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Vlastimil Petržela (né le  à Prostějov à l'époque en Tchécoslovaquie et aujourd'hui en République tchèque) est un joueur de football tchèque (international tchécoslovaque) qui évoluait au poste d'attaquant, avant de devenir ensuite entraîneur.

Biographie

Carrière de joueur

Carrière en club

Vlastimil Petržela joue en faveur du Sigma Olomouc, du RH Cheb, et du Slavia Prague.

Il dispute 103 matchs en première division tchécoslovaque, inscrivant 36 buts. Il réalise sa meilleure performance lors de la saison 1982-1983, où il inscrit 10 buts en championnat avec le Slavia Prague. Il se classe troisième du championnat lors de la saison 1984-1985 avec le Slavia Prague.

Carrière en sélection
Vlastimil Petržela reçoit deux sélections en équipe de Tchécoslovaquie entre 1982 et 1983, sans inscrire de but.

Il figure dans le groupe des sélectionnés lors de la Coupe du monde de 1982. Lors du mondial organisé en Espagne, il joue un match contre le Koweït. Il s'agit de son premier match en équipe nationale.

Il joue ensuite un match contre Chypre rentrant dans le cadre des éliminatoires de l'Euro 1984.

Carrière d'entraîneur

Après avoir raccroché les crampons, il dirige plusieurs clubs en République tchèque, en Russie, en Azerbaïdjan, et en Slovaquie. Il dirige plusieurs matchs en Coupe de l'UEFA et en Coupe Intertoto.

Avec le club russe du Zénith Saint-Pétersbourg, il atteint les quarts de finale de la Coupe de l'UEFA en 2006, en étant battu par l'équipe espagnole du FC Séville, qui remportera la compétition.

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Footballeur international tchécoslovaque
Footballeur tchèque
Joueur du FC Zbrojovka Brno
Joueur du Sigma Olomouc
Joueur du SK Slavia Prague
Entraîneur tchécoslovaque de football
Entraîneur tchèque de football
Entraîneur du SK Slavia Prague
Entraîneur de l'AC Sparta Prague
Entraîneur du Zénith Saint-Pétersbourg
Entraîneur du FK Neftchi Bakou
Naissance en juillet 1953
Naissance à Prostějov
Naissance en Tchécoslovaquie

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Among the many promises made by the Progressive Conservative Party in the run-up to the June 7 election is a scheme to upload the Toronto subway system to the province with the intention of relieving Toronto of this ongoing cost. This was also part of their 2014 campaign, and it is born no doubt from the Ford brothers' assumption that (a) this could be done cheaply and (b) Toronto would save money overall. The pot is sweetened this time around with the guarantee that Toronto would keep the fare revenue and operate the system. The overall tradeoffs in operating and capital costs are not entirely nailed down.
Oliver Moore in the Globe has written about this proposal wondering whether it is actually workable. The quotes below are taken from his article.
The Tories are framing the upload largely as an accounting exercise, making it easier to find funding and thus facilitating transit construction. The province would pay an estimated $160-million annually for major capital maintenance on the subway network, taking an obligation off city books.
Under the proposal, the Toronto Transit Commission would keep operating the subway, with its board setting fares and the city retaining revenues. Expansion planning would be controlled by the province, although Toronto and Ottawa would be asked to help fund construction.
Note that the proposal is silent on the operating cost of the subway. There is something of a myth that the subway "breaks even", but this is not true, especially for the more-recently opened segments. It is a matter of record that the Sheppard Line loses money, and the TTC estimated that the operating impact, net of new fares, of the Vaughan extension would be $30 million per year.
If the province builds a new subway line, would Toronto, through the TTC, still be on the hook for paying its operating cost?
Any concept of "breaking even" requires that fares be allocated between surface and subway routes and this is an impossible task. One can propose many schemes, but they all have built-in biases because a "trip" and a "fare" are such different things. The situation is even more complex as an increasing number of riders pay through some form of pass all the way from the yearly Metropass (formerly called the "monthly discount program") down to the two-hour transfer.
How Much Does The Subway Cost?
The estimated value of an upload to Queen's Park of $160 million/year is woefully inadequate because the TTC's capital budget for ongoing maintenance is much, much larger. There is much more to owning a subway than collecting billions in construction subsidies. Despite the frequent claim that "subways last 100 years", they require a lot of ongoing maintenance and replacement of subsystems. With the exception of the physical tunnel and station structures, a large proportion of the older subway lines has been completely replaced or undergone major overhaul at least once since they opened. Line 1 YUS is on its third generation of trains, for example.
I wrote about this four years ago, and this article is an update of my earlier review.
A big problem arises for anyone taking a superficial look at the TTC's books because so many projects are not funded, or are not even part of the approved "base budget". They are "below the line" or, even worse, they are merely "proposals" of future works that might find their way into the official list. Looking only at current, approved funded projects ignores a large and growing list of projects that, for political convenience, are out of sight, the iceberg below the water line.
Slogging through the TTC's Capital Budget is no fun, but somebody has to do it. You, dear readers, get the digested version of hundreds of pages of reports. Thank you in advance.


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Congress Close To VA Hospital Deal, Coffman Says
· Sep. 29, 2015, 4:51 pm
As seen through the pattern of a fence, a sign stands at the construction site of the Veterans Affairs hospital Thursday, April 2, 2015, in Aurora, Colo.
Congress is expected to sign off on a plan soon that would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to complete construction of its hospital complex in Aurora.
The project's cost ballooned to $1.7 billion earlier this year, three times the original estimates. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, said the House could vote Wednesday to increase a spending cap on the project.
In Aurora, Vets Fearful Of 'Hospital To Nowhere'
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Then House lawmakers could take a second vote letting the VA shift money in its own budget to find the funds to complete construction.
"It's huge because it doesn't do the piecemeal funding that we've done in the past. It does the whole thing," Coffman said. "It does the whole $625 million that's necessary to complete the hospital."
That news is drawing cautious optimism from veterans like Ralph Bozella, an American Legion official who served in the Army in Vietnam.
"Well, nothing is ever done until it's done," Bozella said. "And until the thing is done, we're not going to celebrate."
Another bill in the House would require the VA to shift employee bonus money toward the project -- a move that the VA opposes and one that could sidetrack the funding plan. Coffman said that bill is still up for consideration.
The Senate has already lifted the spending cap and is expected to approve the construction funding this week.
Coffman said the agreement would require the VA to relinquish future major construction projects, costing more than $100 million, to the Army Corps of Engineers.
Coffman said he doubts thinks there will be any additional requests for funding for the project beyond the $625 million being voted on this week.
"Let me tell you, it better not be the case," Coffman says.

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Q: Visual Studio with Qt VS Tools Throws "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" When Opening Qt Project File Hi I have a hopefully simple issue. When I try to open an existing Qt project file in Visual Studio 2019 by going to Extensions -> Qt VS Tools -> Open Qt Project File then selecting the project I get the error message "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". I have set the Qt version properly I think as in the screenshot. Any idea what might be wrong? There is a bin folder in the Qt install folder which contains qmake.exe and everything else but using that folder doesn't fix anything. One possibly important detail is that the Qt project points to files located on a mapped drive for a network share. Qt Creator opens the project just fine. Thanks!

