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Palestinian Public Opinion Polls: Regarding Peace Prospects & Negotiations
Category » Palestinian Polls
On the Peace Process
On Peace Prospects & Negotiations
About Peace with Israel
On Gilad Shalit-Prisoner Exchange
Opinion of the Clinton Parameters
Toward Peace Process & Rights
Toward Gaza Disengagement Plan
Opinion on the Peace Process
On the 2000 Camp David Talks
Support For Wye, Peace Process
Toward Taba Agreement
Palestinian Youth Polls
Youth Survey Poll: Political Activism and Awareness
Current Protests: An Online Study of Palestinian Youth
After Operation Protective Edge
On the Outcomes of Operation Protective Edge
On Controversial Political Issues
Toward Israel's Security Fence and the Blockade
On UN Statehood Bid
Attitudes on Jerusalem
On Refugees & Settlements
Opinion on War in Gaza
Relationships Between Jews & Arabs
On the International Community
About the United States
Toward The Arab World
On the War in Iraq
On Palestinian Society
On Internal Politics
On Palestinian Political System
Attitudes on Terrorism
Attitudes on Hamas
Attitutes Toward Democracy
Attitudes Toward Yasser Arafat
Opinion Following the Hamas Election
Opinion in the Post-Arafat Era
Views on Political/Religious Factions
On Government of Salaam Fayyad
About Women & Judiciary System
Opinion Toward the Intifada
On Palestinian Self-Government
Youth Poll on the Intifada
Views on the Media
Palestinian Public Opinion Polls: Table of Contents|On Peace with Israel|On Internal Politics
Do you support or reject the rise of an armed intifada in the Palestinian territories?
(Al-Najah, October 2018)
No opinion/don't know
After the US declaration to move its embassy to Jerusalem, do you believe that the two-state solution is still viable?
Under the current circumstances, do you think that there is an opportunity for the creation of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders?
Do you support or reject the creation of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders as a final solution for the Palestinian cause?
Do you support or reject the creation of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with some land exchange as a final solution for the Palestinian cause?
West Bank Gaza
Do you support or reject the creation of a binational state for both Arabs and Jews as a final solution for the Palestinian cause?
The Palestinian Authority called for enlarging the negotiation sponsorship between the Palestinians and Israel or finding a new international mechanism to sponsor negotiations with Israel. Do you support or reject that?
(Al-Najah, March 2018)
Do you support or reject President Mahmoud Abbas' call for establishing a multilateral international mechanism emanating from an international conference and based on the international decisions to launch serious and real negotiation that would eventually lead to the two state solution and the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital?
In your opinion, what is the most effective way to create a Palestinian state alongside Israel?
(PCPSR, September 2017)
Armed action
Popular non-violent resistance
In the absence of negotiations, how do you think the Palestinians should go about achieving their goals?
Join more international organizations
Return to an armed intifada
Disolve the Palestinian Authority
Do you support or oppose a return to direct negotiations with the Israelis after the rejection of the French Initiative?
(PCPO, November 2016)
Don't know/refuse
Do you support or reject the French Initiative which calls for holding an international conference for peace in the Middle East?
(IMRA, October 2016)
Do you think that the French Initiative to foster the possibilities of peace between Palestinians and Israelis will succeed or fail?
Do you support or reject the Russian call on President Mahmoud Abbas and the Israeli Prime Minister to meet in Moscow to reactivate the peace process?
Do you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, strongly disagree with peace negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israel?
(JMCC, March 2016)
If negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians were to be resumed, who would you prefer to act as the mediator between the two sides?
The EU
The U.N.
The Middle-East Quartet
Do you support a change in Palestinian policy, from demanding an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, to demanding equal rights for Arabs and Jews in one state in Historical Palestine, from the river to the sea?
What are the chances that an independent Palestinian state will be established next to Israel within the next 5 years?
(PCPSR, December 2015)
Slim or non-existant
In the absence of peace negotiations, which of the following options is preferable to you?
Disolution of the Palestinian Authority
Do you think that the current confrontations will lead to a new, armed intifada?
Yes they will lead to a new, armed intifada
They will lead to wide-scale peaceful popular resistance
They will develop in both directions
The confrontations will stay as they are now
The confrontations will dissipate
(IMRA, November 2015)
Don't know/No answer
Since the signing of the Oslo Accords (1993), do you believe that Palestinians and Israelis are closer to or further from peace?
(AWRAD, November 2015)
During Abbas's recent address to the United Nations, he said the PA was no longer bound by the Oslo Accords. Do you believe this will advance or impede Palestinian statehood?
Have no effect
What is the long-term aspiration of the Palestinian Authority?
Recover all parts of the land occupied in 1967
Conquer Israel/Kill most of the Jews
Do you support or oppose a French proposal that would request the UN Security Council to issue a resolution affirming the establishment of a Palestinian state on the borders of 1967 with territorial swaps, making Jerusalem a joint capital for Palestine and Israel, setting a timetable for ending Israeli occupation, and holding an international peace conference?
What, in your opinion, are the chances of peace negotiations between Hamas and Israel being successful?
High or medium
Low or nonexistant
Do you support or oppose indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel to reach a long-term truce?
Do you agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians?
(JMCC, August, 2015)
Should Palestinians accept the principle of of two states for two peoples, if it might help end the occupation?
(The Washington Institute, July 2015)
Very good idea
Fairly good idea
Fairly bad idea
Very bad idea
Don't know/refused
.7%
If the Palestinian leadership is able to negotiate a 2-state solution with Israel, do you think that...?
Conflict with Israel should end, starting a new chapter in Palestinian history
The struggle is not over, we should continue to fight until historic Palestine is liberated
Do you think that in the near future a new war will break out between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip?
(IMRA, March 31, 2015)
Don't know/refuse to answer
Do you consider yourself an optimist or a pessimist in reference to reaching a peace agreement with Israel?
Do you expect the United States to exert pressure on Israel to return to the negotiating table and accept a two-state solution?
After Netanyahu declared during the recent Israeli elections that he does not support a solution based on the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, do you support or reject a return to the negotiation table?
Support negotiations
Reject negotiations
After Netanyahu and the Likud victory during the recent Israeli elections, do you expect a return to the negotiation table?
In your opinion, what is the most effective means of ending the occupation and building a Palestinian state next to Israel?
(PCPSR, March 25, 2015)
Armed confrontation
Are you in favor of a two-state solution to the conflict?
Yes, I support the two-state solution
No, I do not support the two-state solution
Given the outcome of the 2015 Israeli election, do you support a return to peace negotiations with Israel?
Yes, I support an unconditional return to negotiations with Israel
I support returning to negotiations with Israel only if settlement construction is halted
I oppose returning to negotiations with Israel alltogether
How would you evaluate the role Benjamin Netanyahu played, and still plays, in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process ? Was his role constructive or non-constructive?
(PCPO, February 10, 2015)
Very constructive
Somewhat constructive
Somewhat nonconstructive
Very nonconstructive
How would you evaluate the role the US played, and still plays, in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process ? Was its role constructive or non-constructive?
Do you believe that the German government is actively helping Israel "behind the scenes"?
(PCPSR, January 19, 2015)
Refuse to Answer
Do you believe that Germany is an "honest broker" between Israelis and Palestinians?
Do you believe that the German government is committed to working towards a lasting peace between the Israelis and Palestinians?
Will the majority of Palestinians vote in favor of a peace agreement reached between Abbas and Israel in the current negotiations?
(Palestinian Center for Public Opinion, March 22, 2014)
Should the negotiations continue?
(Palestinian Center for Public Opinion, December 15, 2013)
Do you think that a permanent peace between Israel and Palestine will ever be achieved?
(Gallup, July 31, 2013)
How important is achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians to the following?
(Gallup, July 31, 2013) Numbers reflect percentage of Palestinians saying "very important"
Future facing you & your family
Safety & security of Palestinians
Economic prosperity in Palestine
International respect for Palestine
Do you agree or disagree that recent efforts by President Obama demonstrate that the U.S. is more serious than ever about mediating a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that is mutually acceptable?
How much trust do you have in President Obama to help Israel and Palestine negotiate an equally fair peace treaty?
Great Trust
Fair Trust
Not Much Trust
No Trust at All
For the following actions, please say if this should be considered a precondition to negotiations or a top priority during negotiations?
Palestine Recognizes Israel as Jewish State
Palestine Gives up "Right of Return"
Palestine Agrees to not pursue Israel at ICC
Israel Freezes All West Bank Settlement Construction
Israel Commits 1967 Borders as Basis for Two-State Solution
Israel Releases Palestinian Prisoners
Do you think the President Abbas' decision to participate in exploratory talks with Israel was right or wrong?
(PSR, March 17, 2012)
Certainly right
Certainly Wrong
No opinion
Given present conditions, do you support or oppose resumption of the Amman exploratory talks without Israeli preconditions?
Certainly Support
Certainly Oppose
What do you expect to happen between Palestinians and Israelis after the exploratory talks in Amman have stopped?
Sides will return soon to negotiations
Sides will return to negotiations, some armed attacks will take place
Sides will not return to negotiations, some armed attacks will take place
Sides will not return to negotiations, will be no armed attacks
Some believe that the two-state solution, an independent Palestinian state alongside the state of Israel, is no longer viable due to settlement expansion while others believe that it is still viable today as settlements can be dismantled or evacuated when an agreement is reached. What do you think? (PSR, March 17, 2012)
Certainly the two-state solution is no longer viable
The two-state solution is no longer viable
The two-state solution remains viable today
Certainly, the two-state solution remains viable today
Talk has recently increased about the inevitable failure of the two state solution and the need to demand the formulation of a solution based on the establishment of one state in all Palestinian areas and Israel, one in which Arabs and Jews enjoy equality. Do you support or oppose this view? (PSR, March 17, 2012)
Now more than 40 years after the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, what in your view are the chances for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state next to the state of Israel in the next five years? Are they high, medium, low, or non existent? (PSR, March 17, 2012)
To what extent are you worried or not worried that you or a member of your family could be hurt by Israel in your daily life or that your land would be confiscated or home demolished? (PSR, March 17, 2012)
very worried
not worried
not worried at all
What do you think are the aspirations of Israel for the long run? (PSR, March 17, 2012)
Withdrawal from the territories it occupied in 1967 after guaranteeing its security
Withdrawal form part of the occupied territories after guaranteeing its security
Annexation of the West Bank while denying political rights of Palestinian citizens
Extending the borders of the state of Israel to cover all the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea and expelling its Arab citizens
According to the Saudi plan, Israel will retreat from all territories occupied in 1967 including Gaza the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, and a Palestinian state will be established. The refugees problem will be resolved through negotiation in a just and agreed upon manner and in accordance with UN resolution 194 which allows return of refugees to Israel and compensation. In return, all Arab states will recognize Israel and its right to secure borders, will sign peace treaties with her and establish normal diplomatic relations. Do you agree or disagree to this plan? (PSR, March 17, 2012)
certainly agree
certainly disagree
There is a proposal that after the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and the settlement of all issues in dispute, including the refugees and Jerusalem issues, there will be a mutual recognition of Israel as the state of the Jewish people and Palestine as the state of the Palestinians people. Do you agree or disagree to this proposal? (PSR, March 17, 2012)
Now that negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis have stopped, would you support or oppose the following option in the search for achieving Palestinian rights? (PSR, March 17, 2012)
Going to the Security Council to obtain a recognition of a Palestinian state
Unilaterally declare the establishment of a Palestinian state
Abandon the two state solution and demand the establishment of one state for Palestinians and Israelis
Resort to popular non violent and unarmed resistance
Return to the armed intifada and confrontations
Dissolve the Palestinian Authority
There is a proposal that after the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and the settlement of all issues in dispute, including the refugees and Jerusalem issues, there will be a mutual recognition of Israel as the state of the Jewish people and Palestine as the state of the Palestinian people. Do you agree or disagree with this proposal? (PSR, January 11, 2012)
Now that negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis have stopped, would you support or oppose the following option in the search for achieving Palestinian rights: return to armed intifada and confrontations? (PSR, January 11, 2012)
Do you think that the USA will pursue every possible way that is within its reach to salvage the peace process? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
Do you think that the Palestinian State can only be established through negotiations? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
Do you think that there will be any use from negotiations without acceptable frames of reference and without the freezing of settlement activities? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
Do you think the USA is an impartial broker in the peace process between the PA and Israel? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
Do you think that the European Union is an impartial broker in the peace process between the PA and Israel? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
Do you think that the International Quartet is an impartial broker in the peace process between the PA and Israel? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
If a Palestinian State is recognized in the UN, how will this recognition influence negotiations on the issue of refugees? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
No influence
If a Palestinian State is recognized in the UN, how will this recognition influence negotiations on the issue of Jerusalem? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
If a Palestinian State is recognized in the UN, how will this recognition influence negotiations on the issue of borders? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
Do you support or reject holding talks between the PA and the Israeli government if Israel continues its settlement activities in the West Bank? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
I reject
Do you think that it is possible to reach a lasting solution for the Palestinian Israeli conflict in view of the current circumstances? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
Do you think that the USA and the European countries have a duplicity of standards when they support the demands of the popular revolutions in the Arab countries and do not support similar Palestinian demands? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
Do you expect an erruption of a third intifada in the Palestinian Territories? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
Do you support or reject the rise of an armed uprising (intifada)? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
West Bank Gaza Strip Total
I support 28.0% 49.8%
I reject 67.9% 39.8%
No opinion/Don't know 4.1% 10.4%
Do you support or reject the rise of nonviolence and unarmed popular resistance? (Al-Najah poll, October 17, 2011)
Do you personally support or oppose a two-state solution (Israel and Palestine - in the West Bank including East Jerusalem)? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)
Do you believe that the following parties are serious about peace negotiations leading to the establishment of an independent Palestine? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)
Palestinian National Authority EU UN member states USA Israel
To some extent
Do you support a return to the negotiations between Palestinians and Israel at this time? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)
Yes unconditionally
Yes conditionally (after a halt to settlement construction)
In your opinion, which of the following is the best means to end the occupation and establish a Palestinian state? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)
Negotiations to reach an agreement between the two parties
An international conference that imposes a settlement
A non-violent popular uprising
Armed/militant confrontations
A mix of non-violent and militant means
Do you believe that the American government is a neutral party in the negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)
In general, do you believe that President Obama is capable of establishing a Palestinian state? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)
Do you have more or less hope for the peace process now compared to one year ago? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)
More hope
Less hope
20 years agter the negotiations started, do you feel that Palestinians are closer or farther from achieving their goal of establishing a Palestinian state? (AWRAD, October 13, 2011)
Farther
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package org.ddd4j.infrastructure.scheduler;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Queue;
import java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
import java.util.concurrent.Delayed;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.FutureTask;
import java.util.concurrent.PriorityBlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.RunnableScheduledFuture;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
import java.util.function.Consumer;
import java.util.function.LongFunction;
import java.util.function.ObjLongConsumer;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

