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Q: Can't get GATT characteristics C# Unable to cast BluetoothLEDevice to IBluetoothLEDevice3 I'm a newbie in Bluetooth LE programming. I've already built the program I'm working on for Android, and now I'm trying to port it to C# / Windows IoT.
I'm trying to read Health Thermometer data sent in a BLE Advertisement package. Each time I try to access the device's GATT services, my code throws an exception:
private TypedEventHandler<BluetoothLEAdvertisementWatcher, BluetoothLEAdvertisementReceivedEventArgs> OnAdvertisementReceived = async (w, eventArgs) =>
    {
        BluetoothLEDevice device = await BluetoothLEDevice.FromBluetoothAddressAsync(eventArgs.BluetoothAddress);
        try
        {
            var SERVICEUUID = eventArgs.Advertisement.ServiceUuids.FirstOrDefault();
            var CHARACUUID = new Guid("00001809-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb");

            //FIXME: Getting invalid cast exception at this point
            var gatt = await device.GetGattServicesForUuidAsync(SERVICEUUID);
            Debug.WriteLine($"{device.Name} Services: {gatt.Services.Count}, {gatt.Status}, {gatt.ProtocolError}");

            var characs = await gatt.Services.Single(s => s.Uuid == SERVICEUUID).GetCharacteristicsAsync();
            var charac = characs.Characteristics.Single(c => c.Uuid == CHARACUUID);

            //TODO: Parse temperature value to float
            var val = await charac.ReadValueAsync();
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Debug.WriteLine("Error getting characteristics: " + e);
        }
    };

The exception I get is:
System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'Windows.Devices.Bluetooth.BluetoothLEDevice' to type 'Windows.Devices.Bluetooth.IBluetoothLEDevice3'
at System.StubHelpers.StubHelpers.GetCOMIPFromRCW_WinRT(Object objSrc, IntPtr pCPCMD, IntPtr& ppTarget)
at Windows.Devices.Bluetooth.BluetoothLEDevice.GetGattServicesForUuidAsync(Guid serviceUuid)

The BluetoothLEDevice apparently implements the IBluetoothLEDevice3 interface, so I don't understand how it can't be casted. Any help on why this happens is much appreciated. My device is a Raspberry PI3 if that matters. Thanks in advance!
Update:
When debugging the code, I see that the BluetoothLEDevice's DeviceAccessInformation property throws the exception and it gets propagated to the top level:

DeviceAccessInformation = 'device.DeviceAccessInformation' threw an
  exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException'

Update2
When I try accessing GATT services directly this way, I get a different exception:
BluetoothLEDevice device = await BluetoothLEDevice.FromBluetoothAddressAsync(eventArgs.BluetoothAddress);
            var gattService = await GattDeviceService.FromIdAsync(device.DeviceId);

The exception in this case is

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The system cannot find the file
  specified. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070002)    at
  System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task
  task)    at
  System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task
  task)    at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter`1.GetResult()
  at StempHub.StartupTask.<>c.<<-ctor>b__5_0>d.MoveNext()

A: GetGattServicesForUuidAsync() api is newly introduced in v10.0.14965 but not implemented in this version and it is implemented in 15003, you can check Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 14965 Released and Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 15003 Released.
So you may need windows iot core version 15003 or higher.

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Australia's fast bowling all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out of the remainder of the one-day international series against Pakistan with a shoulder injury, the country's cricket board said on Jan. 15.
The 25-year-old Marsh was named in Australia's 16-man squad for the four-test series in India and will hope to recover in time for the tour starting next month.
Marsh has had problems with his right shoulder, which has restricted his bowling ability, and he pulled up sore after Australia's six-wicket loss against Pakistan in the Jan. 15 second one-day international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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Cricket Australia did not name a replacement for Marsh but added batsman Peter Handscomb to the Australia ODI squad with Chris Lynn ruled out of the third ODI in Perth due to an ongoing neck injury.
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Fast bowling spearhead Mitchell Starc has also been rested for the Perth match to manage his workload.
"Mitchell has had a very big six months and played a significant amount of cricket," interim chief selector Trevor Hohns added.
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Brighton boss responds to Liverpool and Man Utd transfer interest in Ben White
Graham Potter has warned centre-back is not for sale after impressive displays on loan at Leeds attracted interest from Liverpool and Manchester United
Liverpool and Manchester United have been warned Ben White is not for sale after the Brighton defender's impressive displays on loan at Leeds United.
White has become an integral part of Marcelo Bielsa's defence at Leeds, sparking reports that Liverpool and Manchester United are weighing up January moves for the centre-back .
But Brighton manager Graham Potter says White's future is with the Seagulls - and says the south coast club are not interested in selling him.
"There's all sorts of talk as we know, but the reality is he's our player and has a future here," Potter said of White, ahead of Brighton's Premier League clash at home to high-flying Leicester on Saturday
"He's on loan now at Leeds and having a positive experience, and we're delighted with that.
Ben White has become a regular in Leeds United's defence, attracting the interest of the Premier League big boys (Image: EMPICS Sport)
"But we're looking forward to having him back at the right time and we'll go from there.
"He's our player, he's contracted with us."
Leeds fans fear that White's form and the interest from Liverpool and Manchester United will see the defender recalled to the Amex in January, upsetting their Championship promotion push.
But Potter said he is happy for the 22-year-old to see out the season at Leeds before deciding whether he is ready for Brighton's first team.
Brighton boss Graham Potter says he has plans for White (Image: Getty Images)
"He's having a good time at Leeds, so we'll assess at the end of the season to see what the best thing is going forward," said Potter.
"Unless there is a real push for it we won't call him back. He's having a positive time at Leeds and we are well covered in that position. So, we'll carry on with that process I think.
Potter added: "As a coaching team we were aware of him when I was at Swansea, we were one of the clubs who would have tried to get him on loan if I was still there. So I know his quality.
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Raymond Chanel, né le  à Paris  et mort le  à Nevers, est un médecin O.R.L. et résistant français.

