"Segerstrom Center for the Arts, previously called the Orange County Performing Arts Center, presents a wide variety of the most significant national and international productions of music, dance and theater to the people of Southern California. It is committed to supporting artistic excellence on all of its stages and offering unsurpassed experiences, engaging the entire community in new and exciting ways through the unique power of live performance and an array of inspiring programs. As Orange County's largest non-profit arts organization, Segerstrom Center for the Arts owns and operates the 3,000-seat Segerstrom Hall and intimate 250-seat Founders Hall, which opened in 1986, and the 2,000-seat Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, which opened in 2006 and also houses the 500-seat Samueli Theater, and the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Education Center's studio performance space and Boeing Education Lab. These state-of-the-art facilities are united by a spacious arts plaza. The name of the Center was changed from the Orange County Performing Arts Center to Segerstrom Center for the Arts in January, 2011 in recognition of the unparalleled generosity and leadership of the Segerstrom family. The campus includes all of Segerstrom Center's own venues as well as the adjacent Tony® Award-winning South Coast Repertory and a site designated as the new home of the Orange County Museum of Art.The Center presents a broad range of programming each season for audiences of all ages from throughout Orange County, and beyond, including international ballet and dance, national tours of top Broadway shows, intimate performances of jazz and cabaret, contemporary artists, classical music performed by renowned chamber orchestras and ensembles, family-friendly programming, free performances open to the public from outdoor movie screenings to dancing on the plaza and many other special events. It offers many education programs designed to inspire young people through the arts. These programs reach hundreds of thousands of students of all ages with vital arts-in-education programs, enhancing their studies and enriching their lives well into the future. Segerstrom Center for the Arts is proud to serve as the artistic home to the region's major performing arts organizations: Pacific Symphony, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and the Pacific Chorale."


A great opportunity for an outstanding individual with dental experience. Underappreciated? Underchallenged? Underfulfilled? Join a great progressive team and change all of that. Compensation based on experience and may include a bonus if qualified. Five years experience preferred, two years experience required.
The dental assistant coordinator oversees patient flow and assistance of treatment delivery (with help from the front staff and Doctor). This person is also responsible for understanding all of the specific duties and obligations required of a dental assistant.
Maintain and stock supplies and inventory using economical sources.
Discuss with doctor before ordering any supplies or equipment in excess of $250.00.
Maintain a binder with all inventory ordering and shipping receipts.
Coordinate assistants to be sure patients needs are being met as well as the doctors.
Maintain the sterilization area in a neat and orderly fashion.
Maintain office OSHA policies and procedures.
Coordinate and follow up on all laboratory cases.


CLL also known as CLL/SLL or chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma is a blood cancer, specifically of a type of white blood cell called the B-lymphocyte. It is the most common leukemia in adults in North America. In CLL there is a progressive accumulation of too many incompetent, mature lymphocytes, which are usually monoclonal or genetically identical.
To confuse matters, besides being a type of leukemia, it is also classified as a type of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL).
So CLL is both a leukemia and a lymphoma at the same time.
SLL is best understood as a different stage of CLL where there are not a significant number of cancer cells in the blood stream.
Originally published in The CLL Tribune Q3 2015.


A high vertical jump should be the goal of any basketball player. Strong legs and a strong core plus good flexibility and balance are needed to increase vertical jump height. This video demonstrates a basketball drill with resistance bands that can help you improve your vertical jump height and increase flexibility and balance. Working on strengthen the hips, building the hip flexors, and explosive power in crucial for improving your vertical jump height for a great basketball jump.
Just jumping up, coming down, and getting set again is not going to get you the vertical jump that you want. A great basketball vertical jump requires explosive power by hitting the ground and getting back up quickly and powerfully. This is essential for improving your vertical. Basketball jumps are vital for great rebounds and making shots.
Keep spine / back in line to prevent from bending over where the body is out in front because will cause you to decelerate and put more stress on the knee. It is important to keep as much stress off of the knees as possible to prevent injury.
The resistance makes the exercise more difficult because you are firing the muscles to work through the resistance. When the resistance is removed so is the tension on the muscles so you will feel light and your body will want to fly up with more explosive power. Remember that a great vertical jump is essential for getting more rebounds, layups, and jump shots. Just being able to get a fingertip higher than your opponent can be the difference in your rebounding stats and the difference in basketball games.


The face of this ring measures 1 1/2" in diameter.
It is adjustable from sizes 7-10.
This Taxco silver ring showcases a vibrant blend of multi-colored inlays neatly pressed into a niello-darkened silver background to form a floral design.


Based on popular songs and with easy-to-follow text and diagrams, these three books will get beginners playing quickly and with understanding. No knowledge of the keyboard or music is required.
Each song has been arranged so that it can be played on all portable keyboards. Right from the start, beginners will use a complete rhythm section with full sounding chords, bass and drums.
Designed as a 'teach yourself method'. As the course progresses so will technique and playing style. This course has been written so players also get the best of all the options on this versatile instrument.


110892 – Samba crashes, causing data corruption in files.
Bug 110892 - Samba crashes, causing data corruption in files.
Summary: Samba crashes, causing data corruption in files.
a rather serious bug IMHO.
132 samba crashes in one day.
test program (like memtest86) to verify and post the result here.
years and only started acting up when Fedora (or samba 3) was installed.
same symptoms. Downgrading to samba-2.2.8a cured these symptoms.
at the Samba bugzilla on this.
I've posted the details of the stack traces to the upstream bug.
encoded file names to UTF-8. Now everything works as expected.
going to mark this bug as resolved upstream.


The OAuth 2.0 Device Flow specification has been tidied up to apply spelling and grammar corrections and add the Document History appendix. No normative changes were made. Again, if you're using an OAuth device flow, please let us know whether your implementation matches this specification, and if not, let us know how it differs.


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//
//  ActivityDetailViewController.m
//  HappyDayAndDay
//
//  Created by scjy on 16/1/6.
//  Copyright © 2016年 张衡. All rights reserved.
//

#import "ActivityDetailViewController.h"
#import "AFHTTPSessionManager.h"

//#import "MBProgressHUD.h"
#import "ActivityDateilView.h"
#import "AppDelegate.h"
@interface ActivityDetailViewController ()
//全局变量
//{
//    NSString *phoneNum;
//}
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet ActivityDateilView *activityDetailView;
@property (copy, nonatomic) NSString *phoneNum;
@property (weak, nonatomic) UIButton *btn;

@end

@implementation ActivityDetailViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.

   self.title = @"活动详情";
    self.btn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];

//    self.btn.frame = CGRectMake(0, 600, kWidth, 75);
//    [self.btn setTitle:@"123" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
//    self.btn.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
//    [self.view addSubview:self.btn];

//
//         UIBarButtonItem *b=[[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemReply target:nil action:nil];
//         UIBarButtonItem *c=[[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemCamera target:nil action:nil];
//         self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems=@[b,c];

//    self.mainScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(kWidth, 10000) ;

    //去地图页面
    [self.activityDetailView.mapButton addTarget:self action:@selector(mapButtonAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    //打电话
    [self.activityDetailView.makeCallButton addTarget:self action:@selector(makeCallButtonAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

    [self showBarkButton];
     self.tabBarController.tabBar.hidden = YES;

    [self getModel];
}
#pragma mark 导航栏右方按钮
//- (void)clickSetting{
//
//}
//- (void)clickEdit{
//
//}

#pragma mark -----    Custom Method
- (void)getModel{

    AFHTTPSessionManager *sessionManager = [AFHTTPSessionManager manager];
    sessionManager.responseSerializer.acceptableContentTypes = [NSSet setWithObject:@"text/html"];
//    [MBProgressHUD showHUDAddedTo:self.view animated:YES];

    [sessionManager GET:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@&id=%@",kActivityDetail,self.activityId] parameters:nil progress:^(NSProgress * _Nonnull downloadProgress) {
//        [MBProgressHUD hideHUDForView:self.view animated:YES];

        //NSLog(@"%@",downloadProgress);
    } success:^(NSURLSessionDataTask * _Nonnull task, id  _Nullable responseObject) {
//        [MBProgressHUD hideHUDForView:self.view animated:YES];
        //NSLog(@"%@",responseObject);

