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The Bull Moose From Oxford Junction, Iowa, Tosses A No-Hitter, 1912
by Dennis Pajot
One hundred years ago—on August 20, 1912—Milwaukee fans got to see a rare feat, a no-hitter. Even rarer, in theory impossible today, was that it was thrown by a spitball pitcher.
In January 1912 new Brewer manager Hugh Duffy secured the top-notch pitcher that he had been after for some time, spitballer Joe Hovlik. The big right hander had been born on August 16, 1884, in Austria-Hungary. It was said as a boy he practiced pitching by throwing at a mark on his father's barn on the old home in Iowa. "Feeling that he had progressed, he hired two different rubes to catch him, and broke both their hands with the spitball." He went back to throwing at the barn.
Joe had pitched in the Three-I League starting in 1908, and from 1909 to 1911 won 46 games and only losing 30 with Peoria. Hovlik appeared in a few games with the Washington Nationals in 1909 and 1910, before Duffy picked him up for the White Sox (the team he was managing at the time) in the middle of the 1911 season from Peoria. Hovlik's big weakness was his inability to control his sweeping spitball. But Duffy thought once the "Giant Bohemian" learned to control this he would become another Ed Walsh.
Duffy offered the White Sox $2,000, and manager Jimmy Callahan agreed, provided Milwaukee would give the Sox a chance to recall the pitcher for the same price. Duffy refused to make a deal with any string attached, and upped his offer to $2,500. Callahan wanted $3,000. Finally on January 25 the clubs split the difference and Hovlik was sold to the Brewers for $2,750. Within a week Joe sent in his signed contract.
Hovlik did not do as well in Milwaukee as everyone had hoped, but he was not pitching as bad as his mid-July 5 and 9 record indicted. In 118 innings he had given up only 109 hits, accounting for 58 runs. One issue he had was a painful boil on his arm, which needed to be lanced. To show Hovlik was highly thought of, it was reported that Clark Griffith of the Washington American League club was after him. Duffy said he knew nothing of this, and if true he would not let Hovlik go, as the spitballer was doing too good a job with his Brewers.
In August "the bull moose of Oxford Junction, Iowa" was pitching about the same. But good enough that it was possible other American Association teams wanted to do something about it. In Toledo on August 14 Hovlik held the Mud Hens scoreless for six innings, but the hometown boys finally broke through with two runs in the seventh, mainly due to two boots by Brewer infielder Chappie Charles. The Mud Hens ended up winning the contest 6 to 3. But Brewer players smelled something rotten had gone on—or more to the point, something tasted rotten. Some thought the ball used in the game was so heavily doped that Hovlik had taken ill during the game, and it was only through sheer gameness that he was able to stick it out. One of the Brewers was quoted in the Milwaukee Journal:
Joe began complaining early in the game about there being something on the ball. We did not take it seriously until along in the fifth inning, when after using his spitter all through the inning he was so sick when he came back to the bench that we thought he would have to retire. All of the players on the Toledo bench were watching our bench and when they saw that Joe was sick they all had broad smiles on their faces. However, Joe went back in the next inning, but in the eighth when they began hitting him he was taken ill again. Of course, we might have lost any way, but Joe's condition after the game showed clearly that something was wrong.
Hovlik also took sick on the train ride home, having several vomiting fits.
On August 18 the Brewers had a 60 and 65 record, and Joe Hovlik was 9 and 13. Then the pride Oxford Junction, Iowa, had his moment in the sun.
On Tuesday, August 20, Joe Hovlik, pitching "in superhuman form," tossed a no-hitter against the Louisville Colonels, winning 2 to 0, at Athletic Park. The Milwaukee Sentinel's Manning Vaughan described the performance in his great writing style:
Hovlik's mighty arm never uncoiled such magical twisters and such wide breaking snapping spitters as it did yesterday. His great spitball, the equal of Ed Walsh's when it is working right, broke north, east, south, west and to all other points and corners of the compass. It had the enemy standing on their eyebrow, their heads and ears and so effective was his support that but one man reached second during the record breaking contest. Joe was a trifle wobbly early in the game when he passed three men, but after the fifth when he had a no-hit performance in sight, the ball came true to the mark round after round. Up to the eighth the crowd sat back in its seats hoping against hope to see a no-hit contest but fearful lest they break the charm by rooting for such a possibility. They could contain their enthusiasm no longer however, and as Fisher, Ludwig and Northrup went down in a row in the eighth they shook the stands with their wild yells.
The ninth opened.
Burch, the first man up, buzzed a terrific shot down the third base line. The crowd let out a funeral groan for it looked like a safe hit but Clark was after the ball like a shot. He blocked it with his gloved hand, made a rapid recovery and by a beautiful throw nipped the mercury heeled runner at first. Hayden, batting for Molly McLean, who had been uncut for Joe all afternoon, he trotted out to smash the record, but Joe working like a Trojan put all his stuff on the ball, and Hayden fanned. The crowd could contain itself no longer and the bugs squirmed and tossed about on their seats like so many packages of frayed nerves. Stansbury was the only batter between Joe and a record breaking performance, possibly the feat of a life time. But he was the coolest man in the yard, cooler even than his pals who were straining every nerve and muscle for a no-hit game. Stansbury, one of the A.A. sluggers was up. He let one cut the plate. The next broke beautifully, but the swatter hit the ball and it went scampering at Lewis. The Cornell collegian wrapped his mitts about the ball, tossed it to Jones, and Joe was the biggest guy in town. The crowd gave the big fellow an ovation as he trotted from the field, and the nuts in the quarter seats jumped over the screen to show their enthusiasm by patting the big Iowan in the short ribs.
Hovlik, a weak hitter, collected a rare single in the game. After the game he was modest and gracious. When a Louisville player congratulated him on his performance, he answered "Sure, I knew I would get one some day." The Colonel replied that Joe had good stuff in the game. "Oh, you were talking about pitching," said Joe, "I thought you meant that hit I made." In a more serious mood Hovlik said: "Don't forget Jimmy Block. Jimmy deserves just as much of the credit as I do. The way he sized up the batters had as much to do with it as my spitter. Was I nervous? Well, at the start of the ninth inning I felt a little shaky. But after the first man went down I knew they wouldn't hit me."
It was the second no-hitter of the 1912 American Association season—the first was by Bill Lelivelt of Minneapolis a few weeks earlier. It was also the second no-hitter ever thrown at Athletic Park, Cliff Curtis having done it against Indianapolis five years prior.
The no-hitter was the first game of a doubleheader. In the second game Cy Slapnicka tossed a six-hitter, winning another shut out, 7 to 0.
Joe Hovlik ended the 1912 season with 12 wins and 15 losses. In 243 and 2/3 innings he gave up 203 hits and allowed 116 runs. He struck out 147 batters, while walking 78. The Oxford Junction Moose stayed with the Brewers another four years, winning 11 and losing 9 in 1913, before having his career season in 1914, posing a 24 and 14 record.
Injured in 1915, he was only 1 and 4. Joe really fell off in 1916, winning 1 and losing 12 before the Brewers released him.
Posted by Chance Michaels at 3:11 PM
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Chance Michaels is a native New Yorker who spent many of his formative years in Milwaukee and developed a lifelong interest in the region's sporting history. In addition to his work with BorchertField.com, he runs the Green Bay Packers Uniform Database, an ongoing research project devoted to the design history of that other Wisconsin pro team. When not immersing himself in old game programs, wire service photos and newspaper archives, he produces theatre Off-Off-Broadway, and was formerly a contributor to The Onion. He lives in New York City with his family.
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Richard Alan Lanham (born April 26, 1936) is an American literary scholar. He has written on writing style and rhetoric.

