A major obstacle for this list (other than the seasonality and locality of ingredients) is the abundance of names and spellings that they can have. It makes things like recipes quite difficult to locate when you are looking for ajowan, bishop's weed, carom seeds and ajwain.
For whatever reason I settled on trying to make ajowan parathas using this recipe from WeRecipes. I know that they are meant to be more layered, softer and fluffier than what I ended up making, but I still enjoyed making them. Also, you just learn how to make these things. By the fourth and final one I was really starting to get there in making something that resembled a paratha.
It might not have helped that the only flour that I had in the house was spelt flour from when I made that wattleseed soda bread. Still, hey ho they were still jolly nice.
So what did the ajowan add? Firstly, the knowledge of what that identified spice is in Bombay Mix. I'd never been able to figure what those seeds actually were – and now I do. Always learning right?
Apart from knowledge the ajowan added touch of floral heat to the parathas. The word that immediately comes to mind is resinous, but that feels like such a negative word for something that really made these 'parathas' taste that little bit special.
Also, I now have a quick recipe to whip out if I want to make mini flatbread pizza bases from scratch. I know this is not what the take home of this recipe is necessarily meant to be, but it works for me.


The health care industry includes health care providers (hospitals, nursing homes, pain management clinics, doctor's offices, surgical centers, rehab facilities, etc.) and health care professionals (physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health counselors, medical students, medical interns, hospital administrators, etc.). These health care providers and health care professionals are often the subject of legal issues.
In the recent case of Mendelsohn v. State of Florida Department of Health, Mendelsohn's license to practice medicine was suspended under an Emergency Suspension Order (ESO).
(b) A misdemeanor or felony under 18 U.S.C. s. 669, ss. 285-287, s. 371, s. 1001, s. 1035, s. 1341, s. 1343, s. 1347, s. 1349, or s. 1518 or 42 U.S.C. ss. 1320a-7b, relating to the Medicaid program.
Mendelsohn argued that his federal conspiracy conviction was not related to the Medicaid program, so the Florida Department of Health could not issue an ESO without establishing that his actions posed an immediate danger to public safety.
Florida law requires that an order directing the immediate suspension of a practitioner's license contain "every element necessary to its validity . . . on the face of the order." In general, an ESO will not be upheld unless the order on its face sets out the specific facts and reasons for finding an immediate danger to the public health, safety, or welfare, as well as the Florida Department of Health's reasons for concluding that the procedure used is fair under the circumstances.
However, Section 456.074(1), Florida Statues, however, requires DOH issue an emergency order suspending a medical license in certain circumstances without regard to specific proof that a petitioner is acting in a way that poses an immediate danger to public safety.
Although Mendelsohn was convicted of a felony in violation of § 18 U.S.C. 371, he contended his conviction was not related to the Medicaid program, and thus, did not support the issuance of an ESO without further proof that he posed a threat to public safety.
Do not let the Florida Department of Health take away your license unless it is warranted. Contact a board certified health law attorney who is knowledgeable in handling these matters. For more information about Emergency Suspension Orders and other legal matters concerning healthcare providers visit www.TheHealthLawFirm.com.
With the increase in popularity of online review sites, defamatory attacks against doctors have also increased. On these sites, patients and competitors can post almost anything they want – good or bad – about a doctor or any health care professional. As more physicians become employees of hospital systems or large health care institutions, adverse surveys, reports or reviews may impact advancement, bonuses and basic income.
Internet ratings on review sites like Vitals.com and Yelp.com can range from jabs about the patient's waiting time in the doctor's office to ruthless attacks that can seriously impact a physician's career, including economical impact. In many cases, the review, comment, or rating may be a purposely untrue statement by a disgruntled patient, competitor or former employee. When the comment is posted, search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, AOL, or MSN may bring up the false statement every time someone searches for that doctor's name. This can cost doctors both their reputation and their business, especially if they start losing patients because of bad reviews.
Many doctors are now seeking legal strategies to combat alleged online libel and defamation in order to save their reputation and their practice. However, not all negative online comments or ratings meet the actual definition of "defamation." Defamation generally is a factual statement that can be proven true or false. For example, if a patient writes that she had a procedure performed by a doctor, this is a statement of fact that can be confirmed or disproved. However, if someone writes about a doctor's poor attitude during a visit, this statement is usually considered to be an opinion which cannot necessarily be proven true or false.
Your own records should be checked. Your notes about office visits or procedures, your appointment schedule or your own billing records may help you identify the patient who wrote the review or comment. If you think you may know who wrote a comment, try to contact the patient directly to discuss his or her concerns and request that the comment be removed. Sometimes you will find that you never treated this patient or that the patient has the wrong physician.
Before making any decisions about the contents of a comment, consult with an experienced attorney for guidance. An experienced attorney will be able to determine whether the internet posting is considered an opinion or defamation.
4. Send a letter to the website, host, owner and internet service provider.
Once the poster has been identified, doctors can contact the patient directly to ask that the post be removed. If the patient refuses, a doctor should request that his or her attorney send a letter warning the poster of potential legal action if the post is not removed from the website. If that doesn't work, the physician should have his or her attorney send a letter demanding the comments be removed to the website, website host, owner and internet service provider.
For more information, please visit our website at www.TheHealthLawFirm.com.
Doctors and hospitals around the country seem to be butting heads. In the past month, an article in The New York Times and a segment on the television "magazine" show 60 Minutes shed light on some questionable practices being enforced by hospitals on physicians working for them.
I previously wrote a blog on this structural shift in the practice of medicine. Click here to read that blog.
The effects of this trend are examined in these two news stories. Doctors and former employees from a number of hospitals around the country were interviewed and all seem to be dealing with the same issues. The biggest concerns addressed were: pressure to order unnecessary tests, admitting patients to fill hospital quotas and drive hospital profits, and the feeling of being controlled by hospital executives and administrators instead of practicing effective medicine.
Doctors Allegedly Pressured to Fill Emergency Room Beds to Increase Profits.
On December 2, 2012, 60 Minutes aired an investigative segment on one of the largest for-profit hospital chains in the country. Former employees and physicians alleged this hospital system thrived by buying urban-area hospitals and turning them into profit centers by filing empty beds from emergency rooms. A former emergency medicine doctor stated that the hospital in which he worked required an admission rate of twenty percent (20%) for patients seen in the ER and fifty percent (50%) for patients who were 65 years old and older (most of whom are Medicare patients) seen in the ER.
A former hospital system employee interviewed by 60 Minutes claimed he was in charge of auditing the hospital chain in question. He stated that he was convinced that doctors were under an extraordinary amount of pressure to fill hospital beds. He stated that he personally audited hospitals in Texas, Florida and Oklahoma, and concluded there were hundreds of thousands of dollars submitted to Medicare and Medicaid for hospital stays that did not meet standards for reimbursement, including medical necessity.
Doctors interviewed for The New York Times article had similar stories. They stated in interviews that hospital administrators created quotas for how many patients should be admitted, because more admissions allegedly meant more money. Doctors who met or exceeded quotas were rewarded with increased compensation, while doctors who did not felt in danger of losing their jobs.
Consequences of Ordering Unnecessary Tests.
The New York Times article looked at a number of lawsuits filed by former employees who allege the hospitals they worked for compensated doctors for ordering more tests than necessary.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently settled with a hospital group in Joplin, Missouri. According to the DOJ press release, the hospital system had to pay more than $9.3 million for rewarding doctors partly based on how many tests they ordered. This is in direct violation of the Stark Law and the False Claims Act.
I recently wrote an article for Medical Economics on the legal ramifications of ordering unnecessary tests. To read that article, click here.
If you want to know more on the Stark Law, click here.
Doctors Feel Controlled By Hospital Executives.
Doctors also stated they felt controlled by hospital executives. This was due, in part, to a corporate wide computer software system that was customized to automatically order an extensive battery of tests, some unnecessary, as soon as a patient walked into the hospital. It's also stated that the software would prompt a physician to reconsider when he or she decided to send an emergency room patient home.
Most doctors interviewed were upset that the program also generated reports that evaluated each doctor's performance and productivity.
To watch the segment from 60 Minutes, click here.
Hospitals Say They are Embracing the New Model of Health Care.
The hospital system in question by 60 Minutes maintains that these allegations are not correct. The executive vice president said that as a whole admission rates haven't changed in four years and are near or below industry averages. The hospital systems believe that by consolidating they are embracing the new model of health care and state patient care comes first.
Do you think there are constant battles between doctors and hospitals? As a health professional, have you experienced the pressure to admit patients, order unnecessary tests or refer a patient inside your network? Please leave any thoughtful comments below.
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) prepares to designate the next class of accountable care organizations (ACOs), the agency sought the advice and input of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on how to proceed. MedPAC is an independent Congressional Agency established to advise the U.S. Congress on issues affecting Medicare.
Click here to read our previous blog on the background and purpose of ACOs.
MedPAC Suggests All Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs Join the Two-Sided Risk Model.
In response to the request from the CMS, MedPAC reiterated its previous position that it would like to see all Medicare ACOs take on greater financial risk. As it presently stands, some Medicare-contracted ACOs do not share in the risks associated with the ACOs patients' healthcare costs exceeding certain target ranges. Even though those ACOs do not bear any financial risk if the goals are not met, they nevertheless stand to benefit if they are.
MedPAC found that the one-sided risk model being used by most Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs to be insufficient to reach the goals of the MSSP.