        NSDictionary *dic = responseObject;
        NSString *status = dic[@"status"];
        NSInteger code = [dic[@"code"] integerValue];
        if ([status isEqualToString:@"success"]&&code == 0) {
            NSDictionary *successDic = dic[@"success"];
            self.activityDetailView.dataDic = successDic;
            _phoneNum = successDic[@"tel"];

        }else{
            NSLog(@"解析不成功");
        }

            } failure:^(NSURLSessionDataTask * _Nullable task, NSError * _Nonnull error) {
//        [MBProgressHUD hideHUDForView:self.view animated:YES];

       // NSLog(@"================%@",error);
    }];

}
#pragma mark -------------区地图页面

- (void)mapButtonAction:(UIButton *)button{

}

#pragma mark -------------打电话
- (void)makeCallButtonAction:(UIButton *)button{

    //程序外打电话,不返回当前程序
//    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString :[NSString stringWithFormat:@"tel://%@",_phoneNum]]];
//
    //程序内打电话,打完电话还返回当前应用程序

    UIWebView *cellPhoneWebView = [[UIWebView alloc] init];
    NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString :[NSString stringWithFormat:@"tel://%@",_phoneNum]]];
    [cellPhoneWebView loadRequest:request];
    [self.view addSubview:cellPhoneWebView];

}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

/*
#pragma mark - Navigation

// In a storyboard-based application, you will often want to do a little preparation before navigation
- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {
    // Get the new view controller using [segue destinationViewController].
    // Pass the selected object to the new view controller.
}
*/

