Dengue is a Viral Fever, caused by a bite of an infected Mosquito. There are various Dengue Viruses (4). Being a Viral Infection, there is no specific treatment. Though, I have personally benefited by Ayurveda, in extreme cough and cold, which also is a viral infection.
The symptoms are 'Sudden Fever', 'Headaches', 'Rashes', 'Vomiting', 'Acute Pains in Joints', and few more. As it reaches critical stage, it could also lead to Pleural Effusion, Ascitis, Gastrointestinal Bleeding etc. Reduced Platelet Count would mostly be observable.
Now, think about this, does each one who is bit by this specific mosquito, land up getting Dengue-No! Keep The Immune system strong, and you should not be getting infected by this mosquito.
Ayurvedically, as per my understanding, it is Vata ailment primarily (eventually followed by Pitta, and Kapha Vitiation).
Morning fruits to comprise of Pomegranate, Black Grapes, Orange, Papaya, Guava etc.
Papaya Leaf Extract or Paste (Take enough Leaves, make about 3-5 teaspoons of Paste out of them or make their Decoction. You may also add a teaspoon or two of Honey.
3/4th – 1 cup of Kakamachi Syrup, twice a day.
Giloy & Punarnava Decoction: Take a teaspoon or two each of Giloy and Punarnava Powder (Giloy Stem Powder and Punarnava Plant Powder), add them to a glass of water, and boil the mixture, on slow fire till the water remains less than half. As it cools down to drinkable temperature, add a teaspoon or two of honey. Have this 3-5 times a day, depending on severity of ailment.
Take out juice of 7-11-15 leaves, each of Holy Basil (Tulsi) and Neem. Have a teaspoon or two of these once or twice a day.
Add ½ a teaspoonful of Dry Ginger to a Glass of Pure Desi Cow Milk. Boil the mixture, and have it twice a day.
Take a spoon, heat it, Put off the fire, pour Pure Desi Cow Ghee, Ghee melts, use dropper to put 2 drops in each nostril, thrice a day.
Please understand, you must not do all of the treatments provided! They are provided as what may be easily available at one place, might not be at other.
In the initial stages only, if within 24 hours, one doesn't see the normalisation of the body, one must get the Pathological Tests done and take The Medical attention.
Favourable: Milk, Butter Milk (Chaach), Indian Gooseberry) (Amla), Orange, Garlic, Ghee, Coriander leaves (10-15) Decoction, Sendha Namak, Green Leafy Vegetables, Chyavan Prash.
Unfavourable: Sour (except lemon), Oily Stuff, Salt, Refined Oils, Hot & Pungent Foods, Potato, Heavy Fasting, Eating Food Late at Night.
All this accompanied by at least 30-45 minutes of Anulom Velom, and If possible) 5-10 minutes of Kapal Bhati in the Morning and Evening. Please do not overstrain your body muscles.


