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Bruce Lahn is a Chinese-born American geneticist. Lahn came to the U.S. from China to continue his education in the late 1980s. He is the William B. Graham professor of Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. He is also the founder of the Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. Lahn currently serves as the chief scientist of VectorBuilder, Inc.

Lahn's honors include the Merrill Lynch Forum Global Innovation Award, the TR100 Award from Technology Review, the Burroughs Wellcome Career Award, and a Searle Scholarship. He was also named to the 40-Under-40 list by Crains Chicago Business. Lahn received his B.A. in General Biology from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the lab of David C. Page. From 2000 to 2012, Lahn was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute sponsored Investigator.

His previous research specialized in human genetics and evolutionary genetics, especially human sex chromosome evolution and the genetic basis that underlies the evolutionary expansion of the human brain. Lahn's current research interests include  stem cell biology and epigenetics.

Biography
Bruce Lahn is a Chinese-born American scientist. He currently works at the University of Chicago. In the past he has studied human genetics and evolutionary genetics. His main objective with previous studies was to study the evolution of human sex chromosomes and the underlying basis for the growth of the human brain. Lahn is currently doing a wide spread of stem cell research as well as working with epigenetics. Lahn's previous research has led to the hypothesis that the Neanderthals contributed to evolution of the human brain's size. Lahn is currently working to contribute a better understanding of the widespread use of stem cells to the science world.

Contributions to science
His research on the microcephaly-associated gene, MCPH1, led to the hypothesis that an archaic Homo sapiens lineage such as the Neanderthals might have contributed to the recent development of the human brain.  His research also suggested that newly arisen variants of two brain size genes, ASPM and MCPH1, might have been favored by positive natural selection in recent human history.  This research provoked controversy due to the finding that the positively selected variants of these genes had spread to higher frequencies in some parts of the world than in others (for ASPM, it is higher in Europe and surrounding regions than other parts of the world; for MCPH1, it is higher outside sub-Saharan Africa than inside).  He has advocated the moral position that human genetic diversity should be embraced and celebrated as among humanity's great assets. Later studies did not find the ASPM and MCPH1 gene variants identified by Lahn to be associated with mental ability or cognition in modern populations, and the haplotype was not found in the individuals used to prepare the first draft of the Neanderthal genome.

Lahn has many different studies with stem cells that he is currently working on. They range anywhere from looking at if the suicide gene can be modified with stem cells, to looking at stem cells as a potential source to treat testicular dysfunctions.

References

External links
Alumni page at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

1969 births
Living people
American geneticists
Chinese emigrants to the United States
Harvard University alumni
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
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Thompson Rivers University adopts Comm100 Live Chat & Chatbot across 5 departments
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Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is a public teaching and research university offering undergraduate and graduate degrees and vocational training. Founded in 1970, the university now serves more than 25,000 students on its campuses in Kamloops and Williams Lake, and via distance or online courses and programs through Open Learning. From traditional academics to trades, from certificates to graduate degrees, TRU offers over 140 on-campus programs and 60-plus Open Learning programs.
The Results by Numbers
4.28 / 5 – Live chat CSAT
25 sec – Wait time
83% – Chats handled by chatbot
Everybody has their preferred way of communicating. Some people want to reach out via live chat, some social media, and others via email. The beauty of Comm100 is that every channel can be connected into one platform so we can connect with and support more students, more efficiently.
Lachlan Todd, Communications & Systems Coordinator, Thompson Rivers University
Thompson Rivers University prides itself on delivering excellent support to its students throughout their experience with the university, from enrolment all the way through to post-graduation. To deliver this support, the university was primarily relying on telephone and email support. However, with an increasingly tech-savvy student population, TRU recognized that these channels alone weren't meeting their students' support expectations. Grown up surrounded by technology, today's students want to connect with brands of any industry digitally so they can experience the speed and convenience that digital communication offers.
As Lachlan Todd, Communications & Systems Coordinator at TRU, explained to us:
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Recognizing that they urgently needed to digitalize their support offering, Thompson Rivers University began researching what channels would meet their students' digital support expectations. Live chat was immediately identified as the ideal solution for this, so TRU began researching potential vendors that catered to their needs.
Firstly, with strict privacy rules within the Canadian higher education system, the live chat solution had to be hosted in Canada. Secondly, it could not be too costly given budget constraints. And lastly, the live chat software had to offer a chatbot integration. They soon discovered that Comm100 ticked each of these boxes, and many more, so partnered with Comm100.
At first, Comm100 Live Chat was implemented within the university's Future Students team to help them connect with more students and schools to boost recruitment. After immediate success, four more departments within the university quickly adopted Comm100 Live Chat too to support key areas of the university's services – IT Service Desk, International Office, Wellness Center, and Student Development.
By offering live chat, the International Office can now connect with more prospective and current international students to boost enrolment and engagement. On the other hand, TRU's Wellness Center department is using live chat to provide emotional, physical and social support to its students, utilizing live chat's ability to personalize interactions and provide genuine, one-to-one support.
The Future Students team was the first department to implement Comm100 Live Chat and we were immediately the envy of our colleagues in other departments – so much so that four more departments quickly adopted Comm100 Live Chat after seeing the success we were having with it. Now five departments across the university use Comm100 Live Chat and Chatbot, and likely more to come.
With Comm100 Live Chat now set up across five departments, TRU is meeting its students' digital expectations by providing them with fast and convenient support where and how they want it. They now are enjoying a strong 4.28 customer satisfaction score (CSAT) alongside an average 25 second wait time. By meeting their students' support expectations, TRU is connecting with more prospective students and improving the CX for enrolled students.
"We know that some of our students dread the thought of calling us when they have a question. This just isn't the case with live chat. Live chat breaks down this barrier and lets our students connect with us in a way that they feel most comfortable with. And rather than waiting days for a response by email, our students can now receive immediate responses via live chat and get on with their day."
The next step: Introducing chatbots for round-the-clock support
While Comm100 Live Chat being extremely well received by students, faculty and agents alike, Thompson Rivers University knew they couldn't afford to offer the service outside of their business hours. However, they recognized that offering live chat from just 9am to 4pm was damaging the student experience and creating a significant barrier to engagement.
To solve this challenge, TRU approached Comm100 to discuss setting up their chatbot within the live chat software. By importing their support FAQs into Comm100's bot platform, Lachlan built out the chatbot intents to automate the most repetitive and simple questions. With Comm100 Chatbot now in place, when the team is offline TRU can offer 24/7 support to students without any human supervision, ensuring that their students receive the support that they expect. TRU's chatbot now handles 83% of all incoming chats within the Future Student department.
Without any technical knowledge or coding experience, TRU were initially wary of adopting a chatbot. However, they soon discovered that this uncertainty was misplaced as Comm100's chatbot is incredibly easy to build and program.
"I don't have a computer science or programming background so finding a chatbot that was simple to build and code-free was crucial – and Comm100 Chatbot delivered on this. With a little learning and guidance from Comm100's bot architect team, I built our bot from scratch with no technical knowledge. I think anyone who has a social media account can build a Comm100 Chatbot." – Lachlan Todd
With five departments across Thompson Rivers University using Comm100 Live Chat & Chatbot, the university expects even more departments to adopt the technology as they see the significant benefits it has created across their school.
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Music Monday: KC and The Sunshine Band – "Please Don't Go"
Did you like disco? Me … not so much … but didn't mind a few songs from the 1970s. For Music Monday here's a YouTube video with KC and the Sunshine Band from 1979 performing "Please Don't Go."
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If you were like me and didn't follow disco music closely, you probably didn't know much about band founder Harry Wayne Casey and his 1973 Hialeah, Florida band (below).
The band was formed in 1973 by Harry Wayne Casey (KC), a record store employee and part-timer at TK Records in Hialeah, Florida. KC originally called the band KC & The Sunshine Junkanoo Band, as he used studio musicians from TK and a local Junkanoo band called the Miami Junkanoo Band. He was introduced to Richard Finch, who was engineering records for TK, and the Casey-Finch musical collaboration began. They were soon joined by guitarist Jerome Smith and drummer Robert Johnson, both TK studio musicians.
The first few songs, "Blow Your Whistle" (September 1973) and "Sound Your Funky Horn" (February 1974), were released as singles, and did well enough on the U.S. R&B chart and overseas that TK wanted a follow-up single and album. In the meantime, while working on demos for KC & the Sunshine Band, the song "Rock Your Baby" (George McCrae) was created. It was written by Casey and featured Smith on guitar, and became a number one hit in 51 countries in mid-1974. The band's "Queen of Clubs", which featured uncredited vocals by McCrae, was a hit in the UK, peaking at number 7 and they went on a tour there in 1975.
With the release of the self-titled second album KC and the Sunshine Band in 1975 came the group's first major U.S. hit with "Get Down Tonight". It topped the R&B chart in April and hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in August. "That's the Way (I Like It)" also became a number one hit in November 1975 and the group received four nominations and one win at the 1976 Grammy Awards. The 1976 album Part 3 yielded two number one singles: "I'm Your Boogie Man" and "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty". Another hit, "Keep It Comin' Love"(1977), peaked at number two. Their success lasted until the fifth album from 1979; their last chart-topping hit was "Please Don't Go", hitting number one for one week in January 1980, and becoming the first number one hit of the 1980s. With the explosion of new wave music and the declining popularity of disco, the group explored other styles and changed labels, joining Epic Records in 1980 after TK Records went bankrupt.
With a change in styles, Casey enjoyed success, dueting with Teri DeSario with "Yes, I'm Ready", which hit No. 2 in March 1980 the adult contemporary sound was much different from his disco hits of the 1970s, and his first major success away from the Sunshine Band.
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Le Premier ministre de la République centrafricaine est le chef du gouvernement depuis 1958.