@end

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Home / World / Europe's leading parties lick wounds after bloody elections | European elections 2019 news
Europe's leading parties lick wounds after bloody elections | European elections 2019 news
May 27, 2019	World 2 Views
In Europe's power plants, supporters of the mainstream parties have suffered a bloody defeat and are considering exactly what they should look like in the future.
More than 400 million Europeans in 28 Member States, including the Brexiting Britain, were invited to vote for the renewed five-year term of the European Union the only directly elected body, the European Parliament.
Germany's governing parties achieved the worst results in 70 years. Chancellor Angela Merkel received only 28.9 percent of the vote (after 35.4 percent five years ago) and her Social Democratic allies only 1
5.8 percent (from 27.3 percent in 2014).
In France, President Emmanuel Macron was asked to dissolve parliament after the far-right party stormed to victory in the European elections. The results did not trigger a "national crisis," a government spokesman told BFM TV, and Prime Minister Edouard Philippe "has the President's full confidence".
Macron's Republic on the Move party is a key voice among business leaders But the Liberals received only 5.1 million votes, compared to 5.3 million votes for the National Rally of Marine Le Pen.
Both become 23 Having seats in the European Parliament, but the right-wing National Rally will get a seat more if Britain leaves Parliament The EU and its seats will be redistributed among the 27 remaining nations.
"It's a win for Marine Le Pen, but a small, less than one percentage point – it seems so failed to capitalize on it Emmanuel Macron had such a challenging year," said Natacha Butler of Al Jazeera Paris.
"His popularity has dropped because of the inequality, mainly because of the yellow vest crisis, he would have wanted his party to win, but the defeat It is so small that it will be a relief to him and his party.
"What these results say about France is that they confirm the decline of the traditional parties of the left and right, and confirm the position of the extreme right as the main opposition," added Butler.
Surging Greens and the far-right [19659011] However, it was a good night for Europe's green movement, with the Greens in France having 13 seats after a surprisingly strong third place, followed by eight seats for the Conservative Republicans and six seats each for left-leaning France and the Socialist Group.
In Germany, the Greens took second place with 20.5 percent, while his right-wing AfD movement 11 percent of the votes only finished fourth. Preliminary results across the continent show that the 70-seat Greens are the fourth largest block, an increase of 18 against the European elections five years ago.
The "Green Wave" continued in the UK, where the Greens outstripped the Conservative Party, pushing the troubled Tories to fifth place.
But in Britain and Italy, there was little surprise when right-wing populists rose.
Nigel Farage's Brexit party, with 29 seats, will be the largest common party in the European Parliament after receiving 31.6 percent of the vote.
Liberal Democrats took second place with 20.3 percent, Labor with 14.1 percent, the third Greens with 12.1 percent. The Conservatives managed only 9.1 percent.
Overall, the pro-stay parties outperformed the "hard-Brexiters," with the resurgent Liberal Democrats, Emerging Greens, brand-new Change UK, and Welsh progressive nationalist Plaid Cymru receiving a combined share of 38 percent. The Brexit party and the UKIP together had a 36.8 percent share.
The combined Conservative and Labor voices, both of which advocate a "soft Brexit", were 23.4 percent.
"For me, the great advantage of the British According to Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee, the traditional bipartisan system is under enormous strain.
The Brexit Party, the Greens and the Liberal Democrats all have in common that they believe in people for them, if they know that their voices are going to mean something, it is the biggest irony that Brexit is causing the parties that have done well in these elections to demand a more European voting style. "
In Italy, Matteo Salvini Leader of the right-wing extremist league called on the other populist parties in Europe to join a stubborn Eurosceptic bloc after its party received one-third of the nation's vote, thereby strengthening its role as flag bearer of nationalist and extreme right-wing forces in Europe.
Salvini told reporters in Milan that he is counting on Farage's Brexit party and Hungary's Fidesz, led by Viktor Orban, to leave their current factions and join his Europe of Nations and Liberty group, to the far-right parties in France and Germany belong among others.
Salvini said he hopes to expand the group to at least 100 members with the aim of bringing it to 150 by also bringing in parties from the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Spain. "If anyone can overcome jealousy, sympathy and antipathy".
Rosa Balfour of the German Marshall Fund of the US think tank said there were "different images in different countries" and that was crucial to see how much right-wing parties had in common, whether they were could form an effective power block.
"These parties share an anti-EU agenda," she told Al Jazeera of Brussels. "But there are some who are not Eurosceptic – they want to stay in the EU, but they do not want further integration – while others want to free the EU of their powers.
" We have seen that the center is right English German: www.socialistgroup.org/gpes/leaderv…=de&id=98171 There will be a special EU summit on Tuesday as the political leaders of the continent are stuck in the horse trade because of the formation of coalitions and electoral blocs, but that has not always been successful The main result of these elections is a rallying of former power bases across Europe.
"It's the end of the dominance of the traditional axis within the European Parliament," said David Chater of Al Jazeera Brussels: "You could say it's a victory for democracy, but that means politics even more complicated in Europe. "
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money clip aims to make people more aware of their spending by reminding them of how much they've spent in an area.
We wanted to work with the (beautifully-documented) Capital One Nessie API and capitalize on the (simulated) data it provides to make an app that would help users better understand their spending habits. Our idea was that the app could preemptively curb spending by reminding users of their budget/tendency to spend more in a given area.
We made a prototype of an app that locates users and tells them how much money they spent the last time (day) they were in the (500 m) area (depicted on the map). It also reminds them of how much they allocated for their monthly budget and how much money is left.
Run by opening Nessie-iOS-Wrapper.xcworkspace in Xcode and running "money clip" in the simulator. Setting the simulator's location (Debug > Location > Custom Location...) to latitude: 42.373208, longitude: -71.119428 makes the simulator seem to be in Harvard Square, near where our Capital One purchase data is.
We used Capital One's Nessie API and Firebase to make our Swift project in the Xcode developing environment. The app pushes and pulls spending data from Capital One's API and uses Firebase to store the users information (login and budget).
Figuring out how to use Xcode, and setting up Nessie and Firebase were difficult. The short time period also limited what we were able to tackle.
We were proud of getting our app to compile. Also, getting both APIs to work was a challenging obstacle that was really satisfying to overcome.
We learned how to work with the Capital One and Firebase APIs and CocoaPods. We also learned how to work with asynchronous pulling of data from the cloud.
What's next for money clip
If we had had more time, we would have finished implementing the Firebase account sign-up/authentication and stored more individual user data (beyond budget) in Firebase. Also, we would make more details about the users' previous purchases available so that they could make more informed decisions.
One of the main things we wanted to do with our app was have it give push notifications to users, even when the app was closed. However, neither of us have an Apple Developer's account, so we could not implement that feature.
In the future, it would be great to actually implement such an app (with other features as well) so as to increase people's awareness of their spending habits.
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iphone-sdk
HackHarvard 2016
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Elizabeth Yeoh-Wang
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What's New In Dart's iPod #104 AKA The 7th *Sigh*
This week was another good one. It's been two weeks since our collaborative blog Bloggerhouse went underway and we are killing the game very bad to quote Kanye West. We should be looking to add to the blog roll but we're busy as hell coming up with new stuff to write about at the moment. I will be adding new content up there as well as here until I discontinue Poisonous Paragraphs on January 1st, 2010. I'll be bring my "Producers You Need To Hear Right Now" series to Bloggerhouse in 2010. I'll do a January list then fall back until June as I would've done 150 producer profiles in just over 6 months.
My beloved Patriots beat the hated Miami Dolphins 27-17 on Sunday and I posted about them on Armchair Linebacker. I need to post something on on Nerd With Swag soon but I've been swamped with my "25 More Producers..." and "The Next 30" for Bloggerhouse. The Celtics have been beaten at home by the young Atlanta Hawks in a game where they just refused to show up. In better news, the Lakers got merked by the young Denver Nuggets right afterwards so all is right with the world.
Hex Murda came home earlier this week (shout out to Robyn Elaine & the girls plus the entire extended fam in Detroit) but you can still contribute to the Hex Care Fund via PayPal through TheHexCareFund@gmail.com. If for any reason you fell like donating to my blog via PayPal for my 3 plus years of blogging I'd ask that you instead donate it to Hex Murda. Please continue submitting material to bloggerhouse@gmail.com and I'll be using poisonousparagraphs@gmail.com forever. Don't send shit to that old hotmail account.
This week I'll be reviewing six new projects that recently hit the 'net/bloggerverse and/or will be landing on store shelves soon in the following order: Georgia Anne Muldrow "Early", Hawdwerk & Jansport J "High Power Moves", J.J. Brown "Connect The Dots", Melanie Fiona "The Bridge." People Under The Stairs "Carried Away" and Rakim "The Seventh Seal". For those of you new to this blog, I don't rate albums on a scale or assign them a numerical value out of 5 or 10, instead I merely answer the all important question of "Is it worth buying or not?". Here's how my recently revised "Cop It Or Not" ratings system breaks down below:
Opinions be damned. This particular project has no redeeming qualities whatsoever and should come with a Surgeon General's warning and/or a biohazard sticker. It should only be handled by hazmat teams or bomb/demolitions squads. To quote Common & Canibus, this album is your worst nightmare squared.
Oh No! This CD is a drink coaster/table balancer/doorstop/gerbil/hamster room divider/frisbee/discus/makeshift shield/last ditch choice for a visor/alternate shuriken choice. Sell this shit to whoever is dumb enough to buy it from you.
Maeby (Maybe)! Depending on your own set of personal preferences you might like this joint. Give it a listen first to see if it's in your lane or not.
Mos Def! Cop the album when it drops...'Nuff said.
Call me Jay Electronica...Fuck that! Call me Jay Elecyarmulke... © Jay Electronica
Best Joints: Child Of The Sun, Never In Vain, Run Away, Break You Down, Sunset, Keep It Real?, Alone With An Angel, In Love Again, Let It Go and Gears (Sing It Again)
Hot Garbage: N/A
Dart's Take: Georgia Anne Muldrow has made yet another ridiculous album right near the end of 2009. It's her singing 10 tracks of sweet soul over her own excellent production. Cop it and don't even think about it. She's also made "Georgia Anne Muldrow presents Ms. One And The Gang" and "Umsindo" this year so if you don't have those yet cop 'em as well. This was an easy decision. Mos def.
Best Joints: Season Finale, Live From The 626, Rap Hustle, That Spliff, All I Need, She Smiles, Ride, Throw The Bombs, Gremlins, High Power Moves, Believers, Hearin Shit, Fly As Me, Computer and Change Your Mind
Hot Garbage: Wow! (works better as an instrumental)
Dart's Take: Hawdwerk & Jansport J's "High Power Moves" is a well executed project through and through. Look out for these cats in the coming years and you already know that Jansport J is one of the alumni of my infamous "Producers You Need To Hear Right Now" list. Nice rhymes and production make for a solid project so I give it a recommended maybe. Check it out at their Bandcamp page right now
Best Joints: Pure Grind, That's Me, The World's A Stage, Froze Prose, Gender Bender, Crybaby (Punk MF), Upstate Connect, Grand Groove, Fantastic Four, Ode To Jay, You & Me (Bombay), He Is I, It, Brother In Arms and Froze Prose Pt. 2
Hot Garbage: Watch The Star Shine
Dart's Take: J.J. Brown delivers an impressive debut album (I can't believe he's been in the game this long and this is his first album) with nice production (provided by J.J. Brown himself) and a star studded lineup of guest appearances (Reef The Lost Cauze, Block McCloud, Celph Titled, Eternia, Miz Metro, Louis Logic, Poison Pen, Awar, King Magnetic, Travis McCoy, Dezmatic, Craig G and others). You'll get a few bangers mixed in with concept tracks, story rhymes and straight up battle tracks. I give "Connect The Dots" a recommended maybe. It dropped on November 10th so go give it a listen and cop it if you like what you've heard.
Best Joints: Give It To Me Right, Bang Bang, Please Don't Go (Cry Baby), Ay Yo, Walk On By, You Stop My Heart, Johnny, Sad Songs, Priceless, It Kills Me and Teach Him
Hot Garbage: Monday Morning (sounds fake to me...)
Dart's Take: This Melanie Fiona album would've had more impact for me if not for the fact that I'd previously heard Joss Stone, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Amy Winehouse, Duffy, Candie Payne, Mark Ronson, Solange Knowles, Raphael Saadiq and Mayer Hawthorne (also known as DJ Haircut) among others all completely body the throwback Soul/R&B in recent years. This was a very good album and a welcome departure from the overly produced vocal effects laden crap that passes for a great amount of R&B lately. Melanie Fiona's voice is amazing but too many tracks that sound similar to other better executed tracks I've heard outta the UK/Brownswood Bubblers set recently. I give "The Bridge" a recommended maybe because other people aren't as critical as I am when it comes to throwback Soul music.
Best Joints: Step Off, Much Too Much, Hit The Top, Listen, Trippin At The Disco, 80 Blocks From Silverlake, Beer, Come On, Let's Get High, Check The Vibe, Letter From The Old School, DQMOT, Down In LA, My Boy D, Teeth, Creepshow and Carried Away
Dart's Take: Ahh...now that's more like it. I was a little disappointed by People Under The Stairs' "Fun DMC" album because the production was just simple and the hymes were dialed down in hopes of emulating the sound of Hip Hop from 1984-1986 before it got suoer lyrical and production techniques began to get super advanced. I wasn't that happy with it. People Under The Stairs (Double K & Thes One) go back to their signature style and craft a damn good 7th album. After 11 years of making records these cats still got it. I give "Carried Away" yet another recommended maybe. It dropped October 13th but I was so busy with other albums that I didn't have time to review it. Better late than never.
Best Joints: How To Emcee, Walk These Streets, Documentary Of A Gangsta, Man Above, You And I, Won't Be Long, Holy Are You, Satisfaction Guaranteed, Working For You, Message In The Song, Put It All To Music, Psychic Love, Still In Love and Dedicated
Hot Garbage: 6 out of the 14 songs on this album were about "love" or relationships and there were no uptempo tracks or bangers with any real energy to them. I never once felt the need to rewind a track and...why don't I just continue this in "Dart's Take"?
Dart's Take: This album isn't wack by any stretch of the imagination. It also isn't great by any stretch of the imagination. Rakim's bars and delivery were on point. Nick Wiz's production for the most part was on point and well executed. The problem lies with there was damn near no excitement involved with this long awaited project in the least. With Raekwon's album you had the rush of hearing certain tracks, guest appearances, beats or verses. There was none of that on "The Seventh Seal". I listened to this album three straight times but I never one felt the need to rewind anything. Not good.
My head did nod occasionally just to stop abruptly. I never once made the scrunchface. I didn't smile once. It just felt clinical and it was a joyless, disappointment laden exercise. The final track samples No Doubt's "Don't Speak"...why am I hearing Gwen Stefani's voice at the end of a Rakim album? Fuck. Goddamn it. I give "The Seventh Sign" (which I've been waiting on for 3 years and still didn't have high expectations for) a maybe. It's up on http://www.myspace.com/rakim right now. It drops on 11.17.09.
Late Passes (For Doz Slept):
Projects I'm Looking Forward To Reviewing Once They Leak...I Mean Drop:
Rhymefest-El Che
Jay Electronica-Act II: Patents Of Nobility
Jay Electronica-Abracadabra: Let There Be Light
Big Boi-Sir Luscious Leftfoot, Son Of Chico Dusty
Pac Div-Grown Kid's Syndrome
Blu-God Is Good
Drake- Thank Me Later
Alchemist & Oh No are Gangrene
Eternia & MoSS- At Last
B.O.B.-The Adventures Of B.O.B.
Billy Danze-Behind Gatez
AG & O.C.-Oasis: Together Brothers
Statik Selektah & Termanology Are 1982
Lil' Fame & Termanology-Fizzyology
Baatin-Titus
Phat Kat and Elzhi are Cold Steel
The Beatnuts-The Planet Of The Crates
Ski Beatz-Half Man, Half Amazing
Evidence-Cats & Dogs
Statik Selektah-The Hangover
Buff1 & Rhettmatic -Crown Royale
Apollo Brown & Boog Brown-UPS
DJ Muggs & Ill Bill- Kill Devil Hills
Crown Nation (Quelle & Denmark Vessey)-Slut Bag Edition
Jay Electronica x Mos Def x Curren$y-Center Edge Territory
Bloggerhouse has arrived! Dart Adams (Poisonous Paragraphs), Travis Glave (Wake Your Daughter Up), & Eric Coons (When They Reminisce) are the official lineup of Bloggerhouse. Content is king and we are the undisputed kings of content. One of us equals many of us/If you you disrespect any of us you'll see plenty of us © Guru
XXL decided to not do a freshmen list (because the blogs already do it for them yearly) and instead did a Top 100 Hip Hop Website list. I can't wait to see exactly whose sites AREN'T on it! Bloggerhouse!
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Home / News / Philippines / Judge Leni Robredo?
Yaaas! This actually happened. But it was in the year 2012. Way far before the events in 2016 unfolded.
Why rehash this news now? Well, with all what Leni Robredo is saying in the past weeks, which, by the way, don't make sense at all, imagaine how disastrous it would be for all of us if we had Leni as a trial judge.
MANILA, Philippines – She is not interested in politics but Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo might end up as a Regional Trial Court judge.
The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) shortlisted the widow of the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo for 3 separate vacant positions for Regional Trial Court judge: Calabanga and Pili in Camarines Sur and Ligao City, Albay.
The JBC interviewed Robredo on February 22.
The shortlist will be sent to President Benigno Aquino III, who will make the appointment.
Robredo is connected with the Naga chapter of Saligan, a national alternative lawyers' group helping farmers.
A seemingly clue-less political wife, Robredo entered national consciousness following the death of her husband on August 18. Aquino praised the widow and her three daughters for the strength they showed throughout the ordeal.
There have been calls for Robredo to enter politics and even run in the 2013 senatorial elections after the outpouring of grief for her husband.
Budget Secretary Florencio "Butch" Abad, a close friend of the late Robredo, however said Mrs Robredo does not intend to join politics.