Biographie

Démobilisé en 1940, il reprend son activité à Nevers (Nièvre). Très rapidement, il participe à la mise en place d'une filière d'évasion de l'Armée Volontaire ; il devient le spécialiste de l'évasion de ce réseau, rapidement rattaché au  mouvement Vengeance.

Arrêté le  à Paris, il est interné au camp de Mauthausen jusqu'à la libération de celui-ci le . Avant sa démobilisation, le , au grade de médecin-commandant, il contribue à la reconnaissance de l'A.V. par la commission d'homologation. Il reprend alors son activité de médecin O.R.L. à Nevers. Il est décoré de la médaille de la résistance.

Dans une lettre écrite a une ancienne amie Muriel Banfield Perier le , Docteur Chanel a révèle les identités de plusieurs caractères qui se trouvaient dans son livre. Il a écrit:

« Pour de multiples raisons, j'ai cru utile de transformer de nombreux noms de personnes, de rues et de lieux, pour que ne se reconnaissent que les gens concernés et non pas leurs voisins… Je décode dans cette lettre quelques noms pour vous permettre de vous y retrouver: Robert Perrier [votre mari] est désigné sous les noms de Jules et de Mercier. Votre belle-mère [fleuriste à l'époque] que nous appelions gentiment «la môme Buron» est devenue Simone Carre…. La rue Duret est devenue la rue Tournemire, et la ville de Caen est devenue ville de Bayeux. Méresse et quelques autres sont sous leurs noms véritables. Ce livre vous donnera une idée exacte du «boulot» fait par notre réseau S.R.A.V. (Service de Renseignements de l'Armée Volontaire) Non sans casse!»

 Odonymie

 Allée du Docteur Raymond-Chanel à Nevers.

 Œuvre

  Raymond Chanel, Un médecin en enfer'', propos recueillis par Michel CHRESTIEN, préface de Rémy, Librairie académique Perrin, Paris, 1970.

Références

Résistant français
Médecin français du XXe siècle
Naissance en janvier 1908
Décès en mars 1999
Décès à 91 ans

