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The following data and commentary should assist some in following and understanding the returns tomorrow night, focused on the Governors race. I will include historical data and some formulas that create history based projections. There is also a bit of "art" in the shaping of performance based on the perceived focuses (geographically and demographically) of the campaign/party activity, and some notes will be provided explaining those below.
Traditionally, history for the previous 2-3 similar races for the office would be used, in addition to other offices for the same "district", in this case statewide. For my projections, I am rejecting the use of any data prior from 2004 or prior, as too many significant changes impacting the electorate of the state have occurred, making the data inapplicable for future elections. Further effects on the precinct or sub-district level might also be applied on a more intense projection, taking more of the down ticket (US House, State Senate/House, County and Municipal races) impacts in to account. The need for such is minimized by the absolutely minimal showing of Democrats even competing for down ticket races, despite huge deficits in the State House and Senate.
Democrats hold 44 of 120 State House seats, with just 11 Democratic Challengers financially competitive for Republican held seats while 7 Democratic seats have competitive Republican challengers. Best possible outcome would be a 65 to 55 Republican majority. In the State Senate, there is a competitive Democratic challenger in just 3 races, while the Republicans have a strong challenger for one Democratic seat. The current balance of the State Senate is 26 R's to 14 D's, leaving the best possible outcome at 23 R's and 17 D's. Neither of these best outcomes are going to happen. There is a significant chance to fall below super-minority status in the Senate, and while we are losing some of our strongest voices, few of the challengers running to replace Democrats, or as red to blue challengers have demonstrated such leadership and vocal capacity. For reference, financially competitive is defined as roughly 50% of the incumbent's capacity to spend (donations, loans and in-kind contributions), using data posted in the 10/29/2010 reports.
Given this "undercard" it makes it very challenging for the statewide Democrats to overcome the "local advantages" Republicans hold. Each incumbent or competitive challenger for State House/Senate is a powerful local surrogate and vote driver for the top of ticket campaigns that cannot be everywhere every day. These local campaigns provide infrastructure, communication, energy and urgency at a more focused level, neighbor to neighbor, friend to friend, something hard to replicate with paid staff or volunteer organizers. This was one of the key components of Howard Dean's 50-state strategy, and a big part of the significant gains nationwide in 2006 and 2008.
The impacts of a thin under card are exposed to greater extent when you focus your resources heavily in one geographic region, reducing the levels of staffing, media and candidate time in other regions significantly. If you have a strong under card with supportive candidates down ticket, they can carry your campaign through the reduced effort to some extent. In this situation, with the 2010 Democratic Co-ordinated/Alex Sink for Governor campaign focused heavily on the "I-4 Corridor" (really Tampa/St. Pete and Orlando), the burden placed on the rest of the state is tremendous. In south Florida there is a strong risk of having not motivated the largest Democratic populations in the state sufficiently, either by policy/rhetoric or by lack of effort. Alex Sink herself cites this failure as the main reason her husband, Bill McBride, failed to win his campaign for Governor. In northern Florida, there is far less infrastructure and institutional support on the Democratic side, making it harder to deliver results, but there are significant voting populations, and a large number of Democrats, particularly in Alachua and Duval, that must be turned out to compete statewide. The difference between Obama winning and Gore and Kerry losing Florida can be summed up by Obama's ~48% in Duval versus Gore and Kerry in the 30's. Less than 39% in Duval makes it nearly impossible to win statewide, this makes for a strong indicator to watch tomorrow night.
Let's look at some numbers:
Here we see a comparison of the 2006 Democratic results for Governor and for CFO in the General election. In most of these key counties, Alex Sink's campaign for CFO outperformed Jim Davis's campaign for Governor by between 4 and 15%, most of them falling right around 9% better.
When you look at the actual votes, the spread of more than 17,000 votes between Davis and Sink in Duval County, roughly 10,000 votes more in each of Lee, Leon, Palm Beach, Sarasota, and Volusia Counties, with more than 15,000 in Pinellas County and 20,000 votes in Orange County. The Davis campaign is often discussed as having been an uninspired and poorly executed adventure, which accounts for some of the gap, some is accounted for in the differing appeal of Alex Sink as a candidate, the oddity of recently created office of CFO, and some by the quality and focuses of her campaign in a year of significant Democratic gains nationally and here in Florida.
The final total puts a difference of 301,572 votes between Davis at 45% and Sink at 53.5%, the difference between victory and defeat, 162,236 of those votes are shown in the chart to the left, 13 of Florida's 67 counties accounting for more than half the differential.
To make performance goals and projections, the first objective is to establish a turnout projection. To do this, we rely on historical data, in particular the 2006 Governor and CFO, the 2008 Presidential campaign and current registration data as of the 2010 General Election October book closing. Further projections are made with adjustments based on a variety of effects impacting turnout and support, as discussed above.
2010 Projections - click to enlarge.
The 2010 Projections is math factoring the 2006 Governor's race five times, the 06 CFO race once, and the 2008 Presidential race once. The second column provides a goal for the Alex Sink/Rod Smith campaign that is based on the 2006 Governors race, increased by between 0 and 9%, based on the Sink/Smith's campaigns strengths and focuses from external perception and public polling data where available, filtered through an analytical filter (my head). In the next column you find the actual vote count the percentage equates to, should the turnout projections hold true.
The next two columns present the book closing total of Registered Democrats in each county followed by the percentage of all registered voters the 2010 Projections represent. The final column of data is the percentage of all registered Democrats Sink would need to hit her vote goal, should no Republicans/NPAs/Others vote for Democratic ticket. This shows where the campaign needs to experience greater cross over voting, or really run up the numbers with the base. What gets interesting is comparing the Sink 2010 goals to the Sink 2006 Performance, where in many cases, Sink 2006 outperformed the goals set here for 2010. The heavy lifting for the Sink campaign is within the geographic regions they have set as their focus point from the beginning, the I-4 corridor, Hillsborough and Orange County, if they fail to make those goals, the fate of the Democratic ticket will follow the same path as the 2006 Jim Davis campaign.
There are some other effects in play, Rick Scott's tremendous negatives, the reluctance of AG Bill McCollum to endorse the man who beat him in the primary, and the Crist as Indy vs Meek vs Rubio US Senate Contest, which could cause tremendous upheaval down ticket should Crist's "reject both parties" message result in significant 'one shot voting'. As I posted previously, I don't understand how any Democrat can think voting for Charlie Crist is a good idea, he screwed you for his entire career, bragged about his conservative values, but now he's claiming to be a sensible moderate interested in helping women, students and teachers he screwed over so many times before? You must have been born yesterday. And shame on the media for allowing him to get away with this crap, for supporting it and justifying it. What happened to Journalistic Integrity anyway? Oh yes, media consolidation.
Could all my numbers be wrong? Absolutely. Could the goals set internally by the Sink/Smith campaign and/or Florida Democratic Party be vastly different than what I have presented in these models? Yes, of course. We will find out the results tomorrow night, everything else will be dominated by speculation and rumormongering. Win or lose, we MUST do better in 2012. We must have more competitive Democrats running for US House, State House, State Senate and County offices around the state, particularly for Republican held seats. We need to do a better job of training our candidates and staff, of hiring dedicated professionals rather than friends, family and "big names", and a much better job of being proud and loud about our values. Now, if you haven't voted yet, GO DO IT. If you already voted, spend election day finding people to get out and vote Democratic, AT LEAST FIVE.
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Security stepped up across Tamil Nadu in the wake of Ayodhya verdict
Thousands of police personnel have been deployed across the State; vigil stepped up in sensitive areas, places of worship and crowded locations
Communally sensitive Coimbatore city came under a security blanket on Saturday morning in view of the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya land dispute.
In the city, a total of 1,800 police personnel were deployed in sensitive areas, public places and places of religious importance. The police arranged for security at temples and mosques in the city from the early hours of Saturday. Armed personnel from the CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) and the RAF (Rapid Action Force) were also part of the security cover in the city.
Security was also stepped up in communally sensitive Mettupalayam. A senior police officer said that Additional Director General of Police Shankar Jiwal was overseeing the security apparatus in Coimbatore district.
According to K. Periaiah, Inspector General of Police (West Zone), around 11,000 police personnel have been deployed in the eight districts of the West Zone.
Secuirty has been stepped up Madurai city as well, in the wake of the Ayodhya verdict, on Saturday. Around 3,000 police personnel have been deployed in various parts of the city, especially those identified as communally-sensitive spots. However, all schools and colleges and government offices functioned as usual, though vehicular traffic was thin
Commissioner of Police S. Davidson Devasirvatham said that security has been beefed up in almost all the the places identified as sensitive. Police patrol has been intensified and check posts strengthened. Four Deputy Commissioners of Police and an Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police have been patrolling one police range each.
Police personnel have been deployed at places of worship, offices of religious groups, crowded places like bus stands and railway stations and vital installations. Vigil has also been stepped up in certain pockets.
At the Madurai Railway junction, Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Tamil Nadu Railway Police have tightened security. All passengers entering the railway junction are being frisked and their luggages scanned. Sniffer dogs have been deployed by the RPF.
The security personnel took up open-line patrolling since Friday night, TRP Deputy Superintendent of Police, A. Elangovan said.
Armed guards at Andal Temple in Srivilliputtur
The Andal Temple in Srivilliputtur was brought under tight police security on Saturday. Armed guards have been posted at the temple, the tower of which represents Tamil Nadu Government emblem.
Virudhunagar district Superintendent of Police, P. Perumal, said that picketing has been posted at all places of worship. Open-line patrolling too, has been intensified. One quick reaction team has been posted at each of the police sub-divisions
Visible policing has been increased at crowded places like bus stands and railway stations.
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Wed, Jul 10th 2019 6:25am — Karl Bode
We've long noted that you wouldn't see net neutrality or privacy violations in the broadband sector if there was more competition. Historically however, entrenched companies like AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon have spent millions upon millions of dollars preventing that from happening. They quite enjoy the current paradigm of limited competition, and with state and federal regulatory capture they face absolutely no penalty for sky high prices and abysmal service in most markets. And as the late 90s and early aughts made pretty clear, they're extremely good at crushing smaller companies that try to disrupt the space.
Enter Amazon, which is one of countless companies (including Space X) exploring the application of low-orbit satellites as a new broadband alternative. Amazon subsidiary Kuiper Systems last week filed a request with the FCC to ultimately launch 3,236 low orbit broadband satellites that would cover a sizeable portion of the globe. From the filings it's not clear if Amazon will offer these services directly to consumers, or focus more on selling connectivity to other entities:
"Amazon's satellite plan isn't solely for residential and business Internet—it's also for mobile access. In its new filings, Amazon said its network will be available to mobile operators, raising the possibility that small rural carriers could buy bandwidth from Amazon to boost coverage in areas with poor cellular access."
Ultimately, companies hope that low-orbit satellites will provide uniform connectivity with far lower latency than traditional satellite broadband, a service long ridiculed for being expensive, capped, and slow. Space X's Starlink efforts are particularly interesting, given they involve launching more than 7,800 lower orbit satellites to blanket the country will less expensive broadband. OneWeb, Telesat, and Space Norway have also received the green light from the FCC for similar, albeit less ambitious, efforts.
And while many of these efforts are interesting, it's probably wise to not get too excited. There have been numerous efforts to use satellite broadband to disrupt the telecom logjam, most of which haven't really gone anywhere:
"The history of satellite internet, however, is defined by failure, including one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in history. This was a reality Elon Musk candidly acknowledged to reporters ahead of the Starlink launch. "No one has ever succeeded in making a viable low Earth orbit communication constellation right off the bat," Musk said. "I do believe we'll be successful, but it is far from a sure thing."
And it should be pretty clear that companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast will be working tirelessly behind the scenes to throw up hurdles at every opportunity in a bid to ensure these alternatives never threaten their geographical monopolies. So while it's OK to be somewhat excited about these new efforts, you may want to temper your enthusiasm until you see a viable, working product. And oh, this is all before we get to the problems of space junk and the impact on astronomy.
