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Feasibility of risk reducing salpingo-oophorectomy at the time of abdominal surgery for correction of pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence
Ali Azadi1, James A Bradley2, Greg J Marchand3, Douglas J Lorenz4, David Doering5, Donald R Ostergard6
1 Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix; Star Urogynecology, Advanced Pelvic Health Institute for Women, Peoria, USA
2 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
3 Marchand Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Mesa, AZ, USA
4 Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
5 Norton Cancer Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY, USA
6 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Date of Acceptance 11-Aug-2020
Dr. Greg J Marchand
Marchand Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, 10238 E. Hampton Ave, Suite 212, Mesa, AZ 85209
DOI: 10.4103/GMIT.GMIT_21_20
Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the perioperative outcomes when prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) is performed concomitantly with surgery to repair pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective case–control study of patients who underwent abdominal surgery for the correction of POP and/or SUI with or without concomitant BSO at a tertiary care center. The primary outcome measures were postsurgery length of hospitalization, estimated blood loss, and 30-day readmission rate. The secondary outcome measure was detection of ovarian cancer precursor lesions.
Results: We identified 734 patients who had surgery for POP and/or SUI. The control group contained 385 patients, and the BSO group contained 349 patients. There was no difference between the control and BSO groups in the postsurgery length of stay (LOS) (35.2 h vs. 34.1 h; P = 0.49), and all-cause 30-day readmission rate (14.2% vs. 11.6%; P = 0.3085). However, there was decreased blood loss (40.8 ml vs. 67.2 ml, P < 0.0001) in the BSO group compared to the control group. Sub-analysis of primary outcomes in postmenopausal women (age > 55) showed decreased postsurgery LOS (33.4 h vs. 37.4 h; P = 0.0208) and decreased blood loss (35.9 ml vs. 82.7 ml; P < 0.0001) in the BSO group compared to control.
Conclusion: Secondary to the lack of additional complications, we recommend surgeons give more consideration to finding appropriate candidates for a risk reducing BSO at time of abdominal surgery to repair POP or SUI.
Keywords: Ovarian cancer prevention, pelvic organ prolapse, risk reducing oophorectomy, stress urinary incontinence, surgery to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer
Azadi A, Bradley JA, Marchand GJ, Lorenz DJ, Doering D, Ostergard DR. Feasibility of risk reducing salpingo-oophorectomy at the time of abdominal surgery for correction of pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence. Gynecol Minim Invasive Ther 2021;10:10-8
Azadi A, Bradley JA, Marchand GJ, Lorenz DJ, Doering D, Ostergard DR. Feasibility of risk reducing salpingo-oophorectomy at the time of abdominal surgery for correction of pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence. Gynecol Minim Invasive Ther [serial online] 2021 [cited 2022 Jan 18];10:10-8. Available from: https://www.e-gmit.com/text.asp?2021/10/1/10/308432
While ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer amongst women in the world, it ranks as the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death in women nationally.[1],[2] Only 15% of ovarian cancer patients are diagnosed at an early stage, resulting in a relative 5-year survival rate of 46.5%, which has not significantly changed since 1995.[3] Despite much interest in developing a screening test for early-stage ovarian cancer, there is currently no test that has showed improvement in survival, even in women considered at high-risk due to genetic mutations such as BRCA1/2.[4],[5],[6] Therefore, in both population-risk and high-risk women, screening is not recommended due to the high rates of unnecessary procedures.[7],[8],[9] However, some prevention strategies such as salpingectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO), have resulted in significant reductions in the risk of developing ovarian cancer.[10]
Initial studies showed that prophylactic BSO in BRCA1/2 carriers would reduce the risk of developing ovarian cancer by 50%–96%, so it is recommended by most clinicians that women who have known BRCA1/2 mutations should receive prophylactic BSO after the completion of desire for pregnancy.[11],[12],[13] However, due to the many negative health effects on the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems of surgically-induced menopause, there is no consensus on which other high-risk groups of women should receive prophylactic oophorectomy and/or salpingectomy.[14] Clinical and molecular data in the past decade have revealed that specific subtypes of ovarian cancer and precancerous lesions originate from epithelial cells in the fallopian tube. Specifically, the Fallopian tube is the site of origin for the majority of high-grade serous carcinomas, which represents 70% of invasive ovarian carcinomas.[15] Within the past decade, medical societies in Canada and the US have recommended premenopausal women receive prophylactic salpingectomy at the time of hysterectomy or instead of tubal ligation for ovarian cancer prophylaxis, although the long-term health effects of this approach have not been investigated.[16],[17],[18] Recently, there has been discussion in the literature about performing ovarian cancer prophylactic procedures at the time of surgery to correct pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI), although no data currently exist to support this viewpoint.[19],[20]
POP and cancer are the most common indications for a hysterectomy in women older than 55 years old.[21] Recent estimates show that up to the age of 80, the lifetime risk of requiring surgery for POP or SUI is 20%, highlighting the vast impact that this disorder will have on public health in the future.[22],[23] Approximately 75% of women who develop POP are postmenopausal. In the Women's Health Initiative study, investigators showed that in postmenopausal women older than 60 who still had a uterus, 41.1% of them had POP on physical examination.[24] It is our belief that women who present for surgical correction of POP or SUI, especially those who are postmenopausal, represent a unique population ideal for prophylactic BSO. In addition to ovarian cancer prophylaxis, recent evidence suggests the removal of the ovaries in postmenopausal patients has a protective effect against developing breast cancer, the mechanism of which is thought to be due to the decreased levels of androgens found in the circulation.[25],[26] The purpose of this study is to determine the perioperative outcomes of performing BSO concomitantly with abdominal surgery for POP or SUI.
This is a retrospective case–control study of patients who underwent abdominal surgery for correction of POP and/or urinary incontinence by the author AA from February 1, 2014 to September 15, 2017 at a major tertiary center in Kentucky, USA. Cases include patients who had one or more of the following procedures performed: Abdominal hysterectomy, laparoscopic or robotic-assisted hysterectomy, vaginal hysterectomy, salpingectomy, oophorectomy, Burch colposuspension, sacralcolpopexy, and uterosacral ligament suspension. This study was reviewed at the November 2019 IRB Meeting of the Marchand Institute and was found to be exempt. The reason the work was found to be exempt was stated as "retrospective analysis."
Patients were then sorted into either a group who received BSO at the time of surgery versus a control group whose ovaries and Fallopian tubes were preserved during surgery. The exclusion criteria included patients who had a prior oophorectomy at the time of surgery. The following patient characteristics were collected for comparison between the control and BSO groups: age, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), parity, gravidity, history of tobacco use, history of alcohol use, estimated blood loss, total length of stay (LOS) in hours, postsurgery LOS in hours, readmission rate within 30 days (including surgical and medical causes such as UTIs, postoperative pain, and urinary retention,) indication for surgery, if the patient was taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) at time of surgery, type of prolapse, and stage of prolapse. Due to the possibility that an unequal proportion of surgeries performed on patients in the BSO and control groups may not have had surgical access to the ovaries, we performed an additional subanalysis of the baseline patient characteristics and primary end points (total LOS, postsurgery LOS, readmission rate within 30 days, and estimated blood loss) in which we only selected patients whose ovaries were grossly commented on in the operative report. Pathology reports were reviewed for every surgical specimen submitted for histological analysis, and pathological characteristics of the ovaries, Fallopian tubes, uterus, and cervix were systematically analyzed.
Data are reported as arithmetic means of individual data points with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Continuous variables were analyzed by the unpaired two-sample t-test. For categorical variables, the Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test (when n <10) was used to compare between the two groups. The Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to analyze the differences in stages of prolapse between the control and BSO group. Graphs were generated, and statistical analyses were performed using GraphPad Prism 7.0. (San Diego, California, USA) Differences were accepted as statistically significant when P < 0.05.
A total of 951 cases were initially identified for further screening. Upon further chart review, 217 cases were removed from analysis due to meeting exclusion criteria as previously described. This left 734 cases which were sorted into two groups: 385 patients were placed into the control group, and 349 patients were placed into the BSO group. [Table 1] compares the baseline characteristics of patients in our study. The mean age of the control group was 57.1 years (range 25–90; 95% CI = 55.5–58.7), compared to a higher age of 60.2 years (range 33–77; 95% CI = 59.4–61.1; P = 0.0008) in the BSO group. In order to assess the number of women who were postmenopausal in each group, we created a subgroup of patients within the control and BSO groups who were ≥55 years old who we arbitrarily labeled as postmenopausal for supplemental analysis of our primary endpoints (readmission rate, LOS, postsurgery LOS, and estimated blood loss). In postmenopausal women, the control group was comprised of 194 women (50.4%), and the BSO group consisted of 255 women (73.1%), which was significant at P < 0.0001. There were no significant differences between the control and BSO groups when comparing mean values of BMI, gravidity, parity, alcohol use, and use of HRT at the time of surgery.
Table 1: Patient demographics
To further characterize our patient population, we assessed the indications for surgery in [Table 2]. Overall, 446 (60.8%) patients in our study had SUI and 696 (94.8%) had POP, whereas 426 (58%) patients experienced both SUI and POP. When performing between group comparisons, there was no difference in the number of patients who experienced SUI, incomplete bladder emptying, and overactive bladder, but slightly fewer patients had POP in the control group compared to the BSO group (92.7% vs. 97.1%; P = 0.0071).
Table 2: Indications for surgery
To characterize the severity of prolapse in our patients, as listed in [Table 3], we examined operative reports and admission notes for the stage of prolapse as determined by the POP quantification system.[27] Overall, there was a difference between the control and BSO group in the stage of prolapse that patients presented to surgery with as determined by the Wilcoxan rank sum test (P = 006). Although there was a similar percentage of patients who presented with stage one and two prolapse between the two groups, there were fewer patients in the control group with stage three prolapse (121 [31.4%] vs. 156 [45.5%]), and a higher number with stage four prolapse (98 [25.5%] vs. 42 [12.2%]). No prolapse was noted in 134 (18.3%) patients. We also quantified the type of prolapse that patients experienced at the time of surgery in [Table 3]. In our cohort, a cystocele was present in 447 (60.9%) patients, uterovaginal prolapse was present in 511 (69.6%) patients, a rectocele was present in 233 (31.7%) patients, and vaginal vault prolapse was present in 154 (21%) of the patients. Different types of prolapse can often occur at the same time. One study reports the prevalence of two or more types of prolapse at 20%. We assessed the rates of concurrent types of prolapse to provide further information about baseline characteristics of the patients in our cohort [Appendix 1].