Specifically, MedPAC wants to see all MSSP ACOs in the two-sided risk model. That model requires the ACO to reimburse Medicare for some of the costs which exceeded the target ranges. This pressure is important to note because only 13 of the 32 Pioneer ACOs generated enough savings to Medicare to qualify for MSSP savings payments.
Understand an ACO Agreement Before You Sign.
As we see more and more physicians being approached to join or form ACOs, it is crucial to understand exactly what type of arrangement you are getting into.
Many ACO contracts we see are simply for participation as a provider in the organization. However, some of the contracts we see require that the physician make a financial investment in the ACO or otherwise require that the physician pay a "pro rata" share of any penalty assessed by CMS.
Current ACO participation and recruiting is something akin to the gold rush of the nineteenth century. Everyone is rushing to stake a claim in fear of being left out. Be careful about what kind of an agreement you sign and be sure that you understand the long-term consequences of tying your practice to an as-yet unproven model. To read our previous blog on the first year pioneer ACO results, click here.
If you are approached to join an ACO, or are considering signing a participation agreement/contract with one, make sure to read the contract carefully and consult with an experienced healthcare attorney.
What do you think of MedPAC's position on ACOs? Have you considered joining an ACO? Why or why not? Please leave any thoughtful comments below.
Despite mailing out hundreds of thousands of postcards and letters to physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and psychologists throughout Florida, we continue to receive calls from new clients and from potential clients, after they have already spoken to and made critical harmful admissions against their own interests to investigators. In Florida, you do not have any duty to cooperate with any investigator who is investigating you. This extends to Department of Health (DOH) investigators (who are sometimes titled "Medical Quality Assurance Investigators" or "Medical Malpractice Investigators"), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agents, police officers, sheriff's deputies, or criminal investigators of any type.
For more information about investigations and other legal matters, visit www.TheHealthLawFirm.com.
Although Meyers v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.is one of the major cases concerning termination of clinical privileges and peer review hearings, there have been other recent clinical privileges cases that are important for physicians to know when confronted with a peer review action. This is especially true if the physician is being accused of disruptive behavior.
One such case is Isaiah v. WHMS Braddock Hospital Corp., decided in 2008. In this case, Dr. Isaiah's medical staff privileges were revoked after hospital staff members reportedly expressed concerns about the surgeon's surgical skills and allegedly compulsive behavior. Dr. Isaiah argued that his behavior did not impact his skills. The court concluded that the hospital's revocation of Dr. Isaiah's medical staff privileges was immune from liability under the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) because the hospital acted in an attempt to protect quality health care, which relates not only to a physician's abilities, but also to the doctor's behavior.
In 2009, Abu-Hatab v. Blount Memorial Hospital was decided, again in favor of the hospital. In this case, Dr. Abu-Hatab sued Blount Memorial Hospital after his medical staff membership and clinical privileges had been terminated due to his allegedly disruptive behavior. Dr. Abu-Hatab argued that allegations of his poor conduct were not true. However, the court decided that it didn't matter whether the complaints were undisputedly true. Under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act, as long as a hospital and its medical staff act "reasonably" in considering complaints, the professional review actions are protected. According to the court, the hospital's many meetings concerning Dr. Abu-Hatab's behavior were enough to show that it acted reasonably.
Another case reported originally in 2009, Leal v. Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, involved a urologist, Dr. Leal, who held clinical privileges at Cape Canaveral Hospital in Florida. According to the reported court decison, after being told he would have to wait to use an operating room, Dr. Leal exhibited behavior that led the hospital to suspend his clinical privileges for sixty (60) days. The reported decisions state that Dr. Leal broke a telephone receiver and copy machine, threw jellybeans into a trash can in a medical suite, shoved a metal cart and spoke sternly to a nurse. The hospital filed a report of its action taken against Dr. Leal with the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), which was established under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) to collect information on the professional conduct and competence of health care practitioners. Dr. Leal felt that he should not have been reported to the NPDB and challenged the action. However, the trial court found that the decision to report Dr. Leal to the NPDB was supported by the HCQIA, which requires a report to the NPDB for a professional review action that adversely affects the clinical privileges of a physician for a period longer than thirty (30) days. This decision was also upheld by the appellate court (the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals) in 2010.
One of the more recent clinical privileges cases is Badri v. Huron Hospital, decided in 2010. According to case reports, in this case Dr. Badri was involved in a car accident. Allegedly, the other driver involved choked Dr. Badri. Dr. Badri then began experiencing neck pain for which he self-medicated with steroids. He was then accused of disruptive behavior after several alleged incidents of poor conduct towards hospital employees and patients. When deciding Dr. Badri's case, the court relied on Meyers, which provides authority for immunity for hospitals and medical staffs in professional review actions that cite a physician's disruptive behavior as undermining quality health care.
These are just a few of many cases concerning clinical privileges and peer review actions where the hospital involved is found to be acting in accordance with the Health Care Quality Improvement Act and therefore not liable.
If you are a physician or any hospital staff member accused of disruptive behavior, misconduct, "rudeness," disrespectful conduct or language, abusive acts, anger, hostility, profanity or other similar acts. beware. This is a serious matter. It could result in adverse peer review action that could be career-ending.
If you are concerned that your medical staff privileges may be suspended or revoked, or if you are currently facing a peer review action, make sure you consult an experienced health care attorney who is familiar with matters regarding clinical privileges.
For more information about clinical privileges, peer review, or fair hearings, please visit our website at wwww.TheHealthLawFirm.com.
It's been a long time since most of us have seen a report card, but hospitals all over the nation received their safety grades on November 28, 2012. Leapfrog, a national group that advocates for safer health care, determined the grades. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Florida hospitals ranked well. Overall, 39 percent (39%) of the 156 hospitals graded received A's, earning the Sunshine State a tenth place ranking in the nation.
To see the number of hospitals receiving each grade for patient safety by state, click here.
Grades Were Calculated by Safety Measures in Hospitals.
According to the Kaiser Health News article, Leapfrog calculated the grades based on 26 different measures of safety. The company used publicly-available data, including the number of blood line infections, falls in the hospital, bedsores and the consistency that hospitals follow recommended methods of care.
Physicians Believe Rating System is Pointless.
This grading system has physicians reportedly complaining. In the Kaiser Health News article doctors interviewed said that the grades are redundant and offer no benefit to hospitals since Medicare calculates and publishes most hospital-related issues.
Click here to read the Kaiser Health News article.
Leapfrog defends the ratings, saying the report cards provide a more transparent health care system for patients.
How to Fight Poor Online Reviews.
The Leapfrog grading system is just one of the many ways the performance of physicians, hospitals, nurses, dentists and all health providers is put on the chopping block. Other internet review websites like Vitals.com and Yelp.com allow patients to post virtually anything they want – good or bad. If you've personally received an unfavorable review that was possibly planted by a disgruntled patient, competitor or former employee you need to fight it. When the comment is posted, search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, AOL, or MSN may bring up the false statement every time someone searches for that health provider's name. To learn legal strategies for health providers to fight bad online reviews, click here.
As a health professional, do you think this grading system is redundant? Do you believe there is any merit to the grades hospitals received? Do you think patients benefit from the published grades? Please leave any thoughtful comments below.
The American Medical Association (AMA) and several other physician organizations announced support of a court appeal by physicians at Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center in Minnesota. The medical staff at Avera alleged the hospital's governing board amended the medical staff's bylaws and took away the medical staff's right to self-govern. On February 6, 2013, the AMA, the Minnesota Medical Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Osteopathic Association and the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the hospital's medical staff.
Click here to read the press release from the AMA announcing its support of the medical staff at Avera.
Background on the Case at Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center.
In January 2012, the Avera medical staff filed a lawsuit alleging the new bylaws created by the hospital's governing board left the physicians without "nearly all rights and responsibilities" and gave Avera's governing board controlling power in processes that required medical staff direction. On September 26, 2012, a Minnesota District Court judge issued a final order on a lawsuit refusing to recognize the medical staff's lawsuit and refusing to recognize the bylaws as a contract.
To read more on the final order by the judge in the Minnesota District Court, click here.
AMA and Other Physician Organizations in Favor of Self-Governance by a Medical Staff.
The brief supports reestablishing the independence of the hospital's medical staff to ensure their right and responsibility to uphold the quality of patient care, without interference by the hospital's governing board. The AMA president said the judge's ruling gave unchecked power to Avera's governing board over the medical staff. The brief urges the state's court of appeals to revise this ruling and allow the medical staff to present its case for self-governance. The AMA believes giving the medical staff the right to self-govern will restore balance between patient care and corporate interests at the hospital.
Click here to read the friend-of-the-court brief file by the AMA.
My Input on a Self-Governing Medical Staff.
By law the medical staff in a hospital is supposed to be self-governing. The AMA, along with other medical associations, created a minimum standard to govern hospitals and to lay out what health care professionals need to do to improve the quality of care in the hospitals. Self-governing includes allowing the medical staff to discipline its own members when necessary, conduct peer reviews, and take action when they see hospital issues.
To watch a video explaining medical staff self-governance in more detail, click here.
What are your thoughts on medical staff self-governance? Please leave any thoughtful comments below.
Don't wait until it's too late. If you are concerned of any possible violations and would like a consultation, contact a qualified health attorney familiar with medical billing and audits today. To contact The Health Law Firm please call (407) 331-6620 or (850) 439-1001 and visit our website at www.TheHealthLawFirm.com.