"American Experience" Starts 2018 with "Into the Amazon"
When Theodore Roosevelt received an invitation to journey into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon River, he couldn't say no. After a childhood plagued by asthma, Roosevelt had developed a passion for adventure and the outdoors. As a huge admirer of the world's great explorers, Roosevelt jumped at the opportunity to journey to one of the last unexplored places on Earth.
In 1914, with six American adventurers, including his son Kermit, Roosevelt spent eight harrowing weeks in one of the most remote and inhospitable places on earth, battling tenacious insects, deadly rapids, fever, hunger and exhaustion on a quest to map an unknown river in one of the wildest and most beautiful places on earth. What was anticipated to be a relatively tranquil journey turned out to be a brutal test of courage and character. Before it was over, one member of the expedition had drowned, another had committed murder, a third was abandoned to perish in the jungle and the remaining men were on the edge of starvation. Roosevelt would badly injure his leg and beg to be left behind to die.
Now American Experience is telling the full story – a story Roosevelt didn't even want to write home to Edith about – in its first documentary of 2018, Into the Amazon. More than a dramatic story of adventure and survival, Into the Amazon shines a light on two of the western hemisphere's most formidable men and the culture and politics of their two formidable nations. Filmed on location in the Brazilian Amazon, the film features the voices of Alec Baldwin as Roosevelt, Wagner Moura (Narcos) as Rondon and Jake Lacy (Girls) as Kermit Roosevelt.
Into the Amazon airs Tuesday, January 9, at 9pm on ThinkTV16 and CET and then Sunday, January 14, at 9pm on ThinkTV14.


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PGCBL Daily Roundup: July 23, 2019
07/23/2019 3:03 PM -
Monday's Results
Amsterdam 12, Watertown 3
Utica at Mohawk Valley, doubleheader postponed
Elmira at Adirondack, cancelled
Monday's Player of the Night: DJ Poteet (Wake Forest), Amsterdam
Monday's Pitcher of the Night: Rye Gunter (LSU), Amsterdam
Tuesday's Schedule
Albany (20-14) at Amsterdam (29-7), 5:00 p.m. (Modified Doubleheader)
Shuttleworth Park, Amsterdam, N.Y.
Game 1 picked up in bottom of fifth, Albany leads 4-2
Game 2 will be nine innings
Game 2 Probable Starters: TBA vs. David Harrison (NC State)
Live Video: Facebook
*Note: Albany clinches playoff berth with sweep and Oneonta loss
Adirondack (16-22) at Utica (24-12), 6:35 p.m.
Murnane Field, Utica, N.Y.
Probable Starters: Kevin McNiff (New Haven) vs. Andrew Braun (Central Connecticut State)
Live Video: YouTube
Newark (13-27) at Mohawk Valley (24-13), 6:45 p.m.
Veterans Memorial Park, Little Falls, N.Y.
Probable Starters: TBA vs. Carson Coon (Manhattan)
Watertown (15-22) at Oneonta (13-25), 7:05 p.m.
Damaschke Field, Oneonta, N.Y.
Probable Starters: Greg Tobin (Brandeis) vs. TBA
Live Audio: Teamline
Geneva (21-14) at Elmira (15-23), 7:05 p.m.
Dunn Field, Elmira, N.Y.
*Note: Geneva clinches playoff berth with win


Worth County Schools participates in E-Verify®. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. The Worth County School District was issued the employer ID # 471454 on December 7, 2011.


Summer is slowly slipping away, but you still have time to make it your most memorable yet. Dream big and be more adventurous. The universe is on your side, but you'll have to make the first move by doing something daring. Get in the mood by adorning a nautical theme and setting sail to the unknown!


