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Q: Código para calcular equação de 2º grau retorna "NaN" como raízes Tentei criar um programa que calcula as duas raízes de uma equação de segundo grau. Quando executo meu código, ele pede os valores de a, b e c corretamente, mas na hora de mostrar o resultado, ele sempre retorna "NaN".
Meu código é este, não sei como resolver:
package com.Class1;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Class1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.println("Insira o valor de a:");
        int a = in.nextInt();

        System.out.println("Insira o valor de b:");
        int b = in.nextInt();

        System.out.println("Insira o valor de c:");
        int c = in.nextInt();

        double pB = Math.pow(b, 2);
        double delta = pB - 4 * a * c;
        double x1 = -1 * pB + Math.sqrt(delta) / 2 * a;
        double x2 = -1 * pB - Math.sqrt(delta) / 2 * a;

        double r1 = Math.round(x1);
        double r2 = Math.round(x2);

        System.out.println("A raíz x1 vale: "+ x1);
        System.out.println("A raíz x2 vale: "+ x2);
    }
}

A: Você não está considerando o discriminante negativo (raízes complexas) no seu código.
Quando o valor do discriminante (delta) é negativo (e isto é comum em uma equação quadrática), a função Math.sqrt retorna NaN, que significa "Not a number". O Nan é propagado pelo resto da expressão, sendo armazenado em x1 e x2.
Como na equação quadrática você pode ter raízes complexas no resultado, uma solução bem simples é você trabalhar normalmente com os valores positivos, e "avisar" na saída que se tratam de raízes complexas quando for o caso.
Dá para fazer isso de maneira bem simples com uma pequena adaptação no seu código:
    double pB = Math.pow(b, 2);
    double delta = pB - 4 * a * c;
    double x1 = -1 * pB + Math.sqrt(Math.abs(delta)) / 2 * a;
    double x2 = -1 * pB - Math.sqrt(Math.abs(delta)) / 2 * a;

    double r1 = Math.round(x1);
    double r2 = Math.round(x2);

    if(delta < 0) {
        System.out.println("A raíz x1 vale: "+ x1 + "i");
        System.out.println("A raíz x2 vale: "+ x2 + "i");
    } else {
        System.out.println("A raíz x1 vale: "+ x1);
        System.out.println("A raíz x2 vale: "+ x2);
    }

Basicamente acrescentamos o Math.abs aqui:
    double x1 = -1 * pB + Math.sqrt(Math.abs(delta)) / 2 * a;

O Math.abs retorna o valor absoluto, que na pratica vai retornar o número sempre positivo.
Para isto, usamos o if(delta < 0) para acrescentar o i na saída o println, pois neste caso, se tratam de raízes complexas, e não de raízes reais. Fundamental entender que 9 e 9i são coisas completamente diferentes (mas aí o problema é de Matemática).
Nota: no seu código original, você está armazenando o round em r1 e r2, mas não está usando o valor em lugar nenhum. Se for o caso de mostrar na tela os valores arredondados, ajuste as linhas de saída:
System.out.println("A raíz x1 vale: "+ r1); // troque o x por r em todas

Veja funcionando no IDEONE.
Se quiser melhorar seu código, pode criar uma situação para mostrar uma raiz só quando for o caso do discriminante zero.


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{
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    {
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Palermo stole the show with each outfit she rocked in Paris, but really won us over with this embroidered cape that she paired off with a pair of leather pants.
Kat Graham was never scared of experimenting when it came to fashion, and her courage definitely paid off at this edition of Paris Fashion Week.


The Merchant Family Fall Photos 2018.
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Erica and Massey's beautiful wedding at Sweet Magnolia Estate.
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Sierra got adventurous for her outdoor bridal session in Norwood, NC.


Preheat oven to 350°. In an 8×8 baking dish, stir together the first 3 ingredients for the polenta as best as you can. Bake for 45 min. In a med. saucepan, combine first 3 ingredients for topping. Turn on med. heat, and simmer for 40 min. (stirring occasionally). When the polenta is finished baking, stir in butter until it is melted. Bake for another 15 min. Polenta will have a dry top and not jiggle when it is finished baking. When this has occurred, remove from oven. Stir in remaining polenta ingredients. Discard onions from tomato sauce, and pour the sauce over the polenta. Top w/ the basil and parm. cheese.
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•	FULLY Getting Around: Getting fully ready in the morning, all at once, is a thing of the past. I now am lucky to exit the shower without hearing at least one child up and running around. I usually alternate between two simple hairstyles and struggle to get through a quick makeup job before someone is asking for breakfast. The remainder of my self-preparation takes place throughout the rest of the day, if at all.
•	Enjoying My Own Meals: As my kids are both in school, lunch is the only time that I have a shot at finishing without interruptions. Even then, I am often stopping to answer phone calls or hurrying because the dog needs to be let out. Breakfast and supper usually consist of being the last to sit down, after grabbing whatever both children require for their own. Sometimes, my children are asking for seconds by the time I get mine so I am abandoning my plate before I even began. Once I do get sat down, my meal is spent settling arguments, begging the kids to finish their food, or instructing them on proper table manners between bites. My food tends to see the microwave more often than my mouth.
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•	Nice Clothes: New and trendy clothes are the last thing that I'm thinking about. I refuse to shop outside the clearance racks, the few times that I do "splurge" and by clothing for myself. When doing laundry or ironing, whatever the boys need to have are what gets done first. I can honestly say that I only have one pair of jeans that fit me well, and it's a hit or miss as to whether or not those will be ready for me in the morning!
•	Relaxation: Contrary to popular belief, the life of a stay-at-home mom is nothing short of chaotic. My boys having school during the day only means that this is the time that I get tasks done around the house, cook, and plan activities for when they both return home…not to mention caring for our number of rescue animals!
•	Understanding: Sadly, stay-at-home moms are often viewed as lazy, lesser beings. Our society holds great value in occupations outside the home, especially those making the most money. Frequently, what is overlooked is what has been given up. Though I hold a Bachelor degree in Criminal Justice Administration, I put my dreams of a career aside in order to be there for my children whenever they need me. In doing so, I have put myself in the shadows in order to let my kids' lives shine.
•	Identity: I am no longer myself. It's something to come to terms with, but a new "self" had to be born in order to stay home with my children. My hobbies, my friends, and my overall interests had to change…or they at least had to be put aside on a constant basis.
•	Productivity: I have learned, rather quickly that all is possible with a some coffee and a plan. Getting up early gives me the opportunity to accomplish so much in a day! My house is clean and orderly; my family gets homemade meals and treats; and my kids have great memories of the super fun and creative activities I have involved them in.
•	Letting Go: This is meant in a good way! I have realized that taking hours to get ready in the morning is so overrated. I would much rather have well-kept children and a beautiful home. I still take time to take care of myself, but I am proud to not be taking excess amounts of time away from my children in order to feed my own self-consciousness.
•	Chef-Style Meals: I may not have much time for my own meals, but my kids get to enjoy a variety of new foods. I am there for them, to teach them table manners, serve them their food, and encourage them to try all the new "experiments" that Mom has made. By doing so, my boys are growing up with knowledge of food types and also an awareness for proper mealtime etiquette.
•	Family Time: My kids are learning that they are loved and very important parts of our family. Their day is of interest, and they have a mom who strives to do everything she can to make it smoother. By tweaking my own agenda to accommodate theirs, we get more together time and do things as a family unit. We will have many memories of our time together, and my kids will always remember me as an active role in their lives.
•	Well-Dressed Children: By waiting to buy my own wardrobe, I am giving more opportunity to my boys to have nicer clothes. We are constantly buying clothing for the kids, and their closets are overflowing with options to wear. It makes me feel good to send them off to school or an event looking their best.
•	Strength: Life as a stay-at-home mom has taught me strength in its highest sense. The lack of time that I have to sit down and relax has enabled me to push through each day and be proud of my accomplishments by the end of it. I have learned the art of fighting sleep, sickness, and stress in order to keep this household running at its finest.
•	Independence: Screw what other people think of my life! I accomplish more in one day than most do in a few days working outside the home. I don't get to clock in and out or escape my job; it's always there, and I am always on call. Life as a stay-at-home mom could not be any more important: I am raising human beings 24/7, readying them to go off in the world someday and be everything that they can. I have my kids to show for my hard work…and the countless memories.
•	Finding Myself: As a stay-at-home mom, I have had tons of time to reflect on my life. Obviously, this is not what I had planned for myself many years ago. I've come to realize that I have been set on a path that I could never have foreseen at a young age, one that I was meant to walk. My writing may not be published someday, but I can do this blog. My pictures aren't of crazy times, but of my family. And, cooking is a new hobby that I have found I enjoy and am quite good at. I can still be myself, with the inclusion of my family!
Mix together first 5 ingredients, and then sprinkle with Italian seasoning and/or parm. cheese, if desired.
Cook the pizza crust, as directed. Mix chicken w/ bbq sauce. Spread remaining bbq sauce on pizza crust. Top w/ 2 cups of the cheese. Add the chicken, pineapple, and jalapeno slices. Top w/ remaining cheese. Bake until heated through.
Sauté onion, garlic, and pepper for about 5 min. Place 1/3 bag of hash browns into the bottom of a greased crockpot. Add 1/3 of the bacon, 1/3 of the veggie mixture, and 1/3 of the cheese. Repeat the layers. In a lg. bowl, mix together remaining ingredients. Pour over the other ingredients in the crockpot; cover; and turn to low heat. Cook 8-10 hrs.
Place first 4 ingredients in a bowl, and mix together. Mix together remaining ingredients in a separate bowl, and then add the two mixtures together.


