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Launch of Platform for Responsible Editorial Policies
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We are happy to announce that, as of today, the Platform for Responsible Editorial Policies (PREP) is available via www.responsiblejournals.org.
PREP is an online platform contributing to the responsible organisation of editorial procedures by scholarly journals. It facilitates journal editors to become transparent about their editorial procedures, advises journal editors and publishers on potential improvements of their peer review procedures, and presents integrated information about the variety of review procedures currently in use. PREP also maintains a database of journals' current peer review formats and provides information and tools for journals to use journal metrics in a responsible way.
Screenshot of a part of PREP's statistics page showing percentages of the level of anonymity of reviewers of journals in PREP.
Why do we need PREP?
The editorial assessment of journal submissions and the embedding of peer review in this assessment is becoming increasingly complex and diverse. Some journals are experimenting with radically new ways to judge whether manuscripts are fit for publication, such as mega journals abandoning importance or expected impact as a selection criterion. Other journals are moving beyond the idea that manuscripts reporting on research projects should constitute the nexus for assessment. Traditionally, peer review takes place between submission and publication of a manuscript. However, recently, two new forms of peer review timing have emerged; post-publication review, and pre-submission, in the form of registered reports.
The arrival of these innovations in an already diverse set of practices of peer review and editorial selection means we can no longer assume that authors, readers and reviewers simply know how editorial assessment operates. A recent call for more transparency of peer review procedures underlines the relevance of PREP, since PREP wants to contribute to editorial transparency by making information available on how journals organise the assessment of submissions. PREP also wants to help journal editors to document and make transparent their own assessment procedures. In addition, PREP wants to provide better knowledge of whether and how the various forms of editorial assessment contribute to improvements in the research publication system. To achieve these goals, PREP provides a database, support to clarify journals' editorial assessment, and an overview of evidence of strengths and weaknesses for various forms of peer review and other editorial assessment procedures.
First and foremost, PREP provides insight into specific journals' peer review procedures in the form of a database based on a dozen questions. The answers to these questions characterise the editorial procedures of a journal, including the type of peer review used. This includes the anonymity level of authors and reviewers, whether digital tools such as plagiarism scanners are used, or the timing of peer review in the research and publication process. PREP displays which journals are using which procedures and presents aggregate statistics of their occurrence across journals. The answers of 353 journals to the dozen questions on their editorial procedures form the start of the openly accessible editorial procedures database.
Screenshot of PREP's database.
The twelve questions on the journals' editorial practices concern:
Timing of the review process in the publication process
Type of reviewers
Author anonymity
Reviewer anonymity
Accessibility of review reports
Interaction between actors
The extent to which the review tasks are structured
Statistical review
The extent to which reviews from external sources are used
Facilitation of reader commentary as a form of post-publication review
Become transparent
PREP invites editors to provide the relevant information for their journals and thereby include them in the database. With this information, editors can facilitate transparency of review procedures and contribute to open science. Based on the answers to the twelve questions, PREP will include tailored suggestions for potential improvements to editorial procedures, including issues particularly relevant to the journal's research area (such as the specialised review of statistics, if relevant).
PREP also suggests possible improvements on the journal's transparency of peer review procedures and editorial policies such as policies on corrections and retractions, in line with the transparency declaration. To further help journals to become transparent about their editorial policies, PREP generates textual material that can be used on a journal's webpage to foster transparency about its peer review procedures.
Information about peer review
With so many different shapes and flavours in editorial procedures, it might by now be difficult for journal editors to get a good and comprehensive overview of the possibilities for their editorial process. To address this, PREP provides web-friendly information about different review procedures. It explains the difference between various procedures, e.g. single-, and double-blind procedures, open review, or registered reports, including the rationale for their development and the evidence-base for their effectiveness in the literature. This information including infographics is freely accessible and can thus be used for information, training, and educational purposes.
With these features, PREP aims to contribute to more responsible journal management and to open science. By supporting authors, reviewers and editors in obtaining information about the editorial process of academic journals, it addresses well-known issues with one of science's central institutions. By facilitating journal editors and publishers to transparently share their review procedures and by providing suggestions on alternative review options, it additionally aims to support some of the key stakeholders in academic publishing. This should ultimately lead to more open and responsible publishing.
Screenshot of a part of PREP's information page on different peer review policies.
The PREP website was constructed by Henri de Winter, Patrick Kooij and Nees-Jan van Eck, together with the authors of this blog.


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Quare Hawks - Stories by Eddie Stack
"Quare Hawks is a collision between old and new Ireland. Both heartbreaking and hilarious, and hopeful and despairing. Eddie Stack has a way of making you laugh and cry at the same time. A brilliant...
"Quare Hawks is a collision between old and new Ireland. Both heartbreaking and hilarious, and hopeful and despairing. Eddie Stack has a way of making you laugh and cry at the same time. A brilliant collection from a great Irish storyteller." Willy Vlautin, author of Lean on Pete, Motel Life and Northline
In Quark Hawks, his third collection of stories, Eddie Stack has 13 tales that span Ireland's boom to burst years, and are peopled by weird and wonderful characters. There's the love starved lady poet, a loss of life, drinkers, psychotic geniuses, scammers and crustys and an American shrink who attends to the Irish and more.
Reviewing Quark Hawks in the Reading Life blog, Mel Ulm wrote: "The people in his stories may just be 'ordinary people' but there is nothing ordinary about the Irish and Stack does a wonderful job of proving this point. I recommend it to anyone who likes a good story, especially one set in the west of Ireland. Stack's stories are a delight to read, wonderfully written and have a strong insight into the human condition."

