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Q: Query not utilising index on Many to Many Relationship I have the following query:
select V.VisitID
from Visit V
inner join VisitDrug VD on V.VisitID = VD.VisitID
inner join Lookup.Drug D on VD.DrugID = D.DrugID
where V.StartDate >='2019-03-27 13:00:00.0000000 +00:00'
and V.StartDate <='2020-03-31 12:59:59.9990000 +00:00'

What I don't understand is whenever a join operation is done on VisitDrug, it has to do a full-scan of all the rows in the table, rather than only those applicable VisitIDs.
The indexes currently are:
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[VisitDrug] ADD  CONSTRAINT [PK_VisitDrug] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
    [VisitID] ASC,
    [DrugID] ASC
)WITH (STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ONLINE = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]
GO

CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [IDX_VisitDrug_DrugID_VisitID] ON [dbo].[VisitDrug]
(
    [DrugID] ASC,
    [VisitID] ASC
)WITH (STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, DROP_EXISTING = OFF, ONLINE = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]
GO

and the Execution Plan is - https://www.brentozar.com/pastetheplan/?id=Hy6QLqT8I
From reading other questions, I believe the indexes are correct, but not being used.

A: Because this query requires a large number of visits, the optimizer decided it would be cheapter to read the date range on the index on Visit.StartDate, then sort the resulting Visits and then MERGE JOIN with VisitDrug.  The alternative is to perform 49,914 seperate index seeks on the PK_VisitDrug, for a total of 150,000-200,000 Logical IOs.
You can test the other plan by specifying a LOOP JOIN.

A: There are several possible indexing strategies which could be used here, and your current index covers none of the possibilities.  Here is one option:
CREATE INDEX v_index ON Visit (StartDate, VisitID);
CREATE INDEX vd_index ON VisitDrug (VisitID, DrugID);
CREATE INDEX l_index ON (DrugID);

If used, the above three indices would speed up the query.  The first v_index takes advantage of the WHERE clause restriction on StartDate.  Then, the vd_index speeds up the join, as does the l_index.

A: I would simplify the second date comparison:
select V.VisitID
from Visit V inner join
     VisitDrug VD
     on V.VisitID = VD.VisitID inner join
     Lookup.Drug D
     on VD.DrugID = D.DrugID
where V.StartDate >= '2019-03-27 13:00:00.0000000 +00:00' and
      V.StartDate <  '2020-03-31 13:00:00.0000000 +00:00'
------------------^ note the change here

Then for this query, the optimal indexes are:

*

*Visit(StartDate, VisitId)

*VisitDrug(VisitId, DrugId) (which you already have)

*Drug(DrugId)  (which you probably already have)

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In the first half of the relative growth of the heavy truck market, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd. insisted on steady operation and maintained a good development situation. In respect of heavy trucks, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd. sold more than 14,000 vehicles in June, an increase of nearly 16% from the previous period and a year-on-year increase of 58%. From January to June, it accumulated sales of more than 67,000 vehicles, an increase of 6.5% year-on-year, exceeding the half-year target; In June, it sold 5,600 vehicles, a 6% increase from the previous period and a year-on-year increase of 30%. From January to June, it sold nearly 28,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 12.6%.
At the beginning of this year, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd. made a basic judgment on the domestic medium- and heavy-duty truck market: The total sales volume of the industry in the year was basically the same as that in 2012, with higher sales in the first half of the year and low in the second half. The main reasons for the growth in the heavy-duty truck market in the first half of the year were as follows: The implementation of the National IV regulations driven the market to purchase ahead of schedule, and the heavy-duty trucks entered a small peak period of upgrading. The increase in infrastructure demand drove the sales of engineering heavy trucks.
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2014 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
The FIA Stewards of the Meeting
The Team Manager,
The Stewards, having received a report from the Technical Delegate, heard from the team
representatives, have considered the following matter and determine a breach of the regulations has
been committed by the competitor named below and impose the penalty referred to.
N° / Driver
3, Daniel Ricciardo
Infinity Red Bull Racing
Car 3 was not in compliance with Article 5.1.4 of the FIA Formula One Technical
Breach of Article 3.2 of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations and Article
5.1.4 of the FIA Formula One Technical Regulations.
Car 3 is excluded from the Race Results.
1) The Technical Delegate reported to the Stewards that Car 3 exceeded
the required fuel mass flow of 100kg/h. (Article 5.1.4 of the Formula One
Technical Regulations)
2) This parameter is outside of the control of the driver, Daniel Ricciardo.
3) The fuel flow is measured using the fuel flow sensor (Art. 5.10.3 & 5.10.4
of the Technical Regulations) which is homologated by the FIA and owned and
operated by the team.
4) The stewards considered the history of the fitted fuel flow sensor, as
described by the team and the Technical Delegate's representative who
administers the program. Their description of the history of the sensor matches.
a. During Practice 1 a difference in reading between the first three and Run
4 was detected. The same readings as Run 4 were observed throughout
Practice 2.
b. The team used a different sensor on Saturday but did not get readings
that were satisfactory to them or the FIA, so they were instructed to change the
sensor within Parc Ferme on Saturday night.
c. They operated the original sensor during the race, which provided the
same readings as Run 4 of Practice 1, and Practice 2.
5) The Stewards heard from the technical representative that when the
sensor was installed on Saturday night, he instructed the team to apply an offset
to their fuel flow such that the fuel flow would have been legal. He presented an
email to the stewards that verified his instruction.
6) The technical representative stated to the Stewards that there is variation
in the sensors. However, the sensors fall within a known range, and are
individually calibrated. They then become the standard which the teams must use
for their fuel flow.
7) The team stated that based on the difference observed between the two
readings in P1, they considered the fuel flow sensor to be unreliable. Therefore,
for the start of the race they chose to use their internal fuel flow model, rather
than the values provided by the sensor, with the required offset.
8) Technical Directive 01614 (1 March 2014) provides the methodology by
which the sensor will be used, and, should the sensor fail, the method by which
the alternate model could be used.
a. The Technical Directive starts by stating: "The homologated fuel flow
sensor will be the primary measurement of the fuel flow and will be used to check
compliance with Articles 5.1.4 and 5.1.5 of the F1 Technical Regulations…" This
is in conformity with Articles 5.10.3 and 5.10.4 of the Technical Regulations.
b. The Technical Directive goes on to state: "If at any time WE consider that
the sensor has an issue which has not been detected by the system WE will
communicate this to the team concerned and switch to a backup system"
c. The backup system is the calculated fuel flow model with a correction
factor decided by the FIA.
9) The FIA technical representative observed thought the telemetry during
the race that the fuel flow was too high and contacted the team, giving them the
opportunity to follow his previous instruction, and reduce the fuel flow such that it
was within the limit, as measured by the homologated sensor – and thus gave the
team the opportunity to be within compliance. The team chose not to make this
10) Under Art. 3.2 of the Sporting Regulations it is the duty of the team to
ensure compliance with the Technical Regulations throughout the Event.
Thus the Stewards find that:
A) The team chose to run the car using their fuel flow model, without
direction from the FIA. This is a violation of the procedure within TD/ 01614.
B) That although the sensor showed a difference in readings between runs
in P1, it remains the homologated and required sensor against which the team is
obliged to measure their fuel flow, unless given permission by the FIA to do
C) The Stewards were satisfied by the explanation of the technical
representative that by making an adjustment as instructed, the team could have
run within the allowable fuel flow.
D) That regardless of the team's assertion that the sensor was fault, it is not
within their discretion to run a different fuel flow measurement method without the
permission of the FIA.
The Stewards find that Car 3 was out of compliance with the Technical
Regulations and is therefore excluded from the results of the race.
Gerd Ennser
Tim Mayer
Steve Chopping
PDF Document Formula One Australian Grand Prix 2014 Document - 56.pdf
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using Nucleus.Base;
using Nucleus.Game.Components;
using Nucleus.Logs;
using Nucleus.Model;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Nucleus.Game.Effects
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Consume a use of a consumable item, and remove it if spent
    /// </summary>
    [Serializable]
    public class ConsumeEffect : BasicEffect, IFastDuplicatable
    {
        private Element _TargetOverride = null;