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Friday Free-for-all [by H. L. Hix]
A person who reads poems carefully is likely to be the sort of person who reads most anything attentively, and that includes lists of questions. Several respondents have questioned one or more of the questions, and that goes for Ron Silliman, whose response to the "funniest poem / poem that made you cry" question drew attention to its implicit valuation of laughing and crying. Silliman's response to that question is itself a question: "I tend to resist poems that go for only one emotion or the other -- what feeling do you get from Louis Zukofsky's "A"?" Point taken.
Silliman also draws attention, in the "other website" question, to "The Annandale Dream Gazette (http://annandaledreamgazetteonline.blogspot.com/), the only site I know of devoted to the unconscious of poets." Silliman doesn't mention his own website, which is an important one. He developed a sense of the potential of blogs as a vehicle of conversation about poetry — information, inquiry, convocation — and has maintained his blog for several years now. http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/
Silliman is not the first respondent to note that he keeps different types of reading in different bathrooms. Hmmm. I'm sure this tendency among poets says something important about contemporary poetry, but what?
I'm learning about a lot of websites from the answers. Dan Beachy-Quick says, "I think highly of Joshua Corey's blog, Cahiers de Corey, who seems to be engaged in the actual and open work of thinking about poetry. [http://joshcorey.blogspot.com/] I almost invariably learn something when I read it. Also, I think Zach Barocas's Cultural Society is wonderful, and never fails to put together a group of intriguing and thoughtful writers [http://www.culturalsociety.org/]."
But I'm also building a nice long list of books to find. Beachy-Quick recommends Jacqueline Risset's Sleep's Powers. I didn't find a web journal with any of Risset's work in it, but a small sample is offered on the press's site: http://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/page-sleepspowers.html
Beachy-Quick also joins the fairly high percentage of poets who can name all their elementary school teachers, and clearly he received a better education than I did, having been made to memorize sonnet 116 and Shelley's "Ozymandias" in high school. Christine Gelineau must have gone to Catholic school, an inference I derive from all the Sisters she names, my favorite of which is Sister Rose Sharon. (Though I once knew a nun with a much better name, Sister Thomas Aquinas.) Christine was made to memorize a lot of Longfellow, she reports, though interestingly the lines she says haunt her now come from Yeats. Unlike George Witte, who is haunted by lines from Weldon Kees's "The Ambassadors."
T. S. Eliot is getting a lot of nominations for poet over whose work one falls asleep, including a vote from Cecilia Woloch. But Woloch also mentions Yuri Andrukovych, and promises we won't fall asleep over his work.
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Close contender for my fav was this from Searen, super cozy and snuggly, and long ! Fits for Maitreya and Slink plus a Hud with 7 beautiful colours included – for only $1L !
Last up, I found this intriguing little number from Sapphire, plain white with a highly decorative motif on the back. Now the thing that let it down (for me) are the sleeves, and how they reacted to my mesh hands – IE: my hands kept on appearing through them – your mileage may vary though ! Fits included are: fitmesh Tonic TMP Slink Maitreya Belleza Ebody. Cost: $1L.
It's pretty darn windy here in the UK but oddly mild. So I've rescued the recycling bin from the middle of the road, moved the broken branch off my Lilac tree and keeping my fingers crossed my greenhouse remains standing.
Somehow I ended up mooching around the MP(Marketplace) and found the Mehandi Henna hand tatts I wanted and just as good they only cost me 10Lds.
There was nothing wrong with the ones I blogged a couple of posts ago but they were black more like tattoos rather than the reddish brown of Henna. You get the Omega Applier and System Layers. Although you can't see it I am wearing the "Daily Eyeshadow Pallette" which is pretty good and only 1Ld. I also bought the "Swan Eyelashes" which again for 10Lds are pretty good but they were too dark for this more natural look.
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The abuse and misuse of topical corticosteroids (TC), especially over the face, is an increasing problem encountered by dermatologists in India. The exact magnitude of the problem is not clear, but there have been recent efforts to quantify the same. A multi-center trial from India by Saraswat et al., which screened 2926 patients with facial dermatosis, showed that 433 (14.8%) patients were using TC over a long period in an unsupervised manner. In this study, TC was being used for various purposes, including fairness/general purpose cream, after shave, and acne. Of note, was the fact that non-physician recommendations for TC were obtained in 257 (59.3%) of the patients, of which more than 90% were for potent/super-potent steroids. Even for physician prescriptions, a large number were given inappropriate refills. The role of pharmacists is very crucial in preventing TC abuse, especially in the context of avoiding inappropriate refills for patients who are using TCs for various indications. Early awareness of the potential problems associated with TC abuse will help build a community of pharmacists who are more likely to contribute to the rational dispensing of TCs in the future. Therefore, it is important that pharmacy students are aware of the different types of TCs and the potential adverse effects of TC abuse. This study aims to assess the knowledge and attitudes of a sample of pharmacy students regarding TC use and abuse.
This study was designed as a cross-sectional survey carried out in a pharmacy college attached to a tertiary care hospital. The team responsible for conducting the survey comprised two dermatologists, two pharmacy students, and a professor of clinical pharmacy. The initiation phase commenced with validation of the questionnaire, after which the questionnaire was pilot tested among ten pharmacy students and was further refined. The questionnaire had one section dealing with basic demographics – age, year of study, and gender, followed by a general awareness section which covered awareness regarding different class/strengths of TCs and possible adverse effects. Further questions covered any prescribing experience, if present, and reflection on the role of pharmacists in preventing TC abuse. A convenience sampling method was used. The questionnaire was distributed to a convenience sample of pharmacy students in a single institute. The paper-based questionnaire was distributed to 110 pharmacy students, including both undergraduate and postgraduate students. A total of 103 valid responses were obtained (response rate of 93.6%). We also attempted to statistically compare the responses between postgraduate (36) and undergraduate students (67).