import org.ddd4j.util.Require;
import org.ddd4j.util.Throwing.Producer;
import org.ddd4j.util.Throwing.Task;
import org.ddd4j.value.Nothing;

public interface BlockingExecutor extends Executor, AutoCloseable {

	class CallableBasedScheduledFuture<T> extends FutureTask<T> implements RunnableScheduledFuture<T> {

		private static long now() {
			return System.currentTimeMillis();
		}

		private final ObjLongConsumer<LongFunction<CallableBasedScheduledFuture<T>>> delayToNextRun;
		private long nextRunInMillis;

		public CallableBasedScheduledFuture(Callable<T> callable, long timeInMillis) {
			this(callable, timeInMillis, null);
		}

		public CallableBasedScheduledFuture(Callable<T> callable, long timeInMillis,
				ObjLongConsumer<LongFunction<CallableBasedScheduledFuture<T>>> delayToNextRun) {
			super(callable);
			this.delayToNextRun = delayToNextRun;
			this.nextRunInMillis = timeInMillis;
		}

		@Override
		public int compareTo(java.util.concurrent.Delayed o) {
			return Long.compare(this.getDelay(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS), o.getDelay(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
		}

		@Override
		public long getDelay(TimeUnit unit) {
			return unit.convert(nextRunInMillis - now(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
		}

		public void ifOverdueOrElse(Consumer<CallableBasedScheduledFuture<T>> overdue, Consumer<CallableBasedScheduledFuture<T>> orElse) {
			if (isOverdue()) {
				overdue.accept(this);
			} else {
				orElse.accept(this);
			}
		}

		public boolean isOverdue() {
			return getDelay(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS) <= 0;
		}