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Gossip's complicit role in sexual harassment
By Linda Adams, opinion contributor — 12/01/17 03:30 PM EST
Is there such a thing as good gossip? In the face of these horrendous stories of sexual abuse and harassment I've heard the argument, "How many women would have been spared the ignominy or trauma of an "inappropriate"experience with (fill in the blank) if they had been warned about his behavior through gossip?"
But, let's follow that argument. I'm sure there are women who were spared because of gossip, not only in these horrendous situations we are hearing about now in the media, but every day in small and large businesses across the country.
I know I was. "Just a word to the wise, you don't want to be the last one left at the bar with Bill after the office party tonight." Or, "When you're on this road trip with Steve, make sure you keep it really professional. Just saying." So I did.
After the first colleague left the bar, I was the second. On that road-trip when Steve suggested dinner together at the end of a hard day, I thanked him politely but said I had a work project that was overdue. Saved by gossip. Yes I was. The but — and it's a huge but — is that while I was saved because someone shared the gossip with me, how many other women didn't get that message? The bigger question is how many other women were victimized because gossip was tolerated every bit as much as the predatory behavior?
On the best teams I've seen, on what I call a "loyalist team," gossip is never tolerated. The tough conversations happen instead. Talking about coworkers and coworkers behavior behind someone's back is a habit that allows us to avoid conflict.
But open conflict, debate, and disagreement are at the heart of the world's best teams. In fact, in my research on hundreds of teams, shows that the highest-performing teams (when compared to low-performing teams) are 50 times more likely to openly discuss conflict when it arises, 125 times more likely to address unacceptable team behaviors promptly and 40 times less likely to have things the team can't speak about openly.
If gossip is tolerated, people will shy away from having the tough conversations that make it possible to push through major challenges, learn, and grow. At the most innocuous level, this inability to talk openly will stifle innovation and business growth.
At the deepest and most destructive level, lives are permanently damaged and careers destroyed. Gayle King said, "I can't stop speaking about the anguish of these women — what happened to their dignity, what happened to their bodies and what happened to maybe their careers."
When Kyle Godfrey-Ryan stepped out of the shadows and told Yvette Vega, the executive producer of the Charlie Rose program, about the abuse she experienced, Vega quickly pushed the behavior back into the shadows, treating the report as lightweight gossip. Her response, "That's just Charlie being Charlie."
All too often in these situations we put the blame on the victim, telling them they need to find their voice and speak up. But what about those of us who never experienced but knew of the abuse? We too have a voice. Do we use that voice to perpetuate the gossip, talk about it behind closed doors, allowing the behavior to continue, or will we use our voice to raise the tough the issues, speaking out and speaking up?
Bottom line? Gossip is Never Good. Gossip lives in the shadows, sitting cheek by jowl, with every lewd, harassing, inappropriate behavior out there. When we gossip in what we think is a good way, we often feel we've discharged our responsibility.
But all we've done is extend the time that the shadow may live on. Cokie Roberts's admission that "every female in the press corps knew" to avoid being in an elevator with Rep. John Conyers John James ConyersA presidential candidate pledge can right the wrongs of an infamous day Michigan redistricting spat exposes competing interests in Democratic coalition Detroit voters back committee to study reparations MORE (D-Mich.), and has apparently known about this for years.
It lived for years, decades even. For every woman saved" by gossip, many other women were victimized, and a culture of sexual harassment and abuse was kept alive. Eliminating gossip and building an authentic loyalist team brings forward light where there was none, where bad behavior can't hide, and where abuse and harassment have no place.
Linda Adams is a partner at The Trispective Group and the co-author with Audrey Epstein, Abby Curnow-Chavez and Rebecca Teasdale of The Loyalist Team: How Trust, Candor, and Authenticity Create Great Organizations.
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Q: How many avatars can I create? Question:

How many unique avatars can I create from the following where the user can select one of each item to create a complete avatar:
5 heads,
5 bodies,
5 hats.

By unique, I mean at least 1 item is new: e.g. Head 1, body 1, hat 1 is different to head 1, body 1, hat 2.

A: This question can be solved easily by using the Fundamental Principle of counting.
so there are $5$ ways to select a head AND there are $5$ ways to select a body AND there are $5$ ways to select a hat.
Since these can be treated as 3 different events taking place one after the other, we can simply multiply their number of outcomes to get the total number of avatars.
that is simply $5 \times 5\times 5= 125$

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I recently had the opportunity to interview five cool—and inspiring—women CEOs who embody the future of work. They've walked out of the traditional workforce and started their own purpose-driven businesses that paint a new picture of how we work.
I'll dive deeper into the stories of each of these women—and the obstacles they faced—in a future post. For now, I'm excited to introduce you to each of them.
Here's what they do, why they do it, and why you want to get to know them.
Why do you want to get to know her? She's changing the game on the front lines of the future of work.
Let's start by saying that Sara and her team of over 40 staffers all work from home in 15 states across the US with flexible schedules. Hello, future! Sara is walking the walk of promoting flexible work options for everyone, and actively advocating for work-life balance.
Faced with being laid off while pregnant, Sara found herself unable to find a flexible job that met her high qualifications. She experienced first hand the inadequate telecommuting career websites, so she started her own—FlexJobs. FlexJobs lists thousands of professional-level jobs that offer various forms of flexibility, including freelancing, telecommuting, flextime, part-time or full-time. Sara also founded Remote.co, a resource for companies who want to find expert insight, best practices and support for remote workers. She then took it one step further by founding 1 Million for Work Flexibility, an initiative committed to spreading awareness about the importance of work flexibility.
One thing we love about Sara: She believes that a woman's intuition is way more valuable than an MBA.
Want to take a closer look? Explore FlexJobs, 1 Million for Work Flexibility and Remote.co.
Why do you want to get to know her? She's a woman who was voted most influential Australian entrepreneur on Twitter, yet holds a biotechnology and microbiology degree.
Kate Kendall founded CloudPeeps, a talent marketplace that matches businesses with the world's top freelance marketing, content and community management professionals. Here's why: While she was managing the social media accounts of multiple clients and travelling the world, she realized that many companies couldn't afford to hire an agency or full-time staffer to help them build their online community. After creating The Fetch, she realized that finding excellent, available, and consistent freelancers was a challenge. So she swooped in to solve that problem with CloudPeeps.
One great point from Kate: When it comes to the barriers women entrepreneurs face, she says it's not enough to raise seed money for your business. Once you are on the board or are a female CEO, you are given a different set of issues that require you to continue to prove yourself, in ways that men don't have to.
Co-founder and Vice President of Beutler Ink.
Why do you want to get to know her? She's opening people's eyes to the fact that the majority of Wikipedia editors are men, which influences the content.
In 2011, Rhiannon Ruff joined a one-person consultancy founded by William Beutler. Through 2013, they mainly focused on Wikipedia consulting, but also provided research, ideation and copywriting for infographics, animation and other content marketing. In March 2013, Jenny Karn joined the team, expanding their services with the addition of visual content, interactive projects and social media. This led to Jenny and Rhiannon co-founding Beutler Ink, with William Buetler as the founder.
Her main focus is seeking ways to bridge the gap between PR and communications professionals and the Wikipedia community, to make the site a stronger resource overall.
Due to insight from working so intimately within the Wikipedia sphere, Rhiannon has written about content biases and the gendered patterns of editing on Wikipedia, as well as the issues involved in encouraging more women to participate in such a male-dominated space. She has a largely female team working on research, with two of those women actually undertaking outreach on Wikipedia on behalf of Beutler Ink's partners. Another female member of her team has become a volunteer Wikipedia editor, joining the small ranks of women editors on the site.
Rhiannon asked a great question: She wants to know: if someone has the confidence to start a new business, why don't they speak up and stay in corporations? What's in the way?
Why do you want to get to know her? She's a lawyer who has made it to senior partner and wears jeans to work.
Maria and her partner noticed a lack of female mentors in their field. By the time women made it to the top, many dropped out either because they didn't, or didn't want to, make partner. They also noticed that of those who did make it to the top and had children, most had a stay-at-home partner. What about women who have children and their partners also work? What is it like when they make it to the top? Maria felt she had no one to model.
Their solution was to start a virtual law firm, Geller Law Group. They only step into an office when needed, but otherwise work from home, allowing them to spend time with their families. Obligatory face-time is a thing of the past. Both Maria and the founding/managing partner hope that for other women, they can be the mentors they were unable to find for themselves.
A message we love from Maria: Maria believes we can change the paradigm of how we structure business, if we demand it. Women don't need to be bound by an old rule. It's hard to ask for things and it's even harder to demand change, but if more and more of us do just that, the paradigm will shift.
See what Geller Law Group is all about here.
Why do you want to get to know her? Because she'll help you, your boss, and your organization have time for life outside of work.
Jessica brings small to mid-size organizations into the "21st Century Workplace" where every member of the organization, entry level to C-suite, has an integrated work/life balance. She does this with the company she founded called ThirdPath Institute. They help redesign work to create time for family, community, and other life priorities.
She started with a concept called "shared care" which developed resources for parents who wanted to share in the care of their children while both earning an income. ThirdPath expanded to support what they call "integrated leaders," leaders who are successful while still having time for their lives outside of work.
ThirdPath is also growing a community of leaders, organizations and individuals to influence wider change in the workplace on both a public and policy level. They want to give us our lives back!
One of Jessica's surprising (or not) challenges: Getting men and women to believe they can be a team at home.
Take a look at ThirdPath Institute here.
It's important to recognize women who are designing the architecture of the future workplace. A huge US trend is women hightailing it out of the corporate world to start their own business. When they're not battling plain old discrimination, they're battling second-generation bias. When they start to reach higher levels they get stopped in their tracks with a glass ceiling. It's tiring and women know there is a better way.
These five women are pioneers of the "better way"; it's inspiring to see all they have created and what they stand for. I look forward to diving more into their personal experience and challenges in a future post.
What do you find most exciting about the paths these women have forged? Who would you love to have a coffee chat with? What would you talk about? I'd love to know. Please leave a comment below, send me an email or find me on Twitter..


