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Fact of the Day - February 2012
Clinical predictors of recurrent febrile seizure:Patient younger than 18 months at first convulsionTemperature lower than 40.0_C at first convulsionLess than 1 hour between onset of febrile illness and first convulsion First-degree relative with history of febrile seizure.
Emerg Med Clin N Am 29 (2011) 83-93
The principal clinical features of ethylene glycol poisoning are some degree of inebriation or alteration in consciousness, a profound metabolic acidosis, oxalate crystalluria, and acute renal failure.
NEJM. 2009;360:2216-23..
Poor communication has been shown to be consistently responsible for more than half of all medication errors that occur in hospitals during patient movement across transition points of care as well as up to 20% of all adverse events.
www.qmo.amedd.army.mil/ptsafety/MedRecon/Bibliography_ 2008 Dec 19.
Patients with a first-time seizure who have no known structural brain pathology, normal serum glucose and sodium levels, and a normal neurologic examination can be discharged from the ED with appropriate outpatient follow-up.
Differential diagnosis of vomiting in the pediatric age group may be a result of a range of causes, including GI (i.e., obstructive and inflammatory) etiologies, CNS disease, pulmonary problems, renal disease, endocrine/metabolic disorders, drugs (either as side effects or in overdoses), psychiatric disorders, strep throat, pregnancy or stress.
Pediatr Health. 2009;3(5):479-503
MRI seems to be the modality of choice in evaluation of select patients w in whom plain radiographs are negative and suspicion is high for occult fracture and offers high sensitivity and specificity for hip fracture.
Journal of Emerg Med. 2009;32(3):144-152
The evidence shows that currently available pain scales are focused primarily on the pain intensity at a single point in time, which leads to underestimation of the pain experience and undertreatment of painful conditions. At present, no data support the overall improvement in acute pain management in the ED by implementing pain scales.
Ask the expert, December 2009, Medscape
The treatment window for intravenous thrombolysis should be extended from 3 to 4.5 hours for stroke patients who meet European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study III (ECASS III) criteria, though not for those patients meeting the exclusion criterion of severe stroke as assessed clinically (e.g. National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale [NIHSS] > 25) and/or by appropriate imaging techniques.
Lancet Neurol. December 8, 2009(12):1095-102
The majority of spinal cord injuries (SCI), involving previously healthy young adults, result from trauma; 37% occur after road accidents, 42% follow falls, 11% are associated with sports and recreational activities, and 3% after assault.
Cont Edu Anaesth Crit Care & Pain. 2009;9(3):82-86
An initial serum lactate value > 4 mmol/L is associated with increased patient mortality - 27% mortality rate for septic patients with a lactate value > 4 mmol/L compared with < 5% for septic patients with lactate values < 2.5 mmol/L.
Emerg Med. 45:524-528
Non-contrast head CT scans reveal abnormalities ranging from 3% to 40% in patients with first-time seizure, which includes two-thirds with focal lesions and one-third with diffuse cerebral atrophy.
Ketamine is a safe and valuable alternative to etomidate for endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients, and should be considered in those with sepsis.
Lancet. 2009; 374(9686):293-300
During the first 6 hours of resuscitation, the goals of initial resuscitation of sepsis-induced hypoperfusion should include all of the following as one part of a treatment protocol: Central venous pressure (CVP): 8-12 mm Hg Mean arterial pressure (MAP) > 65 mm Hg Urine output > 0.5 mL/kg/hour Central venous (superior vena cava) or mixed venous oxygen saturation >70% or >65%, respectively
Intensive Care Med 2008 Jan;34(1):17-60
In Catheter-related bloodstream infections, empiric gram negative coverage is usually achieved with a third or fourth generation cephalosporin, carbapenem, or ß-lactam/ß-lactamase combination.
Clin Infect Dis. 2009;49:1-45.
The initial empiric antimicrobial therapy used to treat septic shock may be the most important determinant of whether a patient will survive to hospital discharge. Inappropriate therapy can reduce the chances of survival by fivefold or more.
Chest 2009;136:1237-1248.
Patients with ethylene glycol poisoning who have signs of renal injury should be followed with daily measurements of serum creatinine until their renal function returns to baseline.
NEJM. 2009;360:2216-23.
New-onset AF leads to adverse outcomes in patients with CHF through adverse haemodynamic effects such as loss of atrial contraction, rapid ventricular rates, loss of atrio-ventricular synchrony, and an irregular RR interval leading to a decrease in cardiac output.
Europace. 2009;11(10):1295-1300.
Data from the recent EuroHeart failure survey have reported an AF prevalence of 34% in patients with CHF with a further 9% diagnosed with new-onset AF during hospitalization.
Compared with procedural sedation with propofol alone, the combination of ketamine and propofoldid not reduce the incidence of respiratory depression but resulted in greater provider satisfaction, less propofol administration, and perhaps better sedation quality.
Emerg Med. 2011;57:435-441
The five classic stages of iron toxicity are include: 1) gastrointestinal toxicity with variable clinical and histologic features , 2) apparent stability, 3) shock and acidosis of multiple etiologies (the common thread in all fatal iron exposures),4) hepatotoxicity, and 5) gastrointestinal scarring.
Pediatr Crit Care Med 2009 Vol. 10, No. 3
No increase risk of death was observed in a large unselected population-based cohort of patients discharged with the first-time atrial fibrillation and subsequently treated with flecainide, propafenone, sotalol, or amiodarone.
Europace. 2009;11(7):886-891.
Implementation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule led to a significant decrease in imaging without injuries being missed or patient morbidity.
BMJ. 2009; 339:b4146
Hemodynamic criteria for cardiogenic shock are sustained hypotension (systolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg for at least 30 min) and a reduced cardiac index (<2.2 L/min/m2) in the presence of elevated pulmonary capillary occlusion pressure (>15 mm Hg).
Myocardial Disease and Cardiomyopathies, Medscape, September 2008.
A reduction in door-to-balloon time from 90 minutes to 60 minutes was associated with 0.8% lower mortality, and a reduction from 60 minutes to 30 minutes was associated with a 0.5% lower mortality.
BMJ. May 19, 2009;338:b1807
In patients receiving fibrinolysis for AMI, the overall incidence of hemorrhagic complications is about 10%, and the incidence of intracranial hemorrhage is about 0.8%. comparing to patients receiving fibrinolysis for acute ischemic stroke, the incidence of intracranial hemorrhage is higher, approximately 6%.
Stroke. May 2007;38(5):1655-711
The recommended dose of alteplase for acute ischemic stroke is 0.9 mg/kg (maximum of 90 mg) infused over 60 minutes, with 10% of the total dose administered as an initial IV bolus over 1 minute.
In selected patients with extensive acute proximal DVT (eg, iliofemoral DVT, upper extremity DVT, symptoms <14 d, good functional status, life expectancy >1 y) with low risk of bleeding, catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) may be used to reduce symptoms and post thrombotic morbidity if appropriate resources are available.
Chest. June 2008;133(6 Suppl):71S-109S.
When compared with ketamine alone for pediatric orthopedic reductions, the combination of ketamine and propofol produced slightly faster recoveries while also demonstrating less vomiting, higher satisfaction scores, and similar efficacy and airway complications.
Few patients experience a major vascular event after discharge home with a diagnosis of dizziness or vertigo, with a stroke occurring in less than 1 in 500 patients within the first month.
Emerg Med. 2011;57:34-41.

