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Hull & East Yorkshire News
Ex-MP Alan Johnson takes helm at Hull health company
He'll be chairman for a company building centres across the city
Former city MP Alan Johnson is taking on a new role as chairman of a Hull-based health construction company.
The politician stepped down as the MP for Hull West and Hessle before the recent general election.
Now the former Labour health secretary has agreed to step into the role of independent chairman of Citycare.
Part owned by the NHS, the public private partnership company has built 13 new health centres across the city since it was formed in 2004.
They include new state-of-the-art health centres in Orchard Park, Bransholme and Hessle Road as well as the Wilberforce Centre in Albion Street in the city centre.
The Wilberforce Health Centre in Story Street
The company is also behind the new £9m Hull integrated Care Centre currently being built on the site of the former David Lister School in east Hull.
Mr Johnson said: "I have turned down a lot of offers to sit on other boards but Citycare, to me, is a direct link to what I have been doing without getting back into the political field.
"Some of the offers I received meant working in London, which I don't want to do full time.
"The role of independent chair is very special. You need to bring balance to discussions between the stakeholders and, as an ambassador, also have a responsibility to society more widely."
Hull will flood again, warns man who chaired review into 2007 rains
He said Citycare's portfolio of new health centres had helped put Hull on the map. "When I was an MP, I often said that one of the most unheralded revolutions in health around Hull was the transformation of the health estate," he said. "It revolutionised health and it was part of my ambition as health secretary to do something about health inequalities.
"It started in my constituency at the corner of Plane Street and Anlaby Road with Newington health centre and the new facilities are iconic buildings people are proud of.
"If you look at them now, they are in the same condition as when they were built.
"There is an opportunity to make better use of what these health centres were originally designed for and bring more services under one roof.
"The idea is to bring health care closer to the patient, rather than making trips back and forth to the acute services. The Hull Integrated Care Centre, which is one of our latest projects, is a fantastic example of this.
"I have also been impressed by the innovative solutions Citycare is creating to maximise space within public sector partners' buildings, as well as the team's ability to respond to the ever changing landscape in the NHS and across the public sector.
"It's not always about new buildings but about working collaboratively across the public sector to solve property problems."
NEWS DATE 07092016 Newington Health Centre, Anlaby Road.
Mr Johnson will also become chairman of Shared Agenda, a sister company set up four years ago to oversee potential expansion across Yorkshire and the North-East. He said: "A third of the NHS estate existed before the NHS was created in 1948 and that has to be updated.
"It seems to me that we have something special in Hull and there's no reason why that can't be exported and be a model of best practice elsewhere.
"It's about bringing lessons from Citycare to other areas of public service and there are some very exciting opportunities there that will take us further afield."
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Mr Johnson will succeed Charles Lewis who is retiring as Citycare chairman after 13 years. City care chief executive Jo Barnes said: "On behalf of the Board we are delighted to welcome Alan Johnson as our new Chair. Our focus across both companies will be to help our public sector customers and partners find new opportunities to improve services and achieve sustainable savings.
"Alan brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the role and this will be invaluable to us, our partners and our customers as we move forward."
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ITVLove Island 2020: two new men to enter the villaLuke Trotman, 22, and Luke Mabbott, 24, are set to send shock waves through the villa on Thursday night's edition of the show.


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The Powerchair Hockey World Championships ended with the victory of the Italian national team on Denmark Lignano Sabbiadoro, 30 September 2018 – The final......
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Day four of races in Lignano Sabbiadoro:
The challengers for the highest places of this powerchair world championship were defined today.
Lignano Sabbiadoro 29 September 2018 – It was a thrilling day today here at Villaggio Bella Italia, since play off and semifinals that defined the challengers of tomorrow's finals, were played. The final between Italy and Denmark, the winner of the challenge with the Netherlands, will take place at 5 p.m.
Switzerland beated Australia 22 to 0 this morning, conquering the access to the final for the fifth and sixth place, that will be contended with Belgium, winner of the the race with Canada (13 to 0). Super hot afternoon with two matches that enflamed the enthusiasm of the supporters. The Netherlands vs Denmark ended up with a win for Denmark, who with a memorable result,
accessed the final. Super exciting match the one between Germany and Italy: 1 to 1 at the end of the normal times obliged the teams to play the suplemental times. The winner was proclamed by the penalties that decrated the victory of Italy for 5 to 4.
A lot of enthusiasm demonstrated during the day both in the field and in the bleachers. Luca Pancalli President of the Italian Paralimpic Comitee, was there and had the chance to appreciate the determination and the agonism of all the players. Hard-fought and tenses games those that took places this afternoon, that ended up with the exclusion of the Netherlands from the first two places of the rank.
Tomorrow, the 30th of Septermber, the matches that will decrete the final rank of the World Championship, will take place. At 9.30 Australia and Canada will compete for the seventh and the eighth place.At 12 it will be time for Switzerland against Belgium. During the afternoon it will be time for the big finals: at 14.30 the match to conquer the third step of podium between the Netherlands and Germany; at 17 there will be the match between Italy and Denmark for the gold medal.
All the matches will be broadcasted in streaming on the website….and on the Youtube Powerchair Hockey channel.