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it's been a bit since i've had the chance to sit down and share with you…sorry about that. here's a recap. we celebrated taylor's 13th birthday on monday and today he's off to astro camp. zoey's halloween parade/party was this morning…she went as a sheriff/cowgirl (i don't know, she picked it out.) by 930 the boots had come off, her hat had shoe marks on it and her pink sheriff's badge was nowhere to be found. what else? i've been going to pilates twice a week and i love it. i need a hair cut and my eyebrows are getting waxed this evening. lastly, the next several weekends are full of fun parties and general merriment. hooray!
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The relative merits of dance
Energy into dance in the first part of Birmingham Royal Ballet's triple bill
E-MC2, Tombeaux, Still Life at the Penguin Café
Birmingham Royal Ballet
ANYONE who has not been visiting relatives on Planet Zog has heard of Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity.
Some even know the formulae, e=mc2, while some even know what it stands for, energy equals mass times the speed of light squared, while there are even a small number who not only know but actually understand what it means.
So for Birmingham Royal Ballet director David Bintley to attempt to turn this widely known yet little understood building block of physics into dance was, to say the least, a challenge.
That he has succeeded was perhaps confirmed by the piece, premiered in 2009, winning The South Bank Show Dance Award in 2010.
Bintley has broken the formulae down into its component parts, three movements, energy, mass and celeritas, the Latin for swiftness along with a shorter, powerful fourth movement, The Manhattan Project, which changes both the pace and direction of the piece.
Just as Einstein saw the links between apparently diverse elements of the physical universe this piece brings together all the elements of ballet, music, dance, design and lighting.
With light such an important part of the equation Peter Mumford's design deserves a curtain call of its own with its slanted shafts, pencil spots and lines of light.
With commissioned music from Australian Matthew Hindson, Energy is loud with crashing brass with 20 dancers creating rapid patterns in a blur of movement dominated by Elisha Willis and Joseph Caley in a largely black and white world with only hints of colour.
Mass is more lyrical, a blue hue, with duets and trios almost like elements combining while celeritas2 is bright, full of rapid movement led by Maureya Lebowitz and Mathias Dingman.
Between M and C2 came Samara Downs in a white kimono in a simple, piece,The Manhatten Project, a gentle dance which is finally disturbed by a loud crash.
The project itself ran in the Second World War where it eventually produced the first atomic bomb - and the first practical illustration of Einstein's theory of the link between mass and energy.
A mass of just 0.6 grams, two hundredths of an ounce, of Uranium 235, was turned into energy - heat and light – in the Little Boy bomb 80,000 people, a third of the population of Hiroshima, died instantly as 69 per cent of the city's buildings were destroyed. The world was a changed place and for a few moments, dance hardly mattered.
Samara Downs with her fan and kimono, in the poignant and moving short sequence, The Manhattan Project.
Tombeaux is more of a reflective piece and much more classical in form, not surprising as it is in part a tribute to one of Bintley's heroes Frederic Ashton and was also a lament from a disillusioned Bintley, the then resident choreographer for The Royal Ballet in what was his last piece for them before leaving 1993.
The music is William Walton's Variations on a Theme by Paul Hindemith, and is a tribute from once composer to another.
Nao Sakuma, always a delight to watch, and César Morales dance the leads in what is very much a traditional ballet in the Ashton style, romantic and lyrical, with some well and easily executed inverted lifts.
The design, incidentally, was by Jasper Conran which gave is inky black tutus with white underlayers.
Although Bintley was despairing at the direction British ballet seemed to be taking in what are some sombre scenes there is hope and quite an uplifting finale which, in the real world, was perhaps prophetic as Bintly first freelanced for a while before returning to England and taking over from the retiring Peter Wright as director of BRB in 1995 to reset the course of at least one ballet company to one more of his own vision.
The final piece has no obvious hidden meanings, no references to complex formulae or laments for lost causes, Still Life at The Penguin Café is pure, unadulterated fun with some delightful individual performances with the likes of Chi Cao as the remarkably lithe Southern Cape Zebra, Laura Day as the diminutive orange clad Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk Flea and, a particular favourite, Joseph Caley as the Texan Kangaroo Rat, all ho down with a touch of Deliverance.
Ruth Brill brings a touch cartoon silliness to the Great Auk while Angela Paul brings a touch of MGM musical glamour along with a white tie and tails Iain Mackay in a fine Utah Longhorn Ram duet.
Céline Gittins, Tyrone Singleton and Eva Davies provide a little poignancy as a family of humans, just a small part of the animal kingdom while Jamie Bond is a rather swish showman as a Brazilian Woolly Monkey, all set to music by Simon Jeffes, who led his own Penguin Café Orchestra.
The dances are based on David Day's The Doomsday Book of Animals and way back in 1988 when the work first premiered, wildlife, or at least its preservation, was perhaps seen as not really an, if it was noticed at all, by most people, so the fact every animal featured is endangered, while the Great Auk, the original penguin, had already been hunted to extinction, the last pair being killed in 1844, probably did not register too highly on the conscience scale.
It is only later that you find that fun had a point and its price.
As usual the Royal Ballet Sinfonia under Paul Murphy added to the performance setting the mood and pace for each peice.
Three very different ballets from the same choreographer which shows not only his range but also how fortunate Birmingham is to have its own internationally acclaimed ballet company, and not many cities throughout the world can say that. To 05-10-13.
Next week BRB are staging Sleeping Beauty. Oct 8-12.
And from the back of the cafe
THE brilliant choreographer David Bintley has created another masterpiece in this spectacular triple bill that gives the audience a subtle reminder of the need to take care of our planet.
Opening with E=MC2, danced to a specially commissioned score by the Australian composer Matthew Hindson, the corps de ballet perform quite brilliantly in the tale which explores Einstein's special theory of relativity.
With grace, skill and passion they suggest how energy develops from mass, as, dressed in navy blue costumes, they bond together then split apart at bewildering speed to spine-tingling music played by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted by Paul Murphy.
And there is a thought-provoking finale as a dancer in white kimono, holding a red fan, performs emotionally against a blood red background in a poignant reminder of the horror of Hiroshima.
The second ballet, Tombeaux, with music by William Wilson, is Bintley's lament on the death of his mentor, Sir Frederick Ashton, featuring a wonderful performance by Nao Sakuma and Cesar Morales.
Cheers on opening night greeted several aspects of the third and final piece, 'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe, in which endangered animals shelter from the storm, mingling for drinks and a chat in the Penguin Cafe....special masks creating a ballroom dancing ram and even a flea performing beautifully with Morris dancers, providing a powerful hint at man's dangerous effect on the world in which we live. Music is by Simon Jeffes.
This memorable ballet with a message runs to 05-10-13
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New York's 'Harmonica Pete' Becomes A Viral Sensation
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – A World War II veteran who is known for his service and his harmonica playing is quickly gaining celebrity status in many other places around the world after a video of him went viral.
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They often call him 'Harmonica Pete,' better known as 96-year-old Pete DuPre of Fairport, who is a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, where he was a medic.
DuPre has often played his harmonica in public, particularly in recent years with the help of the Greatest Generations Foundation which helps honor veterans at memorial services and other venues.
But this particular performance, last Sunday at the U.S. women's national soccer team game in New Jersey when he played the national anthem before more than 26,000, really caught fire, generating millions of views on social media.
"When I was playing, you feel it when you're playing, when you're there, the fact that it's 30,000 people, never give it a thought, but everything just quieted down just like somebody put a blanket on the place and they all listened," DuPre told WXXI News.
DuPre, who spoke with us just after a live appearance on "Fox & Friends" where he did an encore of his national anthem performance, is grateful for the opportunity to play before people.
"We've been able to travel and spread the word, I think, and the music, if you will, of the United States to the various places we go. And to be in that position at 96 years old, I value it very much," DuPre said.
In terms of how he views his newfound celebrity, Dupre says, "for a little guy that grew up with a 50-cent harmonica that's pretty good."
New York Lawmakers Hope To Address Doctor Shortage Through Legislation
SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) - State Sen. Joe Griffo (R-Rome) said he has been approached by a number of doctors from the Mohawk Valley to the North Country who say many upstate communities are currently unable to recruit and retain healthcare workers. "You're seeing more shortages in many areas, primarily in primary care but also in the specialties too, and that is a concern and will be a challenge," Griffo said.
PA's Governor Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Infrastructure Plan
HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — With his annual budget address coming next week, Democratic Governor Tom Wolf is busy outlining some of his plans for the next fiscal year. Many have gone largely ignored by the GOP-controlled legislature in the past — like a sweeping infrastructure plan known as Restore PA.
PA Senate Mulls Paid Leave; Labor Groups Applaud While Free Market Interests Balk
HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — The state Senate is considering a proposal to create a paid leave program—a major legislative undertaking with an uncertain future. It would deduct small amounts from working Pennsylvanians' paychecks and put the money into a state-managed emergency fund.
Immigration Advocates Speak On SCOTUS 'Public Charge' Ruling
BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) - The matter is still being argued in litigation. But on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to allow the Trump administration to impose new rules on immigrants and use of public benefits, rules which may adversely affect the permanent residency status of some.
Supporters Of Legalizing Cannabis In New York Say Dedicated Fund Is Key
ALBANY, NY (WSKG) - Backers of legalizing the adult use of recreational marijuana in New York rallied at the Capitol on Tuesday, but some key differences among lawmakers might hold up passage. The rally was organized by advocacy groups, including the Drug Policy Alliance and chapters of the New York Civil Liberties Union. They said momentum is growing in 2020 to enact a law to allow adult New Yorkers to buy cannabis for recreational use. The groups also said the plan needs to include funding for communities that suffered disproportionately during marijuana prohibition. The Assembly sponsor of the bill, Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, agreed.
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Magnetic, fluorescent nanoparticles may help surgeons by marking brain tumors
(Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a way to enhance how brain tumors appear in MRI scans and during surgery, making the tumors easier for surgeons to identify and remove.
Scientists at Ohio State University are experimenting with different nanoparticles that they hope may one day be injected into the blood of patients and help surgeons remove lethal brain tumors known as glioblastomas.
In the journal Nanotechnology, researchers reported that they have manufactured a small particle called a nanocomposite that is both magnetic and fluorescent. These nanocomposites measure less than twenty nanometers in size (a nanometer is one billionth of a meter). One sheet of paper, for example, is about 100,000 nanometers thick.
"Our strategy is combining two particles that contain different properties to make one particle with multiple properties," explained Jessica Winter, assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering and biomedical engineering at Ohio State.
The magnetic nanoparticles emphasize color contrasts within MRIs, allowing doctors to see potential or existing cancerous tumors before surgery. The fluorescent nanoparticles can change the color that the tumor appears in the brain when seen under a special light.
Neurological surgeons could benefit from a multi-functional particle that would allow them to better see the tumor with an MRI before surgery, and then see it physically during surgery, Winter said.
"We're trying to develop a single nanocomposite that's magnetic – so you can do preoperative MRI – and that's fluorescent – so that when neurological surgeons go into surgery, they can shine a light on the tumor and it will glow a specific color such as green, for example. Then, the surgeon can simply remove all of the green," Winter said.
"With traditional magnetic contrasting agents, you'll get an MRI, but you won't see anything during surgery," she added.
Winter's study provided convincing proof that a particle with dual properties can be formed. However, these multi-functional particles can't be used for animal or human testing because the fluorescent particle, cadmium telluride, is toxic.
"We're currently working on an alternative fluorescent particle which is composed of carbon. This will eliminate the complications that arise with ingesting the cadmium telluride particles," Winter said.
Patients with a specific form of deadly brain tumor, glioblastoma, could benefit from Winter's work. Glioblastomas are usually located in the temporal, or frontal lobe of the brain, and tumors located there are difficult to see and remove.
Combining the two particles could provide doctors with help both before and during the surgery to remove a brain tumor, Winter said.
One of the successes in creating the new nanocomposite particle was how they did it, Winter said. It is normally difficult to combine particles like these, a process known as doping.
The Ohio State researchers pursued an approach which had not been attempted before. They chose to bind their fluorescent particle on top of their magnetic particle at extremely high temperatures.
The key is that our synthesis is done at pretty high temperatures – about 350 degrees Celsius (around 660 degrees Fahrenheit)," Winter explained. "The synthesis was unexpected, but cool at the same time, and we were excited when we saw what we got."
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Indian Country Counts
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To ensure all American Indians and Alaska Natives were accurately counted in the 2010 Census, NCAI launched the Indian Country Counts campaign in 2009. Historically, American Indians and Alaska Natives are one of the most undercounted groups of any population in the U.S.—12.2 percent of Natives on reservations were missed in the 1990 Census compared with 1.2 percent of all people in the U.S.
To reverse this trend, NCAI partnered with the U.S. Census Bureau, the Leadership Conference Education Fund, and other national partners to create a nationwide public education and outreach campaign around the 2010 Census. The campaign also worked with grassroots partners to mobilize and provide support to tribal leaders to help them educate their communities about the importance of being counted by the Census.
A highlight of Indian Country Counts was the pledge campaign conducted online and at NCAI conference events. In exchange for committing to undertake at least three activities to promote the Census in their communities, individuals received a free Indian Country Counts t-shirt customized with their tribal affiliation. Nearly 1,700 people participated in the pledge campaign, which resulted in grassroots organizing and a wave of tribal pride across Indian Country.
Residents of Noorvik, Alaska, where the 2010 Census kicked off, were the first to proudly wear their t-shirts proclaiming "I'm Inupiaq, and I Count!"
Throughout the campaign, NCAI accomplished the following:
Constructed an interactive web portal which received almost 19,000 visits;
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Produced and mailed out nearly 13,000 Indian Country Counts t-shirts;
Dispersed 12,500 stickers, 2,500 magnets, and 1,000 postcards;Conducted four instructional webinars reaching over 1,800 viewers;
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Published editorials, print and online advertisements, and e-mail blasts throughout the campaign.
As the 2010 Census winds down, the Indian Country Counts campaign continues to move forward by working with the Census Bureau on the American Community Survey process, which has serious implications for Indian Country.
The Indian Country Counts campaign was made possible by the generous support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the Open Society Institute. We thank them for their contribution to this important work.


