_summary[0].id).to eq(1)
      expect(result_daily_report_summary[0].succeed_count).to eq(1)
      expect(result_daily_report_summary[0].gross_profit_count).to eq(1)
      expect(result_daily_report_summary[0].interview_count).to eq(1)
      expect(result_daily_report_summary[0].new_meeting_count).to eq(1)
      expect(result_daily_report_summary[0].exist_meeting_count).to eq(1)
    end

    it '日報が入力されていないと更新されない' do
      DailyReportSummary.update_daily_report_summary('2014-01', '1')
      result_daily_report_summary = DailyReportSummary.all
      expect(result_daily_report_summary).to have(0).items
    end
  end

  describe 'get_summary_report' do

    def create_reports
        FG.create(:daily_report_summary_test011)
        FG.create(:daily_report_summary_test021)
        FG.create(:daily_report_summary_test022)
    end

    before(:each) do
      create_reports
    end

    before(:each) do
      self.use_transactional_fixtures = false
    end

    after(:each) do
      self.use_transactional_fixtures = true
    end

    describe '順次テスト' do

      it '集計期間:年次, 対象:なし, 集計方法:全体' do
        daily_report_summary = Hash.new
        daily_report_summary[:summary_term_flg] = 'year'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_target_flg] = nil
        daily_report_summary[:summary_method_flg] = 'summary'

        result_daily_report = DailyReportSummary.get_summary_report(daily_report_summary, '2014-01')

        expect(result_daily_report.all).to have(1).items
        expect(result_daily_report[0].succeed_count).to eq(93)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].gross_profit_count).to eq(93)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].interview_count).to eq(93)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].new_meeting_count).to eq(93)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].exist_meeting_count).to eq(93)
      end

      it '集計期間:年次, 対象:なし, 集計方法:個別' do
        daily_report_summary = Hash.new
        daily_report_summary[:summary_term_flg] = 'year'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_target_flg] = nil
        daily_report_summary[:summary_method_flg] = 'individual'

        result_daily_report = DailyReportSummary.get_summary_report(daily_report_summary, '2014-01')

        expect(result_daily_report.all).to have(2).items
        expect(result_daily_report[0].succeed_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].gross_profit_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].interview_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].new_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].exist_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].user_id).to eq(1)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].succeed_count).to eq(62)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].gross_profit_count).to eq(62)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].interview_count).to eq(62)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].new_meeting_count).to eq(62)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].exist_meeting_count).to eq(62)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].user_id).to eq(2)
      end

      it '集計期間:年次, 対象:1, 集計方法:全体' do
        daily_report_summary = Hash.new
        daily_report_summary[:summary_term_flg] = 'year'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_target_flg] = '1'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_method_flg] = 'summary'

        result_daily_report = DailyReportSummary.get_summary_report(daily_report_summary, '2014-01')

        expect(result_daily_report.all).to have(1).items
        expect(result_daily_report[0].succeed_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].gross_profit_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].interview_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].new_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].exist_meeting_count).to eq(31)
      end

      it '集計期間:年次, 対象:1, 集計方法:個別' do
        daily_report_summary = Hash.new
        daily_report_summary[:summary_term_flg] = 'year'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_target_flg] = '1'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_method_flg] = 'individual'

        result_daily_report = DailyReportSummary.get_summary_report(daily_report_summary, '2014-01')

        expect(result_daily_report.all).to have(1).items
        expect(result_daily_report[0].succeed_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].gross_profit_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].interview_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].new_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].exist_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].user_id).to eq(1)
      end

      it '集計期間:月次, 対象:なし, 集計方法:全体' do
        daily_report_summary = Hash.new
        daily_report_summary[:summary_term_flg] = 'month'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_target_flg] = nil
        daily_report_summary[:summary_method_flg] = 'summary'

        result_daily_report = DailyReportSummary.get_summary_report(daily_report_summary, '2014-01')

        expect(result_daily_report.all).to have(2).items
        expect(result_daily_report[0].succeed_count).to eq(62)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].gross_profit_count).to eq(62)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].interview_count).to eq(62)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].new_meeting_count).to eq(62)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].exist_meeting_count).to eq(62)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].succeed_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].gross_profit_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].interview_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].new_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].exist_meeting_count).to eq(31)
      end