This book by Randi Zuckerberg is a gem if you social media is one of your interest areas .
Incidentally the book i have has as its cover the exact photo i used for this blog post.
Written by Mark Zuckerberg's sister, it is the perfect guide to socially navigating the digital age as President of Lucas Film,Kathleen Kennedy says on the book cover.
It is packed full of good and reasonable advice for newbies on the social media scene as well as experts.
I especially liked the way Randi weaves stories of her life within and outside of Facebook ,with advice on navigating social media as a parent , a career woman and a business woman.
The book is divided into chapters covering everything from personal use of social media ,to career ,doing good for other people as well as the the possibilities technology holds for the future..
Since i have a very keen interest in social media,my copy of the book is filled with highlighted text areas of what resonated really well with me.
Some of the moments in the book that stick out for me are when she talks of her time at Facebook when Randi introduces to us the idea of the the hackathons they had at Facebook.Every month the people at Facebook stayed up all night working on their passion projects which they had to present to the entire company the next day after which they would have a pancake breakfast.
Now that is what i call chutzpah!
Randi also gives us an insider view of why Facebook is such a phenomenal success.
Facebook is incredibly powerful as a service precisely because people use their real names,identities and interests.From the start ,this was one of the biggest competitive advantages over rival social networking sites.
She reminds us that the value of social media is not in the number of followers we collect but rather in the depth of relationships we build.
The book is a reminder that the power of social media is in the authentic relationships we build online,those human connections that make life so wonderfully worth living.
Have you read the book,share with us your thoughts.
How appropriate that Chaim Potok on his dedication page would start with a quote from psychiatrist Karl Menninger.
What a way to start of a book that would take us into the minds and lives of 2 Orthodox Jewish boys growing up in New York,living just blocks away from each other yet each so different in their beliefs.
The Chosen is a story about two Jewish boys growing up in Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn ,New York in the 1940's, totally unaware of each others existence. Until a baseball ball game with an almost fatal ending brought them together.
Chaim Potok weaves the story of Danny Saunders and Reuven Malter in the pages of this book in a spell binding manner that will both haunt and captivate you.
Danny Saunders is the son of a Reb Saunders the revered Hasidim leader of a Jewish community, while Reuven's David Malter father is a Mitnagidim ,both are branches of Orthodox Judaism.
But with very different opinions on how a true Jew should live.
One learns of the pain of others by suffering one's own pain…….And it is important to know of pain he said.It destroys our self pride,our arrogance,our indifference towards others.It makes us aware of how frail and tiny we are and of how much we must depend upon the Master of the Universe.
The story explores the conflict between faith and secularism through the stories of these two boys and their fathers.
What do we do when our dreams are in conflict with faith,culture and family obligations ?
The story is especially important today when we have become so intolerant of people whose beliefs are different from us,dress differently,look different maybe even speak differently.
And when Reuven and Danny's friendship takes them into each others homes and they discover that what they considered strange is familiar and that after all human beings want the same things no matter their back grounds.
The story follows the boys and their fathers as they grow up,into the intricacies surrounding Word War Two and the founding of the Jewish state of Israel.
Get the book and find out what happens to Danny and Reuven when they grow up.
Walking the streets of Nairobi beats driving around in a car.
You get to discover streets where books can cost anything from 50 Kenya Shillings to 200 for best sellers.
Last week i was walking along Koinange street and i saw Chaim Potok's Chosen.
I was so excited and with my best blank look i asked how much the book was going for,and lucky me it was going for 200 shillings.
Let us back track a little,why was i excited and who is Chaim Potok?
I have been to many bookshops but i never find any of his books.
The 2books i have read were borrowed from friends who had brought them over from Europe.
Chaim Potok is an American Jewish author and The Chosen is his most acclaimed book which was turned into a movie with Potok having a cameo role as a professor.
It was published in 1967 ,stayed on the New York Best Seller List for 39 weeks selling more than 3.4 million copies.
Getting it for less than 2 Euros was a real bargain and the fact that i get to keep it is priceless.
What are you reading?Let me know in the comments section.


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A mighty handful aiming to outplay mobiles
Sony hopes the power of its new handheld console will flatten the opposition
Simon Munk
Sunday February 05 2012, 12.01am, The Sunday Times
When Sony launched its PlayStation Portable handheld console in December 2004, the iPhone was hardly a twinkle in Steve Jobs's eye. Nobody could accuse the Japanese giant of hurrying to unveil the console's successor, but on February 22 the PS Vita will be here. And, thanks to Jobs, it will be launched into a changed world.
The smartphone revolution that has taken place since the debut of the PSP means that hundreds of thousands of gaming apps can be put on the Apple or Android phone already in your pocket, many costing mere pennies. So why buy a handheld console? Nintendo's answer with its 3DS, launched last March, was a glasses-free 3-D screen. Sony, though, is banking on raw power.
The Vita has a spec

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Aug. 2: In April, doctors looked at the badly damaged finger on Ronnie Lott's left hand and gave him two choices. They could operate, graft a bone from the wrist, insert a pin and have him wear a cast for the next eight weeks. Or they could amputate just above the first joint. Lott made what coaches like to call "the football decision." He told them to cut off the end of his finger. It was a simple procedure. He held out his hand, they numbed it and snipped off the finger tip and put his hand in a cast. After three weeks he went back to have the cast removed. The doctor took off the last dressing. "What do you think?" he asked. Lott couldn't answer. He was staring at a stub. Instead of a fingernail there was only a whitish, rounded stump. "The ugliest thing I've ever seen," Lott says. "I was trying to laugh it off, but I felt sick. I tried to stand up, but I broke into a cold sweat. It was just a total shock. I thought, 'Oh, man, I should have had the pin put in.' " Lott has had worse injuries, but emotionally this one was different. It made him feel that football was biting off bits and pieces of him, of everyone who plays. And no one seems to care. "We are losing the compassionate side of sports," he says. "We're becoming gladiators. If I ever become a coach, I hope I never lose sight of the fact that players are people. They feel, they have emotions. I could have all of Eddie DeBartolo's corporations and it isn't going to buy me a new finger. It has given me a new perspective on life."
Aug. 3: The blood of two "brothers" stained the escutcheon yesterday of Chinatown's revered Lung Kong-Tin Yee - the Four Families Association - on which the words "Honor, Virtue, Stability and Peace" have ridden rampant for 16 centuries. One of the association's brothers, George Kwan, 56, lay dead. Another, Peter Kwan, 52, Four Families Association president and head of the powerful Six Companies, was in Chinese Hospital with critical wounds. And a third, Lew Fook You, 55, had vanished after turning a .38 caliber revolver on elders of the largest Chinese combined family association in the Western Hemisphere. Shortly after 1 a.m. this morning, Lew returned to his apartment at 1115 Stockton Street, where he was taken into custody. Officers David Mayer and Pat Hanifin said Lew whipped out a pistol when they approached him with guns drawn. They had to wrestle the firearm away from him, they said. The shooting, first in the local history of the Four Families Association in nearly sixty years, took place at the Association's opulent headquarters at 924 Grant Avenue. Inspector Edward Huegle said police received "excellent cooperation from the Four Families." Normally, the association would have given Lew sanctuary, but because one member was killed and another wounded, the association wanted him captured.
Aug. 4: Alvin Karpis, the Kansas reform-school boy who became public enemy No. 1, last night was headed for the end of the trail, the living death of Alcatraz Island. And with him, 17 other federal prisoners on a heavily guarded train rushing across the Rockies toward San Francisco bay's "Devil Island." Karpis, kidnapper-gunman said to have participated in the death of four federal agents, is due at Alcatraz with his motley crew tomorrow, according to reports filtering through a rigid government censorship. There he will join such luminaries as "Scarface" Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" Kelly. Though he boasted, "I'll never be taken alive," he was captured by the feds in New Orleans without a show of resistance and was "scared to death."
E-mail Johnny Miller at pinkletters@sfchronicle.com.