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nor, Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike appointed a new Ag. Chief Judge of Rivers State in accordance with laid down rules of that sector of government.
It was indeed a thing of double celebration as the immediate past Chief Judge, Justice Daisy Okocha retired meritoriously and another woman, Justice Adama Iye Iyayi-Lamikanra was sworn-in without any dissenting voice.
The change in leadership in the judiciary is usually peaceful and fulfilling as it is almost pre-ordained. For the first time that peace was broken when the immediate past government in Rivers State introduced a strange logic that was ably contested.
It was now a piece of negative record that the government insisted and so much happened. Apart from the legal tussles, over the matter, for the first time courts were bombed in Ahoada, Degema, and Port Harcourt. Ultimately, courts did not operate anywhere in Rivers State for one year.
The consequences of those developments cannot be forgotten in a hurry. Like the judiciary, the legislature also packed up, while the executive pretended to govern a highly emasculated people. For all that to change the very day Governor Wike took office is divine.
The Tide thinks that Rivers people owe Governor Wike a debt of gratitude for taking his intervention to the next level by returning to the rules in his appointment of the new Chief Judge of Rivers State and thereby returning order to the State and diligence to the judiciary.
We think that the immediate past Chief Judge also deserves commendation for not letting the man in her to die when the corruption of a higher office attempted to steal her due. Not only did she fight like one who knows and likes justice, she prevailed.
When the present government restored her rights, she left no one in doubt that her appointment was not an accident. Her star shone even brighter as she took judicial reforms in Rivers State to another level. Though the journey to her short stay in office was turbulent, she left when the ovation was loudest.
As we congratulate Justice Iyayi-Lamikanra on her well deserved appointment, we cannot fail to note that her appointment was the test the present government needed to show class, character and commitment to the rule of law. Any other government could have asked questions and done the wrong. Indeed, her origin, political stand or gender, especially after another woman could have been issues, but not now.
According to the popular saying; "To whom much is given, much is expected;" Justice Iyayi-Lamikanra must take the charge of the Governor during her inauguration very seriously and advance the cause of judicial reforms in Rivers State. She must also bring the feminine grace that produces excellence in public service.
With the putting to rest the leadership crisis in the Rivers State judiciary, she must galvanise all sections of the judiciary to the prescribed ways of doing things and returning all the time-tested virtues of the discipline. The judiciary must once again become the last hope of the ordinary man, at least in Rivers State.
The judiciary must return to the plan that sought to introduce the use of verbatim recorders in the High Courts. This is important to reduce litigation time and reduce the pressure on judges who take proceedings by longhand. The time has also come to fine-tune the pre-trial process as well as the opportunity for alternative dispute resolution.
We expect the new Chief Judge to manage men and materials in ways that will bring joy to the hearts of judiciary workers. No longer should they be tempted to go on strike or find excuses for laziness and corruption.
The Chief Judge must enforce the directive of the Chief Justice of Nigeria that had to do with hearing both sides before issuing interlocutory injunctions. In the same manner, ways must be found to cut litigation time, reduce adjournment time and eliminate delayed judgement.
Indeed, the number of expectations can be endless. But the new Chief Judge must ensure that the course of justice is served in Rivers State and the confidence of the people on the judiciary is restored.


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Q: Embedding non-orthogonal vectors in a vector space Consider unit vectors $|v_i \rangle$ on an $n$ dimensional vector space, which obey the following relation:
$$\langle v_i|v_i \rangle =1 \quad  \& \quad |\langle v_i|v_j \rangle| \leq \epsilon, \quad i \neq j.$$
Note that this implies that if $|v_i \rangle = (a_1, a_2 ... a_n)$, then each $|v_i \rangle$ lies on an $(n-1)$ dimensional sphere of unit radius,
$$a_1^2 + a_2^2 + ... + a_n^2 =1$$
If $\epsilon =0,$ the maximum number of such vectors $|v_i \rangle$ with which we can satisfy the inner product conditions is trivially $n$. However consider a finite but a small $\epsilon$.
My Question: I want to demonstrate(/or verify) using Mathematica via some explicit construction that there can be many more vectors than say, $n=700$ which obey this condition if $\epsilon \neq 0$, and if possible, approximately determine the maximum number of such vectors which can be embedded on the $(n-1)$ dimensional sphere.
One way to do this is to start iteratively. The first vector can be at some point
$$|v_1 \rangle = (1, 0 ... 0),$$
Therefore the second vector is will have $a_1^2 \leq \epsilon^2$ using the inner product relation. If we assume equality for the second condition in the inner product. Therefore the second vector will have $a_1^2 = \epsilon^2$ and
$$a_2^2 + a_3^2 ... + a_n^2 = 1-\epsilon^2.$$
Is there a way I can implement this iterative procedure and arrive at the maximum number of vectors for say, $n \sim 700$ and by assuming equality in the second condition of the inner product?  I want to demonstrate(/or verify) using Mathematica via some explicit construction that there can be many more vectors than $n=700$ if $\epsilon \neq 0$.
EDIT: Also see my linked question.

A: Complete rewrite of my answer...a counter-example.
Consider an hypersphere with unit radius embedded in an $n$- dimensional space, and consider a regular simplex inside the sphere with vertices on the sphere. The simplex will have the following properties:

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*the simplex will have $n+1$ vertices (and vectors to those vertices from the origin)

*the angles (and dot products) between each of the vectors will be the same

*the absolute value of the dot product between the vectors will simply be $1/n$
So in order to have even just n+1 vectors satisfying your relationship, you have to have $\epsilon > 1/n$.
** EDIT **
As an experiment, here is code to treat positioning the points around the hypersphere as an energy minimizing problem.
Define a function that models a repelling force on a point from another point, with no force of the point from itself. Note the parameters α, β, which will impact the algorithm's performance. The potential energy is minimized when the points are evenly distributed.
α = 100;
β = 4;
push[p1_, p2_] := If[p1 != p2, p1 + α (p1 - p2)/((p1 - p2).(p1 - p2))^β, p1];

A function which moves the points, hopefully spreading them around the sphere. It first pushes them to a new position that is not on the sphere, then normalizes them to the sphere.
spread[pts_] := Map[Normalize, (Outer[push[#1, #2] &, pts, pts, 1]//Transpose//Total)];

To check the results, define a function to find the maximum dot product between all the vectors.
maxDot[pts_] := Map[Dot[#[[1]], #[[2]]] &, Permutations[pts, {2}]] // Max;

Now create an initial spread of points and run it...it rapidly converges to the ideal of -0.02 for a simplex.
Set the dimension n and the number of points m
n = 50;
m = 51;
pts = RandomPoint[Sphere[n], m];

res = NestList[spread[#] &, pts, 200];
dots = Map[maxDot, res];
ListPlot[dots, Frame -> True, GridLines -> Automatic]

Try it with the orthoplex. We expect a max dot product of zero.
n = 20;
m = 40; (* = 2 n *)
pts = RandomPoint[Sphere[n], m];
res = NestList[spread[#] &, pts, 200];
dots = Map[maxDot, res];
ListPlot[dots, Frame -> True, GridLines -> Automatic]

One more, for the hypercube. We expect the max dot to be <=(1-2/n). Had to reduce α and β to get it to work.
α = 1;
β = 1;
n = 6;
m = 2^n;
pts = RandomPoint[Sphere[n], m];
res = NestList[spread[#] &, pts, 300];
ListPlot[dots, Frame -> True, GridLines -> Automatic]

