A Client's Response to Having his $1.7 Million Tax Debt Settled for $59,000 !
We just emailed a client who finally got his Offer accepted with the IRS.He settled his debt of $1.7 million for $59,000. We emailed him his acceptance letter. His response: "Are you serious! They actually accepted our OIC!??! Do you still have the blog article that referenced me? You're the absolute greatest tax lawyers EVER!!!!!"
It's awesome to get letters like this - to say the least (even though we are actually Enrolled Agents and not lawyers).


Something that I feel that I don't do enough of us community outreach. I'm fortunate enough to have come from a middle-class family. Both of my parents have graduate degree, and I'm lucky enough to be in a graduate program now. I grew up in a small town in Minnesota where I was taught acceptance, trust, and compassion. I really feel like I could be doing more to help the world around me. So for this adventure, I decided to walk the walk.
I am currently working part-time as a barista at Starbucks. It's a pretty sweet job for a full-time graduate school student. I usually work only five hours a day, and get done by 10am. I can take a nap in the afternoons, then do homework all before my wife gets home from work! Bonus!
The Starbucks store that I work for does community work maybe once a month. This month, some of my co-workers and I worked with Habitat for Humanity for a day. And it was so awesome!
We, for the most part, were just painting the interior of a group of town homes that were being built in Northeast Minneapolis. And the group of people that I was working with was awesome. I only knew the three people in the picture above with me, but there were maybe 50 people there. Everyone was very joyous, constantly joking, smiling, chatting. And all while doing this great thing to help those less fortunate.
I think I'm going to do more community outreach with my Starbucks. I'm not sure when, but I think next month or the month after, we are going to be working at a Feed My Starving Children event. I hopefully can make it! But since all three of my graduate classes have started, I may be pretty busy. That won't stop me from adventuring! I just hope that the timing and scheduling works out.
*Fun fact: did you know that every house that Habitat for Humanity builds across the world is all painted the same color on the inside? Every single house, the same color. That's so cool! Kinda boring, but cool! It's mostly because the paint is, for the most part, all donated to them. And you can't complain about the color when it's free!
Dan, what a lovely adventure! You have just inspired my week 3! Keep.it.up!
After months of slacking off, yoga is back on my schedule. I know that it's supposed to be relaxing but seriously, the more I think about something the more anxious I get. The instsructor kept repeating "focus on your breath". Well, when I focus on my breath my breathing suddenly becomes very forced and I feel like I'm hyperventilating. What's so relaxing about that? And then I become very self-conscious because when my breathing becomes labored then it also seems to sound very loud. So I focus on my breathing even more…… It's a viscous cycle. But, I'm going to keep at it. Maybe by the end of my 52 Adventures this year I'll actually start to enjoy yoga (probably not).
it's good of you to try. I find myself getting more anxious than calm with yoga, too. There are as many yoga practictioners of the world, as there are fiesty kickboxers. Keep it up!
If you must judge me, do so after tasting my chilli.
Hiro and I have been forced into a life of frugality. Well, we could live well, but we choose not to in effort to save enough money to host a wedding, buy a car, put a down payment on a house, pay off student loans, pay off credit cards, and on. We're lucky really, that we are both employed and live in a place we long to return to, and have all the modern comforts you can come to think of (internet, tv, nearby bus service). But we've tightened the fiscal belt which has yielded some unexpected results (many additional adventures to come!).
Where we haven't funds, we have imagination. I know that imagination doesn't pay the bills, but it does! Here I will confess to rarely cooking. And what little I cook it usually belly-full of preservatives and/or found pre-made requiring some heat. I didn't know how to al dente. Or pan sear. The only thing I could do, or thought I did well, was to ice cakes, and even then I paid little or no attention to the resounding taste.
If anyone meets me for five minutes, they will for sure learn that I am a gigantic geek. And I'm not afraid to admit this. I will talk about my favorite TV show (Firefly), favorite book (Wizard's First Rule), favorite movie (Lord of the Rings Trilogy)…basically any kind of favorite has to do with something nerdy. I even went so far as to get a geek related tattoo.
For those of you who don't know what the tattoo is, it is called The Triforce. The Triforce is a symbol and holy relic in the video game franchise The Legend of Zelda (my favorite one). Originally when I got this tattoo, I just wanted something that I thought looked sweet. I told people that it had some meaning behind it, but that wasn't entirely true. At least, not at first.
Now, as I looked back at my first batch of adventures, I was trying to see which ones I attempted and failed, if any. One that I feel I didn't fully commit to was my week four adventure, Lifestyle . During that week, I did a lot of self-analysis on how I could improve my life moving forward. And I feel I did put a lot of thought and effort into it. But I didn't have an exact plan, and as such, it wasn't executed very well. I didn't have written, obtainable goals, or the steps I could take to achieve them.
Which brings me back to my tattoo.
I really hate to tell you this, but your Zelda tattoo is screwed. The colors are definitely wrong. Red should be on top, blue on the left, and green on the right. Sorry for the truth.
The complex art of face painting is still foreign to me. And when I refer to a painting of the face, I'm just fancifying the act of applying makeup. General, every day, convenient store selling makeup that every woman seems to have in stock. And please don't mistake my tone for sarcasm or disdain. I think makeup, when applied correctly, can enhance features. I think it may enhance a woman's self-confidence. It can reinvent a person in the span of minutes (again, when you are better versed in application) from a softly lit clean-faced office worker to a no-holes-barred, vixen of the night club rat, with the right smear of eyeliner. Better yet, there appears to be no rules in making up. People lay it on thick, or keep it quiet. The only similarity I find amongst the made up is that they are, in fact, made up.
This has become something of a constant in my life, but I'd sooner skip the sociological implications and focus on my present predicament; namely that I feel exposed when not concealed.
This makes perfect sense when you strip it of literal and figurative meaning. We all in some sense chose to hide in working ways so as to conceal ourselves. The what and the way is specific and privy to the hider, but in owning up to my own insecurities I'll admit that I slather on the makeup because I've convinced myself that I need it. That without it I'm helpless, lost, subject to the ridicule we all met as children and forever fear as adults.
I'd say it can be liberating to go sans makeup until you run into people you know or have to have a face to face conversation. But even then, it's our own insecurity that causes us the anxiety in the first place because most of the time people don't even notice that we aren't wearing makeup!
"…love who you are. Be the change you wish to see in the world…. " words to live by:) Thank you for sharing. You are simply lovely. Inside and out.
Yay! Get out there and explore this wonderful city of ours…especially during this fantastic weather!! Welcome, fellow adventurer. Game on!
LOVED your blog…..sorry I missed it. Want to see the "jellies" before they leave? I HAVE to, but have not as yet.
You go girl !!!! ……and don't look back !
Love it! I'm feeling like I need a little adventure in my life!
You know what they say, "You can rest when you're dead!" Here's to many adventures in 2012!!!!
I'm going to echo all these sentiments when I say the city is your oyster and you are a delight for taking advantage of it! Happy trails!
A couple of weeks ago, I contacted Ms. Hula about a reprise of this campaign. I was a member of the original cast back in 2010, and those first couple of weeks were filled with adventure- quitting smoking, a food challenge, reality t.v., acquiring a trainer, and a few others. What a send off! But, as many of us are all too familiar with, life takes us in a different direction and our focus is placed elsewhere. My year of adventure came to a halt during the first quarter after getting into a fender-bender with my roommate's car (what a headache!….which also started my nasty habit of smoking again), and the daily grind and being a creature of habit smothered my desire to be adventuresome. There were times I wanted to get back on "Train 52" , however, being embarrassed that I had let so much time pass by, I abandoned the campaign altogether. Over the past year and a half, I have experienced several personal challenges. I have learned life long lessons that have made me a much stronger, reflective, and authentic individual. I am thankful for all that I have encountered because they have led me to the person I am today.
I'm doing the Polar Plunge in February at NU! It's so much fun! Also, now I'm inspired and I'm starting my own year of 52 adventures.
P.S. I'll join you for said plunge.
Roberto, I love every ingredient you've cooked up here! When I'm next in Chicago can we be adventure pals?