        /// <summary>
        /// The item to be consumed.
        /// If null, the contextual target will be used instead.
        /// </summary>
        public Element TargetOverride
        {
            get { return _TargetOverride; }
            set { _TargetOverride = value; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Default constructor
        /// </summary>
        public ConsumeEffect() { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Target item constructor
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="targetItem">The item to be consumed</param>
        public ConsumeEffect(Element targetItem)
        {
            _TargetOverride = targetItem;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Duplication constructor
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="other"></param>
        public ConsumeEffect(ConsumeEffect other) : this(other.TargetOverride)
        {

        }

        public override bool Apply(IActionLog log, EffectContext context)
        {
            var target = TargetOverride;
            if (target == null) target = context.Target;
            ConsumableItem cItem = target.GetData<ConsumableItem>();
            if (cItem == null) return false;

            cItem.Uses -= 1;

            if (cItem.Uses <= 0)
            {
                Inventory inventory = context.Actor?.GetData<Inventory>();
                if (inventory != null)
                {
                    inventory.RemoveItem(target);
                }
                WriteConsumptionToLog(log, target, context);
                target.Delete();
            }

            return true;
        }

        private void WriteConsumptionToLog(IActionLog log, Element target, EffectContext context)
        {
            string key = "Consumed_" + target?.Name;
            if (!log.HasScriptFor(key))
            {
                // Fallback generic message
                key = "Consumed";
            }
            log.WriteScripted(context, key, context.Actor, target);
        }

        IFastDuplicatable IFastDuplicatable.FastDuplicate_Internal()
        {
            return new ConsumeEffect(this);
        }
    }
}

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Q: obsolete function remains in bash enviroment If I define a function in a bash script, e.g., envsetup.sh
function blabla()
{
  echo "blabla"
}

then i source it by
. envsetup.sh
There is blabla function in my environment to use. However, if I remove this function and source it again, the blabla function is still there.
Why is it not deleted?

A: It's still the same Bash process, and running your envsetup.sh simply amends that process. If you invoked a new Bash shell and ran your script there, then your function wouldn't exist.
You can remove that function in your shell script thought. You can do this via:
unset -f blabla


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The video footage was shot in one continuous take on Margate Harbour. Solo Cello is performed by Peter Gregson, modular synth textures by Michael Price and Motion Graphics by Sam Ziajka.


