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NBC Sports Northwest
NBC Sports Northwest (originally Comcast SportsNet Northwest) is an American regional sports network that is owned by the NBC Sports Group unit of NBCUniversal, and operates as an affiliate of NBC Sports Regional Networks. The network broadcasts regional coverage of professional sports events throughout the Pacific Northwest, focusing primarily on the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and college sports events involving the Oregon Ducks; the network also covers other sports events involving teams within the northwestern United States, including those featuring college and high school teams.[1]
November 1, 2007 (2007-11-01)
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Comcast SportsNet Northwest (2007–2016)
CSN Northwest (2016–2017)
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179 (SD)
Frontier FiOS
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Spectrum (Long Beach, Washington)
426 (SD), 427 (CSN Northwest Plus, SD) 825 (CSN Northwest Plus, HD)
The network is available on cable providers throughout Oregon and Washington. The network maintains business offices, master control operations and studio facilities located in Portland, Oregon; NBC Sports Northwest maintains a secondary studio in the Moda Center that is used for Trail Blazers game coverage.
Comcast rebranded CSN Northwest as NBC Sports Northwest on October 2, 2017.[2]
After the Trail Blazers dismantled their pay-per-view network BlazerVision in 2001, the team reached a broadcast deal with FSN Northwest, where the team's game telecasts aired until the 2006–07 season. Fox Sports Networks did not renew its contract with the Blazers at the conclusion of the 2006–07 season; as a result, Comcast formed a new regional sports network, Comcast SportsNet Northwest, to assume the broadcast rights to the team.[3] The network launched on November 1, 2007, coinciding with the start of the 2007–08 Trail Blazers regular season.
CSN Northwest logo from 2016 to October 2017
With Comcast's acquisition of NBCUniversal in 2011, Comcast SportsNet was also integrated into the new NBC Sports Group unit, culminating with the addition of the peacock logo and an updated graphics package to mirror that of its parent network. The updated graphics were implemented on CSN's live game coverage and all studio shows; SportsNet Central was an exception to this initially, but would ultimately implement a new on-air look of its own and on April 14, 2014, in conjunction with that change, the program switched to the updated graphics package introduced three years earlier.
Comcast SportsNet Northwest became CSN Northwest in 2016.[4] On October 2, 2017, CSN Northwest was renamed as NBC Sports Northwest, as part of a larger rebranding of the Comcast SportsNet networks under the NBC Sports brand.[5]
ProgrammingEdit
Portland Trail BlazersEdit
NBC Sports Northwest holds the exclusive regional television rights to the Portland Trail Blazers, carrying the majority of the NBA franchise's regular season, pre-season and early-round playoff games; the network also produces expanded pre-game and post-game analysis (under the Rip City Live and Talking Ball banners), and carries select NBA Summer League games and season team previews.[6] During the network's inaugural season in 2007–08, Comcast SportsNet Northwest carried at least 55 Trail Blazers regular season games. Combined with the Trail Blazers' over-the-air coverage, 81 of the team's regular season games that year were shown on television, the largest number of telecasts in the team's history. The new network aired 28 of the team's 36 home game telecasts in high definition.[3] All Trail Blazers telecasts are produced in-house by the team, and some were previously syndicated to over-the-air stations in the team's designated market region.[7]
On July 6, 2016, the team extended its contract through the 2020–2021 season and made NBC Sports Northwest the exclusive broadcaster of all regional Trail Blazers games beginning in the 2017–18 season.[7]
Since the 2008–09 season, due to the Seattle SuperSonics' relocation to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 2008 to become the Oklahoma City Thunder, Trail Blazers games are also available in the Seattle region.
University of Oregon DucksEdit
The Oregon Sports Network (OSN) – a sports syndication service operated by the University of Oregon to broadcast Oregon Ducks events – was seeking to expand its coverage and availability, and negotiated a contract with Comcast SportsNet Northwest around the time of its launch to air many of the university's football and basketball games that were not scheduled to broadcast on a national network or on FSN. In 2008, Comcast SportsNet Northwest became the primary broadcaster of OSN-produced telecasts, with the games being simulcast on Fox affiliate KLSR-TV (channel 34) in Eugene. Comcast SportsNet Northwest did not carry any Ducks football games during the 2012 season. In 2015, it ran the weekly Talking Ducks program.[6]
Other sports eventsEdit
NBC Sports Northwest also provides coverage of a variety of other regional sports events. The network broadcasts NHL games involving the Vancouver Canucks, carrying 25 games per season that are simulcast from Sportsnet Pacific. Through its relationships with other Comcast-owned channels, NBC Sports Northwest also broadcasts 35 regular-season games from various other NHL teams. In 2011, Comcast SportsNet Northwest announced that it would provide a reduced schedule of NHL coverage focusing solely on the Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks; the network announced later that year that it would no longer carry any Sharks telecasts. Additionally, the network also carries select home games from the Portland Winterhawks Western Hockey League franchise.[6]
In April 2009, Comcast SportsNet Northwest began carrying select regular season games from the Tacoma Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League. The telecasts audio simulcasts of play-by-play commentary called by Rainiers radio announcer Mike Curto. On March 12, 2014, the network announced that it would carry all but one home game from the Portland Thunder during the Arena Football League team's inaugural season.[8]
Other programmingEdit
The network produces SportsNet Central, a daily morning news program providing game highlights and sports headlines. The network will provide fans with multimedia sports content online and through video on demand.[9] Along with the network's Trail Blazers game coverage, the network also airs a number of other NBA-related specials focused on the NBA Draft, NBA All-Star Game and the NBA Playoffs.
NBC Sports Northwest also airs video simulcasts of three weekday sports radio programs: it carries the Chuck Powell Show KJR (950 AM) talk program from Seattle live each weekday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and The FAN from KFXX (1080 AM) in Portland from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.[6]
AvailabilityEdit
As of September 2013[update], Comcast SportsNet Northwest is available on Comcast[10] (in Oregon and Washington), Ashland TV, Beaver Creek Telcom, BendBroadband,[11] Canby Telcom[12], Charter Communications (in Oregon and Washington), Country Cablevision, Frontier Communications (in Oregon and Washington), MINET (in Monmouth, Oregon),[13] Monroe Telephone, Reliance Connects, Scio Cablevision, Frontier FiOS (in the Portland and Seattle markets) and Wave Broadband.[14][15]
Carriage controversiesEdit
As of August 2013, the network is not available on satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network, which both maintain that Comcast has negotiated in bad faith during carriage discussions engaged between the parties. Particularly, Comcast demands the network be carried on more widely subscribed basic programming tiers,[16] while contradictorily arguing that sports networks not owned by the company be carried only on a dedicated sports tier.[17] The Trail Blazers are said to be frustrated and disappointed with Comcast's conduct over their contract with CSN Northwest in this regard.[18]
The Consumer Protection Committee of the Oregon House of Representatives held a hearing on February 24, 2010 to attempt to arbitrate a carriage deal between the network, DirecTV, Dish Network and Charter Communications. No representatives for DirecTV, Dish Network or the Trail Blazers attended the hearing.[19] On June 21, the Trail Blazers asked the Federal Communications Commission to require Comcast to make the team's games available to competing multichannel video programming distributors such as DirecTV and Dish Network.[20]
Oregon-based cable provider Canby Telcom objected to a non-negotiable subscribe fee increase that would have increased the network's annual subscriber rate to over $32 in 2012; as a result, Canby announced plans to stop carrying Comcast SportsNet Northwest.[21] Keith Galitz, president of Canby Telcom, stated "That's just too steep an increase for us, and it's not in line with inflation or normal escalation of prices in the industry."[21] Canby Telcom has accused Comcast of raising rates way beyond the rate of inflation and industry-wide increases.[21] Clear Creek Television, which carried the Trail Blazers for 15 years, was rebuffed in its attempts to negotiate the above-market rate Comcast was pushing for.[21]
Comcast sent some of its senior staff members to Oregon after a member of the Sports Fan Coalition testified before the Oregon State Legislature on the provider's denial of access to the network on DirecTV, Dish and other cable providers. Brian Frederick, executive director of the advocacy group, stated that "Comcast clearly sees the public perception of its treatment of sports fans as a potential Achilles heel in efforts to acquire NBCU".[22] In a November 7, 2010 article in The Oregonian, Blazers chief executive officer Larry Miller continued to express frustration about the lack of availability for the team's CSN-televised games.[23]