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Apple needs more time with AirPods, delays shipments
Published: Oct. 26, 2016 at 6:21 p.m. ET
Robert McMillan
$159 wireless headphones unveiled last month
Apple wireless AirPods are tested during a media event in San Francisco in September.
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Apple Inc. is delaying the shipment of its AirPod wireless headphones, saying it needs more time to deliver the product to consumers.
The $159 headphones, introduced last month, had been expected to ship by the end of October. Now, Apple AAPL, +1.37% says that they will be delayed, and the company isn't saying when they may be available.
Apple Reports Revenue Decline
"We don't believe in shipping a product before it's ready, and we need a little more time before AirPods are ready for our customers," an Apple spokeswoman said Wednesday via text message.
In reviews, the AirPods have scored high marks for their simplicity and ease of use, but the devices are technically complex. They include a custom-designed Apple chip, touch sensors and infrared sensors that detect when the AirPod is inserted into the ear.
An expanded version of this report appears on WSJ.com.
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'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One)' First Look Shows Miles Morales Swinging Across the Spider-Verse
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by KulwantSingh December 5, 2021, 1:53 am
Credit - Sony Pictures
The first look for the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel has been revealed by Sony, and it took our awkward next-generation Spider-Man swinging across the Spider-Verse. The first scene from the two-part Spider-Man Verse has been revealed it is surely exciting for all the Spidey fans.
The Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos (Voltron: Legendary Defender), Kemp Powers (One Night in Miami), and Justin K. Thompson (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs). The script for the film is penned by David Callaham (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Phil Lord (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), and Chris Miller (The Mitchells vs. the Machines).
The upcoming film will see the return of our awkward yet charming hero Shameik Moore as Miles Morales, Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy, and Jake Johnson as Peter Parker. The sequel will also star a new character Jessica Drew aka Spider-Woman played by Issa Rae.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) is coming to theaters on October 7, 2022. Check out the first look and official synopsis for the Spider-Verse sequel below:
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Hrithik Roshan is an Indian film actor. Having appeared as a child actor in several films throughout the 1980s, Roshan made his film debut in a leading role in Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai in 2000. His performance in the film earned him Filmfare Awards for Best Actor and Best Male Debut.
He earned a degree in Commerce at Sydenham College.
He was a judge on the TV series Just Dance.
He had two children with, Suzanne Roshan, whom he married in 2000. Now Divorced.
He played the role of Ethan in the film Guzaarish alongside Aishwarya Bachchan.
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I wanna perform bitcoin solo mining using 2PAC BM1384 USB Stick Miner in testnet. I ran command as follows.
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Q: Get content formatted from a text file in C ++ I have the following function that saves in a text file, content with certain format in the following way:
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>

int main ()
{
    using namespace std;

    fstream fs;
    string str1 = string("1");
    string str2 = string("12");
    string str3 = string("123");
    string str4 = string("1234");

    fs.open ("text.txt", std::fstream::in | std::fstream::out | std::fstream::app);

    fs << left << setfill(' ')
        << setw(10) << str1 << " | "
        << setw(10) << str2 << " | "
        << setw(10) << str3 << " | "
        << setw(10) << str4 << '\n';

    fs.close();

    return 0;
}

Once the following program has been executed, the following text is seen inside the file:
POS = 0123456789012345678901234567890123456789
TXT = 1       | 12      | 123     | 1234    |

And this function read the content of the file:
#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>

using namespace std;

int main() {

    ifstream myReadFile;
    myReadFile.open("text.txt");
    char output[100];
    if (myReadFile.is_open()) {
        while (!myReadFile.eof()) {
            myReadFile >> output;
        }
        cout<<output;
    }
    myReadFile.close();
    return 0;
}

The problem is that when I show the content of the output variable, it loses the format it had inside the text and it looks like this:
POS = 0123456789012345678901234567890123456789
TXT = 1|12|123|1234|

How can I get the text with the format it has inside the file?

A: Only doing one single read inside the loop is the only acceptable use case for a while(file) loop. But while (!file.eof()) is allways wrong when followed with a formatted extractor operator or if there is any processing after the read operation. So stick to a good old infinite loop, and test after every read operation.
If you want to keep the spaces from the input line, for example to process a fixed size fields file, the simplest way IMHO is to read the line as a whole with std::getline:
#include <string>
...
    string output;
    if (myReadFile.is_open()) {
        for(;;) {
            getline(myReadFile, output);
            if (!myReadFile) break
            cout << output << "\n";
        }
        myReadFile.close();
    }

But in fact a single getline is an exception to the generic reading loop rule, and it would be more idiomatic to use:
        while (getline(myReadFile, output)) {
            cout << output << "\n";
        }

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<?php

/**
 * Test helper
 */
require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../../TestHelper.php';

// Call Zend_Controller_Response_HttpTest::main() if this source file is executed directly.
if (!defined('PHPUnit_MAIN_METHOD')) {
    define('PHPUnit_MAIN_METHOD', 'Zend_Controller_Response_HttpTest::main');
}

require_once 'Zend/Controller/Response/Http.php';
require_once 'Zend/Controller/Response/Exception.php';

/**
 * @category   Zend
 * @package    Zend_Controller
 * @subpackage UnitTests
 * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
 * @license    http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd     New BSD License
 */
class Zend_Controller_Response_HttpTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    /**
     * @var Zend_Http_Response
     */
    protected $_response;

    /**
     * Runs the test methods of this class.
     *
     * @access public
     * @static
     */
    public static function main()
    {
        require_once "PHPUnit/TextUI/TestRunner.php";

        $suite  = new PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite("Zend_Controller_Response_HttpTest");
        $result = PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner::run($suite);
    }

    public function setUp()
    {
        $this->_response = new Zend_Controller_Response_Http();
        $this->_response->headersSentThrowsException = false;
    }

    public function tearDown()
    {
        unset($this->_response);
    }

    public function testSetHeader()
    {
        $expected = array(array('name' => 'Content-Type', 'value' => 'text/xml', 'replace' => false));
        $this->_response->setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
        $this->assertSame($expected, $this->_response->getHeaders());

        $expected[] =array('name' => 'Content-Type', 'value' => 'text/html', 'replace' => false);
        $this->_response->setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
        $this->assertSame($expected, $this->_response->getHeaders());

        $expected = array(array('name' => 'Content-Type', 'value' => 'text/plain', 'replace' => true));
        $this->_response->setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain', true);
        $count = 0;
        foreach ($this->_response->getHeaders() as $header) {
            if ('Content-Type' == $header['name']) {
                if ('text/plain' == $header['value']) {
                    ++$count;
                } else {
                    $this->fail('Found header, but incorrect value');
                }
            }
        }
        $this->assertEquals(1, $count);
    }

    public function testNoDuplicateLocationHeader()
    {
        $this->_response->setRedirect('http://www.example.com/foo/bar');
        $this->_response->setRedirect('http://www.example.com/bar/baz');
        $headers  = $this->_response->getHeaders();
        $location = 0;
        foreach ($headers as $header) {
            if ('Location' == $header['name']) {
                ++$location;
            }
        }
        $this->assertEquals(1, $location);
    }

    public function testClearHeaders()
    {
        $this->_response->setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
        $headers = $this->_response->getHeaders();
        $this->assertEquals(1, count($headers));

        $this->_response->clearHeaders();
        $headers = $this->_response->getHeaders();
        $this->assertEquals(0, count($headers));
    }

    public function testSetRawHeader()
    {
        $this->_response->setRawHeader('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found');
        $headers = $this->_response->getRawHeaders();
        $this->assertContains('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found', $headers);
    }

    public function testClearRawHeaders()
    {
        $this->_response->setRawHeader('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found');
        $headers = $this->_response->getRawHeaders();
        $this->assertContains('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found', $headers);

        $this->_response->clearRawHeaders();
        $headers = $this->_response->getRawHeaders();
        $this->assertTrue(empty($headers));
    }

    public function testClearAllHeaders()
    {
        $this->_response->setRawHeader('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found');
        $this->_response->setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/xml');

        $headers = $this->_response->getHeaders();
        $this->assertFalse(empty($headers));

        $headers = $this->_response->getRawHeaders();
        $this->assertFalse(empty($headers));

        $this->_response->clearAllHeaders();
        $headers = $this->_response->getHeaders();
        $this->assertTrue(empty($headers));
        $headers = $this->_response->getRawHeaders();
        $this->assertTrue(empty($headers));
    }

    public function testSetHttpResponseCode()
    {
        $this->assertEquals(200, $this->_response->getHttpResponseCode());
        $this->_response->setHttpResponseCode(302);
        $this->assertEquals(302, $this->_response->getHttpResponseCode());
    }

    public function testSetBody()
    {
        $expected = 'content for the response body';
        $this->_response->setBody($expected);
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $this->_response->getBody());

        $expected = 'new content';
        $this->_response->setBody($expected);
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $this->_response->getBody());
    }

    public function testAppendBody()
    {
        $expected = 'content for the response body';
        $this->_response->setBody($expected);

        $additional = '; and then there was more';
        $this->_response->appendBody($additional);
        $this->assertEquals($expected . $additional, $this->_response->getBody());
    }

    /**
     * SKIPPED - This test is untestable in the CLI environment.  PHP ignores all
     * header() calls (which are used by Http_Abstract::setHeader()), thus, anything
     * that is expected to be found in http headers when inserted via header(), will
     * not be found.  In addition, headers_sent() should always return false, until
     * real output is sent to the console.
     */
    public function test__toString()
    {

        //$skipHeadersTest = headers_sent();

        $this->_response->setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
        $this->_response->setBody('Content');
        $this->_response->appendBody('; and more content.');

        $expected = 'Content; and more content.';
        $result = $this->_response->__toString();

        $this->assertSame($expected, $result);
        return;

