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Q: Counting triangles in Java question i am trying to solve.
You are given n triangles.
You are required to find how many triangles are unique out of given triangles. For each triangle you are given three integers a,b,c , the sides of a triangle.
sample input:
5
7 6 5
5 7 6
8 2 9
2 3 4
2 4 3
here is my code:

class TestClass {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {

        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        int testCases = scanner.nextInt();
        int arr[][]=new int[testCases][3];
        int count=0;
        for (int i = 0; i < testCases; i++) {
            for (int j=0;j<3;j++){
                arr[i][j]=scanner.nextInt();
            }
        }
        int result[] =new int[testCases];
        for (int i = 0; i < testCases; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
                result[i] = arr[i][j]+arr[i][j+1];       //possible error
            }
        }
        for (int i=0;i<testCases;i++){
            for (int j=i+1;j<testCases;j++) {           //possible error
                if (result[i]!=result[j]){
                    count++;
                }
            }
        }
        System.out.println(count);

    }
}

error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 3 out of bounds for length 3
    at P1.TestClass.main(Solution.java:21)

how to correct the loops so as to not get the errors(note there maybe other errors than the one's i have highlighted) also some better ways of solving this problem are appreciated.

A: Your program has an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundException in the line result[i] = arr[i][j]+arr[i][j+1];. And I am not sure your second set of nested loops achieve what you want (Summing the triangles). Here is something that can work.
class TestClass {
  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
    int testCases = scanner.nextInt();
    int arr[][]=new int[testCases][3];
    int count=0;
    for (int i = 0; i < testCases; i++) {
        for (int j=0;j<3;j++){
            arr[i][j]=scanner.nextInt();
        }
    }

    //This section sums each set of three
    int result[] =new int[testCases];
    for (int i = 0; i < testCases; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
            result[i] += arr[i][j];
        }
    }

    //This section counts values that are not duplicated
    for (int i=0;i<testCases;i++){
        boolean hasDuplicate = false;
        for (int j=0;j<testCases;j++) {
            if (i == j) continue; //skip comparison of value against itself
            if (result[i]==result[j]){
                hasDuplicate = true; //duplicate found
            }
        }
        if (!hasDuplicate) count++;
    }
    System.out.println(count); //display number of unique entries
}
}

A: I don't want to be doing any homework for you, so I'll give you some pointers. Try not to have a look at a solution I have come up with below before trying it yourself again though.

*

*I'd use an ArrayList to store the test data given to you. They're really useful and Java has great support for them.

*result[i] = arr[i][j]+arr[i][j+1]; This breaks because j+1 will always be one over the final index of your array.

*You can sort strings alphabetically using Arrays.sort which will make comparing triangles much easier, as possible combinations will all end up the same.

*Collections.frequency will tell you how many times an element appears in your ArrayList.

My solution certainly isn't the best, and uses more advanced things as apposed to just arrays and booleans, but it works and produces the right answer at the end. It shows that you can solve problems in many different ways!
public static void main(String[] args) {
    ArrayList<String> triangleArray = new ArrayList<String>();
    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
    int uniqueTriangles = 0;

    // Ask for input, and store in a string that remove all whitespace
    System.out.print("Enter triangle sides in format abc separated by a comma:");
    String input = scanner.nextLine().trim().replaceAll("\\s", "");
    triangleArray.addAll(Arrays.asList(input.split(",")));

    // For each item, check it is three characters, and if so, reorder them in
    // ascending order i.e 726 => 267
    for (int i = 0; i < triangleArray.size(); i++) {
        if (triangleArray.get(i).length() != 3) {
            triangleArray.remove(i);
        }

        // Split the triangle string into a character array and sort 'alphabetically'
        char[] charArray = triangleArray.get(i).toCharArray();
        Arrays.sort(charArray);
        triangleArray.set(i, new String(charArray));
    }

    // Now go through them all again and see if any are unique
    for (String s : triangleArray) {
        if (Collections.frequency(triangleArray, s) < 2) {
            uniqueTriangles++;
        }
    }

