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Return to 2007 February 22nd horoscopes
Week of February 22nd, 2007
Have no fear of the damp and the dark and the cramped. In a place fitting that description, you can track down clues to a mystery that will inflame your curiosity and educate your soul; you can tap into a fresh surge of courage that'll render at least some of your suffering irrelevant. Expect a miracle to appear in the shadows, Aries. It could resemble a cornucopia spilling over with diamonds and potatoes, or maybe a charred fireman's helmet bedecked with sexual roses and fresh $20 bills.
You can still listen to my long-range, in-depth explorations of your destiny in 2007. Each report in the three-part series is about 6-8 minutes long. A new short-range forecast for this week is also available.
Imagine it's 30 years from now. You're looking back at the history of your relationship with desire. There was a certain watershed moment when you clearly saw that some of your desires were mediocre, inferior, and wasteful, while others were pure, righteous, and invigorating. Beginning then, you made it a life goal to purge the former and cultivate the latter. Thereafter, you occasionally wandered down dead ends trying to gratify yearnings that weren't worthy of you, but usually you wielded your passions with discrimination, dedicating them to serve the highest and most interesting good.
The preceding oracle comes from my book, PRONOIA Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings. It's available at Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
Don't you dare get superstitious on me, Taurus. Just because you've had more than your fair share of luck lately doesn't mean that you're now going to get less than your share. It *is* possible that you'll have to work harder to continue benefiting from what has been coming pretty easily. And it may be the case that you'll be pushed to take on responsibilities that you assumed were covered by other people. But that doesn't mean you should lower your expectations. If anything, you should ask for even more fun, fascination, and freedom.
Thank your mother for the pain she endured while birthing you.
For three minutes on the first Friday of every month, close your eyes and imagine yourself riding a wild horse through a cemetery.
Fantasize that your so-called "dark side" is sweet and creamy.
When you come home after a day of triumphs, take out the garbage.
Dream you're a red-tailed hawk soaring over a shopping mall.
Forgive yourself for the blindness that put you in the path of those who betrayed you.
Buy seven used gowns worn by famous actresses to the Academy Awards show, and send them gratis to seven Guatemalan teenagers.
Visualize two versions of yourself, one male and one female, holding hands as they gaze into a reflection of the moon on a river.
Keep an image of a sphinx with you at all times.
Calling all you big fish languishing in small ponds, all you flashy amateurs who've been avoiding tougher audiences, all you closet geniuses who have used shyness as an excuse to keep your idiosyncratic brilliance under wraps: This is your wake-up call. Sneak or saunter or leap up to the next level of excellence--or else! Or else what? Or else your pretty fantasies will start to decay. Sorry to be so pushy, but I'm aching to see you seize the starring role in the unlived chapters of your life story.
Whatever you choose to focus your attention on, you will get more of it. If you often think of everything you lack and how sad you are that you don't have it, you will tend to receive prolific evidence of how true that is. As you obsess on all the ways your life is different from what you wish it would be, you will become an expert in rousing feelings of frustration and you will attract experiences that assist you in rousing frustration.
If, on the other hand, you dwell on the good things you have already had the privilege to experience, you will expand your appreciation for their blessings, which in turn will amplify their beneficent impact on your life. You will also magnetize yourself to receive further good things, making it more likely that they will be attracted into your sphere. At the very least, you will get in the habit of enjoying yourself no matter what the outward circumstances are.
Question: Which part of you is too tame, overcivilized, and super-domesticated, and what are you going to do about it? Answer, from Jason R., a Cancerian reader: "I was like a mole in a suburban backyard. I had just one little path I trod each day: to the compost pile and back. I chewed on orange rinds and leftover cabbage. I was tamed by the comfort of my familiar environment, content to have a narrow vision. But then I was eaten by a hawk, and became part of a wild, free body. Now I perch on the tops of trees and the peaks of roofs. I survey giddy-wide horizons, from the river to the mesa and far beyond. I have a wealth of choices. Where to fly? What to hunt? Who are my allies? My thoughts breathe deep, like the slow explosion of sun on the morning lake."
Novel intuitions are erupting from your smart heart, awakening you from any trance you've been ensnared in. You're breaking and escaping obstructions that have suppressed your brilliance. Your soul's code is unleashing itself, revealing in explosive precision why you're a miraculous work of art, proving with intricate artistry why you're a masterpiece unlike any other ever created in the history of the world.
You're strong medicine these days, Leo. You're 100-proof mojo. You might want to consider pinning a warning label to your shirt or jacket. It could say something like "Caution: Contents are hot, slippery, and under pressure. Use at your own risk." It's not that you're evil or neurotic. It's just that as you revisit and revision your deepest psychosexual questions, you have so much cathartic potency that you're likely to transform everything you touch into a more authentic version of itself. People with weak egos will be afraid of that, while those with strong constitutions will love it.
Where exactly does happiness come from? That's the riddle posed by David Meyers and Ed Diener in their article, "The Science of Happiness," published in The Futurist magazine. I invite you to write your own answers to their question. Map out the foundations of your own science of happiness. Get serious about defining what makes you feel good. What specific experiences arouse your deepest gratification? Physical pleasure? Seeking the truth? Being a good person? Contemplating the meaning of life? Enjoying the fruits of your accomplishments? Purging pent-up emotion?
Here are tips on how to get the most out of your time with the other signs of the zodiac during the next three weeks. With Sagittarius: Think bigger and go further than you normally do. With Libra: Enjoy beautiful things together. With Cancer: Make yourself easy to give to. With Taurus: Let him or her help you get less theoretical, more practical. With Aquarius: Collaborate in making the flow of ideas crackle and splash. With Capricorn: To deepen your bond, laugh at hypocrisy together. With Pisces: Join together in feeling rich emotions about a person or situation you both care about. With Gemini: Dare to express three of your different sub-personalities. With Aries: Remember that spontaneity leads to truth. With Leo: Playfully brag to each other. With Scorpio: Dive down together, going deeper than you could have by yourself.
Philosopher William James proposed that if our culture ever hoped to shed the deeply ingrained habit of going to war, we'd have to create a moral equivalent. It's not enough to preach the value of peace, he said. We have to find other ways to channel our aggressive instincts in order to accomplish what war does, like stimulate political unity and build civic virtue.
Astrology provides a complementary perspective. Each of us has the warrior energy of the planet Mars in our psychological make-up. We can't simply repress it, but must find a positive way to express it. How you might go about this project?
"Dear Rob Brezsny: Two months ago I met the first person with whom I am completely psychic. We fell deeply in love, of course. But it turned out that neither of us was ready or able to fulfill the potential of our connection because we are nowhere near as profoundly in love with ourselves as we are with each other. The good news is that through my love for him, I have intensified my desire to learn to love myself. The bad news is that we can't really be together as fate intended until we upgrade our self-love. -Lucky Yet Unlucky Libra." Dear Libra: I hope your testimony will inspire other Libras to boost their luck in love by deepening their love for themselves. Astrologically speaking, it's a perfect time to attend to this worthy project.
How Pronoia Works, from an old Taoist folk tale
There was once a poor farmer who could afford to own just one horse. He cared well for the animal, but one summer night, it escaped through a weak fence and ran away.
The next day, soldiers visited the farmer's village. Strife had recently broken out between two warlords, and one of them had come to conscript all the local young men. Though every other son was commandeered, the farmer's boy was exempted because of his injury. The neighbors gathered again. "What fantastic luck!" they exclaimed. "Maybe," the farmer said. "Maybe not."
In the coming weeks, you'll attract cosmic assistance whenever you add to your repertoire, branch out artistically or socially, or start gathering seed money for a project that may take years to ripen. Mythically speaking, the coming weeks will also be a good time to have intimate relations with a fertility god or goddess, and to plant magic beans that will grow into a beanstalk that reaches the sky. "Is that it?" you may be asking. "Nothing but good news?!" My only caveat, which is pretty minor, is that you might add a few pounds to your frame. If you're a hetero woman, that could be caused by a pregnancy unless you're careful.
A Spell to Commit Pronoia, by psychotherapist Jennifer Welwood:
Willing to experience aloneness,
I discover connection everywhere;
Turning to face my fear,
I meet the warrior who lives within;
Opening to my loss,
I am given unimaginable gifts;
Surrendering into emptiness,
I find fullness without end.
Each condition I flee from pursues me.
Each condition I welcome transforms me
And becomes itself transformed
Into its radiant jewel-like essence.
I bow to the one who has made it so,
Who has crafted this Master Game;
To play it is pure delight,
To honor it is true devotion.
In a couple of weeks it will make sense to aggressively insert your vivid presence into the thick of the action. There will be dizzying opportunities to chase down and intoxicating connections to forge. But it's premature to get riled up about all that yet. For the foreseeable future, Sagittarius, take your inspiration from Franz Kafka, who gave the following advice in his book *The Great Wall of China*: "You need not do anything. Remain sitting at your table and listen. You need not even listen, just wait. You need not even wait, just learn to be quiet, still, and solitary. And the world will freely offer itself to you unmasked. It has no choice; it will roll in ecstasy at your feet."
To become a master of desire, keep talking yourself out of being attached to trivial goals and keep talking yourself into being thrilled about the precious few goals that are really important. Here's another way to say it: Wean yourself from ego-driven desires and pour your libido into a longing for beauty, truth, goodness, justice, integrity, creativity, love, and an intimate relationship with the Wild Divine.
There are two basic approaches to manipulating people. In one, you manipulate people solely for your own good. In the other, you do it equally for your good and their good. In the second type, moreover, you deeply empathize with and even become more like the people you want to influence. You allow them to work their magic on you at least as much as you work your magic on them. Guess which kind I'm urging you to express right now, Capricorn.
Notice how you feel as you speak the following: "The strong, independent part of me resisted the embarrassing truth for a long time, but I finally came to accept that I'm someone who craves vast amounts of love. Ever since I surrendered to this need, it doesn't nag me all the time, as it used to. In fact, it feels comforting, like a source of sweetness that doesn't go away. I never thought I'd say this, but I've come to treasure the feeling of having a voracious yearning to be loved."
Human beings have employed steel to make tools, weapons, and buildings for many centuries. But it wasn't until 1913 that they discovered stainless steel, a stronger and purer version of the metal that's virtually rust-free. I predict a comparable development for you in the coming weeks, Aquarius. Some essential resource that you've been enjoying for a long time could become even better and more useful. It won't happen all by itself, though. You'll have to want it and seek it and agitate for it.
Life is a vast and intricate conspiracy designed to keep us well supplied with blessings. What kind of blessings? Palatial homes, attractive lovers, lottery winnings, career success? Maybe. But just as likely: interesting surprises, unexpected challenges, gifts we hardly know what to do with, conundrums that force us to get smarter. Novelist William Vollman referred to the latter types of blessings when he said that "the most important and enjoyable thing in life is doing something that's a complicated, tricky problem for you that you don't know how to solve."
"Think dangerously!" read the headline on today's bright yellow piece of junk mail. That sounded inviting. I'm always eager for help in overthrowing my certainties. But the product being promoted inside the envelope was just a piece of propaganda: a magazine touting Libertarian dogma. I threw it in my recycling bin along with all the other doctrinaire crap I constantly get from fundamentalists of every stripe, including rightwing religious nuts and leftwing atheists, New Age pollyannas and intellectual cynics, science-haters and science shills. Now here's the climax of this horoscope, Pisces: *Really* think dangerously. Question *every* belief, your own as much as everyone else's. French author André Gide said it best: "Trust those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it."
Review in painstaking detail the history of your life, honoring every moment as if you were conducting a benevolent Judgment Day.
Forgive yourself of every mistake except one.
Create a royal crown for yourself out of a shower cap, rubber bands, and light bulbs.
Think of the last place on earth you'd ever want to visit, and visualize yourself having fun there.
Test to see if people are really listening to you by asserting that Karl Marx was one of the Marx Brothers.
Track down people who are impossible to love, and love them defiantly without expecting anything in return.
Steal lint from dryers in laundromats and use it to make animal sculptures for someone you admire.
Fantasize you're the child of divine parents who abandoned you when you were two days old, but who will soon be coming back to reunite with you.
Once a year, say these words into a mirror: "It's bad luck to be superstitious."