On October 11 afternoon, forum of high end of valve of hill of 2008 China copper is in 5 Song Shanbin houses to hold, the expert of industry of many 130 valve that comes from province inside and outside assembles in, in all industry of valve of business copper hill grows a major programme of lasting importance. Law of Tang Shiding of leadership of cupreous hill city, Zou Zhen, Liu Zhong, Wang Gangying, She En has attend forum. Zou Zhen of members of standing committee of cupreous hill municipal Party committee, deputy mayor makes a speech on behalf of municipal government of municipal Party committee.
On forum, the development state of affairs of industry of valve of cupreous hill city gets saving the affirmation of expert of inside and outside. In recent years, as the bitter fleabane of transition of natural resources of cupreous hill city city and equipment manufacturing industry suddenly develops, industry of valve of cupreous hill city enters rapid development phase, according to not complete count, mutual valve of cupreous hill city produced management business 2007 many 40, sales revenue already exceeded 500 million yuan, especially in low-pressure valve enjoys certain high reputation in the market. In the meantime, catenary of valve treatment industry is in progressively and outspread and form, industrial group effect is highlighted with each passing day. Current, cupreous hill city already regarded a key as the industry valve industry, established program of valve industry group.
As the 10th China (cupreous hill) the serious content of bronze culture exposition, forum of high end of valve of hill of this China copper is sponsorred by municipal government of hill of Chinese valve guild, copper, industry of cupreous hill city and informatization bureau, lion is a mountainous area government and guild of cupreous hill valve undertake. On forum, silver of the Song Dynasty establishs secretary-general of Chinese valve guild, du Zhao of adviser of doctoral student of college of Lanzhou grain industry year professor, and company of big China of group of AVK of Denmark of 500 strong companies sells the world chief inspector Hu Bing adjusts product structure with respect to valve industry respectively, establish industry group, product to develop company of technical train of thought and Danish AVK group to developed the content such as course and product introduction to make a presentation, exchange information of trade of domestic and international valve jointly, in all industry of valve of business copper hill grows a major programme of lasting importance.


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Why Harish Kalyan film Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum deserves a watch
Harish Kalyan tasted success with Pyaar Prema Kaadhal. The actor is back with his next outing, Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum, which is hitting the theatres tomorrow.
UPDATED: March 14, 2019 18:55 IST
Shilpa Manjunath and Harish Kalyan in Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum
Director Ranjit Jeyakodi made his debut with Vijay Sethupathi and Gayathrie-starrer Puriyatha Puthir. After being in the cans for several years, the film finally hit the theatres only to end up as a box office failure. However, Ranjit remains confident and his second outing, which has a quirky title, is up for release tomorrow (March 15).
Titled Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum, the film stars Harish Kalyan and Shilpa Manjunath in the lead roles. The movie, which is produced by Madhav Media has a supporting cast that includes Ma Ka Pa Anand and Bala Saravanan.
Harish Kalyan, who made his debut a few years ago, rose to fame with his stint in the Bigg Boss Tamil Season 1. Post Bigg Boss, he starred in director Elan's Pyaar Prema Kaadhal, which was one of the best films in Kollywood in the year 2018.
Ranjit describes Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum as a 'violent love story' and when the trailer of the film released, it was compared to Arjun Reddy. Right from the intimate scenes to the intensity in each character, everything resembled the Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey-starrer.
Here are some of the reasons why Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum deserves a watch:
INTENSE TRAILER:
As mentioned earlier, the trailer of Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum resembled Arjun Reddy in a lot of places. However, director Ranjit is not bothered by it even though the premise of his film has nothing to do with the Telugu film. In an interview to an English daily, he said, "You'll feel inferior only when they compare it with a bad product. Otherwise, it's good that people are talking about my film. Invariably, there's a reference for every movie and that's how we have been tuned. My film has nothing to do with Arjun Reddy."
A NEW DIMENSION LOVE STORY:
Usually, love stories are meant to be breezy, fun and emotional. Seldom a few stories are so violent in nature. And Isapde Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum belongs to the second category. Ranjit has an explanation for it. He revealed, "The character (Harish Kalyan) doesn't care about himself and is detached from the world. He is someone who doesn't even know he has a beard. That was the idea."
QUIRKY TITLE
Ranjit admits that the title of the film is easily attractive and reveals that he likes using poetic lines for his film. Spade Raja, in the title, implies that the hero is the King of Spades, while Idhaya Rani means Queen of Hearts. Seems like an apt title for a love story. Let us wait and see if the film lives up to it.
HARISH KALYAN
Even though Harish Kalyan has been in the industry for several years, he was recognised by the audience through Bigg Boss Tamil and Pyaar Prema Kadhal. He commands a loyal female following. And to see him in a rugged look will be a nice change from his usual 'boy-next-door-looks'.
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Hospital President Bob Connors, MD, Recognized by National Patient Safety Foundation for Leadership in Patient Safety
Bob Connors, MD, president, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital and practicing pediatric surgeon, received the 2011 Chairman's Medal from the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF).The award was given at the recent NPSF 2011 Patient Safety Congress in Washington, DC.
"The NPSF Chairman's Medal recognizes emerging leadership in the patient safety field," said Diane C. Pinakiewicz, MBA, NPSF president. "The recipients are chosen for their ability to inspire and lead the change necessary to successfully implement patient safety improvements while creating a culture of respect, openness, learning and a positive team dynamic. Bob Connors' guidance at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital has done just that; he has fostered a climate of positive change for accelerating the delivery of safe patient care."
Beginning with the stated goal of creating "the safest children's hospital in America," Connors spearheaded a patient safety program in 2007 that empowered staff by removing traditional hierarchies and barriers to communication. After completing an intensive training program in safety sciences and armed with error reduction tools and techniques to guide their practice, employees directly involved in patient care gained the authority to raise safety concerns with anyone at anytime.
Outcomes of the safety culture transformation include:
• Safety events were reduced 68 percent between 2008 and 2010
• Ventilator-associated pneumonias in the pediatric critical care unit have been eliminated for 19 consecutive months
• Hand hygiene improved from 56 percent to 96 percent for more than a year, helping to reduce hospital acquired infections by 50 percent
• Catheter-associated blood stream infections in the neonatal intensive care unit were reduced by almost 50 percent
• Asthma core measures at discharge achieved 100 percent compliance
• Spinal surgery infections were eliminated
Sustaining the safety transformation has become just as important as launching the initiative.
"Safety is now an integral part of our strategic planning and daily operations," said Connors. "We have appointed an executive director of quality and safety, created unit based safety champions and forged partnerships with other leading children's hospitals engaged in safety work best practices."
As a result, the 2011 HealthCare Performance Improvement National Patient Summit will be held in the hospital's backyard, in Grand Rapids.
"It's clear from the numbers that Helen DeVos Children's Hospital is on the cutting edge of safety innovation," said Pinakiewicz. "We applaud Dr. Connors on his extraordinary achievement."
The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has been pursuing one mission since its founding in 1997 – to improve the safety of care provided to patients. As a central voice for patient safety, NPSF is committed to a collaborative, inclusive, multi-stakeholder approach in all that it does. NPSF is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. To learn more about the work of the National Patient Safety Foundation, please visit: npsf.org.
Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, a member of Spectrum Health, is a Grand Rapids-based hospital serving children throughout Michigan. A teaching hospital, it includes nearly 200 pediatric physicians with training in providing medical and surgical care to children in more than 40 pediatric specialties. A new 440,000 square foot hospital opened in January 2011 designed specifically with children and families in mind. Visit helendevoschildrens.org to learn more.