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Deadpool, Westworld And All The Other Golden Globe Nominations You Care About
Katharine Trendacosta
The Golden Globes, given out annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has released its nominations for this year. And there are some great surprises (Deadpool! Catriona Balfe of Outlander!) and some well-deserved obvious choices (Westworld! Game of Thrones!).
Image: Deadpool, Fox
Here are all the nominations; yell about the snubs in the comments.
Best Motion Picture — Drama
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
Amy Adams, Arrival
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton, Loving
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Lily Collins, Rules Don't Apply
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Deadpool, Fox
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill, War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel, Lion
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals
Image: Moana, Disney
Best Motion Picture — Animated
My Life as a Zucchini
Best Director — Motion Picture
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Best Original Song — Motion Picture
"Can't Stop The Feeling," Trolls
"City Of Stars," La La Land
"Faith," Sing
"Gold," Gold
"How Far I'll Go," Moana
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water
Image: Game of Thrones, HBO
Best Television Series — Drama
Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Nick Nolte, Graves
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Image: Westworld, HBO
Best Performance by an Actress in A Television Series — Drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Claire Foy, The Crown
Kerri Rusell, The Americans
Winona Ryder, Stranger Things
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Sarah Jessica Parker, Divorce
Issa Rae, Insecure
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Image: Mr Robot, USA
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Rami Malek, Mr Robot
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Billy Bob Thorton, Goliath
Sterling K. Brown, The People vs O.J. Simpson
Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager
John Lithgow, The Crown
Christian Slater, Mr Robot
John Travolta, The People vs O.J. Simpson
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Olivia Colman, The Night Manager
Chrissy Mets, This Is Us
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Best Actor, Mini-Series or TV Movie
Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
Bryan Cranston, All the Way
Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager
John Turturro, The Night Of
Courtney B. Vance, The People vs O.J. Simpson
Best Actress, Mini-Series or TV Movie
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Riley Keough, The Girlfriend Experience
Sarah Paulson, The People vs O.J. Simpson
Charlotte Rampling, London Spy
Kerry Washington, Confirmation
Best TV Miniseries or Movie
The People vs O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Dharna Noor 23 Jan 2020 9:40 AM
Public concern about the climate and plastic crises is surging, and more and more brands are developing more sustainable business practices to cash in on said concern. But not Coca-Cola, which is doubling down and blaming consumers for its choice.

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop;
using Microsoft.Win32;
using VSRegistry = Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.VSRegistry;

namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Provides implementation IVsSingleFileGeneratorFactory for
    /// </summary>
    [CLSCompliant(false)]
    public class SingleFileGeneratorFactory : IVsSingleFileGeneratorFactory
    {
        #region nested types
        private class GeneratorMetaData
        {
            #region fields
            private Guid generatorClsid = Guid.Empty;
            private int generatesDesignTimeSource = -1;
            private int generatesSharedDesignTimeSource = -1;
            private int useDesignTimeCompilationFlag = -1;
            object generator = null;
            #endregion

            #region ctor
            /// <summary>
            /// Constructor
            /// </summary>
            public GeneratorMetaData()
            {
            }
            #endregion

            #region Public Properties
            /// <summary>
            /// Generator instance
            /// </summary>
            public Object Generator
            {
                get
                {
                    return generator;
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                set
                {
                    generator = value;
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            /// <summary>
            /// GeneratesDesignTimeSource reg value name under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\[VsVer]\Generators\[ProjFacGuid]\[GeneratorProgId]
            /// </summary>
            public int GeneratesDesignTimeSource
            {
                get
                {
                    return generatesDesignTimeSource;
                }
                set
                {
                    generatesDesignTimeSource = value;
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            /// <summary>
            /// GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource reg value name under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\[VsVer]\Generators\[ProjFacGuid]\[GeneratorProgId]
            /// </summary>
            public int GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource
            {
                get
                {
                    return generatesSharedDesignTimeSource;
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                set
                {
                    generatesSharedDesignTimeSource = value;
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            /// <summary>
            /// UseDesignTimeCompilationFlag reg value name under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\[VsVer]\Generators\[ProjFacGuid]\[GeneratorProgId]
            /// </summary>
            public int UseDesignTimeCompilationFlag
            {
                get
                {
                    return useDesignTimeCompilationFlag;
                }
                set
                {
                    useDesignTimeCompilationFlag = value;
                }
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// Generator Class ID.
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            public Guid GeneratorClsid
            {
                get
                {
                    return generatorClsid;
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                set
                {
                    generatorClsid = value;
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            #endregion
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        #endregion

        #region fields
        /// <summary>
        /// Base generator registry key for MPF based project
        /// </summary>
		private RegistryKey baseGeneratorRegistryKey;

        /// <summary>
        /// CLSID reg value name under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\[VsVer]\Generators\[ProjFacGuid]\[GeneratorProgId]
        /// </summary>
        private string GeneratorClsid = "CLSID";

        /// <summary>
        /// GeneratesDesignTimeSource reg value name under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\[VsVer]\Generators\[ProjFacGuid]\[GeneratorProgId]
        /// </summary>
        private string GeneratesDesignTimeSource = "GeneratesDesignTimeSource";

        /// <summary>
        /// GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource reg value name under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\[VsVer]\Generators\[ProjFacGuid]\[GeneratorProgId]
        /// </summary>
        private string GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource = "GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource";

        /// <summary>
        /// UseDesignTimeCompilationFlag reg value name under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\[VsVer]\Generators\[ProjFacGuid]\[GeneratorProgId]
        /// </summary>
        private string UseDesignTimeCompilationFlag = "UseDesignTimeCompilationFlag";

        /// <summary>
        /// Caches all the generators registered for the project type.
        /// </summary>
        private Dictionary<string, GeneratorMetaData> generatorsMap = new Dictionary<string, GeneratorMetaData>();

        /// <summary>
        /// The project type guid of the associated project.
        /// </summary>
        private Guid projectType;

        /// <summary>
        /// A service provider
        /// </summary>
        private System.IServiceProvider serviceProvider;
        #endregion

        #region ctors
        /// <summary>
        /// Constructor for SingleFileGeneratorFactory
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="projectGuid">The project type guid of the associated project.</param>
        /// <param name="serviceProvider">A service provider.</param>
        public SingleFileGeneratorFactory(Guid projectType, System.IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
        {
            this.projectType = projectType;
            this.serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
        }
        #endregion

        #region properties
        /// <summary>
        /// Defines the project type guid of the associated project.
        /// </summary>
        public Guid ProjectGuid
        {
            get { return this.projectType; }
            set { this.projectType = value; }
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        /// </summary>
        public System.IServiceProvider ServiceProvider
        {
            get { return this.serviceProvider; }
            set { this.serviceProvider = value; }
        }
        #endregion

        #region IVsSingleFileGeneratorFactory Helpers
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the project generator key under [VS-ConfigurationRoot]]\Generators
        /// </summary>
        private RegistryKey BaseGeneratorsKey
        {
            get
            {
                if (this.baseGeneratorRegistryKey == null)
                {
                    using (RegistryKey root = VSRegistry.RegistryRoot(__VsLocalRegistryType.RegType_Configuration))
                    {
                        if (null != root)
                        {
                            string regPath = "Generators\\" + this.ProjectGuid.ToString("B");
                            baseGeneratorRegistryKey = root.OpenSubKey(regPath);
                        }
                    }
                }

                return this.baseGeneratorRegistryKey;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the local registry instance
        /// </summary>
        private ILocalRegistry LocalRegistry
        {
            get
            {
                ThreadHelper.ThrowIfNotOnUIThread();

                return this.serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(SLocalRegistry)) as ILocalRegistry;
            }
        }
        #endregion

        #region IVsSingleFileGeneratorFactory Members
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates an instance of the single file generator requested
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="progId">prog id of the generator to be created. For e.g HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0Exp\Generators\[prjfacguid]\[wszProgId]</param>
        /// <param name="generatesDesignTimeSource">GeneratesDesignTimeSource key value</param>
        /// <param name="generatesSharedDesignTimeSource">GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource key value</param>
        /// <param name="useTempPEFlag">UseDesignTimeCompilationFlag key value</param>
        /// <param name="generate">IVsSingleFileGenerator interface</param>
        /// <returns>S_OK if succesful</returns>
        public virtual int CreateGeneratorInstance(string progId, out int generatesDesignTimeSource, out int generatesSharedDesignTimeSource, out int useTempPEFlag, out IVsSingleFileGenerator generate)
        {
            Guid genGuid;
            ThreadHelper.ThrowIfNotOnUIThread();

            ErrorHandler.ThrowOnFailure(this.GetGeneratorInformation(progId, out generatesDesignTimeSource, out generatesSharedDesignTimeSource, out useTempPEFlag, out genGuid));

