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Open disclosure: the only approach to medical error
Open disclosure of medical errors
R Lamb
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R Lamb
Health Correspondent, Radio New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand; Harkness Fellow (2001–2), Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA; rlambradionz.co.nz
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/qshc.2003.008631
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Open, honest, and timely disclosure should be the only approach to medical error
The open, honest, and timely disclosure of medical error to patients should be, as Americans say, a "no brainer". It is ethically, morally, and professionally expected of clinicians.1–3 It is clearly the right thing for patients who frequently say that, when things go wrong with their health care, what they need most is disclosure, an apology, and information about what happened and how it can be prevented from happening again.4
Clinical staff might feel that open disclosure is either too difficult to deliver or labour under the perception that, by doing this, they will increase the risk of litigation. But being honest with patients about errors and mistakes is the right thing for doctors, other clinical staff, and the hospital involved. Open and truthful discussion with the patient is the first stage in promoting and fostering an environment and culture that, through honest discussion, encourages the learning needed to improve systems and thus reduce medical error. Doctors and other clinical staff who are not used to such an approach to discussing errors will need support as such discussions are difficult. But once an error has been acknowledged, discussed, and acted upon, clinical teams can get on with their job of treating the sick.
This all sounds so obvious, particularly to a reporter like me who, during 25 years in journalism, has frequently interviewed patients who have suffered from the health care they have received. But, traditionally, the decision about whether or not to disclose information about an error when it has taken place has largely been left to individuals. Traditions die hard and, while many individual clinicians undoubtedly do deal with such matters openly and honestly, it is clear from public statements of many patients that, even in the 21st century, this does not happen often enough and it is not encouraged in a systematic, organisation-based way. Or, when it does happen, it may not be handled satisfactorily from the patient's point of view.5
Certainly, my experience has been that, when patients take their stories to the news media, most of their anger is about how they were treated after the adverse event rather than the event itself. Mostly (and there are exceptions), these people have already tried hard to resolve issues through local and official channels and feel that they are not getting anywhere. Going to the news media is an action of last resort, born of frustrated attempts to find out the truth.
In New Zealand in 1995 a patient referred to in a later inquiry as "patient A" was diagnosed and treated for cervical cancer. She discovered that four cervical smears before this had been reported as normal or inconclusive when, in fact, they showed evidence of cancer. Put simply, her cancer could have been diagnosed earlier and, if it had, her treatment may have been considerably less invasive and subsequent health problems avoided. Fearing that many other women may have been similarly affected, she wanted to find out why her cancer had been undiagnosed and tried to get official agencies to investigate. In 1999, believing that was getting nowhere, she felt that she had no option but to take to court the by then retired pathologist responsible for the diagnostic error and the unnecessarily late diagnosis of her cervical cancer. The matter then became public, finally hit the headlines, and set up a train of events that led to the 2001 Gisborne Cervical Screening Inquiry. The problems that were uncovered have led to wide ranging recommendations for improvements to the national cervical screening programme.
The legal battle continued until October 2003 when "patient A" reached a settlement with both the retired pathologist and the Crown. But in an interview a few months before this the patient told me that she would not have pursued the matter for so long if it had been dealt with more openly. She said that her actions would have been quite different if, at the outset, there had been an apology and if officials had responded more quickly to her questions and her concerns about other women.
Similar views were expressed to me by a group of New York patients and their relatives whom I interviewed in 2001; all were in the process of suing their doctors after iatrogenic events. Once again their anger was linked much more to the way they were treated after the event than the event itself. They commonly spoke of feeling betrayed by clinicians they had previously trusted because, they said, their doctors had been unwilling to talk to them openly about what had occurred. They said they understood that mistakes happen, but they expected an honest and "human" response. Some of the patients were suing because they had unanswered questions. Interestingly, one woman had abandoned her lawsuit after getting the information she sought through the legal disclosure process.
So why do clinicians find it so difficult to be open about mistakes and errors? Just what are the barriers? One problem cited by clinicians has been the lack of institutional support for such seemingly risky behaviour as open disclosure. It does seem—at last—that this is changing. In the United States and Australia spiralling medical malpractice insurance costs and large legal settlements have prompted a fresh look at how adverse events are handled.6–9 Amidst the calls for tort reform and no-fault compensation schemes, there is some recognition that open, honest, and timely disclosure may lower legal bills as well as bringing better outcomes for everyone. Despite the reputation of the United States as a highly litigious society, some big insurers and risk management organisations now routinely advocate honest disclosure, as does the American Hospital Association.10 Such action directly challenges previous assumptions that disclosure increases the risk of litigation and may even encourage patients to sue.11,12 Agencies such as the United States' Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organisations (JCAHO) and Australia's Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care are using standards to promote such organisational policies and practices.13,14 In the UK, too, the government is introducing to its National Health Service (NHS) a "duty of candour", requiring doctors to tell patients about negligent acts or omissions which cause harm. A new "redress scheme" is also being proposed, offering remedial care, apologies, and compensation to injured patients and their families.
