This applies to 10g logical standby database.
1) What does CURRENT really mean ?
2) Why the archive LOGS are not being deleted sooner?
3) How do you know which archive logs are really applied?
4) What caused so many archive logs were in CURRENT status?
A1) CURRENT means the log is being applied and it may Not have been applied.
A2) Because the read_scn hasn't been progressed to past the applied_scn yet so the logs can't be deleted.
A3) Please issue the query below from the logical standby database.
OR you have a long running transaction in a session that hasn't been commited or rolled back on the primary.


For the 3rd year, ELNA will sponsor a neighborhood wide garage sale! We provide plenty of advertising, all you need to provide are the treasures! We have more information on our calendar events page.
Thanks to one of our board members for this great idea! Now you can get a real idea for all the new trees being planted under the ELNA Tree Program! Have you claimed your tree yet?
Great sunrise over our neighborhood this morning!
There was a grass fire at Lake Hefner on March 2, 2018. Here are some photos if you are interested.
We are excited to let our neighbors know that you can now pay your dues on this web site! You can still mail a check, but we know it is often easier to make the payment online. We accept all major credit cards and PayPal. You can read more about online dues here.
Have you claimed your tree yet?
This website is maintained by the Edgewater-Lakepointe Neighborhood Association in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Our goal is to provide our neighbors with timely information and help build a better neighborhood.


STAC VIP and VH2, more so than previous Comrex products, rely on the ability to interwork with some type of established VoIP service.
Each of these services can be quite complex. In a perfect world, the architecture of each of these services would be perfectly standardized, and it would be a simple thing for STAC VIP and VH2 to be programmed to interwork with each of them.
We find this not to be the case, however, and while Comrex is committed to STAC VIP and VH2 being as universally compatible as possible, limits to this commitment do exist.
Below is a list of the PBXs, Gateways, and service providers that we have knowledge of being used successfully with STAC VIP and VH2. This is not meant to imply complete compatibility-in most cases we've only heard a brief amount of feedback from a customer claiming success. In some cases we've engineered the compatible mode ourselves, with customer help. In all cases, firmware updates or other changes to the service can cause subsequent compatibility issues.
It is our hope that STAC VIP and VH2 customers who intend to use the product on services other than those noted will contact our support team before buying their system. We can do a quick analysis of the proposed service and give some hints as to whether we expect smooth sailing, small bumps, or large roadblocks in the project. Comrex has tested our IP telephone products on many major brands of Providers, PBXs, and gateways and has engineered support for most. Note that even basic interoperability testing requires that our support team has access to the Comrex device via SSH. If your network can not accomodate this, we can not support interoperability efforts at all.
The world of VoIP, is, however, a complicated one and our resources prevent us from establishing compatibility with every existing service, device, and firmware version. For this reason we can not guarantee compatibility. If you have difficulty interworking your Comrex gear with your Provider, PBX, or gateway, please contact Comrex support for ideas or workarounds. Short of this, we can only offer that you return the product for a refund if compatibility can not be established.


An annual found in a wide array of open habitats, including dry grasslands, rock outcrops, cultivated land, garden lawns, verges and waste ground. Generally lowland, but reaching 550 m at Moor House (Westmorland).
There appears to have been little change in the distribution of this species since the 1962 Atlas.
European Southern-temperate element; widely naturalised outside its native range.
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1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.
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1978. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Volume 2. 2 vols.


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Sweden to map threats against politicians
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MP Fredrick Federley was beaten outside his flat in Stockholm in Sept. 2010
The full extent of threats and violence directed against Swedish politicians is to be mapped for the first time in what is thought to be the world's largest investigation of its kind.
Swedish politicians are increasingly exposed to violence, threats and harassment, earlier studies have shown.
The full extent of the threats against Swedish politicians is now to be mapped for the first time, as the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brottsförebyggande rådet – Brå) starts work on the world's largest investigation of its kind.
All of the roughly 15,000 people in Sweden that hold a clearly defined political office will take part in survey.
"We're conducting a complete investigation of politicians at all levels, municipal, county and national, to see if they're subjected to threats, and how, in their roles as elected officials," Victor Ståhl, investigator at the Council for Crime Prevention, told The Local.
"It's believed that there is an increased threat against this group, but there's plenty of uncertainty in the matter, and that's why this survey needs to be done."
A smaller study, conducted in 2004 by the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR), showed that roughly 16 percent of municipal politicians had been exposed to violence and threats, and 20 percent at the county level.
Female politicians are also threatened more often than their male counterparts, the SALAR survey showed.
Democracy minister Birgitta Ohlsson was proud to announce the upcoming survey.
"We need to get a good overview of how common these crimes against elected politicians are, what character the crimes have, and development over time, since they could constitute a threat to our democracy," said Ohlsson in a statement on Thursday.
Brå's first survey will be published in 2013, and will then be followed up once every two years.
New survey: The winners and losers in Swedish politics
Man on trial over death threats sent to Swedish ministers
How Swedes would vote if an election were held today
Female MPs accept threats on the job
All but three percent of Swedes lead 'happy' lives
'Swedish ministers get paid to be off sick'
'Tragic' fashion tips for left-wing MPs: Greider
'Sweden needs to punish political threats': minister
'I'm going crazy': Why international residents in Europe will travel this summer despite Covid
SURVEY: Are you planning to travel abroad this summer despite the pandemic?
Lethal violence in Sweden at highest level in nearly 20 years: report
Governments including Sweden's see support tumble for their handling of COVID-19, survey shows
How did reported crime rates change in Sweden last year?

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69% Say Government Not Doing Enough About Childhood Obesity
By Rhiannon Symonds-Keogh
Almost seven in ten people believe the Government is not doing enough to confront childhood obesity in Ireland, a new poll shows.
The Ipsos MRBI research for the Irish Heart Foundation reveals 69% of those surveyed feel that more can be done to tackle this problem.
"The people of Ireland are telling the Government very clearly through our poll that they want a much bolder approach to protecting children's health," said the charity's Childhood Obesity Campaign Manager, Helena O'Donnell.
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"Our manifesto target of halving the childhood obesity rate by 2030 is a reflection of what the public is demanding."
In its poll of 1,044 adults last month, only 20% believed the Government is doing enough about childhood obesity, with 11% saying they did not know.
The majority of those who say more must be done are in the 45-54 age group (73%).
The State's own research estimates 85,000 of today's generation of children will die prematurely due to overweight and obesity.
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An ESRI study published in March – a year into the pandemic – showed 29% of 12-year-olds were eating more junk food or sweets since the outbreak.
"The current Government target of reducing childhood obesity by just half of 1% per annum up to 2025 is not ambitious enough in the face of a tenfold increase in the rate since the mid-1970s and even achieving the objective will still leave us with a crisis for our children's future health," said Ms O'Donnell.
"In 2013, junk brand advertising to children on television was restricted because of its health impact. Meanwhile, there has been an explosion in digital marketing that's more personalised, effective and therefore potentially even more damaging."
Read More : Your Kids Will Love These Fun And Easy Indoor Exercises
A growing trend in obesity levels in children, especially during Covid, is evident to childhood obesity campaigner Caroline Cotter, 23, she is a final year student of home economics in St Angela's College in Sligo and teaches the subject at an adult education college. Caroline says "It is clear to me that junk food companies used the opportunity (during Covid) to keep their unhealthy products centre stage in children's minds."
The Irish Heart Foundation is now urging everyone to petition their local TDs and Senators, demanding action through a pre-written letter on its website, as part of its 'Stop Targeting Kids' drive.
"I encourage other young people to join this campaign to show public demand for increased marketing restrictions," said Ms Cotter.
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"Together we can place the spotlight back on healthy eating and protect the future of children's health."
The public can support the campaign by signing the petition here.
Rhiannon is the digital editor at everymum.ie. She loves malbec, ragu and black cats. Rhiannon has years of experience as a writer, and is passionate about supporting women, body positivity and advocating for positive mental health.


