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/**
 * @test
 * @summary The RMI benchmark test. This java class is used to run the test
 *          under JTREG.
 * @library ../../../../testlibrary ../../
 * @build TestLibrary bench.BenchInfo bench.HtmlReporter bench.Util
 * bench.Benchmark bench.Reporter bench.XmlReporter bench.ConfigFormatException
 * bench.Harness bench.TextReporter bench.rmi.BenchServer
 * bench.rmi.DoubleArrayCalls bench.rmi.LongCalls bench.rmi.ShortCalls
 * bench.rmi.BenchServerImpl bench.rmi.DoubleCalls bench.rmi.Main
 * bench.rmi.SmallObjTreeCalls bench.rmi.BooleanArrayCalls
 * bench.rmi.ExceptionCalls bench.rmi.NullCalls bench.rmi.BooleanCalls
 * bench.rmi.ExportObjs bench.rmi.ObjArrayCalls bench.rmi.ByteArrayCalls
 * bench.rmi.FloatArrayCalls bench.rmi.ObjTreeCalls bench.rmi.ByteCalls
 * bench.rmi.FloatCalls bench.rmi.ProxyArrayCalls bench.rmi.CharArrayCalls
 * bench.rmi.IntArrayCalls bench.rmi.RemoteObjArrayCalls bench.rmi.CharCalls
 * bench.rmi.IntCalls bench.rmi.ClassLoading bench.rmi.LongArrayCalls
 * bench.rmi.ShortArrayCalls
 * bench.rmi.altroot.Node
 * @run main/othervm/policy=policy.all/timeout=1800 bench.rmi.Main -server -c config
 * @author Mike Warres, Nigel Daley
 */

package bench.rmi;

import bench.ConfigFormatException;
import bench.Harness;
import bench.HtmlReporter;
import bench.Reporter;
import bench.TextReporter;
import bench.XmlReporter;
import static bench.rmi.Main.OutputFormat.*;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.rmi.AlreadyBoundException;
import java.rmi.NotBoundException;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.rmi.registry.LocateRegistry;
import java.rmi.registry.Registry;
import java.rmi.server.RemoteObject;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;

/**
 * RMI/Serialization benchmark tests.
 */
public class Main {

    /**
     * RMI-specific benchmark harness.
     */
    static class RMIHarness extends Harness {
        /**
         * Construct new RMI benchmark harness.
         */
        RMIHarness(InputStream in) throws IOException, ConfigFormatException {
            super(in);
        }

        /**
         * Cleanup both client and server side in between each benchmark.
         */
        @Override
        protected void cleanup() {
            System.gc();
            if (Main.runmode == CLIENT) {
                try {
                    Main.server.gc();
                } catch (RemoteException e) {
                    System.err.println("Warning: server gc failed: " + e);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    static final String CONFFILE = "config";
    static final String VERSION = "1.3";
    static final String REGNAME = "server";

    static final int SAMEVM = 0;
    static final int CLIENT = 1;
    static final int SERVER = 2;

    static enum OutputFormat {

        TEXT {
            @Override
            Reporter getReport(String title) {
                return new TextReporter(repstr, title);
            }
        },
        HTML {

            @Override
            Reporter getReport(String title) {
                return new HtmlReporter(repstr, title);
            }
        },
        XML {
            @Override
            Reporter getReport(String title) {
                return new XmlReporter(repstr, title);
            }
        };

        abstract Reporter getReport(String title);
    };

    static final String TEST_SRC_PATH = System.getProperty("test.src") + File.separator;

    static boolean verbose;
    static boolean list;
    static boolean exitOnTimer;
    static int testDurationSeconds;
    static volatile boolean exitRequested;
    static Timer timer;
    static OutputFormat format = TEXT;
    static int runmode;
    static String confFile;
    static InputStream confstr;
    static String repFile;
    static OutputStream repstr;
    static String host;
    static int port;
    static RMIHarness harness;
    static Reporter reporter;
    static BenchServer server;
    static BenchServerImpl serverImpl;

    /**
     * Returns reference to benchmark server.
     *
     * @return a benchmark server
     */
    public static BenchServer getBenchServer() {
        return server;
    }

    /**
     * Prints help message.
     */
    static void usage() {
        PrintStream p = System.err;
        p.println("\nUsage: java -jar rmibench.jar [-options]");
        p.println("\nwhere options are:");
        p.println("  -h                   print this message");
        p.println("  -v                   verbose mode");
        p.println("  -l                   list configuration file");
        p.println("  -t <num hours>       repeat benchmarks for specified number of hours");
        p.println("  -o <file>            specify output file");
        p.println("  -c <file>            specify (non-default) "
                + "configuration file");
        p.println("  -html                format output as html "
                + "(default is text)");
        p.println("  -xml                 format output as xml");
        p.println("  -server              run benchmark server ");
        p.println("  -client <host:port>  run benchmark client using server "
                + "on specified host/port");
    }

    /**
     * Throw RuntimeException that wrap message.
     *
     * @param mesg a message will be wrapped in the RuntimeException.
     */
    static void die(String mesg) {
        throw new RuntimeException(mesg);
    }

    /**
     * Benchmark mainline.
     *
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        setupSecurity();
        parseArgs(args);
        setupStreams();
        if (list) {
            listConfig();
        } else {
            setupServer();
            switch (runmode) {
                case SAMEVM:
                case CLIENT:
                    setupHarness();
                    setupReporter();
                    if (exitOnTimer) {
                        setupTimer(testDurationSeconds);
                        do {
                            runBenchmarks();
                        } while (!exitRequested);
                    } else {
                        runBenchmarks();
                    }
                    break;
                case SERVER:
                    //Setup for client mode, server will fork client process
                    //after its initiation.
                    List<String> clientProcessStr = new ArrayList<>();
                    clientProcessStr.add(System.getProperty("test.jdk") +
                            File.separator + "bin" + File.separator + "java");
                    String classpath = System.getProperty("java.class.path");
                    if (classpath != null) {
                        clientProcessStr.add("-cp");
                        clientProcessStr.add(classpath);
                    }
                    clientProcessStr.add("-Djava.security.policy=" + TEST_SRC_PATH + "policy.all");
                    clientProcessStr.add("-Dtest.src=" + TEST_SRC_PATH);
                    clientProcessStr.add("bench.rmi.Main"); //Client mode
                    if (verbose) {
                        clientProcessStr.add("-v");
                    }
                    if (list) {
                        clientProcessStr.add("-l");
                    }
                    clientProcessStr.add("-client");
                    clientProcessStr.add("localhost:" + port);

                    if (exitOnTimer) {
                        clientProcessStr.add("-t");
                        clientProcessStr.add(String.valueOf(testDurationSeconds / 3600));
                    }
                    if (repFile != null) {
                        clientProcessStr.add("-o");
                        clientProcessStr.add(repFile);
                    }
                    if (confFile != null) {
                        clientProcessStr.add("-c");
                        clientProcessStr.add(confFile);
                    }
                    switch (format) {
                        case HTML:
                            clientProcessStr.add("-html");
                            break;
                        case XML:
                            clientProcessStr.add("-xml");
                            break;
                    }

                    try {
                        Process client = new ProcessBuilder(clientProcessStr).
                                inheritIO().start();
                        client.waitFor();
                        int exitValue = client.exitValue();
                        if (0 != exitValue) {
                            die("Error: error happened in client process, exitValue = " + exitValue);
                        }
                    } catch (IOException ex) {
                        die("Error: Unable start client process, ex=" + ex.getMessage());
                    } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                        die("Error: Error happening to client process, ex=" + ex.getMessage());
                    }
                    break;
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Parse command-line arguments.
     */
    static void parseArgs(String[] args) {
        for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
            switch (args[i]) {
                case "-h":
                    usage();
                    System.exit(0);
                    break;
                case "-v":
                    verbose = true;
                    break;
                case "-l":
                    list = true;
                    break;
                case "-t":
                    if (++i >= args.length) {
                        die("Error: no timeout value specified");
                    }
                    try {
                        exitOnTimer = true;
                        testDurationSeconds = Integer.parseInt(args[i]) * 3600;
                    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                        die("Error: unable to determine timeout value");
                    }
                    break;
                case "-o":
                    if (++i >= args.length) {
                        die("Error: no output file specified");
                    }
                    try {
                        repFile = args[i];
                        repstr = new FileOutputStream(repFile);
                    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                        die("Error: unable to open \"" + args[i] + "\"");
                    }
                    break;
                case "-c":
                    if (++i >= args.length) {
                        die("Error: no config file specified");
                    }
                    confFile = args[i];
                    String confFullPath = TEST_SRC_PATH + confFile;
                    try {
                        confstr = new FileInputStream(confFullPath);
                    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                        die("Error: unable to open \"" + confFullPath + "\"");
                    }
                    break;
                case "-html":
                    if (format != TEXT) {
                        die("Error: conflicting formats");
                    }
                    format = HTML;
                    break;
                case "-xml":
                    if (format != TEXT) {
                        die("Error: conflicting formats");
                    }
                    format = XML;
                    break;
                case "-client":
                    if (runmode == CLIENT) {
                        die("Error: multiple -client options");
                    }
                    if (runmode == SERVER) {
                        die("Error: -client and -server options conflict");
                    }
                    if (++i >= args.length) {
                        die("Error: -client missing host/port");
                    }
                    try {
                        String[] hostAndPort = args[i].split(":");
                        if (hostAndPort.length != 2) {
                            die("Error: Invalid format host/port:" + args[i]);
                        }
                        host = hostAndPort[0];
                        port = Integer.parseInt(hostAndPort[1]);
                    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                        die("Error: illegal host/port specified for -client");
                    }
                    runmode = CLIENT;
                    break;
                case "-server":
                    if (runmode == CLIENT) {
                        die("Error: -client and -server options conflict");
                    }
                    if (runmode == SERVER) {
                        die("Error: multiple -server options");
                    }
                    try {
                        //This is the hack code because named package class has
                        //difficulty in accessing unamed package class. This
                        //should be removed ater JDK-8003358 is finished.
                        port = (int) Class.forName("TestLibrary")
                                .getMethod("getUnusedRandomPort")
                                .invoke(null);
                    } catch (ReflectiveOperationException ex) {
                        die("Error: can't get a free port " + ex);
                    }
                    runmode = SERVER;
                    break;
                default:
                    usage();
                    die("Illegal option: \"" + args[i] + "\"");
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Set up security manager and policy, if not set already.
     */
    static void setupSecurity() {
        if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
            return;
        }

