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Oroville Hospital Named One of the Winners of the VA Medical Appointment Scheduling Contest
Press Release | Oroville Hospital | October 4, 2013
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Regional hospital in Northern California is one of the three winners of the innovative challenge issued by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to help develop the next generation medical scheduling program for the award-winning VistA EHR
Oroville, CA –October 4th, 2013—Oroville Hospital was named one of the three winners of the innovation challenge issued by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to help the agency develop a new medical appointment scheduling application for its award-winning Electronic Health Record (EHR), VistA. Oroville was declared a winner based on the open source, web-based scheduling program it is currently developing and testing at its medical facilities in Oroville, California. The VA Scheduling Team awarded Oroville Hospital a $705,000 prize for winning second place in the contest. Oroville's program was one of 41 entries into the challenge and the only one made by a hospital. Oroville's solution was judged superior to those entered by major government contractors and top EHR vendors.
Oroville Hospital's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Robert Wentz emphasized that "we approached the VA Medical Appointment Scheduling Contest by focusing on a product that would benefit our patients and hospital, while improving daily operations." He said that "the software was developed using a team approach, applying input from all areas impacted by scheduling including executives, physicians, nurses, technicians, clerical staff, IT and EHR support staff." This was the same approach taken by the hospital that led to the success of the implementation of Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) in the hospital. Overall, Wentz said, "I am extremely proud of Zack Gonzales and the hospital staff for putting together an amazing scheduling product that will benefit our hospital and patients tremendously."
According to Wentz, "This award validates Oroville Hospital's position on the need for providers to be involved in the continuing development and improvement of EHR software and gives us a place at the table in the development of electronic health records." Wentz added that "we understand that software is a tool to care for our patients and without the vast contributions from the entire team we would not be successful." Wentz said that "it is our endeavor to continue pushing the envelope of open source healthcare software and adopting it in the private sector."
Oroville Hospital's Chief Information Officer (CIO) Denise Lefevre added that "Oroville Hospital is dedicated to developing open source software that enhances the functionality of the VA's Electronic Health Record, VistA." She believes that "this is a major step by the VA in recognizing the talent available in the Open Source Community."
The team that is developing the software is led by Zach Gonzales who heads the Hospital's software department. Gonzales said that this award "says a lot about the way we approach healthcare software." Gonzales said that he is "really proud of the team and how they worked it out," adding that he and his team "really embrace the idea of how to make the hospital operationally better."
Dr. Narinder Singh, the Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO) of the hospital said that "we created the scheduling software because there was a need at the hospital." He said "Personally, I saw the need with my own schedule. There were issues with our scheduling software and we really needed something that would be able to schedule inpatient, outpatient and procedures. The contest helped to expedite the project."
The VA launched the contest last year as part of an innovative approach to enhance the capabilities of VistA. The contest was hosted in the Challenge.gov website. It was driven by the VA's decision to transition VistA into an openly architected product and to challenge developers to offer standards-based, modular components that can be extended and modified much more easily than customized products.
Proprietary systems were eligible for prizes, but all entries in the contest were required to have open connections, or APIs. The VA was particularly interested in open source solution. In order for the contestants to be judged they had to contribute their open APIs and any open source content in their entries to the Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent (OSEHRA).
The VA will use the results of the contest to design final specification for an appointment scheduling system that will be deployed nationally through the VA medical system, the largest medical system in the United States. This contest is part of a full shift by the VA to an open source collaborative development methodology for the continuing development of VistA. The full scope of the strategy was laid out by Acting CIO Stephen Warren during the Second Annual OSEHRA Summit in Bethesda, MD a month ago. A transcript of his speech can be found here.
A previous attempt to modernize the 25-year-old module by contracting out the work ended as a complete failure at a loss of $167 million. This failure was one of the major factors in the VA's decision to shift away from using government contractors to collaborating with open source community in the continuing development of VistA.
Oroville Hospital was the first hospital in the world to self-implement VistA. By going with VistA, Oroville was able to deploy what is widely considered the best EHR in the world for a fraction of the cost of what other regional hospitals are paying for their EHRs. Speaking in January at the 26th VistA Community meeting in Sacramento, CA, Wentz presented detailed data to the audience showing that the hospital had spent less than 25% of the average cost of a proprietary EHR implementation for a regional hospital in its EHR implementation.
According to Wentz, the total cost of Oroville's VistA implementation as of his presentation was $12.8 million. Of this total, the VistA EHR component was $6.6 million while the additional $6.2 million corresponds to new computer and network equipment, as well as new laboratory equipment and other hardware costs. The hardware costs include purchasing tablet computers, primarily iPads, for its entire staff who use them to interact with VistA. This is a strikingly low figure when compared to proprietary EHR implementations in regional hospitals which currently average, on the low end, $25 to $30 million per hospital just for the EHR component.
In addition to the scheduling application, Oroville Hospital has also developed a series of software apps to enhance the capabilities of VistA. These include an ePrescribe module that was contributed to the open source community, code to ensure that the hospital met Meaningful Use (MU) requirements, and many others including a whole series of applications to help the hospital implement CPOE. The cost of the EHR implementation as well a CPOE rollout, including the cost of all of these applications, and the award-winning OH Scheduler, is still around $7 million.
About Oroville Hospital
Founded in 1962, Oroville Hospital has grown from a modest community hospital supported by a small staff of dedicated doctors into a 153-bed acute care facility specializing in a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services, including multiple physician practices. Oroville Hospital is a private, non-profit corporation serving the citizens of the Oroville area and Butte County by OroHealth Corporation. With a medical staff of more than 130 physicians, Oroville Hospital prides itself on providing the highest quality medical care in a friendly and compassionate environment.
Shanna Roelofson
Oroville Hospital
sroelofson(at)orohosp(dot)com
www.OrovilleHospital.com
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Oroville Hospital's CMO Discusses VistA Implementation and CPOE - Part 1
Oroville Hospital's EHR Implementation Cost Well Under Industry Average
Oroville Hospital rolls out CPOE for their open source VistA Implementation
26th VistA Community Meeting
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Американская федерация труда, АФТ () — одна из крупнейших профсоюзных организаций США, существовавшая в 1886—1955 годах, а с 1955 ставшая частью объединения Американская федерация труда — Конгресс производственных профсоюзов.

История
Основана в 1886 группой цеховых профсоюзов, вышедших из организации «Рыцари труда», и была возглавлена американским мастеровым Сэмюэлем Гомперсом. Первоначально именовалась Федерацией организованных профсоюзов США и Канады, с 1886 — АФТ. АФТ сыграла значительную роль в борьбе за 8-часовой рабочий день и заложила основу практики последующего американского тред-юнионизма.