Related servicesEdit
NBC Sports Northwest HDEdit
NBC Sports Northwest HD is a 1080i high-definition simulcast feed of NBC Sports Northwest. CSN Northwest broadcast 28 Portland Trail Blazers home games in HD in the 2007–08 season;[3] that number of high-definition game telecasts shown on the network increased to 32 for the 2008–09 season. Former Blazers broadcaster Mike Barrett announced during the network's game telecast against the Los Angeles Clippers on April 13, 2009, that CSN Northwest would broadcast all Trail Blazers games in HD from then onward.
NBC Sports Northwest HD is available on Comcast throughout Oregon and southwestern Washington; Comcast did not carry the high-definition feed in most of the remainder of Washington State (specifically its systems in the Seattle-Tacoma and Spokane markets) until early 2013, when it began to be carried on Channel 617. NBC Sports Northwest HD is only available on Comcast's digital preferred package in western and eastern Washington.
^ Mike Rogoway (May 29, 2007). "Comcast's sports channels fuel bidding war". The Oregonian.
^ "NBC Sports Regional Networks to align CSN and TCN properties under 'NBC Sports' brand". NBC Sports Regional Networks. August 23, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
^ a b c "Comcast SportsNet, Blazers create network". Portland Business Journal. American City Business Journals. May 21, 2007.
^ CSN Staff (August 23, 2017). "CSNNW set to become NBC Sports Northwest | CSN NW". CSNNW.com. Stamford, Connecticut: Comcast SportsNet Northwest, LLC. Retrieved August 23, 2017. In addition to the integration of the NBC Peacock in 2012, "Comcast SportsNet" changed to "CSN" in 2016.
^ CSN Staff (August 23, 2017). "CSNNW set to become NBC Sports Northwest | CSN NW". CSNNW.com. Stamford, Connecticut: Comcast SportsNet Northwest, LLC. Retrieved August 23, 2017. NBC Sports Regional Networks will align the remainder of its five CSN-branded networks, as well as two TCNs, on October 2. The new names will incorporate "NBC Sports" with each of the networks' regional designations.
^ a b c d Kerry Eggers (March 24, 2016). "Will CSN, Blazers reach new deal?". Retrieved March 26, 2016.
^ a b "Trail Blazers extend television deal with CSN Northwest through 2020-21 NBA season". The Oregonian. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
^ "CSN & Portland Thunder ink multi-year TV deal". Comcast SportsNet Northwest (Press release). March 11, 2014. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014.
^ "BLAZERS: Comcast Sports Net Northwest, Portland Trail Blazers Announce a New Regional Sports Network". NBA.com (Press release). May 21, 2007.
^ "Comcast Channel Lineup". VisiOneClick. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
^ "Digital Cable – Channel Lineup". BendBroadband. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
^ "Channel Lineup". Canby Telcom. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
^ "MINET Channel Lineup" (PDF). MINET. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
^ "Channel Locations". Comcast SportsNet Northwest. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
^ Allan Brettman (August 15, 2013). "Charter, Comcast SportsNet Northwest reach agreement to broadcast Trail Blazers games". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
^ Luke Andrews (October 29, 2008). "Area Blazer fans may remain left in the dark – Sports – MailTribune.com – Medford, Oregon". Mail Tribune. Local Media Group. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
^ Richard Sandomir (November 6, 2008). "A Game of Smashmouth Cable Football". The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
^ Mike Rogoway (January 7, 2010). "Disappointed Blazers "pursuing all of our rights" in Comcast deal". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
^ Joe Freeman (February 24, 2010). "Legislature offers sympathetic ear, but little else, to Blazers fans frustrated with Comcast". The Oregonian. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
^ "Comcast update: Trail Blazers ask FCC to force cable company to make game broadcasts available". The Oregonian. July 12, 2010.
^ a b c d "Canzano: Frustration with Comcast grows as Trail Blazers games remain hard to get in some areas". The Oregonian. August 7, 2010.
^ "Blazer TV access: Stop hogging the ball, Comcast". The Oregonian. October 15, 2010.
^ Mike Tokito (November 7, 2010). "Trail Blazers: As team continues to seek TV solution, events around country could affect Comcast standoff". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
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Key parts of May's Chequers plan for Brexit are 'unworkable', says Barnier
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Michel Barnier has branded key parts of the Chequers plan 'unworkable' but didn't call it 'dead' (Getty)
Michel Barnier told MPs that crucial elements of Theresa May's Chequers plan are "unworkable", it has been revealed.
The EU's Brexit chief addressed the House of Commons Brexit select committee at a behind-closed-doors evidence session in Westminster on Monday.
Stephen Kinnock, one of the MPs present, caused a storm afterwards by claiming the French politician had declared the Chequers proposals "morts" (dead) at the meeting.
His claim was denied by Barnier and a transcript of the session published by the committee Friday proves that he did not use that phrase. He was invited to use the word "dead" by three separate MPs but declined to do so.
MORE: UK's Brexit minister denies EU plan 'dead'
However, the transcript shows Barnier did deliver a killer blow to the prime minister's plans for post-Brexit trade, declaring them "unworkable."
Chequers sets out the government's desire to maintain frictionless trade with the continent through a "free trade area" for goods – a proposal which would effectively see Britain remain in the single market but only for goods and not services, capital or labour.
The other element is a complex customs arrangement which would see the UK collecting some tariffs on behalf of the EU.
Responding to the proposals, Barnier told MPs that the EU was "prepared to discuss a customs arrangement" that would simplify trade between the UK and the EU post-Brexit.
But he said: "We have two major problems, two issues that we cannot accept.
Labour MP Stephen Kinnock claimed Michel Barnier had described the Chequers plan as "dead" (PA)
"Our customs union, our customs system, as it works, is a fully integrated system that cannot be undermined and we cannot split up the four freedoms of the single market … Your proposal does not seem workable to us, basically."
He added: "When it comes to those two proposals, there is a real problem of substance for us, because they would weaken and would lead to the unravelling of the single market.
"That is why they are not acceptable, so you cannot ask us to make concessions on the very foundations of the European Union."
Despite his clear rejection, UK negotiators insist their plans are not a threat to the single market and are making a renewed push to convince the EU of their merits.
Privately, British diplomats argue that the proposals in the Chequers plan would be welcomed by the EU if it were the starting point of a trade deal with any other country.
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Yahoo Finance UK reported on Thursday warnings that an end to frictionless trade with the EU could jeopardise the supply of fresh food and car production.
Barnier told MPs that those problems could not be solved by a free trade agreement, however ambitious, but a formal customs union. He did say though that were "positive things" in the Chequers plan, especially on security cooperation. The details of the future trading relationship do not have to be agreed in order to conclude the Withdrawal Agreement, which is so-far 80% complete.
However, May had hoped securing frictionless trade would help break the stand-off over the biggest issue left to resolve – how to avoid a hard border in Ireland.
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Google Maps became the top free app in the Apple App Store just a few hours after it was released. Now, we know just how popular the app has really been.
Jeff Huber, the SVP of geo and commerce at Google, revealed in a Google+ post that the company's new maps app for iOS was downloaded more than 10 million times in less than 48 hours after it was released.
"We're excited for the positive reception of Google Maps for iPhone around the world," Huber wrote in the post. "Congratulations to the Maps Team on the recognition for the passion and hard work they poured into it, for this release and over the last 7+ years."
Few if any apps have been as hyped as Google's new Maps application for iOS. Apple replaced Google Maps with its own mapping application when it released iOS 6 in September. Apple customers quickly criticised the company's maps app for being rife with errors, prompting CEO Tim Cook to publicly apologise for it. Meanwhile, rumours circulated for months that Google was working on a new version.
Early reviews of the new Google Maps app have been incredibly positive, with Mashable's own Samantha Murphy writing that it puts Apple's maps app to shame.
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The Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Co., the group that administers the eRate, issued its final wave of 1998 funding commitment letters Feb. 27. The tenth and final wave brings the total dollar amount committed to schools and libraries to $1.66 billion for the program's inaugural year.