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Anonymous Coward, 10 Jul 2019 @ 7:25am
And it should be pretty clear that companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast will be working tirelessly behind the scenes to throw up hurdles at every opportunity in a bid to ensure these alternatives never threaten their geographical monopolies.
How much can they do, really?
It's telling that multiple companies are willing to spend billions to send swarms of satellites above the USA (and elsewhere) rather than deal with red tape from the ground-based monopolies within it.
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Toom1275 (profile), 10 Jul 2019 @ 8:28am
Well for one thing, their FCC has to approve the satellites.
If that's the telcos' plan, it's not working. SpaceX already got approval.
Zof (profile), 10 Jul 2019 @ 8:38am
"haven't really gone anywhere" - Translated
"I'm jealous of Elon Musk. When those starlink satellites ejected flawlessly I cried myself to sleep."
anonymouse, 10 Jul 2019 @ 8:41am
When it comes to roadblocks ...
Regulatory capture - done - anything they do wont be punished
Finance Strangulation - not so easy with the bigger players
Supply Chain Strangulation - Worked in the past
Communication - Easy
mess with ground links and the connectivity providers
By "accident" wash over communication signals with signal drift
Damaging the satellite's when over "disputed" territories
ECA (profile), 10 Jul 2019 @ 12:10pm
Advancemnt of a nation..
Based on the Corp mentality and collusion..
THEY DONT LIKE CHANGE, it means that they need to spend MONEY..
There are Very few things in this country, that WASNT backed and supported and Subsidized by the Gov.
then for some odd reason a strange comment has been going around, that the Gov. needs to be smaller. And smaller. And as a corp. does its from the bottom up.. No more indians, just a Bunch of Chiefs..and nothing getting done.
Those in charge of Food protections, 3-4 agencies, CANT do the job, they can cover 8% of the sources, and let the Corps do the rest...
This is very similar to housing inspectors that only need to take a few classes, to Do the job...and NEVER hammer a nail..
Used to be, that 1/2 the jobs in the USA belonged to the Fed/State/county workers.. its now a cut throat environment to KEEP your job.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 10 Jul 2019 @ 1:20pm
And of course there are a bunch of astronomers who are worried it will murder looking into the sky.
Satellite is still around (The new advertising talks about their new 5th Gen system trying to cash in on the 5G hype).
We can't have 5G b/c it will blind us to extreme weather.
We can't have satellites b/c it will blind us to space.
Perhaps what we should have is actual competition & punishments for the companies that have taken billions to wire everyone but still can't manage to roll out a single DSL line in non-urban areas.
Space Junk
Space Junk won't be much of a problem at LEO where they want to put these thousands of satellites in.
The orbits are harder to maintain, which means extra money to keep satellites up there (gotta replace, gotta give them enough fuel to get your ROI before they fall in) BUT it also means space junk at that orbit will fall down... in our life times.
The higher orbits are the real mess and real concern.
bob, 11 Jul 2019 @ 1:55pm
try try again.
Well hats off to trying. The creator of the first undersea communication cable failed the first several times he tried at a very expensive cost as well even for money valuations in his time.
Then one day they made it work and now we have cables running everywhere on the sea floor. So just a matter of time for someone to make it work or discover a better idea than low orbit sats.
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Category Archives: Health Care
Protecting Medical Professional Whistleblowers
It is the public policy of California to encourage patients, nurses, doctors and other members of health facilities to speak up against suspected unsafe patient care and poor health facility conditions. It is still very common for members of health facilities to witness first hand poor patient treatment and poor patient conditions. Therefore, California has passed a unique whistleblower law, Health & Safety Code 1278.5, for medical professionals.
Basically, under 1278.5, it is unlawful for an employer of a health facility to retaliate against any patient or employee of the health facility for complaining or reporting (blowing the whistle) unsafe patient care or poor patient conditions to the employer. Employment attorneys like Mr. Robertson are there to ensure that health facility employers are held accountable under this law.
Recent Verdict – Cancer Patients and Bad Surgeons Lead to Whistleblower Complaint
In a very recent case out of the California judicial system, Wascher v. Southern California Permanente Group, plaintiff was a surgeon who worked for defendant from 2009 to 2011. During his employment, plaintiff complained about unsafe patient care to the defendant. Plaintiff made the following complaints to his employer: access to surgery for cancer patients took too long and unqualified surgeons were handling cancer cases that they should not be handling. In response to his complaints, rather than addressing the plaintiff's legitimate complaints, the defendant barred him from becoming a partner. Plaintiff hired an employee rights attorney to protect his rights.
Plaintiff argued that he was retaliated against for complaining about unsafe patient care in the workplace. Defendant argued that the plaintiff was not barred from becoming a partner because he was not a good fit. Defendant also argued that he did not make complaints, but asked for certain preferences that would benefit himself as a surgeon. The jury was not convinced by the defense and sided with the plaintiff. The jury awarded plaintiff $1,750,000 for retaliation under Health & Safety 1278.5.
This case was a huge victory for employees of health facilities, whether it be doctors, nurses, o medical staff assistance. Wascher v. Southern California Permanente Group reinforces California's policy of encouraging members of health facilities to speak up against suspected unsafe patient care and poor health facility conditions. This is a very important law as it not only protects employees who act as patient advocates, but also protects the pateints themselves to ensure that Californians are treated in a safe and clean health facility. If you are an employee of a health facility and you feel that you have been retaliated against for reporting unsafe patient conditions or acting as an advocate for patients adverse to your employer, then call an employee rights attorney immediately.
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Health Care Whistle Blower Employment Lawyer
One of the types of whistleblowers employment lawyers protect are employees who report unsafe patient care and conditions. The California Legislature has passed some special whistleblower laws for medical professionals and medical staff. In California, it is public policy to encourage doctors and other health care workers to report suspected unsafe patient care and conditions. Ultimately, the California Legislature wants to protect patients.
Unfortunately, medical professionals and medical staff witness poor patient treatment in the workplace all the time. That is why CA Health & Safety Code 1278.5 was enacted. Basically, Health & Safety Code 1278.5 provides that no employer shall discriminate against an employee, member of the medical staff, or other health care worker of the employer for presenting a complaint or report to the employer, or medical staff, or other governmental entity.
Suing On Behalf of Doctors, Surgeons, & Nurses
In Pedowitz, M.D. v. The Regents of the University of California, et al., plaintiff was the Chair of UCLA's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. During the first year of employment, plaintiff reported conflicts of interest between UCLA medical professionals and outside medical third parties which plaintiff believed negatively affected patient care and safety. Less than a year into his position as Chair, he was asked to resign. Plaintiff hired an employment lawyer to sue his former employer.
Plaintiff claimed that his removal as Chair was directly due to his reports of various conflicts of interests between doctors and third party medical companies which had the potential to gravely affect patient care and safety. Defendant argued that plaintiff was asked to resign due to his poor leadership skills and his poor communication with colleagues.
The trial lasted two long months. Although there was no jury verdict, there was a $10,000,000 settlement which occurred at trial immediately before closing arguments. The fact that the defendants settled for such a high amount right before closing arguments implies that the case was not boding well for the employer. Defendants must have feared a potential hefty verdict against them in favor of the plaintiff.
Employment Lawyer Against Hospitals and Medical Executives
It never looks good to a jury or any outside observers when an employee is fired for reporting unsafe patient care and conditions, and Pedowitz, M.D. v. The Regents of the University of California, et al. is a testament to that. If you have reported unsafe patient care conditions or care, and believe that your employer has retaliated against you, call an employment attorney immediately.
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Case Law: Khajavi v. Feather River Anesthesia Medical Group – Whistleblower Protection for Doctors
Attorney Case Law Update: Khajavi v. Feather River Anesthesia Medical Group – California Court of Appeal. Branigan Robertson is a California employment lawyer who focuses his practice on healthcare whistleblowers, wage and hour issues, sexual harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination. Contact the firm for a free consultation.
Facts of the Case:
While prepping a patient for anesthesia, Dr. Khajavi noticed that the patient had an irregular heartbeat which increases the risk of stroke to a patient during and after surgery. Dr. Khajavi asked the surgeon about the patient's irregular heartbeat and the surgeon told him that it was nothing new and the patient was being treated for it. Relying on this, Dr. Khajavi proceeded with administering the sedative.
Before the surgery began, Dr. Khajavi spoke with the patient's regular physician, who informed him that the patient had not been treated for an irregular heartbeat and directed Dr. Khajavi to cancel the surgery.
Dr. Khajavi and the surgeon had a heated argument as the surgeon wanted to proceed with the surgery and Dr. Khajavi did not was to proceed with the surgery. Dr. Khajavi refused to attend the patient during surgery as it was not in the best interest of the patient to proceed with the surgery. The surgery was canceled as there was no other anesthesiologist to monitor the patient.
Four days following the incident, Dr. Khajavi was terminated. Shareholders told Dr. Khajavi that the incident was one of the main reasons for his termination. Dr. Khajavi filed a lawsuit asserting that the hospital, had violated Business & Professions Code § 2056 which protects doctors from retaliation for advocating for medically appropriate care.
Continue reading "Case Law: Khajavi v. Feather River Anesthesia Medical Group – Whistleblower Protection for Doctors" »
Case Law: Fahlen v. Sutter Central Valley Hospitals
Attorney Case Law Update: Fahlen v. Sutter Central Valley Hospitals – California Court of Appeal. Branigan Robertson is a California labor lawyer who focuses his practice on whistleblowers, overtime issues, hostile work environment, and wrongful termination. Contact the firm for a free consultation.
Facts of the Case
Dr. Mark Fahlen reported to hospital authorities that some of his nurses at Memorial Medical Center failed to follow his instructions. In some instances, he believed that the nurses endangered his patients' lives. One nurse refused to follow Fahlen's order to use a defibrillator on a patient. Another disobeyed his order to transfer a patient to intensive care.
The hospital's COO allegedly blamed Fahlen and helped persuade the group to fire him. The hospital then declined to renew Fahlen's staff privileges. A judicial review committee of six physicians reviewed the nonrenewal of Fahlen's staff privileges. They found no professional incompetence and reversed the decision. Then the hospital board reversed the committee. The board found that Fahlen's conduct was not acceptable and was "directly related to the quality of medical care at the Hospital." This outcome was reported to the Medical Board of California. Fahlen did not file a petition for a writ of mandate challenging the decision. Instead, he filed this lawsuit, asserting a section 1278.5 claim among others.
One Issue in the Case
Health & Safety Code § 1278.5 is a whistleblower protection law designed to encourage health care workers (not just doctors!) to notify authorities of "suspected unsafe patient care and conditions." I've written about this powerful Health & Safety Code statute before.
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The field of interventional radiology holds great promise for advancing the science and practice of cancer treatment.
Interventional radiologists are uniquely skilled in using the vascular system as a pathway into previously inaccessible territory, attacking tumors in targeted fashion from inside the body without damaging other areas of the body.
Interventional radiology may be used to control the spread of cancer in some patients, provide localized treatment when surgery is too risky or tumors are inoperable, shrink large tumors so that surgical removal might be possible, reduce suffering, relieve pain, and improve life quality.
What are some current interventional cancer treatments?
Some current interventional cancer treatments you may have heard about include radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation, chemoembolization, Y90 radioembolization and cryoablation.
Conversely, cryoblation involves the insertion of probes designed to "freeze" cancer cells.
In chemoembolization, the interventional radiologist simultaneously delivers, directly to the tumor, powerful chemotherapy agents to fight cancer and sand-like particles that embolize arteries (reducing blood flow to tumors and causing the tumors to shrink).
The interventional radiologist uses Y90 radioembolization, a potent radiation bead, to deliver a lethal dose directly to the liver tumor. This causes the tumors to shrink and helps control the spread of tumors in the liver.
Are there other interventional cancer treatments under study?
Interventional radiologists have a strong interest in pioneering new methods of cancer treatment. Some of the more promising procedures under study include magnetic chemotherapy, which uses magnets to pull chemotherapy drugs into tumors (reducing the drug's negative effects on other parts of the body); irreversible electroporation (IRE), which uses short, but strong electrical fields to kill tumors; and various gene therapies aimed at improving the body's ability to fight cancer.
How is interventional radiology assisting in relieving other negative affects of cancer?
In addition to the fight against the cancer itself, interventional radiologists are developing treatments to reduce pain, decrease bleeding, minimize obstruction of vital organs, and decrease blood clots and infections.