It goes without saying that we all need to heat our homes in the winter! While we can't escape the costs associated with heating, choosing windows that feature low-emissivity (Low-E) glass and argon gas can help to reduce these costs. These features use the sun's rays during the day to bring warmth into your home, and also effectively minimize heat loss at night.
Emissivity refers to the ability of a material to radiate energy, including radiant heat. Thus, reducing a window's emissivity can greatly improve its ability to insulate. To obtain low-emissivity glass, a microscopically thin layer of metallic coating that is invisible to the naked eye is applied to the glass surface. This "low-e" coating is designed to minimize solar heat gain in the summer, all the while allowing daylight through. It blocks ultraviolet radiation, near-infrared radiation, and long-wave heat that is radiated from outside (from objects such as the hot pavement). Low-e glass also acts as an insulator to prevent the radiant heat produced by your home's heating system in the winter from escaping through the windows.
To counteract drafts or the coldness felt when close to a window, our most common reaction is to turn up the heat. Most air leaks and heat loss can be eliminated by properly installing energy-efficient windows. When we feel comfortable, we tend to leave the thermostat alone.
In an energy-efficient home, efficient windows contribute to maintaining low heating costs in the winter and low air-conditioning costs in the summer. During very hot days, low-emissivity glass works just as hard as in the winter: it obstructs infrared rays and blocks the UV rays responsible for the premature wear of window treatments. Therefore, during the day, it is easier to tolerate the sun than with ordinary glass. The interior of the home is cooler and more comfortable and air conditioning is less costly.
In most Canadian regions, heating costs are much higher than air-conditioning costs. It is therefore recommended that windows be chosen based on the Energy Rating (ER). However, in sunnier and warmer regions, where air-conditioning costs exceed heating costs, it is preferable to choose windows that only reduce solar energy gain.
The very dry air in winter causes several inconveniences such as static electricity each time you touch a handle or switch, dry skin, irritated nose and throat, unattractive plants and furniture damage. Remember that hot air is always absorbed by cold air. Therefore, if there are weak spots around a door or window, the warm air from inside the home will be drawn toward the outside along with the home's natural moisture.
To restore a comfortable level of humidity, a humidifier can be installed but it is difficult to maintain a consistent, balanced and stable level of humidity. Also, certain areas of the home always remain dry while others are excessively humid. Windows fog up and black microfungi appear on wooden frames.
In order to prevent unbalanced levels of humidity, it is best to ensure a proper interior/exterior ratio. As such, installing high-efficiency, weatherproof windows and doors that are easy to open at all times is advisable for adequate ventilation. Such windows prevent air leakage and excessive loss of moisture. In fact, since they do not conduct heat and the glass and frame do not get cold, there is nowhere for condensation to form. The only time condensation will form is if there is an excessive amount of humidity inside the household.
It seems obvious but we tend to forget that the main property of a window is its ability to let in a large quantity of light! Drawing on natural light reduces energy consumption in two ways. First, it is not necessary to turn the lights on during the day. Secondly, 15% of the energy consumed by a lightbulb is transformed into light and 85% into heat. Consequently, the fewer lights we turn on in summer, the lower our need for air conditioning. This double benefit results in considerable savings, particularly in large buildings with central air conditioning.
Beautiful large windows allow for a greater amount of daylight to enter your home, which can have a very positive impact on your mood and sense of well-being. Having a wonderful view of the outdoors brings a sense of freedom and inclusion by being able to see what's going on outside, your neighbours who pass by, and the changing weather.
Windows that can be opened year round motivate us to restore the tradition of airing out our home each day to let in fresh air and drive out any excess humidity. Also, it is healthy to let the sun in since it is the largest natural sanitizer.
Why deprive yourself of all these advantages?
The ENERGY STAR label was created to establish a uniform system for calculating and evaluating the energy efficiency of everything that actively or passively consumes energy. This certification informs the consumer about the cost of using certain products.
Most household appliances that consume energy in order to operate are examined under the ENERGY STAR microscope, but not all are awarded the small blue label. Not only can products that consume energy qualify for ENERGY STAR certification, but so too can products like windows and doors which have an impact on daily energy use. Due to their passive role in energy consumption, these elements can play a major role as far as energy efficiency goes.
The ENERGY STAR label was developed in the United States in 1992 during the massive growth of the computer industry. Canada very quickly followed suit and since then, the label has been adopted by several countries. Since April 2004, Canadian ENERGY STAR certification criteria have been developed for glass doors and windows intended for use in our geographical location. In 2005, it was found useful to also consider entrance doors. The ENERGY STAR seal is a respected label that must be earned.
Installing high-efficiency windows provides superior comfort that helps minimize energy consumption – no more waste! Also, ENERGY STAR certified doors and windows filter the sun's rays to prevent discolouring furniture, leather sofas, wooden blinds and fabric window treatments. Windows that are well insulated and properly installed are not prone to condensation or mold, which keeps the frames in good condition for a long time. Increased comfort, furniture preservation and guaranteed durable windows are all part of the tangible savings associated with the ENERGY STAR label.


Hi i was wondering if someone could possibly help me. I am new to the Crossfire setup, but i think i did everything correctly. Im running WIN 7 64-bit, I have a GA-P55A-UD3R Mobo and 2 ATI HD4890's with the crossfire bridge on the #1 tab (closest to case). In device manager it shows both cards, in CCC it doesnt give me the tab for CrossfireX, and in GPU-z it shows disabled. But when i downloaded MSI afterburner and when i play a game it shows both GPU's at 99% and shows the temp for both and fan speed. Does that mean that Crossfire is working? If so, why do i not have a tab for crossfire or why does GPU-z say disabled? Im posting on this forum because i would like to know if anyone could tell me what to enable in the BIOS for this to work properly. I read the manual for the MOBO and the only thing i saw was the INIT function can be switched to PCI/PCE/PCE2 or whatever. But thats all i saw for PCI-e changes. I did the whole Driver sweeper in safe mode and wiped out any drivers, reinstalled. Although i did both at once. I used to get BSOD's before, but after reinstalling everything is perfect now. It just doesnt show up in CCC or GPU-z. Any Help would be greatly appreciated.
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Although I'm not knowledgable in crossfire, my tip would be to put your system specs in your sig so someone who knows your problem can know what they are working with.
I read on many other forums that you only need one on the closest tab towards the case. And in ATI crossfire X manual online it says that as well. But i can always try that.
You definitely only need a single bridge for Crossfire.
Cards with two CF fingers support up to 4 way CFX, and there are cards avalable (6800 series) with only a single finger. As always, the only card that needs to have two bridges connected is card 2 in a 3 way config (to connect to GPU1 and GPU3 respectively) or cards 2 and 3 in a four way config.
Well i do have 2 CF fingers, but only 2 cards. So i guess i only need one bridge. But Yeah i guess i could try the second option. Im just worried about the BSOD coming back because it took me a while to make sure everything was good because windows 7 kept installing drivers for the GPU's right after reboot. But i think i know how to shut that off now. Does it sound like both are working? they read at 99% when running a game each on MSI Afterburner when i turned on the OSD. If they do work, i was curious as to why are they BOTH running at 99% too. I will try the second option. but i didnt want to go through it all if it sounds like its working. because i think its 50/50. Device manager and Afterburner say its working. CCC and GPU-z say its not..
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If Afterburner shows 99% for both GPU's then it seems like Crossfire is working and enabled. It may be a driver bug causing it not to show and GPU-Z to report incorrect info.
99% GPU usage is a good thing. It means that (with Vsync disabled) both cards are being used to their full potential and is also an indication that the CPU is able to supply the cards with information at the required rate. You will find that GPU usage is lower in some games. Some console ports and CPU limited games may show a lower GPU usage, as they are dependant on other aspects of the syatem or are just poorly coded. Nothing to worry about unless you're not getting a 60 FPS minimum.
To lower GPU temps/fan noise and therefore reduce GOU usage on purely GPU limited games, use Vsync. This will cap the fame rate to your monitor's refresh rate (usually 60Hz). Doing so eliminates tearing too. I always use Vsync where possible and find it pointless to disable it, get hundreds of FPS, create more heat, draw more power aind most importantly create undue noise.
Don't worry about any BSOD's you have had in the past. If they reoccur, post the stop errors here. However, if you no longer have them, then it's unlikely they'll return.
Thanks for your help Psycho101.
Do you think the GPU's are not working at their full potiential if GPU-z and CCC dont show crossfire? Im thinking this could be .NET problems possbily (or so i have read).
I installed the latest update for CCC and other than completly sweeping/reinstalling everything again im not sure how to get it to show up in those areas.
It sounds weird to go through all this work so 2 programs can tell me its enabled even though im pretty sure they are working. It just bothers me that nothing shows up that tells me 100% other than Afterburner. If it wasn't for that program, I would still be uninstalling drivers as we speak.
I am playing Bad Company 2 and I currently have Vsync Disabled but I will enable it because that makes sense of what you said. I think the human eye can only see 60 FPS anyways.


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Élie Maire, né à Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans le  et mort le , est un prêtre, théologien catholique et biographe français.

Biographie
Ordonné prêtre pour le diocèse de Langres, il devient professeur au collège ecclésiastique de Saint-Dizier, puis aumônier au Collège Stanislas à Paris. Il est nommé chanoine de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

Œuvres
Anne de Guigné (1911-1922), une petite sainte (1948)
La vie secrète de Jeanne d'Arc (1948)
Trois filles de chez nous m'ont dit... leur amour, de la petite, de la grande, de la définitive patrie (1947)
Qu'est-ce qu'une Visitandine ? (1946)
Qu'est-ce qu'une Sœur aveugle de Saint-Paul ? (1946)
Chez les sœurs aveugles de Saint Paul (1946)
Notre-Dame de chez nous, stations mystiques (1942)
Si quelqu'un est tout petit... qu'il vienne à moi (1942)
Étude de Jésus-Christ et de l'Église (1938)
Trois gueux du Seigneur, saint Benoit Labre, Charles Marie, Germain nouveau (1937)
Images de dom Chautard, abbé de Sept-Fons (1937)
Je ne veux point mourir encore !... Charles Marcilly (1937)
La vie et la mort de René de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1914-1929) (1936)
Le Baiser de saint Dominique et de saint François (1936)
Le vrai visage d'Eve Lavallière (1936)
Jeunes Époux, Jeunes Épouses (1933)
Le Serviteur de Dieu Guy de Fontgalland (1932)
Saint François de Sales (1567-1622) et sainte Jeanne de Chantal (1572-1641) (1932)
Sourires d'enfant dans la campagne. Louis Manoha (1904-1914) (1932)
Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) et la bienheureuse Louise de Marillac (1591-1660) (1932)
Entraîneurs d'âmes dans les voies de l'amour (1932)
Une petite "sainte", Anne de Guigné (1911-1922) (1931)
La vie errante d'un montagnard comtois (1930)
Histoire des Instituts religieux et missionnaires, aux avant-postes de la chrétienté (1930)
Rubis d'Orient, 1893-1919 (1930)
Marie-Edmée Pau (1926)
Une amante de Jésus-Hostie, Marie-Eustelle Harpain, 1814-1842 (1925)
Marie Jenna (1924)
La Première communion de Jeanne d'Arc (1924)
Saint Norbert (1082-1134) (1922)
Les Cisterciens en France autrefois et aujourd'hui (1922)
La Dernière communion de Jeanne d'Arc, panégyrique prononcé au collège de l'Immaculée-Conception de Saint-Dizier, le 19 mai 1912 (1914)
Tige brisée..., Charles Marcilly 1894-1911 (1913)