    System.out.println(uniqueTriangles);
}


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Anthony Bourdain in Marseille: 7 Spots Where Tony Ate
May 19, 2022 / No Comments
While it's bittersweet to watch now, there's something very special about the friendship that Anthony Bourdain had with fellow chef Eric Ripert. The two of them traveled many times together, including at the time of Bourdain's death – and one of the most enjoyable trips we got to watch is when they visited Marseille, France together.
If you are planning a visit to Southern France and want to follow in the footsteps of Anthony Bourdain in Marseille, you might be curious about where Bourdain and Ripert ate, and which of those restaurants are still open. Thankfully most of them are still in operation, and you can enjoy many great meals at the same places Bourdain did.
Bourdain visited Marseille to film season 6, episode 3 of Parts Unknown (2015); it was the only time he filmed in Marseille, though he and Ripert joked about retiring there someday. Unfortunately, this didn't come to pass, but it seems like they had a great time there with the time they had.
Ready to see specifically where Ripert and Bourdain ate in Marseille – and what dishes they enjoyed? The rest of this post covers all the places to add to your culinary itinerary for Marseille.
Want to watch the episode where Anthony Bourdain visits Marseille?
It's available on Amazon and Apple TV.
Where Anthony Bourdain Ate in Marseille
La Petit Nice Passedat
Restaurant La Femina
Pizza JD
Chez Georgiana (CLOSED)
U Mio Paese Epicerie Corse
Cours Julien (Neighborhood)
Other Marseille Food Experiences Tony Has
Marseille Food Tours to Consider
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Above, you can see a map of all the places visited by Anthony Bourdain in Marseille; as you can see, the majority of them are still open and in relatively close proximity to one another. For this reason, I'll probably be designing a walking tour guide (similar to the ones I have for Lisbon, Porto, Paris, and other cities) soon. If you'd like me to do that, please comment on this post and I'll prioritize it!
What better way to start a visit to Marseille than with a meal at one of its best restaurants. At three-Michelin-star Le Petit Nice Passedat, Bourdain and Ripert tuck into a classic coastal French dish in a new way; chef Gérald Passedat serves them a deconstructed four-course bouillabaisse that looks fantastic.
The first course is a shellfish carpaccio of raw mussels and clams, followed by lightly seared slipper lobster, weaver, angler, and red gurnard. Next, a course of Dorade steamed over seaweed water, with saffron potatoes, and finally the brown broth course that finishes the whole dish.
Instead of dessert, they enjoy a cheese course overlaid with, well, adult movie sounds, and frankly – I'm here for it. It looks delicious.
Next, Bourdain meets up with writer Cédrick Fabre for a meal that shows the influence of North African cultures in the Mediterranean port of Marseille. At Restaurant La Femina, they have a generous meal of couscous with vegetables, chickpeas, merguez sausage, chicken, lamb, and meatballs. This meal represents how Marseille is a culinary melting pot for all of the traders and immigrants who've passed through and settled in the city over the centuries.
While it might surprise you – or maybe not if you've seen the episode – the Marseillais love their pizza. What better way to earn a slice than by making a few, right? Ripert and Bourdain put in a few hours slinging dough in Pizza JD, a popular pizza truck.
While they don't necessarily master the skill of chef Jean-Denis Martinez who operates the truck, Bourdain does note that pizza in Marseille is way more than pepperoni and mozzarella – popular toppings include Crème fraîche, figs, Figatelli sausage, and more.
Recognizing that the vast majority of chefs in Marseille are men, Bourdain and Ripert decide to take a meal with the women chefs of the city in one of their own restaurants. Chef Georgiana Viou is head chef at Chez Georgiana, and treats her guests to a meal of incredible fresh seafood tartare, followed by what Bourdain says is one of his favorite dishes from the region: pieds paquets. This dish is sheep's tripe stuffed with onions, parsley, garlic, and salt pork, then stewed in a sauce of white wine, tomatoes, bacon, onion, and carrots along with tenderized meat of sheep's foot.
As part of experiencing different aspects of Marseille's culture and history, Bourdain and Ripert experience a bit of the Corsican influence that remains in the city. In particular, they visit U Mio Paese for charcuterie, cheese, and wine, and sit out on the sidewalk for an incredible meal al fresco.
While I don't normally include neighborhoods on the list of places Tony visits, I thought mentioning Marseille's "hipster" neighborhood – his word, not mine – was worth including since Bourdain and Ripert visit several spots while enjoying a few glasses of pastis and watching Olympique de Marseille, the local and beloved football (soccer) team.
Two of the spots we know they visit are:
Le Champ De Mars
Bar De La Plaine
But there are plenty of other bars in the area if you find yourself out for a nightcap and a match is on.
Finally, it's worth mentioning that Bourdain and Rippert had a few other food experiences worth mentioning. They head to Lourmarin to shop the local market, then have a picnic near a church followed by playing petanque.
In classic Bourdain style, they also have a local lunch of panisse (fried chickpea fritters) with aioli; murex (Meditteranean sea snails) simmered in wine, wild fennel, and orange peel; lightly marinated sardines with olive oil and lemon; and octopus stew (slow-cooked in wine with onions, star anise, dried orange peel, garlic, and tomato) over pasta.
While I obviously can't point you to specific locations for these dishes, you could try them if you find them on the menu while eating elsewhere in Marseille.
If these dishes and dining spots all sound good, but you'd rather sample a lot in a short time, consider doing a food tour in Marseille instead. Here are some great ones to consider:
Planning to explore other parts of France during your trip? Don't miss out on the spots that Bourdain ate in Provence and Burgundy. Have any other questions about following in the footsteps of Anthony Bourdain in Marseille? Let me know in the comments!
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A plow truck with Anne Arundel County works on clearing Whitney's Landing Road in Arden on the Severn in January 2018. The county has launched a website that allows users to monitor road conditions and track snow-clearing progress.
Anne Arundel County residents can locate snowplows in real-time online thanks to a new tracking system for snow and ice removal.
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Newt Gingrich: Nuclear Novels Really Do Come True
By Macy Halford
Are you aware that it's Protect America Month with Newt Gingrich? A couple days ago, he gave a riveting speech at the Heritage Foundation, about the inevitability of nuclear warfare and the wussiness of democracies, which refuse to take action (all of them). "We are talking about circumstances where you could literally be faced with a catastrophic loss of life," he says. "And none of this is secret: there are novels about it."
Hmmm. What's Newt been reading lately? A little Cormac McCarthy? Some DeLillo, perhaps? Maybe the "Left Behind" series? Oh, wait: here's an article by Newt on the Fox News Web site, recommending two novels to President Obama: "The Silent Man," by Alex Berenson ("Stealing warheads from the heart of Russia's nuclear complex isn't easy…. But if you're determined enough, if you're willing to die—and to kill—to get inside, anything is possible); and "One Second After," by William H. Forstchen ("One man struggles to save his family and his small North Carolina town after America loses a war that sends our nation back to the dark ages. A war lost because of a terrifying weapon, an Elecromagnetic Pulse (EMP)").
Or maybe he's just been rereading "Days of Infamy," his own uplifting novel about the aftermath of Pearl Harbor.
More evidence that you are what you read. Here's a video of the speech:
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An existing 37 metre long mid-19th century stable block was remodelled to create a contemporary home.
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Firefighters start to beat back California's Apple Fire with 20,000 acres burned
August 3, 2020 / Daily Dodge / ABC News
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(NEW YORK) — After more than two days, firefighters are starting to contain the enormous Apple Fire burning in Southern California.
As of Sunday night, the blaze had burned more than 20,500 acres in Riverside County, officials said.
The fire was 5% contained as of Sunday night, according to officials with the San Bernardino National Forest Service.
Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as the massive wildfire continues to rage.
More than 2,200 firefighters, along with several air tankers and helicopters, have been deployed to battle the blaze from the ground and air, the Riverside County Fire Department said. The northern and eastern edges of the fire are in steep, rugged hillsides not accessible to firefighting vehicles, officials said.
About 7,800 people in 2,586 homes in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties were under evacuation orders as of Saturday evening, authorities said.
At least one home and two outbuildings in Cherry Valley were destroyed by the fire, officials said. No injuries have been reported.
The wildfire has been burning since Friday afternoon. Fire officials reported at least two separate fires — one about 3 acres, the second about 20 acres — burning near each other shortly before 5 p.m. on Friday. Three hours later, the fire was 700 acres, officials said, prompting evacuation orders.
By Saturday morning, the blaze had more than doubled in size, to 1,900 acres. More evacuation warnings and orders were issued throughout the day, with several remaining in place Sunday.
The San Bernardino National Forest Service is in unified command with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, among other agencies.
As of Friday, 38 large fires had burned more than 196,000 acres across the country so far this year, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
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Kansas City police arrest alleged killer of 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro, namesake of 'Operation LeGend'
DOJ accuses Yale of discriminating against Asian American, white applicants
Workers at major Belarus plants strike amid growing protests over election
Israel, UAE agree to normalize ties in what Trump calls a 'historic' agreement


Could you please find a way to make carriers understand that by charging an insane amount of money for data roaming, they are alienating their customers and actually losing money since more and more of us, iPhone-addicted customers, choose to go prepaid when traveling abroad?
I don't wanna see this anymore and I strongly advise any sensible smartphone user to go prepaid when traveling to a foreign country. I strongly encourage readers to post tips and tutorials in the comments as to how to go prepaid in each and every single country.
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Not surprisingly, the SpaceX reusable rocket had a crash landing. We talked about the upcoming launch last week: here. Because launching a rocket into space isn't hard enough, Elon Musk decided to try to bring one safely back to earth by landing it on a floating ship. The idea, if executed properly, would save an absurd amount of money. This is a revolutionary concept and there are bound to be a few set backs and learning curves.
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Talk about a morale booster! The culture of that company lives on positive reinforcement and his impressive leadership style. The culture that he creates encourages everyone to go out of their way to go above and beyond. To be bigger and better. His leadership style is secondary only to his vision, but the intensity that he gets behind his ideas only encourages people to follow him for his confindence in his visions.
This idea is a great one. It's one that he's taken and run with and his positive outlook has convinced many others to run right alongside him with the same level of confidence. I mean really though, if Musk recovers just one rocket in the next ten launches, how much money would that be saving. He is revolutionizing space travel and he has a great team at his side because they can see the vision he has thought up and the confidence and postive energy surrounding that vision.
There are many different leadership styles. I would argue that Musk's is one of the best. The positive culture that he has in his companies is worth noting. What do you think are some of the top leadership styles? Some of the worst? Which companies do you think have a great culture? Comment below!