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Thank you to everybody who came to our CD release party at Park Street Pizza back in March – that includes family, friends, fans, special musical guests…EVERYBODY! We had a blast! We'd also like to send out a thank you to WJER and Anita for hosting us on her show the day before our CD release party and to Kyle Valentini for the awesome write up in the Bargain Hunter. It was a big day for these Babies, and we were so excited to share it with all of you!
A HUGE thank you to the people who joined us onstage as our special musical guests during party. We loved bringing all the extra musical elements into this very special performance. In order of appearance and links to find them:
-Our mash-up partner in crime – Allen of Allen Cruz and the Galaxy (guitar, vocals)
https://www.facebook.com/AllenCruzsings
-Our lovely sister and former bandmate – Rachel Rothacher (bass)
-Spencer Martin – the man who made it happen (producer, keyboard)
https://spencermartin.bandcamp.com/album/kodachrome-babies
-A man in many bands – Alonzo Parrish of Valleytown and Bandhouse (bass)
https://www.facebook.com/valleytownmusic
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bandhouse/139567622780603
-The man with all the answers – Chris Doutt of Valleytown (mandolin)
-Hannah's main squeeze – Amos Hubbard (slide guitar)
You are all amazing!
To get your own copy of our debut album Developing, visit our Album Info page by clicking the link at the top of the page.
Kodachrome Babies Live on the Radio!
Tune in to 1450 WJER on Friday, March 13th starting around 11:00 a.m. as we chat with Anita about our CD release party on Saturday, March 14th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Park Street Pizza! You'll get a sneak peek at a couple of songs off our debut album "Developing," and we might even play one LIVE on the air! Then, stick around for the Classic Canteen after the noon report of news when we'll be crafting a playlist of songs we cover that are at least 20 years old or older (that makes them classic, right?). It's gonna be SO MUCH FUN, and you can hear all the fun on your radio if you tune your dial to AM 1450, online over at WJER.com, or on the WJER app. Tune in, friends and fans!
"Developing" CD Release Party
The time has finally come! We are very excited to announce our debut album "Developing" is done! We will be holding our CD release party on Saturday, March 14th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Park Street Pizza in Sugarcreek. The event will double as the grand opening celebration of Park Street's new dining room, so come hungry and check out their AWESOME expansion! Mark your calendars now, and stay tuned for more exciting details!
More exciting details:
*We will be joined by several special musical guests throughout the evening!
*Park Street Pizza will be selling a limited-time only Kodachrome pizza!
*We will be giving away a prize that includes Kodachrome Babies and Park Street swag!
Album Update!
We have finished the main parts of our debut album! With the guitar, ukulele and vocals all laid down, now we will be experimenting with percussive elements to wrap it all up. Thank you so much for supporting us through the years, we hope to bring you something special!
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Maidstone Has Moved!
The Alliance Automotive Group UK announces new Marketing Director
2018: A Year of Growth for FPS
Capacity Improvements Progress at Parkway Rise and Grange Mill Lane
FPS goes even greener with Hiab Moffett E4 electric truck mounted forklift
For some time now, Cargotec have been working on a new generation Hiab Moffett E4 electric truck mounted forklift. The testing partner for this project has been FPS, who have been trialling the E4 at their Sheffield NDC.
Hiab Moffett truck mounted forklifts are highly visible up and down Britain's motorways, being the market leader in the vehicle mounted forklift market.
This is the first forklift of its kind in the world, bringing huge benefits to potential users. At the end of last year, Cargotec were presented with a 'John Connell Technology Award' by the Noise Abatement Society for the new Hiab Moffett E-Series electric truck-mounted forklifts. The award acknowledges the company's success in significantly reducing operating noise on the machines to levels that allow them to be used in built-up areas outside regular working hours.
Keith Quigley, Vice President of Hiab Moffett truck-mounted forklifts commented,
'Customers are asking for machines that can work in urban and semi-industrial areas late at night or early in the morning, when noise levels are a sensitive issue.'
He added, 'The E-Series machines are suitable for use by businesses in sectors where forklifts were previously unsuitable because of high noise and emissions levels, such as retailers whose premises are in or near residential areas. The elimination of exhaust gas emissions means they can be used to take goods from outside to inside, reducing the likelihood of handling damage.'
The benefits that this machinery will bring to our business are abundant, solving many operational problems; the E4 runs on electricity, not diesel. This means that they are more cost effective to operate and can be used inside warehouses as well as outside, without the obvious dangers that diesel fumes incur. As they are electric, these new forklifts are almost silent, so can be used in built up areas without generating noise complaints. This also means that we are not restricted by the time of day, for fear of generating noise pollution.
FPS Transport Manager Mark Wilson, who led the testing team, commented on the benefits,
'The E4 can be operated by one man and used on all terrain, making them extremely practical and efficient. As a result these forklifts will have a very positive impact on our self-sufficient transport operations. They eliminate the use of other equipment to load and unload vehicles and give us the capacity to handle more weight in even the most restrictive of places.'
He continued, 'The trial completed its first four months in typical British weather conditions and the results have been encouraging. Stage two of the trial will commence at the end of April, so it will be good to see how the forklift continues to operate. We have worked with Hiab Moffett diesel truck mounted forklifts for a number of years and we are very proud of our role in developing this new 'green' machine. It has performed well in trials travelling around the UK on the back of our vehicles and we have been able to provide considerable feedback to ensure it is right for the market. We will be converting to the E4 electric trucks in the coming months, in order to benefit from the noise and emission reductions as well as the lower operating costs.'
See the E4 in action:
FPS is one of the UK's leading providers of service-led supply chain solutions. Founded in 1934, and employing over 1,200 people, it operates from 23 sites in the UK. Acting as a distribution partner for a number of major brands, its core business is providing automotive parts, car accessories and consumables to the reseller network. Through recent expansion FPS now successfully provides wholesale distribution services in the Maintenance & Accessories sector, serving a number of blue-chip companies. Dedicated to service excellence and innovation, the company offers a wide range of services meeting the varying needs of manufacturers, suppliers, resellers and business consumers across the supply chain. For further details go to http://www.fpsdistribution.com/pr-corner/ or contact comms@fpsdistribution.co.uk
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Another Magnetic Filament has Erupted and has formed a loop of plasma the size of Jupiter!
Just when I thought yesterdays Filament Eruption on the Far Side of the Sun was "the" Catalyst for our SECOND February "R5" event? up pops another one, and as you can see from the above "proton flux" chart, this is the sign we expect from a Piers Corbyn "R5"...more to follow.
JUPITER-SIZED HOLE - SpaceWeather.com: A magnetic filament curling around the sun's southwestern limb erupted during the early hours of Feb. 27th. As it flew away, it formed a loop of plasma big enough to pass the entire planet Jupiter. (Croquette anyone?).
This eruption brings to an end a stunningly beautiful prominence that amateur astronomers had been monitoring for days. Hopefully, they'll continue looking because a new prominence appears to be forming from the debris....click SpaceWeather.com link for more inc. Video
ASTROPHYSICS V METEOROLOGY VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
Hundreds of quakes shake villages around smoking Peruvian volcano
Wednesday, February 27th 2013, 7:11 AM EST
LIMA (Reuters) - Hundreds of small earthquakes have shaken the earth around the Sabancaya volcano in southern Peru over just a few days and the rumbling, along with plumes of smoke spewing up to 320 feet high, have put officials on alert to evacuate the area.