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Protozoa, microscopic single-celled organisms, are the most common type of parasite in the United States. Unlike other kinds of parasites, they reproduce very rapidly. They do this in the intestines, and can travel to other organs such as the liver, lungs, pancreas, and heart. Protozoa have an indefinite life span.
Giardia (Giardia lamblia) originates in infected humans and animals. It is transmitted through water (especially in the Rocky Mountains), food, and contact with feces, often due to poor hygiene and handwashing. Giardia infects the small intestine. It can take up to three weeks before symptoms of giardia appear. Giardia can result in symptomless intestinal infection. It can also produce watery diarrhea, foul-smelling stools, nausea, stomach cramps, bloating, gas, low energy, and weight loss. Multiple stool samples are often necessary for diagnosis.
Cryptosporidium parvum is often transmitted by contact with human feces that contain infectious cysts, for example through poor handwashing. Cryptosporidium parvum is transmitted in water. It is the most prevalent waterborne parasite in the United States. In people with healthy immune systems, it can be symptomless or symptoms can include watery diarrhea that lasts about 10 days, nausea, cramps, and fever. In people who are immunocompromised, there can be severe diarrhea with weakness and weight loss, which can be life-threatening.
Cyclospora species is mainly seen in travelers. Recent outbreaks have been associated with contaminated water sources, such as Central American raspberries and basil. It is transmitted through contact with feces. Symptoms are similar to giardiasis. Symptoms come and go and can include diarrhea, frequent watery stools, weight loss, fatigue, bloating, or symptomless gallbladder disease.
Entamoeba histolytica is spread through water or food. Insects, such as flies and cockroaches, can carry the cysts. It may take up to three months after infection before symptoms appear. It can spread through the digestive tract and travel to other organs. Most often, the infected person is a symptomless carrier. It can cause stomach pain, bloating, and diarrhea. If there is tissue destruction in the large intestine, there can be low-grade fever with bloody diarrhea.
Toxoplasma gondii is an infection that generally comes from cats. Another source of toxoplasma is undercooked meat. Symptoms include flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes, and fatigue.
Trichomonas vaginalis is transmitted through sexual contact or from contaminated toilet seats, towels, or bathwater. There are often no symptoms. It can cause vaginal discharge, yeast infections, and painful urination in women. In men, it can cause an enlarged prostate gland and urinary inflammation.
Roundworms and Hookworms
These are unsegmented worms. They produce eggs that require incubation in soil or in another host before becoming potentially infective to humans.
Roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) is symptomless in many people. It is estimated that over 1 billion people in the world may be infected with roundworm. The source of infection is contamination of soil and vegetables with feces. Adult roundworms live in the small intestine and can exit through the mouth or nose of the infected person. Occasionally, there is obstruction of the pancreatic or bile duct, appendix, or small intestine. Dry cough, fever, and sleep disturbance may occur. Diagnosis is by stool exam for eggs and a blood test.
Necator americanus (hookworms) is transmitted through unbroken skin by walking barefoot. Hookworms travel into blood and through the lung and intestines. Hookworm infection is usually symptomless. There may be itching at the area of skin penetration. There can be digestive symptoms. The worms attach to and suck the blood from the mucus of the small intestine, leading to iron deficiency anemia, low energy, and peptic ulcer–like symptoms in severe infections.
Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) infection is common in the United States. It is transmitted through contaminated food and water. The worms live in the intestines near the rectum and travel at night outside to the skin around the anus. From there it can be transmitted through person-to-person contact. It can be symptomless. There is often itching at night around the anus. There can also be unusual symptoms such as hyperactivity, vision problems, vaginitis, and psychological disturbances. To help make a diagnosis, tape is often applied to the anal area at night. When the tape is removed, adult worms may be seen with the unaided eye. At least five to seven tests are required to rule out infection.
Trichuris trichiura (whipworm) is a large intestine parasite that rarely shows symptoms. It is transmitted by ingestion of the eggs in soil or on vegetables. Symptoms of heavy infection include diarrhea, stomach pain, rectal prolapse, and stunted growth.
Trichinella (Trichinella spiralis) infection is often due to eating undercooked pork. Worms travel from the intestines into the muscles of the chest, diaphragm, jaws, and upper arms. Symptoms include diarrhea, nausea, severe muscle pain, facial swelling, difficulty breathing or chewing, and enlarged lymph nodes.
Tapeworms
Tapeworms are flat, segmented, and shaped like ribbons. Tapeworms are the largest intestinal parasites and can grow to up to several feet or more in length. Tapeworm larvae can be found in undercooked meat or fish. From larvae, worms develop in the body and attach to the small intestine. They survive there by absorbing nutrients from ingested foods. Tapeworm infection is often symptomless, and treatment involves medication that targets the worm.
Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) infection most commonly occurs after eating undercooked pork, smoked ham, or sausages containing larvae. Adult worms attach to the intestines. Symptoms are similar to infection with beef tapeworm (see below). Larvae can travel to subcutaneous tissue, muscle, the central nervous system, and/or the eye, where they eventually form cysts to which the person infected responds with an inflammatory response—this can happen after four or five years. It can develop into blindness, seizures, neurological deficits, and hydrocephalus (swelling of the head).
Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) infection occurs most commonly after eating undercooked beef containing the larvae. It can live in the intestines for up to 25 years and grow to a length of eight feet. It is usually symptomless, although occasionally presents as abdominal discomfort, loss of appetite, weight loss, and diarrhea. Segments can crawl out of the anus.
Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm) infection is most commonly due to eating freshwater fish containing larvae. Fish tapeworms can grow up to 15 meters (about 49 feet) in length. Symptoms are nonspecific abdominal symptoms, such as loss of appetite, heartburn, diarrhea, and nausea. Vitamin B12 deficiency can also occur, leading to macrocytic anemia and neurological symptoms such as muscle twitches.
Clonorchis sinensis is another worm transmitted by eating raw fish. The worms live in the gallbladder area, so complications can include bile duct stones, gallbladder stones, and other gallbladder disease.
Flukes or Flatworms
Flukes or flatworms are leaf-shaped worms that attach to the host using abdominal suckers. They usually begin their life cycle as snails, and then as larvae they infect fish, vegetation, or humans. Flatworms can travel to the lungs, intestines, heart, brain, and liver. Eggs can cause inflammation by releasing toxins that damage tissues.
Intestinal fluke (Fasciolopsis buski) worms live in the small intestine. They can cause intestinal ulcers and allergic reactions. Common symptoms are vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, and stomach pain. Intestinal fluke contamination comes from eating infected water vegetables, such as water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, and watercress.
Oriental lung fluke (Paragonimus westermani) is found predominantly in Asian countries. These worms can penetrate the intestines and travel to the brain or lungs. Symptoms of infection include irrepressible coughing fits and bloody sputum. Sources of these worms include undercooked crabs and crayfish.
Sheep liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) is most commonly transmitted from fresh watercress. The worm attaches to the gallbladder and bile ducts, causing inflammation and local trauma. Symptoms include jaundice, fever, coughing, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
Blood flukes are transmitted by swimming in contaminated water. They burrow into the skin and migrate to the heart, lungs, liver, or bladder. They can live in the body for up to 30 years.
Also read about pargonimus, schistosomiasis, and cryptosporidium.
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In a first of its kind match, a Dream Team All Stars team made up of current and former Dream Teamers, faced off against a small but extremely talented AQR Chess Team. Each team presented six of their top players.
The games were so hard fought that in a rare phenomenon, the number of draws outnumbered the number of decisive games! The Dream Team edged out AQR in both rounds by the slimmest of margins to win the match 7.5 – 4.5. Many of the games could have gone either way and the results could easily have been reversed. The players from both these teams are not only fantastic players, but also great sportsmen and women. All of them have made great progress over the years and handle themselves like professionals over the board, making them ideal role models for all of their fellow chess players.