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Head Transplants: Can They, Should They Be Done?
Are Head Transplants Possible … and Ethical?
The story — and subsequent adaptations for the screen — has gripped our imaginations ever since.
While reanimating the dead remains a scientific impossibility, scientists are pushing the boundaries of modern medicine closer and closer to Shelley's vision.
As they do, the public's uneasiness about the ethical limits of medicine has been stoked.
Take, for example, the announcement last year by Italian neuroscientist Dr. Sergio Canavero that he plans to perform the first human head transplant.
Not sometime in the distant future … but possibly in 2017.
And now he has a volunteer for the procedure — Valery Spiridonov, a 31-year-old Russian man with a degenerative muscle condition.
This has bumped Canavero's bold plans from the realm of science fiction straight into the real world.
Like Victor Frankenstein, Canavero hopes to make great scientific advances, even if it means working at the fringes of modern medicine.
Is a head transplant possible?
Compared to transplanting a heart or kidney, a head transplant is technically much more challenging.
Surgeons will need to join many tissues of the head and new body, including muscles, skin, ligaments, bones, blood vessels, and most importantly, the nerves of the spinal cord.
But there has already been some groundwork laid for the "audacious plan" of Canavero and his partner, Chinese surgeon Dr. Xiaoping Ren, as described in the September issue of The Atlantic.
In the early 1900s, a Missouri surgeon transplanted the head of one dog onto the neck of another, creating one with two heads. This feat was repeated by Soviet and Chinese surgeons in the 1950s, with the dog living for 29 days.
In the 1970s, a surgeon from Ohio transplanted the heads of rhesus monkeys onto new bodies. They survived and could even eat and follow objects with their eyes. But the doctor hadn't reconnected their spinal cords, so they remained paralyzed.
Canavero and Ren have different plans.
They hope to fuse the nerves cells of the head and body using a gluelike chemical called polyethylene glycol.
Ren has already tested this chemical on mice with spinal cords that have been severed. The mice were walking within two days of the procedure.
In preparation for Spiridonov's surgery next year, Ren's team has also successfully transplanted a mouse's head onto another body. This was later repeated on a monkey.
These animals, though, were euthanized within a day of the procedure. So future experiments are needed in order to know if a head transplant is a long-term solution.
According to The Atlantic, Canavero says there is a "90 percent plus" chance of success. Ren, though, is less definite about the outcome.
And as with all transplant surgeries, there are many risks.
Before Patrick Hardison underwent one of the world's most extensive face transplants, doctors gave him a 50 percent chance of survival.
Infection, loss of blood flow to the transplanted organ, and rejection of the new tissue all lower the odds of success.
With a head transplant, loss of blood flow to the brain is an even larger problem. Lack of oxygen can damage the brain and leave a person with severe mental deficiencies.
Cooling both the head and body before and during surgery could allow the cells to survive longer without oxygen. Still, doctors would only have an hour or less to complete the surgery.
One of the most common risks of organ transplants is tissue rejection. With a head transplant, though, it would be the head that would be seen as "foreign" by the new body's immune system.
Finding a donor body that is a good match for Spiridonov — in this case a male who died of head trauma with no damage to the body — could minimize this risk.
But he would need to take powerful immunosuppressive medications for the rest of his life to limit the chance that the new body's immune system would attack the tissues of his head.
After surgery, Spiridonov would be kept in a coma for several weeks to allow his spinal nerves to heal.
But if he wakes up before his spinal nerves heal, there is a chance that he would be paralyzed. Or that his nerve cells would fuse incorrectly — with nerves meant to control the arms connected to the legs instead.
In spite of that, Spiridonov is still willing to face those odds.
His genetic condition, known as Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, has left him confined to a wheelchair. He movements are limited to typing, feeding himself, and steering his wheelchair with a joystick.
Werdnig-Hoffmann disease is also fatal, although Spiridonov has already lived longer than his doctors had expected.
The fringe nature of Canavero's and Ren's plans has led to harsh backlash from scientists and ethicists.
Some have called it "nuts" or scientifically impossible.
Others are concerned that even though Spiridonov is aware of the risks, it still doesn't make it OK for doctors to perform the surgery.
And then there is the cost — between $10 million and $100 million.
Would this money be better spent on helping the thousands of people who suffer spinal cord injuries each year?
Head transplants also raise issues of who the new body belongs to, especially in terms of its sperm or eggs.
If someone with a new body had a child, would the family of the donated body have visitation rights?
And then there are the more philosophical questions. What does it mean for a person's sense of self to have a body that they weren't born with?
There's not even certainty that someone would be able to accept a new body as part of themselves.
The man who underwent the world's first hand transplant was uncomfortable with his new hand. So he stopped taking his immunosuppressive drugs and the hand had to be removed.
Public angst about head transplants may subside after a few successful surgeries, the way it has with face transplants.
But for now, Canavero and Ren are still working on the other side of a line that many think we shouldn't cross.