		@Override
		public boolean isPeriodic() {
			return delayToNextRun != null;
		}

		private CallableBasedScheduledFuture<T> nextRunAt(long timeInMillis) {
			nextRunInMillis = timeInMillis;
			return this;
		}

		@Override
		public void run() {
			if (!isOverdue()) {
				return;
			} else if (isPeriodic()) {
				long started = now();
				super.runAndReset();
				delayToNextRun.accept(this::nextRunAt, now() - started);
			} else {
				super.run();
			}
		}
	}

	class DelayedStage<T> {

		private final CompletionStage<T> stage;
		private final Delayed delayed;

		public DelayedStage(CompletionStage<T> stage, Delayed delayed) {
			this.stage = Require.nonNull(stage);
			this.delayed = Require.nonNull(delayed);
		}

		public Delayed getDelayed() {
			return delayed;
		}

		public CompletionStage<T> getStage() {
			return stage;
		}
	}

	class WrappedExecutor extends AbstractExecutorService implements ExecutorService {

		private class WrappedRunnable implements Runnable {

			private final Runnable delegate;
			private Thread currentThread;

			WrappedRunnable(Runnable delegate) {
				this.delegate = Require.nonNull(delegate);
				runnables.add(this);
			}

			void interruptIfRunning() {
				Thread thread = currentThread;
				if (thread != null) {
					thread.interrupt();
				}
			}

			@Override
			public void run() {
				if (shutdown) {
					return;
				}
				try {
					currentThread = Thread.currentThread();
					delegate.run();
				} finally {
					currentThread = null;
					runnables.remove(this);
				}
			}
		}

		private static final long WAIT_INTERVAL_MILLIS = 250;

		private final Executor delegate;
		private final List<WrappedRunnable> runnables;
		private volatile boolean shutdown;

		public WrappedExecutor(Executor delegate) {
			this.delegate = Require.nonNull(delegate);
			this.runnables = Collections.synchronizedList(new LinkedList<>());
		}

		@Override
		public boolean awaitTermination(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException {
			long millis = unit.toMillis(timeout);
			while (millis > 0 && !runnables.isEmpty()) {
				Thread.sleep(millis < WAIT_INTERVAL_MILLIS ? millis : WAIT_INTERVAL_MILLIS);
				millis -= WAIT_INTERVAL_MILLIS;
			}
			return runnables.isEmpty();
		}

		@Override
		public void execute(Runnable command) {
			if (shutdown) {
				throw new RejectedExecutionException("Due to shutdown");
			} else {
				delegate.execute(new WrappedRunnable(command));
			}
		}

		@Override
		public boolean isShutdown() {
			return shutdown;
		}

		@Override
		public boolean isTerminated() {
			return shutdown && runnables.isEmpty();
		}

		@Override
		public void shutdown() {
			shutdown = true;
		}

		@Override
		public List<Runnable> shutdownNow() {
			shutdown = true;
			runnables.forEach(WrappedRunnable::interruptIfRunning);
			List<Runnable> awaiting = runnables.stream().map(w -> w.delegate).collect(Collectors.toList());
			runnables.clear();
			return awaiting;
		}
	}

	class WrappedExecutorService extends AbstractExecutorService implements ScheduledExecutorService {

		private final ExecutorService delegate;
		private final long maxBlockingInMillis;
		private final Queue<CallableBasedScheduledFuture<?>> delayed;
		private final AtomicReference<Thread> sleeper;

		public WrappedExecutorService(ExecutorService delegate, long maxBlockingInMillis) {
			this.delegate = Require.nonNull(delegate);
			this.maxBlockingInMillis = Require.that(maxBlockingInMillis, t -> t > 0);
			this.delayed = new PriorityBlockingQueue<>();
			this.sleeper = new AtomicReference<>();
		}

		private void addDelayed(CallableBasedScheduledFuture<?> candidate) {
			CallableBasedScheduledFuture<?> next = delayed.peek();
			delayed.add(candidate);
			if (sleeper.get() == null || next == null || candidate.compareTo(next) < 0) {
				delegate.execute(this::sleepLoop);
			}
		}

		@Override
		public boolean awaitTermination(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException {
			return delegate.awaitTermination(timeout, unit);
		}

		private long checkBlocked() {
			return maxBlock(nextDelay());
		}

		@Override
		public void execute(Runnable command) {
			delegate.execute(command);
		}

		@Override
		public boolean isShutdown() {
			return delegate.isShutdown();
		}

		@Override
		public boolean isTerminated() {
			return delegate.isTerminated();
		}

		private long maxBlock(long millis) {
			return millis > 0 && millis < maxBlockingInMillis ? millis : maxBlockingInMillis;
		}

		private long nextDelay() {
			CallableBasedScheduledFuture<?> next = null;
			long delay = -1;
			while ((next = delayed.peek()) != null && (delay = next.getDelay(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) <= 0) {
				if ((next = delayed.poll()) != null) {
					next.ifOverdueOrElse(delegate::execute, delayed::add);
				}
			}
			return delay;
		}

		@Override
		public <V> ScheduledFuture<V> schedule(Callable<V> callable, long delay, TimeUnit unit) {
			CallableBasedScheduledFuture<V> future = new CallableBasedScheduledFuture<>(callable, unit.toMillis(delay));
			future.ifOverdueOrElse(delegate::execute, this::addDelayed);
			return future;
		}

		@Override
		public ScheduledFuture<?> schedule(Runnable command, long delay, TimeUnit unit) {
			return schedule(Executors.callable(command), delay, unit);
		}

		@Override
		public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable command, long initialDelay, long period, TimeUnit unit) {
			CallableBasedScheduledFuture<?> future = new CallableBasedScheduledFuture<>(Executors.callable(command),
					unit.toMillis(initialDelay), (s, d) -> addDelayed(s.apply(unit.toMillis(period) - d)));
			future.ifOverdueOrElse(delegate::execute, this::addDelayed);
			return future;
		}

		@Override
		public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleWithFixedDelay(Runnable command, long initialDelay, long delay, TimeUnit unit) {
			CallableBasedScheduledFuture<?> future = new CallableBasedScheduledFuture<>(Executors.callable(command),
					unit.toMillis(initialDelay), (s, d) -> addDelayed(s.apply(unit.toMillis(delay))));
			future.ifOverdueOrElse(delegate::execute, this::addDelayed);
			return future;
		}

		@Override
		public void shutdown() {
			delegate.shutdown();
		}

		@Override
		public List<Runnable> shutdownNow() {
			return delegate.shutdownNow();
		}

		private void sleepLoop() {
			Thread previous = sleeper.get();
			if (previous != null) {
				previous.interrupt();
			}

			sleeper.set(Thread.currentThread());
			long delay = -1;
			while (Thread.currentThread() == sleeper.get() && (delay = nextDelay()) > 0) {
				try {
					Thread.sleep(maxBlock(delay));
				} catch (InterruptedException e) {
					// ignore
				}
			}
			sleeper.compareAndSet(Thread.currentThread(), null);
		}
	}

	class WrappedScheduledExecutorService implements BlockingExecutor {

		private final ScheduledExecutorService delegate;
		private final long blockingInMillis;

		public WrappedScheduledExecutorService(ScheduledExecutorService delegate, long blockingInMillis) {
			this.delegate = Require.nonNull(delegate);
			this.blockingInMillis = Require.that(blockingInMillis, t -> t > 0);
		}

		private long block() {
			if (delegate instanceof WrappedExecutorService) {
				return ((WrappedExecutorService) delegate).checkBlocked();
			} else {
				return blockingInMillis;
			}
		}

		@Override
		public void close() {
			delegate.shutdown();
		}

		@Override
		public <T> CompletableFuture<T> execute(Blocked<T> blocked) {
			CompletableFuture<T> stage = future();
			Blocked<T> listening = blocked.withListener(stage::complete, stage::completeExceptionally);
			Task blocking = () -> listening.execute(block(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
			delegate.execute(blocking);
			return stage;
		}

		@Override
		public void execute(Runnable command) {
			delegate.execute(command);
		}

		private <T> CompletableFuture<T> future() {
			CompletableFuture<T> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
			future.whenComplete((t, ex) -> block());
			return future;
		}