Table 3: Prolapse characteristics of women
To characterize the pathological characteristics of tissues removed during surgery, pathology reports were examined. All organ pathologies were noted for the cervix, myometrium, endometrium, Fallopian tubes, and ovaries in [Table 4]. Of the 734 patients in our study, cervical pathology was not commented on in 218 of the cases (29.7%). Chronic cervicitis was noted in 469 (63.9%) patients, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions were noted in 2 (0.3%) patients, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions were noted in 3 (0.4%) patients, and endocervical adenocarcinoma was present in 1 (0.1%) of patients. There was a high proportion of patients who had leiomyomas (n = 210, 28.6%) and adenomyosis (n = 180, 24.5%). The majority (n = 186, 88.6%) of patients who had leiomyomas had intramural leiomyomas [Appendix 2]. Within the endometrium, 58 (7.9%) patients had hyperplastic polyps, and 11 (1.5%) patients had simple or complex hyperplasia.
Table 4: Organ pathology of all patients (n=734)
Next, we examined the pathology reports of women in the BSO group to determine the pathological characteristics of the Fallopian tubes and ovaries, as shown in [Table 5]. Of the 349 patients in the BSO group, 115 (33%) had benign paratubal cysts, and 12 (3.4%) had hydrosalpinx. Benign ovarian inclusion cysts were found in 72 (20.6%) of patients and 31 (8.9%) had serous cystadenomas. Sertoli-leydig tumors, adult granulosa cell tumors, and mature cystic teratomas were found in 6 (1.8%) of patients. Only one patient was diagnosed with ovarian serous adenocarcinoma.
Table 5: Fallopian tube and ovarian pathology in the bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy group (n=349)
To evaluate the perioperative outcomes of performing BSO concomitantly with other procedures for POP or SUI, we calculated the mean postsurgery LOS, estimated blood loss, and 30-day readmission rate for patients in our cohort [Table 6] as well as performed a subanalysis for all women of age ≥55 years [Appendix 3]. For all patients, there was no difference in the mean overall LOS (39.1 h vs. 36.5 h), postsurgery LOS (35.2 h vs. 34.1 h), and all-cause 30-day readmission rates (14.2% vs. 11.6%, respectively, P = 0.3085) between the control and BSO group respectively. There was decreased blood loss in the BSO group compared to control (40.8 ml vs. 67.2; P < 0.0001). As seen in the subanalysis of women of age ≥ 55 years in [Appendix 3], there was no difference in all-cause 30-day readmission rate (10.3% vs. 9.8%; P = 0.8598) or overall LOS (37.4 h vs. 35.6 h) between the control and BSO group. Interestingly though, postmenopausal women in the BSO group had decreased postsurgery LOS (33.4 h vs. 37.4 h; P = 0.0208) and decreased blood loss (35.9 ml vs. 82.7 ml; P < 0.0001) compared to the control group. There was no injury to bladder or ureters noted.
Table 6: Perioperative variables of surgical complications
In addition, to further strengthen our confidence that the types of procedures performed in the control and BSO groups were homogenous with each other and that the surgeon had access to the ovaries without performing additional dissection, we performed an additional subanalysis of patients from the control and BSO groups in which the gross appearance of the ovaries had been commented on in the operative report. For this group, we re-analyzed the baseline patient characteristics and primary endpoints and found no significant differences between the control and BSO group [Appendixe 4] and [Appendixe 5] that had not been noted before in [Table 1] and [Table 6].
Compared to 2001, an increasing number of women are seeking care for pelvic floor disorders annually, and it is estimated that by 2050, 58.2 million women will have at least one pelvic floor disorder.[28] With the concomitant increase in the total number of pelvic floor procedures that will be performed, it is paramount that pelvic reconstructive surgeons provide comprehensive care for these patients, including consideration of prophylactic BSO for ovarian cancer prevention.[29]
Surgery is indicated for the treatment of POP in women who are bothered by their POP and have failed or declined nonsurgical treatments. There are various vaginal and abdominal surgical approaches for the treatment of POP. Important considerations for deciding the type and route of surgery include but not limited to the type and severity of prolapse, the nature of the symptoms (e.g., presence of urinary, bowel, or sexual dysfunction), the patient's general health and comorbidities, patient preference, and the surgeon's expertise.
In the present study, we assessed the safety of performing prophylactic BSO in women who present for surgical correction of POP and/or SUI, and we report the incidence of malignant and nonmalignant pathological conditions in our cohort of patients. Current data and models predict that population-risk women have a 1% risk of developing ovarian cancer by age 80, yet it remains the leading cause of death from cancer of the female reproductive tract.[30] There has been increasing interest in performing opportunistic salpingectomy (OS) for ovarian cancer prophylaxis and several studies have showed the efficacy and safety of performing this procedure at the time of hysterectomy, but all of the studies were performed in patient populations that were predominantly premenopausal women.[30],[31],[32],[33],[34],[35],[36] A recent histopathological study showed that even though no direct connection between the fallopian tube and ovary is thought to exist, microscopic fimbria are adherent to the ovary at the time of histopathological analysis.[37] Thus, many women who are having OS for ovarian cancer prophylaxis could still be at high risk of developing ovarian cancer from premalignant microscopic fimbria cells.
Due to the negative impact on overall health and mortality from performing BSO in premenopausal women, we agree that the best surgical option for ovarian cancer prophylaxis for premenopausal women would be OS.[38] However, given that 70% of invasive ovarian carcinomas arise from the fallopian tube and fimbriae tissue, we are concerned that OS may not be the most appropriate procedure for prophylaxis in postmenopausal patients when BSO could be performed without additional complications. A large population-based study in Sweden by Falconer et al. looked at the rate of ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women (mean age 63) who received hysterectomy with BSO compared to a control group that was premenopausal (mean age 36), however data on the length of hospitalization, readmission rate, and other indicators of complications from the procedure were not reported in that study.[39] Similar to our findings, a recent population-based study in Taiwan by Lai et al. showed that performing BSO with hysterectomy compared to hysterectomy alone in women >55 years old was associated with decreased LOS and decreased risk of developing surgical complications.[40] Unfortunately, that study did not report clinical variables such as BMI or exposure to HRT, which could have led to confounding results.
Although various groups have looked at the long-term effects of performing BSO in premenopausal women, there have been no studies that have evaluated the role of prophylactic BSO with pelvic surgery for benign urogynecological conditions.[41] A recent study that surveyed 117 pelvic surgeons examined concerns that surgeons had regarding performing OS. The authors found that the most common reason for not performing OS was that the procedure may increase blood loss.[30]
The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the safety of performing prophylactic BSO with procedures to repair POP and/or SUI by assessing perioperative variables. Our study showed no difference in LOS between the control and BSO groups. In fact, there was 40% less blood loss in the BSO group than in the control group. In addition, further analysis of postmenopausal women (≥55 years of age) in our cohort showed that the group receiving prophylactic BSO had reduced LOS after surgery and reduced blood loss compared to control, similar to the study by Lai et al.[40] Although we feel the decrease in postsurgery LOS and blood loss in the BSO group in postmenopausal women is negligible clinically, it does provide compelling evidence that performing prophylactic BSO in postmenopausal women is a safe procedure that clinicians should discuss with their patients when counseling patients on surgical options. This is the first study to examine the safety and effectiveness of performing prophylactic BSO in a cohort of patients in the US who present for a surgical approach to repair POP and/or SUI.
The secondary aim of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of detecting premalignant and early-stage lesions by performing prophylactic BSO with routine procedures for repair of POP and SUI. Due to the low prevalence of ovarian cancer, our study was not powered to detect a large number of ovarian cancer cases. We feel that the prevalence of premalignant and malignant lesions in our cohort of patients is similar to other case series that have been published. The risk of incidental premalignant and malignant pathology in the uterus has been reported to be 0.2%–4.2%, and the majority of these cases occurred in postmenopausal women.[42],[43],[44] Consistent with these studies, we found that 1.6% of our patients had endometrial hyperplasia or endometrial cancer, all of who were ≥54 years of age.
Multiple papers have been published illustrating the different types of epithelial ovarian tumors and how they are thought to progress from benign precursor lesions to malignant tumors.[45] It is notable that in our study, which only had 349 patients in the salpingo-ophorectomy arm, we were able to detect benign inclusion cysts in 72 (20.6%) patients and serous cystadenomas in 31 (8.9%) patients, both of which mounting molecular evidence suggests are precursor lesions to low-grade serous tumors. Our study is the first study to show that in women presenting for pelvic surgery for repair of POP or SUI, performing prophylactic BSO has the additional benefit of detecting precursor lesions to ovarian cancer.
[TAG:2]Conclusion [/TAG:2]
While no study has looked at the long-term health outcomes of performing BSO in postmenopausal women, our data provide clinicians with information that can be used to counsel patients about the safety of BSO at the time of surgery for POP as well as the prevalence of premalignant lesions that may be expected upon histopathology. We believe this should be taken into consideration, along with the current recommendations of the various societies regarding risk reducing oophorectomy. In the future, further studies that assess the long-term health effects of performing BSO in postmenopausal women are warranted, so that a more accurate assessment of long-term risks versus benefits can be established. In summary, we provide evidence that there is no increased harm or acute complications to the patient by performing prophylactic BSO at the time of surgery for repair of POP and/or SUI. Based on these findings we would recommend physicians give more consideration to finding appropriate candidates for risk reducing BSO at time of abdominal surgery to repair POP and/or SUI.
No funding from any was used to support this research.
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[Table 5], [Table 6]
Azadi A
Bradley JA
Marchand GJ
Lorenz DJ
Doering D
Ostergard DR
Ovarian cancer prevention
risk reducing oophorectomy
surgery to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer
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Omega offers some of the most reliable and efficient juicers and blenders on the market today. The slow juicers are a great way to add wheatgrass, leafy greens, all kinds of fruit and much more to your juice. Because of the low speed juicing system, heat buildup and oxidation are reduced and healthy enzymes are kept intact.


