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Q: Jetty 8 as a service using java service wrapper.on windows I am trying to setup jetty as a service using JavaServiceWrapper 3.5.16 and I have tried all the four integration methods specified at the JSW website, but still I am facing this problem:
I do exactly as the documentation for JSW says and configure the wrapper.conf file, I start the jetty.bat file and it shows that jetty has been started. But when I try to access it from the browser, I get

404 not found error

Also , when jetty supposedly starts it doesn't deploy any of the .war files in the webapps folder.
I configured the wrapper.conf as follows for the 4th integration method(WrapperJarApp):
wrapper.java.mainclass=org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperJarApp
wrapper.java.classpath.1=%WRAPPER_HOME%/lib/*.jar

wrapper.java.classpath.2=%JETTY_HOME%/lib/*.jar

wrapper.java.classpath.3=%JETTY_HOME%/start.jar
wrapper.java.library.path.1=%WRAPPER_HOME%/lib

What should I change in the configuration for jetty to start properly and deploy the files in the webapp folder.
Please help!!
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wrapper log file content-
STATUS | wrapper  | 2012/11/20 13:43:55 | --> Wrapper Started as Console
STATUS | wrapper  | 2012/11/20 13:43:55 | Java Service Wrapper Community Edition 32-bit 3.5.16
STATUS | wrapper  | 2012/11/20 13:43:55 |   Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Tanuki Software, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
STATUS | wrapper  | 2012/11/20 13:43:55 |     http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com
STATUS | wrapper  | 2012/11/20 13:43:55 |
STATUS | wrapper  | 2012/11/20 13:43:55 | Launching a JVM...
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2012/11/20 13:43:56 | WrapperManager: Initializing...
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2012/11/20 13:43:56 | 2012-11-20 13:43:56.762:INFO:oejs.Server:jetty-8.1.3.v20120416
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2012/11/20 13:43:57 | 2012-11-20     13:43:56.965:INFO:oejus.SslContextFactory:Enabled Protocols [SSLv2Hello, SSLv3, TLSv1] of [SSLv2Hello, SSLv3, TLSv1]
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2012/11/20 13:43:57 | 2012-11-20     13:43:56.965:INFO:oejs.AbstractConnector:Started SslSocketConnector@0.0.0.0:7443
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2012/11/20 13:43:57 | 2012-11-20    13:43:56.996:INFO:oejs.AbstractConnector:Started SelectChannelConnector@0.0.0.0:8085
wrapper.conf-
    #encoding=UTF-8
# Configuration files must begin with a line specifying the encoding
#  of the the file.

#********************************************************************
# Wrapper License Properties (Ignored by Community Edition)
#********************************************************************
# Professional and Standard Editions of the Wrapper require a valid
#  License Key to start.  Licenses can be purchased or a trial license
#  requested on the following pages:
# http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com/purchase
# http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com/trial

# Include file problems can be debugged by removing the first '#'
#  from the following line:
##include.debug

# The Wrapper will look for either of the following optional files for a
#  valid License Key.  License Key properties can optionally be included
#  directly in this configuration file.
#include ../conf/wrapper-license.conf
#include ../conf/wrapper-license-%WRAPPER_HOST_NAME%.conf

# The following property will output information about which License Key(s)
#  are being found, and can aid in resolving any licensing problems.
#wrapper.license.debug=TRUE

#********************************************************************
# Wrapper Localization
#********************************************************************
# Specify the locale which the Wrapper should use.  By default the system
#  locale is used.
#wrapper.lang=en_US # en_US or ja_JP

# Specify the location of the Wrapper's language resources.  If these are
#  missing, the Wrapper will default to the en_US locale.
wrapper.lang.folder=../lang

#********************************************************************
# Wrapper Java Properties
#********************************************************************
# Java Application
#  Locate the java binary on the system PATH:
wrapper.java.command=java
#  Specify a specific java binary:
#set.JAVA_HOME=/java/path
#wrapper.java.command=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java

# Tell the Wrapper to log the full generated Java command line.
#wrapper.java.command.loglevel=INFO

# Java Main class.  This class must implement the WrapperListener interface
#  or guarantee that the WrapperManager class is initialized.  Helper
#  classes are provided to do this for you.  See the Integration section
#  of the documentation for details.
wrapper.java.mainclass=org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp

# Java Classpath (include wrapper.jar)  Add class path elements as
#  needed starting from 1
wrapper.java.classpath.1=%JETTY_HOME%/lib/wrapper.jar
wrapper.java.classpath.2=%JETTY_HOME%/start.jar

# Java Library Path (location of Wrapper.DLL or libwrapper.so)
wrapper.java.library.path.1=%JETTY_HOME%/lib

# Java Bits.  On applicable platforms, tells the JVM to run in 32 or 64-bit mode.
wrapper.java.additional.auto_bits=TRUE

# Java Additional Parameters
wrapper.java.additional.1=wrapper.java.additional.1=-Djetty.home=%JETTY_HOME%
#wrapper.java.additional.2=-Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp

# Java Additional Parameters from File
wrapper.java.additional_file=

# Initial Java Heap Size (in MB)
#wrapper.java.initmemory=3

# Maximum Java Heap Size (in MB)
#wrapper.java.maxmemory=64

# Application parameters.  Add parameters as needed starting from 1
wrapper.app.parameter.1=org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main

#********************************************************************
# Wrapper Logging Properties
#********************************************************************
# Enables Debug output from the Wrapper.
# wrapper.debug=TRUE

# Format of output for the console.  (See docs for formats)
wrapper.console.format=PM

# Log Level for console output.  (See docs for log levels)
wrapper.console.loglevel=INFO

# Log file to use for wrapper output logging.
wrapper.logfile=../logs/wrapper.log

# Format of output for the log file.  (See docs for formats)
wrapper.logfile.format=LPTM

# Log Level for log file output.  (See docs for log levels)
wrapper.logfile.loglevel=INFO

# Maximum size that the log file will be allowed to grow to before
#  the log is rolled. Size is specified in bytes.  The default value
#  of 0, disables log rolling.  May abbreviate with the 'k' (kb) or
#  'm' (mb) suffix.  For example: 10m = 10 megabytes.
wrapper.logfile.maxsize=0

# Maximum number of rolled log files which will be allowed before old
#  files are deleted.  The default value of 0 implies no limit.
wrapper.logfile.maxfiles=0

# Log Level for sys/event log output.  (See docs for log levels)
wrapper.syslog.loglevel=NONE

#********************************************************************
# Wrapper General Properties
#********************************************************************
# Allow for the use of non-contiguous numbered properties
wrapper.ignore_sequence_gaps=TRUE

# Do not start if the pid file already exists.
wrapper.pidfile.strict=TRUE

# Title to use when running as a console
wrapper.console.title=Test Wrapper Sample Application

#********************************************************************
# Wrapper JVM Checks
#********************************************************************
# Detect DeadLocked Threads in the JVM. (Requires Standard Edition)
wrapper.check.deadlock=TRUE
wrapper.check.deadlock.interval=10
wrapper.check.deadlock.action=RESTART
wrapper.check.deadlock.output=FULL

# Out Of Memory detection.
# (Ignore output from dumping the configuration to the console.  This is only needed by the TestWrapper sample application.)
wrapper.filter.trigger.999=wrapper.filter.trigger.*java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
wrapper.filter.allow_wildcards.999=TRUE
wrapper.filter.action.999=NONE
#  Ignore -verbose:class output to avoid false positives.
wrapper.filter.trigger.1000=[Loaded java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
wrapper.filter.action.1000=NONE
# (Simple match)
wrapper.filter.trigger.1001=java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
# (Only match text in stack traces if -XX:+PrintClassHistogram is being used.)
#wrapper.filter.trigger.1001=Exception in thread "*" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
#wrapper.filter.allow_wildcards.1001=TRUE
wrapper.filter.action.1001=RESTART
wrapper.filter.message.1001=The JVM has run out of memory.