        /* As of 1.4, it is too late to set the security policy
         * file at this point so these line have been commented out.
         */
        //System.setProperty("java.security.policy",
        //      Main.class.getResource("/bench/rmi/policy.all").toString());
        System.setSecurityManager(new SecurityManager());
    }

    /**
     * Set up configuration file and report streams, if not set already.
     */
    static void setupStreams() {
        if (repstr == null) {
            repstr = System.out;
        }
        if (confstr == null) {
            confstr = Main.class.getResourceAsStream(TEST_SRC_PATH + CONFFILE);
        }
        if (confstr == null) {
            die("Error: unable to find default config file");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Print contents of configuration file to selected output stream.
     */
    static void listConfig() {
        try {
            byte[] buf = new byte[256];
            int len;
            while ((len = confstr.read(buf)) != -1)
                repstr.write(buf, 0, len);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            die("Error: failed to list config file");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Setup benchmark server.
     */
    static void setupServer() {
        switch (runmode) {
            case SAMEVM:
                try {
                    serverImpl = new BenchServerImpl();
                    server = (BenchServer) RemoteObject.toStub(serverImpl);
                } catch (RemoteException e) {
                    die("Error: failed to create local server: " + e);
                }
                if (verbose)
                    System.out.println("Benchmark server created locally");
                break;

            case CLIENT:
                try {
                    Registry reg = LocateRegistry.getRegistry(host, port);
                    server = (BenchServer) reg.lookup(REGNAME);
                } catch (NotBoundException | RemoteException e) {
                    die("Error: failed to connect to server: " + e);
                }
                if (server == null) {
                    die("Error: server not found");
                }
                if (verbose) {
                    System.out.println("Connected to benchmark server on " +
                            host + ":" + port);
                }
                break;

            case SERVER:
                try {
                    Registry reg = LocateRegistry.createRegistry(port);
                    serverImpl = new BenchServerImpl();
                    reg.bind(REGNAME, serverImpl);
                } catch (AlreadyBoundException | RemoteException e) {
                    die("Error: failed to initialize server: " + e);
                }
                if (verbose) {
                    System.out.println("Benchmark server started on port " +
                            port);
                }
                break;

            default:
                throw new InternalError("illegal runmode");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Set up the timer to end the test.
     *
     * @param delay the amount of delay, in seconds, before requesting the
     * process exit
     */
    static void setupTimer(int delay) {
        timer = new Timer(true);
        timer.schedule(
                new TimerTask() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        exitRequested = true;
                    }
                },
                delay * 1000);
    }

    /**
     * Set up benchmark harness.
     */
    static void setupHarness() {
        try {
            harness = new RMIHarness(confstr);
        } catch (ConfigFormatException e) {
            String errmsg = e.getMessage();
            if (errmsg != null) {
                die("Error parsing config file: " + errmsg);
            } else {
                die("Error: illegal config file syntax");
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            die("Error: failed to read config file");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Setup benchmark reporter.
     */
    static void setupReporter() {
        reporter = format.getReport("RMI Benchmark, v" + VERSION);
    }

    /**
     * Run benchmarks.
     */
    static void runBenchmarks() {
        harness.runBenchmarks(reporter, verbose);
    }
}


After introducing everyone to my giant OTTB "Monster," I figured some of you may be interested in a little update. The big oaf went to his first baby schooling show last weekend, and I was thrilled with his performance. Sure, it was just a 2'6″ jumper round, and he pulled a rail, so it wasn't like he set the world on fire. But for where he once was? I couldn't be happier.
Monster was professional in the warmup, in fact he was more relaxed than at home. In the ring, he loped around like a hunter and let me place him to the base of every fence. He didn't hesitate at any of the bright, new fences. Sometimes he didn't quite know what to do from that deep spot, but he showed a very willing attitude and impressed me with his rideability. I'm sure onlookers thought I was crazy plodding around with a big gag in his mouth– and I probably won't use it next time out. This outing proved that Monster and I are on the right track, he won't need many horse shows to "learn the game" and may move up the levels quickly as his training progresses.


It seems that just about anything and everything goes with social media – including golf. On August 12th, Connie Deckert will be participating in this golf event. About 144 participants are expected. This golf tournament is being held at Rockway Golf Course in Kitchener and is open to anyone so sign up and have a great time. And say "hi" to Connie while you're there!


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Adult Humor Adult Situations
Quasimodo d'El Paris (1999)
Directed by Patrick Timsit
Genres - Comedy | Sub-Genres - Parody/Spoof | Run Time - 100 min. | Countries - France | MPAA Rating - NR
Synopsis by Gönül Dönmez-Colin
In this comedy, director Patrick Timsit plays a modern-day Quasimodo accused of 17 murders. The film uses the classic story of The Hunchback of Notre Dame to show the comic side of such everyday things as portable phones, Nintendo games, and the World Cup. The screen is always bigger and funnier than life, but the director tries to make a point that observation of life is enough to come face to face with corporal as well as verbal comedy. Using burlesque, he tries to create a more thought-provoking comedy. The highlight of the film was the discovery of a new Brigitte Bardot, Melanie Thierry, alias Esmeralda.
accusation, burlesque, France, hunchback, murder

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The community barbecue in Woolwich attracts many
By Robert T. Keller on	 August 22, 2021 Newspaper
If you offer a free barbecue they will come, and many have, gather on Saturday afternoons on the lawn of the Woolwich Municipal Office to eat, chat and enjoy live music provided by the Montsweagers.
"We had a consistent number of people coming all afternoon," David King Sr., chairman of the board, told the Wiscasset newspaper. "It's not too hot today, the neighbors get to know each other. I think that's really what we were hoping for, a nice little town reunion. Free offers included grilled burgers, hot dogs, chips, soft drinks, and bottled water. Dessert was also provided, a delicious serving of homemade chocolate or vanilla ice cream made by Gaius and Amy Hennin.
The grill consisted of Selectmen Jason Shaw and Allen Greene. "Due to the uncertainty of the pandemic, we made the decision a few months ago not to have Woolwich Day and instead offer a community picnic," Shaw explained, turning over a sizzling burger. . "We have a pretty good turnout, people are having fun and I'm glad we were able to do that. Greene strongly agreed and also pleased with the turnout.
Among the guests was Lynette Eastman of Pittston, former administrator of the town of Woolwich. She and her husband George were camping in Boothbay and drove in to attend the rally. It turned into a homecoming for Eastman, who spent 21 years working in the municipal office. "It's wonderful to be back here, to see a lot of my old friends again and to hear what's going on in town," she said.
Lloyd and Collette Coombs were two other familiar faces; they held the condiment tent. Lloyd was the city's first general manager and served on the board for many years before retiring a few years ago. Collette is a longtime member of the town's Special Events Committee, the group responsible for organizing the community barbecue. Tammy Given, Janice Greene, Jan Stephens, Charlotte Kaplan and Selectman Allison Hepler were other committee members who volunteered as waiters.
"This year's smaller, simpler community barbecue was just what we needed," Hepler commented afterward. "It was great meeting old friends, meeting new people, listening to music and just enjoying being outside on a beautiful summer day. I liked it. "In addition to serving on the board, Hepler is the representative for State 53 representing Arrowsic, Dresden, Georgetown, Phippsburg, Woolwich and part of Richmond.
In addition to enjoying live acoustic music, guests can tour the 19th century Woolwich Historical Society farmhouse, adjacent to the town office. WHS President Debbie Locke, who helped lead the tours, said the museum reopened on July 1. It will remain open every Sunday from noon to 4 p.m., or by appointment by calling 751-4351.
Locke noted that the Historical Society's genealogy room was revamped by JC Donahue and is now much easier to use. She said there were also colorful stencils to see in the kitchen. The stencil was discovered recently when the wallpaper was removed. Other items to see include a collection of Native American artifacts, a spinning wheel, old photographs, quilts, vintage clothing, a 19th century bedroom, old kitchen utensils, and Civil War memorabilia.
Good leadership includes the ability to relax and unwind
For Kendall Chick | Wiscasset Journal
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Mera Salon & Spa Suites arrives in Gonzales | Pelican Post