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Guide to Antitrust Laws
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Explore The Guide
Antitrust Laws and Enforcement
Understanding Antitrust Laws
Clayton Antitrust Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Robinson-Patman Act
Types of Antitrust Violations
How and Why Companies Become Monopolies
Discriminating Monopoly
Price Discrimination
Predatory Pricing
Bid Rigging
Price Maker
Monopolies
Monopolistic Markets
Monopolistic Competition
What Are the Characteristics of a Monopolistic Market?
Monopolistic Market vs. Perfect Competition
What are Some Examples of Monopolistic Markets?
A History of U.S. Monopolies
What Are the Most Famous Monopolies?
Oligopolies
Monopoly vs. Oligopoly
Duopoly
What are Current Examples of Oligopolies?
What Is Antitrust?
Antitrust laws are regulations that encourage competition by limiting the market power of any particular firm. This often involves ensuring that mergers and acquisitions don't overly concentrate market power or form monopolies, as well as breaking up firms that have become monopolies.
Antitrust laws also prevent multiple firms from colluding or forming a cartel to limit competition through practices such as price fixing. Due to the complexity of deciding what practices will limit competition, antitrust law has become a distinct legal specialization.
Antitrust laws were designed to protect and promote competition within all sectors of the economy.
The Sherman Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and the Clayton Act are the three pivotal laws in the history of antitrust regulation.
Today, the Federal Trade Commission, sometimes in conjunction with the Department of Justice, is tasked with enforcing federal antitrust laws.
Understanding Antitrust
Antitrust laws are the broad group of state and federal laws that are designed to make sure businesses are competing fairly. The "trust" in antitrust refers to a group of businesses that team up or form a monopoly in order to dictate pricing in a particular market.
Supporters say antitrust laws are necessary, arguing that competition among sellers gives consumers lower prices, higher-quality products and services, more choices, and greater innovation. Most people agree with this concept and the benefits of an open marketplace, although there are some who claim that allowing businesses to compete as they see fit would ultimately give consumers the best prices.
The Antitrust Laws
The Sherman Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and the Clayton Act are the key laws that set the groundwork for antitrust regulation. Predating the Sherman Act, The Interstate Commerce Act was also beneficial in establishing antitrust regulations, although it was less influential than some of the others.
Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887 in response to growing public demand that railroads be regulated. Among other requirements, the act ordered railroads to charge a fair fee to travelers and post those fees publicly. It was the first example of antitrust law but was less influential than the Sherman Act, passed in 1890.
The Sherman Act outlawed contracts and conspiracies restraining trade and/or monopolizing industries in an attempt to stop competing individuals or businesses fixing prices, dividing markets, or attempting to rig bids. The Sherman Act laid out specific penalties and fines for violating the terms.
In 1914, Congress passed the Federal Trade Commission Act, banning unfair competition methods and deceptive acts or practices. The Clayton Act was also passed in 1914, addressing specific practices the Sherman Act does not ban. For example, the Clayton Act prohibits appointing the same person to make business decisions for competing corporations.
The antitrust laws describe unlawful mergers and business practices in general terms, leaving courts to decide which ones are illegal based on the specifics of each case.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are tasked with enforcing federal antitrust laws. In some cases, these two authorities may also work with other regulatory agencies to ensure that certain mergers fit the public interest.
The FTC mainly focuses on segments of the economy where consumer spending is high, including healthcare, drugs, food, energy, technology, and anything related to digital communications. Factors that could spark an FTC investigation include premerger notification filings, certain consumer or business correspondence, Congressional inquiries, or articles on consumer or economic subjects.
If the FTC thinks that a law has been violated, the agency will try to stop the questionable practices or find a resolution to the anti-competitive portion of, say, a proposed merger between two competitors. If no resolution is found, the FTC may put out an administrative complaint and/or pursue injunctive relief in federal court.
The FTC might also refer evidence of criminal antitrust violations to the DOJ. The DOJ has the power to impose criminal sanctions, as well as holding sole antitrust jurisdiction in certain sectors, such as telecommunications, banks, railroads, and airlines.
Antitrust Law Violation Example
In early 2014, Google proposed an antitrust settlement with the European Commission. Google said it would display results from at least three competitors each time it showed results for specialized searches related to products, restaurants, and travel. Competitors, in turn, would be liable to pay Google each time someone clicked on specific types of results shown next to Google's results, with the search engine picking up the bill for an independent monitor to oversee the process.
The proposal stipulated that content providers like Yelp could opt to remove their content from Google's specialized search services without facing penalties. The search giant also suggested removing conditions making it difficult for advertisers to move their campaigns to competitors' sites; sites using Google's search tool could have shown ads from other services. The proposal ultimately was not accepted.
On Oct. 20, 2020, the U.S. Dept. of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for anti-competitive practices related to its alleged dominance in search advertising.
What Are Antitrust Laws and Are They Necessary?
Antitrust laws were implemented to prevent companies from getting greedy and abusing their power. Without these regulations in place, many politicians fear that big businesses would gobble up the smaller ones. This would result in less competition and choice for consumers, potentially leading, among other things, to higher prices, lower quality, and less innovation.
How Many Antitrust Laws are There?
There are three federal antitrust laws in effect today. They are the Sherman Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and the Clayton Act.
Who Enforces Antitrust Laws?
The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice are responsible for making sure that antitrust laws are abided by. The former mainly focuses on segments of the economy where consumer spending is high, while the latter holds sole antitrust jurisdiction in sectors such as telecommunications, banks, railroads, and airlines and has the power
to impose criminal sanctions.
Federal Trade Commission. "The Antitrust Laws." Accessed Nov. 4, 2021.
OurDocuments.gov. "Interstate Commerce Act (1887)." Accessed Nov. 4, 2021.
Federal Trade Commission. "The Enforcers." Accessed Nov. 4, 2021.
The New York Times. "Google Settles Its European Antitrust Case; Critics Remain." Accessed Nov. 4, 2021.
The Financial Times. "EU Rejects Google's Antitrust Deal Again." Accessed Nov. 4, 2021.
The United States Department of Justice. "Justice Department Sues Monopolist Google for Violating Antitrust Laws." Accessed Nov. 20, 2021.
Guide to Antitrust Laws Guide
Antitrust Laws: Keeping Healthy Competition in the Marketplace
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Definition
Sherman Antitrust Act Definition
Robinson-Patman Act Definition
How Discriminating Monopolies Work
Price Discrimination Definition
What Is Bid Rigging?
What Is a Price Maker?
The Characteristics of Monopolistic Markets
What Is Monopolistic Competition?
Monopolistic Market vs. Perfect Competition: What's the Difference?
What's the Difference Between a Monopoly and an Oligopoly?
What Is an Oligopoly?
What Is a Duopoly?
The Sherman Antitrust Act is a landmark U.S. law, passed in 1890, which outlawed trusts, monopolies, and cartels to increase economic competitiveness.
The Clayton Antitrust Act is designed to promote business competition and prevent the formation of monopolies and other unethical business practices.
The Celler-Kefauver Act Definition
The Celler-Kefauver Act was a law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1950 to prevent anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
The FTC is an independent agency that aims to protect consumers and ensure a competitive market by enforcing consumer protection and antitrust laws.
What Is a Monopoly?
A monopoly is the domination of an industry by a single company, to the point of excluding all other viable competitors.
The Robinson-Patman Act is a federal law passed in 1936 to outlaw price discrimination. It amends the 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act.
Sectors & Industries Analysis
Why Did Microsoft Face Antitrust Charges in 1998?
A Short History of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
What's in Biden's Executive Order Promoting Economic Competition?
Government Regulations: Do They Help Businesses?