Histoire de la fonction primo-ministérielle

Le pays ayant choisi l'indépendance après le référendum de 1958, le pays colonisateur, la France géra la transition démocratique et institutionnelle en instaurant le poste de président du gouvernement ; en parallèle subsistait, pendant la période de transition, le poste de gouverneur qui représentait la France et possédait de facto le pouvoir.

À la déclaration d'indépendance en 1960, la Centrafrique se dote d'un poste de président de la République, pourvu par David Dacko pourtant déjà président du gouvernement. Dacko se fait élire président de la République, concentrant ainsi tous les pouvoirs exécutifs. Il est dorénavant président de la République et président du gouvernement.

Le président Jean-Bedel Bokassa instaure le poste de Premier ministre en 1974 avec Élisabeth Domitien mais qui s'opposa à elle dans son projet de transformer les institutions en monarchie de devenir empereur.  Elle fut la première femme à accéder à ce poste en Centrafrique, mais fut contrainte à la démission et fut envoyée en prison.

Après le coup d'État de 1979 qui marque le retour de David Dacko au poste de président de la République, le poste de Premier ministre survit un temps avant de disparaître.

À la suite de manifestations, le président André Kolingba est contraint en 1991 de relâcher son étreinte sur le pouvoir exécutif et recrée le poste de Premier ministre.

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World of Warships: Public Test of the Update 0.8.2 – Round 2
By Yuzorah 14th March 2019
The second round starts on Thursday 14 March at 17:30 CET (UTC+1) and will end Monday 18 March at 16:30 CET (UTC+1).
You can try out the upcoming update 0.8.2 on the Public Test sever, including "Space Warships Intergalactic Games"! By the way, you will start with level 14 Service Record and will be able to take part in Space Battles almost immediately from the beginning of the test!
In the second stage, we've taken into consideration your feedback for the mode "Space Assault" and updated the balancing accordingly.
In other news we are continuing to work on the balancing of aircraft carriers, and in this second stage of Public Test we will be introducing two new mechanics: Nonlinear addition of constant AA damage and changes to the invulnerability ceiling for aircraft that have carried out an attack, though the squadron that a player returns using the F-Key will still return via the higher altitude.
Try these changes, and be among the first to share your impressions with us!
Permanent AA damage from several ships added up, which lead to excessive efficiency of any group of ships. To solve this problem, we have implemented a nonlinear system of permanent damage. Overlapping air defense zones will still be effective, but the squadron will have more chances to preserve aircraft. The permanent air defense damage of two or more ships operating in unison will still be greater than that of a single ship, allowing for faster removal of the threat from the air, even though the individual contribution of each ship in the group will be slightly reduced. Later, after the mechanics are balanced, we will publish detailed information about how it works regarding the addition of permanent damage.
Along with the change in the mechanics of overlapping air defense zones, we will reduce the invulnerability ceiling for aircraft that have carried out an attack, but the squadron that a player returns using F-Key will still return at a higher altitude. This separation will alleviate the damage taken by out-of-battle attack aircraft, but will still counter the tactics of 'F-spam'. Currently, the height value for returning aircraft will be 10% lower, which will reduce their losses.
Both changes will have a positive impact on the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers and the exact values will be adjusted according to the test results.
To improve the comfort of the game, the cruising speed of aircraft on tier IV carriers has been increased by 10%.
Considering player feedback and statistical analysis, changes have been made to the "Space Assault" mode, the task of which is to bring both teams balance and, despite the different tasks, to put in equal conditions:
The time allocated for the attack has been increased from 8 to 9 minutes;
Values of the constant repair for the defending team have been reduced from 200 to 120 hit points per second, constant reloading of main caliber and TA is reduced from 10% to 4%;
The destruction of the force field generator and the loss of an ally, now increases the recovery points of the combat capability of the defender to 60 units/sec instead of 50 and accelerates the cooldown of 3% on even and 4% at odd levels instead of 4% previously;
The force field generators have been slightly extended from the sheltered area;
The logic of issuing the achievement "Guardian of the Galaxy" has been improved.
The changes also affected the mode of "Torpedo Beat":
Zoomed out Torpedo camera for a more convenient view;
Disabled notification of torpedo threat from allied torpedoes;
Improved visual component in the mode, now the map looks more vibrant and pleasing to play on.
Fixed bugs related to Space Warships Intergalactic Games which affected sound and visual effects as well as spaceships characteristics and economy.
Fixed bugs related to the interface and Service Record.
Fixed bugs affecting voice messages and torpedo warnings.
Mode schedule
Space Assault March 7, 17:00 (UTC) – March 9, 09:00 (UTC) March 14, 17:00 (UTC) – March 16, 09:00 (UTC)
Binary Star and Rings of Saturn March 9, 09:00 (UTC) – March 10, 09:00 (UTC) March 16, 09:00 (UTC) – March 17, 09:00 (UTC)
Torpedo Beat March 10, 09:00 (UTC) – March 11, 16:00 (UTC) March 17, 09:00 (UTC) – March 18, 16:00 (UTC)
Combat Missions and Rewards
Play one Random or Co-op Battle.
Reward on the live server: three signals of each type, excluding special signals.
Play 3 battles on aircraft carriers in Random or Co-op Battles.
Reward on the live server: ten "Type 6" camouflage patterns.
Complete a combat mission in Space Assault mode.
Reward on the live server: one of each of the following special signals: Scylla, Leviathan, and Basilisk.
Complete combat missions in the Binary Star and Rings of Saturn modes.
Reward on the live server: two of each of the following special signals: Scylla, Leviathan, and Basilisk.
Complete a combat mission in Torpedo Beat mode.
Reward on the live server: five of each of the following special signals: Dragon, Wyvern, Red Dragon, Ouroboros, and Hydra.
Complete all chains of combat missions in the Intergalactic Games modes.
Reward on the live server: 1 Day of Warships Premium Account
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John's description of Christ gave answer to Isaac's inquiry, Gen_22:7. Let us not narrow the extent of the gospel. By the grace of God Jesus tasted death for every man, 1Jn_2:2. Though they knew it not, the Messiah had stood on those banks, had mingled with those crowds, had descended into those waters, and was standing among them at that moment. But their eyes were blinded. The new era had already dawned.
The general reader of the story of our Lord's baptism probably supposes that the sign of the descending dove and the sound of the Father's voice were apprehended by all the crowd. This, however, was not the case. John had been previously informed that some day one, indicated by those signs, would come to His baptism. John was the porter of the door of the fold, and it was necessary to certify the true Shepherd when He appeared, Joh_10:3. To our Lord this was the beginning of His ministry. The heavenly powers were opened to Him, which He was in turn to open to all who believe and cooperate with Him for the regeneration of the world.