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Thread: Rand Paul on lung surgery, false media narrative, Twitter hate mob - 8/15/19
Valli6
"So much hatred out there!" Has a new book coming out in October, The Case against Socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkSoo68JGM
Rand Paul on 'Left-Wing Mob' Wishing Him Death on Twitter: 'Who Are These People?'
By Trent Baker
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), joined by his wife Kelley, went on "Fox & Friends" Thursday to talk about his lengthy recovery from a violent attack from almost two years ago by one of his neighbors.
Paul said after his attack he was subject to wishes of death or another assault on Twitter, one of which came from actor Tom Arnold and was retweeted by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
"[O]ne of the disturbing things, though, is to see that there's still so much hatred out there. We announced that I was having surgery and thousands of people on Twitter are swarming to wish … that I had either died or that someone would assault me again," Paul lamented.
He added, "This is supposed to be a right-wing phenomenon, but I see thousands of people on Twitter, this left-wing mob wishing that I were dead, and I'm like, 'Who are these people?"
The senator also criticized the attacker's 30-day sentence, likening it to the punishment for "shoplifting."
more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkSoo68JGM
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I can't wait for his new book. It's going to be a must read.
I was astonished and sickened by the twitter responses after he announced he was having surgery. Even now, many of them are back with the same retarded responses. Clearly someone organizes this crap. Hope these sick and disgusting people are eventually outed.
Originally Posted by Valli6
Most big social media websites are full of bots. I am not saying that there isn't hateful people out there but its no coincidence that the people who run these companies would have an incentive to push narratives like this because they are against everything Rand Paul stands for.
Originally Posted by nikcers
I don't actually have any social media accounts, but I've bookmarked certain accounts for the news value. When you say "full of bots", do you mean human bots - as opposed to some sort of software? I get the sense that these people are like an organized club with an enemies list, which exists just to harass the people they hate. I have to wonder if someone organizes and pays them, because it's as if an alert goes out anytime Rand tweets something. It's clear most of them know little to nothing about what he actually supports - or how government even works! I just can't imagine anyone sitting around waiting for Rand (or whoever) to tweet something, just so they can respond with an unclever, canned responses - at least, not without being paid for it! It's psychotic!
Seems to me that organizing and maybe paying people to harass, literally wishing death, upon others would be a crime. Since every twitter account requires a legal name (?) as well as the user name, theoretically, could the real names of these disgusting persons be exposed under some circumstances?
Fake accounts, and paid promoters, its something that they do to keep real people playing. Just like casinos pay people to gamble because it entices people to gamble that wouldn't otherwise. They pay people to promote clubs and bring people and just to go to clubs to entice people to go into the club because they see people in it too.
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There is no one more hated by the media, by the establishment, by the pundits, by the propagandists, by the intelligencia, by the mindless mobs, than someone who opposes the welfare/warfare state.
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I will never join it. That and Fedbook.
RAND PAUL: 'LEFT WING MOB WISHES I WAS DEAD'
"Who are these people?"
Steve Watson | Infowars.com - AUGUST 16, 2019
Rand Paul: 'Left Wing Mob Wishes I Was Dead'
In a rare interview regarding his health, Senator Rand Paul told Fox News that he is still recovering from being violently attacked by a mentally disturbed neighbor two years ago, but that one of the most disturbing aspects of the incident is the continued hatred being directed his way by a 'left wing mob'.
"[O]ne of the disturbing things, though, is to see that there's still so much hatred out there. We announced that I was having surgery and thousands of people on Twitter are swarming to wish … that I had either died or that someone would assault me again," Paul urged.
"This is supposed to be a right-wing phenomenon, but I see thousands of people on Twitter, this left-wing mob wishing that I were dead, and I'm like, 'Who are these people?" he added.
The Senator also noted that actor Tom Arnold was one of the people who wished someone would assault Paul again, in a tweet that was retweeted by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar retweeting calls for political violence against @randpaul. I'm not surprised, and look forward to the forthcoming silence from the media on the issue. pic.twitter.com/r9BQloVoL9
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 29, 2019
A similar tweet was sent out by 'singer' Bette Midler.
Elsewhere during the interview, Paul criticized his attacker's 30-day prison sentence, saying that it was on a par with a punishment for "shoplifting."
"Thirty days is kind of what you'd give a shoplifting person, or a very, very minor crime," he stated.
Paul is a Libertarian, and is known for being fiscally conservative. He is not a populist. Although he agrees with the president on some issues, he certainly cannot be compared to Trump. Indeed, Paul often brings up points of contention with Trump.
Broadly speaking, much like his father, Paul is a much respected family man of values and principles, which form his politics.
But still, Paul has been continuously subjected to the most vile threats and hate from leftists.
This only goes to show how twisted this group really are.
https://www.infowars.com/rand-paul-r...g-i-were-dead/
"Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he."
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."
"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another." ~ Charles Dickens
Bette Midler posts another obnoxious tweet
Bette Midler posted another obnoxious tweet about Rand Paul minutes ago.
I did not hear Rand call the Kurds "ingrates". Think she's misinformed... again.
I DO NOT promote violence but... Rand Paul says the Kurds are being "ingrates" for taking their frustrations out on US troops. Which is a good reminder for us all to be more grateful for the neighbor who beat the $#@! out of Rand Paul.
8:16 PM - Oct 23, 2019
Rand Paul Has Surgery For Attack-Loses Part of Lung !
By ProBlue33 in forum Rand Paul Forum
Washington Times: Rand says Cruz, "Creating False Purity Narrative"
By presence in forum Rand Paul Forum
Rand with Martha MacCallum: blasts 'false narrative' that campaign is over
By carlton in forum Rand Paul Forum
If you go on Twitter... typical Neo-Cons who hate Ron Paul love Rand Paul's Obama response
By BamaFanNKy in forum Rand Paul Forum
The Media is Attempting to Weave an Artificial Narrative that Rand is unelectable
By AuH20 in forum Rand Paul Forum