Another significant barrier is fear—fear that in the United States focuses on malpractice risk15 but which, in a small country like New Zealand with no-fault accident compensation, may equally be about adverse publicity, disciplinary processes, and potential damage to career and reputation. But is such fear justified? Certainly, in New Zealand there have been several recent high profile medical misadventure cases where doctors' names have been widely publicised as they have gone through the complaints and disciplinary process. It has led to a view that, despite the presence of the accident compensation scheme, the medicolegal/disciplinary environment is a punitive one. However, this view is described by the country's Health and Disability Commissioner in his latest annual report16 as a "myth". He points to a dramatic fourfold reduction in the number of medical practitioners facing disciplinary proceedings over the last 9 years and an increasing emphasis on resolving patient complaints through advocacy.
In the United States, where large jury settlements have fuelled medicolegal fears, there are also some encouraging signs that the fear may be worse than the reality. While the hard data on whether disclosure does lower malpractice costs are still limited, there is one notable exception—namely, The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky where it has been shown that a proactive policy for full disclosure has clearly mitigated the financial repercussions when patients have been harmed.17
More anecdotally, other US hospitals that are actively pursuing such policies also report that it is not hurting them. Hospitals such as Minneapolis Children's and Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have had written disclosure policies for more than 2 years.18,19 In interviews last year their chief operating officers reported that, while it was too early to present claims data, they believed the policies were beneficial not only to staff and patients but also to the organisations themselves. Julie Morath, the Chief Operating Officer for Minneapolis Children's Hospital, said that they initially thought they would have to sedate their lawyers. "They got very anxious about the implications [of a disclosure policy]. But we see it as our obligation, our values and standards, our promises to families. Our legal counsel provides counsel about the risks and limitations but ultimately the decision about how we behave is ours and our board did endorse this knowing that there were risks in what we were about to do." Jim Conway of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute says: "People believe that you tell a patient about error and they make two phone calls. One is to the press, the other to their lawyer. It does not work that way."
As we wait for further empirical evidence, such testimony surely provides some reassurance that the open, honest, and timely disclosure of medical error to patients is indeed the right thing to do and should be the only approach to medical error. If we look back at the New Zealand cervical screening case, the comment by "patient A" certainly suggests that a more open response to the discovery of her under-reported smears in 1999 and an early investigation into whether there were other cases would have allowed her and the retired doctor to move on with their lives much earlier; it would also have taken the sting out of the publicity and avoided many of the headlines which have chronicled the difficult legal battles, the inquiry, and continuing fallout from the case. Of course the error would have made the news, but it would not have continued to make headlines for 4 years. It is more difficult to think up sensational headlines when the underlying story is essentially "Error discovered: inquiry launched immediately" rather than " No action despite six looks at doctor" or "Warnings went on for years" and "Review confirms what battling patient knew"—headlines which appeared 4 years after patient A discovered her misread cervical smears.20
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John A. Stransky Jr., a pioneering sound engineer who recorded dozens of classical musicians, television shows and films, has died. He was 91.
Stransky, whose career spanned 40 years, died of pancreatic cancer March 22 at Woodland Hills Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills.
Born June 19, 1904, in Pukwana, South Dakota, Stransky developed an interest in electronics at an early age. His parents owned the local telephone company, and by the time Stransky was a teenager, he was dismantling and reassembling telephones.
After a short stay in Chicago during his teens, Stransky moved to Los Angeles, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from USC in 1928.
As a young electrical engineer, Stansky learned how to install the equipment that would usher motion pictures into the sound era, according to his son-in-law, Edwin Stauss of Woodland Hills.
During the day, Stransky and the other engineers would build the sound systems; at night--after the silent films had ended--they would install them.
"It was like the Internet is now," said Stauss, in describing the era. "They had special companies that would send him [Stransky] around to make sure the theaters produced sound correctly."
Before long, Stransky, who was known as "Skee" among his colleagues, had helped organize a union--local 695 of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE)--and the Cinema Audio Society.
During the 1950s, Republic Studios hired Stransky to record television and film projects featuring Dale Evans and Roy Rogers, as well as Gene Autry.
His stint at Republic led to Stransky being named the chief sound engineer for RCA Red Label recordings of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. The recordings featured a variety of classical artists, including Vladimir Horowitz, Jascha Heifitz, Mario Lanza, Aaron Copland and Arturo Rubinstein.
In the early 1960s, Stransky received a nomination from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievement in sound mixing for "My Sweet Charlie."
Stransky ended his career in 1970 after a 10-year stint as head rerecording mixer at Universal Studios.
After his official retirement, Stransky spent seven years as the official photographer for the La Brea Tar Pits in addition to working with Recording for the Blind.
Stransky is survived by his daughter, Jane Stauss of Woodland Hills; his son, John E. Stransky of Longmont, Colo.; four granddaughters and five great grandchildren.
There will be a private funeral service in Colorado.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Motion Picture & Television Fund, 23388 Mulholland Drive, Woodland Hills 91364.