      it '集計期間:月次, 対象:なし, 集計方法:個別' do
        daily_report_summary = Hash.new
        daily_report_summary[:summary_term_flg] = 'month'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_target_flg] = nil
        daily_report_summary[:summary_method_flg] = 'individual'

        result_daily_report = DailyReportSummary.get_summary_report(daily_report_summary, '2014-01')

        expect(result_daily_report.all).to have(3).items
        expect(result_daily_report[0].succeed_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].gross_profit_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].interview_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].new_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].exist_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].user_id).to eq(1)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].succeed_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].gross_profit_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].interview_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].new_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].exist_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[1].user_id).to eq(2)
        expect(result_daily_report[2].succeed_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[2].gross_profit_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[2].interview_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[2].new_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[2].exist_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[2].user_id).to eq(2)
      end

      it '集計期間:月次, 対象:1, 集計方法:全体' do
        daily_report_summary = Hash.new
        daily_report_summary[:summary_term_flg] = 'month'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_target_flg] = '1'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_method_flg] = 'summary'

        result_daily_report = DailyReportSummary.get_summary_report(daily_report_summary, '2014-01')

        expect(result_daily_report.all).to have(1).items
        expect(result_daily_report[0].succeed_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].gross_profit_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].interview_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].new_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].exist_meeting_count).to eq(31)
      end

      it '集計期間:月次, 対象:1, 集計方法:個別' do
        daily_report_summary = Hash.new
        daily_report_summary[:summary_term_flg] = 'month'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_target_flg] = '1'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_method_flg] = 'individual'

        result_daily_report = DailyReportSummary.get_summary_report(daily_report_summary, '2014-01')

        expect(result_daily_report.all).to have(1).items
        expect(result_daily_report[0].succeed_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].gross_profit_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].interview_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].new_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].exist_meeting_count).to eq(31)
        expect(result_daily_report[0].user_id).to eq(1)
      end
    end

    describe 'エラーテスト' do
      it '引数の値が指定とは違う場合nilが返ってくる' do
        daily_report_summary = Hash.new
        daily_report_summary[:summary_term_flg] = 'other'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_target_flg] = 'other'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_method_flg] = 'other'

        result_daily_report = DailyReportSummary.get_summary_report(daily_report_summary, '2014-01')

        expect(result_daily_report).to be_nil
      end

      it '対象の月のデータが存在しない場合空のリストが返ってくる' do
        daily_report_summary = Hash.new
        daily_report_summary[:summary_term_flg] = 'month'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_target_flg] = '1'
        daily_report_summary[:summary_method_flg] = 'summary'

        result_daily_report = DailyReportSummary.get_summary_report(daily_report_summary, '9999-01')

        expect(result_daily_report.all).to have(0).items
      end
    end
  end

  describe 'send_mail' do
    before(:all) do
      ActionMailer::Base.deliveries = []
    end

    before(:each) do
      @user = FG.create(:User)
      FG.create(:Employee)
      FG.create(:SysConfig_test001)
    end

    it '日報集計が作成されたらメール送信を行う' do
      FG.create(:daily_report_summary_test011)
      FG.create(:SysConfig_test002)

      DailyReportSummary.send_mail('2014-01', @user, 'test_domain')

      expect(ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.size).to eq(1)
    end

    it '日報集計が作成されたらメール送信を行う(ReturnPathが設定されていない)' do
      FG.create(:daily_report_summary_test011)

      DailyReportSummary.send_mail('2014-01', @user, 'test_domain')

      expect(ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.size).to eq(2)
    end

    it '日報集計が作成されていない場合メール送信は行われない' do
      FG.create(:SysConfig_test002)

      DailyReportSummary.send_mail('2014-01', @user, 'test_domain')

      expect(ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.size).to eq(2)
    end
  end
end

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Q: Flash/AS3: How do I access  object from the Document class? In Flash CS4, I can give an object in my timeline an instance name via the properties pannel. I figured this variable would be available to me in my Document class, but when I try to access it, it's null.
How can I get access to these instance from within my Document class? Also, do the objects have to be in the timeline at frame 1 in order to be available to my Document class's constructor?

