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Q: Passing arguments to a slot in qt5 c++ I'm creating a ToDo list app in  c++ qt. When a plus button is pressed, it adds a QHBoxLayout containing a QLabel and a QToolButton to a vertical layout inside my gui, so I get new boxes with the 'ToDos' inside them, and buttons to remove them next to them. I have set up the various widgets inside my slot which is called when the add button is clicked. However, I need to pass them as arguments to the slot which is called when a remove button is pressed. I have researched already, and all I have found is QSignalMapper. However, I cannot find any cases close enough to mine to replicate, and I have read it only works with certain arguments, and not the three I need (QHBoxLayout, QLineEdit and QToolButton).
Some of the code for the slot which is called when the 'add' button is pressed is:
//Creates a read only LineEdit which the user will add
   QLineEdit *toDoBox = new QLineEdit(this);
   toDoBox->setText(ui->lineEdit->text());
   toDoBox->setReadOnly(true);

   //Creates a new X button for removal of ToDo's
    QToolButton *removeButton = new QToolButton;
    removeButton->setText("X");

    //Adds a horizontal layout with the ToDo and the remove button in it, to keep them together
    QHBoxLayout *toDoLayout = new QHBoxLayout;
    toDoLayout->addWidget(toDoBox);
    toDoLayout->addWidget(removeButton);

    //Removes a ToDo when the remove button is clicked
    connect(removeButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(on_removeButton_clicked()));

My code is hosted on GitHub if you want to see the whole project:
https://github.com/DanWilkes02/ToDoList
Thanks for bearing with me- I struggle explaining things that are so clear in my head!

A: If I understand well your problem, you want to get the allocated objects which represent a todo in order to free them and to update your View.
You could achieve this by simply wrapping your QLineEdit, QToolButton and QHBoxLayout  objects into a class, and use a container (a vector for instance) in your ToDoList class. That way, you push_back your "todo object" each time you press the on_toolButton_clicked method.
Then, you simply have to use a signal with an index triggering an on_delete_todo slot which deletes a "todo object" from your vector and update the view.
Also, take a look at this Qt Model-View Programming
Here is a sample (tested and working under QT5):
Your Todo Widget
#ifndef TODOVIEW_H
#define TODOVIEW_H

#include <QString>

class QLineEdit;
class QToolButton;
class QHBoxLayout;

#include <QWidget>

class TodoView : public QWidget
{
    Q_OBJECT

private:
    QLineEdit*      frame;
    QToolButton*    removeButton;
    QHBoxLayout*    toDoLayout;
    int             index;

public:
    TodoView(const QString& what, int index, QWidget* parent);
    ~TodoView();

    inline void setIndex(int i) { index = i; }
    inline int getIndex(){ return index; }

private slots:
    void emitIndex();

signals:
    void selectedIndex(int);

};

#endif // TODOVIEW_H

#include "todoview.h"

#include <QLineEdit>
#include <QToolButton>
#include <QHBoxLayout>

TodoView::TodoView(const QString& what, int index, QWidget* parent) : QWidget(parent), index(index)
{
    frame = new QLineEdit(this);
    frame->setText(what);
    frame->setReadOnly(true);

    removeButton = new QToolButton(this);
    removeButton->setText("X");

    toDoLayout = new QHBoxLayout(this);
    toDoLayout->addWidget(frame);
    toDoLayout->addWidget(removeButton);

    connect(removeButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(emitIndex()));
}

TodoView::~TodoView() {}

void TodoView::emitIndex()
{
    emit selectedIndex(getIndex());
}

Your MainWindow
#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H

#include <QMainWindow>

#include <vector>

class TodoView;
class QVBoxLayout;

namespace Ui {
    class MainWindow;
}

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~MainWindow();

private slots:
    void addTodo();
    void delTodo(int);

private:
    Ui::MainWindow*         ui;

    QVBoxLayout*            vBoxLayout;

    std::vector<TodoView*>  todoView;
    int                     max = -1;
};

#endif // MAINWINDOW_H

#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"

#include "todoview.h"

#include <QVBoxLayout>
#include <QAction>

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);

    vBoxLayout = new QVBoxLayout(centralWidget());

    QAction* add = new QAction(ui->mainToolBar);
    ui->mainToolBar->addAction(add);

    connect(add, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(addTodo()));
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
    delete ui;
}

void MainWindow::addTodo()
{
    if(max > 9)
    {
        // Error msg.
    }
    else
    {
        TodoView* tdV = new TodoView("Yolo", max, centralWidget());
        connect(tdV, SIGNAL(selectedIndex(int)), this, SLOT(delTodo(int)));

        vBoxLayout->addWidget(tdV);
        todoView.push_back(tdV);
        ++max;
    }
}

void MainWindow::delTodo(int i)
{
    // check if i < todoView.size().
    delete todoView.at(i);
    // update vector indexes !!!
    --max;
}

I have edited this piece of code rapidly, I may have made several mistakes, but you have an idea of at least one solution.
It is also possible to use a fixed size for the vector (better solution). Setting the TodoView deleted objects to nullptr in the vector and search for nullptr when you want to add new Todo view components:
In the MainWindow constructor
todoView.reserve(10);
for(std::size_t i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
{
    todoView[i] = nullptr;
}

In the addTodo Slot
// Do not use push back.
// retrieve the max index.
// if < 10
for(std::size_t i = 0; i < todoView.size(); ++i)
{
    if(todoView[i] == nullptr)
    {
        // allocate TodoView and affect it to the i° element
    }
}

In the delTodo slot
delete todoView[i];
todoView[i] = nullptr;

Using a vector of pair is also possible (a pair of int TodoView).

