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Column | Republican John Katko surfs above midterm 'Blue Wave'
Democrats called it a "blue wave," but last week's midterm elections were more like a "blue splash" when it came to local elections.
Democrats called it a "blue wave," but last week's midterm elections were more like a "blue splash."
The party was the clear winner after it won control of the U.S. House of Representatives, ending its eight-year stretch of being in the minority and the one-party dominance in Washington that President Donald Trump has enjoyed for his first two years.
But in Central New York, Republican Reps. John Katko in the 24th Congressional District, Elise Stefanik in the 21st and Tom Reed in the 23rd all won re-election with comfortable margins. Meanwhile, Rep. Claudia Tenney in the 22nd is the underdog in a tight race against Anthony Brindisi that will be decided by absentee ballots.
Katko's victory over progressive challenger Dana Balter, with the backdrop of a Democratic triumph in the House, is a departure from recent history. Not since 2006, when longtime Rep. Jim Walsh squeaked out a win over newcomer Dan Maffei in a Democratic wave election, has the Syracuse-based district broken from the national trend in a federal election.
In 2008, Maffei was elected to his first term while Barack Obama won the presidency and Democrats maintained majorities in Congress. In 2010, the rise of the Tea Party helped Republicans topple 63 Democratic seats in the House. One of them was Ann Marie Buerkle, who defeated Maffei by a super-slim margin.
In 2012, Obama won re-election and Democrats won back some seats in the House, including Maffei's after he defeated Buerkle in a rematch.
In 2014, Republicans took control of the Senate and won their largest majority in the House since the 1920s. That's when Katko unseated Maffei by a 20-point margin.
In 2016, Republicans maintained their congressional majorities and Trump was elected president, with Katko easily winning a second term.
That pattern — which briefly made the district hold the status as the swingiest district in the entire nation — has kept Katko a prime target for national Democrats hoping for a pickup since he first came into office. But now after he's won three times, Democrats will probably begin looking elsewhere in future elections to spend their time and resources.
Balter was by far the most formidable opponent Katko has faced. Whereas he won his first two elections by 20 points and 22 points respectively, Balter managed to close the gap to just 6 points. She was also Katko's first opponent to win Onondaga County, which accounts for nearly 70 percent of the district's active voters.
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Yet Katko turned out to be a better Republican candidate than Balter was a Democratic one. He painted himself as the independent bipartisan moderate congressman that he has portrayed himself as in past elections. Not only did he win once again in a district that has slightly more active Democratic voters — a sign he was successful once again at getting a significant percentage of Democrats to vote for him — but Katko was one of the few Republicans who were re-elected in districts that Hillary Clinton carried in 2016.
While Balter was a robust grassroots candidate, she had no political experience, little name recognition for most of the campaign, got distracted by a late primary challenge from Juanita Perez Williams and didn't initially have the support of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
But most fatal for her was the same tactic that led many of her Democratic colleagues to victory. While she wasn't wrong about Katko's reliable Republican vote on most issues, she relied too much on associating Katko with President Trump, which probably made her appear too partisan to too many voters. In a district that isn't crazy about the president but appears to like Katko, weaponizing Trump isn't going to be a winning message.
In a national election that was very much a referendum on Trump's first term, in Central New York it was a referendum on Katko's first two terms. Now that he will be returning to Washington and serving for the first time in the House minority, Katko's image as an independent bipartisan moderate — the same image that helped him get elected three times — will be put to the biggest test yet.
Luke Parsnow is a digital producer at CNY Central (WSTM NBC 3/ WTVH CBS 5/ WSTM CW6) and an award-winning columnist at The Syracuse New Times in Syracuse, New York. You can follow his blog "Things That Matter" online and follow his updates on Twitter.
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To address students' mental health needs, school counselors and other school-based student support staff can connect youth and their families to resources in the community. You can also take steps to help increase the likelihood referrals will be successful.
In developing a referral list of community-based mental health professionals, include a provider's capacity to treat clients with particular presenting problems, ability to work with multicultural populations and comfort with languages other than English. Note logistical factors, such as a provider's hours, location and accessibility by public transportation, affordability and accepted insurance plans.
Ideally, such lists are updated fairly often. You may want to visit agencies or speak with providers by phone to gain a sense of their approaches or take a field trip during a professional development day.
Even with a referral list of qualified and well-matched community practitioners, making a successful referral can still be challenging. To increase ties among students, families and community-based providers, invite local mental health providers to parent workshops, school-based family events and select classroom lessons focusing on mental-health-related topics.
For example, as part of a school's focus on wellness, community-based professionals could offer strategies to de-stress and discuss warning signs of when students may need more support. These more informal introductions help the school-based staff become a bridge connecting families and students to outside agencies. Community providers are often invested in such activities if it can increase their referrals and decrease their no-show rates.
School counselors can also help to connect students and families to services by addressing common barriers and concerns. Try to create an open dialogue that allows families to feel heard and engages them in a process of mutual problem solving, recognizing their strengths. Authors McKay and Gopalan and colleagues have written about many of the barriers and strategies highlighted here.
Provide students a developmentally appropriate explanation of the reasons a student might be referred to outside mental health services. Understanding the student's and family's feelings and concerns about accessing mental health services is important, as is assessing whether outside mental health services (as opposed to other supports) are the best match for the family.
Address common concerns and questions: Does the student have fears about being labeled "crazy" or being singled out? Does the family feel blamed by the school or a previous provider? What are the family's opinions about medication? What are the family and student hoping for in an outside practitioner? How does the parent or guardian view the child's functioning? Are there concerns about privacy? By listening to and addressing the family's unique needs, concerns and questions, you'll be more likely to provide a successful referral.
If parents want help addressing practical barriers, include the family and student, when appropriate, as much as possible in the process so they can more independently access resources in the future. For example, with the parents' permission, you might make the initial phone contact to an outside provider while the parents are in the room.
Once you've made a referral, particularly with more severe cases, be sure to follow up. To share information with an outside provider, you'll need consent to exchange information. You can also connect directly with families or students to check on progress of referrals. If you have significant concerns about a student even after an outside referral, consider the nature of the outside services and whether other supports might be warranted. When students are transitioning back from an out-of-school mental health setting, it is particularly important that school counselors and/or related school staff connect with the student, family and outside providers to make a transition plan for the student's return to school. When students are receiving regular counseling both inside and outside of school, it is important that school staff and the provider connect.
Systems such as checklists and standardized approaches can assist the referral and follow-up processes. A school checklist of steps for referral processes, required documents (such as releases of information), strategies for record-keeping of contacts and most frequently asked questions can make the process more efficient for all involved. Checklists can also help teachers and school counselors efficiently share information about student progress with outside providers. Schools can invite outside mental health practitioners to key meetings (when permissions are in place) to maintain meaningful connections between providers. Other school staff may be able to help in the referral process: perhaps a student support team member can take the role of managing outside partnerships and connecting with providers about students' progress.
When assisting families and students who have greater mental health needs, remember to work as a team with other school staff in connecting students and families to resources. School psychologists, school social workers, other school counselors and student support team members can help identify potential referral sources, connect students and families to resources, support follow-up and support one another's work with students. Nurturing your school-based connections with school-based colleagues is important for supporting both students and staff.
Jacqueline Zeller, Ph.D., is with the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling Program. She can be reached at zellerja@gse.harvard.edu. Contact the author for references for this article.


