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Dreaming in Libro
Louise Bernikow
Dreaming in Libro: How A Good Dog Tamed A Bad Woman
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Louise Bernikow is the author of Bark If You Love Me , which features some of her and her dog, Libro's, exploits. Dreaming in Libro takes their story a little farther, writing about their eight years together as she adjusted to having a dog in her life, how it opened new doors to her, and the impact Libro himself had on her as a person.
Louise is not someone who ever wanted a dog, nor had she ever considered having one before she met Libro. It was quite by accident that she came upon him in a park where he sat in a police car attracting a crowd. Louise to this day is not sure what possessed her to take the dog home with her, but she never regretted that decision. The dog with the amber eyes peering at her from the window in the backseat of that squad car would soon be named Libro, fitting now given that Louise is a journalist and author.
Before Libro, Louise lived life in the fast lane, traveling at the drop of a hat, flirting with the men who came in and out of her life, enjoying the clubs and nightlife with friends as well as building a career for herself. She had to give up some of her independence, settling down to life with a dog. And not just any dog. Libro proved to be quite adaptable and became the star when she took him on tour for her first book, which was written about Libro. His introduction into Louise's life opened many doors for Louise. She was welcomed into a community of dog lovers, including people off the street, other professionals, her neighbors and her readers. Libro loved meeting new people and did not mind the attention, the cameras or the traveling, although it was obvious he was most content at home, walking the streets of New York or visiting the neighbors in his apartment building.
As time went on, Libro and Louise learned to recognize each other's body language and moods. Libro seemed to anticipate when Louise needed him to be calm rather than playful. They helped each other through various illnesses and injuries, supported each other as only human and dog can do.
While this is not a deeply insightful memoir, it is almost impossible not to fall in love with Libro from the very first encounter and understand how Louise Bernikow could so easily fall under his charm and take in his life lessons. Libro opened her heart in ways she could not have imagined possible. His unconditional love and trust in her, as well as his protectiveness over her, made him the perfect companion. Louise likens him to being the man in her life, her significant other - and the way she describes it, Libro certainly was. Full of humor and a bit of anthropomorphism as to the motives and thoughts of her dog, the author has written an entertaining, heartwarming book that will be welcomed by dog lovers everywhere.
Originally published on Curled Up With A Good Book at www.curledup.com. © Wendy Runyon, 2007


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Q: Form submit behavior with nested forms in angularJs <form name="v" ng-submit="submit()" ng-controller="ExampleController">
  Enter text and hit enter OUTER FORM:
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  <form name="x" ng-submit="submitInner()">
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I have an angular form inside a form. When I select inner field and hit enter, the outer form submit action is called.
I am expecting it to call the inner form submit action
Am I expecting wrong, if yes why? and how to achieve the intended behavior
Below is from angular doc(https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/directive/form):

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*If a form has only one input field then hitting enter in this field triggers form submit (ngSubmit)

*if a form has 2+ input fields and no buttons or input[type=submit] then hitting enter doesn't trigger submit

*if a form has one or more input fields and one or more buttons or input[type=submit] then hitting enter in any of the input fields will
  trigger the click handler on the first button or input[type=submit]
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A: Nested forms are not allowed per HTML standards, but you could make it working using ng-form directive instead of form element.
For having nested form you need to replace all the inner form's with ng-form and those form which are trans-piled to ng-form would no longer support ng-submit event. You should add those form method on ng-click of button & also change input type from type="submit" to type=button"".
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<form name="v" ng-submit="submit()" ng-controller="ExampleController">
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  <input type="text" ng-model="text" name="texta" />
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list={{list}}

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    <input type="button" id="submits" value="Submit" ng-click="submitInner()"/>

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

using Data.Models;
using Data.Repositories;

namespace OptimizationTest
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            PopulateUsers();
            PopulateBooks();

            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        private static void PopulateUsers()
        {
            var optimizationRepository = new OptimizationRepository();

            const int NumberOfUsers = 100000;

            Console.WriteLine("Populating users.");

            for (var i = 0; i <= NumberOfUsers; i++)
            {
                optimizationRepository.AddUser(
                    new User
                        {
                            FirstName = RandomStringGenerator.RandomString(8),
                            LastName = RandomStringGenerator.RandomString(8)
                        });

                if (i % Math.Max(NumberOfUsers / 100, 1) == 0)
                {
                    Console.Write((100 * ((double)i / Math.Max(NumberOfUsers, 1))) + "% ");
                }
            }

            Console.WriteLine();
        }

        private static void PopulateBooks()
        {
            var optimizationRepository = new OptimizationRepository();

            const int NumberOfPublishers = 3;
            const int NumberOfAuthors = 100;
            const int NumberOfBooks = 12000;

            Console.WriteLine("Populating books.");

            var publisherIds = new List<int>();
            for (var i = 0; i < NumberOfPublishers; i++)
            {
                publisherIds.Add(
                    optimizationRepository.AddPublisher(
                        new Publisher
                            {
                                Name = RandomStringGenerator.RandomString(8),
                                City = RandomStringGenerator.RandomString(8),
                                Country = RandomStringGenerator.RandomString(8)
                            }));
            }

            var authorIds = new List<int>();
            for (var i = 0; i < NumberOfAuthors; i++)
            {
                authorIds.Add(
                    optimizationRepository.AddAuthor(
                        new Author
                            {
                                FirstName = RandomStringGenerator.RandomString(8),
                                LastName = RandomStringGenerator.RandomString(8)
                            }));
            }

            var rng = new Random((int)DateTime.Now.Ticks);
            var publisherCount = publisherIds.Count;
            var authorCount = authorIds.Count;

            for (var i = 0; i <= NumberOfBooks; i++)
            {
                var publisherId = publisherIds.ElementAt(rng.Next(publisherCount));

                var bookId =
                    optimizationRepository.AddBook(
                        new Book { ReleaseDate = DateTime.Now, Title = RandomStringGenerator.RandomString(8) },
                        publisherId);

                var numberOfAuthors = rng.Next(4);

                for (var j = 0; j < numberOfAuthors; j++)
                {
                    var authorId = authorIds.ElementAt(rng.Next(authorCount));

                    optimizationRepository.AddBookToAuthor(bookId, authorId);
                }

                if (i % Math.Max(NumberOfBooks / 100, 1) == 0)
                {
                    Console.Write((100 * ((double)i / Math.Max(NumberOfBooks, 1))) + "% ");
                }
            }