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From Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Anderson, 3 December 1808
Washington Dec. 3. 08.
Your letter of Oct. 28. did not get to my hands till Nov. 20. I immediately referred the case to the War office for enquiry. they find that George Purcell, a corporal of Capt Nicoll's company died Oct. 21. 1808. and that he appears from the accounts of Capt Sterrett late district paymaster to have had pay due him at the time of his death from the 1st. of August preceding, that is to say 2. months & 21. days, which will amount to about 18. Dollars. to entitle his mother, mrs Vickers to recieve this, affidavits taken before a justice of the peace must be sent to the War office here, proving that George Purcell left no father, wife or children living, & that mrs Vickers is his mother. as such she is entitled to the administration, & consequently to recieve his personal property. with these affidavits, she may give an order on the Accountant of the War office for whatever was due to her son, which order should be attested by some known person, as Majr. Ewell, for instance, whom we know. if with these papers, this letter be also sent, it will recall the case more readily to the mind of the accountant. I offer you my best wishes.
Th: Jefferson
DLC: Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
Anderson, Alexander
"From Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Anderson, 3 December 1808," Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-9221. [This is an Early Access document from The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. It is not an authoritative final version.]
From Anderson to Jefferson [28 October 1808]
All correspondence between Anderson and Jefferson


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I'm not used to let things out or communicate what's in me to others, so I tend to keep things in and pretend all is fine and I know how painful that can be sometimes.. I repress, I try to let go, or try to let out on my own, but it doesn't always work.