        // header checking will not work

        if (!$skipHeadersTest) {
            $this->assertTrue(headers_sent());
            $headers = headers_list();
            $found = false;
            foreach ($headers as $header) {
                if ('Content-Type: text/plain' == $header) {
                    $found = true;
                }
            }
            $this->assertTrue($found, var_export($headers, 1));
        }
    }

    public function testRenderExceptions()
    {
        $this->assertFalse($this->_response->renderExceptions());
        $this->assertTrue($this->_response->renderExceptions(true));
        $this->assertTrue($this->_response->renderExceptions());
        $this->assertFalse($this->_response->renderExceptions(false));
        $this->assertFalse($this->_response->renderExceptions());
    }

    public function testGetException()
    {
        $e = new Exception('Test');
        $this->_response->setException($e);

        $test  = $this->_response->getException();
        $found = false;
        foreach ($test as $t) {
            if ($t === $e) {
                $found = true;
            }
        }
        $this->assertTrue($found);
    }

    public function testSendResponseWithExceptions()
    {
        $e = new Exception('Test exception rendering');
        $this->_response->setException($e);
        $this->_response->renderExceptions(true);

        ob_start();
        $this->_response->sendResponse();
        $string = ob_get_clean();
        $this->assertContains('Test exception rendering', $string);
    }

    public function testSetResponseCodeThrowsExceptionWithBadCode()
    {
        try {
            $this->_response->setHttpResponseCode(99);
            $this->fail('Should not accept response codes < 100');
        } catch (Exception $e) {
        }

        try {
            $this->_response->setHttpResponseCode(600);
            $this->fail('Should not accept response codes > 599');
        } catch (Exception $e) {
        }

        try {
            $this->_response->setHttpResponseCode('bogus');
            $this->fail('Should not accept non-integer response codes');
        } catch (Exception $e) {
        }
    }

    /**
     * Same problem as test__toString()
     *
     * Specifically for this test, headers_sent will always be false, so canSentHeaders() will
     * never actually throw an exception since the conditional exception code will never trigger
     */
    public function testCanSendHeadersIndicatesFileAndLine()
    {
        $this->markTestSkipped();
        return;

        $this->_response->headersSentThrowsException = true;
        try {
            $this->_response->canSendHeaders(true);
            $this->fail('canSendHeaders() should throw exception');
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            var_dump($e->getMessage());
            $this->assertRegExp('/headers already sent in .+, line \d+$/', $e->getMessage());
        }
    }

    public function testAppend()
    {
        $this->_response->append('some', "some content\n");
        $this->_response->append('more', "more content\n");

        $content = $this->_response->getBody(true);
        $this->assertTrue(is_array($content));
        $expected = array(
            'some' => "some content\n",
            'more' => "more content\n"
        );
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $content);
    }

    public function testAppendUsingExistingSegmentOverwrites()
    {
        $this->_response->append('some', "some content\n");
        $this->_response->append('some', "more content\n");

        $content = $this->_response->getBody(true);
        $this->assertTrue(is_array($content));
        $expected = array(
            'some' => "more content\n"
        );
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $content);
    }

    public function testPrepend()
    {
        $this->_response->prepend('some', "some content\n");
        $this->_response->prepend('more', "more content\n");

        $content = $this->_response->getBody(true);
        $this->assertTrue(is_array($content));
        $expected = array(
            'more' => "more content\n",
            'some' => "some content\n"
        );
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $content);
    }

    public function testPrependUsingExistingSegmentOverwrites()
    {
        $this->_response->prepend('some', "some content\n");
        $this->_response->prepend('some', "more content\n");

        $content = $this->_response->getBody(true);
        $this->assertTrue(is_array($content));
        $expected = array(
            'some' => "more content\n"
        );
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $content);
    }

    public function testInsert()
    {
        $this->_response->append('some', "some content\n");
        $this->_response->append('more', "more content\n");
        $this->_response->insert('foobar', "foobar content\n", 'some');

        $content = $this->_response->getBody(true);
        $this->assertTrue(is_array($content));
        $expected = array(
            'some'   => "some content\n",
            'foobar' => "foobar content\n",
            'more'   => "more content\n"
        );
        $this->assertSame($expected, $content);
    }

    public function testInsertBefore()
    {
        $this->_response->append('some', "some content\n");
        $this->_response->append('more', "more content\n");
        $this->_response->insert('foobar', "foobar content\n", 'some', true);

        $content = $this->_response->getBody(true);
        $this->assertTrue(is_array($content));
        $expected = array(
            'foobar' => "foobar content\n",
            'some'   => "some content\n",
            'more'   => "more content\n"
        );
        $this->assertSame($expected, $content);
    }

    public function testInsertWithFalseParent()
    {
        $this->_response->append('some', "some content\n");
        $this->_response->append('more', "more content\n");
        $this->_response->insert('foobar', "foobar content\n", 'baz', true);

        $content = $this->_response->getBody(true);
        $this->assertTrue(is_array($content));
        $expected = array(
            'some'   => "some content\n",
            'more'   => "more content\n",
            'foobar' => "foobar content\n"
        );
        $this->assertSame($expected, $content);
    }

    public function testSetBodyNamedSegment()
    {
        $this->_response->append('some', "some content\n");
        $this->_response->setBody("more content\n", 'some');

        $content = $this->_response->getBody(true);
        $this->assertTrue(is_array($content));
        $expected = array(
            'some'   => "more content\n"
        );
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $content);
    }

    public function testSetBodyOverwritesWithDefaultSegment()
    {
        $this->_response->append('some', "some content\n");
        $this->_response->setBody("more content\n");

        $content = $this->_response->getBody(true);
        $this->assertTrue(is_array($content));
        $expected = array(
            'default'   => "more content\n"
        );
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $content);
    }

    public function testAppendBodyAppendsDefaultSegment()
    {
        $this->_response->setBody("some content\n");
        $this->_response->appendBody("more content\n");

        $content = $this->_response->getBody(true);
        $this->assertTrue(is_array($content));
        $expected = array(
            'default'   => "some content\nmore content\n"
        );
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $content);
    }

    public function testAppendBodyAppendsExistingSegment()
    {
        $this->_response->setBody("some content\n", 'some');
        $this->_response->appendBody("more content\n", 'some');

        $content = $this->_response->getBody(true);
        $this->assertTrue(is_array($content));
        $expected = array(
            'some'   => "some content\nmore content\n"
        );
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $content);
    }

    public function testGetBodyNamedSegment()
    {
        $this->_response->append('some', "some content\n");
        $this->_response->append('more', "more content\n");

        $this->assertEquals("more content\n", $this->_response->getBody('more'));
        $this->assertEquals("some content\n", $this->_response->getBody('some'));
    }

    public function testGetBodyAsArray()
    {
        $string1 = 'content for the response body';
        $string2 = 'more content for the response body';
        $string3 = 'even more content for the response body';
        $this->_response->appendBody($string1, 'string1');
        $this->_response->appendBody($string2, 'string2');
        $this->_response->appendBody($string3, 'string3');

        $expected = array(
            'string1' => $string1,
            'string2' => $string2,
            'string3' => $string3
        );

        $this->assertEquals($expected, $this->_response->getBody(true));
    }

    public function testClearBody()
    {
        $this->_response->append('some', "some content\n");

        $this->assertTrue($this->_response->clearBody());
        $body = $this->_response->getBody(true);
        $this->assertTrue(is_array($body));
        $this->assertEquals(0, count($body));
    }

    public function testClearBodySegment()
    {
        $this->_response->append('some', "some content\n");
        $this->_response->append('more', "more content\n");
        $this->_response->append('superfluous', "superfluous content\n");

        $this->assertFalse($this->_response->clearBody('many'));
        $this->assertTrue($this->_response->clearBody('more'));
        $body = $this->_response->getBody(true);
        $this->assertTrue(is_array($body));
        $this->assertEquals(2, count($body));
        $this->assertTrue(isset($body['some']));
        $this->assertTrue(isset($body['superfluous']));
    }

    public function testIsRedirectInitiallyFalse()
    {
        $this->assertFalse($this->_response->isRedirect());
    }

    public function testIsRedirectWhenRedirectSet()
    {
        $this->_response->setRedirect('http://framework.zend.com/');
        $this->assertTrue($this->_response->isRedirect());
    }

    public function testIsRedirectWhenRawLocationHeaderSet()
    {
        $this->_response->setRawHeader('Location: http://framework.zend.com/');
        $this->assertTrue($this->_response->isRedirect());
    }

    public function testIsRedirectWhen3xxResponseCodeSet()
    {
        $this->_response->setHttpResponseCode(301);
        $this->assertTrue($this->_response->isRedirect());
    }

    public function testIsNotRedirectWithSufficientlyLarge3xxResponseCodeSet()
    {
        $this->_response->setHttpResponseCode(309);
        $this->assertFalse($this->_response->isRedirect());
    }

    public function testHasExceptionOfType()
    {
        $this->assertFalse($this->_response->hasExceptionOfType('Zend_Controller_Response_Exception'));
        $this->_response->setException(new Zend_Controller_Response_Exception());
        $this->assertTrue($this->_response->hasExceptionOfType('Zend_Controller_Response_Exception'));
    }

