Some people think success comes effortlessly, with no need for effort or conscious planning. All you need to do is be in the right place at the right time—and at some happy moment, success will fall into your lap.
Successful people know that in business or any other undertaking, you must plan for success, and you must make conscious choices centered on your core values.
On rare occasions, the aimless wanderer may end up in the right place at the right time. On rare occasions, somebody also wins the multimillion-dollar lottery. But most people don't. The sure route to success lies through careful planning in harmony with a core motivation. Unconscious choices put you at the mercy of the dice roll.
Your core motivation is the inner drive that propels you toward a desired goal. Your core motivation springs from your core value — the value you choose to place at the center of your life. You must consciously decide what values mean the most in your life. You arrange them in order of priority and allocate your time and energy on the basis of these choices.
Your core value will govern the direction in which you expend your most vigorous efforts.
Everybody has a core value. It may be people, possessions, activities or principles. It may be strong or weak and it may be conscious or unconscious, but everybody has one. If you want success on your terms, you have to make yours a conscious choice.
I once heard a story about an old peasant in medieval times who served as a stable hand on the nobleman's estate. One day a wizard happened by and watched him laboring away.
"Is a stable hand all you were meant to be?" the wizard asked.
"I don't rightly know," said the old man.
"I have the power to turn you into whatever you'd like to become," said the wizard.
The stable man decided that the easiest way to decide what he would like to be was to wander around the estate, observing people and noting the ones he felt most drawn toward.
He felt no great attraction toward the miller or the cobbler or even toward the nobleman and his family. The miller's job was too strenuous; he didn't like the idea of lifting all those bags of grain and flour. The cobbler's job required too many skills; he didn't want to expend the time and effort to acquire them. And he didn't care for the weighty responsibilities that burdened the nobleman.
Finally, he happened across a peasant woman rocking her baby in front of her cottage. He felt a strong attachment for the baby.
So when the wizard returned in two weeks, the old man told him, "I want to be a baby." The wizard granted his wish.
Fifty years later—he being gifted with immortality—the wizard happened past the same barn.
And there he saw the same old peasant cleaning out the stable.
Instead of proactively deciding what he wanted to become, the stable man left it to passive choice. And what he got was predictable. Very sad.


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It has been a long time for aluminum alloy in the construction application , in recent years, broken steel has a greater development of aluminum, the doors and windows of its production of the most prominent advantage is good rigidity, super hardness, fire resistance, long life, Construction windows, mid-range home decoration of the preferred products. So what is the difference between steel windows and aluminum windows?
Advantages: not only beautiful and durable, and the lowest thermal conductivity. In terms of energy saving is far better than wooden windows, iron windows and aluminum windows, is the most effective means of sealing. Ordinary steel prices affordable, economical and practical. High-grade plastic window insulation, anti-aging appearance is not easy to deformation.
Disadvantages: sealing, safety, anti-theft and its ventilation quality is not satisfactory. The reason is the lack of supporting the use of high quality stainless steel materials, resulting in the current high-grade profiles supporting low-grade hardware of the disharmony state, and plastic (PVC) can not be degraded, waste plastic window is difficult to deal with, adverse environmental protection. There is a gap easy to rust, slightly worse sound insulation, ordinary plastic windows easy to deformation, such as high-end imports of expensive, thousands of dollars per square meter.
1. Corrosion resistance, fire resistance, long service life (50 - 100 years), after retirement can also be high recovery and reuse, without any pollution.
2. Rich in color. Aluminum inside and outside the surface can be different colors, different patterns.
3. High-grade broken bridge aluminum alloy can not only heat, can also be cold.
4. Light material, high strength, long service life, good fire performance, good lighting performance.
But the plastic window and aluminum window price comparison: the price of aluminum doors and windows higher than the steel doors and windows, the use of steel windows is still relatively common.
Aluminum alloy window from the material based on technical parameters, steel doors and windows in addition to steel core is the main component of PVC material, under the same conditions, the material heat resistance, PVC material is thousands of times the aluminum material. Plastic doors and windows as long as it is to meet the national standard of formal products, will certainly be able to achieve the desired insulation effect. Aluminum alloy is relatively poor, but in recent years there have been broken bridge aluminum technology, broken bridge color aluminum alloy doors and windows are two different sections through the combination of energy-saving insulation, its main role is to make the heat transfer channel open to prevent Hot and cold conduction quickly, so broken bridge aluminum alloy doors and windows in the manufacture of often used. Therefore, the aluminum alloy doors and windows in the manufacture will have greater development.


I live and work in San Diego County, which is a big military town for the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Over the years I've had the opportunity to work with many active military and veteran buyers using a VA loan to purchase a home. But lately, I'm struggling to help my VA buyers complete a purchase as they are facing what I see as a marketplace that discriminates against them.
The price point for many of the young VA buyers in San Diego Countyis relatively low, so when bidding on a house they are often competing with cash buyers.
As the buyer is not allowed to pay certain closing costs on a VA transaction, and most VA buyers need a considerable concession, the seller in this competitive market is more likely to select a buyer that doesn't ask for closing costs. Even if the VA buyer comes in with a higher offer to allow the seller the same net profit, there is the risk that the property won't appraise at the higher value and the deal won't go through.
The VA also requires a termite clearance, and the buyer is not allowed to pay for it. So, this pretty much rules out every short sale as the seller is not going to pay for an inspection, repairs or clearance, and it is highly unlikely that the seller's bank will pay.
The properties themselves often pose the biggest challenge in this market of REOs. According to VA guidelines, the home must be habitable with a working stove and heat source, floor coverings, no large holes in walls, or missing window trim or baseboards, no mold or mildew, and plumbing that does not leak. So buying a fixer is out of the question as the VA buyer is not allowed to pay for any repairs.
I would like to think that sellers might choose to actually make an effort to sell to a member of our military, but I think the VA itself has made it unnecessarily difficult. I understand the VA's desire to reduce the financial burden for the military buyer, and make sure they are protected in the transaction, but from where I stand, I see that the rules that are meant to protect them are actually hurting their chances of successfully buying in this market.
The amount that B of A was offering to the 2nd lien holder was incorrectly communicated to me. They offered one amount and then later came back with a much lower figure. I had to escalate the issue and get pretty angry to make them stick to the original amount offered.
Shortly after finally getting an approval in the first week of February, our buyer lost her job and we had to substitute her husband as the buyer. Same transaction, no changes except the loan and sale were now going to be in the husband's name. It took over a month to get a new approval, and that was after I again had to escalate the issue.
Here is what I see as a big problem with the whole system: Although the Equator platform is supposed to keep all parties in communication, it really doesn't work that way. Bank of America farms out the work of negotiating their Cooperative Short Sales to Asset Management Outsourcing, Inc., AKA, AMORecoveries. So during the whole "negotiation" portion of the short sale, the agent for the seller is only in communication with a case worker at this company. If you do need to escalate a matter to B of A directly, they might not be in the communication loop as far as the file and Equator are concerned. Additionally, I find communicating through Equator sketchy at best. Every step of the process is a "task" that gets accepted, completed or denied, and let me tell you, a short sale is simply not that black and white. The only way I really got anything accomplished was when I could actually speak to someone.
Once you finally get an approval, the file becomes the responsibility of a "closing specialist" back at B of A. So the person you've been dealing with throughout the whole process is now out of the picture. When we had to substitute the new buyer, the file went from our "closing specialist" at B of A, back to AMORecoveries, to a different negotiator who thought it was an entirely new file! I thought I was going to tear my hair out!
So I'm not a fan of the Bank of America system or the Cooperative Short Sale program that was supposed to streamline the approval process. And I know that without going up the food chain and fighting for my seller this deal wouldn't be closing.
Got a tough short sale in San Diego County? Give me a call!