A: finally I found the solution:

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*open the project settings file yourproject.vcxprj with a test editor

*find the property group "globals"

<PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
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*Change the Keyword property to "QtVS_v302" as above.

*Open the solution with Visual Studio and now QT Tools should work

In my case keywork was "Qt4VSv1.0" that probably was the setting of an old version of QT Tools that now is obsolete.

A: I wanted to post this as a comment rather than another answer, but the reputation system blocked me.
Mattia's answer solved the issue for me but I needed to use QtVS_v304 rather than QtVS_v302. It seems that Qt has created another project format.

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How President-Elect Biden's Policies Will Affect Real Estate Investors
Unlike any election we've seen before, it took five days before the media declared a winner in the 2020 Presidential Election. While President Trump has alleged voter fraud, there does not appear to be any proof that validates that claim. As it stands, Joe Biden won the election and is the President-Elect. But how will President-Elect Biden's policies affect real estate investors? Is the 1031 Exchange being eliminated? Will bonus depreciation go away?
The change in leadership means a change in philosophy and policy. It is clear that Biden plans to roll back some of the tax breaks and benefits that were enacted through the 2017 JOBS Act under the Trump administration. According to NREIOnline, Biden proposed a 10-year, $775 billion plan to provide universal childcare and in-home elder care. According to the 10-page proposal, it "will be paid for by rolling back unproductive and unequal tax breaks for real estate investors with incomes over $400,000 and taking steps to increase tax compliance for high-income earners."
The plan only mentions the tax once and other details are scarce, if non-existent. Joe Biden's own website, joebiden.com offers little more detail on the taxes that impact real estate investors. However, multiple publications have reported that this plan would target three popular tax strategies: bonus depreciation, 1031 exchanges, and the step-up basis.
Bonus depreciation: enacted through the 2017 JOBS Act and allows you to accelerate the depreciation time frame for eligible elements instead of writing them off over their normal useful life.
1031 Exchange: history goes all the way back to 1921. A 1031 exchange allows you to roll your equity from one investment property into another investment property of equal or greater value while delaying the capital gains tax.
Step-up basis: allows you to "step-up" the value of inherited property to today's value so you are not responsible for paying capital gains tax on the equity that was created before you inherited it.
I discuss how these policies may impact investors and the likelihood that they may get implemented at all. In addition, Biden's website has three other policies that I discuss including a priority to create more affordable housing, provide support to reduce evictions, and ending systemic practices like redlining that have hurt minorities.
Watch Here:
Key insights on President-Elect Biden's Policies on Real Estate
Joe Biden's housing plan (link to info)
A top priority for President-Elect Biden is creating more affordable housing.
The benefits and concerns of Biden's vision for affordable housing development
Biden's plan for helping residents with evictions and what that means for landlords
An eviction is truly a last resort for most property owners.
How my company handled tenant shortfalls during COVID
Biden wants to end systemic practices that have made it harder for minorities, especially African-Americans to own real estate (end red lining)
Biden vs. the 1031 Exchange
Biden's proposal would impact investors earning incomes of more than $400,000
I'm less concerned about the 1031 Exchange because it's been talked about so long and is in place, and we still have a republican senate (as of now).
Benefits of utilizing a 1031 Exchange and what could happen if the law is changed
Understanding how Step-Up Basis works now, and what would happen if it was repealed (A step-up in basis reflects the changed value of an inherited asset)
If the step-up basis gets eliminated, very few heirs will be able to pay the capital gains tax.
How the republican senate will play a big role in real estate policies
How to take advantage of bonus depreciation (fast-forwarding the depreciation of any asset) before Biden gets rid of it
Bonus Depreciation is set to expire in 2023 and will be harder to renew.
How to get updates on policy changes that affect real estate investors, landlords, brokers, etc.
My final thoughts on the possible changes and how to deal with the proposed impact
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French Impressionists National Museum in Krakow Society of Polish Artists Olga Boznanska Impressionism Art Nouveau Polish painter Barbizon School
Olga Boznanska: Breaking Barriers in the World of Art
Dec 20, 2022 6:38:46 PM
Olga Boznanska (1865–1940) was a Polish painter known for her portraits, still lifes, and landscape paintings. Boznanska was born in Krakow, Poland and studied at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow from 1886 to 1888. She then studied in Munich, Germany from 1889 to 1895. Boznanska had a successful career in Munich, exhibiting frequently in the Glaspalast, the largest exhibition hall in the city. Boznanska experimented with a variety of painting styles, from Impressionism to Art Nouveau.
Throughout her career, Boznanska was inspired by her native Poland and its people. She painted portraits of Polish aristocrats, peasants, and landscapes. Her work is often characterized by its muted color palette, careful brushwork, and subtle use of light and shadow. Boznanska was also inspired by the work of the Barbizon School and the French Impressionists.
In 1895, Boznanska returned to Krakow and began teaching at the School of Fine Arts. She was the first woman to teach at the school and became a major influence in the Polish art world. Boznanska was a mentor to a generation of Polish painters and helped introduce Impressionism to the country.
In addition to her teaching, Boznanska continued to exhibit her work and had a number of solo exhibitions. She was a member of several art societies and had her works featured in a number of museums, including the National Museum in Warsaw. Boznanska was also a founding member of the Society of Polish Artists.
Boznanska died in 1940 in Krakow. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including a retrospective exhibition at the National Museum in Krakow in 2018. Her work is revered for its evocative use of color and light and its sensitive portrayal of the human figure.
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Zbynko Berka von Duba und Leipa (tschechisch: Zbyněk Berka z Dubé a Lipé; * 1551 Dřevenice bei Jičín; † 6. März 1606) war Erzbischof von Prag und Kardinal.

Herkunft und Werdegang
Zbynko entstammte einer böhmisch-mährischen Adelsfamilie, deren Mitglieder der katholischen Konfession angehörten und verschiedene königliche Ämter bekleideten. Seine Eltern waren Zdeněk Berka von Dubá auf Dřevenice, Oberstlandrichter von Böhmen, und Katharina, geb. von Haugwitz und Biskupitz. Zbynko besuchte Jesuitenschulen in Prag und Olmütz und erwarb das theologische Lizentiat an der Universität Krakau. 1574 empfing er durch den Prager Erzbischof Anton Brus von Müglitz die Priesterweihe und wurde im selben Jahr Propst des Vyšehrader Kapitels. In den nächsten Jahren erhielt er Kanonikate in Salzburg, Prag und Altbunzlau sowie die Propsteien Olmütz, Altötting, Regensburg und Leitmeritz. Papst Gregor XIII. ernannte ihn 1578 zum Geheimkämmerer und später zum Apostolischen Protonotar. 1582 wurde er Administrator des unmündigen Regensburger Bischofs Philipp Wilhelm von Bayern.