    public function testHasExceptionOfMessage()
    {
        $this->assertFalse($this->_response->hasExceptionOfMessage('FooBar'));
        $this->_response->setException(new Zend_Controller_Response_Exception('FooBar'));
        $this->assertTrue($this->_response->hasExceptionOfMessage('FooBar'));
    }

    public function testHasExceptionOfCode()
    {
        $this->assertFalse($this->_response->hasExceptionOfCode(200));
        $this->_response->setException(new Zend_Controller_Response_Exception('FooBar', 200));
        $this->assertTrue($this->_response->hasExceptionOfCode(200));
    }

    public function testGetExceptionByType()
    {
        $this->assertFalse($this->_response->getExceptionByType('Zend_Controller_Response_Exception'));
        $this->_response->setException(new Zend_Controller_Response_Exception());
        $exceptions = $this->_response->getExceptionByType('Zend_Controller_Response_Exception');
        $this->assertTrue(0 < count($exceptions));
        $this->assertTrue($exceptions[0] instanceof Zend_Controller_Response_Exception);
    }

    public function testGetExceptionByMessage()
    {
        $this->assertFalse($this->_response->getExceptionByMessage('FooBar'));
        $this->_response->setException(new Zend_Controller_Response_Exception('FooBar'));
        $exceptions = $this->_response->getExceptionByMessage('FooBar');
        $this->assertTrue(0 < count($exceptions));
        $this->assertEquals('FooBar', $exceptions[0]->getMessage());
    }

    public function testGetExceptionByCode()
    {
        $this->assertFalse($this->_response->getExceptionByCode(200));
        $this->_response->setException(new Zend_Controller_Response_Exception('FooBar', 200));
        $exceptions = $this->_response->getExceptionByCode(200);
        $this->assertTrue(0 < count($exceptions));
        $this->assertEquals(200, $exceptions[0]->getCode());
    }

    public function testHeaderNamesAreCaseInsensitive()
    {
        $this->_response->setHeader('X-Foo_Bar-Baz', 'value');
        $this->_response->setHeader('X-FOO_bar-bAz', 'bat');

        $headers = $this->_response->getHeaders();
        $names   = array();
        foreach ($headers as $header) {
            $names[] = $header['name'];
        }
        $this->assertTrue(in_array('X-Foo-Bar-Baz', $names), var_export($headers, 1));
        $this->assertFalse(in_array('X-Foo_Bar-Baz', $names));
        $this->assertFalse(in_array('X-FOO_bar-bAz', $names));
    }
}

require_once 'Zend/Controller/Action.php';
class Zend_Controller_Response_HttpTest_Action extends Zend_Controller_Action
{}

// Call Zend_Controller_Response_HttpTest::main() if this source file is executed directly.
if (PHPUnit_MAIN_METHOD == "Zend_Controller_Response_HttpTest::main") {
    Zend_Controller_Response_HttpTest::main();
}

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1413 The Artistry of Oleh Krysa, Vol. 2: Chamber Music of Boris Lyatoshynsky
Khoma, Natalia - Violoncello
Lyatoshynsky, Boris
Download: Yes (-$2.00)No
01. 1413-Lyatoshynsky, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 19 (1926)-I. Allegro impetuoso. Meno mosso. Allegro impetuoso. Maestoso e pesante ma non troppo lento
02. 1413-Lyatoshynsky, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 19 (1926)-II. Tempo precedente. Sostenuto e tranquillo. Lento
03. 1413-Lyatoshynsky, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 19 (1926)-III. Allegro molto risoluto
04. 1413-Lyatoshynsky, Trio No. 1, Op. 7 (1922 and 1925)-I. Allegro non troppo
05. 1413-Lyatoshynsky, Trio No. 1, Op. 7 (1922 and 1925)-II. Lento con freddezza
06. 1413-Lyatoshynsky, Trio No. 1, Op. 7 (1922 and 1925)-III. Allegro fermamente
07. 1413-Lyatoshynsky, Trio No. 2, Op. 41 (1942)-I. Intrada: Maestoso
08. 1413-Lyatoshynsky, Trio No. 2, Op. 41 (1942)-II. In the Style of a Ballad: Andante sostenuto
09. 1413-Lyatoshynsky, Trio No. 2, Op. 41 (1942)-III. Intermezzo: Allegretto pastorale, quasi allegro
10. 1413-Lyatoshynsky, Trio No. 2, Op. 41 (1942)-IV. Theme and Variations
1150 Xtreme Violin
1533-Lyatoshynsky, Dance
1406 24 Preludes for Piano (1976)/Music of Ivan Karabyts (b. 1945), Vol. 1
1417H Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22 in A minor - I. Moderato
1535-de Sarasate, Zapateado, Op. 23-2
1533 Oleh Krysa: 100 Violin Show Pieces Vol. 3 - Kaleidoscope


(1) "Abandoned water well" means a well the use of which has been permanently discontinued. Any well shall be deemed abandoned which is in such a state of disrepair, as determined by a representative of the department, that continued use for the purpose of obtaining groundwater or disposing of water or liquid wastes is impracticable.
(2) "Construction of water wells" means all parts necessary to obtain groundwater by wells, including the location and excavation of the well, but excluding the installation of pumps and pumping equipment.
(4) "Political subdivision" means a city, town, county, district, or other public body created by or pursuant to state law, or any combination thereof acting cooperatively or jointly.
(5) "Repair" means any action which involves the physical alteration or replacement of any part of a well, but does not include the alteration or replacement of any portion of a well which is above ground surface.
(6) "Water well contractor" means a person who is responsible for the construction, repair, or abandonment of a water well and who is licensed under this part to engage in the business of construction, repair, or abandonment of water wells.
(7) "Well" means any excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise constructed when the intended use of such excavation is for the location, acquisition, development, or artificial recharge of groundwater, but such term does not include any well for the purpose of obtaining or prospecting for oil, natural gas, minerals, or products of mining or quarrying; for inserting media to dispose of oil brines or to repressure oil-bearing or natural gas-bearing formation; for storing petroleum, natural gas, or other products; or for temporary dewatering of subsurface formations for mining, quarrying, or construction purposes.
(8) "Well seal" means an approved arrangement or device to prevent contaminants from entering the well at the upper terminal.
History.—s. 1, part III, ch. 72-299; s. 228, ch. 81-259; ss. 74, 75, ch. 83-310; ss. 10, 24, ch. 88-242; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 267, ch. 94-356.


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Εταιρείες & Επενδύσεις
Αυτό που κάνουμε
Ξενοδοχεία και φιλοξενία
Διαφοροποιημένες Επενδύσεις
Επιπτώσεις/ESG
Υπευθυνότητα
Εκτελεστική Ομάδα
Παγκόσμια Συμβουλευτική Επιτροπή
Εργασία στον Libra Group
Παγκόσμια Παρουσία
Το τμήμα ελικοπτέρων της LCI υπογράφει μίσθωση AW139 με την Avincis
Heli-Expo 2013, Las Vegas – Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of Libra Group, the international business group, announces that it has entered into a long-term lease with the Avincis Group (Avincis), the world's leading provider of mission critical services, for a new AW139 helicopter.
LCI's new helicopter division was launched at Heli-Expo 2012 with a $400m order for a modern, versatile fleet of market-leading AgustaWestland AW139, AW169 and AW189 helicopters.
The new agreement with Avincis will secure a helicopter for its Aberdeen-based subsidiary Bond Offshore Helicopters to provide offshore crew change support to a new oil and gas customer in the UK North Sea.
Headquartered in the UK, the Avincis Group provides central resources, global standards and systems and expertise to its 13 local operating companies who operate a fleet of around 350 aircraft. Last year the group flew over 108,500 hours, conducted over 50,600 emergency health care missions, rescued more than 8,600 people at sea or on mountains, helped to put out over 7,800 fires and carried more than 175,900 passengers in the oil and gas industries.
Avincis Group Director of Fleet & Engineering Martin Whittaker said: "I'm delighted to be working with LCI to secure another new generation helicopter for our growing Energy Services business. This is a welcome addition to Avincis' 350-strong global fleet."
Crispin Maunder, LCI Executive Chairman, said after the signing at Heli-Expo 2013: "We welcome today's announcement with Bond Offshore Helicopters which is one of the world's leading helicopter operators, and are confident that our new generation fleet of AgustaWestland models is the perfect fit for mission-critical crew transportation services."
Since its inception in 2004, LCI has acquired aircraft with a value approaching US$5 billion. Today the company has a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft on lease to some of the world's leading airlines, including Singapore Airlines, Air France and Asiana. LCI is also a launch customer for the Bombardier CSeries and has placed an order for 20 aircraft valued at approximately US$1.4 billion, with options for a further 20.
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I will never catch up to Blue Ocean Strategies, the best-selling Business Press title. But today I pulled within 13325 places of it. Here at the intersection of anthro and econ, that's a full day's work.
And the kind of stuff I do is usually a 6 digit proposition. So 5 digits, that's cause for celebration.
If you are still wondering whether you should own your own copy of Transformations, let me say this. This book explores the great new consumer motive at work in the market today. If you are in the field of marketing, planning, design, the b-school community, you really should own a copy…or two. Ditto, if you are interested in the dynamics and anthropology of contemporary culture.
This entry was posted in Continuities on May 19, 2008 by Grant.
Did the double last night – grabbed Transformations and Flock and Flow off amazon. Looking forward to reading them both.
My copy shipped from Amazon last night, and I'll review it when I get a chance to read it. Looking forward to it!
Thank you for the insights and observations.
Grant – looking for a copy of Transformations, but don't want to wait weeks for "online delivery". I am in Princeton this week and back in Toronto next. Do you know if any university book stores are carrying stock?