Early life and education
Richard Alan Lanham was born on April 26, 1936, in Washington, D.C. He attended Yale University (AB, 1956; MA, 1960; PhD, 1963).

Career
He is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, and president of Rhetorica, Inc., a consulting firm.
Lanham is a recognized expert in prose stylistics and Classical and Renaissance rhetoric.  His Handlist of Rhetorical Terms (2nd ed., 1991) is the standard reference in the field, and he recently revised his Analyzing Prose (2nd ed., 2003), a benchmark work in stylistic analysis.  Some other works are "The Motives of Eloquence: Literary Rhetoric in the Renaissance", Style: An Anti-Textbook, Literacy and the Survival of Humanism, and The Electronic Word: Democracy, Technology, and the Arts (1995).  His Revising Prose and Revising Business Prose—now in revision—remain popular.  His latest work, The Economics of Attention, was published in 2006 by the University of Chicago Press.

Long a champion of Sophistic rhetoric as a challenge and counterweight to Aristotle's model of rhetoric, in recent years Lanham has become interested in, ultimedia and the implications for rhetoric in this age of electronic text.

"Q" question
In The Electronic Word: Democracy, Technology and the Arts, Lanham asks what he calls the "Q" question, named "Q" after Quintilian. The Q question asks whether there is a connection between studying literature or rhetoric makes people good.

Lanham identifies two defenses of the morality of rhetoric. The so-called weak defense (which Quintilian makes as well as Ramus) suggests that rhetoric is separate from philosophy and one first becomes a good person and then can add good speaking on top (158). More modern (and postmodern) theories contribute to Lanham's "Strong Defense" which "argues that, since truth comes to humankind in so many diverse and disagreeing forms, we cannot base a polity upon it. We must, instead, devise some system by which we can agree on a series of contingent operating premises" (187-8). The Strong Defense opposes the universal rational truth and suggests that "what links virtuosity, the love of form, and virtue, is virtu. power " (189).

Economics of Attention
In his The Economics of Attention, Lanham points that human attention is one of the most scarce resources.

Selected Publications

 The Motives of Eloquence: Literary Rhetoric in the Renaissance. Yale University Press. 1976.

 Analyzing Prose. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1983. 2nd Ed, Continuum, 2003.

 The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of Electronic Communication. University of Chicago Press. 2006.
 The Electronic Word: Democracy, Technology and the Arts. University of Chicago Press, 1993.

References

External links
 An interview with Richard A. Lanham
 Rhetorica, Inc.

1936 births
Living people
Rhetoric theorists
Writers of style guides
Academics from Washington, D.C.

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Q: How can graphene at thermal equilibrium induce current? This research from the University of Arkansas claims to harvest electrical energy from thermal vibrations in a sheet of graphene:

The idea of harvesting energy from graphene is controversial because it refutes physicist Richard Feynman's well-known assertion that the thermal motion of atoms, known as Brownian motion, cannot do work. Thibado's team found that at room temperature the thermal motion of graphene does in fact induce an alternating current (AC) in a circuit, an achievement thought to be impossible.

From what I can tell, this is morally equivalent to putting an atomic-scale condenser microphone in a warm gas and expecting the brownian motion of the gas to induce a harvestable energy signal, even if it's just white noise.  The problem I have with this result is the following:
Suppose we connect the resulting circuit to an incandescent light bulb.  The researchers claim that the temperature of the graphene and circuit don't change.  But I guarantee you the light bulb will.  So, we are left with two possibilities:

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*The system spontaneously increases in temperature, as the graphene circuit extracts free energy and then releases it via the light bulb.

*The graphene transducer cools its immediate environment (how could it not, if we are still conserving momentum, and the circuit is converting the momentum of the graphene into electrical current), and the light bulb re-heats it by the same amount (minus any thermal losses in the circuit).

(2) is problematic because the graphene is creating a cold reservoir ex nihilo, is it not?  I mean, it's doing that without an input of energy, which should not be possible, right?
Of course, all of this becomes possible if the circuit only works under non-equilibrium conditions, and it's really harvesting transient thermal gradients that appear in its environment.  But the story certainly does not give that impression.  Thoughts?

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Q: Retrieve date on which a list of SQL server databases went offline I have a list of offline databases on my SQL servers. I am able to retrieve the list of offline DB and there status using the SQL code below.
But I am unable to find their corresponding time and login at which they went offline.
I have tried using the stored procedure sp_readerrorlog as well but was unable to retrieve the required details
SELECT 'DB_NAME' = db.name,'FILE_NAME' = mf.name,'FILE_TYPE' = mf.type_desc,
       'FILE_PATH' = mf.physical_name
FROM sys.databases db
   INNER JOIN sys.master_files mf ON db.database_id = mf.database_id
WHERE db.state = 6

I am expecting the result to be as follows
servername    db_name    status   offline_date  login_name
sonsql01      saion     offline   28/02/19     flore\sonal

A: Sys.databases contains the status of every database but does not indicate when it went offline. The Windows Application Log does have an entry for every time a  db is started or stopped which include the date.
This script, which I edited a bit,  taken from SQLCentral will give you the information you want but you need permissions to execute XP commands:
SET NOCOUNT ON;
GO
-- Search all sql error logs at once
DECLARE @SearchString1 NVARCHAR(MAX)
        ,@SearchString2 NVARCHAR(MAX)
        ,@LogType INT
        ,@Path VARCHAR(512)
        ,@StartTime DATE
        ,@EndTime   DATE = GETDATE();
-- ----------------------------------------------------------
SET @SearchString1 = 'offline' --leave blank for everything
SET @SearchString2 = '' --leave blank for everything
SET @LogType = 1        -- =SQL Server log, 2=SQL Agent log
SET @StartTime = dateadd(dd, datediff(dd, 0, @EndTime) - 1, 0)
-- ----------------------------------------------------------
SELECT @Path = REVERSE(SUBSTRING(REVERSE([PATH]),
                        CHARINDEX('\', REVERSE([path])), 260)) + N'LOG.trc'
    FROM sys.traces
    WHERE is_default = 1;
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#EnumLogs','U') IS NOT NULL
    BEGIN
        DROP TABLE #EnumLogs;
    END;
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#Logger','U') IS NOT NULL
    BEGIN
        DROP TABLE #Logger;
    END;
CREATE TABLE #EnumLogs
    (
        [ArchiveNum] INT
    , LogDate DATETIME
    , LogSizeInBytes INT
    );
INSERT INTO #EnumLogs
    EXECUTE xp_enumerrorlogs @LogType
-- Iterate around all the logs gathering results
CREATE TABLE #Logger
    (
        LogDate DATETIME
    , ProcessInfo NVARCHAR(MAX)
    , LogText NVARCHAR(MAX)
    );
DECLARE @Counter INT
DECLARE errlogs CURSOR
    LOCAL STATIC FORWARD_ONLY READ_ONLY
    FOR SELECT el.ArchiveNum
        FROM #EnumLogs el;
OPEN errlogs;
FETCH NEXT FROM errlogs INTO @Counter;
WHILE @@Fetch_Status = 0
BEGIN
  INSERT INTO #Logger
      EXECUTE xp_readerrorlog
         @Counter
        ,@LogType
        ,@SearchString1
        ,@SearchString2
    FETCH NEXT FROM errlogs INTO @Counter;
END
CLOSE errlogs;
DEALLOCATE errlogs;
SELECT @@servername as SvrName
        ,gt.StartTime AS EventTimeStamp
        ,gt.LoginName
        ,gt.DatabaseName
        ,L.LogText
    FROM ::fn_trace_gettable( @path, DEFAULT ) gt
    INNER JOIN sys.trace_events te
        ON gt.EventClass = te.trace_event_id
        INNER JOIN sys.trace_categories tc
            ON te.category_id = tc.category_id
        INNER JOIN sys.trace_subclass_values tv
            ON gt.EventSubClass = tv.subclass_value
            AND gt.EventClass = tv.trace_event_id
        INNER JOIN #Logger L
            ON REPLACE(REPLACE(l.ProcessInfo,'spid',''),'s','') = gt.spid
            AND CONVERT(SMALLDATETIME,l.LogDate) = CONVERT(SMALLDATETIME,gt.StartTime)
    WHERE 1 = 1
        AND ObjectType = 16964
        AND te.name = 'Object:Altered'
    ORDER BY gt.StartTime DESC;
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#EnumLogs','U') IS NOT NULL
    BEGIN
        DROP TABLE #EnumLogs;
    END;
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#Logger','U') IS NOT NULL
    BEGIN
        DROP TABLE #Logger;
    END;