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Day 7 at World Cup 2022: Magic Messi saves Argentina; France reaches knockouts; Poland, Australia stay alive
Lionel Messi of Argentina celebrates 1-0 with Angel Di Maria and Nahuel Molina during the World Cup match between Argentina vs. Mexico at the Lusail Stadium on Nov. 26, 2022 in Lusail Qatar (Photo by Rico Brouwer/Soccrates/Getty Images)
Another day of World Cup 2022 action returned as the Group Stage continued on Saturday with teams starting to look towards qualification for the Round of 16.
Previously on Friday, Iran bounced back from its humiliating 6-2 opening defeat with a dramatic 2-0 win over Wales.
Both England and Netherlands were outplayed by the U.S. and Ecuador, respectively, but escaped with draws.
Senegal defeated Qatar 3-1, meaning the host nation now has no chance of qualifying for the next round.
Here is what you need to know from Day 7 in Qatar.
ARGENTINA VS. MEXICO
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Argentina needed to avoid losing to Mexico, or they would have been eliminated stunningly but magic man Lionel Messi saved them in a 2-0 win.
A tense opening 45 minutes saw Argentina dominate possession of the ball (67 per cent) though Mexico looked the more threatening when moving forward in attack.
Messi, in particular, was fairly quiet before his strike from outside the box in the second half went beyond goalkeeper Memo Ochoa and undid all of Mexico's hard work to keep things deadlocked.
Enxo Fernandez then came off the bench to secure the victory late on.
Looking at Group C, Poland leads while Argentina is second followed by Saudi Arabia and then Mexico with one game to go. All four teams are still alive.
FRANCE VS. DENMARK
Kylian Mbappe's 86th minute winner against Denmark pushed France into the Round of 16, becoming the first side to advance past the group stage.
Denmark cancelled out Mbappe's earlier goal with a 68th minute equalizer by defender Andreas Christensen off a corner.
The Danes were Euro 2020 semifinalists but now face a must-win scenario in their final group match against Australia
POLAND VS. SAUDI ARABIA
Robert Lewandowski finally came to the World Cup party with his first-ever tournament goal and an assist in Poland's 2-0 win over Saudi Arabi
The Barcelona superstar assisted Piotr Zielinski superbly in the 39th minute to give Poland the lead, before a terrible giveaway by Saudi's central defender left Lewandowski one-on-one with the goalie for the second.
Saudi Arabia were awarded a controversial penalty in the 45th minute but hero from the first match Saleh Al-Dawsari's attempt was saved by Wojciech Szczesny. The Polish keeper then brilliantly denied a rebound attempt as well.
Poland also had opportunities in the 63rd minute when Arkadiusz Milik headed a cross from the left wing against the crossbar, and again in the 65th when Lewandowski kneed a cross against the right post.
TUNISIA VS. AUSTRALIA
Mitchell Duke scored a terrific header to give Australia a 1-0 win over Tunisia, staving off elimination.
Tunisia now face an uphill task to get out of the group with just one point in the bag heading into its final match against defending champion France.
Australia will go up against Denmark in its final match.
Canadian forward Tajon Buchanan, who currently plays for Belgium's Club Brugge, is reportedly garnering interest from Europe's top five leagues (England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France).
Canadian defender Alistair Johnston is reportedly set to move from CF Montreal to Scottish club Celtic.
Neymar will miss Brazil's next group match on Monday against Switzerland due to an ankle injury he picked up against Serbia.
The action continues on Sunday with Canada one of the many teams hitting the pitch.
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Belgium vs. Morocco - 8 a.m. EST/5 a.m. PST
Croatia vs. Canada - 11 a.m. EST/8 a.m. PST
Spain vs. Germany - 2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST
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I thank the Senate for its bipartisan vote confirming Judge Michael Mukasey as the Nation's 81st Attorney General. Judge Mukasey is a man of strong character and integrity, with exceptional legal judgment. He was an accomplished prosecutor and, for more than 18 years, a distinguished Federal judge. Now he will be an outstanding Attorney General.
Judge Mukasey's confirmation comes at a critical moment for the Justice Department and for our Nation. As Attorney General, Judge Mukasey will lead the Justice Department as it works to protect the American people - whether from drug traffickers and other criminals on our streets or from terrorists who seek to attack our homeland.
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Chemical burns and general exposure: These types of eye injuries occur when liquid alkali or acid ends up coming in contact with an individual's eye, which can very quickly result in severe to permanent eye surface damage. Some examples of how these chemical exposures occur include a worker rubbing their eyes when handling dangerous chemicals, and aerosol exposure through products like hairspray, pepper spray, mace, and tear gas.
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Q: Read rows of only outer table using BeautifulSoup

