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Doctor pulls a miracle : removes 97 pellets and bullet case from chest cavity just above the heart of 27-year-old
Story by Sumesh RajanMumbai: March 26, 2018
In what can be termed as a 'miracle', a doctor in India has recently saved from sure death a 27-year-old man -- in whose chest close to the heart was lodged 97 pellets, a bullet case and cotton fibres when he was shot at almost 5 years ago – in a rare and risky surgery which other doctors refused to do.
On March 17, 2013, early morning while Arif Hussain, a farmer from Moradabad in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was sleeping with his quilt on, he was shot point blank in the chest by one of his close relatives using a country made gun called 'katta' over some property dispute. He was immediately taken to a local hospital and was managed without any major surgical procedure. Though he bled significantly into left chest cavity which was managed with the insertion of chest tubes and blood transfusions, he was indeed very lucky to have survived the serious injury as the large bullet containing around 100 pellets went through fracturing and shattering his breastbone (sternum) and got lodged by dispersing in an area around 10 x10cm, in the chest cavity just above the heart around the great vessels.
Arif's entry wound over the chest healed over time but he knew that he was 'containing' multiple pellets in his chest which was more of a kind of psychological burden rather than a physiological problem at that time. Subsequently, he went to many surgeons, who kept on refusing to operate upon him, obviously for good reasons. Around 8 months back, the foreign materials which were inside his chest started showing first signs of its ill effects - he developed osteomyelitis (infection of the bone) of the sternum along with a pus discharging sinus at the site of the entry wound of the bullet -- the front part of the upper chest wall. Now he became distressed and again went to several surgeons in a nearby Meerut city who again refused to operate on him, and suggested him to visit doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.
It was indeed a very difficult and challenging case as the pellet injuries are indeed very difficult to treat surgically as they are small in size (like black pepper seeds) and they are multiple in number usually. Therefore removing them completely and managing their damages are almost impossible practically even in areas like abdomen and other parts of the body. The area where these pellets got lodged is a very vital and dangerous area -- as it contained major vessels and heart. Even attempting to remove the pellets from such an area can kill the patient. Since infection had set in, there was a lot of inflammation and adhesions inside the chest. This makes the surgical job even more difficult and dangerous as there were no simple planes or access through which the surgeon can operate even. Experienced General Thoracic surgeons who should operate upon such patients usually are very less in number, though Cardiac surgeons are more readily available.
So this case was definitely a surgeon's nightmare. So why not leave the patient as such without operating upon him? At least he was living and might otherwise incur more risk than attempting to remove the foreign bodies and dead infected breast bone!
That's the dilemma along with the surgical challenge which was faced by Dr. Biplab Mishra, when this patient ultimately approached him a few months back. Dr. Biplab Mishra is a Professor of Surgery at the premier institute of India - the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. He is a world-renowned Trauma surgeon who is known for his surgical skills and managing very difficult cases of trauma. One such case was impalement of torso of a 22-year young patient in 2008 which he managed successfully and most dramatically even though he was a junior surgeon at that time. Two medical entities are even known by his name (Mishra's sign and Mishra phenomenon).
According to Dr. Biplab this case was a 'ticking time bomb', because of all the pellets inside the chest along with the infection was literally 'eating' away the 'surrounding tissues' and these tissues were not simple tissues - they were major blood vessels!
"These vessels can bleed any time after erosions leading to almost instantaneous death. This 'ticking time bomb' was confirmed when I explored the patient's chest. And there were much to discover which could have been confirmed if only this patient's chest was explored. Considering these facts, is 'safe and easy' for a surgeon to avoid and refuse surgery in this particular case," said Dr. Biplab.
He added, "However, I took this as a challenge to operate on him. But before that, I explained in detail the pros and cons of the surgery to the patient. Not only this, the patient was given almost a month's time to think about and decide whether to go ahead with the surgery or not."
After one month, Arif went for the decision to get operated. Subsequently, he was worked up including undergoing a fresh CT scan of his chest. Dr. Biplab operated upon him on 16th December 2017.
"The plan was to excise the sinus tract in the chest, excise all the infected bone of the breastbone, remove all the foreign bodies from inside the chest and finally to reconstruct the chest defect. All these plans were carried out successfully but not without difficulty and surprises. The most difficult part was entering into his chest cavity after excising the infected breastbone because there were so many adhesions and obscured anatomy due to physical damage and infection. This was followed by meticulous removal of all the pellets, bullet case and lot of cotton fibres from the quilt that he was wearing at the time he was shot at. Cotton can be more dangerous in such cases as it is more tissue reactive (with the potential to cause more infection and tissue erosion) than metallic pellets. Also, they are not easily visible on CT scan or X-rays, unlike metallic pellets. It was also found, during the surgery, that these foreign materials along with infection were actually eroding away one of the major blood vessels in the chest. The foreign bodies were meticulously removed from his chest cavity and were checked by fluoroscopy on OT table itself," said Dr. Biplab.
All in all, 97 pellets were removed along with it lots of cotton fibres and bullet case from Arif's chest cavity. Anterior chest defect was reconstructed using a muscle flap with the help of a plastic surgeon. The whole surgery took more than 4.5 hours.
"The patient had a speedy recovery after the surgery so much so that he was discharged on the fourth day after surgery. Considering the complexity of the surgery, usually such patients take more than seven days to recover. Almost three months have passed and after multiple follow-ups, the patient does not have any residual disability or side effects. He is back to normal life again," says Dr. Biplab.
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Joining MiBiz for a family business roundtable were (top row, left to right) Ellie Frey Zagel of Family Business Alliance, J.D. Loeks of Celebration Cinema, Mark Periard of Legacy Trust and Amy Proos of Proos Manufacturing Inc.; (bottom row, left to right) Tim Schowalter of Pioneer Construction Co., Charlie Secchia of Sibsco LLC, Paul Vander Heide of Vander Mill LLC, Jeff VanderLaan of Kent Companies Inc. and Craig Wassenaar of Skytron LLC. Photo by Jeff Hage
Family-Owned Business Roundtable: Profits, preserving legacies and taking the long view
BY Nick Manes Sunday, September 17, 2017 12:41pm
Running any business is challenging, but when you add the dynamics of family ownership into the mix, it creates an entirely different set of hurdles.
That's the message from executives involved in a range of West Michigan-based family-owned firms, who say they often take a long-term view when making company decisions in order to balance concerns about profitability with preserving the family legacy.
Earlier this month, MiBiz convened a discussion of family-owned business executives and their advisers. Participating in the roundtable were:
Ellie Frey Zagel, director of the Family Business Alliance, a Grand Rapids-based advocacy organization for family-owned businesses in West Michigan
J.D. Loeks, president of Grand Rapids-based Celebration Cinema, which owns and operates 12 movie theaters around the state
Mark Periard, senior vice president and director of wealth management at Legacy Trust, the Grand Rapids-based financial adviser that sponsored the roundtable
Amy Proos, CEO of Grand Rapids-based Proos Manufacturing Inc., a sheet metal fabricator and custom stamper
Tim Schowalter, president and CEO of Pioneer Construction Co., a Grand Rapids-based general contractor
Charlie Secchia, principal at Sibsco LLC, a Grand Rapids-based development company and family office
Paul Vander Heide, owner of Vander Mill LLC, a maker of hard ciders in Grand Rapids and Spring Lake
Jeff VanderLaan, CEO of Grand Rapids-based concrete contractor Kent Companies Inc.
Craig Wassenaar, president and COO of Skytron LLC, a Cascade Township-based supplier of medical equipment founded by the Mehney family
Here are some highlights of the discussion.
How do family-owned businesses prioritize profit versus preserving legacy?
VanderLaan: If you don't do one well, then you can't have the other. I think the knife cuts in both directions. If you're not a good, high-quality operator, if the transition goes poorly and the next generation drives the business into the ground, there's no legacy left to handle. The legacy doesn't exist if there's not good values and good culture, and that ultimately is what drives profit.