Home > Blog > PiStorms > Take User Input With a Keyboard Widget in PiStorms!
The Input class shows a simple keyboard on the TFT LCD, and allows to take user input using touch screen. It may be useful when creating interactive applications. The characters can also be replaced with asterisks to input passwords.
Start with the import statements.
Create an instance of the PiStorms class to interact with the touchscreen as well as an instance of the PiStormsInput class to allow textual input. This will not show the keyboard just yet.
Now, you are ready to take user input! Call the getInput() method on the object. Setting the "hide" parameter to True, will hide the input on the screen.
The on-screen keyboard shows 4 characters at a time. Use the arrows to navigate through the character set or use the buttons on the top to select the characters.
Pressing either "Cancel" or "Submit" will submit the text.
"submitted" is a Boolean which identifies whether or not the user submitted (True) or cancelled (False) the operation.
"response" returns the user entry at the time the "Cancel" or "Submit" button was clicked. Even if the user clicks "Cancel", this attribute will still have a value.
Next, you can parse the input as applicable in your project. The following code checks whether or not the user cancelled the form, and prints the response.
By default, the program adds a 20 pixel margin on the left. You can hide it by setting left_padding to False in the call to the constructor.


This was a great place that a few different people in CDMX recommended. I have celiac disease and always get nervous when I travel and eat in new places. The chips are naturally gluten free. And I had 3 different types of sopes. My recommendation is to get them without the bistec because the steak is large and hard to chew in bites for a sope. The picadillo is different than I'm used to in Texas. But the food is good, plenty of gluten free options, nice atmosphere, the food came out fast, and great prices!


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e-Waste Recycling: e-Cycling on Campus
Jenny Griffin
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In American alone, over 125 million cell phones are discarded annually, creating an additional 65,000 tons of waste that is added to US landfills each year. This accumulation of e-waste not only puts an extra burden on already overflowing landfills, but it also causes other environmental problems. So why isn't there more focus on e-waste recycling and why aren't we doing more to recycle our electronic waste?
Why e-Waste Recycling is Necessary
According to the EPA, discarded cell phones contain high levels of toxic materials, such as lead, barium, cadmium and mercury, that render them hazardous when disposed. Carcinogenic toxins from disposed mobile phones could potentially leach into soil and groundwater to contaminate freshwater sources, including drinking water.
We all Contribute to the Pool of e-Waste
Almost everyone owns at least one cell phone, which generally gets replaced/upgraded every 18-24 months. As a result many people often own one or more obsolete, broken, or old unused cell phone, which typically ends up tossed out with the household trash to join the ever increasing piles of e-waste on landfill sites. College students are notorious for keeping up with the latest fads and trends – having the latest mobile phone is usually of paramount importance for these users. Consequently, a lot of e-waste is discarded every year by this group of cell phone users alone.
e-Waste Recycling Programs
Recycling programs for e-waste – often referred to as e-cycling – can dramatically reduce this burden on the environment, and the associated health risks. While there are many e-waste recycling centers in major cities, these are very often inaccessible or simply inconvenient for people without transport, such as students, to get to. Implementing e-waste recycling programs at colleges and universities will therefore make e-waste recycling more readily available to this core group of cell phone users.
Benefits of Recycling e-Waste on Campus
A campus e-waste recycling center can be run as a non-profit community project, or as an income generating business. It could also present a good opportunity for business students to get involved with in order to gain hands-on experience with establishing and running a business venture.
Cell phones that are dropped off at a campus e-waste recycling facility can be recycled on-site or sent to an e-waste recycler who will evaluate the device to determine whether it is suitable for reuse, refurbishment, or recycling. Cell phones that are in working order and cell phones that can be repaired can be recycled back into use, while devices that cannot be reused or refurbished can be dismantled and the components recycled for reuse. Components from dismantled cell phones can be used to refurbish damaged devices where possible, saving on material costs. There is potential to profit from the sale of recycled and refurbished cell phones, and from the sale of components that can be reused for cell phone repairs. There is also potential to recover high value precious metals, such as gold and silver, from e-waste, which can be sold for profit.
By offering students incentives such as cash or credit points that can be used on campus in lieu of cash, students can be encouraged to dispose of their old cellphones in an environmentally responsible manner at the e-waste recycling center. By implementing an e-waste recycling program, a university will establish a reputation as a green institution that cares about the environment and strives to encourage its students to be environmentally aware. Through this program, students will be encouraged to make environmentally sound decisions when disposing of unwanted e-waste, which will benefit them in the future ahead.
Things to Consider When Starting an e-Waste Recycling Facility on Campus
There are several factors that need to be considered before setting up an e-waste recycling facility on campus. First, the financial viability and long-term sustainability of such a program would need to be considered. One would need to determine potential markets for recycled e-waste products, and weigh up the cost of establishing such a facility with the benefits and financial returns received from the sale of recycled e-waste products. One also needs to consider how students will be encouraged and motivated to support an e-waste recycling center, should such a facility be established on campus.
What are the Benefits of a Campus e-Cycling Program?
Recycling old cell phones will not only benefit students and the university or college, but will also benefit the environment and ultimately the broader community. Recycling cell phones for reuse or to reuse components will reduce carbon dioxide emitted during the production of these devices or components, and thus will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But most importantly, by keeping these devices out of landfills, universities/colleges can play a large part in preventing carcinogenic toxins from leaching into soils and contaminating freshwater systems where they could potentially pose an environmental and human health risk.
e-Cycling: How to Recycle Your Old Mobile Phone
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Q: Seek query to change a text parent-child relationship into an integer parent-child relationship What is the query against table a that returns the result below?
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(1,'a023C000002yyrBQAQ',''),
(2,'a023C000002yy0SQAQ','a023C000002yyrBQAQ'),
(3,'a023C000002yy0WQAQ','a023C000002yyrBQAQ'),
(4,'a023C000002yx3OQAQ','a023C000002yyrBQAQ'),
(5,'a023C000002yzrjQAA','a023C000002yyrBQAQ'),
(6,'a023C000002z0c9QAA','a023C000002yyrBQAQ'),
(7,'a023C000002z0XEQAY','a023C000002yyrBQAQ'),
(8,'a023C000002yx3QQAQ','a023C000002z0c9QAA'),
(9,'a023C000002yx4KQAQ','a023C000002yy0SQAQ'),
(10,'a023C000002yx4MQAQ','a023C000002z0XEQAY'),
(11,'a023C000002yx4tQAA','a023C000002yx3OQAQ'),
(12,'a023C000002yxRhQAI','a023C000002yy0WQAQ'),
(13,'a023C000002yyrqQAA','a023C000002yzrjQAA'),
(14,'a023C000002yyY2QAI','a023C000002yy0SQAQ'),
(15,'a023C000002yyY5QAI','a023C000002z0XEQAY'),
(16,'a023C000002yyY8QAI','a023C000002z0c9QAA'),
(17,'a023C000002yyYaQAI','a023C000002yy0WQAQ')
) select * from a

Result:
values (
(1,0),
(2,1),
(3,1),
(4,1),
(5,1),
(6,1),
(7,1),
(8,6),
(9,2),
(10,7),
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A: What you have is an Adjacency List, a way to express a tree in a table. Rather than use a numeric identifier to enumerate the nodes, your tree uses a unique string. The logic is the same.
Mustaccio is on the right track to answer your question: Use a left self-join to add the parent "name" to the child's row. You did not give a database engine and a table definition so I can't adapt it to your situation, but the pattern looks like this (taken from the link):
SELECT e.id, e.first_name, e.role, e.manager_id, m.first_name
FROM employee e
LEFT JOIN employee m ON e.manager_id = m.id;

In your data, first_name is the first column, id is the second, and manager_id is the third.
You can also use a correlated subquery to look up the parent, but the join is more performant with large data sets.

