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Sex offender from Ellijay arrested as fugitive
An Ellijay man who is a convicted sex offender in Georgia was arrested by investigators with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office in Centre, Ala., last week as a fugitive, according to the Rome News-Tribune and the Cherokee County Herald in Centre.
Arthur Ray Brookshire, 56, who has lived on Rosegarden Lane and Jeff Drive, is wanted in Georgia for violation of sex offender registration requirements, according to Sheriff Jeff Shaver.
Brookshire was arrested at a campground in the Kirk's Grove community May 30. Investigators charged him with an Alabama sex offender registration violation and obstruction of justice by using a false identity.
Brookshire was convicted of aggravated child molestation in February 1998, according to the GBI's Sex Offender Registry website, but the location of the conviction is not given.
Brookshire has been charged by the Gilmer County Sheriff's Office in the past with deposit account fraud, theft by deception, first-degree forgery, probation violation and twice failing to register as a sex offender, according to a jail spokeswoman.
He will eventually be extradited back to Georgia, Shaver told WEIS Radio in Centre.
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A Veneration of the Crown of Thorns at Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral
La Sainte Couronne d'Epines.
MARC-ANTOINE MOUTERDE | Jun 08, 2016
The relic is presented to the faithful on the first Friday of the month at 3 p.m., the time of Jesus death, the hour of mercy
Every first Friday of the month, the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, guardians of the relic at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, present the Holy Crown of Thorns to be venerated by faithful from around the world.
Des chevaliers du Saint Sépulcre veillent sur la Sainte Couronne d'épines en la cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris. Paris (75), France © Marc-Antoine Mouterde
The Crown was brought back to France by Saint Louis, who received it from Baldwin II of Courtenay, the Latin Emperor of Constantinople. The relic arrived in Paris on August 12, 1239.
St. Louis himself, dressed in a simple tunic, carried the holy relic into Notre Dame Cathedral for the first time. It was kept for 500 years in the Sainte Chapelle built by the king, because he wanted a reliquary worthy of housing the Holy Crown.
During the French Revolution, the Crown was taken out of its stained glass reliquary to be stored first in the Abbey of Saint-Denis and then in the National Library. It was eventually entrusted, with some other relics, to the archbishop of Paris in 1804.
The relics were placed in the cathedral treasury on August 10, 1806. Since 1896, the Holy Crown has been kept in a crystal and gold tube covered with openwork depicting a branch of ziziphus or Spina Christi – the shrub which was used for the crowning with thorns.
See also: Photos of The Exposition of the Holy Tunic of Argenteuil, in April of 2016.
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What we know about Dayton's immigrant population
By Cornelius Frolik, Staff Writer
Dayton has a low concentration of immigrants compared to many other U.S. communities.
But as this newspaper reported, Dayton's immigrant population has more than doubled since the mid-2000s and the pace of growth has been among the highest in the nation.
A new report by the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation sheds some light on immigrants living in the Dayton region.
Here are some of the highlights of the data, which comes from the U.S. Census:
About 4.3 percent of Montgomery County's population is foreign born, or 23,030 residents. Out of Ohio's 13 largest counties, Montgomery County has the third-lowest percentage of foreign-born residents.
A greater share of immigrants in Montgomery County (38.9 percent) have earned a bachelor's degree or higher educational credentials than the native-born population (25.5 percent). That also holds true in Ohio's other 12 largest counties.
RELATED: Dayton's immigrant population doubles: 'You can get a better life'
About 60.7 percent of the county's immigrants are either employed or unemployed but actively looking for work. That compares to about 61.8 percent of the native-born population that is in the labor force.
Immigrants in the county have higher rates of poverty but lower rates of unemployment than non-immigrant residents.
Ohio's immigrants are less likely to divorce or separate than native-born families in the state.
In Montgomery County, more than two-thirds of immigrant households have married couples. About half of native-born households contain a married couple.
RELATED: Would you welcome an immigrant next door? Most in Dayton say yes
Foreign-born Ohio residents are less likely to be insured and more likely to live in married households with children.
Most Dayton residents have said they are OK with having immigrants as neighbors.
Last year, a citywide survey last year found that 56 percent of residents said they agree or strongly agree with the statement, "I would be supportive if an immigrant family moved in next door to me."
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1 Common terms associated with the AT&T Collaborate SM service. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A account codes A feature that lets administrators track and manage outgoing calls to keep an eye on budgets or employee performance. Users may be required to enter account codes when making calls outside the company, or they may be set up to optionally enter account codes when making calls (except for emergency or repair calls). Administrators can use account codes or authorization codes but not both. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. See also authorization codes. agent A person who handles incoming customer calls for a company. See also contact center agent, Hunt Group, and Auto Attendant. Alternate Numbers Up to 10 phone numbers that can ring to a user's phone, just like the user's primary phone number. Alternate numbers must be 10-digit phone numbers, not extensions. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. Anonymous Call Rejection A feature that rejects all calls that have caller ID marked as private. (It doesn't block calls where caller ID is simply missing.) When this feature is turned on, all anonymous calls are instantly rejected, preventing the caller from even leaving a message. Included with Basic Voice Seat. answer confirmation A setting that prompts persons receiving a call to press a number on their keypad to connect to the call. Used with features that send calls to non-collaborate numbers, such as Sequential Ring, Simultaneous Ring, and Virtual Office. AT&T Business Center The website you use to manage your Collaborate service and features. From Business Center, administrators can create and manage users, manage feature settings, and add features and bundles. From Business Center, users can manage features assigned to them by their administrator. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.
2 AT&T Collaborate A hosted voice and collaboration VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) business service that enables users to use multiple devices and applications, all from a single phone number. It's a complete, cohesive service that integrates voice, video, Web, and messaging tools. audio codec Audio settings that can: Impact the voice quality and bandwidth used for an active call. Define how calls are processed when callers are connected to a contact center announcement. Determine the encoding the is used for calls made from a device. authorization code A feature that lets administrators manage outgoing calls by creating and assigning authorization codes for different types of outgoing calls. For example, administrators can require users to enter an authorization code before making long distance calls. Or, they can require users to enter a code when making a call outside the company (except for emergency or repair calls). Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. See also account codes. Auto Attendant A feature that greets callers and presents dialing menu options that play additional messages or help route incoming calls to various destinations, to all employees within the company or to specific groups of employees, or to outside phone numbers. One Auto Attendant is included per site with Basic Voice Seat. Additional Auto Attendants are available as an à la carte feature. automatic callback A feature that monitors the busy number of the person just called. When the number becomes free, the system automatically calls the caller back, calls the person originally called, and then connects the call. Included with Basic Voice Seat. automatic call distributor (ACD) A device that answers and distributes inbound calls to a specific group of agents in an organization. B Barge In A feature related to Directed Call Pickup that allows a third person to interrupt a call already in progress. Mainly used in call centers where supervisors may need to intervene. Barge In Exempt A feature that blocks anyone from interrupting or joining a call. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 2
3 Basic Voice Seat Collaborate service offering that includes over 30 calling features, including voice messaging, basic and advanced forwarding settings, and the audio-only version of the Collaborate app. bridge warning A tone that lets the caller know someone has joined the call. Busy Lamp Field A feature that lets users see and monitor the phone number and status of another user from their IP phone. The person's name or extension appears on the phone's display screen. Users can press this button to speed dial the person shown. When that person's line is busy, appears busy appears on the phone. Usually used in offices with multiple users and a front desk, such as a real estate or medical office. Included with the Enhanced Voice Feature bundle. C call capacity The number of concurrent calls that a single phone number or extension can manage. Capacity is calculated like this: number of line keys assigned to that number multiplied by the number of calls permitted per line key = call capacity. For example, 3 line keys x 2 calls per key = a call capacity of 6. IP phones display the capacity. Call Forwarding - Always A feature that redirects all incoming calls to another phone number. Included with Basic Voice Seat. Call Forwarding - Busy A feature that redirects calls to another number when the called number is busy. Included with Basic Voice Seat. Call Forwarding - No Answer A feature that redirects calls to another number when an incoming call isn't answered within a specified number of rings. Included with Basic Voice Seat. Call Forwarding - Not Reachable A feature that provides an alternate phone number (for example, a wireless number) where calls are redirected when the Collaborate phone number can't be reached (such as during a power or system outage). Included with Basic Voice Seat. Call Forwarding on a Schedule A feature that redirects incoming calls that match specific criteria to another number. Included with Basic Voice Seat. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 3
