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Q: Crash in Firefox extension Using NSS I am new to Firefox extension development.
We got a firefox Extension that signs PDF (encapsulated signature) working for all versions of firefox prior to 22 (22 not included) Using NSS 3.12. After that Firefox version, there is a modification in the NSS used by it.
This extension is a JS extension calling C++ fonctions using ctypes.
My goal is to make this extension work on firefox version superior to 22.
I got in my extension libs nspr4.dll, nss3.dll, nssutil3.dll, plc4.dll, plds4.dll generated with mozilla-build from NSS release.
the Code we got is pretty similar to what you can find here : https://github.com/metajack/nss/blob/master/cmd/p7sign/p7sign.c
the code works well ( it gets the certificates information sucessfully, creates the SEC_PKCS7ContentInfo with SEC_PKCS7CreateSignedData(...), set it's content with SEC_PKCS7SetContent(..), includes the certs chains)
until the call of SEC_PKCS7Encode.
when using this method, fireFox crashes.
I used WinDBG to get the stacktrace and here is what I got:
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FAULTING_IP:
plds4!PL_HashTableLookupConst+c
721b1c7c 8b4f0c          mov     ecx,dword ptr [edi+0Ch]

EXCEPTION_RECORD:  ffffffffffffffff -- (.exr 0xffffffffffffffff)
.exr 0xffffffffffffffff
ExceptionAddress: 00000000721b1c7c (plds4!PL_HashTableLookupConst+0x000000000000000c)
   ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
  ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
   Parameter[0]: 0000000000000000
   Parameter[1]: 000000000000000c
Attempt to read from address 000000000000000c

CONTEXT:  0000000000000000 -- (.cxr 0x0;r)
.cxr 0x0;r
eax=063e7b90 ebx=00000000 ecx=dd4c128b edx=063e7c98 esi=063e7b90 edi=00000000
eip=721b1c7c esp=0067c1e8 ebp=063e7898 iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz na pe nc
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00210206
plds4!PL_HashTableLookupConst+0xc:
721b1c7c 8b4f0c          mov     ecx,dword ptr [edi+0Ch] ds:002b:0000000c=????????
.cxr

FAULTING_THREAD:  00000000000016cc

PROCESS_NAME:  firefox.exe

ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - L

EXCEPTION_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - L

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1:  0000000000000000

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER2:  000000000000000c

READ_ADDRESS:  000000000000000c

FOLLOWUP_IP:
plds4!PL_HashTableLookupConst+c
721b1c7c 8b4f0c          mov     ecx,dword ptr [edi+0Ch]

APPLICATION_VERIFIER_FLAGS:  0

APP:  firefox.exe

ANALYSIS_VERSION: 6.3.9600.17029 (debuggers(dbg).140219-1702) amd64fre

BUGCHECK_STR:  APPLICATION_FAULT_NULL_CLASS_PTR_READ_ZEROED_STACK

PRIMARY_PROBLEM_CLASS:  NULL_CLASS_PTR_READ

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  NULL_CLASS_PTR_READ

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER:  from 00000000716b9231 to 00000000721b1c7c

STACK_TEXT:
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
0067c1f4 716b9231 00000000 063e7b90 063e7ca0 plds4!PL_HashTableLookupConst+0xc
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nssutil3!SECOID_FindOIDTag_Util+0x11

STACK_COMMAND:  .cxr 0x0 ; kb

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX:  0

SYMBOL_NAME:  plds4!PL_HashTableLookupConst+c

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: plds4

IMAGE_NAME:  plds4.dll

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  53a04c1e

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  NULL_CLASS_PTR_READ_c0000005_plds4.dll!PL_HashTableLookupConst

BUCKET_ID:
APPLICATION_FAULT_NULL_CLASS_PTR_READ_ZEROED_STACK_plds4!PL_HashTableLookupConst+c

ANALYSIS_SOURCE:  UM

FAILURE_ID_HASH_STRING:                          um:null_class_ptr_read_c0000005_plds4.dll!pl_hashtablelookupconst

FAILURE_ID_HASH:  {2f7bb160-6820-dd99-35e3-03bb56e8aca4}

Followup: MachineOwner
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It means that when calling the SEC_PKCS7Encode, it calls a method in PLDS4.DLL that make Firefox crash.
I tried to call SEC_PKCS7Encode using an empty SEC_PKCS7ContentInfo (with SEC_PKCS7CreateData()) and it didn't crash. It crashes only when the SEC_PKCS7ContentInfo is filled.
After some reaserchs , I find this issue : https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=702307
I don't know if this issue is what makes my Firefox crash.
I tried to use different version of the NSS (3.12,  3.15, 3.16.2) the results are exactly the same.
Is there some way to avoid this problem ? is there a way to encode my SEC_PKCS7ContentInfo whithout using SEC_PKCS7Encode ?
thanks in advance.
EDIT 11/07/2014
As nmaier mentioned in is response, the probleme seems to be the utilisation of two different NSS (even if it is the same version of the nss because the one in mozilla has different dependencies for exemple).
The signature (and other processes) are done in a C++ project (the Dll used by my extension is generated from this project with visual studio 2013). But in order to compile and build the DLL, the project must have the NSS libs and includes (it is quite normal, I use NSS methods in my project).
The main question is how can I refer the MOZILLA FIREFOX NSS libs and include. I compiled a NSS of the same version of the Firefox's NSS, but the dependecies are different.
I also tried to get the FireFox sources and compile it's NSS with mozilla build but I got errors. If I can get the Firefox's NSS libs, I could just load the Firefox's NSS dll in my extension.
How can I refers Mozilla firefox's NSS libs in my C++ project to build my custom DLL using the right libs ?

A: I'd expect this to misbehave: Firefox already load nss and dependent libraries. Trying to load the "same" DLL again, but in a different version will cause the DLL loader to resolve dependent imports using the exports from the initially loaded DLL that comes with Firefox, not your copies of older versions of the same DLL. And this mix of new stuff and old stuff then breaks and crashes.
You should:

*

*Not build and ship DLLs in the first place...

*but use the DLLs that Firefox already comes with. (e.g. see WeaveCrypto.js)

*Update your ctypes calls if the nss API it uses changed in the meantime.

*Make sure your ctypes declarations are correct and still up-to-date.

A: I did It.
In order to specify firefox's NSS in my project, I had to build an entire Firefox with the mozilla-build tool, and then recover the Libs and include for inside the OBJ directory.
this will generate my project as DLL that refers the good version of the DLL.
(this is not the greatest solution I think, as there is a NSS changement of the NSS between Firefox  21 and  22, so my solution will only work for firefox between 22 and the next version of Firefox that include NSS changes.)

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L'estatueta de Ganimedes és una escultura de marbre datada dels segles  i . Es va descobrir al jaciment arqueològic de Cartago, Tunísia, per un equip d'arqueòlegs nord-americans a finals dels 70 com a part de l'operació principal de la Unesco «Per salvar Cartago». Representa Ganimedes al costat de Zeus, que ha assumit l'aparença d'una àguila. Un gos i una cabra endormiscada complementen el grup escultòric.

Recuperada en fragments, la figureta ha estat acuradament restaurada i exhibida en un petit museu del lloc, el Museu Paleocristià de Cartago. «Malgrat el seu petit volum, el grup escultòric és molt expressiu» i es troba en un «increïble bon estat» d'acord amb els estudis d'Elaine K. Gazda: «Una troballa sense precedents» al jaciment de Cartago; aquesta escultura també és emblemàtica de la qualitat de les obres que circularen per l'Àfrica romana durant l'antiguitat tardana.

