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As a patient with a rare disease himself, Mohammad quickly realised he was often repeating his story and explaining his condition to the healthcare experts he routinely saw. These healthcare professionals relied on him to provide accurate information about his condition and like many patients, he therefore, became the 'expert' on his own health.
From this experience, Mohammad understood that patients not only have the power to change their own health destinies but they also hold the key to a more sustainable and responsive healthcare system which better meets the needs and expectations of citizens. However, to make this a reality, they need access and accountability of their health records.
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It was just a normal day, like any other when in 2007 a patient with chest pain arrived at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr Jim Jirjis ordered a CT scan to rule out abdominal aortic aneurysm, a very serious condition. As usual, that day Jim was busy helping many patients, so he focused on the first line of the radiology report: "No evidence of AAA".
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I started Patients Know Best in 2008 – a year after hearing the story of Dr Jim Jirjis. I had spent a whole year researching for hospital IT directors how to make records available to patients, and another year begging them to do so.
At that point, I knew how important this would be for patients. I could see it so clearly from my personal experience as a patient with a rare disease how this would have helped me get better, safer, more convenient care. And my research showed how much money this would save healthcare systems. Jim's story also showed how this would reduce stress on professionals.
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Q: PHP Function Not Being Recognized? I have a PHP function I'm using to determine if my user is logged in or not, it's very simple, and the code by itself works. I've never used functions much before, but I want to start. So I have my function is_logged(), which returns true if the user is logged in, obviously false if not. But when using the function, it is always returning true, no matter the circumstance. If I take the code within the function, and plainly have it outside of a function, it works, but if I put it back in the function, even if the user is logged out, it returns true.
is_logged Function
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How I'm trying to test the function.
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But the function only works if I take the inner code out of the function...I'm very confused as to why it's not working. The function is listed in a spot where the session variables can be read.

A: Change
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And your function can easily be simplified ...
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A: You call is_logged() function without () (brackets).
Also I suggest to optimize it with following:
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There is no need in if-statement, if you goint to return boolean result. It will only slow the function down.