Loeks: Strategy needs culture. Culture needs strategy for practice. I think that's very true. If you don't have a robust strategy and culture, and can create a legacy based on that, there's no way you can be profitable, and vice versa.
Wassenaar: I don't know that any of us can afford for those two things to be a conflict. I think it does, without a doubt, change perhaps where and how you invest and the time horizon, how much do you expect in returns, but they're the same. You don't live in order to breathe, but you do need to breathe in order to live. Money kind of works the same way. The better the quality of your oxygen, so to speak, you have the capacity to do more interesting things and have a more meaningful impact, and so it's that constant reality. How do you keep leveraging those things back and forth, whether your objective is community building or family building or providing a good living for your kids? When you start looking beyond just a number on a spreadsheet to 'what can you do with that,' that's when things start to get more interesting.
How do you go about managing family dynamics?
Vander Heide: I get asked that a lot because I work literally next to my wife daily. People say, 'Oh my gosh. What is that like, never getting away?' My response is always that I couldn't ask for a better business partner than my wife. We have a different skill set, and we work really well with (each other). They say between spousal relationships, money is the number one thing that people argue about. We've never argued about money. She's the accountant, and I try to spend whatever I can get my hands on. We both have a common interest in making the business successful. In many cases, that comes first. We don't even have to talk about it.
Loeks: The number one thing that we do that I think maintains family harmony is I have breakfast with my dad every week. We often don't talk about business. We talk about it if we need to. We talk about golf or travel or politics or religion or all kinds of different topics. But no matter what we talk about, it's without a doubt the best investment in our work week because we understand each other. Even when we disagree with each other, we respect each other and we understand each other because we take that time to do those things that families should be doing together…(not) just making decisions about hiring and firing and what products to invest in.
Wassenaar: I think in our situation, the Mehney family is very close. They work hard and they play hard. … I play the role of just being a buffer. … I counsel a little bit and help to bring those ideas together. Maybe not every business has that, but that's a role that I play. They all know that I play that, and they appreciate it.
What makes West Michigan's family-owned business sector unique?
Schowalter: I think that the family business culture kind of feeds off of itself here. It's about more than making money. It's about building a legacy that lasts for generations. And when you have so many of them around, you kind of look at them and say, 'I want to aspire to be able to take this company to even another generation.'
Think about some of the families in this community that have taken it to the fifth generation. You're like, 'Wow. How many people get a chance to actually do that?' Once you've sold the company or transitioned to a non-family business, that opportunity is done, and so is 70 (or) 80 years of growth to get to that point. You no longer have the option to go back and make it a family business. Theoretically you could, but you really never do. There's a certain level of pride and respect for the family business in this community that drives us all to keep going.
VanderLaan: At least in my experience, from a very young age, I was exposed to the business, so it became … an integral part of who I was and my experience growing up and my education. It taught me how to work, because I went to work with my dad for the first time when I was 11 years old. Then you have an opportunity to see firsthand what your father's built and what your grandfather had started to build, so you're instilled with a sense of obligation.
Proos: I have customers who may be third generation. I have customers that have been around for 50 years. My customers, my suppliers, even my employees — I've got a handful of employees that reported to my father, and maybe my grandfather. They've just grown forever. We work through those generational differences, too. (They) reported to my dad, and now they report to me, which looks a little bit different, but still there's a lot of respect and trust. That's how it is.
How do you balance your entrepreneurial spirit with maintaining the legacy of these companies that in some cases go back generations?
Proos: I think part of it is just bred in us. I mean, our founding fathers, that's kind of how they started the businesses. They were entrepreneurs and they were willing to take a risk. I think part of it is maybe in the gene makeup. We're all doing that same path. We're following that same thing. I think at least for our company, the size that we are, we have opportunities for the people within the organization to take those chances also. We don't focus so much on what your position is, but kind of what lanes you're in. … If you want to try something new, you can. What does that breed? It breeds innovation and it breeds some new discoveries.
Wassenaar: The core business has changed with each generation. It went from Dave Mehney Sr., who was a doctor in the real estate development business and was very good at it, unlike some doctors probably. Then, Dave Mehney, back in the mid '60s, brought Kawasaki motorcycles to the Midwest. Now our core business is medical devices. Real estate development to motorcycles to … medical devices. Now, we've got a bunch of other things that I call the hobby businesses like Thousand Oaks, Patterson Ice Center and Great Lakes Marine. Those are all things they just enjoy, but the family is so entrepreneurial.
Do you think that entrepreneurial spirit skips generations?
Loeks: I think there's a bias toward continuing in that. The difference in a family-owned business and a family member working in a family-owned business is that it tends to take a much longer view of things. You're not here to be a pit stop between jobs, but this is something that you intend to hand down to the next generation, which causes you to make a lot of different decisions. It causes you to think, 'I need to keep up. I can't just jump ship to the next company because I've got to innovate.' You've got one chance to make sure that your enterprise is going to continue.
Schowalter: When you ask if (entrepreneurism) is contiguous from one generation to the next, I kind of think of it as more of different styles, having the right person there at the right time. The founder of the company had to be a special, special person to grow a company from nothing. Then there comes a guy or gal who is a risk-taker and just sees this opportunity and capitalizes on it and just puts the hammer down. … And then there's the third person that might come along, and either destroy the company or build on it. That third person is usually a bit more risk averse and more willing to say, 'OK, let's stop and let's evaluate what we have here, and let's put some structure behind it.' Then, in my case, I'm fourth generation. I can't screw it up. My job is to not screw it up.
Frey Zagel: I would say that maybe the second generation is the one that puts the systems in place.
At what point do family-owned companies need to professionalize and perhaps put some outside managers and structure in place?
Schowalter: You put some structure in it, and then you ride that for a while. You ride your innovations for a time, until everybody else catches up, really. Then there's another leader that might come along and retool and innovate some more. These quantum leaps of innovation happen within companies, and you have to kind of give the folks within the company some time to execute as opposed to, 'OK, we changed this, and next year we're going to change this again and again and again.' I think it comes back to the style of the person who is in that next generation, what are their unique talents and gifts they can bring to the table.
Vander Heide: I think also recognizing what gifts or talents you don't have, and being able to find the right people to take up the slack. There are certain things that I know I'm not good at. We recently went through kind of a strategic planning process with some of our team leaders, and a difficult question was asked (of) me, which was, 'Where do you see this company in 30 years?' And my comment was, 'Well … it's probably not going to be me leading it.' That might not be one of my three daughters, either. But I think keeping a business in a family and being successful throughout generations is sometimes recognizing that you need help … recognizing what your strengths are and making sure that you're not letting the nostalgia of being in a family company limit the opportunity that the company may have by being resistant to other folks getting involved.
How have you seen your companies change over the generations?
Proos: I think the roles change so much from generation to generation. I looked at when my grandfather ran the business, he probably had three employees, maybe six. Then my dad had the business and he had maybe 15. The roles change, as do the generations. We're at about 95 employees now. I can't be that person that the generations before me were, so I have to find my own spot and how do I give value to my company. That is perhaps not the same thing as what my father did and my grandfather did. I think that's a hard pressure that's put onto family-owned businesses. I think we're expected to lead the company in sales. We've had to lead the company in a variety of ways.