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Bay Area Recovery Center
Opioid Epidemic Reaching Crisis Levels Across the United States
Opiate Overdose Death Toll at an All Time High
Houston, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 07/13/2017 --The number of deaths caused by overdoses of heroin and prescription opioids has reached record levels in recent years, driven by a sharp growth in the number of painkiller prescriptions written and the increasing accessibility of heroin from Mexican and Colombian sources. According to the CDC, more Americans die as a result of opioid abuse than from AIDS at the height of that epidemic in the 1990s, with more than 27,000 individuals overdosing on heroin and prescription opioids each year.
The increase in deaths resulting from opioid abuse has been dramatic over the past several decades. Overall, deaths from drug overdose has rapidly risen since the late 1990s. The CDC reports that drug overdoses were the cause of approximately 40 percent more deaths than car crashes as of 2014; this represents a stark increase from 1999, when motor vehicle fatalities accounted for more than twice the number of American deaths as fatal overdoses of drugs. Moreover, the nature of drug addiction in the United States has changed. While cocaine was responsible for twice the number of fatal overdoses than heroin was in 1999, the CDC found that those numbers had reversed by 2014, with heroin and opioids together causing more than five times the number of deaths as cocaine.
Jake White, a director at Houston based Bay Area Recovery Center, likens America's opioid death toll to an aircraft disaster, saying, "The estimates given by the CDC are that anywhere from 90 to 120 people die from an opiate overdose in this country every day. That is the equivalent of a jumbo airliner going down and killing all passengers on board, every 3 to 4 days."
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Anisotropy of quasiparticle lifetimes and the role of disorder in graphite from ultrafast time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
Moos G, Gahl C, Fasel R, Wolf M & Hertel T
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Moos, G., Gahl, C., Fasel, R., Wolf, M., & Hertel, T. (2001). Anisotropy of quasiparticle lifetimes and the role of disorder in graphite from ultrafast time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Physical Review Letters, 87(26), 267402 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.267402
Persistent URL https://www.dora.lib4ri.ch/empa/islandora/object/empa:4567
Femtosecond time-resolved photoemission of photoexcited electrons in highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) provides strong evidence for anisotropies of quasiparticle (QP) lifetimes. Indicative of such anisotropies is a pronounced anomaly in the energy dependence of QP lifetimes between 1.1 and 1.5 eV—the vicinity of a saddle point in the graphite band structure. This is supported by recent ab initio calculations and a comparison with experiments on defect-enriched HOPG which reveal that disorder, e.g., defects or phonons, increases electron energy relaxation rates.
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By assembly montage intervenes in the alienation of everyday life in the manner of class of facts intervening in a closed political conversation – forcing a word in edgewise. It is a question of bringing to consciousness that which is unspoken – by an assembly of elements overdetermined by ideology & so indifferent even to their own state of affairs. To perceive & act edgewise is to perceive & act incisively, to cut across & through (or with) prevailing thought – or rather unthought – & by means of this to affect unforeseen or unexpected states of affairs.
The work of open assembly contradicts the apparent limits of meaning (architectonics) taken as self-evident in any given class of elemental relations. Alienist montage is the contingency of ulterior forms, as configurations. Contingency without which signification could not happen. In the same manner, everything that "takes place" (& doesn't "take place") does so according to a generalised mechanics of possibility. Possibility, moreover, that remains indifferent to (disinterested in) those singular constructions it gives rise to – & which are conventionally deemed possible according only to an observable reality (that is to say, through the lens of ideology). Possibility thus as the obverse of any REALISM. REALISM IS THE DREAMLIFE OF TAX-COLLECTORS! It points instead to a material situation in the process of becoming. The world of things, those primitive commodities, always has the capacity to be otherwise, & detecting this the Alienist approaches the world with such possibilities in mind, in order to subject the myth of the real to the reality of the unpresentable.


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export default defineMessages({
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    id: 'app.containers.PrivilegeApply.header',
    defaultMessage: 'This is PrivilegeApply container !',
  },
});


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It's been a long time coming…since 1990 to be exact. But Indy Beer Week is upon us and we might not have even seen it coming. Admittedly, Indianapolis may have lagged a little behind since it seems like everyone in the country has their own beer week, but that doesn't matter anymore. This is here to stay.
When Broad Ripple Brewpub opened their doors – and our minds – in 1990, there was no way to predict that Indianapolis would grow into what it is today. Our city's profile was already growing then but our beer atmosphere didn't take off until the opening of Sun King Brewery in 2009. Now, the over-50 breweries dot the Indianapolis-area like a winter map of potholes.
Then, it seemed like we were lacking something, some kind of event that could bring us together while spotlighting our area brewing industry. A beer week does that. Just because the 30 largest cities in the country – and many smaller ones – have a beer week doesn't we should do one, but the feeling is right for us to do it now.
Most beer weeks have fees that allow breweries and businesses to participate in their week. Not here because Indy Beer Week is cost and obligation-free to be involved. Plus, any revenue received from events will go toward the Legacy House of Indianapolis. Breweries are so community-oriented, it's why their philosophy of giving back makes them the best business partners in Indianapolis. Charity does that.
To our core, Indianapolis is different. We might not have sunny beaches or snow-capped mountains but we do have the kindest people in the world. Where volunteers are so massive, many had to be turned away while we hosted a Super Bowl. And then, more volunteers knitted scarves for those volunteers! Where else does that happen?
