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News > Heartwire from Medscape
No Survival Gain Seen From Beta-Blockers in Heart Failure With AF
Lisa Nainggolan
GRONINGEN, the Netherlands — A new meta-analysis suggests that beta-blockers have little effect in heart-failure (HF) patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) [1]. The review included trials examining the four beta-blockers currently licensed for use in HF: bisoprolol, metoprolol controlled release (CR), nebivolol, and carvedilol.
"This finding is important, as most patients with HF and AF receive beta-blocker treatment," say Dr Michiel Rienstra (University Medical Center, Groningen, the Netherlands) and colleagues in their paper in the February 2013 issue of Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure.
Senior author Dr Dirk J van Veldhuisen (University Medical Center) told heartwire : "AF is very common in patients with HF. We assume what we have found with beta-blockers in HF patients in sinus rhythm--a very powerful effect of about a 35% reduction in mortality--will be the same in those with AF, but remarkably, this meta-analysis shows really clearly that it's not found in those with AF; all the effect is in those with sinus rhythm.
This is a disturbing message that we found and felt we had to report.
"This is a disturbing message that we found and felt we had to report," he said. "These data may cause some controversy because I, and many others, are big fans of beta-blockers, but at the same time AF is a big problem in patients with HF." He noted that this paper was first submitted to but turned down by the Lancet: "They didn't know what to do with this message," he suggests, adding that guideline committees will need to look very carefully at these new data.
For the time being, van Veldhuisen does not recommend stopping beta-blocker therapy in HF patients with AF. This treatment is guideline-dictated, in both HF and AF, he notes, and there are many complex nuances, such as the fact that HF patients and their physicians may not even know that they have AF if it is intermittent.
However, the findings might, he says, make the decision to stop beta-blocker therapy in those with HF and AF "a little bit easier, it might lower the threshold," if the patient does not appear to be benefiting from beta-blocker therapy in terms of symptoms, for example.
Treatment of AF-HFREF is a major unmet need in cardiovascular therapies.
In an accompanying editorial comment [2], Dr Michael R Bristow (Arca Biopharma, Aurora, CO) and Dr Ryan G Aleong (University of Colorado, Aurora) say that these new data--as well as evidence that other HF therapies and many antiarrhythmic drugs don't work as well in HF patients with AF--suggest that this patient population "should be approached differently" from those in sinus rhythm. "The clinician is thus faced with a relative lack of therapeutic options in the heart failure with reduced left ejection fraction [HFREF] patient with AF. Based on the relatively high prevalence of AF and evidence that it worsens the mortality rate in HF patients, treatment of AF-HFREF is a major unmet need in cardiovascular therapies," they assert.
20% of Patients Have HF and AF; Beta-Blockers Do Not Prolong Life
Beta-blockers are a cornerstone of the treatment of heart failure and are recommended in the current guidelines for HF and AF treatment, "albeit for different indications," say Rienstra et al.
In HF recommendations, beta-blockers are indicated as standard therapy for all patients to reduce morbidity and mortality, without differentiation regarding rhythm. In addition, beta-blocker therapy has been shown to prevent new-onset or recurrent AF in patients with HF, with AF known to worsen the prognosis of HF, including perhaps contributing to an increased incidence of stroke, says van Veldhuisen.
In the AF treatment guidelines, however, beta-blockers are recommended for rate control to reduce AF-related symptoms but not to improve prognosis.
In the meta-analysis, Rienstra and colleagues included four trials that investigated the effect of placebo-controlled, randomized beta-blocker therapy in patients with HF with reduced systolic LVEF (<40%)--CIBIS II, MERIT-HF, SENIORS, and the US Carvedilol Trial.
The studies enrolled a total of 8680 patients with HF, 1677 of whom had AF at baseline (19%; mean 68 years of age; 30% women); of these, 842 were treated with beta-blockers and 835 with placebo.
In AF patients, beta-blockade did not reduce mortality (odds ratio [OR] 0.86; p=0.28), while in sinus-rhythm patients, there was a significant reduction (OR 0.63; p<0.0001) even after adjustment for potential confounders. Similarly, beta-blocker therapy was not associated with a reduction in HF hospitalizations in AF (OR 1.11; p=0.44), in contrast to sinus rhythm (OR 0.58; p <0.0001).
If we treat these [HF and AF] patients with beta-blockers it will not prolong their lives.
Van Veldhuisen said the findings indicate: "If we treat these [HF and AF] patients with beta-blockers it will not prolong their lives." Bristow and Aleong say that what these results effectively mean "is that beta-blockade is of little or no benefit in HFREF patients with AF."
They add that prospective studies are needed to further examine this issue, and it would appear to be ethical to compare placebo and a beta-blocker in AF-HFREF patients.
Van Veldhuisen says he is not sure he agrees that this approach would be ethical, but in any case such a trial is unlikely to be funded, given that all four beta-blockers licensed for heart failure are now off patent.
Not All Beta-Blockers May Be Equal When It Comes to HF With AF
Both the editorialists and authors discuss a number of potential reasons why beta-blockers may not be effective in HF patients with AF, and they also state that the findings could apply to some but not all beta-blockers, as differences in pharmacological profiles of individual agents may have played a role.
"At a minimum, data from the study by Rienstra et al suggest that AF-HFREF treatment should be approached differently from that for [sinus-rhythm]-HFREF, via therapies uniquely suited to dealing with this important subpopulation," say Bristow and Aleong.
At a minimum, data from the study by Rienstra et al suggest that AF-HFREF treatment should be approached differently from that for [sinus-rhythm]-HFREF.
For example, there is evidence of efficacy for the beta-blocker bucindolol in the AF subset ofthe BESTtrial--not included in this meta-analysis--they add. In fact, Bristow works for a pharmaceutical company that is developing bucindolol for the treatment of heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
Van Veldhuisen says it may well turn out that different beta-blockers have differential effects in HF and AF, and he acknowledges there is some published evidence that bucindolol could possibly work in this subset of patients.
However, bucindolol "is not licensed for heart failure," at least not in the US and Europe, he notes, adding that this indication would need to be approved before such treatment could be considered.
Rienstra has no conflicts of interest. Van Veldhuisen served on the steering committees of the MERIT-HF and SENIORS trials and has received fees for board membership for Vifor, BG Medicine, Solvent, and Johnson & Johnson. Disclosures for the coauthors are listed in the paper. Bristow is an officer and director of Arca Biopharma, which is developing bucindolol for the treatment of heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Aleong has no conflicts of interest.
Heartwire from Medscape © 2013 Medscape, LLC
Cite this: No Survival Gain Seen From Beta-Blockers in Heart Failure With AF - Medscape - Feb 04, 2013.
Lisa Nainggolan is a journalist for theheart.org, part of the WebMD Professional Network. She has been with theheart.org since 2000. Previously, she was science editor of Scrip World Pharmaceutical News, covering news about research and development in the pharmaceutical industry, and a consultant editor of Scrip Magazine. Graduating in physiology from Sheffield University, UK, she began her career as a poisons information specialist at Guy's Hospital before becoming a medical journalist in 1995. She can be reached at LNainggolan@webmd.net.
Disclosure: Lisa Nainggolan has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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Miller Peak
Miller Peak - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting
Miller Peak, Sierra Vista Southeast, AZ 85615, USA
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About Miller Peak
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Miller Peak is a spectacular landmark mountain located in far-south Arizona near the town of Sierra Vista and the Fort Huachuca Military Base. It is the highest mountain in the Huachuca mountain range and a popular local hiking destination. The Miller Peak Wilderness encompasses 20,190 acres and is managed by the Coronado National Forest.
Attractions Near Miller Peak
Carr Peak2.51km from Miller Peak
Carr Peak is the second highest peak in the Huachuca Mountains of southeast Arizona. Carr Peak is easily recognizable as the prominent double-humped mountain due south of Sierra Vista. The area is well known among birders because of the variety of hummingbird species seen in the area as well as the dozens of southwestern specialties such as Apache pine, Chihuahua pine, ridge-nosed rattlesnake, lesser long-nosed bat and elegant trogon.
Miller Peak Wilderness4.05km from Miller Peak
The Miller Peak Wilderness lies between the city of Sierra Vista and the Mexican border in the southern half of the Huachuca Mountains.More than 170 species of birds have been spotted here, including 14 kinds of hummingbirds. More than 60 species of reptiles and 78 species of mammals inhabit the area. It encompasses around 20,190 acres and is managed by the Coronado National Forest.
Coronado Peak Trail4.77km from Miller Peak
The Coronado Peak is a great trail if you want to take in sweeping views of the US and Mexico in this part of Arizona. It's not much of a hike to get to the top, but it is popular, and many people who come to the area when visiting the Coronado National Memorial and who bother to drive the steep road to Montezuma Pass will probably hike this peak. The trail is good, has benches and informative signs, and the views are excellent.
Montezuma Pass4.78km from Miller Peak
Montezuma Pass is within Coronado National Memorial. This site provides views of the San Raphael Valley to the west, the San Pedro Valley to the east, and Mexico to the south. Exhibit panels at the pass provide information about the Coronado Expedition, the flora and fauna of Sky Island habitats, and visible geography. It is also the trailhead for the southern terminus of the great Arizona Trail.
Coronado Cave5.59km from Miller Peak
Coronado cave is one of the few open, undeveloped caves in southern Arizona. The cave is a large cavern 600 feet long and in most places about 70 feet wide.The cave is located ~ .25 mile west of the visitor center on the north side of the road is the parking area for the trail. It became part of Coronado National Memorial in 1978, when the park expanded its boundaries. The cave may have been used by humans as a shelter and hideout by middle archaic people.
Coronado Cave Trail6.21km from Miller Peak
The Cave Trail climbs 400 feet over half a mile to the entrance of a 600 foot-long limestone cavern, overlooking a minor ravine on the south side of Montezuma Peak, part of an area that was added to Coronado National Memorial after a boundary expansion in 1978. The cave interior extends 600 feet in length, with 20 foot high ceilings. Those planning to explore the limestone cave should bring at least two sources of light per person.
Where is Miller Peak
Discover More Attractions in Cochise County, Where Miller Peak Is Located
Cochise County is a county in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. Here are great outdoor opportunities for hiking, rock climbing, camping, picnicking, & bird watching. This County also has great opportunities for peaceful relaxation, particularly at the many Inns, B&B's, & guest ranches. Whether it's adventure or tranquility you seek, you can easily find it here.