Основатель АФТ С. Гомперс изначально противопоставлял АФТ социалистическому движению, утверждая, что для рабочих важны не теории, а реальные материальные достижения. Консервативная верхушка АФТ провозглашала политику классового сотрудничества с предпринимателями (business unionism), противодействовала приёму в профсоюзы неквалифицированных рабочих, женщин, негров, китайцев и новых иммигрантов, побудив в 1935 году более левые профсоюзы объединиться в Конгресс производственных профсоюзов. Вместе с тем АФТ пыталась распространить своё влияние на Латинскую Америку. Для этого в 1918 году была создана Панамериканская федерация труда. Панамериканская федерация труда, которую возглавлял лидер АФТ С. Гомперс, в 1920-е годы объединяла профсоюзы десятка латиноамериканских государств.

Лидеры АФТ выступали против создания Всемирной федерации профсоюзов (1945), а затем приняли активное участие в основании Международной конфедерации свободных профсоюзов.

В 1955 АФТ (примерно 10 млн членов) слилась с Конгрессом производственных профсоюзов (более 5 млн членов), в результате чего было создано профсоюзное объединение Американская федерация труда — Конгресс производственных профсоюзов.

Президенты Федерации
 Гомперс, Сэмюэл — 1886—1894 и 1895—1924
 Мак-Брайд, Джон — 1894—1895
 Грин, Уильям — 1924—1952
 Мини, Джордж — 1952—1955 (после 1955 президент объединения Американская федерация труда — Конгресс производственных профсоюзов)

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Литература
 Ленин В. И., Секретарю «Лиги социалистической пропаганды», Полн. собр. соч., 5 изд., т. 27; его же. Детская болезнь «левизны» в коммунизме, там же, т. 41;
 Зубок Л. И., Очерк истории США, М., 1956, с. 90—93;
 Фонер Ф., История рабочего движения в США, пер. с англ., т. 1 — 4, М., 1949—69;
 Аскольдов а С. М., Начало массового рабочего движения в США, М., 1966.

Профсоюзы США
Организации, основанные в 1886 году

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Landscape studies
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Erik Andersson's research focuses on multifunctional landscapes, ecosystem services and social-ecological boundaries, often in an urban setting
Andersson is one of the theme leader for the global food systems and multifunctional landscapes/seascapes theme at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. In his case this means leading research projects on green infrastructure, and how to make them more than what they are today.
On a more theoretical level Andersson is interested in how ecological conditions and processes together with governance and human perceptions and values shape multifunctionality and how we understand and appreciate nature.
Andersson studies flows of multiple ecosystem services and benefits, often with cities and urban residents as the final end users, the impact this use has on both ends of the supply chain, and how and when these flows may change over time. A centerpiece in this research is to understand different social-ecological boundaries and how they affect system dynamics. The scope and extent of Andersson's studies tend to be larger than individual sites, and then cross boundary, cross scale dynamics become critical.
Andersson's background is in ecology, geography, and earth sciences, topped up with environmental policy, conservation biology, and some maths. After finishing his dissertation at the Department of Systems Ecology at Stockholm University in 2007 Andersson did a two-year postdoctoral stay at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Since then he has worked as a research scientist at the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Science and the SRC.
Andersson has served as expert on a number of panels, reports and inquiries, primarily for green infrastructure or ecosystem service related projects and processes. Andersson is also more informally involved in a continuous dialogue and knowledge co-creation with local authorities and actors in the Stockholm Metropolitan Region. He has reviewed research proposals for French and British funding agencies, and is currently serving as one of the associate editors for the journal Ambio.
Why does Andersson study ecosystem services? He an inveterate outdoors recreationist and esthete, and would very much like to see nature survive having us in it.
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Adaptive resilience of and through urban ecosystem services: a transdisciplinary approach to sustainability in Barcelona
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De Luca, C., Langemeyer, J., Vaňo, S., Baró, F., Andersson, E.. 2021. Adaptive resilience of and through urban ecosystem services: a transdisciplinary approach to sustainability in Barcelona . Ecology and Society. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/es-12535-260438
Ecosystem services (ES) from urban green and blue infrastructure (GBI) provide cities and their citizens with benefits necessary to cope with present and future sustainability challenges. Long-term comprehensive urban greening strategies, policies, and plans are thus central to the development of sustainable, liveable, and resilient cities. However, urban greening strategies are increasingly tailored to provide short-term bene...
Urban resilience thinking in practice: ensuring flows of benefit from green and blue infrastructure
Andersson, E., Borgström, S., Haase, D., Langemeyer, J., Wolff, M., McPhearson, T.. 2021. Urban resilience thinking in practice: ensuring flows of benefit from green and blue infrastructure. Ecology and Society. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/es-12691-260439
Present and future urbanization together with climate change and other uncertainties make urban quality of life a critical issue, and one that will need constant attention and deliberation. Across cities and contexts, urban ecosystems in the form of green and blue infrastructure, have the potential to contribute to human well-being as well as supporting biodiversity, and to do so under diverse conditions. However, the realizat...
Integrating solutions to adapt cities for climate change
Lin, B.B., Ossola, A., Alberti, M., Andersson, E., Bai, X., Dobbs, C., et.al. 2021. Integrating solutions to adapt cities for climate change. The Lancet Planetary Health. Viewpoint, Vol. 5, Issue 5, E479-E486, July 01, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00135-2
Record climate extremes are reducing urban liveability, compounding inequality, and threatening infrastructure. Adaptation measures that integrate technological, nature-based, and social solutions can provide multiple co-benefits to address complex socioecological issues in cities while increasing resilience to potential impacts. However, there remain many challenges to developing and implementing integrated solutions. In thi...
Assessing the learning process in transdisciplinary research through a novel analytical approach
Mascarenhas, A., Langemeyer, J., Haase, D., Borgström, S., Andersson, E.. 2021. Assessing the learning process in transdisciplinary research through a novel analytical approach. Ecology and Society. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/es-12631-260419
Inter- and transdisciplinary research projects bring with them both challenges and opportunities for learning among all stakeholders involved. This is a particularly relevant aspect in social-ecological research projects, which deal with complex real-world systems and wicked problems involving various stakeholders' interests, needs, and views, while demanding expertise from a wide range of disciplines. Despite its importance i...
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In an Arunachal sanctuary, a study has found 500 moth species (including 17 undescribed ones)
Seventeen new species have been added to the moth fauna of India from Tale Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, following moth biodiversity assessments that took place over 29 days in the months of April, May, August and September in 2011 and 2019.
The study, published this July in Tropical Lepidoptera Research, identifies 497 moth species of which 460 species are identified to species level, while 37 are identified to genus level. There are 17 species for which no published records exist from India and are additions to the known moth fauna of India, and more than a hundred species for which no published records exist from Arunachal Pradesh. Over 200 species still remain to be identified.
Moth species Tanaorhinus reciprocata found in Tale Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo credit: Sanjay Sondhi
Moths are highly diverse organisms and some scientists estimate there are between 1,50,000 to 5,00,000 moth species in the world. Their colours are either dazzling or so cryptic that easily camouflage with their surroundings. They vary in shapes and sizes. Most moths are nocturnal, while there are some that fly during the day.
The moth diversity of Arunachal Pradesh has been poorly studied. According to the study, during the time of the British in India, the best-studied sites in the Himalayan region were around hill stations. Consequently, in North East India, most historical records for moths are near cities such as Darjeeling and Shillong.
The other areas that were well surveyed were the Naga Hills and Khasi Hills. Arunachal Pradesh, without any major hill city, has been historically poorly studied.
"Though there have been publications, there are few detailed biodiversity assessments of moths from Arunachal Pradesh, highlighting the need for scientific collections and biodiversity assessments to document the moth fauna of the state. Many first records for India have been included in the assessments," noted the study.
"It is estimated that the number of moth species in India are approximately 12,000, with at least a few thousand undescribed species. It is impossible to assess the moth diversity at Tale, but going by other similar landscapes, there should be well over 1,000 species of moths," lead author Sanjay Sondhi of Titli Trust told Mongabay-India.
Tale river in the Tale Valley, the core area of the Tale Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo credit: Sanjay Sondhi
High species diversity
Arunachal Pradesh has 79.63% of its land area forested (Forest Survey of India, 2019) supporting unusually high species diversity and many prominent endemic species and making this a globally important biodiversity area. Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, with an area of 337 sq km, is located 14 km northeast of Ziro, the headquarters of Lower Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh.
A few of the new species discovered from Tale in recent years are Elcysma ziroensi, Metallolophia taleensis and Metallolophia opalina. Elcysma ziroensi commonly known as Apatani Glory was described by a member of the Apatani tribe from Ziro. This is a day-flying moth, and the new species is so far, only known from Lower Subansiri District.
R Shashank Scientist at Division of Entomology ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, who is not associated with the study, told Mongabay-India that the order Lepidoptera which comprises butterflies and moths, has the most common insects of the forest ecosystems and agricultural fields. "They are important as suppliers of silk to humans, biological indicators of the ecosystem, and act as pollinators, and also model organisms for many novel research findings" he said.
"Even though we are aware of the importance of these insects we hardly document them systematically. If you look into our knowledge on moth we still depend on British entomologists or naturalist's contributions," he said. "The studies such as moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary by Sondhi et al (2021) are of immense importance which reports more than 450 identified species with 17 new additions to moth fauna of India."
"This kind of focused study will be helpful in biodiversity assessment and to take conservation decisions to some of the rare species of moths especially in the biodiversity hotspots of the northeastern region," he said. "This will also be a template for other moth workers to follow up and generate data in other biodiversity hotspots of the country."
Pritha Dey of Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, who was not associated with the study, said the study added to insect inventories, which is crucial for biodiversity research and helps in planning future research at the regional scale.
"The study is from one of the most biodiverse regions of the country and is a much-needed addition to the faunal database," she said. "With new species reported, it adds to the completeness of the species inventory of the hyper-diverse moths, which is a huge boost for understanding the moth diversity in India."
The Elcysma ziroensis moth species. Photo credit: Sanjay Sondhi
A book on Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary was released last month by Arunachal Pradesh principal chief conservator of forests RK Singh in Itanagar. The book authored by Sanjay Sondhi, Koj Rinya and Pratibha Riswadkar covers 400 species of moths recorded at the sanctuary and the authors hope that it will be used by the forest department, nature enthusiasts to identify and study moths, help to conserve them and eventually expand the checklist of the moths recorded at Tale in the years to come. The book says high precipitation, fertile soil conditions and lack of major disturbances in Tale has helped in the growth of luxuriant vegetation.
The sanctuary's expanse of 337 sq km with altitudes ranging from 500 m to over 2,700 m supports six forest types. The primary vegetation in the WLS is subtropical broadleaved forest, temperate broadleaved forest and temperate conifers. The floral diversity of the area comprises species of oak and rhododendron, and numerous species of bamboo and conifer species such as Tsuga dumosa and Abies densa (Pinaceae).
In Tale Valley, conifers grow in the valley, while broad-leaved forests grow on the hilltops. Due to its rich floral diversity, Tale has an abundance of host and nectar plants including magnolias, aristolochias and others.
The research team conducting surveys in Tale Wildlife Sanctuary in 2019. Photo credit: Sanjay Sondhi
Divisional Forest Officer of Tale Valley Wildlife Sanctuary Abhinav Kumar said a lot of steps have been taken for the protection of the sanctuary. He said an anti-poaching squad has been formed by the local residents who regularly patrol the area.
"Formation of Tale Eco-Development Committee from residents of neighbouring villages has been done to promote awareness about butterflies and moth conservation," he said and events like the annual Ziro Butterfly Meet, Ziro Bird Walk are being held in association with local NGOs to promote a wider awareness about rare species at Tale.
This article first appeared on Mongabay.