In my 2011 Pulchronomics 101 piece, I wrote about whether or not there was an advantage for women in media who were deemed attractive. Based on a Newsweek survey, the study found that attractive women had a greater advantage at work or finding jobs more so if they wore form fitting clothing. At the same time they can be punished for being too good-looking.
My analysis goes deeper with Media Babes, where I talk about how broadcast ratings and sexier-dressed female anchors compare. FOX's anchors wore the sexist clothes and therefore, based on my research, had the highest ratings. But apparently there is a double-edged sword, considering FOX is in hot water (yet again) with sexual harassment accusations.
Another powerful man from FOX has been accused of alleged sexual harassment, Bill O'Reilly. Former CEO and chairman Roger Ailes was dismissed in 2016. O'Reilly is the top-rated host of the network with his show the O'Reilly Factor, a programming bringing in roughly four million views nightly and about $44 million in advertising from 2014 through 2016. Due to these recent accusations, at least 21 advertisers have canceled contracts, including BMW, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz and Allstate.
Five women have come forward: former producers of O'Reilly's show of Rachel Witlieb Bernstein and Andrea Mackris and former on-air personalities Rebecca Gomez Diamond, Laurie Dhue and Juliet Huddy. While he has denied any wrongdoing, there has been a total of $13 million in settlements paid by FOX or O'Reilly himself. While the women settled out of court by taking the total amount, they aren't working in their field anymore.
Noreen Farrell, Executive Director of Equal Rights Advocates, told the PBS NewsHour, "I think that sexual harassment very much remains the price of a paycheck for women across the country in hundreds of industries, no matter if they're a low-wage worker or a high-wage worker, which we have seen a lot of news about." She continued, "I think that when people talk about sexual harassment, they minimize it to a particular occurrence or one day or a bad act. But what we have seen from the fact that these women are not in TV news is that it can impact the entire trajectory of somebody's career, which has an incredibly chilling effect on more women stepping forward. And so, from our perspective, the fact that these women are not — no longer in the industry is as problematic as the fact that they were harassed in the first place, because clearly retaliation and blacklisting is in play, not just in news, but in many industries." Meanwhile, Ailes gets a $40 million severance package and O'Reilly is still working.
So let's get this straight: Men accused of sexual harassment receive huge severance packages or are still employed, while the victims are possibly blacklisted and get a small settlements. Appalling.
Top Photo: Outside the Fox News studios in Manhattan on Wednesday.


1Amasya Üniversitesi, Sabuncuoğlu Şerefeddin Sağlık Hizmetleri Meslek Yüksekokulu, Amasya, Türkiye 2Erciyes Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Hemşireliği Anabilim Dalı, Kayseri, Türkiye Objectives: The research was conducted as a cross-sectional study to determine moral sensitivities of health care providers who are working in emergency departments.
Study Design: The extent of the study was composed of health care providers working at emergency departments of hospitals in the center of Kayseri city, Turkey. Data of research were collected by using questionnaire form and Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire form. Data were evaluated by number, percent, mean, standard deviation, median, Mann- Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis analysis and Dunn test.
Results: It was detected that 54.1% of health care providers who were working at emergency services, experienced ethical dilemmas, 45.7% encountered ethical dilemmas in the "treatment applications", 38.6% stated that they did "what was most beneficial for patients" in their approach to ethical dilemmas, 67.2% had received training on ethics and it was also observed that health care providers' moral sensitivities were improved over those who had not received training in either seminars or courses. Among the healthcare providers, those who specifically chose female health care and had 11 or more years experience had a high moral sensitivity level. In addition, it was observed that the institutions also contributed to their staffs' moral sensitivity (p<0.05). Moral sensitivity of health care providers were found middle level [85(70-97)].


October 3, 2008, the "Words Not Spoken" program on the topic of "Cancer Survivorship," was presented as the keynote for the conference entitled, "21st Annual Concepts of Oncology/ Survivorship: Steps to Well Being, sponsored by the St. Luke's Regional Medical Center/Mountain States Tumor Institute in Boise, Idaho. Nurses, social workers, and other healthcare professionals attended this two day conference.
The improvisational drama part of "Words Not Spoken" was presented by a solo performance by Hedda Matza-Haughton, LCSW, followed by a question and answer discussion period of each of the characters portrayed. A guided interaction and discussion followed with the Director, the audience and the actors, which enhanced the audience's knowledge about cancer survivorship, and provided education and prevention information. Hedda presented five different characters dealing with the issue of cancer survivorship. Each time "Words Not Spoken" is presented; different characters are portrayed to meet the needs of the sponsoring organization. The program was named "Words Not Spoken" to particularly emphasize the importance of talking more openly about issues and feelings that are often kept silent.
The above definitions of Cancer Survivor by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Office of Cancer Survivorship was utilized in the symposium, "From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition" - An American Society of Clinical Oncology and Institute of Medicine Symposium(2005).This symposium on cancer survivorship focused on implementing the 10 recommendations to better service the cancer survivor after initial treatment, outlined in the Institute of Medicine's(IOM) survivorship report. At the time of the report, there were 10 million adult cancer survivors living in the United States and the recommendations focused on all the issues affecting these survivors, both medical and psychosocial. The overall goal of these recommendations were to ensure that cancer survivors would be getting the specialized attention they need emphasizing quality, long term care approaches for cancer survivors.
"……Each of the characters in your performance provided a comprehensive array of issues affecting cancer survivors and laid a foundation for our other presenters. The characters that were portrayed were poignant, believable, and conveyed the multitude of physical and emotional issues faced by many cancer survivors, who often feel "lost in transition".
Each of the characters you presented shared an array of important issues: the prostate cancer survivor who would not talk to his wife after the long term side effects of his treatment; the breast cancer patient dealing with body image, fear of recurrence; the oncology nurse who wondered if she had done enough to help a man who had lung cancer, who was still smoking, and now facing a recurrence; the cervical cancer patient who felt that the long term side effects of treatment interfered with her relationship with her boyfriend; and the mother whose daughter had leukemia in her teens and was now facing the fact that her daughter might not be able to have children as a side effect of treatment.
Click here to contact Hedda about discussing and arranging for a presentation of WNS on Cancer Survivorship.