Peru's geological agency Ingemmet recorded some 536 quakes, about 20 an hour, on February 22 and 23 and periodic movement is ongoing.
Thousands of people live in the valleys surrounding the volcano. Some have already started to leave the region because the unusual seismic activity has damaged their homes. About 80 homes were damaged by one temblor on February 22, Peru's national defense office said....
..Ingemmet said the volcano has been releasing huge smoke trails intermittently since January 15 and current seismic activity is similar to that which accompanied an eruption in 1986.
Click source to read FULL report
Source Link: news.yahoo.com
ASTROPHYSICS V METEOROLOGY TROPICAL STORM "POWER UP" 2013
Cyclone Rusty declared a Category 4 storm as winds lash WA coast by Bruce Butler and AAP
TROPICAL Cyclone Rusty is now battering WA's Pilbara coast after being upgraded to a category four storm.
A red alert has been issued for people in Pilbara region towns between Pardoo and Whim Creek, including Port Hedland and South Hedland.
These residents are being told to go to shelter immediately.
Dramatic video footage is emerging from Western Australia as tropical cyclone Rusty approaches the Pilbara coast.
The slow-moving monster storm was still over the sea this morning but the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) says it's likely to cross the northwest corner of WA later in the day.
Click source to read FULL report and Video from Bruce Butler and AAP
Source Link: news.com.au/national
Is Solar Filament Eruption on Far Side of Sun the Catalyst for SECOND February "R5" event?
ve3en1 - SolarHam.com via YouTube: Here is a new video I put together showing the aftermath of a farside eruption near Sunspot 1678 and a large CME it generated. The first couple of videos by STEREO Behind show magnetic loops towering above active region 1678 following the eruption just as it is about to come into view of the STEREO-B satellite. The second video by STEREO Ahead COR2 captures the full halo CME heading almost directly towards that spacecraft.
The above YouTube put together by SolarHam.com today may well be the Catalyst of events for the SECOND February "R5" event.
On Sunday I stated that this coming "R5" period (27th February - 2nd March) was due to have an Earth Facing coronal hole as per the "Red Warning" report produced by Piers Corbyn at the start of February, SpaceWeather.com confirmed on Monday 24th February that there was in fact an Earth Facing Coronal hole so this part of the "Red Warning" forecast was on schedule.
During the past year or so "Far Sided CME's" as well as "Earth Facing CME's" seem to play an equal part in Solar Climate Changes when the coronal hole is Earth Facing. What you read in reports about "Far Sided CME's" not having any influence to Earth's atmosphere is not correct, it all depends on the location of the coronal hole as well....more to follow soon
There are indicators (Cyclone "Rusty") that there has been Solar Activity present in the Earth's atmosphere for a couple of days already, so with this latest Solar episode I expect a lot more to happen any time soon....stay tuned for more
Cyclone Rusty expected to build to Category 4
Tuesday, February 26th 2013, 10:01 AM EST
TROPICAL Cyclone Rusty is sitting menacingly over the Pilbara, bringing extremely heavy rainfall and very dangerous winds to a vast swathe of the West Australian coast.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a cyclone warning for coastal areas from Bidyadanga to Mardie including Port Hedland, Karratha and Dampier, and adjacent inland areas of the Pilbara, including Marble Bar, Nullagine and Millstream.
The State Emergency Service says communities between Pardoo and Whim Creek, including Port Hedland and South Hedland are on a red alert and people need to go to shelter immediately.
A yellow alert has been extended inland to include Marble Bar as well as communities between Wallal and Pardoo.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts the system to intensify to a Category 4 system, equal to Cyclone Tracy which obliterated Darwin, in the next 24 hours before the eye of the storm crosses the coast tomorrow.
Click source for more
Source Link: adelaidenow.com.au/news/national
WORLD TEMPERATURES ASTROPHYSICS V METEOROLOGY
Deadly hurricane-force blizzards rage across the Midwest and the Plains trapping motorists and leaving thousands without power
The nation's midsection again dealt with blizzard conditions Monday, the storm bringing hurricane-force winds to the Texas Panhandle, closing highways and knocking out power to thousands in Texas and Oklahoma.
Kansas, already under a deep snowpack from last week's snowstorm, was on high alert as the system headed north and east Monday evening and overnight.
The storm is blamed in the death of a 21-year-old man whose SUV hit an icy patch on Interstate 70 in northwestern Kansas and overturned Monday.
Blizzard warnings were in effect for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles, as well as southern Kansas through early Tuesday morning, while Arkansas and Louisiana saw watches and warnings for severe thunderstorm and tornadoes.
The storm is forecast to track north and east, prompting winter storm warnings for southern and eastern Kansas and the upper half of Missouri.
Click source to read FULL report and Photo's
Source Link: dailymail.co.uk
TROPICAL STORM "POWER UP" 2013 ASTROPHYSICS V METEOROLOGY UPDATED RYAN MAUE
Tropical Storm "Rusty" expected to develop into a CAT 2 Cyclone in the next 24 hours: Updated
From the above TropicalStormRisk.com chart it looks as if the recent Tropical Storm Seventeen has now been officially named as "Rusty" and is due to be a Cyclone CAT2 sometime tomorrow.
Our crude Solar Activity indicator looks to be pointing at this event as the start of the SECOND February Piers Corbyn "R5" event and we should see an enhancement to storm events around the world any time soon...more to follow
Tropical storm Rusty is forecast to strike Australia as a tropical cyclone at about 06:00 GMT on 26 February. - trust.org/alertnet/news/
Tropical storm Rusty is forecast to strike Australia as a tropical cyclone at about 06:00 GMT on 26 February.Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Centersuggest that the point of landfall will be near19.3 S,118.5 E.Rusty is expected to bring 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 175 km/h (109 mph).Wind gusts in the area may be considerably higher.
According to the Saffir-Simpson damage scale the potential property damage and flooding from a storm ofRusty'sstrength (category 2)...click trust.org/alertnet/news/ link for more
Updated below by Ryan Maue
Countdown to the SECOND "R5" February Period
Sunday, February 24th 2013, 10:09 AM EST
On the 18th February I posted news that the most intense Solar Flare of the year had taken place in....an R2 Period! and followed this up a couple of days later with a report that on the 21st February that there was a Tropical Storm power up changing the level of a Cyclone to CAT 2. This crude indicator was used to demonstrate an increase of Solar Activity in the Earth's atmosphere, probably due to the development of SunSpot AR1678.
After contacting Piers Corbyn about this development, he agreed that the Tropical Storm "power up" may well have pointed to his original forecast underestimating this period, and that with the benefit of hindsight the period should have been at least an "R4" period and NOT "R3".
As there was an expectation of storm enhancements to take place around the world in this time frame due to the Solar Activity, I noticed in Southern Europe there were the effects of a "Cut Off" low going on due to changes in the Jet Stream location. As expected this brought some major storm development for the Mediterranean areas. We will never know for sure if these events were made worse as a result of being in an "R4" period. One thing is for certain...the more these events are found to be in high level "R" periods the more likely there are the results of Solar activity and NOT from "Man Made" co2.
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Most intense Solar Flare of the year takes place in....an R2 Period!
Monday, February 18th 2013, 6:35 AM EST
According to the latest report from SpaceWeather.com yesterday had the "most intense Solar Flare of the Year". So, a little earlier then usual, I thought I would post the remainder of the Piers Corbyn February "Red Warning" to see how this all pans out.
As a rule of thumb we would normally see these major solar events coincide in "R4+" periods, the question is has the Sun not played to the rules set out by Piers Corbyn or will the "most intense Solar Flare of the Year" have little or no effect. Those of you who follow these reports would point out that these solar events depend on a "Earth facing" coronal hole to influence our climate. This then can be regarded as a good case study....a major solar event in a R2 period and also with a "Earth facing" coronal hole!