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Here are a few of the brands that have fallen by the wayside over the years.
Hamer built 12-string basses starting in the late 1970's and for a number of years they were really the only option for players who wanted to try tackling the 12-string. While the debate stills rages about whether or not the Mayan calendar predicting the end of the world in 2012 was actually predicting the end of Hamer Guitars, it's interesting to note that they closed shop in the 12th month of 2012.
The Hamer brand name is currently being used by a guitar supplier that has no relation to the original company and deals only in imported guitars. No 12-string basses are being built.
Unsung Musical Instruments of Inchon, South Korea closed their doors just a few years ago. They built many of the brands of 12-string basses that are commonly encountered, such as Silver Star, Marcus Martini, Galveston, Hense, Carlo Robelli, Jet and Career, just to name a few.
Oktober Guitars from the Baltimore, Maryland area disappeared a couple of years ago. They sold a variety of models of 12-string basses under the brand names Hades, October and Oktober. Mostly these instruments were built in South Korea.
Starfire 12-string basses were made in China possibly by people who had never built guitars before.
The Shine 12-string bass was made by the Saein Musical Instruments Company in South Korea.
Tennessee 12-string basses came in two flavors - Korean and Chinese.


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The Art of Sculpture: Visual Arts
By: Benezra, Neal, Dr., Expert Reader, U.S. Edition
First Scholastic Printing, March 1995. "12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 5 6 7 8 9/9 0/0." printed in Italy by Editorale Libraria. Stickers have been applied to the appropriate places in the book. Bas-relief illustrations, Ring binding inside for easy use, heavy paper for durability. Copy in very good condition, little wear.
Title: The Art of Sculpture: Visual Arts
Author Name: Benezra, Neal, Dr., Expert Reader, U.S. Edition
Categories: Reference, Childrens Books, History, ART,
Publisher: Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Scholastic: 1995
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Keywords: SCULPTURE HISTORY JUVENILE LITERATURE NONFICTION,
SCULPTURE Through the Ages (Informative Reference Series, A Reference Library for Boys and Girls, Sculpture)
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    def __init__(self):
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Sierra Vista offers an exciting variety of individual and family recreational activities.
Probably the most unique opportunity offered to residents of Sierra Vista is its proximity to both famous and infamous historical towns. Old Bisbee, for example, is only a half-hour drive away. Bisbee is a very attractive artist colony and retirement community. It was founded in 1880 and was one of the richest mining sites in the world. Even though large-scale mining became unprofitable in 1975, the Copper Queen Mine is still open. Only today, it is used for guided tours. If you're claustrophobic or the idea just doesn't tickle your fancy, the Lavender Pit Open Mine is a beautiful location to visit and take pictures to share with your friends and relatives back home. For history buffs, a trip to the Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum or to the Muheim House will certainly prove exciting. For you shoppers, there are plenty of incomparable rare gifts to be found in the shop windows with even a short stroll down Main St.! In Bisbee, you're sure to find delight and soothing respite from your everyday world.
If you're more of a Cowboys and Indians type of person rather than Old World Victorian, then Tombstone, also only about a half-hour drive from Sierra Vista, is more your type of place. Tombstone is still an important cultural icon of the past. Home to such famous cowboys as Doc Holiday and Wyatt Earp; you're sure to find excitement! You can start your day with a trip to the O.K. Corral, site of the famous gunfight with historical reenactments daily. At the Tombstone Epitaph you can tour an 1880's newsroom, receive an 1881 report of the O.K. Corral gunfight and peak into the print shop of the Old West's most famous newspaper. If that's not historically western enough for you, head uptown to the Tombstone Courthouse. Now a state museum, you can view exhibits and artifacts that tell of Tombstone's colorful past. A trip to the Crystal Palace is suggested for a cool drink, and if you're feeling up to it, you might even head over to the old Boothill Cemetery where some of the most famous Cowboys of yesteryear now rest in peace. Also home to the famous Rose Tree Museum, where the largest rose tree in the world resides, Tombstone will always be the town too tough to die.
If you don't want to travel too far from your new home in Sierra Vista, a visit to the three Army Museums on Fort Huachuca is right around the corner. Each of these Museums gives insight to tell the story of the U.S Army on the Southwest frontier. Each one has wonderfully realistic exhibits so you can see firsthand what Army life was like in the 1800's. These museums preserve an important segment of our national military history for the edification and enjoyment of future generations.
All around Southeastern Arizona you are sure to find plenty to do, and especially if you like the outdoors. The mountains are an endless source for hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing and even spelunking. The Ramsey Canyon Preserve is also open daily welcoming all visitors to walk along the San Pedro, and bird watch along the riparian. The outdoor activities are endless, with the Chiricahua National Monument close by too. The Chiricahua Mountain Range is a wonderland of rocks, with incredible rock spires, stone columns and balanced rocks.
If your shopping needs aren't fulfilled here in The Mall at Sierra Vista, Tucson is only about an hour away. There, you can find at least four additional shopping malls and numerous outlet stores. The recreational opportunities are endless here in southeastern Arizona. One can never complain of boredom!