            //Create the single file generator and pass it out. Check to see if it is in the cache
            if (genGuid.CompareTo(Guid.Empty) == 0)
            {
                generate = null;
                return VSConstants.S_FALSE;
            }
            if (!this.generatorsMap.ContainsKey(progId) || ((this.generatorsMap[progId]).Generator == null))
            {
                Guid riid = VSConstants.IID_IUnknown;
                uint dwClsCtx = (uint)CLSCTX.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER;
                IntPtr genIUnknown = IntPtr.Zero;
                //create a new one.
                ErrorHandler.ThrowOnFailure(this.LocalRegistry.CreateInstance(genGuid, null, ref riid, dwClsCtx, out genIUnknown));
                if (genIUnknown != IntPtr.Zero)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        object generator = Marshal.GetObjectForIUnknown(genIUnknown);
                        //Build the generator meta data object and cache it.
                        GeneratorMetaData genData = new GeneratorMetaData();
                        genData.GeneratesDesignTimeSource = generatesDesignTimeSource;
                        genData.GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource = generatesSharedDesignTimeSource;
                        genData.UseDesignTimeCompilationFlag = useTempPEFlag;
                        genData.GeneratorClsid = genGuid;
                        genData.Generator = generator;
                        this.generatorsMap[progId] = genData;
                    }
                    finally
                    {
                        Marshal.Release(genIUnknown);
                    }
                }
            }

            generate = (this.generatorsMap[progId]).Generator as IVsSingleFileGenerator;

            return VSConstants.S_OK;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the default generator based on the file extension. HKLM\Software\Microsoft\VS\9.0\Generators\[prjfacguid]\.extension
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="filename">File name with extension</param>
        /// <param name="progID">The generator prog ID</param>
        /// <returns>S_OK if successful</returns>
        public virtual int GetDefaultGenerator(string filename, out string progID)
        {
            progID = "";
            return VSConstants.E_NOTIMPL;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the generator information.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="progId">prog id of the generator to be created. For e.g HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0Exp\Generators\[prjfacguid]\[wszProgId]</param>
        /// <param name="generatesDesignTimeSource">GeneratesDesignTimeSource key value</param>
        /// <param name="generatesSharedDesignTimeSource">GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource key value</param>
        /// <param name="useTempPEFlag">UseDesignTimeCompilationFlag key value</param>
        /// <param name="guiddGenerator">CLSID key value</param>
        /// <returns>S_OK if succesful</returns>
        public virtual int GetGeneratorInformation(string progId, out int generatesDesignTimeSource, out int generatesSharedDesignTimeSource, out int useTempPEFlag, out Guid guidGenerator)
        {
            RegistryKey genKey;
            generatesDesignTimeSource = -1;
            generatesSharedDesignTimeSource = -1;
            useTempPEFlag = -1;
            guidGenerator = Guid.Empty;
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(progId))
                return VSConstants.S_FALSE;

            //Create the single file generator and pass it out.
            if (!this.generatorsMap.ContainsKey(progId))
            {
                // We have to check whether the BaseGeneratorkey returns null.
                RegistryKey tempBaseGeneratorKey = this.BaseGeneratorsKey;
                if (tempBaseGeneratorKey == null || (genKey = tempBaseGeneratorKey.OpenSubKey(progId)) == null)
                {
                    return VSConstants.S_FALSE;
                }

                //Get the CLSID
                string guid = (string)genKey.GetValue(GeneratorClsid, "");
                if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(guid))
                    return VSConstants.S_FALSE;

                GeneratorMetaData genData = new GeneratorMetaData();

                genData.GeneratorClsid = guidGenerator = new Guid(guid);
                //Get the GeneratesDesignTimeSource flag. Assume 0 if not present.
                genData.GeneratesDesignTimeSource = generatesDesignTimeSource = (int)genKey.GetValue(this.GeneratesDesignTimeSource, 0);
                //Get the GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource flag. Assume 0 if not present.
                genData.GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource = generatesSharedDesignTimeSource = (int)genKey.GetValue(GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource, 0);
                //Get the UseDesignTimeCompilationFlag flag. Assume 0 if not present.
                genData.UseDesignTimeCompilationFlag = useTempPEFlag = (int)genKey.GetValue(UseDesignTimeCompilationFlag, 0);
                this.generatorsMap.Add(progId, genData);
            }
            else
            {
                GeneratorMetaData genData = this.generatorsMap[progId];
                generatesDesignTimeSource = genData.GeneratesDesignTimeSource;
                //Get the GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource flag. Assume 0 if not present.
                generatesSharedDesignTimeSource = genData.GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource;
                //Get the UseDesignTimeCompilationFlag flag. Assume 0 if not present.
                useTempPEFlag = genData.UseDesignTimeCompilationFlag;
                //Get the CLSID
                guidGenerator = genData.GeneratorClsid;
            }

            return VSConstants.S_OK;
        }
        #endregion

    }
}

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'No show suspects' in the Department of Labour's fraud matter chided for 'absconding'
February 4, 2014 February 6, 2014 Comments Off on 'No show suspects' in the Department of Labour's fraud matter chided for 'absconding'
The two former employees of the Department of Labour's (DoL) Compensation Fund (CF) alleged to have defrauded the department were today (February 4) chided for their failure to show up in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court last month.
Maxwell Ramaphosa and Samuel Mfeleng – both from Soshanguve in Pretoria are alleged to have defrauded the Department of Labour's Compensation Fund of R2,1 million. The duo faces 15 counts of fraud and 26 counts of money laundering. The accused were served with a warrant of arrest which has since been "withdrawn".
Ramaphosa's attorney presented a medical certificate in Court that his client was ill on January 16 when he was supposed to appear. His fellow accused was said to have had a mix-up in regard to the dates of his appearance in Court.
Magistrate Fikile Ntlati said she was not happy with the explanation (s) furnished. Ntlati said she found it strange that Ramaphosa's medical certificate was issued out in another province. She further said that she found it suspicious that on the day the accused were supposed to appear in Court both were contacted several times and did not answer their phones.
"I will accept your explanation for now," she said.
Ramaphosa and Mfeleng are also entangled in two other separate fraud cases that are before the Pretoria Magistrate's Court for allegedly defrauding the Department of Labour. The two former civil servants have pleaded not guilty and their matter was postponed to April 3 for further hearing. Their bail of R3 000 was extended.
Ramaphosa and Mfeleng were arrested in 2009 together with self-confessed fraud physio Jurry Bonewamang Sehunoe. They are alleged to have been part of a syndicate working in collaboration with convicted fraud physio Sehunoe, from Rustenburg in North West to siphon the department's Compensation Fund.
The Compensation Fund is a public entity of the Department of Labour. The fund provides cushion for workers injured during work or diseases sustained thereof.
KZN mulls setting up automotive supplier park
Committee welcomes department's intervention


One of the leading mission-critical technology systems, and solution companies, Converge Group has expressed its desire to promote standardisation in technology usage amongst companies in the country.
Disclosing this during the CIO Executive breakfast session in Lagos on Tuesday, the Director of Operation, Akan Jacobs, said presently most companies are using the Red Hat free community version as a result they don't have enterprise grade technology in working their versions, therefore they are prone to hacking and suffering some security flaws.
He advised businesses to leave the free product platform to the Red Hat enterprise ready platform, which he said would cost them a little; adding that Red Hat hardens the new community version and makes them enterprise ready.
Jacobs said that cloud computing in the Nigerian information Communication and Technology (ICT) space is already growing, expressed thehope for a very rapid adoption, which he said is delayed due to the infrastructure problems in the country. "Nigeria as a country has used technology as medium to leapfrog to where it is today in the technology and development spectrum", he said.
The meeting, which also had in attendance one of the group's international partners Red Hat, one of the leading Technology solutions in the companies in the world, provided a learning opportunity for the invited banks executives to learn recent innovations in cloud and software solutions.
Speaking on the impacts of Red Hats to the Nigeria market, Jacob said Red Hat has created certain products that are coming new into the Nigeria market such as open shift which is used by developers to accelerate development efforts, and open stark which is an infrastructure as a service (IEAS) technology that allows you to drive virtualisation platform.
He added: "Red Hat has also cloud form which is a cloud infrastructure that allows a user to drive infrastructure as a service and also virtualisation platforms. The latest technology solution by Red Hat is Mobile Application Platform (MAP) that platform allows to rapidly develop mobile applications for phones, therefore giving organisations opportunity to develop mobile applications quickly using the red hat MAP.
Red Hat is most enterprise widely used; therefore in terms of penetrations almost every bank, telecommunications, oil and gas firms, government institutions uses one or two applications of red hat. For instance, we used GSM, the 3G and 4G to solve some of our basic problems because we didn't have the other infrastructures that existed such as cables.
"So we think that cloud infrastructure will be used in that way for the Nigeria organisations that don't want to setup a race floor organisationcentre and primary data centre with a backup DR site. So they will be able to leverage cloud infrastructure to connect to existing data centres online some of them local, some global.


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Aurel Vlaicu (; 19 November 1882 – 13 September 1913) was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.

Early years and education

Aurel Vlaicu was born in the village of Binținți in Transylvania, Austria-Hungary. In 1925, by then part of Romania, it was renamed Aurel Vlaicu, and is now part of Geoagiu town. He attended a Calvinist high school in Orăștie (renamed Aurel Vlaicu High School in his honor in 1919) and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902. He was a high school colleague of Petru Groza, and in Sibiu became friends with Octavian Goga. Vlaicu furthered his studies at Technical University of Budapest and Technische Hochschule München in Germany, earning his engineer's diploma in 1907.