#********************************************************************
# Wrapper Email Notifications. (Requires Professional Edition)
#********************************************************************
# Common Event Email settings.
#wrapper.event.default.email.debug=TRUE
#wrapper.event.default.email.smtp.host=<SMTP_Host>
#wrapper.event.default.email.smtp.port=25
#wrapper.event.default.email.subject=[%WRAPPER_HOSTNAME%:%WRAPPER_NAME%:%WRAPPER_EVENT_NAME%] Event Notification
#wrapper.event.default.email.sender=<Sender email>
#wrapper.event.default.email.recipient=<Recipient email>

# Configure the log attached to event emails.
#wrapper.event.default.email.attach_log=TRUE
#wrapper.event.default.email.maillog.lines=50
#wrapper.event.default.email.maillog.format=LPTM
#wrapper.event.default.email.maillog.loglevel=INFO

# Enable specific event emails.
#wrapper.event.wrapper_start.email=TRUE
#wrapper.event.jvm_prelaunch.email=TRUE
#wrapper.event.jvm_start.email=TRUE
#wrapper.event.jvm_started.email=TRUE
#wrapper.event.jvm_deadlock.email=TRUE
#wrapper.event.jvm_stop.email=TRUE
#wrapper.event.jvm_stopped.email=TRUE
#wrapper.event.jvm_restart.email=TRUE
#wrapper.event.jvm_failed_invocation.email=TRUE
#wrapper.event.jvm_max_failed_invocations.email=TRUE
#wrapper.event.jvm_kill.email=TRUE
#wrapper.event.jvm_killed.email=TRUE
#wrapper.event.jvm_unexpected_exit.email=TRUE
#wrapper.event.wrapper_stop.email=TRUE

# Specify custom mail content
wrapper.event.jvm_restart.email.body=The JVM was restarted.\n\nPlease check on its status.\n

#********************************************************************
# Wrapper Windows NT/2000/XP Service Properties
#********************************************************************
# WARNING - Do not modify any of these properties when an application
#  using this configuration file has been installed as a service.
#  Please uninstall the service before modifying this section.  The
#  service can then be reinstalled.

# Name of the service
wrapper.name=testwrapper

# Display name of the service
wrapper.displayname=Test Wrapper Sample Application

# Description of the service
wrapper.description=Test Wrapper Sample Application Description

# Service dependencies.  Add dependencies as needed starting from 1
wrapper.ntservice.dependency.1=

# Mode in which the service is installed.  AUTO_START, DELAY_START or DEMAND_START
wrapper.ntservice.starttype=AUTO_START

# Allow the service to interact with the desktop.
wrapper.ntservice.interactive=false

wrapper.ntservice.name=jetty
wrapper.ntservice.displayname=jetty deployment Server
wrapper.ntservice.description=jetty deployment Server

A: what is the value of wrapper.app.parameter.1 in your conf file?
I'd suggest the following configuration:
wrapper.java.mainclass=org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp
wrapper.java.classpath.1=%JETTY_HOME%/lib/wrapper.jar
wrapper.java.classpath.2=%JETTY_HOME%/start.jar
wrapper.java.library.path.1=%JETTY_HOME%/lib
wrapper.java.additional.1=-Djetty.home=%JETTY_HOME%
#not necessary on windows
#wrapper.java.additional.2=-Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp
wrapper.app.parameter.1=org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main

Hope this helps you out.
Edit: in my jetty home dir, the wrapper binary is in the bin folder and libwrapper.so (wrapper.dll) and wrapper.jar in the lib directory. So I don't have WRAPPER_HOME set...

A: Starting Jetty also works with the WrapperStartStopApp integration method.
This is my wrapper.conf for my jetty/solr Server:
set.WRAPPER_HOME=D:/solr/solr_server4.1/service
set.JAVA_HOME=D:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_29
set.TMP=C:/TEMP

wrapper.working.dir=%WRAPPER_HOME%/..
wrapper.java.command=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java
wrapper.java.mainclass=org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperStartStopApp

wrapper.java.classpath.1=%WRAPPER_HOME%/lib/wrapper.jar
wrapper.java.classpath.2=%WRAPPER_HOME%/../start.jar
wrapper.java.library.path.1=%WRAPPER_HOME%/lib

wrapper.java.additional.1=-Xmx1g
#wrapper.java.additional.2=-Djava.io.tmpdir=%TMP%

# StartStopApp START
wrapper.app.parameter.1=org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main
wrapper.app.parameter.2=0

# StartStopApp STOP
wrapper.app.parameter.3=org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main
wrapper.app.parameter.4=TRUE
wrapper.app.parameter.5=1
wrapper.app.parameter.6=--stop