I heard the following joke on the Dead Robots' Society podcast today, and though I'd share. This joke will only make sense if you understand the entertainment industry.
A writer and a producer are stranded in the desert together, crawling their way across the sand.
Then suddenly, the writer looks ahead and sees an oasis shimmering before him!
Using what strength he has, the writer gets to his feet, runs to the oasis and finds it's real!
Kneeling down next to the oasis, he desperately begins gulping down handfuls of water. But, as he's doing so, he hears a splashing sound, and looks over to see the producer has unzipped and is now peeing in the oasis!
"What are you doing?!?" Cries the writer in horror.
Behold! The power of reading!
Psychologists have discovered that while reading a book or story, people are prone to subconsciously adopt their behavior, thoughts, beliefs and internal responses to that of fictional characters as if they were their own.
Experts have dubbed this subconscious phenomenon 'experience-taking,' where people actually change their own behaviors and thoughts to match those of a fictional character that they can identify with.
Researcher from the Ohio State University conducted a series of six different experiments on about 500 participants, reporting in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, found that in the right situations, 'experience-taking,' may lead to temporary real world changes in the lives of readers.
via Psychologists Discover How People Subconsciously Become Their Favorite Fictional Characters – Medical Daily.
Augmented Reality on track to becoming reality.
I've been expecting this for a while. The fact Google is backing this project makes it seem like it will be a certainty, and be soon. First our smartphones will sync with our AR glasses to do this, and then eventually it will be AR contact lenses (they already have these in the prototype stage) and we'll be immensed in a constant dual reality as part of our daily lives.
Not sure if this will be good or bad, but it will be as ubiquitous as the iPhone within five years, tops.
Every Autumn my college puts out a call for new course ideas for the arts department, with the intent that these course will be taught the following September if there's enough interest by students. I tossed my hat in the ring this time, and the results were just released!
I'm the new course designer (and presumed teacher) of Scriptwriting for Mixed Media (working title) at Fanshawe College in Fall 2012.
Today, I was talking to one of my co-workers about the future of the music industry and he was discussing how 100 years ago a musician needed to be a part of a large group to produce music. Yes, in theory one man with an instrument could produce music, but the mass-media form of music at the time was an orchestra that people physically went to see. That required not just musicians, but composers, backers, conductors, producers and even marketers- in other words, a lot of people.
Now, on hundred years later, a single person with a smartphone app can perform almost all of those functions by themselves, and distribution through the internet is also equally easy. He likened it to an inverted pyramid, where everything slowly came together over time and the power became concentrated into a single person with a single device. But then, our conversation led to the logical question- what's next?
My answer- the pyramid will start to widen again and power of artists will return to the group over the individual.
I know a lot of people, especially in the ebook publishing world (to shift to book publishing), might strongly disagree with this statement, especially since we're just being set free! We're just throwing off the shackles of the traditional publishing industry, and every day there's a new story about an individual self published author making a living or making it big from ebooks.
But therein lies the problem. Where people smell money and opportunity, that's where they will go, and they will go in droves. As I talked about in my previous post, the rise of ebook readers doesn't just mean the opening of a new market- it means the opening of the field for even more competition. And while, as with anything artistic, the cream will rise to the top, the competition at all levels of the industry is about to become fierce.
The "demise" of traditional publishers doesn't mean just opportunity for authors, it also means the loss of at least three functions they played- gatekeeper, marketer, and editor. All three of these functions are incredibly important for artists and consumers, and they have now been foisted onto the artists themselves.
So, what we will have is a situation where anyone can publish anything, but due to competition and noise it will become harder and harder to find and hold an audience. In addition, with stronger competition, the quality of work must be high or it will be dismissed out of hand by many readers. With books, high quality means good editors, good covers, and potentially more and more up-front costs before any money is made.
On the plus side, this will help sift some of the wheat from the chaff. On the down side, this will also create a barrier to entry for many writers or other artists who simply cannot afford what it takes to have that professional style. Few people are good at everything, and many simply cannot do it alone.
So, why do I say artists need to come together?
This is already happening. Just as "clans" formed in online games, groups of musicians in different genres of music have already started to form together, different graphic artists have started to form "clubs" or "leagues" on places like DeviantArt and writers groups (which have always existed) are starting to support each other in different ways than before. Whether these are informal networks, semi-formal communities, or formal co-operatives, these groups have and will continue to take on the roles that traditional publishers have held in the past.
They must, because as the competition ramps up in the coming months and years, it will be the only way to survive.
What's the First Horror Movie? This is.
The Devil's Castle, from 1896 is considered to be the first horror movie. At a bit over three minutes long, it's not a hard watch despite being a silent film. One thing that today's viewers should keep in mind when watching is that the audiences of the day had no concept of special effects because films were such a new medium. So the transformations you see here, while extremely crude, would have been genuinely shocking to the audiences watching this film.
And when you're done laughing at that, here's an early silent horror film that lives up to it's name. If you haven't seen the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), you're in for a twisted piece of German expressionism that you won't soon forget!
And finally, here's a movie that haunted my young dreams for years. That staircase scene still gives me chills, 1922's Nosferatu!


A Rolling Nightmare Has Come To The Back Country - Thrill Ride Trailer For "Nightscape"
"Nightscape" moves ahead at an unfathomably slow pace, and to make matters worse, then nothing much of any particular interest happens throughout the movie as a whole.
The dialogue is delivered in stunted and staggering bursts from the actors and actresses, which doesn't really help to liven up the movie or further the dwindling appeal that the movie suffers under. In some scenes the actors and actresses did good jobs, I will give them that much, but in others, well it was just downright abysmal.
Story-wise, well then "Nightscape" wasn't particularly impressive; an elusive drifter is chasing after a supernatural killer, and he picks up a race driver and a withdrawn woman along the way.
This is essentially it. And I must admit that my attention quickly drifted away from the movie and to other things. I got suckered in by the interesting movie cover, but covers doesn't always deliver what they promise.
The movie is labeled as fantasy, horror and thriller. Yeah, the movie doesn't really fit into the first two. And as for a thriller, well, don't get your hopes up.
There are some interesting visuals throughout the movie, but that hardly makes it worthwhile to sit through just about one and a half hours.
I am sure that there is an audience out there for this particular movie and this particular genre. I, however, am just not one of them.
"Nightscape" manages to obtain a 3 out of 10 stars from me.


I'm not fond of shopping in malls either. In fact, I'm not fond of shopping period but sometimes it's a necessary evil.
Love your story about how you got to change your color theme for Christmas. That was a blessing in disguise. Deep plum is one of my favorite colors.
I felt almost under pressure to buy something today just because it was Black Friday. I didn't, although Paul did order a Christmas Tree from Amazon – something small as we are short on space this year.
I am very much like you when it comes to shopping, but it's mostly the crowds that give me anxiety. I take advantage of online shopping as much as I can, and only make a handful of trips to shops, even malls. We have 2 outdoor malls that are quite fun-the decorations, cobblestone streets and sidewalks (no cars permitted), really put a spring in my step. Going to one next week, I'll take some pics.
Your colors sound lovely!! I can't wait to see your photos. Sounds like you had a lovely Thanksgiving with your family.
I haven't been in a mall in years. If I were out with the crowds today, I would probably scream until someone came with a straitjacket to take me away.
Look forward to seeing your unusual color scheme. I got the tree and decorations out of the storage unit downstairs this morning. I put the tree together and most of the decorations are on. I have some more, but need to have it rest and settle to see where there are still holes.
Happy decorating, SW. Your colour choice sounds lovely!
Didn't venture out today so am somewhat richer than if I had. My grandkids (11, 9, 7) are coming for a sleepover on December 1st. so they will drag my tree out of the basement and decorate it for me. All I have to do are the lights.
Sounds like a great colour conversation. I absolutely love turquoise and white together. Looking forward to seeing photos. Have fun putting everything together!
Yup, blue and white seems like traditional lights after all these years. Still, I do like the red and green for bringing back my childhood Christmases.
The wet door mat will do it every time, it looks like it was actually a blessing and an excellent reason to get yourself new decorations, I bet they are really nice.
look forward to seeing your colour combination! I am a traditionalist that way, I do red and green.
Can't wait to see how those colors work. I'm all for nontraditional.
I avoid malls like the plague even when it isn't black friday! I'm in decor mode, too. It'll be fun to see what we all share!
No. Malls. Ever. I can't imagine how awful they must be during the holidays. I'm looking forward to seeing your photos.
Unfortunately, the deep plum glass bulbs turned brown from last January to now. Tree still looks good. Next post is photo loaded.
hope the tree turns out great!
we did! photos will go up by morning. Glad you have outdoor malls; they are only a couple left around here; odd with our great weather!
Good memories to be made doing it your way!
you will love my tree and most of my decor, then! Thanks!
LOL…they always do. You should've given her the old ones. I gave my girls some of my old ones that were in other bins but that no longer matched my new decor.
Oh absolutely, on being a blessing and great reason to splurge on new stuff!