The Speaker of the House realizes there is a major problem with suppressing the voice of the people.
The 2017 session proved to be what I believe is the beginning of real change in the Idaho legislature as debates and conversations are starting to shift in the right direction. More legislators are beginning to question the agendas and motives behind bills and policy in an attempt to expose top down centralized planning and crony capitalism at the expense of citizen.
We started three years ago with a few liberty legislators willing to speak out and stand up for citizens freedoms on the House floor. By the first week of the 2017 session that number had tripled. These liberty legislators have shown they are more concerned about the citizens they represent than pleasing leadership, their peers or getting re-elected.
Some in the media continue to distract from and distort the truth but they cannot change the reality recently revealed by the Idaho Freedom Foundation. There is a growing core of legislators who are now voting in the 90% percentile on bills promoting constitutional principles and limiting government.
When the session ended last week, 24 Republican legislators showed up for a freedom caucus meeting. These legislators appear to be serious about returning to real Republican principles and values when enacting legislation.
While many new liberty legislators came to Boise to pursue specific issues and make policy changes, they too have determined that the process is broken and needs fixed.
We spent much of the session exposing problems related to the current committee system and double standards. The chairmen and leadership's ultimate authority to control policy ideas and suppress the voices of the citizens is a real concern.
The best solution is more engaged citizen's putting pressure on current incumbent legislators who shun the constitution for their own personal gain.
House Leadership definitely took notice!
Toward the last day of session, several of our bill ideas were unlocked from committee chairman drawers and given print hearings. While this may have appeased some, it is too little too late, and an unacceptable way to develop legislation. The current trend is to have a full committee hearing on nearly every proposed government agency or lobby bill while ignoring numerous bills proposed by individual liberty legislators.
One of the highlights for me this session was launching our new website called Growing Freedom for Idaho. This includes our Freedom Agenda bills which we plan to move through the system.
The website provides an easy way for the average citizen to navigate through all of the House bills to see how they will affect their livelihoods if passed. It allows citizens to comment on these bills by directly linking them to the appropriate committee members who control the life or death of that bill.
Session ended last Wednesday and I attended the Bonneville County Lincoln Day before heading home. Their guest speaker was Judge Jeanine, from the Fox News show "Street Justice". She talked about illegal immigration and its impacts on American society. Over 800 people attended this event which made it one of the largest Republican Lincoln Day events ever held in Idaho!
At first glance, I read the title as "Enraged citizens" But If we can get engaged with our hands on the tiller we have a happy destiny. Ms Scott's Growing Freedom program is a terrific idea. It'll be one of my regular stops in this Fight. I'm actually a native Californian, But have a fair credential as an activist. There are many of us Enraged Citizens on the Left coast, but not enough to make a difference. The Redoubt………….


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Hertz orders 100,000 Teslas in plan to electrify rental-car fleet
It's the single-largest purchase ever for electric vehicles and represents about US$4.2 billion of revenue for Tesla
Erik Schatzker
Oct 25, 2021 • Last Updated October 25, 2021 • 4 minute read
A Hertz branch office in Zurich, Switzerland on Nov. 17, 2020. Photo by Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters files
Hertz Global Holdings Inc., barely four months out of bankruptcy, placed an order for 100,000 Teslas in the first step of an ambitious plan to electrify its rental-car fleet.
The cars will be delivered over the next 14 months, and Tesla Inc.'s Model 3 sedans will be available to rent at Hertz locations in major U.S. markets and parts of Europe starting in early November, the rental company said in a statement. Customers will have access to Tesla's network of superchargers, and Hertz is also building its own charging infrastructure.
It's the single-largest purchase ever for electric vehicles, or EVs, and represents about US$4.2 billion of revenue for Tesla, according to people familiar with the matter who declined to be identified because the information is private. While car-rental companies typically demand big discounts from automakers, the size of the order implies that Hertz is paying close to list prices.
"How do we democratize access to electric vehicles? That's a very important part of our strategy," Mark Fields, who joined Hertz as interim chief executive officer earlier this month, said in an interview. "Tesla is the only manufacturer that can produce EVs at scale."
Tesla is the only manufacturer that can produce EVs at scale
Mark Fields
The electrification plan, which eventually will encompass almost all of Hertz's half-million cars and trucks worldwide, is the company's first big initiative since emerging from bankruptcy in June. And it signals that Hertz's new owners, Knighthead Capital Management and Certares Management, are intent on shaking up an industry dominated by a handful of large players who are typically slow to change.
Hertz, which currently trades over the counter ahead of its relisting on the Nasdaq Stock Market, surged as much as 14 per cent to US$28.25 at 9:39 a.m. in New York. Tesla shares rose as much as 6.7 per cent, the most intraday since April 13, to a record US$970.84., bringing the automaker closer to a US$1 trillion valuation.
By locking up so much of Tesla's production — the order is equivalent to about one-tenth of what the automaker can currently produce in a year — Hertz may box out rivals from copycatting the strategy. Hertz also is breaking with tradition by paying full price for well-appointed cars rather than the typical base-model, heavily discounted sedans that populate rental lots.
The discussions with Tesla go back months, to when Knighthead and Certares were putting together an offer for then-bankrupt Hertz, Fields said. Also, the relationship between the two companies isn't exclusive: Hertz can buy EVs from other automakers and rival car-rental companies can order from Tesla, provided it has available capacity.
"We want to work with every manufacturer to help them launch EVs and drive this secular shift to electrification," Fields said in the interview.
Palo Alto, California-based Tesla, which is moving its headquarters to Texas, didn't reply to a request for comment.
In 2020, General Motors Co. was Hertz's biggest car and truck supplier, followed by Nissan Motor Co. and Ford Motor Co.
Teslas, with zero tailpipe emissions, will appeal to rental customers who want a green option or those eager to try out a battery-powered vehicle. Hertz said it hired Tom Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback, to star in ads showcasing the new Teslas. It also created a dedicated EV website offering free charging through the end of January.
Under Fields, who was CEO of Ford for almost three years until May 2017, the company is looking to EVs as part of a commitment to clean energy. Teslas also are less expensive to maintain and refuel as vehicles with internal combustion engines, and they typically don't lose as much value in the resale market.
Initially, the charging network Hertz is building at its own locations will be for customers only, Fields said.
Along with the Tesla rollout, Hertz, the biggest U.S. car-rental company after Enterprise Holdings Inc., is embarking on a broader revamp of its business around mobility and digitization. One component of that will be expedited rental bookings on the Hertz app.
Tesla falls short of Wall Street estimates, but beats third-quarter projections
Electric vehicles: Is the revolution finally here?
Will American drivers quit their gas-guzzling SUVs and go electric?
Wild journey
Electrification is the latest turn in Hertz's wild journey through the COVID-19 pandemic. When demand for rental cars collapsed in early 2020, the company, whose brands also include Dollar, Thrifty and Firefly, was forced to file for bankruptcy and began liquidating its fleet.
Now, 17 months later, Estero, Florida-based Hertz is thriving thanks to a sharp rebound in travel and the global shortage of new cars. Day traders have embraced it as a meme stock.
As of June 30, Hertz had US$1.8 billion in cash and its debt-to-equity ratio, a key measure of financial health, had improved to 2.4 from almost 10 at the end of 2019, according to an Oct. 15 regulatory filing.
Knighthead, a distressed-debt hedge fund, and Certares, a private equity firm specializing in travel, won the bankruptcy auction for Hertz in May with a US$6 billion bid. It already looks like a bargain: As of Oct. 22, the company had a market value of US$11.6 billion in over-the-counter trading.

