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Posted September 15th 2016
Methionine Metabolites in Patients With Sepsis.
Erland Arning Ph.D.
Wexler, O., M. S. Gough, M. A. Morgan, C. M. Mack, M. J. Apostolakos, K. P. Doolin, R. A. Mooney, E. Arning, T. Bottiglieri and A. P. Pietropaoli (2016). "Methionine metabolites in patients with sepsis." J Intensive Care Med: 2016 Sep [Epub ahead of print].
OBJECTIVE: Sepsis is characterized by microvascular dysfunction and thrombophilia. Several methionine metabolites may be relevant to this sepsis pathophysiology. S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) serves as the methyl donor for trans-methylation reactions. S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) is the by-product of these reactions and serves as the precursor to homocysteine. Relationships between plasma total homocysteine concentrations (tHcy) and vascular disease and thrombosis are firmly established. We hypothesized that SAM, SAH, and tHcy levels are elevated in patients with sepsis and associated with mortality. METHODS: This was a combined case-control and prospective cohort study consisting of 109 patients with sepsis and 50 control participants without acute illness. The study was conducted in the medical and surgical intensive care units of the University of Rochester Medical Center. Methionine, SAM, SAH, and tHcy concentrations were compared in patients with sepsis versus control participants and in sepsis survivors versus nonsurvivors. RESULTS: Patients with sepsis had significantly higher plasma SAM and SAH concentrations than control participants (SAM: 164 [107-227] vs73 [59-87 nM], P < .001; SAH: 99 [60-165] vs 35 [28-45] nM, P < .001). In contrast, plasma tHcy concentrations were lower in sepsis patients compared to healthy control participants (4 [2-6]) vs 7 [5-9] muM; P = .04). In multivariable analysis, quartiles of SAM, SAH, and tHcy were independently associated with sepsis (P = .006, P = .05, and P < .001, respectively). Sepsis nonsurvivors had significantly higher plasma SAM and SAH concentrations than survivors (SAM: 223 [125-260] vs 136 [96-187] nM; P = .01; SAH: 139 [81-197] vs 86 [55-130] nM, P = .006). Plasma tHcy levels were similar in survivors vs nonsurvivors. The associations between SAM or SAH and hospital mortality were no longer significant after adjusting for renal dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS: Methionine metabolite concentrations are abnormal in sepsis and linked with clinical outcomes. Further study is required to determine whether these abnormalities have pathophysiologic significance.
Prospective Evaluation of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Injured Patients With and Without Orthopaedic Injury.
Ann M. Warren Ph.D.
Warren, A. M., A. L. Jones, M. Bennett, J. K. Solis, M. Reynolds, E. E. Rainey, G. Viere and M. L. Foreman (2016). "Prospective evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder in injured patients with and without orthopaedic injury." J Orthop Trauma 30(9): e305-311.
OBJECTIVES: The study purposes were to prospectively evaluate occurrence of posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms at hospital admission and 6 months later in patients with orthopaedic injury; to explore differences in PTS symptoms in those with and without orthopaedic injury; and to determine whether PTS symptoms are influenced by orthopaedic injury type. DESIGN: Prospective, longitudinal observational study. SETTING: Level 1 Trauma Center. PATIENTS/PARTICIPANTS: Two hundred fifty-nine participants admitted for at least 24 hours. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: The Primary Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screen (PC-PTSD) measured PTSD symptoms during hospitalization. The PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C) measured PTS symptoms at 6 months. RESULTS: In orthopaedic patients, 28% had PTS at 6 months, compared with 34% of nonorthopaedic patients. Odds ratios (ORs) were calculated to determine the influence of pain, physical and mental function, depression, and work status. At 6 months, if the pain score was 5 or higher, the odds of PTS symptoms increased to 8.38 (3.55, 19.8) (P < 0.0001). Those scoring below average in physical function were significantly more likely to have PTS symptoms [OR = 7.60 (2.99, 19.32), P < 0.0001]. The same held true for mental functioning and PTS [OR = 11.4 (4.16, 30.9), P < 0.0001]. Participants who screened positive for depression had a 38.9 (14.5, 104) greater odds (P < 0.0001). Participants who did not return to work after injury at 6 months were significantly more likely to have PTS [OR = 16.5 (1.87, 146), P = 0.012]. CONCLUSIONS: PTSD is common in patients after injury, including those with orthopaedic trauma. At 6 months, pain of 5 or greater, poor physical and mental function, depression, and/or not returning to work seem to be predictive of PTSD. Orthopaedic surgeons should identify and refer for PTSD treatment given the high incidence postinjury.
Circulating Tumor Cells in a Phase 3 Study of Docetaxel and Prednisone with or without Lenalidomide in Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer.
Thomas Hutson D.O.
Vogelzang, N. J., K. Fizazi, J. M. Burke, R. De Wit, J. Bellmunt, T. E. Hutson, E. Crane, W. R. Berry, K. Doner, J. D. Hainsworth, P. J. Wiechno, K. Liu, M. F. Waldman, A. Gandhi, D. Barton, U. Jungnelius, A. Fandi, C. N. Sternberg and D. P. Petrylak (2016). "Circulating tumor cells in a phase 3 study of docetaxel and prednisone with or without lenalidomide in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer." Eur Urol: 2016 Aug [Epub ahead of print].
Elevated circulating tumor cell (CTC) blood levels (>/=5 cells/7.5ml) convey a negative prognosis in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer but their prognostic significance in patients receiving chemotherapy is uncertain. The association between CTC counts (at baseline or after treatment), overall survival (OS), and response to docetaxel with lenalidomide was evaluated in a 208-patient subset from the MAINSAIL trial, which compared docetaxel-prednisone-lenalidomide and docetaxel-prednisone-placebo in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients. Baseline CTCs were <5 cells/7.5ml blood in 87 (42%) patients and >/=5 cells/7.5ml in 121 (58%) patients. Neither tumor response nor prostate-specific antigen response correlated with baseline CTCs. However, CTC count >/=5 cells/7.5ml was significantly associated with lower OS (hazard ratio: 3.23, p = 0.0028). Increases in CTCs from <5 cells/7.5ml to >/=5 cells/7.5ml after three cycles were associated with significantly shorter OS (hazard ratio: 5.24, p=0.025), whereas CTC reductions from >/=5 cells/7.5ml to <5 cells/7.5ml were associated with the best prognosis (p=0.003). PATIENT SUMMARY: Our study in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients treated with docetaxel chemotherapy, with or without lenalidomide, showed that patient survival was best predicted by circulating tumor cell count at the start of treatment. A rising circulating tumor cell count after three cycles of therapy predicted poor survival, while a decline predicted good survival.
The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading scale for 16 emergency general surgery conditions: Disease-specific criteria characterizing anatomic severity grading.
Shahid Shafi M.D.
Tominaga, G. T., K. L. Staudenmayer, S. Shafi, K. M. Schuster, S. A. Savage, S. Ross, P. Muskat, N. T. Mowery, P. Miller, K. Inaba, M. J. Cohen, D. Ciesla, C. V. Brown, S. Agarwal, M. B. Aboutanos, G. H. Utter and M. Crandall (2016). "The american association for the surgery of trauma grading scale for 16 emergency general surgery conditions: Disease-specific criteria characterizing anatomic severity grading." J Trauma Acute Care Surg 81(3): 593-602.
The concepts for the EGS grading scales were modeled loosely from cancer staging criteria and trauma organ injury scales. For each of EGS diseases, the descriptions and grade were specifically defined using findings derived from four distinct categories: (1) clinical, (2) imaging, (3) operative, and (4) pathologic. These categories were selected to create the most holistic picture of the disease process. Furthermore, it was recognized that not all EGS conditions would require operative intervention, so the grading system could not rely solely on operative or pathologic findings. In cases where the grade differed between the four categories, the highest grade of EGS disease would apply. For example, if the computed tomography (CT) scan shows evidence of acute gangrenous appendicitis without perforation (Grade 2) but the pathologic findings are transmural necrosis with perforation (Grade 3), then the patient would be classified as Grade 3. Definitions were derived after examination of existing grading systems, review of the literature, and expert opinion. Previously reported scoring systems for these 16 EGS diseases were reviewed. No anatomic disease grading scales were found for breast abscess, intestinal obstruction, infectious colitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, and pleural space infections. Diagnostic imaging (CT, magnetic resonance imaging [MRI], ultrasound, endoscopic, nuclear medicine scan) descriptions based on disease severity have been published for acute cholecystitis,18–20 acute diverticulitis,9,10,21,22 esophageal perforation,23 acute pancreatitis,24–26 pelvic inflammatory disease,27 perforated peptic ulcer,28 and perirectal abscess.29 These were reviewed and incorporated into our data dictionary for these disease processes where applicable. Proposed EGS disease data dictionaries for each grade of disease were then carefully reviewed and revised until a consensus was achieved.
Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Treated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Impact on Hospital and 30 Day Postdischarge Survival.
RESEARCHER'S NAME GOES HERE
Modrykamien, A. M., O. O. Hernandez, Y. Im, R. W. Walters, C. L. Schrader, L. E. Smith and B. Lima (2016). "Mechanical ventilation in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome and treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Impact on hospital and 30 day postdischarge survival." Asaio j 62(5): 607-612.
Mechanical ventilation support for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients involves the use of low tidal volumes and positive end-expiratory pressure. Nevertheless, the optimal ventilator strategy for ARDS patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy remains unknown. A retrospective analysis of a consecutive series of adult ARDS patients treated with V-V ECMO from October 2012 to May 2015 was performed. Mechanical ventilation data, as well as demographic and clinical data, were collected. We assessed the association between ventilator data and outcomes of interest. The primary outcome was hospital survival. Secondary outcome was 30 day survival posthospital discharge. Sixty-four ARDS patients were treated with ECMO. Univariate analysis showed that plateau pressure was independently associated with hospital survival. Tidal volume, positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), and plateau were independently associated with 30 day survival. Multivariate analysis, after controlling for covariates, revealed that a 1 unit increase in plateau pressure was associated with a 21% decrease in the odds of hospital survival (95% confidence interval [CI] = 6.39-33.42%, p = 0.007). In regards to 30 day survival postdischarge, a 1 unit increase in plateau pressure was associated with a 14.4% decrease in the odds of achieving the aforementioned outcome (95% CI = 1.75-25.4%, p = 0.027). Also, a 1 unit increase in PEEP was associated with a 36.2% decrease in the odds of 30 day survival (95% CI = 10.8-54.4%, p = 0.009). Among ARDS patients undergoing ECMO therapy, only plateau pressure is associated with hospital survival. Plateau pressure and PEEP are both associated with 30 day survival posthospital discharge.