I note from the Spaceweather.com article that....Coronagraph images from SOHO and the twin STEREO probes show that this explosion did not produce a coronal mass ejection (CME). Nevertheless, there were some Earth-effects. UV radiation from the flare produced a wave of ionization in Earth's upper atmosphere
Cyclone "Gino" hits CAT2 at the start of February "R5" Period
As expected Cyclone "Gino" has hit CAT2, and it also happened at the start of the February "R5" Period. It looks to be placed in a safe part of the Ocean away from high populated areas, and unlike the recent Cyclones that have gone to this level and upwards, I'm glad to report the long term forecast for this is to dissipate sooner then later...more to follow....image via TropicalStormRisk.com
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Home Lifestyle A recent study found that UK households use on average 456 GB of data every month. That's the equivalent of 65 hours of UltraHD streaming on Netflix, or streaming more than 63 thousand 3 minute songs on Spotify.
A recent study found that UK households use on average 456 GB of data every month. That's the equivalent of 65 hours of UltraHD streaming on Netflix, or streaming more than 63 thousand 3 minute songs on Spotify.
Using Ofcom data from May 2022, the analysis carried out by BroadbandUK took into account Gigabytes of data downloaded per household right across the UK, right down to street level.
The data revealed that the region with the highest average consumption is Greater London, with 506 GB/month; 11% above the national average. In second place, households in the North West use on average 478 GB/month. With 3.18 million connections in the North West, total annual usage comes to a staggering 18.6 billion gigabytes.
Outside London, the areas with the greatest data consumption include Manchester, which averages 533 GB/month and Oldham 531 GB/month. At the opposite end of the scale, homes in Torquay average just 328 GB/month and Harrogate 372 GB/month.
Drilling down to street level, Wilkie Court in Milton Keynes averages an eye-watering 14,910 GB (14.9 TB) per month.
The research identified a correlation between fast connection speeds and high data consumption. A key finding was that despite Government claims that Gigabit-capable broadband is now available to over 70% of the UK, the analysis showed that uptake of Ultrafast broadband is significantly lower. Just 4% of UK homes have Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s or more), 68% Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more), and 28% Standard (under 30 Mbit/s) connections.
The study also considered the environmental impact of data transfer. It is estimated that the UK produces 158,000 tonnes of carbon every month through broadband usage alone. To put that into perspective, it would take around 90 million trees to offset the nation's annual carbon emissions from broadband usage.
Saveen Rajan, CEO at Broadband UK, commented on the findings:
"The Government's levelling up agenda has included a major push to deliver full fibre broadband across the UK. However, while the pace of this rollout has been rapid, our research shows that take-up has so far lagged behind due to lack of awareness and high pricing.
"The carbon footprint of our gadgets, the internet and systems supporting them is a real and growing concern – estimated to be similar to global emissions from the aviation industry. We hope that ISPs will be encouraged to reduce and offset their carbon footprint to help mitigate climate change and promote a sustainable future."
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Illinois has rare spotlight in contentious primary season
Ivan Moreno, Associated Press
Published 6:20 pm CDT, Monday, March 14, 2016
CHICAGO (AP) — Drama-packed presidential primaries and high-stakes down-ticket races in Illinois Tuesday are driving more voters to the polls in a state that usually doesn't have an opportunity to influence the march to the White House.
Donald Trump's surprising front-runner status on the Republican side and the close Democratic contest between Illinois' own, Hillary Clinton, and Vermont U.S. Sen Bernie Sanders are helping fuel voters' enthusiasm. But so are several Illinois races that will measure voters' sentiments during a tumultuous time in the state's government.
Here's a guide to Tuesday's action.
Turnout trends
Turnout in Cook County — Illinois' largest county — already is double what it was in 2008, the last time both parties had contested primaries. That year, 51,116 voters cast ballots early, and that number is already dwarfed by the 119,267 who have voted as of Monday.
In Chicago, early voter turnout also eclipsed figures from 2008. So far 150,000 people have voted, compared to 81,690 in 2008.
Statewide, 477,486 people have voted so far.
Illinois has about 7.5 million registered voters who are considered active, meaning they cast ballots in recent elections. Statewide, turnout for primaries has been low, averaging 22 percent over the last four elections, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, a government watchdog group that crunched the data.
This year marks the first year people can register to vote in Illinois up until the polls close.
Presidential delegates
Republicans are pursuing 69 delegates in Illinois. The statewide pick for president gets 15 delegates and voters allot the remaining 54 by electing delegates in each congressional district who are aligned with a candidate. On the Democratic side, there are 182 delegates at stake.
The Republican favorites to win Illinois, Trump and Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, both have courted voters here in recent days. Before appearing in Bloomington Sunday, Trump on Friday canceled a rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion after tense standoffs between protesters and his supporters.
Cruz, who trails only Trump in delegates for the GOP nomination, was making five appearances on Monday, including Springfield, Decatur and Rockford.
Sanders had an event in downtown Chicago Monday night, and Clinton, who was born in suburban Chicago, was in Springfield Monday morning.
Both parties are picking a candidate for a U.S. Senate race this fall.
Republican incumbent Sen. Mark Kirk has a primary challenge within his party as he faces businessman James Marter, who is considered a long-shot.
Democrats, meanwhile, have three candidates vying to face whoever the Republican Senate candidate ends up being.
U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth is seen as the front-runner in the Democrats' primary. She's facing former Chicago Urban League CEO Andrea Zopp and state Sen. Napoleon Harris.
U.S. Rep. John Shimkus and state Sen. Kyle McCarter, both Republicans, are vying for the 15th District, while Democrats are battling it out in the 10th District with Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering and former U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider.
Chicago's top prosecutor
The shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald at the hands of a white Chicago police officer has been a dominant theme in the race. Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez faced primary challenges from Kim Foxx, a former aid to the county board president, and former prosecutor Donna More.
Alvarez has faced angry public demonstrations and calls for her resignation after she took a year to charge officer Jason Van Dyke in McDonald's death, which was captured on a police dashcam.
The uproar over how the shooting was handled led to Alvarez losing key political supporters, including a majority of the city council's Latino members and U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez.
Contentious legislative races
A staggering amount of money is being spent in two of the state's 30 partisan legislative primaries because they're seen as extensions of the prolonged budget standoff between Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, with the power of unions a big sticking point in their fight.
Even President Barack Obama has weighed in on one of the races, endorsing the union-backed Juliana Stratton over incumbent Democratic Rep. Ken Dunkin in Chicago's 5th District in the city's south side.
Dunkin drew the wrath of his colleagues — and Rauner's backing — because he voted against pro-labor legislation.
Including money spent by independent groups, the combined price tag for the race is now at nearly $5.5 million.
In the 50th Senate District, incumbent Republican Sen. Sam McCann is battling Rauner and his own party for voting in favor of a pro-union measure. His primary against Bryce Benton has already reached $4 million spent.


