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12:2–9pp—Mt 10:26–33
12 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: "Bea on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.y 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.z 3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
4 "I tell you, my friends,a do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.b 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.c Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.d
8 "I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.e 9 But whoever disowns me before others will be disownedf before the angels of God. 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Mang will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.h
11 "When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,i 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say."j
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
14 Jesus replied, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?" 15 Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions."k
16 And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.'
18 "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." '
20 "But God said to him, 'You fool!l This very night your life will be demanded from you.m Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'n
21 "This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God."o
12:22–31pp—Mt 6:25–33
22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them.p And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your lifeb? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27 "Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendorq was dressed like one of these. 28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!r 29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Fathers knows that you need them.t 31 But seek his kingdom,u and these things will be given to you as well.v
32 "Do not be afraid,w little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.x 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor.y Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heavenz that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.a 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.b
12:35,36pp—Mt 25:1–13; Mk 13:33–37
12:39,40; 42–46pp—Mt 24:43–51
35 "Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes.c Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.d 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. 39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thiefe was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready,f because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."
41 Peter asked, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?"
42 The Lordg answered, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? 43 It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. 44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45 But suppose the servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. 46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.h He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
47 "The servant who knows the master's will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.i 48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows.j From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
Not Peace but Division
12:51–53pp—Mt 10:34–36
49 "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptismk to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!l 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."m
Interpreting the Times
54 He said to the crowd: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'It's going to rain,' and it does.n 55 And when the south wind blows, you say, 'It's going to be hot,' and it is. 56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time?o
57 "Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right? 58 As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled on the way, or your adversary may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.p 59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny."q
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CNC machine Gildemeister FMS-5 comes with EPM cnc machine control. This cnc machine has no built in tool-measurement mechanism, So there is a separate tool-measurement machine. The sole purpose of the tool-measurement machine is to measure tools tied in tool-holders. The tool-measurement machine I work on has two distinct tool posts for different sizes of tool-holders one is for 40mm tool-holder and the other is for 50mm tool-holders. The tool-measurement machine gives us the values from the tool cutting point to the tool holder center point in X-axis and for Z-axis measurement it adds the tool-holder width to the width of the tool. Now I bring these values to the cnc machine and there is another little computation procedure here, the FMS-5 calculates the tool-offset from the center of tool-turret in X-axis so I just add the value from the tool-turret center to the center of the hole where I tie up the tool, this value is given in the machine manual which is 180mm, So I just add the 180mm to the value I got from the tool-measurement machine, for Z-axis no special computation is required I just enter the same value I got from the tool-measurement machine, The values are entered inside cnc program under G92 which is called tool-file on this machine, Now I just tie up the tool to the tool turret and everything is done.
The simumerik840D tool-measurement procedure is not that much different from the EPM tool-measurement procedure. I just measure the tool from the tool-measurement machine. The sinumerik840D tool measurement for X-axis is counted from the center of the tool-holder hole, So no extra computation is required, I just enter the measured values for the x-axis and z-axis in the tool-parameter page. Now the tool can be easily used.


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"Imagine that you are in a sailboat. You are faced with the problem of crossing the three thousand miles of open ocean that separate New York and London. You are told that the direction (in nautical terms, 'bearing') you want to go in to get to London is roughly northeast. But you have no instruments of any kind to help you! Once you leave visible landmarks near the shore, everything from horizon to horizon is just water, all of which looks pretty much the same! How are you going to find your way?!"
"A good question! But first of all, what does northeast mean?"
"Well, Lou, the earth rotates about an imaginary line called its AXIS. The two points on the earth's surface where the axis emerges are called the 'NORTH POLE' and the 'SOUTH POLE.' Any line pointing along the Earth's surface towards the North Pole is said to be pointing 'north.' Any line pointing along the Earth's surface towards the South Pole is said to be pointing 'south.' 'East' is at right angles to north in a clockwise direction; 'west' is at right angles to north in a counterclockwise direction. 'Northeast' is the direction halfway between north and east!"
"I got it! But be practical, Lulu. There you are in the middle of the ocean. Nothing to see but water in every direction. How do you know which way is north? Or any other direction!?"