		@Override
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Fashion & Beauty Travel Real Estate Rambling Reporter Dining Cars
Golden Globes Red-Carpet Fashion Blackout Puts Damper on Dealmaking
5:15 AM PST 1/4/2018 by Booth Moore
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Cate Blanchett on the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards red carpet in 2014
"Instead of stylists taking money from brands under the table for their clients to wear the goods, or celebs taking money over the table, people are asking for a sizable donation" to Time's Up, says a fashion publicist.
The last-minute Golden Globes fashion blackout has designers, Hollywood stylists and showroom managers working overtime this week, and traditional red-carpet dealmaking is being replaced by calls for charitable donations.
Time's Up buttons are being distributed to nominees and presenters, and some stars, including Shailene Woodley, are asking fashion brands they are considering wearing to make donations to the sexual harassment prevention initiative's legal defense fund. "Instead of stylists taking money from brands under the table for their clients to wear the goods, or celebs taking money over the table, people are asking for a sizable donation to the group," says one fashion publicist who asked not to be named.
Karla Welch, who works with The Handmaid's Tale nominee Elisabeth Moss, is donating her day rate on Sunday to Time's Up. "Everyone has been really supportive," she says of the fashion industry, which has not gone untouched by the wave of sexual harassment claims, with high-profile photographers Bruce Weber and Terry Richardson both accused. "Designers have remade dresses in black; it's been pretty awesome."
With the "bomb cyclone" storm set to hit New York City and its fashion center on Wednesday, designer Prabal Gurung and his assistants raced to beat the storm and ship more all-black looks to Los Angeles, where showrooms are already a sea of noir. "We are a brand that wants to support women, that's something we're proud of," says Gurung, noting that he'd like to add "Time's Up" to his repertoire of popular feminist slogan protest tees.
"We had to recut two custom pieces and change them to black," says designer Christian Siriano, who dressed Angela Bassett, Issa Rae and Rachel Bloom for last year's Golden Globes. "But I have learned in this business that sadly things change last-minute all the time, so it didn't bother us." (For last year's Globes, Siriano made two gowns for Chrissy Metz that she ditched at the last minute.)
Still, competition is fierce. "We are all fighting for the same black dresses," says stylist Law Roach, who is dressing The Star nominee Mariah Carey and Mudbound nominee Mary J. Blige.
And we're back...
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Rumors started last month that actresses, including nominees and presenters, were planning to wear black to protest gender inequality and stand in solidarity to acknowledge the flood of sexual abuse allegations that have rocked Hollywood and almost every other industry.
Those rumblings were confirmed Monday with the launch of the Time's Up sexual harassment prevention plan by Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon, Emma Stone and other prominent Hollywood women, which includes, among other things, a legal defense fund for victims, legislative initiatives and a request that women wear black to the Golden Globes.
Although it's being whispered that a few women may go their own way and wear color (Sarah Jessica Parker and Alicia Vikander have been mentioned), Gal Gadot, Allison Janney and Saoirse Ronan are among the many women expected to wear black to the ceremony. Even in black, the looks will have stylish details because "this is not a funeral," quipped one stylist, but merely a way to make it easy for as many people as possible to participate. And many men, including Dwayne Johnson and Armie Hammer, are following suit to honor the movement.
"For years, we've sold these awards shows as women, with our gowns and colors and our beautiful faces and our glamour. This time the industry can't expect us to go up and twirl around. That's not what this moment is about," explained Eva Longoria in a New York Times story about the Time's Up launch.
Big jewelry is being requested to help actresses stand out while standing in solidarity.
"Black has to be really black, not slate, not navy," says publicist Jill Eisenstadt, who works with Italian jeweler Gismondi. "Everyone is really trying to be somewhat uniform, which is giving stylists more need to differentiate with jewelry." White diamonds, ear crawlers and bold earrings are in high demand, she says.
"I don't know how much dealmaking is going on," adds another publicist, referring to the last-minute fees in the five- and six-figures that top talent can typically demand to wear jewelry on the red carpet. "It doesn't seem to be the year for that."
Still, most image makers say that the red-carpet blackout is only temporary — even if the crusade for gender equality isn't.
"It's the big moment to capture media attention and keep the story going from where it left off last year with #MeToo," says Eisenstadt. "We're really just talking about the Golden Globes."
Booth Moore
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Keeping up my pace to update all the recipes that I shared on the channel for the last two months has become a humongous task for me. With all the multi tasking and work, I keep challenging myself for these adventures of life. Although the mango season is over, we can find some mangoes here and there which are grown in different parts of the world. One thing which i noticed and was taken by surprise is that I saw mango trees bloomed again in my community where we have shifted newly. It is a community which is developed with a theme of nature and greens with contemporary villas of European style. All through the community there are plenty of fruit trees which gives a feeling of nostalgia to me. Waiting to get back there as soon as possible.
Coming to this recipe, Kadumaanga or this instant mango pickle is a heart warming relish. It simply completes a normal regular lunch with its tanginess, sourness and spice level. Marinating it with salt and resting it give the softness to the mangoes. Tempering with appropriate amount of ingredients will give the taste which your taste buds need. Since this is an instant mango pickle, we can start using this immediately once its prepared. But as days pass by, the mangoes becomes softer, juicer and flavorsome. As there are no additives, it is better to store it in fridge to keep it fresh and free from fungus.
Bringing of the mangoes is very important. It helps to tenderise the mangoes, make it juicier and also for keeping it fresh and free from fungus. Always add boiled and slightly warm water. Reserve the brine after the soaking period, as this will give extra mango flavor to the pickle.
Adding of ginger, garlic, chillies, curry leaves by sauteing it enhances the aroma and taste. Fenugreek, asafoetida are the two things which give that Indianess to this pickle. This can be made to last longer by cooking the mangoes in the tempering by adding more vinegar and salt. It should be transferred to a sterilized bottle and kept covered tight without much sunlight.
This pickle is widely prepared during mango season and Onam festival. Though I intended to post this for this years Ona Sadya, as you all know went hay wire due to the floods. Not to worry, you can prepare it for the next season which will be coming in the blink of an eye. Raw mangoes can be found for most part of the year in this side except for couple of months. For me this hold special memories of my hostel days. I hope many of you all will be having childhood memories relating to this pickle. Dedicating to this all my followers with a lot of nostalgia of my child hood.
Keep Cooking, Stay healthy and Enjoy each moment of your life.
Combine Raw Mango,Salt and keep for 2 hours.You can also keep this for a day, if you prefer to keep it for longer period. After 2 hours, drain the brine from the mangoes.Set aside the brine water. Keep the mangoes separately.
Heat a pan. Add the preferred oil. Heat it to smoking point. Reduce and add the chillies, ginger, garlic and curry leaves. Stir fry till aromatic and all the moisture has evaporated.
Add the powders and combine everything till roasted and aromatic. Add the reserved brine water. Simmer for a minute or two.
Mix homogeneously. Adjust salt at this stage. Let it simmer for couple of minutes.Switch off the heat.
Add the reserved mangoes.Combine thoroughly. Allow it cool down.