The reliability coefficient for the questionnaire (Cronbach's alpha) was 0.73. The study was exempt from review by the local ethics committee. Participation in the study was voluntary, and data confidentiality was ensured.
The age group of the participants ranged from 21 to 25 years. There were 79 female and 24 male respondents. There were 36 postgraduate students and 67 undergraduate students. On the question of whether they had given any patient advice or suggestions regarding the use of TC, a majority said yes 63 (61.1%).
Details regarding the response to questions related to adverse effects of corticosteroids are given in [Table 1].
Regarding the role of pharmacists in the context of TC abuse, the main recurring themes based on the suggestions of the respondents included a role in patient counseling and patient education. Other roles mentioned include prescription auditing, limiting over-the-counter prescriptions, and monitoring and reporting adverse events.
No statistically significant difference was found between the two groups in any of the abovementioned questions.
Previous studies have indicated that the pharmacist can play both positive and negative roles in the context of TC use.
In a questionnaire-based survey conducted among pharmacists who attended a continuing medical education program on pediatric atopic dermatitis, it was found that there was a significant knowledge gap regarding the safety and use of TCs among them. Their advice to patients resulted in poor compliance in the treatment of atopic dermatitis. This study also concluded that this is modifiable by adequate awareness programs preferably by dermatologists. Another study by Lau and Donyai concluded that pharmacists showed gaps in the knowledge regarding the use of TCs in atopic eczema, even though they had good understanding of the use of emollients in the same disease.
Another study conducted by Farrugia et al., in Australia, conducted among 201 patients and parents revealed that there is a certain amount of corticosteroid phobia among the population, which was attributed to inadequate information. General practitioners and pharmacists were more or less of the same level of inadequacy in educating the patients, and at times their statements contradicted adding to the confusion. The study also reaffirmed that pharmacists' advice about corticosteroid use was very influential in patients' compliance. Another study from Saudi Arabia also concluded that the knowledge of primary care physicians regarding TCs is inadequate.
In a study conducted in Jordan involving pharmacy students, it was observed that self-medication and even advising medication to others was very prevalent among pharmacy students. Analgesics and antibiotics were the most widely misused drugs in their study. In our study, 38.2% of the respondents agreed that they had given advice regarding topical treatment to patients.
The positive aspects of our study were that a majority of the students were aware of the fact that different classes of TCs have differences in the final effects. The majority concurred on points such as topical corticosteroids can have significant cutaneous adverse effects, the importance of the role of the pharmacist in preventing topical steroid abuse, and the need to stick to dispensing TC on a prescription-only basis. However, a significant gap in knowledge related to specific side effects and awareness of different classes of TC was noted in our study. Especially of concern was the fact that many of the students were not sure of the two most dreaded complications – atrophy and pigmentary changes. This is really important as and when these students start handling TC prescriptions in the future. Training programs designed for pharmacy students to cover dermatotherapy must be as comprehensive as possible to overcome this knowledge deficit. We also found that there was no statistical significant difference in terms of knowledge and awareness regarding TC between the postgraduate and undergraduate students. We feel that this probably indicates that the coverage of dermatotherapy is minimal across both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in pharmacy.
With TCs being used extensively as over-the-counter drugs, especially for wrong indications, such as fairness, the role of the first contact person becomes important. In our study, while there appeared to some awareness regarding the potential adverse effects of TCs, there is still a need to strengthen the clinical awareness about adverse effects of various medications at a deeper level. Knowledge regarding the ethical and rational use of TCs should be disseminated among pharmacy students, and dermatologists should play a key role in this. Lectures in dermatological therapy conducted by the dermatologist, during both undergraduate and postgraduate phases of pharmacy training, could help in increasing the awareness of the clinical contexts of TC use. More extensive multi-center surveys are also warranted in both pharmacy and medical undergraduates-to assess present awareness and device interventions to improve awareness related to TCs in future.
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Kumar S, Goyal A, Gupta YK. Abuse of topical corticosteroids in India: Concerns and the way forward. J Pharmacol Pharmacother 2016;7:1-5.
Al Hawsawi K, Alaauldeen S, Albarnawi N, Mashrai H, Alosaimi R, Alsufyani H, et al. Prevalence of misuse of topical corticosteroids among populations in western region of Saudi Arabia. Int J Adv Res 2017;5:297-307.
Nagesh TS, Akhilesh A. Topical steroid awareness and abuse: A Prospective study among dermatology outpatients. Indian J Dermatol 2016;61:618-21.
Ashique KT, Chandrasekhar D. Role of clinical pharmacist in cosmeto-vigilance of misuse and abuse of topical corticosteroids. Indian J Dermatol 2017;62:213.
Smith SD, Lee A, Blaszczynski A, Fischer G. Pharmacists' knowledge about use of topical corticosteroids in atopic dermatitis: Pre and post continuing professional development education. Australas J Dermatol 2016;57:199-204.
Lau WM, Donyai P. Knowledge, attitude and advice-giving behaviour of community pharmacists regarding topical corticosteroids. Pharmacy (Basel) 2017;5. pii: E41.
Farrugia LL, Lee A, Fischer G, Blaszczynski A, Carter SR, Smith SD, et al. Evaluation of the influence of pharmacists and GPs on patient perceptions of long-term topical corticosteroid use. J Dermatolog Treat 2017;28:112-8.
Alsukait SF, Alshamlan NM, Alhalees ZZ, Alsuwaidan SN, Alajlan AM. Topical corticosteroids knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary care physicians. Saudi Med J 2017;38:662-5.
Alkhatatbeh MJ, Alefan Q, Alqudah MA. High prevalence of self-medication practices among medical and pharmacy students: A study from Jordan. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther 2016;54:390-8.