"What do you think you could see that would always be in the same direction?"
"Well, your thinking is up in the air, Lou, which is where it should be! But the sun isn't so easy. The trouble with the sun is that its position is always changing - it changes with the time of day and it changes throughout the year! But when it's at its ZENITH, the highest point that it reaches each day, it is directly south if you're north of the equator, and directly north if you're south of the equator!"
"Yeh! But how easy is it to know when it's reached its highest point? It can be done with an instrument called a SEXTANT, but it takes some skill! But remember! You don't have any instruments!
But all (and you) is not lost! Strangely enough, in some ways it's easier to get direction at night!"
"Not any star, Lou, but a particular star. As the Earth rotates on its axis, all the stars except one appear to move in circles across the sky during the night. The only star that doesn't seem to move is 'alpha Ursae Minoris!' To you, the 'North Star!'"
"OK, so to go north, you go towards the point on the horizon directly beneath the North Star (the green dot). But what do you do when it's cloudy or it's daytime?!"
"Good questions! Now we have to allow you an instrument! You could use...a compass! Go to 'Direction' and click on 'The Compass'!!""


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Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome
Thousands of people every day suffer injury to part of their leg or forearm. Broken bones, burns, and penetrating trauma are daily occurrences and common complaints in America's emergency departments.
Few patients or their families consider a fractured bone or burn will lead to amputation of a leg or part of the arm. But, for many, complications can lead to further injury within the muscle compartments of an arm or leg. This injury, known as compartment syndrome, poses a serious threat to patients worldwide. Unfortunately, the threat is often made greater because doctors or nurses overlook or ignore obvious signs and symptoms of compartment syndrome.
If you or someone you care about suffered an injury that led to a delayed diagnosis of compartment syndrome, we want to help you. Our attorneys are dedicated to finding answers and getting financial compensation for patients that have suffered needlessly due to the negligence of their medical providers. Please contact our law firm by email or call 412-281-4100 to schedule a free case evaluation.
Limbs are in part composed of muscle groups which are divided into different sections, called compartments, and surrounded by strong tissue. Pressure may build up in these compartments – usually after trauma to the area or an injury – causing compartment syndrome. The pressure can rise from a reduction in the compartment capacity or an increase in the volume of fluid in the compartment. The increased pressure in the compartment jeopardizes the circulation and function of the muscle tissues, which can lead to the death of the tissues if not treated.
What is Compartment Syndrome?
Compartment syndrome that occurs after an injury is called acute compartment syndrome (ACS), but it can also occur from overuse of a muscle, called chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS), which typically affects athletes. ACS is a condition that requires immediate treatment to save the muscles and the limb.
ACS most commonly occurs in the leg and forearm, but it can also happen in the foot, thigh, or buttocks. Long bone fractures cause 75 percent of ACS cases, and the most common of these are in the tibia bone in the lower leg; ACS develops in 1 to 10 percent of tibia fractures (Stracciolini & Hammerberg, 2014). However, it is also possible for ACS to occur without a fracture; sometimes strong and direct trauma to a compartment area can cause ACS. This includes injuries such as burns, excessively tight bandages, penetrating trauma, and vascular or arterial injuries. When there is no fracture involved, there is a greater risk for delayed diagnosis and treatment. Less commonly, ACS can occur without any type of trauma, such as when someone has a bleeding disorder, injects recreational drugs, or has a limb compressed for a prolonged period of time. No matter the cause, ACS results in a lack of oxygen reaching the tissues of the compartment.
Symptoms & Treatment of Acute Compartment Syndrome
Symptoms of ACS will progress rapidly over a few hours, which is why immediate treatment is so important (Stracciolini & Hammerberg, 2014). If any muscle compartment is tense and painful, ACS should be considered as a possibility. One common sign includes pain that is worse than what would normally be expected for the injury. It may feel like a deep ache, a burning pain, or a tingling/pricking sensation. The pain will usually begin within 30 minutes to 2 hours of the onset of ACS. On examination of the affected area, a doctor may notice other signs such as pain when stretching the muscle, a tense and wood-like feeling of the area, diminished sensation, and muscle weakness, which may start within 2 to 4 hours of ACS. A late symptom of ACS is paralysis.