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Final Fantasy 14's Naoki Yoshida on Fortnite Chapter 2: "I did that six years ago"
Jade King Contact via Twitter | November 27, 2019 4:16 pm GMT
In a recent chat with Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida, Trusted Reviews asked him about the startling similarities between Fortnite Chapter 2 and the MMORPG.
Earlier this year, the original version of Fortnite was shut off suddenly, caused by a black hole essentially swallowing up the entire universe. Servers remained inaccessible for several hours, with players waiting desperately to play the battle royale.
Once Epic Games was ready, it returned with the introduction of Chapter 2. This version of the game featured a new map, new mechanics and a revamped progression system that arguably transformed the entire experience. It also brought drew a number of comparisons between itself and Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn.
"Some of the development team are fans of Fortnite and they noticed it resembles the End of Era in Final Fantasy 14. Some people came to me and asked, 'did you see this, did you see that?' so everyone was aware of it. The visual representation did really resemble what we did with destroying the world," Yoshida said.
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However, the act of obliterating the world of massively multiplayer online experiences isn't new in the slightest, with Yoshida referencing classic titles such as Ultima Online, which flooded the world with demons and expected players to fight them off. It seems the best aspect of these events in his eyes, is how such things bring players together.
"In older MMO titles like Ultima Online when the world was ending a lot of demons suddenly appeared and killed everyone. They all died, were resurrected, died again and were resurrected again. It was quite messy, but that's the kind of thing older MMORPGs did" Yoshida told us.
"The developers just want players to enjoy the moment together, almost like it's a giant festival kind of thing. That's probably why Fortnite made the decision to do this, and given it's Fortnite, players probably saw it as an even bigger surprise."
Despite Final Fantasy 14 not being the first title to destroy its world in such a way, it's arguably the most iconic. It set the foundations for a success story which, by all accounts, shouldn't have really happened. Even so, Yoshida couldn't help but gloat a little bit, and it turns out his son is an avid player of Epic Game's battle royale.
"My son is in his first year of college and he's a massive fan of Fortnite. When I went back home he came up to me saying, 'Fortnite is doing something really great, they're destroying the world, you need to see it!' So I'm like, well I actually did that six years ago. He learned through Fortnite that Final Fantasy 14 has actually gone through such a moment."
Our full chat with Naoki Yoshida is coming soon, where we ask him about the past, present and future of Final Fantasy 14 while also delving into the game's community, approach to inclusivity and future rebuild of A Realm Reborn. Be sure to stay tuned for that!
Jade King
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Jade is the dedicated games writer at Trusted Reviews. She handles all things gaming whether it be news, reviews, events or silly features. Seen at outlets such as MTV UK, Kotaku and Trusted Reviews (…


Outstanding mastery of light, timing and composition! #4 is my favorite.
Picture number nine is really disturbing, almost threatening — in a good way! There's something about the shadow that makes it difficult to look at. Remarkably effective.
Every once and a while, your photos REALLY grab me : these are wonderful !!
Thank you – I don't take it badly; it's impossible to fire on all cylinders for everybody all the time; emotional connections, biases and all that.
very beautiful set, especially the 4th one in my opinion.
Are you considering publishing a book with your work?
The last photo — streetcars nearly blinded by grafitti — is incredibly sad.
Yes, and in an odd way had the feeling of decaying relics.
Just received the Fan Ho trilogy in mail. I haven't opened the box yet, but I'm expecting to see similarities with some of these.
Very well done … #1 and #13 are my favorites … and I too love Lisboan mood, the light there and the people, living in this phantastic city.
this is a great set overall, but the first shot left me open mouthed. Simply perfect: composition, light, depth…a masterpiece.
Thanks! The light in Portugal is amazing. I just captured it, nothing more.
From Lisbon = Lisboan. Everything was shot in Lisbon (the only other place I went to in Portugal was Porto) – Chiado is a suburb or district perhaps?
Ok, Lisbon in Portuguese is Lisboa.
And ok I get it was just a coincidence the word came out in one of the official languages of Spain.
Chiado is the name of the 'zone' were you took some of the pictures – like down town, up town, etc- I'm guessing it was just another coincidence…??
Thanks, quite happy with the current FOVs – and the chiaroscuro doesn't work wider. You lose the smooth transition at the shadow edges.
by jove i think you got it ! some of your best use of light👍🏻 i like the new bag good job i might have to get one. Cheers.
Number four absolutely the best for me.
Love this set, Ming! The 7th and 8th photos floored me!
Wow, just wow! Each one of these is amazing. The color and contrast draw you in and the detail keeps you there. They would make a stunning exhibition. I remember you once wrote a piece about the difficulty in working with galleries but you might consider showing these around.
Living in Australia, I am completely used to harsh lighting. That said, as you already know, I am still coming to grips with the issues involving dynamic range, in the digital medium.
Your first shot is a masterpiece – completely blew me away when I opened this post.
The rest of the photos illustrate your complete mastery of dynamic range in digital.
And PS – I love Portugal, it's a fantastic place for anyone interested in travel in Europe.


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Jacksonville speaks out against JSO police crimes
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Devonte Shipman (Fight Back! News/Staff)
Jacksonville, FL - Around 30 community members gathered in Bruce Park, in Jacksonville, to speak out against police crimes, for community control of the police, and a Jacksonville Police Accountability Council (JPAC).
Members of the Jacksonville Community Action Committee (JCAC) gathered with supporters in the Bruce Park area of Arlington, a working-class African American neighborhood on the Southside of Jacksonville. Just weeks ago, Devonte Shipman was harassed and profiled by Officer J.S Bolen, which sparked national outrage and a grassroots efforts around demanding Officer Bolen be fired for his actions – which took place just down the street from where folks gathered at Bruce Park.
Community members shared their different experiences of dealing with police violence. Members of the crowd spoke about why it's necessary to build a mass movement against police crimes and why community control of the police is necessary.
The crowd chanted, "No justice, no peace, people power over the police," as well as, "What do we want? JPAC, when do we want it? Now!"
JCAC organizer Connell Crooms talked about his experiences with being attacked by Jacksonville police officers at a protest against Trump's intervention in Syria on April 7.
Devonte Shipman reflected on his experiences with JSO just a few weeks ago and how happy he was with how supportive the community has been to him.
"It's a blessing, because this movement is gonna lead farther then just tickets being dropped; it's gonna lead to JPAC," said Shipman. "It's gonna take time but we'll get there."
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Dean of the School of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
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Morgan State University invites nominations and applications to fill the position of Dean of the School of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.
Morgan State University, a Carnegie-classified R2 Doctoral/Research University with aspirations for ascension to R-1 status, is an equal opportunity employer. Morgan serves a multi-ethnic and multi-racial student body and ensure that all individuals have access to higher education. Located in a charming residential area of northeast Baltimore near the historic neighborhoods of Morgan Park and Wilson Park, Morgan's impressive, 152-acre campus features state-of-the-art facilities geared toward innovative teaching and learning in the 21st century. The campus, designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, offers a safe and inviting learning environment with easy access to the best the city has to offer; culture, exhibits, dining, shopping, activities, sightseeing, and employment. The off-campus opportunities also extend to community projects and civic engagement. For more information, visit http://www.morgan.edu/.
The Dean of the School of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, who will report to the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, will be a dynamic visionary and transformational leader. The successful candidate will lead a family of professionals that pride themselves in working together as "One Family, Growing Scientists." As the chief academic, fiscal, and administrative officer of the School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (SCMNS), the Dean manages office and division operations, including budgets, academic faculty, staff evaluations, faculty recruitment, retention, and workload. The Dean provides leadership for the faculty and articulates the School's vision, qualities, and distinctiveness both within the University and to external constituencies. The Dean must also be an innovative and dynamic advocate for the School and its programs among diverse groups of education, business, government, community leaders, and the general public.
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Revered as an outstanding art educator, Binning believed fervently in the necessity of arts education for everyone.
He established the Department of Fine Arts at UBC and held the chair's position until 1968. During his tenure, he remained an active artist maintaining an impressive exhibition schedule. His work was included in numerous exhibitions in major Canadian cities as well as in the prestigious Sao Paulo Biennal and Venice Biennale.


We have all heard the rumors that Baja is abundant in the fishing department. Well, we can confirm that this is, in fact, true. Between diving for shellfish, spearing, and surfcasting we have been successful in gathering many meals, for ourselves, fellow campers, and friends. The ocean has been good to us. The act of sharing the daily catch, as well as knowledge regarding the local sea life, is a wonderful way to meet fellow travelers. A camp can take on a true community feel when people come together to talk about fishing. In addition, finding creative ways to prepare newly identified sea life, with limited resources, can be a lot of fun!
You have all seen the famous Sardinetaco barracuda fishing video, but that was just the beginning. Once we departed from the Bahia de Los Angeles, we headed for Concepcion Bay. With a little advice from an expat who ran the local fishing supply store in Mulege, we were confident that the shellfish we saw while snorkeling were, in fact, delicious. We dove for fresh scallops and clams, gathering about 4 dozen scallops (in a couple hours). The next day we gathered an estimated 100 clams in under an hour. The satisfaction of self-sufficiency and the fresh taste of the ocean left big smiles on our sun-beaten faces. These meals were not only delicious, but they were great for the budget as well.
A few days later we arrived in Scorpion Bay (San Juanico). At this location we had no luck diving for shellfish, or surfcasting, but the spear (Hawaiian Sling) was the big winner. We were spearing small fish that I believe are called grunts, but I am not exactly sure. Either way they were plentiful, fun to spear, cooked whole with Old Bay, and super tasty.
We hit the hot spot when we headed to Punta Conejo. With a little advice from the dude who ran the RV park called Palapa 206 in the city of Ciudad Constitucion we had bueno luck. The first morning we woke up at Punta Conejo, I was surfing by sunrise and amazed at how I was surrounded by fish in all directions. At any given time, in the early morning, there were countless fish jumping all around me. Being surrounded by fins in the water left me with an eerie feeling, especially because no one else was out there (or on the beach). The next morning I was fishing before the sun came up and BLAMO!! 10 casts later I had snapper, tuna, corvina, etc. The next day it was the same thing, and so on. The Corvina was huge and one of the snappers was also a beast. While I was gutting the fish on the beach I was attracting attention at the surf break. People in the camp were stoked because we all got fed, I negotiated our camping fee with fresh fish, and there was some epic surfing to boot. And the rest is history. Thanks dad for teaching me how to fish back in the day. I guess I remember all those things you taught me.