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Q: Android Studio: Gradle Build Unit Testing dependencies issue I am a novice to Android development. I am looking into 'how to set up a test environment in Android Studio'. So, here is my question;
As per the official Android training source (https://developer.android.com/training/testing/unit-testing/local-unit-tests.html) says, In your app's top-level build.gradle file, you need to specify these libraries as dependencies:

But in my case, am using Android Studio Version 2.2.3 and it shows two build.gradle files i.e., build.gradle ( Project: name ) and build.gradle ( Module: app ), out of which one already had the dependencies mentioned by default and the other doesn't. Please look at following pictures for understanding.
build.gradle ( Project: name )

build.gradle ( Module: app )

Where should the dependencies be mentioned?

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Q: Powershell scripting : Why is this function not able to access a global variable i have a script, let's say script1 that calls a function abc from script2.
Below is script2 :-
$Global:splat2
function xyz ()
{
    Write-Host "in xyz"
    Write-Host "$Global:splat2"
}
function abc ([System.Collections.ArrayList] $splat)
{
    $Global:splat2 = $splat
    Write-Host "in abc"
    Write-Host "$Global:splat2"
    $func = (Get-Command -Type Function xyz)
    $wholeFuncDef = 'Function ' + $func.Name + " {`n" + $func.Definition + "`n}"

    Start-Process powershell -args '-noprofile', '-noexit', '-EncodedCommand', `([Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes("$wholeFuncDef; xyz")))

}

The function abc is called from script 1 (some value was assigned to $splat):
abc $splat

The problem is that only function abc prints the value for $splat2 while as in function xyz, $splat2 is empty.
I was expecting that function xyz should also have the value for $splat2 since it's a global variable.

A: Global variables are limited to a given session, i.e. a PowerShell runspace (thread) inside a given process.
Using Start-Process with powershell.exe invariably creates a new session, in a new process, which knows nothing about the caller's variables (except for inheriting environment variables by default).

You'll have to pass any values from the caller's scope explicitly to such a separate session.
Options:

*

*Incorporate values from the caller's scope as a variable-assignment  statements into the (Base64-encoded) command string passed to -EncodedCommand

*A simple alternative is indeed to use an aux. environment variable.
Caveat re data types:

*

*If you use an environment variable, its value is invariably a string.

*If you incorporate a variable assignment into the command string, you can express more data types, but are limited to those that can be expressed as literals in PowerShell (unless you include a constructor call based on a literal, if feasible).

*Supporting more data types - but not all - is possible with the - undocumented as of this writing - -EncodedArguments parameter; see this answer.


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Q: SQL - Agrupar varios Count Quisiera unir en una sola consulta dos Count que los tengo por separados.
En la primera consulta, mirando datos en vivos, obtengo la cantidad de los datos que están llegando nulos.
Esta es la sentencia.
SELECT IOServer.ComputerName as [Computer Name], IOServer.ApplicationName as [Application Name], Topic.Name as [Access Name], COUNT(*) as Nulos
FROM AnalogTag, EngineeringUnit, Tag, v_Live, Topic, IOServer, IODriver
WHERE
Tag.TagName not like '%sys%'
AND v_Live.Value is Null
AND Tag.TagName = AnalogTag.TagName
AND tag.tagname = v_live.TagName
AND AnalogTag.EUKey = EngineeringUnit.EUKey
AND Topic.TopicKey = Tag.TopicKey
AND IOServer.IOServerKey = Topic.IOServerKey
AND IOServer.IODriverKey=IODriver.IODriverKey
GROUP BY Topic.Name,IOServer.ComputerName,IOServer.ApplicationName
ORDER BY IOServer.ComputerName, Topic.Name

En la segunda consulta obtengo la cuenta de la cantidad total de todos los datos en vivos.
SELECT IOServer.ComputerName, IOServer.ApplicationName, Topic.Name as AccessName, COUNT(*) as Total
FROM AnalogTag, EngineeringUnit, Tag, v_Live, Topic, IOServer, IODriver
WHERE
Tag.TagName not like '%sys%'
AND Tag.TagName = AnalogTag.TagName
AND tag.tagname = v_live.TagName
AND AnalogTag.EUKey = EngineeringUnit.EUKey
AND Topic.TopicKey = Tag.TopicKey
AND IOServer.IOServerKey = Topic.IOServerKey
AND IOServer.IODriverKey=IODriver.IODriverKey
GROUP BY Topic.Name,IOServer.ComputerName,IOServer.ApplicationName
ORDER BY IOServer.ComputerName, Topic.Name

Lo que necesito haces es mostrar los valores Nulos y al lado su total.
Opción 01
Mostrar solo si tienen valores nulos.
ComputerName | ApplicationName | Access Name | Nulos | Totales
Computer02   | aplicación01    | Acces_100   |   2   |    25

Opción 02
Mostrar totales y el número de nulos.
ComputerName | ApplicationName | Access Name | Nulos | Totales
Computer02   | Aplicación01    | Acces_100   |   2   |   25
Computer1    | Applicacion03   | Acces_205   |   0   |   25

El motor es SQL server 2014
Desde ya agradezco su ayuda.

A: Si me permites un poco de cirugía mayor en tu consulta, la idea sería así:
SELECT  IOS.ComputerName                                           as [Computer Name],
        IOS.ApplicationName                                        as [Application Name],
        T.Name                                                     as [Access Name],
        COUNT(CASE WHEN V.Value is Null THEN 1 ELSE NULL END)      as Nulos,
        COUNT(1)                                                   as Todos
        FROM AnalogTag A
        INNER JOIN EngineeringUnit E
            ON A.EUKey = E.EUKey
        INNER JOIN Tag TA
            ON TA.TagName = A.TagName
        INNER JOIN v_Live V
            ON TA.tagname = V.TagName
        INNER JOIN Topic T,
            ON T.TopicKey = TA.TopicKey
        INNER JOIN IOServer IOS
            ON IOS.IOServerKey = T.IOServerKey
        INNER JOIN IODriver IOD
            ON IOS.IODriverKey = IOD.IODriverKey
        WHERE TA.TagName not like '%sys%'
        GROUP BY T.Name,
                 IOS.ComputerName,
                 IOS.ApplicationName
        ORDER BY IOS.ComputerName,
                 T.Name

Comentarios

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*Es una buena práctica el uso de los JOIN's explicítos por sobre los Implícitos

*No necesitas dos consultas ya que ambas son fundamentalmente la misma solo cambia la condición de NULL en v_Live.Value, por lo que puedes resolverlo con una única consulta y cun COUNT() condicional.