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Come Count With Me
Marika Wilson
Allen & Unwin, 2014
EYLF1, EYLF2, EYLF3, EYLF4, EYLF5
The two main characters are chickens: Chicky and Nana. Chicky wants to demonstrate the ability to count up to five. S/he gets to three and Nana interrupts. She wants to show that she can count too - but she makes a mistake and goes from two straight to seven, eight and nine. Chicky happily corrects her, and Nana pleads forgiveness: old age is the problem and she is forgetful. Chicky tries to make Nana feel better, and agrees that learning was really difficult. S/he runs through the numbers one to five, showing Nana images from the natural environment to help her remember: one snail, two butterflies, three mushrooms, four flowers and five honey bees. Chicky praises Nana for getting all the numbers right. Now she can count too. When Nana agrees on the final page, 'Yes, little chicky. Now I can count too.' The slightly weary note in the repetition shows that Nana has only been pretending forgetfulness all along, to give Chicky confidence. The role reversal, with the child becoming the educator, is both clever and funny.
Nana's glasses signal poor eyesight, but the winged frames make her look like a wise owl - a clever visual subtext. The final full-colour endpapers have Chicky and Nana extending the narrative of the opening endpapers by counting to ten: six frogs, seven leaves, eight ladybirds, nine ants and ten clouds.
A further point of interest is that neither of the characters is Indigenous, and the author's cultural heritage is only implied in a note about the funding of the book on the imprint page. 'Come Count With Me!' therefore subtly challenges stereotypes of race, age and learning ability.
'Marika Wilson' (Author bionote). The Little Big Book Club https://www.thelittlebigbookclub.com.au/creator/marika-wilson
Smith, Tamara. (2013). 'The Vibrant Triangle: the Relationship between the Picture book, the Adult reader and the Child Listener', Bookbird, vol.51, no.2, 65-70 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/502122/figure/img05
Kids Book Review 'Come Count with Me' October 2014 http://www.kids-bookreview.com/2014/10/review-come-count-with-me.html
ABC Education Counting Forwards and Backwards https://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media/29556/counting-forwards-and-backwards-up-to-10