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Gustav Frederik Holm (Copenhaguen, 6 d'agost de 1849 - Copenhague, 13 de març de 1940) va ser un oficial naval i explorador àrtic danès. Esdevingué oficial de marina el 1899 i va ser el cap de l'oficina hidrogràfica danesa de 1899 a 1909. Més endavant fou nomenat com a director de pilots el 1912. Rebé moltes distincions a conseqüència de les seves exploracions i descobertes, sobretot a la costa oriental de Groenlàndia.

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Abstract: This paper compares the American practice of requiring an attorney to pay personally the fees of an opposing party where the attorney has been found to improperly conducted himself or herself to analogous practices in two other common law jurisdictions, England and Canada.
Comparing the law in this area in England and Canada to the law in the United States is a useful endeavor because each country shares in the common law tradition but also differs from each other in material respects. Unlike the United States, both England and Canada implement a "loser pays" system of costs. Further, England has historically differed from Canada and the United States in its approach to lawyer regulation insofar as, until very recently, English law recognized the doctrine of "advocates' immunity." Under this doctrine both barristers and solicitors enjoyed significant immunity from liability to clients in negligence.
Given these material differences among the three countries, one might predict that each country would employ a unique approach to assessing the circumstances in which lawyers should be required to pay costs personally due to improper conduct. In fact, the law in each country on this issue reveals a trend of convergence. Each country examined has shifted in recent years to the use of objective standards that import a standard of negligence in determining if a lawyer should be personally responsible for litigation costs.
This paper is composed of three parts. The first three sections of this paper review developments in the law of each of these three countries in requiring lawyers to pay costs of litigation personally, beginning with the United States and continuing with England and then Canada. The final section of this paper is devoted to exploring some of the insights that may be derived from the pattern of convergence to a negligence standard observed across these three jurisdictions.