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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Drives Agility across its Operations with Progress Corticon, Improving Productivity and Service to its Citizens
Using the Progress Corticon Business Rules Management System (BRMS), the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Human Services has modernized existing systems, moving the hard-coded rules into the flexible Corticon BRMS, and used Corticon BRMS to automate previously manual processes.
The department's ability to keep up with ever-changing policy was limited by inflexible hard-coded rules that took developers weeks to months to create or modify. Additionally, more complex policy, which was too difficult to automate, was handled manually by caseworkers.
Using the Progress Corticon Business Rules Management System, the department has modernized existing systems, moving the hard-coded rules into the flexible Corticon BRMS. Additionally, they have used Corticon BRMS to automate previously manual processes.
The department has improved productivity, agility and service to citizens by automating more of the eligibility determination process. In addition, they can more quickly respond to changes in legislation. Prior to Corticon, changes took weeks to months; now changes take hours to days. Corticon processes 2.6 million records in 43 minutes for a sustained throughput of over 1,000 decision sets per second.
The mission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is to improve the quality of life for Pennsylvania's individuals and families. The agency promotes opportunities for independence through services and support while demonstrating accountability for taxpayer resources. The organization is responsible for managing seven primary offices: Child Development and Early Learning; Children, Youth and Families; Developmental Programs; Long Term Living; Medical Assistance Programs; Office of Income Maintenance; and Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
To better serve the citizens of the Commonwealth, DHS launched a major technology modernization project to optimize the performance of its legacy Electronic Client Information System (eCIS). The eCIS suite is the backbone for DHS and supports case processing, determines eligibility, authorizes services and distributes benefits to more than 2.7 million needy Pennsylvanians. Each year, DHS uses eCIS to provide over $850 million of services through Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Food Stamps (FS or SNAP), General Assistance (GA), State Blind Pension (SBP), Medical Assistance (MA), Long Term Care (LTC), and supplements to basic Supplemental Security Income (SSI) grants.
As part of the eCIS transformation project, DHS is using the Progress Corticon Business Rules Management System (BRMS) to automate the rules and logic behind the eligibility determination process within its integrated eligibility system. Prior to using Progress Corticon, the business rules guiding eligibility decisions were hard coded in COBOL on the agency's mainframe and in .NET VisualBasic. As a result, the department was dependent on IT to make any rules modifications – a process that was cumbersome and often took weeks or months to complete. However, time is a luxury the department rarely has when it comes to reacting to frequently changing legislation, policy or other factors like cost of living.
"We don't often have much lead time to react to these changes," explains Shirley Monroe, Chief Technology Officer - Human Services, Insurance and Aging, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. "For example, our fiscal year ends in June and the state has yet to pass a budget. We probably won't see that for another three to four weeks, but we will be expected to respond to any required changes immediately."
DHS also sought to optimize the exchange of information between the department and more than 100 entities within the state and federal government for data matching, such as the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (DLI), Office of Employment Security (OES), the Social Security Administration (SSA), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Prior to Corticon, the system would often raise alerts about potential eligibility conflicts. Caseworkers would then have to manually review each of those actions. With a huge backlog of pending alerts, caseworkers were tied up trying to resolve issues, and eligibility determination for PA's citizens could be delayed. "It escalated into a huge problem," explains Monroe. "An audit found that there were many mistakes in both the existing COBOL and manual-based process."
DHS realized that streamlining processes, improving accuracy and driving greater agility across these operations required a better approach to rules automation. The agency researched the BRMS market, conducted a bakeoff and chose Progress Corticon. "We chose Progress Corticon over alternative solutions because it was much easier to create and modify rules. The system allows users to use formats and terms that are understandable to non-IT users, so that even business analysts can easily translate policy into rules on their own," explains James Weaver, Deputy Chief Information Officer – Human Services, Insurance and Aging, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. "With other rules engines, we felt like we needed to be a C# programmer to use the products, which was exactly what we were trying to get away from."
Progress Corticon delivers high-quality, high-fidelity, high-performance automated business decisions. It helps increase agility of decision change processes and enables new insights into the connections between individual recurring decisions and business performance. By separating decisions from processes, Corticon helps both business and IT users quickly create or reuse business rules. And business analysts can identify, automate, and deploy automated business rules and decision systems in collaboration with IT but without the need for expensive custom coding.
"The flexibility of Progress Corticon and the ability to translate rules into every-day language make it so much easier to use than other third-party solutions or hard coding," says Monroe. "We can check for ambiguity or conflicting rules; take a complex rule and make it simple; combine multiple simple rules into a complex rule; qualify an action with "what if" or "if then" statements; precompile rules; and we can schedule rules to take affect in the future, for example, if we know there will be a cost of living increase."
In terms of its infrastructure, DHS also appreciated the flexibility of Corticon's deployment options. "We have the choice to deploy Corticon on the server hosting our application or on another server that could then make a service call across the network. We can compile it as part of the application and make the calls in process, or we can secure it behind a gateway, which we do in our SOA environment. It's very flexible in how you're able to use it, and it nicely aligns with our technology stack which includes both .NET and Java," says Monroe.
Today, DHS is using Corticon to automate a number of actions, including alert prioritization, non-modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) eligibility rules, and case actions. And by the end of the year it plans to automate the eligibility rules for TANF and SNAP and MAGI eligibility. The agency also uses Corticon within the:
• Home and Community Services Information System (HCSIS) - a centralized, web-enabled system that provides data collection for statelevel program management
• Enterprise Incident Management (EIM) designed to record and manage incidents involving patients
• Pennsylvania Department of Insurance – the department responsible for managing the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) program, a subprogram of the Medical Assistance Program overseen by DHS
With Progress Corticon, the rules management process has dramatically improved for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, increasing both productivity and business agility. "With our old process, creating or modifying business rules was time-consuming and cumbersome. A business analyst would have to sit down with a developer to translate the policy into code. The developer would then have to make the changes, test and then deploy the rule," says Monroe. "Today, both business users and developers can quickly and easily manage rules using Progress Corticon Studio. Rules Management has become a more iterative and agile process; what once took us weeks now takes days, if not hours."
Progress Corticon also improves productivity with the ability to reuse rules. For example, when it came time for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to implement the Affordable Care Act, they were able to take rules from the State of New Mexico, another Corticon customer, and put those rules into their own application.
"Of course, we had to make a few tweaks to make the rules specific to Pennsylvania. But the ability to leverage existing rules saved us a tremendous amount of time," says Weaver. "It is also worth noting that New Mexico uses Java, not .NET. But with Corticon that doesn't matter because the rules are managed as models, and work across different IT infrastructures."
One of the most dramatic benefits of Corticon is performance and scalability. "For example, we have a quarterly Income Eligibility Verification (IEV) batch that must reconcile information across a number of sources like the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration. During that batch Corticon processed 2.6 million records in 43 minutes for a sustained throughput of over 1,000 decision sets per second. The same process took almost two days on the mainframe in COBOL," says Monroe. "This is the level of performance we are seeing across the board with Progress Corticon."
Using Corticon has significantly impacted the agency's data exchange management process by automating much of the work previously required of employees. "Now our caseworkers focus only on those hits that truly require human analysis," explains Weaver. "This has cleared out a huge backlog of pending alerts, significantly improved productivity and enables us to provide eligible citizens with the benefits they deserve when they need them."
This level of automation also decreased the number of overpayments. "We are under time constraints for when benefits need to be issued. So with our old system we ran the risk of sending out incorrect benefit amounts. When the Auditor General would come in to do compliance checks, he was constantly finding overpayments; money in all likelihood we never got back," explains Weaver. "By automating this process with Progress Corticon we have improved program integrity and achieved cost avoidance."
Weaver says one of the things they appreciate the most about Corticon is its ability to support continued growth. "Corticon can scale to meet our needs without impacting performance because it scales in a linear fashion, something many products don't do. So if we're putting two times the load on it, we just need to give it two times the infrastructure and the system will continue to hum along just like does is today; there's no 'gotcha' moment."
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Reactions Trail Telcos Commitment To E-Transmission Of Election Results, APC Says It Has No Issues With INEC Innovation
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Reactions have trailed the commitment of telecommunication companies in the country to transmit the results of the 2023 general election electronically.
Naija News understands that the Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, expressed happiness about the fact that telcos in the country have shown readiness for the electronic transmission of the 2023 general election results.
Itodo, who described the development as a good one and a step in the right direction said he had always believed that the nation has the network coverage to handle electronic transmission of results, and that the spots without network coverage are statistically insignificant.
His commendation follows the declaration by the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) that telcos in the country are capable of transmitting election results electronically.
Naija News earlier reported that the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the association, Ajibola Olude told Punch that contrary to the fears from some quarters, the nation's telecommunication infrastructure had matured to the level it could transmit election results in 2023.
Olude had pointed out that "We are ready for electronic transmission of results. Our network has matured to the level that it can be used for result transmission. As regards the access gap, you can see that the NCC has been pursuing rural telephony vigorously.
"We have the technology, and our network is mature enough to be used for poll results transmission. Areas that do not have the Internet can use SMS technology to send results in real-time to probably the capital of the state to update the result. I don't think there will be a problem using a telecommunication network to transmit election results."
Reacting to the development, the Yiaga Africa boss submitted that "This new posture adopted by the telcos is a welcome development. I have always held the view that Nigeria has the infrastructure required to transmit results electronically. The blind spots without network coverage are statistically insignificant compared to areas with network coverage.
"The guidelines for the election provide mechanisms for managing results transmission in areas without network coverage, and the guidelines were implemented in those elections without hiccups.
"If a polling unit has no network coverage the presiding officers can leave the PU and search for a location where there is network coverage. It's consistent with the practice in other parts of the world.
"We should encourage citizens, party agents and security agents to accompany the presiding officer to those locations to ensure only accurate and authentic result sheets are uploaded."
Also in its reaction, the Publicity Director of the ruling All Progressive Counsel (APC), Bala Ibrahim said the party doesn't have any intention to undermine INEC and other relevant stakeholders in the fulfillment of their duties.
Naija News gathered that Ibrahim said the party doesn't have any problem with the deployment of the BVAS technology and retransmission of results once the issue of epileptic power supply and telecommunications challenges are taken care of.
It would be recalled that last week, the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, had expressed doubts over INEC's capacity to deliver a credible election using the BVAS and the Results Viewing Portal, otherwise known as the electronic transmission of election results.
Adamu, after a lot of criticism however cleared the air saying even though it had reservations about the innovation, it didn't suggest for it not to be deployed.
The APC national chairman had said in a statement by the APC spokesman, Felix Morka that "At a meeting with the Commonwealth pre-election delegation, yesterday, Wednesday, November 23, 2022, in response to a question regarding the country's preparations for next year's election, the national chairman noted that while preparations were in top gear, he tasked INEC to take effective steps to bridge any gaps that may be created by electricity and telecommunications network challenges in certain outlying voting districts in the country to ensure a smooth and successful deployment of BVAS and other technologies to ensure free and transparent elections."
The party's Publicity Director further mentioned that the APC is not fearful about the deployment of the technology, the party simply desired the right thing to be done.
Ibrahim submitted that "The ruling party is willing and determined to work with whatever technology that will be deployed as long as there is assurance that it is going to be 100 per cent okay. Now that INEC has confirmed that it will be 100 per cent okay, so be it. The APC has no objection.
''After all, it is the initiative of the ruling party that all these electoral reforms are coming into play.
"'To be forewarned is to be forearmed. The national chairman only raised some concerns with the hope that the right thing will be done.
"And now that there are attempts to do the right thing, we have no doubt they will do it. After all, we have confidence that INEC is capable of conducting a free and fair election. We just hope that the end will justify the means.
''All the party is saying is that justice should not only be done but be seen to be done. The chairman's concern was raised based on what happened in the past where because of poor electricity, the batteries that were used were said not to be charged.
''That became a challenge. In order not to have a repeat of that situation, they should make sure that electricity is available and the network is stable.''
Giving her take the Director of the Electoral Hub, Princess Hamman-Obels, said the BVAS and IReV (retransmission or results) innovations have added value to the electoral process.
She noted that the ''BVAS and IReV are amongst the latest additions in the process. These additions have been here for over a year, so how come suddenly some persons are questioning their efficacy? IRev came into being in the 2020 Edo governorship election. BVAS came into being in the Isoko North bye-election of April 2021.
"We are now in November 2022, two months to the main election, meaning these innovations have been in existence for over a year. Only persons vested in electoral malpractices will be against these innovations.
"They are good for the process as they increase the integrity of the process through expanded participation, inclusion, transparency, accountability and access to information. For instance, with the IReV, Nigerians anywhere in the world can monitor election results and easily verify results.
''BVAS cuts out padding of votes, it ensures one person one vote. It also makes it easy to checkmate over-voting etc. Shouldn't we be progressing? Why are some persons bent on pulling us backwards?"
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Александровка (до 1948 года Хатьялахти, ) — деревня в Приморском городском поселении Выборгского района Ленинградской области.