I bend my hand little by little though pain is still there . Sharing with you my hand exercise.
Something came up at the office, I hope Dr. Annie will not get mad at me as I missed my rehabilitation physical therapy last Thursday. Peace!


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Biology as a Sorting Mechanism
Some try to frame the left/right dichotomy as a battle between 'order' vs. 'chaos', but it's more like 'egalitarianism' (forced equality) vs 'hierarchy', whether such hierarchy is biological, social, and or economic. The far-left may deny individual exceptionalism in favor of a 'blank slate' approach, because they believe the state should be able to 'perfect' man. The reign of Pol Pot is one such extreme example, where anyone who didn't conform to the Khmer Rouge's vision of 'perfection' was either murdered or 're-educated'. The biological reality that some people are perhaps born 'better' than others goes against such aspirations of perfectibility and egalitarianism. A communist regime is very orderly and systematic (the opposite of chaos) in its efforts to force equality, and although the eventual deterioration of the economy may lead to chaos, and the installation of a far-left government may be chaotic, chaos just for the sake of chaos is not the intent. One can make the argument that the left is 'too orderly' in trying impose their will on biology and human nature.
But to get a communist government you must first have a revolution, which is why the left seeks crisis – whether economic or geopolitical – as a way of punishing the rich and bringing about a more egalitarian society where everyone is equal, even if it means everyone has less (Sanders' economic vision comes to mind).
The economic strain of WW1 weakened the Tzar autocracy, eventually leading to revolution:
"Russian Revolution" is the collective term for a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II, and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution of February 1917 (March in the Gregorian calendar; the older Julian calendar was in use in Russia at the time). In the second revolution that October, the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik (Communist) government.
As Pinker and others have noted, there is evidence the world is getting safer, and the left wishes this weren't so, preferring chaos so that the 'unfair' status quo is replaced by a more egalitarian one. Liberals deny individual cognitive exceptionlism, to promote leveling. According to the left, if people succeed it's because they had an unfair advantage, practiced 10000 hours, cheated, etc. – not because of superior genes.
The left is robbing exceptional people of their exceptionalism by planting seeds of doubt, that maybe exceptional people cheated or are deliberately oppressing the less successful. It's like Obama's 'you didn't build that' remark. Nevermind the day traders on Reddit who are consistently making fortunes in the stock market despite the left's insistence that the market and the economy is rigged. But over and over again, exceptional people keep proving the left wrong.
However when pressed, some on the left will concede that IQ is real, is biological, and is relevant for certain skills, but then they have another strategy, which is to turn IQ into a handicap, meaning that a high IQ must come at the cost of another but more important attribute (for example, that smart people are lazy or unethical).
The question is, can people handle the truth about genes and socioeconomic outcomes, and I'm afraid the answer in many instance is still 'no'. As I explain in the post IQ Anxieties, the idea of biology as a 'sorting mechanism' for society and achievement goes against the concept of 'free will' as ingrained by school, parents, teachers, clergy, etc – the conceit that anyone, with enough practice and education funding, can achieve anything (growth mindset vs. fixed mindset). And as explained earlier, such a sorting mechanism goes against the left's aspirations of 'perfectibility'. The 'fixed mindset' is more accurate, but probably not what people want want to hear, preferring the 'growth' one, which sells books and fills Ted talk lectures.
The concept of biological determinism makes many uneasy, because we want to believe we can not only control our lives, but our outcomes too. To quote Scott Adams, your mind is creating little movies in which you are the star.
For better or worse, the disconnect between reality and these 'mental movies' is vast. Maybe 'better' because, at the personal level, it's a coping mechanism; 'worse' because the consequences of individual delusions are shared by society, in the form of bad policy.
Teachers can identify exceptional students at a very young age, long before 10,000 hours can kick in. Or the especially well-written Salon or Slate article that you know was written by someone with genuine talent at putting words together, talent that manifests early in life. Even in school, there are the 'smart' kids and 'dumb' ones. Again, no 10,000 hours needed to separate tomorrow's losers from potential winners. Some defenders of the 10,000 rule may argue that the rule only applies to those who are already talented, with the 10,000 hours of practice supplementing talent instead of of replacing it, in which I agree, but many deny the role of talent altogether. The delusions inspired by the 10,000 hour rule remind me of parents who think their dull kids are smart, or Amazon self-publishers who blame 'gatekeepers' for their crappy books being rejected.
We want to live in a world where where if we fail it's someone else's fault, a conspiracy, or a failing of society – not a failing of the individual. That's why Sanders' blame-the-rich rhetoric is appealing to many – no, it's not your fault (either due to laziness, poor life choices, bad genes, etc) for failing to succeed at life, it's those 'greedy rich people' keeping you down. Although 'bad genes' are obviously beyond one's control, it's still an individual problem, not a societal one. This means that the successful and society should not divert too much attention to them (losers), but instead focus on the winners. Maybe this is unfair or mean, but it's economic and biological reality that some will be better than others, that some will have more than others, and those who have the biological potential to succeed should have priority over those who don't.
Related: Education and the Blank Slate: Setting Realistic Expectations
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Dorothy M. Stewart, 87, of Linesville, passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2018, at Rolling Fields Eldercare Community in Conneautville, surrounded by her family following a short illness.
She was born August 3, 1930, a daughter of the late Homer and Marjorie Dumbleton Wolfley in Alexander, New York.
She married James R. Stewart, June 10, 1950 at the Methodist Church in Alexander, New York, returning to the R. N. Stewart Farm, now called the North Shore Dairy Farm in Linesville. Their five children became the fourth generation to live there.
Dorothy was a graduate of the class of 1948 from the Alexander Central School, employed in the office of the Batavia NY GLF feed mill and the GLF mill in Linesville.
Dorothy was an active member of the Linesville Presbyterian Church for over 50 years and a member of the choir. A former member of the Linesville American Legion Post 462 Auxiliary, she enjoyed bowling, her children and grandchildren's school activities, gardening, cross stitching and was Judge of Election for Pine Township for several years.
Surviving are her four sons, David Stewart and his wife, Debbie, Paul Stewart and his wife, Lisa, Tom Stewart and his wife, Caroline, and John Stewart all of Linesville; a daughter, Kathryn Wielobob and her fiancé, Dave Prenatt of Conneaut Lake; five grandchildren, Adam Wielobob and his wife, Jody, of Meadville, Jana (Wielobob) Laird and her husband, Travis, of London, England, Paula Stewart of Port Charlotte, Florida, Anthony Stewart and his wife, Aleisha, of Hartstown, and Amanda (Stewart) Vallieres and her husband, Mitch, of Meadville; seven great-grandchildren, Vivian Laird, Lydia Laird, Brittney Wielobob, Breelyn Wielobob, Maddox Vallieres, Nova Stewart and Ava Lynn Vallieres. Also surviving are a brother, Willard Wolfley and his wife, Sandra, two sisters, Mary Lou Wolfley and Wanda Wolfley, a sister-in-law, Doris Wolfley all of Alexander, New York; a sister-in-law, Shirley King of Brookville; a sister-in-law, Jane McDermott and brother-in-law, Fred Stewart both of Linesville; and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death besides her parents; her husband of 60 years, James R. Stewart; a son-in-law, Jeffrey Wielobob of Conneaut Lake; a brother Eugene Wolfley of Alexander, New York; a brother-in-law, Fred King of Brookville; a brother-in-law, Phillip McDermott of Linesville; and a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Regis and Sue Mika of Longmont, Colorado.
Calling hours will be on Wednesday from 3 to 6 p.m. at Royal-Coleman Funeral Home, 6028 U.S. Highway 6, Linesville.
A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Rev. Rachel Johns of the Linesville Presbyterian Church officiating.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Linesville Presbyterian Church, PO Box 235 or the Linesville Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 55, both of Linesville, Pa 16424.
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import javax.jms.Connection;
import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
import javax.jms.Queue;
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import javax.jms.TextMessage;

import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQQueue;
import org.apache.activemq.artemis.common.example.ActiveMQExample;

/**
 * A simple JMS Queue example that creates a producer and consumer on a queue
 * and sends then receives a message.
 */
public class OpenWireExample extends ActiveMQExample
{
   public static final String OWHOST = "localhost";
   public static final int OWPORT = 61616;

   public static void main(final String[] args)
   {
      new OpenWireExample().run(args);
   }

   @Override
   public boolean runExample() throws Exception
   {
      Connection connection = null;

      try
      {
         String urlString = "tcp://" + OWHOST + ":" + OWPORT;

         // Step 1. Create an ActiveMQ Connection Factory
         ConnectionFactory factory = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory(urlString);

         // Step 2. Create the target queue
         Queue queue = new ActiveMQQueue("exampleQueue");

         // Step 3. Create a JMS Connection
         connection = factory.createConnection();

         // Step 4. Start the Connection
         connection.start();

         // Step 5. Create a JMS Session
         Session session = connection.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);

         // Step 6. Create a JMS Message Producer
         MessageProducer producer = session.createProducer(queue);