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Q: SQL Query Where clause slows down query I use to write query like this:
  SELECT *
  FROM myTable
  WHERE COl1 = @Param1 OR @Param1 Is NUll

The above use to execute find and a decent speed. But now it takes 17 secs.
If I remove the
 OR @Param1 Is NULL

It executes less than 1 sec.
  SELECT *
  FROM myTable
  WHERE COl1 = @Param1
  Executes less that 1 sec

Any idea why the OR @Param1 Is Null would add 16 sec to the execution?
I've been using this style of query for many years and haven't noticed any performance hit.
The query basically is saying give my ALL records if @param1 is null otherwise give me only the records that matach @param1

A: Since you are passing in @Param1 you could take a procedure based approach as outlined in the link in my original comment.  This would look like the following:
CREATE PROC getData
@Param1 varchar(255) = NULL
AS
BEGIN
    IF(@Param1 IS NULL)
    BEGIN
        SELECT *
        FROM myTable
    END
    ELSE
    BEGIN
        SELECT *
        FROM myTable
        WHERE COL1 = @Param1
    END;
END;

A: Try the below and let us know if this helps
  SELECT *
  FROM myTable
  WHERE COl1 = nvl(@Param1,col1) ;

By using nvl, the value in it is not parsed first and gets the execution plan which might help performance.

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Life of a Catholic Librarian: Journeying towards Pentecost!
Good morning all, and happy Easter! I had such a lovely Easter weekend, and am very much trying to carry forward the joy of the vigil and Easter Sunday. But as we know, Easter is a full liturgical season, and so we remain joyful for many days to come!
My Triduum was exactly as I hoped when you and I chatted about it during Tea Time last week: The Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday was moving and inspiring.I always tear up during the transfer of the Eucharist at that Mass. And then the dramatic leaving of the sanctuary by the priest and altar servers really sets the tone for the continuation of the liturgy on Good Friday. Anne came with me to the 3 pm Good Friday service at our parish, and that liturgy packs a punch every single year. When the priest and deacon lay prostrate in front of the bare altar at the start...makes me cry every time. Another reading of the Passion, the veneration of the Cross, the absence of the Eucharist in the sanctuary, all of this is so tangible for me. 8 pm on the vigil of Easter found both me AND Henry at Mass holding small taper candles. I relented and let him come with me, because he really wanted to, and I have to say, he held up his end of the bargain. No complaining about length or asking when it would be over. He did really good. And I LOVE that Mass. As usual, it was spectacular.
Easter Sunday, our house looked like a chocolate factory exploded in it. and we had family over for dinner. It was a beautiful and glorious day.
I talked back at the beginning of Lent about the Blessed is She devotional for that liturgical season.It was beautifully written and designed, and I got a lot out of it during Lent. Yesterday, I found out that they also have a journal for the Easter season leading up to Pentecost, called On the Way: Road to Pentecost Journal.
I downloaded the e-book version real quick like the Easter bunny, since I wanted to start right away, but there is also a gorgeous print copy available (thought the numbers are low, so they may go out of stock any minute!). For the e-book, I recommend watching the video Jenna did on Facebook to explain how much to read every day (it's in the Blessed is She Facebook group, recorded on 4/17/17). The e-book lacks the journaling lines that signal the end of that day's selection, so it can be confusing as to where you should stop each time. There is also a special Facebook group devoted just to discussion of the journal during the Easter season, which I joined, and you may want to as well!
I'm very excited about this. We're almost done with our Live Today Well discussion (in fact, I just read the chapter on Confession that we're going to be addressing tomorrow!), and it's nice to have something else of the spiritual reading variety to focus on. Is anybody else reading along with Blessed is She for Easter? I'd love it if you'd let me know in the comments!
i'm so glad someone else tears up during the Holy Week Masses! The Veneration of the Cross gets me right in the soul!
Was sick again and I missed not only Holy Week but Easter mass as well. I love how the ladies at church create a little Altar of Repose, all white with white flowers and just oozing a hyacinth fragrance. So sorry to miss that and my Florida vacation this week as well.


Foreclosure rates continue to fall | Graham Legal, P.A.
Foreclosure rates are still high in general, but every month we continue to see nationwide improvements. According to the Black Knight Financial Services report recently released, foreclosures are down 14.59 percent in a year-over-year comparison, which makes this the 26th consecutive month that foreclosures have decreased.
Florida remains in the top five slowest recovering states with the third highest number of foreclosures at 11.18 percent. Of course, Florida's slow recovery can partially be blamed on the judicial process; it is not surprising that it is amongst the states with the highest foreclosure rate. Basically, the process allows homes to stay in the foreclosure process for several years, particularly if being defended by an attorney.
Ultimately, we all have the same goal in mind; we want residential foreclosures to decrease. Ideally we prefer to assist homeowners in avoiding foreclosure, by finding alternative solutions prior to the lender filing a suit. If our client is unable to avoid a suit, the next best option is to find an alternative resolution.
If you're facing foreclosure and don't know which options are available, contact our office to schedule a free consultation.