If a patient is experiencing symptoms of ACS, they may be sent straight to surgery to treat it; however, it is preferable to measure the compartment pressure first to avoid unnecessary treatment. The most common measurement technique is to use a handheld manometer, also called a Stryker device. This works by injecting a small amount of saline into the compartment and then measuring the tissue pressure resistance. Handheld manometers are simple to use, and they give fairly accurate pressure readings; however, there are alternative ways to measure the compartment pressure if a manometer is not available. Normal compartment pressures are between 0 to 8 mmHg, but a normal reading does not rule out ACS (Stracciolini & Hammerberg, 2014). When the pressure of a compartment reaches 20 to 30 mmHg, the patient will begin to feel pain. The diagnosis of ACS can be made once the pressure in the compartment comes within 30 mmHg or less of the patient's diastolic blood pressure. When the compartment pressure begins to approach the diastolic blood pressure, ischemia – inadequate blood flow to the area – will commence.
ACS is treated with a surgery called a fasciotomy where the pressure in the compartment is relieved by cutting open the muscle (Corliss, Elbaum, & Long, 2015; Stracciolini & Hammerberg, 2014). The muscle will typically be left open and bandaged loosely for a few days, and then the doctor will go back in to close it. Before the surgery can be performed, all external pressure should be relieved from the area, and the limb should be kept level with the patient's torso. Painkillers and oxygen should also be supplied. If the fasciotomy is delayed, muscle tissue may die and the patient may require amputation of the limb.
The medical malpractice attorneys of Meyers Evans Lupetin & Unatin are well acquainted with the unfortunate consequences after doctors and hospitals fail to recognize signs of compartment syndrome.
If you believe you or somebody in your family received substandard medical care for compartment syndrome and were seriously injured, we invite you to contact our law firm, share the unfortunate story and allow us to determine whether somebody should be held accountable.
Corliss, J., Elbaum, D. A., & Long, G. J. (2015). Patient information: Acute compartment syndrome (the basics).
Stracciolini, A., & Hammerberg, E. M. (2014, July 8). Acute compartment syndrome of the extremities.
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Dolphins spotted in the Bronx River for the first time in years highlight clean-up efforts
Dolphins were spotted swimming in the Bronx River this week
The Bronx River was considered an "open sewer" for years, due in large part to the large amounts of industrial waste dumped into the New York City waterway in the 19th and 20th centuries. Dolphins were among the many species hit by pollution — but last week, for the first time in years, they returned.
"That's right — dolphins have been sighted in the Bronx River this week," the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation said chirp Thursday with a video of at least two dolphins swimming in the water. "This is great news – it shows that decades-long efforts to restore the river as a healthy habitat are working well."
That's right — dolphins have been spotted in the Bronx River this week! This is great news – it shows that decades-long efforts to restore the river as a healthy habitat are working. We believe that these dolphins naturally found their way to the river in search of fish.
(Video: Nick Panko) pic.twitter.com/40ZNgBjJZs
– New York City Parks (NYCParks) January 19, 2023
the Bronx River Coalition He said dolphins were seen in Starlight Park, an area of the Bronx that had never used developed land before and has since been restored with plants, picnic areas, playgrounds and more. According to the parks department, this is the first time dolphins have made their way to the Bronx since 2017, although dolphins were sighted as recently as last year in the East River, which connects to the Bronx River.
Two dolphins were also spotted in the tributaries of Whale Creek last week next to Green Point, Brooklyn's Newtown Creek sewage treatment plant.
The parks department said the dolphins may have "naturally found" their way back into the waterway in search of fish that frequent the tributaries. In 2018, the department released 400 adult herring, a type of herring, into the river as part of its efforts to help improve the water's environment. In a video released then, management explained that the river is the only freshwater river in New York City, and that the hope is that newly released fish will use the area to lay eggs and that their offspring will do the same.