Between 1907 and 1908 Vlaicu served in the Austro-Hungarian Navy, and on September 1, 1908, he took an engineer's position with the Opel car factory in Rüsselsheim.

Aviation career

Vlaicu left Opel in March 1909 and returned to Binţinţi, where, together with his brother, Ion, he built a glider which first flew in the summer of 1909.
In October 1909, on the advice of Octavian Goga, he moved to the Kingdom of Romania, where with help from Romanian-Transylvanian expatriates, he obtained financial support to build his first powered airplane, following a number of demonstration flights with rubber-powered models in front of Romanian government officials and journalists.

On November 1, 1909, he began the construction of his first powered airplane, the A. Vlaicu Nr. I at the Army Arsenal in Bucharest with funding from the Romanian Ministry of War and on a 300 lei monthly stipend from the Minister of Public Education. A. Vlaicu Nr. I flew for the first time on June 17, 1910, over Cotroceni airfield.

On September 28, 1910, as a part of the fall military exercises, Vlaicu flew his airplane from Slatina to Piatra Olt carrying a message, an early instance of an airplane being used for military purposes.

The construction of A. Vlaicu Nr. II was started in December 1910 on a budget of 16,000 lei and first flew in April 1911. Between 23 and 30 June 1912 Vlaicu competed with it at the International Flight Week in Aspern-Vienna (Die internationale Flugwoche in Wien), against 42 other aviators, including Roland Garros. Vlaicu won prizes totaling 7,500 Austro-Hungarian krone for precision landing, projectile throwing and tight flying around a pole. On this occasion, he was issued the FAI pilot license number 52. On return from Aspern he flew demonstration flights throughout Transylvania.

A. Vlaicu Nr. III was a two-seat monoplane having a fully cowled  Gnome Gamma engine. Built on contract for the Marconi Company for experiments with aerial radio, at the time of Vlaicu's death it was only partially finished. It was completed by his friends and several short test flights were made during 1914 by military pilot Petre Macavei. Further tests were hindered by the unusual controls. In 1916, during the German occupation of Bucharest, the aircraft was seized and shipped to Germany, and it was last seen in 1942 at an aviation exhibition in Berlin by Romanian military officers, though no mention of it is made in references on the Berlin exhibition.

Vlaicu airplanes design

During his short career, Aurel Vlaicu designed and built one glider and three airplanes of his own design.

He perfected his design on rubber band powered models he began experimenting with while a student in Munich.

Vlaicu's three powered airplanes had one central aluminium tubing, the flight controls in front, two counter-rotating propellers, one mounted ahead of the nacelle, and the other to the rear of the wing up high, partially counteracting each other's torque. They employ tricycle-landing gears with independent trailing arm suspension, had brakes on the rear wheel, and were equipped with Gnome rotary engines.

His airplanes lacked ailerons, relying on just rudder and elevators for control, via a steering wheel mounted on a tiller. The wheel controlled the elevators while sideways motion of the tiller controlled the rudder. The wheel could be temporarily locked with the help of two dowels. The low center of gravity provided by the parasol wing allowed for the lateral stability that this type of control system requires.

Death

Aurel Vlaicu died on September 13, 1913, near Câmpina, on the outskirts of Bănești commune while attempting to be the first to fly across the Carpathian Mountains in his now aged A. Vlaicu Nr. II. He was expected to participate in the ASTRA festivities in Orăștie, near Binţinţi.

He was buried in Bellu Cemetery, in Bucharest and was posthumously elected to the Romanian Academy in 1948.

The cause of Vlaicu's crash remains unsolved. Vlaicu's friends Giovanni Magnani and Constantin Silisteanu dismissed claims of sabotage, the two being among the first to inspect the wreckage as they were following him in an automobile. The most plausible cause of Vlaicu's death was that the airplane stalled while landing with the engine off (as it was common practice at the time, landings were made with the engine off, however this made it difficult for the pilot to abort a misjudged landing).

Legacy

17 June, the day of Aurel Vlaicu's first powered flight, is celebrated as The National Aviation Day of Romania.

His name is listed second on the Romanian Airmen Heroes Memorial in Bucharest, after Gheorghe Caranda and before his friend and fellow pilot, Gheorghe Negel, who died in an aircraft crash one month after Vlaicu, on October 11, 1913.

A museum was established in his home village, now named Aurel Vlaicu. and a monument was erected near Bănești where he crashed his plane.

The second largest airport in Romania, a TAROM Airbus A318-111 and the Aurel Vlaicu University, a public university founded in 1991 in Arad are all named after him.

The 50 Romanian lei banknote has a portrait of Vlaicu on the obverse, and on the reverse a drawing of one of his airplanes and a cross-section of the airplane's engine.

A commemorative 50 bani coin was issued by the Romanian National Bank in 2010.

A Bucharest Metro train station, Aurel Vlaicu metro station is named in memory of him.

His life was the subject of the novels  "Maistorasul Aurel, ucenicul lui Dumnezeu: Cronica vremii si vietii lui Vlaicu" by Victor Ion Popa (published in 1939) and "Flăcăul din Binţinţi" by Constantin Ghiban (published in 1953), and of a movie by Mircea Drăgan (released in 1978).

In 2010 a museum in Deva ordered several hundreds mugs to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Vlaicu's first powered flight. The mug designers used a pictured uploaded to Wikipedia showing another Romanian aviation pioneer, Traian Vuia, which was wrongly labelled as Aurel Vlaicu (Wikipedia upload picture name Aurel Vlaicu avionul). As of May 2018, the incorrect picture is still used on several websites.

See also

 A Vlaicu I
 A Vlaicu II
 A Vlaicu III
 History of aviation
 Early flying machines
 List of early flying machines
 List of firsts in aviation
 List of aviation pioneers

References

Bibliography

External links

 Aurel Vlaicu on Orăștie website [in romanian]]
 Aurel Vlaicu article by Valeriu Avram [in romanian]]

1882 births
1913 deaths
People from Geoagiu
Austro-Hungarian emigrants to Romania
Members of the Romanian Academy elected posthumously
Romanian Austro-Hungarians
Romanian aviators
Romanian aerospace engineers
Romanian inventors
Aviation history of Romania
Aviation inventors
Aviation pioneers
Burials at Bellu Cemetery
Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in Romania
Technical University of Munich alumni
Inventors killed by their own invention
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1913
Aviators from the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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Using Alpha PSP to Reduce the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Strokes - Alpha PSP nutraceutical blog - Alpha PSP Functional & Medical Food
Alpha PSP
Using Alpha PSP to Reduce the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Strokes
Published by Wellness Asia in Coronary heart disease and stroke · 20/10/2013 18:13:04
Tags: Alpha, PSP, coronary, heart, disease, stroke
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 17 million people die each year as a result of cardiovascular diseases. Included in these statistics are strokes and coronary heart disease related mortalities, both of which are rapidly rising worldwide. In 2001, a study conducted at Cho Ray hospital focused on the efficacy of Alpha PSP in increasing the presence of High Density Lipoproteins and reducing Low Density Lipoproteins in the circulatory systems of participating subjects. While LDLs can increase the incidence of coronary heart disease and strokes by introducing fatty deposits to the arteries, HDLs can minimize such effects.
The participants chosen for the studies were aged between 18-65, and were male and female. This allowed for a broad demographic to be covered. The researchers excluded confounding factors, such as existing conditions and diabetes. By doing this, they were able to assure clarity over the results. The primary aim of the study was to ascertain how useful Alpha PSP is at increasing HDLs in obese patients, while the secondary aims focused on reducing LDLs.
The study's researchers examined the HDL and LDL levels of participants. Participants then took Alpha PSP on a regular basis, before returning to have their results measured. Across both male and female participants, there was a significant increase in the HDLs present. In addition to this, there was a reduction in LDLs. This led the researchers to believe that regularly taking HDLs and LDLs meant that patients with obesity as a coronary heart disease risk factor could take Alpha PSP and reduce those risk factors.
Reducing the presence of LDLs in the circulatory system can lead to a reduction in atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a condition that occurs when high volumes of glucose and fats damage the artery walls, causing plaques to build there. As this process continues, the arteries narrow, causing hypertension. If clots become particularly large and break off, they can lead to a heart attack, stroke, or pulmonary embolis. In contrast with LDLs, HDLs exist to scavenge for excess cholesterol, which in turn can reduce your risk of developing atherosclerosis. In short, the combination produced by Alpha PSP means those with a risk of developing coronary heart disease or a stroke can incorporate it into their lifestyles to enhance their health.
Cure Leaky Gut Syndrome / Toxic Colon with Alpha PSP
Alpha PSP has been successful in alleviating symptoms of advanced Parkinson's disease
Treatment of diabetes mellitus type II with Alpha PSP
Coronary heart disease and stroke
Leaky Gut Syndrom / Toxic Colon
Leaky Gut Syndrom / Toxic Colon Diabetes mellitus type 2 Thai rice Parkinson's disease Coronary heart disease and stroke


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Q: merge national hydrography dataset files I'm having difficulty merging datafiles from the NHD while still keeping functionality as a geometric network. I'm using ArcGIS 10.1, so the USGS merge tool isn't an option.
Using the medium resolution staged NHD files, I've tried 1) merging the NHDFlowline files and then building a geometric network - results in a network with "Indeterminate Flow" and 1 type 12 error; and 2) putting two NHDFlowline files into a new Feature dataset inside of a file geodatabase, then constructing the geometric network - results in a network with "Indeterminate flow" also.
Not sure if I am mis-specifying the geometric network attributes, missing a step or something else.