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Q: django.urls.exceptions.NoReverseMatch: 'admin' is not a registered namespace I have a Django projects with two apps, "projects" and "codebox", they were running fine, then at some point I got the following error:

django.urls.exceptions.NoReverseMatch: 'admin' is not a registered
  namespace

If I remove the link to my admin panel from my template this error goes away, but then I can't get to my admin panel:
Admin

I was working in the urls.py files when this error occurred, have I changed something that is inadvertently having an impact on the admin link?
Here is my top level urls.py file:
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import include, path, re_path

urlpatterns = [
    # path('', include('projects.urls')),
    path('projects/', include('projects.urls')),
    re_path('^accounts/', include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),
    re_path('^logged_out/', include('projects.urls')),
    path('codebox/', include('codebox.urls')),
]

Here is my urls.py for "projects":
from django.urls import path, include
from . import views
app_name = 'projects'

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.IndexView.as_view(), name='index'),
    path('<int:pk>/', views.DetailView.as_view(), name='detail'),
    path('insight/', views.InsightView.as_view(), name='insight'),
    path('logged_out/', views.LoggedoutView.as_view(), name='loggedout'),
    path('insight/subgen/', views.SubgenView.as_view(), name='subgen'),
]

And here is urls.py for my second app, codebox:
from django.urls import path, include
from . import views
app_name = 'codebox'

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.IndexView.as_view(), name='index'),
    path('<int:pk>/', views.DetailView.as_view(), name='detail'),
    path('form/', views.CreateView, name="form"),
]

A: add this in top of project/urls.py
from django.conf.urls import include, url

then add this in the url_pattern
url(r' ', include(('<app_name>.urls','<app_name>'), namespace='<app_name>')),

hope this will work

A: Check your base html file which you're extending to other html pages. If there is some space between urls tag remove that space and save your file and try again you can check below code for ref.
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include
from passapp import views
urlpatterns = [
path('', views.index, name='index'),
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
path('passapp/', include('passapp.urls')),
]

href="{% url 'admin:index' %}"

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Make sure you choose products that will get the job done first time, so you don't have to waste time and money re-washing.
When doing the laundry look for ways to save energy as well as money: don't just wash a few items of clothing – wait till you have a full load. Use low temperature washes whenever you can and always use the right amount of detergent – today's detergents are concentrated so you don't need as much as you did in the past.
Did you know? Turning the dial on your washing machine down to 30 degrees can save enough electricity in a year to make 2500 cups of tea!
Help keep your water bill down by not leaving the tap running endlessly.
Dry your clothes outside when the weather permits – it costs nothing!
Don't be fooled by 'alternative' cleaning methods that can cost as much as 80 times more. For example, Which? magazine found that using lemons to remove limescale from taps cost 80 times more! Lemons cost 8p per use, whereas conventional limescale remover costs just 0.1p per use.
Remember that cleaning and hygiene products have been carefully developed to do the job effectively, to meet regulations and to be safe to use. So to clean safely for both you and the environment, just follow the instructions.
Choose the right cleaning product for your home and surfaces to avoid inadvertent and costly damage. Vinegar and lemons are acidic so both can cause damage. Neither should be used to clean natural stone surfaces, such as granite or marble, and metal, such as stainless steel. Don't use vinegar to clean mirrors either, if it seeps behind the surface it can corrode the silver backing. Instead look out for cleaning products that are perfectly formulated for the job.
Control clutter. Keeping the clutter to a minimum makes cleaning easier, getting rid of items that aren't needed will cut your cleaning time and expenses.
Look for the Charter for Sustainable Cleaning logo: When you see this logo on a product, it tells you that the product was made by a Charter member and goes above and beyond legislative requirements, in line with industry's best practice. These products meet high sustainability standards for helping protect environmental safety, promoting efficient use of resources e.g. through the promotion of concentrated formats. They comply with ambitious criteria set voluntarily by the cleaning industry association. Easy-to-understand consumer information on how to use products in a more sustainable way is an additional commitment these products have to comply with.


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Q: Angular post request not working not working Here is my module:
angular.module('ngDetails', ['])
.constant('API', 'http://myserver.com/dir/api')
.controller('carDetails', carDetails)

Here is my controller:
function carDetails($scope, CarDetailService) {
  CarDetailService.getCar().success(function(details) {

    $scope.details = details;

    carID = $scope.details['ID'];

    $scope.approve = function($scope, $http, API, Message) {
      $http.post( API + '/car/' + carID , { Message: Message } ).
      success(function(data) {
        $scope.approve = data;
      })
    }

  });

Here is my HTML:
<div ng-controller="carDetails">
  <textarea placeholder="Message" ng-model="Message"></textarea>
  <button ng-click="approve()">Approve</button>
</div>

What I am trying to do is send a post request to my API that sends with it a message that a user puts in inside of a textarea box before they hit the "approve" button. But when I hit the "approve" button I get an error saying - "  Cannot read property 'post' of undefined at m.$scope.approve  ". How can I fix this issue?
Thanks in advance.

A: Thats because you need to require the DI items on your constructor , and not in the approve function.
  function carDetails($scope, CarDetailService, $http, API, Message) {
  CarDetailService.getCar().success(function(details) {

    $scope.details = details;

    carID = $scope.details['ID'];

    $scope.approve = function() {
      $http.post( API + '/car/' + carID , { Message: Message } ).
      success(function(data) {
        $scope.approve = data;
      })
    }

  });

A: When you are working with the angular services or your own build services and you want to use them in controller on services you need to inject them
 $scope.approve = function($scope, $http, API, Message) {
      $http.post( API + '/car/' + carID , { Message: Message } ).//$http?
      success(function(data) {
        $scope.approve = data;
      })

Inject like this
function carDetails($scope, CarDetailService,$http) {
  CarDetailService.getCar().success(function(details) {

    $scope.details = details;

    carID = $scope.details['ID'];

    $scope.approve = function($scope, $http, API, Message) {
      $http.post( API + '/car/' + carID , { Message: Message } ).
      success(function(data) {
        $scope.approve = data;
      })
    }

  });


