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Rich Stanbaugh is President and Chief Executive Officer of ANX. Rich joined ANX in 2000 as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. Since that time he has served as the President and CEO of ANX Asia Pacific Corporation and as Vice President of Operations for ANX Corporation. Prior to this, Rich served as Global Technology Manager for information technology operations at Visteon Corporation, a leading supplier of automotive technology systems, where he was responsible for deploying enterprise resource planning applications in North America and Europe.
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Suárez est une municipalité située dans le département de Cauca, en Colombie.

Personnalités liées à la municipalité
 Guillermo Sáenz (1948-2011) : ancien chef des FARC, tué à Suárez.
 Francia Márquez (1981-), militante afro-colombienne, vice-présidente de la République.

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Ville en Colombie
Municipalité dans le département de Cauca

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Why Is My Crape Myrtle Wilting Despite Being Well Watered?
It was planted 3 weeks ago and has no visible leaf damage. It has rained several times and extra watering was tried. Leaves have not changed color nor have any fallen.
It may be possible that there are air pockets in the soil around the rootball that are drying out the roots and restricting the tree's ability to take up water. To correct this, flood the area with water and then step firmly around the top of the planting hole to help collapse any air pockets.
Depending on the kind of soil you have, while the surface may look like its draining well, if you have a base of clay covered in good topsoil, it may appear that the soil is draining but water is pooling in the newly dug soil. If you suspect this, you can try digging a hole nearby the tree to test the ability of the soil to carry away excess soil. Dig a hole as deep as the hole you planted the tree in and fill it with water. See how fast the water runs out. If it is not drained in a few hours, then there is a good possibility that the tree is sitting in an underground puddle and this is causing the problem. If this is the problem, I would recommend replanting the tree. Dig the hole twice as wide and back fill it with only good topsoil and no clay.


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Harvard Heart Letter
Calm your anxious heart
Published: June, 2015
Managing anxiety can improve your quality of life and take stress off your heart.
A wave of dread overcomes you—your chest hurts, your heart flutters, and you can't catch your breath. These classic anxiety symptoms are often mistaken for a heart attack—and for good reason. Emotional turmoil triggers the release of stress hormones, which act on the same brain areas that regulate cardiovascular functions such as heart rate and blood pressure.
A toxic mix
Anxiety most often travels in the company of its henchmen—stress and depression. In fact, anxiety and depression are likely different expressions of a shared underlying biology. As many as two-thirds of people with anxiety disorders also suffer from depression at some point in their lives, and over half of people with depression also have an anxiety disorder. Long-term, unrelenting stress can be a precursor to both conditions.
"Stress, anxiety, and depression can be viewed as one family of related problems. It's hard to tease them out," says Dr. Michael Miller, a psychiatrist at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. "For example, two people may have similar biology, but one of them is anxious, while the other is more depressed."
Heart effects
The relationship between heart health and depression is well documented. There is mounting evidence for an independent anxiety–heart disease link as well. In particular, people who have generalized anxiety disorder (see "Symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder") seem to suffer higher rates of heart attack and other cardiac events. The effect is more pronounced in people who already have a diagnosis of heart disease, and the risk rises with the intensity and frequency of anxiety symptoms.
There are several theories about how constant anxiety of this type may affect the cardiovascular system. Anxiety disorders can change the body's stress response, the combination of hormonal and physiological reactions that helps all animals fight or flee from a real threat. People with anxiety disorders have inappropriate ups and downs that can cause high blood pressure, heart rhythm disturbances, or heart attack. A malfunctioning stress response promotes inflammation, which damages the artery linings and sets the stage for the buildup of coronary plaque. People with anxiety also have low levels of omega-3 fatty acids, and lower levels may be linked to a higher risk of heart disease. The presence of anxiety and depression also appears to make platelets "stickier," so blood is more likely to clot.
The connection between anxiety and heart health also travels in the other direction. A diagnosis of heart problems is likely to raise a person's baseline anxiety. In addition, people who are anxious may also have adopted unhealthy habits (like smoking or overeating) that add to cardiac risk.
There's still much to be learned about how anxiety affects the heart. But its harmful effects—along with stress and depression—should not be ignored.
Treating anxiety
The choice of treatment for anxiety depends on a number of factors, such as its severity, which symptoms are dominant, and other health conditions. The primary approaches for treating anxiety entail talk therapies and medications.
Very often, doctors recommend a dual approach that combines psychotherapy and medications. Cognitive behavioral therapy, the most studied technique, helps you identify automatic negative thoughts, understand why they aren't rational, and come up with ways to limit destructive thoughts and reinforce positive ones. Depending on an individual's needs, other types of psychotherapy may be recommended. Relaxation exercises, biofeedback, and meditation are other pill-free techniques for managing anxiety.
Many people find relief by taking antidepressant medicines, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as fluoxetine (Prozac) and sertraline (Zoloft). These are especially useful in people also burdened by depression. However, when seeking medication for anxiety, be sure to discuss your cardiovascular condition with your doctor to avoid adverse effects and undesirable drug interactions, says Dr. Miller.
Don't forget regular exercise, after your doctor gives you the go-ahead. It's good for your heart and also helps to boost your mood and calm your nerves.
Symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder
Persistent, excessive worry about various things for at least six months
Feeling tense or on edge
Irritability or restlessness
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The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously today to declare Iraq's formal annexation of Kuwait null and void in international law.
The decision is legally binding on all members of the organization. But Iraq's United Nations representative defended his Government's action as ending an artificial division of the Arab world created in the last century by what he called the imperialist powers. The representatives of the United States and Kuwait's government-in-exile promptly pointed out that this argument could justify further annexations of Arab countries.
This is the third time the Security Council has condemned Baghdad's takeover of Kuwait since the invasion last week, though it is the first time the Council has unanimously done so.
But while Yemen refused to participate in the first vote last Thursday condemning the invasion and Cuba and Yemen abstained in Monday's vote imposing economic sanctions, no member opposed any of these decisions.
Iraq's annexation, he said, was an attempt to end the ''splintering of the region'' caused by the colonial powers that had ''transformed the Arab nation into 22 Arab states, redrawing the map of the region.'' It was part of the reunification of his country, he said.
The United States representative, Thomas R. Pickering, and the Kuwaiti representative, Mohammed A. Abulhasan, immediately pointed out that this argument could be used to justify the takeover of other Arab countries.
''Where does it end?'' Ambassador Pickering said. ''Does it end in Kuwait? Does it move on to Saudi Arabia? Does it move on to Jordan?'' Council members are starting to talk informally about the possibility of a second resolution setting up a United Nations naval patrol to enforce the trade embargo against Iraq and occupied Kuwait under Article 42 of the Charter, which empowers the Council to take such military actions.
This follows announcements by the Soviet Union and France that they will not join a blockade of Iraq without United Nations authorization and a Soviet statement today that said Moscow wanted consultations in the Military Staff Committee on such a blockade.
The Military Staff Committee is a largely defunct organ comprising the Chiefs of Staff of the five permanent Security Council members. It is supposed to organize military enforcement of Council decisions, but has never been able to agree in the past.
Some Western countries say a new resolution setting up a United Nations blockade is not strictly necessary because the resolution imposing sanctions can be interpreted as giving their national navies the right to search ships suspected of infringements.
The Security Council today also set up a special committee to monitor compliance with the embargo and appointed Finland its president and Canada and Colombia its vice presidents.
Today Britain's representative, Sir Crispin Tickell, told the Council that the existing sanctions resolution justifies Britain's decision to use its warships in the gulf to ''monitor maritime traffic'' to insure compliance.
But others argued that a new resolution would establish this right more clearly and probably be a political necessity if the Soviet Union and Arab Governments were to join the effort to make the sanctions effective.
Last night Kuwait's government-in-exile convened an emergency session of the Council after Baghdad announced its annexation decision. Cuba immediately tried to give the proceedings an anti-American twist by proposing a resolution expressing concern at the buildup of foreign forces in the Gulf and calling for a halt.
But the Council's other third world members refused to support it and Cuba was forced to abandon its plan.
MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (Special to The New York Times) - Distancing itself from the United States' decision to send troops to Saudi Arabia, the Soviet Union today ruled out any military action in the Persian Gulf crisis except as part of a ''collective effort'' carried out under United Nations auspices.
The Soviet Union called on the United Nations Security Council to devote its full-time attention to the crisis, and for immediate consultations with the Council's military staff committee.