A: I can think of two approaches you can go with.

*

*Using QObject::sender().

*Using QSignalMapper.

QObject::sender()
This static method returns QObject * of the sender object who emitted the signal. In this case QToolButton, so you can use this reference to find its parent (i.e. QHBoxLayout) and its sibling (i.e. QLineEdit).

QSingalMapper
First define a list for saving references to all rows, then assign each row an unique identifier (e.g. row number), then according to the official documentation's example use this identifier as QSignalMapper key for each button. Now if user clicks a button, in your slot, you will be given the same identifier, use it and lookup the whole row in the list of rows.

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A novel multi-relation regularization method for regression and classification in AD diagnosis
Xiaofeng Zhu, Heung Il Suk, Dinggang Shen
In this paper, we consider the joint regression and classification in Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and propose a novel multi-relation regularization method that exploits the relational information inherent in the observations and then combines it with an ℓ2,1-norm within a least square regression framework for feature selection. Specifically, we use three kinds of relationships: feature-feature relation, response-response relation, and sample-sample relation. By imposing these three relational characteristics along with the ℓ2,1-norm on the weight coefficients, we formulate a new objective function. After feature selection based on the optimal weight coefficients, we train two support vector regression models to predict the clinical scores of Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), respectively, and a support vector classification model to identify the clinical label. We conducted clinical score prediction and disease status identification jointly on the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative dataset. The experimental results showed that the proposed regularization method outperforms the state-of-the-art methods, in the metrics of correlation coefficient and root mean squared error in regression and classification accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve in classification.
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Q: Angular decides to jump outside of it's zone when http client request is finished. Why? I have something like this:
    public async getTheThing() {
        .....

        console.log(`getTheThing a: ${NgZone.isInAngularZone()}`);
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"This is an expensive hobby. Children needs some basic training before they can get started," explains Rakesh Verma, an instructor with the Indian Aeromodellers Club, Virar, Mumbai, whose next workshop is scheduled during the Christmas break. "School vacations like the winter break work out best to conduct a three-four-day introductory session. Only children who are really keen should opt for more advanced courses."
While a few aeromodellers may scoff at a "juvenile" introduction to this hobby at birthday parties, veterans such as Verma and Delhi-based H.S. Kalsi say that any form of initiation is good. Kalsi gives private lessons to children who are 13 or older near Gurgaon. "It's best to start with trainer models made with Balsa wood," he says. Another starter model to practice with is the Catapult Glider, which teaches children how to give shape to an aeroplane and understand the basic aerodynamics in the process. "Apart from the thrill of making an aeroplane, aeromodelling teaches children to concentrate better and also makes it easier for them to understand basics of physics," Kalsi adds.
He is not so fond of Almost Ready to Fly (ARF) kits for beginners. "The biggest disadvantage with ARF kits is that if, for some reason, the plane is not able to fly, the child won't be able to figure out the reason behind the failure," he says. Verma, who takes courses during vacations for kids above 12, concurs. "We provide children with a blueprint, Balsa wood and teach them how to make an aeroplane model from scratch," he says. "We also give information about aviation, fuselage and introduce principles of aerodynamics."
At Verma's classes, children start with models that have to be "chucked" to fly and if these fall flat, they know the proportions are incorrect. It's only after the children have a solid grasp of the basics that Verma allows them to participate in a 10-day course where they learn to build an R/C aircraft that can go as high as 200-300ft.
There are constraints though. High cost is one, felt keenly since beginners' models work on trial and error. While Verma's three-day workshop is easy on the pocket at Rs800, the 10-day advance course with an R/C kit can cost up to Rs12,000. Finding a suitable space to fly the models remains a problem in metros since engine-powered airplanes make a lot of noise and most models need an unobstructed area to fly. "Don't try this on your terrace or your local park, specially with R/C models," warns Kalsi.