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I have some HTML and has table content like above. In side a table there are some more tables.
when I read tr using beautifulsoup like
table_grid_1 = soup.find("table", {"id": "GridView1"})
rows = table_grid_1.find("tbody").find_all("tr")

rows of inner table also getting read.
i.e `print "length " + str(len(rows))` prints 5. but I want to read tr of only outer table like size should be 3

How can I read rows of only outer table?

A: You can achieve this by using the recursive=False parameter as follows:
soup = BeautifulSoup(html)
table_grid_1 = soup.find("table", {"id": "GridView1"})
rows = table_grid_1.find("tbody").find_all("tr",recursive=False)
print len(rows)

which returns 3.

A: You may try:
[x.string for x in soup.select('table > tbody > tr > td') if x not in soup.select('table > tbody > tr > table > tbody > tr > td')]

Result: only outer table td content. Note: it will return empty list if outer and inner td equal.

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EU go-ahead for Bulgarian aid for farming
The European Commission (EC) said on April 21 2010 that it was authorising a Bulgarian scheme with a 20 million leva budget aimed at supporting agricultural holdings active in the primary production, marketing and processing of agricultural products that are in difficulties because of the economic crisis.Aid under this scheme can be granted until December 31 2010 and will take the form of a direct grant, the EC said.The scheme is in line with the EC's temporary framework for state aid measures to support access to finance in the current financial and economic crisis, the Commission said.The scheme is open to all undertakings in the agricultural sector, provided they were not already in difficulty on July 1 2008, meaning, in the words of the EC, before the beginning of the crisis.The scheme provides aid in the form of direct grants.The aid may not be more than 15 000 euro for each undertaking."The notified scheme will be applied at national level and administered by the State Fund Agriculture," the EC said.The commission said that the scheme meets all the conditions of the temporary crisis framework."In particular, the Bulgarian authorities demonstrated that it is necessary, proportional and appropriate to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy," the EC said.
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1. While driving, Skylar said, "That cloud looks like a purple dragon eating a sandwich!" (I love her imagination). Reagan said, "Skylar, have you EVER seen a purple dragon eating a sandwich?" She replied, "Uh huh....right there in the sky."
3. Reagan has officially discovered Hannah Montana. But not because her friends like her, but because she saw that Miley has a horse. Go figure. Now we can sing the theme song like the best of them!
Uh huh. Uh huh. I've heard the "carry it carefully" before ;) I'm happy to be able to share my funny here, because we've been so busy I've had no time for blogging :( So . . .
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I knew early on in my education career that I wanted to be an administrator. The predominant reason for this was that I wanted to at least attempt to be a fraction of the leader that my father was. My father was an elementary principal for 30 years and I always admired how he was able to inspire his staff to focus on student learning. To say that he was beloved by all would be a significant understatement. He also consistently did those little things (dressing up for Halloween, cooking breakfast for his staff) that on the surface don't seem like a big deal, but meant so much to his staff and students. His calm and collective nature allowed him to effectively deal with adverse situations. To this day I still go to my father for advice. To sum it up, he was the total package as an administrator.
My second reason for wanting to become an administrator early on in my career stemmed from the fact that I wanted to help as many students as possible. As a classroom teacher I felt that my impact was limited based on the number of students I had contact with on a daily basis. But through my position as a science teacher, a coach (football, ice hockey, lacrosse), and environmental club advisor I was able to impact and influence a large number of students. However, in a school of close to 2000 learners I felt that I could do more. Due to the influence of my father and a passion to help as many students as possible succeed, I ventured into the world of educational administration in 2004.
Obviously my journey continues. After having assumed the duties of both athletic director and vice principal at New Milford High School I became the principal in 2007. It was at this point that I saw one of my dreams fulfilled, as I was finally about to walk in the footsteps of my father. As a young principal I made many mistakes in my early years. Heck, I still make many mistakes. But I learned from a mentor early on that making mistakes is okay; just don't make the same mistake twice. It was at this point that I began to take more risks to create a better teaching and learning culture at NMHS.
Up until this point in my career I would say that I followed the traditional playbook for school leaders. If I was graded I would have probably received an A for running my school where strict rules had to be followed by students, mobile devices banned, and all social media blocked. I did a great job maintaining the status quo, which was a school culture that prepared students for a workforce that no longer existed. This is how both observers and myself measured my effectiveness. I thought, and was told, that I was doing a great job, but what did I know. Obviously, not much at the time.
It was then in 2009 that I possibly took the greatest risk of my young administrative career. After reading an article in the local Sunday paper on Twitter I decided to step outside my comfort zone, disregard the perception that I had, and began to use social media as a leadership tool. What began as just a way to communicate better with my stakeholders evolved into something that I never imagined. Once in the space that social media provided, I began to lurk and learn. It was at this point that I discovered the error and ignorance of my ways. What I lacked was education on how all aspects of technology could be used to enhance learning. Individuals who I had never met face to face not only challenged my thinking, but ultimately saved my professional career. If it were not for my Personal Learning Network (PLN) I might have never changed. Without this change I would still to this day be leading a school down a path of irrelevance. My greatest leadership asset was born from a space that I swore I would never venture into. Talk about a game changing moment!
We all have those people and moments that help define our careers. For me each has helped influence my learning while providing me with the insight, tools, support, and feedback needed to become a better leader. New Milford High School has become a better institution for learning and innovation. By giving up control, trusting my students and staff, and evolving into a lead learning we continue to transform our school in ways that will better prepare our students for success in today's society. I hope that one day my career is defined by the shifts, changes, and ultimate transformation that continue to occur at my school.
I will be forever thankful to the many people that have supported me up to this point and have provided me priceless guidance over the years. It is a humbling time for me as I walk around the halls of NMHS and see how far we have come while anticipating the work that still needs to be done. Just as significant is my growth as a leader, which in many aspects is a testament to the educators from across the globe that I now lean on day in and day out. This has led to another significant moment of my career, which is the release of my first solo book (Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times). I look at it as sort of a a natural product of the ongoing changes in my professional career. It represents a culmination of OUR journey together. My hope is that this book will make a difference in the work of other leaders and those that aspire to lead. Regardless I will continue to learn from people and discover those moments that will be catalysts for further professional growth and improvement.
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"Pupils are happy and enjoy school, as they say it 'gives us different experiences' and 'helps us to know more than we did before'."
Every school in the country is regularly inspected by Ofsted, the organisation in charge of monitoring and checking standards in schools. They look at how well the school is being run, how good the teaching is, whether it provides value for money and whether it is caring for its children properly. Our school was assessed in May 2018 - a full report can be read online here. We were disappointed with the final grading of 'Requires Improvement', but are determined to build on the report's recommendations. We have been judged as 'Good' in the previous two inspections (in 2015 and 2010), and are fully committed to providing the best education we can for our children and returning to this level as soon as possible.
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"Leaders, staff and pupils are united in their view that discrimination of any kind is not tolerated at their school."
"Pastoral care is strong. Staff know pupils and their families well. They share the headteacher's commitment and determination to make sure the school is a 'safe haven' and that all pupils feel safe and are well cared for."
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Q: /casper/vmlinuz: not found When I start Ubuntu and chose one of the settings it says:
/casper/vmlinuz: not found

I have Ubuntu on a USB drive. I used this USB creator: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
I have done this 2 times now and the same thing happens. What can I do?
I even checked my casper directory. It has the vmlinuz file but it still reports the same error.

A: Using dd-mode instead of iso-mode in Rufus 3.13 solved the problem for me.

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*If the message is /casper/vmlinuz: not found you can perhaps open the usb drive and check if it has a directory named "casper" and it contains a file named "vmlinuz", and if this file is not there, probably something went wrong, and perhaps it can work if you can open the iso file (which is a packed file in deed) and extract it from there.

*You can try another usb live creator like this one: www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

A: I also had the same problem with a daily built of Ubuntu 13.04.
The problem seemed to be that the file in /casper/ was named as "vmlinuz.efi" instead of "vmlinuz" -without ".efi" - which it was looking for.
After removing the ending (.efi), Ubuntu procceded without any implications.

A: It simply means either the file /vmlinuz the system is looking for is either missing or has been modified. In my case, the file was not present at all. I just formatted the USB and made it bootable again and it worked.