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What does it mean when there is a Second Edition of a core ITIL V3 book?
OGC released a Second Edition of The Introduction to the ITIL Service Lifecycle Book on 12th May. It is too soon for this to be part of the "v3.1" ITIL Update. So is it a major revision? No errata, no change-log (of this book), no way of knowing if you need to buy an updated version or not. This isn't Mills and Boone - these are reference books. The lack of information is ridiculous.
I'm doubly annoyed because I just bought a replacement copy of the First Edition. I saw no prior warning that it was about to be obsoleted.
Are you online subscribers getting access to the new edition or do you need to pay anew?
If anyone has access to this new edition, can you tell us who is the author? Is it still "Sharon's book"?
What process did this go through? Is it once again an unannounced TSO initiative, or did OGC have a hand? How about IPESC?
Submitted by ServiceSphere on Wed, 2010-05-19 14:35.
When I saw this announced a few weeks ago I was excited. Then realized through reading that nothing from the re-re-refresh was in there, how could it be, nothing has been written yet.
Thank you for taking the time to blog about this. Many people like me (from 2 years ago) would have bought this book expecting new content. Also like me from 2 years ago I would have purchased this book and not opened it.
OGC brilliant marketing from the people who brought you the reformation in the 16th century.
Submitted by Mauricio Corona (not verified) on Wed, 2010-05-19 15:23.
3) Content – remains the same as the 1st edition ISBN 9780113310616 the only change is to the title and front cover logos.
There has been no change to the content, its just when the title changes, the ISBN must change which means it is the 2nd edition but that´s all.
This is in line with some previous posts to this blog, yes I know that maybe OGC have to had more communication with the community to be more specific about this minor changes but I believe too that all the information content of the book is published so the readers have the tools they need to evaluate whether they need to buy this book or no.
Submitted by skeptic on Fri, 2010-05-21 06:44.
What do you mean that "all the information content of the book is published"? you mean the table of contents? Surely not. What if there were 60 corrections to errors? 5 new diagrams? A rewritten chapter? How would anyone know?
It is also debatable that the ISBN must change on a title change.
1) Why on earth was it deemed necessary to drop the word "official"? And even if there was a good reason why not wait until V3.1?
Submitted by Visitor (not verified) on Tue, 2010-05-25 10:05.
Here's some informed(ish) speculation for you to perhaps help guide your research.
First the opening statement of your blog post is I believe wrong. It should read "TSO released a Second Edition of The Introduction to the ITIL Service Lifecycle Book on 12th May" not OGC.
What I imagine happened is that TSO decided to publish the 1st edition on the book and wanted it to be official. In theory only the 5 core books are official ITIL titles, so to get any sort of official status as a complementary text, TSO would have had to apply to APMG for permission to use the ITIL trademark. Presumably they would have had to go through the rigorous assessment process that deemed the work supported ITIL, didn't contradict it, added value, put ITIL in context etc, etc. Having got the license, for which they had to pay APMG (the contracted manager of OGC's ITIL license) they were able to put the 'Official' tag and ITIL Licensed products logos on the book.
Now these ITIL trademark licenses are expensive and time limited. I expect that when the trademark license came up for renewal, TSO decided that they weren't getting value for money, or that the official trademark was no longer necessary (or heaven forbid the official ITIL brand was now a hindrance), so they decided to do a new edition that didn't have the trademark licence. They still had to apply to the contracted manager of OGC's ITIL copyrights (different from the trademark licences) for use of the ITIL material. By happy coincidence this is TSO themselves.
So the new edition is merely a mechanism to sell the same book without the license fee/royalty and is a way of satisfying APMG/OGC that they are no longer using stock with the old logos.
As I said - speculation but I'd bet my standard wager of a pint on it.
Submitted by Visitor (not verified) on Mon, 2010-05-17 15:27.
I can confirm that there has been no content changes in the Second Edition of The Introduction to the ITIL Service Lifecycle Book.
Due to standard industry practices as the title has changed a new ISBN had to be issued. Anyone with the 1st edition should have no requirement to purchase the 2nd edition.
Submitted by Publisher (not verified) on Mon, 2010-05-17 22:22.
Why is the title changing if the book isn't changing? Why the new ISBN if the content is the same? I remember the days when publishers were harranged for bringing out new editions that were less than 15% (a pretty arbitrary figure) different from the previous edition. Anything less than that and you were expected to go down the 'Reprinted with corrections' or 'Reprinted with Revisions' route.
This is complete and utter nonsense. I'd accept Skeptic's suggestion that a few mistaken sales were the motivation if it weren't for the fact that people could return the books if they weren't satisfied and that the whole exercise is likely to cost more than the extra sales would justify.
Submitted by skeptic on Mon, 2010-05-17 21:07.
Well gosh that's sure nice to know. Obviously this blog is the most effective medium for getting that information to the over a million ITIL practitioners in the world.
So dropping the word "Official" from the title requires a new ISBN? I'm not sure all publishers would agree with you.
But there sure will be a few "accidental" sales from people who think there IS new content or even just corrections and go out and buy a new copy anyway. I guess there's no real incentive to get the message out is there?
And since we are changing the books again within 24 months, what's the point of all this for a tweek of the title? is anyone driving?
Submitted by Tom Rankin (not verified) on Mon, 2010-05-17 05:00.
The v3 books were perfect in every way, no ambiguity, no contradictions, easy to read & follow, especially the Strategy book.
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Submitted by skeptic on Mon, 2010-05-17 05:15.
Actually the Official Intro was pretty good. My (new) copy is currently on loan to a client to help him out as he works through the Service Operation book. Since it summarises the other books it summarises all the flaws, and adds a few of its own especially in the "models", but for all that it's a useful overview for beginners.
that's why I'd really like to know just how different the Second Edition is.