A: The constructor is always the first thing called on an object, it is used to get the memory necessary to store all the properties for that object type.  After an object is constructed then (assuming it's a display object) at some point it's added to the stage.  If an instance of one of your objects is added to the stage on a frame then the main document class will have to know when that object was added to the stage to appropriately access it.  You could create the instance of the object within your document class constructor then when added to stage fires on your main class you could add the instance.
Just attempted this wasn't able to reproduce the OPs initial behavior, I'm able to access the instance that is added on frame 1, posted some examples here:
http://www.shaunhusain.com/TestHandleOnInstance/TestHandleOnInstance.as
http://www.shaunhusain.com/TestHandleOnInstance/TestHandleOnInstance.swf
http://www.shaunhusain.com/TestHandleOnInstance/TestHandleOnInstance.fla


Jeff Co is 7-0....not a bad team.
Well, I'm hoping that coach Estus wear your girls down a little on Friday night at CAK. Just kidding coach. Looking forward to the game as well. Some mighty good soccer right now in the Atomic City. These young ladies are hungry!! I haven't seen ya since October of 2016...looking forward to catching up. Have a safe trip down G.
Congrats to coach Corley on a great season. I spoke with Shane after we played early in the season as well as just before district tournament and told him the same thing both times...."go ahead and book your rooms at Murfreesboro." Very solid team and I definitely think the Lady Tornadoes will bring it home. We'll be pulling for you guys.
CAK and Grace both travel to CCS for region semifinals on Saturday. CAK plays ND at 3 and Grace plays the class AA school at 5.
Greenback at Coalfield round 1!
I do understand that and I agree but.............the TSSAA sets the rules, guidelines....etc. Why have guidelines, enrollment cutoffs if they are not going to hold to them. Oh but wait.....it's out of the hands of the TSSAA because the board of control took care of them on this one. CCS states that no one would play them in the Chattanooga area and they will have to travel more....well, cry me a river you big babies. That is the exact same thing that Knoxville Catholic stated and they chose to stay in D1 because of it so instead of CCS whining and moaning, stay in D1. Your enrollment is over the cutoff, put your big boy pants on and just play. But no....we're special...we are CCS. There's nothing no one can say to justify why they should be able to play down in classification. To my knowledge, this is the first time in TSSAA history that this has been allowed.
CCS has an enrollment of 458 students. At least you guys did the right thing and are playing in the correct classification and not whining about it like CCS and appealing it with the TSSAA. But...now that you know....maybe Ensworth should do the same thing since CCS has already opened up that can. Matter a fact I hope every school in D1 and D2 that are on the bubble of a larger / smaller classification hits the TSSAA with this too since the door has already been opened.
Yes sir, I totally agree with you. The TSSAA sets the rules and guidelines but they can't uphold them while letting the board of control agree to this nonsense. Yes, CCS can play with Baylor and the other D2 class AA teams. I so hope that people, AD's, principles, headmasters....bombard the doors of the TSSAA state office and let them hear about it. This whole deal was swept under the rug, was a behind the door closed meeting and was not published in any of the TSSAA minutes. CCS is a joke and the AD is a coward. OK, I feel better now.
Thank you sir. I would say that the fans were not disappointed as they definitely got their money's worth tonight. Yes I agree about the goal line save, she definitely sold out for us. I told her after the game that it should be on the ESPN highlight reel....lol. Definitely a great hustle play. Like I said in a previous post, I feel very comfortable defensively but we just cannot find the net right now. When our starting forward is released to play.....hopefully right after Labor Day....I think we will start seeing results but until then.....we have a tournament this weekend, then travel to Oak Ridge and Anderson County High next week. Just hope defensively we can