I have a chronic creativity problem: I like to be different.
This may sound like a great problem to have… except it becomes a challenge when marketing my writing.
Take my debut novel DEAD SIZE. Is it a Contemporary Fantasy? Yes. Mystery Suspense? Sure. Dark Comedy? You betcha. Etcetera. Etcetera.
Because it contains elements of so many genres, DEAD SIZE is difficult to categorize. But people love to put things into categories in order to find what they like. Especially book and film fans: fantasy, mystery, horror, thriller, western, science fiction, romance. They all have their avid followers. You can even break some of these down into popular subgenres: cozy mystery, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and so on.
I don't think the subgenre Comical Psychological Fantasy Mystery Thriller exists. But that's what DEAD SIZE falls into. I think. And hell if I know who my target audience is.
I'm not the only author who writes hard-to-classify material. In fact, some have been quite successful at it: Chuck Palahniuk, Kurt Vonnegut, Bret Easton Ellis.
Most indie authors who are making a decent living at their craft are strictly genre writers: John Locke, Amanda Hocking, Hugh Howey. Some may switch genres once in a while, but they're still writing in a clearly labeled box. And getting paid well for it. Because formula and familiarity sell.
So the question an author may have to ask him/herself: do I want to write something strikingly original, or something that's going to likely move copies? Often, alas, it can't be both.
While I do enjoy well-written genre fare, personally nothing delights me more than discovering a fresh voice with an original story (e.g., Torsten Krol's CALLISTO), or a small-niche author who puts a new twist on an old tale (e.g., M. Elias Keller's STRANGE CASE OF MR. BODKIN AND FATHER WHITECHAPEL), or one who just plays by his own hugely entertaining rules (e.g., Eirik Gumeny's EXPONENTIAL APOCALYPSE). These are the books I remember, the stories that stick with me, the ones I frequently recommend to others.
I just may not be able to describe them to someone else and do it justice.
So, fellow authors, what's most important to you when writing a book: originality or commerciality? Do you try to stay within the parameters of a proven genre, or are you a risk-taker who bets on the possible long shot that legions of adventurous readers will discover and love your unclassifiable creation?
My partner and I will start writing genre specific when life does.
I like to think of my life as a genre yet to be named.


