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Surprise, uninsured medical bills drain patient bank accounts
A reporter strikes a nerve with a story that prompted hundreds of news outlets to re-post his saga of a Texas patient's run-in with a large, uninsured bill for urine testing.
The phone rang. A reporter wanted to interview the Coalition about a problem that's been vexing medical patients with growing frequency: surprise jack-in-the-box bills for urine drug testing that patients assume their health policy covers.
The investigative story by the respected Kaiser Health News posted a couple of weeks later. A fine reporting job that featured Elizabeth Moreno. The Texas woman was handed a whopping $17,850 lab bill for a routine urine drug test her health insurer refused to pay because the lab was out of her health plan's network.
In the story, experts described the lab's bill as "real fishy," "outrageous" and a "misplaced decimal point."
The story took off. CNN posted it. So did the Washington Post, NPR and Money Magazine. Soon an avalanche of news outlets re-posted it — more than 420 at last count.
Longtime reporter Fred Schulte had struck a journalistic and human nerve.
Stunned patients with growing frequency are stuck with ruinously large bills when they're shuttled to medical providers outside their own health- insurance networks.
Their health policy thus won't pay up, so the patients have to drain their bank accounts or face collections, suits and wrecked credit ratings.
Surprise out-of-network bills are bedeviling patients around the U.S. Moreno's lab bill is just one signpost of a larger billing problem that can invade almost any medical procedure.
The bills often straddle a fine line from large to abusively large to criminally inflated.
News outlets everywhere wanted to report on a spreading abuse that could land hard on any of their readers' doorsteps — and bank accounts. Fred Schulte gave them another chance to alert readers.
The Kaiser story isn't the first, and likely many more news outlets will pull the lid off unexpected and onerous medical charges until reforms lay this problem to rest.
A bill in Congress would prevent surprise bills for patients treated in a hospital.
As for consumer action:
Check with your insurer, doctor and hospital before getting treatment if possible. Ask for projected range of costs for planned medical procedures;
Ask what provider and work your health plan will cover, and what's out of network. Anesthesiologists, radiologists and pathologists are common examples of out-of-network providers who may be called into your case without your knowing.; and
Afterward, get an itemized bill. Read it carefully, and check for procedures you didn't receive. Your insurer also may help if you see surprise bills, so contact your insurer before writing any checks. Also see if the hospital has a patient advocate who can help.
There's no bullet-proof answer, especially if you need fast emergency treatment. Still, any preventive steps might save thousands.
And as for Elizabeth Moreno, her father settled the lab's bill for $5,000, which he now regrets.
About the author: Jim Quiggle is director of communications for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
Author KendraPosted on February 23, 2018 February 23, 2018 Categories Uncategorized
The march of Millennials: More likely to scam insurers?
Younger consumers are more-likely to tolerate padding claims. Will America's largest generation grow more honest as they age?
The insurance world is captivated by the rising use of Big Data and artificial intelligence. A technological revolution is upon us, from underwriting to claims to fraud investigations.
In our rush to understand and use these breakthroughs to discover and combat insurance scams, we also must ask how much are we forgetting about the human element that motivates insurance fraud?
Many think the Baby Boomer generation was our nation's largest population change. That's correct, as a population surge. Yet in raw numbers, the 75.4 million Millennials have surpassed the 74.9 million Boomers as the nation's largest generation. As Boomers age and die off, Millennials as a percent of the U.S. population will continue rising in the coming decades.
How does this emerging generation view insurance fraud? The answers may surprise you! An older, though still often-cited, Accenture study of people's attitudes toward insurance fraud gives some telling insights.
Consumers were asked how acceptable they found it to make claims for phantom lost or damaged goods, or for phantom injury treatment.
Older Boomers almost unanimously (97 percent) found this blatant fraud unacceptable. Fewer consumers found the scams unacceptable among younger age groups until we reached consumers aged 18-24 years of age. Fully 16 percent found those false claims to be completely acceptable! Given the size of the Millennial generation, that suggests 12 million future U.S. insurance fraudsters. Other fraud questions revealed a similar acceptance of insurance fraud by America's youth.
Will Millennials grow less tolerant of fraud as they age? That's certainly the question. Current trends don't seem to point in that direction. A more-recent study found:
"Younger respondents, especially young men, were much more likely to view claim padding as acceptable. For example, among males age 18-34, 23 percent agree it is all right to increase claim amounts to make up for premiums, compared with just 5 percent of their older male counterparts and just 8 percent of females aged 18-34."
The idea that nearly a quarter of Millennial-age males are perfectly fine with inflating a claim should cause concern.
Why should we care? Startups and traditional insurers are looking at "peer-to-peer" models. These app-based insurers often rely on speed more than thorough review of underwriting and claims handling.
One such insurer boasts it paid a claim in a world-record 3 seconds. These new insurers often claim they'll rely on the "inherent honesty" and "moral attitudes" of Millennials to be honest with insurance dealings — especially if the insurer donates a percent of profits to charity.
More-seasoned fraud investigators may counter: "True, unless the fraudsters view themselves as the more-deserving charity!"
But perhaps most important, we need newer consumer-attitude studies to best grasp Millennial attitudes about fraud. A study by the Coalition will be released later this year. It will provide much of that needed guidance.
Millennials are the future policyholders in America. They'll form the largest block of insurance buyers in our nation's history. While Big Data and AI are important to fighting insurance scams, let's remember that it's we humans — based on our morals and values — who decide whether to commit insurance fraud.
About the author: Matthew J. Smith serves as general counsel and director of government affairs for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.
Fraud of the Month: Pro athletes enmeshed in scams as victims, perpetrators
Marcus Buckley had a decent NFL career as a linebacker who made his living from helmet-jarring collisions with running backs. His seven-year stint came mostly with the New York Giants.
Yet perhaps Buckley's biggest and baddest opponent double-teamed him the hardest — federal prosecutors. The Texas man inflated workers-compensation claims for lingering injuries that dogged him for years after he retired following the 2000 season. Buckley's now benched, spending two years in federal prison.
Insurance fraud is hardly a contact sport, yet pro athletes can be enmeshed in scams — unwisely as perpetrators, sometimes regretfully as victims. They're the tiny minority of pro athletes, though their high public profile attracts unusually high attention to their fraud crimes.
Claimed built-up stress injuries
As for Buckley … he sought money from the Giants' workers-compensation insurer for built-up stress injuries — including memory loss — from all the seasons of head-knocking. He settled for $300,000 in 2010, and the case seemed closed.
Not quite. Buckley dipped back into the well, demanding more insurance money. He handed the insurer nearly $1.6 million of forged medical invoices and statements from medical providers for treatment he never received. Buckley also created false collection notices from credit-collection agencies that supposedly were chasing past-due medical bills.
Buckley had a crooked Sacramento adjuster on the take; she issued him the insurance checks. The feds issued Buckley two years in prison in January 2018, and ordered him to repay the stolen insurance money.
Paid kickbacks in $20-million con
Monty Grow played linebacker briefly for the Kansas City Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars. His post-NFL career was far more lucrative, until the feds tackled him for a loss.
Grow made millions by paying illegal kickbacks to associates who recruited hundreds of patients to a Pompano Beach pharmacy. That outfit allegedly bilked the federal military health insurer out of $20 million by charging for expensive compound creams that patients typically didn't need.
Grow was convicted of fraud and kickbacks. He could spend up to 20 years in federal prison when convicted. Former NFL journeyman quarterback Shane Matthews received three months in federal prison for a smaller role as one of Grow's associates.
Altered date of uninsured collision
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Ted Lilly made a phony damage claim for his RV.
The Edna Valley, Calif. man pitched for six Major League teams over 15 years. Lilly finished up with the Los Angeles Dodgers after signing a 3-year, $33 million contract in 2010.
Lilly damaged his uninsured RV in a collision and obtained a $4,600 repair estimate from a body shop. He bought a policy from Progressive Insurance five days later, then lied that the wreck happened after he bought the insurance. Lilly pleaded no contest and lucked out with two years of probation plus 200 hours of community service.
Falsely claimed jeweled ring stolen
Brent Dwayne Griffith had a brief NFL career as an offensive lineman with the Buffalo Bills. His post-football antics proved offensive as well.
The Benson, Minn. man earned a jewel-encrusted ring when the Bills won the divisional title in 1990. Years later, Griffith claimed someone stole the ring from his home. His homeowner policy covered the seeming theft, paying him $4,780 in 2013.
Griffith and his wife then split up. None too pleased, she told the insurer that Griffith still had the ring. He also cashed the insurance check, which was made out to them both, without telling her. The Minnesota state fraud bureau took over, and helped convict Benson. He earned a lifetime criminal record, plus a tiny two days in county jail, and a hefty fine.
Trusting athletes defrauded
Sometimes insurance thievery happens in reverse — athletes are soaked by people they allow into their inner circle.
The nanny of a star left winger for the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins looted his family jewelry then filed loss claims for the stuff after setting her home on fire. Andrea Forsythe stole $12,000 diamond earrings that Chris Kunitz gave to his wife Maureen for a wedding anniversary.
Forsythe had the jewelry appraised, then made the insurance claims after her arson fire. She also double-dipped, selling a loose diamond from one earring to a jewelry store. Forsythe was handed five years in federal prison for these and other thefts.
Insurance agent Keven D. Webster took premiums from NFL and NBA players, promising to buy them umbrella policies worth $1 million-$5 million. Except the Pensacola, Fla. agent pocketed their money and never bought the promised insurance. A federal judge promised Webster 21 months in prison, and ordered him to repay $144,229.
Lilly, at least, says he plans to go straight. "My actions do not reflect the way I choose to live," he told the court after being sentenced. "I am very much determined to earn back a reputation of trust and transparency."
Reward shareholders? Cut premiums? Here's another idea
Trump's corporate tax cut should leave businesses in America — including insurers — with a little extra cash in their pockets. Some companies are buying back stock, and others are handing out bonuses to their workers.
Consumer advocates are calling on state regulators to force insurers to cut rates so their insureds can benefit from the windfall as well. As an insurance consumer, I love the idea of paying less for my insurance.
But here's another idea for insurers: Take some of that money and invest it in anti-fraud efforts. In the end, it likely will result in even greater savings for consumers.
Insurers and insurance associations have long touted that anti-fraud investments have ROIs of as much as eight to one. That's $8 in savings for every dollar invested. So why not hire more investigators, buy upgraded anti-fraud technology or start a fraud deterrence program.
For every insurer that has a well-funded, state-of-the-art anti-fraud program, there's another insurer that lacks the staffing, training and tools to fully detect and investigate fraud. More and more organized rings are targeting these insurers — word leaks out within the criminal underworld. Use that tax cut cash to earn a tough reputation on the streets.
Another idea: Many state fraud bureaus are woefully underfunded. Let's increase annual insurer fraud assessments so our partners in government have the tools they need to be more-effective fraud fighters.
I'm not advocating throwing money at anti-fraud programs for the sake of just increasing budgets. But managed well, these wise investments can reward insurers and their customers many times over.
About the author: Dennis Jay is executive director of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.
Author KendraPosted on February 5, 2018 Categories Uncategorized