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EMA acceptance for review of marketing authorisation application for sarilumab
Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals have announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted for review the Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for sarilumab, an investigational human monoclonal antibody directed against the IL-6 receptor that is intended for the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).1
The MAA for sarilumab is primarily based on results from seven Phase 3 trials in the global SARIL-RA clinical development programme, including SARIL-RA-MOBILITY, SARIL-RA-TARGET and SARIL-RA-MONARCH. These studies incorporate data from more than 3300 adults with moderately to severely active RA the majority of who were inadequate responders to previous treatment regimens such as disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNFα).
The goal of the clinical development programme has been to evaluate the safety and efficacy of sarilumab, either as monotherapy or in combination with conventional DMARDs, including methotrexate (MTX), in reducing the signs and symptoms, improving physical function and inhibiting the radiographic progression of RA. The extension part of the SARIL-RA-MONARCH trial and a long term safety trial called SARIL-RA-EXTEND are ongoing.2-8
A biologics license application (BLA) for sarilumab was accepted for review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the first quarter of 2016. Per the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), the target action date is 30 October 2016.
The safety and efficacy of sarilumab have not been fully evaluated by any regulatory authority. If authorised, sarilumab would be commercialised by Regeneron and Sanofi Genzyme, the specialty care global business of Sanofi.
Huizinga TWJ, Fleischmann RM, Jasson M, et al. "Sarilumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody against IL-6Rα in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response to methotrexate: efficacy and safety results from the randomized SARIL-RA-MOBILITY Part A trial." Annals of Rheumatic Diseases 2014; 73(9): 1626-1634.
Sanofi. Efficacy and Safety of Sarilumab and Adalimumab Monotherapy in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis (SARIL-RA-MONARCH). In: ClinicalTrials.gov [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US). 2000- [cited 28 May 2015]. Available from: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02332590 NLM Identifier: NCT02332590.
Sanofi. Evaluation of Sarilumab (SAR153191/REGN88) on Top of Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients (RA-MOBILITY). In: ClinicalTrials.gov [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US). 2000- [cited 28 May 2015]. Available from: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01061736 NLM Identifier: NCT01061736.
Sanofi. To Evaluate The Effect Of SAR153191 (REGN88) Added To Other RA Drugs In Patients With RA Who Are Not Responding To Or Intolerant Of Anti-TNF Therapy (SARIL-RA-TARGET). In: ClinicalTrials.gov [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US). 2000- [cited 28 May 2015]. Available from: NLM Identifier: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01709578 NLM Identifier: NCT01709578.
Sanofi. To Evaluate Sarilumab – SAR153191 (REGN88) – Auto-injector Device In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis (SARIL-RA-EASY). In: ClinicalTrials.gov [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US). 2000- [cited 28 May 2015]. Available from: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02057250 NLM Identifier: NCT02057250.
Sanofi. To Evaluate The Safety of SAR153191 (REGN88) and Tocilizumab Added to Other RA Drugs in Patients With RA Who Are Not Responding to or Intolerant of Anti-TNF Therapy (SARIL-RA-ASCERTAIN). In: ClinicalTrials.gov [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US). 2000- [cited 28 May 2015]. Available from: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01768572 NLM Identifier: NCT01768572.
Sanofi. Long Term Evaluation of Sarilumab in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients (RA-EXTEND). In: ClinicalTrials.gov [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US). 2000- [cited 28 May 2015]. Available from: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01146652 NLM Identifier: NCT01146652.
Sanofi. To Evaluate the Immunogenicity and Safety of Sarilumab Administered as Monotherapy in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) (SARIL-RA-ONE). In: ClinicalTrials.gov [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US). 2000- [cited 28 May 2015]. Available from: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02121210 NLM Identifier: NCT02121210.
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'What's it like to have ME?' The discursive construction of ME in computer-mediated communication and face-to-face interaction
Jennifer Guise, Sue Widdicombe, Andy McKinlay
SAS -HSC - Mental Health Nursing
ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) is a debilitating illness for which no cause or medical tests have been identified. Debates over its nature have generated interest from qualitative researchers. However, participants are difficult to recruit because of the nature of their condition. Therefore, this study explores the utility of the internet as a means of eliciting accounts. We analyse data from focus groups and the internet in order to ascertain the extent to which previous research findings apply to the internet domain. Interviews were conducted among 49 members of internet (38 chatline, 11 personal) and 7 members of two face-to-face support groups. Discourse analysis of descriptions and accounts of ME/CFS revealed similar devices and interactional concerns in both internet and face-to-face communication. Participants constructed their condition as serious, enigmatic and not psychological. These functioned to deflect problematic assumptions about ME/CFS and to manage their accountability for the illness and its effects.
Health: an Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine
computer-mediated communication
Guise, J., Widdicombe, S., & McKinlay, A. (2007). 'What's it like to have ME?' The discursive construction of ME in computer-mediated communication and face-to-face interaction. Health: an Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 11(1), 87-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459307070806
Guise, Jennifer ; Widdicombe, Sue ; McKinlay, Andy. / 'What's it like to have ME?' The discursive construction of ME in computer-mediated communication and face-to-face interaction. In: Health: an Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine. 2007 ; Vol. 11, No. 1. pp. 87-108.
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abstract = "ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) is a debilitating illness for which no cause or medical tests have been identified. Debates over its nature have generated interest from qualitative researchers. However, participants are difficult to recruit because of the nature of their condition. Therefore, this study explores the utility of the internet as a means of eliciting accounts. We analyse data from focus groups and the internet in order to ascertain the extent to which previous research findings apply to the internet domain. Interviews were conducted among 49 members of internet (38 chatline, 11 personal) and 7 members of two face-to-face support groups. Discourse analysis of descriptions and accounts of ME/CFS revealed similar devices and interactional concerns in both internet and face-to-face communication. Participants constructed their condition as serious, enigmatic and not psychological. These functioned to deflect problematic assumptions about ME/CFS and to manage their accountability for the illness and its effects.",
author = "Jennifer Guise and Sue Widdicombe and Andy McKinlay",
journal = "Health (United Kingdom)",
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Guise, J, Widdicombe, S & McKinlay, A 2007, ''What's it like to have ME?' The discursive construction of ME in computer-mediated communication and face-to-face interaction', Health: an Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 87-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459307070806
'What's it like to have ME?' The discursive construction of ME in computer-mediated communication and face-to-face interaction. / Guise, Jennifer; Widdicombe, Sue; McKinlay, Andy.
In: Health: an Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2007, p. 87-108.
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AB - ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) is a debilitating illness for which no cause or medical tests have been identified. Debates over its nature have generated interest from qualitative researchers. However, participants are difficult to recruit because of the nature of their condition. Therefore, this study explores the utility of the internet as a means of eliciting accounts. We analyse data from focus groups and the internet in order to ascertain the extent to which previous research findings apply to the internet domain. Interviews were conducted among 49 members of internet (38 chatline, 11 personal) and 7 members of two face-to-face support groups. Discourse analysis of descriptions and accounts of ME/CFS revealed similar devices and interactional concerns in both internet and face-to-face communication. Participants constructed their condition as serious, enigmatic and not psychological. These functioned to deflect problematic assumptions about ME/CFS and to manage their accountability for the illness and its effects.
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Guise J, Widdicombe S, McKinlay A. 'What's it like to have ME?' The discursive construction of ME in computer-mediated communication and face-to-face interaction. Health: an Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine. 2007;11(1):87-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459307070806
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The following two images contain the routine that Mike Mentzer used prior to his Heavy Duty training and how his physique was built. You will note this routine is nothing like what Mike advocated later in his career. It is not one set to failure. The program is reported to be one Mike actually followed to a "T".
George Snyder and Rick Wayne book titled Posedown.
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Dig it, Groove-ophiles! It's been way too long since we perused an awesomely illustrated Alex Nino number, hasn't it? Well, I'm sure Ol' Groove won't have to use any bait to get you to read this short shocker written by Jack Oleck for the first issue of Secrets of the Haunted House #1 (January 1975). Have we got a "Fish Story" for you!
DC's horror mags were the best.
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A great, compact horror tale with a genius twist, exquisitely rendered by the one & only ALEX NINO! I can stare at his work all day long...and I have!
Great Alex Nino art. Typical, torturous, over-written Jack Oleck "surprise" ending. I used to cringe when I saw his name in the credits of the mystery books.
Yes ! More Nino. Thanks !