Global Cellular IoT Gateways Market Size, Status and Forecast 2019-2025; the latest report focuses on current market status, estimated forecast, growth opportunities, key market and top players.
(EMAILWIRE.COM, January 11, 2019 ) The objectives of this report is to present the Cellular IoT Gateways development in United States, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India, and Central & South America. This report helps to understand key player of the Cellular IoT Gateways market and analyse their development plan and strategies, this report also define, describe and forecast the Cellular IoT Gateways market by product type, applications and by regions.
Key companies profiled in this report are Adtran, At&T Mobility, Airspan Networks, Airvana, Alcatel-Lucent, Aptilo Networks, Arcadyan Technology, Argela, Aruba Networks, Aviat Networks, Cavium, China Mobile, Cisco, Comcast, Contela, Devicescape, Eircom, Ericsson, Huawei, Juniper Networks, Kddi, Kineto Wireless, Korea Telecom, Motorola Solutions, Nec and more. These companies are profiled in the terms of company basic details, business overview, product knowledge, historical revenue and recent developments.


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Mic Michaeli (de son vrai nom : Gunnar Mathias Michaeli) est un claviériste de rock suédois né le  à Upplands Väsby. Il est surtout connu pour sa participation au groupe de rock suédois Europe

Biographie
Mic Michaeli a grandi dans la banlieue de Stockholm et a joué dans diverses bandes locales de rock telles que Avalon. Quand Europe part en tournée pour promouvoir son deuxième album Wings of Tomorrow, Mic Michaeli est recruté pour jouer du clavier dans le groupe, pour permettre à Joey Tempest d'être plus libre sur scène. Mic participe à l'écriture en 1986 de certaines chansons de l'album The Final Countdown, album qui eut un succès mondial. Il est ainsi coauteur avec Joey Tempest de la chanson , le plus grand succès du groupe aux États-Unis, et qui se classe troisième au Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Après le break d'Europe en 1992, Mic Michaeli continue de jouer avec Glenn Hughes, et dans des bandes telles que Brazen Abbott ou Last Autumn's Dream. On peut noter aussi d'innombrables collaborations sur des projets entre 1990 et 2000 (plus récemment Dream de Nostradamus de Nik Kotzev et le dernier Autumn's dream). Lorsque Europe se reforme en 2004, il décide de les rejoindre.

Mic a également coécrit certaines chansons des derniers albums de Europe Start from the Dark, Secret Society, Last Look at Eden et Bag Of Bones.

Discographie

Europe
 The Final Countdown (1986)
 Out of This World (1988)
 Prisoners in Paradise (1991)
 Start from the Dark (2004)
 Secret Society (2006)
 Last Look at Eden (2009)
 Bag of Bones (2012)
 War of Kings (2015)

Autres artistes
 Tone Norum - One of a Kind (1986)
 Glenn Hughes - From Now On... (1994)
 Glenn Hughes - Burning Japan Live (1994)
 Brazen Abbot - Live and Learn (1995)
 Brazen Abbot - Eye of the Storm (1996)
 Brains Beat Beauty - First Came Moses, Now This... (1997)
 Brazen Abbot - Bad Religion (1997)
 Thore Skogman - Än Är Det Drag (1998)
 Nikolo Kotzev - Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus (2001)
 Brazen Abbot - Guilty as Sin (2003)
 Last Autumn's Dream - Last Autumn's Dream (2003)
 Bosses Vänner - Läget? (2007)
 John Norum - Play Yard Blues (2010)

Instruments notables
Roland Fantom X7Nord LeadNord ElectroKorg Triton Extreme 76Hammond C3Roland MKS-80 Super JupiterEnsoniq MirageYamaha SY77Roland D-50Roland JX-8P Roland AXIS Yamaha KX76 Korg CX-3 Yamaha TX816

Liens externes

Références

Claviériste de rock
Claviériste suédois
Naissance en novembre 1962
Naissance à Upplands Väsby
Musicien de glam metal
Claviériste de heavy metal
Musicien de hard rock

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Can somebody explain me what I have to do to make a database connection work? Get a exception and i have no idea how to fix it.
I'm pretty new to Bonita bpm.
I created my first lane with a simple process, and now I want to make a database connection to my Orcale 11g Express edition database.
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I am working with Bonita BPM 7.1, starting to build multi-page forms. It looks like the database connector functionality provides what I need in terms of querying an external database. However, I need to access the connector dynamically within the page. For example, first page-> Select person last Name, second page -> display list of matching people with selection. So between these steps I need to execute a parameterized query to the database. I can build a connector-in, but it always runs before the form.
I am attempting to use the Postgres 9.2 connector to populate a List business variable.
I am very new in using Bonita. I am studying it to use in production. I stuck in pretty simply task. I need to create connectors in order to get and update data from/in external client base (PostgreSQL). I created connector in lane, entered correct info for connecting to the database but can't event test connection with simple queries.
Choose connector - PostgreSQL 9.2.
Enter DB access information. DB is hosted locally.


Today is simple. Listen to the song below. It is silly.
It was played for a three year old this morning. He danced and laughed and then when it was over he said, "Play it again!" And danced and laughed again. It's ok to be a little silly once in a while. Drop the cool card as it is said, and enjoy life as it is given to you by God. As the great Willy Wonka once said, "A little nonsense now and then, always relished by the wisest men."
B. In the Fortify Program, Update the battle tracker. Go to week eight and check out "Make Time for Loved Once" and "Accountability."
D. Journal the following: 1. Is it ever difficult to drop the cool card? And just be silly? 2. Do you ever worry to much about what your peers might think? 3. How can you change that.
Today's Tips: When the urges come get up. Stop. Breathe. Pray. Put this song on and dance your heart out.


