We caught up with Gregory Maxwell, the core Bitcoin developer regarding the current transaction malleability bug and Mt. Gox.
Are Mt. Gox blaming their own coding incompetence on yourself and the other Bitcoin developers?
It's hard to tell what MtGox is doing or thinking as they are very poor at communications.
I was very surprised by their press release, it was completely out of the tone of the discussion I had with them last week. I was also pretty insulted by it, I sought them out to advise them that they had issues and what I believed them to be— as a pure act of helpfulness on my part— and I got nothing out of it, except their press release using the fact that they'd talked to me to straighten their somewhat misleading claims.
MTGox runs software they wrote themselves, they have no one else to blame for it but themselves.
Will updates from your end be pushed or will it be up to the exchanges?
Entirely separately from MTGOX, someone suddenly started dos attacking the network with mutated transactions about 24 hours ago. They're a nuisance and gumming up some services, but not causing any loss of funds like mtgox experienced. MtGox's issues were their own mistakes.
We'll probably issue some updates to filter out the DOS attack, however.
How much damage has Mt. Gox caused to the community?
I think they've done more damage to the remaining goodwill the Bitcoin community had for them than anything else. Market prices sometimes just reflect the most nervous parties, so I'm not sure how much weight to give the impact there. Bitcoin itself works fine regardless of what price people are buying it at.
instead of people reporting it to them on chat. The intensity and character of their response leaves me worried that my initial estimates might have been incorrect.
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Kelly® Announces Planned Retirement of President and CEO George Corona; Board Names EVP Peter Quigley as Successor
TROY, Mich., Aug. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kelly Services, Inc., (Nasdaq: KELYA, KELYB), a global leader in providing workforce solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Executive Vice President Peter Quigley as Kelly's next President and CEO. The appointment is effective October 1, 2019 at which time Quigley will also join the company's Board of Directors. He will replace George Corona who announced his intention to step down as President and CEO effective September 30, 2019 as part of his planned retirement. Corona will serve as a non-executive employee of the company, in a transition and advisory capacity, until his retirement in early 2020. He will remain a member of the Board.
Corona was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Kelly Services in May 2017, after more than 20 years of experience in a variety of roles at Kelly, including eight years as EVP and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining the company in 1994, Corona held management roles at Digital Equipment Professional Services Group and Burroughs Corporation.
As COO and CEO, Corona is credited with successfully leading Kelly in transforming and adapting to the highly competitive workforce solutions marketplace. Over the past decade, he oversaw the transformation of Kelly's operating models to align with market demands; sharpened the company's focus on areas that could best deliver profitable growth; and drove increased efficiency in delivering excellent service to clients of all sizes. He served as executive sponsor on some of Kelly's largest accounts, and he was pivotal in efforts to win, retain and expand key client relationships.
"George has been an exceptional leader since stepping into the role of CEO," said Donald R. Parfet, Chairman of the Board of Directors. "He's helped us become a more focused company, make solid investments in technology and the future of work, and stay aligned with our Noble Purpose of connecting people to work in ways that enrich their lives. We are grateful for his 25 years of service to Kelly, and we wish him the best in his well-deserved retirement," he said.
"It has been a privilege to lead a company like Kelly that prides itself on its 73-year tradition of integrity, quality and service excellence," Corona said. "The timing is right for me to act on my planned retirement and to pass the torch to a new CEO, who will continue to guide Kelly toward the full achievement of our strategy. We have a strong, seasoned leadership team in place, and an organization full of talented individuals who understand what's next for our industry and for our customers," he said. "Having worked closely with Peter for many years through numerous situations, I am confident that our organization is in the hands of an extremely capable, collaborative and growth-minded leader. I look forward to continuing to work with Peter as a member of Kelly's Board of Directors."
"Recognizing George's planned retirement, and guided by our succession plan, the Board followed a comprehensive process to ensure we identified extraordinary candidates to serve as Kelly's next CEO," Parfet said. "Peter Quigley is an outstanding leader and a 17-year veteran of the company. During his time here, he has managed or been responsible for a majority of operations and headquarters functions. He is one of the principal architects of Kelly's current business strategy," he said.
Quigley serves as Kelly's representative on the Board of Directors of Persol Holdings, a leading Japanese staffing and solutions company, publicly traded on the Nikkei stock exchange. He also serves as a Board member of PersolKelly, the company's joint venture with Persol that provides staffing in 12 geographies in APAC. Other responsibilities and honors he has outside of Kelly include his role as 2nd Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Staffing Association as well as appearing on the SIA's 100 Most Influential People in Staffing list.
Parfet concluded: "We congratulate Peter on his newest role and we are confident he will continue to move the company forward."
About Kelly®
Kelly connects talented people to companies in need of their skills in areas including Science, Engineering, Education, Office, Contact Center, Light Industrial, and more. We're always thinking about what's next in the evolving world of work, and we help people ditch the script on old ways of thinking and embrace the value of all workstyles in the workplace. We directly employ nearly 500,000 people around the world, and we connect thousands more with work through our global network of talent suppliers and partners in our outsourcing and consulting. Visit kellyservices.com and let us help with what's next for you.

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Q: while loop and getchar() I have the simple program below that I wrote for a college course. I know it doesn't really do anything, but it's just an assignment for a course.
The part that I can't figure out, is why doesn't the outer loop work?
The user needs to press '1' to continue, and any other key the program exits.
However, it still doesn't continue if the user presses '1' and instead exits anyway.
I tried adding a cin.clear() before cin >> repeat, but that doesn't work.
I also tried playing around with cin.ignore(), but that didn't seem to help either.
Any ideas?
Thanks
int main()
{
    int repeat = '1';
    stack<char> cstr;
    char c;

    while (repeat == '1')
    {
        cout << "Enter in a name: ";

        while (cin.get(c) && c != '\n')
        {
            cstr.push(c);
        }

        cout << "\n Enter another name? 1 = Continue, any other key to exit the program";
        cin >> repeat;
        repeat = getchar();
   }
}

A: There is nothing at all wrong with your code. It seems to be working fine for me.
EDIT: Sorry it doesn't work until you remove the getchar. Forgot to mention that. Simple way of finding out the error is to just display the value of the variable repeat to see what the value is and where it is going wrong.
Screenshot to show you that your codes work

Everything seems to be working fine. I would like to comment on your program structure though. For small programs like this it's ok but always best to practice the logical way. For questions like this you should implement the do while loop instead of the while loop so that it goes in without checking and then accepts the user input and checks with the post condition. Example below.
    char  repeat;

    do
    {
        //Your codes in here
    }while (repeat == '1');

It is more logical to use this method instead unless your question specifies you to use while loop. Anyhow hope this helps.

A:    cin >> repeat;

it reads repeat as int. (1 is not equal '1')
repeat = getchar();

It reads int code of special char '\n' - symbol end of line.
You must use
char repeat = '1';

Or write
int repeat = 1;

and not use getchar()

A: Run this . it will solve your problem somehow repeat=getchar was making repeat=10.
 int main()
    {
    char  repeat = '1';
    stack<char> cstr;
    char c;

    while (repeat == '1')
    {
        cout << "Enter in a name: ";
        cin.ignore();
        while (cin.get(c) && c != '\n')
        {
            cstr.push(c);
        }

        cout << "\nEnter another name ? \nPress 1 to Continue : ";
        cin >> repeat;
        cout << endl;
    }
    system("pause");
    }

A: The line cin >> repeat is tring to read an integer from the keyboard because repeat is a variable of type int. However, you are verifying if the integer read from the keyboard is equal to 49 (the ASCII code for the character '1'), which is not what you want. A solution would be to replace the line
int repeat = '1';

with
int repeat = 1;

and also replace
while (repeat == '1')

with
while (repeat == 1)

because then you are comparing the integer read from the keyboard with the integer 1 (rather than the character '1'). Also, at the end of the loop you read input from the keyboard and store it in repeat but then you immediately read input again and store that value in repeat, replacing its previous value. To solve this, replace the line
repeat = getchar();

with
getchar();

and that should do it.