"The dolphins will not swim across the river but will remain in the estuary, where fresh water and marine water mix," the parks department told CBS News. "This is why marine species like the dolphin are expected to be upstream, but we don't expect them to be swimming in the freshwater parts of the Bronx, which get progressively fresher (less salty) as you go downstream."
The river became highly polluted in the 19th and 20th centuries, according to the American Museum of Natural History, when it was used to dump industrial waste, including fertilizer and oil. This pollution has led to the loss of many plants and animals.
But the groups have been working for decades to restore the waterway. The Bronx Zoo stopped dumping more than 200,000 gallons of animal waste into the river in 2001 and the New York Botanical Garden stopped dumping thousands of gallons of pollutants into the water in 2002, according to the Bronx River Coalition.
According to the Parks Department, the latest sighting is "a sign of a healthy ecosystem."
"Dolphins help provide ecological balance by preventing prey species from becoming overpopulated," the department said, adding that they provide a "significant social benefit" as well.
"Seeing dolphins and knowing they live in your neighborhood park can inspire you with awe, wonder, curiosity, and pride, helping to foster a deeper sense of stewardship over the local environment and spur action to protect, care for, and restore important local habitats like the Bronx River."
Although not often seen in the Bronx River, marine mammals are frequent visitors to the waters around the Big Apple. From spring to fall each year, bottlenose dolphins visit local waterways to feed.
With marine animals making their presence known in the area, the state's Department of Environmental Conservation recently warned that people should avoid close contact. The Marine Mammal Protection Act requires that people avoid touching, feeding, disturbing or harassing marine mammals, and says those who do are subject to fines and imprisonment.
Lee Cohen is a social media producer and popular correspondent for CBS News, focusing on social justice issues.
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Review: Sharknado (2013)
"Your son wants to go into a helicopter and drop a bomb into the tornado"
*This review may contain spoilers*
Sharknado is a sci fi disaster movie directed by Anthony C. Ferrante (Hansel & Gretel, Zombie Tidal Wave), starring Ian Ziering (That's My Boy), Tara Reid (American Pie) and Cassie Scerbo. After a cyclone hits LA, a group of survivors attempt to find safety as shark infested waters slowly engulf the city. Sharknado spawned 5 sequels and has since gained a worldwide cult following.
This Sharknado review was suggested by a friend of mine, in which I have since told him we can no longer be friends. With a title and premise like Sharknado, I was expecting a "so bad, it's good", enjoyable time waster that should only be viewed drunk and/or with a group of friends. Instead, Sharknado forgets its entire reason for existence to present us with a hot piece of garbage that takes itself way too seriously. Despite reading that its successors remedy this, Sharknado is unbearably bad in every way, to the point that I was in physical pain and begging for the film to end. 1 hour 27 minutes was far too long, but I sat through its entirety so that you don't have to.
This film is jam packed with characters, none of which are remotely interesting. Fin is our lead, who is repeatedly bashed for being a poor father to his two children, Matt and Claudia. However, we seldom see Fin do anything but risk his life to rescue his children, both of which are pretending they are not in their mid-20's. Claudia's boyfriend is a fully grown man, which is incredibly jarring to see as his girlfriend is suggested to be under 18 years old. All jokes aside, I really respect Chuck Hittinger's portrayal of Matt, Fin's pilot son. Hittinger's approach to this character is inspiring, as I now believe literally anyone can make it as an actor. Fin and his ex-wife April are severely disconnected, as she constantly displays a deep resentment for Fin's shortcomings as a father. April develops no affection for her ex-husband throughout the film, but they end up getting back together to make way for the most contrived romantic sub plot of all time: Matt and Nova. Nova is a barmaid at Fin's bar, whose sole purpose is to look good and waste shotgun shells when it is convenient, but occasionally forget she has a shotgun to make action sequences more exciting.
Baz is the tank of the group and is essential to the plot, popping in and out of scenes to deliver cool lines and exposition. Baz enjoys telling jokes after brutal shark attacks and dying before he has any resemblance of a character. Finally, we have George who is a drunkard, and that's all I have to say about George. Out of every character on this incredible roster, none come close to the disastrous Oscar snub that is Robbie, a high school bus driver who came to Hollywood to become an actor. This is the point I lost all faith in Sharknado, as a creepily over-acted Robbie stands alone in the center of a wide shot, waiting to tell an unfunny joke then proceed to die violently. When all else is failing, Sharknado needs at least fun characters to bring the absurdity to life, but they are too many and two dimensional, with not a shred of campy fun shining through.
