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Q: How mapping works in transliteration? My curiosity lies on mapping for transliteration. I am working on a project that uses transliteration. I have seen some solved code for this. But I could understand them. For example,
\def\tcmapto#1#2{\expandafter\def\csname tcmapto\number`#1\endcsname{#2}}
\def\tcmapnumto#1#2{\expandafter\def\csname tcmapto#1\endcsname{#2}}
\def\tcremap#1{\ifcsname tcmapto\number`#1\endcsname
                 \csname tcmapto\number`#1\endcsname\else#1\fi}

Question: How these three lines work part by part. Can anyone elaborate with patience. Thank you.
Complete code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tokcycle}
\def\tcmapto#1#2{\expandafter\def\csname tcmapto\number`#1\endcsname{#2}}
\def\tcmapnumto#1#2{\expandafter\def\csname tcmapto#1\endcsname{#2}}
\def\tcremap#1{\ifcsname tcmapto\number`#1\endcsname
                 \csname tcmapto\number`#1\endcsname\else#1\fi}

\tcmapto{ং}{n}% OR \tcmapnumto{2434}{n}
\tcmapto{আ}{Ā}% OR \tcmapnumto{2438}{Ā}
\tcmapto{ন}{n}% OR \tcmapnumto{2472}{n}
\tcmapto{ব}{b}% OR \tcmapnumto{2476}{b}
\tcmapto{ম}{m}% OR \tcmapnumto{2478}{m}
\tcmapto{র}{ra}% OR \tcmapnumto{2480}{ra}
\tcmapto{ল}{l}% OR \tcmapnumto{2482}{l}
\tcmapto{স}{s}% OR \tcmapnumto{2488}{s}
\tcmapto{া}{ā}% OR \tcmapnumto{2494}{ā}
\tcmapto{ো}{ō}% OR \tcmapnumto{2507}{ō}

\begin{document}
\Characterdirective{\addcytoks[x]{\tcremap{#1}}}
\tokencyclexpress
আমার সোনার বাংলা

আ-মা-র  সো-না-র  বাং-লা
\endtokencyclexpress
\end{document}

A: *

*\def\tcmapto#1#2{\expandafter\def\csname tcmapto\number`#1\endcsname{#2}}
defines \tcmapto in such a way that each call of the form \tcmapto{A}{B} defines a command with the name
\tcpmapto<character code of A>

that expands to B. This way \tcmapto stores the transliteration of A to B in the new macro \tcpmapto<character code of A>. As an example,
\tcmapto{a}{b}

defines the command \tcmapto97 that will expand to b (97 is the character code of a).

*

*\def\tcmapnumto#1#2{\expandafter\def\csname tcmapto#1\endcsname{#2}}
does the same, but \tcmapnumto takes the character code itself as the first argument, instead of the character. As an example,
\tcmapnumto{97}{b}

also defines the command \tcmapto97 that will expand to b.

*

*\def\tcremap#1{\ifcsname tcmapto\number`#1\endcsname\csname tcmapto\number`#1\endcsname\else#1\fi}
\tcremap{A} checks whether a macro \tcmapto<character code of A> exists and, if it does, executes it. Otherwise it outputs A. The effect is that \tcremap{A} transliterates A to B, if this transliteration has been set up, or outputs A.

The basic building blocks.

*

*\csname ... \endcsname constructs a command name from whatever comes inbetween, expanding macros on the way. \csname is useful when defining unusual macro names, like those with digits in it.

*\def\macroname{expansion} defines the macro \macroname to expand to expansion.

*\expandafter\def\csname ... \endcsname means: First expand \csname ... \endcsname to get the macro name, and then define it. Without \expandafter, \def would redefine the macro name \csname itself.

*\ifcsname ... \endcsname <then branch> \else <else branch> \fi: If the characters between \ifcsname and \endcsname are the name of an existing macro, do the <then branch>, otherwise do the <else branch>.