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Q: Email: text preview on mobile client and browser guys
I'm trying to create e good html code for my newsletter. I've checked a lot of best practice but I cannot find the right tips for me.
You know: email client on mobile show the first two or three lines in the code... and due the first line is always "If you can't read this email, please click on..." etc.
I'd like to know is there's a tag or a way to choose another text to show up on the email preview when received by my customers. (of course, without changing the first line referring to the web version of the email)
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A: This is called a preheader. You would simply put that content before your 'webversion' link in your html email.
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General Assembly Update (Feb. 20, 2015)
The 2015 General Assembly session is scheduled to adjourn on February 28, 2015. The revised budget is just about done and will likely include some raises for teachers and state employees. It is also likely to include some additional monies for higher education. These are important advances, though I would like to see additional funding for education.
The budget does not go far enough in a number of other ways, and still does not provide for the expansion of Medicaid, which could bring back hundreds of millions of our taxpayer dollars to help Virginians secure health insurance, create jobs, and strengthen our hospital systems.
A number of the major initiatives that I have worked on look likely to pass in some form. The bill to expand the DNA database, which was proposed in response to the Hannah Graham murder, has now passed the Senate in a form slightly modified from the one that was passed by the House. This means that there will be a conference committee composed of Senate and House members to reconcile the two bills for final passage. The same is true with the campus sexual assault reporting bill. I hope to be involved in the final discussions on these bills and expect them to be passed and signed by the Governor.
In the energy arena, one of the major debates focused on the bill proposed by Dominion Virginia Power to freeze electric utility rates for the next five years. This is drawing considerable controversy in the press, and much of the focus has been on the initial form of the bill, which was extremely detrimental to consumers and those of us who support greater investment in renewable energy. The bill that passed, however, is substantially different than the one that was proposed. In fact, the amended bill was not opposed by the Sierra Club, nor the League of Conservation Voters. It includes a requirement that Dominion undertake a weatherization program for low-income persons, and unprecedented initiatives to expand solar and other renewables. The bill provides some comfort to consumers as it will freeze the "base rates" of the utility for the next five years. Your utility bill may or may not change, however, as your bill also reflects the cost of fuel. If natural gas continues to decline, that decrease in price will be passed on to the consumer in the form of lower bills. If there is a spike in natural gas or other fuel sources, your bill will likely rise. But the base rate, which is determined by the cost of other operations of the utility, such as maintaining its infrastructure and repairs and replacements generated by weather events and natural disasters, will be borne solely by the utility. In the event that Dominion "over earns" after the five year period, they will have to provide a credit to consumers, or an actual reduction in base rates.
My efforts to reform the coal tax credits have not yet succeeded. Republicans in the House and Senate have not yet been convinced of the economic arguments opposing the massive taxpayer subsidies provided to the coal and utility companies. This has amounted to approximately $600 million over the last twenty years for an industry that has lost three quarters of its workforce during this period and is now mining substantially less coal. Unfortunately, some people are so "locked in" to the so called "war on coal" argument, and are willing to allow their constituents to further subsidize an industry that is failing. The better approach is to take the money and invest it in emerging industries in southwest Virginia that will create better jobs in the long run. We will continue to fight for reform.
Several of my other bills will soon pass both bodies and go to the Governor. Included in these is my bill to give property owners more flexibility in how they deal with the city's zoning ordinance for sidewalk construction (HB 2051), a bill to eliminate paperwork for small businesses as they file their personal property tax documents with their localities (HB 2098), and a bill requiring universities to provide more information about their sponsored research programs and the degree to which these initiatives are creating more commercial activity in the Commonwealth (HB 1959).
And, for your viewing pleasure, you may be interested in a floor speech I gave this week on "millennials" and how Democrats are responding to their concerns in Richmond. You can see it here.
I am looking forward to returning to Charlottesville to spend more time with my family, resume my law practice, and serve my constituents from my local office. It is a pleasure serving you in Richmond.
Filed Under: General Assembly 2015 Tagged With: Affordable Health Care, Charlottesville sidewalk funding program, Coal Tax Credits, DNA Database Expansion, Education, Environmental Protection, K-12 Education funding, Medicaid expansion, Renewable Energy, Sexual Assault Policy, State Employee Compensation, Virginia Higher Education Funding
General Assembly Update (Feb 4, 2015)
February 5, 2015 by David Toscano
We are approaching "crossover," the day on which all bills must be passed by one body so they can be sent over to the other body for consideration. As a result, there are long floor sessions, and meetings that begin in the early morning and extend late into the evening.
DNA database expansion
A number of very important measures upon which I have worked are working their way through the process. The first is the DNA database expansion bill (HB 1617), which was proposed in response to the Hannah Graham tragedy. Right now, we collect DNA from persons convicted of felonies. Under the bill, DNA samples would be taken (much as we currently take fingerprints) from persons convicted of serious misdemeanors. The final list of misdemeanors is yet to be determined, but, for the present, in addition to those already included in the law today, the list includes:
18.2-57 (Assault & Battery)
18.2-60.3 (Stalking)
18.2-102 (Theft of Vehicle Valued under $200)
18.2-121 (Criminal Trespass)
18.2-186.3 (Identify Fraud)
18.2-195 (Credit Card Fraud)
18.2-308 (Concealed Carry)
18.2-387 (Indecent Exposure)
18.2-387.1 (Obscene Sexual Display)
18.2-460 (Obstructing Justice)
18.2- 479.1 (Resisting Arrest)
Some people have suggested that the list includes minor offenses such as jaywalking or certain traffic offenses. This is not the case. It also does not include any offenses committed by juveniles. The list has been limited to those misdemeanors that tend to be predictive, to the extent that they can, of future criminal behavior. At sub-committee level, Sheriff Chip Harding and Gil Harrington, the mother of former Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, who was abducted and murdered several years ago, testified on behalf of the bill. Sheriff Harding pointed out that Jessie Mathew, the alleged assailant of Hannah Graham, had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass several years before a rape for which he has now been charged, occurred in Fairfax. If his DNA had been taken and put into the database, it is likely that the police would have linked him to the Fairfax rape and he would never have met Hannah Graham.
Delegate Bell and Senator Obenshain have similar bills. My bill has been rolled into Delegate Bell's bill, and that is the measure which ultimately may be passed by the House, perhaps as early as Monday.
Campus sexual assault and campus safety
Two other initiatives that I have proposed related to campus sexual assault and campus safety are headed to the House Courts of Justice committee, having cleared a preliminary hurdle in the Education Committee. My bill, HB 2201, requires that a college transcript be annotated in the event that a person is convicted of sexual misconduct on campus or withdraws because of such an allegation. This will help inform employers and universities of the person's previous behavior while in school so that they can make better judgments about whether to admit that person to their institution or hire them.
A more complex bill related to this issue, the College Sexual Assault Reporting bill (HB 2139), has been modified significantly since it was introduced. Originally, it was a "mandatory reporting" bill, but after hearing from many constituents and being briefed on the complexities of Federal law, the bill now is what might be referred to as an "enhanced encouragement to report" bill. I believe it balances the need for a survivor to determine how, if at all, he or she wants to prosecute a case, with the desire of the community to be protected from serial predators (studies indicate that assailants often reoffend). Under my measure, there is a requirement that employees at universities who obtain knowledge of sexual assault report the incident to the campus Title IX Coordinator or to campus security.
The Title IX Coordinator, with the assistance of campus security, would then convene a threat assessment team, which is composed of campus security, mental health professionals, attorneys, and other designees from the University. Those people would be able to access mental health records and criminal histories on the alleged assailant to provide the team with information about the alleged perpetrator in order to determine whether they may pose a risk to the community. Under current state and federal law, this information is not easily available to the University. My redrafted bill would change that. Using the threat assessment team approach will allow universities to make better decisions on reporting.
The Title IX Coordinator will then have sufficient information to assist in the decision of whether to report the incident to local law enforcement and encourage prosecution as needed. At the same time, the survivor will be given information sufficient to empower him or her with options of how to proceed, to ensure evidence will not be lost, and to make prosecution easier if it occurs. This strikes the appropriate balance between the rights of the victim and the rights of the community, and I hope that the General Assembly will look favorably upon it.
House revised budget
The House revised budget will be released on Sunday. We are working to include some additional monies to provide raises for state employees and teachers. I am still hopeful that we will reprogram some of the special tax breaks given to the coal and utility companies for spending on public safety and education. (You can see my speech on coal credits on YouTube).
Sidewalk construction and vehicle-to-grid bills
My bill to provide more flexibility to the City of Charlottesville and property owners, which addresses sidewalk construction requirements (HB2051), passed the House today and now heads to the Senate. Senator Deeds is carrying the bill in the Senate.
Finally, my vehicle-to-grid bill (HB 2073) was tabled in the Energy sub-committee of Commerce and Labor on Tuesday. Under this unique concept, an electric vehicle could return energy stored in its battery to the grid. This would help with the efficiency of the grid while providing a small financial benefit to electric vehicle owners. Delaware has such a program and has been using it for the last two years. Committee members were intrigued by the concept, and asked that it be studied further before enacting it. I will bring this measure back next year and hopefully it will receive favorable treatment.
As always, it is a pleasure representing you in the General Assembly. Please feel free to call us or write us during session with issues of concern.
Filed Under: General Assembly 2015 Tagged With: Charlottesville sidewalk funding program, Coal Tax Credits, DNA Database Expansion, Environmental Protection, Sexual Assault Policy, Virginia budget
Update from the General Assembly, Week of 1/26/15
January 29, 2015 by David Toscano
Fourteen days into the Session, and things are really heating up. On Wednesday, several of my bills advanced, including a measure to provide Charlottesville more options in their sidewalk funding program, and a bill to address certain problems that small businesses have in Albemarle County in how they report their assets for tax purposes.
House Bill 1617, my bill to expand the DNA database, got its first hearing in the Courts of Justice criminal law sub-committee on Tuesday. Albemarle Sheriff Chip Harding and Gil Harrington testified on behalf of the concept. This bill is likely to have a fiscal impact and we will have to find some monies in the budget to help fund it. But I believe the concept is well accepted by members of the Courts committee, and I believe that some initiative will be passed. Delegates Bell and Obenshain also have bills, but it is not clear which vehicle will ultimately be the one that moves forward. However, the important thing is that we will likely get some change in the DNA database this session which will make it easier to apprehend wrongdoers and exonerate the innocent.
The big disappointment of the day was the failure of the House Finance Committee to report out HB 2181, a bill that would have reformed the coal tax credits in Virginia. Independent of the climate change issue, which I believe is important and one on which we should focus, the economics of the coal tax credit is abysmal. What we have been doing is providing taxpayer subsidies for 25 years to utility companies and coal companies in the form of massive tax credits. The credits provided to these companies total over one-half billion dollars. And what have we gotten for it? Coal tonnage mined is down from 48 million tons per year to 17 million tons per year in the last twenty years. And employment has dropped from over 11,000 in 1988 to only 3,600 in 2014. If we were running a private company and got that kind of return on our investment, we would be fired.
On Wednesday, I took to the floor to argue for a reform of the coal tax credit program. You can see the speech by clicking here, and read my written remarks with some commentary from the Blue Virginia blog by clicking here. The bill would have raised almost $20 million dollars in the first year that could have helped with education, public safety, and critical services. The bill was defeated on a party line vote, and it is clear that the Republicans view any effort to reform these credits as part of the "war on coal."
A number of my energy bills will be heard next week, including a bill that will facilitate electric vehicles being able to transfer unused energy back to the grid (HB 2073), and a bill that will encourage greater use of solar energies through what is called the Solar RECs (HB 2075).
The Senate has defeated most of the gun safety bills; many have yet to be heard in the House but will probably experience the same fate. I have one of these bills, a measure that would permit voluntary background checks by private sellers at gun shows. This is designed to close the so-called "gun show loop-hole," which permits private sellers at gun shows from having to get a background check before they transfer a gun to a purchaser. A voluntary check program would permit these private sellers to request the State police to conduct a background check to insure that their purchasers do not have something in their past that prevent them from obtaining a gun. The Virginia State Police would be present at the show — the check could be easily done.
Finally, the budget is continuing to be refined and will appear in the next week. Given our new budget projections, I am working with others to find monies for teacher and state employee raises, and to protect K-12 funding.
Please feel free to call us or write us during session with issues of concern.
It is a pleasure to serve you in the General Assembly.
Filed Under: General Assembly 2015 Tagged With: Charlottesville sidewalk funding program, Coal Tax Credits, DNA Database Expansion, Education, Environmental Protection, Gun Safety, K-12 Education funding, Renewable Energy