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Driver in smuggling tragedy that left 10 dead pleads guilty
Jason Buch, Guillermo Contreras, Staff Writers
Oct. 16, 2017 Updated: Oct. 17, 2017 4:08 p.m.
1of2James Matthew Bradley, Jr., center, is escorted into the John H. Wood, Jr. Federal Courthouse to meet with his lawyers on July 26.Marvin Pfeiffer /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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The semitruck driver who transported dozens of immigrants in his sweltering trailer this summer from Laredo to San Antonio — where police arrested him in a Walmart parking lot and later charged him in the deaths of 10 of the immigrants — pleaded guilty Monday to smuggling.
James Matthew Bradley, 61, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to transport aliens resulting in death and one count of transporting aliens resulting in death. He faces up to life in prison when he's sentenced by a federal judge in January.
On July 23, police responding to a call found the trailer in the parking lot of the Walmart on the South Side. Eight of the 39 undocumented immigrants at the scene were dead, and two later succumbed to heat-related injuries. The dead were from Ecuador, Guatemala and Mexico. Police found Bradley in the cab, along with a Derringer gun, ammunition and $5,643 in cash, prosecutors revealed Monday.
Immigrants interviewed by investigators said that anywhere from 70 to 200 people were crowded into the overheated trailer, with only one small vent for air, according to previous court documents.
In a recording of Bradley's plea hearing, prosecutor Christina Playton said immigrants in the trailer told investigators there had been 70 to 100 people in the trailer. And when Bradley pulled the rig into the parking lot, the truck was being followed by seven vehicles, including vans and SUVs, Playton said.
"When Bradley stopped, a man from one of the vehicles opened the rear trailer door and the aliens began to jump out of the vehicle trailer," Playton said at the hearing. "Some of the aliens entered the waiting vehicles and were driven away. Others ran away from the truck into the bushes. Others staggered around and eventually fell to the ground."
The recording also revealed that Bradley's assistant federal public defender, Alfredo Villarreal, said Bradley provided information about the smuggling ring to investigators during at least six interviews, a reason his plea deal was sealed. His information led to charges against one alleged smuggler who remains in custody, records show.
As part of the plea deal, Bradley agreed to forfeit the Peterbilt truck and the trailer, the cash and the gun and ammo, Playton said, according to the recording.
"Today's admission of guilt by Mr. Bradley helps to close the door on one of the conspirators responsible for causing the tragic loss of life and wreaking havoc on those who survived this horrific incident," said Shane M. Folden, the special agent in charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations in San Antonio. "This case is a glaring reminder that alien smugglers are driven by greed and have little regard for the health and well-being of their human cargo, which can prove to be a deadly combination."
Bradley was one of two people charged in the case. Pedro Silva Segura, 46, was arrested in Laredo the day after the trailer was discovered on charges that he harbored immigrants in a safe house in that city. But it wasn't until last month that he was indicted in the same case as Bradley in San Antonio.
Silva could face the death penalty if convicted of conspiracy to transport and harbor undocumented immigrants for financial gain resulting in death and up to 20 years in prison if convicted of transporting and harboring undocumented aliens for financial gain resulting in serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy.
Prosecutors in Laredo have dismissed the charges there, and Silva is awaiting transfer to San Antonio, where he'll face harsher potential penalties.
Federal officials meanwhile have shut down the Iowa trucking company that hired Bradley. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued an "out-of-service order" last week to Pyle Transportation after a review found that the company's safety rating was so unsatisfactory that it was unfit to remain in business.
Pyle Transportation owner Brian Pyle has denied knowledge of the alleged smuggling conspiracy. He has said he sold the trailer and hired Bradley, who had worked previously for the company, as a contractor to drive it to Brownsville to deliver it to the buyer.
Federal regulators launched a compliance review into the company, which had been operating with a "conditional" safety rating because of prior violations, after the human trafficking case.
Earlier this month, authorities identified the 10th victim as Flabio Cambo, 32, of Ecuador. Cambo, whose family in Ecuador had reported him missing, was carrying documents identifying him as being from Mexico, said Ruth María Dueñas de García, Ecuador's consul general in Houston.
Authorities were able to compare photos of Cambo with the unidentified victim and confirm that it was him, Dueñas said.
An earlier version of this story said the Bradley plea hearing was closed. His plea was issued in open court.
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Guillermo has been with the Express-News for 20 years, and has covered federal court and its investigative agencies for most of that time. He has also covered immigration, minority affairs and legal affairs as part of the projects team here and for other print, TV and radio outlets. Guillermo has also worked in Central America, Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona and California and his work has appeared in various publications, including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, New York Post, Newsday, Denver Post and the Albuquerque Journal.