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Megan McArdle: Kamala Harris proves more prosecutor than president
By Megan McArdle
Aug 3, 2019 at 7:30 PM Aug 3, 2019 at 8:57 PM
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., was the big winner of the first set of Democratic primary debates. She went into June polling at about seven percent; she emerged at better than double that mark, after hitting front-runner Joe Biden with an expertly executed attack on his 1970s- and 1980s-era opposition to busing for school integration.
Voters who watched Biden stumbling under her relentless barrage saw her as a fighter who could take the battle to President Trump and win. The expectations for Harris were high going into the second round on Wednesday night — and yet the feisty former prosecutor quickly found herself on the ropes and never really managed to fight her way off them. Harris may throw a good sucker punch, but she also seems to have a glass jaw.
The night's first question went to Harris, who was asked to defend her newly released Medicare-for-all plan. The proposal is notably light on policy detail, such as what it will cover, how the substantial sums needed to pay for it would be raised, or how her administration would manage an inevitably disruptive transition. The only clear elements are an immediate opportunity for younger Americans to buy into Medicare, followed by a 10-year transition to something that would look a lot like the current Medicare system, including allowing private insurers to offer highly regulated alternative plans along the lines of Medicare Advantage.
In other words, the only thing we know about Harris's health-care policy is that she appears bent on appeasing progressives with a single-payer plan while reassuring moderates that she won't actually abolish private health insurance. Biden's campaign has fairly called this straddle a "have-it-every-which-way approach," and in the debate, Harris quickly got bogged down in a barbed exchange with him — revealing in the process that she has little command of health-care policy or even the messier details of her own plan.
Almost everyone attacked her health-care plan in turn, and a besieged Harris turned borderline incoherent. When Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet pointed out that her plan would make employer-sponsored insurance illegal, Harris denied it — only to later admit to CNN's Anderson Cooper that, well, yes, it would. Later, she tried to deflect criticism of her plan's enormous cost with a non sequitur about expensive prescription drugs, as if it were impossible to control drug prices without nationalizing the entire U.S. health-care system.
And that was just the opening segment on health care; Harris still had hours to go. Her worst moment of the night came when Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard hit Harris with her own record as a prosecutor — including her refusal to release evidence that could have freed a man from death row, at least until a court finally forced her to do so. Harris failed to muster a convincing response, probably because this charge is entirely accurate.
The best Harris could manage was an esprit de l'escalier retort during the post-debate interviews, in which she accused Gabbard of being an apologist for Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. Then Harris botched even her belated delivery by choosing a rather unfortunate descriptor for Assad's Syrian victims, saying he "has murdered the people of his country like cockroaches."
Gabbard's attack, and Harris's inept response, goes to the heart of the senator's weakness, which is that she is still fundamentally a prosecutor. This can be an asset; Harris garnered an unusual amount of attention for a freshman senator through her surgical cross-examination of conservative witnesses in committee hearings. Most notably was during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
But while prosecutors are usually adept at asking questions, they don't necessarily get much practice answering them. That didn't matter so much when Harris was one of many hopefuls and could simply deliver her focus-grouped talking points. But now that she's one of the leading candidates, all of the other contenders are looking to shove her aside. She has to play defense as well as offense, and she's apparently not very good at it.
Those deficits could theoretically be repaired by intensive practice with her debate prep team. Unfortunately, that team can't sandpaper away the other legacy of her prosecutorial history: Harris's long record of putting low-income people in jail and keeping them there. She is now trying to recast herself as a crusading reformer who was really fixing the system. But any close examination of Harris the prosecutor reveals someone very much like Harris the presidential candidate: keen on getting the job, not particularly concerned with the details of how she gets there.
McArdle is a Washington Post columnist. She can be reached via Twitter: @asymmetricinfo.