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Nevis' new Drag Racing Track would help the island's economy – Former US Councilwoman says
September 25, 2008 in NIA
United States of America Councilwoman Mrs. Una Clarke during the inaugural drag races at New River on Nevis
Former United States Councilwoman Dr. the Hon. Una Clarke, welcomed the new the Drag Racing facility on Nevis and cited it would become a worldwide tourist attraction and create jobs. She made the comment at the inaugural races on September 19, 2008, when she spoke with the Department of Information.
Mrs. Clarke who was on the island as a guest of the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) for the Federation's 25th anniversary of Independence celebrations, said she would not have missed the opportunity to experience the races first hand.
"This attraction will bring people from all over the world who are interested in drag race or any other kind of race. It's a tourist attraction and it will over the years create jobs, bring new visitors and that is what we want to do is to be able to be a showpiece," she said.
Mrs. Clarke described the race track as a beautiful one which would grow from strength to strength. She also congratulated those with the vision to make the track a reality.
"I think it will become a national attraction…In every nation everybody tries to do something unique… and so whether its horse racing, whether its car racing, it comes a part of a national identity.
It is a competitive business and all racing is competitive…It will be something that will bring young people to aspire to want to do something that's is useful and helpful to the nation and so I am sure that it will be regulated in a way where people will understand the nature of drag racing and what it means," she said.
According to Mrs. Clarke, she was instrumental in getting the United States and England to give a five year extension to the nations of the Caribbean to allow them to find new ways to retool their economies. The Drag Racing facility she said provided that opportunity for Nevis.
The former Councilwoman also noted that she was impressed with the people of Nevis and the growth and development of Nevis and St. Kitts, which she contributed to.
She added that as the first Caribbean American elected to Congress and as a Jamaican, she has used her face and voice to speak for the entire Caribbean as she understood the aspirations of all the people of the Caribbean.
Ms. Clarke referred to Nevis as a diamond in the crown of Caribbean nations and each island should feel that they were specifically and uniquely positioned to be different but to be one people, who understood a common destiny and a common future.
Mrs. Clarke is the mother of Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke
Premier Parry urges youth to continue contributions of the last 25 years
NIA Minister says the youth remain high on Administration's agenda


Gathered together, we have the opportunity to listen to one another. One of the great things about the 2015 CBF General Assembly this year is being able to listen to a multitude of voices from across the Fellowship. One way we can listen to one another is through the prophetic spoken word of preaching. The Academy of Young Preachers has teamed with CBF to provide a space for young preachers from the Fellowship to practice the art of preaching and to share the message that God has given them.
During the second session of workshops on Thursday, four young preachers gathered together to share messages of liberation and hope. Each young preacher was given the theme of "Heaven and Earth." The Academy of Young Preachers provided a set of scriptures that discussed the theme and asked each young preacher to pick, study and share a sermon based off of the texts. The young preachers did not disappoint.
Timothy Cruise reminded us that our nightmares don't have to control us. In the midst of the chaos in our lives, and all the suffering that happens to us or around us, Timothy reminded us gathered that through chaos comes new creation. After exile comes deliverance, newness, and life. Our nightmares can control us and sometimes we fear we may never wake up, but Tim reminded us that, "In the midst of exile, of life making little to no sense, God, like a mother, has snuck into our bedroom to wake us up for a new day." Even though we feel hopeless, God is ready to wake us up to new life.
Lauren McDuffie reminded us that our laments are valid. With everything crashing down and destruction all around us, we have to ask, Where is God? When we start to ask where God is and we never see or hear God, it becomes even easier for us to say I give up. Lauren spoke words from the prophet Joel reminding us all that God is not somewhere else during times of suffering, but God is right in the middle of it suffering with us. In the midst of suffering, our lament of where is God is valid, but as Lauren reminded us, perhaps there is a better question to ask. During times of suffering and struggle, where are God's people?
Merianna Neely Harrelson reminded us of what a true journey with God is like. She shared her own story of discovering her call to be a preacher and how others did not respond well to that call. She shared stories of her bruises and hurts as she walked faithfully in the calling God had for her. Merianna offered us a promise of what it is like to follow God, "You will get bruises, you will bless, and you will hurt. You will encounter people with bruises, people who bleed, and people who are hurt." Her message and call was to remind us that we are all hurting people and it is only when we start to tear down walls the divide us and build bridges to one another that we can start to look more like the kingdom of God.
These four incredible preachers shared messages of liberation and hope. They issued a call to the fellowship to walk along side those who are suffering and see all of creation through Gods eyes. They reminded the fellowship to realize that in the midst of chaos and turmoil, that God is there ready to create newness and new life. They reminded the fellowship that our laments in times of distress are valid, but perhaps we should be asking where are Gods people instead of where is God. And these young preachers reminded us that walking with God is not easy, but when we do it, we can build bridges and begin to look more like the kingdom of God.
Justin Sizemore serves as Ministry Associate with Youth at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, Ga. He is currently working on his M.Div at McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta, Ga.


Preston Caribbean Festival is probably the biggest party Preston will host this year and will expect about 15,000 visitor to join in the fun. Celebrating the flamboyant Caribbean culture with in the town it is a great free day out for all. Beginning at 12 noon from Moor Park it progresses around Preston Centre making its way to the Flag Market and then returns to Moor Park.