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3 Top Turnaround Stocks? Monitise Plc, Standard Chartered PLC & WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC
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2015 was a hugely challenging year for Morrisons (LSE: MRW), with the supermarket recording a fall in its share price of 18.5%. Clearly, this was mainly due to the poor performance of the business during the period.
In fact, Morrisons is expected to report a third consecutive year of falling profitability, with its bottom line forecast to have fallen by 16% in financial year 2016. This means that, if met, Morrisons will have an earnings per share figure which is around a third of its 2013 level.
Undoubtedly, Morrisons finds itself facing a major challenge. It has lost a large number of customers who have ditched it in favour of low cost, no-frills operators such as Aldi and Lidl and, in response, Morrisons has been drawn into a price war which has hit its margins very hard.
Looking ahead, though, Morrisons could begin to make encouraging progress. Thats at least partly because its previous years comparatives are poor, but also because it has a simplified strategy through which to become a leaner and more efficient business. This, plus higher consumer confidence levels resulting from a real rise in household spending levels, mean that Morrisons is forecast to grow its bottom line by 22% in the next financial year. And, with it having a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 13.3, it appears to be on the cusp of much improved share price performance.
Also experiencing a tough year last year was Asia-focused bank, Standard Chartered (LSE: STAN). Its shares fell by 42% last year and its earnings are expected to have declined by 60% for the 2015 financial year. In response, Standard Chartered launched a fundraising, slashed its dividend and changed its management team, which is intent upon shoring up the banks compliance function moving forward.
With Standard Chartered being an Asia-focused bank, the concerns surrounding Chinas growth rate and Japan sinking into recession are clearly bad news. Therefore, short term falls in its valuation cannot be ruled out but, for longer term investors, it holds huge appeal as an investment. Thats because it is forecast to increase its bottom line by 28% this year and, with its shares having a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of only 0.4, its performance in 2016 and beyond could be impressive.
Meanwhile, Monitise (LSE: MONI) fell by more than Standard Chartered and Morrisons combined in 2015, with the mobile payment solutions company recording a share price slump of 88% in 2015. Investor sentiment was hurt by a lack of profitability as well as changes in the companys management team which, judging by its 8% fall since the turn of the year, have carried over into 2016.
Looking ahead, Monitise may struggle to positively catalyse investor sentiment in the coming year. Thats because it appears to still be a long way off profitability and, while it is due to narrow its pretax loss this year, Monitise needs to convince the market that it is a viable business which can turn a profit. Until this seems relatively likely, it may be best to focus on other turnaround stocks which are already profitable and that also trade on low valuations.
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Feminism and lad culture
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In most cases a lad culture is associated with sexual harassment and violence. This ranges from physical harassment to sexual molestation. In universities, lad culture is more influential in the social side of the university life. This occurs in extracurricular activities and sports, where sexism spills over into humiliation and sexual harassment. In 2010, the National Union of Students published a report that revealed that 68% of its respondents reported cases of one or more kinds of sexual harassment in their respective Universities. This paper seeks to critically discuss issues of lad culture through feminist theorisations, with the prevalence of sexual harassment and violence amongst students (National Union of Students, 2012)
Over the years, gender has emerged as a crucial theme in higher education, especially since 1990s where there was a 'masculinity crisis' both in the media and government (Crosset, et al., 1995). The crisis was deemed to be as a result of attack on masculinity, especially from career women and new forms of gender identity which were perceived to threaten men in the sense of insecurity. Nowadays, individuals assume that higher education is gender-blind, this is not the real situation in the universities, challenges still continue for female students in the Universities.
In Universities, men have used sexual harassment and sexism as a way to salvage space and power. For example the use of initiation ceremonies like sexual pursuit of freshers and 'slut drops", where female students are given lifts after night outs then left miles away from their destinations. The lad culture has been criticized as a way of promoting sex industry and normalizing sexual assault amongst women, especially in the Universities. For example, events like nude calendars, and wet T-shirt competitions have increased students' participation in the sex industry (National Union of Students, 2012).
Alcohol consumption in Universities has greatly contributed to the spread of lad culture. Statistics indicate that British students spend more than 940 million British pounds annually on alcohol. The male students, especially sportsmen are perceived to be the heaviest drinkers, and they are deeply connected with the lad culture (Anon., 2008). In most cases, they meet at student bars where masculinity is measured in terms of alcohol. It is through these social gatherings that students come up with funny ideas like 'pisshead of the year' competition, 'real men" competition amongst others. These competitions amounts to sexual harassment and sexual violence of female students. For instance, behaviours like making comment on women's breasts, grabbing women in nightclubs and the urge to make women sexual objects (National Union of Students, 2012).
Lad culture is also spread through sporting activities in universities. Through sports, dominant and normative forms of manhood are exercised. Subcultures in sports can be very commanding, for instance, most studies conducted on rugby players have revealed their denial to adapt new cultural codes is often met with verbal harassment and violence. The cultural codes, practices and sporting masculinities of team bonding are characterized with verbal hostility, much of it homophobic and misogynistic. Nonetheless, the male rugby players are known to subject their female colleagues into abuse, for instance they refer them as 'dykes on spikes' (National Union of Students, 2012).
Team initiation ceremonies in Universities have really contributed towards lad culture. An initiation ceremony like 'hazing' uses humiliating tests as a way of controlling entry to a porting team as well as a way to facilitate bonding. Further, 'hazing' involves spanking women with a wooden paddle. A survey conducted at Southmpon University revealed that 14% of students reported cases of sexual abuse as a result of 'hazing' (National Union of Students, 2012).
According to (Hooks, 1994) there is a very thin line between feminism and lad culture. This mostly arises from a sexist thinking that women cannot do certain things. The writer argues that being in school would bring her joy since it was a place of ecstasy. At home, she was forced to be a different person since she had to follow the values and beliefs of the society. The writer brings into light how women were perceived, for instance, she claims that from her childhood, she only believed her career would only be to become a teacher. Other than being teachers, women would only become maids or wives. This is because men did not favour smart women in the society.
Culture defines a way of life, therefore, what is regarded as normal or superior is mostly aligned along gender, sex and relationships. It is very important to understand sexism perceptions in order to gain a deep understanding of dominant masculinities. The post-feminism idea of women being successful in the society is a major contributor of lad culture in universities today, since men feel like their territories are under threat (McLeod, et al., 1994).
According to (Hooks, 2000) feminism aims to eradicate oppression, sexist exploitation, and sexism. This does not imply that men are the enemy, sexist thinking is a problem, whether it is perpetuated by males or female colleagues. The lad culture in Universities can only be eradicated through a diverse understanding of the feminism. Most of the individuals only hear feminism through patriarchal means. Today, society is majorly influenced by religion where women are seen as being submissive.
(Hooks, 2000) argues that the issue of lad culture traces back in the 1970's where women's studies was meant to become an academic discipline. The majority of the women who paved the way for the introduction of women's studies in higher education were fired since they did not possess master degrees or PhDs.
According to (Jackson & Sundaram, 2015) lad culture is an issue in higher education. However, this does not mean that every male student is laddish. Those who exercise the lad culture appear to be a small minority. Laddism cannot stand out as a dominant form of masculinity in terms of figures. The minority individuals who exercise the lad culture have a possibility of dominating space, thus shaping the climate and culture in terms of social influence. The lad culture is so normalized in the social spheres, thus making it acceptable to a group of students.
Today, instances of lad culture come into the limelight as a result of the press. However, the real truth is that the vast majority of incidents like sexual harassment and violence in the Universities goes unreported. This is because many instances of lad culture are not visible or are never made visible to the University staff. In addition, in Universities there is a tendency of perceiving lad culture as a stand-alone incident rather than a broader culture of gender inequality.
Over the years, the lad culture has attracted attention from the National Union of Students. This led to a research in 2012 which was aimed at providing a deeper examination of the issue of lad culture, how women students encounter it together with the experience. The study involved 40 female students across the UK. The study concluded that there were many instances of lad culture in the institutions of Higher education.
According to (Phipps & Young, 2015) laddism is among the many potential masculinities that male and female students can opt in or out. Various researches have confirmed that lad culture can have an extreme social-cultural power which can affect an individual's identity and experience. Lad culture, particularly occurs in the extra-curricular activities and nightlife. For example, one of the interviewees gave her sentiment on one of the university rugby team players wearing a vest written 'campus rapist' in the front and 'it is not rape if you say surprise' on his back. Further, she explained an episode in which a female student walking home was accompanied by twenty naked rugby players all being a part of an initiation ritual. Another instance, was of a female student locked in a toilet, and pelted with pornography materials.
In Universities there are nights called 'Horny" where leaflets are distributed bearing topless women or scantily dressed women. Events like 'Tequila' which promotes sexual harassment rough unsolicited sexual texts. For instance, in Cardiff Metropolitan University, a woman described an advert for a student night, which showed a female student with duct tape across her chest and private parts and tied to a wall by her wrists and ankles. Another instance was that of a student wearing a T-shirt written ' I was raping a woman last night and she cried' (Dempster, 2007).
According to (Phipps & Young, 2015) two thirds of their study participants, termed sexual harassment and violence as a normal part of University life. Participants reported the vast majority of sexual molestation. For instance, one female student at a nightclub explains how they went to a nightclub with a friend, and she would hear guys telling her that her lipstick would make male students cock look like a barber's pole. Nonetheless, a focus group participant had been pushed down the stairs on a bus after confronting a group of students who were exposing their private parts. These are but a few cases of sexual violence and harassment in Universities.
The issue of lad culture has become rampant in most Universities today. This has contributed to sexual harassment and violence, mostly on female students. This has really affected their studies as well as their individual lives. This is evident on campuses where various bans have been introduced, for instance the ban on 'hazing' ritual. The lad culture has also been propelled by the sexism thinking in the society (Giroux, 2008). However, the feminist movement has tried to neutralize the effect of sexism thinking that gradually takes toll on lad culture (Hooks, 2000).
Anon., 2008. Our friend Jack: Alcohol, friendship and masculinity in university football.. Annals of leisure research, 11(3-4), pp. 311-330.
Crosset, T. W., Jeffrey, R. B. & McDonald, M. A., 1995. Male student-athletes reported for sexual assault: A survey of campus police departments and judicial affairs offices. Journal of Sport & social issues, 19(2), pp. 126-140.
Dempster, S. R., 2007. Degrees of Laddishness: Masculinities within Student Experience of Higher Education.. Doctoral dissertation, Lancaster University.
Giroux, H., 2008. Neoliberalism, corporate culture, and the promise of higher education: The university as a democratic public sphere. Harvard educational review, 72(4), pp. 425-464.
Hooks, B., 1994. Teaching to transgress: Education as the practice of freedom. New York: Routledge.
Hooks, B., 2000. Feminism is for everybody: passionate politics. Cambridge: South End Press.
Jackson, C. & Sundaram, V., 2015. Is 'lad culture' a problem in higher education? Exploring the perspectives of staff working in UK universities. Society for research into higher education, pp. 1-9.
McLeod, J., Yates, L. & Halasa, K., 1994. Voice, Difference and Feminist Pedagogy. Curriculum Studies, 2 (2), pp. 189-202.
National Union of Students, 2012. That's what she said: Women students' experiences of 'lad culture' in higher education. National Union of Students, pp. 1-78.
Phipps, A. & Young, I., 2015. Neoliberalisation and 'lad cultures' in higher education. Sociology, pp. 305-322.
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#include <grpc/grpc.h>
#include <grpcpp/support/config.h>
#include <grpcpp/support/validate_service_config.h>