La seua història més recent, quan la furtaren al 2013 del lloc de conservació, és testimoniatge de les amenaces al patrimoni històric i arqueològic dels estats afectats per la primavera àrab, i també demostra els mitjans insuficients de les autoritats responsables de la conservació del patrimoni. L'estatueta fou trobada el 26 de gener de 2017 pels serveis de la policia judicial tunisiana.

Context arqueològic i història del furt el novembre de 2013
L'estatueta es va trobar en 17 fragments en un dipòsit de la casa dels Aurigues grecs.

Context arqueològic: la casa dels Aurigues grecs

La casa, equipada amb un peristil i fonts, datada del s. I, incloïa nombroses comoditats. També s'ha excavat parcialment.

Encara que les excavacions descobriren mosaics en moltes habitacions, el seu nom prové del que representa quatre aurigues designats amb nom grec: estan parats en els carros, que no es conserven igual que els cavalls, i llests per començar, cadascú amb un fuet i regnes. Representen un equip o facció del circ romà: Euphumos (blau), Domninos (blanc), Euthumis (verd) i Kephalon (vermell). Aquests noms són probablement dels aurigues més famosos. Aquest mosaic adorna el llindar d'un triclinium o oecus, del pòrtic sud de la casa.

Història antiga i redescobriment
El dipòsit on es trobà la figureta és sota el triclinium de la casa, que es netejà durant la campanya d'excavació del 1977. L'enviaren al Kelsey Museum of Archeology per al seu estudi i conservació al 1978 i després fou restaurat el 1980 en una oficina especialitzada de Nova York.

L'estatueta probablement es trencà accidentalment abans de col·locar-la, i fou objecte d'una restauració en l'antiguitat amb l'ús d'espigues de ferro. El dipòsit on es trobà és d'origen púnic. Les cisternes o dipòsits eren importants a Cartago per l'escassetat de fonts i s'usaven sovint en l'època púnica, especialment al s. III ae, i a l'era musulmana, perquè es va reparar i netejar regularment amb cura durant segles. Després de l'abandó com a dipòsits d'aigua, serviren d'«abocadors d'enderrocs i femers"; les excavacions estan netejant molts ossos d'animals i peixos, així com terrissa domèstica, fins i tot monedes. Residus, sens dubte, d'una cuina, i elements de coberta del grup d'estàtues, que s'han datat del s. V,  i principi del VI.

L'abocador en el dipòsit de residus acumulats en tota la vil·la es remunta, segons Elaine K. Gazda, a poc després de la presa de Cartago del 533 pels romans d'Orient, a costa dels vàndals. La casa es va reutilitzar al s. V i es col·locaren nous mosaics en diferents habitacions al s. VI, incloent un paviment d'opus sectile disposat en el triclinium amb nereides cavalcant sobre dracs de mars.L a història del lloc s'interromp al s. VII fins al moment de la construcció de la línia de ferrocarrils a principis del .

El terreny sobre el qual està construïda la vil·la fou explorat per primera vegada per arqueòlegs de Tunísia el 1970-1971: en sorgí un conjunt eclesiàstic romà d'Orient tardà del s. V, una insula que conté la vil·la, i també s'excavà a l'oest de l'església.  La casa dels Aurigues grecs l'estudiaren al 1975, i entre 1976 i 1978 formà part de les excavacions internacionals de la campanya de la Unesco «Per salvar Cartago». El treball de camp anà a càrrec d'un equip tunisià de l'Institut Nacional d'Arqueologia i Art dirigit per Liliane Ennabli i institucions nord-americanes, les Escoles Americanes de Recerca Oriental i el Museu d'Arqueologia Kelsey, dirigits per John H. Humphrey. Tot i que el lloc inclou els nivells més antics dels vestigis de l'època púnica o de l'Alt Imperi romà, l'equip optà per privilegiar les excavacions dels nivells de l'era romana d'Orient i vàndala, períodes de la història de la ciutat prou desconeguts.

Furt i conseqüències
Furtaren l'estatueta la nit de 8 de novembre de 2013, durant el servei de guàrdia de tres agents. La troballa arqueològica es considera sense valor comercial perquè és coneguda arreu del món i, per tant, es podria haver furtat per integrar la xarxa de vendes oficial d'art. El furt es denuncià a la Interpol.

Aquest fet provocà molta reacció, sobretot en internet i les xarxes socials, on el furt es descrivia com «Ganimedes, assassinat en la memòria tunisiana». Però les reaccions s'esvaïren molt ràpidament.

En els dies següents, les autoritats tunisianes decidiren reforçar les mesures de seguretat dels museus i jaciments.

El 17 de novembre, el director general de l'Institut Nacional de Patrimoni (INP), Adnan Louichi, respon a un polèmic article en La Presse de Tunisie: «estem treballant d'acord amb els mitjans que tenim, hem imposat un nivell d'urgència a tots els museus; la pobresa del nostre parc de vehicles ens paralitza i ens impedeix assegurar adequadament el seguiment dels nostres jaciments, la fràgil situació de seguretat al país, lamentablement anima totes les formes de delinqüència... El director assenyala problemes pressupostaris i legals, a més del context dels esdeveniments més recents que afecten el país, dins de la continuïtat de la Revolució del 2011. També esmenta l'opció de deixar aquesta obra d'art en un petit museu, necessàriament allunyat del flux de visitants; aquesta fragilitat del lloc d'exposició havia despertat a principis dels anys 2000 un debat per raons de seguretat.

Els sospitosos foren empresonats, i un d'ells mor a l'hospital el 27 de novembre de 2013. Després d'un rumor que l'escultura havia estat trobada, és negat ràpidament per les autoritats; no es pot trobar la figureta i es desconeix el nom del patrocinador o patrocinadors del furt.

El Ministeri de l'Interior anuncia el 27 de gener de 2017 haver trobat l'estatueta. Un dels sospitosos detinguts al novembre de l'any 2015 havia permès arrestar el seu còmplice en possessió de l'estàtua a punt de ser venuda. El 3 d'abril, el Tribunal Penal de Primera Instància de Tunísia condemna un empleat del Museu Paleocristià de Cartago i el seu còmplice a quinze anys de presó pel furt de l'estàtua.

Descripció

Descripció general
El treball, tallat en un bloc monòlit de marbre blanc, té unes mesures de 33 cm d'alt.

L'escultura representa Ganimedes, un coper dels déus, nadiu de Troia, que reemplaça en aquesta funció a Hebe, al costat de Zeus que ha assumit l'aparença d'una àguila. El moment representat és quan Zeus està a punt de portar-lo a l'Olimp.  L'heroi troià pren una posa lànguida, la cama dreta encreuada sobre l'esquerra, el braç esquerre al maluc i el braç dret al voltant de l'àguila, que s'alça sobre un arbre, amb les ales esteses, amb una mirada «enamorada de l'objecte del seu desig».

L'àguila i Ganímedes són «braços i ales entrellaçats»; els peus de l'heroi, que es representa cobert per un barret frigi, estan junt a una cabra adormida, i un gos inquiet, probablement a causa de la imminent partida del seu amo. Per primera vegada, Ganimedes es presenta com un pastor de cabres. El gos existeix en altres representacions de la història del rapte de Ganimedes, però l'afegit de la representació d'una cabra és «inusual».