hold up? We are now 1-0-2 and those two ties are both 0-0 scores. We definitely like playing you guys as well because we know that it will be a test and will help both teams. You have a classy bunch of hard working young ladies and we wish you the best of luck the rest of the season. I will say this, we have now played a good, and huge, class AAA team (Jefferson County), a really good class AA team (Knox Central), and a very talented and very good class A team (Alcoa), hands down, the Lady Tornadoes were the best we have faced thus far........I don't see anyone in class A that can hang with you. We made it to the Elite 8 state tournament last season and we stayed at the Holiday Inn Express at the Boro.....I'd say go ahead and give them a call and book it because if your girls stay healthy...it's a sure thing. Thanks, we will be pulling for you guys.
Preseason talk. Who are the favorites?
Yes sir...appreciate that. Unfortunately we have one gone for the season (ACL) but outside of that, hopefully we can all heal up as the season progresses. But like you, we are so low on numbers this season that it's going to be tough but all any of us can do is just show up, lace em up and play. Lol, I gotta mention this though. So we travel up to Jefferson County HS (class AAA) this past Tuesday (1st game) and we were only able to sub 2 players due to our situation. Jeff Co had a roster of 37 and it was like an assembly line moving his girls in....lol. It was a site. I have 26 uniforms and would love to fill them all someday. Once again, prayers to your team as well, hope they heal up soon.
Can we join the walking wounded...lol. Last year we had 20 healthy players all season. This season we started with only 17, and.....our defensive player of the year (last season) shredded her ACL, she's done for the season, our main starting forward (23 goals last season) that played beside Allie Dunn last year... well, she broke her collarbone, another one of our defenders broke her foot last week, our other starting forward can barely walk due to a knee bone issue...very limited, midfielder with severe quad issues and right back with an injured knee...very limited. And all this came in pre-season. Yep pre-season was brutal for us. Out of our starting 11, only 9 are somewhat healthy. We started 5 freshman and 2 sophomores last year.....this season may get to that point again. Wheeeew, what a year makes. I'll get the prayer chain started for all 3 teams if you two can jump in too. Good luck this season.
You're welcome and thank you for the kind words too. Did you happen to come to the Alcoa at Grace football game Thursday night? If so, not sure which gate you came in but I was running the gate at the top of the hill beside the weight room, not the main ticket booth. Was a really good game for a little over 2 quarters, I thought our boys played really well. I know that fumble we had inside the 5 about to score really hurt us and seemed to let the air out of us. Still, no shame in that loss against you guys. We are really glad to have coach Bradley at GCA. Sure thing, I'll ask for a coach Terry next Tuesday. I hope we can find the back of the net, we tied Knox-Central tonight 0-0. That just seems so different to us as we could score on anyone the past 3-4 years but when you lose a young lady that scored 76 goals last year in a single season....it kind of spoils you....lol. She's currently playing at the University of Arkansas on a full ride.....and doing really well. Hey, that's what they call graduation though....it's gonna happen to all of them. For right now though we just have to get healthy and I'm hoping by Labor Day I will have a couple of my girls back before we hit our district schedule. Good talking to you and I wish the Lady Tornado's the best of luck this season....except for next Tuesday of course.
Alcoa is one of the largest class A teams in the state.......and in my opinion one of the best. I think the Lady Tornado's will be at the Boro in October. We are down a little from last year...especially right now with 4 injuries and 2 of them are strong starters. Pre-season was brutal on us. We are coming to you next Tuesday, look forward to a good game. I think it will be a close one.
I'm not sure exactly what you mean but the HS enrollments were sent in to the TSSAA first, well before the 450 cutoff was decided by the TSSAA. Did this answer your question?