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Marin County Search and Rescue (SAR) recently rescued a senior dog and his person from the bottom of a steep embankment. The saga began when Shadow, a 14-year-old Labrador retriever, went missing from the trails near Dias Ridge on Mount Tamalpais. Though his owner, a 55-year-old man, combed the expanse for him, it took more than two days to locate the pup.
Finally, late on Sunday afternoon, he heard barking from far below the trail, followed the sound and found Shadow immobile in a drainage area. He made his way down to him, but unable to get the pooch or himself back up the slope, he dialed 911 for help. The first responders were park rangers and Marin County firefighters who, after assessing the situation, called in SAR, an all-volunteer team comprising youth and adults. Search and Rescue members started arriving around 7pm, in the complete darkness, and established voice contact with the man.
"It's amazing to me that he found the dog. The hill is covered with dense manzanita, hip-high," said SAR administrative director Molly Williams.
The shrubbery was so thick it took 45 minutes for the crew to reach the pair. They provided food and water to both and then began the task of figuring out the best way to get everyone back to the trail safely. Ultimately, Shadow rode out in a special stretcher and the rest spent the next hour walking up the precipitous slope.
About 30 people worked on the rescue, many of them high school students from SAR. We're giving a loud shout out to SAR for serving our community and leading more than 50 searches each year.
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Shares in AdEPT Telecom plc with EPIC code: LON:ADT has climbed 5.03% or 16 points during the course of today's session so far. Traders have remained optimistic during this period. The periods high has already touched 334 meanwhile the session low reached 329.34. The total volume of shares exchanged through this period comes to 4,852 whilst the average number of shares exchanged is 9,623. The stock 52 week high is 359 amounting to 41 points different to the previous business close and a 52 week low sitting at 256.2 a difference of some 61.8 points. The current market cap is £78.67m at the time of this report. Share price is traded in GBX. Mcap is measured in GBP. This article was written with the last trade for AdEPT Telecom plc being recorded at Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 10:40:14 AM GMT with the stock price trading at 334 GBX.
Shares in British American Tobacco plc EPIC code: LON:BATS has increased 1.24% or 46.5 points during the course of today's session so far. Market buyers have remained positive during this period. Range high for the period has seen 3822.5 meanwhile the session low reached 3765. The total volume of shares traded by this point was 1,768,826 whilst the daily average number of shares exchanged is just 6,134,231. The 52 week high price for the shares is 5643.6 some 1879.6 points in difference on the previous days close and a 52 week low being 3553 which is a variance of 211 points. British American Tobacco plc has a 20 day moving average of 3910.66 and a 50 day moving average now of 4013.33. The market capitalisation is now £87,399.64m at the time of this report. The currency for this stock is Great British pence.Market cap is measured in GBP. This article was written with the last trade for British American Tobacco plc being recorded at Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 12:41:42 PM GMT with the stock price trading at 3810.5 GBX.
The share price for Bushveld Minerals Limited EPIC code: LON:BMN has risen 9.37% or 1.79 points during today's session so far. Buyers have remained optimistic during the trading session. The high for the period has reached 20.89 and a low of 19. Volume total for shares traded at this point reached 1,668,017 whilst the average number of shares exchanged is 6,382,847. A 52 week share price high is 24.45 which is 5.35 points in difference to the previous days close of business and a 52 week low sitting at 6.82 which is a variance of 12.28 points. The market cap now stands at £220.03m at the time of this report. The stock is traded in GBX. Mcap is measured in GBP. This article was written with the last trade for Bushveld Minerals Limited being recorded at Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 12:36:15 PM GMT with the stock price trading at 20.89 GBX.
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Буйново () — село в Болгарии. Находится в Смолянской области, входит в общину Борино. Население составляет 332 человека.

Политическая ситуация
В местном кметстве Буйново, в состав которого входит Буйново, должность кмета (старосты) исполняет Венцислав Радков Илиев (Движение за права и свободы (ДПС)) по результатам выборов.

Кмет (мэр) общины Борино — Октай Мустафов Алиев (ДПС) по результатам выборов.

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The configuration settings of the routerlogin are stored within the router in a configuration file. You can save this file to your computer, restore it, or reset it to the factory default settings.
Open a browser from a computer or wireless device that is linked to the network.
Enter website routerlogin.net or http://www.routerlogin.com in the address field of the browser. A login screen appears.
Enter the username and password of the router. The username should be admin and the default password is password. The username and password should be case-sensitive. The main Home page displays.
Select ADVANCED > Administration > Backup Settings.
Choose the Back-Up button and Click on it.
Specify a location on your computer and Click the Save button to save settings on your computer.
Go to the browser from your device that is set up to the network.
Enter website routerlogin.net or http://www.routerlogin.com in the address bar of the browser. A login screen appears.
Enter the router username and password. The username is an admin. The default password is password. The username and password are case-sensitive. The BASIC Home screen displays.
Select ADVANCED > Administration > Backup Settings. The Backup Settings screen displays.
Now, Click on the Browse button and select the .cfg file.
Click the Restore button. The file is uploaded to the router and the router reboots.
You can erase and restore the configuration of factory default settings. You can erase the configuration settings if you move the router to a different network.
Open web browser from a computer or wireless device that is attached to the network.
Enter website routerlogin.net or routerlogin.com in the address field of the web browser. A login screen displays.
Enter the router username and password. The username is admin and the default password is password. The username and password are case-sensitive. The BASIC Home screen displays.
Select ADVANCED > Administration > Backup Settings. The Backup Settings screen appears.
Click the Erase button. The factory default settings are restored.


Here's the truth. Brothers and sisters, there's plenty of money in the world. There's plenty of money in this city. It's just in the wrong hands.
After that, de Blasio's brothers and sisters of the Party want free education and free, single-payer medical care for all, including illegal aliens (remember their open border demand).
How to pay for all of this Party largesse? The first goal: by taking all that money that's in the wrong hands and giving to the correct, deserving holders of the money.
Mind you, who are the correct holders, who are the deserving holders, will be defined by those members of the Progressive-Democratic Party. They're the ones who Know Better than those with the money, those who've earned the money, how that money should be used.
It isn't their money, anyway. It's the Party's money. Party generously will let us have some of it for a period of time, though.
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World Immunization Week 2020: #VaccinesWork for All
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Vaccination remains as one of the primary approaches in which a person can gain immunity from a specific disease. Throughout the years, millions of lives have been saved by it.
With the rising number of cases and deaths due to COVID-19, humanity is in dire need of a safe and potent vaccine. Scientists around the world are working nonstop in developing and testing Covid-19 vaccines that might work against the disease.
World Immunization Week – Lessons from the Past
History tells us about a medical breakthrough that changed our perception of disease prevention and replaced the traditional practice of promoting immunity. Today, the process is known as variolation.
In 1796, Edward Jenner, an English doctor, administered the world's first vaccine against smallpox, a disease that caused deaths of millions of people since Ancient Egypt. Jenner noticed that milkmaids who were affected with cowpox disease never contracted smallpox. He then inoculated a cowpox pustule into the arm of James Phipps, an eight-year-old boy.
The rational explanation behind his experiment is the use of a related viral strain (cowpox) to promote immunity to the smallpox virus. To prove that his theory is right, he took the risk of intentionally inoculating the boy with smallpox. Fortunately, the disease did not develop. The vaccine was a success.
In 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that smallpox was the first disease eradicated worldwide by vaccination.
Soon after Jenner's breakthrough, more scientists have invented different vaccines to fight numerous infectious diseases. Measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, cholera, cervical cancer, influenza, Hepatitis B, rabies, yellow fever, tetanus, and poliomyelitis have been controlled through vaccination. Furthermore, the occurrence of these contagious diseases has declined dramatically over the past years, thanks to immunization.
How #VaccinesWork on Immunization
Vaccines work by training the immune system to recognize a disease it has not encountered yet. It is done by exposing an individual to an antigen to generate the formation of the antibody; a substance produced by the body to combat a disease.
There are different types of vaccines, such as killed or inactivated, attenuated, subunit or conjugate, and toxoid. In the case of killed or inactivated type, the microorganisms are killed by physical or chemical means. The killed version can then be used as an immunogen. However, vaccination with live microorganisms is usually more effective than with the killed type. But it is necessary that the weakened (attenuated but still possessed the immunizing power) form must be used as a vaccine.
Subunit or conjugate vaccine uses a specific "part" (capsid, protein, or sugar) of the virus as the immunogen. This type needs a booster shot for the immune response can be maintained.
Toxoid type uses the toxin made by the microorganism that causes the disease. The active form of the toxin cannot be used as an immunogen; hence it must be modified chemically. Similar to killed or inactivated vaccines, the modified toxin must no longer be toxic but still retain their efficiency as the immunogen.
Progress on COVID-19 Vaccine
Since the current pandemic deals with a novel coronavirus, the lack of understanding of the epidemiology of the virus makes it a race for scientists to develop a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2. The institutions to finish the required clinical trials first will have a significant place in the history of combatting the devastating disease.
Researchers from China's CanSino Biologics and United States' Moderna Therapeutics are now in phase 1 of clinical trials and the first to test their candidate vaccines in a healthy human volunteer. CanSino's vaccine platform uses a non-replicating version of a viral vector– Adenovirus Type 5, one of the agents that cause common cold in humans. In a press release, they announced that their preclinical data showed promising advances in strengthening the immune system in animal models. On the other hand, unlike the conventional way of developing vaccines, Moderna introduces the use of messenger RNA (mRNA). With their innovation, vaccines can be produced more easily and rapidly as it does not require growing significantly large numbers of virus in the laboratory.
Recently, Inovio Pharmaceuticals DNA vaccine has also advanced to phase 1 clinical testing. Inovio claimed that the preclinical data of their vaccine also generated promising immune responses in animal models. The company is also well-recognized for their success in developing a vaccine candidate (currently undergoing phase 2 clinical trial) for MERS-CoV, another type of coronavirus.
Novavax, a biotech company, also announces the human clinical trial of their vaccine candidate called NVX-CoV2373 to begin in May 2020. Like many other candidate vaccines for COVID-19, it is designed to boost the immune system against the coronavirus.
Johnson & Johnson, together with Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) saw the need to fund more than $1 Billion for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine research and development. Partnering with Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, their candidate vaccine also uses a viral vector– Ad26, another type of adenovirus. Their vaccine is set to begin a human clinical trial by September.
Two former rivals, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Sanofi joined forces to put an end to this pandemic. Sanofi stated that their S-protein based vaccine platform needs an adjuvant to function optimally which GSK already have. The two companies claimed the start of phase 1 clinical testing in the second half of this year. Other companies, including Dynavax Technologies Corp, are using adjuvant technology in their candidate vaccines.
As of March 20th, 2020, WHO categorized vaccine candidates for COVID-19 into different "platforms" that includes non-replicating viral vector, RNA, DNA, inactivated, live attenuated virus, protein subunit, replicating viral vector and virus-like particle (VLP). So far, there are 115 vaccine candidates for COVID-19. Currently, most are undergoing a preclinical phase of clinical evaluation while some other companies or institutions have plans to start human clinical testing this year.
Addressing the Gap
As we celebrate World Immunization Week, may we recognize the value of vaccines in a health crisis like this. Yet, there are still no vaccines and therapeutics available to fight COVID-19, strict implementation of nonpharmaceutical control measures is observed among different countries to address the current pandemic. For now, everyone's cooperation is needed to flatten the curve through social distancing and frequent hand washing.
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Washington: 'The United States has taken a big step to catch-up to the advances of Russia and China, over the last one and a half decades. The US fighter jets will soon be armed with laser weapons to augment the capability of the US Air Force as also to strengthen the air defence,' a senior US Air Force official announced. The US analysts have claimed that such laser-configured fighter jets would be a sharp reply for the hypersonic missiles of Russia and China.
Lockheed Martin, the leading US-based arms manufacturer had already made preparations to mount laser systems on the US warships. The XN-1 lasers have been successfully tested on board the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in the last few years. Also, the US warships would be equipped with laser weapons in a few years, the US military analysts claim. Reports had surfaced of the 'Laser' or 'Death Ray' systems being mounted on the long-range US surveillance aircraft. However, the US Department of Defence has not disclosed any official information on the matter.
Eva Blaylock, spokeswoman for the Air Force Research Laboratory, informed that the US fighter jets would soon be armed with lasers. 'The laser-configured fighter jets will provide an opportunity to target high-speed objects with precision. It will tremendously increase the capability of the US Air Force,' Blaylock claimed. The US Air Force laboratory is carrying out experiments at a rapid pace for the use of laser weapons while the research has entered a critical stage for reducing the size of the laser pods, being installed on the warships to make them usable on the fighter jets.
'The preliminary testing for the Laser Pods would be done on the large C-130 and C-17 aircraft of the US Air Force. After that, the laser pods will be configured on the super advanced F-35 Stealth fighter jets,' Blaylock informed. 'The laser pod will replace the Gun Pod in the fighter jets. It would enhance the attack capabilities of the fighter jets,' the US Air Force claimed. After successful tests, the laser pods are believed would be installed on the US fighter jets by 2021.
Meanwhile, the US defence forces have admitted that China and Russia have taken the lead in the manufacture of hypersonic missiles while adding that the United States has accelerated the production of hypersonic weapons to regain the lead in the sector. Considering the scenario, the laser-configured US fighter jets would prove to be a warning bell for Russia and China, claim the US analysts and military press.