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South Indian Jewellery and its Significance
by Nidhi
Jewellery in India irrespective of gender has always played a prominent role since ancient times. From temples to the homes it is an integral segment of the society. South India is a paragon of vibrant art and culture. Here people value royalty over anything. South Indian Jewellery is uniquely designed giving the glimpses of its culture. The age-old traditions, cultural dance, and music, tantalizing cuisine, majestic temples, and all of the above, the personality of a South Indian, everything amplifies the flamboyancy of the Southern part of India. The divine looking Jewellery be held by the South Indian beauties plays a consequential role in Southern tradition. The Significance of South Indian Jewellery in its society is unmeasurable.
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Maganlsutra, the sacred thread is the depiction of marital chastity and dignity in the Indian Society. The legends say Mangalsutra was originated in South India and that it has been traveled from here to the other parts of the country. In South India, different regions have different terms specified for it.
Tamil – In Tamil areas it is called as Thaali or Thirumangalyam. Mangalsutra is a pendant which is unique in various castes and sub-castes. It is worn with ManjaKayiru, a golden chain or a simple thread dyed in turmeric paste on the wedding day. Another way of wearing it is with the traditional black bead chain called Nallapusalu.
Kerela- The Syrian Christian communities here wear Minnu. It is similar to that of Thaali except the fact that it has a cross motif on them. The Hindu community calls it Ela or Elagu Thaali. Abiding by the meaning of Ela, i.e. leaf he traditional design includes a leaf imprint on it. Even the Muslim communities of South Kerala wear Thaali.
Telugu – In Telugu community the Mangalsutra is called by various names such as Mangalasutramu, Pustelu, Maangalyamu, Ramar Thaali and Bottu. Precious stones like pearls and corals are used in its making. The traditional pendants here include two disc or cup motifs made of gold.
Also Read : Hindus worship Goddess Lakshmi for good luck and wealth
The Fashion Bug
A waistband or a waist belt is used in two ways in the South Indian tradition. One, it is used as Aranjanam for the infants and other as Vaddanam for the women.
Aranjanam- Its primary purpose is to measure the healthy growth of the child by the increased size of the waistline. Parents in South India believe it to be a protector against the evil spirits. It has "Thayathu", which is a small capsule that stores the dried umbilical chord. According to our ancestors, these cells help in curing many diseases.
Vaddanam- It is a part of Solah Shringhar and is worn by women on auspicious occasions. Vaddanam is a vital part of the South Indian brides' jewellery.
Known as VANKI in South India, signifies the ability of strength and virtues. The temple armlets resemble the temple sanctum or have Goddess Lakshmi as its principal centerpiece.
The Bridal Box
Bangles are an important part of ornaments in Indian tradition. Where red bangles signify ritualistic relevance, the green in South India means prosperity and fertility. Green bracelets or bangles are presented by the Bride's mother to her daughter before the marriage as she prays for her well-being.
Wearing a necklace creates spiral bliss which is then transferred to the whole body. South Indian necklaces have set their fashion statement High in significance; these are an essential part of Solah Shringhar. Ornaments made of coins are a statement of wealth in South India. The blend of gold with diamond and other critical gems bring forward to the most beautiful necklace designs. Some of them are Mango Mala, Polki Necklace, Kundan pieces, and Guttapusalu Haram or the Pearl necklace.
Wearing earrings is considered as a sacred act. A scientific reason for why earrings are essential is that ears have a hunger point which can be used to maintain a healthy lifestyle. A few earrings are Makara kuzhai, Maattal, Lolakku, and Olai.
Also Read : Surya Namaskar can literally change your life - Science and Logic Behind It.
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It is said that during the ancient times, women were made to wear anklets which made noise so that the people in her house gets to know that she was coming. By this, they would welcome her with respect. The sound made by it signifies to people around that they should behave properly as a woman is in their premises.
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Toe ring is worn by married women to increase the chances of conception. Where unmarried women wear plain rings, married women wear heavy rings in the center toe of each foot. These are known as Mettelu in Telugu, Metti in Tamil, and Kalungura in Kannada.
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Q: rails how to return parent's property as child's property I have two models: recordType and record.
The recordType model has attributes: typeName, status.
The record model has attributes: applicant_id, complete.
RecordType has_many :records
Now, I want to list all records on a page. I do not want to send the recordType bundled with the record on each record. I want to be able to say record.typeName and get the recordType's typeName attribute.
Essentially, I want to emulate:
SELECT r.*, rt.typeName as typeName from records r
INNER JOIN recordTypes rt on r.recordType_id = rt.id

in rails. I am new to rails, so I am unsure how to make this happen - Do I put in something in the model? Do I have to create a serializer? How do I return this parent's attribute in such a manner that the child can directly refer the attribute instead of going through the parent?

A: First of all, your record model, should have a record_type_id column in the database, so when you say Record belongs_to :record_type the association is made without errors. If you haven't just create a migration adding the column to the table and you are good to go.
Also you need to make a inverse association on Record model. You have a has_many :records, but you are lacking a belongs_to :record_type.
When you have the column, and the associations set, you can proceed to do something like this:
@record = Record.first
@record.record_type # It is a RecordType model
@record.record_type.typeName # Returns the string typeName

* UPDATE *
You can add a method to the Record class:
def typeName
  record_type.typeName if record_type
end

This way you can access with @record.typeName

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For medication refills outside of an appointment please call your pharmacy at least 48 hours in advance, and we will review your request once received. Longer lead times are recommended to reduce your chance of inconvenience due to unavailable providers. Medications are not refilled over the weekend or holidays.
We kindly request you disable any automatic refill option from your pharmacy. This creates an unnecessary amount of confusion in your care, when medications have been discontinued or otherwise changed. It is not uncommon for us to hear that discontinued meds have been refilled by pharmacies automatically.
For weekend refills please ask your pharmacy for a loner supply to get you through the weekend.