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everything you've ever wanted to know about the desert and its creatures
3 Parks: 1 Partnership. Part 2.
Posted on February 9, 2017 by desertmuseum
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, along with Organ Pipe National Monument and Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, have teamed up on a unique conservation and education project (funded by a grant from the National Park Service). The three organizations are uniting to help ensure species survival of Sonoyta pupfish (formally known as Quitobaquito pupfish) and the Sonoyta mud turtle.
Schuk Toak Visitor Center. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
Pincate Beetle. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
Cerro, Colorado. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
Marie Long hiking a sand dune. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
Amy Orchard taking field notes. Photo: ASDM/Marie Long
Commonly referred to as the 'Land of Black Volcanoes and White Sand' the Pinacate and Gran Desierto De Alta Biosphere Reserve is truly the heart of the Sonoran Desert. The Park shares the international boundary with Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge to the north and borders the Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta Biosphere Reserve. We hiked to the top of a 300 foot sand dune and enjoyd a view of the Sea of Cortez, gaining a deeper appreciation of this vast and protected region consisting of more than 2,700 square miles. Exploring the Schuk Toak Visitor Center and interacting with staff, we were reminded that the region provides critical habitat and wildlife corridors to a wide array of species, such as, the endangered pronghorn (the fastest land animal of the Americas), lesser long-nosed bat (pollinator of columnar cacti), flat tail horned lizard (enjoys a diet of ants), Monarch butterfly (adults travel over 2000 miles) and so much more. The Park also protects and interprets cultural and sacred sites of indigenous peoples.
Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Sonora, Mexico. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
Our journey to the Pinacate region was to begin understanding the complexities of caring for the critically endangered Sonoyta Pupfish and Sonoyta mud turtle and help share and exchange knowledge, disseminate information and raise public awareness. The first day 'in-the-field' we were rained out and could not conduct fish and turtle counts due to the high water flow of the Rio Sonoyta. Associate Director, Horacio Ortega explained that the river rarely flows beyond the northern perennial stretch and it happened to be flowing today. He asked if we wanted to walk over and see the river which we enthusiastically agreed. After a short walk, we discovered a dry drainage had come to life. Since our field day was 'flooded out,' we made plans to visit several sites where pupfish were being maintained with hopes of conducting a fish count in the Rio Sonoyta in a few days' time.
Rio Sonoyta flowing near Pinacate Biosphere Field Station. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
Miguel Grageda pointing out how little water a pupfish can survive in. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
Female pupfish. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
During our visit, we quickly saw how the power of making a difference in your own backyard is something that Pinacate park biologists, high school students, Schuk Toak Vistor Center, and the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO) are all accomplishing in Sonora, Mexico. Two high schools have built small ponds on their campus that not only provide education for students about endangered species, but provide critical back-up populations that are helping to maintain assurance populations of the Sonoyta pufish. The Schuk Toak Vistior Center at the Reserve and CEDO are also providing fish refuge as well. These combined efforts are helping bring awareness of the biodiversity and conservation initiatives of the region.
Sonoyta mud turtle; Rio Sonoyta. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
Horacio Ortega and park biologists, Miguel Grageda and Roman Ramirez, shared the continuing challenges of maintaining refugium (fishkeeping) populations and the need to successfully propagate these critical species. They explained that they regularly visit each of these sites, conduct fish counts and inspect water quality, and access reproduction success. Thanks to the commitment of Colegio De Bachilleres Del Estado De Sonora (COBACH) high school in Sonoyta, additional longfin dace will be transferred to the Centro De Estudios Technologicos Del Mar (CETMAR) School in Puerto Pensaco (Rocky Point) to continue to increase their current fish population. Without this intervention, pupfish, and longfin dace would lie in a precarious balance of imminent extinction. Assurance populations are also being maintained in Arizona at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument's Visitor Center and at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
Staff surveying for Sonoyta mud turtles. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
Unlike many species that are endangered, there is good news; habitat exists for wild populations of pupfish and mud turtles in the Rio Sonoyta. We visited the small stretch of perennial water flow of this vast river, located in the northern region of the Pinacate Reserve, to conduct pupfish, and mud turtle counts along with a bird survey. During our brief visit, numerous birds were recorded, a bobcat was seen crossing the river, and 283 pupfish and 15 mud turtles were counted. We learned that longfin dace (another endangered fish) have not been seen in the river since 2008, due to habitat change. Biologists shared with us that longfin dace require deeper water than the pupfish and can no longer be released due to low water levels.
Male pupfish. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
Marie Long and Roman Rameriz setting fish traps. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
We were surprised to find active mud turtles on a cold day, and learned that these animals only remain in the wild at Quitobaquito Oases in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, the upper stretches of the Rio Sonoyta in Mexico, a section of the waste water runoff in the town of Sonoyta (which will be dried in the near future) and at the oases at Quitovac, a Tohono O'odham village located southeast of Sonoyta. Pupfish can be found in these areas as well.
Amy Orchard with a Sonoyta mud turtle. Photo: ASDM/Marie Long
Turtle tracks. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
Sonoyta mud turtle. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
Besides threats of decreased water flow in the Rio Sonoyta, there are concerns of invasive species. At the oases at Quitovac, threats include introduced exotic species, tilapia and mosquito fish, which compete for food of the pupfish. Tamarisk (an invasive and exotic plant) is another problem, due to it being able to quickly establish itself in the surrounding landscape, and along the water edge. Next month, we will return to the oases and remove tamarisk seedlings, organize a trash pick-up with elementary students and conduct fish counts.
Ramon Rameriz, Miguel Gregada, & Marie Long at Quitovac Oases. Photo: ASDM/Amy Orchard
It's always a reminder when visiting aquatic habitats in the Sonoran Desert, that water is precious, should be respected, and is a vital resource to both wildlife and people. It is tied to almost every resource we rely on. 85% of wildlife species depend on surface water or an associated riparian habitat in some phase of their life cycle. The urgency is to act now -as habitat conversion and the introduction of game fish and other exotic species, take the place of native fish populations on both sides of the border.
Returning home and crossing the international boundary, the landscape and conservation goals remain the same. Collaborative efforts between the Desert Museum, National Parks, and the peoples of the region are vital. May we be so lucky to instill conservation stewardship to the next generation, make a difference in our communities and protect and conserve this place we call home, the Sonoran Desert.
Written by Marie Long, Associate Director of Conservation, Education, & Science
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Suppressed by the State!
A state DCFS worker tries to suppress distribution of our newsletter. Flips us off! We get it on camera in a series of 10 photos.
On 3/3/07, we decided on our own to remove our photos and delete the name of the worker (to erase him from Google). This person seems to have no significant role in child welfare, and we figure that it was time to set the matter aside.
(We have retained Suppressed by the County!, however—until we figure out what is going on at DFS South.)
Email us if you would like to see the original page.
—GC, 3/3/07
July 31, 2006, 12:30 pm: So here we are, minding our own business, putting printed flyers on the windshields of cars outside a county Family Services office at 6171 West Charleston Blvd. in Las Vegas. Family Services occupies three buildings on a state-owned campus mainly concerned with mental health treatment.
The flyer we are distributing is our Opinion #7: COMMISSIONERS REPLACED BY ROBOT CLONES.
After we have put about twenty flyers under the windshield wipers of cars closest to a county office (Building 15). An angry guy calls over to us from a balcony on another building and says that we can't put flyers on cars. "This is state property," he says.
We approach him, all friendly like, to respectfully say that we believe we do have the right to put flyers on cars, especially since it is public property. We ask him for his grounds under NRS for saying that we can't distribute flyers, but he doesn't provide any useful reply. He says he is going to call the police, and we invite him to do so. We ask him who he is, and he gives us his card. He is "[Deleted], Administrative Services Officer III, State of Nevada, Department of Human Resources, Division of Child and Family Services, Southern Nevada Child and Adolescent Services." We also give him our card, although he hasn't asked who we are. We continue with our distribution, and he storms back to his building, supposedly to call the police.
We spend about fifteen minutes putting flyers on about 100 cars that we suspect might belong to county workers. (We have no real interest in distributing to state workers.) The police never come. Once we are done, our main concern is that this angry man, whose turf we have obviously treaded upon, is going to remove all of our flyers and throw them away, negating our work.
We go back to the building that the man went into, which is apparently his office. Our intent is to give him a copy of our flyer so that he knows what it is about. We also want to ask him to not remove our flyers.
We tell the receptionist that we would like to speak to [deleted], and she goes into the back to fetch him. When he comes out he is not happy. We hand him our flyer and try to explain our intentions, but he is not interested. (We are not aggressive, honest!) He starts yelling at us almost immediately. He says he is going to take all of our flyers off of the cars and trash them. He comes up to us within a few inches of our face and calls us an "asshole" then flips us off.
An interesting employee for "Child and Family Services," is he not?
We don't have an audio record of the event, but after we gave him our flyer and he started yelling at us, we started taking pictures. (Our camera was hanging from our neck at chest level.) Our clicking shutter did not seem to diminish his aggressiveness.
We don't recall the exact words that passed between us. Our own rhetoric may have become somewhat heated in response, but we did not call him names or flip him off in return. (We knew that our camera was doing our work for us.) There was no physical contact between us, although he got very much "in our face" and was, in our view, in need of some anger management counseling (possibly available in the same state complex).
Below is our full sequence of photos. Note that we remain stationary, while he makes the aggressive moves toward us.
[The photos have been removed.]
This incident was later reported in a Las Vegas Sun story (8/3): Passing out fliers spurs parking lot altercation.
Also see: Suppressed by the County! (3 hours later).
Photos Removed: 3/2/07


