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Federal judge blocks Trump plan to spend millions in military funds on border wall construction
Democrats call out Trump for lack of progress on border wall
National Border Patrol Council Brandon Judd on President Trump's border wall progress.
A federal judge in Texas has blocked the Trump administration from using $3.6 billion earmarked for the military to fund border wall construction.
District Court Judge David Briones, a Bill Clinton appointee, ruled in an El Paso court Tuesday that the money cannot be diverted to build 175 miles of steel barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The El Paso County and Border Network for Human Rights sued the administration in October, claiming President Trump overstepped his authority when he issued a national emergency declaration to get additional funds for the wall -- his signature 2016 campaign promise.
IN SAN DIEGO, OFFICIALS SAY NEW WALL IS HELPING BRING BORDER NUMBERS DOWN
Congress had already given him $1.375 billion for wall construction.
Briones ruled in October to temporarily halt the president's plan to use the Pentagon funds. His Tuesday ruling only applies to the $3.6 billion, not other money available to the administration, including funds from counter-drug operations.
In September, Defense Secretary Mark Esper signed off on spending the $3.6 billion, provoking outcry from Democrats and immigration-rights advocates.
Kristy Parker, an attorney with the nonprofit group Protect Democracy who represented the plaintiffs, described Trump's declaration as a power grab.
"Today's order affirms that the president is not a king and that our courts are willing to check him when he oversteps his bounds," Parker said in a statement. "This is a huge win for democracy and the rule of law."
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court paved the way for the administration to use $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to replace existing fencing in California, Arizona and New Mexico.
The Trump administration is expected to appeal Tuesday's decision.

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Fans Pay Homage To The Japanese Anime Television Series, Attack on Titan by Starting An Official Merchandise Store As A One-Stop Shop For The Fanbase
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The dark fantasy anime adaptation had viewers reeled in until its 4th season dropped. Committed fans create official merchandise shops in admiration and as a way to express their enthusiasm for the show and its creators.
USA – The anime world is unlike the English television series universe. With a diverse set of genres ranging from action-packed, military-centered anime to comedic and dramatic, for the fainter of heart, to name a few. Every viewer has their preference, but some stories stand out, regardless of what genre they're from. Attack on Titan was one such anime that captured the attention of people around the globe and shot to stardom with its stellar graphics and thrilling story.
Attack on Titan, also known as AoT, is a Japanese dark fantasy anime television series adapted from a manga of the same name, originally written by Hajime Isayama. The 34-volume manga has been adapted into a 4 season series with 75 episodes between them. Following the story of young Eren Jeager, a human whose hometown has been destroyed by giant humanoid Titans, the story unravels by his mother getting eaten by a Titan in front of him leading him to vow to kill every single Titan. The post-apocalyptic, thriller anime received outstanding reviews from critics and fans alike, crediting its booming success.
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Diwali won't glow as bright for employees this year- Survey
2012-04-25 2017-03-09 | Ultra News
India Inc this Diwali is severely cutting back its corporate gift budgets by a whopping 45-50 per cent as costs balloon and earnings together with profit margins shrink by the day, according to a just concluded survey by trade body ASSOCHAM.
The ASSOCHAM representatives interacted with about 150 different companies with an employee strength of 500 and plus operating in the domains of pharma, BFSI (Banking, Financial Services and Insurance), auto, hospitality, FMCG, manufacturing, energy and infrastructure sectors in 10 cities – Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Pune.
"Diwali apart from being India's most celebrated festival is a wonderful opportunity for the corporates to express their gratitude and cement their ties with their respective employees, associates and clients," said ASSOCHAM secretary general, Mr D.S. Rawat while releasing the findings of the chamber's survey.
"But just like the last year, this year too the business houses are bracing for a muted Diwali affair evidently as majority of respondents of ASSOCHAM survey have tightened their purse strings and have slashed their budgets for Diwali gifts significantly," said Mr Rawat.
Of the 150 companies interviewed, about 30 of them said they have decided to entirely do away with gifting concept this year and would use the extra funds to better use, highlights the ASSOCHAM survey.
While about 90 respondents i.e. the majority of the total of those interviewed said they are going to spend less on gifts for their corporate connections this year and have drastically scaled down their budgets by about 45-50 per cent in this regard, the survey found.
Many of these even said that although they have no interest to indulge in such expenses, but they have to go ahead with it just because it has become an annual tradition of sorts and thus can't be avoided, ASSOCHAM said.
Corporates blamed the prevailing economic slowdown both in India and abroad together with decelerating industrial growth leading to an upward spiraling inflation, high cost of credit, dropping operating profits and difficult trading conditions for going slow this festive season.
Of the remaining, about 12 respondents said their company has shortlisted very selective list of clients to whom they would distribute personalized gifts to show their appreciation and make them feel valued.
Digital cameras, branded watches, pens, wallets, affordable tablet computers, chocolates and sweets gift hampers and smart phones have replaced the large dry fruit packs, luxury gift items, gold coins, according to the ASSOCHAM survey.
To do a reality check in this behalf, ASSOCHAM representatives even interacted with dry-fruit traders in Khari Baoli area of Delhi, one of the largest spice and dry fruit market. Of about 40 of shops surveyed here, almost all of the respondents said their Diwali business has never been this dull as corporate orders have nose-dived by about 75-80 per cent.
It was also ascertained that prices of dry fruits have gone up by almost 20-25 per cent this Diwali.
Retail gift wrapping industry are also likely to feel the heat as gift sales suffer this Diwali.
Many company representatives even said they have deferred their plans for holding an annual Diwali party for their employees and are not distributing any festive bonus whatsoever owing to a weak business performance.
While India Inc had spent over Rs 2,000 crore on Diwali gifts in the year 2009, according to rough estimates by ASSOCHAM, the corporates had increased their gift budget by an astounding 60 per cent in 2010 as the estimates reached to Rs 3,200 crore according to ASSOCHAM.
Apparently, according to an ASSOCHAM survey conducted last year around Diwali to ascertain the sentiments of India Inc vis-à-vis corporate gifting, corporates had reportedly trimmed their budgets by about 25-30 per cent, while this year they have gone ahead and slashed it by almost 50 per cent.
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What Do Queen Elizabeth's Family Members Call Her? We Have Answers
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The rest of the world knows Queen Elizabeth by her various royal titles, but her family members get to call her by more familiar names. So, just what do the queen's loved ones call her when they're in private?
Who Is Allowed To Call The Queen 'Lilibet?'
When the royal family is in public, they all refer to the queen as "Your Majesty" or "ma'am." However, when they're at home, the rules are relaxed. One of Queen Elizabeth's most well-known nicknames is "Lilibet."
The nickname came from the queen herself. When she was a small child, Queen Elizabeth was unable to pronounce her own name, calling herself "Lilibet." The name stuck and has been her nickname for years. Her grandson, Prince Harry, even named his daughter "Lilibet" in honor of his grandmother.
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Only very close family members and friends, typically ones who grew up alongside her, are allowed to refer to her with this nickname. Her late husband, Prince Philip, used a shorter version of this name, calling her "Bet." Philip also used to call his wife "Cabbage," which many suspect comes from the popular French nickname, "petit chou." This phrase literally means "little cabbage," but the French use it as another word for "darling."
What Queen Elizabeth's Children And Grandchildren Call Her
Like all mothers and grandmothers, Queen Elizabeth gets called a lot of different names by all her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Her kids, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward, all call her "Mama." The children allegedly use the French pronunciation, putting the emphasis on the second "ma." Charles has also referred to her as "Mummy."
Her grandsons, Prince William and Prince Harry, call her "Granny." However, William apparently could not properly pronounce "Granny" when he was young, so he called her "Gary."
William's kids, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, call the queen "Gran-Gran." Like his father, George had a bit of trouble pronouncing the nickname at first, and his mom Kate Middleton revealed that he used to call her "Gan-Gan." It's assumed that that's how Harry and Markle's children, Archie and Lilibet, refer to her by that name as well.
Being a part of the royal family means lots of rules and protocols concerned with how you interact with your family and the rest of the world. It might seem strange to think about calling the queen of England "Mama" or "Granny," but to the royal family, Queen Elizabeth's most important title is that of mother and grandmother.
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Journal Description: "Communications and Communicative Technologies" is an academic periodical that publishes results of scholar researches on history, theory and practice of social communications, editing studies as well as advertisement and PR studies are represented in this issue, which can be of great interest for scholars, lecturers and teachers, postgraduates, students and those concerned to the problems of contemporary communication studies.
Journal Description: The title of the journal reflects the oldest issue of corporate governance - issue of separation of ownership and control. We focus on a broad range of cornerstone issues of corporate governance, i.e. board of directors, corporate control, executive compensation, audit, financial reporting, conflict of interest, shareholder rights, etc. Explore these issues with us! The journal was launched in 2003. The major aim of the journal is the publishing of the papers in the field of corporate governance and related fields with prior securing the high standard of quality of the papers through managing the peer and blind reviewing of the papers and further dissemination of research results to make it beneficial both for the reading audience and the reputation of the authors of the papers. The journal is devoted to the problems in the corporate governance appearing as a result of both well-known "separation of ownership and control" problem and new ones such as privatization of the state property, globalization of capital market and other macroeconomic processes.
Journal Description: "Bulletin of the University of Dnepropetrovsk. Geology, geography" was founded in 1993. Founder: Geological - Geographical Faculty of the Dnipropetrovsk National University Oles Gonchar. Collection of scientific works publishes refereed original research articles and reviews on various aspectsin the field of geological and geographical sciences. Bulletin materials designed for teachers, researchers and students specializing in the relevant or related fields of science. Bulletin included in the list of professional publications, you can publish the main results of dissertations for the degree of doctor and candidate of geological sciences.
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Journal Description: European Journal of Management Issues is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes empirical research that tests, extends, or builds management theory and contributes to management practice. Conceptual works are also appreciated. All empirical methods including, but not limited to, qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory, meta-analytic, and mixed methods are welcome. EJMI supports original, insightful, interesting, important, and theoretically bold research with a significant "value-added" contribution to the management literature. Coverage includes, but is not restricted to: Strategic management, International business and management, Human resource management and organizational behavior, Entrepreneurship and management of technology and innovation, Corporate social responsibility and sustainability, Hospitality and tourism management, Marketing, Corporate governance.
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Existing ocean color sensors are near or beyond the end of their mission lives and there will likely be a gap in climate quality Environmental Data Records (EDRs) until planned missions are launched. GeoEye's OrbView2 satellite with the SeaWiFS sensor has provided a 11+ year climatology of global chlorophyll a and other EDRs important for climate change and global warming studies. Upcoming sensors will not provide sufficient accuracy to provide continuity for the EDR time series and global monitoring. A 'stop-gap' mission is required, and we propose using the existing spare SeaWiFS sensor and a dedicated mission.