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7 Memorable Moments From The 2016 People's Choice Awards
Let's talk about Jane. And that strange stage-crasher.
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We'll all remember where we were when Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 VMAs. But seven years from now, will we recall the 2016 People's Choice Awards on Wednesday (Jan. 6) when a red (p)leather-jacketed dude attempted to try his hand at "pulling a Kanye" with the hosts of daytime TV show "The Talk"? I don't know, man. But it happened.
Between Johnny Depp besting Channing Tatum in the Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor category and Ellen DeGeneres giving a truly wonderful speech about the power of making other people laugh, some weird stuff went down. But also, some cool stuff went down -- like, really cool stuff. And then more weird stuff, and then -- ah, just see for yourself.
Here are the most memorable moments from the 42nd People's Choice Awards. Catch the full winners list here.
Tyler Posey Shows Off His #Cool Uterus
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This one technically took place before the show began out on the red carpet, but come on -- it's "Teen Wolf"'s Tyler Posey with a #cool uterus on his face, man! The only thing even remotely as cool as that? Frankie Grande holding a "YAAAS KWEEN" conversation bubble on a stick, of course.
Jane Lynch Invents Her Own "Whip/Nae Nae"
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Oh, Jane. She opened the show with a witty "Shut Up And Dance" parody called "Stand Up And Choose," which featured her coining a new shorthand for our favorite male stripper, "Channing Tates." But her #LynchJaneJane dance moves, a parody of Silento's Whip/Nae Nae, became a very real hashtag -- though some people (understandably) questioned its usage.
Chris Hemsworth Is Really A Great Sport About This Whole "Objectification" Thing
Yes, the middle Hemsworth brother is indeed a hunk. He's also a babe and a stud and everyone's Internet boyfriend. But at the PCAs, he's the target of everyone's unquenchable thirst -- dealing with jokes about his "Thor" man-bun and being pictured naked by the Julianne Hough, Carly Rae Jepsen and the other Pink Ladies of "Grease: Live," not to mentioned being shown shirtless by perpetual scamp Ellen DeGeneres when she received the Favorite Daytime TV Host award. Stay strong, Hemmy. You're an Avenger, after all.
Call The Cops Because Jason Derulo Murders The Dance Floor
Emilee said it best: If Jason Derulo were cheese, he'd be the top-shelf, "high-end imported brie." For proof of this, look no further than him switching gears between "Get Ugly," a light banger, and "Want To Want Me," one of the best Michael Jackson soundalike jams of the past year, with ridiculous ease. While busting some pseudo-MJ twirl moves. While wearing a dope ass jacket. The guy entertains by simply showing up, which is something very few performers can actually pull off.
Shawn Mendes And Camila Cabello Know What Each Other Did Last Summer
Shawn, who swiftly collected the Favorite Breakout Artist award early in the night, and Camila paired up for a ADJECTIVE performance of their stormy ballad "I Know What You Did Last Summer." The rain was heavy, the tones were sultry and the implications were thick -- are these two really a thing or what? For real. And the transition from "Stitches," which Shawn played first, was gracefully assisted by a thunderbolt crack and some legit lightning effects.
Some Dude Tries, Fails To Pull A Kanye West And Jack The Mic
As the ladies from "The Talk" accepted their Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team award, a young dude in a red leather jacket swooped in and attempted to legitimately pull a Kanye on the microphone, quoting "FACTS" -- "Yeezy jumped over the Jumpman" -- and apparently promoting Kevin Gates' Islah album. Sharon Osborne literally kicked him away from the mic and Sheryl Underwood said, "You ain't gonna pull no Steve Harvey up in here." Obviously, Twitter had a lot of fun with it. But seriously, who was that guy?
Vin Diesel Sings "See You Again" For Paul Walker
As he accepted the two statues "Furious 7" racked up for Favorite Movie and Favorite Action Movie, Vin thanked the fans, and as he did that, he thought of his friend Paul Walker. "My only message to you is: You'd be amazed with what you can do with love," he said, pausing to let his words resonate. "You'd be amazed how powerful of a force that is. When we didn't want to come back to filming when the tragedy was too heavy, it was the love of everyone combined that saw us through to the end." And then, HE SANG! He sang Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again" until the producers literally cut him off to go onto the next segment. It got a little misty.
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Kentucky association ousts church for opening doors to pro-gay group
OWENSBORO, Ky. (ABP) – A Baptist association in Kentucky voted 242-24 on Aug. 5 in favor of a recommendation from its credentials committee to remove a church that allows a gay-rights group to meet in its building.
"Kentucky Equality Federation thanks Pastor Robert Coons and everyone at The Journey Fellowship as a Baptist Church (now former) for standing for equality and the equal treatment of all of God's children. We stand united with Owensboro PFLAG and will assist them anyway possible." - Kentucky Equality Federation President Jordan Palmer
The Daviess-McLean Baptist Association met in special session to vote on the recommendation to expel the Owensboro congregation, formerly known as Seven Hills Baptist Church, for permitting a chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) to meet on the premises once a month.
Leaders in the association said the church's refusal to ask PFLAG to meet elsewhere implied acceptance of homosexuality, which the majority of the association views as sinful. Coon said he believes it is up to a local church to decide how to use its own buildings, and he hopes the vote doesn't create precedent for other churches to come under scrutiny for groups that use their space.
The Journey Fellowship had already distanced itself from the Southern Baptist and Kentucky Baptist conventions and is aligned with the more moderate Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Kentucky Baptist Fellowship.
Read the entire story: http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/6656/53/
Meth / HIV Public Health Crisis (new study)
According to a new study conducted by Peter Freeman, MPH; Bendu C. Walker, MPH; D. Robert Harris, PhD; Robert Garofalo, MD; Nancy Willard, MS; Jonathan M. Ellen, MD; for the Adolescent Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions 016b Team with the Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, young gay and bisexual men who use methamphetamine are more likely to take sexual risks that boost their chances of contracting HIV.
Kentucky Equality Federation's Board of Directors passed a resolution on March 18, 2010 which stated:
Kentucky Equality Federation is committed to securing peace, liberty, and equality for all Kentuckians, which by de facto must include their health and well-being.
Kentucky Equality Federation also and declared a community health crisis and urged people to get tested for HIV immediately. (view in .pdf) or (view in .xps)
Kentucky Equality Federation held several meeting with Representatives in the Health and Welfare Committee of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Researchers say the findings underscore the fact that meth, and its associated HIV risk, is not just a problem of middle-aged white men.
Methamphetamine triggers a massive release of the feel-good chemical dopamine in the brain, making users feel disinhibited, energized -- and prone to sexual risk-taking.
Studies of gay and bisexual men have found that roughly 43 percent have ever used meth, and that the habit is strongly linked to their risk of contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
But much less has been known about meth use and HIV risk among teenagers and young men.
So for the new study, researchers surveyed 595 12- to 24-year-old gay and bisexual males from eight U.S. cities. They found that 31 percent had ever used hard drugs -- one-third of whom had used methamphetamine.
And young men who'd used meth were more likely to report a range of risk factors for HIV.
Nearly 86 percent said they'd had sex with at least two different partners in the past 90 days (versus 63 percent of non-drug users). Almost 52 percent had ever had sex with an injection-drug user (versus 11 percent), and one-third had had sex with someone who was HIV-positive (against 11 percent).
Despite all of that, meth users were less consistent with condoms: one-third said they used them every time they had sex, compared with 54 percent of young men who'd never used hard drugs.
"In many ways, these findings mirror what's been seen in older MSM (men who have sex with men)," said Dr. Robert Garofalo of Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
That's concerning, he told Reuters Health in an interview, and it also points to a large public health need.
"There are not a lot of proven HIV prevention programs for this age group," Garofalo said. More programs, including ones that target meth abuse, need to be piloted, according to Garofalo and his colleagues.
"We shouldn't wait," he said. "This is a real public health crisis."
The findings, which appear in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, are not representative of all young gay and bisexual men in the U.S. The researchers recruited their participants from clubs, bars, parks and other urban venues where they might find higher-risk young men.
But the researchers also consider that a strong point of the study.
"It tells us something about where to find these young men, and where we might be able to run some type of intervention," said lead researcher Peter Freeman, who is also with Children's Memorial.
For parents and teenagers, he said, the findings highlight the importance of having open conversations about both drug use and risky sexual behavior.
Garofalo said there still may be many parents who do not know that methamphetamine is something they need to worry about. So the current findings may be something of an eye-opener for some, he added.
Finding effective ways to curb HIV risk among young gay and bisexual men will only become increasingly important, according to Garofalo and Freeman.
In 2004, Americans between the ages of 13 and 24 accounted for 13 percent of new HIV diagnoses.
And gay and bisexual males, especially minorities, have been particularly vulnerable. A study of seven cities by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 14 percent of African-American gay and bisexual males ages 15 to 22 had HIV. The same was true of 7 percent of Hispanics.
SOURCE: bit.ly/qV4WTy Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, August 2011.
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How Heather Locklear Minds Her Body
Stephanie Stephens
Each week, journalist and content specialistStephanie Stephenscelebrates healthy living with a famous figure age 45+.
Heather Locklear has created some of television's most memorable characters and is also a six-time Golden Globe nominee. Locklear's credits include starring roles in the hit series Spin City, Melrose Place, Dynasty, and T.J. Hooker. Most recently she had guest appearances on TV Land's Hot in Cleveland and played a series regular on TNT's legal drama Franklin & Bash.
Last year, Locklear appeared in Scary Movie 5 and starred in two highly successful Lifetime Original Movies, He Loves Me and Flirting with 40. She serves on the board of directors for the Motion Picture & Television Fund and supports The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
How do you Mind Your Body with what you eat?
I use portion control and try to keep it healthy 80 percent of the time. I don't deny myself carbs or sweets. I just make every effort to keep it within reason.
What you do for physical activity?
I do resistance training three times a week. That really helps with defying gravity and keeping things in place. I have light weights to do reps with both my arms and legs. I do cardio a couple times a week on the treadmill, with the music blasting. It's what gets me through.
What could you do better for yourself?
Drink more water! I have really gotten better about it though. I like water if it has a little lemon or lime flavor. That makes it easier to make my daily quota.
What's the biggest lesson you've learned about health so far?
If I miss my workouts for a few weeks, it's harder when I go back. If I eat junk food it's harder to go back to eating the healthy stuff. Keeping up with the healthy lifestyle makes it easier in the long run.
If you could undo one bad health habit, what would that be?
Going to the drive-through window down the street from my home. Sometimes when I'm tired after a long day's work it seems like the easy thing to do, but the next day I regret it.
How do you sustain a positive mental outlook, "get happy"?
Exercise plays a huge part in that, especially cardio. I also love to play golf and tennis. Even a walk in the evening can take the edge off a bad day.
What do you do to "encourage" someone you love to make a positive change?
Ask them to help me by working out with me or helping me with making healthy food choices. It's so much better and more productive when you do it with someone else.
What one health condition would you most like to eradicate for everyone and why?
I suppose it would have to cancer. We've all known someone who has been affected by it, and it is a disease that knows no race, age or gender.
What do you think slows the aging process?
Good genes to start off with. Then taking care of what you've got: sunscreen, exercise, diet, water, and being happy and content.
What are your personal goals for the New Year?
Continue to find joy in the little things and don't sweat the small stuff!
Stephanie Stephens, M.A. is a spokesperson and consultant for the active mature female demographic—midlife and boomer. She writes, produces, and hosts her multimedia channel, Mind Your Body TV, featuring timely health and lifestyle blogs, podcasts, and videos—also seen on YouTube and syndicated by AOL/On.
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Q: How do I use importfeed in Google Sheets so that the most recent entry appears as the last row? I'm trying to figure out the formula for displaying the entries of an RSS feed in a Google sheet so that the most recent entry appears as the last row.
However, the way importfeed works, it shows the most recent entry as the top row instead.
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I have tried using the query function to sort by the date column, however the date column is not properly recognized/formatted resulting in a random order.
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It seems like there are 2 possible solutions to this problem, either:

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*Properly format the dates and sort by that column

Any ideas how I can do this?

A: Try this:
=query({query(importfeed("https://waitbutwhy.com/feed","items",TRUE),"",1),query(arrayformula(value(regexreplace(importfeed("https://waitbutwhy.com/feed","items",TRUE),"\ \+0000",""))),"select Col4 ",1)},"select Col1,Col2,Col3,Col4,Col5 order by Col6,Col1",1)
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Then a query wrapped around them to do the overall selection of columns Col1,Col2,Col3,Col4,Col5 and sort by date ascending then Title. You don't need to add asc after the order by Col6 since it's the default. You only need desc if you want to change the sort order to descending.

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Q: How to change blog link structure WordPress Currently, I have a structure link for my archive page site.com/blog and a category page link site.com/category/video . I tried to set the "blog" slug as the "Category base" in Settings->Permalinks, but unfortunately for me it breaks the pagination on the archive page.
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Dennis Acres és una població dels Estats Units a l'estat de Missouri. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 68 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Dennis Acres tenia 68 habitants, 27 habitatges, i 12 famílies. La densitat de població era de 525,1 habitants per km².

Dels 27 habitatges en un 29,6% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 33,3% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 11,1% dones solteres, i en un 51,9% no eren unitats familiars. En el 33,3% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 7,4% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 2,52 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 3,54.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 30,9% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 10,3% entre 18 i 24, un 33,8% entre 25 i 44, un 11,8% de 45 a 60 i un 13,2% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 30 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 95,8 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 28.125 $ i la renda mediana per família de 28.750 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 28.333 $ mentre que les dones 13.750 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 8.709 $. Entorn de l'11,1% de les famílies i el 17,1% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

Entitats de població del comtat de Newton

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using EDEngineer.Localization;
using EDEngineer.Models;
using EDEngineer.Models.State;
using EDEngineer.Models.Utils;
using EDEngineer.Utils;
using EDEngineer.Utils.System;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace EDEngineer.Views.Notifications
{
    public class NotificationSettingsViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged, IDisposable
    {
        private NotificationKind notificationBlueprint;
        private readonly CommanderNotifications testCommanderNotifications;
        private readonly State state;
        private readonly Random random;
        private Tuple<string, string> selectedVoice;
        public Languages Languages { get; }

        public NotificationKind NotificationKindBlueprintReady
        {
            get => notificationBlueprint;
            set
            {
                notificationBlueprint = value;
                SettingsManager.NotificationKindBlueprintReady = value;
                OnPropertyChanged();
            }
        }

        public IEnumerable<Tuple<string, string>> Voices => testCommanderNotifications.AvailableLanguages();

        public Tuple<string, string> SelectedVoice
        {
            get => selectedVoice;
            set
            {
                selectedVoice = value;
                OnPropertyChanged();
                SettingsManager.NotificationVoice = value.Item2;
            }
        }

        public NotificationSettingsViewModel(Languages languages)
        {
            random = new Random();
            Languages = languages;

            state = new State(new StateCargo(
                JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<EntryData>>(Helpers.GetEntryDatasJson()),
                JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Equipment>>(Helpers.GetEquipmentsJson()),
                languages,
                "Count"));
            state.Blueprints = new List<Blueprint>(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Blueprint>>(Helpers.GetBlueprintsJson(), new BlueprintConverter(state.Cargo.Ingredients)));

            testCommanderNotifications = new CommanderNotifications(state);
            testCommanderNotifications.SubscribeNotifications();

            NotificationKindBlueprintReady = SettingsManager.NotificationKindBlueprintReady;

            SelectedVoice = Voices.FirstOrDefault(v => v.Item2 == SettingsManager.NotificationVoice) ?? Voices.FirstOrDefault();
        }

        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
        {
            PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
        }

        private void ResetState()
        {
            foreach (var entryData in state.Cargo.Ingredients.Values)
            {
                entryData.Count = 0;
            }

            foreach (var blueprint in state.Blueprints)
            {
                blueprint.Favorite = false;
            }
        }

        public void TriggerFavoriteReady()
        {
            ResetState();
            var blueprint = state.Blueprints.Skip(random.Next(0, state.Blueprints.Count)).First();
            blueprint.Favorite = true;

            foreach (var ingredient in blueprint.Ingredients)
            {
                state.Cargo.IncrementCargo(ingredient.Entry.Data.Name, ingredient.Size);
            }
        }

        public void Dispose()
        {
            testCommanderNotifications.UnsubscribeNotifications();
        }
    }
}

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The fertile and fruitful soil of Limnos, generously provides local farmers and gardeners all the raw ingredients needed for a traditional Greek kitchen….with a touch of Asia Minor's aroma. The freshness and flavors and aromas of these foods will entice you and make your mouth water.
Traditional products you must try while visiting Limnos include the famous homemade cheeses mentioned above (kalathaki, melichloro and katsaveli), which are produced exclusively on the island, using only fresh milk from goats and sheep from local farms.
Let your taste buds experience the bold Limnian wine, known since the time of Homer, and its rich aroma and full flavor. For lovers of honey, grab a jar of Limnian thyme honey for the return trip home. Beekeeping has shown great development in recent years and Limnian honey is among the highest in quality and flavor in Greece.
Finally, don't leave the island without trying its many delicious, locally-made sweets, such as "venizelika", Samsades", macaroons and candied fruits. The making and selling of sweets in Limnos has a long tradition, going back to when the local residents offered them to visiting Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos in 1912, after the island's new-found freedom from the Ottoman Turks.


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Q: django integrityerror appending _id to the end of my attribute name i have read a few of the examples regarding integrirty errors caused by appending _id to the end of an attribute but most of them regard user_id which is not the error i have - mine is dealing with a setting the initial value of a foreign key to another model (recipe has fk to cookbook)
so here is my trace
IntegrityError at /cookbook/createrecipe/

(1048, "Column 'original_cookbook_id' cannot be null")

Request Method:     POST
Request URL:    http://127.0.0.1:8000/cookbook/createrecipe/
Django Version:     1.3.1
Exception Type:     IntegrityError
Exception Value:

(1048, "Column 'original_cookbook_id' cannot be null")

Exception Location:     /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/MySQL_python-1.2.3-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/MySQLdb/connections.py in defaulterrorhandler, line 36
Python Executable:  /usr/bin/python
Python Version:     2.6.1
def createrecipe(request):

        form = RecipeForm(request.POST)

        if request.method == 'POST':

            if form.is_valid():

                form = RecipeForm(initial = {'original_cookbook' : request.user.cookbooks.all()[0]})

                recipe = form.save()//error

...

            t = loader.get_template('cookbook/create_form.html')

            c = RequestContext(request, {

                'form': form,

            })

            data = {

            'form': t.render(c),

as you can probably see i have a foreign_key named original_cookbook that i want to set initial to the cookbook of the user.
any idea what might be causing this i can send more code if needed
thanks
snackerfish

A: .....
form = RecipeForm(request.POST)
if request.method == 'POST':
  if form.is_valid():
    recipe = form.save(commit=False)
    recipe.original_cookbook = request.user.cookbooks.all()[0]
    recipe.save()