Drawn from the Solomon R. #Guggenheim Foundation's Thannhauser Collection, Van Gogh to Picasso: The Thannhauser Legacy features nearly fifty works by Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and early modern masters, including Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh.
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The Thannhauser works bring to the fore avant-gardists who sought to liberate art from academic genres and techniques in the late nineteenth century. These artists explored the fleeting effects of nature and ways to capture the spectacle of the changing city at the start of the twentieth century, and employed stylistic devices such as loose brushwork and innovative practices like fracturing and faceting the picture plane.
In addition to paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, the exhibition includes archival material ranging from gallery stock books to historical photographs, further documenting the Thannhauser family's engagement with some of the most pioneering artists, collectors, and dealers of their day.
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The Medical Studies Act has been relied upon by hospitals and medical staffs to protect peer review meetings and related documents from disclosure. The purpose of the Act is not to shield hospitals or physicians from liability, but to ensure that physicians will engage in effective examination of their peers in order to advance the quality of healthcare. The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association introduced SB 1700 to repeal the Medical Studies Act and make peer review meetings discoverable. Repeal of this act would not only dramatically increase lawsuits against physicians and hospitals, but would also severely harm the ability of health facilities and physicians to improve patient care. ISMS strongly opposed this bill, which stalled in the Senate Committee on Assignments.
Senate Bill 455 imposes restrictions and requirements on pharmacists when they substitute "biologics, biosimilars and interchangeable products" for biological products.
Biologics, biosimilars and interchangeable products are very complex drugs derived from living cells, which makes it impossible to produce a "generic" form of the drug. While similar to biological products, they are still therapeutically different and should not be treated as generic drugs.
SB 455 passed both chambers and was signed by the governor.
House Bill 2450 (Rep. Burke) and Senate Bill 1259 (Sen. Clayborne) would override protections currently in Illinois law and allow the dispensing of contact lenses at any location by unlicensed and unregulated individuals. Due to ISMS opposition, neither bill was called for a vote in committee.
Senate Bill 814 (Sen. Martinez), an ISMS initiative, would extend the Illinois Medical Practice Act 10 years from Dec. 31, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2025. This bill was not called for a vote during the spring session. It is expected that this issue will be addressed in the fall veto session.
Physicians and health care facilities are owed tens of millions of dollars in payments under the Illinois' State Employee Group Health Plan. Most physicians are waiting as long as a year to be reimbursed for treating state employees. If not addressed, this failure to reimburse physicians and other professionals and providers for these services will create severe access issues. ISMS supports full funding for this program going forward, and strongly advocates that immediate action be taken to pay for care that has been provided.
Legislation (SB 661) passed in the Illinois General Assembly that would impose a mandate on primary care physicians and other primary care professionals to offer a Hepatitis C screening to patients born between 1945 and 1965. ISMS firmly opposes this mandate. On August 21, Governor Rauner vetoed SB 661. The sponsor of SB 661 has not filed a motion to override the governor's veto. It appears that, for now, the mandate will not become law.
The Illinois Hospital Licensing Act allows Advance Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants to practice at hospitals and hospital affiliates. ISMS legal counsel has pointed out that the Nurse Practice Act and Physician Assistant Practice Act do not have a definition of the term "hospital affiliate." ISMS supports Senate Bill 837, which adds a definition to ensure consistency in the application of both of these acts. S.B. 837 passed in both chambers and was signed by the governor.
Senate Bill 986 requires employees of child care facilities to demonstrate proof that they received the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccine and the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine if they care for children ages six and under.
Previously, Illinois had no specific vaccination requirements of child care facility employees. ISMS supported S.B. 986.
SB 986 passed both chambers and was signed by the governor.
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Preserves that certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) maintain a written anesthesia plan with anesthesiologists.
Makes no change to the law requiring delegation of prescriptive authority by a physician to allow APNs (other than CRNAs) to prescribe at a hospital affiliate if credentialed by the medical staff to do so.
ISMS successfully negotiated with the Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing to remove the objectionable aspects of this bill.
Maintains current law requiring APNs to have a collaborative agreement with a physician if they are practicing outside of a hospital, hospital affiliate, or ASTC. In hospitals, hospital affiliates, and ASTCs, APNs continue to be credentialed by the medical staff.
Makes no changes whatsoever to the provision of anesthesia services by CRNAs.
Makes no changes to the law requiring delegation of prescriptive authority by a physician, but allows APNs (other than CRNAs) to prescribe at a hospital affiliate such as an urgent care center if credentialed by the medical staff to do so. Under a written collaborative agreement, an APN can only prescribe medications if the collaborating physician delegates authority to do so. Additional limitations exist on an APN's ability to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances, including specific identification of the controlled substances prescribed and a prohibition on any delivery method other than oral, topical or transdermal application. These same restrictions will apply at the hospital affiliate.
Eliminates specified content in the collaborative agreement and allows the physician and the APN to more broadly determine their collaborative practice within the specialty area of the APN and the physician.
Eliminates contractual barriers that might prevent APNs from participating in Medicaid.
Allows for a 90-day transition period when, for any reason, a physician discontinues a collaborative agreement with an APN, provided the APN seeks any needed collaboration at a local hospital and refers patients who require services beyond the training and experience of the APN to a physician or other health care professional.
Deletes references in approximately 28 different acts where APNs and physician assistants are allowed to perform various functions, only if they are specifically mentioned in the collaborative agreement or the supervisory agreement with physician assistants. Most written collaborative agreements do not enumerate the particular patient services, but collaborating physicians routinely allow such services to be performed by the APN even though enumeration is required by the law. Nothing will prevent a physician from including any restrictions on practice or requirements for communication within the collaborative agreement.
HB 421 as amended passed both chambers and was signed by the governor.
Currently, individuals who want to practice midwifery in Illinois can become APNs certified as nurse midwives, and work under a collaborative agreement with a physician or be credentialed by the medical staff of a hospital.
Illinois does not license "certified professional midwives" (CPMs). House Bill 424 (Rep. Morrison and Rep. Cassidy) was introduced in the Illinois legislature to license these midwives to provide prenatal, delivery, post-partum, and pediatric care – including the administration of prescription drugs and the performance of surgical procedures like episiotomies – without requiring the education and training required of certified nurse midwives.
The education requirements for licensed advanced practice nurse midwives, which far exceed those required of certified midwives, protect patient safety. The education and training for CPMs falls short of the level which, even with collaborative agreement with a physician, would ensure proper patient care and safety.
Physicians believe that licensure of "certified professional midwives" is a step backward in patient safety as it would allow the least-trained individuals to provide one of the most critical services to women in Illinois.
ISMS strongly opposed this legislation, which was not called for a vote in committee.
House Bill 1359 (Rep. Gabel) as originally introduced, proposed to automatically suspend a professional's license under certain circumstances related to Medicaid or Medicare fraud, regardless of whether the professional intentionally or deliberately committed fraud.
Currently, professional licensing laws already provide sufficient grounds for the IDFPR to seek to discipline professionals for fraudulent billing with the professional being afforded the right to due process in an administrative hearing. ISMS opposed HB 1359, as introduced, which would remove the due process afforded to health care professionals.
IDFPR agreed to an amendment that clarified that a health care professional's license can only be suspended at such time as a professional has been criminally convicted or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere of criminal insurance fraud. The amendment requires that a certified copy of the conviction or judgment be the basis for the suspension, and provides that if a licensee requests a hearing, then the sole purpose of the hearing shall be limited to determining the length of the suspension of the licensee's license.
ISMS supported the bill as amended, which passed both chambers and was signed by the governor.
House Bill 3845 (Rep. Sims) would supersede current regulations on fees that can be charged for copying medical records in connection with claims or appeals under provisions of Social Security Act, and instead force physician practices and other health care professionals to unfairly absorb the costs. Due to ISMS opposition, the bill was not called for a vote on the House Floor and was reassigned to the House Rules Committee.
More Illinois residents than originally projected are signing up for Medicaid as a result of the federal Affordable Care Act.
ISMS remains hopeful that the State will closely monitor the demands this expansion places on our health care system. Physicians remain concerned about low reimbursements that are often delayed for an extended period of time. Given significant increase in Medicaid clients and inadequate rates, significant financial strains could be faced by physicians and their practices.
Adequate Medicaid funding for physician services is essential to access to care for Medicaid clients. Currently, Illinois ranks in the bottom 10 states for reimbursement to physicians for Medicaid reimbursement. An across the board fee increase has not occurred since 1999 when fees were increased 5%. While there were increases to a dozen primary care services in 2006 as a result of a lawsuit claiming that low reimbursement caused inadequate access to care, rates still do not come close to covering the cost of providing the care. Coupled with decreasing reimbursement from Medicare and private payers that has put increased financial pressure on physicians, it should not be surprising that most physicians limit the number of Medicaid patients in their practice. Obviously, any cuts to physician reimbursement will further decrease access to care for Medicaid patients.
Primary care physicians received a two year increase in Medicaid rates paid for by the federal government with the expectation that states would begin to pay for this increase beginning this year. ISMS hopes that the State acknowledges the correlation between the increase in rates and the improvement in access, and will reconsider its decision not to that retain that increase.
To ensure adequate access to all aspects of care, reimbursements to all physicians participating in Medicaid need to be increased.
Physicians also remain very concerned about reforms that limit Medicaid patients to four drugs a month. ISMS introduced legislation in 2013 (HB 2352, Cassidy) that would have required Department of Healthcare and Family Services to, in consultation with statewide organizations representing prescribers, develop a protocol that expedites review and approval of prescriptions for psychiatric conditions and chronic conditions such as asthma, hypertension, and diabetes. It would have also permitted the Department to exempt, by rule, prescriptions for antibiotics and other categories from the 4-prescription limit.
While this legislation did not advance, ISMS is hopeful that the State will monitor and keep stakeholders updated as to how the limit impacts care, and take necessary steps to make any adjustments.
ISMS and the Illinois Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (IAOS) supports Senate Bill 785, legislation that would grant temporary licensure waivers for physicians who travel with their team to Illinois for an athletic event.
Under current Illinois statute, a team's physicians could provide medical service in Illinois only if they hold a full and active license in Illinois. This proves to be a significant barrier to many team physicians.
The waiver may not be longer than 10 days per individual sporting event. The Secretary of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may grant extensions, but the total number of days, with extensions, cannot exceed 30 days.
A team's physician who is exempt from licensure requirements would not be authorized to practice at an Illinois health care clinic or facility, including an acute care facility.
SB 785 passed both chambers and was signed by the governor.
ISMS has joined a number of specialty physician societies in opposing House Bill 3627 (Rep. Evans ), legislation that would allow pharmacists to vaccinate patients ages 10 – 13 with the meningococcal vaccine.
At age 11, most children in Illinois need their 6th grade physical, with their Tdap and meningococcal vaccine. Currently, pharmacists are limited to administering the influenza and Tdap vaccines to children ages 10 to 13. Physicians are concerned that removing any restriction on the type of vaccination administered does not adequately protect a child's health.
Children need annual comprehensive physician examinations. Immunizations should remain part of those examinations. When it comes to treating children, a shot is not just a shot; it is an opportunity for the child's physical wellbeing to be assessed by qualified health care professionals. Pharmacists are not qualified to provide that service.
House Bill 3627 takes a piecemeal approach to medical care and will take more children out of the medical home. This bill stalled in committee.
House Bill 1 (Rep. Lang/Sen. Kotowski) is a comprehensive package designed to address heroin and opioid abuse and addiction in Illinois. The legislation arose out of numerous meetings of the House Bipartisan Heroin Crisis Task Force where members heard testimony from State agencies, the Illinois State Medical Society and associations representing coroners, pharmacists, judges, prosecutors, police officers, educators, and counselors, as well as treatment centers, policy organizations, affected family members and addicts.
ISMS was instrumental in amending a large portion of the bill and removing provisions that would have criminalized the practice of medicine, required physicians to take continuing medical education on the dangers of opioids and drug addiction, required physicians to offer mental health screening prior to prescribing opioids, limited the amount of opioids a physician could prescribe, and granted the IDFPR broad authority to obtain and use prescribing habits of physicians as reported by the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP). ISMS supported HB 1, as amended.
On August 24, 2015, Governor Rauner issued an amendatory veto of the bill making two significant changes. However, the House and Senate sponsors were successful overriding Governor Rauner's amendatory veto. HB 1 is law as Public Act 99-480, effective immediately.
Two bills have been introduced that will negatively impact "respondents" in litigation. The respondent is an interested party in litigation who may or may not become a defendant. Respondent are not the defendant and only required to admit facts for a case. ISMS opposes the change proposed under HB 95 and HB 96 (both introduced by Rep Thapedi). HB 96 would change Illinois law so that inadvertent or an improperly phrased response could result in an admission of liability against the respondent even if the facts are not true.
ISMS objected to removing language regarding the plaintiff's right to have an attorney or other person present during a physical or mental health exam, and language providing that persons or organizations shall not have to furnish claims, loss or risk management information. Both of these provisions were amended back into the bills. ISMS was neutral on the bills as amended, which passed and were signed into law.
House Bill 3137 creates the Topical Eye Medication Act and prohibits Illinois health insurers that provide coverage for prescription topical eye medication from denying coverage for refills when certain conditions are met.
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that patients who have difficulty administering prescription eye drops to themselves are not prohibited from purchasing timely refills for topical eye medication. For example, if the medication is inadvertently wasted, the patient will be able to purchase a refill than the prescription refill date. An initiative of the Illinois Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, ISMS supported this bill.
HB 3137 was signed by the governor.
Lawmakers in Springfield are considering another legislative effort to reform the workers' compensation system. Of chief concern to physicians, who are dedicated to healing workplace injuries and returning injured workers to gainful employment, is a proposal for as much as a 60% reduction in the Medical Fee Schedule. This cut would be in addition to the 30% reduction that was imposed upon the entire Medical Fee Schedule in 2011.
While the legislative leaders and representatives from the governor's office continue to meet over these and other issues, it is unknown at this time what, if anything, will be agreed to.