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Écrivain français du XXe siècle
Naissance en 1880
Décès en 1949
Prêtre catholique français du XXe siècle
Théologien catholique français
Biographe français
Chanoine du XXe siècle
Prédicateur ou aumônier au collège Stanislas de Paris
Lauréat du prix Montyon
Lauréat du prix d'Académie

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Trump nominates FHA's Montgomery to No. 2 position at HUD
Brian Montgomery has done the job since January on "acting" basis
October 8, 2019, 1:00 pm By Kathleen Howley
President Donald Trump nominated Federal Housing Administration Commissioner Brian Montgomery to be the deputy secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to statements from the White House and HUD.
Montgomery has held HUD's No. 2 spot on an acting basis since January. He also serves as HUD's assistant secretary for housing.
"I am tremendously honored to be called upon by President Trump and Secretary Carson to serve this department and the American people," Montgomery said in the statement issued by HUD.
Montgomery was nominated for his previous roles at HUD by Trump in September 2017 and was confirmed by the Senate in May 2018. He is the first person to serve as FHA commissioner twice and under three different administrations.
"As the second-most senior official at HUD, Mr. Montgomery will manage the day-to-day operations of the agency and will advise and assist the Secretary in leading the Department's nearly 8,000 employees," the HUD statement said.
If confirmed, Montgomery would replace Pam Patenaude, who stepped down as deputy secretary earlier this year.
As head of the FHA, Montgomery has been responsible for overseeing its more than $1.4 trillion mortgage insurance portfolio. He also has oversight of HUD's project-based Section 8 rental assistance housing program, the Officer of Housing Counseling, and HUD's Manufactured Housing Program.
"Brian brings tremendous experience to our team and has been a strong voice in the effort to reform the nation's housing finance system," said HUD Secretary Ben Carson. "Brian is a key member of our team and I look forward to having him confirmed as our deputy secretary."
From 2003 to 2005, Montgomery worked in the George W. Bush administration as deputy assistant to the president and cabinet secretary.
He was awarded the Exceptional Service Medal by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for his work as part of the White House group that monitored the investigation into the Space Shuttle Columbia explosion.


It's that time of year... the sun is starting to shine, the birds are returning from their southerly vacation homes... and Beacon needs help getting ready for the summer!
Each year, Beacon offers a couple of work days for volunteers to come up and help with setting up our camp facilities. They're great days full of fun and laughter, and it's always amazing to see what a few people can accomplish in just a few hours.
With the increase in busyness for everyone, we've had lots of folks telling us that they'd love to come help, but don't have those Saturdays available. So, we're switching it up! We're offering three different spring volunteer options for you to help out, if you'd like to join us!
This year, we're only offering one official work day, on Saturday, June 16, 2018. We'll be ready to work right after breakfast (about 9:00am), and we usually work until about 3:00pm in the afternoon. If you want to come up to camp the night before, feel free! We'll serve breakfast in the morning, and lunch as well! Volunteers of all ages are welcome, and we especially love it when families chose to give a day to help out - it's a great way for moms and dads to model a servant heart with your kids.
Although we are aiming more towards our university and college-aged friends with this one, we're open to anyone helping. Have an idea for how to help? Reach out to us!
Also new this year, we're offering a service weekend for church and chapel youth groups to get involved with their peers in serving God at Beacon. In 2018 we're setting up a trial weekend with just one church, but if you'd like to talk with us about 2019 (or in the fall of 2018?), contact Kodiak at director@beaconbiblecamp.com for more details about how that might work!


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Essential facts about female fertility
Home » Blog » Gynaecology » Essential facts about female fertility
Fertility for women is defined as the ability to conceive children. Every couple trying to conceive should be aware of some essential facts about reproduction and female fertility because correct knowledge will empower them to take the right decisions regarding their reproductive health.
Read along to know some essential facts about female fertility:
The most important factor in fertility is age. Women are born with all the eggs they'll ever have, and as they age, the quantity and the quality of those eggs decline. Menopause may not happen until your early 50s, but for most women, fertility begins to reduce sharply around age 35. By age 40, a woman's chance of getting pregnant is less than 5% per menstrual cycle, meaning lesser than 5 out of 100 women are expected to be successful each month they attempt.
As with so much of our health, genes have a big influence on fertility, including the age of menopause. In fact, a woman is six times more likely to experience early menopause (before age 40) if her mother, sister, or grandmother experienced it. Additionally, researchers at Stanford University recently discovered a link between certain genetic markers and hormone levels that suggests a woman's reproductive lifespan may be very nearly determined by her genetics.
Female infertility can result from damage to reproductive organs that occurs with injury or disease. One disease is pelvic inflammatory disease, an infection in the upper reproductive system; scar tissue from PID could block a woman's fallopian tube(s) and prevent ovulation or pregnancy. Another example is endometriosis, a health condition in which tissues from inside the uterus begins to grow on other organs, causing swelling, cysts, or blockages that might prevent pregnancy in a similar way.
Medical history plays a big role in female fertility. Unfortunately, certain medical treatments can reduce a woman's fertility. As mentioned above, surgery of the ovaries—to remove a cyst or treat endometriosis—could damage the ovaries or reduce ovarian reserve. Other medical history, like the presence of an untreated sexually transmitted infection (STI), can also decrease fertility by causing pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and scarring in the reproductive system.
Chemotherapy and radiation, while obviously life-saving treatments for cancer and other illnesses, can damage a woman's eggs or cause premature menopause. In fact, egg freezing was initially developed as a technique for women who were about to undergo these types of fertility-damaging treatments to preserve their chance at pregnancy later on.
Fewer than 3% of infertility cases need the use of reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization (IVF)
Up to 13% of infertility may be attributable to cigarette smoking. Smoking reduces the ovarian reserve and causes genetic damage to a woman's eggs, and it's estimated that women who smoke reach menopause one to four years earlier than non-smokers.
Lifestyle factors, like being overweight or underweight or having an irregular sleep cycle may also affect fertility by creating a hormonal imbalance.
Folic acid should be consumed before and during pregnancy to prevent birth defects. DHEA, a hormone produced by your body's adrenal glands should be taken as a supplement after consulting the doctor for at least 6-20 weeks beforehand to increase the chances of conception.
After a woman becomes pregnant, fetal medicine comes into play. It is a branch of medicine that utilizes various diagnostic procedures to determine the health of the unborn child. Fetal medicine specialists play a key role in diagnosis, comprehensive management, and counselling of pregnant women especially when pregnancies are complicated due to fetal abnormalities.
At Regency Healthcare's Gynaecology Department, our team of specialists is dedicated to providing the best possible treatment to patients. We also strongly believe in patient education and discuss in detail about the fertility and factors related to gynaecology to those seeking help to conceive. Know more about us at https://regencyhealthcare.in/specialities/gynaecology/
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There, long ago, when we had space, and the air was pure, there we lived: us, the whole tribe, the children, the very old, the wise and the fools. At night we were safe, the sea protected us. We had many friends, and few enemies. We were poor, and strong.
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Der Nationalpark Jaú () ist mit einer Fläche von 23.673,4 km² nach dem Nationalpark Montanhas do Tumucumaque der zweitgrößte  Brasiliens. Er befindet sich am Rio Negro im Bundesstaat Amazonas – etwas mehr als 200 km nordwestlich von Manaus im Amazonasbecken. Das nach dem Rio Jaú, einem Nebenfluss des Amazonas, benannte Schutzgebiet wurde am 24. September 1980 gegründet und im Jahr 2000 von der UNESCO zum Weltnaturerbe erklärt. 2003 wurde er auf insgesamt über 52.000 km² zum "Naturschutzkomplex Zentralamazonien" (portugiesisch Complexo de Conservação da Amazônia Central) erweitert.

Auf den zeitweise überschwemmten Flächen leben Jaguare, Tapire, Seekühe und Krokodile. Man kann den Park von Manaus mit dem Boot erreichen.