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Major advances in the ichthyosis with confetti (IWC) story were the result of a fortuitous intersection of people, timing and technology. Discovery of the mutant gene and identification of the cause of the spots in IWC was, in no small part, the result of asking the right question. While others had sought but failed to identify the cause of the red, scaly skin in IWC, we started by asking: what caused the distinctive spots of apparently normal skin? From that moment forward, FIRST played significant roles in this effort from start to finish.
In 1998 I saw an infant who had uniformly scaly red skin and slow growth compared to his fraternal twin. He looked like an infant with typical congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (CIE). He returned one year later with a single spot of normal-appearing white skin on his cheek and, in retrospect, became my personal introduction to ichthyosis with confetti. This form of ichthyosis was described first in 1982 in the French literature as ichtyose en confettis and later that year in the German literature as kongenitale retikuläre ichthyosiforme erythrodermie. By 1998 only two additional cases had been reported making it an exceedingly rare form of ichthyosis.
Shortly after I saw that first case, two girls with apparent CIE and dozens of normal-appearing white spots, one from Texas and one from Maine, came to see me. One had been evaluated by many other dermatologists and scientists. She was Haley Rice, daughter of then-president of FIRST, Donna Rice. Donna had been instrumental in setting the stage for FIRST's organizational stability and recent rapid growth. I admired her drive and determination, and appreciated the transformation that she and a few others had accomplished at FIRST. So when Mary Williams, a founder of FIRST who was attending the family conference with me in 2002, said "Len, you have to figure out what's going on with Haley", I knew at that moment, that this would become a long-term, personal mission.
Several features of this rare form of ichthyosis caught my attention but had received little attention in the medical literature. One was the acquired confetti spots which became the focus that drove our work. Michele Mak, a resident in dermatology, carefully evaluated each of the three patients who had traveled to New Haven and had now also been able to connect with each other through FIRST. Together we tabulated the histories and clinical findings in our patients and those in the literature. Our three patients and most of the patients in the literature clearly had very similar clinical characteristics and an identical appearance under the microscope – important information when embarking on genetic studies. We carefully asked our patients about the confetti spots. All reported that they were not noticed until late in the first year of life and that the spots dramatically increased in size and number over time. Most remarkably, the spots were normal-appearing skin both by the naked eye and under the microscope. The story that the spots appeared after birth and increased in size and number over time suggested that they were not the usual kind of mosaicism familiar to dermatologists and pet lovers. Rather, we hypothesized that they must represent revertant mosaicism. Revertant mosaicism occurs by spontaneous correction of a mutant gene leading to acquired patches of normal skin, a process described only a few years earlier in the inherited, blistering skin disease epidermolysis bullosa.
Our survey of patients who had been reported to have ichthyosis with confetti did not present a consistent picture. As often happens when starting a new project, one consults with colleagues and reads the literature. In the very first report of this condition the skin biopsies from each of the two patients were distinctly different. One of the patients was described as having coarse keratohyalin granules in the epidermis while the other was said to have absent or reduced keratohyalin granules. This suggested that there might be different types or causes of IWC. The second peculiarity was that all the reported cases and each of our three original cases were the only affected members of their families. This went along with early thoughts that these individuals had some form of recessively inherited CIE. However, Mary Williams knew of a family in which the affected mother had two affected sons and Donna Rice knew a family through FIRST in which there was an affected father and daughter. In talking with colleagues, we learned that because of possible dominant inheritance and because of certain features of the histopathology, several groups in the 1990s had looked for mutations in the half dozen genes known at that time to cause dominantly inherited ichthyosis, including several keratin genes, and had found no evidence of mutations in them.
At about the time that I began collecting cases of IWC, the scientific community was beginning to use a new technology to map genes, high density SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) arrays. One day I asked Keith Choate, a first year resident in dermatology whether he thought SNP arrays would facilitate finding the gene for this disease and whether it was a project in which he might be interested. Keith had already done research in ichthyosis as an undergraduate at Stanford and had gotten his PhD with Richard Lifton, chair of the genetics department at Yale. Though he was a busy resident and had not worked in skin science for eight years, he suggested we meet with Lifton.
The information we presented at that meeting about IWC was concise: a rare, likely dominantly inherited form of ichthyosis in which normal spots of skin appear after birth and increase in number and size over time. With little hesitation, Rick suggested that loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was the simplest explanation for the normal spots, and that using SNP arrays to compare a confetti spot with an affected spot on the same individual should facilitate mapping the gene. The value of looking specifically at cells in the epidermis, rather than whole pieces of skin, became clear in the brief discussion that followed. Fortunately, there was a talented scientist in my lab, Jing Zhou, who could grow pure populations of keratinocytes and fibroblasts from tiny pieces of skin. In most genetic studies the focus is on what is happening in the diseased tissue. In ichthyosis with confetti, the focus became what is happening in the normal tissue. The timing of Keith Choate's reentry into ichthyosis research was both fortuitous and critical.
The importance of having patients who were willing to travel long distances to New Haven to donate skin from many red and white spots cannot be overemphasized. Within a few months of embarking on this project, Keith had a stunning result. He had used high density SNP arrays to compare DNA in keratinocytes from diseased skin to DNA in keratinocytes from normal-appearing confetti spots. In each of the confetti spots in each of our patients, he found long stretches of loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 17 that could have only occurred by a mechanism never before reported in revertant mosaicism – mitotic recombination. Other cultured cells from the confetti spots, namely fibroblasts, showed no such changes.
LOH is a well-described cause of disease. Each cell generally has two distinct versions of each gene. Rarely, one version of the gene is normal and the other version is abnormal and potentially disease-causing. If the disease-causing gene is recessive, the activity of the normal gene predominates and cells appear normal. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) is a process in which one version disappears, and there are several different mechanisms by which it can occur. If LOH results in loss of the normal copy, then the disease can become apparent. This is generally what happens when LOH is associated with cancer. By contrast in a dominantly inherited disease, such as we expected IWC to be, the effect of the abnormal version of the gene trumps the action of the normal copy and the cell has an abnormal appearance or behavior. If LOH leads to loss of the abnormal version of the gene, then the cell acquires a normal appearance or behavior because of the unimpeded presence of the normal copy. The mechanism by which LOH happened in the confetti spots was mitotic recombination, a process common in malignant cells but rarely described in non-malignant cells and unprecedented in the skin.
What is mitotic recombination? Chromosomes come in pairs, and we inherit one chromosome from our mother and one from our father. Just before the egg and sperm from our parents come together, genetic material from the pairs of chromosomes our parents inherited from our grandparents intermix in a process called meiotic recombination. It assures we will inherit genes from all four of our grandparents. A similar process, called mitotic recombination, was well-described in cancer cells, but was thought to be very rare in non-cancerous cells. Mitotic recombination replaces the DNA in a portion of one chromosome with the DNA from its paired partner. Subsequently, those cells look like they inherited that portion of DNA from only one parent, and that change is readily detected on SNP arrays. Prior to our studies in IWC, mitotic recombination was an exceedingly rare event in non-cancerous cells.
In the year following our initial observation we identified more patients with IWC, brought them to New Haven, and analyzed their epidermal keratinocytes. Every normal "confetti" spot in IWC proved to be an independent event of mitotic recombination. While every one of 32 analyzable white spots showed loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 17, the long stretch of LOH started at a different position on chromosome 17 for each individual spot. This meant that each confetti spot was an independent event that happened after the father's sperm fertilized the mother's egg. The different positions where the stretch of LOH started on chromosome 17 allowed us to predict where the gene for IWC would be found. Yet, after 2 1/2 years of carefully analyzing many, many "candidate" genes, the responsible gene remained a mystery.