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AKA: キルラキル ; Kiru Ra Kiru
Genre: Comedy/Action
Length: Television series, 24 episodes, 24 minutes each
Distributor: Currently licensed by Aniplex of America, streaming on Crunchyroll and Netflix.
Content Rating: TV-MA (Violence, deaths, fanservice, nudity.)
Also Recommended: Mixed bag here: Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, To Be Hero, and Mob Psycho 100 as similar comedies; Battle Angel for serious shonen with female lead.
Notes: Written by Kazuki Nakashima, directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi. Original series run 2013-2014.
Ryuko Matoi comes to Honnouji Academy with the aim of finding out the truth about her father's death, and soon clashes with Student Council President Satsuki Kiryuin, who's also the tyrannical leader of the school (and its surrounding community), and who seems to have even grander ambitions than that. On a seemingly unrelated note (but it actually isn't), is it really true that clothes make the man (or woman)? Ryuko may show us, in the end.
There is a sort of anime comedy that features crude character art, rampant vulgarity, incessant lowbrow gags, and outrageously over-the-top situations, all delivered at warp speed (or perhaps Ludicrous Speed?)- there may be battles, but if so they are conducted in an utterly slapstick manner, with preposterous weaponry. These shows- several of which are in the Recommendations- are NOT for everybody (a non-aficionado acquaintance of mine dismisses this sort of thing as "stupid humor"), and even the better ones are pretty hit-and-miss, but sometimes I find myself in the mood to enjoy this sort of thing.
And then there are the shonen shows, the fight shows; they may ALSO feature preposterous battles, but here they are nevertheless meant to be taken seriously. Shonen shows don't have to have male principals doing the fighting- and several of the major combatants in Kill la Kill, including of course the lead, are female- but these are obviously aimed at a male audience. If the leads are given some humanity, AND humility, these can be fun (Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple), or even compelling (Battle Angel.) But they too often feature poorly-developed characters who don't seem capable of much more than pretentious posturing during engagement in seemingly interminable fights, and long before one of them threatens to show the other their "Ultimate Technique!" (there usually seems to BE one invoked, eventually), I find my own attention wavering. I expect my eyes glaze over too, though I can't be sure unless someone else watches ME watching this. (This invoked a random thought: what's with signs saying "Watch Your Head"? How's that possible? Your eyes are IN it.) Examples of shows where I at least felt The Glaze happening are Get Backers and (God help us!) Terraformars.
Kill la Kill is a hybrid of these two types of shows: its fights are always outrageous, and yet we are clearly meant to take the threat here seriously enough to care- even though when we get the whole picture (this takes a while) it turns out to be one of the most bizarre ones I've ever encountered, even in anime. Its fights, as in the lesser shonen shows, get so prolonged that I started to lose interest (when one of the antagonists SEEMS to be finished, they always seem to find some wellspring of strength- or, more often, some gimmick- that allows them to bounce back), but the show's wacky comedy, as particularly embodied in one individual, would suddenly break the mood- and magically broke my ennui as well, and brought my attention back to life. At least up to a point.
Ryuko has one blade of a pair of giant scissors (a "scissor") as her weapon, and her thirst for revenge- whoever has the other blade is likely her father's killer. She initially can make no headway against Satsuki and her guardians, fellow students dressed in "Goku uniforms" that can transform to superpowered battle armor. (The only one of these that I found notable was that worn by Ira Gamagoori, an S&M-themed outfit (appropriate for the head of the Disciplinary Committee, I suppose) that seemed nearly as punishing toward Gamagoori as it was to his opponent.)
Ryuko eventually acquires a fanservice-friendly outfit of her own (is there any other KIND for a female anime character?) that puts her on a more even footing with her opponents, but, again, her initial encounters with Satsuki & Company don't go well- she ends up retreating a LOT- and she somehow falls in with a girl named Mako Mankanshoku and her family. Mako is the picture of innocence- she's literally DRAWN that way, with a cartoonishly round face and enormous eyes. Mako is also chronically manic (although also earnest and well-meaning), and is, bottom line, the very model of ingenuous stupidity. In the early part of the show she's usually the Damsel in Distress who Ryuko has to rescue. (In one great sight gag, Ryuko handles Mako exactly like a prop; elsewhere Mako has my favorite line in the whole show: "If they had slit open my belly, my lunch would have spilled out, and I would have had to eat it all over again.") But later in the show- when the fighting starts to dominate over the comedy- Mako will save Ryuko (AND my attention span) quite a few times. You see, Ryuko has anger-management issues, and the plot's myriad twists give her adversaries ample opportunity to exploit that fact; but at these points, when Ryuko is beginning to succumb to the "Dark Side" (and when the fight had usually been going on so long that I was beginning to "glaze"), Mako would literally leap right in and bring Ryuko back to her senses with one of Mako's patented giddy, insane appeals to virtue and truth. I've NEVER seen a sidekick character used quite this way before, nor have I ever felt so grateful toward a character that I might have intensely disliked in some other show. When things were growing pretentious and boring, Mako's intervention saved all that, so I felt as grateful toward her as Ryuko ever could. Alas, it doesn't quite last to the end; late in the show Mako's role gets a bit re-purposed.
And to be frank, despite Mako's tempering the show's fights with vital comic relief, I STILL liked the show a bit better in the earlier stages, before its slapstick humor was supplanted by apocalyptic (albeit often absurd) combat. There's a marvelous episode early on where Ryuko has to dash to school in pajamas to avoid being late, while death traps spring up to block her way (and somehow end up tugging her pajama bottoms down in the process.) I think I loved it because I could see this as exactly like the sort of nightmare an actual female student might suddenly find herself awakening from, screaming. Another episode is a morality play, in which Mako and her family get a boost in their social status, with unexpected results. (Mako's family includes her father, a "back alley doctor" with a shockingly high mortality rate AND a desire to see Ryuko nude in the shower; her little brother Mataro, a thief and would-be gang member (though a rather ineffectual one) who ALSO wants to see Ryuko nude in the shower; and her mom, who seems inexplicably normal.)
Kill la Kill is a show with a lot of stuff in it. A LOT of stuff. We've got awfully broad satire- the citizens of Osaka should sue, by the way; they get lampooned about as brutally as Monty Python used to depict the Scotch. Of course there are those fights. We've got an extensive cast of supporting characters, some of whom will end up changing their alliances. Almost EVERYBODY in this show will wind up naked at some point; nudity is actually built INTO the plot of the show, though to explain WHY wouldn't just spoil things, it would probably take all day (and would STILL come across as thoroughly nonsensical.) And as with a video game, Ryuko must fight her way through numerous "mid-bosses" before the final boss- the final bosses, really, and judging by their appearance I guess humanity was lucky to survive the Disco Era.
I would have preferred it if this show had been a bit more spare; rather than the "kitchen sink" approach, I prefer shows with fewer ideas but ones developed with greater depth. But I loved Mako, and if a show can make me love a character I'd normally loathe, that's definitely an accomplishment of some sort. Shonen fans will find plenty of action (albeit often silly action, and way overdone in my opinion.) I vacillated between three and four stars on this one, but I guess too much is maybe a lesser sin than too little. You have to pretty much not just suspend disbelief, but expel it entirely, to enjoy the show, but with a little effort- OK, a LOT of effort- it CAN be done. — Allen Moody
Recommended Audience: TV-MA city here. Everyone winds up naked, but it's usually more stylized nudity; e.g., what you'd find in Sailor Moon transformation scenes, rather than graphic. There are LOTS of underwear scenes, too. People get skewered and cut in half, but nevertheless there's little "real" death (again, explaining WHY would take all day.) There's quite a bit of lowest-common-denominator vulgarity here (also true in some of the Recommendations.) Right Stuf recommends for 16+. As do I.
Version(s) Viewed: Streaming on Crunchyroll.
Review Status: Full (24/24)
Kill la Kill © 2013 TRIGGER, Kazuki Nakashima/Kill la Kill Partnership