Picture a massive community table going through Indianapolis where we all sit down together and share a beer. Maybe this has happened to you too: You meet someone while sitting at the bar and you end up being long-time friends. Or, you become best friends for just an hour with a total stranger while chatting at the bar, never to see each other again. Beer does that.
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Oil in A Nesting Ground
Impact on Mammals, Birds and Fish
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Mass Coastal Environment
New Bedford Mystery Solved
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Whistleblowers in the Engine Department of the cargo ship Iorana passed a note to the US Coast Guard when their ship arrived in Baltimore, Maryland.
The note reported that the ship's chief engineer had directed the dumping of waste oil overboard through a bypass hose that circumvented pollution prevention equipment required by law. "We are asking help to any authorities concerned about this, because we must protect our environment and our marine lives," they wrote.
During a Coast Guard inspection trigged by the note, the whistleblowers also passed along photographs taken on a crew member's cell phone showing the use of a 103-foot long "magic hose" to bypass the ship's oily water separator.
The illicit bypass system used to discharge oily waste, including sludge, was routed through the ship's boiler blow down system where any trace of oil could be expected to be steam cleaned away. The illegal discharges were concealed in a fraudulent oil record book, a required log in which all overboard discharges are to be recorded.
Irika Shipping S.A., the owner of the Greek flagged cargo ship Iorana, pleaded guilty on July 8, 2010, and agreed to pay a $4 million dollar fine.
The four crew members that notified authorities were awarded $125,000 each under the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships which provides that whistleblowers may receive an award of up to one-half of fines collected under that statute.
Whistleblower note. Source: US Department of Justice.
Creative Ways to pass Notes
to the US Coast Guard
Whistleblowers have found creative ways to reach out to inspectors with the US Coastguard.
Nothing seemed amiss aboard the Maltese cargo ship Aquarosa when Chief Warrant Officer William D. Dodson and his Coast Guard inspection team climbed the gangway," the New York Times reported on Feb 13, 2012. "That sense of normalcy evaporated after the chief engineer led the way below for tests of the rudder and fire pump. There, a crew member named Salvador Lopez nervously tugged a note from his pocket and thrust it toward Mr. Dodson. He had something to share, the note read. A secret.
"Mr. Lopez's secret was that the ship had been illegally dumping oily water and sludge overboard, and he had proof: hundreds of photographs stored on his phone. Partly because of Mr. Lopez's evidence, two companies that owned and operated the ship pleaded guilty last month to obstruction of justice and other charges and agreed to pay $1.2 million each in penalties and fines. And for his sleuthing, Mr. Lopez stands to collect as much as $925,000."
In another case, a crew member approached a minister with the Mariner's Church in Baltimore and gave her a portable hard drive with photos and video showing illegal dumping.
Rev. Mary H. T. Davisson, the executive director of the Baltimore International Seafarers' Center, a port ministry that assists and counsels docked ship crews, was approached by a member of the crew of the Capitola in May 2010. The ship had docked to pick up coal. "He handed her a computer flash drive containing a video of a magic pipe," reports the New York Times. "Ms. Davisson gave the drive to the Coast Guard. In early 2011, the Liberian company that owned the ship agreed to pay $2.4 million in fines."
Other whistleblowers have sent notes asking Marine Defenders via email and social media for help connecting with US Coast Guard investigators before their ship arrive in US ports.
"Good day ..im .i pilipino seaman work as a fitter, im almost 2 month on board..on tanker ship.. 3 week ago i found same illegal..oil dichrging..on this ship..2 week s before arrive ing USA ..land.. please help what cant i do...i ask .what hapin to me in also may carry as seaman ...what to do?...god bless MARINE DEFENDERS."
-- Anonymous Whistleblower note sent to Marine Defenders via Facebook.
"Protect our mother earth": Mv Cornelia
On Oct 13, 2015, a group of concerned mariners aboard the M/V Cornelia, sent a note via Marine Defender's social media account that quickly reached investigators with the US Coast Guard:
"…halo sir this is concern crew sending you some evidence of illegal Pumping out dirty oil directly overboard instructed by our Chief engineer… This Report About Our Concern to Sea Environment and were concern Crew onboard to our Sea Environment and Protect our Mother Earth…. During Navigation Chief Engineer Instructed to Pump Out even we are near in the Land Specially when we been in Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean… Some Pictures, Videos and their/his Hand Written Letters for some evidence."
As a result, Coast Guard investigators met the ship to conduct an investigation when it arrived at the Port of Duluth, Minnesota. During this inspection, the crew members were able to provide the investigators with documentation, and less than a year later, the ship's owner, MST Mineralien Schiffahrt, pled guilty to a felony for discharging oily waste into the Great Lakes and was fined $2.7 million dollars.
The investigation also revealed that on at least ten occasions, the M/V Cornelia's Chief Engineer and/or Second Engineer had instructed members of the engine room crew to transfer machinery space bilge water from the dirty bilge tank to the clean bilge tank, which is a separate tank that is supposed to contain only clean, oil-free water, and then discharge the oily waste-water overboard.
The Chief Engineer also intentionally failed to record the transfers and subsequent discharges of oily waste-water in the M/V Cornelia's Oil Record Book. This gave the false impression in the Oil Record Book that all of the oily waste-water had been properly handled and disposed.
During the "Whistleblower" award hearing, US government lawyers explained that "the purpose of APPS's whistleblower award is to elicit information about violations that can be difficult to discover and prosecute; the award is intended to incentivize coming forward with information despite the risks involved."
They also noted that the two Whistleblowers had "provided significant information to the authorities that led directly to the charge to which MST ultimately pleaded guilty, and questions whether the violations would have ever come to light had these two not stepped forward."
The Whistleblowers were awarded $102,000.