            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
}

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Once again Nolte and Murphy have excellent chemistry as their characters despise and insult each other throughout the movie.
Murphy's performance as Hammond, displays an actor on the verge of blooming into the most fruitful years of his career.
The Boss Baby: Family Business
The vocal talent makes this movie better than it should be.
J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man) has some great dialogue as Dan's estranged father, and he delivers his lines expertly.
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Ultimately the strength of the movie is not in the plot or the script but the actors.
Wilder brought a kindness and gentleness to the main character while infusing Wonka with a whimsical, childlike innocence.
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One
The new look of this film is a refreshing change, and it works for this story.
If the television show Happy Days "jumped the shark" and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull "nuked the fridge", then The Fast and Furious Franchise has definitely "launched the Fiero".
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Last Train from Gun Hill is a good, old-fashioned, classic Western with an excellent cast and an interesting story.
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Moreno has had a long and distinguished career and, in many ways, has been a trailblazer for all who have come after her.
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Discussion in 'Community' started by Thomas Veil, Mar 27, 2005.
My family and I were discussing an old Columbo episode in which the victim was killed by a particular caliber of bullet. The suspect that Columbo tailed for the entire episode (Robert Culp), though he owned handguns, owned none of the caliber that was used in the murder.
At the end, Columbo proves the murderer guilty by discovering an item hidden in a lamp. "A calibration converter," he says. "That was a sweet touch. I never would have thought of that." And we see that the calibration converter is a cylindrical device which slides into the barrel of a handgun.
Now, one of us in the discussion is studying criminal justice, and neither he nor the rest of us had ever heard of a calibration converter. Nor could we figure out how, if this device slips into the barrel of a gun, it isn't violently ejected when one fires the weapon.
I Googled this term, and most of what I came up with was either electronics, or other references to that Columbo episode. I even checked a handgun site and found nothing about it. Only one web page made a passing mention of it, and I think they were talking guardedly about using weapons for illegal purposes.
So does anybody know about calibration converters? I'm just curious, because if it weren't for the reference above, I'd be tempted to pass it off as a Hollywood scriptwriter's invention. And if they're real, how do you keep them from ejecting when the gun is fired? Does this device have any legitimate purposes, or is it mainly designed to deceive law enforcement? If the latter, how come you don't hear more about criminals using them?
Yes it a real item, Heckler and Koch supply a converter to the MP5 and others that take the caliber down to .22 for room clearence, stops the 9mm rounds from going through walls and killing civillians.
It's as you describe, a sleeve that fits into the barrel and a different feed mechanism.
Actually, such a device was mentioned in Tom Clancy's Without Remorse . The protagonist used one to convert a .45 into a .22. Yes, I know it's a book and a work of fiction at that, but Clancy is usually very good in being as realistic as possible when it comes to technological matters and whatnot.
I read that book and really liked it.
One reason to use one is that since .22 rounds are really cheap you can convert your .45 down to one to practice and save money.
For a lecturer in music(?) you seem to know a lot about this . Much call for it with your students?
Not to hijack this thread, but what do the differences in calibers of bullets do?
I was under the impression that the bigger the caliber, the less likely it's to pierce armor. For example, in Rainbow Six (the game), the 9mm MP5's don't easily kill your opponents quickly when you hit them at the torso and, they have body armor. But, take something like an M16 with its 5.56, it pierces right through and is almost always one-shot-one-kill.
Also, I've heard on the news, or read in books or articles, the 7.62 or 5.56 are usually seen as deadly. So, my info is not just based on video games!
Then taking another look at the actual bullets, it seems like the 9mm is blunt and the 5.56 or 7.62 are pointier. So, it's more about the shape, then?
My ex-brother-in-law was a Royal Marine, and I know a couple of UK special forces types from the martial arts circuit, I've done a couple of SAS training days and courses, mainly for the unarmed stuff, but also for weapons and tactics.
I know UK schools are getting more violent, but I don't think firearms are the answer just yet.
5.56, 7.62 and 9 are all mm. .22, .45, .50 are inches. The power is to do with velocity. Weight of ammunition has an effect as well. 5.56 and 7.62 are usually rifle ammunition (usually military or miltary style). .45 and .50 are handgun ammo. The exception being .50 cals you see mounted on Humvees and helicopters. .22 is a low calibre, lightweight rifle weapon with limited power and range used for hunting (animals not men).
The smaller calibers means they're lighter making it easier to launch at higher velocities and making them deadlier, correct?
And of course there's the exceptions such as the .50 which are deadly as vehicle-mounted weapons.
To further explain, you can get handguns down to to smaller callibers, but it's fairly pointless as anything less than a 22 isn't going to do much of anything. 22 would be a good home-defense, would-tear-open-a-kneecap weapon. It goes up from there, I would say .45 is a really bad choice for most handgun owners, because even if it's compensated, the recoil would screw your aim... Anyone considering a handgun should go to a shooting range and try a couple out to see what you're comfortable with. Getting too large a caliber will do no good.
B***** . It's been a while since I did physics.
The makeup of a bullet is more critical than its caliber. A hollowpoint is going to behave differently than an armour-piercing round. In some cases, a small armour-piercing round is ideal and in others they're nearly worthless. Generally speaking, a soft target needs a soft bullet.
The bullet is decelerating virtually the instant it leaves the barrel.
I think that force = mass X velocity is more accurate because how much force depends on exactly how fast the bullet is traveling at the point of impact mutliplied by its mass, which remains virtually unchanged once it leaves the barrel i.e. there will be a lot more force involved a short distance from the barrel than 1 mile from it.
As for the size and the weight of the bullet. It requires a lot less energy to launch a low mass at a high velocity than a much heavier mass to the same velocity. Coupled with the fact that a low mass bullet will dissipate its energy a lot faster than a heavier one. Another added advantage is that because less energy is required, the gun will kick less and hence be a lot easier to control.
Just to put things in perspective, an average 9mm bullet weighing 115 grains usually has a muzzle velocity of around 400meters/second. An average 230 grain 45 caliber bullet has a muzzle velocity of around 280meters/second. A 50 grain 5.56mm bullet has a sizzling muzzle velocity of around 1000meters/second. And NATO's old round, the 125 grain 7.62mm has a muzzle velocity of around 800meters/second.
Maybe somebody can post the conversion of grains to grams.
The barrel of a gun has a lot to do with how the gun hits and kills. If the barrel has grooves in it, the bullet will spin (like a football) and be more accurate and deadly, for when it hits a target it rips through into their insides. An M-16's round actually tumbles through the air so that when it hits a target, it destroys the targets insides.
9mm, 5.56mm, .22 caliber, all refer to diameter. Tanks can have a 105mm gun. A .45 caliber pistol means the bullet is .45 inches in diameter.
That's why a .45 and a .50 are so devastating-- they are simply larger bullets. In WWII, B-17s had a number of .50 cal guns on them. They would fire back at fighters incoming. If they contacted an enemy fighter in the right spot they could sometimes blow the wing clear off.
Whew, I'm learning more about guns than I needed to know!
14.3 grains = 1 gram. Long barreled weapons have less kick than short barreled ones. Muzzle velocity has very little to do with effect.
The barrel of a gun has a lot to do with how the gun hits and kills.
"If the barrel has grooves in it, the bullet will spin (like a football) and be more accurate and deadly, for when it hits a target it rips through into their insides. An M-16's round actually tumbles through the air so that when it hits a target, it destroys the targets insides." All barrels have grooves - this is how the bullet flies straight (ish). Low range weapons, like the M-16, are deliberately designed so that the bullet "tumbles". The bullet tumbling carries a lot of kinetic energy and will cause a lot of damage once it hits a target. It is not, however, particularly accurate over a long distance. For that you need a well grooved barrel and heavy ammunition. The bullet does not tumble over distance so you are relying on a well placed shot ie. along the "T" from the forehead across the brain, down through the major internal organs, to achieve a "kill" shot. The bullet has less effect than the trauma to the major organs.
I'm not sure how many of you are from over seas, but there is a desire among the anti-gun lobby in America to "fingerprint" all guns at the time of manufacture. It's based upon the mistaken belief that police could solve more gun-related crimes because there would be a database of ballistic "fingerprints" that would help trace the gun. It is my understanding that it only takes a metal rod (not the kind for cleaning guns) to scrape the inside of a barrel, and the finger print is ruined. I don't if this comment is on topic, but your Colombo story made me think of it. Thinking people should find this obvious, but then again . . .
Although it sounds like you know alot about bullets and guns, but, F=ma. Deceleration is acceleration, but negated. so, the force of a bullet is exactly when it leaves the barrel of the gun. Basically, take the initial speed, V0 = 0MPH and the V1 = 400MPH? (I don't know much about guns, just physics). From that, given delta t of the travel you can calculate the acceleration of the bullet. Then multiply this by the mass and you get the instantaneous force of the bullet. From there, you say the bullet is decelerating (due to resistance in some form, air, the wall, my leg, etc). So, do the same calculation for a different delta t, but with a negative acceleration. Then, you get a negative force. Add this negative force to the initial force from where the bullet left the barrel of the gun and you get the new instantaneous force. When the bullet stops, you should have 0 N of force if you have done all of your calculations correctly.
No problem. I'm learning more than I asked about. Although the question remains: how is the calibration converter held in place when the gun is fired? Does it screw in somehow?
Deceleration is acceleration, but negated.
Hmm, it's been many decades since my last science and math classes, but I clearly remember the term velocity being used. The main reason being is that in certain situations terminal velocity is reached, and then the object is neither accelerating or decelerating - eg someone jumping out a plane - and will continue to do so until it collides with something.
I may be wrong about the exact term, so I'll have to check with my NASA aerospace friend to see what the preferred term is today.
you're correct, but i imagine everyone is wondering what the hell delta t is because you did not elaborate on it. you also didn't explain what instantaneous force is. i.e. i am sure everyone is confused by you explaination unless they took physics and calculus. but yeah, you are correct.
Some automatic handguns have complete interchangeable barrel/slide assemblies to facilitate a change in caliber, and some revolvers just require half moon clips e.g. a 38 special will require the half moon clips in order to take 9mm bullets. Because the diameter of both bullets is identical, no other change is required.
Also, if I recall correctly, Ruger made same revolvers where both the chamber and the barrel (which was screwed in) were swapped out in order to achieve the same thing.
right but Kinetic Energy = .5mv^2 so a higher speed bullet has more kinetic energy.
LOL at the people who get their information about guns from video games.