A: Try making it more readable on your end:
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Try making it like this:
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Why use:
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Long-term clinical and radiological outcomes following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion by zero-profile anchored cage
Giovanni Grasso1, Alessandro Landi2
1 Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Neurosurgical Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
2 Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Neurosurgical Clinic, University of Palermo, School of Medicine, Via Del Vespro 129, Palermo 90100
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to extend the results of our previous study providing a minimum of 4-year follow-up results of a prospective study following implantation of a cervical cage with an integrated fixation system.
Summary of Background Data: The use of cervical intersomatic cages with an integrated fixation system for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) has increased rapidly in this last decade. In addition to immediate stabilization, these implants allow avoidance of anterior plating and iliac crest bone-grafting.
Methods: Patients were studied prospectively, and data were collected and analyzed. Intersomatic cages with an integrated fixation system were used in consecutive 100 patients operated on for ACDF. Intraoperative parameters, clinical, and outcome scores were recorded. Radiographs were taken to evaluate implant positioning and fusion rate, disc height (DH), and changes in adjacent disc spaces. All the patients had a minimum 4-year follow-up.
Results: A total of 127 cages were implanted in the 100 patients. Compared to preoperatively, the visual analog scale, 36-item short-form health survey, the Japanese Orthopedic Association, and the Neck Disability Index scores were significantly improved at 1-year follow-up without change during subsequent follow-up. At 4 years, the fusion rate was 97%. Two patients complained about minor dysphagia-related symptoms, which resolved rapidly. DH index and cervical Cobb angle were significantly restored after surgery, and the results were maintained during the whole follow-up.
Conclusions: This is a prospective, independently conducted study on cages with an integrated fixation system with 4-year long follow-up. Findings of this study seem to be interesting regarding outcomes and low complications rates compared to recent series using other implants with integrated fixation system. Larger, randomized controlled trials are warranted.
Keywords: Anterior cervical discectomy fusion, cervical disc herniation, cervical spondylosis functional scores
Grasso G, Landi A. Long-term clinical and radiological outcomes following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion by zero-profile anchored cage. J Craniovert Jun Spine 2018;9:87-92
Grasso G, Landi A. Long-term clinical and radiological outcomes following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion by zero-profile anchored cage. J Craniovert Jun Spine [serial online] 2018 [cited 2022 Jan 19];9:87-92. Available from: https://www.jcvjs.com/text.asp?2018/9/2/87/234738
Cervical discectomy is one of the most commonly and rapidly growing procedures done to rapidly restore radicular and medullar compression. Since fusion procedures are widely accepted, research and development have concentrated on improving and simplifying portions of this procedure in hopes that it would improve outcomes. Accordingly, many devices including the use of allograft bone and anterior plating, polyether ether ketone (PEEK) cages with anterior plating, and other interbody fusion devices have been used with different results.[1] Although a large number of technical and biomechanical advances have led to an array of available options for fusions, the use of cage and the supplementary fixation by an anterior cervical plate has enhanced the risk of complications such as dysphagia.[2],[3],[4],[5] Technological advancements and new materials discovery have gained the evolution to zero-profile anchored cage systems tailored for stand-alone fusion [6] avoiding the disadvantages of plating. The ROI-C cage (Zimmer Biomet, Austin, TX, USA) is a cervical interbody cage with an integrated fixation that has been developed to increase cervical spine stability since the early postoperative period. In addition to immediate stabilization, use of these types of implants allows avoidance of anterior plating and iliac crest bone-grafting. Following the first study reporting a short-term outcome assessment,[7] the purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with the ROI-C in a longer follow-up, spanning 9 years, following surgery
This was a prospective multicenter study, of patients who underwent single- or multi-level ACDF with the ROI-C cages. Between January 2009 and January 2014, 100 consecutive patients affected by cervical disc herniation or spondylosis causing radiculopathy were enrolled. Patients had not experienced any cervical spine surgery before this operation. All patients attempted a trial of conservative therapy usually at least 6 weeks before surgery, including rest, physical, and/or pharmacotherapy. Patients were diagnosed based on the preoperative radiograph, computed tomography (CT) scan, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. All patients enrolled in the study were suitable candidates for ACDF. Enrollment required a diagnosis of degenerative disc disease with symptomatic radiculopathy or myeloradiculopathy at one or two levels from C-3 to C-7 that correlated with appropriate level and side neural compression on MRI or CT. Patients who presented with other spinal degenerative conditions, such as stenosis or arthritis, were not excluded as long as the diagnosis indicated that the primary cause for complaints was clinically consistent with nerve root compression. Patients were also not excluded due to age, sex, compensation claims, diabetes, obesity, or other medical conditions that would not preclude surgery, in general. The exclusion criteria were prior spine surgery at the operative levels, ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, major degenerative or traumatic instability, cervical canal narrowing requiring posterior decompression associated with anterior fusion, fracture, infection, and tumor. Each patient was appropriately informed regarding medical data collection and the aim of the study.
Each patient was followed-up prospectively with preoperative and postoperative evaluations. Data including patient demographics (age and gender), intra-operative details (duration of operation, level of operation, types, and sizes of the implant, complications), postoperative details (length of hospitalization, and time to return to work), postoperative functional scores, radiological findings, and surgery related-complications were collected. During follow-up, clinical and radiographic data were collected on the last day of hospital stay, at 1 and 6 months, and every year. All the patients were included in the clinical and radiographic evaluations at each follow-up time point.
During follow-up, clinical and radiographic data were collected on the last day of hospital stay, at 6 weeks, at 3, 6, 12 months, and every year. Complications were recorded as implant-related, surgery-related, or general (not directly implant or surgery related). All the patients were included in the clinical and radiographic evaluations at each follow-up time. The minimum follow-up was 4 years (mean, 7.05 years; range, 4–9 years).
Outcome measures used were the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item short form health survey (SF-36), Neck Disability Index (NDI), and visual analog scale (VAS) scores for the neck and arm pain. All patients were asked to complete questionnaires, even in the form of an interview, before surgery and at each follow-up examination. The NDI and VAS scores ranged from 0 to 100. Odom's grading system (poor, fair, good, or excellent) was used to evaluate patient satisfaction with the surgery. Myelopathy was graded using the Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) score.
Dysphagia-related symptoms were graded by a physician, depending on the patient's state, as none (no episodes of swallowing problems), mild (rare episodes of dysphagia), moderate (occasional swallowing difficulty with specific food), and severe (frequent difficult swallowing with the majority of food).[8] In addition, the amount of pain (VAS 0–100) and the duration of dysphagia-related symptoms were recorded.
Anteroposterior, lateral, and flexion-extension radiographs were taken before surgery, within 1 week after surgery, and at 1 and 6 months after surgery. Subsequent follow-up examinations were performed every 12 months to detect implant failure, including segmental collapse, caused by implant subsidence. An implant penetration into the adjacent endplates of more than 2 mm was defined as segmental collapse.[9] MRI was routinely performed to evaluate preoperative spinal cord compression. Cervical alignment was calculated by the Cobb angle between the inferior margins of C2 and C7 vertebral bodies on the lateral radiograph [Figure 1]a. The disc height (DH) was measured on the lateral radiograph as the distance from the highest portion of the lower end-plate of the cephalad vertebra to the closest portion of the upper end-plate of the caudal vertebra [Figure 1]b. Degenerative changes in the adjacent segments were evaluated on MRI every year postoperatively. Disc degeneration was graded on T2-weighted sagittal and axial images as described by Miyazaki.[10] The evaluation of interbody fusion was according to Bridwell's classification.[11]
Figure 1: Lateral radiograph depicting a 4-year long follow-up in a C6–C7 case. (a), Image showing cervical alignment calculated by the Cobb angle between the inferior margins of C2 and C7 vertebral bodies; (b), lateral radiograph showing the disc height measurement. A, is anterior disc height, b is middle disc height, c is posterior disc height, and d is sagittal diameter of the up vertebral body. Disc height index = ([a + b + c]/3)
We computed means and standard deviations for continuous data. We determined differences in outcome measures scores between preoperative and postoperative time points and during further follow-up using the t-test for paired samples if a normality test was passed or a Wilcoxon signed-rank test if a normality test was failed. Intra-observer variability for radiographic evaluation was determined using kappa statistics. (IBM Corp. Released 2011. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 20.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.) software was used for all analyses.
Patient population
A total of 100 patients (54 men and 46 women; mean age 40.30 years, range 31–78 years) included in this study received 127 ROI-C devices. Sixty-five patients (65%) had radicular pain, 15 (15%) had myelopathy, and 20 (20%) had both radiculopathy and myelopathy. Most patients had a history of incapacitating neck and arm pain lasting longer than 6 weeks, which was unresponsive to physical therapy and anti-inflammatory medication or had new neurological deficits resulting from myelopathy. All the patients had a minimum of 4 years follow-up and a maximum of 9 years (mean, 7.05 years). The mean surgery duration was 77.4 min (range, 32–160). Seventy-three patients (73%) were treated at one level and 27 (27%) at two levels. [Table 1] summarizes demographic, and surgery data.
Table 1: Summary of demographic and surgery data
Postoperatively, a cervical collar was not used, except in some patients who asked the externals device as "comfort." Usually, following 4 weeks postsurgery, patients were allowed to engage in normal activities of daily living including driving. After 5 weeks, patients were allowed to return to all normal activities except contact sports on a permanent basis. Postoperative oral pain medications were administered as needed. In the first 8 weeks, anti-inflammatory medication therapy was never administered. The average hospitalization time was 1.95 days (range, 1–4 days).
Overall, outcome measures improved immediately after surgery (P< 0.001) compared to baseline. At 4 years, all patients had a significant reduction in VAS, SF-36, JOA, and NDI scores (P< 0.05) [Figure 2]. Using Odom's criteria, 94% of patients rated their level of satisfaction with the surgery as excellent or good, without significant difference during the follow-up (P > 0.05). Only two patients complained about minor dysphagia (VAS score, 2 and 3), which resolved within 1 and 3 months, respectively.
Figure 2: Line graphs showing the clinical outcome measures over follow-up. Results are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (a), visual analog scale (0–100 mm) for the neck and arm pain; (b) 36-item short form health survey score; (c), Japanese Orthopedic Association score; (d), Neck disability Index (0%–100%). Compared with preoperatively, the visual analog scale, 36-item short form health survey, Japanese Orthopedic Association, and Neck Disability Index scores were significantly improved at 1-year follow-up without change during subsequent follow-up (*P ≤ 0.05 compared to preoperative baseline)
Intra-observer agreement for radiographic evaluation was satisfactory. Overall, we observed no implant-related complications. No segmental collapse during the follow-up was observed; there were no subsidence, no evidence of cage mobilization or implant dislodgment or mobilization of the anchoring system in both vertebral bodies. At 4 years, 97% of patients showed evidence of fusion in each operated segment according to the criteria suggested by Bridwell et al.[11] Three cases have been evaluated as doubtful fusion. Considering their good clinical outcome and the stability of the system as evaluated by dynamic radiographs, no further surgeries were undertaken. The cervical Cobb angle was also significantly improved from 11.6° ± 3.7°, measured before surgery, to 23.1° ± 2.2° at 1 week and 22.4° ± 3.4° at 24 months following the implant (P > 0.05). No statistical significant differences were observed among the subsequent evaluations (P > 0.05) [Figure 3]a. DH increased significantly after surgery. The mean DH at the treated level was significantly restored after surgery in all the cases. Briefly, the height of intervertebral space was significantly improved from 5.8 ± 0.5 mm measured before surgery to 7.2 ± 0.3 mm at 1 week and 7.5 ± 0.2 mm at 4 years following the surgical treatment (P< 0.05) [Figure 3]b.
Figure 3: Line graphs showing the mean cervical Cobb's angle (a) and disc height (b). Results are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (a) The cervical Cobb angle was significantly improved compared to baseline (*P ≤ 0.05). (b) The mean disc height, at the treated level, was significantly restored after surgery in all the cases (*P ≤ 0.05 compared to baseline)
In the present study, we prospectively evaluated the safety and efficacy the ROI-C, a cervical cage with an integrated fixation system, for ACDF. Results were presented through 4 years follow-up as an extension of a previous study in which we have shown the preliminary results.[7] The average hospitalization time was 1.95 days (range, 1-4 days). The mean surgery duration was 77.4 min (range, 32–160). Overall, outcome measures improved immediately after surgery (P< 0.001) compared to baseline. At 4 years, all patients had a significant reduction in VAS, SF-36, JOA, and NDI scores (P< 0.05). Using Odom's criteria, 94% of patients rated their level of satisfaction with the surgery as excellent or good, without significant difference during the follow-up (P > 0.05). Only two patients complained about minor dysphagia (VAS score, 1.6 and 2), which resolved rapidly. At 4 years, 97% of patients showed evidence of fusion in each operated segment. Overall, the results demonstrated that clinical scores improved significantly compared to baseline at all-time points after surgery until final follow-up. A high interbody fusion rate and a low complications rate were also observed. Similar observations have been reported in some studies evaluating the clinical efficacy of ACDF using cages with an integrated fixation system.[2],[3],[5],[7],[12],[13],[14]
The present study is the first objectively analyzing by a prospective study on the use of a cervical cage with an integrated fixation system for ACDF with a follow-up spanning 9 years. The results indicate that the use of this peek cage is safe in the standard ACDF procedure. Therefore our findings provide further information supporting the use of devices with an integrated fixation system. These systems appear to be acceptably safe, also in long-term follow-ups.
The reason for the development of alternative stabilization prosthetic devices in ACDF is avoidance of complications arising from the use of autologous or allergenic bone-grafting. These complications include persistent donor site pain, infection, hematoma formation, iliac crest fracture, and meralgia paresthetica. To prevent these complications, cages have been studied and applied in humans as potential bone substitutes for autograft in interbody fusion. Titanium or carbon fiber cages were widely used for cervical interbody fusion, but subsidence, migration, and structure failure have occurred.[15] PEEK is a nonabsorbable biopolymer that has been used in a variety of industries including medical devices. The PEEK cages are biocompatible, radiolucent, and have a modulus of elasticity similar to the bone. Satisfactory results were obtained with bone substitute regarding the fusion rate; although, fusion was delayed as compared with that in a cage-containing autograft.[16] The ROI-C cage is a cervical intersomatic cage made by PEEK optima (radiolucent) using a double anchoring system to obtain an intervertebral fusion. This cage is designed specifically for implantation into the cervical disc space after discectomy. It enables the filling of a graft either autologous fusion or bone substitute. The self-guided, curved plating is delivered in the plane of the disc through a direct anterior approach. In such a way, surgery can be achieved with less exposure than may be required to implant a traditional cervical plate or even contemporary stand-alone systems with screws that should be inserted at oblique angles. The cages are simple and intuitive, dedicated instruments are very few, and the learning curve is almost brief. Stabilization appears to be immediately afforded following implants, and the double anchoring system avoids effectively the use of a postoperative collar. Reasonably, the two wings firmly introduced in the vertebral bodies can provide initial stability until the fusion time. We found that the intervertebral height was significantly increased from 5.8 ± 0.5 mm measured before surgery to 7.2 ± 0.3 mm at 1 week and 7.5 ± 0.2 mm at 4 years following the surgical treatment (P > 0.05), and the cervical Cobb angle was significantly improved from 11.6° ± 3.7°, measured before surgery, to 22.4° ± 3.4° at 24 months following the implant without significant difference among the subsequent evaluations (P > 0.05).
Although ACDF has been shown to increase fusion rates, maintain or improve cervical sagittal alignment and primary and secondary stability, ACDF with plate and screws has been associated with complications including screw or plate dislodgment, soft-tissue injury, dysphagia, and adjacent segment disease.[17] We have shown that the use of cervical cage with an integrated fixation system, such as ROI-C, can reduce the rate of these complications, including the rate of pseudarthrosis. Pseudarthrosis following ACDF has been has been associated with poor clinical outcomes.[18] In a study analyzing 2682 patients, fusion rates have been found in 92.1%, 79.9%, and 65% for one-level, two-level, and three-level ACDF, respectively. In our series, the fusion rate at 4 years was 97%.[19] Previous studies investigating the same device, but with a shorter follow-up, reported similarly high rates of bony fusion ranging between 95.2% and 100%.[7],[20],[21] In 127 operated levels, among the patients examined 4 years after ACDF, there were three defined as doubtful fusion. Considering their good clinical outcome and the stability of the system as evaluated by dynamic radiographs, no further surgeries were undertaken.
One of the most reported complications following ACDF is chronic dysphagia that can reach 21% in some studies.[2],[3],[6],[22],[23] For the early postoperative period, the rate of dysphagia in our study was lower than that reported in the current literature.[8] The exact pathophysiological mechanisms underlying postoperative dysphagia remain unknown. It has been postulated that postoperative soft-tissue edema, esophageal injury, postoperative hematoma, and adhesive formations around implanted cervical plates might be possible explanations for dysphagia.[24] Some authors have advocated a strict correlation between the prosthesis thickness and dysphagia rate with decreased dysphagia incidence when thinner cages are used.[25] Cage with very low profile avoids an implant contact to the soft tissue in front of the cervical spine. This might avoid any mechanical irritation of the esophagus and may explain the low dysphagia rate in our patients. Only two patient (2%) experienced dysphagia, which resolved 1 and 3 months, after the surgery. A dysphagia rate of 2% is low compared to plate-augmented ACDF in the literature.[12] The results obtained are by the results of a recent meta-analysis showing that zero-profile anchored cages had a lower risk of postoperative dysphagia than cages with anterior plate fixation after ACDF.[6] Furthermore, although subsidence is one of the major concerns when using cages without plate fixation, the present study reported no case of subsidence in the follow-up. The same results have been reported in previous studies employing the same device.[7],[12]
Overall, the present study confirms our previous findings [7] and expands the results on safety and effectiveness of cervical ROI-C system device in patients with cervical radiculopathy and myelopathy, also in a long follow-up.
Cervical arthrodesis by using a cervical interbody cage with integrated fixation showed that this system is safe and effective for the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease. It incorporates a different philosophy of insertion besides the guarantee of fusion and low rate of postoperative complications. Large randomized controlled trials are warranted.
Anderson DG, Albert TJ. Bone grafting, implants, and plating options for anterior cervical fusions. Orthop Clin North Am 2002;33:317-28.
Liu Y, Wang H, Li X, Chen J, Sun H, Wang G, et al. Comparison of a zero-profile anchored spacer (ROI-C) and the polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cages with an anterior plate in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Eur Spine J 2016;25:1881-90.
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Yang H, Chen D, Wang X, Yang L, He H, Yuan W, et al. Zero-profile integrated plate and spacer device reduces rate of adjacent-level ossification development and dysphagia compared to ACDF with plating and cage system. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2015;135:781-7.
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What Day Of The Week Was May 18, 2009?
May 18, 2009 was the 138th day of the year 2009 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 227 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.
A person born on this day will be 9 years old today. If that same person saved a Cent every day starting at age 6, then by now that person has accumulated $14.35 today.