La composició és purament geomètrica: dos eixos verticals a través de Ganimedes i l'àguila, un cercle i un arc concèntric que envolta el personatge principal de l'escena;  la cara també respon a una elaboració acadèmica. Aquests elements semblen haver ajudat l'artista per integrar l'obra en un nínxol.

Altres elements permeten recolzar la composició acadèmica de l'obra i posen en relleu les línies geomètriques, com la clàmide suspesa, la punta del barret frigi i les plomes de l'àguila. L'artista també treballà les superfícies de l'escultura: en particular el pentinat, molt elaborat. El virtuosisme de l'escultor es confirma per certs detalls anatòmics dels diversos protagonistes i també en el detall de les plomes inferiors de l'ala dreta de l'àguila i els dits de Ganimedes, que tenen fines zones que formen «petits ponts».

Treball reparat durant l'antiguitat
El grup escultòric està a grans trets en excel·lents condicions; les marques no són importants (les branques de l'arbre per sobre de l'àguila, part de la cama dreta i un dit de la mà dreta). El treball està gairebé complet, només en manquen les branques de l'arbre —almenys tres que sobreïxen de l'àguila— i els elements de les extremitats inferiors del personatge, de la cabra i del gos.El gos i la cabra han perdut les potes davanteres. L'àguila per l'altre costat està gairebé intacta.

Realitzada en un sol bloc, l'estatueta en alguns llocs és gairebé transparent: converteix el treball en un «tour de force de l'escultura antiga». El marbre té un tractament diferent en l'àguila, amb la tècnica de l'esfumat, i els altres elements de l'escultura són molt llisos.

L'estatueta ha estat reparada en l'antiguitat, amb espigues de ferro instal·lades al tronc de l'arbre i la figura de Ganimedes, usant-hi morter de calç d'oli. Les espigues de ferro han decolorat certes parts del grup, de color taronja fosc al tronc de l'arbre i gris en la cara de Ganimedes.[42] Aquests elements d'aquesta primera restauració s'han eliminat en la nova restauració de 1980. Les taques grogues segurament es deuen a l'exposició a matèries orgàniques dins de la font.

La restauració antiga de l'obra sembla haver-la deixat sense acabar per raons desconegudes, tal vegada per elements abandonats al lloc del descobriment. Gadza en suggereix dues hipòtesis: o bé un dany irreparable durant el procés de restauració que va comportar un abandó de l'operació —amb el suport de la hipòtesi de la prova ultraviolada que demostrà que tot el dany havia estat causat en un temps relativament curt—; o una impossibilitat de la persona a càrrec de la restauració de reparar un accessori particular i indispensable. Gazda evoca, en particular, la impossibilitat de connectar les parts inferior i superior de la part posterior de la figura. Per tant, l'abandó d'aquesta restauració estaria relacionat amb «un error humà o un accident», perquè no hi ha evidència d'una degradació deliberada, per la qual cosa «s'ha de suposar que tot el dany ha estat involuntari».

Utilització
L'estatueta tenia com a funció decorar un fornícula en el peristil o triclinium i mai hauria estat exposada, potser a causa de la reparació soferta; no hi ha rastres de precipitacions sobre l'obra: no fou mai exposada a la intempèrie. El marbre era nou en el moment del desbastament i és possible que el material haguera estat lluny de la casa dels Aurigues grecs i els seus descendents.

Els descobridors de l'estàtua deduïren que a causa de l'absència de restes de ciment a la base, que no és normal, no es podria sostenir sense fonamentació. La base porta un registre que inclou un sistema de ranures regulars.

De la mateixa manera, «l'altra cara és aspra i sense acabar», i alguns detalls no van ser completats. Tanmateix, «fins i tot en la part davantera alguns detalls es van deixar sense acabar». L'ala esquerra de l'àguila no ha estat tallada en la mateixa forma que l'ala dreta. Les plomes potser es volien destacar amb pintura, però mai no es va fer.

L'«evidència física i implica que l'escultura [...] mai s'ha col·locat al lloc destinat per a això». Durant les operacions per ajustar-la al nínxol ocorreria un accident i, malgrat els intents, no se'n va poder restaurar i segurament la llençaren al dipòsit amb altres residus.

Datació complexa i integració al marc de la casa dels Aurigues grecs
La datació de l'estatueta és el problema més espinós de l'obra, fins i tot inferint-la del context del descobriment arqueològic i estil.

Obra de l'era teodosiana
Estilísticament, el treball pot ser comparat amb els que daten del final del s. II, i altres assoliments daten de mitjan . El rang cronològic és molt ampli, però la cara de Ganimedes dona més pistes. La forma dels ulls fa suposar una data anterior a l'època d'Adrià, i el contrast entre les superfícies polides i el pentinat de Ganimedes pot ser d'abans de la dinastia Antonina;[49] segons Gazda, el tractament del cap no apareix abans del temps de Teodosi.

Un lleuger dubte roman sobre la simultaneïtat dels fragments i els residus domèstics. El context arqueològic pot fer entendre que l'obra pertanyia al propietari de la casa dels Aurigues grecs, perquè transportar aquests residus barrejats amb el fem domèstic a un altre lloc seria molt sorprenent: les deixalles se solen abocar prop del lloc de producció. Entre les monedes descobertes al dipòsit, tres són del regne vàndal, una del moment de Justinià I datat del 602; aquestes troballes numismàtiques subratllen la durada del dipòsit de residus.

Després d'un dipòsit inicial «prop de la cuina de la casa dels Aurigues grecs, una peça probablement situada a poca distància del triclinium», datat per Gazda de mitjan s. V o poc després, els residus podien ser de nou emmagatzemats, amb fragments de l'estàtua distribuïts en el dipòsit. Des dels anys 1980, el grup d'estàtues es data de la fi del s. V, o del s. IV per raons estilístiques. Humphrey després de Gazda busca una data primerenca del s. V,  per les analogies de certs detalls, com els ulls, el cabell i el tractament de la capa sobre l'espatlla de Ganimedes, amb obres de finals del s. IV o principis del V, com les representacions dels oficials sobre la base de l'obelisc de Teodosi que adorna l'Hipòdrom de Constantinoble, malgrat els diferents pentinats. Una cara del relleu del sud-est de la base té una composició geomètrica semblant a la de Ganimedes. El pentinat diferent no exclou les equivalències amb les escultures d'època teodosiana. El pentinat té analogies amb obres que daten de finals del s. IV, però alguns detalls dels plecs de la roba no permet considerar una data anterior a l'inici del s. V.  L'emperador Teodosi I el Gran regnà del 379 al 395 i l'erecció de l'obelisc a l'hipòdrom data del 390.

«L'escultor del grup cartaginés estava familiaritzat amb els estils i mètodes dels escultors que treballaren en la cort de Teodosi a Constantinoble». Gazda considera que el treball data del final del període teodosià segons criteris estilístics i tècnics.[58] «L'estil i la tècnica del grup de Cartago [...] confirmen l'evidència física i arqueològica que suggereix que l'escultura de Ganimedes i l'àguila data de l'inici del s. V de la nostra era».