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Cyclic AMP-response element regulated cell cycle arrests in cancer cells.
Recently, we have demonstrated that trichosanthin (TCS), a promising agent for the treatment of cervical adenocarcinoma, inhibited HeLa cell proliferation through the PKC/MAPK/CREB signal pathway. Furthermore, TCS down-regulated Bcl-2 expression was abrogated by a decoy oligonucleotide (OGN) to the cyclic AMP-responsive element (CRE). The decoy OGN blocked the binding of CRE-binding protein (CREB) to Bcl-2. These results suggested that CRE-mediated gene expression may play a pivotal role in HeLa cell proliferation. However, little is known about the effect of TCS on cell cycle arrests, particularly, whether the genes involved in cell cycle were regulated by CRE. Our present study shows that the arrests of S, G1 and G2/M phases were accompanied by the significant down-regulation of cyclin A, D1 and CDK 2, 4 in HeLa cells, cyclin D1, E and CDK 2, 4 in Caski and C33a cells, and cyclin A, B1, E and CDK 2 in SW1990 cells. However, the cell cycle arrests were reversed via the significant up-regulation of cyclin A and D1, by the combined treatment of TCS and CRE. In conclusion, these data demonstrate for the first time that specific cell cycle arrests in cancer cells can be induced by TCS by inhibiting the binding of CREB to CRE on genes related to cell proliferation.