*\number`<character> expands to the code of <character>

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Defining Socialism Down
Communism killed some 94 million people in the 20th century. It ranks alongside any other evil of that period, which is saying something. Consequently, no less than Nazism, it is not a word to be casually used or a charge to be lightly made. Both happened in response to Richard Reinsch's eminently sensible observation in this space that Barack Obama is "not a socialist"—a clause followed hard on by another stating that Obama's policies were incompatible with the genius of the American regime. Despite the latter clause, this set off a range of posted comments that placed "progressive," "socialist" and "communist" on the same slippery continuum, with one commentator remarking that they were separated only by meaningless degrees, another claiming that Obama was not a socialist, he was a "radical socialist," and still another clarifiyng that, no, he was a "fascist" instead.
It is difficult to see what purpose is served by these excesses other than to trivialize charges conservatives ought to take seriously while deflecting punches that might actually land. Certainly no converts are going to be made by forcing choices to falsely stark extremes—either a state scaled back beyond what anyone in the mainstream of politics, Republican or Democrat, today supports on the one hand or the specter of socialism on the other—that, not incidentally, crowd 62 million Americans who voted for Obama into the same pejorative category. A charge of communism is a charge of totalitarianism that conjures the Gulag, the collectivization of farms and the deaths by starvation or slaughter of tens of millions. It is not the same thing as socialism, and socialism is not the same thing as progressivism.
If conservatives still believe in an objective public good grounded in an objective moral order, one precondition for its political pursuit would seem to be that words retain fixed meanings. "Socialism" is one. It is not merely the extreme of "liberal." According to our colleagues at the Library of Economics and Liberty, socialism means "a centrally planned economy in which the government controls all means of production." (emphasis added) One need not defend Obama's policies—Reinsch certainly did not; far from it—to observe that the former has not, in point of fact, proposed this. Bailouts, yes; redistribution, certainly. Criticize away. But these are not what the word "socialism" means.
Moreover, to place progressivism on a slippery slope sliding inevitably into socialism and from there into communism is to engage in conceptual confusion at best and to trivialize grave affairs at worst. (This is neither what Solzhenitsyn said in his Harvard Address nor how Reinsch characterized him. That point was the inability of projects of human perfectibility unmoored from transcendent belief to resist the descent into totalitarianism.) Progressivism—which is not the same thing as liberalism; it has more in common with the attempt at perfectibility that Solzhenitsyn feared—includes beliefs in redistributive transfer payments and an aggressive regulatory role for the state. This does not entail state ownership of the means of production. For its part, socialism is dumb, but it is not, contra communism, totalitarian. George Orwell, for example, whom conservatives have been known to admire, was a democratic socialist—he did not, in fairness, live to witness the fullness of socialism's failures—but one of the century's most eloquent exponents of totalitarian horrors.
The claim that these doctrines somehow run together before converging with progressivism is also to ignore another tradition conservatives, William F. Buckley among them, once respected: liberal anti-totalitarianism of the kind embodied by such figures as Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Lane Kirkland. It renders inaccessible for conversation a onetime form of liberalism that is legitimately open to criticism on any number of grounds but whose respect for Burkean premises about the complexity of society and the importance of intermediary institutions was admirable. (It might, for example, have warned about unintended consequences of certain hyper-complex laws.)
Conservatives, to be sure, have ample grounds on which to object to Obama's policies. Reinsch's punches landed square. It is unnecessary to take the extra step of attempting rhetorically to delegitimate him, especially if the price of doing so is to cheapen terms whose moral gravity conservatives in particular ought to respect.
Are We Free To Reform Ourselves?
on November 10, 2013 at 10:42:49 am
Greg:
Nice piece - well stated!
It appears as if you are asserting a "bright-line" difference between socialism and progressivism and that this should be apparent to an impartial observer if one considers the totality, or at least, the impulse towards totality of control over the economy.
I am no longer certain that there is a 'bright-line" difference between the two "isms" and have within the last number of years become more apprehensive of the "impulse" toward control that our Progressive friends have demonstrated / manifested.
As an example, I do not recall reading the the Soviets ever considered banning trans-fats, taxing sugary drinks, etc. etc. These may seem trivial when contrasted with gulags, The Committee on State Security and other wonders of the Soviet system; however, when combined with such Progressive benefits as O-Care, the Independent Payment Advisory Board, government restructuring of General Motors and the concomitant closing of dealerships and a major auto brand (Pontiac), one begins to question whether there is a clear line of demarcation.
Would you concede that the impulse to "totalitarianism" is at least present amongst our Proggie friends? - or is it just totalitarian-lite?
Also, while the initial impetus of the Proggies and others may have been "perfectability," any rational political actor with such predispositions cannot help but conclude that such perfectability is not attainable without ultimate control.
(See Hayek, Strauss, Burke, etc.etc.)
Gabe--Thanks as always for a thoughtful contribution. I would not concede that what we are seeing today entails an impulse to totalitarianism but would agree that human perfectibility ultimately requires total control especially if, as Solzhenitsyn (and Richard) emphasized, it is divorced from transcendence. In this regard I think a distinction between liberalism and Progressivism is helpful. Liberalism is ameliorative; I take Progressivism in its early 20th century form to be more oriented toward perfectionism. I think some of the policies you mentioned have less to do with perfectibility than with excessive understandings of what the state can and ought to achieve. These seem to me better understood as prudential (albeit serious and philosophical) disagreements, but I take your point that differences of degree can become differences in kind.
Thanks for the reply. You may very well be correct. Perhaps, I and others, are doing what we so often criticize the Court for - "divining penumbras and emanations" from the slather of Progressive Political philosophy and practices.
They are all collectives throught force, or forced collectives. They are no different from one another.
I respectfully must disagree. The United States has, for a brief time, implemented a full-bore socialist regime. From 1917 to 1920, the United States industrial, agricultural, and transportation economy was managed centrally by the Federal Government in order to achieve purposes conducive to the public good. This was fully supported by the will of a non-trivial majority of the American people, including, ironically, most corporate leaders. If you compare this regime to the kind of programs instituted by Woodrow Wilson prior to 1917, you will find a dramatic contrast. It is a difference of quality, not just degree.
None of this should be construed as an argument in favor of progressivism. Here, I am only asserting (in what I take to be agreement with Greg's thoughtful post) that they are two different things. This matters, because if we wish to argue intelligently against something, it is important to characterize that which we oppose honestly and accurately. When we claim that Progressivism is the same as Socialism, and then employ arguments against Socialism to attack it, we fail to engage properly with Progressivism. This makes it fairly trivial for the defenders of Progressivism to dismiss our arguments.
Kevin R. Hardwick
Greg--
I much agree with you that early 20th century Progressive rhetoric was tinged with perfectionism.
When I examine the actual policies, however, I do not see it as clearly. For example, where do we find perfectionism in the Federal Reserve Act of 1912? Or the Pure Food Act of 1906 (I think--writing from memory here)? or the Jones Seaman Act of 1920?
In what sense does the claim that the Federal Government has an obligation to ensure an acceptable and healthy quality of foodstuffs for American consumers entail the claim that human nature is perfectible? I think we can argue the merits of this on grounds of economic policy or political prudence--but I don't see the larger theological claim in play in the policy.
I take perfectionism to mean, theologically, Pelagianism (or its more recent incarnation, Arminianism). It is in the end an argument about the capacity of the unredeemed human will to choose God. That entire argument seems to me to be a very far distance away from the arguments over, say, the prudence of creation of the Federal Reserve.
Help--I find myself befuddled by this part of the argument . . .
Kevin:
No disputing your factual recitation nor your conclusion(s). I would agree. However, i believe that Greg's reference to perfectibility has more to do with political perfectibility or utopianism as opposed to a Thomistic perfectibility. Consequently, the argument does appear, at least to me, to have much merit as it is concerned not simply with prudential or non-prudential actions but rather the accepted scope of such state actions and the role of such actions in perfecting human society.
I agree that we who seek to conserve liberty, etc should stop "conjuring up" (my term not yours) a more nefarious intent on the part of the Proggies than is due them. It is counter productive and leads to easy rebuttals and great fun in the media.
However, here is an interesting question. Yes, Woody's policies pre 1917 were distinctly different than the latter peiord. Let us remember that the latter policies were implemented in pursuit of a "war" aim and consequently would be expected to receive the overwhelming support of the populace. But let us consider, whether or not Woody presaged Rahm Emanuel's famous dictum, "Never let a crisis go to waste."
I think an argument can be made for such an assertion and indeed may be supported by the fact that "war aim" policies did not soon, nor completely leave the American political scene. (See also WWII & FDR for similar phenomenon). Moreover, these actions / policies tended to shift the expectations of the populace such that they were more "receptive" to increased government intervention in areas of our lives that heretofore were considered off-limits.
What remarkable commentary!
But Kevin probably comes closest with his implications.
In the references to religious convictions, Kevin points to individuality.
The Progressive, the Socialist, the Communist, the Totalitarian, the Political Positivist (Obama?) are each and all "anti-individual."
Burke's "little platoons" are comprised of individuals determining how to interact with one another and what to derive from those interactions.
Most of the "isms" (notably excepting Capitalism) are processes of one kind or another, which, while they may differ in degree or scope, generally require constraints upon, or even suppression of, individuality, in order to attain objectives, or even carry out activities.
Capitalism, is a condition and not a process. It is the result of a process, generally based upon inter-actions of individuality. Those interactions are commonly defined as "markets." Those interactions are not always unconstrained. Many of the processes of the "isms" are principally concerned with the design and implementation of those constraints. Thus, they are "anti-individual."
Insofar as the impact on individuality is concerned, little has changed, other than the labels, of the Political Positivism of Comte in the early 19th century.
R Richard Schweitzer
Gabe--
I don't see the utopian qualities either. Indeed (back to the religious metaphor), when I read the justifications for the various progressive acts, I see more evidence of Augustine than I do Pelagius. As I read the early progressives (but not the later), I see a strong nod towards the following extended syllogism: all men are inclined to evil and must be restrained if human society is to be orderly; the development of corporate capitalism has created a class of men who are dramatically empowered to act, and thus to do ill; these men are just like all others--inclined to do ill; therefore ordered liberty must be extended to encompass the kinds of acts that corporate capitalism empowers ill-disposed men to do.
There are multiple entirely plausible ways to criticize this kind of reasoning. But I don't think that perfectionism is one of them.
Note too that this is only one species of argument advanced by the progressives. In other facets of reform, I do think we see genuine evidence of utopian thought. But I think the core extensions of the regulatory power of the federal government, the actual arguments the progressives made fall much more plausibly in the intellectual tradition of ordered liberty--and that is Augustinian and Calvinist, not Pelagian and Arminian.
another well reasoned and well stated piece!
Perhaps, i have been unduly influenced by such latter day Progressive "ordering" of liberty as the proposed banning of trans-fats, obsession with cola & other soft drinks, smoking prohibitions, etc and an undisguised disdain for the preferences of average citizens.
It is difficult for me, at least, to reconcile this with a belief that the Proggies aims are as limited as a simple "ordered liberty." ( I am being only partially facetious here).
I wonder if you would consider the possibility (if not probability) that Woodrow Wilson actively sought America's engagement in World War I as an instrumentality for creating the conditions that would make possible the forwarding of his agenda for the structure of government and its role in the social order of this country?
Such an instrumentality had become useful if not necessary in the hiatus following 1913 when the original agenda had begun to lose momentum.
Thank you for reminding me of that - I was actually going to mention it in my earlier commentary.
To my mind, it is now absolutely clear the Woody did in fact seek entry into the "War to End All Wars." Much recent scholarship has emerged to support this contention (my memory at present fails me on the several books and essays i have read on this). Indeed, I believe he had a two fold purpose in gaining entry: one was domestic and the second was international.
In the first, it would prove rather fertile ground for implementing his new conception of american government; in the second, it would allow him to "persuade" the rest of humanity, by example, as to the superiority of the American Way (of course, this was to be defined by Woody). In both instances, this, i believe was reflective of a messianic impulse. thus, we are back to the question of utopianism vs prudentialism.
What say you, richard?
Kevin offers a useful corrective to what may be my misuse of language in the very midst of a piece warning against the misuse of language. I don't see the regulatory features of the Progressive movement, whatever one thinks of them, as perfectionist or utopian. I do see the theory of history in, say, FDR's Commonwealth Club Address more in those terms ("democracy ... is a quest, a never-ending seeking for better things," etc.). But little is gained by escalating policy disputes to this level. This having been my initial point, I ought to be careful not to engage in that practice myself. I do think a useful distinction can be drawn between ameliorative and transformative liberalism (Lowi does this in distinguishing between the New Deal and Great Society, for example), but perhaps progressivism vs. liberalism is the wrong axis for making that point. Gabe's concerns about the micromanagement of behavior, however, might be seen in terms of this contrast.
Wilson, like Comte, was convicted of the "universality" of his concepts.
So far as reading discloses, he was aloof, self-differentiating. That seems to be a commonality of those followed by "mass-man."
Most Positivists are. Perhaps they have to be.
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Q: CausalImpact - Should I use more than one control? In the intro document (https://google.github.io/CausalImpact/CausalImpact.html) it suggests that using one predictor is not ideal. Am I current in understand that they mean one control? If so, should I look into using multiple time series as controls? I was using this method, but summing up all of the control streams into 1 since I am not sure whether using multiple controls is possible. Are there pros and cons of both approachs?