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Top Moments (#170 - #161) of the 2014-2015 Kansas City Royals.
We're still in the realm of "Moments you may have forgotten about", but we're moving closer to the lands of "Moments you really should never forget".
Moment #: 170
Game: 2015 World Series Game 1, vs. New York Mets
Score: New York 4, Kansas City 4, Top of the 12th
Situation: No outs, bases empty
Count: 2-2 (+2 fouls)
Matchup: Daniel Murphy vs. Chris Young
Result: Strikeout, 2-3
WPA: 6%
Summary: A lucky bounce and a good play by Salvador Perez prevents a leadoff strikeout/wild pitch in extra innings in the World Series opener.
Link to video: Here.
It's always better to be lucky than good. As Game 1 of the 2015 World Series went deeper and deeper into extra innings and the Royals were forced to turn to Chris Young in the 12th inning, he struck out the first batter he faced, Daniel Murphy – who had just become the first player in history to hit a home run in six consecutive playoff games – on a slider in the dirt, only the ball bounced through the legs of both Salvador Perez and the home-plate umpire. Fortunately, the ball hit the backstop on the hard green border – ensuring a solid, true bounce – just below the rotating sign, which instead presumably would have led to the ball dying with a thud near the backstop. Instead, Perez used his impossibly quick reflexes for a 6'4" catcher to corral the ball and throw behind the umpire to get Murphy at first base; the play wasn't even that close. Young would go on to strike out the side and retire seven of the next eight batters, and then…
Situation: Two outs, bases empty
Count: 1-1
Result: Popout to shortstop
Summary: Chris Young completes his third scoreless inning in relief by retiring Daniel Murphy on a pop-up, setting the stage for him to win Game 1 of the World Series.
Your regular reminder: No one offered Chris Young a contract until March.
— Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) October 28, 2015
It's easy to overlook just how remarkable Chris Young was in Game 1 of the World Series. He was told, a few hours before first pitch, that he might have to make an emergency start that night because Edinson Volquez's father had passed away and the Royals still hadn't determined whether or not they were going to tell him. Then after preparing himself for the possibility that he might start the game, he was told to report back to the bullpen after all…and then, 11 innings later, was asked to come into the game in relief without any firm limit on how long he might be expected to pitch. And he was nails. He pitched three scoreless innings, allowing a single baserunner, which meant that he had to face Daniel Murphy for the second time in the game to finish the 14th inning. Young did what Young does as well as any pitcher in the majors, getting Murphy to pop up harmlessly, setting the stage for the Royals to walk off the game in the bottom of the inning, and for Young to be the winning pitcher in the first World Series game of his career.
Game: 2014 World Series Game 3, @ San Francisco Giants
Score: Kansas City 3, San Francisco 2, Bottom of the 8th
Situation: One out, bases empty
Matchup: Gregor Blanco vs. Wade Davis
Result: Bunt groundout, 2-3
Summary: A great play by Salvador Perez prevents a bunt single in the 8th inning of a one-run game.
No lucky bounce here – just a ridiculously athletic play from Perez. This is the kind of play for which the term "cat-like reflexes" was invented. Gregor Blanco is not a slow runner, and this was not a bad bunt – while he probably would have liked it out further from the plate, his initial chop got a nice high bounce. If Perez doesn't pounce on the ball, or if he doesn't have the coordination to cock his arm back as he's getting his feet set to throw, or if he doesn't have a cannon of an arm, Blanco is probably safe at first base, even if Blanco was a nincompoop for trying to slide. But Perez did all of those things, and instead of having the tying run on base in the 8th inning, the Giants were down to their final four outs in a one-run game. They would lose by one run.
Game: 2015 ALCS Game 4, @ Toronto Blue Jays
Score: Kansas City 0, Toronto 0, Top of the 1st
Matchup: Alcides Escobar vs. R.A. Dickey
Result: Bunt Single
Summary: Alcides Escobar opens Game 4 of the 2015 ALCS with a bunt single, igniting a four-run rally.
Alcides Escobar led off Game 4 of the 2015 ALCS in Toronto, and true to form, he swung at the first pitch. He missed. So on the second pitch, he grabbed something else out of his bag of tricks and dropped down a bunt, not an easy thing to do against R.A. Dickey's knuckleball, down the third base line. Josh Donaldson came up for it but was unable to complete the transfer to his throwing hand on a do-or-die play, and Escobar had become the first player in major league history to lead off the first four games of a postseason series with a base hit. Ben Zobrist would drive him home with a home run, and the rout was on.
Game: 2015 ALCS Game 1, vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Score: Toronto 0, Kansas City 2, Bottom of the 4th
Matchup: Salvador Perez vs. Marco Estrada
Result: Home Run, one run scores
Summary: Salvador Perez crushes a two-out home run to give the Royals an insurance run in the 2015 ALCS opener.
I have a strange relationship with Salvador Perez home runs to left field, dating back to Father's Day, 2014, when I took my family to the Royals-White Sox game at U.S. Cellular Field and basically dared the Royals' hitters to send me a souvenir in the left field bleachers:
We're in the LF bleachers in Section 159, Row 20, if anyone wants to say hi. Or if anyone (Salvy, Billy) wants to hit a home run this way.
— Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) June 15, 2014
And Perez obliged with a home run that landed maybe 20 feet away.
ONE ROW AND SEVEN SEATS AWAY
And then, sitting with my brother in the first row of the left field bleachers behind the bullpen at Kauffman Stadium for Game 1 of the 2014 World Series:
So tonight I'm in LF bleachers, Section 105, Row B, in case a Royal wants to hit a home run this way. Gotta get Salvy's bat going *somehow*.
Perez again obliged with pretty much the only good thing that happened that night (although not good enough to make the Top 218): down 7-0 in the 7th, he hit a solo home run into the bullpen that I swear was headed directly at me, but landed about 20 feet short.
Which brings us to the opening game of the 2015 ALCS, which I flew down to Kansas City to watch with my 12-year-old daughter, marking her first time to Kansas City. His first time at bat, with two outs in the bottom of the 2nd, Perez hit a deep fly ball which Kevin Pillar corralled in dead center field. When Perez batted again, again with two outs and the bases empty, but this time with the Royals holding a 2-0 lead, well:
Actual convo with kid next to me:
"He hit the ball really far last time. Maybe he'll hit it even farther."
"Or he could hit it to lef-"
Seriously, my relationship with Salvy and his homers to left field are starting to scare me.
Yeah. In addition to spooking me out a teensy bit, Salvy's home run extended the Royals' lead to three, and against the most productive offense in the majors in 2015, a three-run lead sounds a lot better than a two-run lead. Thanks to a gem from Edinson Volquez, it turns out even a one-run lead would have been enough, but if we looked at every Moment from the perspective of hindsight, none of them would be memorable. There's no drama in something that's preordained.
Game: 2014 World Series Game 6, vs. San Francisco Giants
Score: San Francisco 0, Kansas City 1, Bottom of the 2nd
Situation: One out, bases loaded
Matchup: Nori Aoki vs. Jake Peavy
Result: Single, one run scores
Summary: Nori Aoki refuses to be put away, then singles home a run to chase Jake Peavy from Game 6 of the World Series.
The Royals returned home down 3 games to 2 in the 2014 World Series, needing to win two elimination games in a row. As such, it was not only imperative that they win Game 6, they also had tremendous incentive to lead by such a convincing margin early in the game that they could minimize their use of HDH.
You ask for miracles, and I bring you the 2nd inning of Game 6.
The Royals had already scored a run and had loaded the bases with one out when Nori Aoki dug in, and stayed alive against Jake Peavy, fouling off three pitches with a two-strike count, before slapping a base hit past a diving Pablo Sandoval. It was hit too hard to score more than one run, but it kept the line moving. It also chased Peavy from the game, but that had no effect, because…
Game: 2014 World Series Game 6, vs. San Francisco Giantts
Count: 2-2 (+1 foul)