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Gaza,(DRAH.ps)-- Jay Sekulow wants to know one thing from the U.S. State Department: How many Palestinians who fled or were forced from their homes with the creation of Israel in 1948 are still alive today?
Sekulow is a conservative activist who believes millions of Palestinians designated as refugees by the United Nations relief agency UNRWA don't actually deserve the status—a position that aligns him squarely with the government of Israel.
He also happens to be President Donald Trump's personal attorney—which means he has spent much of his time over the past 18 months fending off allegations that his client colluded with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election.
But in his free time, Sekulow has been pressing the State Department for years to publish a report it drafted in 2015 about the refugees, hoping the number would be seeded somewhere in its pages.
His obsession is largely a personal one—an activist group he runs, the American Center for Law & Justice, has been at it for some time.
But it underscores how the people closest to Trump—including his ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, and his own son-in-law, Jared Kushner—hold positions on Israel that are well to the right of the American mainstream.
Sekulow, who did not respond to requests for comment, began his fight by filing a freedom of information request for the report. Later he sued the State Department.
Last month, officials released a redacted version of the report but to Sekulow's great disappointment, the number was apparently obscured by black marker.
"We believe that the redacted portions are crucial to exposing what we and many others consider an effort to conceal UNRWA fraud from the American public," his organization wrote on its website last month.
UNRWA has designated more than 5 million Palestinians across the Middle East as refugees, including the original exiles and their descendants. The agency provides food and basic services to these Palestinians.
But Sekulow and his organization maintain that only a fraction of them—an estimated tens of thousands of elderly Palestinians who personally fled Israel as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War—genuinely deserve the status. The rest need to be removed from the rolls, integrated in the countries where they currently reside, and disabused of the fantasy that they will ever be granted the right of return to their ancestral homes in Israel.
Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), have drafted legislationthat would strip most Palestinians of their refugee status. In the Senate, James Lankford (R-Okla.) has been shopping a similar draft bill. A Lankford aide said the senator is still engaged in negotiations over the bill's language with other lawmakers.
Sekulow and other conservatives believe the 2015 State Department report is one of the few documents to contain an only official estimate of the number of Palestine's original refugees.
The State Department produced the report at the behest of a Republican-controlled Congress but then classified it, fueling suspicions among conservatives that America's diplomats were hiding something that would prove their case.
Sekulow's group said on its website that it would be going back to court to force the State Department to release the entire document.
The United Nations, meanwhile, upholds the idea that refugee status is afforded to descendants of refugees.
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// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.