The film opens with an entirely irrelevant fishing boat scene, in which a character apparently called Palmer is desperate to deliver an intriguing business deal with the Captain of the boat. The deal goes south and Palmer attempts to leave the boat with the Captains money but has absolutely no where to go. The two are on a boat, in the middle of the ocean as a storm circulates with no other method of transportation, so where did he think he was going to go?! It would not matter at all to the story if you remove this scene entirely from the final cut, which is the first and immediate indication that you are in for a bumpy ride.
Sharknado is littered with irrelevance and convenience, like a hardware store being directly opposite the flight school or the storm that seems to turn on and off when the story demands it. Certain creative choices are thrown in last minute, with some strangely placed slow motion and a weird hand gesture from Fin that is supposed to be cool before he blows up a tornado, but was clearly done as a joke by the actor and thrown in for the hell of it. The physics are completely shot, as a house is completely submerged but the driveway and surrounding area are almost dry, or when the team smell gas from the car which explodes with no ignition, surrounded by water. Following this, the crew steal an absurd new car: a truck with a Nos button, which I would be okay with if we got a few exciting action scenes come of it. Unfortunately, we don't.
Sharknado's CGI is beyond awful, creating a cartoon environment that is on par with a PlayStation 1 cut scene. I am fairly sure I saw the film use the same CGI shark in two separate scenes, which would offend me if I even remotely cared at this point. The sound editing is so poor that I regularly couldn't make out what the characters were saying. At first, I thought this was a negative, but after I caught a few lines of dialogue, I realised that I was blessed I couldn't understand them. Lines are forced to demonstrate a point that is rarely relevant, usually just to try and develop a character or to unnaturally progress the story, but it is not at all goofy or funny, it is just plain bad.
Even the character motivations are surface level, as the team agree to risk their lives to help Fin's family, as if they haven't got any friends or family of their own to look out for. None of the extras appear to know what is going on, despite the events being broadcast all over the news, and the film even dares to insert a political statement as a shop owner blames the government for the sharks and the tornadoes. So many characters are crying, screaming, or moaning through most of this movie, but never actually when it is necessary. A character's boyfriend dies horrifically and nobody seems to care, with the crew having a completely normal conversation after seeing his legs get ripped off by a shark.
Watching Sharknado was a crime against my human rights. Like the cast, I was sleepwalking through the entire movie, as it provides none of the ludicrous fun we would expect from its premise. I understand that this movie was designed to be ludicrous, but it's still supposed to be fun! Unfortunately, there really is no fun to be had, which had me screaming in disbelief at its Rotten Tomatoes score of 78%! It doesn't deserve its cult status or a sequel, let alone a franchise. I don't have an image for 0/10, so I give Sharknado a 1/10!
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Q: Subsetting from a file-stored dataframe (ffdf) exceeds memory I am working with a dataset of about 17M x 4 values on a 32bit Windows machine. This requires ~700 MB in GNU R - so when I try to do some enhanced operations, the 2 GB limit is easily reached and I receive an out-of-memory error (cannot allocate vector ...).
No problem - there is package "ff" to store such data on disk. However my first subset rund in the same error. According to the ff documentation I expected that "[" would subset directly into another ffdf without loading two copies of the data into memory. Where am I exactly wrong?
ffshares = read.table.ffdf(
  file=tmpFilename, header = FALSE, sep = ",", quote = "\"",
  dec = ".",
  col.names = c("articleID", "measure", "time", "value"),
  na.strings = c("","-1","\\N"),
  colClasses = c("integer","factor","POSIXct","integer"),
  check.names = TRUE, fill = TRUE,
  strip.white = FALSE, blank.lines.skip = TRUE,
  comment.char = "",
  allowEscapes = F, flush = F #, nrow=1000
)
# Until here, the R process requires about 200M

ffshares = ffshares[ffshares[,"articleID"] %in% articles[,"articleID"],]
# As I try this, memory consumption exceeds 1.7G and the available limits

Note: articles is a dataframe with ~30K rows. The articleID is a simple integer.