Название
Топоним Хатьялахти в переводе с финского означает «залив Хатья», где Хатья это родовое имя одного из первых жителей деревни стоявшей на берегу озера Хатьялахденъярви.

Летом 1940 года деревня Хатьялахти была поделена на две части — Хатьялахти I и Хатьялахти II. По решению собрания граждан деревни зимой 1948 года селению Хатьялахти I было присвоено наименование Красный Бор, а Хатьялахти II — Заболотье. Решением вышестоящих инстанций наименование Заболотье через полгода было изменено на Александровка с обоснованием: «…в память погибшего воина Советской Армии Александрова». Переименование было закреплено указом Президиума ВС РСФСР от 1 октября 1948 года.

История
Упоминается в шведских налоговых документах с середины XVI века. В 1559 году деревня насчитывала 9 налогооблагаемых домохозяйств, в 1570 году 16 налогооблагаемых и 23 необлагаемых, а в 1600 году — 8 платёжеспособных, 8 неплатёжеспособных и 13 полностью опустошённых домохозяйств.

В 1706 и в 1723 годах в деревне насчитывалось 13 дворов. В 1723 году в деревне проживало 68 человек, а к 1810 году численность населения возросла до 216.

В окрестностях деревни с ранних времён строились помещичьи усадьбы. Первым был швед — полковник Питер Штормкранц, который 24 ноября 1648 года был пожалован девятью дворами в Хатьялахти.

В разгар Северной войны территория Хатьялахти была дарована русскому военачальнику Петру Боссе, в 1720 году стала собственностью адмирала Корнелия Крюйса, а после смерти его вдовы перешла в ведение Сестрорецкого оружейного завода.

В северной части деревни находилась усадьба Муталахти. В 1906 году бывшую усадьбу Филонова купил петербуржец Евгений Ермолов. Он перестроил господский дом заново и выкупил заодно расположенную по-соседству усадьбу Леоносова. Кроме особняка в этом имении находились оранжереи, конюшня, сложенная из гранитных блоков, с готическими стрельчатыми проёмами окон, пристань, многочисленные хозяйственные постройки и вместительные погреба.

После 1918 года хозяева бывшей усадьбы Леоносова вновь переменились. Вначале ее владельцем стал садовник Мангстром, затем она перешла к депутату парламента, позднее имение приобрел министр Албин Маннер, который в 1931 году продал его баронессе Мункки. После неё усадьба была передана Дому инвалидов и там организовали Егерский Дом «Хатьялахти», в котором егеря-инвалиды Гражданской войны проводили свой отдых, любуясь живописными окрестностями.