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Glen Hansard's Six Piece Band Performs Didn't He Ramble Live!
As always Glen Hansard is here to charm us today. The Irish singer-songwriter received international acclaim for his starring role in the film Once as well as writing the music including "Falling Slowly" which won as Oscar for best original song. He has released his second solo album Didn't He Ramble and we will hear live versions of the new music with Glen's six piece band in front of an audience at World Cafe Live. We'll discuss the writing and recording of Didn't He Ramble that took place in Ireland, France and here in the U.S. He'll also recount some songwriting stories from Bruce Springsteen and tell us where he keeps his Oscar. At 13 Glen started busking on the same Dublin streets portrayed in Once. He is still part of his first band The Frames. We have a couple of videos from this live performance at Worldcafe.NPR.org and check soundcloud.com/WorldCafe for a free download of "Winning Streak."
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Me, Ellen, Gary, Karen and Carrie waiting nervously for the race to get under way.
The "chute" view from the kayak.
Karen, Me, Jim and Claire after finishing. Phew!


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The Heartbreaking Life is Strange Moment You May Have Missed
WARNING: This contains spoilers for the final episode of Life is Strange.
Life is Strange is not Max's story.
True, protagonist Max Caulfield's time-bending powers are instrumental in advancing the game's plot, but it's Chloe Price, her on-off-on best friend, who is the game's emotional heart. So it's only natural that the game's most heartbreaking moment revolves around her.
In the game's concluding episode, Max gets her moment of happiness, but more importantly, so does Chloe. Throughout the series you've been the observer of her pain, having been "abandoned" not one but three times. She thinks her new stepfather is the Antichrist, though they're just as awkward and pig-headed as each other. In short, her life is a mess. But then something wonderful happens; something that's easy to miss if you're not in the habit of obsessively checking Max's text messages.
She's happy. She's actually happy, thanks in part to Chloe's actions. It's a beautiful moment; she gets the closure she was looking for and, after a much needed heart-to-heart she and David, her step-father, resolve their differences. Just seeing her refer to him as "step-hero" rather than "step-douche", the title she bestows upon him for most of the game, is enough to bring a tear to your eye. She dismisses Max's assertion that she, David and her mother are a family again but that's precisely what's happened.
Yet, tragically, this is all we get to see of this version of Chloe, a girl who's gone from being an angry ball of angst to someone who sees a little hope in the world. The same temporal meddling that brought her this happiness has created a localised apocalypse that threatens to obliterate Chloe's home town. It's unclear whether this version of Max has read Chloe's texts but, intending to undo this disaster, she takes another step back in time. And like that, Chloe's happiness is gone.
It's a horrifically cruel twist, infinitely more heartbreaking than the game's finale or any of the end-of-episode cliffhangers. So much so that I gave serious consideration to never playing the game again, suspending that one glorious moment in time. But the urge to see matters through to their unhappy conclusion was too strong and so, as Max, I stepped into the temporal vortex, robbing Chloe of her happy ending.
On reflection, I wish I'd never looked at those damn messages.
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María Rivier (Montpezat-sous-Bauzon, 19 de diciembre de 1768 – Thueyts, 3 de febrero de 1838) fue una religiosa francesa que fundó la congregación de la Presentación de María. Fue beatificada en 1982 por el papa Juan Pablo II y canonizada por Francisco el 15 de mayo de 2022.