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Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
Ahmadiyya History
From the Archives: The Promised Reformer of Islam
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, the Promised Reformer
Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khanra (1893-1985) was a founding father of Pakistan; a politician, diplomat and international jurist, known particularly as Pakistan's first ever Foreign Minister. He was the first Muslim and Pakistani President for the United Nations General Assembly and the International Court of Justice in the Hague. He was also an eminent and most esteemed scholar of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community who had the honour of being a companion of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi. He penned several books and translated the Holy Qur'an into English. The following speech was delivered by Sir Zafrulla Khanra at the inauguration of the Pedrobad Mosque in Spain on the 10th of September 1982. It was the first mosque built in Spain for over 500 years, since the expulsion of Islam from Spain. In this speech, the author covers the need for a Reformer of Islam and his personal experiences and feelings in having met the Promised Messiahas.
Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khanra
"The greatest event in the whole long and fascinating course of the history of the evolution of man, physical, moral, intellectual and spiritual, was the advent of Muhammadsa; the Prophet of Islam, the Messenger of Allah, par excellence, the Perfect Man. The tremendous revolution initiated through him has helped shape the destiny of man through the ages. The impact of this revolution was miraculously reinforced and reinvigorated, just short of a century ago, through his second advent, spiritual in character, in the person of his perfect reflection, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas of Qadian, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi (1835-1908). He laid the foundation of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam in 1889. He was to establish the superiority of Islam over all other faiths, which he did.
The reason why I have been bestowed the honour of being graciously directed by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh, Head of the Ahmadiyya Movement, to address this august assembly this morning, is that I am one of the still surviving members of the company who had, by the Grace and Mercy of Allah, the good fortune of being enabled to make the covenant of allegiance at the blessed hands of the Promised Messiahas himself. I am fully conscious of my unworthiness, and realise that I am the least of the company among whom I have the honour to be included, and am most deeply grateful to Hazrat Khalifatul Masihrh, one of whose humblest servants I am, for the honour he has so benignly bestowed on me.
September 3, 1904, was a red-letter day in my life. On that day I was, by Divine Grace, granted the inestimable privilege of beholding for the first time, the blessed countenance of the Promised Messiahas and Mahdi, while his speech was being read out by one of his principal disciples, Hazrat Maulvi Abdul Karim Sahibra, to a public audience in Lahore. From the moment my gaze rested on that glorious vision, it remained riveted to it throughout the reading of the lecture, which took more than an hour. I was deeply stirred and my soul poured forth its homage to him. I felt myself deeply and completely committed. There has never since been a shadow of a doubt, nor a moment of hesitation. I have, through the sheer Grace and Mercy of Allah, been throughout firmly based on the unshakeable and immoveable rock of certainty of faith. Alhamdulillah. I was then only eleven years of age. Soon after completing my fourteenth year, I swore formal allegiance to the Promised Messiahas and Mahdi, at his own blessed hands, on September 16, 1907, in Qadian.
That Roll of Honour was closed, less than a year later, by his demise at Lahore, on May 26, 1908. For my own satisfaction I have never felt the need of any reason or argument. The torch that was by Allah's Grace and Mercy lit within my soul seventy eight years ago, has shined ever more brightly with the passage of time, reinforced by my observation and experience and by the witness of Allah. I have always had a feeling that though reason and argument are useful and helpful in the case of an earnest and sincere seeker after truth, they yield little profit in the case of a person who has recourse to them only for the sake of opposition.
The history of the Ahmadiyya Movement, though still short of a century, is studded with divine proofs of the truth of its Holy Founder, and of Allah's continuous support of it. That is evidence which no reasoning can refute or dispel.
The basic claim of the Holy Founder of the Movement was that he was the constant recipient of Divine verbal revelation. That claim was either true or false. If it was true, then whatever that Divine revelation proclaimed as his status and mission must be accepted. If that claim was false, he was (God forbid) an impostor, and no further attention need be paid to him. How can this issue be conclusively determined? The Holy Qur'an sets forth a decisive criterion that an impostor is most surely destroyed by God.[1] How did God deal with this claimant? This is not a matter of argument; it is a question of fact. He who yearns may read. It is a long and continuous spectacle of Divine favours and bounties; a series of triumphs.
A tree is known by the fruits thereof. Carry out an honest and unprejudiced comparison of the fruits of the trees of Ahmadiyyat and of the trees of its opponents, and abide by the result.
The Holy Qur'an recites a series of blessings which characterise the faithful; so does the Holy Prophetsa. I venture to draw attention to one out of each category.
(a) The Holy Qur'an says:
"Allah has promised those among you who believe and act righteously that He will surely make them Successors in the earth as He made Successors from among those who were before them; and that He will surely establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them; and that after their state of fear He will grant them peace and security. They will worship Me and will not associate anything with Me. Those who disbelieve thereafter, they will be the rebellious ones."[2]
The Holy Prophetsa explained that he would be followed by Spiritual Successors, and that after a time their place would be taken by a system of monarchy, and that in the latter days Spiritual Succession would be restored. That is what has happened. The Promised Messiahas has been followed by Spiritual Successors, one after the other since his death, and today, almost three quarters of a Century later, you find his fourth successor present here among you. Thus, has Allah the Exalted, once more fulfilled His promise set out in the Holy Qur'an.
(b) A Hadith says:
Abu Hurairahra has related:
'Among that which I learnt from the Holy Prophetsa was that he said: "Allah will raise for this people, in the beginning of every century, one who will revive its faith."'[3]
This prediction of the Holy Prophetsa has been fulfilled throughout. In the early part of the fourteenth century of the Islamic era, Allah raised Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas for the revival of Islam. No one else made that claim.
The fifteenth century of the Islamic era has only just begun.
Why is it that outside the Ahmadiyya Movement, the rest of the Islamic world has been bereft of two of the principal bounties promised by Allah to those who are faithful and righteous? Reflect, O ye, who are gifted with insight.
Is it not perchance because Allah is the Patron of the faithful, and those who lack true faith have no patron.[4]
Our last word is: All Praise belongs to Allah, Lord and Sustainer of the Universe.
1. Holy Qur'an, Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 45-48.
2. Holy Qur'an, Surah Al-Nur, Verse 56.
3. Abu Daud, Kitabal Malahan, p. 589.
4. Holy Qur'an, Surah Muhammad, Verse 11.
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Now I will try to briefly explain the model so that you can recognize how it works in your life. As we observe something through our senses, we take in filtered information and begin to process it. As we organize and process what we observe we begin to tell ourselves a story to make sense of what we observed. If we are not careful in our observations, we cause ourselves to create a story based on limited or false information. The stories we tell ourselves create emotions. Our emotions can cause us to take certain actions. This is one reason why when one watches a movie it can cause terror or tears even though they know it is "just a movie" and the people are "just acting". One can tell themselves over and over that its "just a movie" and still act/respond in a way that they don't want/expect.