Matchup: Lorenzo Cain vs. Yusmeiro Petit
Result: Single, two runs score
Summary: Lorenzo Cain then greets Yusmeiro Petit with a two-run single to give the Royals a 4-0 lead.
…Lorenzo Cain dropped a single into center field, driving in two runs and giving the Royals an impregnable four-run lead. Gregor Blanco tried to deke the Royals into thinking he was going to catch it, but no one bought it – Alcides Escobar read the ball beautifully and scored easily from second, while Nori Aoki scampered to third. The crowd, which was on edge from first pitch knowing the season could end that night, was starting to release its tension in orgiastic ovations. And somewhere in the stands down the left field line, I was getting to unleash my dance moves on the world. But not quite yet. I'm afraid you'll have to wait a little longer on that video.
Situation: Two outs, men on first and second
Matchup: Hunter Pence vs. James Shields
Result: Lineout to rightfield
Summary: Lorenzo Cain, playing right field, makes an amazing catch to save two runs, even if it is in vain.
Jarrod Dyson showing off his main skill there: allowing the Royals to play Lorenzo Cain in right field.
Thanks to Madison He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, there isn't a single moment from Game 1 of the 2014 World Series on this list, and thanks to him, there is only one moment from Game 5 – and that moment came with the Royals in the field, not at the plate. Ned Yost got some flak for his Game 5 lineup before the game, as he chose to start Jarrod Dyson (who can't hit lefties) instead of Nori Aoki (who can). Dyson didn't vindicate Yost with his performance – he struck out with a man on base in both of his plate appearances before Billy Butler pinch-hit for him to lead off the 8th. But Yost was at least partially vindicated by this play, in which Lorenzo Cain – playing right field with Dyson in center – showed unbelievable range in tracking down Hunter Pence's shot into the right-center gap to the deepest reaches of AT&T Park. The Giants were already leading 2-0 at the time; if Cain doesn't make this catch, it's almost certainly 4-0 and the game's pretty much over. It turns out that it pretty much was over anyway, thanks to He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named. And this catch would rank much, much higher if the Royals had actually won the game. But the fact that they didn't doesn't mean this play should be forgotten. It was as good a catch as any play we've seen in the last two postseasons.
Game: 2014 ALCS Game 2, @ Baltimore Orioles
Score: Kansas City 4, Baltimore 4, Top of the 9th
Matchup: Omar Infante vs. Darren O'Day
Result: Infield single
Summary: Omar Infante squibs an infield single to lead off the top of the 9th inning in a tie game, sparking the game-winning rally.
The Royals have won a lot of playoff games late over the last two years – eight times they scored the winning run in their final at-bat – and for obvious reasons, we remember when the final domino falls a lot more vividly than the first one. (This is why RBIs have been overvalued for most of baseball history relative to runs scored.) But both dominos can be equally responsible for the final outcome. The Royals won Game 2 of the 2014 ALCS in their last at-bat – incredibly, it was the fifth time in six games the Royals scored the winning run in the 9th or later – and while Alcides Escobar's go-ahead double is the one that they'll write songs about, Omar Infante's single got the rally going. His single was pretty much exactly what you'd expect if I told you an overmatched right-handed hitter had singled against the extreme groundballing, sidearming Darren O'Day: a dinky little ground ball that rolled to the perfect spot on the infield. If Manny Machado had been playing and healthy, the Orioles might have had a shot at nailing Infante – although it's still quite doubtful – but with Ryan Flaherty over there, they had no chance. Terrance Gore bounded out to run for Infante almost immediately, and would go on to score the game-winning run. It wasn't the most esthetically pleasing base hit, but they're all beautiful in the box score.
Situation: One out, men on first and third
Matchup: Omar Infante vs. Tim Hudson
Result: Sacrifice fly to center field, tying run scores
Summary: Omar Infante ties Game 7 of the World Series with a sacrifice fly. It's not sexy, but did I mention it was Game 7?
Yep, this is looking like it's going to be a classic. God have mercy on my heart.
The Royals gave up two runs – both scoring on productive outs – in the 2nd inning of Game 7, and even with 24 outs to go, their backs looked against the wall. But they came right back with two runs of their own in the bottom of the inning, capped by Omar Infante's line drive that scored Alex Gordon from third base, thanks to Gregor Blanco's weak arm – it looked like Gordon stumbled a tiny bit tagging from third, but was still safe easily. Infante really stung this ball – if he had hit slightly to the left or right, it's in the gap and Mike Jirschele has a decision to make about whether to send Salvador Perez home with the go-ahead run all the way from first base.
You could make a case to rank this play much, much higher – Omar Infante drove home the tying run in Game 7 of the World Series. On the other hand, he exchanged an out for a run, and with a runner on first base, his line drive to center field reduced the odds that the Royals would score the go-ahead run even as it tied the game. (The play increased the Royals' chances of winning the game by just 1%. On the other hand, since it was Game 7, it also increased their odds of winning a world championship by 1%.) But at the moment, it looked as if the Royals had just taken the Giants' best shot, and returned it in kind.
Posted by Rany at Tuesday, February 02, 2016
Ethan Herbertson said...
I love this series, and sincerely thank you for the effort it has/is taken/taking to get through it. But tonight, for some reason, it's put me in mind of the dark days.
In August of 2005, the Royals had just lost their tenth in a row (they would go on to lose nine more), and for solace and/or commiseration I turned to Rob & Rany. As usual, Rob was—shall we say—down. But this post was particularly grim. Both of you appeared to have completely given up on the franchise, with Rob even advocating that the team be moved to another city. (Moved! The scoundrel!) Being a young and naive boy, I of course responded to this by composing an absurdly passionate, long-form email to Rob demanding (in so many words) an apology.
(For the record, Rob graciously took the time to write me back.)
Anyway, today I was gratified to find that archive.org managed to grab the very post that had drawn my ire. I heartily suggest reading it, to any Royals fan who wants perspective on just how far this franchise (and this fanbase) has come in ten years.
Of particular note was the near-live blogging of the end of this grisly affair, wherein All-Star Mike MacDougal combined with not-yet-ruined Jimmy Gobble to give up 11 runs in the ninth-inning:
Rany:
Fans of [the Pirates, Rockies, and Devil Rays] can at least dream of better days. I can't. Not anymore. Not when, after being told for years to be patient because hey, we're running a youth movement here and these guys are going to develop and make you proud one day, they prove in one glorious, disastrous inning that they're still at square one. They were so bad tonight that Joe Sheehan, who's on vacation in Hawaii at the moment, was moved to write to us, "Anytime you guys want to push to fold that franchise. Really. Any time now..."
I know you reached that point years ago, Rob. It took me a while, but I'm there with you. I'll find a new team to love, a team that isn't an embarrassment from every angle. Someone give me a button to push.
One small correction: Moment 166 is listed as Game 1 of World Series. It should be Game 1 of the ALCS.
Thanks for doing this. If you want another assignment, it would be interesting to see these in chronological order.
BMJ said...
Current Tally Player By Player Moments On List:
Perez (8)
Escobar (8)
Moustakas (5)
Cain (4)
Hosmer (3)
Infante (2)
Aoki (2)
K. Morales (2)
Zobrist (1)
Rios (1)
Cueto (1)
Finnegan (1)
Vargas (1)
Hochevar (1)
Madson (1)
Willingham (0)
Butera (0)
Herrera (0)
Volquez (0)
Guthrie (0)
Shields (0)
Duffy (0)
Medlen (0)
Frasor (0)
Collins (0)
F. Morales (0)
Yost (0)
Rany, please don't let Salvy's homers spook you out. Please just go to lots of Royals games. And please always sit in left field.
Jodee said...
I'm loving this. Even moreso after you used the word "nincompoop" in moment 168. The fact that you used it in reference to sliding into 1st base is brilliance.
Top Moments (#160 - #151) of the 2014-2015 Kansas ...