The code could definitely be optimized.
One more graphic, watching the points disperse. Started them all in the positive quadrant, greatly reduced α to slow convergence.
α = .1;
β = 1;
n = 3;
m = 100;
pts = Abs@RandomPoint[Sphere[n], m];
res = NestList[spread[#] &, pts, 50];
anim = ListAnimate[ListPointPlot3D[#, AspectRatio -> Full,
 PlotRange -> {{-1, 1}, {-1, 1},{-1,1}}] & /@ res]

A: Not a solution but an extended comment with a speculative answer to a different problem. Let's look for the maximum number $m$ of unit vectors that can be arranged in $n$ dimensions such that $\vec{p}_i\cdot\vec{p}_j\le\epsilon$. Notice I removed the absolute value in the scalar product. We call this function $\hat{m}_n(\epsilon)$. Let's study all the values of $\hat{m}_n(\epsilon)$ that we know exactly.
regular polyhedra
regular polyhedra in $n$ dimensions
Looking at regular convex polytopes in $n$ dimensions, there are three kinds:

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*Simplex: the distance between any two vertices is the same. Examples: equilateral triangle ($n=2$), tetrahedron ($n=3$). An $n$-simplex has $m=n+1$ vertices, and the scalar product between the position vectors of neighboring vertices is $\vec{p}_i\cdot\vec{p}_j=-\frac{1}{n}$. So $\hat{m}_n(-\frac{1}{n})=n+1$.

*Orthoplex: one point in each Cartesian direction: $(\pm1,0,0,\ldots,0), (0,\pm1,0,\ldots,0), (0,0,\pm1,\ldots,0), \ldots$. Examples: square ($n=2$), octahedron ($n=3$). An $n$-orthoplex has $m=2n$ vertices, and the scalar product between the position vectors of neighboring vertices is $\vec{p}_i\cdot\vec{p}_j=0$. So $\hat{m}_n(0)=2n$.

*Hypercube: coordinates $(\pm1,\pm1,\pm1,\ldots)/\sqrt{n}$. Examples: square ($n=2$), cube ($n=3$). An $n$-hypercube has $m=2^n$ vertices, and the scalar product between the position vectors of neighboring vertices is $\vec{p}_i\cdot\vec{p}_j=1-\frac{2}{n}$. So $\hat{m}_n(1-\frac{2}{n})=2^n$.
regular polyhedra in $n=2$ dimensions
Looking at $n=2$, we further have all regular polygons with any number $m$ of vertices, and the scalar product between the position vectors of neighboring vertices is $\vec{p}_i\cdot\vec{p}_j=\cos(\frac{2\pi}{m})$. So $\hat{m}_2(\cos(\frac{2\pi}{m}))=m$, or $\hat{m}_2(\epsilon)=\frac{2\pi}{\cos^{-1}(\epsilon)}$.
regular polyhedra in $n=3$ dimensions
Looking at $n=3$, we further have
$\hat{m}_3(\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}})=12$ (icosahedron),
$\hat{m}_3(\frac{\sqrt{5}}{3})=20$ (dodecahedron).
regular polyhedra in $n=4$ dimensions
Looking at $n=4$, we further have
$\hat{m}_4(\frac12)=24$ (24-cell),
$\hat{m}_4(\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{4})=120$ (600-cell),
$\hat{m}_4(\frac{1+3\sqrt{5}}{8})=600$ (120-cell).
limit $m\to\infty$
Further, for $m\to\infty$ we can make a geometric approximation. Assume the $m$ unit vectors will be distributed homogeneously over the surface of the unit $n$-sphere, which has a surface area of $2\pi^{n/2}/\Gamma(\frac{n}{2})$. So each unit vector's tip has an associated Voronoi volume (environment bubble) of $\frac{2\pi^{n/2}}{m\Gamma(\frac{n}{2})}$. If we assume that these environment bubbles are roughly hyperspherical with radius $r$, they have a volume (in $n-1$ dimensions) of $\frac{\pi^{\frac{n-1}{2}}}{\Gamma(\frac{n+1}{2})}r^{n-1}$, which gives $r\approx\left(\frac{2\sqrt{\pi}\Gamma(\frac{n+1}{2})}{m\Gamma(\frac{n}{2})}\right)^{\frac{1}{n-1}}$ and a mean distance between nearest neighbors of $d\approx2r$. This means that the scalar product between nearest neighbors is approximately $\vec{p}_i\cdot\vec{p}_j\approx1-\frac12d^2=1-2\left(\frac{2\sqrt{\pi}\Gamma(\frac{n+1}{2})}{m\Gamma(\frac{n}{2})}\right)^{\frac{2}{n-1}}$. Solving this formula for $m$, we get the limiting behavior $\hat{m}_n(\epsilon)\approx 2^{n/2}\frac{\sqrt{2\pi}\Gamma(\frac{n+1}{2})}{\Gamma(\frac{n}{2})}(1-\epsilon)^{-\frac{n-1}{2}}$ for $\epsilon\to1$ (i.e., for $0<1-\epsilon\ll1$).
assemble everything
Let's put all of these points on a log-plot (omitting the $m\to\infty$ data):

It looks like for small $n$ the number of fittable vectors scales exponentially with $\epsilon$: for $\lvert\epsilon\rvert\ll1$ I would guesstimate something like
$$
\hat{m}_n(\epsilon)\approx2n\left(\frac{2n}{n+1}\right)^{n\epsilon}
$$
which fits the simplex and orthoplex formulas exactly and extrapolates exponentially to small values of $0<\epsilon\ll1$, finally getting the hypercube formula almost right (overestimating it by a small factor of $\frac{n}{2e}$):
(* approximation of the maximum number of vectors *)
M[n_, ε_] = 2n*((2n)/(n+1))^(n*ε);

(* validate simplex formula *)
M[n, -1/n]
(*    1 + n    *)

(* validate orthoplex formula *)
M[n, 0]
(*    2 n    *)

(* validate hypercube formula (approximately *)
Limit[M[n, 1 - 2/n]/(n/(2E)*2^n), n -> ∞]
(*    1    *)

For $n=700$ this formula would mean approximately the following very steep dependency on $\epsilon$:

A: Not sure if I'm missing something here, but assuming your vector space is Euclidean it seems to me that for small $\epsilon$ the number of such vectors is still $n$. Here my thoughts:
For $\epsilon=0$, we can pick a particular basis of $n$ such vectors, say
$$|v_i\rangle=\vec{e}_i=\delta_{i,j}~~~,~~~i,j=1,2,...,n$$
If we relax $0<\epsilon\ll1$, the possibly slightly deformed vectors $\vec{e}_i+\mathcal{O}(\epsilon)$ are still in the set of admissible vectors and one representative of such slight deformation must be included in this case as well (alternatively, any orthogonal transformation of the original set $\vec{e}_i$ can be used of course, but a redefinition of the coordinate system orientation can always be used to recover the original simple system $\vec{e}_i$ above). Looking for a new vector $|w\rangle$ such that
$$|\langle w|v_i\rangle|<\epsilon~~~\text{and}~~~\langle w|w\rangle=1$$
we encounter the problem that the $n$ vectors $|v_i\rangle=\vec{e}_i +\mathcal{O}(\epsilon)$ also are approximate projectors onto the respective specific axes in the $n$ dimensional vector space. This creates a contradiction, since to have
$$\langle w|w\rangle=1$$
at least one vector component of $|w\rangle$ must be $\mathcal{O}(1)$, but to have
$$|\langle w|v_i\rangle| < \epsilon$$
for all $i=1,2,...,n$ we see that each vector component of $|w\rangle$ must be $\mathcal{O}(\epsilon)$.
Since all the components of $|w\rangle$ cannot simultaneously be of order $\mathcal{O}(\epsilon)$ while still producing the $\mathcal{O}(1)$ result $\langle w|w\rangle=1$, we see that no such vector $|w\rangle$ exists.
What do you think?
PS:
Of course, there is a possibility of setting $\epsilon$ to not be much smaller than $1$, so that a finite sum of order $\mathcal{O}(\epsilon)$ quantities can produce an order $\mathcal{O}(1)$ quantity. However, that would not have an $\epsilon\to 0$ limit as long as the overall number of vectors in the set is finite.