Many meatloaf recipes are used with breadcrumbs, and put sugary ketchup on top, and are therefore not keto. To make it keto, I use ground flaxseed (aka flaxmeal) in the recipe below to help keep it sturdy, and I use a sugar-free ketchup instead.
1/2 cup of sugar-free ketchup. I used Alterna Sweets Classic Tomato Ketchup, which I discovered from my monthly Keto Krate subscription box.
Remove from oven and spread the ketchup over the top. Put back in oven for another 30 minutes.
Check internal temperature. It should be 160 F in the center. If not, bake in 5-10 minute intervals and keep checking temp until 160.
Rest for 5 or 10 minutes, then slice and enjoy!


We offer Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu tips for beginners at Sparta Academy in Los Angeles. Those of us who have been a part of Sparta Academy for a while, know that beginners of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu usually have a lot of questions about how to get started, or they are hungry for information on being successful with training. Even if you have been on your journey for years, you might be looking for ways to improve, so we created this handy guide of tips to improve at BJJ.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a physically demanding sport. It helps to have a good fitness base before starting any serious training. Cardio fitness, strength training, and flexibility all play a major role in your success. We're not saying you can't start even if you are not physically fit, but committing to a cross-training regimen is a great BJJ tip for beginners. If your body is in prime condition, you can focus on techniques instead of how much you are struggling to breathe or move.
You might be in a hurry to advance in your Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practice, but this is a discipline that emphasizes perfection as a method of progress. Rather than worrying about learning new techniques, it's better to focus on mastering each one – perfecting form and function. In this way, as you move on to new techniques and forms, you will genuinely be experiencing mastery-over-proficiency, which is the goal.
One of the most powerful Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu beginner techniques you can master is your breath. Students tend to focus on escapes, submissions, sweeps, and counters, but your breath is what brings life and strength to every single move. It draws your focus and energy inward. When sparring, pay attention to your opponents breathing, as this can provide valuable clues about how they are managing their own breath and energy.
Ready to Get Started With BJJ?
Contact Sparta Academy today to check out our facilities and begin your Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training in Los Angeles. Our team are dedicated teachers and ready to get you from beginner to the next level. The only thing holding you back is you.


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var express    = require('express');
var fs         = require("fs");
var path = require('path');
var sqlite3    = require("sqlite3").verbose();
var helpers    = require("./helpers");
var config     = require("./config");
var users      = require("./users");
var posts      = require("./posts");
var when       = require("when");
var busboy     = require('connect-busboy');
var sanitizer  = require("sanitizer");
var sanitizefn = require("sanitize-filename");

var app = express();
var port = config.port;
var dbfile = config.dbfile;

// file uploads restrictions
app.use(busboy({
  highWaterMark: 1 * 1024 * 1024,
  limits: {
    fileSize: 1 * 1024 * 1024 // 1 MB upload limit
  }
}));

// parse the body of the request and then it sets the body property on the request object.
app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded());

// Create the database if it doesn't exist
var exists = fs.existsSync(dbfile);
var db = new sqlite3.Database(dbfile);
db.serialize(function() {
	if(!exists) {
		console.log("creating a new db...")
		console.log("creating db tables...")
		db.run("CREATE TABLE users (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, email TEXT, password TEXT)");
		db.run("CREATE TABLE posts (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, user_id INTEGER, title TEXT, body TEXT, date_created TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)");
	}
});
db.close();

// start the server
app.listen(process.env.PORT || port);
console.log("forum-server started - listening on port " + port);

// routes
app.post('/users/signup', function(req, res) {

	var user = {
		email: req.body.email,
		pw: req.body.password
	}

	// sanitize input for any unsafe HTML - XSS protection
	users.sanitizeUser(user)

	// validate the user input
	.then(helpers.validatePasswordLength)
	.then(function () {
		return user.email;
	})
	.then(helpers.validateEmail)

	// check if the email already exists
	.then(users.userExists)
	.then(function () {
		return user.pw;
	})

	// create the password hash
	.then(helpers.generateHashedPassword)
	.then(function (hash) {
		user.pw = hash;
		return user;
	})

	// save to the database
	.then (users.saveUser)
	.then (function() {
		console.log (req.body.email + " registered!");
		res.send(req.body.email + " has been successfully registered.");
	}, function (error) {
		console.log (error);
		res.json(401, {error: error.message});
	});
});

// simple authentication function
var auth = express.basicAuth(function(user, pass, callback) {
	var user = {
		email: user,
		pw: pass
	}

 	users.authenticate(user).then(function (matched) {
 		callback(null, matched);
 	}, function (error) {
 		console.log(error);
 		callback(null, false);
 	});
});

// a user can add posts only if authenticated using the auth function.
app.post('/posts/add', auth, function(req, res) {

 	// get the user email from the request header
 	var useremail = helpers.getUserEmailFromRequestHeader(req);

 	var post = {
 		title: req.body.title,
 		body: req.body.body,
 		user_id: 0 // will be set below
 	}

 	// sanitize user input against any unsafe code
 	posts.sanitizePost(post)
 	.then(function () {
 		return useremail;
 	})