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YouTube creators at NEXT WEEKEND film festival, presented by Sundance Institute
By Raymond Braun
YouTube Entertainment Marketing
Aug.09.2013
Cinephiles, take note: this weekend will go down in YouTube history as the first time a major film festival has curated and screened a short film program exclusively featuring your videos on YouTube. The Sundance Institute selected some of the most popular videos on YouTube to showcase at the first-ever NEXT WEEKEND summer film festival (August 8-11), and you can watch them all now.
From a whirlwind tour of food culture in India and a rap battle of epic proportions to a touching coming out video and some seriously thought provoking jelly beans, the Sundance Institute-curated YouTube Shorts @ NEXT WEEKEND program highlights the imagination and diversity of the creators on YouTube. You might recognize some familiar channels like VICE, College Humor, Above Average, Machinima, JASH and more.
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NEXT WEEKEND extends YouTube and Sundance Institute's shared love of celebrating talented creators, following our "Life in a Day" premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and an exclusive glimpse of short films debuting at the Festival earlier this year.
Congratulations to all the YouTube creators featured at NEXT WEEKEND, and with more than 100 hours of content uploaded to YouTube every minute, there's always new cinematic content to enjoy.


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Critics have described the school's shock-based behavioral conditioning as a form of torture. Photograph: Reuters
Massachusetts allows school to continue with electric shocks
The only US facility using shocks on children with learning disabilities has fought off another legal challenge
Jeffrey Delfin
Thu 12 Jul 2018 16.25 EDT
In 2012, video of electric shock conditioning used inside the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center was released to the public for the first time. It showed 18-year-old Andre McCollins being restrained face down, shouting for help from the people around him. His calls go unanswered, and he is given repeated shocks which cause him to scream in pain.
The footage appears to show McCollins being tortured. The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) is not a rogue interrogation facility in a failed state, however, but a facility for children and adults with learning disabilities in Massachusetts.
Last week the facility won another legal challenge, which will allow it to continue to use shock treatment on its students.
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A lawsuit had been brought by the Massachusetts governor's office, which first sued to stop the practice in 2013. But Judge Katherine Fields of the Bristol county probate and family court ruled that the state had failed to demonstrate that the procedure "does not conform to the accepted standard of care for treating individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities".
The school remains the only facility in the US that is allowed to use electric shocks on children for behavioral purposes.
The center, founded in 1971 as the Behavior Research Institute, serves "emotionally disturbed" individuals and those with learning disabilities. Since its inception it has used an unusual form of treatment – the graduated electronic decelerator, or GED, an electric shock device, developed by the center's founder, Matthew Israel.
The device is not used in what we might call "electroshock therapy" – where small shocks are passed through the brain under anesthesia. Rather, the GED is used as a variation of "aversive conditioning", in which negative stimulation is applied to a patient when he or she performs an unwanted action. The patient is awake, and feeling pain is the point of the shock.
The GED, when activated, outputs an electric shock that is distributed to the patient's skin for up to two seconds. Students wear a backpack containing the shocking device, with electrodes constantly affixed to their skin. Staff are able to shock students at any point during the day. Previous attendees at JRC have spoken of up to five electrodes being attached to their bodies. One, Jen Msumba, who blogs about her time at the facility, said electrodes were applied under their fingers or the bottom of their feet to increase the pain.
The GED is not what we might call 'electroshock therapy' (picture here in 1946). Rather, shocks are used to deter an unwanted action.Photograph: Kurt Hutton/Getty Images
"We've all experienced aversive conditioning. We touch the stove while it's still hot, it hurts, then we become very cautious about touching it," says Dr Jean Mercer, the leader of the group Advocates for Children in Therapy, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to ending harmful practices for treating children's mental health.
Mercer says there are some times in which aversive conditioning can be useful, for example in stopping socially destructive behaviors such as public masturbation or defecation, or physically destructive behaviors such as cutting skin, scratching or gouging oneself.
But at JRC, students claim it is being used non-contingently for a wide range of unwanted behaviors. According to a case brought by McCollins, shocks were administered for crimes as minor as not taking your coat off, or for screaming during previous shocks. A 2006 report by the New York state education department found children were shocked for "nagging, swearing, and failing to maintain a neat appearance".
Mercer says this kind of usage is not effective, and that it is more likely "the person becomes generally distressed and anxious without losing the unwanted behavior". She adds that aversive conditioning is only effective when the process is not especially painful.
As parents, making the decision to use aversive treatments comes after all else has failed
While non-lethal, the GED shocks can cause a patient to suffer a variety of side-effects, including skin burns, heart complications, post-traumatic stress and increased paranoia from fear of punishment.
The practice has drawn overwhelming backlash from clinical psychologists, state officials and civil liberty groups like the ACLU, which protest the cruelty and inhumane nature of shock therapy. In 2012, New York magazine ran an exposé featuring the case of McCollins, a former patient of JRC who spent six hours undergoing 31 shocks and was left in a catatonic state for a month afterwards. It was McCollins who appeared in the footage that was released to the public as part of a lawsuit filed against the center by Andre's mother, Cheryl McCollins, who compared the GED to a form of torture.
In a statement by the JRC Parents Group, parents provided unwavering support of the court's decision, citing that their choice to continue with the shock therapy was not only out of necessity, but also out of desperation: "As parents, making the decision to use aversive treatments comes after all else has failed our children," read the statement. "No one loves our children more than we do […] but as the court found – there is no evidence that any alternative treatment would be effective to treat our children and keep them safe."
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With another legal hurdle cleared, the Judge Rotenberg Center will move forward, electric shocks and all. The fight against the GED, however, is far from over. In 2014, an online petition calling for a ban on "torturous shock devices used on special needs people" garnered almost 300,000 signatures. This prompted the FDA to release a formalized proposal to prohibit all "electrical stimulation devices" used in aversive conditioning, but it has been kept in limbo since 2016.
Some parents insist the treatment works. The JRC Parents Group told ABC News: "Some of these parents have been dealing with these issues for 15 years. There are times when children attack their own parents. To people who think we don't care, it's not that, but it is an option when everything else fails."