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Nickelback announce Nottingham Arena date
Multi-platinum selling and chart topping rock band Nickelback are set to embark on a massive European tour next year.
Updated Monday, 11th December 2017, 5:07 pm
Nickelback will play Nottingham Arena on their new tour
And the Feed the Machine tour will come to Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena on May 13.
Nickelback recently wrapped up a colossal 45-city tour of north America, playing to more than 600,000 fans.
The Feed The Machine tour marks the band's triumphant return to Europe following their ninth studio album of the same name.
Frontman Chad Kroeger enthused: "We can't wait to get back and play for all the amazing people of Europe.
"The shows are always some of our most memorable and the energy that our European friends bring every night is positively infectious.
"This is, by far and away, our biggest and best production to date and we're ready for one hell of a party."
Support on the tour will come from Seether, following their own massive sold-out headline UK tour earlier this year.
Tickets are £51.40 and £49.72 and available now on 0843 3733000, online at http://bit.ly/2BTg2nF or in person from the arena box office.
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Holy heat and humidity of Honolulu! I made it through a few days of Hawaii and lived to tell my tale of Hapalua 2018 (an honest win in my book). I flew out to Honolulu Friday morning. For some reason, a 545 AM flight after working until 7 pm the night before seemed like a good idea (it's really not) and this was only leg one of the trip (leg two is to Amsterdam. Talk about different climates). I ended up getting in around 1 PM HST. My flight from Seattle ended up leaving an hour late because it was late coming in from wherever it came from. At least I know the places I can hide. My bags made it in one piece all the way to Honolulu and after getting my checked back from baggage claim, I picked up a taxi to the hotel. I checked in and cut lose for a run along the beach. Sitting for 6 hours on a plane tightens me up pretty good, so I ended up getting in a good 5 miles. It's amazing what running in sun, tank tops and shorts can do after not being able to wear them outside for a good 6 months. Thanks Washington. I ended my run around the Convention Center so I could pick up my packet. I did the Honolulu Marathon in 2016, and the Expo was smaller, though I don't think there were as many runners with Hapalua. Some local running stores, etc. It was easy in and out. You picked up your bib, followed by going to a second table for your shirt. They had a third area with clear bags if you planned on checking gear at the start area. I went back to my hotel, showered and found some dinner before walking around some on the beach and enjoying some Friday Night Fire Works.
Not even 12 hours and a completely different Honolulu view from my room!
Saturday, I started off with an open water swim. Because what's a vacation if you can't try something new, like swimming 1.25 ish miles (2000 meters/2K) in the ocean to try and get some triathlon training in. Find out how that went over here. Afterwards, I kept things easy and enjoyed Waikiki and the beach some. I also went wetsuit searching, but couldn't find what I was looking for. I ended up going to 5 pm mass and getting dinner at Hula Grill before calling it a night.
Sunday morning meant getting up at 430/5 AM for a 6 AM start time. Kind of nice still being somewhat on PST time since the start felt like 9 or so, but I was still a bit tired. My only regret was not staying closer to the start because it was a good 1.25 miles to the Duke Statue, where the race started. Part of what The Hapalua does is something called the Chase. It's Hawaiian runners vs the Elites with the Elites trying to run down the Hawaiians (fun idea, I think).The Chase this year had a 24 minute handicap, so some runners started around 5:36 AM, with varying starts up until 5:54 or 5:56 this morning. The elites started at 6 AM with the rest of us. I missed watching the start of the Chase though, because of the time it took me to get to the start.
Weather. Oh weather. Be ready for heat and likely some humidity. It was in the 70s with about 70% humidity today. I'm glad the rain held off though.
One thing that needs worked on though is the start. It's kind of a hot mess. There's no division of runners and no corrals, which actually makes the first mile difficult. There were walkers at the front and people who were inappropriately placing themselves faster than they were, so faster runners were trying to not run over other people. If there could be some sort of corral system like for the Honolulu Marathon or other races in general, it would make life a lot easier.
The course is fairly flat for the first 9 miles or so. You start in front of the Duke Statue and head along Kalakaua Avenue to Ala Moana Blvd and the Nimitz Highway. You pass Ala Moana Beach Park, the Harbor and Aloha Tower before turning and coming back some on King Street. You make some turns and double back on Ala Moana and it's kind of fun seeing runners come towards you. If you time it right, you can see some of the chase happening on the way out on Ala Moana Blvd. Over the next few miles, you end up back on Kalakaua Avenue and you get some crowd support there. You pass the Duke Statue and head towards Waikiki and Kapiolani Park. Here, you pass the 9 mile mark and start making the trek around Diamond Head. Be ready for some hills/incline because you don't realize how much there is until it's there. Or, like me, you forget what the hills were like during the Honolulu Marathon because you chose to forget that part of the race. You have some pretty decent incline from miles 9 to 10, some downhill before heading back up again at mile 11 for about half a mile. After that, it's all downhill along Diamond Head. The last part of the race takes you along some neighborhoods and into Kapoilani Park, same finish as the Honolulu Marathon. You were greeted with medals and water misters (so needed). Afterwards, when I was walking back to the hotel, though, you could see more than a bunch of walkers still on course who had to move to the sidewalk as traffic opened back up.
Aid stations on course: It felt like every 2 ish miles or so, give or take. I felt like they needed more because it was so hot and humid on course. Hard to stay hydrated when the water stations are so spread out. They had water at all of them, gatorade at most of them and gels at 1-2 of them.
What happened with The Chase you ask? One of the Elites ended up winning and passed the final Team Hawaii runner in the last half mile. Close!!!
Post Race: plenty of entertainment, food, drinks and things to do. Or just relax. You were given your medal as you came through the finisher chute, you were given your medal. In typical fashion, you don't know what the medal looks like until you finish (or if you check social media while you're still on course). They also had water misters which was so needed. Food wise, there was shaved ice, malasadas (alllll the malasadas), moon pies, water and pineapple juice. I would have loved some chocolate milk though!!!
Results: Find them over here to find them. Also, go over to Athlinks and claim your results! Not on Athlinks, join for free and then claim them!
Afterwards, I hiked back to the hotel and took a much needed shower. It's nice getting back to the hotel at 9 AM, as opposed to like noon. I was able to get a later check out and found a laundry mat to wash my clothes. I'm not spending time in Europe with running clothes I was peeling off because of sweat and humidity! Best money I spent all trip other than the money to get here!
Overall, a great race. I just wish the start and the aid stations would be looked at, because they could use some work. If you're looking for a Hawaiian race, look up the Hapalua!