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package com.mypcr.beans;

public class Command
{
	public static final int NOP			=	0x00;
	public static final int TASK_WRITE	=	0x01;
	public static final int TASK_END	=	0x02;
	public static final int GO			=	0x03;
	public static final int STOP		=	0x04;
	public static final int PARAM_WRITE	=	0x05;
	public static final int PARAM_END	=	0x06;
	public static final int BOOTLOADER	=	0x55;
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Could Alzheimer's Be Linked to Gum Bacteria?
by admin | Sep 27, 2019 | Alzheimer's Disease, Health Awareness
When it comes to chronic conditions like Alzheimer's disease, experts are consistently exploring new research which could shed light on causative factors. The disease, as with many other serious illnesses, is believed to be caused by a combination of genetic, lifestyle, and environmental factors that impact the brain over time. Yet, researchers have recently discovered new findings involving gum bacteria and its potential role in Alzheimer's, among other conditions. Neurodegenerative disease experts are debating one question: Could Alzheimer's be linked to gum bacteria?
The Brain-Mouth Connection
According to an article published in Experimental Biology, bacteria involved in gum disease is suspected to have the ability to travel throughout the body. The bacterium, Porphyromonas gingivalis, is the key agent behind periodontitis and is believed to exude toxins connected to Alzheimer's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and aspiration pneumonia. Samples of these bacteria were found in the brains of individuals with Alzheimer's, and researchers used animal studies to demonstrate how the bacterium can make its way from the mouth to the brain.
The bacteria were more common in the brain samples of Alzheimer's patients compared to people without the disease of roughly the same age. Its key toxins, called gingipains, were present in these individuals. Based on animal studies, it appears that the migration of the bacteria from the mouth to the brain can be stopped with chemicals that interact with gingipains.
The Critical Importance of Oral Care
Dentists have long urged patients to take caution against periodontitis, the most serious form of gum disease. Left unaddressed, it can lead to tooth loss and can damage the soft tissue and bone that support the teeth. Yet, experts now believe that it can also have body-wide effects. Previous research has suggested that it the bacteria that causes the disease could travel through the bloodstream and cause other conditions, such as coronary artery disease or stroke. These newest findings suggest that proper dental care is especially important for individuals with genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease or Rheumatoid Arthritis.
While gum disease is common, it's often preventable. Although genetic factors may play a role in a person's likelihood for developing periodontitis, there are many controllable factors which can also be addressed. Avoiding or quitting smoking, brushing and flossing regularly, and having dental cleanings at least once per year are some of the most effective strategies for avoiding gum disease and its potential complications.
Contact us at Stemedix to learn more about this and other promising studies!
Stem Cells Show Promise for Helping Alzheimer's Disease with Neurodegenerative Disease via Multiple Mechanisms
by admin | Apr 15, 2019 | Alzheimer's Disease, Stem Cell Research, Stem Cell Therapy
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, and though its prevalence is growing, there are currently no medical interventions that are able to reverse or slow the disease. Most current therapies address the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease rather than the underlying cause of the disease.
Stem cells appear to offer a promising opportunity for treating Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, and a recent review published in Current Alzheimer Research has covered research into the ways stem cells can be applied to these disorders. Specifically, the authors of the review discuss the stem cell sources that may offer the potential to treat neurodegenerative diseases and the mechanisms by which these stem cells may confer benefits to this set of patients.
According to data collected so far, stem cells may be both safe and effective in treating neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease, but the mechanism by which they produce benefits for those with these disorders is not entirely clear. There are some data that show that the replacement of degenerated tissue with new proliferative stem cells accounts for stem cell benefits in models of neurodegenerative disorders, while other data show that stem cells can lead to advantageous enhancements in the expression of synaptic proteins.
Evidence from other studies, however, suggest that stem cells help with neurodegenerative disease through the release of neurotrophic factors that lead to paracrine benefits. Additional studies point to modulation of the immune system as the way that stem cells may help those with neurodegenerative disorders.
Future research will help to elucidate the specific mechanisms by which stem cells can provide effective therapy for people with neurodegenerative disorders. It may be the case that a variety of stem cell types used in multiple ways can be helpful for neurodegenerative disease therapy, and research will help to delineate the different ways stem cells can be used and inform the therapies that are developed.
Reference: Bali, P, et al. (2017). Potential for stem cells therapy in Alzheimer's disease: Do neurotrophic factors play a critical role? Current Alzheimer Research, 14(2), 208-220.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease
by admin | Apr 9, 2019 | Alzheimer's Disease, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Stem Cell Therapy
Alzheimer's disease causes patients to have difficulty recalling memories and performing tasks. Alzheimer's disease is progressive, which means it gets worse over time. Once Alzheimer's disease begins, patients either stay the same or get worse. Most people notice symptoms getting worse over a period of 10 years. However, some people with Alzheimer's disease will get worse very rapidly, over the course of a few years.
Because Alzheimer's disease is discussed frequently in popular media, many people know that part of the disease process is the accumulation of abnormal proteins in the brain, namely beta-amyloid plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles. One less well-known effect of Alzheimer's disease is that it interferes with blood flow in the brain. This decreased blood flow is so common, in fact, that doctors can detect low brain activity using positron emission tomography (PET), which can help make the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