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To welcome Oliver Frank Caine born earlier today. A first Great Grandchild for Pam Morris of Wellington (Somerset), 1st Grandchild for Ann and David Sheppard and 1st Great nephew for Isabel and Reg Hitchings.
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Patricia S. Cowings (born December 15, 1948) is an aerospace psychophysiologist. She was the first American woman to be trained as a scientist astronaut by NASA; though she was an alternate for a space flight in 1979, she did not travel to space. She is most known for her studies in the physiology of astronauts in outer space, as well as helping find cures for astronaut's motion sickness.

Early life and family
Cowings was born and raised in The Bronx, New York City on December 15, 1948. She is the only daughter of Sadie B. and Albert S. Cowings. Sadie was an assistant preschool teacher and Albert was a grocery store owner. She had three other brothers who went on to become a two-star army general, a jazz musician, and a freelance journalist. Her parents emphasized education as a "way of getting out of the Bronx."

Education

Patricia found her love for science at a young age. Patricia was involved in African dance and step and graduated with a bachelor's degree in the arts from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1970. Psychology and later psychophysiology showed her how to enhance human potential.  'What better field is there than to study the animal who created all the other fields?  Humans!'  This love was further helped by her psychologist aunt, whom she considered a deep inspiration because she had earned a PhD from the University of California at Davis in 1973. Taking an engineering class in grad school where she took part in designing a space shuttle helped launch her desire to work in the field of space technology.

Career

She did most of her research at NASA Ames Research Center. There she developed and patented a physiological training system called Autogenic-Feedback Training Exercise (AFTE), which enables people to learn voluntary self-control of up to 24 bodily responses in six hours. Her work was first tested in 1985 for (STS 51-b & STS 51c) Spacelab-3 and the first DOD shuttle mission.  She tested her AFTE training method also on the Space J-Lab Mission (the first Japanese shuttle mission), with her work focusing on ridding of the astronaut's motion sickness. Later she trained four cosmonauts to control both motion sickness and low blood pressure after six months in space aboard the MIR space station. She found success with her biofeedback methods and continued to teach people how to control motion sickness, improve the performance of search and rescue pilots, and reduce symptoms of several patient populations suffering from nausea, dizziness and fainting. She has helped author several publications with her husband, Dr. William B. Toscano. They have a son, Christopher Michael Cowings Toscano, who traveled with them as they trained space crews.

Today, she continues her work helping to prevent motion sickness for astronauts in space, as well as helping control motion sickness for their return home. She is the principal investigator of Psychophysiological Research Laboratories at NASA Ames Research Center and has held adjunct professorships in Psychiatry at UCLA and both medical and clinical psychology at the uniformed services university.  (ARC).

Awards and honors
Her research and teaching has garnered her several awards, including:

Candace Award, National Coalition of 100 Black Women (1989)
NASA Individual Achievement Award (1993)
Black Engineer of the Year Award (1997)
AMES Honor Award for Technology Development (1999)
NASA Space Act Award for Invention (2002)
National Women of Color Technology Award (2006)
NASA Space Act Board Award (2008)
Ames African American Advisory Group's (AAAG) Achievement Award (2010)
Celestial Torch Award from the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) in Los Angeles (2014)

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Like the sun and the wind, water has been serving the industry of humankind for at least as long as we've been recording history. In Himalayan villages in the twelfth century, small hydro systems powering waterwheels to grind grain would have been a common feature of the landscape. The first hydroelectric power plant was built in Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1882. It generated just 12.5 kilowatts of power, enough to provide lights for two small paper mills and one house. Today hydroelectric power is a form of renewable energy so mainstream that often it's not even included in state or national tallies of renewable power capacity.
One of the reasons why hydroelectric power has such a comfortable niche in our contemporary energy mix is the lockstep progress of hydro technology and the electrification of developed countries. It's been around for a long time: FDR, the father of American electrification, who called for hydroelectric power to be expanded in the 1930s as a source of cheap, clean electricity.
Nowadays hydroelectric giants, such as the 7,600-megawatt Grand Coulee power station on the Columbia River in the state of Washington and the 13,000-megawatt Itaipu Dam on the Paraná River in Brazil, combine to provide 24 percent of the world's electricity. The global capacity from all hydroelectric facilities is 675,000 megawatts producing 2.9 trillion kilowatt-hours of power annually and—not incidentally—saving the world the equivalent of 1.7 billion barrels of oil each and every year.
Hydroelectric power works by converting the energy in flowing water to electric energy. The same physics lie behind the design of all hydroelectric systems: A dam is used to capture and store water; pipes, or penstocks, carry the water from a high reservoir, downhill, toward turbines in a power station, and the strength of the natural pressure of the surging water is often increased by nozzles affixed to the end of the pipes; the water strikes the turbines, rotating them and driving a generator that produces electricity.
Though the typical arrangement of all hydroelectric stations is similar, there are several variations in how the design can be implemented. First of all, the amount of electricity any hydro system can produce is determined by its "head"—the difference in height between the surface of the water in the high reservoir and how far it must fall to reach the turbines in the power station below. The greater the height, the more power that is achievable. The height of a system's head is determined as much by engineering feats as it is by the natural geological features of the chosen site.
Second, the water's flow can be utilized in a variety of ways. Conventional hydroelectric power plants use a one-way flow of water. These sometimes are called run-of-the-river plants, meaning that they rely solely on the native flow of the body of water. Consequently, they are significantly affected by the weather and by seasonal changes in rainfall and water levels that can cause fluctuations in the amount of electricity they produce. Conventional hydroelectric systems, with one-way water flow, can also be designed as "storage" plants, which reserve enough water in their dams to offset seasonal impact on their water flow. Large dams can, in fact, store several years' worth of water.
Other hydroelectric systems are designed as pumped storage plants. This means that after the naturally flowing water has produced an initial quantity of electricity, it's diverted from the turbines into a lower reservoir below the dam. During off-peak hours, or through dry-weather conditions, the water in this lower reservoir can be pumped back up and reused to supply a steady stream of electricity to the plant's customers during peak use times. This characteristic of water—that it can be stored in dams or redirected for reuse—has probably also given hydroelectric power a historic advantage over the intermittent wind and sun and has likely contributed to its rapid acceptance and use as a mainstream power source.
Source: Green: Your Place in the Renewable Energy Revolution", Palgrave-MacMillan, 2008
Hydropower is the most important and widely-used renewable source of energy.
Hydropower represents 19% of total electricity production worldwide.
Canada is the largest producer of hydroelectricity, followed by the United States and Brazil.
Approximately two-thirds of the economically feasible potential remains to be developed.
Untapped hydro resources are still abundant in Latin America, Central Africa, India and China.
Source: USGS.gov
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On Mac OS X 10.6, driver_osx.c build fails with message below.
../src/drivers/driver_osx.m:172: error: invalid application of ?sizeof? to incomplete type ?struct wpa_scan_result?
../src/drivers/driver_osx.m:175: error: invalid use of undefined type ?struct wpa_scan_result?
and I guessed this is a matter on Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6).
As far as I know, there is not any document about the new library.
this any more. This patch solves compilation error only.
-			wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "OSX: Invalid SSID length %d in "