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Tyson Barrie (C-) – He had a really tough night in Washington and he usually responds to rough performances with a nice game after but today he just didn't really have it going on. There were some turnovers and questionable pinches as it really looked to me like he was pressing a bit too hard to make something happen. That ripper off the bar in OT was a heartbreaker.
Matt Calvert (C) – Calvert was okay today. That line had a hot start and got it going early but fell off hard. Calvert is always good for hard work but there wasn't enough actual shot generation there.
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Sheldon Dries (C-) – The fourth line did pretty much nothing today.
Samuel Girard (D) – A good start from Girard but he fell off hard. Totally lost track of Josh Bailey on the game-tying goal in the third period and made no real attempt to recover once the puck got behind him. This was a pretty disappointing finish to this game from just about everyone.
Ryan Graves (C) – Graves had a really nice start to the game, making the smart decisions we've become accustomed to seeing from him. It was all smooth sailing until he was taking the puck back into his own zone, stopped randomly to cause the contact with Kerfoot, and turned the puck over right to the Isles, who immediately capitalized to make it 2-1 and give them some serious life. Everything was going well for Colorado until that moment. It wasn't the fault of Graves they totally collapsed in the third or anything but that turnover sparked the Islanders. Plenty of people wanted to blame Kerfoot but if you watch the whole play unfold, Graves causes that contact by doing the one thing he couldn't do in that situation. It's the big mistake he's largely avoided until that moment.
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Alexander Kerfoot (C-) – A lot of people immediately wanted to blame that first Isles goal on Kerfoot for causing the turnover but he's going back to support the outlet there and that's pretty standard stuff. Graves stopping and creating contact with Kerfoot isn't on 13. That said, Kerfoot's extremely lackadaisical follow-up where he casually followed Eberle but didn't make any active attempt to play real defense was the real problem there. Execution is one thing but poor effort is always inexcusable. He got a freebie secondary assist on the Johnson goal.
Gabriel Landeskog (F) – This was the worst showing from the top line maybe all season. They got simply dominated. His unwillingness to shoot on the empty net when up 2-1 was insane and may have cost them the game today. He scores in that situation, they go up 3-1 in the third period. Instead, they gave up the tying goal just minutes later. He HAS to shoot that puck. HAS TO.
Nathan MacKinnon (F) – In the process of being dominated, MacKinnon's total no-show was the most frustrating. He's supposed to be the superstar of this group and I'm not sure he ever left Washington he was such a ghost today.
Patrik Nemeth (C-) – Of all the issues Colorado had today, I didn't really think Nemeth was really one of them. He didn't end up involved in anything very good or bad and that's something you'd take from Nemeth just about every night.
Matt Nieto (C) – The effort outpaced the actual results. A nice assist on a hard-working shift for the game's first goal but that was the end of the effectiveness from 83.
Mikko Rantanen (F) – Almost made something out of nothing when Lehner left his net to play the puck but gave it right to Rantanen, who made the right play in feeding Landeskog. That was it for Rantanen's notable day, as he joined his linemates in otherwise getting crushed. His penalty was his 20th minor of the season, putting him in the top 15 in the NHL in minor penalties. He has to find a way to stop taking so many infractions.
Carl Soderberg (A) – A three-point game and the only Av outside of Varlamov who seemed engaged from beginning to end. His fly by in OT helped create the space for Casey Cizikas (??) to make a play on the game-winning goal and that questionable decision is the only thing keeping him from the A+ here. I'm admittedly nitpicking an otherwise great game from Soderberg.
Semyon Varlamov (B-) – He started off the game on fire, keeping the Avs in it and making a number of big saves. The first goal was a terrible turnover but it was another puck that Varlamov stopped but ended up behind him. We saw it multiple times in Washington and again today. There wasn't much of anything he could do on goals two and three as he got left hanging on two and three was a fantastic shot. I'd like to see him come up with the OT goal, though, as it again looked like he got a piece of it and it found its way in. It felt like a step forward for him but he still gave up four goals.
Colin Wilson (C) – Was entirely anonymous all game until that great shift that led to the Avs tying the game late. Tough to grade those guys out.
Nikita Zadorov (C-) – Big Z responded to a terrible outing against Washington with another pretty poor performance here. He made a couple of mistakes that could have been big time but Varlamov bailed him out each time. Eyes said he was a non-factor and the numbers said the Isles didn't mind him being on the ice. He needs a good effort tomorrow in Boston to salvage this road trip.


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Dragon Age Origins (PC) Review
Rating: +1 (from 1 vote)
Dragon Age Origins was announced long enough ago that it was on the inaugural cover of the late Games for Windows magazine, back in 2006. Now, three – going on four – years later, we the gaming public finally have our hands on it. Has it's delays benifited it like Team Fortress 2, or should it have gone the way of Duke Nukem Forever?
Make no mistake: this game is great. The long development cycle was worth it. Everything about this game says, "we wanted to work on it until it was done right," and you can't argue with the results. From the six origin stories and the developed game world to the great gameplay and the involving story, this is gaming at it's finest.
My first character was a male human noble warrior, and his tale involved me from the beginning. I'd hate to spoil it for anyone, so I'll avoid details. However, I will say that it was completely different from my life as a dwarven warrior commoner (or 'duster' as they're called) or elven mage. These origin stories didn't sound like anything more then window dressing to me, but having played them, I can see BioWare's vision. They really do involve you in your avatar in a way previously unseen.
The controls aren't that tight, to be honest. I've found myself fumbling at time in combat when I shouldn't be, but the battles are so good and the fighting mechanics so fun that I can overlook the fact that I tend to overrun my enemies or click the wrong target at times. The conversations could be more convenient too, with slightly easier to select answers. As it stands, it's easier to hit an answer's key then click on a response because of their location (extreme bottom left of the screen) and small size.
The story of forming an army to fight off the Blight (an invasion of demons from the 'Fade,' a spirit plane) isn't entirely original, but c'mon, after all these years you'd need one heck of an angle to write a high-fantasy story that doesn't reference something that's come before, and even if you did you would risk alienating people with it's unfamiliarity. In this, I side with Bioware. It's world of Ferelden is new and familiar at the same time, which is a perfect solution.
There's not allot I can complain about with the music, sound effects or voice acting, so the audio presentation is solid. Visually, the game is a little dated, and at times doesn't seem much beyond BioWare's Xbox RPG Jade Empire, let alone the current gen Mass Effect. Characters tend to stand oddly with their arms a ways out to their sides (the better to fit different armor in without having to adjust their stance) and the facial animations aren't real convincing. However, as with most of the rest of the game, it all comes together as something more then the sum of it's parts.
Dragon Age: Origins is a game that every gamer owes it to themselves to play. These great RPGs don't come around often, and this one is good enough to recommend to even non-role players. If you have a PC that can play it, I say not to hesitate – get this now. This is a gaming gem, and may well be the best game I've played this year. Alphasim out.
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Q: Javascript error at start When i start the page it gives me this error. I can press no but then the code doesnt work.

the code is how do i fix this error??
by the way the button browse opens the fileupload but that is in c#
 Thanks in advance.
    <%@ control language="C#" autoeventwireup="true" inherits="Web_Controls_SOLATDFileChooser, App_Web_ivmyhbca" %>

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../styles/CMM/InternetFace.css" />

                <asp:FileUpload ID="FileUpload1" class="file" runat="server"
                    onchange="uploadFileChange();" />

                    <asp:TextBox ID="txtFileName" CssClass="textbox"  runat="server"
                        Width="300px" ReadOnly="true" />

                    <asp:Button ID="btnBrowse" runat="server" Text="Procurar..."
                        ForeColor="White" Height="21px" />

                    <asp:Button ID="btnCancel" Height="21px" CssClass="btnSubmit" Text="Apagar" ForeColor="White"
                        OnClientClick="clear();" runat="server" />

A: you have many errors in that code

*

*Extra ; after { (in both functions (before you updated)

*documente instead of document (before you updated)

*You call an undefined function UploadFileChange (you called it UploadFielChange) (before you updated)

*No quotes inside getElementById()
and as a sidenote it's useless to close a script block and then reopen another one on next line. Both the functions can be enclosed in the same script block

A: "documente" is not correct, should be "document" instead
As well, maybe the interpreter has problems with the ";" right after "{", which is useless
Rgds.

A: Remove ; after { and change documenteto document. Also, some quotations are missing:

And please notice that uploadFielChange != UploadFielChange, so you got to change this as well.

A: You're using documente throughout your code where I suspect you want document. Try changing that first off.
You have an extra ; at the end of this line: function uploadFielChange() {;
Finally, you need to quote the IDs, as Alex K. pointed out.

A: Obviously your server template engine does not work:
<%=FileUpload1.ClientID %>

is no valid JS. Check your code with http://www.jslint.com/!