A: Creo que con una subconsulta y luego agrupando podrias obtener el resultado, intenta con esto:
select
ComputerName,
ApplicationName,
Name,
SUM(Nulos) Nulos,
SUM(Unidad) Total
FROM (SELECT
IOServer.ComputerName,
IOServer.ApplicationName,
Topic.Name,
1 Unidad,
case
    when v_Live.Value is Null then 1
    else 0
end Nulos
FROM AnalogTag, EngineeringUnit, Tag, v_Live, Topic, IOServer, IODriver
WHERE
Tag.TagName not like '%sys%'
AND Tag.TagName = AnalogTag.TagName
AND tag.tagname = v_live.TagName
AND AnalogTag.EUKey = EngineeringUnit.EUKey
AND Topic.TopicKey = Tag.TopicKey
AND IOServer.IOServerKey = Topic.IOServerKey
AND IOServer.IODriverKey=IODriver.IODriverKey) x
GROUP BY ComputerName,
ApplicationName,
Name
ORDER BY ComputerName, Name


A mixture of two isomers of anhydromarmesin: 5'-isopropenyl-4 ', 5'-dihydropseralene and 5'-isopropylpsporalene from the ammonia plant is large.
Liniment 1%; in banks of 20 g.
Solution for external use 0,25%; in bottles of 100 ml.
Pharmacological action - antibacterial, antifungal.
Along with antimicrobial, possesses keratolytic and epithelizing properties; stimulates hair growth.
Has antifungal action against dermatophytes: Trichophyton rubrum, T.interdigitale, T.mentagrophytes var.gypseum, M.canis, Candida albicans; and moderate bacteriostatic - on Gram-positive microorganisms.
Dermatophytosis (rubrophytic, microsporia, trichophytosis, pityriasis); superficial forms of candidiasis of skin, nails and mucous genitalia; skin diseases (seborrhea of the scalp, psoriasis, alopecia areata).
Itching, burning, flushing of the skin, peeling.
Locally. Liniment is applied a thin layer on the lesions 2 times a day. With candidiasis paronychia - under the occlusive dressing (in the evening). Treatment continues until the disappearance of clinical manifestations: in ruby smooth skin - from 3 to 8 weeks; with microsporia - from 1 to 4 weeks; Candidiasis - 2-4 weeks; with damage to the nails and rollers - at least 4 months; mucous genitalia - 3 weeks (can be combined with antifungal agents of general action); at a pityriasis deprivation - not less than 6 weeks. After the disappearance of clinical manifestations - 1 time per day to prevent relapse within 10-15 days.
The solution is smeared with lesions 2-3 times a day for 1.5 months (with mycosis of the smooth skin of the feet).
With palmar-plantar hyperkeratosis, psoriasis, seborrhea of the scalp and focal alopecia, liniment and solution are used. With hyperkeratosis and psoriasis of the palmar-plantar areas - liniment or solution under the occlusive dressing in the evening for a week.
In the dark place at a temperature of no higher than 10 ° C.


This time I am going small! My inspiration came from seeing someone on OCN make a tiny mITX case with a Zotac mITX MoBo. It looked so awesome I wanted one! So I researched hardware and found you could get really nice mITX socket 775 motherboards for not a huge amount of money, including a PCI-E x16 slot. With that in mind, I came onto the problem of cooling. To do any substantial cooling would make the case quite large. The low profile coolers normally do not give amazing temperatures, and making the case fit one of the giant HFS's would remove the point of the small case. It was then i saw an all-in-one liquid cooling system from SwifTech. And the idea clicked!
Build the world's smallest watercooled computer!
I am delighted to introduct my first sponsor, AquaTuning.co.uk! They will be sponsoring me with my watercooling equipment.
Ebuyer are also sponsoring me with a motherboard, processor and graphics card!
I would like to introduce my 3rd sponsor for this project, MNPCTech!
I would like to introduce AC Ryan! They will be sponsoring me with some materials like Aluminium sheet and CCFL's and such things. Thanks Guys!
WatercoolingUK will not be supplying me with watercooling equipment, they will be laser cutting metal and powdercoating for me! Thankyou to marcus there in particular!
Enermax will be sponsoring me with 2 fans and a keyboard! Thankyou!
Roccat will be sponsoring me with gaming equipment such as the Roccat Kone! Thanks!
The case will measure 20x20x20cm with everything inside, including radiator, fans etc. The case will be made out of a powdercoated steel frame with smoked acrylic filling the holes for the sides and top, and the front and back will be made out of powdercoated mesh. I am going for a blue and purple colour scheme inside (wiring, coolant, tubing etc). The metal will be cut on the CNC router at my school (it's tiny, about 30x30cm cutting area!). The plastic will be laser cut also at my school, and sponsor logos will be laser etched on during this process. All the cables will be sleeved in black and white sleeving.
Did a sketchup of the case. This was my first time using sketchup. Quite a few of the components I got off the database of models but i made several. The whole thing is precisely to scale (to the millimeter) so i can take measurements etc off it.
Hope this gives you a good idea of what it is going to look like!
Redesigned again. Managed to get the whole thing down to 20cm x 20cm x18cm - that is including radiator and, well, everything!
Ok so here is a price list!
I think what is going to differ this from other miniature watercooling rigs is the power. I have not seen any other mITX watercooled mini pc's with a Q9550 or even a dedicated graphics card. I was lucky to find the 4670, it is a perfect fit.
So glad i chose this card, the blue is perfect for my colour scheme.
So yeah not much of an update. But progress! I can now confirm all the measurements for the motherboard. I didn't expect to have the mobo so soon because eBuyer were out of stock. Somehow they managed to get me one though!
I would like to thank eBuyer again for their generous contribution, and especially thank my contact there, Charlie. She has been brilliant!
They really are the best computer e-tailer in the UK!
The final sketchup model is finished! I spent ages on this. It is EXACTLY how it will be, everything is perfectly to scale. By doing it like this i have actually solved loads of problems i would have come across later when i had got items laser cut etc.
Profile shot of the right hand side.
The loop! Yes i am now cooling the 9300 chipset. One of the problems i discovered by doing the accurate sketchup is that the apogee drive would hit the heatsink on the chipset. So duniek at OCN is making be a custom block that looks very similar to the one above (i.e. barb positioning is the same). Yes there is some VERY tight tubing to be done. But hey! I'm up for a challenge!
The back of the loop. 45 degree fittings will save this project! Most of the models in the sketchup are downloaded, however i made the apogee drive and several other parts. It is precisely to scale from the swiftech site. Very pleased with it!
Bottom compartment. The cd drive rests on an acrylic plate that is glued to the HDD bay. There is a 60mm fan at the back blowing across the hdds. This will be mounted to the base using a bracket, rather than mounted to the grill.
Empty shell. The whole thign is held together with 10mm acrylic cubes. There will be purple LEDs mounted in them which will shine out of the corners displayed by the rounded corners of the aluminium frame.
So what do you think guys? I managed to get the 250W psu in, which i am very pleased about. I need to order things like the PSU, switch, CD drive and hdd before i can start milling out the aluminium.
PCB design (to scale). On the right of the big electrolytic capacitors you can see 3 pads. This is where the potentiometers will be attached. Middle-left you can see 2 pads where +12v and negative connects. At the top right of each section you can see a box with 2 pads in, this is where the fans connect.
My layout was done in PCB Wizard 3.50. Great little program!
I'm looking forward to seeing the progress. That's slick as hell. You did a good job on your first case. Keep it up, and keep us posted.
What I am curious about is the structural integrity. I don't see any structural frame carrying the load, just non-solid-diaphragms and some corner screw cubes. This may be too flimsy, especially to hold a heavy dynamic (fluid) load, and unless the mesh is really strong it will deflect too much to have anything resting on top of it.