A: Yep, turns out I wasn't honoring the wisdom of the beginner's mind and I jumped right to an assumption that my problem was way more complex than simply not having run the Set Flow Direction tool. Entries in the attribute table of the NHDFlowline file suggest that "WITH_DIGITIZED_DIRECTION" is the right parameter to go with - and it seems to check out visually.

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VERMILLION, S.D. -- Students at The University of South Dakota elected a new Student Government Association (SGA) President and Vice President. Collin T. Michels of Yankton, S.D., is the new SGA President and his running mate, Nick Weinandt also of Yankton will serve as SGA Vice President following the results of a very close election where the winners were separated by just 45 votes.
Michels, a sophomore and former SGA Senator, defeated Aaron Oestmann, a junior from Rapid City, S.D., and his running mate, Kelly Wismer, a junior from Britton, S.D., in an election where more than 1,000 students cast a vote. Michels-Weinandt received 570 votes out of the 1,095 cast (52 percent) while Oestmann-Wismer collected 525 total votes (48 percent). Michels credits grassroots campaigning as a deciding factor in the vote totals.
Providing a voice for USD students and working with student organizations as SGA Senator also seemed to connect with voters. According to Michels, he and his running mate will be strong student advocates for student issues and campus improvements.
Michels and Weinandt, a physics and math double major, replace current SGA President Tim Carr and SGA Vice President Laura Hofer. They will serve for one-term overseeing SGA Senators Erin Rasmussen (College Fine Arts), Ryan Blake (College of Arts and Sciences), Garrett DeVries (Arts and Sciences), Stephen Bollinger (Arts and Sciences), DJ Smith (Arts and Sciences), Becca Linneweber (Arts and Sciences), Annie Miller (Arts and Sciences), Brandon Reynolds (Arts and Sciences), Lexy Schuman (Arts and Sciences), Tamara Reisch (Arts and Sciences), Andrew Finzen (Arts and Sciences), Alissa Thomsen (School of Business), Zachary Nipp (Business) and Harrison Kibomo (Graduate School).


A day after we learned the alleged final cost of the Big Dig, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled the way the then turnpike authority shifted toll revenues to Big Dig construction costs was perfectly legal.
A bunch of turnpike commuters had challenged the money shifting, arguing it amounted to an unconstitutional tax, because they were paying for a new road system they might not use.
Because we conclude that the tolls collected by the authority on the MHS were fees, and because we conclude that they would still be constitutional excise taxes even if they were taxes, we affirm the dismissal of the plaintiffs' State constitutional claims.
Come on Adam, you can do better than that.
OTOH, there are a fair number of people in uHub land and elsewhere who consider the Big Dig to be a crime against the taxpayers.
Twenty four billion dollars for the Greenway? Worth every cent!
As far as the Big Dig being a crime against tax payers, I'd say there's some truth to that in regards to the implementation of the project (fraud, cronyism, Bechtel Parsons and shoddy-work) but as someone who had to commute on the expressway and get to the airport pre-Dig, I think the project did exactly what it was designed to do and I appreciate that part of it.
Okay, can't remember where, why, or how, but there were news stories in the 1950's/1960's about the Turnpike's tolls and somehow the city of Boston got a refund or something similar - the money went into the city's bank account.


Due to the demand for depth maps of higher quality than possible with a single depth imaging technique today, there has been an increasing interest in the combination of different depth sensors to produce a "super-camera" that is more than the sum of the individual parts. In this survey paper, we give an overview over methods for the fusion of Time-of-Flight (ToF) and passive stereo data as well as applications of the resulting high quality depth maps. Additionally, we provide a tutorial-based introduction to the principles behind ToF stereo fusion and the evaluation criteria used to benchmark these methods.


If a pull only has ten teams or less. Does most horsepulls provide a spot tractor after half the teams have gone out?Then the top half passes first second all or nothing on third. Just seems fair for everyone on the last load. Makes a GREAT PULL for fans of the sport!!
My opinion only, the only thing a tractor should be used for at a horse pull is to carry the weights to the sled.
if you have ever gotten a bad spot in the track,or had to try and pull the boat out of a hole you might have a different opinion on having a tractor at a horsepull. here in ny on your 3rd hook, you have the choice of where the boat sits,or back at the head of the track.
i think all pullers know they are sometimes just going to have to pull the boat out of a bad ground or a hole.
a spot tractor slows things down and in my opinion loses the crowds attention. i dont pull horses, just an opinion.
I believe anyone that has actually spent countless hours( years) getting horses ready to compete would agree that they want their horses to be able to compete on an "even" playing field. If a team gets beat or wins in that situation, it is the team that was able to pull the most weight that day that should win. No team should be beaten because they are in a spot on the track that may well pull a load or even two loads heavier than the the spot that a weaker team pulled a load from. Hence the spot tractor levels the playing field for all teams.
I have lost contests because of a bad spot in the track and have won also due to good boat placement. It is all part of horsepulling. Being able to read the track is part of the fun. The people in the stands don't come to watch a tractor pull. The majority that have talked about the spotting tractor do not like it.


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Presentation by Kieran Mulvey
International Industrial Dispute Resolution Conference speaker – Mr Kieran Mulvey
Appointed first Chief Executive of the Labour Relations Commission in 1991. Throughout the last sixteen years. Kieran has been involved in most of the major reorganisation, restructuring and change management issues in Irish industrial relations covering both the private and public sector including State services (public transport, aviation, gas, electricity, telecoms, ports, postal services, local authorities, health boards and education) and with indigenous and multinational companies in the banking, finance, retail, manufacturing, electronics, pharmaceuticals, electronics, software and agri-food sectors.
He has worked with the ILO and the European Union on matters relating to Central and Eastern Europe, the Caribbean and Southern Africa.
Previously he served as General Secretary of two trade unions in Ireland and was an Executive member of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, the Governing Boards of University College Dublin, Dublin City University, the Independent Broadcasting Commission (BCI) and the National Health Council and the Irish National Economic and Social Council.
He is currently Treasurer of "Frontline—the International Foundation for Human Rights Defenders".


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Q: Insert/Delete into MySQL/MariaDB, automatically show in React table When the user clicks on a button in a node.js/express/react/socket.io application, I want to gather the data and insert it into a MySQL/MariaDB table. Here is the question,
Is there some sort of React control that will automatically update itself (display the rows in the DB table in a browser table) on those inserts (regardless of where the inserts and deletes are coming from)? I also want the React control to update itself on deletes from the DB table that it is "linked" or "listening" to. Similar to the way in .Net, you can attach a Dataset to a SQL query and further attach that to a GUI GridView control.
I understand that React runs on the client, but it does communicate with Node which is server side. So there has to be some protocol dance(google protocol buffers?) that goes back and forth.

A: The solution is to query the DB after an insert or delete and emit messages containing the data as a callback to the query.
Something like this pseudo-JS:
connection.query('delete query here', () => {
  connection.query('search query here', (data) => {
    io.emit('asdf', data);
  });
});