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 Lagekarte (PDF-Datei)

 Datenblatt der UNEP-WCMC (englisch)

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Bestandteil einer Welterbestätte in Brasilien
Tropisches Regenwaldgebiet
Geographie (Amazonas, Brasilien)


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Family of Queen Katherine Parr: Sir John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer
Posted on October 1, 2012 by tudorqueen6
Effigy of John Neville, 4th Lord. By jmc4 – Church Explorer
Sir John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer of Snape Castle (1520[1][2] – 22 April 1577) was an English nobleman of the powerful House of Neville.
Born about 1520 (he was 23 when his father died, 2 March 1543), he was the only son of John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer of Snape Castle and his first wife Dorothy, sister and co-heiress of John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford. After the death of his mother, Lord Latimer married secondly, Elizabeth Musgrave, by whom he had no children. After her death in 1530, Latimer married again in 1534 the widowed Katherine, Dowager Lady Borough [Parr].
From the beginning of his father's marriage to Katherine, she tried to be a good step-mother to both children, but John proved to be difficult. There is some indication that Margaret, his sister, was their father and Katherine's favourite. If that is true, it may explain the turbulence which would follow as John got older. As a "teenager", John proved to be a confident sulking, lying, and over-sensitive boy. Lord Latimer did not name his son as heir to his properties and made sure that his son could not meddle with his inheritance or father's legacy. In Lord Latimer's will, Katherine was named guardian of his daughter and was put in charge of Lord Latimer's affairs which were to be given over to his daughter at the age of her majority.
In January 1537, John, his sister Margaret, and step-mother Katherine, were held hostage at Snape Castle during the uprising of the North. The rebels ransacked the house and sent word to Lord Latimer, who was returning from London, that if he did not return immediately they would kill his family. When Lord Latimer returned to the castle he somehow talked the rebels into releasing his family and leaving, but the aftermath to follow with Lord Latimer would prove to be taxing on the whole family.[3]
Nevill became Baron Latimer on his father's death in 1543. Although the relationship proved difficult during his youth, Katherine, did not forget Nevill. Katherine stayed close with her former stepchildren. In fact, Katherine made John's wife, Lucy Somerset, a lady-in-waiting when she became queen consort to King Henry VIII.[1][3]
In May 1544, Nevill was involved with the siege of Edinburgh in Scotland and it was there that he was knighted. Nevill then went to war in France where he took part in the siege of Abbeville.
John became an emotionally unstable man later in life. In the summer of 1553, John was sent to Fleet Prison on charges of violence done to a servant. He was arrested for attempted rape and assault in 1557 and in 1563, he killed a man. Of the situation in 1553, Thomas Edwards wrote to the Earl of Rutland describing the violence which had taken place with the servant quoting "too great a villainy for a noble man, my thought." That this public violence occurred after the death of his step-mother, Katherine, might suggest that at least she had some sort of control over Nevill while she was alive.[3]
Marriage and issue
In 1545, Latimer married Lady Lucy Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester and his second wife, Elizabeth Browne.[4] The new Lady Latimer was a cousin to Queen Katherine as the great-granddaughter of the Marquess of Montagu, brother to Lady Alice FitzHugh [great-grandmother of Queen Katherine]. Lady Lucy became a lady-in-waiting to her husband's former step-mother, Queen Katherine Parr.
Together they had four daughters that all produced children by their first marriages:
Hon. Elizabeth Neville (c. 1545 – 1630), married firstly Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey, and secondly Sir Edmund Carey. Elizabeth's descendants by Danvers included the Dukes of Leeds [extinct in 1964]; Earls of Lichfield; Earls of Leicester of Holkham from which Sarah of York descends.
Hon. Dorothy Neville (1547 – 23 March 1609), married Sir Thomas Cecil, Queen Elizabeth's counselor, later Earl of Exeter. Cecil was the half-brother of the Earl of Salisbury. Her descendants also include Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales.
Latimer's daughter, the Hon. Dorothy Neville who became Countess of Exeter when her husband Thomas Cecil was elevated to Earl in 1605
Lord Latimer died without sons in 1577; his four daughters became his joint heiresses. The barony became abeyant until 1913, when its abeyance was terminated in favour of Latimer's distant descendant Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer.
Effigy and tomb of the 4th Lord Latimer in Nevilles' Chapel, Wells, North Yorkshire Well Village Website © Well Parish Council 2011
He was buried in St. Michael's Church, Well, North Yorkshire which adjoined Neville's home, Snape Castle. The church had a long standing history with the Neville family going back to John and Queen Katherine Parr's ancestor, Sir Ralph Neville, the 1st Earl of Westmorland. Westmorland married Lady Joan Beaufort; the only daughter of Prince John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster by his mistress, later wife, Katherine Roet. Ralph was responsible for the building of the present church c. 1330. Latimer's mural monument lies in Nevilles' Chapel within Well's Church. Latimer's daughter, Hon. Dorothy, Countess of Exeter inherited Snape Castle and is also buried there with her husband Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter.[5] According to a card placed upon the tomb, the four coat of arms on his tomb represent that of his four daughters and their husband.
His wife, Lucy, was buried in Hackney Parish Church in London. Her grand tomb has her effigy surrounded by her four daughters.[6] Her tomb is one of only a few in England which feature such noble bearings; the other being the tomb of George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland at Skipton which is surrounded by no fewer than seventeen richly adorned shields which include that of Brandon, Dacre, de Clare, St. John, and more.[7] The Earl himself was a descendant of Katherine Parr's great-aunt, Mabel Parr, Lady Dacre. Lady Latimer's tomb not only includes the arms many of those on Clifford's tomb as Neville, Beauchamp, Dacre, Berkeley, and Percy but also those of de Vere Earl of Oxford, Walcot, and Cecil.[6] Lord Latimer's arms (the Neville) are at one end of the tomb. The statues of the four daughters were two on each side of the monument; at the side of each the shield of the husband impaling the Neville arms. These arms are thus repeated five times. At the other end are Lady Latimer's arms: the lions and fleur de lis that is France and England, quarterly, the arms of the Dukes of Beaufort, descended from the eldest legitimated son of John of Gaunt, her father being Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester.[6]
Document on the magnificent tomb of Lady Lucy Somerset, Lady Latimer; wife of the 4th Lord Latimer and lady to HM Queen Katherine Parr. Courtesy of JMC4 Church Explorer.[8]
"The effigy of Lady Latimer was exquisitely sculptured and was fixed on the top of the table monument She appears to be dressed in a scarlet robe with a coronet on her head and the other part of the dress was richly gilt This effigy was probably intended for a portrait of her."[6]
Memorial to Lady Lucy Latimer in the old church. Watercolour by T. Fisher c.1795 [9]
By his father, Latimer descended from King Edward III of England twice. Latimer's great-grandparents were Sir Henry Neville, heir to the barony of Latimer and Earldom of Warwick, and the Hon. Joan Bourchier. Neville was a grandson of Sir Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his second wife, Lady Joan Beaufort. Lady Joan was the legitimized daughter of Prince John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster by his mistress, later wife, Katherine Roet. Bourchier was a granddaughter of Sir William, 1st Count of Eu and Lady Anne of Gloucester, daughter of Prince Thomas of Woodstock [youngest son of Edward III] and his wife, Lady Eleanor de Bohun. This connection to the Bourchier family made Latimer a cousin of the Earls of Bath, Lords Dacre of the South, the Lady Margaret Bryan [governess of the King's children], Lady Anne Bourchier [husband of Katherine Parr's brother William Parr], and even the Duchess of Somerset Anne Stanhope.
Latimer's mother was the granddaughter of the 12th Earl of Oxford and Elizabeth Howard. Oxford was himself a descendent of Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile by their daughter Princess Joan of Acre. The Countess of Oxford, Elizabeth Howard, was a descendant of John I of England by his son Richard of England, Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans as well as a descendant of Henry I's illegitimate son Reynold de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall.
The ancestry of John Neville, 4th Lord Latimer
^ Linda Porter. Katherine the Queen; the Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII. Macmillan, 2010. pg 66-67.
According to Linda Porter's Katherine, the Queen, Neville was 14 at the time of his father's marriage to Catherine Parr.
G. E. Cokayne. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Vol. VIII, G. Bell & sons, 1898. pg 200. Google eBook
Village of Well, North Yorkshire, http://www.wellvillage.org.uk/history/
JMC4 Church Explorer . London, Hackney, Flickr, 2008.
T. Fisher. Hackney Council, The Churchyard Memorials: Memorial to Lady lucy Latimer in the old church, c.1795.
Written and researched by Meg McGath
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Q: syntax error: unexpected name, expecting ) I have my code for my BST in GO. I keep getting this error message. I am using noted pad and I am a beginner.
the error is in my for loop. under the insertList func.
type node struct{
    left *node
    right *node
    val int
    }

func insert(tree *node, element int) *node{
    if tree == nil{
        tree = &node{nil, nil, element}
        } else if element > tree.val{
        tree.right = insert( tree.right, element)
        } else if element < tree.val{
        tree.left = insert( tree.left, element)
        }
    return tree
    }
func insertList(elementList []int) *node{
    if tree == nil{
        for i:=0; i<[]int.len; i++{
            tree = insert([i]int)}
        return tree}}

func displayBST(tree *node){
    if ( tree != nil) {
        displayBST( tree.left)
        fmt.Println(tree.val)
        displayBST(tree.right)}}

func main(){

     l := [10]int{100, 3, 3, 200, 5, 8, 5, 200, 0, -4}

     s := l[:]

     insertList(s)

     displayBST(insertList(s))

     fmt.Println()}

A: This should get you past the syntax errors:
package main

import "fmt"