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Relative risk assessment for ballast-mediated invasions at Canadian Arctic ports
F. T. Chan
S. A. Bailey
C. J. Wiley
Hugh J. MacIsaac, University of WindsorFollow
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Vector-based risk assessment is a powerful and efficient management approach for nonindigenous species (NIS). By managing a vector, an entire assemblage of associated NIS is simultaneously considered. The majority of current risk assessment frameworks have been conducted for a single, or selected few, target species and thus are not useful for managing vectors transporting a large number of potentially unknown species. Here we develop a predictive framework to assess relative invasion risk for a vector (ballast water) transporting an unknown species assemblage, using the Canadian Arctic as a case study. Ballast water discharge is a known high-risk vector globally, but its magnitude in the Arctic has not been well characterized. Our framework determined relative invasion risks between different transit pathways by quantifying the probability of NIS successfully transiting all stages of the invasion process and the magnitude of consequences of introduction to those ports. Churchill, Manitoba was ranked at 'higher' invasion risk via ballast water discharged by international merchant vessels than any other recipient port studied. The overall pattern of ballast water discharge suggests that water originating from coastal domestic sources carried by international merchant vessels may be important for dispersal of NIS. In addition, ballast-mediated NIS are more likely to arrive to the Hudson Bay region during summer months. These results can be useful for developing prevention and early detection programs for the region. Our risk assessment framework is not limited to ballast water and could be applied to other vectors for effective management of NIS. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Chan, F. T.; Bailey, S. A.; Wiley, C. J.; and MacIsaac, Hugh J., "Relative risk assessment for ballast-mediated invasions at Canadian Arctic ports" (2013). Biological Invasions, 15, 2, 295-308.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/biologypub/557
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Wes Gilbertson's Awesome 18 — Hole 5, Forest Course at Glencoe
Jul 01, 2019 • July 1, 2019 • 2 minute read
Hole 5 of Wes Gilbertson's Awesome 18, a 210-yard stunner at Glencoe Golf & Country Club's Forest Course. Supplied/ The Glencoe Club Supplied
This is one of those rare spots where you're actually hoping for a wait on the tee.
A couple of rocking chairs await, and it would be a shame to skip a few seconds of R n' R because the green is already clear.
Wes Gilbertson's Awesome 18 — Hole 5, Forest Course at Glencoe Back to video
Then again, you will likely be squirming in that seat as you size up the signature shortie on the Forest Course at Glencoe Golf & Country Club, my personal-fave fifth hole in the Calgary area.
"From the raised tee, you get such a great view of not only the hole but the surroundings, too," said Judy Forshner, the longtime head professional at the 45-hole private facility just west of the city lights off Highway 8. "As you know, we're out in the country, and that's just such a pretty, pretty view. It's a beautiful golf hole."
A beauty, for sure.
It can be a beast, too.
The fifth hole on the Forest Course — home of the annual Glencoe Invitational and also site of the 2020 Canadian Men's Amateur Golf Championship — stretches to 210 yards from the tips and is no less intimidating from another set of decks.
Anything short or slice-y will likely be swimming in a pond.
If you bail out to the left, an up-and-down par is no piece-of-cake.
"Visually, you see the water and you're afraid of going right. And you know Murphy's Law — you don't want to go right, so you go right," Forshner chuckled. "Of course, if you hit it right, then you're probably in the water. But if you say, 'Well, I don't want to go right,' so you give it a pull to the left, that leads to a difficult shot. There's a bunker that protects that area.
"So it's beautiful — you can see a lot of the golf course from up there — but you really want to make sure you get it on target.
"If you hit a good tee-shot, then you're off to the races."
If, indeed, you are standing over a birdie putt, no pressure … Just remember, the next group is likely watching from the rocking chairs.
You arrive at the 410-yard fifth test at Canmore Golf & Curling Club and suddenly you're playing along the banks of the Bow River. It's a serene setting, a good hole, and the views certainly aren't limited to ground level.
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More short and sweet fifth holes — a 160-yarder across water at Bearspaw and a 174-yard knee-knocker that marks the start of the so-called 'Devil's Triad' at Springbank Links … No. 5 at Canal at Delacour is a doozy — a 553-yard assignment that is as linksy as anything you will find in this area … One of the highlights at Strathmore is the 382-yard fifth hole, with only a narrow strip of turf connecting the green to dry land. So don't miss left, right or long on the approach … McCall Lake reopened last week after a $6.7-million renovation project and No. 5 on the scorecard at the municipal hangout has now been lengthened to a Par-5. If you're hoping to get home in two, beware of the bunker that splits the fairway.
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted Teva's marketing authorisation application (MAA) for its migraine prevention medicine fremanezumab.
Teva's injection, an anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) monoclonal antibody administered quarterly or monthly, is up for review to prevent episodic and chronic migraine in adults.
The application seeking approval includes positive results from two-phase III trials in chronic migraine and episodic migraine, which - after evaluating both quarterly and monthly dosing regimens - found fremanezumab achieving statistically significant results across all trial endpoints.
More specifically the HALO trials - which were randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled studies - compared safety, tolerability and efficacy of the Teva's medicine compared to placebo.
Fremanezumab is also being investigated for the prevention of chronic and episodic cluster headache as part of the phase III ENFORCE clinical research programme, which has been granted fast track designation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Trials are expected to conclude in early 2019, and if all goes well with the studies then the Israeli pharma group could be gunning up for a big win, as it could potentially be the first to get approval of a cluster headache medication.
Cluster headaches - which are more commonly seen in men - normally come in sporadic episodes and suffers tend to feel severe pain along with a bunch of side effects including one red eye, smaller pupil in one eye and the drooping and swelling of one eyelid.