A: Why there are controls
The CausalImpact package estimates the causal effect of an intervention in terms of the variability seen in the response variable during the post-period that cannot be explained away by other means. This is why CausalImpact rests so critically on control time series (= predictors). In practice, CausalImpact analyses often contain between 3 and 50 predictors.
Each control may help explain away, or regress out, some of the variability seen in your response time series. For example, one control might share the same overall trend as your response variable; another control might share the same day-of-week effect. You can see how well your controls explain your response variable by looking at the pre-period in the plot.
Why you usually don't want to sum your controls
It's generally not a good idea to 'sum' your controls before running CausalImpact. Instead, you want to include each control as an individual time series in your model. You can do this by providing a data frame where the first column contains the time points, the second column contains the response variable, and all further columns contain controls.
Supplying many controls means the model can estimate individual coefficients for each. Summing up controls beforehand would restrict the model to solutions where each predictor is scaled by the same coefficient.
One situation where it may make sense to pre-aggregate controls is when there are too many of them. For example, if you had hundreds or thousands of controls, you might want to reduce their dimensionality using a PCA.

A: Having multiple controls or single controls depends on a specific situation. I would recommend doing both i.e., use single control and as well as multiple controls. CausalImpact is nothing more than a extrapolation/forecasting method that projects data just before a known intervention. So you could infact use any standard forecasting methods and project multiple controls to comapre test.
An alternative method that automatically handles multiple control is Synthetic control model and it has an associated R/Matlab/Stata package.
Hope this helps