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Home tech Bird-like robots could assist in medical emergencies and hunt down drones
Bird-like robots could assist in medical emergencies and hunt down drones
The GRIFFIN project is seeking to create prototypes of highly autonomous, ultra-lightweight robot birds. Image credit - GRVC Robotics Lab
Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) are set to form a growing multi-billion dollar industry in the skies in the coming years, with rising potential for a wide range of uses from emergency assistance to drug delivery, home deliveries and precision agriculture.
In line with this, efforts are under way to bolster flight efficiency and the intelligence of UAVs to better navigate built environments. A variety of research groups are drawing their inspiration from nature, often birds – an original inspiration for human flight.
Professor Anibal Ollero, an electrical engineer at the University of Seville in Spain, says standard drones with propellers can currently fly for maybe 20 to 30 minutes, but that the bird-like designs he is working on have the potential to at least double this. 'Conventional multirotors are very constrained in terms of time of flight and range,' he said. 'We want to increase this range by using the wind and the airflows.'
The GRIFFIN project he leads is seeking to create prototypes of highly autonomous, ultra-lightweight robot birds that can minimise energy in flight, perch on curved surfaces, carry out tasks with moving limbs and artificial beaks, and intelligently interact with people and the environment.
The birds can also carry integrated on-board computers and cameras for visual navigation. 'Birds have a very complex body and exhibit complex behaviours. What we are using is the inspiration in the birds to extract relevant features for our robotic ornithopters – aircraft that fly by flapping their wings,' said Prof. Ollero.
Bird-like
To conserve energy, one of the researchers' aims is to use the wind to enable the robots to soar like birds, combining that with flapping when needed.
Apart from potentially boosting efficiency, Prof. Ollero says a bird-like design has advantages like the ability to reduce noise and improve safety in certain situations because of the absence of propellers and the use of soft, flexible materials like microfibre composites and nylon for the wings and tail.
This means they could be used, for example, to land on injured people and take biometric measurements or put a mask on them in a hazardous environment. 'Propellers are not good for this interaction – they can hurt people,' said Prof. Ollero.
Another application is in so-called 'contact inspection' in industrial plants, in areas where it may be dangerous for people to work because of the presence of gases. There, a robot could land on a pipe and measure its thickness to detect corrosion.
So far, the team has demonstrated flight with flapping wings both indoors and outdoors, and the ability to land on a small square platform 20 to 30 centimetres wide. The next challenge, which Prof. Ollero says is 'not trivial', is to get the birds to perch on curved surfaces such as poles or cables without overbalancing, and then coordinate other functions.
'What we want to demonstrate is these combined capabilities: being able to fly while saving energy, being able to perch, and being able to manipulate their limbs like a bird.'
Prof. Anibal Ollero, University of Seville, Spain
For perching, as well as grasping, the team has been working with materials called shape-memory alloys to create bio-inspired claws that can deform to wrap around a pole – something Prof. Ollero thinks will be possible later this year when combined with machine learning. He also wants to add on-board intelligent sensing of wind to better harness air currents.
Apart from the complexity of coordinating functions, there are some other big challenges to overcome. For one, he says, transitioning between flapping and gliding is difficult, while depending on environmental fluctuations is not always reliable. As lightweight birds with on-board equipment, there are also challenges with the load they can carry – though Prof. Ollero says they had enough capacity to transport things like medicines.
'There is a lot of work to do on the integration of new technologies related to material science, mechanics, aerodynamics and artificial intelligence in our robotic birds,' he added. However, he thinks such birds could be performing practical tasks by 2030.
Visual navigation is another challenge for robot birds, something the project HawkEye is investigating. Its studies into how vision guides flight in birds could potentially translate into more efficient guidance systems for UAVs.
Until recently, birds' in-flight vision had been little studied, says Professor Graham Taylor, a mathematical biologist at the University of Oxford, UK, who leads HawkEye. 'It's just very hard to study in-flight. That's challenging until you've got miniaturised kit.'
Miniaturisation
Now, miniaturisation has become possible through developments in mobile phone technology, allowing the creation of non-invasive attachable sensors and markers for measuring birds' head, eye and body movements with what Prof. Taylor describes as 'sub-millimetre precision'. As a key part of the project, the researchers are using these miniature cameras and motion capture systems to enable 3D reconstructions of what birds see in flight.
His team has been studying how birds use vision in 'goal-directed behaviours' including pursuing prey and manoeuvring around obstacles.
HawkEye has uncovered different strategies. The team found that peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) use visual feedback for guidance in a similar way to visually guided missiles, making them highly efficient for chasing prey moving in a smooth, straight line.
In contrast, a later study found that Harris's hawks (Parabuteo unicinctus) use a 'mixed guidance' strategy to pursue prey through 'cluttered' habitats such as desert scrub or trees, improving performance for chasing agile, zigzagging targets.
Aside from the potential to apply this knowledge in navigation systems, it could be harnessed to help flying vehicles intercept drones that pose a threat. Though visually guided systems have been developed for missile interception, blocking drones in the more crowded urban airspace of cities and stadiums poses a new challenge, says Prof. Taylor.
This could gain importance given the expected growth in drones, he says, noting the 2018 drone scare at London's Gatwick airport that closed the runway for 33 hours and was estimated to have cost airlines tens of millions of euros.
'There is a gap at the moment for anything that's capable of going in and intercepting something safely. That's one of the things that birds are extremely good at doing.'
A better understanding of how vision guides flight in birds could potentially translate into more efficient guidance systems for UAVs. Image credit - University of Oxford
Having observed more than 20,000 flights of hawks, falcons, finches and pigeons, Prof. Taylor says his team has gained a strong understanding of the underlying mechanisms involved in pursuit and obstacle avoidance, as well as perching.
'(We now have) a really good understanding of how birds are making use of vision to do that effectively in crowded environments,' he said. 'It's taken biomechanics and the study of flight into the era of big data.'
Prof. Taylor adds that despite complex bird behaviours on the surface, there seemed to be a relatively simple underlying mathematical guidance law that captures most of the behaviours HawkEye has analysed, potentially simplifying the creation of algorithms in UAVs that can then be tweaked for different purposes.
'It gives us a common framework for understanding a whole range of behaviours that might not initially seem closely connected,' he said. 'Now that we understand the algorithms, the next step is to start applying those on drones.'
The algorithms could be applied to studying other complex behaviours in nature, says Prof. Taylor, while better knowledge on birds and their vision can help understand how they evolved to deal with different tasks, and help design structures such as buildings and wind turbines with cues to prevent birds from crashing into them.
Enrico Ajanic, a PhD student in robotics at EPFL (the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland, who has been working on raptor-inspired drones with artificial feathers, says the different types of drones have different advantages at present – with multirotors being agile but with comparatively low endurance, while winged drones currently tend to have high endurance but low agility.
'There are many lessons we can learn from birds,' he added. 'They are highly skilled fliers that can negotiate many different flight regimes – fast, soaring, agile and slow flight, to name a few.'
Ajanic said that apart from raptors, researchers can learn a lot from many different bird species. For example, despite their bad reputation, pigeons are also an excellent model for investigation because they can both reliably navigate in cities and fly long distances efficiently, he says.
But he says there are still many challenges, such as the sensitivity of bird-like drones to wind. There are also many questions to answer to improve both the biological understanding of birds and how this can be applied in drones, including how birds twist their tails when gliding and how to optimise the ability of wings to morph.
'There is still a lot of work to do before we can even approximate the flight abilities of birds,' added Professor Dario Floreano, director of the EPFL Laboratory of Intelligent Systems and Ajanic's PhD advisor. 'Birds do not only fly, but also coordinate with each other, interact and change the environment, and make complex autonomous decisions that our drones can hardly match.'
Yet though he says that drones can generate anxiety and risk of privacy violations, he thinks there are more positive potential impacts than negatives – with bird-inspired UAVs having the opportunity to significantly shape the future of drones.
'Such future drones will play an important role in aiding humanity in search and rescue missions, disaster mitigation or efficient delivery,' said Prof. Floreano. 'To successfully complete those missions, they will have to navigate autonomously in complex environments. Thus, the challenges such drones must overcome are very similar to the challenges birds are tackling every day.'
The research in this article was funded by the EU's European Research Council. If you liked this article, please consider sharing it on social media.
Bird-like robots could assist in medical emergencies and hunt down drones was originally published on Horizon: the EU Research & Innovation magazine | European Commission.
Bird-like robots could assist in medical emergencies and hunt down drones Reviewed by Kate Deer on June 06, 2021 Rating: 5


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A Premier Soccer League 2000-2001 ou conhecida como 2000-2001 Castle Premiership foi a 5º edição da Premier Soccer League, principal competição de futebol da África do Sul. A liga teve a participação de 18 clubes.

O Orlando Pirates foi o campeão, com o rivai Kaizer Chiefs segundo.

Ligações externas
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Hey Rod, as an imaginary internet poster, here's my 4 to 6 cents. Respect, humor, kidding around comes and goes on this board. This board is just a bunch of guys (and a few gals) who just get on here to have some fun and discuss footbal...is there some trash talking?? Of course. Most of it is just joking around. Does some of it go too far sometimes? Of course.
But based on what I have read in the past....and I hope I'm not stepping in too deep here....is that when there is a bit of joking or disrespect, you seem to be very offended or affected by it personally. You obviously like the game, like to discuss it, and come across as a reasonably intelligent person.
But you can NOT take it personally....the jokes...the ribbing. No one here knows you. No one here would initially target you. But of course, over time, once you develop a history of "complaining" then there's a mark.
Roll with it...have fun. Just don't complain and whine.


The worst sort of copycat is a shameless copycat.
The worst sort of copycat is a shameless copycat: someone who reproduces another's innovation without permission and doesn't even blink. As of Tuesday, that's Instagram: the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app just rolled out a "new" feature, where "new" just means carbon copy of Snapchat. Instagram was so uncreative that they even copied the name of the feature. It's called — drumroll, please — Instagram Stories.
At some point in the "next few weeks," Instagram says, the feature will appear in your feed. If you're a Snapchat user already, there's actually nothing left to tell you. It's an exact replica of Snapchat's own, popular Stories feature. If you're not a Snapchat user already, we'll make this quick. Stories are ways to share images and video clips from your day. You can overlay text, emoji, bitmoji, and drawings.
What you share lasts no more than 24 hours. You can see a list of who's viewed your own story, and friends can message you if they feel so compelled. A quick tour of my own friends' Snapchat Stories includes food, landscapes, sunsets, and dogs. Cutesy, stupid, but entertaining stuff.
On Instagram, Stories will appear at the top of your feed. Friends who have shared stories will appear at the top of your feed in a row. Also, if a friend has shared a story, their profile photo will have a "colorful ring" around it when you visit their page.
The theory behind the blatant rip-off is at least sensible. Snapchat turned down a multibillion-dollar offer from Facebook a few years ago. Facebook owns Instagram, but Instagram's been in a slump of late. People seem to think that Instagram's become too good — in other words, that people are becoming less and less prone to share mediocre images because they'll feel inferior as humans and untalented as photographers. (Snapchat's popularity, meanwhile, continues to surge.) Since Story content is meant to be candid and disappears, there's less pressure to shoot and share photographic masterpieces.
To be fair, Snapchat itself has taken pages from its own competitors' books. And earlier this month, it released its own risky new feature. But it's never done anything this flagrant. Instagram: this is a low blow.
Update: A Snapchat representative had no comment on the feature.