type node struct {
    left  *node
    right *node
    val   int
}

func insert(tree *node, element int) *node {
    if tree == nil {
        tree = &node{nil, nil, element}
    } else if element > tree.val {
        tree.right = insert(tree.right, element)
    } else if element < tree.val {
        tree.left = insert(tree.left, element)
    }
    return tree
}

func insertList(tree *node, elementList []int) *node {
    if tree == nil {
        for i := 0; i < len(elementList); i++ {
            tree = insert(tree, elementList[i])
        }
    }
    return tree
}

func displayBST(tree *node) {
    if tree != nil {
        displayBST(tree.left)
        fmt.Println(tree.val)
        displayBST(tree.right)
    }
}

func main() {

    l := [10]int{100, 3, 3, 200, 5, 8, 5, 200, 0, -4}

    s := l[:]

    var t *node

    insertList(t, s)

    displayBST(insertList(t, s))

    fmt.Println()
}

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Letter: Urge Hollingsworth to co-sponsor bill
Putting a price on carbon with a fee on fossil fuels will reduce greenhouse gases and combat climate change.
But there is an additional benefit: Air pollution will also decrease — and quickly. Coal power-generated electricity will quickly become even more expensive to produce than it is now, and those plants will close, which means the air we breathe will be less polluted by particulates, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and dioxide, and ozone. These emissions cause far-ranging health problems and premature deaths.
Indiana's 9th Congressional District lies downwind of Indiana and Kentucky coal-fired plants and is therefore more affected than other places. Reducing pollution would benefit everyone's health, with fewer instances of lung and heart disease, and fewer asthma cases. Lower-income families, who tend to live in areas that are most affected by the airborne toxins, would experience the most relief. Researchers have projected that the health benefits from carbon pricing will accrue especially during the first five years, compared to longer-term economic and environmental improvements.
House Bill 763, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, would put a price on carbon. Call Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (202-225-5315) today and urge him to co-sponsor this bill during January's new Congress.
Lee Ehman


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Here Are All the Sony 2016 TVs
Sony continues pushing into premium UHD territory
Credit: Sony
Lee Neikirk
January 05, 2016, Updated May 10, 2016
NOTE: As of 6/28, we've updated this article with information regarding pricing of Sony's 2016 TV lineup and additional UHD/HDR-capable sets.
When it comes to dishing out big, juicy TVs, Sony doesn't mess around. But this year, the company looks a little modest next to the flashy output from Samsung and LG. You won't find any curved TVs or OLED models in Sony's 2016 lineup, and there's been much less hubbub about HDR and Dolby Vision, too.
Fortunately, the company is still delivering high-quality, HDR-ready 4K flat-screens. Most of the members of Sony's 2016 lineup are spiritual successors of some of last year's best-looking 4K/UHD TVs, so we're not complaining about the "if it ain't broke" approach. At least one thing's changed: Sony finally dropped those controversial side-mounted speakers.
What Is a Quantum Dot TV?
Outside of the company's biggest and best 4K TVs, however, Sony is tight-lipped concerning forays into more affordable territory (like Full HD), and has yet to announce any zany 8K sets or curved screens.
4K/UHD TVs
X940D Series (XBR-75X940D)
The biggest, baddest TV in Sony's lineup is the flagship X940D: a full-array LED LCD that achieves HDR compatibility via Sony's hardware local dimming (FALD) schema, called X-tended Dynamic Range Pro. There's also a new backlight design this year, which Sony calls Slim Backlight Drive, and Sony's Triluminos color system, a quantum-dot based, side-mounted color enhancement system.
• Price: $7,999
• 4K/UHD resolution
• Triluminos (quantum dot) enhancement
• Full-array backlight with local dimming
• Android TV & 4K Processor X1
X930D Series (XBR-55X930D & XBR-65X930D)
Technically sharing flagship status with the X940D, the 55- and 65-inch X930D TVs are actually quite similar to Sony's largest offering. They both boast 4K/UHD resolution, Sony's X1 upscaled, Triluminos color, and the Android TV smart platform. However, the X930D sets use a slimmer LED backlight than the X940D, allowing them to utilize full-array local dimming while maintaining a slim side profile.
• Read our review of the Sony X930D.
• MSRP: $4,999 (XBR-65X930D); $3,299 (XBR-55X930D)
• Slim backlight drive local dimming
X850D Series
The X850D Series has a larger offering of sizes and price points compared to the flagship X940D/X930D series, including 55-, 65-, 75-, and 85-inch models. The four X850D TVs boast similar specs to Sony's higher-end options, including 4K resolution, X1 upscaling, the Android TV operating system, and HDR compatibility.
• MSRP: $9,999 (XBR-85X850D); $4,999 (XBR-75X850D); $3,499 (XBR-65X850D); $2,499 (XBR-55X850D)
The X800D was recently announced as an addition to the X940, X930, and X850 series. It's available in smaller 43- and 49-inch sizes starting at $1,299, and offers HDR (High Dynamic Range) playback, 4K resolution, Sony's proprietary Triluminos color, and the Android TV operating system.
• Triluminos color enhancement
• Android TV smart platform
• High Dynamic Range compatible
One more rung down the ladder, the X750D series—which is available only in a 65-inch size right now—offers a good size-to-price ratio, delivering 4K resolution and the Android TV smart platform for $2,299. Eventually, the X750D will be upgraded to be compatible with High Dynamic Range.
• MSRP: $2,299 (XBR-65X750D)
• High Dynamic Range upgrade incoming
Technically sharing a space with the 65-inch X750D in terms of features, the X700D series brings two more 4K/UHD and Android TVs in smaller, more affordable sizes. These sets will also be receiving an upgrade to allow them to play High Dynamic Range content in the future.
• MSRP: $1,499 (XBR-55X700D); $999 (XBR-49X700D)
W650D/W600D Series
The W650D/W600D Sony TVs are the company's full-HD/1080p options for 2016. The R500/R510C from 2015 are also carried over, but the W6 series is Sony's "premium" non-4K option for this year, including a focus on svelte design and built-in smart features.
• KDL-32W600D (32-inch, $349)
• full-HD smart TVs, X-reality Pro engine
Sony XBR65X810C 65-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV (2015 Model)


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 * Created by slinkin on 07.05.2014.
 */

import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment;

import org.softeg.slartus.forpdaplus.App;
import org.softeg.slartus.forpdaplus.R;
import org.softeg.slartus.forpdaplus.fragments.qms.QmsContactsList;

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    public static final String NAME = "QmsContacts";

    @Override
    public String getTitle() {
        return App.getContext().getString(R.string.contacts);
    }

    @Override
    public int getIcon() {
        return R.drawable.close_white;
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    @Override
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        return NAME;
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        return new QmsContactsList().setBrickInfo(this);
    }
}