4 Call Notify A feature that sends a user an containing the name and number of the caller (if available) when the user misses a call that matches specific criteria. Included with Basic Voice Seat. Call Park A feature that lets users place a call on hold and then pick it up from anywhere in the office. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. Call Pickup A feature that lets users answer someone else's incoming calls from their own phone. Included with Basic Voice Seat. See also Directed Call Pickup. Call Recording A feature that lets users record incoming and outgoing calls. To use this feature, your organization must have a contract with a supported third-party vendor. Included with Basic Voice Seat. Call Rejection A feature that lets users to define criteria that reject certain incoming calls. Included with Basic Voice Seat. Call Return A feature that lets users enter a feature access code (*69) to redial the number of the last received call. Included with Basic Voice Seat. Call Transfer A feature that lets users move a call to another phone. A user presses the Transfer key and enters the number of the phone where the call will be moved. Included with Basic Voice Seat. Call Waiting A feature that alerts the user to an incoming call when the user is already on a call. The user can answer the second call without disconnecting the first call. Included with Basic Voice Seat. call waiting tone A tone played to notify a user currently on a call that a second call is waiting. Caller ID A feature that displays the caller's information (usually name and phone number) on the recipient's phone. Caller ID Blocking A feature that prevents others from seeing the user's caller ID information (name and phone number). Included with Basic Voice Seat. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 4
5 Collaborate app A downloadable app for mobile phones, tablets, or computers. Users can use instant messaging and video chat with company contacts. Includes the Collaborate company directory in the user's contact list. The Mobile Audio Only version is available with Basic Voice Seat. All other versions are available with the Unified Communications bundle. company administrator Also known as an administrator, a person who administers the Collaborate service. company directory A searchable database of Collaborate users and services in the company that have an assigned Collaborate phone number or extension. Same as directory. company homepage The company homepage is the main Collaborate page you use when you re logged in as a company administrator. The company homepage provides the following information: Sites Number of sites included in the company. Available seats Number of seats available to assign to users. The total is the maximum number of users for all sites. Note: Services that use a seat or phone number (such as Auto Attendant, Contact Center, and Hunt Group) aren t accounted for on this page. Phone numbers are included as lines on the site homepage. Devices The number of device profiles that have been created. Includes registered devices, unregistered devices, and apps. Users Total number of users who have Basic Voice Seat, and the total number of users for all sites in the company. concurrent call limits A setting that specifies the number of simultaneous voice or video calls allowed. By default, calls aren t limited, but concurrent call limit settings can help improve call quality by limiting the number of calls to the company or site. contact center A queue in Collaborate that connects calls to an available agent in the contact center. Available with the Contact Center bundle and as an a la carte service. contact center agent A person who handles incoming or outgoing customer calls for a company contact center queue. See also agent. Contact Center Agent Web Client A feature that allows contact center agents to manage their queue status from the Collaborate homepage. Included with the Contact Center bundle and as an à la carte feature. Contact Center bundle Collaborate service offering that includes applications that enable organizations to run and supervise contact centers. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 5
6 contact center supervisor A person who monitors calls and performance of the agents assigned to contact centers. Contact Center Supervisor Web Client A feature that allows a contact center supervisor to monitor the contact center queues and agents from the Collaborate homepage. Included with the Contact Center bundle and as an à la carte feature. CSV file Stands for comma-separated values file. A file that stores table data in plain text form, for easy handling in any text editing, spreadsheet, or database program. You open CSV files using spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel. custom dial patterns Specific digit strings, phone numbers, or phone number ranges used with custom dial restrictions. See dial restrictions. custom directory A directory that contains subgroups of the company directory. Created to help users find contacts quickly. Customer Originated Trace A feature that allows the phone company to trace harassing phone calls for a user. D dedicated line A phone number reserved for one purpose or type of call. department A subdivision of a company. Administrators for the Collaborate service can create departments to organize a company or site that has many users, or to divide users into smaller, more manageable groups. Administrators can then assign users to a particular department. The user's department appears in the company directory. device An IP phone, analog adapter, or Collaborate app set up for a user to use with the Collaborate service. dial restriction A limitation that administrators can set to prevents users from making certain types of calls, such as international or directory assistance calls, from their Collaborate phone number. Collaborate provides a list of common restrictions that administrators can assign to users. Custom dial restrictions are often referred to as dial restriction patterns. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 6
7 Directed Call Pickup A feature that lets a user answer a call made to another user. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. See also Call Pickup. Directed Call Pickup with Barge In A feature that lets a user enter a feature access code followed by an extension to join a call in progress. When the user interrupts a call, a 3-way or conference call is established. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. directory A searchable database of Collaborate users and hunt groups in the company. Same as company directory. Do Not Disturb A feature that sends calls directly to voic without the ringing the phone. Included with Basic Voice Seat. E Enhanced Voice Features bundle Collaborate service offering that includes advanced features often required in office settings, such as intercom groups, alternate numbers, and account or authorization codes. enterprise administrator A person who manages Collaborate services and features for a company. extension The abbreviated string of digits that users can use when dialing another user in the company. The extension usually matches the last few digits of the user's Collaborate phone number. Administrators can specify the numbers used in the extension and the extension's length. external contact A frequently called number outside the company that an administrator can add to the company directory. F Fax Messaging A feature that allows users to receive fax messages in their voice mailboxes and retrieve them through the user portal or . If the user has fax messaging enabled, the fax is sent as a TIFF file. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 7
8 Flexible Seating A feature that lets the administrator designate devices as hosts that users can then log in to for the day (for example, at a drop-in work site). When the user logs in, the host device acts just like the user's primary phone. Included with the Shared Workspace bundle. G guard timer Setting that determines how long the contact center waits after an agent completes a call before offering the agent a new call. Usually wait time is 2 to 5 seconds. H Hoteling Guest A feature that temporarily moves a user s Collaborate phone number and features to another Collaborate user s IP phone while keeping their own device profile. Included with the Shared Workspace bundle. Hoteling Host A feature that allows a user to share their IP phone number and features with guests. Included with the Shared Workspace bundle. Hunt Group A feature that routes incoming calls to a hunt group's main phone number and distributes calls to group members' numbers in a set order. Included with Basic Voice Seat. hunt group member A user's Collaborate phone number that rings according to the hunt group's policies and settings. Members of a standard hunt group may also receive calls dialed directly to their phone numbers. These calls follow the members' personal call forwarding settings rather than following hunt group policies. hunt group, member number A hunt group that has no main number. The group consists of members whose extensions can appear on multiple IP phones. An incoming call hunts through the extensions according to a set order until it's answered or terminated. Anyone available can answer the call from any phone. Members' own features, such as personal call forwarding, are ignored. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 8
9 I inbound call features Collaborate features that let users manage calls they receive in various ways. For example, with the Anonymous Call Rejection feature, a user can reject calls that don't have caller ID. Call forwarding features let a user automatically forward calls to a different number. Instant Group Call A feature that rings all the assigned users in a group when a call comes in to the instant group call group extension or phone number. Users who answer are added to a conference call. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. Intercom A feature that lets a user connect to another user through speakerphone. The person receiving the call doesn't need to answer the phone. With the intercom service, the phone automatically answers in speakerphone mode. Available only with IP phones. Intercom Group A group of authorized users who can immediately page all other members of the group by calling the intercom group phone number or extension. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. Integrated Access Device (IAD) A device that allows you to connect a traditional phone or fax machine to the Collaborate service. IP phone A phone that transmits voice signals over a Voice over IP (VoIP) system using Internet Protocol (IP). Collaborate is a VoIP system. When connected to a VoIP system, IP phones can be used like traditional (non-ip) phones, but they also provide additional features of the Collaborate service. J There currently are no entries for this letter. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 9