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February Adult Book Club
January 26, 2023 by Kimberly Kratz
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Drum Circle for Self-Care
January 27, 2023 January 25, 2023 by mfoley
Join us on February 21, 2023 at 2:00pm in the Library Community Room for a drum circle, "Drumming for Self-Care." Led by Catherine Campanaro, a well-known facilitator of drum circles, this group activity is meant to promote contemplation and wellness as we enter into 2023. Please register to insure that the correct number of drums are provided.
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Come learn more about Disability Awareness in today's society from Disability Advocate Susan Schaffer. Susan runs a "Disability Dialogue" throughout Pennsylvania, looking to raise awareness of those suffering from a range of disabilities. Susan believes that the greatest gift you can give to another person is simply to include them. This discussion will take place on February 7, 2023 in the Library Community Room at 2:00pm.
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Staff Picks: New Years Resolutions
January 11, 2023 by mfoley
We asked our staff for their new years resolutions and some books that will help fulfill them. This is what they answers
Döstädning, which in Swedish, is 'death cleaning'
Acknowledge joy each day
Make healthy choices a habit
Believe in hope
Practice a little bravery
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.
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52 ways to walk
By Annabel Street
52 Ways to Walk is a short, user-friendly guide to attaining the full range of benefits that walking has to offer–physical, spiritual, and emotional–backed by the latest scientific research to inspire readers to develop a fulfilling walking lifestyle.
By Qing Li
Shinrin-Yoku or forest bathing is the practice of spending time in the forest for better health, happiness and a sense of calm. A pillar of Japanese culture for decades, Shinrin-Yoku is a way to reconnect with nature, from walking mindfully in the woods, to a break in your local park, to walking barefoot on your lawn.
Hike: adventures on foot
It's hard to beat the satisfaction of traveling on foot – settling into a steady rhythm, surrounded by incredible scenery, with the freedom to stop wherever takes your fancy. This endlessly rewarding – and sustainable – activity is joyously celebrated in Hike, which reveals 125 of the most scenic and spectacular walking trails across the globe. It's the ultimate inspiration for exploring under your own steam: ramble along coastal paths in Europe, scale soaring mountain peaks in Africa and trek through amber-hued canyons in North America.
Six Questions of Socrates
by Christopher Phillips
What is virtue? What is moderation? What is justice? What is courage? What is good? What is piety? Socrates thought that understanding the perspectives of others on these six great questions would help him become a more excellent human being. Following in Socrates's footsteps, Christopher Phillips investigates these same questions.
Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life
by Thich Naht Hanh
Too many of us are in a cycle of shame and guilt. We spend countless hours worrying about what we ate or if we exercised enough, blaming ourselves for actions that we can't undo. We are stuck in the past and unable to live in the present–that moment in which we do have the power to make changes in our lives.
With Savor, world-renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and Harvard nutritionist Dr. Lilian Cheung show us how to end our struggles with weight once and for all.
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Eat that frog! : 21 great ways to stop procrastinating and get more done in less time
by Brian Tracy
The legendary Eat That Frog! provides the 21 most effective methods for conquering procrastination and accomplishing more.
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Stillness is the Key
by Ryan Holiday
In his new book, Stillness Is the Key, Holiday draws on timeless Stoic and Buddhist philosophy to show why slowing down is the secret weapon for those charging ahead.
10% Happier
by Dan Harris
A spiritual book written for–and by–someone who would otherwise never read a spiritual book, 10% HAPPIER is both a deadly serious and seriously funny look at mindfulness and meditation as the next big public health revolution
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No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving—every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
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Breath : the new science of a lost art
By Nestor James
There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five thousand times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking
by Susan Cain
In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces us to successful introverts—from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, superbly researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves.
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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
by Matthew Walker
Neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker provides a revolutionary exploration of sleep, examining how it affects every aspect of our physical and mental well-being. Charting the most cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs, and marshalling his decades of research and clinical practice, Walker explains how we can harness sleep to improve learning, mood and energy levels, regulate hormones, prevent cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes, slow the effects of aging, and increase longevity. He also provides actionable steps towards getting a better night's sleep every night.
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Fun Under Four
January 23, 2023 January 4, 2023 by mfoley
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Family Gathering Season Recommendations
December 15, 2022 October 28, 2022 by mfoley
Good, bad, happy or sad … family is family.
This month we asked our staff to recommend some books and movies that have to do with family gatherings. Check them out below!
by Kelly Dipucchio
This is the story of four puppies: Fi-Fi, Foo-Foo, Ooh-La-La, and Gaston. Gaston works the hardest at his lessons on how to be a proper pooch. He sips – never slobbers! He yips – never yaps! And he walks with grace – never races! Gaston fits right in with his poodle sisters.But a chance encounter with a bulldog family in the park-Rocky, Ricky, Bruno, and Antoinette-reveals there's been a mix-up, and so Gaston and Antoinette switch places. The new families look right…but they don't feel right. Can these puppies follow their noses-and their hearts-to find where they belong?
Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña
CJ begins his weekly bus journey around the city with disappointment and dissatisfaction, wondering why he and his family can't drive a car like his friends. Through energy and encouragement, CJ's nana helps him see the beauty and fun in their routine.
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Operation Sisterhood
Eleven-year-old Bo has gotten used to its being just her and her mom in their cozy New York apartment. But when her mom gets married, Bo must adjust to instant sisterhood, and a music-minded blended family that is much larger, louder, and more complex than she ever imagined.
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
by Karina Yan Glaser
The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have eleven days to do whatever it takes to stay in their beloved home and convince the dreaded Beiderman just how wonderful they are. And all is fair in love and war when it comes to keeping their home.
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Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.
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by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Based on the real-life adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods is the first book in the award-winning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers.
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Here and Now and Then
by Mike Chen
Kin Stewart is an everyday family man: working in IT, trying to keep the spark in his marriage, struggling to connect with his teenage daughter, Miranda. But his current life is a far cry from his previous career…as a time-traveling secret agent from 2142.
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The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett
Set over the course of five decades, The Dutch House is a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome their past. Despite every outward sign of success, Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when they're together. Throughout their lives, they return to the well-worn story of what they've lost with humor and rage. But when at last they're forced to confront the people who left them behind, the relationship between an indulged brother and his ever-protective sister is finally tested.
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The Boy in the Field
by Margot Livesey
One September afternoon in 1999, teenagers Matthew, Zoe, and Duncan Lang are walking home from school when they discover a boy lying in a field, bloody and unconscious. Thanks to their intervention, the boy's life is saved. In the aftermath, all three siblings are irrevocably changed. Matthew, the oldest, becomes obsessed with tracking down the assailant, secretly searching the local town with the victim's brother. Zoe wanders the streets of Oxford, looking at men, and one of them, a visiting American graduate student, looks back. Duncan, the youngest, who has seldom thought about being adopted, suddenly decides he wants to find his birth mother. Overshadowing all three is the awareness that something is amiss in their parents' marriage. Over the course of the autumn, as each of the siblings confronts the complications and contradictions of their approaching adulthood, they find themselves at once drawn together and driven apart.
by Jonathan Frantzen
It's December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joyless–unless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it. Their eldest child, Clem, is coming home from college on fire with moral absolutism, having taken an action that will shatter his father. Clem's sister, Becky, long the social queen of her high-school class, has sharply veered into the counterculture, while their brilliant younger brother Perry, who's been selling drugs to seventh graders, has resolved to be a better person. Each of the Hildebrandts seeks a freedom that each of the others threatens to complicate.
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Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly-disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Enchanted first by Sebastian at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, Julia, Charles comes finally to recognize only his spiritual and social distance from them.
Dead in 5 Heartbeats
by Ralph Barger
Patch Kinkade thought that things were winding down. The former President of the Infidelz, the most powerful motorcycle club in Northern California, Patch has drifted east, hoping to start a new life in Arizona. He wants to forget his old life, a life where being the President of the Infidelz cost him his family. Now, he is responsible for no one but himself.
by Fydor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the "wicked and sentimental" Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons―the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home, which Alison and her family referred to as the Fun Home. It was not until college that Alison, who had recently come out as a lesbian, discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after this revelation, he was dead, leaving a legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve.
Scattershot: My Bipolar Family
by David Lovelace
The Glass Castle meets An Unquiet Mind in a mesmerizing, loving memoir about growing up in a family plagued by bipolar disorder.
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty in postwar New York City transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant youngest son.
The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.
Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.
All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time.
A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.
Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.
A detective investigates the death of the patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.
After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
Thought Provoking Reads
September 12, 2022 by mfoley
In honor of the new school year, we asked our staff to recommend books that stretch your brain, open your mind and start a discussion!
By Kazuo Ishiguro
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.
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Transcendent kingdom
By Yaa Gyasi
Gifty is a fifth-year candidate in neuroscience at Stanford School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after a knee injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her.
But even as she turns to the hard sciences to unlock the mystery of her family's loss, she finds herself hungering for her childhood faith and grappling with the evangelical church in which she was raised, whose promise of salvation remains as tantalizing as it is elusive.
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By Tara M. Stringfellow
In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence, seeking refuge at her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass–only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis. This wasn't the first time violence altered the course of Joan's family's trajectory, and she knows it won't be the last. Longing to become an artist, Joan pours her rage and grief into sketching portraits of the women of North Memphis–including their enigmatic neighbor Miss Dawn, who seems to know something about curses.
Unfolding over seventy years through a chorus of voices, Memphis weaves back and forth in time to show how the past and future are forever intertwined. It is only when Joan comes to see herself as a continuation of a long matrilineal tradition–and the women in her family as her guides to healing–that she understands that her life does not have to be defined by vengeance. That the sole weapon she needs is her paintbrush.
By Haruki Murakami
'A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy.'
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
By Annie Dillard
An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons—a personal narrative highlighting one year's exploration on foot in the author's own neighborhood in Tinker Creek, Virginia. In the summer, Dillard stalks muskrats in the creek and contemplates wave mechanics; in the fall she watches a monarch butterfly migration and dreams of Arctic caribou. She tries to con a coot; she collects pond water and examines it under a microscope. She unties a snake skin, witnesses a flood, and plays 'King of the Meadow' with a field of grasshoppers.
In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of "race," a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
By Albert Camus
One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan, and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide: the question of living or not living in an absurd universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Camus posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal existence, and the possibility of life lived with dignity and authenticity.
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The Happiness Advantage
By Shawn Achor
Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we'll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this formula is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. This isn't just an empty mantra. This discovery has been repeatedly borne out by rigorous research in psychology and neuroscience, management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around the globe.
Nickel and Dimed
Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that any job equals a better life. But how can anyone survive, let alone prosper, on $6-$7 an hour? To find out, Ehrenreich moved from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, taking the cheapest lodgings available and accepting work as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart salesperson. She soon discovered that even the "lowliest" occupations require exhausting mental and physical efforts. And one job is not enough; you need at least two if you intend to live indoors.
Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind
By Peter Godfrey-Smith
Dip below the ocean's surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are more reminiscent of plant life or even architecture than anything recognizably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members of the animal kingdom—the Metazoa—they can teach us much about the evolutionary origins of not only our bodies, but also our minds.
Fifteen-year-old Will has shoved a gun in the back waistband of his jeans. See, his brother Shawn was just murdered. And Will knows the rules. No crying. No snitching. Revenge. That's where Will's now heading, with that gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, the gun that was his brother's gun. He gets on the elevator, seventh floor, stoked. He knows who he's after. Or does he? As the elevator stops on the sixth floor, on comes Buck. Buck, Will finds out, is who gave Shawn the gun before Will took the gun. Buck tells Will to check that the gun is even loaded. And that's when Will sees that one bullet is missing. And the only one who could have fired Shawn's gun was Shawn. Huh. Will didn't know that Shawn had ever actually USED his gun. Bigger huh. BUCK IS DEAD. But Buck's in the elevator? Just as Will's trying to think this through, the door to the next floor opens. A teenage girl gets on, waves away the smoke from Dead Buck's cigarette. Will doesn't know her, but she knew him. Knew. When they were eight. And stray bullets had cut through the playground, and Will had tried to cover her, but she was hit anyway, and so what she wants to know, on that fifth floor elevator stop, is, what if Will, Will with the gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, MISSES.
And so it goes, the whole long way down, as the elevator stops on each floor, and at each stop someone connected to his brother gets on to give Will a piece to a bigger story than the one he thinks he knows. A story that might never know an END…if WILL gets off that elevator.
Is Was
by Deborah Freedman
Over the course of one day, a small child experiences the way the natural world changes from sun to rain and from day to night as things transform from is to was in this breathtaking book.
The Museum of Everything
by Lynne Rae Perkins
When a young girl feels that the world is too big and loud and busy and distracting, she pretends that she's in a museum. It's quiet there, and she can wonder about everything: Is a rock in a puddle an island? Is a dry spot on the ground on a rainy day the shadow of a car that's just driven off? There's a museum for everything—for islands and shadows and clouds and trees, and so much more.