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Strichen residents' shock at Alex Salmond resignation
by Jamie Ross
Alex Salmond announces his resignation at Bute House, Edinburgh (Scottish Government/PA)
Residents of the quiet north-east village that Alex Salmond calls home were shocked to hear of his resignation as first minister last night.
Mr Salmond posted a picture online of him and his wife Moira in a helicopter, ready to head home to Strichen just hours after making the announcement, thanking supporters for their good wishes.
And in the village, near Fraserburgh, where residents see one of Scotland's most powerful men as one of them, there were further messages of support.
Madalene Sherwood, 51, said: "I'm a bit shocked – I wasn't expecting it. The man has never done me any wrong, but he must be exhausted.
"You believe he does have Scotland's best interests at heart."
Eddie Ironside said he was "gutted" with how the referendum had gone as a whole.
The 74-year-old added: "I don't think there's anything more or different he could have done."
Living in a converted mill with his wife, the Aberdeenshire East MSP has been always been active in his community.
In 2012, he chose to volunteer his time, as part of a tribute to the 67 years Nelson Mandela devoted to his own country's civil rights struggle, at the local community park, and has also supported the local animal sanctuary Willows.
Local businessman Hebbie Fowlie, 56, who runs the butchers in Strichen, said last night that Mr Salmond had done a their village proud, adding: "Alex did a fantastic job for the village.
"He's been here a long time – he's just one of the locals," he added.
Isobel Mundie also said she was disappointed at the news that Mr Salmond would no longer be the first minister or leader of the SNP, as he had helped put Strichen on the map.
The 67-year-old said: "I'm really disappointed. He's been good for Strichen and the whole of the country."