Between 2002 and 2012, researchers tested 244 treatments for Alzheimer's disease, and only one medication was approved by the FDA. After all this time, there is still no cure for Alzheimer's disease. In fact, the drugs used to treat Alzheimer's disease are mostly ineffective. At best, they slow the progression of the disease for several months to a few years.
This lack of success has prompted several research groups to focus on other treatments for Alzheimer's disease. One experimental treatment for Alzheimer's disease is hyperbaric oxygen therapy. In hyperbaric oxygen therapy, patients rest in a specialized chamber while they experience oxygen at a slightly higher pressure than they would in the outside world.
Researchers wanted to determine whether hyperbaric oxygen therapy could improve the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, but also whether they could see those brain changes using PET. To do this, Drs. Harch and Fogarty enrolled a woman with rapidly deteriorating Alzheimer's disease in their clinical study. She was exhibiting the characteristic signs of Alzheimer's disease and reduced brain activity and blood flow in her brain. They treated her with a series of hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatments (1.15 atmospheres, 40 minutes, 5 days per week over 66 days).
After 21 treatments, the woman had increased energy, her mood was better, she was better able to perform activities of daily living, and she was actually performing crossword puzzles. After 40 hyperbaric oxygen treatments, she had better memory and concentration, she was sleeping better, her appetite had improved, she was able to hold conversations and able to use a computer.
Interestingly, when the researchers performed follow-up PET study after hyperbaric oxygen therapy, blood flow and brain activity improved as much as 38% compared to the PET study before treatment.
Additional clinical studies with larger groups of Alzheimer's disease patients are needed to determine how effective hyperbaric oxygen therapy is, what pressure to use, and how many treatments are needed, etc. Nonetheless, the impressive changes reported in this case study are promising, and should spark additional clinical research.
Contact a Stemedix Care Coordinator for more information on Regenerative Medince Therapy combined with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) for Alzheimer's Disease.
Reference: Harch et al. (2019). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for Alzheimer's dementia with positron emission tomography imaging: a case report. Medical Gas Research. 2019 Jan 9;8(4):181-184.
Could Avocado Help to Manage or Prevent Neurodegenerative Diseases?
by admin | Sep 20, 2018 | Health Awareness
Avocados have long been hailed as a food source rich in vital nutrients. Not only is it loaded with almost 20 vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients, but it also has just 80 calories per serving. Yet, aside from its "superfood" status, could this unique stone fruit hold even more power to boost wellness? Research seems to suggest so.
Phytochemicals in Avocado
According to an article in Advances in Neurobiology, avocados' high concentration of phytochemicals could play "a pivotal role in the prevention and cure of various neurodegenerative diseases." Phytochemicals are biologically active compounds found naturally in plant sources, many of which have antioxidants and free radical scavenging effects. Research has also pointed to their ability to improve the functionality of the endothelium or the cells that line the interior of blood vessels. With a host of beneficial properties, they are shown to reduce risks for non-neurodegenerative diseases as well, including cancer, inflammatory conditions, and type 2 diabetes.
How Phytochemicals Benefit Neurodegenerative Diseases
What researchers are now discovering is that in addition to reducing inflammation and attacking free radicals, these phytochemicals also seem to specifically exhibit neuroprotective effects. Overproduction of free radicals can lead to oxidative damage to important biomolecules such as DNA and proteins, which eventually lead to the development of degenerative diseases. Reactive oxygen species resulting from free radical damage can also become active in the brain and neuronal tissue, leading to oxidative stress. Researchers have determined that oxidative stress is a causative agent behind the development of neuronal damage, which is present in neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and Alzheimer's disease. Interestingly, studies show that the antioxidants found in avocados are unique, and have been shown to reduce neuronal death.
To maximize the benefits of avocados, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated its daily recommended serving to 1/3 of a medium-sized fruit in 2016. This allows consumers to reap significant nutritional benefits from the antioxidative properties of Vitamin C, vitamin E, and other components without ingesting too many calories from fats. The creamy, fiber-rich fruit is often served atop salads, toast, and even enjoyed raw.
What Effects Do Pain Killers Have on Dementia?
by admin | Sep 17, 2018 | Alzheimer's Disease, Health Awareness, Studies
For years, medical experts have warned of the medical concerns associated with opioids, including depression, weakened immune system, and digestive issues. Now, however, new research shows that they could be particularly dangerous for dementia patients.
The Dangers of Painkillers for Dementia Patients
According to research presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, opioid-based painkillers can triple the side effects of dementia. Individuals taking the drugs experienced more pronounced personality changes, significant increases in confusion and sedation, and lower activity levels throughout the day.
In another study, researchers focused exclusively on known as "Z drugs," which are currently given to hundreds of thousands of patients with dementia to promote sleep. Drugs under this category included zolpidem, zopiclone, and zaleplon. Findings revealed that patients on these drugs faced an increased risk of bone fracture, which contributes to an increased risk of death in people with dementia.
A Widespread Problem
Alzheimer's, which is the most common form of dementia, currently affects an estimated 5.7 million Americans. Roughly half of the people living in care homes and suffering from this or another form of dementia experience pain to some degree, which can result from unrelated medical conditions such as arthritis. Unfortunately, as dementia patients face compounding communication challenges, treating their pain can become more difficult.
The study has prompted experts to explore other, non-pharmaceutical means of treating pain and sleep disorders in dementia patients. Alzheimer's research group leaders believe that the solution lies in finding nondrug interventions to help manage pain and promote quality of life while minimizing serious side effects like those revealed by the study findings. Regenerative therapy may be an option to consider for those battling Alzheimer's disease or dementia.