There's a lot to love about The Backstreets of Purgatory. It's filthy, frequently hilarious and features a vivid cast. Helen Taylor has a knack for dialogue, using dialect to brilliant effect and often making me laugh out loud with the creative insults traded between the characters.
A good test of whether a writer has succeeded with their character-building is if I can hear their dialogue spoken 'aloud' in my head as I read, and each of Taylor's creations had their own distinct voice.
It's not a book without its weaknesses. Finn, the main character around whom the majority of the plot and the rest of the characters orbit, is pretentious, deluded and prone to self-aggrandisement.
This, of course, is largely the point, but it takes a skillful writer to make a protagonist deliberately unlikeable without losing the audience's commitment to finding out what happens to him.
Indeed, it's rare to find a character within The Backstreets of Purgatory who isn't deeply flawed and/or trapped in harrowing circumstances. It's true that life is often nasty, brutish and short, but a glimmer of hope is always appreciated, and they're few and far between here.
The book overall would have been improved by a more rigorous editing process. The prose sometimes meandered, veering dangerously close to self-indulgence in the Finn sections in particular.
Again, while this is warranted at times to show the reader just how self-absorbed Finn is, it sometimes meant that an otherwise funny and action-filled chapter would lose momentum.
Given all that, though, The Backstreets of Purgatory is a promising debut from a writer who clearly has a good eye for writing vivid, multi-dimensional characters and wide-ranging plots that tie together multiple character arcs without becoming confusing.
The story largely moves along at a good pace and it's a compulsive read (dare I say it, everyone's least favourite adjective, 'unputdownable').
The book builds to a brutal crescendo which, while feeling a little bit too neat in places, held my attention well and felt shocking enough to justify the length of the book.
While The Backstreets of Purgatory is not perfect, it's an engaging and entertaining read, and I'm excited to see what Helen Taylor comes up with next.
Nihilists, art lovers, anyone who secretly thinks they might be a misunderstood genius.
Lisa McInerney's The Glorious Heresies is another book full of dark, flawed characters trying to transcend a world bent on dragging them down at every turn.
And if the art history connections of The Backstreets of Purgatory intrigue you, you can't go wrong with Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, The Goldfinch.


"Designing for user engagement: the ALTC Exchange for higher education" by Meg O'Reilly, Geraldine Lefoe et al.
O'Reilly, M, Lefoe, G, Philip, R & Parrish, D 2010, 'Designing for user engagement: the ALTC Exchange for higher education', International Journal on E-Learning, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 251-277.
The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite) has recently completed research to inform development of the ALTC Exchange, a new online service for learning and teaching in Australia. The research investigated resource identification and contribution, engagement with the repository and user community, and associated peer review and commentary processes. This article focuses on the data obtained and recommendations developed for engagement of potential end users. It reports a literature review and findings, including an international perspective on the ALTC Exchange, with specific focus on prospective user needs, contexts of use and policies necessary to facilitate engagement of the higher education sector with the ALTC Exchange.


Antonio Silva would gladly accept a fight with former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem. Currently, Overeem is suspended until December, but he has talked in recent months about being willing to accept a non-title fight if he needs to in order to get back inside the Octagon.
Silva (17-4) recently earned his first UFC victory, stopping Travis Browne. Overeem (36-11) is 1-0 inside the Octagon, having defeated Brock Lesnar.
"If Overeem really doesn't want to have to wait for a fight after his suspension is up, I am here ready to welcome him," said Silva, in an interview with MMAjunkie.com. "I respect him as an athlete. Overeem is big and strong, but I know I can beat him; even if (he) was created in the lab, I can beat him."
Overeem was suspended following a failed drug test prior to a scheduled meeting with UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos. Now, dos Santos is set to face Cain Velasquez just days after Overeem's suspension ends in December.
Silva and Overeem were on target to collide in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, but Overeem pulled out after issues with his contract. His replacement, Daniel Cormier, went on to defeat Silva and win the event.
Antonio Silva Left Blackzilians Because of Alistair Overeem?
Alistair Overeem vs. Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva Set for UFC 156?