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Then I think maybe I have it already installed because i've used it before...but when I do "rake db:create" it gives me this:
Could not find gem 'sqlite3 (>= 0)' in any of the gem sources listed in your Gemfile.
What am I doing wrong?

A: Make sure you have XCode installed. The necessary header files should be installed by that.
Also, unrelated advice, stop using sudo. Look into installing RVM. It will make your life easier.
Related question: Snow Leopard & Ruby on Rails - SQLite3 issue

A: You may be missing the sqlite3.dll file. Go to the bin folder in your ruby folder and look for a sqlite3.dll file. If you can't find it there then download it for http://www.sqlite.org/download.html. Then put the dll file in your bin(ruby's bin) folder and run bundle install again and see if that works.

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Troup Bywaters + Anders were crowned as the British Gas sponsored Medium Employer of the Year at the National Apprenticeship Awards at an exclusive ceremony at London's Grosvenor House on Friday 20th January 2017.
Troup Bywaters + Anders is a building services engineering partnership, established in 1958, employing 210 people across 8 UK offices, 20% of which are apprentices.
Troup Bywaters + Anders apprenticeship scheme is now in its 5th successful year, with apprentices being an integral part of their culture and fundamental to their strength and succession planning. Sixty per cent of their partners started as young recruits.
right way to bring people on and build up their skills, especially as most of us are former apprentices ourselves.
We see apprentices as our future leaders who can go all the way to run and own our business. If we keep them engaged and they identify with our culture then we will continue to secure our long term future.
The whole dynamic of the business is youthful thanks to our apprentices and they invoke enthusiasm across the board as our older engineers enjoy mentoring and passing on their knowledge."
The ceremony also saw Troup, Bywaters + Anders named in the prestigious Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer list. The list, which is compiled annually by the National Apprenticeship Service, sponsored by Centrica, recognises excellence in businesses that employ apprentices.
"Congratulations to Troup, Bywaters + Anders for your success in this year's National Apprenticeship Awards, which have showcased so much inspiring talent, dedication and ensures that apprenticeships get the prestige they deserve.
"I am always proud to see how many employers and apprentices get involved in apprenticeships across the country, helping to give a ladder of opportunity to people and deliver quality skills for employers. I hope your involvement encourages others to do the same to ensure social justice for all."
The National Apprenticeship Awards showcase and recognise the many benefits apprenticeships bring to individuals and businesses and inspire others to follow, enabling them to lead successful lives and drive economic growth in England.
"I am delighted that Troup, Bywaters + Anders won the British Gas Medium employer of the Year award this year. At British Gas we are committed to identifying potential, providing development and career opportunities, and empowering our people to make a difference in our business. British Gas is fully committed to Apprenticeship programmes and we are excited to be part of this event."
"The National Apprenticeship Awards have highlighted once again the magnificent range of apprenticeships on offer - with leading employers in exciting industries - and the skills that apprentices gain when taking on these roles.
"Every year this event gets bigger and better, bringing to the forefront of our minds the importance of apprenticeships to local, regional and national economies. Apprenticeships are for everyone and I personally thank each and every employer and apprentice recognised at Friday's event for their commitment to apprenticeships."
bringing buildings to life' since 1958. We employ approximately 210 technical and administrative staff in eight design centres UK-wide.
With nearly sixty years of experience we have had the opportunity to work for a wide variety of clients, completing a diverse range of projects across the UK and Europe. Our portfolio is a combination of public and private projects across a range of sectors including Commercial, Education, Government, Health, Leisure, Residential and Retail for new build, refurbishment and fit-out developments.
In the last five years our work has achieved more than 35 awards of excellence, a testament to our winning teams across the sectors. In 2016, we were included in the Building Good Employer Guide for the 8th consecutive year and have been awarded Investors in People Platinum accreditation, joining the top 0.5% of organisations across the UK to achieve the coveted platinum standard.
In 2016 we were also crowned winners of the Excellence in Social Responsibility category at the IiP Awards, winners of the London Region (Medium Employer) at the National Apprenticeship Awards, winners of Best Apprenticeship Scheme at the CIPD People Management Awards and winners of Best Apprenticeship Scheme at the Construction Investing in Talent Awards 2016.
In 2015, IiP recognised that we were in a position to assist other organisations with their IiP journeys by providing them with advice and sharing best practice in people management, and in doing so awarded us the Champion endorsement, one of a small number of organisations in the UK to hold this accreditation.
The National Apprenticeship Service challenged the nation's top apprenticeship employers and apprentices to come forward and show how apprenticeships have made a real difference to them. Now in their twelfth year, the National Apprenticeship Awards are an opportunity to highlight the many success stories and the benefits of Apprenticeships.
There are six employer categories ranging from Small to Macro, and two newcomer categories – large and SME. Categories are open to employers of all sectors.
For the fifth year running the very best employer category entries will have the additional bonus of featuring in the prestigious annual Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers list.
There are four apprentice categories, which are: intermediate, advanced and higher apprentice of the year, and the hotly contended apprenticeship champion of the year.
The National Apprenticeship Service supports the delivery of apprenticeships and traineeships in England. It offers free impartial advice and support to employers looking to recruit for the first time or expand their programme. This includes simplifying the process of recruiting an apprentice or trainee through the support of employer focused teams and Find an apprenticeship and Find a traineeship recruitment sites on GOV.UK where employers can advertise their vacancies and potential apprentices or trainees can apply.


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Puerto Rico bans conversion therapy for minors
Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rosselló has signed an executive order banning so-called gay conversion therapy on minors.
He tweeted a picture of himself signing the executive order.
He wrote: "Today we sign and executive order that prohibits conversion or restrictive therapies to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors. These therapies lack a scientific basis and, in addition, cause unnecessary harm and suffering to LGBT+ people."
Rosselló first announced his decision last week, days after a bill on the subject was blocked in the House of Representatives by his own party, the New Progressive Party.
In explaining his motivations to take a decisive stance against conversion therapy, Rosselló said: "I strive for Puerto Rico to be a society in which everyone, no matter who they love, can be accepted and live without fear of persecution. This includes the most vulnerable in society, our children, who must be supported and loved. Conversion therapy does not benefit anyone in any way, it only causes unimaginable pain and suffering."
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Permian Orchestra | MOJO FINE ARTS SIGN 23!
What better way to promote a college-going culture among our Ector County ISD students than to highlight those headed to college and spotlight their accomplishments. For years athletics has done this by making scholarship signings an event that generates excitement, and the Permian High School fine arts directors stole a page from that playbook this morning with the first annual fine arts signing day.
Held in the new band hall 23 fine arts students signed symbolic letters of intent for the music and dance scholarships they are receiving from the college of their choice. Displayed in front of the tables where the signings took place were some of the trophies and awards won by the PHS fine arts programs. MOJO fine arts are known across the State of Texas and beyond for their excellence and this signing day serves to reinforce that fact. At Permian HS, 50% of the students are involved in fine arts, and 70% of this year's top 10 students in all grades are in multiple fine arts.