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Everton: Lampard can ditch Anthony Gordon by signing Ismaila Sarr
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3 minute read 21/12/2022 | 08:10am
Everton started the season in promising fashion despite their poor form, with fans beginning to see some of Frank Lampard's vision that he was trying to instil.
It seemed that his new philosophy was built upon defensive solidity, with Conor Coady and James Tarkowski seemingly revolutionising the Goodison Park mindset.
However, now that the defence seems sorted, new problems have arisen at the other end of the pitch.
The Toffees are decidedly toothless this season and have scored only 11 times in 15 games. This has left them just one point above the relegation zone and seriously questioning the manager's credentials.
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He will likely be handed the January window to rectify this issue and must look towards strengthening his wingers if he is to fire them to safety.
One such rumour regarding Ismaila Sarr should please Evertonians, with the dynamic Senegalese star "wanted" by the Merseyside outfit's manager according to Simon Phillips.
This came after The Mirror suggested a £35m move could be on the cards.
Described as "young, hungry and electric" by journalist Rob Blanchette, this is the exact kind of profile needed at Goodison Park to turn the tide.
This season for Watford the 24-year-old gem has already scored six times and assisted three, which dwarfs the tally of any other Everton player.
His form is merely an extension of last season's five goals in the Premier League too.
1. Starting off, can you guess the career path of this former Everton star?
To sign him could see Anthony Gordon drop out from the team, with the 21-year-old having drawn criticism for his attitude alongside his poor record of just three goals this season.
What makes Sarr such an attractive proposition is the comparison Andre Gray gave, as he claimed: "He's like our Messi. You just give him the ball & let him do what he's doing."
Given the Argentina magician has just captained his side to win the World Cup, this contrast holds added weight as he was also awarded the player of the tournament award.
Would you spend £35m on Sarr?
A side crying out for attacking reinforcements, this particular wide man is exactly what Lampard needs to turn around his sluggish side.
His pace and physicality matched with technical perfection will see Gordon forgotten in no time, should they secure the deal this January.


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PuzzleMad: Is this a new puzzle category?
Is this a new puzzle category?
In December, Eric Fuller returned from his rather prolonged road trip and bamboozled us with quite a few nice new toys to choose from. I was just a bit cash strapped again, having been hit by several puzzler designers/craftsmen in a short space of time. I decided that I had to buy these 2 puzzles and pass on the others no matter how much I wanted them! At this point in time drooling was only going to make me dehydrated and not actually help me obtain more toys. Having spent the cash, I waited, and waited and waited for weeks. The tracking on the US post website said they were in the UK and the Royal mail site acknowledged it but did not say where they had gone. After 3 weeks, I got rather fed up and called them. They were, I was told, being held by customs and they would only return to the website once released. So I waited and waited even longer. I'd more or less given up hope when they suddenly arrived in my mail with no final customs demand and no sign that they had even been looked at! Phew! They were entirely intact!
"oh no I've had this for ages - don't you remember that I bought it last year?"
I can't argue with her because there is such a continual influx of girls stuff that I have ceased to pay any attention to what it is! But she has answered the door to postie with my stuff and knows whenever I get something new!
These are something TOTALLY NEW! They might be a completely new puzzle category.
The response was a snort and the comment that I always say that with every puzzle that arrives. Guilty as charged I guess - but I'm sure that I don't declare that they are a new category every time. To prove to her that there is something special - I just move a piece in Compressed and a few pieces in Round Trip and show her a hint of what is inside. There are some very odd shapes in there! I just get a blank look in return. I don't argue because the smell of burning flesh from the laser burning stare is becoming overwhelming and I don't want to risk a Whack! Ouch! until I have had a chance to play.
"With the invention of the NOS (New Old School) puzzle series, Gregory took the six piece burr format and turned it on its head. The only thing more noteworthy than the uniqueness of the series was how difficult they are to make. When he sent me the plans for them a year ago, I turned him down because it just looked like a nightmare to manufacture. I wasn't wrong...BUT..."
So here we see that they are referred to as the "New Old School" puzzles and you get a hint of why I thought they might be a new category. Finally at the IPP last year Greg produced 3D printed copies of them and showed them to Eric with a view to seeing if he might just change his mind when he saw them. It would appear that Eric's first thoughts about how hard they were to make was right, but luckily for me/us he still made a couple.
Diagonal cuts and pieces move together!
4 pieces move at the same time!
These were very exciting new puzzles to play with but she made me put them away despite waiting so long for them! I had to cook dinner and eat first! Damn! I really don't think she has her priorities right and if she carries on like that she may not last as the present Mrs S! Whack! Ouch! Sorry dear, I didn't really mean that. Whimper. After dinner and washing up I settled down in the living room with puzzles and a cat on my lap and started on Compressed (NOS1) - it is beautifully made by Eric out of Maple and unlike his usual burrs is much looser than normal. I suspect this is required to allow the movements to occur and aid overcoming the friction of the wood. After pushing and pulling different bits in different directions I realised that 3 pieces were very mobile and each reveals a diagonally cut piece of wood. Oddly sometimes pieces move together and block others and other times they move separately. I am still not entirely sure what governs that. After moving a few bits here and there, I couldn't make anything further happen. Hmmm! Eventually I cast my memory back to the Blind burr and saw tried a 3 way coordinate motion - after a little fiddling it worked beautifully and I had the shape on the left above.
Look at the accuracy of those pieces! 2 sets of 3 identical pieces.
I couldn't even remember which piece went where! After recovering from another laser burning stare caused by the shriek I let out during a TV program, I collected the pieces together and had a rather fun time trying to work out which pieces were required in which direction. I could tell which pieces were the final 3 to come out and I knew how they would go back in but it was particularly hard to work out the starting position of the other 3. Eventually after recreating the initial coordinate move on just 3 sticks I had the start position. Putting the others back in was another coordinate motion and needed almost pinpoint accuracy, a steady hand and nerves of steel - none of which I had at that time. It took about 5 or 6 attempts before I reassembled the bloody thing. I quickly put it aside and decided not to do it again in the company of Mrs S or cat - I am pleased to say that over the subsequent weeks I have fully mastered it and love the movements! Gregory is a genius.
"a very particular set of skills. Skills she has acquired over a very long nursing career. Skills that make her a nightmare for people like me"..... Gulp!
Would you dare ask her to get up? No - I didn't think so.
Round trip is truly stunning - it is the same size as the Compressed but made from Padauk and this sample is a really radiant red. Initially nothing seemed to move but once you hold the correct pair of pieces and push/pull in the right direction there's a lovely surprise as 4 pieces all move in a rather surprising way. After that it works as a more conventional burr with normal linear movements. However, the pieces are locked together by the diagonally cut ends being held in diagonally cut holes and it requires a very specific sequence to allow them to relinquish their grip on each other. It actually took me a further 20 minutes to discover a very well hidden move and I had the 6 burr pieces apart and draped over the cat. Overall this is a level 4.8.3.2 burr.
Stunning colour wood and very confusing piece design.
The reassembly is fairly logical if you've paid attention to what you did during the disassembly.
I've solved these repeatedly over the last week or 2 and absolutely love them - they even made me go back to the blind burr to play with that too. There are 7 of the NOS puzzles in the series and I do very much hope that Eric makes them all but I also hope that he does them in stages as I don't want another 5 requiring my cash all at the same time! I suspect he will spread them out because of the extreme difficulty in their manufacture.
I have to show off the Wish Cube!
It was originally intended to be one of the puzzle boxes that went into the incredible Apothecary chest made by Rob Yarger and 12 other craftsmen. Johan wasn't happy with the design and eventually withdrew from the collaboration. I am very pleased to say that he has collaborated with Jack Krijnen (he who made one of my gorgeous burrsets) and came up with a gorgeous cube with multiple facets to the solution. I am not ready to review it just yet as I am only part way through solving it. But keep an eye out hopefully soon.
I bought both these NOS burrs, they are great! I classify them as coordinate motion puzzles disguised as ordinary 6-piece burrs.
Superhero? I hadn't thought of that! I am now wondering whether she is a super villain and that might explain the Whack! Ouch! that I receive so often! She likes our cars and has honestly not tried to melt one...... Yet!
I like your classification better than mine.
Enticed away from Wood by a Friend?