Ok, now that we're past that, lets talk about how I got there. I've been a gamer all my life, a big portion of the reason I went into software development was to work on video games. I've started my own games a couple times around when I as 18. Then every couple years I dabble in rendering Final Fantasy Tactics style battle map.
I've also played in a bunch of AI competitions over the years. I love writing programs to play games. Also, I recently started working at Sparkypants, a game studio, on Dropzone a modern take on RTS. I develop a bunch of the supporting services in the game our matchmaking and such.
Another desire that has lead me here is the desire to complete something. I have many started projects but rarely get them to a release quality. I think it is time I make my own game, and the games I've enjoyed the most have been management and simulation games. I'll be drawing from a lot of games in that genre. Prison Architect, Rimworld, FortressCraft Evolved, Factorio, and many more. I want to try implementing lots of the features as experiments to decide what I want to dig further into.
The game isn't open source currently, maybe eventually. I'm building the game mostly from scratch using rust and the glium abstraction over OpenGl/glutin. I'm going to try to talk about portions of the development on my blog. This may be simple things like new stuff I learn about Rust. Celebrating achievements as I feel proud of myself. And whatever else comes up as I go. If you want to discuss stuff I prefer twitter over comments, but comments are there if you would rather.
So far I've built a very simple deterministic map generator. I had to make sure the map got it's own seed so it could decide when to pull numbers out and ensure consistency. It currently requires the map to be generated in a single pass. I plan to change to more of a procedural generator so I can expand the map as needed during game play.
I started to build a way to visualize the map beyond an ascii representation. I knew I wanted to be on OpenGL so I support all the operating systems I work/play in. In Rust the best OpenGL abstraction I could find was glium which is pretty awesome. It includes glutin so I get window creation and interaction as part of it, without having to stitch it together myself.
This post is getting a bit long. I think I'll wrap it up here. In the near future (maybe later tonight?) I'll have another post with my thoughts on rendering tiles, coordinate systems, panning and zooming, etc. I'm just a beginner at all of this so I'm very open to ideas and criticisms, but please also be respectful.