 	// get user's id
	.then(users.getUserByEmail)
	.then(function (records) {
		post.user_id = records[0].id;
		return post;
	})

 	// add the post to the database
 	.then(posts.add)

 	.then (function() {
		console.log ("The '" + post.title + "' post has been successfully added.");
		res.send("The '" + post.title + "' post has been successfully added.");
	}, function (error) {
		console.log (error);
		res.json(401, {error: error.message});
	});

});

// get all posts for a specific user
app.get('/posts/get', auth, function(req, res) {

	// get the user email from the request header
	var useremail = helpers.getUserEmailFromRequestHeader(req);

	// get user's id
	users.getUserByEmail(useremail)
	.then(function (records) {
		return records[0].id;
	})

	// get user's posts
	.then(posts.getPostsByUserID)

	.then (function(records) {
		res.json(200, records);
	}, function (error) {
		console.log (error);
		res.json(401, {error: error.message});
	});
});

// file upload api
app.post('/files/upload', auth, function(req, res) {
    var fstream;
    var results = [];
    req.busboy.on('file', function (fieldname, file, filename) {
        console.log("Uploading: " + filename);

        // get the user email from the request header
 		var useremail = helpers.getUserEmailFromRequestHeader(req);

 		users.getUserByEmail(useremail)
		.then(function (records) {
	 		var distinationdir = path.join(__dirname, '/uploads/');

	        // create the uploads directory if it doesn't exist
	        fs.mkdir(distinationdir, function (err) {
	        	if (err && err.code != 'EEXIST') {
	        		console.log(err);
	        		return;
	        	}

	        	// create the user's directory if it doesn't exist - the directory name will be the user's ID
	        	fs.mkdir(path.join(distinationdir, String(records[0].id)), function (err) {
		        	if (err && err.code != 'EEXIST') {
		        		console.log(err);
		        		return;
		        	}

		        	// sanitize the filename for any unsafe code
		        	sanitizer.sanitize(filename);

	        		// Sanitize a string to be safe for use as a file name in
	        		// Windows and Unix systems by stripping all control characters and restricted characters
	        		sanitizefn(filename);
	        		filename = path.basename(filename);

		        	// for server files safety, the overwrite is not supported
		        	var filepath = path.join(distinationdir, String(records[0].id), filename);
		        	var fileexists = fs.existsSync(filepath)
		        	if (fileexists)
		        	{
		        		file.resume();
		        		console.log("Trying to overwrite existing file. upload will abort.");
		        		results.push("Overwriting existing files is not supported. please use a different file name");
		        		return;
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giving you more than the expected level of elegance, oscar de la renta shows these hoes how its done for his pre-fall collection for the year 2010. doing a runway show while other designers have opted for press release image packages, oscar continues to build upon his fashion design legacy with this collection. refinement through inspiration seemingly from a russian fairy tale, the collection hosts dresses & gowns with undeniable class & glamour. layers, high-waisted pants, florals, textures, prints, intricate patterns & dope beadwork & beyond are all seen with this collection. on top of the other collections- as an american fashion house, this is how its done. the collection is superb & the de la renta clientele better grab their pocket books; if this is any indication of the fire that will blaze the runways for FW2010, the game is gonna go bonkers. this collection is everything to me; classic womenswear for the refined women who love fashion & understand the value of style.
the carolina herrera pre-fall collection brings fourth winter textures & winter florals with punches of yellow & red. i love the design details seen in the beading within this collection. red as an accent color will be huge for the fall of 2010. a cute collection with unexpected flare.
alexander wang continues to showcase his love for minimalistic & effortless chic. the pre-fall 2010 collection from wang provides casual materials for women that seemingly hang onto the body. i love the construction, its an organized mess of sorts. the color palette is faultless.
donna karan reveals her collection for the DKNY sector of her design empire. the collection provides a slew of textures set to navy & plum with hints of green & magenta. the collection hosts dresses with vibrant print details as well as sheer pieces alongside textured tops.
rachel roy showcases original construction in her collection for the pre-fall season. i love the different layering effects & a party dress is always found within a rachel roy collection each season. fun, young & playful- the collection doesnt reach too far beyond its own signature.
presenting prints & textures in, around & all throughout for his pre-fall collection is thakoon. as seen above, the collection hosts a number of different prints on dresses & blouses while still encorporating new techniques of layers & construction. the prints kill in this set.