With a start.ini containing for example
STOP.PORT=8990
STOP.KEY=mysecretkey

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As I've said to my husband, Seumas has been behaving like a little jerk. One of the fun quirks of being an author – when a character won't cooperate. Poor Seumas – he tries! Here's the latest excerpt of Sons of Alba, Book 2: Son of Redemption.
The revelry of the feast – the best Seumas had ever attended – had no power to cheer him. He sat sullenly over his trencher, pushing food around and eating little. Of drink, however, he took his share and more. Dadaidh gave him more than one glance of warning.
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He made short work of the ale jar. Glancing into the empty vessel, he debated whether or not to fetch another, but decided he'd rather stay and put it down on the floor beside him. It tipped over, and rolled a distance away. With a heavy groan of frustration, he moved to retrieve it, but stopped. There were voices at the end of the hall.
Peering around the corner of his refuge, Seumas saw the unmistakeable bulk of his cousin at the open doorway into the courtyard, flanked by his staghound puppy and his father's dog. A young woman, tall and willowy with long light brown hair walked up to him. The Ard Righ's granddaughter.
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"Giorsal." He repeated the name in the exact tone of voice that made a girl melt – the exact tone that made Fionnaghal melt.
The thought of Fionnaghal gave him pause. He remembered the feeling of her close to him, the trust in her eyes, and guilt and longing mingled in him. Then he imagined her eyes tinged with reproach as she judged him and found him wanting. She couldn't understand him, no more than his parents could. He banished her shade and focused on the very real girl before him.
She was breathing quickly, the flush not fading from her cheeks, her honest eyes wide – ripe as the barley at harvest, as ready as a grazing deer before the hunter's bow. He took her hand, felt the racing pulse in her wrist, a flutter but not a flinch. He smiled and took the other hand, and slowly, very slowly, drew her closer.
Then he leaned toward her, as carefully as he would approach a skittish horse, and kissed her. Just a little kiss, a mere brush of the lips, close enough to feel a warm plume of her breath and then away.
Her eyes were very wide now, her lips parted ever so slightly. He smiled again and brushed a lock of hair back from her face, then slipped his hand to the nape of her neck. Her eyes closed by reflex, and she was his for the taking, if he wanted her.
He kissed her again, this time deeply, felt her open to his lips like a bloom.
"Seumas Ruaidh, a word, if you please." Dadaidh's voice was deadly calm, like a forest with no birds.
Giorsal took a sudden step away, the back of her hand pressed against her lips and her eyes wide in surprise. Then she took up her tray and disappeared into the great hall.
Dadaidh stood in the hall, his muscled arms crossed over his chest, his face dark and fierce. Seumas turned to face him, fists clenched in defiance, chin raised as a defense against the shame that threatened to engulf him.
Seumas gave him no chance to speak. "I'll never be a man to you, will I?" He stalked through the door into the great hall, escaping his father in the sea of revels.
Great little story! I'm sitting here trying to figure out the scenery. For some reason I'm picturing a lot of open green fields sorta on a hill? Am I close?
This particular scene is in a castle. 🙂 But there are a lot of green hills around outside.
Very interesting..love the family dynamics. Hope you get Seumas whipped into shape!


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Fitocracy Brings Games And Social To Your Workouts (Invites Within)
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You may not have heard of them quite yet, but a startup called Fitocracy is pretty hot right now. Six months into its private beta and Fitocracy has already gathered 18K users and has 8K more on the wait list. (And we have 1,200 free beta invites here, so click away!) But, 'why is Fitocracy so hot right now?' you ask in your best Zoolander impression.
Well, for starters, Fitocracy brings role playing game mechanics and a social aspect to online fitness — and it's got a great name. What's more, Fitocracy blew up on Reddit and a few fitness forums because it has a backstory that a lot of people (especially the nerdly-inclined) can identify with. Fitocracy Founders Brian Wang and Richard Talens are college friends and are both currently fitness buffs and have been known to even compete in a body-building competition or two.
But it wasn't always that way. Wang is a self-described skinny kid and Talens a self-described chubby guy. Their not-exactly ballooning in muscles (and the inspiration for their startup) is largely due to the fact that both guys are long-time gamers, having been playing MMO and RPGs since Ultima Online and Chrono Trigger. Of course, today, they look like this. (Oh, and here's a before-and-after picture of Richard, FTW.)
So, the founders decided to approach fitness exactly as they did their favorite RPGs: Give people a reason to get excited about, or addicted to, fitness by bringing the gaming reward system to workout routines. For example, when you join, it won't be long before other users are offering you Fitocracy's version of a workout plan, called "quests", in which you are encouraged to do a certain number of squats, lifts, crunches, etc.
The platform awards you with points, the ability to level-up, badges and more to get you dedicated to your fitness and treating it like a game, rather than some arduous task you'd rather put off until never. Of course, you're going to be a lot less likely to adopt (and stick to) a workout routine without a little encouragement. Points are nice, but we need that carrot — that positive reinforcement to keep going. Which is why Wang and Talens have added a social aspect to Fitocracy — to build an environment of support and social reinforcement to keep people trucking on their personal fitness quests. You can interact with friends, share regimens, points-earned on social networks, get advice from others in various forums, and so on.
Another reason why fitness has such a high drop out rate is that, for any number of reasons, many people fail to see quick results from their workouts. (See any exercising infomercial on television if you think this isn't a problem.) A lot of times, we're too lazy to seek out advice or research the right routines. Adding game elements, social layers, and significantly shortening the feedback loop all work towards increasing retention and keep you coming back.
I had one Fitocracy user tell me that, in just three months of using the site, he had already dropped a waist size and added significant muscle mass. With a platform targeted at tech-savvy people, and for those of us who may live largely sedentary or laptop-centric lives, this is music to our ears.
Of course, Fitocracy does face some competition from another hot startup — Boston-based RunKeeper, which is building a platform that allows users to integrate all of their various health gadgets and apps in one place online. While RunKeeper has built a data-driven service with an open API (as part of what they call their "HealthGraph") and is mobile on iOS, Fitocracy is more focused on gaming and, of course, less on running.
In light of its competition, Fitocracy could definitely use some more information on nutrition and some mobility — it would be great to be able to tap into Fitocracy when at the gym or on-the go. Though, as I understand it, both of these are at the top of the team's priority list.
Fitocracy is currently looking to raise a seed round, somewhere in the ballpark of $500K I'm told, and is courting fitness-loving investors. It's a cool site, and a great idea. It's about time someone created a RPG for fitness, so that nerds can get back to doing what they do best: Kicking ass. And also earning XPs.