Troops tired of Anthony's pizza, Charleys' subs and Auntie Anne's pretzels will have a new food option named after someone they may actually recognize when Wahlburgers opens on Washington's Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
It will be the first military installation to host the fast-casual burger joint founded by chef Paul Wahlberg and his brothers Mark and Donnie Wahlberg, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service said Tuesday, announcing an agreement with the restaurant chain. The location at the JBLM Lewis Exchange food court is slated to open in spring of 2020, following renovations slated for this fall.
A partnership between AAFES and Wahlburgers is expected to be announced during the season finale of the A&E reality show about the celebrity brothers' burger chain on Wednesday. The show "Wahlburgers" will air back-to-back episodes beginning at 9 p.m. Central time.
The Massachusetts natives, from a family of nine kids, opened their first Wahlburgers in 2011 in Hingham, Mass., south of Boston. They've expanded to more than two dozen locations across North America since, including a Boston-based food truck. The A&E series this season followed the brothers' plans to double the company's size in a year.
The new partnership is part of AAFES commitment to serving "the best customers in the world—soldiers, airmen and their families," said Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Luis Reyes, the Exchange's senior enlisted adviser.
Donnie and Mark Wahlberg rose to stardom in the 1990s as pop music stars — Donnie Wahlberg was a member of New Kids on the Block and his brother, known by the moniker Marky Mark, headed up the hip-hop group the Funky Bunch. Both are perhaps better known for their film roles now, which include a number of military and police roles.
His younger brother Mark portrayed real-life Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell in 2013's "Lone Survivor," based on Luttrell's book about the deadly Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan's in Pech district in 2005. He's racked up several other military and police roles, including the fictional retired Marine scout sniper Bob Lee Swagger in "Shooter" (2007), Sgt. 1st Class Troy Barlow in "Three Kings" (1999) and Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood, his first big screen role, in "Renaissance Man" (1993).
His latest thriller, "Mile 22," in which he plays a CIA operative, is slated to be screened for troops in Afghanistan Aug. 11 to 15, ahead of its release in U.S. theaters Aug. 17. It screened for free at 12 AAFES Reel Time theaters in the U.S. last week, as part of a partnership with the film studio.
Wahlburgers restaurants are filled with photos and memorabilia marking the brothers' rise from kids living in Boston's southern Dorchester neighborhood to worldwide celebrities, according to a statement.
The menu includes ground beef burgers, beef hot dogs, crispy fries, onion rings, tater tots, salads, frappes, beers and cocktails. Options also include chicken, fish and a plant-based sandwich known as "The Impossible Burger," according to the company website.