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House gives quick preliminary approval to several gun bills
By Peggy Fikac on May 4, 2013 at 12:52 PM
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The Texas House began speeding through a slate of gun bills Saturday, giving quick preliminary approval to bills to reduce the amount of classroom instruction needed for a concealed handgun permit, allow permits to be renewed online and reduce fees for reserve peace officers, veterans, Texas guard members and correctional officers.
The three bills, which top a list of gun bills up for House consideration, were approved within a half hour. They need a final House vote before heading to the Senate for consideration or consideration of House changes.
Senate Bill 864 by Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, as approved by senators would reduce the number of hours of classroom instruction needed for a permit from the current 10 to 15 to six. The House version by Rep. Dan Flynn, R-Canton, would change that to four to six hours. After a final House vote, it will return to the Senate for consideration of House changes.
House Bill 48 by Flynn would allow online renewal of concealed handgun permits. It will go to the Senate for consideration after another House vote.
House Bill 485 by Rep. Sarah Davis, R-West University Place, originally was filed to reduce concealed handgun fees for reserve peace officers and honorably discharged veterans. Davis expressed concern over amendments to broaden the lists of those who are eligible for reduced fees, saying they were worthy but costly. She said her original bill would cost the state $800,000, while the amendments would cost several million dollars in lost revenue.
But after an amendment to add Texas guard members survived a motion to table it, Davis said she would accept the amendments to avoid lawmakers having to cast votes against adding groups. Lawmakers also added an amendment to give the discount to correctional officers. A proposed amendment to reduce the fee for everyone was ruled not germane to the bill.
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"Interpersonal communication involves the processing of multimodal emotional cues, particularly facial expressions (visual modality) and emotional speech prosody (auditory modality) which can interact during information processing. Here, we investigated whether the implicit processing of emotional prosody systematically influences gaze behavior to facial expressions of emotion. We analyzed the eye movements of 31 participants as they scanned a visual array of four emotional faces portraying fear, anger, happiness, and neutrality, while listening to an emotionally-inflected pseudo-utterance (Someone migged the pazing) uttered in a congruent or incongruent tone. Participants heard the emotional utterance during the first 1250 milliseconds of a five-second visual array and then performed an immediate recall decision about the face they had just seen. The frequency and duration of first saccades and of total looks in three temporal windows ([0–1250 ms], [1250–2500 ms], [2500–5000 ms]) were analyzed according to the emotional content of faces and voices. Results showed that participants looked longer and more frequently at faces that matched the prosody in all three time windows (emotion congruency effect), although this effect was often emotion-specific (with greatest effects for fear). Effects of prosody on visual attention to faces persisted over time and could be detected long after the auditory information was no longer present. These data imply that emotional prosody is processed automatically during communication and that these cues play a critical role in how humans respond to related visual cues in the environment, such as facial expressions."