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François-Xavier-Antoine Labelle (November 24 1833 - January 4 1891) was a Roman Catholic priest and the person principally responsible for the settlement (or colonization) of the Laurentians. He is also referred to as Curé Labelle and sometimes the King of the North. He was born in Sainte-Rose-de-Lima the son of Maher Angelica and Antoine Labelle who were not very well off. He studied at the Sainte-Thérèse seminary.
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Lars Hamann (born 4 April 1989) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. His personal best is 86.71 m.

Career
He has represented his nation at two World Championships (2013 and 2015), missing out on the final on both occasions. He competed for Germany at the 2016 European Championships, where he finished twentieth in qualifying and did not advance to the final.

Competition record

Seasonal bests by year
2006 - 67.18
2007 - 68.40
2008 - 71.03
2009 - 74.23
2010 - 77.24
2011 - 74.85
2012 - 79.55
2013 - 84.20
2014 - 79.65
2015 - 84.26
2016 - 85.79
2017 - '''86.71

References

German male javelin throwers
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
1989 births
World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
People from Meissen
Sportspeople from Saxony

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Irrational fears come in all flavors – beards, butterflies, spiders, clowns, rollercoasters, darkness, snakes, mice, ghosts, death, blood, needles, dogs, public speaking, the color yellow, heights, and bathing – for instance. If a long Latin name attaches itself to your favorite, you know it is someone else's too, like some weird and wonderful ice-cream concoction. I've never found a name for mine (not sure if this makes me feel like a special snowflake or freak), but I do know its point of origin.
During spring vacation just after I turned nine (munching on a cookie), my purple sneakers and I felt the need to investigate an ominous din emanating from within our garden shed. Using all the skills I'd gleaned from Cherry Ames, Nancy Drew and Scooby Doo – I crept, quiet as cat's paws, towards the side window. Easing my way between the bushes and the wall I peered over the windowsill. Old and dusty spider webs shrouded the source of the scrapes, bumps, and groans from my eyes while keeping most of the sun out.
I almost lost my nerve when I wondered what exactly skittered around in the corners of the shed where the light didn't reach.
Not wanting to chicken out (Cherry and Nancy never did), I tip-toed slowly around the corner of the shed and peaked thru the door. The semi-darkness of the interior imbued the sheers, saws, and shovels with all kinds of sinister intent. When a fresh round of scraping started my eyes flew to the epicenter of the sound, the shadows cast such an aura of menace I failed to recognize my Uncle wrestling the mower off the wall. I yipped. He turned. I beaned him with my cookie. Then channeling my inner Shaggy & Scooby, I ran pell-mell back to the house and tried to explain to my Aunt about the dangerous criminal I'd seen in the shed.
Might not sound like much, but my nine-year-old self etched the episode in technicolor splendor in my memory (My Uncle laughed after he wiped the crumbs off his face. I never set foot in the shed again – we had seriously shaggy lawn the summer he tried to get me over my fear – but that's another story).
So when I figured out where Beatrice was leading me at six am the next morning – in the dark – I felt trepidatious (a beautifully long word which sounds way better than 'fraidy-cat). Little gremlins started tap dancing their way up and down my spine reminding me of that inauspicious day – which of course did nothing to curb my fears. But in fairness that's not their job.
While I psyched myself out, Beatrice lead me unerringly down the garden path (apparently she ate a ton of carrots as a kid and now reaps the benefits of excellent night vision) towards the shed I'd found in my previous foray. On the upside, I'd fortified myself with a fantastic cup of coffee which helped dispel the chill in the air (and my heart).
Just about the time I figured I could live with Laundry Island (what I'd taken to calling my surplus possessions) and seriously debating whether I really needed the extra space in my room and unbruised shins – we arrived.
The orange glow from the sodium streetlamp on the adjoining road lit up the front of the shed nicely – didn't make me feel like we were stuck in a jack-o-lantern at all. In the morning quiet I could hear Beatrice's boots scrape over the wooden steps and snick of two locks disengaging – smiling at me over her shoulder she opened the door and walked into the darkness.
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Вячесла́в Васи́льович Бичко́в (16 липня 1941) — народний депутат України 1-го скликання.

Біографія

Народився 16 липня 1941 в селі Петропавлівка, Братський район, Миколаївська область, УРСР. Росіянин, освіта вища, вчений-агроном, Одеський сільськогосподарський інститут.

1957 — колгоспник, колгоспу ім. Кірова, Братського району Миколаївської області.

1960 — служба в Радянській Армії.

1963 — навчання в Одеському сільськогосподарському інституті.

1968 — агроном райуправління сільського господарства Гола Пристань, Херсонської області, Головний агроном радгоспів «Новокаховський», «Таврійський», Новотроїцького району, Херсонської області.

1973 — начальник райуправління сільського господарства; заступник голови Новотроїцького райвиконкому.

1975 — голова колгоспу «Росія».

1982 — голова виконкому Новотроїцької районної Ради народних депутатів.

1985 — перший заступник голови облвиконкому Херсонської Ради народних депутатів, голова обласного агропромкомітету.

Член КПРС з 1971 року.

Висунутий кандидатом у Народні депутати трудовим колективом радгоспу «Таврійський», Новотроїцького району, Херсонської області.

29 квітня 1990 року обраний народним депутатом України, 2-й тур, 58.79 % голосів, 5 претендентів.

 Херсонська область
 Новотроїцький виборчий округ № 401
 Дата прийняття депутатських повноважень: 15 травня 1990 року.
 Дата припинення депутатських повноважень: 10 травня 1994 року.

Входив до групи «Аграрники», «За соціальну справедливість», «Рада». Голова підкомісії Комісії ВР України з питань відродження та соціального розвитку села.

Нагороджений орденами Трудового Червоного Прапора, «Знак Пошани».

Одружений, має дітей.