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Recommended Reading A Tribute To A Forgotten Giant Of Watchmaking Who Helped Shape The Modern Watch World
Business News Jean-Claude Biver Receives France's Legion Of Honor
Vintage Watches A 1968 Omega Speedmaster Professional Ref. 145.012, A 1976 Seiko Diver 'Captain Willard,' And A 1970s Mathey-Tissot Chronograph
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Günter Blümlein is a legend you should know.
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Despite the fact that the watch industry loves to beat the drum of tradition, the fact is that it can have a shockingly short collective memory when it comes to anything that doesn't grab the attention of customers and help sell watches. Unfortunately this means that an awful lot of important companies, watches, and people get swept under the rug. It also means that customers often form views about watches and brands that lack grounding in actual – as opposed to brand-curated – history. Today we've found a must-read story about one such person, who all real watch lovers should know and remember.
Günter Blümlein passed away fifteen years ago today, and our friend Peter Chong – the internationally known Lange collector and historian (among other things) – has put together a biography of this remarkable individual. It's not too much to say that without Blümlein, modern watchmaking would look very different.
Mr. Günter Blümlein passed away fifteen years ago today.
Blümlein was responsible, along with Walter Lange, for resurrecting A. Lange & Söhne; he also built Jaeger-LeCoultre and IWC into post-Quartz Crisis powerhouses and put all three companies under joint management of the firm Les Manufactures Horlogères, which, in 2000, he sold to the Richemont Group for over 3 billion CHF.
On July 21, 2000, the Richemont Group released the following statement:
"Richemont is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire Les Manufactures Horlogères SA ("LMH") from Mannesmann AG. LMH owns three luxury watch businesses, namely 60 per cent of Jaeger-LeCoultre, 100 per cent of International Watch Co. ("IWC") and 90 per cent of A. Lange & Söhne."
"Richemont also announces that it has acquired from the Audemars Piguet group the 40 per cent interest in Jaeger-LeCoultre not already owned by LMH. Richemont intends to transfer this shareholding to LMH."
"The combined cost of the acquisitions on a debt free basis is CHF 3,080 million in cash, comprising CHF 2,800 million for LMH and CHF 280 million for the 40 per cent interest in Jaeger-LeCoultre."
A selection of photos shot during the re-launch of A. Lange & Söhne in 1994. Blümlein is seen in close-up in t top right image.
Blümlein had agreed to oversee all the Richemont Group watch brands, but he passed away unexpectedly in 2001, after a short illness, at the age of 58. It's safe to say (and should be obvious from the Richemont statement above) that without Blümlein, the landscape of modern watchmaking would be very different today and it would be entirely possible that some of our favorite manufactures might not even be open for business.
About Blümlein, Walter Lange had this to say: ""He was a universal genius. There have been two luminary experts in the Swiss watchmaking industry (of the modern age): one was Nicolas G. Hayek (Founder of the Swatch Group), and the other was Günther Blümlein."
Read Peter Chong's full story on Deployant.com here.
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Ladbrokes Australia has become the first wagering operator to employ TopBetta Holdings' The Global Tote service.
The Global Tote is a wholesale tote product that enables operators to participate in a global pool, with the service to now be integrated into the Ladbrokes.com.au platform.
The Australian arm of the Ladbrokes Coral Group will be able to offer its customers odds from The Global Tote as a replacement to existing tote derivative products.
TopBetta already holds a licence from Alderney and recently secured approval from Australian regional racing bodies in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.
The company expects to launch The Global Tote next month.
"We are always looking for an edge and ways to value add through better products and services to our customers," Ladbrokes Australia chief executive Dean Shannon said.
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What do YOU think some of the major story arcs will be this season? Have your say in the comments!
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Doctors emit various types of cough, which becomes a frequent companion of childhood diseases. We treat a cough in a child at home, depending on the disease and the type of cough, so as not to harm and bring recovery to the maximum.
Why do you have a cough?
How and what to treat cough in children?
Cough is one of the ways to protect the body from the ingestion of foreign bodies, pathogenic microorganisms, excess sputum, which is produced in the body for some reason.
A series of sharp, involuntary exhalations results from the irritation of cough receptors located in the pharynx, larynx, bronchi, and lungs.
The load on the vocal cords, the throat can lead to hoarseness and complete loss of voice, sleep is disturbed in children, appetite is lost, vomiting can occur as a result of severe spasms.
Experienced mothers know that a child's cough is different, and treatment must be chosen depending on the type of cough, duration, strength, productivity, type of sputum and associated symptoms.
wet - accompanied by the release of a large amount of sputum. Phlegm is a secret produced in the bronchi and lungs, so with an excess of sputum when coughing, squishing, gurgling sounds are heard.
Blood clots, rust color may become a messenger of pulmonary hemorrhage, it is required to examine the child carefully and urgently.
Bronchial asthma is accompanied by spastic coughing. Due to the sharp narrowing of the lumen of the bronchi, the flow of air into the lungs becomes difficult, the exhalation becomes long, wheezing, and wheezing. In a child under 2 years of age, similar symptoms indicate obstructive bronchitis.
But if there are no catarrhal manifestations, and the spastic attack began suddenly, then a foreign body is most likely to enter the airways.
Having gained experience while communicating with pediatricians and therapists, parents know about how to cure a child's cough at home with the help of medicines and folk remedies. However, this symptom occurs within many diseases. Therefore, it is necessary to distinguish between types of cough and know the methods of successful treatment at home.
Drugs that affect the cough center of the brain and reduce its activity.
The main task during treatment is to make a dry cough wet, i.e. - productive, and then rid the body of excess sputum.
An incipient dry cough with lesions of the upper respiratory tract is painful and intrusive. The child has a sore throat, he sneezes, sleep and appetite are disturbed.
If the disease proceeds without temperature, then it should be treated with abundant warm drinks and inhalations, including hot, with herbs and soda-saline solution. The child should do inhalation only under the supervision of an adult, after a meal should take at least 30 minutes.
Parents need to be sure that the little patient is not allergic to natural medicines. For treatment most often used infusion or tea with chamomile , sage , calendula, lime color.
A coughing baby for a long time must be examined by specialists. It is necessary to exclude helminthic invasions, allergies.
After suffering a complicated infection, a residual cough may last for several more weeks. Treatment, with a productive sputum discharge, consists in abundant warm drinking and massage at home.
The cough that accompanies these diseases is dry, unproductive. The main goal in its treatment is to achieve sputum discharge.
As soon as the sputum begins to be produced, expectorant drugs are shown for 4-5 days, and then - to give the child warm mors, a compote of dried fruit, diluted juices and massage the chest.
If the child has a fever, then hot foot baths, warming him contraindicated.
Accompanied by shortness of breath and cough with a long exhalation. The phlegm that forms in the bronchi is too viscous, and therefore does not expectoration. It is very important to achieve its liquefaction, and after-discharge.
It is important to give plenty of water to the child. If the condition worsens, shortness of breath increases and spasms become more frequent, emergency medical care is needed.
Whooping cough cough has a special character: it begins with a long, long breath with a wheeze, after which the child goes into a cough.
It is noteworthy that with whooping cough, the child sticks out his tongue during coughing. In the sclera of the eyes, capillaries burst and hemorrhages occur.
Cough persists for a long time, aggravated by colds.
This disease is also called "false croup" and is accompanied by a narrowing of the lumen of the upper respiratory tract. This makes it difficult to inhale, lengthening it and preventing the passage of air.
The situation is exacerbated by swelling of the larynx and the production of a very viscous, sticky sputum. Increasing cough can cause the child to start choking.
He needs urgent medical assistance, but before the ambulance arrives his parents should give him a drug of mucolytic action, drink plenty of water, and make inhalation . Leave the child alone is impossible.
Children under two years should not take mucolytic drugs.
Children under one year old and older should receive treatment from their parents.
Komarovsky insists that the therapeutic effect of most cough medicines has not been proven, aggressive advertising plays a role, and the habit of treating everything with medicines. Which, according to him, provide "psychological comfort of relatives" and no more.
Meanwhile, washing the nose will remove mucus from the nasopharynx, and without snot there will be no annoying cough.
A cough in a month-old baby arises due to the stagnation of mucus, drying of the mucous, since the nasal passages are short and narrow. It is very important to ventilate and humidify the air in the room, more often to walk outside or to put the stroller with the baby on the balcony.
Traditional medicine is replete with recipes to help get rid of cough. With a dry cough, it is necessary to thin the mucus, making it easier to cough up. With a wet cough, effective sputum excretion is required so that it does not "flood" the baby's lungs.
When leaning towards any of them, you should make sure that the child is not allergic to the components of the medicine. The fact that you can recommend a child 5 years old is not always suitable for a baby per year.
So, what can you give your child when you cough?
A safe and very useful remedy - cough eggnog for home treatment - is made from sugar or honey with an egg (or quail) egg yolk.
It is necessary to wash the shell, before breaking, to make sure that the product is fresh, the protein and yolk without any inclusions are not spread.
Whisk the yolk with sugar to make a homogeneous mass. Give the drug to the child 3-4 times a day, one teaspoon.
Cocoa cough oil for children is used as a massage - rubbed into the chest and upper back. For grinding children over two years old, add 4–10 drops of camphor oil to melted unsalted lard or goat fat; You can add the same amount of honey.
After applying camphor oil, when you cough, the child immediately gets relief. Rub the chest and back, cover the top with cotton napkins. The residues are removed after 3 hours with a cotton pad, the skin is wiped dry.
A calming effect on the respiratory tract has a compress with potatoes, low-fat cottage cheese, as well as massage the chest , feet, hands.
. For grinding children use ointment on the basis of badger or bear fat . Propolis is added in a ratio of 1: 5, heated on a water bath until complete dissolution.
. With a protracted cough, try a treatment with black radish . The sliced radish is covered with sugar and left for 1-2 hours. Released juice give the child 1 tbsp. l every hour.
протирают через сито, заливают водой (1 чашка воды на 2 очищенных банана), добавляют 1 ст. Ripe bananas rubbed through a sieve, pour water (1 cup of water for 2 peeled bananas), add 1 tbsp. l sugar and simmer for 7-10 minutes. Drink syrup 1 tsp. between meals.
. Children 2-3 years and older can prepare medicine from apples, potatoes and bulbs . Peel the ingredients, cut, pour in 1 liter of water and cook over low heat until the volume is halved. Broth strain, pour into a glass dish and store in the refrigerator. Give the child 1 tsp. 3 times a day, preheating in a water bath.
смешивают в равных пропорциях с теплым молоком и пьют перед едой по 1 ч. л. Fresh carrot juice is mixed in equal proportions with warm milk and drunk before a meal for 1 tsp.
насыпать в эмалированную или чугунную посуду (2/3 объема), залить молоком и поставить в духовку (в печь) при невысокой температуре. Pour the oats in enameled or cast-iron dishes (2/3 of the volume), pour in milk and put in the oven (in the oven) at a low temperature. Add milk as necessary until oats are cooked and oat milk jelly is ready. Give the child half a cup 2-3 times a day.
легко приготовить в домашних условиях. Sweet sugar candies are easy to make at home. A small amount is obtained by melting sugar in a tablespoon over a gas burner fire. The liquid mass is necessarily cooled, then given to the child for resorption when coughing.
Young children are recommended to give melted sugar dissolved in boiled water (1:20). At one time give a tablespoon of syrup after a meal. In addition to the main ingredients, honey is added, the juice of useful berries and medicinal plants.
There are many home remedies for irritating dry cough without sputum. Apply in such cases, tea, juice, syrup or extract of Althea , mother-and-stepmother , mallow , plantain .
The plant devasil suitable for the treatment of acute and chronic inflammatory processes, infectious diseases of the upper respiratory tract. Prepared from the dried roots decoction with antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and expectorant effect.
Herbal remedies for coughing remove sputum, remove swelling of the mucous. Tea with sage , anise and thyme , inhalations with these herbs help to liquefy viscous mucus and expectoration.
готовят в домашних условиях или покупают в аптеке. Anise drops are prepared at home or bought at a pharmacy. The tool causes an expectorant and anti-inflammatory effect, is well tolerated by children.
Anisic drops in pharmacies are made from anise oil, ammonia and ethyl alcohol. Houses are diluted with boiled water, 3-5 drops per 50 ml of water for a 3-5 year old child.
It is important for parents to understand that herbs and medicines from them are not harmless, they can provoke worsening of their condition, so you need to be careful when choosing a choice.
Homemade cough relief recipes for babies are complemented by other measures that do not require much effort. Sometimes it is enough to lift the child's head above the bed during sleep to help run off mucus and release airways. Place an extra pillow under your head and shoulders or a terry towel between the mattress and the pillow.
Children's cough is different, so treatment must be directed, clearing the cause, and not just acting on the symptoms. In each case, parents should consult with a pediatrician, but self-education, allowing to evaluate the prescribed treatment, would not be superfluous.
In winter, the baby was diagnosed with tracheitis. I was afraid that antibiotics would have to be given. But cost the vegetable syrup Prospan on ivy. He dilutes the sputum and helps her cough up. For a week about cough forgotten.
Thank you, Marie for the hint, be sure to add to the article!
Marie, and Bronhobos was prescribing syrup for us, the daughter began to cough, finally the stagnant sputum began to go out and she started to improve.
And when I cough (if there is no temperature), I must make mustard plasters, and I always buy mustard mustard series, since they do not burn the skin as much as simple mustard plasters.
Be sure to drink plenty of warm and preferably with raspberry jam or lemon, mustard plasters (take mustard patron too), you can wear a warm scarf for the night, cowberry is ground.