In the fall, a campaign of full-page newspaper ads funded by a largely anonymous group calling itself Forward Rebels called for Boone s ouster.
Boone has retained full authority within the job and continues to fulfill SEC responsibilities as well. He is under contract through 2014 and is completing his second tour as the school s top athletics executive.
The AD search committee closely resembles the football coach search committee that led to the hiring of Hugh Freeze. Famous alum and former quarterback Archie Manning and FedEx vice-president Mike Glenn will co-chair the committee.
They are joined by alumni president Richard Noble, faculty members Ron Rychlak and Ethel Young-Minor and UMAA Foundation governing board member Cal Mayo.
Only Mayo did not serve on the football coach committee.
I added Cal Mayo to the committee because as a member of the UMAA Foundation s governing board, he will represent the interests of our donor base. Cal is also very familiar with collegiate athletics, Jones said in the release.
Jones said he asked the committee to cast a wide net in its search.
The search firm of Eastman and Beaudine assisted with the football process, but no search firm has been retained at this time.
Some names who could emerge as candidates include Walker Jones, the direcort of sports marketing for Under Armour, Charlie Hussey, director of marketing and licensing for the SEC, Austin Barbour, a Jackson lobbyist, and Brad Teague, currently the AD at Central Arkansas.


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package io.debezium.relational.mapping;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

import org.junit.Test;

import io.debezium.relational.Column;
import io.debezium.relational.ValueConverter;

/**
 * @author Randall Hauch
 *
 */
public class TruncateStringsTest {

    private final Column column = Column.editor().name("col").create();
    private ValueConverter converter;

    @Test
    public void shouldTruncateStrings() {
        converter = new TruncateStrings(5).create(column);
        assertThat(converter.convert("1234567890").toString()).isEqualTo("12345");
        assertThat(converter.convert("123456").toString()).isEqualTo("12345");
        assertThat(converter.convert("12345").toString()).isEqualTo("12345");
        assertThat(converter.convert("1234").toString()).isEqualTo("1234");
        assertThat(converter.convert("123").toString()).isEqualTo("123");
        assertThat(converter.convert("12").toString()).isEqualTo("12");
        assertThat(converter.convert("1").toString()).isEqualTo("1");
        assertThat(converter.convert(null)).isNull();
    }

}


The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, bestselling book turned long-awaited movie, is now coming to an H&M near you as a clothing collection. The costume designer for the film, has created the collection-- a women's collection with attitude for the retailer. The H&M Dragon Tattoo Collection has, "A dark urban feeling with the leather jackets and torn jeans is inspired by the film's heroine, Lisbeth Salander."
The H&M Dragon Tattoo Collection will be in stores (online, too) December 14th. Will you pick anything up, Vixens?