Kylie Jenner is pretty much the Calabasas Grinch that stole Christmas.
Kardashian fans were on tenterhooks on Christmas Day waiting for day 25 of the family's Christmas card, with everybody convinced that the final card would finally reveal the reportedly pregnant 20-year-old's bump – or even a newborn baby.
Alas, we were all trolled by the Kardashians, and the quite frankly underwhelming card saw Kris, Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kendall and grandma Mary Jo, as well as kids North, Saint, Mason, Penelope, Reign and Dream, posing next to an extravagant Christmas tree.
We know the lip kit mogul has not gone into total hiding, have appeared on sister Khloe's Snapchat on Christmas Day and shared her LOVE magazine cover to Instagram last night.
So will she ever confirm her pregnancy?
We all thought Khloe Kardashian's bump would be unveiled via the family Christmas card, but she broke the news with an Instagram picture of her tummy.
So could Kylie follow in her sisters' footsteps? She has 100 million followers on the platform, so it would be a pretty efficient way to get the news out.
And with stars including Beyonce breaking the internet with their Instagram pregnancy announcements, Kylie may want to keep up with the trend.
Kylie is one of the most followed people on Snapchat, so she could announce her pregnancy with a quick snap.
Downsides? Fans can't get notifications, so the reaction wouldn't be instant, and the snap would delete itself after 24 hours.
Still, the screenshots would live on.
KUWTK is returning to E! on January 7 following a mid-season break, so feasibly Kylie could be announcing her pregnancy on the show.
It would make sense – Kim confirmed she was expecting a third child via surrogate on the show, while Khloe's announcement has been filmed for a future episode and was teased in the mid-season trailer.
And Kourtney allowed the cameras into the labour ward when giving birth to Mason and Penelope.
Plus, momager Kris would get her 10%.
Kylie has posed for the cover of the first LOVE mag of 2018, but could she announce her pregnancy via the website?
Judging by the calendar on the website, the LOVE advent calendar runs until 11 January, meaning there's plenty more days for Kylie to make an appearance.
Could the final day detour from the #StayStrong exercise themed series for a massive baby reveal?
Although all the signs point to Kylie being pregnant, it could be that we all got this one entirely wrong.
Kylie, nor any of her family, has not confirmed the rumours or even spoken about them, so it could be that Kylie is just taking a break from the spotlight and is using the speculation as a convenient cover story.
It's the Kardashians, after all – anything can happen.


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Alzheimer's disease is on the rise, and more people get diagnosed every day. Early detection is crucial when dealing with this disease, and doctors urge those who have memory concerns to get checked out as soon as possible.
A fairly new self administered paper test can be a good starting point for determining if you should seek an outside opinion. This simple test can detect early signs of the disease, and allow people to communicate concerns quicker with their doctor.
Here's a link to the test site.


Snow keeps coming, but you can't stop the procession of seasons! Spring is forcing its way through the door, and the plants are excited. So excited, in fact, they've been begging us to make a few new flower essences.
We've got some stunning Pink Floyd Roses, the most recent petals off our ever-blooming Pink Geranium (yes, it goes ALL winter!!) and the early buds off an indomitable Meyer Lemon tree.
Indomitable. A force to be reckoned with, yet unfailingly sweet. Meyer Lemon is bold yet loving, strong yet giving. Try this essence when your defenses need bolstering, when you need to be reminded of how to be fun and light and sweet but you also want to be strong and maintain your boundaries. It allows you to feel safe, so that you can relax into yourself and approach whatever comes your way with ease and a light manner, always focusing on what really matters: the heart.
The fun never stops! Breathe fresh life into your tired bones with Hot Pink Geranium, Winter Blooming. Remind your cells that life is GOOD, an amazing, everlasting, filled-with-surprises, never boring GAME. Your soul knows it, and enjoys every minute, no matter how you've judged it. Remember that life is meant to be fun, all the ups, and all the downs. This essence helps you be more comfortable in the physical realm and bring pure enjoyment back to your life.


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From French Mediaeval Romances, which is also available as an eBook
Bloch, R. Howard. The Anonymous Marie de France. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Burgess, Glyn S., and Keith Busby. The Lais of Marie de France. London: Penguin, 1999.
Stein, Robert M., and Sandra Pierson Prior. Reading Medieval Culture: Essays in Honor of Robert W. Hanning. Notre Dame: U of Notre Dame, 2005.
Blain, Virginia, et al. "Marie de France," The Feminist Companion to Literature in English (Yale UP, 1990, 714).
Bloch, R. Howard. The Anonymous Marie de France. Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 2003.
Brown, Mary Ellen, et al. Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1998. Print.
Calabrese, Michael. "Controlling Space and Secrets in the Lais of Marie de France." Place, Space, and Landscape in Medieval Narrative. Knoxville: U of Tennessee P, 2007. 79-106. Rpt. in Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism. Ed. Jelena O. Krstovic. Vol. 111. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Literature Resource Center. Web. 28 Sept. 2010.
Ferrante, Joan M., « The French courtly poet: Marie de France », Medieval Women Writers, éd. Katharina M. Wilson, Athens, University of Georgia Press, 1984, p. 64-89.
Ferrante, Joan M., « A frenchwoman in England writes for a Norman court: Marie de France », A New History of French Literature, éd. D. Hollier, Cambridge (MA), Harvard University Press, 1989, p. 50-56.
Freeman, Michelle A., « Marie de France's poetics of silence: the implication for a feminine translatio », PMLA, 99, 1984, p. 860-883.
Gallagher, Edward J., ed. and trans. The Lays of Marie de France, Translated, with Introduction and Commentary. Hackett: Indianapolis, 2010.
Grillo, Peter R. (1988). "Was Marie de France the Daughter of Waleran II, Count of Meulan?". Medium Aevum 57: 269–273.
Holmes, Urban T. (1932). "New thoughts on Marie de France". Studies in Philology 29: 1–10.
Kibler, William W. and Grover A. Zinn. Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1995. Print.
Kunitz, Stanley J., and Vineta Colby. European Authors 1000-1900 A Biographical Dictionary of European Literature. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company. 1967. 604-605. Print
Maréchal, Chantal A., éd., In Quest of Marie de France: A Twelfth-Century Poet, Lewiston and New York, Edwin Mellen Press, 1992, xiv + 194 p.
McCash, June Hall, "La Vie seinte Audree, A Fourth Text by Marie de France." Speculum (July 2002): 744-777.
Mickel, Emanuel J. Jr. Marie de France. New York: Twayne, 1974. Print.
Pontfarcy, Yolande de (1995). "Si Marie de France était Marie de Meulan". Cahiers de Civilisation Medievale (Xe-XIIe Siecles) 38: 353–61.
Steinberg, Theodore L. Reading the Middle Ages: an Introduction to Medieval Literature.Jefferson: McFarland, 2003. P
Watt, Diane, Medieval Women's Writing: Works by and for women in England, 1100-1500. Polity, 2007. ISBN 9780745632568.
Whalen, Logan E. Marie de France and the Poetics of Memory. Catholic University of American Press, 2008.
Whichard, R. D., « A note on the identity of Marie de France », Romance Studies Presented to William Morton Day, éd. U. T. Holmes, A. G. Engstrom et S. E. Leavitt, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1950, p. 175-181.
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Quadro QV3 Leaning Scooter Looks Like a Better Alternative to Yamaha' Niken
Posted on May 25, 2018 May 25, 2018 by Florin Tibu
Swiss maker Quadro updates their QV3 leaning three-wheeled scooter, specs and price make it the perfect alternative to the Yamaha Niken
The smallest member of the Quadro family, the QV3 three-wheeled scooter was updated, and, by all means, looks like the perfect excuse to skip spending money on the Yamaha Niken.
QV3 gets an updated dashboard that's heavily inspired from that on the Quadro4, with dual large dials and a central backlit LCD screen, new, redesigned wheels, a new handlebar and new, adjustable brake levers. The right hand lever actuates the front braking, while the left hand lever and the pedal engages all-wheel braking for a balanced feel.
According to Quadro, the brakes on the new QV3 are more efficient, making riding this three-wheeler a more confident experience, especially for those who don't feel exactly at home on just two wheels. Speaking about wheels, the Quadro QV3 comes with the biggest rims in the segment, sporting dual 14" wheels in the front and a single 15" in the rear.
Stability is governed by Quadro's patented HTS hydro-pneumatic system that tilts all three wheels when making a turn, replicating the feel of a traditional motorcycle. Unlike other similar machines, whose front wheels are the only ones that tilt actively, the QV3 has increased stability and grip on any terrain, not only on tarmac.
And when you're parking, the P lever blocks the tilting mechanism so that your machine stays upright. We've seen our fair share of Quadro vehicles parked in insane conditions, yet in perfect stability and balance, one of the maker's trademark signatures.
Why we say that the QV3 might be a great alternative to Yamaha's Niken? Well, first it's the fact that the latter kind of fails to live up to the sport bike pretenses it was marketed with. It's way heavier than the MT-09 that provides the engine, and the brakes are less efficient. These two aspects make it lazier and a bit more difficult to ride.
Then there's the price, €15,000 for the Niken, versus €7,000 for the QV3. Sure thing, they belong to two different classes, but, given the lack of a surprising, exhilarating character in the Niken, it tends to be more of a mellow-ish, touring and commuting machine, and a bit on the expensive side compared to other commuters. Compared to the Spyder, Slingshot or T-Rex, the Niken is probably the obvious alternative, but the bang for the buck award goes to QV3.
Quadro QV3 weighs in a total of 220 kg (485 lb) and that's with a full tank. Its 346cc 4 stroke, 4-valve single cylinder pumps out 29 hp @ 7,000rpm and 32 Nm of torque at 5,500 revs. The CVT transmission uses a V-Belt and a dry centrifugal clutch making riding easy even for those who can't ride a manual shift motorcycle. Plus, riders with an automobile driving license (Cat. B in Europe) can already hop aboard. Finally, the QV3 also comes with underseat storage that can accommodate two helmets and two smaller compartments in the dash, under the handlebars.
In the end, it's not necessarily about choosing between the QV3 and the Niken, but knowing how amazing the HTS system is, we'd go for the former. Of course, please feel free to disagree!
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Leimuiderbrug is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, and lies about 11 km west of Amsterdam.