         // Step 7. Create a Text Message
         TextMessage message = session.createTextMessage("This is a text message");

         // Step 8. Send the Message
         producer.send(message);

         System.out.println("Sent message: " + message.getText());

         // Step 9. Create a JMS Message Consumer
         MessageConsumer messageConsumer = session.createConsumer(queue);

         // Step 10. Receive the message
         TextMessage messageReceived = (TextMessage) messageConsumer.receive(5000);

         System.out.println("Received message: " + messageReceived.getText());

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      }
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      {
         if (connection != null)
         {
            connection.close();
         }
      }
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Their penchant for out-of-the-box thinking and the willingness to innovate helped the Wärtsilä Legal Affairs department bag the Financial Times European Innovative Lawyer Award 2018. See how their expertise in legal design, early case assessment, and predictive software analytics helped them stand apart from the competition.
The Wärtsilä Legal Affairs department's journey from a trusted support function to a value-adding, in-house business partner started about four years ago. It was a development that began by structuring processes and guidelines to avoid confrontational dialogues in a way that would provide mutual benefits for both Wärtsilä and the customer.
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Many of the initiatives aimed at improving legal excellence concerned the claims and dispute management process. The philosophy here is that dispute handling should not be an isolated legal issue. All parties and stakeholders must be aware of the situation, especially concerning risk assessment. Here, data at hand and from previous cases is used in a quantified risk assessment method resulting in objective data that aids in case resolution.
"It reveals the risks of losing a case and what the financial consequences of that would be. All this is part of our holistic data-driven claims and dispute management," says Juri-Pekka Kainulainen, Area Legal Counsel at Wärtsilä Finland.
Because the method objectively presents facts, the opposing party can also be shown the strengths and weaknesses of both sides in the case. This also means there is much less to argue about in the end.
Juri-Pekka Kainulainen, Area Legal Counsel at Wärtsilä Finland and Ralf Lindbäck, VP of Legal Affairs at Wärtsilä Services.
This predictive software analytics model uses calculations and forecasting initially used for project risk assessment in the oil and gas industry. The excel application has been adapted to the needs of the legal team and has options for decision-making and multiple changeable parameters.
"We can, for example, compare the outcome of settling for a certain amount instead of pursuing the case to the bitter end," explains Lindbäck.
"It helps us make better decisions. There are so many complicated and changing details in a case that seeing them in a model helps you spot possible weak or strong points that you had not noticed before," adds Kainulainen.
The four-year-long journey also involved increasing the awareness of the salespeople through easy-to-understand visual guidance. The team has created eight guiding principles that are presented as small animations to describe what to do if a third party submits a claim and how to address that at a very early stage.
In addition, other tools also help the salespeople assess a conflict situation, such as tools about how to evaluate a case and gather the needed information and also on how to come up with a solution that brings mutual value to both parties.
For their hard work, Wärtsilä Corporation received the Financial Times European Innovative Lawyer Award 2018 in the category 'Innovation in data, knowledge and intelligence' in October.
"We are thrilled, and it means a lot to us. Legal teams are usually not considered to be innovative, so in that sense, it is a great recognition that we are on the right track and at the forefront of development," says Lindbäck.
While the award is recognition that the legal department is thinking outside the box in order to solve challenges creatively, the team is not resting on its laurels.
Ongoing projects include further development of the trade compliance tool, the next smartphone app version, possibly also chat boxes, and in general tools that are familiar to the next generation of lawyers. They also have a Legal Hackathon coming up, which they hope will generate many good ideas from the businesses.
"Our cooperation with the business has always been on a good level. We are now simply shifting gears and taking it to the next level," concludes Lindbäck.
"Legal teams are usually not considered to be innovative, so in that sense, it (the Financial Times European Innovative Lawyer Award 2018) is a great recognition that we are on the right track and at the forefront of development," Ralf Lindbäck says.
The legal team is using data and predictive software to manage the manufacturing company's disputes, globally. The data help the legal team intervene at an earlier stage to resolve claims and minimise disruption to the business. Analysis is used to spot trends and help the business prevent future claims.