A: Remove the ";" after the opening brackets of the functions and replace "documente" with "document"

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Adopted September 7, 2015
ARTICLE 1 – NAME AND PURPOSE
SECTION 1- NAME
This Corporation shall be known as Taylor Pond Yacht Club sometimes hereinafter referred to as "TPYC".
SECTION 2 – PURPOSE
TPYC shall be devoted to recreation and good fellowship for the common interest of members in the sailing of boats on Taylor Pond and the handling of affairs afloat and ashore, pertinent to these ends. Other recreational activities including use of other boats, swimming and tennis may also be sponsored as well as social activities for its members.
All activities shall be conducted in an orderly way with due regard to the neighborly rights and privileges of others.
ARTICLE 2 – MEMBERSHIP AND DUES
SECTION 1 – MEMBERSHIP
Membership to TPYC shall be divided into four categories (as described below):
Sailing only members
Additional classifications
The Regular Membership of TPYC shall consist of those families and individuals over the age of 18 who have been elected as Regular Members and who pay their initiation fee, their annual dues and any existing assessments. In the case of married members, both must join unless one is away on active military duty. Unmarried children of Regular Members who have not reached their twenty third (23") birthday and who have not established separate residence shall be entitled to use all of the club facilities under the Regular Membership.
A person who has not reached his or her twenty third (23rd) birthday may be elected to a Sailing Only Membership. A Sailing Only Member shall not be required to pay the initiation fee. To be eligible for this category, a candidate must be either the owner of a club recognized class of sailboat which he or she proposes to operate on Taylor Pond or an anticipated member of a crew of a class of sailboat owned and operated on Taylor Pond by a current club member. A Sailing Only Member shall have use of the club sailing facilities only during the term of his or her membership. Family members of the Sailing Only Member do not have the right to use any club facilities.
A present member sixty-five (65) years of age or over who has been a paying member of the club for at least twenty (20) consecutive years (21 years if said member has used the allowed dues-free 1 year leave of absence) will automatically become an Honorary Member with full privileges of Regular Membership. The Honorary Member can choose to be exempt from all dues, assessments, and Workday responsibilities.
A person who was a Regular Member on October 20, 1974, and who is no longer interested in regular participation in tennis or sailing and who has no children under age eighteen (18) may, at his or her election, convert his or her membership to Associate Member status. Dues shall be one half the dues paid by a Regular Member. Upon conversion of his or her membership, any TPYC debentures shall be surrendered for cancellation without payment of any redemption price.
The Board of Governors shall be authorized to establish from time-to-time additional classifications of members and to set the dues for each classification to remain in effect until the next Annual Meeting of the membership when such classification will be subject to review.
SECTION 2 – ELECTION OF MEMBERS
Upon receiving an inquiry about TPYC membership, the person responsible for New Members will forward an application form along with an explanation of the dues structure, a copy of the TPYC House & Grounds Guidelines, a copy of the club Bylaws and the Volunteer Duties List.
The applicant will return the completed application which will include contact information for two (2) references. The applicant does not need to know a club member.
The Board of Governors shall act as the Membership Committee. After reviewing the application information, they shall vote to accept or deny membership. Acceptance requires a majority vote.
The person responsible for New Members will then inform the applicant of the Board's decision.
The Purser will send a dues invoice to the New Member and failure to pay within 30 days shall be deemed equivalent to declining membership.
SECTION 3 – DUES, INITIATION FEES AND ASSESSMENTS
The Board of Governors shall set the Dues for the following Regular Membership categories:
Single Member
Couple Membership: couple having no children between three (3) and eighteen (18) years of age
Family Membership: couple with children between three (3) and eighteen (18) years of age.
Single With Kids Membership: parent with children between three (3) and eighteen (18) years of age.
Sailing Only Member
An Honorary Member shall not be required to pay any dues or assessments.
The Board of Governors shall set a one-time, non-refundable initiation fee of $50 per adult payable with the Member's initial dues payment. The Board may adjust the amount of the initiation fee paid by all new members admitted in any year.
The Board of Governors may make such reasonable assessments from time to time as required for the proper financing of TPYC operations. It may also assess fines for failure to participate in workday related projects and other necessary TPYC activities.
The Board of Governors may raise or lower the membership fees in any year prior to March 15th. No increase shall raise the dues by more than 10% over the preceding year.
The Purser shall send out the membership dues invoices by May 1. The Board of Governors may allow a discount of up to 10% for dues paid within 30 days of receipt of said invoice.
If a member's dues remain unpaid after July 15th, a late fee may be levied and the board may terminate the membership.
Persons elected to membership after July 31 of any year shall be liable for the initiation fee and one half (1/2) the current year's dues.
Persons elected after Labor Day shall not be liable for dues until the following spring. However, the initiation fee shall be paid.
SECTION 4 – "IN GOOD STANDING"
A member shall be deemed to be "in good standing" if he or she has paid his or her initiation fee, dues and assessments when they become due, and he or she has not had his or her membership terminated as allowed in Section 5 below.
SECTION 5 – TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
The Membership Committee shall receive complaints against Members and their respective families, guests, and employees. If upon investigation of a complaint, it shall appear that any Member has violated any provision of the By-laws of TPYC, any of the House and Grounds Guidelines or any commonly accepted standards of moral or ethical conduct, or shall have grossly disregarded the rights, comfort or enjoyment of others at or about TPYC premises or on Taylor Pond, the Membership Committee may terminate the membership of such Member or family, impose a suspension of membership privileges for such period as deemed just by the Membership Committee not exceeding one (1) year, or issue a warning and/or censure to such Member or family. The Committee shall endeavor to make the punishment fit the offense.
Actions of guests, employees and members of the immediate family of any Member shall be the responsibility of such Member and he or she shall be accountable under the provisions of this Section 5.
No termination or suspension of membership shall be imposed without first giving the Member a written specification of the nature of the complaint and granting the Member a right to present the Committee any defense, excuse or matters in mitigation which he or she may desire to present. A meeting of the Committee shall be held not less than seven days after the delivery of the complaint to the member.
Any Member aggrieved by any decision of the Membership Committee under this Section 5 shall have the right to appeal to the Committee in writing at any time within fourteen (14) days after the decision by the Membership Committee. Such an appeal shall not suspend the decision of the Membership Committee unless the Commodore overturns the Committee's decision.
ARTICLE 3 – ORGANIZATION
SECTION 1 – BOARD OF GOVERNORS
The governing body of TPYC shall be the Board of Governors which shall consist of the six (6) officers; the Commodore, Vice Commodore, Supercargo, Purser, Bosun and Co-Bosun. All are elected for two (2) year terms but may elect to serve one (1) additional year after a full first term.
The Board will also have up to four (4) Governors-at-Large, who shall be increased to six (6) as of the 2016 Annual Meeting. Two (2) Governors-at-Large will be elected each year and will serve three (3) year terms.
The Board of Governors shall all be TPYC Members.
After a Commodore has retired from office, he or she shall serve as an advisory Governor for the following year.
SECTION 2 – VACANCIES
Vacancies on the Board of Governors, however occurring, shall be filled by the remaining members of the Board of Governors for the unexpired term.
ARTICLE 4 – ELECTIONS
SECTION 1 – ELECTIONS
The Board of Governors shall be elected at the TPYC Annual Meeting by Members present in person or by proxy.
SECTION 2 -TERM OF OFFICE
The term of office for all Board Members shall be from the time of their election until the time of the election of their successors.
ARTICLE 5 – POWERS AND DUTIES SECTION
1- BOARD OF GOVERNORS
The Board of Governors shall have the general charge and supervision of the affairs of TPYC and may appoint committees, agents and officials not specifically provided for herein.
All committees and officials shall be responsible to, and shall report to, the Board of Governors. The Board shall meet as often as deemed necessary.
SECTION 2 – COMMODORE
It shall be the duty of the Commodore to preside at all the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Governors and to perform all duties pertaining to the office or which may be assigned to him or her by vote of the Corporation or the Board of Governors. He or she may serve as ex-officio member of all committees.
SECTION 3 – VICE COMMODORE
It shall be the duty of the Vice Commodore to perform the duties of the Commodore in his or her absence and to perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Governors.
SECTION 4 – SUPERCARGO
It shall be the duty of the Supercargo to notify club Members of all meetings of the Corporation and to notify members of the Board of Governors of its meetings. He or she shall keep minutes of all meetings of the Corporation and the Board of Governors and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Governors.
SECTION 5 – PURSER
It shall be the duty of the Purser to receive all funds and to act as custodian of the funds and property of the Corporation. He or she shall keep such records of accounts as will enable him or her to report with respect to the finances of the Corporation to the Board of Governors whenever called upon. He or she shall create and send out yearly dues' invoices to the Membership, keep the Membership records and perform other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Governors.
SECTION 6 – BOSUN
It shall be the duty of the Bosun to assume general responsibility for the buildings, grounds, waterfront, fixtures and equipment of the Club and the maintenance and replacement thereof as needed. He or she shall supervise the opening of TPYC on Spring Work Day and it's closing on Fall Work Day. He or she may appoint any committees deemed necessary to help with work projects.
SECTION 7 – CO-BOSUN
It shall be the duty of the Co-Bosun to assist the Bosun and act for him or her when needed.
ARTICLE 6 – INDEMNIFICATION
TPYC shall indemnify all officers, governors, agents, and employees of the Club against all claims, judgments, awards, and expenses incurred in the course of service to the Club to the full extent and as permitted by state law, 13-A M.R.S.A. 713-A.
ARTICLE 7 – MEETINGS
SECTION 1 – MEETINGS OF THE CORPORATION
The Annual meeting of TPYC shall be held upon any day in September or October at a convenient time and appropriate place within the State of Maine designated by the Board of Governors for the election of officers and for the transaction of such other business as may come before it. Notice of the Annual Meeting shall be transmitted by mail or electronic means to each Member of the Corporation at least seven (7) days prior to the date thereof.
Special meetings may be called at any time and place within Androscoggin County by the Commodore or any three (3) members of the Board of Governors upon notice transmitted by mail or electronic means to each club Member at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting.
At all meetings of TPYC, ten percent (10%) of the Members shall constitute a quorum, but less than this may adjourn the meeting.
The business of the Annual Meeting of the Corporation shall include:
Call to order by Commodore
Corrections and approval of minutes from the previous Annual Meeting
Report of the Purser
Report of the Bosun
Report of the Fleet Captain and/or Harbor Master
Report of the Commodore
Reports of Special Committees
Election of Officers and Governors-at-Large to the Board of Governors
Report of the new Commodore
The notice for which a special meeting is called shall govern the order of business at that meeting.
Robert's Rules of Order shall govern in all matters of parliamentary procedure. Excepting as these Bylaws differ, in which case these Bylaws govern.
Each Member shall be entitled to one (1) vote at any meeting and may vote by written proxy for the specific meeting which shall be delivered to the presiding officer at such meeting.
SECTION 2 – MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
The Board of Governors shall meet at any time on the call of the Commodore, but the first meeting of the Board after the Annual Meeting of the Corporation shall be as soon after the Annual Meeting as practical.
The Commodore or the Supercargo shall call a meeting of the Board of Governors on written request signed by two (2) Members of said Board. Meetings may be called on twenty-four (24) hour notice by phone, verbally or by transmitted electronic means.
Half of the Board of Governors shall constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE 8 – AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1 – WRITTEN APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENTS
The Board of Governors or seven (7) Members of the Corporation, by making written application to the Commodore or Supercargo, may secure the inclusion in the notice of any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting of the Corporation, the text of any amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. Such amendment, on a motion duly made, shall be voted upon at such meeting. It shall be adopted after receiving the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the qualified voters present and voting.
SECTION 2 – WRITTEN NOTICE OF MEETING
For any meeting which will consider an amendment(s) to the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written notice must be transmitted by mail or electronic means to each member at least seven (7) days prior to the date thereof. Such notice must give a summary of the proposed amendment(s).
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5/24/2022 formatted (msk)