VanderLaan: I think each generation has its own style, but what makes many of the family businesses successful is because the values remain the same. The entrepreneurial spirit. The fact that you grew up with the business. It's part of who you are, it's part of your blood. … There's a quote that's attributed to my grandfather who passed away in 1993: 'We're in the people business.' That's the core of our business that has been passed down generation to generation. My dad realized it. I've come to realize it in my own way. We're implementing that on a day-to-day basis, and that I believe is what ultimately makes us successful. My dad is very vocal about saying, 'You're doing a great job, but your style is different from mine.'
How important is the culture in a family business?
Proos: We can develop skills in somebody, but we need to sell them on our culture, what the values are of our business, how we treat our employees, how we treat our customers, how we treat our suppliers. All those are things that make people want to work with us. That's a primary thing. That's how we're recruiting people right now in this economy. There's a million jobs that are open right now, so you've got to find someone that fits with your culture, because if they don't fit with your culture, your business will suffer from it.
Loeks: I don't know that we look at culture as this outside thing. It's not its own separate silo. It's more just part of our DNA. Every company has a culture, of course, but talk about why you can do a handshake deal in Grand Rapids. … It's a small enough community that if you don't treat someone with respect and integrity based on a handshake deal, it's going to haunt you just as much as breaking a contract, and because we take a really, really long view of things and are not into making a quick buck and get out, we're able to avoid that sort of cutthroat culture that you'll find in bigger cities.
Schowalter: Really your culture becomes your reputation. Your reputation is always viewed as what people on the outside look at you, but if you're living your culture, truly, that internal culture will kind of spill over and become your actual reputation.
How strong is the urge for family members to work outside the company?
Secchia: Well, I think a lot of us did work outside the family business for a period of time. I know I did. I think some others may have, but someone mentioned you reinvent yourself every generation, and I think that's true. A lot of entrepreneurial skills that maybe, deep down, a lot of us possess, we are actually using them because with each generation, our companies are changing. … I look around the room and I can think of what construction or what movie theaters were like 50, 60 years ago, but today it's a different industry. … If you look at what the companies are actually doing today, what used to be the big division might now be the small one, and what's now the big division might not have existed. We do get a sense of entrepreneurial skills, in my opinion.
Proos: We're putting our own mark on these businesses. It's not just following what our fathers did. We're putting our mark. We're spinning it into what we want it to be and what we think the future holds.
Loeks: I think family members working in family businesses is a wonderful thing, but there are a couple of rules that are absolutely critical in making that a success. I've been on both sides of these rules. One is it has to be a job that creates value for the organization. To make up a role in order to keep someone busy and introduce them to the business will make that individual miserable. Second, is they have to be capable of performing the job to the satisfaction of the organization, otherwise the organization will be miserable. Unless you have a job that needs to be done and a person capable of doing it, it's just going to be a recipe for disaster, and you should think about either putting that person in a different role or whether they're a right fit for the company as a whole.
Succession planning is a consistent topic of conversation in business. What are the best practices for succession planning when it comes to family-owned companies?
Periard: I think one of the challenges we would deal with on the legal side was just watching that lead generation pick those next successors. You're a family. You love all your kids the same, but you've got to pick somebody to run this, and you're grooming them. Somebody's got to take that lead. You've got 10 different cousins, all of whom might be interested, and that's a challenging position. … That's a big duty or burden to put on that lead generation, but that's one of the things (they need to address) to make sure the business could succeed.
Schowalter: I think there's a balance between starting too early and starting too late in succession planning. You have to start early enough establishing your intent. At the end of the day, your kids at a certain age need to know that at a certain point in time, a decision will be made, and my intent is that one of you will take over. Those basic things. Otherwise, the next generation might go into it thinking, I wonder if we're all going to take over.
Frey Zagel: The best practice is at least a 10-year runway for your successor. Basically, you've kind of said, 'Hey, I think you'd be great. We're going to figure this out in 10 years.' It allows you to learn and fail with kind of those bumpers. It also allows you to say, 'I'm not in. I'm out. This is not my passion. This is not what I want to do. I just want to go do something else.' It's making sure there's enough time to be able to make a decision and for that successor to make a decision and still find somebody else before that senior generation retires.
In some instances, is succession planning for a family-owned business the same as any other company?
Secchia: Twenty-three percent of family businesses have a succession plan. What percent of non-family businesses do? I don't think Ford Motor Company had a succession plan because they chose Jim Hackett seemingly out of nowhere. What I'm getting at is I think family businesses actually have better succession plans than non-family businesses do, because they have something to choose from.
Wassenaar: We run ours as if we're not even thinking about a family structure. They call it talent management. It's a bigger term than what it needs to be, but it's important for us to look at all the employees. Succession planning isn't just a quick look at who's going to rise to the top, but it's all the different positions in the company, and we make people aware that we are following a process, and we communicate with people. Some people rise to the top, and we want to spend more time and effort with those people to invest in them even more, and I think the family member participation will take care of itself for us. We are very focused on succession planning. I have been in other businesses where maybe that wasn't as much as a focus, but we're doing it in a structured way.
Periard: As an outsider, I see periodically a co-president situation. There wasn't the courage to make the decision. It can work, but I think it really creates some challenges in certain businesses. It kind of pushes the decision forward, or creates some awkward lines of where you're going with the business.
Loeks: I see (a co-president scenario) working best when you perhaps have two totally different families that can articulate that the business is actually more important than the personal relationship. It's when it's two family members who are saying, We're actually doing this. The problem we're trying to solve is family harmony. Well, put two guys in these equal positions, otherwise it might be awkward for us.' That's a recipe for disaster because ultimately you need to make tough decisions on the basis of the company, not on the basis of the family.
What role has philanthropy played in West Michigan's family-owned business community and vice versa?
Frey Zagel: We believe in our community, so much so that we put our money where our mouth is. We live here. Our kids go to school here. We give back philanthropically. It's not about which country club you belong to. It's 'how much have you given this year?' I'm passionate about this — it's an amazing place to live. Not every culture fosters philanthropy like we do.
Loeks: Yeah, and I think a lot of that has to do with taking a long view and looking at money as a vehicle to accomplish things, versus an entity in and of itself. When you take a much longer view — giving money to 501(c)(3)s or just using your resources to do good work — we may invest in a movie theater downtown. It's certainly not where we get our highest return on investment in the near term, but we can take the view and say, well, we're investing in creating a stronger, more vibrant urban core, which also helps benefit a much larger region. And if that results in making this a more attractive place to live, work, and play, we're going to see more people living here. If more people live here, then in the long term that's going to benefit our company in all kinds of ways.
Periard: It wasn't just giving the charitable dollars. It was time and energy, too. There's a group (of family leaders) in the late '80s, early '90s … that gave their own money, but they also twisted the arms of others to do these bigger projects, these capital improvement type things that we're still benefiting from. You think about the (Van Andel Arena), and the number of people that came together for that, and the anchor that that provided. That was a lot of donations … family business people in there, but who were then donating not just money, but time and effort.
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VYM is also proud of its partnerships with national bodies such as Ambition and Runaclub, to assist our members in developing quality systems, policies and procedures.