Washington: A Silicon Valley "flying car" start-up, Kitty Hawk, reportedly backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, released a video Monday of its airborne prototype and announced plans for deliveries of a "personal flying machine" this year. "Our mission is to make the dream of personal flight a reality. We believe when everyone has access to personal flight, a new, limitless world of opportunity will open up to them," said a statement on the website of the Kitty Hawk company, based in Google's home town of Mountain View, California.
"Today we're announcing our first prototype of The Flyer, a personal flying machine that will become available for sale by the end of 2017."
The video showed the single-seat aircraft -- with two pontoons and a spider web-like platform -- taking off from a lake at an undisclosed location and hovering above the water, where it is meant to be used.
The craft, propelled by eight rotors, takes off and lands vertically, like a helicopter. It is said to weigh about 220 pounds (100 kilograms) and fly at speeds up to 25 miles per hour (40 kph). and can hover at 15 feet (4.5 meters) high.
The company describes the Flyer as "a new, all-electric aircraft," which is "safe, tested and legal to operate in the United States in uncongested areas" under US federal regulations for ultralight aircraft. No pilot's license is required, and two hours' training is said to be all that is needed.
The website offered few details about the company, but several reports in recent months have said Page has poured millions of dollars into Kitty Hawk and another electric car startup.
Kitty Hawk president Sebastian Thrun, a Stanford University computer science professor who has been called the father of Google's self-driving car, tweeted: "Changing the future of personal transportation. Join us @kittyhawkcorp to get information about #theFlyer prototype."
The company announced it was offering three-year "memberships" for $100 to be placed on a waiting list and to get a discount on the price of the new transporter. The price is to be announced later this year.
The startup offered only limited details about the company.
An email response to an AFP query said the lead engineers were Cameron Robertson and Todd Reichert, who created a startup called Aerovelo which aims to produce the fastest human-powered vehicle.
Kitty Hawk said the flyer going on sale later this year will have a different design than the prototype.
A blog post by writer Cimeron Morrissey, who took the flyer for a test run, offered some clues on how it feels.
"The prototype looks and feels a lot like a flying motorcycle. You mount the seat and lean forward, just like you would on a bike," she wrote.
"I feel light and ecstatic and utterly free. This is just like my flying dreams!"
Several other companies, including European conglomerate Airbus, have been working on similar flying machines.


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Q: Possibility to upload Wagtail documents to a subfolder of /documents/ I am serving my Django-Wagtail media files trough Amazon S3 and now I reached a point where I need to define a customized Document Class which creates "restricted" documents (only accesible if you are logged). This documents will have a special access that will say to my S3 bucket "hey! just deliver this files If they are requested from this "foo_url" but not from anywhere else", since they will be shown to logged users only. I thought of this to prevent restricted urls to spread out.
That's why I am trying to define this Wagtail Document class to be stored in a subfolder of /documents/ and just tell Amazon what to do with that subfolder.
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class RestrictedDocument(Document):
    def get_upload_to(self, filename):
        folder_name = 'restricted'
        filename = self.file.field.storage.get_valid_name(filename)
        return os.path.join(folder_name, filename)

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class FooSnipet(models.Model):

        rectricted_document_1 = models.ForeignKey(
        'RestrictedDocument',
        null=True,
        blank=True,
        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
        related_name='+',
    )
    rectricted_document_2 = models.ForeignKey(
        'RestrictedDocument',
        null=True,
        blank=True,
        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
        related_name='+',
    )
        ....
        and many more
        ....

Maybe I am overcomplicating all this and there is another way of doing. Any suggestion will be super welcome! Thank you veeery much :)

A: The Document model doesn't support a get_upload_to method like images do. However, as of Django 1.10 it's possible to override the file field of AbstractDocument:
from wagtail.wagtaildocs.models import AbstractDocument

class RestrictedDocument(AbstractDocument):
    file = models.FileField(upload_to='restricted', verbose_name=_('file'))

I'm not sure that this will help much, though - the views in the Wagtail admin that handle document uploads have no way of knowing that they should save the document through the RestrictedDocument model, rather than the default Document class.
Implementing view restrictions on documents within Wagtail is currently a work in progress (https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/pull/3245, https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/1420).

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Dancing With the Stars just debuted its new season on Monday night, and former Bachelorette Hannah Brown is already crushing it. After everything that has happened in the last few months (getting engaged, breaking off the engagement, moving on, finding out the guy she hoped to move on with had moved on to someone else) Hannah certainly deserves a win, and it looks like that's what she's aiming for.
On September 15, Hannah captioned an Instagram post with "daydreaming about that mirror ball." Four days earlier, she wrote on another post, "I'm looking for a win on reality TV."
She's clearly coming at the competition with the right attitude, and even has extensive dance training, so the Bachelorette star really could come away with a win.
Hannah says it's not just about dancing
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Hannah isn't just trying to capture a Dancing With the Stars win. She's also trying to get over the turmoil of the last few months. The Bachelorette star previously admitted that she was having trouble coping with all of the big changes in her life.
"Honest policy: I'm struggling," Hannah wrote on Instagram on August 12. "Life is so different. Since last August, I've been a pageant queen, a bachelor contestant, and the Bachelorette."
She added, "I am not complaining about this past year of adventures. The woman who has emerged would shock the mirror-image young girl from a year ago. I have so many blessings to be thankful for. However it's uncharted territory for me, and it's been hard to really process what the heck is going on."
Hannah is determined to win that Mirrorball Trophy
In an interview with Fox News after her Dancing With the Stars debut, Hannah opened up about what she hopes to gain from the competition — aside from the Mirrorball. "I can focus all my energy into learning these dances but then also gaining back some of the confidence and strength that I've just been continuing to gain along this journey," she said.
Hannah added that being on Dancing With the Stars has been cathartic. "We've definitely been having to deal with those ups and downs in rehearsal and just allowing myself to feel good, to feel upset and to just be able to use dance as almost like a therapy," she said.
Her partner, Alan Bersten, had nothing but praise for the Bachelorette star. "She doesn't give herself enough credit. She is the hardest worker I've ever met," he said. "Her smile is infectious when we're dancing and she gets some move. That makes me feel good. So I just want her to go out there and enjoy every moment of it."