10 K Key System Emulation A function that lets users make and receive calls through the Collaborate service using analog key system equipment. Included with Basic Voice Seat. L line A phone number or extension. line appearance A phone number assigned to a line key on a phone that works with the Collaborate service. line key A button or soft key on a phone that works with Collaborate and has an assigned phone number or extension (line appearance) associated with it. Users press the line key to access the phone number or extension. line key label A label (paper or electronic) next to a line key that shows the key's assigned extension (line appearance). M MAC address Stands for media access control (MAC) address, an electronic address that uniquely identifies a device on the network, enabling the device to send and receive data. Also referred to as serial number. The MAC address can be found on a label on the bottom of the phone or on the invoice. Meet Me Conferencing A feature that lets users invite others to join a meeting. Use this feature with the Collaborate app's My Room function to change a group chat session into a group call. Included with the Unified Communications bundle. Music on Hold A feature that manages the messages that callers hear while they're on hold. Use music provided by Collaborate or upload custom music or messages in audio (WAV) file format. The message that callers hear starts from the beginning of the recording each time a user puts a caller on hold. Included with Basic Voice Seat. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 10
11 N N-way Call A feature that allows a user to add multiple people on a call using the IP phone or Collaborate app Conferencing button. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. number range A group of consecutive Collaborate phone numbers that belong to a specific site. O originators People within the company allowed to make calls to an intercom group and instant group call group. outbound call features Features that affect the way an outgoing call is placed. Includes account codes, authorization codes, and dial restrictions. Outlook Integration A feature that lets users access Collaborate features through a toolbar in Microsoft Outlook. P password, Collaborate app Special word that, along with the user name, gives users access to the Collaborate app. Personal Speed Dial A feature that lets you set up 2-digit codes that can be used to call up to 100 phone numbers the user calls most often. To speed dial, enter the speed dial feature access code (*75) and the personal 2-digit code. PIN Stands for personal identification number (PIN). Required by some Collaborate features, such as voic . AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 11
12 Pre-alerting Announcement A feature that plays an announcement to incoming callers before their call is put through to the user. Available as a Collaborate a la carte feature. Priority Alert A feature that sets a distinctive ring tone that alerts a user to calls that match specified criteria. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. Privacy A feature that specifies how the user's information is shared within the company. Q There currently are no entries for this letter. R Receptionist Web Console A program that lets front-office receptionists or phone attendants monitor and manage users' calls from Collaborate. Available as a Collaborate a la carte feature. recurring event Any event in a schedule that's repeated. Events can recur on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly interval. redirecting party The phone number that directs an incoming call to a different number. registered device A device with the Collaborate service that's in communication with, and signed in to, the AT&T network. When network connectivity, power, or connection to the local area network is lost, a device is not registered. Registered Location The address used by a 911 dispatcher to locate the caller in the event of an emergency. ring reminder A setting that plays a short burst of rings on a user's primary phone to alert the user that calls are being forwarded. Calls are forwarded using a feature that supports ring reminder, such as Call Forwarding - Always. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 12
13 S schedule Calendars and hours in the Collaborate service that reflect the company's or a user's time. Users can create personal work schedules that reflect their work hours and time off. Administrators can create and maintain a Business schedule for business hours and a Holiday schedule for holidays or non-business hours. Schedules consist of 1 or more events. Events added to a schedule determine when specific features are applied to a user's incoming calls. These features are controlled through schedules: Selective Call Acceptance, Selective and Anonymous Call Rejection, Call Forwarding on a Schedule, Priority Alert, Virtual Office, Voic , Meet Me Conferencing, Site Forwarding, Hunt Group, Auto Attendant, Sequential Ring, and Simultaneous Ring. Selective Call Acceptance A feature that lets a user define criteria that permit certain incoming calls to ring through. All other calls are blocked, and the caller is informed that the user doesn't want to receive the call. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. Selective Call Rejection A feature that lets a user define criteria that prevent certain incoming calls from ringing through. The caller is informed that the user doesn't want to receive the call. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. Sequential Ring A feature that lets a user define a "find-me" list of phone numbers that ring sequentially when incoming calls match specified criteria. If the user isn't reached at the first number, the service tries the second number. If the user isn't reached at the second number, the service tries the third number, and so on. session initiation protocol (SIP) A protocol used to control sessions with 1 or more participants. This protocol is used for Collaborate Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone calls. Shared Call Appearance/Multiple Call Arrangement Collaborate function that shows a person's line on 1 or more phones and allows calls to be made and received from these line appearances. This function can also show the main incoming line on more than 1 phone so that calls to that line can be answered from multiple places. Multiple Call Arrangement lets users make a call from a secondary device, even when the primary device is in use (on an active call). When a company administrator adds a secondary device to a user or adds a user s phone number as a secondary line appearance on someone else s device, the system applies Shared Call Appearance and Multiple Call Arrangement. There s no further action needed for the company administrator. Included in Basic Voice Seat. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 13
14 Shared Workspace bundle Collaborate service offering that includes hoteling and flexible seating options to help users manage drop-in and shared work spaces. Simultaneous Ring A feature that lets a user have up to 10 phone numbers ring simultaneously when the user's Collaborate phone number receives calls that match specified criteria. The first phone answered is connected. site code A dialing code that identifies a site. The site code plus the user extension form the incompany phone number. Used when the same extension can appear in multiple sites. Site codes aren't needed for calls made within the same site or when extensions are unique across the company. Site Forwarding A feature that redirects all incoming calls for users within a site who have this feature turned on. Calls are redirected to a single number specified for the site. Site Forwarding can apply at all times or when calls are received outside of specified business hours and on holidays. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. site homepage The site homepage is the main Collaborate page you use when you re logged in as a site administrator. The site homepage provides the following information: Administrators Number of site administrators at this site. À la carte Number of receptionist web console seats available and in use. Doesn t include Pre-alerting, Auto Attendant, or contact centers purchased à la carte. Basic Voice Seat Number of users assigned Basic Voice Seat. Contact Center bundle Number of Contact Center agents assigned out of the number purchased for this site. Departments Number of departments created at this site. Doesn t include child departments. Enhanced Voice Features bundle Includes the number of users assigned the Enhanced Voice Features bundle, and the number of seats in the bundle available to be assigned. Lines of service Number of phone lines currently assigned out of the total phone lines available. Shared Work Space bundle Number of seats assigned out of the number purchased for this site. Users Total number of users assigned Basic Voice Seat. site-specific settings Settings that apply to only a specified site, not to the entire company. standard dial restrictions Dial restrictions defined for a company. Administrators can apply all, some, or none of these restrictions to users. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 14
15 supervisor Person who monitors calls and performance of the agents assigned to contact centers. T three-way calling A feature that lets a user to add a third person on a call using the IP phone or Collaborate app Conferencing button. Included with Basic Voice Seat. threshold A setting that determines contact center call length and queue size. When the threshold level set is exceeded, the system alerts call center supervisors. Data about calls that appears to supervisors is color coded (yellow for moderate and red for extreme) to show the severity of a situation. U Unified Communications bundle Collaborate service that enables users to communicate seamlessly through voice, video, instant messaging, and group chat rooms. Includes Meet Me Conferencing and the Collaborate app for smartphones, tablets, and computers, so users can enjoy the benefits of Collaborate on the go. user A person with a profile in Business Center who has been assigned a Collaborate service phone number within the company. User Intercept Announcement A feature that administrators can use to provide callers with an announcement and call routing alternatives (such as sending calls to an operator or to voic ) when a user's phone is out of service. Included with Basic Voice Seat. V Virtual Office A feature that sets up other phone numbers (for example, a mobile phone number) to act like a Collaborate phone number. Users can then make and receive calls through the Virtual Office portal while away from their desks and have the calls appear as though they came AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 15
16 from the desk. Users dial into the Virtual Office voice portal, enter their phone number and PIN, and then follow the menu prompts to make a call. Included with Basic Voice Seat. Virtual On Net Users A feature that lets administrators set up phone numbers for sites not yet set up with the Collaborate service. Those numbers can then be reached by dialing an extension. Also known as Off Net Abbreviated Dial. Included with the Enhanced Voice Features bundle. Voic A feature that lets a user receive and manage voice messages. Included with Basic Voice Seat. voic box A repository of voice messages that users can access from a phone by entering their voic access number and PIN. voic PIN A voic personal identification number (PIN). The code users enter to access their voic . See also PIN. W There currently are no entries for this letter. X There currently are no entries for this letter. Y There currently are no entries for this letter. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 16
17 Z There currently are no entries for this letter. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. Page 17