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Small space with a large impact: UN-Habitat creates a public space for women in the old city of Ramallah [EN/AR]
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Thursday, 15th of July 2021, Ramallah - UN-Habitat, through the HAYA Joint Programme, funded by the Government of Canada, in partnership with the Ministry of Local Government (MoLG) and the Ramallah Municipality inaugurated today a small public space intervention in the old city of Ramallah to be used as a social gathering space for women in the neighborhood. The design concept is inspired by the vernacular architectural style found in the old city of Ramallah, as the site is perceived to be a public courtyard that imitates traditional inner courts (Al Housh) surrounded by residential units for the extended family. This is seen through the configuration of the seats composed of two traditional stonewalls (Sinsilah) facing each other defining a small court that enhances social interaction and respects the privacy of women using the space by directing the orientation of the seats away from the street. To improve the accessibility and inclusivity of the intervention, parts of the original stone wall (Sinsilah) in the site were removed to create defined access for women with strollers and people with disabilities. The removed stones were utilized to build the seats. The social space allows for small-scale planting by the women, where they can grow herbs, in addition to climbing plants placed on two arches that mirror the existing façade of the old house surrounding the site. Every part of the design was developed in a participatory manner based on a community consultation workshop that was organized in coordination with Ramallah Municipality, targeting women living in the neighborhood. The participants expressed their need for a well-designed social space that extends beyond the borders of the left-over corner, to include an attractive and colorful pedestrian crossing to increase the safety index of the site, and create a shared road where people claim their right to the public space in the neighborhood. In his speech, the UN-Habitat's Head of Country Programme in Palestine, explained that "the intervention is implemented by UN-Habitat, through HAYA Joint Programme, where UN-Habitat's focus is to create safe and inclusive public spaces for all. This intervention demonstrates how a small intervention could be of great social impact if designed with and for the local community". Additionally, the representative of the Government of Canada expressed that "Canada is pleased to have supported this initiative implemented by UN-Habitat through the HAYA Joint Programme. Such initiatives are vital as they provide safe, accessible and inclusive public spaces for women and children." While the speech of the representative of Ramallah Municipality stressed the importance of the participatory approach in implementing such interventions: "work on this intervention started last year, and the design idea was developed based on the needs of the local community when meeting with them. This space was neglected and it was also a private property, hence the municipality had to facilitate the process of utilizing it as a public space, designed to respond to the needs of all community members". In the inauguration event, the women living in the neighborhood showed their excitement to have a well designed public space near their homes: "The design has contributed to enhancing the aesthetics of the old city, and I hope to see other similar interventions in all the neighborhoods of the old city. This public space provides a breather recreational space where my neighbors and I could meet in the afternoons'' The intervention also aligns with SDG 11.7 to provide universal access to safe, inclusive, accessible, green, and public spaces, particularly for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities.
About the HAYA Joint Programme The HAYA Joint Programme is funded by the Government of Canada and is jointly implemented by a consortium of UN agencies consisting of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). HAYA brings together the Palestinian Authority (PA), UN agencies, civil society organisations, community-based organisations, and other partners to reduce the vulnerability of women and girls to all forms of violence and from the threat of such violence. The Ministry of Women's Affairs and the Ministry of Social Development are key partners of the HAYA Joint Programme, along with other ministries including the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Local Government, and various municipalities, civil society and community-based organisations. HAYA seeks to end violence against women and girls in the West Bank and Gaza Strip through various outreach and awareness-raising activities to change harmful practices and attitudes perpetuating and validating violence, increase access to necessary services for survivors of violence, as well as strengthen the institutional capacity of government officials to develop and implement legal and policy frameworks promoting and protecting women's and girl's rights to live free from violence. It also focuses on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls, and making cities inclusive safe, resilient, and sustainable.
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The mechanisms of vegetation zonation were determined in order to provide an advice for restoration of natural saline habitats. Field experiments were conducted to examine the response of mature plants to different edaphic conditions. Three dominant species Salicornia europaea L., Puccinellia distans (L.) Parl. and Elymus repens (L.) Golud, characteristic of distinct zones along the salinity gradient (ECe 28.5–2.3 mS/cm) were studied. Results from a 2-year reciprocal transplant experiment demonstrated that species were restricted to every zone mostly by a salinity level. The obligatory halophyte S. europaea had optimal growth conditions at its home site. This is an opposite result to the one known from inland salt marshes of North America. A distinct growth limitation of transplants was observed in the P. distans and E. repens zones of lower salinity. Fewer individuals and lower aboveground biomass were recorded in the P. distans zone, whereas in the E. repens zone all seedlings died in the second year of observations. The glycophyte E. repens from the less saline site (ca 2.3 mS/cm) was strongly inhibited in the most saline S. europaea zone (15.8–28.5 mS/cm). Compared to the control transplants in the S. europaea zone it had shorter new shoots, fewer and shorter shoots, lower above-ground biomass and biomass of rhizomes. The P. distans transplants were markedly limited in the E. repens zone of lower salinity. Fewer and shorter new shoots, flowering shoots, lower above-ground biomass and biomassof grasses' roots were noted in the transplants of this zone. Since P. distans was found in non-saline areas outside the investigated meadow this effect could not result from the salinity level but from E. repens interaction. The obtained results suggest that for restoration of natural saline habitats the most important is to keep or rebuild the original salinity level of soils. As the second point the control of strong competitors by cutting or grazing should be considered.


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The finding is worrisome because breast cancer has historically been more deadly in black women than in white women, but at least it has not been as common. Now, as incidence rates equalize, data suggests that breast cancer will continue to exact a far greater toll on black women, and that the trend shows no sign of abating.
Over all, the report painted a grim picture of the state of breast cancer in African-American women, showing that advances in diagnosis and treatment that have sharply improved survival rates from breast cancer and saved countless lives have largely bypassed African-American women. By virtually every measure of the disease — age of diagnosis, age of death, stage of diagnosis — black women are at a significant disadvantage compared with white women, the data show.
The reasons for the increase are complex and are thought to be driven largely by rising obesity rates among African-American women. Researchers also believe that changes in reproductive patterns may play a role, as more African-American women delay childbirth and have fewer children. Both are recognized risk factors for breast cancer.
Black women are given breast cancer diagnoses at younger ages and die from the disease at younger ages than white women, suggesting that the disease may exact a greater economic and family toll on blacks by stealing more of a woman's most productive years. The median age at diagnosis is 58 for black women and 62 for white women. The median age for breast cancer death is 62 for black women and 68 for white women.
The data for the report was obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program of the National Cancer Institute, a program that has been collecting information on cancer patients since 1973.
Among white women, breast cancer incidence rates have been stable since 2004, hovering around 135 per 100,000 women. But among black women, rates have been consistently lower, ranging from 119 to 125 per 100,000. But in 2012, a startling change occurred. The incidence rate moved to 135 cases per 100,000 women for both white and black women.
While it is possible that a fraction of the rise could be attributed to earlier detection, that would not fully explain the trend because rates at which women are being screened for breast cancer have remained stable. As a result, the trends suggest that the uptick in incidence is not a result of doctors simply finding more cases of breast cancer, but is probably the result of other factors.
Obesity is considered a risk factor because it has been linked to an increased risk of estrogen-receptor positive breast cancers, and much of the increase in breast cancers among black women has been due largely to more cases of this type of tumor. The obesity rate in black women was 58 percent during the 2009 to 2012 period, up from 39 percent from 1999 to 2002. Meanwhile, the obesity rate among white women has stabilized at around 33 percent.
Over all, a black woman given a breast cancer diagnosis is 42 percent more likely to die from the disease than a white woman with breast cancer. An analysis of breast cancer mortality trends in 41 of the largest cities in the United States, published last year in Cancer Epidemiology, found that in some cities the risk is even greater. In Los Angeles, a black woman with breast cancer is about 70 percent more likely to die from the disease than a white woman is. In Memphis, black women face more than double the risk. Black women also are less likely than white women are to be given a diagnosis of early stage disease, and more likely to be given a diagnosis with later stage, and less treatable, tumors, according to the report.
Compared with white women, black women were more likely to be found to have an aggressive form of the disease called triple negative breast cancer, which has a poorer prognosis, in part, because there are not targeted therapies to treat it. Triple negative breast cancers account for 22 percent of the cases among black women, and 11 percent among white women.
Black women also lag white women in diagnosis of estrogen-receptor positive disease, the most treatable form of breast cancer. Among white women, 76 percent of cancers diagnosed are ER positive, compared with 62 percent in black women.
Researchers say the racial divide in breast cancer mortality may be because of a combination of factors, including disparities in the quality of care available to black women, who may have less access to quality screening and treatment, compared with white women. Lower rates of follow-up after a mammogram, cultural distrust of doctors, and lack of insurance coverage among black women may also play a role.
Dr. Hurlbert said there were so many unanswered questions, that it will take some time before the data begin to influence clinical practice, but he hopes doctors will take it to heart and be more vigilant when they are treating black women and offer more follow up and support when needed. He also encouraged women to talk to their doctors about genetic cancer screening and have regular mammograms.
Mary Singleton, 57, learned in July that she had Stage 4 breast cancer. After the diagnosis her son, George, moved home to Memphis to help take care of her and to help run her printing business.
By Stephen Maing on Publish Date December 20, 2013.
A version of this article appears in print on 10/30/2015, on page A1 of the NewYork edition with the headline: Breast Cancer Is on the Rise Among Blacks.
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The next Dorothy Lynas PAC meeting will be held Thursday, April 23rd from 7:00-8:00 pm in the MPR. Highlights include a multi year technology plan including a replacement of our 'old school' computer lab, budget proposal for 2015/2016, more details about the Spring Carnival and hear about upcoming events in the final term of the school year. If you require childcare, please send your request to: emaildlpac@gmail.com.
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After having moved through the streets of Nazareth in fresh, verdant Galilee, and from there journeyed south to Ain Karem and Bethlehem in dusty, sun-baked Judea, the travels of the Word come to a halt in Jerusalem (the Hebrew word Yerûšälaºim means "city of peace" and its Arabic counterpart, al-Quds, means "holy city").
The best view of the city from both the geographical and spiritual standpoints is from the Mount of Olives, separated from Jerusalem by the Kidron Valley. The Kidron, which gives its name to the valley, is a Palestinian wadi that starts north of Jerusalem and ends at the Dead Sea. Reference to this valley is found only in the Gospel of John: "Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley (the Hebrew word Qidrôn, from the verb qādar, means "murky," "dark") to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered" (Jn. 18:1). Thus between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives lies a dark valley that has to be crossed….
Who knows how many times Mary and Joseph took Jesus to Jerusalem!
Luke states with great exactness: "Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover" (Lk. 2:41). As pilgrims, they had the moving experience of entering the Holy City with the name of God on their lips: "At last our feet are standing at your gates, Jerusalem! To it the tribes go up, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord" (Ps. 122: 2-4). And yet it is precisely in Jerusalem that the Word of God becomes incomprehensible, mysterious, cutting, ambiguous and obscure.
That young Israelite woman, who preserved in her heart all the memories of an existence inhabited by Mystery, was literally thrown into the dark valley of anguish. After a day's journey in the caravan going back to Galilee, the joy of celebrating the Passover was transformed into an agonizing search: "Where is Jesus?!" He was not with other members of the family or with friends.
Reality had been altered: Jesus had chosen to walk alone in the footsteps of the God of Israel; to freely and autonomously compare his ideas with the learned men of the Temple. Mary and Joseph fell apart under the pressure of loss, anguish and anxiety. They had lost Jesus and now had recovered him safe and sound. But something had changed: reality had taken on a completely new meaning, even if everything appeared to be the same as before.
The reunited family returned to Nazareth but this time, like the Magi, they followed another route–one that was more human-spiritual than geographical: the route of God.
Does the "digital person" really pay scant heed to the spirit?