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Heart attack or stroke suspected in Bob…
Heart attack or stroke suspected in Bob Saget's death, report says
Authorities found no signs of drug use or foul play in Saget's Florida hotel room, though the official cause of death will take weeks to determine
FILE – In this Aug. 3, 2008, file photo, actor and roastee Bob Saget speaks at the "Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget," in Burbank, Calif. Saget, a comedian and actor known for his role as a widower raising a trio of daughters in the sitcom "Full House," has died, according to authorities in Florida, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. He was 65. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)
By Martha Ross | mross@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
While it may take weeks to officially pinpoint a cause of death for Bob Saget, law enforcement sees signs pointing to a sudden medical emergency, such as a heart attack or stroke, TMZ reported Tuesday.
Saget also may have died in his sleep, TMZ added in a report Wednesday. Authorities are making this assumption based on the way the "Full House" star's body was found in his Florida hotel room, along with no evidence suggesting drug use or foul play, TMZ also said Wednesday.
Saget, 65, was found lying face up, "tucked in his bed" in his room at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida, police sources told TMZ. He had his left arm across his chest and his right arm lying beside him, with the hand on his chest suggesting the possibility of a heart attack.
Officially, Saget's cause of death remains unknown, following the completion of an autopsy, Monday. Joshua Stephany, the chief medical examiner for Orange and Osceola Counties, confirmed that there was no evidence of drug use or foul play.
"The cause and manner of death are pending further studies and investigation which may take up to 10-12 weeks to complete," Stephany said in a statement to Yahoo Entertainment.
According to a report released by the Orange County Sheriff's Office, Saget was discovered unresponsive and "cold to the touch" by hotel security after his family was unable to reach him and requested a wellness check, Yahoo reported. The comedian was found deceased "in a supine position on his bed," meaning he was lying with his face and torso facing up.
"I checked the immediate area for signs of foul play. It should be noted none were found. The room itself was orderly with items owned by Mr. Saget on the nightstand, television stand, closet and bathroom," the report said, with the responding officer stating "no signs of trauma were seen."
There were unspecified medications present, and it was noted that Saget's medical history was unknown, Yahoo also reported.
Saget was staying at the Ritz-Carlton while on tour for his comedy show. The comedian had performed a two-hour standup set on Saturday night. He used his room key to enter his hotel room at 2:17 a.m. Sunday, the report also said.
TMZ also reported that he had called his wife, Kelly Rizzo, before going to bed, and he tweeted out a message about how happy he was to be bak on stage. Rizzo had become concerned because she couldn't reach him Sunday and he was supposed to be on a flight returning to Los Angeles.
Saget's family confirmed his death Sunday evening, saying in a statement: "We are devastated to confirm that our beloved Bob passed away today. He was everything to us and we want you to know how much he loved his fans, performing live and bringing people from all walks of life together with laughter."
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Q: Can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'?Tried, and tried def half_finished_diamond(height):
    n = 1
    for i in range(height):
        spaces = height / 2 - n
        blank = " "
        print(blank*spaces + '/' * n + '\\' * n + "\n")
        n += 1

half_finished_diamond(8)

Wanting to get the upper part of diamond shape

A: In Python 3, when you say space = height / 2 - n, it automatically casts the result to a float, so spaces will be 4.0 - 1 = 3.0. You'll have to cast it to an int to multiply a string by it.

A: As pointed out in the comments, since you are using Python3, you can use the floor division operator to assure an int result:
def half_finished_diamond(height):
    n = 1
    for i in range(height):
        spaces = height // 2 - n    # <-- note the // instead of /
        blank = " "
        print(blank*spaces + '/' * n + '\\' * n + "\n")
        n += 1

half_finished_diamond(8)

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Today we feature Macgillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry by Rafal Stachura. These mountains are the tallest in Ireland. The highest peak of Macgillycuddy's Reeks is Carrauntoohil which stands at 1,038 metres high. Its followed by Beenkeragh (1010m) and Caher (1,001m).


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Q: jQuery Ajax, prevent the refresh button when the ajax is in progress Hi i have to perform perform like, when the ajax is in progress, then do not allow the user to do page refresh.
here is the code i have
$('#submit').click(function() {
        $(function() {
        $(".col1").mask("Generating csv...."); //This will generate a mark, Here i would like to prevent the user from doing any sort of operation.
        var to = $('#filters_date_to').val();
        var from = $('#filters_date_from').val();
        $.ajax({
            url:"../dailyTrade/createCsv?filters[date][to]="+to+"&filters[date][from]="+from,success:function(result){
                if(result) {
                     $(".col1").unmask(); //Here we can unlock the user from using the refresh button.
                     window.location = '../dailyTrade/forceDownload?file='+result;
                     setTimeout('location.reload(true);',5000);
                }
            }
            });

        });
   });

Any suggestions.

A: Best you can do is use onbeforeunload to present the user with a message saying that a request is in progress and asking them if they are sure they want to proceed.
e.g.
var req;

window.onbeforeunload = function() {
 if(req) {
   return 'Request in progress....are you sure you want to continue?';
 }
};

//at some point in your code
req = //your request...

You cannot, in any way, prevent the user from leaving your page using JS or anything else.

A: I doubt if you should do that.
$(window).bind('beforeunload',function(){
    return 'are you sure you want to leave?';
});

If you are talking about a refresh "html button" on your web page, that can easily be done. Just before you make your ajax call, disable your refresh button and on success/error function of the ajax call enable it.
Disable button
$("#refreshBtn").attr("disabled", "disabled");

Enable button
$("#refreshBtn").removeAttr("disabled");

A: You cannot do it just by inserting JavaScript code.
Only ways I can think of are:

*

*Use synchronous ajax call, on that way browser should freeze (however it will notify user that script is taking too long to process and user will be able to stop execution)

*Write browser plugin that will modify browser behavior (eg. prevent refreshing page for url that you preset)

Both ways are ugly and I wouldn't recommend doing it.

You should modify your script so it can resume execution if page has been refreshed (use HTML5 localStorage).
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_webstorage.asp

In your case, I would put in localStorage simple state (boolean) to check did ajax call happened or not. If it did happened, then just try calling again same url and you will get file name. But on server side (if you haven't done already) you should implement caching, so when same url is called twice, you don't need to make two separate files, it could be same file (server will be much lighter on hardware resources).


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Q: Android Push notification not working huawei 5.0 lollipop devices how to fixed it? Hello friends my push notification is not working on Huawei P10 Lite - Lollipop device while its work on 6.0 device here is my code please help me to fix it. Here my notification code:
public  void show(){
        Bitmap largeImage = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.dog);

        PendingIntent pausePendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 1, new Intent("music.playerforandroid.ACTION_PAUSE_MUSIC"), 0);
        PendingIntent playPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 1, new Intent("music.playerforandroid.ACTION_PLAY_MUSIC"), 0);
        PendingIntent nextPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 1, new Intent("music.playerforandroid.NEXT_PLAY_MUSIC"), 0);
        PendingIntent perviousPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 1, new Intent("music.playerforandroid.PERVIOUS_PLAY_MUSIC"), 0);
        Notification channel = new NotificationCompat.Builder(getApplicationContext(), CHANNEL_ID_1)
                .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_music)
                .setContentTitle(song.getTitle())
                .setContentText(song.getArtist())
                .setLargeIcon(largeImage)
                .addAction(R.drawable.ic_prev, "prev", perviousPendingIntent)
                .addAction(R.drawable.ic_play, "play", playPendingIntent)
                .addAction(R.drawable.ic_stat_name, "pause", pausePendingIntent)
                .addAction(R.drawable.ic_next, "next", nextPendingIntent)
                .setStyle(new android.support.v4.media.app.NotificationCompat.MediaStyle().
                        setShowActionsInCompactView(1, 2, 3))
                .build();
        mNotificationManagerCompat.notify(1, channel);
        }

here is error which i get?
E/MediaPlayer: Should have subtitle controller already set
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: music.playerforandroid, PID: 1305
    android.app.RemoteServiceException: Bad notification posted from package music.playerforandroid: Couldn't expand RemoteViews for: StatusBarNotification(pkg=music.playerforandroid user=UserHandle{0} id=1 tag=null score=0 key=0|music.playerforandroid|1|null|10117: Notification(pri=0 contentView=music.playerforandroid/0x109007f vibrate=null sound=null defaults=0x0 flags=0x0 color=0x00000000 category=transport actions=4 vis=PRIVATE))
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1534)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5538)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:960)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:755)