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Self-reported sexual behaviour among adolescent girls in Uganda: reliability of data debated *Råssjö EB1, Mirembe F2, Elisabeth Darj3 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Centre for Clinical Research, Falun Hospital, Sweden 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda 3. Department of Women's and Children's Health, International Maternal and Child Health, Akademiska Hospital, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract Objective: To compare self-reported information about sexual behaviour in a research interview to information retrieved during a clinical consultation. Method: 595 sexually experienced women below 20 years, were interviewed by a social worker about genital symptoms and sexual behaviour. A midwife interviewed, examined, and took vaginal samples for gonorrhoea and chlamydia. Four questions were embedded in both the social workers interviews and among midwife's questions. The women were asked if they perceived their latest /current partner to be faithful, if he had complained about any genital symptoms, if a condom was used at latest sexual intercourse and if the woman knew her HIV status. Results: The prevalence of gonorrhoea and/or chlamydia was 7.1% but for women who reported that their partner had complained about genital symptoms it was significantly higher. Agreement between answers given in the research interview and to the midwife was good for HIV status but only fair or moderate for perceived faithfulness, partner's symptoms and recent condom use. Conclusion: Information about risk factors revealed in individual interviews and by the midwives taking a history was incongruent. Any approach for management of STIs, which is built on self-reported risk factors, needs careful assessment of reliability. Key words: Adolescents, Risk factors, reliability, STI, Uganda African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 383 - 389
Introduction The accuracy of self-reported behaviours and reliability of data obtained in studies of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and related risk factors is crucial for the interpretation of results. Reliability of a data sampling method refers to the dependability or consistency of measurement1. It is never possible to know if the reported behaviour represents the truth or if the responses are adjusted to fit the investigator's perceived expectations. According to Foertenberry it is necessary to recognise and accept an irresolvable gap between an unknowable truth and a knowable datum 2 . However, strenuous efforts toward accuracy and precision are an explicit responsibility of investigators.
*Correspondence author Eva-Britta Råssjö Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Centre for Clinical Research, Falun Hospital 791 82 Falun Sweden Email: [email protected] African Health Sciences Vol 11 No 3 September 2011
In a previous study of STIs and risk factors assessment among patients in a youth health clinic in Kampala, Uganda 3 , some factors appeared associated with lower risk for infection. These factors were: sexually faithful partner, condom use at latest intercourse and known negative HIV status. In a theoretical model, these low-risk factors were combined and used in a flowchart for management of vaginal discharge in adolescents. A woman should be treated for NG and CT only if she had none of these low-risk factors or if her latest/current partner had complained of any genital symptom, or there were signs of pus on vaginal examination. Vaginal infections such as candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis and trichomonas should be treated according to symptoms and clinical signs. Theoretically, this new flow-chart had a better sensitivity for capturing true cases of Neisseria gonorrhoea (NG) and Chlamydia trichomatis (CT) without lowering specificity, compared to a flow-chart for syndromic management of AVD, developed by WHO 4.
The objective of the current study was primarily to evaluate if this new flow-chart could be clinically used by midwives.
Methods This study was approved by the Ugandan National Council for Science and Technology. This investigation was designed as a quantitative descriptive study. Data collection started in September 2006 and continued for 12 months. Young women visiting a youth clinic in Kampala and a youth clinic 18 km outside the city participated in this study evaluating the prevalence of NG and CT and possible risk factors associated with these infections. The urban study site was located in a densely populated slum area, while the rural study site was located near a small trading centre on the highway towards the south-western parts of Uganda. In both study sites clients were offered counselling, family planning, treatment for STIs and HIV counselling and testing. All women who met the inclusion criteria which comprised of age below 20 years; sexually experienced (had had vaginal sexual intercourse at least once); and, her reason for visiting the clinic was genital symptoms and/or a fear of being infected with an STI, were invited to participate. After receiving written and oral information, consenting women were interviewed by one of three social workers, one male and two females. Two of the social workers, the male and one of the females, were previously working in the study sites and known by some of the participants. They were all experienced in conducting research interviews and fluent in both English and Luganda, the most frequently spoken local language. A structured, pre-tested questionnaire was used. Questions asked in English or Luganda covered genital symptoms, sexual experience and behaviour. The "low-risk" questions were embedded in the questionnaire: do you think your partner is sexually faithful, was a condom used at latest intercourse, and have you ever been HIV-tested. They were also asked if their current or latest partner had complained or received treatment for any genital symptom. After the interview, a step-by-step protocol was followed by a midwife, who asked if the woman thought she could trust her partner, if condoms had been used at latest intercourse, if she knew her HIV-status and if the current or latest partner had complained of any genital symptom. 384
The midwife also did a vaginal sampling for detection of NG and CT as well as making the decision on whether to treat or not. A woman was defined to be at low risk if there were no signs of pus on vaginal examination and if she answered yes to any of the questions: "Do you think your partner is sexually faithful?" "Was a condom used at latest intercourse?" "Have you ever been HIV tested?" and no to the question "Has your current or latest partner complained or received treatment for any genital symptom?". If she answered no to all the "low risk" questions or if her partner had genital symptoms or had been treated or if pus was seen on vaginal examination, the woman was defined to have high risk of being NG/ CT positive and should receive treatment. The samples were sent on a daily basis for PCR analysis at the Ugandan National STD laboratory, Mulago Hospital. SPSS 15.0 for Windows was used for statistical analyses. Prevalence of NG and CT and associated risk factors were calculated. A bivariate analysis was conducted involving 2x2 tables, with a positive laboratory result for NG and/or CT as the outcome variable. A chi-square test was used to test significance of the results. Odds ratios and their 95% confidence intervals were estimated.
Results A total number of 697 young women were available for the study. One hundred and two women abstained from participation or were excluded from the study for different reasons. The reasons for abstaining were being in their menstrual period, fear that the sampling procedure would be painful, too shy to be examined or they just did not want to participate. Three women had extensive genital sores and the midwife did not want to sample, as it could be too painful. Data from seven women who were 20 years old were excluded from the analysis. Therefore data from 595 women was analysed. Response rate varied for different questions from 507 to 595. The lowest response rate was found for the question about partner symptoms. The NG was diagnosed by PCR in 4.5% and CT in 3.7% of the participants, and 7.1% were found to have either NG or CT. There was no statistical difference in infection prevalence between the two clinics. Table 1 shows the prevalence of NG/CT for the risk factors explored in the social worker's interviews. A lower risk of infection with NG/CT African Health Sciences Vol 11 No 3 September 2011
was noted among girls who said they trusted their partner. Only three women (2.5 %) were infected compared to 39 (8.2%) of those who did not trust their partner. Among the 146 women who claimed that they had used a condom at latest intercourse the prevalence of NG or CT was 6,8 %, similar to the prevalence among the 449 women who said that they had not used a condom (7.1 %). The interviewer also asked whether the woman always used condoms for protection. Among the 82 women who claimed they always use a condom, there were three (3.7%) NG/CT positive cases compared to 39 or 7.8%
among these who were not constantly using condoms. The difference was not statistically significant. Almost one-third, had been tested for HIV (29.1%). Among the HIV-tested, NG/CT infection prevalence was 4.5 % (eight individuals) compared to 8.1% (34 women) among those not tested. Again, the difference was not statistically significant. Among the 101 women who knew that their artner had STI symptoms 12.9 % were infected by NG or CT compared to 5.9 % among those who did not know of any such symptom (OR 2.3, 95% CI: 1.17-4.70).
Table 1: Prevalence of NG or CT for each of the variables in the risk screening model as used by the social worker Risk factor in social worker's interview Sexual partner was perceived faithful Sexual partner was perceived not faithful Condom was used at latest sex Condom was not used at latest sex HIV status known HIV status not known Partner had complained no symptoms Partner had complained symptoms
NG/CT negative No % 115 (97.5%)
Odds Ratio (OR)with 95% confidence interval (CI) Faithful versus not faithful OR 0.3, (CI 0.1-1.0)
436 (91.8%) 39 (8.2%) 136 (93.2 %) 10 (6.8 %) Condom use versus no condom use OR 0.96 (CI 0.5-2.0) 417 (92.9%) 32 (7.1 %) 168 (95.5%) 8 (4.5 %) HIV status known versus unknown OR 0.5 (CI 0.2-1.2) 385 (91.9%) 34 (8.1%) 462 (94.1 %) 29 (5.9 %) Partner with symptoms versus partner with no symptoms OR 2.3 (CI 1.2-4.7) 88 (87.1 %) 13 (12.9 %)
Among those with any of our presumed low-risk factors: faithful partner, condom use at latest intercourse, or HIV tested, 5.7% (17 women) were positive for NG or CT, compared to 8.7% (25 women) among those who did not report low-risk factors. However, the difference was not statistically significant (OR 0.6, 95% CI 0.3-1.2). In the midwives' interview it was revealed that among the 128 women who perceived their partner to be sexually faithful, ten (7.8 %) were infected by NG or CT with a similar infection rate (6.7 %) among the 460 who believed their partner had been unfaithful. Among the 115 women who told the midwife that they had used a condom at latest sexual intercourse 4 (3.4 %) were infected compared to 37 (7.9 %) of those who had not used a condom. Five of the 137 (3.6 %) women who said they had been HIV tested compared to 35 of African Health Sciences Vol 11 No 3 September 2011