Rastak a new ensemble for contemporary Persian folk music was formed as an experimental music group in 1997. The group seeks to collect, record and interpret traditional Persian folk music for a global audience, incorporating language, culture and history also merging traditional instruments and forms with contemporary rhythms. The musicians who comprise Rastak have graduated from the best universities in Iran and have done extensive research into Persian folk music.
2002 marks Rastak's meeting with renowned musicians in folk music from all around Iran such as: Khalifeh Aghe Ghosi from Kurdistan, Noor Mohammad Dorpoor from Khorasan, Shir Mohammad Espandar From Sistan and Balouchestan, Mohsen Heidarieh from Booshehr, Ashigh Imran & Ashigh Hasan from azerbaidjan, Faroogh Kiani from Khorasan, Abolhasan Khoshroo & Mohammadreza Es'haghi from Mazandaran, Dr. Tekkeh & Ghlich Anvar from Turkemen Sahra. Along with these meetings, Rastak began field recording and collecting folk music pieces. These endeavors prepared the material for one of Rastak's major productions published under the name of " minimalism in persian folk music ". These recordings demanded a studio, therefor the group made one.
In 2006, Rastak took new members: Mohammad Mazhari, Yavar Ahmadifar, Akbar Esmaeelipour, Sahar Ebrahim, Sara Naderi, Kaveh Sarvarian and Hale Seyfizade. In addition to the new album, two concerts were conducted which gained considerable popularity.After Majid left and Sara Ahmadi joined the group , Rastak continued hiring educated and versatile musicians in terms of vocal and instrumental skills and capabilities for its international appearances. Eversince this time, Rastak has held worldwide concerts and made numerous recordings.
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Q: Synchronization of Video frame and Virtual object I have developed an AR app where it augments virtual object onto the marker, and its frame rate is somewhere between 28-30 fps.
I want to know how Vuforia handles its synchronization (binding of video frame and virtual object) so quickly that if I move the camera, virtual image will also move instantly. Does this depend on the efficiency (speed) of tracking algorithm or does Vuforia have separate algorithm to achieve this synchronization task.

A: Well, generally it depends on your Image ofcourse. When you upload the image onto the TargetManager it gives you a star rating. So that's definitely a factor.
But then again, they do have an algorithm which is quite well hidden from the view of the public so, that's all you can get for this question type.


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Q: MSVAD Virtual Audio Sample Driver "Inf2Cat Signability test failed" (Windows WDK 8.1) So I'm working on a virtual audio driver for Windows.
HOST MACHINE: Windows 8.1 w/Windows Driver Kit 8.1
TEST/TARGET MACHINE: Windows 8.1 connected via Network (Ethernet/Wi-Fi).
IDE: Visual Studio 2013 Express
PROJECT: MSVAD (Virtual Audio Driver)
Deployment configuration is for Win7x64.
For reference please see this sample tutorial: https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowshardware/virtual-audio-device-3d4e6150#content
PROBLEM:
See tutorial link above. Under "Build Sample" after "5. Locate the built driver package" the tutorial shows a list of files you should have in the directory.
For me I have those files under C:\MSVAD\C++\x64\Win7Debug\package.
They are all there except msvad.inf and msvad.cat.
However msvad.inf does show up under C:\MSVAD\C++.
When I build the project I get these two errors:
Error : Driver Deployment Task Failed: Driver Preparation (x64) (possible reboot) C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\build\x64\ImportAfter\DriverDeployment.targets 69 9 package (Package\package)
Error : Driver Deployment Task Failed: Driver Install (x64) (possible reboot) C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\build\x64\ImportAfter\DriverDeployment.targets 69 9 package (Package\package)

But then I was able to get the msvad.inf file to the correct directory by going into project settings (in Solution viewer) by adding the msvad.inf to include in the \package directory (still not the msvad.cat file though), but when I build the project this error showed up:
Inf2Cat Tool Output: ................................ Signability test failed.
Errors: 22.9.7: DriverVer set to incorrect date (must be postdated to 4/21/2009 for newest OS) in \msvad.inf
Warnings: None

I have been trying hard to figure this out. I'm pretty sure that this has to do with the msvad.cat file. I tried using Inf2Cat.exe under the \bin of the WDK directory but it won't open for me. When I try opening it from CMD in Admin Mode it says access is restricted or something. Even if I got it to open I'm not 100% sure what to do. I am completely stumped.

A: Solved. I found a tutorial that helped solve the problem. Just a step-by-step on what to do.
See: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd919238(v=ws.10).aspx

A: The error message: DriverVer set to incorrect date (must be postdated to 4/21/2009 for newest OS - is pretty self-descriptive. There shall be a DriverVer parameter in the [Version] INF section specifying a date. Naturally, dates before 2009 don't make sense for Win7+.
If your driver is older, it was probably designed for XP x64. Then you can pass the check with /os:XP_X64 argument to inf2cat.

A: Plz set the below configuration:
Solutions is project->properties->ConfigurationProperties->inf2Cat->General->UseLocalTime->Yes


Saugatuck is a four-season coastal town located along Lake Michigan's shoreline. It is home memorable sunsets, pristine sand dunes and has a charming downtown with an artistic vibe. USA Today recognized Saugatuck as a "Best Small Coastal Town".
The Saugatuck Wristlet is the perfect grab-and-go to take with you to all of the places that you love.