Biografía
María Rivier, nació el 19 de diciembre de 1768 en Montpezat-sous-Bauzon, una aldea situada en Ardèche, en el sur de Francia. A finales de abril de 1770, Marinette, con 16 meses cae de la cama de sus padres y queda lisiada. Su madre, la señora Rivier, mujer de gran fe, lleva a su hija todos los días ante la imagen de Nuestra Señora de la Piedad y la niña, que ve rezar a su madre, adquiere pronto una certeza indestructible de que la Santísima Virgen la curará. A los pies de la pietá, María contempla ese misterio de amor apasionado que siente una madre por su hijo, esta escena se le graba en su corazón.

El 8 de septiembre de 1774, María Rivier empieza de repente a andar. Esos cuatro años de rezos ante la Virgen marcan de por vida a María Rivier.

A los 18 años, María Rivier se consagra a la evangelización y al cuidado de los pobres. Abre una escuela en pleno periodo de El Terror, cuando los sacerdotes eran perseguidos y todo acto religioso era considerado sospechoso. María Rivier de manera precavida organiza en secreto las asambleas y las oraciones del domingo. En 1794 marcha a Thueyts junto a cuatro jóvenes más, guiadas por el Evangelio y por su amor por la Virgen y Jesucristo.

En un momento en que todos los conventos cierran, María Rivier abre el suyo. El 21 de noviembre de 1796, fiesta de la Presentación de María en el Templo, María y sus cuatro compañeras se consagran a Dios. La nueva comunidad vive en la indigencia más completa, a pesar de ello, las hermanas de la Presentación de María aumentan.

Para María Rivier y sus hermanas, la educación cristiana de la juventud es y será siempre una prioridad. Sin embargo la educación de la fe se extiende también a los adultos. Los pobres son su principal preocupación. Nada la frena en su ardor apostólico, que se expresa con un fervor que va directo al corazón. El amor y una fuerza interior mueven a María Rivier, ¡O dar a conocer a Jesucristo o morir!

Finalmente, María Rivier fallece el 3 de febrero de 1838 en Thueyts. 144 años después, el 23 de mayo de 1982, el papa Juan Pablo II la beatifica. Fue canonizada por el papa Francisco el 15 de mayo de 2022.

Legado
Las hermanas que han formado la congregación de la Presentación de María, se han extendido por el mundo, y actualmente, cuentan en 20 países y cuentan con 141 casas, entre las que se encuentran, varios colegios.

Ceremonia de Beatificación
Juan Pablo II beatificó a Ana María Rivier el 23 de mayo de 1982, junto a 2 mujeres y 2 hombres más. El papa Juan Pablo II proclamó:
 Mira la beata María Rivier que Pío IX ya estaba llamando a la "mujer apóstol". De hecho, es su apostolado ardiente golpear todos sus contemporáneos, durante y después de la Revolución Francesa. Fascinado desde la infancia la idea de educar a los pequeños, para enseñarles como "madrecita" amar a Dios, mucho más tarde fundó las Hermanas de la Presentación, específicamente para educar a los jóvenes a vivir en la fe , favoreciendo a los huérfanos pobres, los abandonados o ignorar a Dios. No sólo permite atender a las niñas, pero ella quiere "para formar buenas madres", convencido de la función evangelizadora de las familias y la importancia de la iniciación religiosa en la primera infancia: "La vida es en su totalidad en el primer impresiones ", dijo. Podría ser considerado como un "mes del timbre de innumerables almas." ¿Y por qué ella no escatimó significa muchas escuelas del pueblo, las misiones, los retiros que se predica, se reunieron desde el domingo ...
 ¿Cuál fue el secreto de celo de María Rivier? Siempre fue golpeada por su audacia, su tenacidad, su alegría expansiva, el coraje, listos para llenar un millar de vidas. " Muchos de los problemas aún no han sido disuadir a: la debilidad de su infancia hasta su recuperación de un día de celebración de la Virgen, la falta de crecimiento físico, la salud siguen siendo pobres durante los setenta años de su vida La pobreza de la ignorancia religiosa que le rodeaba. Pero su vida demuestra el poder de la fe en un alma simple y recto, que se entrega totalmente a la gracia de su bautismo. Se tiene que construir a Dios, purificado por la cruz. Ella oró intensamente y María, con ella, ella se presenta ante Dios en un estado de culto y la ofrenda. Su espiritualidad es firme y claramente apostólica teológica: "Nuestra vocación es Jesucristo", él debe llenar su mente para lograr su reinado, especialmente en las almas de los jóvenes.

Fundaciones internacionales
Siglo XVIII
1796 Fundación de la congregación
1797 Primera casa madre
Siglo XIX
1841 Fundación en Suiza, en Lausana
1853 Fundación en Canadá
1873 Fundación en EE. UU.
1896 Fundación en Inglaterra
1902 Fundación en España, Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo
1804 Fundación en Italia
Siglo XX
1925 Fundación en Portugal-Madeira
1938 Fundación en Portugal
1941 Fundación en Mozambique
1948 Fundación en Japón
1950 Fundación en Filipinas
1952 Fundación en Senegal
1963 Fundación en Perú
1967 Fundación en Italia, Castelgandolfo
1976 Fundación en Alemania
1980 Fundación en Brasil
1989 Fundación en Camerún
1997 Fundación en Ecuador
Siglo XXI
2005 Fundación en Indonesia
2008 Fundación en Burkina Faso

Frases de María Rivier
 "Virgen Santa, cúrame."
 "Mi bolsa son los pobres."
 "Juntémonos. Seamos santos, apóstoles, verdaderos discípulos de Jesús." solo son ramos.
 "Mientras haya un rincón en la tierra donde Jesucristo no sea conocido y amado, no descansaré."
 "Me gustaría tener mil cuerpos para poder ir a trabajar y dar a conocer a Cristo."
 "Dios me ha dado una fe inquebrantable, y la esperanza más firme en la oración."
 "Caminad siempre con María con una confianza sin límite."
 "Virgen Santa, guarda tu casa."
 "El espíritu de caridad debe ser el espíritu de comunidad."
 "Os recomiendo a los pobres, no los descuidéis."
 "Soportaos los unos a los otros y no hagáis sufrir a nadie."
 "Os dejo en herencia el espíritu de oración."
 "Sed un evangelio abierto donde se pueda leer a Jesucristo."
 "¡O dar a conocer a Jesucristo, o morir!"
 "Todas vuestras acciones deben ser un catecismo perpetuo."
 "Busca el consuelo al pie de la cruz."
 "Dirígete a Dios como un padre amoroso."
 "Si te desvías de la humildad te desvías del camino del cielo."
 "Poned cada día a vuestros alumnos bajo la protección de María."
 "La humildad es la llave del corazón de Jesús."
 "Jesucristo es nuestra luz."
 "Sed totalmente de Jesucristo."
 "Nuestra conducta y nuestras acciones deben mostrar a Jesucristo."
 "Mis hijas cruzaran los mares."
 "Si no quieren catequesis, no tendrán escuelas."