A: This is not so much an answer as it is research. I noticed this article
https://www.sitepoint.com/using-node-mysql-javascript-client/
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How Kiva Is Working Towards a World with Universal Identity and Universal Opportunity
Guest Post April 8, 2019
Kiva working in the Sierra Leone (Photo via Kiva)
Identity is a basic human right. For the 1.7 billion unbanked people globally, this requires direct subsidy of varying levels.
(By Matthew Davie) Globally, 1.7 billion adults around the world—that's nearly one-third of all adults—are unbanked, meaning they do not have an account at a financial institution or via mobile money.
Think about the implications of that: Being invisible to formal financial services, unbanked people are forced to operate in a cash-only economy that does not offer the leverage of things like homeownership, education or even basic medical services. Because of this, it is difficult for unbanked populations to forge a path of growth and improve their lives.
Sierra Leone (photo by Kiva)
At Kiva, we've spent the past 13 years helping millions of people do just that—and find a renewed sense of pride in their own work and dreams —through 'loans that change lives' crowdfunded on Kiva.org. On the platform, anyone can help a borrower start or grow a business, go to school or realize their full potential. We've enabled $1.3 billion USD of capital to reach millions of unbanked and underbanked people around the world, some of whom were even seeking asylum and starting over, and most of whom live in areas where internet access, formal identity and verifiable credit history are widespread challenges. Through a famously high repayment rate on Kiva loans, we have shown that the un- and underbanked can be very credit-worthy.
The focus on individual, entrepreneurial stories has helped us to bust the persistent, stigmatizing myth that people living in poverty don't want to work and to create a foundation of mutual dignity and respect between lenders, borrowers, their communities and our Field Partners who disseminate the loans. Now, in addition to this work at the individual and community level, Kiva is broadening its mission to address the systemic barriers that are keeping people from accessing the financial services they need.
No ID, No Bank Account
One root cause of widespread financial exclusion is something most of us take for granted: a lack of ID.
Opening a bank account requires documented, verifiable identity. Even if a bank opened a branch in a previously-unserved region of Sierra Leone, the unbanked would not be able to open a savings account without a government-issued identity card. For those living in most developing countries, obtaining an ID is expensive and, frankly, has minimal utility.
In developed countries like the United States, identification is inexpensive and accessible. For example, birth certificates and social security numbers are issued at birth, and can later be used to obtain driver's licenses and passports. Identification has daily utility as well: to drive a car, verify your age, register to vote and open a bank account.
But imagine for a minute living in a rural region of Sub-Saharan Africa. Even if you have access to a birth certificate, the time, expense and distance you would have to cover to get an ID card is a barrier. Beyond that, there are no nearby banks, no need for a license to drive a scooter or car, and no need to verify age at the local market where the owner has known you for 20 years. This near-zero utility for identity makes the immense cost of obtaining it not worthwhile.
This creates a bit of a "chicken and egg" problem for bringing identity to the world's unbanked. Formal identity is the key that unlocks so many services that can help the poor, but there is no current ecosystem to drive utility of obtaining and maintaining formal identity. This cycle must be broken in order to build a sustainable identity ecosystem for any population.
So — how are we going to break this cycle and provide the necessary identity to bring financial inclusion to the 1.7 billion adults who lack it?
Kiva Protocol and the UN
Kiva has partnered with the U.N. Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) to pilot a bold, new initiative in the country of Sierra Leone called Kiva Protocol, which will create and establish a national digital identification system using distributed ledger technology (DLT) and ensure every citizen in Sierra Leone has secure and complete ownership of their personal data and information.
The new Kiva Protocol is designed to address these barriers by issuing digital identification to all citizens and enable formal and informal financial institutions to contribute to a person's verifiable credit history. Currently, unbanked people cannot leverage financial transactions from the 'informal economy,' such as credit with a local shopkeeper, to build their credit history. The Kiva Protocol will capture a wide range of financial transactions— from bank loans to credit with a local shopkeeper—to help people access the financial services they need, including loans for businesses, education or basic medical services.
This makes us confident that a sustainable credit ecosystem can be developed to financially include the unbanked. After all, there is an incredibly vibrant and competitive ecosystem of mortgage providers in the U.S., where interest rates are relatively low and the default rate is higher than Kiva's historical loans in 85 countries. If unbanked populations were able to affordably obtain the required verifiable ID, it would be possible for local, regional, national, and international banks to apply some portion of the capital they control to the world's unbanked in a compliant, self-sustaining way. In short — financial inclusion would become a matter of price, not technical or regulatory feasibility.
Kiva is working with organizations like ID2020, the Linux Foundation and the Hyperledger Project to build a roadmap for bringing verifiable identity to the unbanked. With the rapid penetration of internet and mobile devices, the geography challenge is becoming simpler, and over the next decade it may be possible to reach — and reliably identify — most of those who are currently unbanked. By bringing them formal identity, we hope to remove the final blocker to financial inclusion so that they have a chance to improve the lives of their families and communities.
Matthew Davie is Managing Director at Kiva.org, where he oversees the company's efforts to bring financial inclusion to the 3.5 billion unbanked and underbanked people around the world.
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Because of this, it is difficult for unbanked populations to forge a path of growth and improve their lives.


It has been more than 15 years that the activist group Danakil exists and travel wordlwide with their reggae roots new generation.
This year, the group comes back with their 5th opus titled "LA RUE RAISONNE" This new committed project, allows them to go back on the front of the activist stage. The album has been recorded in a 100% analogue studio to give it a deep sound with heavy basses fitting the spirit of this last opus. Their music continued to evolve throughout the years and the group insisted on working with local beat makers which gave as a result a culture mixed, humanist, authentic and genuine music. In 2012 the group founded his own label "Baco Records". The group wants to auto-produce and so edited, distributed and produced their last album under their label. On their new album, a collaboration with Patrice has been done on the song "Paris la nuit", a tribute to the French capital. The group invited several artists on the title "WORLD OF REGGAE MUSIC", a reel declaration of love which unites not just the members of the group but the other singers performing on the song.


The small private asylums were quite successful for a number of years. There were only two in Massachusetts in 1879 and more than 20 by 1916. In addition, the asylums frequently started small and grew. The Newton Nervine asylum was a case in point. In 1892, N. Emmons Paine, a Boston University Medical School instructor, opened the Newton Nervine in his own home with four patients. Over the next 10 years, he added three buildings to accommodate a total of 21 patients. A reported increase in the number of mentally ill individuals over the course of the 19th century may have contributed to the success of the private asylums. "A good many people are beginning to realize that nervous diseases are alarmingly on the increase …. Nerves are the most 'prominent' complaint of the 19th century," wrote one reporter in an 1887 issue of the Boston Globe.
• Beam, A. (2001). Gracefully insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital. New York: Public Affairs.
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• Hurd, H., ed. (1916). The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada, Vols. 1 and 2. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press.
• Lutz, T. (1991). American nervousness, 1903: An anecdotal history. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
• Sidis, B. "Dr. Boris Sidis' Maplewood Farms." (1910) Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Retrieved from Boris Sidis archive website: www.sidis.net/portsmouthfloors.htm.


Do you know what medical shock is and how to treat a person suffering from this?
If you don't, spare 2 mins of your day to read up on how you can recognise and treat a person suffering from medical shock – YOU COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE!
After reading an article regarding a lady being treated for shock in today's Bristol Post (see link below), I thought I would ask how many of my readers would know what action they would need to take if they came across someone suffering from shock. It is one of those conditions that unless you have received some training on, you would not necessarily know what to do.
Medical shock is a very serious and critical condition. If it is not treated, it can be result in death!
There are lots of different types of life threatening shock e.g.
Cardiogenic Shock – Fall of blood pressure i.e. heart related conditions.
Hypovolaemic Shock – Loss of body fluids i.e. bleeding, burns, vomiting, diarrhoea, excessive sweating that results in a low blood volume.
Anaphylactic Shock – Massive over reaction of the body's immune system.
A lack of oxygen to the tissues of the body, usually caused by a fall in blood pressure or blood volume.
But what will a person look like when suffering from medical shock?
Early signs may include pale, clammy skin and a rise in their pulse rate. This is caused as a result of adrenaline being released in the body.
Later, there may be blue tinges to their lips and skin. They may have a rapid, weak pulse, be sweating and/or feel sick or dizzy.
As the brain is starved of oxygen, the person may be confused/anxious or become unconscious.
And what can we do to support a person suffering from medical shock?
Lay the person down and elevate their legs if no broken bones.
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What are Dental Veneer & its process?
When it comes to improving a person's smile, there are a number of treatments available to produce the desired result. Cosmetic dentistry is the process of using dental techniques to improve the appearance and aesthetics of a smile through such treatments as dental implants, ceramic crowns and bridges, and veneers.
Beautiful smiles bestow confidence, not only in the owner, but also in those they have dealings with. The smile is one of the first things we notice about others, and so many people take pride in how their smile appears.
For imperfections such as crooked teeth, teeth that display signs of damage, severe discolouration, or even teeth that are blighted by unsightly gaps, these can all have a profound negative affect on a person's self-confidence. However, they needn't as each can all be addressed through the use of porcelain veneers.
Veneers are small, thin tooth shells that are affixed to existing teeth by a cosmetic dentist to improve the appearance of the person's smile by concealing the imperfections that exist in their natural teeth's appearance. Typically constructed from porcelain, but occasionally from other materials, dental veneers offer a long-lasting, natural appearance to a smile.
To apply veneers, the dentist first removes a thin layer of the tooth's enamel before taking impressions of the patient's mouth. The impressions are used to help ensure the veneers are made to fit perfectly within the mouth while delivering the desired results.
Once the veneers have been returned to the dentist from the dental lab, they are bonded into place over the existing tooth, thus transforming the smile into one the recipient will want to show off, time and again! The veneers can even be shaded to match and blend with the appearance of the person's natural teeth.
With proper care and attention, including regular dental checkups and a good dental health program, porcelain veneers can last for many years. Unlike composites, veneers are less likely to stain or chip, helping to prolong their appearance. While porcelain itself is relatively brittle, when bonded onto natural tooth enamel, it receives all support of the underlying tooth and so they can be used normally with regular foods, meaning nothing is off the menu!
Dental veneers have become a popular choice among those looking to address issues that affect their smile with a quick and easy solution that delivers great results.
To learn how dental veneers can enhance your smile, contact the Kelowna office of Dr. Shupe at 250-860-6939 and schedule your professional consultation today.


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Тимоти Стивен Оуэнс (, род. 13 сентября 1967; также известен под сценическим псевдонимом Ripper ()) — американский рок-музыкант, известен как участник Judas Priest, Iced Earth и сольного проекта Ингви Мальмстина.

Биография
Тимоти Стивен Оуэнс родился 13 сентября 1967 года в городе Акрон, Огайо, США. Начинал свою карьеру участником малоизвестных групп Brainicide и Winter's Bane, а позднее British Steel, трибьют-группы, исполнявшей песни британской группы Judas Priest. Именно тогда он начал использовать псевдоним «Риппер», взятый от имени «Jack the Ripper» — Джек-Потрошитель. Благодаря его музыкальным способностям и хорошему знанию репертуара Judas Priest, в 1996 году он получил приглашение стать вокалистом этой группы вместо покинувшего группу Роба Хэлфорда. С Judas Priest Оуэнс записал альбомы Jugulator и Demolition. В 2001 году был снят фильм Рок-звезда, главный герой которого был списан с Риппера.