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Read all about it! TYA to bring tony-winning musical 'Newsies' to Sheboygan
Theater for Young Audiences will open its 30th anniversary season with "Newsies" on Jan. 11.
Read all about it! TYA to bring tony-winning musical 'Newsies' to Sheboygan Theater for Young Audiences will open its 30th anniversary season with "Newsies" on Jan. 11. Check out this story on sheboyganpress.com: https://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/entertainment/2019/01/03/tony-winning-musical-newsies-comes-sheboygan/2436143002/
For USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 8:14 a.m. CT Jan. 3, 2019
Theater for Young Audiences will launch its 30th anniversary season with "Newsies" in January.(Photo: Courtesy of TYA)
SHEBOYGAN - Theater for Young Audiences kicks off its 30th anniversary season with an ambitious production of Disney's critically acclaimed and wildly popular "Newsies the Musical."
More than 130 people are involved in staging this complicated and layered endeavor which requires strong vocals and involved dance choreography. The curtain opens on Friday, Jan. 11 and runs through Jan. 20.
The full-length, fully-staged musical features a live orchestra and overflowing, accomplished cast of 53, among the largest in TYA history. Many of the cast members have played principal roles in other productions.
Set in New York City at the turn of the 20th century and inspired by the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, "Newsies" is a rousing story of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of young "news-ies." Together, they dream of a better life far from the hardship of the streets.
When publishing titans raise distribution prices at the expense of the kids delivering papers, Jack rallies the troops from across the city to retaliate. With help from the strong and feisty female reporter Katherine Plummer, all of New York City soon recognizes the power youth possess to make a difference.
TYA's artistic director Hannah Benton is producing the show, having assembled the gifted team of Laurie Dillman, stage director, Paul Sucherman, music director, Katie Hammer, choreographer, Rachel Altman, stage manager, Eric Rautmann, sound designer, Michelle Jorgensen, set designer, Lori Bray-Levinsohn, costume designer, and Lisa Stewart, lighting designer.
"Newsies the Musical" is being performed at the UW-Sheboygan Fine Arts Theatre with 7 p.m. shows on Jan. 11 to 12 and Jan. 18 to 19, with 2 p.m. matinees on Jan. 13 and 20. Tickets may be purchased online at www.tyasheboygan.org and the show is recommended for those at least five years old.
The talented cast features actors with a long list of credits as well as those making their TYA stage debuts. Playing the top roles of Jack Kelly, Katherine Plummer and Davey Jacobs are David Colton, Hilary Mayer and Timothy Peterson respectively.
Other principals include Grant Cassady, Charlize Kuznacic, Ian Zempel, Harrison Thiry, Benjamin DeTroye, Nathan Leclerc, Luke Gotwald, Max Krueger, Evan Vorpahl, Abigail Charbonneau, Lucy Thoresen, Lukas Reshke, Kailey Kaltenbrun, Kurt Zempel, Danielle Rammer, Erik Neave, Marc Theune, Katy Ries, Josh Joyce, Ethan Barajas, Nathan Werth and Charlie Heim.
Rounding out the ensemble are Brady Baker, Sophia Laudloff, Chloe Laudloff, Noah Verhasselt, Isaac Wieland, Meg Thiry, Abby Wetzel, Cecelia Szyman, Bailey Joyce, Elizabeth Kaufmann, Davis Knowles, Camille Staats, Veronica Lampe, Florence Butterfield, Naomi Harder, Evangeline Joyce, Lily Werth, Lillian Justice, Jennifer Plier, Anya Mentch, Nadia Fears, Laura Leclerc, Maria Jensen, Elizabeth Cassity, Owen Denson, Micah Lilyquist and Brooke Hess.
Since its inception, TYA has impacted nearly 2,000 students in Sheboygan County elementary, middle and high schools as well as countless adults. At TYA, students often share the stage with adults (as in "Newsies"), but also have the opportunity to actually produce theater, managing all aspects of a show.
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Half-orcs
"Greater Half-orcs" by Steve Otis
Locations Dunland, Isengard
Affiliation Saruman
Distinctions Lynx-eyed[source?]
Average height Larger than normal orcs[source?]
Skin color Sallow[1][2]
Gallery Images of Half-orcs
"Are they men he has ruined or has he blended the races of orcs and men?"
― Treebeard[3]
Half-orcs were among Saruman's servants in the late Third Age. They were large men, lynx-eyed and evil.[1]
Saruman's servants also included creatures known as Goblin-men who appeared to blend the traits of Men and Orcs, but they were a different breed.[4]
2 Other versions of the legendarium
The origin and nature of the half-orcs is unknown. Back in the First Age, Men could under the domination of Morgoth or his agents be reduced to a savage stage, and it was possible to mate with Orcs, producing stronger and larger Orcs, or vile and cunning Men.[5]
Apparently Saruman learned or rediscovered this in the Third Age and bred Half-orcs and Goblin-men who served him.[5][6]
The Squint-eyed Southerner from Dunland was possibly a half-orc.[2]
Half-orcs were among the Dunlendings who came to Saruman's banner of the White Hand in Isengard.[1] Many were counted among the strongest servants of Saruman. The half-orcs mostly perished at the Battle of the Hornburg, either before the fortress walls or by the Huorns.
More Half-orcs later followed Saruman into exile, and were among his Ruffians who occupied the Shire.[7]
[edit] Other versions of the legendarium
Concerning the origin of the half-orcs, J.R.R. Tolkien suggested late in his life that:
It became clear in time that undoubted Men could under the domination of Morgoth or his agents in a few generations be reduced almost to the Orc-level of mind and habits; and then they would or could be made to mate with Orcs, producing new breeds, often larger and more cunning. There is no doubt that long afterwards, in the Third Age, Saruman rediscovered this, or learned of it in lore, and in his lust for mastery committed this, his wickedest deed: the interbreeding of Orcs and Men, producing both Men-orcs large and cunning, and Orc-men treacherous and vile.
[edit] Portrayal in adaptations
Half-orcs in adaptations
Half-orc in the Middle-earth Role Playing
Half-orcs in the Middle-earth Collectible Card Game
Half-orc Bandit in The Lord of the Rings Online
Half-orcs (Sindarin Piryrch, sing. Perorch) are a crossbeed between Men and Orcs, being a distinct race in their own. Game statistics are given for players choosing to be a Half-orc.[8]
1995-8: Middle-earth Collectible Card Game:
Half-orcs and Greater Half-orcs are Orc Factions, playable by Fallen Wizards.[9]
2007-: The Lord of the Rings Online:
Half-orcs were categorized as one of the varieties of Orc-kind, along with orcs, goblins, and Uruks. Half-orc Bandits were found in the Lone-lands.[10] They were affiliated with Saruman and could be found in almost every region he had influence in. His half-orcs in Eriador included many in Dunland, Enedwaith, Eregion, the Lone-lands, and Andrath in Bree-land. A small number of half-orcs could be found as far as Nan Gurth in Angmar. His half-orcs also could be found in Rohan as far east as the Sutcrofts in the Eastemnet.
Goblin-men
Images of Half-orcs
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↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Knife in the Dark"
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Treebeard"
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Helm's Deep", Gamling: But these creatures of Isengard, these half-orcs and goblin-men that the foul craft of Saruman has bred.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Five. Myths Transformed", "[Text] X", pp. 418-9
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Helm's Deep"
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Scouring of the Shire"
↑ S. Coleman Charlton (1993), Middle-earth Role Playing (2nd edition, softcover) (#2001), p. 177
↑ "(Results from search for cards in the game Middle Earth)", Tradecardsoneline.com (accessed 3 April 2014)
↑ "Lord of the Rings Online Half-Orc Bandit", Lotro.mmodb.com (accessed 3 April 2014)
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An engineer repairs buried cables; a plant manager enters a small plant room; a contractor inspects the lining of a sewage pipe. All these personnel face a common danger, despite working in widely different industries. Gas-related injury poses a serious threat in any confined space where the free movement of air is limited.
A confined space is usually defined as any space which is large enough for someone to enter and perform assigned work, which has limited means of entry or exit, and which is not designed for continuous employee occupancy. Employers are required to evaluate the risks these workplaces pose to their employees and then monitor to prevent them. In most cases, both the assessment and the safe working system will require testing of the atmosphere with gas detection equipment.
The risks can be divided into three categories: combustible gas, toxic gas, and high or low oxygen levels. It is of course the duty of employers to find alternatives to manned work in these areas wherever possible. However, in many cases such work cannot practicably be avoided, and so the priority must be to make it as safe as possible.
For combustion to occur, the air must contain a minimum concentration of combustible gas or vapour. This quantity is called the lower explosive limit (LEL). At concentrations equal to or greater than this, combustion will occur in the presence of a suitable ignition source such as a spark or hot surface. For most combustible gases and vapours, the LEL is less than 5% by volume, and a combustible atmosphere is usually described as "hazardous" at 10% LEL.
Typically, storage vessels which have contained hydrocarbon fuels and oils present a danger. Other dangers come from fuel leaks: pipelines, gas cylinders and engine-driven plant. For workers in pits, sewers and other sub-surface locations, methane is an almost universal danger. Formed by decaying organic matter, this odourless gas collects in pockets underground.
Confined space workers may be exposed to any of a large number of toxic compounds depending on the nature of the work and its environment. A risk assessment should be made of which toxic substances a worker may be exposed to in any given work situation.
When generators, for example, are used in a confined space, carbon monoxide in the exhaust fumes creates a serious poisoning risk. Workers near to traffic on roads may be exposed to carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide from vehicle exhaust fumes. The decomposing action of bacteria on organic matter releases toxic hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide, both of which are common subsurface hazards.
Oxygen – too high or too low?
The normal concentration of oxygen in fresh air is 20.9%. An atmosphere is hazardous if the concentration of oxygen drops below 19.5% or goes above 23.5%. If the concentration falls to 17%, mental and physical agility are noticeably impaired; death comes very quickly if it drops only a few percent more. At these levels unconsciousness takes hold so rapidly that the victim will be unaware of what is happening.
Without adequate ventilation, the simple act of breathing will cause the oxygen level to fall surprisingly quickly. Combustion also uses up oxygen, which means that engine-driven plant and naked flames such as welding torches are potential hazards. A less obvious risk is the fermentation of rotting vegetable matter, which absorbs oxygen and may create a hazard in agricultural storage units. Steel vessels and chambers which have been closed for some time are similarly dangerous because corrosion may have occurred, using up vital oxygen in the process.
Oxygen can also be displaced. Nitrogen, for example, when used to purge hydrocarbon storage vessels prior to re-use, drives oxygen out of the container and leaves it highly dangerous until thoroughly ventilated.
High oxygen levels are also dangerous. As with too little, too much will impair the victim's ability to think clearly and act sensibly. Moreover, oxygen-enriched atmospheres represent a severe fire hazard. From clothing to grease, materials which would not normally burn become subject to spontaneous combustion under these conditions. Common causes of oxygen enrichment include leaks from welding cylinders and even from breathing apparatus.
Portable instruments and larger fixed systems can be used for confined space monitoring. Fixed systems typically comprise one or more detector "heads" connected to a separate control panel; if a detector "sees" a dangerous gas level, the panel raises the alarm by triggering external sirens and beacons. This sort of installation is suited to locations like plant rooms which have sufficient room for the hardware.
However, much confined space work takes place in more restricted areas, making compact portable units more suitable. Ease of use, with one button operation means minimal training is required while increased safety is ensured. Combining one or more sensors with powerful audible and visual signals to warn when pre-set gas levels are reached, portable detectors can be carried or worn wherever they are needed. In addition, a small instrument is easily carried in a confined space, ensuring that pockets of high gas concentration are not missed.
Simple portable detectors contain a single sensor for a specific gas. They are ideal for protecting workers where a risk assessment has identified only one foreseeable hazard. The most basic products disposable monitors. Activated by the user when first required, they run continuously without maintenance for a set period, typically two years.
More sophisticated but only slightly larger are one-channel detectors with an illuminated display showing measured gas levels. Unlike disposable products, these units are designed for servicing rather than replacement, have rechargeable or replaceable batteries, and generally allow the user to set alarm levels. They may also offer datalogging, a valuable feature which stores recorded gas levels for subsequent downloading and review, and so builds a long-term picture of users' exposure to fluctuating gas levels.
Often, more than one hazard may be foreseeable in a single area. In such cases, multi-channel instruments are used. These generally monitor up to four gases together, with a typical sensor array for underground work covering combustible hydrocarbons, oxygen, hydrogen sulphide and carbon monoxide. A wide range of other sensors can be specified, making this type of unit suitable for most confined space applications. The slightly larger physical dimensions of a multi-gas detector allow for bigger displays showing a range of gas data from all channels simultaneously, as well as useful information relating to calibration and configuration.
Some multi-channel units incorporate a built-in sampling pump, allowing a flexible sample line to be fed into the space while the monitor remains outside with the user. This easily enables the user to test the atmosphere before entry into the confined space. Obviously, it is important that the sample line is free of kinks and blockages, and that sufficient time is allowed for the gas drawn from the chamber to arrive at the sensor.
Timed interval monitoring is particularly helpful in the oil and petrochemical industries. When a vessel which has held combustible liquids is purged with inert gas, a monitor is set up outside to record falling hydrocarbon levels and indicate when it is safe to open the container to air. The latest portable detectors incorporate an infrared sensor for just this purpose because, unlike conventional sensors for combustible gas monitoring, infrared devices can operate in the absence of oxygen and in the presence of very high hydrocarbon levels.
Certain features should be expected in every portable gas detector. Clearly, life-saving tools for demanding environments must be as tough as possible, with reliable electronics housed in impact-resistant casings. Additional protection may be provided in some cases by a removable rubber "boot". While the need to leave gas sensors exposed to the atmosphere means that no instrument can be fully sealed, a high degree of protection against dust and water ingress is essential. Toughness notwithstanding, a well-designed detector will also be light and compact enough to wear for an entire shift.
Finally, because of the difficulties of working in a cramped space, perhaps under poor lighting, instruments should be easy to use. No matter how advanced a detector's internal architecture or data management options, personnel in the field should be faced with nothing more daunting than a clear display and simple, one-button operation.
Crowcon Detection Instruments specialises in developing, manufacturing and marketing innovative, reliable and cost-effective flammable and toxic gas detection equipment. The company was formed in 1970 and has constantly led the field with products designed for safety and environmental monitoring.
Based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire in the UK, and with branch offices in Holland, the USA, Singapore and China, Crowcon's products are sold throughout the world, serving oil, gas and petrochemical companies, public utilities, clean water and sewage treatment companies, fire brigades, construction companies and other organisations where accidental leakage of gas or vapour can become a toxic or explosive danger.