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This Week In American History: May 22nd - May 28th
Major General Nathanael Greene and 1,000 Patriots attempted an attack on the critical village of Ninety Six in the South Carolina backcountry. After failing to seize the fortified settlement, they began a siege, which lasted until their retreat on June 18, making it the longest of the Revolutionary War. Ninety Six was manned by 550 Loyalists and critical for the defense of the northwest portion of the state as the most strategically important position in South Carolina after Camden. Although the Patriots retreated, Greene and Brigadier General Francis Marion were remarkably successful at taking back other British outposts. By the time the British left Ninety Six of their own accord, on July 1, 1781, it was the last Loyalist fort in South Carolina.
In what was dubbed "The Great Migration of 1843," the first major wagon train with 1,000 pioneers headed to the northwest from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail. Although U.S. sovereignty over the Oregon Territory was not clearly established until 1846, American fur trappers and missionary groups had been living in the region for decades, to say nothing of the Native Americans who had settled the land centuries earlier. While small groups of pioneers had left for the West sporadically, this larger emigration was a product of a severe depression in the Midwest and farmers dissatisfied with their prospects in Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. Many hoped to find better lives in the supposed paradise of Oregon.
Michael Moore's documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11 beat out 18 other films to win the coveted Palme d'Or, the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It was the first documentary to triumph since 1956. Moore's film was a fierce critique of George W. Bush's and his administration's foreign policy decisions, principally its response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and its decision to invade Iraq in 2003. Miramax Films, the production company that financed Fahrenheit 9/11, was originally set to distribute the film, until its parent company, Walt Disney, blocked it from doing so. The ensuing controversy reportedly led to the 2005 split between Disney and Miramax founders Harvey and Bob Weinstein.
Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of the bifocals. Franklin was many things in his lifetime: a printer, a postmaster, an ambassador, an author, a scientist, a Founding Father. Above all, he was an inventor, creating solutions to common problems and innovating new technology. Franklin found that his eyesight was getting worse as he got older, and he grew both near-sighted and far-sighted. Tired of switching between two pairs of eyeglasses, he invented "double spectacles," or what we now call bifocals. He had the lenses from his two pairs of glasses - one for reading and one for distance - sliced in half horizontally and then remade into a single pair, with the lens for distance at the top and the one for reading at the bottom.
Shuffle Along, a musical with music and lyrics by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, premiered on Broadway. Written, staged, and performed entirely by African Americans, it was the first show to make African-American dance an integral part of American musical theater, eventually becoming one of the top ten musical shows of the 1920s. While the hit is difficult for some to appreciate due to its use of tropes that have long-since been rejected, Shuffle Along was a watershed moment in American theater, paving the way for mainstream acceptance of African Americans on stage. It also launched the jazz age, making Harlem a must-visit spot for New York's chic high society. Harlem nightspots like the Cotton Club thrived in its wake, introducing major jazz figures including Duke Ellington.
Notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police while driving a stolen car near Sailes, Louisiana. The two met while Barrow was incarcerated for robbery and her husband was serving time for murder. Upon Barrow's parole, the couple teamed with various accomplices to create the Barrow Gang and rob a string of banks and stores across five states. While law enforcement considered Bonnie & Clyde cold-blooded criminals and killers, the public viewed them as dangerous and romantic outlaws who were "Robin Hood"-like folk heroes. All told, the Barrow Gang was believed responsible for the deaths of 13 people, including nine police officers. Bonnie & Clyde are still seen by many as romantic figures to this day.
American inventor Samuel F.B. Morse inaugurated the world's first commercial telegraph line when he dispatched a telegraph message from the U.S. Capitol to Alfred Vail at a railroad station in Baltimore, Maryland. Witnessed by members of Congress, the message—"What Hath God Wrought?"—was telegraphed back to the Capitol a moment later by Vail. Morse, an accomplished painter, learned of a French inventor's idea of an electric telegraph in 1832 and then spent the next 12 years attempting to perfect a working telegraph instrument. During this period, he composed the Morse code, a set of signals that could represent language in telegraph messages, and convinced Congress to finance a Washington-to-Baltimore telegraph line.
The first American bicycle race was held in Boston, MA. Mr. C.A. Parker of Harvard University won the first race held at beacon Park. Parker covered the three mile course in 12 minutes and 27 seconds. Because of the success of the initial race, The Boston Bicycle Club was opened as the first bike club in the US. Massachusetts had the largest per capita bike ownership in the country in the 1890s and the largest percentage of women who were registered bike owners. Several prominent cycling magazines were published in Boston, making cycling a topic of press coverage and a growing cultural influence as well as a form of recreation.
After 14 years, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River opened, connecting the great cities of New York and Brooklyn for the first time in history. Thousands of residents of Brooklyn and Manhattan Island turned out to witness the dedication ceremony, which was presided over by President Chester A. Arthur and New York Governor Grover Cleveland. Designed by the late John A. Roebling, the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge ever built to that date.
At Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Babe Ruth hit his 714th home run, a record for career home runs that would stand for almost 40 years. Playing for the Boston Braves, this was one of Ruth's last games, and the last home run of his career. Ruth went four for four on the day, hitting three home runs and driving in six runs. "The Sultan of Swat" or "The Bambino," as he was alternately known, was the greatest gate attraction in baseball through the 1920s until his retirement as a player in 1935. His record for career home runs was not broken until Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run on April 8, 1974, 39 years later.
The grizzly bear–once the undisputed king of the western wilderness–was given federal protection as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Before the Anglo-Americans began invading their territory, the grizzly bear inhabited most of the country west of the Mississippi from Mexico north to the Arctic Circle. Its only serious competitors for food were the Native Americans, who considered it a sacred animal. Grizzly bear populations have slowly begun to recover. However, there are still only around 1,000 grizzlies in the lower 48 states today, nearly half of them in Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks. The future of the grizzly bear will depend on human willingness to share their habitats with the bears and set aside areas of wilderness large enough for them to survive.
Memorial Day weekend opened with an intergalactic bang as the first of George Lucas' blockbuster Star Wars movies hit US theaters. With its groundbreaking special effects, Star Wars leaped off screens and immersed audiences in "a galaxy far, far away." By now everyone knows the story, which followed the baby-faced Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) as he enlisted a team of allies–including hunky Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and the robots C3PO and R2D2–on his mission to rescue the kidnapped Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) from an Evil Empire governed by Darth Vader. The cast became overnight stars. The film received seven Oscars, made $461 million in U.S. ticket sales and grossed close to $800 million worldwide.
Henry Ford and his son Edsel drove the 15 millionth Model T Ford out of their factory, marking the famous automobile's official last day of production. Introduced in 1908, the relatively affordable and efficient Model T was responsible for accelerating the automobile's introduction into American society. Largely due to the Model T's incredible popularity, the U.S. government made construction of new roads one of its top priorities by 1920. By 1926, however, the Model T had become outdated. Henry Ford delivered a eulogy for his most memorable creation: "It had stamina and power. It was the car that ran before there were good roads to run on. It broke down the barriers of distance in rural sections, brought people of these sections closer together and placed education within the reach of everyone."
The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk, France began in hopes of removing the soldiers before German occupation. Determined to prevent the evacuation, the Luftwaffe, German air force, initiated a bombing campaign in Dunkirk and the surrounding area with no regard for civilian life. American President Franklin D. Roosevelt made known the dire straits of Belgian and French civilians suffering the fallout of the British-German battle to reach the northern coast of France and appealed for support from the Red Cross. While the evacuation was successful and heroic, the cost to civilians was great, as thousands of refugees fled for their lives to evade the fallout of the battle
During a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge charged that the Soviet Union had engaged in espionage activities at the U.S. embassy in Moscow for years. On May 1, a highly sophisticated U.S. spy plane, the U-2, was shot down over the Soviet Union. Although U.S. officials at first denied the existence of any such spy planes, the Soviets gleefully produced both the wreckage of the plane and its pilot, Francis Gary Powers. Embarrassed U.S. officials, including President Eisenhower, were forced to publicly admit that the US was indeed spying on the Soviet Union with the high altitude planes. However, the US government consistently declared that it was doing nothing that the Soviets themselves were not doing.
San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, a stunning technological and artistic achievement, opened to the public after five years of construction. On opening day–"Pedestrian Day"–some 200,000 bridge walkers marveled at the 4,200-foot-long suspension bridge, which spans the Golden Gate Strait at the entrance to San Francisco Bay and connects San Francisco and Marin County. The next day, on May 28, the Golden Gate Bridge opened to vehicular traffic. At 4,200 feet, it was the longest bridge in the world until the completion of New York City's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in 1964. Today, the Golden Gate Bridge remains one of the world's most recognizable architectural structures.
A B-24 carrying U.S. airman and former Olympic runner Louis Zamperini crashed into the Pacific Ocean. After surviving the crash, Zamperini floated on a raft in shark-infested waters for more than a month before being picked up by the Japanese and spending the next two years in a series of brutal prison camps. The defiant American managed to survive and was released after the war ended in 1945. Back home in California, Zamperini drank heavily and was haunted by his experiences in captivity. Then, after being inspired by evangelist Billy Graham to convert to Christianity in 1949, Zamperini went on to become an inspirational speaker, forgive his captors and publish an autobiography, Devil at my Heels. A wider audience learned about his life with the publication of Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.
Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Richard Nixon met in Moscow to sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) agreements. At the time, these agreements were the most far-reaching attempts to control nuclear weapons ever. Nixon and Brezhnev seemed unlikely candidates for the American and Soviet statesmen as both were considered hard-line Cold War warriors. However, the Soviet Union was engaged in an increasingly hostile war of words with communist China. The US was looking for help in extricating itself from the unpopular and costly war in Vietnam and divert attention away from the Nixon Administration's domestic failures. SALT I is considered the crowning achievement of the Nixon-Kissinger strategy of détente.
John Steinbeck published his first successful novel, Tortilla Flat. A native Californian, Steinbeck studied writing intermittently at Stanford between 1920 and 1925, but never graduated. He moved to New York and worked as a manual laborer and journalist while writing his first two novels, which were not successful. Tortilla Flat describes the antics of several drifters who share a house in California. The novel's endearing comic tone captured the public's imagination, and the novel became a financial success. Steinbeck released his masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath, just three years later and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He would go on to win the Nobel Prize in 1962 before passing away in 1968.
Irene Cara's "Flashdance (What a Feeling)", from the Flashdance movie soundtrack, became the #1 song in the US. Flashdance was the first collaboration between producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, and it made extensive use of what would become a signature element of their films: montage sequences set to the tune of original soundtrack music and cut in the style of the then-infant medium of music videos. The formula would be successfully repeated with the Simpson-Bruckheimer classic Top Gun (1986). What Top Gun did for fighter jets, beach volleyball and Kenny Loggins, Flashdance did for blast furnaces, barefoot lobster dinners and Irene Cara.
San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds hit a 90-mph fastball from the Colorado Rockies' Byung-Hyun Kim over the center-field fence for his 715th career home run to pass Babe Ruth for the second-most home runs in MLB history. "I knew it was definitely gone," Bonds says afterward. "There was no doubt." On August 7, 2007, Bonds—who was dogged by allegations of performance-enhancing drug use—hit his 756th home run, passing Hank Aaron and becoming MLB's greatest home run hitter. Bonds finished his career with 762 home runs. Bonds, who retired after the 2007 season, has denied knowingly taking steroids and other banned substances.
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Bedbook 2 probes the identity of a gallery space that was formerly the domestic interior of a 19th. Century townhouse. A solitary bed acts as a surrogate for the body and houses a video monitor with dual images that function as the open pages (or signature) of a metaphorical book.
Hanging from the walls are bedsheets, metaphorical book pages, stained by the rusted shapes that originate in the video. The organic stains on the intimate sheets play off against the distant technological coldness of the unfocused video images, while an audio track plays contemporary songs of frustration and anxiety. Like a book these components combine to create a narrative questioning the viewer's own memory of the bed, a private object exposed in a public space.