I FIRST ARRIVED IN UTAH, MORE YEARS AGO THAN I'D CARE TO ADMIT, as a college student, where I learned the art of dating below the poverty line. Now several years later, I'm still dating — although fortunately my budget has improved slightly.
I've learned there's a lot of fun to be had in this great state, whether you have $1 million to spend or $100.
Now, I admit that I may not know what it's like to have millions of dollars at my disposal … but I do know what it is like to fantasize about having millions of dollars at my disposal. So I think I know a little something about living like a big shot and a budget shot.
I've planned the week and it's just you, dear reader, and myself that get to have all the fun.
The money is different, the activities are different … but there is one rule that stays the same — both weeks must be spent entirely in Utah. I wanted to see if both Utah and I are up to the challenge.
Read on and see how much fun we can have together in Utah.
I thought I'd kick off the week by staying right here in Utah Valley – and what better place to experience local fun than Sundance Mountain Community?
We'll spend a day horseback riding the Great Western Trail with a professional guide ($102.50 each) and spend the evening dining on a four-course meal in the Tree Room, Sundance's most elegant restaurant.
This isn't a week to be dining with crowds, so I'm going to offer the Tree Room a generous amount to have the restaurant to ourselves that evening ($50,000 plus food and expenses).
After dinner, we'll head on over to the Sundance Screening Room, a state-of-the art movie theater available for rent ($450) and, being that we are in Redford's place, watch my favorite Redford movie, "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid." I'll also make Redford an offer he can't refuse (say $50,000?) to watch the film with us and offer his version of a live commentary (what can I say? DVD has spoiled me forever). And then there's nothing to do but head up the mountain and retire to a five-bedroom mountain home ($1,600 per night), complete with Jacuzzi, spectacular view and personal masseuse ($200 per hour) to ease out those riding muscles.
Sundance can also be done on the most meager of budgets – we'll just have to sleep at our homes. We'll spend the day hiking the Stewart Falls Trial for absolutely, positively nothing.
The hiking is mild, the scenery is gorgeous and our destination is the self-titled waterfall. When we're done, we'll hop in a car and head up the mountain. The Alpine Loop ($5) provides one of the most spectacular views of Mt. Timpanogos we can get without bursting a lung hiking a bazillion miles.
Theater night. No week of fun would be complete without it, and "Boheme" is currently at Salt Lake City's Capitol Theater.
Let's start with dinner at La Caille, Sandy's famous French restaurant. Ordinarily, reserving the entire restaurant would require $10,000 and no less than 300 people. Since we'll be dining alone, let's up the ante and offer La Caille the Sundance deal: $50,000 plus food and expenses. Then, it's off to the theater.
I've always wanted to have my own private showing, and the only way to do that is to buy out every seat in the house (about $85,000). So, spread out your legs and get comfy — there's plenty of room at this show.
Provo-ians know that Tuesday is always a special occasion.
It's the magical day where admission for all showings at the local Movies 8 changes from $1.50 to a measly 50 cents. At that price, we can both see a movie for a buck. It's no Broadway musical, but it is our choice of eight movies in that price range. Even with a double feature we are in no danger of exceeding a whopping $2. And right across the parking lot is Cafe Rio, home of long lines but healthy portions of mouthwatering burritos and salads (about $15 for two meals and sodas). The night is complete.
Southern Utah has a unique beauty in contrast to the majestic mountains we've got up here. My dream week would not be complete without it, but there's no way I'm driving three hours with this kind of cash to spend. Instead, I've chartered a top-of-the-line private plane. In moments we'll be in Moab hiking the trails or Arches National Park ($10 per car), my personal favorite hiking spot in Utah. These are the same rocks we saw Tom Cruise dangle from during Mission Impossible 2. Now, we may have no way of making our own Hollywood blockbuster, but we can afford a first class documentation of the experience. Utah is home of many great production facilities that produce all kinds of films and TV shows. So we'll hire a professional crew ($100,000) to come with us to Moab and film our day. We won't be dangling from any cliffs, but our day will be immortalized with our very own customized, Hollywood quality movie. We're talking professional direction, 35MM film and customized music.
For under $100, we'll have to settle for our local green mountains. Fortunately, they're pretty spectacular. We can head up to Rock Canyon in east Provo and spend the afternoon exploring. Price: Zip. Zero. Zilch. We can't afford a film crew, but we can find a disposable camera – with flash! – for around $5. And Wal-Mart in Orem will develop those suckers for around $8 in just under an hour. It's no Hollywood movie, but our day can still be immortalized in a personalized little scrapbook.
Lake Powell. Of course. Must not forget Lake Powell. Power boat ($266 rental), jet skis ($255 each) and an Admiral Class houseboat ($3,158) to lounge and launch from. We board our private plane ($975 per hour) once more and head for a day of fun and sun at a lake like no other. That night, we fly back to Salt Lake City and relax. To unwind, I'd prefer to grab a suite at the Grand Hotel America ($470), order in room service ($100 or so, depending on our appetites) and turn in early. After all, we've still got a couple of days left. Better rest up.
Some H20 is cheaper than others. We'll find a pool. Any pool. We'll be sneaky if we have to – you know what I'm talking about. We'll lounge. Swim. Tan. Play Marco-Polo. You may have forgotten how much fun that can be, but I remember how free it can be. With the money saved that day, we'll head just south to Springville and the Art City Trolley for dinner.
Patrons sit in an authentic Salt Lake City Trolley car from days of old as they eat. It's great food and an atmosphere that is uniquely Utah.Plus, I love their buffalo wings.
Today is the biggie. No spending spree would be complete without a day of shopping. So let's rent a BMW and drive up to Park City. I'll give you your allowance and we'll go our separate ways for The Mother Of All Shopping Sprees. We'll each have $100,000 to spend any way we'd like. We'll start at the factory outlet stores, then head to Main Street and the rest of the town. At the end of the day, we'll have dinner on Main Street (say $100) and brag about our purchases. If done correctly, we're going to need to rent trucks to help haul back the results of our day.
They're all available for hire so I'll negotiate their fees and rent the club Harry O's (we'll offer 'em $10,000) for a night and have our very own private display of improvisation from the masters themselves.
All that's left is to retire in our suite at The Deer Valley Mountain Resort and enjoy a restful and pampered night ($630 for deluxe, four bedroom accommodations).
Great improvisation can also be found cheaply in Utah Valley. I recommend we hit ComedySportz on Center Street in Provo. The show features extremely talented local comedians that take your suggestions and both blow your mind and tickle your funny-bone with their improvisational skills (much like a family-clean version of "Whose Line Is It, Anyway?"). It's utterly hilarious and at $8 a ticket, it's the least expensive improvisation show in town.
Music Night. I'm a fan of local favorites Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband. They have a unique, eclectic sound and are great live. Plus, I've always wanted to take my favorite local band and have my very own, private rock spectacular. So let's rent out the Delta Center ($20,000) and invite some friends. It'll be a rock show of extreme proportions – minus all of those annoying crowds. Besides, having a front row seat in the Delta Center is, for me, living out a fantasy all its own.
Fortunately, there are much more economical ways to see the Rubberband live (and I recommend you do so). We can see them often all over Utah Valley in shows around $5 — and sometimes even for free. Check for yourself (www.shupe.net).
ALL THAT LEAVES IS SUNDAY and on either budget, I vote we take that day off and rest. And there you have it. We've stayed under budget while we did Utah on just under $100 and just under $1 million. Of course, I had to guesstimate on some of these numbers. There are so many variables to consider when spending that amount of money that it's impossible to get a truly accurate count (plus I left some room for taxes and tips). So before you go out and try to rent La Caille or the Delta Center, I recommend you call them yourself and don't for a minute take my word for it. The bottom line is, we live in a state with an enormous amount of fun to offer, no matter what your budget. After all, fun is not just about the state you are in, but also your state of mind.


While she was not expecting any credit, Denise couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. "It's as if I wasn't doing anything all," she told me.
One day, however, the young woman told Denise how grateful she was for her comfort. Denise felt encouraged. It was as if God was telling her, "I know you're there for her." Denise still meets with the woman regularly today.
Perhaps that's why Jesus gave us an example by telling us to do our giving "in secret," so that "your Father, who sees what is done . . . will reward you" (Matthew 6:4). We need not look to others for recognition and praise; we can take heart that God knows when we're faithful in serving Him and others.
Remember the old paradox Jesus gave us when He said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35). Paying attention pays off, for we're happiest when we give ourselves away. Consider the poor.
Leprosy is another disease that can render its victims repulsive to others, and ancient Jewish culture had strict guidelines to prevent its spread. "They must live alone," the law declared; "they must live outside the camp" (Lev. 13:46).
That's why it's so remarkable that a leper approached Jesus to say, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean" (Matt. 8:2). Jesus "reached out his hand and touched the man. 'I am willing,' he said. 'Be clean!' " (v. 3).
I like to watch birds at play, so years ago I built a small sanctuary in our backyard to attract them. For several months I enjoyed the sight of my feathered friends feeding and flitting about—until a Cooper's Hawk made my bird refuge his private hunting reserve.
Such is life: Just about the time we settle down to take our ease, something or someone comes along to unsettle our nests. Why, we ask, must so much of life be a vale of tears?
I've heard many answers to that old question, but lately I'm satisfied with just one: "All the discipline of the world is to make [us] children, that God may be revealed to [us]" (George MacDonald, Life Essential). When we become like children, we begin trusting, resting solely in the love of our Father in heaven, seeking to know Him and to be like Him.
Cares and sorrow may follow us all the days of our lives, but "we do not lose heart. . . . For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" (2 Cor. 4:16-18).
My parents loved the Savior and raised us to love, trust, and serve Him. Through good times and bad, they simply trusted God, worked hard, and loved us unconditionally. Proverbs 14:26 says that "Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge" (niv). My dad did that for our family. No matter what difficulties he faced, he provided a safe place for us spiritually, emotionally, and physically.
"What a wonderful funeral!" Cindy remarked as we walked out. Helen, our friend, had died. And friend after friend celebrated her by sharing stories of her all-around fun behavior. But Helen's life wasn't all jokes and laughter. Her nephew spoke of her faith in Jesus and her care for others. She had taken him into her home when he was young and struggling. Now in his twenties, he said of his Aunt Helen, "She was like a mom to me. She never gave up on me in my struggles. I am sure that if it wasn't for her, I would have lost my faith." Wow! What an influence! Helen leaned on Jesus and wanted her nephew to trust Him too.