F45 is a fitness phenomenon that started in Australia, home of fit people (in every sense of the word). Since launching several years ago it has spread internationally, with the a new UK studio opening in London's Tottenham Court Road. Imagine circuit training but with trendy studios, tonnes of good equipment and upbeat, knowledgable instructors and you get the idea.
There are 27 class 'programs' available from F45, but I tried Athletica, which promises to get you leaner, faster and more agile in 45 minutes (all music to my ears).
I was a bit wary when I arrived at the press taster class and saw a couple of huge, muscly male instructors, not because I have a problem with big, muscly men – quite the opposite – but because in my experience that tends to mean ridiculously heavy weights, testosterone-fuelled competition and lots of bootcamp-style shouting in your ear, which is meant to be encouraging but I just find aggravating.
Luckily, I was completely wrong. In fact, what struck me most about the class was how welcoming and inclusive it was. Sometimes it's nice to have an instructor who's cheers you on rather than screaming in your face, and weights that are challenging but still actually lift-able (if I go to one more class where they assume that EVERYONE can run around swinging two 30kg weights off their arms I will scream).
That's not to say this isn't hard work. In small groups of three or four, we moved our way round a series of exercises including kettle bell squats, Russian twists, TRX pull-ups, battle ropes and pushing a weighted sled up and down a track. By the end I was about 85% sweat. But there was a fun, upbeat feel to the class and a good camaraderie among the groups, which helped everyone get through the intense exercise (we did three 20 seconds bursts with a short break in between each, before moving to the next exercise).
I'll be honest, the only not so great aspect of this place is the changing rooms. F45 is not alone in this; the problem with lots of studios that offer classes is that everyone hits the changing room at the same time, which means there's not enough room for everyone to shower/get dressed/dry their hair at the same time. A warning for shy types: the showers at F45 are pretty open (one girl kept screaming to her friends outside "I can see everyone naked, it's horrible" while I was also in the shower, which was flattering).
However, changing room gripes aside, I definitely recommend this class – it's a great way to set yourself up for the day and I never felt like I'd deserved a breakfast more!
This is the kettlebell I accidentally swung into my crotch. NOT ADVISABLE.
Average to good, although it's a really encouraging class so even if you're crap someone will help push you on!
From £25 per class (7-day trial for £20).


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Meet Sedona – One of Brooklyn's Bands to Watch
By Katherine Bonnie & Aarian Frye, Photography by Katherine Bonnie
Meet Sedona: the electrifying dirty pop group based out of New York City. The band is comprised of five members: Tia on drums, Merilyn on keyboard, Claire on guitar, and Lily on bass with lead singer Sedona at the forefront. Even though the group has a wide array of personal styles, they're all avid thrifters with an appreciation for vintage gems. It's little surprise, then, that the group loves shopping at Buffalo! "I've shopped at Buffalo for as long as I've lived in New York, so four years now," Claire says. "My entire outfit is from Buffalo Exchange!" Tia adds.
Sedona did their first tour in March of 2019, driving 70 hours across the country in an old church bus to play SXSW and venues in New Orleans, Pennsylvania and their home base of NYC. "We played a bunch of shows. It was beyond fun to travel and perform with a group of inspiring ladies that I'm lucky enough to call my family!" says lead singer Sedona. They returned full of inspiration for new projects. All five members of the band light up when they talk about their plans for the group. "We set aside some time this summer to write together, which was a first for us, and we can't wait to play more shows."
Sedona's next show is at Rough Trade in Brooklyn on Wednesday, August 14th. You can find their music on Spotify, Soundcloud and Youtube and keep up with the band on Instagram and Facebook. If you're feeling inspired by this band's catchy tunes and unique personal styling, head to your local Buffalo Exchange to shop some vintage finds of your own!
Cuddle Up with Brooklyn's Tokens for Bags® Beneficiary, Animal Haven NYC
By Danielle Hargett, Buffalo Exchange HQ
Our Buffalo Exchange Brooklyn stores (Boerum Hill and Williamsburg) not only offer a variety of designer and vintage recycled clothing, they also give customers the chance take part in our Tokens for Bags® program every time they shop. Instead of receiving a plastic bag with each purchase, customers receive a 5 cent token to donate one of 3 rotating local nonprofits. This year, our Brooklyn locations have selected Animal Haven NYC as one of their program beneficiaries.
Big Cuddles in the Big Apple
The hustle and bustle of living in NYC can wear you down over time. Luckily, with a mission to find homes for abandoned cats and dogs, Animal Haven NYC gives city dwellers the opportunity to find comfort through cuddles with a new furry best friend! What better way to end a busy day than by snuggling a rescued fur baby?
Animal Haven NYC: Safe Haven until Forever Home
Animal Haven NYC opened its doors in 1967 and has been finding homes for homeless cats and dogs ever since. As a no-kill animal shelter, the nonprofit firmly believes in caring for their animals until they can find them the purrfect forever home. In some cases, they even provide animal behavior intervention to increase chances of adoption.
More Than Just An Animal Shelter
In addition to finding homes for cats and dogs, Animal Haven NYC actively educates children about animal welfare, raises awareness about the human-animal bond and serves as a resource for pet owners in need of assistance. Through its Caring Kids program, the nonprofit teaches children about existing issues with animal welfare and ultimately encourages them to become animal advocates in their community.
Animal Haven NYC also has programs like Helping Pets and People in Crisis and the Pet Assistance and Resource Center. These provide emergency planning assistance and help people hold onto their pets when unexpected circumstances arise.
Interested in finally taking home the pet you've always longed for? Learn more about Animal Haven NYC's adoption process and view photos of animals that are currently in need of homes. Not able to support a pet just yet? Come by Buffalo Exchange Boerum Hill or Buffalo Exchange Williamsburg and donate your 5 cent token at checkout!
5 Steps to Having an Unforgettable 4th of July!
By Buffalo Exchange Brooklyn (Boerum Hill)
It's that time of year again! Summer brings warm weather, adventures and, of course, the 4th of July. Don't let this year's Independence Day fizzle out. Light up your holiday with these 5 steps for making this 4th of July one to remember!
Step #1: Find a look that's on fire!
We always buy in the hottest trends and unique finds here at Buffalo Exchange. You know what that means? It means WE GOT YOU! Stop into one of our stores and have a peek at our inventory. There's a high chance we have what you're looking for, whatever it may be!
Step #2: Do it for the 'Gram!
Now that you found the perfect outfit, grab your BFF and snap away! The goal is to produce the most epic Instagram pic ever. Use props or contort yourself into the most ridiculous poses. The crazier you get, the more fun you'll have. Of course, the main goal is to show off the awesome 'fit you put together! This photo will you earn you all the likes, but more importantly, it will give you and your BFF something to remember the holiday with.
Working at Buffalo Exchange: Meet Rocco
By Buffalo Exchange Headquarters
Rocco Paone started working at Buffalo Exchange Brooklyn as a Buyer in 2007. Since then, he's come a long way. Believe it or not, this mild-mannered young man recently distinguished himself as the very first person in Buffalo Exchange history to have worked in management at all 5 of our New York locations!
Rocco moved to Williamsburg in 2006, fresh from college in upstate NY. This was back when rent was still affordable in Brooklyn and he was eager to move to the Big City. He worked at our Brooklyn location for 3 and ½ years, climbing the ladder to earn an Associate Manager promotion in 2010.
In November 2010, Rocco helped open the Chelsea location as an Associate Manager and was amazed to watch business skyrocket from day one. From there, he rocked on to the Boerum Hill store in downtown Brooklyn and then to Astoria, Queens, all in 2013. He loved being part of the gamble Buffalo Exchange took opening in Queens – there was no other store like it in that part of New York.
40th Tour: Brooklyn (Boerum Hill)
Our 40th Anniversary Tour arrived in New York City and northeasterners couldn't have been more excited! We rarely see the kind of turquoise treasures our southwestern Buffalo Exchange buyers are accustomed to. Turquoise pieces, as well as Mexican-inspired bags, and other silver jewels were the first to go at the Airstream's first stop in the New York area. While Boerum Hill does tend to be a bit sleepy on the weekdays, we did have some thrilled customers, including one who ended up carrying out a whopping three bags of vintage dresses! Many customers were excited to learn about how the beautiful Airstream came to be, especially how it was created with mainly repurposed parts, thus making it an extension of what Buffalo Exchange has always stood for: sustainability without sacrificing style. Inside the store, customers found $5 off coupons tucked into shoes and purses, munched on mini-cupcakes, and posed for the camera in their vintage finds.
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In dentistry, adhesion is the chemical and micromechanical union of an adhesive system to enamel, dentin, and a restorative material. Put another way, adhesion is the bond between a tooth and an adhesive, the bond between an adhesive and a resin, and in the case of indirect restorations, the bond between a resin and a restoration. Practical applications of this process include superior retention of restorations, improved performance and durability of certain materials, ability to affect the color properties under an indirect restoration, and low solubility. Clinically, these benefits are tempered by heightened technique sensitivity, increased moisture control and isolation requirements, and shrinkage of resin based materials.
Due to its low water content and mineralized crystalline structure, adhesion to etched enamel is very strong and predictable. It is advised that phosphoric acid with a concentration of 32% to 37% be applied for 15 seconds on cut enamel, and 30 seconds on uncut enamel2. Appropriate moisture control measures will prevent enzymes and organic molecules within blood, saliva, and crevicular fluid from contaminating the etched enamel. These may include use of various suction devices, a mouth prop, cotton drying aids, retraction cord, or of a rubber dam. Isolation techniques may include using plastic or metal matrices, wedges, and rubber dam isolation.
Adhesive dentistry is a staple of most dental practices today, and will continue to play a role in the dentistry of tomorrow. In future issues, we will review adhesion topics including best practices for adhesion to dentin, bonding to porcelain and metal, and other areas that will help you provide predictable solutions for your patients.
1 Buonocore MG. A simple method of increasing the adhesion of acrylic filling materials to enamel surfaces. J Dent Res. 0955;34(6):849-853.
2 Suh, Byoung In. Principles of Adhesion Dentistry: A Theoretical and Clinical Guide for Dentists. Newtown, PA: AEGIS Communications, 2013.