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Literature Essays and Research Papers Page 2
Wild Swans at Coole
The paper "Wild Swans at Coole" is a perfect example of an assignment on literature. The poet, William Butler Yeats was unlike any other poet. His prowess in writing poems was only appreciated when he was almost fifty years old. Most poets usually start young and gain popularity until mid-life. However, Yeats became popular in composing poetry when he was quite old.…
Sailing to Byzantium by W.B. Yeats
The paper "Sailing to Byzantium by W.B. Yeats" is a delightful example of an essay on literature. The poem Sailing to Byzantium by W.B. Yeats, informs about the speaker's vigor and liveliness that he feels while being in his land. In the first stanza of the poem, the speaker indicates towards the vitality and heartiness felt by not only people but also by other living creatures such as 'fish' and 'fowl'.…
To the Daisy and The Stolen Boat
The paper "To the Daisy and The Stolen Boat" is a great example of a literature book review. This paper brings up two poems written by the famous nature poet, William Wordsworth – 'To the Daisy' and 'The Stolen Boat'. In the first poem, the poet begins by praising the flower 'daisy'. This flower is often used by different poets to signify death or rather, to soften the harshness of death.…
The paper "The Great Gatsby " is a wonderful example of a literature assignment. This book is very enlightening about the way Americans see the American Dream and the right way to behave. It's hard to blame Gatsby for attempting to win Daisy by impressing her with his material wealth because this seems to be the way most people in today's society think you define success.…
The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich
The paper "The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich" is an excellent example of an essay on literature. The narrator seems like a friendly guy who takes a relatively light view of life. Although he achieved ownership of a restaurant by the time he was 16 and lost everything in a tornado, his attitude is to just keep going forward with what you had left.…
Richard Corey, Harlem and Preludes
The paper "Richard Corey, Harlem and Preludes" is a great example of a literature assignment. In his poem, "Richard Corey", Edwin Arlington Robinson attempts to peep into the inner being of a man. The word 'perfection' suits best with how Richard Corey appears before the readers.…
Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence
The paper "Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence" is a wonderful example of an annotated bibliography on literature. Boyd, A.E. Writing for Immortality: Women and the emergence of high literary culture in America. USA: The John Hopkins University. This book shows how American writers like Edith Wharton changed the perspective of women during the 1870's and beyond.
The Odes of Yong
The paper "The Odes of Yong" is a perfect example of an essay on literature. The number 52 poem on the Odes of Yong which makes up, among others, the fourth chapter of Shi Jing (the Book of Odes) goes: "Look at a rat, it has its skin; But a man should be without dignity of demeanor, If a man has no dignity of demeanor, What should he but die? Look at a rat, it has its teeth.…
A Young Persons Guide to the Grading System by Jerry Farber
The paper "A Young Persons Guide to the Grading System by Jerry Farber" is a perfect example of an essay on literature. This is an underground essay published in the 1960s, which tries to convince the reader that the relationship in many American rooms is similar to the master-slave relationship that people like Frantz Fanon believed characterized colonial situations.…
Xiang Jun in Chinese Literature
The paper "Xiang Jun in Chinese Literature" is an excellent example of a literature essay. The period of ancient Chinese poetry characterized by the "Nine Songs"—and in particular the song called "Xiang Jun"—is one of great interest in the relationship between man and divinity. The world is often depicted as full of spirits and the biggest issue is how humans are to deal with this fact.…
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
The paper "Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes" is a great example of a literature book review. In the first part of his celebrated work Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes deals with his essential ideas of man and the section is titled Of Man.…
Voltaires Satire on Optimism
The paper "Voltaire's Satire on Optimism" is a great example of a book review on literature. In the novella "Candide", Voltaire deals with a series of themes such as the 'folly of Optimism', 'bitterness of stern reality', 'futility of philosophical speculation', etc that are stitched together with the common thread that Leibniz's optimistic philosophy simply failed to perceive the reality.…
Candide and the Satirical Role of Jacques
The paper "Candide and the Satirical Role of Jacques" is a wonderful example of an assignment on literature. In the novella, 'Candide' the fourth chapter sets a marked step in the development of the text as a satire. Here Voltaire manipulates one of his best efforts to satirize Pangloss's teaching and philosophy "the best of all possible worlds" (Voltaire 7) that resembles Leibniz's optimism.…
The Death of Ivan Ilych and Gooseberries
The paper "The Death of Ivan Ilych and Gooseberries" is an excellent example of an assignment on literature. The opening lines of the second chapter of Leo Tolstoy's story "The Death of Ivan Ilych" reveal the horror of leading an ordinary life, which confirms sadly to the social norms related to success, happiness, and peace in life.…
Pre Columbian Mesoamerica
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Thomas Kings Green Grass, Running Water
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Song of the Bright Moon
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The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
The paper "The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde" is a wonderful example of a literature book review. The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde is a satirical comedy as Oscar Wilde satirizes some social aspects of society such as aristocracy, materialism and social status with the help of a comedy.…
Everyday Use by Alice Walker and Im Still Here by Langston Hughes
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A Rose for Emily and This Land Is Your Land
The paper "A Rose for Emily and This Land Is Your Land" is a great example of a literature book review. The first reading to be discussed here is William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily. I actually enjoyed reading the short story. I had not read this story ever before. I…
Johnny Panic and The Bible of Dreams
The paper "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams " is an outstanding example of an assignment on literature. To be discussed here is the title story taken from the collection of Sylvia Plath's short stories, prose and diary excerpts named Johnny Panic & the Bible of Dreams. What makes Sally, the narrator of the story, get lost in dreams and copy them out?…
Parable of the Sower
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Luigi Pirandellos Six Characters in Search of An Author
The paper "Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of An Author" is an outstanding example of an essay on literature. The liberties of the BBC adaptation of Six Characters in Search of An Author are much in the spirit of Luigi Pirandello's original play. Pirandello and the director want to challenge the viewer's sense of self and make a point about madness.…
Thoughts of Former Times at Mian-chi
The paper "Thoughts of Former Times at Mian-chi" is a wonderful example of a literature book report. Su Shi was responding to his brother in '"Companion Piece to 'Thoughts of Former Times at Mian-chi'". The writing of companion pieces tells us the social role of the literary composition of Tang and Song poets were to question everything about their society.…
Li Bai and Du Fu
The paper "Li Bai and Du Fu" is a wonderful example of a literature assignment. Andrey Levy wrote: "Li Bai and Du Fu form a pair at once complementary and opposed- the first a fantastic genius, tempted by esoteric Taoism, who allowed himself to follow spontaneity and inspiration; the second classical and practical, animated by a Confucian concern for society.…