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See how Batman has changed throughout the years, from Adam West to Ben Affleck
It may be a long time until we get another Batman movie, which got us thinking: Who is the best Batman? For better or worse, many actors have donned the cowl throughout the years, from the weird to disturbing. Let's take a look back to see who has played Batman on the big screen.
As the story goes, Adam West was vying for the role as Batman against Lyle Waggoner, ultimately winning out after producer William Dozier saw West portray a spy in a Nestlé Quik commercial. Imagine that. He went on to play the character from 1966 to 1968 in a show on ABC, also appearing in a feature-length film.
It would be several years until Batman appeared in another live-action feature film, starting with Michael Keaton's iconic turn in Tim Burton's 1989 film. It was a more realistic take on the character combined with Burton's patented style. It was equal parts camp and grit and became a huge success at the box office.
Keaton would appear in the sequel, Batman Returns, but was replaced by Val Kilmer in Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever. Along with a new actor and director, the film's tone shifted significantly, almost becoming more light-hearted and fun. Apparently, Warner Bros. wanted to make the movie more "family-friendly" after Batman Returns underperformed.
But Val would only play Batman once. When Batman & Robin was released, George Clooney won the role. The film took on a similar campy tone to Batman Forever, and it is probably best remembered for Arnold Schwarzenegger's horrible one-liners as Mr. Freeze and the Batman suit featuring nipples. The movie had an undeniable visual style but was ultimately poorly received by critics.
Batman & Robin's failure would shelve any sequel plans until 2005, when Christopher Nolan's reboot began with Christian Bale in the role. Nolan's darker take on the character is often regarded as the pinnacle of Batman's live-action films, peaking with 2008's The Dark Knight, which featured Heath Ledger as the Joker.
Nolan went on to film one more Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, concluding his famous film series. As for Bale's portrayal of the character, he played a fantastic Bruce Wayne, but his unintelligible Batman growl turned a lot of fans off. He still did an admirable job and was more of a throwback to the Keaton era compared to Kilmer and Clooney.
Ben Affleck is the latest actor to play the character on the big screen, starting with last year's Batman v Superman. Thanks to a thrilling fight scene toward the end of the film, Affleck's more brutal Batman was praised by critics and fans, whom we'll get to more of in this year's Justice League.
There have been many others who have tackled the role, including Kevin Conroy and Will Arnett, but we wanted to focus entirely on Batman's live-action career. If we were to choose the "Best Batman," Conroy would probably be it, portraying the character in an animated series and in several video games.
Since West won the role in the '60s, it's been fun to see how the character has changed throughout the years. I have a soft spot for Keaton's Batman simply because he was the first one I saw in the role. But there's something to like about all of them, even if it is the absurd nipples from Clooney's suit.
Bake with the Force
Baking inspired by a galaxy far, far away
Crafting confections can be a themed experience with the right baking molds. And for Star Wars fans, there's no shortage of movie-inspired molds for chocolates, cakes, and more.


Each print in this series is a unique combination of color and metallic paper. This piece is printed on reflective copper paper with a gradient of white/magenta/pink used in the tessellated star topography. The water field is a light black with some of the copper paper shining through.
As I spend half of my time working on art in the digital realm, I embrace that which reveals the handmade process in my work. The colors are mixed with each print, which allows for streaky surpises and bonus ghost patterns (or palimpsets) sometimes appear. I have taken many photographs to try to capture these traces as well as the dynamic changes inherent in a reflective piece.


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WSJ: Production of new Apple iPhone to start this quarter
The production of a new Apple iPhone will start this quarter according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. Citing anonymous sources who are familiar with Apple's plans, the seventh-generation Apple iPhone could have a summer launch. In addition, the Cupertino based company is working with its partners in Asia to develop a low-priced version of its iconic smartphone.
The cheaper model of the Apple iPhone will probably carry a 4 inch display like the Apple iPhone 5, but will use a different casing. Different color shells have been tested, according to the Journal. Neil Mawston, an analyst at research firm Strategy Analytics, says that Apple should take a page from its rival Samsung and introduce more products with less time between releases. Getting back to the next generation Apple iPhone, most analysts expect Apple to make the usual changes that it does with an incremental update. That would mean a new processor and a new camera can be expected with an Apple iPhone 5S. Earlier talk about a fingerprint scanner for the home button has been pretty much forgotten over the last few weeks and a photo allegedly of the home button for the Apple iPhone 5S failed to reveal any such components.
The Apple iPhone is important to Apple because it is its most profitable product. According to Strategy Analytics, Apple controlled 8.6% of global handset shipments, but captured 66% of the profits. On the other hand, Samsung owned 25% of the smartphone market last year, but only 19% of its profits. This gives Apple the leeway to cut prices, sell more devices at a lower margin, and increase its profits.
source: WallStreetJournal