Park Avenue between 52nd and 53rd St.
Designed by well-known German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with American Philip Johnson, Seagram's Plaza inspired the city to pass a resolution for more public space in 1961. While the resolution was not completely successful, it did lead to enough of these spaces for me to write this book!
There are two issues with this space, though I love it on the whole. It was built during a time when accessibility was not a major concern for builders. As such, the plaza, as well as the two side entrances, are raised from the sidewalk by several steps. With that said, it is a nice place to catch some rays and people-watch if it is not too hot outside.
Loved looking at these images. Great idea for a book. We need more imaginative pocket parks in our towns and cities in the UK! In a built up area any small space to stop and reflect is important - for humans but also for urban wildlife. A pocket park can become a focus for a local community too. So much is possible with imagination and good design. And sympathetic planners - they are essential too.


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1923 – The first edition
The ACO's radical idea for an touring car endurance race struck a chord or, perhaps, a nerve. Especially in France. Of the 35 entries for the first 24 Hour of Le Mans for the Rudge Whitworth Cup all but three were French.
On the morning of 26 May, 1923 33 of the 35 entries received from 18 manufacturers were represented: only a pair of Voisins failed to appear.
The Belgian Excelsiors had the biggest engines in the field and were assigned numbers one and two accordingly. This charming Le Mans tradition ultimately evolved into the practice of gridding all cars in descending order of displacement regardless of practice results.
But for the inaugural 1923 event the 33 cars were gridded on the main straight in order of entry receipt with the six classes mixed regardless of performance. The 5.3 liter Belgian Excelsior has the honor of the first car to wear the number one in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The flag dropped at 4:00 P.M.; almost simultaneously hail began to fall. The field sprinted off toward Pontlieue with the trio of French Chenard-Walckers and Cpt. John Duff's lone 3-liter Bentley already at the front.
The Duff/Clement Bentley was handicapped with two wheel (rear) brakes and was the sole car in the field so equipped. But Duff, Bentley's London agent, had paid attention to the details of the 1921 Grand Prix de l'ACF run over the same 10.726 mile Le Mans circuit. Emulating Duesenberg's winning tactics Duff's 3-Liter carried no spare tire and completed the entire 24 hours without a tire change.
His team manager, W.O. Bentley himself was, at 4:00 P.M. Saturday, not an especially enthusiastic Le Mans supporter.
The Headmaster but had built a car with a low seating position, high scuttle and abbreviated windshield. Save the rear wheel-only-brakes the design was perfect for the foul and primitive Le Mans road conditions.
When the hail storm receeded it began to rain. Duff, wearing neither helmet nor goggles pressed on toward dusk in pursuit of the fleet duo of 3-liter Chenard-Walckers that had led from the first pass through the Pontlieue hairpin.
By 7:00 o'clock the first pit stops began. ACO Regulations specified only two drivers per car and just one could work on or service the car at a time. The majority chose to service the car before handing over to their partners.
It was dark by 8:00 P.M when Duff finally pitted the lone British entry, handing over to Bentley's factory driver, Sunderland's Frank Clement.
The electric lights along pit straight had come on and the first stylish evidence of race course hospitality was in full flower: Hartford, the British premium shock absorber manufacturer had created a hospitality suite under the canvas tents in the pits.
As the drivers pitted, completed their service and deferred to their co-drivers they were ushered into the Hartford hospitality tent that quickly became known as the Hotel Hartford.
The shock absorber company fed the soaked and mud encrusted drivers roasted chicken, hot onion soup and bottles of chilled champagne before bundling them off for a snooze.
The French cars led at the half-way mark (4:00 A.M), and throughout the night until dawn. By 9:00 A.M. John Duff was back in the Bentley four laps (over 40 miles) down and pursuing the fleeing Chenard-Walcker duet with sufficient passion and pace to cause the French team to race even faster.
The long night had been a trial for the primitive electric lights and fuel tanks. The appalling track surface became a shooting gallery of small stones and rocks: lights were extinguished or destroyed outright by flying stones.
Many drivers ran off the road in the gloom. Fuel tanks were breached and repaired regularly. The lone Bentley lost a lamp to a barrage of stones during the night.
The gallant Chenard-Walcker team offered their only true competitor a spare which was declined: it was decided that the repair would take too long and Clement soldiered on with one lamp.
As the morning passed Duff recorded a series of lap records and found himself between the leading Chenard-Walcker and its teammate. All this verve found Duff a bit deep into the Mulsanne corner and the Captain was forced to take the escape road. Others had tried to improvise the corner at the end of Mulsanne only to slide into the sandbank.
Just before noon a telephone call to the pits informed W.O. Bentley that his London agent was walking in from three miles out on the circuit.
A stone had pierced the gas tank and the record setting the 3-liter was out of fuel. The competitors and the spectators assumed that this was the end of the Bentley and the race for the lead. But some field expedient tactics and a quick huddle with the officials saved the dry and stranded Bentley.
When Duff arrived in the pits Frank Clement set off cross country on a bicycle borrowed with haste and force from a French soldier. He carried spares, tools and a can of petrol set off for the stranded Bentley.
His repairs took nearly two and a half hours but the Britons earned the cheers that went up when Clement arrived in the pits in the number eight Bentley.
The Chenard-Walckers were home first at 4:00 p.m. but were not officially classified as winners because the Tri-Ennual Cup rules would only declare a winner after three races.
The Duff-Clement Bentley was never able to regain the lost time and tied a 2-liter Bignan for fourth. The whole obtuse notion of a race without a winner sent the rules makers back to their conference table for the 1924 round.
W.O. Bentley profited most having become, sometime during the night, a Le Mans convert. He would return and for 1924 his car would have four wheel brakes: It was not a fad or something just for a pure racing car like the Grand Prix-winning Duesenberg after all.
The experts, who claimed that not a single car was sufficiently reliable to finish the 24 Hours were, as most experts ultimately are, proven wrong. Only three cars failed to finish; two of them little 1100 cc S.A.R.A.s that were deliberately retired by their drivers who had became increasingly weary and miserable while regularly drenched and shot-peened as the faster, more powerful cars lapped them.
The spectators knew a winner when they saw one and anointed the Lagache and Leonard Chenard-Walcker the winner regardless of the rules surrounding the Rudge Whitworth Triennial Cup. They covered an amazing, for 1923, 1372.928 miles. Tough little Frank Clement set the fastest lap in the third place Bentley. And the French soldier who loaned his bicycle to Clement and the Bentley team had his transport returned with appropriate thanks.