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Road traffic experiments 'make it harder for disabled'
Mik Scarlet appears at full council meeting
15 October, 2020 — By Richard Osley
Broadcaster Mik Scarlet
ONE of the nation's leading disabilities campaigners told the council on Monday that traffic experiments were making people feel "less welcome".
Broadcaster and writer Mik Scarlet appeared in front of all members to ask for a rethink on the new road layout in the backstreets of Camden Town and elsewhere.
Critics to the changes in NW1 – which include closing off a turn into Jamestown Road – say that attempts to shut down rat runs are leading to new gridlocked queues of cars.
Mr Scarlet said: "I've am a disabled resident of Camden Town and have been for nearly 20 years. Ever since the imposition, or the rollout, of experimental traffic orders, I've been feeling less welcome and less wanted in the town I have come to love."
He added: "Fourteen per cent of Camden's residents have an illness or a disability, and there are many other people who are older, and for those people a private car, a licensed taxi, a black cab or another kind of accessible people carrier is really the only way of getting out of the door if they want to go out. These schemes make it difficult to use those. Now is not the time to be giving less focus to what the Equality Act requires. All Camden's disabled and older communities ask is that their needs are prioritised and properly considered so that any negative impacts are mitigated."
Camden is using the experimental orders to try and make cycling and walking easier, amid concerns that people will simply turn to their cars as use of public transport falls during the Covid outbreak.
On other schemes, Mr Scarlet appealed for new cycle lanes to have breaks so that ramps into vehicles could still be used. He also referenced two disabled friends who could only go out using taxis but were now facing bigger costs. "To get anywhere north of Camden High Street, they now have a much longer journey," he said. "Both of them cannot work, they are on benefits, so they are at the bottom of the financial pile – but now they're expected to pay more for the same journey."
He added: "Can we have mitigation explored? These schemes are all under review, they're all nebulous at the moment. We can change them and make them work, so that they're not excluding some."
Environment chief Councillor Adam Harrison said: "We are not creating zones which are entirely car free or prevent car journeys. We are in a situation where we want to keep the roads as freely moving as possible. We need much less traffic on the roads for a whole variety of reasons, whether it's air quality, whether it's carbon, but also because we need to be prioritising people who are only able to travel by car.
"We need to be making sure that they are not getting stuck in traffic. Given these are trials and we are moving quickly, we're trying to be flexible to where we can make changes if need be. Let me give the assurance that all current schemes are undergoing equalities impact assessments so we're able to understand what the impacts on different groups may be."
Bus drivers' vaccine 'priority list' snub claim
11 December — By Calum Fraser and Helen Chapman
'Use tech to keep Highbury moving'
Disabled feel trapped by road experiments, council is warned
Bus drivers' strike ballot


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Chris Hedges: The End of America
Should America Divide?
This question is really a no-brainer. The philosophy of the Left and the Right no longer have enough inclusivity and congruity to give America a secure future. We are coasting on the achievements of earlier generations. Everyone has to admit we can't go on much longer like this. We need a plan for the future that resolves the disunity, replacing it with renewed unity in separate nations. Take these thoughts into a quite place and ask yourself if you want America to continue on its present course.
Just listen to the cable news rabble for a minute. Those guys can't see the forest for the trees. Listen to the constant accusations they make about figures in the opposing party. Listen to people's offended reactions to provocative events on Internet news and social media. They neglect to say that we live in just one country, and we cannot escape the environment of anger, paranoia, and scorn. Just think how public animosity causes our leaders to neglect the long-term interests of the country. It coasts along, uncertain about its sense of direction. If it veers to the left or to the right, it is only a metaphorical flat tire, masquerading as a political victory. I feel like the East Germans trapped behind the Berlin Wall. Doesn't anyone want to organize an escape?
In the resulting squabling, many political commentators have started predicting the collapse of the American Empire—crying crocodile tears all the way. Listen, for example, to left-wing Cassandra Chris Hedges. Behind the grim predictions, you can't miss his joy at the collapse—just-deserts for Ronald Reagan causing the collapse of the Soviet Empire.
Chris Hedges: "The American Empire is coming to an end. Overseeing this descent at the highest levels . . . is a motley collection of imbeciles, con-artists, thieves, opportunists, and warmongering generals. . . . Short of a sudden, widespread, popular revolt, the death spiral appears unstoppable, meaning that the United States, as we know it, will no longer exist in another decade or two." This is take from his book America: the Farewell Tour. Curiously, he never says anything about dividing the country.
Chris Hedges talks such dire facts. What will he do when America collapses? Pack his suitcases and head for Canada? His negative predictions do not make the future hopeful to his children—hostages to fortune. What does he expect them to do? Get Canadian passports and flee with him to Canada? Instead of dwelling on such negative projections, the outcome of Republican greed and racism, why not do something pro-active, like create a country that he wants to live in?
He gives ample evidence of his policy objectives. He could certainly pursue those in the context of his own country, better than he can here. If Hedges and the other leftists announced their intention in a written manifesto mailed to all the major American dailies, they could go into great detail about their policy objectives: "We the Undersigned," the manifesto could being, "announce our intention to create a new nation dedicated to economic, sexual, and racial equality." Out of consideration for the limited space in newspapers, only the most important leftists could sign it.
Dwelling in his own country, Hedges wouldn't have to prevail over the reluctant Republicans. He could create his own country and enact all the policy initiatives he wants. As a socialist, he could do exactly as a socialist would and base the new nation on the proposition that "All men are created equal"—regardless of race, sexual orientation, or personal viewpoint. He could assure his citizens an equal opportunity under the law. He could soak the rich, disarm the police and the military, and open the borders of his country to anyone who wants entry.
I would wish Hedges luck, but he probably would not want to live in such a country, himself. What sensible, experienced person tests human nature like this, or challenges a nation's wherewithal to survive such shocks, then sticks around to deal with the resulting hassles? Why he wants to foist the world's problems on this nation's shoulders is hard to fathom.
Hedges says that those who want to defeat the downward spiral must demonstrate selflessness and humility. "Those who fight against cultural malice, whether squatting in old warehouses, or as the Occupy (Wall Street) Movement did in taking over public spaces, resisting . . . and refusing to be broken by our prison system discover that life is measured by . . . infinitesimal acts of solidarity and kindness."
I love it! Comfortably well-off American liberal looking at America negatively through rose-colored glasses. My guess is that Hedges lacks a clear-headed, thought-out plan. He also lacks the character and courage step away from the power-base of this country. For him, dividing the country is not an option. I don't think Hedges is prepared to go anywhere. His emotional, disjointed wording appeals to other nut-jobs but lacks a psychologically secure basis and enough of a logical progression to equip a people to govern themselves.
He comes from a family of means; so it is not clear why he speaks so elatedly about a collapsing "American Empire," since he is clearly part of it. Fantasizing darkly from his ivory-tower, he has lost touch with the real America! I cannot tell if this guy is a fraud or a verifiable nut-job.
Note how Hedges uses terms like "popular revolt," "humility and selflessness," and "fight against cultural malice" as if they follow one another logically. No wonder Occupy Wall Street and Antifa turned violent. With no sense of direction or a sensible plan, a mob will spin like a whirlwind. They have no philosophical rudder to steer them. How did Hedges get to be so important as a Liberal spokesman? I worry that he is disingenuous as hell. Show me a Liberal who can govern a country. With him, Republicans can do business.
When I watch Chris Hedges on YouTube, I wish I could say to him, "Dry your crocodile-tears and learn how to captain your ship!" Give us a heading and angle of attack. Without guidance from him, his children have to be asking, "Where is our future?"