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Travel Costa Mesa Shares Community Support During the Covid-19 Crisis - Stories of businesses and community members giving back during a difficult time
While the world is reeling from the effects of the Coronavirus outbreak, Travel Costa Mesa's community of large and small businesses are trying to make a difference to their fellow residents. Together, they have donated thousands of pounds of food, helped feed families that have been laid off or furloughed during this health crisis and are raising funds to support and give back to frontline workers in healthcare and law enforcement while getting through the COVID-19 crisis together.
Costa Mesa's The Westin South Coast Plaza sharing love with the community.
Together, they have donated thousands of pounds of food, helped feed families that have been laid off or furloughed during this health crisis and are raising funds to support and give back to frontline workers in healthcare and law enforcement while getting through the COVID-19 crisis together.
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While the world is reeling from the effects of the Coronavirus outbreak, Costa Mesa's community of large and small businesses are trying to make a difference to their fellow residents. Together, they have donated thousands of pounds of food, helped feed families that have been laid off or furloughed during this health crisis and are raising funds to support and give back to frontline workers in healthcare and law enforcement while getting through the COVID-19 crisis together.
With many businesses having to shutter during this time, others are doing whatever they can to stay in business, raise funds and help each other. Following are a few Costa Mesa stories of businesses giving back, and locals helping locals. Travel Costa Mesa looks forward to continuing to share these stories as bright spots during a difficult time for the community and industry and will share a #FeelgoodFriday story every Friday on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds - @travelcostamesa.
Small businesses and restaurants get creative with ways to keep business going and give back to the community.
After opening their doors for the first time in Orange County on March 17, Café Sevilla closed temporarily the next day to get through the Coronavirus crisis, and in the meantime help give back to the community. They donated more than 2,000 pounds of food to local non-profit food banks, including Someone Cares Soup Kitchen and Share Our Selves in Costa Mesa. This week they made paella for their employees and their families.
Chef John Park at Toast Kitchen + Bakery is not only providing pick-up/to-go options, he's also begun making batches of his very own Beef Bone Broth, which is packed with nutrients. Making healthy dinners for the family can be a challenge, especially right now with limited ingredients available. Chef Park is offering a quart of frozen broth, as well as soy pickled radish and three recipe cards, for diners to make their own healthy meals for just $12.
Social Kitchen & Craft Bar launched an initiative to "Serve Those Who Serve Us" and has begun feeding to-go meals Thursday - Saturday to frontline workers in the hospitality industry who have lost their job or have been furloughed. Their famous Drive-Thru burger is available for order and comes with fries, a healthy side of honey butter Brussels sprouts, water, and even a roll of coveted toilet paper. Social owners Andrew and Raquel Dorsey has also set up a Go Fund Me page to help collect donations to continue to support this effort until the crisis is over, and to keep their own employees and restaurant open.
Dough & Arrow, famed for their cookie dough, fresh-baked cookies and handcrafted beverages, is seeking support to help them serve treats to the local healthcare workers and first responders who are working daily to help keep our communities safe and healthy. For a $100 donation, Dough & Arrow will provide enough fresh-baked treats for 50 people or for $50, enough for 25 people. They have already made deliveries to some local healthcare workers.
Costa Mesa United - a non-profit organization that raises funds to support athletic facilities and teams in Costa Mesa and Newport Beach – purchased 15,000 dollars in gift cards from local restaurants to help support their ongoing business during the Coronavirus crisis and those gift cards will be used to help sell for fundraisers by the sports teams in the future.
Blue Bowl – a veteran-owned acai bowl shop – is maintaining a level of business to keep employees working while also helping frontline healthcare workers at the same time. The team recently came up with a solution that supports both initiatives – a GoFundMe page where every $10 raised will go directly towards providing a nutrient-rich superfood bowl to the health care staff at Children's Hospital Orange County (CHOC), St. Joseph Hospital, and UCI Medical Center. The GoFundMe page has already generated a great amount of support, but the team needs more help to meet their $50,000 goal.
The community rallies around its own during these incredible times.
Bertha Ramirez, a retired Costa Mesa resident, is helping her family salon earn a bit of money during this time by sewing cloth masks for locals in need.
Members of the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue team recently joined forces with the Costa Mesa Senior Center staff to deliver grocery boxes to disabled homebound seniors who have little-to-no support, as part of Costa Mesa's COVID-19 community outreach efforts.
Residents in one Costa Mesa neighborhood opened a food pantry to share or exchange products with other.
A Costa Mesa Smart 'n Final employee assisted a local resident with shopping and delivery of essential groceries when she was unable to leave the house on her own and couldn't find another store to deliver groceries for her.
Residents in the Westside Costa Mesa neighborhood are sharing messages on sidewalks, hanging messages in windows and banners around the area with positive messages for the community like "One day at a time," and "Keep smiling."
Travel Costa Mesa aims to inspire leisure travelers to consider Costa Mesa for a weekend getaway. While it may be a while before trips can be planned and visits can be made, content has been created to demonstrate how travelers can visit Costa Mesa from home. The Travel Costa Mesa website contains updates on local business activities and virtual experiences, as well as a new video featuring the Costa Mesa Art Walk.
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10 Best Christian Bale Movie Performances
by Abhijit Bhalachandra
10 Best Christian Bale Movie Performances: During the Renaissance, works depicted the perfect version of man, thereby most paintings and sculptures having exquisitely sculpted individuals. Even Michelangelo, for this reason, and to get the best from his work, took special care to only recruit bodybuilders as models. The idea of the perfect man has been evolving since time immemorial and is just a reflection of the values of the current society. The cinematic medium has largely taken over frescoes and sculptures as a storytelling medium, and though the consideration of a different art form has been acknowledged, the moving image is one of the primary sources of reflective thought of this age.
The actors are the bodybuilders, and directors the artist sculpting thought frame by frame. If Michelangelo ever made a movie, it would star Christian Bale in the principal role. The new-age Renaissance model is versatile and charismatic, shapeshifting into any character. This has been Christian Bale's acting mode, with a filmography covering a gamut of scale and performances – from operatic productions like Exodus: Gods and Kings, The Prestige, and The Promise, to more independent films like The Machinist and Out of the Furnace. His career marks multiple fruitful collaborations with directors, including Christopher Nolan, Scott Cooper, and David O. Russell.
Listing out a rundown of the best performances is a difficult task, and more so in the case of Christian Bale. A lot of the actor's performances are extremely layered, with the roles playing out to a larger purpose in each film. I would recommend the reader to take the numbers with a pinch of salt, and instead try to focus on how the actor has been an integral part to the cinematic process in each case, and how the roles in each title add up to make him one of the most prolific actors of our generation.
10. Equilibrium (2002)
Equilibrium is a superbly fun watch. The film is a spec-fic-styled tale that takes place in Libria, a totalitarian city-state founded by World War III survivors. The film follows John Preston (Bale), an enforcement officer required to suppress and arrest citizens with feelings and artistic expression. The gun-kata or gun-fu sequences are incredible, and the over-the-top cinematography adds to the wackiness of the film.
Bale incorporates himself into Preston and into the tonality of the film like a deadly virus catching onto the DNA machinery of the host cell. It is baffling to see how Bale executes Preston with suave and ease. In a post-Bruce Lee world, films like Equilibrium which morph stylistic action with technology and engineering are a satiating watch, especially when done well. Here is #10 in the list of best Christian Bale movie performances.
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9. The Machinist (2004)
The Machinist is a film where the coffee seems blacker and the people paler than usual. The film is about Trevor Reznik (Bale), who is going through a series of psychological problems and insomnia. Reznik gets numerous cryptic messages which lead him to question reality, with things seeming to appear not the way they are.