Only a handful of people showed up last Thursday to watch Adjutant General Steve Cray brief legislators on the Vermont National Guard's first annual report on sexual assault and harassment within its ranks.
But one of them was a woman whose account of being sexually assaulted by a high-ranking Guard officer radically recast last year's race to lead the 4,000-member force. Her story also prompted the legislature to pass a law mandating the report Cray was there to present.
Sitting beside her state representative in a back row of the Statehouse hearing room, the woman never spoke a word. And though she had told a committee member she might be willing to shed her anonymity to testify about her experience, the woman changed her mind and slipped out of the room before the hearing was over.
But even without the words, her story played a starring role.
After Cray and his staff presented their findings, Rep. Jean O'Sullivan (D-Burlington) briefly recounted the woman's experience, which Seven Days first reported last January.
While training for a new job in December 2007, the woman was sexually assaulted by a senior officer, she said last year. Soon after, she informed then-brigadier general Thomas Drew, who informed then-brigadier general Jonathan Farnham. Neither officer took action or reported the incident to civilian law-enforcement authorities, she said.
After a year of bullying and harassment by the perpetrator and his friends — all reported to Farnham, she said — the woman filed a formal complaint. Though two separate investigations supported her claim, she said, the perpetrator was only verbally reprimanded and reassigned.
The allegations came to light last year as Farnham was campaigning to become the state's next adjutant general. But after a letter the woman wrote about her experience was circulated around the Statehouse and obtained by Seven Days, Farnham withdrew from the race — and Cray was elected.
At last Thursday's hearing, O'Sullivan asked the new adjutant general whether such a scenario could happen again.
O'Sullivan, who sponsored the legislation mandating the annual assault and harassment report, appeared pleased.
The woman at the center of it all agreed. Reached by phone several days after the hearing, she applauded the legislature and military leadership for working to change the culture at the Guard. Critical to that, she said, is yearly public reporting.
This year's count found that six sexual assaults were reported in fiscal year 2013, along with three instances of sexual harassment. Of the six reported assaults, two victims chose not to file a formal complaint; the other four cases were investigated by civilian law-enforcement officials, the Guard or both.
"One instance is too many," Cray said after the hearing. But, he added, by being "willing to talk about the issue," providing support for victims and educating all Guard members about the reporting process, his organization is moving forward.
"You can't change a culture overnight," he said.
O'Sullivan, who drafted her mandatory reporting legislation even before last year's allegations came to light, says she believed the anonymous letter "helped tremendously" to turn the bill into law.
To the woman who sent the letter, Thursday's hearing was a fitting resolution to her long ordeal.
Can you guess which Vermonter runs one of the biggest super PACs in the country?
I'll give you a hint: It ain't Lenore Broughton.
According to Roll Call's Political Money Line, the top single donor last year to an independent expenditure political action committee — aka "super PAC" — was the Democratic Governors Association. The DGA contributed $7.3 million to its own super PAC, called DGA Action, which then spent most of that cash electing Terry McAuliffe governor of Virginia.
At the helm of both organizations: DGA chairman and Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin.
Last week, the DGA announced that it raised $28 million in 2013, "across all of its entities." The organization didn't elaborate on the nature of its "entities," but filings with the Internal Revenue Service show that the group's nonprofit advocacy arm raised nearly $26 million last year.
In the past six months, the DGA collected dozens of six-figure contributions from a potpourri of special interests — chief among them labor unions and the pharmaceutical, insurance, telecom and tech industries.
Its biggest donors? The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ($325,000), Aetna ($300,000), Pfizer ($250,000), hedge funders Paul Tudor Jones and Thomas Steyer ($250,000 apiece), and the UA Political Education Committee, which represents plumbers and pipefitters ($250,000).
While most of the DGA's big-dollar donors hail from far beyond the Green Mountains, some of them do business in — and with — the state of Vermont.
For instance, Virginia-based CGI Technologies and Solutions, which was awarded an $84 million contract to build Vermont's ill-fated health insurance exchange, contributed $110,000 to the DGA in 2013 — including four separate donations in December.
In January, the federal government canceled its own contract with CGI, citing the company's bungled rollout of its online insurance portal, but the Shumlin administration opted to stick with CGI.
Corrections Corporation of America, which houses 500 Vermont prisoners in Kentucky and Arizona, donated $150,000 to the DGA in 2013. That same year, the state signed a two-year contract extension with CCA, worth up to $34 million.
Ponying up $10,000 to the DGA last year was AllEarth Renewables CEO David Blittersdorf, who has invested tens of thousands of dollars in Shumlin's political career.
A month before his October 24 donation, Blittersdorf was invited to address four Democratic governors and a host of DGA contributors at the organization's "chair's retreat," which was held at the Equinox Resort and Spa in Manchester.
Also in September, Shumlin announced that AllEarth would supply solar trackers to power state buildings. Bids for the project had been submitted to the state two years prior, and the contract was signed in October 2012.
What role, if any, did Shumlin play in soliciting DGA contributions from those who do business with Vermont? We asked his administration staffers, but they referred all our questions to DGA spokesman Danny Kanner. He ignored several requests for comment, as he has nearly every request since Seven Days covered the DGA's Manchester retreat in October.
"The DGA … wanted some of the governor's time while he is out there and so we asked the DGA to pay for his trip," spokesman Scott Coriell said in an emailed response.
Of course, there's nobody to ask whether he'll be raising any money in Sin City for his own reelection campaign. Though he told Seven Days last November he's planning to run again and confirmed he hired a fundraising consultant last month, Shumlin has yet to identify a campaign spokesperson. And nobody on his staff will discuss his reelection bid.
"Any governor campaign fundraising would be reflected in his public filings later this year, of course," Coriell said.
But those aren't due 'til July.
Until then, it seems, our questions will remain unanswered.
When newly minted senator Michael Sirotkin is sworn in next week, he's not likely to keep the choice committee assignments held by his late wife, Sally Fox, whom he's replacing.
Instead, the Senate's three-member "Committee on Committees" is considering putting other lawmakers where Fox once sat: on the Appropriations and Health and Welfare committees.
But if you figured the Committee on Committee's meetings were open to the public — like, well, every other committee — you'd be wrong.
"So committees can just close the doors when they're deliberating?" Seven Days asked.
Asked for his opinion, Scott said he agreed.
With that, the three men closed Scott's door and got on with their meeting.
Shortly thereafter, they summoned Senate Secretary John Bloomer and the legislature's chief counsel, Luke Martland, to Scott's office to discuss the closed-door policy with the committee members. Behind closed doors.
Armed with fresh legal advice, Campbell refined his explanation later that afternoon in an interview on the Senate floor, after the body had adjourned for the day.
"The General Assembly does not come under the open meetings laws that have been established," Campbell explained.
The Committee on Committees isn't a committee, eh?