using System;
using Microsoft.Build.Framework;

namespace Microsoft.Build.Shared
{
    /// <summary>
    /// To avoid CA908 warnings (types that in ngen images that will JIT)
    /// wrap each problematic value type in the collection in
    /// one of these objects.
    /// </summary>
    /// <comment>
    /// This trick is based on advice from
    /// http://sharepoint/sites/codeanalysis/Wiki%20Pages/Rule%20-%20Avoid%20Types%20That%20Require%20JIT%20Compilation%20In%20Precompiled%20Assemblies.aspx.
    /// It works because although this is a value type, it is not defined in mscorlib.
    /// </comment>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Wrapped type</typeparam>
    internal struct NGen<T> where T : struct
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Wrapped value
        /// </summary>
        private T _value;

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructor
        /// </summary>
        public NGen(T value)
        {
            _value = value;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Exposes the value
        /// </summary>
        public static implicit operator T(NGen<T> value)
        {
            return value._value;
        }

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        /// Consumes the value
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        public static implicit operator NGen<T>(T value)
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            return new NGen<T>(value);
        }
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}

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Q: "UnboundLocalError: local variable referenced before assignment" when calling a function For plotting, I am defining colours based on a condition (the conditions are some values in certain columns of a pandas dataframe). Now I am not sure, if I make a mistake when defining the function.
The function is as follows:
def getColour(C, threshold):
    neg = 0 - threshold
    half = threshold/2
    if C <= (neg - half):
        clr = '#2b83ba'
    if ((neg - half) < C <= neg):
        clr = '#abdda4'
    if ((threshold + half) > C >= threshold):
        clr = '#fdae61'
    if (C > (threshold + half)):
        clr = '#d7191c'
    return clr

And this is how I implement it: I iterate through rows of a dataframe, then find columns fulfilling a condition, use the indices from these columns to get parameters from a list, apply another function that generates the results (this function works, the script is tested and worked fine when I set a fixed color for plotting) and then plot the results with different colour.
for index, row in Sparse.iterrows():
    lim = row[row.notnull()]
    ci = [row.index.get_loc(x) for x in lim.index]
    params = np.array(myList)[ci]

    for i, w in enumerate(params):
        w = w.tolist()
        print w, w[2]
        print ci[i]
        colour = getColour(ci[i], threshold)
        x, y = myFunction(w)
        plt.plot(x,y, color=colour,linestyle='-',linewidth=1.5)

But this throws an error UnboundLocalError: local variable 'clr' referenced before assignment on the line colour = getColour(ci[i], threshold).
I have read other posts dealing with this error, but I can't see what my problem is.

A: In general, it is a good idea to consolidate the logic of your condition.
Do your clr will have all those value ? No so you can use some elif :
def getColour(C, threshold):
    neg = 0 - threshold
    half = threshold/2
    if C <= (neg - half):
        clr = '#2b83ba'
    elif ((neg - half) < C <= neg):
        clr = '#abdda4'
    elif ((threshold + half) > C >= threshold):
        clr = '#fdae61'
    elif (C > (threshold + half)):
        clr = '#d7191c'
    return clr

Then do your condition is looped ? Do you have all cases in your if ? If yes, it is a good idea to throw an error in an else. If no, then that's mean you just forgot one case:
def getColour(C, threshold):
    neg = 0 - threshold
    half = threshold/2
    if C <= (neg - half):
        clr = '#2b83ba'
    elif ((neg - half) < C <= neg):
        clr = '#abdda4'
    elif ((threshold + half) > C >= threshold):
        clr = '#fdae61'
    elif (C > (threshold + half)):
        clr = '#d7191c'
    else:
        raise ValueError('Value expected for clr')
    return clr

Edit : To answer to your comment, I think you misunderstand what i meant. In Python, it is better to throw an error if you have something unexpected.
So either:

*

*You give a default color value like "White" and you use it normally

*You return None and then the rest of your code should check for None
value before reading it (and then maybe throwing error)

*You directly throw an error

PEP20: Errors should never pass silently.