originally posted on a Facebook Jahi McMath support page.
3. Where is Jahi? Could she be in someone's private home getting care?
I haven't ruled out a private home setting either. Or perhaps a church building, etc.
They have a large following of supporters. Some of them are bound to be nurses aides, LPNs, or RNs. It is possible that they have accepted donated machinery, hospital bed, and supplies, and donated volunteer nursing services. That would keep costs down. And keep things very quiet and away from the media. The grandmother is an LPN-- she probably has a lot of connections to people who know how to do physical care. A small cadre of dedicated volunteers, who agree to keep quiet, could accomplish the task for a while.
I've cared for people on ventilators in the back of transport military planes, in the back of trucks, in tents, etc. If you know how to set up some equipment, oxygen, meds, IV's, and work out the electrical and oxygen issues, etc, it wouldn't be hard to set up a place to provide custodial care to a body, especially if it were classified as a home care situation. That is essentially what the "facility" in New York was going to do. I imagined that they were going to put her in an empty office space at their main building (the one without automatic doors, lol!) if she ever arrived there.
I do think the coroner knows where they took Jahi's body. I think that was almost certainly part of the arrangement to release her body to Mrs. Winkfield. It's standard procedure when a body is released to family members for transport, or for religious/ cultural rituals, etc. Basically, the receiving person has to fill out forms and disclose what they intend to do.
I think we will continue to hear occasional social media reports of "She's doing great! She's healing every day, and responds to her mother's touch", right up until the day that it is announced that she has been called home to be with God. I expect there will be an enormous funeral, eventually, with thousands in attendance. They do have a really amazing number of supporters, whatever we may think about that. Since everything they are doing is framed within their faith, there is no way for them to lose face within their religious community of supporters, IMO. If she rises up and lives, prayer worked. And if she doesn't, then God called her home, and they will continue to praise God. Their supporters will be there for Mrs. Winkfield's emotional needs when the time for the funeral comes, I think.
But then I think that they will immediately become immersed in the process of litigation, which will go on and on for years on end. I really hope the other kids are having their needs attended to, and have returned to some kind of regular routine. Sadly, instead of mourning their sister, I think that this atmosphere of prolonged "conflict", followed by litigation, will define their childhood. I feel like their identity has been buried in all this, with all of the adults around them focused on prolonging the "conflict". Jahi might actually BE the only one in this whole mess who is "healing". JMO.
4. What kind of care would Jahi's body need, wherever she is? Is she just laying there like she is asleep? Does she look normal?
Just a guess, as I have no earthly idea what they really are doing, or hope to accomplish.
My best guess is that Jahi's body is not receiving the same level of care and monitoring that is "possible" in an ICU setting, or even a med surg bed in an acute care hospital. If I had to generalize, I'd say what they may be doing could be classified as "custodial care" or possibly palliative care (though palliative is an odd descriptor for a patient who is deceased).
There is an adage in palliative health care that you don't do a test if you don't want to know the answer (meaning, you don't intend to treat).
I could be wrong , but I think any labs potentially being done would probably be "bedside" labs, such as a urine dipstick, urine specific gravity, or a fingerstick blood glucose. As far as "send out" labs to monitor kidneys, liver, etc, I doubt that they are doing this. A LTC center would not have an in house lab, so would have to send out. (And may not have in house ability to draw labs into the proper tubes, etc.) If she is at a private home, same. And whose name would be put on the send-out lab tubes? The bigger question is what would be done with abnormal results? It's not like they are going to put her body on peritoneal or hemodialysis if her kidney function is wildly abnormal. I think they probably have a very limited ability to correct electrolyes. I suspect her liver function tests would be pretty abnormal at this point.
I know a body has diabetes insipidis for a "while" following brain death, but I have no idea if it continues beyond 6 weeks to 2 months duration? If she is still having DI symptoms, they might "chase" it with vasopressin to slow down how fast she is losing fluids, and try to keep her BP up, but if her kidneys are in the process of shutting down, I could also see retention of fluids and low urine output. They might be giving her thyroid hormones, but the dose wouldn't necessarily be dependent on a lab value. All this is dependent on a doc to write a prescription, and a pharmacy able to fill it.
Her heart is only 13 years old, and even with the cardiac arrest, must still be in good enough shape to pump regularly and sort of effectively without too much intervention. Pre load and after load is a big issue, as her body has lost the ability to regulate the expansion and contraction of her peripheral circulatory system. I doubt they have ability to do hemodynamic monitoring beyond external BP (blood pressure) cuff pressures.
She may or may not have a central IV access line, but I doubt they would use it for central venous pressure monitoring. I seriously doubt she has an arterial line for BP monitoring and blood gas analysis, so any ventilator setting changes would be based, probably, just on physical symptoms, perhaps end tidal CO2, and pulse oximetry. And "guesswork".
I suspect her body is refractory (less able to respond) to a number of vasoactive drugs at this point. She may no longer be responsive to vasopressin. Who knows? There aren't too many health care providers who are "experts" at caring for brain dead patients 2 months out from brain death.
I highly doubt she would be a candidate to receive blood products, so monitoring those labs might be kind of pointless.
I think they probably provide hygiene care, skin care, turning, bathing, mouth care, lubricating eyes, trach care, peri care, etc. All that is fairly straight forward, and doesn't require a high level of skill, except trach care. I think she probably has lots of lung issues at this point-- even with antibiotics. Lots of atelectasis (small airway collapse) fluid filled areas, "pus" and either dried out thick secretions, or soupy secretions. She has no ability to mobilize secretions, so is dependent on suctioning, aerosolized humidification and medications, and maybe lavage (fluid instilled to thin secretions). They might be dripping some tube feed solution into a PEG. They might be giving IV vitamins or hyperal (TPN), and/ or lipid solution. Who knows what their capability is?
And then you also have issues of contractures from immobility. Hands and wrists would need to be splinted, in normal position, as well as have range of motion. Needs heel protectors, and foot drop splints, in addition to the sequential compression devices seen in the video. All of the physical care that would ordinarily be given to someone with PVS or comatose condition.
I would be very curious to know the date of the video posted on Facebook, then abruptly pulled. If it was recent, her feet look to be in better condition (better hydration, no foot drop) than I would expect. My strong suspicion is that the video wasn't from last week. Why would anyone go to such measures to conceal the embedded data? Almost seems like it was baiting for some kind of response, but unwilling to provide details to authenticate. They could have posted it as a private video, and given the access code to people they approved-- but didn't.
The way that video was posted, altered in the embedded data, then abruptly pulled, seems very manipulative, IMO.
Organ systems will shut down. How long that will take is any one's guess.
The above is my best guess. I'd be interested in hearing any other health care professionals opinions, too.
5. Are there any odors because she has been dead so long? Is her body decomposing?
One thing that is a bit of a blessing about "odor control" is that Jahi's body is on a ventilator. The breathing circuit is "closed"-- meaning, both the inhalation and exhalation takes place inside of hoses that are not open to room air. The lung secretions are likely to be a dominant source of bad odors at this point, very icky and infected smelling. The circuit on her trach will somewhat contain these odors.
When someone on a ventilator has a breathing tube inserted through the mouth, or as a tracheostomy, the suction catheters can be contained within this closed circuit, with a type of sterile plastic sleeve over the catheter. This is usually the method used in a hospital situation. This way suctioning can occur without disconnecting the circuit every time, thereby the patient has decreased exposure to infection, as well as the staff having less contact with secretions.
There are also suction catheters which require the circuit to be removed from the trach every time, and a clean or sterile catheter is used. A lot of people with long term home ventilator care situations don't need to practice "strict" sterile technique, but instead use "clean" technique.
For those interested, here are some pics of suction catheters, and a guide to "home care" suctioning of pediatric trachs. The procedure is pretty much the same for kids as well as adults. There are some risks with suctioning-- and prolonged or inappropriate deep suctioning can cause low oxygen conditions, as well as serious and abrupt slowing of the heart rate, with abnormal rhythms. Jahi's body can't cough up or mobilize secretions, so she would have to have deep suctioning to get the gunk out. She also can't cough or react to suctioning, so while she may have heart slowing or oxygen issues, it wouldn't cause her distress. Long term scarring of her lungs from deep suctioning probably isn't much of a concern, since she is deceased, and we are waiting for her heart to finish.
We can all imagine the types of odors produced "down below". Many of the odors of the bed bound can be controlled with scrupulous hygiene of the body, prompt changing and replacing of soiled linens, prompt removal of medical equipment containing secretions and body fluids, and odor masking things like scented body lotion, air fresheners, etc. This is a great deal of work, by the way, and requires very dedicated caregivers.
Thank you so much for taking the time to provide this very enlightening information! As terribly sad and wrong as I believe what they're doing to be, it is a fascinating intellectual and spiritual exercise.
I know the buzz was that UCSF did the trach and the feeding tube and we don't know who is providing the care now. Do you see any ethical problems with a licensed physician or RN being involved in her care? How about an accredited facility? And if she's not being cared for at home, how in God's name have they kept it secret this long?
There is something that occurred to me a couple of weeks ago, when everyone was speculating about who may have done the trach and feeding tube placement.
Jahi is officially dead. Therefore, there is really no need, or requirement, to keep any "official" medical records anymore. That includes medical records of the trach and feeding tube placement. That also means that, if I understand the legal implications, there is no mechanism to bring any medical negligence (malpractice) complaints for care rendered after she was pronounced dead.
It is entirely possible that a currently licensed and practicing physician (or 2) performed the PEG and trach, either alone, or with a tech or nurse to help.
If it was done in a licensed facility, of course the hospital admin would have to know and approve. I would think that the attorneys would have to draw up something like a "consent" form and a "hold harmless" clause that says the family understands that there is no guarantee of outcomes, that they can't engage in civil actions for medical negligence, or something like that. I really have no idea what would be involved at a legal level.
One could also argue that the procedures were "post mortem rituals", and not medical care.
No matter how it was done and justified, I'm sure the coroner/ ME had to approve ahead of time.
It's also remotely possible, I suppose, that a medical examiner placed the trach and PEG. Who knows? It's interesting.
Where ever her body is, they have done a remarkable job of keeping it all quiet. I'm actually okay with that. This has been enough of a circus.
Because of the way this family has acted in the last 8 weeks, I highly doubt that they will keep silent when her heart stops. I doubt that they can conceal that from their many supporters. I think (hope) there will be a nice memorial service and funeral to honor her, eventually.
I just want to say that you have done a wonderful job with these articles. I really appreciate you taking the time to explain these things to us laypeople.
Where did you hear ucsf?? I'm in the area, and have not heard any involvement by ucsf. I also would be shocked such a reputable hospital would do this.
I heard the UCSF rumor also and the person it came from did not sound like they knew what they were talking about. I don't think UCSF would go near this situation.
Very insightful, as a mother myself, I cannot imagine how Nailah can put Jahi's body through this. But then again, we are talking about a woman who jokes about Jahi losing weight on Uncle Beast's latest Instagram post.
I think the coroner did some special "carve out" for this case. Because it was such a political hot potato the Alameda Co Coroner's Office must have. I remember years ago I worked in an East Bay hospital. It wasn't a trauma center but we would get the occasional GSW thrown out of a car on our ramp. One night they were working on a guy and the ER doc had ordered a CT right before he coded. For some reason...I can no longer remember why, they went ahead with the CT scan. Oh brother, it caused all kinds of problems. The cororner's office was angry and administration was angry and I do remember that it was because of some issue with performing a service on a dead person. Might have really had more to do with mucking up a crime scene, though, not that I remember the Alameda Coroner being particularly fastidious about "crime scenes" ugh.
Thank you very much for this series of articles, without question the best and most informative. Have followed your blog as soon as a link was provided in the comment section of mainstream news.
From my reading of it, it mentions that 9 out of 10 pregnant and brain dead women, were carrying boy fetuses. I'm wondering if part of the reason such heroic measures were taken to save the fetus, was because they were carrying boys. After all, the ratio is 9 out of 10 boys, not 50-50 as one would expect to match the standard male-female ratio. What do you think?
The other thing, is that after reading that study twice, I still can't figure out how many of the fetuses who were "born" actually lived past the infant stage. The study talked about 4 dying in the womb, and most dying after "birth"? The study also mentioned that only 2% of those that lived for any length of time, were without serious handicap.
First there's the money aspect -- is it truly reasonable to spend who knows how much, to "save" a child who has a 98% chance of a serious handicap, of the ones who even live at all? And secondly, it's just incredibly disgusting to me, that anybody thinks it's appropriate to literally use a woman's dead body as if she's nothing more than a mechanical incubator. If she's brain dead, then she's ALREADY donating the use of her organs to the fetus. If she didn't sign the organ donor card, then the fetus isn't entitled to the use of her body after she's "done with it". Call me a tin-foil hat crazy person all anybody wants, but where is this going to end? Will medical science progress to the point where any brain dead female who signs a donor card is considered fair game, and our non-pregnant uteruses at the time of our death, are used to incubate random fetuses which were created in a lab?
ALL of that creeps me out, which is most likely the primary reason which explains why I can't let this story go. Dead bodies need to be buried and left alone, not used for frankenstein experiments. Okay, I'm ranting, apologies for that, but I am wondering if you or anybody else on this knowledgeable blog has an opinion and/or a response?
Wonderingone, when I was still working as an RN in the small community hospital in rural California, that very "finish the procedure" stuff happened more than I care to admit. I think the worst one was on an elderly woman who was a long-time patient who was in and out of the hospital due to heart disease. One afternoon she coded, and the ER "doc-in-a-box" came up to run the code. Most of us RNs had completed an ACLS course weeks before, so we pretty much ran the code, which included meds, defibrillation and intubation by a CRNA who was onsite.
We were not able to establish a rhythm, and the doctor pronounced her dead. Then he turned to us, laryngoscope in hand, and asked if any of us wanted to practice intubation techniques. We were all numb from losing this patient, many of us were friends with her daughter. We refused to participate.
As we were turning off the monitors, her heart started beating again. The doctor pulled the ET tube, and within 5 minutes she was talking. She did leave the hospital alive, but died for real a few weeks later.
I just have a hard time picturing any ethical RN participating in the ongoing care of Jahi's body. I wouldn't even consider it ethical to teach an unlicensed person how to do something as simple as change an IV bag, or empty the Foley catheter bag. But maybe that's just me. I had a hard enough time learning how to do sutures using medical cadavers at UCSD over 20 years ago… and those were bodies who had willingly donated their remains to medical research.
I cannot imagine a facility such as UCSF or even Stanford touching this with a ten-foot pole. I prefer the idea of some rogue doctor from the Byrne school of "she's not dead" doing his or her thing, believing what is being done is "God's work."
Could it be that Jahi's body has been "donated to science" and is in New York after all?
I followed your wiki "quakery" link and from that, found another very interesting and informative website called "Quackwatch".
I'm on the go at the moment, but wanted to leave a couple links that some readers might find interesting. This first one is an online discussion among physicians about the issues surrounding uncooperative families and the brain death of a loved one. I think it is quite illuminating, but be advised the language is very blunt among these professionals. It is a great chance to be a "fly on the wall" as they discuss.
This second article talks about continued treatment of the brain dead person, for the benefit of the family.
Thanks for the articles you posted. I read the top one beginning to end, and found it very enlightening. It really puts in perspective how utterly bombastic Nailah Winkfield's behavior was. These doctors talk as if the right and responsibility of doctor's to turn off the vent when a person is brain dead is unequivocal and well-established in the law. People who won't accept it are contraverting our legal system and the system of ethics that guides our country's medical delivery system. Jahi's family's behavior was far worse than anything described by those doctors. I am really amazed that they took it so far, and even went back on their own agreement to accept the sixth doctor's opinion. The docs in that discussion question whether two opinions are needed, and they say there comes a time when you just inform them it will be turned off and let them deal with it. How Mrs. Winkfield managed to domineer an entire hospital staff is quite beyond me.
Your Q&A articles have also renewed in my mind the question of how on earth they are paying for all this.
It will be interesting to see if/when they ever inform us about poor Jahi's interment. Can they admit they were wrong?
Just finished reading the page discussing uncooperative families. Wow, what a difference. It really highlights what an odd ruling the judge in Jahi's case made to keep her on the ventilator for those extra weeks. I can see his ruling making things much more difficult for doctors in the future when faced with angry families who think they can refuse to "allow" hospitals to disconnect the vents from people who have died. What a mess this case has made.
Reading the link from kz, I really wonder why CHO didn't just turn off all equipment like other MDs mentioned in the first link. What's the worse that could happen? They sue? At least they would have lost their case, just like the shaken baby. And a judge would have followed the law and told them "they did the right thing..." End of story. This case allowed judge to change the perspective and NOT follow law. they only thing they may have gotten was the "chump change" uncle was so passionate a out. No more fighting, no lifeless body in limbo somewhere.
KZ, Great find on the link about uncooperative families. It's spot on in pinpointing how Jahi's case went off the rails.
It seems as if CHO should have just stood firm even in the face of threats of legal action since brain death is legal. I can't help but wonder if the family also used race to further manipulate the situation as one of the physicians in the article mentioned.
From what the physicians were saying and certainly as demonstrated in Jahi's case, the longer they wait the more hardened the position of the family becomes that they have to give permission to turn off the ventilator when that isn't what the law requires. I also think Jahi's case could be used as a threat by other families in the future just like the baby's case referenced in the link.
I wonder what some of the physicians commenting would say about what happened in Jahi's case?
I so hope she's not at home with her little siblings. Having a corpse in the house would be terrifying.
Lets leave the Twitter crickets on Twitter.
One question for KZ: With Jahi's systems breaking down, is there any danger to family members due to bacteria? Does the decomposition process result in any nasty germs that would be a health threat to others around her?
My suspicion is that one of the reasons we bury/creamte the dead (beyond religious or cultural reasons) is that having decomposing bodies laying around would be a threat to the public health.
Yesterday KTVU reported that anchor Frank Somerville got an update from Mrs. Winkfield about Jahi. I'd summarize or link but I'm on a virtual keyboard and can't type well on these things. Letter also reported in SF Chron and LA Times. "She is much better physically ... and I see changes that give me hope."
Thanks for your awesome FAQ. I'm a parent of a long term trached kid, so I've been following this story in total bafflement as it played out.
My son lived in a Bay Area subacute care facility until he was 9 months old, and the facility where he lived was one of the "undisclosed local facilities" that turned down Jahi for admission. The facility takes plenty of discharged kids from Oakland Childrens and the other big hospitals in the area, so the family may have even been in contact with other families from the subacute.
The subacute in question provides excellent care (to live children, of course).
Would you have any interest in a guest post addressing what trach and trach-vent kids really are? I feel like the Jahi case gave the impression that the trach is appropriate for brain dead patients (it is not) and that the rest of trached kids are somehow similar to a brain dead patient (they're not).
* for reference, my kid is not even remotely brain dead, he's trached due to craniofacial malformations, and formerly vented at night due to having sleep apnea, now fortunately resolved. He'll be totally fine, eventually, probably.
The money must be running out. Why else issue an unspecific letter with vague generalizations.
First, I know I am behind in updating the Jahi McMath Quick Links page with the latest news reports over the last week or so.
I've been busy helping Mr. Sprocket with his business and working on my own sewing business. I thank you for your patience and hope you understand.
Second, I received a timeline a few weeks ago, that one of T&T's readers put together. They are a great contributor in the comments, yet did not want credit for the work. T&T is grateful for the time and energy they put into this project. I still have to go through it and verify information and links. Once that's done, it will probably be posted as a separate Quick Links entry, that can be edited as more information is added and confirmed.
Third, I don't know what to think about the letter that is supposedly signed by Jahi's mother. I'm still pondering that. What are your thoughts on that?
Finally, Please remember that our contributors and guest writers donate their time to T&T. No one is paid a salary.
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In a Facebook message posted Wednesday, Jahi's mother, Nailah Winkfield, wrote that "despite what people say about my daughter being dead and how I must be ignorant not to get that, I can tell you that she is much better physically since she has left Children's Hospital and I see changes that give me hope."
She went on to thank people "who view my daughter as the sweet, innocent, 13-year-old girl that she is and not a dead body or a corpse, I deeply appreciate that."
I really find it very hard to understand this woman and why she is doing this to her daughter. The condition Jahi is in must be very poor at this point. And what about the siblings?
Here is Jahi's mother's comment in its entirety. To me it reads as if it was written by a PR agent.
have been surrounded by the love, support and prayers of so many kind people. Despite what people say about my daughter being dead and how I must be ignorant not to get that, I can tell you that she is much better physically since she has left Children's Hospital and I see changes that give me hope.
your prayers, and the incredible kindness of good hearted medical professionals, are the main reasons my daughter is alive today. I know people are concerned and I want to make sure you know that Jahi is not suffering, she is surrounded by love. I will never let her suffer.
On the long hard days when I'm feeling down I think about all the people who are praying for me and Jahi and I feel so much better. I want you to know that I'm praying for you as well.
got into this situation in the first place. No one should have to go through this.
not the only person who has had this struggle. Some of you have shared how you fought for your loved ones and they got better, some of you have shared your regret with not fighting more and some shared with me the incredibly difficult decisions you made to let go. I have prayed for you as you have for me. Sadly I can say I know how you feel.
change some of the ways brain death is viewed in today's society. Honestly, I think she already has.
compassion as well as those who have expressed their contempt. All are deserving of God's grace and love. For those who believe, please, keep praying for Jahi. God can overcome all things and I believe that his will has yet to be fully revealed. I love Jahi and where there is love, there is hope.
Yes, that very well-written letter was not written by Nailah. PR firm or a collective of the Dolan Law Office for sure. Mom doesn't have an education and speaks poorly. I also think the timing, once again, is transparent. Donations were drying up as people slowly came to realize what 'brain death' is and began to see the family as money seeking psychopaths.
Also of interest is the reference to 'native languages' and 'people from all over the world'...this seems to imply that they're reaching globally for donations now. It's all quite obvious to most by now how ugly this familly is and how Jahi has been victimized and used as income. So sad and angering. I hope, as someone else mentioned, that this woman's remaining children are taken from this abusive family by CPS and placed into a caring, warm and healthy family so that they too don't become 'sick' like Jahi was and psychologically wounded for life.
Interesting quote in Nailah's letter: "Please know that all of the support we received has been used towards helping Jahi."
How exactly did playoff tickets for Uncle help Jahi??
I found this article, it says the family is going to receive an award from the Terri Schiavo foundation.
The fact that press releases & videos from the family have all but dried up lead me to believe the Jahi's body has deteriorated to the point where even they are having trouble finding something good to say. As others on this blog have stated, there has been no independent verification of her body's condition since the move from the hospital. We are going on 3 months since her death - at what point do these people stop expecting a miracle?
If the family is preparing for a lawsuit, I would think that they would be sending out "progress" reports daily or weekly at the very least. Perhaps they have finally confronted the fact that Jahi is dead and has been dead since December and are trying to figure out how they can spin it so that they still have a malpractice case against CHO.
The uncle is now claiming that Jahi is actually tossing and turning in her bed, looks healthy and is showing signs of awareness. Incredible (literally).
After reading the article about the investigation report, it's not surprising that Dolan was unhappy with it. If I had to guess, I'd say he was hoping the investigation would bolster any case he hoped to bring against the hospital. A quick check of the go fund me page shows that the balance has been holding pretty steady in the $59,000 range....so that may definitely explain the claims in the second article.