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Has it really been four months since the Revolution controller was revealed? Even so, everyone's hungry for more details about Nintendo's plans, and though there's no word on a press conference, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has talked to Japanese newspaper Sankei Shinbun about the much debated release date.
Speculation has run the gamut from a surprise May debut to a more plausible summer release or a logical holiday timeframe. Iwata wants the machine out by Thanksgiving in North America, and says Nintendo has no plans to miss out on the crucial holiday sales.
In other words, Revolution should hit at least Japan, Canada and the United States before 2006 is out. Europe? Well, you guys are used to getting screwed at this point, anyway.
The other half of the console equation involves the price. Some criticism was leveled at Nintendo last generation for offering such a low price point that it made GameCube appear inferior to the competition, but the focus on gameplay over graphics should make that less of an issue for Revolution.


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Q: Is there a way to remove quotes in a C macro? Suppose I want to un-stringify the macro argument which should transform "text" to text.
#define UN_STRINGIFY(x) /* some macro magic here */

Now calling this macro will remove "" from its argument
UN_STRINGIFY("text") // results in ----> text

This would be the opposite of macro stringification:
#define STRINGIFY(x) #x

Is this possible, or am I playing with macro evilness?

A: I came to this question already several times and still I can't get it into my head. Consider this example:
#define FOO(x) x

// FOO( destringify("string x;"))   // no way

auto f = "string x;";
FOO(string x;)                      // hm whats the problem?

To me it seems obvious that it should be possible to remove the quotes. I mean string x; is nothing else than "string x;" without the quotes. The thing is: It is just not possible. I don't think there is a technical reason for that, and one can only speculate why there is no method to do it.
However, I managed to convince myself by remembering that basically all the preprocessor does is textual replacement, hence why would you want to "de-textify" something when on the level of the preprocessor anyhow everything is just text. Just do it the other way around. When I change the above example to this:
#define FOO(x) x
#define STR(x) STRSTR(x)
#define STRSTR(x) #x

#define STR_X string x;

auto f = STR(STR_X)
FOO(STR_X)

Then there is no need to de-stringify. And if you ever find yourself in the situation that you want to de-stringify a string via a macro that is not known before compile-time, then your are on the wrong track anyhow ;).