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GIANTS' LOSS A THROWBACK
By JOHN ALTAVILLA; Courant Staff Writer
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- — The hour was late, his information incomplete and his fiancee, Angie Harmon, was waiting outside the Giants locker room wearing her must-see-TV smile. So it was understandable why Jason Sehorn was in no mood Sunday to offer a long-winded analysis of his team's first breakdown of the season.
"There's no rhyme or reason why things happen," Sehorn said. "The simple fact is, when a play needed to be made, the Redskins made it and we didn't. And there is no speculation on how we'll respond. I'm not a fortune teller. I'll just show up for work on Wednesday and see what we can put together. That grade will come out on Sunday at Tennessee. We'll see how we bounce back. There is no sense making any predictions."
Reality jolted the Giants like an unexpected speed bump. The offense and defense were vintage 1999 -- inconsistent and unimpressive.
"But the good news is we're still 3-1, we're healthy and we have the right attitude," Giants coach Jim Fassel said.
Still, the Redskins temporarily transferred their troubles to the stunned home team Sunday with a 16-6 victory at Giants Stadium. And Monday the Giants began to deal with the damage.
"The Redskins played better quicker than us," Kerry Collins said. "They had better tempo and we executed terribly. I think we got lulled into thinking that this was going to be pretty easy. Maybe [the loss] will be a blessing for us. We need to very seriously evaluate what happened here. I don't think we played at the championship level speed we felt we were capable of."
After performing so harmoniously on the way to 3-0, the Giants played surprisingly off-key in a game that could have trivialized the NFC East race. Had the Giants won they would have had a three-game lead over the Cowboys, Cardinals and Redskins and a two-game lead over Eagles. Now the pennant race is in full swing.
"We were a little confused and we can't have that," Giants receiver Amani Toomer said. "I don't think the Redskins put in any schemes we didn't anticipate. I just think we messed up. We usually move the ball down the field. And it didn't happen."
Performance in the NFL is often based on urgency. Fact is, the Giants were the ones with the cushion. There was no team in the league pressed harder against the wall than the Redskins.
With owner Daniel Snyder applying pressure to snap out of a two-game losing streak, the team many have projected as the NFC's Super Bowl representative watched quarterback Brad Johnson dismantled the Giants secondary for 289 yards and two touchdowns on 14 completions.
"I think the Giants secondary is young," said Darrell Green, the Redskins veteran cornerback. "A young secondary just takes a few more games [to jell]."
Johnson's job may be in danger -- Synder is said to favor veteran backup Jeff George -- but he was the best quarterback the Giants have faced this season. What Jake Plummer, Donovan McNabb and Cade McNown were incapable of doing, Johnson did with remarkable ease. He beat the Giants for big chunks of yardage. The Giants had not allowed a completion longer than 31 yards until Johnson registered three -- 46 yards to James Thrash and 48 and 53 to Albert Connell. His touchdown passes to Irving Fryar (23 yards) and Andre Reed (21), the Sunshine Boys of NFL receivers, put up the points.
"The momentum shifted on those plays, regardless of the fact the offense didn't score until the fourth quarter," Giants cornerback Dave Thomas said. "The game is played off emotion and leverage. And the Redskins had the leverage and emotion going for them."
Just as impressive was Washington's defense. For the first time, Collins felt the sustained heat of a pass rush. He had been sacked three times in the first three games. He went down four times Sunday.
"We deserve all the scorn the people of New York can give us," Giants guard Glenn Parker said.

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Now that the administrative side of it is done just hit the link on the left side of the totesport home page which is in red and says totepool and here you will be directed to the totepool bets for that afternoons horse racing fixtures. You will see a link for next placepot bet and once you hit this it will direct you to the meeting or meetings that are on that afternoon or evening.
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The Kubuntu Team have unceremoniously decided to kill off Kubuntu Netbook Remix. When Kubuntu 10.10 is released this September, there will be no Kubuntu Netbook Remix. This does not however mean that Kubuntu will not be available for Netbook.
This decision has been taken to provide efficiency towards testing and maintenance. With one less distro to worry about, more attention can be paid towards Kubuntu 10.10. Brand dilution is also stated as a reason for this decision.
While this is a good decision from the Kubuntu Team, I think changing the desired workspace from the System Settings is not ideal. It would be better to put in it KDM. This way one can choose which one he wants before logging in.
What do you think? Would you have liked Kubuntu Netbook Remix to continue?


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Constantine I. AE 3 (2.91 g). A.D. 319-320, London. IMP CONSTANTI_NVS AG High-crested helmeted, three pellets in crossbar, cuirassed bust left, spear over right shoulder, mappa in left hand. / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP Two Victories, standing facing each other, inscribing shield with VOT | PR above altar with diamond pattern, dot in each corner of altar and one in center PLN in exergue RIC VII, 159 (R1).
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Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG - Helmeted laureate bust left, cuirassed and holding spear over shoulder. This is type H 11L obverse.
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Islamic State: the torment of Afghanistan's Shiites
Mohammad Tahir Khedri returned home from his carpentry workshop in the evening of September 5.
He had just made it home when his phone rang: a suicide bomber had shot dead the guard of a wrestling club and then blew himself up inside the gym.
Khedri, a 30-year-old father of four, rushed to the scene to help evacuate the wounded. He passed by a car packed with explosives that was parked nearby. The bomb went off.
"We found him dead in a hospital," says Mohammad Ali, Khedri's elder brother. "It was horrible and unbearable", like reported by thediplomat.com.
Khedri was among 20 other civilians as well as two local journalists that lost their lives in the twin blasts in a Shiite-dominated area of the Afghan capital, Kabul. Seventy others were injured, mostly young athletes.
Sympathizers of the Islamic State (ISIS) claimed to have been behind the suicide bombing on the wrestling center in Kabul's Dasht-e-Barchi. The neighborhood is home to many members of Afghanistan's Shiite minority, who also belong to the minority Hazara ethnic group.
The wrestling center bombing was the latest brutal raid conducted against the Shiite community of Afghanistan by the Islamic State's branch in the country.
"Daesh [the Islamic State], an extremist group, was formed mainly based on anti-Shiite agendas for taking over Shiite governments in Syria and Iran," Javed Kohistani, a retired general and political expert, told The Diplomat. He notes that Iran mobilized Shiite militias to fight against ISIS in Syria.
"Iran's recruitment of many Afghans and creation of Fatemiom Brigade, which is entirely Afghan Shiites," have pushed fighters of the Islamic State to seek revenge, he adds.
The Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) first emerged in Afghanistan in 2014 when NATO combat troops withdrew from the country. The group released a propaganda video that showed a number of jihadists declaring the Islamic State's branch in the war-ravaged country.
Militants of ISKP gained strongholds in parts of eastern Nangarhar and Kunar provinces, near the border with Pakistan, where the Taliban group made some resistance against ISKP.
Two years later, in July 2016, the Islamic State carried out its first high profile attack against Shiites in Kabul, targeting Afghan Shiite ethnic Hazaras who were protesting. Twin suicide bombers ripped through the peaceful rally, killing over 80 and wounding more than 400.
Since the emerge of ISKP, the U.S. counterterrorism forces along with Afghan Special Forces have conducted large scale operations against strongholds of ISIS-affiliated fighters in Nangarhar province and elsewhere in the country.
The United States dropped the so-called mother of all bombs on ISKP's sanctuary in the eastern part of the country. Over the last three years, U.S. forces and the Afghan government have confirmed the death of four emirs of the group. Hafiz Saeed Khan, the group's first emir, was killed on July 26, 2016. His successor, Abdul Hasib, was killed on April 27, 2017. Four months later, on July 11, 2017, Abu Sayed, the next emir of the group, was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Kunar province. This year, on August 25, the U.S. military said that it killed Islamic State's emir for its Khorasan province, Abu Saad Orakzai.
But for civilians, particularly residents of the Shiite neighborhood of Kabul, things have not changed much. On November 21, 2016, a suicide bomber affiliated with the Islamic State set off a bomb inside Baqir-ul Ulum Mosque, a Shiite mosque in the Dar-ul Aman neighborhood of Kabul. The suicide bombing killed 32 civilians, wounding dozens of others.
Nearly one year later, on October 20, 2017, armed men carried out an attack on Imam Zaman mosque, in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of Kabul. Worshipers had gathered for evening prayers when an initial bomber threw two grenades into the female section of the mosque, killing six women and injuring four. Later he blew himself up in the male section of the mosque. The attack on Imam Zaman mosque killed 65 civilians and wounded more than 40 others, including children. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
Months later, as the country began preparing for the parliamentary elections in October 2018, the Shiite community of Kabul was hit yet again. People, including women and children, had lined up outside a voter registration center on the Sunday morning of April 22, 2018, when a suicide bomber detonated explosives, killing 57 and wounding 117 people.
Five of the dead were children; reportedly they were students at a nearby high school. The Islamic State claimed its fighter killed Shiites in the western part of Kabul.
The fast-growing list of high-profile attacks on the Shiite community has wreaked havoc and created an atmosphere of terror. "Chaos, terror, and fear … is spread around the community," says Mohammad Zahir Mohcini, a Shiite resident of Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood. "People are being chased by attacks everywhere."
He adds the attacks have pushed people "into a dark hole."
Meanwhile, a public elementary school in Pul-e-Khushk area of Kabul's Dasht-e-Barchi banned its students from carrying bags to school. "We have been told to not carry bags due to the fear of explosives in the bags," Shukurllah, an elementary student at the school, told The Diplomat. "We carry plastic bags, where stuff inside is visible."
The pervasive fear is not only about suicide bombings but also about the possibility of a big shift in the Afghan war. To this point the war has been political, not sectarian, but the Afghan branch of the Islamic State is trying to tip the war into ethnic or sectarian conflict.
"We have information, though not sufficient evidence, about efforts underway by regional countries, presumably Inter-Security Intelligence of Pakistan, aimed at promoting ethnic division among Afghans," says Javed Kohistani, who has previously served as an officer in the Afghan intelligence community. "Pakistan or/and other regional countries support the Islamic State to carry out the attacks."
On the other hand, he also highlights ethnic division among Afghan social media users, adding that failure of the Afghan government to protect Shiites has led them to believe there is a conspiracy between the Islamic State and the government. "You can notice very little sympathy of Pashtuns with victims of these attacks."
"This shows that attacks have created lines between ethnic groups of the country," Kohistani emphasizes.
Regardless of whether a lack of sympathy from Pashtuns implies that ethnic division has deepened, the fear and pains on shoulders of Afghan Shiites will take time to heal. Already the high-profile attacks have resulted in two separate cemeteries being established for victims of suicide bombings.
First, the July 2016 suicide bombing on the peaceful rally moved people to set up a separate cemetery, which is located on a nearby hill in Kabul's Dasht-e-Barchi area. Four long rows of graves were prepared and over 80 victims were buried in the same graveyard. Later, a mile away, another hill turned into a cemetery for high school students that now sleep eternally next to each other as just they used to sit next to each other in school.
On the evening of August 15, a suicide bomber entered Mawoud education center, which specializes in preparing students between the ages of 16-20 for university exams.
"It was a break between two classes," says Ahmad Ibarhimi, an 18-year-old high student who came from the central province of Daikundi to prepare for university exams. "I was watching football on my friend's smartphone, thinking the phone exploded."
He recalls that he lost consciousness: "I woke up and saw blown-up ceilings of the class… I searched for the phone. I couldn't find it, neither [could I find] two of my friends."
His friends' names were on the long list of causalities of the bombing. Afghan officials put the death toll at 48 dead, confirming 67 others had been wounded.
"That night," says Ibarhimi, "I could not sleep."