The perfect racing wheel for open wheel and prototype cars. That's what this RealGear wheel upgrade for the Thrustmaster T-Series was made for. The conversion wheel is fully assembled and includes a genuine MPI steering wheel that was custom wrapped in Alcantara with an orange top marker just for Ricmotech at the factory. The wheel center is machined to fit around a modified GTE wheel buttons and electronics hub so it is fully compatible with your wheel base. The genuine Alcantara grip is ideal for use on your simulator because it is comfortable and is made to last. This is the same steering wheel used in real race cars.
This wheel is a full conversion and it retains full functionality. All the buttons and the D-Pad function as they should so the wheel remains compatible with all PC, PlayStation and Xbox games. There are no adapters used to fit this wheel to the hub, instead the wheel itself is accurately CNC machined for the proper bolt hole locations, D-Pad location and clearance for buttons so the wheel is mounted correctly without any unsightly gaps or extending the wheel further from the hub.
The wheel is a genuine Max Papis Innovations wheel specially wrapped in a genuine Alcantara grip for the ultimate feel. Alcantara is particularly well suited for simulation use since it has plenty of grip with racing gloves but does not get matted like suede would. The overall diameter is 28.5cm with a thick diameter grip. We do not use cheap replica wheels for this item, this is built with a genuine MPI wheel rim. Don't be fooled by others.


Obasanjo who was accompanied by other prominent personalities dressed in his Yoruba regalia, prostrated for the Ooni as a sign of respect.
While some of those present during the visit expressed surprise at chief Obasanjo's posturing, others applauded and hailed the former president.
Politics is the management of interest. Politics is the art of influence. It is about a centre of influence and the size of the sphere of influence that centre of influence sustains.
"Social perception (or person perception) is the study of how people form impressions of and make inferences about other people as sovereign personalities.
People learn about others' feelings and emotions by picking up information they gather from physical appearance, verbal, and nonverbal communication. Facial expressions, the tone of voice, hand gestures, and body position or movement are just a few examples of ways people communicate without words.
Put together, what social perception has Sowore as a "centre of influence" created for himself with respect to the sphere of influence of the Ooni he seeks to access, with his presidential ambition in mind?
'"I am a cultured Yoruba man and I know that when you come to palace, you prostrate to greet the king. Kabiyesi, me and members of this movement are upset that you kept us waiting for three hours.
"Kabiyesi, you came to the USA for a program and you entered the venue at the time you were expected to be there. Does that mean you respect or value people that are over there?
"As we prostrated, someone released tear gas on us and we started coughing. After we were tear-gassed inside the palace and could not breathe, we left the hall to catch some fresh air only to be confronted by a bunch of thugs within the palace ground. They savagely beat us.
"The Ooni wanted to curse the person who did it, he said the person embarrassed him, that's the first time such a thing is happening at the palace. Then, the Ooni apologized to us for being tear-gassed and attacked by thugs. That's what transpired." Bayo Oluwasanmi's account on Sahara Reporters.
1: Sowore bowed instead of prostrating as the Ooni entered.
That blunder in a moment by Sowore, has become a tactical, strategic and grand strategic threat, to his presidential ambition, because bowing instead of prostrating, is the "centre of influence" (kindly see part 1) that has the capacity of turning the vast sphere of influence of the Ooni against the presidential ambition of Sowore.
1. Disrespectful to the institution the monarch represents.
2. Disrespectful to the man.
5. A gross tactical and strategic blunder.
By this submission, it shows the Ooni is a time-conscious person and the tact of a private one on one with the respected monarch, would have provided a valid explanation, which Sowore, would have used to his political advantage.
"Sowore really shot himself in the leg with this arrogance……Do you understand Yoruba culture Ooni is not just a king, but the custodian of Yoruba culture and tradition……no one can win the heart of people by fighting or disrespecting their king at-least not in Yoruba land I know and even in some other country that I have been too," wrote an author on another online media.
Disrespect is a morbid political destination, that has many roads leading to it, Akintola took one, Sowore invented the other and so did Donald Trump.
In a culture where respect is king, disrespect to the custodian of that culture (by a member of it) is everything from a tactical, strategic and grand strategic blunder with grave political implications and repercussions, that can bury the political intents of the one that is disrespectful in a deep political grave, considering the sphere of influence of the Ooni.
Trump's disrespect for the disabled, was the "centre of influence" that must have mobilized the entire sphere of influence of the disabled voting segment against him, playing a part in his loss of the popular vote, only to be saved by the electoral college.
Sowore should understand that the electoral college system that changed the paradigm in favour of Trump in America, is not available to him in Nigeria and that Tinubu, in the face the provocative action by Obasanjo who withheld his allocation was conscious not to fall into the trap of disrespect.
Sowore should understand that if he, as the elected president of Nigeria, had a meeting with Putin, the powerful Russian leader with an equally powerful reputation of not keeping to time, would he have questioned Putin if he had turned up late as usual, a man from whom he probably would want to purchase military equipment to fight the Fulani herdsmen? Would he dare say that to Putin?
"In 2014 the Russian President kept Angela Merkel waiting more than four hours.
Data compiled by Statista for The Independent shows how on one occasion in 2014 the Russian President kept his German counterpart Angela Merkel waiting for four hours and 15 minutes.
Disrespect to a "centre of influence" that commands a massive sphere of influence is a dangerous and suicidal political risk.
Sowore! A Disrespectful Reminder Of Akintola's Script Of Disrespect To An Ooni?
"He (Akintola) then called on the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, to remove Sir Adesoji Aderemi as the Governor," Olanrewaju Onigegewura.
Akintola's decision to call on Balewa the Prime Minister to remove the Governor, who doubled as the Ooni, was disrespectful to the person of the monarch and by extension the sphere of influence he controlled as the Ooni, with the potential of bringing the man and the institution to public ridicule.
"He requested two of the most brilliant legal minds in the region to prepare a legal advisory for the Party. Chief Rotimi Williams, the Legal Adviser of Action Group and Mr. S. O. Ighodaro, the Attorney General of the Western Region accepted the assignment.
"The Governor shall not remove the Premier from office unless it appears to him that the Premier no longer commands the support of a majority of the members of the House of Assembly.
"Based on the signatures of 66 members out of 112 as contained in the form forwarded to the King, it then appeared to the Governor that the Premier no longer commanded the support of a majority of the members of the House of Assembly. The Governor exercised his constitutional power!
"Sir Adesoji Aderemi removed Chief Ladoke Akintola as the Premier!…..
"When he was served with a letter from the Governor removing him from office. The Premier who had just been removed as the premier did three things immediately he finished reading the letter. He called a Press Conference to inform the world that he was still the premier.
"He then called on the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, to remove Sir Adesoji Aderemi as the Governor.
"Finally, he filed an action in court to restrain the Governor from removing him from office.
……After exhaustive deliberations, My Lord Justice Adetokunbo Ademola held that the Governor exceeded this constitutional powers.
"According to His Lordship: "The Governor cannot validly exercise power to remove the Premier from office except in consequence of proceedings on the floor of the House.
……Alhaji Adegbenro appealed to the Privy Council in London.
"On May 27, 1963, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council delivered its judgment. Five Lord Justices heard the appeal which had come all the way from the Federal Supreme Court of Nigeria.
"The Council held that Oba Adesoji Aderemi exercised his power to remove Akintola constitutionally!
"However, on the same day, the Western House of Assembly amended its constitution… the decision of both the Supreme Court and the Privy Council was based on the proviso to section 33 (10) which Onigegewura had quoted above.
"Minutes after the Privy Council had announced its decision, the provision was amended by adding the following phrase: "…in consequence of the passing of a resolution in the House of Assembly by a majority of the members of that House".
"That's not all. The amendment was also backdated by three years. It was deemed to have taken effect from October 1960!
I hope you are not becoming confused with the legal theatrics.
"In other words, the decision of the Governor taken in 1962 was now null and void because it was not in consequence of the passing of a resolution in the House of Assembly by a majority of the members of that House! The decision of the Privy Council delivered in 1963 was also of no legal effect.
"The long and short of it is that Chief Akintola had never been removed as the Premier! Legally speaking!
"Adegbenro had scored his goal in London. Unfortunately, the goal post had been moved in Ibadan," stated Onigegewura in that wonderful piece.