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Westpac aims to boost growth in Asia
Westpac Banking Corporation will expand its business in Asia incrementally, amid sluggish credit growth in Australia and lower bank profits.
Chief executive Gail Kelly on Monday said Australia's second biggest lender would expand its business in Asia organically and through partnerships rather than acquisitions.
Speaking three days after Westpac signed a co-operation agreement with Chinese government policy bank, The Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank), Mrs Kelly said Westpac's strategy was focused on supporting customers and following capital.
"We're stepping up the investment we're making in China and in Asia," she said at a business lunch in Melbourne.
"We expect that trade flows between Australia and the rest of Asia will increase by 20 per cent in the next 10 years."
Westpac plans to add a third branch in China to its Beijing and Shanghai branches, and also wants to convert its representative office in Mumbai to a full branch.
But its investment in Asia is modest compared to rivals Commonwealth Bank (CBA) and ANZ Banking Group, with ANZ currently generating seven per cent of its group earnings from the region.
Australia's banks have been promoting their diverse business strategies in a climate dominated by low credit growth despite the strong domestic economy.
Credit growth across the banking system is currently around three per cent but housing credit growth is seven per cent and business credit growth is flat.
According to CLSA Asia Pacific analyst Brian Johnson, in a normal business cycle, the ability of borrowers to pay interest on loans to banks is driven by how fast the economy grows, so credit growth should not run faster than gross domestic product (GDP).
Banks prolonged the credit growth early last decade when most credit growth went into housing and asset prices rose, he told AAP.
This boosted banks' revenue and earnings, allowing banks to lift dividends per share, he said.
"(Now) the economy has to catch up to the pool of credit.
"The biggest risk is that asset growth can't run at a multiple of GDP."
Mrs Kelly on Monday said the Australian economy was performing well but credit growth "isn't as you would expect it to be in what is otherwise a healthy overall economy".
Westpac reported that mortgage arrears ticked up modestly over the past three months from a very low base, and expects the Reserve Bank of Australia to lift the overnight cash rate by 25 basis points in September.
Mr Johnson said CBA has started discounting business loans to increase market share.
Mrs Kelly denied Westpac was doing the same.
Cautious consumers and changes to regulatory rules requiring banks to hold more capital and liquidity mean bank profits measured by return on equity (ROE) would be lower than pre- global financial crisis levels of over 20 per cent, Mrs Kelly said.
"I think you'll find ROEs settle in the 15 to 20 per cent range depending on the cycle," she told reporters.
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Congratulations to Erin Greig and Reika Shimomura on their student-led Public Health Ethics Research Project
Congratulations to student researchers, Erin Greig and Reika Shimomura, on leading the Public Health Ethics Research Project funded by the HRC's Health Humanities Lab.
Please join us in celebrating their accomplishments and read an interview with Reika and Erin about this project below.
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Aesthetic analysis of therapeutic urban green space in Shanghai
This project examines aesthetic features supporting therapeutic urban green space in Shanghai. Urban green space promotes public health by providing a therapeutic opportunity in nature, and its therapeutic impacts have been identified in many cities. Although aesthetic beauty contributes to therapeutic impacts of green space, however, we still know little about features of aesthetic and therapeutic urban green space. Thus, this research analyzes these features by eliciting public preferences in Shanghai and applying a machine learning approach. This research would help policymakers to promote public health by identifying potential features of therapeutic urban green space. Continue reading "Aesthetic analysis of therapeutic urban green space in Shanghai"
Student-lead Public Health Ethics Research Project
This project has two stages, where the philosophical portion of the literature review is done prior to beginning the next stage. Research through literature review, participating in discussions regarding the readings, potential research questions that are applicable to COVID-19 pandemics, and will complete a research paper for publication or presentation. The paper will focus on the historical and ethical dimensions of disease controls, such as quarantine and contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemics from the aspects of individual liberty, state power, and the general welfare. The diversity of disease controls across the countries from different political systems, as well as different approaches and steps of enforcing the controls offer a great area of exploring its ethical and legal implications. We hope to investigate areas within public health ethics, which often emphasizes the state's obligation to protect the health and general welfare of the population at hand. This would lead to further exploration of biopolitics, and how much individual liberty is valued by the various states. Continue reading "Student-lead Public Health Ethics Research Project"
Ovarian Cancer Documentary
Ovarian cancer, known to be the most lethal gynecologic cancer, is the leading type of cancer death in women worldwide. However, the most recent year in the study saw more decreases in funding for research on ovarian cancer than for research on other cancers. In addition, there is a huge critical knowledge discrepancy between patients and health professionals, and therefore raising public awareness of ovarian cancer is important. We aim to raise public awareness and highlight the need of more scientific research funds on ovarian cancer by filming a documentary. The documentary will include interviews that would mainly focus on how ovarian cancer influences patients', doctors' and scientific researchers' lives. Meanwhile, we are looking into potential solutions by conducting scientific research in both Professor Tsigou and Professor Zhang-Negriere's lab. Under the professional guidance of Professor Henderson, the documentary will showcase the tangible experiences of the patients involved and how each stakeholder plays an important role in this issue. The end of the day, the public will be informed on the ongoing issues with ovarian cancer and in turn support on relevant initiatives. Continue reading "Ovarian Cancer Documentary"
Can Chinese accurately recognize pain from foreigners' facial expressions?
Facial expression is a crucial nonverbal channel of pain communication that is often incorporated in clinical assessment and treatment. It is known that underestimation of minorities' facial expressions of pain would lead to further racial disparities in pain care. However, research so far has been mainly conducted in Western countries. Little is known about how pain is assessed through facial expressions in other sociocultural contexts and the influences of race. Therefore, the primary aim of this research is to address this gap by focusing on how foreign patients' facial expressions of pain are decoded in Chinese society. An online experiment will be conducted to examine Chinese participants' evaluation of foreigners' pain intensity and authenticity through their facial expressions. An additional aim of the project is to investigate possible underlying mechanisms by studying the Chinese participants' pain beliefs and empathy. Such data will show the racial-related propensity of the decoding of pain expressions, which will reduce the risk of misunderstanding foreign patients' pain and improve cross-cultural pain assessment and treatment. Continue reading "Can Chinese accurately recognize pain from foreigners' facial expressions?"
Public Square 2.0
Public Square 2.0 is a video-based multi-projection installation about people's interactions within the public space, as a reflection of people's relationships within a community in Beijing under the COVID-19 context. The videos screened within are documentations of human interactions in a community in Beijing during the COVID-19 outbreak from March to August in 2020. Each video highlights different parts of a communal square, documenting individuals and their daily activities within it at different times. Continue reading "Public Square 2.0"
The Mental Health Consequences of Ethnic Violence: Assessing Needs and Low-Cost Interventions
Exposure to ethnic violence instigates a wide range of psychiatric disorders, and the prevalence of mental health problems in conflict zones is more than double the average prevalence of mental disorders worldwide. Still, scholars know very little about the coping mechanisms available to individuals in post-conflict settings (Ng et al. 2020). This project fills in this gap by examining the mental health of ethnic conflict survivors in Konso—an Ethiopian region where ongoing inter-ethnic violence has resulted in the displacement of 132,000 people, more than 75 deaths, and severe damages to lands, crops, and livestock. Using the HHL funding, we interviewed 200 conflict survivors in three refugee camps. We use individual-level data on stressors, coping mechanisms, and conflict exposure and community-level data on the severity of the conflict to explain the variation in mental health symptoms of internally displaced persons. This project makes important contributions to global mental health research by (1) evaluating the extent to which depression, anxiety, and PTSD exist among conflict survivors in Ethiopia; (2) examining whether the choice of coping strategy affects the longitudinal mental health consequences of conflict exposure; and (3) examining how coping mechanisms can inform community-based mental health interventions in post-conflict settings. Continue reading "The Mental Health Consequences of Ethnic Violence: Assessing Needs and Low-Cost Interventions"
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MediHealth Podcast is a student-led science podcast, bridging the gap between health professionals and the general public. Our podcast offers scientifically justified responses to the questions of public health and wellbeing. Anyone who wishes to gain insight into medicine and its repercussions on public or global health will benefit from engaging with this platform. Professionals in the field of health, including professors, consultants, students, and many more would share their experiences and thoughts on hot topics through engaging and thought-provoking interviews. Our project team includes the planning team, interviewers team, audio editors team, journalists team, and social media team. The podcast episodes are uploaded every Monday at 10pm China time on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and 喜马拉雅. The links to the website, social media and various podcast platforms can be found here: https://medihealth.carrd.co/ Follow us on Instagram, WeChat, and LinkedIn to get the most updated information from MediHealth Podcast! Continue reading "MediHealth Podcast"
How Misinformation Affects Public Support for Policies that Reduce Pandemic Risk
The WHO report on the Origins of COVID-19 suggest that the COVID-19 did not originate from the wet market in Wuhan, nor was manufactured in a lab. The most likely culprit is zoonotic transfer. 75% of newly emerging diseases are zoonotic. The risk of zoonotic transfer has been increasing due to anthropogenic impacts on wildlife and their habitats, as well as climate change. Yet, the ecological basis of COVID-19 appears to have not been widely acknowledged outside environmental communities. Various reasons may be at play, including psychological denial, the types of media consumed and misinformation. Therefore, we propose using a simple framed experiment in the context of a policy referendum to examine the question: How does exposure to misinformation about the origins of COVID-19 affect the public's support for policy measures that scientists believe will reduce the risk of future pandemics? Continue reading "How Misinformation Affects Public Support for Policies that Reduce Pandemic Risk"
Endometriosis in China: Documentary-focused Educational Website-building
This project aims to create and exhibit (in the space of a website) a collection of infographics and episodic documentaries that explain the science of endometriosis and address the situation of endometriosis in China from a patient-centered perspective. The primary focus is the making of the documentary series which will target endometriosis patients at The Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University (Red House Hospital). This project serves two major purposes: 1) spread awareness of endometriosis and related female experiences among the Chinese audience; 2) record and archive the stories of Chinese endometriosis patients so as to provide referential materials for the field of research in medical anthropology and patient-centered care. Continue reading "Endometriosis in China: Documentary-focused Educational Website-building"
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Attendees hold signs while waiting for a health care bill news conference to begin on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
The economic policies of Democrats running for the White House will drive the economy into recession, according to the White House's latest Economic Report of the President, released Wednesday.
"In scenarios where future administrations or Congress partially or fully reverse the [Trump tax cut], or otherwise raise taxes or significantly expand the Federal regulatory state, economic growth would be lower or even negative," the report said.
White House economists calculated that the "Medicare for All" bills currently in Congress would reduce the nation's real gross domestic product by about 9% in the long run if financed by taxes on labor income.
Five Democratic presidential candidates including Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Kamala Harris of California, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York back Medicare for All legislation.
At the same time, the CEA estimated that while a top marginal income tax rate of 70% on personal income over $10 million — an idea put forward by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is not running for president — would generate $210 billion in revenue over ten years on a static basis, the tax hike would result in a net revenue loss using dynamic scoring. GDP would likely decline by 0.2% in year one with this tax in place and output would be $531 billion smaller over ten years if the tax was enacted.
The White House report included another broadside against socialism that has been a theme of Trump's campaign rallies since last fall.
For instance, the report dwells on the agricultural polices of Russia in the 1920s and 1930s and China in the 1950s which both led to widespread famine.
"Present-day socialists do not want the dictatorship or state brutality that often coincided with the most extreme cases of socialism. However, peaceful democratic implementation of socialist policies does not eliminate the fundamental incentive and information problems created by high tax rates, large state organizations, and the centralized control of resources," the report said.
The White House report forecast continued 3% growth for the economy, but only if Congress passes an infrastructure plan, passes a second tax cut and deregulation is continued.
Rising labor productivity, or output-per-hour, will be the primary contributor to increased growth through 2029, the report said.