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Yazdanpanah, Yazdan, Julian Perelman, Madeline A. Dilorenzo, Joana Alves, Henrique Barros, Céu Mateus, João Pereira, Kamal Mansinho, Marion Robine, Ji-Eun Park et al. "Routine HIV Screening in Portugal: Clinical Impact and Cost-Effectiveness." PloS one 8, no. 12 (2013): e84173. Abstract
Yazdanpanah, Yazdan, Sue J. Goldie, Elena Losina, Milton C. Weinstein, Thérèse Lebrun, David A. Paltiel, George R. Seage, Garmenick Leblanc, Faisa Ajana, April D. Kimmel et al. "Lifetime cost of HIV care in France during the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy." Antiviral therapy 7, no. 4 (2002): 257-66. Abstract
Wu, Ann C., David A. Paltiel, Karen M. Kuntz, Scott T. Weiss, and Anne L. Fuhlbrigge. "Cost-effectiveness of omalizumab in adults with severe asthma: results from the Asthma Policy Model." The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 120, no. 5 (2007): 1146-52. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., David A. Paltiel, and Bruce R. Schackman. "Cost-effectiveness of generic antiretroviral therapy--in response." Annals of internal medicine 158, no. 10 (2013): 776-7.
Walensky, Rochelle P., Robin Wood, Milton C. Weinstein, Neil A. Martinson, Elena Losina, Mariam O. Fofana, Sue J. Goldie, Nomita Divi, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Bingxia Wang et al. "Scaling up antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: the impact of speed on survival." The Journal of infectious diseases 197, no. 9 (2008): 1324-32. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., Milton C. Weinstein, Heather E. Smith, Kenneth A. Freedberg, and David A. Paltiel. "Optimal allocation of testing dollars: the example of HIV counseling, testing, and referral." Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making 25, no. 3 (2005): 321-9. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., David A. Paltiel, and Kenneth A. Freedberg. "AIDS Drug Assistance Programs: highlighting inequities in human immunodeficiency virus-infection health care in the United States." Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 35, no. 5 (2002): 606-10. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., Bethany L. Morris, William M. Reichmann, David A. Paltiel, Christian Arbelaez, Laurel Donnell-Fink, Jeffrey N. Katz, and Elena Losina. "Resource utilization and cost-effectiveness of counselor- vs. provider-based rapid point-of-care HIV screening in the emergency department." PloS one 6, no. 10 (2011): e25575. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., David A. Paltiel, Elena Losina, Lauren M. Mercincavage, Bruce R. Schackman, Paul E. Sax, Milton C. Weinstein, and Kenneth A. Freedberg. "The survival benefits of AIDS treatment in the United States." The Journal of infectious diseases 194, no. 1 (2006): 11-9. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., Robin Wood, Mariam O. Fofana, Neil A. Martinson, Elena Losina, Michael D. April, Ingrid V. Bassett, Bethany L. Morris, Kenneth A. Freedberg, and David A. Paltiel. "The clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of routine, voluntary HIV screening in South Africa." Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 56, no. 1 (2011): 26-35. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., and David A. Paltiel. "Rapid HIV testing at home: does it solve a problem or create one?" Annals of internal medicine 145, no. 6 (2006): 459-62. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., David A. Paltiel, Elena Losina, Bethany L. Morris, Callie A. Scott, Erin R. Rhode, George R. Seage, and Kenneth A. Freedberg. "Test and treat DC: forecasting the impact of a comprehensive HIV strategy in Washington DC." Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 51, no. 4 (2010): 392-400. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., Robin Wood, Andrea L. Ciaranello, David A. Paltiel, Sarah B. Lorenzana, Xavier Anglaret, Adam W. Stoler, and Kenneth A. Freedberg. "Scaling up the 2010 World Health Organization HIV Treatment Guidelines in resource-limited settings: a model-based analysis." PLoS medicine 7, no. 12 (2010): e1000382. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., Eric L. Ross, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, Robin Wood, Farzad Noubary, David A. Paltiel, Yoriko M. Nakamura, Sheela V. Godbole, Ravindre Panchia, Ian Sanne et al. "Cost-effectiveness of HIV treatment as prevention in serodiscordant couples." The New England journal of medicine 369, no. 18 (2013): 1715-25. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., Kenneth A. Freedberg, Milton C. Weinstein, and David A. Paltiel. "Cost-effectiveness of HIV testing and treatment in the United States." Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 45 Suppl 4 (2007): S248-54. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., David A. Paltiel, and Bruce R. Schackman. "Cost-effectiveness of generic antiretroviral therapy." Annals of internal medicine 158, no. 10 (2013): 776-7.
Walensky, Rochelle P., Margo M. Jacobsen, Linda-Gail Bekker, Robert A. Parker, Robin Wood, Stephen C. Resch, Kaye N. Horstman, Kenneth A. Freedberg, and David A. Paltiel. "Potential Clinical and Economic Value of Long-Acting Preexposure Prophylaxis for South African Women at High-Risk for HIV Infection." The Journal of infectious diseases (2015). Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., Sue J. Goldie, Paul E. Sax, Milton C. Weinstein, David A. Paltiel, April D. Kimmel, George R. Seage, Elena Losina, Hong Zhang, Runa Islam et al. "Treatment for primary HIV infection: projecting outcomes of immediate, interrupted, or delayed therapy." Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 31, no. 1 (2002): 27-37. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., Lindsey L. Wolf, Robin Wood, Mariam O. Fofana, Kenneth A. Freedberg, Neil A. Martinson, David A. Paltiel, Xavier Anglaret, Milton C. Weinstein, and Elena Losina. "When to start antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings." Annals of internal medicine 151, no. 3 (2009): 157-66. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., Tim H. Horn, and David A. Paltiel. "The Epi-TAF for Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate?" Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2015). Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., Paul E. Sax, Yoriko M. Nakamura, Milton C. Weinstein, Pamela P. Pei, Kenneth A. Freedberg, David A. Paltiel, and Bruce R. Schackman. "Economic savings versus health losses: the cost-effectiveness of generic antiretroviral therapy in the United States." Annals of internal medicine 158, no. 2 (2013): 84-92. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., David A. Paltiel, Sue J. Goldie, Rajesh T. Gandhi, Milton C. Weinstein, George R. Seage, Heather E. Smith, Hong Zhang, and Kenneth A. Freedberg. "A therapeutic HIV vaccine: how good is good enough?" Vaccine 22, no. 29-30 (2004): 4044-53. Abstract
Walensky, Rochelle P., Milton C. Weinstein, April D. Kimmel, George R. Seage, Elena Losina, Paul E. Sax, Hong Zhang, Heather E. Smith, Kenneth A. Freedberg, and David A. Paltiel. "Routine human immunodeficiency virus testing: an economic evaluation of current guidelines." The American journal of medicine 118, no. 3 (2005): 292-300. Abstract