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A few kilometres away from Coustaussa castle, a lush green valley emerges. In this unexpected tranquillity, the keep of Arques, a Gothic architectural masterpiece from Île-de-France, emerges.
During the 11th century, the village of Arques was at a crossroads, linking Fenolhédès to Carcassès. By the end of the 12th century, a single seigniorial tower in the centre of the village was the only evidence of the power of the Termes family. In 1260, Olivier de Termes sold Arques to Pierre de Voisins, a powerful French knight. His grandson, Gilles de Voisins, began the construction of the castle in 1280, and decided to expand the village. Gilles and his descendants built a castle-residence away from the centre of town. They must have called upon the King's craftsmen, at work in Carcassonne and in the whole Corbières region, to build this magnificent residence, which combined comfort with military power. During the 16th century, the castle served as a refuge for the people of Arques when the Spanish, followed by the Protestants, destroyed their village. The dukes of Joyeuse, who were lords of Arques, left the castle to build a new castle in the Renaissance style in Couiza, on the banks of the Aude.
Located inside the outer wall, to the left of the entrance, these lodgings are in a square tower built on two floors. On the first floor is a half-buried room with barrel-vaulted ceiling. On the second floor, the room displays ribbed vaulting supported by sculpted bases. Two magnificent faces recall the elegant style of the sculptures in the minstrels' room at Puivert Castle.
With its four watch towers (one at each corner of the buttresses), the keep looks like it is on stilts. At 24m high, it is an impressive structure, made from golden sandstone and topped with pinkish tiles. The walls are covered in almost 100 openings, including arrow slits, windows, doors and deadfall trap.
The short spiral staircase in the South-East turret connects the four floors of the keep. On each floor, the impressive quality of the building is evident: here, eight ribs meet at a single point. You can see a trefoil arch window, and a fireplace with sculpted columns. The room is perfectly octagonal.
The castle of Arques has undoubtedly benefited from all the art made by the King's master artists. Many contributions from throughout Carcassonne, Peyrepertuse and Termes, can be found displayed here. The care lavished upon interior decorating was innovative, as it suggests a Renaissance-era style, which would not take off until after the Hundred Years' War.
Like the castle, the village of Arques, with its buildings made of local sandstone, is separate from the green forests and pastures that surround it. As you walk through the streets of Arques, the urban planning of this 14th-century fortified village becomes clear, with its regular, quadrilateral islets. Next to the church, the Maison Granger has preserved part of its Medieval façade.
The bell tower of this church is actually a 12th-century seigneurial tower that has been raised a level to house the bells. In one of the side chapels is a key stone decorated with the Voisin crest. A 14th-century polychrome stone sculpture, depicting Saint Anne, the Virgin Mary and Child, is prominently displayed.
Déodat Roché (1877-1978) was one of the first intellectuals to begin research into Catharism. This unique individual gives a personal view of Catharism, which he develops over many pages. A permanent exhibition devoted to Catharism and its interpretations can be found in his family home. The visit is combined with a visit to the château.
In the middle of the 19th century, devastating floods destroyed the forest of Rialsesse, which borders Arques. The 'Eaux et Forêts' undertook a vast re-foresting programme, introducing exotic species, which can now be seen in the Planel Arboretum. There are various walking trails through the forest, where the 'aspérule lisse' is hidden - a rare plant, whose star-shaped white flowers shine in the undergrowth from the beginning of summer.
En route to Peyrepertuse and Quéribus from Rennes-les-Bains, as you turn around a bend in the road, the magnificent peak of Bugarach suddenly rises up in front of you. As the only mountain that is 1231m high, the Peak of Bugarach overlooks the whole region, providing a beacon and point of reference. Emerging from the Fenouillèdes, it can be seen for miles on the road from Toulouse. It is globally known as the 'upside-down mountain', where some people search for mysteries and sacredness. For others, it is a place of unforgettable thrills, when they peer over its 'nose' to see under their feet the most incredible countryside in the Aude. The descent into the village is a good way to relax after a long, but manageable, ascent. In this little mountain village, you can find delicious food, an art gallery, a picnic lake and, slightly further away, the Cathar Trail.
Arques and Saint-Louis de Parahou are the only fortified towns in the Corbières. When the Voisins family decided to expand the village of Arques at the end of the 13th century, the new district received the name of 'bastide', or 'fortified town'. The lord attracted new residents with favourable conditions for clearing the land, grazing livestock and using the wood. In 1329, at the request of their lord, the inhabitants obtained the right to organise fairs and markets. Arques thus became a lively market town.