Sometimes stalled science is rescued by technology. For forty years, the gold standard for determining gene sequences was Sanger sequencing, a method for which Fredrick Sanger had received a Noble prize in 1980. It was the method used to reveal the first complete human genome sequence. As a result of the human genome project, Sanger sequencing had become faster, more reliable, cheaper and automated. Yet limits on all those improvements became obvious and, during the 1990s, totally new technologies that would be faster and cheaper were developed. Sanger sequencing also had one quirky limitation that had never been fully remedied; regions rich in guanine/cytosine base pairs were difficult to sequence reliably. Many of the new methods do not suffer from that quirk.
After months of planning and discussion, Keith selected one of the new sequencing methods and devised several technical adaptations that made it useful for identifying disease-causing mutations. After years of uninformative Sanger sequencing, he identified the mutant gene in the very first family analyzed using this new approach. The mutation was in the gene for keratin 10, and in every one of our families the mutation appeared in a small region of the keratin 10 gene that was rich in guanine/cytosine (G/C) base pairs. Whereas one might expect 1/2 of base pairs in any region to be G/C, more than 70% of the base pairs in this region of keratin 10 are G/C. That is likely one of the reasons previous efforts to identify IWC mutations in keratin 10 were unsuccessful.
Mutations in keratin 10 previously had been associated with one of the more common forms of ichthyosis, epidermolytic hyperkeratosis now known as epidermolytic ichthyosis (EI). But confetti spots have never been described in EI. In general, the mutations that cause EI occur in a different part of the keratin molecule than those that cause IWC. Patients with IWC have some skin features that resemble those in patients with EI, but lack other features common to EI. For example, keratins are generally thought to function mainly as structural proteins, preventing skin fragility associated with frictional trauma. Epidermolytic ichthyosis patients suffer from skin fragility or easy blistering but IWC patients do not.
One of the last patients to enroll in our initial study helped us solve one of the inconsistencies in the literature that had troubled us: why were normal-appearing keratohyalin granules present in the diseased skin of the first French patient reported but absent in the diseased skin of the other patients – including all our patients who had IWC and KRT10 mutations? The new individual's skin bore many similarities to the other IWC patients, but there were subtle clinical differences and the biopsy of affected skin showed abundant keratohyalin granules. Affected skin had no mutation in KRT10, but confetti spots from this individual did demonstrate LOH, but this time on chromosome 12. Chromosome 12 is where the KRT 1 gene resides. Further investigation resulted in the identification of a mutation in KRT1, the gene that codes for the protein that normally pairs with KRT10 to form the keratin filaments in the epidermis.
Scientific breakthroughs should clearly and definitively answer the question at hand, but they also often raise even more difficult questions. In many ways, the IWC saga is one of those stories. Why don't all patients with EI and KRT 10 (or KRT1) mutations develop white spots? Why has revertant mosaicism caused by mitotic recombination not been seen in other dominant disorders of keratinization? Is there something about the particular mutations in the keratin 10 or keratin 1 proteins in IWC that cause mitotic recombination to happen more frequently than expected? Or is mitotic recombination more common than previously appreciated but only reveals itself when the resulting cell has a growth advantage over its neighbors? Are there environmental or other factors that make epidermal keratinocytes especially prone to mitotic recombination or does it happen in all dividing cells? These broad questions and the novelty of the mechanism by which the confetti spots arise generate excitement in the scientific community and explain, in part, why this particular gene discovery was thought to merit publication in high profile journals . The new questions raised will keep us going for many years.
Keith Choate was the first recipient FIRST's Ichthyosis Fellowship. Support for that award came from a fortuitous donation from the Lennox Foundation at a time when it was most needed. It provided Dr. Choate with protected time to concentrate on this research early in his career. Many other people contributed to this work. Several are members of FIRST's MSAB: Mary Williams, Peter Elias, Amy Paller, Amy Knopper, and Alanna Bree. We received advice and encouragement from many other colleagues along the way. The patients (HR, RS, SG, TS, JB-S, AB, PI and TF) are all members of FIRST. They and their families are an ongoing source of inspiration and support to these investigations, and to whom no words of thanks adequately express our appreciation.
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A movie like this could quickly get bad and not make sense, but ever seen and action eventually ties in and is explained. Pricing, channels, features, content, and compatible devices subject to change. Robert Visual Effects Visual Effects Daniel Saldivar Visual Effects. You will be satisfied and pleased you watched this movie. .
The special effects really state the low budget quality of the film. When things start unraveling, your head will be spinning and say what did I drink before watching this. I also like psychological horrors from Rosemary's Baby to Blair Witch to last year's surprise chiller, Don't Breathe. His sis played by Jamie Bernadette Once again showing why she is the new face of horror show compassion and really embraces his return. But his night has just begun.
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Forget reality and what things are supposed to be and sit back and enjoy. What the hell did I just watch? The night has just begun, as they embark on a survival quest for the ultimate truth. We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Face of Evil' on each platform. I had to carefully watch it till the end to really appreciate it. Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Vito Dinatolo-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off. Given the title, I assumed that it would be a horror movie, hence I gave it a chance.
He is greeted at home by his sister and crazy friends. The characters in the movie were cardboard cutouts that just milled about doing things that no sane person, or even a stoned or wasted person would be doing, not even in a situation as ridiculous as the one presented in the movie. Available everywhere and highly recommended! But senses something is wrong. Vito Dinatolo single handily made this picture. Something is off when he returns but he just dismisses it and enjoys the moment. Then again, I always wanted the stereotyped horror characters to be a little self aware of their stupidity: could the Jock display his feminine side; could the tarty Blonde not chew gum and say she's saving herself for God; could the Black guy have voted for Trump and not get killed off early; could the Redneck with the Confederate flag on his truck, have voted for Hillary.
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The sergeant explains to him how this epidemic has started and they go on a journey to try to stop it. Please, if you even remotely like yourself, avoid this catastrophe. None of the characters, scenes or anything feels rite yet you feel maybe your just not getting it. Great moments both in story , and acting. A war vet returns home, but a mysterious epidemic breaks out and infects his friends. The storyline was atrocious and it made so little sense in every aspect. Its premise is simple: Private Williams returns home from the Middle East to find out hell is home, as an epidemic turns his surprise party into tragedy.
This movie quickly changes from a teen party and drinking and having fun scenario to an all out zombie like epidemic that infects all his friends. Dinatolo's story is a blend of classic horror tropes and contemporary social awareness. At the time of this review the rating for this movie was 4. With so many bad movies being produced and distributed nowadays, especially horror, and with so many youtube generation viewers with the attention span of a finger snap, this film changes its skin as the story develops and you meet new crazy characters, till the final surprising twist. Why not, it was entertaining. Released 2016, 'Face of Evil' stars Scott Baxter, , , The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on Metacritic, which put together reviews from respected critics. The camera work, story and everything about this movie impressed me.
Suspend belief and give into total fantasy, and respect and feel the very real message of mental health crisis and our veterans I had no expectations to this movie. I like to be scared while being entertained. Please review our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Scott Baxter, Chad Bishop, Jamie Bernadette and Janet Roth star in Face of Evil, now out from Gravitas Ventures. The dialog is a bit rough and characters could have been developed a bit better, however the movie has some cool moments. Nor did I know about its existence prior to stumbling upon it by sheer random luck.