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Paul Roberts, the best-selling author of The End of Oil, turns his attention to the modern food economy and finds that the system entrusted to meet our most basic need is failing.
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At the heart of The End of Food is a grim paradox: the rise of large-scale food production, though it generates more food more cheaply than at any time in history, has reached a point of dangerously diminishing returns. Our high-volume factory systems are creating new risks for food-borne illness, from E. coli to avian flu. Our high-yield crops and livestock generate grain, vegetables, and meat of declining nutritional quality. While nearly one billion people worldwide are overweight or obese, the same number of people--one in every seven of us--can't get enough to eat. In some of the hardest-hit regions, such as sub-Saharan Africa, the lack of a single nutrient, vitamin A, has left more than five million children permanently blind.
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"Bagle" also contains code that could turn an infected computer into a veritable "spamming" machine.
Security experts said it is patterned after the recent "Sobig" and "Mimail" outbreaks, which also turned scores of computers into zombie machines that spammers can control remotely to send torrents of get-rich-quick and sex aid messages to other computer users.
"It seems perfectly possible that Bagle is yet another worm written by spammers. When they have enough infected computers, they could automatically install invisible e-mail proxy servers on each machine and start spamming through them," said Mikko Hypponen, research manager at Finnish anti-virus firm F-Secure.
A host of virus-detection firms had placed their most severe ratings on the e-mail, noting it was spreading quickly from Asia through Europe and now to the United States.
The e-mail infection, or worm, contains a familiar subject line of "Hi" and an executable file attachment identified by ".exe." The body of the e-mail contains random characters.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose 0.4% in December, led by a sharp rise in gasoline prices.
Last month's increase, the largest in four months, followed a 0.2% rise in November and no change at all in October, according to Labor Department numbers released Wednesday.
Inflation for all of 2020 rose a modest 1.4%, well below the Federal Reserve's 2% target. Analysts believe inflation will remain subdued with the U.S. economy still unable to break out of a pandemic-induced downturn.
For December, energy prices rose 4% with gasoline prices surging 8.4%. Even with that big jump, gasoline prices are 15.2% below where they were a year ago, when people were still commuting to work. Food costs rose 0.4% in December and are 3.9% higher than a year ago.
Core inflation, excluding volatile food and energy, rose a slight 0.1% last month, and just 1.6% over the past 12 months.
Inflation has been dormant over the past decade, a development that is allowing the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates at ultra-low levels during a surge in Covid-19 cases that has forced more business shutdowns at a time when millions are out of work.
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THERE IS no worse place to be a businessman than in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, especially if you have to ship goods from Mombasa.
To judge by the passion of their speeches at last week's Tripartite Meeting on Infrastructure held in Nairobi, issue of surging transport costs has irked government officials and business executives from these countries the most.
These East African Community landlocked countries are paying billions of dollars annually in transport expenses, pushing up the cost of doing business and pushing many traders out of businesses.
Poor roads connecting EAC member countries have seen road transport costs account for between 14 per cent and 37 per cent of total logistics costs for importing goods, depending on distance, according to a study by CPCS Transcom. The firm was contracted by Northern Corridor Transit Transport Co-ordination Authority.
To transport a 20-tonne container from Mombasa to Nairobi costs $1,300 while a similar container from Mombasa to Kampala and Kigali costs $3,400 and $6,500 respectively. This is more than double the $ 1,200 one would incur to ship the same goods from Japan to Mombasa.
The alternative, railway transport is too underdeveloped to carry more than a fraction of cargo, leaving businessmen with only the road.
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The building itself is fantastic: lots of daylight, white walls and very nice cut rooms that give the chance to focus on different topics. Even with several lively groups of school classes in different ages it didn't feel noisy or crowded. Most of the exhibits are very intuitive and the explanations short and precise.
Even though I knew a lot of the exhibits from other museums and in other contecxts, I suddenly go a totally different understanding of maths and numbers. I got infected!
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Q: Include used 3rd party libraries in Android Library I made an Android Library. I upload it to Azure Artifact and pull it to my project from there.
I am making a service call with retrofit in the library. I'm using Moshi or Kotlinx-Serialization for Converter, but if I don't add these libraries to the Project where I use the library, I get errors like ClassNotFoundException. After adding, these errors go away, but the variables in the service models do not hold the data and remain null.
I think this is due to the 3rd party library (Moshi, KotlinX-Serialization, ...).
I found a way to include the 3rd party libraries I use in the library in the .aar package.
task copyLibs(type: Copy) {
    from configurations.implementation
    into 'libs'
}

But when I run the task I got this error.
Resolving dependency configuration 'implementation' is not allowed as it is defined as 'canBeResolved=false'.
Instead, a resolvable ('canBeResolved=true') dependency configuration that extends 'implementation' should be resolved.

The .aar file path for my library consists of ->
Projects/MySDK-Android/MySDK/build/outputs/aar/MySDK-release.aar

I think if I include the 3rd party library I use for serialization (Moshi, KotlinX-Serilalization, Gson, ...) into my library, the problem will be solved.
Any help on how I can do it?
build.gradle
plugins {
    id 'com.android.library'
    id 'kotlin-android'
    id 'kotlin-kapt'
    id 'kotlin-parcelize'
    id "kotlinx-serialization"
}

android {
    compileSdk 31

    defaultConfig {
        minSdk 23
        targetSdk 31
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"

        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = '1.8'
    }

    kotlin {
        // for strict mode
        explicitApi()

        // for warning mode
        explicitApiWarning()
    }
}

dependencies {

    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.7.0'
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.4.0'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.2'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.+'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0'
    implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:2.3.5'
    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.4.0"

    // Retrofit
    implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.9.0"
    implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:4.9.1"

    // Logger
    implementation 'com.orhanobut:logger:2.2.0'

    // Coroutines
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:1.5.2"
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.5.2"

    // KotlinX Serialization
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json:1.3.2"
    implementation "com.jakewharton.retrofit:retrofit2-kotlinx-serialization-converter:0.8.0"

}

task copyLibs(type: Copy) {
    from configurations.customConfig
    into "$project.rootDir/build/outputs/"
}

apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
apply plugin: "kotlinx-serialization"

publishing {
    publications {
        maven(MavenPublication) {
            groupId 'com.my.mysdk-android'
            artifactId 'mysdk-android'
            version '1.0.0'
            artifact("$projectDir/build/outputs/aar/MySDK-release.aar")
        }
    }

    repositories {
        maven {
            url 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/......'
            credentials {
                username "MySDK.Android"
                password accessToken
            }
        }
    }
}

java {
    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}


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Another storm takes aim at East, closes schools
By midday, nearly 2,000 flights were delayed and 1,500 canceled in cities including Philadelphia, Newark, N.J., and New York.
By Kathy MathesonThe Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Another round of winter weather followed a day of unseasonable temperatures with several inches of snow in the eastern United States on Monday, closing schools, disrupting air traffic and snarling travel plans for people trying to return home from the Super Bowl in the New York area.
Fat, wet flakes were falling at midday Monday and could total 8 inches in Philadelphia and New York, along with temperatures in the 30s, according to the National Weather Service. Parts of Maryland and West Virginia were expecting as much as 10 inches of snow. Temperatures had soared into the 50s in the region on Sunday.
A cyclist makes his way up the Hudson River Greenway as heavy snow falls Monday in New York. The Associated Press
Traffic moves slowly down Hudson Street Monday in New York. After several days of mild weather, snow has returned to the Northeast. The Associated Press
The departure board at the Philadelphia International Airport shows canceled flights on Monday. The Associated Press
By midday, the flight-tracking website FlightAware reported nearly 2,000 delayed flights and 1,500 canceled flights nationwide in cities including Philadelphia, Newark, N.J., and New York. Inbound flights to Newark, LaGuardia and Kennedy airports were delayed two to three hours because of snow and ice.
For Russ Louderback, of Fishers, Ind., and his 11-year-old son Mason, the Super Bowl was a triple whammy of bad luck in less than 24 hours: Their beloved Denver Broncos lost, they got stuck in an hours-long traffic jam leaving the stadium and their 3 p.m. flight home Monday was canceled.
"It was so congested we couldn't get out of New Jersey, even though we left early because our team lost," said Louderback, 57, a hotel executive. He hopes to be on a plane Monday evening.
Francois Emond of Alma, Quebec, also had his flight home canceled. But the fan of the victorious Seattle Seahawks said it was a dream trip and great game, and he didn't at all mind spending another night in New York City.
Schools closed in many districts in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Forecasters expected the snow to taper off by early afternoon. However, another storm is likely to hit the same region beginning Tuesday night, bringing a combination of rain, freezing rain and snow, said Gary Szatkowsi, a weather service meteorologist in Mount Holly, N.J.
Perhaps residents shouldn't be surprised, considering groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter on Sunday.
"I like to say Punxsutawney Phil agrees with me," Szatkowski said. "Winter's not over, that's for sure."