Erzbischof von Prag

Nach dem Tod des Prager Erzbischofs Martin Medek von Müglitz 1590 bewarben sich mehrere Kandidaten um die Nachfolge. Darunter so prominente wie Christoph Popel von Lobkowitz, Präsident des Appellationsgerichts, der keine priesterliche Weihen besaß, und der Strahover Abt Jan Lohelius. Am 14. Dezember 1592 nominierte Kaiser  Rudolf II. Zbynko Berka von Duba und Leipa, und auch die päpstliche Zustimmung verzögerte sich bis zum 21. Juni 1593, weil Zbynko seine einträglichen Pfründen behalten wollte. Außerdem sollte er sich verpflichten, wichtige Entscheidungen nur in Abstimmung mit dem Nuntius und dem Jesuitenprovinzial zu treffen und zudem vor dem Nuntius Cesare Specciano wegen seiner angeblichen Zugehörigkeit zum Utraquismus in seiner Jugendzeit, Widerruf leisten. Trotz der Spannungen zum Nuntius, die weiter anhielten, erteilte ihm dieser am 10. Oktober 1593 die Bischofsweihe. Als Prager Erzbischof wurde er auch Hochmeister der Kreuzherren mit dem Roten Stern.

Über seine Brüder, die oberste Ämter bekleideten, besaß Zbynko beste Verbindungen zur böhmischen und mährischen Landesregierung. Außerdem war Oberstkanzler Zdeněk Adalbert Popel von Lobkowitz sein Onkel. Zudem stand er auch mit dem einflussreichen, gegenreformatorisch gesinnten Olmützer Bischof Franz Xaver von Dietrichstein in gutem Einvernehmen und suchte auch den Rat des Wiener Erzbischofs Melchior Klesl.

Während seiner Amtszeit förderte er die Rekatholisierung und beabsichtigte, die erzbischöfliche Gewalt durch Unterordnung der Utraquisten, die Besetzung von Priesterstellen in den königlichen Städten, die Aufsicht über Schulen und Universitäten und auch mittels Bücherzensur zu stärken. Da die Landesregierung bis 1599 von Nichtkatholiken angeführt wurde, konnte er sich mit diesen Plänen nicht durchsetzen. Es gelang ihm jedoch, die Altutraquisten seiner Jurisdiktion zu unterstellen, und 1596 übergab er das Prager utraquistische Emmauskloster einem katholischen Benediktiner, den er zum Abt ernannte. Um 1600 besetzte er die Pfarreien der königlichen Grundherrschaften, über die er 1602 vom Kaiser die volle geistliche Gewalt übertragen bekam, mit katholischen Priestern. Als Jaroslav Bořita von Martinitz auf seinen Grundherrschaften eine rigorose Rekatholisierung durchführte, erhielt Zbynko vom Kaiser den Auftrag, auch auf den königlichen Besitzungen ähnlich vorzugehen. Bereits 1599 übertrug ihm der Kaiser die Bücherzensur. 1605 berief er eine Diözesansynode ein, auf der die Trienter Dekrete bekannt gemacht und deren Durchführung beraten wurde. Außerdem wurden Beschlüsse zur theologischen Bildung des Klerus gefasst und die Bücherzensur von 1599 verschärft. Bedeutende Helfer seiner Maßnahmen waren sein Offizial und Generalvikar Georg Barthold Pontanus von Breitenberg und der Strahover Abt Jan Lohelius, der zugleich Generalvisitator der Prämonstratenser war. Bei seinem Bemühen um die katholische Erneuerung setzte Zbynko bei der Klosterreform auch gegen den Willen des Nuntius und der Mönche Äbte seiner Wahl ein. Wegen ihrer Verdienste um die Rekatholisierung förderte er die Jesuiten und übergab ihnen zu diesem Zweck 1597 auch die Gebäude und Besitzungen des aufgelösten Augustiner-Chorherrenstifts in Glatz. 1603 wurde er zum Reichsfürsten erhoben. Kurz vor seinem Tod am 6. März 1606 ernannte ihn Papst Paul V. zum Kardinal. Am 10. Oktober 1606 wurde Karl von Lamberg sein Nachfolger als Erzbischof in Prag.

Literatur
 Winfried Eberhard, in: Erwin Gatz (Hrsg.): Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches. 1448 bis 1648. Duncker und Humblot, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-428-08422-5, S. 44–46.

Zbynko Berka Von Duba Und Leipa
Erzbischof von Prag
Kardinal (17. Jahrhundert)
Römisch-katholischer Bischof (16. Jahrhundert)
Römisch-katholischer Bischof (17. Jahrhundert)
Päpstlicher Geheimkämmerer
Domherr (Salzburg)
Domherr (16. Jahrhundert)
Domherr (17. Jahrhundert)
Kreuzherr mit dem Roten Stern
Böhmischer Adliger
Person (Habsburgermonarchie vor 1804)
Person (Königreich Böhmen)
Geboren 1551
Gestorben 1606
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Previous "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS" at Jeanrochdard, Paris
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"Concatenation. Signature, Seriality, Painting" at Blain|Southern, London
Concatenation. Signature, Seriality, Painting – a group show curated by Peter J. Amdam, currently on view at Blain|Southern, London – brings together a number of new works by the artists Matias Faldbakken, Josh Smith, Reena Spaulings and Fredrik Værslev. All of the participating artists examine the protocols of painting, albeit in their own very different ways, deploying the medium's contingency and pushing at the boundaries of contemporary modalities of painting.
Concatenation is defined as 'the action of linking things together in a series', or 'a series of interconnected things or events … unlikely to recur.' Series, signature, facture, mark and trace are all terms commonly used to describe painting. Each term could be included in what we might imagine to be a generalised practice of painting; and yet, of course, merely combining them would not be representative of painting as a whole.
Concatenation. Signature, Seriality, Painting experiments with, or creates an experience of what happens if an artist's 'signature' or agency is called into question. By creating tentative dialogues of sorts between the selected works, the axiom of painting is subverted. The group itself appears not as a selection of individual works, but as a whole, open for continuous reconfiguration; seriality therefore becomes, in a sense, infinite.
"The exhibition raises questions over how we might consider painting as an entity in its own right. It presents a mutated, abstract vision of painting which is open-ended, non-subjective and radically immanent – a non-summative seriality which circumvents representation and the idea of painting, to perform something which touches the 'Real'. Indeed, the 'Real' could quite simply be a number, one that cannot be reduced to a concept but is foreclosed to thought, yet infinitely effable." Peter J. Amdam
For a decade, Josh Smith has relentlessly and rigorously mutated and distorted notions of signature and painting. The artist is known for his extreme prolificacy, and for exploring ideas of authorship and originality. Fittingly, in the new series of stop signs presented here, he links together works with a signified meaning unlikely to be replicated; it is arresting, in and of itself.
Matias Faldbakken presents a new series of works which essentially vandalise and re-contextualise appropriated forms of packing or moving boxes. This violently negates and reconfigures the very basis of an artwork which might otherwise have been understood to 'contain' certain identifiable information. To paraphrase the French thinker François Laruelle: the artist is turning his back against the wall while he's simultaneously trying to find the very limit that is the wall.
Fredrik Værslev also presents a new body of work for the exhibition. In a highly original way, his Canopy Paintings "plug into" the world rather than merely re-present parts of it. These paintings make immanent the diagram, look, and temporality of the suburban architectural canopy – the result is a somehow democratic discovery of how this kind of painterly materiality amplifies or implicates the world of the arbitrary, functional and even prefabricated.
In a move that distantly resembles the deployment of cardboard containers found in Faldbakken, the fictional artist and gallerist Reena Spaulings transforms pizza boxes into monochromatic forms, upon which vectors are inscribed. Thus the concept of political and artistic agency is enigmatically and playfully explored.
at Blain|Southern, London
until 5 October 2012
From left — Reena Spaulings, Enigma 18; Enigma 3; Enigma 14, 2011
From left — Josh Smith, First Sign; Second Sign; Third Sign; Final Sign, 2012
Matias Faldbakken, Untitled (Flat Box #), 2012
Fredrik Værslev, Untitled (Canopy Painting: Orange, Cream and Yellow), 2012
Courtesy of Blain|Southern, London. Photos: Pru Cuming Photographers