ICAN is excited to announce Jill Panunto as our newest Chapter Leader!
I am a nature loving mother of four who chose to leave a career in real estate to stay at home. I enjoy doing most things outdoor including hiking and running. I try to meditate on a daily basis to keep myself sane around my four small children. I've also been practicing yoga on and off for about 10 years and I am a Yoga Nidra facilitator.
How did you find out about ICAN?
My first birth was a traumatic cesarean after transferring from a birth center to a hospital. While healing from my birth, I became better educated and completed my doula training to assist mothers who need help navigating the somewhat confusing world of hospital birthing. I found the organization while researching questions I had about vaginal births after cesareans and joined as a professional member. It wasn't until I became pregnant with my second child that I really used the ICAN resources. While I never was able to make it to a support group, the mission of the organization and the women I was connecting with via email and social media made me fall in love with ICAN.
What would you say are some of your strongest beliefs about cesarean/VBAC awareness?
I believe too many women are pushed or manipulated into having cesareans. I want more people to be aware of what really makes a cesarean necessary, how to avoid an unnecessary cesarean, and what options you have after a cesarean should you have subsequent pregnancies. I think too many healthcare providers are taking advantage of pregnant women by not providing them with correct information, withholding information and/or not providing them with any options and information outside their own scope of knowledge.
I would like to see higher VBAC success rates and doctors accurately providing information to women seeking a VBAC.
When will your chapter meet?
Our first meeting will be on Monday, August 20th. Check out the event info here!