Integració amb els reordenaments de la casa dels Aurigues grecs
Humphrey afirma que, com a part de la remodelació de la vil·la, «aquesta escultura refinada hauria estat ben integrada en el luxe elegant de la casa del mosaic dels Aurigues grecs amb els seus sumptuosos mosaics i fonts», en el context de la renovació total d'aquesta casa al començament del s. V.
Els arqueòlegs han recuperat les restes de dos espais que podrien tenir petits elements de talla, durant les excavacions, al llarg de les parets del triclinium: un espai semicircular i l'altre rectangular. En el peristil, dues fonts estaven enfront del triclinium i podien tenir «nínxols prou grans per a escultures de la grandària de Ganimedes». Gazda està considerant un segon grup d'estàtues, que hauria estat Leda i el cigne, mite associat a l'obra trobada: Leda és seduïda per Zeus, que pren la forma d'un cigne.

Per tant, les condicions d'afiliació del conjunt escultòric de la vil·la -en un context arqueològic tardà- i un nou treball, la data del Ganimedes podria ser de principis del s. V, «per raons estilístiques, tècniques i arqueològiques».

Referències

Bibliografia

Cultura de Tunísia
Pàgines amb traduccions sense revisar
Estàtues

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If you're familiar with the hymn, I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry, and you're anything like me, you can't make it through the first verse without a little tear leaking from your eye. It's a beautiful hymn about how God is always there for us from the time we are born, through our childhood, teen years, marriage, middle age, old age, and even after death. It also holds a double meaning for me as I think about my parents and how they have been there for me my whole life and will always be with me in some capacity as I continue to live by the values they have taught me. I have sung this song at the funerals of some very special people, and I think of them every time I sing it. It's a beautiful tune with very eloquently written words that just has a way of getting to me every time.
As it turns out, this hymn has ended up being a big part of my week, which is kind of random.
My mom called me on Sunday and told me that she gets to play piano on Thursday with the composer who wrote this hymn. It is both of our favorite church piece of all time, and has some special meaning for us, so of course I was really excited for her! She is filling in for our organist at a pastors' meeting at our church and it turns out that this guy is coming in to be a guest musician along with a violinist from another church in town. She got to talk to him on the phone earlier this week, they rehearsed last night, and the big night is tomorrow!
Now fast forward to today. I sit down in chapel and guess what song we're singing? Borning Cry! It was so ironic. And true to form, I did get a little teary, although I tried my best to hold it together because I was also communion assisting and had to maintain my composure for that. It's weird how things just sometimes fall into place like that. It was also appropriate that we sung the song today because I have recently been thinking a lot about being a child and growing up and looking at my future. We've been house shopping for senior year all week, and I feel like I'm too young to be talking about things like house payments and utilities. Earlier today my dad e-mailed me a letter I had written to him after my first 2 weeks in college and I was amazed at how much I have changed since then. Then this evening, I got to visit the Wiklunds, a family I babysit for in Davenport, and their little girl, Sophie, has grown up so much since I last saw her. And just on my way to chapel I was talking with a friend about how the next few years are going to fly by so quickly.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is that I was strongly reminded of this song at a really good time in my life. It's nice to be reminded that even though growing up is inevitable, I will always have people around me who will support me and will be there for me no matter what.
Now that's making me cry!


In this issue we're showing the results from our annual Centerspread Contest, a friendly competition run for a little more than ten years. If you are a railfan who is also photographer, such contests can be a healthy challenge, a way to push yourself and your work to new levels. There are only a few such contests out there, of course, so if you are interested in sharpening your creative focus, you may want to consider alternative ways to challenge yourself.
Consider, for a start, railfan photography. I don't mean photos of trains and railroads here; I mean photos of other railfans. Think about it for a moment — how many times has your planned photo been "ruined" because fellow fans were standing in the way trying to get their own shots? Now you could be like the late Jim Boyd, one-time editor of this magazine, who would carefully shepherd those fans into an orderly photo line, but that seems like such a straightforward (read: unchallenging) solution. Instead, try to work in your fellow fans, or even ignore the train altogether, and start making portraits of your companions.
Newer technologies are also an abundant source of challenges. Consider drone photography. Thanks to these small, remote-controlled flying machines, it is possible to position a camera almost anywhere. Why not combine this with human subjects, and make drone-mounted portraits? The opportunities for crowd shots are immense. More people, more visual interest!
If people aren't your thing, how about deploying drones in different ways. Example: Pacing shots. Use a drone to match the engine speed and get that super-cool shot with the locomotive in focus and the landscape all blurred.
Don't like high tech? Are you crafty, or a hipster? Or just a hoarder? Consider building your own pinhole camera. You only need some photo paper, a convenient old box, some electrical tape, some tin foil, and a pin. With a pinhole, exposures last for long periods, sometimes hours, so be sure to point your camera at something really busy, and be okay with explaining the black blur in your image was really a Norfolk Southern train.
For the truly avant garde, take the pinhole concept and make it big, by building your own camera obscura. The forerunner of all cameras, the camera obscura is basically a pinhole camera made out of an entire, light-sealed room. The pin lens is a small hole in, say, the door, and the image is projected (flipped and inverted) on the opposite wall. You could probably build one out of a plastic garden shed, hauling it trackside in a pickup truck.
There are downsides. It takes time to set up. Also, it might attract attention, and since you will be inside the camera, you'll see the approaching Homeland Security agents who are trying to figure out the purpose of this mysterious new box next to the tracks. Also, it's not possible to get a digital sensor (or a piece of film) big enough to permanently capture the image, so think of it less as photography, and more as an artistic experience. And if you want to enter your photo into our Centerspread Contest next year? Maybe you can invite one of the editors to come join you in the box. I mean, who doesn't enjoy conceptual art?


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Q: Custom Emacs key bindings are not working The key bindings I've defined in my .emacs file aren't working. Here's the file:
;init modes
(menu-bar-mode 0)
(tool-bar-mode 0)
(cua-mode)
(column-number-mode)
(fset 'perl-mode 'cperl-mode)
(cperl-set-style PerlStyle)

;keymappings
(global-set-key [f12] 'save-buffer)
(global-set-key [S-f12] 'write-file)
(global-set-key [f7] 'ispell)
(global-set-key [up] 'scroll-one-line-up)
(global-set-key [down] 'scroll-one-line-down)

;functions
(defun scroll-one-line-up (&optional arg)
  (interactive "p")
  (scroll-up (or arg 1)))
(defun scroll-one-line-down (&optional arg)
  (interactive "p")
  (scroll-down (or arg 1)))

I know Emacs parses the file since everything else seems to work. It's just that the keys are not being bound.
How can I make it work?

A: You have an error in your .emacs at line:
(cperl-set-style PerlStyle)

It should be written as:
(cperl-set-style 'PerlStyle)

Since it raises an error that stops parsing .emacs at that point, your key bindings won't be evaluated.

A: It is hard to say what your problem might be without more information, like is it all your keybindings or just one or two that do not work.  I will hazard a guess that it is the last two ([up] and [down]).  In those cases the on-line documentation below seems to indicate that you might be shadowing the global definitions with local ones defined by the mode.

global-set-key is an interactive
  compiled Lisp function in `subr.el'.
(global-set-key key command)
Give key a global binding as command.
  command is the command definition to
  use; usually it is a symbol naming an
  interactively-callable function. key
  is a key sequence; noninteractively,
  it is a string or vector of characters
  or event types, and non-ASCII
  characters with codes above 127 (such
  as ISO Latin-1) can be included if you
  use a vector.
Note that if key has a local binding
  in the current buffer, that local
  binding will continue to shadow any
  global binding that you make with this
  function.