Last 12 November one of the most important authors in the history of comic books passed away: his name was Stan Lee and he was 95 years old. Lee wrote hundreds of comics and invented dozens of characters. He worked for many years for the publisher Marvel Comics, for whom he created, among others, The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Daredevil, Black Panther and the X-Men. Today these characters are more than fifty years old, but they are still very popular. They are the protagonists of comic books, but also of video games, animated and live-action series and feature films. The 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' – which includes the films of just some of Marvel's superheroes – is the highest-grossing film franchise in history, earning more than even the Star Wars and Harry Potter franchises. Lee 'signed' these films by appearing in them as an actor, playing short, funny cameos.
7. I ______ (to see) John at the comic book convention. He ______ (to wear) his Spider-Man costume!
10. A radioactive spider ______ (to bite) Peter Parker while he ______ (to visit) a laboratory.


After a real travel marathon, I am finally getting into the Christmas mood. I was in Girona, then to the team training camp on Mallorca and yesterday and today in Düsseldorf, where I could final make my entry into the "Golden Book". I had long been invited to do that in the aftermath of the Grand Depart, now it finally worked out.
I am very proud of the title Thüringer Male Athlete of the year 2017. Many thanks to you all. This honour means a lot to me because of my close ties to my homeland. I was really very happy. The official tribute takes place next year.
I am also very proud of the 3447,13 Euro, that you helped raise for the Kinderhospiz Mittleldeutschland Tambach-Dietharz. I am happy that we could give the happy news of this great donation to this important place at Christmas. It means a lot to me to help the critically ill children and young people, as well as their families.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and hope that, like me, you will celebrate with your family or those you love.