There have been several attacks on churches in Nigeria.
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants opened fire at an evangelical church in central Nigeria killing at least 19 people before Bible study began and, in a separate attack, shot and killed a colleague of a Nigerian evangelist and BosNewsLife stringer, several sources confirmed early Wednesday, August 8.
Local Christians and the military recalled a chaotic, blood-soaked scene at the Deeper Life evangelical church in Otite, a quiet neighborhood on the outskirts of the city of Okene, 250 kilometers (155 miles) southwest of Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
Jacob Edi, spokesperson for the governor of Kogi State where late Tuesday's attack took place said women and children were also among the victims.
"Two women are confirmed to have been among the people that died. We don't know the casualty figures of children yet but a lot of children were wounded," he told the Voice of America (VOA) network.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which means 'Western Education is a Sin,' claimed previous attacks on churches as part of its self-declared attempt to create a state based on Shariah, or Muslim, law.
Seperately, Evangelist Ali Samari, 57, was killed late Tuesday, August 8, after he returned from work, said Paul Jongas, himself an evangelist who also reports for BosNewsLife from the region.
"My fellow evangelist Ali Samari of Good News Church was killed at his resident house in Mafoni [neighborhood] in in Maiduguri metropolis" in the country's north-eastern Borno State, he told BosNewsLife.
Two gunmen were involved in the violence, local police and residents said.
The violence has added to concerns over spreading religious violence in Nigeria, which is roughly divided between a Muslim-dominated north and a Christian-majority south.
Boko Haram says it wants to create an Islamic state in northern Nigeria and does not recognize the Nigerian government or the constitution.
While it is not yet known who carried out Monday's attack, spokesperson Edi said the incident has people worried that violence common in other parts of Nigeria is now arriving in Kogi, the site of the Bible study attack.
"This is the first time we are having this major attack on a church in Kogi State. Kogi State is a very peaceful state," he said. "So that is why we are worried that this thing is creeping into this state."
There were already reports of revenge attacks Wednesday, August 8, as gunmen killed three people in an attack on a mosque in the Nigerian town of Okene, hours after gunfire killed people at the church there, according to police.
Nigeria's government is under pressure to step up security.