A: To follow up to my previous answer, you would have to change the binding in the local keymap using a hook variable. Here's an example that I use with java-mode:
(defun java-setup ()
   (setq tab-stop-list '(4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92)
         indent-tabs-mode nil
         tab-width 4
         fill-column 96
         c-comment-start-regexp "\\(@\\|/\\(/\\|[*][*]?\\)\\)"))

 (add-hook 'java-mode-hook 'java-setup)

In your case you would use something like:
 (defun mysetup ()
    (define-key local-map [f12] 'func))

 (add-hook 'your-mode-hook 'mysetup)

Also, fwiw, I do the following to define my global keys:
(defun function-key-help ()
  (interactive)
  (switch-to-buffer "*Help*")
  (erase-buffer)
  (insert-file (expand-file-name "~/lib/fkeys.help"))
  (message "Type C-x b <nl> to remove help window."))

(define-key global-map [f12] 'function-key-help)

And it works perfectly in my Emacs 23 setup.


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The elderly often struggle with limitations and life challenges that are beyond their control. Whether your loved one has experienced a recent loss or is dealing with an illness, an afternoon spent with a fuzzy companion can make all the difference. Our residents enjoy the added comfort found in engaging with our very own pets. We also welcome family pets.
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28, August 2020
ECOWAS demands civilian transition in Mali, elections within a year 0
West African countries on Friday demanded an immediate civilian transition in Mali and elections within 12 months as they considered sanctions after rebel troops toppled the country's president and seized power.
The demands were spelt out after the new junta released ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, seized in the August 18 coup, but also apparently granted their new chief the powers of head of state.
The coup shocked Mali's West African neighbours and ally France, heightening worries over instability in a country already struggling with an Islamist insurgency, ethnic violence and economic stagnation.
After a video summit, the 15-nation Economic Community of West Africa State called on the junta "to initiate a civil transition immediately" and the "rapid establishment of a government to (…) prepare the legislative and presidential elections within 12 months."
In a closing statement, Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou, who also chairs ECOWAS, said sanctions would be "gradually lifted depending on the implementation" of the bloc's requests.
"Staging coups is a serious sickness for a country," he said in earlier remarks. "To cure them, there's only one prescription: sanctions."
ECOWAS slapped sanctions on Mali after the August coup, including a closure of borders and ban on trade and financial flows.
It demanded the release of Keita and other detained leaders and insisted on a swift return to civilian rule.
Keita, 75, was elected in 2013 as a unifying figure in a fractured country and was returned in 2018 for a second five-year term.
But his popularity crashed as he failed to counter the country's raging jihadist insurgency and brake Mali's downward economic spiral.
After an escalating series of mass protests, young army officers mutinied on August 18, seizing Keita and other leaders and declaring they now governed the country.
They have called the junta the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), led by a 37-year-old colonel, Assimi Goita.
Friday's video summit came after a three-day ECOWAS visit foundered over a timetable for civilian transition, and the junta's announcement on the eve of the conference that Keita had been freed.
Issoufou said Keita had told the ECOWAS envoys "that he resigned quite freely, convinced that this decision was necessary for peace and stability in Mali."
Handover issue
Within hours of taking control, the junta promised to enact a political transition and stage elections within a "reasonable time."
According to the chief ECOWAS envoy, former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, the coup leaders wanted a three-year handover period.
This was rejected by the ECOWAS team, which called for an interim government, "headed by a civilian or retired military officer, to last for six or nine months, and maximum of 12 calendar months," Jonathan said on Wednesday.
ECOWAS on Friday said that the person overseeing the handover should be "an individual, civilian, recognised… for their intellectual and moral standing" and that there should be a "civilian prime minister."
"No military structure should be above the transition president," it said.
But a new document posted on Mali's Official Journal, a gazette which publishes new laws and regulations, invests the head of the CNSP with the powers of the head of state.
Named "Basic Act N°001/CNSP," the document was posted online on Thursday.
The CNSP "designates a president who assures the duty of the head of state… embodying national unity… and guaranteeing national independence, territorial integrity… (and) respect for international agreements," it says.
This individual appoints senior civil servants and military and "accredits" foreign ambassadors, according to the document. AFP has asked the junta's spokesman to confirm its authenticity.
Jihadist warning
In other remarks, Issoufou lashed the Malian military for launching the coup when the country was in the throes of an eight-year-old jihadist insurgency.
Thousands of lives have been lost, hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes and swathes of the country have been abandoned to armed Islamists by the state.
The junta "is refusing to return to the barracks at a time when, more than ever, the army is required to focus on its traditional mission," Issoufou said.
He warned that the jihadists sought to "exploit the current institutional void" — a scenario that happened after Mali's last coup in 2008.
UN peacekeepers retake control of Central African Republic city from armed rebels