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What Is HDL Cholesterol?
Often labeled as "good" cholesterol, HDL is a type of lipoprotein particle that removes excess cholesterol and plaque in your arteries.
By Patricia Kelly YeoMedically Reviewed by Michael Cutler, DO, PhD
Reviewed: September 20, 2021
HDL cholesterol carries LDL cholesterol from the bloodstream and artery walls to your liver, where it is broken down then excreted from the body.Everyday Health
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol is one of the two kinds of cholesterol found in your blood. Like its "bad" counterpart, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, HDL cholesterol is made of a lipoprotein coat and cholesterol center.
When at a healthy level, HDL cholesterol carries LDL cholesterol from the arteries back to the liver, where the LDL is broken down and either excreted or reprocessed. This reduces your risk of severe heart disease and stroke in the long run.
Learn More About LDL Cholesterol
Together with LDL and triglycerides, HDL cholesterol makes up the three individual components measured in a lipid panel, the blood test that doctors and other primary care providers use to test your cholesterol.
All adults over age 20 should have their cholesterol checked every four to six years, as long as their overall risk remains low. After age 40, your healthcare provider will also use a calculator to check your 10-year risk of heart attack or stroke.
Scientists have found increasing evidence that HDL cholesterol helps maintain the inner walls of blood vessels, which can prevent the initial blood vessel damage associated with atherosclerosis, the precursor disease to heart attack or stroke.
In a Swedish study released earlier this year, researchers found that testing the ability of HDL cholesterol to reduce inflammation may help in the calculated estimate of risk for heart disease.
HDL Cholesterol Levels
According to the Mayo Clinic, the following blood levels are considered desirable for HDL cholesterol, which is measured in milligrams per deciliter of blood (mg/dL):
At risk is below 40 mg/dL for men and below 50 mg/dL for women.
Desirable is 60 mg/dL or above.
However, people who have extremely high levels of HDL cholesterol (greater than 107 mg/dL) appear to be at higher risk of heart disease, according to a study led by the University of Pennsylvania, which was published in March 2016 in Science. Due to genetic differences, the bodies of people with extremely high HDL cholesterol do not seem to process the individual particles in a typical fashion.
How to Raise Your HDL Cholesterol
If your HDL cholesterol level is below desirable levels, your doctor may recommend lifestyle strategies for raising it, including the following tactics:
Avoid a diet high in saturated and trans fats. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), a diet high in saturated fats — which are found in animal products, including full-fat dairy, as well as many processed foods — can raise your LDL and total cholesterol.
Trans fats — sometimes found in fast food and many commercially baked breads, cookies, cakes, chips, crackers, and snack foods — can also lower your HDL cholesterol.
Instead, the AHA recommends a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, poultry, fish, nuts, and nontropical vegetable oils.
Get regular exercise. The AHA recommends getting at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise each week, preferably split up over several days. If you're new to a regular exercise routine, low-impact aerobic exercises are a good way to get started.
Exercise has two effects on cholesterol: It raises levels of your body's HDL cholesterol, and it also increases the size of LDL particles, which makes them less likely to form plaque on coronary artery walls.
Keep blood sugar levels in check. For people with diabetes or prediabetes, it's important to monitor your blood sugar, too. High blood sugar levels can raise LDL cholesterol as well as lower HDL cholesterol and weaken the lining of arteries.
Quit tobacco. Although the habit can be hard to kick, quitting tobacco use can help prevent high cholesterol. If you don't smoke, don't start.
Tobacco smoke causes damage to the walls of your blood vessels, making it easier for plaque to build up in them. Smoking also lowers HDL cholesterol levels.
Keep your weight in a healthy range. Having a body mass index of 30 or greater typically correlates with a higher risk of abnormal cholesterol levels.
People who are overweight or obese are also more likely to have metabolic syndrome, a group of conditions that include high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, and high blood pressure. Those with metabolic syndrome also tend to have lower HDL levels, according to John Hopkins Medicine.
Take medication (if prescribed). Although doctors and other primary care providers don't usually prescribe medication solely to raise HDL cholesterol, people who have both low HDL and high LDL cholesterol might be prescribed statins to both lower LDL and raise HDL.
Learn More About High-Cholesterol-Lowering Medications
Sign up for our Heart Health Newsletter!
HDL Cholesterol: How to Boost Your "Good" Cholesterol. Mayo Clinic. November 10, 2020.
Top 5 Lifestyle Changes to Improve Your Cholesterol. Mayo Clinic.
Prevention and Treatment of High Cholesterol (Hyperlipidemia). American Heart Association. November 11, 2020.
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Benefits of Integrated Circuit
History of laptop
Why I created this page
Mirror Technologies
Building your Laptop from scratch
Things change it's one of the constants in life. This is more than true in computing . If you can compare old laptops with newer versions. You'd find new and different looks and power. Laptop started a millennium ago . This is technically true though we are in 2016. The first concept of laptop started in 1968. Firmly within the last millennium. With Alan Kay a computer program pioneer. He had a vision of computer that is hand held. A tablet like with a screen and a keyboard. He called it the dynabook. This became the inspiration of the Laptop and influence the design accordingly. His vision can not materialize immediately . There are a lot technical hurdles that needed to be overcome but even though the materials weren't there . There were companies that gave their best shot .
It was IBM that large corporation that produce the first laptop. Surprisingly the first laptop weighed 50 lbs. That's like a half sack of rice. First announced in 1975. It is still compared to our modern day desktop.
After 6 years. There is a mark improvement the Osborne 1 was created it was half the weight of the IBM 1 . For many people this is the true first laptop . It also had a keyboard that could be flipped down through reveal a 5 inch screen and a floppy disk. But some argue that true Laptop is the Gavilan SC which debut in 1983. For one thing it looks more a laptop than the Osborne. It weighed at even lighter 14 lbs. It's added feature was MS-DOS . For some time Laptops copied the Gavilan design and many companies mimic almost all its features. The major design of Gavilan SC changed in 1991. During that Faithful year Apple released the Powerbook 100. It's greatest innovation came from the keyboard. They pushed it back when it originally rested on the edge. The company put a palm rest and a trackball before the keyboard . It became the Laptop design that everyone copied. In the year 2000 Microsoft produced a laptop with the use of stylus though it didn't became popular. As time progress the Net book was created. It was a very light laptop with around 7″ display computer. Then in 2008 Apple created a netbook like called Mac Book . As trends continue it becomes more slimmer and slimmer.
Nowadays, Laptop looks like they will be replaced by tablets. But eventually Laptops have much life in it and tablets are still improving.
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Reevesia orbicularifolia är en malvaväxtart som beskrevs av Hsue. Reevesia orbicularifolia ingår i släktet Reevesia och familjen malvaväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Jacques Dupuy, né le  à Paris et mort le  à Paris, est un diplomate français.

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Naissance dans le 14e arrondissement de Paris
Naissance en mai 1920
Ambassadeur de France au Cameroun
Ambassadeur de France en Irlande (pays)
Ambassadeur de France en Pologne
Ambassadeur de France en Yougoslavie
Décès en janvier 1995
Décès dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris
Décès à 74 ans
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Q: Compiling Squirrel Code I am new to Squirrel based scripting. Whenever I am trying to compile the program using the GCC compiler. I am getting the following error:

symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64

I am trying to compile the code on a 64bit mac.
I am new so please excuse me if this is a really dumb question.

A: To solve the compilation you have to modify the Makefile under SQUIRREL3/sq/ by removing the -s flag from the g++ command.
Example:
sq64:
    g++ -O2 -s -m64 -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -D_SQ64 -o $(OUT) $(SRCS) $(INCZ) $(LIBZ) $(LIB)

becomes:
sq64:
    g++ -O2 -m64 -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -D_SQ64 -o $(OUT) $(SRCS) $(INCZ) $(LIBZ) $(LIB)

Hope it helps.