Leimuiderbrug has a population of around 40.

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Moon goes blood red this weekend: Eclipse for the Americas – The Associated Press – en Español
in breaking news today
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across North and South America.
The celestial action unfolds Sunday night into early Monday morning, with the moon bathed in the reflected red and orange hues of Earth's sunsets and sunrises for about 1 1/2 hours, one of the longest totalities of the decade. It will be the first so-called blood moon in a year.
Observers in the eastern half of North America and all of Central and South America will have prime seats for the whole show, weather permitting. Partial stages of the eclipse will be visible across Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Left out: Alaska, Asia and Australia.
"This is really an eclipse for the Americas," said NASA's Noah Petro, a planetary geologist who specializes in the moon. "It's going to be a treat."
All you need, he noted, are "patience and eyeballs."
A total eclipse occurs when Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun, and casts a shadow on our constant, cosmic companion. The moon will be 225,000 miles (362,000 kilometers) away at the peak of the eclipse — around midnight on the U.S. East Coast.
"This is this gradual, slow, wonderful event that as long as it's clear where you are, you get to see it," Petro said.
If not, NASA will provide a livestream of the eclipse from various locations; so will the Slooh network of observatories.
There'll be another lengthy total lunar eclipse in November, with Africa and Europe lucking out again, but not the Americas. Then the next one isn't until 2025.
Launched last fall, NASA's asteroid-seeking Lucy spacecraft will photograph this weekend's event from 64 million miles (103 million kilometers) away, as ground controllers continue their effort to fix a loose solar panel.
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, a geologist, plans to set her alarm clock early aboard the International Space Station.
"Hopefully, we can be up in time and be at the right place at the right time to catch a good glimpse," she told The Associated Press earlier this week.


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As part of a recently granted H2020 project in the secure society domain (topic SU-DRS02-2018-2019-2020: Technologies for first responders) I am currently advertising a fully-funded PhD position for 4 years. The PhD project is called "UAV/drones to support first responders, using advanced computer vision and machine learning". We need someone with a solid background in the geosciences or robotics, with excellent expertise in computer vision and photogrammetry, and very good programming skills. More details in the attached a flyer. The link for the position and the application form can be found here.


Fledgling system from HP Labs combines servers, printing and imaging technology to eliminate coupons and customize the buying experience.
PALO ALTO, Calif.--Despite the digitization of nearly everything in our daily lives, the Sunday circular ad for beef and bags of baby carrots has remained. Hewlett-Packard is developing a technology to bring even the banal task of grocery shopping into the Digital Age.
At HP Labs here, researchers are developing an in-store kiosk solution called Retail Store Assistant (RSA) that will make shopping for food, clothes and electronics easier for buyers and make selling things easier for retailers.
This is the same lab that invented inkjet printing technology and pocket-size scientific calculators, and it wouldn't seem in-store kiosks are at the forefront of technology, which HP admits. But it's the combination of several areas of HP's core businesses that's new.
"The technology is available," said Mohamed Dekhil, manager of imaging and printing retail applications at HP Labs. "It's a question of how you connect all this together."
The idea is this: Imagine walking into a grocery store, and instead of bringing your shopping list along, simply swiping a club card or entering a phone number. Any information you've entered online from home (milk, eggs, pretzels, ground beef, apples) will show up on your profile. There will also be special offers tailored to your shopping habits--your club card already keeps track of the fact that you prefer Diet Pepsi to Coke, and that you buy a carton of eggs every other week. The kiosk simply matches your information with retailers' offers to generate the appropriate coupons.
The RSA kiosk will then create a printed list of special discounts and shopping items. On the back will be a map of the store and the location of all items, eliminating the need to comb every aisle of a store. And instead of fumbling for coupon clippings, a single bar code on the printout will track the customized offers and remove items from the shopping list that were purchased.
If a printed piece of paper is too cumbersome, HP says the list and information could also be transferred via Bluetooth technology to a mobile device, like a phone.
While HP stressed that the intent of the technology is about making shopping "a delight" for customers, it's also a way for the company to sell more of what it's best at. The kiosk service combines HP database technology, servers, mobile products, printers and imaging technology.
The RSA kiosk could also be a boon for retailers and marketers. The kiosks can know by the time a shopper has left the store which discounts a buyer took advantage of. That information is gold for marketers looking for demographic data and ways to sell more accurately to individual buyers.
Though privacy advocates may balk at the idea of a retailer monitoring each shopper's purchases--indeed some already do decry the club card concept--HP says its customers will need to have privacy policies available to shoppers so they know what they're getting themselves into. Eventually the kiosks will let shoppers manage what personal data is kept, said Dekhil. For instance, shoppers can indicate that none of their alcohol or medicine purchases be tracked.
The technology isn't available yet, and likely won't be for some time, but HP says it is talking to major retailers, like supermarkets, electronics stores and discount chains about using the technology to make shopping an experience, one that eliminates the frustration of not being able to find a product or a helpful salesperson, and then build customer loyalty to that store. HP says it is currently "in talks" with major retailers to start pilot programs soon.


From the creative minds of Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft has announced at their E3 Press conference a new title: Tom Clancy's The Division, an open-world RPG for the Xbox One and PS4.
You take on the role of 'The Division, a group of "self-supported tactical agents," in a world three weeks after the global epidemic known as Black Friday. See the trailer below.