When imagining companies who use business analytics, people often envision city offices filled with men in fancy suits trying to develop a killer business strategy. Though BI does help organizations be incredibly smart about their finances, there is often a misconception as to what types of organizations can benefit most from BI.
When imagining companies who use business analytics, people often envision city offices filled with men in fancy suits trying to develop a killer business strategy. Though BI does help organizations be incredibly smart about their finances, there is often a misconception as to what types of organizations can benefit most from BI. That is, almost any organization can benefit tremendously from business intelligence and analytics, and they are all starting to do so–from healthcare, green energy, manufacturing, security, finance, as well as all the internal departments inside those organizations such as marketing, sales, and finance departments.
Healthcare organizations are a prime example of an industry taking part in the data revolution by using innovative BI technology to transform their organization's strategy and efficiency levels.
Healthcare is an industry that accumulates a lot of data, even BIG data, as data streams from electronic health records, online interactions, doctor reports, insurance claims, phones and more–and it growing exponentially.
Collecting all this data is often the more simple step of BI. But making sense of that data, or even better, drawing insights from that data is more complicated. Which is why organizations are turning to business intelligence tools to help them consolidate, visualize, and analyze this data. Today, healthcare providers are looking at their data differently, realizing business intelligence analytics can provide them with the ability to improve quality of care, increase financial and operational efficiency, and automate regulatory requirements.
Even Google Ventures invested in a big data health startup that promises to herd incredibly big data–all cancer treatment records– and offer practitioners a clearer view of patients needs hoping to gain an invaluable edge on a cure for cancer. Not only do companies save money from more efficient use of time, resources, and information, but with neatly organized historical data at the fingertips of innovators, new research is easier to conduct.
Healthcare organizational data can be used for anything from service line profitability and claims management, to surgical analytics and innovative research. Business intelligence analytics allow healthcare organizations to easily collect data that is infamously large in size or located in many different places, and create a single repository of information–or as many call it, the single version of truth.
Creating a repository of all their data in a single place is key for harvesting accurate insights, as all information is taken into account together. By joining multiple datasets, healthcare organizations can ensure the consistency of critical assets such as master patient indexes, physician masters, diagnosis and procedure codes.
Understanding how BI can help healthcare providers during the introduction of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, is a perfect way to see the scope of business analytics in healthcare. When Obamacare came into act, there was a greater focus placed on the quality of care rather than the volume of patients treated. Healthcare providers faced the new and pressing issue of the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program that imposed significant penalties on hospitals who readmit patients within 30 days of discharge.
Healthcare providers can easily pinpoint patient costs across various medical institutions in the country by analyzing data of locations of hospitals and information on average cost to care for a patient in a BI tool. Using smart data visualizations, such as interactive mapping, a BI dashboard can provide one view of all locations with a higher average cost.
Using demographics data such as age range, gender, average cost for care, it's easy to identify patients who are most likely to be readmitted. BI tools allow users to filter data in a dashboard to drill down on the number of patients and their costs, causing insights to pop out. For example, male patients between the ages of 24-45 have spikes in cost in a certain period of time or location–which can be explored further to develop even more sophisticated insights.
Filtering a database by diagnosis and total patient cost in a dashboard or report can reveal the most costly conditions to treat by highlighting, for example, chemotherapy and EKGs as the top expenses in treatments. Adding a time element to a dashboard shows monthly, quarterly, or annual trends.
Not only does analyzing these three issues help healthcare organizations prepare for Obamacare, but it also allows them to collect useful insights to assess current performance for readmittance, identify areas of concern and opportunities to improve efficiencies.
As people understand the impact that big data and business intelligence analytics have on the future of the healthcare industry, many healthcare CEOs want to know how their organizations can use these tools. In a PwC study, 95% of healthcare CEOs said they were exploring better ways to harness more information about pain points in their industries to better predict what they can do in the future to gain a competitive edge. Analyzing data using shareable, interactive dashboards and reports gives healthcare teams an accurate perspective about all company operations and establish a strategic oversight.
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How sad is it that I'm one of the last generations that new what the cards are for in the opening sequence? I remembered the toys for this movie and I remembered the Stay Puft marshmallow man. It was therefore, not only a pleasant end to the course, but a wonderful refresher. Yep, I'm hoping the rumors are true that they're getting back for a third one just because the first is so funny.
Let's see, what makes this a ghost story? I'll try to recount as many as I can.
So much fun. Oh, thank you for assigning this at the end of the course. I needed some Bill Murray to liven it up from Lovely Bones and Ghost Story.
Are you meaning the library catalogue cards? Heh heh heh. Yeah, there are a few of us still here. "No human being would stack books like this." Too right. All mine are side-by-side. Hah!
But, yes, it was/is an absolute delight to relax and laugh away some time with the Ghostbuster's Crew. (Did you note the license plate on the old ambulance? It says "Ecto 1." hahaHAHAHA!!) Everything about this flick is hilarious, even the red-haired Mr. prick err, Peck, who was determined to shut down the operation. I know suits like that. I hate them. But the dialogue in this flick—HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!—is so hilarious I nearly broke my whole left side laughing. That's the result each and every time I watch the movie. It's classic.
It hits many of the metaphysical bases—home runs if you ask me—and also is a great story about how important it is to ensure that (metaphorical) oil and water don't mix. Close the portal!
Love the Ghostbusters. Don't love the Dewey Decimal system. I remember learning it in school; however, I don't think I could use it now. I think this movie was great in a number of ways, and I also think the movie helped inspire certain aspects of the genre that are alive and kicking today. It was a great capstone to the class.
Share book reviews and ratings with D.K., and even join a book club on Goodreads.


Billboards for the unannounced Oppo F3 and F3 Plus were spotted in the Philippines a couple of days ago, and sure enough, the company's local branch has sent out invites to the press in the country for a launch event. It is to be held on March 23, and while the F3 and F3 Plus aren't explicitly mentioned, it's only logical that they will be the stars of the show.
Being the next Selfie Experts - a marketing slogan Oppo used for the original F1, the F3 and F3 Plus will up their selfie game by packing a dual front camera. Or maybe just the Plus, who knows.
Oppo's cousin company vivo also offers a smartphone with a dual selfie camera - the V5 Plus that we reviewed recently, so they might have shared some of the know-how (or the entire setup, for that matter). Then again, the vivo V5 (non-Plus), only has the single front camera - we'll see how Oppo goes about it.


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the truth about lactate
The Unkillable Lactate Myth
There's no known connection between the lactate molecule and the processes that cause soreness.
Alex Hutchinson
If you want to annoy a physiologist, say something along the lines of "Boy, I can really feel the lactic acid in my legs from yesterday's workout." This is one of those exercise myths that refuses to die, despite decades of research showing that lactic acid (or, more correctly, lactate) is more of a help than a hindrance during exercise. Over at Letsrun, physiologist Matthew Goodwin has an amusing and detailed rant about lactate misconceptions in the popular press. It's a bit technical in places, but worth a read if you're interested in getting a fuller picture of what lactate does and doesn't do.
Two of his points that I wanted to highlight.
First, lactate doesn't cause next-day muscle soreness. There's no known connection between the lactate molecule and the processes that cause soreness -- and moreover, the kinds of exercise that cause the most soreness (eccentric muscle contractions, like from walking or running down a hill or lowering a heavy weight) don't actually produce much lactate.
That means that warming down to "flush out lactate from the legs" doesn't do anything. Goodwin shows some nice data (his Figure 6) of the typical pattern for lactate levels after hard exercise: a dramatic spike that returns to normal within about an hour after stopping. If you add a warm-down, you can slightly speed up that clearance rate, but either way all traces of lactate will be long gone with a few hours, let alone a day or two later when the soreness peaks.
The other point he makes that I thought was interesting is more about semantics. What is the lactate threshold? The usual quick explanation is that, when you're working so hard that you can't get enough oxygen to your muscles to fuel them aerobically, you start relying on anaerobic processes (which produce lots of lactate) instead. So above a certain effort level -- your threshold -- lactate levels in your blood rise exponentially.
But blaming the lactate threshold on insufficient oxygen is confusing correlation with causation, Goodwin points out. The difference between aerobic and anaerobic energy sources isn't just the presence or absence of oxygen -- it's also about how quickly the energy can be made available. Aerobic energy is slow, so when you're working really hard you have to rely on anaerobic (and lactate-producing) energy. That would be true even if your muscle cells had an infinite supply of oxygen! So the lactate threshold does signal the transition to anaerobic energy sources, but not necessarily because of a shortage of oxygen.
(There are two other factors that contribute to the rapid rise of lactate at higher intensities. One is that "hard" exercise recruits more fast-twitch muscle fibers, which produce more lactate. The other is that you produce more adrenaline at higher effort levels, which constricts the tissues leading to the liver, where lactate is removed from the bloodstream.)
Bottom line: the actual picture of what's going on inside your body during intense exercise is quite a bit more complicated than the way most of us talk about it. Does that actually matter? In most cases, probably not. Athletes spend a lot of time training at lactate threshold because it works, regardless of what the theory behind it is. Still, like Goodwin, I hope that the language we use to talk about training will gradually shift to reflect reality.