NG/CT positive No % 3 (2.5%)
the 449 (7.8 %) who had not been tested, were infected by NG or CT. Likewise, among the 41 women who said their partner had genital symptoms 26.8 % were infected with NG or CT compared to only 5.4 % of the 466 women who did not know about any such symptoms (OR 6.5, CI 2.9-14.39). Whereas the midwife noticed the presence of purulent vaginal discharge the rate of infection with NG or CT was 11.7 % compared to 6.2 % among patients without this sign (OR 2.0, CI 0.92-4.37). The prevalence of NG or CT for each of these five variables is presented in table 2.
Table 2: Prevalence of NG or CT for each of the five variables in the risk screening model as used by the midwife Risk variable in midwife's protocol Partner currently treated or symptomatic
NG/CT negative No % 30 (73.2 %)
Partner not treated or symptomatic Partner perceived to be sexually faithful
441 (94.6 %) 118 (92.2 %)
Partner not perceived to be sexually faithful 429 (93.3 %) Condom was used at latest intercourse 115 (96.6 %) No condom was used at latest intercourse 432 (92.1 %) Known HIV status 132 (96.4 %) HIV status not known Purulent discharge observed
414 (92.2 %) 68 (88.3%)
No purulent discharge observed
484 (93.8 %)
With the application of the suggested model for risk assessment, 184 women (32.2%) were classed as low risk and 396 (67.8%) were considered to be at risk. The prevalence of NG and/or CT was 5.4% in the low-risk group and 7.8% in the high-risk group. The difference in cervical infection rate between the assessed low- and high-risk groups was not statistically significant. The correlation between the responses in the research interviews and the risk having NG and/or CT infection (data not shown) and the correlation between anamnesis factors reported to the midwife and the risk of having NG or CT infection all went in the same direction, namely that the presence of
NG/CT Odds Ratio (OR) with 95% positive confidence interval (CI) No % 11 (26.8 %) Partner with symptoms versus partner without symptoms OR 6.5 (CI 2.9-14.39) 25 (5.4%) 10 (7.8 %) Partner perceived to be faithful versus partner not perceived to be faithful OR 1.2 (CI 0.56-2.46) 31 (6.7 %) 4 (3.4 %) Condom use versus no condom use at latest intercourse OR 0.4 (CI 0.14 -1.16) 37 (7.9 %) 5 (3.6 %) Known HIV status versus unknown HIV status OR 0.4 (0.17-1.17) 35 (7.8 %) 9 (11.7%) Purulent versus no purulent discharge observed OR 2.0 (CI 0.92-4.37) 32 (6.2 %)
the assumed low risk factors tended to indicate a lower risk to have an STI. However, it was observed that a substantial number of women had given incongruent answers in the two data collection situations. Cohen's Kappa index (k) is a measure of agreement where 1.0 corresponds to perfect agreement and zero means no agreement better than chance5. The questions appearing in both the interviews and midwives protocol are presented in table 3, which shows that agreement was fair for questions about partner symptoms and partners' faithfulness, moderate for condom use at latest sexual intercourse and good only for knowledge of HIV status.
Table 3: Agreement of answers (Kappa index) for questions appearing in both individual interviews and during the visit to the midwife Variable Her partner has complained of genital symptoms or was recently been treated She thinks her partner is sexually faithful A condom was used during the latest intercourse She knows her HIV status
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Although this is week five of my ongoing backlog playthrough, I think I've actually ended up with more games on my to-play list somehow. For every new game I try and enjoy, I want to check out anything else that developer has created, or search for titles with similar mechanics. Last month introduced me to multiple fling-fighting games, which led to a lot of time with Angry Birds Evolution. This week I was sucked into the catalogue of Happy Elements and reminded that I still need to play Jussi Simpanen's Super Dangerous Dungeons and Duke Dashington. I'm beginning to think I may never actually get through this backlog, but that doesn't seem like such a bad thing.
Here are five more games selected from this week's downloads that I especially enjoyed and hope you will, too.
iSlash Heroes is part of the mobile resurgence of JezzBall-style arcade games, which challenge players to slowly shrink the game board by cutting off sections of the area without hitting obstacles bouncing around within its walls. Scale is one of the more popular recent entries in the genre and is a fantastic twist on the classic formula of choosing a point and waiting for a line to extend out from that point. iSlash Heroes is one of the other variations, which utilizes actual slashing motions acted out by the player, making it a perfect adaptation for mobile touchscreens. Floating Islands Crasher uses the same mechanics within an adorable alien-abducting-animals theme, but its sharp increase in difficulty early in the game makes it a tougher recommendation.
iSlash has just the right balance of challenge and leeway, with no timer to race against and slow-down bonuses that randomly pop up after cutting off large sections. But there are also plenty of tightly-packed boards with metal, non-breakable sides and even the occasional boss battle that adds in a unique obstacle, like a vision-obscuring cloud. The level-based map offers a concrete progression for players who aren't drawn in to simply high score chasing like in Scale, with tons of stages to conquer. The slashing gameplay is smooth and responsive, allowing split-second slices very near obstacles, with both the ninja/wood motif and even the slicing motion itself feeling very reminiscent of Fruit Ninja. If you like JezzBall or Fruit Ninja—or especially both!—this is a great combination of the two that feels simply perfect on mobile.
Mr. Right is by developer Happy Elements, who are prominently represented on my list of backlog games. They make really cute, polished, short-burst experiences that are often overlooked at launch, but are highly deserving of a download. I played a few of their titles this week and enjoyed them all: Tiny Hero is a fast-paced voxel left-and-right tapper that pits your swordsman (or swordscow) against an endless line of enemies that can be slayed only by magic (left tap) or sword (right tap) depending on their monster type. Solar Trek is a beautiful vertical hockey dodger, where your only goal is to travel from the sun to the stars and back—over and over—without running into any planets or other orbiting celestial bodies. These are both great, but Mr. Right earned the spot on this week's list for its fiendishly challenging auto-running puzzles featuring a romantic hero who can only turn right.
Your seemingly simple goal of getting Mr. Right to the end of each short stage is made exceptionally harder by the road's twists, turns, blockades, and other obstacles that he can only reach or avoid through roundabout rights. Although the only control is tapping to make Mr. Right turn, since he's constantly moving forward, you have to scout ahead and plan out your actions early, preparing for quick taps when he needs to navigate short corridors and always thinking from his point of view instead of your own. The generous checkpoint and extra life system, as well as the many different Mr. Rights you can unlock—by earning stars on levels—provide even more player-friendly features beyond the already engaging—if sometimes infuriating—level-based challenges.
Super Happy Fun Block is a charming puzzle platformer that takes place in a world where an alien apocalyptic event has left cities in ruin and people terrified of the invading anthropomorphic block monsters. Your hero has the ability to control the visibility of red and blue blocks, allowing him to bypass walls of blocks by turning them see-through or using his power to outsmart patrolling cube creatures by luring them onto bridges and then removing the path they're standing on.
There are a lot of clever solutions to levels, ranging from simple block-on-button pushing to jumping between nonexistent blocks and making them appear beneath your airborne feet, but the game is also simply hilarious and ridiculous as well. All of the characters and creatures are highly animated, with responsive facial expressions—blocks frown at you while you're pushing them—and swinging, dangly limbs. The main village hub is populated by citizens you can have random conversations with, including an old man standing on his lawn in his underwear, adding a bit of bizarre world-building to the otherwise standalone levels. It's a great puzzle platformer made fantastic by its polish and character—the stars you save in each level have thankful quips like, "Watch out, I'm gassy!"—that is a must-play for fans of the genre.
Heart Star feels like the perfect companion to include alongside Super Happy Fun Block. Although it doesn't have the same sense of humor as the silly block-bashing platformer, it uses a similar mechanic to bring two characters together in a sweet meet-up with its own charm. You control both the blue boy and pink girl, who exist in separate dimensions. The blue platforms of the boy's world do not exist for the girl and vice versa, allowing them to walk through walls made up of the others' color. This also means that they will fall through platforms of the opposing color, creating challenges where one character must hold up the other to prevent them from tumbling off the stage.
The goal of each level is to get both the boy and girl to the golden platform, which often requires a lot of transitions between characters as they help each other reach higher ledges and traverse would-be gaps. The stages are fairly short and self-contained, but developer Jussi Simpanen has managed to pack a lot of thoughtful teamwork-based challenges into each one.
Chain Quest is a lovely line-drawing match-3 puzzler that forgoes any sort of story for quick to jump into matches entirely focused on one-on-one battles. The game board is split into two distinct halves, with the player and AI (or human, in local multiplayer matches) each designated a side where they alone will make matches. The poker chip-like tokens that can be matched in touching lines of three or more represent physical attack and defense, magic attack and defense, and monsters that can be summoned to your side.
Much of the matches are a challenging tug-of-war as you and your opponent collect defensive points to block incoming damage and trade blows that whittle away the other's health. Since you each have your own board that is visible at all times, you can't actively steal a match as in a game like Puzzle Quest, but you can prepare for the next most likely attack: if your opponent's board is full of sword chips, you should probably start collecting shields. This tug-of-war aspect is also used literally as hitting your opponent also pushes the wall between your boards closer to their side, reducing the size of their board while extending your own. Between this added obstacle—or bonus—the three character classes you can choose from, the spells and monster pets you can unlock, and the simply engaging art and effects present in every aspect of the game, Chain Quest is a treat for match battle fans.