#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/error.h"
#include "src/core/lib/service_config/service_config_impl.h"

namespace grpc {
namespace experimental {
std::string ValidateServiceConfigJSON(const std::string& service_config_json) {
  grpc_init();
  grpc_error_handle error = GRPC_ERROR_NONE;
  grpc_core::ServiceConfigImpl::Create(/*args=*/nullptr,
                                       service_config_json.c_str(), &error);
  std::string return_value;
  if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) {
    return_value = grpc_error_std_string(error);
    GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(error);
  }
  grpc_shutdown();
  return return_value;
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Secret of Monkey Island
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The Secret of Monkey Island is an adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games and released in 1990 for the Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Apple Macintosh and PCs (DOS). Lucasfilm have managed here to find a compromise between the fluidity and flair of a rigid story-line, and the intelligent realism of more free-form adventures. The game may have been far too easy and a little ragged around the edges, but it was undeniably good.
The game spawned a number of sequels, collectively known as the Monkey Island series. The action begins on the Caribbean island of Melee, where a young guy named Guybrush Threepwood wants to be a pirate. He seeks out the Pirate Leaders, who set him three challenges to prove himself a pirate: defeat Carla the island's sword-master in insult sword-fighting, steal a statue from the Governor's mansion, and find buried treasure. You face the anger of the dreadful ghost pirate named LeChuck who's deeply in love with Elaine Marley, the beautiful governor of Melee Island that you fall in love too! LeChuck kidnaps Elaine and you owe to save here from his evil plans. The Secret of Monkey Island is an adventure game that utilizes the command verb-based SCUMM interface (the engine developed by at Lucasfilm Games used by all other successful games of the same genre) first introduced in Maniac Mansion: you construct commands for Guybrush by clicking on the appropriate verb, and then clicking on the inventory item or an object in the room you want to interact with.
Monkey Island is one of the finest point-n-click graphic adventures of all time surpassed only by its sequel: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's revenge.
The Amiga version looks great, and although the, up-to, 32 colors on screen, it offers pretty nice visuals comparable to the Macintosh and PC (when running VGA) versions, both displaying around 100 colors on screen! The backgrounds themselves are fine, nothing to complain or to get overly excited about. The characters are well animated while the indoor and outdoor scenes are partly animated (fire on mounted torches, birds flying etc). As far as the sound, the Amiga version (and PC version when running with Roland MT sound hardware) offer the best quality in game's soundtracks and sound effects, followed by the Macintosh version.
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Compiled by Australia's leading mental health expert advisory groups the Beyond Blue's Clinical Practice Guidelines, endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), provide research evidence that can be used to identify, treat and manage depression, anxiety and related disorders in adolescents and young people, women and mothers.
These Guidelines received approval from the NHMRC in 2011, under S.14A of the NHMRC Act, 1992, as they met the NHMRC standard for clinical practice guidelines.
Please note, as these publications are now more than five years of age they may no longer reflect current evidence or best practice.
Find out more and download the resources
Adolescents and Young Adults Guidelines
In 2011 Beyond Blue developed Clinical Practice Guidelines for the identification and treatment of depression in adolescents and young adults. These guidelines are now out of date and are no longer available to download, as they may no longer reflect current evidence or best practice.
There are no current National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) clinical practice guidelines for depression in this age group. Orygen, the National Centre for Excellence in Youth Mental Health, has published a clinical practice guide Treating depression in young people: Guidance, resources and tools for assessment and management.
The guide outlines best practice assessment and management of depression in people aged 12-25 years, as specified in the guidelines published by the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
Perinatal Clinical Practice Guidelines
Given the high prevalence of perinatal mental health conditions during pregnancy and the year following the birth of a baby, in 2011 Beyond Blue developed Australia's first guidelines for the treatment of perinatal mental health conditions.
The Guidelines were funded by state, territory and federal governments under the National Perinatal Depression Initiative (NPDI)
Revised Perinatal Clinical Practice Guidelines have been developed by the Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE). The new guidelines, titled 'Effective mental health care in the perinatal period: Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines' were released late October 2017.
Download the Perinatal Clinical Practice Guidelines
NewAccess – A Beyond Blue program
Working in perinatal mental health
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Now, more than ever, it's apparent the far-reaching impact physicians have in the world. Their self-sacrifice, dedication and passion for keeping the world healthy continue to inspire. Castle Connolly's exclusive Top Doctors listing showcases some of those heroes – Oklahoma's brightest and most innovative physicians. These selections are truly merit-based, with nominations from peers, esteemed health systems and medical centers. From strong research to impeccable technique and a positive influence on others, these physicians are at the top of the game. Categories range from adolescent medicine and endocrinology to pulmonology and urology; for whatever issue you face, there is a Top Doctor to help.
Doctor profiles by Tracy LeGrand
Health boxes by Rebecca Fast
Castle Connelly's Top Doctors List 2020
Fred Garfinkel
OU Medicine
After medical school at Mount Sinai School of Medicine – City University of New York, and a residency that included time at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Fred Garfinkel chose Tulsa as his family's home after visiting a fellow physician in Oklahoma.
Practicing at OU Medical Center and the OU Wayman Tisdale Specialty Health Clinic, Garfinkel's specialty in pulmonology includes an emphasis on pulmonary disease and critical care. He chose the field after working with nationally known pulmonary physicians on "modeling air flow in the bronchial tubes, developing a test for non-invasive measurement of lung tissue properties and high frequency ventilation," he says.
Garfinkel advocates nutritional management in relation to lung problems and enjoys helping patients handle their pulmonary disease with more than just drug therapy. When it comes to lung health for all, Garfinkel says that there is "an intimate interaction with heart, blood and kidney function."
He is also optimistic about the advancements in his field.
These include "advancing non-invasive ventilation techniques for helping manage severe lung diseases," as well as "new factors in the development of new drugs, particularly combination drugs with different delivery systems for managing disease." – TL
Probiotics vs. Prebiotics
Prebiotics are plant fibers found in many fruits and vegetables that serve as food to help grow healthy bacteria in the gut. These can be found in foods like whole grains, bananas, apples, onions, garlic and artichokes.
Probiotics, found in foods such as yogurt and sauerkraut, contain live microorganisms that help maintain or improve 'good' bacteria – normal microflora – in the body. Both probiotics and prebiotics are also available as dietary supplements.
Source: mayoclinic.org
-RF
Photo by Shane Bevel
Edward G. Ford
Children's Hospital at Saint Francis; Warren Clinic
For Edward Ford, the biggest reward of being a pediatric surgeon is "seeing kids who may have severe congenital anomalies and tumors progress from a serious problem, having the problem attended to, then following these kids for years and years," he says.
Advances in his field – which he explains as a branch of general surgery – often have to do with minimally invasive techniques.
"Most of what we do these days is done laparoscopically or thoracoscopically," he says. "This is doing surgery through small incisions and using instruments. Recovery is faster and results are as good, or better, than open operations."
In a typical week, Ford conducts hospital rounds before dawn, spends two days a week in outpatient clinic and three days a week in the operating room. His training includes medical school, residencies and family practice at the University of Texas, Houston; fellowship at Children's Hospital, Los Angeles; and professorships at Tulane University and Texas A&M before coming to the Children's Hospital at Saint Francis to be closer to family. – TL
First Aid Kit Basics
A basic first aid kit should include the following:
• Ace bandages
• Adhesive tape roll
• Antibiotic ointment
• Band-aids in assorted sizes
• Cold pack
• Cotton swabs
• Gauze
• Hand sanitizer
• Hydrogen peroxide to wash
and disinfect wounds
• Needle and thread
• Plastic bags
• Safety pins
• Sanitary napkins
• Scissors and tweezers
• Splinting materials