Suter, Lisa G., David A. Paltiel, Benjamin N. Rome, Daniel H. Solomon, Ilya Golovaty, Hanna Gerlovin, Jeffrey N. Katz, and Elena Losina. "Medical device innovation--is "better" good enough?" The New England journal of medicine 365, no. 16 (2011): 1464-6.
Suter, Lisa G., Liana Fraenkel, Elena Losina, Jeffrey N. Katz, Andreas H. Gomoll, and David A. Paltiel. "Medical decision making in patients with knee pain, meniscal tear, and osteoarthritis." Arthritis and rheumatism 61, no. 11 (2009): 1531-8. Abstract
Sedrakyan, Artyom, Viola Vaccarino, David A. Paltiel, John A. Elefteriades, Jennifer A. Mattera, Sarah A. Roumanis, Zhenqiu Lin, and Harlan M. Krumholz. "Age does not limit quality of life improvement in cardiac valve surgery." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 42, no. 7 (2003): 1208-14. Abstract
Sedrakyan, Artyom, Patricia Hebert, Viola Vaccarino, David A. Paltiel, John A. Elefteriades, Jennifer Mattera, Zhenqiu Lin, Sarah A. Roumanis, and Harlan M. Krumholz. "Quality of life after aortic valve replacement with tissue and mechanical implants." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 128, no. 2 (2004): 266-72. Abstract
Seage, George R., Elena Losina, Sue J. Goldie, David A. Paltiel, April D. Kimmel, and Kenneth A. Freedberg. "The relationship of preventable opportunistic infections, HIV-1 RNA, and CD4 Cell counts to chronic mortality." Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 30, no. 4 (2002): 421-8. Abstract
Schackman, Bruce R., John A. Fleishman, Amanda E. Su, Bethany K. Berkowitz, Richard D. Moore, Rochelle P. Walensky, Jessica E. Becker, Cindy Voss, David A. Paltiel, Milton C. Weinstein et al. "The lifetime medical cost savings from preventing HIV in the United States." Medical care 53, no. 4 (2015): 293-301. Abstract
Schackman, Bruce R., Lisa R. Metsch, Grant N. Colfax, Jared A. Leff, Angela Wong, Callie A. Scott, Daniel J. Feaster, Lauren Gooden, Tim Matheson, Louise F. Haynes et al. "The cost-effectiveness of rapid HIV testing in substance abuse treatment: results of a randomized trial." Drug and alcohol dependence 128, no. 1-2 (2013): 90-7. Abstract
Sax, Paul E., Elena Losina, Milton C. Weinstein, David A. Paltiel, Sue J. Goldie, Tammy M. Muccio, April D. Kimmel, Hong Zhang, Kenneth A. Freedberg, and Rochelle P. Walensky. "Cost-effectiveness of enfuvirtide in treatment-experienced patients with advanced HIV disease." Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 39, no. 1 (2005): 69-77. Abstract
Sax, Paul E., Alexis Sypek, Bethany K. Berkowitz, Bethany L. Morris, Elena Losina, David A. Paltiel, Kathleen A. Kelly, George R. Seage, Rochelle P. Walensky, Milton C. Weinstein et al. "HIV Cure Strategies: How Good Must They Be to Improve on Current Antiretroviral Therapy?" PloS one 9, no. 11 (2014): e113031. Abstract
Rubin, Jessica B., David A. Paltiel, and Mark W. Saltzman. "Are we studying what matters? Health priorities and NIH-funded biomedical engineering research." Annals of biomedical engineering 38, no. 7 (2010): 2237-51. Abstract
Ross, Eric L., Milton C. Weinstein, Bruce R. Schackman, Paul E. Sax, David A. Paltiel, Rochelle P. Walensky, Kenneth A. Freedberg, and Elena Losina. "The clinical role and cost-effectiveness of long-acting antiretroviral therapy." Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2015). Abstract
Resch, Stephen, Frederick L. Altice, and David A. Paltiel. "Cost-effectiveness of HIV screening for incarcerated pregnant women." Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 38, no. 2 (2005): 163-73. Abstract
Penson, David F., David A. Paltiel, Harlan M. Krumholz, and Steven Palter. "The cost-effectiveness of treatment for varicocele related infertility." The Journal of urology 168, no. 6 (2002): 2490-4. Abstract
Pei, Pamela P., Milton C. Weinstein, Cynthia X. Li, Michael D. Hughes, David A. Paltiel, Taige Hou, Robert A. Parker, Melanie R. Gaynes, Paul E. Sax, Kenneth A. Freedberg et al. "Prioritizing HIV comparative effectiveness trials based on value of information: generic versus brand-name ART in the US." HIV clinical trials (2015): 1945577115Y0000000009. Abstract
Paltiel, David A., and Rochelle P. Walensky. "Home HIV testing: good news but not a game changer." Annals of internal medicine 157, no. 10 (2012): 744-6.
Paltiel, David A., Rochelle P. Walensky, Bruce R. Schackman, George R. Seage, Lauren M. Mercincavage, Milton C. Weinstein, and Kenneth A. Freedberg. "Expanded HIV screening in the United States: effect on clinical outcomes, HIV transmission, and costs." Annals of internal medicine 145, no. 11 (2006): 797-806. Abstract
Paltiel, David A., Milton C. Weinstein, April D. Kimmel, George R. Seage, Elena Losina, Hong Zhang, Kenneth A. Freedberg, and Rochelle P. Walensky. "Expanded screening for HIV in the United States--an analysis of cost-effectiveness." The New England journal of medicine 352, no. 6 (2005): 586-95. Abstract
Paltiel, David A., and Harold A. Pollack. "Price, performance, and the FDA approval process: the example of home HIV testing." Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making 30, no. 2 (2010): 217-23. Abstract
Paltiel, David A., Rochelle P. Walensky, and Kenneth A. Freedberg. "Paltiel Letter to the Editor." Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2014).
Paltiel, David A., Kenneth A. Freedberg, Callie A. Scott, Bruce R. Schackman, Elena Losina, Bingxia Wang, George R. Seage, Caroline E. Sloan, Paul E. Sax, and Rochelle P. Walensky. "HIV preexposure prophylaxis in the United States: impact on lifetime infection risk, clinical outcomes, and cost-effectiveness." Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 48, no. 6 (2009): 806-15. Abstract
Paltiel, David A., Rochelle P. Walensky, and Kenneth A. Freedberg. "Misinterpretation of HIV preexposure prophylaxis findings." Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 59, no. 1 (2014): 139-41.
Ouattara, Eric N., Eric L. Ross, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Angela Y. Wong, Marion Robine, Elena Losina, Raoul Moh, Rochelle P. Walensky, Christine Danel, David A. Paltiel et al. "Clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of making third-line antiretroviral therapy available in sub-Saharan Africa: A model-based analysis in Côte d'Ivoire." Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) (2014). Abstract
Ortega, Alexander N., Peter J. Gergen, David A. Paltiel, Howard Bauchner, Kathleen D. Belanger, and Brian P. Leaderer. "Impact of site of care, race, and Hispanic ethnicity on medication use for childhood asthma." Pediatrics 109, no. 1 (2002): E1. Abstract
Moy, Marilyn L., Anne L. Fuhlbrigge, Karen Blumenschein, Richard H. Chapman, Alan J. Zillich, Karen M. Kuntz, David A. Paltiel, Barrett T. Kitch, Scott T. Weiss, and Peter J. Neumann. "Association between preference-based health-related quality of life and asthma severity." Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 92, no. 3 (2004): 329-34. Abstract
McCormick, Alethea W., Rochelle P. Walensky, Marc Lipsitch, Elena Losina, Heather Hsu, Milton C. Weinstein, David A. Paltiel, Kenneth A. Freedberg, and George R. Seage. "The effect of antiretroviral therapy on secondary transmission of HIV among men who have sex with men." Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 44, no. 8 (2007): 1115-22. Abstract