Примітки

Джерела
 Біографія на офіційному вебсайті Верховної Ради України

Уродженці Братського району
Народні депутати України 1-го скликання


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With 85% of its population living in cities that have declared a climate emergency, Britain is leading the way in grassroots action. Mike Scott reports
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At the same time, 85% of cities that responded to CDP's climate questionnaire said that they are already being affected by climate-change hazards. The biggest issue for UK cities is flash and surface flooding, which affects cities that house a quarter of the UK population, with river flooding and heatwaves also cited by many.
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11/34. pulmonary edema due to partial upper airway obstruction in a child.
The case of an 8-year-old boy is reported, who developed acute pulmonary edema associated with acute subglottic swelling and subsequent partial upper airway obstruction after extubation and recovery from anaesthesia. The main factors responsible for the formation of pulmonary edema presumably are a large subatmospheric transpulmonary pressure gradient and hypoxia leading to translocation of circulating blood volume into the pulmonary vasculature and fluid shift across the alveolar-capillary membrane. Application of oxygen and CPAP or PEEP plus diuretic therapy will promote rapid clearance of the pulmonary edema.
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12/34. Acute airway obstruction in a seven-month-old infant with epiglottitis.
A seven-month-old male infant with epiglottitis developed acute airway obstruction in the operating room during halothane induction. This case suggests that epiglottitis should be suspected in any child, regardless of age, who presents with stridor, respiratory distress, dysphagia, or "tripoding," and it reiterates the need for prompt airway management.
13/34. Approach to supraglottitis.
In my experience, steroids have no use in the management of ACSOL once the airway is secured, and may actually prolong and complicate the infectious process. The main use of antibiotics is probably for preventing systemic complications such as pneumonia and meningitis. It is possible, however, that neither drug can alter the natural course of this disease and may just hasten its expected inconsequential resolution. The key to successful management of acute supraglottitis is early recognition and prompt provision of airway assistance when indicated. This potentially fatal disease occurs in adults as well as children. To my knowledge, most deaths occur after the patient arrives at the hospital, when there is hesitation and indecision about the need for airway intervention. Whenever signs of UAO appear, artificial airway should be provided promptly, regardless of the eventual diagnosis. Those physicians who try all means to avoid intubation or tracheotomy early in the process may be cautioned that complications from either procedures are just a risk, while airway obstruction in most cases of ACSOL is a certainty. Finally, the examiner assessing patients with possible obstructive laryngitis, supraglottic, or subglottic, should first and foremost decide whether an airway is needed and should defer all diagnostic guesswork and laboratory data processing until the airway is secured.
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14/34. Complication of acute epiglottitis.
Acute airway obstruction secondary to supraglottic inflammation is a regional manifestation of epiglottitis in children. pneumonia, meningitis, cervical adenitis and septic shock are systemic manifestations which can complicate the course of acute epiglottitis. Prompt airway control and institution of appropriate high dose i.v. antibiotics are both important to continue to decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with the regional and systemic manifestations of acute epiglottitis in children.
15/34. Acute epiglottitis in adults. An eight-year experience in the state of rhode island.
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records on all cases of acute epiglottitis in adults from each of the hospitals in rhode island and from the state medical examiner's office over an eight-year period (1975-1982). We found 56 cases--an annual incidence of 9.7 cases per million adults. A significant increase occurred in the last two study years. Indirect laryngoscopy proved to be more reliable in making a diagnosis than did x-ray films of the neck; all of 41 indirect examinations were performed without complications. Twenty-three percent (6 of 26) of patients in whom blood cultures had been obtained had bacteremia, all with Hemophilus influenzae. bacteremia was associated with a high risk of airway obstruction. Four patients died, all from acute airway obstruction, for a mortality rate of 7.1 percent--a rate significantly higher than the current rate among children. Two deaths occurred after admission, while the patients were being observed without an artificial airway. We conclude that the incidence of epiglottitis in adults is higher than previously believed and may be increasing. Fatal airway obstruction can occur without warning, indicating a need for early protection of the airway in adults as well as in children.
16/34. epiglottitis in immunocompromised patients.
Modern medical oncology has made dramatic improvements in the prognosis of many malignancies. Many of the treatment regimens used by the chemotherapist have the potential to profoundly depress the immune system. At UCLA Medical Center, three patients developed epiglottitis secondary to the fungus candida albicans, while profoundly immunocompromised. All three had severe pain and odynophagia. The patients were all managed medically and none went on to airway obstruction. The natural history of this process is reviewed.
17/34. A comparison of endotracheal intubation and tracheostomy in the management of acute epiglottitis in children in the tropics.
In children, acute epiglottitis is rapidly fatal due to airway obstruction by swollen supraglottic structures, but the oedema is short-lived. Therefore, in many centres short-term endotracheal intubation has replaced tracheostomy as the method of choice for relieving the obstruction. We have tried both methods in 15 children over a period of three years under conditions of limited material and human resources. tracheostomy was found to be safer. It was concluded that it is better to have a live healthy child with a small scar in the neck than a dead child without a scar.
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18/34. Acute epiglottitis in a 79-year-old man.
A case of acute epiglottitis in a 79-year-old man is presented describing the airway and anaesthetic management. Early reports of adult epiglottitis advocated observation or tracheostomy for airway management. Recent reports stress early endotracheal intubation. Unlike the paediatric age group adults may present with differing degrees of airway obstruction, epiglottic abscess, and with a more diverse set of medical problems. This can make airway management more variable than in children. A discussion of airway management in adult epiglottitis is presented.
19/34. Failure of intubation in acute inflammatory airway obstruction in childhood.
At the present time, viral laryngotracheobronchitis, (LTB), and bacterial epiglottitis account for the majority of cases of acute infectious upper airway obstruction in children. This airway obstruction may become life-threatening and require relief either by tracheotomy or by nasotracheal intubation. Recently the trend has been away from tracheotomy and towards intubation. Three cases are reported in this paper, in which intubation by experienced anaesthetists proved impossible, and a life-saving tracheotomy was immediately performed by the otolaryngologist in attendance. It is recommended that an experienced otolaryngologist should always be present at the time of intubation, should it prove impossible, and the child require emergency tracheotomy to secure the airway.
20/34. Acute epiglottitis in adults.
Acute infectious epiglottitis, a serious life-threatening disease because of its potential for sudden upper airway obstruction, is most commonly seen in children, although it can occur in adults. Because acute epiglottitis is uncommon in adults, it is often misdiagnosed. Five cases are presented that demonstrate the clinical characteristics of adult epiglottitis. knowledge of the symptoms and signs of the disease will lead to early diagnosis and appropriate management, thereby reducing morbidity and mortality rates.
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In a recent post, I mentioned a recipe which had introduced us to a "new genre of summer dining pleasures". Now I will tell you what I meant by that and explain how we prepared the salad and applied its logic to other ingredients.
It is common enough for a salad to include salad leaves and a protein. Think of the classic Caesar salad and its many variations. I have been making that style of salad for at least 25 years.
And it is not unusual for a salad to consist of a mixture of vegetables and fruit. Think orange and fennel, or, with some nuts, the classic Waldorf.
Then there are the many different salads built on a foundation of rice, lentils, pasta etc, some of which include vegetables, fruit and protein.
In Melbourne, black figs begin to appear on our greengrocer's shelves around mid-December, which is when we found a Neil Perry recipe for a warm salad featuring leaves, fig, prosciutto and grilled halloumi.
We pared the recipe back by doing without the pine nuts and the sumac. And we dressed the salad by tossing the rocket and mint leaves with some mild olive oil and lemon juice before assembling the salad, as shown in the first photo.
The salad is assembled by placing a mound of the dressed leaves in a wide-based bowl, followed by pieces of torn prosciutto, narrow wedges of ripe fig and then the halloumi.
Delighted by the satisfaction of preparing and eating this salad, we went on to apply its logic to other combinations of ingredients to go with various types of salad leaves. These included: prawn, avocado and tomato; ditto with caramelised mango replacing the tomato; poached chicken breast, fig, avocado and prosciutto; and ditto with fig being replaced by the mango.
Fig season is drawing to a close now but, thanks to Neil Perry, we have many happy palate memories that will sustain us until next December.
How do I explain why Maggie and I have reached the age of 65 without ever cooking sesame-crusted tuna? Ignorance? Carelessness? Bloody-minded commitment to European culinary conditions? All three of those reasons and probably more besides.
Anyway, I am consoled by the fact that we regularly introduce ourselves to new home-cooked dishes of food, at an average rate of about one per week; and that we are willing to order unfamiliar dishes when we travel overseas.