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Man Charged in 1996 Cold Case Murder Already Serving Hundreds of Years in Prison for Unrelated Sexual Assault Charges
Alberto LuperonDec 10th, 2021, 12:37 pm
Danny Lamont Hamilton in a 2019 prison photo. Pictured on the right is Priscilla Ann Lewis in an undated photo.
Deputies say they solved a cold case murder from more than two decades ago, but it turns out they did not have to look very far for the defendant. Danny Lamont Hamilton, 51, is already set to serve 295 years in prison for unrelated sexual assault charges, according to the Contra Costa Sheriff's Office in California. He becomes eligible for parole in December 2029, records show, but whatever dreams he might have for freedom will have to rest if he is convicted of killing Priscilla Ann Lewis, 21.
"I would like to recognize the many Sheriff's Office homicide detectives and crime lab staff for their dedication and relentless work in the murder of Priscilla Lewis in 1996," Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston said in a statement Thursday. "We continue to investigate unsolved homicides in an effort to provide families, like that of Priscilla Lewis, with answers and some closure and to hold suspects accountable."
Lewis worked as a waitress at the Four Corners Pizza restaurant in the community of Crockett, California, when the cook found her dead in the basement bathroom on Sept. 24, 1996, deputies said.
"She was brutally murdered," her cousin Troy Kinslow told KRON in a 2019 report. "She was beat, her neck was broken, she was strangled and her face was in the toilet."
The case went unsolved for all these years, with authorities saying detectives interviewed dozens of people, search warrants being executed, and the crime lab analyzing evidence.
"She would light up every room," Lewis's best friend and co-worker Jennifer Sylvestre told the outlet about the murdered woman. "She was the friendliest most outgoing person and I am not."
"It's with me every day," Kinslow told NBC Bay Area at the time in a heart-wrenching interview. "It's with me at night. It's with me all the time, and it ain't going to go away."
The case transformed beginning last year.
"In 2020, detectives submitted additional evidence to the crime lab to be tested using current technology," deputies said. "A DNA match came back to that of Danny Lamont Hamilton. Hamilton was incarcerated at the Martinez Detention Facility from 1999-2002 for unrelated sexual assault charges. He was later convicted of those charges and sentenced to prison for 295 years. Hamilton, who is 51-years-old, is currently serving his term at a state prison near San Diego."
Hamilton faces a murder case with four special enhancements: murder by lying in wait, felony murder kidnapping, felony murder burglary, and felony murder with an underlying crime of attempted rape.
Hamilton remains at the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, records show.
[Prison photo of Hamilton, and image of Lewis via Contra Costa Sheriff's Office]
Danny Lamont HamiltonPriscilla Ann Lewis