Researchers are beginning to see a connection between diabetes and types of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.
Anything that affects blood flow or causes inflammation can impact the brain and contribute to the changes in the brain proteins that can lead to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, Dr. Alireza Atri, director of the Banner Sun Health Research Institute, in Sun City, explains.
"Diabetes works in probably both direct and indirect mechanisms to cause disruption in brain physiology and also in brain structure," he says, adding that the brain is connected to the rest of the body through blood vessels, which bring nutrients and oxygen to the brain and also work to transport toxins, or as Dr. Atri calls them, "garbage" out of the brain.
The American Diabetes Association notes that diabetes increases a person's risk for Alzheimer's disease by 65 percent. However, lifestyle changes such as exercise and diet can reduced the risk.
Managing stress and learning relaxation techniques.
Controlling cerebrovascular risk factors: managing blood pressure, blood sugars/diabetes, cholesterol, weight/body composition; and avoiding head trauma, strokes and smoking.
Adopting a positive attitude and a life purpose.
Being socially and emotionally engaged.
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Dr. Atri notes that being active, exercising regularly and eating a healthy diet will have the greatest impact on reducing both your diabetes and dementia risks.
"Whatever actions you take, the key is a willingness to carry them out consistently," he says.
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Experts say the best diet for brain health is the MIND (Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) diet, which is a combination of the Mediterranean diet and the anti-hypertensive diet.
Green leafy vegetables: At least six servings a week.
Other vegetables: At least one a day.
Nuts: Five servings a week.
Poultry: Two times a week.
Wine: One glass a day.
Red meat: Fewer than four servings a week.
Butter and margarine: Fewer than a tablespoon daily.
Cheese: Fewer than one serving a week.
Pastries and sweets: Fewer than five servings a week.
Fried or fast food: Fewer than one serving a week.


Jonah was commissioned by God to go to Ninevah – a bloody city full of lies, robbery, a multitude of whoredoms and well favored harlots, and a mistress of witchcraft. Jonah was not fascinated by the idea of being a foreign missionary, so he decided to run from Ninevah and God.
Jonah was not the only one who has been given a commission. Before we are too hard on him, let's look at how we are fulfilling our commission. Matthew 28:19-20: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you..." We are all, as Christians, called to some Ninevah. It may not be a foreign city; it may be a neighbor, a relative, friend, or coworker. How do we respond? Have we been faithful? Or are we, too, running?
In some sense, obedience is a costly thing. But in the end, it always brings the greater blessing.


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Abstract: A great deal of research has evaluated the negative consequences of bullying victimization across traditional and online forms of bullying. However relatively little research has evaluated the potential causes for these negative interactions within the cyberbullying literature. Agnew's (1992) General Strain Theory provides a potential theoretical explanation for these negative online interactions. The purpose of this study was to extend the GST literature to a newly developed form of delinquent behavior and evaluate strain as a potential explanation of cyberbullying perpetration among a sample of approximately 150 college students. Results revealed that increased levels of strain were associated with higher engagement in cyberbullying behavior. Further results are discussed.