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Q: routing to a computer on a switch behind a router? Here is the setup:
Cable Modem -> Vonage "Router" (not really sure if it is a full router or not) -> Linksys Router -> Netgear Switch -> PC
When I had the PC connected directly to the router I could route to it just fine. When I put it behind the switch I no longer can.
Pardon my obvious lack of knowledge on this, but is there some way to route to the PC behind the switch or do I have to reconfigure the network somehow (eg: replace the switch with another router, reconnect it directly to the router, etc.)
If specific model names\values are needed I can provide them, but I believe this to be a general topic.
UPDATE #1
I completely removed the vonage device and I switched the PC to non-static ip, yet, I can not even connect to the local ip address from anywhere on the LAN. I am beginning to think it is a firewall or anti-virus problem.
EDIT #1
By "route to it" (the PC in question) I mean access ports running on said PC remotely. eg: port 80, 22, etc.
EDIT #2
The strange thing is, to get things to work (before) I had to config the vonage device to route to the router (which I had to hunt down it's local address) and then also route to the PC from the router as well. Additionally, I have the PC setup with a static IP as to prevent the address from being reassigned.
EDIT #3
I tried turning DHCP & NAT off at the router. With DHCP off I still have an outbound connection but the default gateway still shows up as the router and I still can't connect from external. When I turn NAT off I get no connection at all. I believe I used to have "double natting" working by routing traffic from the vonage device to the routers address, and then router to PC - but this no longer seems to work and I have no idea why. Furthermore, I can reach the router but NOT the vonage device from a browser - I find this highly suspect, but I have no idea what the cause.
Any other suggestions out there?
EDIT #3a
Removing the static IP config allows me to connect to the vonage device - not sure if that will help someone else, just throwing it out there.