A: It's not possible. And that's probably a good thing: If you pass a string you assume you can put pretty much everything in it. Un-stringifying it would suddenly result in the compiler actually caring about the contents of that string.


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The cyst had become so large it was crushing the patients lungs and intestines, putting her at risk of heart failure.
Dr. Erik Hanson Viana, 27, at the Mexico General Hospital, performed pioneering surgery to remove the cyst – believed to be the biggest one ever removed whole – last year.
"From all the research I've found, It's believed that this is the largest ovarian cyst ever to be removed whole, without draining it first or spilling it.
The patient is reported to have been quite overweight, so after starting on a diet, she noticed her face, arms and legs were getting thinner but her stomach was getting bigger.
"When I met her, she could just about walk a couple of steps before getting agitated and feeling like she was struggling to breathe because the cyst was crushing her lungs.
"Some experts say a giant cyst is anything bigger than 10cm, others that it has to weigh over 26lb (12kg) or that it has to be higher than the umbilical of the patient – this cyst was much bigger than all of them.
"If we hadn't operated it would have gotten to the point where she wouldn't have been able to walk, would be severely malnourished and unable to eat.
"It's hard to say how long she would have lived, but it would have been a really bad quality of life.
However now, two days after surgery the patient walked out of hospital.
"Before she was used to carrying 73 lb (33kg) inside her because of the cyst, so movement was like she was levitating or walking on the moon.
"When we saw her six months after surgery to see how the scar was healing and monitor for other problems, she was fully healed.
Due to the complication and largest size, the patient was referred to Mexico General Hospital as a last resort due to the concerning size of the ovarian cyst and complicated surgery needed to remove it.By this point the giant cyst weighed over 5st 3 (73lbs) and was growing at a rate of nearly 6lbs each month.
Due to its size, Dr. Erik Hanson and Dr. Abel Jalife removed the tumour whole fearing that draining the cyst could put the patient's life at risk.
Up to 20% of giant ovarian cysts are malignant, meaning that if the cyst was pierced it risked leaking tumorous cells into the patient's body.
"Draining beforehand can be dangerous, if any of the fluid spilled it risked contaminating the patient's abdominal wall and spreading tumour cells.
"But to remove it whole is also difficult because the cyst wall is less than one millimetre thin and needs to be prevented from drying out, otherwise it could easily break too.
Its has been more than six months of the surgery, the patient has now returned to her normal life in a rural part of Mexico, living a day's travel away from Mexico General Hospital.


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Efficacy of an inactivated oil-adjuvanted rotavirus vaccine in the control of calf diarrhoea in beef herds in Argentina
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R C Bellinzoni 1 , J Blackhall, N Baro, N Auza, N Mattion, A Casaro, J L La Torre, E A Scodeller
1 CEVAN, Federal, Argentina.
DOI: 10.1016/0264-410x(89)90241-7
We have assessed the potency of an inactivated oil-adjuvanted rotavirus vaccine in beef herds in Argentina. Two different vaccine trials were conducted. In a small-scale experimental trial, involving 21 pregnant cows (13 vaccinated and eight unvaccinated controls), a significant increase in neutralizing antibody titres against different serotypes of bovine rotaviruses was found in both the colostrum and serum of vaccinated cows compared with that of unvaccinated controls. Seven days after birth, half of the calves born to vaccinated dams or to control cows were challenged with live virulent virus whereas the other half of both groups were left in contact with the infected calves in order to mimic a natural field challenge. Although no statistically significant differences in the rate of protection were observed among the different groups of animals, a larger number of vaccinated calves were protected in comparison with their controls, particularly where animals in contact with infected calves were concerned. Secondly, a large-scale field trial was carried out in 17 beef herds involving a total of 4066 vaccinated pregnant cows. In 11 farms morbidity and mortality in calves from vaccinated cows were compared with historical data from the previous 3 years at the same locations. In the other six herds, control groups were used to compare data of the same year: 1540 cows were vaccinated and 2700 were left as controls. Taking into account the previous and current incidence of diarrhoea, morbidity and mortality were significantly reduced in 16 of the 17 beef herds tested. Vaccine effectiveness was also evident in farms where other enteropathogens such as cryptosporidium and coronaviruses were present, together with rotavirus.
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Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease / mortality
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Q: How can I hide ALL series with the same ID with a button on highcharts? (line graph) I have a simple highcharts line graph and I want to be able to hide (not remove) ALL series with the same id, with the click of a button.
I was thinking on checking for the id as a condition if (series.id === "rec") but for some reason I can't access the series id the same way I can access their names. I tried using:
$.each(chart.series, function (i, serie){
        chart.get('rec').hide()
});

But it just hides the first series with that id. Is this even possible? thanks!
here is my fiddle with more details: https://jsfiddle.net/grisfrancis/tua3td75/1/
Thanks! :)

A: UPDATED
You need to use serie.options.id instead of serie.id
Because id property is inside of options field if you inspect the chart object.
Here is the solution jsFiddle.