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If Stevens' goal was for Celtics fans to approve of his first trade, he checked off 5 key boxes
Time will tell who got the better of Friday's Celtics/Thunder trade. Instant reactions from Celtics media and fans were that they liked the deal for Boston, while the general NBA fandom felt Presti pulled off another great trade. There are other places and posts for debating whether Stevens made a wise move, but if you were a PR firm who's job was to come up with a trade that would make Celtics' fans initial reaction to Brad's first move positive he checked all the boxes.
1. Trade the player fans keep clamoring for the team to trade ✔
Fans have wanted Kemba gone all season. Many didn't care what Boston got in return. Since many fans don't value future draft picks, they said trade one or two firsts just to get Kemba out of here. Mission accomplished by Stevens.
2. Bring back a player fans had fond memories of ✔
While both Kemba and Horford were considered negative assets due to their contracts, trading for Al back feels like a solid addition. And he will be one. Just like Kemba the isse with Horford was his contract. If both players were making the league minimum every team would be after them. Celtics fans couldn't deal with Kemba's contract. Since another team gave Horford his inflated deal, Boston fans will be less forgiving if he doesn't play up to that number.
Celtics trade Kemba Walker and pick #16 to Thunder for Al Horford https://t.co/Vj8QuemnHA pic.twitter.com/04ACywAWj2
— CelticsLife.com (@celticslife) June 18, 2021
3. Trade a first rounder before fans can get attached to the player ✔
If you asked fans if they'd be willing to part with Romeo, Pritchard, Nesmith, or Time Lord in a trade with Kemba for Horford, many would balk at all of those names. The only recent first rounder fans would be fine moving would be Grant Williams. On the flip side if you asked Sam Presti or any of the other 29 GM's if they'd rather have the Celtics #16 pick in this draft or each of the above players, everyone would choose pick #16 with the exception of Time Lord.
Whoever Stevens drafted at #16, most fans would have loved and refused to trade to dump Kemba. Brad avoided that issue with the early trade. Another example is Desmond Bane. He made the 2nd All-Rookie team. No Celtics made either. But if you ask Celtics fans they are higher on Pritchard and Nesmith than Bane. That's because Boston trade Bane before anyone could attached to him as a Celtic.
4. Trade for a young, athletic prospect ✔
Fans love young, athletic prospects. It's why we were all excited when Boston drafted Gerald Green. It's why we wanted MarShon Brooks. Uber-athletic prospects have better highlight tapes. Moses Brown fits the bill. Brown went undrafted in 2019, but when he got a shot in the NBA after the Thunder shut down Al Horford for the season for tanking purposes, Moses put up some great lines. His best half at least stats wise came against the Boston Celtics, so fans were already somewhat intrigued by him.
The kid sure can rebound, but most non-stretch bigs in the modern stretch big era put up big rebounding numbers. Enes Kanter's are tremendous per 36 minutes. So are Tacko Fall's. While Brown is definitely more intriguing to me than Mo Wagner, it should be noted that he was only included in the deal for salary matching purposes. It's not like Boston asked for him. But some fans are already saying he will be better than whomever Boston could have picked at #16. So again mission accomplished by Brad, since we're comparing Moses to a faceless draft pick.
5. Celtics added two bigs ✔
If there has been one constant from fans since the creation of this site in 2009, it's that "the Celtics need to add a center." "They need to add bigs, not more guards." "Not another guard!" This is like a wet dream for the "Center, not another Guard!" crowd. Not only did the Celtics get rid of a guard, but they added two bigs. The Celtics now have Robert Williams, Al Horford, Tristan Thompson, and Moses Brown under contract. Never mind that the game has changed and you can't play two bigs at once.
Never mind that the Celtics tried to play two bigs at once prior to trading Theis and it simply wouldn't work. Never mind that Al Horford was brutal when he played next to Joel Embiid on the 76ers, but actually very good when he was the lone big on the floor for Philly. Never mind that the reason that Horford had a bounce back year in Oklahoma City is because they played him exclusively as the lone bigs.
Lots of "never minds" huh? Well it didn't matter. Fans still came up lineups, so you could play all four bigs. The idea was that Horford and Time Lord will do great playing next to each other. Sorry, but that's just not the case. For the Celtics to win, they'll need one of the two to be the lone big starter and one to be the lone big off the bench. Any combination of two of these four big men together on the court won't work. But in terms of making fans happy, Boston traded for bigs!
Video: Welcome to Boston Moses Brown! https://t.co/3cjUcuzyNl
— TEAMBOSTON (@teamboston) June 18, 2021
I proposed a Kemba for Horford swap this past winter, but I was always set against including a 1st in the deal. I'm willing to see how things play out, but my initial reaction was I bummed they gave away a pick that could have been something. I wrote earlier in the week that the easiest way for the Celtics to add a third star was to draft one. Pick #16 is around where you can still draft a Tyrese Haliburton. It's around where Boston drafted Al Jefferson. It's a better pick than where Boston drafted Rondo at.
Even to the crowd that didn't want another young player, the pick held great trade value. You want Lonzo Ball in a sign-and-trade? Well the Pelicans would have wanted that 1st rounder. Same with the Hawks and John Collins. If you ranked the Celtics assets in terms of most value to least (taking into account age and contracts), you'd of course have the Jay's as one and two, but pick #16 would be in the mix as the next biggest Celtics asset.
Afternoon Delight: Oh hey there, 2018 playoff Celtics https://t.co/jYHe7ocgP8 pic.twitter.com/8qmzR1fkeI
Pick #16 would likely fall behind Marcus Smart and Time Lord, but with both up for new contracts soon, not every team would be interested in them to the degree you might think. Every team though is always interested in a first rounder. So giving up a top 5 asset just to dump a player because he's overpaid for his production is a steep price.
I'm hopeful there is another move that Stevens has up his sleeve that he simply couldn't do unless he first made this one. Regardless, if Stevens wanted to get Celtics fans and writers (who are mostly fans as well) on his side, his first trade checked all the boxes. Stevens approval rating is high after this trade.
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Q: How to assess whether experimental measurements obtained from different technicians are biased? Suppose I have a list of measurements from an experiment; for example,

34 31 55 18 19 22 44 48 23 . . .