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WisconsinWatch.org (https://www.wisconsinwatch.org/series/endocrine-disruptors/)
Project: Endocrine Disruptors
"The endocrine system, whether it's in us or in fish, really influences every part of our life." — Vicki Blazer, U.S. Geological Survey scientist
Kate Golden / Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Unlike Wisconsin, Minnesota has been systematically testing its surface waters for endocrine disruptors and other chemicals of emerging concern. Lake Monona, Madison, in November 2012.
Podcast and gallery: Karst + waste + drinking water = trouble
Two bonus features supplementing last week's major package on estrogenic wells in Wisconsin's karst region.
Hormonal wells found in state's karst region; dairy farms possible source
In one of the most intensively farmed parts of America's Dairyland, where 29 percent of the county's private wells test unsafe due to bacteria or nitrates, residents have a new concern: estrogenic well water.
Overview: Endocrine disruptors in the environment
Scientists have learned that some chemicals may mimic or disrupt the hormones of people and wildlife, with potentially health-damaging results. They can be natural, like the estrogens produced by plants or cows, or synthetic, like birth control pills. They are known to be widespread in the nation's waters, and to a lesser extent have turned up in groundwater. Sidebar to story on estrogenic wells in northeastern Wisconsin's karst region.
Bill Hafs
Expert: Managing manure keeps emerging pollutants out of water
"A well-managed place is not going to get manure into the groundwater," said Laurence Shore, a physiologist in Israel who studies the fate of hormones in the environment. With a video tour of an anaerobic digester at the two-dairy, 8,000-cow Holsum Dairies in Calumet County.
Drugs found in Lake Michigan, miles from sewage outfalls
Prescription drugs are contaminating Lake Michigan two miles from Milwaukee's sewage outfalls, suggesting that the lake is not diluting the compounds as most researchers expected, according to new research. Republished from Environmental Health News.
20 years after fatal outbreak, Milwaukee leads on water testing
For the public officials who safeguard Milwaukee's water, Cryptosporidium changed everything.
DEHP
Study: Chemical blend lowers fish testosterone
Researchers exposed minnows to a blend of linuron, an herbicide used to control grasses and weeds, and DEHP, a plasticizer used to make medical products.
Angela Bauer
The hunt for endocrine disruptors
Minnesota researchers have found endocrine disruptors in nearly every lake they've tested.
Studies: Endocrine disruptors, cocaine common in Minnesota waters
Environmental experts said the discoveries in lakes, rivers and streams increase the pressure on Wisconsin to figure out what's in its water. A key Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources official said that the state's waters were likely also contaminated, but that the state had no money for such monitoring.
Endocrine disruptors: What can I do?
Advice from experts on how to limit your exposure and your impact on the environment.
Experts avoid sounding alarm on chemicals — but adjust their own habits
"It's hard not to make people too worried about a lot of things," said UW-Madison pediatric endocrinologist Ellen Connor, after running through a plethora of hypothesized health effects — genital abnormalities, tumors, lower sperm counts, diabetes, early puberty — and an equally long list of worrisome chemicals.
Tainted fish
The four groups of chemicals that trigger consumption advisories — PCBs, mercury, dioxins and PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfate) — have all been associated with endocrine disruption.
Environmental agencies respond to questions about endocrine disruptors
Emails from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Minnow reveals wastewater's toxic effects
Males exposed to chemicals managed to mate if other males were not around. But if they had to compete with the control males, however, they "suffered nearly total reproductive failure": They had no game.
Profiles: Chemicals in the water
More about nonylphenol and BPA, two chemicals commonly found in Minnesota's waters.
Reporting This Story
Kate Golden is a reporter and the Center's multimedia director.
Water Watch Wisconsin
These stories launch a major new project, Water Watch Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television are examining the quality and supply of Wisconsin's water. Story ideas? Email water@wisconsinwatch.org.
On Wisconsin Public Radio
Hear reporter Kate Golden discuss this story on Wisconsin Public Radio's Central Time at 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16. Golden last spoke with Joy Cardin about Wisconsin's approach to endocrine disruptors on April 22, 2013. Listen to the program
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Please join us for mass at 4 PM on Christmas Eve at St. Adalbert Basilica. This children's and family mass is a beautiful tradition and we look forward to welcoming old friends and new to celebrate with us!
All children are welcome to participate in the Christmas story; please arrive by 3:30 to receive instructions and costumes if you'd like to partipate.
We'll also continue the tradition of our Memory Trees. Please contact us if you'd like to hang an ornament on the tree for a recently deceased loved one.
Candles from our Remembrance Mass will be lit at the mass, and the Basilica will be beautifully decorated as always.
There's nothing like Christmas Mass in Buffalo's Historic Polonia at one of the most beautiful houses of worship in all of WNY.
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Q: Complex regular expression I want to capture a substring of a string choosing the number of characters, but if any word is cut then get until the last blank.
As example if this is the text:
"This is an example of text lorem ipsum, etc..."
12 characters would give "This is an e". In this case the last word is cut, so the result should be "This is an".
Its possible do this with Regular Expressions?

A: ^.{0,11}\w\b

This will find 12 characters where the last one is a word character \w followed by a word break \b. A word break is a zero-length assertion which matches either the beginning or end of a word.
Result: The \w\b ensures that the final character of the match is the last character of a word so you don't get a partial word.

A: Alternative to @JohnKugelman's:
^([\w\s]{0,12})\s

Match the start of the word, find words and spaces (up to 12 characters). Or you could use:
^([\w\s]{1,12})\b

Which does the same, but matches up until the next non-word character (a space, punctuation, etc.)
(Just showing another method)