Radiant Law are pleased to announce our GC workshop and networking event on "re-engineering commercial contracting".
For most senior legal teams in large organisations high volume commercial contracting processes are rarely purposefully designed but rather inherited and perpetuated and are often not fit for purpose. It is no surprise that GCs recognise that "cracks are appearing" in service delivery.
The purpose of the workshop is to step back, consider what happens in practice, what the business really needs and where there is waste, and then offer ways of designing and implementing a better contracting approach.
This workshop builds on the success of our all day workshop last November on "separating legal process from legal counsel".
Please see details of the event below and confirm whether or not you will be able to attend. Either way, we would be most grateful if you would take the time to complete our survey.


TORONTO – Animal Justice Canada ("Animal Justice") has submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry ("MNRF") that moose calf hunting should cease entirely in the province of Ontario to respond to the crisis of the moose population decline.
Recent population surveys have shown strict declines in moose populations in many parts of northern Ontario, a trend also being seen in other North American jurisdictions. In response, the MNRF has proposed decreasing the open hunting season for moose calves in parts of northern Ontario down from up to 12 weeks, down to two weeks.
Animal Justice's position is in line with the MNRF's objectives, as stated in its Moose Management Policy, which include managing moose populations sustainably.
Animal Justice recommends that, given the steady decline of the moose population in the last 15 years, it is appropriate to discontinue the calf moose hunt until moose numbers have stabilized. Shortening and delaying the hunting season, the two tactics the MNRF offers as a remedy, has not worked in the past to revive the moose population. Rather, ceasing moose calf hunting entirely would better allow infant moose to live long enough to contribute to Ontario's ecosystems and help moose populations rebound.
Moose face pressure from predators, parasites, changes in climate and their habitat, as well as hunting. The former pressures are natural, or not immediately controllable, whereas population pressure from hunting is immediately controllable.
The MNRF has asked Ontarians to participate in the planning and decision-making in moose management by providing feedback on the proposals. The public can find out more and submit comments here: http://apps.mnr.gov.on.ca/apps/dashboard/ontarios-moose-project.
Animal Justice Canada is a charity dedicated to advancing public knowledge of animal practices and preventing the abuse and killing of animals through the enforcement of existing laws. Visit www.animaljustice.ca to learn more.


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Luis Suarez won it last time around, but he is now plying his trade at Barcelona. So who will it be this time? I am talking of the PFA Player of the year award.
This summer saw the influx of Alexis Sanchez and Diego Costa in the Premier League and it would be right to say that the duo have made an enormous impact for their respective teams.
Costa has been key to Chelsea's Premier league title tilt with 18 league goals while the Chilean Sanchez has hit the back of the net 13 times. While the Blues sit atop the standings six points clear of Manchester City with a gem in hand, Arsenal are currently third, just a point behind the Citizens.
Eden Hazardwon the PFA Young Player of the Year last time and it would be only fair to say that he could go one better this year. The diminutive Belgian has dazzled for Jose Mourinho's side and together with Cesc Fabregas and Costa, Chelsea were simply unplayable at times in the earlier part of the campaign.
Tottenham's Harry Kane has arguably been the find of the season and the youngster has been recently called into the senior England squad. He will be rightly a contender for the young player award.
Elsewhere, David De Gea has been in stunning form for Manchester United bailing the Red Devils time and again when required. United are currently fourth in the standings, engaged in a fight for a Champions League berth for next season.
Manchester City's title defense has come of the wheels over the past couple of months but Sergio Aguero and David Silva make the list for the top ten contenders.
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Each day, active duty military members and their family cope with stressing issues such as deployment, general service demands, trauma and re-integration. This can compromise psychological wellness and create substance use problems for these brave men and women.
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The Military Resiliency Program helps facilitate trust, self-regulation, trauma awareness and integration through various methods such as assessments, medically monitored detoxification programs and individualized and group rehabilitative therapy.
Service members are tended to 24 hours a day by our team of compassionate and highly trained professionals. Our dedicated staff on the Military Resiliency Unit (MRU) are either veterans themselves, military family members or have gone through extensive military culture training.
Treatment in the Resiliency Track includes a wide variety of therapeutic activities, including expressive therapy, art and music therapy, recreational therapy and yoga therapy. Our clinical staff employs much of the most up-to-date and research-based techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), and Acupuncture.
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The Christmas Holidays are here and we've been partying!
And she also drew this beautiful picture, which I just love.
Monkey Girl loves drawing horses and I also love her drawing horses!
And she also made this awesome Nativity scene out of foil.
And this tiny Fimo stocking for Santa.


Another glorious Monday morning. While the majority of the world is shaking off the weekend and heading off to work, here we are hyperventilating and preparing for our weekly meeting with the scale.
It probably hasn't been a great week for weight loss. We were dealing with emotional trauma to begin with, then spent a couple days out of town and away from our normal food and fitness routine. Given that we also have a nutritionist visit to look forward to this week, it feels a bit grim looking forward to the weigh-in later this morning. The horror stories of those who gained weight during the pre-operative period and were then unable to have the surgery are never far from my mind.
Something is sure happening to my physiology, though – everything is headed down. My chest, my belly, the undersides of my arms – it is all collapsing, making me look like a fat scarecrow dressed in wet sheets. I hate this look quite a bit – maybe even more than I hated the "over-inflated beach ball" look I had for years. To combat this, over the weekend I bought myself a resistance band set, intending to start on some low-end strength training, and hopefully begin to firm this mush up. I opened up the box, inflated the ball, tested out the bands, and left them in position in the living room, ready to be used.
I do realize that my own body is working against me here. The body seeks homeostasis – stability in all its operations. In the last few months, I have reduced my diet, increased my cardiovascular excercise, changed my sleep patterns, and replaced daily hours of sitting still with hours of some kind of activity. This does not represent stability, and my body is certainly not interested in adding yet another upset by attempting to rebuild muscle tissue on top of everything else. But I arrived at obesity by not seizing the reins of my body's functions all those years ago, and need to continue to overcome stability and laziness every day.
Sigh. I am afraid I just argued myself into going to the living room and designing an exercise band workout routine. Think good thoughts for me as I am sure I will be quite disgusted with myself for not being able to handle a 3-pound resistance band workout.
PS – Thank you to everyone who responded to our loss of Frankie last week. We received literally hundreds of supportive messages, emails, and Facebook comments. Misdirected has the best readers in the world.