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She couldn't deny the fact
You're going to leave her here at the airport while we go on to Hollywood?" asked Dot.
Yes, I think so. I'll have the mechanics give her a thorough inspection in the meanwhile. But I don't want to go tonight. Let's have a good dinner and get some sleep and start out fresh tomorrow morning. We'll have our box taken with us this time, and dress for the occasion. We don't want to look like hicks from a small town."
While Linda turned to give her instructions to an attendant, a strange young man strolled up to the girls and stopped, evidently waiting for an opportunity to speak to them. It was growing dark, but the beacon searchlight at the airport was bright enough for them to see him perfectly. He looked at the autogiro, and then peered almost rudely into the faces of the two girls. Linda ignored him, but Dot was furious .
Pardon me, ladies," he said finally, but aren't you the two girls who landed on the top of that newspaper building in Kansas City?—Miss Slocum and Miss Manton, I believe the names were?"
Dot giggled. She couldn't deny the fact.
So you've been taking a cross-country flight in this boat," he continued. I have a friend who is a reporter—he's around here somewhere, for he stops here every day at the airport for news—and he'd like that story, if you'd give me a few facts."
We don't want publicity," Dot said, immediately. So please don't let him print anything at all about us."
Besides," added Linda, there's nothing new in what we've done. Girls fly all over the country every day alone. It really doesn't mean much more than driving a motor-car now-a-days.&rdquo School staff figures ;
You're right about that," agreed the attendant. It was a stunt to fly the Atlantic once, but now it seems rather common-place. The first person to go from here to Australia by plane will sure get a head-line."
We don't expect to try that!" returned Dot, laughingly. That's a little too far."
By the way," remarked the stranger who had looked so keenly at the girls, did you girls know that Linda Carlton is here at Los Angeles—or rather, at Hollywood? You remember her—the first girl to fly from New York to Paris alone?... She has a contract with the Apex Film Corporation."
Linda and Dot looked at each other in distress. This was a fine situation indeed. What could they say?
My name is Linda Carlton," the aviatrix finally announced, quietly.
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It is not a surprise at all to see this Advertisement taken in China with their top national players as leading characters. Badminton have a huge reach in China and i certainly hope that other countries will follow suit in loving this game.
Just click on the arrow to play this badminton advertisement video clip. If you have a dial up or slower Internet connection, click on the pause button after starting the video and let it load all the way so the video plays through without any problems.


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Spirited Parent Guide
Overstuffed with faux holiday cheer and far too many musical numbers, this is not the sunny family-friendly adaptation most parents will expect.
Overall C
Apple TV+: Based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, a miserly businessman is taken on a journey through the past, present, and future.
Release date November 18, 2022
Sexual Content B-
Why is Spirited rated PG-13? The MPAA rated Spirited PG-13 for language, some suggestive material and thematic elements.
Every year, the Ghost of Christmas Present (Will Ferrell) chooses some malicious soul on Earth to be subjected to three ghostly visits, hoping to reform the person's character and improve the world for everyone. With the help of Christmas Past (Sunita Mani) and Christmas Yet-To-Come (Tracy Morgan), Present has managed to reform a lot of people in his 200-plus years on the job. But this year, he wants to make a bigger splash: He wants to try and save a man so unpleasant, his file has been marked "Unredeemable". Clint Briggs (Ryan Reynolds), the man in question, works as a PR consultant, manufacturing scandal, sowing division, and generally making the world as unpleasant as possible, just to make a buck. If the three spirits can turn his life around, Briggs could have a positive impact on the lives of millions – if the spirits can put up with him long enough to fix him.
Despite being thoroughly overstuffed with Christmas cheer, the only emotion this film left me with was unbridled hostility. For starters, just because it's a musical is no excuse to cram three irritating musical numbers into the first fifteen minutes. Second, there's even less excuse to make a Christmas musical that's over two hours long – especially since this movie could have been thoroughly wrapped up in 90 minutes without losing anything of value. Frankly, I think it could have been wrapped up in zero minutes without losing anything of value, but I'm not sure that was an option. And it's a slow two hours, to boot.
As far as family audiences are concerned, this PG-13 movie adaptation might not be the squeaky clean holiday entertainment you were expecting. I definitely don't recall any scatological profanity in the original novella and Charles Dickens didn't include a subplot where the Ghost of Christmas Past hooks up with the person who needs to be reformed. Off-screen or not, that's a weird twist to throw in here.
I suppose the upside of all this is that, if some enterprising individual were to attach some conductors to Charles Dickens' rapidly spinning corpse, you could probably provide free energy to a large city. The original Christmas Carol is a work focused primarily on the evils of child poverty and reckless greed – issues which this film is not particularly interested in, preferring instead to focus on interpersonal behaviour. Sure, it would be great if we could all be a little kinder to one another here. But I'm not about to give the obscenely rich PR rep a break because he decided to stop ignoring his niece without addressing his hideous corporate record. And neither would Dickens, for that matter.
Directed by Sean Anders. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Octavia Spencer. Running time: 127 minutes. Theatrical release November 18, 2022. Updated November 18, 2022
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Why is Spirited rated PG-13? Spirited is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for language, some suggestive material and thematic elements.
Violence: Several characters are slapped. A man falls from a great height but survives. A man is set on fire. A character is hit by a bus and killed. There is a reference to child suicide.
Sexual Content: There are references to sexual behaviour which happens off-screen. A man is seen from the shoulders up in the shower.
Profanity: There are five uses of scatological profanity, and frequent uses of mild curses and terms of deity.
Alcohol / Drug Use: Adult characters are seen drinking socially.
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What kinds of issues concerned Charles Dickens in his writing? How did he explore those ideas? Does this film interact with any of them? How do other adaptations of this story handle Dickens' cutting social critique? How are issues in industrial Victorian England still relevant today?
You can read the original A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens for free online here:
Project Gutenberg: A Christmas Carol
In her YA novel, The Afterlife of Holly Chase, author Cynthia Hand provides a family-friendly spin on the traditional tale. The titular heroine is the new Ghost of Christmas Past who unexpectedly falls in love with a teenage boy who needs to be reformed.
One of the best adaptations, and easily the best musical adaptation, of Dickens' story is The Muppet Christmas Carol. A musical approach was also taken in a more artistic direction with the 2021 A Christmas Carol. Other versions include Disney's A Christmas Carol, Scrooged, Mickey's Christmas Carol, and1951's A Christmas Carol. The Man Who Invented Christmas takes a look at how Charles Dickens wrote the original story.