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It is important to establish a strong baseline of performance on a time series forecasting problem and to not fool yourself into thinking that sophisticated methods are skillful, when in fact they are not.
This requires that you evaluate a suite of standard naive, or simple, time series forecasting models to get an idea of the worst acceptable performance on the problem for more sophisticated models to beat.
Applying these simple models can also uncover new ideas about more advanced methods that may result in better performance.
In this tutorial, you will discover how to implement and automate three standard baseline time series forecasting methods on a real world dataset.
How to automate the persistence model and test a suite of persisted values.
How to automate the expanding window model.
How to automate the rolling window forecast model and test a suite of window sizes.
This is an important topic and highly recommended for any time series forecasting project.
Monthly Car Sales Dataset: An overview of the standard time series dataset we will use.
Test Setup: How we will evaluate forecast models in this tutorial.
Persistence Forecast: The persistence forecast and how to automate it.
Expanding Window Forecast: The expanding window forecast and how to automate it.
Rolling Window Forecast: The rolling window forecast and how to automate it.
An up-to-date Python SciPy environment is used, including Python 2 or 3, Pandas, Numpy, and Matplotlib.
In this tutorial, we will use the Monthly Car Sales dataset.
This dataset describes the number of car sales in Quebec, Canada between 1960 and 1968.
The units are a count of the number of sales and there are 108 observations. The source data is credited to Abraham and Ledolter (1983).
You can download the dataset from DataMarket.
Download the dataset and save it into your current working directory with the filename "car-sales.csv". Note, you may need to delete the footer information from the file.
The code below loads the dataset as a Pandas Series object.
Running the example prints the first 5 rows of data.
A line plot of the data is also provided.
First, we will hold the last two years of data back and evaluate forecasts on this data. Given the data is monthly, this means that the last 24 observations will be used as test data.
Finally, forecasts will be evaluated using root mean squared error or RMSE. The benefit of RMSE is that it penalizes large errors and the scores are in the same units as the forecast values (car sales per month).
The persistence forecast involves using the previous observation to predict the next time step.
For this reason, the approach is often called the naive forecast.
Why stop with using the previous observation? In this section, we will look at automating the persistence forecast and evaluate the use of any arbitrary prior time step to predict the next time step.
We will explore using each of the prior 24 months of point observations in a persistence model. Each configuration will be evaluated using the test harness and RMSE scores collected. We will then display the scores and graph the relationship between the persisted time step and the model skill.
Running the example prints the RMSE for each persisted point observation.
A plot of the persisted value (t-n) to model skill (RMSE) is also created.
From the results, it is clear that persisting the observation from 12 months ago or 24 months ago is a great starting point on this dataset.
The best result achieved involved persisting the result from t-12 with an RMSE of 1997.732 car sales.
This is an obvious result, but also very useful.
We would expect that a forecast model that is some weighted combination of the observations at t-12, t-24, t-36 and so on would be a powerful starting point.
It also points out that the naive t-1 persistence would have been a less desirable starting point on this dataset.
We can use the t-12 model to make a prediction and plot it against the test data.
Running the example plots the test dataset (blue) against the predicted values (orange).
An expanding window refers to a model that calculates a statistic on all available historic data and uses that to make a forecast.
It is an expanding window because it grows as more real observations are collected.
Two good starting point statistics to calculate are the mean and the median historical observation.
The example below uses the expanding window mean as the forecast.
Running the example prints the RMSE evaluation of the approach.
We can also repeat the same experiment with the median of the historical observations. The complete example is listed below.
Again, running the example prints the skill of the model.
We can see that on this problem the historical mean produced a better result than the median, but both were worse models than using the optimized persistence values.
We can plot the mean expanding window predictions against the test dataset to get a feeling for how the forecast actually looks in context.
The plot shows what a poor forecast looks like and how it does not follow the movements of the data at all, other than a slight rising trend.
A rolling window model involves calculating a statistic on a fixed contiguous block of prior observations and using it as a forecast.
It is much like the expanding window, but the window size remains fixed and counts backwards from the most recent observation.
It may be more useful on time series problems where recent lag values are more predictive than older lag values.
We will automatically check different rolling window sizes from 1 to 24 months (2 years) and start by calculating the mean observation and using that as a forecast. The complete example is listed below.
Running the example prints the rolling window size and RMSE for each configuration.
A line plot of window size to error is also created.
The results suggest that a rolling window of w=13 was best with an RMSE of 3,901 monthly car sales.
We can repeat this experiment with the median statistic.
Running the example again prints the window size and RMSE for each configuration.
A plot of the window size and RMSE is again created.
Here, we can see that best results were achieved with a window size of w=1 with an RMSE of 3947.200 monthly car sales, which was essentially a t-1 persistence model.
The results were generally worse than optimized persistence, but better than the expanding window model. We could imagine better results with a weighted combination of window observations, this idea leads to using linear models such as AR and ARIMA.
Again, we can plot the predictions from the better model (mean rolling window with w=13) against the actual observations to get a feeling for how the forecast looks in context.
Running the code creates the line plot of observations (blue) compared to the predicted values (orange).
We can see that the model better follows the level of the data, but again does not follow the actual up and down movements.
In this tutorial, you discovered the importance of calculating the worst acceptable performance on a time series forecasting problem and methods that you can use to ensure you are not fooling yourself with more sophisticated methods.
How to automatically test a suite of persistence configurations.
How to evaluate an expanding window model.
How to automatically test a suite of rolling window configurations.
Do you have any questions about baseline forecasting methods, or about this post?
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WHERE IS BIN LADEN?
9/11: FIVE YEARS ON
AMERICAN commandos hunting Osama bin Laden have not had a credible lead for more than two years, it was revealed yesterday.
And US intelligence officials admitted - on the anniversary of 9/11- that the trail for the world's most wanted man was "stone cold".
As a counterterrorism official said there was "nothing close to real-time intelligence" on where the al-Qaeda leader is, new video tapes were released of his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri threatening attacks on Israel and Persian Gulf states.
Saudi-born bin Laden, with a £15mil-lion bounty on his head, has not been seen on any new videotape since late 2004, but audiotapes surfaced this year.
In the last three months the hunt has been intensified on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border after President George Bush urged his forces to "flood the zone".
But experts on the ground say it is difficult to pinpoint a precise area.
The common belief is that bin Laden is somewhere along the mountainous 1,500-mile border in one of several semi-autonomous tribal regions.
But some Pakistani intelligence officials admit he could be hidden in cities such as Karachi or Lahore.
One agent said: "There's not even a rumour. There's not even a murmur."
In an interview with the Mirror in October 2001 Tony Blair was asked' Will you catch bin Laden, the PM replied: "Yes..of that I have no doubt."
But the CIA insisted finding bin Laden and al-Zawahiri, remain top priorities.
Gary Berntsen, a former CIA officer who led the first hunt for bin Laden, said: "This could all end tomorrow. One unsolicited walk-in. One tribesman seeking to collect the $25million reward.
"One courier who would rather his kids grow up in the United States. One dealmaker, and this could all change."
In footage shown on Arabic TV sattion Al-Jazeera yesterday al-Zawahiri condemned UN peacekeepers in Lebanon as "hostile to Islam" and criticised Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, accusing them of siding with Israel.
Militant websites used by al-Qaeda yesterday celebrated its attacks on the US with a documentary-style video showing a smiling Osama bin Laden at a terror camp in Afghanistan where the 9/11 suicide hijacking was planned.
Meanwhile, a poll last night revealed 53 per cent of Britons think the Government is losing the war on terror at home. Only 24 per cent thought it was being won. It also found half want British troops to leave Iraq now and 52 per cent want them out of Afghanistan.
Fifty five per cent thought the UK was too closely alight to US foreign policy. Just 11 per cent said it should be closer.
But the BBC poll found 52 per cent of the 1,000 quizzed do not want Governments to negotiate with al-Qaeda.
Family of Brit teacher desperate to fly him home after he was struck down with a new mystery illness and lung infection in China
'My dad gifted the entire family a DNA testing kit - but it uncovered a dark secret'
TikTokCat McDonald took to TikTok to share the story of how the results of a DNA test that her dad gifted the family one Christmas changed their lives forever - now she wants more answers


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Dupuș [] (veraltet Dupușul; , ) ist ein Dorf im Kreis Sibiu in der Region Siebenbürgen in Rumänien. Es ist Teil der Gemeinde Ațel (Hetzeldorf).

Der Ort ist auch bekannt unter den rumänischen Bezeichnungen Dupușdorf und Dupăsdorf, den deutschen Tobesdorf, Toppesdorf, Tobiasdorf, Toblasdorf und Dupesdorf, den ungarischen Tóbiás und Tabiás, und im siebenbürgisch-sächsischen Dialekt heißt er Toppesterf.

Geographische Lage

Im Norden des Hermannstädter Kreises befindet sich das Dorf am Tobsdorfer Bach (Râul Dupuș), vier Kilometer südlich des Drum național 14, in einem linken Seitental der Târnava Mare (Große Kokel). Tobsdorf liegt etwa sieben Kilometer östlich (2 km Luftlinie) des Gemeindesitzes, etwa 14 Kilometer östlich der Stadt Mediaș (Mediasch); die Kreishauptstadt Sibiu (Hermannstadt) befindet sich etwa 70 Kilometer südwestlich entfernt.

Geschichte
Der Ort wurde im Jahr 1267 als Thobiasfolua erstmals erwähnt. Funde von Keramik auf dem Areal des Ortes deuten nach Berichten von B. Pósta und M. Roska auf eine bis in die Kupfersteinzeit zurückreichende Besiedlung hin. Andere Funde aus der Bronzezeit und Römerzeit befinden sich in Museen von Sighișoara (Schässburg), Hermannstadt und Budapest.