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Sonatas Quotes
I want nothing better, more flexible or more complete than the sonata form, which contains everything necessary for my structural purposes.
Purpose, Want, Form
There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation on a theme. So musicians say the greatest sonatas are composed; whether or not it is true, I do not know, but of a surety I have seen it emerge in the tapestry of my life.
Karma, Patterns, Musician
Jacqueline Carey (2003). "Kushiel's Chosen: A Novel", p.49, Macmillan
Shakespeare wrote his sonnets within a strict discipline, fourteen lines of iambic pentameter, rhyming in three quatrains and a couplet. Were his sonnets dull? Mozart wrote his sonatas within an equally rigid discipline - exposition, development, and recapitulation. Were they dull?.
David Ogilvy
Discipline, Three, Development
David Ogilvy (1963). "Confessions of an advertising man", Holiday House
I am part of a light, and it is the music. The Light fills my six senses: I see it, hear, feel, smell, touch and think. Thinking of it means my sixth sense. Particles of Light are written note. A bolt of lightning can be an entire sonata. A thousand balls of lightening is a concert.. For this concert I have created a Ball Lightning, which can be heard on the icy peaks of the Himalayas.
Mean, Thinking, Smell
Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Music, Years, Piano
The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists.
Artur Schnabel
Children, Artist, Unique
Quoted in Nat Shapiro, An Encyclopedia of Quotations About Music (1978)
All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and an end, as in the well-built phrase and the long sonata of the dead.
Beauty, Long, Phrases
Samuel Beckett (2007). "Molloy", p.32, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Particles of raw inspiration sleet through the universe all the time. Every once in a while one of them hits a receptive mind, which then invents DNA or the flute sonata form or a way of making light bulbs wear out in half the time. But most of them miss. Most people go through their lives without being hit by even one.
Inspiration, Light, Dna
When we have an experience -- hearing a particular sonata, making love with a particular person, watching the sun set from a particular window of a particular room -- on successive occasions, we quickly begin to adapt to it, and the experience yields less pleasure each time. Psychologists call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage
Yield, Making Love, Hearing
Daniel Gilbert (2006). "Stumbling on Happiness", Vintage
The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. Like music also, it is fulfilled in each moment of its course. You do not play a sonata in order to reach the final chord, and if the meaning of things were simply in ends, composers would write nothing but finales.
Spiritual, Writing, Order
Alan Watts (1951). "The Wisdom of Insecurity", Vintage
Music makes me forget my real situation. It transports me into a state which is not my own. Under the influence of music I really seem to feel what I do not feel, to understand what I do not understand, to have powers which I cannot have. Music seems to me to act like yawning or laughter; I have no desire to sleep, but I yawn when I see others yawn; with no reason to laugh, I laugh when I hear others laugh. And music transports me immediately into the condition of soul in which he who wrote the music found himself at that time. ~The Kreutzer Sonata
Laughter, Real, Sleep
Leo Tolstoy (2016). "LEO TOLSTOY – The Ultimate Short Stories Collection: 120+ Titles in One Volume (World Classics Series): The Kreutzer Sonata, The Forged Coupon, Hadji Murad, Alyosha the Pot, Master and Man, Father Sergius, Diary of a Lunatic, The Cossacks, My Dream, The Young Tsar, Fables and Stories for Children...", p.135, e-artnow
Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the "Mona Lisa" painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report? Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam, whether it takes ultimate shape in a law of physics or a law of the land, a poem or a policy, a sonata or a mechanical computer.
Alfred Whitney Griswold
God, Spring, Creativity
1957 Baccalaureate address, 9 Jun.
My 10th Sonata is a sonata of insects. Insects are born from the sun... they are the sun's kisses.
Alexander Scriabin
Kissing, Sun, Born
When I sit in Paris in a cafe, surrounded by people, I don't sit casually - I go over a certain sonata in my head and discover new things all the time.
Arthur Rubinstein
Paris, People, Cafes
Many Introverts are also "highly sensitive," which sounds poetic, but is actually a technical term in psychology. If you are a sensitive sort, then you're more apt than the average person to feel pleasantly overwhelmed by Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" or a well-turned phrase or an act of extraordinary kindness. You may be quicker than others to feel sickened by violence and ugliness, and you likely have a very strong conscience.
Susan Cain
Strong, Kindness, Average
Susan Cain (2012). "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking", p.14, Broadway Books
As you deal with thumb-crossings, or fingerings for the F-sharp-minor scale, or chromatic scales in double thirds, it is hard to accept that these will eventually allow you to probe eternity in the final movement of Beethoven's last sonata. Imagine that you are scrubbing the grout in your bathroom and are told that removing every last particle of mildew will somehow enable you to deliver the Gettysburg Address.
Jeremy Denk
Finals, Movement, Thumbs
"Every Good Boy Does Fine" by Jeremy Denk, www.newyorker.com. April 8, 2013.
Tokyo Sonata speaks to us, with feeling and passion, as one of the most eloquent statements on the world today that we are likely to see in this moviegoing year.
Andrew Sarris
Passion, Years, Feelings
Of true knowledge at any time, a good part is merely convenient, necessary indeed to the worker, but not to an understanding of his subject: One can judge a building without knowing where to buy the bricks; one can understand a violin sonata without knowing how to score for the instrument. The work may in fact be better understood without a knowledge of the details of its manufacture, of attention to these tends to distract from meaning and effect.
Knowledge, Knowing, Judging
Why should a novelist not also be a historian? To force unnatural divisions within the English language is to work against its capacious and accommodating nature. To expect a writer to produce only novels, or only histories, is equivalent to demanding from a composer that he or she write only string quartets or piano sonatas.
Writing, Piano, Novelists
The individual human is still the creature who can wonder, who can be enchanted by a sonata, who can place symbols together to make poetry to gladden our heart, who can view a sunrise with a sense of majesty and awe.
Heart, Views, Sunrise
Rollo May (2015). "The Discovery of Being", p.10, W. W. Norton & Company
Sometimes a musical phrase would perfectly sum up
The mood of a moment. One of those lovelorn sonatas
For wind instruments was riding past on a solemn white horse.
Everybody wondered who the new arrival was.
Music, Horse, Past
John Ashbery (1986). "Selected Poems"
What are the characters that I discern most clearly in the so-called Anglo-Saxon type of man? I may answer at once that two stickout above all others. One is his curious and apparently incurable incompetence--his congenital inability to do any difficult thing easily and well, whether it be isolating a bacillus or writing a sonata. The other is his astounding susceptibility to fears and alarms--in short, his hereditary cowardice.... There is no record in history of any Anglo-Saxon nation entering upon any great war without allies.
War, Writing, Character
H.L. Mencken (2012). "Mencken Chrestomathy", p.173, Vintage
I really love how the andante from the "A minor Sonata" sounds on the mandolin.
Chris Thile
Sound, Minors
"Chris Thile Looks Back To Bach". "Weekend Edition" with Rachel Martin, www-s4.npr.org. August 11, 2013.
For me, even my break time I like to pull out the bow and just go over a Vivaldi sonata and keep my head sharp, keep everything sharp.
Chris Wyse
Vivaldi, Bows, Break
I consider the first 20 performances just learning the piece. Think about it this way: If you think about a pianist who plays a Schubert sonata through his whole lifetime - if you listen to Rubenstein or Horowitz playing their repertoire later in their life, you understand the richness with which they play that music, and how differently they must have played it when they were younger.
Thinking, Play, Pieces
"Ira Glass Interviews His Cousin, Composer Philip Glass". www.wbur.org. September 21, 1999.
Albert Einstein Theoretical Physicist
Barack Obama 44th U.S. President
Mark Twain Author
Benjamin Franklin Founding Father of the United States
Oscar Wilde Writer
Mahatma Gandhi Civil rights leader
Friedrich Nietzsche Philologist
Marilyn Monroe Actress
George Bernard Shaw Playwright
William Shakespeare Poet


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Interior architecture student creates hybrid COVID-19 treatment model to aid overcrowded hospitals
By Tatianna Basanta
July 20, 2020 at 3:20pm
The United States health care system has been put under tremendous pressure since the outbreak of COVID-19 reached the states earlier this year.
According to the American Hospital Association, the influx of critical patients has forced hospitals and the health system to adapt new operations to best fight the pandemic. Some of these transformations include creating field hospitals, converting large centers, hotels, arenas or closed hospitals into care sites and implementing safe testing locations.
Interior architecture student Njood Bokhari found her own way to potentially help hospitals. Under the guidance of Newton D'Souza, chair for the Department of Interior Architecture and Arthur Brito, director of health and principal of HKS Architects, Bokhari came up with a design proposal called CONT + AID to help provide quick relief to overwhelmed hospitals.
CONT + AID is a hybrid structure facility that serves as a COVID-19 testing station and lab facility – which hospitals can build directly on-site in as little as two to five days. The design of the hybrid structure allows space for intensive care units, exam and treatment rooms, quarantine and isolation units and even surge space for non-critical patients.
The design of the facility is made up of 10-foot shipping containers and prefabricated expandable units. The setup of the structure is designed to be quite simple with minimal on-site preparation, so hospitals can construct it quickly and efficiently, or even move it if the need arises.
The shipping containers make up the central staff corridors and six to eight prefabricated expandable units surround the staff zone to house the patients. According to Bokhari, this set-up helps limit the spread of infection and keep the different units isolated from each other.
"Since the initial outbreak of COVID-19, the health care system has been under review on how to best handle the situation," says Bokhari. "In order to combat the pandemic, rapidly deployable health care facilities are of major importance."
Bokhari also implemented automatic sliding doors, sensors in high traffic zones, medical-grade finishes on floors, walls and ceilings, the use of robotics in high exposure areas to eliminate staff to patient exposure, UV lights in exit and entry points to aid in disinfection and the integration of a CONT + AID mobile app into her design.
Each aspect of CONT + AID, from the build of the walls to the lab equipment, is designed with the goal of providing easy and safe access to coronavirus testing, reducing the possible spread of infection and extending the hospitals' reach outside the standard clinical setting to treat more patients.
"This new pandemic environment calls for designers to be quick on their feet in providing creative solutions that are flexible, safe and fast," says D'Souza. "Njood's proposal is a good example of an evidence-based design that addresses the well-being of users but at the same time incorporates technology in a meaningful way. Her sustainable use of existing resources and the ability to morph the building in different scenarios is what makes her project pertinent to the times we are living today."
In designing the COVID-19 testing station, one of the most important aspects Bokhari felt her design needed was to be was easily deployable and flexible. To achieve this, the shipping and prefabricated units can be easily folded, stacked and transported, allowing for quick set-up and delivery. Also, due to the flexibility of the hybrid structure, CONT + AID can be installed in open spaces, such as parking lots, just as easily as in enclosed areas like an airport terminal.
In her proposal, Bokhari also includes best practices that CONT + AID employs for both walk-up and drive-through coronavirus testing to limit exposure; a visualization of the entire testing process; and CONT + AIDS mobile app configuration – which allows patients to schedule appointments, view test results and find doctors, locations and latest COVID-19 updates.
With coronavirus cases still rising, models like Bokhari's could go a long way in helping hospitals safely treat more patients.
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Is Rihanna Fast Becoming the Laughing Stock of the Industry?
This is not funny, but it does reflect the mood of bloggers everywhere who have grown wary of Rihanna pushing the style envelope too far and failing to deliver the goods musically. I HATE the new look that Rihana's stylist has taken her in.
Rihanna's new single "The Wait Is Ova" dropped online today on Rihannanow.com, but if her new album, set for release on November 23, flops then her career is OVA.
A video posted on urban blogs all over the Internet yesterday purported to show old skool rapper-turned-Minister Ma$e 'bum rushing' his boss Sean Combs inside an Atlanta radio station last week.
The video shows struggling rapper Ma$e demanding his walking papers from the Bad Boy Records' CEO after bursting into the Ryan Cameron Show at V-103 while Sean Combs was live on the air.
The only problem is, none of the above is true -- and the implications of that video has rankled at least one higher up at the station who uncharacteristically reached out to Sandrarose.com via email yesterday.
The email was short, but sweet and straight to the point: the whole thing was staged by Diddy, Ma$e and a heretofore unknown blog called Shuddup.com.
The gist of the email, which I published below, is that no celebrity has ever been nor will ever be 'bum rushed' on The Ryan Cameron Show.
I called this a PR stunt yesterday and it feels good to be right again.
The insider, who asked to remain anonymous, indicates clearly in his email that Ryan knew about the stunt and even told Ma$e what time to enter the studio.
Dionne Bromfield, the British teenager whose only claim to fame is being Amy Winehouse's goddaughter, can't sing a lick. She's not as horrible as Ashanti or Beyonce, but her vocals are flat and would be better suited for background work. Clearly the only reason she got a record deal is because of Amy's influence. That's sad because she's cute and all.
Click the video below to hear the evidence.
Chris Brown posted these pics from the closed set of his "Transform Ya" video shoot featuring Swizz Beatz and Lil Wayne. Didn't anybody tell them that this track is lame as HAIL? Is anybody but Chris Brown's few followers on Twitter even listening to this garbage? The last time I checked, the track debuted at #52 on the charts.
I'm filing this one under NOBODY CARES!
The Internet is buzzing (at least on the urban blogs) about Rihanna's new track "The Wait Is Ova" which drops today at 11:23 a.m. You can kinda hear the song in this video if you crank up the volume. It sounds dry as hail. I'm not feelin' it and I really have my doubts that Rihanna can ever top "Umbrella" which won every music award under the sun.
I'm also not feeling this wack new style of hers. I understand her stylist is attempting to take Rihanna to another level, but she was fine where she was. Now she looks like something out of Flintstones meets the Terrordome. Also, if the rumors that I'm hearing about Rihanna are true, I'm done supporting her. Not that she cares.
I have one word for this Gucci Mane/Usher collabo: HAWT. I'd almost forgotten what a great R&B singer Usher is because, lately, the production on his own music has been so lame. Gucci and Usher have a smash hit on their hands with "Spotlight" produced by Polow Da Don off the highly anticipated album The State vs. Radric Davis coming in December!
I knew this heifer wasn't going to perform in Malaysia. At this point, Beyonce's career has been reduced to one publicity stunt after another. Nobody cares anymore, Bey!
Beyonce was supposed to perform at a venue in Kuala Lumpur on October 25, and the event's organizer released a statement confirming that a future date would be announced shortly, according to Access Hollywood. "The postponement is solely (the) decision of the artist and has nothing to do with other external reasons," the statement read.
Barack Obama issued a new marijuana policy that will go into effect today in 14 states. The new policy means federal agents won't lock up pot smoking patients or their sanctioned medical weed suppliers.
Medical marijuana is so named because it relieves the chronic pain and other symptoms of terminal illnesses such as cancer.
Of course that means most drug spots in the hood, such as car washes and strip clubs, will now be converted to sanctioned medical marijuana suppliers. This is just the first step to legalizing marijuana in every state.
How is that Hope & Change working out for you now?
Are TLC members Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, left, and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas auditioning for celebrity fit club? They sure look like it as they sucked in their tummies while performing in Las Vegas over the weekend.
The ladies joined Justin Timberlake and Ciara for "Justin Timberlake and Friends" charity concert in Vegas. Chilli has her own reality TV dating show airing soon on VH1. Hopefully, TLC fans will support their girl in her endeavor.