Enlaces externos
 Colegio Presentación de María Vitoria-Gasteiz
 Colegio Presentación de María San Sebastián
 Colegio Presentación de María Peñarroya Pueblonuevo
 Colegio Presentación de María 41 (Comas Perú)
 Pastoral Juvenil Vocacional
 Collège St.Maurice, St Hyacinthe, CA
 Presentation of Mary Academy, Methuen, MA
 Presentation of Mary Academy, Hudson, NH USA
 Rivier College, Nashua, NH
 Web de la congregación
 Province Prince Albert, Canadá
 Province de Methuen, MA USA
 Province de Mánchester, NH USA
 Province de Portugal
 Sisters of Presentation of Mary
 colegio Ana María Rivier (san mártir de porres )

Religiosos de Francia del siglo XVIII
Religiosos de Francia del siglo XIX
Francesas del siglo XVIII
Francesas del siglo XIX
Monjas cristianas del siglo XVIII
Monjas cristianas del siglo XIX
Santos de Francia
Personas beatificadas por Juan Pablo II
Personas canonizadas por Francisco

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Binary Finary
In '1998' trance was at its peak and a few lads from the UK got together, wrote a piece of music on a Yamaha W7 workstation and saw it become a seminal record that would impact the lives of countless dance music fans around the world. This year that track, '1998', celebrates its 20th anniversary and it does so with a brand-new 2018 version from Binary Finary themselves and remixes from Marc Sixma and Dosem.
A hit both on and off the dancefloor with chart positions in the U.K. (#24 for '1998' and #11 for successor '1999'), '1998' is revamped after two decades. A classic amongst trance fans, Binary Finary had this to say:
"We are just really humbled that the little project we started all those years ago on a Yamaha workstation is still gaining attention and music plays all these years on. We are excited to hear the new remixes being played out at events across the globe. Really exciting and truly fitting for a 20th birthday party."
You can listen to the '1998' remixes here.


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Q: Xcode 7.3: "Ambiguous expansion of macro" when re-defining macro in prefix file I am using Xcode 7.3, and I am getting an "Ambiguous expansion of macro" warning, for a macro which was defined in Foundation, but which I have undefined and re-defined in my prefix file. I have modules enabled.
To reproduce:

*

*Set "Enable Modules (C and Objective-C)" to Yes in build settings

*Use the following prefix file:
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

#undef assert
#define assert(e)  NSLog(@"hi") // implementation is not important

*Use the following main source file:
int main() {
  assert(42);
  return 0;
}

*Then build in Xcode.

*It shows an "Ambiguous expansion of macro 'assert'" warning on the line in the source file that uses the "assert" macro. The "Expanding this definition of 'assert'" points to the definition from the system header, not my redefinition. The "Other definition of 'assert'" points to the definition in my prefix file.

This warning does not happen when modules is disabled.

A: This is a bug in Xcode; we'd appreciate if you could file a bug report at https://bugreport.apple.com and leave the bug # in a comment here. Your options for working around this bug in the meantime are:

*

*You could use a different name than "assert" for this macro.

*You could set the GCC_PRECOMPILE_PREFIX_HEADER build setting to NO, since PCH don't provide a lot of benefit when you already have modules.  The prefix header will still work, it just won't be turned into a PCH.

*You could turn off modules.

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Thou hast nor youth nor age
But as it were an after dinner sleep.
Dreaming of both.
As we grow older…
(Quoted from the official Nobel Prize Website)
Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, of an old New England family. He was educated at Harvard and did graduate work in philosophy at the Sorbonne, Harvard, and Merton College, Oxford. He settled in England, where he was for a time a schoolmaster and a bank clerk, and eventually literary editor for the publishing house Faber & Faber, of which he later became a director. He founded and, during the seventeen years of its publication (1922-1939), edited the exclusive and influential literary journal Criterion. In 1927, Eliot became a British citizen and about the same time entered the Anglican Church.
Eliot has been one of the most daring innovators of twentieth-century poetry. Never compromising either with the public or indeed with language itself, he has followed his belief that poetry should aim at a representation of the complexities of modern civilization in language and that such representation necessarily leads to difficult poetry. Despite this difficulty his influence on modern poetic diction has been immense. Eliot's poetry from Prufrock (1917) to the Four Quartets (1943) reflects the development of a Christian writer: the early work, especially The Waste Land (1922), is essentially negative, the expression of that horror from which the search for a higher world arises. In Ash Wednesday (1930) and the Four Quartets this higher world becomes more visible; nonetheless Eliot has always taken care not to become a «religious poet». and often belittled the power of poetry as a religious force. However, his dramas Murder in the Cathedral (1935) and The Family Reunion (1939) are more openly Christian apologies. In his essays, especially the later ones, Eliot advocates a traditionalism in religion, society, and literature that seems at odds with his pioneer activity as a poet. But although the Eliot of Notes towards the Definition of Culture (1948) is an older man than the poet of The Waste Land, it should not be forgotten that for Eliot tradition is a living organism comprising past and present in constant mutual interaction. Eliot's plays Murder in the Cathedral (1935), The Family Reunion (1939), The Cocktail Party (1949), The Confidential Clerk (1954), and TheElderStatesman(1959) were published in one volume in 1962; Collected Poems 1909-62appeared in 1963.
From Nobel Lectures, Literature 1901-1967, Editor Horst Frenz, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1969
This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel. It was later edited and republished in Nobel Lectures.
T.S. Eliot died on January 4, 1965.
Home is where one starts from. As we grow older
The world becomes stranger, the pattern more complicated
Of dead and living. Not the intense moment
Isolated, with no before and after,
But a lifetime burning in every moment
And not the lifetime of one man only
But of old stones that cannot be deciphered.
There is a time for the evening under starlight,
A time for the evening under lamplight
(The evening with the photograph album).
Love is most nearly itself
When here and now cease to matter.
Old men ought to be explorers
Here or there does not matter
We must be still and still moving
Into another intensity
For a further union, a deeper communion
Through the dark cold and the empty desolation,
The wave cry, the wind cry, the vast waters
Of the petrel and the porpoise. In my end is my beginning.
(excerpt, East Coker V, Four Quartets)


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By delivering their ads to the people most likely to play their game, developers can reach a more engaged audience and monetize their apps better. Since Facebook has been testing this, they have already begun to see results, with Beijing Fotoable seeing a 30% increase in ROAS.
This new Facebook feature allows social advertisers to bid on ads in a new way—by setting it to the lowest acceptable return on ad spend. This gives advertisers much more control over campaign value. Once the lowest acceptable ROAS is established, Facebook then automatically adjusts bids—delivering social advertisers with an equal or increased return value during the course of said campaign.
Defining Minimum ROAS: This is where social advertisers enter a minimum ROAS number (a number between .01 and 1000).
The Algorithm Does Its Job: The Facebook algorithm then estimates the amount an individual may spend in a week.
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Political scandal: Georgia withdraws its ambassador from Ukraine due to the appointment of Saakashvili
This information was shared by the Georgian Minister for Foreign Affairs, David Zalkaliani. At the same time, the Georgian official said that they were not going to end diplomatic relations with Ukraine.
Mikheil Saakashvili. Stock Photo – glavcom.ua
On this subject, it is written "MFN" referring to "HB".
Georgia has decided to recall its ambassador from Ukraine. The reason is the appointment of Mikheil Saakashvili as head of the executive reform committee.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia announced the recall of his diplomat:
"This practice is often in diplomatic relations. It shows that there were problems between countries, therefore consultations with the ambassador are necessary to understand new actions. "
But, added Zalkaliani, even after such a move by the Ukrainian authorities, Georgia does not intend to sever diplomatic relations with Ukraine or to revise the partnership.
As you know, since the news of Saakashvili's return to Ukrainian politics, Georgia has opposed it. Indeed, for Georgia, Saakashvili is a criminal who was sentenced in absentia and the country asked for his extradition once.
Recall that we wrote earlier that Zelensky employed Saakashvili.
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I play a high intensity gegenpress and have been thinking of doing this, as in a previous save my players were shattered and began losing games.
Just started a save with Derby. I'm 7 games in and currently second in the league, with only two points dropped and a win streak of 6. The teams playing bloody great at the moment, we're the highest scoring team with 20 goals, and Marriott has already got seven for himself. with WIlson chipping in four. We usually have around 20 shots at goal per game, seem to be not the greatest at finishing - but we're winning, so thats all that matters. Worried that we'll soon run out of form though as the rate we're scoring and creating chances doesnt seem sustainable. In terms of transfers, I didn't do much as I am quite happy with the squad and am willing to use the youth teams if we need to. Only player I bought in wasL Lucas Piazon from Chelsea for 400k. Havent sold any players - but Joe Ledley is out on loan as well as some youngsters. One of the main areas I've been focussing on improving is the staff - the Derby County coaches, scouts and youth coaches/managers seem to have pretty poor stats for a team with such excellent facilities - so there has been a few comings and goings. I'm going to look at increasing my scouting pool and bringing in as many youngsters with high potential as possible so I dont have to rely on signings/loans in the Prem (if I ever get there).