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		return false;

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	fs.seekg(12,ios::beg);
	fs.read((char*)info,sizeof(char)*6);

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	{
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		return false;
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//	cout << endl;
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		cout << "tga: Incorrect bytecount, expected 3 or 4, got " << bytecount << " instead" << endl;
		fs.close();
		return false;
	}

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	{
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		imagedata[imageidx] = imagedata[imageidx + 2];
		imagedata[imageidx +2] = colorswap;
	}
	fs.close();

//	cout << "Finished loading Targa Image File: "<< fname << endl;
	return true;
}

bool TGAFile::WriteImageData(const char* fname)
{
	return false;
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After their 20-metre sailing boat Maria Drink had been towed by tugboat Faust Vrančić, accompanied by the police and coast guard vessels, they disembarked in Gruž and some immigrants literally kissed the ground. No wonder, since they nearly escaped the disaster when afloat on the waters of the ecological and fisheries protected zone.
In Dubrovnik they were met by medical teams and police. Three tents had been put up for their accommodation, and after the medical treatment, the sailing boat and their personal belongings were disinfected.
For the time being, it is suspected that the immigrants have spent 7 full days on the boat and they have been travelling to Greece, says Mr Franjo Skokandić, the President of the County Protection and Rescue Centre.
– The details of their route are still unknown. If they were known, we would have a solution for such events, added Mr Skokandić. One of the biggest problems is the communication with the immigrants because they are very reserved. The youngest among them is only 15 years old.
– The youngest were disembarked first because they were in the worst state, while the others are well. Only one passenger has been taken to the hospital so far, emphasises Mr Skokandić.
After medical help provided, the immigrants will be settled in port premises, in a building in Kantafig that will serve as a refugee camp.


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Q: mute audio if the volume *exceeds* a threshold So, I have spent quite a bit of time looking for the answer but I get the exact opposite (something I already know how to do), namely, the audio below a certain threshold can get muted (can be done either with ffmpeg or sox).
What I need is for the command to search my audio for anything that exceeds -18dB and mute all such segments. (The reason for this is because I have a recording where I am playing an electric piano with the audio output being recorded directly through the cable, but I am also recording from two microphones what I am speaking - between my playing. When I am playing the keyboard, the mics pick up a lot of action noise which I want to mute, and that's easy to do because the channel that records my piano input has piano sounds at that point and that corresponds exactly with when I want the audio from my mics to be muted, or at least attenuated.)
Does anyone know if such a feat is possible?
If it cannot be done with just one command, that's fine I'll try anything.

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Man charged with robbing elderly
Jesse Burrell was charged with two robberies, one of which police said involved the assault of an 87-year-old woman.
Posted By: Patrick Ary
Huntsville police have charged a man with forcing his way into two people's homes and taking items from them.
Jesse Burrell, 53, was arrested Thursday on two counts of first-degree robbery.
Police said Burrell assaulted an 87-year-old woman at her home on Vogel Drive Jan. 12, after the victim answered the door and refused to give Burrell money when asked. Burrell then left with the woman's wallet and house keys, police said.
Officers who responded to the home after the victim's family called to say they weren't able to get in touch with her. When police arrived at the home, they said they went in and found the woman had been assaulted.
Police said they believe the victim had been assaulted a day or two before they found her. She was taken to Huntsville Hospital for treatment.
The second robbery Burrell is charged with took place Feb. 28 on Montview Drive and involved an 86-year-old victim. Police said he knocked on the victim's door, forced his way inside once the door was opened and demanded money. In that case, police said he left with the victim's car.
Burrell was arrested after police said they later found him walking to the car at an apartment complex.
Burrell was booked into the Madison County Jail on $120,000 bond.
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Q: Highcharts update breaks previous layout I was using highcharts 4.0.4 and after the update to highcharts 4.2.3 the result is:

How do one solve this?
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It is supposed to be like:

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KUALA LUMPUR (BLOOMBERG) - Malaysia's central bank started taking in interbank US dollar deposits for the first time in September to try and slow a slide in Asia's worst-performing currency.
Bank Negara Malaysia is accepting deposits in small amounts, according to a person familiar, who asked not to be identified because of company policy. The move will help build up the country's currency reserves, two other people said. The monetary authority said in response to questions that it's encouraging financial institutions, including branches of overseas banks, to keep foreign-currency earnings and deposits of Malaysian-based companies in the domestic market.
Falling reserves in the Southeast Asian nation have fueled speculation the central bank has been intervening by selling dollars to help prop up the ringgit. The holdings dropped below the US$100 billion mark in July for the first time since 2010, a blow to investor confidence. They have since recovered slightly but are still down 19 per cent this year at US$94.10 billion.
"The move will take the pressure off the ringgit," said Nizam Idris, head of currencies and fixed-income strategy at Macquarie Bank Ltd. in Singapore. "It will also help to stabilize foreign-exchange reserves as it reduces the need for the central bank to intervene."
The ringgit dropped to a 17-year low in September as Brent crude prices fell by more than half from a 2014 peak, crimping government revenue for the region's only major net oil exporter. Rising debt at state investment company 1Malaysia Development Bhd., slowing growth in China and prospects of higher US interest rates have also spurred capital outflows, weighing on the currency. It's fallen almost 19 per cent this year.
The central bank said Thursday (OCT 29) its move is to ensure there's sufficient dollar liquidity in the "financial system to meet the needs of businesses and households."
"To achieve this, financial institutions including the foreign banks are encouraged to recycle the foreign-currency earnings and deposits of local corporations in the domestic markets to ensure continuous and sufficient level of liquidity," according to the e-mailed statement.
Overseas investors were net buyers of the nation's stocks for a third week through Oct 23, purchasing RM230.4 million and reducing outflows this year to RM16.9 billion, according to a report from MIDF Amanah Investment Bank on Monday. That still exceeds the RM6.9 billion for the whole of last year.
Central bank Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz pledged in August to rebuild the reserves. She has, along with Prime Minister Najib Razak, said there's no plan to revisit capital controls imposed during the Asian financial crisis, when the ringgit was pegged at 3.8 per US dollar in 1997 through to July 2005.
The ringgit declined 0.2 per cent to 4.3055 a dollar in Kuala Lumpur as of 10:41 am local time, according to prices from local banks compiled by Bloomberg. While it's appreciated 2 per cent this month it has fallen almost 19 per cent in 2015.