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Is it time to light a fire on your website? Are you looking to increase your online business and lead generation?
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This might be on a landing page or a blog post. You direct your visitors to a form on the page by engaging them with valuable content and showing them your products or services are the solution to their problem.
Lead generation is a business that involves constant testing and fine-tuning. To get you working on the right path, we've put together some advanced strategies for you.
Here are six ways to optimize your leads and drive your business online.
It's hard to move forward if you don't know where you stand right now. How can you track your success if you don't know what's working now or where you need to revise your tactics?
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Take a look at your landing pages. Review your calls to action. Revisit your A/B testing pages. Evaluate all of your lead generation sources so you can see what you need to focus on moving forward.
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In other words, to earn the click to your landing page and increase your conversion rate optimization, you have to start with the headline.
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To be a powerhouse when it comes to lead generation, you have to have a strategy and stick to it. To grow your business through the lead generation process, you've got to avoid mistakes as they can be costly to your bottom line.
Today we're going to discuss 5 CTA mistakes that kill your lead generation funnels. We'll talk about them and then show you some ways to avoid them.
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Teil 2: The West Nile Virus – also a threat to animal health
The West Nile virus is a mosquito-transmitted zoonotic pathogen, which was first isolated in Africa in the 1930s. In recent decades, the virus has spread to many regions of the world. By now, it has also reached Germany. Since 2018 there have been the first confirmed cases of West Nile virus in Germany. In 2019 the first infections were confirmed in humans in Germany.
In the first part of our interview series we spoke to Prof. Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit of the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, who answered important questions related to human infections.
The second part is dedicated to the risk the West Nile virus poses to animals. Before the first human cases were reported there had been several confirmed cases in birds and horses. Dr. Ute Ziegler is a veterinarian specialised in virology at the Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute. As head of the national reference laboratory for West Nile virus she witnesses the spread of the virus in Germany mirrored in the increasing number of suspect cases that are send to her laboratory.
Note: the interview was translated from German. See original German version
ZOOP: Which animal species are mainly affected by the spread of the West Nile virus in Germany?
Ziegler: At the end of August 2018, the first bird infected with West Nile virus was found in Germany, a Great Grey Owl from an aviary in Halle an der Saale. By the end of the year, there were a total of twelve cases in birds and two cases in horses.
In 2019 the national reference laboratory for West Nile virus infections confirmed the first case, a snowy owl from the animal park Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, already at the beginning of July. This first outbreak was followed by a wave of diseases starting at the beginning of July until the end of October 2019, which affected a large number of wild and zoo bird species (currently 73 dead birds and 2 surviving hawks, as at 31.10.19). Among the species of wild birds affected so far are blue and great tit, goshawk, sparrow and eagle owl. In addition, various zoo birds have been affected (e.g. Andean flamingo, Great Grey Owl, Mountain Lory, Inca Tern, Japanese Gull, Canary, Pelican, Great Heron, Snowy Owl, Swift parrot, Scaly-sided merganser). Compared to the previous year more bird species are affected. The number of confirmed cases in horses also increased significantly with 35 cases currently confirmed (as at 30.10.19).
ZOOP: How does the infection with the West Nile virus progress in birds?
Ziegler: Actually, birds are the natural virus reservoir. Whereas most birds don not get ill, some are highly sensitive to the West Nile virus and develop severe clinical symptoms sometimes up to death. These include a large number of passerine birds (Passeriformes), especially ravens (Corvidae), but also some species of Accipitriformes and owls. In infected birds, that fall sick, death is often peracute without any clinical symptoms. If birds develop clinical symptoms they are often neurological (e.g. Apathy, nystagmus, head tremor, blepharospasm) and a large number of them die from it.
ZOOP: Do horses show similar symptoms?
Ziegler: Most of West Nile virus infected horses do not develop any disease symptoms similar to humans. However, if they disease often a meningitis with clear signs of central nervous failure develops. Wenn sie aber erkranken dann treten oft Hirn- oder Hirnhautentzündungen mit deutlichen zentralnervösen Ausfallerscheinungen auf. These include stumbling, after-hand paralysis, ataxias, general weakness, muscle tremors and paralysis up to the point where the animals become immobilised. The disease horses seldom show febrile general illnesses, the neurological symptoms dominate. Horses with clinical symptoms can survive the disease. However, in 20 % of the cases livelong neurological damages remain. There is no specific treatment only a therapy of symptoms.
ZOOP: Is there an established monitoring system for West Nile virus in Germany? Is it possible that the virus has been circulating undetected in bird populations in Germany for some time?
Ziegler: The National Reference Laboratory (NRL) has been monitoring the possible introduction and spread of West Nile virus along with the Usutu virus (a related flavivirus) for years. It is unlikely that the virus has been circulating between birds and mosquitoes in Germany over a longer period unnoticed. For several years, the FLI coordinates a German-wide wildbird monitoring program in which more than 20 motivated partners (private and university bird clinics, ornitologist and ornitological reseach stations), the federal food and veterinary inspection offices, the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) in Hamburg as well as the NABU are engaged. No indications of a West Nile virus infection were found in birds tested before 2018. Since all samples from wild or zoo birds send to the FLI are always tested for both viruses, the first West Nile virus infection in a bird in Germany could be detected on 28th August 2018 in cooperation with the State Office for Consumer Protection in Stendal.
ZOOP: Are all cases in Germany attributable to the same pathogen strain?
Ziegler: Phylogenetic data indicate a hibernation of the isolate from 2018 coupled with new entries into Germany, but detailed phylogenetic analysis are currently underway.
ZOOP: Is the virus spread throughout Germany? Are there certain regions that are particularly affected?
Ziegler: Last year, the cases occurred mainly in eastern Germany, as well as sporadically in the areas of Munich and Rostock. This year we record a significant increase of cases in birds and horses, currently 110 cases (as at 30.10.19). Hotspots 2019 are in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin, in some regions in Brandenburg, and for the first time in Hamburg and a region in Thuringia. Further cases in animals and humans are likely to come. However, we are still seeing only the tip of the iceberg. Many diseased birds remain undetected in sparsely populated areas, just like infected horses that are asymptomatic.
ZOOP: How can the regional differences in Germany be explained?
Ziegler: First phylogenetic investigations hint towards an entry of the virus via the east European states. It seems that the climatic conditions along with the optimal interactions between virus, vector and host in Saxony-Anhalt, north Saxony and south Brandenburg were especially important for the establishment of the virus in these regions. It is currently not possible to predict to what extent the virus will spread from these regions to the whole of Germany.
ZOOP: Does the virus also occur in other European countries?
Ziegler: The West Nile virus first appeared in Europe in France in the beginning of the 1960s and since then has established itself in the whole mediteranian area, i.e. especially in the south and south-east European countries there have been repeated infections in humans, horses and birds in recent years. Lately it has spread further and further northwards, so that especially in Germany's southern neighbours, more and more cases in humans and horses have been registered (see also the annual data collection in the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)). Therefore, it was only a matter of time before the virus also entered Germany, because suitable vectors (mosquitoes) and hosts (wild birds) for the virus are also present here.
ZOOP: In part 1 of the interview series Prof. Schmidt-Chanasit explained that there is no vaccine against West Nile virus for humans yet. What about veterinary medicine? Is there a vaccine for animals already available?
Ziegler: In Europe, three West Nile virus vaccines are currently approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the application on horses. All three vaccines do not protect the horses from a West Nile virus infection. However, they largely protect against clinical symptoms and reduce the duration and manifestation of the viremia significantly.
ZOOP: Should I vaccinate my horse? Is there a vaccination recommendation?
Ziegler: Although it is currently not possible to predict the occurrence and spread of West Nile virus in Germany in the next few years, horses in the "hotspot regions" should be vaccinated until the beginning of the next mosquito season. The Vaccination Commission Veterinary Medicine (StIKo Vet) recommended already in autumn 2018 to include immunisation against West Nile virus in affected areas as a core component in the vaccination of horses. In view of the current development, the StIKo Vet repeats the recommendation to vaccinate horses against West Nile Virus in the already affected areas in Central Germany. As a precautionary measure, horses which are moved into these areas and those which are in neighbouring regions, e.g. in Thuringia, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania or Lower Saxony, should also be vaccinated with one of the vaccines available in Germany. This also applies to horses that are only moved there for a short time (e.g. for tournaments).
ZOOP: What are control measures against the virus in countries where it occurs already for a longer time?
Ziegler: In other countries different mosquito control programs combined with vaccination of horses are applied. However, some countries do not apply any control measures.
ZOOP: What is expected for the coming years concerning the spread of the West Nile virus in Germany?
Ziegler: This year's West Nile virus spread has not yet been conclusively recorded. If, however, the conditions for virus spread remain favourable, i.e. susceptible birds as reservoir hosts, native mosquitoes as competent vectors and temperatures favourable for the reproduction cycle in the mosquito season and for hibernation, additional West Nile virus cases and further spread of the virus within Germany can be expected in the next few years.
ZOOP: To what extent does the climate change influence the spread of West Nile virus in Germany?
Ziegler: It is assumed that last year's and also this year's above-average warm summer with long periods of heat have favoured virus replication in mosquitoes and probably accelerated the geographical spread of the virus. Certainly, the last warm winter was also beneficial for the hibernation of the virus in the mosquito population.
ZOOP: Dr. Ziegler, thank you very much for the interview.
Interview: Dr. Dana Thal for the German Reserach Platform for Zoonoses (ZOOP)
The interview is part of an interview series with experts on the West Nile virus in Germany. In part one we take a closer look at health risk for humans. In part three you find answers about the role of the mosquito as transmitter of West Nile virus.
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Zoonoses 2022 – a plea for One Health
The coronavirus pandemic, the global spread of monkeypox or the current Ebola outbreak in Uganda - zoonoses are and remain an important health issue. Against this background, the symposium of the...
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Fisnik is the Founder and Creative Director of Karrota and he is responsible for all creative aspects of the company. He held the same position at Ogilvy Albania until 2010, the agency he co-founded in Tirana, in 2006.
He has over twenty years of experience, seven of which working for leading design companies in London, UK, as Creative Lead, producing web and print creative solutions for a number of major clients, such as Cisco Systems, Apple Europe, British Airways, Barclays Bank, Mattel and Channel 4.
His more recent credentials in the region include the creation of NEWBORN Monument, the renowned campaign "Duaje tënden" (Love Your Own), as well as serving clients such as Z mobile, AMC, PTK, KEK, Albtelecom, Tetra Pak, Raiffeisen Bank, British Airways, Municipality of Tirana, Assembly of Kosova, AmCham Kosovo, British American Tobacco, Kraft Foods, Gillette/Braun, Sesame Street, Snoop Dogg, Lëvizja VETËVENDOSJE! and many more.
His work appeared in major newspapers, magazines and websites worldwide.
Fisnik holds a BSc(Honours) degree in Multimedia from University of Westminster, London, UK and he is currently attending MSc Corporate Communication and Public Affairs at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
He has won a number of major international advertising/design awards, including Cannes Gold Lion, Silver Clio, Silver Eurobest and Golden Drum Grand Prix.
He is the author of the highly acclaimed and controversial political satire online publication, The Pimpsons, as well as the co-founder of the satirical portal, Banalisti.
He has recently been elected Member of Parliament of the Republic of Kosova during the June 2014 elections as part of the third biggest party in the country, Lëvizja VETËVENDOSJE! (Movement for Self-determination!).


Julia and I met on one of the hottest days of the summer to take her senior photos, traversing around Highland, IL, to some of the most beautiful locations in the small town. We started the day at her grandparent's house out in the country, relishing the beauty provided by their pond and woods. Then we traveled over to Lila's Garden in town, where we took full advantage of the beautiful flowers that were blooming in late August. Finally, we went out to Silver Lake Park and took some more photos by some neat rock fixtures they have in the park. By the end of the shoot, we were sweaty, and I was getting pretty smelly, but it was totally worth it--Julia's pictures rock!