Bonus question: ffshares[,"articleID"] works but ffshares$articleID does not. According to the documentation the dollar ($) should work like in a dataframe?!
Thanks for any advice :)

A: I apologise for this not being a direct answer to your question, but I have used the bigmemory package for similarly sized objects. The filebacked.big.matrix function and the  large matrix optimised operators. You might find it useful if you don't get a direct answer to your question.

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Federal FY 2015 Budget Provides Critical Funding Increases to Benefit Victims
Sexual and Domestic Violence Coalition Hosts Conference to Build Justice, Healing, and Liberation for Survivors of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence
VICTIM ADVOCATES APPLAUD GOVERNOR'S VETO OF GUN BILLS PROPOSING DANGEROUS SOLUTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
VIRGINIA'S SEXUAL & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM ADVOCATES EXPRESS CONCERN OVER GUN BILLS
Sexual and Domestic Violence Coalition Hosts Conference Addressing Violence Against African-American Communities, Focuses on Racial Justice
Action Alliance to Host Unprecedented Statewide Conference Addressing Violence Against African-American Communities
STATEWIDE HOTLINE EXPANDS SERVICES
FIRST LADY OF VIRGINIA TO OPEN TRAUMA CONFERENCE
Governor's Budget Fails to Address Critical Funding Gap for Sexual Assault Victim Services
Coalition Honors Leaders Who Advocate for Survivors of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence
Coalition Holds First-Ever Statewide Summit to Eliminate Sexual Violence Against People Incarcerated in Virginia
Friday, December 19, 2014 by Action Alliance
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA-- This week, President Obama signed the Fiscal Year 2015 Funding Bill (called the Cromnibus) which includes vital investments in programs that address domestic and sexual violence, including the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) fund, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA).
Specifically, the legislation significantly increases the funding released from the VOCA Crime Victims Fund, an an essential source of funding in Virginia for crisis and safety services for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse.
"Virginia's Sexual and Domestic Violence Crisis Centers have been struggling to meet increased calls for help with decreased funding. This change in VOCA funding is good news for communities as a whole, and for victims of sexual and domestic violence specifically," said Kristine Hall, Policy Director for the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance.
"We especially want to thank Congressman Wolf for his commitment and continued leadership in working to bring increased funding to Virginia," said Ms. Hall.
The Crime Victims Fund was created in 1984 and supports crime victim services and crime victim compensation programs, which pay many of the out-of-pocket expenses of crime victims. The Crime Victims Fund is a special account funded by Federal criminal fines and penalties, not taxpayers. Because these offender revenues have already been paid into the Fund, spending is budget-neutral and does not add to the national debt or deficit.
The Action Alliance joins other victim advocates nationwide in applauding the leadership of Congressman Wolf's colleagues in appropriations, specifically, Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Richard Shelby (AL), and Chaka Fattah (D-PA), and other congressional champions of VOCA funding, administration officials, crime victims, and advocacy organizations for this achievement.
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The United European Gastroenterology Federation had made some errors in its tax return and disclosed these to HMRC as soon as it discovered them, unprompted by HMRC. Errors arise in even the most careful taxpayer's records, and how to handle them is an important issue for all taxpayers and their advisers. A conscientious taxpayer might hope to persuade HMRC that the penalty for the error should be the minimum permitted: 0%.
However, in the case of United European Gastroenterology Federation v Revenue and Customs Commissioners ( UKFTT 292 (TC), published on 17 May 2013), HMRC had already requested a meeting to inspect the taxpayer's tax records before the taxpayer disclosed its error to HMRC and HMRC took the view that the taxpayer's disclosure of its errors had been prompted by the request for a VAT visit. This distinction is important. Although the minimum penalty for an unprompted disclosure is 0%, this minimum is increased to 15% for disclosures which qualify as "prompted". HMRC duly imposed the minimum 15% penalty (£104,973) for a prompted disclosure.