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8 Best Nintendo 3DS Emulators for Android, PC & Mac
Posted by Astro K Joseph October 11, 2019
Last Updated:October 11, 2019
Are you a die-hard fan of Nintendo Games? If yes, today I have something really exciting for you. This article is especially for those who don't have a Nintendo gaming console with them but want to play Nintendo Games. Yes, we are talking about Best Nintendo 3DS Emulator For Android. Not a lot of people know that there are 3DS emulators for playing 3DS games on your PC and Android without even having the need to own a Nintendo Gaming Console. There are a lot of console gaming devices out in the market like Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. But they are all pretty much higher priced and average Internet people cannot afford such kind of a gaming device.
Today in this article you will find the list of best 3DS Emulator for PC and Android that help you to play Nintendo 3DS games right on your Android device or PC or even on Mac. As you all know all these Consoles are having a different kind of hardware structure and it is very difficult to replicate such a hardware system on a PC. But the 3DS emulators mentioned in the article help us to create our environment who we can send it into 3DS games right on your PC or Android.
Read: 5 Best Xbox One Emulator for Windows & Xbox Games on PC
What that all being set let's get into the article and see how to use this 3DS Emulator in Android, Windows, and Mac to play you are loud Nintendo games without having the need to own a Nintendo Console.
Best Nintendo 3Ds Emulators for Android, Windows & Mac
1. Citra Nintendo Emulator – Windows & Mac
2. DraStic DS Emulator for Android – 3DS Emulator Download
3. NO$GBA
4. R4 3DS Emulator for Windows
5. Pretendo NDS Emulator
6. Ultimate x3DSx Gold
7. NDS Boy
8. Mega N64
I did some research and find some cool Nintendo 3DS emulators and I have mentioned them right below, go through each and everyone mentioned below and try one that suits you the best. I will leave both the download links and links to the official developer web page right after every emulator. Nintendo 3DS Emulator for Android link or from the Google Play Store, so you can download it from the Play Store itself. I will also share 3DS Emulator PC and Mac to experience the games on a desktop or a laptop. 3DS Emulator iOS is also available for iPhones.
Citra is one of the best Nintendo 3DS emulators available for both Windows and Mac. One among the highlighted feature of this emulator is the 3D graphics with which it comes in. The latest version of Citra is capable of playing Nintendo games at 60fps at 400*200 screen resolution without any distraction.
Even this emulator can stimulate HD graphics than the original Nintendo and works really for way better than the original Nintendo gaming console. This is an open source project that First went public in 2015.Initially, it was a software that was only usable by inputting certain commands. Now the interface has changed a lot and Citra is able to run almost all Nintendo Console Games without any hassle. Another interesting part about the emulator is that it automatically adapts to whatever game you are playing. At certain times when you wanted to use Touch Screen to control the game, you can directly use the Mouse to do it. You can get cool features with every Nintendo 3DS ROMs that you can download for free.
It only works with 64Bit based operating System. Citra is the perfect Nintendo 3DS Emulator for Mac.
Citra Official Website
Drastic DS emulator is an Android 3DS Emulator to play Nintendo DS games directly on your Android device. It doesn't matter if you have a smartphone or Tablet Drastic DS emulator lets you play those games right on your Android device without any hassle. The graphics rendering process is so smooth and you will find little or no lag using this emulator.
Drastic DS emulator lets you configure your own controls and play with safety controls that you're comfortable with. You can also split screen the emulator and play multiple instances of games at same time. You can also save data to your Google account so whenever you change your device in future you won't lose you're any of your data progress.
Drastic DS emulator for Android comes with a lot of Ads that some of you might find ugly but luckily you can remove those ads by using any third party ads remover applications. The graphics rendering is good but not that bad and you can also Switch between screen simultaneously.
And again controls can be changed as of your wish and the game progress can be synced with Google Play game and whenever you use a new device you can easily cricket game that is back.
From the app, you can select different screen resolutions, size of screen and game orientation.
This one is a paid app and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. The pro version of the app costs you about a $5, which can be considered as really cheap when you are getting such a lot of great features with it. I will leave links to the Google Play Store page down below.
DraStic DS Emulator
NO$GBA is an open source freeware software for Windows which allows you to play Nintendo 3DS games on your PC easily. This is kind of a paid 3DS Emulator. It cost about $3 to get the pro version of NO$GBA.
You can easily find a lot of Nintendo 3DS games to play on this Emulator. Considering the price point this 3DS Emulator can be considered as one of the top-notch Emulator with good Graphics for Windows. And again sorry there are no free versions of this emulator. If 3ds emulator download for android is what you are looking for then this Best 3DS Emulator got you covered.
R4 3DS Emulator is another great 3DS Emulator to play almost all Nintendo console games right in your Windows PC. This is a freeware meaning that you are not required to pay even a single penny to get your hands onto the installer of the R4 3DS Emulator. R4 3DS Emulator got and nice graphics performance.
As like any other 3DS emulators in this article, you can easily change the controls on a keyboard or Mouse so as to get the best gaming experience on R4 3DS Emulator for Windows. There might be some problems if you are playing latest games with the older version of this emulator. At certain forums, a lot of people are complaining that the emulator keeps crashing when playing modern Nintendo games so, keep in mind that issue. Other than that everything is perfectly alright for this 3DS Emulator for Windows.
R4 3DS EMulator
The next one in our list is the Pretendo NDS emulator for Android. Like the Drastic DS emulator, pretendo NDS emulator is not a paid app, meaning that you can download the latest version of pretendo NDS emulator from the Google Play Store for absolutely free. You can easily sideload custom ROMs in formats like .rom | .ds | .rar | .zip, etc..
You have a wide variety of customizable controls that can be remapped as you wish. Both keyboard and standard Mouse layout can be used to control the game in the way you want.
You can download the latest version of this NDS emulator from the link given below. And again the download link is from the Google Play Store. At Google Play Store this app is having an average user rating of around 3 Stars, which can be considered as good and above average.
Pretendo NDS Emulator
Ultimate x3DSx Gold is a very fast and smooth 3DS Emulator that allows you to play the latest games on your smartphone easily. And yes you can use your customized controls and even the gyroscope to play games. Gaming will be much interactive using all these customized controls in the Ultimate x3DSx Gold 3DS Emulator for Android. If you are looking for a good Nintendo 3DS Emulator then I would suggest you give it a try and see if it works for you. So far from my usage, I really found this app useful and stable. This app is completely free and you can download it from the Google Play Store for your Android smartphone or even tablet devices running Android.
Ultimatex3DSx Gold
The next one on our list is the emulator called NDS boy. You can play Nintendo 3DS games which are in 7z, Zip, RAR or NDS Formats with this Emulator.
This one is a great sort of a 3DS Emulator. But again can be considered as a good emulator that can be downloaded completely free of cost. The best part is that in the Google Play Store this app is having an average user rating of 5 stars. It might not be a fully-fledged alternative to the apps mentioned above but does the job pretty well. NDS Boy has some limitattion and might not compete with other Nintendo 3DS Emulators.
This particular Emulator has been deleted from the Play Store for some unknown reasons. I am still wondering why they removed this app from the play store. But anyway, be sure to check out other emulators mentioned in the article to get a cool 3ds gaming experience.
NDS Boy
Mega N64 is an open-source project that supports a wide variety of different low end and high-end Android Smartphones. One of the key highlights of this emulator is the compatibility with older Android devices and versions. If you are having an outdated Android Device with low Memory and storage thenn this is something you should try for sure.
As it is part of an Open Source project, you can easily download it from the website. Not all games are supported in this emulator but again a good collection of them works like a charm.
So, these were some of my Picks for the Best Nintendo 3DS Emulators for both Android, Windows, and Mac. No matter what OS you are using, Nintendo 3DS Emulators are available for almost all leading Operating systems out in the market. I managed to showcase a lot of really good Nintendo 3DS Emulators in this article. Now, take a look back and find one that meets all your requirements and start playing Nintendo 3DS Games even without having the need to own a gaming console. Be sure to share this article with your friends and also to comment down below, Your suggestions and thoughts about this list of top and Best Nintendo 3DS Emulators.
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Sex toy company unveils Manhattan 'GuyFi' booth — including laptop and Internet — for men to 'relieve stress' during the workday
Hot Octopuss has erected what it calls a "GuyFi" booth on 28th St. and 5th Ave. in New York City, where men could, in theory, go to "relieve stress." (Hot Octopuss)
They must be yanking our chain.
A sex toy company trying to get a rise out of New Yorkers erected a head-turning promotional ploy on Fifth Ave.
Hot Octopuss unveiled what it called a "GuyFi" booth on 28th St. and 5th Ave. where men could, in theory, go to "relieve stress" mid-workday.
The masturbation-themed marketing scheme was inspired by a Time Out survey, which concluded that 39% of the New York men questioned admitted to masturbating while at work.
A representative said Friday that, "the brand is not actively encouraging people to masturbate in public as that is an illegal offense." (Hot Octopuss)
The booth was created to "take this habit out of the office and into a more suitable environment designed to give the busy Manhattan man the privacy, and the high-speed Internet connection, he deserves," Octopuss said in a press release.
The booth was actually an out-of-service telephone kiosk outfitted with a black curtain, a folding chair, a laptop computer, and a Hot Octopuss ad along the side.
"At Hot Octopuss we are all about looking for new solutions to improve everyday life and we feel we've done just that with the new GuyFi booth," Adam Lewis, Hot Octopuss co-founder, said in a statement. "We hope the city's men enjoy using the space we've created in whatever way they want."
A representative later told Mashable Friday that, "the brand is not actively encouraging people to masturbate in public as that is an illegal offense."