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The film offers Bale space to build Reznik, and by the halfway mark, we are with Reznik, and feeling his mind. Director Brad Anderson creates a maze which we wind through together, and accompanied with Bale's transformation frame by frame, The Machinist proves to be a psychological thriller which doesn't hide anything from its viewer, and one of those rare gems where we are taken together in the protagonist's discovery. Here is #9 in the list of best Christian Bale movie performances.
8. Empire of the Sun (1987)
J.G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical novel talks about his life as a teenager in a Japanese internment camp in World War II. Ballard identified Christian Bale to resemble him at that age and was majorly responsible for casting him as Jim. There is a Criterion clip of Jean-Pierre Léaud's audition for the role of the young boy in François Truffaut's The 400 Blows (1959), which more than being an audition for the role of Antoine Doinel, really showcases the oozing charisma and enthusiasm of the teenager. Much of Bale's performance is remindful of Léaud at 14, and within Spielberg's epic, he brings a certain calm in his performance that transcends the martial madness which runs on the screen.
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When broken down, 'Empire of the Sun' is about hope and endurance, common to other movies in the genre – Life is Beautiful (1997) and Schindler's List (1993) amongst others. The ability to convey this boils down to characterization and character arc. The movements tapping into the emotional bank are derived from the actor and is a scrutable test of his mettle. This is a definitive watch for anyone wanting to trace back Bale's roots.
7. The Big Short (2015)
Man in a t-shirt and shorts, bare-footed, in a cubicle office with a regular desk, working on a monitor with stock charts and excel sheets. It's brilliant how Adam McKay and Christian Bale put together sequences that culminate into something which is exactly the opposite of monotony in this case. There are no bizarre graphics with gazillion digits bouncing around like Tetris, no wild investment banker lifestyle scenes, yet Bale pulls off one of the most interesting on-screen hedge fund managers in film history.
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There are very few characters whose decisions can be fully rationalized on-screen, and this is one of them. In a movie about the sub-prime mortgage crisis, Bale plays hedge fund manager Dr. Michael Burry, who is amongst the first to research and acknowledge the doom which awaits America's economy. Bale's character is superbly supported with snippets of information sprinkled around in the scene, from Metallica's Master of Puppets playing in the background to his t-shirt with equations of conic sections. Accentuated with these details, Dr. Burry is brilliant to watch, and The Big Short is one of the films where the environment multiplies Bale's enjoyable performance.
6. Rescue Dawn (2006)
If there was a list of actors to be the most watchable actors reprising roles of soldiers, Christian Bale would be up there on the list. Werner Herzog's war epic is about Lt. Dieter Dengler (Bale), who gets shot down and captured by a Laotian communist organization during a combat mission.
Rescue Dawn reinforces ideas of bleakness and destituteness in war, remindful of The Thin Red Line (1998) and Full Metal Jacket (1987). In a scene where Lt. Dengler is trying to escape the internment camp, multiple tracking shots focus on Bale, and at these moments, Bale's goosebump-inducing eyes cite fear and a fervency to survive. The first-person-shooter-esque nature of Bale at the center of every frame makes Bale the focal point for what the film stands for. It is worthy binge to watch all of Bale's war characterizations, and Rescue Dawn will be a perfect next after Empire of the Sun (1987). Here is #6 in the list of best Christian Bale movie performances.
5. The Prestige (2006)
In addition to A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), The Prestige is one of Christian Bale's most theatrically inspired performances, partly because of Christopher Nolan's blocking and the film's gestural sensibilities – with characters emoting through language, body, and setting. The film follows two magicians, Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale), who start-off as apprentice magicians, and have their blossoming careers. Slowly, what one could call now as the IP on tricks gets the better of Angier, who is unable to replicate Borden's tricks, and takes to bitter measures to outsmart him.
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Quite literally, a tale of magic is effective in outsmarting most of the audience, convinced by a plethora of incredible performances supporting Jonathan and Christopher Nolan's excellent writing. The Prestige is a case in point of how Bale's character adds to the already high-caliber cast, and the synergy metamorphosizing this magician psychological thriller into a wonderfully engaging experience. If you haven't seen The Prestige, starting here before watching Bale's newer performances would be the best way to understand how an actor aspires towards a larger cinematic purpose. Here is #5 in the list of best Christian Bale movie performances.
4. American Psycho (2000)
Mary Harron's cinematic adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's book of the same name follows a New York investment banker Patrick Bateman (Bale) who lives through vanity and killing. American Psycho is Christian Bale's loudest film, in the sense that there is no underplaying of Bale's nature, and Bateman gets the egotistical and megalomaniac treatment required.
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Bateman is also Bale's most immaculate character, propped with material goodies Bale looks slick in the film's production design. One of the unforgettable scenes in the film is that of Patrick Bateman killing Jared Leto's character, as a result of which Leto's blood splatters onto Bateman. This creates a dichotomy, with Bateman covered in blood versus Bateman in a Valentine Couture three-piece, and is the parable of the American Psycho.
3. Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Ford v Ferrari is a film about the human spirit. The ardency, the competitiveness, the passion. The drivers of existence and living. James Mangold creates the perfect web of components, and like stringing the marionette to perfection, has created this gem which will go down as a classic in the years to come. In the film, Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) is tasked to build a car which will win the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. Shelby ropes in mechanic and driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) in this task, and what follows is a sports drama like never before.
Bale and Damon's relationship is heart-warming to watch, and one of the best on-screen friendships of the last few decades. The linear narrative makes for a very accessible film, and is perhaps the best way to tell this story about what is at the end of a day a tale of building something impossible and bigger than any person – of creation and being.
2. The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005, '08, '12)
There have been multiple instances where comics have been defined by films. The manifestation of the superhero itself can be thought of as the extension of the superstar. The film industry-comic universe relationship is one of the most interesting ones, with a lot of comic evolutions rooted in the cinematic world, be it Joe Shuster naming Clark Kent after Clark Gable and Kent Taylor or Stan Lee basing Professor X on Russian actor Yul Brynner. The Dark Knight trilogy is an example where the films have defined and re-defined Batman. This redefinition though is in thought and form, which can largely be attributed to Christopher Nolan's sensibilities.
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Once the credits roll in The Dark Knight Rises, it's hard to see this definition go away, as Christian Bale lives through Bruce Wayne and Batman in our minds, and a heaviness lingers perpetually. The effectiveness of the trilogy lies in this very result, which encapsulates the masterful Bale-Nolan concoction. Here is #2 in the list of best Christian Bale movie performances.
1. Out of the Furnace (2013)
The first of the Scott Cooper collaborations, Out of the Furnace is an emphatic take on family dynamics in a crippling industrial town America. Cooper infuses a to-the-point-ness to his characters in the film, which works out beautifully for Bale, who plays Russell Baze, a steel mill worker, who is the chassis of a lower-middle-class household, and looking out for his enlisted brother (played by Casey Affleck), who looks for gambling and betting gigs for catharsis.
In a sense, Out of the Furnace is the first calm then awry tale, but unlike other movies in the genre, things going out of hand is just an extension to what the movie really stands for – inter-personal relations and the dynamic compassion in people. When thinking about how Bale can be today's model for Michelangelo, it needs to be said how each of Bale's roles involve an immaculate facial engineering. His chevron and flowy hair, and the way Bale uses these features throughout the film adds to a more personal understanding of Russell Baze. His ability to pick these instances, and to enhance the viewer's relatability with his character makes for an even more enriching cinematic experience.
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Here is your Crown of Winningness. I will be wanting that back in a moment.
You decide to get a Fiat 750. Unfortunately, they haven't been invented yet, and there are a lot of time machines to pick from.
I wish fiction could be real.
Oh, wait, that's not it.
What can I say, I like chicken.
NP likes to hide in a hole and whimper to himself in his free time.
Granted, everyone has contempt for you and you have no friends. Also, you can't spell.
I wish my winter break would last longer.
Chocolate fudge brownie from Ben and Jerry's. Nothing else comes close.
What's the dumbest thing you ever bought? like, something weird or useless.