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{Book Promo} New Adult Valentine's Promo: Book Titles 99 Cents or Less
February 10, 2019 July 26, 2019 by Kelsey Ketch, posted in Book Promo
Welcome to the New Adult Valentine's Promo! This week you'll find all these wonderful New Adult titles for 99 cents or less out on Amazon. Be sure to read up on each title and check them out. ❤
31 Kisses: A Beneventi Series Starter
Author: Sonya Jesus
Kelsie Salvatore
After his right-hand man, my father, was murdered, Costa Beneventi took me in and adopted me. He gave me a home when my life was falling apart and promised me vengeance when my heart was breaking. I'm not the little mafia princess my dad raised anymore. I'm the assassin the Beneventis created. The mafia might have saved my life, but it sacrificed my heart. With every life I take, there's a little less of me left… The only thing keeping me from losing all of myself is #31 on the Beneventi hit list.
Hayden Masters
The Beneventi family killed my mother in front of me, put a hit on us and savagely killed my father, incriminating me. They orphaned me, tore me away from my life, and forced me into an endless lifetime of pretending to be everything I'm not. After all the fake identities and countless friends I never made, I've finally set down roots. Now, I've grown attached to this new life—to these new people—but I messed up. As long as I have the one thing that can bring the Beneventis down and clear my father's name, no one is safe around me, especially not the girl I have fallen for.
Rattled: The Baxter Boys #1
Author: Jane Charles
Alex Dosek knows that Kelsey needs more than a tattoo. She hoped to ink the memory of the daughter into her soul, but that wasn't necessary. The memories were already there.
Only three things matter to Kelsey Fry: an envelope full of memories, a pink box full of hope, and a well-planned future. But the past has a way of catching up, and Kelsey's past reaches out with a phone call.
Who would have thought a house full of boys would be a refuge for Kelsey? The Baxter boys come to Kelsey's rescue and all sometimes fate does intervene. Or friends do. Call it what you will.
Karma and balance. Prices are paid.
The only thing left for Kelsey is Alex.
The only thing Alex wants is Kelsey
*Recommended for adult readers only due to adult language.*
Bring Me Home
Author: Bree Howland
While Kailey was growing up, she was sure of two things:
1. She wanted to devote her life to helping animals.
2. She would never be without her best friend Cole Martin.
When her father had them pack up and move two provinces away two years before graduation, it felt like the rug was pulled out from under her.
Now she's in college, finally pursuing her interest in veterinary medicine. Even better, Cole is at the same school. But Cole has changed and so has she. Gone was the innocence of childhood friendship and easy conversations.
Between new friends, unexpected feelings, and a road trip, Kailey's first year in college will be more eye opening than she ever imagined.
*all proceeds are going to Fortunate Felines Rescue*
Dragon Kissed: Paranormal Dragon Romance
Author: Anna Santos
Nothing will stop him from protecting her.
Barbara is on the run. Her brother sends her a powerful artifact with instructions to deliver it to a dragon-shifter in one of the coldest places in the world. With gunmen coming after her, she needs protection.
Arriving in Alaska, Barbara finds Jason's friend, but she's received at gunpoint.
Kayden and his twin brothers live a peaceful life. Being the few last dragons in the world, they need to stay away from the spotlights and trouble. But trouble is what finds Kayden in the form of a stunning red-haired who claims to be the sister of one of his Navy friends—Jason Kent.
Despite the attraction, Kayden wants nothing to do with Barbara's problem. Yet honor forces him to give her shelter and a place to stay until the blizzard ends and she can return to where she came from. He just doesn't count that she's his fated mate and a touch of their lips bonds them forever and turns him into her protector.
This is a great standalone paranormal dragon romance with an HEA. No Cliffhanger, no cheating, and great twists. This story is steamy, sexy, and a page-turner. Grab your copy and start reading it today.
Pathfinders Rebellion
Author: Ariel McMillan
Quest Landing is celebrating her sweet sixteen in the year 2055. She's a normal teen who lives for gaming and is on the honor roll. The biggest monopoly in the country is releasing a ground-breaking virtual reality game called Universal Gaming. The company is Codingz. Quest has been a diehard fan of the company's games and his been following their progress as a company for as long as she can remember until she meets a strange teenage boy. He's expressionless, quiet and very odd. The more Quest gets to know him, the more she learns about Codingz and the other worldly people she fights to help. She sets out to stop Codingz with her friends. This hopeful group of teens will stop at nothing to defeat Codingz.
Sixteen years earlier in 2039, the U.S. suffered a major economic depression after a massive technological boom. The rest of the world was struggling to keep up with the changes and the cost of living soared. Some blamed technology and others wanted compromise and a small but influential group welcomed and funded the new age. After the country scraped its way out of the depression, the government decided to break up the U.S. into districts so each political group could dictate their side of the country in a last ditch effort to create harmony between citizens. These districts separated the rich from the poor and the middle class hung somewhere in the balance. Years went by and people began to let large corporations make all the decisions.
Under Winter Lights: Part One
Author: Bree M. Lewandowski
Ballet is Martina's world. Always has been. But underneath the stage lights, behind the curtain and choreography is loneliness.
On late nights, after rehearsals, in her small apartment, Martina wishes hers wasn't the only shadow on the wall.
But Chicago winter winds are swirling and Martina's music box world is tipped upside down when she is cast as the lead in the company's next production. And if that isn't enough…
He's the "wolf of the Mariinsky Ballet." A rebel with gray eyes. Maraav Levondovska is a brilliant dancer and Martina can barely admit to herself how watching him take the stage sets her imagination spinning.
But company director Alan Jung, the man crippled by the art he loved, seems to find new life in his star ballerina…
Three hearts in a dance made for two. A world made of music and motion. Come step Under Winter Lights: Part One!
Curse of Stone (Counting Curses Book 1)
Author: Jen McConnel
Some curses aren't meant to be broken.
Julia is depressed. Ever since her mom died, it's been hard for Julia to enjoy life, even when she's spending a year studying in Rome. But when an ancient curse attaches itself to her, Julia realizes that she isn't ready to give up. With the help of Fernando, a too-charming-for-words guy from her art history class (and the heir to a black market antiquities business), Julia feels like she might have a second chance at everything. But time is running out, and the curse makes it a matter of life or death. Can Julia and Nando break the curse, or is it already too late?
Curse of Gold (Counting Curses Book 2)
Some curses aren't meant to be broken…
When Riley moved to London to get her graduate degree, she never thought of herself as dangerous. But when a guy she loves drops dead, Riley starts to believe in the family curse. Her eccentric grandmother insists that it's up to Riley to break the centuries-old curse that has plagued the family, but all Riley has to go on are Gran's cryptic remarks and a little bit of mostly awful luck.
Her luck changes for the better when she meets Tom, a scholar with a treasure-hunting hobby who knows more about Riley's curse than either of them realize. Despite the risks, Riley is drawn to Tom, but her curse prevents her from acting on the growing attraction. Will their combined love of esoteric history be enough to break the curse, or will Riley remain deadly to anyone who falls for her?
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Share this Story: Province eyes mandatory flu shots for health workers
Province eyes mandatory flu shots for health workers
The head of the University of Calgary's Institute for Public Health has called for the province to adopt mandatory influenza vaccinations for health-care workers, saying medical staff owe it to vulnerable patients to get the shot. Dr. Bill Ghali acknowledged the issue treads into thorny legal and ethical territory, but said patient safety should trump other concerns when it comes to ensuring doctors, nurses and other staff get the flu shot.
Jamie Komarnicki • Calgary Herald
Jun 12, 2014 • June 12, 2014 • 2 minute read
Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne is considering mandatory vaccinations for health-care workers. Photo by Rick Donkers /Calgary Herald
The head of the University of Calgary's Institute for Public Health has called for the province to adopt mandatory influenza vaccinations for health-care workers, saying medical staff owe it to vulnerable patients to get the shot.
Dr. Bill Ghali acknowledged the issue treads into thorny legal and ethical territory, but said patient safety should trump other concerns when it comes to ensuring doctors, nurses and other staff get the flu shot.
"We have this accountability to the people we're looking after. It's a little different than somebody that works in an oil company in downtown Calgary. They may have sick days and spread influenza to a colleague or two," he said.
"It's different because of the risk of getting an infection in a hospitalized patient. In the health-care system, transmitting infection to our vulnerable patients, there the burden and the harm associated with those infections is greater."
The university's continuing medical education office hosted a one-day symposium on the topic on Thursday, bringing together infectious disease, vaccination and bioethics experts to look at whether Alberta should rethink its voluntary health worker influenza vaccination policy.
"The bigger issue is that as health-care workers, we are vectors of infection and we deliver that infection to our patients," said Ghali, one of the symposium organizers.
"Patients in the hospital are very vulnerable because they're weakened by other illnesses and those other illnesses put them at risk for actually bigger consequences."
In Alberta, 54 per cent of health-care workers got vaccinated against the flu last season, according to an Alberta Health Services report from April 2014. In the Calgary zone, 51.7 per cent of staff got the influenza shot.
The authority ramped up its influenza immunization campaign last season, urging staff that no patient should get the illness from health workers while receiving care.
Health Minister Fred Horne said the numbers are an improvement from year's past — two years ago, 43.9 per cent of staff got the flu shot — but don't go far enough.
He said his department is eyeing several options to improve those rates, including mandatory vaccinations or making the shot a condition of employment.
"We have to look at whatever measures we need to take to increase that rate of vaccination," Horne said.
"I think that public education and campaigns like that have helped, but it's not a sufficient level of immunization. The question now is do we take more formal steps to require it. What I'm looking at now are what are the mechanisms to do that."
Horne said he'll also take cues from health-care leaders, including associations for doctors, nurses and other professionals.
jkomarnicki@calgaryherald.com
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ARGOMENTO: BOOKS > BIOLOGIA > BIOLOGIA > CHIMICA E BIOCHIMICA
Remediation of Heavy Metals
inamuddin (curatore); ahamed mohd imran (curatore); lichtfouse eric (curatore); altalhi tariq (curatore)
Questo prodotto usufruisce delle SPEDIZIONI GRATIS
selezionando l'opzione Corriere Veloce in fase di ordine.
Edizione: 1st ed. 2021
The book presents recent remediation techniques for heavy metal contamination in wastewater, with a focus on recently-developed and sustainable materials such as metal oxides and their composites, two-dimensional materials, organic-inorganic ion exchange materials, nanomaterials, bagasse, and olive-oil waste chelating materials. Chapters also describe the analysis of heavy metals, membranes for water treatment, sources and impact of heavy metals and opportunities and challenges in heavy metal remediation.
Chapter 1 Analytical methods for the determination of heavy metals in water
Mauricio Llaver, María N. Oviedo, Pamela Y. Quintas, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud
Chapter 2 Olive-oil waste for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater
M.A. Martín-Lara, M.J. Muñoz-Batista, G. Blázquez, A. Pérez, M. Calero
Chapter 3 Metal oxide composites for heavy metal ions removal
Safoura Daneshfozoun, Anum Tahir, Zaman Tahir, Awais Ali Aslam, Muhammad Shahid Nazir, Mohd Azmuddin Abdullah
Chapter 4 Two-dimensional materials for heavy metal removal
Siyuan Luo, Hong Chen
Chapter 5 Membranes for heavy metals removal
Luciano Marder, Tatiane Benvenuti, Alexandre Giacobbo, Marco Antônio Siqueira Rodrigues, Jane Zoppas Ferreira, and Andréa Moura Bernardes
Chapter 6 Metal oxides for removal of heavy metal ions
Trishamoni Kashyap1, Biswajit Choudhury
Chapter 7 Organic-Inorganic Ion Exchange Materials for Heavy Metal Removal from Water
Mesut Yilmazoglu
Chapter 8 Low-cost technology for heavy metal cleaning from water
Muhammad Shahid Nazir, Zaman Tahir, Masoom Fatima, Sadaful Hassan, Zulfiqar Ali, Majid Niaz Akhtar , Mohd. Azmuddin Abdullah
Chapter 9 Use of nanomaterials for heavy metal remediation
Wojciech Stawinski, Katarzyna Wal, Kamila Startek
Chapter 10 Ecoengineered approaches for the remediation of polluted river ecosystems
Shabnam Shaikh, Kunal R. Jain, Datta Madamwar, Chirayu Desai
Chapter 11 Ballast water definition, components, aquatic invasive species, control and management and treatment technologies
Mohamed A. Hassaan and Ahmed El Nemr
Chapter 12 Source, pollution and remediation of carcinogenic hexavalent chromium from industrial, mining effluents
Aliya Naz; Abhiroop Chowdhury; Brijesh Kumar Mishra
Chapter 13 Pesticides in Drinking Water and Removal Techniques
Jagvir Singh and Anuradha
Chapter 14 Opportunities and challenges in heavy metal removal from water
Mriganka Sekhar Manna and Chanchal Bhaumik
Chapter 15 Modification of Bagasse for Heavy Metal Removal form Water
Radwa A. El-Salamony
Chapter 16 Chelating materials for the removal of heavy metals from water
Pamela Y. Quintas, Emiliano F. Fiorentini, Leticia B. Escudero
Chapter 17 Sources of heavy metals pollution
Vhahangwele Masindi, Philani Mkhonza, Memory Teker
Dr. Inamuddin is an assistant professor at the Department of Applied Chemistry, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He has extensive research experience in multidisciplinary fields of analytical chemistry, materials chemistry, electrochemistry, renewable energy, and environmental science. He has worked on different research projects funded by various government agencies and universities and is the recipient of awards, including the Department of Science and Technology, India, Fast-Track Young Scientist Award and the Sir Syed Young Researcher of the Year Award 2020 from Aligarh Muslim University. He has published about 190 research articles in various international scientific journals, 18 book chapters, and 145 edited books with multiple well-known publishers. His current research interests include ion exchange materials, a sensor for heavy metal ions, biofuel cells, supercapacitors, and bending actuators.
Dr. Mohd Imran Ahamed is working as Research Associate at the Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India. He received his B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry and Ph.D. (Chemistry) degrees from AMU. He has completed his M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry) from Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, India. He has published several research and review articles in various international scientific journals. He has co-edited 47 books of international repute. His research work includes ion-exchange chromatography, wastewater treatment, and analysis, bending actuator and electrospinning.
Dr. Eric Lichtfouse is a professor of environmental chemistry and scientific writing at Aix Marseille University and Xi'an Jiaotong University, and Chief Editor and co-founder of the journal Environmental Chemistry Letters. He has invented carbon-13 dating following the discovery of various temporal pools of a single individual organic substance in soils. He has published the book Scientific Writing for Impact Factors, which includes a new tool – the Micro-Article - to identify the novelty of research results. He got the analytical chemistry prize from the French Chemical Society, the grand prize of the Universities of Nancy and Metz, and a journal citation award by the Essential Indicators. He is world XTerra vice-champion and ITU cross triathlon world bronze medal in the age category.
Tariq Altalhi, PhD, joined the Department of Chemistry at Taif University, Saudi Arabia as Assistant Professor in 2014. He received his doctorate degree from University of Adelaide, Australia in the year 2014 with Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. He was promoted to the position of the head of Chemistry Department at Taif university in 2017 and Vice Dean of Science college in 2019 till now. In 2015, one of his works was nominated for Green Tech awards from Germany, Europe's largest environmental and business prize, amongst top 10 entries. He has co-edited various scientific books. His group is involved in fundamental multidisciplinary research in nanomaterial synthesis and engineering, characterization, and their application in molecular separation, desalination, membrane systems, drug delivery, and biosensing. In addition, he has established key contacts with major industries in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Collana: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World
Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm Ø 935 gr
Illustration Notes:41 Illustrations, black and white
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Gal in the Middle: If I Had a Hammer...I'd Beg Someone to Take It!
You are doing such a great job! Just don't pass out in all the heat! I just finished mowing the yard and barn lot! ICKY!
I can't believe you ate deep-fried butter. Does it taste anything like fresh butter. My little sister once ate a stick of butter. She peeled off the wrapper and bit it like a banana!
I'm a new follower from social parade, come see me.
I'm on a blog hop. I've added my name to your follower list!
I sure am glad I got to see what the deep fried butter looked like Now I won't have to buy one I have only heard about them.
Have a fun day You are really busy !!!
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Deep fried butter - what the heck will they come up with next?
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Contents: One (1) Transformers Generations Deluxe Chromia Action Figure.
Bring home Windblade's bodyguard with Transformers Generations Deluxe Chromia. The blue motorbike can change from a Cybertronian warrior to an Autobot vehicle in no time, and comes armed with a pistol for Decepticon-fighting fun!