A: Even with an "if ... else" statement, it should fail. I leave the many ifs even though that is bad practice just to show that it is not about adding an else or not. In a try statement, an except will not change it either, not speaking of finally. What you need is to draw the declaration of a variable before any if block (or before any try block or other cascading code blocks).
Means:
def getColour(C, threshold):
    neg = 0 - threshold
    half = threshold/2
    clr = None
    if C <= (neg - half):
        clr = '#2b83ba'
    if ((neg - half) < C <= neg):
        clr = '#abdda4'
    if ((threshold + half) > C >= threshold):
        clr = '#fdae61'
    if (C > (threshold + half)):
        clr = '#d7191c'
    return clr

Another way is to return the variable only if it is in the dictionary that the globals() function returns.
def getColour(C, threshold):
    neg = 0 - threshold
    half = threshold/2
    if C <= (neg - half):
        clr = '#2b83ba'
    if ((neg - half) < C <= neg):
        clr = '#abdda4'
    if ((threshold + half) > C >= threshold):
        clr = '#fdae61'
    if (C > (threshold + half)):
        clr = '#d7191c'
    if 'clr' in `globals()`:
        return clr
    else:
        return None

This is not needed since the function will return None by default:
    else:
        return None

It may make the code better readable with this check against globals(), though.

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Home Front Page Industry better than academia at reporting clinical trials outcomes properly
Industry better than academia at reporting clinical trials outcomes properly
The pharmaceutical industry takes a lot of criticism from many angles, but when it comes to reporting the results of its clinical trials, the ivory towers of academia turn out to be the irresponsible ones. According a new report, many publicly-funded clinical trials do not comply with guidelines of the US Food and Drug Administration for timely outcomes reporting. In contrast, industry-funded studies were much more likely to comply with regulations, the study reveals.
Researchers with Duke Medicine reported in the March 12 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine that far too many clinical trials fail to comply with mandates for reporting results during and shortly after the conclusion of certain clinical trials. Legal and ethical guidelines require that the results of most clinical trials for medical products are to be reported in a registry created for this specific purpose so that all results of studies with human subjects are made public in a timely fashion.
The researchers looked at 13,327 "highly likely applicable clinical trials," or HLACTs from 2008 through 2013. They found that the proportion of HLACTs funded by all sources that reported results within the FDA-mandated 12-month window was only 13.4 percent. Those that eventually reported results by September 2013 accounted for only 38.3 percent. Among the HLACTs examined, 65.6 percent were funded by industry, 45 percent of which were not required to report results. Six percent of the HLACTs were funded by the National Institutes of Health, and 9 percent were funded by other government or academic institutions.
"Patients who participate in clinical research have the expectation that the risk of participation will be offset by the creation of generalizable knowledge and the advancement of science, and that is achieved through the availability of clinical trial results," said study lead author Monique Anderson, M.D., researcher at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, in a statement. "Sponsors who lead clinical trials have an ethical and legal obligation to publically report their findings, whether the results are positive or negative.
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Q: Is it possible only to use second derivative and one pair of x,y values to find equation of a curve? I recently encountered a question as follows:

At every point (x, y) on a certain curve, we have $\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}=5$. When $x=2$, $y$ attains a minimum value of $10$. Find the equation of the curve.

Given this second-order differential equation, I thought of computing $\frac{dy}{dx}=5x+C$ as an antiderivative, then, similarly, find $y=\frac{5x^2}{2}+Cx+D$ where C and D are arbitrary constants. However, what matters me is that I cannot solve C and D provided that there's no information given for the first derivative.
Is it really possible I can find the equation of the curve with only two pieces of information given? If no, any alternatives for solving this question? Thanks!

A: Given that $y'' = 5$.
Integrating, we get
$$
y' = 5 x + C.
$$
Integrating again, we get
$$
y = {5 \over 2} x^2 + C x + D.
$$
The minimum value of $y$ is obtained by finding the critical points of $y$.
Thus, we solve
$$
y' = 0 \ \ \mbox{or} \ \ 5 x + C = 0 \ \ x = -{C \over 5}
$$
(Since $y'' = 5 > 0$, the critical point yields a minimum value.)
The minimum value of $y$ is attained at $x = 2$ as $y_\min = 10$.
Substituting $x = 2$ in the critical point result
$$
x = -{C \over 5},
$$
we get $C = -5 x = -5 (2) = -10$.
Thus,
$$
y = {5 \over 2} \ x^2 - 10 x + D
$$
Given that $y(2) = 10$. Thus,
$$
10 = {5 \over 2} \ (2)^2 - 10 (2) + D
$$
Simplifying, we get
$$
10 = \left( {5 \over 2} \times 4 \right) - 20 + D = 10 - 20 + D
$$
or
$$
D = 20
$$
Hence, the unique solution of the differential equation is
$$
\boxed{y(x) = {5 \over 2} \ x^2 - 10 x + 20}
$$

A: We have $y(x)=k(x-2)^2+10$.  From $y''(x)=5$ we know that $k=5/2$.