Despite significant medical advances and improvement in overall mortality rate following burn injury, the treatment of patients with extensive burns remains a major challenge for intensivists. We present a study aimed to evaluate the short- and the long-term outcomes of severe burn patients (total body surface area, TBSA > 40%) treated in a polyvalent intensive care unit (ICU) and to assess the quality of life of survivors, one year after the injury using the EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) questionnaire.
A prospective-observational study was performed in an ICU of a University-affiliated hospital. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the factors predicting in-hospital mortality. The EQ-5D questionnaire was used to asses participant's long term self-reported general health.
During a period of five years, 50 patients participated in the study. Their mean age was 53.8 ± 19.8; they had a mean of %TBSA burned of 54.5 ± 18.1. 44% and 10% of patients died in the ICU and in the ward after ICU discharge, respectively. Baux index, SAPS II and SOFA on admission to the ICU, infectious and respiratory complications, and time of first burn wound excision were found to have a significant predictive value for hospital mortality. The level of health of all survivors was worse than before the injury. Problems in the five dimensions studied were present as follows: mobility (moderate 68.5%; extreme 0%), self-care (moderate 21%; extreme 36.9%), usual activities (moderate 68.5%; extreme 21%), pain/discomfort (moderate 68.5%; extreme 10.5%), anxiety/depression (moderate 36.9%; extreme 42.1%).
In severe burn patients, Baux index, severity of illness on admission to the ICU, complications, and time of first burn wound excision were the major contributors to hospital mortality. Quality of life was influenced by consequences of injury both in psychological and physical health.
The treatment of patients with extensive burns remains a major challenge, even with advances in burn care over recent decades . Some publications [2, 3] have suggested that survival rates reach 50% in young adults sustaining a Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) burned of 80% without inhalation injury. Recent U.S. data indicate a 69% mortality rate among patients with burns over 70% of TBSA .
Burn patients are an heterogeneous population, with wide variation in age, mechanism of injury, depth and site of burn and a different co-morbidity . Attempts to provide valid and objective estimates of the risk of death following burn have a long and extensive history, yet little has changed during the time .
Hence it is important to identify injury- and treatment-related factors influencing survival of patients with severe burns.
A number of factors outside the control of the burn service may also influence outcome, including motivation of the patient, pre-burn psychological morbidity, family support and socio-economic background . Burn injury may affect all aspects of human life, leaving survivors with a variety of physical and psychosocial handicaps. In addition, altered appearance and stigmatization may represent a threat to patient social life . Burn survivors often have a challenging and protracted recovery process. Somatic symptoms are generally persistent and psychiatric disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) and depression are relatively frequent . To better understand the impact of morbidity and consequences of thermal injury and to evaluate clinical programs for treatment and follow-up, assessment of burn patient health status and quality of life have been advocated [9, 10]. One of the few specific instruments that were used to support such an effort was the Burn Specific Health Scale (BSHS), validated and finalised into an abbreviated 80-item version. This questionnaire was designed to assess the post-injury adjustment by means of health-related quality of life in adult burn survivors. It includes both physical and psychosocial domains. Nevertheless this questionnaire is rather long and some authors have criticized it as being laborious to use . The instrument must aim to be simple and easy to use. One such instrument could be the EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D)  which is a simple questionnaire used by a number of patients with specific diseases, including critically ill patients ; it is validated in burn patients  and used to provide information on the costs of the different type of burn treatment .
The primary aim of this study was prospectively to evaluate the short and the long term mortality of severe burn patients (TBSA > 40%)  admitted to the ICU and requiring ventilatory support; we also identified which clinical factors at the time of injury would predict in-hospital mortality. The second objective was to determine their health related quality of life (HR-QoL) one year after the injury, using the EQ-5D questionnaire.
This study was performed in the Department of Intensive Care (ICU) of academic hospital of Padova. In this hospital, that represents the reference center for adult burn patients throughout the north east of Italy, there is a specialized burn unit for non intubated burn patients attended by staff plastic surgeons with burns care experience and a polyvalent ICU (16 beds) with two isolated-single bed rooms dedicated to ventilated severe burn patients under the supervision of intensivists. The ICU has four medical staff members participating in continuing medical education of burn patients, mainly nurses (two nurses for one patient) and nursing auxiliary staff members (one for each patient).
After obtaining the approval of the Research Ethical Committee of University-Hospital of Padova and the written consent of the patients or their relatives, during a 5-year period (from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2003), all adult severe burn patients (TBSA > 40%) admitted to the ICU and requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) were prospectively included in the study. Demographic data (age, gender), severity of illness (SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score and SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment) on admission, medical comorbidities using Charlson Comorbidity Index Score , % TBSA burned, Baux index (age plus %TBSA burned), degree of burn, location of burns, aetiology of injury, presence of inhalation injury, timing of wound excision and grafting, length of ICU stay, short term mortality (ICU and hospital mortality), were recorded for each patient. Inhalation injury was defined by the following: history of burn occurring in an enclosed space; singeing of facial hair; soot in the oral pharynx; inflammation of the lower airway on fiberoptic broncoscopy [18, 19]. Timing of wound excision and grafting was decided by surgeons and intensivists based on evaluation of burns and patient's resuscitation.
The records of interest for this study included infectious and non-infectious complications. Non infectious complications were categorized based on organ system as follows: cardiovascular (cardiogenic shock, heart failure, dysrhytmia requiring pharmacological treatment), pulmonary (pulmonary embolism, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, pneumothorax), neurologic (anoxic brain injury, seizure), hematologic (deep venous thrombosis, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, gastrointestinal bleeding), and renal (acute renal failure requiring dialysis or haemofiltration). Infectious complications included sepsis, septic shock, bloodstream infections, catheter-based infections, urinary tract infections and pneumonia.
All patients discharged from the hospital and their family were asked to report any long-term complications, such as mortality.
One year after discharge, a telephone interview was carried out with survivors to discover their quality of life. Patients, who refused or were unable to complete the questionnaire, were excluded from the study. The HR-QoL was assessed using the descriptive EQ-5D questionnaire that was administered by the same author.
The EQ-5D questionnaire was developed in 1990 and further modified to the current version with five dimensions in 1991 by the EuroQol Group [12, 20]. It comprises two parts: the EQ-5D self-classifier, a self-reported description of health problems according to a five dimensional classification (i.e. mobility, self-care, activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression), and the EQ VAS, a self-rated health status using visual analogue scale (VAS), similar to a thermometer, that records the perceptions of a participant's current overall health. The scale is from 0 (the worst imaginable state of health) to 100 (the best imaginable state). In both, the time frame is the day of responding. The "perceived current health status" was evaluated with the question: "Compared with my general level of health before the burn injury, your health state today is better/the same/worse".
All analysis was performed with the statistical package SPSS for Windows (version 11,0; SPSS, Chicago, II). Results were presented as the mean ± standard deviation (SD) (continuous variables) or percentage (categorical variables). T-test (for continuous variables) and chi-square test or Fisher's exact test when expected frequencies were too small (for categorical variables) were used to compare the clinical characteristics of the ICU survivors and ICU non-survivors. Statistical significance was considered if p < 0.05.
Multivariate analysis was performed to evaluate the factors influencing in-hospital mortality.
The cumulative survival rate of the patients was plotted as a Kaplan-Meier analysis. For comparison, the cumulative survival rate of the normal population was calculated with an age- and gender-matched population using death probability tables published by ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica) .
During a period of five years, 50 patients (28 males and 22 females) were admitted to the ICU after severe burn injury. Any patient refused to participate in the study. The mean age of patients was 53.8 ± 19.8. The average percentage of the TBSA burned was 54.5 ± 18.1 and the Baux score was 108.4 ± 21.3. Most of the patients (88%) had suffered third degree burns. The SAPS II and SOFA on admission were respectively 32.2 ± 13.8 and 3.9 ± 3.8. The mean of Charlson comorbidity score was 1.1 ± 1.1.
Cause of injury was the fire in 46 patients (92%) and chemicals in 4 patients (8%). Most of the patients (22 patients) (44%) had burns to the head associated to the upper and lower extremities; burn to the head, face and neck were present in 8 (16%) patients.
Infectious complications were overall the most common complications, occurring in 27 (55%) of all patients. The most common non infectious complications were respiratory failure in 24 patients (48%): acute respiratory distress syndrome (16 patients), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (4 patients), pulmonary embolism (2 patients) and pneumothorax (2 patients). Cardiovascular complications occurred in 16 patients (32%): dysrythmia in 8 patients, heart failure in 4 patients, cardiovascular shock in 4 patients. Renal, hematologic, and neurological complications occurred in 30%, 2% and 2%, respectively of the overall population.
The average length of ICU stay was 23 ± 26.4 days. The patients were intubated and underwent MV because of inhalation injury (21 patients) or upper airways edema (29 patients). Twenty-two patients (44%) died in the ICU, most of them for infectious complications. ICU non-survivor patients died at a mean of 30.9 ± 33.6 days in the ICU. The ICU survivors had significantly lower SAPS II, SOFA on admission, %TBSA burned, Baux index, presence of third degree burns, inhalation injury, infectious and respiratory complications, length of MV, time of first burn wound excision and length of ICU stay than ICU non-survivor patients (Table 1).
Five patients (10%) died in the ward after ICU discharge. One of these died a cause of pulmonary edema and he was transferred to the Department of Cardiology. An other one died of heart failure and sudden cardiac arrest. Three patients died a cause of wound infections and they were treated on department of plastic surgery under surgical direction, next to the ICU.
Baux index, SAPS II and SOFA on admission to the ICU, infectious and respiratory complications, and time of first burn wound excision were significant predictors of the hospital mortality (Table 2). However, when considering patients with TBSA burned ≥50%, time of first escharectomy (OR 2.33, 95% CI: 1.25-4.33, p = 0.01) and infections (OR 10.54, 95% CI: 1.85-54.80, p = 0.008) seems to be the most important risk factors influencing hospital mortality.
Multivariate analysis for factors influencing in-hospital mortality.
Of the 23 patients who were discharged from hospital, two were unreachable and two died during the follow-up period from pulmonary infection and acute myocardial infarction. Figure 1 shows the follow-up process.
Outcome of 50 patients with severe burn after admission ICU between January 1,1999 and December 31, 2003; follow-up process was in December 2004.
After hospital discharge, during one year follow-up period, the observed median mortality in burn patients admitted to the ICU did not increase as compared with the expected mortality of the age- and gender-matched general Italian population (4% vs 2%, p = NS) (Figure 2). None of considered parameters was associated with increased mortality risk within 1 year following discharge.
Cumulative survival rate from ICU admission to one year after ICU discharge as plotted by Kaplan Meier compared to normal population.
Nineteen patients were interviewed (11 males and 8 females). Table 3 shows the clinical characteristics of interviewed patients. The EQ VAS was 50 (minimum 10, maximum 80). At the time of interview the level of health of all patients was worse than previously to the injury.
Ten patients (52.6%) reported an extreme problem in at least one dimension. The most frequently reported extreme symptom was anxiety/depression 8/19 = 42.1%.
Thirteen patients had moderate problems with mobility and, in contrast, no-one reported extreme problems with mobility. These percentages increased when patients were asked about their self care and pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression: 57.9%, 79% and 79% respectively, reported moderate to extreme problems. Moreover, the problems most frequently reported (from moderate to extreme) were in everyday activities (89.5%).
Extreme anxiety/depression was reported by six patients with previous psychiatric problems and by two patients who were unable to use their hands after the injury; seven patients with facial deformities and burn scars on the hands suffered moderate anxiety.
In terms of main activity, none of the patients interviewed went back to work (36.8% were retired and 63.2% were un-employed) (Figure 3).
Health related quality of life of burn patients using EuroQoL questionnaire one year after ICU discharge. Perceived current health status: VAS score (100% scale) 50. worse (%) 100. Work: retired patients (%) 36.8. un-employed patients (%) 63.2.
Even with advances in burn care over recent decades [1, 22], the mortality rate remains high among severely burned patients. In our study we reported that TBSA ≥50%, presence of infections during ICU stay and "timing" of first escharectomy were indicators of hospital mortality. In particular, in the literature, early excision was associated with better outcome and shortened hospital stay [23, 24]. In fact, the removal of the burn eschar potentially breaks the source of wound infection. Leaving devitalized tissue on the wound not only increased bacterial and fungal colonization, but also induced bacterial and fungal invasion into subcutaneous viable tissue . Many authors have found that burn excision can be begun as soon as the initial assessment and stabilization have been completed and can be performed while resuscitation is continued . Despite these findings, the literature does not answer conclusively the question of which treatment protocol is optimal. Barret and coll.  have demonstrated that all severe burns should be excised within 48 hours for full beneficial effects. Other studies have addressed of possible age-dependent effect on mortality. In a prospective series, Herndon et al.  examined burns of greater than 30 percent of TBSA. There was significantly reduced mortality with early excision (within 72 hours) for patients 17 to 30 years of age who had not sustained inhalation injury. No difference in mortality could be demonstrated for patients older than 30 years. Similarly, Kirn and coll.  concluded that elderly burn patients (70 years or older) did not benefit from early (minor than 7 days) eschar excision and grafting. In the present study, patients who underwent early wound excision (within 10 days) had better prognosis.
Our population was composed by severe burn patients (TBSA > 40%) with a mean age of 54 years and with low number of comorbidities. The mortality rate was higher (54%) than other studies.
Wang and coll. , identified an overall mortality rate of 30.4% among 102 cases of severely burned patients reviewed. The patient cohort was younger than our population (36.7 ± 11.9 vs 53.8 ± 19.8). Akerlund and coll. , in a large national-wide epidemiological study of burned patients, reported a low mortality rate (3%). Unfortunately, the data on burn size and depth were not found and usable as a large number of patients in this database lacked such information.
In our population infectious complications were overall the most common complication, occurring in 55% of all patients. Perhaps, the late surgical wound excision may have increased the death rate due to high incidence of wound sepsis and pneumonia. Moreover, outcomes of burn care are essentially multifaceted and complex. A specialized burn clinic could be a better predictor of good results than a polyvalent ICU because it coordinates adequate therapy with isolation of patients and reconstructive surgery. According to this analysis of data available in the National Burn Repository , burn mortality depends not only on patient characteristics but also where the patient is treated.
An ICU specialized on treatment of severe burn patients, even with respiratory failure, could improved outcome, but the cost-effectiveness should be evaluated.
If we consider the long term mortality, only two patients died during the follow-up period for reasons apparently not related to thermal injury. Moreover, in the patients who survived to injury and were discharged alive from the hospital, the risk of one- year mortality was not significantly different from that of the normal population. Lundgren et al.  recently reported correlation between baseline medical comorbidities along with age ≥75 and 1-year mortality. Lionelli et al.  observed that the risk of mortality was increased by a factor of 1.1 for each additional year of age, independent of the presence of an additional inhalation injury or TBSA. When age and inhalation injury were held constant, and burns were stratified by TBSA, a statistically significant increase in mortality was seen as TBSA surpassed 20%. Furthermore, when comparing mortality rates for burn patients with TBSA between 21% and 30% versus patients with 11% and 20% TBSA, mortality rates were two to three times higher.
In addition to mortality, we examined the health-related quality of life. Recently, it has been shown that perceived health problems after burn injury can persist for several decades . Burn injuries were associated with long-term health problems with a variety of complications including physical limitation, psychological and social disturbance . According to other studies , that have used the BSHS, the evaluation of post-trauma quality of life revealed significant impairment of patients' functional abilities such as in mobility and in everyday activities.
We found that, in severe burn patients, the QoL was influenced by consequences of injury both in psychological and physical health; one year after the injury most had some difficulties carrying out everyday activities and suffered pain and anxiety. Shakespeare , in a population with burn injury less than 20% of body surface area, at three months after discharge from treatment, reported from little to a lot of pain in 47% of the patients. In our population, one year after the injury, from moderate to severe pain was present in the majority of responders (79% of the patients). In particular, if asked, mobility impairment as consequence of pain seems to be the most important factor. This prolonged problem of psychological domains was unexpected and it has to be considered.
Between 13% and 23% of patients develop depression, and 13-45% develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after hospital discharge . It has been suggested that there is a correlation between the site of burn injury and the psychological impairment . A high percentage of our patient population (47.3%) presented burn scars to the hands and facial deformities. Moreover, 31.5% of the patients with anxiety, suffered from previous psychiatric problems. That could explain the high incidence of psychological disturbances in our burn population.
Unlike Anzarut and coll. , that showed how survivors of burn injury reported a good quality of life, our results suggest that one year after the injury the self perceived health status remains worse than status pre-injury. Other studies [36–38] identified a correlation between the return to work and HR-QoL, trauma-related physical and psychological health. Our results identifying the persistency of worse HR-QoL, could be explain by the fact that, one year after injury, the most of them were still un-employed.
The study's limitation was the small size of the studied population because this type of burn patient is rare. We have considered a particular burn population with extensive burn injury requiring admission to ICU a cause of severity of trauma. Our findings identify specific areas requiring further investigation, perhaps through multicenter studies because of high cost in therapeutic actions and low survival rate of considered population.
Burn care requires multiple disciplines working together as a cohesive team to ensure optimal outcomes. This should prompt a discussion on the treatment and on organisation to explain the differences in overall mortalities between the studies. Finally, the HR-QoL one year after the accident is low and it is influenced by consequences of injury both in psychological and physical health. Severe burns remained a burden for the society because none of them returned to work after one year. Those findings are hard to say, but the knowledge of them could help clinicians in informing patients and caregivers.
On the basis of these data, we suggest that burn system look beyond the acute hospital phase and make efforts to provide care and psychological support to burn patients during and after hospital discharge for improve the outcome both in terms of mortality and quality of life.
VP performed data analysis and interpretation and revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content. LG drafting the manuscript and participated in data analysis and interpretation. LP interpreted data and made contributions to conception and design of the study. LTB participated to conception and design of the study. EB has made substantial contributions to acquisition of data. All authors read and approved the manuscript.