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by Robert Boyd
The answers are in! Thirteen of you smart people completed The Great God Pan Art History Quiz. At the bottom of this post are the correct answers. First, a few stats. The perfect score was 37, which was achieved by three of the contestants. (As per the rules, their prizes will be awarded in order of who turned in their answers first.) The scores ranged from 26 to 37, which suggests that next time I should make the test a little harder! (Another change for next time--no penalty for wrong answers. I think I want to encourage guessing because people's guesses were so intriguing. For example, one contestant guessed Elizabeth Murray for the Hans Arp, which immediately made me think that, yeah, there is a big similarity between these two artists.)
The most missed artist was Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier. I knew he would be difficult, which is why I included him. Seven missed with him. Other widely missed artists were Hans Arp (five wrong), Tadanori Yokoo (four wrong) and Michaelangelo Pistoletto (four wrong). I was surprised that so many got Yokoo right--I figured his being a poster artist might put him off the radar of "fine art" fans.
But enough of the boring preliminaries--on to the winners. The first person to get all of the answers right was Chris Cascio, which means he wins First Prize! Way to go Chris! Chris is a Houston-based artist who recently had shows at Cardoza Gallery and Front Gallery.
Chris Cascio, winner (left) and Pablo Cardoza at Diverse Works
He gets Texas: 150 Works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Esopus #19, the Aldo Rossi/Tim Rollins & K.O.S. catalog, and an original piece of art by yours truly, which I am embarrassed proud to show you now.
Robert Boyd, The Great God Pan He Dead, May 19, 2012, acrylic paint on watercolor paper
Second Prize goes to Elaine Cash of Beaverton, Oregon! Elaine used the quiz as a way to procrastinate from working on a real art-history paper. Elaine deserves special notice and a medal for Art History Beyond the Call of Duty for not only getting the names of the artists right, but providing titles for most of the works shown! Elaine gets a copy of Esopus #19 and the the Aldo Rossi/Tim Rollins & K.O.S. catalog. Congratulations Elaine!
Third Prize goes to another Houston artist, John Jenkins! Formerly part of the collective KJT Art Factory, he now does his work solo--you can check it out on his website. He got his entry in just under the wire, but it was 100% correct, which is all that counts. John will also get a copy of Esopus #19 and the Aldo Rossi/Tim Rollins & K.O.S. catalog.Congratulations John!
Fourth Prize goes to Hilary Scullane, an undergraduate art student at U.H. You can see a couple of Hilary's perfomances here and here. Hilary wins a copy of the Aldo Rossi/Tim Rollins & K.O.S. catalog.Congratulations Hilary!
gif by Brian Piana
Here are the correct answers:
1. Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907
2. John Chamberlain, C'Estzesty, 2011
3. Tadanori Yokoo, Japanese Culture of the Postwar Years 1945-1995, 1996
4. Joseph Beuys, Eurasia Siberian Symphony 1963, 1966
5. Lawrence Weiner, A wall pitted by a single air rifle shot, 1969
6. Marisol Escobar, LBJ, 1967
7. James Rosenquist, F-111, 1964-65
8. Stuart Davis, Odol, 1924
9. Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913
10. Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier, 1807, Friedland, 1861-75
11. Jean Hans Arp, Enak's Tears (Terrestrial Forms), 1917
12. Marcel Duchamp, Bicycle Wheel, 1913
13. Henri Matisse, The Red Studio, 1911
14. Giorgio de Chirico, The Seer, 1914-15
15. Kazmir Malevich, Painterly Realism of a Boy with Knapsack - Color
Masses in the Fourth Dimension, 1915
16. Claude Monet, part of the Water Lillies series
17. Fernand Léger, Woman with a Book, 1923
18. Pablo Picasso, Seated Bather, 1930
19. Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled, 1991
20. Yves Tanguy, The Furniture of Time, 1939
21. Jackson Pollock, One: Number 31, 1950, 1950
22. Francis Bacon, Number VII from Eight Studies for a Portrait, 1953
23. Alberto Giacometti, Annette, 1962
24. Jasper Johns, Target with Four Faces, 1955
25. Ed Ruscha, Oof, 1963
26. Michelangelo Pistoletto, Man with Yellow Pants, 1964
27. Dan Flavin, untitled (to the "innovator" of Wheeling Peachblow), 1968
28. John McCracken, The Absolutely Naked Fragrance, 1967
29. Donald Judd, Untitled (Stack), 1967
30. Eva Hesse, Untitled, 1966
31. Daniel Buren, Striped cotton fabric with vertical white and colored bands of 8,7cm (+/- 0,3 cm) each. The two external white bands covered over with acrylic white paint recto-verso, 1970
32. Vija Celmins, Gun with Hand #1, 1964
33. Barbra Kruger, Untitled (You Invest in the Divinity of the Masterpiece), 1982
34. Marcel Duchamp, To Be Looked at (from the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close to, for Almost and Hour, 1918
35. Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Apples, 1895-98
36. Frank Lloyd Wright, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1943-1959
37. David Shrigley, How Are You Feeling, 2012
Most of these artworks were seen at the Museum of Modern Art (which has them on its web site, so you could have easily looked them up there. I never said that this wasn't an open-book test). The John Chamberlain and Frank-Lloyd Wright were from the Guggenheim Museum (obviously). The Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier was at the Metropolitan Museum. And the David Shrigley was next to the High Line park.
Thanks to everyone who entered: Chris Cascio, Elaine Cash, John Jenkins, Hilary Scullane, Rachel Hooper, Maeve McCambridge, Bart Beaty, Bill Davenport, David McClain, Nicole McCormick, David Peterson, Darren Emanuel, and Lauren Moya Ford.
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Over the weekend we told you about the release of the GTA 5 Redux mod which tweaked many of the game's setting to make the game look so much better.
Since the mod went public, members of the GTA community have called out the mod author Josh Romito accusing him of stealing code. Romito has in the past been involved in project called The Pinnacle of V which was pulled by Romito after it was found that he had used assets and work from other mod makers.
Simply put, Romito claimed he had received help from the community and that help was providing stolen content for this Pinnacle mod.
In the case of GTA 5 Redux, mod author CP who created the Visual V mod, has accused Romito of stealing his code for Redux. A lengthy post on Reddit gives examples showing similarities.
The community is taking sides, some gamers have no problem supporting Redux as it brings the ideas of different mods into one package, while other are frustrated that Romito is using code/settings from other mods.
The problem as we see it is that Romito has not given credit to mods such as Visual V if he has in fact directly yanked the settings. Mod making communities are tight and it's never a good idea to upset your peers.