Teslagrad opens sometime before the game takes place with your unnamed character being delivered as a baby to the doorstep of what I assume to be a stranger. This act leaves you as the last remaining Teslamancer. Years later your journey begins as you start to unfold the events that lead to the demise of your people. Throughout the game you'll find a handful of different tools that offer you special abilities that allow for a variety of unique puzzles and situations to overcome. Unfortunately Teslagrad starts to wrap up just as it feels like it's getting started. That said the length is only a complaint due to the overall quality of the entire game. It makes me wish there were more.
Teslagrad makes use of a magnetic/polarity system that serves to be the major mechanic involved with most of the game's puzzles. Throughout the game you'll be able to punch specific objects to change their polarity, teleport a short distance from left to right, shoot polarity lasers, and even don a robe that allows you to change your own polarity at will. Each of these abilities are given to you throughout the game as you progress through specific areas. The game's map itself has a central tower with several points branching off that allows access to areas that tend to lead to a boss fight, story segment, and sometimes a brand new skill. The map isn't completely open in the way that you might expect from games that wave around the 'metroidvania' term, but Teslagrad does have several optional collectibles that you'll need to return to with a late-game power-up in order to get. That said the Tesla Tower feels cohesive, the way everything fits together works really well for what the game is going for. The game also delivers small bits of story through short stage plays complete with cardboard cut out versions of characters. These are done well and convey everything you need to know without having to speak one word of dialog.
Teslagrad gets a lot of mileage out of its mechanics, whether it's through puzzles or boss fights. There's a lot of cool ideas presented considering the fact that you're only given a handful of abilities. In particular the boss fights (the second and final boss come to mind) are really well made as far as their solutions are concerned. That said I did find the second to last boss to be a bit frustrating due to the fact that you can only ever take one hit before dying. That particular fight isn't overly difficult, but it does go on for a while and making one mistake at the very end that forces you to restart the entire fight can be a bit frustrating. That aside the vast majority of my deaths were completely my fault and, aside from one boss, never became frustrating.
Now Teslagrad is only currently available on PS4 and PS3 in the EU region. It'll be coming to the US next year on those same platforms with a Vita release following close behind. Teslagrad is pretty awesome and, when it is available in your region, is absolutely worth checking out.