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Biological sciences professor James Jancovich is an expert in viruses like monkeypox. Photo by Anthony Deniet
It was back in May that Americans, still weary from the seemingly never-ending fight against COVID-19, began to hear about another contagious virus called monkeypox.
Monkeypox, of course, has not spread with anything close to the speed or ferocity of COVID, but more than three months after it first appeared in the United States, there remains a good deal of confusion (and even ignorance) among the public about the disease.
At Cal State San Marcos, there's no better person to clear that up than James Jancovich. The biological sciences professor has almost 15 years of experience working in a lab dedicated to poxviruses, a family of double-stranded DNA viruses that includes smallpox and, yes, monkeypox.
Question: How does monkeypox compare with other viruses that people might be familiar with, such as chickenpox and smallpox?
James Jancovich: Monkeypox is a member of the genus Orthopoxvirus, family Poxviridae, a group of poxviruses that can infect vertebrate animals. Monkeypox is closely related to smallpox, the primary pathogen of humans. But they are each a unique virus in the genus. Poxviruses, like monkeypox and smallpox, are not closely related to chickenpox viruses. Chickenpox is caused by the varicella zoster virus – an alphaherpes virus (also known as human herpesvirus 3) and not by a poxvirus.
Q: Have there been spikes of monkeypox before, and why is it spiking now?
JJ: Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease. That is, it is a virus that occasionally jumps from animals to humans. Contrary to the name, monkeypox infections usually jump from rodents to humans, not monkeys to humans. Typically, zoonotic diseases are difficult to transmit from human to human after jumping from animals. However, occasionally, zoonotic pathogens have the ability to cause person-to-person transmission after a jump, and the current monkeypox seems to be this type of pathogen.
That said, previous outbreaks of monkeypox have occurred in humans, and the virus is considered to be endemic in Africa. However, most of the previous outbreaks were limited regarding the spread of the virus; the reason for this is unclear. Our current situation may be the result of infected individuals unknowingly having the disease – or maybe not knowing what it was – and transmitting the virus. If signs and symptoms were not that severe, but the virus was still present and transmissible, this would make it difficult to identify infected individuals and thus increase disease transmission.
Q: How does monkeypox spread? What is the risk of catching it?
JJ: The monkeypox that is currently spreading throughout the world appears to be transmitted primarily via direct contact with an infected individual. The virus also can be spread by direct contact with fabrics such as clothing, bedding or towels, and other surfaces that have been used by an infected individual. Poxviruses are very stable outside of a host, unlike other viral pathogens like HIV, for example. This property most likely helps spread the pathogen to new hosts.
Immunocompromised individuals are typically more susceptible to virus infections, but this monkeypox outbreak appears to infect primarily healthy individuals. That said, in this situation, sexual activities seem to drive disease transmission – reducing these activities when one is infected and/or covering a rash and cleaning items touched by an infected individual can significantly reduce the spread of the virus. The monkeypox outbreak has an extremely low fatality rate – actually, I do not think anyone has yet died because of the viral infection – so even if someone catches the disease, the probability of surviving the infection is extremely high.
Q: Are there any precautions that people should be taking?
JJ: This outbreak does not appear to be transmitted via aerosolization, a mode of transmission that is difficult to contain, so the best precautions to take are limiting close interactions with someone infected with the virus or exposure to items used by an infected individual. Eliminating these interactions is the best approach to reduce the spread of the virus. Again, this outbreak seems to be disseminating because of sexual activities. Limiting these activities when someone is showing signs of infection would help prevent disease spread.
Q: How would someone know if they had monkeypox? What are the most common symptoms?
JJ: A monkeypox virus infection typically begins with the presence of a rash that can be painful and itchy – the rash looks like small blisters or pimples on the skin. The rash/pustule/pox/blister (I see a lot of different terminology used for a "pox," the classical term and the reason for the virus' name) grows and becomes filled with virus particles before drying out and becoming a scab that falls off once new skin has grown underneath. Individuals are typically considered infectious once the rash is observed until after the scab has fallen off.
Symptoms of a monkeypox infection also can include fever, chills, muscle/back aches, headache, etc. – typical signs of being infected with something (i.e. being sick) – also known as flu-like symptoms. Symptoms can start within three weeks of exposure to the virus. Sometimes infected individuals show a rash first before the flu-like symptoms. Other individuals have flu-like symptoms before the rash is present. Others experience only a rash and no other symptoms. The reason for this variation in symptoms is unknown and currently being investigated. This variation in the timing and presentation of symptoms also may explain how the virus was able to spread so quickly.
Q: Do you think it can still be contained, and how long might that take?
JJ: The virus can be contained, especially if the primary mode of transmission is direct person-to-person contact. Avoiding interactions with infected individuals can be the difference in eliminating the spread of the virus. My guess is it would take a month or so to contain the spread if infected individuals changed their habits.
One unique aspect about poxvirus infections is that post-exposure vaccination has been shown to help protect individuals from the disease. There are currently two vaccines being used for monkeypox, and it will be interesting to see if post-exposure vaccination also will work in this situation. ACAM2000 is a vaccina virus vaccine originally developed/used for smallpox vaccinations. The second vaccine is based on a highly attenuated modified vaccinia virus Ankara strain called MVA (the name of vaccine is JYNNEOS). ACAM2000 is a single dose vaccine while JYNNEOS is a two-dose vaccine regime. There also is a treatment, recently approved through emergency use authorization, called TPOX that appears to help monkeypox infections. This treatment was initially developed to fight against smallpox, but since monkeypox viruses are related, it can be used to treat those infections as well.
Poxvirus infections also have been treated with viral immunoglobulins – antibodies that help fight the infection. These are typically used in the most severe cases, and since monkeypox is not causing high mortality rates in infected individuals, this treatment may not be necessary.
Q: How do you think the nation's ongoing experience with COVID-19 has changed the way we're reacting to this crisis?
JJ: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic caused a lot of fear and anxiety in society – in some cases, family and friends turned against each other because of differences of opinion or belief about the virus and the best way to deal with it. These wounds are hard to mend, but I believe our collective experience with this pandemic has helped calm society regarding disease outbreaks while educating them about viral infections and host immunity.
Recent data suggest that some of the initial responses to COVID-19 could have been better to help reduce fear and anxiety in society. For example, natural immunity to a viral infection, the gold standard for over a century, was initially dismissed during the COVID-19 pandemic (we now know that natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2 is helpful to fight against infection). Again, regardless of one's opinion, I believe society collectively has learned a lot about viral pandemics that will help if this ever happens again in the future.
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Q: Pandas: How to do analysis on array-like field? I'm doing analysis on movies, and each movie have a genre attribute, it might be several specific genre, like drama, comedy, the data looks like this:
movie_list = [
    {'name': 'Movie 1',
    'genre' :'Action, Fantasy, Horror'},
    {'name': 'Movie 2',
    'genre' :'Action, Comedy, Family'},
    {'name': 'Movie 3',
    'genre' :'Biography, Drama'},
    {'name': 'Movie 4',
    'genre' :'Biography, Drama, Romance'},
    {'name': 'Movie 5',
    'genre' :'Drama'},
    {'name': 'Movie 6',
    'genre' :'Documentary'},
]