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SOCIAL NETWORKING ENCOURAGES FASTER SEXUAL CONTACT
January 25th, 2011 FACEBOOK, MY SPACE, SEX LOVE ROMANCE, SOCIAL SITES FRIENDS, TWITTER none Comments
leads to sex faster:
Survey finds….
January 25, 2011 – 8:53AM
Nearly four out of five women and three of five men say they believe texting, Facebook and other social media tools for staying connected cause new couples to jump into bed faster, a survey released this week has found.
However, only around 38 per cent of women say they have actually slept with a date any sooner because of digital intimacy, according to the 1200 women and men who participated in the third annual sex survey by Shape and Men's Fitness magazines.
Smartphones and laptops are the new toys that lead to the bedroom, it said, with almost 80 per cent of women and 58 per cent of men saying social media tools leads to sex much faster.
Texting is the number one way lovers stay in touch, the survey found, with men texting 39 per cent more often than phoning and women 150 per cent more.
Even before the magic begins, 70 per cent of women and 63 per cent of men use Google and other online tools to screen potential dates.
A full 65 per cent of those polled said they had been asked out by text and 49 per cent through a Facebook message.
Once the relationship clicks, 72 per cent of women report scouring a current partner's ex-girlfriends' Facebook pages.
Even in the heat of passion, some people just can't get enough of their digital devices, the survey found.
When a call or text comes in during sex, a full 5 per cent of respondents said they glance to see who is calling and 1 per cent say they stop to answer the phone.
And when the spark is extinguished, digital dumping is the new way to break up, with 43 per cent of women and 27 per cent of men reporting getting a text along the lines of a dear John "It's not you, it's me".
For the heartbroken, the internet keeps hope alive, with 81 per cent of all respondents saying they won't de-friend an ex on Facebook and 75 per cent admitting to constantly checking a former sweetheart's page.
MY SPACE PREPARES FOR SALE & REDUCES ITS STAFF NUMBERS
January 12th, 2011 MY SPACE, NOTICES none Comments
MySpace job cuts
hit Australian office
January 12, 2011 – 2:30PM
MySpace looks set to close its Australian office as part of its move to cut 500 jobs – or nearly half its staff – potentially setting the stage for a sale of the social network owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
MySpace chief executive Mike Jones said in a statement today that the company would enter into strategic local partnerships to manage advertising sales and content in Australia, with details of partners yet to be finalised. He said the company would retain a core international team to work with partners.
It is understood that all Australian positions within MySpace are under review with some opportunities for relocation to other divisions.
A spokesperson for IGN Entertainment Australia – an online publisher that operates alongside MySpace under the Fox Interactive Media business umbrella – said IGN Entertainment Australia would continue with business as usual. "Following on from its largest ever audience reached in December 2010, IGN will soon be able to announce details of its commercial arrangements in the region."
Jones said the restructuring would "result in a 47 per cent staff reduction across all divisions globally and impact about 500 employees."
"Today's tough but necessary changes were taken in order to provide the company with a clear path for sustained growth and profitability.
"The new organisational structure will enable us to move more nimbly, develop products more quickly, and attain more flexibility on the financial side," he said.
News bought Myspace for $US580 million in 2005 but it has been overtaken in recent years by Facebook, which has grown to more than 500 million members while Myspace's numbers have dwindled.
In November, News Corp president and chief operating officer Chase Carey said the losses at the social network were "unsustainable".
With tens of millions of users, Carey said Myspace still "has the potential to be an exciting business for us" but "we need to make real headway in the coming quarters to get this business to a sustainable level".
Wedbush Securities' Lou Kerner, a top Wall Street social media analyst, said the deep staff cuts at Myspace may be laying the groundwork for a sale.
"I think this is likely a first step to selling the asset," Kerner said.
"It certainly makes sense for News Corp. to take a hatchet to the company as preparation for a sale so when somebody acquires it that's not the first thing that they have to do." he said.
"Generally with social networks if they're not growing they're shrinking," Kerner said. "And Myspace has been shrinking for an extended period of time.
"They've brought in multiple management to try and turn things around and nobody's been successful," he said.
The Wedbush Securities analyst said probably the single biggest technical innovation by Facebook that allowed it to leap past Myspace was the creation of the "news feed", which aggregated updates from a user's Facebook friends.
"On Myspace you needed to go 500 profiles to see what all your friends were up to," he said. "Myspace architecture just wasn't flexible enough to implement that kind of change in a timely fashion."
Jones, the Myspace CEO, said Myspace would be entering into partnerships in Australia, Britain and Germany to manage advertising sales and content.
In Britain, Myspace would partner with Fox Networks, another property of Murdoch's News Corp, he said, while details about Australia and Germany were being finalised.
Jones said an October redesign of Myspace, which has been fashioning itself as more of a hub for music, had resulted in more than 3.3 million new profiles being created on the site.
"With our recent relaunch as an entertainment destination for Gen Y, we introduced a much tighter focus, a significantly streamlined product and an updated technology platform," Jones said.
"While it's still early days, the new Myspace is trending positively and the good news is we have already seen an uptick in returning and new users."
Jones said mobile users of Myspace rose four per cent between November and December and now total more than 22 million.
He said the layoffs were "purely driven by issues related to our legacy business, and in no way reflect the performance of the new product."
Jones said the company will "retain a core, dedicated international team to work with partners in order to ensure users, content partners and advertisers continue to be served.
"We are also committed to rebuilding the company with an entrepreneurial culture and an emphasis on technical innovation," he said.
News Corp does not release figures for Myspace but the "other" category in its most recent quarterly financial statement showed a loss of $US156 million. Facebook, meanwhile, earned an estimated $US400 million on revenue of two billion US dollars last year
FACEBOOK LEADS GOOGLE WITH USA VISITORS IN 2010
January 1st, 2011 FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, MY SPACE, SOCIAL SITES TRAFFIC, STATS NUMBERS REPORTS, YAHOO none Comments
Facebook tops Google
as most visited site in U.S.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at a news conference where he revealed a new Facebook messag system in San Francisco, California November 15, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
NEW YORK | Thu Dec 30, 2010 6:34pm EST
(Reuters) – Facebook blitzed Google for the first time as the most visited website in the United States for most of 2010.
The social network site edged out Google.com with 8.9 percent of all U.S. visits between January and November 2010, while Google.com ranked 2nd with about 7.2 percent of all visits, according to online analysis service Experian Hitwise.
Facebook's rise to the top spot shows just how quickly the site has grown in popularity. Within the span of six years, Facebook has become the world's largest Web social network with roughly half a billion users worldwide.
Google.com dominated the top spot as the most visited website in the USA in 2009 and 2008. News Corp's MySpace was the No. 1 visited website in 2007. It is now ranked No. 7.
However, when all of Google's properties are considered — such as YouTube and email, as an example — Google still reigns as the most visited site at 9.9 percent between January and November 2010. Facebook follows at 8.9 percent. Yahoo and all of its properties ranked third at 8.1 percent.


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Q: Solve $a^2=b+c^2$ with integers I am wondering if there is an efficient way to solve $a^2=b+c^2$ for $a$ and $c$ when $b$ is given, and all three variables are integers greater than $0$.  I know that because there are two variables, there may be infinite solutions.  I would prefer to get the lowest possible positive integer values of $a$ and $c$ that make the equation true.  I can solve this with trial and error, but there must be a faster way.

A: When $b$ is given, you have $a^2=b+c^2$, which you can rearrange to find $(a+c)(a-c)=b$, so you need to look for the factors of $b$ where the two numbers in the product differ by an even number (the even number is $2c$).


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Serial Acura RLX Will Stay With V6 Instead of V8 - Acura - speed performance in every line!
As the new year is already here, we would want to start it with the good news from the cocnern, which would sort of set the mood for the whole year of news from the great Acura concern. Today we are going to give a sort of a present for the readers, because the series version on the Acura RLX appeared to be almost the exact copy of the concept.
In bodywork of the sedan Acura RLX there was used a lot of aluminum. As a result, vehicle weights very little if we compare it to the same models of cars across the market. Therefore, the total weight of the car is only 1783 kg. As the concept was promised to be with the most powerful engine and they did – as the company has compared the engines they have the V6 of the capacity 3.5-liters is the one developing the best results. Even thought the new technologies of the V8 and V12 engines are now in use, they still do not beat up the V6 in the productivity.
In such a way, the series of Acura RLX, which go to the market in its full form will have the V6 engine instead of the wanted by public V8, but the headquarters say that when people will buy the car and ride it, they will feel that the decision made by the company has been the best for the driving experience the car can give.