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A fresh face
February 6, 2017 February 20, 2017 schoolcraftconnection
Schoolcraft Board of Trustees welcomes newly elected member
By Quinn Storm, News Editor
William "Bill" Erwin (left) poses for a photo after being sworn in buy honorable judge Mark Slavens of the Third Circuit Court of Wayne (Photo by Atticus Laird, Photo Editor)
The Schoolcraft Board of Trustees serves as a body of people who create policies for Schoolcraft College and is made up of seven members, all elected by voters of the Schoolcraft Community College District. Each member serves a term of six years. On the evening of Jan. 25, 2017, William "Bill" Erwin was sworn into the Schoolcraft Board of Trustees, officially beginning the first year of his six-year long appointment. Erwin was sworn in by the honorable judge Mark Slavens of the third circuit court in Wayne County. With family and fellow board members surrounding him, Erwin took the oath to serve Schoolcraft to the best of his abilities.
Bill Erwin is a widower; he has three sons and four grandchildren currently. He currently lives in Canton with his significant other, as well as her two children. Erwin has a history at Schoolcraft college; he received his Bachelor of Art degree in Education with a concentration in music from Wayne State University, but he also attended Schoolcraft college. Erwin is also a professional bass player. Activities he is involved with in the community include coaching for the Canton recreation soccer team, Equipment Crew Chief of Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band and being a member of the Plymouth Symphony. He was also a member of St. John's Episcopal Church as the Contemporary Music Director for ten years.
In addition, he, his late wife and three of his sons attended Schoolcraft so they have a great history at this school. In the past, as well as his 35 years as a truck driver, he worked as a substitute teacher in the Schoolcraft college district. Later this year, Erwin plans to retire from his job as a truck driver so, because of this, he will have more time to give to his community.
His commitment to the community in which he lives, exemplified by the activities he does in the Plymouth-Canton area as well as the previous years of substitute teaching experience, is sure to shine through as he pushes to continue to better the Schoolcraft community from within the board. Although his career as a truck driver may not have given him a hugely academic background, Erwin is confident in his abilities to make good decisions for Schoolcraft, and his fellow board members seem to agree.
"It brings a new perspective, a different one than we've had for the past couple of years, so Bill, or anyone who could be in the roll, will bring in their own personal experiences, life experiences and fresh ideas and thoughts that we may not have heard before. That's the biggest advantage we get from new board members," said Brian Broderick, Board of Trustees Chair member.
In the 2016 election, Erwin beat out past school board trustee James Fausone, whose priority issues included subjects such as student completion rate, student retention and student debt. One of Erwin's main selling points for his election was his belief that more trade skills could be brought in as programs to the college, as well as providing a good amount of pay for part-time instructors. As far as the policies that Schoolcraft already had, Erwin believes the consistency that the board has is great, but at some point that made it difficult for him to argue his election.
"Basically, when I ran for election that was my basic problem. I could not find anything distinctly wrong with the way this college was run. It's a well-run, great college. From here, the normal challenges are there; how to keep tuition in line, the state cutting funding, how to keep the high level of instruction and how to take care of teachers and adjunct faculty," said Erwin.
Although most of the board remained the same, Erwin's fresh ideas and inputs are likely to make the board of trustees a more diverse, well rounded place for ideas to flow freely. Erwin's background as a truck driver makes him unique, and will allow him to offer different thoughts, perspectives and opinions that perhaps other board members hadn't thought of before.
"Every trustee brings their own interests and their own expertise to the table so that's something new and with Erwin, I'm not sure what kinds of ideas he has but he may bring some that the college may find interesting and would, therefore, bring value to what we do," said Schoolcraft President Conway Jeffress,
Those interested in attending Schoolcraft Board of Trustees meetings are welcome to attend. Board meetings occur on the last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Jeffress Center room JC228. The next meeting takes place on Feb. 22.
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What to do about kidnapping pimp?
What to do about kidnapping pimp? 2017-05-26 09:29:27 Post No. 18351747
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What to do about kidnapping pimp? Anonymous 2017-05-26 09:29:27 Post No. 18351747 [Report]
So my friend has been missing for almost a week now and it's come to light that she's with some shady drug dealer twice her age and she's not being allowed to use social media or contact her family.
We've done everything we can with the PD and any Women's/Human Trafficking groups but we are simply coming up short for anything tangible happening. We've already identified where the guy lives and several people have gone to his door and received contradicting stories.
What do, 4Chan?
>We've done everything we can with the PD and any Women's/Human Trafficking groups but we are simply coming up short for anything tangible happening.
why's that?
is she of age?
does she not want to leave there?
Beat him up with a hammer until he talks. Avoid the head.
>Travis Bickle
She's of age but literally nobody has been able to contact her since the 18th or 20th. According to the pimp guy she called her family but they are asking for a face to face meeting to make sure he's not threatening her and they also never confirmed that they talked to her on the phone so I don't know if that ever happened or not.
so why can't the police do anything in this case?
Police report was filed when she first went missing but it was called off when we were told by a mutual friend that she had contacted her parents. 2 days after that someone involved with the search got a threatening phone call from a blocked number that said to stop searching because it was dangerous.
After that the police were notified and updated with the new information about the threat and what we have learned about the man she is with.
You would think that would be enough for them to go do a welfare check but so far absolutely nothing has come from it through the PD. As it stands I am not aware of any organization helping us with more than a "we'll notify some people and keep you posted"
and why aren't the parents doing anything?
The family is from Eretria and I don't think they are very adept at navigating the US systems. They asked her ex (who's still extremely close to them because they dated for like 6-7 years) to help with the search and he's actually the one who received the threats. The pimp is trying to make it seem like she's hiding from the ex 'because of' the search but the family is the one who contacted him about her missing in the first place and he's already moved on from that relationship a long time ago; that also doesn't explain why she can't just meet with her family for 5min to end all of this.
Basically, the family has been involved the whole time but they are using the ex as kind of a spokesman.
As for tangible things that the family has done: they are the ones who filed the police report and the ones who contacted the Human Trafficking and Women's groups. The ex is basically just running the social media campaign.
Other than contacting local media about the Police not doing anything, I don't think there's much else to do safely.
Confronting that guy directly is certainly too dangerous.
News won't do anything because she's an adult black woman lol Already tried when this first started as a possible kidnapping/missing person and then we tried again when the Human Trafficking thing came to light; They won't even take our calls past the "leave a tip about a story and we'll get back to you" part.