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package org.apache.drill.exec.expr.fn.impl.conv;

import io.netty.buffer.DrillBuf;

import javax.inject.Inject;

import org.apache.drill.exec.expr.DrillSimpleFunc;
import org.apache.drill.exec.expr.annotations.FunctionTemplate;
import org.apache.drill.exec.expr.annotations.FunctionTemplate.FunctionScope;
import org.apache.drill.exec.expr.annotations.FunctionTemplate.NullHandling;
import org.apache.drill.exec.expr.annotations.Output;
import org.apache.drill.exec.expr.annotations.Param;
import org.apache.drill.exec.expr.holders.UInt8Holder;
import org.apache.drill.exec.expr.holders.VarBinaryHolder;
import org.apache.drill.exec.record.RecordBatch;

@FunctionTemplate(name = "convert_toUINT8", scope = FunctionScope.SIMPLE, nulls = NullHandling.NULL_IF_NULL)
public class UInt8ConvertTo implements DrillSimpleFunc {

  @Param UInt8Holder in;
  @Output VarBinaryHolder out;
  @Inject DrillBuf buffer;

  @Override
  public void setup(RecordBatch incoming) {
    buffer = buffer.reallocIfNeeded(8);
  }

  @Override
  public void eval() {
    buffer.clear();
    buffer.writeLong(in.value);
    out.buffer = buffer;
    out.start = 0;
    out.end = 8;
  }
}

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Belizeana is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis). This is a monotypic genus, consisting of the single species Belizeana tuberculata.

See also
 List of Dothideomycetes genera incertae sedis

References

External links
Index Fungorum

Dothideomycetes enigmatic taxa
Monotypic Dothideomycetes genera

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


When determining which parent should be given custody, the primary consideration of the Beis Din is what is most beneficial for the child—which parent will give the child the best possible care and where the child can receive the best upbringing, al taharas hakodesh, in the pure, holy, Torah way. Parents need to understand that educating and looking after their children is first and foremost a sacred mission and responsibility, rather than an automatic privilege. The primary factor affecting the Beis Din's decision is which parent is most likely to best fulfill the child's physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Whereas in traditional Jewish sources it is written that a girl should primarily be with her mother, who is responsible to inculcate her in the appropriate Jewish way of life and its values, and a boy over six years should primarily be with his father, who will guide him in Torah learning and proper chinuch—the most crucial consideration for the Beis Din in awarding custody is to ensure that the children receive the best possible care. Beis Din must make a thorough assessment taking into account the stability of the home, the fitness of the parent, the child's preference, the advice of professionals, and many other factors. However, the general guiding principle is: "Hakol l'fee re'os einei hadayanim"—the ultimate determination is in accordance with what Beis Din deems fit in the particular situation.
עירובין פב, ב. יבמות קב, ב. כתובות סה, ב. שו״ע אה״ע ספ״ב ס״ו ובב״ש ובח״מ ובפת״ש שם. וראה שו״ת הר״י מיגאש סע״א. המיוחסות לרמב״ן סל״ח. הרא״ש כלל פ״ב ס״ב. מהרשד״ם אה״ע סקכ״ג. מבי״ט ח״ב סס״ב. רדב״ז ח״אסקכ״ג. סרס״ג. סתכ״ט. דרכי נועם סכ״ו. נו״ב מהדו״ת ספ״ט. וראה שו״ת צי״א חי״ז ס״נ. שו״ת תשוה״נ ח״א סתשפ״ג. [ויעויין בפד״ר ח״א ע׳ 66. 75. 157. 163. 172. 176-7. ח״ב ע׳ 300. 327. ח״ג ע׳ 358-9. ח״ט ע׳ 170. חי״א ע׳161. 172. 368].
Halacha #238: Who Deserves Child Custody?


1) Who has impressed you most in this last year? (climber or non climber) I'm impressed with how fellow Canadian Thomasina Pidgeon has been climbing. She's very dedicated at a level above most climbers. I'm also impressed by the amazing trip Dai Koyamada had in Switzerland.
I work a full time job, and my employer definitely deserves some credit for allowing me to take as much vacation as I do. Without that opportunity, I wouldn't be able to get out and climb and I wouldn't be here.
3) How do you deal with fans chasing you at all times?
I like it – because most of the time they've got a pad that they can throw down on my landing. Plus, JM speaks French, which is a bonus.
4) Where do you see your climbing going?
I think that I'll solidify at the current grades that I'm capable of, instead of stretching further and further up the scale. I'd love to be technically super solid and look like all the Squamish regulars when the get on the rock (but with more power).