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Q: Combining part of bash parameters into a string Alright, so I'm trying to combine some but not all of my script's parameters into one string. I'm trying to write a script that changes spaces in a file name to underscores, and when the option -r is given, it recursively does it to every file in the folder.
Assuming the file is saved as removespaces.sh, if you run removespaces.sh file with spaces.doc it doesn't really have to care about parameters, I can just use $*
but, when I'm trying to do it for an entire folder I now have -r as $1. So I can't just (be lazy) use $*.. how could I create a string that's equal to $2 to end?

A: A string of $2 to the end of the parameters:
"${*:2}"

This differs from "${@:2}" in that it concatenates all the arguments, with one space between each. In general, it is possible that neither form is what you want (if, for example, you have files with more than one consecutive space in their name).

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The YouTube app in the PS Vita is surprisingly awesome considering it actually works and is easier to navigate but Sony has improved it even more with a new firmware update that also updates the app and adds new features to it.
YouTube was added to the Vita in a last firmware update and has proved to be very successful, at least to me since how easy it is. Sony has done a great job with the apps on the system, except the Twitter app which still needs some work.
There are a ton of new content detailed for the YouTube app on the PS Blog, but you can check them out below as well.


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Moti Magri, Udaipur
Udaipur's history is vast and it runs deep with all the incredible architecture and culture of the Mewar dynasty. Mewar has seen a number of great and just rulers, the most well-known of which is Maharana Pratap, the warrior who brought immense glory to Mewar. Maharana Pratap is a highly revered figure in Rajasthan, and Udaipur pays tribute to the valiant king through the Maharana Pratap memorial atop Moti Magri, the pearl hill that sits perched upon the banks of Fateh Sagar Lake. The memorial shows Maharana Pratap atop his loyal horse Chetak, and even with the many great architectural marvels of Udaipur, Moti Magri manages to stand out. Here are some amazing things to know about Moti Magri and the Maharana Pratap memorial.
Jagdish Temple, Udaipur
The City Palace of Udaipur is the most popular tourist location in the city, and the number of visitors flocking to it almost the entire year around would never miss a chance to recall one of the highlights of City Palace. That being the Jagdish temple, which is situated in the City Palace complex. It is another architectural marvel built by the Mewar dynasty. The temple is built with Indo-Aryan style of construction, and it gives the temple a rather distinct nature that can't be overlooked. Lush halls, a carved ceiling and pillars, along with gorgeously painted halls are some of the highlights of Jagdish temple. Before you plan a visit, here are some interesting things about the temple.
Jag Mandir (Lake Garden Palace), Udaipur
With Udaipur's vast history and culture come monuments that are not only rich in heritage but also quite attractive as tourist destinations. One of the most beautifully constructed palaces in Udaipur is the Lake Garden Palace, more popularly known as Jag Mandir. The Lake Garden Palace is situated in the middle of Lake Pichola, and has some stunning structures in its complex, including a garden that consists of some of the prettiest flowers. Jag Mandir is also one of the palaces that the rulers of Mewar used as summer resorts. The structure was built by the members of the Sisodia dynasty, started in 1551 by Maharana Amar Singh. Here's a look at some of the attractive points of Jag Mandir.
Top 5 Things to Do in Udaipur
Udaipur, the city of lakes, is one of the most picturesque locations of Rajasthan, and the delightful city is every traveller and photographer's paradise. It is also known as one of the many romantic cities in the world, and it could be called rightly so due to its sheer magnificence. There are a number of exciting things one can do in Udaipur, but if you're looking for some offbeat tracks to explore and under-explored things to do, check out the following five things to do in Udaipur that will surely make you see the city in a different way.
10 Must-Visit Places In Udaipur, The City Of Lakes
It is great if you had been to Venice. If not and if you would like to know how it would feel like to be in such a lovely atmosphere, you may have to land in Udaipur, famously called the 'Venice of the East' and 'The City of Lakes'. Udaipur, a city in Rajasthan is a stunning location and has a rich cultural background and a great history. The palaces reflect the architectural grandeur prevailed during the period of Rajputs and the scenic landscape is descriptive of how nature could be generous where it chooses to be. Here are top 10 places to visit in Udaipur, which you just cannot miss.