When we flicked through Sacai's spring '11 collection, we went weak at the knees. The collection is designed by Chitose Abe, who earned her fashion stripes working with Junya Watanabe at Commes des Garcons (if that's not intense training, we don't know what is!). This season, Sacai re-imagines classic silhouettes to create pieces that we can't get out of our heads. Abe revels in juxtaposing incongruous fabrics—pairing stiff cotton twill with diaphonous chiffons and tulles to produce pieces that skilfully balance femininity and utility. From a plaid dress with peek-a-boo chiffon pleats to an almond top with elaborate red fringing, Sacai's spring range is full of embellishments that are both eminently wearable and anything but typical. Now, if you'll excuse us, we're off to figure out just how we can get our hands on the entire collection!


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As I'm a fresher I'm not getting any clue to implement this. Can anyone suggest me a way to open a new window in WindowsForms application.

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Ramsey, NJ - Feb 8, 2007, Reverse Modeling, a premier 3D scanning solutions and service provider, today announced the availability of a promotional offer which combines rapidformXO Redesign, rapidformXO Scan and FlexScan3D. This promotion is offered at $20,000 only through Reverse Modeling.
The promotional package includes rapidformXO Redesign with rapidformXO Scan for scan data processing and parametric cad modeling, and also includes the FlexScan3D scanner. The FlexScan3D scanner comes with a 6.0 megapixel Digital SLR Camera and standard video projector. The solution gives customers the ability to quickly capture organic shapes or mechanical objects with FlexScan3D and then create parametric models directly from the scan data.
The rapidformXOR-FlexScan3D bundle offers a complete solution for capturing digital models and creating parametric cad models that can be transferred directly into various CAD/CAM programs for further processing or rapid prototyping. rapidformXOR is a new parametric modeler that can work directly from scan data and can create true 3D parametric models that are useful within SolidWorks, and other cad programs. The solution includes full versions of rapidformXOR and rapidformXOS which means that users can output many of the popular cad and rapid prototyping formats.
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Heritage to Hold Summit on Protecting Children in Education
WASHINGTON–The Heritage Foundation, along with Alliance Defending Freedom, California Family Council, Family Policy Alliance, Family Research Council, Family Watch International and the Massachusetts Family Institute, will host a virtual summit that unveils how schools are infusing K-12 classrooms with graphic and hyper-sexualized curriculum that promotes abortion and sexual orientation and gender identity ideology.
Prominent experts and leaders of the Protect the Children Coalition will detail international, national and local efforts to increase sexual content in education as well as how parents can protect their children from this harmful trend.
What: Protect Children in Education Virtual Summit
Who: Emilie Kao, Director of the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at Heritage; Mike Farris, CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom; Sharon Slater, President of Family Watch International; Ryan Anderson, Senior Research Fellow at Heritage; Andrew Beckwith, President of Massachusetts Family Institute; Lindsey Burke, Director of the Center for Education Policy at Heritage; Irene Eriksen, Senior Research Analyst at the Institute for Research and Evaluation; Monica Cline, former Planned Parenthood education and Founder of Reclaiming Parenthood; and Mary Hasson, Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
When: Wednesday, August 12, 10:00 A.M.—12:00 P.M.
How: Register online here. For media inquiries call (202) 215-4276 or email marguerite.bowling@heritage.org.
As the nation's largest, most broadly-supported conservative research and educational institution—a think tank—The Heritage Foundation has been the bastion of the American conservative movement since our founding in 1973. More than 500,000 dues-paying members support our vision to build an America where freedom, prosperity, opportunity and civil society flourish.
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    { key: "237-23-7734", value: { name: "Ron", height: 73, weight: 180 } },
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5 days down, 2 days to go..
Damn that felt good; went for an 8.9km walk tonight and it really helped me unwind – allow me to think to myself what happened during the day, thinking about what I'll do tomorrow etc. so when I came back, got undressed and put the washing on then have a shower I was all relaxed and ready for bed. It is interesting how I find it easier to get to sleep after a good nights walk – although I felt like having a couple days rest from my routine walk I found it more difficult to get to sleep so I think in future I need to force myself to go for a walk because although I don't want to I also realise that the benefits far out weight the annoyance. On a good side the blisters on the back of my heels have fixed up so hopefully a thicker skin has grown back to avoid that sort of issue from occurring in future. At this rate I'll put in a couple more 8.9km walks and I'll feel that I've had a good work out for the week even with the couple of days rest.


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El Guldborgsund (, que significa «sund de Guldborg») es un corto estrecho marino del grupo de estrechos daneses situado entre las islas de Lolland y Falster. Conecta el Smålandsfarvandet, en aguas del Gran Belt, al noroeste, con el golfo de Mecklemburgo, en aguas del mar Báltico, al sureste. Es navegable para embarcaciones de hasta 6 metros de calado en su parte septentrional y se usa para el tráfico comercial a Nykøbing Falster. La parte meridional es mucho menos profunda con una profundidad mínima de aproximadamente 2 metros, y sólo puede ser usada por yates y otras embarcaciones pequeñas.

Guldborgsund está atravesado por dos puentes levadizos: el Puente de Federico IX, en Nykøbing y el Puente de Guldborgsund, en Guldborg, en el extremo norte del estrecho. También hay un moderno túnel por el que discurre la eurorruta E47 desde Copenhague.

Guldborgsund fue el lugar donde se celebró en 2005 una reunión de la federación nacional de jóvenes scouts.

Otras acepciones
Guldborgsund es también el nombre de un dragaminas que sirvió a la Marina Real Danesa entre 1956 y 1993. Fue construido por Stephens Brothers Inc. en Stockton, California, y estrenado el 14 de marzo de 1956. Dos motores diésel de General Motors de 670 kW lo propulsaban a una velocidad máxima de 25 km/h. Con un peso de 375 toneladas tiene un alcance de 6670 km a 13 km/h. Estuvo tripulado por 33-37 hombres, incluidos cuatro oficiales, durante su servicio. Fue desmantelado el 4 de mayo de 1993.

Kattegat, Sund y Belt
Geografía de la región de Selandia

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Who Is Maya's Father Martin In London on 'Speechless'? That's John Cleese
by 2Paragraphs in Culture | October 5, 2018
John Cleese on Speechless (ABC/Angus Young)
In the Season 3 premiere episode of Speechless, the DiMeos wake up on their front yard. The house has been sold and they're living on the street. Kenneth (Cedric Yarbrough) lets them stay with him but after a month passes, something's got to change. When the DiMeos see that their house is for sale again, Maya (Minnie Driver) comes up a plan to buy the house back. She hasn't spoken to her father Martin and his awful wife (guest star Liz Robertson) for 20 years — but she's she desperate so she and the family fly to London, where she plans to ask him for a loan.
[If you haven't seen A Fish Called Wanda, you should]
Maya's father Martin is portrayed by comedy legend John Cleese. The 6'5" tall comedic actor is known for roles on the Monty Python TV series and films including Fawlty Towers and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
[The Collector's Edition — on Amazon]
Americans recognize Cleese from Will & Grace (Lyle Finster) and the 1988 film A Fish Called Wanda (for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing), among others. Speechless airs Fridays at 8:30 pm on ABC, right after Fresh off the Boat and right before Five to Survive.
"I think the prawns are off."#BritishComedy 🇬🇧 @JohnCleesepic.twitter.com/e4dfiZsajP
— Fawlty Towers (@FawltyTowersFan) October 5, 2018
Who Is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's RV Manager Calvin on 'Fresh off the Boat'?
l-r: Randall Park, Jaleel White on Fresh off the Boat (ABC)
https://2paragraphs.com/2018/10/who-is-mayas-father-martin-in-london-on-speechless-thats-john-cleese/


Doncaster Rovers expect to appoint the club's new manager in the next nine days.
It has been confirmed that the board have completed their shortlist. A statement from the club read: "Amongst the shortlist are a mixture of managers who are currently not in employment and those that are currently employed in managerial roles.
"The calibre of the applications has been very high and the club are very pleased with all discussions to date.
The club's latest statement suggests Rob Jones will remain as interim boss for today's clash with Barnsley plus Tuesday night's trip to York City in the JP Trophy.
Rovers then have 11 days before their next game after the trip to Millwall was postponed due to the Lions' international call-ups.
One man unlikely to be on Rovers' shortlist is Wycombe Wanderers boss Gareth Ainsworth who has distanced himself from the vacancy.
"They can link me all they want," he told the BBC. "[Chairman] Andrew Howard would be so proud that we're getting linked, that's his take on things and he knows the food chain as much as I do.
"But I am so, so happy here. Me and the family came here five years ago, we're settled, the football's good, the fans are great, things are going well.
n Striker Jack McKay has joined Ilkeston on a month-long loan.
McKay – who has made four senior appearances – suffered a thigh injury during the pre-season training camp in Portugal.
He made his return to action in the U21 Premier League Cup win over Preston North End last month.