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Animal: DNA Viruses
Monocyte-derived dendritic cells are permissive to the complete replicative cycle of human cytomegalovirus
S. Riegler, H. Hebart, H. Einsele, P. Brossart, G. Jahn and C. Sinzger
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The susceptibility of monocyte-derived immature dendritic cells (DC) to infection by various strains of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) was analysed. Immature DC were generated by incubation of peripheral blood monocytes with interleukin-4 and granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor for 7 days and were characterized by a CD1a+/CD40+/CD80+/CD86+/HLA-DR+/CD14− phenotype. Viral antigen expression and production of infectious progeny virus were analysed in infected immature DC cultures. Immature DC were 80–90 % susceptible to HCMV strains that had been propagated in endothelial cell culture, whereas the infection rate was negligible with fibroblast-adapted HCMV strains. Immature DC infection resulted in expression of viral immediate early, early and late genes. Productive infection was proven by the detection of infectious virus in single-step growth curves and in infectious centre assays. It is concluded that HCMV might interfere with the host immune reaction by permissive, lytic infection of immature DC.
Mitochondrial distribution and function in herpes simplex virus-infected cells
Takayuki Murata, Fumi Goshima, Tohru Daikoku, Kyoko Inagaki-Ohara, Hiroki Takakuwa, Keisuke Kato and Yukihiro Nishiyama
In this study, mitochondria migrated to a perinuclear region in the cytoplasm in herpes simplex virus (HSV)-infected cells. HSV infection did not promote the expression of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 2 but did promote that of stress-responsive HSP60, both of which are known to be components of mitochondria. The levels of cellular ATP and lactate and mitochondrial membrane potential were maintained for at least 6 h but decreased at the late stage of infection. It was also found that the UL41 and UL46 gene products, both of which are known to be tegument proteins, accumulated in the perinuclear region. The clustering of mitochondria and the accumulation of tegument proteins were completely blocked by the addition of nocodazole and vinblastine. These results suggest that mitochondria respond to the stimulation of HSV infection, migrating with tegument proteins along microtubules to a site around the nucleus, and maintain function until at least the middle stage of infection.
Diminished secondary CTL response in draining lymph nodes on cutaneous challenge with herpes simplex virus
Claerwen M. Jones, Stephen C. Cose, James M. McNally, Stephen R. Jennings, William R. Heath and Francis R. Carbone
We have shown that C57BL/6-derived CD8+ CTL specific for an immunodominant herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) glycoprotein B (gB) determinant express a highly conserved Vβ10/junctional sequence combination. This extreme T cell receptor β-chain bias can be used to track the activation of gB-specific CTL in lymph nodes draining the site of HSV-1 infection. In this report we have examined the accumulation of gB-specific CTL in the primary and secondary or recall CTL responses to HSV-1 infection. We found that gB-specific cytolytic activity present within popliteal lymph nodes draining HSV-infected foot-pads peaked at day 5 post-infection during the primary response. As found previously, this correlates with the accumulation of Vβ10+CD8+ CTL in the activated T cell subset. Lymph node-derived cytotoxicity peaked between days 3 and 4 on secondary challenge with virus and, somewhat surprisingly, was considerably below that seen in the primary response. This reduced gB-specific cytolytic activity mirrored a near absence of Vβ10+CD8+ T cell enrichment found within the draining lymph nodes during this recall response, consistent with the overall diminution of gB-specific CTL accumulation in this site. Finally, there was a second wave of biased accumulation of Vβ10+CD8+ activated T cells within the popliteal lymph nodes well after the resolution of infection in both the primary and secondary responses. These results are discussed in terms of preferential activation of virus-specific memory T cells directly in infected tissues during a secondary CTL response at the expense of draining lymphoid organs.
A putative latency promoter/enhancer (PLAT2) region of pseudorabies virus contains a virulence determinant
Zsolt Boldogköi, Ferenc Erdélyi and István Fodor
Contradictory data have recently been reported on the role of the unique long–internal repeat junction area of pseudorabies (Aujeszky's disease) virus (PrV) genome in the virulence of the virus. To investigate the basis of the difference, four recombinant PrVs mutated at the outer region of inverted repeats that involved a putative latency promoter (PLAT2) were constructed in this study. Propagation characteristics of mutant viruses in cultured cells were similar to those of the wild-type virus. However, a 757 bp deletion at this location caused significant reduction in the virulence of PrV after intraperitoneal inoculation of mice and a moderate decrease in the virulence after intracranial inoculation. These results indicate that the PLAT2 region is an important virulence determinant that may be implicated in the neuroinvasive capability of the virus.
Infection of intestinal epithelial cells and development of systemic disease following gastric instillation of murine gammaherpesvirus-68
James W. Peacock and Kenneth L. Bost
Murine gammaherpesvirus-68 (γHV-68) induces a lymphocytosis in mice and establishes a latent infection of B lymphocytes following intranasal administration in anaesthetized animals. Because γHV-68 is a gammaherpesvirus, it has been used as a model to understand the pathogenesis of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) and human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) infections. In this study, we investigated the unlikely possibility that γHV-68 could survive the harsh gastrointestinal environment to efficiently infect intestinal epithelial cells, and then disseminate from mucosal sites to cause systemic disease. Surprisingly, oral administration, or gastric instillation which by-passed the oral cavity, readily caused a systemic lymphocytosis and established a latent infection in splenic leukocytes. The finding that γHV-68 could readily infect adult mice following gastric instillation strongly suggested that intestinal epithelial cells could be productively infected. Unlike the more routinely used method of intranasal inoculation, γHV-68 given intragastrically resulted in lytic virus, viral RNA and viral DNA being present in isolated intestinal epithelial cells. Furthermore, γHV-68 RNA and DNA, but not latent virus, could be detected in epithelial cells as long as 30 days post-infection, suggesting that some of these cells might be persistently infected. Taken together, these studies demonstrate that γHV-68 can survive passage through the gastrointestinal tract and infect intestinal epithelial cells. Following infection of gut epithelial cells, γHV-68 can disseminate from mucosal sites to induce a systemic lymphocytosis which is similar to the disease induced following intranasal inoculation.
Insertion sites for recombinant vaccinia virus construction: effects on expression of a foreign protein
Barbara E. H. Coupar, Pamela G. Oke and Marion E. Andrew
The expression of antigens or other molecules from recombinant vaccinia viruses requires the insertion of coding sequence at specific sites in the viral genome. Here we investigate the influence of two different sites on the level of protein expressed during a viral infection. The level of immune response in mice to vaccinia virus-expressed murine interleukin 2 (IL-2) or IL-4 varied depending on whether the coding sequence was inserted into the vaccinia virus thymidine kinase (tk) gene or into the HindIII F fragment of the viral genome where herpes simplex virus (HSV) tk was used as a selectable marker. In each case the intensity of the response was greater when the relevant gene was expressed from the HindIII F insertion site. In order to quantify these differences a series of recombinant viruses expressing luciferase was constructed. Luciferase activity from coding sequence inserted into the HindIII F fragment was significantly higher than that from the tk gene insertion, provided HSV tk+ constructs were compared. Insertion of a marker gene (HSV tk) into the HindIII F site with disruption of the F7L open reading frame led to a reduced level of luciferase expressed from the tk insert, despite more than 45 kb of intervening sequence. In mice, luciferase expression was higher from the HindIII F inserted gene than from the tk insert in both lungs and ovaries.
Nucleotide sequence and genome organization of Apple latent spherical virus: a new virus classified into the family Comoviridae
Chunjiang Li, Nobu Yoshikawa, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Tsutae Ito, Kouji Yoshida and Hiroki Koganezawa