The Downtown Hope Center in Anchorage, Alaska.
The Anchorage Equal Rights Commission (AERC) previously sued the Downtown Hope Center, a women's only homeless shelter, for not admitting a man who identified as transgender. On Jan. 26, police dropped off Timothy Coyle -- who goes by Samantha Coyle -- at the center after another shelter banned Coyle from the premises for drunkenness and starting a fight according to news reports. Admitting individuals under the influence of drugs or alcohol is against the Hope Center's rules, but director Sherrie Laurie paid for a cab to take Coyle to the emergency room to receive treatment for fight wounds.
Coyle came again the next day at 2 p.m., but the center does not allow admittance to the shelter until the evening. Coyle reportedly did not return.
On Feb. 1, Coyle filed a discrimination complaint with the AERC, saying, "I am female and transgender, thus I belong to a protected class."
Kevin G. Clarkson, an attorney in Anchorage, took the Hope Center's case, arguing first that the shelter denied Coyle services because he was under the influence of alcohol and showed up at the wrong time, not because of his transgender status. Secondly, Clarkson said, the shelter is not subject to the city's nondiscrimination law that targets public accommodation services. Instead, the Hope Center is a nonprofit religious charity that offers services depending on whether individuals qualify, and Coyle had previously used the lunch and shower facilities there.
"[The Hope Center] does not shelter homeless men in its overnight shelter because this would traumatize and present unreasonable safety risks for the abused and battered women who are admitted for overnight shelter," Clarkson wrote in a letter to the commission.
After Clarkson publicly defended the shelter's religious liberty, the AERC filed a complaint against his law firm on May 15, claiming his comments violated the city's nondiscrimination law. On Thursday, First Liberty Institute filed a motion to dismiss the AERC's complaint, arguing it violated Clarkson's free speech.
"To go after the lawyer -- that sends a message to all the other lawyers, don't take on these cases or we will come for you, too," First Liberty's Hiram Sasser said on Todd Starnes' radio show.
Harvest Prude writes for WORLD Digital, a division of WORLD Magazine (www.worldmag.com) based in Asheville, N.C. Used by permission.


Learn about the secrets of the Messianic Prophecies and understand how Yeshua is the Messiah.
One of our ministry staff will pray for your request and place it in the crevices of the Western (Wailing) Wall.
Our ministry staff will deliver your prayer requests to the Kotel (Wailling Wall), not far from where Yeshua will soon return.
Bibles for Israel is digitalizing the most ancient Hebrew texts of the Aleppo Codex and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
In 1948, Israel was reborn as a modern nation in fulfillment of Biblical Prophecy.
Enter the Wailing Wall area, and post your prayer request.
Join these people praying at the Kotel (Wailing Wall) and enter your prayer request.
Though being "passed over" in life can be discouraging, even devastating, the first Passover gives us hope and joy that we can cherish as our own treasured possession forever.


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Home history Learning History through Documentaries
Learning History through Documentaries
Eclectic Homeschooling July 7, 2013 November 2, 2015 history, our unit studies
This coming school year I'm going to be using a textbook for a spine for reading and as a topical guide to documentaries. At the end of last school year I met with each child and both of my boys made requests about history. My 4th grader told me how much he learned by watching documentaries or movies. My 6th grader enjoyed the Teaching Company lectures this past year on ancient Rome and wanted to continue to use them. When I sat down to plan our history this year, the library didn't have the right combination of Teaching Company lectures and it was going to be a little difficult to piece things together with what they had. When I asked him if he preferred Teaching Company lectures or documentaries, he quickly said documentaries. Because they are both on the same page, I am pretty much having them do history together this year. With the amount of documentaries on this list, I'm doubting we will finish this list in one school year.
Our spine will be the McDougal Littell World History: Patterns of Interaction: Ancient World History textbook. The page numbers correspond with the 2005 edition. We ended the last school year learning about the end of the Roman Empire. We are just doing a little bit more to finish up before we transition to other times and places.
Because my boys may be younger than the suggested age for the documentaries, I will likely preview them all beforehand. I put in parenthesis the time each video should take to help me know how much to cover in a time period. The Barbarians videos are also on Youtube, but I know my library has a copy as well so I didn't need the link for them. Each bolded area refers to a section of the textbook with the exception of the Celts and the Vikings. We hadn't covered them previously so I added in those two topics using living books instead of my spine.
End of Roman Empire
Watch The Roman Empire – First Christian Emperor (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALlmUubRtmI
Read Ancient World History pg175
Watch Barbarians: The Goths (45)
Watch Barbarians: The Huns (45)
Watch Barbarians: The Franks (45)
Watch Barbarians: The Vandals (45)
Watch Barbarians: The Saxons (45)
Read Everyday Life of the Celts by Grant (4th grader)
Read The Ancient Celts by Calvert (6th grader)
Read Step Into: The Celtic World (4th grader)
Read The Celtic Art Source Book – copy and color Celtic design(both)
Read Life of the Ancient Celts (4th grader)
Genealogy Niadh O Halil child of Cu Cork Mac Morha – group sheet/pedigree sheet/or just explore (6th grader)
Watch The Celts: A Journey Back in Time (50)
Watch Ancient Warriors The Celts (20) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdE1wKUtrGE
African Civilizations
Read Ancient World History pg 210-231
Watch Engineering an Empire – Carthage (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HetYXwtCCho
Watch Nubian/Kushite Burial Rituals (50) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M71kXaxbZwk
Watch Lost Kingdoms of Africa – Ethiopia (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivy91iqHtKY
Watch Secrets of the Ancients- The Olmecs (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVKGQAjiug8
Watch Islam Empire of Faith part 1 The Prophet Muhammed and the Rise of Islam (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX3UHNhQ1Zk
Watch Islam Empire of Faith part 2 The Awakening (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1PxJomypQE
Watch Islam Empire of Faith part 3 The Ottomans (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI7Qkcyz3tM
Byzantines, Russians, and Turks Interact
Watch Byzantine Empire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N238vCzUMv4
Watch the Varangians http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4_r-IySNKM&list=PLD257969E1362D2B6(30)
Watch Barbarians Vikings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1yAxo94ClU(45)
Watch the Ottomans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnIvxXnFPnI(60)
Read Viking (DK Eyewitness Books)
Read The Vikings: Dress, Eat, Write and Play Just Like the Vikings by MacDonald
Read The Vikings (Technology of the Ancients) by Trueit
Read Vikings by Bedford
Watch Vikings Who Were the Vikings (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhYVHlEnZPU
Watch Vikings the Trading Empire (60) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKHgo8RzgG4
Watch Vikings The End of a Viking Age (60) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSunpvXQMuI
Empires in East Asia
Watch Tang Dynasty (60) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQsZe-wNN8Q
Watch Song Dynasty (60) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5LzyOAWVfo
Watch Barbarians The Mongols (45)
Watch The Secret History of Genghis Khan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Jq-C3Q3Z4(45)
Watch The Mongol Empire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elK86uOHdXE(50)
Watch Marco Polo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D96iA3OQN8(45)
Watch Lost Treasures of the Ancient World – Japan (50) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9ObeuCWhiE
Watch Angkor Wat from Khmer Empire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VgFVb7S1l0(50)
European Middle Ages
Watch The Dark Ages (90) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsHSbBxjAOk
Watch Medieval Lives Peasant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3YDN5gTX0#at=329(30)
Watch Medieval Lives Monk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7kixg7E3Pk(30)
Watch Medieval Lives The Damsel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL5CviNAhnk(30)
Watch Medieval Lives The Minstrel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LyuIVZk5FM(30)
Watch Medieval Lives The Knight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhWFQtzM4r0(30)
Watch Medieval Lives The Philosopher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTf2EzTd1TE(30)
Watch Medieval Lives The Outlaw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9GsccLoLvY(30)
Watch Medieval Lives The King http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYLXlbE6Ly4(30)
The Formation of Western Europe
Read pg 376-386 Ancient World Hisotry
Watch Crusades – Holy War (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQZqhUmVx-c
Watch Crusades – The Clash of Titans (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4tSks-R7QQ
Watch Crusades – Victory and Defeat (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkMR0ENNMLQ
Watch Crusades – Destruction (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYkfbY0d90s
Watch 1066: Battle for Middle Earth part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnC6l6_TaMA(75)
Watch 1066: Battle for Middle Earth part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPnCt0IktfQ(75) (Skip 37:00-38:00)
Watch Monarchy- Medieval Monarchs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyQsBAng4_0(60)
A History of Scotland: The Hammer of the Scots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNRevRRiALg
100 Years War Battle of Agincourt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHghxvCYRv8
Joan of Arc movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWX0gQ5zTs
Watch Medieval Apocalypse – The Black Death http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDIgFeMbnIc(50)
Societies and Empires of Africa
Read Ancient World History pg 408-412 Watch Lost Kingdoms of Africa – The Berber People of Moracco (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYo8FEYkfFs
Watch Lost Kingdoms of Africa – West Africa (60) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je0K0BAJ1hY
Watch Lost Kingdoms of Africa – Great Zimbabwe (60)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTVShn1vKV0
People and Empires in the Americas
Watch Who Were the Mound Builders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itCWu-m-23E(35)
Watch Cracking the Maya Code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yTC23Zyefs(55)
Watch In Search of History – The Aztec Empire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP2HHYQjN7E(45)
Watch Secrets of Lost Empires – Inca http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcYDwWRG9IY(55)
Documentary-Based Modern World History Study
4 Benefits to a Documentary-Focused History Study
Documentary-Based Modern World History Course for High School
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Making Egyptian 3D Cookie Pyramids
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Battle for Middle Earth has two sex scenes without nudity, and rape scene, no nudity. just so you know.
The child I am home schooling has severe learning disabilities, along with health issues. What are your suggestions in modified programs that you are using now?
It would be difficult to know what to recommend without knowing your child. Much of what we have discovered is by trial and error. Also, psychoeducational testing really helped me understand how my children learn best. I hope that helps.
I noticed that this list starts part way into the book you are using for a spine; do you have a post that describes what you did for the previous year? Thank you very much for your help!
We used unit studies prior to this year. You can see our history studies under the Free Unit Studies tab.
When you talk about the Teaching Company lectures; what exactly are you referring to? This is an amazing list, thank you for sharing it with us!
The Great Courses by the Teaching Company. My son watched the History of Ancient Rome Lectures by Garrett Fagan. You can find more about Great Courses here: http://www.thegreatcourses.com/
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Thankyou so much for sharing this list and compiling so many links! My son is very keen to use these alongside his reading/ study/ obsession with medieval history 🙂
We watched the Barbarians series, and my boys found them to be very violent. They referred to some of them as disturbing, but my boys may be a little more sensitive to violence than some others. You may want to preview that series ahead of time just to be sure though.
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This is great! I will bookmark this for next year. We are doing 3rd grade this year.