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This case does clarify a particular issue relating to VAT errors: taxpayers cannot expect to avoid a penalty by disclosing an error between the date HMRC requests a VAT visit and the date that visit takes place. However, the implications of this decision extend beyond that. It seems the very act of HMRC contacting a taxpayer to enquire into its tax records (for direct and indirect taxes) could increase the minimum penalty for subsequent error disclosures from 0% to 15%, even for errors which would have been disclosed independently of HMRC's contact.
Taxpayers should therefore consider disclosing their errors to HMRC as early as possible, even if only in outline before the calculations are complete. Not only could swift disclosures reduce the penalties imposed by HMRC, but the sooner disclosure is made the less chance there is of HMRC co-incidentally contacting the taxpayer for a routine enquiry before the disclosure is finalised. However specialist advice should always be sought before acting, because in some cases the way the 'unprompted' disclosure is made could be extremely important.
For further information this decision and VAT in general please contact the TaxDesk on 0845 4900 509 and ask for Kevin Hall. For information in relation to penalties and HMRC enquiries generally, ask for John Hood.


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Northiam, East Sussex, TN31
Guide Price £495,000 7 Bedroom Detached House Under Offer
Ref: 60152_103096002166
A substantial historic Grade ll* listed property, located in the heart of the village, overlooking the picturesque village green, believed to date back to 1780. Offering an exciting home business opportunity, PP granted for a boutique Bed & Breakfast/Hotel, along with owner's accomm. RR/2018/2190/L Read more
A substantial historic Grade ll* listed property, located in the heart of the village, overlooking the picturesque village green, believed to date back to 1780. Offering an exciting home business opportunity, PP granted for a boutique Bed & Breakfast/Hotel, along with owner's accomm. RR/2018/2190/L A substantial historic Grade II* listed property, located in the heart of the sought-after village of Northiam, overlooking the picturesque village green, believed to date back to around 1780 and originally built as a home for a banker and his family. Formerly used as a residential care home for many years, the property now offers an exciting home business opportunity, benefiting from planning permission for change of use as a boutique Bed & Breakfast/Hotel, along with owner's accommodation. (Rother District Council, 19/3/2019, 'RR/2018/2190/L') Also considered suitable for alternative uses, subject to the necessary planning permission.
Proposed Accommodation Comprising: Ground Floor: Entrance Hall, cloakroom, two receptions rooms, dining room, kitchen. First Floor: 3 En-suite double bedrooms, bath and shower room. Second Floor: 2 Double bedrooms, 1 with en-suite, bedroom 6/home office/study, sitting room, bathroom, cloakroom.Owners Accommodation: First floor en-suite bedroom, second floor kitchen/dining room with access to home office/study and sitting room.
The accommodation currently comprises:
Ground Floor: Reception hall, several staff offices and reception rooms, bedroom with en-suite, former kitchen & utility/laundry room and cloakrooms.
First Floor: 6 bedrooms, 4 en-suite.
Second Floor: 7 bedrooms, 5 en-suite.
Planning permission was granted by Rother District Council on the 19/3/2019, under application number: 'RR/2018/2190/L' for the 'Change of use from care home (C2) into a residential dwelling and Bed and Breakfast (C3). To include the demolition of the utility and kitchen extension along with external and internal alterations to main building' to create:
Proposed Accommodation comprising:
Ground Floor: Entrance Hall, cloakroom, two receptions rooms, dining room, kitchen.
First Floor: 3 En-suite double bedrooms, bath and shower room.
Second Floor: 2 Double bedrooms, 1 with en-suite, bedroom 6/home office/study, sitting room, bathroom, cloakroom.
Owners Accommodation: First floor en-suite bedroom, second floor kitchen/dining room, home office/study and sitting room.
Outside: An elevated paved terrace to the front enjoys views over the historic village green and Queen Elizabeth's Oak tree, where according to history she rested and ate a meal on her journey to Rye in August 1573. A courtyard to the rear provides off-street parking with additional parking available in the nearby village car park (approx. 100m away).