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Q: How do you test UIStoryBoard segue is triggered by didSelectRow(at:) So I have a storyboard with a UITableView. There is a prototype cell with a show segue hooked up to another UIViewController
Example

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*The cell identifier is "CellOne"

*The segues has no identifier

*My class is the dataSource and delegate for the tableView.

class looks like this:
import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate {
    @IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!

    func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
        return 1
    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        return 2
    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        return tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "CellOne", for: indexPath)
    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
        print("Selected the row")
    }
}

Normally I would test it by swizzling prepare for segue to capture the destination ViewController and whatever else I need but calling tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) programmatically doesn't trigger the code in prepare for segue.
Is it possible to test that selecting Cell One triggers the storyboard segue without adding a segue identifier and calling it explicitly from prepareForSegue?

A: If your tableViewCell is the only thing that triggers a segue to the destination you can use is or as:
if let destination = segue.destination as? MyViewController,
   let indexPath = tableView.indexPathForSelectedCell {
     destination.detail = model[indexPath.row]
}

Otherwise if you need to disambiguate you can check the class of the sender with is or as

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Long story short there isn't a great way to do this. What makes this difficult is that while most controls we're used to testing have an action and a sender, a touch on a UITableViewCell is a different paradigm.
That said, having a segue identifier is basically a pre-requisite for any strategy.
One way is to get a reference to the cell and call performSegue(withIdentifier:,sender:):
class ViewControllerTests: XCTestCase {

    func testClickingACell() {
        let controller = UIStoryboard(name: "ViewController", bundle: nil).instantiateInitialViewController() as! ViewController
        let cell = controller.tableView.dataSource?.tableView(controller.tableView, cellForRowAt: IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0))

        controller.performSegue(withIdentifier: "MySegue", sender: cell)

        XCTAssertNotNil(controller.presentedViewController as? TheDestinationViewController)
    }
}

Another (completely overkill) way would be to have a custom cell where you handle all of your own touch logic. This would be insane but it's a possibility and it would open up more options for testing. I'm not going to show this way because it would be an insane way to do it.
Another way is to use a different architecture that gets rid of UIKit and allows for testing just the performSegue logic. Example:
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate {

    @IBOutlet var myTableView: UITableView!
    var navigator: UIViewController?

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        navigator = self
    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
        navigator?.performSegue(withIdentifier: "MySegue", sender: nil)
    }

}

This allows you to do something like this in your tests:
class MockNavigator: ViewController {
    var performSegueCalled = false
    var performSegueIdentifier: String?

    override func performSegue(withIdentifier identifier: String, sender: Any?) {
        performSegueCalled = true
        performSegueIdentifier = identifier
    }
}

func testExample() {
    let controller = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil).instantiateInitialViewController() as! ViewController
    controller.loadViewIfNeeded()

    // Need to keep a reference to be able to assert against it
    let mockNavigator = MockNavigator()

    controller.navigator = mockNavigator

    controller.tableView(controller.myTableView, didSelectRowAt: IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0))

    XCTAssertTrue(mockNavigator.performSegueCalled)
    XCTAssertEqual(mockNavigator.performSegueIdentifier, "MySegue")
}

Another way to structure your code to avoid UIKit is to use something like a view model-coordinator pattern to create and test a viewModel. Basically you'd tell your coordinator that a cell was selected and the coordinator would update a view model with the desired segue identifier. This way you could test your coordinator object to and be mostly sure that you'll trigger the correct segue if the coordinator is hooked up. A simple manual test would tell you that.
In pseudocode:
struct ViewModel {
    let labelText: String
    let segueIdentifier: String
}

class Coordinator {
    var data = [YourObject]()
    var viewModel = ViewModel(labelText: "", segueIdentifier: "")

    func selectedItem(at row: Int) {
        let item = data[row]

        // Do some logic to figure out which identifier you want
        var segueIdentifer: String
        if item == whatever {
            segueIdentifier = "something"
        }
        viewModel = ViewModel(labelText: item.text, segueIdentifier: segueIdentifier)
    }
}

Probably the best way is a combination of approaches. Use a coordinator with a view model that's tested on its own. Then have a test where you use UIKit to select a cell and make sure that a mocked implementation of that coordinator is used as expected. The smaller units you're testing at a time the easier it will be.

A: For just testing a segue you can do:
In your VC:
open let segueToSomewhere = "segueToSomewhere"
open var calledSegue: UIStoryboardSegue!

override open func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
    super.prepare(for: segue, sender: sender)
    calledSegue = segue
}

In your Tests:
func testYourSegue() {
    //Given
    let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Your_storyboard", bundle: nil)
    let yourVC = storyboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "YourVC") as? YourVC

    //When
    yourVC.performSegue(withIdentifier: previousVC.segueToSomewhere, sender: nil)

    //Then
    XCTAssertEqual(previousVC.calledSegue.identifier, yourVC.segueToSomewhere, "The selected segue should be \(previousVC.segueToSomewhere)")
}


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What is flatfoot correction?
Adult acquired flatfoot or posterior tibial tendon dysfunction usually leads to a gradual loss of the arch. The posterior tibial muscle is a deep muscle in the back of the calf and has a long tendon that extends from above the ankle and attaches into several sites around the arch of the foot.
The muscle acts like a stirrup on the inside of the foot to help support the arch. The posterior tibial muscle stabilizes the arch and creates a rigid platform for walking and running. If the posterior tibial tendon becomes damaged or tears, the arch loses its stability and as a result, collapses, causing a flatfoot. Possible complications from cyst removal surgery include infection, excessive swelling, and nerve damage.
Surgery is often performed to give the patient a more functional and stable foot. Several procedures may be required to correct a flatfoot deformity.
Surgical treatment can include the following kinds of procedures, depending on the severity of the problem:
Removal of inflammatory tissue and repair of the posterior tibial tendon
Isolated bone fusion procedures, bone grafts, and/or repositioning bones through cuts called osteotomies
Fusion procedures such as a triple or double arthrodesis, in which two or three major bones in the back of the foot are joined with screws or pins
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The Travel Channel just posted a cruise safety video as part of it's Travel 911 series (be prepared before things go wrong on a cruise ship).
Its a very friendly sounding video that says that there's nothing better than a cruise, but bad things can happen on cruise ships.
Bring anti-bacterial wipes and avoid public bathrooms. And check out which ships have high scores on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website.
Attend muster station drills. They are mandatory before the ship sails and can be a life-saver.
Limit your drinks. The number one reported crime during cruises is sexual assault. The victims are usually intoxicated.
Don't flaunt your jewelry, handbags, or money. Yes, there are thefts during cruises.
Be extra-safe during shore excursions. Keep your cash and jewelry in the cabin safe and wear a traveler's pouch.


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Deciding on the cover for A Time to Kill
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A Time to Kill Cover
Planning the cover is always an interesting process so I thought I'd share with you some of the variations drawn up by my designer. Most of the action takes place in and around the village of Llanberis which is in the heart of Snowdonia.
Llanberis is famous for the Dinorwig quarry that provided slates to roof properties all over the world. At the height of its success there were thousands of men working there. Now it is just a scar on the landscape.
All of the action in A Time to Kill takes place in or around Llanberis in the heart of Snowdonia. I thought you might like to learn more details about the area
Llanberis is known as Snowdon's village as it lies at the base of the famous mountain and the train that goes to the top starts from the village.
It is a popular tourist areas and has numerous attractions including the Quarryman's hospital where the first murder in A Time to Kill takes place. It is now a museum and it is situated above the lake near the village giving a wonderful view over the village and the valley surrounding it. Click here for a webpage about the Quarry Hospital.
These are just a sample of websites that have interesting information about Llanberis and the surrounding area
http://www.llanberis.org/
http://www.visitsnowdonia.info/llanberis-50.aspx
I wanted the cover to reflect the industrial past of the area and obviously provide an air of mystery.
There were two final designs that I asked everyone in my readers club to give their preference. They are the version at the bottom of this post. The blue version is of Llyn Padarn and the brown [the eventual choice] is of Barracks Mon – a terrace of dilapidated properties used to house quarrymen from Anglesey.
The designer came up with various colour alternatives and one of the things that caused us difficulties was the size of the figure. We settled on the final version as being the best compromise in the circumstances.
My thanks to everyone who took part in the vote to decide on the cover. My cover designer and myself really valued your input. And a big thank you to Mel Garside for using her photograph on the cover - https://www.instagram.com/melgarside/
The final two images were these below
Rugby – The national sport of Wales
Trip to Beddgelert on Welsh Highland Railway


You think you know your neighbours, but are they who they seem?
As a fan of true crime and fictional crime about serial killers, the plot of the story definitely captured my interest, but when I saw the arresting book cover and read Mr. Harrison's profile, it solidified my decision to read and review this book and it didn't disappoint.
Time is running out for Detective Chief Inspector Will Scott who is appointed lead detective of a serial murder case filled with the ghastly butchery of pedophiles. The killer is racking up bodies faster than the Eastborough Police Force can keep up with and not only is Will's integrity and reputation on the line, but his faith in justice is in doubt.
Detective Chief Inspector Scott is the detective every individual in the country would want to investigate such crimes.
The murders take the reader from DCI Scott's hometown of Bridlington to London and Miami. Harrison's characters are well-developed and believable. The protagonist, DCI Will Scott, displays his personal and ruthless determination to find the killer and reveals his gentler side as a good husband and father. The antagonist, "The Paedo Preyer", is presented as a person with God-like tendencies who feels obligated to be the one to torture and murder pedophiles on behalf of sexually abused victims everywhere.
The story is fast-paced and continuously provides twists and turns to keep the reader interested. With Harrison's background investigating violent criminals I can only imagine the confessions he's heard that are likely as explicit and gruesome as they are in this crime thriller. A book I recommend highly.
Paul Harrison has spent much of his professional life working within the UK's criminal justice system, primarily as a police officer. Working closely with the now-defunct FBI Behavioural Science Unit in Quantico, he gained a unique and remarkable insight into the minds of some of the world's most violent criminals. His conversation portfolio reads like a Who's Who of murderers. As an author, he's penned thirty-three traditionally published books (mainly true crime) and completed his first novel last year. A seasoned event speaker, Paul is popular across the entire crime genre (fiction and non-fiction). He's in discussion with several TV production companies across the globe for future Crime related television series. Paul currently lives in Leeds.