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Frankfurt riot police charge into marching Blockupy activists, scuffle with protesters
1 Jun, 2013 11:08
Photo from twitter.com user @PeterGOliver_RT © Twitter
Activists of the anti-globalist Blockupy movement scuffled with dozens of riot police who charged into a marching crowd to disperse protesters, reports RT's Peter Oliver. The march has been reportedly stopped.
#blockupy#frankfurt organizers claim police presence on route shows the authorities planned to disrupt march.
— Peter Oliver (@PeterGOliver_RT) June 1, 2013
What was supposed to be a march through the middle of German's financial capital by anti-austerity demonstrators really lasted only about 500 meters, when several hundred riot police in full kit came among the crowd.
The protesters started throwing paint-filled objects at the police so puddles of paint are here and there, RT's Peter Oliver reported. Later the paint filled bags were confiscated by police.
The organizers maintain there are tens of thousands of protesters and Peter Oliver witnesses a whole column of protesters going around the ECB headquarters.
The police force has split into two groups now. They do not let anybody through so the demonstration is not moving anywhere, as police and protesters are locked in a stand-off.
Water cannons arrived at the scene of a peaceful protest, Oliver reports.
Demonstrator sits down in front of water cannon en route to #blockupy#frankfurt twitter.com/PeterGOliver_R…
Watch video of RT correspondent Peter Oliver live from the scene.
Riot police officers have already used pepper spray several times and some people have been taken away, but it is not clear if they have been arrested.
one person arrested by the police #blockupy and they want us to take an alternative route #frankfurt
— ZitterArt (@ZitterArt) June 1, 2013
RT's crew working at the scene has been separated by the riot police dividing demonstrators. The crew reports the use of fences and barbed wire by police.
Protests in Frankfurt-am-Main started on Friday when some 3,000 'Blockupy' protesters, clutching signs demanding "humanity before profit", blocked the main entrance of the ECB, the organizers announced that the coalition has "reached its first goal" of the day.
The anti-globalism march was called to celebrate the anniversary of the 'Occupy' rallies by blocking the European Central Bank.
The protesters moved to city's downtown from activists' camp in the Frankfurt suburbs, set up earlier.
Police reported that though some protesters thrown stones and there were some clashes at the barricades, several people were detained on Friday.
The ECB, which has headquarters at Kaiserstrasse 29, in Frankfurt-am-Main, has promised to remain operational during the planned demonstrations.
Blockupy activists lay blame for the debt crisis in Europe with the banks and in particular the ECB for its role in imposing austerity measures on EU citizens.
The austerity measures proposed by the so-called troika, consisting of the ECB, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Commission have not reduced the national debts of the European countries. An increase of taxes and cuts of governmental social programs they promote have actually worsened the situation, deepening recession and increasing unemployment in the EU dramatically.
Hanno Bruchmann, an anti-austerity activist, believes that "There have been many capitalist crises before, but now it is happening in the US and Europe, the financial crisis has transformed into a debt crisis, and now is the moment in which this has become a permanent capitalist crisis on a big scale."
"The fact that the protest is taking place in what's supposed to be the most advanced country does show the level of the problem" Antonis Vradis, of the Occupy London movement told RT.
A demonstration in German's Frankfurt-am-Main is expected to gather up to 20,000 protesters. Several European capitals are set to see large rallies later in the day.
In a separate rally in Berlin people are protesting in solidarity with the Taksim square demonstration in Turkey now into its second day of violence with tear gas and water cannon being used.
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ECB slashes interest rates to historic low
France announces end to austerity
Thousands flood Israeli streets in anti-austerity protest
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Last night, CBS News' "60 Minutes" did a story on the soon-to-be-opened (in June) Holocaust archives in Bad Arolsen, Germany. The archives store 50 million pages of records kept by the Nazis on the fate of the millions of Holocaust victims–6 million Jewish and 5 million non-Jewish murdered innocents and countless others who survived.
I watched the segment and have a few comments.
First, there's the issue that the archives are housed and operated by the International Committee for the Red Cross. That's something of a perversion, an abomination. This is the same Red Cross that gave the AOK for everything the Nazis were doing to these people. The same Red Cross that didn't just idly stand by for the Holocaust, but was a full accessory to it–covering it up and helping it go on.
Most of my family on both my mother's and father's sides was wiped out by the Nazis. That the Red Cross now guards the records of how they were slaughtered is dusgusting. They are turning over in their graves.
Then, there is the issue of how the Red Cross is "maintaining" those records. My mother sent them a request, so that she could obtain the records on my late grandfather, her father, Isaac. The Red Cross wrote back to her that it was too busy to do so. Too busy? Too busy helping HAMAS and Hezbollah? Too busy preparing its ambulances as the personal limos of the "martyrs"? Too busy, indeed.
I noted that a couple of camps which housed my grandfather were mentioned. There was Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp, where Anne Frank was murdered. My grandfather was liberated from there. That's where he met my grandmother. It's where, as a displaced persons camp, my mother was born and lived until she was three and came to America.
Also mentioned was Dora. My brave, tough grandfather was sent there after almost starving to death in Nordhausen Concentration Camp. At Dora Concentration Camp, he was forced to work on the V2 rockets.
I would love to see these records of what happened to the various members of both my parents families, who mostly–unlike my grandfather–perished in the camps. I'd read them with interest.
Debbie YOU SILLY JEWESS—don't you KNOW that the "holocaust" is part of that liberal Jew-media conspiracy out to discredit "our" final solution to the Arab/Islamo-fascist problem???
Suspicious timing given the Iranian conference on Holocaust denial.
If the center's goal was to wait until nearly everyone died or was too old to fight them, then they have succeeded to some degree.
I don't see anyone out there sticking up for the Japanese concentration camp victims, except a few Jewish law firms.
AGREED THAT THEY WAITED WAY TOO LONG, AND I ALSO AGREE ON THE PROBABLE REASONS–LAWSUITS, ETC.
REGARDING YOUR SECOND PARAGRAPH, CALLING THE JAPANESE INTERNMENT FACILITIES "CONCENTRATION CAMPS" IS ABSURD. GO TO AUSCHWITZ AND THEN TELL ME THE JAPANESE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING. WE DIDN'T GAS THEM OR DO ANY OF THESE THINGS TO THEM THAT THE NAZIS DID TO THE 6 MILLION JEWS AND 5 MILLION OTHERS. NOT SURE WHY YOU EVEN MENTION THE JAPANESE HERE. COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT.
I missed the 60 minutes program. Every time I read about what your actual family endured, it really upsets me. I am glad you realize that we have to speak out against the purveyors of hatered now while we still can. One thing you don't address–could you please? Are these records accurate to show the millions murdered name by name? Re the Red Cross–I have to begin processing what you say here–it is really astounding that historically they have been so anti-Jewish.
Like United Way, the Red Cross has become populated by incompetence, corruption, and U.N.-type bureacrats with an agenda.
I no longer contribute to either organization.
This is Devorah Goldburg from the American Red Cross. Thank you for the chance to respond to a couple of points from this post. There is no doubt that the holocaust was an atrocious event in history, but some of the issues Debbie has raised are quite misleading and I am hoping to provide some additional and accurate information.
The American Red Cross Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center provides tracing services but not original records to clients.
2. Since 1990 when the American Red Cross Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center was established, it has had FULL access to the archives housed in Arolsen, Germany and to this day continues to successfully provide tracing services to survivors and their families. A resource of hope, the Red Cross Holocaust Tracing Center has responded to 40,000 requests worldwide for information, and in 1,200 miraculous cases, reconnected loved ones.
4.The American Red Cross is proud of its role leading up to this past June when Magen David Adom (MDA), the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross, became a full voting member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. MDA is allowed to use the Star of David within Israel.
I don't know what you are talking about, viturally nothing that happened in the Nazi concentration camps did not also happen in the Japanese run concentration camps. As Japan was an Axis power who exterminated men, women and children, I do see the relevance. Prisoners of the Japanese were never allowed to seek reparations and who is pursuing camp guards from their "facilities"?
I don't know what you are talking about, viturally nothing that happened in the Nazi concentration camps did not also happen in the Japanese run concentration camps.
Japan raped, massacred, forced women to become prostitutes for their soldiers, enslaved and worked slaves to death in China, Southeast Asia, the Philippines. They did not commit genocide; they were not dedicated to wiping the Chinese or the Vietnamese off the face of the earth. Other than that, good point.