A virus with isometric virus particles (ca. 25 nm) was isolated from an apple tree and named Apple latent spherical virus (ALSV). Virus particles purified from infected Chenopodium quinoa formed two bands with densities of 1·41 and 1·43 g/cm3 in CsCl equilibrium density-gradient centrifugation, indicating that the virus is composed of two components. The virus had two ssRNA species (RNA1 and RNA2) and three capsid proteins (Vp25, Vp24 and Vp20). The complete nucleotide sequences of RNA1 and RNA2 were determined to be 6815 nt and 3384 nt excluding the 3′ poly(A) tail, respectively. RNA1 contains two partially overlapping ORFs encoding polypeptides of molecular mass 23 kDa ('23K'; ORF1) and 235 kDa ('235K'; ORF2); RNA2 has a single ORF encoding a polypeptide of 108 kDa ('108K'). The 235K protein has, in order, consensus motifs of the protease cofactor, the NTP-binding helicase, the cysteine protease and the RNA polymerase, in good agreement with the gene arrangement of viruses in the Comoviridae. The 108K protein contains an LPL movement protein (MP) motif near the N terminus. Direct sequencing of the N-terminal amino acids of the three capsid proteins showed that Vp25, Vp20 and Vp24 are located in this order in the C-terminal region of the 108K protein. The cleavage sites of the 108K polyprotein were Q/G (MP/Vp25 and Vp25/Vp20) and E/G (Vp20/Vp24). Phylogenetic analysis of the ALSV RNA polymerase domain showed that ALSV falls into a cluster different from the nepo-, como- and fabavirus lineages.
Molecular characterization of the genome of a partitivirus from the basidiomycete Rhizoctonia solani
Ethan E. Strauss, Dilip K. Lakshman and Stellos M. Tavantzis
The bisegmented genome of a double-stranded (ds) RNA virus from the fungus Rhizoctonia solani isolate Rhs 717 was characterized. The larger segment, dsRNA 1, is 2363 bases long whereas the smaller segment, dsRNA 2, has 2206 bases. The 5′ ends of the coding strands of dsRNA 1 and dsRNA 2 are highly conserved (100% identity over 47 bases), and contain inverted repeats capable of forming stable stem–loop structures. Analysis of the coding potential of each of the two segments showed that dsRNAs 1 and 2 could code for polypeptides of 730 aa (bases 86–2275; molecular mass 86 kDa) and 683 aa (bases 79–2130; molecular mass 76 kDa), respectively. The 86 kDa polypeptide has all the motifs of dsRNA RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RDRP), and has significant homology with putative RDRPs of partitiviruses from Fusarium poae and Atkinsonella hypoxylon. The 76 kDa protein shows homology with the putative capsid proteins (CP) of the same viruses. Northern blot analysis revealed no subgenomic RNA species, consistent with the fact that the long open reading frames encoding the putative RDRP and CP cover the entire length of the respective dsRNAs.
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Characteristics of the Microplate Method of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the Detection of Plant Viruses
M. F. Clark and A. N. Adams
Characteristics of a Human Cell Line Transformed by DNA from Human Adenovirus Type 5
F. L. Graham, J. Smiley, W. C. Russell and R. Nairn
The phylogeny of RNA-dependent RNA polymerases of positive-strand RNA viruses
Eugene V. Koonin
Highlights and prospects of potyvirus molecular biology
José Luis Riechmann, Sonia Laín and Juan Antonio García
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Geminiviridae
F. Murilo Zerbini, Rob W Briddon, Ali Idris, Darren P Martin, Enrique Moriones, Jesús Navas-Castillo, Rafael Rivera-Bustamante, Philippe Roumagnac, Arvind Varsani and ICTV Report Consortium
Updated classification of norovirus genogroups and genotypes
Preeti Chhabra, Miranda de Graaf, Gabriel I. Parra, Martin Chi-Wai Chan, Kim Green, Vito Martella, Qiuhong Wang, Peter A. White, Kazuhiko Katayama, Harry Vennema, Marion P. G. Koopmans and Jan Vinjé
Mechanisms and enzymes involved in SARS coronavirus genome expression
Volker Thiel, Konstantin A. Ivanov, Ákos Putics, Tobias Hertzig, Barbara Schelle, Sonja Bayer, Benedikt Weißbrich, Eric J. Snijder, Holger Rabenau, Hans Wilhelm Doerr, Alexander E. Gorbalenya and John Ziebuhr
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Flaviviridae
Peter Simmonds, Paul Becher, Jens Bukh, Ernest A. Gould, Gregor Meyers, Tom Monath, Scott Muerhoff, Alexander Pletnev, Rebecca Rico-Hesse, Donald B. Smith, Jack T. Stapleton and ICTV Report Consortium
Analysis of the aphthovirus 2A/2B polyprotein 'cleavage' mechanism indicates not a proteolytic reaction, but a novel translational effect: a putative ribosomal 'skip'
Michelle L. L. Donnelly, Garry Luke, Amit Mehrotra, Xuejun Li, Lorraine E. Hughes, David Gani and Martin D. Ryan
Classification and identification of geminiviruses using sequence comparisons
Malla Padidam, Roger N. Beachy and Claude M. Fauquet
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Jacob Sullum is a syndicated columnist and a senior editor at Reason magazine. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, National Review, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. In 1998, he was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. Jacob Sullum was the winner of the 2004 Thomas S. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties.
FOR YOUR OWN GOOD: The Anti-Smoking Crusade and the Tyranny of Public Health (The Free Press, 1998)
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Open meeting laws, also called sunshine laws, require that, with notable exceptions, most meetings of federal and state government agencies and regulatory bodies be open to the public, along with their decisions and records.
Although open meeting statutes are closely related to the Freedom of Information Act of 1966, no national minimum standard defines "openness," and it is not mentioned in the First Amendment. Much of the litigation over open meeting laws has centered on whether particular exceptions justify closing certain meetings of government bodies.
Open meeting laws are a relatively new development. They ensure the public's right to access to the internal workings of government at all levels. This "right" cannot be traced back to America's common law tradition with England or to practices in place when the United States was founded.
Until the mid-1800s, sessions of the English Parliament were closed to the public, and attempts to publish its debates in the press were punishable offenses. In America, sessions of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention were held in secret.
Although neither the Constitution nor the Bill of Rights requires public access to government meetings, the principle is entirely compatible with the concept of popular sovereignty and an informed citizenry. The freedoms of speech, the press, and the right to petition the government in the First Amendment all presuppose a "right to access." To criticize or support a government policy effectively, citizens must be informed of the reasons for that policy.
In the 1950s, even before Congress enacted the Freedom of Information Act, the American Society of Newspaper Editors had formed the Freedom of Information Committee. It pressured state legislatures to enact "open meetings" laws as part of a general move toward more responsive and responsible government.
By 1976 all of the states and the District of Columbia had passed sunshine laws that created a legal right to (limited) access.
In general, most statutes require public bodies to meet and deliberate in public.
Although these laws guarantee that the public and the media can attend, they do not guarantee the public's right to speak.
What constitutes a meeting is usually defined by its purpose — to perform public business (social gatherings are not considered meetings) — and the number of participants—a quorum or majority. All such meetings, unless specifically and legally exempted, are presumed to be open to the public, and agencies are required to give advance notice of the date, time, place, and agenda.
Exempted meetings are normally held in closed executive session and may be devoted to such things as personnel issues, ongoing investigations, collective bargaining, conferences with agency attorneys, the acquisition or sale of public property, or a debate among members of the agency prior to a decision.
Nevertheless, the agency must compile minutes or transcripts, and formal action must be taken in a public session. Both federal and state legislatures have the discretion to enact statutes to change or add exemptions at any time.
Faced with the technological advances of the information age and haphazard business practices, states are finding that they must reconsider their open meeting statutes.
Violations have ranged from conducting public business during innocent chance meetings to purposely bypassing the public notification requirement by using serial telephone calls or e-mails to speak with fellow board or agency members. In either case, technically the attendance requirement that triggers an open meeting is not present under most state laws, but the intent or spirit of the law is being ignored.
To clarify the meaning of "meeting" and to address today's virtual or electronic communications capabilities, several states have relied on the analysis provided by the Washington state appeals court decision in Wood v. Battle Ground School District (2001).
It specifies that regardless of the setting, a meeting is defined by the intent and substance of the communication among public officials. If that intent is to discuss information and views or influence public business or policy, the communication becomes a meeting under the law and the provisions of the open meeting law apply.
If, however, the information is "passive," with no real intent of influencing public policy, the communication does not trigger the legal requirement for an open meeting.
In the e-mail context, courts have focused on whether there was simultaneous communication akin to exchanges at a real-world meeting between officials.
Today, in most states intent is central to determining the applicability of the open meeting statutes.
Alex Aichinger is a former professor at Northwestern State University in Louisiana. He has also contributed to American Constitutional Law Volumes I and II. This article originally published in 2009.
"Note: Open Meeting Statutes: The Press Fights for the 'Right to Know.' " Harvard Law Review 75 (1962): 1199–1221.
O'Connor, John, and Michael J. Baratz. "Some Assembly Required: The Application of State Open Meeting Laws to Email Correspondence." George Mason Law Review 12 (2004): 719–774.