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We Have Power and One Last Visit | RV There Yet?
We were up about 8:45 this morning and shortly after were in the truck headed to town (only about 2 miles away). Our first stop was at Hardees to pick up some breakfast since we still had no power.
The second stop was at Walmart so that Michael could pick up some oil for our generator. With the power outage yesterday Michael found that the generator would start but would almost immediately die and he was getting a 'low oil' reading.
Once back at home Michael put the oil in the generator and after several attempts (the oil had to circulate) the generator was running like a champ. It ran for about a ½ an hour or so and then died. This time with a 'service engine' message. Michael thinks that it's not getting any propane or needs a new oil filter. We already knew we were low on propane and planned to get it before we leave and will get a new oil filter down the road.
The power came back on just about 10:00 am this morning and I was quite thankful as I was starting to get a bit worried about our refrigerator/freezer and the food stored within.
We spent much of the day working on chores around the house. Michael did a very thorough job of vacuuming the carpets and floors in between diagnosing the generator. While he did his thing I dusted, cleaned mirrors and TV screens, shook out the filthy rugs and straightened up the truck (cleaned floor mats and swept the front carpets). All in anticipation of our upcoming move. Unfortunately, play time is almost over and we will be starting our trek south to Texas and work in the oilfields.
Tonight was our last Wisconsin Friday Fish Fry. 🙁 Fortunately it was enjoyed with LOTS of my former Walmart Co-workers. We met Colleen (who'd I'd met for lunch earlier in the week), Nicole and her daughter Alexis, Linda O and her husband, Tom and Linda O'B and her husband Pat at Rocky's Roadhouse at 5:30 pm.
The place had been recommended by the campground manager and Linda O'B had been there some time ago and said it was good and that they didn't push you out the door. Both very good things since we were planning on a lengthy visit. We had a wonderful, wonderful time visiting. I've known these ladies and their husband for 20+ years and haven't seen several of them in 10+ years but once we were together the years just fell away and it was like no time had passed at all.
The fish fry was excellent…will have to keep that in mind for another visit. We all visited for a while after dinner and people started leaving here and there and we ended up sticking around 9:00 pm before we decided we needed to get home and get a good nights sleep as we have quite a few errands to run and prep-work to do for our travel day on Sunday.
We've had such a wonderful 2 weeks here in northern Wisconsin and are so glad we were able to spend time with so many family members and friends…a true, true blessing!


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In November 2017, the Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) and the City of Grand Junction recommended a plan to City Council that would discontinue free holiday parking in downtown, but instead contribute 50% of total parking proceeds over the holidays to the United Way of Mesa County. City Council authorized that plan and the proceeds of $14,168 were presented to United Way during the regular February 21 City Council meeting.
Free holiday parking was not offered this past holiday season for the first time in eighteen years due to continuing concerns about long-term parkers taking unfair advantage of the convenience by parking in spots that were intended to serve shoppers and visitors.
Following the 2017 holiday shopping season, the Downtown BID surveyed Downtown merchants to assess sales activity and most respondents indicated their business was up over the same period in 2016.


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Owned by me for the last 3 ½ years, purchased from Northway Porsche.
Boroscope test receipt from 9 Excellence 28/08/2018 shows no bore scoring.Clutch replaced by Northway at 63,000 miles, Rear Main Seal replaced at the same time. Built after 2005 has the stronger IMS bearing.
Full service history at main dealer and Northway Porsche.
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Spec: Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM), Bose surround sound system, climate control, heated seats, leather extended to doors, 19" Carrera classic alloys all in excellent condition.
Full Service History: Porsche Main Dealer @ 13671 (12/12/08), 23746 (23/12/10), 39129 (20/12/12). Northway Porsche @ 52470 (23/12/14), 64605 (13/01/17).
All 4 tyres replaced at 64,000 miles Michelin Super Sport, all with lots of tread depth remaining and even wear.
Rear brake pads replaced at 68,000 miles.
MOT due on 27/12/18, happy to have it MOT'd before sale if the buyer can wait until 27th/11, the earliest date DVLA will allow for renewal.


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Mortality of patients with head injury and extracranial injury treated in trauma centers
J Trauma. 1989 Sep;29(9):1193-201; discussion 1201-2. doi: 10.1097/00005373-198909000-00002.
T A Gennarelli 1 , H R Champion, W J Sacco, W S Copes, W M Alves
1 Division of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-198909000-00002
The types and severity of injuries of 49,143 patients from 95 trauma centers were coded according to the 1985 version of the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS). This paper analyzes the causes, incidence, and mortality in 16,524 patients (33.6% of the trauma center patients) with injury to the brain or skull and compares them to patients without head injury. Relative to its incidence, patients with head injury composed a disproportionately high percentage (60%) of all the deaths. This was due to the high mortality rate for head-injured patients. Overall mortality of patients with head injury (18.2%) was three times higher than if no head injury occurred (6.1%). This mortality was little influenced by extracranial injuries except when minor and moderate head injuries were accompanied by very severe (AIS levels 4 to 6) injuries elsewhere. The cause of death in head-injured patients was approximated and it was found that 67.8% were due to head injury, 6.6% to extracranial injury, and 25.6% to both. Head injury is thus associated with more deaths (3,010 vs. 1,972) than all other injuries and causes almost as many deaths (2,040 vs. 2,170) as extracranial injuries. Because of its high mortality, head injury is the single largest contributor to trauma center deaths.
Brain Injuries / mortality*
Craniocerebral Trauma / classification
Craniocerebral Trauma / mortality*
Multiple Trauma / mortality
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
Trauma Centers*
Wounds and Injuries / classification
Wounds and Injuries / mortality*
NS 08803-19/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States


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Q: Compile error End with without with i keep getting a compile message 'end with without with'
im new to this and i cant see a problem i have a 'With' followed by and 'End with'. if i remove the end with i get a if with out end if.
    Private Sub Submitnewcustomer_Click()
Dim RowCount As Long
Dim ctl As Control

If Me.companynameinput.Value = "" Then
    MsgBox "Please enter a Company Name.", vbExclamation, "Britannia Monitoring Systems"
    Me.companynameinput.SetFocus
    Exit Sub
End If
If Me.contactnameinput.Value = "" Then
    MsgBox "Please enter a Contact Name.", vbExclamation, "Britannia Monitoring Systems"
    Me.companynameinput.SetFocus
    Exit Sub
End If
If Me.addressinput.Value = "" Then
    MsgBox "Please enter an Address.", vbExclamation, "Britannia Monitoring Systems"
    Me.companynameinput.SetFocus
    Exit Sub
End If
If Me.Telphone1input.Value = "" Then
    MsgBox "Please enter at least 1 phone Number.", vbExclamation, "Britannia Monitoring Systems"
    Me.Telphone1input.SetFocus
    Exit Sub
End If
If Me.email1input.Value = "" Then
    MsgBox "Please enter at least 1 Email Address.", vbExclamation, "Britannia Monitoring Systems"
    Me.email1input.SetFocus
End If

RowCount = Worksheets("Database").Range("A1").CurrentRegion.Rows.Count

    With Worksheets("Database").Range("A1")
    .Offset(RowCount, 0).Value = Me.companynameinput.Value
    .Offset(RowCount, 1).Value = Me.contactnameinput.Value
    .Offset(RowCount, 2).Value = Me.Telphone1input.Value
    .Offset(RowCount, 3).Value = Me.telephone2input.Value
    .Offset(RowCount, 4).Value = Me.email1input.Value
    .Offset(RowCount, 5).Value = Me.email2input.Value
    .Offset(RowCount, 6).Value = Me.email3input.Value
    .Offset(RowCount, 7).Value = Me.email4input.Value
    .Offset(RowCount, 8).Value = Me.addressinput.Value
    .Offset(RowCount, 15).Value = Format(Now, "dd/mm/yyyy hh:nn:ss")
    If Me.CheckBox1.Value = True Then
        .Offset(RowCount, 12).Value = "Yes"
    Else
        .Offset(RowCount, 12).Value = "No"
    If Me.CheckBox2.Value = True Then
        .Offset(RowCount, 13).Value = "Yes"
    Else
        .Offset(RowCount, 13).Value = "No"
    If Me.CheckBox3.Value = True Then
        .Offset(RowCount, 14).Value = "Yes"
    Else
        .Offset(RowCount, 14).Value = "No"
    End If
End With