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Benefits of Distance Learning
Nibedita Mohanta Sep 29 2017 - 3 min read
The Union Budget 2017-18 has pegged an outlay of Rs 79,685.95 crore (US$ 11.952 billion) for the education sector for financial year 2017-18, up from Rs 72,394 crore (US$ 10.859 billion) in 2016-17—a 9.9 per cent rise.
India has become the second largest market for e-learning after the US. The distance education market in India is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of around 34 per cent# during 2013-14 to 2017-18. Moreover, the aim of the government to raise its current gross enrolment ratio to 30 per cent by 2020 will also boost the growth of the distance education in India.
At present, higher education sector witnesses spending of over Rs 46,200 crore (US$ 6.93 billion), and it is expected to grow at an average annual rate of over 18 per cent to reach Rs 232,500 crore (US$ 34.87 billion) in next 10 years.
Keeping the expected developments from the education sector and penetration of Distance education in Indian subcontinent in mind, one still has a doubt unfolding in heart, here are a few listed benefits of distance education in India:
1.Time saver:
Distance education focuses only on education for those, who only wants to study and no other disturbances, which are carried on the regular colleges.
One gets an entire slot of 24 hours for studies or other work, instead of wasting time in making to and fro motions to college every day.
Moreover no late comings or missing first lectures due to torturous traffic jams for hours.
One can actually make time for other important stuffs, which gets wasted in regular colleges such as roaming around, showing off bikes, fashion and unnecessary gossiping.
2.Money saver:
Distance education was initially aimed for students, who want to study but have poor economical status. All the study materials are available in reasonable price and the fee too is nominal.
It is economical and less time consuming option for the students as they won't have to pay for hostel or canteen, they can pursue their studies, while being at home and also they can provide helping hand to the earning member of the family.
3.Continuation of job:
'A sincere heart finds out its own path, without compromising.'
More than any other benefits, this one according to me is the best one. One can pursue his or her job, while continuing studies.
The sudden invasion of computer in our life drew an invisible line between the two generations, which merely had a difference of age by a couple of years.
For them the distance education, through which they could learn computers, helped them in preserving their jobs.
One can learn many skill development related courses, while being in the job and also can improve their qualifications.
4.Education everywhere and anywhere:
We fall in a country, where there is a systematic flow of education if one wants to pursue a career in particular field, even if he/ she is talented and capable enough to do without studying courses, which are no way related to his career.
This is where distance education comes into play, one can pick subjects which are relevant for his/her career and if one wants to rewrite the paper in order to acquire good marks, he/she gets a chance.
Education is one's birth right, what one wants to learn should be his/her choice and distance education offers that choice to all.
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Okay, so, we finally know who the right-handed hitting outfielder is going to be – Eric Byrnes. I wrote up Byrnes last week, when he was DFA'd by the Diamondbacks, so the full take is over there. Short version – I like this.
Since Arizona is on the hook for his remaining salary, this is a league minimum deal. The Mariners have no obligation to keep Byrnes if he's not healthy in spring training, or he looks old, or whatever. It's a no-risk flyer on a guy who was a pretty darn good player a couple of years ago. His last two years have been terrible, but if he's healthy, there should still be some juice left in the tank. If he and Langerhans split the LF time (with Bradley playing out there occasionally), the M's should have a terrific defensive combo that could hit at something resembling a league average rate. And the platoon will cost them $900,000.
One quick note of caution, though – if you look at Byrnes ridiculously low BABIPs the last few years and think "it's bad luck", well, maybe, but not all of it is. Byrnes is historically awful at hitting infield flies. He hits enough pop-ups that the moon has taken out a restraining order against him. Pop-ups, of course, are easy to catch and never turn into hits. So you should expect Byrnes to run a below average BABIP. He'll regress some, most likely, but don't expect him to come anywhere near .300.
The Mariners held their annual pre-season media luncheon yesterday, leading to a bunch of stories from all the usual sources. Check out Stone, Drayer, Divish, or Brock and Salk for quotes and audio.
For the most part, they said about what you'd expect them to say, though there were a few comments that stood out to me.
1. Jack basically confirms what everyone has assumed – the Mariners are going to trade for a RH OF/1B/DH power hitting type. If I was a betting man, I'd wager on Josh Willingham.
2. Wak confirms what everyone had assumed – Ichiro will lead off and Figgins will hit second.
3. Wak restates that they will give Saunders a chance to make the team in spring training. This basically rules out the team changing course and going after a guy like Damon. They could theoretically make a Saunders/Willingham job share in left work. There's no way to make a Saunders/Damon job share work.
4. Wak states that Griffey is going to "be in there when he can." Despite talk all winter of a reduced role for Junior, the quotes make it sound like he plans on Griffey regularly DH'ing. I don't think the M's are actually planning on that, however. You don't acquire Milton Bradley and talk about still wanting another OF/DH type if you really are going to give Junior regular playing time. I'll chalk this up to just saying nice things about the franchise icon. Remember, the M's were willing to let Junior talk about playing the outfield last spring, but when push came to shove, he was a DH. They can talk about him as a potential regular this spring, but when push comes to shove again, he's a bench player.
One of the frequent questions we get is "If we don't know what your numbers mean, where should we start?" I usually don't have a great answer, suggesting a few various introductions and then telling them to get good at googling. Well, that's over. At Lookout Landing, one of the commenters has taken it upon himself to collect and categorize a large variety of articles about various topics relating to the analytics of baseball.
So, now, start here. That post contains links to a lot of important information, covering nearly the whole spectrum of analysis. It's a pretty awesome reference tool. Thanks, Fett.
We've talked quite a bit about what type of player who makes sense as the final guy on the position player side of things, given the current roster – a right-handed outfielder who can swing the stick and not embarrass himself in the field would be the perfect complement to the current Bradley/Langerhans/Saunders group of LF options on the roster. There are any number of fairly cheap, useful players of that sort on the market, so the M's should be able to fill that spot rather easily.
But sometimes, things happen that change your plans. And, given the market that is developing (or not developing, as the case may be) in Johnny Damon's case, perhaps its time for the Mariners to consider an alternate plan in left field.
Buster Olney reported today that the market for Damon has "dried up". The Yankees are holding steady on the fact that they only have $2 million left to spend, and they won't expand their budget to bring him back. There was some talk that the A's could still pursue Damon even after signing Ben Sheets, but Billy Beane threw water on that idea.
The other teams that had been rumored destinations for Damon either don't seem interested or have already spent their money on other players. Olney speculates that $4 or $5 million on a one year deal may be the best that Damon could do, and he thought that kind of offer could come from Oakland, who now appears unlikely to pursue him.
There is apparently an opportunity for the Mariners here. As I wrote on FanGraphs today, there are a lot of similarities between Damon this year and Bobby Abreu a year ago. We all saw how the Abreu contract worked out for the Angels, and something like a 1 year, $5 million deal for Damon may be a similarly good idea for the M's.
Damon is still a good player. He hits for average, draws walks, makes contact, and has some power. Sure, New Yankee Stadium helped him quite a bit last year, but Safeco is designed to help the same type of hitter, and he would find the right field porch in Seattle just as inviting. He's a good enough defender to handle LF at Safeco, even as his range declines – there's little evidence that he's much worse than below average defensively at this point, and that includes his hilariously bad arm. The glove doesn't even come close to canceling out the value he creates at the plate.
Given regular playing time, Damon should be a +2 to +3 win player, and the Mariners have playing time to offer him. Sure, it's not ideal to add yet another LH hitter to the LF/DH mix, but Damon doesn't need to be platooned, so you don't have to replace Langerhans with a right-handed hitting outfielder in order to make it work (though you could if you wanted to). And you don't walk away from a bargain just because it's not ideal. If the M's can really get Damon for $5M-ish, they won't find a more cost effective way to upgrade the team in free agency.
The M's seem to need and be looking for (one or both of) an additional starting pitcher of modest talent (since with current MLB playoff scheduling you barely need two SPs once you get there) and a right-handed outfielder you can play part-time and who can field well.
And possibly a catcher on a short deal.
However… we've seen that what the front-office really likes to do is make some crazy awesome "win-win" move that hasn't even been speculated about yet.