The problem is that, how do I do analysis on this? For example, how do I know how many action moviews are here, and how do I query for the category action? Specifically:

*

*How do I get all the categories in this list? So I know each contains how many moviews

*How do I query for a certain kind of movies, like action?

*Do I need to turn the genre into array?
Currently I can get away the 2nd question with df[df['genre'].str.contains("Action")].describe(), but is there better syntax?

A: If your data isn't too huge, I would do some pre-processing and get 1 record per genre. That is, I would structure your data frame like this:
 Name    Genre
 Movie 1 Action
 Movie 1 Fantasy
 Movie 1 Horor
 ...

Note the names should be repeated. While this may make your data set much bigger, if your system can handle it it can make data analysis very easy.
Use the following code to do the transformation:
import pandas as pd

def reformat_movie_list(movies):
    name = []
    genre = []
    result = pd.DataFrame()
    for movie in movies:
        movie_name = movie["name"]
        movie_genres = movie["genre"].split(",")
        for movie_genre in movie_genres:
             name.append(movie_name.strip())
             genre.append(movie_genre.strip())
    result["name"] = name
    result["genre"] = genre
    return result

In this format, your 3 questions become

*

*How do I get all the categories in this list? So I know each contains how many movies?
movie_df.groupby("genre").agg("count")
see How to count number of rows in a group in pandas group by object?

*How do I query for a certain kind of movies, like action?
horror_movies = movie_df[movie_df["genre"] == "horror"]
see pandas: filter rows of DataFrame with operator chaining

*Do I need to turn the genre into array?

Your de-normalization of the data should take care of it.

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import os.path
import zipfile
import shutil
import sys
import traceback
import distutils
import json

from optparse import OptionParser
from time import time
from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree, remove_tree
from hashlib import md5
from libs import format_template

class UnrecognizedFormat:
    def __init__(self, prompt):
        self._prompt = prompt

    def __str__(self):
        return self._prompt

class CocosZipInstaller(object):
    def __init__(self, workpath, config_path, remote_version_key=None):
        self._workpath = workpath
        self._config_path = config_path

        data = self.load_json_file(config_path)

        self._current_version = data["version"]
        self._downloadUrl = data["downloadUrl"]
        try:
            self._move_dirs = data["move_dirs"]
        except:
            self._move_dirs = None
        self._filename = self._current_version + '.zip'
        self._url = self._downloadUrl + self._filename
        self._zip_file_size = int(data["zip_file_size"])

        self._final_engine_folder_name = "cocos2d-x"
        self._extracted_folder_name = os.path.join(self._workpath, self._current_version)
        self._work_folder_name = os.path.join(self._workpath, 'libs', self._final_engine_folder_name)
    def get_input_value(self, prompt):
        ret = raw_input(prompt)
        ret.rstrip(" \t")
        return ret

    def download_file(self):
        print("==> Ready to download '%s' from '%s'" % (self._filename, self._url))
        import urllib2
        try:
            u = urllib2.urlopen(self._url)
        except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
            if e.code == 404:
                print("==> Error: Could not find the file from url: '%s'" % (self._url))
            print("==> Http request failed, error code: " + str(e.code) + ", reason: " + e.read())
            sys.exit(1)

        f = open(self._filename, 'wb')
        meta = u.info()
        content_len = meta.getheaders("Content-Length")
        file_size = 0
        if content_len and len(content_len) > 0:
            file_size = int(content_len[0])
        else:
            # github server may not reponse a header information which contains `Content-Length`,
            # therefore, the size needs to be written hardcode here. While server doesn't return
            # `Content-Length`, use it instead
            print("==> WARNING: Couldn't grab the file size from remote, use 'zip_file_size' section in '%s'" % self._config_path)
            file_size = self._zip_file_size

        print("==> Start to download, please wait ...")

        file_size_dl = 0
        block_sz = 8192
        block_size_per_second = 0
        old_time = time()

        status = ""
        while True:
            buffer = u.read(block_sz)
            if not buffer:
                print("%s%s" % (" " * len(status), "\r")),
                break

            file_size_dl += len(buffer)
            block_size_per_second += len(buffer)
            f.write(buffer)
            new_time = time()
            if (new_time - old_time) > 1:
                speed = block_size_per_second / (new_time - old_time) / 1000.0
                if file_size != 0:
                    percent = file_size_dl * 100. / file_size
                    status = r"Downloaded: %6dK / Total: %dK, Percent: %3.2f%%, Speed: %6.2f KB/S " % (file_size_dl / 1000, file_size / 1000, percent, speed)
                else:
                    status = r"Downloaded: %6dK, Speed: %6.2f KB/S " % (file_size_dl / 1000, speed)
                print(status),
                sys.stdout.flush()
                print("\r"),
                block_size_per_second = 0
                old_time = new_time

        print("==> Downloading finished!")
        f.close()

    def ensure_directory(self, target):
        if not os.path.exists(target):
            os.mkdir(target)

    def unpack_zipfile(self, extract_dir):
        """Unpack zip `filename` to `extract_dir`

        Raises ``UnrecognizedFormat`` if `filename` is not a zipfile (as determined
        by ``zipfile.is_zipfile()``).
        """

        self.ensure_directory(self._extracted_folder_name);

        if not zipfile.is_zipfile(self._filename):
            raise UnrecognizedFormat("%s is not a zip file" % (self._filename))

        print("==> Extracting files, please wait ...")
        z = zipfile.ZipFile(self._filename)
        try:
            for info in z.infolist():
                name = info.filename

                # don't extract absolute paths or ones with .. in them
                if name.startswith('/') or '..' in name:
                    continue

                target = os.path.join(extract_dir, *name.split('/'))
                if not target:
                    continue

                dirname = os.path.dirname(target)
                if not os.path.exists(dirname):
                     os.makedirs(dirname)

                if name.endswith('/'):
                    # directory
                    self.ensure_directory(target)
                else:
                    # file
                    data = z.read(info.filename)
                    f = open(target, 'wb')
                    try:
                        f.write(data)
                    finally:
                        f.close()
                        del data
                unix_attributes = info.external_attr >> 16
                if unix_attributes:
                    os.chmod(target, unix_attributes)
        finally:
            z.close()
            print("==> Extraction done!")