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Black Revenge Fantasies, White Manhood, and Historical Memory: Boardwalk Empire's Episode, "Anastasia" Reviewed
HBO's Boardwalk Empire is a lush television series. Do not be mistaken: Lushness does not necessarily mean a completeness of superficial physical beauty or the trap of ephemeral and pretty things. Lushness can also be depth. It can be intelligence. Lushness can be breadth and reward. As noted philosopher Slavoy Zizek said of the seminal dystopian film Children of Men, some artifacts of popular culture reward "deep viewing." For those who study film, popular culture, or the semiotics of mass culture, this means viewing a film with obligatory seriousness, intensity, and broadness of field.
For scholars of film, this understanding is a wink to the concept understood as "Mis En Scene." Translated: Boardwalk Empire frames a shot in such a way as to encourage a careful attention to clothing, the positioning of the characters relative to one another, and of the scene at large. The most damning observation that one can make of a television series such as Boardwalk Empire, a period piece set in the 1920's, is that it is a wax museum come to life. On its worst of days, and in the hands of a lesser steward, Boardwalk Empire could be the pitiable performance of a once great Motown band singing at a county fair when all the magic is gone, and the agents involved are in full denial about how far low they have fallen. Boardwalk Empire is none of these things--it is a window into the past, carefully constructed, and indelibly committed to the best that dramatic television can offer.
Boardwalk Empire is set is the great age of Prohibition-era America, when flappers danced upon the stage, temperance societies of now empowered (white) women reigned for a moment as they spread the wings of their now found political agency, and gangsters (with their liquor) were king. This is also the moment when white ethnics--those Italians, Irish, Greeks, and others--fought to burn away their ethnicity in the crucible of a soon to be found full whiteness in the post-World War One moment, as they become erstwhile Horatio Algers, when like James Cagney, they came to understand that "the world is mine."
The setting that is the literal boardwalk in Boardwalk Empire is also a complement to how race was made in early 20th century America. The sites, sounds, and spectacle of this space, the World's Fairs and mass culture were locations for race making through popular culture. Moreover, the iron cage of white manhood, its imagined fraternal order, and the creation of "normal" bodies were all made real through the accessible spectacles featured on the boardwalk of places like Atlantic City, P.T. Barnum's enterprises, the "freak show," Ripley's stages, and the great midways of cities such as Chicago.
Boardwalk Empire contains all of these elements. It has acknowledged the racist spectacle of The Hottentot Venus. The marquis of the theaters featured in Boardwalk Empire's deep scenes all signal to this history. Cigarette store Indians are omnipresent. Black popular culture is the ether of The Roaring Twenties, all the while black folks are dismissed as schwartzes who don't polish the crystal ware correctly. As whiteness exists only in juxtaposition to blackness and the Other, black folk are peripheral to Boardwalk Empire while being central to the American mythos. This is especially clear in Sunday's episode, "Anastasia." Because popular culture, especially television shows such as Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire, traffic in the malleability of historical memory, the white gaze doesn't see "us," but "we" are forever there.
The greatest moment of Boardwalk Empire's "Anastasia" episode signals to the power of blackness in American memory, and of this country's popular culture at large. To this point, Nucky, Steve Bushemi's (main) character, the top dog of Atlantic City, is playing chess not checkers. If politics is "what have you done for me lately?" and "who get's what, when, and why?" Nucky must reach out to Chalky, Omar of The Wire fame and the boss of the African American political machine in Atlantic City. Ultimately in "Anastasia," realpolitik trumps white supremacy and provincial notions of the supremacy of white bodies over those black and brown.
There is also a fantasy element to collective memory which Boardwalk Empire is so keenly aware. Some viewers may indulge dreams of flappers, finely tailored suits, and bootleg liquor. For those with a blue's sensibility, our freedom dreams may be a bit different: How many of "us" have ever gotten to sit across from their sworn foes? To make them render onto Caesar? To act out justice upon their bodies?
In "Anastasia," Chalky indulges this dark dream--an Inglorious Bastards moment--of providential justice. He sits across from the Grand Cyclops of the KKK in Atlantic City. Chalky, in the longest monologue on the show to date relays a tale of class, race, and "uppity" negroes who dared to step out of line. For this, Chalky's father swung like strange fruit. And as Chalky opens up the leather clutch that contains his father's tools to torture the Grand Cyclops, we understand that pain will be a form of cathartic vengeance.
Here, suffering rendered onto the enemies of black folk, the Knight Riders, Klansmen, Klanswomen, and others is also a fantasy of sorts. How many black Americans can really recount a family story--one that is "true"--of relatives hung on the lynching tree, of uppity negro Catcher Freeman runaways, and where we, all of us, had grandmas who had Colt revolvers hiding under the hemline of their dresses ready for any white man (or anyone for that matter) who crossed them?
And we certainly cannot forget the stories about former chattel who ran away and came back as Union soldiers--much to the chagrin of their former masters; of slaves who posted bounties for their "owners" during Reconstruction; slaves that evicted masters on the plantation as they built a nation under their feet, or of the ultimate "go to hell letter" written by Jourdan Anderson to his white "employer." These are collective memories that may or not be literally true. Nevertheless, this does not take away the power of these communal truths because collective memory is none diminished by appeals to empirical truth.
In relief, Boardwalk Empire is a story of class, aspiration, and the Horatio Alger myth. Boardwalk Empire is also a tale of revenge and fantasy on the part of "us" against "them." Per our tradition, some questions about the Easter Eggs and Mis En Scenes of Boardwalk Empire:
1. What have you noticed in the background? What is your favorite shot of the series so far?
2. Of fashion choices and body sculpting. Am I the only person who has noticed something amiss with Lucy's beautiful breasts, or the choice of "female grooming" to this point so far?
3. Harlem. I need to see Harlem in its heyday. As an Easter egg, Boardwalk Empire could feature some former Harlem Hellfighters as badmen and now gangsters. Alternatively, some former white officers in those famed units would make for suitably complicated characters that are nonetheless racist, but somehow "progressive" for their contemporary moment in Jim Crow America.
4. On that note, Steve Bushemi's character dismisses the obviously "racist" cop during their meeting. Am I being cynical, or does the white racial frame always find a way to protect itself through a narrative where white racism is an outlier and most white folk are always good people--despite the politics of the epoch?
5. The Romanovs. What a great meta-narrative for this episode as Boardwalk Empire is a show centered on the pretenses of class mobility, uplift, social betters, and striving towards the good life.
6. As we saw with the slashing of Jimmy's prostitute lover, do the little folks always have to suffer for their associations with the marginally more powerful?
7. Why the emphasis on premature babies? Is this some signal to technology, progress, and America? Or is it a wink to a fascination with abnormal bodies during the early part of the 20th century?
8. We have Chalky as the bad black man and one of the machine bosses of Atlantic City. Are we going to see The Queen, the real queen, who was marginalized by the Hollywood myth-making machine in Lawrence Fishburne's movie Hoodlum?
Tags: Arts, Chauncey DeVega says
by 'female grooming' do you mean the shaved armpits?
chaunceydevega said...
I was thinking quite a bit lower...
OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin said...
Is there gonna be an Ethel Waters character?