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Myself and my family would like to say a big thank you for the superb buffet which you prepaired for 100 guests at my Grandfather's funeral. The quality and freshness of the food was superb. The value for money was excellent Added to which, you were extremely nice to deal with on the phone - even to the point of giving us directions onto the M6 Toll. We'd highly recommend Buffets 2 Go to anyone.
Ample amounts of superior quality food were provided for a Seminar where catering was required for 80 people, and at a very competitive price. Having been freshly produced, the food was delivered right on time despite a journey of some 40 miles. The Seminar delegates commented on how lovely the sandwiches and buffet 'extras' were when we surveyed the event. Professional service with friendly and positive advice to meet our catering needs on the day. Excellent!!
Thank you Buffets 2 go for your part in making me and the wife's 30th wedding anniversary a night to remember, your selection of sandwiches were fresh and tasty with a decent amount of filling (no skimping) the flavours was astounding as we went for the less traditional and they was as good as they looked and the choice of snacks and saviours was unbelievable for the quality and quantity for the cost was well worth the price I have been to various events where buffets have been available and I can truly say that your buffets out classed the others that I have been too.
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Avoiding a Meltdown
Brent Chase is creating wearable smart technology that can help people with autism spectrum disorder detect and mitigate uncontrollable emotional outbursts.
Brent Chase, right, is developing smart apparel to mitigate the effects of meltdowns experienced by people with autism spectrum disorder, like his brother, Alec.
Brent Chase knows the pain and helplessness of watching a loved one go through a physically and emotionally damaging autistic meltdown.
Chase, a master's student in biomedical engineering, describes a meltdown as "an intense response to an overwhelming situation. It's like an extreme anxiety attack — times a million. It's a hurricane, tornado, blizzard, end-of-the-world situation where everyone can be a victim. You want to help them, but you can only do so much."
Chase's younger brother, Alec, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) when he was 3 years old. Alec's meltdowns, Chase says, have kept him from achieving professional and social independence.
Alec is the inspiration for Chase's Products for Autism Lifestyle (PAL), maker of smart apparel for people with autism spectrum disorder. He and a team of colleagues at Northwestern and the Rochester Institute of Technology, his undergrad alma mater, are working to develop a shirt that collects biometric data to help warn loved ones about an imminent meltdown.
The shirt includes biosensors — about half the size of a deck of cards — to measure stress levels through physiological data such as heart rate. When certain signals are detected, the sensors send information to a mobile app that alerts the person and their parents or caretakers of the possibility of a meltdown. Caregivers can then try to mitigate the effects — remind the person to breathe and remove him or her from the situation. People who are affected by autism and their caregivers can, over time, begin to understand what triggers a meltdown and proactively avoid such situations.
For people affected by autism, Chase hopes his wearables will help decrease the number of meltdowns, promote self-regulation and, in the long term, increase opportunities to secure employment and become more independent.
The PAL team is continuing to develop hardware for the biometric sensors. PAL, a subsidiary of Gaia Wearables, is a resident team at The Garage, Northwestern's student startup incubator. Chase, CEO of Gaia Wearables, hopes to release the biometric shirt by early 2020.
"We hope that our product has a big impact, but this is also a call to arms for other people and organizations to innovate and design with purpose," Chase says.
Related Topics: Health & Science
Invention: Auxilia
Morgan Lewis '18 MS wanted to create a storage solution to keep her guitar safe during "rest mode" — between songs or at breaks during gigs. For her Engineering Design Innovation final project, she created Auxilia, an attachable stand that stays out of the way while the guitarist is playing and deploys automatically when she sets the guitar down.
MedKit Solutions Creates Pharmacy in a Box
To help provide students with easy access to medication and other personal care items, a team of entrepreneurs created MedKit Solutions. Pre-med seniors Matthew Urban and Chris Holland, both neuroscience majors, developed the concept with Feinberg School of Medicine first-year student Ashorne Mahenthiran '19.
Invention: Futurebus
Designed for the COVID-19 era by an international team that includes Northwestern senior Ryan Teo, a new public transportation design concept aims to once again give passengers the confidence to ride the bus. The Futurebus reduces contact between passengers and uses antimicrobial fabric and self-sanitizing handles.