When I hit caps lock (once) to cut off a note, it cuts the next two lines instead of one. This gets tedious to fix when writing lots 16th notes that need to be cut off right away. Note that this only seems to happen in v1.7.3, v1.7.3b, and v1.7.3c. I also checked v1.7.2 but it didn't seem to have this issue.
I faced the same problem in version 1.9.3b.
Yes, sorry :) This is the consequence of the transition to SDL2.
Will be fixed in 1.9.4.
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The Eco-Ministry Intensive is for religious leaders, chaplains or spiritually grounded professionals who have an active congregation, spiritual community and/or ministry. Professional activities should include significant time interacting with those seeking religious/spiritual guidance or support. We welcome and encourage all traditions. To help us ensure that the program is a fit for you, we've developed an APPLICATION.
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Misophonia is a condition in which a person reacts extremely negatively to certain sounds that most people take little or no notice of. This disorder is not caused by a hearing impairment and elicits excessively negative and immediate emotional and physiological responses. This sensitivity to certain sounds can have a negative effect on a person's life causing problems with activities of daily living.
Hyperacusis is a condition that causes a person to be unable to tolerate everyday noise levels without discomfort or pain. This condition is frequently initiated by a loud noise exposure but can also be induced by certain medications. Hyperacusis arises from a problem in the way the brain's central auditory processing centre perceives noise. It can often lead to pain and discomfort.


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