Lahti Aqua Oy is a City-owned water company, providing drinking water and wastewater services. It carefully monitors the quality of drinking water and is piloting solutions to generate energy from wastewater treatment.
Lahti has a constantly widened, separate sewage system and 73 km of wastewater pipes. Of the pipes used, 99% are connected to the municipal network and subject to water metering. Lahti's sustainable drainage systems reduce nutrient loads efficiently. The water supply system is effective and only about 5% of water is lost in the pipelines. This is an excellent result, compared to the 20% loss rate in Finland overall.
Waste water first treated at wastewater plants is then directed to Nikula UV disinfection facility. There, wastewater is disinfected before being released into natural bodies of water. Hygienisation has significantly decreased bacterial loading of the Porvoonjoki River. The disinfection facility is the largest in Finland and in order to increase the efficiency of the biological treatment, Lahti Aqua has been upgrading aeration basins with new compressors, upgraded aerators, and improved compartmentalisation and operation of basins.
Since 2015, wastewater hygienisation performed by Lahti Aqua has significantly decreased the bacterial loading of the Porvoonjoki River.
After treatment, water is directed into bodies of water, with the Porvoonjoki River the biggest reserve. If necessary, sand filters are used for the treatment process. Local sludge is dried in a centrifuge after anaerobic digestion and gasification. The dried sludge is composted together with biowaste at LABIO's biogas production and refining plant, which is partially owned by Lahti Aqua Oy.
As a result, raw biogas is delivered through natural pipes for traffic use, as well as being led to a natural gas pipe for gas-powered cars. The residue from the process is composted and the end product is used as a raw material to create soil or fertilisers. The resulting compost is of high quality and suitable for agriculture and gardening. Lahti Aqua has now 35 gas-operated cars for its personnel.
Waste water first treated at wastewater plants is then directed to Lahti Aqua´s Nikula UV disinfection facility.


2/03/2012 · The following link has information on food items that are restricted or prohibited to bring into Fiji. Be sure to declare any food items you take with you. Be sure to declare any food items you take with you.... The border official may ask you to describe the origin of certain items and will then decide whether they can be imported or whether they present a risk. The U.S. imposes stiff fines for any prohibited fruits or vegetables that are imported without authorization.
You can also consult the Personal exemptions mini guide to the more popular items you can bring into Canada under your personal exemption based on the length of time you have been abroad.... I've confirmed that I'm okay to bring it on the plane and into Canada, but is there anything I need to do on the Chinese side? Also, I'm looking to bring money with me. I've read that the maximum amount of CNY you can bring with you on a trip from China, without having to declare / do anything on the Chinese side, is 20000 CNY.
Bringing Food, Plants, and Animals into Mexico Click image to download PDF National Health Services of Mexico (SENASICA) has guidelines on what is allowed and what is prohibited to bring …... What foodstuffs can I not take into Australia? Foods that are prohibited unless accompanied by a valid Import Permit include beans, peas, cereal seeds, eggs, fresh fruit and vegetables, uncanned meat and all pork products, milk, popping corn, raw unroasted nuts, whole salmon and trout.
As Captain Ron I have a standard saying about the changing border situation. You bring in a flatbed trailer with an endangered species elephant on it and they poke sticks into the droppings looking for the illegal peanuts and never see the elephant.
What foodstuffs can I not take into Australia? Foods that are prohibited unless accompanied by a valid Import Permit include beans, peas, cereal seeds, eggs, fresh fruit and vegetables, uncanned meat and all pork products, milk, popping corn, raw unroasted nuts, whole salmon and trout.
Although the punishment for attempting to bring illegal goods across the border are typically rather limited, you can be turned away from crossing into Canada by the Border Service Agency if the offending items are not removed from your vehicle and left in the United States.
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America at War: Killing People in order to Save Them?
The U.S. has refused to sign an international treaty outlawing cluster weapons and does not even restrict the use of cluster weapons in urban or populated areas.
Here's a headline you won't see in your local paper:
"U.S. Accused of Using Cluster Weapons Against Civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan"
We all saw the headline about the State Department investigating Israel's use of US-made cluster weapons in Lebanon, because they had been dropping these deadly and indiscriminate munitions in civilian areas of southern Lebanon, with the prospect of killing large numbers of non-combatants including children. This allegedly violated restrictions placed by the U.S. on how the weapons could be used by the Israeli Defense Force.
It turns out, though, that there are no such restrictions on how these same munitions can be--and are being--used by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
According to a number of sources including military documents and reports from organizations like Human Rights Watch, the U.S., which has refused to sign an international treaty that outlaws cluster weapons, does not even restrict the use of cluster weapons in urban or populated areas. Army and Air force generals have blocked efforts to ban cluster weapons where there are large numbers of civilians present, claiming such a restriction would just lead enemy combatants to locate themselves among civilians.
Well, duh!
Their argument could pretty much be used to oppose restrictions on any kind of weapon in civilian areas. And guess what? That pretty much is the way the U.S. wages war: The hell with civilians! If they happen to be in the way when we drop our bombs, so much the worse for them.
In fact, back in early 2003, when the Australian government agreed to send some troops to join Bush's "Coalition of the Willing" in Iraq, it first had first to assure the troops and the people of Australia that Australian soldiers would not participate in American actions that involved the laying of mines or the use of cluster weapons.
The Christian Science Monitor investigated civilian deaths in the first year of the Iraq War and found that the U.S. was killing Iraqi civilians at the astonishing rate of 30 for every enemy fighter. One reason for this high "collateral damage" kill rate was almost certainly the use of cluster weapons.
Shock and Awe, the initial aerial bombardment of Baghdad and other cities of Iraq at the start of the U.S. invasion, reportedly led to tens of thousands of civilian casualties, and one reason was the heavy and indiscriminate use of cluster weapons, which disperse hundreds of little fragmentation bombs over a wide area, many of which explode when a person disturbs them. The Christian Science Monitor, which investigated civilian deaths in the first year of the Iraq War, found that the U.S. was killing Iraqi civilians at the astonishing rate of 30 for every enemy fighter. That's a civilian slaughter that would have made even Hitler's SS envious. One reason for this high "collateral damage" kill rate was almost certainly the use of cluster weapons, some of which spread hundreds of their little bomblets over a 20-acre area, with between 5-30 percent of these secondary weapons failing to explode on impact.
There are a number of reports suggesting that the U.S. used cluster weapons extensively later on in carpet bombings that preceded assaults on Al-Qiam, Ramadi, Tal Afar and of course Fallujah, all cities where the civilian casualties were horrific.
So where is the outcry against this criminal U.S. use of cluster weapons? Most Americans don't even know about it. The media have largely blacked the story out. The Pentagon won't talk about it. When Agence France Presse back in April 2003 ran photos of US cluster weapons stockpiled for use in Iraq, no major media outlet in the US picked them up. The only report on cluster weapons at the time in Amnerica came from CNN reporter Peter Arnett. But of course, the Iraqis and the Afghanis know all about it.
It seems particularly inappropriate for the U.S. to be using such munitions in countries like Afghanistan and Iraq, where we are supposedly there to help the people of the country against alleged "terrorist" forces within their borders. Killing the people of the country you are "helping" would seem to be operating at cross-purposes. But it does explain why every time there is some "mistake" reported, where the U.S. bombs a wedding or an innocent town square, the death toll is so astoundingly high.
Besides killing lots of civilians, cluster bombs also make lots of enemies.
It also helps explain why the resistance forces in both countries seem to keep getting stronger, even as we keep killing them at a prodigious rate. Cluster weapons, besides killing lots of civilians, also inevitably make lots of enemies.
Dave Lindorff is the author of Killing Time: an Investigation into the Death Row Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. His new book of CounterPunch columns titled "This Can't be Happening!" is published by Common Courage Press. Lindorff's new book is "The Case for Impeachment", co-authored by Barbara Olshansky.
He can be reached at: dlindorff@yahoo.com. This story is published in the Baltimore Chronicle with permission of the author.
This story was published on September 6, 2006.