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"The Banker" is the fourteenth episode of the sixth season of the American comedy series The Office and the show's 114th episode overall. It was written by Jason Kessler and directed by Jeffrey Blitz.

In this episode, an investment banker comes to the office to speak with HR rep Toby Flenderson (Paul Lieberstein), since the company has recently been bought out. The episode is a clip show featuring montages of episodes past, as the banker asks about events in the office.

The episode "The Banker" received mixed reviews from critics and 3.7/9 in the 18–49 demographic.

Synopsis
When an investment banker, Eric Ward (David Costabile), comes to Dunder Mifflin Scranton to check for any discrepancies, Michael Scott (Steve Carell), Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), Andy Bernard (Ed Helms), and Pam Halpert (Jenna Fischer) pull out all the stops in hopes of impressing him with their high-profile contacts. Michael — now the highest-ranking employee of Dunder-Mifflin, since all of Corporate in New York City have been removed — flagrantly lies to make the office look more "attractive," including pretending to have an AI named Computron, replacing Stanley Hudson (Leslie David Baker) with a more cheerful man, and having Dwight pretend to be the HR rep to keep Toby Flenderson (Paul Lieberstein) from telling him about the office's problems. Toby returns to speak with the banker, and he struggles to evade the fact-checker's questions. As they go over a list of potential liabilities, viewers are shown plenty of instances where the staff have destroyed property, engaged in dangerous activities and office romance, time wasting and conflict. It ends with clips where the office has come together as a family, including numerous moments in Jim's and Pam's romance.

Production
The episode was written by Jason Kessler and directed by Jeffrey Blitz, who directed five previous episodes of the series, including "Stress Relief".  "The Banker", although shown in smaller portions, is the first (and only) clip show of the series.

Reception
In its original American broadcast, "The Banker" was viewed by an estimated 7.29 million households, with a 3.7 rating/9 share in the 18–49 demographic falling 12% from the last episode.

Dan Phillips of IGN said the episode was "Passable" and gave it a 6.5/10 saying that "If you're a fan of the show, you'll no doubt find it at least somewhat charming and entertaining to re-watch many of the show's funnier moments in rapid succession. I know I did. In the end, though, the biggest shortcoming of 'The Banker' isn't simply that it's a cheap clip show, but that it's not even an inspired take on the clip show." Steve Heisler of The A.V. Club gave the episode a C+ saying that "'The Banker' was hardly an episode at all, but rather a clip show. Why does The Office need a clip show now? Are ratings really that low? Perhaps after six seasons and amidst the most rock-solid Thursday comedy line-up in years, people have simply forgotten what's been happening in Scranton and needed a refresher. Whatever. I'll take an Office clip show over almost anything on CBS any day, even though I still think it's a cop-out. (See what I did there?)" The episode was also voted as the worst episode of season 6 on Office Tally.

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MPA Recruitment has been appointed by a leading technology company in the North West to source a Data Scientist to join their team. This role will offer an excellent opportunity to enhance professional growth and development.
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You will be responsible for building best-in-class predictive models and decision tools to help address any needs the business has, with the use of state-of-the-art machine learning and statistical algorithms. You will demonstrate and maintain in-depth knowledge of the business success drivers, industry trends, regulatory issues, and the competitive marketplace. You will be required to share and communicate findings to key business stakeholders and team members, both from technical and non-technical backgrounds. You will manage projects, and their timelines, ensuring that they are delivered to the highest quality and in the allocated time. In this role, you will also be given the opportunity to help develop a team of analytics professionals, bringing them to the highest standard.
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Ideally you will have had previous experience in both the financial services, alongside the insurance industry. Previous experience with (near) real-time decision engines and big data platforms (e.g. spark).
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On March 23rd Holger Levsen will give a talk at the German Unix User Group's "Frühjahrsfachgespräch" called Reproducible Builds everywhere.
Verifying Software Freedom with Reproducible Builds will be presented by Vagrant Cascadian at Libreplanet2017 in Boston, March 25th.
You, too, can write reproducible software! workshop by Ximin Luo, Vagrant Cascadian and Valerie Young at Libreplanet2017 in Boston, March 25th.
The Reproducible Builds Hamburg Hackathon 2017, or RB-HH-2017 for short, is a 3 day hacking event taking place in the CCC Hamburg Hackerspace located inside the Frappant, which is collective art space located in a historical monument in Hamburg, Germany.
The aim of the hackathon is to spent some days working on Reproducible Builds in every distribution and project. The event is open to anybody interested on working on Reproducible Builds issues in any distro or project, with or without prio experience!
Guillem Jover uploaded dpkg 1.18.23 to unstable, declaring .buildinfo format 1.0 as "stable".
Jams McCoy uploaded devscripts 2.17.2 to unstable addingd support for .buildinfo files to the debsign utility via patches from Ximin Luo and Guillem Jover.
Hans-Christoph Steiner noted that the first reproducibility-related patch in the Android SDK was marked as confirmed.
39 package reviews have been added, 7 have been updated and 9 have been removed in this week, adding to our knowledge about identified issues.
Show reproducible status of package.
Inject operator.getitem as a template filter.
Hans-Christoph Steiner gave a progress report on testing F-Droid: we now have a complete vagrant workflow working in nested KVM! So we can provision a new KVM guest, then package it using vagrant box all inside of a KVM guest (which is a profitbricks build node). So we finally have a working setup on jenkins.debian.net. Next up is fixing bugs in our libvirt snapshoting support.
Daniel Shahaf spotted a subtile error in our FreeBSD sudoers configuration and as a result the FreeBSD reproducibility results are back.
Holger once again adjusted the Debian armhf scheduling frequency, to cope with the ever increasing amount of armhf builds.
Mattia spotted a refactoring error which resulted in no maintenance mails for a week.
Holger also spent some time on improving IRC notifications further, though there is still some improvements to be made.
This week's edition was written by Chris Lamb, Holger Levsen, Vagrant Cascadian & reviewed by a bunch of Reproducible Builds folks on IRC & the mailing lists.