Widely held myths about sleep are damaging our health and our mood، as well as shortening our lives، say researchers، BBC reported.
Then، in a study published in the journal Sleep Health، they matched the claims to the best scientific evidence.
So، how many are you guilty of?
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously had a brief four hours a night. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made similar claims، and swapping hours in bed for extra time in the office is not uncommon in tales of business or entrepreneurial success.
Yet the researchers said the belief that less than five hours shut-eye was healthy، was one of the most damaging myths to health.
"We have extensive evidence to show sleeping five hours or less consistently، increases your risk greatly for adverse health consequences،" said researcher Dr Rebecca Robbins.
These included cardiovascular diseases، such as heart attacks and strokes، and shorter life expectancy.
Instead، she recommends everyone should aim for a consistent seven to eight hours of sleep a night.
The relaxing nightcap is a myth، says the team، whether it's a glass of wine، a dram of whisky or a bottle of beer.
"It may help you fall asleep، but it dramatically reduces the quality of your rest that night،" said Dr Robbins.
It particularly disrupts your REM (rapid eye movement) stage of sleep، which is important for memory and learning.
So yes، you will have slept and may have nodded off more easily، but some of the benefits of sleep are lost.
Alcohol is also a diuretic، so you may find yourself having to deal with a full bladder in the middle of the night too.
Have you ever thought "I need to wind down before bed، I'm going to watch some TV"?
Well، the latest Brexit twists and turns on the BBC News at Ten might be bad for sleep.
And as for Game of Thrones، it's hard to argue the Red Wedding was relaxing.
The other issue with TV - along with smartphones and tablets - is they produce blue light، which can delay the body's production of the sleep hormone melatonin.
"We start to associate our bed with insomnia،" said Dr Robbins.
"It does take the healthy sleeper about 15 minutes to fall asleep، but much longer than that… make sure to get out of bed، change the environment and do something that's mindless."
Who isn't guilty of reaching for the snooze button on their phone، thinking that extra six minutes in bed is going to make all the difference?
But the research team says that when the alarm goes off، we should just get up.
"Your body will go back to sleep، but it will be very light، low-quality sleep."
Snoring can be harmless، but it can also be a sign of the disorder sleep apnoea.
This causes the walls of the throat to relax and narrow during sleep، and can briefly stop people breathing.
People with the condition are more likely to develop high blood pressure، an irregular heartbeat and have a heart attack or a stroke.
Dr Robbins concludes: "Sleep is one of the most important things we can all do tonight to improve our health، our mood، our wellbeing and our longevity."


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What Can You Do to Ensure Healthy Teeth in Children?
Tooth brushing alone may not shield kid's teeth from the damages brought on by sweet food and beverage treats.
A research study, released in the Journal of Public Health and wellness, determined that snacking routines among children under five years old have the most influence on their dental health and wellness, while depending on tooth brushing is insufficient to stop degeneration.
This research study sustains messages concerning snacking being harmful; recently it was disclosed that 170 kids undertook procedures in England daily to have rotten teeth eliminated and this study validates that snacking on sweet foods and beverages is the vital contributing element.
It is clear that tooth brushing with a fluoride tooth paste alone is not the magic that lots of people still think it to be, and stopping dental issues likewise needs to include altering their diet regimen and way of life.
Kids that brush their teeth much less than daily had double the opportunity of experiencing dental challenges in the form of tooth decay at 5 years of age.
The research study additionally discovered that adult socioeconomic aspects, such as level of education, plays a vital role in kid's possibilities of experiencing challenges like cavities.
Snacking throughout the day on sweet foods and beverages indicates that children's teeth come under continuous attack from acid and could also bring about more extreme issues.
Kid's snacking must be restricted to no greater than 2 per day and undesirable sweet treats need to be changed out, offering much healthier foods such as vegetables and fruit.
Despite the fact that a kid's very first teeth are considered short-term, the dental habits they practice at an early stage will carry right into the remainder of their lives, so it is essential that they learn great practices from the very beginning..
Fifty percent of youngster's sugar consumption originates from taking in undesirable treats and sweet beverages.
This high sugar consumption is also resulting in weight problems and unpleasant dental issues among kids, causing dental professionals to begin urging moms and dads to restrict kid's treats to just two 100-calorie snacks per day.
While we understand way too much sugar could cause tooth decay, moms and dads may have a difficult time managing their youngster's snacking routines. Following this simple guideline will make it much less complicated for parents to limit the snacking and support healthier choices.
Typically, youngsters eat at the very least 3 harmful treats and sweet beverages a day, with a 3rd eating 4 or even more.
Research has revealed that every year youngsters are on average eating around 400 cookies, over 120 cakes, pastries and buns, approximately 100 servings of sweet snacks, around 70 delicious chocolate bars and 70 bowls of ice cream, with more than 150 juice pouches and cans of carbonated beverage.
Consequently, parents are pointed towards much healthier treats like vegetables and fruits and offered discount coupons for electric tooth brushes for youngsters by dental professionals.
The actual level of youngster's snacking behaviors is higher than a couple of cookies. Kids are having undesirable treats throughout the day and moms and dads have actually informed us, they're worried.
Enabling active family members to make better choices, we have actually created a basic guideline in order to help them develop much healthier snacking habits — search for 100 calories treats, at most 2 per day.
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I learned earlier today that Videoman was officially brought into Marvel continuity a few years ago. I've been having trouble wrapping my head around that, so I'm just going to present the character's debut in its entirety.
And, for a little added perspective, this episode came out one week after "Seven Little Superheroes" -- arguably the best, most memorable episode of the entire series.


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Q: How to create lines/stops relationship I'm not a database expert and I'm simply building a prototype app, so nothing really important.
Anyway, the app is about a subway: this subway has many lines and sometimes some stops are shared between lines (so, for example, stops 3 and 4 are stops of lines 2, 7 and 9).
So, I made up a SQLite stops table:
    +---------+-------------+------+
    | Field   | Type        | Auto |
    +---------+-------------+------+
    | id      | integer     | YES  |
    | name    | varchar(20) | NO   |
    | lines   | ?           | NO   |
    +---------+-------------+------+

What's the best way to deal with shared stops? My idea was to create a lines table and then in the lines field of the stops table put a comma separated list of lines.id. I don't know why, but I feel there could be a better way.
Any suggestion is appreciated, and sorry for the really noob question.