But I then learn that these experiments were conducted by two different technicians, so I embolden those conducted by tech #1, and I leave untouched the measurements of tech #2:

34 31 55 18 19 22 44 48 23 . . .

I want to know if the bold numbers are somehow biased relative to the unbolded numbers.  How should I measure this?
My intent is to compare the mean and variance of the overall sequence to the means and variances of each of the subsequences.  But I'm a novice at statistics, so perhaps this naive approach is too shallow?

A: This answer is probably a bit late for you, but I think this falls under the category of repeatability. If anyone disagrees, feel free to comment!
Repeatability is the extent to which the identity of the observer can be used to predict the result, or in simple terms, the consistency with which one observer differs from another.
Repeatability can also be used to quantify how closely repeated measurements of an individual resemble each other, relative to measurements from another individual. (e.g. when measuring the weight of a bird at several occasions over a year, high repeatability means that the individuals consistently differ across the course of a year).
Repeatability is quantified by the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC). In your case, the class is the observer. R can be calculated by ANOVA, or the best-practice method, linear mixed effects modelling (LMM).
If you have a low repeatability within observers (small R, nonsignificant p-value), you can say that the observers are not biasing the result.
If you have high repeatability, you have a problem, although it is not so bad if the observer error is balanced across treatment groups (but still should be avoided if possible). This would perhaps be a good time to use a model in which the observer is specified as a random factor, so that adjustments can be made for the inter-observer differences.
Here is a very good review on the topic by Nakagawa and Schielzeth (2010): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00141.x/abstract
And the related R package, with support for general and generalized linear mixed modelling:
http://rptr.r-forge.r-project.org/

A: The first thing I would do would be to plot the data.
But then, as you say, compare the means and SDs for each technician, to each other.  A t-test would be the first thing to try, for comparing the means.


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Q: Refactoring wordy conditional tests My first attempt at this question was too theoretical, so I've rewritten it with actual code. See the edit history if you care.
Supposing this logic, "suffering" from the arrow anti-pattern:
/**
 * Function:effective
 * ... the DateTime the org should be considered expired (or null if never).
 *
 * If a non-group org has a parent, inherits the parent's properties, and
 * the parent isn't a root org, return the parent's expiration date.
 * Otherwise, return the org's expiration date.
 *
 * Compare to <get>, which always returns the org's expiration date.
 */
public function effective() {
    if (! $this->org->isGroup()) {
        if (($parent = $this->org->getParentOrg()) instanceof OrgModel) {
            if ($this->org->isParentPropertyInherited()) {
                if (! $parent->isRoot()) {
                    return $parent->expiration()->effective();
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return $this->get();
}

I have rewritten this a few other ways (including the "fail early" approach from this question), but the one that seems the most clear to me is:
public function effective()
{
    $nonGroup  =               (! $this->org->isGroup());
    $hasParent = $nonGroup  && ($parent = $this->org->getParentOrg()) instanceof OrgModel;
    $inherits  = $hasParent && ($this->org->isParentPropertyInherited());
    $nonRoot   = $inherits  && (! $parent->isRoot());

    if ($nonRoot) {
        return $parent->expiration()->effective();
    } else {
        return $this->get();
    }
}

In my opinion, the logic tests are compact and simple, but verbose because of the method names and the language overhead of calling methods.
I am reluctant to go with my second, re-written approach because it may be obscure and not hold up under maintenance.  On the other hand, I don't like the nested if.  I didn't like the fail-early approach, because it repeated code.
Are there other options I'm not considering here?

A: This seems to disregard the nice and simple:
return complicated_test_1() && complicated_test_2() && complicated_test_3();

This is certainly simpler than either of your options, and I assume you rejected it because:

the complicated_test are not single function calls, but themselves Boolean expressions

But this is a self-inflicted problem! You extracted out those boolean expressions into methods in your question for readability, so why not do the same thing in your real code? Just apply an extract method refactoring and pick some more expressive names than complicated_test_n, and you're good to go. And we didn't even need monads!

A: At first glance, your 'clear' approach does look compact and clean, but if you were to unravel the statements...
// PHP?
public function effective()
{
    $nonGroup  = !$this->org->isGroup();
    $hasParent = false;
    if ($nonGroup) {
        $hasParent = ($parent = $this->org->getParentOrg()) instanceof OrgModel;
    }
    $inherits  = false;
    if ($hasParent) {
        $inherits  = $this->org->isParentPropertyInherited();
    }
    $nonRoot   = false;
    if ($inherits) {
        $nonRoot   = !$parent->isRoot();
    }
    if ($nonRoot) {
        return $parent->expiration()->effective();
    } else {
        return $this->get();
    }
}

The use of temporary variables here just to simplify the arrow anti-pattern manifests into another problem, which is what I characterize as weak standalone if statements that doesn't communicate as clearly the original logic. If I am literally reading this:

*

*nonGroup checks if this org is a non-group.

*if non-group, hasParent checks if this parent is an instance of OrgModel.

*if has-parent, inherits checks if parent property is inherited.

*if inherits, nonRoot checks if parent is non-root.

*if non-root, return the parent's effective expiration.

*otherwise, the org's expiration date.

This means I have to remember four temporary variables, when are they 'skipped' (and given the default false value), and am also unable to see the linkage from one condition to the other, described clearly in your original code documentation:

*

*If a non-group org has a parent,

*

*inherits the parent's properties, and

*

*the parent isn't a root org,

*

*return the parent's expiration date.

*Otherwise, return the org's expiration date.

You didn't reveal the fail-early approach you picked, but this is how I might attempt it (pardon my extremely rusty PHP skills):
public function effective() {
    $org = $this->org;
    if ($org->isGroup()) {
        return $this->get();
    }
    $parent = $org->getParentOrg();
    return $parent instanceof OrgModel
            && $org->isParentPropertyInherited()
            && !$parent->isRoot() ? $parent->expiration()->effective() : $this->get();
}

The only unnecessary temporary variable I created here is $org, but that is just so that I don't have to repeat $this->org.
A further refinement of your codebase, is for isParentPropertyInherited() do the instanceof check internally as well, if appropriate. This can greatly simplify the body to just:
public function effective() {
    return !($org = $this->org)->isGroup()
            && $org->isParentPropertyInherited()
            && !($parent = $org->getParentOrg())->isRoot()
            ? $parent->expiration()->effective() : $this->get();
}

This is not far-fetched since if the org inherits a parent's properties, it implies the parent exists.


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At this weeks Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ) industry forum, it was the reopening of cyclone-damaged Daydream Island, Hayman Island and Airlie Beach Hotel which was the talk among the regions tourism leaders.
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