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Tee times, pairings, TV info: 2018 FedEx St. Jude Classic, Round 3
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By Dan Kilbridge June 8, 2018 8:27 pm
By Dan Kilbridge | June 8, 2018 8:27 pm
Here are the tee times and pairings for the third round of the 2018 FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn. (Note: all times in Eastern.)
Saturday: 1-2:45 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3-6 p.m. (CBS)
Tee times, pairings
OFF NO. 1 TEE
8:25 a.m.: Nick Taylor, Nate Lashley
8:34 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Tim Herron
8:43 a.m.: Aaron Baddeley, James Hahn
8:52 a.m.: Casey Wittenberg, Robert Garrigus
9:01 a.m.: Jonathan Randolph, Corey Conners
9:10 a.m.: Billy Horschel, Parker McLachlin
9:19 a.m.: Kelly Kraft, Peter Malnati
9:28 a.m.: Ben Silverman, Derek Fathauer
9:37 a.m.: Brice Garnett, Braden Thornberry
9:46 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Shane Lowry
9:55 a.m.: Chad Campbell, Zac Blair
10:04 a.m.: Zecheng Dou, Harold Varner III
10:13 a.m.: Nicholas Lindheim, A.J. McInerney
10:22 a.m.: Cameron Percy, Scottie Scheffler
10:31 a.m.: Austin Cook, Retief Goosen
10:40 a.m.: Brian Gay, Charles Howell III
10:49 a.m.: J.T. Poston, Vaughn Taylor
10:58 a.m.: Trey Mullinax, Tyler Duncan
11:07 a.m.: Chris Kirk, Ken Duke
11:16 a.m.: William McGirt, Keith Mitchell
11:25 a.m.: Grayson Murray, Cody Gribble
11:34 a.m.: Ryan Palmer, Brandon Harkins
11:43 a.m.: Peter Uihlein, Conrad Shindler
11:52 a.m.: Luke List, Michael Kim
12:01 p.m.: Charl Schwartzel, Fabián Gómez
12:10 p.m.: John Peterson, Matt Jones
12:19 p.m.: Scott Stallings, Grant Hirschman
12:28 p.m.: Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink
12:37 p.m.: J.B. Holmes, Stuart Appleby
12:46 p.m.: Brooks Koepka, Steve Stricker
12:55 p.m.: Denny McCarthy, Troy Merritt
1:04 p.m.: Richy Werenski, Dominic Bozzelli
1:13 p.m.: Chez Reavie, Seamus Power
1:22 p.m.: Wesley Bryan, Brandt Snedeker
1:31 p.m.: Andrew Putnam, C.T. Pan
1:40 p.m.: Dustin Johnson, Ryan Blaum
With help of hole-out, Dustin Johnson rises into lead in Memphis
Phil Mickelson's much discussed long-sleeve shirts? They're now on sale
Steph Curry is playing some stellar golf amidst NBA Finals
FedEx St. Jude Classic, FedEx St. Jude Classic 2018, PGA Tour 2017-18, Tee times, PGA Tour


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Steve Crutchley - Pilot and Aircraft Builder
By Brian Spurr
Pilot's Post recently ran an article on the St Declan's Academy restoration project of the Cloud Buggy. This was the second aircraft designed and built by Steve Crutchley a Pietermaritzburg based pilot and constructor.
In this article we will get to know Steve a bit better and discover his journey in aviation. Steve now aged 77 is retired and happily living in Plettenberg Bay.
Steve grew up in Bedford View in Gauteng but his family moved to Pietermaritzburg, where he went to high school at Maritzburg College. He became interested in aviation through his 18 years older half-brother, Warrant Officer Roy Crutchley, who was in the SAAF in WW2. As a young man (17/18) Roy was an air gunner on Liberators in North Africa and Italy but did not see action as he arrived too late in the war.
After the war Steve went to a number of airshows with Roy at Baragwaneth and Rand among others. From this he began an interest in aviation. He did not think he would be able to fly due to the costs.
After school he began a mechanical engineering degree at Howard College (Natal University). During the final years of his course he was sent, for a couple of months, to do a practical stint with Pretoria Portland Cement. As it was near Rand Airport, he used to spend his weekends there just observing the action. He got to meet Frank Lister who had just started a small flying school using a Piper J3 Cub. Frank was an Englishman who had been in the air force during the war.
Steve decided to begin flight training as he felt he may never have the same opportunity again. The cost of training then was R7.50 per hour! So, over the December / January period of 1963 / 1964 he flew around 12/15 hours in the Cub and went solo during that time. As Steve and his instructor Frank both had day jobs starting at 7am, they used to fly at 6am in the morning before rushing off to work!
A sad postscript to his time flying with Frank Lister was that some six months later, Frank was fatally injured in a crash in Umzinto on 12 Jul 1968. Frank had been hired as a demonstration pilot on the Cessna 182 lookalike, the Italian built Pilatus P64B Oscar B1155 (RSA200). He was demonstrating at a farmer's market and unfortunately hit the top of some trees. The aircraft he was flying was ZS-FCH (formerly G-AVND and I-PAKK (thanks for the information, Ray Watts!)).
ZS-DZT - One of the Cessna 150's Steve trained in at Virginia Airport Photo by the late Dave Becker.
Steve then went back to university in Durban and decided to join Durban Wings Club at Virginia Airport. He recalls training with the well-known instructor Les Miller as well as John Pocock, Brian Upton, Les Smith and D. Hoidge. A couple of registrations he remembers were Cessna 150's ZS-DZT, and ZS-EGM. He completed his PPL around February / March 1966. After that he was called up for national service and he ended up in the SAAF at Valhalla in the technical section. Although he was not flying, he did manage to get some rides in Harvards, Dakotas and Skymasters.
Crutchley Special in flight.
At university his professor was Maitland Reed who had managed to expand the choice of theses to include the design of a light aircraft. This got Steve thinking and he started to design and build an aircraft over the 1970/75 period in his garage. This aircraft became known as the Crutchley Special (ZS-UHH). The total cost of the build was R2700 including the engine! As a young family man in his twenties, he could not afford a Lycoming or Continental motor so he purchased a Revmaster. These were engines, built in California, used new VW 1600cc motors. He managed to acquire a second hand one. It was the biggest version, which had larger than normal cylinders, taking the displacement up to 2100cc. He was able to get the motor at half the price of a regular second-hand engine. Another bonus was that it was significantly lighter than the other options.
Crutchley Special from EAA Convention Welkom 1976. Photo by Jeff Krause
In total the build took him 2200 hours. After many ground runs the first flight was completed on 28 November 1975. The only noticeable problem was a nose down trim and this was rectified by a fixed tab on the elevator. He flew the Special to the EAA Convention in Welkom in April 1976. At that stage the aircraft had 43 hours on the airframe and engine. He flew the aircraft for 25 years and for around 1000 hours. He says he avoided long trips but at a later stage he flew it to Plettenberg Bay and back to Pietermaritzburg without any problems. Steve built the framework entirely in metal as his education made him proficient in the strength and properties of that material. He did not use wood due to the difficulty of assessing the quality and strength of different types of timber. He also said that his aim was to build the simplest design possible, with no fancy parts to ensure structural integrity and reliability.
Crutchley Special in formation
Crutchley Special in Margate
The Crutchley Special was still on the register until 17 Mar 2003 when the Authority to Fly expired. It is thought that the engine, instruments and radio were sold and the airframe sold as scrap. This is not confirmed. Steve did not see it again after selling it to a person in Margate. The Revmaster engine was temperamental as far as starting was concerned. It was later modified to have a starter motor but this resulted in extra weight, something that Steve had sought to minimise. It was involved in a couple of incidents after it had been sold. It once had a forced landing on the beach after losing power and another time hitting rocks on the extended centre line for the same reason. Several owners bought the aircraft, one of whom decided to add dihedral to the wings, when rebuilding after one of the incidents. This involved cutting the one-piece main spar and a joint apparently failed during load testing on the ground. This ended the life of a unique little aeroplane.
The Vagabond parked at a small village near the Swaziland border.
Swinging the prop
Steve and BZG
The Vagabond with new colours and registration. Photo by the late Dave Becker
After university Steve returned to Pietermaritzburg and joined the Pietermaritzburg Aero Club. He later became chairman of the club for a period. He later became involved with the EAA and became Hon. Secretary of Chapter 357 in 1976. After a year or two of flying club aircraft, he became involved with a syndicate of five enthusiasts who bought a Vagabond (ZS-BZG) in 1971. The Vagabond was purchased from Bob Wright in Empangeni for R1300! They flew it and had fun for three years. On one trip Steve flew to friends on the Swaziland border and damaged the tail wheel when landing in a rough field. He managed to fix it and flew out using the road as it had a much better surface. Later they were informed that the airframe would need to be recovered to obtain an airworthiness certificate. The cost of the recovering was high so it was decided that they would sell the aircraft. Thirty years later Steve managed to buy it back and it was then registered as ZS-UYW!
The Cloud Buggy Photo by the late Dave Becker
Steve with the Cloud Buggy
Sometime later he was looking for a project. He had always had a home workshop and he wanted a J3 Cub but could not afford one. So, he decided to build an ultralight aircraft. This became known as the Cloud Buggy. This build took some time but when complete took the registration ZS-WJC. The build took place over nearly a decade as he could only work on it when he had time in between many other projects such as building a hangar, a house and flying the Special! He did not keep a record of the hours he spent working on the Buggy. It had a Rotax engine. Steve flew the first flight at Oribi on the 14th of January 1990. It was of 45 minutes duration. Having two other aircraft, he only did 128 hours in the Buggy before selling it. He said that they were some of the most enjoyable hours of flying he did in his 40 years of holding his PPL. Steve's last flight in it was on the 24th of November 1996. Steve sold it to John Le Roux for R12, 000. This is the very same aircraft that is under restoration at St. Declan's Academy. Steve says he regrets selling it.
Cloud Buggy in flight in the Table Mountain area of Pietermaritzburg
Cloud Buggy. Photo Bruce Perkins
When he retired to Plettenberg Bay some 15 years ago there was little happening down there, aviation wise. For him to purchase a hangar at that time would have cost R450,000. As there was little infrastructure (unlike now) so he decided to sell his aircraft and he has not flown since. He said if South Africa had allowed FAR part 103 operations, as in the United States, he would have been keen to continue flying. FAR Part 103 allows very unrestricted flying of ultralight home built single seater aircraft.
All in all, he had an interesting aviation journey. He told me that he enjoyed the engineering side as much as he did the flying. Designing and building two unique South African aircraft and his involvement in his club and the EAA make him a pioneering aviator. We trust he will continue to enjoy his retirement and enjoy watching the progress of the rebuild of his Cloud Buggy.
Steve sent me a document he drew up when he sold the Cloud Buggy. It is reproduced here as it gives a lot of insight into the performance and limitations of this home built and designed aircraft.
CLOUD BUGGY - ZS - WJC
It is important to understand that this aircraft was designed, built and tested by an amateur. Because of the very light construction it should never be operated at a mass exceeding the placarded gross mass of 265kg, nor flown at a speed greater that the never-exceed speed of 60 knots. The pay load including pilot fuel and baggage is 100kg. Because of the light construction and low wing loading it should not be flown in gusty or turbulent conditions
The fuel tap is "on" when the handle is along the fore and aft axis of the aircraft and "off" when it is at ninety degrees to this axis. The design capacity of the tank is 30 litres but it will take nearly 40 litres if filled to the overflow. This condition should be avoided.
Engine Starting
Unless the engine is warm from a previous flight it will be necessary to use the choke on the carburettor. Starting is carried out by swinging the propeller. In-flight starts or starts when warm can be done using the pull-cord in the cockpit.
The brakes work well once one is used to the foot-work required to steer and apply brakes simultaneously. A modification to toe-brakes would be a great improvement.
Take-off
Lift the tail as soon as possible, lift off at 35 knots, fly briefly in ground effect until 40 knots is reached and then climb at 40 knots. There is very little momentum and lots of drag in the nose-high attitude. Be ready to instantly lower the nose should the engine lose power.
Level off and reduce revs to about 5 200 rpm. At Oribi elevation this gives an I.A.S. of about 45 knots.
The glide is comfortable at 40 knots. It side-slips easily if required on approach.
Because of the lack of momentum and the high drag do not flare out too high. Maintain 40 knots until only a few feet above the ground. Hold off at about one foot until even at full aft stick will not keep it in the air. The landings are generally straight forward but avoid cross-winds and gusty conditions. The undercarriage mounting and small wheels are not suitable for rough fields. Use only surfaced runways or very smooth grass.
EAA South Africa