1556 bis 1559 wirkte Christian Schesaeus als Landpfarrer in Tobsdorf und verfasste zu dieser Zeit sein episches Gedicht Ruinae pannonicae.

Die Hauptbeschäftigung der Bevölkerung sind die Landwirtschaft und die Viehzucht.

Bevölkerung
Die Bevölkerung des Dorfes entwickelte sich wie folgt:

Die höchste Einwohnerzahl in Tobsdorf wurde 1941 ermittelt, die der Rumänen 1992, der Rumäniendeutschen 1941, der Ungarn (7) 1930 und die der Roma (17) 1850. Des Weiteren wurde im Ort 1992 ein Slowake registriert.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Die Kirchenburg mit der 1500–1524 vom Schäßburger Maurermeister Stephanus Ungar vollendeten Wehrkirche, welche dem Schutzpatron des Dorfes St. Tobias gewidmet ist, der gleichzeitig Namensgeber des Ortes wurde, steht unter Denkmalschutz. Der 1725 eingestürzte Glockenturm wurde 1902 durch einen kleineren Glockenträger ersetzt. Die mittlere der drei Glocken wurde 1491 gegossen. Als einziger Zugang zum Wehrgeschoß der Saalkirche dient im Nordwest-Eck ein angebautes Türmchen mit Wendeltreppe. Die sieben Meter hohen Mauern der Kirchenburg wurden 1901 abgetragen. Der Tobsdorfer Altar, ein Flügelaltar mit Bildern der Festtag- und Werktagsseite, 1720 von Pfarrer Johannes Welther aus Maldorf (Viișoara, Kreis Mureș) gestiftet und in ursprünglicher Form erhalten, wurde 1999 in die Margarethenkirche nach Mediasch gebracht, um ihn vor Kunstraub und Zerstörung zu bewahren. Dass die Jahreszahl 1522 in einem Altarbild auch das Baujahr ist, ist nicht belegt. Da seit 1991 keine Gottesdienste in der Kirche stattfinden, war die 1731 gebaute Kirchenorgel vom Verfall bedroht und wurde im November 2020 ebenfalls in die Mediascher Margarethenkirche gebracht.

Weblinks

 Tobsdorf bei siebenbuerger.de
 Tobsdorf präsentiert von Fam. Huser
 Tobsdorf auf Genealogy.net

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'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' runs through July 12
Robbie Goodrich, arts information director
The show features, from left, Shelby Miller, Wichita Falls sophomore; Jason Couch, Nacogdoches freshman; Carson Cook, McKinney sophomore; Roz Couch, Nacogdoches community member and SFA theatre alumna; Trace Killian, Forney freshman; Caitlin Edwards, Nacogdoches senior; and Alexis "Alli" Beck, Nacogdoches senior.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The School of Theatre at Stephen F. Austin State University presents its SummerStage Festival, featuring "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" running Wednesday, July 3, through Friday, July 12, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus. With music and lyrics by William Finn and book by Rachel Sheinkin, the show is about an eclectic group of sixth graders who make their way through a spelling competition where each reveals his/her hopes, struggles and passions through songs. General admission tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students/youth. This show has some adult themes and is recommended for mature audiences (PG-13). For tickets or more information, call the SFA Fine Arts Box Office at (936) 468-6407, and visit www.theatre.sfasu.edu for show dates and times. The festival also features the children's musical "The Reluctant Dragon."


Dissertation theme: "Methods and approaches of automatic vulnerabilities localisation in software without source code".
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This blog is about my professional and scientific life.


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With 8,054 people, Cedar Hills is the 75th most populated city in the state of Oregon out of 375 cities. But watch out, Cedar Hills, because Stayton with 7,927 people and Sutherlin with 7,887 people are right behind you.
The largest Cedar Hills racial/ethnic groups are White (80.9%) followed by Hispanic (12.0%) and Asian (3.8%).
In 2017, the median household income of Cedar Hills residents was $72,741. Cedar Hills households made slightly more than Mulino households ($72,364) and Tualatin households ($72,580) . However, 6.5% of Cedar Hills residents live in poverty.
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Margaret "Maggie" Chatellier Davis of Madisonville, LA passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019. She was born on October 21, 1937 in Covington, LA to Filmore and Verma (Smith) Chatellier. Maggie is survived by her daughters Bonnie Davis Fruge (Allen) and Beth Davis Blanton; three grandchildren Meg Blanton, Eann Fruge, and Kane Lacoste; and two great-grandchildren London and Autumn. She is also survived by her brothers Thomas Chatellier, Sr. (Fee) and Lewis Chatellier, Sr. (Carol) and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and extended family that will all miss her dearly. Maggie is preceded in death by her brothers Filmore Chatellier, Jr. (Jenella) and Delbert Chatellier, her aunt Bonnie Mae Smith, and her parents. Maggie was an avid crochet artist and a veracious reader. She was beloved by all who knew her and never met a stranger. Maggie was once voted the Most Beloved Citizen in Madisonville, and was commonly known as Aunt Maggie, whether they were related or not. The family would like to extend their appreciation for the staff of Pontchartrain Health Center for their devotion and love for Maggie over the past nine years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Celebration of Life at Madisonville Presbyterian, 705 Pine Street, Madisonville, LA 70447 on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in memory of Mrs. Davis to be made to Youth Service Bureau, 430 N. New Hampshire St., Covington, LA 70433 http://www.ysbworks.com/Donations. Please sign the E.J. Fielding Funeral Home online Guest Book at www.ejfieldingfh.com.
"Offering deepest heartfelt sympathy for the loss of your..."
"Rest in peace old friend "


Welcome to Year 4! Here are just a few snapshots of life in year 4 at Birchwood Avenue!
Year Four continue to investigate the Roman civilization this half term, following on from our fun introduction to Roman warfare and lifestyles in January! This term we will be completing our focus on historical fiction writing, looking at the story of Pompeii and the tragic events of August 79CE. We will also be learning more about the life of a gladiator and deciding whether any of us would have wanted to be one at all!
In maths we are investigating measures including kilometres – please talk to us about the distances you regularly travel so that we can compare them. Our science work focuses on states of matters, we will be carrying out experiments involving bottles of fizzy drink – look out for some more photos!
PE continues to be on Monday and Thursday afternoons this term, please make sure kit is complete and always in school.
Miss Brown is teaching the class again this term, with Mrs Ainsworth teaching on Wednesday mornings.
We are looking forward to studying Roman Warfare and Disaster this term! We will be dressing as gladiators and engaging in training, investigating the disastrous end of Pompeii, looking at timelines, historical facts, mythology and religion and Roman art and culture. If you want to support learning at home, why not take a trip to Verulamium Museum in St Albans, the Roman Baths at Welwyn, look on the internet for interesting facts or make a model of a Roman temple?
Number gym Improve your budding maths skills!!
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Hospitals increasingly use process models for structuring their care processes. Activities performed to patients are logged to a database but these data are rarely used for managing and improving the efficiency of care processes and quality of care. In this paper, we propose a synergy of process mining with data discovery techniques. In particular, we analyze a dataset consisting of the activities performed to 148 patients during hospitalization for breast cancer treatment in a hospital in Belgium. We expose multiple quality of care issues that will be resolved in the near future, discover process variations and best practices and we discover issues with the data registration system. For example, 25 % of patients receiving breast-conserving therapy did not receive the key intervention "revalidation". We found this was caused by lowering the length of stay in the hospital over the years without modifying the care process. Whereas the process representations offered by Hidden Markov Models are easier to use than those offered by Formal Concept Analysis, this data discovery technique has proven to be very useful for analyzing process anomalies and exceptions in detail.