Spellman and a fellow teen were struck by a 73-year-old driver as the pair were in a legal crosswalk. The fact they were struck in a crosswalk has inspired Spellman family lawyer Robert Williams to question why the driver, Nancy Valentine, has avoided all charges.
Even punishment for Valentine would likely come as relative cold comfort for the Spellman family, which continues to try to piece together a life that has been shattered by a single moment.
The Wheeler community has established a GoFundMe account to help defray the cost of Spellman's ongoing medical expenses. It has raised nearly $12,000 out of a $25,000 goal through its first two weeks.


New Delhi: A day after calling Priyanka Gandhi Vadra "chor ki patni (the wife of a thief)", Union Minister Uma Bharti said she knows the words might have hurt, but "brother (Rahul Gandhi) and sister (Priyanka) need this dose". She also said she felt pain and anger when the Gandhis attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Today, she doubled down and reinforced her attack on "Mrs Robert Vadra".
"This family should learn the lesson that they are not reincarnations of god and the people of India are not their subjects. The brother-sister need this dose," she told reporters.
"It's true that my words must have caused pain, but the siblings called PM Modi "suit-buit wala chor (suited booted thief)" and said "chowkidar chor hai", didn't we feel pain and anger," she added.
Uma Bharti also said the Congress should be glad she hadn't called Priyanka Gandhi a thief too. "When Robert Vadra's wealth shot up, was his wife unaware," she asked.
Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadra has in recent months been questioned by investigators in several cases, including one allegedly involving money laundering.


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Regionalisms
Today's topic is "What's with those people who talk weird?"
Mignon Fogarty
Grammar Girl here.
Today's topic is "What's with those people who talk weird?" or regionalisms.
Language is constantly changing, and a lot of people have asked me about how and why it happens. This isn't my area of expertise, but I've done a lot of reading about it lately and it's an interesting topic.
Standardization, Cross-Cultural Influences, Discoveries, and Inventions
The development of the printing press led people to think about standardizing the English language (1), especially spelling (2, 3), whereas travel and trade led to interactions with people who spoke other languages and was a catalyst for adding new words (1). When we encounter new things, whether a new spice long ago or a new technology today, we need new words to describe them. Also, when people are bilingual they sometimes create new words that are a combination of the two languages. I remember interviewing the founder of the magazine Latina when it first came out and she talked about her decision to use "Spanglish" words in the magazine, or words that are a combination of English and Spanish such as marqueta [mar-ke-tah] for supermarket (4)
In the same way that people in social groups tend to wear similar clothes, people create slang and new words to show that they're all part of the same group (5). Think about the Valley Girls in California; they had, like, a totally particular way of speaking, and you can usually spot MBAs by their phrases such as "paradigms for incentivizing key FTEs." In fact, I'm having a hard time thinking of a strong group that doesn't have its own jargon or slang. The separation of American English from British English was an important part of the early American identity, and the first dictionary of American English was published in 1828 by Noah Webster (6).
Soda Versus Pop
Regionalisms are words that are associated with a particular region. A classic regionalism is seen in how people refer to fizzy sugar water. Is it soda, pop, coke, or something else? I grew up in Seattle and we called it pop. When I moved to California, I noticed that everyone called it soda. If you're from the South, you probably call it coke.
Geographic Separation
Dialects vary in different geographic regions at least partly because there is less interaction between groups that are physically far apart. A new word or phrase may arise in one group and not have a chance to spread to other groups because interactions are limited. When groups of people don't interact with each other, their language tends to change in different ways. Because of my background in science, I've always thought of this as a process similar to genetic isolation, where groups that are separated accumulate different mutations in their DNA, so I was happily surprised in my research for this episode to see that some linguists use natural selection as an analogy for how language changes (4). Of course because of air travel and the Internet, it's much easier for people to interact these days, so there is less language isolation. I regularly read the BBC news on the Internet, whereas it would have been much more difficult for me to do that 20 years ago.
Mignon Fogarty is the founder of Quick and Dirty Tips and the author of seven books on language, including the New York Times bestseller "Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing." She is an inductee in the Podcasting Hall of Fame, and the show is a five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. She has appeared as a guest expert on the Oprah Winfrey Show and the Today Show.
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The 2008 Rushmoor Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:
Conservative 29
Liberal Democrat 8
Labour 5

Campaign
Before the election the Conservatives held 26 seats, the Liberal Democrats 7, Labour 6 and a further 3 vacant. 15 seats were up for election with 2 seats in St Johns ward being contested after the death of Conservative councillor Graham Tucker. The other 2 vacant seats were in Cove and Southwood, and Empress wards, where Liberal Democrat and Conservative councillors respectively stood down at the election.

50 candidates were standing including 4 from the British National Party and 1 from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party as well as candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour parties. The candidates included a 19-year-old Conservative in Heron Wood ward who was hoping to become the youngest ever councillor in Rushmoor.

Issues in the election included local developments, an increase in flights at Farnborough Airfield, the recent trial of alternate weekly rubbish collection, anti-social behaviour, spending cuts and councillors' expenses.

Election result
The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council with 29 seats compared to 8 for the Liberal Democrats and 5 Labour. The Conservatives gained two seats from the Liberal Democrats in Cove and Southwood and West Heath wards to increase their majority. However the Liberal Democrats did take one seat back in St Marks ward defeating the Conservative councillor for the previous 10 years Nigel Baines. Meanwhile, in Heron Wood ward the Liberal Democrats
gained a seat in Aldershot for the first time since 2006 after defeating the sitting Labour councillor. Labour easily held their only other seat in North Town, while narrowly failed to gain Wellington from the Conservatives by 50 votes; however Labour came last in all 9 wards in Farnborough.

Overall turnout was down from the 2007 election at 33.7% with the lowest turnout in Wellington ward at 19.8%. Following the election the Liberal Democrats elected a new group leader with Sue Gadsby taking over from Craig Card who had been party leader for the previous 9 years.

Ward results

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2008 English local elections
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On the Reformation website you'll find worship resources, educational resources (articles, study guides, videos) and a calendar of events to help you understand and commemorate this important anniversary.
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It's been 58 days since my daughter Eloise went to be with Jesus. We pray her life inspires others and serves as a reminder about the value and beauty of every life.
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Sarat Chandra's 'Rajlaxmi' Mausumi Hamid. After the break Mausumi Hamid is going to act in the movie. And this time she is appearing with sarat Chandra's Rajlaxmi.
Producer Arifur Zaman is going to create a movie called 'kathgoray Sarat Chandra' on of the famous character of sarat chandra. And in this film Mausumi Hamid will be seen as Rajlaxmi.
Small screen busy actress Mousumi Hamid also caught a lot of attention in the film industry. Meanwhile her Blackmani, Blackmail, Purno doirgho Prem kahini-2, Jalaler golpo movies were released.
Moushumi has invented herself in different ways of each movie. Though the movies were released continuously but the actress has not seen for a long time.
Mousumi Hamid told the media, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay is deeply involved in Bengali literature. His unique creation is Rajlakshmi character. It's a pleasure to have a chance to act in that role. I believe that I can give some good act to the audience.
She further said that on April 26 she will take part in the shooting of the film. After shooting on that day, she will give a schedule for shooting songs and other scenes.
Gazi Rakayet is acting in the role of Sharatchchandra Chattopadhyay in 'Kathgoray Sarat Chandra'. Apart from mausumi there are also acting ferdaus and Popy. From today the shooting of the film has started on FDC.


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CAC is a non-profit serving neighbors in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs who face financial challenges due to issues such as loss of job, medical crisis or family separation. Because they are at risk of losing their home, CAC offers help with basic needs: food, clothing, rent or utility assistance as individuals work to resolve their crisis.


We could not be more excited about the look of our new business cards, which we ordered through the adorable stationary site, Minted. They perfectly suit our style: simple, classic and of course stripes!
Minted has an extensive collection of different styles you can choose from, I also really like these and these. And did you know you can also find gorgeous stationary, thank you notes, journals and artwork there too?
There is something so gratifying when you pull out a shiny new business card out of your wallet, we can't wait to start handing them out!
Here is the template we chose and customized.
I love those! I'll have to check them out.
Love these! Great two-sided look!
Those look amazing! I love them! I did mine through Moo, but I might need to do Mint for the next batch!
Your business cards look great. I just had my business cards re-designed- now I need to get them printed!
These are adorable!! Just perfect...so impressed that Minted did them too!
these are really lovely! i usually go through moo because their prices are so great and i can get the little and big cards at the same time (i use the little one for hangtags). but i may have to try minted some time - they have some lovely designs!
Minted can do no wrong in my eyes! Love the way they turned out!
I love the detail of the back!! Such a beautiful card! I always get my Christmas cards from Minted...I remember using them way back when nobody knew about them...and everybody who got my card fell in love with them.