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Dylan Fletcher marks new frontier in sailing, wins race to 50 knots
Dylan Fletcher signs the hull of the British F50 to commemorate the 50 knot barrier being broken today on the Solent.
Great Britain SailGP Team breaks sailing's elusive 50-knot barrier ahead of Cowes SailGP, outpacing previous close call by rival Tom Slingsby (AUS)
COWES, England – August 6, 2019 – Dylan Fletcher's Great Britain SailGP Team today achieved what no other sail racing team in the world has done, breaking the sport's elusive 50-knot speed barrier during training ahead of Cowes SailGP. The historic moment – a first aboard the supercharged F50 catamaran – occurred during the British team's fourth day training on the Solent, off the Isle of Wight, four days before SailGP's European debut on August 10 and 11.
Training off Egypt Point on the racecourse for the penultimate event in SailGP's opening season, Fletcher and the British team comprising of Chris Draper, Stuart Bithell, Matt Gotrel, Neil Hunter and Richard Mason were the first ever to fly at a record speed of 50.22 knots on the 50-foot foiling catamaran. It is the equivalent to 58 mph and 93 kph.
"We're always trying to push the boundaries, and to be honest, it feels pretty wicked to get a notch up on Tom Slingsby," said Fletcher of the rival helmsman from Australia who initially believed he broke the mark in San Francisco. "Cowes has a long history of hosting iconic sailing events and we knew this stretch of water, with the right conditions, could set us up well for breaking this record. It's unbelievable how far sailing has progressed in the last few years and SailGP and these F50s really represent the next generation of our sport. We now can't wait to hit it again in racing and really showcase these fantastic boats."
With the Brits having promoted earlier in the day that they had reached 49.54 knots of boat speed, it wasn't until SailGP data analyst Scott Babbage interrupted the team's debrief to set the record straight. He reported that when the higher-frequency data was pulled off the F50, it was revealed that the British team had recorded 50.22 knots, making them the first SailGP team to break through the 50-knot barrier.
The Great Britain SailGP Team is set to take on rival teams from China, France, Great Britain, Japan and the United States on Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11 in front of the SailGP Grandstand along Cowes seafront. All six teams will now be seeking to break 50 knots for the first time ever in a sailing race – truly setting the official record for SailGP – taking advantage of the strong sea breezes and tidal flows in Cowes, which is widely regarded as one of the world's top sailing venues.
The upcoming grand prix will mark the penultimate event in the championship's 2019 inaugural racing calendar and the first in Europe. Competing in a total of five short-format fleet races across the two-day event, the fate of the top two teams will be decided in a match race final on the Sunday afternoon (August 11), determining the Cowes SailGP winner. For the first time for viewers in the UK, the racing will be offered live on the innovative SailGP APP.
As all teams are using identical, purpose-built cutting-edge F50 racing boats, the result of the SailGP championship is purely down to the human performance and skill of the sailors.
Launched in October 2018 and inaugurated with a first-ever event in Sydney in February 2019, SailGP is the only inshore international championship in which national teams compete for their countries on identical, supercharged catamarans set against the backdrop of iconic harbour locations.
The action-packed season will conclude in Marseille, France, in September, where teams will compete in a breath-taking finale for the championship trophy and a $1 million dollar prize.
Tickets for Cowes SailGP are available here. The event will also be broadcast in over 100 countries globally. Details on how to watch can be found here.


Located amid acres of magnificent grounds with stunning views of Cashel Bay. Zetland Country House Hotel provides the perfect backdrop for any occasion. Steeped in history, the hotel dates back to 1856, a regal retreat in the wilds of Connemara, surrounded by nature, styled for pleasure.


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Honeywell launches warehouse robotics research centre
By editor on Dec 17, 2019
Honeywell Robotics has created a new centre in Pittsburgh that will look at warehouse automation solutions
The Pittsburgh-based center will be focused on innovating and developing artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision and advanced robotics [Credit: Honeywell]
Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has announced the formation of Honeywell Robotics, a technology centre focused on artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision and advanced robotics for use across supply chains.
Based in Pittsburgh, Honeywell Robotics will help shape the warehouse and distribution centre of the future, particularly as companies look to automated solutions, software and robotics to deliver increased speed, accuracy and throughput in complex material handling environments.
Honeywell hopes that there will be plenty of demand for robotics in warehouses, as online purchasing, combined with same- or next-day delivery options, has created a major labour shortfall in the industry currently. Nearly 80% of distribution centre operations are still performed manually, according to DHL's Robotics in Logistics Study. Honeywell said in a release that industry growth is outpacing the labour pool by a rate of 6 to 1.
The new centre will be led by Joseph Lui, a robotics leader with expertise in digital data, autonomous technologies and the industrial Internet of Things. He previously served as Director of Industrial IoT and Automation Technologies, Robotics for Amazon.
Its establishment adds on to Honeywell's bet on RPA in the logistics space through investment and partnerships with software vendors, universities, start-ups and incubators. Honeywell is collaborating with AI researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center to develop breakthrough robotics technologies for distribution centres.
The company, through its Honeywell Ventures investment fund, has strategic investments in robotics companies, including Soft Robotics and Attabotics, to help automate complex tasks in dynamic environments.
"Honeywell has been at the forefront of warehouse automation technology for more than 25 years helping customers improve productivity and efficiency," said Pieter Krynauw, president of Honeywell Intelligrated. "We are bringing together some of the brightest minds, partnerships and industry collaborations to create breakthrough technological advancements for customers of all sizes, helping meet the ever-changing demands of consumers."
"As AI, machine learning and computer vision become commonplace, Honeywell Robotics will create innovative, breakthrough technologies to help customers alleviate skilled labor shortages, reduce safety risks and eliminate inefficient tasks," said Lui. "The use of technology – including advanced warehouse execution systems, 3D storage and sortation solutions to improve capacity and efficiency, and autonomous mobile robots – is just the start of the digital transformation in warehouses."