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Public Release: 5-Jul-2018
How to start a nanomotor?
Research team reconstructs motor-cargo complex for ciliary transport
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
VIDEO: Motor proteins (green dots) move along microtubules like trucks on a highway. view more
Credit: Georg Merck / TUM
Most people have never heard of them, and yet every living being needs them to survive: fine protrusions of cells known as cilia. They allow sperm to move, form fine protective hairs in the lungs and play a crucial role in the differentiation of organs in embryos. A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now reconstructed the protein complex responsible for transport within cilia, which plays a decisive role in their functioning.
Flagellates need them to move, roundworms to find food, and sperm to move towards the egg: cilia. These excrescences of eukaryotic cells even ensure that the human heart ends up in the right place - cilia control the organ development of the growing fetus. "This Multifunctionality is absolutely fascinating," says Dr. Zeynep Ökten, biophysicist in the Physics Department of the Technical University of Munich.
Only in recent years the significance of cilia for signal transduction has been recognized. "To date, we know very little about which biochemical processes control the various functions. This makes understanding the basic mechanisms even more important," emphasizes the scientist.
Green dots in the focus
The scientist holds a glass plate with thin, liquid-filled capillaries up to the light. There is not much to see - merely a clear and transparent liquid. Only under a fluorescence microscope does the movement of compounds marked with dye become visible: green dots, all striving in one direction.
As if on a highway, the transport proteins migrate along the thin channels of the cilia. But just how these engines are started up, remained a mystery until now. That is why Zeynep Ökten and her team decided to reconstruct the protein complex.
Bottom-up instead of top-down
The building blocks of the protein complex stem from the model organism of the Caenorhabditis elegans nematode. It uses its cilia to find food and detect hazards. The biologists have already identified dozens of proteins that affect the function of nematode cilia.
"Here, the classical top-down approach reaches its limits because too many building blocks are involved," explains Ökten. "To understand the intra-flagellar transport, IFT for short, we thus took the opposite approach, studying individual proteins and their interactions from the bottom up."
The needle in a protein haystack
The work resembled the proverbial search for the needle in a haystack. A variety of molecular compounds came into question. After months of experimentation, the researchers stumbled upon a minimal combination of four proteins. As soon as these proteins fuse into a complex, they begin migrating through the capillaries of the sample carrier.
"When we saw the images of the fluorescence microscope, we immediately knew: Now we have found the parts of the puzzle that start the engine," recalls Ökten. "If just one of these components is missing, due to a genetic defect, for example, the machinery will fail - which, because of the cilia's importance, is reflected in a long list of serious diseases."
The work was funded by the European Research Council and the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the Cluster of Excellence Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM).
Mohamed A. A. Mohamed, Willi L. Stepp and Zeynep Ökten
Reconstitution reveals motor activation for intraflagellar transport
Nature, vol. 557, p 387-391 (2018) - DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0105-3
Dr. Andreas Battenberg
battenberg@zv.tum.de
@TU_Muenchen
http://www.tum.de
German Research Foundation, European Research Council
BIOMECHANICS/BIOPHYSICS
Fluorescence Microscope (IMAGE)
Motor Proteins and Microtubules (IMAGE)
Motor Proteins Moving along Microtubules (VIDEO)
https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/detail/article/34794/


There are many e-readers in the market now, and the prices are coming down and they are tempting me more and more. However, I'm still hesitant about making a switch to reading electronic books, instead of printed books, ink on paper. Part of it is an instinctive rejection of things new and novel on my part, though I usually regret not adopting the innovation earlier once I take the plunge, but there is something precarious about electronic books that arouses a sense of unease in me.
The great thing about print is that it creates multiple physical copies of the same text. While it's possible that all copies are lost, due to fire, rats or inattentive owners, books printed on paper have been extremely durable, and they have lasted for centuries. Also, and crucially, the text is fixed and cannot be altered.
Can digital books offer the same chances of survival and the same degree of stability as print? I am not certain, and yet to be convinced. Digital books can be stored in multiple locations, however what happens if the whole system that the digital books depend on were to crash, or the format in which books are stored were to become obsolete? Digital content can be altered quite easily, and it's possible that fixing the master copy will be reflected in all depending on how distribution of the books are managed, unlike in print publications where an author would be hard pressed to track down every single purchaser of the book and manually change each copy.
If anything, it is the ability to manipulate the text constantly and with ease that bothers me slightly. Of course I understand that thoughts always evolve and fixing something at an arbitrary point may be doing more harm than good. However, I feel that it is helpful to be able to track the evolution of an idea by following the different editions and publications. In this respect print publications are signposts on a long road. It is conceivable that there may be multiple digital copies of multiple editions stored in different formats and at different locations, but it raises the question of authenticity: if the author's URI has been updated with a newer edition without noting the changes, then it can confuse and possibly distort the evolutionary process.
I treat publications on the internet as ephemeralia, something fleeting, and for that reason, I have no compunction in constantly editing the content on this site. For books, however, and especially academic publications, I'd like to see print to remain in existence for a long time to come.
Despite all that I have written above, I have a funny feeling I'll end up owning a reader and quite liking it.