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Yes, yes it could be! This coming Friday I get to see the one and only One Ok Rock again! It's been over a year since I have seen them and I cannot wait. One Ok Rock is currently on tour with Yellowcard and Finch, they are slated as the opening act but that doesn't… Continue reading Could it be? Another Adventure?
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5 Unique Things to See and Do in Amritsar
Even though it's a fascinating city, Amritsar rarely gets put on the must-visit list of cities in India. It's a highly diverse place, with incredible aesthetics, food, and culture. There's just so much to see and do there, and after you've settled in one of the hotels in Amritsar, exploring this wonderful place comes next. You'll definitely want to come back again at least once.
Feel the magic of the Golden Temple
The most sacred Sikh temple in the world known as the Golden Temple is a beautiful place that welcomes everybody. Its chief principle is brotherhood, and its four marvelous doors symbolize that everyone is accepted no matter their race, religion, class, or caste. The entire structure is built upon a tank that's filled with holy water about which is said to possess healing powers. If you wanted to take a close look at the entire temple from every side, there's a pathway that encircles the Temple and allows for some fantastic sights, where you'll be surrounded by the mirror-like surface of the water. Also, the Golden Temple is home to the world's largest community kitchen. It serves over 100,000 people on a daily basis, and it's open all the time, while serving vegetarian food. Its goal is to make sure that nobody leaves the temple hungry.
Visit the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum
This museum is dedicated to the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, or the "Lion of Punjab" as he's also known, and is the man responsible for the founding of the Sikh Empire. Inside there's a fantastic display of arms and armor of ages past, as well as plenty of artifacts, paintings, and object that were owned by the Maharaja. If the local culture intrigues you and you want to learn more about it, then this is definitely the place to visit.
Experience the Wagan border parade ceremony
A really interesting cultural phenomenon, this parade takes place on the border between India and Pakistan. Wagan is the only border crossing that's available to take if you want to travel between these two countries, and the parade takes place every single day. It's a tradition that started in 1959, to commemorate the friendship and brotherhood between the two countries, and is a stunningly choreographed dance routine that's lasts roughly for an hour.
Shop to your heart's content
Whatever it is that you're looking for to buy, it's almost certain that you'll find it in one of the many Bazaars in Amritsar, no matter how niche it may be. You can find various items that range from clothes, to rugs, books, jewelry, and all sorts of food. Also keep an eye out for the wonderful Phulkari, which is a delicate embroidery that's only made in Punjab.
Explore the surrounding countryside
The city is wonderful, and has practically unlimited potential, but the city's countryside is just as marvelous. There are many unique little villages very near the city, where you'll see the local culture in full display, and you're very likely to see farms, mud houses, and roadside markets, alongside stunning scenery.
It doesn't matter if you're staying in one of the hotels in Amritsar, or somewhere else down the city. You'll be constantly surrounded by unparalleled beauty that you'll wish to explore non-stop.


Here's the recap for Episode 10 of the Knightfall Season 1 finale.
SPOILER ALERT: This recap contains information about Episode 10 (titled "Do You See The Blue?") of History Channel's Knightfall Season 1. Please proceed with caution if you have not yet viewed this episode and wish to avoid spoilers.
Episode 9 of Knightfall ended with Landry (Tom Cullen) receiving a blow to the knee by Gawain (Padraic Delaney). The Season 1 finale episode opens with Landry still screaming in agony. He is quickly taken away and patched up. While he is still injured, it appears the blow was much less substantial than first thought.
This is a good thing because Landry needs to prepare for battle in Episode 10 of Knightfall.
While Pope Boniface (Jim Carter) has pardoned Landry thanks to something his mother told him–and, no, the audience is still not privy to this information–King Philip (Ed Stoppard) is granting him no such favors. Episode 10 of Knightfall sees William De Nogaret (Julian Ovenden) and Philip organize to have the Templars–and, more importantly to Philip, Landry–lured back to Paris. Once they are in the forest of Versailles, Philip's group will assassinate Landry's group. Having the Holy Grail is the perfect reason for Landry and his group to seek it out in Paris. Luckily, De Nogaret sent in the female assassin to secure it.
Landry, who is eager to fall into De Nogaret's trap in Episode 10 of Knightfall asks the Grand Master, Jacques (Robert Pugh), for help now that the Pope is backing him. However, the Grand Master will not send his men to help him. So, Landry's small group leave for Paris.
King Philip tries to make amends with his wife for what he did to her and her handmaiden, Sophie (Amelia Clarkson), in Episode 9 of Knightfall. This does little to sway Joan (Olivia Ross), so Philip resorts to telling his wife that it doesn't matter anyway because he owns her.
Later in Episode 10 of Knightfall, when Joan is getting a check up on the baby, she overhears her doctor being asked to help out in a battle that will occur in the forest of Versailles. So much detail is included in the conversation that viewers can safely assume Joan is supposed to overhear all of it.
Joan then tries to make amends with her husband in order to stop the attack on Landry's group. When Philip doesn't fall for this, she knocks him out cold with a candlestick, takes the Holy Grail, and rides off to find Landry.
Queen Joan makes it to Landry's camp just in time to tell him about the plot. However, the queen has gone into premature labor and is carted off on a stretcher to a safer spot while the battle plays out.
King Philip's mercenaries turn up, headed by Gawain. He has not only swapped sides in Episode 10 of Knightfall but is happy to point out that he is now a much better warrior thanks to the royal doctor and a knee brace.
The battle commences and it becomes clear that Landry's group is outnumbered. Alongside this dilemma, Joan is in serious labor now and her group has to stop and tend to her before they can get a safe distance from all of the fighting.
Landry is eventually goaded to approaching Gawain in the Season 1 finale of Knightfall, which leads to him being surrounded by Philip's group. He is discretely removed from the main battle and King Philip jumps into the circle to settle the score with the man who slept with his wife.
While Landry sticks up for himself to start with, his injured knee eventually means Philip gets the upper hand. Landry is severely beaten, as a result of this.
As for Joan, she is also having a tough time in the latest episode of Knightfall. The battle has encroached to where she is. Hearing that King Philip has singled out Landry, she staggers off to find them once the battle envelops the Templars alongside her.
Landry is horrified to see Joan when she finally arrives. She begs Philip to spare Landry's life. The king decides he will do as his wife says, but then stabs Joan through and leaves her to die while Landry looks on.
In the midst of all this agony, the Grand Master turns up with his army and makes short work of Philip's army.
But, it is too late for Joan. She knows she is dying too. A distraught Landry grabs the Holy Grail from her bag and fills it with water in an attempt to save her life. This doesn't work and he throws the cup away, shattering it against a tree. However, the baby is saved and Landry is left holding his daughter while Joan is buried along with the fallen Templar Knights.
While all this sadness is playing out in the Season 1 finale episode of Knightfall, a Templar called Berenger (Peter O'Meara) finds the broken shards of the Holy Grail, extracts a small scroll from the base of it and reads it. While it is not in modern day English, the fact that Landry's name is written is red has got to be significant. Berenger then swallows the scroll for safekeeping.
While there has been no official word from History Channel yet about Knightfall being renewed, SpoilerTV has suggested Season 2 will go ahead and that production will commence in April.