So, when I was in the UK I was talking to Paul on video chat a lot. Right after we got off the computer I got a call back. I guess a huge branch had fallen out of our tree, on to the roof and down the front of the house onto the mail box and fence and blocking the path to the door. I was thousands of miles and 8 time zones away and I couldn't do anything. What if it had damaged the roof?
Anyway, by the time I got home Paul and Dan had cleared most of the branch away with the help of my chainsaw and stored it for firewood in the basement. The fence rail was bent and the mail box was toasted. This is what I came back to.
What the tree that fell while I was in the UK did to my post box... and now I'm off to go look for a few one.
Finding a post box that size was really difficult. I ended up going to a rural hardware store up in Battle Ground to find a new one. I continued to place my out going mail in this box held on with a few loose screws and some rust. Eventually we pulled the old one off and the Postal carrier just dropped our mail in the new one on the porch.
Two days ago, on my second trip to Home Depot in one day, paul and I finally bought some concrete mix and a post. Setting post was a lot easier than I tought it would be. I hadn't done anything with concrete by myself so it wsa neat to see how it worked. We set the post and let it dry then put our new post box up!
That's where my mail goes!
Rad! It is also nice to have a working mail box flag. That way I know when the carried has actually picked it up and dropped off new mail.


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Hopefuls await license decision for growing marijuana in Arkansas
Suits expected, experts say by Hunter Field | February 26, 2018 at 4:30 a.m.
Potential medical marijuana growers aren't sure what to make of this week's big reveal.
On Tuesday, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission plans to announce the state's first five groups that will be allowed to legally grow medical cannabis.
It's a major step toward getting the drug into the hands of qualifying patients after Arkansans approved Amendment 98 to the Arkansas Constitution in 2016, legalizing medical pot.
Approval to sell the drug will be given to 32 dispensaries in the coming months, likely in May, according to a spokesman for the state Department of Finance and Administration.
The medical marijuana community's excitement is tempered by a mixture of uncertainty and unease. A contentious state Supreme Court ruling in January exacerbated that anxiety, casting doubt on legal options for unsuccessful applicants. Some, however, see the ruling as a positive for the medical cannabis industry.
State medical marijuana commissioners reviewed 95 applications for growing centers. The cost to simply submit an application is $15,000; those who get licenses will owe an additional $100,000.
Some applicants whose proposals didn't meet the minimum criteria or that withdrew from consideration early will receive a full refund. Bidders with scores outside the top five will be refunded half of the cost of the application fee.
Most applicants hired outside consultants and attorneys to help prepare their applications.
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Industry insiders estimate that upfront costs for competitive bidders ran between $150,000 and $200,000.
With so much invested, most expected the losing applicants to file legal challenges after Tuesday's commission meeting as last-ditch efforts to obtain one of the five growing licenses.
But the state high court's ruling in Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas v. Matthew Andrews has complicated those assumptions.
In that case, the Supreme Court cemented the state constitutional principle of sovereign immunity, meaning Arkansas and its agencies can't be sued in state court.
"It's just another curveball," said Alex Gray, an attorney at the Little Rock firm Steel, Wright, Gray & Hutchinson, which represents the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Association. "I think some people will still try to appeal."
Arkansas is among 29 states that have legalized comprehensive medical-cannabis programs, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
In other states where limited cultivation licenses were awarded, legal challenges followed closely behind.
Gray represented a handful of applicants who sued the state Medical Marijuana Commission after it was determined that their applications didn't meet the minimum criteria to be considered for scoring, according to a copy of the civil complaint, which the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette obtained.
The cases were sealed after being assigned to Pulaski County Circuit Judge Mackie Pierce, but a spokesman for Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, who represented the commission in court, confirmed that the suits were dismissed last month.
Gray said Pierce cited the Andrews case in his decision to throw out the lawsuits.
Circuit court offers the only avenue of relief for applicants who feel that their proposals weren't given a fair review.
"If the commission denies an application for a cultivation license, the commission's decision may be appealed to the circuit court of the county in which the cultivation facility is situated or the Pulaski County Circuit Court," the commission's rules read.
Asked whether attorneys for the state would raise the Andrews decision in any legal challenges brought by unsuccessful applicants, Nicole Waugh, Rutledge's communications director, said in a written statement: "The Attorney General does not comment on hypothetical cases.
As a general matter, the Attorney General believes citizens can still sue to prevent state officials and agencies from acting in a way that is unconstitutional, illegal or outside the scope of their authority."
Gray is part of a group attempting to get a measure on the November ballot that would amend the state constitution to allow the General Assembly to waive sovereign immunity in certain scenarios.
David Couch, a Little Rock attorney who was the primary backer of Amendment 98, is optimistic that the commissioners scored the applications appropriately and that the deserving applicants rose to the top. Couch has applied to grow and sell medical cannabis.
He added that disgruntled applicants also could take their gripes to federal court.
Federal judges have hesitated to involve themselves in medical marijuana disputes because the drug remains illegal under U.S. law, but Couch said federal courts will step in if a person is being deprived of a state right.
From a patient's perspective, the state being immune from lawsuits is probably a positive thing, Couch said. Growers, he said, should be able to start operating quickly.
"Whatever you get from the commission is what we'll have," Couch said, adding that winning applicants likely won't have to wait on court challenges to start operating.
The worst scenario, according to Couch, would be having dispensaries open without having enough product available, driving up prices because of poor supply.
The Arkansas Department of Health has already approved 4,116 applications for registry ID cards for patients with qualifying conditions; 244 applications are pending, according to spokesman Meg Mirivel.
The cards will be distributed a month before dispensaries open.
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Print Headline: Hopefuls await license decision for growing pot
BunnyW
February 26, 2018 at 9:41 a.m.
So few doctors, hard to find, some doctors having very high pricing for what is essentially a review of the patient file, and some interested patients waiting until dispensaries open up before trying for the medical marijuana card. Expect to see those patient numbers go higher when businesses are finally able to open
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MaxCady
February 26, 2018 at 12:10 p.m.
I'm ready for some cannabis!!!
Popsmith
February 26, 2018 at 1:51 p.m.
Making Arkansas great again.
C'mon, Pop, Arkansas has always been great!! Spark up and chill out! 4/20, peace out.


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