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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
Author: David J Cennimo, MD, FAAP, FACP, FIDSA, AAHIVS; Chief Editor: Michael Stuart Bronze, MD
In May 1993, an unusual cluster of deaths occurred in the southwestern United States. The deaths were characterized by a febrile prodrome that preceded acute respiratory failure and shock. Physicians from the Indian Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) determined that a rodent vector was responsible for the infection and identified the responsible virus as a member of the Hantavirus family.
Sin Nombre virus (SNV), as it is now known, is the primary agent responsible for Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and the deadliest member of the Hantavirus family. However, there are numerous other pathogenic hantaviruses. The New York virus has been identified as the cause of HPS in New York and Rhode Island, and the Bayou and Black Creek Canal viruses, found in the southeastern United States, produce a variant of the syndrome that includes a greater degree of renal failure. The more distantly related Hantaan, Seoul, Dobrava/Belgrade, and Puumala hantaviruses produce a distinct syndrome of hemorrhagic fever and renal failure (HFRS).
The hantaviruses are RNA zoonotic viruses that are generally spherical in shape, measuring 70-100 nm in diameter, and can be identified by inclusion bodies and distinctive gridlike patterns on electron microscopy. They are transmitted to humans from rodent hosts, including possibly from pet rats,[1] but, except for the Andes hantavirus, have not been shown to be capable of human-to-human transmission.
Retrospective analyses indicate that HPS has been present in North America since as early as 1959, and Hantavirus infections have now been reported in at least 32 states in the United States, as well as in Canada and South America.
The basic pathophysiological lesion of HPS, and indeed of all Hantavirus infections, is a generalized increase in capillary permeability that results from endothelial damage. This injury appears to be a consequence of the host's immunological response to viral antigens that have penetrated the endothelium by means of the cells' own integrins. The onset of clinical symptoms is correlated with the development of specific antibodies to the virus. The increased capillary permeability gives rise to widespread protein-rich edema. The particular organs affected are related to the specific species of Hantavirus. In HFRS, a large outpouring of edema fluid flows into the retroperitoneum and is associated with hemorrhage and necrosis. Individuals with HPS have edema concentrated in the pleura and lungs.
The endothelial cells appear swollen. Lung examination findings reveal an interstitial pneumonitis made up of edema fluid, mononuclear cells, and lymphocytes with polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Hyaline membranes appear along with a proliferation of type 2 alveolar lining cells. As the disease progresses, the alveolar septa become increasingly fibrotic. The spleen in patients with HPS shows infiltration of immunocompetent cells within the red pulp and the periarteriolar sheaths.
HPS can present clinically as noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. The pathophysiology of the pulmonary findings is that of a pulmonary capillary leak syndrome. The heart is not directly affected. The pulmonary capillary leak syndrome is the primary underlying pathophysiological defect responsible for both cardiopulmonary and renal dysfunction. Prerenal azotemia is due to the inadequate intravascular volume of the hypotensive patient and not to direct infection. Hantavirus particles are not found within the renal tubular cells of patients with HPS. Hypoxia also contributes to the state of shock.
HPS occurs primarily in the fall, when small rodents (eg, field mice) inhabit human dwellings to protect themselves from the cold weather. In the wild, many small rodents (eg, voles, white-footed deer mice) also transmit the virus. Inhalation of infected aerosolized rodent urine or dried excreta can lead to infection with HPS. Human-to-human transmission of HPS has not been reported in the United States, nor have nosocomial infections been reported. HPS is a zoonosis and parallels the distribution of the associated rodent vectors. The climactic conditions of El Niño promote the transmission of the causative virus.
Hantavirus infections occur in eastern Asia, Latin America, and North America, including Canada. However, HPS seems to be restricted to North and South America. While human-to-human transmission has not been reported in the United States, outbreaks of HPS reported from Argentina were possibly associated with human-to-human transmission.[2, 3, 4]
One report suggests clinical and pathological findings in 3 cases of severe European Puumala hantavirus infection were similar to those found in American hantavirus patients and met the case definition of HPS.[5]
Initially, HPS was thought to be uniformly lethal. Current experience indicates that HPS represents a wide spectrum of clinical disease, from mild infection in ambulatory patients to severe infection requiring mechanical ventilation. The fatality rate for the complete syndrome is approximately 50%.
Recent studies have suggested that asymptomatic Hantavirus infection may be quite common, with some populations showing up to 4% seropositivity for anti-Hantavirus antibodies.[6]
HPS has no racial predilection.
HPS has no sexual predilection; however, because of cultural sex roles, males are more likely than females to encounter small rodents in hunting and/or field exposures.
HPS is conspicuously absent among very young persons and very elderly persons. This absence may reflect their relative lack of contact with rodents in the outdoor setting. However, infections in these age groups appear to be more deadly.[7]
The small rodent vectors of Hantavirus are thought to be lifelong carriers of the virus and are not subject to symptomatic infection by the virus. The deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) is the primary reservoir for SNV in the western United States. Some attention has also been given to the cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus) in this region. The white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) serves that role for SNV and the New York virus in the northeastern United States.[8]
The prognosis of HPS varies, although it appears to correlate with the severity of disease. It does not appear to correlate with viral load.
Mild cases of HPS are typically nonfatal, and patients can be expected to make a full recovery. Most patients who recover from near-fatal HPS do not have any residual cardiopulmonary disease, although recovery time may be substantially longer. Superinfection has been observed in more severe cases.
The CDC has provided patient education materials for the prevention of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in hikers and campers.
The incubation period of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) ranges from 1-4 weeks. HPS has been divided into 3 clinical phases: (1) the prodromal phase, (2) the cardiopulmonary phase, and (3) the convalescent phase.
Prodromal symptoms resemble those of many viral illnesses, including fever, headache, and myalgias. Vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain are common. Because symptoms initially referable to the respiratory tract are minimal or absent, the physician may incorrectly conclude that the patient has viral gastroenteritis. Neurologic symptoms, except dizziness, are uncommon. This phase lasts 3-5 days.
The cardiopulmonary phase is initiated by dyspnea, nonproductive cough, and circulatory collapse. This stage typically lasts only 24-48 hours, although has been observed for up to 7 days. Seventy-five percent of patients with pulmonary edema require mechanical ventilation. Oliguric renal failure is uncommon. When it does occur, it is due to acute tubular necrosis (ATN), as compared to the renal tubular cell damage observed in hemorrhagic fever with renal failure syndrome (HFRS).
Resolution of the cardiopulmonary stage of HPS is heralded by the onset of significant diuresis. After this occurs, the patient improves quite rapidly (ie, convalescent phase). The chronic sequelae of HPS are minimal.
Physical examination findings of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome are typically consistent with those of sepsis, as follows:
Vitals reveal fever, tachycardia, and tachypnea.
Hypotension is seen in about one third of cases.
Pulmonary examination shows diffuse rales.
Rash is typically absent.
Sin Nombre virus (SNV) is the primary agent responsible for Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and is the deadliest member of the Hantavirus family. However, there are numerous other pathogenic hantaviruses. The New York virus has been identified as the cause of HPS in New York and Rhode Island, and the Bayou and Black Creek Canal viruses, found in the southeastern United States, produce a variant of the syndrome that includes a greater degree of renal failure. The more distantly related Hantaan, Seoul, Dobrava/Belgrade, and Puumala hantaviruses produce a distinct syndrome of hemorrhagic fever and renal failure (HFRS).
Renal failure due to ATN may occur.
Severe capillary pulmonary leakage may result in intractable noncardiogenic pulmonary edema and cardiorespiratory collapse and/or shock.
Diagnostic Considerations
Drug-induced noncardiac pulmonary edema
An appropriate ingestion history of medications that are associated with noncardiac pulmonary edema may differentiate drug-induced noncardiac pulmonary edema from Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).
Patients with cardiac pulmonary edema usually have a left ventricular S3 gallop rhythm and often have cardiomegaly upon physical examination, which is not the case with HPS.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
In contrast to HPS, the distribution of the infiltrates associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) observed on chest radiographs is peripheral rather than central. In addition, pleural effusions are common in HPS but are not a feature of ARDS.
HPS is accompanied by perihilar cuffing, earlier appearance of interstitial edema (Kerley B lines), and pericardiac haziness (fuzzy heart sign), which are characteristic of HPS and are not found with ARDS.
Pneumonic plague
Patients with pneumonic plague are critically ill with hemoptysis, which is not a feature of HPS. Pneumonic plague occurs in the setting of an outbreak of antecedent bubonic plague. Patients with HPS are less ill and have no adenopathy suggesting preceding or concomitant pneumonic plague.
Atypical community-acquired pneumonias
Among the nonzoonotic atypical pneumonias, Legionnaires disease may resemble HPS. Levels of serum transaminases may be mildly elevated in patients with Legionnaires disease and in those with HPS. Relative bradycardia uniformly accompanies Legionnaires disease but not HPS. Gastrointestinal symptoms, particularly diarrhea, may be observed in both. Severe renal insufficiency is uncommon in HPS and is unusual in Legionnaires disease. Cardiopulmonary collapse frequently occurs in HPS and seldom complicates Legionnaires disease, except in the terminal stages.
Tularemia and Q fever are zoonotic atypical pneumonias that are in the differential diagnoses of HPS. However, the vectors are different for these zoonotic infections. Contact with sheep or parturient cats is the usual epidemiological antecedent for Q fever pneumonia. Similarly, contact with deer, rabbits, or deer flies is the usual history suggesting tularemia. Symptoms common to Q fever, tularemia, and HPS are headache and myalgias. Q fever may feature splenomegaly and relative bradycardia, which are findings not observed in HPS. Bilateral hilar adenopathy and bloody pleural effusion characterize tularemic pneumonia and are not associated with HPS.
Viral influenza
Influenza begins abruptly, with patients often recalling the exact minute and/or hour they became acutely ill. A dry nonproductive cough and a sore throat, usually accompanied by rhinorrhea, characterize influenza. These are not features of HPS. Headache and myalgias are common in both infections.
Specific diagnosis of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) may be achieved by serological techniques, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and immunohistochemistry (IHC) studies, as follows:
RT-PCR can help detect viral RNA in blood and tissues and is the criterion standard for diagnosis. Diagnostic sensitivities and specificities of 100% and 94%, respectively, have been reported. [9]
IHC can help detect viral RNA in formalin-fixed tissues with specific antibodies.
Most commonly, HPS is confirmed by Hantavirus immunoglobulin M (IgM)–and immunoglobulin G (IgG)–specific serology results, usually measured by performing an enzyme-linked immunoassay. Approximately one third of patients with HPS have an elevated IgM titer at the time of clinical presentation. Another one third of patients have elevated titers of IgM and IgG to Hantavirus at the time of presentation. The remaining third develop an increase in IgG titers without an increase in the IgM titer during convalescence.
The following are other laboratory results that may aid in diagnosis:
Complete blood count (CBC) may show leukocytosis with a left shift, thrombocytopenia, and an elevated hematocrit due to hemoconcentration.
Peripheral blood smear may show atypical lymphocytes and/or immunoblasts, which have a high predictive value.
Hepatic panel may show mild transaminitis, but with a markedly elevated lactate dehydrogenase levels.
Coagulation studies may show mildly elevated activated partial thromboplastin time with a normal fibrinogen level. If the fibrinogen level is decreased, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) should be considered.
Basic metabolic panel usually shows a baseline BUN and creatinine and a low bicarbonate level.
Urinalysis shows proteinuria in about 50% of cases.
Creatine kinase levels are elevated in 50% of cases.
Arterial blood gas analysis may reveal hypoxemia related to respiratory failure. Development of lactic acidosis and rapid respiratory deterioration usually portend death within 1-2 days.
The serum albumin level is decreased in almost all patients with Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Although this depression represents an acute-phase reactant that may be observed in many types of infections, the presence of severe hypoalbuminemia in a previously healthy patient with an acute onset of respiratory distress should suggest HPS.
Isolation of Hantavirus in tissue culture is not clinically available because of the technical difficulty of achieving this and because of issues related to biosafety.
The chest radiograph typically shows a pattern of noncardiac pulmonary edema. Perihilar haziness ("shaggy heart sign") is characteristic of HPS. Almost all patients with HPS have interstitial edema due to pulmonary capillary leak, which manifests radiologically as peribronchial cuffing or Kerley B lines. Pleural effusions are also common.
The chest radiograph typically does not show new cardiomegaly or mediastinal widening.
Patients with HPS often have a normal pulmonary wedge pressure, decreased cardiac index, and elevated systemic vascular resistance. However, these studies are not necessary for the diagnosis.
The histologic findings of HPS are nonspecific and correlate with the pathophysiology of the disease. Histology of lung tissue reveals capillaritis, pulmonary capillary leak syndrome, or both. Hemorrhage is typically not observed. In patients with severe and/or prolonged hypotension, the kidneys may develop histological findings suggestive of ATN.
Currently, treatment for Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is primarily supportive in nature. The attending physician must pay careful attention to acid-base disturbances and fluid balance, as well as respiratory status. HPS is a nationally reportable condition, and the state health department should be contacted immediately for instructions on reporting and submitting samples.
The nucleoside analogue ribavirin has been shown to be effective in a related disease, hemorrhagic fever with renal failure syndrome (HFRS), which is also caused by the Hantaviruses. Ribavirin has also been shown to be effective against HPS in animal studies. However, a meta-analysis of only two small trials showed no mortality benefit for HPS in humans. Additional studies are underway.[10]
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used successfully in several patients.[11] ECMO was most effective when initiated prior to the development of hemodynamic instability and major coagulopathy.[12]
Some experts have suggested that VEGF antagonists may be effective for hantaviral infections based on the observed up-regulation of VEGF during infection. However, this has not been studied clinically.[13]
Treatment with corticosteroids has not been shown to affect mortality.[14]
An infectious disease specialist should be consulted for every patient considered to have HPS or a zoonotic infectious disease, and a pulmonologist and critical care specialist should be involved intubation and mechanical ventilation may be required.
Some suggestion has also been made to reduce physical activity.
Caution patients against having contact with rodents or aerosolized rodent urine or excreta. Dead rodents should not be handled without taking proper precautions and wearing protection. Make dwellings rodent-proof; follow cleanliness and maintenance procedures such that dwellings do not attract small rodents.
Currently, there are no widely available vaccines against Hantavirus infection, although a controversial inactivated Hantavirus vaccine has been used in Korea with some effect.[15]
Continue monitoring patients with mild Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in an outpatient setting until they are completely well.
Patients with mild HPS often complain of substernal discomfort. In patients with such symptoms, perform an ECG and/or cardiac enzyme test to help exclude myocardial infarction. Substernal discomfort that is oppressive in character is common in patients recovering from HPS. Although a cardiac explanation for the chest pain is suggested by its sternal location, myocardial infarction is not a complication of HPS.
Zachariah E Hale, MD Resident Physician, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Zachariah E Hale, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association
John L Brusch, MD, FACP Corresponding Faculty Member, Harvard Medical School
John L Brusch, MD, FACP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Burke A Cunha, MD Professor of Medicine, State University of New York School of Medicine at Stony Brook; Chief, Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital
Burke A Cunha, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Kenneth C Earhart, MD Deputy Head, Disease Surveillance Program, United States Naval Medical Research Unit #3
Kenneth C Earhart, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
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China Pursues New Facial Recognition Program in Push for Total Surveillance
Posted By Katelyn Caralle On January 8, 2018 @ 1:22 pm In Issues | No Comments
Facial recognition is China's hottest new technology, but it raises issues concerning personal security as the communist government works to track individuals, create detailed profiles, and assign "social credit" scores.
In China, banks, airports, hotels, and even public toilets are trying to verify people's identities by analyzing their faces, the Washington Post reports.
In addition to the technology's everyday convenience uses, like apartment access, the technology is also being used by police to track and analyze individuals' behaviors. That information could be used to identify, as described in one Chinese police report, the "bad guys."
The aim is for the facial recognition data to merge with databases and create an "identity card"—containing criminal and medical records, travel bookings, online purchases, and social media comments—for every individual. The identity card would also include an image of the citizen's face.
The Post described the plans for the budding program:
The pilot in Chongqing forms one tiny part of an ambitious plan, known as "Xue Liang," which can be translated as "Sharp Eyes." The intent is to connect the security cameras that already scan roads, shopping malls and transport hubs with private cameras on compounds and buildings, and integrate them into one nationwide surveillance and data-sharing platform.
It will use facial recognition and artificial intelligence to analyze and understand the mountain of incoming video evidence; to track suspects, spot suspicious behaviors and even predict crime; to coordinate the work of emergency services; and to monitor the comings and goings of the country's 1.4 billion people, official documents and security industry reports show.
The Post noted that the program ultimately hopes to give officials the ability to "track where people are, what they are up to, what they believe, and who they associate with." It would assign each individual a single "social credit" score based on whether the government and fellow citizens "consider them trustworthy."
According to tech executives working on the project, the goal of the project is to "shine a light on every dark corner of China, to eliminate the shadows where crime thrives."
The "Sharp Eyes" project title is taken from communist slogan "the masses have sharp eyes," and stems from Mao Zedong's attempt to have citizens spying on one another.
German academic Adrian Zenz said the Chinese government "craves omnipotence over a vast, complex, and restive population."
"Surveillance technologies are giving the government a sense that it can finally achieve the level of control over people's lives that it aspires to," Zenz said.
While China is not alone in using the new technologies for security—the United States, for instance, uses facial recognition to compare images from crime scenes with a national database of mug shots—the communist government has taken a much more extensive and comprehensive approach to utilizing the technology, the Post reported.
Yet it is China's ambition that sets it apart. Western law enforcement agencies tend to use facial recognition to identify criminal suspects, not to track social activists and dissidents, or to monitor entire ethnic groups. China seeks to achieve several interlocking goals: to dominate the global artificial-intelligence industry, to apply big data to tighten its grip on every aspect of society, and to maintain surveillance of its population more effectively than ever before.
China's government aims to make the video surveillance network "omnipresent, fully networked, always working and fully controllable" by 2020, official documents show.
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Gunman at large after 'execution-style' family killings
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PIKE COUNTY, Ohio -- (WXIX) -- The gunman who shot eight family members Friday morning is believed to be armed and extremely dangerous, according to Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader.
The seven adult victims and one 16-year-old male were shot in the head "execution-style," said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.
Investigators have not determined whether the individual acted alone in shooting eight members of the Rhoden family, some of whom were asleep in bed, DeWine said. Three children survived – a four-day-old, 6-month-old and 3-year-old.
Reader believes the Rhoden family was targeted in the mass shooting.
"We are taking every precaution," Reader said. "My staff along with Ross, Jackson and Adams County agents are going to go and find other family members to check on them and to make contact with [the Rhodens]."
At a press conference Friday afternoon, DeWine and Reader urged the public to come forward with tips about the crime and gunman. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-BCI-OHIO.
The victims were found inside four separate homes along Union Hill Road. Three of those homes are within a 1.5 mile walking distance, investigators said. The fourth home, where the final victim was located, is about 30 miles from the other family homes.
The four-day-old that survived the killings was sleeping in a bed as one of the victims was shot, DeWine said during a press conference on Friday.
A preliminary investigation shows that none of the eight killings was by suicide, officials said.
The Bureau of Criminal Investigation sent a large number of agents to lead the investigation. Multiple other agencies are assisting BCI and Pike County at the crime scenes.
Federal authorities said in a tweet they are closely watching and ready to assist.
Piketon is a rural area about 75 miles east of Cincinnati.
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Hector Samuel Juan "Tico" Torres (Nova Iorque, 7 de outubro de 1953) é um músico cubano-americano, mais conhecido como o baterista da lendária banda de  rock Bon Jovi.