For those who know me well you are aware that Labor Day is my favorite Holiday and on special years such as this Labor Day it falls upon my birthday making it an even better time. As such I have decided to do a sale on all diff covers. I rarely do this as you all know but to mark this special occasion we are going to discount each cover including Rockwell mohawks by $20 each thru the holiday weekend.
To utilize this discount you will need to be logged in to your GLO account and enter the coupon code GLOCOVER. You will only be able to use this coupon once per person but on each and every cover you purchase. Let me know if you have any questions we need to sell some covers as Joey B needs some extra money for the weekend. Not really but it sounded good so we're going to roll with it! Thanks and have a happy & safe holiday weekend.


The Royal Book of Oz is the fifteenth in the series of Oz books, and the first by Ruth Plumly Thompson, to be written after L. Frank Baum's death. Although Baum was credited as the author, it was written entirely by Thompson. Beginning in the 1980s, some editions have correctly credited Thompson, although the cover of the 2001 edition by Dover Publications credits only Baum. The original introduction claimed that the book was based on notes by Baum, but this has been disproven. Baum's surviving notes, known as "An Oz Book" are known from four typewritten pages found at his publisher's, but their authenticity as Baum's work has been disputed. Even if genuine, they bear no resemblance to Thompson's book.


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Op-Ed: NBA, El-Rufai, and why Nigeria can never Progress By Caleb Onyeabor
August 22, 2020 admin Latest, Opinion and Essay 0
When the opposition to the invitation of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to NBA's conference sprung up, reasons advanced by persons who felt the governor is an unworthy invitee, are not unconnected to what they described as a terrible record of disregarding the rule of law, court orders and most notably, the controversy that has surrounded the governor's response to the ongoing bloodbath in southern Kaduna.
Petitions were raised, members threatened to boycott the conference in protest and there was what seemed like general displeasure over the NBA's decision to invite El-Rufai to the conference. Ideally, it would have been a contradiction having a person with such allegations and unanswered moral questions, to stand before the legal association.
The bowing to pressure and subsequent dis-invitation of El-Rufai to the NBA conference is not my concern here. Following the dis-invitation, there have been successful attempts to give ethnic and religious coloration to the decision of the NBA. That a group of persons decided to use the NBA platform to call out a governor has been twisted into an ethnic and religious struggle. If you look closely, you are definitely starring at two of the biggest obstacles to Nigeria's progress – Ethnicity and Religion.
How we moved in quick succession from the issues warranting the opposition to the invitation of El-Rufai's attendance into pitching and throwing missiles from ethnic and religious camps is a pointer to how far we have come in this one Nigeria project. The complexity of identity politics played in Nigeria tells you everything you need to know about why national integration is a Herculean if not an impossible task. That issue can quickly be turned into a northern versus southern or a Christian versus Muslim conflict tells you why the people who have given up on the one Nigeria project did so.
As a Christian, you can't take a dating right step without falling into the trap of being labelled an enemy of Muslims. As a Muslim, it is easier to dismiss your efforts by labelling you anti-christian. As a southerner and a northerner, the same cards are easily played too.
Ethnicity and Religion have always relegated the main issues to the back seat. This is a summary of Nigeria's existence.
I pity the new NBA leadership caught in the web of this age-long Nigerian madness.
By Caleb Onyeabor.
Caleb can be reached on WhatsApp +2347032829241
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Alone, Finn and Sol have been fighting to find happiness in their lives. Together, there's no stopping them as they face their greatest challenges—not in the ring, but in their hearts.
Cecy  Robson  is a new adult and contemporary author of the Shattered Past series, the O'Brien Family novels and upcoming Carolina Beach novels, as well as the award-winning author of the Weird Girls urban fantasy romance series. A 2016 double nominated RITA®finalist for Once Pure and Once Kissed, Cecy is a recovering Jersey girl living in the South who enjoys carbs way too much, and exercise way too little. Gifted and cursed with an overactive imagination, you can typically find her on her laptop silencing the yappy characters in her head by telling their stories.


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A play "Shakuntalako Authi" is currently playing at the stage of Shilpee Theater, Gothale Natakghar. This play is written by Surendra Verma, for Nepali Suraj Malla have translated and directed by Suraj Malla. This drama will be playing till 7th Push everyday at 5 pm. There will be no shows on Tuesdays and there is extra shows on Saturdays at 1 pm. Deeya Maskey, Anup Neupane, Anu Dahal, Heena Nagarkoti, Bikas Neupane have acted on the play "Shakuntalako Authi".


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There are many benefits to developing on the Android platform. The Android ecosystem is highly adaptable to multiple programming languages, and is a highly flexible software ecosystem. You can use the Android platform for Windows and Linux as well which makes it more adaptable and easy to use. It is also an incredibly easy platform to use, as the GUI is easy to understand and interact with. Our developers at TADCO are well versed in gaming app development, but Android is a great place to start for those with less gaming experience as the interface isn't complicated.
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When an Android game is developed it is a much easier and quicker submission process than submitting to other stores to release the game. When you do submit the game, the Play Store only requires a one-time fee for submitting the app so you can release your app to a large number of people (the whole app store!) for a one off cost, keeping your costs down by a huge amount. Games that are developed in the Android platform can also be made to be played with other people who have downloaded the game, which encourages your users to ask their friends to join in the fun, therefore getting more downloads for your game.
Android game development caters to device control builds so your user can have a more holistic experience. You can connect via Bluetooth, Wi-fi, LTE< GSM/CDMA/EDGE, IDEN and more so users can connect via different sources to enhance their gameplay. This allows for multiplayer gameplay and runs smoothly between all the devices.
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Q: Does $\mu(X \setminus E) = 0$ imply $E$ is dense in $X$? Let $X$ be a locally compact Hausdorff measure space. If $E$ is such that $\mu(X \setminus E) = 0$, must $E$ be dense in $X$?