Flexagons: Are they origami? Are they math? Are they magic?
Please join us Saturday, January 20 at 10 a.m. at the Evendale Cultural Arts Center for our first meeting of 2018.
Flexagons are structures that have hidden pages. They may look flat, as though there were only two pages, but each has secret pages that are revealed when the structure is manipulated. The Flexagon Book Structure is an ingenious variation on the flexagon because it adds little hidden pages inside. These can be as small as post-it notes or as large as 12″ squares of paper. I will provide several kinds of paper for folding in class.
Because we could be subject to Cincinnati weather, please keep in mind if we get a significant weather event, please choose safety over risking life and limb to attend our meeting. We will cancel and reschedule at a future date.
Karen McMannon will be offering classes if you are interested in studying Italic in March and April please email Karen.
We have a busy year ahead, some things are still in the planning stages and we will need volunteers for some of the events.


I have a 2010 E350 XLT with a D 60 semi float, I found a D 70 ff out of a 2009 E350 that I'd like to swap into mine. This rear end is complete, everything including the parking brake cable.
What it doesn't have is the RSC which mine does, can this be added to the D 70, can the system be omitted or turned off in the van?
Are there other concerns I should have, things to look for with this swap?
Being a converted 4x4 would the RSC even still be activated in my van.
Thanks for any answers you may be able to provide me.
Yes, that's a good match. The 2009 axle already has the 2-channel brake system with outboard wheel speed sensors, needed for RSC.
Check the gear ratio of course. I' pretty sure the cutaways only were offered in 4.10.
You're right about the 4.10. He said the width is about 70", but was having trouble measuring by himself, does that sound right? I could get rid of the spacers if so.
It's 72" wide, so you would need to ditch the spacers to keep the tires vaguely under the fenders.
I'm told the axle for sure is out of a 2009 E350 cutaway, he said he doesn't think it has the wheel sensors, he's trying to get me better pictures.
Could this be possible with this year/type axle? If so, can the system be disabled or just not used?
I have wondered how effective these systems are, especially offroad, after the lifts, big tires and 4x4 conversions are done.
If it has a pumpkin-mounted speed sensor, and not wheel speed sensors, it's not a 2009. No, you can't drive without the correct sensor configuration, as those control your ABS which also controls your brake proportioning. I mean, I guess you could drive around with zero ABS but I certainly don't recommend it.
Done properly, 4x4 plays fine with RSC. Quigley and QuadVan conversions have no issues under normal conditions. Other conversions may have issues with it (such as false activation). Off-road, the biggest area with false activation seems to be driving in sand.
Thanks for taking the time to educate me on these axles.
Off-road, the biggest area with false activation seems to be driving in sand.
Yep! Happens a lot on my 2013 Quadvan. It's annoying bc the traction control disable button only works temporarily and there have been a couple times where I wanted to power thru some soft sand but traction control got in the way.


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Q: Using struct of structs efficiently when passing into function and accessing values stored within in C I have a code that is organized in such a way that I have a struct of structs, and in my main method I have a number of functions that take pointer to the main struct as an argument. I am wondering certain choices I made in such an organization would affect the speed of my code adversely. A minimal example code for the sake of my question would look like this:
#define NPMAX 50000

typedef struct Particles{
    double *X, *Y, *Z;
} Particles;

typedef struct Properties{
    int Npart;
    double Box[3];
    double minDist;
} Properties;

typedef struct System{
    Properties props;
    Particles parts;
} System;

void function(System *sys){
    double dist;
    int i;

    for(i=0; i<sys->props.Npart; i++){
        dist = pow(sys->parts.X[i],2.) + pow(sys->parts.Y[i],2.) + pow(sys->parts.Z[i],2.);
        if(dist<sys->props.minDist) sys->props.minDist=dist;
    }
    return;
}

With the following main method:
int main(){
    System sys;
    sys.parts.X = (double *)malloc(sizeof(double) * NPMAX);
    sys.parts.Y = (double *)malloc(sizeof(double) * NPMAX);
    sys.parts.Z = (double *)malloc(sizeof(double) * NPMAX);

    //... some code to populate sys->parts.X, Y, and Z ...

    sys.props.Npart = 1000;
    sys.props.Box[0] = 10.; //etc.
    sys.props.minDist = 9999.;

    function(&sys);

    // some file I/O

    return;

}

My question is, given this data structure, have I organized my function in the best possible way for efficiency? I mean that speed-wise, not in terms of memory. More specifically:

*

*Is accessing and assigning values to sys->parts.X[i] slower than creating a pointer directly to sys->parts within the function and doing parts->X[i], for instance?

*Is having variables allocated both in heap and stack within the same struct a wise choice speed-wise? Is the program losing time trying to access these values in the memory because of this mix?

*Should I expect this approach to be faster than just using a global variable for each individual variable declared within the structs?
I have access to intel compilers in addition to gcc and I'm compiling with the -O3 flag.

A: The memory layout looks fine. With only a few allocations the structure doesn't matter that much. Those double arrays do offer a nice option for vector computing with a temporary array in between.
// collect computations first
double dist[NPMAX];
// process 8 64-bit floating-points at a time
int n = sys->props.Npart & ~7;
for(int i = 0; i < n; i += 8){
    _m512d xsq = _mm512_sqrt_pd(&sys->parts.X[i]);
    _m512d ysq = _mm512_sqrt_pd(&sys->parts.Y[i]);
    _m512d zsq = _mm512_sqrt_pd(&sys->parts.Z[i]);
    dist[i] = xsq + ysq + zsq;
}
// deal with remainders (if any)
for (int i = n; i < sys->props.Npart; i++)
    dist[i] = sqrt(sys->parts.X[i]) + sqrt(sys->parts.Y[i]) + sqrt(sys->parts.Z[i]);

// then find lowest
for (int i = 0; i < sys->props.Npart; i++)
    if(dist[i] < sys->props.minDist) sys->props.minDist = dist[i];

A:
Is accessing and assigning values to sys->parts.X[i] slower than creating a pointer directly to sys->parts within the function and doing parts->X[i], for instance?

From the compiler point of view only side-effects are important. I think both cases should be optimized to the same instructions by a sine compiler with a good optimization. Let's test it out:
void function(System *sys){
    double dist;
    int i;

    for(i=0; i<sys->props.Npart; i++){
        dist = pow(sys->parts.X[i],2.) + pow(sys->parts.Y[i],2.) + pow(sys->parts.Z[i],2.);
        if(dist<sys->props.minDist) sys->props.minDist=dist;
    }
    return;
}

void function2(System *sys){
    double dist;
    int i;

    for(i=0; i<sys->props.Npart; i++){
        const struct Particles * const p = &sys->parts;
        dist = pow(p->X[i],2.) + pow(p->Y[i],2.) + pow(p->Z[i],2.);
        if(dist<sys->props.minDist) sys->props.minDist=dist;
    }
    return;
}

both function compile into the same assembly instructions, as shown at godbolt. Throughout this post I am using gcc8.2 with 64-bit x86_64 architecture.

Is having variables allocated both in heap and stack within the same struct a wise choice speed-wise? Is the program losing time trying to access these values in the memory because of this mix?

The real answer should be: depends on the architecture. On x86_64 I believe there will be no measurable difference between accessing (not allocating) array members when:
System sys_instance;
System *sys = &sys_instance;
double Xses[NPMAX];
sys->parts.X = Xses;
double Yses[NPMAX];
sys->parts.Y = Yses;
double Zses[NPMAX];
sys->parts.Z = Zses;

and:
System *sys = alloca(sizeof(*sys));
sys->parts.X = alloca(sizeof(*sys->parts.X) * NPMAX);
sys->parts.Y = alloca(sizeof(*sys->parts.Y) * NPMAX);
sys->parts.Z = alloca(sizeof(*sys->parts.Z) * NPMAX);

and:
System *sys = malloc(sizeof(*sys));
sys->parts.X = malloc(sizeof(*sys->parts.X) * NPMAX);
sys->parts.Y = malloc(sizeof(*sys->parts.Y) * NPMAX);
sys->parts.Z = malloc(sizeof(*sys->parts.Z) * NPMAX);

or any of the mix of these forms. Whether using malloc or alloca - both result in a pointer, that from the accessing point of view is the same. But keep in mind CPU cache and other architecture dependent optimization. Using malloc will result in significantly "slower" allocation.