• Thermometer
For a complete list of items, visit redcross.org.
Photo courtesy OU Medicine
Ian Dunn
Stephenson Cancer Center; OU Medicine
A typical day for Ian Dunn starts well before sunrise as he handles surgeries, clinic visits, a research lab and the training of residents in his specialty, neurosurgery. Dunn, who grew up in central Missouri, studied at Harvard Medical School with residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He received subspecialty training in skull base neurosurgery, which he describes as "attacking difficult-to-reach tumors."
After tenures at institutions and building a complex practice, Dunn joined OU Physicians in November of 2018 as a professor and the chair of the department of neurosurgery.
"We have a wonderful team that can serve any patient in the state at a very high level," he says.
Dunn is excited about the breakthroughs happening in neuroscience, and with brain tumors specifically.
"There are revolutionary changes occurring in our understanding of what drives brain tumors, and how that can be translated to treatment options; improvements in imaging neurosurgical problems; the introduction of artificial intelligence to interpreting data; and of course, the rapid introduction of telemedicine." – TL
When is Heartburn Something More?
Many people suffer from occasional heartburn, a burning sensation in the chest caused by stomach acid irritating the esophagus. However, frequent heartburn can be a sign of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Additional symptoms of GERD include difficulty swallowing, regurgitation of food or sour liquid and/or the sensation of a lump in your throat.
While GERD can often be controlled by diet and/or over-the-counter medications, some people may need a prescribed medication or surgery to relieve symptoms.
Photo courtesy Allergy Clinic of Tulsa
Jane Purser
Allergist/Immunologist
Allergy Clinic of Tulsa; Saint Francis Hospital; Ascension Saint John Hospital
A Colorado native, Jane Purser studied and trained at the University of Colorado, the University of California at Los Angeles – St. Mary Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center. She is board-certified in allergy/clinical immunology. She believes patients need to be well-versed and educated on the medications they take for their conditions, and that treatment should be a true partnership between patient and physician.
"Along with desensitizing thousands of patients to the bountiful pollens and molds of this beautiful state, we have also helped protect individuals with life threatening allergies to venoms and to foods," she says. "It's exciting to know we can now help protect these severe anaphylaxis patients."
Treating allergy patients means acquiring an in-depth history, along with a physical examination to help solve the puzzle of each person's needs. A typical day includes working with a wide variety of patients, which drew Purser to this arena of medicine.
"This is a very rare specialty that includes board certification in both adult and pediatric allergic diseases," she says. "Allergy is an inherited disease, and this means that I have the opportunity to care for, often, three generations within a family." – TL
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that affects approximately 25 million people, including six million children under the age of 18. Symptoms include tightness in the chest, shortness of breath, coughing and wheezing. There is no cure for asthma and no singular cause.
Genetics, allergies, respiratory infections and the environment may all play a role in the development of asthma. While asthma can be life-threatening, individuals can manage their symptoms through a physician-ordered treatment plan and by reducing environmental triggers.
Source: American Lung Association
– RF
Photo by Josh New
Breast surgeon
Breast Health Specialists of Oklahoma; Oklahoma Surgical Hospital; Saint Francis Hospital
John Frame has participated in the advancement of breast cancer treatment since medical school at Washington University in St. Louis, general surgery residency at University of Oklahoma, and research at Duke University. He began his general surgery practice in Tulsa in 1984, at a time when breast cancer usually required a mastectomy.
"Over the years, more and more can have breasts saved, and more often, we're able to combine reconstruction with other surgery," he says. "Chemotherapy is better and tailored to specific cancers. Also, radiation technique and technology have improved dramatically. Overall, prognosis has much improved, even for more aggressive and advanced cancers."
Frame specializes in breast cancer surgery. Early in his career, he realized his passion "was to shepherd women through a very emotional time," he says. "The majority of women with breast cancer today are cured – contrary to what they believe when diagnosed. I'm part of the team to encourage and guide them to the final results, which, most of the time, is a happy ending." – TL
A Rundown of Digestive Diseases
Digestive diseases cover a wide spectrum.
Diverticulitis involves weak, inflamed spots in the colon with symptoms including fever and abdominal pain. Obesity is a major risk factor. Mild cases are treated with a high-fiber diet. Severe attacks may require surgery.
Crohn's disease commonly affects the connection at the end of the small bowel and the beginning of the colon. It can interrupt and inflame any part of the digestive tract. Causes are unknown, but the most common symptoms are abdominal pain, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, weight loss and fever.
Ulcerative colitis has symptoms similar to those of Crohn's. It impacts the colon's lining, where sores or ulcers develop. Severe cases may result in the surgical removal of the colon.
Inflammatory bowel disease causes stomach pain or discomfort at least three times a month over several months. It affects an estimated 10-15% of the world's population. Symptoms vary widely and include constipation, diarrhea and bloating. Treatments include avoiding triggers, such as dairy products, alcohol and gas-producing foods. Probiotics, stress reduction, cognitive-behavioral therapy and low-dose antidepressants have been shown to help.
– TL
Photo courtesy INTEGRIS Health System
Sudhir Khanna
INTEGRIS Health System; Kidney Specialists of Central Oklahoma
Sudhir Khanna received his medical degree from S.N. Medical College in Agra, India, and continued with residencies and fellowships in Canada, the United Kingdom and India. He practices with INTEGRIS Health System and Kidney Specialists of Central Oklahoma. His typical day includes working with physicians and physician assistants, helping patients with their kidney treatments and performing kidney transplantations.
"Choosing nephrology was serendipity," says Khanna. "As all residents do, I was doing rotations in different specialties and liked it, and that was the trajectory of my professional life."
Khanna finds great satisfaction in teaching, and in the human interaction of treating patients with chronic problems to help them gain back some of the normalcy they've lost.
"Nothing can restore lost body function, but we want to increase life quality," he says. "And with transplantation, life can go back to 75 to 80% of normal."
Khanna is particularly looking forward to the eventual development of wearable or artificial kidneys because "not everyone is able to get a transplant that needs one, and this can help them," he says. "Other exciting developments include anti-rejection medications on antibodies that will increase success of transplantation." – TL
Types of Arthritis
Arthritis, which refers to joint pain or joint disease, affects more than 50 million adults in the U.S. While there are many types of arthritis, typical warning signs include swollen, painful and/or stiff joints and decreased range of motion. Risk factors for arthritis include family history, age, sex, previous joint injury and obesity.
Osteoarthritis, the most common type, occurs when the protective cartilage that covers the ends of bones wears away, causing bone to rub against bone. Rheumatoid arthritis occurs when the body's immune system attacks the joint, causing it to become inflamed and swollen – eventually destroying cartilage and bone within the joint. Psoriatic arthritis affects those who suffer from psoriasis, a chronic disease characterized by red patches of skin with scales that can be itchy and painful.
Photo courtesy Norman Regional Health System
Gary D. Ratliff
Norman Regional Hospital
Gary Ratliff chose the specialty of internal medicine out of a passion to share preventative medicine with patients and help them maintain overall health. He's excited about new techniques and research, including ways to monitor blood sugar without a finger stick drawing blood.
A graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine with a residency at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Department of Medicine, Ratliff practices at Norman Regional Hospital. A typical day means near constant interaction with patients, which he finds incredibly rewarding.
"I had a young, late 30s patient with shortness of breath and found, unexpectedly, that anemia, not a lung issue like asthma, was causing the issue; further workup showed colon cancer," he says. "Thankfully, we got it early, and he got a chance to get cancer-free.
"Times like that are special when it's a success story – an early diagnosis, as that is not always the case. It's why I love the teaching part of what I do, educating patients so they understand why certain things are recommended. If they understand, they're more likely to change." – TL
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Пандемия COVID-19 достигла Мавритании в марте 2020 года.