Кроме усадьбы Филонова в деревне имелись дачи статских советников профессора Владимира Шинкевича и Ивана Бережкова, коллежского советника Чичиперова, некой Гестер, садовника Василия Егорова, театрального деятеля Владимира Лачинова.

До 1939 года деревня Хатьялахти входила в состав волости Куолемаярви Выборгской губернии Финляндской республики. В 1939 году в ней насчитывалось более семи десятков дворов, осенью 1941 года их осталось 14 % от прежнего числа в плохом состоянии.

С 1 мая 1940 года по 30 сентября 1948 года — в составе Меллольского сельсовета Койвистовского района.

С 1 июля 1941 года по 31 мая 1944 года финская оккупация.

С 1 октября 1948 года деревня Хатьялахти учитывается административными данными, как деревня Александровка в составе Александровского сельсовета Приморского района.

В 1950 году деревня насчитывала 261 жителя.

С 1 апреля 1954 года — в составе Рощинского района.

С 1 июня 1956 года — в составе Рябовского сельсовета.

С 1 февраля 1963 года — в составе Выборгского района.

Согласно административным данным 1966 и 1973 годов деревня Александровка находилась в составе Рябовского сельсовета.

По данным 1990 года деревня Александровка находилась в составе Краснодолинского сельсовета.

В 1997 году в деревне Александровка Краснодолинской волости проживали 3 человека, в 2002 году — 2 человека (все русские).

В 2007 году в деревне Александровка Приморского ГП проживали 2 человека, в 2010 году — 21 человек.

География
Деревня расположена в западной части района к востоку от автодороги  (Черничное — Пионерское).

Расстояние до административного центра поселения — 16 км.

Расстояние до ближайшей железнодорожной станции Куолемаярви — 9 км.

Деревня находится на западном берегу Александровского озера.

Демография

Улицы
Александровский проезд, Береговой проезд, Бирюзовый проезд, Дальний проезд, Долгая, Лазурный проезд, Мысовский проезд, Сенокосная, Сенокосный проезд, Сиреневый проезд, Усадебная.

Садоводства
Усадьба Муталахти

Примечания

Населённые пункты Выборгского района (Ленинградская область)

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Last couple of weeks I have been experience some pain on the right side and it radiates to the back- also on the right side ( I did have right Hemi colectomy). Tylenol does help but then it comes back.
Sometime it is dull and sometimes it is shooting pain for few secs.
Doc will order a CT next week to check.
Any ideas? Did anyone experience such pain? post surgical or mets?
Re: Right side pain --mets?
Hi . My mum has had over ten mets in her liver . The largest was the size of a small orange . Never experienced any pain at all . It came as quite a surprise . She has had some pain from adhesions though .
I also had a right hemi colectomy and sometimes I experience right sided pain. It takes a good year for your body to heal from surgery and you are currently on Xeloda, which causes intestinal distress. I experienced all of this. I would not worry...I know that is hard to do because every twinge makes us think of recurrence. If you look at my signature, you will see many similarities. I finished Xeloda in June and still get little twinges now and than. As my oncologist said... Even though we are missing the right side of our colon, the intestines move around. I doubt very much it is met....you are still not completely healed.
AJ, I also have lots of right side pain and pain here and there throughout my abdomen. No connection to types of food or anything that I can figure out. It too has me scared of spread given my T4 tumor. I have my next CT scan on the 16th. My oncologist also thinks it is from my surgery but that was in March 2017 and the pains started about 6 weeks ago. Folfox has ended so not sure what is going on. Keep us posted on your scan results and hoping it's just nothing for the both of us!
My liver mets have not to my knowledge ever caused pain. However, my peritoneal mets did present with pain in the abdomen.
No way to know for sure. Some mets cause pain (if they stretch the liver capsule) and some don't. No harm in seeing a doctor or getting at least an ultrasound.
This must be bad news and I am very scared and nervous. Thursday seems so far away and why I cant get an idea today. Anyone with such experiences?
I'm so sorry you're having to go through this stress, but I do think it's much too soon to assume the worst. It would be very unusual to develop a met while in the midst of your initial chemo. I worried about this too when I was going through XELOX and my doctor said he had only seen it happen once or twice in his entire career. As you indicated in your initial post this could very easily be a post-surgical issue. I don't think it's fair to assume that the office's refusal to provide advance info necessarily means mets.
Will be keeping fingers and toes crossed that everything turns out OK. Good luck and please let us know!
Sorry you have this added stress, but hang in there. I am 4 months out from my right hemicolectomy and at various times have also experienced dull and sharp pains on the right side. They would come and go and I never can connect to a specific cause (food, day in chemo cycle etc.) ONC and surgeon both said it could be a year before things get settled down. As hard as it is, try and de-stress as much as you can. Wishing you good news tomorrow!
How did your appt go with the oncologist?
I have had right side pain for years after my cancer op. Most of it disappeared when they removed my gallbladder. It seems to go hand in hand with colorectal cancer and the chemo used. I had a hard time convincing doctors regarding the pain until one of the many small cholesterol stones blocked off my pancreatic duct resulting in acute pancreatitis. I found out what pain was at that point. Ron.
I started another thread. Not good . Peri mets and was told I have less than a year. Onc wants me on Folfori and Avastin- I am going to see Appendix cancer experts next week and possibly exploratory Laparoscopy.
I am so sorry for the bad news. I hope a HIPEC is something they can do for you.
I wanted to answer the original question in case this comes up for someone in a search.
DH presented with side pain as his only symptom. For him it lead to a diagnosis of colon cancer with 10+mets to his liver (that was what was causing the pain). He also had right sided pain and referred shoulder pain following his liver resection. He brushed it off as pain from nerves that were cut and from his arm being held up during surgery. Turned out he had a liver abscess. They are 100% fatal if they burst. He went in to the ER about 12 days post surgery because he spiked a fever and that us how they found that. Luckily they caught it before it ruptured. While pain can be nothing, it is always best to get it checked.
Again, AJQ, I am so sorry about your recurrence. I will pray HIPEC is an option for you and the docs are wrong about their estimate in your time left.


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Q: plot dygraph from a list in shiny I wish to plot xts from a list of xts series by selecting the name of each list.
I am not understunding how reactivity and list selection works
library(zoo)
library(dygraphs)
library(xts)

d <- seq(as.Date("2020/01/01"), as.Date("2020/05/01"), "months")
xts1 <- xts(rnorm(5),order.by = d)
xts2 <- xts(rnorm(5),order.by = d)
xts3 <- xts(rnorm(5),order.by = d)
l <- list(xts1,xts2,xts3)
names(l) <- c("uno","dos","tres")

Creation of list of xts objects

library(shiny)

# Define UI for application that draws a histogram
ui <- fluidPage(

    # Application title
    titlePanel("Old Faithful Geyser Data"),

    # Sidebar with a slider input for number of bins
    sidebarLayout(
        sidebarPanel(
            selectInput(names,names,names(l))
        ),

        # Show a plot of the generated distribution
        mainPanel(
            dygraphOutput("plot")
        )
    )
)

# Define server logic required to draw a histogram
server <- function(input, output) {

    #option 1
        p <- reactive({
        input$names
    })
   output$plot <- renderDygraph({
        l[[p]]
})

# option 2

    output$plot <- renderDygraph({
        l[[input$names]]
    })
}

# Run the application
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

It doesn´t work neither ways.
Appreciate :)

A: Four things are wrong in your code:

*

*in selectInput(), you must use quotation marks for the two first arguments, that correspond to inputId and name.

*you can't use output$plot twice in server. plot must be a unique id, so you could have output$plot1 and output$plot2 for instance. This means that you also need to have two dygraphOutput (or plotOutput, or ...) in the ui part.