Should I expect this approach to be faster than just using a global variable for each individual variable declared within the structs?

Even if you do:
static System sys_static;
System *sys = &sys_static;
static double X_static[NPMAX];
sys->parts.X = X_static;
static double Y_static[NPMAX];
sys->parts.Y = Y_static;
static double Z_static[NPMAX];
sys->parts.Z = Z_static;

still to your function function a pointer to sys is passed and all accesses are the same.
In same rare cases and when not using malloc with sys initialization having no side-effects, your function declared static and a good optimizer, it could be optimized out and the sys->props.minDist could be precalculated by the compiler on the compilation stage. But I wouldn't aim for that, unless you want to use C++ with consteval or constexpr.
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If the number of X and Y and Z is the same I would go with what @WhozCraig suggested.
void function(System *sys){
    double dist;
    int i;

    for(i=0; i<sys->props.Npart; i++){
        const struct Particles * const p = &sys->parts[i];
        dist = pow(p->X, 2.) + pow(p->Y, 2.) + pow(p->Z, 2.);
        if(dist<sys->props.minDist) sys->props.minDist=dist;
    }
    return;
}

This will save cycles needed for multiplication. Also it will reduce the number of malloc's needed to allocate (and resize) elements. The sys->parts[i] part may be calculated once for the whole dist= line. In case of sys->parts.X[i] the sys->parts may ba calculated once, then for each X and Y and Z the value pointer + sizeof(elem) * i must be calculated. But, in case of a decent compiler and optimizer, it makes no difference. But really, this approach resulted in different assembly, but the same number of instructions, see godbolt.
Definitely I would declare all the variables that denote size of an object as having size_t type, that is the loop counter i as having size_t type and sys->propc.Npart would also be size_t type. They represent the element count, that's what size_t type is used for.
But I would definitely hand optimize the loop. You are accessing sys->props.Npart in each loop check. If staying with pointers, I would declare double *X, *Y , *Z; to be restrict to each other - I suppose you don't expect them to be equal.
Also you accessing sys->procp.minDist in each loop and conditionally assigning it. You need to deference sys here only twice - on the beginning and on the end (unless you have some parallel code that depends on minDist value in mids of calculation, which I hope you don't, cause you have no means of synchronization in your current code). Use a local variable and access sys as little as possible times you can.
I would replace the pow calls with variables assignment (so that the variable is derefenced only once) and plain multiplication. Compilers may assume the derefenced variable may change mid-loop if there are any assigments - let's protect against that. However a good optimizer will optimize the pow(..., 2.) calls.
If performance is so much needed, I would go with:
void function3(System * restrict sys){
    double minDist = sys->props.minDist;

    for (const struct Particles
            * const start = &sys->parts[0],
            * const stop = &sys->parts[sys->props.Npart],
            * p = start; p < stop; ++p) {
        const double X = p->X;
        const double Y = p->Y;
        const double Z = p->Z;
        const double dist = X * X + Y * Y + Z * Z;
        if (dist < minDist) {
            minDist = dist;
        }
    }

    sys->props.minDist = minDist;
    return;
}

Which results in tiny bit of less assembly code, mostly because sys->propc.minDist is not accessed every time in the loop, no need to use and increment some temporary counter. Use consts so to give hints to compiler that you won't modify a variable.


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Gold Coast welcomes moves by SEC to restore investor confidence
Gold Coast Fund Management (GCFM) welcomes confirmation by the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it is seriously engaging with the company to find a lasting solution to the liquidity crisis faced by it.
The Commission has revealed they have received and started reviewing proposals from GCFM, the biggest fund manager, on how they hope to meet payment obligations to their customers and investors.
The news came via a statement released by the SEC which said, "The Commission is presently reviewing the viability and soundness of the proposals and wishes to assure all interested parties that it is doing so only in the interest of investor protection.
GCFM has expressed optimism that the approval of its proposal would give their clients real value for their investment and provide a roadmap for other struggling fund management companies seeking solutions to their liquidity challenges.
General Manager, External Affairs and Investor Relations, Benjamin Afreh, said "we submitted Cardinal Offer as an investment option to our Structured Finance Product. We believe the Cardinal Offer will give our customers real value for their investment while helping to mitigate our liquidity challenges" "The Cardinal Offer will be a medium to long term, liquid and value enhancing product. It will be made up of a bond and an equity offer.
The bond portion of the fund will allow customers to continue to earn a predetermined return without violating the recent directives from the commission. By this, we are offering a solution to the SEC directive by leveraging on this investment asset", added Afreh.
GCFM has so far paid nearly GHS70 million to aggrieved customers and various categories of clients and has shared details of these payments with the regulator.
In addition, GCFM is one of the few if not the only fund manager to have ceased taking new deposits for its Structured Finance product from investors since October 2018, in compliance with the regulator's directive to the fund management industry to stop offering guaranteed rates.
The company is also taking firm and urgent steps to recover investments placed with other financial institutions and government infrastructure products. When government agencies pay contractors for work done, it will restore normal operations for GCFM.
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"""Tests for generic_utils.hashlib_tools
"""
# future/compat
import six

# stdlib
import hashlib
import os
import unittest

from generic_utils.hashlib_tools import get_chunked_hash

class HashlibToolsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
    """TestCase for HashlibTools"""

    def test_get_chunked_hash(self):
        """Validate get_chunked_hash works as expected
        """
        # noinspection PyCallingNonCallable
        test_output = six.StringIO()
        # An odd number of bytes to validate that the result hashes the remainder of len(data) /chunk_size
        test_data = os.urandom(150000)
        # Hack for Python 3, StringIO expects string not bytes
        if not six.PY2:
            test_data = six.text_type(test_data)

        test_output.write(test_data)
        hasher = hashlib.sha256()
        test_data_encoded = test_data

        if not six.PY2:
            test_data_encoded = test_data_encoded.encode('utf-8')

        hasher.update(test_data_encoded)
        expected_hash = hasher.hexdigest()
        actual_hash = get_chunked_hash(test_output)
        self.assertEqual(expected_hash, actual_hash)


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Subspecies Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. cohnii
Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. urealyticus corrig.
Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. urealyticum
Name: Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. cohnii (Schleifer and Kloos 1975) Kloos and Wolfshohl 1991
Basonym: Staphylococcus cohnii Schleifer and Kloos 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: coh'ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. cohnii, of Cohn, named for Ferdinand Cohn, a German botanist and bacteriologist
Valid publication: Kloos WE, Wolfshohl JF. Staphylococcus cohnii subspecies: Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. cohnii subsp. nov. and Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. urealyticum subsp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:284-289.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:581.
Taxonomic status: synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)
This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. urealyticus corrig. Kloos and Wolfshohl 1991 according to rule 40d. Publication: Kloos WE, Wolfshohl JF. Staphylococcus cohnii subspecies: Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. cohnii subsp. nov. and Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. urealyticum subsp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:284-289.
Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. cohnii is the correct name if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Staphylococcus cohnii within a separate genus Staphylococcus.
The original authorship, Schleifer and Kloos 1975, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780.
Parent taxon: Staphylococcus cohnii Schleifer and Kloos 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Kloos WE, Wolfshohl JF. Staphylococcus cohnii subspecies: Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. cohnii subsp. nov. and Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. urealyticum subsp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:284-289.
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