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There was never anything calm about Vincent. Her sisters used to say that she had a bee chasing her. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950), known as Vincent, was an acclaimed American poet who came to embody the modern, liberated woman of the Jazz Age. From the fiery energy of her youth to the excitement and acclaim of her early adulthood in New York and Paris, to the demands of living in the public eye, Vincent's life was characterized by creativity, hard work, and passion. A Girl Called Vincent traces her incredible journey from a unique and talented girl to an international celebrity and Pulitzer Prize–winning poet.
Raised in poverty in rural Maine, where she was often the sole caretaker of her two younger sisters, the rebellious, creative, red-haired Vincent always found time for writing, acting, singing, and playing piano. She became a sensation in young adulthood, bewitching audiences with her words, voice, and luminous appearance. She mixed with the literary figures of her time and broke many hearts. Her volumes of poetry were enormous bestsellers and audiences nationwide went wild when she recited her works onstage. In addition to poetry, Vincent's body of work includes plays, translations, and an opera, and ranges from love sonnets to antiwar propaganda.
Packed with photos, poems, letter and diary excerpts, a time line, and bibliographic notes, A Girl Called Vincent is an eye-opening and valuable addition to any young reader's or aspiring writer's bookshelf.
Krystyna Poray Goddu holds a degree in comparative literature from Brown University. Author of Dollmakers and Their Stories: Women Who Changed the World of Play, she has contributed to American Girl magazine, the New York Times Book Review, and the Riverbank Review of Books for Young Readers and is a regular reviewer of children's books and writer for Publishers Weekly. She has worked at Woman's Day magazine and was founding editor of Dolls magazine and cofounder of Reverie Publishing Company, which publishes books on dolls and toys for collectors and children. She has also worked in school libraries and taught writing to middle-school students in independent schools in New York City.


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Q: Error Installing ICE on Python I have python 3.5 and 2.7 installed (I don't know if this might be the problem) and I need to use ZeroC Ice and when I do:
sudo pip install ice

I get the following error in the terminal:
Collecting ice
  Using cached ice-0.0.1.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/tmp/pip-build-MoRI5C/ice/setup.py", line 32, in <module>
        import ice
      File "ice.py", line 46, in <module>
        import urllib.parse
    ImportError: No module named parse

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-MoRI5C/ice/

But parse is already installed (I guess):
sudo -H pip install parse
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): parse in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages

How can I solve this please?
THanks

A: This is a simple mistake, try this instead.
pip install zeroc-ice

This should do the correct job.