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Elle Macpherson's husband sued for $100m AGAIN by widow who accuses him of causing fatal helicopter crash
A lawsuit claiming billionaire Jeffrey Soffer crashed a helicopter he was illegally piloting, killing lawyer Lance Valdez, was refiled Friday after having previously been withdrawn
The widow of tax lawyer Valdez claimed she was forced to take hush money to conceal Mr Soffer's involvement
Elle Macpherson was accused of working to persuade Ms Valdez to take the $2million payout and keep quiet, claims the suit
A licensed pilot was on the helicopter but not at the controls when it crashed - he also took money to keep quiet, the initial suit claimed
Mr Soffer and the other passengers also fled the scene to conceal his involvement, the according to the suit
The hotel magnate also reportedly skipped Mr Valdez's funeral
By Ryan Gorman and Associated Press Reporter and Alex Greig
The $100million wrongful death lawsuit filed against Elle McPherson's billionaire husband Jeffrey Soffer that was withdrawn last month has been refiled in a different court.
Bob Martinez said that Daria Pastouhkova Gogoleva refiled the lawsuit Friday in Miami Dade Circuit Court claiming Mr Soffer is responsible for a helicopter accident that killed her husband, Lance Valdez, in 2012.
The original complaint made similar claims but was filed in Miami Federal District Court.
As if nothing happened: Elle Macpherson and husband Jeff Soffer attend Perez Art Museum last week in Miami
'Soffer was flying the helicopter at the time of the... crash, and he was responsible for the crash that killed Lance Valdez,' the suit claims, according to the New York Post.
'Despite being responsible for the death of his friend, Soffer repeatedly lied to and intentionally deceived Daria about his involvement in the crash in an effort to persuade her to pursue an insurance recovery rather than a claim against him,' claims the suit.
The grieving widow is suing for wrongful death, fraudulent inducement and conspiracy - she is seeking a jury trial, the Post reported.
Robert Martinez, Mr Soffer's lawyer, told the paper that 'a bad lawsuit doesn't get any better just by refiling it in another court.
The lawyer claims the original lawsuit was withdrawn only one day before Mr Soffer was planning to file a motion to have it dismissed.
'That lawyer now says that he made a mistake and has filed the same complaint in another court,' he continued. 'The complaint rehashes the same mistakes and false accusations.better just by refiling it in another court.'
Supermodel Elle Macpherson is also accused of helping her billionaire husband conceal he was flying the helicopter.
Macpherson urged widow Daria Valdez to take the payout after husband Jeffrey Soffer, who also owns Miami's Fontainebleau Hotel, piloted the chopper into the ground November 22, 2012 in the Bahamas, the lawsuit said.
-Soffer was at the helm despite not being licensed to fly. A licensed pilot was on board the aircraft but not at the controls, the suit alleges. The $100million wrongful death suit was filed 10 December Miami.
Dropped: Daria Gogoleva has dropped a suit against Jeffrey Soffer (seen here with wife Elle Macpherson) for piloting a helicopter that crashed in the Bahamas in November of 2012, in which Lance Valdez, a prominent tax attorney, died
A copy of the lawsuit reviewed by MailOnline claimed that Soffer was at the controls when the helicopter when it crashed on Great Cauna Cay last year, taking the life of tax lawyer Lance Valdez.
'Contrary to published newspaper reports, at the time of the helicopter crash the helicopter was being piloted by Jeffrey Soffer,' the suit claims.
'Soffer was not licensed to fly,' the suit continues. '[Nor was he a] sufficiently experienced helicopter pilot.'
The suit also accused supermodel Elle Macpherson of taking part in the conspiracy by personally calling close friends for the purpose of having them convince the devastated widow to take the money.
'Soffer induced…Elle Macpherson…to call Charles Holzer, another close friend of both Lance and Daria, and told him that Soffer was annoyed about Daria's delay in signing the release, telling Holzer that 'Soffer doesn't have to do this you know,' the suit alleged.
Taking the millions in hush money meant signing a release relieving Mr Soffer of all liability stemming from the crash, according to the suit.
Shattered: Dasha and Lance Valdez in a photo from 2008, the picture of happiness
'They knew Daria was beset with grief…at the time that they inappropriately pressured her to sign a release they knew was based upon false information,' the suit said.
'They took undue and improper advantage of her and the situation and circumstances surrounding the helicopter crash,' it continued.
Pilot David Pearce also signed a lawsuit guaranteeing him a six-figure salary with Mr Soffer's company in exchange for swearing he was piloting the helicopter at the time it crashed, according to the suit.
Mr Valdez, 48 and a father of three, was joined on the flight by a handful of other people but was the only one who did not survive the accident, according to the suit.
Daria Valdez, now a widow, claims in the suit she was handed $2million in insurance hush money to keep quiet about Mr Soffer piloting the chopper into the ground.
According to the lawsuit, co-defendants Daniel and Paula Riordan, as well as Alex Krys, were also on board the ill-fated flight and conspired with Mr Soffer and the pilot to conceal who was actually flying the chopper when her husband died.
'The defendants] conspired and otherwise agreed to conceal… [that Mr Soffer] was flying the helicopter at the time of the crash,' the suit said.
'The purpose of this concealment and deception was, in turn, to induce [Mr Valdez's widow] to accept $2million in insurance proceeds from insurance maintained on the helicopter… and to withhold from any civil or other action against [Mr] Soffer,' the suit explains.
The Riordans are employees of Mr Soffer, Mr Krys is his COO, according to the suit.
Ms Valdez, who goes by Dasha, according to the Post, was convinced to keep quiet about Mr Soffer's involvement in her husband's death while grieving over the loss of the father of her three young children – aged two, seven and nine.
Living the high life: Mr Soffer and Ms Macpherson continue to enjoy the high life while Ms Valdez is left to care for her three young children without their father
Trouble in paradise: The helicopter crash happened last year at Great Guana Cay, in the Bahamas
Head of an empire: Billionaire Mr Soffer's assets include the famed Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami
Mr Soffer took advantage of her fragile emotional state in order to avoid 'his own liability in an exponentially greater amount as compared to the $2million,' according to the suit.
'Despite being responsible for the loss of his friend, [Mr] Soffer repeatedly lied to and intentionally deceived Daria about his involvement in the crash in an effort to persuade her to pursue an insurance recovery rather than a claim against him.'
The suit also claims that Mr Soffer led Mr Valdez to believe he was a licensed and experienced pilot, as well as fled the scene while first responders tried to revive his best friend's lifeless body.
The hotel magnate is licensed to fly - fixed airplanes, not helicopters.
'He was recklessly flying and controlling the helicopter at the time of the helicopter crash without an up-to-date and valid helicopter pilot's license,' the lawsuit further claims.
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'Soffer arranged to have himself and the Riordans transported by boat… in order to escape, flee and/or remove himself and the Riordans from the Bahamas before any investigation of the crash could be conducted,' according to the suit.
He did not contact Mr Valdez's widow until four days later, and also skipped his pal's funeral.
'Jeff Soffer is very sympathetic to Dasha and the children for their grave loss [and] denies all the allegations of wrongdoing,' his lawyer told the New York Post in a statement. 'Mr. Soffer has no further comments to make at this time since the lawsuit is now pending in federal court.'
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Q: Completion of a metric Consider the metric space $(\mathbb{R},d)$ with $d(x,y)=|x-y|$ for $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$ with $x \neq 0 \neq y$ and $d(0,x)=1+|x|$ for $x \in \mathbb{R}_{0}$ and $d(0,0)=0$.
I figure this metric space is not complete, since we can take the Cauchy sequence $(x_{n})_{n}$ with $x_{n}= \frac{1}{n}$. Then for $\epsilon >0$ we can find a $n_{0} \in \mathbb{N}$ so that for $n,m \geq n_{0}$ it holds that $d(x_{n},x_{m})=|\frac{1}{n} - \frac{1}{m}| < \epsilon$ since $\frac{1}{n} \neq 0 \neq \frac{1}{m}$. But $\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}d(x_{n},x_{m})=d(0,x_{m})=1+ \frac{1}{m}$ and this converges to $1$, while $\frac{1}{m} \rightarrow 0$ and $d(0,0)=0$. Thus the Cauchy sequence has no limit.
Is this correct? And if so, how should I find a completion of this metric space?