Corriols* Ratafia follows the Anna Selga pharmacist recipe, made from fifty medicinal herbs and green walnuts selected from Guilleries forests and trails. In these paths you can found a close relationship between humans and nature. A limited edition (produced by Àngel Portet liquorist) that wants to make visible the wealth and natural values of a territory as opposed to the high-tension electric highways (MAT) imposed by the Spanish State. The benefits derived from this traditional liqueur have been destined to the development of new energy model actions.
* Corriols in catalan means little paths or trails. At mountain usually these are marked with colored lines or stones put by hikers.
The origin of ratafia's name is uncertain, but it is believed that its meaning comes from Latin words "rata fiat": it is ratified (the thing or the pact), pronounced on occasion of some kind of agreement when the parts makes a toast.
This year, the Corriols ratafia was the gift that president of Catalonia brought to the Spanish president in his first meeting, where the subject of Catalan independence was put on the table.


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Q: Save time in a 6 nested for loop code I'm trying to find the right parameters for my code, which is a backtrack of an Extended Kalman Filter. I have 6 nested for loops, one for each parameter. Currently when I have 3 possible values for each parameter, the code on average takes about 5 mins to run, but seeing that as I increase the number of parameter, my time taken would increase as n^6. I'm a bit worried.
Is there any way I can optimize the code to save more time?
PS - Just use any data file instead of the given Reddy.csv(1180 rows of data)
PPS - In the end I need to find the i,j,k,l,m,n values for the minimum MSE.
Here's the code:
start.time <- Sys.time()

library(invgamma)
w = read.csv("Reddy.csv")
q = ts(w[2])
num = length(q)

f = function(x){
  f1 = sqrt(x)
  return(f1)
}
h = function(x){
  h1 = x**3
  return(h1)
}

ae1 = seq(24,26,0.1)
ae2 = seq(24,26,0.1)

be1 = seq(0.1,2,0.1)
be2 = seq(0.1,2,0.1)

a = seq(1,3,0.1)
b = seq(0.1,2,0.1)

count = 0

MSE = matrix(nrow = length(ae1)*length(ae2)*length(be1)*length(be2)*length(a)*length(b), ncol =7)

for (i in ae1){
  for (j in ae2){
    for (k in be1){
      for (l in be2){
        for (m in a){
          for (n in b){
            d = rep(0,num)
            xt = rep(0,num)
            yt = rep(0,num)
            fx = rep(0,num)
            hx = rep(0,num)

            e = rinvgamma(num,i,k)
            g = rinvgamma(num,j,l)
            for(o in 2:num){
              fx[o] = f(xt[o-1])
              xt[o] = m*fx[o] + e[o-1]
              hx[o] = h(xt[o])
              yt[o]= n*hx[o] +g[o]
              d[o] = (yt[o] - q[o])**2
            }
            count <- count + 1
            MSE[count,1] = mean(d)
            MSE[count,2] = i
            MSE[count,3] = j
            MSE[count,4] = k
            MSE[count,5] = l
            MSE[count,6] = m
            MSE[count,7] = n
            t = rbind(mean(d),i,j,k,l,m,n)
            print(t)
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

end.time <- Sys.time()
time.taken <- end.time - start.time
time.taken

m = which.min(MSE[,1])
MSE[m,]

A: Further optimizations can be achieved by vectorizing some of the most inner loop computation like this,
start.time <- Sys.time()

library(invgamma)
w = rnorm(1180)
q = ts(w)
num = length(q)

f = function(x){
    f1 = sqrt(x)
    return(f1)
}
h = function(x){
    h1 = x**3
    return(h1)
}

ae1 = seq(24,26,1)
ae2 = seq(24,26,1)

be1 = seq(0.1,2,0.7)
be2 = seq(0.1,2,0.7)

a = seq(1,3,1)
b = seq(0.1,2,0.7)

count = 0

MSE = matrix(nrow = length(ae1)*length(ae2)*length(be1)*length(be2)*length(a)*length(b), ncol =7)

for (i in ae1){
    for (j in ae2){
        for (k in be1){
            for (l in be2){
                for (m in a){
                    for (n in b){
                        d = rep(0,num)
                        xt = rep(0,num)
                        yt = rep(0,num)
                        fx = rep(0,num)
                        hx = rep(0,num)
                        e = rinvgamma(num,i,k)
                        g = rinvgamma(num,j,l)
                        for(o in 2:num){
                            fx[o] = f(xt[o-1])
                            xt[o] = m*fx[o] + e[o-1]
                        }
                        hx = h(xt)
                        yt = n*hx +g
                        d = (yt - q)**2

                        count <- count + 1
                        MSE[count,1] = mean(d)
                        MSE[count,2] = i
                        MSE[count,3] = j
                        MSE[count,4] = k
                        MSE[count,5] = l
                        MSE[count,6] = m
                        MSE[count,7] = n
                        ## t = rbind(mean(d),i,j,k,l,m,n)
                        ## print(t)
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

end.time <- Sys.time()
time.taken <- end.time - start.time
time.taken

m = which.min(MSE[,1])
MSE[m,]

On my laptop, this can make the code several times faster.
Edit:
If the combinations are too many, and you don't want to have the large matrix created and modified, since you only care about the minimum of MSE, you can only keep record of the best combination like this:
MSEopt <- Inf

for (i in ae1){
    for (j in ae2){
        for (k in be1){
            for (l in be2){
                for (m in a){
                    for (n in b){
                        d = rep(0,num)
                        xt = rep(0,num)
                        yt = rep(0,num)
                        fx = rep(0,num)
                        hx = rep(0,num)
                        e = rinvgamma(num,i,k)
                        g = rinvgamma(num,j,l)
                        for(o in 2:num){
                            fx[o] = f(xt[o-1])
                            xt[o] = m*fx[o] + e[o-1]
                        }
                        hx = h(xt)
                        yt = n*hx +g
                        d = (yt - q)**2