What's new for Wusik EVE V5?
New Engine with more options: 4 x "OSC" slots instead of 3 from the previous version. 4 x LFOs with extra features. Two SFX slots that can load multiple effects. Each "OSC" has a Double option where it adds a secondary "OSC" and the Transpose+Fine Tune will only adjust the primary "OSC". Separated Amplitude, Filter and Pitch Envelopes with extra options. Multiple Filters per "OSC".
16 Gig Sound Collection, the same that comes with the other products.
Several features took from Wusik Station V9 and Wusik 8008 Engine.
This initial release does not come with all previous presets, only the SoundSets. Later on Wusik will release a new version that will load older Bank (of presets) files. For now it already has presets on which you can change the sounds using the complete sound collection that comes with it.


You guys ready for another Summit bouldering competition? YOU BETTER BE. We're hosting our fourth annual Spring Open Bouldering Comp on Saturday, May 4th at our Carrollton location! This comp is luau themed with Star Wars undertones so wear your best Hawaiian shirt and throw your hair in your best rendition of Leia buns.
Y'all will have from 3 to 6 p.m. to crush as many newly-set problems as you can. We'll take your top four hardest sends into your final score. We'll be separating you guys into gender and difficulty categories, and have awards for the top 3 competitors in each category. We'll close the gym down for a brief intermission to reset for finals, but we'll have plenty of activities for you guys to do in the meantime (From 6:00-8:00)! $30 to compete, $10 to spectate. Snag your spot now! 21+ and up to drink, 16+ to compete!


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package com.orionplatform.math.statistics.frequency.tasks.query;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import com.orionplatform.core.abstraction.Orion;
import com.orionplatform.math.number.ANumber;
import com.orionplatform.math.statistics.frequency.FrequencyOfObjects;
import com.orionplatform.math.statistics.frequency.FrequencyOfObjectsRules;

public class GetMostFrequentObjectsTask extends Orion
{
    public static synchronized List<Object> run(FrequencyOfObjects frequencies)
    {
        FrequencyOfObjectsRules.isValid(frequencies);
        List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>();
        ANumber highestFrequency = frequencies.getHighestFrequency();
        frequencies.getFrequenciesMapper().entrySet().stream()
            .filter(e -> highestFrequency.equal(e.getValue()))
            .forEach(e -> result.add(e.getKey()));
        return result;
    }
}


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Locals Only: PINE
March 20, 2015 @ 4:24pm by Justin Lam
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Although they've only been around for a short time, Ottawa based band PINE is already tearing up the local scene. Having already headlined their own show and opened for the internationally acclaimed Balance and Composure, PINE is showing us just how good Ottawa's music scene can be.
It's hard to pinpoint PINE's specific genre. They've landed on a personal, beautiful no man's land between contemporary indie and late 90's emo where the sounds and tone almost bring a tear to my eye. Their debut EP entitled you bury me, carries with it a full, spine-tingling sound with the guitars, bass, keyboards and drums all mingling beautifully with the dual female vocals.
The second track on the EP, father/layla, is perhaps the best representation of PINE's unique sound. The gut wrenching lyrics tell a love story between daughter and father over which the instruments provide a hauntingly beautiful accompaniment to the emotionally charged vocals. The track eventually erupts into a sound that begs you to nod along and move around. The song is an example of everything good about PINE. The lyrics and instrumentation work in tandem tugging at your heart strings, and begging any listener to become emotionally involved.
If PINE's debut EP is indicative of their future this is a band you'll definitely want to keep your eyes on. They're proof that Ottawa's music scene is not only alive and well, but also churning out some of the most innovative and experimental artists in the contemporary indie genre. Have a listen to the EP below and check them out on Facebook to find out when they'll be playing next.
you bury me by PINE
https://www.facebook.com/613PINE/
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Justin Lam
Is a student at Carleton University studying English, with a concentration in creative writing. With a passion for music, Justin Lam has been playing in bands for years and is quite involved with the local Ottawa music scene. His goal has always been to introduce people to amazing artists and to spread the local talent of any city.


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President Trump has repeatedly said that he believes Roe was wrongly decided. He has promised in his own words to nominate only pro life judges. It is near impossible to imagine, that President Trump would select a nominee who isn't hostile to our healthcare law and healthcare for millions and millions and millions of Americans.
Who isn't hostile to a woman's freedom to make her own healthcare decisions. So when they say they'll, obey settled law. I can't believe it.>> This far left rhetoric comes out every single time, but the apocalypse never comes. One more round of 40 year old scare tactics, will not stop us from doing the right thing.


Many know Carrizozo resident Polly E. Chavez as a retablo artist and writer but might not know she is also knowledgeable on the history of Dia de los Muertos, the traditional Mexican commemoration of dead souls.
Dia de los Muertos has origin roots reaching into pagan Aztec Indian ceremonials. Based on a belief that dead souls return to visit the living at specific days of the year, annual celebrations evolved within the Mexican culture to welcome departed friends and family members. During Dia de los Muertos, gravesite picnics are joyous occasions, celebrants parade in skeleton masks and colorful costumes, elaborate altars, called ofrendas, and art and craft depictions of the day are constructed to honor the visiting souls.
Although Chavez' family history in Lincoln County dates from pre-territorial times, she grew up unfamiliar with Dia de los Muertos. Her interest was sparked many years ago when she came across examples of the ofrendas and arts created in Mexico. Intrigued, Chavez researched the tradition and began her own artistic translations of the celebratory gifts for the return of departed souls.
Appreciation of her work developed into well-attended workshops given in libraries, museums and schools across New Mexico,where Chavez guided attendees to learn about and create for themselves the colorful and traditional Dia de los Muertos art forms.
She will present a public workshop at 10 a.m., Saturday. Nov. 4, at the Book Lovers Used Book Store, 406 Central Avenue, Carrizozo. She will demonstrate and guide children, teens, and adults on how to construct Ojos de Dios (God's eye), Ofendas (altars), clay skulls and more. The workshop is free to all attendees. Supplies and materials will be provided.
Chavez served the Carrizozo Schools for 30 years as an art instructor. Currently, her retablos are carried by 408 Gallery, Historic Twelfth Street, Carrizoz. She writes a bi-monthly column, "Historical Potpourri," for the Ruidoso News.
Carrizozo's Friends of the Library invites everyone to participate in Chavez' exciting workshop. For more information, call L. Rodriguez, 575-648-2407.


I'm new but not to Epilepsy sadly (44 yr. struggle).
I'm on Vimpat, Topamax, Tegretol-xr (30yrs), and the VNS since Jan./2010.
I fell out of my walker at 9mos. onto our heating register and it caused a brain injury & burns.
As the B.I. healed it formed "scar tissue" which caused the Epilepsy I now have.
My complex/partials are triggered by fluorescent lights, hot showers, drastic weather changes, illness, & hormones. The Hormones cause "Drop attacks" though.
I always have an Aura - feeling of strong unexplainable fear (such as oncoming disaster I can't stop) or anxiety & visual enhancements.
I'd like to start an unofficial pen-pal group where we could send out (copy & paste) research & news on Epilepsy/Prescriptions that people are searching for.
It may be 2-8 e-mails a week to 2-8 every 2 weeks. Depending on my photosensitivity I may have problems but I promise you'll get the latest research, study, news out there.
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We typically post them here in the library section any new research we come across. Your always welcome to direct people here as well or you can use the search option to find specific questions.
Thanx for the heads up. That's where I'll go. I was unaware you were allowed to do that without getting the Forum in trouble.
I'll be checking out the Library alot. Hope I didn't step on toes.
Hi Rosie, welcome to the forum.
CWE allows people to share info without disclosing private contact information to public scrutiny. You are welcome to post snippets/links to any research that you think might be of interest to the group in The Library.