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Execution is key! Many have great ideas, but no clue or thought how to start down the path to creation, thereby allowing their dream to languish and then die.
At time-frame 14:35 on the video below, Sherrice and I get into a powerful narrative around what I consider to be the true pandemic of our time, the inability to claim and put into action what you say you want. I consider this section to be well worth listening to again and again.
Kirby is a big believer in group energy via masterminding. Each year she hosts a powerful year long mastermind that allows you to create a vision and develop strategies to make your personal and professional life the greatest version of success that you can imagine.
Listen in as Sherrice and I discuss the grand designing of one's life and how you can begin the journey in your own life.


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Madrid was founded in 1869 near the site of sporadic gold prospects. It wasn't until the 1890's, when the rich coal beds in the area began to be mined on a large scale, that Madrid became a company coal town and a regional mining center with several thousand inhabitants. Today Madrid is a popular artists colony and tourist destination.


003 凡以色列中,从二十岁以外,能出去打仗的,你和亚伦要照他们的军队数点。 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: you and Aaron shall number them by their armies. From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
004 每支派中必有一人作本支派的族长,帮助你们。 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
005 他们的名字:属流便的,有示丢珥的儿子以利蓿; And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
006 属西缅的,有苏利沙代的儿子示路蔑; Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
007 属犹大的,有亚米拿达的儿子拿顺; Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
008 属以萨迦的,有苏押的儿子拿坦业; Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
009 属西布伦的,有希伦的儿子以利押; Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
010 约瑟子孙、属以法莲的,有亚米忽的儿子以利沙玛;属玛拿西的,有比大蓿的儿子迦玛列; Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
011 属便雅悯的,有基多尼的儿子亚比但; Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
012 属但的,有亚米沙代的儿子亚希以谢; Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
013 属亚设的,有俄兰的儿子帕结; Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
014 属迦得的,有丢珥的儿子以利雅萨; Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
015 属拿弗他利的,有以南的儿子亚希拉。 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
016 这都是从会中选召的,各作本支派的首领,都是以色列军中的统领。 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
018 当二月初一日招聚全会众。会众就照他们的家室、宗族、人名的数目,从二十岁以外的,都述说自己的家谱。 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their lineages after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
019 耶和华怎样吩咐摩西,他就怎样在西乃的旷野数点他们。 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
021 流便支派被数的男丁,共有四万六千五百名。 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
023 西缅支派被数的男丁,共有五万九千三百名。 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
025 迦得支派被数的,共有四万五千六百五十名。 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
027 犹大支派被数的,共有七万四千六百名。 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
029 以萨迦支派被数的,共有五万四千四百名。 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
031 西布伦支派被数的,共有五万七千四百名。 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
033 以法莲支派被数的,共有四万零五百名。 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
035 玛拿西支派被数的,共有三万二千二百名。 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
037 便雅悯支派被数的,共有三万五千四百名。 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
039 但支派被数的,共有六万二千七百名。 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
041 亚设支派被数的,共有四万一千五百名。 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
043 拿弗他利支派被数的,共有五万三千四百名。 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
044 这些就是被数点的,是摩西、亚伦,和以色列中十二个首领所数点的;这十二个人各作各宗族的代表。 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers. These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
046 被数的,共有六十万零三千五百五十名。 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
047 利未人却没有按著支派数在其中, But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
050 只要派利未人管法柜的帐幕和其中的器具,并属乎帐幕的;他们要抬(bear)帐幕和其中的器具,并要办理帐幕的事,在帐幕的四围安营。 But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall camp round about the tabernacle. But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
051 帐幕将往前行的时候,利未人要拆卸;将支搭的时候,利未人要竖起。近前来的外人必被治死。 And when the tabernacle sets forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that comes nigh shall be put to death. And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
052 以色列人支搭帐棚,要照他们的军队,各归本营,各归本纛。 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
053 但利未人要在法柜帐幕的四围安营,免得忿怒临到以色列会众;利未人并要谨守法柜的帐幕。 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
054 以色列人就这样行。凡耶和华所吩咐摩西的,他们就照样行了。 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.