The tuna was served with a refreshing side-salad and a line of wasabi 'dust'.
By the time we had left Da Nang for home, we had begun to bookmark recipes for the tuna, with a view to preparing it in our kitchen, sooner rather than later. Numerous online recipes are available, generally following the same method for the tuna component. This is what we did.
For starters, it is critical that the tuna is very fresh, ie sashimi quality. Secondly, we suggest that you take the piece(s) out of your fridge about 20 minutes before you cook them, so it is not unpleasantly cold in the middle when you serve it.
Then you should season it with some salt and pepper, to your own taste, before you use a wide-based bowl to coat it generously with raw sesame seeds. We just used white seeds, ie the ones that have had their black hull removed.
Don't worry if there are gaps between the seeds, revealing the pink flesh. They will aid the cooking process and, speaking from experience, will also come in handy if you forget to season the fish first.
But before you cook the tuna, you need to organise the rest of your plate.
You'll need a dipping sauce. The easiest option is a mixture of wasabi paste and soy sauce, preferably the soy sauce designed for having with sushi. Or you could kill some time by making something more elaborate, such as the wasabi-ponzu sauce you'll find here. Given our liking for fiddly recipes, it is a safe bet that Maggie and I will head down that track quite soon.
And you need a salad. We chose to attempt a facsimile of the salad we were served in Vietnam. Our chosen ingredients were peeled daikon, peeled carrot, cucumber, mint leaves, chilli and the sweet & sour dressing that Adam Liaw had introduced to us.
The first three of those ingredients were prepared using our spiraliser, a utensil that was invented to separate backyard zucchini growers from their spare change. As each strand emerged from the spiraliser, Maggie just tore them randomly and put them in a bowl. Then she added the other ingredients, taking care with our homegrown hot chilli, tossed the salad by hand and put it on the plates ready for the tuna to be cooked and served.
Here's how it turned out. Not bad looking for a first attempt! And it was quite delicious.
Over the last three months, Maggie and I have made an unusually large number of salads, including various single-bowl salads that were complete meals in themselves.
Why so? Well, it has been a long, warm, dry summer in our corner of the world. So, refreshing salads have appealed much more than cooked vegetables. Secondly, we defied the outlook for dry weather by planting cucumber and zucchini plants. We did produce an abundant crop of both vegetables, but at what cost we will only know when the next water bill arrives!
However, armed with our supply of long, green things and stimulated by new recipes, our repertoire of salads blossomed and quickly neutralised my lingering longings for carbs.
Now, cucumbers tend to get a bit lost in mixed salads; they can't compete with other, more illustrious ingredients. So, we mainly use them peeled and diced in a raita, with yoghurt and chopped mint, to accompany a fish curry. However, a short visit to the internet unearthed a deceptively simple recipe, which uses salt to concentrate the cucumber's own flavour and convert it to a salad hero.
Our method used old tea towels to press the slices dry after rinsing; we dressed it with our own vinaigrette; and we replaced the red onion with fresh chives from our kitchen garden. I swear it tasted more interesting than it looks! And it kept well for a day or so in the fridge.
Next, the zucchini. They were always destined to be charred on the grill of our Weber Q, which is ridiculously easy to do. Trim the ends of each zucchini, then cut them lengthways into slices about 5mm thick. (Cut longer zucchini in half across beforehand.) Salt all the flesh lightly, on both sides, and leave for no more than 15 minutes. Rinse well and pat dry with kitchen paper or tea towels.
Once the zucchini is dry, heat your grill and drizzle some olive oil over one side of each slice of zucchini. When the grill is hot enough to cook a piece of steak, place the zucchini oiled-side down on the grill, cook for 4 minutes, turn and cook for another 4 minutes and, if you think they need a bit more charring, put them back on the first side for another minute or so.
Alright, that might not be intellectually challenging but it is a bit fiddly. So, to get a decent return on your time investment, complement the grilled zucchini with premium partners. We have two combinations to recommend.
The first is to cut your zucchini slices into shorter lengths and toss them with pieces of toasted walnut and small pieces of soft feta, also known as Persian feta. No further dressing required.
The second option was inspired by a recipe my friend Bill sent to me. (Bill was the first person I knew well who had cut carbs from his diet in order to fend off the threat of diabetes. So, it was delivered to my Inbox with the admonition to delete the croutons.
We made it once, more or less following the recipe, and then we modified it to suit our palates. The biggest change was to replace the asparagus with our homegrown zucchini. Minor changes? Drop the parsley, so the basil could shine, and we used our vinaigrette rather than the vinegar.
The oiliness of the zucchini is balanced by the acidity of the tomatoes. And the saltiness of the capers and preserved lemon is balanced by the bright flavours of the basil and tomatoes (we also used less salt than usual in our dressing).
The result is a colourful salad, full of summertime flavours, delicious in its own right but also a great partner with grilled lamb or chicken or pan-fried white fish.
The final salad of this post also uses soft feta.
Bill and I meet a few times each year for lunch in central Melbourne. The most recent of these was a few days after I had received my warning about blood sugar. So, I was quite keen that we should fine a dining spot that offered some attractive low-carb lunch options. The end result was that I ate a salad of mixed leaves, grilled Portobello mushroom pieces, soft feta and some toasted pine nuts. Sounds simple but the flavour profile was quite complex and very more-ish.
At home, I have produced a modified version several times, replacing the pine nuts with toasted walnuts and, for the mushroom element, gently frying chunks of Swiss Brown mushrooms and finishing them off with a bit of beef stock under a lid.
It makes for a very satisfying light lunch and comes in handy on days when Maggie really wants a toasted ham sandwich!
And now, after all those key-strokes and with Maggie due home from work soon, it is time for me to start lining up the ingredients for the salad that will form part of tonight's summertime dinner and then feature in my next post.
I mentioned in my previous post that Maggie took a liking to the Vietnamese salads served at the Da Nang resort where we holidayed in February. Think lots of fresh herb leaves and the distinctive mix of sweet and sour.
So, we resolved to find a recipe for caramelised mango to use in our kitchen and then marry it with some prawns in a salad.
As for the caramelising, the only variations we made to the recipe were to use soft brown sugar and to reduce the ingredient volumes to suit just one mango, which produced enough for at least four serves of salad. And a tip: make sure that your pan/skillet is wide enough to leave space between the mango pieces; otherwise, they will stew!
For the salad with mango, we combined some soft lettuce leaves, pieces of ripe avocado, prawn segments and small pieces of the caramelised fruit. We then dressed it with some homemade vinaigrette, to which we added some fresh lime juice and some of the cooking juices from the pan of mango. It looks pretty, doesn't it? And it was delicious!
In September 2008, Maggie and I flew to Rome to join a coach tour of Italy; it was our first overseas trip together. We met our tour guide – Marco the Magnifico – on the evening before the tour commenced. Addressing our group, he uttered the infamous words: "this is not a holiday; it's a tour"!
And that has been the case for all but a few days of our many subsequent travels – we go touring, either on an organised itinerary aboard a coach or a boat, or under our own steam, by car or train.
Last month, however, we broke away from our established pattern and travelled to a faraway resort – The Grand Sheraton Da Nang – and had a holiday. No wake-up calls, no repacking the luggage every second night. Just a beachside bar, an abundance of dining options, one of the world's great mattresses for late awakenings and free-range siestas, and a swimming pool, all 210 metres of it at a constant waddling depth of 1.3 metres.
We booked this holiday with a view to having a "taste" of Vietnam and then deciding if we would return for a thorough exploration, ie go touring. And "taste" we did, especially your correspondent. I would begin each day with a bowl of pho or similar and continue to select mostly Asian dishes from the diverse menus at the resort's three main dining spaces. So0n enough, Maggie joined the party, finding the Vietnamese style of salads very attractive; more of that, in a follow-up post.
The duck larb I ate at the resort – not once, but twice – included some non-traditional, small, crunchy pieces of peeled pear, which added appealing texture and flavour variety. Once we were back home in Melbourne, we found a recipe that gave us a sound starting point, from which we added our own twists, including the fruit element.
Peel the ginger and slice it finely (about 2mm). Dry roast the ginger in a small frypan over mild heat until dry and toasted (12-15 minutes). When cool, pound it in a mortar and pestle until finely ground. Set aside.
Add rice to pan and cook over medium heat, shaking occasionally, until toasted (3-4 minutes). Tip into mortar and pestle and grind to a powder. Set aside.
Pour vegetable oil into a flat-based wok to a depth of about 4mm and heat until hot. Add two-thirds of the shallot and stir occasionally until golden brown and crispy. Remove and drain on paper towel.
Slice the duck skin into strips (about 8mm long), add to wok and turn occasionally until crisp and golden. Remove and drain on paper towel. Discard the oil and wipe out the wok.
In the meantime, use three separate small bowls to combine fruit and 2 tsp lime juice; remaining shallot with fish sauce and 2 tsp lime juice; and 2 tsp ground rice, 1 tsp of the ground ginger, the chilli flakes and the sugar.
Heat wok, add chopped duck meat and 2 tsp of water. Stir frequently until duck is cooked through (3-4 mins). Remove from heat. Spoon out excess liquid.
Add the herbs and the contents of the three small bowls. Briefly stir to combine.
Serve scattered with the fried shallot, duck skin and 1 extra teaspoon of the rice powder with the cos lettuce leaves on the side.