Transport Links: Mainline rail services: Nearby Robertsbridge, Etchingham or Staplehurst stations provide frequent services to London Charing Cross and Cannon Street, while Ashford International provides a fast service to St. Pancras and Eurostar services to the continent.
The Motorway network can be accessed via the A21 (dual carriageway from south of Tunbridge Wells) at Junction 5 M25 north of Sevenoaks.
Locality: Northiam is a highly sought-after village on the Kent/East Sussex borders, probably best known for the world famous Great Dixter house and gardens. The village enjoys a good selection of local amenities, including two grocery stores, bakers, hardware store and hairdressers as well as opticians, dentist and outstanding doctor's surgery. More extensive shopping and recreational facilities can be found in the Kent market town of Tenterden and the historic Cinque port town of Rye, both 20minutes drive away. Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone and Ashford are all within a 45 minute drive.
Education: The Area is renowned for the quality, choice and commitment to excellence of its educational system in both the public and private sector. Noteworthy schools in the area include: Marlborough House, Vinehall, Claremont, St Ronan's, Benenden and Tonbridge in the private sector. Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells and Ashford along with Rye and Robertsbridge offer further schools in secondary age groups, including Grammar schools and Northiam in the primary age group. Frewen College, an independent school approved for SEN pupils is also located in the village.
Services: Mains water & electricity are connected. Mains drainage, oil fired central heating.
Floor Area: m2 (sq. ft) approx.
Broadband: High speed fibre available
EPC Rating: 'N/A'
Business Rateable Value: 'TBC'
Local Authority: Rother District Council
Directions: Travelling south on the A28 through Northiam, turn left into Church Lane adjacent to the village green, Oakside will be found immediately on the left. Parking to the rear is accessed via the driveway before Church Lane.
Viewing: All viewings by appointment only. A member of our team will conduct all viewings, whether or not the vendors are in residence.
Property at a glance
Substantial Grade ll* Listed Property
Adjacent To Picturesque Village Green
Exciting Home/Business Opportunity
PP For Boutique B&B/Hotel With Residential Accomm
Far Reaching Rural Views
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Caps Streak Snapped at 14 Amid Controversy
Ovechkin's goal overturned
By Brett Feinberg	• Published at 10:56 am on February 11, 2010
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When you win 14 straight games in the NHL, you have to catch some breaks. Unfortunately, the big break went against the Capitals Wednesday night in Montreal.
The Caps lost a heartbreaker in overtime, 6-5, to the Canadiens. On Sunday, the Caps extended their streak to 14 by beating the Pens in overtime. There's only so much OT magic in those carbon-fiber sticks, apparently...
Last night's controversial play came during the second period with the Caps trailing 4-2. Alex Ovechkin plowed over Hal Gill, sending the hulking defenseman into his own crease and causing a loose puck to slip by goaltender Carey Price. Not only is Ovie the best goal scorer in the National Hockey League, but man can he play physical. He just laid out Gill, who is 6 foot 7 and weighs 250 pounds. Despite that, Ovie practically threw him toward his own net.
The referees initially ruled it a goal. After reviewing the play, the goal was waved off.
"If they would have called it no goal, I would have accepted it, but they called it a goal on the ice" head coach Bruce Boudreau said after the game.
Ovie didn't say much after the game: "I don't want to comment but I think it's a clear goal."
Decide for yourself. Watch the video below:
Despite the waved-off goal, the Caps eventually made another thrilling third-period comeback, but it was to no avail. The Caps lost with just 8 seconds left in overtime when Tomas Plekanec beat Jose Theodore. Streak over.
To put the amazing run into perspective, the 14-game winning streak is the third longest in NHL history, tied with the 1929-30 Boston Bruins. The Penguins have the record with 17 straight wins set in 1992-93.
The Capitals have a chance to start a new streak Thursday night when the team plays Ottawa on the road. Then the Caps play Saturday against St. Louis before half the team gets time off for the Olympics.
Don't worry hockey fans, you can see several members of the Caps playing for their home countries in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Right now the Caps have the best record in hockey with 88 points. Hopefully the time off for the Olympics won't affect the momentum the team has built.