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import logging
from intent.utils.token import tag_tokenizer, tokenize_string

TAGLOG = logging.getLogger("TEST_TAGGERS")
#logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

from argparse import ArgumentParser
from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
import sys
from intent.eval.pos_eval import slashtags_eval
from intent.interfaces.stanford_tagger import train_postagger, StanfordPOSTagger, test_postagger
from intent.utils.argutils import existsfile

def remove_tags(source_path, target_path):
    source_f = open(source_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
    target_f = open(target_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8')

    for line in source_f:
        tokens = tokenize_string(line, tokenizer=tag_tokenizer)
        target_f.write(tokens.text()+'\n')

    source_f.close()
    target_f.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    p = ArgumentParser()
    p.add_argument('--train', help='Training file.', type=existsfile)
    p.add_argument('--tagger', help='Path to a pre-trained tagger.', type=existsfile)
    p.add_argument('--test', help='File to evaluate against.', required=True, type=existsfile)
    p.add_argument('--delimiter', help='Token to separate tags from words (default "/")', default='/')
    p.add_argument('--output', help='Optionally, save the tagger output to this path.')

    args = p.parse_args()

    if not args.train or args.tagger:
        sys.stderr.write("Either a training file or a pre-trained tagger is required.")
        p.print_help()
        sys.exit(11)

    if args.train and args.tagger:
        sys.stderr.write("WARNING: Both a training file and a tagger were specified. The tagger will take precedence.")

    # =============================================================================
    # First, train the tagger.
    # =============================================================================

    if args.train and not args.tagger:
        print('Training tagger from "{}"'.format(args.train))
        tagger_file = NamedTemporaryFile('w')
        tagger = train_postagger(args.train, tagger_file.name)
        print("Tagger training complete.")
        tagger_path = tagger_file.name
    else:
        print('Loading tagger from "{}"'.format(args.tagger))
        tagger_path = args.tagger

    # =============================================================================
    # Next, strip the tags from the test file into a temporary file.
    # =============================================================================
    raw_tmp = NamedTemporaryFile()

    remove_tags(args.test, raw_tmp.name)
    # =============================================================================
    # Figure out if we want to save the output path
    # =============================================================================
    if args.output:
        outpath = args.output
    else:
        output_file = NamedTemporaryFile('w', encoding='utf-8')
        outpath = output_file.name

    print('Running tagger on "{}"'.format(args.test))
    test_postagger(raw_tmp.name, tagger_path, outpath)

    slashtags_eval(args.test, outpath, args.delimiter, matrix=True)

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Q: How to center image gallery with text in Shopify without making the images smaller (HTML, CSS) I am trying to center my image gallery without decreasing the size of the images. I tried to work with some of the solutions in similar questions but they require making the images super small. Is there a way to keep the size of my images, have my images side by side, and just center the whole thing? :D Thanks so much in advance!
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A: i add "cover" your "gallery" div with "gallery-wrapper" class and add css for center image align.