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The Revolting Change to the Revolving Door
Crony Capitalism Thrives
Written by Adam English
While the European Union has moved to cap bonuses for bankers, a whole new beast is coming to light on our side of the Atlantic.
Note: This has nothing to do with the continued existence of banker bonuses in the United States.
While the payouts aren't massive compared to the astronomical bonuses accrued in the lead-up to the Great Recession, bankers successfully shrugged off any meaningful attempt to change the status quo. Arguments for bonuses inevitably focused on a "loss of competitiveness" and inability to attract and retain the most talented and skilled traders and bankers.
The bonuses are obscene: 142% of U.S. median household income last year, to be exact. However, on some level it does makes sense that big banks feel a need to "keep up with the Joneses" in order to retain their star traders and skilled employees. After all, bonuses are a reward for making the business money.
This is sink-or-swim capitalism, folks. You don't get paid unless you deliver results and keep money pouring into accounts.
And that's why we should all be fearful of the new style of bonus that has popped up.
Citigroup clearly sees a reason to hand over millions of dollars for results. But the recipient of this new type of compensation isn't actually doing any work to make Citi money (at least on the surface); instead, he's being paid to leave for a government office.
The Implicit Bonus of the Revolving Door
By now, I assume all of us are (painfully) aware of how ingrained cronyism has become between "too big to fail" banks and our Federal Government.
Take the Treasury Department alone: The ties run deep among the "too big to fail" banks, industry-funded think tanks, and the government that depends on both for "unbiased" guidance...
You'd have to go all the way back to the Reagan years with James Baker to find someone who didn't take advantage of moves in and out of businesses between holding an office. Since Baker was in office, things have only gotten worse in this regard.
Look at how cozy the Fed's relationships with organizations and businesses that exclusively serve the interests of the rich and powerful in maintaining the status quo have become in the 21st century...
Timothy Geithner had his start with Kissinger Associates, founded by Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft (who need no introductions), to advise business clients on government relations. In 2002 he joined the Council on Foreign Relations, the target of much speculation as it collects large donations from businesses while pumping out reports that are heavily cited by government officials. He became the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Vice Chairman of the FOMC, a member of the exclusive "Group of Thirty" shortly after... and in 2008 Geithner replaced Henry Paulson as the Treasury Secretary.
Now he's heading right back to the Council on Foreign Relations to continue to shape government policy without outside oversight. Geithner joins another ex-Treasury secretary, Robert Rubin, in the Council on Foreign Relations. (Rubin went from Goldman Sachs to the Treasury Department — and on his departure from Washington, he skipped right over to Citigroup.)
Henry Paulson worked for the Department of Defense and directly with Nixon's domestic affairs advisor. Following his post, he went to work for Goldman Sachs, where he climbed the ranks to a CEO and built a $700 million fortune... When he took over the Treasury Department, he was in the position to bail out the banks. How convenient.
John W. Snow started as a lawyer, worked for the government for transportation-related offices, left office to eventually head the CSX railroad, and joined the highly influential American Enterprise Institute and other NGOs... His short tenure as Treasury Secretary was filled with tax controversy and a conflict of interests with investment issues... but his bumpy ride didn't affect his return to the private sector, where he was immediately scooped up by Cerberus Capital Management with $20 billion in total assets.
We could keep going, but there is nothing new going on here...
The revolving door and the perks of moving through it as much as possible are becoming increasingly large and evident.
The New and Explicit Bonus of the Revolving Door
That brings us back to where we started: The dangerous new twist to bank bonuses, a harbinger of change for the worse.
Jack Lew, President Obama's favored advisor, is moving into the Treasury Department. Not only has he been a huge beneficiary of the revolving door so far, but now he is being paid for leaving Citigroup.
The bonus is part of a clause in his contract with Citigroup that explicitly states he will keep his bonus by leaving early — but only if he does it for a high-level government position.
During the Senate confirmation hearing in early February, the clause was briefly brought up by Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah. When asked, Lew stated, "I'm not familiar with records that were kept, so I don't have access to things that I don't know about."
Orrin dropped the line of questioning as soon as it started, but he really should have called Lew out: There's no way Lew is unaware of the fact that he's about to be make a boatload of cash. Lew joined Citigroup's global wealth management division in 2006 as chief operating officer after being handpicked for the spot by former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, Chairman of Citigroup's executive committee.
The employment agreement states Lew's "guaranteed incentive and retention award" wouldn't be paid if he quit his job — with one exception: If he left Citigroup "as a result of [his] acceptance of a full-time high level position with the United States government or regulatory body... prior to the payment of any incentive and retention award for performance year 2008 or thereafter."
This huge deviation from a standard performance and retention bonus included all of his stock and equity awards. If and when Lew left for high-level government work, all of his restricted stocks would immediately become vested... Citigroup is going to give Lew between $250,001 to $500,000 worth of accelerated restricted Citigroup stock and $1.1 million of "salary and discretionary cash comp" as of January 2009.
That's a hefty bonus, alright... but exactly what performance is it rewarding — and what is Citigroup retaining here?
In his new post, Lew will be overseeing the entire financial industry, potentially orchestrating any future bailouts, and have a massive influence over any reserve or equity rules that could reduce risk and protect Americans from "too big to fail" fallout damage.
Of course, protecting Americans from that fallout would curb the ability of big banks, including Citigroup, to use debt and equity to fuel record profits.
Lew may not technically be able to build value and drive profits for Citigroup, but it is clear the bank thinks it's worth it to their business to give him at least $1.5 million for leaving the company for this position.
Take your pick for the words you'd like to use to describe that payment, but it seems to me that 'incentive,' 'retention,' and 'performance' all belong in there — along with 'bribe,' 'payout,' and 'protection money,' which clarify Citigroup's reasoning.
Jonathan Weil of Bloomberg asked a Citigroup spokeswoman about it, who promptly replied that "We have no such incentives, then or now." Mr. Weil did some digging and found it in their own documents. Here it is in all its glory.
Lew's White House budget chief replacement is already poised to be the next beneficiary of the revolving door — and Robert Rubin's patronage, too. Sylvia Matthews is president of the Wal-Mart Foundation after serving in a variety of economic policy roles in the Clinton administration, including as a top aide to Mr. Rubin.
Serving (A Select Few) Taxpayers
The Treasury Department describes its mission as such:
To maintain a strong economy and create economic and job opportunities by promoting the conditions that enable economic growth and stability at home and abroad, strengthen national security by combating threats and protecting the integrity of the financial system, and manage the U.S. Government's finances and resources effectively.
How could this bonus system possibly exist when Jack Lew's mission as the head of the Treasury Department is to protect the integrity of the financial system? How could he possibly justify collecting a payout from Citigroup when he should be acting in the interest of the broader economy and of the taxpayer?
The answers are simple: He won't and he can't.
We've been cut out of the equation thanks to the revolving door.
We saw it from the Treasury Department when they bailed out banks and left small businesses and homeowners on their own... We've been seeing it as the banks have gone on to use that bailout money for anything but lending to the small businesses that are the lifeblood of our country... And we're seeing it as the Federal Reserve has built a $3 trillion balance sheet to maintain easy money for "too big to bail banks" that will only cause crippling inflationary pressure in the future as our wages continue to stagnate and shrink.
Who will be on the hook when interest rates rise and the Fed starts owing money to maintain and unwind its purchases?
Certainly not the banks that have gorged on the benefits...
It'll be the taxpayers who take up the burden.
Not only are we taxpayers on our own; we also have to clean up after the unsustainable profiteering our government officials set up for the corrupt financial institutions that are handing them money to game the system.
As far as I'm concerned, this is the official tipping point: This bonus marks the moment when government officials and big banks dropped the flimsy facade between them.
We can't afford to beat them, and we're all stuck on the outside on our own.
Brace yourself; it'll only get worse from here on out...
Adam English for The Outsider Club


Gary Brooks Faulkner, the 52-year-old construction worker arrested in Pakistan for trying to kill Osama bin Laden, was born in Los Angeles, according to a Colorado TV report.
Many news reports have identified Faulkner as a California resident. But family and friends say he hasn't lived here since he was 10 years old.
Initial reports said he was carrying a pistol, a 40-inch sword, and a book with Christian teachings, which frankly made him sound more like a Coloradan than a Californian.
Faulkner's sister told the New York Daily News that he is on kidney dialysis and probably "wanted to do one last thing for his country before he died."
"My brother is extremely religious since his troubled youth," she said. "He's not crazy."
When Pakistani authorities asked Faulkner if he seriously thought he could find bin Laden, he reportedly answered "God is with me, and I am confident I will be successful in killing him."