There are companies that raise $15 million, and then there are companies that raise $15 million.
Envoy, the startup behind an iPad app designed "to kill the lobby sign-in book" — as we reported last year when it landed $1.5 million — is perhaps not one that you'd associate with such fundraising. But the San Francisco-based company has indeed landed $15 million, which was provided by bit-hitting investment firm Andreessen Horowitz (A16z).
So how is it that a 15-person company that is disrupting the visitor registration system can land a seeming truckload of cash?
Well, as you'd expect when A16z is involved, there's a lot of potential bubbling under the surface. But let's start with where Envoy is now.
Founded last year by Larry Gadea, a former engineer with Google and Twitter, Envoy digitizes the lobby registration process when people visit a company. Forget pen, paper or 'digital' systems, Envoy is a white-label service that lets visitor sign-up via an iPad app — the basic $99 service includes unlimited sign-in, NDA signing, photos, badge printing and SMS and email notification. A higher tier ($249 or $499) includes pre-registration, a security desk and custom badges.
The company was close to profitable with 250 customers back in September when it raised that $1.5 million. Now, that figure has surpassed 1,000, of which — Gadea told TechCrunch — 50 percent are based outside of California and 50 percent are not in the tech space. Rakuten just moved HQ in Tokyo and it installed Envoy at its new home.
So Envoy is bouncing along well — new customer education is a key part of the challenge, Gadea said — but it's raised $15 million because of the potential to push much further into the corporate and office world.
"It's cool to have one product, this iPad app, but I'd like to see more than that," Gadea said, but at this point it isn't clear exactly what that will be.
"We have an Apple Watch app and employee app — which sends push notifications — but we want to make a more generic push," he added.
Gadea makes the case that, with Envoy's app used across entire companies, it is just scratching the surface and could be adapted to replace any (of the many) antiquated and non-digital process in a work place. Be that organizing conference room bookings, alerts for package arrivals, office maps that track the location of staff who travel frequently, a replacement for ID card/badges, and so on.
"We want to be the smart office central hub for all these things that used to require manual labor," Gadea explained succinctly.
A16z, as a VC, is well known for betting on the future, so it seems like an interesting match for Envoy as it pushes its business into new segments.
On that note, Gadea said that he was particularly impressed with A16z partner Chris Dixon, who was involved in the round.
Dixon — who has invested in drones, soylent and virtual reality — is also well known for forward-thinking in the tech space.
Right now, Envoy is operating without any direct competitors — save hastily made $0.99 apps in the App Store — and Gadea also believes that an "ecosystem play" will help strengthen its business and plant roots into its existing customers.
Gadea said he is going to spend the money on hiring and developing its product, but it is also slowly expanding its business development team too. With the Rakuten deal, it has hired a representative in Japan and it also now has a rep in Singapore.


PUNCH Metro learnt that Atanda created fake Facebook accounts for the general overseers of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye; Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Daniel Olukoya; and the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua, to allegedly dupe his victims.
Our correspondent learnt that Atanda usually blocked his victims' account after they had made the payment so that they would not be able to reach him.
The police prosecutor, Aondohemba Koti, told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offences in October 2018.
The offences, he added, violated Section 20 (1) of Cybercrime (Prohibition and Prevention) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2015.
He added that the sureties must be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years' tax payment to the Lagos State Government.


Kendriya Vidyalaya Dirang, West Kameng District is located in a very beautiful valley of Meyong river, 42 Kms. Away from Bomdila, District headquarters of West Kameng District, on the way to Tawang and 1.5 Kms. from the main Dirang town ship. . K.V. Dirang was established in the year 2007 and became functional on 04 July 2007 in temporary building. Now our K.V Shifted in Permanent Building..
Salient features of Kendriya Vidyalaya Dirang.
-Computer facilities will be provided to the students from class III onwards -Qualified regular staff.
-Regular, effective, continuous and comprehensive evaluation system in all classes.
-Spoken English classes are organized in well planned manner.


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Meshulam Riklis (; 2 December 1923 – 25 January 2019) was an Israeli financier and businessman.

Early years
Born in Istanbul to a Russian-Jewish family, Riklis grew up in Tel Aviv, and attended the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium high school; before coming to the United States in 1947 with his first wife, Judith Stern, with whom he had three children: Simona (Mona), Marcia, and Ira. He studied mathematics at Ohio State University, graduating in 1950. His first significant job was as a junior stock analyst for the Minneapolis investment firm Piper Jaffray.

Business career
Riklis is credited with having originated complicated paper transactions like high-yield bonds and leveraged buyouts to take over control of major companies, then doing paper switches of the assets into companies he owned. His first significant foray was the creation in 1966 of the Rapid-American Corporation by combining his significant stake in Rapid Electrotype Company, a platemaking concern with the American Colortype Company, a maker of stereoview lithographs and dollhouse furniture. Tracing the history of Rapid American Corporation and its renamed form Glen Alden Corporation, one can find the succession of acquisitions Riklis used to create his financial empire, including; McCrory Stores, Leeds Travelware, Gruen Watch Company, Elizabeth Arden cosmetics, Aunt Nellie's Farm Kitchens, Bargain Time, Beatrice Foods, Canadian retailer Dylex, Culligan International, Fabergé Cosmetics, J. J. Newberry stores, Lerner Shops, Lawry's Meat Specialties, Martha White Foods, Odd Lot Trading, International Playtex, the Riviera hotel and casino in Las Vegas, RKO-Stanley Warner Theatres, Samsonite, and Schenley Industries, the one-time American distributor of Dewar's whisky.

After his financial empire was well established, he returned to Ohio State to complete his master's degree in Finance. His degree thesis, titled "Expansion through Financial Management" and based on his career, discussed "the effective use, or rather non-use, of cash." At the height of his financial success, he claimed in an interview with the Los Angeles Times to have had a reported net worth of a "billion dollars."

One of the many shells and holding companies he bought in the process of building the empire was E-II Holdings, in which the other investors later discovered he had placed the names of impressive companies, but not the assets. Among the investors in E-II was Carl Icahn. These investors revolted on Riklis and started seizing other properties in the financial empire.

Many of the corporations declared bankruptcy, again carefully maneuvered by Riklis to preserve his personal wealth. He famously sold his stake in the Carnival Cruise Line to Ted Arison for US$1 (while the company was US$5 million in debt). In the early 1980s, he hired Jeffrey Silver and then Boston accountant, Arthur Waltzman, to take over as CEO of his then struggling Vegas landmark Riviera Hotel and Casino and rescue it from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. He also brought on board 25-year Playboy Enterprises executive, Sam Distefano to head the resort's entertainment department and personally hire its celebrity headliners for over ten years.