We approached this renovation project with the belief that a 100 year old building is a sustainable building. Upon completion, Kirsty fondly described this project as a new modern house wrapped in a vintage jacket.
Originally built in the early 1900's, our direction was to retain the heritage C-rated exterior of the house and completely reconfigure the interior. Avid art collecting clients requested 'openness.' Aside from the art creating focal points, the plan allows the passage of time to be observed/felt over the course of the day, through the seasons and across years. Furniture, carefully selected light fixtures and floor finishes are used to differentiate living, dining, and eating and circulation spaces.
We introduced a new bay window with integrated benches and a central stairway. These elements were carefully designed and detailed to have qualities of mass, but also having the qualities of floating/folded planes of Douglas Fir. A subdued palette of whites, warm and cool woods, natural and honed materials create a sense of quiet luxury from the richness of materials quality washed with light rather than ornamentation.


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Former Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail health editor Victoria Lambert has launched a new online magazine today dedicated to making health stories accessible to the general public.
Under the Scope features blog posts, articles and features on topics ranging from specific conditions to general health stories and product reviews. The site is published by Lambert's own media company Dysart Press Ltd.
I wanted to set up a website where people could go for information, to talk about health, to discuss what's going on with their own health, perhaps to discuss what's going on with the nation's health. I want it to be a place where people can think about the NHS, what's happening to it and what they think should happen to it. But I also want to be a resource where people can go and enjoy reading about health stories, find new information, find out about products, find out about doctors, and also find out where to go for more information because that's really crucial.
I've just been speaking to Professor Lord Ajay Kakkar who is director of the Thrombosis Research Institute and professor of surgery at UCL and he's been telling me about thombosis, he's one of the world's experts. To get the chance just to have five minutes with him is so fantastic and I just think it's great to be able to share that.
Everyone who knows me knows I like a chat, I love a conversation. So I'm encouraging people to chat to me across the forum, keeping chatting to me on Twitter. We'll be blogging every day, if not me, somebody else will be having a shout about something. I really want people to join in, that would be good fun.
In the long-term I'd like to think that it's going to a place not only where the public come but also health experts and also become a place where other health journalists want to put their stories.
Lambert's work has featured in the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and the Guardian as well as Woman & Home and SAGA magazine. In 2011 she was recognised as Best Cancer Writer by the European School of Oncology.
This entry was posted in Magazines, Online Journalism and tagged health, health editor, nhs, online magazine, Online publishing, victoria lambert on May 30, 2012 by Daniel Bentley.
Last week, Guardian journalist and newly-elected Labour councillor for Southwark Rowenna Davis used Twitter to liveblog the heart operation of a two-week-old girl at Great Ormond Street hospital.
Her updates were also posted on the Guardian's NHS liveblog alongside photos she took during the surgery (see above) and tweets from followers.
Going through Davis' @ messages and tweets that used the #nhsblog hashtag shows the response on Twitter was, as she said, "overwhelmingly positive". The Media Blog called it "A perfect use of Twitter".
But interestingly, the response on the Guardian's Comment is free site, where Davis blogged about the reaction to her coverage, was almost completely the opposite.
The comments that follow the CiF post are almost overwhelmingly negative, with Davis' live coverage of the surgery called, "mawkish", "ghoulish", "a stunt", "revolting sensationalism", and more.
An interesting point of comparison for the coverage, which has been raised in the CiF comment thread, is broadcast, but it is hard to see people reacting quite the same way about a fly-on-the-wall documentary.
A few commenters suggested the problem with Davis' liveblog was that it was live, and that the risk to the girl's life made that inappropriate (according to Davis the operation carried a 1 or 2 per cent risk). Whereas a documentary, commenter davidabsalom said, would be recorded in advance.
But Channel 4 screened a series of programmes in 2009 that showed live surgery, during which viewers were invited to interact with the surgeons using Twitter, email and the telephone.
Channel 4's David Glover said at the time that the programme was designed to "demystify surgery, encourage discussion and help viewers to understand their own bodies, as well as showing the care, dedication and skill that goes into modern surgery".
Ofcom archives show no record of any complaints about the programme (less than 10 complaints are not recorded).
The Surgery Live patients were adults, rather than children as in this case, but Davis obtained consent from the girl's parents. And the operations – brain, heart, and stomach surgery – seem no less risky than the one in this case.
So I can't help but wonder whether the discrepancy between the responses on Twitter and on CiF stems from the medium itself, with those who use Twitter – and so responded via the network – much more likely to see the coverage in a positive light, and those on Comment is Free more likely to construe it negatively. (I can't assess how many of those who commented on the CiF post use Twitter, so this is something of a shot in the dark).
I think one key dividing line about whether this is defensible is intention. If you're just blindly seeking ratings for entertainment value, that's pretty grim. But if your aim is to offer some kind of insight into the reality of the job surgeons face and the trials families have to go through, that seems quite different. Especially when it helps bring to light the importance of the health service, and how vital it is that we get the reforms right.
That said, I think the points you are raising are valid, and it's important to raise them. There are certainly ways in which I could see this being done insensitively.
You can follow the full debate here.
This entry was posted in Broadcasting, Comment, Online Journalism, Press freedom and ethics and tagged Broadcast, comment is free, ethics, liveblogging, nhs, rowenna davis, The Guardian on June 20, 2011 by Joel Gunter.
This entry was posted in Journalism, Newspapers, Online Journalism and tagged Fifa, Journalisted Weekly, nhs, superinjunctions on May 18, 2011 by Sarah Booker.
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This entry was posted in Journalism and tagged journalisted, London Marathon, nhs, royal wedding on April 20, 2011 by Sarah Booker.
Big Spark Publishing has re-launched a new public sector newspaper, the NHS News.
The bi-monthly title has an initial print run of 35,000 and bulk deliveries will be made to NHS Trusts "by arrangement," How-Do reports.
This entry was posted in Editors' pick, Magazines, Newspapers and tagged Big Spark Publishing, how-do, nhs on December 15, 2009 by Judith Townend.
BBC Radio 4's The Now Show picked up on the now-notorious Daily Mail 'gypsy/NHS' poll in the first episode of its new series.
This entry was posted in Broadcasting, Editors' pick, Online Journalism and tagged BBC Radio 4, Daily Mail, daily mail poll, John Thompson, Journalism.co.uk, nhs, online polls, the now show, The Now Show BBC Radio, Twitter, United Kingdom on June 29, 2009 by Judith Townend.
The UK-based Mail Online was forced to shut down one of its online polls yesterday after a concerted campaign by Twitter users and, Journalism.co.uk can reveal, UK-based psychologists, nearly brought their servers to a halt with an overwhelming 'yes' vote.
The poll, which asked the somewhat leading question "Should the NHS allow gipsies to jump the queue", attracted ridicule from many within the Twitter community leading to, at one point a 96% vote in favour of the proposition.
Brighton-based senior lecturer in experimental psychology Dr Sam Hutton contacted Journalism.co.uk today to reveal that there was also an email campaign among UK-based psychologists who, as part of their jobs, take questionnaire neutrality seriously.
"One reason I think there were so many yes votes was because a psychologist got hold of it, and sent an email which quickly got copied to virtually every psychologist in the country, suggesting that we all vote yes as a way of protesting against such a ludicrously loaded question (psychologists care about questionnaire design)," Dr Hutton said.
Angered Twitter users have now vowed to take their campaign to all of the Daily Mail's online polls, taking the opposite stance to the expected response, given the Mail's reputation for having a 'Middle England' readership and an editorial line against what it sees as the liberal establishment.
Footnote: Readers from outside the UK might be also interested to read about the Mail's history – in the 1930s it openly backed the British Union of Fascists, aka the Blackshirts.
This entry was posted in Newspapers, Online Journalism and tagged brighton, British Union of Fascists, Daily Mail, Daily Mail Online, Journalism.co.uk, nhs, online newspaper, online polls, psychologist, Sam Hutton, senior lecturer, The Daily Mail, Twitter, United Kingdom on June 20, 2009 by John Thompson.