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Wheaton College moves closer to its goal of an all-white faculty
January 7, 2016 by Fred Clark
Wheaton College moves closer to its goal of an all-white faculty January 7, 2016 Fred Clark
Dr. Larycia Hawkins, Statement from 1/6 Press Conference
While Wheaton College can signify that employees sign a statement of faith and adhere to it (and I do), they did not give me Jesus and they can't take him away.
Wheaton College cannot hold me to a different standard, a higher standard, than they hold every other employee to.
Wheaton College cannot scare me into walking away from the truth that all humans, Muslims, the vulnerable, the oppressed, are all my sisters and brothers.
Wheaton College cannot intimidate me into cowering in fear of the enemy of the month as defined by real estate moguls, senators from Texas, Christians from this country, bigots, and fundamentalists of all stripes.
Wheaton College will never induce me to kowtow to their doublespeak concerning the Statement of Faith, so as to appease an imaginary constituency that clearly knows little about what academic freedom or Christian love mean; or to placate platinum donors to their coffers.
David Gushee, "Wheaton College, Doc Hawk, and a whole heap of trouble"
In this process Wheaton College has managed to especially offend women, African-Americans, Muslims, Christians who do not agree with a narrow and questionable interpretation of the college's statement of faith, Wheaton students who have been positively served by Dr. Hawkins' work, and every academic who thinks tenure protections and academic freedom exist precisely for these situations.
… Conservative evangelical institutions such as Wheaton are governed and supported, overwhelmingly, by people who are not just theologically conservative but also politically conservative. I would wager that the boards, top administrators, and biggest donors of most self-identified evangelical schools would vote Republican at around 95 percent. …
Evangelical Christian universities walk a tightrope. They are precariously balanced between the need to build a faculty that is academically respected and the need to satisfy the demands of very conservative donors, trustees, and parents. They have to pluck graduates from mainly liberal research universities and find or develop enough of them who can toe an explicit conservative theological line and an implicit conservative political line. This is no mean feat.
… What Professor Hawkins really violated were the implicit but very real political preferences of Wheaton's constituency, not the school's explicit theological standards.
… So Wheaton is essentially saying this: Tenure will not protect you if you too visibly offend the conservative political views of our constituency. Whatever conservative politics looks like right now, that also is mandatory for faculty.
Lancaster, Ohio, 1938. (Library of Congress)
J.R. Daniel Kirk, "The Same God? Larycia Hawkins' Statement for Wheaton"
Dr. Hawkins has posted a concise (3.5 page) letter outlining her theological position. You can read it here.
After reading the letter it is patently obvious that there is nothing she believes that is in the least out of step with Wheaton's Statement of Faith.
… What we are seeing at Wheaton right now is that the things we say we believe on paper are actually just placeholders for a sociologically defined in-group. When someone says something that sounds out of step with what "We" should say, we scurry to find some reason why what was just said is a contradiction to what one MUST deduce from the words on the page.
… These battles we see are not battles for theological integrity. They are battles for sociological homogeneity. They are battles for assumptions, not for statements of faith.
If anything becomes clear from Dr. Hawkins' letter it is that she is in full agreement with Wheaton's statement of faith and that they have no grounds for firing her.
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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — United States Attorney Corey F. Ellis announced today that a federal grand jury in Columbia returned a multi-count indictment in connection with trafficking in seasonal agricultural workers.
Elizabeth Balcazar, 19, Enrique Balcazar, 35 – both of Batesburg – and Balcazar Nature Harvesting, LLC have been charged with conspiracy to commit labor trafficking and fraud in foreign labor contracting. Elizabeth Balcazar and Enrique Balcazar have also been charged with the confiscation of passports and immigration documents in connection with labor trafficking. Enrique Balcazar has also been charged with two counts of labor trafficking.
"Our nation's visa system is an asset that provides much-needed resources to our communities and valuable opportunities to those foreign workers seeking a new life here in the United States," said U.S. Attorney Ellis. "Although the indictment speaks for itself, those who exploit the system and abuse these vulnerable workers will find no refuge here in South Carolina. Our office will utilize all available resources to bring such offenders to justice while rescuing and restoring victims in the process. Sadly, we know that many labor trafficking victims, both foreign and domestic, suffer here in the United States and that such violations frequently go undetected."
"By targeting employers who exploit their workers, HSI is protecting the American labor market, the conditions of workplaces, and the dignity of the individual employees," said Special Agent In Charge Ronnie Martinez, who oversees Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) operations in North Carolina and South Carolina. "We hope that cases like this will encourage other victims and witnesses to come forward to HSI to enable us to stop other employers from engaging in any similar conduct."
"Labor trafficking and exploitation is real, and it is happening in South Carolina," said South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) chief Mark Keel. "Agents have and will continue to work in collaboration with our local and federal partners to rescue those being victimized and bring justice to those who profit from the misery of others."
The indictment alleges that Elizabeth Balcazar and Enrique Balcazar operated Balcazar Nature Harvesting, LLC, which provided seasonal harvesting labor to South Carolina area farms. The indictment further alleges that the defendants forced victims to work excessive hours, failed to pay the victims their due wages, and threatened deportation for those who did not work hard enough or produce enough. The indictment also alleges that the defendants attempted to restrain the victims by confiscating their passports and by carrying, brandishing, and discharging a firearm. The indictment also indicates there are multiple victims.
Elizabeth Balcazar and Enrique Balcazar face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, plus court ordered supervision to follow, and each of the defendants face a fine of up to $250,000. Elizabeth Balcazar and Enrique Balcazar are currently detained pending trial.
The case was investigated by U.S. Department of Homeland Security, HSI, SLED, and U.S. Department of Labor. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Elliott B. Daniels and Carrie Fisher Sherard are prosecuting the case.
All charges in the indictment are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Ultrasound guided foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins in June 2006.
This document replaces previous guidance on Ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins (NICE interventional procedure guidance 314, August 2009).
NICE has published a clinical guideline on varicose veins in the legs (NICE guideline CG168, July 2013).
Small valves inside the veins help blood flow properly through them. Varicose veins develop when these valves do not work properly, allowing blood to collect in the veins. This enlarges them and causes the valves to deteriorate further. Varicose veins commonly occur in the legs. Many people have no symptoms, but if they do, these can include heaviness, aching, throbbing, itching, cramps or tiredness in the legs. In severe cases, patients may have skin discolouration or inflammation, or skin ulcers. Foam sclerotherapy involves mixing a chemical with air or another gas to produce a foam, which is injected into the affected vein using ultrasound imaging to monitor its progress. This causes scarring of the inside of the vein so that it becomes blocked. Sometimes patients may need more than 1 injection to block the vein.


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