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Signant Health: consider DCT design factors from the start
16-Dec-2021 - Last updated on 16-Dec-2021 at 17:38 GMT
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Related tags: Signant Health, Decentralized trials, Virtual clinical trials, Clinical trial design, COVID-19
While the pandemic saw many trials to shift to decentralized midstream, an expert from the trial tech firm suggests a ground-up design approach is preferable.
Decentralized trials offer a range of benefits for patients, sites, and sponsors alike. However, as trial professionals have learned in the face of the pandemic, conducting a successful, smooth decentralized clinical trial (DCT) requires thoughtful planning and the right tech tools.
Bill Byrom, vice president of product intelligence at Signant Health, spoke with Outsourcing-Pharma about some of the key ingredients to a successful DCT recipe, the benefits of well-run trials, and why considering DCT at the design stage offers advantages over converting from onsite.
OSP: Could you please share your thoughts on how the decentralized format benefits patients?
BB: First, maybe we should define what we mean by a decentralized trial (DCT) as different people have different definitions. DCTs represent a spectrum of alternatives for how, when, and where patients can participate in a clinical trial.
I define DCTs as studies where one or more component is conducted away from the site. This could include a fully remote trial with no site visits, or a traditional, site-based trial with some at-home elements (such as eConsent and ePRO). We've been doing many things remotely for years – like electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO) – so it's helpful to consider elements in addition to ePRO as we consider the move to decentralized models.
The benefit to patients is making participation easier. By reducing the need to travel to the site for in-clinic appointments, this can make it much easier to join and participate in a clinical trial.
Some patient groups find travel difficult for physical reasons, others rely on caregivers, while some patients have a rare disease that may require assessment at a specialist site a very long distance away. But beyond these, patients often have busy lives, families to care for, and jobs to maintain, so reducing travel and waiting times associated with on-site appointments can make it much easier to integrate trial participation with other aspects of their lives.
OSP: Then, please tell us about some of the challenges and disadvantages that might emerge when a trial takes place at a patient's home. Feel free to talk about anything from communication challenges to the learning curve associated with using unfamiliar devices to self-test, etc.
BB: There is a perception that the increasing use of technology solutions for remote communication and assessment provides a challenge for some patients, particularly older people. This is important, but not insurmountable. It is true, for example, that some older people interact with technology infrequently in their daily lives (although we have seen greater uptake of certain mobile solutions through the pandemic), and this could represent a challenge when we provide a technology for use in a clinical trial. Our own research in older users has identified that they are sometimes less confident in learning how to use a new technology by experimentation for fear of breaking it or doing something wrong.
Aside from good, simple solution design, the key here is training and equipping sites to provide robust training before patients use technology solutions on their own. Performance anxiety/confidence in solution use can be mitigated through a hands-on training system and that can be repeated more than once to affirm readiness. Our research has shown that a second, supervised run-through of the training system is effective in less confident users.
A second challenge related to this is ensuring a simple workflow and experience for patients when using more than one technology solution together. As an industry, we provided multiple, disparate technologies to sites – all with a different look and feel, requiring different logon credentials, and each only doing a discrete part of the overall site workflow/activity. While this is being addressed through unification, integration, and single sign-on (for example), we cannot provide a similar experience for patients as we expand the sources of data captured, and solutions used in the unsupervised home setting.
Finally, we are challenged that our clinical trials must be robust to provide high-quality clinical evidence with which to understand the safety and efficacy of our new treatments. Moving measures collected in standardized, supervised settings to at-home collection brings with it the possibility of increasing data variability, introducing bias, and lowering data integrity.
OSP: How can trial teams work to make sure risks associated with problems/obstacles are minimized on decentralized studies?
Bill Byrom, VP of product intelligence, Signant Health
BB: In terms of assessing technology challenges, teams should consider feasibility research in addition to understanding the usability of individual solutions. Feasibility research takes account of the use of the technology in the setting of the clinical trial protocol, to determine whether, alongside all other trial activities, it represents a practical or impractical approach.
Trial teams should also consider how multiple technologies might be used together within a study. Our approach is that the ePRO app is the interface with the patient, and we use it not only to collect ePRO data but also to deliver engagement content, orchestrate sample collection with couriers, connect with telemedicine, direct the use of sensors/wearables, and manage their data, etc.
OSP: How does designing with the decentralized format in mind offer an edge over retrofitting?
BB: We have, and continue to, retrofit traditional, site-based study designs to enable decentralization. Examples of this have been rapid adjustments to studies in the light of movement restrictions and social distancing during the pandemic. However, it is certainly optimal to design studies up-front with decentralization in mind.
Designing for decentralization means that measurement strategies can be considered in terms of what is optimized for remote assessment. As I consider the protocol's schedule of events, some assessments needed may already be conducted remotely – such as many of the clinical outcome assessments like daily diaries and quality-of-life instruments.
Others we may be able to consider remote approaches for, such as clinician-reported outcomes (ClinROs) and performance outcomes (PerfOs). In these cases, I may be able to select the measure thoughtfully with a video-based or technology-delivered assessment in mind.
Routine follow-up assessments like changes to concomitant medications, or reviewing adverse events, may be possible to be conducted virtually – for example using a video visit. Other measures and assessments may simply not be suitable for at-home assessment.
In these cases, considering a measurement schedule where these are measured alongside other measures that need to be done at the clinic would be optimal. In terms of the frequency of assessment of these site-based assessments, what is necessary compared to what has traditionally been done in site-based studies? For example, how frequently do clinical laboratory samples need to be taken to monitor safety?
Of course, in some cases, decentralization may mean that these traditionally site-based components may instead be conducted at home via a home nurse visit, or at a more local healthcare facility such as a pharmacy or primary care physician's office. There is no doubt that we have much greater potential to leverage increased decentralization if we design our studies with that in mind.
OSP: How can trial professionals consider measurement frequency to limit the potential effects of greater measurement variability affecting the power of comparisons?
BB: This is an important element we need to consider as we drive greater decentralization and leverage technology solutions to do this.
Let's consider an example of a postural stability test that we might perform using the ePRO app on a smartphone provided to the patient. In this test, we may ask the patient to stand upright, feet shoulder-width apart, and hold the smartphone to their chest with both hands. We may use the device's built-in gyroscope and accelerometer to measure movement and sway as well as derive a measure of postural stability.
When conducted unsupervised, we may see more variability due to less standardization of test administration. Patients may have feet apart by variable amounts between tests, or they may not hold the phone in the correct position on the body.
While the app we use may enable test conduct to be assessed – for example, light and proximity sensors may provide some indication of whether the phone is held against the body – and careful instructions can be delivered through the app to help standardize the implementation of this performance outcome test, there may be sources of variability that cannot be eliminated by taking measures in this way as opposed to performing a supervised, in-clinic test.
However, the ability to measure more frequently not only has the potential to provide richer insights but also can lead to greater power in statistical comparisons and endpoint estimates. So additional variability, if contained, can be mitigated by increased measurement frequency.
OSP: Not all wearables are created equal—do you have any advice on picking the right device types and features for the job?
BB: There are some good recommendations on this topic published by industry groups: the ePRO consortium, the DIA study endpoints community, CTTI, and the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe). I have led the working groups for the first two.
Essentially, we need to consider a number of factors in picking a fit-for-purpose device: Safety and accuracy, technical device characteristics, country coverage, usability, and cost.
Safety data are typically provided by the manufacturer so long as the context of use is not changed. Appropriate accuracy and reliability evidence is vital to ensure data are suitable to support regulatory decision-making, and the industry groups mentioned above provide good recommendations on the evidence that should be collected to support device selection.
There may also be specific devices that need additional validation evidence to apply to diverse populations. Pulse oximeters, for example, should be selected to operate accurately across the range of skin colors we aim to include to meet diversity goals in today's clinical trials.
Technical device characteristics might include how the data are provided. For example, is possible to connect directly with the device via Bluetooth and simplify patient experience in requiring only the use of a single study ePRO app?
There may also be other considerations such as battery length and storage capacity to determine whether the device is suitable for a specific protocol. Wrist-worn device straps and blood pressure cuffs may need to come in different sizes to enable all patients to use them.
Country coverage is an important consideration. We need to understand the ease of shipping devices into different countries when operating multinational clinical trials.
And finally, usability. At Signant Health, our eCOA scientists often conduct our own usability testing in small groups of volunteers or patients to provide reassurance that devices can be operated and used effectively in unsupervised conditions by patients in clinical trials. This is a vital step in device selection and is often overlooked.
OSP: What advice do you have regarding selection and evaluation of clinician assessments for remote evaluation via telemedicine or other tools?
BB: This is really important and involves working with scale authors and license holders in addition to evaluating the suitability of different scales. If we consider depression rating as an example, using a Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), investigators perform a 20-25-minute interview of the patient to score their severity against 19 different scale items. The sum of these scores, the total HDRS score, represents the overall severity of depression.
All the items can be rated through questioning over video, and there are a number of studies confirming the validity of this approach compared to in-person assessment. Non-verbal cues, such as facial expression, intonation, and speaking rate, can easily be assessed via video and in-person visits and may influence the rating of some items.
Compare this to a Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS). Elements such as mental activity, behavior, mood, and activities of daily living can be as easily assessed using a video visit as they can during a regular face-to-face visit. But other elements, such as rigidity, may be less feasible to assess without face-to-face contact.
It is of primary importance to select assessments that can measure the concepts of interest of the protocol. Once established, it is then possible to evaluate measurement options to determine which may be suitable for conduct via self-assessment or a video visit, or which would require assessment during a home visit or traditional clinic visit.
OSP: Then, please talk about proper novel endpoint development and validation to drive new and enhanced insights using health technologies.
BB: Using digital health technologies brings the opportunity to measure constructs more frequently, to measure constructs more accurately, and to measure constructs that were difficult or impossible to measure previously. There are instances where we can obtain richer insights using digital health technologies.
As an example, consider a timed up and go test. In this test, the investigator uses a stopwatch to time how long it takes a patient to get up from a chair, walk 3 meters, turn 180 degrees, return to the chair and sit back down. The time taken is related to gait and balance issues, and the risk of falling.
Using an accelerometer on each ankle, the same test can be instrumented with the time taken calculated automatically. But the sensor data itself provides richer insights into balance and fall risk than simply the total time to complete the task. The number of steps taken to perform the 180-degree turn, and aspects of balance in this maneuver, provide much greater information about these constructs. This leads us towards the possibility of developing new, more informative endpoints based on the richer data that sensors and wearables can generate.
As an industry, we see significant innovative work in this area, including leveraging smartphone sensors and components to generate new, digitally derived endpoints, such as measures of tremor, balance, gait, phonation, range of motion, cognition, etc.
We know enough about the rigor needed to validate new endpoints – whether collected by digital health technologies or otherwise. Endpoint developers need to provide evidence to support the use of new endpoints including, for example, elements such as content validity, and endpoint properties such as reliability, sensitivity to detect changes, and interpretability (responder definition). These are well described in the aforementioned work by the ePRO Consortium, DIA, and DiMe.
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Predicting folivorous primate abundance: Validation of a nutritional model
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Preliminary report on the northern Australian melioidosis environmental surveillance project
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Pricing equity options everywhere
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Principles, criteria, indicators and standards for sustainable forest management in South Africa
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Privitisation, management accounting change, and cultural values in a developing country: case studies from Bangladesh
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Properties of the triplet metastable states of the alkaline-earth-metal atoms
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Prospective cohort study of definite spider bites in Australian children
Isbister, G., 2004, In: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 40, 7, p. 360-364 5 p.
Prospective study of a real-time PCR that is highly sensitive, specific, and clinically useful for diagnosis of meningococcal disease in children
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Prospective study of centipede bites in Australia
Balit, C., Harvey, M., Waldock, J. & Isbister, G., 2004, In: Clinical Toxicology. 42, 1, p. 41-48 8 p.
Psychological sense of community in groups on the Internet
Forster, P., 2004, In: Behaviour Change. 21, p. 141-146 6 p.
Public management and organizational autonomy: the continuing relevance of significant earlier knowledge
Thynne, I. & Wettenhall, R., 2004, In: International Review of Administrative Sciences. 70, 4, p. 609-621 13 p.
Quantifying the role of risk-taking behaviour in causation of serious road crash-related injury
Turner, C. & McClure, R., 1 May 2004, In: Accident Analysis and Prevention. 36, 3, p. 383-389 7 p.
Querying and updating treebanks: a critical survey and requirements analysis
Lai, C. & Bird, S., 2004, Proceedings of the Australasian Language Technology Workshop 2004. p. 139-146 8 p.
Rabbit scourge strips Macquarie Island bare
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Rain forest invasion of eucalypt-dominated woodland savanna, Iron Range, north-eastern Australia: I. Successional processes
Russell-Smith, J., Stanton, P., Whitehead, P. & EDWARDS, A., 2004, In: Journal of Biogeography. 31, 8, p. 1293-1303 11 p.
Rain forest invasion of eucalypt-dominated woodland savanna, Iron Range, north-eastern Australia: II. Rates of landscape change
Russell-Smith, J., Stanton, P., EDWARDS, A. & Whitehead, P., 2004, In: Journal of Biogeography. 31, 8, p. 1305-1316 12 p.
Rate of nosocomial transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from isolated patients
CHENG, A., Harrington, G., Russo, P., Liolios, L. & Spelman, D., 2004, In: Internal Medicine Journal. 34, 8, p. 510-512 3 p.
Reading doctors' writing: Race politics and power in Indigenous health research 1870-1969
Thomas, D., 2004, 1 ed. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Recent advances in pneumococcal vaccination of children
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Recovery of brain function with abstinence from petrol sniffing
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Re-examination of the taxonomy of the Macrobrachium australiense Holthuis (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) species-complex: molecular evidence for a single species
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