During campaigning, May's press team regularly refuse to allow questions from reporters who are "not on their list".
Interestingly, at a closed event yesterday in York, the first reporter Theresa May called by name to offer her a question was BBC political correspondent Eleanor Garnier.
A BBC reporter who also happens to be closely related to two Tory MPs – her cousin Mark Garnier and father Edward Garnier.


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Urban Drainage Flood Control District Board Directors
Concerning the board of directors of the urban drainage and flood control district.
Urban drainage and flood control district - board of directors. The urban drainage and flood control district is a special district created in statute to design and construct flood control and warning measures within portions of the metropolitan Denver area. The district is governed by a board of directors (board).
The act repeals a requirement that the board consist of 16 directors and a requirement that the board meet on the first business day of February each year. The act relocates a requirement that each director take an oath of office to a different statutory section.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Brianna Titone
Susan Beckman
Chris Holbert
Dominick Moreno
State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
05/29/2019 Signed Act PDF
05/14/2019 Final Act PDF
04/27/2019 Rerevised PDF
04/26/2019 Revised PDF
04/18/2019 Reengrossed PDF
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04/24/2019 | Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs (1 )
Refer House Bill 19-1284 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
04/11/2019 | House Energy & Environment (1 )
The motion passed on a vote of 11-0.
Senate Votes (1)
Vote Document
Aye: 34 No: 0 Other: 1
House Votes (1)
05/29/2019 Governor Governor Signed
05/14/2019 Senate Signed by the President of the Senate
05/14/2019 House Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/14/2019 Governor Sent to the Governor
04/27/2019 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
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04/24/2019 Senate Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/18/2019 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
04/18/2019 House House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/17/2019 House House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
04/16/2019 House House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
04/11/2019 House House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/28/2019 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment
Rep. S. Beckman, Rep. B. Titone
Sen. C. Holbert, Sen. D. Moreno
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Rep. J. Arndt, Rep. K. Becker, Rep. T. Exum, Rep. J. Melton, Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet, Rep. K. Mullica, Rep. L. Saine
Sen. D. Coram, Sen. R. Scott, Sen. J. Tate
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- From 2010-2013, board member of Studium Generale, Univeristy of Groningen.
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- Since 2007, Member of the international editorial board of Global Society: Journal of Interdisciplinary International Relations (www.tandfonline.com/loi/cgsj20#.UZYAn7XxqGo).
- Since 2002, chair of the Elimu Foundation: a Dutch non-profit organisation to support the education of young women in developing countries (www.elimufoundation.org).
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Happy Easter, readers
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Katrina Gulliver
I hope that if you celebrate, you are enjoying the season. Today, to follow my various posts on Christmas food, I wanted to talk about an Easter tradition.
Eggs you are familiar with, as they are a symbol of birth and fertility, and have been part of various European Spring and Easter festivals since medieval times. (The practice of decorating eggs and using them to celebrate rebirth also existed in other older cultures, including the Sumerians and the ancient Egyptians).
Today's chocolate eggs entered commercial production in the second half of the nineteenth century, and have been a standard part of Easter celebrations since then.
But I want to write about another Easter tradition: Peeps.
Peeps, if you don't already eat them, are small marshmallows, coated in colored sugar, and available in various shapes. Peep "chicks" have long been available, there are also bunnies for Easter, ghosts and jack o'lanterns for Halloween, trees for Christmas, and various other versions.
They are produced by the Just Born candy company, named for its founder, Samuel Born. But Just Born didn't create Peeps. They acquired the product when they took over the Rodda candy company of Lancaster, Pa, in 1953. The Rodda company (name suggests a Welsh background of the family, which makes sense for Pennsylvania), had built up a trade making specialty treats for the Pennsylvania Dutch of Lancaster, including religious themed candies and shapes like crosses. They started making Peeps sometime before the 1940s.
The Rodda process was laborious, with each peep being hand piped from marshmallow foam, and left to dry. It took hours to make each tray, and they were a small-batch item for Easter only.
When Just Born took over, their first step was to automate. They found a way to make peeps in a fraction of the time, and could soon churn out trays and trays - to the point that today there are over 2 BILLION peeps made each year. Which seems like a lot. Even more than I could eat. They had to pause production during the pandemic, but now are back on track.
People who like peeps like them a lot, and do crazy things - from dipping them in chocolate to exploding them in the microwave. I put them in hot chocolate so their little head bobs above the warm liquid while their little body dissolves into a syrup below. (Ok that makes me sound crazy too).
Their bright colors and squidgy little forms are so cheerful. They sit there in little rows in their package, engaging in a way regular marshmallows are not. They are wonderful little avatars of seasonal joy. May peeps be with you all.
What else I've been doing:
I've set up an etsy shop as an outlet for my compulsive knitting. I love making lace and patterns, and have several shawls now for sale.
I reviewed Cathy O'Neil's The Shame Machine for The American Conservative.
Mike Hind
Writes Rarely Certain
Apr 17, 2022Liked by Katrina Gulliver
I don't think we have Peeps in France 😢 But, to mark the season Youna (my OH's dog) enjoyed a tasty Easter bunny this weekend. My OH's daughters were quite traumatised but as an ace huntress Youns despatched it quickly and ate it whole.
Rebekah Berndt
Writes The Unfolding
My brothers and I always preferred peeps a little stale, with crunchy outsides and chewy insides. So my mom would buy them weeks before Easter, take off the plastic wrapping, and put them in the cupboard until it was time to make our baskets.
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It's hard to buy the right home when you're not very clear on what you're looking for. When you assemble a list of what you're looking for, you can think through everything that you really want. Making a list of what you're looking for might surprise you– you might find that you don't want a huge home after all, and would rather have something cozy but with a big yard.
Or you might find that you're willing to compromise on a range of features but are really tied to some of the others. Try to distinguish what you're looking for that you will not compromise on and what you will. That way, you'll have a great idea of what you're looking for and be more empowered to take on a massive search.
When it comes to home buying, the biggest mistake that you can make is buying early on in the process. If you see a home that you love, keep it in mind. Even go check it out. But do not commit to buying a home until you have looked at and seriously considered AT LEAST a dozen properties or more. You need to search far and wide. Make it extensive. That way, you'll have looked at tons of homes and have something to compare your earlier favorite to. If you don't find anything better, that's fine, but at least you'll have a much bigger frame of reference to work with.
Never, ever, ever, ever, ever buy right away. Did we emphasize that enough? Buying right away is one of the easiest ways to have buyer's remorse. It's best to avoid buyer's remorse like the plague, since it essentially means you just blew a bunch of your hard earned cash on something you don't even want. The quickest way to get buyer's remorse is to make a purchase quickly and early in the game. Don't let that be you! Take your time and figure out what you want. Take your time searching for houses and take your time on buying them. It's the only way to avoid jumping the gun and making a poor decision.
Thanks for reading! Home buying doesn't have to be scary– but if you are scared of making a bad purchase, that's a good thing! It means that you're far less likely to go out and make a regrettable choice. Make absolutely sure that you love the home you're considering buying; that you couldn't dream of a home better suited to you. That way, you'll be one hundred percent on board with your choice and you'll never have to regret it. Happy home hunting!