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Q: Problems with matching emails with regex I'm trying to match an email address here is what I've come up with so far :
String text = "gandalf_storm@mymail.com";
String regex = "(\\w+)@{1}(\\w+){2,}\\.{1}\\w{2,4}";

This however works with following cases :

gandalf_storm@mymail.com
  gandalfstorm@mymail.com
  gandalf2storm@mymail.com

So it matches any alphanumeric character repeated once or more that comes before one @ followed by any alphanumeric character repeated at least two times(which is minimal characters for any domain name) followed by one .(dot) and followed by any alphanumeric character repeated at least 2 times and at most 4 times(because there are domains such as .us or .mobi).
This expression however does not work with emails such as :

gandalf.storm@mymail.com
  gandalf.storm@mydomain.me.uk
  gandalf.storm@mysubdomain.mydomain.me.uk
  gandalf.storm@mysubdomain.mysubdomain.mydomain.me.uk
  etc as many subdomains

or

gandalf.storm@mymail.com
  gandalf2storm@mydomain.me.uk
  gandalf_storm@mysubdomain.mydomain.me.uk
  gandalfstorm@mysubdomain.mysubdomain.mydomain.me.uk

I've just started to learn regex and I found interesting to try to solve problems such as these by using regex .. not partially but for each case, any help would be much appriciated. Thank you

A: This question has been asked many, many times before here on SO. Here's why you don't want to use regexes
 to parse email addresses. Note please that that monster of a regex doesn't even handle comments.

A: see this question.  Particularly the answer from Good Person.  This article has some code for validating an email address.

A: The regex you use is very restrictive :

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*Using the \w character class before the @ does not allow the . character, which explains why gandalf.storm does not match

*In the domain part of the regex, you only allow two "words" separated with a . character, which excludes "mysubdomain.mydomain.net"

You should try to fix these to match your more complicated examples.
As a side note, when you want to match a single character, the {1} part is not mandatory.