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Mission development schedule
A short, intense development schedule tough on all the participants
All space missions are divided up into various phases designated by letters. A project begins with phase A and finishes with phase F, when the spacecraft is decommissioned.
InSight's preliminary design phase A was kicked off in May 2011 when the mission (at that time known as GEMS) was shortlisted, along with two other projects, as a finalist in the 12th iteration of the Discovery programme. Phase A examines and documents the project's feasibility. In August 2012, InSight was definitively chosen as the Discovery programme's 12th mission.
In September 2012, the project moved into phase B, which entails the team in charge of the mission proving that the proposed concept is valid. Next comes phase C, initiated in InSight's case in June 2013. This is when the definitive version of the probe was designed. Once this final version had been given the green light, manufacturing as such could begin, signalling the start of phase D. This development phase included construction and thorough testing of the various subsystems, and finally their integration to form the final spacecraft.
Once assembled, the probe has to be fully tested once again before being taken to the launch pad for its journey to Mars. Once there, after the routine checks have been carried out and the scientific instruments (SEIS and HP3) have been deployed, the operating phase can begin. Phase E, as this is known, is when the first scientific data is acquired. For InSight, this phase will last at least two Earth years (equivalent to one Martian year). If the systems are still working well at the end of this period, NASA may decide to extend the mission.
A short development cycle
In all, just five years separate the start of phase A in May 2011 and the launch, initially scheduled for March 2016. The InSight mission's development cycle has obviously been very short, in keeping with all NASA's Discovery missions.
Keeping to such a tight schedule has been a major challenge for all the teams involved in the mission. Theoretically, the technical risks appeared minimal and the design process looked as if it was going to be seamless. One of the reasons for this is that the InSight lander is almost a carbon copy of the Phoenix probe that successfully landed on Mars in May 2008.
Following in the footsteps of a predecessor having already undergone its baptism of fire and having been able to implement the lessons learned from that mission, it was logical to consider that (almost) everything would go smoothly. This impression was no doubt consolidated by the fact that several components for InSight could be reused from previous missions. This was the case, for example, of the IDA, a robotic arm first used for Mars Surveyor 2001, and the two technical cameras, a colour version of the danger avoidance and navigation cameras used on US rovers Spirit, Opportunity and—more recently—Curiosity.
Yet, as often occurs in the space sector, things did not work out exactly as planned. Even if a mission looks at the outset very similar to a previous attempt, it rapidly becomes unique in its own right.
Indeed, the InSight probe certainly is unique in terms of its payload, i.e. the instruments it is designed to land on Mars. Mission managers had clearly stated from the start that the SEIS seismometer and the HP3 heat flow sensor were going to be the project's major unknown, the part where risks ran the highest. The future would show that these risks were actually greater than imagined in the case of the seismometer.
The SEIS instrument was not designed specifically for the InSight mission. Its legacy goes back to Mars 96, a mission launched on November 1996 that included two landing capsules containing the Optimism broad band seismometer. Despite the probe's tragic destiny, crashing into the Pacific Ocean after being unable to break free from Earth's gravity, development work on the seismometer continued thanks to funding from the French space agency, CNES.
Over the years, the prototypes developed have offered increasingly better performance. An enhanced version was considered for the Netlander mission, unfortunately abandoned in detailed design phase B. A new, even more enhanced model was offered to the European Space Agency for ExoMars, but it was finally rejected, leaving the InSight probe the difficult task of depositing on Mars an instrument that has benefitted from almost 20 years of constant development, and which has crystallized so many of its designers' hopes and efforts.
Unfortunately, adversity lies in the details, and while the delicate pendulums central to the seismometer were already mature from a technical viewpoint, the difficulties encountered were linked to a part that nobody had really suspected as a possible source of problems: the evacuated sphere. The latter is designed to house the pendulums, offering them an ideal environment in which to work on Mars.
The sphere is crucial to the seismometer's operation as it both isolates the instrument's pendulums from the huge temperature differences on Mars and protects them from contamination by particles that could upset their fragile mechanisms. It must remain perfectly sealed at all times, the smallest leak being considered unacceptable.
When the sphere was delivered to CNES in July 2015, a leak was detected. Despite the considerable efforts made by the technical teams to understand and repair the problem, additional leaks occurred, leading NASA and CNES to issue a joint statement on 22 December 2015 announcing the suspension of the March 2016 launch and its possible postponement to May 2018.
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My Crazy Life: Episode I- The Summer Everything Changed Installment III
Posted on July 31, 2013 August 1, 2013 by writergirlari
An Outburst & A Laptop Murder
As we pulled up into the Sunshine B&B driveway, I groaned as I hit the save button. Why had I started writing when I knew our destination wasn't that far away? I shook my head. I guess I wasn't thinking right after the accident.
After Mom and Laz explained to Matt what was going on, the adults tried to figure out a plan. After a lot of discussing they decided that we would drop off our stuff at the B&B and go from there.
"Just the way I remember it," I heard Laz say as he walked up the steps.
I rolled out of the van and groaned as I looked at the steps. I heard someone snickering behind me.
"Attempt that if you want, but I'm going up the ramp," Natalie said as she rolled around to the side of the house.
I nearly hit myself in the head. The ramp was RIGHT in front of me and I didn't NOTICE it. What was up with me?
"Car accidents make you delusional," Natalie said trying to comfort me. "I was sure delusional after mine."
Apparently, everyone at the accident was delusional because they forgot one very important fact.
The Sunshine Bed & Breakfast wasn't exactly wheelchair friendly.
I stared up at the thirty mocking steps while Laz and Mom tried to figure out what to do. Unless someone wanted to carry me up and down for the next six to eight months, we were going to have to find somewhere else to live.
"Natalie!"
"In the family room!"
"Natalie! You won't believe what Leo did today!" A girl with red hair shouted as she walked up to me. I turned my wheelchair completely around and the look of shock that appeared on the girl's face was worth a thousand words.
"You're not Natalie," The girl said like I was some Natalie imposter. "You look like her from behind, but your hair is a lighter shade of blonde. I'm Virginia Powers by the way."
"I had a feeling," I said. "Natalie summed you up perfectly when she called you bossy bubbly."
"Are you a friend of Natalie's?" Virginia asked.
"Not exactly. I'm more of follower. I crashed into her today though," I said just to see a look of confusion on Virginia's face.
And she did not disappoint.
"Wha…?" Virginia asked. Her shoulders slumped to a place shoulders have never been. She squinted her eyes so much that it looked as if they were closed. Her hands were swinging around until they found a place on her hips.
"Who are you?" Virginia asked. Her look turned accusing.
"I'm Charlotte Lily," I said, "but everyone calls me Charlly."
"Charlotte Lily… Why does that name sound familiar?" Virginia asked. Her confusion face returned.
"Virginia…," Natalie said as she rolled into the hallway that was between the arch that took you to the restaurant and the rest of the house. "I see you've met Charlly."
"This is just too confusing!" Virginia shouted. Her face turned into a weird mix between anger and confusion. "You said you didn't know her!"
That retort was aimed at me. I tried not to smirk.
"But I also said I crashed into her today," I said. Natalie laughed.
"Yup," Natalie giggled. "It wasn't a bad car crash, but it jolted me in my wheelchair."
"My head is so congested and my heart is so angry that I can't even make sense of this right now," Virginia sighed.
"Why are you angry?" Natalie asked.
"Leo is the most self-center jerk in all of Berkshire County!" Virginia screamed.
"Whoa!" Natalie shouted with laughter. "What did Leo do this time?"
"So you've heard how Nelson asked Emily to be his girlfriend right?" Virginia said in sort of a whiney voice.
"Yeah, what of it?" Natalie asked.
"Well, today I kind of playfully asked Leo when he was going to make our relationship official," Virginia said. She had to stop so she could catch her breath.
"And what happened next?" Natalie sighed. The look on her face told me that she already knew the answer. I kinda had a feeling what the answer was too.
"And looked at me and smirked! Smirked I say!" Virginia screamed.
"And?" Natalie and I asked at the same time.
"What do you mean and? He smirked at me when I asked him a serious question!" Virginia screamed at the top of her lungs.
"That's it?" Natalie and I shouted.
"What is going on in here?" Darcy asked walking down the steps. "It sounds like bombs are going off."
"You," Virginia said as she hoped around me to get onto the steps. "You, Mr. Darcy Chadwick Edwards, will go down to Leo's house and have a little talk with him."
Darcy stood perfectly still on the tenth step.
"Um," He stuttered.
"You will tell him that the next time his…potential girlfriend ask him a make or break relationship question he will answer with words and not smirks!" Virginia shouted.
"Huh?" Darcy asked.
"Long story," Natalie said rolling her eyes.
"Look, Virginia, I can't tell Leo what to do. If you're so mad at him why don't you just go tell him yourself," Darcy said regaining his voice.
"Tell him myself? I've just about ruined any hopes of us ever living happily ever after…unlike some people!" Virginia shouted. She took a quick look at Natalie.
"You can't be blaming me for your relationship woes!" Natalie snorted.
"Girls," Darcy muttered as he tried to walk past Virginia, but Virginia grabbed his shirt.
"I don't want to have to hurt you," Darcy said with playfulness in his eyes.
"Neither do I," Virginia said in a very dangerous voice.
"What do you want me to do? Yell at Leo just because he didn't answer your question the way you wanted him to?" Darcy asked.
"Yes, as simple as that," Virginia said.
"Um, no, not as simple as that," Darcy said. "Maybe Leo doesn't want whatever you wanted him to answer."
"Are you saying I'm not good enough for him?" Virginia shouted. She let go of Darcy's shirt and threw her hands up.
Darcy made a run for it. He ran down the steps and grabbed the handle bars of Natalie's wheelchair.
"What are you doing?" Natalie laughed as Darcy pulled her towards the door.
"She won't hurt me if I have you hostage!" Darcy shouted as he opened the door. He closed the door with a slam and I could hear Natalie giggling and screaming as he pushed her down the driveway.
"There goes the perfect couple!" Virginia screamed. If we were in a cartoon smoke would have been blowing out her ears and nose. "All happy and giggly. Well newsflash to world! All romances aren't like that!"
Is she just figuring that out?
"What is going on in here?" Mr. Steve asked. "Has World War III erupted in here?"
Virginia gave him a look that made Mr. Steve grin.
"Where'd Natalie go?" Mr. Steve asked. The anger returned to Virginia's face.
"She rolled off into the sunset with her knight in shinning armor while I'm drowning in the sea and my knight is riding away with a smirk on his face!" Virginia screamed. She stormed out the house and slammed the door harder than Darcy.
"I have no words," Mr. Steve laughed. I smiled. I had a feeling my life was about to get more crazy with Virginia as an acquaintance.
"We've worked out a solution," Mr. Steve said walking towards the restaurant. "Welcome to the Matthews family."
"We can either put the blowup bed in the N room or you can sleep in one of the other many other rooms," Mr. Steve said as he brought my bags into Drury Hall.
"The N room?" I asked.
"That's what Steve calls Natalie and Noel's room because its shorter than saying Noel and Natalie's room," Mrs. Matthews said with a teasing voice.
"Love you too," Mr. Steve said kissing Mrs. Matthews.
I made a mental note to ask Natalie if her parents kissed often, but since I was now living here I would be finding out sooner or later. My parents decided that I and I alone would be moving into the Matthews house during the six to eight months it would take to build our house. That might as well translate into a year with the threat of a long weather ahead.
I still can't believe my mom would go along with this. This plan had to be one of Laz's genius ideas and he must have sweat talked my mom into it because that's the only logical answer I can think of.
"Do you think the girls would mine?" I asked.
"I can't speak for Noel, but Natalie won't mind," Mrs. Matthews said. "Fourth door on the left."
I rolled down the hall and was in for a total shock when I opened the door. The purple walls shined from the walls. Inspirational posters and ridiculous photos were hung on the walls. The picture right above Natalie and Noel's bed was a picture of Natalie holding a cat. Megan holding a poor puppy. Yule and Bella were smiling and Noel was standing off in the corner looking like she wanted to freak out. If I had to be in that photo, I would have freaked out…and I don't even have autism!
Yule came into the room a minute later with the blowup bed.
"I love that photo," Yule snickered as he set the bed up.
"You do?" I asked. "It's…it's…it's…"
"Hilarious," Yule snorted.
"I was going to say creepy," I blurted.
"That too," Yule said. "The triplets would have been in that photo but they were still crying from the last one."
"That would have been a disaster!" I laughed.
"Then you've got to see the picture the Kids picture in Mom and Dad's room. Abby and Jaci are in that one too," Yule said.
"Good Lord," I said shaking my head.
"Yule," I asked as he started to walk out the room, "do you like it here?"
"All I can is this ain't New York City for sure," Yule said. "It also ain't Chicago."
"How did you know…," I said but he was gone.
I took one look at the picture and shook my head. Inspiration hit me. Where was the laptop?
"Natalia! No!"
That was an adult voice. This can't be good.
I rolled out the room and found the remains of my laptop on the kitchen floor.
Posted on July 31, 2013 by writergirlari
"You shall not murder.
Verse of the Day (July 30)
And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.
Posted on July 31, 2013 August 12, 2013 by writergirlari
"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.