*when you define a reactive(), you must use parenthesis when you call it afterwards, e.g p() and not p

*in renderDygraph (or renderPlot, or...), you still need to put the code to create the plot, as if it was in regular R and not R Shiny.
Therefore, your corrected code is:
library(zoo)
library(dygraphs)
library(xts)
library(shiny)

d <- seq(as.Date("2020/01/01"), as.Date("2020/05/01"), "months")
xts1 <- xts(rnorm(5),order.by = d)
xts2 <- xts(rnorm(5),order.by = d)
xts3 <- xts(rnorm(5),order.by = d)
l <- list(xts1,xts2,xts3)
names(l) <- c("uno","dos","tres")

# Define UI for application that draws a histogram
ui <- fluidPage(

  # Application title
  titlePanel("Old Faithful Geyser Data"),

  # Sidebar with a slider input for number of bins
  sidebarLayout(
    sidebarPanel(
      selectInput("names", "names", names(l))
    ),

    # Show a plot of the generated distribution
    mainPanel(
      dygraphOutput("plot1"),
      dygraphOutput("plot2")
    )
  )
)

# Define server logic required to draw a histogram
server <- function(input, output) {

  p <- reactive({
    input$names
  })
  output$plot1 <- renderDygraph({
    dygraph(l[[p()]])
  })

  output$plot2 <- renderDygraph({
    dygraph(l[[input$names]])
  })
}

# Run the application
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

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by Martie Bowser December 14, 2022 Updated January 4, 2023
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Biden set to sign historic same-sex marriage bill President Joe Biden will sign legislation protecting same-sex and interracial marriage on Tuesday afternoon at the White House.
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On Tuesday, Dec. 13, President Joe Biden signed the monumental Respect for Marriage Act into law. The landmark act mandates federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages.
Thousands of supporters stood on the south lawn of the White House as they celebrated the milestone act. Performances from Sam Smith and long-time LBGTQ ally Cyndi Lauper accompanied the signing ceremony.
Taking the podium, President Biden declared, "Today is a good day!"
"Today, America takes a vital step toward equality, toward liberty and justice, not just for some, but for everyone. Toward creating a nation where decency, dignity, and love are recognized, honored, and protected."
President Biden personally capped the moment when he mentioned the controversy he sparked a decade ago on an episode of "Meet the Press." The then-vice president publicly supported same-sex marriage for the first time.
"I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties."
Respect for Marriage Act
Implementing the new law ensures the rights of same-sex marriages if the Supreme Court was ever to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges decision. The Obergefell vs. Hodges decision legalized same marriages in the U.S. in 2015.
According to USA Today, "the Respect for Marriage Act guarantees federal recognition of any marriage between two individuals if the union was valid in the state where it was performed.
The outlet confirms that the act "requires states to accept the legitimacy of a valid marriage performed elsewhere and protects interracial marriages."
Systematizing gay and interracial marriage rights became a hurried issue after Associate Justice Clarence Thomas urged the supreme court to "reconsider" other rights they had considered in light of overturning Roe Vs. Wade.
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The noise surrounding Thomas's suggestion depreciated as Republican House members sided with the passing. The act passed the Senate with a vote of 61-36, with several Republicans voting to support it. On Dec 8, some Republican House members voted to support the bill, passing it at 258-169.
Advocates celebrate
In a statement released after the legislation cleared, President Biden expressed the bill "will give peace of mind to millions of LGBTQI+ and interracial couples who are now guaranteed the rights and protections to which they and their children are entitled."
President Biden acknowledged the individuals and families that have championed the fight for equality amongst same-sex and interracial marriages.
Amongst more than 2500 supporters, many prominent members of the LBGTQ community and activists were in attendance.
They included Judy Kasen-Windsor, widow of gay rights activist Edie Windsor, Matthew Haynes, co-owner of Club Q, the Colorado Springs LGBTQ club where patrons were targeted by a gunman last month, and Attorney Phillip Hirschkop.
Attorney Hirschkop is a notable civil rights attorney that represented Mildred and Richard Loving in the landmark case to overturn the Lovings' conviction for interracial marriage in the state of Virginia.
As he was heading into his appointment with President Biden, The Black Wall Street Times spoke with Attorney Hirschkop on what the signing of this act, almost 55 years after the Loving vs. Virginia decision, means for the country's progression.
BWSTimes reporter Martie Bowser interviews Attorney Philip Hirschkop, who, in 1967, represented the Lovings in Loving v. Virginia, a catalyst for Marriage Equality in America. Today, President Joe Biden signs the "Respect for Marriage Act." #RespectForMarriageAct pic.twitter.com/qWDDnPsZWd
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As he prepared to sign the bill, President Biden provided thoughts on how this bill is essential, regardless of sexual orientation.
"This law and the love it defends strike a blow against hate in all its forms, "And that's why this law matters to every single American."
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It was sad to see LGBTQ+ activists once again weaponize black civil rights as a platform for furthering their agenda. This law was crafted in such a way as to force votes for LGBTQ+ by making anyone against gay marriage simultaneously look racist. There are plenty of folks out there who are pro-Black but not for LGBTQ+ agendas. LGBTQ+ have taken the civil rights fight that many black brothers and sisters gave their lives for and turned it into a circus with gender fluidity and identity on the main stage. MLK Jr would die all over again if he saw what was going on today. We need to separate the fight for Black civil rights from LGBTQ+ "civil rights" for more reasons than can be explained in one comment, but mainly so that when that ship goes down, we don't go down with it.
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Mathletes caught on video. Student announcers call the action!
That's Julie's play-by-play commentary as one of her classmates solves a two-step equation using algebra balance scales from the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives.
Disclaimer: This activity demonstrates procedural understanding, however it is a skill that requires practice.
The energy level went through the roof when I suggested the students make screencasts as they play the roles of mathlete and commentator. These sixth grade advanced math students were already familiar with Screencast-O-Matic, a free download, from a previous lesson so the activity was a breeze.
If you've never done a Mathlete commentary with your class, I brainstormed a list of sporting events and asked them to imagine hearing the commentary: golf, boxing, poker, football, soccer, etc. I suppose I should have had audio recordings available, but they quickly got the idea.
I then had them work with a partner of their choice since they would feel most comfortable playing the role with a friend. The criteria was simple: make one video with two problems; each person takes a turn solving the problem while the other acts as commentator. There were two groups of three so they obviously had to solve three problems in one video.
The kids did a fabulous job. We watched them over the next few days, a nice break from the normal routine. A few students were more comfortable playing a traditional role instead of "hamming it up", but that's ok. Everyone was talking math!
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Here's a Running Tally of All the People Who Have Caught Ebola in the U.S.
But you wouldn't know it by today's media coverage. Yes, a few people have been flown to Atlanta and New York City hospitals for treatment. And yes, the death toll in Africa is alarming: 932 deaths across Guinea, Nigeria, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
But no one has actually caught the Ebola virus while in the U.S., and contrary to sensational media headlines, humanity isn't doomed by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
CNN clearly hasn't gotten the memo, but there's only one appropriate response for Americans in light of the media firestorm: DON'T freak out over Ebola.
What do you notice? Despite the media freak out, Ebola is nowhere to be found on the list. In fact, health experts agree that an Ebola outbreak in the United States is highly unlikely. By contrast, there are a host of diseases that actually kill Americans in large numbers, and those are the diseases we should actually be discussing.
And yet attention on Ebola has skyrocketed in the past month, far beyond the attention given to these deadlier diseases. The popularity of Ebola as a Google search term blows everything else out of the water.
So why all the interest in Ebola? The symptoms can be gruesome, and the outbreak opens up tempting "what-if" hypotheticals about Ebola in the U.S.
But attention given to Ebola distracts us from the diseases that actually kill Americans. And that's the real terrible public health tragedy.