    def ask_to_delete_downloaded_zip_file(self):
        ret = self.get_input_value("==> Would you like to save '%s'? So you don't have to download it later. [Yes/no]: " % self._filename)
        ret = ret.strip()
        if ret != 'yes' and ret != 'y' and ret != 'no' and ret != 'n':
            print("==> Saving the dependency libraries by default")
            return False
        else:
            return True if ret == 'no' or ret == 'n' else False

    def download_zip_file(self):
        if not os.path.isfile(self._filename):
            self.download_file()
        try:
            if not zipfile.is_zipfile(self._filename):
                raise UnrecognizedFormat("%s is not a zip file" % (self._filename))
        except UnrecognizedFormat as e:
            print("==> Unrecognized zip format from your local '%s' file!" % (self._filename))
            if os.path.isfile(self._filename):
                os.remove(self._filename)
            print("==> Download it from internet again, please wait...")
            self.download_zip_file()

    def need_to_update(self):
        zipfile = os.path.join(self._workpath, self._filename)

        data = self.load_json_file(self._config_path)
        if os.path.exists(zipfile) and data["MD5"] == self.md5_file(zipfile) and os.path.exists(self._work_folder_name):
            return False
        return True

    def md5_file(self, fileName):
        mObject = md5()
        fileData = open(fileName, 'rb')    #需要使用二进制格式读取文件内容
        mObject.update(fileData.read())
        fileData.close()
        return mObject.hexdigest()

    def load_json_file(self, file_path):
        if not os.path.isfile(file_path):
            raise Exception("Could not find (%s)" % (file_path))

        with open(file_path) as data_file:
            data = json.load(data_file)
        return data

    def run(self, workpath, folder_for_extracting, remove_downloaded, force_update, download_only):
        if not force_update and not self.need_to_update():
            print("==> Not need to update!")
            return

        if os.path.exists(self._extracted_folder_name):
            shutil.rmtree(self._extracted_folder_name)

        if os.path.exists(self._work_folder_name):
            shutil.rmtree(self._work_folder_name)

        self.download_zip_file()

        if not download_only:
            self.unpack_zipfile(self._extracted_folder_name)
            print("==> Copying files...")
            if not os.path.exists(folder_for_extracting):
                os.mkdir(folder_for_extracting)
            distutils.dir_util.copy_tree(self._extracted_folder_name, folder_for_extracting)
            os.rename(os.path.join(folder_for_extracting, self._current_version), self._work_folder_name);
            if self._move_dirs is not None:
                for srcDir in self._move_dirs.keys():
                    distDir = os.path.join( os.path.join(workpath, self._move_dirs[srcDir]), srcDir)
                    if os.path.exists(distDir):
                        shutil.rmtree(distDir)
                    shutil.move( os.path.join(folder_for_extracting, srcDir), distDir)
            print("==> Cleaning...")
            if os.path.exists(self._extracted_folder_name):
                shutil.rmtree(self._extracted_folder_name)

            print("==> Format template!")
            formatTemplate()

            if os.path.isfile(self._filename):
                if remove_downloaded is not None:
                    if remove_downloaded == 'yes':
                        os.remove(self._filename)
                elif self.ask_to_delete_downloaded_zip_file():
                    os.remove(self._filename)
        else:
            print("==> Download (%s) finish!" % self._filename)

def _check_python_version():
    major_ver = sys.version_info[0]
    if major_ver > 2:
        print ("The python version is %d.%d. But python 2.x is required. (Version 2.7 is well tested)\n"
               "Download it here: https://www.python.org/" % (major_ver, sys.version_info[1]))
        return False

    return True

def formatTemplate():
    projectObj = format_template.ProjectFormat()
    projectObj.modify_files(format_template.ProjectFormat.KEY_MODIFY_CFG, projectObj.modify_file)
    projectObj.modify_files(format_template.ProjectFormat.KEY_MODIFY_MUL_LINE_CFG, projectObj.modify_mul_line_file)

def main():
    workpath = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

    if not _check_python_version():
        exit()

    parser = OptionParser()
    parser.add_option('-r', '--remove-download',
                      action="store", type="string", dest='remove_downloaded', default=None,
                      help="Whether to remove downloaded zip file, 'yes' or 'no'")

    parser.add_option("-f", "--force-update",
                      action="store_true", dest="force_update", default=False,
                      help="Whether to force update the third party libraries")

    parser.add_option("-d", "--download-only",
                      action="store_true", dest="download_only", default=False,
                      help="Only download zip file of the third party libraries, will not extract it")

    (opts, args) = parser.parse_args()

    print("=======================================================")
    print("==> Prepare to download cocos2d-x engine!")
    external_path = os.path.join(workpath, 'libs')
    installer = CocosZipInstaller(workpath, os.path.join(workpath, 'libs', 'config.json'))
    installer.run(workpath, external_path, opts.remove_downloaded, opts.force_update, opts.download_only)

# -------------- main --------------
if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        main()
    except Exception as e:
        traceback.print_exc()
        sys.exit(1)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
To avoid US ban, TikTok may sever ties with Chinese company ByteDance
Jul 17, 2020, 5:31 pm IST
the asian age | Asian Age Web Desk
Technology, In Other news
A White House advisor says he expects TikTok to operate as an independent company in the US to skirt the proposed ban.
TikTok has 40 million users in the US. (Photo | Pixabay - Kon Karampelas)
TikTok could separate itself from Chinese company ByteDance to operate as an independent American firm to avoid being banned by the US government.
TikTok has 40 million users in the US and after recently being banned in another large market, India, after border clashes between troops of Delhi and Beijing, the short-video sharing social media company has a hard choice to make.
White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said severing the umbilical cord with its parent company would be the better option for TikTok than a ban on the app threatened by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Reuters reported.
"We haven't made final decisions but...I think TikTok is going to pull out of the holding company which is China-run and operate as an independent American company," Kudlow was quoted as saying by Reuters.
It is unclear how this change would be made, how the ownership would change and whether US companies had proposed to buy out the US operations of the app.
Security concerns are the reason ascribed to the ban by India and the proposed ban in the US, as Chinese companies have been accused of sharing user data with the Chinese Communist Party which runs the government in Beijing. By Chinese law, any digital company that has its server in China are to allow scrutiny of its contents by authorities there. This makes the data of users in other countries accessible to China, which constitutes a national security risk, the US argues.
The US has been relentlessly pressing its allies to beware of Chinese telecommunications and technology companies and recently got Britain to ban Huawei from all its networks. The US had already restricted Huawei from major American telecom networks and is even set to impose sanctions on Huawei staff.
In this context, and with the United States pointing towards human rights abuses by the Chinese government allegedly using technology and social media companies to spy on dissidents, TikTok had pulled out of Hong Kong recently after China introduced its national security law on the island to tighten its hold on the former British colony. The move was made to distance TikTok from the Chinese administration.
Similarly, a breaking of ties with ByteDance would be a strategic move to continue TikTok's business in the US. However, TikTok has not confirmed any such move yet. When asked about Kudlow's remarks, a TikTok spokesman was quoted as saying by Reuters that the company would not "engage with speculation in the market," and referred to a statement last week noting that ByteDance was "evaluating changes to the corporate structure of its TikTok business" and was fully committed to protecting users' privacy and security.
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