Forbes Magazine reported that while at the helm of a string of his companies, Riklis left his creditors unpaid for over US$2.9 billion in debt. According to Forbes, less than 10% of this had been recovered as of 2007. In March 2013, Riklis filed for bankruptcy protection for Rapid-American Corp because of asbestos related personal injury claims brought against Rapid American through their subsidiary Philip Carey Manufacturing.

Personal life
After divorcing his first wife, the 53-year-old Riklis was married to the then 23-year-old Pia Zadora on 18 September 1977. They had two children, Kady and Kristofer.

Riklis then financed the movie Butterfly, starring Zadora. Her acting in the film was lampooned by comedians and critics alike, winning her the Razzie Award for Worst Actress, but she somehow won the Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year after a well publicized press junket paid for by Riklis, also hosted at his own Riviera Hotel. He financed two more films with Zadora; all three movies have become known as camp classics.

Riklis and Zadora then bought and demolished one of Beverly Hills' best known landmarks, Pickfair Manor, the former home of silent movie legends Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, to build a larger home on the site. They lived there until their divorce in 1993.

In 2010, aged 86, Riklis married his third wife, Tali Sinai, who was almost 40 years his junior. In 2012, his daughter, Simona, known professionally as advice columnist Mona Ackerman, predeceased her father, dying from cancer at age 66. Meshulam died in Tel Aviv on 25 January 2019, aged 95.

References

External links
 Bio of Meshulam Riklis at fundinguniverse.com

1923 births
2019 deaths
Mandatory Palestine emigrants to the United States
Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences alumni
People from Tel Aviv
Turkish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
Turkish people of Jewish descent
American Jews

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Frequency Synthesizers
New RF Synthesiser with Noiseless Clock Multiplier Technology
CML Microcircuits (USA) Inc. Dec 01, 2020
CMX940 operates from a 3.0 to 3.6 V supply with a current consumption between 23 and 64 mA
Capable of generating RF signals over a continuous frequency range from 49 to 2040 MHz
Ideal for portable and battery powered applications
CML Introduces Fully Integrated RF Synthesiser for Low Power Applications
Maldon, Essex - 30 November 2020 - CML Microcircuits is pleased to introduce the CMX940, a fully integrated Fractional-N RF synthesiser with VCO that achieves low phase noise and excellent spurious performance in a low power single-chip solution. The CMX940 surpasses the industry prerequisites for enabling a new generation of private mobile radio (PMR), data modems, marine radios and other wireless systems.
In order to achieve high performance and flexibility in a low power solution, CML has implemented a dual-loop architecture with a highly-configurable reference path, consisting of a separate PLL and VCO, used to minimize close-in phase noise and mitigate integer and fractional boundary spurious.
Managing phase noise and spurious performance are fundamental to meeting international, including ETSI, radio standards such as EN 300 113 and EN 300 086, mandated for narrow-band systems. The CMX940 has a number of design innovation such as a near noiseless clock multiplier technology which will deliver the high performance needed to meet these stringent requirements.
The CMX940 is capable of generating RF signals over a continuous frequency range from 49 MHz to 2040 MHz, with dual single-ended RF outputs to support Rx and Tx sub-systems. Only an external loop filter and clock reference are needed to provide a compact and high quality local oscillator (LO) source.
Many synthesizers targeting these application areas are based on a PLL IC with a large number of discrete external parts to implement the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), which consumes valuable PCB real estate. CML aims to reduce component count / board area, eliminate VCO tolerancing issues and speed up time to market with a more integrated silicon approach.
At carrier frequency of 500 MHz the typical phase noise is -124 dBc/Hz at 12.5 kHz offset and spurious products are better than -75 dBc. The CMX940 operates from a 3.0 to 3.6 V supply, with a current consumption of between 23 mA and 64 mA depending on device configuration, making it an ideal choice for portable and battery powered applications.
About CML Microcircuits
CML Microcircuits is a world-leader in the design, development and supply of low-power analogue, digital and mixed-signal semiconductors for telecommunications systems globally.
The company's wide and varied portfolio means that CML devices are used in an extensive range of industrial and commercial products for licensed and unlicensed wireless voice and data systems.
Focusing on narrowband communications, CML's ICs are found in digital/analogue PMR/LMR, wireless data, satellite communications and marine radio applications, such as TETRA, DMR, dPMR, SCADA systems and Marine communications. The CML portfolio provides components supporting both RF and baseband functionality, encompassing both leading edge digital and legacy analogue systems.
CML has a proud history of world leading innovation in RF technology with the ground breaking designs such as the world's most successful solution for Cartesian Loop RF linearization and the first Direct Conversion receiver IC to meet the demanding requirements of narrowband professional radio.
In addition to our established range of devices, we are able to offer bespoke solutions to customers. This service includes design assistance, advice and first class technical support. Our FirmASIC® approach enables us to produce the optimum solution to a given design requirement. The outcome is a product offering that embraces a number of key technologies and delivers the result cost-effectively with fast time to market, ultimate flexibility and low risk.
CML Microcircuits is a member of the CML Microsystems Plc. Group of companies.
CML Microcircuits Contact:
Jessica Hickman
Marketing and Communications Officer
Email: jhickman@cmlmicro.com
Sarah Hatcher
Account Director, Media Relations & Client Services
Publitek
Email: sarah.hatcher@publitek.com
PLL Synthesizer targets wireless communication systems.
New Fixed Frequency Synthesizer SFS0640A-LF Operates Over The Industrial Temperature Range of -40 to 85 Degree C