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The RTS will provide double tracks shuttle link of approximately 4km length serving 2 stations at both end, Woodlands, Singapore and Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
For economy of scale, the shuttle link system shall leverage on Singapore's proposed Thomson Line system and depot. This RTS Link is to be convenient and cost effective system that is well integrated with transport services in both Woodlands, Singapore and Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
The proposed RTS Link shall have a co-located Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facility in Woodlands, Singapore and Johor Bahru, Malaysia , so that commuters need to clear immigration only once from each way of travel.
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Q: Shogun / quadratic MMD error caused by varying train_test_ratio I'm using Shogun to run MMD (quadratic) and compare two nonparametric distributions based on their samples (code below is for 1D, but I've also looked at 2D samples). In the toy problem shown below, I try to change the ratio between training and testing samples in the process of selecting an optimized kernel (KSM_MAXIMIZE_MMD is the selection strategy; I've also used KSM_MEDIAN_HEURISTIC). It appears that any ratio other than 1 yields an error.
Am I allowed to change this ratio in this setting?
(I see that it is used at: http://www.shogun-toolbox.org/examples/latest/examples/statistical_testing/quadratic_time_mmd.html, but it is set to 1 there)

Concise version of the my code (inspired by the notebook available at: http://www.shogun-toolbox.org/notebook/latest/mmd_two_sample_testing.html):
import shogun as sg
import numpy as np
from scipy.stats import laplace, norm

n = 220
mu = 0.0
sigma2 = 1
b=np.sqrt(0.5)
X = sg.RealFeatures((norm.rvs(size=n) * np.sqrt(sigma2) + mu).reshape(1,-1))
Y = sg.RealFeatures(laplace.rvs(size=n, loc=mu, scale=b).reshape(1,-1))

mmd = sg.QuadraticTimeMMD(X, Y)
mmd.add_kernel(sg.GaussianKernel(10, 1.0))
mmd.set_kernel_selection_strategy(sg.KSM_MAXIMIZE_MMD)
mmd.set_train_test_mode(True)
mmd.set_train_test_ratio(1)
mmd.select_kernel()

mmd_kernel = sg.GaussianKernel.obtain_from_generic(mmd.get_kernel())
kernel_width = mmd_kernel.get_width()
statistic = mmd.compute_statistic()
p_value = mmd.compute_p_value(statistic)

print p_value

This exact version runs and prints p-values just fine.
If I change the argument passed to mmd.set_train_test_ratio() from 1 to 2, I get:
SystemErrorTraceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-30-dd5fcb933287> in <module>()
     25 kernel_width = mmd_kernel.get_width()
     26
---> 27 statistic = mmd.compute_statistic()
     28 p_value = mmd.compute_p_value(statistic)
     29

SystemError: [ERROR] In file /feedstock_root/build_artefacts/shogun-cpp_1512688880429/work/shogun-shogun_6.1.3/src/shogun/statistical_testing/internals/mmd/ComputeMMD.h line 90: assertion kernel_matrix.num_rows==size && kernel_matrix.num_cols==size failed in float32_t shogun::internal::mmd::ComputeMMD::operator()(const shogun::SGMatrix<T>&) const [with T = float; float32_t = float] file /feedstock_root/build_artefacts/shogun-cpp_1512688880429/work/shogun-shogun_6.1.3/src/shogun/statistical_testing/internals/mmd/ComputeMMD.h line 90

It gets worse, if I use the value below 1. In addition to the following error,
jupyter notebook kernel crashes every time (after which I need to rerun the entire notebook; the message says: "The kernel appears to have died. It will restart automatically.").
SystemErrorTraceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-31-cb4a5224f4ef> in <module>()
     20 mmd.set_train_test_ratio(0.5)
     21
---> 22 mmd.select_kernel()
     23
     24 mmd_kernel = sg.GaussianKernel.obtain_from_generic(mmd.get_kernel())

SystemError: [ERROR] In file /feedstock_root/build_artefacts/shogun-cpp_1512688880429/work/shogun-shogun_6.1.3/src/shogun/kernel/Kernel.h line 210: GaussianKernel::kernel(): index out of Range: idx_a=146/146 idx_b=0/146

Complete code (in a jypyter notebook) can be found at: http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/url/dmitry.duplyakin.org/p/jn/kernel-minimal.ipynb
Please let me know if I am missing a step or need to try a different approach.

Side questions:

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*Both http://www.shogun-toolbox.org/examples/latest/examples/statistical_testing/quadratic_time_mmd.html and http://www.shogun-toolbox.org/notebook/latest/mmd_two_sample_testing.html show examples of using sg.GaussianKernel(10, <width>). I couldn't find more information about the 1st parameter other than its name, cache size. How and when am I supposed to change it?

*As mentioned in the referenced notebook,  mmd.get_kernel_selection_strategy().get_name() returns only the generic name, specifically KernelSelectionStrategy. How can I obtain a more specific name for the selected strategy (e.g., KSM_MEDIAN_HEURISTIC) from an instance of the sg.QuadraticTimeMMD class?

Any relevant information or references will be greatly appreciated.

Shogun version: v6.1.3_2017-12-7_19:14

A: *

*The train_test_ratio attribute is the ratio between the number of samples used in training and the number of samples used in testing. When you have train_test_mode turned on, the way it decides how many samples to fetch in each mode goes something like this.
num_training_samples = m_num_samples * train_test_ratio / (train_test_ratio + 1)
num_testing_samples  = m_num_samples / (train_test_ratio + 1)

It implicitly assumes the divisibility. A train_test_ratio of 2 would, therefore, try to use 2/3rd of the data for training and 1/3rd of the data for testing, which is problematic for the total number of samples you have, 220. By the logic, it sets num_training_samples = 146 and num_testing_samples = 73, which doesn't add up to 220. Similar issues arise when using 0.5 as the train-test ratio. If you use some other values for the train_test_ratio which splits the total number of samples perfectly, I think these errors would go away.

*I am not totally sure but I think the cache makes sense when you're using SVMLight with Shogun. Please check http://svmlight.joachims.org/ for details. From their page
-m [5..]    - size of cache for kernel evaluations in MB (default 40)
              The larger the faster...

*There's no pretty-print for the kernel-selection strategy being used, but you could do mmd.get_kernel_selection_strategy().get_method() which returns you the enum value (of type EKernelSelectionMethod) which might be helpful. Since it's not documented yet in Shogun api-doc, here's the C++ equivalent for this that you might use.
enum EKernelSelectionMethod
{
    KSM_MEDIAN_HEURISTIC,
    KSM_MAXIMIZE_MMD,
    KSM_MAXIMIZE_POWER,
    KSM_CROSS_VALIDATION,
    KSM_AUTO = KSM_MAXIMIZE_POWER
};

A: Summary (from comments):

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*The bug does not show up in the latest code

*Solution is in: https://github.com/shogun-toolbox/shogun/pull/4134

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