História
Tico (apelido de infância) nasceu em Nova York, mas como seus pais são cubanos, mudaram-se para Cuba, onde ficaram até os 5 anos de Tico. Seus pais se divorciaram, foi quando sua mãe resolveu se mudar para os Estados Unidos de novo, em Iselin, NJ. Aos 11 anos Tico começou a aprender guitarra, aos 15, substitutiu o baterista de uma banda em uma festa, foi quando descobriu sua paixão por bateria. Aos 16 anos entrou em sua primeira banda Sweat, desde então, passou por várias outras bandas.

Quando Tico uniu-se a Jon Bon Jovi em 1983, ele já tinha "uma história de sucesso", sua experiência em estúdio e ao vivo com Frankie and the Knockouts, Pat Benatar, Chuck Berry, Cher, Alice Cooper e Stevie Nicks o ajudou a se estabelecer como um músico "classe A", e até antes de conhecer Jon, ele havia tocado em 26 álbuns. Quando estava na banda PHANTOM'S OPERA, ele conheceu Alec John Such e foi sua amizade com ele que o levou até Jon. Tico Torres, hoje em dia é um símbolo da bateria, bem, como ícone do Hard Rock.

Em 2012 O Celebrity Networth elaborou uma lista com os 30 bateristas mais ricos do mundo. As fortunas estão avaliadas em milhões de dólares, Tico Torres aparece na 22 posíção, com 40 milhões de dolares.

Em 1992, "The Hitman" Tico descobriu outro talento, a pintura! Ele vem exibindo sua arte desde 1994, sua primeira exposição famosa foi no Soho em Nova Iorque na Ambassador Galleries. Tico é um pintor autodidata, suas pinturas são expressão da rotina e da vida com a banda.

Vida Pessoal

Tico também é dono de uma linha de roupas para bebês chamada Rock Star Baby. Além de roupas para bebês, a Rock Star Baby também produz métodos de aprendizado e desenhos. Além disto, ele também tem licença de piloto.

Seu primeiro casamento foi com uma mulher chamada Sharon, e acabou em 85, pouco depois de entrar para o Bon Jovi. Em 1992/1993 ele namorou com a atriz Brooke Shields, com quem queria se casar, mas ela o deixou por Andre Agassi.

Então, ele conheceu, em um encontro às escuras, uma modelo tcheca Eva Herzigová, eles se casaram em 1996, estiveram presentes no casamento amigos íntimos e os integrantes da banda. O casamento acabou quase dois anos depois.

Em 1999 Tico conheceu a top model venezuelana Maria Alejandra Márquez, com quem se casou e continua até hoje. O casal teve seu primeiro filho em 2004 sendo o seu nome Hector Alexander.

Bateristas de hard rock
Bateristas de heavy metal
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Membros de Bon Jovi
Naturais de Nova Iorque (cidade)
Norte-americanos de ascendência cubana

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