В 2003 году американскую группу Iced Earth покинул вокалист Мэтт Барлоу, срывая запись альбома The Glorious Burden. Тим Оуэнс был приглашен на временную замену Барлоу, записать один альбом. Однако, узнав, что Judas Priest намерены провести воссоединение с Робом Хэлфордом, Риппер остался в Iced Earth на постоянной основе. Он записал с этой группой ещё один альбом Framing Armageddon в стиле спид/пауэр метал, и снялся в видеоклипе на песню «Ten Thousand Strong». Параллельно Оуэнс сформировал группу Beyond Fear, в которой был лидером и автором материала.

Состав Iced Earth был крайне нестабильным, и в 2007 году Джон Шаффер и Оуэнс объявили, что расстаются. Тим сосредоточился на своей сольной группе Beyond Fear. На его место в Iced Earth вернулся Мэтт Барлоу. Параллельно с работой в своей группе, Риппер вступил в состав сольного проекта гитариста Ингви Мальмстина. В 2008 году Ингви и Тим записали альбом Perpetual Flame. А в 2009 году Оуэнс выпустил первый сольный альбом — Play My Game. В конце 2008 года вошёл в состав супергруппы HAIL. На данный момент в группу, помимо Тима, входят также Джеймс Ломенцо (бас-гитара, Megadeth), Глен Дровер (гитара, Megadeth) и Пол Бостаф (ударные, Slayer).

Весной 2009 года Ричард Кристи (:en:Richard Christy) завершил написание музыки для своего нового проекта, который получил название Charred Walls of the Damned (:en:Charred Walls of the Damned). Тим Оуэнс стал вокалистом в этом коллективе. Помимо основных проектов, в 2010 году Тим стал участником новых глав метал-опер Avantasia и Soulspell.

Летом 2011 года принимает участие в европейском турне в составе кавер-группы Dio Disciples, в концертный репертуар которых будут входить песни, исполняемые при жизни Ронни Джеймсом Дио.

Дискография
 Brainicide — Brutal Mentality (демо, 1990)
 Winter's Bane — Heart Of A Killer (1993, переиздан в 2000)
 Judas Priest — Jugulator (1997)
 Judas Priest — '98 Live Meltdown (концерт, 1998)
 Judas Priest — Demolition (2001)
 Judas Priest — Live In London (DVD, 23 июля 2002)
 Judas Priest — Live In London (концерт, 2003)
 Iced Earth — The Reckoning (сингл, 2003)
 Iced Earth — The Glorious Burden (2004)
 Iced Earth — Overture Of the Wicked (сингл, 2007)
 Iced Earth — Framing Armageddon (2007)
 Beyond Fear — Beyond Fear (2006)
 Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force — Perpetual Flame (2008)
 Tim «Ripper» Owens — Play My Game (2009)
 Charred Walls Of The Damned — Charred Walls of the Damned (2010)
 Yngwie Malmsteen — Relentless (2010)
 Avantasia — The Wicked Symphony (2010)
 Charred Walls Of The Damned — Cold Winds On Timeless Days (2011)
 Wolfpakk — Wolfpakk (2011)
 SoulSpell — Hollow's Gathering (2012)

Примечания

Рок-музыканты США
Музыканты Judas Priest
Хеви-метал-вокалисты США


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The secret to long life, elephant importing, and eight other stories you might have missed
1. Aged to perfection
Reduce stress. Stay active. Maintain strong social connections. If you're among the oldest people in the world, pretty much everyone you meet will ask you the same question: What's the secret to living a long life?
The answers given can vary from "morning walks and chocolate" to eating bacon every day. (I'm guessing being an Amazon Prime member will ultimately be a prerequisite.) But as those answers suggest, living a long time doesn't necessarily make you an expert on longevity. While anecdotes and life tips are nice, what researchers really want is DNA. If you're only 108 or 109 years old, you need not apply. But break 110 and scientists will be coming for your blood. From the NYT's always interesting Amy Harmon: The Secret to Long Life? It May Lurk in the DNA of the Oldest Among Us.
2. Franken beans
"I'm still angry at what Al Franken did to me. Every time I hear his voice or see his face, I am angry. I am angry that I did his stupid skit for the rest of that tour." From The Atlantic: "Leeann Tweeden, a Los Angeles radio host and former model, says Senator Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, kissed her against her will and groped her during a 2006 USO trip." And this claim comes with a photo. Franken has apologized for the incident. "I am asking that an ethics investigation be undertaken, and I will gladly cooperate." Even Stuart Smiley's words of wisdom aren't going to improve this day for Al Franken…
+ Trigly: Meanwhile, more accusers have come forward to describe unwanted overtures from Roy Moore: "'I said 'Hello?' Richardson recalls. 'And the male on the other line said, 'Gena, this is Roy Moore.' I was like, 'What?!' He said, 'What are you doing?' I said, 'I'm in trig class.'"
3. New war, old math
"We found that one in five of the coalition strikes we identified resulted in civilian death, a rate more than 31 times that acknowledged by the coalition. It is at such a distance from official claims that, in terms of civilian deaths, this may be the least transparent war in recent American history. Our reporting, moreover, revealed a consistent failure by the coalition to investigate claims properly or to keep records that make it possible to investigate the claims at all." NYT Magazine on the civilian lives lost in the "most precise" air war ever: The Uncounted. (One also wonders how many of those accurately targeted were conscripts forced into action by brutal regimes…)
4. The elephant in the tomb
The Trump administration has reversed the ban on importing elephants killed as trophies. "The Trump administration said it will allow the importation of body parts from African elephants shot for sport, contending that encouraging wealthy big-game hunters to kill them will aid the vulnerable species." (Yes, you read that right…) Hasn't Trump killed enough elephants?
5. Meat, loafing
"Been on more of a plant-based diet, getting away from the animals and all that," Irving told the broadcast team. "I had to get away from that. So my energy is up; my body feels amazing." The NBA is moving to a faster brand of basketball. And NBA players are moving to a new diet plan. Could veganism be the next big thing in sports? From Bleacher Report: The Secret (But Healthy!) Diet Powering Kyrie And The NBA. (Full disclosure: I'm a vegetarian and I haven't won a game of horse since like 1998.)
+ NY Mag: A to V: An Encyclopedia Food for the Vegan-curious.
6. A twodunit crime story
"At least twenty-nine men have been condemned in cases in which defense attorneys accused prosecutors of presenting contradictory theories. To date, seven of those twenty-nine have been executed."The Marshall Project: Can prosecutors put the same gun in the hands of more than one shooter? They can, and they do.
+ The New Orleans Advocate on a man locked up on a drug charge for eight years, without a trial. (In America.)
7. Seeking water damages
During Katrina, "economically disadvantaged communities, some of them historically black, bore the brunt of the loss, with hundreds, perhaps thousands, of deaths. The victims in West Houston include white, wealthy, Republican-voting energy executives. They live in neighborhoods where the main employers are BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the median income is triple that of the rest of the city, and second homes and weekend-spin sports cars aren't unusual. Their debris piles include wine fridges, coffee table books about Renoir, and Chinese bar carts from overseas assignments. The West Houston cases are unlike the Katrina cases in another way, too: Rather than make a legal argument about official neglect, they speak to what happened when the federal government intentionally flooded one of the richest areas of a city to save everyone else." From Businessweek: The US Flooded One of Houston's Richest Neighborhoods to Save Everyone Else. Next up: A flood of lawsuits…
8. Vapor caper
"But for a harm-reduction argument to be valid, policy makers need strong evidence that vaping improves smokers' health without creating a new set of risks — to both users and nonusers. So far, the evidence for quitting is mixed, while long-term safety remains unknown." Big Vape is copying Big Tobacco's playbook.
+ "The problem has gotten so intense that administrators are sending home e-mails warning parents about the dangers of e-cigarettes in general — and, in particular, about a brand called Juul, which makes sleek devices that are easily concealed and often mistaken for thumb drives." Juuling: The most widespread phenomenon you've never heard of.
9. Even Jesus was like, "Jesus!"
The winning bid was placed "on behalf of an unidentified client after a 19-minute war that saw offers at $200 million, $300 million and $350 million fall short." From Bloomberg: Da Vinci's Christ portrait shatters art record with $450 million sale. (Je$u$ Christ…)
+ And some still doubt the piece is really by Leonardo…
10. Bottom of the news
"The phenomenon of perceived slowdowns is so widespread that many believe tech companies intentionally cripple smartphones and computers to ensure that people buy new ones every few years. Conspiracy theorists call it planned obsolescence. That's a myth." (Well, it's sort of a myth.) From the NYT's Brian Chen: A New Phone Comes Out. Yours Slows Down. A Conspiracy? No. (Well, no, but a little yes…)
+ Reminder: We've got hot new NextDraft T-shirts for only $14.
+ "The crew did not sufficiently check the departure time and performed the departure operation." A Japanese rail company has issued a public apology because a train left a station 20 seconds early. (Premature Acceleration?)
+ Steve Mnuchin and Louise Linton and the infamous money shots. (Another reason to always wash your hands after handling cash…)
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Did you know mold could compromise your health? If yes, do you know how mold can compromise your health? If you don't know the details, we are here to inform you and tell you when you need mold remediation services.
When mold begins to grow in your home, it can cause numerous health problems for you. By knowing the warning signs of mold growth, you can plan to get mold testing and cleanup in order to stop mold problems.
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