A: To answer your question, as you are learning.
The problem with your regex not matching with the first lot is partly because the part before the @ does not allow the '.' character.  changing to this:
 String regex = "([\\w.]+)@(\\w+){2,}\\.\\w{2,4}";

should allow gandalf.storm@mymail.com, because the [\\w.]+ says any character in the group '\w' (any character) or '.' (does not need to be escaped when part of a group, actually means a dot) 1 or more times
This might give you enough of  a help to be able to figure the rest out on your own.  after all that is the point of learning :)
I tested this at http://www.regexplanet.com/simple/index.html which uses the java library for the engine.


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Multiplayer Survival
Miscreated Is a Cryengine Powered Survival Game Like DayZ
By Vgamerz , May 12, 2014 7:08 am October 12, 2019 0 311
One thing that the popular multiplayer survival games like DayZ or Rust are lacking is eye candy. Miscreated, by Entrada Interactive, tries to address this issue and deliver gaming of great quality in a niche that's getting more and more crowded. But this particular game seems to have some really nice things to offer, and not just visually.
The game takes place in 2089 in a world devastated by the Final War (a really nice way to call World War III). After half a century of nuclear war combined with bioweapons, nanoweapons, and even kinetic-kill weapons, the world's population is at just 100 million, with most of the planet being inhabited by mutated monsters resulted from the radiation. Your goal? To survive, of course. And as you probably expect it, it's not going to be easy!
There are stories of enclaves here and there, where they're lucky enough to have plenty of food stockpiled and mutants are thin on the ground or there's lots of ammunition to throw at them. My advice is find one. Or make one. The Earth abides, all this too shall pass away, and if Darwin blesses you then you or your kids will inherit what's left. For now, it's one day at a time.
Miscreated is getting closer and closer to hitting Alpha stage, it has been submitted to Steam for Early Access approval and you can already vote it on Greenlight – which you should actually do, because we're talking about a very promising game. Here are some of its top features:
– Realistic Bullet Physics: Bullet trajectory will change based on gravity, air resistance, and wind.
– Persistent Characters
– Permadeath
– Dynamic Weather System: Rain, snow, fog, wind, and other weather patterns are all dynamically generated and will create unique game play opportunities.
– Bounty system: Place a contract on someones head or go reap other bounties yourself.
– Underground Areas: Explore hidden underground bunkers, caves, and caverns. Explore the map well as some will be hard to find, and you'll have to swim to get in some of them.
And although they are not listed as features, the Miscreated trailer you can see below also shows base creation, which looks pretty impressive, and means that there will also be a lot of crafting involved in your race for survival, too:
And here are some screenshots from the game:
Having in mind that we're talking about a pre-alpha trailer and images,, we can be pretty pleased with Miscreated. Its use of the Cryengine certainly gives it a boost in the graphics department, but it remains to see if the game can really break out with such a stiff competition – including the upcoming H1Z1 from Sony.
What do you think about the game? Does it show any promise?
Sony's H1Z1 Won't Be a "Pay to Win" Type of Game
By Vgamerz , April 23, 2014 8:39 am October 12, 2019 0 97
Sony recently announced that they're going the multiplayer zombie survival way with H1Z1, a first person game that draws a lot of inspiration from Day Z and other similar products. Unlike those, though, H1Z1 will be a free to play game, with microtransactions included. Apparently, however, Sony are not planning to ruin the game by making it playable only if you spend money on it – on the contrary!
According to Sony, who are following a nice route with H1Z1, discussing with the community and creating a subreddit for the game, the microtransactions will only be available for the more cosmetic options and will not affect core gameplay. In other words, weapons and ammo and water will be free, but you will be able to purchase clothes and other wearables that won't directly affect the gameplay.
Here's what SOE's John Smedley posted on reddit to explain the situation:
We will be selling wearables. We felt like this will be a good, fair revenue generator. However – we recognize how important finding wearables in the world is so you'll be able to find and craft a lot of stuff. We agree that's something important.
We will NOT be selling Guns, Ammo, Food, Water… i.e. That's kind of the whole game and it would suck in our opinion if we did that.
Nor will we sell boosts that will impact #2.
Emote Pack – of course we'll have the basics for free. But we felt like this is another good and fair revenue generator.
Character slots – feels reasonable.
Crates – You can find crates sometimes in game. They're filled with random cool stuff from the store. We're considering letting you see what's in them before you buy a key (ala Dota 2.). This idea isn't fully locked yet.
He went on to explain that all the purchased wearable items can be looted from players that you kill, but the player that purchased it also keeps the purchased item even after death. I already see this turning into an easy to exploit thing as friends will start killing each other just to get the item. There will, however, be some durability attached to all wearables and eventually you won't be able to wear them, but I still think that this will be heavily exploited by gamers.
However, it's good to hear that Sony doesn't plan to ruin the game with microtransactions and instead goes for the "pay for extras" method, which will probably be always accepted by most gamers.
What do you think about this pay scheme? Are you satisfied with it?
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Greetings to our friends and subscribers. The year that was 2015 is rushing to a close and we would like to take a look back at a season of friends, family and of giving, in the spirit of Christmas.
Towards the end of October the local pack of wild dogs graced us with their presence and showed off their additions to the pack, in the form of their three month-old pups.
The various prides of lions that occupy and frequent the area around Kaingo Camp and Mwamba Bushcamp held many a family gathering for the pleasure of our guests.
And many a family feast was on view over the season.
The various waterholes and drinking spots played a large part in bringing families together.
And even played a part in sparking a romance or two.
But `The Last Waterhole' hide at Mwamba Bushcamp also provided us with fantastic birding opportunities, amazing us with the numbers and varieties of birds on view.
this mother and daughter provided us with wonderful viewing throughout the season.
The first rains fell in the very beginning of November, forming new pools and softening the ground to allow much-needed greenery to push its way to the surface. The action moved away from the river until the next dry season.
From all of us at Shenton Safaris, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.


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