Peanut Butter Coffee Cake is a heavenly mixture of chocolate, peanut butter, and Nutella all under a crunchy layer of streusel topping.
Do you ever see a recipe that you just can't get out of your mind? Well, this Peanut Butter coffee Cake Recipe is that recipe.
I picked up a copy of a magazine called "Southern Cast Iron" Winter 2017 edition. I've never seen this magazine before but the recipes looked amazing including the one for Peanut Butter Coffee Cake. I just couldn't wait to try my hand at it.
From the title and the photograph, I knew I was going to be using chocolate and peanut butter. What I didn't realize is that it also has a layer of Nutella. The streusel on this baby makes it one delicious peanut butter crumb cake. The only problem I have with this whole darned thing is that I didn't come up with it first!
When I was young my mother made a delicious coffee cake and we ate it for breakfast! I don't know that I would feed this to my children for breakfast because they may bounce off the walls once they get to school. I would sure eat it any time of day, however.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 3-6" cast iron skillets or a 10" skillet with non-stick cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and brown sugar. Using a mixer on medium speed, beat butter and peanut butter until crumbly. Stir in the peanuts and set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter, peanut butter and sugar on medium speed until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in sour cream and vanilla.
In a medium bowl whisk flour, salt, and baking powder together. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture alternating with milk, starting and ending with the flour mixture.
Pour half of the batter in the skillet. Spoon Nutella over batter. Top with remaining batter. Sprinkle with topping.
Bake until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 23-25 minutes for 6" skillets or approximately 40 minutes for a 10-inch skillet. Loosely cover with foil to prevent excess browning if necessary.
Recipe published in Southern Cast Iron" Winter 2017 edition.
I used a 10-inch cast iron skillet instead of the 3 6-inch cast iron skillets which are what they used. As a result, I had to bake mine 20 minutes longer until it tested done. Chocolate, peanut butter, Nutella, streusel…what's not to love? I need to get me some little skillets so I don't have to share next time I make it. Well, maybe I will share. My eyes are always bigger than my tummy but that doesn't keep me from trying!
Here are a couple more of my most popular desserts.
I made this last week for Hubby's birthday. It is good, but it's a little too soft – maybe if I made without the sour cream? Also, Hubby isn't a Nutella fan, so instead I used Reese's Chocolate Peanut Butter spread – it's on the shelf right by Nutella at the grocery store.
Thanks for letting me know Robyn. Mine had a cake texture and I used sour cream? I can't say if there is that much of a difference between Nutella verses Reeses. Fat can have such a big difference in baking. Did you use a cast iron skillet?
Thank you Lynda! I'll stop over and check out your blog!
Thank you Heru! So sweet of you.
In my tiny town, we don't get many magazines that are not the normal ones but I picked up a copy of this one too! I have just about thrown out all my other pans and use cast iron exclusively! I love that mag and all the recipes in it. This one sounds like something I need to make later this week as we are all peanut butter and chocoholics in my house!
Thank you, Jennifer! It must be fate because it isn't one I would normally pick up either. Your PB chocoholics will love it! We'd have a ball cooking together right!
My hubby LOVES peanut butter…SO MUCH! I just jotted down these ingredients to make this for him!
Thank you, Brandi! I hope you'll let me know how the hubby likes it. Mine sure did.
Thank you, Patti! I just love hearing from you. One of my original blogging friends and so supportive.
You've earned the accolades, from the delectable creations to photography expert! Nice work, Julie.
What an awesome combination — such a yummy treat! I could go for a slice of this right now!
Thank you, Michelle! It didn't last long in this household LOL.
I love that crumbly texture you get with a great coffee cake and this looks just amazing! It's on my radar to make – I know Dan and I both will just love it!
Thank you Debra! We really enjoyed it and I'm always looking at ways to use my cast iron skillets.
Oh my gosh this looks drool worthy! All of your desserts look so amazing! I wish I could eat ALL of them! I might make this one for desserts this week!
I'm afraid that I like those desserts just a little bit too much Debi! Thank you and I hope you are enjoying the rest of your weekend.
Thank you, Sarah! I really appreciate you co-hosting this weeks FF!
Thank you, Sarah! We really enjoyed it too.
Thank you, Julianna! It was super easy to make and yummy to eat too. I appreciate you stopping and commenting too.
This looks so decadent and delicious! It would be perfect with a big cup of coffee!
Thank you, Lisa! A cup of coffee works well to help with those big ole bites!
ooh, yum, I can see why it jumped out at you!
Thank you Caroline! I wish another one would jump out onto my table too!
You sure do like your peanut butter Julie! Looks real good – I often just snack on it with some sliced apples or crackers. Another recipe for my cast iron pans – I even have the small ones as I was hoping to make one of Ina's recipes for brownies I think.
Thank you Judi! I eat peanut butter almost everyday with an english muffin and a piece of fruit. It's my favorite go too. I need to get some of those little skillets! Well, I don't need them but you know how that goes LOL!
This is a dream come true. Any normal food with added peanut butter is right up my alley! NEED this in my life!
Thank you so much Karly! I love peanut butter and eat it almost daily on an english muffin. I have to admit that this recipe was a little more exciting. LOL.
I am loving these peanut butter recipes! This looks out of this world!
Thank you Antonia! I'm with you and love peanut butter especially with chocolate.
Julie this is a beautiful dessert! I love the twist on a classic coffee cake!
Thank you Angela! We really enjoyed it too!
You got me with these last night on Instagram. David too!
Haha thank you Debbie! It's wickedly yummy.
Well this just looks outstanding. You can't go wrong with that combination. Well done!
Thank you so much, Jess! It's just sinful LOL!


Kelley Wingate's Grammar for grades 3-4 is designed to help students master necessary grammar skills. Aligned to the Common Core State Standards, this book includes a comprehensive review section for each major concept. Each engaging practice page is designed to reinforce essential grammar concepts. Grammar skills covered include parts of speech, verb tenses, subject and verb agreement, and prefixes and suffixes. This well-known series, Kelley Wingate, has been updated to align content to the Common Core State Standards. The 128-page books will provide a strong foundation of basic skills and will offer differentiated practice pages to make sure all students are well prepared to succeed in today's Common Core classroom. The books will include Common Core standards matrices, cut-apart flashcard sections, and award certificates. This series is designed to engage and recognize all learners, at school or at home.
With this 100+ Series™ Grammar book, students will learn the basics needed for writing and speaking correctly. Each page presents an important grammar rule, followed by practical exercises. Grammar themes may be repeated across several pages, which gives students a chance to practice and reinforce new skills and concepts. The book for grades 1-2 covers alphabetical order, antonyms, synonyms, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and much more.
The 100+ Series™ Grammar series for grades 1 to 8 supports language and literacy fluency. Each book offers systematic practice and use of basic grammar skills at grade level. The books are aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Presentation of skills is reinforced with practical application by requiring students to apply new learning while writing and editing texts. Each book includes reproducible content to help students reinforce essential grammar skills.
Boost the success of students who struggle with grammar in their writing or who just need to tune up their skills! Students will be captivated with the innovative games, stories, riddles, puzzles, and other stimulating activities that will improve their grammatical skills and enrich their learning experience. A sidebar on each page clearly states the concept or skills reinforced by that activity. Answer keys are also included. 48 pages.
Centered around Common Core State Standards, Common Core: Grammar Usage is designed to help students improve written and spoken language skills. Practice pages, student charts, graphic organizers, research challenges, discussion starters, writing prompts, games, group activities, and recommended reading lists enable students to practice: building an effective vocabulary; mastering complex sentence construction; utilizing tenses to clarify sequence; eliminating common usage errors; and harnessing the power of punctuation. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources.
Can grammar be fun? Absolutely, with Grammar Rules! Ideal for students in grades 3-4, this engaging language arts workbook includes high-interest activities to captivate students as they develop basic grammar skills and apply those skills to their writing. It also includes these grammar resources: writing applications, practice and review activities, end-of-book reviews, student editing checklists, and complete answer keys.
One Hundred Minutes to Better Basic Skills! Now there's a way for students to practice their grammar skills, enhance their overall grammar proficiency, and have fun at the same time! Grammar Minutes, Gr. 1 provides students with practice in the following key areas of first-grade grammar: sentence structure, capital letters, punctuation, common nouns, proper nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, noun and verb agreement, contractions, compound words, synonyms, antonyms, articles, and more!
Inspired by the highly popular Math Minutes series, this book features 100 "Minutes." Each Minute consists of 10 grammar questions for students to complete within a short time period. This unique format offers students an ongoing opportunity to improve their own grammar proficiency in a manageable, nonthreatening manner. The quick, time format, combines with instant feedback, makes this a challenging and motivational assignment students will look forward to each day. Students become active learners as they apply grammar skills to a variety of question formats in key areas of first-grade instruction.


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Q: Find records with highest value based on unique ID I'm trying to find a way to return all records that have the highest value in a field for each set of unique IDs. The attached table shows what I'm trying to achieve. The highlighted records would be the ones I want to have selected so I can export them to a new table.
For each set of unique IDs (Int_ID) I want to select those that have the highest value in (MPO_Lanes). I need to keep all the attributes, so Case items in Summary Statistics does not appear to work.
If your curious why I want to do this...for each Street Intersection (Int_ID), I want to identify which Street Legs (ExtID) have the most lanes (MPO_Lanes) and therefore identifying which Street Legs would be considered the "Major" street at that intersection.
I'm using ArcGIS 10.4.1, advanced.

A: The following arcpy script will accomplish what you want.  This can be added to a script tool and has 5 parameters:
import arcpy

infc = arcpy.GetParameter(0) # Input feature class
infield = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)  # Group By Field
stcountfield = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(2)  # Street Count Field
streetname = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(3)  # Street Name or ID field
primaryst = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(4)  #  New field to hold Primary Street name or id

def maxkey(dict):
    keylist = []
    for key in dict.iterkeys():
        keylist.append(key)
    return max(keylist)

# Create set from group-by field values
fieldvals = []
with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(infc,[infield]) as scur:
    for row in scur:
        fieldvals.append(row[0])
del scur
fieldset = []
for field in set(fieldvals):
    fieldset.append(field)

# Create dictionary of max street count = street name, update records with primary street per group-by value

for val in fieldset:
    maxvaluedict = {}
    primstdict = {}
    expression = infield+"="+str(val)
    arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(infc,"NEW_SELECTION",expression)
    with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(infc,[infield,stcountfield,streetname]) as cur:
        for row in cur:
            if row[1] not in maxvaluedict:
                maxvaluedict[row[1]] = [row[0]]
            elif row[0] not in maxvaluedict[row[1]]:
                maxvaluedict[row[1]].append(row[0])
            if row[1] not in primstdict:
                primstdict[row[1]] = [row[2]]
            elif row[2] not in primstdict[row[1]]:
                primstdict[row[1]].append(row[2])
    del cur

    with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(infc,[infield,primaryst]) as ucur:
        for row in ucur:
            row[0] = val
            elist = []
            for e in primstdict[maxkey(maxvaluedict)]:
                elist.append(str(e))
            row[1] = ','.join(elist)
            ucur.updateRow(row)
    del ucur

For an example, I've run this on my roads table and set
infield = "LOC"
stcountfield = "PAR_NUM"
streetname = "FEAT_NAME"
primaryst = "PrimaryStreet"
As you can see, PrimaryStreet was populated with the street name of the largest PAR_NUM, grouped by LOC.


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