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Mexican airline Volaris will save US$20 million per month
MEXICO — The low-cost airline Volaris will achieve savings of between US$20 and US$25 million per month, through initiatives for the preservation of cash, said the financial institution Deutsche Bank.
In this way, Deutsche Bank estimates that Volaris will "burn" approximately US$35 or US$40 million per month while the COVID-19 pandemic lasts; originally, the financial institution estimated this expense at US$60 million.
At the end of the first quarter of the year, Volaris announced that it had US$453 million in unrestricted cash, in addition to implementing other measures to preserve money, such as the cancellation of all extraordinary expenses and the receipt of 18 new aircraft. International analysts expect the airline to only receive between two and four of these 18 aircraft.
"Volaris implemented a reduction in salaries that goes from 20 to 80% in all its personnel. The airline reported that 82% of employees agreed to have temporary absences from their jobs. Additionally, the company is minimizing its call center operations through improvements to its website"reported Deutsche Bank.
Volaris also debuted an initiative offering its passengers three options to cancel or change their flights. The airline allows a refund, offers a voucher for the value of the purchased ticket or offers a rearrangement of flight dates.
Source: a21
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As further evidence that we don't have real celebrities in Philadelphia, Howard Eskin is now caricatured on an AT&T poster at AT&T Station in South Philly. Because he follows sports so closely he's practically on the team.
I just hired an agent. And then I fired him!
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Like him or not (and you're clearly in the "not" column) he is a Philly sports fixture, so this ad makes perfect sense. The real question is how long it stays unmarred, and when it does eventually get defaced, will it be graffiti, urine, vomit, or boogers.
Eskin called me an idiot once on twitter. I hope a bum jerks off in front of that nightly.
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Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Donald Trump, Prince Andrew flew with Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein's pilot (left) testified in court Tuesday, saying he met (left to right) Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew while working with the late financier (Pictures: Getty Images/Reuters/AP)
Jeffrey Epstein's pilot testified in the criminal sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell that he met former Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton as well as Prince Andrew while working with the late financier.
The pilot, Larry Visoki, mentioned the household names and others during the second day of the trial in New York City on Tuesday.
As the prosecution's first witness, Visoki put Maxwell in the center of Epstein's life, but also said the cockpit door was always closed when he flew, and therefore he did not see Epstein engaging in any wrongdoing with minors while aboard his private planes.
The pilot also recalled seeing actor Kevin Spacey, comedian Chris Tucker, violinist Itzhak Perlman and former Senators George Mitchell and John Glenn aboard the jet.
'I certainly remember President Trump, but not many people associated with him,' the pilot testified under cross-examination by Maxwell's lawyer, Christian Everdell. Visoki added that Trump flew on the plane before he was president.
Visoski testified that Maxwell was about 30 when he met her in 1991.
'We interacted quite often. She was on a lot of the flights,' he said.
When questioned about her relationship with Epstein, he said: 'I thought it was more personal than business.'
Maxwell and Epstein appeared to be a couple in the 1990s, but their relationship was purely based on business by the early 2000s, he testified.
Visoski said Maxwell was 'number two' in Epstein's hierarchy, with Epstein himself being 'number one.'
'He knew he was going to get busy so Ghislaine was his go-to person to handle everything that was not business related,' Visoski said.
Maxwell is accused of recruiting and grooming underage girls to give Epstein erotic massages that a prosecutor described in her opening statement on Monday as a 'ruse' for sex abuse.
Maxwell's defense attorney has said that the British socialite is being scapegoated for crimes that Epstein committed.
Epstein killed himself in August 2019 in jail, while awaiting trial for the transportation and abuse of minor teenagers. Maxwell, 59, is being tried in federal court in Manhattan. Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to six counts arising from allegedly procuring teen girls for Epstein, some as young as 14 years old.
Epstein also gifted Visoski an assortment of lavish gifts throughout his nearly 30 years of employment, including 40 acres of land in New Mexico for him to build a house.
He also paid for the pilot's two daughters' private high school education, Visoski testified.
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The Night was not complete without eclectic music from Dj. Protoge and Crossfade; revellers danced to the smooth sounds of Scott the violinist who kept the crowd entertained with his skillful tunes throughout the night.Energy levels were kept high with scrumptious bitings courtesy of Que Pasa's Chef.
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Some Practical Examples for How to Reshape a Presidential Legacy
September 18, 2019/Eric Beck/No Comments
Barack Obama is Working to Reshape His Political Legacy in Some Unique Ways.
We can expect the Left and the Right to argue over the political legacy of former President Barack Obama for years to come. While this argument continues, one would also expect President Obama not to sit quietly by without defending his legacy. One way to gain insight into how Mr. Obama plans to mount his defense is by reviewing the work product of his newly formed media company called Higher Ground Productions. In partnership with Netflix, Higher Ground recently released a documentary film called American Factory. The film tells the story of the United Auto Workers' (UAW) efforts to unionize a newly reopened manufacturing plant in Moraine, Ohio. The plant had previously been operated by General Motors (GM) but was closed in December 2008. The backstory detailing the plant's closure provides the insight we need into how Mr. Obama plans to reshape his presidential legacy using his own media production.
President Obama's Involvement in Closing the Moraine GM Plant Is Part of His Legacy.