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Home Latest Report: NFL playoff numbers at 10-year low
Report: NFL playoff numbers at 10-year low
A new analysis from Clay Travis at Outkickthecoverage.com showcased that NFL Playoff Ratings have hit a 10-year-low.
Outkickthecoverage:
This past weekend the NFL had three very competitive games among its four divisional round playoff contests.
Unfortunately for the league, ratings continued to plummet.
In fact, ratings are plummeting so much that virtually no major media outlets are even talking about ratings at all. It's almost like the league and its television partners have put out the code red not to acknowledge the collapse in viewership so far in 2018.
Here are the ugly details head to head in the same timeslots as last year:
Saints-Vikings 35.6 million viewers
Packers-Cowboys 48.5 million viewers
Jags-Steelers 31.4 million viewers
Steelers-Chiefs 37.1 million viewers
Titans-Patriots 26.7 million viewers
Texans-Patriots 29.8 million viewers
Falcons-Eagles 27.1 million viewers
Seahawks-Falcons 28.7 million viewers
Yep, every single game was down, no matter how good the games were. And, remember, three of these games were highly competitive in the divisional round this year. Whereas last year only two of the games were competitive. Hell, three of the four windows even feature one of the same teams from last year. And yes, I know, the Cowboys and the Packers played last year and those are the two biggest fan base draws in the NFL, but even if you pull that game out the numbers for the other three games also declined double digits. (The three other games were down 15.3%, 10.4% and 5.6%)
Adding all these numbers up 120.8 million viewers watched the NFL divisional round playoffs in 2018 vs. 144.1 million who watched in 2017, a decline of 23.3 million total viewers.
That's an overall viewership decline of over 16%, even steeper than last week's 13% playoff decline. (Even if you leave out the Packers-Cowboys numbers completely the NFL playoff ratings would have still been down 10.3%).
These playoff numbers weren't just bad compared to last year either, they hit a ten year low.
The NFL can simply no longer hide their ratings slide. Although the NFL was on a downward trend its trend is being expedited due to the kneelers. The NFL players mocked Donald Trump for attacking them and told their fans to go away if they didn't like it and the sport is beginning to take the hit.
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