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The Future of Medicine Is Bespoke
Advances in personalized medicine will transform health care in the near future.
By Rajgopal Nidamboor • Jul 03, 2020
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There was a time when modern medicine was primitive. There were no antibiotics, so every infection took its own course, leading to decline in health. Hypertension and diabetes were largely untreatable. X-ray was new, and remedies had changed but little from medieval times. No one ever embarked on the goodness of preventative treatment, not to speak of predictive medicine, beyond taking a distasteful cod liver oil capsule.
During the last hundred years, modern medicine has undergone a sea change. Just think of it — an ever-expanding repertoire of medicines, high-tech procedures, therapies and reams of clinical data to employ when one gets sick. Yet modern medicine remained (in)complete, notwithstanding the therapeutic advances.
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Things are now changing thanks to the integration of all such advances, from how a person's diet interacts with one's unique genetic profile to how environmental pollutants affect our thinking, not to speak of preventative medical approaches in health and wellness. The big perestroika has begun, and it is poised to transform health care for a growing number of people in the near future. Welcome to a whole new world of personalized, bespoke medicine.
Customized Medicine
Personalized medicine is, in essence, tailored or customized medical treatment. It treats while keeping in mind the unique, individual characteristics of each patient, which are as distinct as one's fingerprint or signature. It also includes scientific breakthroughs in our understanding of how a person's unique molecular and genetic profile makes them susceptible to certain illnesses. Personalized medicine expands our ability to envisage medical treatments that would not only be effective but also safe for each patient while excluding treatments that may not provide useful objectives.
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Personalized medicine is, in simple terms, the use of new methods of molecular scrutiny. It is keyed to help better manage a patient's illness or their genetic tendency toward a particular illness or a group of diseases. In so doing, it aims to achieve optimal therapeutic outcomes by helping both clinicians and patients choose a disease management approach that is likely to work best in the context of the patient's unique genetic and environmental summary. In other words, it allows to accurately diagnose diseases and their sub-types while prescribing the best form and dose of medication most suited to the given patient.
Personalized, or precision, medicine is not rocket science — it is, in essence, an extension of certain traditional approaches to understanding and treating disease. What jazzed up the therapeutic fulcrum of personalized medicine are tools that are more precise. This is what also offers clinicians better insights for selecting a treatment protocol based on a patient's molecular profile. Such a patient-specific methodology, as has been practiced for long in certain complementary and alternative medical (CAM) or integrative approaches, not only curtails harmful side effects but also leads to more successful outcomes, including reduced costs in comparison to the current trial-and-error approach to treatment, which has distressingly come to the fore during these extraordinary and unprecedented times of COVID-19.
It is still early days, but the fact remains that personalized medicine has changed the old ways of how we all thought about, identified and managed health issues. As personalized medicine increasingly bids fair to an exciting journey in terms of clinical research and patient care, its impact will only further expand our understanding of medical technology.
Tapping Nature
What personalized medicine has done is bring about a paradigm shift in our thinking about people in general and also specifically. We all vary from one another — what we eat, what others eat, how we react to stress or experience health issues when exposed to environmental factors. It is agreed that such variations play a role in health and disease. It is also being incrementally accepted that certain natural variations found in our DNA can influence our risk of developing a certain disease and how well we could respond to a particular medicine.
All of us are unique individuals, perhaps with the exemption of identical twins, albeit the genomes are unique in them, too. While we are genetically similar, there are small differences in our DNA that are unique, which also makes us distinctive in terms of health, disease and our response to certain medicinal treatments.
Personalized medicine is poised to tap natural variations found in our genes that may play a role in our risk of getting or not getting certain illnesses, along with numerous external factors, such as our environment, nutrition and exercise. Variations in DNA can, likewise, lead to differences in how medications are absorbed, metabolized and used by the body. The understanding of such genetic variations and their interactions with environmental factors are elements that will help personalized medicine clinicians to produce better diagnostics and drugs, and select much better treatments and dosages based on individual needs — not as just "fixing" a pill or two, as is the present-day conventional medical practice.
It is established that a majority of genes function precisely as intended. This gives rise to proteins that play a significant role in biological processes while allowing or helping an individual to grow, adapt and live in their environment. It is only in certain unusual situations, such as a single mutated or malfunctioning gene, that our apple cart is disturbed. This leads to distinct genetic diseases or syndromes such as sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis. In like manner, multiple genes acting together can impact the development of a host of common and complex diseases, including our response to medications used to treat them.
New Advances
New advances will revolutionize bespoke medical treatment with the inclusion of drug therapy as well as recommendations for lifestyle changes to manage, delay the onset of disease or reduce its impact. Not surprisingly, the emergence of new diagnostic and prognostic tools has already raised our ability to predict likely outcomes of drug therapy. In like manner, the expanded use of biomarkers — biological molecules that are associated with a particular disease state — has resulted in more focused and targeted drug development.
Molecular testing is being expansively used today to identify breast cancer and colon cancer patients who are likely to benefit from new treatments and to preempt recurrences. A genetic test for an inherited heart condition is helping clinicians to determine which course of treatment would maximize benefit and minimize serious side effects while bringing about curative outcomes.
Such complexities exist for asthma and other disorders too. This is precisely where molecular analysis of biomarkers can help us to identify sub-types within a disease while enabling the clinician to monitor their progression, select appropriate medication, measure treatment outcomes and patients' response. Future advances may make biomarkers and other tools affordable and allow clinicians to screen patients for relevant molecular variations prior to prescribing a particular medication.
It is already clear that personalized medicine promises three strategic benefits. In terms of preventative medicine, personalized medicine will improve the ability to identify which individuals are predisposed to develop a particular condition. A better understanding of genetic variations could also help scientists identify new disease subgroups or their associated molecular pathways and design drugs to target them. This could also help select patients for inclusion, or exclusion, in late-stage clinical trials. Finally, it will allow to work out the best dosage schedule or combination of drugs for each individual patient.
Yet not everything is hunky-dory for personalized medicine. Critics of precision medicine believe that the whole idea is too much of overhyped razzmatazz, among other things. Proponents, however, argue that when it comes to managing our own health, most of us are used to the idea of taking a one-size-fits-all approach — be it medicines, supplements, diets and diagnoses. This may be wrong.
What works, as they put it, for one may be a gaffe for another. As the award-winning oncologist and medical technology innovator, Dr. David B. Agus, author of the groundbreaking book "The End of Illness," puts it, each patient's individual risk factors are based on one's DNA, the environment and a preventative lifestyle plan in response. He begins with simple, profound pointers: "How is your sense of smell?" and "Is your ring finger longer than your middle finger?" He explains with statistics-backed guidelines that moving and walking regularly is mandatory because exercising and then sitting is equivalent to smoking cigarettes, while eating and sleeping at consistent hours is imperative because irregularity causes inflammation.
The inference is obvious: We should all understand our physiology and quiz doctors with the thorough, exploratory frame of mind of a gadget buyer. This holds the key to making medicine truly personal, more humane, effective and safe while keeping in mind the individual in us all as unique and distinctive, the sum of the whole — not just the parts.
The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Fair Observer's editorial policy.
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The Black Press lost one of its most devoted freedom warriors, last week. Walter "Ball" Smith, the publisher of "New York's Beacon" and the "Philadelphia Observer" died on Friday, November 10. He was 83.
"The Black Press has lost a true giant in Black America," said Dorothy R. Leavell, Chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and publisher of the Chicago and Gary Crusader newspapers. "Walter Smith made a difference in so many lives of Black readers and Black publishers in the Northeast, and America, in general."
As CEO of the Smith Haj Group, Smith published New York's premier weekly, New York's Beacon and the Philadelphia Observer. Like Black newspapers across the country, both publications catered to a loyal Black readership that made Smith a prominent figure in the Black community. For 26 years, he led the Beacon, an edgy publication that shared America's largest Black media market with several Black newspapers that included the venerable "New York Amsterdam News."
NNPA members, colleagues, friends and family are mourning the loss of a publisher who never forgot his humble beginnings.
Walter Smith, Jr. was the seventh of 10 children born to Walter Smith Sr. and his wife Belle. He was raised in Badlin, N.C. where his father, a prominent civic leader, worked for ALCOA, an aluminum company. When he was 18, Smith was drafted into the U.S. Army where he served in Korea.
Upon his return, Smith completed a degree in business from the University of North Carolina. He landed a job in New York as a founding employee with ADP (Automatic Data Processing), a newly created company known for processing employee payrolls for companies across the country. Today, the ADP has $10 billion in revenue and serves 570,000 clients.
During a 2013 interview with the "Stanly News & Press" in Albemarle, N.C., Smith said he had been working for ADP for less than a year, making $75 per week, sometimes $100 with overtime, when he suddenly noticed something about his pay.
"I looked at my paycheck one week, and $15 a week was coming out for stock options. I said, 'I can't afford this,'' Smith told the newspaper.
His boss replied, "It's stock. I'm giving you an option to buy stock," Smith remembered.
"He said, 'You keep that and pretty soon it will be worth some money.'"
Smith's boss was right. On paper Smith learned he was $2 million richer, later, when he was trying to buy a house on New York's Long Island in 1964.
"I'm struggling to get to work and back and was a millionaire and didn't know it," Smith said. "It was just a real Cinderella story."
It was the beginning of an auspicious career that took Smith from being an ordinary American to a successful businessman, who purchased a small Black newspaper and built a powerful Black media empire, becoming a beloved community institution in Black neighborhoods in two of America's largest cities, New York and Philadelphia.
In 1980, Smith met Bill Underwood, who was operating the "Big Red," a numerology tip selling sheet that sold 100,000 copies per day. He later renamed it "Big Red News" and the advertisers started coming. "Big Red News" became one of the largest ABC audited Black weeklies in the country.
In 1981, Smith purchased the paper to gain full control of the operation. In 1983, the paper changed its name to "The New York Beacon."
"You have to say something to the readers," he said at the time.
"The New York Beacon" gives the news to readers in New York City's five boroughs-Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. In 2006, Smith acquired "The Philadelphia Observer."
To have a stronger voice in the region, Smith founded the Northeast Publishers Association, which united New York's Black newspapers in their fight to boost advertising revenue in their publications.
Smith was also one of the regional directors for the NNPA.
"One thing that we can rest assured of, is the news that we gather and the news that we present is just as relevant today as it was in the 80s," Smith said in the Beacon.
Over the years, Smith received many awards and proclamations for doing what he loved best.
"The NNPA mourns profoundly the passing of beloved publisher Walter Smith," said Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the NNPA. "At a time that we are celebrating the 190th year of the Black Press, we pause to salute the outstanding contributions of Walter Smith to the Black Press. We will keep Miatta Smith and the Smith Family in our sincere prayers, as we express our condolences."
In his spare time, Smith lived the American dream and enjoyed hobbies synonymous with people of wealth and affluence. An avid golfer, Smith enjoyed swimming, fishing, yachting, traveling and spending time with his wife, Miatta, their children and grandchildren. Smith maintained homes in New York, Atlanta, Miami and North Carolina.
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 Гриб-зонтик червоніючий