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Posted on July 6, 2014 by Andrew Collins
It was either Guy Mowbray or Steve Wilson who, during the last-16 Argentina Switzerland game when the score still stood at 0-0, wondered aloud (because what other kind of wondering would a commentator do?) whether we were about to see "a Messi Moment." We weren't, as it happened, or at least not the goal Mowbray/Wilson was hoping for, and it went to extra time, during which one of Messi's less talismanic compatriots, Di María, swivel-volleyed one in off his deflected pass and put them through to the quarter finals. (Di María was later benched with an ice-pack on his leg.)
This World Cup has been all about such great expectations, but it's not always great for great men. Gary Lineker commented last night that of the six badly-drawn boys on the BBC's Mount Rushmore-like slum-wall of fame in its opening credits, only one remains in the competition, with the other five either knocked out, banned for four months for biting, or horribly injured.
Germany, otherwise known as "Manuel Neuer and ten other blokes", had a fairly easy time of it against France, with Mats Hummels facing down "flu-like symptoms" (all that hot and cold) to head in the first and only goal in 12 minutes. The one good thing you can say about the 1-0 score is that at least it spared us extra time and … that other grim foot-lottery.
Brazil Colombia was a better bet, if a festival of fouls. A South American derby with atmosphere to spare, and controversial refereeing decisions at every turn. The Spanish ref at least managed to piss off both teams, which surely clears him of bias. Colombia's fatted calf Rodriguez was, as they say, kicked around the park, and his opposite number Neymar actually left the field, and the tournament, in agony in the orange out-tray of doom after Juan Camilo Zúñiga's knee-high challenge from behind. Let's see that again …
I'm not a coach, but surely it's a risky business, relying on one star forward. (I seem to remember Brazil having about three in 2002.) That said, it's better than no star forward, and it's bad luck to lose him completely before a semi final against Germany. It's like Zúñiga kicked Jesus. (Fifa are looking into the tackle, so we'll see, but it's literally after the event.)
The quarter finals have certainly been full of messy moments. With the brakes well and truly on, and teams more evenly matched I guess, the goal rate has plummeted. (This World Cup has apparently given us 159 goals, and it feels that way, although I don't know if this includes penalties, which are goals, but stripped of context, and thus sort of not-goals. It could have been a lot more goals if not for the likes of Howard, Ochoa and the other super-keepers.)
Yesterday's lumpy but nonstop Argentina Belgium game had plenty of Messi Moments while he stylishly went about equaling Maradona's 91 caps and fending off attackers like an action hero chased by velociraptors and giving it plenty of pirouette, but it was swarthy Gonzalo Higuain who put them one-up with a volley that was decisive and powerful. It hinted at the eight-minute mark that we might be in for a high-scoring game as Argentina's streetwise teamwork squared up against Belgium's pluck, but no. Argentina keep winning by one goal, but I'd have rather seen another 3-2 or a 2-1, and not another top-loaded 1-0. (How demanding we become.)
Belgium couldn't break their duck, and Argentina couldn't put one past Courtois again. A similar pattern of deadlock dogged Holland Costa Rica, except without a single goal for 120 minutes. Plenty of chances, and most of them fumbled by the Dutch in what was never even hinted as being an international sectarian clash, even though it kind of was, with the Orangemen versus the Catholics. (The Dutch team may well be humourless atheists; but the self-crossing, saint-kissing, upward-genuflecting Latin Americans do seem to believe that God is on their side.)
It was weird to see minor Game Of Throw-Ins character Iron Robin on his best behaviour, having had his card marked about all the diving, clutching and play-acting that frankly undermines his elegant ballsmanship and age-defying, Terminator-like energy. Costa Rica's coach, Pinto, had apparently voiced his concerns pre-emptively to the ref, and all eyes were on the passive-aggressive egghead. Not once did he melodramatically claim a foul through the medium of mime, although, ironically, he was fouled plenty of times and the sky was filled with yellow cards to prove it. (Four Costa Ricans earned one, although – sadly – there will be no next match to miss.)
It's partly the game's fault, and partly mine, but I found myself dozing off during the second half, and when I snuffled awake after a sofa snooze, it was still 0-0. For reasons of middle-aged self-preservation I took myself off to bed, unaware of the next act. I was awoken this morning and advised without spoilers to rewind and watch the extra time. So I did.
It was among the most exciting blocks of football this World Cup has thus far spoiled us with, Holland reawakened by the hour and Costa Rica determined to hold them to a draw and let the penalties decide. As they searched for the hero inside themselves, they were truly in search of the CRC. But – and here's where it gets interesting – the most thrilling moment came when the unreadable and apparently egomaniacal Dutch coach Louis Van Gaal made his chess move. He took clean-sheeted keeper Japser Cillessen off in the 121st minute and replaced him with a man I'd never heard of called Tim Krul. Newcastle United fans will have heard of him.
Could this vital game, at this vital stage, really turn on a frankly insulting substitution? Or had Van Gaal planned it all along? (Danny Murphy's always reminding us that games can "turn" on something.)
Hardly worth mentioning that he's a gangly fellow but he lacks the neat, boyish, Germanic look of Cillessen. Krul – helpfully named for headline writers ("Krul summer … Krul fate … Krul to be kind … Royal Society for the Prevention of Krulty to Animals") – seemed to me a bit of a yob. I certainly crinkled my nose when he started psyching the penalty-takers out by marching up and down in front of them like a sentry and then giving them some verbal and a you're-going-down hand gesture before taking up his line. I was already a Costa Rican so I wished him ill with this grubby technique. Imagine my dismay when it seemed to work. And imagine my joy when it didn't, twice. And then my dismay again.
There is no shame whatsoever in Costa Rica's defeat, not with a performance like theirs. Their first World Cup quarter final will have to be milestone and testament enough for a Central American republic and medical-tourism hotspot with a population of 4.5m and no military since 1949 (although "plenty of fighters" in their team, as Sam Matterface chirruped).
As you might imagine, I've been saving the Sports section of my newspaper from the recycling tub for over three weeks now, and even a visitor picks up on things. I've divined previously that people don't like Andy Townsend, so I continue to not-mind him just to be my own man. I've no idea if it's OK to like Danny Murphy? But I do like him. Although he overuses the word "actually" and mixed up the last 16 with the quarter finals last night, he seems sincere and self-effacing (perhaps to a fault), and knows when to join in. I've looked him up and he only started punditing for Match Of The Day last year, so maybe he's still on probation with the hanging jury. I also like the fact that he looks like he's related to Morrissey, and very well might be. Clearly, Glenn Hoddle remains a figure of fun, and I have no defence for him.
Gary Lineker really needs to spend less time on the weights. His shoulders will soon be so rounded he is unable to carry a bag without it sliding off. Alan Hansen has announced his retirement after this World Cup. From Match Of The Day? That sounds a bit grand to me. He's not even 60. Is he simply leaving, rather than retiring?
Roll on the semis. My fever-dream of a Brazil Belgium final is a future I'm glad I didn't put money on. (I don't put money on anything.) It's going to be Brazil Argentina, isn't it? That's fine. Even though I keep reading that Brazil are "ordinary" – and certainly left spineless without Neymar – they have so many home-team advantages and now a fallen comrade to play for, the Germans will have to tighten a few nuts and add a lot of oil if they want to achieve Vorsprung durch Technik. I certainly find myself – without prejudice or discrimination, Fifa! – hoping Holland go out.