A: Obviously not because an arbitrary measure need not have anything to do with the topology. But if you want to talk about Borel measures (=defined on the Borel-$\sigma$-algebra) such that non-empty open subsets have positive measure, then the answer is yes. Obviously $E\subseteq \overline{E}$ and therefore $\mu(X\setminus\overline{E})=0$ as well. Because $X\setminus\overline{E}$ is open, this implies $X=\overline{E}$.

A: The answer is yes, if $\mu$ is a (non-zero) Haar measure (i.e. translation invariant Borel measure), so every non-empty open set has non-zero measure. In particular, if $E$ was not dense, then there would exist $x\in X$ and a non-empty open neighborhood $U$ of $x$ that does not intersect $E$. Since $\mu$ is Haar you have $\mu(U)\neq 0$. But also
$$\mu(U)\leq \mu(X\setminus E)=0$$
which is a contradiction.


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package org.nuclearzone.alarmclock.events;

import java.util.Date;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;

/**
 * Event fired when alarm playing is stopped, used to disable the 'stop alarm' button in the UI
 */
public class AlarmPlayingStoppedEvent extends ApplicationEvent {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	public Date getDate() {
		return new Date(getTimestamp());
	}

	public AlarmPlayingStoppedEvent(Object source) {
		super(source);
	}
}


Christmastime is my favorite time of the year! The romantic snow, the homemade Christmas cookies, the family get-togethers, the holiday food, the plaid! Everyone is cheerful and gives thoughtful gifts to show friendship or appreciation and people gather to celebrate with hugs and gifts.
I do tend to get caught up in the shopping and gifting, wanting to show my love or communicate how much I care for someone through gifts. I guess you could say my love language is giving gifts! I find that I've bought too much when I start wrapping, most of the presents under the tree are from me!
Last year I decided to experience Christmas in a different way. I committed to a 25 Days of Kindness- starting December 1st, I volunteered or gave back to one charity each day through Christmas day. I played games with children at the Crisis Nursery, rang the bell for Salvation Army, packed blessing bags for homeless teens, and donated toys to the Children's Hospital to name a few. On Christmas Eve, my family and I made fleece blankets and drove downtown to hand them out to the homeless in zero degree weather. This experience gave me a gift of appreciation- to be grateful for what I have and to give a small piece of happiness or importance to someone else.
Day 1 we all wrote cards to those serving overseas for our military with "Holidays for Heroes"- over 100 cards were sent!
Day 2 we made sandwiches for the homeless for The Sandwich Project, created by a former teacher and he literally feeds the homeless every night! Captain Sig Hansen even made a few!
Day 3: Everyone donated over 100 toys for Toys For Tots for needy children in our area. The 3 Amigos had fun being a part by donating presents on air.
Day 4: Employees of Evine chose a senior or a child to buy a gift for with "Be an Angel" project and all 80 names were pulled right away! We will have to find more names to choose next year!
Day 5: Over 50 fleece blankets were made and donated through "Project Linus" which distributes the blankets to children in local hospitals.
Color all of this giving with a sense of loss of a friend and former host, Connie Kunkle at 58 years old, and it makes me reflect upon the true meaning of life–what we spend our time doing. We hear it said over and over again—life is about relationships and making an impact in others' lives. I hope we have done that this year through the '5 Days of Kindness,' that we have inspired you to give your time to someone in need and in turn, to feel a sense of purpose and community.
I wish you all gratitude for what you have in your lives, and to show your appreciation by making a difference in another's life who may need it most, that is what the holiday season is all about.


Stroke patient and treatment. Abstract depiction of a man who has had a stroke (cerebral infarction), the methods to detect this, and its treatment. Stroke occurs due to an interruption of the supply of blood to the brain. The angiogram X- ray shows the skull, neck vertebrae, and carotid artery passing up the neck. The thicker branch of the carotid artery shows an occlusion (blockage), a common cause of stroke. A stethoscope (at left) detects heart disease or defects which are also a cause of stroke. Stroke may result in coma or paralysis of movement or sensation. Surgery may be necessary to remove a blood clot from the brain; anticoagulant drugs and aspirin may be prescribed.


A recent article in a British newspaper identifying the "world's best Carnivals – the most dazzling Carnival celebrations" – included Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Venice, Stiges in Spain, Copenhagen, which is stated as having "Caribbean-style parades," Costa Rica and Jamaica (Montego Bay, Ocho Rios or Kingston).
I surmised something was definitely wrong, especially when Jamaica was described as "frenzy in calypso central" with references to steelband and weeks of parties.
Another article revealed that in Panama in the town of Nombre de Dios, an "Ash Wednesday celebration by Afro-colonials" performing "dances and rituals known as congos celebrates slave rebellion against the Spanish" and marks the end of Carnival.
In another article, in the city of Oruro in Bolivar, a procession of 20,000 including dancers and musicians parade in the streets along a 5km route celebrating carnival. There are costumes, music, craft, folk dances and 20 hours of continuous partying and is viewed by annual visitors.
In TT, our national celebration is much more integrated and involves historic contributions to the world of music through Steelband, calypso and soca, skills of mas making on display, hundreds of songs produced every year, dance and folk performances, traditional characters portrayed, the art of stick-fighting showcased, crafts and exotic cuisine to entice and much more.
Our Carnival celebrations culminate in a revelry of unimaginable proportions over two days, where the entire country in towns and villages is engaged, with hundreds of thousands including nationals and visitors, adults and children absorbed and immersed in an atmosphere of cultural gaiety.
We have a most unique, intriguing and exciting festival for the world to enjoy. I hope some attention will be paid to working towards the UNESCO recognition that our Carnival deserves.