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A: like this :https://i.ibb.co/pzz0MxF/846c4b24-6934-4447-82c1-a25b11ea581c.png
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Health Information and Privacy
Decision Information
PHIPA DECISION 67
Collection Health Information and Privacy
File Numbers HA17-18
Adjudicators Justine Wai
Type Decision - PHIPA
Applicable Legislation PHIPA - 55(8)
The complainant submitted a 62-part correction request under the Personal Health Information Protection Act to the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network (the custodian). The custodian agreed to make two of the requested corrections but denied the remainder. The custodian denied 15 of the requested corrections under section 55(8) and 45 under section 55(9)(b). The complainant appealed the custodian's decision to this office. The adjudicator finds the complainant failed to establish a right of correction under section 55(8) for some of the information at issue. The adjudicator also finds that the remaining information the complainant seeks to correct constitutes the good faith professional opinions or observations of the individuals preparing the report and the exception under section 55(9)(b) applies to it.
Decision Content
Complaint HA17-18
Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network
Summary: The complainant submitted a 62-part correction request under the Personal Health Information Protection Act to the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network (the custodian). The custodian agreed to make two of the requested corrections but denied the remainder. The custodian denied 15 of the requested corrections under section 55(8) and 45 under section 55(9)(b). The complainant appealed the custodian's decision to this office. The adjudicator finds the complainant failed to establish a right of correction under section 55(8) for some of the information at issue. The adjudicator also finds that the remaining information the complainant seeks to correct constitutes the good faith professional opinions or observations of the individuals preparing the report and the exception under section 55(9)(b) applies to it.
Statutes Considered: Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, section 55(8) .
Decisions Considered: PHIPA Decisions 36, 37 and 39.
[1] In October 2016, the complainant, represented by her sibling, sought correction under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA or the Act) to her personal health information held by the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network, formerly known as the Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre (the custodian or CCAC). In her request, the complainant identified 62 items she believes the custodian should correct.
[2] On December 16, 2016, the custodian issued a response to the correction request stating,
The large majority of your requests relate to a RAI ["Resident Assessment Instrument"] Assessment (also known as the Home Care MDS report) conducted by the social worker on September 4, 2013. The assessment was based upon the social worker's good faith opinions, findings, observations, and information received from [the complainant's] family members who were involved in her care at the relevant time, which is normal procedure during a RAI assessment.
Under section 55(9)(b) of the Act, an exception to a duty to correct exists where the record of personal health information consists of a professional opinion that a custodian has made in good faith about an individual. We rely upon this section in response to the majority of your requests as set out in the attachment.
[3] The custodian provided the complainant with a detailed list of her 62 requested corrections and its corresponding response to each concern. Of the 62 items, the custodian denied 15 on the basis of section 55(8) and 45 were denied on the basis of section 55(9)(b) of the Act. The custodian agreed to correct two references in the records under section 55(10)(a)(i)(A) of the Act.
[4] The complainant filed a complaint to this office. A mediator was appointed to seek a resolution. During mediation, the complainant identified the following reasons for her correction request:
The records at issue are inaccurate and, while certain records may consist of professional opinions, they were not made in good faith
The custodian did not act in good faith
There was "serious carelessness" on the part of the custodian
The custodian's decision letter contained "false and misleading information"
[5] The custodian claimed the complainant did not demonstrate to its satisfaction that the records are incomplete or inaccurate for the purposes for which it uses the records. In addition, the custodian confirmed its position that the records contain professional opinions or observances made in good faith. Accordingly, the custodian advised the mediator it would not change its decision.
[6] The complainant confirmed she was not satisfied with the custodian's decision and would like it to correct the records in accordance with her original request.
[7] The complaint was not resolved at mediation and it was transferred to the adjudication stage of the complaints process where an adjudicator may conduct a review. I decided to conduct a review and began by providing the custodian with the opportunity to make submissions in response to the issues set out in a Notice of Review. The custodian submitted representations.
[8] I then invited the complainant to make submissions in response to the Notice of Review and the custodian's representations, which were shared in full. The complainant submitted representations.
[9] In this decision, I uphold the custodian's decision to not make the requested corrections because the custodian is not required to correct the information under section 55(8) or the good faith professional opinion and observation exception at section 59(9)(b) applies.
[10] The complainant identified the following records to be the subject of her correction request:
Program Assignment Tool
Minimum Data Set Home Care (MDS Report)
"Trigger Listing & CAP Information" (Section V: Client Assessment Protocol Summary of the MDS Report)
Personal Health Profile
MAPLe Report
Client Notes Report
Informed Decision-Making and Capacity Evaluation Guide for Admission to a Long-Term Care Home, specifically Part C: Analysis Table, Part D: Rights Information and Part E: Additional Comments
Behavioural Assessment Tool
Report dated November 28, 2013
[11] As a preliminary matter, I confirm that the custodian is a health information custodian as defined in section 3(1) of the Act. Further, there is no dispute that the information the complainant seeks to be corrected is her personal health information, within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Act.
Does the custodian have a duty to make the requested corrections under section 55 of the Act?
[12] One of the enumerated purposes of PHIPA is that individuals have a right to require the correction or amendment of personal health information about themselves, subject to limited and specific exceptions as set out in it. [1] In this case, the complainant, represented by her sibling, requests corrections to her personal health information.
[13] Section 55(8) of the Act provides for a right of correction to records of personal health information in some circumstances. This section states,
The health information custodian shall grant a request for correction under subsection (1) if the individual demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the custodian, that the record is incomplete or inaccurate for the purposes for which the custodian uses the information and gives the custodian the information necessary to enable the custodian to correct the record.
[14] Section 55(9) of PHIPA sets out the following exceptions to the obligation to correct records:
Despite subsection (8), a health information custodian is not required to correct a record of personal health information if,
(a) it consists of a record that was not originally created by the custodian and the custodian does not have sufficient knowledge, expertise and authority to correct the record; or
(b) it consists of a professional opinion or observation that a custodian has made in good faith about the individual.
[15] Read together, these provisions set out the criteria pursuant to which an individual is entitled to a correction of his or her records of personal health information. The purpose of section 55 of PHIPA is to impose a duty on health information custodians to correct records of personal health information that are inaccurate or incomplete for the purposes for which they use the information, subject to the exceptions set out in section 55(9).
[16] In all cases where a complaint regarding a custodian's refusal to correct records of personal health information is filed with this office, the individual seeking the correction bears the onus of establishing that the record is incomplete or inaccurate for the purposes for which the custodian uses the information pursuant to section 55(8) . As previously stated, section 55(8) requires the individual requesting a correction to:
Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the custodian that the record is incomplete or inaccurate for the purposes for which the custodian uses the information, and
Give the custodian the information necessary to enable the custodian to correct the record.
If the above is established, I must decide whether any of the exceptions in section 55(9) apply in the circumstances of this appeal.
[17] Where the custodian claims the application of section 55(9), the custodian bears the burden of proving that the personal health information at issue consists of professional opinion or observation about the individual. However, once the custodian establishes that the information qualifies as a professional opinion or observation, the onus is on the individual seeking a correction to establish that the professional opinion or observation was not made in good faith.
[18] The custodian submits it met its duty to make corrections under section 55 of the Act. The custodian confirms that it made two corrections to the records but that the remaining corrections are not required. The custodian submits the requested corrections that are the subject of this complaint are not necessary because
The corrections do not relate to information upon which the custodian will rely; and
The information at issue is accurate and/or constitutes professional opinions and observations made in good faith.
[19] The custodian states the records "largely relate" to a 2013 RAI assessment of the complainant's care needs and capacity evaluation with respect to a care facility. The custodian states that the two primary records at issue are an assessment and a capacity evaluation. The custodian states a CCAC social worker conducted the assessment and evaluation in September 2013 and created the associated documents to assist their assessment of the complainant's community care needs and possible long-term placement.
[20] The custodian states the RAI is a standardized, evidence-based assessment tool used to assess the care needs of adult patients in hospital and community settings for in-home and placement services since 2002. The custodian states the RAI is used across all CCAC's and it measures an individual's functioning and quality of life by assessing their needs, strengths, preferences and facilitates referrals when appropriate. The custodian states a health professional bases the RAI on their observations and information provided by both the client and family members who reside with the client and/or assist with the client's care.
[21] In this case, the custodian submits that the social worker based the RAI on their good faith opinions, findings, observations and information the complainant's family members provided. The custodian states that the family members who provided information were involved in the complainant's care at the relevant time.
[22] The custodian also submits that the capacity evaluation was conducted as part of the consideration for admission to long-term care. The custodian states an evaluation of capacity with respect to the admission to a care facility under the Health Care Consent Act is distinct from an assessment of capacity performed by an assessor under the Substitute Decisions Act. Further, when a power of attorney requires a physician to assess capacity for physical care, this requirement does not apply to capacity evaluations under the Health Care Consent Act regarding capacity to make an admission decision, which may be performed by any member of a health professional college.
[23] The custodian states that the complainant disputed the decision-making process around the capacity evaluation. However, the custodian submits that one internal review and two independent reviews, one conducted by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the other by an independent legal specialist the CCAC retained, concluded the decision-making and assessment process were appropriate.
[24] The CCAC also notes that the records are
… point-in-time specific, meant to be accurate at the time they were recorded. They do not purport to be accurate for any other point in time and, as is the case with every TC CCAC client, do not preclude a change in the [complainant's] circumstances or status over time. If the [complainant] were to require an assessment in the future, a new assessment would be conducted at that time and the TC CCAC would not rely on the opinions or observations recorded in 2013.
[25] The CCAC attached a complete summary of the information subject to the complainant's correction request and the CCAC's response to each of her 62 requested corrections. To summarize, the CCAC submits that some of the corrections are not required under the Act because the records are no longer in use and will not be used again. The custodian refers to PHIPA Decision 36, which states,
If a request is made to correct inconsequential bits of information that have no impact on the purposes for which the custodian uses the information, and the custodian is not relying on the information for a purpose relevant to the accuracy of the information, the custodian is not required to correct the information. [2] [emphasis added by the custodian]
The CCAC reiterates that the records at issue are subject to a specific assessment for a specific time and will not be relied upon again. The custodian states the only purpose the records now serve is to document the assessments as they were conducted in 2013. Therefore, the CCAC submits that modifying the records now by including the complainant's corrections will distort the records.
[26] In any case, the custodian submits that even if the information was relevant and relied upon, the duty to correct does not apply in this case because the information is either accurate or constitutes professional opinion and/or observations made in good faith. The custodian submits the complainant's requested corrections amount to disagreement with the information and opinions shared by the third parties. The custodian submits the social worker dutifully recorded the information shared with her. As such, the information should not be subject to correction under the Act.
[27] The custodian submits that section 55(9)(b) applies to 45 of the requested corrections. The custodian submits the social worker made observations and collected information before forming professional opinions. The custodian states the social worker documented these opinions in detail in the records. Finally, referring again to PHIPA Decision 36, the custodian submits that the complainant is attempting to use the PHIPA correction mechanism to substitute her opinion for the social worker's professional opinion from 2013. The custodian submits this is inappropriate and outside the scope of the Act.
[28] Despite this position, the custodian indicates it is willing to attach a statement of disagreement to the health record pursuant to section 55(11) of the Act.
[29] In her representations, the complainant maintains her position that the records contain incorrect information and the custodian should correct it. The complainant, through her representative, submits that she is a vulnerable individual victimized by the false information contained in her personal health records. The complainant submits that the incorrect health information resulted in her being "forced" into a long-term care institution. The complainant states she is "deeply concerned" that the information contained in the personal health records will expose her to "potential medical mistreatment and harm should it be relied upon in the future" if it is not corrected.
[30] In response to the CCAC's claim that it no longer uses the records, the complainant submits the personal health records at issue are used by the CCAC to maintain an accurate record of her health status, health assessments and health care plan in 2013. The complainant submits the CCAC continues to use the information because it is the custodian of the information. The complainant submits that her requests are not "corrections of inconsequential bits of information." Rather, the complainant submits she seeks "important corrections that will have a significant impact on the purpose of the record and its accuracy." In addition, the complainant submits the custodian continues to use the information for the purposes of maintaining an accurate record.