On Apr. 5-20 the 167th Airlift Wing at Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base, Martinsburg, West Virginia, hosted four U.S. Air Force (USAF) A-10C Warthog aircraft and crew members who came to honor to the late Peter Atkinson, a pilot for the famed American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as the Flying Tigers.
The A-10's, assigned to the 23d Fighter Group (FG), flew a missing man formation over Rosedale Cemetery in Martinsburg at noon on Apr. 8 during Atkinson's re-interment ceremony.
As told by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle, 167th Airlift Wing, in the article A-10s honor original Flying Tiger, Atkinson, the oldest of seven children, died Oct. 25, 1941 while flight testing a Curtiss P-40 aircraft for the AVG. He was 25 years old.
The 23d FG, based at Moody AFB in Georgia, is charged with carrying on the Flying Tigers heritage.
Maj. Lindsay Fletcher, 167th Airlift Wing Executive Staff Officer, coordinated with the 23d FG and the Atkinson family for several weeks leading up to the ceremony. She organized a tour for Atkinson's relatives to view the A-10's and meet the crew members the day before the interment.
As explained by Fletcher, the family felt a special connection to the 23d FG: in fact Peter Atkinson's younger brother, Edward, was also a pilot for the Flying Tigers. He, too, lost his life during WWII.
Peter Atkinson enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1939, then in 1941 he signed up to work for the Central Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation, a private military contractor in China. He and the group of airmen he worked with became known as the AVG's and later as the Flying Tigers.
Flying Tigers had to defend China from the Japanese and were credited for keeping the port of Rangoon, Burma and the Burma Road open during a critical time before the war.
The group was nicknamed the Flying Tigers because their P-40's (P for pursuit) were painted with a shark face on the front of the fuselage and a winged tiger on the side.
The AVG's aircraft were shipped in crates on freightliners to Burma, they were assembled and test flown at Rangoon and then sent to the AVG's training unit at Toungoo.
The aircraft Atkinson was testing when he died came apart in flight, just prior to reaching the airfield.
Atkinson was buried at the Airmen's Cemetery at St. Luke's Anglican Church at Toungoo.
A Curtiss P-40E Warhawk painted to represent the aircraft flown by then-Col. Bruce Holloway, a pilot in both the Flying Tigers and its successor Army Air Forces unit, the 23rd Fighter Group.
Given that the cemetery headstones were destroyed by the Japanese during WWII, Atkinson and the bodies of two other AVG pilots were moved to a cemetery in India following the war. When that cemetery closed the remains were moved to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as Punchbowl Cemetery, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
In 2013, an employee at Punchbowl Cemetery, began to identify missing AVG pilots: after significant research and DNA analysis, Atkinson's remains were identified and plans were made to bring him back to Martinsburg to be re-interred.
Atkinson's body was flown from Hawaii to Dulles International Airport, Apr. 3.
First Lt Andrew Paterson, an A-10 pilot assigned to the 23dFG, speaks with relatives of the late Peter Atkinson the day prior to Atkinson's re-interment ceremony in Martinsburg, W.Va. The 23d FG is charged with carrying on the heritage of the Flying Tigers, the unit Atkinson was assigned to when he died while flight testing a P-40 aircraft. Atkinson had been in a unmarked grave in Hawaii for more that 70 years and was laid to rest at his family plot April 8. Four A-10's from the 23d FG flew a missing man formation over the ceremony to honor Atkinson.


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In the March 1 edition of the Mount Vernon Gazette, Jay Speigel criticized Del. Scott Surovell's support for a Republican Delegate's legislation to automatically restore the voting rights of nonviolent ex-felons. Mr. Speigel should get his facts straight.
While we all may not agree on certain political issues and politicians are known to support and vote on most issues along party lines, in all fairness to Delegate Surovell, who supported HB16 to restore voting rights to certain individuals convicted of a felony, Delegate Surovell did not do so to be "radical."
Delegate Surovell recognized that denying certain felons the right to vote after paying his/her debt to society, that it's the same tactic used under the Jim Crow era that granted voting rights only to white males who owned land. Although non-whites owned land, they were not afforded that right until the U.S. Constitution was amended.
Since the Jim Crow era, many states and the District of Columbia modified their permanent disbarment of voting rights for certain felons. Delegate Surovell is supporting such a bill. HB16 was a bill to amend and reenact § 53.1-231.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to restoration of civil rights. It was not a bill to amend the U.S. Constitution. The bill does not extend the privilege to all felons. The bill is for a select group of non-violent felons who paid their debt to society, hold jobs, pay taxes and are productive members of the community.
Yes, there may be a few bad apples in the basket; but, you don't discredit those who learned from their mistake, became model citizens and are active in their community.
Conditions may be placed on the bill restoring voting rights to felons. For example, one condition imposed by Maryland states that "if convicted of two or more such crimes, a person is not eligible to vote unless and until a pardon is obtained." The same could be a condition for Virginia felons.
Bottom line, the felon was judged by his/her peers who also applied the appropriate "punishment" for the felon. The Virginia governor did not have input into that process; however, the governor is the sole individual who determines whether or not the felon should have his/her voting rights restored. Should the governor deny the felon's petition, there is no appeal process. Only the governor determines whether or not the felon was rehabilitated or should continue to pay for their mistake "unofficially" since the felon paid his/her debt to society according to the justice system. The governor may also impose additional requirements not previously a part of the petition process. For example, in addition to the current petition process, Governor McDonnell instituted new rules to include a "Details of Offense Letter."
Times have changed to include allowing women to vote and Congress lowering the voting age from 21-years to 18-years. So, the time may have come for Virginia to get rid of its Jim Crow law that permanently disbars the voting rights for certain felons.
Currently, Virginia and Kentucky are the only states that have permanent disbarment. Maine and Vermont are the only states that does not take away voting rights if convicted of any crime. The remaining states have some type of restoration of voting rights that does not rest solely with its governor. Once a certain felon's debt to society has been paid, his/her voting rights should be restored automatically.
Delegate Surovell's support of HB16 should be viewed as eradicating remnants of a Jim Crow law and not as a radical or leftist action.


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Buffett and Broadway
by Valerie Smaldone · March 24, 2018
A breezy, carefree island mood is established way before you settle into your seats at Escape to Margaritaville, the Jimmy Buffett jukebox musical at the Marquis Theatre. There's a tropical background outside of the theatre for photo opps, tiki bar furniture, string lights, flowers and Adirondack chairs steps away from the entrance. With a push for theatre-goers to purchase specialty drinks (the obvious margarita) to enjoy during the show, it is clear that the producers are setting up an opportunity for several hours of wasting away.
First the good news. The choreography by Kelly Devine is great and enjoyable to watch.
The voices of all the performers are top notch and excellent. However, given the really amateurish book they had to work with, I often felt sorry for the actors, having to deliver the dialogue which feels like it is always winking at the audience, or maybe pulling on its collective sleeve saying "see how clever we are." If only that were true. The dialogue and the arc of the story is perfect for entertainment on a cruise ship, but falls way short of the caliber of Broadway.
I will say that the second act was better than the first, and of course, the show ends with the release of beach balls to make sure that we all knew we had a good time.
The well known Jimmy Buffett songs are sort of shoe horned into the script. The story, fairly simple.
Tully, (Paul Alexander Nolan) a bar singer at the Margaritaville Hotel somewhere in the Caribbean, has no interest in having a deep relationship with any of the numerous lovely ladies who visit the resort and clamor to have a fling with him. That is, until he meets Rachel, (Allison Luff) a super smart, serious scientist who turns him into mush. Rachel is there with her best friend, Tammy, (Lisa Howard) as part of a bachelorette sendoff, with Tammy's wedding just about a week away.
At the hotel, Rachel admits that she hates Tammy's finance, because he criticizes Tammy all the time. Although Tammy defends her soon to be hubby, the moment she arrives, she meets Brick, (Eric Petersen) a sweet bartender at the resort, and the sparks fly. As those two cuties flirt, Tully is doing his best to get Rachel to let her hair down and enjoy the island… and Tully's attention.
Then there is J.D (Don Sparks) an old, crusty guy with an eye patch who keeps looking for his shaker of salt, and interacts with Marley (Rema Webb), the proprietor of the resort.
Escape to Margaritaville Photo credit: Matthew Murphy
Throw in a volcano, and some apparitions of insurance sales people who perished in the island's last volcano (they do have a great tap dancing number and costume change that is pretty fabulous, but you scratch your head as to why this convention is even in the show.) The women leave the island to go back to Cincinnati for the wedding, and due to the volcano, J.D. and the gang fire up an old buried plane and fly to Cincinnati to the very bar where the rehearsal dinner is taking place to scoop up the women they fell in love with.
Add a plate of cheeseburgers, (ah, perfect to set up to "Cheeseburger in Paradise") sprinkle in the theme of self-love and acceptance, and that is the size of the book.
Hey, if you like Jimmy Buffett songs, and you want to spend an evening to get away from the heavy news that we consume on a daily basis while downing a margarita or two, (careful, they are super sweet) then this shows works just fine for you. I mean, sometimes we all need a change of attitude. http://escapetomargaritavillemusical.com/
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