A: Unless you really know what you're doing, you only want one box acting as a NAT gateway and DHCP server on your home network. When most people say "router" in the context of a home network, they're actually talking about something that's acting as a full NAT gateway, not a simple IP router.
I'm sure your Vonage box does NAT and DHCP. Also, it makes sure that your voice traffic gets the priority it needs when forwarding it to your broadband connection (i.e. your cable modem). But the Vonage box can only do that for your voice traffic when it's at the head of your network.
So, for best results, make sure your cable modem and your Linksys router are not serving NAT and DHCP. Have the cable modem simply bridge between Ethernet and cable, and have the Linksys box simply bridge between LAN and WAN.
If the Linksys box doesn't provide a way to turn NAT off, then turn its DHCP server off and stop using its WAN port -- just plug one of its LAN ports into the LAN side of the Vonage box. This allows the Linksys box to still act as a Wi-Fi access point (assuming that's what you're using it for -- if you don't need it, then take it out of the picture), and it acts as an Ethernet switch among its LAN ports.
With any NAT gateway, if you want it to forward incoming connection attempts from the outside world in to some host on your LAN, you'll have to set up port mappings in the NAT gateway to tell it which next-hop IP address and port to forward that kind of connection attempt to. If you set up your network with multiple NATs, then you have to tell each NAT about the next-hop NAT gateway, which is a pain and is one of the reasons you should avoid "double NATting" unless you really know what you're doing and have a good reason to do so.

A: I know what Vonage says about putting it before the router, but I have set this up before and I simply go with this:
Cable Modem--Linksys Router--Netgear Switch
The Vonage box and PC get plugged into the switch.
If this normal, and simple setup does not work, then you can try it their way, but every one I have done has worked. Only caveat, I usually use a Netgear router/switch combo.

A: Even though I have accepted an answer (because it answers what I was asking); the real source of my problem was a change in the Windows firewall settings - I believe this occurred with an automatic update from MS.
I hope this helps someone else.


The winner of a naming contest for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel boring machine was announced.
A Nandua Middle School student is the winner of a contest to name the tunnel boring machine that will excavate a new tunnel being built on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.
Bridge-tunnel officials announced Thursday that the winning entry was submitted by Grace Bentley of Nandua Middle School.
Bentley's choice for the machine's name is Chessie.
The winner was chosen in an online vote from a list of the top 10 entries selected by a review committee.
According to Bentley's 1-minute, 28-second video entry, Chessie is a natural choice, based on the legend of the sea monster who lives deep within the Chesapeake Bay.
"It didn't take me long to think of a perfect name," said Bentley in the cartoon-style video.
"People have used the name Chessie for boats, railroads, statues, trails, trains, dogs and many other things in our area," she said, adding, "I think the name Chessie is perfect for the tunnel boring machine because the name Chessie is loved and used a lot."
According to legend, sailors have described the sea monster as a long, snake-like creature, "so it is analogous to the 325-foot long (tunnel boring machine) that will dig its way through the Bay bottom," a press release announcing the winners said.
The name will be displayed on the machine's side during a launching ceremony expected to happen in 2019.
The machine currently is being manufactured in Germany.
Once completed and launched, it will dig a mile-long, $756 million tunnel under Thimble Shoal Channel, parallel to the existing tunnel there.
Coming in second place in the online voting was Caleb McIntyre of Broadwater Academy, who submitted the name BESSY the Boring Bufflehead.
The third place winner was Shania Finley of Kiptopeke Elementary School, who suggested the name MS. TAYLOR.
"Every student who participated in this naming contest is to be commended, as their entries expressed a lot of thought and creativity," said Jeff Holland, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel executive director.
"The Commission extends congratulations to the winners and we appreciate the excellent effort invested by all students to take part in this unique opportunity. We look forward to the students, teachers, and their classes continuing to follow the progress of this tunnel project until it is completed," Holland said.
The winners' submissions can be viewed at www.cbbt.com/TBMNamingContest.
The committee that chose the top entries included representatives from partners in the Thimble Shoals Parallel Tunnel project, including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Commission; Chesapeake Tunnel Joint Venture; Jacobs; Mott MacDonald; HNTB; and Womens' Transportation Seminar, Hampton Roads Chapter.
More than 120 entries in all were received from sixth grade students from the Eastern Shore and the Hampton Roads region.
In addition to the boring machine launching ceremony, there will be a receiving ceremony in mid- to late-2020, when construction reaches the other end of the tunnel, Holland said at a groundbreaking ceremony for the project in September.