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Airports in Miami
Miami also known as the City of Miami is situated in the Southeastern part of Florida, United States which is a coastal metropolis. In the United States it is ranked as the 44th largest city and also ranked as the eight highest metropolitan city of the US.
The city also flaunts and boasts for being the city with the third-largest skyline. Miami is one of the leading centers for arts, commerce, finance, culture and international trade. The part of Greater downtown Miami is the area where the largest number of banks are situated in the United States and it is also the home base for major international and national companies. It is one of the major hubs of tourism and a spot of tourist attraction for visitors globally which ranks second after the city of New York. Miami has 3 major International airport which are:
Fort Lauderdale- Hollywood International Airport
Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA) and previously known as Wilcox Field is the major International Airport of Miami which is serving the city of Miami, Florida, United States.
They operate and provide their services to over 167 domestic and international destinations.It is also the main airport of long hauls for interconnecting flights mostly for the Southeastern parts of the United States which carries both passengers and cargo throughout America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
It is also considered as the largest hub for getaways from the United States and south to Caribbean and Latin America. It is the busiest airport in Florida in terms of total traffic of cargo and total operations of aircraft.
It also ranks as the second busiest after Orlando when it comes to traffic for total passengers. The Miami airport is the third largest hub for American Airlines. They also provide primary services to Frontier, LATAM and Avianca Airlines for cargo and as well as passenger operation.
The Miami Airport has three terminals which are categorised as South, Central and North with 131 gates from 6 concourses. Except concourse G, all the other concourses contain gates which facilitate access for US Customs and Border Protection.
Concourse D & E gives operation to three American Admirals Club and flagship lounge. Various other clubs and lounges are there as well inside the airport which also includes an American Express Centurion Lounge which is located at Concourse D.
Under Concourse D, it includes 51 gates.
Under Concourse E, it includes 18 gates.
Under Concourse F, it includes 19 gates.
Under Concourse G, it includes 14 gates.
Under Concourse H, it includes 13 gates.
Under Concourse J , it contains 15 gates.
Miami International Airport provides the facility and operation of MIA Mover which is a system to move people free of cost to carry the passengers across MIA terminals and Miami Intermodal Center. To get to Miami International Airport one get use the direct transit service for public which is to and fro Miami- Dade Transit's Metrorail, Greyhound Bus lines, Metrobus network and also to Tri-Rail commuter rail system. The Metrorail which operates the Orange Line from Miami International Airport goes to different destinations such as Gables, Dadeland, Hialeah, South Miami, Civic Center, Coconut Grove, Coral, Downtown, Brickell and Wynwood
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (IATA:FLL) is a major airport for the public which is situated in Broward County, Florida, United States which is one of the three airports that serves the Metropolitan area of Miami.
They provide their service daily with more than 700 flights daily to more than 135 destinations for both domestic and international. It also serves as a main airport for Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton areas,Pompano Beach , Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and west palm Beach.
It is also the main south Florida airport and base for Southwest Airlines. Fort Lauderdale is a member of the US Federal Aviation Administration.It has two runaways . It has four terminals which include 66 gates.
Terminal 1 which is also called the Yellow Terminal includes 3 concourses A, B & C with 23 gates. Concourse A is mostly used and served for International Passengers. United Airlines maintains a club called the United club at Concourse C. Out of all the four concourses the one which is most often used by Southwest Airlines is Concourse B.
Terminal 2 which is also called the Red Terminal includes Concourse D and has 9 gates. A club known as the Sky Club is being operated here by Delta Airlines. Recently it is undergoing renovation which will cost around $100 million.
Terminal 3 which is also called the Purple Terminal includes Concourse E & F along with 20 gates and which also serves as the main base for operation of Jetblue Airways. In this area for the terminal there is a small food court which serves passengers with dishes.
Terminal 4 which is also called the Green Terminal includes Concourse G along with 14 gates and serves as the operating base for Spirit Airlines
The airport is situated close to the Fort Lauderdale or Hollywood International Airport at the Dania Beach Train Station, which is in service by Tri-Rail commuter trains and Amtrak Intercity trains.
The terminals can be accessed by Route 1 of US and other roads which are major that are near the airport are Florida State Road 818, Interstate 595 and Interstate 95. At Route one it also includes an underpass which is under Runway 10R /28L. In order to access the airport one can use taxis and cabs or share rides.
Palm Beach International Airport (IATA:PBI) is an airport for the public which is located in Palm Beach County, Florida which is at the West City of West Palm Beach, Florida, United States.
It is also the main airport which serves the area And also other areas such as Boynton Beach, Jupiter, Wellington, Delray Beach and also some of the visitors of Boca Raton. It also ranks as the third busiest airport after the two airports which are Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale- Hollywood International Airport.
The airport is being operated by Palm Beach County's Department of Airports. In order to get to the airport one can access the road by 1-95, Southern Boulevard and Congress Avenue. The airport offers three runaways. The airport has three Concourses.
Concourse A includes Bahamasair and Silver Airways.
Concourse B includes Air Canada, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, United Airlines and Sun Country Airlines.
Concourse C includes Jetblue Airways, Spirit Airlines, Frontier and Delta Airlines.


So sad to report that father, husband, friend to many and the creator of most of Ocean Software's iconic artwork, Bob Wakelin, passed away last night. Wakelin's art was one of the key reasons Ocean became as big as it did during the '80s and '90s. In 1985, Ocean Software managed to secure the first movie licences, such as Rambo, Short Circuit and Cobra, as well as the TV show Miami Vice and RoboCop which spent about a year on the top of the charts.


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package org.whale.system.base;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.whale.system.base.Iquery.SqlType;
import org.whale.system.common.exception.SysException;

/**
 * 分页对象
 *
 * @author wjs 2014年9月6日-下午1:49:23
 */
public class Page implements Serializable {
	private static final long serialVersionUID = -4710867631907261303L;

	private int pageSize = 20;

	private int pageNo = 1;

	private Integer offset;

	/**
	 *  total >0 ,则不执行sql总数查询,直接返回用户设置的total值, 有两个好处: 1. 减少总数sql查询, 2.
	 *	有限度防止被恶意翻页(如爬虫)
	 */
	private Long total;

	/** 返回结果 */
	private List<?> data;

	/** 分页sql */
	private String sql;

	/** 总记录数sql */
	private String countSql;

	/** 参数 */
	private List<Object> args = new ArrayList<Object>();

	/**动态拼接查询 */
	private transient Iquery q;

	/**返回结果data 的类型,默认为Map<String, Object> */
	private Class<?> dataClass;

	public Q newQ(Class<?> clazz){
		Q q = Q.newQ(clazz);
		this.setQ(q);
		return q;
	}

	public long getTotalPages() {
		if(total == null){
			return Long.MAX_VALUE;
		}
		if (this.total % this.pageSize == 0L) {
			return this.total / this.pageSize;
		}
		return (this.total / this.pageSize) + 1;
	}

	public boolean isPrevious() {
		return this.pageNo > 1;
	}

	public boolean isNext() {
		return this.pageNo < getTotalPages();
	}

	/**
	 * 添加参数
	 *
	 * @param obj
	 */
	public Page addArg(Object obj) {
		args.add(obj);
		return this;
	}

	private void exeCmd(){
		if(this.q == null){
			throw new SysException("Page 分页语句为空");
		}
		this.sql = this.q.getSql(SqlType.QUERY);
		this.countSql = this.q.getSql(SqlType.COUNT);
		for(Object obj : this.q.getArgs()){
			this.args.add(obj);
		}

	}

	// ----------------------------------------------------get set----------------------------------------

	public Iquery getQ() {
		return q;
	}

	public void setQ(Iquery q) {
		this.q = q;
	}

	public int getPageSize() {
		return pageSize;
	}

	public void setPageSize(int pageSize) {
		this.pageSize = pageSize;
	}

	public int getPageNo() {
		return pageNo;
	}

	public void setPageNo(int pageNo) {
		this.pageNo = pageNo;
	}

	public Long getTotal() {
		return total;
	}

	public void setTotal(Long total) {
		this.total = total;
	}

	public String sql() {
		if(sql == null){
			this.exeCmd();
		}
		return sql;
	}

	public Page setSql(String sql) {
		this.sql = sql;
		return this;
	}

	public String countSql() {
		if(this.sql == null){
			this.exeCmd();
		}
		return countSql;
	}

	public Page setCountSql(String countSql) {
		this.countSql = countSql;
		return this;
	}

	public List<Object> args() {
		return args;
	}

	public List<?> getData() {
		return data;
	}

	public void setData(List<?> data) {
		this.data = data;
	}

	public Integer getOffset() {
		return offset;
	}

	public void setOffset(Integer offset) {
		this.offset = offset;
	}

	public Class<?> getDataClass() {
		return dataClass;
	}

	public Page setDataClass(Class<?> dataClass) {
		this.dataClass = dataClass;
		return this;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return "Page [\nsql   = " + sql + "\ncount = " + countSql + "\nargs  = "
				+ args + "\ndata = " + data  + "\n]";
	}
}

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James Naughtie, b.1951
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James 'Jim' Naughtie is a distinguished journalist, author and radio presenter. From 1994 to 2015 he was one of the main presenters of Radio 4's Today Programme; he is now a Special Correspondent and Books Editor for BBC News. Naughtie has anchored every BBC Radio UK election results programme since 1997 and worked on every US presidential election since 1988. He presented the BBC Proms for many years. He is Chancellor of the University of Stirling and in 2017 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His books include The Rivals: The Intimate Story of a Political Marriage (2001), The Accidental American: Tony Blair and the Presidency (2007), The Making Of Music (2007) and two novels The Madness of July (2014) and Paris Spring (2016).
Updated before 2020
Brendan KellyScottish (born 1970)
108.00 x 90.20 x 5.00 cm; Framed: 119.00 x 101.50 x 8.50 cm / 32.00 kg
Commissioned in 2016 with the support of The Friends of the National Galleries of Scotland
PG 3774
Scottish National Portrait Gallery(On Display)
depicted:
James Naughtie
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