The original Wipeout inspired countless musicians across the world to become producers and composers. Check out their dedication to the series in The Wipeout Generation soundtrack.
The Wipeout Generation is a compilation of tracks inspired by the Wipeout series, and the composer behind the original soundtrack, Cold Storage (Tim Wright).
Looking for additional music tracks to play with Wipeout 2048? look no further.
Click HERE (http://soundcloud.com/groups/the-wip3out-project-auricom-digital/tracks) to access free downloads of Original Tracks and Remix's of Tracks from the Wipeout Series.
Nice, will be giving these a try.
If you haven't tried it already, you can boot up the music app-thing on the Vita whilst playing a game to get some tuneage going.
The only problem is that the music from the app drown out the game's sounds. So if you want to listen to your own music in 2048 properly you'll have to turn the in-game music off and use some software to make the music you intend to play quite a bit quieter.
Good, I thought herein the track from kraftwerks tour de France album was going to make me rage destructively over the world.
Hearing the remix of the chemical brothers n fsol, with those kinds of sounds, still makes me, want to, almost rage kill that man.
And I still want to hear the music louder than the warning signs of "missile" any day.


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Heska acquires European vet diagnostics firm as part of global buying spree – BizWest
Heska acquires European vet diagnostics firm as part of global buying spree
LOVELAND — Heska Corp. (Nasdaq: HSKA) is acquiring the European veterinary diagnostics arm of Covetrus Inc. (Nasdaq: CVET), fresh off the heels of an acquisition in Spain last week.
The Loveland veterinary company will pay $125 million in cash for Covetrus' interest in scil animal care company GmbH, an animal medical device maker and distributor with offices in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, according to a statement Tuesday afternoon. Scil also distributes its products to 25 countries across Europe and Asia.
The deal is set to close within the next 60 to 90 days.
In a prepared statement, Heska CEO Kevin Wilson said the deal will make Heska one of the largest veterinary suppliers in Europe and fits into a larger effort to expand sales across the globe.
"We begin January a much stronger #3 (in market share) in North America and a solid #1 or #2 in key European markets, with footholds and assets in place to drive more deeply and more broadly everywhere," he said.
Heska previously announced the purchase of two other veterinary diagnostic companies in Spain last week for an undisclosed sum.
The company's stock was temporarily halted from trading Tuesday in anticipation of the news. Heska executives are slated to present to investors next week at the J.P. Morgan 2019 Healthcare Conference.


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Q: Receiving data in slaves mpi spawn c I'm trying to implement the following scenario using mpi_comm_spawn & scatter :
1- Master spawns 2 processes with a job.
2- He scatters an array to those spawned processes.
3- The spawned processes receive the scattered array sort it then send it back.
4- The master receives the sorted parts of the array.
I'd like to know how to do the step 2, so far i've tried with send and receives, they work perfectly but i want to do it with the scatter function.
Edit : Here's what i'd like to do in the master code , i'm missing the part in the slave's where i receive the scattered array
/*Master Here*/

MPI_Comm_spawn(slave, MPI_ARGV_NULL, 2, MPI_INFO_NULL,0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &inter_comm, array_of_errcodes);

printf("MASTER Sending a message to slaves \n");
MPI_Send(message, 50, MPI_CHAR,0 , tag, inter_comm);

MPI_Scatter(array, 10, MPI_INT, &array_r, 10, MPI_INT, MPI_ROOT, inter_comm);

Thanks.

A: master.c
#include "mpi.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   int n_spawns = 2;
   MPI_Comm intercomm;

   MPI_Init(&argc, &argv);

   MPI_Comm_spawn("worker_program", MPI_ARGV_NULL, n_spawns, MPI_INFO_NULL, 0, MPI_COMM_SELF, &intercomm, MPI_ERRCODES_IGNORE);

   int sendbuf[2] = {3, 5};
   int recvbuf; // redundant for master.