A: You need a many-to-many relation, which is stored in a separate table like this:
table lines_to_stops
line_fk
stop_fk

That's the relational world ...
Note that records in the database are not in any specific order. If you need to put the stops into any specific order (which you most probably do), you have to store this order to the database as well:
table lines_to_stops
line_fk
stop_fk
order_in_line

A: I would keep it simple and use a table lines which has an ID (primary key) along with other metadata for a line (such as name):
lines
(id, name)

Then, create a table for the stops:
stops
(id, name)

Finally, you can create a bridge table which will connect lines with stops:
bridge
(lineId, stopId)

Each record in the bridge table represents one line having a given stop.
Note that using CSV to represent a line having multiple stops is totally not the way to go here, as it renders the powers of your relational database useless.
Update:
If you want to record the position of a stop in a given line (and assuming that positions would differ across lines), you could use the following table:
stopNumbers
(lineId, stopId, stopPosition)

The stop position can be obtained knowing the line's ID and the stop's ID.


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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections;
using Aspose.ThreeD;

namespace Aspose._3D.Examples.CSharp.Loading_Saving
{
    class DetectFormat
    {
        public static void Run()
        {
            // ExStart:DetectFormat
            // Detect the format of a 3D file
            FileFormat inputFormat = FileFormat.Detect(RunExamples.GetDataFilePath("document.fbx"));
            // Display the file format
            Console.WriteLine("File Format: " + inputFormat.ToString());
            // ExEnd:DetectFormat
        }
    }
}


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Journalist Bob Simon Has Been Killed in a Car Accident
NYC Officer Charged in the Shooting of Unarmed Man
Longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon was killed in a car accident last night, when his taxi hit another vehicle in Manhattan. The two drivers involved survived the accident. Simon had worked with CBS as a journalist for more than four decades, and has covered some of the world's most important events, broadcast from war zones around the globe and was recognized with numerous awards for excellence. In a statement, 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager said, "Bob was a reporter's reporter. He was driven by a natural curiosity that took him all over the world covering every kind of story imaginable. There is no one else like Bob Simon. All of us at CBS News and particularly at 60 Minutes will miss him very much." Simon was 73 years old …
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Kanye Says He Respects Beck and Is Working With Taylor Swift
The Real Abuse at the Heart of 'Fifty Shades of Grey'
A Pastor Is Dead Following a Church Shooting in Texas


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One that charges and explodes and another that summons robot foot soldiers to the location of the spotted player.


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from basiclib import *

def sgd(cost, params, lr):
	#lr = T.scalar('lr', dtype=theano.config.floatX)
	gparams = T.grad(cost, params)
	updates = [(param, param - lr*gparam) for param, gparam in zip(params, gparams)]
	return updates

def momentum(cost, params, lr, mu=0.5):
	#lr, mu = T.scalars(2).astype(theano.config.floatX)
	velocity = [theano.shared(value=numpy.zeros_like(p.get_value())) for p in params]
	gparams = T.grad(cost, params)
	updates = []
	for p, g, v in itertools.izip(params, gparams, velocity):
		dir = mu * v + lr * g
		updates.append((v, dir))
		updates.append((p, p - dir))
	return updates

def nesterov_momentum(cost, params, lr, mu=0.5):
	#params = [param - mu*v for param, v in itertools.izip(params, velocitys)]
	#gparams = [T.grad(cost, param) for param, v in itertools.izip(params, velocitys)]
	#T.grad(cost, params-mu)
	gparams = T.grad(cost, params)
	updates = []
	velocitys = [theano.shared(value=numpy.zeros_like(p.get_value()).astype(theano.config.floatX)) for p in params]
	#replaces = dict([(p, p-mu*v) for p, v in itertools.izip(params, velocitys)])
	for param, gparam, velocity in itertools.izip(params, gparams, velocitys):
		#p = param - mu*velocity
		updates.append((param, param-mu*mu*velocity-lr*(mu+1)*gparam))
		updates.append((velocity, mu*velocity+lr*gparam))
	return updates

def adagrad(cost, params, lr):
	gparams = T.grad(cost, params)
	updates = []
	e = 0.01
	acc = [theano.shared(value=numpy.zeros_like(p.get_value()).astype(theano.config.floatX)) for p in params]
	for param, gparam, acc in itertools.izip(params, gparams, accs):
		updates.append((acc, acc + gparam**2))
		updates.append((param, param - (lr/(T.sqrt(acc+e)))*gparam))
	return updates

def adadelta(cost, params, lr, rho=0.95):
	gparams = T.grad(cost, params)
	updates = []
	epsilon = 0.0001
	accs = [theano.shared(value=numpy.zeros_like(p.get_value()).astype(theano.config.floatX)) for p in params]
	delta_accs = [theano.shared(value=numpy.zeros_like(p.get_value()).astype(theano.config.floatX)) for p in params]
	for param, gparam, acc, delta_acc in itertools.zip_longest(params, gparams, accs, delta_accs):
		acc_new = rho*acc + (1 - rho)*(gparam**2)
		updates.append((acc, acc_new))

		update = (T.sqrt(delta_acc+epsilon)*gparam) / T.sqrt(acc_new+epsilon)

		updates.append((param, param - lr*update))

		delta_acc_new = rho*delta_acc + (1 - rho)*(update**2)
		updates.append((delta_acc, delta_acc_new))

	return updates

def rmsprop(cost, params, lr, rho=0.95):
	gparams = T.grad(cost, params)
	updates = []
	epsilon = 0.0001
	accs = [theano.shared(value=numpy.zeros_like(p.get_value()).astype(theano.config.floatX)) for p in params]
	for param, gparam, acc in itertools.izip(params, gparams, accs):
		acc_new = rho*acc + (1 - rho)*(gparam**2)
		updates.append((acc, acc_new))

		update = (lr*gparam) / T.sqrt(acc_new+epsilon)

		updates.append((param, param - update))

	return updates


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Tommy Brown: Upstate is a retrospective look at a photographer's decades-long study of his home in Central New York. Brown was born in Norwich, NY, and earned his undergraduate degree from Colgate University and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University. As a young man, he traveled through Europe and briefly lived in New York City, all the while assembling a portfolio of compelling street photography. Before long, however, Brown returned to Chenango County because he liked the peculiar challenge of being a street photographer in a rural setting.