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If you are getting stuck move your mouse around and look for the cursor to change. Use the magnifying glass on the right side of her stomach, and then click the back button. Each bounce will cause the ball to move faster and faster. Look for things that could be causing her substance abuse problem, like anything related to drugs or alcohol. House plays a record to induce a seizure in a patient, but no record or record player is seen in the room.
Laurie's performance in the role has been widely praised. Look at the screenshot to see what magazines should be left.
Click on his stomach and use the glove to investigate. Each level features a patient who is dying from a mysterious disease. Jennifer Morrison felt that her audition for the part of Dr. Click on the receipt to find the differences. Spin the tubes as fast as you can at first and then stop spinning once you get in the green.
Use the mouse to click on one side and drag down the path of the arrow to the finish. Put the magnify glass back onto the silver tray. Freelance critic Daniel Fienberg was disappointed that Leonard and Edelstein have not received more recognition for their performances. Cuddy tells House she finally wants to know who he picks as a member of his team and he decides that whoever finds out what's wrong with a seedy, drug using rock musician gets the job. Play alongside the brilliant Dr.
Use the magnifying glass on her cheek and then back out of this scene. The two most common negatives players often list are the repetitive puzzles and the fact that the game does not feature the voices of the characters.
But you know what, as overly simple as the games were, I really didn't want anything overly complicated on a hot holiday evening, a-hdr and was happy clicking about for a couple of evenings playing house. Between the presentations of Spencer and Shore's names is a scene of House and his three original team members walking down one of the hospital's hallways. Main article Gregory House and Sherlock Holmes connections.
On the left side of the screen is a bar that tells you how fast it is spinning, keep the bar in the green for as long as you can to finish the mini-game. Then adjust the temperature dial of the burner to increase the intensity of the flame in the sample warming mini-game. Use the glove on her hair and the light on her nose.
Look for things that could be causing his condition, like anything from a foreign country. This article is also available in Spanish at es. Bryan Singer in particular felt there was no way he was going to hire a non-American actor for the role. They kiss and agree to try being a couple. There is a story arc which runs through the episodes which is a nice touch.
You will need to drag it in all four directions before you can start dragging it again. Start your search from the bottom right of the lung and continue to the spots marked in the screenshot to biopsy them. You need to get both wheels spinning at the same time to move the blood to the next chamber. Bryan Singer directed the pilot episode and the third episode, Occam's Razor.
Colored circles will come from the bags at the top of the screen in this mini-game. Grab the bacteria as they move across the Petri dish and put them with the matching bacteria in the other Petri dishes. Throughout House's run, six of the main actors have received star billing.
Return to the previous screen and go to his upper body. But I quickly began to realize that we needed that character element.
Next examine his legs, and use the magnifying glass on his bruises. Taub, Hadley, and Foreman.
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The show's efforts have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the charity. Repeat the pattern on the muscles by either pressing the buttons in the bottom right corner or use the keyboard arrows.
Research his chest next and use the stethoscope on his heart-rate. Was this review helpful to you? See the screenshot for the solutions as well.
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First click on her head and use the light on her eye. The producers originally wanted to include an image of a cane and an image of a Vicodin bottle, but Fox objected. Perform a check on the next new patient. Click on the light to check his right eye, then the magnifying glass to inspect his left eye.
Any unauthorized use, including re-publication in whole or in part, without permission, is strictly prohibited. Back out of the head scene and go to the chest.
See the screenshot for the solution. Have to examine and diagnose and there is a storyline.
Allison Cameron was a complete disaster. Finally go to his legs and use the gloves on his ankle. Nothing spectacular, but House isn't fantasy land or anything. Each bottle has a year on it, which will be one part in the combination.
You will then talk to him. Once you find it you will need to put everything back.
Problem is, he is a heroin addict and drunkard who doesn't care if he lives or dies. Frequent disagreements occur between House and his team, especially Cameron, whose standards of medical ethics are more conservative than those of the other characters.
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March Madness (c'mon NCAA, sue me) was in full effect this week. For a tournament that features 67 games, 52 are already in the books. And while there weren't any impossible upsets, a lot of favored teams went home. Like the Duke Blue Devils. Duke was a vogue pick for the Final Four until they ran into a buzz saw in South Carolina. Led by Sindarius Thornwell, the Gamecocks took advantage of a partisan home crown (and maybe just a few North Carolina Tarheels fans joining the bandwagon) in Greenville, SC, to oust the favored Devils 88-81. It was never competitive the final 10 minutes. Thornwell 24 points, 6 boards, and 5 assists in the stunner. Combine this with a 29 point, 11 rebound game in a 93-73 demolishing of Marquette in the first round (in what was a pick'em game). Did we mention that the senior Thornwell was the SEC player of the Year (in a league that features pretty good Kentucky players). Playing a full four years and leading your school to their first tournament victory since 1973, that's big. Worthy of our Sportsman of the Week!
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Shifting gears a little bit (before March Madness jams our airwaves), our Blog has always loved first time winners. And underdogs. PGA Tour winner Adam Hadwin fits the bill. Yes, PGA Tour winner, in his first Tour victory this week. Hadwin edged Patrick Cantlay, also seeking his first PGA tour win. The Canadian edges Cantlay on the final hole with a birdie, after blowing a two shot lead with a water shot on 16. Never has a golfer been so happy to skip his honeymoon. You see, he had planned it during The Masters, figuring he would need a miracle to make it. Enter miracle. Except this golfer is talented. And he is our Longhorndave Sportsman of the Week!
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The Columbus Blue Jackets have the second most points in the Eastern Conference, and are poised to make their third Stanley Cup Playoffs in team history, and only the second in the last eight years. Good hockey starts between the pipes, and Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky has provided that in spades. Bobrovsky is currently in the Top 5 goalies in wins, goals against average, save percentage, and shutouts. This week, he was nothing short of spectacular. In three full games of regulation, he allowed no goals. Unfortunately in one of them, he lost in overtime, but the shutouts in the other two netted his team five total points for his team. His goals against average of 0.33 and save percentage of .989 was tops for the week. A hot Bobrovsky could propel the Blue Jackets to a deep playoff run, and he is a worthy, Sportsman of the Week!
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Butana Almond Nofomela (born 1957) is a former South African security policeman. In 1989 when under sentence of death for murder, he confessed to membership of a police assassination squad that killed and terrorized opponents of apartheid. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and he was released on parole in 2009.

Death sentence
Nofomela was sentenced to death in 1988 after being convicted of the murder of a white farmer, Johannes Lourens.

Confession
On the evening of 19 October 1989, Nofomela made a confession from his death row cell in Pretoria, just hours before he was due to go to the gallows. He announced that he had information to disclose about his membership from 1980 in a death squad operated by the South African Security Police.  His execution was stayed for an investigation into his allegations. He gave accounts of torture and murder that took place at the notorious Vlakplaas police farm. Nofomela identified a retired captain in the security police, Dirk Coetzee, as his old commander. Coetzee, who was hiding in Europe, confirmed that he had led one of five "hit squads" run out of a restricted police base at Vlakplaas near Pretoria.

Nofomela said he was one of seven men who raided a suspected safe house of members of the African National Congress (ANC) in Swaziland in 1983, using a hand grenade and automatic weapons.  Three guerrillas were killed and one wounded in the raid. In another affidavit he stated that in November 1981, he helped kill Griffiths Mxenge, a Durban human rights lawyer said to have links to the outlawed ANC, and made the murder appear as a robbery. He also said that Coetzee had told him he might be needed to kill the victim's wife, Victoria Mxenge; she was shot and axed to death in August 1985. Coetzee's, Tshikalange's and Nofomela's statements all corroborated one another. Nofomela also gave an account of an incident in Lamontville in which a police hit squad killed some guerillas of the ANC in late 1985. John Dugard, a law professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, said an identical incident occurred in Chesterville in 1986 in which four members of a youth organization were slain.

Nofomela applied for amnesty in respect of the Chesterville incident, and received amnesty for the killing of eight anti-apartheid activists, including Mxenge.

Release
During his sentence Nofomela expressed remorse for his deeds. In an interview he reflected on how his life has changed, "Prison has been a blessing in disguise, I'm remorseful, but my eyes have been opened.  I appeal to all those I've wronged to forgive me." Nofomela was released from the Pretoria Central Prison on parole in 2009, after he had served 22 years in prison.

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