During the 17th and the 18th centuries, there was an upsurge of strong monarchs in Europe owing to the need for a strong central government. Though all the monarchs were not worthy, some of them came to be called the 'enlightened despots'. They were referred to as enlightened because they not only patronized learning and the arts, but were themselves highly accomplished. They were also called benevolent since they were hard working rulers who strove to improve the condition of the people. They realized that their own power depended on the prosperity of the nation. However they were regarded as despots since they jealously guarded and tried to strengthen their autocratic hold on the states that they governed. The most outstanding among the enlightened despots were Catherine the Great of Russia, Frederick the Great of Prussia, Maria Theresa and Joseph II of Austria.
Alfred the Great (871-901), William the Conqueror (1066-1087), Henry II (1154-1189), Edward I (1272-1307) and others were powerful rulers. The Wars of the Roses paved the way for the rise of the Tudor monarchy, of which Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary and Queen Elizabeth were strong rulers.
The Stuart rulers like James I (1603-1625), Charles I (1625-1649), Charles II (1660-1685) and James II (1685-1688) were despotic rulers whose power parliament tried to curb.
The unpopular ruler James II was deposed and the Dutch prince William of Orange and his wife Mary, were invited to rule over England through the Glorious or Bloodless Revolution.


A portrait of an unknown officer of the 7th U.S. Cavalry wearing the ultra rare M1902 "winged horseshoe" insignia of the regimental veterinarian.
The editor issues a call to readers to help solve the problem of fake images on the collector's market.
The letters to the editor include praise for the story about the previously unpublished image of Confederate prisoners of war, a question about the identity of a soldier on the back cover of the May/June 1991 issue and observations on modern photographers practicing 19th century methods.
Two books are mentioned, including 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Gregg's) (Design Folio) by Ron Field and Eyewitness at Wounded Knee (University of Nebraska Press) by Richard Jensen, Eli Paul and John Carter.
Selected images from the photo album of Clifford Spurgeon, who served in the 7th U.S. Cavalry from 1897-1900, includes a portrait of Spurgeon on is mount, a burial party in Cuba and more.
A selection of images scanned at the annual event is subdivided into the following groupings: Artillerymen, sharpshooters, street scenes, Confederates and near Confederates, Zouaves and near Zouaves, cavalrymen, sailors, and four from West Coast collector Peter Buxton.
A celebration to honor Saint Pat on March 17, 1908, spelled doom for the venerable Civil War-era vessel Monongahela when a rocket fuse was accidently lit and started a fire that ended in disaster. First Class Blacksmith Frank Jackson of the U.S. Navy told this story to his son Frank. The narrative is illustrated with a portraits of Frank and the Monongahela.
Raised as the "Ringgold Regiment" in Bucks County, Pa., the story of the 104th is told in words and pictures. The latter includes portraits of Division commander Gen. Silas Casey, Col. William W.H. Davis, Lt. E. Sayers McDowell, Pvt. William Harrison Hibbs, Pvt. Thomas Smith, Sgt. W.H. Edwards, Lt. Harry Kessler and Pvt. Richard Clayton.
In "The Seventh Regiment, New York State Militia," McAfee examines the origins of this respected regiment and its chasseur-inspired uniform. Portraits of two unidentified privates illustrate the text.
A portrait from the Peter Buxton collection is an antebellum Marine lieutenant. He bears a striking resemblance to Paymaster John C. Cash.


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Home Gary-Local News GEO detention center should stay away after second defeat
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GEO detention center should stay away after second defeat
Strong opposition likely to keep detention center out of Gary
The GEO Group once again was sent packing last week when the Gary City Council unanimously rejected a proposal to build an $80 million detention center in the city.
By a 9-0 vote, the city council turned away GEO's request to build a detention center just north of the Gary/Chicago International Airport.
While the decision capped weeks of protests, the move also reaffirmed public opinion that a detention center is not wanted in Gary. The decision also showed that Gary is a political force that's not to be reckoned with, regardless of who supports an unpopular project.
With many vacant buildings still standing and unemployment still high, Gary is in dire need of economic development, but not at the city's soul and image.
GEO said the prison would have included 800 beds on 24 acres across from Gary/Chicago International Airport. It was the same proposal that GEO pitched in November; only this one was dressed up with sweeter pitches to city and business leaders. In closed-door meetings GEO had promised to pay the Gary Economic Development Center an annual fee of $290,000 in addition to $100,000.
It was the old trick of dangling the carrot to woo supporters. To GEO officials, it was needed to push a proposal that was likely to be defeated after city leaders rejected the detention center the first time in November. To Gary residents, GEO's defeat the second time was even sweeter with the corporation's beefed up proposal to sway elected officials. No city leader voted in favor of this project and that says a lot. Whether officials genuinely opposed the project or were afraid to cast a yes vote, Gary's residents won big.
LaVetta Sparks-Wade, D-6th, said a detention center would only further harm Gary's public image.
"I disagree with the idea that we do not have the luxury of passing this up. I do not believe this is the best project that Gary can take up."
Will GEO return again to see if the "third time's a charm" aphorism would work? From the looks of their response after their proposal crushing defeat, the answer is probably not. No one likes a detention center in Gary and this message was clearly sent to GEO that night.
"We are disappointed by tonight's vote. Our proposed facility would have been an $80 million investment in Gary, created hundreds of construction and full-time jobs, generated $1 million in new tax revenue without having to raise local property or business taxes, and created local contracting opportunities worth more than $1 million."
Should GEO return, Gary residents will once again be ready for them.
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GREGORY HENRY May 12, 2016 at 9:48 am
I was very pleased by the Council's decision to reject GEO's proposal for a detention center near the Gary/Chicago International Airport. Even though, some of them reluctantly did so! Sure Gary need jobs and increase its tax base but I just couldn't comprehend or never envision a detention center nowhere in Gary! Will GEO come back? You bet they will with even a sweeter deal! Hopefully, there will be even stronger opposition to this horrendous proposal!! One thing GEO Group has and that is 'deep pockets'!