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Added: 16 June 2013
Missing in Discography
- Rehearsal Tape, Jan 1986 ("Eyes of Ice", "Sinister Warfare", "Overheat", "I Wanna Know", "Mean Dream", "Rainbow Riders"
- Other Demos (1985 - 1992)
July 1985 - 1992
Håkan Windahl - Vocals, Drums (Interaction, To Africa With Love, Håkan Windahl, Locomotive Breath (guest))
Janne Stark - Guitars (Overdrive, Paradize, TNT, Faith, Kallare Än Glass, M.O.B., Flash, Marbles, Locomotive Breath, Alyson Avenue, Sir Lord Baltimore, Thalamus, Chris Catena, Audiovision, Vii Gates, Narnia, Grand Design, Blinded Colony, Spearfish, Audiovision, Tower Of Stone, Teenage Rampage, From Behind, Planet Alliance, Balls, Constancia, Mountain Of Power, Zello, Nicky Moore Blues Corporation)
Per-Anders "Pelle" Thuresson - Bass (Overdrive, Paradize, TNT, Kallare Än Glass, Iron Pitts, Flash, Marbles, Crosseyed Mary, AC/DC Jam)
Former / Past Members
Gernot Iversen - Vocals (High Voltage, XL)
Paul Gustavsson - Drums (Mercy, Turbo, High Voltage)
Peter "TrumPeter" Svensson - Drums (Fatih, Stormbringer, Mercy, Globe, Six-Pack Boogie, Locomotive Breath, Fröna, Constancia, Mountain of Power, Embrace the Sun, Trumpeter, Five 4 Fun,Troja Jazzband, The Cardigans, Paus, Thin Lipztick)
Official Biography by Janne Stark
In June 1985, Overdrive started folding because our singer, Pelle Thuresson, quit singing and quit the band to become a bass player. We had also been ripped off by our record label and didn't have a deal. We recorded a new rehearsal demo, but nothing really came out of it and we finally called it quits. Me and Pelle go way back to primary school, so it was natural for us to continue and to form a new band. We jammed with various drummers, but in December 1985 we talked to former Turbo/Mercy drummer Paul Gustavsson, who had just left the band High Voltage, if he'd be interested in joining us. He was. We started playing some covers, apart from Black Sabbath's "Symptom of the Universe", it was a bit more obscure stuff, such as Billy The Kid's "When Hell Freezes Over", Diamond REO's "All Over You" and the demo only track "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained" by Q5. We immediately also started writing our own songs and going through my rehearsal tapes, I have one from January 18, 1986 that features songs like "Eyes Of Ice", "Sinister Warfare" (written when I was in Overdrive), "Overheat", "I Wanna Know", "Mean Dream" and "Rainbow Riders" (a local motorcycle club).
Between January 1980 and December, the same year we wrote and recorded (at rehearsals) over 30 songs!! In November 1986, singer Gernot Iversen (also ex-High Voltage) joined the band. In February 1987, we recorded a 4-track demo, featuring "Fight To The Finish", "Realm Of Freedom", "The Chains" and "Mean Dream". It was a really simple porta demo made in our rehearsal studio. We didn't do that much with it, but instead kept writing and rehearsing. Between May-June 1987, we recorded our second demo, containing re-recordings of "Realm of Freedom" and "Fight To The Finish", plus "I Do Believe", "High On You" and the instrumental "L.J.M.S." (an ode to my first born daughter). We only did one live show, together with Interaction, in February 1988. Unfortunately, both Paul and Gernot got jobs far away, which put an end to our collaboration in 1988. Later the same year we drafted another former Mercy drummer, Peter "TrumPeter" Svensson, who was also in the band Faith. We kept writing and recording rehearsal demos like crazy. We didn't have a singer, and we just couldn't seem to find one. I however did write lyrics for very song we did. There were songs like "I Wanna Be (God)", "In The Lap Of Destiny", "Back To Basics", "Die For Love", "In The Line Of Fire" etc. The style was quite groovy, riff-oriented heavy rock with a bluesy touch.
Early 1990, Peter left the band and we drafted singer/drummer Håkan Windahl (Interaction). Before Peter left, we recorded a 12-track demo, but it was never finished with vocals. Listening back to it, the song "Solitude" is probably the most blatant rip off of Captain Beyond's "Can't Feel Nothing" I've ever heard. A good thing we didn't finish it. The track "Triumvirate" came from this session. With Håkan in the band, we kept on writing songs, but never managed to drag our asses into a studio to record a proper demo, even though we had loads of songs (at this stage some 60+) to choose from. We slowly started losing interest and late 1992 we started talking about putting Overdrive together again. So, me, Pelle (now on bass) and drummer Kenta Svensson, from the original Overdrive line-up, drafted singer/guitarist Jörgen Miller and resurrected Overdrive. In 1993, we recorded the demo "Back To Basics", featuring some of the songs I had written during the Overheat era. - Janne Stark
Biography in Swedish from "Musikforum 20 år - En Kul Tur I Kulturen"
Bandet bildades juli 1985 ur välkända Overdrive av Janne Stark - gitarr och Pelle Thuresson - bas. Bandet genomgick ett par olika sättningar. Den första med Paul Gustavsson (från Mercy) på trummor och Gernot Iversen på sång. Paul flyttade till Stockholm och Gernot slutade. Peter Svensson tog över trumpinnarna efter Paul och bandet spelade in grunderna till en demotape innan peter beslutade sig för att flytta till Göteborg 1989. Ny trummis och sångare blev Håkan Windahl (fd Interaction), som efter ett par år beslutade sig för att satsa på en karriär som trubadur. Overheat lade ner verksamheten strax därefter.
Photo: 1986 (photo Ben G.T. Nyberg). L-R: Gernot Iversen (v), Pelle (b), Janne (g), Paul Gustavsson (d)
Janne and Pelle played together in different bands since childhood. Their most well-known band being OVERDRIVE, with whom they recorded one 12"�� EP and two albums before splitting up in June 1985. Janne and Pelle (who was then lead singer but after their split-up, switched over to playing bass) decided to carry on and form a new band.
In December 1985 they were accompanied by drummer Paul Gustavsson who had just left the band HIGH VOLTAGE. His �claim-to-fame� is two recordings with heavy rockers MERCY with one 12"�� EP and LP. The band now had a complete rhythm section and also a new name: OVERHEAT. They now started rehearsing and writing material and in November 1986 (when the band was completed with a singer) they had already written almost 30 songs! The singer�s name is: Gernot Iverson and he is, like Paul also an ex-HIGH VOLTAGE member.
Now the band was complete and in May-June 1987 they recorded their first demo Vol. 1, which was produced, arranged, mixed, engineered, recorded and performed by the band. This demo has the songs: �"Fight to the Finish", "Realm of Freedom�", �"L.J.M.S.�", �"I Do Believe� and �High On You". It was recorded in a barn with a four-track Tascam porta studio. The songs are mostly written by Janne Stark and arranged by the band. This limited tape was not sent out to very many Metal Fanzines (if any).
High Voltage (Swe)
Interaction (Swe)
Turbo (Swe)
XL (Swe)
Iron Pitts (Swe)
Horoscope (Swe / Sölvesborg)
Black Roses (Swe)
Killerhawk (Swe)
Tengel (Swe)
Ocean (Swe / Karlshamn)
Blue Town (Swe)
Cheese (Swe)
Etype (Swe)
5th Avenue (Swe)
Avenue (Swe / Karlshamn)
Magus (Swe)
Renegade (Swe / Karlshamn)
T For Trouble (Swe)
Keystone (Swe)
Parasite (Swe)
Arsenik (Swe)
Trapper (Swe)
Wizards Of Ugly Things (Swe)
Brandlarm (Swe)
Sounds (Swe)
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Isophyllia rigida är en korallart som först beskrevs av James Dwight Dana 1848.  Isophyllia rigida ingår i släktet Isophyllia och familjen Mussidae. IUCN kategoriserar arten globalt som livskraftig. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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On the night of September 4 on Slobozhansky Avenue in Dnieper the shop has lit up. In him sold sausages and also cooked shawarma.
As the website the Informant reports, fire was strong and to save property from the shop closed for the night didn't leave.
Within an hour firefighters fought fire. The total area of the fire was about 40 square meters. Liquidated burning around 03:50. It was without victims.
of the Reason of ignition will be found out by operational-investigations group.