[31] The complainant submits the CCAC did not act in good faith. Rather, the complainant submits the CCAC's conduct was "seriously careless and/or reckless" during the creation and modification of her health records. The complainant identifies incidents in which, she submits, the CCAC or its representatives were reckless, and attached an appendix with a detailed account of each incident. Similarly, the complainant identifies a number of incidents or situations in which, she submits, the CCAC or its representative "acted with serious carelessness" and failed to comply with professional standards or established policies. Moreover, the complainant submits that a CCAC assessor deliberately recorded incorrect information in her health records.
[32] The complainant provided a number of documents to support her position, including an itemized list of her correction requests, a timeline of her correction requests and this complaint and other information. The complainant submits that this information supports her position that the records at issue are "subject to continued use." With regard to the itemized response to each requested correction, the complainant submits the CCAC failed to respond in detail. Instead, the complainant submits the CCAC made "generic statements" and did not fully consider her request.
[33] Finally, regarding the statement of disagreement offered by the custodian, the complainant submits this is not a satisfactory compromise. The complainant submits that medical practitioners will be compelled to give weight and consideration to the assessment, opinions and observations contained in these records if the institution does not correct them. The complainant, through her representative, reiterates that she suffered significant harm due to the incorrect information contained in the records.
Analysis and Findings
[34] I reviewed and considered the correction requests, the custodian's decision and the parties' submissions. I find the CCAC is not required to grant the correction requests that remain at issue in this complaint.
Section 55(8)
[35] The CCAC denied 15 of the complainant's concerns under section 55(8) . I reviewed and considered these items and the evidence before me. In my view, the complainant did not provide sufficient evidence to support her correction requests and did not establish that the portions of the records she wishes to have corrected are "incomplete or inaccurate for the purposes for which the custodian uses the information" as required by section 55(8) of PHIPA.
[36] PHIPA Decision 36 sets out the approach to be applied when interpreting section 55(8) of PHIPA. Specifically, the adjudicator states,
There is no question that the accuracy of records containing personal health information is essential to the effective provision of health care. However, the correction provisions of PHIPA are limited by the requirement that the individual requesting the correction "demonstrate to the satisfaction of the custodian that the record is incomplete or inaccurate for the purposes for which the custodian uses the information." The accuracy of the information that is requested to be corrected is therefore connected to the purposes for which the information is used.
In interpreting these provisions of the PHIPA, I find it helpful to have regard to section 11(1) which requires health information custodians that use PHI [personal health information] about an individual to take "reasonable steps to ensure that the information is accurate, complete and up-to-date as is necessary for the purposes for which it uses the information." The duty to use accurate information under section 11(1) can be viewed as the corollary to the duty to correct inaccurate information under section 55(8) . In both, the purpose for which the information is used is key to understanding the scope of the duty.
The adjudicator then found that not all personal health information contained in records held by a health information custodian needs to be accurate in every respect. The adjudicator also found that where the health information custodian does not rely on the information for a purpose relevant to the accuracy of the information, it is not required to correct the information.
[37] The approach in PHIPA Decision 36 has been adopted in subsequent decisions [3] and I will adopt it here. Applying PHIPA Decision 36 to the circumstances of this complaint, I find that the custodian is not required to make the corrections requested by the complainant. Specifically, I find the complainant did not demonstrate that the records are incomplete for the purposes for which the CCAC uses the information.
[38] In my view, the majority of the corrections at issue amount to clarifications or disagreements in opinion between the complainant and the individual who created the record. For example, the complainant requests a number of corrections to a Program Assignment Tool. However, the CCAC indicates a third party provided this information during a telephone assessment and the CCAC representative took the notes accurately. Based on my review of the requested corrections and the record, it appears the complainant wishes to substitute the third party's opinion with her own. Given these circumstances and in the absence of evidence that the CCAC representative did not record the call properly, I find the CCAC is not required to make the requested corrections under section 55(8) .
[39] Similarly, the complainant requests a number of corrections or updates on a November 28, 2013 report. However, as the CCAC indicates in its decision, the information contained in the report was accurate at the time and cannot be updated to reflect information that was available afterwards. Therefore, I find the custodian does not have a duty to correct the records under section 55(8) of PHIPA.
[40] In addition to providing individuals with a right to access to their personal health information, the Act gives individuals the right to attach a statement of disagreement to the records conveying their disagreement with any information contained in them. The custodian offered this option to the complainant, but she rejected it. In any case, I confirm this option is available to the complainant.
Section 55(9)(b)
[41] The custodian denied 45 of the complainant's correction requests under section 55(9)(b) of PHIPA. I reviewed the 45 concerns, the records and the parties' submissions. Based on this review, I find that section 55(9)(b) applies to the information subject to the 45 requested corrections. As set out above, section 55(9)(b) states that a health information custodian is not required to correct a record of PHI "… if it consists of a professional opinion or observation that a custodian has made in good faith about the individual" . The adjudicator in PHIPA Decision 39 considered the application of section 55(9)(b) and states as follows:
The purpose of section 55(9)(b) is to preserve "professional opinions or observations", accurate or otherwise, that have been made in good faith. This purpose is based on sound policy considerations, including the need for documentation that may explain treatments provided or events that followed a particular observation or diagnosis.
Thus, a request for correction or amendment should not be used to attempt to appeal decisions or professional opinions or observations with which a complainant disagrees and cannot be a substitution of opinion, such as a complainant's view of a medical condition or diagnosis. [4] [emphasis added]
[42] The determination of whether the exception at section 55(9)(b) applies involves a two-part analysis. The first question is whether the PHI is a "professional opinion or observation." The second question is whether the "professional opinion or observation" was made in "good faith."
Does the PHI qualify as a "professional opinion or observation"?
[43] In order for section 55(9)(b) to apply, I must find that the PHI is a professional opinion or observation. In PHIPA Decisions 36 and 37, the adjudicator found that section 55(9)(b) applies only where the information at issue consists of either a professional opinion or professional observation. The adjudicator also found that only observations and opinions derived from the exercise or application of special knowledge, skills, qualifications, judgment or experience relevant to the profession should be defined as professional opinions or professional observations within the meaning of section 55(9)(b). These conclusions are consistent with the purpose of the provision, within the overall scheme of PHIPA.
[44] A social worker conducting an assessment and capacity evaluation of the client prepared the information subject to the complainant's requested corrections. Much of the information the complainant seeks to have corrected consists of the social worker's observations, assessments and opinions regarding the complainant's skills, behaviours and capabilities. Also included are the social worker's record of information provided by other individuals involved in the complainant's assessment and capacity evaluation. I reviewed the records along with the submissions of the parties and am satisfied that the social worker who prepared the information subject to the complainant's requested corrections applied their professional knowledge and skills in making the observations, assessments and opinions the complainant seeks to have corrected.
[45] Accordingly, I find that the 45 correction requests subject to section 55(9)(b) qualify as a social worker's professional opinions or observations within the meaning of that section. The complainant's correction requests, in effect, seek to substitute or rewrite the social worker's opinions or observations contained in their assessments and evaluations. Given my findings, the complainant has no right to a correction unless she can establish the professional opinions or observations in question were not made in good faith. [5]
[46] I must now consider whether the professional opinions or observations contained in the records at issue were made in good faith.
If the PHI qualifies as a "professional opinion or observation", was it made "in good faith"?
[47] Court decisions have stated that a finding that someone has not acted in good faith can be based on evidence of malice or intent to harm another individual, as well as serious carelessness or recklessness. The courts have also stated that persons are assumed to act in good faith unless proven otherwise. Therefore, the burden of proof rests on the individual seeking to establish that a person acted in the absence of good faith to rebut the presumption of good faith. [6] Accordingly, in the context of section 55(9)(b), the burden rests on the individual seeking the correction to establish that the custodian did not make the professional opinions or observations in good faith.
[48] The complainant takes the position that the custodian acted in bad faith in preparing and maintaining the records. She submits that the CCAC's conduct was "seriously careless and/or reckless" during the creation and modification of the complainant's health records. The complainant identifies incidents in which, she submits, the CCAC or its representatives were reckless, and attached an appendix with a detailed account of each incident. Similarly, the complainant identifies a number of incidents or situations in which, she submits, the CCAC or its representative "acted with serious carelessness" and failed to comply with professional standards or established policies. Moreover, the complainant submits a CCAC assessor deliberately recorded incorrect information in her health records.
[49] The custodian submits that the professional opinions and observations were made in good faith. To support its claim, the custodian states that it conducted an internal review, and that the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and an independent legal specialist each conducted independent reviews of the CCAC's decision-making process regarding the complainant's assessment and evaluation. The CCAC states the reviews concluded that the decision-making and assessment process were appropriate.
[50] I reviewed the parties' submissions and the information subject to the complainant's correction requests. I find the complainant did not provide me with sufficient evidence to establish that the custodian and specifically the social worker made professional opinions or observations in bad faith. The complainant makes a number of allegations regarding the CCAC's recklessness, carelessness and misrepresentations. I reviewed the complainant's allegations, but find she did not provide sufficient evidence to support them. In my view, the complainant's allegations relate to her desire to substitute or rewrite the professional opinions or observations contained in the records at issue. Furthermore, with respect to certain allegations she made in relation to a specific social worker, the custodian advises that the ministry and an independent external reviewer reviewed this individual's evaluation and concluded it was appropriate. Based on the evidence before me, I find there is insufficient evidence to rebut the presumption of good faith. There is no evidence of malice, intent to harm, serious carelessness or recklessness on the part of the social worker who conducted the client's assessment and capacity evaluation in 2013.
[51] In summary, the 45 requested corrections denied by the custodian on the basis of section 55(9)(b) contain the good faith professional opinions and observations of the individuals who prepared the records at issue. Accordingly, the exception under section 55(9)(b) applies to the information that is the subject of these 45 requested corrections. This means that even if the complainant were to establish that the information was inaccurate or incomplete for the purpose for which it is used by the custodian, the custodian is not obligated to make the requested corrections under section 55(8) .
NO ORDER:
For the foregoing reasons, no order is issued
Original signed by:
Justine Wai
[1] See section 1(c) of the Act.
[2] PHIPA Decision 36 at para. 29.
[3] See PHIPA Decisions 41 and 59 for examples.
[4] PHIPA Decision 39 at para. 26-27.
[5] This finding is consistent with the approach taken in PHIPA Decisions 36, 37, 39 and 43.
[6] Finney v. Barreau du Québec, [2004] 2 SCR 17, 2004 SCC 36.
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Hmm... well - today I went to the wine store to buy a couple gifts - and forgot one - so I have to go back.
I forgot my computer password and had to have the IT dude help me out.
My cellphone battery died today because last night I got out the charger and put it down to answer the door (UPS guy for my neighbor) and forgot the phone.
I love those slippers!! Gorgeous sunset!
My son and daughter-in-law were hear last night and we had a really special night with lots of laughter. I am in high spirits and busy organizing stuff from my desk while watching/listening (and occasionally singing along) to lots of Christmas choirs and concerts on TV.
Those fuzzy slippers are simply adorable, can't blame Barkley really, lol!
Nothing exciting over here, just last minute frantic Christmas shopping, short of cat fights in the shopping mall.
MAY YOUR CHRISTMAS BE BLESSED WITH THINGS THAT MEAN THE MOST TO YOU.
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Q: MVC3 RC Razor @helper locations In the introduction to Razor on ScottGu's blog, he mentioned placing the @helpers inside Views\Helpers. I tried doing so in the RC and after a lot of searching, I found out that the helpers should be in the App_Code folder. I don't need my helpers in another assembly (especially if they're specific to this project), and having them way up in the App_Code seems ugly IMO. Is there a current solution to have the these helpers inside a View\Helpers folder?

A: Now we have detailed blog post on this issue at first-hand by Scott Gu
ASP.NET MVC 3 and the @helper syntax within Razor

A: I am afraid they didn't yet implement this feature yet, at least not in the RC build.


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The Canadian study focused on 62 patients diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma between November 2008 and October 2014.
The mesothelioma patients received 25 Gy of targeted radiation to one side of their chest over the course of a week. Areas deemed to be "at risk" based on CT and PET scan results got extra "boosts" of radiation.
Following the radiotherapy, the mesothelioma treatment involved removing the diseased pleura, the closest lung, and other at-risk tissues during extrapleural pneumonectomy mesothelioma surgery.
The key to extending mesothelioma survival for the study participants appears to lie in the targeting and shrinking of mesothelioma tumors with radiation prior to surgery.
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Based on these promising outcomes, the Toronto team says the IMRT/EPP mesothelioma treatment combination has become their preferred approach to managing resectable mesothelioma.