   MPI_Scatter(sendbuf, 1, MPI_INT, &recvbuf, 1, MPI_INT, MPI_ROOT, intercomm);

   MPI_Finalize();
   return 0;
}

worker.c
#include "mpi.h"
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   MPI_Init(&argc, &argv);

   MPI_Comm intercomm;
   MPI_Comm_get_parent(&intercomm);

   int sendbuf[2]; // redundant for worker.
   int recvbuf;

   MPI_Scatter(sendbuf, 1, MPI_INT, &recvbuf, 1, MPI_INT, 0, intercomm);
   printf("recvbuf = %d\n", recvbuf);

   MPI_Finalize();
   return 0;
}

Command line
mpicc master.c -o master_program
mpicc worker.c -o worker_program
mpirun -n 1 master_program


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Joker and Harley: Truly, madly a 'Suicide Squad' power couple
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Taylor Swift may sing about mad love but the Joker and Harley Quinn live it.
One of the core relationships of the supervillain extravaganza Suicide Squad (in theaters Friday) is the Gotham City power couple played by Jared Leto and Margot Robbie that's aptly described as a workplace romance gone wrong: Dr. Harleen Quinzel is an Arkham Asylum psychiatrist who gets way too involved with her nutty patient, and the Joker turns her into his makeup-clad moll.
"There's no way to define their relationship except that it doesn't get more dysfunctional," says producer Charles Roven.
There's a Method to Jared Leto's Joker madness
From Harley's first appearance in TV's Batman: The Animated Series in 1992 and carrying over to the couple's comic book exploits since then, these two psychopathic peas in a pod have a history of being on the freakier side of a normal relationship. But in the movie, Leto and Robbie's performances showcase a deeper connection between the over-the-top Bonnie and Clyde who are always on Batman's radar. Racing down the streets of Gotham one evening, the Dark Knight (Ben Affleck) ends up on top of their colorful sports car, causing Harley to exclaim, "Stupid Bats, you're ruining date night!"
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After getting incarcerated and growing closer to her fellow outlaws in Task Force X — Deadshot (Will Smith), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney) and the rest of the crew — Harley never forgets her "Puddin," and the Joker constantly fosters a protective streak when it comes to his leading lady.
"You have two people who are probably on the brink of madness apart, and when they come together, they become even crazier," Leto says. "There is an inexplicable attraction that the Joker has, (and) there is something indefinable between the two of them that creates a kind of magic."
Understanding that dynamic with the Clown Prince of Crime was crucial in Robbie figuring how to play Harley. "It seems justified when you really delve into how she feels about him and how codependent she is on him and how nuts he makes her feel," says the Australian actress.
Review: 'Suicide Squad' finds sincerity in insanity
That said, Harley is a walking, bat-swinging dichotomy: For as much as she's defined by the Joker, she's definitely her own woman.
"It's not like, 'I'm an independent woman and I'm single.' People aren't that one-sided," Robbie says. "There are so many layers to relationships and people's identity that I don't think it needs to be so straightforward. I love that the dichotomy is there."
While he saw Joker as a predatory animal, Ayer felt Harley could be a complex, Rosetta stone character used to explore real-life issues.
"I've known strong, powerful women who at the same time could be beholden to really bad situations and make bad decisions," Ayer says. "We all know these people, whether they're our sisters, our cousins, our friends, whatever.
"There's something very honest about her life and her journey, yet she has this indomitable spirit. She's incredibly present and joyous in everything she does."


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Republicans going easy on budget cuts
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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., presides at the Capitol Hill hearing on the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2011-2021 in Washington. Republicans now controlling the House promised Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, to slash domestic agencies' budgets by almost 20 percent for the coming year. Republicans won't get everything they want. Democrats are in charge of the White House and the Senate, and even House Republicans may have second thoughts when the magnitude of the cuts sinks in. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Republicans now running the House are barely touching Congress' own generous budget even as they take a cleaver to many domestic agencies.
A new GOP proposal would reduce domestic agencies' spending by 9 percent on average through September, when the current budget year ends.
If that plan becomes law, it could lead to layoffs of tens of thousands of federal employees, big cuts to heating and housing subsidies for the poor, reduced grants to schools and law enforcement agencies, and a major hit to the Internal Revenue Service's budget.
Congress, on the other hand, would get nicked by only 2 percent, or $94 million.
Recent hefty increases to the congressional budget — engineered by Democrats when they held power in the House from 2007-2010 — would remain largely in place under a plan announced Thursday by the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky.
The plan, developed in close consultation with Republican Speaker John Boehner's office, would cut Congress' budget less than any other domestic spending bill, except for the one covering the Department of Homeland Security.
All 12 spending bills left unfinished by Democrats will go into a single, enormous measure that Republicans promise to bring up the week of Feb. 14.
"Charity begins at home, and Congress should lead the way with cuts to their own budget," said Steve Ellis of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a Washington-based watchdog group. "Instead they're protecting their bottom line while slashing everyone else's."
The cut to Congress gets a little deeper, to 3.5 percent, if it were imposed for a full calendar year instead of the seven months that will remain in the current budget year. But so, too, would the cuts to other agencies — growing to 16 percent.
When Democrats took over Congress in 2007, they inherited a $3.8 billion budget for Congress. That includes money for members' and leadership offices, House and Senate committees, and support agencies such as the Capitol Police and the Congressional Budget Office, which crunches numbers for lawmakers as they consider legislation.
Since then, that budget has risen to $4.7 billion, a 23 percent increase over four years. The biggest jump, 11 percent, occurred when President Barack Obama signed a Democratic-written spending bill just after he took office in 2009.
Among the first items of business when the GOP regained the House was to pass a bipartisan measure to cut office and committee budgets by 5 percent. That move that prompted much self-congratulation even though it would produce just $35 million in savings. For context, the deficit is climbing toward $1.5 trillion this year.
Republicans bristle at the suggestion that Congress is getting off easy. They promise further cuts when the Senate pitches in and when the two chambers work out joint items such as budgets for the Capitol Police, Library of Congress and the Government Accountability Office.
"Earlier this year, the House passed unprecedented cuts to its own budget, and we are cutting more … a total of nearly $100 million in House-related spending cuts," said Boehner's spokesman, Michael Steel. "The Senate has substantial responsibility for the overall legislative branch appropriations bill, and we hope to work with them to cut even more going forward."
Republicans will provide more details about the spending bill in the week ahead.
Legislative branch cuts are hardly unprecedented. Former Speaker Newt Gingrich engineered an 8 percent cut in Congress's budget when Republicans last wrested control of the House, in 1995.
When Democrats gained a majority in 2007, the budget for the office of the speaker's office — considered the most powerful of any in Congress — exploded. As speaker, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., engineered a $2 million, 71 percent increase immediately after that transfer of party control.
A Pelosi spokesman attributed some of the increase to her decision to consolidate a variety of leadership jobs within her office — as opposed to the power-sharing approach of her predecessor, Republican Dennis Hastert of Illinois.
Regardless, Boehner inherited a pretty flush office account, which permits him a sizable staff contingent, including a press and communications operation with a dozen people. Capitol Hill news coverage has increased considerably in recent years with the advent of the 24-hour news cycle, the growth of niche publications and a range of new online media, including Twitter and Facebook.
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