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30-meter scaffolding crashed into a church in San Antonio
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30-meter scaffolding crushed into church in San Antonιο KSAT.com
A 10-story scaffolding collapsed into St. Mark's Episcopal Church in San Antonio on September 19, 2019.
The scaffolding was attached to a 14-story building, owned by AT&T, since January 2019 and restoration works were conducted. The structure was scheduled to be removed on September 23, 2019.
The scaffolding fell onto the 300 block of San Antonio's Martin Street also damaging several vehicles. The church's roof was damaged but the rest of the 160-year-old building was not affected. The roof opened and rain began to pour in. Moreover, the air-conditioning system was destroyed. The collapse sounded like a "plane crash" according to locals.
A 4-story, church-related building that hosts choir practice rooms, classrooms and offices and is located adjacent to the temple, was also damaged. Its condition will be soon evaluated.
Fortunately, there were no fatalities associated with the failure. Nevertheless, two parents and a kid suffered minor injuries as they were trying to get away from the toppling structure. Mary Jane Verette, San Antonio Parks Foundation President, witnessed the dramatic attempt of the family to escape. After the collapse, an officer was trying to calm the scared child. "It was a very emotional scene. The baby was scared, and the officer was just hugging him tight. I was just talking with some people about how we as a community need to make sure we are taking care of each other and supporting each other, and this was just the perfect example of this," she said.
The incident occurred during a storm that struck San Antonio on the same day. The extreme weather conditions that were related to the devastating tropical storm Imelda, led to strong winds that reached up to 97 km/h that triggered the structural collapse. Currently, it is unclear how the structure was attached to the building's exterior.
The owners of the scaffolding did not acquire a permit since the regulations are not strict. "In the State of Texas, it is not required to obtain a permit for scaffolding and the City of San Antonio does not currently regulate it," a short notice issued by city officials, stated.
Sources: TheRivardReport, ExpressNews, KSAT, FoxSanAntonio
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Thank you to everyone who came out to our May membership meeting Contract Rights & Wrongs. We want to give an extra special thanks to our generous panelists Robyn Williams, Skinner, Lillian Laserson, Stu Rees, and Thomas Crowell.
Recently, CBLDF has been receiving a number of requests from artists to help them navigate their contracts. New technology, digital copy sales, rights, and merchandising have all been issues that concern the community. Our panelists had a great discussion addressing these contract issues from both legal and creative perspectives. A sentiment echoed by both Skinner and Stu Rees was, embrace the process.
New media played a substantial role in the discussion. Using an example from the dawn of the VHS, Thomas Crowell gave an example of assignment clauses and how to protect your work when new media emerges. Lillian Laserson and Robyn Williams weighed in on NFTs and clarified some of the finer points. Later on, Skinner brought up the question, what is the moral obligation of large corporations in response to new media and contracts?
The conversation also included:
the intersection of self-worth and market value
tiered royalties and milestone payments
artist rights and digital originals
contract traps to look out for
tips on making your contract work for you
If you weren't able to attend the event and would like to hear the full conversation, catch up by viewing the embedded video below or head over to our YouTube channel.
We hope you will join us on June 24th for our next membership meeting. We'll be holding a panel entitled Recoding Censorship. The Comics Code may be gone, but its specter remains. We'll be discussing how censorship has changed and evolved and what it looks like today. Check back soon for our guest panelist announcement.
You can register for the event here. There is no need to be a member to join!
CBLDF is here to support the comics community. If you need legal assistance or advice in regards to store policies and compliance, leases, or contracts don't hesitate to reach out. You can contact us at info@cbldf.org.
Don't miss out on our past membership meetings!
New Year, Next Steps
Comic After COVID
Ethics for All: Building Policy Together
Contract Rights & Wrongs
Featured Panelists for Contract Rights & Wrongs
Thomas Crowell
I'm a partner with the law firm of LaneCrowell LLP (www.lanecrowell.com) where I counsel clients on a wide range of entertainment law and intellectual property rights issues. My clients range from award-winning comic book publishers to the creators of some of the world's best-known superheroes; from television production companies to independent film producers; from videogame companies to sculptors, painters, magicians and 80's cover bands.
My clients' work is seen in the pages of Marvel and DC comics and on movie, TV, computer, and mobile screens across the world.
My latest book is "The Pocket Lawyer for Comic Book Creators" (Focal Press, 2014) — is the very first dedicated legal guide for the comic book industry.
Lillian Laserson
Lillian Laserson is a sole practitioner representing artists, writers, producers, publishers, and others in transactional matters primarily involving comic book publishing, licensing, copyright and entertainment law.
Prior to forming her own firm, Lillian was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of DC Comics where she established and ran the company's in-house legal department for twenty years. She began working in the area of character rights when she joined Jim Henson Productions as the company's Associate General Counsel and became Kermit and Miss Piggy's go-to girl for legal and business affairs.
Stu Rees
Stu Rees graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1997. He opened his San Diego based solo practice in 2000. Stu developed a niche in the Intellectual Property field, specializing in the needs of syndicated newspaper cartoonists.
Notably, Stu has represented more than 200 cartoonists in their negotiations with the major newspaper comic strip syndicates, and more than 500 cartoonists and writers in a mix of online, licensing, greeting card, book, television and movie deals. He also handles copyright and trademark filings.
In 2007, Stu earned the National Cartoonists Society's prestigious Silver T-Square Award for legal services provided to the organization and its member cartoonists.
Oakland based artist Skinner creates psychedelic nightmare paintings, otherworldly animation, toys, murals and more. Commercial work for Warner Bros, Adult Swim, Vans, Apple, Quentin Tarantino, Fender guitars, and Juxtapoz built a client list to balance out the psychedelic, graphic experimentations he is known for.
www.theartofskinner.com
Robyn Williams
Robyn Williams is an Associate at Devlin Law Firm LLC. During law school, Ms. Williams worked as a law clerk in the Intellectual Property Group for a top-ranked law firm in the areas of intellectual property litigation and trademark law. She was also an intern in the Global Patents Group at GlaxoSmithKline.
Ms. Williams's practice focuses on intellectual property and business matters. Ms. Williams assists clients with growth and protection for their business, wherever it is in development, by offering tailored business plans or prospectuses, entity formation, contracts, as well as managing their intellectual property and brand portfolios.
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