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Original British WWII Sten MkII Display Submachine Gun Marked E & Co. with T-stock and Magazine has a rating of 5.0 stars based on 1 reviews.
Original British WWII Sten MkII Display Submachine Gun Marked E & Co. with T-stock and Magazine
Original Item: Only One Available. Think of The Bridge on the River Qwai. William Holden holding his MkII Sten and looking very grim. And how many other war movies do we remember where we remember the Mk2 Sten but not the actors? Probably quite a few.
Not only was the Sten ubiquitous in movies and among Allied troops, but the German Army, of all people, eventually made numerous copies of it. Earlier, Otto Skorzeny, the famous head of Germany's equivalent of Britain's Commandos, tried hard to get permission to use the silenced version of the Sten for his troops, but his request was rejected on grounds of national—read that as National Socialist—arrogance.
This non-firing BATF approved Sten Mk II is made up of all original parts on a solid receiver and duplicates the feel and appearance of the original Sten Mk II Machine Carbine. The trigger still pulls and the selector moves, though the bolt handle does not move, per BATF regulations. It is finished in the stove black used on most British small arms of the Second World War. The condition is very good, and it is clearly marked with a STEN MK II on the top of the magazine well. The underside is marked E&Co, indicating that the magazine well, or possibly the entire gun, was made by Elkington & Co in Birmingham, a subcontractor during the war. There is also the guns serial number, S0236979 and a Broad Arrow. The "T" buttstock is marked with 5432.
The Mk II was the most widely distributed of the various Sten models, and was featured in numerous motion pictures, including the marquee poster for the great The Bridge On The River Kwai. This sample has the popular T butt stock, and also has the original cocking handle with the protective flange but without the safety projection.
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The Mk II Sten is an icon of the Second World War and should be part of any WW2 collection or display.
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OIS Index: No Immunity to Coronavirus Selloff
April 8, 2020|Michael Lachman
The OIS Index of ophthalmic stocks followed global stock markets into bear market territory in Q1, declining 21.2%, in line with the overall US stock market as measured by the Russell 3000 Index (-21.3%). Biotech stocks (-10.4% as measured by the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index) and medical device stocks (-14.7%) have been relative safe havens, likely driven by demand for healthcare products to address the coronavirus pandemic and the urgent need for vaccinations and treatments.
Ophthalmic stocks have more closely tracked the broader market than the biotech and medical device sectors. This should come as no surprise, given that the bellwether procedure in ophthalmology – cataract surgery – has been classified as non-essential and subject to postponement, and that other key ophthalmic products and procedures, including contact lenses and refractive surgery, have a strong consumer component.
Declining stocks in the OIS Index outnumbered advancing stocks by a margin of 31 to 4 during Q1.
Positive Contributors
The largest positive contributor to index performance in Q1 was Oyster Point Pharma (+1.1% contribution to index performance, stock up 43.2%). In January, the company announced positive top-line results from a Phase 2 study for its nasal spray to treat dry eye disease. At the end of the quarter, Oyster Point announced completion of enrollment in its pivotal Phase 3 trial.
Kala Pharmaceuticals was the second largest positive contributor (+0.8% contribution to index performance, stock up 138%). The stock moved higher in January following completion of enrollment in the company's STRIDE 3 Phase 3 study in dry eye disease and received a further boost in March with the announcement of positive topline results from the trial.
Ocular Therapeutix (+25.3%) announced positive efficacy data from a Phase 1 study of the company's long-acting travoprost intracameral implant for the treatment of glaucoma or ocular hypertension, as well as positive interim Phase 1 data for a long-acting intravitreal implant for the treatment of wet AMD.
Negative Contributors
The largest negative contributor in Q1 was Bausch Health (-3.8% contribution to index performance, stock down 48.2%), giving up the gains delivered in Q4-2019, during which this stock was the largest positive contributor to OIS Index performance. In February, Bausch reported Q4-2019 financial results, including a large net operating loss driven by the accrual of legal reserves, primarily related to legacy Valeant litigation.
Glaukos was the second largest negative contributor (-2.6% contribution to index performance, stock down 43.3%). The stock declined following the announcement of lower-than-expected 2020 revenue guidance.
Nine additional stocks in the OIS Index declined by more than 40% in Q1, but with less impact on overall performance due to lower weighting within the index. These include:
• Second Sight Medical Products (-83.3%), which at the end of Q1 announced that it would wind down operations due to inability to secure additional financing.
• IVERIC bio (-59.9%), which announced in March a delay in pivotal trial enrollment initiation due to the coronavirus. This stock was the largest percentage gainer in the index in Q4, driven by positive Phase 2b results in geographic atrophy secondary to dry AMD.
• Aldeyra Therapeutics (-57.5%), which announced strategic prioritization of late-stage ocular disease programs and placed on hold two non-ophthalmic programs.
• KalVista Pharmaceuticals (-57.1%), which announced Phase 2 study results in DME that did not meet the primary endpoint in the overall study population, resulting in expiration of an option agreement with Merck.
The OIS Index is a composite of ophthalmic growth stocks which tracks the investment performance of our sector. Our goal is to highlight ophthalmology investment performance, in absolute terms and compared to broader biotech and medical device industries, as well as the overall stock market. The OIS Index was launched with an initial value of 1,000 on October 1, 2016; as of April 1, 2019, the OIS Index stood at 893.90.
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C. -F. Volney, at This Is Common Sense.
Social media often takes the full brunt of the blame for the current ideological/political divide. Take this BigThink post:
Two [sic] reasons why social media is bad for us, politically:
1. The echo chamber: I think a huge part of why we've become so divided as a society stems from the binaries mentioned in Jason's piece ["To My Friend, the Radical Leftist," by Jason Gots, July 11, 2015]. Just as conservatives reinforce their anti-liberal sentiments by watching Fox News (and vice-versa with liberals and MSNBC), folks on Facebook curate their audience to form an echo chamber. It's basically self-structured propaganda, which is inherently anti-liberal by the classical definition. Flashier, more inflammatory ideas rise to the top of the conversation thus fueling the sorts of radical biases and heuristics that subconsciously radicalize people. The middle ground shrinks as rhetorical forces seek to push people farther left or farther right. I don't think that's healthy for a society, especially when radicalization comes attached to a sense of mean-spiritedness against the other side.
2. Tactics and tone: The whole public-shaming culture bugs me because it portrays conflicting opinions as, at best, the stupid ramblings of uninformed idiots; at worst, straight-up evil. People act differently online than they do in person, often for the worse, because we see other people online as characters in a larger digital drama rather than real human beings. It engenders a sense of enmity against our peers that ought not have any place in a respectful and democratic society. It also kills me to see people shun, demean, or shame the ignorant, because ignorance is not always the result of volition. Demonization is lazy. It alienates people who might otherwise have come around to your beliefs had they not been made to feel bad. Social media and the SJW mindset (as much as I hate that term) both promote a shouting-down of the opposition rather than a thoughtful attempt to sway opinion. It, by design, divides rather than unites.
3. Memes are the lowest form of political discourse: I mean seriously, come on…
"Social media is turning us into thoughtless political extremists," Robert Montenegro, BigThink, July 13, 2015
This sort of thing would be more convincing if my own experience fit the depiction.