Congressman Mike Turner, a Republican from Ohio's 10th Congressional District, recently published a commentary in the Wall Street Journal detailing the terms of a "backroom deal" that Mr. Obama negotiated with the UAW concerning workers at GM's Moraine manufacturing plant. Moraine's workers were not represented by the UAW, but by a different union called the IEU-CWA. With the plant's closure, the Obama-UAW deal saw IEU-CWA workers being forced to apply for job transfers to other GM plants controlled by the UAW as if they were new GM hires. This meant GM's IEU-CWA workers lost all recognition of tenure along with any consideration of their wage and benefit history in the rehiring process. The net result was that these workers were not rehired and Moraine's local economy suffered the loss of another 1,080 jobs. Further, these workers, along with many of the plant's retired workers, lost their health insurance coverage under the Obama-UAW deal.
Obama Did Not Believe the Moraine Manufacturing Plant Had a Future, So He Abandoned It.
After terms of the Obama-UAW deal were made public, Congressman Turner, along with Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), joined a bi-partisan group of legislators that called on the Obama Administration to take steps to save the Moraine plant. According to Mr. Turner, administration officials reacted with "disbelief" to this call, and instead suggested that the plant should be torn down and sold for scrap. President Obama would reflect this same attitude toward manufacturing years later in June 2016 when he was asked about candidate Donald Trump's campaign promise to bring manufacturing jobs back from China. Mr. Obama chided Trump by suggesting he would need a "magic wand" to bring these jobs back. In the end, the bi-partisan efforts on behalf of the IEU-CWA workers and their plant failed to obtain the Obama administration's support, resulting in the job losses becoming permanent.
Obama's New Film Tells an Incomplete Story of What Happened at the Moraine Plant.
With no help from the Obama Administration, state and local officials worked tirelessly for almost five years to find a private investor that would restore manufacturing operations in Moraine. Fortunately, a Chinese manufacturer saw the opportunity and made the investment. Mr. Obama's film American Factory tells this story, beginning with the closing of the plant in 2008 and showing the last manufactured SUV vehicles being rolled off its assembly line. Nowhere in this film is the story told about Mr. Obama's role in securing the plant's closure, or his contributions to undermining the employment opportunities of IEU-CWA workers, or their health insurance. The lesson to be learned here is to recognize how a documentarian can use cherry-picked facts to defend a specific narrative. We should expect more of such cherry-picked content from Mr. Obama's production company in the future, as there is little doubt that it will generate more documentaries that reflect propaganda rather than good journalism.
The Recasting of the Obama Legacy Will Continue from the Obama Presidential Center.
Groundbreaking for the new Obama Presidential Center (the Center) has been delayed due to local political and zoning concerns on the South Side of Chicago. However, construction is expected to begin in late 2019. When the project is finished, the Center will be the largest complex of its kind with four separate buildings spread across 19 developed acres. However, the New York Times reports that this Center will break with precedent and include some major differences when compared to other presidential museums/libraries. First, the Obama Foundation, the charitable organization responsible for fundraising and building the Obama Presidential Center, announced earlier this year there that it has no plans to establish a research library as part of the complex in Chicago. This has some historians expressing concerns about their ability use the Center for conducting research so they can accurately assess the Obama legacy. Also in a break with precedent, the Obama Foundation said it will not partner with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to operate the Center. Instead, the Center will be owned and operated privately by the Foundation. The Foundation will employ the NARA solely for the purpose of digitizing millions of unclassified documents pertaining to the Obama Presidency so they can be made available to the public online.
The Obama Foundation Hopes to Control Communications Surrounding the Obama Legacy.
Private ownership and operation of the Obama Presidential Center means less objectivity in the Center's communications surrounding the former President's legacy. Presidential libraries have historically operated as public-private partnerships, a model that has worked reasonably well to dampen the partisan bias in public exhibits and programming. Since the Center will be owned and operated by the Obama Foundation, it will retain complete power to manipulate the Center's exhibits, programming and public communications. While this arrangement with save taxpayers money by reducing operating costs borne by the NARA at other presidential libraries, it also provides Mr. Obama the power to reshape his legacy in ways that far exceed that of other past Presidents.
In the End the Obama Legacy Will Not Be Salvaged by New Forms of Political Communication.
All Presidents seek to reshape their political legacy upon leaving office, either as individuals or with the help of loyal surrogates. Mr. Obama is no different. However, his work in media production and the Obama Presidential Center cannot overcome the multitude of policy failures that occurred during his presidency. For example, Mr. Obama certainly cannot claim full credit for navigating our country through the 2008 financial crisis given that the economic tools he used were provided to him by President Bush (e.g., the Troubled Asset Relief Program). Likewise, his $787 billion stimulus package did little to stimulate the economy with most of this money being used for state debt relief and the so-called "shovel-ready" jobs that never appeared. Even Mr. Obama's chief economic advisor, Dr. Christina Romer, noted in Congressional testimony that Mr. Obama's stimulus would contribute little to economic growth after the mid-2010. Finally, Obamacare did not save American families the $2,500 on health insurance premiums as he promised, but instead significantly increased these premiums while, at the same time, increasing deductibles to the point where many people could not afford to use their coverage. Will the Obama Presidential Center and Higher Ground Productions tell the story behind these aspects of the Obama legacy accurately, or will his political track record be recast along the artful plane of "if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor-period"? There is only one thing we know for sure. You can expect to see a future exhibit at the Obama Presidential Center's museum entitled "I Got Bin Laden."
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