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Q: Convert List to CookieCollection in C# Let's say I have List<Cookie> and I want to convert it to a CookieCollection. What's the easiest way to do this?
I know I can use a foreach loop, but isn't there a way to instantiate it with code similar to this?
List<Cookie> l = ...;
var c = new CookieCollection() { l };

When I try to compile that though, I get the error:

The best overloaded Add method
  'System.Net.CookieCollection.Add(System.Net.CookieCollection)'
  for the collection initializer has
  some invalid arguments

btw, there are two Add methods that CookieCollection supports:
public void Add(Cookie cookie);
public void Add(CookieCollection cookies);

A: Given c and l as in your first example, this'll do:
l.ForEach(c.Add);

A: CookieCollection was written before .Net 2 (before Generics). Therefore, there's really no quick nice way to do it other than manually with a foreach loop.

A: You can pass a lambda to the ForEach method of a List.  This will work independent of the constructors of the CookieCollection.
List<Cookie> l = ...;
var c = new CookieCollection();
l.ForEach(tempCookie => c.Add(tempCookie));

A: List<Cookie> l = ...;
var c = new CookieCollection();
l.ForEach(x => c.Add(x));


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Bible Society to recruit donors
ANNIE KELLY
The Bible Society is launching a hard-hitting recruitment drive as part of its efforts to bolster its profile in the UK and move into more active community work.
The charity will for the first time look to develop a specific fund-raising strategy that will raise revenue to help develop local projects and expand out from its traditional role of distributing bibles.
The move follows a major rebranding by the Bible Society in 2000, which saw it refocus on raising its domestic profile while maintaining its international links with other religious organisations.
New creative designed by Target Direct aims to appeal to new supporters with the message that the Bible has a real relevance to people's everyday lives.
"It's a brave step forward for a charity with a very traditional history,
said Paul Farthing at Target Direct. "This is the first step in a drive that will see the society moving forward with a more high-profile message that we hope will reach those who need help."
The packs will include case studies designed to reflect the different ways that bible teaching can help those in need of help and comfort. The charity asks donors for support through a cash gift or prayer.
The three-year fundraising strategy will include the implementation of a legacy and major donor appeal, a large-scale rolling acquisition programme and a campaign to convert first-time supporters to committed givers.


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An agency has been caught creating fake source selection documents to pad its file in response to several GAO bid protests.
A recent GAO bid protest decision shows that, after award, the agency created new source selection documents and revised others, then pretended those documents had been part of the contemporaneous source selection file. And although the agency's conduct resulted in the cancellation of a major procurement, it's not clear whether the agency employees who created the fake documents will face any punishment.
I often caution would-be bid protesters that when it comes to "best value" procurements, the GAO gives agencies wide discretion to pay a price premium for a proposal evaluated as superior.
Case in point: a recent bid protest decision in which the GAO upheld the procuring agency's decision to pay a whopping 72.6% price premium.


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Q: Java daemon with web frontend communication I am starting a new Java project and am stuck at the architectural stage.
The idea is to create a Java daemon process (I am designing this for Linux) which will have a web frontend (jsp?, php?, ...) running in Tomcat. The daemon would periodically poll for mysql data and execute external scripts and programs.
The web frontend would be used to view the data from mysql and signal the daemon to start a new task (e.g. poll the tasklist command on a windows client every x seconds) and this would be presented to the browser.
My questions are:
1.) Is this daemon + web frontend a good combination? I read that it could be done with two servlets with one being loaded as soon as tomcat was up, but this restricts me in communication with external programs and using other system calls, or am I wrong?
2.) Which web framework would be the best fit for this kind of situation? (GWT, Spring, ?)
3.) If going with the daemon + web frontend combination how would the two communicate (UNIX sockets or HTTP sockets or ???) as polling mysql to often is not what I would like to do?
4.) Are JavaServerPages a good fit for this or would it be to complex for this situation?
My earlier experience is making a few Java swing apps, a webstart app and some php web pages.
I would appreciate any suggestions as to how I should go about designing this.
Thanks!
Peter

A: I am not much clear on the question but I will try to answer your question, not sure if the will make sense as I am not clear on the context.
1) Yes you can go with that combination all servers are threads. Not sure why you require 2 servlets but you can start you daemon in ServletContextLister. Having a daemon in Servlet is not recommended. How is it restricting in communication with external programs or using other system calls ?
2) Any framework or no framework at all. The 2 examples you have given are for totally very different things.
3) Why does the 2 required to communicate ? the front end gets the data from mysql or the daemon. From the question it seems it gets the data from database.
4) All that you can do with frameworks you can also do it yourself. Only things is that frameworks helps.