Arizona head coach Dave Rubio, talking to his players during a time out against Arizona State at McKale Center earlier this year, will coach the Cats against Cleveland State on Friday, his 19th appearance with UA in the postseason.
Dave Rubio remains stoic as his players celebrate a point against Arizona State in September.
Dave Rubio became the UA's volleyball coach in 1992, after a national crown at D-II Cal State Bakersfield.
Dave Rubio looks at the numbers, looks at the years and can hardly believe it.
Rubio was 32 years old the day he arrived at Arizona, charged with rebuilding a program that had failed to win a conference match the year before. Nineteen NCAA tournament appearances, a dozen 20-win seasons and 477 wins later, Rubio is still here.
The team had trouble surviving before Rubio's arrival, going 0-18 in the Pac-10 under former coach Rosie Wegrich in 1991.
Volleyball had always been Rubio's life.
Rubio started playing the sport as a boy and was heavily involved in the recreational league circuit with his dad. Rubio played setter — a coach on the court, the cliché goes — and played it well.
Success at Granada Hills High School led to a scholarship to Cal State Northridge and, eventually, a career in coaching.
Rubio started at his alma mater, Grenada Hills, coaching boys for one season, before moving to West Lake High School in Thousand Oaks and coaching girls for four seasons.
Rubio found he connected better with the girls.
Soon, colleges noticed. Cal State Bakersfield offered Rubio the head women's coaching job in 1987. He accepted, acknowledging he was fortunate to get the offer.
"Fortunately, everyone who they offered the job before they offered it to me had turned it down, so then I was their last resort," Rubio said with a chuckle.
Rubio did not perform like a last-resort coach. He turned the Division II school into a national powerhouse, and just two seasons after his hiring, led them to a national championship in 1989. He went 122-66 overall in his five seasons.
Arizona thought enough of Rubio's ability to hire him away from Bakersfield in 1992. In Tucson, Rubio's job was daunting: Compete with arguably the fiercest competition in the nation.
Arizona had the players, but the team chemistry was missing.
Charita Stubbs, one of Rubio's assistant coaches, witnessed the change first-hand. She was a redshirt sophomore when Rubio arrived in 1992.
Stubbs described the transition between Wegrich and Rubio as "night and day." Stubbs — then Charita Johnson — was an athlete, but knew little about the details of volleyball before Rubio's arrival.
Stubbs went on become the first-ever Wildcat to record 300 kills, 300 digs and 100 blocks in one season.
Stubbs soon joined Rubio on the sidelines. She coached alongside him from 1997-2005 before being named head coach at North Carolina State, returning to the Wildcats in 2013.
Rubio's ability to teach and be patient with players' development is rare, Stubbs said. She tries to model herself after him as an assistant.
Kalei Mau was one of the nation's top players coming out of high school. She signed with the University of Minnesota, where she spent one year before deciding the Golden Gophers were a poor fit.
As Mau looked for a place to transfer, she made a mental list of what she wanted in a coach. She wanted to grow as a player, to master the sport. Rubio, she said, could help get her there.
Rubio's been improving, too. Rubio married Amanda in 2000, and together they have three children, Olivia (13) and twins Dylan and Lucy (10).
He's more empathetic when it comes to dealing with players. He makes more of an effort to understand them.
There's a "dramatic difference," he says, between the young Dave Rubio and the older Dave Rubio.
Twenty-five years later, Arizona is a powerhouse program.
The Wildcats continue to be competitive in the nation's most-competitive volleyball conference. This season alone, the UA has defeated seven different ranked opponents and swept the season series against USC and UCLA for the first time.
Arizona, finishing the season 10-10 in the Pac-12 and 18-14 overall, is headed to the NCAA tournament for the fourth consecutive season. It will face Cleveland State in the first round Friday in East Lansing, Michigan. For Rubio, this is his 19th trip to the Big Dance in his 25 seasons on the job.
There's a pride that comes with coaching this team, Rubio said.
Forming strong relationships with his players and teaching them is something Rubio has worked to do over his 25 years with the program, and it's why Stubbs continues to work with Rubio today.
"For me, being back the second time around, it's for him" Stubbs said. "I came back for Dave. While it doesn't always come out clearly to the players, I know his intent.
UA will open against Vikings on Friday, with the winner facing either No. 9 Michigan State or Fairfield.
Kalei Mau, Kendra Dahlke lead Cats to upset victory over nation's No. 9 team.