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A sterling silver snowflake with hammered texture on a dainty sterling silver chain.
The snowflake measures 11mm wide, and is 2mm thick.
This necklace makes a lovely Christmas present or bridesmaid gift for a winter wedding.


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Onomastica
 Pietrantonio – variante del nome proprio di persona Pierantonio

Persone
 Antonio Pietrantonio – politico e dirigente pubblico italiano
 Rocco Pietrantonio – ex modello e personaggio televisivo italiano
 Ugo Pietrantonio – storico, insegnante e politico italiano

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Our Wide Panel Tweed Deluxe is the newest Tweed finished member to the Mojotone reproduction cabinet family. The shell is made out of solid pine with handmade ¼" finger joints. The baffle board and backpanels are made out of 100% void-free Baltic birch ply.


Perhaps the most brilliantly successful ghost story ever written, The Turn of the Screwcreates a terrifyingly believable impression of children so corrupted by evil that they remain deceptive pictures of innocent beauty. Their governess must struggle alone to confront and exorcise the demons which she believes possess their souls… Published in 1898, the story was immediately met with glowing reviews. It remains one of Henry James's most popular works.


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Fixing the 14-hour rule: FMCSA moving closer to flexible sleeper-split pilot program
Kelly Regal, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's associate administrator for research and information technology, outlined the agency's research work around sleep and fatigue at the Managing Fatigue international conference in San Diego, Calif., Tuesday. Of perhaps principle interest to owner-operators, Regal updated attendees on progress toward what she's calling the FMCSA's "Flexible sleeper berth pilot program." It's been more than a year since any news emerged about it, following its contracting to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to conduct it. It will enter its data-collection phase likely later this year, Regal said.
Kimberly Honn of Washington State University reported on progress on the flexible split sleep pilot program getting under way.
Citing studies such as that conducted by Washington State University about split sleep, Regal noted the pilot program "study will analyze drivers operating under an exemption" allowing for greater flexibility in splitting sleeper berth periods beyond the current maximum 8/2 hours split. It will then compare those in a naturalistic driving study to those operating without the flexible sleeper split.
The current step, Regal noted, is to clear the methodology and approach with the White House Office of Management and Budget for review and approval to proceed. "We're right now planning to start data collection in the fall of 2017." Before it starts, VTTI will be recruiting operators to participate and noted they would reach out to Overdrive when the time came.
Kimberly Honn, Washington State University principal researcher at the Sleep and Performance Research Center, also a partner on the new study, spelled out that the berth-rules exemption that would be provided to drivers participating in the study would enable 3/7-, 4/6- and 5/5-hour splits of the 10-hour required off-duty period. "We know a lot of drivers do choose daytime sleep," Honn said, proven to be much less adequate for cognitive function/fatigue levels than split sleep in a prior study conducted by her university. "But if they can get some of their sleep during the nighttime hours it may be beneficial for them – as good as or better than consolidated daytime sleep."
The study and its as yet unforeseen results offer a path forward on what so many owner-operators have suggested is the correct path forward on hours — rest-period flexibility without a penalty on daily on-duty time. Owner-operator Scott Reed, for instance, speaking to Overdrive in this story from last week on the Channel 19 blog, noted the electronic logging device mandate might be acceptable with some give on the hours rule in just such a fashion. Reflecting the positions of many out there, "though I'm very anti-ELD," he said, "I guess I can deal with it with a little give and take – if they change the hours of service so we can deal with it, that'd be great. If I don't have to be stuck to a 14-hour clock," with more options to split off-duty periods, "I can make it work."
Study participants, Honn noted, would be supplied custom ELDs outfitted with alternative exemption-capable rule-sets as well as SmartDrive forward and driver-facing cameras to record critical events on the road. They would wear actigraph watches during waking and sleeping hours, capable of syncing with a supplied smartphone for recording sleep/wake patterns. Drivers would also be asked to utilize the smartphones two to four times a day for three-minute psychomotor vigilance task tests to measure response time/patterns to assess fatigue levels in order to give researchers an indication of whether those utilizing more flexible berth periods experienced substantially different fatigue outcomes than others.
"Most of our data collection efforts are passive and continuous on our drivers," Honn said. "ELD engine diagnostic data is captured," too, for hard braking and other events. "Because drivers will be given an hours of service exemption, we'll be recruiting carriers for approval" in the case of company drivers. "Carriers won't have access to the data but will know which drivers are in there." A goal of 200-plus driver participants has been set with 50 coming from larger carriers, 50 from medium-size carriers, 50 from small fleets, and at least 25 independent owner-operators and 25 teams all told.
FMCSA to study 200 truckers to assess adding split sleeper berth options in hours regs
Trucker Bob Stanton on sleep apnea, fatigue research and bringing researchers, regulators into the truck
Navigating the trucking 'tech bubble': FMCSA reps outline ELD requirements, operation, edits for drivers at MATS
Owner-operator Scott Reed, Rich Wilson and legislative influence on hours and ELDs
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