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Vulvodynia at Gramercy Theatre
Vulvodynia Tickets
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U.S.: Big Week Begins For Prisoners Held By Pentagon
By Andrew Tully
The status of prisoners captured by U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan and Iraq is a controversial issue in the United States. Lawmakers continue to receive new reports of abuses of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops. And the Supreme Court has sought to clarify the legal status of foreign detainees at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying they have the same rights as prisoners incarcerated in the United States. And as RFE/RL reports, still more attention is about to be focused on both groups of detainees.
Washington, 19 July 2004 (RFE/RL) -- This will be a significant week for prisoners held in U.S. military custody in both Cuba and Iraq.
In Guantanamo Bay, hearings will begin soon for the approximately 600 men who were captured during the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. Those detainees have been held without access to lawyers for more than 2 and 1/2 years.
The hearings were ordered in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling saying the Pentagon cannot deny the prisoners the right to challenge their detention as enemy combatants.
"[The] first criterion is to do it fairly and accurately, and [to] document it and make sure we have qualified people [to represent the prisoners]."
U.S. Navy Secretary Gordon England said on 16 July in Washington that all the prisoners at Guantanamo have been notified of their right to challenge their status. He said the U.S. armed forces have begun assigning representatives to the prisoners to help them prepare for the hearings.
"The first contact between personal representatives and detainees will be taking place next week [19-25 July]. Our plan is, late next week or early the following week, we will have the first tribunal hearing. So the very first hearing should be this coming week [19-25 July]," England said.
England stressed that the prisoners will not be represented by lawyers, but will have an opportunity to demonstrate whether they were fighting with the Taliban or Al-Qaeda against U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan in late 2001 and early 2002.
The Navy, England said, is maintaining high standards for the hearings.
"[The] first criterion is to do it fairly and accurately, and [to] document it and make sure we have qualified people [to represent the prisoners]. And the second criterion is to do it as quickly as we can, because it is important, obviously, to the people being detained," England said.
Meanwhile, the Senate Armed Services Committee plans hearings this week to explore new reports it has received about further abuse of prisoners in Iraq.
The chairman of the panel, Senator John Warner, says he hopes to get the testimony of L. Paul Bremer, who served as the civil administrator in Iraq until sovereignty was handed over to an interim government three weeks ago.
Already, Warner's committee has held three hearings on the abuse scandal. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other high-ranking Pentagon officials have already answered the panel's questions, but Bremer has yet to testify.
Warner said on 15 July that the hearings will be important as both Congress and the Defense Department continue their separate investigations into the widening scandal over the abuse and even torture of some Iraqi prisoners.
"No stone is being left unturned as the Department of Defense and, to some extent, the Department of Justice, are looking at this situation to determine what happened, how it happened, who is accountable and how, most importantly, it can never happen again," Warner said.
Last week, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it feared that the abuse scandal could be broader than originally believed. It says it suspects the Americans may be hiding prisoners taken in Iraq or Afghanistan in undisclosed locations that the Red Cross has not yet been able to visit. The Pentagon has rejected those suspicions.
The scandal broke three months ago with photographs showing the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghurayb prison outside Baghdad. Since then, the scandal has spread to detention centers in Afghanistan, and the known nature of the abuse has grown from sexual humiliation and beatings to torture and even murder.


Abbeyleix Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to an accident in Rathdowney, last week in which a pedestrian was knocked down.
At around 5.30pm, last Wednesday evening (January 25), a pedestrian was knocked down by a red fiat punto in The Square, Rathdowney.
The pedestrian is currently recovering in hospital in Mullingar from fractures and internal injuries, but they are expected to make a full recovery.
"The driver of the car stopped when the accident happened, but we would be appealing for anyone who might have seen the accident to contact us," Sergeant Joe Culliton said.
Anyone who witnessed the incident can contact Abbeyleix Garda Station on 057-8731202.


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Last week I discussed how what we eat affects the bodies inflammatory responses and can ultimately decrease our pain. Now let's talk about specific foods thought to help achieve this goal.
According to the Arthritis Foundation, there are pain-safe foods that virtually never contribute to arthritis, headaches, or other painful conditions. These include: rice, cooked green, orange or yellow vegetables, and cooked or dried non-citrus fruits.
Other known inflammatory culprits include gluten (e.g., muffins, bagels, pasta), processed foods (e.g., French fries), foods prepared at high temperatures (e.g., fried, blackened, barbequed), and some nightshade vegetables (e.g. potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant). Choosing to reduce or eliminate some of these culprits can be beneficial. The healthy alternatives are packed with phytochemicals (plant-based compounds) that include antioxidants, flavonoids and carotenoids, all of which help reduce inflammation and protect the tissues from oxidation, which can damage them.
Perhaps the best advice is to pack your plate with anti-inflammatory foods. You can get the carbohydrates, proteins, and fats your body needs from fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Strive for more plant-based foods, more monounsaturated fats (from foods like olive oil, nuts, and avocado), and less animal-based protein. Season with spices (e.g., turmeric, ginger) and herbs that are also known inflammation fighters. (I'll discuss these more in a future post).
Any diet can also reap the anti-inflammatory benefits by just adding certain oils. Extra virgin olive oil helps reduce inflammation and can have a similar effect to taking ibuprofen. However, using it at low temperatures because high heat destroys its beneficial compounds, called polyphenols. Use it in salad dressings or for tossing pasta, not for frying and baking.
Remember, adding a more plant based diet doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing proposition. Start with a meatless meal once a week and gradually build up to more meat-free meals. Changing gradually often makes it easier both mentally and physically, since suddenly cutting out meat can lead to crankiness, headaches and digestive changes. Also consider that meat doesn't have to be the central focus of a meal. It can be served in small amounts in a dish such as a stir fry that's full of vegetables, or with a salad. This doesn't have to be a full time commitment, you can choose certain days or meals.
However you chose to start, the answer is to start. Studies showed even small changes made a noticeable difference in just two weeks! No pills, no needles, no appointment needed. Pick up a plate and see how these foods can help you too.
Always check with your healthcare provider to make sure these recommendations are safe for you.