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Social bonds
Development banks look to Scandinavia's innovative social bond
Hans van de Veen
In the slipstream of the hugely popular green bonds, social bonds are now also reaching record levels. So what makes the recently launched $177.5mn social bond 'Financing for Healthier Lives' special?
Social bond 'Financing for Healthier Lives' bundles loans to companies in capital-scarce emerging markets that operate in the healthcare and WASH (water, sanitation, hygiene) sectors. Frank May / ANP
The new social bond 'Financing for Healthier Lives' is set up by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Danske Bank and Swiss impact asset manager responsAbility.
The $177.5mn bond is fully subscribed by Swedish institutional investors, such as pension fund Alecta and insurance company Afa Försäkring.
A guarantee entitles SIDA to cover the first 25% of portfolio losses.
"To our knowledge this is the first social bond to have been launched in emerging markets in such a scheme," says Simon Gupta, Head of Business Development for development finance and international finance institutions at responsAbility Investments, one of the world's leading impact investors with US$3.5bn of assets under management.
"Of course, particularly green bonds have been adopted very broadly by the market. They have almost become a commodity now. But a social bond that is issued by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) and that invests different sources of capital directly in projects in emerging countries is new."
Loans to healthcare and hygiene companies
Other development agencies and banks are following this Scandinavian initiative with interest. Dutch development bank FMO hopes to issue a similar bond next year.
The Zurich-based impact asset manager responsAbility is one of the partners in the new social bond, together with the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and Danske Bank. The latter was in charge of placing the bonds with investors, while responsAbility selects borrowers and negotiates the loans.
The bond bundles loans to companies in capital-scarce emerging markets that operate in the healthcare and WASH (water, sanitation, hygiene) sectors. The companies selected are considered to be innovative and have a measurable, positive social impact.
The bond is fully subscribed by Swedish institutional investors, such as pension fund Alecta and insurance company Afa Försäkring. The Swedish government reduces risks for these investors by providing a partial guarantee for the portfolio through SIDA.
According to Gupta, this bond has a leverage ratio of four to seven. This means that $1 of state-guaranteed funds has mobilised $4 to $7 in private investment.
Covid-19 accelerates social bond issuance
Social bonds are issued to fund initiatives that have a positive social impact such as healthcare, education and affordable housing. The main issuers are governments (with France at the top of the table), supranational organisations, financial institutions and corporations.
The EU Commission is issuing social bonds to finance its up to €100bn SURE instrument on the capital markets. With the funds, EU member states finance short-time work schemes and other measures to preserve employment and support incomes.
A growing number of social bonds is focused on emerging markets. IFC's Social Bond Program offers bond investors an opportunity to allocate investments to its Banking on Women and Inclusive Business programs. The African Development Bank last year launched a $3bn 'Fight Covid-19' social bond, which according to IFC was the world's largest dollar-denominated social bond transaction to date.
The number of social bonds has grown since the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2016, but the coronavirus outbreak spurred a real acceleration. According to a report [pdf] of the International Finance Corporation, 2020 saw $142bn in global social bond issuances, a more than substantial increase from the 17.4bn issued in 2019.
However, these issuers exclusively use social bonds to finance their own programmes. "These are basically corporate bonds," says Gupta, "because the issuers take the risk."
What makes responsAbility's social bond innovative?
The big difference with the social bonds of the multinational development banks is that "in our social bond the money invested goes directly into the projects," says Gupta. "Be it a hospital in Vietnam or a microfinance project. The investors know exactly what they're investing in." This is different from a regular social bond where investors invest in broad programs, not in specific projects.
In another innovation, "We partner with large banks, such as Danske Bank in the case of this bond or JP Morgan for the $175mn securitisation of loans to microfinance and SME finance institutions we did two years ago," says Gupta.
"So basically as an asset manager we outsource the fundraising to some degree to these arranger banks. They talk to their clients, thus bringing investors into the picture. That's a big advantage because most investors have a relationship of trust with their bank and might not even know us. That's the innovation on the product structuring side. This product is bound in a partnership which makes it possible."
A key innovation is a guarantee to institutional investors that their risk will be reduced. The bond includes a guarantee that the first 25% of losses in the portfolio is covered by SIDA (and the Swedish government). This investor protection makes it possible to attract institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance companies.
"Lack of suitable products"
Development agencies and banks have long tried to persuade institutional investors to invest more in social programs in emerging markets, often to no avail. Risks aside, pension funds cite a dearth of investable projects – a problem social bonds may be able to address.
"Alecta's, and other large investors' investments in social bonds have increased during the last couple of years," said Julian Jonsson, Portfolio Manager at Alecta, a Swedish pension fund manager, in a press statement.
"As long as we find good structures with credible partners (...) we will continue to invest in products that give a stable return and enable solutions to pressing societal challenges. The problem, from our point of view, is that there is a lack of suitable products to invest in, not a lack of capital or will."
Other banks might follow suit
Matthijs Pinxteren, Director of Treasury at the Dutch Development Bank FMO, says his bank might issue a first social bond like the Scandinavian one next year. "We've been looking at possibilities for some time now and have also spoken with banks. We see opportunities and would love to do it."
FMO adopted a new Sustainability Bonds Framework in 2018. It allows the development bank to issue sustainability, green and social bonds.
The latter have not been issued yet, but the bank has developed a leading role in the issuance of sustainability bonds. These contain a mix of green (80%) and social projects, aimed at reducing inequality.
"Measuring the impact of social bonds will generally be more difficult than with green bonds," says Pinxteren, "but the Swedish example does indicate in which direction this type of social bond can develop."
In the case of the Scandinavian social bond, Gupta says, "the investee companies report a fixed set of impact indicators to us. We cross-check those."
New fund aims to back UK university social ventures through early phase
A new impact investment fund, Impact 12, aims to finance mission-led social ventures coming out of UK universities, for which traditional funding models do not provide high enough levels of support during their early-stage development.
BNP Paribas' Sustainability Head: Investors should push for tougher climate laws
Jane Ambachtsheer is marshalling her forces at BNP Paribas AM to incorporate sustainability across all its investments. She believes the financial sector has a huge amount of untapped influence on policymakers that it should use to combat climate change.
Green German wants to re-define finance: 'What is yield, actually?'
After more than a decade of working on sustainable finance at Deutsche Börse, Kristina Jeromin is now campaigning to become a MP for Germany's Green Party. We need a whole new definition of returns on capital, she says.
Learned in lockdown
'Together we can really bring about change'
This summer Impact Investor talks to investors and entrepreneurs about how the pandemic shifted priorities. This week: Nanouk Grootendorst, programme manager social enterprises at Rabo Foundation in the Netherlands.


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Q: How to set nan iteratively in column based on other column value? Imagine you have the following df:
d = {'taxrate#1': [1, 2], 'taxrate#2': [3, np.nan],'line amount#1': [10, 20], 'line amount #2': [50, 12]}
df = pd.DataFrame(data=d)
df

    taxrate#1   taxrate#2   line amount#1   line amount #2
0   1             3.0           10            50.0
1   2             NaN           20            12

Now, I would like to set the value of line amount #2 to nan if taxrate#2 is nan. I would like to do the above iteratively/dynamically, because the line amounts/ taxrates can span up to #10.
So ideal output would be:
    taxrate#1   taxrate#2   line amount#1   line amount #2
0   1             3.0           10            50.0
1   2             NaN           20            NaN

How to achieve the above?
Please help!

A: Use Series.isna() and a loop
d = {'taxrate#1': [np.nan, 2], 'taxrate#2': [3, np.nan],
     'line amount#1': [10, 20], 'line amount#2': [50, 12]}
df = pd.DataFrame(data=d)

for taxrate_col in {x for x in df.columns if x.startswith("taxrate")}:
    col_id = taxrate_col.split("#")[1]
    df.loc[df[taxrate_col].isna(), f'line amount#{col_id}'] = np.nan

That make
   taxrate#1  taxrate#2  line amount#1  line amount#2
0        NaN        3.0             10             50
1        2.0        NaN             20             12

Becomes
   taxrate#1  taxrate#2  line amount#1  line amount#2
0        NaN        3.0            NaN           50.0
1        2.0        NaN           20.0            NaN

A: You can use pandas.wide_to_long:
>>> d = {
         'taxrate#1': [1, 2], 'taxrate#2': [3, np.nan],
         'line amount#1': [10, 20], 'line amount#2': [50, 12]
    }
>>> df = pd.DataFrame(data=d)
>>> longdf = pd.wide_to_long(
        df.reset_index(),
        stubnames=['taxrate', 'line amount'],
        i='index', sep='#', j='number'
    )
>>> longdf
              taxrate  line amount
index number
0     1           1.0           10
1     1           2.0           20
0     2           3.0           50
1     2           NaN           12

>>> longdf.loc[longdf['taxrate'].isna(), 'line amount'] = np.nan
>>> widedf = longdf.reset_index().pivot(index=['index'], columns=['number'])
>>> widedf.columns = [f'{stub}#{num}' for stub, num in widedf.columns]

>>> widedf
       taxrate#1  taxrate#2  line amount#1  line amount#2
index
0            1.0        3.0           10.0           50.0
1            2.0        NaN           20.0            NaN


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II-III+ bit of whitewater. In the event that you boast a little bit of whitewater kayaking or rafting familiarity, this bit of Quacken Kill River could be a splendid bit for your skill.
These outdoors activities are available in and near Grafton Lakes State Park.