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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is demanding a full-scale investigation into the rape of at least 11 women at the hands of Mexican police during a crackdown on protesters in 2006 — a crackdown ordered by now-President Enrique Peña Nieto
Peña Nieto was the governor of the state of Mexico when hundreds of people took over a town square to protest police stopping vendors from selling flowers at a nearby market. More than 40 women — vendors, students, and activists — were violently arrested. The commission found that at least 11 women were "raped, beaten, penetrated with metal objects, robbed, and humiliated, made to sing aloud to entertain police." The government initially accused the women of making it up but eventually acknowledged the rape and abuse. Regardless, no police were ever prosecuted. Instead, the women were prosecuted, with five of them spending more than a year locked up on minor charges, such as blocking traffic. While Peña Nieto was not directly accused of wrongdoing by the commission, any thorough investigation would involve looking into his involvement in ordering the crackdown. It's yet another scandal for a president whose approval ratings have been tanking amid accusations of corruption and violence. In total, two protesters were killed and another 207 were "victims of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment" in the 2006 incident.
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2020 is upon us. This year will bring plenty of amazing things and we're ringing in the New Year with the thundering of horse's hooves. A brand-new faction is making its way to tabletops in the A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game. But that's not all that's new, as two Neutral units are also putting their services up for offer. Let's take a quick look at what you can find on your game store shelves now.
Leading the charge are the horselords from across the sea. House Targaryen used to have control of the Iron Throne until Robert's Rebellion. Now Daenerys is looking to take back the throne for herself. She's enlisted the help of the most skilled riders in the world, the Dothraki, forging an alliance via her marriage with Khal Drogo. This new faction's starter set is made up entirely of cavalry units, which provides an entirely new way to build an army. Fast and hard-hitting, the Targaryen faction will certainly alter the way players prepare for combat. As always, the starter set has everything someone needs to get into the game, including game rulebook, Tactics deck, dice, terrain, markers, and more.
If you're happy with your current faction, there's something new for you as well, as two units from the infamous Stormcrow Mercenary Company are also available now.The Stormcrow's prowess in battle is only bolstered when army commanders entice them with a pay bonus. Adaptable, they take readily to new leadership, letting Unit Attachments join them for less than usual. The Stormcrow Mercenary Unit is a dedicated melee force for a moderate point cost and includes the versatile Stormcrow Lieutenant Unit Attachment. Meanwhile, the Stormcrow Archers Unit gives army commanders a new way to reach out and touch their opponents at range. No matter what an army might need, the Stormcrows are here to fulfill that need, at a price.
The Targaryen Starter Set, Stormcrow Mercenary Unit, and Stormcrow Archers Unit are all available now down at your local gaming store or online. These new releases start 2020 off with a bang and are just the tip of the iceberg for what we have planned for releases this year. Stay tuned!
You can read more about the Targaryen Starter Set here.
You can read more about the Stormcrow Mercenaries here.
You can read more about the Stormcrow Archers here.
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The contract may state the date for possession of the site by the contractor (or commencement date), or, if not, then the site must be handed over to the contractor within a reasonable time after signing of the contract.
If the client fails to give possession of the site to the contractor, and there are no provisions for delay in the contract, then they will be in breach of contract. Even if the contract does provide for delay in giving possession of the site to the contractor, the contractor will still be able to claim for an extension of time and perhaps loss and expense.
Discuss issues related to continued occupation of any part of the site (particularly on refurbishment projects) such as access.
Issue any significant information about the site (such as site services, tree preservation orders, etc.).
See also Pre-contract meeting. The pre-contract meeting is an important meeting that takes place after the contractor has been appointed but before work commences on site. It is an opportunity to for the project team to meet (perhaps for the first time) and to plan the construction stage.
On certification of practical completion, the contractor will give possession of the site back to the client (see Handover to client).


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Good morning, RVA! It's 80 °F, and the oppressive heat continues! Highs today approach 100 °F, which, joking aside, can be pretty dangerous. Wear sunscreen, stay hydrated, and stay cool 😎.
Jackie Kruszewski at Style writes about the "pale and male" nature of companies funded by local venture capital firm New Richmond Ventures. I'm glad folks like Kruszewski are out there thinking and writing about how we can help people other than white men establish and grow wealth! Liz Doerr, NRV's director of engagement (and 1st District School Board rep), says that 21% of the investors who contributed to the most recent fundraising pot of $33 million are female or minorities—which she says is double the national average. Approaching this problem by actively seeking out a more diverse group of investors does make a lot of sense to me, but it's certainly not the only way for NRV to shake up their investment portfolio. With a handful of companies still to be funded out of this current round, there's still time for NRV to make some bold and diverse funding choices!
Carol Hazard has a neat piece about the completion of Eggleston Plaza in Jackson Ward. This project hits a lot of my buttons: density, affordable housing, proximity to transit, and thoughtful consideration of an area's history. Let's build more of this sort of thing!
Here's Ned Oliver's recap of the Lumpkin's Jail community meeting last night. As expected, the conversation continues to focus on the scope of the project rather than specific details. To me, it sounds like any hope of expanding the project beyond the jail site is pretty much off the table at this point.
I fell down a little bit of a hole reading this piece in the Free Press about the new John Jasper Way street sign in Jackson Ward. I walk/bus/bike past the building pictured in that article and just now learned that it is the Tucker Cottage! Edwin Slipek has a bit about the cottage—which was built in 1798, is the oldest house in Jackson Ward, and has been moved twice—in this 2012 Style Weekly article. Here you can see the cottage in its previous location on 3rd Street. I also learned that Tucker Cottage is on Airbnb?
Squirrels return home to face the Harrisburg Senators. Tickets are available online.
I was just in San Francisco and ate the burrito mentioned in the intro, and, dang, y'all. It is a good burrito.