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The reduction of product delivery terms, of the need of stocking them up as well as the optimization of order management costs have become irremissible factors for companies nowadays. A need particularly felt by small and medium manufacturers and end-users but also by big entrepreneurial realities that count various production sites and departments. Aignep, Italian company specialized in the production of components for pneumatics and solenoid valves, has devised an apposite APP for managing and sending orders with a simple click from an IOS-compatible terminal: Ipad, Iphone or Ipod. It is called AignepScan and you can download it free of charge from Internet or directly from the site www.aignep.com. It is sufficient to approach the QR code of a specific product to the terminal, to scan the label – positioned on the package or applied on the magazine shelves or on the production line borders – to digit the desired quantity and to send the order.


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Tyrannoraptora — обширная группа тероподовых динозавров, включающая всех целурозавров, кроме наиболее примитивных форм. Определяются как  клада, включающая тираннозавра и современных птиц (домового воробья).

Все Tyrannoraptora подразделяются на тираннозавроид (Tyrannosauroidea; группа включает как небольших динозавров, покрытых пухообразными перьями, так и гигантских сверххищников) и Maniraptoromorpha. Помимо базальных родов, последняя группа включает компсогнатид (Compsognathidae; небольшие примитивные хищники) и манирапториформ (Maniraptoriformes) — орнитомимозавров (Ornithomimosauria; страусоподобные динозавры) и манирапторов (Maniraptora; разнообразная группа, включающая птиц и их родственников). Манирапторов обычно подразделяют на альваресзаврид и родственников (Alvarezsauria), теризинозавров (Therizinosauria), овирапторозавров (Oviraptorosauria), скансориоптеригид (Scansoriopterygidae), дейнонихозавров (Deinonychosauria; иногда считаются парафилетической группой) и авиал (Avialae; птицы в широком смысле).

Характеристика

Согласно исследованию А. Кау 2018 года, клада Tyrannoraptora диагностируется по следующим признакам:

 удлинённые заднелатеральные отростки носовой кости;
 предлобная кость являются частью переднедорсального края глазницы;
 субпрямоугольные невральные отростки спинных позвонков (возвращение к плезиоморфному для целурозавров состоянию признака);
 тела шейных позвонков не выходят за пределы невральных дуг (возвращение к плезиоморфному для целурозавров состоянию признака);
 «Т»-образные средние шевроны;
 круто наклонный акромион лопаточной кости;
 удлиненный задний отросток коракоида;
 удлинённый диафиз плечевой кости.

Представители Tyrannoraptora сильно варьируют по размерам и массе тела.  По данным Молины-Переса и Ларраменди (2019), одними из крупнейших были тираннозавроид тираннозавр (Tyrannosaurus; 12,3 м в длину при массе 8,5 т), орнитомимозавр дейнохейрус (Deinocheirus; 12 м, 7 т), теризинозавр рода теризинозавр (Therizinosaurus; 9 м, 4,5 т) и овирапторозавр гигантораптор (cf. Gigantoraptor; 8,9 м; 2,7 т). Самым маленьким известным представителем является колибри-пчёлка (Mellisuga helenae), достигающая 5 см в длину при массе 2 г; энанциорнисовая птица Cratoavis обладала схожими размерами, достигая 6,6 см в длину при массе 4 г.

Филогения
Кладограмма по филогенетическому анализу 2020 года (Sayao et al., 2020):

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки

 Многие динозавры-тероподы были травоядными

Целурозавры
Динозавры мелового периода


This is the day-to-day management that Forest Service personnel undertake to utilize and protect the resources for current and future generations.
Here you will find information on fire management, hazardous fuels reduction, resource management, and more.
The San Bernardino National Forest Fire Management program consists of managing fire resources for the forest, conducting fuels management programs in conjunction with other related staff just to mention a portion of the program responsibilities. Follow this link for more information on the Forest fire Management Program.
The San Bernardino National Forest Resource Program consists of many functional areas. These areas include, but are not limited to, Wildlife, Range, Botany, and planning to mention just a few. Follow this link for more information on these Programs.


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Feeding with the MWSV is done in two separate modes: fast and dribble flow. This ensures accurate dosing over a broad capacity range, even with high performance requirements.
The geometry of the MWSV is designed for an unobstructed product flow. This minimizes the settling of residue and facilitates thorough sanitation.
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