                        if (mean(d) < MSEopt) {
                            ## print(MSEopt)
                            MSEopt <- mean(d)
                            best_combn <- list(i = i, j = j, k = k, l = l, m = m, n = n)
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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Strategies, standards, resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities
Accessibility Fundamentals
Planning & Policies
Test & Evaluate
Teach & Advocate
Standards/Guidelines
Developing an Organizational Policy
Approaches for Interim Repairs
Planning and Managing Accessibility
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Developing an Accessibility Statement
Generator Tool
Minimal Example
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International Laws & Policies
Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility
This page helps you develop a policy for creating, managing, and delivering accessible websites.
To learn about how such policies form part of a broader approach to implementing accessibility, see Planning and Managing Web Accessibility.
Define conformance levels
Define scope of policy
Set conformance milestones
Consider third-party content
Define monitoring and review process
Example policies
Policy template
Next steps: Maintaining your policy
Longer term: Strategic planning
Designing a policy
Your web accessibility policy may be standalone or integrated into other policies. The accessibility policy could be part of a non-discrimination or equal opportunity policy. Other related documents should also mention web accessibility. For example, brand guidelines, coding standards, and project management frameworks. This helps considering accessibility as a core feature, rather than an afterthought.
Your organizational policy may not be suitable for the public if it is an internal document. Consider providing a public accessibility statement that reflects your policy, goals, and achievements. This will communicate your efforts towards improving accessibility.
Example of simple policy
ACME Inc. is committed to ensuring that its website is accessible to people with disabilities. All the pages on our website will meet W3C WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, Level AA conformance. Report any issues to accessibility@acme.inc.
Reference specific standards in policy documents to ensure clear criteria for accessibility. The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) provides a set of accessibility standards that are commonly recognized by governments and organizations from around the world. These include:
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) applies to all web content and applications. This includes content on mobile, television, and other delivery channels. The WCAG Overview provides more background.
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) applies to websites that provide users the opportunity to generate content. For example, adding comments, posting to forums, or uploading images or videos. ATAG is also relevant if your organization provides tools, such as CMS's, for staff or customers to manage websites and content. The ATAG Overview provides more background.
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) applies when additional plugins are provided to deliver additional content. Media players are a good example of this. UAAG also applies when custom controls are used to provide non-standard functionality. UAAG may also be relevant where mobile applications deliver web content as part of the application. It may also be relevant to the procurement process if your organization provides browsers for staff. The UAAG Overview provides more background.
Referencing Approaches
As technologies and standards continually evolve, it is important to keep policies current. The text of policies that include accessibility requirements tend to quickly become outdated. This introduces gaps between current accessibility standards and older policies. Ideally, a policy would reference the W3C/WAI standards. It should also define a mechanism to transition to newer versions of the standards when they become available.
Referencing Guidelines and Other Technical Specifications Explains options relating to referencing.
W3C WAI guidelines provide three levels of conformance: A, AA, and AAA. The generally accepted level of conformance in many countries is Level AA. It is critical for the success of your policy to select a conformance level you can realistically achieve. Once selected, specify what level of conformance is to be achieved for each referenced standard.
Simple example of referencing WCAG
ACME Inc. seeks to make sure our website conforms to W3C WAI WCAG 2.1 Level AA.
Example of reference to WCAG and ATAG
At ACME Inc. we seek to ensure all of our websites and web applications, conform to all Level AA success criteria of W3C WAI WCAG 2.1. This applies to both customer-facing and for internal use. We also aim to ensure that our authoring tools conform to all Level AA criteria of ATAG.
Clearly state the scope of your policy, and how it applies to different parts of the websites in scope. This includes third-party, legacy, and mobile content. It also applies to applications provided as part of these websites. Your policy may apply to websites internal to the organization, such as intranets, and to websites for external audiences. It also includes the tools used to create and to access your website.
Note that broader policies may impact your scope considerations. For example, public websites and services could be different from access to the workplace.
Simple example of content scope
This policy applies to all new, updated, and existing web content on http://www.acme.inc/ and all content provided internally at http://intranet.acme.inc/.
For all items in scope of your policy, define clear and measureable milestones, including dates, by which each will be met. If the policy is already achieved, then say when the content was last reviewed. Deadlines should be realistic but issues should not be left too long.
In some cases, a phased approach might be appropriate. First, quickly fix significant accessibility barriers. Then implement fixes for other issues. You could do this as part of a planned maintenance update. Clearly outline any details of this type of approach in your policy.
Simple example of conformance milestone
By February 1, 20XX, ACME Inc's web content will meet WCAG 2.1, Level AA conformance.
Example of staged conformance milestones
By November 1, 20XX, ACME Inc's websites will meet WCAG 2.1, Level A conformance. By May 1, 20XX web content will meet WCAG 2.1, Level AA conformance.
Example of supplier milestone
By June 1, 20XX, all vendors of content management systems (CMS) used by ACME Inc's should provide information regarding their plans for ATAG 2.0 conformance in future versions of their software. By June 1, 20XX ACME Inc. will preferentially purchase ATAG conformant authoring tools.
Your accessibility policy needs to consider procured or syndicated third-party content. This is particularly relevant for third-party content that provides essential parts of a website. For example, this could include credit card payment services, video streaming channels, or online mapping services.
Site owners are responsible for ensuring accessibility or for providing accessible alternatives. This is true even if site owners don't have full control over such content and services. For example, social media feeds may need to be monitored or moderated to ensure accessibility. See the WCAG 2.1 conformance requirement for complete processes and the concept of conforming alternate version for more background.
Example including third-party content scope
This policy applies to all web content produced or updated by ACME Inc. ACME Inc. will also ensure third-party content providers are aware of our web accessibility policy. ACME Inc. will also favor providers based on their accessibility conformance claims.
Regularly review progress towards policy goals. Update the policy when there are changes to the timescale or when you meet milestones
To maintain the target level of accessibility, specify a process and schedule to review content and tools in scope.
Feedback from users who might find accessibility barriers can help you identify issues. Your policy should include information on how you will gather feedback. It should also include information on how your organization will handle and respond to feedback.
Example simple review policy
ACME Inc. will review all area of the website every year. We will use the process described at Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology. Reviews are the responsibility of the ICT department. Accessibility checks will be incorporated into the publishing workflow for all new content.
Example of feedback policy
Each page of the website will include a link to a form allowing users to submit feedback on the site. We will compile and consider this information during the review process. We will respond to any feedback within 48 hours of submission.
ACME Inc. is committed to ensuring the accessibility of its web content to people with disabilities. All of the content on our website will meet W3C WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, Level AA conformance. Report any issues should to accessibility@acme.inc.
Comprehensive policies
More comprehensive policies may capture broader information. For example, how to implement the policy, or who or what departments are responsible, specific exclusions.
An example comprehensive policy is provided.
In the template below, the [hints] in brackets are sections for you to complete.
Example Policy Template
[Organization name] is committed to ensuring accessibility of its website and intranet to people with disabilities. New and updated web content produced by our organization will meet [link to standard] [version number], [level of conformance], by [compliance date].
Existing web content produced by our organization will meet our standard by [existing content compliance date].
Content provided for our site by third-party developers will meet [third-party content standard] [version number] by [third-party content compliance date]. This [does/does not] include user-generated content.
We aim to ensure that our authoring tools and processes meet [authoring tools standard] [version number] by [authoring tools compliance date]. By [preferential purchasing date] we will preferentially purchase authoring tools that meet or exceed our web accessibility policy.
We will review this policy [review period] on or before the [policy review date]. This policy was last reviewed on [last review date], by [reviewer].
Keep your policy accurate and up to date. Regularly review your policy if it includes milestones. This is also true if it references particular standards by version number. Reviews should check that milestones have been met. It should also check if changes are required due to new or updated standards.
You may need to adjust your policy's scope if you have new content. You may also need to adjust the scope if you make significant changes to the structure of your website. Changes in authoring tools or processes may also need to be thought about.
An accessibility policy is one part of a broader strategic approach to accessibility. Making accessibility an integral part of your web development strategy is more cost effective and efficient than considering it in isolation. You can do several things to help your organization create more accessible websites as standard.
Planning and Managing Web Accessibility outlines how to integrate accessibility throughout your web development. When you plan a redesign or updates, include accessibility from the start of the project. Accessibility is cheaper when tackled at the start of a project, rather than at the end. It will also take less time and resources to include accessibility from the get-go.
Please share your ideas, suggestions, or comments via e-mail to the publicly-archived list wai-eo-editors@w3.org or via GitHub.
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Date: Updated 5 June 2016. First published October 2002.
Editors: Kevin White and Shadi Abou-Zahra. Contributors: Judy Brewer, Shawn Lawton Henry, and EOWG Participants.
Developed by the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG). Updated with support from WAI-ACT, a project of the European Commission IST Programme.