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OK, so the World Cup has passed that quality threshold now. Every game is important. Every game is good. Every game is wheat versus wheat. None of them have England in. Last night's Ghana versus Uruguay was easily one of the matches of the tournament, in terms of sheer drama. I hate it when a game goes to penalties, but this one arrived at that unpleasant point in the most unexpected way possible. (For me anyway. You football fans probably see matches all the time that end at 1-1, move into extra time and are decided by a penalty in the dying minute after one of the opposing team's star players handballs a goal out from the goalmouth and gets sent off, only for the team with the advantage, and who had played the best, to muff that penalty off the crossbar, sending the game into an actual penalty shoot-out.)
Like everybody else not from South America – surely! – I was behind Ghana to get through to the last four and the semi finals. Africa's great white hope (now there's a phrase that doesn't translate), they had the entire home continent behind them, and ITV's on-the-spot reporter, Ned Boulting, did a nice job of capturing the atmosphere in Accra, even though he insisted on putting his arms around two Ghanaian fans on the back of a flat-bed truck at half-time, which seemed forcefully matey. (I expect you'll all tell me that you hate Ned Boulting now – this is the usual drill when I say I like somebody, especially one on ITV – but I have found him mostly unpatronising and at least hardworking.) Although Uruguay have more form, Ghana had more support, and when they went one-up just before half-time, thanks to a long shot from Muntari, it was a magical moment of anything-could-happen. And of course, anything did. Forlan, the most handsome player in Uruguay, equalised soon into the second half, but Ghana had way more chances, each of which they muffed. They simply couldn't convert the chances into numbers, which was such a tragedy, as they had fire in their bellies and had been up until 1am at a Sun City casino, as Clive Tydlesley kept on reminding us. (I expect I'm not allowed to like Clive Tyledesley either, but I do, not least because he seems to be uniquely old school among commentators in describing a corner as a "corner kick," every time. Jumpers for goalposts, indeed.)
When Asamoah Gyan crossbarred the penalty that lost Ghana the World Cup he became this tournament's Gareth Southgate, something Adrian Chiles was keen to point out when he turned to Gareth Southgate back at the coffee table. Southgate had a glint of empathy in his eye. Am I allowed to like him? I don't really like his geography teacher's tank top, but I sort of admire him for sticking to his own style. Marcel Desailly, born in Accra, and a very fair but passionate supporter of his team throughout, was in bits. He was still quick to nobly congratulate the South American winners, even though Suarez had attempted to become this tournament's Maradona.
The penalty shoot-out was typically horrible to witness. I didn't much like the Uruguayan keeper Muslera's psychological tactic of saying "Come on! Impress me!" with his arm gestures. He deserved to let them all in. He only let one in, which, in the irony of all ironies, the bold and brave Gyan had taken, as if to remove the bad juju. (Oh, I thought Muslera was a bit of a prick when he congratulated his own crossbar for keeping Gyan's previous penalty out. These Catholics! They'll bless anything.)
So, tears at bedtime for Gyan (he seems inconsolable, as well he might) and, well, the whole of Africa. It would be melodramatic and convenient to say that the vuvuzelas fell silent for the first time, but they didn't. Richard Kingson, Ghana's keeper, who apparently plays for Equatorial Wigan, did a fine job, as did they all. And he had to play in a top that looked as if it was off the shoulder.
Onwards and upwards then. (Ghana Uruguay my first World Cup match without beer or cider or rose accompaniment. Didn't need it.)
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Pocono Bulletin Board: Saturday, May 23
The Barrett Paradise Friendly Library will host its annual flea market and book sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Mountainhome United Methodist Church, Route 390, Mountainhome. Available for purchase will be furniture, tableware, knickknacks, jewelry and more.
Food and drinks will be available at the library's cafe. Pre-ordered soups can also be picked up. A bake sale will also be held.
The spring book sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the "old" library, across from the church. Earn a 50-cent coupon towards a book with a purchase at the cafe.
For information, call (570) 595-0358.
The Cinder Inn, Stokes Ave., East Stroudsburg will host a fundraiser featuring live music, food and pet adoptions at 2 p.m. Sunday and Monday. For info, visit www.myspace.com/cinderinn or call (570) 421-1425.
"Lions and Bobcats and Bears "¦ the Skies of Spring," is the title of a sky show to be shown at ESU's new state-of-the-art McMunn planetarium in the recently opened Hoeffner Science and Technology Center. The planetarium features stunning views of the solar system and planets projected on a massive dome screen. This new sky show and a feature presentation, "Oasis in Space," are scheduled for 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 29, by reservation only.
The new "Skies of Spring" presentation is a guide to the springtime constellations. It also discusses the nature of some of the stars and galaxies visible in the spring skies and the search for water and possible life on other planets.
Due to the popularity of the new planetarium and its shows, reservations fill up quickly and are currently being taken online on a first-come, first-serve basis at www.esu.edu/planetarium. Plans are being developed for special shows in July to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. Check the Web site for dates and times of future shows. Those interested may reserve up to five seats for a show.
Group inquiries should send an e-mail request to stardomes@po-box.esu.edu. For details about the planetarium visit www.esu.edu, then click on "ESU News and Events."
The American Red Cross of Monroe County will host its 92nd annual awards banquet and silent auction on Thursday, June 4, at Peppe's Ristorante in East Stroudsburg. The Red Cross is accepting donations for silent auction items. There will be cocktails and a cash bar from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and dinner will be served at 7 p.m., with the silent auction and awards ceremony to follow. Saxophonist Debbie Burke will entertain during dinner. The event is $31 per person. For details, call the ARC office at (570) 476-3800.
The Gouldsboro United Methodist Church will host a take-out only chicken barbecue. Tickets are $9 each. Orders may be picked up from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at the church, 495 Main St., Gouldsboro.
To place an order or for info, call Richard at (570) 676-4090; Ted at (570) 842-8738; or Gary at (570) 842-6106.
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Anyone 17 years or older, weighing at least 110 pounds and in general good health may be eligible to donate blood. Anyone 16 years of age may donate blood provided they bring an original signed informed parental consent. The consent form can be found at www.DonateBloodNow.org/16. Identification is required at the time of donation to give blood.
Health providers seek a five-day supply of type O negative blood — the universal donor — to remain ready to respond to sudden. unpredictable need.
Type O-negative donors are especially urged to consider a process called double red cell donation, which involves a smaller needle, takes a little more time, and can greatly help the local blood supply.
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The Kyrgyz Republic is a land-locked, lower-middle-income country of 6.3 million people. It has rich endowments, including arable land (7 percent of the country), pastures (48 percent), and substantial forests and minerals, and there is significant potential for the expansion of its agriculture sector, hydroelectricity production, and tourism industry.