I have believed and written the same sort of things for most of my adult life as I do now on Facebook. But in the old days, prior to the Internet, only a few thousand people read Liberty magazine, for example, a zine that I helped start in the summer of 1987. And those people only read it after jumping over the hurdle of a hideous cover as well as the stigma of that word, "liberty." That was a bubble. Now, on social media, I reach neighbors and friends and family and their friends and families. And strangers who click into my feed, perhaps from Quora or my blog or even, heaven forfend, Twitter (I really do prefer Gab, but Gab mirrors posts to Twitter). So, what I do on Facebook and linked sites now probably reaches a greater diversity of people than my writing in Liberty.
Before the current era, and in the Gutenberg dimension, a fractured publishing world separated us. And, in person, politesse did. It was a rare thing to discuss at length "religion and politics." Now, however, on Facebook, anyway, these natural barriers fall down. Because inhibitions of manners are less effective, because we do not see into the eyes of our interlocutors.
But two things: (1) I have noticed, over the past few years on Facebook, that my friends and family and neighbors who disagree with me interact with me less than they did ten years ago — they may be re-establishing the bubble of politesse, by shunning; (2) on the few issues where I have changed my mind, or grew open to new obsessions, it is on those ideas that I have received the most pushback.
This latter point is illustrative of the major problem with social media bashing, which, after this piece by Robert Blackmountian — and, more importantly, the election of Donald Trump — has become an international moral panic. Since I get the most flak for recent changes in opinion, there is certainly another attempt to embubble hot, divisive topics. But I persist, and slowly open up a few minds. And this does not indicate that my experience has led me or anyone else to increased "extremism" — I feel a pressure to conform, but the ease of posting emboldens my dissent, and new ideas do get circulated. People changing their minds is not necessarily extremism. And sometimes, after all, the truth does lie at an extreme — falsity being at the other pole, and fiction and irony in lines orthogonal.
OK. I bend. What we are witnessing in the present time is partly the result of social media. Sure. But much of this is good. In earlier times, we could all pretend that democracy was not what it definitely is: a factional contest to inflict one's values on one's enemies. This is no longer possible, because actual differences are demonstrated interpersonally on the Net. The extremism was always there, but hidden by convention and institutional subterfuge.
What we are reviving is the manner of democracy before the establishment, in the late 19th century, of the secret ballot. Adopting the secret ballot was necessary to disenthrone constitutional limits on government. When everyone knew how everyone else voted, there was some social check on extremism in factions. Your vote was known to your neighbors, and you had to look them in the face when you sicced the state upon them through your pet policies. There was a reason you had to moderate your politics. But with a secret ballot — which, we should remember, J.S. Mill had the wit to oppose — all participants had cover, and could nurture secret hatreds and resentments against others and call it Good Policy.
So the all-against-all war emerged in the progressives' "new republic," as predicted by Volney:
Under the mask of union and civil peace, [cupidity] fomented in the bosom of every state an intestine war, in which the citizens, divided into contending corps of orders, classes, families, unremittingly struggled to appropriate to themselves, under the name of supreme power, the ability to plunder every thing, and render every thing subservient to the dictates of their passions; and this spirit of encroachment, disguised under all possible forms, but always the same in its object and motives, has never ceased to torment the nations.
See "An Intestine War," October 23, 2012.
Now this is all out in the open. We all know what is at stake: capturing power in the imperial capital means inflicting on others the programs and policies and laws with which they disagree, often are even disgusted with. We know where everybody stands.
And today's progressives feel especially attacked, and thus desperate. Their power at the commanding heights of the culture has been challenged. They thought things would always go their way. Things would "progress." They have not. They received pushback. Their dominance in major media and in the academic realm has been eclipsed by "new media" of the Internet, which social media helps spread far and wide. And after a century of progress in the size and scope of government, they became frightened. And crazed.
Their reaction to Trump was comic, of course, though they were not laughing: before the election, when they were sure Hillary would win, they were aghast when The Donald demurred in possible "acceptance" of the results of the vote; after the election, and the results became clear, it was they who could not accept the outcome. So of course things got even uglier. For they had given up on the old democratic decorum of understanding that you can't always get what you want.
The putative conservatives, on the other hand, are used to losing — they have lost all the culture wars, have they not? — and now have this notion in their head that they should win occasionally. But with Trump in office — a centrist sinner with only a few points of overlap with Reaganite conservatism — they are, on net so far, only stemming the progressive tide. A Universal Basic Income, for example, sure looks imminent.
So the battle lines are drawn.
And the solution? The truth of the matter is as Volney put it: peace can come only from the liberty that limits intestine war.
Until we all learn this lesson, and set down some limits again, the war must go on. And ugliness increase.
And I am not going to blame social media for that — I will give it some credit, for transparency. But the blame goes to the system itself, and its historical place on the arc of its own involution. For the truth must come before the solution can even be understood. Social media has helped lay bare the intestine war.
To call a truce, we must not deny truth, but accept it.
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Researchers have discovered a treatment meant to fight Alzheimer's also regrows dentin, the hard calcified tissue underneath a tooth's enamel.
If you enjoy having your teeth drilled, cavities filled, and infected molars pulled, researchers at King's College London have some bad news for you.
A new study published in Scientific Reports shows that an experimental Alzheimer's drug called Tideglusib has a small side effect of encouraging dentin growth when applied topically to teeth, causing a tooth to regrow and protect itself from cavities or dental injuries.
Dentin, a bony calcified tissue, makes up most of a tooth and sits right underneath the hard enamel that encases them. And the fact Tideglusib encourages dentin growth now has researchers excited about new possibilities.
Tideglusib, a neurological drug, was originally used in Alzheimer clinical trials as a way to encourage brain cell growth and fight dementia.
It does this by targeting tau proteins found in neurons — and other parts of the body, such as teeth. When applied, Tideglusib inhibits a form of tau protein that stops teeth from producing dentin. According to the report, the topical medicine causes teeth to create stem cells that then grow dentin over any exposed area.
Only a tiny layer of dentin usually grows back over an exposed injury, but nowhere near enough to deter a dentist from drilling or removing a tooth to stop an infection. Since Tideglusib blocks the enzyme keeping dentin growth in check, the tooth can heal itself.
The researchers tested this by putting Tideglusib on biodegradable collagen sponges and placing them where cavities had formed. They then found that the cavities healed themselves without any drilling or filling required.
This method's simplicity means that dental offices could implement the new treatment relatively effortlessly, perhaps spelling the end of the current methods that so many of us dread.
Next, check out the wildly successful trials for a new Alzheimer's drug, before reading about the lung cancer vaccine from Cuba that's getting FDA approval.


Iron sights vs Scope is a tradeoff.
You trade field of vision for range of vision when you equip a scope. The current iron sights seem to all have a circular guard around the front which does obscure field of vision a bit, especially on long shots, any chance we could get open front sights without the circle guard as a loadout option?
Also we need to be able to see our coin balance from the gear store, currently you have to quit out to main menu to see your coin balance.