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13 марта был подтверждён первый случай заболевания, пациент был помещен в изолятор.

После получения положительных результатов теста чартерные рейсы во Францию были отменены.

18 марта министр здравоохранения Мавритании объявил об обнаружении второго положительного случая заболевания коронавирусом у иностранной работницы, работающей в доме у пары эмигрантов, женщина прибыла за 10 дней до обнаружения.

26 марта было объявлено о третьем случае заражения коронавирусом у 74-летнего мужчины, гражданина Мавритании, который прибыл в Мавританию 15 марта из Франции через авиакомпанию «Эйр Франс».

Первая смерть в стране была зафиксирована 30 марта 2020 года.

18 апреля последний активный случай выздоровел.  По состоянию на 18 апреля 2020 года в стране было зарегистрировано 7 подтвержденных случаев заболевания, 6 из которых выздоровели, а один умер, в результате чего Мавритания стала единственной страной в мире, которая стала свободной от COVID-19.

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The Who has announced their "Moving On" symphonic North American tour. You can get the dates here.
Steve Miller Band has announced "An Evening With Steve Miller Band" Spring tour. This tour does not have an opener hence the name of the tour. You can get the dates here.
Saxon has announced their 40th anniversary tour in the U.K. You can get the details here.
Children Of Bodom announced their North American tour along with Swallow The Sun and Wolfheart. Get the dates here.
Neal Schon has announced his "Journey Through Time" tour. The tour will include music from the first three albums. Former bandmate Gregg Rolie will be joining him. Also on the tour will be Deen Castronovo, Marco Mendoza, Marti Frederiksen and Chris Collins. You can get the dates here.
Gojira and Deafheaven will tour together in the U.S. You can get the dates here.
Daron Malakian's (System Of A Down) side project Scars On Broadway have announced several tour dates. You can get them here.
The Inkcarceration Festival which takes place July 12-14 in Mansfield, Ohio. Announced the lineups. Some acts include Shinedown, Seether and Five Finger Death Punch. You can get the details and information here.
Billy Idol along with Steve Stevens have announced the "Turned on, Tuned In And Unplugged" tour. You can get the dates here.
Architects announce North American tour along with Thy Art Is Murder and While She Sleeps. Get dates here.
The Rock USA has announced its lineups. The event takes place July 18-20 in Oshkosh, WI. It features Five Finger Death Punch, Rob Zombie and Disturbed. Get information and details here.
Carlos Santana has announced his "Supernatural Now" North American tour. You can get the dates here.
Kiss will be performing at the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles, Ca, on February 11th. You can get details here.
Fleetwood Mac announce Australia and New Zealand tour dates. You can get them here.


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Q: Deploy AWS-CDK stack on other Regions Basically, i have a simple stack(Virginia) which will have resources like

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*S3 Bucket(Data is there)

*Glue_Table

*Glue Job

Now, i want to deploy the same stack on Europe regions like eu-central-1.
when i try to deploy the aws-cdk-stack on eu-central-1, I am receiving this error
Bucket_Name already exists Exception

Command to deploy the stack is like cdk deploy <stack-name>
Goal
I want to deploy the existing stack into another region without deleting existing s3 bucket.
Can anyone suggest a solution for this?

A: Based on the docs:

An Amazon S3 bucket name is globally unique, and the namespace is shared by all AWS accounts. This means that after a bucket is created, the name of that bucket cannot be used by another AWS account in any AWS Region until the bucket is deleted

When creating an S3 bucket, the bucketName is optional. If you leave out the bucketName a unique bucket name will be generated for you.
The additional resources in your cdk project can take the bucket name via reference.
Example:
import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
import * as s3 from '@aws-cdk/aws-s3';
import * as glue from '@aws-cdk/aws-glue';

export class MyStack extends cdk.Stack {
  constructor(scope: cdk.Construct, id: string, props?: cdk.StackProps) {
    super(scope, id, props);

    // Generate a random bucket name that starts with your cdk stack name
    const bucket = new s3.Bucket(this, 'MyBucket');

    const database = new glue.Database(this, 'MyDatabase', {
      databaseName: 'my_database'
    });

    new glue.Table(this, 'MyTable', {
      database: database,
      bucket: bucket,  // Takes details from the bucket created
      s3Prefix: 'my-table/'
      // other table details...
    });
  }
}

A: I would append the region name onto the end of the bucket, this can be done easily as AWS provide an env var for this already. So in your stack when naming the bucket apppend something like to the end of it Stack.of(this).region then the bucket name will be unique.
Here is a typescript CDK example
const bucket: Bucket = new Bucket(this, "S3_bucket_name", {
      bucketName: "S3_bucket_name_" + Stack.of(this).region,
    });


Speaking to a crowd of military veterans in Richmond Thursday, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said he plans to sign the "Patriot Pledge" on behalf of the commonwealth's government.
The "Patriot Pledge" is part of Executive Order 23, which in a statement McAullife said "will play a vital role in supporting the Virginia Values Veterans (V3) program and advancing my goal of building a New Virginia Economy by asking 10,000 businesses to sign a pledge of commitment to hire more veterans by 2018."
Virginia is now among those employers vowing to hire former service members.
In northern Virginia alone there are 31,000 job openings that require technical training, McAuliffe said.
McAuliffe said that means those veterans will need more training.
"We have jobs open in technology and all the stem fields as well as healthcare and advance manufacturing," the governor said. "So we're going to work with our Department of Education and Steve Staples, our superintendent of Public Instruction, to get our students... teaching them skillsets so they are ready for the workforce."
At the V3 summit Thursday, McAuliffe said 213 Virginia employers have been certified by the V3 program and "have committed to providing over 7,000 jobs for Virginia's veterans."
The governor said 5,339 Virginia veterans have already been hired since he took office in January.
Attorney General Mark Herring also said he will sign the Patriot Pledge.
"Virginia's military connections and veteran population are tremendous resources, but they also give us a responsibility to understand and meet the unique needs of veterans as they transition successfully back into civilian life," Herring said. "It's only fair that I live up to what I expect of others, so I'm proud to sign the Statement of Support for the Guard and Reserve and the Patriot Pledge, and I look forward to pursuing V3 certification."


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