The country has experienced instability since independence in 1991. Corruption and nepotism were major stress factors underlying political and social upheavals in 2005 and 2010. To prevent the concentration of power, a parliamentary constitution with elaborate checks and balances was adopted in late 2010, making the Kyrgyz Republic the only Central Asian country in which the president is limited to a single term.
The president first elected under this constitution served a full six-year term. Following peaceful elections, President Sooronbai Jeenbekov took office in November 2017. The coalition government is accountable to the parliament.
The economy is vulnerable to external shocks owing to its reliance on one gold mine, Kumtor, which accounts for about 10 percent of GDP, and on worker remittances, equivalent to about 27 percent of GDP in 2018.
To realize the country's potential, economic activities need to be diversified through increased private sector development and improved occupational skills and productivity in the young labor force.
Since the Kyrgyz Republic joined the World Bank in 1992, the Bank's financial assistance has amounted to over US$1.5 billion.
World Bank support has helped the country to maintain macroeconomic stability, invest in strategic infrastructure, and improve access to social services.
To enhance the impact of the sizable external assistance that the country enjoys and avoid duplication of effort by donors, the World Bank Group, through its convening role, worked closely with the Government to help improve broader donor coordination in the country and link it more directly to identified national priorities.
World Bank–supported programs have delivered important development results in many areas, including health care, education, rural development, irrigation, water supply and sanitation, transport infrastructure, and public financial management.
The strategic focus of the World Bank's program as highlighted in the 2019–22 Country Partnership Framework is to assist the Kyrgyz Republic in promoting diversified, export-oriented, inclusive, and sustainable growth.
First, strengthening the foundations for inclusive private sector–led growth, focusing especially on fiscal stability, improvements to the regulatory environment for business, and risk reduction.
Second, boosting overall productivity and building greater connectivity through support for the development of promising natural resource sectors and greater digital and physical connectivity.
Third, expanding economic opportunities and building resilience through investments in human capital, efforts to decentralize and support regional development, and better adaptation to environmental and climate risks.
Support for these areas will be provided through concessional International Development Association (IDA) lending, supplemented by trust fund financing and intensified Advisory Services and Analytics that emphasize practical, problem-solving advice.
Real GDP growth slowed to 3.5 percent in 2018 from 4.7 percent in 2017. Inflation fell to 0.5 percent by end-2018 from 3.7 percent at end-December 2017, driven mainly by a decline in food prices.
The fiscal deficit narrowed to 1.6 percent of GDP in 2018, down from a deficit of 4.6 percent of GDP in 2017, on account of strong tax collections coupled with the under-execution of the investment program.
Tax revenue rose to 25.4 percent of GDP in 2018 from 23.9 percent in 2017, thanks mainly to higher import tax collections.
Due to lower non-tax revenues and grant support, however, total revenues fell to 31.8 percent of GDP (from 32.6 percent in 2017). Total spending declined to 33.4 percent of GDP (from 37.2 percent a year earlier).
The current account deficit widened to 12.2 percent of GDP (from 6.6 percent a year earlier), reflecting a larger trade deficit of 40.9 percentof GDP in January–September 2018.
The current account deficit was financed by foreign direct investment, a debt write-off of US$240 million by the Russian Federation, and a drawdown on foreign exchange reserves.
Real GDP growth is projected to accelerate to 4.3 percent in 2019 and stabilize at around 4 percent thereafter.
This scenario reflects the gold production forecast and assumes moderate growth in Russia and Kazakhstan, which will benefit the Kyrgyz economy through remittance and trade channels.
Assuming exchange rate stability and no significant adverse shocks to global food prices, inflation will remain below the central bank's target range of 5–7 percent over the medium term.
The current account deficit is projected to remain elevated at about 10 percent of GDP. The authorities are committed to reducing the deficit to 3 percent of GDP by 2020. In 2019–20, tax revenues as a share of GDP are projected to rise following the implementation of measures to expand the tax base.
Meanwhile, recurrent expenditures are forecast to decline on the back of efforts to streamline non-priority purchases and reduce the wage bill as a share of GDP. Public investment spending is expected to decelerate slightly.
With the growth in the agriculture and construction sectors expected to remain modest, further increases in remittances will support rural poverty reduction.
Social transfers and a scheduled pension increase will also support the most vulnerable. The poverty rate is projected to decline to 18.8 percent in 2019.
The Kyrgyz Early Education Project has led to improvements in the quality of preschool education and in children's readiness for learning. There is now more equitable access to preschool education, and a full-year school preparation program for 6-year-old children has achieved nearly universal enrollment.
Cost-effective preschool models have also been introduced. The results of a learning assessment revealed a remarkable improvement in children's language and cognitive development skills, which are known to play a crucial role in overall attainment at later stages in life.
"Thanks to the Early Education Project, the disadvantaged children in the program were catching up developmentally to their relatively more advantaged peers. It is very important that the project helped decrease the social and demographic inequalities as compared by age, single parenthood, mother's education, parental incomes, and school language." – says Minister of Education Gulmira Kudaiberdieva.
The project results demonstrated a more efficient alternative use of the education budget. Throughout the country, both school preparation classes and community-based kindergartens for 10,000 children are operating at already existing schools or other suitable facilities and are focused on the learning process.
Equitable access to preschool education was achieved through reaching out to the most disadvantaged regions and providing them with quality teaching and learning materials, furniture, sanitary facilities, and equipment.
Find out what the Bank Group's branches are doing in Kyrgyz Republic.


Painted while I was living in the Antarctic. These are strange little birds, snowy white and about the size of a chicken, who live in burrows on the Antarctic peninsula. They eat everything disgusting that you can imagine- their niche is to eat anything that would normally rot, and they are also enthusiastic thieves. That being said, they're charming. They make a distinctive sound that sailors described as "Mutt, Mutt" and they are utterly fearless around humans, stealing your pen and exploring your bag for any goodies they can scurry away with. They spend a lot of time bathing, which is a good thing in a snow-white little bird that eats a lot of poo.


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Q: Link to function instead of website I have made a contentscript which "injects" the following into a website:
< a href="somewebsite.html">mytext< /a>

The trouble I'm facing is that I want to link it to a function in my chrome extension instead. Something like:
< a href="mychromeextensionfunction">mytext< /a>.

How would I manage to do that, Is it even possible to link to a chrome extension function?

A: You can't do that through the href attribute; you need the onClick attribute.

A: That explains it, Thanks for putting me in the right direction : )
Here's a sample code of how you could do it.

link_dom.onclick=function (evt) {
              alert('hello');
  }