According to ophthalmologists Medicare cuts that went into effect March 1, 2013, have the potential to have long lasting and profound effects on eyecare. Ophthalmologists are medical doctors that specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions that affect the eyes. To better understand how these cuts would affect the way ophthalmologist practice, the American Academy of Ophthalmology sent out a detailed questionnaire to their members. The results of the survey cemented the theory that these cuts had the potential to be incredibly detrimental. In fact, the study suggests these cuts could put those who depend on Medicare to cover their costs of eyecare in jeopardy.
WHAT IS BEING CUT FROM MEDICARE?
The sequestration budget cuts went into effect in March 1, 2013. The cuts are a direct result of the country's dire economic situation. These cuts equal $85 billion and include a 2% reduction in Medicare spending. While that number seems minuet, it actually isn't. In fact, it equals out to be billions of dollars less in revenue each year. These cuts are being made across the board, but quality healthcare has a great deal to lose as a result of these cuts.
In order to demonstrate the drastic effects that the cuts will have on ophthalmologists, the American Academy of Ophthalmology sent out a survey to ophthalmologists effected by the cuts. Out of surveys sent, the Academy had about 1,450, ophthalmologists return the survey. The results of the survey confirmed the Academy's suspicion that the Medicare spending cuts have the potential to put quality eyecare in jeopardy. The results of the survey can be found below.
*The most profound finding in the study is that 72% of American Academy of Ophthalmology members said they would be forced to make choices that would negatively affect their ability to treat Medicare patients.
*Due to Medicare spending cuts, 43% of ophthalmologists surveyed said they would have to stop accepting new Medicare patients.
*28% of those surveyed, stated they would have to agree to only see Medicare patients on an urgent need basis, which means they could not afford to see patients for routine, or diagnostic eyecare.
*20% of ophthalmologists stated they believe the Medicare spending cuts will negatively impact seniors ability to access quality care.
*The study stated that up to 11% of the surveyed participants said as a result of the severe cuts, they may have to end their participation with Medicare altogether.
The Medicare cuts will decrease the amount of reimbursement that providers will receive. It also means that it may be more difficult to get Medicare to pay for diagnostic tests Medicare had paid for before. This is important because a high percentage of Americans rely solely on Medicare for their healthcare benefits. This means that these Americans often don't have the finances to pay for additional healthcare that is not covered with Medicare.
On the other hand, ophthalmologists have to make money to pay their overhead and make a living. With the cuts in Medicare spending, ophthalmologists will see their revenue cuts, and like all businesses that means they will have to make cuts as well.
This is monumental because 23 million Americans ages 65 and older suffer from age-related eye diseases. The most common eye diseases affecting seniors include macular degeneration, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma. The older these patients get the great their chances increase of developing these potentially devastating diseases. For this reason, it is important that senior citizens can access quality healthcare that they can afford and that ophthalmologists have the resources to provide what seniors need to stay healthy.
According to the 2010 census, the number of seniors 65 and older, which are also the people at the greatest risk of developing debilitating eye diseases, is expected to double in the next quarter century. If the spending cuts that are affecting quality eyecare are not addressed immediately, the problems ophthalmologists and seniors face will only continue to get worse.
Collectively the American Academy of Ophthalmology is using the information gathered in the study to show legislatures the importance of quality eyecare on citizens. The Academy is conscience of the country's dire economic situation, but doesn't feel that sacrificing the sight of many seniors all over the country is a risk that they can sit back and let happen without a fight.
Please visit our website – BrightonOptical.com – to set up an eye exam with out of our NYS licensed opticians and optometrists.
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Stage 2 of Rás Dhun na nGall got off to a fine start this morning in dry and sunny conditions. For those that have taken part in this race in the past there was a sigh of relief that road works prevented the stage starting on the tough hill climb route from Mahera Sands which has been used in previous years. This year the course took riders out the main Killybegs Road and the original intention was to finish on top of the climb at 'The Nick'. However road works and traffic lights meant that the last kilometre was chopped from the course so while the non climbers breathed a sigh of relief the 'grimpeurs' were frustratd.
The Yellow Jersey Holder, Adam Stenson of Bikeworx Celbridge proved to be fastest on the day recording a 03'46.47" thus helping to consolidate his overall lead. Banbridge man James Curry riding for Sierra Nevada took second place on the TT course and this helped to move him up the GC to second place overall knocking back riders such as Jake Grey of Errigal CC who is now out of the top ten overall.
Marc Heaney of Cycling Ulster took third with a time of 03'48.69" which was good enough to keep him in third place overall. NRPT's Ben Walshe was fourth while Stewart Thomson of Cycling Ulster was fifth a result which sees the Cycling Ulster Team lead the Team classification.
Calvin Moore of Cycling Ulster heads into Stage 3 holding onto the KoM jersey.
The third stage takes place this afternoon at 3.3opm which sees the riders complete three laps of the Ardara, Glenties, Narin loop which s a very lumpy course and will suit those that can climb.
Beth McCloskey of Scott )rwell was the fastest of the three women with a tine of 04'45.31".
Many thanks to all the Ardara Traders and Nesbitt Arms Hotel and in particular to the Texaco Garage today who had no bother alowing all the team cars to park up.
Results and Race info thanks to Alice Sherrat, Frank Gibson and Liam Tinney.
Curry,James Cycle Sierra Ne 03'47.39" @.92"
Heeney,Marc Cycling Ulster 03'48.69" @02.22"
Walshe,Ben NRPT Magnet.ie 03'50.59" @04.12"
Thomson,Stewart Cycling Ulster 03'51.71" @05.24"
Buchanan,Mark Caldwell Cycles 03'51.95" @05.48"
Smith,Luke NRPT Magnet.ie 03'53.20" @06.73"
Tuomey,Ronan Cork Giant Team 03'53.56" @07.09"
Corkery,Dillon Cork Giant Team 03'53.66" @07.19"
McCartan,Dominic Apollo CC 03'54.15" @07.68"
Stenson,Adam J Bikeworx Celbrid 1h16'56"
Curry,James U Cycle Sierra Nev 1h16'57" @01"
Heaney,Marc J Cycling Ulster 1h16'58" @02"
Walshe,Ben J NRPT Magnet.ie 1h17'00" @04"
Thomson,Stewart J Cycling Ulster 1h17'01" @05"
Smith,Luke J NRPT Magnet.ie 1h17'03" @07"
McCartan,Dominic 2 Apollo CC 1h17'04" @08"


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