    For Each ctl In Me.Controls
If TypeName(ctl) = "TextBox" Or TypeName(ctl) = "ComboBox" Then
    ctl.Value = ""
ElseIf TypeName(ctl) = "CheckBox" Then
    ctl.Value = False
End If
     Next ctl
    End Sub

I have just struggled for 30 minutes just to post this on here
any help would be great thanks

A: You are missing a couple of End Ifs in this section.  You'll need to sort that out before your code will compile correctly.
If Me.CheckBox1.Value = True Then
    .Offset(RowCount, 12).Value = "Yes"
Else
    .Offset(RowCount, 12).Value = "No"
If Me.CheckBox2.Value = True Then
    .Offset(RowCount, 13).Value = "Yes"
Else
    .Offset(RowCount, 13).Value = "No"
If Me.CheckBox3.Value = True Then
    .Offset(RowCount, 14).Value = "Yes"
Else
    .Offset(RowCount, 14).Value = "No"
End If


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Neve Campbell Won't Return for 'Scream 6'
Matt Singer Published: June 6, 2022
Last year's Scream was a big enough hit in theaters that it reignited interest in the meta-horror series — so much so that Paramount quickly put a sixth film in the series into development. The movie came together quickly and is expected in theaters in less than a year.
When it arrives, though, it will be missing one of the franchise's biggest stars. Neve Campbell, who has been the central figure in Scream since the original movie in 1996, has chosen not to return for the film, despite the fact that her character survived the events of Scream. (Lord, that title is so frustrating when you're writing an article like this. Scream 5!)
In a statement, Campbell claimed the reason she won't be back is very simple: The producers did not offer her enough money:
Sadly I won't be making the next Scream film. As a woman I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to Scream ...I felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise.
Scream was a fairly effective resurrection of the franchise, and it was a smart satire of legacyquels. But that only really works with a legacy cast. Campbell's departure leaves Courteney Cox as the last "legacy" star from the original Scream standing in this sixth film. (Hayden Panettiere will also return in Scream 6, but her character was introduced in Scream 4 and did not appear in any of the first three movies.)
I guess a Scream could still work without Neve Campbell in it, but this will be the first movie to attempt such a thing. Just the concept seems kind of stream. Of course there was a Scream TV series that aired for three seasons without her or anyone else from the movies. So maybe the Scream brand is strong enough to endure no matter who is in it.
The next Scream is scheduled to open in theaters on March 31, 2023.
Source: Neve Campbell Won't Return for 'Scream 6'
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By 101.5 The Eagle
A man accused of murder gets set free because of sister's period pain. Elias Cadoza was put in jail because Miami police detectives believed the testimony of 18-year-old Adela Santos, a friend of Cadoza's family who swore that he was the man who shot and killed Carlos Rodriguez-Martinez and that she knew first hand because Miami detectives tracked down the car and Santos admitted to being inside the Chevy during the shooting with Carlos. The victim and a friend had just left a corner store and were walking along Northwest Eighth Avenue, near Third Street, on Oct. 27 when a gray Chevrolet rolled up. An argument took place between the men and the people inside the car. Somebody inside opened fire, even getting out and squeezing off more rounds. "We believe she was trying to cover up for her boyfriend, who was the real shooter," D'Escoubet said. Cadoza, 21, who was arrested in November, always denied being involved in the murder. Prosecutors dropped the case Tuesday after Elias Cadoza presented an unusual alibi: Around the time of a fatal drive-by last October in Little Havana, he was actually at home calling 911 for his sister, who fell ill with extreme gynecological discomfort. Even months later, paramedics remembered the pick-up because it was an unusual medical call for them and they also recalled Cadoza waiting with his sister outside their apartment. "The paramedic clearly remembered Elias, who wanted to get into the ambulance with his sister," said defense lawyer Jean-Michel D'Escoubet. "He also remembered Elias' speech impediment." Cadoza walked the one mile to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he waited for hours with his sister until she was discharged from the emergency room the next morning. Cadoza was released but he sat in jail for more than two months. Santos was charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder and in unrelated cases, the teen is also accused of committing a string of unrelated burglaries.
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With due respect and heartfelt empathy to the families of all the graduates that lost their lives, and those that were injured in the recently aborted, Abba Moro's profiteer-wired Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment exercise, I beg to bring to the notice of all caring Nigerians, the unpalatable and one-sided statistical and biased presentation of the unemployment crisis in Nigeria. Whenever unemployment is mentioned in today's Nigeria, what comes to the mind of majority of the people, is the Nigerian graduate!
It appears that out of the conflicting statistics of the jobless and the under-employed, which are put at 51.18 million and 41 million, by the National Population Commission and the National Bureau of Statistics respectively, the Nigerian graduates, are the major focus of Nigeria's policy makers, and the employers' of labour. It shows that the unemployment rate in Nigeria has become so high that if you do not belong to the elite club of "Nigeria's unemployed graduates union", you had better forget it! And to stretch it further, there are also more classifications, as the so-called sanctified graduate job seekers search for the highly competitive and elusive white and even blue collars' jobs in the labour market. The Polytechnics' and Colleges of Education graduates are not as venerated as the "special ones", called the Nigerian university graduates! The discriminations go on, as "certificates and grades" considerations come into play in determining who gets a job or not; without minding whether the holders of the so much sought-after top-grade certificates are worth the pieces of papers on which the scores are written on.
When few vacancies are advertised in the media, that is, after the greater number of the jobs had been given to some persons whose names are "favour", through the backdoor, there are always "caveats" on the method of application, which most times favour those with upper decrees, higher grades of First Class Division, Second Class Upper Division, years of experience etc. Does anyone spare some thoughts for the non-graduates unemployed, who make-up the greater battalions of the army of the unemployed in Nigeria?
The case of Nigeria's artisans and petty traders, who if we dispassionately and objectively assess the Nigerian economy – even with the rebasing of Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product, which Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, has just informed Nigerians that we are now the largest economy in Africa, and the 26th in the world – we would benevolently agree that they are the ones who are basically shouldering the economy, even as the dregs of the Nigerian-world. And most of these artisans and petty traders are into these existential struggles mainly because of exigencies, rather than by preferences. And no matter how you recalculate the GDP, they would still see Nigeria's economy, as "foundationally artisanal and petty", unless those who have rebased the GDP would be sensitive enough to make policies that would be favourable to all Nigerians, who are fit to work.
The non-graduate unemployed are mainly school leavers, those who have ingenious minds, creative, inventive, and innovative geniuses, without tertiary education, or the type of 'certificates", that would qualify them to earn a living, by the standard of Nigeria's policy makers and labour market Czars. If one may ask, are they not entitled to job opportunities, with or without requisite "paper" qualifications?
Do graduates have higher stakes in Nigeria than all other Nigerians? Are the good things of life not meant for everybody? Considering all the absurdities romancing Nigeria, does it follow that all Nigerians, who must be relevant in the Nigerian unemployment statistics must be graduates of tertiary institutions? Now, we know the reason there is a mad rush for tertiary education, especially university education in Nigeria, whether the seekers of this type of education are academically equipped, intellectually sound and mentally fit, to pursue and endure the rigours of learning, is out of the question. Nigeria being a "certificate" worshipping country, as a norm, one must get a degree or diploma, either by hook or crook, to belong to the elite club of the respected, even as an unemployed citizen.
If we investigate or probe further, are we sure we will not discover that Sure-P has been hi-jacked by those who need jobs most, in the Nigerian policy makers' conjecture? Be that as it may, it is an incontrovertible fact that every citizen has a right to work or earn a living etc, through indiscriminate opportunities provided by policy makers, but when those in authority lay more emphasis on one group of people, at the expense of the others, they end up insulting the sensibilities and abuse the rights of the rest, who deserve to live as much as those who might have higher opportunities, because of their training. With high unemployment rate ravaging Nigeria, the graduate and non-graduate unemployed are both time bombs that must be vigilantly handled.
• Ohaegbulam writes from Port-Harcourt.