Suffisant | One quality, the finest.
For the last two years, I have tried a one word affirmation, as inspired by Gretchen Rubin's Happier podcast, instead of new year's resolutions. The first year, it was Read, which did spur me on to make regular time for reading. Last year, my word was Light, which became Léger/la Lumière in French.
Again, this method worked well for me. I redecorated my bedroom, lightening up the color scheme, and I've enjoyed it every day since. I unloaded the weight of a carload of things I no longer needed in The Great Purge of 2017 (I kept my husband, but he was a bit worried for a while).
My quest to lose weight was tougher. Despite some early success, no matter what I tried, my weight continued to creep up. In late summer, I found out that I had grown a rather substantial kidney stone that had to be surgically removed. Once it was gone, the weight fell off. The weight gain was really fluid retention due to a malfunctioning kidney. The lesson I learned there was that instead of beating myself up, I should seek medical advice if my body starts acting strangely. The DASH diet and I are now good friends to try to prevent the small stones in my other kidney from growing to the same mammoth proportions.
This year, I have selected SUFFICIENT, or SUFFISANT (soo-fee-zahn), or suffisante (soo-fee—zahnt) when referring to a feminine noun. How do I see applying this to my life? Well, for one thing, I really don't need any more clothes. In my overly analytical way, I have been keeping track of what I wear on a monthly basis. I found that I typically wore five items of clothing in each major category most months (for example, five blouses, five sweaters, five dresses) and about ten different pairs of shoes in any given season. Yet, I have far more than five (or ten) seasonally appropriate items hanging at my disposal in any given month. When tempted to shop just for the sake of novelty, I'm telling myself that my wardrobe is more than suffisant to meet my sartorial needs.
I'm trying to be more reasonable about what I put my Todoist app for any given day. After all, I can only accomplish a finite number of tasks, and when the list is suffisant, I schedule the new tasks for a later date.
But suffisant also applies to things I need to do more of. For instance, part of my new anti-kidney stone lifestyle is supposed to be 100 ounces of fluids a day. One. Hundred Ounces. I have never once made this goal, peaking at about 64 ounces, and yet, the dietician and physician's assistant both said that this was the most important change I could make. So, I'm going to be more diligent in tracking my fluid intake on my Fitbit app to make sure that I'm drinking suffisant, but I have significant doubts about 100 ounces.
I'm sure that as 2018 unfolds, I'll find many more ways to apply suffisant to my life, but these ideas are suffisant for now (couldn't resist, sorry). All the best for a more-than-sufficiently healthy and happy 2018.


I've recently configured Jenkins slave nodes for a client. One of their build configurations is targeted for a Tegra TX2, so I was configuring a new TX2 build machine to generate ARM images. I was following my usual steps for configuring a Linux slave node, but quickly ran into trouble. Many of the dependencies, particularly for ROS, were not able to be installed by apt-get. I thought this was quite strange, as I had heard that their software already runs on a TX2.
After some googling, I came across a Jetson Hacks GitHub repository called installROSTX2. This repository provided a quick way for getting the ROS dependencies to resolve on my new system.
This will install ROS on the system. You can also skip this step and install the modules you need directly. Normal ROS packages will now resolve with apt-get.


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On the Picket Line: An Insight into the UCU Strikes
By Marcus Matthews on	 December 15, 2019 Features News
Last week saw the conclusion of an eight-day long strike, undertaken by lecturers and staff from 60 universities across the UK. Since 2018 there has been growing unrest from members of the University and College Union (UCU) over various threats to their careers, pensions and job security. I sat down with a PhD student who downed their pen, picked up the picket and joined the front line of the action, to understand the wider implications of the recent disputes. They revealed their opinion on what they describe as the shocking conditions facing those employed in higher education. The interviewee wished to remain anonymous.
This is the second time since Easter of 2018 that the UCU have announced strike actions. This was the first opportunity for the interviewee to actively engage with fellow colleagues.
"Principally, I joined [the UCU]because I have seen the working conditions of many colleagues in my department deteriorating. I have seen members of staff at the point of burn-out over the last few years because they are rushing to meet impossible deadlines, which means that they work excessive unpaid hours. I've actually seen members of staff, junior and senior academics, crying in their offices. They've asked for support but get told there's no money for new staff, even though the University found money for a centenary building and for the previous Vice-Chancellor to have a chauffeur."
The strikes lasted for eight working days, yet most of the striking staff spent their time outside University buildings and on campus holding picket signs and forming the notional 'picket line'.
"I stood on the picket lines most days, trying to inform students why their education suffers when academic staff aren't treated fairly, trying to get students to sign the petition for the VC to engage with the reasons for the strike and just generally supporting striking members of staff. I also worked off-campus, which is a symbolic form of protest. […] the more I spoke to staff on the pickets, the more I realised that this was the bleak future facing me too if we didn't act now."
When asked about how these strikes compare to those in 2018, they thought it may be easier for students to understand now. This owes to the issues being related to "workload overload, casualisation and the gender pay gap". There are increasing concerns to the increasing difficulty to secure job contracts lasting more than 12 months. As a result, career planning and job security are in jeopardy.
I also asked how receptive students have been to this latest round of protests, following an open vote held by the Students' Union (SUSU) on whether to support the strikes or not. Participating students voted largely to support the strikes.
"Students I spoke with were really supportive of the strike. I think they understood that striking was a last resort. It is, of course, frustrating to have a class cancelled but I found that students were more likely to place the blame at the University's door for allowing this situation to arise. It was real boost to see SUSU vote to support the strike at its AGM and to actually have students join us on the picket lines."
The increasing frequency of short-term contracts, combined with pressures over on pension contributions, have created an atmosphere not conducive to research nor to future career planning.
"On paper, it should be an amazing career. You're in a very privileged position because you get to do the research you love but there's such little time given to do actual research nowadays. I think it definitely has affected postgraduates' thinking about the future. That's why so many have backed the strikes. Ultimately, it's our future that is on the line if we don't take action now.
"(…) they're [academics] faced with the choice of working 60-hour weeks, damaging their mental health and putting their personal lives on hold or a less-rewarding job where the work-life balance is actually manageable. That's what's at stake."
The PhD student also expressed their concern over the University's handling of the situation. This reflects, what they believe to be, the wider problem within education facing staff and students alike.
"University of Southampton is trying to punish staff by docking their pay in one go before Christmas rather than spreading it out, like other universities. The more cruelly they behave, the further away I see a resolution.
"I think the resolution is for universities to actually listen to their staff on this and stop treating an education like a transaction because students also suffer when staff are treated badly. Staff wouldn't be picketing in the cold and the rain, giving up nearly half a month's pay if they weren't serious."
I also contacted the Vice Chancellor's office for comment on the deteriorating work-place environment of his own university and if he could offer an explanation as to how conditions have fallen this far. I was provided a quote by his press office:
We care deeply about the well-being of all our staff and in addition to support from their line manager, anyone who experiences stress can receive advice and support from our employee assistance helpline 24 hours a day.
"Matters […] can only be resolved at a national level.
"The industrial action took place in November and December and the University will apply the deductions in the first payroll after the strikes finished which is normal practice. The University has decided in the first instance that it will not withhold pay for partial performance during the current period of action short of strike."
As for a resolution, the UCU are committed to maintaining 'action short of a strike' until further notice. Following no clear resolution to this recent bout of strikes, it would not be a surprise to see further strikes announced for the Spring semester. A repeat of 2018 would be likely, with industrial action deeply affecting mid-to-end of term assignments and exams.
Overall, the interviewee just wishes to continue doing a job they enjoy. But, at what cost?
"I love my research, I really do, but I don't know if I'm prepared to wreck the rest of my life to pursue it."
Marcus Matthews
Final year History student, stuck in the past.
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